The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-08

the republican and democratic nation
al committees. respectively, have re-
sponded to the appeal of the Cleveland
| (0) cham Der of commerce, TO favor a
short presidential campaign next year,
both saying they would present the
matter to their committees.
II. Ii. HOLMES. who is accused of at
least six murders to get the insurance
money on the lives of his victims. was
found guilty at Philadelphia of the
murder of b. F. Pietzel.
A PASSENGER train ran into a switch
| ing engine and cars at Edg worth,
Mass, and twenty passengers were in-
jured. though none fatally.
The Massachusetts, horseman, Col.
John E. Thayer, has bought the trot-
! ting stallion Baron Wilkes, 2:ls. by
George Wilkes. dam by Belle Patchen,
by Mambrino Patchen. Price, s25, 900.
FIRE visited Arcadia, Ia, on the Sd
and only one store was left in the town.
1t burned over an area of four acres,
taking with it six residences and no.
tells, opera house. one livery barn, one
harness shop, two grain elevators, one
lumber and coal yard, barber shop,
post Office, two drug stores, two sa-
looms, three general merchandise
stores, one furniture store, one hard
ware store, one butcher shop, one
vacant store room, one boot and shoe
store and four oarns. The estimated
loss was s55,OOO, partly covered by in
surance.
A MISSOURI, Kansas & Texas passen-
ger train was wrecked near Denison,
Tex, on the Sd. The engineer was
killed outright and thirty-two passen-
gers were injured. The mail, baggage
and express cars and three coaches were
injured. The derailment was caused
by an open switch.
w. VI. HAGERTON. living near Alden,
Ia, was fatally stabbed by the father
of Miss Smiser, to whom he had been
paying attentions and whom he had
ruined.
THOMAS VI. PATTERSON, proprietor of
the Rocky Mountain News, of Denver,
Col, was arrested on the 30th on q
charge of criminal libel. preferred by
the officers of the Denver Tramway
Co. The complaint was based upon al
article in the News which claimed
juries in cases where the tramway
company was defendant were system
atically corrupted. Damages amount
ing to 100000 were asked.
A New YORK dispatch said that a
large increase in the rates for trans
porting money by express order went
into effect on the lst. This increase
was said to average 2j per cent. be-
tween points east of Chicago, and even
more to points west of that place. This
increase of rates is regarded as another
blow in the warfare waged for some
time past between express companies
and the state and national banks
throughout the country, and which
will be carried to congress by the
banks.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt about 5:l5 on the morning of
the 3lst throughout the Mississippi
valley, from Kansas to eastern Ohio
and from Michigan to the Gulf of Mex
leo. No great damage was done any
where, though general alarm was felt
THE large band and gang saw mills
of the Cable Lumber Co, at Daven-
port, Ia. were entirely destroyed by
fire on the 3lst. Loss about So. 600,
we'll covered by insurance. One hun
dred and thirty men were thrown out
of employment.
The two islands of Huahine and Bo-
rabora, belonging to the Tahitian
group in the South Pacific, have been
annexed to France by consent of the
natives
EXECUTIVE officers of roads interest
ed in Colorado traffic have decided to
restore rates to the tariffs which were
in effect before the recent demoraliza-
tion set in.
Gov. CLARKE, of Arkansas, ordered
several companies of militia to Hot
Springs on the 3Oth to have them on
the ground to assist the civil authori-
ties in preventing the Corbett- t-Fitzsim-
mons prize fight 1t was given oGt by
those engineering the fight that it
would not take place on November l,
as previously announced. but one day
the week following, to be afterwards
agreed upon.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the American
Railway union failed to reach an agree
ment with President Hill, of the Great
Northern railroad, and tie-up of that
great system was expected from St
Paul, Mimi, to the coast.