The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.
A CONDEMNED ARRANGEMENT OF
THE OCCURRENCES OF THE PAST
WEEK AT HOME AND ABRoAD-THE
PITB OF THE DISPATCHES.
Domestic.

General DeForest, of Chicago, fel
from a scaffold at Allanson, Mich, an
was fatally hurt
In the Sac and Fox country thre
white whisky peddlers were killed b
by Indians.
A clod-burst in Hardeman county
Texas, resulted in four men being
drowned.
VIM. Lingon, Of Wichita. Kas. ha.
been arrested for bigamy. For twenty
years he has maintained double life.
Father Mollinger, the famous faith
cure priest OF Pittsburg, Pa, has been
summoned to Rome presumably to treat
the Pope.
Mr.. r. L. Anderson and Miss Sadie
Michael met at the st. Louis depot
courted on the train, and were married
at Denison, Tex.
Colonel H. Clay King, accused oil
murder in Memphis, is likely to get a
new trial on account of the indiscreet
remark of a juror.
Thieves got over $4,000 worth OF
plumber from the dry goods firm of Hill
ton, Hughes & Denning, A. L. Stew
arts old place in New York.
Elmer Farris stabbed Thomas Benson
to the heart near Paris, H.. for making
a remark about Mrs. Farris. Both men
were farm hands.
Julio Merzbacher, Spanish-American
agent of the New York life insurance
company, has disappeared with half
million of the company's money.
A landslide struck passenger train
near st. Joseph, Mo, and swept it from
the track. One man is missing and
three were hurt severely.
An Italian murderer in Camden. n.
j., pleaded guilty to murder, his coun-
lynching his client preferred to thus
avoid jury trial.
Chicago jewellers have been notified
by federal officials not to gold-piate
coins for use as bangles, because some
of those plated coins have been passed
as money.
President Harrison has written to
Mayor Stauart of Philadelphia, saying
that the federal government will CO.
operate in tracing those guilty of CON-
plicity in the Keystone bank failure
The government court of Private |
Land Claims has been appointed. |
Joseph r. Reed, of Iowa. will be chief |
justice and WILDER F. Stone. of Colora- |
do, Henry c. Sluss. of Kansas, and
NJ. Murray, of Tennessee. will be asso-
ciate justices. Matthew G. Reynolds, |
of Missouri, is to be United States at
torney for the court
The President will order an investi-
gaton of the Keystone national bank
failure at Philadelphia.
&. n. Benson. accused of the murder
Of Mrs. Mettman, jointly with Miss
daugter of Mrs. Mettman.
was tried and convicted of murder in
The first degree in the United States
district court at Leavenworth. The
murder was committed on the military
of Fort Leavenworth. hence
The trial in an U. S. court. The Jury
.ook but fifteen minutes to decide upon
their verdict. The people of Leaven-
worth are well satisfied with the YER
lict.
An overflow of che Red river did
great damage in Texas. One stOckman
ost 400 cattle and fifty-fve horses.
Many persons narrowly escaped death.
At ChillicOthe. Texas. four men were
drowned By a sudden freshet.
The visable supply of wheat Saturday.
Is compiled by the New York produce
Exchange. was l6,477. 405 bushels. a de-
rease of 1,0l5,3l bushels. and of corn
sos. SSI bushels. an increase Of 453, li9
bushels.
Bishop Knight, of the Episcopal do
ese of Milwaukee, died Monday, aged
o years. The Hon. Samuel Creelman,
prominent politician of Nova Scotia.
led at Halifax. aged So years.
The President has authorized comp
roller Lacey to appear before the Phil
delphla council committee.
Barnard Gland. a briber of the Hen
essy jury, was convicted in New Or
cans.
The annual meeting OF the Missouri
iremen's Association was lheld al g.,
oplin.
w. E. Minchen, book-keeper in the !
american bank of Nashville, Tenn. is
Is, 900 short. He has fed with his .
life.
Iowa prohibitionists put a full state
cket in the field. !
Mrs. Caroline McCroy celebrated her !
ne hundredth birthday near Vim
ennes. Ind.
w. j. PenroSe, editor OF the Butte
Mont Mining Journal, was assassin :
ted by an unknown person.
A convention called By Henry Wat .
rson met at Lexington, KY, to oppose |;
be adoption of the new constitution of
recently framed.
A conference OF representatives from
ieorgIa, Alabama and Tennessee met ,
4 Chattanooga and took steps TO make .
credftable display at the Chicago /,
air.
United States naval officers are &C !
used Of smuggling large quantities of !.
resses. bric-a-brac, etc. into California
n their return from China. An inves- !
igason will follow. !
John D. Rockefeller, the standard oil :
is at his home in Cleveland, ,
Milo. suffering from severe attack of
erwous prostration. His physician has ,
rdered him not to WORK this summer. !
The Walla Walla Wash. grand jury
Indicted seven United States soldiers ,
Or lynching a gambler. and reprimand :
d others. The report recommends the :
ransfer of troops now at the garrison :
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Foreign.