The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-22

| UI8PATCaEe OF the lDtu lrUm INC Ao0sA1
Territory indicated trouble between the
Nations and the cattle mon, consequent
upon attempts to collect the cattle tax.
The COWBOYS were armed and the Chicka'
saw militia was called out
Mrs. SHERIDAN, mother OF General Sher-
idan, died at Somerset O., ON the 18th.
The General was not Immediately informed
Of his mothers death, his physicians not
deeming IL advisable.
TIE Missouri State Prohibition conven-
ton met at Kansas City on the 18th and
nominated Frank II. Lowe for Governor.
The nominee is Kansas City lawyer, only
twcnty-eight years Of age.
TERRIBLE foods are reported In the
vicinity Of Duluth. Mimi, consequent upon
recent heavy rains.
FIRE in Oakland, Cal. the other night de.
stroyed the Erie block, occupied by five
firms. Loss. e1OO. OO0
! Tine Saengerfest opened at st. Louis on
the 18th, over $3.50 voices taking part IN
the concerts.
AFTER thirteen years Of service as prcsi-
dent Of Knox College, at Galesburg. ILL.,.
DR.. Newman Bateman has presented his
| resignation, in consequence Of continued
| i'll health.
FIRE the other night destroyed the works
of the Indianapolis Veneer Company and
the fancy cabinet ware factory Of d. f.
Stone & Co. The aggregate loss was about
| &lO0,OO0 with e53. 500 insurance.
THE three-mile race between Kennedy,
| Of Quincy, ILL.,, and Plaisted, Of Portland,
Me-. on Lake Quinslngamond was easily
won by the former, who took the lead at
the start ami finished thirty lengths ahead
in % minutes, ~ seconds.
A RABID cur created great disturbance
in the Town of Lake, near Chicago, the
other evening. biting several meu and chill
dren, besides . number of dogs and horses,
before the police succeeded in killing him.
Two Of the children bitten were terribly
lacerated.
Police OFFICER TIMOTHY SULLIVAN, who
was one OF the detail which stood the dam
age OF the Anarchist bomb at Chicago,
May 4, 1856, died recently. He received a
bullet in the thigh, and the blood poisoning
which supervened gradually Slapped his
strength until death ensued.
NINETEEN persons were poisoned at Kas-
sola. Mimi. recently by eating poisoned
cheese, which was found to have been
manufactured in Wisconsin. Many Of the
victims became insensible after suffering
spasms, but all recovered.
A CLAY bank in a brick yard at Menomi-
nee, MIMI, caved in the other morning.
Beneath it were seven men. Two brothers
named James were taken out dead and ter
ribly man2led. Ole Hottie and Ole Hecker
lived only few hours. Knute Knutson,
Ben Farmstad and Neis Swenson had
broksn legs or arms and received internal
injuries.
DURING storm recently lightning struck
-, H.. - d
miles south of Clarkfield, Mimi. and killed
two children and shocked the remainder OF
the family severely.
TIE sixth annual convention Of the Mis-
souri, Woman's Christian Temperance
Union commenced at Kansas City ON the
18Th.
are making elaborate preparations for q
contemplate farming. Numerous colonies
homes Sam Paul. full. FLOODED Chicka-
saw Tribal Senator, is assisting the colcred
people in this move.
RECENTLY published statistics OF the
Chicago Union Stock Yards Company, and
OF the Chicago Board Of Trade, show that
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
is still leading all other lines in the num-
Der of cars Of live stock and grain brought
to that market. This fact indicates the
rapidity with which the road must have re.
covered from its recent labor trou bles, and
furnishes additional evidence Of the eff
cient manner in which the management
handled the recent strikes of employees on
its lines. Evidently, from business stand
point, the road Is in able hands.
HEAVY wind storm passed over THIN,
O.. the other morning, blowing down the
walls Of the Beaver Falls glass factory and
gas well deriicks. Thou sands Of dollars of
damage was done TO fruit and grain.
A CURIOUS fact has developed in the Pro-
hibitiou nomination for Governor OF Mis-.
souri,. The nominee, Frank NJ. Lowe, of
Kansas City, is only twenty-eight years
old, when the law requires the Governor to
be at least thirty-five.
The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias,
at Cincinnati on the 18th. elected the fol-
lowing officers: Supreme chancellor, WILL
liam Ward, Of Newark, n. j.; supreme
vice-chancellor, George d. Shaw, Of Eau
Claire, Wis; supreme prelate, Charles T.
Bragg. Of Bangor. Me-; supreme keeper Of
the records and seals, r. N. c. White, Of
Nashville, Tenn; supreme master Of arms.
Robert Newell Of Little Rock; supreme
outer guard. John W. Thompson, Of Wash
ington; supreme muster Of the exchequer.
Stansbsrry J. Wiley. OF Wilmington. Del.
MISS MoLLIE GARFIxLD, daughter OF the
murdered President. Was married to J.
Stanley Brown at Mentor. O., on the 18th.
At the same time and place, Henry Gar
field, Mollie's brother, was married to Miss
Belle Mason, daughter OF the late Hon.
James Mason. of Cleveland. The wedding
was quiet AFFAIR, newspaper men being
excluded.
AN electric storm played havoc at Nil
waukee. Wis, on the 18th. The telegraph
and telephone systems were greatly dam
aged. In Cheboygan County a farmer
named Cooper was killed by lightning.
The International Typographical Union.
Edwin 7. Plank, OF San Francisco, presi-
dent. The new constitution provides for
biennial meetings.
A DISPATCH from Superior, Wis, OF the
18th says the damage BY the floods in
Northern Minnesota would amount to $780,.
600. The boom at Cioquet gave way, caus-
ing the loss Of several million feet Of loRs.
Ex-WARpEN J. A. REID, Of the Minneso-
t. penitentiary, has been given $1,000
damages for libel by Warden Stordiek, his
successor.
ROBBERS attacked train on the NJ, &. 4
T. near Muscogee, l. T., on the night Of the
18th, killing one man and wounding two
others, but only getting Is in booty. An
sctive pursuit of the rufians was immedi-
ately organized.
ALL the window glass factories Of the
West have shut down until September
and possibly longer unless an agreement
as to wages is reached.
GKoEGE s. HASKELL, Of Rockford, Ill.,,
has been elected president Of the Ameri-
can Trade Association.
CLARA WEED, aged eighteen. was struck