The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-20
REID BURNED OUT.
Whitelaw Reds Magnificent Eesi-
denoe Destroyed by Fire-Loea
$500. 600.
Terrible Naphtha Explosion in Ken
tucky-Six Men Drowned Near
Calgary.
Three Fishermen Drowned Rear Calt.-
more-Railroad Accidents and 0:he,
Nishap&

WHITE PLAINS, N. ", July 16.-Tirs
broke out in the old Ben Holiday stone
mansion, on the Ophyr farm, about three
miles from this place, now owned by
Whitelaw Reid, Of the Tribune. The build.
ing was one Of the famous landmarks in
West Chester County, having been stand.
ing for over eOo years. Last year Mr..
Reid purchased the place from the
estate Of John Roche, and commenced
the refitting Of the interior upon .
magnificent scale. The dining room, 50x23
feet. was finished In hard wood with heavy
carving over the doors Of clusters Of fruits
and various kinds Of game. The frescoing
Of the fourteen rooms on the first floor
were magnificent. There were in all City.
four large rooms in the castle, which were
all finished. The origin Of the fire is not
definitely known, but it is q defective flue
or the presence of the electric light wires.
The loss on the building will reach nearly
x50O,0 Insured for about two-thirds Of
that amount. The question Of rebuilding
the castle will be determined in the future,
after the condition Of the walls, which ere
| still standing, have been examined.
COLLISION ON THE B. 4 N.
| LINCOLN, Neb., July 1.-THE rear coach
! Of passenger train No. 3, on the Burlington
& Missouri, which left this city at 1918
Saturday night, was run into at Berks Sid
ing, four miles this side of Crete, and four
or five persons injured. The colorcd por-
ter of the Pullman car was the person most
seriously injured, and it is thought that he
can not live. There We're many narrow es-
capes. A wrecking train which started
from Lincoln to the scene of the disaster
struck an open switch just out of the city
and was derailed, causing considerable de-
lay in reaching the wreck.
AN UGLY LOOKING wATERspoUr.
SWEET SPRINGS, NO., July 16.-Thc re.
port gained currency throughout the State
since Saturday afternoon that Sweet
| Springs had been devastated by another
| cyclone, and q number of kilograms were
received here yesterday inquiripg after the
safety Of friends sojourning at the sum-
| mer resort here. The report probably
| started from the fact that an ugly looking
| waterspOut passed over Sedalia about four
| p. III.
SIX MEN DROWNED.
WINNIPEG, Man., July 15.-On Friday
nine employees of the Eau Claire Lumber
Company attempted to cross the Bow river
| above Cananasky rapids, near Calgary, in
a row boat. While making q landing on
the other side they lost their oars and
| drifted down over the rapids and six Of
them, four Scandinavians and two Cam
adams, were drowned. The other three
| managed to reach the shore.
FIRE IN A PENrTENrIARY.
BUFFALO, N. V, July l6.-Between ono
| and two O'Clock yesterday morning fro
destroyed the barrel and pail shops in tho
Erie County penitentiary on Fifth street,
| causing loss of $4,000. The main prison
was not harmed and there was no great
| excitement among the convicts who, in
their cells, were quietly made to UNDER
stand that there was no danger. They Will
now temporarily be completely idle.
YOUNG LADY KILLED.
YORK, Pa, July 16.-Saturday evening
about eight O'Clock Miss Emma Rhodes,
fourteen years of age, and Miss Annie
| Frysinger, aged seventeen, both dOmestics
| of New Holland, Pa, while walking on the
railroad track about seven miles north Of
the city, were run down by train on the
| Northern Central railroad. Miss Frysinger
was instatly killed. Miss Rhodes will re-
cover.
| GAS TANKS EXPLODE.
CINCINNATI, July Height gas tanks il,
Ludlow, KY, exploded Saturday afternoon
and injured fifteen men, four Of them
fatally. The gas is generated from naphtha
for the railroad and sleeping cars. The
escape of a small quantity from one tank
caused the explosion which exploded the
other seven. The fatally injured are:
Frank Collins, Michael WEIGH, George Adj
Olson, David Harris.
TEXAS FEVER.
| WELLINGTON. Kan, July ia report
reached this city late last night that Texas
| fever had made its appearance in the Ter
ritory and prominent cattlemen immedi-
ately left to remove their cattle from the in
fected district. The fever is reported to
have broken out five miles southeast Of
Hunnewell, at which place eighty out OF
q bunch Of 80 are reported dead already.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE.
AsHEvrLLE, N. c., July 16.-Two freight
trains collided on the Western North Caro-.
lima railroad near this place yesterday
morning, wrecking both engines and
brakeman was killed and five persons
| wounded, though not seriously.
RouNDRoUsE BURNED.
MEXICO, No., July l6.-The roundhouso
| of the Alton RAILROAD, in this city, burned
at four O'Clock Saturday morning. 1t is not
known how the fire originated, as the
Waterman was out of the building when it
started. The loss is placed at $4,000.
THREE DROWNED.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July ia party Of
twenty zone young men from this city went
down to North Point yesterday to spend
tho afternoon. Arriving there ten of them
put out in a row boat to fish. The boat
was capsized in the stream and Joel Lutz,
William Finn and Frank Vera wero
drowned.
ENGINEER KILLED.
MoBERLY, Mo-, July 16.-Joseph Brown
ing, Wabash engineer who resided here,
was killed last night by collision near
Bridgeton, Mo. His fireman, Carter, also
Of this city. was seriously injured.
Eyes, have plenty of opportunity to
study human nature, ane to find out Just
on which day people like to do their shop
ping" said a floor walk in a large PhiIa.
de!phia dry goods store to a reporter re-
Gently, IN answer to the question as to
whether more goods are sold on any par.
ticuisr day or days of the week than on
the others. Snow, Monday is always q
pretty good day, because on Sunday the
stores are closed and people have time to
think just what they need and to lay their
plans for the week. II women conclude to
make any new articles for wear during
the week they almost invariably do their
shopping the first thing Monday morn.
ing, SO that they can get to work
at them ~ quickly IS possible. Tues.
day is not SO good, for I have noticed
that there 10 always IN unusual number Of
ladies sitting around the store that dav