The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
MANY MISHAPS.
Disastrous Fire at Harrisonville-
Thirty Vessels Ice-Bound In
the Lake.
Fires at Boonville and MARSHALL
Young Lady Fatally Burned--Rail-
road Collision.

Young Lady Fatally Burned-Rail-
road Collision.
The Mississippi Floods-Aged Woman and
Three Children Burned Oonaagratiou
in Austrian Poland.
HARRIsoNvILLE, No., May q. - Fire
| started in J. N. Dehnam's livery stable on
| the northwest corner Of the square Satur.
| day night caused BY the explosion OF Q
coal oil lantern, but was thought to have
been exiting lished before 1t had done any
damage. The embers, however, smol
dere1 until four O'Clock yesterday moru.
ing when almost the whole block was
ablaze and all efforts to save the burning
buildings were vain. 8. j. Beattie. whole
| sale and tail dealer in groceries and
liquors, suffered a heavy loss and only
saved about ne-third Of the grocery
stock and succee led IN securing
his books and valuable papers. The
house adjoining him, occupied BY
John Eagy, harness and saddlery, was
saved and his loss was small The six
horses that were left in Dehnam's barn,
after the first fire, could not be taken out
and perished. Que Of them, owned by A.
Martin, was line blooded horse, valued at
e1.7O0. Postweiler's furniture house with
all its goods was completely destroyed. Ms
was also . warehouse north Of 1t, filed
with second hand furniture belonging to
F. x. RunneuburRer. Tho following are
the iosses: T. d. Evans on barn and gro
Gerry building 1900, insurance &, 500; d.
unl1 h,,Sl A;rr n,
about 500. insurance not known: F. x.
Runnenburger, furniture about $3.50; 8. J.
Beattie on stock about $4,000. insurance
s2OOc; A. Martins horse sl,7OO, not In
sured; j. N. Dehuam on horses, harness,
ETC., about 81 SO, no insurance; {. POST
weller on stock OF furniture AMI house
about $5,O0o, Insurance. on goods Sl.OO!
YOUNG LADr FATALLY BURNED.
MCPHERSON, Kan, May 2I.-As Miss
HULA Gustarson, aged twenty-five years,
was cooking Saturday, afternoon her dress
caught fire anu she ran out of the house to
the nearest neighbour, some 800 or 400 feet.
A brisk wini was blowing and before she
| reached Their, every vestige of clothing
was burnel of. Physicians were called at
once, but they sal there was no chance for
her to live. She was the heiress CT Andrew
j. Gustafson. one of the proprietors Of the
Eagle mills Of this city.
CAUGHT IN THE ICE.
PORT ARTHUR, Ont, May 2l.-There Is no
change in the ice here and there are some
thirty vessels ten miles out, unable to
make port. A dozen passengers Of the
Canadian Pacific steamer, Alberta, started
to walk IN over the ice to-day. Several
reached the shore. The Alberta and Cam
pana have large passenger lists. They
have been outside a week and it is feared
their provisions will run short.
A BooNvILLE BLAzs.
BooNvILLE, No., May Ell. W. Bells
livery stables, on Vine street, in this city,
caught fire at one o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and were nearly consumed. The loss
is estimated at &, 500; fully insured. What
seemed likely TO be very disastrous fire,
was checked by the prompt and efficient
work Of the fire department. There were
frame buildings and lumber yards sur
rounding the stables on all sides.
FIRE AT MARSHALL.
MARSHALL, No., May 21.-Between four
and five O'clock fire broke out in the store
house Of Eli Chromster, q coal and gasoline
merchant, in this city. Tue building and
its contents, thirty-five barrels of coat oil,
were consumed and u carriag, and black
smith shop adjoining belonging TO A. j.
Ransberger, was also totally destroyed.
Ransberger's loss is about 81 90 and
Chromster's about $780, Tue building and
contents were partially insured.
AIR BRAKES FAIL.
DESIsoN, Tex, May 21.-Yesterday after
noon a collision Of passenger trains. No q
going north and No going south. occurred
three miles west of Denison, at Ray Switch,
the two engines being badly damaged and
the passengers shaken up, but none seri-
Ously injured. The fault was Of the trains
air-brakes failing to work and the engineer
could not control his engine Passengers
were transferred and only delayed an
hour.
DAMAGED Ri A STORM.
LEBANON, Mo-, May 2l.-Mr. James
Detherage, a well-to d. farmer of O.age
township, this county, met with quite
loss during the storm which did so much
damage further west. He hal very fine
barn, ami in the barn ere two cows and
one of his brood mares. A bolt of lightning
struck The barn. demoiishing it, and killed
the cows and seriously injured the mare.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
ST. LOUIS, May 2l.-Late advices from up
the river points say the food is increasing
at various places, and that there is much
suffering among the people driven from
their homes by the raging waters. At
Louisiana the river has risen an additional
six inches and another break has occurred
in the Sny levee, making III, eighth, food
ing more OF the bottoms and compelling
many people who still remained in their
homes to fly for their lives.
THREE CHILDREN BURNED.
CLEVELAND, O., May 2l.-William Level |
lyn and his wife went visiting last evening, |
leaving their three children In charge of |
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Llewellyn's mother. |
Shortly before midnight the house caught |
fire and was partially destroyed. When |
the flames had been extinguished Llewel-
lyn and his wife returned and IL was dis |
covered that the occupants had persisted. |,
The children were aged six years, four |
years and eli yhteen months respectively.
BUILDING GUrrED.
NEW YORK, May 2L-Fire yesterday |
morning entirely Quilted the three story
brick building at II First street and East I
river, occupied by the Standard Mineral /
Company. Loss, s25,OO.
FOUR HUNDRED BUILDINGS BURNED.
LONDON, May 2l.-In a confiagration at
in Galicia, 800 houses and the
public buildings Of the town were burned.
in Olean, n. Y, where an increase Of
twenty-five per cent. in population has
been provided for within the last three
by additions to its manufacturing
industries, through the organized efforts
Of board OF trade, the capitalists have
lnauguratei q novel movement which not
only ads materially in the growth Of the
place, but gives such advantages to the