The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

responsible for any cut hereafter.
AT Trenton, N. j. the Rev. Horny s.
Williamson, rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, was lately found dead in lane or
the edge of the city, by two boys. He wal
lying on the ground with a bullet wound
on the right frontal bone, from which
brains and blood had oozed out and become
coagulated. He wore a pair of spectacles
which were blood-stained. By his side on
the ground was a brand new ivory handled
Smith & Wesson revolver. Only one
chamber was emptied, showing that but
one shot had been fired. The pistol had
evidently been held close to the forehead
and it was no doubt case of suicide
though no reason was assigned.
THE WEST.
AT Ratportage, on the Northern Pacific
Railroad, two section men, drunk and lying
on the track, were run over and killed q
few days ago.
DEPUTY MARSHAL MERsHoy's posse re-
Gently returned from a trip to the Indian
Territory, where they had fatal encoun-
ter with a party of Indians who attacked
them, and in the fight a United States pris-
oner under arrest for various crimes es-
capped. Two of the attacking Indians were
killed and others wounded, and two of the
Marshals party were severely wounded.
Nineteen prisoners were brought in by the
posse. The Indians were consigned to the
United States Jail.
= GENERAL SHERIDAN, in his late annual
report, said that the service of the military
in the West can not be safely dispensed
with for several years to come. High
scores have been attained in rife shooting
to which much attention has been paid re-
Gently. General Sheridan said that Con-
gress should designate the number of
militiamen each State should have, and in
some cases provide arms and ammunition
for such troops. He invited attention to
the defenseless condition of our seaboard
cities, and recommended general system
of seacoast Notifications.
THERE was lately a movement in Wis
consin in favor of high license. Petitions
in futherance of such policy were circu-
lated quite freely.
One of the saddest sights witnessed for
some time was the recent fight of the emf
nent 'tragedian, John Mccullough, at Chi
cago. He went to the depot and demanded
his baggage. He was dazed and would
point to big black trunk and say: "There,
my trunk is like that one; find trunk like
that and you will have mine" Then he
would run across another trunk which he
took for his and claim il. On investigation
it was found that his sole baggage consisted
of hat box and valise. He said that he
had an engagement to play at st. Louis
and had just an hour to get there in. In
due course of time he arrived in st. Louis
and was taken charge of by friends. No
one seemed to be taking any special care
af him and he wandered aimlessly where
ever he desired to go.
NELLId HENNEsSEY, wife of Captain
Philip Hennessey, a young man of Cincin-
natl, who was shot on election day, killed
herself soon afterwards by shooting herself
through the heart.
AN earthquake shock was recently felt at
Salt Lake City, Utah. Many people arose
in fright, bat no damage was done. The
tremors lasted about ten seconds. At Paris,
Idaho, six shocks were felt about the same
time. Considerable damage to houses was
reported, and people were affected as by
seasickness. The first shocks were from
northeast to southwest, then q swaying
motion from north to south. The succeed
ing shocks We're from east to west.
A BAND of Indians lately attacked Deputy
Marshal Mershor on his return trip from
the Indian Territory and liberated thirty
United States prisoners. Two Indians were
killed and several wounded. Mershor got
into Fort Smith, Ark, with nineteen pris-
oners and lodged them in Jail.
HARRY DELESLIE, alias Charles ]. Sanity,
was lately arrested at Sewers, Ia, for rob-
bing the mail last winter.
HENRY MOORE, OF Bedford, o., recently
struck George Cauball over the head with
a stick of wood, from the effects of which
he died. Moore gave himself up.
THE second section of the Ohio & Missis-
sippi fast mail train, which leaves Vincen-
mes, Ind, at midnight for Cincinnati, was
derailed outside the city limits of that city
recently. The engine, mail car and two
baggage cars were wrecked. Cad. Fair
hanks, the engineer, was fatally scaided,
but the fireman jumped and escaped. A
u Ho was a AANS "eS NoAA5SA
eously hurt. 1t was plain case of train
wrecking.
THIS years exhibit of prize cattle at the
American Stock Show was pronounced
by competent judges as not only the finest
ever seen in Chicago, but probably the
finest ever seen anywhere.
TRAMPs threw open a switch on the Ohio
& Mississippi Road early on a recent MORN
ing, 1t Vincennes, Ind, hurled a passen-
ger train into a ditch, killed the engineer
and injured several others. A few hours
later what was supposed to be the same
gang wrecked a train on the Evansville &
Terre Haute Road. Attempts were made
in each case to rob the train, but the ruff
fans were repulsed.
GOVERNOR CROSBY, of Montana, in his
late annual report estimated the increase of
in the Territory during the year
at 1900, and the present population at
about 81 900. He said the cattle in the Ter
ritory numbered over SOC, OG0, and the value
Of taxable property, which he said did. not
one-quarter of the wealth Of the
Territory, was between 81, 001, 600 and $780,
DOG, 900. Ii other directions Montana is
steadily increasing in the value of her ma
terial resources, and she will at an early
day apply for admission to the Union as
State.
A NORTHWESTERN Association of Archi-
teoss was formed in Chicago a few days
ago and a permanent exhibit of building
ard specimens of the latest i'm
and patents Of interest to archi-
iects opened in conjunction Herewith.
BENJAMIN SHoRTER's decapitated and
otherwise shockingly mangled body was
Iound on the railway near Berea, o., few