The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

An order has been posted in the Mid
land shops at Colorado City, Col, which
orders the shops closed on Tuesdays
Fridays and Saturdays until further
notice. The men are complaining
against the cut at this time OF the year.
The pressure brought to bear on
Gov. Markham, of California, resulted
in the governor committing the sen
tence of murderer McNulty to life
prisonment- mas been made
| A BIG geld from Socorro, N. NJ, in
elgef canyon. The vein, which was
uncovered by recent rains, has been
prospected for 1900 feet 1t is from
four to six feet wide and assays from
$40 to 5000 ton.
| REV. DIR THOMAS II. SKINNER, of Chi
cago, has given s25. 900 to Parsons col
lege at Fairfield. la.
NEAR Chandler. Ok, Allen Flint shot
David Emory in a quarrel over claim
contest, the entire load of the shotgun
entering his head.
An attempt to hang Congressman
Baldwin in effigy at Duluth, Mimi, for
his vote regarding tariff on ore created
riot, which was suppressed by the po-
lice.
THE rope broke at the execution of
Painter at Chicago for the murder OF
his mistress. He was sent through the
trap second time.
The circuit court at Toledo. O., re-
fused the petition of the Clover Leaf
trainmen for restoration of the old
rate of wages A reduction had been
made by the receivers some time ago.
ALDERMAN JEREMIAH M. MULvIHILI.,
of the Seventeenth ward, was shot and
fatally wounded in Chicago. Michael
Fewer fired the shot, and he is under
arrest
The Western Passenger association
seems to be tottering and dissolution
is expected daily. Officials of the Santa
Fe were in correspondence with the re
ceivers concerning the withdrawal of
that road from the association.
THE Chicago. Burlington & Quincy's
new switch yards at Galesburg. ILL., have
been closed, throwing 100 men out of
work. Officials say they do not expect
business to pick up for year.
For belief in the power of witches,
contrary to the teachings of the Meth
odist church, Norman Bleam and
Howard Hughes and his wife were
tried and expelled from Harts church
near Salem, o.
The midwinter fair at San Fran
cisco, was opened on the 27th. The
10 h01
CARLTON B. LARBELL, shipping
clerk of the Northwest Electric Co.,
and wife were overcome by the fumes
from a gas stove at St Paul, MINI.
Mr.. Larbell being dead when found
and his wife dying a couple of hours
later. The pipe became disconnected
from the stove and the gas filed their
house.
THE executive committee of the Re-
publican league of Colorado has adopt
ed resolutions asking the national ex-
ecutive committee to postpone the Re-
publican National league convention
in Denver from May to June IL.
PAINTERS death had a depressing
influence on the men confined in ''mur-
derers' row. in the county Jail at Chi
cago. Patrick Prendergast, condemned
to die for the murder of Carter Har-
rison, took no pains to conceal his grief
over the execution of Painter.
MANY passengers were injured by
trolley car accident on the outskirts of
San Francisco.
JUDGE DUNDY, in the United States
court at Omaha, Neb, made an order
in the Union Pacific receivership case
which cuts the salaries and wages of
every employe on the system. Trouble
with the men was anticipated.
ENGINE No. GAL on the Iron Mountain
railroad blew up at Poplar Bluff, Mo.
The engineer was blown fifty feet from
the engine.
Four churches of Englewocd, Chi
cago suburb, took up the question of
the increased tax on whisky, and
adopted memorials to congress asking
for s.. so tax per gallon on that liquor.
GOLD. silver and lead have been dis.
covered in Spruce Hill, near Bourne
vile, Ross county, O., by A. w. Stretch
er, of Xenia, who became wealthy by
similar discoveries in California forty
years ago.
IN the damage suit for SIS. 600
brought against the Wabash railway
by the Logansport Manufacturing Co.
for the burning of its factory at Lo-
gansport, Ind, the jury, after being
out fifty-four hours. failed to agree and
was discharged.
THE midwinter fair was opened by
Gov. Markham at San Francisco on the
27th.
THE Hover oat meal mills at Akron,
owned by the American Cereal Co,
burned recently. The mills have not
been in operation for some time, but
there was much valuable machinery in
them Loss, 500, 900; insurance, $780,