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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

LOUISIANA, Mo-, Aug. L.-West
Burge, aged 90, son of Daniel Burge,
of near Atlas, Ill, while being pursued
by two policemen for misdemeanor,
deliberately plunged into the river and
was drowned before aid could reach
him. On being halted by the officers
he started on a run to the river, and to
make the appeal to stop more en-
phatic several shots were fred. 1t be-
ing contended by friends of Burge that
he was mortally wounded before being
drowned, a party proceeded to drag for
the body and when recovered no gun
shot wound was discovered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
GREAT EUROPEANS.

SIR EDWIN ARNOLD has been decor
atcd by the emperor Of Japan with the
order Of the Rising Sun.
DUKE MAX. of Bavaria, has .
peculiar success to boast OF. He has
travelled around the world incognito
without once having his identity dis
covered
THE DUKE OF EDI:'BURGH, like many
American boys. is an ardent and tire
less collector OF postage stamps. AID
now possesses one of the finest, II not
the finest, collection il the world
PoPE LEO NH. owns = pearl left 70
hira by his predecessor on the throne of
St. Peter which is worth 100000 and
the chain of thirty-two pearls owned
by Empress Frederick is estimated
at G35, 900.
GEN. PRpI. who was Spanish minis
ter of war for two years, held that office
longer than any OF his predecessors
during the present century. There
have been 1914 ministers OF war in Spain
during the century, the average time OF
service being six months.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

New ORLEANS painters have been
locked out for refusing to lift boycott
against one of the bosses
CARTER AsHBURY was killed at Para
gould, Ark. He was drawn into the
machinery at single mill.
THE drought on the lower Rio Grande
is assuming fearful proportions.
Col. ROPES says he is ready to begin
work on the deep-water project at Mus
tang island, off the Texas coast, when
ever the citizens of Corpus Christi put
up $500. 900 promised as bonus. He
threatens to sue the Daily Caller for
publication insinuating that the Ropes
Co. had collapsed.
The people of the Mississippi delta
met in Greenville and observed the day
as one of thanksgiving because that
section had escaped the late overflow.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
McGarrahan Claim Vetoed.

WASHINGTON, July SO.-Tne president
has sent message to congress vetoing
the McGarrahan claim bill The meas
ure involved the title to a quicksilver
mine in California worth $40, 600, 600.
McGarrahan is IS years old and
has won national fame by the
stubborn fight made on his claim
The mine has been worked for
years by the New Indian Mining Co., IN
which D. o. Mills, father-in-law Of
Whitelaw Reid, republican candidate
for vice president, is interested. Ne
Garrahan first turned up in congress in
1857 with a claim that he be given title.
TO and possession OF the mine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
GENERAL

