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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
GREAT DISTRESS.
The Mississippi Flood the Greatest Since
1S51-lts DISASTROUS Eject.

The Mississippi Flood tho Greatest Since
1S51-lts DISASTROUS Eject.
Quincy, Ill, May 1a-The great flood that
now prevails along the Mississippi river
has never been eQualo. except in 1851. Ten
days ago III, water reached the danger
point and ON that time has been rising
steadily at tue rate Of from four to four
teen inche, daily. The Government gauge
now marks nineteen feet nine inches, be-
ing seven inches higher than the great
flood OF 1881. Above and below Quincy
are over 100 miles Of levees for the prOtec-
ton Of fully 10000 acres of land, the most
Productive farming lands in the vail y.
Sunday morning the great break occurred
in one of these, the Indian grove levee.
During the day two other crevasses
were made and within few hours
thousands Of acres of winter wheat
that promised q yield Of from forty to
sixty bushels to the acre were laid
waste. The farmers had been working on
the embankment night and day in the
hope Of saving their homes, aud when the
food came majority OF them had barely
time to save their families, so sudden and
overwhelming was the onrush of the tor
rents. Outside of the embankment was
the great river. solid body Of water twen-
ty feet deep, anu as soon as q crevasse was
made 1t poured through the opening with
roar that could be heard a long distance.
Every moment increased the width of the
crevasses. Thirty homes were deserted
on the moments notice from riders who
were sent out to give warning Of the dan
ger, in many cases the people being obliged
TO leave every thing and fly to the bluffs or
seek safety in boats.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

The State Convention IndOraes tho Admin
IstrAtion and lnstructs foe Cleveland.
New YORK, May 16-At the meeting Of
the committee on delegates and electors
yesterday, appointed by the Democratic
State convention, Governor David K HILLS
name was first proposed for delegate
ut large but he received only five
votes. The delegates at large
chosen are Alfred c. Chaplin. Of Brook
Ign; Edward Cooper. New York; George
{. Rams, Rochester; Roswell P. Flower.
New York. Among the district delegates
are Richard j. Croker. Daniel Dougherty,
W. Bourke Cochran, ". r Grace, Hugh
j. Grant aud Roger A. Pryor. The electors
at large selected were Oswald Ottendorfer
and Wilson s. BisselL The nominations
were approved by the convention in the
evening.
The resolutions adopted by the conven-
ton were highly laudatory of President
Cleveland and his Administration and in
structcd the delegation at Chicago to
act as unit in his support for the Presi-
dental nomination. Resolutions were also
adopted declaring against tru IS and ap-
proving Governor Hill and his Administra-
ton.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
THE SMELL MURDER.

Startling Developments Promisod In the
Chicago Millionaire Murder My.tery.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Therc are new and
important Developments IN the Smell muir
d r. case. This is on the authority of a. J.
S'one, who says that in a short time the
publ C will be enlightened and all the
mystery surrounding the crime cleared
away. Tascott b.; been found. That is to
say, he has never been lost. People who
have been at O loss to account for the
ability OF comparatively inexperienc. d
boy without means or many friends to
Grade The police for three months with the
Skill of u practical CROOK. who has ample
money aud friends at command, may be
assured that W. L. TascOtt had no such
ability aud has done nothing CT the kind.
The least adroi: Of the three or TOUR who
participated in the crime, he was quickly
unprecedented and promptly sequestcred for
the good OF the cause, it being shouted
from the housetops meanwhile that he was
the man and the only man wanted. This
was the clever though somewhat hack
Heye1 scheme put into operation by
Captain Bonfield and Mr.. Stone for the
purpose Of relieving the accomplices OF
Anxiety on their own account.
young Tascott was no good on earth,"
said an informant who is supposed to be
on the inside, land deserves to be punished
on general pr nciples, but he did not fire
the shots that killed old man Smell. He had
not the nerve to attempt burglary like
that perpetrated in SHELLS house the night
Of the murder. He was q mere boy and il
valuable to tho officers more for what he
knows than for what he did"
Then you think Tascott is not really tho
man they are looking fort"
I'm sure he is MOI. In the first place,
they know where he is, and have known all
along; and, in the second place. there is
much larger game to be bagged. Tascott is
q catspaw."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
THE EAST.

