The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-09

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building being destroyed. Many OF the
guests of boarding house had narrow
escapes and it was feared that some of
the aged did not escape. Loss, $50, 900;
partially insured.
THREE burglars broke into woman's
house at Denver, Col, on the night of
the Sd, but she fought so energeticaily
and raised such an outcry that they
had to retreat although they rained
blow after blow upon her head.
NINErY-THREE colored converts were
baptized in the Ohio river at Owens
boro. KY, on the 4th. Ten thousand
people lined the banks and two minis
ters were kept busy for two hours
RovING bands of hostile Yaqui Indi-
ans were reported committing outrages
along the valley of the Yaqui river in
Mexico.
FIRE broke out in the Singer Sewing
Machine Co.'S building at Louisville,
Kv.. on the 4th and did about $4,000
damage. Five firemen were caught
under falling wall and severely hurt.
The fire was believed to be of incen-
diary origin
FIRE broke ont in a wholesale gro
cery at San Francisco recently, COM
pletely cutting the building and de-
stroying the stock just received for the
Christmas trade. Two firemen were
badly hurt by falling from ladder.
Loss. S15O,O00
A BIG fire broke out at Indianapolis,
Ind. on the Sd and destroyed the build
ing occupied by the natural gas COM
pany, then jumped to the medical col
lege and thence to the Scottish Rite
building. The three buildings were
entirely destroyed, the masonic build
ing being one of the largest of its kind
in the country. Valuable masonic
documents were destroyed which can
never be replaced. Eighteen corpses
in the medical college were cremated.
Loss. 10000 insured.
ID. NJ. CHISHOLM, of Keokuk, Ia, was
struck by a train while crossing the
track and killed. His 3-year-old child
was also fatally injured.
AT Memphis, Tenn, Officer Parkin-
linson heard that Epps, negro
roustabout had revolver and SIS
in stolen money and approached him.
Epps, drew the pistol and shot the
officer in the stomach. The officer
chased the negro three blocks and then
borrowed horse, but dismounted be-
cause of weakness. He died soon after.
Epps crossed the river into Arkansas
and escaped.
The sheriff of Sewer county, Tenn,
has arrested fourteen members of the
| whitecap band who took part in the
battle in which three men were killed
recently. The Browns confessed and
gave the names of the others who have
now sworn to kill their betrayers, but
are kept in separate cells.
A POSSE captured Joseph Beck and
Patsy Beck, two members of the noto-
rious Cook gang of outlaws, and jailed
them at Saltwater. Ok.
MICHAEL SALVADOR placed dyna-
mite cartridge under house in which
Eugene Geneva and his wife were sleep
ing at Clinton Point. y. Y, and then
fired four shots through the window,
but missed his mark. Geneva and his
as the dynamite exploded. Part of
the house and furniture were demol-
ished and the man and woman were
badly bruised by flying debris. Sal
vator was the rival of Geneva in Italy,
and he had followed the couple to
America.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the I'd said that the season was
too far advanced for great activity,
but the volume of production was well
maintained. Breadstuffs were a little
higher, but pork and hogs were lower.
Cotton was depressed. Waiting for re-
tail trade depressed the textile manu-
facturers and concessions in price had
been made to effect large contracts.
AT Chillicothe, o., on the I'd, John
S. Johnson, the world renowned
bicyclist. paced by quad, rode third
mile in 81 % seconds. and half mile
| in 81 2-5 seconds. over kite shaped
track, breaking the worlds record for
that distance made by Sanger at
! Waltham, Mass. recently.
FAILURES for the week ended Novem-
ber 2 (Dun's report) were 249 in the
United States, against 35S last week;
and so in Canada against % last week.
A PORTLAND, Ore. dispatch stated
that the ship Fanny Dulard had ar
rived at Port Blakely. bringing news
that the Ivanhoe, which had been over
due a month. sank with all on board
September 2s. The Ivanhoe was the
| ship on which ex-United States Minis
ter to Bolivia Grant was passenger.
CHARLES SWEENEY, the eX-baseball
| player, who years ago made phenom-
enal record as pitcher in the Providence
club. and who afterward played as a
star in the st. Louis and Cincinnati
teams, has been convicted of man.
slaughter at San Francisco and will be
sentenced to a term in the state peni-
tentiary. Several months ago Sweeney
shot and killed Con" McManus during
a drunken row in saloon.
OFFICER GEORGE KRUM, on the 1st
entered I61 West Twentieth street,
Chicago, place which had long borne
hard name, to stop a row between in
mates, and was greeted by pistol
shot He returned the fire, badly
wounding Thomas Burns. The latter
continued to fire at the officer. who fell
dead, his body pierced with three bull
lets. Burns was removed to the hospi-
tai and the balance of the inmates ar
rested and locked up.
ADvICEs received from Lima are to
the effect that the insurgents in Peru
are gaining ground. The ex-president,
Peirola, had effected a landing on the
coast.
A SENSATION has been created by the
announcement of the board of health of
Chattanooga, Tenn, that several cases
of child murder had grown out of the