The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-04

ED OLIVER, proprietor of the grain
elevator at Wetzel, Ill, was caught in
belt and drawn into a shaft and
killed.
BEN BowLEGs, noted Creek despera-
do, has been captured.
A FAMILY of four persons were burned
to death in fire at Cleveland, o.
THE Chicago registration reached over
go, OOo
PAUL's VALLEY, l. T., has been dam
aged by fire. C. J. Grant & Co. lost
$50, 900; insurance, s26, 900.
JOHN p. REA, ex-commander of the
G. A. R., is out for Cleveland and the
democratic ticket in Minnesota
The National w. c. T. U. is in session
at Denver, Col
THE Canadian Pacific, it is said, will
build branch down to Sioux City, Ia
JOHN II. HAvLIN, theatrical manager,
3 suing labor unions of Cincinnati for
boycotting his theater.
ERNEST KEENARD, of Chicago, 65
years old, wealthy and a recluse, was
found sitting at desk in his Ii
brary with his head split wide open,
dead. Robbery was the apparent mo-
tive.
THE Ohio river is reported lower than
for years.
RowENA, the two-year-old Palo Alto
FLY, made mile against time in 2:1S4
at Stockton, Cal, the fastest time ever
made by two-year-old filly.
The democratic electors of Colorado
have filed their withdrawals
NATURAL gas is playing out in north
western Ohio.
SEVEN clipping couples were married
in one day at Jacksonville, Ind.
GEN. JAMES w. FUTILE, hero of Fort
Donelson, died at Casa Grande, Ariz.,
recently of paralysis
GEN. Poe, of Detroit, received word
from the war department that his 90
foot channel between Duluth, Chicago
and Buffalo had been fully approved
and directing him to prepare the neces-
sary advertisements for bids for doing
the work.
Mrs. CHRIsTIANA BoRDNER, of Lewis
town. Ill, celebrated the one hundred
and third anniversary of her birth the
other day. She is in splendid health.
PATSY CARDIFF, the well known
pugilist, is sick at hospital at Port
land, Ore, with typhoid fever. Twice
he has been at the point of death.
The public funeral services over the
body of Mrs. Harrison were held in In
dianapolis, Ind, on the 2Sth and the
remains were laid to rest in Crown Hill
cemetery.
A FEARFUL fire broke out in Milwau-
l1ee on the 2Sth, starting in the Union
Oil Co S warehouse Twenty-Five blocks
were consumed The loss was between
So, 900, 900 and S10,000,U00. Several cas-
ual ties were reported.
INCENDIARIEs in Cleveland started n
fire in large glass works, in which
two people were killed.
A TERRIFIC explosion of a nitro
glycerine magazine at Lima, O., killed
three men and injured others.
THE Missouri Pacific Railway Co. do
mated $4,000 to the families of the citi-
zens killed by the Dalton desperadoes
at Coffeyville, Kan.
Mrs. MARY CoRInsLL, of Chicago,
washed her flowing tresses in alcohol.
which then caught fire and she was dis
figured for life.
AN effort will be made at the coming
X. of L. convention in St Louis to
modify the constitution so as to admit
of politics in the order.
THE divorce business in Denver, Col,
is booming. The number of divorces
applied for during the last six months
exceeds the number applied for during
the previous six months by nearly 100.
.DIPHTHERIA is epidemic at Columbus,
Ind.
J. S. HACKMAN, of Elkhart, Ind, died
ofgangrene, following cutting his corns.