The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-12

train jumping the track. Ten people
were hurt more or less severely.
A FIRE was discovered on the steam
boat City of Albany, lying on the Har
lem river at New York The boat wa.
damaged s15O,OO0. A frame building
also caught fire and caused damage
of 500. 900.
THIRTY drunken negroes at Powers
station, KY, incensed because forced
TO ride in the negro department on an
excursion train from Owensboro. made
a rush to get into the coach for white
people and scared the women, who ran
through the train. A deputy United
States marshal tried to quiet them.
AS the train pulled out the negroes
shot all the windows out of one coach
and the white men emptied their re-
volvers into the negroes, who were
punched on the platform. 1t was be-
lieved that seven negroes were killed
and as many more wounded.
FIRE at Adel, Ia, consumed the opera
house and number of other buildings
in the business portion. Loss, $4,000
to 100000; insurance, half. Fifteen
horses were cremated.
Ex-Gov. ANDREW G. CURTIN died at
Bellefonte, Pa, on the 9TH, aged SO
years. He was one of the war gov
ernors.
A MYSTERIOUS murder and suicide or
double murder, occurred in Middle
town. n. Y. on the eth. John Tierney
was found with a bullet hole in his
right temple. His wife was lying near
him with a bullet hole in her left
breast, while a pistol lay few feet
away. The affair occurred in a cafe
owned and conducted by Mrs. Tierney.
BEATRICE Won DRESDEN made an as
cension on the Franklinville fair ground
at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 9th, and when
several hundred feet from the earth
fell from the balloon and was instantly
killed. Just before the accident she
was seen at the side of the basket try
ing to unfasten the parachute. The
body was imbedded foot in the
ground.
| REPRESENTATIVES, of various wheel
companies have been meeting in In
dianapolis, Ind, for several weeks and
have completed an organization, which
will practically give them the monop-
oily of the wheel business of the coun-
try. The name of the new organiza-
tion is the Commercial Wheel Co. 1t
is safe to say that 80 per cent. of the
factories between the Allegheny
mountains and the Pacific coast have
allied themselves in the new trust.
The steamer Orinoco, from Bermuda
brought to New York Capt. Forbes,
Mate Joseph Connor and nine seamen
of the American bark Albemarle from
Baltimore which was burned at sea
September Is. The vessel caught fire
and the crew were compelled to take
to the boats and abandon the vessel,
saving nothing but what they stood in.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for
the week ended October showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of Ill;
in New York the increase was l2.s; out
side New York the increase was 90.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 5th said that with the money
crops of the west and south declining
in value it was not strange that pur-
chases of manufactured products were
smaller than expected. The price for
cash wheat was small fraction higher.
Corn receipts were only third as large
as last year. Pork products were weak
in tone, though only lard was quotably
lower.
A FIRE broke out in the Kidder fur
niture building at Buckhannon, w.
Va, and spread rapidly. The furni
ture building, a feed store, hardware
store and a half dozen frame dwellings
along Main street were soon in ruins
The loss will amount to $4,000, insured
for less than half that amount.
ARTICLES have been signed for fin
ish fight between Tommy Ryan. of
Chicago, and Jack Dempsey. the ''Non-
pareil." The men will meet at the
Auditorium Athletic club, of New Or
leans, December 10, for purse of S.
600, weighing in at IA pounds at the
ring side.
AT Chillicothe, o., on the 4th Flying
Jib paced mile in 1:5S4, lowering the
worlds record.
SIX cases of smallpox are reported
to the Iowa state board of health at
Tabor.
THE San Francisco Chronicle saws
that all federal employees in San Fran
cisco have received a circular letter
from the democratic campaign commit
tee, stating that as officeholders they
are presumed to desire the perpetual
ton of the present administra ton and
that the democratic ticket may be sue
cessful. Each officeholder is requested
to contribute 2 per cent. of his yearly
salary to the funds of the party.
SIOUX CITY was thrown out of the
Western Baseball league in the reor-
ganization which took place on the 4th.
The new league thus far is composed
of indianapolis, Kansas City, Mil
waukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Toledo
and Grand Rapids. The objection to
Sioux City was that it did poor busi-
ness last year, and the prospect of it
becoming good paying ball town
were alleged to be not very promising.
A LIGHTER vote was polled in the
Georgia election than was cast two
years ago. The democratic ticket was
elected by about $4,000 majority. At
kinson, democratic candidate for gov
ernor, ran behind his ticket
PROF. DAVID SWING, the noted Chi
cago divine. died on the Sd.
THE Wholesale Druggists associa-
tion met for its twentieth annual con-
vention in New York on the I'd.
THE Choctaw council has completed |
the work of counting the votes of the |
late election at Tuskahoma, 1T. Gard !
ner was declared elected and the oath |
of Office was administered to him by |
Chief Justice Garland. Gov. Jones be- |