The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-20

\ AN lncendiafy hre In trankstoWn. "a,
destroyed ten frame buildings. During
the fire several dwellings were robbed.
THE WEST.
HENRY HERMANN and Timothy Lynch
| were smothered in wheat in Harvey &
Co.'S grain elevator, Chicago. a bin
partition having broken, covering them.
Peter Gill escaped by miracle.
SARAH ALTHEA HILL TERRY has lost
her last hope in the celebrated divorce
suit against Sharon, Judgment of lower
court granting alimony, etc, being re-
versed by the California Supreme Court
An open switch caused the wrecking
of ten cars and the fatal injury of Emil
Huen, brakeman, at Naperville, Ill,
the other night
The leading vinegar manufacturers of
the United States at a meeting in Chi
cago appointed committee to endeavor
to obtain an amendment to the McKin-
ley bill by the Senate in their interest.
The Iowa and Sac countries are being
overrun with boomers who are hunting
for good claims for which they will
strive when the lands are thrown open
for settlement.
THE Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has secured the Seattle, North
Shore & Eastern railway in Washington,
100 miles of which have been built.
A NUMBER of contraband Cinnamon
have been captured in Arizona. They
were perishing for want of water
THE Oklahoma Supreme Court has de-
cided its first case. 1t was habeas
corpus case bysa land office-sharper who
had been arrested for perjury, for swear
ing to false statements in affidavits of
contest The court held that the arrest
was right and the writ was accordingly
denied.
THE county attorney of Marshall
County, Iowa, has decided that the back
bounties alleged to be due volunteer
soldiers since 1868 are barred by the
statute of limitations.
A TORNADO passed through De Witt
County, ILL.,, on the afternoon of the
18th. At Birkbeck school house was
torn down and five children hurt, two of
them fatally.
THE Cheyenne Indians of Montana
are reported on the war path, malicious
ly destroying cattle and threatening
the settlers. Reinforcements have been
sent to the Cheyenne agency.
A NOTABLE fact in connection with the
commencement exercises of the Union
College of Law at Chicago was that the
member of the graduating class having
the highest scholarship and delivering
the valedictory was a colored man. His
name is Franklin A. Dennison, of
Texas.
A CYCLONE destroyed the fair grounds,
halls and tore to pieces the residences
of Mrs. Biggs, S. Bryant and O. w. Ives
at Wapello, Iowa. All the inmates of
the three houses were injured more or
less though none fatally.
THE smaller stockholders OF the Chi
cago Stockyards Company have decided
to fight the proposed sale to an English
syndicate in the courts.
CHARLES E. BAILEY, one of the North
ern Pacific train robbers, was captured
by Sheriff Hays and put in the Jail at
Dickinson, n. D.. after chase of eighty
miles. He confessed every thing.
TIE Chicago Farmers Review fails to
report any improvement in the wheat
and oats crops. On the contrary it
states that in Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri the condition is constantly
Growing worse. ............
A RIVAL to the cracker trust is re-
ported to have been formed in the West.
TWELVE hundred carpenters of Dem
yer, Col, walked out on the 18th, paralyz-
ing the building trade. |
THE tornado at Wapello, Louisa |
County, Iowa, was quite serious.
Though no lives were lost many per-
sons were hurt and innumerable build |
ings were destroyed. r... g.
A CATHOLIC nun persisted in a fire
which broke out in the Mercy Hospital, !
Davenport Iowa, the other morning. |
The patients were all rescued by the |
heroism of the other sisters.
COLLISION between two freight |
trains near Ortez, n. NJ, resulted in the
Instant death of two trainmen named |
Ed Hoffman and ]. Nicholson. Hoff-
man recently came from Kansas City
and Nicholson from San Francisco.
The Young Peoples Christian En-
leavor Society met in convention at ST.
Louis on the 12th.
A CLEVELAND, Canton Sc Southern
passenger train collided with freight
1t the Jones avenue crossing, Cleye-
and, O., recently. Several persons were
hurt The cause of the COLI
'ion was mistake in signals.
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recently. half dozen persons were
injured. ...........
MISSOURI Democrats have nominated
j. CAN'T, of Henry County, for Su-
oreme Judge; L. E. Wolfe, of Randolph
County, for School Superintendent and
N. Hickman, of Stoddard County, for
Railroad Commissioner.
GOVERNOR FIFER has called special
Worlds Fair session of the Illinois
legislature to meet July %.
THE attitude of the Cheyenne Indians
# Montana continues to be menacing.
Work on the cattle ranches has been
stopped.
The street railway strike at Column
'us, O., ended in a compromise brought
bout by the citizens committee.
JUDGE SHIRAs, of the United States
district Court at Sioux City, Iowa, has
lecided the O'Brien County ejectment
ases in favor of the farmers who had
occupied their lands for years. h
THE SOUTH.
The Boston -four mill and its contents,
It Lake City, Fla, was destroyed by an
ncendiary fire recently. Loss, SIS, 900;
insurance small