The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16

THE seventh annual parade Of the Yelled
Prophets took place In st. Louis on the
night of the 9Th. It consisted Of twenty
two floats, representing . dosen Of the
Arabian Nights stories.
r. c. BLOOMFIELD was convicted at
Denver recently Of fraudulently procuring
presumption claims. He was agent of the
Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Com
pany, composed principally of English
men.
EX-SENATOR THURMAN recently adj
dressed large meeting at Toledo, o. His
remar Ks were chiefly directed to refuta-
ton Of Sherman's allegation that colored
men were maltreated in the South.
THE jury at Bloomington, Ind. in the
case of Chesley Chambers, charged with
shooting the baggage and express messen-
ger and robbing the express company, was
discharged. Six were for acquittal and
six for fourteen years. imprisonment.
The citizens of Tombstone, Ari., offer
$3.50 each for Apache scalps.
The United States grand jury at Tucson.
Ari., presented indictments against ]. A.
Zeabriskri, United States District Attor-
ney; Royal A. johnson, United States
Surveyor General: T. N. Wolfley, Deputy
United States Surveyor; all under the civil
service act for political contributions in
the last campaign.
THERE was great excitement at Rock
Spings, Wyo., over the release of the al
legged rioters. The accused were met on
their return from Green River by several
hundred men, women and children, and
treated to a regular ovation.
An attempt to wreck a passenger train
was made recently between Roxbank and
Huntingburg, Ind, on the Air Line Road.
by placing ties on the track. The engineer
saw the obstruction in time and saved the
train,
AT meeting of the Northwestern, Pa
cific Coast & Western Freight Association,
held at Chicago recently, it was decided to
abolish the rates on double decked sheep
cars. Heretofore there has been nearly q
prohibiting rate, but now the double
decked cars will be abolished altogether.
The American Free Trade League has
issued a circular inviting the attendance
of persons of all political parties who be-
lieve in tariff revision at national con-
ference to be held in Chicago November II
and IL.
THE findings Of the ecclesiastical court
of inquiry in the case of the Rev. H. d.
Jardine, Of Kansas City, were made public
on the sth. He was found guilty Of inde-
cent conduct and Bishop Robertson was
recommended to inhibit him from offici-
ating any further in st. Mary's Church.
PHILIP SMITH, machinist and foundry
man at Sidney, O., has made an assign
ment. His liabilities are 100000; his as
sets unknown.
ABOUT six hundred coopers employed at
Chicago, went out on a strike recently for
an advance in wages from s.. 10 to S. day.
The ravages of cholera among the hogs
in the country near Yankton, d. T., are
becoming alarming. With but few excep-
lions all the farmers have lost half of their
hogs.
FIVE white men and two Indians, who
made a murderous attack upon Chinese
hop pickers in the Squack Valley near
Seattle, w. T., two weeks ago and killed
two of the number, have been indicted by
the grand jury for murder in the first de-
gree.
The large printing establishment Of
Croker & Co., San Francisco, together
with other buildings, was destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$250,000. Four firemen were buried in
fall of the ruins: two were killed and two
seriously injured.
The Chicago Salvationists, convicted
recently of disturbing the peace, ap-
pealed to higher court, where the cases
were dismissed after the appellants had
been admonished by the Judge.
SERIOUS riots broke out in st. Louis on
the 9th, occasioned by the street car strike.
Large mobs of men surrounded various
cars, overturning them into the cutters
and beating the drivers and conductors
and policemen guarding them. During
one of these riots, Policeman Hannah shot
a striker named Havey through the head,
killing him. A very bitter feeling was en-
gendered in consequence and worse troubles
were expected.
HORSE breeders of Bushnell, ILL.,, were
considerably alarmed over the discovery
that CHAMBERS exists in j. S. Truman's herd
of range horses. DIR. Paaren, the State
Veterinarian, examined the diseased ami
mails and at once pronounced the malady
CHAMBERS.
INSTRUCTIONS have been received by DIR.
Mckinney, Health Officer of Texas, from
Governor ireland, to discontinue the quar-
antine against Mexico.
CAPTAIN CLAIB, of Abilene, Tex, Mana
ger of the Sansome Cattle Company, re-
ceived information that Indians had stolen
eighty head of horses from the company's
ranch in New Mexico near the Arizona
line.
The ninth annual congress Of the Ma.
tional Liberal League convened at the
Peoples Theater, Cleveland, O., on the
9th. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, the Pres
ident, not being present, Charles Watts, of
London, England, Vice. President, occupied
the chair.
MRS. HAMMOND, "Belle Boyd, the Con-
federate Spy" has brought libel suit
for 5000 damages against tho Chicago
Tribune. On September 30 that paper pub ]
lished q dispatch from st. Louis which
would infer that the lady had attempted
to evade board bill.
THE SOUTH.
The alleged outbreak of sixty convicts |
at Lufkin, Tex, was greatly exaggerated. !
Only fifteen had the courage to break |
through the lines and run. One of the lat |
ter was instantly killed; seven were Sc
verely wounded and seven escaped.
TIE youth who robbed the stages near |
Cisco and Abilene, Tex, was arrested at |
FL Paso and confessed the crimes. He |
gave the name of Jesse Jones, and said his |
parents were wealthy people of Eastern |
TeYas