The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-20


The first race, mile, was won easily
by Zimmerman, who finished a dozen
lengths ahead of his competitor. In
the second race, 5 miles, Zimmerman
followed Barden with the pacemak-
ers until the fifth lap was entered
upon. Then he let himself go and
shot ahead so fast that Barden, seeing
there was no chance to win, retired.
Zimmerman's time was 11:59 2-5. Zim-
er finishing second. The crowd went
wild over Zimmerman's victories and
he was given an ovation.
ALL local trains in San Francisco on
the 18th were running under military
escort. Flat cars were sent in advance
of the engines to preclude the possibil-
ity of trains being ditched.
The executive board of the A. R. u.
has decided to send out 'revivalists" to
all important sections of the west to
induce employees to 60 out. President
Debs stated at meeting that the
strike was now more prosperous and
encouraging than ever and growing
stronger every hour in the west, al
though weaker at Chicago.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made
on the 18th to blow up a bridge near
South Enid, Ok. vhe bridge was
guarded by soldiers who were fired
upon.
THE authorities were reported Sc
riously alarmed on the 18th at st. Pc
tersburg, Russia, by the spread of
cholera in that city.
THE situation at Chicago was inn
proving on the 11th and the great rail-
way strike there was practically at an
end, the blockade having been broken.
A DISPATCH from Tromsoe, Norway,
said that the yacht Saide touched at
Danes island on the northwest coast of
Spitzbergen July 6. The yachtsmen
found on the island Prof. Oyen, the
geologist, who was left there by the
American polar expedition under Wal
ter Wellman, to await their return and
to guard the depot established on the
island. The yacht met an experienced
walrus hunter, Capt. Johannesen, COM
ing from the northwest. 1t was his
opinion that the Ragnvald Jarl, Well
mans steamer. had been beset by ice
and crushed. The Saide left some sup
plies with Prof. Oyen. He declined to
return with the yacht, as he was
pledged to Mr.. Wellman to guard the
depot until the Ragnvald Jarl's return.
A UNITED STATES deputy marshal
and a boy were fatally wounded the
other night in fusilade between
deputies in Kensington, Ill. Some un-
known person had placed on the Illi-
nois Central tracks several torpedoes
which were exploded by an outgoing
train. When the explosion occurred
two parties of deputy marshals rushed
out from the cars in which they were
sleeping, on opposite sides of the track,
and began discharging revolvers reck-
lessly and with the result named above.
In the case of Pond Creek (Ok. against
the Rock Island Railway Co., to COM
pei the company to build a depot and
stop trains at that town the supreme
court decided that it could not act on
the case originally as there was a
question of fact to be decided by jury
and there being no provision for the
supreme court to summon a jury the
case would have to originate in the dis
trict court and come up to them. This
is virtually a victory for the railway
company, as it gives them a year or
more of time. Serious trouble was
looked for at Pond Creek and Enid.
THE labor demonstration held in
Cooper Union, New York, to express
sympathy with the strikers in Chicago
and the west was an extraordinary
outpouring of people. The hall was
crowded to excess and 5000 people
surrounded the building. unable to get
in. The government and senate were
denounced for rushing to the defense
of monopolies and congress was asked
to nationalize railways. The work.
ingmen were called upon to use their
political rights.
The situation at Sacramento, Cal,
on the night of the l1th was deemed
very serious. The United States regu-
lars had been on the field for twenty
four hours but the railroad blockade
was not broken. The underpinning Of
a trestle had been sawed out and a
train plunged through. Four persons
were killed and several injured. All
the victims but one were soldiers.
On the 10th John Drake, a Ken
tuckian who recently removed with
his wife and two sons to Anderson,
Ind, from Knightstown, killed his
wife and then killed himself. The
tragedy took place at the house of
William Wickoff, where Mrs. Drake
had passed the night. Drake came to
the Wickoff residence, and rudely en-
tering the house grabbed his wife and
shot her twice, once in the nose and
once in the side. He then placed the
revolver against his temple and sent a
ball through his brain. They have
lived together for eighteen years, but
separated few weeks ago. Drake was
insanely jealous and threatened to kill
his wife.
The Federation of Labor executive
committee convened on the 12th at
Chicago with large number of official
representatives of labor unions present.
Particular attention was paid to the
Pullman strike and reports were heard
from the various local organizations
which have already decided to strike.
President Debs, of the A. r. T., gave
a review of the present strike. Nothing
had been settled on at adjournment.
THE st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern trainmen and switchmen at
Little Rock. Ark. went out again on
the 1lth on an order from DebS.
THE conference of the American Fed
Grafton of La Dor have decided against a
general strike. The Ietition of Presi-
dent Debs. of the A. r u. was indorsed
and 81 900 voted for a defense fund for
his trial a long address was issued to