The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-21

THE Esterly Harvester Co.. of Min
neapolis. Mimi, failed on the 18th.
Assets. S940, 900; liabilities, S3s5, 200.
ANDY Bowen. the lightweight cham
pion of the south. died on the 18th from
the effects of his fight the previous
night with George Lavigne. the Sag
inaw Kid" at the Auditorium Athletic
club, of New Orleans. Lavigne. with
his manager, his seconds, Bowen's sec
onds, the referee and time-keeper were
all arrested and afterwards released on
bonds. The fight between Ryan and
Dempsey at the same place on the even,
ing of the 18th was declared off in CON
sequence OF the excitement over the
death of Bowen.
IRA TERRILL, ex-speaker of the Okla
homa house of representatives, was
found guilty of manslaughtera at Perry,
Ok, and sentenced to twelve years in
the penitentiary.
THE action begun by the republican
state central committee of California
to contest the election of Iames II.
Budd, as governor, has been thrown
out of the state supreme court
PRESIDENT EUGENE V. DEBs and all
CT the directors of the American Rail
way union, accused of contempt OF
court in violating the strike injunction
last summer, were found guilty as
charged and Debs was sentenced to six
months in Jail and the others to three
months.
IN spite of reports to the contrary,
there has been no reconciliation be-
tween w. X. Vanderbilt, the railroad
king, and his wife.
A GANG of whitecaps visited the home
of Charles Berry, of Acidalla, n. j.,
dragged him out in the snow and
tarred and feathered him. The men
then re-entered the house and applied
similar treatment to Mrs. Berry while
she lay in bed. A recent death in the
family under mysterious circumstances
and the Indifference of the Berrys led
to the outrage.
THE United States grand jury has in
dicted thirty-six leading men of Muir
ray county, Ga, for whitecapping.
CARL ScHURz at Chicago was re-
elected president of the national Civil
Service Reform league; George Nc
Anany, of New York, secretary, and
Silas w. Burt, of New York, treasurer.
Two-THIRDs of the business portion
of Gallup, n. NJ, was burned on the
18th. The fire started in butcher
shop from an unknown cause. The
loss is fully 1000; partly insured.
The Pueblo Indians at the village of
Cochito, n. NJ, were reported dying off
rapidly from spinal meningitis. The
disease was said to be caused by drink
ing water from a shallow well.
THE steamer Warimo, which arrived
at Victoria from Australia, brings word
that the island of Ambryma, Hebrides,
has been destroyed by volcanic action.
A native village with all its inhab-
itants was swept into the sea.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform league be-
gan at Chicago on the 12th. The gath
ering marks the opening of vigorous
campaign throughout the land.
ACCORDING to a dispatch from Odessa,
Russia was massing troops on the
boundary adjacent to the scenes of the
recent Armenian outrages.
MEMBERS of the boards of supervisors
of seven counties in southern California
recently held a meeting at Los An
geles for the purpose of urging divi-
sion of California by forming a new
state of Southern California. The
diversity of climate and productions of
the soil between northern and south
ern California were urged in support of
the movement.
News has been received that the New
Hebrides islands in the Pacific ocean
were passing through a baptism of fire,
earthquakes and volcanic disturbances.
Many lives were said to be lost. an en-
tire village being carried into the sea
on one island.
A CABLE dispatch from Yokohama
says when the japanese entered Port
Arthur they massacred practically the
entire population in cold blood. There
was an unrestrained reign of murder
which continued for three days. All
pretenses that the circumstances justi-
fed the atrocities are false. The civil
liked world VIII Se Mortified by the de-
tails.
]. r. PRESTON, state perintendent
of education of Mississippi, has COM
pleted the compilation of the children
IL the state and finds the total to be
541. 531, an increase of 25.346 over last
year. OF the number 100000 are w bite
and $780, colored.
ADDITIONAL, DISPaTCHES