The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-05
THE WEST.

lceil at Marquette, Mich, unconscious
from loss Of blood, he having severed
the arteries Of his wrist with silver OF
tin from q slop bucket His scalp on
top of the head was also reduced to Q
pulp from attempts TO dash out his
brains.
THE Hanna wagon works at PEORIA
H., were destroyed by fire the other
night. Loss, $50, 900; insurance, SAC, GOO.
COMPLETE returns from the Choctaw
Gubernatorial election held August
show that ]. w. n. Jones received ], 700
votes and B. T. Smallwood I, 49S-a ma
iority of 292 for Jones Governor Small
wood is rather sore. He claims that a
revised count will give him majority.
THE Republicans of the Fourth Cali
fornia district have renominated Con-
gresham Morrow by reclamation. He
positively declines the honor.
CONGRESSMAN DUNNELL has been re-
nominated by the Republicans of the
First Minnesota district
McVIcKER's Theater, Chicago, was
destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loss,
$500, 600; insurance, $780, 600. Suspected
incendiarism.
THE Democrats of the Tenth Ohio dis
trict have nominated John Quincy Smith
for Congress. ~.
IT is now regarded as absolutely GER
tain that the Milwaukee Railroad Com
pany will begin work on their extension
from Chamberlain, s. d, to the Black
Hills this season. tg
The Democrats of the Ninth Iowa
Congressional district nominated Hon.
Thomas Bowman, of Council Bluffs, for
Congress on the fifth ballot Mr.. Bow
man is proprietor of the Council Bluffs
Globe.
JOHN T. HAMILTON, Of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, was nominated for Congress on
the first ballot by the Democratic con-
yention.
JOSEPH BERRAN,, a stockman from
Minneapolis, was killed at Kasota,
MINI. He attempted to board a moving
train.
The new count of the st. Paul Pho
neer-Press building shows no people liv-
ing there. The first or padded, count
enumerated ITO.
IDAHO Democrats have nominated E.
A. Sherwin, of Shoshone, for Secretary
of State.
THE Farmers Congress in session at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, voted to meet in
Missouri next year.
COLONEL WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS, of Sa-
lima, has been nominated for Congress by
the Fifth Kansas Republicans in place
of John A Anderson. Phillips was born
at Paisley, Scotland, in 1926.
WISCONSIN Democrats have nominated
George w. Peck, mayor of Milwaukee,
for Governor. The resolutions especial
ly denounced the Bennett Educational
law
THE new United States war ship San
Francisco on its first trial trip from
Santa Barbara made an average Of over
1917 knots per hour in four-hour run.
Disc KIRKNIN and wife and Miss Belle
Collins were drowned near Caldwell, o.,
recently by the sudden rising of a creek.
The Oklahoma Legislature was un-
able to organize on the 2Sth for want of
a quorum.
CONGRESSMAN CANNON has been re-
nominated by the Illinois Fifteenth
district Republicans CO.. ..-
The National Greenback invention
met at Indianapolis, Ind, with Colonel
Jones in the chair. Steps were taken
looking to thorough reorganization of
the party for the campaign of 1892.
DURING the races at Oskaloosa, Iowa,
fire broke out in the grand stand where
5000 people were congregated. The en-
tire structure was total ruin. The
loss was SIS 900. The occupants of the
stand escaped without injury.
FIRE destroyed the old Burlington
warehouse, occupied by the Knapp
& Stoddard Furniture Company and con-
tanning about $40, 600 worth of goods.
The Republicans of Arizona have
nominated George w. Cheney, Of
Cochise, for delegate to Congress and
have demanded admission of the Terri
tory as State. ......
THREE cable cars collided in the Wash
ington street tunnel in Chicago early
the other morning and all were badly
wrecked. Frank Metzger, an express
agent of St Paul, was killed.
THE switchmen's strike at the Chicago
stock yards ended on the Goth.
THE leading horticulturists of the
United States at meeting in Chicago,
took steps toward appropriate repre-
sentation at the Worlds Fair.
GOVERNOR MELLETTE, of South Da-
kota, has been renominated by the Re-
publican convention.
CLAUDE MATTHEWS was chosen by
Indiana Democrats for Secretary Of
State.
MICHIGAN Republicans have nomi-
mated James NJ. Turner, of Lansing, for
Governor.