The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-11

The boiler in Caldwell's tile factory near
Nashville, Ind, exploded the other morn
ing, killing William Caldwell and Norman
E. Condo and fatally iujuring Ell Larkin,
Joseph Wolf. Allen Lakin, Jordan Gaines
| and son.
THE business portion OF Ke:thsburg, ILL.,,
was destroyed by fire recently. Loss,
heavy.
The Wisconsin Democratic State con-
veution was held at Madison on the LIST.
The platform strongly Endorsed the Ad
minis:ration OF President Cleveland.
The union brewing coopers Of Cincinnati
have been locked out for boycotting non
union made beer.
Two men were killed and three wounded
by locomotive running into a handc.r on
u curve near Elko, New. recently.
THE coal shovelers of Chicago decided on
the LIST to Str Ike against non-union men.
Efforts were being made to hire Italians.
TERENCE MULLEN, who served eighteen
months for trying to steal the body oi
President Lincoln. has been placed in the
Santa Fe, n. NJ, penitentiary for defraud-
ing the Government OF land.
| NEBRASKA Democrats held their State
convention at Omaha on the I'd. Delegates
| were instructed for Cleveland.
THE Iowa Democratic State convention
WAS held at Dubuque on the 2l The dele
| gatiSn was solid for Cleveland.
| THE Illinois Republican convention,
| which met at Springfield on the I'd, in
dorsed Judge Gresham for the Presidency,
The celebrated case between the Pdl.-
man and Wagner Car Companies in regard
to the vSstiblue trains, has been decided by
Judges Gresham and Blodgatt at Chicago
in favor of the Pullman Company, enjoin-
! ing the Wagner Company from u further
use of these cars.
WILLIAM CARSON, a son of the famous
| kit" Carson, shot and killed man at
| Fort Garland, Col. in self-defense recent
| ~, the man attacking him with = bowie
| knife.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, counsel for the
| striking Burlington engineers and firemen.
SAYS that the report circulated that the
90 strike had been declared off, was
without foundation. There will be no such
| action takeu,'' he said. ''until after the in
| vestigatiou by the Interstate Commerce
Commission is concluded"
THE brewery employees OF st. Louis have
decided not to strike against the employers
ncr 10 do any thing that will give the latter
| "a chance to act against the union.
Two men. while jumping from an east
| bound train at Benicla Cal, the other
night, fell overheard from the pier in tue
darkness aud were drowned. The body of
one recovered proved To be that of Fred
Shaw. of Eureka Springs. Ark.
GENERAL MARTIN BEEN shot himself dead
at Stanton, Neb., recently. His MARI ed
life was unhappy and this was assigned as
the cause Of the suicide. BEEN was a
a;
tinguished himself in the late war by strik
ing acts of galIantry.
A CONCERTED attempt was riS lie to wreck
IA o. train at Chicago on the night of the
81. a switch was thrown and fifteen cars
derailed and set on fire. The conductor was
found shortly afterwards bruised and in
sensible by the side of the track. and he
repor,ed that three men had beaten him
and wrecked the train.
WHITE CAPS gave W. II. Toncy terribl.
beating at English, Crawford County, Iud..
recently. His recovery was doubtful. He
was prominent and wealthy ci'izsn, but
was accused Of abusing his family.
THE Illinois Republican convention nom,-
mated Joseph ". Fifer for Governor.
Lyman b. Ray for Lieuteuant-G overnor,
I. n. Pearson for Secretary of State, G.
W. Pavey for Auditor, Charles Becker for
Treasurer. and George r. Davis, Senator
Farwell, ". +. l. Hadley and Horace S.
Clark delegates 1t large to the National
convention.
INDIANA Republicans met at In ilanapoli,
on the % aud nominated delegates to the
National convention instructed to vote for
Ben Harrison for President.
OVER ten million feet of lumber was de-
stroyed in the yard of th9 Chippewa Lum-
Der Company ut Big Rrpids, Mich. by fire
on the Sd. Loss. Sl30.,.N.
By a collision near Sorrento, H., recently
between q passenger and freight train,
two men were killed and several badly in
jured.
The cracker factory at Los Angeles, Cal,
and Il. Webber's residence were destroyed
by fire the other night Oac man persisted.
Loss, $G5, coo; insurance small.
A STORM blew down several houses in the
new town OF Berring. Iowa, on the Santa
Fee railroad. James Myers. Of Memphis,
No., was killed in a falling building.
A HORRIBLE and myster ious affair was
re, orted from Arlington, Neb.. on the Alb.
A barn on the Freese farm was destroyed
by fire, and in the ru MS were found the
bodies OF seven persons. The hired man
was missing and a suspicion existed that
he HAD committed terrible crime.
JUDGE ARNOLD kEEEEI, United States
Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
has decided to retire from the bench
judge kr-kel has been for som. time in
poor health.
THE Mississippi river passed its record
Of high water a. Winona. MIMI, On the
4th. All the mills were closed and much
inconvenience was experienced.
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA is reported among
cattle at Maple Creek, NJ. T. 1t is claimed
that the disease has also appeared u. w ood-
pecSer.
TIRE CHIITKy