The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

| NEARLY thousand indictments have
been returned by United States court
against citizens of Oklahoma, presuma-
bly, those who entered the country be-
fore they had right to do so.
Two children of Ole R. Albertson, of
Benson county, n. D., were smothered
to death by fire which broke out in
the house while the parents were abb
sent.
BY insolvency proceedings at San
Francisco. Mrs. Anna Tormey, widow
of an Irish pioneer, is shown to have
squandered $500, 900 in three years
T. T. LYONS, the anti-Catholic lectur-
er, is missing in Colorado, giving rise
to reports that he has been made away
with.
COAL oil has been discovered at Lees
vile and Bedford, Ind.
The striking coal miners at Lewiston,
Ill, have signed a paper of capitulation.
JOHN LONG is under arrest at Paris,
H., for uttering spurious coin. Coun-
terfeit tools were in his possession.
Two ruffians raided Gillette, Wyo.,
robbing the stores and saloons They
were masked and supposed to be cow
boys.
Gov. FIFER has issued requisition
on the governor of Missouri for Nelson
King, wanted at Monmouth, ILL.,, for
burglary and larceny, now in Jail at
Kansas City, Mo.
THE onyx mines at Cave Creek, Ariz.,
have closed pending tariff action by
congress.
HEREAFTER no non-residents, even
though they are soldiers, will be al
lowed to acquire lands as settlers in
Oklahoma.
PROF. SMITH is not satisfied with the
verdict in the heresy trial and will con-
tinue the case.
The Ropes gold mine at Ishpeming,
Mich, has failed. Four hundred thou
sand dollars was sunk.
ROBERT MEANS and Charles Ranck, of
Kenton college, o., were drowned re-
Gently by their canoe upsetting.
THE missing anti-Catholic lecturer,
Thomas +. Lyons, has turned up with
out injury in Nebraska
Hon. JAMES j. FARAN. one of the for
mer proprietors of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, died, aged SO years.
BAGLEY, the express package thief,
got two and half years in the Iowa
penitentiary.
The Black Hills National bank of
Rapid City, S. d., has closed its doors.
HIGGINS cracker factory, Kansas
City, Mo-, burned recently. Many of
the women employees had narrow es-
capes, excitement being very great.
The loss was S150,000.
C. A. BENSON, the murderer of Mrs.
Mettman an the reservation at Fort
Leavenworth, cheated the gallows after
all. On the morning of the 18th he
murderously assaulted his keeper with
a butcher knife which he had concealed
in his shoe. stabbing himself afterward.
from the effects of which he died in the
evening.
GALEsBURG, Ill, has electric cars
THE supreme court of Ohio has rem
dered decision which makes the Queen
&c Crescent system liable for half mil
lion of fraudulent stock issued by its
secretary ten years ago.
THE Junior class at Lombard univers-
ity, Galesburg, Ill. is in revolt against
Prof. O. Lee, one of the faculty.
SHERIFF GEORGE HoTz is in trouble at
Alton, ILL.,, for advising" juries under
his charge.
COL A. C. DAWES, for many years
general passenger and ticket agent for
the Burlington in Missouri, has re-
signed and gone south for his health.
The bishops decided to select coad-
jutor to Archbishop Kenrick, at St
Louis, and forwarded three names to
Rome. Bishop Spaulding, of Peoria, is
believed to be the first choice. Bishop
Burke was transferred to St Joseph.
Dubuque will be made an archiepisco-
pal see.
THE National Council of Women lis
tened to an address on dress reform by
Mrs. Frances E. Russell at Chicago re-
Gently.