The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-06
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Boston recently. brought stowaway, q
Scotch boy of eighteen, and permitted HIM
to land and escape. The commissioner Of
emigration, Concordl, fined the company
81, 900 and the vessel was detained in port
until the boy was returned or the fine paid.
RAND & Co.'s powder mill near Roches-
ter, N. V. was blown up the other day, but
the men were at breakfast and nobody was
hurt.
THE funeral of ex-Secretary Manning
took place from st. PauPs Episcopal
Church, Albany, N. Y, on the 9th, and
was attended by President Cleveland and
his Cabinet and by many other distin-
Euished politicians and citizens.
The strike on the Reading railroad ended
suddenly on the morning OF the 9th, the
men agreeing, after an interview with Su-
perntendent Sweigard, to arbitrate their
differences.
RICHARD 81. BARRINGER, a popular young
man who died recently at Troy, N. Y, was
q constant smoker OF cigarettes. He be-
came troubled with an affection Of the
heart which was followed by dropsy. Ply
sicians attributed his death to nicotine
poisoning. FL
Biiou Opera Company, of New York, ON a
Judgment Of $4,000. a
The Merchants Exchange of Buffalo, n.
Y, is in favor of naval service on the
great lakes.
AT q meeting Of the Western Window
Glass Manufacturers Association at Pitts
bIrgb, Pa, trade was reported unusually
good for this season, with prospects for
spring flattering. No changes were made
in prices.
THE heaviest gale and sea that has pre-
vailed in years at Coney Island visited that
desolate resort on the night of the 18th.
Many small buildings were swept out to sea,
and workmen were set to work strength
ening the foundations Of the Hotel Brighton.
Tue National Rubber Company's factory,
1t Bristol, r l., has again shut down,
throwing out 250 hands recently put on.
There are now 400 persons out of employ
ment.
JUDGE RAPALLo, of the New York State
Court of Appeals. died In New York re-
Gently after long illness.
HUNGARIAN and Russian miners at Hiber-
mia, n. j., had a desperate encounter re-
Gently. Several OF the combatants were
seriously wounded.
The Sound steamer City Of Richmond
struck rock in East river, New York har-
Dor, on the 29th, and began to fill Fire
also broke out but was extiuguished. The
vessel was locked in time.
The freight steamship Newcastle City
went on the beach on the New Jersey coast
the other night. The crew was saved. The
total loss was $150.0O0
The Massachusetts, Tariff Reform League
had q meeting and banquet at the Bruins
wick HOTEL Boston, ON the 29th. Hon.
James Russell Lowell and other dis
tinguished persons were present. The
speeches were an endorsement OF the views
Of President Cleveland.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, ministers recently re-
fused the use OF their churches to Francis
Murphy, the temperance apostle, the rea-
son for which action not being stated
SEVERAL persons were badly injured by
. mixed train on the Pittsburgh & West
ern going through trestle near ST. Peters
burg, Pa, recently.
FouR coal barges broke from their moor.
ings at Sevcntv-sixth street. North river.
New York, the other night, and three of
them were reported floating out on the ebD
tide, with presumably about q dozen men
ON board. The fourth was caught on As
toria, Long Island.
SENATOR CHASE spoke before the W. c.
7. u, at Providence, r l., recently in
favor of the abolition of the whisky tax,
arguing that it was ineffec tive in restrict
ing and inconsistent with prohibitory doc
triueS
The men employed on the Rcading rail-
road were again ordered to strike on the
Snh by the executive committee. The
company refused to have any communica-
tion with delegates from the Knights Of
Labor.
DISTRICT ArroRSEY MARITIME. of New
York reported to the grand jury on the
30h that Jay Gould and Russell Sage were
liable to Indictment for grand larceny in
defrauding the I'D bondholders OF the
Kansas Pacific railway.