The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-12

ISAAC Rich & Co, extensive fish deal.
ers Of Boston, have failed Liabilities,
SIX, 900; nominal assets. $22a00o.
THE funeral of ex.Sub- Treasurer Of the
United States, Alexander McCue. OF New
York, took place in Brooklyn, N. T., on
the 9th, from St Peters Roman Catholic
Church. Secretary of the Navy Tracy was
one of the pallbearera
ALLARD & Sons, fine art importers OF
New York and Paris, are accused OF ex.
tensive smuggling operations. A dis-
charged employee of the firm divulged tho
crime and the New York manager was
placed under arrest when evidences OF
smuggling were discovered.
Downs & FINCH, extensive manufac.
turers of fine shirts, of New York, have
failed Liabilities between 800, 600 and
500, 600 The failure was caused, accord.
ing to reports, by an attempt to corner
the trade.
THE WEST.
Ev1crIoNs have been resumed on the
Des Moines river lands in Iowa. The dis
possessed farmers were reported ORGANIC
ing to repossess the lands and would defy
the officers
A SENSATION was made at the meeting
of the board of managers Of the Ohio PEN
itentiary at Columbus the other morning
when Prison Physician Clemmer filed
report charging Deputy Warden CHEERING.
ton with outrageousiy punishing an in
sane prisoner named George Bates in the
ducking tub. A legislative investigation
will probably result.
CUSTOM house officers at San Francisco
the other morning seised 2224 five-tael
boxes Of opiu m, valued at $15,56S which
had been Struggled The drug was found
concealed under pile of fat in soap and
candle factory conducted by Richard Ahlf
and Il Gachdez, saIoon-keepers-
A SEVERE wind storm was reported from
jackson and other places in Minnesota, on
fires and much destruction resulted one
life at least being lost
A SECTION Of freight train broke loose
from the engine near Centerville, Ind,
the other day and ran back on the second
section, wrecking the second locomotive
and nine cars and killing two tramps-
FIRE destroyed the five-story brick
building. 50 to "A Canal street, Chicago,
recently. Loss about $50, 600 fairly in
sured.
LATER reports of the destructive prairie
fires in Dakota show that several lives
were lost The farm property destroyed
was immense. A wind storm accelerated
the flames which proved so destructive
LATER returns showed the election OF
r. l. Cofran, Democrat, for mayor Of To-
peka, instead of Metsker. Republican, as
first reported, by 2O4 majority. A Demo-
cratic councilman was also elected.
In fight a few days since, near Flag
staff, Ariz.. between O sheriff's posse and
robbers, who held up the Atlantic & Pa
cific express about two weeks ago, Ed
ward ST. Clair and r. s. Wilcox, deputy
sherifPs, were killed
THE town of Leola was almost entirely
destroyed by the recent prairie fires in
Dakota
THE posse engaged in the evictions on
the Des Moines river lands in Iowa were
fired on by concealed parties with Win
chesters as a warning. No one was hurt.
GENERAL JACOB SHARP has resigned as
governor Of the Soldiers Home at Mil
waukee, Wis, and General Kilburn Knox
has been elected his successor. Ill health
was the cause
FOREST fires have been raging around
Courtenay, Oak. One hundred families
were deprived of absolutely every thing.
The loss reached fully $50, 900.
Two freight trains collided the other
morning near Reno, New. Harry Wilson,
brakeman, and j. H. Mysegarder, a
farmer, were killed and fourteen cars
were wrecked
Ex-Governor CROSBY, of Montana, re-
Gently threatened to sue Russell B. Har-
rison, son of the President and in 1887
president OF the Montana Live Stock
Journal Company, for libel. Harrison
promised to retract the charges
SwIFr's packing house, Chicago took
fire ON the morning Of the 5th, resulting
in o loss of S10O, 900.
DANIEL BAUGH, q pioneer of Seymour,
Ind, has reached the age of one hundred
years. His health is almost perfect.
IT is positively denied at Albuquerque,
N. NJ. that there is any truth in the report
Of deadly fight between officers and train
robbers in Arizona. The officers never
even struck the trail Of the outlaws.
IT is thought that troops will be needed
to suppress the settlers threatening dis
orders on the Des Moines river lands.