The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

LOUIS LANCE, the well known Ger
man publisher, died at st. Louis, aged
"a years The deceased was a native
of Hesse, Germany. During the war
he was business manager of the State
Journal, which was confscated by the
government.
THE men who defended the Illinois
Central express train against highway
men at Centralia, Ill, are to be re-
warded for their bravery. The Illinois
Central and American Express Co. have
decided to bestow rewards, which will
consist of six gold medals and $4,000.
CORAL, Montcalm county, Mich, has
been nearly destroyed by fire. 1t was
place of about GOO population.
The Tifiin (O.) agricultural works
have gone into the hands of receiver.
Too much stock made up and on hand.
A HEAVY frost has seriously damaged
the broom corn crop in Cole. Edgar and
Douglass counties, Ill
THERE is considerable alarm at Mar
shall, Ill. over the diphtheria epidemic
prevailing there.
THE worlds fair congress auxiliary
in connection with the international
committee of the Young Mems Chris
tian association, has just issued a call
for the congress of the Y. NJ. c. A. of
the world, to be held on October in
memorial art palace.
THE Michigan Central Railroad Co.
has armed all its employees and express
messengers.
A A II hoy hn flf n
farmer near Oakland, ILL.,, attempted
suicide because his father whipped him.
In a collision on the Grand Trunk
railway at Bellevue, Mich, several
prominent people of Detroit were killed.
THERE was scene of excitement
during a great crush at the Indiana
state building at the worlds fair on
the 27th. A panic was only averted by
the coolness of ex-President Harrison.
CAssIUs BELDING, an insane painter,
created panic on the Chicago board
of trade by suddenly firing five shots
into the crowd. He wounded two men
badly and one woman slightly, but
none of them fatally.
The four Chinese arrested in San
Francisco last Monday We're ordered
deported by Circuit Judge McKenna-
Bail was refused and notice of an ap-
peal given.
AT the examination of the Mineral
Range train robbers George La Lib
erty, one of the robbers, told how it
was done. His evidence tended to con-
firm the belief that the booty was stolen
from the robbers, as they claim.
JACK CoNNoRs and Eva Flint, charged
with being implicated in the Kendall
vile train robbery, had a preliminary
hearing at Auburn, Ind, and both
were bound over for trial
FRANK 2. NELSON, one of the wealth.
lest men in Greencastle, Ind, indorsed
paper for manufacturing firm there
and in consequence made an assign
ment.
THE race from Chicago to Milwau-
kee, between the whalebach Christie
pher Columbus and the Goodrich line
steamer. Virginia, was won by the for
me- by 0:4:15.
billy DEUTsCH, known in all sport
ing circles of this country and Europe,
died of consumption at Denver, Col.
AT Crystal Falls, Mich, the Michi-
CANINE river broke into and flooded
the Mansfield mine, drowning twenty
eight miners who were at work on one
of the upper levels.
THE unprecedented drought in Iowa
was broken by a steady downpour of
rain. The pastures are probably dried
up past reviving, but the benefit to
winter wheat, wells, streams and fall
blowing will be lncalculable.