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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
BANK ROBBERY.

A Bank Cashier Pockets All tho Cash
and Leaves for Other FIeld..
WLNFIELD. KAN, November 2O.-The
Daily Courier announces that P. C. Kirk
land, cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank at Oxford, Kan, thirteen
miles west OF here on the Southern Kansas
Railroad, took all the funds he could find
Monday evening. wrapped up a lot of blank
notes in package, and. having labeled it.
"S3, O0O," put it in the safe, turned the time
lock ON fOrty-eight hours ahead and de-
parted for parts unknown. James Brews-
ter, the President of the bank, is left to
take the anathemas of the defrauded de-
positors. The books have been 81 muddled
by Kirkland that the exact amount Of his
peculatiOns can not be ascertained for sew
eral days. Kirkland left no money behind,
only his partner and his wife and
family. He did not take the train.
but got out In some way unknown Kirk
land was treasurer for several secret Or
CARNATIONS, whose money is lost with that
Of the depositOrS The bank was doing .
good business for small place, but those
most familiar with Kirkland considered it
. little shaky. He got away with probably
not more than few thousand Kirkland
is being hunted for and being of such rare
personnel, white hair, Tuddy complexion,
rotund form, etc, will be likely to be taken
in without much trouble. His father-in-
law is President Of the Burlington, Iowa.
National Bank. There seems no show for
q settlement with the depositora. Brewster,
who seems to be thought perfectly innocent,
had his all in the bank and is poweEless
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
A Grs.shopper Shower.

HELENA, ARK. November 2O.--About
4:3O O'Clock last evening this place was Wis
tied with shower Of grasshoppers that
proved an astonishing feature to the oldest
inhabitants, as such thing had never been
seen here before. As they fell on the houses
it sounded like heavy shower OF rain All
the stores and houses had to be closed 10
keep the insects out The negroes woe
badly frightened, and most Of them claim
that il is bad omen. A cold wave struck
the town early last evening and hsozyht the
grasshOppers with it 1t Is very fortunate
that this incident did not happen earlier in
the fall, as it would have proved very des-
truckiye to the crops.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
Au lNFlRMARY HORROR.


Five Insane Women Cremated In an Ohl9
Innrmary.
SANDUsKY, O.. November 21.-The coun.
ty infirmary near this city was partially do
stroyed by fire last night. Five women
were burned to death and the Superinten-
dent was badly injured and unconscious and
unable to give any information. There
were ninety-cight inmates The fire, which
destroyed the main building Of the county
infirmary, broke out In one of the upper
rooms in the northwest wing Of that insti-
tuition about 7:30 p. m, originating, as Is
supposed, from defective flue. The flames
spread with great rapidity, and rs there
were no facilities for extinguishment Of the
fire, the whole upper part of the structure
was soon a mass of flames. An alarm was sent
to this city as soon as possible, and the fire.
men responded promptly. The nearest sup
ply OF water was in creek about a quarter
of a mile from the institution. A line of
hose was speedily laid and stream was
soon playing on the flames. In the mean
time q large crowd gathered and worked
hard to rescue the inmates and save the
household effects. There were ninety eight
inmates. All were safely gotten out except
five, who were in the insane department.
which was located in that portion OF the
building where the fire originated. The
names of those who were burned TO death
were as follows: Mary Latcha, of Sandus-
ky; Mrs. NewcOmb, of Berlin Heights; Mrs.
Schiefler, OF Sandusky; Mary Upp, of San
dusky; Mary Miller, of Sandusky; Super
intendent Alex MOhry was injured in
ternally while endeavOring to rescue the
inmates in the insane department, and was
carried to house near BY, and is still UNI
The inmates who were rescued
were placed in the stable and made as COM
Portable as possible The firemen, finding
they could not save the main structure, d.
rected their efforts toward saving the
smaller building. Immediately in the rear Of
which is the mems department. This
building escaped without damage, and after
the fire the inmates were removed into 1t
from the stable. The total loss Is estimated
at between $4,000 and 100000. There
was some insurance on the building, but
just how much could not be ascertained.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
A POLICE KILLING.

