The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-16

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Sc, 1000.
MAYER BRoTHERs& Co., commission mer.
chants, OF New York, have made an assign
ment. A month ago they claimed to be
worth 800 600 above liabilities. The fail
ure was caused by the shrinkage in coffee.
CORONER LEVY, of New York, held an
inquest on the 9th regarding the death Of
Jockey Spellman, who received fatal lnju
ries on the night of November 16. The
jury decided that he died from injuries re-
ceived by falling when drunk.
THE WEST.
FIVE men were killed in mine near Ish.
peming, Mich, the other night by the
premature explosion Of blast.
Six tons Of dynamite exploded near Rich
mond, Ind, recently. The shock resembled
that Of an earthquake, but no one appeared
to be killed.
IT is reported that man and his son
have been eaten by wolves near Poplar
Grove, Oak.
TIE Anarchist case has been docketed in
the Supreme Court Of Illinois again on q
motion filed by Black & Solomon, counsel
for Fielden, Schwab and Neebe. The mo-
ton asks for correction Of the record.
which is alleged to recite the presence Of
the defendants in the court when the order
in each Of their cases was made, while they
at the time were not present either in per-
son or by attorney.
A LAW has been enacted by the Ohio
Legislature requiring that convict made
goods in other States shall be marked rs
such before being offered for sale in Ohio.
THE Standard Oil Company has COM
menced preliminary work for the building
Of an immense pipe line from Lima, O., to
Chicago, a distance Of over 900 miles, for
the purpose of Transporting oil. both crude
and refined, to the Western metropolis.
d. r BRIEFLY & Co., traders on the Chi
cago regular and open boards of trade,
have failed. Briefly had recently cut a
wide swath on the big board as plunger
in corn.
IT was reported at st. Louis on the 9TH
that the bitter rate war which had been
waged between the Chicago Il Alton and
the Wabash Eastern roads had been settled
and that prices would be advanced to near
~ the rates which prevailed before the war
began. The figures agreed upon between
St Louis and Chicago were: IS. D, IL, IA
and 9 for the five classes, and e.. SO per car
for live stock.
AFTER important evidence IN rebuttal,
the tally sheet trial at Columbus, O., ON the
9TH was brought to stop by the non-ap-
pearance of Myers, who was wanted as o
witness. The court issued an attachment
for him. His disappearance created 1kcite-
ment bordering on q sensation.
A SHARP shock Of earthquake was felt at
Los Angeles, Cal, on the 7th, being the
severest for eighteen years. No damage
was done, but houses were badly shaken
and people ran into the streets in fright.
A DISPATCH from Elko, New, Of the Sth
says that the east bound passenger train
on the Central Pacific had been wrecked at
Fenelon the previous night with fatal re-
suits. Cause, broken rail.
ROBERT L. CARUTHERs, the wellknown
base ball pitcher, was married in Chicago
the other night to Miss Mamie Danks.
d. w. ELLIS, treasurer Of Perry town.
ship, Fayette County, o., has disappeared
and is defaulter to the amount 8, 600.
FIRE in Harrisburg, Ill, the other night
destroyed sixteen business houses, causing
loss Of $4,000; insurance $4,000.
MACY WARNER, late q convict, was
hanged recently at Jacksonville, Ind, for
the murder Of Frank Harris, also q con-
vict in the prison south Of Jacksonville.
The killing Of Harris occurred on April Is,
1857, and was most brutal and unprovoked
The Methodist University at Mitchell,
OAK, was burned recently. One Of the
students was killed in jumping from q
window and quite q number of others were
seriously injured. The building was totally
destroyed. Loss, $4,000; insured.
CHARLES F. BLANCHAUx, slop superin-
tendent at Maddux, Hobart & Co.'s dis
tillery at Cincinnati. was found dead the
other morning in q slop vat half filed with
hot slop. He lost his footing and fell into
the scaldiug contents.
YOUNG WALKER, son Of the Bald Knob
Der chief, was convicted At Ozark, Mo-, on
the 9th Of the murder Of Edens and Clark
in Christian County year ago.
WILLIAM WARNER. prospector for the
Tahlequah. L T., Lumber Company, en-
gagged in surveying stream to be used for
walnut log RATS, has been killed by out
laws either white or Cherokee.