The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04


pointed Director of the Mint to succeed
Director Kimball, resigned.
The fifth annual convention OF the Ger
man. American technicker yerein was in
session in Washington.
The President and party arrived in
Washington from Deer Park on the 9th
and proceeded direct to the White House
THE EAST.
The New York Daily Graphic, which
has been in financial difficulties for long
time, has suspended publication.
The New Columbia Hotel at Cape May,
N. J., burned recently. Loss SO. 1000.
LEWIS Bros. & Co, the dry goods com.
mission merchants Of New York. have
made their formal offer TO their creditors
to compromise at SIX cents on the dollar.
This 10 ~ cents more than they and the
assignee thought they could pay when
their schedules were filed.
The third match of the series for the
tennis championship Of the world between
George Kerr, the Irish champion, aud
Tom Petit champion Of America, was
played at Boston on the 25th. and was
won by Kerr by a score Of Ga SO, Ga
and Ga
The New York Star says that A Bent
ley Worthington and Mrs. Piunkett the
Christian scientists about whom scandal
was recently ventilated, eloped from the
city few days ago and are supposed to
have gone to Australia.
TIE jury in the Ives case at New York
disagreed, standing ten for conviction and
two for acquittal. He was remanded to
the Tombs for a new trial.
THE boiler at the sawmill of Pritz Bros.
Berlin, Pa, exploded recently. John
Prit1 Edward Pritz, Oliver Ross, David
Ross and David Baker were instantly
killed. Two brothers named Brant were
badly injured.
REPUBLICANS of New York met at Sara
toga on the 25th. After adopting a plat
form the following ticket was nominated:
Secretary Of State, John j. Gilbert Of
Franklin County; Comptroller, Martin W.
Cook, Of Monroe; Treasurer, Ira Hedges
Attorney General James Varnum of
New York; State Engineer and Surveyor,
w. P. Van Ranssalear; Judge Court OF
Appeals Alfred Haight Of Buffalo.
j. Q. A. BRocKErT has been nominated
for Governor by Massachusetts Republic.
ans.
SHERIFF FLAcK, William Flack, his son,
Judge Ambrose Mcneil Joseph l. Weeks,
referee in the Flack divorce case, and Mrs
Raymond have been indicted for conspir.
acy in connection with the Flack divorce
suit
Ar Carnegie's Edgar Thomson steel
works at Paddock, Pa, the bottom Of one
of the largest blast furnaces gave way
and tons of molten metal poured forth. in
juring several persons so severely that
they are likely to die.
SAMUEL CALDWELL, ex.president of
Vassar College, died suddenly on the
18th after trief illness He was native
Of Newburyport, Mass, and was for seven
years president of Vassar.
The first convention of the Union Pro-
hibitory Lesgue of Pennsylvania, non.
the suppression of the saloon outside of
on the 26th, with about 100 delegates in at
tendance
The NJ Latin and Rand powder mill at
Cressona, Pa, blew up recently. The ex-
plosion was terrific in force. William
Schropp, Samuel Stotsf and Henry Reid
were killed and number of other work
men injured
Two miners were killed by black damp
in an abandoned shaft near Pottsville, Pa,
recently.
Two bodies have been taken from the
debris at Johnstown, Pa. One was
identified as that of Mrs. Ed Swineford, of
St Louis, who met her death ON the day
express.
JOSEPH c. HARVEY. a wealthy mill
owner of Philadelphia, has been sent to
the insane asylum through brooding over
the burning of one Of his mills in which
fifteen persons lost their lives.
Francis BUCKLEY, aged forty six, head
clerk of the Pennsylvania newspaper de.
partment of the New Yors post office. re-
Gently fell dead Of heart disease while at
work in the pcst-office.
TIE five.story building of the Westing-
house Electric Light works at Pittsburgh.
Pa, was partly burned the other night
The origin of the fire was unknown. Loss,
$50, 900, fully covered by insurance.
EMkoNs BLAINE, son of Secretary
Blaine, was married at Richfieid Springs,
n. Y, on the 26th to Miss Annita Nc
Cormick, daughter Of the late Cyrus Nc
Cormick, of Chicago. Many disting uished
guests from Chicago and other portions
of the country were in attendance and the
wedding although a quiet was yet quite a
brilliant affair.
A DISPATCH from Canaioharie, n. Y,
said that frightful collision occurred on
the 9th on the New York Central rail.
road, near Palatine bridge. in which the
death list was likely to foot up twenty or
more.
CONGRESSMAN w. L ScorT lately ad.
dressed long letter from Erie, Pa, to
Governor FIfer, bearing on the Spring
Valley troubles, and claims that he was
pay ing for mining all that he was war;
ranted in a competitive market
FIVE persons were lately drowned in q
shallow pond at South Wa,uppa, Mass.
BY the capsixing of rowboat One at
least of the party was said to have been
drunk.
THE WEST.
TEE passage Of the recent lottery ordi.
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