The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-26
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A LETTER has reached Washington
from John Waller, sentenced to inn
prisonment in France for twenty-one
pears, containing a copy of the defense
which he had intended to submit to
the court-martial which tried him in
Madagascar, but was not allowed to do
So The statement was said to make
plain his connection with the matters
covered in the charges and completely
exonerated him. The documents have
been placed before officials of the state
department and Senator German has
promised to consider the matter with
them as soon as possible.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has request.
ed Attorney-General Harmon to direct
suit to be brought for the recovery of
1,2J0 acres of land enormously patent
ed to the st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern railroad.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY REYNOLDS, in
a pension appeal case denied on the
18th, held that a claimant who filed
his claim while deserter had no status
10 apply, and that his pension could
only date from the fling of another ap-
plication, subsequent to his discharge.
JAMES L. TRAvERs, colored. was
hanged in the United States Jail at
Washington for the murder of Lena
Gross, his colored mistress. in Novem-
Der last Travers quarreled with the
young woman and cut her throat He
was about - years of age and his men,
tai capacity was extremely limited.
He was executed upon the scaffold
which launched Charles j. Giteau into
eternity.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued an
order placing employees of all pension
agencies under civil service rules
SENATOR FAULKNER, chairman of the
national congressional committee, de-
MED that any party of democratic
orators was to be sent in the north
west under the auspices of the COM
mittee during the present summer and
approaching fail for the purpose of dis
cussing the currency question in a
series of meetings.
A DISPATCH from Washington on the
18th said that the notes of national
banks are to be boycotted by the
Knights of Labor. Grand Master Sow
ereign has issued manifest to his or
ganization and to the Farmers Alli-
ance, peoples party, reform clubs and
kindred societies, reciting the wrongs
of the masses, and calling for a gen.
eral boycott on national banks in all
dealings between individual. The boy
cOtt is to go into effect September i.
THE status of agricultural education
in the United States is given an ex-
tended review in the Forthcoming year
book of the agricultural department.
1t shows that there are sixty-five insti-
tutions in operation under the provi-
sion of the acts OF July ,, 1862, and Au-
gust 30, 1890. Sixty of these maintain
courses in agriculture.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued a
proclamation stating that, as Spain
has extended to American citizens the
privileges of copyright, Spanish citi-
zens are granted the privileges of
American copyright.
ADvICEs to the surgeon-general of
the marine hospital service at Wash
ington on the 10th were to the effect
that there were twenty new cases of
yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, during
the week ended the 11th and eight
deaths. During the week previous
there were twenty-five deaths from
yellow fever in Santiago de Cuba.