The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-23

GENERAL.
1t was said the SLAYER Fodisliah. who
recently gave the British forces so much
trouble, had been captures
The earl of Elgin, viceroy of India,
has sent an official dispatch to the India
Office, confirming the news of the dis
asters to the British forces operating
against the Arabs on the borders of
Assam
THE queen left England in the royal
yacht on the 14th for Florence, Italy,
where she will stay some time.
IT was stated on the 14th that the
Wilson steamship line ship Apollo had
not been seen or heard of since she lefS
New York for Antwerp, February IL.
She was fourteen days overdue. She
was commanded by Capt. Sykes, and
carried a crew of thirty-seven hands,
all told.
AN anarchist threw bomb into the
Church of La Madeleine, Paris, on the
18th while divine service was going on.
The bomb exploded prematurely, kill
ing the culprit and injuring a number
of people more or less severely.
DISPATCHES from Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, of the 18th said that Adm. Da
CANA, with 500 of the insurgent sail
ors and marines, was on board the
Portuguese corvette Mindello 1t was
added that the refugees would be taken
to Portugal. Other advices from Sac
Paulo were to the effect that the in
surgents under Gen. Saraiva had capt
ured the fort at Itavarca, the garrison,
numbering 5000 men. having surren-
dered.
ORIENTAL advices state that disas-
trous collision occurred recently in the
strait between Bengalis and CagaL
Two steamers, the Song Guam and Aing
Hoe, collided while going at full speed.
Those on board the Song Guam jumped
into the water and were picked up by
the crew of the Aing Hoe. Hardly had
they reached the deck when both
steamers lurched and went down.
About fifty people were drowned.
The London Daily News of the 10th
said that at council of the ministers
section asked to resign, declaring
it was impossible to continue the gov
ernment with the chances of a repeti-
ton of the Labouchere incident to
abolish the house of lords After
some persuasion they were induced to
remain, on the ground that the govern
ment would either resign or dissolve if
it should suffer such another defeat.
THE reichstag finally passed the
Russo-German commercial treaty by a
large majority.
THE expedition against the Abors has
arrived safely in Sadiya. There will
be no further operations until after the
rainy season.
THE Cunard line steamer Ducania
from New York made n new winter
record to Queenstown, making it in one
hour and four minutes less than the
Companies record.
\ DISPATCH from Guatemala lately
said that President Barrios' house was
closely guarded and he never appeared
in public without escort The military
were kept constantly watching and
there were frequent changes of COM
manders. The antipathy to Americans
increases.
Mr.. WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR has
been elected member of the Carleton
club, the most exclusive of all the Lon
don clubs.
THE fifty-frst boat race between Ok
ford and Cambridge universities took
place on the river Thames, Oxford win
ming by three and a half lengths.
AN act of the Episcopal synod an
nulling the decree of divorce secured
several years ago by the king of Servia,
Milan, from Queen Natalie, is published.
Mr.. MICHAEL DAvITT, the well known
Irish leader, in an address at meeting
at Bally brothy, Queens county, Ireland,
declared that he was convinced that
Lord Rosebery was as firm home ruler
as any Gladstonian.
THE first petroleum tank steamer has
arrived at Shanghai, China, but the
custom house authorities would not al
low the landing of petroleum in bulk.
The British, Russian and German con-
suls have been instructed to support
the landing of the petroleum, which is
fixed for March 90. Trouble is expected.
An impressive demonstration to pro-
test against the action of the house of
lords in rejecting the employers liabil-
ity bill was held in Hyde park, London,
on the 18th. 1t was estimated that S0,-