IT is reported that the Dominion gov
eminent will impose tax on American
vessels passing through the Welland
canal
THREE men, buried in n mine in Bo-
hernia for seventeen days without food,
have been rescued alive.
THROUGH the rapid rise of the Danube
and other rivers, various localities in
southern Austria have been inundated.
Crops lying in the fields partly harvest
ed were ruined.
AN abatement of the cholera is re-
ported in several places in Russia
In addition to smallpox at Gretna,
on the boundary of Manitoba, where
seven cases are reported, a case is also
reported at Morlen, and Winnipeg is
very apprehensive.
CAPT. LYNAs, of the Halifax steamer
Damara, reports that during fog at
sea great German three-funnel liner
dashed by him, almost scraping his
vessels side, and passed out of sight in
the mist. 1t was a narrow escape.
FOREST fires still rage in the eastern
section of Prince Edwards island, Can
Great damage has been done.
THE famous robber tower at Znaim,
in Moravia, one of the oldest edifces of
the middle ages, has fallen. Five per-
sons were killed by the falling.
A FIRE broke out in the coal bunlers
of the cruiser Charleston while off the
Pacific coast. Considerable damage was
done.
THE Grand Trunk railway of Canada
is to retrench expenditures as far as
possible.
DURING the naval maneuvers held off
Brest, France, a torpedo boat while
steaming at full speed, ran directly up
on the ram of one of the ironclads and
sank in ten fathoms of water.
PoPoFF and three other conspirators
were executed at Sofia for attempting
to assassinate Prince Ferdinand, of Bull
garia, some time ago
EIGHTY people were injured by falling
seats in Paris theater.
CHOLERA is reported to have appeared
at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
SIX persons were drowned near War
ton, Ont, by boat upsetting in sud-
den squall
LUMBERNEN have decided to advance
prices.
THE report has been confirmed that
the Northern Pacific railroad had COM
pleted arrangements for the funding of
its floating debt into one year per cent.
notes. The floating debt amounts to
about IS, 0OO,OO
The New York Central has secured a
through line of its own to Montreal.
II is rumored that the Mexican Gen.
trail will discharge all of its engineers
who are members of the brotherhood.
TIE British war vessel Champion has
left Honolulu to seize the Johnson or
CORVALLIS group OF islands in the South
sea. England wants it for a station for
Honolulu.
CHOLERA has made its appearance in
Poland.
KAISER WILLIAM has returned to Pots
dam from Norway.
AT Vignaux's billiard academy, Paris,
Schaefer and Carter defeated GARNER
and Plot in four-handed match of 800
points, single cushion caroms, for $3.50
a side
RIoTs arising out of the cholera
against the authorities have occurred
in Tahkend, Russia The troops have
vigorously suppressed the riots, killing
and wounding seven persons
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended July 30 showed an average in
crease of 1871. In New York the in
crease was 1877.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
The Oklahoma Fever.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 1.-The Okla
homa fever has broken out again among
the negroes of this and adjoining coun-
ties of west Tennessee despite the re-
cent return of number of former emi-
grants from that territory bereft of
everything save the rags on their backs.
They are leaving in squads of fifty and
100, abandoning their crops or selling
them in the field for what they can get.
Crops will be short in this region at
best, but if the exodus continues there
will be nobody to harvest what little
will he made.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
IN CAB AND CAR.

TIE railways of tie world are worth
quite lot of money-e6, Oo0,Oo0.000.
AN engine on the Central railroad OF
New Jersey has run mile at the rate
OF OIL miles an hour.
IT is estimated that 800, 100000 gold
of British capital has been invested in
the railways of the Argentine Republic.
THE distance between division points
for changing engines has been increas-
ing in this country and some roads are
now running engines from 200 to 500
miles. where they used to run 100 miles
or less.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

New YORK, July 3o.-Fire broke out
shortly before noon to-day in the
office OF the American District
Telegraph Messenger Co, at III
Montgomery street. Jersey City.
Two five story fats full Of tenants
stand adjoining and are in great
danger. The Academy of Music
is behind the burning buildings.
The intense heat of the day besides
the fire made it doubly difficult for the
firemen to stand at their post 1t was
reported that two 6rernen were brought
from the building partially suffocated.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
The mitchell Case nelnre,i.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, July SO.-The ex-
pected charge of Judge Dubose in the
Alice Mitchell case was not delivered
to the jury yesterday, an adjournment
being taken Immediately upon the
opening OF court to enable juror to
attend the bedside of very sick rela-
+ixya
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
An Ova,to, r. We.ya-

LEADvILLE, Col. July SO.-Gen. James
b Weaver, the peoples party candidate
for the presidency, arrived here last
night and received a great ovation He
delivered an address at the opera houl,,
which was enthusiastically received
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

TuE loco weed is abundant in western
Kansas this year This plant has a pc
culiar fascination for cattle. upon which
it exerts an Intoxicating effect,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
The scale signed.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.-The Belleville
Steel Co. and the Amalgamated Associ-
alton of Iron and Steel Workers have
reached an agreement, and the scale
has been signed The works will be
opened Tuesday in full force
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

The generosity of Canada to the fire
sufferers at st. Johns. y. f., has led to
renewed efforts to bring the island into
the confederation
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS
A THIRD PATIENT IN A VERY
CRITICAL CONDITION.

