The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-19
Tn main building of the Kansas State

THE main building of the Kansas State
Insane Asylum, at Osawatomie, was par
tally destroyed by fire on the evening Of the
8th. The inmates were all safely removed.
The IRE is believed to have originated from
spontaneous combustion. The loss is esti-
mated at $50, 900, with no insurance.
JAMES ALLEN, the waiter at the St.
Nicholas Hotel, Lasvegas, N. Mex. who shot
and killed James Moorehead, commercial
traveller from st. Louis, was taken from the
custody Of the Sheriff and hanged by mob.
THE Arkansas Democratic State Con-
vention will be held at Little Rock, June 2,
to nominate candidates for State officers and
also to choose delegates to the National Con-
vention.
GEN. GRANT and party expected to
sail from Vera Cruz, Mexico, on the 18th, for
New Orleans.
NJ. DE LEssEPs and Capt. Eads, by
invitation, have both appeared before the
Senate Committee ON Inter oceanic Canals
and explained their respective systems.
THE Senate. by party vote, rejected
the nomination Of VIM. r. Brown as Census
Supervisor Of the Eighth District of Illinois,
upon the ground that at least one of the
eight Illinois Supervisors should have been
selected from the Democracy.
THE boiler in Lehman, Rosenthal &
Co.'s flax mill, at Frankfort, Ind, exploded
on the morning Of the 18th, just before the
usual hour for beginning work, and while
all the employees, ten in number, were
gathered around. Every one of the
ten men was instantly killed. The
building was completely demolished, and the
debris took fire and was quickly consumed.
The names of the killed are: II. Rogers, Eli
Hemlick, Scott Williams, Joseph Wise
Joseph Miller, Thos. CroXton, Pat Leasy,
John Honissell, Joseph Eichenberry and
Michael Shields.
The Missouri Republican State Con-
vention, to select delegates to the Chicago
Convention, will be held at Sedalia, April IA.
The House Committee on Public
Lands will report favorably Mr.. Ryan's bill
to graduate the price and dispose of the res
idue of Usage Indian Trust and Diminished
Reserve Lands, Kansas.
The House Committee on Epidemic
Diseases have agreed to recommend for
passage the joint resolution authorizing the
President to call an International Sanitary
Conference, to meet at Washington, D. c.,
and to increase the efficiency of the National
Board of Health.
The Ohio Republican State Conven-
April %.
AN anti-third term Republican meet
ing was held at st. Louis on the evening of
the 18th. Hon. John B. Henderson was the
principal speaker.
Mrs. AGNES BERGEsET, q domestic
in the family OF DR.. j. Byrne, 2S1 West Ran
dolph Street, Chicago, was accidentally shot
and almost instantly killed on the 18th, by
nine.year-old son Of the Doctor, with a re-
volver which had been left carelessly lying
around in the room Of q boarder in the
house.
DENNIS KEARNEY was arrested at San
Francisco, on the 18th, on charges Of mis-
demeanor, based upon his remarks at
workingmen's meeting. He was released on
bail.
A DETACHMENT of the Fifth Infantry
recently overhauled party of Sioux who
had been committing depredations near Fort
McKeogh and killed three Of them. Two
Cheyenne scouts were killed in the fight.
The POst-office Department has con-
cluded contracts for the Star Mail Service |
for four years in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, |
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, |
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. |
The total amount of awards is about $685.
600.
IT is reported from Chicago that the
Trade and Labor League of that city recent |
ly received q communication from the St. |
Louis branch, urging their cooperation in |
trade union strike, to be inaugurated April |
1, and to comprise all organizations in the |
West.
THREE negroes were hanged on the
18th: At Washington, Ark, Sydney Nc.
Fadden, for the murder of his wife; at |
Florence, Ala, John Mayfell, for the MUIR
and at Townsville, Ga, Day Brigherly, for
an indecent assault upon white woman.
The Wisconsin Democratic State
Convention, to choose delegates to the Gin
cinnati Convention, will be held at Madison,
May 10.
The Arkansas Republican State Con
vention, for the selection of delegates to the
National Convention, will be held at Little
Rock, April2
The House Committee on Commerce
have instructed Mr.. Clardy to report a bill
to the House providing for the appropria-
ton of $40, 900 for the improvement Of the
harbor or landing Of St. Charles, Mo-, by
1iverting the channel Of the Missouri River
from the south to the north bank.
THE Ohio Democratic State Conven-
ion. to select delegates to the National Con-
ventiOn will be held at Columbus. Nav IL.