The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-08-04

delaying trains. They are OF the native
variety.
Gov. BoIEs, of Iowa, says he will
again accept the democratic nomina-
ton, contrary to previous assertions
that he would not.
The Obermann Brewing Co., of Mil
waukee has assigned.
COMMISSIONER ST. CLAIR, of West Vir-
ginia, had fight with gatemen and
| guards at the worlds fair.
Mrs. LEONARD FRITsCHE was assas-
sinated at an early hour in her home at
Burlington, Ia.
TwENTY-oNE worlds fair excursion
lists were injured in wreck on the
Pittsburgh & Western railway, at Mon
roe Falls, o.
A PREACHER named Jones, near Bed
ford, Ia, has been arrested for draw
ing a pension belonging to another
Jones.
The B. & o. road is back of West
Virginia coal syndicate that is trying
to crowd all other coke out of the west
ern markets.
ACLEvER swindler is said to have de-
frauded Chicago banks out of 100000.
FIRES were raging along the lines OF
the Green Bay & Chicago and Milwau-
lkee & St Paul in Wood county, Wis,
where large cranberry marshes are To-
Gated. The loss was estimated in the
thousands
DAME ARRATA, an Italian, was taken
from the Jail and hanged by mob in
Denver.
The Avery stamping works at Cleve-
land. O., has passed into receivers
hands to avoid meeting an assignment
The assets are estimated at $500, 600 and
the liabilities at about 100000.
CLARENCE NJ. OvERMAN, late presi-
dent and director of the Citizens ma
tional bank, of Hillsboro, O., has been
arrested for embezzling $4,000.
WESTERN passenger association lines
have boycotted the Tennessee Mid
land.
Two banks failed at Helena, Mont,
on the 9th. causing run on the others
GENERAL MANAGER W. S. MELLEN, of
the Northern Pacific, died on the Pa
cific coast recently.
TRAINMEN and a marshals posse at
Princeton, Ind, had hard fight with
about thirty tramps who had boarded
a train.
THE two huge boilers of the Belle
vile Distillery Co. at Belleville, Ill,
exploded with terrific force, tearing
the boiler house to fragments and bad
ly wrecking part of the main building.
THE clearing house committee of
Chicago has decided to issue clearing
house certificates.
A SERIOUS state of affairs existed at
Denver, Col, owing to the vast num-
bers of unemployed, who were holding
meetings and threatening to loot the
city National banks requested the
protection of the United States mill
tary, which they were able to do, being
national repositories
CASHIER OvERToN S. PRICE, of the
Citizens national bank, of Hillsboro,
O., is under arrest.
THERE was a bitter wrangle on about
arbitrary freight rates between the
iobbers of Omaha and Council Bluffs.
THE First national bank of Great
Falls, Mont, suspended, owing to the
Helena bank suspensions. 1t was be-
lieved it would soon resume.
THE worlds fair management is again
undecided about Sunday opening.
THREE harvest excursions for points
in the west and south. at worlds fair
rates, have been arranged by the West
ern Passenger association.
THE Roby clearinghouse at Decatur.
Ill, has been set on fire four times
within thirty-eight days.
NINETY-SIX business houses were de-
stroyed and sixteen families were made
homeless by fire at Fifield, Wis.
THE Standard Oil Co. is again in COM
plete control of Colorado. It's rival. the
Rocky Mountain Oil Co., is no more.
and the big petroleum monopoly has
| the field 10 itself once more.
THERE We're runs at Chippewa Falls,
Wis, caused by the failure of Sey-
mour's private bank.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL Nix has in
his possession about fifty head of cattle
which he confscated from the gang oi
horse and cattle thieves who were
| captured in the Cherokee strip.