All the Cases Among Students at the
Eclectic Medical College at Atlanta.
The Doctors Puzzled as to the
Nature of the Fatal Malady.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 29.-The authorities
are very much exercised over two very sud-
den deaths which have occurred among the
students IN attendance at the Eclectic
Medical College.
On Sunday last three students who had
not previously exhibited any signs of illness
were stricken with disease which the doc
tors were at loss to diagnose.
Sunday night Oscar l.. Hollis Of Alabama
died just twelve hours after being taken
sick, and yesterday John H. Lewis of Flor
idardied under the same symptoms.
e Dalton, the third of the stricken
students, is still alive, but in a very critical
condition.
A popularity of the disease is that both
men became of a blush color shortly be-
fore they died.
The physicians are puzzled and the
health authorities who have been investi-
eating the deaths have as yet not been
able to satisfy the queries as to the nature
of the disease.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
WHIPPED BY WHITE CAPS
AN ASSAULT ON TWO SMALL
GIRLS QUICKLY AVRNGED.

| Thsir Father Was after Their Assail-
ant With a Shotgun But Cooler
! Heads Prevailed on Him to Await
! the Action of the Law-The Mans
! Wife Also Whipped by the White
| Caps.
CARRoLLroN, GA, Nov. 29.-White caps
got in their work in the eastern part Of Car
roll county last night. A man named Jim
Pate was nearly whipped to death by a
party of masked men who went to bis house
about 10 O'Clock.
The report is that five men, whose faces
were covered with black cloth, went to
Pate's last night after he had gone to bed.
dragged him out of bed and gave him an
awful fiogging, with whips, boards and
other implements that came in their way.
Pates wife demonstrated with the mob,
which Infatuated some Of them, and they
gave her a whipping also.
When the crowd had whipped Pate and
his wife to their content. they told Pate they
would give him just twenty-four hours to
leave the county. Pate took them at their
word and put his household goods on a
wagon and left as soon as daylight appeared.
CAUSE OF THE WHIPPING.
The cause for the administe ring of the
whipping has been made known. Pate met
two small girls, aged and 8, on the road
that day and committed heinous assault
on them. The little girls went home and
told their father of the injury done by Pate.
and he got his gun aud went to hunt
for the villain. The father was intercepted
by cooler heads and he was advised to 20
home and let the law take its course. The
white cap boys got word of the outrage on
the two little girls and went at once and
whipped Pate as above described, and gave
him strict orders to leave the county in
tWentY-four nours which Pate did.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
LANDED ON HIS OP TIC.
Joel Hurt Attacks Alderman Woo
ward in a Committee Room.

Joel Hurt Attacks Alderman Wood
ward in a Committee Room.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 29.-A sensational
personal encounter took place in the CONS
mittee room Of the general judiciary COM
mittee Of the Senate this afternoon be-
tween Alderman j. G. Woodward recently
candidate for mayor, and Joel Hurt, presi-
dent Of the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railway Company. MIR. Woodward ia
chairman Of the legislative committee of
the general council, and. together with the
the city attorneys, was before the Senate
committee to-day in behalf of a proposed
amendment to the city charter. This amend
ment related to the street pavement and at
fected the interests Of Mr.. Hurts company
and he was before the committee
to oppose it. Bad blood has
existed between Mr.. Hurt and Alderman
Woodward for long time, Mr.. Woodward
constantly fighting the Consolidated COM
pany In council and Mr.. Hurt, during the
recent election, opposing Mr.. Woodward bv
methods that largely produced his defeat.
during the argument before the committee
Mr.: Hurt accused Mr.. Woodward of
making statements concerning his company
Shat were not true. Alderman Wood ward
quickly replied by asking if Mr.. Hurt
meant &c call him liar. Mr.. Hurt retorted
shat he did, and quickly followed up this by
singing blow upon Alderman Wood.
wards eye. The two cliuched in their
struggle. and succeeded in tossing each
other about considerably before the men,
oers OF the committee could part them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
how A POPE IS CHOSEN.
The Present Pontiff Ia Growing Old
and Very Feeble.
Trom the Netp YORK Recorde

