The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-03

/ QldrleS, TWO Oh WuOm nT. AlSup saw 89o
shot at near tho burning building just after
the fire was discovered.
HARDY, the Polk County, Iowa, muir.
derer, was taken from jail at Harlan by a
mob and hanged.
JUDGE n. L. CARTER, County Judge OF
Polk County, No., recently committed sui.
eide at his home near Springfield. He was
found dead in his barn hanging by q rope
from one Of the upper pieces Of timber.
Deceased was seventy years of age, in good
circumstances, and one Of the most highly
respected citizens u the county.
ST. LOUIS is said 70 be in considerable
danger Of a water famine. Only twenty.
four feet of water remained in the reser-
voir which supplies large part of the city
with drinking water, and the pumping
capacity of the works is not equal to the
demand Of the heated spell.
THE trial of Orth II. Stein, at Kansas
City, No., for the shooting of George Fred
ericks, proprietor of the Theatre ComiQue,
resulted in verdict of guilty of murder in
the second degree with Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for twenty-five years.
Iowa coal miners and mine operators
held joint convention at Des Moines re-
Gently. About $500 miners were repre-
scented. The object Of the convention was
to consider the best means of bringing
about amicable adjustment of differences
and prevention of strikes. A committee
composed of representatives from both
parties, was appointed with instructions to
formulate basis for work, and report to
another joint meeting to be held August 20.
The notorious Clay Crenshaw, who de-
/ fed the Sunday Law Of Missouri, by keep
| ing his saloon open in Kansas City the first
Sunday after the law took effect, withdrew
his plea of not guilty when he went to
trial and pleaded guilty. His fine. and
costs amounted to about S215.
The west-bound freight train on the
Wabash road, recently jumped the track
near Lawson, NO., and turned over. There
were a number of passengers in the ca
boose. One was killed and several in
jured, two ladies, it was thought, fatally.
LEONARD & BLAcKIE's Irvine factory at
Cincinnati was recently destroyed by fire.
Loss $685. 900, insurance $4,000. During the
fire brick wall fell on four of the firemen,
namely, Mont Hoddy, Barney Bloom, Jack
Hunter and Melville McSheny, injuring all
o. them severely. The mill was entirely
new and the machinery was brought from
Ireland.
A YoUSG man named 7. A. Pond, a rail-
road hand, was found dead the other night
at Sandstone, Mich, hung by the neck
with his hands tied behind.
RICHARD O'CoNNoR, private Waterman,
mortally wounded Meyer Franks, thirteen
years old, in Chicago the other evening,
and gave as his excuse that the boy was in
too close proximity to a car containing
watermelons.
UPON application of the city Health Com
missioner, the City Council of Chicago
authorized the expenditure of $4,000 ad-
ditional to the regular appropriation for
the use of the Health Department, and the
Commissioner stated the amount is to be in
creased as necessity demands. The city is
to be thoroughly cleaned preparatory to
fighting any disease that may threaten it.
Ar Miles City, Iowa, recently mob took
a man named Rigney from the Jail and
hanged him. He was bartender in the
saloon of the Cosmopolitan Theatre, and
hard citizen. Two hours afterward the
theatre burst into flames and was complete
ly destroyed with six other buildings,
among which was large drug store. Loss,
$4,000. 1t was supposed to be the work of
an incendiary in retaliation for the hanging
of Rigney
THERE were about % 900 visiting citizens
and ex-soldiers present at the national re-
view in Columbus, O., at the late National
Reunion, several States being represented
by delegates and representatives of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Members of
the Confederate Fifty-fourth Virginia were
entertained by the Third Ohio, who divided
rations with them when taken prisoners.
Atthe reception on Capitol Square speeches
were made by Governor Foster, ex-Presi-
dent Hayes and others, and kilograms of
regret were read from distinguished SOL
diers and citizens from all parts of the
country. The parade on Grand Army Day
was an imposing affair.
For some time jam of logs had ex-
tended up Grand River several miles, had
been lodged against the bridge of the De-
troit & Haven Railroad, near Detroit,
Mich, and the bridge recently gave way to
the tremendous pressure and went down
with a crash. The bridge of the Grand
Rapids, Indiana & Chicago, at West Michi-
gan, followed suit. Millions of feet of
logs went down the river, sweeping every
thing before them and going into Lake
Michigan. 1t was thought the large addi-
tional number of logs carried out of Grand
Haven would cause the destruction of all
the bridges. Their ultimate losses, it was
feared would reach many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The calamity is unprece-
denied in extent.
THE Ward Iron Company of Niles and
New Philadelphia, Ohio, has failed; liabil-
tiles estimated at $500, goo, available assets
said to be less than 5000. This failure
carried down one bank and several other
large houses.
THE Denver Terra Gotta Works burned
the other morning. Loss, $4,000.
IT was estimated that there were sc, 200
people on the camp ground on the first day
of the grand reunion of Veterans at Dem
yer, Colo. The drill of the Flambeau Club
and their pyrotechnic display at night was
witnessed by 10000 people, received with
enthusiasm and greatly applauded. At the
grand parade 5000 veterans were in line.
The Grand Commander showed that dur
ing the past year there had been added to
the Grand Army 81, 166 members, embracing
976 Posts.
JOHN s. MARTIN, wealthy farmer of
Clinton County, Mo-, was recently killed
by lightning.
The next National Encampment of the !
Grand Army of the Republic will be held
at Minneapolis. At the Denver meeting |,
William Warner, of Iowa, was elected |
Senior Vice Commander-in-C Chief, and |
Walter H. Holmes, of California, Junior /