SEVERAL big iron companies Of Pennsyl.
vania have given notice Of ten per cent. re.
duction Of wages.
The Walpole wooden mills, South Wal
pole, Mass, manufacturers OF Jersey fan.
nels, have failed.
An advance Of sixty points in all options
caused furry on the Coffee Exchange at
New York on the 14sh. The sudden move
ment was attributed to the passage of the
emancipation act by the Brazilian Govern
ment Gables from Havre also showed q
strong and advancing market
The resolutions adopted by the recent
New York Democratic convention for the
election Of National delegates, were highly
laudatory OF President Cleveland and in
structed the delegation at Chicago to act
as unit in his support for the Presiden.
tial nomination. Resolutions were also
adopted declaring against trusts and ap-
proving Governor Hill.
VIcE-CHANCELLoR BIRD, at Trenton, n.
j., recently decided the case of the Butch
ings heirs against Henry George. The
clause in the will leaving Henry George a
bequest for the purpose Of aiding him in
the circulation Of his peculiar ideas and
theories among the people was declared
void. Bird said that George advocated
practices with respect to real estate in
violation OF the laws of the land, and he
could not sanction the spreading of such
sentiments.
TEE G. A. R memorial committee has
declined to give place in the Decoration
Day parade at New York to Phil Sheridan
post No. l Of dependent army and navy
veterans on the ground that being COM
posed OF both Confederate rs will as Union
veterans it is excluded by the rules of the
organization.
A MEETING Of the Fenian Brotherhood
was held in New York recently. Repre-
seDtatives were present from a number Of
Eastern and Western cities. The interfer-
ence Of the Papal authorities in Irish Affairs
was condemned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
Severe Electric Storm.

Fr. ScorT, Kan, May IA severe cleo
trio storm visited this city Thursday night
accompanied by an unusually heavy rain.
The lightning struck barn belonging to
James G. Ogden, running the building and
contents, among which were q valuable
Jersey COW and team Of horses, causing
loss Of about 5000 A lumber OF resi-
dences were unroofed and otherwise DAM
aged but none OF the occupants injured. A
heavy windstorm passed 10 the north end
east Of the city about six miles, demol'sh-
ing number Of residences and barns and
uprootiny orchards and forest trees, but SO
far as learned no one has been injured.
The path Of the storm was from the south
west to the northeast BY north, and it en-
tered Missouri about five and one-half
miles northeast OF this city. The damage
is said to be great, but it is impossible to
get full particulars
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
FIour Men Combine.

CHICAGO, May 1L-Twenty representa-
tives OF large exporting flour mills from st.
Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,, Buffalo.
Chicago, Cleveland, Terre Haute and other
points, attended meeting here last even
ing. called by President Sebyt, o: the Ma
tional Millers' Association, to correct the
abuses Of the foreign and domestic trade.
After considerable discussion Of the va
rious grievances, Mr.. Sebyt proposed that
two bureaus be established, the one to take
charge Of the export trade, and the other
the domestic trade. These bureaus were
IN be under the direct management Of the
National Association committee with a
competent man at the head Of each to at
tend to the details. The proposition was
adODted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
SuuuOSed Suicide.

Kansas CITY. No, May 11.-An unknown
young man. supposed to be named Charles
Williams, from letters found on his person,
was discovered lying dead in a piece OF
woods a mile east Of Lees Summit yester-
day. There was bullet hole in his head
and IS cal Der revolver with one chamber
empty in his hand 1t was supposed that
he had committed suicide. A check for a
small amount, signed by W. J. Anderson,
Of the National Bank OF Kansas City, was
found In one Of the dead mans pockets.
together with q draft for $50 on the bank Of
Chetopa, Kan. The man was well dressed
and apparently about TWENTY-FIVE years Of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
Flood ut O'Fallon.

O'FALLoS, NO., May l6-The water is
now an unbroken sheet from blun to bluff,
except In the extreme southwest portion of
the bottom. Business on the Keokuk line
is wholly suspended as an open lake Of
water reaches from st. Peter to beyond
Old Monroe. No accurate estimate
can now be made Of the damage
which may be done within twenty. -four
hours. Last fall there was a large acreage
Of wheat sown on the lowlands and owing
to the favorable season for corn planting,
large acreage OF corn was planted. All
Of these crops will be wholly destroyed if
the rise does not abate. The men who will
suffer most are the renters, as all these
bottom lands arc owned by wealthy men.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25


