The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-29
THE WEST.


THB will of Daniel A. Jones, one OF the
ex-Presidents of the Chicago Board OF
Trade, who died . few days ago, has been
probated. II disposes Of over S1.25O,OOO,
part of which goes to various charitable in
situations.
The Kansas Legislature convened in
special session at Topeka on the 10th.
In the Federal Court at Keokuk, Iowa,
Judge Love said that he bad decision
from Judge Brewer applicable to the Iowa
prohibition laws. The decision held that
as to breweries built before the law was
adopted the law would be unconstitutional,
as it confiscated public property without
consideration.
The citizens Of Northern Idaho were re-
ported protesting against annexation to
Washington Territory. because that Terri
tory is antagonistic to mining. They want
annexation to Montana.
GEORGE FOSTER, the most notorious burg
lar, highwayman and bank thief in Ohio,
and for many years the leader Of the Foster
gang, whose operations extended through
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania,
was shot and killed the other night by
Officer George E. Conner, OF the Cleveland
police force.
CASHIER CoRsErr, Of the Gefunct bank Of
Devils Lake, d. T., secretly took train
for the East, but was arrested at Larimore
on complaint of depositor, who charges
him with taking deposits, after knowing
that the bank was insolvent. The bank at
fairs are in . worse shape than at first re-
ported.
DIR. CHARTER, q French chemist Of st.
Louis. claims that he has extorted . con-
fession from Maxwell, the alleged murderer
of Preller in the Southern Hotel.
JUDGE NORRIS has rendered q decision in
the suit at Baltimore of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association, of St Louis,
against Clark & Co., agents for William J.
Lemp, of st. Louis, regarding the use OF q
certain trade mark, and an injunction was
granted restraining Clark & Co., from using
the disputed design.
ANDRE ANDREWS, a Chicago pawnbroker,
was taken to Joliet recently to serve out
his term of eight years for receiving stolen
goods.
The other night a heavy train on the
Peoria, Decatur & Springfield Railroad
ran into fifteen head of fine horses near
Decatur, Ill. The train came upon the
horses suddenly, and to save the train from
wreck the engineer turned on the steam
and plowed through the drove safely.
Twelve were killed outright and one
crippled badly. The loss was estimated
at $500.
THE Ohio Miners Association has author
lied a strike on the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail-
road between Cambridge and Bellaire, o.
Arbitration was favored as q means of set
Ting disputes.
A VERY severe storm extended along the
Pacific slope, from Washington Territory
to Southern California, on the 21st. A
two-story building was blown down in San
Francisco, and telegraph lines were every
where Frustrated.
THE other morning q terrific boiler ex-
plosion occurred at the distillery Of Fair
banks & Duenwig, at Peoria, Ill. Frank
McNellis, George Otterman and two others
were killed and several wounded.
FREIeHrERs who arrived at Aspen, Col,
on the 2lst state that twenty-seven snow
slides have occurred in the neighborhood
of Maroon Pass during the past three days.
A party of men and eighteen mules were
thought to have persisted.
THREE of the dynamite conspirators ar
rested in San Francisco some time since,
have been sentenced to three months i'm.
prisonment.
A SERIOUS state of affairs occurred in the
Ohio Senate on the I'D. The Democrats
withdrew on the ruling of the Chair that
the Hamilton County Senators could moi
vote. The result was that two Senates
were formed, each declaring the other rev
olutionary.
THE Cuban cigarmakers employed by
Oltenburg & Co., and by Jacoby & Co., Of
New York, went out on strike on the sd
The strike was very general, involving
thousands of men.