The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23

gland denounced the house of lords
THE aged Ferdinand de Lesseps has
resigned from the Suez canal board.
IN the German unterhaus Herr
Arandt, discussing the best means OF
improving the silver situation, COM
planned that German silver coins were
80 per cent below the nominal value
and urged the government to remedy
this as soon as possible.
The Paris radical organs, discussing
the contemplated action of the govern
ment for the protection OF citizens
against anarchistic outrages, express
the fear that the chamber of deputies
will be induced to vote laws which are
opposed to the liberty of the people.
WRITING of the trouble between En-
glish and French troops on the Sierra
Leone border the governor of French
Guinea saya the English were the ag-
gressors-
Mr. F. G. SELoUs, the South African
hunter, who obtained prominence dur
ing the Matabele campaign, has COM
menced action for libel against Mr..
Henry Labouchere, M. p, charging
Misrepresentation in the columns of
Truth.
PROF. HOLDEN, of Lick observatory,
describes the new star, Norma, as hav-
ing a nebulous spectrum
SYDNEY, Australia, advices say that
the iron steamer Alert, while on her
voyage from Port Albert to Melbourne
recently sank in terrible gale, and of
the fourteen men aboard but one man
aged to reach land to tell the story of
the disaster.
DUN's Weekly Review said there had
not been any improvement in any line
of trade during the week ended the
18th and the outlook was not encour-
aging. Failures for the week had
been 32S in the United States and 55 in
Canada, against 1917 in the United
States and SO in Canada last year.
The annual report of President
Blackstone of the Chicago & Alton
shows that road has not added to its
mileage in Is years.
A DISPATCH from Cape Town, Africa,
on the 10th said that the death of King
Lobengula was confirmed. All the
late King Lobengula's regiments ex-
cept the Iniato regiment, which was
guarding the kings grave, were sur
rendering.
PRINCE CoLoNNA has gone to Naples.
| Maitre Cortet, of the counsel for the
prince, says that Prince Colonna was
determined to regain possession of his
children and that he will take the nec-
essary steps to do so.
| THERE is a serious outbreak of swine
fever in several districts of Limerick
1t is likely to injure seriously the bacon
curing trade of the south Of Ireland.
| A GREAT convention of the Farmers
league, represented by 5000 delegates.
met the other night in Berlin. The
leaders denounced Chancellor Won
Caprivi's tariff policy in the strongest
| terms.
ANARCHIST HENRY, the Paris bomb
thrower, has made confession and di-
vulged the names of several of his an
archist friends and their arrests ale
expected in a short time.
A RECENT dispatch from Brazil stated
that the United States steamship New
York had gone to sea suddenly and it
was suspected that she was tainted by
yellow fever. The spread of the fever
was causing much alarm among the
foreigners at Rio.
THE announcement comes from Sa-
tillo that Gov. Jose Miguel Musgriz,
governor of the stat. of Coahuilas,
Mex, has resigned his Office, and it has
created a great stir in political circles
throughout the state
The inhabitants of Rio de JaneirC
were stated to be loudly demanding
the cessation of hostilities and the
restoration of peace.
An Odessa dispatch to the London
News says that seventeen persons, in
cluding couple of naval officers, were
arrested last week, charged With the
possession of revolutionary literature
and other compromising documents
Numerous arrests have taken place a.
kharkoff.
THE closing ceremony in connection
with Pope Leo Mills jubilee year tool
place on the 18th and consisted of g
mass celebrated by him in st. Peters
Rome Fifty thousand people wer.
present The pope intoned the II
Deum in strong voice and appeared
to be in good health.