The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-04-03
THE WEST.

| THE WEST.
! In the Illinois Joint Assembly on the 19tf
no vote for Senator was cast. Senator
Merritt urged some action to secure vott
of all the members, but nothing was done
THIRTY SEVEN horses were burned in q
fire at Ganson & Co.'s livery stable at Ur'
bana, o., recently.
FIFTY-oNE cases of smallpox were re-
Gently reported in Mound City, LII.
| In the State Senate the bill changing the
time of holding the municipal elections in
the city of New York from the fall to the
spring was defeated.
| MoRMoNs expressed themselves dissatis.
fed with the decision of the Unitedi States
Supreme Court on the Edmunds law. They
regarded the decision as inconsistent with
the theory of republican government.
JUDGE GRESHAM, IN Chicago, recently
| granted a writ of error in the Mackin and
Gallagher election fraud cases, and they
were admitted to bail, which was increased
to $4,000. ~ s.
GOVERNOR SLOVENIAN, of California, has
refused to sign the bill amending the con-
stitution whereby railroads would betaxed
81 cents for their gross earnings instead of
being taxed on their property in the ordi-
nary manner. ---s---s.--.----z-----.----r.
HAYDoCK's carriage works at st. Louis
was burned recently. The old Congrega-
tional Church, close by, caught fire from
the factory and was also destroyed. Three
firemen were very severely injured while
attempting to subdue the flames.
THE Missouri Legislature adjourned on
the 18th.
MARIscAL, the Mexican Minister of For
eign Affairs, has received news that Bar
rios has invaded Salvador with 1900 men.
Mariscal declares that if the moral disap-
proval of Mexico and the United States
has no effect upon President Barrios, more
decided action may be necessary.
+ NEAR Ithaca, Mich, the other night, two
children were burned to death. They had
been put to bed, and the parents went Wis
iting, when the house caught fire.
THE Republicans of Kansas City nominal
ted John A. Duncan for Mayor.
CAPTAIN PRINDIvILLE, of the lost pro-
peller michigan" arrived at Chicago re-
Gently and says he never before saw so
much ice in Lake Michigan. For sixty
miles south of the Straits of Mackinaw the
ice was solid entirely across and of an av-
erage thickness of thirty inches. Naviga-
ton would be very late in opening.
CARTER H. HARRISON was nominated
Mayor of Chicago by reclamation.
The Attorney General of Iowa has de-
cided that Mr.. Cattell is State Auditor and
that the State Treasurer must pay war
rants drawn by him, and not recognize
Brown, the Auditor evicted by the Cover
nor.
The business men of Northwestern Min
nesota were in session at Fergus Falls,
Mimi, recently, discussing plans for the
advancement of their mutual interests.
Nearly all the towns along both lines of
the Manitoba & Black Hills Road were
represented.
THE Democratic City Convention of Gin
cinnati nominated George Gerke for Mayor.
JUDGE BREWER, of the United Court at
st. Louis, made an order Of sale of the
Vulcan Steel Works under 81 100000 mort
gage, unless cause to the contrary is shown
before April Is, the sale to include the
right to manufacture Bessemer steel rails.
A TELEGRAM was received by the Couch
Oklahoma colonists at Arkansas City, Kan,
on the Goth, stating that the President
would probably send a commission to in
Quire into the status of the whole matter.
GENERAL ANsoN STAGEE, who for some
time had been suffering from numerous
complaints, including Bright's disease, died
at Chicago on the 26th.
FIRE in the Ohio Penitentiary at Column
bus recently destroyed Monypenny's
cooper shop and 10000 cigars made by the
convicts. Total loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000. -a--Tzg=z7--r-r-.r
ORTIZ H. STEIN, on trial in Kansas City
the second time for the murder of George
Fredericks, was acquitted. At his first
trial he was sentenced to twenty five years
but appealed.
JOHN W. MOORE was nominated by the
Democrats for Mayor of Kansas City.
THE propeller "Wisconsin," about which
MANY fears were entertained, has been
sighted off Grand Haven, Mich, fast in the
ice, but apparently all safe.
THE Michigan Carbon Works, situated in
the suburbs of Detroit, were destroyed by
fire on the morning OF the 9th. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $50, 900. I'll.