The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-09
GENERAL.


ley, Italy, and were dashed to death on
the rocks below.
SOME South American ports are closed
to all vessels arriving from Germany,
France or Belgium, for fear of cholera
The American colony in Valparaiso
gave a grand banquet to Minister Egan,
preparatory to his starting home for
short time.
MARQUIS DE MoREs was acquitted in
Paris. He was charged with killing
Capt. Meyer in duel
CAMPBELL, the national tennis cham
pion, retains the title of champion for
another year, having beaten Hovey,
winner of all-comers' tournament, rs,
SO, 6-3, rs.
ONE American sealer and four British
sealers have been rounded up by Rus
sian vessel in the Behring sea. The
vessels were sold and the captains and
crews maltreated, afterwards being
shipped to Victoria, b. c., on an Ameri-
can bark.
Mr. GLADSTONE was recently knocked
down by n heifer at Hawarden. He
was uninjured and sought refuge be-
hind tree.
LIGHTS put up on the Canadian shore
for the protection almost exclusively of
American vessels are likely to go out
in consequence of the canal disputes
A PARTY of four gentlemen from
Winnipeg, Man, are driving with
team to Jacksonville, Fla, a distance
of 2, 500 miles.
A MEETING of East India tea planters
at Darjeeling, Bengal, petitioned the
government of British India not to
neddle with the exchange until an
agreement with all countries using sill
yer has been completed.
The fast mail on the Hudson River
railroad was wrecked at the New Ham
burg drawbridge, which happened not
to be fairly shut. Three lives were lost.
A MINE explosion in Haiuault, Bel
gium, caused the loss of twenty-five
lives. Eight others were fatally in
jured.
IT is reported in Vienna from Meri
that 1000 Afghans were killed in the
last battle with the revolving Hazaras.
CHILL has prohibited scaling within
her jurisdiction.
JOHN MORLEY, chief secretary for Ire
land, has been on visit to Andrew
Carnegie, the American iron million
aire. at Loeb Rannoch. Perthshire, Scot
land.
CANADA will not abolish the tolls coli
lected of American vessels passing
through the Welland canal.
c. ID. REPPY, United States coll
lector, was held as a hostage at Santa
Cruz, Mexico. Reppy some time ago
captured Mexican horse smuggler in
Texas and on crossing the line was
himself held until the Mexican should
be released. Later Reppy was let out
CARDINAL GIBBONS has issued proc
lamation to the Catholic church, setting
apart October 16 as a day for religious
celebration, in commemoration of the
400th anniversary of Columbus dis
covery of America.
A CRISIS in the German cabinet is re-
ported.
THE schooner Nell Woodward was
wrecked near Southampton, Ont The
mate and seaman were drowned.
PATRICK EGAN, minister to Chill, has
left for home.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September showed an average
decrease of las compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 2L7.
THE London and General bank, Lon
don, failed for 1000, 900
A RUPTURE is reported in the coal
combine.
As result of the international anti
slavery convention held in Brussels an
international bureau will shortly be
formed in Zanzibar in which England,
France, Germany. Italy and Portugal
will be represented.
a SPANISH gunboat has been sent to
try to rescue eleven Spanish sailors of
the Spanish ship that fell into the hands
of moorish pirates between Cape Judy
and Rio DOro.
A CONSPIRACY against the Argentine
government has been discovered in one
of the provincial battalions. Nearly all
the officers of the battalion have been
placed under arrest. The La Plata con-
spiracy has collapsed.