The New Senator from Oregon Defin~s His
Attitude Toward the Administrations.
PORTLAND, ORE, November 2l-It has
leaked out to-day that at the caucus of the
Democratic members of the Legislature
held Tuesday evening, when authority was
given to seventeen members to vote for
John P. Mitchell for Senator on the prom
Use that he would vote to confirm President
CIeveland's appointments resolution was
passed calling upon Cleveland for the
offices. The resolution recited the general
political status of the State and argued
that Democrats could control it if they had
the offices. The petition was dispatched to
the President yesterday. Senator Mitchell,
a few minutes after his election, addressed
the Legislature and defined his attitude
toward the President in the following
language: IF supposed for one moment
that any Democratic representative on this
floor had cast his vote for me under the ini-
preston that 1t would have the effect of
changing me from Republican to Demo
crat, of course i would not feel cOmpli.
mented, but have every reason to know that
no member of the Democratic party cast
his vote for me under any such impression.
1t is due, however, that should state that
/ recognize the fact and am now about to
proclaim from the house top that which
have ever proclaimed in secret chambers.
1 recognize the fact that at the late national
election the Democratic party prevailed
and elected Democratic President, and
what have to say is this, that shall not
conceive it to be part of my duty as a
Senator to go to Washington and make a
faction fight on the administration
now in power, and the nominations of the
President of the United States IL they are
worthy men shall receive my vote for con-
firmatiOn unless there is an attempt on the
part of the President to make appoint
ments that will impugn upon any tenure
of Office, and should he do SO that ]
would oppose any President of tile United
States"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

Ilor SPRINGS, ARK, November 2l.-
An6eew Bruon, president Of the defunct
H* Springs National Bank, Of this city,
WAC was tried in the United States Court
at Little Rock two days ago and acquitted
on the charge of forgery and false entries,
has been arrested on warrants sworn out
here by the directors Of the bank. The
charge in this case Is embezzlement He
will be brought back to this city to answer
the complaint The arrest was made In
Memphis last night, while Bruon was has
ening from the State to his home in the
East There are two items involving S45,-
600. which Mr.. BruOn will doubtless be 10
Quired to explain among other things
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
A Murder ut Parsons.

PARSONS, KAN, November 1Z.-Tkis
morning. about four o'clock. another shoot
ing scrape was INDUCED in by q couple Of
men. This time it occurred in the Grand
Central Hotel and resulted in the death of
one Adam Collins, who had been clothing
salesman for an establishment here for the
past year until Thursday, when he re-
signed his position, and having some
cash ON hand sought some one to spend it
with. He fell in with man named George
Griegson. They together repaired to the
above mentioned hotel, where they com.
menced drinking. They sOo2 get into an
alteration, when Coilius was slot BY Gr:eg.
con.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
AT a recent church festival at Cot

AT a recent church festival ct Coto-
pax;. in Mexico. a band If thieves con-
spired to extinguish the electric lights
IN the cathedral and take adv vantage Of
the con usion and darkness to rob the
people assembled there. The leader of
the gang threw wire over the electric
light W re, with the intention Of draw
ing it down and openin. the circuit; but
some other short circuit permitted the
eicctr city to pass through his body.
killing him instantly, and serving as a
terrible warning to such sacri.egious
church robbery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

1t is announced from Mount Desert
that an offer of S15O,OOO for Bar
Island that contains, perhaps. $50
acres. $1,000 per acre. has been re-
fused. Ten or fifteen year, ago 81. 600
would have bought the whole island.
house, barns and all.-B0stOn Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

A ball game was played mar Fall
River recent y where the striker and
catcher stood in Massachusetts, and the
fielders in Rhode Island. 1t was agreed
before playing that ball knocked over
into Connecticut should give q home
run.-R0stOn Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