ohA NSIy = 0CbAO.
From the Nel0 York Recorder.
The growing feebleness of Pope Leo XIII.
lends interest," to the discussion of his possi~
BILE successor, and to the formalites of the
conclavs which will elect the next head of
the church.
Nine days must elapse from the death of
the pope TO the beginning of the conolave.
During that interval the cardinal chamber
lain ID regent of the church, but his powers
are definite and few. Until the pontificate
OF Nicholas VII, in the seventh century,
the election OF the bishop of Rome rested
with the clergy, the barons and the people.
Hildebrand, the great genius of the middle
ages, concentrated this power in the higher
clergy.
Until the pontihcate of Innocent III. the
cardinals met in public, but the external in
fluences which could be brought to bear
upon their decision induced the church to
require strict seclusion Of the conolave.
Pope Gregory enacted that decision should
be reached as speedy as possible, but that il
In three days an election was not accom-
plished the cardinals should be restricted to
one dish each at dinner and supper, and
that II i've days more should elspse and a
pope not be chosen they should be put on
wine, bread and water and starved into
unanlmlty. These are among the minor
regulations which time has relaxed.
AS soon as the secretary of state an
nounces to the cardinal cham berlain the
death OF the pope the latter assures himself
that the report is true. He raps at the
death chamber with a gold mallet. Re-
ceivlng no reply, he enters and taps with a
silver mallet the forehead of the pope. Then
he kneels aud acknowledges that he is in
deed dead. The chamberlain places the
body in the care Of the cardinal peniten-
tiarus of the vatican. The chamberlain
takes an inventory and locks the rooms.
Already there are met three cardinals, the
heads OF the orders of cardinal bishops,
cardinal priests and cardinal deacons. The
first three days are devoted to the obsequies
of the pope. After the obsequies the body
is deposited in plain sarcophagus, on
which is painted the title and name OF the
pontiff- This will remain in st. Peters
| until the death of his successor, when it
will be broken down, the coffin removed
from 1t to the crypt or other place of de-
poslt and that Of the new claimant for
temporary repose set in its place.
Meanwhile the cardinals have been gath
ering from all parts Of the world TO attend
the conclave. There will be no representa-
tive of England at the next conclaye unless
the appointment should take place very
soon. Nor will ireland be represented.
notwithstanding her uRquestionable devo-
tion through persecution aud poverty to
the faith Of the holy see, she has never been
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
II WAS THE CAT.
Ghostly Noises in a Plumber Room
Robbed OF Their Terrors

| Robbed OF Their Terrors.
| WAYCRoss, GA, Nov. GA gentleman
who has just returned from trip to the
! Okeefinokee swamp tells an interesting
story of a house which is known as the
Screen house." He said he was passing the
place little after dark, when a shower
came up and be went TO the door and asked
| permission to stay all night. He was in
vited in, but was told that he would have
to occupy room that was thought to be
haunted. He was glad to get out Of the
rain and assured the lady that be was not
afraid. AT bedtime he was shown
room No. 3, on the second floor.
| He went TO sleep without any trouble
About 2 o'clock he was awakened by
strange noise proceeding from a corner of
the room opposite his bed. At first hard
breathing was heard, then there seemed to
be scuttte going on between two men. One
Of them apparently was dealing the other
hard blows with club. The victim would
grOan and plead for mercy. This struggle
was prolonged several minutes, then there
was a sudden calm. The gentleman in bed
was greatly frightened. He had not the
power to call for help. AT first he
thought 1t was a nightmare. After coll
lecting bis wits he felt that little company
would make it more pleasant and, as
quietly as possible, he got up, dressed, went
downstairs and asked for some one to go
up with him and investigate the noise. A
young man was called and the two started
up. Before they reached the door they
were startled by sounds from the room
above. The hard breathing and struggling
was going on as before. The late
occupant Of the room suggested that
they ought not 60 venture in the
room, but should 60 down and ask for as
sistance from the neighbors He was told
that the nearest neighbor lived four miles
away. The young man walked boldly up
to the door and pushed it open. When
they went in the room the lamp went out
from some unknown cause Several at
tempts were made 20 relight 1t. but it went
out each time. The young man poured oil
on rag and set fire to it. Great was the
surprise to find the window open
and a cat sitting quietly on the hub of a
spinning wheel, while against the spokes OF
the wheel the family quilting frames were
resting. The mystery was solved. The cat
was climbing on the wheel and the quilting
frames came in contact with the spokes
The purring of the cat was the hard breath
ing heard, while the beating of the frames
against the wheel caused the hard blows
1t was learned that several years ago two
young men were drinking and quarreling
in this room, and one of them was muir
dered By the other. The room was left
vacant for some time. It was made a
plumber room and the spinning wheel and
quilting frames were slowed away in it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
FOUR HOURS IN THE ROUSE.
Only One BIZ of an Interesting Char
acter Passed.

