The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-23

News from Tishmopingo states that
Governor Guy was not killed - first re-
ported, the bullet missing him. The
Chickasaws, however, were greatly ex.
cited, some 700 of Guys followers rallying
to his support.
THE Detroit wrecking steamer Don N.
Dickinson was entirely destroyed by fire
the other night. Loss, 81, 900. The crew
of seven barely escaped.
The result. of the election held by the
Oklahomites in No-Man's.Land was
largely in favor Of territorial government
and for the Springer Oklahoma bill &C.
Chase was elected Delegate to Congress,
together with the entire Territorial
Council. ticket favoring the Oklahoma bill.
GOVERNOR JOHN A. MARTIN, Of Kansas,
issued his thanksgiving proclamation on
the 18th.
The Knights of Labor met in annual
convention at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
18th.
ABOUT 100 brakemen on the Louisville,
New Albany e. Chicago railway stru.k
recently at Lafayette, Ind, for an increase
in pay to cents q mile, the present rate
being $40 a mile and for three men to
each train instead Of two.
at Jamestown, OAK, and the churches and
schools have been closed in consequence.
INcENpIARrEs destroyed 1900, 900 feet of
lumber in Weed e. Co.'s yard at Black
River Falls, Wis, the other night. Loss,
$4,000.
PRAIRIE fires about Aberdeen and Gary
and in Sanborn and Beadle Counties, OAK,
destroyed large amount Of hay and grain
ID en- ri
ers lost every thing they possessed.
MISS BELLE BRIDEwELL- . teacher in q
school near Streator, ILL.,, was killed re-
Gently by q kick from q boy whom she
was attempting to discipline.
The sixteenth annual convention OF the
Association for the Advancement of
Women began at Detroit, Mich, on the
18th.
injured recently on the Burlington road,
run off the track at q frog and plunged
into the engine Of the unfortunate men.
THE 'longshoremen at Cheboygan, Mich,
have struck for an increase Of Is cents per
hour in wages. Their demand will proba.
bly, be granted, as the river is full OF ves-
sells.
JOHN MAHoNEY. the notorious dance
house keeper, of Ashland, Wis, who was
shot by Edward Lindsay recently, died
leaving an estate worth 5000
The third annual convention Of Christian
Workers of the United States and Canada
began in Detroit on the 18th.
THE offer of a reward Of $4,000 for the
arrest of Tascott the murderer of million
aire Smell of Chicago, has been extended
by the family until January H.
ERIC LARSEN, a prominent farmer living
near Fergus Falls, Mimi, has left for Can
ada with over 5000 in debts and no as
sets.
ALBERT REvoIR, q farmer Of Star
Prairie, near New Richmond, Wis, recent
ly shot and fatally wounded James Nc
Donald, a neighbor, without known
reason.
ABOUT forty manufacturers Of straw
wrapping paper from various parts of the
country were in secret session in Chicago
recently endeavoring to arrange a pool or
trust.
THERE is a theory at Elgin, ILL.,, that the
Whitechapel murderer is an escaped lu-
natic from the insane asylum there named
Hutchinson, who had a mania for slaught.
ering and had murdered a woman Of the
town in Chicago.
THE trouble in the Chickasaw Nation
was settled by Guy and Byrd mutually
foregoing their claims to the Governor
ship and agreeing upon Chief Wolf for
the position. The affair wound up with a
love feast.
Two young sons of John Marvin, a
farmer living near st. Cloud, Mirn., were
drowned recently while skating over thin
ice.
ED MCDONALD, the most famous of the
Chicago boodlers, has secured a reversal
of his case by the Illinois Supreme Court
and it is thought that he will never go to
the penitentiary.
THE plurality of Francis for Governor
of Missouri was 1921; for Cleveland,
1852.
THREE young girls were caught on a
bridge by a train at Circleville. O., the
other day. Two were killed. The third
escaped by clinging to the stringers.