The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-01


men., attended by many friends of the
deceased. a- -'a .-.r..
The residence of James Ruddy, of Provi-
dence, Pa, burned. Mrs. Rudy. saved the
children and returning to the house to save
some some money, persisted. 4
A storm swept over Buffalo, N. Y, on the
oath, which was very destructive to property.
On Lake Erie the damage to shipping was
reported very heavy. .--
THE WEST.
Leonard Deckerhoff, clerk for Barber & Son,
grain dealers of Canton, Ohio, forged the firm
name to q check for $46S drew the money
and escaped. .#-a
Chester Waite, son Of Hon. II. c. Waite,
| State Senator, while on his way from st. Cloud,
Mimi, to Cold Springs, was stopped by
masked robbers, who presented rifle to his
head and compelled him to surrender 81, GOO in
his possession. a.
At Elkhart, Ind, E. Baker and ". Ramon,
while repairing leach-tub in paper mill,
were precipitated into the boiling liquid by
the breaking of a board, and scalded to death.
The St. Louis limited express East, on the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis road, was
wrecked near Union Station, Ohio, lately, by
| rail which had been placed across the track.
The engine pitched down an embankment over
thirty feet, turning twice over and landing In
| field. The two postal and baggage and pas
senger cars were thrown to the bottom Of the
hill in confused wreck. Six persons were
seriously injured and many slightly.
Ludwig Stallmeyer, a cabinet-maker Of Con-
| nersville Ind, recently had over $4,000 in
4o1o &c rr,r, b 70 n
| roommate. as --.r. ~
Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, has issued an
unconditional pardon to Martha White, SEN
fenced for two years from Lafayette County
| for infanticide. . -E..r.
| To punish the st. Paul and Omaha road from
Sioux City, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul announce that they will carry passen.
gers from Omaha to St. Paul for 81. .'s ii
| A special says Professor rockingham, in
| the Medical Department of Michigan Univer-
sity at Ann Arbor, Mich, has had a hearing
before the Faculty on charges preferred by
| Mr. Morgan, that in his lectures he had made
sneering remarks against Christianity and had
| said that all ministers were liars. A large
| number of witnesses were examined, most of
| whom denied that such language had been
used. The verdict of the Faculty has not yet
been made known.
The Grand Jury of the Third District, at
Salt Lake City, Utah, found three indictments
under the Edmunds law. Out of twenty cases
presented there were two Mormons whom the
District Attorney could not get rid Of in en-
paneling the jury, and they are supposed to
have given warning. Witnesses were run of.
The District Attorney says he cannot reach
polygamy by prosecution. 1t must be done, II
at all, by some other method. a.s
The body of Newton Ashton, aged twenty
four, was found recently in the. woods near
Martins Ferry, O., with a bullet hole in the
| right temple. Investigation revealed the fact
| that he had gone there and shot himself be-
cause the yeung lady to whom he was soon to
be married had returned his ring and wished
the marriage postponed. .u .gsI. .--.. E..+
The St. Charles, NO., Car Works, an extern
sive car mandatory with capacity to make
| twenty cars per day, has shut down and dis
charged about. 500 men. The cause Of the
closing is simply lack Of orders. There is no
/ financial embarrassment ..nu - %
The starch manufacturers Of the West, met at
| Chicago recently and formed pool to prevent
| over-production. All the factories except
| two Joined the movement ~" .rr "-i .a
4 The Eastern portion of the town of Brook
field, No., was lately totally destroyed by fire.
AT the session of the Labor Congress, in
Cleveland, Ohio, lately, the Legislative Com
mittee was instructed to urge the incorpora-
ton of trades unions. Tenement house cigar
making was denounced. Itwas voted to admit
a representation of one delegate from each
local Labor Union, and fix a per capita tax on
each member per annum. A memorial was
| received from the Woman's National Labor
Union, petitioning for representation. After
a discussion it was voted to admit all bona fde
Trades Unions of women. -.,- DE-. I'D
Reeuiem mass was solempized by Father
John Pope Hodnett at Chicago, in memory OF
the fifteenth anniversary of the execu-
ton of Irish Political Prisoners Al
len, Larken and O'Biien, at Manchester,
England. In the evening large memorial
meeting was held, at which addresses were
made and political songs sung. Three collins
were placed on the stage. ..s.
| Eugene Carter, Of Omaha, has issued a
| challenge to any man in the United States ex-
| cept Sexton, Schefer and Slosson for game
at any style of legitimate billiards for $500 a
1 side. --a -. ..F
| The cashier of the First National Bank of
| Denver, Colo, has sent out a circular charging
| that wholesale robberies of the United States
| mails between there and New York City have
taken place within the past year. He says:
| Commencing in December, 1881, and continu-
! ing up to the present time we have lost, on an
| average. about one entire mail each month for
New York and England. Some months they
/ take two, as In October, when they stole entire
those of the End and 3lst." Chicago bankers
who received the circular say they have lost no
money during the time mentioned. Denver
parties claim that the robberies in drafts and
bills of exchange aggregate 100000 during
the time mentioned
A man giving the name of James T. Wilson
recently swindled the banks of Buffalo, N. Y,
out of S., 100 by means Of two checks raised
| each from 81.
| A fire at Morris, Mimi, recently destroyed
business houses to the value of s15O,0OO
Milwaukee has another sensation which
rivals that of little Maggie Hennecke, who SO
mysteriously disappeared some weeks since. A
few days ago Mrs. Mary Nelson, well known
young married lady, left her home in that city
| with the ayowed intention Of calling on a
physician, as she was not feeling well. From
the time she left the house she has not been
| seen, although she told the family she would
return in short time. She did not visit the
physician, and her disappearance is another
one of the mysteries of that city.
The boarding house of Mrs. Ralph Lord, in
Indianapolis, was burned recently and two
hired girls persisted in the flames.
Mrs. Hale, wife of Douglas r. Hale, eH-
Clearing House Manager of Chicago, was re-