The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-17
THE WEST.


fame and obscene.
THE WEST.
A RECENT fire at San Francisco destroyed
almost an entire block, among them the
Winter Garden Theater and Druids' Hall.
Loss estimated at 0,OO0; insurance be-
lieved to be less than half. It was the
largest fire the city had had since 1876.
Several accidents occurred, many serious.
Harry Morgan, the actor, was burned TO
death. Others were fatally injured by
jumping from windows.
MCPHERSON, who murdered Commins,
was hanged by mob at Dayton, Washing
ton Territory.
MISSOURI mules had the distinction OF
hauling the Presidential party overland to
Yellowstone Park.
A PARTY of roughs recently while return
ing from a Sunday spree, entered the
grounds of Mr.. Lovett, near Mount Clair,
Ills, and commenced despoiling his fruit
trees. He warned them to leave, when
some one of the party assaulted him with
missiles, one of which struck him at the base
of the brain, killing him instantly. About
dozen of the rowdies were subsequently
arrested.
MICHAEL BONNER, station agent for the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road at
Marseilles, Ills, was arrested recently for
alleged embezzlement of funds of the Odd
Fellows Benevolent Association of New
York, while serving as its treasurer ten
years ago. His real name is F. M. Denner.
The other day Arson Seeman, farm
laborer, while on a spree entered the vii
lage of Florisant, in st. Louis County, Mo-,
and fiourishing a knife undertook to run
things. Reaching the store of Henry
Herbst, he attacked the latter with his
knife, whereupon Herbst drew a revolver
aad shot him dead.
A TERRIBLE hail storm passed down Nish-
uabotna valley, Iowa, the other night.
Growing crops suffered severely, and near
Odebolt Miss Lanson was killed and an
other person wounded. Hail fell to the
depth of five feet in places, and railroads
were blocked. The loss was estimated at
500, 900.
THE safe in the store of Cuckman & Bro,
at McGregor, Iowa, was blown open by
burglars recently. The thieves obtained
s., 800 and made good their escape.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, a conductor on
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railway hav-
ing received visit by burglars at his house
prepared for a second visit, and awaited
them in the kitchen. His wife awakened
by a noise on the street, arose and passed
through the room. Her husband, mistak-
ing her for burglar, fired, the ball taking
effect in the forehead and coming out near
the right ear.
THE telegraph office at Bismarck, D. T.,
was mobbed the other evening by the strik-
ers. The mob consisted of twenty-five men,
who broke into the Office and compelled
new man to quit work. They then took
him and put him in bed at hotel.
JOSEPH STONE was hanged Rockville,
Ind, for the murder of Taylor Dunbar last
November.
PORTIONS of wreck lately cast ashore
near Grand Haven, Mich, led to the sur
mise that the schooner Nellie AID Annie
had been lost. She was engaged in the
lumber trade, and had crew of five per-
sons.
THE surviving veterans of the battle of
Wilson's Greek, both Union and Confeder-
ate, had a reunion at Springfield, Mo-, on
the 10th and celebrated the twenty-second
anniversary of the battle in a most becom-
ing manner. Those who met twenty-five
years ago as enemies assembled on this
| occasion as friends to talk over old scenes
and incidents. Fully twenty thousand
people were present, and survivors of the
battle were present from all parts of the
country.
AT Cleveland, Ohio, the young wife of
Sylvester Garrison, a bride of only three
weeks, who had just returned with her
husband from bridal tour, was in the
parlors of the elder Garrison's residence
exhibiting to her sister a handsome pearl
handle revolver, a present from her bus-
band, when she upon banter from her sis.
ter, placed the pistol to her head and pulled
the trigger. The weapon was discharged
and the bride fell mortally wounded. The
pistol was thought not to be loaded, but one
barrel it appeared still contained charge.
some time ago a party of men in South
ern Nevada hunted down hermit lunatic
and shot him dead as he ran. Steps were
inaugurated by the State authorities to
bring the murderers to justice.
GEORGE KNOWLES, a young man of Kan
sas City, and well connected, shot and
tress the other evening. Jealousy was re
ported to be the cause,
In the Police Court at Toledo, Ohio, re
Gently Edward P. Breckenridge was ar
raigned on the charge of counterfeiting 6
baking powder trade mark and having il
his possession and disposing of the counter
felt goods. The charge in substance was
that the accused had made counterfeit
die of the baking powder trade mark ant
manufactured quality of cans bearing
the spurious stamp. He was held to the
Grand jerry.
WILEY RANDOLPH, of Flint, Mich, pri
vate of the Flint Blues, recently in encamp
ment of militia near Brighton, was fount
the other morning on the railroad tract
near Brighton, cut in two by the cars. Hi
body was horribly mangled.
On the Cleveland & Lorain road, recent
", afreight train ran off an open switch
five miles south of Massillon, Ohio, wreck
ing the train and killing Engineer Graham
and Fireman Wilson. Others were injured
but not fatally.
For fear of the introduction of cholera
from China and Japan the San Frncisc'
Board of Health adopted resolution tina
all Asiatic ports be declared infected, an'
all vessels arriving at that port be quaran
tined until full examination is made.
DURING the reunion at Springfield, Mo.
A. T. Yoacbum, a prominent citizen o
Ozark, had his pocket picket of Sl,11o. HI
drew the money from bank and placed i
in an inside pocket of his vest, mingled il
the great crowd of people for a short time
and all he knew about the matter was tina