The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
A FUTILE effort has been made by
conservatives on both sides of the sill
yer question 20 reach compromise,
Mr.. Carlisle is exerting himself to that
end, but SO far to no purpose.
Mr. VEsT has laid before the senate
a petition of residents of the Cherokee
nation praying to be admitted into the
union separate from Oklahoma, and for
the allotment of lands in severalty.
THE director of the mint has sub
mitted to congress an interesting re-
port on the production and coinage of
precious metals m the United States
THE senate committee on immigra-
ton has reported, favoring the addition
of three classes to those who shall be
excluded.
The congressional committee inves-
tigating the Panama scandal eXoner-
ated Col Thompson, but accuse the
banks interested of plain robbery.
CONGRESSMAN OWEN SCoTT, OF Illinois,
has decided not to push his candidacy
for commissioner of internal revenue.
REPRESENT ATIvE MCCREARY, of Ken
tucky, while leaving the Capitol at
Washington slipped on the icy side
walk and fell, breaking one of his arms.
THE house judiciary committee has
reported favorably the Hopkins resolu-
ton inquiring of the Encouragement
why he had not prosecuted the sugar
trust.
SPEAKER CRISP has been flooded with
messages about the strip bill, and these
may induce him to give it chance
THE commission appointed to treat
with the Arapahoes for the cession of
their lands to the government reports
that they are unwilliHg to sell.
THE American Bimetallic league at
Washington adopted resolutions de-
claring the demonetization of silver to
be the great moral and financial crime
of this century.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has sent to the
senate the name of bon. Benton Han
Howell Jackson on the United States
circuit bench.
CANADA having come to terms in the
matter of canal tolls, the president has
issued a proclamation undoing the
proclamation of retaliation issued a
n short time ago.
THE navy department has been in
formed of the arrival of the gunboat
Bennington and cruiser Newark at the
Canary islands with the Columbus
caravels, Nina and Pinta, in convoy.
SECRETARY FOSTER has been advised
that 81, 600, 900 in gold has been taken
from the sub-treasury in New York for
export This leaves the free gold in
the treasury So, 200, 900.
CHAIRMAN CALDWELL has ruled that
in allowing lines to meet outside COM
petition the most available route may
be used The ruling was on the meet
ing of outside reduc lions to the inaugu-
ration.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs has reported favorably the bill
granting the Purcell Bridge Co the
consent of the United States to con-
struct and maintain bridge over the
South Canadian river at or within one
mile of the town of Lexington, Cleve-
land county, Ok.
THE senate committee on Indian af-
fairs has reported favorably the bill to
grant a right-of-way through the In
dian territory to the Gainesville, Nc
Alester & St Louis Railroad Co
THERE is some talk about the navy
department of having the Olympia as
signed to the Asiatic station instead of
the Pacific station. The ship is now at
San Francisco