GAINESVILLE, FLA, November 20.-T,
7. Cleary, Pinkerton detective, arrested
ut Waldo last night P. n. L. Shepherd
said 70 be excashier of the New York Cen
trial Railroad at Buffalo, N. Y. from where
he absconded last June, leaving shortage
a $4,000. Detectives have been hunting
him throughout the South for months.
Shepherd settled ut Waldo q few months
age with his wife and children. He was
greatly surprised whom Arrested and stoutIy
protested his innoeeneA His wife fell un-
conscious when Tia Sheriff sd DetecSive
appeared. but on recovering protested that
her husband had stolen nothing ~ Aa6
simply 0verdrawn his salary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
NEWS OF. THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
wAsHINGTON NOTEs.

WAShlN6VON NO1ASs
COMMISSIONERS BLACK, of the Pension
Office, has issued an order forbiddine
clerks to answer correspondence relating
TO pension claims. All such must be sent
to the Commissioner, by whom they will
be answered promptly.
MARQUIS TsENG, the Chinese Ambassa-
dor, was reported as very much irritated
ut the outrages inflicted on Cinnamon in
America, and failing to obtain damages,
would advise his Government to place on
ercus duties on American products and
adopt other methods of reprisal.
The following dispatch from Captain
Lee, acting agent at the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe agency in the Indian Territory,
was sent to Washington on the 18th: "All
OK the cattle Of the cattle companies have
been removed from the reservation. Thou.
sands of cattle have been turned loose in
Oklahoma to Craze. One hundred and
twenty boomers have been arrested and
brought to Fort Reno within the past ten
days and troops are still out"
THE old Naval Retiring Board at Wash
fngton has been dissolved and . new one
formed, composed of Rear Admiral John
L. Warden and Captain A. w. Weaver;
Medical Directors, Thomas ]. Turner, vii.
liam I. Hood and Captain Richard w.
Meade.
The Post-ofiice Department has been ad.
vised that upon the completion Of the
Canadian Pacific Road all the Transact
lantic mails from England will be for
warded over that road and that new
British line Of steamers will be established
from the western terminus of the Canadian
Pacific for Australia.
THE Department of State has been adj
vised of the reappearance Of cholera in
Gibraltar,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
THE WEST.

WHILE chasing his eleven.year. old
daughter for the purpose Of chastising her,
Edward Campbell, coal miner, Of Peoria,
Ill, ran into ravine. He fell about sixty
feet, causing instant death. He had sent
the girl for some whisky and was in.
ceDsed because she did not return quick
enough.
THE other day Mr.. aad Mrs. Pordbrooke
we're struck by the Detroit, Grand Haven
& Michigan train while driving across the
track At Bloomfield, Oakland County, Mich.
Both were Instantly killed. The two horses
were also killed.
A 6AN FRANCISCO Chinaman was re.
Gently fined 1000 and given Eve years in
prison for personating another Chinaman
in a shipping certificate.
GOVERNOR HAUsER, Of Montana, has
feaegraphed to Secretary Lamar that
Father Blendin, Catholic Missionary, Just
IN from the Tongue River country, reports
that the Indians in that country are suffer
ing from want Of food. The report Is dis
credited at the Department, - the agent
has reported that the usual supplies have
been issued, but inquiry viii be made and
supplies furnished il necessary.
Tn boiler Of bot soda fountain n a
Cincinnati drug store exploded the other
day, wreeking tie coanter and Sou,tsin
and blowing ost every pane Of giass in the
sore.
Ar the fruit groveEs' coaveution at
Cairo, m, . resolution IVES adopted hind
ing the fruit growers TO have nothing to do
With fruit drunmers.
Tup R>n. ko~s~l k.>llnHS>o a. a. 49,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
A Man Obtains His Child Given Ava, b. .
Runaway Wife.

