The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
THE WEST.

Two earbnQuake SHOCKS were Iele III Dan
Francisco on the 25th, with an interval of
several hours between. No damage was
reported. -:9
STATE SENATOR BRIDGES, Democrat, was
stricken with paralysis at his home in Car
rollton, ILL.,, recently, and was lying in
precarious condition.
N. H. PAAREN, the Illinois veterinarian,
ordered the slaughter of six horses at
Taylorville, ILL.,, on account of CHAMBERS,
and had their managers and feeding-troughs
burned.
the Legislature favors the purchase of
Congress from Mexico of enough of the
State of Sonora to give Arizona a deep
water outlet for foreign commerce.
A FREIGHT. train going west from Bel
laire, O., the other evening on the Central
Ohio division of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, ran into the helper coming east
at Quincy station, killing John Heslep, en-
gineer of the freight, and injuring Clark,
the fireman. Tom Burke, engineer of the
helper, was reported killed and his fireman
seriously injured.
The Boomers at Saltwater surrendered
to General Hatch Internationally on the
9th. Advocates of the Oklahoma move
they intended to invade the country at
other points.
INGALLS, was reelected United States
Senator in the Kansas Legislature ON the
9th.
THE other morning four unknown men
broke into the post-office at Huntington,
Ind, for the purpose of burglary. They
were confronted by Max Baumgartner, the
night marshal, who shot one through the
body, killing him instantly. One of the
burglars then shot Baumgartner in the
back. His recovery was doubtful.
MRS. MARY GRIFFITH, aged ninety two,
sister of General Grants mother, died the
other morning at Batavia, o.
Mrs. JAMES A. GARFIELD was sued in
the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland, O.,
recently, by a woman named Thankful
Tanner, for $4,000. Tanner was run over
by Mrs. Garfeld's carriage December %,
while in the public square, and she alleged
that she was seriously injured.
No news has been heard of the "San
Pablo" at San Francisco. The vessel was
long overdue. There was much excite
ment in Chinatown, as she had 800 Celes-
tials on board, returning to America.
An official dispatch from the Albu-
querque, N. M, Board of Trade says that it
has decided by vote to resist the collec-
ton of the tax for the erection of territorial
buildings at Santa Fe, n. NJ, under legal
advice that the act authorizing the tax is
illegal.
Ar Chicago on the 2sth all East bound
trunk lines restored freights to the tariff,
which was ON the basis of twenty-five
cents per hundred pounds for grain, and
thirty cents for provisions.
THE st. Louis Cable & Western Railroad
Company has fled a mortgage in favor of
the Farmers Loan & Trust Company, of
New York, as trustee, to secure S600, 900
bonds placed upon all their railroad prop
erty in the City of st. Louis and st. Louis
County. The bonds bear six per cent. in
terest, and run thirty years.
ELIJAH NJ. HAINEs, Independent Demo-
crat, was elected permanent Speaker of
the Illinois Assembly on the second bal
lot on the 18th. This broke the deadlock
which had existed for three weeks.
CAPTAIN Couch, on the 18th, was re-
ported camped with the Oklahoma BOOM
ers, six miles from Arkansas City. He
said that he did not surrender to the
troops, but beat retreat
THE st. Louis Post-Dispatch says that
Cunningham, under arrest in London,
charged with being concerned in the recent
explosions, was q weli-known dynamiter
of St.. Louis, where he was known under
the name of Michael j. Byrne.
The packing house of Schwaka Bros, at
Eau Claire, Wis.,, burned. Loss, 500, 900;
insurance 500, 900.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY was inaugurated on
the 3oth at Springfield, ILL.,, after a months
waiting. His address was brief.
ALMOST fight took place at the Silver
Convention at Denver, over the question
of chairman. The radicals wanted ex-
Senator Tabor and the conservatives ex-
Governor Grant. Intimately an agree
ment was reached and Governor Eaton was
chosen.