The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-23
GENERAL NEWS

a MAllGNANI GtSc&Sc TtscHd Dit1iS
black diphtheria has broken out at
Five Points, a small station east of
Brocton- III. There were over twenty
cases in the village on the 18th. The
schools at Five Points and Broeton
had been closed. in order to keep the
disease from spreading.
THE executive committee of the
American Bimetaliic league has called
a conference az St Louis for November
%. at which the present situation will
be fully discussed and the policy to be
hereafter pursued by the friends of
free coinage of silver be decided upon.
THE Shiloh Battlefield association
desires the names and post Office ad-
dress of all the survivors of the battle.
The secretary has the names of over
10000 of the survivors and when all
are in a complete roster will be print
ed. All names should be sent 30 E. T.
Lee, secretary of the Shiloh Battlefield
association. Monticello. Ill.
The thirty-sixth anniversary of the
founding of Denver. Col, was celebrat-
ed in that city on the 18th by banquet
under the auspices OF the Denver Real
Estate exchange.
In fight near Muskogee. /. T. be-
tween deputy marshals and the Cook
gang, one marshal was wounded and
Cherokee Bill, an outlaw. was killed.
RUSSELL SAGE and George Gould
moved before Justice Truax, OF the
New York supreme court. on the 10th
for an extension of time to answer in
the action brought by the Soldiers
Orphans home. of st. Louis. to recover
about 81. .000, 600 from the bondholders
of the Kansas Pacific railway. Lawyer
]. L. Morrison. for the plaintiffs. said
the defendants knew about the case
and should have been prepared. lie
said Gould and Sage were guilty of
what in plain language was larceny.
WHARTON BAKER, of Philadelphia,
has written an open letter to Gov. Nc
Kinley. of Ohio. asking him to publicly
state his views on the money question.
and at the same time suggesting that
the republican campaign of 1896 should
be made for American protection and
American bimetallism against British
free trade and British gold monometal-
lisfn''
TWELVE millers, representing sec
merchant Touring mills. with daily
capacity of $4,000 barrels. met in Sc
cret session at the Auditorium. Chicago,
on the 10th. to consider the proposition
to reduce the output 1870 barrels OF
-four da'- fnT thirty days. or 5000. COZ
barrels IL all. Those present repre-
sented mills in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois.
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Missouri and
North Dakota.
CAROLINE AGNES BEREsFoRD. dow
ager duchess of Montrose. died at Lon
don on the 10th. She maintained a
splendid stable and raced horses under
the name of Mr.. Manton." Owing to
her favorite costumes being of fiery col
ors she became known as the Red
Duchess"
a STORM checked the forest fires
around Gold Hill. Col. and the people
were reported returning to their homes
on the 10th. The damage to property
was estimated at sl.OOO.OOO. several
hundred people being made homeless.
THE Manufacturers Record. of Bal
timore. Md. will publish special letters
from large number of United States
senators and congressman. giving lcir
views on whether the COVE ....lent
should give financial aid to sec~te the
early construction of the Nicaragua
canal. Many of them think the enter
prise should be constructed.
Gov. FIsHBACK. of Arkansas. has
stated that he will recommend to the
legislature when it meets that some
>hing must be done about the Indian
territory. as it is such safe place of
refuge for criminal that IL has become
a menace not only TO Arkansas. but tp
all the other states adjacent.
THE coroner's inquest over the five
persons that were shot at Washington
Court House. O.. by national guards
has resulted in q verdict censuring Col.
Colt
By fire AZ Caledonia. Y. y. James
Wilson. merchant. was seriously in
jured and may die. The loss was Ss5.-
600: covered by insurance. The fire
was incendiary in its origin.
JAY HICKS. the murderer OF Ranch
man Myers. paid the death penalty at
Sturgis. :. D.. on the 18th. The con-
dcmnel man was barely able TO walk
TO the scaffold. which had been left
standing from the date first SCI for the
execution n August