The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.
THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
GATHERED, CONDENSED AND AR
RANGED FOR BUSY READERS.
The Recent Occurrences.

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senate was broken after lasting "A
hours. The Independents won over the
republicans, and passed the maximum
freight bill . The bill prohibiting the
bringingof detectives into the state &c
do police or military duty. known as the
''anti-Pinkerton" bill, which recently
passed the Ohio house was defeated in
the senate. Governor Peck of Wis
cOnsin has sent message TO the legis
latIre vetoing the bill which appro
! PIRATES $4,000 for the Waupeca veter,
ans home. The bill does not properly
| guard the state in the disbursement OF
1 the appropriation. The governor recon-
mended the introduction of new bill.
! The grand jury at New Orleans is hard al
work Investigating the charges of brib-
| cry in connection with the Malta trial,
and will shortly inquire into the lynch
ing. New York City has decided to
ask New York state to appropriate 1
million dollars OF the direct tax fund to
/ the Grant monument fund. A lobby
will be sent 10 Albany to labor for the
| appropriation. The California COM
mittee investigating the charges OF
| bribery in connection with the recent
senatorial election have reported that
money for bribery was furnished by the
! Southern Pacific Railway company .
| 1t is reported that great excitement
| prevails in Newfoundland over the fact
that the fisheries question in part is TO
be submitted to arbitration, and that
the British Government intends to
| coerce Newfoundland into carrying out
the modus yivendi with France.
of in in, ctn nd
aaOat Saturday, as compiled by the
New York produce exchange, was:
Wheat, 23.9l2. 435 bushels. an increase
of Il2,5l5 bushels, and corn. 1858, 6S7
bushels, an increase of 2i9,6T3 bushels
Butter was in moderate demand on
the Elgin Board of Trade Monday
Prices ranged from 20 to 80 cents and
the total sales were Sl0,6S9. A year
ago the price was "A cents.
Monday Ex-Governor Lucius Robin
son, of New York, died at Elmira
Samuel NOrment, president of the Cen
trial National bank of Washington died.
La grippe is epidemic in New York
city. Two girls are sneezing to death,
one in Ohio and the other in Indiana
1t is believed that corner in May
wheat is being worked in Chicago.
The worlds fair committee on cere-
monies has prepared a plan for the
dedicatOry exercises in October, 1892.
-. Mrs. Astor of New York threaten
ed to ruin the business of a caterer if
he did not reduce his bill. The man in
sisted and was paid under threat of a
law suit. 1t is said that republicans
are scheming to disfranchise 1000
naturalized voters in Montana on a
techniCality. Nearly all the naturalized
citizens are democrats. D.. . Charles F.
Chickering, died at his home in New
York city last week. E. The increase in
the death rate the past week at Pitts
burg, due to la grippe, was over 80 per
cent. Doctors are greatly overworked
and undertakers are unable to supply
hearses. :. Basco Flinko, one of the
men who were buried for eighteen days
in the GAINESVILLE mine, is dangerously
i'll at Hazelton, Pa, the result of "high
living" in celebrating their wonderful
rescue. The Arkansas Confederate
pension bill has been sent to Governor
Eagle for his signature. q. . 1t is report
ed that Colonel Forsythe of Wounded
Knee fame will be promoted to a gen.
eralship. Mrs. Lucy Andrews of
EastOnville, Col, is in Jail charged
with fiendish cruelty to a stepson -.
Nineteen lives were lost in the wreck
OF the steamship Strathairly off the
North Carolina coast "A gambler
claiming to be Doc Middleton, the noted
desperado, was fatally shot in fight in
COvington, Neb. Among the supplies
carried by the congressional party of
junketers returning from Senator
Hearst's funeral are said to be ten bar
rels of bottles. Reports to the Chat
tanoOga Tradesman indicate a steady
growth in the establishment OF new in
dustries throughout the south since the
first of the year. MIR. Parkerson, the
leader of the New Orleans mob, asserts
that the New York World printed
forged letter purported to have been
signed by him. Laura Snowden, the
accomplice of Fred Fitzsimmons, the
crook who killed Detective Gilkinson
near MckeespOrt, Pa, turns out to be
a notorious adventures and black
mailer. "A Notification meeting in
honor of the election of Gen. John NJ.
Palmer was held at Springfield. There
was a reception. followed by speeches
from Senator-elect Palmer, Gen. John
c. Black, Editor c. H. Jones of the
Republic, Hon. A. J. Hunter, Congress-
man Mansur and others. A parade
planned for the evening was prevented
by heavy rains. AT Macon City, Ia,
Walter Fidore, an orphan boy, died
from the effects of beating and other
cruel treatment at the hands of Peter
Mcmahon was arrested E.
Snow fell in Nebraska to the depth of
twenty inches on the level. Railroad
traffic was greatly impeded .. The total
pumber Of hogs packed in the west dur |
ing the year ending March |. was H.
1000, against Is, As. 900 the preceding |
year John T. Milburn, Supreme |
Protector, knights and Ladies of
Honor. died at Louisville. Ky. Demo- |
Gratis celebrated at Springfield. ILL.,, the
election of John NJ. Palmer TO the |
United States senate. The govern i
nents of Great Britain and Spain have |
accepted the invitation to make a dis
play at the worlds Columbia exposition |
F.. %. a. Olsen was elected president |
Of the Seventh Day Adventists' confer
ence at Battle Greek. Mich. >. A heavy |
snow storm ragged last week throughout |
northern and western Kansas. :. A |
hentuckian named Cole was held up in |
the Cherokee strip and robbed of IS, 500 |
IN cash. A state irrigation conven-
lion will be held at Huron, S. D., April |
}. TO cleo delegates to the Topeka in
.erstate convention. "A convention Of |
he republican league Of Massachusetts,
vas held at Boston. Major Mckinley
made sbeech eulogizing Reed, the
asst congress and high tariff. John
N. ThurstOn of Nebraska, president of
he national league, also spoke Reso-
utions adopted Endorsed the protection
policy. Resolutions declaring for wo-
men suffrage was presented, but were
afterwards withdrawn, to be presented