The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-16

THE Paris Steele says the time is APP
preaching when an explanation will be
demanded from England for her en-
croachments in the east and elsewhere
THE Paris Journal des Debats says
the majority os the powers have de-
cided to refuse belligerant rights to the
insurgents of Brazil
The communal council at Vienna has
resolved to provide for a fitting cele-
bration of the jubilee of Emperor
Franz Josefs reign. 1t is probable a
municipal museum will be erected as q
memento of the occasion.
THE anniversary of the death of the
pope. Plus 1X., was the occasion for a
requiem mass in the Sistine chapel.
The pope, the members of the sacred
college and numbers of foreigners were
present
The supreme military court of Mex
leo has confirmed the sentence of
death by shooting upon Benigno
Rodriguez, of the army, for insubordi-
nation. He made a bold fight for his
life before the supreme tribunal, to
which his case was appealed, but lost
A NUMBER of Balmacedists have been
arrested at Santiago. and it is said that
the government is in possession of in
formation which leaves no room for
doubt that plot of dangerous nature
against the state has been discovered.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
and further arrests are expected to fol-
low in the near future.
LOUIS L. LAWRENCE, a mining man
from Pennsylvania, has been murdered
by band of robbers near Guadali-
careara, Mexico.
The king of Saxony has been suffer
ing from a serious hemorrhage of the
bladder
THE warship Aquidaban and another
insurgent vessel have left Rio harbor
1t is supposed that they intend to in
tercept President Peixoto's new squad
ron and challenge it to surrender on
the outside, where it could have no
support from the government forts.
PRESIDENT PEIxoTo of Brazil. issued
a decree ordering a congressional and
presidential election for March l. The
constitutional party will nominate
Senior Morares for president
PEIxoTo's torpedo fleet was reported
to have met with some disaster. De-
tails were kept secret
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended February s showed an average
decrease of 300 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was $50 outside,
20.5.
PRESIDENT PEIXoTo, of Brazil, is said
to have discovered plot for his assas-
sination, and to have had many of the
conspirators shot dead in secret
THE British steamer Primrose struck
on rock near Hartlepool, England,
and was wrecked. All of the crew
were saved.
ANOTHER meeting of the unemployed
took place at Vienna A number of
violent speeches were made. The po-
lice dispersed the meeting.
THE mother of Annie Pixley, the
actress, continues to assert that her
daughters death was due to a conspir-
acy of the latter's husband, Robert
Fulford. DIR. Fleming and Annie Joyce,
Annie Pixley's maid. The charge was
Indignantly denied.
THE schooner Robert J. Edwards. of
Gloucester, Mass, has gone down with
all hands off Sable island.
EIGHT firemen were killed by an ex-
pIosion in the Rue de Reuilly, Paris,
France. Seventeen workmen were also
severely burned
PEIXoTo's forces were reported to
have repulsed an insurgent attack on
Nictheroy.
THE Princess Ena. the six-year-old
daughter of Prince Henry, of Batten-
burg, and Princess Beatrice met with
a serious accident while riding at Os-
borne, Isle of Wright. She was pitched
off her pony, alighting on her heal
THE United States war vessel Ben
ningtop has arrived at Genoa and is
awaiting fu ther orders.
IT is announced Russia will not in
crease the Finnish tariff before 1899.
A CAPETowy dispatch says it is ru-
mored there that King Lobengula is
dead.
MORE than 5000 Quakers in England
have signed a protest agaist the vivi-
section of animals.
On the demand of the Bank of France
the Banque d dEscompte has been placed
in the hands of liquidator.