The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-23


Dor, Florida, and eight men were
dro xned.
FRANK c. IVES demonstrated his
right to the title of champion billiard
ist of the world by defeating Jacob
Schaefer. the Wizard at New York,
by the score of $500 to 3,074.
A WORKMAN dropped a lighted candle
in keg of powder at the Perigo mine
tunnel at Black Hawk. Col. The pow
der did not explode. but fire started.
the smoke from which suffocated to
death four workmen. The damage
done was about 5000.
On the 18th about $50 discharged en-
ployes of the water department at Chi
cago demanded the money due them.
The comptroller informed them there
was no money in the treasury to
paw them. Cries for bread and threats
of vengeance were made by the mob.
A battalion of police was summoned
and the rioters were dubbed till they
dispersed. The large crowd attracted
were in sympathy with the ex-em-
ployes.
The recent earthquakes in southern
Italy did considerable damage and
many people were crushed to death by
falling houses. The people were panic
stricken and in fear of a renewal of the
shocks.
DUN's trade review says that in
nearly all branches of business grad
ual improvement appears. The cotton
movement was large. Corn receipts
were less than half of last years with
insignificant exports.
THE town of Sheffield, Is miles south
of Mason City. Ia, on the Iowa Central
railroad, was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss. 100000.
The failures for the week ended No
vember 16 Dun's report) were 270 in
the United States against 232 last year,
and 3s in Canada against SO last year.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cioal cities of the United States for the
week ended November 16 showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of IL;
outside New York the increase was 1.3.
MARTIN J. STRAIT, a feed dealer of
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law and then himself. One is dead and
the two others cannot recover. Do
mestic difficulty was the cause.
THE loss in fences and barns around
Worthwhile, KY. will be immense
through the recent timber fire in that
vicinity. The fire was started by
children playing with matches in dry
leaves.
JOE PATCHEN, driven bv Jack Curry
over half-mile track at San Antonio,
Tex, on the 18th, broke the world 8
record. He went the half in 1903, the
three-quarters in 1868 and the mile in
POS fat
An electrician at Chicago, named
Higgings. being behind with his rent
and threatened with election. shot his
landlady. Mrs. Mclaughlin, and then
killed himself.
The police of San Francisco have OBJ
tanned evidence of the existence of a
strongly organized band of 5000 Chi
nese highbinders living in that city,
the main purpose of which is the over
throw of the present Tartar dynasty.
The house of Lonis Williams, miles
below Natchez, Miss. burned and two
young children were cremated. Will
Jams himself and an older child were
also badly burned.
CHARLES T. GILLESPIE vas shot and
fatally wounded near Owensboro, Ky,
by Jay Morgan. Both were wealthy
farmers. They had quarrel over the
rental of some land and Morgan called
Gillespie to the door and without
warning fired both barrels of his shot
gun at him.
A cABLEGRAN on the 10th announced
the arrival of the war ship Detroit at
Cadiz. Spain. with Columbian relics
aboard.
A DISPATCH from Rome said that a
band of brigands numbering 100. act
ing under military orders. attacked
Tortorli, a town OF 1000 inha bitants in
Sardinia. The gendarmes, assisted by
townsmen, resisted desperately. but
were overcome. Two gendarmes were
killed and many persons wounded.
The brigands looted the town and de-
camped with their booty.
\ banquet was given by the Two
Million club of Chicago on the 18th tc
celebrate the city's arrival at the 2.O0O,- =
600 mark in population. 1t declared the
work finished as it estimated the num-
ber of people residing in Chicago at
:, ,236, 900.