The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-01

On. J, II. vrxcsHf and DR.. james n.
Fitzgerald were elected Bishops Of the
Methodist Church at the General Confer
ence held In New York on the IA.
TEE college lacrosse championship q
Princeton, n. J., recently WAS woa b
Prisceton, the latter beating Harvard By Q
score Of Yto1.
IN. Prssidsut and Mrs. Cleveland a.
tended Q reuuion q 'North" and '.South''
Presbyterian delegates ct the residence OF
Wistar Morris, near Philadelphia, recently,
In the course Of hrs address the President
said to his hearers that he could not under.
stand why his religious brethren should
keep up these political distinctions when
business men had obliterated them - being
Improbable
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats were in con-
vention ct Harrisburg on the 2Sd and made
the following selection: Presidential
electors ct largo Ok Congressman Spear
and A F. Heating. Of Pittsburgh. Dele
gates ut large to st. Louis: L. c. Cassidy,
Of Philadelphia; Charles +. Boyer, Of
Washington County; William T. Mutchler,
OF Northampton, and William L. Scott, Of
Erie. Judge J. b McCallom. Of Susque-
hansa County, was nominated for EUprsms
Judge.
Ds L W. JOYCE, Of Cincinnati, was the
name Of the third new Bishop elected by
the Methodist General Conference Ut New
York. In the bsllotisg for the fourth
Bishop on the 23d sensation was created
BY the discovery OF two fraudulent votes.
TIE Rochester. N. T.. street cars drivers
strike has been settled ON terms favorable
b the men.
MAINE Democrats have nominated Hon.
W. L. Putnam, Of Portland, for Governor.
BIZ . DIRE in . rag shop In New York City
the other day, three female pickers were
forced to jump BY the flames and were &C.
verely hurt
the centennial Of the Presbyterian
Church, North and South, WIS celebrated
ct Philadelphia on the oath.
DRs. NEWMAN and Goodsell are the names
of two more OF the new Bishops elected by
the Methodist General Conference ct New
York.
A FAREWELL reception was given to Sir
Thomas H. Grattan Esmonde. NJ. p, at the
Academy Of Music, New York, on the
night of the 25th.
Ex-MAroR w. r. GRACE, Of New York,
announces his intention to 60 before the
Democratic State convention to make Q
contest against Governor Hill for the nom-
ination for Governor.
FRANK Mills, of California, q sub-fresh.
man of Harvard College, eighteen years
old, died at Boston recently from the ef-
fects Of excessive opium smoking. With
two companions he obtained some piaes
and INDUCED in the vice, and, 1t 10 said,
smoked several pipefuls In rapid success
sion and was made very i'll His two COM
panions were reported dangerously sick.
THE WEST.
SIMON HAMBERG, for swindling an Oregon
farmer on . real estate deal, was sentenced
1t San Francisco recently to confinement
in jail for one year and TO pay . fine Of
el9,O0o OF stay in jail At the rate Of dol
lar day until it was paid, which would
take dfty.three years. The offense was =
misdemeanor under the laws of California
and the Judge made his sentence - heavy
q he could.
TIE Burlington ran out all it, regular
trains ON time on the 21st, and they crossed
the river on the main line at Quincy, Ill,
without delay. The officials do not think
that they will be troubled any more this
season by high water.
THE other night August Edison, . Swede,
bought cheap cigars for himself and .
friend at st. Paul, Mimi, and both smoked
On the way home Edison was taken sick.
His friend also felt squeamish. About
midnight Edison was found dead in his bed.
Ar . sale Of Polled Aberdeen Angus cat
tie at Dexter Park. Chicago, recently, the
attendance was good and bidding spirited.
Six,y-hve head were sold and brought
el99W
PAUL GRorTKAu. the Milwaukee Anarch
ist has been released on Q writ Of habeas
corpus after being in Jail few days. He
was sentenced for a year and the court
seemed to think the time had expired while
his lawyers were fighting for q new trial.
ABOUT twenty chiefs and commissioners
Of various bureaus of statistics # differ
emit States assembled ut Indianapolis Ind,
on the I'D. Hon. Carroll d. Wright, chief
Of the National bureau and presid ent OF
the organization, was unable to b. present,
and F. A. Fowler, chief OF the Wisconsin
bureau, called the convention to order.
Carroll d. Wright was reelected presi-
dent.
HENRY L1BERMAN & Co., wholesale fur
nishing goods dealers, Of Chicago, have
been closed out by the sheriff with heavy
liabilities.
ILLINOIS Democrats were in session at
Springfield on the I'D and elected the fol-
lowing delegates at large to the National
convention: William R Morrison, William
c. Cloudy, n. E Worthington and James 3.
Ewing. Alternates, Alfred Orendorff, &.
s. Marshall, A A. Goodrich and c. E.
Crafts. A resolution was adopted thank
ing President Cleveland for appointing
NJ Ecu T,,e% - hn
United States. John NJ. Palmer, of San
Canon County, was nominated for Gov
ernor.
WILLIAM NJ. SPRINGER, of Sangamon
County, Ill, has been renominated for
Congress by the Democrats of his district.
HEAvY rains recently washed out bridges
over creek on parallel tracks of the
Hannibal and Wabash near Kansas City,
causing the wreck of two freight trains.
Two brakemen and three tramps were
killed and four others were seriously in
jured. The loss amounted to considerable
many box cars being smashed.
CHARLES L. JuDsoN, president Of the
Chicago Consumers Gas Company, on the
witness stand in the office of Master ia
Chancery Bass recently, testified that the
company made fraudulent issue of $751;
OOO worth OF bonds in excess Of IS ON, 600 in
bonds issue1 when the company was Or
ganized.
The switchmen Of the Southern Pacific
road at Los Angeles, CAL. have struck be-
cause the company is gradually getting rid
Of the men who struck two weeks ago.
CROP reports to the St. Paul Pioneer Frees
from all parts Of the Northwest are ex-
ceedingly favorable. The rain in the Red
river vallov haa hcon of inca lon a hlo hon.