i'm Olean, n. Y, where an increase Of
been provided for within the last three
months by additions to its manufacturing
industries, through the organized efforts
Of board OF trade, the capitalists have
inaugurate1 q novel movement which not
only aids materially in the growth Of the
place, but gives such advantages to the
laboring men that the chances for strikes
and kindred troubles are reduced to a mini
mum. Any manufacturer locating ip Olean
Is guaranteed homes for his employees built
and supplied to them at actual value. the
tenants paying thereon the rental price
OF from i've to SIX dollars per month. Thus
Is left the laborer the option Of owning
his home, or Of paying rent, the terms
in either instance being the same. save
in the matter Of interest upon the unpaid
portion in case Of purchase. This the capi-
talist takes as his profit on the transaction.
In the one instance the man who buys has
his hcme paid for in a few years: in the
other the tenant pays in the same time
nearly as much and does not own a single.
In Olean the laboring classes are no. slow
to see the advantage Of buying; the manu-
facturer sees the advantage Of steady and
reliable labor thus afforded, and the resi-
dent capitalist sure prevention Of strikes
and safe investment Of his money. The
example Of the moneyed men Of Olean is
worthy the emulation Of those in other
towns whose growth is regarded by the
too conservative policy Of capital.-Ex
change.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
Sentenced for Adul,ery.

JOPLIN. No., May 16.-Frank Treatic,
alias Frank Mitchell and T ennie L. David
son were each yesterday sentenced by a
justice Of the peace to six months in rhe
county jail and to pay a fine Of $50. The
charge against them was for VIGOROUSLY
and openly living in adultery. The COM
planning witness was Luther Davidson,
husband OF the woman, who is q farmer
living in Cowiey County, Kan. Davidson
says Treatic ran away with his wife last
October, aud lived at various places as man
and wife until about month ago, when
they came to Joplin. Treatic also left =
wife behind. The guilty parties were taken
% jail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
RELIGIOUS CONVENTIONS.

North aad osush Prsshyessinas h 0esasea-
Eptseopallaaa and Fnthsr Beta
PHILADELPnIA, Nay 1A-The centennial
meeting Of the Presbytsriaa 0eueral A..
sembly, the supreme ecclesiastical court Of
the. Presbyterian Church in the United
States, began in this city yesterday morn
ing with over five hundred delegates or
commissioners in attendance, representing
ever State and Territory in the Union.
Tho first business session Of the assembly
was called to order 1t $3.50 in tho afternoon
in Horticultural Hall. Without transact
ing any business the assembly adjourned
till 3:SO p. N. and when It reassembicd pro-
ceeded 10 the election Of Q moderator,
which resulted in the choice Of Rev. DR..
Charles L. Thompson, of Kansas City. He
was inductld into Office and the cow ntion
adjourned.
SOUTHERN PREsBYfERIAN5.
BALTIMORE, Md. May lS.-1he General
Assembly Of the Southern Pre- ,byierian
Church mes in franklin Street Church,
this city, at eleven o'clock yesterday. A
sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. Strick-
Ter, Il Atlanta, the re; iring moderator. At
the close Of the religious servic. Rev. Dr,.
J. ]. Bullock, Of Washington: =. A. Kirg.
Of Central Texas, and J. B. Graham, Of
Alabama, We're put in nomination frr nl d.
crater. DR.. Bullock received majority OF
all the votes cast, and was. dccl red elect
I'd. Rev. Dr,. e. NJ. Menro-, Of Iuacnita,
and r. P. Faris Of III. Louis, were elect
Ell clerks. TIE afternoon session was de-
voted TO reports from the Committees on
education and foreign missions, and in the
evening the evaaselistlc work among
sailors was discussed.
EPfsCOPALIANe.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May IL AT the sixtieth
annual council OF the Protests Episcopal
Church, Diocese Of Louisville, last night, y
discussion arose over the high church
tendencies Of Father Belts, Of Grace
Church, turning upon the position Of Ger.
tain articles Of furniture IN the chancel
This discussion was continued.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
Hard Rains.

