The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

rey gang Of cowboys. The body OF Fran
Stillwell was found near the railroad de- Aot
in Tucson, Ariz.. on the 21st, riddled With
bullets. Six shots went into his boz ~. four
rihe-balls and two loads Of buckst cot. Roth
legs we're shot through. A chs <ve Of buck.
shot was in his right thigt :. and another
entered tho breast, which. must have been
delivered close 1t hard, - his coat was
powder-burned and six holes were made
within radius Of tInree inches. Stillwell
had pistol on As person, which was not
discharged. de was evidently taken una
wares, ~ ne was desperate in fight and a
quick shot. His watch was taken, but part
OF the Snain was left. Stillwell had just ar.
rived in town, and was to appear as wit
ness in stage-robbery case in which one
Earps, Doc Halliday, and another man, all
heavily armed, arrived on the Goth, with the
body of Morgan carp. shot in Tombstone
on the 18th. One Of the Clantons was in
town, but he was warned and made himself
scarce. Stillwell, who had been seen with
him. went down to the depot to see about
some business, and that was the last seen Of
him alive.
A CONSTRUCTION train on the North
ern Pacific Railway went through bridge
spanning Sweet Briar Creek, west Of Bis.
marck, Dak., the other day, and eight men
were killed and twenty-three injured. The
train consisted Of fiat cars, two sleepers.
dining, kitchen, and store cars. A broken
wheel threw truck from the track Just as
the train approached the bridge, and the
boarding cars were precipated into the
stream thirty feet below, piling up general
wreck. There were about fifty men on the
train at the time, and the escape of even one
seems miraculous. In sleeper No. were
about twenty-four men. Some were lying
In their hunks asleep, others smoking and
reading and some playing cards. As soon
as the car overturned the bedding caught
fire, and the mangled and dying were roasted
almost beyond recognition. The only deaths
were among those in this car. Those who
escaped Immediately grAppled such buckets
as they could find and worked like heroes to
extinguish the flames, but the straw beds,
blankets and other combustible material
made It impossible. The names Of the dead
are as follows: Ole johnson, Thomas Will
son, VIM. Watson, j. Mccormick, Thomas
Grady, George Moser, James O'Brien, VIM.
McAndrews.
D. T. LAWSON successfully demon
strated his theory of boiler explosions at
Munhall farm, near Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
22d. The test was made under the super.
vision of General Supervising Inspector
Fahrenbach, and the boiler was exploded
with steam pressure of 225 pounds. The
boiler used for the experiment was feet
long and 30 inches in diameter and had %
inches Of water. The valve was pulled at
every % pounds, and when 225 pounds
pressure was reached the boiler burst with
q loud report, and fragments were scattered
in every direction. Upon examination it was
found to have been completely demolished,
the largest piece being 2 1-2 feet long and
inches in diameter. Capt. Fahrenbach ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction with the ex-
pertinent, which was complete demonstra-
ton that explosions DO not occur from low
water, but are caused by sudden bursting
of water into steam, when . vacuum in the
steam department is caused by the opening
of the valve.
The Barnes & McGin elevator, at
Hawley, Mimi, containing 900 bushels
of wheat, burned on the 21st. Loss estf-
mated at 500 200. A confagration in Rip
on, Wis, left the west side of the public
square in ruins, involving losses aggregat.
ing $3.50, 200.
Col. JAMES VAN VoAsT, of the United
States Army, is lying at the residence of his
wife, at Newport, KY, in critical condi-
ton from injuries recently received in Texas
When he reached home he was in semi
conscious condition, his lower jaw
broken, neck and head lacerated, clothing
torn and muddy. He says that while on his
way to Denver, COL, to join his command,
and shortly after reaching Fort Concho, be.
coming suspicious Of two fellow travellers
inside the coach, he got out to ride with the
driver. Going down q hill, the driver called
out to him to be careful, and from that mo.
ment he remembered nothing. On the 18th
inst. Mrs. Voast received . telegram that
her husband would be home next morning,
ing any message at all. He had been taken
to Abilene. Texas, by persons who said he
had been thrown from . coach. but It was
thought that he had been lassoed by rob.
bers.
In Minneapolis, MIMI, on the 22d,
VIM. Burk, called 'BiIly the Kid" was
turned over to Sheriff Haucks, Of Albany,
N. Y, upon warrant issued in response to
a requisition from the Governor Of New
York. His counsel abandoned the intended
habeas corpus proceedings and Sheriff
Haucks takes his prisoner East.
VIGILANTs have been patroling the
streets of Laramie City, Wyo., for some
nights, in consequence of repeated attempts
to burn railroad buildings, hotels, and
dwelling houses.
A DISPATCH from Shreveport, La,
says the steamer Lessie B, with cargo Of go
bales cotton and other merchandise, burned
on Black Cypress Bayou, March %. In.
surance, $4,000.
THERE was heavy snowfall in Wis
consin and Northern Michigan on the 3d..
In some places it is q foot deep. Lumber.
men are actively at work taking advantage
Of this windfall.
A HUNGARIAN pauper was murdered
in the Westmoreland County (Pa.) Home,
March q, by August Johnston and Tim
Bacon, two other madmen. They got into |
4 fight in the ward for insane, and Johnston |
nd R>cou ronudod their victim ,,ntil ha I