a Nan ObtAins HI Child GiVe1 Avn b 3
Runaway Wife.
Usage CRY. ORE. November 1a.-Yes-
terday James McCIary, of Iowa, bad habeas
corpus issued against Nh. James Hutton
and wife. OF this county, for the purpose Of
gaining possession Of five-year-old child
Of their household. Il seems Mr.. McClary
b the child's father. and some three years
ago his wife deserted him In Iowa and
came to Oregon with another man While
here she gave the child to Mr.. Hutton
and afterwards died in this city. The
father came here from Iowa to get tho
child, which Mr.. Hutton refused 70 give up.
Upon hearing, Judge Shinn awarded Tho
child 70 the father.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

-Piute Indians are proving success.
full farmers on the Pyramid Reservation
in Nevada
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
POPULATION OF KANSAS.

An Increase II Nearly Four Honored
ThOusaad In Five Years.
TOrRKA. KAN, November 17.-The State
Board has completed the census of the State,
given below BY counties, compared withlSSO:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

These figures are from the Assessors re-
turns up to March 1, 1885. Since that date
it is estimated that there has been an in
crease of at least 100000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26
THE LATEST.


SLoss' furnace No. 2 at Birmingham,
Ala, was blown in recently after being
out Of blast since July on account of re.
pairs. OF the eight Birmingham furnaces
only two are now idle, and they on &C.
count of improvements being made on the
plant.
BUSINESS was reported active on the
London Exchange.
A TERRIBLE cyclone recently devastated
the Orissa. Moorshedabad and Hudea dis.
tricts, in the eastern part of India. In the
first named district the waters rose to such
a height that $50 villages were submerged
and 5000 people drowned. In the other
two districts the track of the storm Gov.
cred ! ,24l square miles.
REPORTS from special agents of the
General Land Office indicate that little or
no attention was paidt by the cattlemen
who had illegally enclosed public lands to
the Presidents message of last summer,
commanding the removal of the fences.
ADIsPArcH from Pekin says that all dis.
ficulties between France and China have
been removed and that negotiations be-
tween the two nations have been:resnmed.
THE clearing house returns for week end
ed November q showed an average of
As compared with the corresponding week
OF last year. In New York the increase
was 563.
THREE coal miners working at the Little
Tower Of Franklin. near Seattle. Ore, were
crushed to death the other night in their
cabin by the falling of a large tree.
al
of JANA, in Peru, state that three Cacerist
colonies were captured; that Carceres him.
self fed with a few officers, and that his
army was completely dispersed.
The panic in the corn market at Copen-
hagen continued on the Goth, and further
failures were believed to be impending.
An old well was opened recently on the
farm of Thomas Poole in Chester County,
Pa. Miss Annie Poole. Frank Townsend,
Edward Mackay and others drank of the
water and became terribly i'll. Miss Poole
and Townsend died, but it was thought the
others would recover. 49,
An attempt was made to wreck the
Glencoe express three miles west of st.
Thomas, Ont. on the Air Line Road re-
Gently by putting distractions ON the
track. Three brothers. Felix, Arthur and
Henry Graham, Of Wyandotte, Mich,
were arrested on suspicion.
WORD was received recently at South
Bend, Ind, his old home, by his relatives,
that Senator Miller, Of California, was
i'll. His condition was such
that it was feared he would not be able to
be at Washington at the opening Of Con.
gresa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

TIE Earl of Mayo and bride were thrown
from q carriage at Goodwood, Eng, re-
Gently, the latter receiving probably fatal
injuries.
TIE Socialist Lieski, who was convicted
of the murder of Police Counselor Rumpff
at Frankfort, Germany, on the night Of
June Is last, was beheaded November 18th.
He protested to the last that he was limo.
cent and behaved in composed manner.
A TELEGRAM Of the 18th stated that the
servians had captured Widdin. The Ser.
vians denied that Prince Alexander had
won . victory At Siivnitsa. They claimed
that he had been forced to retreat. Great
loss Of life was reported in the various en-.
gagements.
TaE Porte has formally protested to the
powers against the Invasion Of Bulgaria
by Servia and declaring that Turkey re.
serves her military rights in Bulgarian
territory. ~
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
The Manner OF Shopping in MexicO-COo
Under Difficulties

