The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26


cratic congress opened at Bornheim. a
suburb of Frankfort, Germany. on the
Goth in the presence of an immense
gathering of workingmen.
A so-cALLED "Coxey army" parade,
consisting of eight ragged men with a
wagon, went through Wall street, New
York. on the Goth. The wagon was
preceded by the leader, Carl Browne,
who was arrested and taken to police
headquarters.
In placing in the Chicago county Jail
on a charge of arson two Cinnamon,
United States Fire Inspector Cowie and
Fire Marshal Conway have brought on
q fierce fight between themselves and
the police on one hand. and some of the
most influential Cinnamon in the
United States, the prisoners being
among them, on the other hand. No
tices were posted in Chinatown on the
21st offering $500 to any Chinaman who
would kill either Mr.. Conway or Mr..
Cowie.
CLEARING house returns from the
principal cities of the United States for
the week ended October 10 showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week of last year of 3. L;
outside New York the increase was 7.5.
THE federal grand jury at Chicago
on the 18th returned an omnibus in
dictment against Debs and the officers
uf the American Railway union and a
large number of persons charged with
participation in violence and the OBJ
struction of the mails and commerce
on the different roads last summer. In
all sixty-nine persons were included
in the blanket Indictment.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 10Th said that the domestic
trade reported by railroad earnings in
October was "a per cent less than last
year. Business had not yet reached
expectations and it was evident that
the loss of part of the corn crop and
the low prices of other great staples
had affected the buying power OF mil
lions.
LATE dispatch from Shanghai said
that the Japanese at the Yalu river
tried to surprise the Chinese under
cover of darkness but failed and re-
tired after desultory fighting at long
range. The Chinese claimed that they
inflicted losses on the japanese ad-
vance guard.
A CRANK entered the Clinton Place
bank in New York recently and de-
manded 81, 600 from Paying Teller Hind.
The teller told the crank to wait As
Hind turned away the crank fired a re-
volver point blank at him and the bull
let buried itself in the woodwork. The
crank was seized and turned over to
the police. The officials of the bank a
few days before had received postal
card from a man saying he would call
in few days for 1000.
THE American Warehousemen's as
sociation at their convention at Cleve-
land. O.. elected the following officers:
Phillip Cooley. of Philadelphia, presi-
dent: J. X. Price. of Cleveland, vice
president and chairman of the eXecu-
tive committee; p. Thompson, of Kan
sas City, secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee was instructed
to select Philadelphia as the place for
the next meeting on the third Wednes-
day in September, 1895.
AT Crosby, Russia. large naphtha
spring became ignited in some un-
known manner and the flames spread
to number of buildings. Seventeen
workmen were burned to death.
BAsEBALL men representing six cities
gathered together at Philadelphia on
the 18th and after six hours delibera-
tion announced the formation of the
American Association of Baseball clubs,
with circuit made up thus far of Phil
adelphia, New York, Brooklyn in the
east. and Chicago, Pittsburgh and Mil
is to be located in st. Louis, Detroit,
Columbus or Buffalo, with chances
favoring the latter.
THE tug Monarch, which towed the
big log raft over the Columbia river
bar a few DAYS ago and arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th, reported the
raf # a total loss. A terrible gale was
encountered and the raft went to pieces
/ the second day out The raft contained
O.OO0 spars and piles consigned to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. and was
valued at $1,000.
\ BALTIMORE & ONO east bound pas
senger train ran over dynamite cart
ridge near Bissell. lonely spot about
l. miles from Pittsburgh. Pa, on the
18th. The fiange of one wheel was
blown off and one end of a coach
wrecked. There were few passengers
aboard and no one was injured. An
examination of the track was made
and two more dynamite cartridges
were found on the rails. Had the train
been running fast it would have eX
ploded all three cartridges and have
been totally wrecked.
DIR. GEORGE Won SCHMIDT, the Ger
man traveller stopping at Minneapolis,
Mimi. on the 18th claimed to have re
ceived a crypsographic letter from
Russia that students, military men and
clergymen were in conspiracy to set
aside the czarowitz and place Prince
George on the throne.
A DOG rushed among some school chill
dren in West Guthrie, Ok, and bit and
tore Bessie Gates. aged 10. so that it was
feared she would die. The dog ther
attacked a pair OF horses. Two mer
attempted to shoot it, but the bullet
struck Mrs Littlejohn in the thigh and
groin. infiicting fatal wounds.
1T was reported on the 10th that Port
Arthur the Chinese stronghold where
i the Chinese fleet had been refitting
after the battle of Yalu river, had beer
captured by the japanese.
THE session of the Women's Christian
Temperance union at Philadelphia OF
the 10th was enlivened by sensation
consequent upon the vigorous speech
of Mrs. Quigley. president of the New
JERSEY branch of the union. She de