The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
GENERAL NEWS,

THE deadlock in the Oregon legisla-
ture was broken on the 23d by the elec-
ton of George w. Mcbride for United
States senator to succeed Senator Dolph.
Ex-TREAsURER WOODRUFF, of Arkan-
sas, was convicted of embezzlement
after four trials and punishment fixed
at one year in the penitentiary.
WALTERG. HAMMER, for twenty years
the trusted teller of the First national
bank at Lynchburg, Va, was arrested,
charged with embezzling SOS, 600 of the
banks funds. The announcement
startled the community.
JOSEPH d. HALL, of North Beach,
Nd, was frozen to death while at
tempting to drive across Sinepuxpunt
bay on the ice. His horse dead and
buggy were later found fast in the ice.
A NUMBER of members of the Ameri-
can Bimetallic league met on the 22d
in Washington. The greatest secrecy
was maintained as to the conference.
A rumor has been in circulation, how
ever, to the effect that they were for
mulating a plan which, if carried out,
would result in placing a national sill
yer ticket in the field for the next ma
tional campaign.
FAILURES for the week ended Febru-
ary % Dun's deport) were SOC in the
United States against 2ss last year, and
S6 in Canada against 81 last year.
A FREE-FoR-ALL fight took place on
the 2lst at the republican city conven-
ton at Chicago during the discussion
of credentials The delegates armed
themselves with canes and chairs and
pounded each other energetically and
indiscriminately. The battle lasted for
a quarter of an hour, resulting in
many bad bruises and sadly battered
hats Police interference stopped the
row.
THE steamer Gilcher was burned on
Lake Michigan and her crew of
eighteen men lost.
WOMAN suffrage has been beaten in
the North Dakota house by a vote of
so to 25.
The California assembly has passed
the bill to prevent the wearing of hats
or bonnets in theaters or other places
of public amusement The bill i'm
poses a penalty of $50 for violation of
law.
A DISPATCH from Vienna says that
twenty persons were frozen to death in
Galicia in two days recently and that
the severe weather continued through
ont central Europe. The lake of Zurich
and the southern half of the lake of
LUcerne were entirely frozen over.
JAMES B. GENTRY, the murderer of
Madge Yorke, the actress, was found
unconscious on a doorstep in Phila-
delphia. He was taken to a hospital,
where he regained consciousness, ad-
mitted his identity and crime and said
he had stabbed himself with suicidal
intent.
THERE have been serious disturb
Rnces arising from demonstrations of
students at ST. Petersburg and the
demonstrations became so riotous that
soldiers were summoned to quen them.
The students resisted and fierce fight
ensued. Order was not restored be-
fore many of the students had been ar
rested.
The woman's suffrage bill passed
the assembly Of the California state
Legislature on the 18th by vote OF 45
to 20.
MAYOR HOLLIS. of Des Moines. Ia, is
being investigated on the charge of
having sold gambling privileges to GER
tain men.
THE Children's Jacket Makers union
o. the Knights OF Labor at New York
went on a strike on the Goth. Alto
gether 1900 are out, including about
500 women.
THE annual meeting of the depart
ment Of superintendent of the Nation
al Educational association convened at
Cleveland. O., on the 10Th.