The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-03-18
THrRE was a disastrous confagation

THERE was a disastrous confagatio1
at West Superior, Wis, on the 7th
when the Allouez block, corner o.
Eighth and Tower, the finest apart
ment house in the city. was completely
wiped out and nineteen families rem
dered homeless The building wa:
valued at S55, 200 and insured for $40,
600. The total insurance of tenants i:
SIG, 900.
The North Dakota state convention
of the national prohibition party fol
electing delegates to the presidential
convention to be held in st. Louis June
% met at Grand Forks on the sth- II
resulted in split in the party, the
members of the Farmers Alliance
Withdrawing.
A WRECK occurred on the Creede
branch of the Rio Grande the other day
at Del Norte, in which several passen'
gers were injured.
CHARLES MESSING, a street cal
car driver, of Milwaukee, Wis, shot
and probably fatally wounded his wife
recently and then killed himself.
Jealousy was the cause.
A BIG blizzard ragged throughout the
northwest on the 9th and 10th.
Bishop HoRsTMANN formally assumed
control of the diocese of Cleveland al
| st. Johns cathedral on the 9th.
ALL the wall paper hangers of St
Louis, some 800 in number, struck the
other night without notice because
their employers disregarded a request
made December IA last for pay by the
piece, which, in reality, means higher
wages
POLICE inspectors served warrant
on Dr. H. NJ. Scudder, at Chicago, who
is accused of numbering his mother-in-
law, but who was sent to the deten-
ton hospital, pending an inquiry into
his mental condition.
OK the 9th in the lower house of the
Iowa state legislature the question OF
resubmission of prohibition to vote of
the people came up and the republi-
cans favored it, while the democrats
recommended indefinite postponement
Resubmission carried-52 to 46-a strict
party vote.
w. b. TAsCoTT, the alleged murderer
Of William Smell, of Chicago, is be-
lieved to be in Alaska
GEORGE COLDS, of San Diego, Cal,
shot and killed himself, being the sec
ond case of suicide over the failure of
the California National bank.
A RICH gold strike has been reported
from near San Bernardino, Cal.
THE Indiana state republican con-
rapf;o,, ;netruotad tba da1ar,tas 70 tho
national convention to vote for Presi-
dent Harrison's denomination.
MICHAED PURTILL, a Kansas City po-
lice officer, while off duty shot and
mortally wounded Thomas McGrail, a
saloon porter, on the 10th. The shoot
ing is claimed to have been done in
self-defense.
Much damage was done throughout
Iowa by the recent storm.
SEVERAL school children were lost in
the storm near st. Peter, MINI.
WILLIAM LINEDEK, the millionaire
banker and miller of St. Paul, Mimi,
died suddenly on the 10th of cancer
of the stomach. He was so years of
age.
PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard col
lege, gave an address at the university
at Boulder, Col, on the 10th on elective
education. The chapel was crowded
and the discourse of President Eliot
was cheered to the echo. A reception
was held after the lecture. Mrs. Eliot
was also present.
A SOLID train of twenty-eight cars,
containing 12,300 bushels of shelled
corn, was made up at Bloomington, Ill,
and dispatched to the seaboard for
shipment to Russia. 1t was all con-
tributed by citizens of Mclean county.
Ill
THE blizzard on the 10th did great
damage throughout Minnesota and the
Dalzotas. Communication with Mon
tana was cut off.
THE musicians union of St Louis is
prepared to take issue with the United
States government in the matter of al
lowing the Marine band, under Prof
Souse, to make tour of the country,
thereby coming in at least indirect COM
petition with local talent
REPORTS of damage to winter wheat
have been received from Kansas and
Illinois
IN the Iowa senate on the 11th the
Australian ballot bill passed without a
dissenting vote. 1t is different from
the ballot bill passed in the house and
will now so to that body again.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND, of St Paul, is
to be made a cardinal.
A CoRoNER's jury rendered verdict
to the effect that police officer Purtill
killed Thomas McGrail in self defense
at Kansas City, Mo
REV. S. B. WARNER, of the Oxford
NJ. e. church, of ST. Paul. Mimi, has
mysteriously disappeared