The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-06
THE WEST.


SIXTEEN Mormons have been sentenced to
short terms in the penitentiary and to pay
lines at Provo, Utah, for living with more
than one wife.
JOHN MATHEWS, Wiley Matthew'S and
William Walker, three Of the Bald Knob
bers, convicted at Ozark, Mo-, Of the muir
der Of Edens and Green, have been SEN
fenced to be hanged May g.
CHIEF OF POLICE HUBBARD, of Chicago.
says there is nothing in the Tascott story
from British Columbia. A similar report
reached him some weeks ago and he sent
an officer to investigate. After q hard
chase the man was found. He was not
Tascott Officers were still securing the
Northwest Chief Hubbard also received
telegram that the man who committed
suicide near st. Paul was not Tascott.
DISTRICT assembly "a, Knights Of Labor,
Chicago, it was announced recently, had
given up its headquarters, owing to lack OF
funds. TIE district machinery was cap
tured by the anti-Powderly faction at the
last election, and the membership had
fallen of rapidly. There are now but little
over 1900 members, while in 1855 there
were %. 200.
d. L. JONES, of Mulberry Grove, ILL.,, has
been lodged in Jail on the charge Of cruelty
whipping seven year-old child. Besides
beating the little one, he held its feet on
red-hot stove until they were literally
roasted.
RICHARD F. CAREw, clerk for the whole
sale dry goods firm Of Durham, Aspel &
Co., Of Detroit, has been arrested for steal
ing several thousand dollars worth Of dry
goods in the past year.
BANK Examiner STONE has found that
the depositors of the Commercial National
Bank Of Dubuque, Iowa, will get seventy
FIVE cents on the dollar.
TIE fast express on the Michigan Gen.
trail met with an accident near Burnsides
the other night. Twelve of the passengers
were injured, five seriously. The disaster
was caused by Wabash freight plunging
into the express at the crossing.
The five story building at the corner OF
Peoria and Lake streets, Chicago. burned
the other night, causing a loss of $l15.O O0;
insurance on the building and contents
aggregate $9O,O Davis & Rankin, manu-
facturers of creamery supplies, occupied
the structure jointly with the Zimmerman
refrigerator factory. Both establishments
were destroyed almost completely.
The remains of the late Chief Justice
Waite were laid to rest at Forest cemetery,
Toledo, O., on the 29th.
THE striking Burlington engineers and
switchmen ditched q freight train and
created riot at Chicago on the Goth. The
trainmen and their Pinkerton guards were
beaten. For q time matters were extremely
threatening, but at nightfall acquired a
more peaceful aspect.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in Keith
Il Perry's No. mine at Rich Hill, Mo-. on
the 29th.' Five men were taken out dead
and fifteen others seriously injured. It
was believed that others were in the mine
whose rescue alive was despalrcd of. The
disaster was the worst of its kind ever
known in the West.
The laborers Of all kinds on the great
lakes propose to organize . marine trades
council with headquarters at Chicago.
MRS. JOHN GARLICK met shocking death
at the auction and storage house Of Ezekiel
4 Burnham, Cincinnati. recently. She
attempted to stepoff before the car stopped,
fell, and her head was caught between the
elevator car and the floor. She was hor.
ribly mangled and was instantly killed.
AUGUST HETzKE, OF Chicago. who whipped
his stepson to death with strap, has been
sent to the penitentiary for life.
The st. Paul & Milwaukee switchmeu
struck again at Chicago on the morning
Of the Both on being asked to repair the
damage done BY ditching the freight train
the day before. The Burlington strikers
were accused Of incendiarlsm, the round
house at Aurora, ILL.,, having mysteriously
burned down, causing q loss Of $l75.O0O
and a car beng set on fire at Downer's
Grove.