The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-08-18


A SEVERE earthquake was felt at
Santa Rosa, Cal, on the morning of the
9th.
THE men who robbed the United
States express wagon at Wichita, Kan,
have been caught
COLORADO has determined to at once
start the building of a great canal, and
thus provide work for thousands of the
unemployed
AN operation has been performed on
John w. Mackay, the millionaire Cali
forniau, for the removal of the Vermi-
form appendix.
FLoRIsTs of America met in conven-
ton at St Louis on the 9th.
THORPE, Wis, has been badly dam
aged by fire.
DURING a fire at Lima, o., a child was
burned to death. The mother was IA
tally burned in attempting to rescue
her child.
THERE is great apprehension at Oma-
ha lest the foundation of the new fed
eral building is not on ground stable
enough to support it
THE Union national bank at Roches-
ter. Mimi, closed temporarily. Slow
Withdrawals of deposits reduced the
banks resources materially. The bank
is solvent.
ITALIAN, Austrian and Hungarian
laborers are leaving Pueblo. Col, for
their old homes in Europe at the rate
of 200 or 500 week.
The committee trying to adjust the
determinations in rates between Oma-
ha and Council Bluffs has abandoned
its effort.
LAFAYETTE You've, of Des Moines,
editor of the Iowa Capitol, has an
nounced himself candidate for gov
ernor of Iowa
A PoPULIsT national convention has
been called to meet in indianapolis in
conjunction with the G. A. Il. encamp-
ment.
OHIO democrats nominated Lawrence
I. Neal for governor and William A.
Taylor for lieutenant-governor: for
Judge OF supreme court, John w. Safer;
for state treasurer, b. C. blackburn:
attorney-general, John p. Bailey; men,
Der OF board of public works, Lewis B.
Welhelm: food and dairy commissioner,
p. Ii. Mckeon.'
PETTIT's salt warehouse near Mil
waukee burned recently. Loss, $780,
600.
THEODORE THOMAS, musical director
1T the worlds fair, has resigned. The
directors will run a number of small
bands instead of large one.
THE result of the Cherokee election
was great surprise, the national party
sweeping everything and completely
routing the Downings.
JAMES L. FLOOD denies the statement
TO the effect that the Southern Pacific
Co. has borrowed $500, 600 from him.
In the statehood convention at Ell
Reno it was resolved to appeal to con-
gress to make Oklahoma and Indian
territory one state.
Two more bodies have been found
under the railway wreck at Danville,
III.
OFFICERS of the Denver Investment
Bond Co. have been arrested on a charge
of violating the postal laws and the
laws relating to lotteries.
FATHER O'LEARY denies that his dis
pute with Bishop Matz, of Denver. is at
all of the sensational nature ascribed
to it. He says it is piece of silly eX-
aggeration.
Mr. RODNEY" of Galveston, who.
with his wife. walked to the world 5
fair, will have to explain away re-
semblance between himself and one
Bert Vincent. a wife deserter of Cairo.
SETTLERS on the Winnebago and
Omaha reservation are much excited
over an order from Washington in
structing the agent to remove all the
settlers.
THE Illinois live stock commissioners
officially report that anthrax, danger
Gus contagious disease, communica BILE
to man. prevails among cattle in Ed
wards, Clay and Wayne counties.
SPEAKING of the nomination of Neal
for governor of Ohio, Gov. Mckinley
says that it means that the campaign
will be fought squarely on the tariff
issue without straddling.
CoPIoUs rains fell at Peru, Ind, and
ended an eight weeks drought 1t is so
late, however. that fully so per cent of
the corn is destroyed and potatoes are
total failure.
RAHBoADING in Omaha will have a
boom with the completion of the new
bridge at East Omaha
PRAIRIE fires are raging in the vicin-
ity of La Porte, Ind. The family of
John Pratt was surrounded by the
flames and one little girl was badly
burned.
ished the statements OF the suspended
Denver banks, and it is believed that
all of them will soon be able to resume.