The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-26

ALEXANDER Ross, cashier of the First
national bank at Lead, S. d., has been
arrested. charged with embezzling
nearly s25, 600.
THE Royal Furniture & Carpet Co.,
of St Paul, Mimi, has assigned. A re-
cent statement made by the firm places
the assets at s125, 900 and the liabilities
at $50, 900.
AT Cheyenne. Wyo., in the United
States court. William NJ. Mast, late
postmaster of that city. was acquitted
of the charge of embezzlement of postal
funds
THE Cherokee council has adjourned.
Before adjourning a bill was passed
creating a commission of five to treat
with the United States commissioner
for statehood.
The board of Kent county, Mich, SUI
pervisors has offered reward of $500
for the arrest of the murderer or muir
derers of Mrs Miles McKendrick.
RUDOLPH ]. PEscHMANN, the confessed
murdered of Mrs Schrums, was ar
raigned in the municipal court at Mil
waukee. He waived preliminary ex-
animation and was held for trial with
out bail.
WILLIAM SUTLEY and Judson Tyler,
two young men who had previously
borne excellent reputations, were ar
rested on the charge of burglary at
Fort Wayne, Ind. Later they caused
sensation by confessing to seven
burglaries in which they were the ring
leaders.
DANIEL BENTON, slias Bill Newby,
convicted of presenting false pension
claim, was brought to Springfield, ILL,
from the Chester penitentiary. and
after giving s2,5oo bond was released.
pending the decisions of the United
States supreme court, which granted a
supercedeas in the cese.
The chairman of the Democratic state
central committee of Minnesota has
rendered his resignation, closing his
letter with an attack on the national
administration.
THE Wyoming supreme court has de-
cided that bitches and water right pass
title with the transfer of the land on
which they exist
THREE young men were on trial for
two days at Carthage, Ill, on charges
of cruelty in killing cats
ALBERT BAMBERGER, the murderer of
the Kreider family of six persons in
North Dakota, was hanged on the scene
of his crime.
wills HOWARD was hanged at Leb-
anon, Mo-, for the murder of a deaf
mute. Howard had been mixed up in
kentucky feuds and was reputed to
have killed many men and been guilty
of other crimes =
A WELCOME rain was reported in Kan
sas and Missouri on the 10th. The
drought had lasted many weeks.
The Standard Oil plant at La Porte,
Ind, has been advertised to be sold for
taxes 1t is a wrangle between the
company and the authorities.
EX-Gov. WILLIAM GILPIN died re-
Gently at Denver, Col. He was a noted
pioneer of the west and was born Octo-
Der 4, 1873
BISHOP SPALDING, of Peoria, Ill, in
an interview at Rome, says the mission
of Mgr. Satolli to the United States has
been of little benefit to the church.
An attempt was made recently to
blow up Gov. Renfrow at Guthrie, Ok
IT is asserted that A. p. Stanford,
brother of the late Leland Stanford,
will contest the latter's will, not being
satisfied with the 500, 900 left him by
the deceased senator.
BROKERS on the Chicago board of
trade were excited for a time by the
falling of piece of granite from the
tower of the building. No one was
hurt, but it gave rise to many rumors
about the safety of the building.
CAPT. 7. L. BANGS, of Seattle, Wash,
has confessed to having scuttled the
schooner Mary L. Parker, of which he
was master, to obtain the insurance.
Maximum punishment for the crime is
fine of $4,000 and ten years impris-
onment.
A WAGON containing six persons was
run into by a passenger train on the
Toledo & Ohio Central railway, at the
northern outskirts of Findlay, o. Two
of the occupants were killed and two
wounded.
A SWITCH engine of the Belt railroad
of East St Louis ran down the incline
just at the head of the island opposite
Carr street and plunged into the river.
George Kirby, the engineer, was
drowned The fireman escaped by
jumping.
THE premature explosion of bias,
at the state ditch near Canyon City,
Col, ignited some powder on the ground
near a group of convicts Joseph Cor
dell was instantly killed, and ]. F.
Ramsey, William McManus, w. C
Baughman and Michael Martino were
seriously injured
The mayor of Cincinnati has beer
authorized to expend 800, 900 from the
contingent fund of the city for the ben.
eft of the unemployed The plan is te
use it in promoting such repairs ant
other work as is needed.
BENJAMIN C. FAURATT, former presi
dent of the defunct Lima. O., national
bank, has been arrested upon charge
of swindling.
THE steel works of the Colorado Fue,
& Iron Co at Pueblo have resumed
operations Seven hundred men ar,
employed.
THE SOUTH.
A RECEIVER for the Fort Smith, Ark.
Gazette has been asked for.
AN attempt at wholesale assassina
ton of negroes is reported from Clincl
county, Ga
CoTToN manufacturing is reported
fiourishing in North and South Caro-
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Gov. TURNEY has announced that h,
will call an extra session of the Tennes
sac Legislature
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