The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-08

IT is said an agreement has been
reached whereby two of the condemned
Choctaws are to die and the others are
to have a new trial
THE Equitable Accident Insurance
Co., of Denver, will wind up its affairs
THROUGH the error of some one the
iron and steel work of the Bellefon-
tame, Ill, bridge has been found to be
misft, and it will not go together as
it should. In consequence fifty men
we're laid off and work will be delayed
until the error can be rectifed.
A NUMBER of business buildings were
burned at Villa Grove, Ill.
A RoUND-TRIP rate of one fare plus 50
has been made for the St Louis EXPOSE
ton and one fare for the st. Louis fair.
THE total valuation of Illinois
property for taxation purposes is only
s761, $50, 6S1, counting in Chicago.
Watches are valued at an average of
50. OF, while all the diamonds and jew
elry in the state is rated at 1878
HUNGARIAN miners engaged in a
fight near Streator, Ill, and one was
killed and several were wounded.
MISSOURI day was celebrated at the
fair on the 3Oth with an ella borate pro-
gramme. which was carried out in the
state building.
AT Caddo, ]. T., Tandy Folsom,
United States deputy marshal and n
member of the Indian police, killed
Capt. Duraut, a Choctaw officer, in a
quarrel growing out of the latter's at
taropt ~ introduce whisky
A TURBULENT mob of Chicago unem-
ployed created disturbance on the
lake front, and for a little while it
looked as if there would be serious
riot, but the police broke up the mob.
JUDGE Ross, in the United States dis
trict court at Los Angeles, Cal, hand
ed down an opinion declaring that the
warrant for the arrest of the Cinnamon
under section 6 of the Geary law can
be issued with the complaint when its
verification is in proper form.
BEEsoN. the Oklahoma commissioner
of the worlds fair, was found guilty of
corruption in pretending to obtain
prizes for exhibitors.
BRUCE, the safe-blower in Jail at
Terre Haute, Ind, has been positively
identified as the man who stole SIS, 900
worth of diamonds from Pollacl1, of
New York, on a c., b. & Q. train.
THOMAS WILKINSON, president of the
collapsed Indiana-Chicago electric road
scheme, claims that Inventor Penning-
ton hypnotized him.
A RoUND-TRIP rate of Sos has been
made from Missouri river points to Cali
fornia.
BY direction of the president, the
local land office at Beaver, Ok. has
been discontinued and its business
transferred and consolidated with the
Woodward land office, in the Cherokee
outlet.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to
start the Diamond plate glass works in
Kokomo and Elwood, Ind, employing
l, 400 men. They closed down in May
and have since been idle.
IT has transpired that the mysterious
death of Mr.. Thomas Shortell, at st.
Louis, was a case of suicide, he having
been driven to desperation by an anony-
nous letter writer.
CHICAGO papers announce that the
Clingman suit against the closing of
the worlds fair on Sunday will be de-
cided against Clingman. This means
permanent Sunday closing of the ex-
position.
A GENUINE case of leprosy has been
found in the penitentiary at Laramie,
Wyo. Ed Fisher, prisoner, is the vic
tim. He has been examined by num-
Der of physicians in the last few weeks
and they unite in saying that it is
leprosy.
JUDGE GoGGIN at Chicago continued
the worlds fair closing case for sixty
days This will keep the fair open on
Sundays until its close. Goggin refused
to respect the opinions of two other
judges whom he had invited to act with
him, causing them to feel much offend
ed at his behavior.
DANIEL BUTLER was burned to death
in a fire at Beardstown, Ill, which de-
stroyed the Commercial hotel and other
buildings
Gov. ALTGELD in an interview depre-
Gates the newspaper talk about activ-
ity among anarchists in Chicago.
THE Kansas board of health is ar
ranging for thorough investigation of
the sanitary condition of the state.
THE paid attendance of the world S
fair for the month of August has SIR
passed that of any previous month by
over GOO, 600. The total paid attendance
| for August, not including the 31st, was
$500, Ala
JUDGE GEORGE SHORT, of the Superior
court of Chicago, died recently of con-
sumption
NJ. V. CANNON, president of the Irish
National league, was married to Mary
E. johnson at Rock Island, Ill.
JUDGE THOMAS NJ. COOLEY, of Mich
igan. chairman of the interstate COM
merce commission, was elected presi-
dent of the American Bar association
at Milwaukee.
PRESIDENT WOODRUFF and other
high dignitaries of the Mormon church
have been visiting the sacred ground, "
the temple lot at Independence, Mo.
CEDAR RAPIDS and other Iowa towns
are suffering from sugar famine.
THE Rock Island has been admitted
to membership in the Southwestern
Traffic association.
WILLIAM A. PINKERToN says the
| Identification of Bruce at Terre Haute,
Ind, is part of scheme to secure the
release of Mccoy, who is in fact the
man who stole Pollack's diamonds on
the train in Iowa
STREET car employees struck at Du-
| luth, Mimi
| THE SOUTH.
Col. Louis J. DCPRE, one of the best
known newspaper men in the south,