The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-15

A 81. LOUIS special Of the 5th said that
the steamer La 1ascotte, bound from
Grand Tower, NJ, to Cape Girardeau, No,
exploded her boilers opposite Neley's land
ing, burned to the waters edge and 6oated
mile below Wizards landing, whore she
lodged on the shore. The total loss Of life
was placed at eighteen or over.
NICHOLAS 8. HAvERLAND, confidential
clerk for the W. W. Kimball Organ Com.
pany, of Chicago, was arrested recently on
the charge of embexzling d, 6OO by means
of forged orders for organs.
THE triennial convention Of the Episco.
pal Church opened in st. James. Chicago,
on the 9th. DR.. Dix was elected to preside.
TwENTY-sEvEN lives were lost by the ex-
plosion Of the boilers Of La Mascotts on
the 5th near Cape Girardeau. Mo.
TIE steamship Ancon. plying between
Alaskan ports and San Francisco, 10 two
weeks over due and fears are felt for her.
The National Undertakers' Association
met in Cleveland, O., on the 9Th.
FouR men were killed the other day by
the explosion of giant powder In the Cali
DOMAIN mine near Deadwood, OAK.
The main boiler in Jordan BuckwelPs
saw mill seven miles northwest Of War
saw, Ind. exploded the other day. fatally
injuring George Powell and Thomas Aug
lin.
A PASSENGER train on the Midland at
Arcola, ILL, was derailed recently and Mrs.
Hobson was seriously injured.
The Colorado Democratic State conven-
ton adjourned on the 9th after nominating
II
pie, Lieutenant Governor; Jerry Malone,
Secretary of State; James F. Benedict,
Treasurer; Cashmere Barela, Auditor:
Colonel Stirman, Attorney General, and
Rev. Myron Reid for Congress.
WILLIAM GALLAGHER was held in 1900
bail at Chicago on seven warrants, charg-
ing forgery and conspiracy.
The Republicans of the Fourth Wiscon-
sin district have nominated T. H. Brown,
OF Milwaukee.
TIE Union Furniture Company's factory
at Grand Rapids, Mich, was destroyed by
fire the other day. Loss, 100000.
THE grand jury at Evansville, Ind, ig-
nored the charges brought against the city
officials by the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany.
Two children were burned to death in a
recent fire at l59 Warren street, Chicago
JUDGE GARY refused a new trial to the
Chicago anarchists on the eth and SEN
fenced the prisoners to death with the ex-
ception of Neebe, who was sentenced to
fourteen years imprisonment.
PRAIRIE fires are raging fiercely in the
vicinity of Moorehead, Mimi. Large
amounts of grain and many buildings
have already been destroyed, causing
heavy loss. The Red river is dry and the
continued drought is causing much suffer-
ing.
The San Francisco sheriff took possession
of Baum 4 Co.'s effects recently liabili-
ties 81, 100000.
Mrs. PZEITTKA. an adherent of the de-
posed Polish priest at Detroit, died recent
ly, and the body was refused burial in the
Catholic cemeteries, and q riot almost en-
sued.
H. L. LEAvIrr, Fred Munchrath, Jr..
Henry Sherman and John Arensdorff were
arrested recently for connection with the
Haddock assassination at Sioux City,
Iowa.
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA was reported worse
in Chicago on the 9TH. 1t was expected
the sale of distillery milk would be pro-
hibited.
PRESIDENT TAYLoR's epistle, read at the
Mormon general conference at Coxville,
U. T., was a very violent defense of the
peculiar institution.
THE United Labor party met in conven-
ton in st. Louis on the 9Th and nominated
f,,n <,s< 7
ticket.
Ex-MANAGER LEAvITT, of the Standard
theater. Sioux City, arrested in Chicago
for being concerned in the assassination of
Rev. Haddock, has made a confession. He
claims the assassination was not premedi-
tated, but that it was intended to give the
rev. gentleman whipping.
An unknown thief threw a handful of
red pepper into the eyes of Tom Donnelley,
a diamond broker, at lis Dearborn street
Chicago, the other night, and then robbed
the place Of a tray of diamonds valued at
between s4O0 and 5000. 1t was while the
streets were crowded that the thief entered
the place.
Ii consequence of a notice posted in the
Chicago packing houses on the Sth of re-
turn to the ten-hour system, the employees
went on q strike.
THE SOUTH.
F. L. HARRIS and man named Buckley
were found at Quincy, Fla, hanging from
the limb of a tree. Harris was a farmer
and owned a grist mill Buckley was his
miller. A few nights ago the new mill o;
]. 7. Howard, a few miles from Harris,
was burned by an incendary and suspicion
turned towards the two men whose corpses
were found. This suspicion was undoubt-
eddy the cause of the lynching.
THREE colorad chi1dren waro hurnod 70