The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20

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DURING row in Thornto - re>lau-
rant 90 Third avenue. New York. e.
tween Charlie Blake and Thomas Hp-
IAN. two customers. and Charles Law
ender. walter. Blake shot Laven Ter
twice in the left side of the body and
twice in the breast. When Patrolman
Michael j. Howard went to arrest
mouth and neck. Blake and Hogan
were arrested.
FRANCIS SCHLATTER. the healer"
reached Santa Cruz. 30 miles north of
Santa Fe, n. NJ. on the 18th. Passing
thrOu h Taos valley he was met and
followed by several hundred people.
At the village of Ranchitos de Taos 500
people assembled to greet him. He
blessed handkerchiefs and cured many
persons. There was great excitement
at Santa Fe over Schlatters proba BILE
advent
Miss ELLEN CULVER, of Chicago, has
donated 81. 600 600 to the Chicago uni
versitv. The condition of the gift is
that it shall be devoted to the increase
and spread of knowledge within the
field of biological science.
An awful disaster occurred at Big
Stone Gap, Ga. on the 14th in which
five white laborers lost their lives
The men were working on a cut and
had stopped for dinner, seating them
selves under ledge of rock projecting
from an embankment. Suddenly. aud
without the slightest warning, large
bowlder broke loose and came down
upon them, causing the instant death
of all.
SAMUEL GoMPERs was elected presi-
dent of the American Federation of
La bor over John Mcbride by vote of
!, 041 to 1.O23. James McGuire was re-
elected as first and James Duncan as
second vice president; John b. Lannon
was reelected treasurer and Augustus
McCraith secretary.
A DISPATCH to the London Central
News said it was reported that the
car of Russia had lately received sew
eral threatening letters and that nj
hilist conspiracy against the life of
his majesty had been discovered in
Moscow, the police of that city having
seized number of bombs and several
arrests made.
THE national conference of colored
men opened at Detroit. Mich, on the
18th with many prominent negroes
present
A CHICAGO dispatch of the 18th stated
that Dan Stuart was negotiating with
''Parson'' Davies to secure John L.
Sullivan and Paddy Ryan as referee
and time-keeper for his Maher-F'itz-
simmons fight. The "Parson' was
willing and so were Sullivan and Ryan.
The Lexington XVI Observer pro-
poses ex-Gov Brown. of Kentucky. for
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent. aud says his name will be pre-
scented in the convention.
TITUsvILLE. Fla, was literally wiped
out by fire on the 18th. the property
loss aggregating SlO0. 600.
The American Federation of Labor
in cOnven ton at New York on the
18th adopted a resolution in favor of
postal savings banks George +. Me-
Neill.of Boston. of the committee on
the eight-hour question, made report
to the effect that general movement
in favor of the eight-hour work day
was deemed unwise. but that the ex-
ecutive committee should select one or
more of the best conditioned organiza-
tons to begin the contest for an eight
hour day.
THE failures for the week ended De-
cember : (Dun's report were 35S in the
United States. against $40 last year,
and 81 in Canada, against 40 last year.
AARON HARPER colOred. was hanged
on the l2;h at Coffeeville Miss. for the
murder of his wife last April. He was
convicted on the evidence of his IL
vear-old child.
IT has been discovered that almost
nine-tenths of the West Creek, Col,
district. one of the new gold fields, is
in United States timber reservation,
and persons working there are liable
to Imprisonment for tres pass.
AT Stephenville, Tex. in an alterca-
ton between Billy KAY and 7. j. Will
son. Kay was stabbed, and while bleed
ing to death he threw Wilson to the
ground and stamped his head to a
pulp.
JOSEPH HOLDEN, living near Lees
bury. Loudon county, Va, shot and
probably fatally wounded his step
daughter. Lulu, and then turned the
pistol on himself and blew out his
brains He was insanely jealous of
the girl and had been drinking.
FIRE in the wholesale and manu-
featuring district at Council Bluffs,
Ia. on the 18th caused a loss OF more
than $3.50, 600 1t started in a frame
warehouse owned by the Weir-Shugart
company and the flames soon COM
municated to the great brick ware
house of the Deere-Wells company.
Help was asked from Omaha and was
sent over.
The Hotel Kensingtou. at Charlotte,
y. Y, summer resort, burned on the
18th. Loss, $50, 600
AT Milwaukee on the 18th the st.
Francis Catholic orphan asylum
burned. causing a loss of $4,000 No
lives were lost
FIRE broke out on the 18th on the
east end of the grand stand of the
Brighton Beach race track at Coney
island. " Y. A brisk wind was blow
ing at the time. and the flames soon
oor,r,u1ieatA ted with rhe sta bles which