The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-24
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
MGR. CRosELLI has been selected ia
succeed Mgr. Satolli as the pope's rep
resentative in America. Satolli ha,
not yet decided when he will go t.
Rome.
THE Venezuelan boundary commits
sion has got down to business and ha.
selected 5. Malet Provost, New York
lawyer, as its secretary. The commits
sion has invited both England and
Venezuela to submit their evidence in
the boundary dispute so as to save
time.
1T was recently reported at Washing
ton that a proclamation on the Cuban
cause had been drafted by the presi.
dent and Secretary Olney and might
be looked for at any time. 1t was
thought the proclamation would not
go so far as to recognize the Cuban re-
public, but would be plain declaration
of neutrality between the contending
parties. Little credence was placed in
the report that Cuba was to be sold to
Great Britain.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
the republican leaders in the house
were striving for an early adjourn
ment, and unless the senate held them
back expected to wind up the business
of the session in the early part of May.
1T was reported at Washington that
the house committee on territories
would not report the bills for the ad-
mission of New Mexico and Arizona
into the union until it would be too
late for action to be taken upon them
by this congress.
Ex-CoNeREssMAN GEARY, of Califor-
mia, who made existence in America =
life Of penance for the Chinese, was
said to be at Washington 10 promote a
policy on the same lines against the
Japanese. The Pacific coast was hav.
ing an influx of Japanese immigrants,
who were operating in different field
from their late adversaries, the Chi.
nese, who followed in the paths of
lower labor.
The disagreement between the CO.
pastors of the First Presbyterian church
at Washington, Rev. DIR. T. Dewitt Tai.
mage and Adolos Allen, has been set
tied by the church session calling for
Mr.. Aliens resignation.
THE secretary of the treasury intends
to coin enough of the bullion held
against the notes of 1890 to at least re-
store the amount of coined silver dol
lars to what it was at the beginning of
the administration. This will involve
the coinage of between SIS, ZOO, 900 and
SIG, 600, 900, and the profit from the coin
age will be added to the free silver in
She treasury.
1t was reported at Washington on
the 10th that the Venezuelan boundary
commission would probably not have
the honor to settle the question, there
being good reasons for supposing that
the matter will be terminated in a
manner satisfactory to all concerned.
1t was believed that the basis of il
would be arbitration, as proposed orig
inally by the United States, but with
a limitation that would suffice to save
British pride and appear to maintain
British consistency.
THE democratic national committee
has chosen Chicago as the place and
July : as the date for holding the ma
tlOnal convention
THE comptroller of the currency has
issued circular letter TO all national
banks on the Forthcoming bond issue,
asking the banks to aid the govern
ment in popularizing the loan by call
ing the attention of their patrons to
the desira bility of it as an investment
and in stimulating subscriptions there
TO.
A CHICAGO Post Washington special
on the 18th said: A demand having
been made informally upon President
Cleveland for an authoritative state
ment at this time upon the third term
proposition, he has given it out that
the democracy will be entirely safe in
proceeding upon the theory that he is
not and will not be a candidate. He
has not put this statement in writing,
not deeming it the proper time for an
epistolary communication on the sub
ject.
SECRETARY CARLISLE issued circular
on the 18th modifying the conditions for
payment on the advertised bond issue.
GENERAL NEWS
THE executive committee of the pop
ulist national committee was unex-
pectedly called together on the night
Of the 18th at st. Louis, after the ad-
tournament of the main committee, to