The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-12
THE EAST.

The fifty-second session of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers began at
Buffalo, n. Y, on the ID.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the great historian,
celebrated his eighty eighth birthday on
the Sd at Newport. r. /. He received
many congratulations.
AN east-bound passenger train on the
New York Central left the track at Byron
station recently while going at a high rate
of speed, and ran into and nearly de-
stroyed the depot. All the cars left the
track and were greatly damaged. No one
was killed.
AT a recent meeting of the Philadelphia
Baptist Association some little futter was
caused by a letter from the church at
Lower Merton, which announced that
Robert j. Burdette, the well known humor-
list. had been licensed to preach.
PRESIDENT HAvEMEYER, of the sugar
trust, has ordered the shut down of the ex-
tensile refineries of Doncastro & Bonner,
Brooklyn, n. Y. The firm employed 1000
men.
EDDY & STREET, dealers in cotton yarns,
Providence, r. l., have failed with liabili-
ties estimated at 100000.
TFE steamboat pilots who recently
joined the knights of Labor at Pittsburgh,
Pa, have presented scale of wages to the
river coal men. The scale provides for a
yearly salary of 81 600. with 81 200 for cap.
tain and pilot combined.
JAMES B. CURTIS, aged fifty-five years.
of Salamanca, n. V, shot himself through
the head recently in a New York hotel.
He left note stating that he was crazy.
SINCE oyster-planting and the leasing
of oyster beds has been regulated by the
Government the industry has grown
rapidly in Importance, until now. in New
York State, about 1000 men and SC, 0OO, 00O
capital are employed in it.
SCHUMACHER & ETTINGER, cigar manu-
facturers of New York, are to be prose-
cuted for using limitations of customs
stamps on inferior boxes of cigars in order
TO deceive the public
THE funeral of ex-Assistant Postmas-
ter-General Richard A. Elmer occurred in
New York City on the 4th.
NATE SALISBURY, the noted actor and
manager, is correspondent in a divorce
suit in New York City. brought by Frank
B. Ely against his wife May.
CAPTAIN GLEADELL of the noted White
Star steamship Germanic died of apoplexy
during the vessels last trip to New York.
THERE was large meeting of single tax
supporters of Cleveland and Thurman at
Cooper Union, New York, on the 9Th.
Henry George presided and W. G. Sher-
man, the well known lawyer and expert
on questions of tariff and taxation, was
the principal speaker. Mr.. Sherman is a
recent convert to the George doctrine.
ABOUT 1000 persons took part in Re-
publican torchlight parade at Brooklyn,
n. Y, on the night of the 9Th, and were
reviewed by Hon. Levi P. Morton,
Matthew S. Quay, General Knapp and
other leaders of the party.
THE Democrats of the Nineteenth dis
trict of Pennsylvania have renominated
Levi Maish.
BY collision between a wild train and
a passenger train in deep cut near Han
nibal, y. Y, the other morning, an engin-
eer was killed and five train men hurt
Both engines were completely wrecked and
much other damage was done.
CooUEIIN and Mime. Jane Hading. the
famous French actors, arrived at New
York on the 9Th from Rio Jareiro.
The twelfth annual congress of the
American Secular Association opened at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9Th.
GEORGE RUDD. a New York artist. is
missing in Italy and is believed TO have
been lost in the Alps.
AT the Roman chariot races at the fair
grounds, Kutztown, Pa, on the 9Th, the
horses became unmanageable and dashed
among the spectators. Quite number of
persons were seriously injured, two ia
tally.