ALMA. Ark, May 1S.-The hardest rains
that have perhaps ever occurred in this
part of Arkansas have fallen within the
last two days, in consequence Of which the
streams are all overfiOwed aud the oldest
inhabitants say the water is higher than
ever known before. Immense fields Of
cotton and corn in the bottoms along
the various streams are entirely mum
dated, and even fields one mile from
the streams are covered with sheets of We
ter fully ten feet deep. Crops, houses and
bridges are being washed away root and
branch. So quick was the rise that the
people living along the stream were forced
to vacate lneIr homes in moment, and
men and women could be seen swimming
aud wadiag with their children to dry land.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25

FRANK Maj, working at saw mill near
Pot Republic, Va, recently, was caught
by the saw, which cut OF his leg at the
thigh, entered his side, cut his bowels,
liver and lungs to pieces and forced the
heart from the left to the right side. He
lived fourteen hours and suffered intense
thirst The water he drank flowed out at
the wound in his side. He was conscious
to the last.
THE Tennessee Prohibition convention in
session at Nashville nominated ]. r. An
derson, of Bristol, for Governor, and C.
W. Armistead and J. A. Tate delegates q:
large
The convention of farmers, stockmen
and laborers met at Waco Tex, ON the
10th with 80 delegates present, seventy
counties being represented. They organ
lied with Mayor Brolles, of Fort Worth, as
chairman. The convention was called as
non partisan. but was captured BY the
Union Labor party.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE United States Supreme Court has
adjourned until next October.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has written Colonel
r II. Thomas, secretary of the Penusylva-
ria State Grange, Patrons Of Husbandry,
that he will visit the Interstate EXPOSE
ton at Williams Grove, in August
TEE Supreme Court OF the United States
denied Swindler Benson's application for
habeas corpus in the extradition proceed
ings for swindliug tho City Of Mexico by
selling bogus Patti concert tickets.
The Senate Committee on Finance has
authorized the chairman to appoint q sub
committee to investigate tariff matters.
The action Of the committee is understood
to look to thorough inquiry into the sub
ject and to report tariff bill to the Senate.
SENATOR EvARrs has introduced joint
r9olution authorizing the President in
e&se Of final failure Of diplomatic efforts
to effect an amcable settlement. to take
such other measures as IN his Judgment
may be necessary to collect indemnity from
the Venezuelan Government for the in
jurtes suffered by the Venezuelan Steam
transportation Company Of New York by
the forcible seizure and employment in war
Of the company's steamers Hero, San Fer
nando and Nutrius by the Venezuelan bel
Ngerents In 1871.
A CABLE message has been received at
Washington from United States Consul
Lewis At Tangier, saying that all the ques-
tious Of disagreement between Morocco
and the United States had been settled
and that he had gained all the points con-
tended for
THs President has approved the act
granting right Of way to the Kansas City
& Pacific Railway Company through the
Indian Territory.
SENATOR MORRILL, has appointed the fol-
lowing subcommittee on finance to con.
slider the tariff and revenue subjects: Ali.
son, Aldrich, Hiscock, Beck and Harris.
The House Committee on Agriculture at
. special meeting referred to a sub.
committee the Butterworth Lardine bill
and its various substitutes looking to the
taxing OF all adulterated food products.
The subcommittee will have authority to
report q new bill
TIE cruiser Baltimore now building at
Cramps yard, will probably be launched
on July 4, and the Secretary of the Navy
has been advised accordingly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
Fatal Freight Train Accident.