| Dnder D1fncuIt1eS.
Shopping is good deal of job in Mex
| leo, says letter to the Chicago Inter-
| ocean, for the merchants never classify
their goods. Silks and cOttons, woolens
| and linens, are indiscriminately mixed
up on the shelves, and they keep their
gloves and perfumerY in the same drawer
with their shoes.
No goods are delivered by the mer-
chants. There is, however, a licensed
system of what are called ''cargadOres,' y
who are sent home with you to carry
your bundles, and receive a fee fixed by
| law for the service.
From the top of the cathedral spires one
| can get a magnificent view of the city,
| but is at once struck with the absence of
| chimneys, There isn't such a thing as a
| fireplace or a stove in all Mexico, and
hence no chimneys. The temperature re-
mains at about sixty the year round, and,
| while the stranger will complain of being
chilly at first, he will soon become accus-
| toned to the atmosphere and not suffer,
| provided he wears flannel undertaking,
| and puts on a light Overcoat if he goes out
/ after shutdown.
The cooking is all done in Dutch ovens
/ with charcoal, and ranges were never
| heard of here. Coal is imported from
! England, and costs $25 a ton; wood is
/ brought down from the mountains ON the
backs of men and dOnkeys, and is worth
| $50 a cord.
! One of the most curious of the many
| oddities which attract the attention of
| the stranger is the manner of conducting
| funerals. The rich go to the cemeteries
in carriages, as they do in the States; the
middle classes go on the street cars, cot
fin and all; the poor walk and carry the
corpse on their shoulders, almost always
in a rented coffin. The scarcity of wood,
which costs from $50 to 800 a thousand
| feet, makes collins expensive, and there
are places where decent one can be
hired for the day for 81 or 81. At the
| grave the body is taken out, wrapped in a
blanket, and buried, when the coffin is re-
/ turned to the owner.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-12
LIFE IN HAVANA.
A Glimpse of Cuba's Capital City-What
q Stranger Sees.

a Stranger Sees.
Interest in Cuba, however, centres in
Havana, the metropolis Of the West In
dies, says a letter to the Cincinnati Times
Star. 1t has quarter of million popu-
latiOn, consisting of energetic people,
representing all the great nationalties.
You enter the harbOr past Moro Castle,
and see picture before you as beautiful
as strange. Green hills are crowned with
palm trees and banana trees. Houses
dotting the scene of ample foliage here
and there, are one-stOried, and painted
pink or green, many of them white.
Boats having a singularly and brilliantly
colored awning at the stern hover about
the steamer. Huge warships lie at anchor
and grim forts frOwn from points of ad-
vantage on the shore. You enter boat,
and the deft owner, by the aid of sail,
soon has YOU ashore, where you md cab
! fare very reasonable, and specify that par
| ticular one of the leading hotels which
! Won prefer. On your way you EOte the
narrowness of the streets and sidewalks,
| the low, spacious houses, absence of glass
| from the windows, which are barred as in
| the other cities visited, the partially open
doors for GOODNESS, through which you see
] the tiled or marble floors and cool furnl-
ture provided by the prudent builder and
| householder. The court in the dwelling
ventilates it and particularly cuts of con-
nectiOn between the parlor and kitchen.
! OdOrs from cooking are particularly dlsa-
| greeable in hot ATTITUDES. Every layman
Of the military or civilian wears straw
hat, and the costumes of well-tO-do people
are both sensible and elegant. Arrived at
your hotel you will find it an enlarged
specimen of the house generally described
| above. The chamber allowed 10 you con-
| tains a bedstead of iron or other metal, and
has a wire netting in place Of mattresses,
and canopy to protect the sleeper from
| blood-suckfng insects. Rocking chairs
abound in your lofty apartment, which
you find sagaciously contrived for your
| comfort