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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
THE GASOLINE STOVE.

a Building Burned and Two Persons Gre.
mated ut Topeka By . Gasoline Expio-
sion.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 2a-At $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Mary Mclaughlin,
aged six, daughter Of James Mclaughlin,
tried to light gasoline stove but had no
sooner applied the match than an explosion
occurred and she and Annie Evans, aged
nineteen, . domestic. who was standing
near, werc enveloped In flames. Every
effort was made to save the two but with
out avail. The house belonged to A. d.
Campbell and was occupied by his family
and that Of Mclaughlin. The coroner
viewed the charred remains Of the victims
last night but no inquest will be held. The
position in which the bodies lay indi.
Gated that the servant had desperately
tried to save the little girl Mrs. Nc
Laughlin. the mother Of the little girl, was
badly burned and lies in . critical condi-
ton. She ran out Of the house enveloped
In flames. When the explosion happened
she attempted to return to the house to
rescue her child, but fell exhausted to the
ground. Tho house was new one and un-
finished. The partitions were paper and
temporary. The whole house seemed to be
on fire at once from the start. 1t was well
furnished. There was no insurance. and
the loss to the owner, Campbell, will ex.
coed $1,000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
FREDERICK MUCH BETTER.

Favorable Signs Present Themselves-HIsh
Compliment to DIR. Mackenzie.
BERLIN, April 27.-A bulletin issued yes
terday morning says: 1.-THE Emperor slept
well last night. His fever is very slight
and his general condition begins to I'M
prove" At noon his appetite was improT-
ing and his general condition was salts
factory. During the day the Emperor was
out OF bed four hours and his temperature
was almost normal His sense Of taste,
which he lost during the critical period, has
returned, and this is regarded as an ex-
ceptionally favorable sign He seems bet
ter IN every respect. The physicians arc
of the opinion that the crisis has passed.
The Emperor discussed affairs Of State
with Generals Won SchellendOrf and Won
Albedyll. Profs. Bergman and Leyden
signed the bulletins. Prof. Lsyden, on
talking of DR.. Mackenzie to o friend. said
that no doctor could have treated the En-
peror in q more humane or skillful manner.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
GRANTS s,RTnpAv.

0ooeful SASenan onA OehoGu Coee1eato -
by1 0aaQaot - Ooaanoasooaa
NV YoHx, April A-In oomme0ofatioa
OF the anniversary Of the birthday OF Gen
eral Grant IN elaborate banquet was gwen
at Delmouico's last night The arrange.
ments had been made BY General W. 7.
Sherman and about $50 persons were
present, Ill parties and al ranks being
represented.
General W. I. Sherman presided over
the first table. On his right sat Chauncey
NJ Depew, the orator Of the evening, and
on his left Mayor Abram g. Hewitt. Tho
others ct the table were General William
Malone, General W. II. Seward, son OF
Lincoln's Secretary Of State; Hon. George
W. Childs. Cyrus W. Field. Rev. John K
Paxton,e Edwards Pierrepont, General
C. B. Comstock, w. C. Andrews,
Ssmuel Sloan. Captain w. W. Pax
ton and Albert Bierstadt Among
others present were: General Fitx
John Porter, Colonel A. Loudeu Bnowden
Of Philadelphia d. O. Mills, General
Stewart L Woodford, General Wager
Swayne. Colonel Robert g. In9ersoll Elliot
r. Shepard, Hon. Elihu Root and Herman
C. Armour.
Letters Of regret were read from General
Joseph e. Johnston, Colonel John 7. Hosby,
General James Longstreet and General
Fitxhugh Lea
General Sherman, after IN appropriate
address, introduced Mr.. Depow, who do
livered brilliant Grafton. He compared
and contrasted President Lincoln and Cen
eral Grant and said that each was neces-
sary 70 the success Of the other and both
10 the restoration Of the Union. No other
soldier was 20 fitted for the work TO be
done in the field and NO other man than
President Lincoln would have had the
masterful stamina to Withstand the de-
mands Of the country for Grant's with
drawal The speaker touched upon the
generous recognition OF General Sher.
mans great abilities eviuced by Gen
ersl Grant and Of Grants interposi.
ton when President johnson wanted to
punish those who had been In rebellion. In
view Of the association Of his name with
the Republican Presidential nomination,
the following sentence from his speech
seemed significant: ut II . notable fact
that though we are the only purely indus.
trial nation in the world, wc have never
selected our rulers from among the great
business men Of the country. And the
conditions and prejudice Of success present
insuperable obstacles to such choice"
Other speeches were made by General
Malone, Colonel r. g. Ingersoll, Judge
Pierrepont General Noble, OF Missouri.
and others.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Congress and tho Campaign.

