The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
THE NEST.

FRANK 7. SWEENEY, fire marshal of the
Town of Lake, a suburb of Chicago, COM
mitted suicide recently by cutting his
throat. He was an Andersonville prison
veteran.
DIR. JAMES SCoTT, author of the famous
Scott Liquor law, died at his home at
Lebanon, o., recently, aged seventy three
years. He had been a member of the
Ohio Legislature eighteen years.
THE much tangled Lindauer litigation at
Chicago has finally been put in shape for
settlement by an agreement The present
receiver and assignee will retire.
THE Liberal Committee (ant- Mormon)
of Utah has issued circular protesting
against the admission of the Territory as a
State under present circumstances.
An Indian Territorial convention was
held at Baxter Springs, Kan, on the 18th,
which was well attended by delegates
from Western cities and also by chiefs of
various Indian tribes. Strong resolutions
advocating the opening of the Territory
were passed.
Two French hunters who left Helena.
Mont, October %, on an expedition up the
Missouri river. have been found drowned
in the upper river.
CHARLES GORDON & Co., wholesale deal
ers in furniture and carpets, Chicago, have
failed with unknown assets and liabilities.
THIRTEEN loaded coal cars were wrecked
near Battle Creek, Mich, recently, on the
Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw railway.
Conductor Lincoln was fatally hurt.
Mrs. ANNA SHOOTS, of GAINESVILLE, O.,
who had been on trial at Cambridge for
two weeks was acquitted of the charge of
poisoning her little laughter. Two other
indictments for murder are still pending
against her.
An entire business block in Iron Mount
ain, Mich. was destroyed by fire the other
morning, causing a loss of $4,000 to seven
firms.
THE Minnesota official returns are: For
Decentralization, 1892; Cleveland,
104, 1856; Fisk, 1871: Streeter, 1907. For
Governor-Merriam, Republican, 49,, 1856 /:
Wilson, Democrat, 110.251; Harrison, Pro-
hibi;ion, 17,026: Paul, Labor, 3S5; scatter
ing, y. Four years ago Blaine's plurality
was 4l,620; now Harrison's plurality is
3s,10I. The Republicans gain three Con-
gressmen.
LEE r. SANBc-GN & SoN, lumbermen of
Alpe ma, Mich, have made an assignment
with SO 600 liabilities.
THE officers of the order of Railroad
Conductors deny that the California re-
volt is of any Importance, and state that
the new order is organized to affiliate with
brotherhoods which believe IN strikes.
REV. ISAAC EHRET, editor in chief of the
Christian Standard, Of Cincinnati, and an
intimate friend of the late President Gar
field, died recently.
THE fire in the great copper mine at
Calumet, Mich, is out, but the shaft is still
closed because of gas.
The Ostrander Manufacturing Company
of Ostrander, Wis, has made an assign
ment with $50, 900 liabilities.
CHARLES WHITE s residence in Haugh-
vile, Ind, was wrecked recently by an ex-
plosion of natural gas and Mrs. White
fatally burned.
THE execution of the condemned Bald
knobbers has been postponed to February
Is next Governor Morehouse ordered the
postponement at the solicitation of Judge
Hubbard, who tried the cases.
THE only request General Harrison made
Of the committee in charge of his inaugu-
ration was that the veterans of his old In.
diana regiment should act as his body
guard.
president THOMAS, of the suspended
California National Bank of San. Fran.
cisco, has issued q statement showing as
sets of Sl1S000. He claimed the liabilities
amounted to the same figures.
THE two small children of Mrs. staff,
colored, living in Indianapolis, Ind, were
burned to death the other morning during
tho hs of THAR rpn$bar