The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-28


the harbor at San Francisco by the cap
sizing of their skiff. Henry Schroeder
and sister. George Reinfeldt and wife
were in the party. Mrs Reinfeldt was
rescued.
WHILE two soldiers were helping to
put in place piece of heavy ordnance
at the worlds fair, it slipped and
crushed them to death.
THE Minnesota legislature has ad-
iourned after an exciting session, dur
ing which numerous sensational inves-
LEGATIONS were carried on.
AN attempt was made TO wreck a
60" train between Plymouth and Col
mar, Ill. Some tramps placed a tie on
the track.
THE movement of the great Krupp
gun to Chicago was great piece OF
railroading skill.
JOHNNY COUTHRAN, aged 16, died at
Elkhart. Ind, from cigarette smoking.
THE fire in the Homestake mine,
Deadwood, S. d., has been subdued. 1t
caused heavy loss to the company.
MERCHANTS of Fort Dodge, Ia, are ex-
asperated at the board of equalization
doub bling their assessments.
IRWIN s. MERRILL. n real estate dealer
of Kansas City, who had been mourned
as dead for three years, surprised his
New York sisters by visiting them.
NIrRo-GLYCERINEex exploded at Lima, o.
Clark Robinson's head was blown off:
Benjamin Dove had part of his side
torn away.
JOHN VI. CLARK, half owner of the
property. fell upon the saws at the
Freeman Co s works at Kalkaska, Mich.
He lived few hours.
4 GIGANTIC conspiracy among officials
in the state of Washington for SNUG
Cling in Cinnamon and opium is being
investigated.
THE monster Krupp gun which will
be exhibited at the worlds fair has
been presented TO the city of Chicago
and will be mounted in a fort there.
THERE was a sensational report on
the 18th that the Missouri Pacific was
on the verge of bankruptcy. 1t was
said that there was an Indebtedness of
81. .O0O.O 600 which was concealed from
public knowledge. George Gould and
Russell Sage denied the assertions.
EVANS and Sontag. the California
train robbers who have eluded the
officers for several months, were at
Evans home in Visalia and Sheriff
Kay with posse of eight men tried to
capture them. but they escaped under
storm OF bullets, none of which hit.
THE house over the waterworks crib
-, nj
fourteen men lost their lives.
North DAKOTA had a steady fall of
snow on the 18th.
a DISPATCH from Wardner in the
Ceur d'Alene mining district reports
that town destroyed by fire. Wardner
was a place OF 1000 inhabitants.
The greatest fall of snow in given
number of hours in the history of the
signal service fell in Minnesota. begin
ming at o'clock on the night of the
10Th and ending at o'clock next night.
In the twenty-three hours there was n
fall of thirty inches at st. Cloud, TWEEN
ty-six inches at Sleepy Eye and sixteen
inches at st. Paul.
An aged man was arrested and con-
year in the penitentiary for stealing at
funerals.
Mrs. RIsTER, of indianapolis, Ind,
! identified two men whom she claimed
killed her husband few days ago.
THE schooner L. ?. Danforth was
driven ashore in Chicago, but her crew
was saved by life savers.
WORLDS fair rates have been upset by
the withdrawal of the Santa Fe from
the Western Passenger association.
IT has been discovered that inferior
stone, painted to represent the article
called for, has been put into the new
high school building at Sioux City. la.
Gov. NELSON. of Minnesota, has signed
the anti-Scalper bill, which becomes a
law July IS next. The scalpers say
they will contest it.
NINE miners perished by fire in the
Butte & Boston Co.'S shaft at Butte,
Mont.
JUDGE HALLET. at st. Louis. has de-
cided that Edison is not the inventor of
the incandescent lamp, the credit be-
longing to Henry Goebel, the invention
| dating back to 1854.
DR. E. J. SMITH. of Connorsville.
Ind. died of broken heart recently at
Washington. He was engaged seeking
an Office as pension examiner.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt
at Kingston, y. NJ
THERE was an enormous amount OF
glass broken at the worlds fair during
| the recent storm. Several exhibits
were ruined.
THE Cherokee delegation which will
make the final settlement for the strip
has left for Washington
JACOB NEWMAN, lawyer of Akron
o.. was victimized out of S29, 200 By an
old swindle.