The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-27

their entire ticket At Rockford the
license issue was hotly-contested one
and the next council will stand 9 to
in favor of license. In Benton anC
some other small points high license
!. carried.
w. L. CoRBIN, who, after trouble
with his employer. short time ago
left Xenia, o., almost penniless, is be-
ing anxiously sought for by relatives.
Corbin came from Holland. An uncle,
for whom he was named, has died in
the East Indies, leaving him about
$500, 600, which is ready to be turned
over to him So far no clew to his
whereabouts has been obtained
A RIOT occurred in Wayne county,
Mich, in which two Poles were killed
and seventeen injured. The sheriff
also lies in a precarious condition, his
body lacerated by the shovels of the
enraged rioters. The riot was brought
wages to be paid for digging trenches
for water pipes
GEORGE CROFT, keeper of billiard
saloon at Oskaloosa, Ia, fatally shot
his wife and then fired bullet through
his own head, dying instantly. He had
been leading hard life, and his wife
applied for divorce.
THE Daughters of the Revolution
planted liberty tree on the 10Th in
Golden Gate park, Cal, in soil gathered
from the graves of patriots.
A SPECIAL from Deshler, O., said that
a mob of infuriated men, women and
children nearly killed Florence Steven
son. who had been living with George
Keim, prominent business man.
Keim's wife led the mob, and the
Stevenson woman was held under the
spout of a railway water tank until
she was nearly drowned She was
then put on a train and sent out of
town. keim barely escaped hanging
and was stoned out of town.
EVERYTHING was quiet in the Polish
quarter of Detroit, Mich, on the 18th.
SANGAMON county, Ill, democratic
convention has indorsed William NJ.
Springer for congress Vote was unan-
| imouS
SAN Francisco Mardi Gras, which
has been held for three days, closed on
the night of the 10th with a grand
masquerade ball at the fair.
SIX days of rain eliminated in biz
zard at Glendale, n. D., on the 10TH
Stock on the ranges it was reported
would suffer terribly as great deal had
gone out during the previous week
TROUBLE is expected in the strike of
coal miners in the Indian territory.
The Choctaw company have 800 negroes
en- route from Texas and will try to |
run their mines without whites Every |
white miner at Krebs, Anderson and |
Hartshorn swears vengeance on the |
blacks. and say they will never enter |
the mines to take their places
HEAVY hailstorm visited Brook |
ings s. d., on the 10Th, and nearly |
every pane of glass in the southern and |
eastern ends of the residence and bust
ness houses was destroyed. The agri-
cultural college suffered about 500
loss in glass The rain fell in torrents
and the storm was accompanied by |
fierce lightning. 1t was expected that
there would be reports of storm dam
age from the country, as hail three
inches in circumference fell
The new fire and police board at |
Denver. Col, has ordered a strict en-
forcement of the laws against gambling
and lotteries. The gambling houses
and lottery shops, numbering SC en-
teen, will all be closed.
FROM the northwest corner of the
Creek nation comes news of bloody
fight with cattle thieves. Vigilants
surrounded Bruce and Ed Miller and
Dutch John, finally killing the last
named. The othe s escaped, but
posse is in pursuit
E. S. n. MORGAN, ex-secretary and
acting governor of the territory of
Wyoming, died at his home at Chey-
enne. Deceased was twice a member
of the Pennsylvania legislative assem-
bly, and was appointed secretary of
Wyoming by President Garfield
IN turning the soil in the vicinity of
Moweaqua, ILL.,, a number of farmers
have discovered large numbers of To-
Gusts of extraordinary size This APP
pears to confirm the rapidly spreading
belief that we are to have the seven
teen-year locusts this year.
Dock Bishop and Frank Latham
were 1ynched for horse stealing by set {.
tiers living near Watonga, Ok. Both
men belonged to gang that was sys- {
stealing horses from the
settlers and driving them into the Pan 4
Handle of Texas. {
PATRICK j. SULLIVAN, who stabbed
his wife to death on the streets of San.
Francisco year and half ago, was g
hanged at the San Quentin prison I
HENRY RTTTEK, en- route to the
Brooklyn penitentiary, escaped from
the train at South Portsmouth, O., the {
other night He was under life sem
tence for six train robberies in Arkan- '
sas There is no clew to his method of
{
Two of the public schools in Chicago a
have been closed on account of small II
pox. I
The Los Angeles steamer, of the t
Pacific company's line, ran on the v
rocks at Point Sur lighthouse, Cal, t
and sank The passengers and crew
took to the boats, but several were T
drowned ~
NEWS is received of phenomenally d
rich gold discoveries in the Dixie dis 7
trict in Ada county, Idaho. Rock is a
found that runs thousands of dollars to n
the ton, some specimens being half
gold. Very rich placer ground has also n
been found. q
THE American Water Co.'S plant and ;,
in Denver, Col, was sold at :,
auction, under order of court, by Com I
missioner Sullivan for 81 900, 600. and :.
he mortgage bonds for $40 OO0 The