The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

FRANCIS j. KIECNHOFFER chief in the
bureau of accounts in the state depart
nent at Washington, has been found
short in his accounts and Secretary Oh
ney has compelled him to resign. The
thief bookkeeper has also resigned.
SECRETARY MORTON recently in
formed packers and pork raisers that
f they would study the tastes and de-
mands of foreign customers they
would create a broader market for
American bacon. The secretary said
that in Wiltshire, Eng, they pay the
highest price for porkers from 13O to
100 pounds weight which are not too
fat, and the lowest price for those
weighing 24O pounds and upwards
with plenty of fat.
SECRETARY OINEY's note to Great
Britain on the Venezuelan matter was
a communication of about S. 900 words,
and described the history of the Mon
roe doctrine, pointed out the applica-
bility of this doctrine to the boundary
dispute in Guiana, and then declared
the principle for which the United
States was contending, namely, that
no European shall enlarge its terri
torial dominion on the American con IT,
nent by means of force.
President CLEVELAND has appointed
Yancey Lewis, of Ardmore, l. T. United
States Judge for the central district of
that territory to succeed Judge Stuart
THE board of health has lifted the
quarantine and Honolulu is once more
a clean port. No cases of cholera
had been reported for over two weeks
at the session of the national con-
ference of the Unitarian church at
Washington on the 2fth a resolution
was passed protesting against the out
RACES committed by the Turks on the
Armenians. The annual election of
officers resulted in the reelection of
United States Senator Hoar, of Massa-
ehusetts. as president: Rev. w. d.
Moorehouse. of New York, as general
secretary. and William Howell Reed,
of Boston. as treasurer.
Ex-UNITEDS STATES SENATOR CHARLES
II. VAN WYCK, of Nebraska, died on
the oath at Washington of apoplexy,
aged Il years.
The secretary of the treasury, it was
said. would not coin any more silver
into dollars until there was some ac-
tion taken by congress on the currency
question, and with that idea in view
had discontinued all operations at the
New Orleans mint and discharged the
employees.
CoNPTROLLER ECK!.Es stated that the
single thing that seemed 20 operate
/ A
can securities abroad was the question
as to the s0undness or uncertainty OF
our currency system.
THE national conference of Unita-
rians opened at Washington on the 23d.
CHAIRMAN CARTER. of the republican
national committee. has called a meet
ing Of the committeeman for Deem
ber 10 at the Arlington hotel, Wash
ingtOn, to designate time and place
for the meeting of the national con-
vention.
THE third assistant pOstmaster-gen-
eral. in his annual report for the past
fiscal wear. shows that postal revenues
from all sources were S76.9S3. 12S, the
expenditures being $50, 792, 172, an eX'
cess over receipts of -. SO7. O44.
THE Chicago Inter Ocean printed a
special dispatch from Washington on
the 22d stating that there was rumor
that Secretary Olney was contemplate
ing retiring from the cabinet on ac
count of disagreement between him
self and the president on the Venezuela
trouble. Mr.. Olney favoring a more
vigorous policy than did the president.