WASHINGTON, April :9-With all Of the
expedition possible Speaker Carlisle does
not now think it probable that Congress
will adjourn before the middle OF August
One month ut least after the meeting OF
the National convention will be devoted TO
the making Of campaign speeches. The
record Of the last Congress was larger
than any which preceded it It is expected
the record Of this Congress will surpass
them all The Civil-Servics law forbds
the campaign committee from assessing
Government officials to raise campaign
funds, but the franklng privilege still
exists and parts OF the Congressional
Record'' can be sent to every cross roads
free Of cost, except to the taxpayers Of the
country who pay for the carrying OF the
Government mails. A very considerable
portion Of the speeches to be delivered
will never be heard in the House. They
will be "printed upon leave" and as Mr..
Browne, of Indiana, said to-day: THE
figures in them are foe home consumption
only.D
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Died From Q BLOW.

JEFFERSON CITY. No., April ga tie
rafter, named Sommers, died at Usage
City, eight miles below here, this morning.
under peculiar circumstances. He was on
q tie raft with two other parties, and. &C
cording to the story Of his companion.
sparring match was arranged Sunday. and
Sommers received blow on the side Of the
head from which he did not recover. He
was left at Osage City last night, and his
companions proceeded ON down without
any further explanation. Captain c. 8.
Robey. an old river man. found Sommers
in Q dying condition, and telegraphed to
this city for DR.. N. De Wyl who went
down on the night train. but Sommers was
fast dying. He never recovered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
The .l3jg I'm" on Board.

NEW YoKK, April ga Boston special
alleges that Sullivan went on a spree
aboard the Catalonia, insulted ladies', had
fights with the steamers employees, beat
Annie Livingston and was 80 violent that
the captain threatened to put him In
irons. Rev. r w. Manley, one CT
the passengers, is given as authority
for the statements. He says that
Sullivan cursed Mrs. Manley and threat
ened to wipe her id brats out OF exist
ence il she did not keep them out Of his
way. The steward, in defending himself
from an attack, broke soda siphon over
Johns head, which pleased the big fellow
SO much that he said the steward was the
only man on board.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Murdered bv y,rilantea.

BELvIDERE, Kan, April 26-The murder
Of W. E. Ashley and Eugene Grove. Of this
place, in the Indian Territory has been con-
firmed. They hired team to go to the
Nation on a hunting and prospecting
tour. Near Englewood, l. T.,
they were met by vigilantes, who
took Grove, and without warning, hanged
him to q sapiing. Ashley drew his Win
chester and opened fire. They murdered
him at once, fifteen balls piercing his body
They had two women companions, and
what has become Of them and the bodies
can not be conjectured. Sheriff Olesen
saws he can not find trace Of them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
vExED BY VOORHEES,.
An Alleged Scheme to Defeat tho Springer
Oklahoma bill

An Alleged Schem0 to De1eoe the springer
Oklahoma BILL
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The House Pub
lie Lands Committee at their meeting yes
terday morning ameded Senate bill 1850 by
attaching the Public Land Strip known as
No-Man'sLand to New Mexico, instead Of
Kansas and for q land Office to be estab-
hshed in the strip and the appointment Of
q register and receiver. This is the VoOr-
hees town site scheme and the parties back
Of it think they are throwing the public OF
the track by this amendment. Their pur-
pose is to pass 1t through the House as
amended and thus get it before an accom-
modating conference committee, where 1t
will be juggled into its original form as it
passed the Senate, which attaches the
Public Land Strip to Kansas. or course
the Interior object Of this conspiracy is to
defeat the passage Of the Oklahoma bill,
but Mr.. Springer and the other friends Of
this latter measure are fully advised Of the
facts and prepared to thwart this scheme,
which is being engineered by Senator
Voorhees, and other Senators.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Mining Town Burned.

DRADwooD, Oak, April 2Z.-Central City
was destroyed by fire early this morning,
not store or shop being left standing and
lSO buildings burned and fifty families left
homeless Deadwood 10 sending them
food. The loss is $25O, 1000 insurance S25.-
OOO. Lead City and Deadwood firemen as
sisted, but lack OF water prevented saving
the town. Both sides Of Main street from
Saw Pit to Gold street are in ashes. The
Fairview quartz mills were destroyed.
Merchandise and household goods are
piled up all over tha side Of the mountain.
No one was injured Central City II .
mining town two and . half miles west Of
Deadwood with Q population Of lOO0 II
ships &lO0, 900 worth Of bullion monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Murdered His Family.

