The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-09

WASHINGTON NOTES.
ANOTHER interior department clerk
died on the 30th of smallpox and two
more were stricken with the disease.
DE-. HARRIS. national commissioner
of education, in his annual report says
that % per cent. of the population at
tend school part of each year. He
highly commends public libraries,
magazines and the daily newspapers
for their educational influences.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued
proclamation fixing Thursday, Novem-
ber 90, as dav of thanksgiving.
THE secretary of agriculture fur
nished statement of the number OF
cattle exported for several years and
showed that Great Britain takes the
bulk of our beef and that the loss OF
the German market was a matter OF
small concern.
THE secretary of state has received
official information that the discrim-
mating stumpage dues upon spruce logs
cut in the province of Quebec and ex-
ported to the United States have been
removed by the Dominion government.
The effect of this act will be to enable
Canadians to get the benefits of the
free lumber provision of the new tariff
law.
THE Chinese minister at Washington
was awaiting the signed official copy
of the new treaty between the United
States and China. 1t was forwarded
from China some time ago, but has met
1nla
Secretary Gresham desired to get the
document, as treaty provisions could
not be proclaimed by President Cleve-
land until the official papers had been
exchanged.
GEN. FLAGLEB has made his annual
report to the secretary of war. He
makes a strong point on the insutfi-
cheney of the appropriation for arming
the militia.
THE president and his family have
moved to Woodley. about miles from
Washington. He will drive in to trans
act business at the White house.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written q
letter to Mr.. Pierce, of Boston, bear
ing on the political and financial situa-
ton in which he takes the opportunity
10 correct some statements recently
made by Senator Frye. of Maine.
THE post office department has issued
orders declaring the Artisan Saving
and Loan association. of Pittsburgh;
the Omaha. Neb., Cooperative Supply
CO.. and the American Saving and Loan
association. of Chicago. t be fraudu-
lent concerns not entitled to use OF the
mails.
COMMISSIONER DROWNING, of the In
dian bureau, has written a letter to
Agent Thomas which has caused great
excitement round Guthrie, Ok. The
commissioner says that the Kickapoo
Indians will not be permitted to lease
theie allotted lands until the lands
ceded by them 70 the United States in
the late agreement shall have been
opened to public settlement. All whites
are warned against entering into such
leases and against going upon the
Kickapoo reservation. and people who
attempt to lease will not be recognized
as suitable persons to lease Indian
lands when the time comes that the
Kickapoos may legally lease their
lands.
THE president has signed several or
ders of great Importance in connection
with the civil service reform movement,
making important extensions of the
classified service to offices heretofore
classified. and revising existing classi-
fications in branches of the service al
ready classified. so as to bring within
the classification many places hereto
fore excluded.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has rendered
decision directing the case against
Howard, Mr.. Morton's coachman, be
dismissed and that he be allowed to re-
main il this country.