The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The king of Greece is an excellen
swimmer, and has perfect passion iol
fishing.
Sweden claims to have the best
known woman painter in northern Eu
rope-the Baroness Emma Spare.
Donald Graham, who died the 9th
er day in England, aged eighty-five
| years, was a schoolmate of Gladstone
and it was his proud boast that he used
to beat the prime minister at the
shorter catechism."
Two thousand Eve hundred wed.
dings were celebrated in st. Peters.
burg during the first week after the
Russian Easter. This week is especial
ly chosen for marriage by Russians OF
the Orthodox Greek faith.
The death is reported on South
African ostrich farm of male ostrich
named Saul, which was known to be at
least fifty-five years old. At one time
the plumes from q single plucking of
this bird sold for more than one hun
dred dollars.
Rosa Bonheur, upon whose breast
Empress Eugene personally fastened
the cross of the Legion of Honor in
1865, has just been promoted to the
grade of officer in that order, the first
woman artist upon whom that distinc-
ton has been conferred.
"A South African publication states
that many trees in the government
compound at Kimberley have been de-
stroyed by species of underground
ants, which eat into the roots and pene-
trate upward into the trunk, where.
upon the tree slowly withers.
Turkey has for some time been
planning great exhibition to be held in
Constantinople in 1896. The sultan has
just decided to postpone it until 1897
or 1898 on account of the MillenniaI ex-
hibition, which is to be held at Pesth
in 1896, and at which Turkey will be an
extensive exhibitor.
During last year 113 murder charges
were tried in Great Britain, of which
were of child-murder. In
thirty cases verdicts of wilful murder
were returned; in twenty cases the de-
PENDANTS were found not guilty; in
fourteen the accused were found to be |
insane, and in the remainder verdict. |
OF manslaughter in various degrees were |
returned. The number of charges of |
wilful murder were more than double |
the number in the preceding year, and
the number of convictions was also |
nearly double.
The decree of President Carnot.
members of the French dip
omatic and consular service to marry
without the permission of the govern
nent, caused stir in diplomatic cir
lies. The fact that the decree was
ssued so soon after the marriage of NJ.
Jules Patenotre to an American girl
$ regarded as significant. although
he French premier insists that it only
las reference to the marriage of French
representatives to ladies of other ma
ions which are Objectionable to the
french government.
Under the new electoral scheme
'assed In Belgium last year, under
ONE notable pressure it will be re-
nember red, brussels will have I42.Isa
oters, instead of &c, 800, as under the
Id regime. 1t is calculated that in
he rural districts tie electors will be
increased to fourfold the extent of the
ncrease in Brussels. Under the old
egime about one inhabitant to five of
he capital had vote, but only about
ne in twenty of the rural people had
vote, while in villages containing sew
raj hundred people not one person
3uld vote.