The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-11
PERSISTED IN BED.
-Four Sleeping Merchants Die In
Their Apartments.
The Iowa Prairie Fire Checked-Gale %
Lake OntariO-TwO Ladies' Killed.
Maneled to Death ON
Saws.

| "lNONA, MISS OcL G-rIr0 DrOK0 Oub
about 2:4o O'Clock yesterday morning in
r. Lofts two-story restaurant on Main
J street and in a few minutes the flames
completely enveloped the building, the
upper story of which was u sed for sleep.
| ing apartments in which nine men were
sound asleep. Eve of the men
to death. Ruffin Thompson, the
clerk, escaped by climbing down the
County and A. j. Cook and w. L. Afford,
| of Webster County, jumped from the
second story window to the brick pave
ment below and were badly injured,
Cooks ankle being broken so badly that
amputation is thought to be necessary.
Those who persisted in the flames were:
j. Thomas, a merchant of Cumberland,
Webster County; J. W. Lontry and Lon
Crouch, merchants of Hohenlinden, Web.
ster County, and Paul Williams, farmer
Of Sun creek, Oktibbeha County. All
of them were prominent citizens of
their respective communities and
were en- route home from Mem.
phis where they went to- purchase goods.
Every effort was made to save them, but
the flames were we'll under Roadway be.
fore discovered, and by the time sufficient
help arrived the walls had fallen in. 1t
was only by the most heroic efforts that
the adjoining buildings and stocks were
saved. As soon as possible the debris
was removed and the almost unrecogniz-
able bodies were recovered and will be
sent 10 their homes
THE PRAIRIE FIRE CHECKED
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa, Oct. THE prairie
fire that ragged for two days in the east
ern part of Dickinson County extended
over a great part of Emmett County run.
ming to the Des Moines river. 1t was not
checked by any rivers or any sloughs,
as they were nearly all dry and
it would leap twenty rods over
sloughs that contained water. Many
thousand tons of hay were burned.
While fighting the fire the dress of Mrs.
A. N. Garde, wife of farmer living on
the northern edge Of the county, caught
fire and before her husband could render
any assistance her clothing was entirely
burned from her body. Owing to her in.
ability to protect her head and face her
hair was all singed eff and she inhaled
so much smoke and flames that she can
not recover. The fire was finally checked
by the railroad track and the changing of
the wind from north to south.
COLLISION AT SEA.
LONDON, Oct 6-The State Line steamer
State of Georgia, from Glasgow for New
York, has returned to the Clyde, having
been in collision with the coasting steamer
Agate. Her bows were stove in; one man
was killed. Her damage is all above the
water line. The vessel with which she
was in collision was bound for Bowl.
ing. A heavy fog prevailed at the time
of the accident. The Agate struck the
State of Georgia on the port bow with
great force, smashing five of the latter's
plates and ten of her frames. Several of
the crew who were lying in their hunks
had narrow escapes. One of them was
seriously injured. The name of the man
who was killed was Mccarthy. The
Agate's forcastle head was smashed.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT
WACO, Tex, Oct 7.-Saturday while
Mr.. Thomas Byrum was at work in bis
gin near Aguilla, station on the Houston
& Texas Central railway sixteen miles
from Waco, he stumbled and fell forward
on the saws and was dreadfully
mangled. His arm was split full
length from shoulder down. His skull
was cut to the brain. Death was in.
Simultaneous. His remains were removed
to the house of a neighbor where the
bleeding form of the unfortunate was re.
ceived by his sister, Mrs Fleming, the
sight of which caused her to fall in a
deathly swoon, from which she did not
recover, but died soon after.
GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct THE gale has |
been very severe on Lake Ontario. Sew
eral steamers which attempted to reach |
Charlotte were forced to put back on ac-
count of the terrible storm and many |
boats on the lake sought shelter in the |
harbor. Much complaint is made by yes.
sci masters of the harbor light at Char |
lotte, the port at Rochester, as they claim |
it can not be seen on the lake during a |
severe storm 1t is reported that four |
men were lost from a barge, but the re-
port can not be substantiated. The storm
is severe one and it is feared much dam
age has been done.
TWO LADIES KILLED.
SANDWICH, ILL.,, Oct 7.-Saturday even
ing Mrs. P. c. Cook and Mrs. Samuel Alb
hey were crossing the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railway track at Main street
when the buggy in which they were riding
was struck by the fast west bound ex-
press train and thrown a considerable dis
lance. When picked up both ladies were
alive, but died in a short time.
H
Prohibition Upheld:
Dies MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 6-The consti.
nationality of the Prohibitory Liquor law
has been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court
in an action in replevin involving the
right to the possession of large quantity
of beer, all in sealed vessels bearing
United States internal revenue stamps