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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Train Knocked From the Track BY
Bull and Several Lives Lost.

A Train Knocked From the Track By q
Bull and Several Lives Lost.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 20.-A terrible ac-
cident, in which five men lost their lives
and several others were seriously, II not
fatally, injured, occurred on the Burling.
ton & Missouri River road, eleven miles
west of Edgar. Neb., yesterday. A con-
structiOn train, with many men on board,
was coming around a curve at high rate
of speed, when it struck bull which was
standing on the track, throwing the
engine and six cars down high en-
bankment. The wreck was most COM
plete, and the men were caught in every
conceivable position. Those who were
uninjured began at once the work Of
caring for the wounded and removing
the dead.
Those killed outright were:
X ii. Marvin, of Deweese.
George Burke, OF st. Louis.
Daniel O'Conner, of Weston, Mo.
Robert Collins, an Englishman and ar
unknown man.
The wounded are:
Charles Clark, hip and leg broken.
Andrew Campbell, leg and arm in.
jured.
VIM. Critter, leg broken at thigh.
Owen Shortley, Kansas City; both legs
broken.
Walter Ames, Aurora, Neb.; leg brok
en-.
Thomas Kelley, Ottawa, Canada; in
terDal injuries.
John Edwards, st. Joe; leg broken.
Ed Frazier, Harlan, Ia; head cut.
John Fitzgerald, badly bruised.
H. Stanley, Omaha; seriously wound.
ed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
TIMBER THIEVES.

Tho Montana Land Company Making Dep
rotations Upon Government Timber
Lands.
WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-CommissiOne
Sparks has made report to the Secretary
of the Interior upon information received
at the General Land Office that the Montana
Improvement Company is making extensive
depredatiOns upon public timber on unsur-
veyed lands along the Northern Pacific
railroad. under an agreement with the rail-
road company, and that private surveys are
being made by the timber company with a
view of claiming that the lands deprecated
upon are Old sections belonging to the rail.
road company and not TO the United States.
The Commissioner in his report urges q
vigorous prosecution against both COLI
panies. lie says that the question whether
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has
legal right to any lands along such pOr-
tiOns OF its road. at least, as were not
definitely located within the time when the
road was required to he constructed has not
been settled, but that, ii it has such right
generally, it has 10 right to specific tracts
until tine odd sections have been defined by
public surveys, that such sections can not
be defined by private surveys and that the
private surveys are unlawful. MIR. Sparks
recommends that the timber company be
ehjOined from trespassIng upon public
lands to make such surveys. and says that
nothing but the most active and severe
measures will put stop to its operations.
lie recommends criminal prosecutions
against all persons connected with
its alleged timber trespasses. In an.
other report on the application of this
company to have certain suits discontinued
that have already been commenced the
Commissioner recommends that instead of
disseminating the suits they should be
pressed with the utmost vgOr, and says
that the public lands in portions of Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington Territories are
being rapidly denuded by it Of all their
valuable timber, and unless the full force
of the Government is exerted to put an i'm
mediate stop to these operations much Of
the public timber land in the Territories
will soon be nothing but barren waste.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
The Gulf Coast Disaster.

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. ia specia.
to the NeNs from Orange, Tex, says the
steamer Lamar returned there last even.
ing from Sabine Pass with sixty addi-
tional sufferers, one.half of whom will
60 to Beaumontas soon as transportation
can be obtained. The balance will re-
main here in care Of the local relief COM
mittees. Ten additional bodies have
been found and were buried up to the
time that the Lamar left Sabine at noon
yesterday. The relief committees of
Orange have exhausted all their supplies
and funds. The sufferers are constantly
coming in. The relief committees have
$50 now in charge, and $50 more were
expected in last night from Johnson's
BAYOU, the Emily p. having gone for
them yesterday morning. Such is the
situation in Orange up to the present
writing, and unless more relief comes
Immediately great distress will prevail.
Many of the sufferers are sick and re-
quire the greatest attention. The citi-
zens of Orange are doing
all in their power to alleviate
their distress, but the demands are
greater than they can bear. The relief
committees were notified yesterday that
81 200 had been donated by Houston,
which is all the aid that has been re-
ceived outside of our own town. Par.
ties returning from the coast report
much thievery going on.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
MERCY ASKED.

