The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06

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his term and thinks the law should be
satisfied. He says that he would rather
remain in Sing Sing than to have tc
flee to Canada to escape arrest.
THE WEST.
The democrats of the Thirteenth Hi
nois district unanimously re-nominated
William NJ. Springer for congress.
| A PARTY of cattlemen from Wyoming,
hunting cattle thieves in johnson hole,
Idaho, the alleged rendezvous for all
horse and cattle thieves for hundreds OF
miles, came upon the habitation of two
parties known as Burnett and Spencer
and in their efforts to arrest them, both
Burnett and Spencer were killed and it
was found that they had in their posses
sion over fifty stolen horses.
The state convention of the Colorado
silver league have adopted resolutions
that in the event of the democratic and
republican national conventions failing
to nominate for president and vice-pres-
ident men with pronounced silver views
it will be the duty of the voters to sup
port any party that may promise the
speedy reinstatement of silver. and
''this silver convention, representing
as it does, the people of Colorado, ire
spective of party, pledge our faithful
and unequivocal support in favor of the
political party that will faithfully carry
out the purpose of the free coinage of
silver"
INDIANS from Lower California who
arrived at Yuma, A. T., report that vol
canoes near Lake Sullulee, close to the
Gulf of California, are in active opera
ton. They say that recently an earth
quake shock was felt, and almost i'm
mediately the volcanoes became quite
active.
The Illinois democratic convention
made the following nominations: John
p. Altgeld, for governor: n. Ramsey,
state treasurer. A. E. Stevenson, A. w.
Green. C. Z. Crafts, b. Il. Cable, n. f.
Worthington, Walter l. Watson, John
A. King and S. P. Chase were elected
delegates at large.
The Colorado republican convention
instructed its delegates to the national
convention at Minneapolis to oppose by
every honorable means the nomination
of any man for the office of president or
vice-president of the United States who
is not known to be heartily in favor of
the enactment of law providing for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
DEER are so numerous in all parts of
Michigan that the farmers are protect
ing their wheat fields with guns
SEVEN hundred feet of the worlds
fair manufacturers building at Chicago
was blown down, involving loss of
time in the raising of the structure of
several days. The wind at the time of
the occurrence was blowing at the rate
of forty miles an hour
FORTY families were rendered home
less in the village of Hudson, O., by
fire, recently.
THE following state ticket was nomi-
mated by the Ohio republicans: For sec
retary of state, S. NJ. Taylor; for supreme
court judges, William T. Spear and J.
F. Burkett; for supreme court clerk.
Josiah b. Allen: for member of board of
public works, E. F. Lybarger; national
convention delegates are William Nc
Kinley, J. b. Foraker, \. w. Bushnell
and MIR. Kahn.
INDIANS at the Crow Creek agency re-
fuse government money because they
distrust their agent.
MAJ. WILLIAM WARNER. of Kansas
City, has been nominated by the repub-
licans of Missouri as their candidate for
governor.
BRENDoN and Burlington, Ia. have
been excited over several mysterious
disappearanees.
ADJUTANT GENERAL KENNEDY, of Col
orado, has been elected department COM
mander of the Colorado and Wyoming
Grand Army of the Republic.
PLATINUM has been discovered in the
hills at a point about twenty-five miles
west of Rapid City, s. d. Among some
specimens of ore recently brought to the
city DR.. Whitney found piece of white
quartz carrying what appeared to be
horn silver. He at once pronounced it
platinum and confirmed his opinion by
the usual acid tests.
s. s. LoEwENBERG and his wife were
found lying dead in a room at st. Paul.
Mimi, having evidently been suffocated
by gas. Investigation of the premises
showed that the key in the gas jet did
not work properly and that in turning
off the gas it was very easy to turn it
on again.
THE national convention of Brewers
employees has petitioned Gov. Fifer. of
Illinois, to pardon the anarchists.
THE people of johnson county, Wy
oming, have passed resolutions con-
demning Gov. Barber for his action
during the recent troubles.