The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25


ing completely over. Fortunately there
were but few passengers on board. The In
jured number ten or twelve, two or three Of
whom it was thought might not recover.
LIEUT.. PERCY ROPER, Royal Engi-
neers, was found shot dead in Brompton
Barracks. A revolver was found lying some
distance away. The murder is believed to
have been committed by Fenian.
TRREB steamers have been chartered
to convey British troops to South Africa.
Or a crew Of eighteen men Of the ship
Neomanton, lost on the coast Of Newfound-
land, only the Chief Mate, McCreechy, and
Seaman Dooley were saved.
AT Lee Mines, Colo, Q giant-powder
cartridge laid under the stove exploded.
Four men were injured. ~
The small pox is said to be spreading
badly in Chicago. aiiE2 I5ht ~
THIRTEEN more Socialists have un-
dergone trial at Vienna. One was con-
victed Of high treason and sentenced to four
years imprisonment, another to six months
confinement, and eleven were acquitted.
GEORGE NJ. RoUsH, q wealthy stock
raiser, living near Bloomington, ILL.,, died
about three years ago, Of what was thought
| to be heart disease. It Is now reported that
Peter, the second son of deceased, died re-
Gently in northern Iowa, after making the
confession that he murdered his father by
putting poison in glass Of water standing
! 1t his bedside. : uiifi' "a -.''- '''"-'
ALL branches Of labor in the mills at
Fall River. Mass, have voted to strike, the
date to be kept secret. +, .1 Il .rags rfsj
The Bayou Lafourche packet As
sumption exploded her donkey boiler at New
Orleans OnIthe 10th, killing negro laborer
and seriously injuring several other persons.
THREE children were fatally burned
at Danielsonville, Conn, while kindling the
fire with kerosene. Their mother was badly
burned in trying to extinguish the flames.
AT Robinson's Camp, near Leadville,
Colo, on the 10th, Jack McIlhaney, q po-
liceman, shot and killed George Harbor, a
miner, and was. himself shot and MORALLY
wounded some time later by an unknown
assassin, doubtless in revenge for killing
Harbor, which the latter's friends claim was
entirely without justification. There was
great excitement throughout the camp,
which was heightened by the influx Of num-
Der Of armed men from Kokomo, an adjoin-
ing town, some Of whom were friends of the
miners and others IN sympathy with the So
called ''law and order'' party. A serious
collision seemed likely to occur between the
opposing factions.
The St. Louis police imbroglio has
been settled by the deposition of Boland as
Vice. President Of the Board of Commission
ers and the reappointment Of McDonough as
Chief, with plenary powers. ,-ii.lls
SEVERAL cases of trichinosis have &C.
CURED at Rondout, N. Y.
EIGHT Indians lost their lives by the
recent floods in the neighborhood of nges'
camp at Poplar River. a5as- ra..su ..t i
The headquarters of the Land League
are to be removed to. Paris. 1t is alleged
pered with by Government officials, and all
important communications will henceforth
be dispatched by special courier. In the
House of Commons, In response to an in.
quiry, the Home Secretary said the power to
open letters ia transit through the post is
reserved to the Home Secretary for exercise
in exceptional cases. He declined to make
any statement as to whether it had been re-
Gently exercised. n - =
The boiler in Bush's mill, in Isabella
County, Mich, exploded on the 18th, kill
ing Andrew Gesrheart and wounding four
others. adj AZ eE-Gs.4 .ft.s.
THE United States National Bank of
New York has been organized with Gen.
Grant, II. Victor Newcomb, H. F. Vail,
Morris X. Jessup, Henry B. Hyde, Logan C.
Murray, w. K. Travers and John j. McCook
IS Directors. Fl. Victor Newcomb becomes
President and Logan c. Murray, Cashier.
"a PIERcE's Palace Hotel, at Buffalo, N.
T., was entirely destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 10th. Loss, $3.50, 900; insur-
ance, $3O0, 00O., gssaa a53 ~ agC
THERE are sixteen cases of smallpox |
at Calliope, Sioux County, iowa, 43 miles |
north of Sioux City, and they. are unable to |
procure nurses for the sick or help to bury |
the dead, and are also cut of from supplies |
Of coal and provisions. Sioux City has been |
called upon to aid the stricken community. |
IA DISPATCH from Rome announces
that F. Janssens, Vicar General Of Rich !
mond, has been appointed Bishop Of Match
ez, made vacant by the appointment Of
Bishop Elder to be Administrator Of the
archdiocese Of Cincinnati, with the right of /
succession. J. c. Neraz, Administrator Of j
the diocese of San Antonio, Texas, has been
named Bishop Of that See. 81, ain - /
JOHN w. YoUNG, son OF the late
Mormon President, has been arrested in
Denver, by United States officer, upon
charge Of bigamy. It II reported the
arrest was made at the instance Of
Young's first wife, Libbie Canfeld,
whom he married in Philadelphia
some years ago, under the promise that he
would not practice poEgamy. Notwith.
standing his promise, however, with
in two years he married an
other woman, Luella Cobb; Of Salt Lake,
and his first wife thefleft him and returned
home, but has recently come West again.
GEoRGE R1cKErr, . planter, his
Martha, and colored man, were
drowned west Of Weathersford, Tex, by the
falling Of bridge over ThompsonS Greek.
= The Missouri Valley Bank as Kansas
cry suspended payment On Tho f7tlhs sitter
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