The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-08

] No agreement was reached at ths
| conference between the board of South
from the board of directors of the
Columbian exposition in regard to the
disposition of the buildings in jackson
park.
JOHN w. MITCHELL, three times mil
lionaire, who died a few days ago
leaves IS. 600 to each of the towns OF
Turlock, MERGED. Modesto and Atwater,
Cal, for public libraries
HIGHwAYMEN attempted to hold up
the outbound stage to Cripple Creek,
eighteen miles from Canon City, Col
The passengers showed fight and the
robbers were repulsed. No one was re-
ported hurt.
AFTER a trial at Lincoln, Neb, last
ing two days, Congressman Mckeighan
was discharged on the charge of at
tempting to defraud the Lindell hotel
of board bill
The Iowa City Qa.) Republican
building was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, about half
The Republicans loss is very heavy.
JAMES n. GAMBLE has entered a
friendly suit against the Cincinnati
Daily Tribune,Co. for s., 500, and for an
order to assess the stockholders to the
extent of their liabilities Later the
Tribune assigned to it's late president,
Mr.. A. A. Ferris.
THE 400 miners at the Winthrop,
Mich, mine struck against store orders,
and the mine will probably close for the
winter. In August the men had agreed
to receive pay in store orders rather
than have the mine closed down.
AT the Afro-American conference at
Cincinnati the committee reported in
favor of emigration to Africa, but the
discussion was altogether opposed to it.
THE town of Durant. /. T.. was al
most entirely destroyed by a fire sup
posed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
JOHN JENNINGS, a prisoner in charge
of United States Deputy Marshal
Adams. on his way to Columbus, o.,
jumped from train at Rockville, Mo-,
and made his escape.
CITIZENS of Woodward. Ok, are dis
pleased with the conduct of Register
Hammock, and have petitioned the in
terror department for his removal
4 SPECIAL from Noblesville, Ind,
says: THE order of the United States
court prohibiting the American Straw
board Co. from continuing in operation
throws about $50 men out of employ
ment Many of the men are indebted
to building associations and may lose
their houses in consequence of the shut
down"
NEAR Glendale, Marshall county, on
the Ohio river train, G. III. Simmons, of
Columbus. O., travelling salesman for a
New York house. was struck on the
head and fatally wounded by Charles
Bartlett, the train newsboy, whom
Simmons had been annoying.
Miss MAMIE CAMERON has secured
verdict of $500 damages against the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Co. for putting her off the train at Nor
man, Ok, instead of Moore, her desti-
nation, as shown by her ticket.
SCHAEFER has announced that other
eHSd1eIneutS Will prevent hin from
meeting Ives in the billiard game ar
ranged for January %. The thing has
all fallen through.
The east bound passenger train on
the Indiana & Illinois Southern road
consisting of combination car and
coach, was derailed about quarter of
a mile east of New London, Ill, both
cars leaving the track and rolling down
an embankment Several passengers
were severely injured.
THE white performers on San Fran
cisco's variety stage have formed
union against the recognition of the
negro.
THE Haymarket theater at Halstead
and Madison streets, Chicago, caught
fire. and in about an hour the theater
proper was entirely ruined while the
stores in front were badly damaged
and the offices were destroyed.
AT Tiffin, o., the works of the Amer
lean Crayon Co. burned. Loss. $40, 900.
1t was the largest of three in this coun-
try