The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-28
GENERAL NEWS.

against women in reducing the force
of clerks in his department.
GENERAL NEWS.
THE total bank clearings of all the
clearing houses of the United States
for the week ended the 22d were $780,
OO7. 1913, against SS72 919. Isl the previous
week and S775,041, All the correspond
ing week last year.
Mrs. b. f. PIERCE, wife of an en-
ploye of the Union Pacific Coal Co., of
Rock Springs, Wyo., claims to have
proof thatshe is the oldest daughter
of the late Jay Gould. She says that
her mother, Jay Gould's first wife,
from whom it is claimed he was never
divorced, is still living at Rouse's
Point, Clinton county, \. Y.
A DISPATCH from Australia of the 23d
said that the feature of the Victorian
elections held recently was the ami
hilation of the free trade party. An
analysis of the returns showed sixty
five protectionists and fourteen free
traders, the remaining twenty-nine
members favoring an ad valorem duty
on imports of % per cent.
THE japanese government has de-
cided to follow up the advantage it has
gained against the Chinese and push
the war with all possible vigor before
the arrival of winter. Orders have
been issued for $4,000 troops to depart
Immediately for the front. The ma
tional enthusiasm aroused by the sue.
cess of the Japanese forces is un-
bounded.
THE Hebrew-speaking shirtmal1ers
of New York to the number of nearly
1900 went out on a strike on the 23d.
Resolutions were adopted declaring be-
fore the strikers went back to work
manufacturers must raise wages on
piece work back to the old scale. which
is double the present one; that they
must deposit 5000 each with the union
as guarantee of payment of wages
and 500 as forfeit in case of any re-
duction during the next six months.
A BROKEN switch threw the engine
and two cars of the New York and
Boston express on the Lake Shore &c
Michigan Southern railroad from the
track at Chicago, the engine ran into
~
Bowrin, a colored man, was badly
bruised by the fall of the tower. The
passengers on the train, beyond a
severe shaking up, were uninjured.
An official dispatch from the Jap.
anese headquarters at Hiroshima said
that the loss of the japanese at the
battle of Ping Yang were eleven Off
GERS and 154 men killed: fifty officers
and SCI men wounded, and forty miss
ing. The Chinese, the official dispatch
said, lost 1000 killed. The number of
Chinese wounded was not known, but
it was supposed to be very large.
Mrs. f. X. HUNT. the president of the
Women's Notwithstanding associa.
ton, of Lexington. Ky, has received 9
letter from Miss Mary Desha, sister-in-
law of Col. Breckenridge, now residing
in Washington, thanking her for what
she did in defeating Breckenridge fol-
denomination.
THE arrest of A. V. Hofley, alias Wa
terman, at Ashley, H., is regarded as
very important capture by Chief of
the Secret Service Hazen. The plate
which he counterfeited the $50 Man.
ming note). was so well calculated to
deceive that an Arkansas sheriff. who
made the first arrest in the case. sent
to the treasury department a genuine
note along with one of the samples of
the counterfeit. The plate was made
by photograph engraving on copper.
A DISPATCH from Philadelphia of the
2Ist said it was reported that the con.
vention of letter carriers to meet in
that city in a few days was called for the
purpose OF organizing the letter car,
riers as a branch of the Knights OF
Labor.
IT was reported on the 10th that
band headed by Chief Blue. the leader
of the Chichasaw negro Indians, was in
open rebellion. The insurrectionists
had gone out on marauding tour and
were terrorizing the Indian citizens.
especially the Sauaw men. The east
ern part of the ChickaSaw nation was
in state of terror.
Col. BRECKENRIDGE son. Desha. had
a sensational alteration with James
Livingston at Lexington. XIV. Liv-
ingston struck Desha with his fist and
Desha struck at him with a knife.
The knife went between the fingers of
LivingstOn's hand. Bystanders rushed
and separated them.
OrTUMwA, Ia, is making preparations
to entertain the famous Croc1er's Iowa
brigade. which meets there in their
seventh biennial reunion the Goth and
9th of September.
The cavalry troops at Fort Bowie,
Arlz.. which have been ordered to Fort
Logan, near Denver, Col, will march
the entire distance. 720 miles About
forty days will be allowed. 1t will be |
the longest march made by cavalrymen
since the opening of railroads.
THE Ohio democratic state conven-
ton, at Columbus on the 18th declared |
in favor of the election of United States |
senators by the people by vote of 46:
to 326.