The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10

ALL the roadbeds leading into East
St Louis will be raised three feet to
prevent future trouble with high water.
A MOST disastrous wreck occurred the
few miles from Deadwood, which re-
suited in the killing of James Scott and
the probably fatal injury to William
Thomas. AT the time of the accident
the single coach was filed with passen-
gers who escaped with minor wounds.
The accident was caused by frosty
track which caused the train to slide.
Two freight trains collided near Sum-
mitville, o. Engineer John Liptag, OF
Cleveland, and Brakeman Wilcox, of
| Wellsville, were killed and Fireman w.
T. Star, of Cleveland, was badly in
jured. The two trains caught fire and
were entirely consumed.
Gov. PECK. of Wisconsin, has issued a
proclamation calling a special session
of the legislature June IS to re-appor-
ton the state into senate and assembly
districts
SToCKMEN and citizens fatty deny that
another expedition against the rustlers
is going on in Johnson county, Wyo.
A CYCLONE passed through Earlville,
Ill The Catholic and Lutheran
churches were badly injured, houses,
barns and outbuildings were wrecked,
but no lives were lost
EXCESSIVE rains caused the rivers in
Oklahoma to rapidly rise. 1t is reported
that woman, name unknown, and her
| three children, were carried down in
the Canadian river and drowned.
REPRESENTATIVE TARsNEY has made
arrangements for Senator Carlisle and
John K. Fellows to speak at Kansas
City on the 2Sth inst
THE peoples party of the First Kan
sas congressional district nominated
Fred Close on the eighth ballot.
4 REPORT from Murphysboro, ILL.,,
says that the high water in the Missis-
sippi river has made 200 families desti-
tute and they are calling for aid from
their more fortunate neighbors- No
estimate can yet be put upon the prop
erty destroyed, but it will reach far be-
yond anything ever known in this coun-
try.
THE amount of money obtained by
the train robbers at Red Rock, /. T., is
said to have amounted only to few
hundred dollars. 1t is doubtful if the
robbers will be caught.
THE board of directors of the Chicago
Railway and Stoclyards Co. lave de-
clared dividend of per cent upon
the preferred stock and per cent upon
the company stock
AT a special meeting of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce reso-
buttons indorsing as a safe investment
6 per cent trust bonds issued by the
Nicaragua Canal Construction Co. were
adopted
The prohibitionists of Minnesota
have nominated a state ticket
CoNMANDER-IN-CH CHIEF PALMER. of the
Grand Army of the Republic, has issued
special order suspending the junior
vice commander of the department of
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Billinga and Great Falls, Mon
tana, stage has been held up and the
treasury box and mail sacks taken af-
ter one horse was shot The passengers
were not molested and were allowed to
proceed with the remaining horses.
The robbery occurred on Painted Robe
hill, nine miles south of MusSel Shell
river
FRANK d. TAGGART, prominel
lawyer of Cheyenne. Wyo., has been ar
rested charged with giving revolver
and ammunition to Kinch Mckinney, a
prisoner in the Laramie county jail
Mckinney fired at the guard, attempted
to escape and held control of the Jail
for eight hours. Taggart confessed to
the charge. He was paid $500 by Nc
Kinney for the revolver. The penalty
for the offense is fourteen years i'm
prisonment.
A. B. MCFARLAND, an amateur natur-
alist of Chandler, Ok, attempted to
catch a rattlesnale and the reptile bit
him on the arm Medical aid was pro-
cured, but to no avail He suffered ter
rible agony for ten hours and died.
SPECIAL INSPECTOR DAVIS, of the IN
terror department has returned from
the Cherokee strip to Guthrie, Ok. He
found large number of cattle grazing
there, but all have been ordered off and
If they do not go at once will be elected
by troops The soldiers have compelled
the Cherokees to stop quarrying stone
and corfiscated all their machinery.
THE annual conference OF German
Baptists, or Dunkards, has been in ses-
sion at Cedar Rapids, Ia