The knights Of Labor Assembly Ask Glenn.
encv for the Condemned Anarchists.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 2l.-The General
Assembly of the Knights Of Labor began
its last session yesterday morning at nine
O'Clock. The first business taken up was
the report Of the standing committee on CO.
operation. After that: came the report Of
half dozen special committees. The COM
mittee ON wOmen's work reported that it
had effected a permanent organization and
had taken other steps to obtain redress OF
grievances for women. The officers elected
were: Mary Haniin. president; Mary
OReilly. vice president; Nettie HardisOn,
treasurer, and LeOnOra Barry, general in.
vestigatOr, to act as corresponding secre.
tary and devote all her time to the work
and keep a record OF all cases. The fol.
lowing resolution was adopted by the as
sembly:
Resoired. That this general assembly ap-
peals for mercy for the seven men of Chi.
cagO who are condemned to be executed.
ResOlUed, That wh lie asking for mercy for
the condemned men, we are not n sympathy
tempts of indiv duais or associated bodies
that teach or pract ,ce violent infractOns OF
the law, believing that peaceful methods are
the surest and best means of securing the
necessary reforms.
After the transaction of some other BUSH
ness the convention adjourned sine die.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29

PENNINGTON, Me, DC. GA great fire.
has ragged here since eight o'clock last
night At this hour Il so a. n.y. the FIRE is.
sweeping down Main street and will prOba.-
bly, consume every thing on the west side Of
the street 10 Abbott hill. Masonic Hall, >.
Odd Fellows Hall, the Chronicle Office,
Knowlton & McLeary's job printing house,
the pOst-Office, Hotel Marble, Exchange.
Hotel and some fifteen stores are now in.
ruins. The burned district thus far is from
the hotel down Pleasant street. Every
thing Is swept clear, including the jail,
thence along Broadway to Main,
thence up Main street to Tarbex-
Bros. store ON the west side Of the
street; also entirely down the entire length
Of Main street to Depot street on the west
side. The Baptist Church is in ruins and
the Methodist and Congregational Churches
are burning. 1t Is utterly impossible to es-
innate the loss. A steam fire engine las
just arrived from Lewiston. making the
run In one hour and fifteen minutes. A
company from Phillips is also working. but
its labOrs are almost fruitless on account Of
the gale which prevails. The Peoples.
Trust Company is also burned out The
fire caught in E. Gray's stable on Pleasant
street about : 80 o'clock. No accidents are
reported, but everybody is exhausted.
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THRILLING RESCUE.

Fifteen Men lmprisOned In . Casesoo NJ
Omaha Tseacued by the ssacket Brigade.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct GA thrilling acci.
dent, imperiliny the lives Of fifteen men.
occurred at tho new Union Pacific bridge
which Is being built t. replace the old
structure across the Missouri river ut this
point At ten O'Clock yesterday morning
leak was sprung In the caisson now being
constructed in the middle Of the river. and
before it could b. caulked It had filled the
shaft up to the surface, thus cutting off the
escape Of the fifteen men who were at work
on the bed rock under the bottom Of the riv.
er. The news of the horrible situation rap
idly spread and soon thousands assembled on
the ievee to await the result Of the efforts
To rescue the imprisoned men. George A.
Ledderlee, chief engineer In charge of the
work. aud his assistant, Ralph MOdjeska,
son of the actress, FASTENED to the caissOn
and at once proceeded to direct affairs.
The pier is mammoth stone structure sixty
feet long and twenty-five feet wide. Its
surface Is now five feet above the water and
its base rests OH bed rock seventy three
feet below the top of the river. At eight
o'clock the first day shit went down through
the sha aft into the airiOck, and thence to
the working chamber below and began the
work Of cleansing and sushing the rock
preparatory to filling In with concrete. At
ten O'Clock, when they started to come TO
the surface, some of them found to their
horror that small stream Of water was
lrickiing through pipe. showing that
water was i'm tile shaft above them. To
have opened the door would lave let tons
Of al,<,N q saae
suned at the time that the men returned
to the chamber Immediately below the lock,
where they would he safe SO long as they
could stand the pressure of the air, which Is
absolutely necessary to keep the water from
the river beneath the caissOn and 80 long as
the water from above could be prevented
from forcing the air chamber. Engineer
Ledderlee ran an engine with pumps at
lached to the pier and set it to work pump
ing water from tho shaft After working
an hour it WAS found that the engine was
inadequate to exhaust the water in time to
save the mems lives, as the men are not al
lowed to work over three hours, time hey Ond
that being deemed dangerous. Owing to the
distance to pump the water the engine could
not fully perform its duty. A bucket bri-
gade was then organized among the bridge
employees, who, with ropes and buckets,
slowly bailed the water Of the shaft This
was slow and tedious work and when the
men had been imprisoned for over three
hours In the caissOn nearly everybody gave
up the hope of ever rescuing them. FINAL
ly. at about three o'clock, the water was
exhausted. and the men were rescued In an
exhausted and frightened condition. When
they were brought out wild cheers went up
from the crowd ON tile eyeo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
AN ELECTION ORDER.

