The Iola register., 1891-01-16
THE WEST.


FREDERICK REMINGTON, Harper's war
artist, was captured by a small party of
hostiles near White river. Remington
was unarmed and the Indians turned
him loose and told him to go home,
taking his tobacco and sketchbook from
him.
DIPHTHERIA is ravaging Montgomery,
Cass and Adams Counties, la.
The Montana House divided, Repub-
licans organizing and Democrats organ
izing The Senate and Governor being
Democratic, however. soon ended the
schism in favor of the Democrats.
Two men were killed and third IA
tally injured by being run over by a
train while on a hand car west of CO.
shocton, o.
A PETITION fled in the county court
at Chicago shows that the failure of the
S. A. Kean banking firm swallows up
SO, 900 belonging to the missionary fund
raised for the relief of the Congo
heathens, in charge of Bishop William
Taylor, of the NJ. E. Church.
The Idaho Senators drew lots re-
Gently, Senator Sharp securing the long
term and Senator Mcconnell the short
term.
FIRE in Cairo, ILL.,, destroyed two large
stores and their contents, causing $780,
900 loss. Several clerks had narrow es-
capes.
SEVER SERLEY, the late county treas
urer of Chippewa County, Wis, has
been arrested, charged with having en-
bezzled $4,000.
In fire in Modesto, Cal, Jacob Clay
pool, aged 1G years, and twenty-five
horses perished.
S. A. KEAN, the defaulting banker of
Chicago, has been indicted by the grand
jury.
THERE are rumors that the alleged
cheap method of producing aluminium,
of which so much was expected at Chi
cago. is fraud.
AGENT RoYER. of Pine Ridge, has
been removed. He was accused of being
the principal cause of the Indian
troubles. Roger ascribed his removal
to politics.
ABOUT twenty Snake and Shoshone
Indians left Wells, New, the other day
and attended a ghost dance in Star
valley at the head of Humboldt river
Chief Soldier Charley claimed there was
no danger of an outbreak unless the
Government attempts to stop the dance
and force the Indians to remain on the
reservation.
By an explosion Of gas in the furnace
of the iron works at Newberry, Mich,
one man was killed and seven injured.
THREE prisoners escaped from the
Ohio penitentiary by scaling the wall
with ladder.
ONE piano mover was killed and three
others fatally injured in Chicago the
other night by being struck by a train.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN recently honored
reporter of the Milwaukee Daily News
by knocking him down.
THE Baltimore & Ohio is reducing its
labor force.
MAYOR CREGIER, of Chicago, has
given notice to the railroad companies
and others OCCUPYING the lake front
that they must remove all their prop
erty before February 90 or the city will
act.
IT was said that Lieutenant Casey,
who was killed recently in the Bad
Lands, was shot from behind by Brule
assassin.
Two brakemen were killed by a COLI
sion between stock trains at Chicago on
the Sth.
SEPARATE ballots will be taken in the
Illinois Legislature for United States
Senator, January 2S and a joint ballot
the day following.
LELAND STANFORD has been renomi-
mated by the Republicans for United
States Senator from California.
THE Minnesota House completed its
organization by the election of the Fu-
sion Acknowledgement ticket.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS sent his annual
message to the Missouri Legislature on
the 9th. Many of the Alliance features
of reform were recommended.
THE powder pool organized about
eighteen months ago at San Francisco
collapsed and the price of powder has
consequently suffered a drop. The
cause of the dissolution was the compe-
tition of the Eastern firms.