The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-14


threw up the sponge.
THREE masked men near Buchanan,
Ga, attempted to kill and rob Buck
Sammerlin. aged "A. The old man
fought and killed one of his assailants.
He was shot, however, and will die.
The other two robbers escaped.
A. j. BLACKWELL, of David, /. T.,
founder of the town of Blackwell. Ok,
about whom stories have been sent
broadcast stating that he was shaved
and tortured almost to death with steel
needles by Indians, has filed suit at
Fort Smith, Ark. for $50, 200 damages
against the Indian government for
false imprisonment.
CHIEF OF POLICE ARMSTRONG has de-
cided to allow no more prize fights in
Denver. Col The pugilists who have
been giving many so-called boxing ex-
hibitions there lately will be sent to
Jail as Migrants if they do not leave
town.
The great San Juan, Mex, irrigation
enterprise is complete, and water will
soon be turned into the 900 kilometers
of canals that have been constructed.
This work, done under government
concession. cost s3,OOO.OOO gold. The
water is secured by damming the San
Juan river. 1t will irrigate vast areas.
JOHN RILEY and William Bates, two
mill men at Niles, o., had disagree
ment and decided to settle it by fight
ing with clubs. The fight lasted three
minutes and Riley was so badly hurt
| l.. - bn1 1a ,,-A,,lA Ain
FRANK MEYERS. convict who was
brought to Lexington, KY, to testify
in a court case, tried to escape at the
Jail door and knocked Deputy Willler-
son down as the latter was unlocking
the door. Then he ran down the
street. followed by Wilkerson,> who
fired three shots, the last of which
killed the fugitive.
BRADsTREET's Review of Trade said
that the holiday season was bringing
increased activity to retailers. North
of Kansas City reports were rather I'M
favora BILE because of the unreasonable
weather The tendency of prices was
to increased firmness.
FIVE people were overcome by coal
gas at St. Paul. Mimi, recently and
narrowly escaped death. They retired
at night leaving the hampers closed in
the coal stove. When neighbors broke
in all were unconscious. 1t was thought
two of them would die.
A DISPATCH from Warsaw, Russian
! Poland, says that Gen. Gourko, the
governor of Warsaw, received a tele-
gram from the Russian minister of the
interior conveying to him an order of
the ear not to interfere with the
affairs of the Catholic clergy or to i'm
pose any orders upon them.
A BoDY-afterward identified as that
of A. ID. Barnes, proprietor of several
news and fruit stands-was found in n
shipping case in an alley at Chicago on
/ the eth. The body had been cut up to
fit the case. At the inquest the police
advanced the theory that the man was
murdered and the murderers had
| boxed the corpse for shipment, but
| fearing discovery had abandoned it.
A MAN has been arrested at the Hua-
chuca mountains, Arizona, whom the
authorities believe to be John w. Hill
mon, the man whose life insurance GER
tain companies will not pay, as they
claim he is not dead.
Provisions for uniform rates of post
age for United States mails sent to
every portion of the globe, with few
exceptions, are made in an order re-
Gently issued by Postmaster-General
Bissell. The rates are cents for each
half ounce of mail, except for Canada
/ xx,hoea 4as Of D
cents an ounce are applicable, or to the
postal agency at Shanghai.
THE Alabama w. c. T. T., which has
| Just closed a meeting at Birmingham.
have decided to pay the expenses of
woman to go to Montgomery to remain
during the entire session of the legis-
lature and lobby for the passage of a
general prohibition bill in the state.
Only five counties have prohibition now
and a fund is being raised by the wom-
en- to begin an organized fight to make
Alabama prohibition state.
AT Chicago twenty-five drunken
United States soldiers, bound for Fort
Sheridan, took charge of train on the
night of the 5th as soon as il left the
station and after soaring the home
bound passengers thoroughly, collected
in the smoking car where they engaged
in general fight. Many of them were
badly bruised and one soldier was
knocked senseless.
EARTHQUAKES have been felt daily
in the northern portion of Ecuador
ever since November 81. Much prop
erty has been destroyed and many per-
sons have been injured.
THE national council of Switzerland
has requested the federal council to re-
sumo negotiations with foreign gov
ernments for the establishment of in
ternational regulations upon the labor
questions.
THE second days session of the Texas
irrigation congress at San Antonio was
devoted to the hearing of a paper on
the subject of Irrigation Laws" by
Maj. c. E. Dutton. of the United States
army, followed by discussion of the
question. 1t was shown that the pres
ent irrigation laws of Texas are defec-
tive and stand as a menace to capital
seeking investment in irrigation enter
prises. A committee was appointed to
formulate an irrigation bill of a nature
similar to the laws in operation in Cali
fornia, Colorado and other western
states.
COMMANDER DARLINGTON Booth. of
the Salvation army, was reported critic
ally i'll in Chicago on the 5th. The sick
chamber was kept in total darkness and
absolute quiet and all visitors were for
hidden to see him.
IT was rumored at Shanghai on the
5th that ten days armistice had been
arranged between China and Japan,
and it was said that the terms of peace