| Tho Attorney General Issues an Order t.
United States MarshaIs.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20-The Department
of Justice has sent copy Of the following
circular letter to each United States mar
| shall:
SIR: In pursuance Of letter OF the 9Th
| inst. from the President directing the Attor
ney General to take charge Of the 'appo Mt
ment of special deputy marshals, the per
! fOrmance OF their duties and their cOmpen
sation." together with the compensation Of
| supervisors Mt the Congressional election n
| November Iext, your attention IS directed &c
the prOvis ons of titles "a and 70. chapter :,
title 20 of the revised statutes. Under sec
baSe powe sp' to Keen the pesce o
vent frauds and enforce the law In
towns OF 1900 Inhabitants and up
| wards. You should make yourself famil ar
| with the statutes referred to and see thni
they are undes stood by your deputies. who
should be discreet men, impressed with the
manner of discharg ,ng these duties by your
self and your deputies is largely left to your
| discretion. In matters involving qucst ons
ssfs. e 1or
needed information and advice. 1t 10 as.
| sumed that the duties can be performed
without Infringing upon tho rights of any
citizen. in manner that shall be firm aud 1t
the same me FREQ from al unnecessary dis
play of author ty.
It is not expected that supervisors and
deputy marshas will receive compeu.
satiOn for moro than i've days ser
vice. and they should he so in
formed. Within this time all can be done, it
10 thought that need to be. You need Wig.
liant men who are Conscientious workers.
and no others. Before payment each deputy
and supervisor will present to you his com.
mission. oath and badge OF once. with An atii.
davit that no 10 the person to whom the com.
mission was issued: that he performed the
days services as charged which will be an.
nexed by GU to the payroll as vouchers for
its adjustment The same facts should also
be known to you through other means Up
on payment being completed these accounts
should be approved by tho court and for
warded t. this department for action under
the executive ORDER mentioned.
In circular letter TO United States Dis
trict Attorneys on the same subject the At
torney General invites their attention to the
letter addressed to the marshais, and asks
them to assist the marshals in'the execution
of this law without friction while it main
tains the right Of suffrage intact
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
The Signal Service.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2O.-Second Comp
trolle- Maynard and Third Auditor VIII
liams have just concluded a critical re-ex.
animation of the accounts of the Signal Ser
vice from September l. 1880, to July l,
1886. The expenditures during that period
aggregated 81, s65. 1888, and of this amount
the accounting officers have disa!,owed and
suspended items amounting to S1,OSl, 800.
The disbursements were made by Lisutei,-
ant Robert Craig, Fourth artillery, and Cap
tains II. Miles, Fifth artillery, and F. b.
Jones, Assistant Quar.ermaster General,
who consecutively held the offices of dis
bursting officer during the period mentioned.
The expenditures disallOwed as unaulhor.
lied by law We're principally for telegraph.
ing, the purchase Of supplies and the for.
eign service.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
Can He Re Natural,xede

