The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07

THE result of the fight between con-
victs and guards at Folsom, Cal, is
three men dead and one fatally wound
ed. One of the Sontags was the leader
of the outbreak.
AT the Homestake mine at White
wood. S. D., a trench caved in and six
men were killed by being buried under
the earth.
A QUESTION has been raised as to
whether Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, has
ever been properly naturalized.
SERIOUS charges of discrimination
have been filed against number of
roads entering Chicago by local mer-
chants.
The Mollie Gibson mine at Aspen,
the largest silver producer in Colorado,
closed down and will not resume opera
tions until the outlook for silver is inn
proved.
AT the Palmer house, Chicago, ex-
Congressman ]. b. Gilfellon, of Mime
apolis, married Miss Livina Coppick, of
Washington. Mrs. Gilfellon is a
daughter of Mrs. r. c. Taggart, of
Washington.
THE ten French farmers selected by
the French government to study the
methods of American farmers have ar
rived at Chicago.
A MAN giving the name of Thompson
has been arrested by the police of
Fargo, n. ID. 1t is thought that he is
the highwayman who robbed the Moor
head, Mimi, National bank of $4,000.
THE South Dakota state supreme
court has decided that the Western
Union Telegraph Co. must accept mes
sages rendered whether or not written
upon the regular telegraph blanks. The
plaintiff, Joseph Kirby, gets $50 dam
ages. He has pending forty other cases
Gov. ALTGELD was hanged in efiigy
at Naperville, near Chicago, on account
of his pardon of the anarchists
IT is said that the Pullman ear shops
at Detroit. Mich, may be permanently
closed. The works employ 1000 men.
THE international Epworth league
met in convention at Cleveland, o., on
the 29th.
THERE was another big break in
wheat prices on the 29th, the figures on
the Chicago market being the lowest
ever recorded.
NEAR Wharton, l. T., Manuel Herrig,
daring youth, attempted. single hand
ed, to hold up a Missouri Pacific train,
but was beaten and captured by the
conductor.
MELBoURNE's rainma1ing at Chey-
enne, Wvo., was dismal failure.
IT is likely that soon all the western
roads will have one-fare round-trip
rate to the worlds fair
The grand jury at Decatur, Ill, in
dicted none of the lynchers of Bush,
and Judge Vail at once ordered a special
Jury drawn to take the matter up.
CHICAGO claims 100000 population
for 1893. 100000 more than New York
has.
COLORADO silver men met at Denver
and resolved to at once close down all
the mines and smelters of the state.
THE Chiclkasaws will give affiliated
whites a share of the government
money lately received.
PROMINENT citizens of Denver, Col,
condemn the silver panic as hurtful to
the state, which is not dependent en-
tirely on mining, as the silver men
would make out. The state would do
we'll if it had no silver-in fact, it was
doing well anterior to mining.
WHEAT took another big tumble on
the 30th and again the low price record
on the Chicago market was broken.
THE liabilities esofex-Secretary Charles
Foster, of Fostoria, o., approximate
81 ZOO, 900.
JOE BIRD, a Choctaw half-breed. con-
victed of wife murder, was shot by the
sheriff at Wilburton, l. I.
The story that western Kansas is in
need of assistance for the purchase of
seed grain is denounced as false by Del
egate Milton, who is well informed
about the true situation.
EX-PREsIDENT HARRISON, comment
ing on the call for an extra session, ex-
presses some doubt about the ability of
the president to control congress in the
matter of the repeal of the Sherman
law.
THE Starr gang is on deck once more,
it being reported that they robbed the
Frisco depot at Chelsea, /. T.
THOSE interested in the speedy open
ing of the Cherokee strip have decided
to make an appeal to President Cleve-
land to see if he cannot hasten matters
a little.
The rumored closing of the Pullman
shops at Detroit, Mich, is denied.
A WAR of bakers has made deep cut
in the price of bread at Lebanon, Ill,
forty loaves being sold for dollar
The Pawnee allotments in the Indian
territory have been completed.