The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27

NJ. BARTHoLDI's latest idea is that
statues of American heroes should be
erected on Liberty island
THs French steamship Marseilles
foundered in mid ocean. Her passen
gers and crew were saved.
A MEXICAN coasting vessel plying
between Guaymas, La Paz and other
Pacific coast ports has been wrecked
near Cape San Luca and the entire
crew of about eighteen Inen drowned.
IT is now known beyond a doubt
that the schooner c. Benson was lost
in the great storm on the lakes and all
on board have probably perished.
AT Buda Pesth Herr Duestch. parlia-
mentary editor of Pestber-Lloyd. died
of Asiatic cholera.
Dr. LOUIS has resigned his leader
ship of the central party in Argentina,
and Signor Lental will take the leader
ship.
THE government of Spain has pur-
hased 10. 600 Mansur rifles and 10, 00O OOO
cartridges for the use of the army at
Mellila
--LATEST cholera reports from Russia
show that the disease is still raging
with una bated violence in a number of
the provinces.
A BLUE book just issued, detailing
the condition of the farm laborers in
thirteen counties of Ireland says that
Their position is better now than at any
former time.
The London Times correspondent in
Calcutta telegraphs that the import of
silver has been stopped in the state
markets of Candahar, Ghuzni, Cabul
and Jellalabad.
ABOUT 800 miles from st Johns. n.
F., vessel signalled the Anchor line
steamer Ethiopia, from New York for
Glasgow, with her shaft broken. She
had all available sail set.
THE schooner Riverside left Kellev's
island outbound to Tonawanda. n Y,
with 120 cords of limestone. She has
not been heard from since Besides
her captain she carried a crew of seven
men.
THE directors of the United States
Express Co. have declared semi-an-
nual dividend of > per cent, payab BILE
November -.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has accepted the
resignation of Gen. Won kaltenborn-
Stachau, minister of war.
THE political situation in Austria is
greatly strained and a dissolution of
parliament is anticipated in the near
future.
FRENCH authorities are talking of
changing the name of their new IRON
clad to be launched October -, either
to Tsar or Russo.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says that
the great Chinese cotton mill has been
entirely destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
900: uninsured.
The Portuguese government has de-
clared Greenwich and London to be
cholera-infectedp ports.
SEVERAL Berlin dealers in anti
Semitic books have boon prosecuted
'for insulting Caprivi by printing in
the books a political picture called
The Jewish Alphabet.
ACTING on the advice of Russia. the
countries of Greece. Servia and Mon
tenegro have formed protective alli-
ance.
The officials of the American Express
Co. admit that a large sum of money
was stolen in transit between New
York and St Louis and say that they
are on the track of the guilty parties.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended October 10, showed an average
decrease of 81 0 compared with the COR
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was $40: outside
253
IN an interview John L. Sullivan said
he thought the Corbett-Mitchell fight
would come off at Roby. Ind. lie
hoped Corbett would win. Sullivan
said he had no intention of re-entering
the ring. but would devote his energies
to the Theatrical profession"
IL the battle between the British
forces and Matabele in South Africa
the latter were defeated with heavy
loss. An advance is now being made
to Buluwayo.
r. q. DUN's weekly report says that
business is improving slowly and that
there are signs which are decidedly en-
couraging.
The government of China has as
sured this government that an extern
sion of the provisions of the Geary act
will be accountable.