OFALLoN, Mo-, April 2S.-Ernest Klees.
chute yesterday morning murdered his
wife, shot his two children. one OF them
fatally, and then committed suicide at his
wife's home, six miles north OF here. Klees-
chute, now Of st. Louis, some seven or
eight years ago was married to Miss Mary
Shuttle, Of st. Charles County, Mo. They
had two sons in their union, now aged six
and eight years. Two years ago they sep
arated for some reason unknown. Mrs.
Kleeschulte has lived for about three
mcnths in o small house on what is known
a. the Henry Beck farm, an isolated place
about one mile from the Missouri river,
with her two boyA Ono Of her brothers
lived near by.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
Double Suicide.

PHILADELPHIA. April N-Ernest Eich-
field, tailor. aged sixty years. and his wife,
aged nfty-dve, . childless couple, lived II
Q small house in the rear Of 1881 North
Second street-three stories high, but 20
small that there was only one room on each
floor. They were neat quiet, inonensive
and apparently afHectionate couple. To-day
their bodies were found hanging by pieces
Of clothes line, one from the transom Of
the door on the second door and the other
from that on the third door. They had ev.
IDENTIFY committed suicide. The only theory
advanced in the case 10 that tho couple had
become tired of life and mutually agreed
to end their existenco
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04

worka corner Of Boarder and Maverick
streets, were burned this morning, causing
an estimated loss Of $4,000. The fre
started in the pattern shop and the suppo-
sition ID that II caught from the wires OF
an electric light Assistance was asked
from the city proper and from Chelsea. bus
before it arrived the flames had made great
headwsy. The rear portion Of the building
was destroyed. and . scene OF great excite
meut was caused when the walls fell'in
carrying with them all the machinery and
completely destroying the engine room. 1t
required tho greatest energy 70 prevent
the lire from spreading TO the adjoining
building. Four worxmen were injured
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04

"A Detroit special to the N. Y. Herald
rccites tho following remarkable story:
Detectives claim to have information that
no less than seventeen women claim q man
named Brown as husband, but they are rs
yet unable to lay their hands on him and
confront him with the numerous Mrs.
Brown. His latest victim is an intelligent
German girl named Annie Winter, twenty
years old, and until just before her mar
riage was a cook at No. 4S4 Woodward
avenue. Sho says that she saw On adver-
tisement in one Of the English papers
here for q housekeepcr and sent an
answer to the address given. Four weeks
ago the man Brown called at the house
to see her. He told her his wife and fam.
lily were dead and engaged her. He prom
ised Miss Winter three dollars Q week
and every comfort to become his house
keeper. Next day he wrote her that he
was terribly struck with her; that out OF
the twenty-five applications he had received
he liked her best, and asked her to marry
him. The deluded girl wrote him that she
would do 30 il he convinced her she could
trust him. He answered that be would
always love her, etc, and the following
Saturday evening, when he asked her In
person to marry him, she accepted: 81 con.
scented" said she, because he seemed 10
mo to be such = good man." A week later
they were married, and last Monday he do
serted her. He borrowed three hundred
dollars Of her small savings and atole al
her jewelry when he left She does not
now think ..he ID such good man"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04

Tas chemical paint factory Of Henry
Woods, Bons + Co, as Lake Crossing. near
Natick, Nssa. was destroyed By nee the
other morning. The loss was over ESQ ooo;
insured.
THE birthday Of the late General o. b
Grant WAS celebrated in New York and
other cities ON the 9th.
TaH American hiat Rlassworks strike
has been settled In . conference at New
York
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
THE LATEST.

