The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-13

the founding OF the Tribune in 1910, died at
Birmingham. Conn.,, recently, aged seventy
two. He was veteran compositor.
Rev. MIR. SUTHERLAND, the evangelist,
better known to the theater- going public
as "Senator Bob Hart" of the minstrel
stage, which he quit to preach, was found
dead In bed in the room Of q friend at Bar
ney's Hotel, in Chambers street, New
York, the other night He had recently
gone to the bad, and Immediately proceed
ing his death had been drinking heavily.
As the result of various hearings upon
the subject given by the Massachusetts
Board of Health, that body declares in
substance that oleomargarine is good and
wholesome and preferable to poor butter.
Ex-senator Roscoe CoNKLING has been
confined lately to his house at West
Twenty-fourth street, New York, with an
abscess in his right ear. HIS physicians
have ordered complete rest and quiet.
THE WEST.
ELI ID. KREIGH was shot and instantly
killed. and Daniel Brazil was MORALLY
wounded, by three unknown men at Chi
cago on the night of the Sd. Both men
were watchmen IN the employ of the Chi
cago & Alton Railroad Company, and they
were killed by car thieves whom they were
attempting to drive away from freight
train.
EMPLOYEES Of the traffic department of
the Milwaukee & st. Paul road in St. Paul
were officially notified on the 81 that all
salaries of the company's employees would
be reduced 80 1-3 per cont The company
took this action rather than to dis
charge third Of their employees, who
were not needed during the strike troubles
THE guests and servants OF the Adams
House in Chicago were stupefied by smoke
the other morning, but all were rescued
alive. Thirty-three horses wore lost.
BIZ a collision on the Chicago Il North
western road near Quincy, Ill, recently,
both engines and ten stock cars were de.
stroyed and four mon injured.
The Iowa House has passed the bill pro
viding for two cent Per mile passenger
fare on railroads in that State.
A. L. FAwCErr, Republican treasurer
for Marion township, Morgan County, O.,
has been missing for some weeks. An ex-
animation Of his accounts show q shortage
| of 81. 800.
ELECTIONS were held generally through.
out Illinois on the Sd, but as a rule there
was no special feature. In 'Galesburg two
of the striking engineers ofthe Burlington
road were elected aldermen and the ticket
favored by the strikers was generally sue
cessful.
NEARLY 1000 men employed in the Chi
cago brewerles met on the 18th and DIS
cussed the question of strike. The mat
ter grew out Of q circular recently issued
by the employing brewers, in which they
stated that they would not employ mem
bers Of unions. A committee was ap-
Tod IN In q
where the trouble originated.
THE Ohio Senatorial Committee investi
eating the charges of alleged bribery on
he part Of certain members, has made a
report completely generating the men,
bers, and the report was adopted.
A CONFERENCE of leaders of the railroad
strikes was held at Chicago on the 4th and
it was resolved to declare all strikes of
with the exception OF that on the Burling-
ton.
Four boys were drowned In creek of
the Cedar river near St. Ansgar, Iowa, re-
Gently, owing to q wagon uPsetting while
|, crossing when the creek wa1 much swollen.
MANI roofs were blown of at Earibault,
MIMI, during recent severe wind storm.
The verdict Of the cor0ner's Jury in the
Rich Hill, Mo-, mining calamity was that
the explosion was due to natural gas which
had accumulated in the mine because of
the neglect of Keith 4 Perry. the owners,
and the incompetency Of State Mine In
spector Wolfe, who had pronounced the
mine safe after he was supposed to have
made an examination.
By the giving way Of q bridge, the west
bound passenger train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railroad was prec-
pitated into the Wapsie river, near New
Hampton, Iowa, on the morning OF the .5:h.
The engineer and ten passengers were re-
ported killed and quite number Of other
persons injured.
THREE children are reported to havedied
at Springfield, O., from drinking water out
of well into which poisoned rats had
been thrown.
JAMES PARSONS barn near Centeryslle,
Mich, was struck by lightning recently
and totally destroyed, Mr.. Parsons and his
little child and Mrs. Yankee being in
stantly killed at the same time.
The other night q Mr.. Mathison asd his
sixteen-year-olds son, of Oil Springs, Ont,
started to cross the river at Port Huron,
Mich, to .Sarnia in q row boat. When
about half way across q sudden squat
drove the boat against cake OF ice, the
craft capsized and its occupants were
drowned.
FouK men were killed by dynamite mill
explosion Ut Miilers Station, near Valpa-
raise, End, the other morning.
TIE SOUTH.
TIE other night eight Of the eighteen
prisoners confined in the county jail at
Texarkans, Ark, with an anger bored Q
hole in the wall and made good their es
cage. Bloodhounds were put ON the trail.
jim Doles, . negro, and forger of sci. oil
warrants. cad mas giving the name Of
Dave Dixon, for burglary. were among the
number whs escaped.
A KEAvY hail and wind storm caused
great damage to fruit azd broke all the un.
protected windows in Decatur. Ala, on the
I'd. Oae bulldog was blown down and
Eckford Cooper, OF Uniontown, Ky, was
killed.
TIE tax rate in Baltimore City. Nd, has
been increased from g. GO to g. 80 per STU.
This increase was due to the failure of the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad Comps1y to
pay dividends.
ORDERLY SERGEANT FRED CAssIUs, of
the marine corps at the Charlestown nxvy
yard, has disappeared. 1t was alleged that
irregularities involving several thousaaA
dollars had been discovered.
w. K. 0EsTAR has been nominated for
Congress by the Republicans Of the Fourth
Mississippi district.
The Maryland Legislature has repealed
the charter Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail.
road Employees Relief Association. to take
eject In one year.