acter Passed.
ATLANTA, GA. Nov. 29-The House was
In session four hours to-day and transacted
a big volume of business, none Of which
was important. The bills were nearly all
rather immaterial. providing for changes
in the code and mode of legal procedure in
civil cases.
Only one bill which might be called inter
esting was passed. 1t provides that the con-
victs of one county may be put to work in
another qusrrying rock for public roads or
assisting in road building and sanitary i'm
provements. The caption of the bill on the
calendar simply said, Put to work in quar-
ries of other counties" and this led to a
lively debate, many members being misled
into believing it was a scheme to bring
con lets into competition with free labor.
Finally Mr.. Battle of Muscogee, the author
of the measure, succeeded in explaining
satisfactorily and the bill was passed.
The finance committee of the House
takes up the military appropriation bill to-
morrow afternoon and lively time is an
ticipated. The bill recommended by the
military committee asks for $40 900, but
number of members of the finance com
mittee have announced their intention to
make war on the measure. The military
committee, as body, will appear before
the finance committee aud urge the passage
Of the bill without any reduction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
DEATH OF MRS. TOURNEY.
FLORIDA's FIREMBN.
Ooala's Companies Garry Of TwC
Prizes at st. Augustine.

Ooala's Companies Carry Of Two
Prizes at st. Augustine.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Nov. 29.-In the
state firemen's tournament here to-day the
Protective Hose Company Of Ocala won the
state prize cup and the Young America Hose
Company of Ooala won the second prize. a
goblet, against Orlando, st. Augustine and
Sanford, on the 3O0-yards race. coupling
hose and getting water. The time was
1905 and :35, respectively.
James Collier, a soldier, beat Robert W
Dukes of Ocala, in the 1O0-yards sprint
fifteen feet. A previous run breast and
breast was declared off. Considerable
money was bet and there was much excite
menu.
The st. Augustine Hook and Ladder
Company made a 200-yards run, raising
ladder and replacing it on the truck in
twenty-seven seconds. winning the state
championship from the Key West company
by half a second,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
TROUBLES OF THE TELEGRAPH.

A Charge That the Paper Has Been
Mismenaged by the Receiver.
MACON, GA. Nov. 29.-The case of the
creditors against the Macon Telegraph
Company asking for the appointment of a
permanent receiver came up in the superior
court this morning. A sensational inter-
vention was filed by Messrs. Steed and
Wimberly. Charges OF wrongful use OF the
property were brought against H. Coates,
the present temporary receiver, and the
general manager and treasurer Of the CONS
pany. Gross acknowledgement and com
plete wrecking of the property were among
the charges. The prayer on this interview
ton also asked that Col. j. H. Estill. the
president Of the former company, which
sold out TO E. Il. Coates, E. c. Maohen and
John T. Coates, be called into court as
defendant and be asked to disclose what
amount OF stock of the former company,
stocked at 100000, was not paid in. The
court decided not TO appoint b. H. Coates
permanent receiver and gave counsel until
Thursday to decide upon some proper
D6rROn