The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-09
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II the Iowa senate the woman sur
| frage advocates sent in petitions with
over 5000 signatures asking equal
suffrage rights for women. AS the
| hour for a vote on the woman suffrage
drew near, women crowded into the
galleries and on the floor. The ques-
ton was the Jamison joint resolution
J for an amendment to the constitution
granting women the right to vote in
all elections and to hold any Office in
the state The constitutional amend
ment was defeated by a vote of 20 to
26.
THE first day of March was signal
lied in the Ohio coal district by the
general closing of mines In jackson
county 1000 miners were shut out and
| in other localities a similar condition
existed Trouble caused by reduction
of wages.
On the 2Sth Mr.. and Mrs. James
Brunton, an aged couple of Racine,
Wis, and domestic named Rose Conol-
ly,were overcome by coal gas,and when
found the girl was dead, and the old
people unconscious Both will proba-
bly, die.
BY an explosion of an engine at Free
ly's planning and saw mills at Warsaw,
Ind, the premises were fired. Frank
Rippy, engineer, was killed; Charles
Dawson, superintendent, was scalded
to death; William Webb, fireman, and
John Freely, owner, were fatally in
iured.
MILES FINLEN, of Alma, Mont, has
won $4,000 in a game of dice. Gen. c.
s Warren secured an option on a min
| ing claim for $4,000. Finlen offered
him $4,000 for his bargain, or s25, 900
for the mine. Warren demanded $50, =
600. Finlen proposed game of dice to
see whether he take the option off
Warren's hands at s15 900 or pay War
rem $50, 600. Warren agreed. He threw
a pair of fives. Finlen threw three
deuces and won s35.000
The opera house and an entire block
at North Baltimore, O., were burned.
Loss, $780, 200.
THE operation of the shoe factory at
the Iowa state prison has been discon-
tinued The reason given by the con-
tractors is that the work of the convicts
was not satisfactory and that it was
difficult to market the goods
IT has been decided to send survey
ing party to the Wichita mountains
again. The interior department had a
corps there all last year making sur
vey, but the work had not been COM
pleted. The object is to sectionize the
country for the purpose of enabling the
settlers to locate claims when the coun-
try is opened to settlement
A SPECIAL from Tiffin, o., said that
an explosion had wrecked Rubach's
brewery. The shock was felt for miles.
Natural gas escaped from high pres
sure main into the beer cellar, and
when the night watchman entered
with lighted torch, the explosion oc-
CURED. The brewery was raZed to the
ground. Heavy plate glass windows
were splintered by the shock two
blocks distant.
IN Fort Dodge, Ia, Colby Bros liv-
cry barn with contents was recently
destroyed by fire, and twenty-eight
horses were roasted alive.
Word came from the opal mines near
Caldwell, Idaho of the finding of the
largest opal in the world. 1t was said
to be as large as hens egg and with
out flaw. 1t was estimated that the
gem would dress 325 carats.
UNDER the authority of an act of the
state legislature the Cincinnati board
of legislation has passed an ordinance
annexing to the city the adjacent vii
lagos of Westwood, Clifton, Avondale
Linwood and Riverside. Mayor Mosby
signed the ordinance, making it imme-
diately effective. This will add from
10, 900 to Is, 600 to the population of the
city. Some of the villages may resist
annexation by an appeal to the courts.
A REVOLVING tragedy occurred at
Eugene, Ore, the other night. Albert
Moss, youth 90 years old, in frenzy
of rage attempted to assassinate the
whole Coleman family. After shoot
ing and killing one woman, badly in
juring another and fatally wounding
an old man, the young man sent a bull
| let through his own head and died.
ANOTHER attempt to destroy worlds
fair buildings was made on the 18th.
Not much damage was done.
TwENTY-FoUR inches of snow fell in
Arizona on the I'd and Sd.
AN ice gorge in the Missouri river at
Sioux City, Ia, gave way unexpectedly
and two steamboats, were caught in it
and sunk. They were the Mary Ben
nett and Vint Stillings The crews es-
capped, making their way to shore by
iumnino from one cake of ice to an.
other.