The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-20
THE GENERAL NEWS.
THE RECORD or LATE EvENTS.-A
BUDGET OF LATE OCCURRENCES
CONDEMNED FOR HASTY PERUSAL.
The Condensed News.

The Condensed News.
The most important and interesting
recent occurrence in the political world
was the election of General John
NJ. Palmer of Illinois, to the United
States senate. The vote stood Palmer.
I03: C. J. Lindley, 100; Streeter, !.
There are three f. NJ. B. A. members
in the Illinois legislature, two of whom
voted for General Palmer and one for Mir.
Streeter The Texas senate and house
met in session 10 adopt resolutions OF
respect to the memory Of the late JEFF
ferson Davis. =. DR.. George Baird was
killed by DR.. George L. Garrison at
Wheeling, w. Va. AT Chicago Hen
nv Aiken came home drunk and beat
his wife, who shot off his nose. AT
Batesville, Ind, John DOrSchere ran
amuck, shooting his wife and his cook,
| then cut his own throat and fell dead.
go. An earthquake shock was felt in
various parts Of the state of Washing
! ton. but no damage was done. .Gener-
al Morgan, commissioner OF Indian al
| fairs. advises the government to disarm
the Indians and gives many reasons in
| support of such course. =. Judge
Thayer at st. Louis, decided that the
| United States district court has full jur-
isdictiOn in the Wyman case to test the
validity of the Mckinley tariff law.
a tidal wave struck the east shore Of
Puget Sound on the llth doing great
damage to the Seattle u Montana rail
road. which parallels the shore
for about fifteen miles. 1900.
At Memphis. Tenn, David PostOn.
lawyer, was fatally shot by Colonel II.
1.r g.,
of promise brought by Mrs. Pillow.
PostOn is Mrs. Pillows attorney in the
case. At Louisville. Ky. Judge
Thompson rendered decision to the
effect that poOl-rOms may not DE closed
The republicans of Rhode Island
nominated a state ticket. II. w. Ladd
heads the ticket, for governor.
Butter ruled higher on the Elgin
board Of trade The sales were 200
pounds at 81 cents. and 1850 pounds at
81 cents. Prices one year ago were
24t and y cents.
The visible supply of wheat as COM
piled by the New York Produce Elk
change was 23, 1851 bushels. a de-
crease of IS. 522 bushels. and of corn ,
639, go bushels. a decrease OF l67, $50
-. Sam Logan was sentenced to be shot
at ChechOta. |. T., on March 30, for
murder. Six thousand miners in the
four coal pools in the MOnOngahela
valley resumed work at the increased
rate OF wages conceded by the operators. |
There is general rejoicing. The bal
lot reform Dill, a modification of the |
Australian law. has passed both houses |
of the California legislature. "A fight |
took place between Representatives |
and Head on the floor of the |
Arkansas house. SpittOons were used |
as missils and tobacco juice filled the
air. A hot debate in the Kansas |
house precipitated by Speaker Elder
in a small riot, in which .
spectators and sergeants-at-arms figured
Crawford, to be hanged at Decatur.
ILL.,, declines to have more time granted
him, saying he killed Mrs. Matthias and
is willing to hang for it,. The Kansas
house investigating committee reports
that they could find no evidence
TO show that the prohibitory law was en-
forced in any city,. The Indiana leg
islature has ad journed sine die.
The levees along the Mississippi river
are giving way in many places. The
rains continue and general devastation
is expected . . The Michigan senate is
in row over contested election case
and the democrats threaten to go to
Canada and break the quorum until one
Of their number arrested by the republi
cans for bigamy, can be released. -.
Corporal Tanner has been appointed by
Gov. Fifer, of Ill, a member of the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion There is a snow blockade on
the Midland railroad in Colorado.
In the TansyWelch fight at Middle
town, Iowa, TanSy was knocked out in
the fourteenth round. e. AT Des Moines
The Hon. J. a. Harvey was elected
president OF the Iowa Temperance
Alliance. Mach damage was done
at Bangor, Maine, by an I'M
usual high tide which flooded ali
the lower portions of the city.
Congressman Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, is reported seriously i'll at Pensa
cola. Fla. The New York General
Assembly passed the the anti Pinker-
ton bill by vote of 9S to l.. The low
er house of the Maine legislature defeat
I'd the bill providing for the Australian
system of voting - to y.