WICHITA, Kan, May 19.-About four
O'Clock last evening as the local freight
train was half mile north Of Sedgwick
City the caboose and three cars became
uncoupleG The engineer did not notice the
fact until he had gone about three miles
aud started back. forgetting that the
detached cars were coming down grade
toward him with a start equal
to the speed Of the train at the separation.
The brakeman stood on the rear of the
train TO make the coupling, and the cars
came together with such force as to crush
him and deraii three cars. There were
several passengers in the caboose. One
lady had her arm broken and others were
less seriously injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
BUSINESS was moderately active in the
London money market during the week
ended May H. Dealings were quite limited
at Berlin and Frankfort. At Paris the
market was quiet with Q firm tone.
| WILLIAM F. CoDY buffalo Billy. Indians,
cowboys, animals. tents and par ,phernalia
arrived at New York on the aJth from Eng.
land on the Persian Monarch.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
May IL showed an ave, age decrease Of l6
comp AIRED with the corresponding week OF
'ast year. In New York the decrease was
2L0.
The Senate was not in session on the 10Th.
The House closed the general debate on the
Tariff bill with speeches from Jehu Bak r,
Of Illisois, Reed, OF Maine, and Speaker
Carlisle.
WOMAN whose name was given as Josie
Williams was buried some days ago at Bev.
erly, n. j., under circumstances Of some
secrecy and mystery and it is now stated
that she was Josie Mansfield, who became
notorious at the time Of the Fiske-StOkes
tragedy in 1872
SECRETARY ENDICoTr and family went to
Monroe, Va, on the Goth for a weeks recre-
alton.
A MONUMENT has been erected by Mai r
Bigeiow and several other gentlemen on
the spot where General Hancock fell
wounded during Picke;t's charge at Get
tysburg. 1t is of granite, with a total
height of eight feet six inches, and bears
on the front the inscription: Major Gen.
eral Winfield Scott Hancock; Wounded
July 8 1853" and on the rear face, Erect
ed by Comrades and Frienis.''
Two Washington society bIeods engaged
IN ring figat at Gaithersburg, Nd, re-
Gently. One ct them. Berry Adams, dis
located his knee aud was also badly bruised.
The fight was the result OF bad blood.
Rev. CHARLES EArox, rastor of the
Church Of the Divine Paternity at Forty
fifth street and Fifth avenue, preached a
farewell sermon on the 20.h. He was to
make trip abroad with Andrew Carnegie
and wife. They expect to meet Mr.. Blame
IN London and accompany him on coach
ing tour.
The Pope's encyclical letter to the Brazil
ian Ep;scopacy declares that none of the
]ubllee gifts received by his Holiness has
gwen him more pleasure than the abolition
of slavery in Brazil.
The great international drill and capitol
ce ebration closed at Austin. Tex. on the
~ b. Fully 10000 persons witnessed the
sham battle in the AFTERNOON. About $500
troops icoi part in the drill
THREE small children and their grand
mother were smothered to death by smoke
at Cleveland, o., recently. William
Llewellyn and wife, the parents of the
children were away at the time.
FRED MARSDEN, the well-kpovn plav-
wright, was found dead in his room on
West One Hundred ana Twenty-sixth
street, New York, the other morning hav-
ing committed suicide by closing the win
dows and turning on the gas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-03
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS AT THE EXCHANGE.

There was spirited bidding yesterday at the Real Ts,s
Exchange at stand OF james t. Wells when he si
tho OF John Valentine in partition, by order OF ths
Supreme Court The property consists Of four at One
hundred and an Morris the Tgea.
tyfourth Ward and lot in TeDhaye. between Onehun-
drc1 third One hundred and
The lot at Morrisave and Onehundrcd and. sew.
cnty thirdst brought 81 000 from John j. Bowe Thomas
H. Lancer took the next 1915; the third "a
tho buyer at 1896 and the fourth to j. r. Donney
at s775 Tho property in TeDth-aye. sold subject
lease expiring the first OF May next a. 1900 per
annum, the tenant having the right to the building
The bidding up from 1850 TO $4,000 at which price
Benjamin 7. Falrchild was tho buyer
ii. Henrques sold under foreclosure vacant lot In FIJI
ynlnths 200 feet west Of sxthave It brought 10000
from the plaintiff Also lot in Fiftyelghthst,
adjoining the preceding lot sold for s15O0O TO tho
plaintiff. A. II. Muller Son sold No 1iO East Seventy.
sixth-s 3story dwelling and lot, lsx1o2. Il sold for
sis700 to T. T. Huckel bus there being some dispute
tho property was put again. when IL resold for
$4,000 to Louis A. Wagner.
There was call at the Exchange yesterday for four.
story dwelling, under 1853 'front.' between
Thrty-eighth and Fifty-nnth sts and Lexington and
Ninth avcs the Price not to exceed $4,000. house
at North Haven, Conn, with ortyseyen acres all under
tho best cultivation, house OF twelve rooms barns etc
was offered for sale ut 100000 and farm Of sixyeighs
acres in Morris County, " j.. good peach orchard
house of seven rooms and outbuilings at 02oo
New-York. Monday. July Q, 1885,
The following sales were held at the Exchange and
Auction Room to-day:
BY Horatlo Henriquea
lot, West 5sthst running TO 59h.st 200 Z, v Of
6th-aye., 25x200 10; c. COddlngton. $4,000.
BY J. l.. Wells
15ith.ss' lot S5Si6o; B. p Farch Hs 5000 600
] plot OF land MOnroe-3vc., n OF Warren st..
100xf00; J. J. Bowe. $3,47j.
by A. II. Muller Son
3story dwelling with lot No. 10 East 7eth.st 800
IL @ OF 4thave., lot ISxi022 J.. A Wagner. $4,000.
Sale OF dwelling with lot No. Ia East 76thst Of 4th-
ave-, adjourned to July "a.
BY Richard V. Harnett & Co.
Sale OF the property Of the South Ferry Railroad Com.
pany adjourned sine die