The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-09

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punishment of the crime of polygamy is
left, as under the former law, to courts OF
justice. The recommendation formerly
mace is renewed regarding the enactment
of a marriage law that all future marriages
in the Territory shall be null and void, un-
less contracted and evidenced in the man
ner provided by act of Congress.
COLONEL CHURCHILL, of st. Louis, whose
daughter Mary disappeared some months
ago, recently received a letter purporting
to be from her, stating that she was alive
and well, had not eloped or gone on the
stage, but was earning her own living hon
estly.
w. 81. MCCLENINGHAN, agent Of the
Northern Pacific Express Company, at
Dawson, D. T., was recently arrested for
the ENLIGHTENMENT of 5000.
A REPORT comes from New Mexico that
Charlie McComas was killed by the Indians
| during their retreat last March.
THOMAS MIcHENER, section boss :. the
Fort Scott & Gulf road, stepped off train
at Kansas City, the other evening, and was
run over by another train, and had his leg
cut off.
THE story that a man had been arrested
| at Hampton, Iowa, who confessed to the
murder of Fora Burns is denied.
THE Federal Grand Jury at Chicago re-
Gently returned an Indictment against
Frank L. Loring and John Fleming, who
are supposed to have been the principals in
the firm of Fleming & Merriam, which
gained such extensive notoriety when it
collapsed one years ago. The indictments
alleged that the firm pretended to do
brokerage business on the Chicago Board of
Trade, but were really bent upon appropri-
| ating to their own use the money of per-
sons contributing to a fictitious fund,
called by them Mutual Cooperative
Fund" Loring and William McMillen
also were indicted for carrying on similar
business. The Grand Jury made similar
presentment against Charles G. Bennett
and W. F. Hoffman, against whom like
charges were preferred.
WHILE the family of William Fox,
farmer, three miles from indianapolis, Ind,
were eating supper the other evening three
masked men with drawn revolvers entered
the house. Two of them kept watch while
the third man robbed the house. Fox had
sold real estate the day previous, but had
deposited the money in bank.
A FIRE broke out the other morning at
the town of Garfield, Colo, and it reached
the store of Sperry Bros, containing over
six hundred pounds of giant powder, which
exploded, hurting the buildings, timber and
fire in every direction, and totally Destroy
ing the post-office, a hotel and, in fact, the
entire business portion of the town. The
loss was over $4,000. A number of persons
were injured.
The tenth annual session of the National
Women's Christian Temperance Union be-
gan in Detroit, Mich, on the 31st. Miss
Frances E. Willard, President, read the
annual address.
Crow DOG, the Sioux Chief, under SEN
tence Of death at Deadwood, D. T., for the
murder of the celebrated Chief Spotted
Tail, recently escaped from his keepers.
Two masked men, it was reported, robbed
the vault of the County Treasury at Vir-
ginia City, New, the other night, then
seized the Treasurer and locked him in the
vault. The affair was considered mysteri-
Gus, as 1000 of the amount was silver and
top heavy to carry off.
NINE of gang of counterfeiters were
recently arrested in Pike County, Ind,
about twenty-five miles from Evansville,
after desperate fight.
ABOUT a month ago j. W. Dowd, of Indi-
ana, procured livery team at st. Joseph,
No., and disappeared. The other day he
stepped off the train at st. Joseph, mistak
ing the place for Atchison. He was nabbed
by officers. He confessed that he sold the
team.
THE five parties arrested for the robbery
of the trunks and diamonds belonging to
the daughter of Secretary Teller, recently
had a preliminary hearing at Bismarck,
D. T., and were held for trial.
MAX WARNER, of Goshen, Ind, put a
pistol shat was not loaded" to his breast
and pulled the trigger to brighten his little
sister. He frightened the girl, but fatally
wounded himself.
Mrs. MARY WELSH, aged sfxty-five
years, and her grandson, Charles Skillman,
aged seven years, We're suffocated the other
night during fire in their house at Cincin-
| natl. Mrs. Welsh, on discovering the fire,
went out and gave the alarm, leaving the
child asleep. Returning torescue the child,
| she was stuff coated by the smoke. Both
| were found dead when the fire was SUBJ
| dued.
j. NJ. CoCKRILL, formerly editor of the
Platte City (Mo.) ADVOCATE, recently sui
cided by hanging, near that place. Threat
ened softening of the brain is said to have
been the cause.
| CYRUS SARGENT, of Grant County, Wis,
| recently fell from load of straw and broke
his neck. He was one of the largest land
| owners and farmers in Wisconsin, owning
about one hundred farms, besides large
tracts of land in Iowa and California. Mr..
Sargent was bachelor, and leaves his i'm.
mense wealth to three nieces.
AT the late session of the Womens' Chris.
tian Temperance Union, at Detroit, it was
| decided by rising vote to set apart the
second Tuesday in January next as day
of special prayer in the churches for their
| work.
NEARLY the entire portion of the village
of Willoughby, o., was recently destroyed
by fire. Loss fully 100000.
GOVERNOR ORDwAY, of Dakota, in his re.
| port to the Secretary of the Interior recon-
mends Congress to provide for holding a
legitimate Constitutional Convention to
prepare one or two constitutions, or else
pass an enabling act to be submitted to the
people for ratification.
| AT Huntington, Ind, Charlotte Epps was
recently found guilty of numbering her
husband, by poison, and sentenced to life
Imprisonment. Epps was a wealthy old
bachelor, who married his housekeeper
only two months before the murder.
THE cannon ball train over the Humeston
& Shenandoah Road, going west, was
wrecked the other night at trestle work,
| 40 -,;la. aoe+ of Shenandoah Jouo M