The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-25
THE EAST,

THE number of buildings totally de-
stroyed in the Boston fire numbers 1872:
partly burned, -; number of families
burned out. 467. and number of persons
homeless, about 1900.
Gov. FLOWER, of New York. has
vetoed the school teachers pension
bill
CoNGREssMEN JOHN DALzELL and Will
liam A. Stone were renominated with
out opposition for congress by the con-
~entions of the Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Pennsylvania districts re-
spectively.
PAwTUCKETT. X. l.. was illuminated
the other night by the blaze from fully
$4,000 tons of coal consumed by the
disastrous fire on the river front. A
conservative estimate of the loss is
e5OO,OOO.
FIRE started in wooden building on
the 10th at New York known as Jones
Woods and spread over four blocks.
causing over 100000 damage. Fifty
horses were burned to death and u
number of persons injured.
FIRE starting in the United States
appraisers office at Boston and extend
ing to the bonded warehouse caused a
aoss to the government OF about $780,
900. The damage to the building will
he $4,000. Adjacent buildings were
damaged to the extent of $4,000.
In Pittsburgh. Pa, Mrs. Annie Ko-
mentzky. a Polish Jewess, and her .
year-old babe were fatally burned by
the explosion of an oil can. The woman
poured oil into the stove to start the
fire and the explosion followed.
ALL the foreigners employed by the
Rainey Coke Co. at Uniontown. Pa.
have been discharged and their places
will be filled by southern negroes.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May Is showed an average de-
crease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of 27.6: in
New York the decrease was 33.7; out
side. 1876.
THE Tammany society met on the
18th at the wigwam and made Maj.
Gilroy grand sachem for one year.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 18th said that obstacles to
improvement to business do not lessen.
yet the recuperating ability of the
country is surprisingly great under the
circumstances and the volume of bust
ness transacted is large.
THE celebration at Breeze Cottage.
l.. l.. by the Society of Colonial DANES
of the 201st anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the first post Office in Amer
lea, was a notable affair, including
MANY prominent people.
THE Presbyterian general assembly s
biennial session began at Saratoga. y.
". on the 18th.
THE order of Tonti has assigned to
Francis Schunkbrown and the Land
Title and Trust of Philadelphia. The
assets are about S1.25O.OOO. The funds
of the order are held in Philadelphia.
NEW YORK and Pennsylvania were
visited by heavy storms on the 2Oth
and several cities were flooded. Small
creeks became raging torrents and peo-
pie were in a state of panic. leaving
their homes. Much property was dam
aged in cities and farms ruined. the
buildings, fencing and crops being
washed away.
ONE of the keystone colliery rioters
at Wilkesbarre, Pa. has confessed that
the strikers had secured nine kegs of
powder. which it was their intention
to put under the houses of the bosses
of the mines and set off.
LIGHTNING set fire to the wire goods
factory of the National Manufacturing
Co. in Worcester. Mass. and it was de-
stroyed. Loss. S35. 900. Two hundred
and fifty persons are thrown out of
work by the fire.
FIRE on the 2Oth consumed s525. 600
worth of store property in Philadel-
rIfo