The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-23

under which w. L. Van Syckle was
trying to crawl. started suddenly and
Van Syckle was killed.
THE army rifle contests will open
September is at Fort Sheridan, Ill, un-
der the control of Capt. +. ID. Baldwin,
of the Fifth infantry.
/ THE plumbers have been in national
convention at Milwaukee. A grotesque
thing was the decorating of the walls
representing the ''Giddy Plumber" and
his exorbitant charges and amorous
doings. 1t provoked much wrath and
what was intended to be funny was de-
clared to be vile and ordered to be torn
down.
FIRE broke out in the transportation
building at the worlds fair and would
have resulted seriously but for prompt
action.
A SERIOUS accident occurred to a
coasting train on the ice railway at the
worlds fair, car jumping the track.
One person was killed and several in
jured.
CHRIS EVANS, the wounded outlaw,
has had his left hand amputated in the
Jail at Visalia, Cal Sontag was inn
proving.
THE Baackes Wire Nail Co., of Cleve-
land. O.. has assigned. Assets ample.
THE Citizens bank of Paramount, Ind.
has suspended.
A NUMBER of persons were buried by
the collapse of three story brick at
Keokuk, Ia. Several were seriously in
iured: one under the ruins was thought
to be dead.
FLYER No. on the Chicago & North
western was in collision with coal car
at Belle PLANE, la. The fireman was
killed. No passengers were injured.
SECRETARY OF STATE LEsUEUR, of
Missouri, is preparing to enforce the
anti-pool and trust law.
A YOUNG man, who has not been iden-
fed. was thrown from the big Four"
limited train at Paris, ILL.,, and fatally
injured.
Nor road in Kansas has obeyed the
law requiring track scales to be put in
at certain stations by July l. 1t is
claimed the law is defective.
INVESTIGATION showed that the miss
ing laces for the worlds fair from Italy
were not lost in this country.
AARON Cox e Co., bankers of Barnes
ville,,O., assigned recently. All depos-
itors will be paid.
AT Fanston, Ok, white and colored
citizens became involved in fight and
a number were hurt on both sides.
GEORGE BUTLER, nephew of Senator
Butler, of South Carolina, and brother
iu-la1v of ex-Chief Bushyhead, of the
Cherokee nation. was probably mortal
" wounded by Frank J. Boudinot near
Tahlequah, |. I. 1t was an accident.
The Chemical National bank. of Chi
cago, has decided to resume upon the
conditions imposed by the comptroller
of the currency.
JOHN W. FLOOD, of the Donohue-
Kelly bank, San Francisco, has been
convicted of embezzling S164,OO0.
! DARBY O'BRIEN, late captain of the
Brooklyn baseball team. died recently
at Peoria, Ill, of consumption.
IT w2s German day at the world's
fair ON the 18th. The Indiana and
Arkansas buildings were also dedi-
Gated. The events brought out an i'm
mense attendance.
THE fullbloods in the Chickasaw and
Choctaw nations have decided that the
squaw men shall be debarred from hav-
ing any share in the money which will
shortly be distributed among them.
A. w. SMITH, eX-treasurer of Clark
county, Ind. is said to be defaulter.
THE Typothete of Chicago has for
warded letter to President Cleveland
urging him to ignore the protest of the
International Typographical union in
the selection of public printer
THE report of the auditor of the
worlds fair shows that its finances are
getting in good shape.
Jul Now, a penniless Chinaman, OF
Chicago. made two attempts to drown
himself but was rescued each time.
THE wheat crop of Oklahoma is
double that of last year.
A LONE robber attempted to hold up
stage near jackson, Cal. He killed
the Fargo messenger. but got no booty.
A GRAIN clearing house is proposed a
Duluth, Mimi.
into the ditch three miles east of Hol
brook, Ariz. Engineer Oscar Frost anC
Fireman Snyder were caught in the
wreck and both badly if not fatally in.
| jured. i tramp was killed outright
AN alleged blarney stone from Ire
land has arrived at the worlds fair.
THE immense Ferris wheel is now
successfully running at the world:
fair.
A VERDICT was reached in the case OF
the first victim OF the riots on the
drainage canal at Lemont, Ill 1t cen
sures Contractors Locker, Jackson anC
Mather for shooting defenseless meT
without cause or warrant of law.
IT is reported that three of the Cimar
ron, Kan. train robbers were ARRESTED
at Hennessy. Ok.
4 GANG of five robbers attempted Il
hold up the Kansas City train as it lef
Council Bluffs, la, on the night of the
10th. They fired volley at the en-
! gineer and fireman. but were unable Il
stop the train. No one was hurt.
THE republican national league head
quarters will hereafter be at Chicago
instead of New York. Humphrey wa
retained as secretary.
THE new Childs- Drexel Printers HON,
at Colorado Springs, Col, is said to bt
going to ruin by reason of faulty con
struction.
CHAUNCEY VI. DEPEw. who is in Chi
cago. says that the financial depression
| and the attendant scare are abou
| over.
THE total paid admissions 70 tn,
worlds fair, including June Ii, wer;
2.32S, $50.
DEMOCRATIC ex-railway postal clerks
in a meeting at Cincinnati. adopted