The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
THE WEST.

burning of the large book publishing
establishment of Bowen & Merrill, at
Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th. A wall
fell on about twenty firemen, half OF
whom were killed and the rest seriously
hurt The building was of stone and
iron and with its contents was valued at
$50, 900.
THE legislative bribery investigation
at Bismarck, N. D., over the Lottery
bill ended in fizzle.
THERE was another collapse at the
burned Bowen-Merrill building at In
dianapolis, Ind, on the 10th. There
were alarming reports that many more
lives had been lost, but only two men
were hurt though many had narrow es-
capes.
FIRE is doing great damage in the
Norway mines near Ironwood, Mich.
Several persons were overcome by smoke
in trying to enter the shaft.
FIVE miners lost their lives by a re-
cent fire in the Germania mine at Hur-
ley, Wis.
The Lake Shore Company has dis
charged Conductor Houghtaling and En-
gineer Mooney for violating the COM
pany's rules and causing the recent IA
tai disaster at Bayview.
THE James Rennie Merchandise Com
pany of Paurs Valley, i. T., has as
signed with $4,000 liabilities and S25,-
600 assets.
JUDGE JOHN S. HAGER, ex-collector of
the port of San Francisco, is dead.
THE Iowa Senate has passed bill
making the first Monday in September
labor day.
1T is reported at Santa Fe that John
G. Cockrell, of Lincoln County, n. NJ,
formerly of Missouri and son of Sena-
tor Cockrell, is suffering from dementia.
His wife was at Fort Stanton.
THE Choctaws declare they will hold
their lottery drawing, the United States
Government to the contrary notwith-
standing
C. A. SEARLEs and W. c. Payne. for
merly express employees, have been ar
rested at Missoula, Mont, for robbing
the Office at Brainerd, Mimi, year ago
of $3.50
THE loss by the Germania mine fire at
Ashland, Wis, was greater than at first
estimated as the men had just struck a
large body of rich ore which was ruined
by caving. 1t is understood that the
fire started from candle dropped by a
miner.
FOREIGN Money Order Clerk James S.
Kennedy, Jr., of the San Francisco post
Office, has been arrested for stealing 66S
money orders valued at $4,000. He
confessed and attributed his crime to
drink and speculation.
Four saloonkeepers of Tacoma,
Wash, are negotiating for the control
of all the saloon licenses in the town.
They agree not to run over twenty places
and to be responsible for all attractions
of the law.
GOVERNOR FERRY, of Washington, has
signed the Australian Election System
bill.
THE followers of Erickson, the prophet
of evil, of Oakland, Cal, are selling
their property at sacrifices, preparing
for the inundation and destruction of
Oakland, San Francisco, New York and
Chicago.
1HE union carpenters ana plumbers OF
Chicago have formulated demands for
reforms in various ways and will strike
if not granted them.
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE CROOK, Com
mander of the Department of the Mis-
souri,, died suddenly of heart disease at
the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, on the
21st, aged sixty-one.
TOMMY WINEMAN, twelve years old,
and BERTHE Polhemus, aged eleven, were
playing marbles at Joliet, Ill, when a
disagreement in the game caused the
Wineman boy to draw pistol and shoot
his little playmate in the stomach.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, has been ter
rorized by incendiaries lately. The las,
places to go were the residence of Mr..
Reese, the American Hotel, the Grand
Avenue Hotel and the Crystal Palace
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THE lower house of the Iowa Legisla-
ture has passed resolution in favor Of
harbor at some point on the Texas
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