The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-25

1 the family OF MarU AlQer was pOlSOHcu
by some unknown person. A brother
of Alder called at the house and found
the entire family, consisting of Alder
and wife and two small children. pros
trate on the dining-room floor, the two
children dead. The mother was be-
yond the reach of medicine and Alder
very ill. 1t was thought that some
enemy of the family put poison in the
well.
A SEVERE storm at saltwater, Mimi,
on the night of the 18th did considera-
BILE damage, streets being washed out
badly. Several houses fell into gully
30 feet deep. The yards and shops of
the state penitentiary were flooded.
| There will be no trains for several
days, all the railroad tracks being bad
ly washed out.
JUDGE CHETLAIN, of Chicago. found
Election Commissioners w. A. Hutch
ings, Henry Schooner and p. III. keenan,
guilty of contempt of court in refusing
to produce for the grand jury's use bal
lots as ordered by the court. fined them
| 81 900 each and ordered them to be COM
mitted to Jail until the fines should be
paid.
A COLD storage building. recently
erected at Meadow Lake, Mimi. was
wrecked by dynamite and an attempt
made to fire another similar building.
The trouble is attributed to the oppo-
sition to the sale of liquor in the vii
lage.
OFFICIALS of the Grand Trunk an
nounced on the Chicago board of trade
that pending settlement of the coal
strikes no more grain would be received
for shipment.
The Rush river valley, Minnesota.
was scene of complete devastation on
the 18th. and buildings not washed
away by the floods were in many in
stances ruined and covered up with
mud. Merchandise stocks in several
stores were total loss. The loss will
reach 100000 or more.
THE road from Sonora. Cal. up to
Strawberry station. distance of 81
miles. was lined with dead sheep on
! the 18th, through a snow and wind
storm that prevailed in that section.
At one place 1000 sheep were found
frozen to death in one heap where
they had tried to find shelter among
the trees. The snow was . feet deep
on top of them.
THE storm which swept over Lake
Michigan on the 18th was the most dis
astrous one for years. Eight vessels
were driven ashore within the city linn
its of Chicago and ten men of their
crews are known to be drowned and
the boats and cargoes utterly lost. The
shore for a distance of forty miles was
strewn with wrecks.
In Cleveland. o., the miners held a
final consultation on the 18th. at
which it was decided to continue the
fight until the operators agree to re-
store the old scale.
THE limit set by the miners union in
the Ceur d'Alene Qda.) region for all
non-union men to join the union or
quit work expired on the 18th. Af-
fairs there have assumed an ugly look.
Gov. Mcconnell has been advised that
serious trouble is imminent and that
the militia is powerless.
THE main building of the Hillsboro.
o., Female college burned recently.
Loss, $500 insurance. $4,000.
In Tower Hill. Ill. fire destroyed an
entire block of business in the center
of the town. Eight buildings and con-
tents were destroyed. with total loss
of about $4,000. partially insured.
A APARTY left Port Huron. Mich, in a
/ tug to rescue the crew of the schooner
! Shupe. which was on a sand reef six
miles away. and just as they reached the
wreck the tug capsized and four out
! of five men were drowned. the fifth one
barely managing to swim ashore.
In Goshen. Ind, fire destroyed the
five-story brick factory of Stutz *
Walker. carriage manufacturers. The
loss is S35. 900: insurance. S2s.000.
AKRON. O.. had fire on the 10Th. a
planning mill and two livery stables be-
| ing burned and several blocks damaged.
Loss. 100000.
ALL the CoXeyites captured at For
sythe. Mont. by the militia. for stealing
a train. have appeared before Federal
Judge Knowles. Forty-three. includ-
| ing the leaders. were sentenced to the
county jail for from thirty days to six
months. and others have been liberated
on promising not to interfere with
Northern Pacific trains. The liberated
number about 200.
THE porch of Antonio Bustemente's s
building at Yuma. Ariz.. fell and Mrs.
Bustemente and one of her daughters
were killed. Bustemente's leg was
broken. and three other daughters
were painfully injured.