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

AN OrgdnlZdJlOn mas Deen per1ecDeu
at Chickasa. /. T., to devote its time to
getting the Kiowa, Comanche and other
Indian lands opened to settlement as
soon as possible. A petition was being
circulated for that purpose which will
be presented to congress
A SUCCESSFUL attempt at train wreck
ing was perpetrated on the branch road
miles south of Eunice, La The OBJ
struction caused the engine, baggage
car and passenger coach to turn over.
Fireman s. Geiger was killed and En-
gineer Joseph Maulden seriously in
jured.
FIRE destroyed brick business house
in the heart of Houston, Tex, on the
18th. Loss on stock of goods in the
building, ETC., $50. .OGo; total insurance.
$500 Another fire at the same time
wrecked boarding house; loss, SO, 500:
no insurance.
ITALIANS employed on the Roaring
Creek e Charleston railroad, near Elk
ins, W. Va. about forty in number
were reported tearing up switches and
doing other damage. They were on
the verge of starvation through their
wages not being paid.
Two brothers named Boyd at Lula,
Miss. killed a man each on the main
business street on the 18th, the tragedy
being the result of an old feud.
DR.. JAMES Ii. MCCosH, the venerable
ex-president of Princeton university,
died On the 10th through old age.
ALETTER has been sent to the British
secretary of state for foreign affairs
detailing the atrocities perpetrated by
Turks on the Armenians, some of the
soldiers admitting that they killed 100
persons each. Twenty or thirty Arme-
MAN villages were destroyed and some
persons were burned to death with ker-
osene in their houses.
Rev. CARLOS MARTYR has resigned as
pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian church,
Chicago, and will devote himself to a
local crusade against municipal cor
ruption.
CHARLES MITCHELL, the pugilist,
writes the London Sporting Life that
he intends to come to America, and
that he may challenge the winner of
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight.
CITIZENS of Muskogee, /. T.. have Of
fered a reward of 1,5OO for the arrest
of Bill Cook, Cherokee Bill, James
French. Skeeter and James Turner.
This amount will supplement the re-
ward of $500 offered by the government,
the $3.50 offered by Chief Harris and
rewards which it is hoped the express
companies may be induced to offer.
The twenty-first annual convention
of the W. C. I. Q. openedat Cleveland,
o.. on the 10th, delegates being present
from every state in the union. Reports
of officers were read
ROBERT FITZsIMMoNs knocked ont
Con Riordan, his sparring partner, on
the night of the 10th at Syracuse, n.
Y. in the first round of his usual ex-
hibition, which closed the programme
of his vaudeville show. The blow was
right-hander and caught Riordan
squarely on the chin, and he sank
slowly until he measured ms length
on the stage. Fitzsimmons was ar
rested shortly after midnight. Riordan
died at 3:l5 the next morning.
CHAMPION CoRBETT has commenced
training for his fight with Fitzsim-
mons He ran twenty miles on the
18th and was in excellent condition
O'Donneli. who was formerly with
Fitzsimmons in Australia. is teaching
Corbett how to avoid Fitzsimmons'
knockout blows.
WHILE F. NJ. Murphy, the temper
ance advocate, was Speeding to a large
audience at Hartford, Conn, recently,
flames were discovered behind the r
gan and a panic ensued. In spite of
the efforts of Murphy and others every
one crushed through the exits and sew
eral ladies tainted in the excitement,
but there were no casualties. The
loss was $4,000.
TIE directors of the Western Base
ball association met at Rock Island,
ILL.,, on the 18th and awarded Rock
Island the pennant for the season of
1894. All the clubs were represented
except st. Joseph, and that organiza-
tion being in arrears, was notified to
make up the deficiency or stay sus-
pended. The league was reported
prosperous and the salary limit for
1895 was advanced from $500 to 5000 per
month. Rockford, Sioux City and Dem
yer were applicants for membership in
the association.
GEORGE HOWARD, vice president of
the American Railway union, presented
a proposition to the Knights of Labor.
in session at New Orleans. for the con-
solidation of all the labor organiza-
tions into one vast body, under a single
board of management and with ANAL
gamation of interests. He said that if
such plan were adopted labor would
be in a position 20 have its wrongs re-
dressed and obtain its rights. Grand
Master Sovereign also spoke in favor of
the plan and there was general dis
cussion of the proposition.
FIERCE timber fires were reported
raging around Boulder, Col, on the
18th. Several mining camps had been
burned. The property loss will amount
to large sum and there will be great
destitution caused.
CHANCELLOR ANDREW ALLISON was
shot and instantly killed at the court
house at Nashville, Tenn. by George
Whitworth, the clerk of the court.
Whitworth then shot and fatally
wounded himself. The chancellor's
son had been appointed to succeed
Whitworth.
THE lines of the Western Passenger
association met at Chicago on the 18th
and considered the question of half
fare permits. 1t was decided that
clergymen permanently located can
have a permit on the Endorsement of
the agent at the town where the
clergyman may be residing. All Others,
such as evangelists. members of the