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Moy An Kee, Chi.
nese laundryman doing business at No.
1882 Stale street, applied to the county
court yesterday to be naturalized as q
citizen of the United States. He had =
certificate of declaration of intention
issued by the Supreme Court Of New
York Eve years ago. The paper was
regular, out Judge Prendergast informed
him that he was doubtful whether he
could make him a citizen, as the eligl
bilitv of the Chinese to citizenship was
an open question. He instructed Moy to
secure the services OF a lawyer, and the
court would hear arguments on the mat
ter at future day.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
A Lake sk,pper's Yarn.

CHICAGO, Oct 21.-The propeller Le-
high of the Anchor Line arrived last even
ing with sundries. She left Buffalo
Wednesday and when half way across
Lake Erie encountered the terrible gale Of
last Thursday. Captain HOgg. vino has
sailed the lakes for over thirty years, says
he never saw worse storm. The
wind was blowing at the rate Of
seventy-five miles an hOur and the
rain fell i'm torrents. The wheelman was
unable to control the wheel and lie was
compelled to let go, when he was struck by
the spokes Oh the foot and tack. Tbs dis
abied him for the tip.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
HEARrLEss CONDUCT .

4astport, Maine, During lts Recent DIsas-
trous Fire, Invaaled By SmuSelers Fron
the Canadian border and Looted In the
Most Outrageous and Barefaoed Manner
"A Revenue Cutter to the Reseue.
BANGOR, Me-, Oct. l9.-During the
fierce fire In Eastport the gangs OF law
less characters Of tho islands on the
Canadian side Of the PassamaquOddy,
who have for years been smuggling goods
into Maine, deserted their regular bust.
ness and set sail in their boats for the
doomed town. Anchoring OF the wharves,
out of the reach of the flames, they took
their dories and rowed ashore. Then
begar q series Of raids on the stricken
people that was disgrace to humanity.
Bodily they entered the town, broke
oren the stores, selecting the most
valuable merchandise and after
loading their small boats rowed to the
sail boats, unlOaded and returned as
quickly as possible to renew their depre.
dations. For some time the panic
stricken people did not observe what
was going on, and several boats made
the short passage to some Of the adjacent
islands and returned. Furniture, dry
goods. the contents of jewelry stores,
fishing gear as well as rigging from the
wharves, were quickly spirited away.
This continued through the second day
of the fire.
The thieves. emboldened BY their sue
cess, became more bold and disputed In
many cases with the owners OF the goods
for their possession. The police depart.
ment as we'll as the fire department were
powerless aud at last the citizens turned
on the invaders who were pillaging theiI
town and fought them flercely. The hu.
man tigers would not be driven from
their prey without q struggle, and con.
tinued their nefarious business into an.
other day. Time and again were goods
brought from out of outhouses and de.
posted in apparent safety while the own
ers returned for another load. Watching
their chances the pirates quickly gath
cred them up and the nearly exhausted
owner on returning would find no trace
of them. At this time the United States
cutter General Woodbury., well-arm
vessel, arrived, aud the captain, Under.
standing the character OF the men across
the line, quickly took In the situation. In
the twinkling of an eye he had bis
boats out and shut off all communication
with the shore. Then he ordered all the
English craft to leave the harbOr. While
they might fight the weary people oil
PASSPORT they have wholesome respect
for the frOwning guns Of the Woodbury.,
and soon the bay was white with the
sails of the thieves as they sailed across
the line. The Woodbury. Is to remain in
the bay to protect the town from another
invasion.
The committee OF citizens chosen to
collect money and feed the PASSPORT SUI
ferers have been very successful. About
four thousand dollars In cash have been
paid, and yesterday afternoon nearly two
carloads of provisions and clothing were
shipped TO EastpOrt, while several more
will follow to-day. Hiram Ruggles and
II. o. Pierce will 90 to Eastport, accom-
panying the subscriptions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
PinkerlOn's HUMANS,

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-Several statements
from different eye witnesses are unfavor.
able to the PinkertOn guards who did the
shooting as they were leaving the stock
yards Tuesday. Captain Marley, of the
Town of Lake police, says the shooting was
utterly unjustiiiaole, and there are seventy
witnesses to prove it When the train
pulled out of the yards near AlIerton's the
Pinker;on men raised the car windows aud
called the switchmen and others in the
vicinity all the vile names they could think
of. The captain has the names Of fifty
police who can identify large number Of
them as disreputabie characters.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
A New Organ.

