The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-29

fort at Rio Janeiro mutinied and cap.
tured two forts. Troops and war ships
attacked the forts and soon recaptured
them.
MEXICO has imposed an export tax on
all high grade ore shipped to this coun-
try. This is in retaliation for the
/ United States lead ore duty.
The most destructive storm expert
enced at Hong Kong in years occurred
the night of December g. Chinese
crafts suffered severely. 1t is believed
800 vessels including a Chinese Junk
with large number of people, and the
Norwegian bark Aaron, foundered or
were driven ashore and wrecked A
number of large vessels were damaged
by colliding. The loss of iTes and the
monetary value of the wrecked vessels
has not been determined.
The steamer City of Dundee, which
has arrived at Liverpool from Norfolk,
reported that on January IL, in latitude
a north, longitude 43, she sighted what
was apparently large steamer burn
ing fiercely. She searched in every di-
rcction, hoping to find some of the peo-
pie, but found none.
The Lisbon cabinet having decided
that it is necessary to reduce the
salaries of public functionaries, the
king informed the premier that the
king and his family desired that the
measure be first applied to them.
ANARCHISTS in the province of Mala-
ga, Spain, threaten several towns
Troops are on duty.
THE funeral of Cardinal Manning az
Brompton, Eng, on the 21st was at
tended by vast crowd, composed
largely of woriingmen.
INFLUENZA has resumed its malign
sway in Europe. 1t is especially viru-
lent in Paris
MINISTER constants has declined NJ.
Lauer's challenge to duel as the re-
suit of the blow in the French chamber
of deputies on the ground that Lauer
waited too long.
A CABLE from Valparaiso reports
President Montt, of Chill. confident that
there will be no war with the United
States.
A LATE telegram from Buenos Ayres
said that the troubles between the
governor of Mondosa and the legisla-
ture had resulted in serious outbreak.
Many persons had been killed or
wounded The national government
has sent a commission with full powers
to restore order
THE next meeting of the national
editorial association has been set for
San Francisco. May 10.
THERE were 1000 cases of influenza
in the city of Puebla, Mex, on the Dist
and nearly half the police force of that
place were suffering from it
The tribal revolt in the vicinity of
Tangier, Morocco, has subsidized owing
to the receipt of news by the rebels
that the Objectionable officer had been
removed by the sultan.
The whole of the Rio Graude frontier
was covered with snow on the 2lSt the
first ever known The suffering among
the poorer classes of Mexicans and the
United States troops had been intense.
AT Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, in
Russian trans-Caucasia, two trains
loaded with petroleum collided while
running at high rate of speed. The
engines and cars were badly wrecked
and the fires beneath the boilers and in
the stoves used for heating some of the
cars ignited the oil! and soon both
trains were a mass of flames So quick
" dill the fire spread that at least six
men lost their lives.
THE Bank of England reduced its
rate of disc unit on the 21st from 81
per cent. to 3 per cent.
THE Russian government is doing
everything possible to relieve starving
people. Some horrible reports are
made.
DUN & Co.'S weekly review reports
trade as unusually bright this week.
The situation was excellent in every
direction.
IT was lately reported that plan for
the reorganization of the whisky trust
was being considered. TWAS proposed
to unite the distijiers not in the whisky /
trust on basis of a capitalization of !
S35, Goa, 600 and then unite with that |
combination the eignt diStillerics now
controlled by the trust. making grand |
joint stocI company, part American |
and part English, with capita ization |
of SO, 600, O0O or SlOO, 600, 900 with ALSO
lutte monopoly of the manufacturing Of |
spurious liquors.