The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19

| drunk at the BeattyvllIe fair and then
went after his old enemy. Sheriff
Simms. They both drew their guns
and Simms was shot dead. The people
were infuriated and Col. John Drum
mond made speech and said the muir
derer must be hanged, and the mob
went to the Jail and put rope round
the mans neck and he was hanged, the
affair being done in a very formal man
ner. None of the mob made any at
tempt to conceal their identity.
CAPT. MARTIN, an English officer,
jumped from the Poughkeepsie, n. V,
bridge to the water, distance of 130
feet. He was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition but soon revived. He
suffered a slight wrench of the right
knee, but was apparently uninjured in
any other respect. The jump was
made on a wager.
A BOAT containing four men was
struck by squall off Coney island, n.
/ V. and capsized on the 14th. One of
the men was rescued in an unconscious
condition; the three others were
drowned.
A RIOT among Hungarians at Maltby,
Pa, resulted in the killing of one per-
son, the fatal wounding of two more
and the serious injuring of two others
| The riot was the result of a drunken
debauch.
HOSEA L. STONE and Virgil Moon.
two young farmers near Waco. Tex,
attended country dance on the 18th
and became involved in a dispute in
which Moon accused Stone of misrep-
resenting him to a young woman of
the neighborhood to which both were
paying attention. The men Withdrew
to lane. and engaged in duel with
knives. Moon was cut and stabbed
several times and died shortly after
ward. Stone, badly wounded, made
his escape.
THE annual report of Commodore e.
o. Matthews to the secretary of the
navy upon navy yards and docks esti-
mates the expenditures for the next
fiscal year at S1,s6l. .295. which is a re-
duction of the estimates submitted by
the commandants of the yards of So.
646, SEQ. The heaviest cut was in the
item of improvements. which was re-
duced from So. 6.221,712 to Sl.O44. SOB. The
item for general maintenance was cut
Sl57, 900, and that for repairs $4,000, 900.
A MAN named Harrison. pensioner
at Alton. ILL.,. had just drawn his pen
sion for the last three months. beside
his weeks pay as a well digger. He
proceeded to enjoy himself in the sa-
looms of the city. He fell into bad
company and was found dead in the
rear of saloon. A post mortem eX
animation showed he had been sand
bagged. All his money and his watch
were missing.
EUGENE V. DEBs and the other di
rectors of the American Railway union
have mailed 1000 copies of an appeal
for reorganization of the old order. On
roads opposed to the American Railway
union the men are urged to organize
secretly and promises of ample protec-
tion are given to them by the signers
Of the appeal.
i GLASS tube filed with gunpowder
and bullets. charged with chlorate of
potash and having lighted fuse at
tached. was found outside the Metro
politan bank at Walsall. Eng. on the
18th. The fuse was eXtinguished be-
fore an explosion could occur Walsall
was the scene of the anarchistic prose-
cutions at the beginning of 1892.
THIEVES recently entered the resi-
derce of f. J. Opp. of Newton. Hamil-
ton county. o.. and stole about $4,000
in stocks, bonds and money.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the l2th said business was still
waiting for the development of the re-
tail trade. Wholesale dealers were
halting because business did not show
distinctly what it was to be. Corn was
stronger, for receipts were hardly
quarter of last year. The government
crop reports were not greatly trusted
and actually exaggerated the tendency
to lower prices because they were sup
posed to report all the crops too low.
Four earthquake shocks were felt in
Athens on the night of the 10th.
THE entire Remier family at Dalton.
o.. were rearrested on the 18th charged
with conspiracy to burn the town.
Great excitement prevailed. Dalton
was recently nearly wiped out of eX-
AHANhCO W Al my SuA pcSNNA ~ W VI IN
cendiarv origin The Renters were
suspected and arrested some time ago,
but. owing to lack of sufficient evil
dence, were discharged.
THERE now seems to be very little
doubt that heavyweight Champion
James Corbett will defend his title
against Bob FitzSimmons, the cham
pion of the middleweights. The men
met at New York and after an hours
parleying they and their managers
agreed to fight to finish at the Flor
ida Athletic club, Jacksonville, Fla,
for purse of 81, 200 and $4,000 side,
any time after july /. 1895. The battle
will prohablT take place in the fall of
next year, the date being left to the
club.
REV. 7. G.. Unlisted. pastor of the
wealthy Unity church at Chicago. has
organized unique church, patterned
on the lines of the early Christian or
ganization. The fundamental princi-
piles will be the absence of the pastors
salary, all the funds of the congrega-
ton being used for charity. A large
number of wealthy citizens have iden-
titled themselves with the movement.
IN Chicago the birth of Father Mat
thew. the apostle of temperance. was
celebrated on the 10th by the temper
ance people of all classes and denomi-
nations, in which $4,000 people partici-
pated.
THE London Times contends that any
attempt on the part of the powers to
stop the war between Japan and China