The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-13

fireman was seriously oo0 tuuy Pooeo~
gers slightly hurt.
FIN. destroyed $4,000 worth Of proper
" in New York on the morning Of the 5th,
breaking out in the Cestsrv ofhce. East
Eighteenth street.
TIE WEST.
A VERDICT Of acquittal was rendered in
the case of the United States against OK
Chief Customs Inspector Irwin A. Gard
ner; charged with smuggling opium ct
Portland. Ore.
Rev. II. g. PRxDLEroN. widely known
Congregstionslist, died at Chicago the
other morning. aged eighty-ses en-.
AT Flagstaff. A. T., large new stone
block Of stores and several other buildings
have besn burned. Loss, $1O0. 900; insur.
ance small.
ALL Eastern roads at Chicago on the ID
dropped the rate on dressed beef to ell sea-
board points from Sok cents 10 2611 cents,
and the Erie announced its intention OF re-
ducing the rate to q cents. Rates on
agricultural implements were reduced B
cents and livestock rates cents to 141<
cents. Cheese was cut to 10 from IA centA
JUDGE JAMESON has denied the motion Of
the attorneys OF Mrs. Rawson, now In the
county Jail for contempt Of court for shoot
ing at Attorney Whitney in the court room
ut Chicago, June last, TO remit the remain
ing portion Of her sentence.
TIE Centennial Exhibition Ut Cincinnati
opened on the morning Of the 18th.
TIE Colorado rate troubles have finally
been adjusted, and . new tariff issued
which advances the rate about twenty per
cent.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS, Of Illinois, Is lying
seriously i'll in his Washington house with
fever and Inflammation of the bowels.
GENERAL GEORGE c. RoeERs, Of Kansas,
Q member Of the Board Of Pension Appeals
in the Interior Department. has been dis
missed, and James Lacey, OF Missouri, has
been appointed to the vacancy.
LIGHTNING struck the house of Ole Ole
stad, ten miles north Of Hunter, OAK. the
other night, killing Olestad and his wife
Their baby was found alive in the house
by neighbors who forced an entrance
twenty-four hours after and found the bod
les Of the parents.
GEORGE JONES, twelve-y year old boy, on
the 4th loaded an old tomato can with
powder and, attaching a shaving as fuse,
lighted it, at Indianapolis, Ind. Before he
could leave the spot the can exploded, tear
ing of the top Of his head and killing him
instantly.
THERE was fatal case Of sunstroke the
other afternoon on Chouteau island, near
Nsmeoki, III. The victim, q stranger
from St. Louis, was shocking wheat At the
time.
HENRY MEIER, German farmer, walk
ing on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad
track ut Lebanon. Ill, was run over and
fatally injured recently.
TIE American party Of California held
its State convention on the 5th and elected
delegates to the National convention.
WIND and rain in and about Algona,
Iowa recently destroyed several small
houses, wrecked Q circus and ruined many
crops.
TIE business portion OF Lake City. Mich,
was destroyed by fire on the 4th, two
blocks being burned down. The loss was
e55, 900; insurance light
A DISASTROUS fire broke out at Marys-
willie, O., early on the morning Of the 5th in
the block in which the most valuable bust
was 500, 90; insurance, $780, O0.
HARRY c. TUCKER and his father and sis
ter were drowned in Lake Johanna, near
St Paul, Mimi, recently by their boat cap
sizing.
THREE men were arrested recently and
taken to Chicago, charged with being in q
conspiracy to wreck trains and destroy
property on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and card Of membership of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
TIE business portion of Maumee, O.. was
destroyed by fire the other morning. Loss,
$100, O0l Cause, frecrackers.
Four Of the principal business houses Of
Durango, COL, were destroyed by fire on
the eth. Loss, $4,000.
News has been received Of . terrific
wind and hail storm about twelve miles
north Of Amherst, Wis. One woman was
killed by falling timber. All the crops Of
. strip OF country about one-fourth Of .
mile wide and three or four miles long
were total loss.
MORMON Church agen' have turned over
to Receiver Dyer the noted Church farm
near Salt Lake. l, ITO acres, valued at $50.
0O. Further large amounts OF property
are expected to be reclaimed within few
days in Government proceedings against
Mormon Church property.
REPORTS have been received Of the kill
ing Of three Illinois runaway lads n the
Seminole country by indians. The boys
had previously killed an Indian.
SOLOMON NELSON and E. c. Hedberg were
drowned in Belle Greek near Cannon Falls,
Mimi. the other day, while repairing q
bridge, the latter falling into the water
and the former going to his rescue. Mel.
son was prominent business man.
IT is reported that Rev. Father Thomas
F. ManRan, OF Joliet Ill, will be appointed
Vicar General Of the Roman Catholic Dio.
cese OF hicago.
J. W. Brown. the alleged polygamist re.
Gently arrested in Chicago. was arraigned
at Detroit. Mich, in the case Of marrying
Mary Benjamin, pleaded not guilty and
was remanded TO Jail. It 10 now stated
Brown has been married no less than thirty.
two times. and many of his dupes are ex-
pected to be present At the trial.
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern road was wrecked recently
near Joliet, Ill, by distractions on the
track. Three Italian laborers were killed.
Engineer Wright was fatally scalded-
TEE three members Of the firm of Shot
well, Clerihew & Lothian. who failed some
days ago 1t Minneapolis, Mimi. have been
arrested on warrant sworn out by the
cashier Of bank to which the firm was
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