The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
THE WEST.

States Senator by the Kansas Legislature.
In the House he received eighty-niRe
votes, five of whom were Democrats. Hon.
John Martin, Democrat, received twenty
votes, and James G. Bayne, Greenback, re-
ceived eleven votes. The Senate voted for
him solid except two.
The Opera House at Defiance, Ohio, was
lately burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000
The Southern Pacific Railroad officials are
convinced from facts developed since the
fearful accident in California, that the calam-
ity was the result of an attempted train rob-
berry. The theory is that while the train
stood at the station, the robbers boarded 1t
and let off the brakes with the intention Of
running the train beyond assistance and rob-
bing the express car, but lost control of it.
Two bodies were found in the wreck, supposed
to be those Of the would-be robbers.
The wife of John Zemrick, laborer Of Mil
waukee, Wis, few days since killed her
| three children, aged four years. twenty months
and four months, and attempted to hang her
self but was discovered and cut down. The
woman was crazy and declared she had been
commanded to sacrifice her children.
Over $50 families residing in the Northwest
part of Columbus. Ohio, are said to be in desti-
tute circumstances, caused by the closing
down of the Columbus rolling mill Christmas,
throwing them out Of work.
Gustave Schuman, of Cleveland, Ohio, COM
mitted suicide in hotel at Cincinnati, because
he could not get work.
During the funeral of the victims of the
Newhall House fire at Milwaukee, all business
houses in the city closed and the day was
generally observed as one of mourning.
After deadlock of fifteen days, the Terri
torial Council of Montana elected Stuart,
Democrat, as President, and the Legislature
elected a Democratic Speaker. A bill has been
introduced calling for State Constitutional
Convention.
University Han, large three-story brick at
Lebanon, Ohio, completed last September by
Prof H. A. Halbrook for his Normal School,
at cost of $4,000. was completely destroyed
by fire recently. III I'D .E ,rs.a pa sE..I
The Grand jury of the St. Louis Criminal
Court made special report to Judge Van
| Wagner on the subject Of city dram shops,
which they were particularly charged to ex-
anime. They say they investigated the matter
thoroughly and obtained incontestable proof
that at least thirty per cent. of the crime
and pauperism Of tile city come directly from
the saloons, and recommend that the mini
mum license for liquor saloons be fixed at
q, 900, and those which sell only wine and
beer $500 g,g.rflul9f V~avn .WaI lGHl
A collision between an express and
freight train on the ,Carrollton Valley Rail-
road, about mile and half north Of Canton,
ny,,z ~ dIy sd~uns ha froiv, md
completely ruined both engines. The engineer,
John Stoneham, had his right leg cut OF, and
was picked up under the engine. Fireman
Russell had both legs cut of, his face and
chest scalded, and has since died. VIM.
Heggie, candy drummer from Akron, was
badly bruised There were fifteen passengers
on the train who we're more or, less hurt.
Dispatches from Silverton, Colo, state that
thousands are making arrangements to visit
the Red Mountain District as soon IS the
snow leaves. Immense bodies Of mineral are
being discovered every day. Hi''-@
John Troughbsrd, for the murder Of John
McMurray, was hanged at Taylorsville, Ills,
and Ed. Garrett, colored, for wife murder, at
TeXarkana, Ark. .-r lam
Milwaukee, (Wis.) College, one of the finest
ladies' colleges in the Northwest, was recent
" partially burned. The blaze started In the
basement OF the gymnasium, over the boiler,
and made rapid headwsy into the dormitories
and clsssrooms Of the main building. All of
the sixty young ladies were saved by the ef-
forts Of the fremen and police. The loss is
figured at $50, 600; insurance $4,000. ti'
A recent fire at Omaha, Neb., destroyed the
Caldwell block. The total loss was s115, 600. r
The body of John A. Wellman, an attorney
of Denver, was recently found in q dense
thicket near Pueblo, Colo. He had been dead
nearly month and the body had been badly
mutilated by animals, He had committed
suicide by shooting through the head. =
Over 81 200 were raised in two days at
Terra Haute, Ind, for the German food
sufferers.
A dispatch from Muskogee, L T., says:
While guard of soldiers were on Wednes
day, taking some 100000 belonging to the
Creek orphan fund to Okmulgee, where it was
to be distributed, they were fired upon from