The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
THE WEST.

GENERAL JOHN G. FREMONT proposes to
make his permanent home for the rest Of his
life ut Inglewood, Cal.
F. L. MORTIMER, owner of the Mortimer
apartment house at Minneapolis, MIMI,
which was destroyed by fire a few weeks
ago. has made an assignment.
A PASSENGER coach on the Sank Center
| & Northern railroad was thrown down
fifteen-foot embaulment near Sank Center,
Mimi, recently, and the wreck was set on
| fire by the overturned stoves. Miss Aman-
da ThornQuist was badly burned, and q
man named Morrison was injured in the
back and head, while number sustained
lesser injuries
THE great objective lens has been
mounted at the Lick observatory in Cali
| fornia.
THE other night as c. P. Collins, fireman
on an engine on the Chicago 4 Atlantic
| railroad, at Lima, O., was under his engine
cleaning the firebox the engineer, not
knowing he was there, started the engine
| and cut Collins body in two.
THE Minnesota 4 Western railroad tun-
| mel near Galena, H., AGO feet long and a6
| feet high, has been completed.
The Detroit Marine Hospital is reported
| overcrowded with patients owing to the
| injuries inflicted upon lake sailors by the
recent blizzard.
| The st. Louis G. San Francisco road has
sent notice to the Southwestern Associa-
ton that on January u it would reduce
| rates on corn to st. Louis five cents from
all stations in Kansas. This action, 1t was
thought, would lead TO general cut.
| JUDGE VISToN. of Lafayette, Ind, has
decided that telephone companies must
| 60 do
handing them at legal rates.
| THE four Chinese hishbinders were re-
| leased at st. Louis on the Sd, the prosecu-
ton finding itself unable to proceed fur
Their on account of the insanity of the CHIEF
| witness.
| THE creditors of George L. Meade 4 Co..
| the big wholesale fruit firm at San Francis
CO. at meeting recently received detailed
statement of assets and liabilities as fol
lows: Assets, s6l5, 4l9; liabilities, s22S 142:
| excess of assets over liabilities, S5S1,217.
| Arrangements were made to resume bust
ness.
THE famous Haddock murder case nj
Sioux City. Iowa, ended on the 4th by the
cases being dismissed.
A BAD freight wreck occurred on the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad ut Beloit
Wis, on the 4th. The trains were regular
and extra, both going north. The engine
| OF the extra was badly wrecked. The ca
bose Of the extra was smashed into spin
tiers. Several other cars were wrecked
No one was hurt.
CoLoRED and white soldiers from the
Jefferson barracks, st. Louis, were in 9
fight on the night OF the 81. The trouble
commenced by a drunken colored soldier
running after a white girl. and before il
was ended many were seriously wounded
the men being desperate and full of liquor
A "CAsE of leprosy' reported from
Springfield, ILL.,, recently turned out to bt
only slight eruption on a mans skin.
FIRE in Vandalia, Mich, recently de
stroyed large portion Of the bushes.
houses, causing s50,OOO loss.
SAM FIkE, the dog catcher Of Albu
querque, n. NJ, died in frigh;ful agony from
hydrophobia recently.
THE cut in rates started in Illinois somt
time ago by the Chicago & Alton was ex
tended to the Missouri river on the 5th.
AMMI BALDWIN died suddenly at Cincin
natl on the 9Th. Baldwin was under indct
ment for completely in the Fidelity Banl
frauds. There were rumors that he hat
committed suicide, but his death was du,
to paralysis.
A FIRE in Los Angeles, Cal, on the nigh
of the 5th caused q loss of S.O0,O0O In
sured.
Two spans Of the new central viaduct n
Cleveland, o., fell on the 9Th. Two of the
workmen were killed and several injured
The Union Depot at Atchison, Kan. was
destroyed BY fire on the afternoon Of the
9th. The building was handsome struc
ture. The loss. including furniture. etc
amounted to $l25,OOo; insurance, $4,000.
THREE men were horribly burned il
Stroh's brewery at Detroit, Mich, tn
other day. They were vanishing vat
when an explosion occurred.