The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-31

AoEHLER Bros Planet mills at Litch-
Aeld. Ill, caught fire the other day and
( q terrible explosion occurred which
wrecked several houses and injured a
number of people
THE report that John w. Mackay is
in critical condition is denied by his
physicians, who say he is entirely out
of danger.
O. +. KINIMER, an insurance man of
Lima, O., met a terrible death at
Grand Rapids, Mich, by falling under
a moving train.
THE strike of the Big Four railroad
switchmen at Springfield, o., ended by
the men declaring the strike off uncon-
ditionally.
JUDGE EDWARD L. CRAIG, the head of
the Southern Pacific law department,
died at San Francisco of pleurisy.
Mrs. CAROLINE HAGAN, of Dayton,
O., in fit of jealous rage, dashed vitriol
in her husbands face, binding him for
life
A TERRIBLE hailstorm visited FL Reno
Ok, breaking windows, killing stock
and otherwise doing great damage.
Gov. MCGRAw, of Washington state,
says that he will call an extra session
of the legislature if J. B. Allen is not
seated by the United States senate.
THE Chicago Evening Journal says
Lincoln's monument at his grave in
Springfield is SCARED and mutilated by
relic hunters.
THE Jingle Bob" herd of cattle of
New Mexico numbering $4,000 head,
has been sold to the Turkey Track"
ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
An attempt to condemn Gov. Waite
in the Colorado legislature failed.
OTOEs, Missouris and Kiowas have
been indulging in ghost dancing in the
Indian territory.
FIRE destroyed one wing of the south
ern Indiana penitentiary at jefferson
vile.
The Morgan apartment house at
Cleveland, O., was burned and four
women and a baby lost their lives
By decision in East St Louis char
ters of Illinois companies are declared
forfeited where the offices are held out
side the state. The decision affects
much capital invested by parties living
outside the state.
ENoCH Now, on trial at Plymouth,
Ind, for attempting to bribe an elect
or at the November election, was found
guilty and sentenced to ten days in Jail.
fined $25 and disfranchised for ten years,
the lowest penalty under the law.
THE Nebraska house adopted resolu-
tions calling for the impeachment of
the state officials, charging them with
neglect and malfeasance.
THE steamer Gaelic arrived at San
Francisco with large cargo of worlds
fair exhibits from China, Japan, Java,
Corea, Borneo and other Oriental coun-
tries.
IT is denied from Anna, Ill. that
there has been a wholesale elopement
there as was reported
AT Denver, Col, two firemen were
killed and two badly hurt by a falling
wall in a fire at the Summit Fuel &
Coal Co. S warehouse
IT has been settled beyond a doubt
that the recent fires in Milwaukee were
the work of n firebug, man being
caught in the act
Gov. SEAY, of Oklahoma, received in
from the interior department
to lay off the county lines and town
sites in the strip and he set about the
work at once.
FIRE broke out in the paint store OF
Chatfeld & Weigand, at Denver, Col,
and firemen discovered that fuses had !
been attached to oil barrels. The men, |
bers of the firm were arrested.
THERE is great excitement in Chicago |
over the red-hot mayoralty contest be-
tween Samuel Allerton and Carter Har-
rison.
JUDGE HENRY b. LAYTON, of Grand |
Junction, Col, has disappeared. When
last seen he had large sum of money |
in his possession and it is feared he has |
fallen a victim to thugs
IN Ashmore township, near Oakland,
Ill, both republicans and democrats
failed to certify to their nominations
in time, and the prohibitionists, of
whom there are but eight in the town.
ship, have the field to themselves.