New YORK. Oct 19-Henry George ie
about to add the management of a news
paper to the burdens Of his campai On. L,
will be called the Leader and the first NUN.
Der will appear tomorrow afternoon. 1.
will give all the labor news and be devoted
solely to labor interests. Its circulation
will be obtained by the simple process of
passing resolutions that every wOrkingman
must take it or be bOycotted. Lewis +.
Post, well known labor ayitatOr and law
yer, will be editO--in-chief, and his able as.
sOciates will include George. Rev. Hebei
Newton, Father McGIinn, james Redpath,
DIR. Deelon. of Columbia College, Charles
F. Wingate and Prof. Davidson.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
Candidate. for Congress-.

NEW YORK. Oct 19.-The following
New York Congressional nominations arc
reported: First district Republican
Richard C. Mccormick, Ex-Governor O,
Arizona; Seventeenth district, Republican
Stephen I. Hopkins; Sixteenth district
Democrat, Leonard d. Sackett; Twenty
eight district, Democrat, Jeremiah McGnire !;
Eighth district, German Independent. Tim
Othy J. Campbell. In the Second district
the Republicans Endorsed j. !. Donovan.
the labor candidate, while in tho Third dis
trict Deacon S. v. White and in the
Twelfth w. BoUrke Cochran were nomi.
mated, the former by the Republicans and
the latter by the Germans.
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Cider ana Embalmin< Fluid.

SACO. Me-, Oct 22-Frxnk Wilds, of
Union Falls, yesterday sold cask Of new
cider to Civil Engineer Winfield S. bennett,
Of Saco. The latter's son James, aged
nineteen years, drank third Of glass of
the cider, bennett took teaspoonfuI. and
his wife tasted it ALI Of them were taken
sick, and, despite the efforts Of two physi-
clans, the son died early this morning. Mrs.
bennett is very sick, but the physicians
think she will recover. On the head Of the
cask was branded the word 'Pois0n." The
cask was purchased from . Biddeford un-
dertaker and originally contained embalm.
Ing fluid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
GENERA Al.

SMALLPOX is working fearful ravages in
Cochamba, Bolivia, and children are re-
ported to be dying daily by the hundreds.
A DEPUTATIoN of French protectionists
recently called upon both President Grevy
and Premier De Freycinet and presented
demands that the Government declare
urgency for the bill before the French
Chambers raising the import duty Oh
foreign wheat from three to live francs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
CODyriSht Ruling.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2S-The Acting
Secretary of the Treasury has written to A.
r. Spotford, Librarian Of Congress, in ex-
PLANTATION of the recent circular in regard
to the detention or forfeiture Of books by
customs officers when imported into tho
United States without the consent of the
owner Of the copyright that "DuIy anthem
ticated certificates Of such ownership are
required to be flied by each owner OF copy
right with each and every collector of Gus
toms in the United States, under the seal
of the Librarian of Congress. Such certifi-
cate may include list Of all the books
now copyrighted and owned by any auth0R
thereof or by his Or her assigns"
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A Death Tran.

NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-Another fatal &C.
cident occurred this morning at shaft No
q of the new aaueduct. One man was
killed outright and i've others so badly
injured that their lives are despaired of.
The men were being let down in a cage
when the cable holding the Ear gave way,
and the men were precipitated to the
depths below, distance of nearly one
hundred feet.
Thomas Burke was instantly killed.
The wounded are; John Offer, Edward
Ferris and John Nolan, and two others
whose names are unknown.