The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-12

| upon the statute book of Texas pro-
| hibiting pugilistic encounters, and that
upon payment of the license fee pre-
| scribed for such exhibition there was
no lawful power in the state to inter
fere with the exhibition. Judge Clark
gave the matter at issue careful study
and patient research, and his opinion
was most sweeping.
The little town of Calamus, IA. was
the scene of a shocking double tragedy
on the 9TH. Robert Brown fatally shot
his wife and then killed himself. Jeal-
ousv was the cause of the crime. The
couple had been married only two
months.
! CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended July showed an average
! increase as coIrpared with the corre-
spending week last year of IA 9; in New
/ York the increase was 1872; outside
| New York. 1876.
FIVE persons dead and thirty-three
! injured was the record OF accidents of
the 4th in Chicago.
MARY MORGAN, aged 81, and Maggie
Latferty, aged 22 years, were struck
/ by a Pennsylvania train at Holmes
burg junction, Pa, on the 5th and
killed.
FREDERICK HELLMAN, a well to do
mason contractor of Chicago, murdered
his wife and four children and himself
on the night of the 4th by turning on
the gas and causing death by asphyXi-
alton. 1t was at first supposed that
their deaths was an accident, but it
developed at the coroner's inquest that
the wholesale murder was calmly
planned. and that the man intended to
kill himself and end the existence of
the members of his family.
THE steamship Stanley Force came
into collision with and sank the steam
dredger Bella near Liverpool, Eng, on
the 5th. Five of the latter's crew were
drowned.
HIGH officials of the present Guate-
malan government were said to be i'm
plicated in recent discovered defalca-
tions amounting to over $4,000, 900.
The money missed was said to have
been charged as expended for arms,
which never arrived.
WHILE 10000 people sat in the grand
stand at the Buffalo On. " Driving
park on the 4th section of the stand
fell. In the stampede which fol-
lowed women tainted and were
trampled upon. Men jumped from the
stand to the ground and in other ways
contributed to the excitement. Car
riages were soon at hand and took to
hai, Il
en- who were but slightly injured.
WHILE the population of Bristol,
Ind, were gathered on bridge span
ming the st. Joseph river watching a
tub race 100 feet of the sidewalk of the
bridge went down, carrying with it 100
persons. The fall was about 80 feet
and the iron fell on many. The vic
Tins of the accident were all removed
from the water and physicians
throughout the surrounding country
summoned to attend the injured.
None were killed outright, but several
will die.
The village of Reddick. Ill, was
nearly wiped out by fire. The fire
swept Main street. Only the depot
and half a dozen residences were left.
The total loss will reach $50. 900
REPORTS from several towns near
Alpena. Mich, on the 4th stated that
extensive forest fires were raging
among the farming communities, many
farmers having lost homes, barns and
crops.
VICE president STEVENSON and Gov.
Mckinley each made an address on the
4th at the picnic at Chicago of the
American Federation of Labor and the
Trade and Labor assembly. There
were about 10000 people on the
grounds.
Mrs. CATHARINE OLEARY, owner of
the fractions cow which, in barn in
the rear of No. 137 DeKoven street, in
October, 1871. kicked over lamp and
started a blaze which cost Chicago
$50. 600, coo, died on the evening of the
Sd of pneumonia.
NEAR Lake City, Fla, Robert Ben
nett, a young colored preacher. was
dragged from his pulpit and hanged |
by a mob of his own race. He was ac-
cused of assaulting the daughter of one |
OF his church members.
The city council of Silver City, n. |
NJ, has refused to levy tax for the |
payment of interest on its bonded in |
debtedness amounting to $50, 900, thus |
practically repudiating the bonds. The |
debt was refunded three years ago at |
per cent
The Gayoso hotel at Memphis, Tenn,
went into the hands of a receiver on |
obligations amounting TO nearly $780, |
0O0 The property is worth 5000. 600. |
The hotel was Grants and Sherman's |
headquarters during the war.
IN an effort to conceal her shame,
Sarah Krumis, a 23-year-old servant |
girl. of Sunbury, Pa, strangled her |
child to death moment after its birth |
in lonely wood near there. A short |
time later, overcome by illness and re-
morse, she confessed her crime, and
though lowering between life and
death, she was guarded by constables,
who will remove her to prison as soon
as her condition will permit.
ABOUT $500 people witnessed triple
hanging at Mayersville, Miss, on the
Sd. The criminals were Bill Purvis, |
Griffin Hubbard and Grant Wilson, all |
negroes Each made a speech on the |
stand, confessing the crime, but say
ing he had been forgiven and was 60
ing straight to glory. The negroes |
were convicted of the murder of DR.. |
King, owner OF a trading boat, then |
lying at Carolina Landing.
A DALLAS, Tex, dispatch said that |
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad |
had slashed cuts to Missouri river |
points, meeting the reductions in pas
senger rates made by the Santa Fe,
and passenger rate war of huge pro- |
portiOnS was on The Katy announced |