The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-26

II. 8. Bxra0s, q safe manufacturer and
prominent citizen Of Rochester, N. Y, has
fed to Canada, leaving behind fully So
900 Of forged papers,
GENERAL BADEAu's suit against Mrs. o.
8. Grant for alleged services in preparing
General Grants memoirs for publication
was again adjourned before Justice Pat
terson, of the Supreme Court at New York,
until the first Monday in November.
THE Atlantic cigar factory at SPRING
field, Mass, has been closed on attach.
ments, with $4,000 liabilities. The presi-
dent, William A. Abbott, has disappeared
with much money. He had sunk almost
his entire fortune in the factory.
TAMMANY HALL at New York was packed
on the night of the 18th with an enthusi-
astic audience, who ratified the National
and State Democratic tickets and the Tam
many local ticket with great fervor and
listened to speeches by Hon. s. s. Cox, w.
C. Breckenridge, Bourke Cochran, Daniel
Dougherty, Roger A. Pryor and Ashbel
P. Fitch.
THE bears made a raid on the oil mar
ket at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th, and
prices were forced down from 92S to 70,
causing wild excitement.
GEORGE A. DENHAM & Co., wholesale
shoe dealers of Boston, have gone into in
solvency with 1000 assets and $1I2,0Oo
liabilities.
THE WEST.
THE boiler of the mill of the Ypsilanti
Mich Paper Company exploded the other
morning, instantly killing Fireman John
Slawson and injuring another fireman
named Frank Singler. Damage about
5000.
BY the explosion of the boiler of trac.
ton engine on farm north Of Highland,
Ill, the engineer was killed and four 9TH
ers terribly injured.
Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, better known
as Long john" man as we'll known as
any man in the West, died on the 10th.
Mr.. Wentworth was one Of Chicago's old
est residents and in his day was mayor of
the city, Congressman and editor OF the
principal daily paper. He was seventy
three years of age and was worth at least
81, 100000.
The warehouses of the Standard Oil
Company at Duluth, Mimi, caught fire
recently and were consumed, together
with $1,000 barrels of oil and an oil train
which had just been switched in. Loss,
$50, 900; uninsured.
The Republicans of San Francisco have
nominated Charles r. Story, a prominen
insurance man, for mayor.
j. NJ. LANE, a well known lumberman of
Grand Rapids, Mich, has made an assign
ment. Liabilities, 500, 900; assets about the
same.
THE family of Abel Olsen, living near
Ellsworth, Wis.,, were poisoned the other
day. One child died and others were dan
gerously ill.
LAWRENCE BoURSE was killed and Bob
Smith fatally injured by the explosion of
q wagon load of fireworks at Fort Wayne
on the 18th. They were standing on the
wagon firing off Roman candles at the
Thurman demonstration when the fire.
works, of which there were $500 pounds,
exploded. The wagon was smashed into
kindling wood.
THE Brotherhood Of Railroad Brakemen
held their first secret session at Columbus,
O., on the 18th. The most important BUSH
ness was the proposed federation Of the
railroad brotherhoods.
NJ. ]. HoRPMAN, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
who has been investigating the condition
Of the farmers in Ramsey County, d. T.,
absolutely destitute of food and fuel.
L. H. SLoANAKER, cashier in the Chicago
s. Northwestern freight office at Sioux
City, Iowa, disappeared recently. His ac-
counts were short $500.
Hon. j. G. BLAINE was unable to address
the Republican gathering near Lafayette,
Ind, on the 18th, his throat being in
famed.
THE two small children of C. F. Smith,
of Fifeld, Wis.,, We're burned to death while
alone in their fathers house the other
morning.
CHICAGo's registration amounts to 164,
600, an increase of so per cent. over the
registration at the last Presidential cleo
ton.
THE Anarchists of Chicago are prepar-
ing for an elaborate observance of the first
anniversary of the hanging of the Anar-
chist leaders-November IL.
E. II. LERBLANcE, of Wealaka, I. T., has
been elected Treasurer of the Greek Nation
by the National Council. Ex-Chief Perry
man was his principal opponent.
THE shoe lasters of the Hamilton Brown
Shoe Company Of St Louis, have been
locked out. Four hundred and fifty en-
ployes are idle.
WALTER S. PAYNE, ex-Commander-i
Chief of the Ohio Sons of Veterans, has
been found guilty by court martial Of EN-.
bezzlement and violation of pledges, and
sentenced to dishonorable dismissal.
THE failure of Nathan Corwith s. Co.,
Chicago, has been announced. The fail
ure indicates a collapse of the pig lead
corner.
THREE stockmen were killed on the 18th
near Freeport, ILL.,, by a collision on the
new Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City
railroad. Two other stockmen were in
jured.
F. j. SIMPSON, marine reporter at Mac
Kinard City, Mich, was drowned the 9th.
er night by the capsizing of his boat.
JEHUDA KALLEN, a Chicago butcher, has
sued Marks Nathan, prominent Jew, fol
issuing a circular boycotting him because
of a quarrel with the son of Nathan's
| synagogue rabbi.
THE assets of E. A. Allen & Co., s.:
Paul, Mimi. dry goods merchants who
failed recently, amount to $50 544.2 "a and
the liabilities to $4,000.
| S. c. REDFIELD, ex-treasurer of Nc.
| Vicker's Theater, Chicago, on the train go.
| ing east from Bozeman, NJ. T., took ar
overdose of morphine with fatal effect the
other night. He was somewhat deranged
THE Eleventh Indiana Regimental As.
ISOLATION, General Lew Wallace's old regi.
ment, held a reunion at indianapolis and
were received by General Harrison, but
no speeches were made.
| THE non-citizens of the Chickasaw Ma.