THEIRS was wreck ON the Pennsylvania
& New York, near Olean, N. Y. recently,
resulting in tho serious injury OF about
twenty passengers.
CLEANING house returns for week ended
April %, show an averase decrease Of
&c compared with the corresponding week
of last year. In New York the decrease
was 80
THREE women and q man were drowned
by the upsetting Of a canoe in the Stillagna
marsh, Washington Territory.
THREE men. names unknown, were upset
in boat at Detroit, Mich, recently and
drowned.
The floor Of o building at Rushylvania,
o.. gave way during school exhibition re-
cenSy and 400 persons were precipitated to
the basement. Two persons were killed
and ten seriously injured.
TIE South End Bank at Columbus, O.,
has suspended, supposed temporarily.
A PETITION to Governor Oglesby, asking
for the pardon of Anarchists Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe, now imprisoned in the
Joliet penitentiary, is to be circulated By
certain labor organizations Of Chicago.
The Senate was not in session on the
2Sth. The House confined the discussion
on the Tariff bill
The steamship Yorktown and a dyna-
mite cruiser were launched at Cramps
ship yard, Philadelphia, on the 18th.
Tue ship Smyrna was sunk in . collision
with the steamer Motto in the English
channel of the Isle Of Wight on the 18th.
Thirteen persons were drowned.
the London money market was quiet
and prices firm during the week ended
April 2Sth. The German bourses were
at <y,,lS I,
prices steady.
ing 403 and 405 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn.
Edward Smith, owner Of the building, lost
so, 0OO; Mr.. Stovers, dry goods, SlOO, OOO
Other losses amounted to s60, 900.
HEAVY rains of the 2Sth caused serious
overfiows in North Texas and the Indian
Territory.
MEXICAN troops have had two more en-
gagements with Ys9ui Indians. In the
TejIbampo mountains twenty-one Indians
were killed, and near Aqua Caliente seven
were killed and fourteen taken prisoners
IT 10 stated that the action of the Propa-
ganda Of the Holy See regarding Ireland
was taken spontaneously and not at all at
the suggestion Of any representative of the
English Government The Pope approved
the Congregations action without 10 any
way entering into the pending political
questions between England and Ireland.
TIE Weser Zdtxng reports that Kuntz
and Tappenbeck's expedition to the interior
Of the Cameroons (Africal was recently At
tackled by natives and that two officers
were severely wounded.
EDGAR SLADE, aged seventy-five years,
and William Mcclellan, his grandson,
aged three years, were recently found
burned to death. They lived on . farm
about three miles from Chatham, Ont, and
it was supposed they were out burning
brush.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
THE sLALock GANG.

Ceamsneesneot Ct tie fpsals st Cslsn.h~a.
kAa.-Jenatham lslaloekss Eviasaos.
COLUMBIA Kan. April 25.-Dan Fry and
Grant Alley, members Of the Fry. Blalock-
Alley gang. were placed % trial yester.
day, when their counsel entered plea Of
burglary In the second degree and they
were remanded for sentence.
Fred Fry and Alexander Fry, upon. being
brought Lefore the court entered plea Of
not guilty, and jury was impanelcd for
tho trial Of Fred Fry, the case Of Alex
ander Fry being continued to another day
OF tho term.
The cases Of Jonathan and William Bla-
lock, for the murder Of David Gordon, will
be the last reached, ss their testimony will
BE- necessary to establish the guilt Of Fred
and Alexander Fry and their father and
mother, and Andy and Helen Fry.
When Jonathan Blalock was introduced
on the part OF tho State in the case Of Fred
Fry the most eager interest was manifest
by tho crowd anxious TO SEQ the famous
leader OF tho gang also to hear IL he would
confirm his confession made ct the coroner's
inquest He stated ON the night Of tho
robbery It Crcstline the gang, including
Fred Fry, met on the railrosd without any
fixed purpose Of where they were going:
that their purpose was TO 60 to Smith6eld
and rob the postoifice and store, but, for
some cause concluded to stop ss Crestline.
They broke hand car loose ct the Colum-
bus section house and rode over. to Crest
line on it. attempted to break into
the store, but were fired upon, then
broke into the depot and got . box
Of garden seeds and some apples. He said
their intention before starting was to mako
q haul Of some kind. That Fred Fry did
not often 60 with the gang. He thinks
this was tho only time he ever went with
them. Fred did not break into the depot,
but stood on guard. The seeds were loaded
on the hand Car and takcn to Columbus,
and given to the Fry boys, who took them
home.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
THE EAST

