The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-28

THREE negroes broke into the store
of III. c. Patton at McGhee, Ark, and
beat him into insensibility. Their cut
his throat end rified the store. They
were captured and at the coroner's in
quest broke down and confessed their
crime. The negroes, who outnumber
the whites in that section, passed word
around among the whites that they
would take the case in hand and ac-
cordingly a mob of 300 met the sheriff
and strung the prisoners up and hun
dreds of guns were then discharged at
the writhing forms.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Port
land, Ore, on the 23d. elevator and
dock property being destroyed amount
ing to 81, 100000. The elevator con-
tanned nearly 500, 900 bushels of wheat.
An entire train containing the expen-
sive plant of an electric light company
was burned and also 200 freight cars,
eighty of which were loaded. The
dock contained tons of wool, salmon
and general merchandise, all of which
was destroyed. A large steamboat was
also consumed. Three men were thought
to have been burned in the elevator
The Park opera house at Erie, Pa,
was destroyed by fire on the Esd. Loss.
$4,000: insurance, $4,000. Supposed
TO be incendiary.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
week ended September 81 showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 800;
in New York the increase was Ill; out
side New York the increase was 13.5.
BRADsTREET's review of trade for the
week ended the 21st said that it was an
improvement over the week previous.
Great activity was shown in dry goods,
clothing, millinery and shoes. Heavy
exports of wheat were made from New
York and San Francisco The price of
cotton was downward. Cattle and hogs
declined at western markets on account
of heavy shipments.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa. George Schmous
was hanged in the Allegheny county
jail for the murder of his family.
MANAGER BARNIE, of the Louisville
baseball club, was in Milwaukee on
the Goth and practically completed
deal for the transfer of the Louisville
National league franchise to that city.
Secret negotiations for this purpose
have been going on for months. but
were delayed until President Byrnes,
of Brooklyn, looked over the field at
to the National league. The terms
have not been made public. No change
will be made this season.
TIE greatest anxiety prevailed at
Colon. Colombia, on the Goth in regard
to reports in circulation about the
health of DIR. Rafael Nunez, president
of the republic of Colombia. who has
been i'll for some time. All telegraphic
news was subject to press censorship
and was liable to be suppressed.
Two fraudulent bonds of 81 900 each.
purporting to have been issued for
school purposes by the school district
commissioners in Vernon county, Mo-,
have appeared in New York.
JOHN POINTER was hanged in the |
United States jail yard at Fort Smith, |
Ark. on the Goth for a double murder |
committed on Christmas eve, 1891.
A TELEGRAM from Shanghai, China, |
said that the japanese fleet attacked |
the Chinese fleet at the mouth of the |
Value river, Corea. on the 18th. where |
the Chinese were disembarlling troops. |
The Chinese had one ship sunk, one
burned and two stranded and partly |
burned. 1t was also reported that two |
or three Chinese transports were miss
ing and thought to have been blown |
up with all hands on board. The jap |
anese were supposed to have lost three |
ships.
THE great trotting mare, Alix. clipped |
a quarter second off the record of |
Nancy Hanks by trotting mile in 2:O39i |
at Galesburg. ILL.,. on the 10Th.
AT Chicago Editor Reubesamen. of the |
Abenpost. challenged Editor Steppes,
of the Freie Presse. to fight duel be-
cause of articles rejecting on the Ger
man Press club. Reubesamen has also
Editor Seldman, of the
Freie Presse, for applying an opprobri-
Gus epithet to him. They were all
formerly German army officers and if
the duels come off cutlasses will be
used.
THE various Italian societies of Bos-
ton and vicinity kept holiday on the
Goth to celebrate the anniversary of
the temporal power of the pope and
the restoration os Rome as the capital
of United Italy.