The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-18
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THE canvass of Orleans county, \.
v, in behalf of woman suffrage shows
there are 1,310 women on the tax rolls
who pay taxes on assessed valuation of
81, 529, 431. There were 6.956 votes cast
in this county in the last election. and
the petition in favor of woman suffrage
contains the names of 5,siS persons
over 21 years of age.
A GIGANTIC ice combine has been
formed of all the New York and Brook
lyn ice companies except the Knicker-
booker, and that it is understood, is
practically within the fold. Some idea
of the magnitude of the trust may be
formed from the fact that New York
consumes in the summer season about
5000, 600 tons of natural ice.
RICHARD CRoKER's resignation as
chief of Tammany has been handed in
and accepted. John McQuade will sue
ceed Mr.. Croker as chairman of the
finance committee.
HALF the people of Norway, Me, a
town of 3, 900 inhabitants are homeless
in consequence of confagration that
swept over the place. Two firemeu
were injured by falling from ladders
The loss will be about S239, 900, upon
which the insurance is sl39, 600
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May II showed an average de-
crease as compared with the corre-
spending week last year of 81 in New
York the decrease was 42.6; outside,
226
TIE R,Anl-1r--, 4a1 al
crowded to its utmost capacity on the
evening of the 11th at the continuation
of the celebration of Rev. Dewitt Tai
mage's silver jubilee in honor of the
completion of the twenty fifth year of
his pastorate.
BRADsTREET' review of the state of
trade for the week ended May IL said
that warm weather had stimulated
farm work as well as sales in season.
able lines of merchandise. but the tariff
uncertainty makes merchants buy for
present needs only. The miners strike
had caused many industrial shutdowns
throughout the country.
SENTENCE of death was pronounced
on Tip the man-killing elephant of
Central park, n. Y. Tips man-killing
propensities found vent in 1882 and for
the next eight years he added victim
each year to his record. After several
Intellectual attempts to poison him he
finally succumbed, the doctors having
got enough cyanide of potassium into
his system to kill dozen horses
EIGHT thousand coke workers at
tended meeting at Ellsworth park on
the 11th and resolved to stand firm for
their demands After adjournment
the strikers started for Meyer to take
claim to have leased. About 100 depu-
ties were on guard and serious trouble
was feared.
JUST after services had ended al
noon on the 18th fire broke out in Rev.
De Witt Talmage's tabernacle at
Brooklyn and it was totally destroyed,
several other buildings close by being
damaged also. Total loss, nearly s.,
100000
TWENTY-FIVE men were dangerously
Injured at Braddock, Pa. A tank car
holding 400 gallons of benzine en-
ploded while firemen were trying to
put out fire in a barreihouse of a re-
finery close by. Loss will not exceed
$4,000
THE main line of the United States
Pipe Line Co, running through the
forest nine miles from Athens. Pa, was
tapped on the 18th and the oil fired.
A large force of men has been ordered
to the scene of the fire. The damage
was thought to be due to some one
with grievance
The body of man supposed to be
Prof. Anton Stamm. formerly one of
editors of the American edition of the
Encyclopedia britannica, was found
hanging to tree in Central park, New
York.