The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15

FATHER KNEIPP, author of the well
known water cure, is to visit the pope
at the desire of his holiness.
THE Union Pacific directors passed
resolutions on the death of Frederick
Lathrop Ames and elected his son Oil
yer a member of the directory in his
place.
THOMAS AxwoRTHY, ex-city treasurer
of Cleveland, died recently at Hamil-
ton, Ont. Axworthy left Cleveland a
defaulter to the extent of over $500, 900
in October, 1889. He went to London,
Eng, where he was overtaken by de-
tectives and most of the city's funds
recovered.
GEN. MARTINEZ CAMPos has an
nounced that any soldiers found ILL
treating Kabyles will be shot The
Spanish generals are in favor of estab-
fishing a neutral zone between Spanish
and Moorish territory.
The Commercial Cable Co. has de-
clared a quarterly dividend of ia per
cent, payable January 2.
THE preliminary inquiry into the
plot to kill Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia shows that Lieut.. Ivanoff and
his brothers had no accomplices.
A RICH American in Paris has pur-
chased a statue of Miss Sybil Sander
son as Phryne, by Campagne. the
sculptor The statue will be exhibited
at the next salon.
The German Roumanian commercial
treaty has been approved by the treaty
committee of the reichstag.
The Norwegian bark Don Juan, Capt.
Overguard. from New York November
for Gothenburg, has been wrecked
near Lembig, Denmark. All of her
crew except three men were drowned.
The prince of Wales is now grand
master of the English Freemasons-
THE report of Sir Gerald Portal, the
Bri tish consul-general for German east
Africa, will advise the extension of the
Zanzibar protectorate to include Ugan-
da.
THE losses of the English Oriental
bank through peculating directors
amounts to e., 130, 900.
THE statement of the Bank of France
shows an increase in specie of 5, 1923, 900
francs in gold, and an increase of l.
$4,000 francs in silver. The propor-
ton of the bank of France is S6.23 per
cent
A DISPATCH from Paris says NJ.
Pictet, Swiss engineer, has invented
an explosive called fulgerite, which he
claims possesses a power equal TO
dynamite, and greater power when it
is used as gunpowder. 1t is smokeless,
and, according to the inventor, per-
fectly safe in handling.
A DYNAMITE cartridge was exploded
in the Place de la Revolution, Paris. A
number of houses were injured. The
authorities have instituted an inquiry
as to who was responsible.
THE Portuguese cortes has been dis
solved.
NJ. DUPUY has assumed the presidency
of the French chamber of deputies.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended December showed an average
decrease of 22.7 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 2S5; outside,
146.
EX-PRE,IER CRIsPI has been asked to
try mis- hand again at forming an
Italian cabinet
ADM. DE CANA has Joined the forces
of the revolutionists in Brazil, and the
movement to overthrow Peixoto seems
to be gaining ground daily.
ALEXANDER and Joseph Rorique, the
two brothers who have been on trial
before French naval court-martial,
charged with murder, mutiny and pi-
racy in the south Pacific ocean, were
condemned to death.
EToN college, England's most famous
preparatory school, has been greatly
stirred by the announcement that the
head master and his assistants have re-
ceived many menacing pamphlets and
letters, presumably from anarchists.
Mr. GLADSTONE was reported indis-
posed on the Sth. Nothing serious
was apprehended.
A DISPATCH from Cairo reports that
the British ambassadorship to st.
Petersburg has been offered to Baron
Cromer, who, it is expected, will accept.
Baron Cromer is now British political
agent and consul-general at Cairo.
II is reported that torpedo companies
are being established in the French
army, according to the plan adopted by
the Russians.