The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-30

GENERAL G. w. CAss died at New Yorl
on the 2lst in his eightieth year. He wa
president Of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
Chicago Railroad Company for twenty fiv,
years. He was . lifelong Democrat.
TIE Supreme Court decided in Boston
National bank case that the State had ,
right to levy taxes just Is on saving
banks
The entire force of molders in tn,
foundry Of the Scott printing works II
Plainfeld, N. J., went on strike recently
They were members OF the Iron Molders
Union Of North America, and struck be
cause Of the employment Of non-unior
man.
TIE lower house Of the Massachusetts
Legislature has passed bill giving womer
the right to vote on liquor licenses.
NOTHING has been heard from the two
missing pilot boats, Enchantress and Phan'
tom, which disappeared during the blizzard
at New York. The crew Of the Enchant
ress consisted Of four pilots and SIX sailors
and that Of the Phantom Of four sailors,
her pilots having left her the day before
the storm broke.
BIZ running into q rock at Green Springs,
Pa, the other morning, coke train was
thrown into the river and two train men
badly hurt.
CARL SEIZURE was the orator on the occa-
sion OF the memorial services to tho late
Emperor William at New York on the 2lst.
The five-story building occupied by John
B. Babcock & Co, hat manufacturers, Bos-
ton, took fire the other night The damage
was heavy.
GENERAL MANAGER MCLEAN, Of the Phil
o60lrhio n pnodinY hoa md al
heads Of departments to give recommends
tons to striking ex-employes who are not
guilty OF any misdeeds.
COLONEL L. B. FAULKNER and Leonard
Kuhn, director and cashier respectively Of
vile, N. Y, have been arrested.
The New York Yacht Club has decided
on club regatta next fall, in which foreign
yachts may compete II there Is no interna-
tional contest.
FLOODS in New York, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, according to a report Of the
I'D, had proved especially destructive to
bridges. Many factories were inundated
and work was stopped.
JOHN c. Emo. the defaulter, who has been
in Canada for some years, has made set
Element, it is stated, and will return to
New York.
The Ohio Society has arranged banquet
at Delmonico's, New York, April z, to cele-
brate the centennial anniversary of the
of the Ohio valley Among the
speakers are Messr. Sherman,
Allison, Waite, Hayes, Cox, Henderson.
A!ger, General Sherman and General
Sheridan.
The Massachusetts, House has defeated
the biennial election resolution-126 yeas,
Is nays, not the required two-thirds.
As result OF the liquor prosecutions in
Concord, N. H., every saloon was closed,
The proprietors refusing absolutely to make
any sales.
The switchmen in the Erie railroad yards
N Hornellsville, N. Y, went out ON strike
recently. The grievances were low wages
and an Objectionable yard-mastcr.
The bricklayers and masons employed at
Fall River, Mass, have asked for reduc-
ion Of hours from ten to nine and for 33k
tents per hour after May L
Two passenger trains on the Pittsburgh
Z Lake Erie collided near Wampum, Pa,
IN the sd. The baggagemaster was killed
md four other trainmen injured. Four
passengers were also hurt.
TIE Willimsntic Conn Savings Insti- !
ution was reported in difficulties on the |
Sd, the treasurer being accused of misap-
'roprlations. The deposits aggregated |
$4,000.
The Rhode Island Legislature adjourned
n the 24th. The bill to abolish the annual |
Of the State militia was killed.
HENRY BENCH, nephew Of the late
humane officer, has been elected president |
4 the New York Society for the Proven
ion Of Cruelty to Animals.
The section within eight miles of the |
city hall has been quarantined |
'ecause Of an outbreak Of uro-pneumo-
a.