The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-10-21
GENERAL.


CHANCELLOR CAPRIvI, of Germany, is
having great deal of trouble over OPP
position to his military bill, and it may
result in his resignation. .f
The Union Pacific has an engine
weighing los tons, and the Pennsyl-
vaDia company is building 124-ton
freight car
SEVERAL battles have taken place re-
Gently between the French and ''blacl1
flags in Tonquin.
GEN. CREsPo has been proclaimed
| president of Venezuela
DIPHTHERTA is seriously interfering
with the public schools at Bonnie Tcrre,
/ Mo.
The United States custom house at
Fronteras, on the Texas-Mexican bor-
der, is found to be almost four miles
south of the line, according to govern
ment survey now in progress.
TWENTY fresh cases of cholera and
five deaths from the disease were re-
ported in Paris on the 9th.
WEIHERT's machine works at He'll
bronn, near Berlin, have been burned,
with loss of 81, 600, 900.
INHABITANTS of Spal1ia rose up against
Turkish soldiers and a bloody battle
ensued
THE Glasgow Jack the Ripper has
been caught by the officers after an at
tempt to take his life. g..
1.-THE remains of Lord Tennyson were
laid to rest in Westminster abbey with
BETTING honors.
GEORGE c. GEEK who was engineer on
the Monitor during the battle with the
Merrimac is dead.
THE Dominion government reports
that the fishery catch this season is
above an average one.
EX-PRENTER MERCER, Of Quebec, has
been committed to stand trial on
charges of malfeasance in office.
THE British cruiser Aurora will re-
place the Warsprite as flag ship of the
Pacific station.
THE volcano of Colima, in Mexico is
showing signs of activity.
CRETANs are again in revolt, and have
repulsed the Turkish forcas
BRIGANDAGE in Italy is growing
worse daily. The bandits have allies
among all classes of people, even in the
cabinet, it is charged.
ALLARD. the French Canadian black
smith, has succeeded in tempering alu-
minum as hard as steel.
CONSIDERABLE rioting occurred at
CarmauX, France, recently over a min
ers' strike. Soldiers and gendarmes
were ordered to the scene.
MrENr.N 41,a
believed by some of the Scotch police
to be really Jack the Ripper"
IN the last year the Western Union
Telegraph Co. earned 81 ,39S, 541 over all
expenses. All the old officers were re-
elected.
UNITED STATES CONSUL RYDER, of Co
penhagen, charged with embezzlement
and theft, has been released on $1,000.
THERE was report current that the
Western Union was about to absorb the
Postal Telegraph Co.
Ii Hume CHANG, premier of China,
has developed irritability approaching
to madness. He kicks and cuffs almost
every one who seeks an interview.
THE election for the new Italian
chamber of deputies is fixed for Novem-
Der 9.
CAPRIvI must either withdraw the
German army bill or resign, so a dis
patch says.
THE South Australia ministry has re-
signed in consequence of the defeat of
its financial proposals in the house of
the assembly.
THE rumor that Col. Dodds, the French
commanderin Dahomey, had been killed
is contradicted in France. Reports re-
ceived from him are that he has been
steadily advancing into the interior.
THE returns issued by the French
board of trade shows that during Sep
TENDER the imports decreased 5O,O0O,-
900 francs and that the exports in
creased 21,O99, 900 francs as compared
with the corresponding month last
year.