The final arrangements for the purchase
of the Stewart mansion in New York by
the Manhattan Club have been made. The
price agreed upon was $4,000.
The Keystone Investment Company, Of
Philadelphia, virtually a big bucket shop,
has gone to the wall with 81, 0OO liabilities
and no assets.
FIRE in the upper stories of the fat build.
ing No. 15S East Twenty-eighth street. New
York, the other night, caused the death,
by burning, Of Mrs. Lizzie Cook. Several
other people were severely burned or had
legs broken by jumping from windows.
e The pecuniary damage was small.
The New York Board OF Aldermen has
passed over Mayor Hewitt's veto the reso-
luton curtailing his power in the matter of
displaying flags on the City Hall. This is
the outcome Of the St Patrick's day row.
The body OF Ex-Governor John T. Hoff-
man arrived at New York on the oath on
the steamer Fulda, Of the North German
Lsoyd's line.
F. B. BLAKE & Co., coal commission mer-
chadts Of New York, have made IN assign
ment Liabilities 10000 to sl5o,OOO, of
which a considerable portion is said to be
due to banks which hold the firms paper.
The high school building and the Unitar-
ian Church at Concord, n. h, were en-
tirely destroyed by fire recently. All the
children escaped in safety. The loss was
$4,000.
SIX laborers were buried in trench and
killed q: yonkers, n. j., recently. A
water pipe burst, causing the ground to
cave in.
BIZ fire in boarding house on Twenty
eighth street, New York, the other morn
ing four servants were badly hurt
the machine and pattern shop Of the
Delamater iron works in New York were
burned recently; loss $4,000
NEARLY every saloon in College Point, L.
the sale Of pool beer. Labor organizations
were insisting on the boycott.
GENERAL ABRAHAM MERRITT, q retired
merchant Of Nyack, N. Y. committed SUI.
eide in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
City, the other night
The Atlantic engine works at East Bos.
ton were burned recently. Loss heavy.
CLARKE, Radcliffe Il Co.. dry goods com.
mission merchants, Of New York, have
failed with liabilities estimated at s300, 100
The contention over the foreign flag issue
In New York City was removed to Albany,
where o bill was introduced in the As
eembly making it . misdemeanor to raise
amy foreign flag upon any building owned
by the State or by any city or village there.
In. The bill created heated discussion
and was voted down-l04 to 20.
HENRY GEORGE advocates Grover Cleve-
land for President and Roger g. Mills for
Vace,Presilent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-04
THE SOUTH.

THE SOUTH
The rumors current North about yellow
fever in South Florida, are SAID to be false.
There has been . mild type of fever at
Plant City all winter, resembling yellow
fever, but the disease has terminated, the
last case being convalescent last week.
Ed Hall, colored, was abusing his wife
recently at Osceola, Ark, when she fed to
Frank Warren's place. Hall demanded
that she be driven ont and Warren refused,
when Hall produced shot gun and blew
Warren's head on.
BEssEMER, Ala, was reported in the
hands of q negro mob on the night of the
Path. They had set the place on fire in re-
vengc for the lynching of one Of their Eum-
Der for an attempted outrage.
SERIOUS results followed frost on the
nights Of the 24.h and 25th in Virginia.
The trouble at Bessemer, Ala, over the
lynching Of Hardy Posey, q negro, was
much exaggerated. At night On the :5.h
matters had quieted down, but considera-
BILE alarm existed.
JUDGE T. B. MAcKIBBES, of Campbell
County, KY, was found dead IN his bed at
Newport, O., recently, with an empty
choral bottle at his side.
ELIAS A. RIEs, Baltimore electrician,
has filed patents for heating dwellings by
electricity. His idea is said to be ent rely
new. The heat is produced by secondary
or transformed currents.
R. F. SULLIVAN, agent for James p.
Cooper. representative Of foreign bond
holders OF London, was indicted for selling
Virginia coupons at Harrisonburg, Va. re-
Gently. During the term Of the circuit
court at Harrisonburg 100 suits against
parties for Offering coupons in payment OF
State taxes were tried.
THE other night eleven masked men went
the defense in the Enthusiastically case
they tied him with rope and severely
beat him. He was told that he was
whipped for lying about Roderick Gam
brell.
JAMES STAFFORD, aged thirty, was min
ing coal At Dayton, Tenn, the other morn-
ing, when a piece Of slate weighing ten
tons fell on him, crushing his body into Q
jelly.
The Texas Prohibition convention ct
Waco was largely attended. Delegates TO
the National convention were instructed to
vote for Clinton B. Fisk. Of New Jersey.
for President, and DR.. ]. B. Cran6li, Of
Waco, for Vice-Presideut
WHITLEY, q notorious desperate and
train robber, has been captured near
LibertyyIllc, Tex, by officers after brief
fight.
NEAR Richmond, KY, the other day
Arch Stolta, Q farmer, committed suicide
by taking Rough on Rata" His brother
William, seeing the corpse, took the re.
mainder Of the poison, leaving note say.
ing he wished both to be buried in the
same coffin.