The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
THE WEST.

In the insane asylum at st. Peter, Mnn.,
It was discovered the other morning that
J. W. Slower had Drained his cell mate,
Charles Warner. Both lunatics were con-
sidered harmless
AN enormous pocket Of quicksand re-
Gently made itself apparent In the vicinity
Of the new water tunnel shaft at Chicago.
The fall Of the sand caused the tracks Of
the Illinois Central to sink in an alarming
manner.
The case against Josie Holmes, of the Fl
deity Bank, Cincinnati, has been nolle
pressed by the Government.
GEORGE s. TnURBER, of Thurber & Gore,
was suspended from the Chicago Board Of
Trade recently for one year. His offense
was giving customers rebates on commits
sious.
ARTICLES of Incorporation of the Du-
buque Personal Liberty League have been
filed with the low: Secretary of State.
The objects of the association are anti
prohibitory.
DIR" TEED, the Chicago faith cure or
mental physician attending Fletcher Bene-
dict who died from lack of proper treat
ment for bronco-pneumonia, has been held
to the grand jury by the coroner, tie
charge being practicing medicine without
| a license.
Ex-PREsIDENr HAYES addressed the men,
bers Of the Ohio Legislature and others on
the 22d on the subject Of industrial educa-
ton. He made strong argument in favor
Of making it part of the public school
work, and urged the Importance of greater
| respect for labor than now existed.
WAsHINGToN's birthday was celebrated
February % in the usual manner. At Chi
ha ITuin
| after a meeting, Chauncey NJ. Depew being
| the orator.
The rink of 8. d. Newton, at Peshtigo,
| Wis, collapsed recently from the heavy
| weight of snow on the roof. Four work
men who were engaged in converting the
| rink into stores were killed or fatally in
jured.
A MYSTERIOUS explosion Of dynamite in a
| cut at Duluth, Mimi, recently, fatally in
| jured two workmen and seriously injured
| six others.
THE west bound Southern Pacific train
was boarded at STEMS Pass, N. NJ, the
other night, by two masked men. They
| cut the express and mail car from the
train, made the engineer run down the
track mile and half, forced the express
messenger to open the car and rifled it OF
| all valuables. The mails were not touched.
The robbery was said to be heavy.
A WARRANT has been issued at Cincinnati
| for Frank Reigel, late assistant cashier OF
! the Metropolitan National Bank, charging
him with forgery and swindling building
| associations. He was an officer in several
| building associations and influenced them
to deposit in the Metropolitan Bank.
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, the other night was lit
| up with what appeared to have been a
| monster meteor on a tramp, moving from
southeast to northwest, and passing the
place with lightning rapidIty. An explo-
sion which Jared walls and windows took
| place shortly after. Reports from neigh
boring towns showed that all experienced
the same sensations.
DANIEL WREN, the convicted Chicago
boodler, was taken to the Joliet peniten-
tiary on the sd to serve his sentence.
| KATE CAsTLETON, the actress, has filed o
bill for separate maintenance against her
husband. Isadore Phillips, whom she mar
RED in San Francisco. She charges con-
tinued drunkenness.
| ASSISTANT CASHIER FRANK NJ. RIEGKL OF
the defunct Cincinnati Metropolitan Bank,
has been arrested for using eight &, 900 or.
ders OF building association for his pri
vate ends.
A SEVERE storm visited Gibson County,
Ind, on the night OF the oath. Much dam.
age was reported, but no lives were
thought to be lost.
| The party arrested near Lebanon, No.,
recently for Tascott, the murderer of
millionaire Smell, turned out to be some one
else.
AT Detroit, Mich, recently Francis Her.
bert, aged thirty-three, was sentenced to
Imprisonment for life for the seduction of a
thirteeu-year-oldg girl.