The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
GENERAL NEWS.


recently visited by a severe wind and
sand storm, greatly impeding travel.
The darkness of evening settled over
the country and those out could hardly
breathe for the sand flying.
The democrats and populists elected
the mayor and all the city officers and
nearly all the councilmen at Perry, Ok,
and the old city council, which was re-
publican, has adjourned without count
ing the vote and declaring the result as
required by law, causing a muddle.
MRS. HENRY BURGESS, of Hebron,
Ind, has died. She has been bed-fast
for over eight weeks and for forty days
was unable to take any nourishment.
During all that time she only drank a
cup of water. When taken sick she
weighed $50 pounds, but at her death
she only weighed sixty-fve pounds
THE steamer 1. 7. Rhea. engaged in
the upper Cumberland river, sunk so
miles above Carthage, Tenn, during a
heavy wind. She had large cargo,
was bound for Nashville and the loss
was heavy. No lives were lost.
THE United States steamer Marble
head was ordered from Gibraltar to
Beyroot, Syria, and the commander-in-
chief of the European station was in
structed to send the vessels of his com.
mand to Adana to confer with United
States consuls concerning a probable
massacre of Christians and to intimate
to the authorities that the United
States would afford full protection to
its citizens.
For the third time within ten weeks
an attempt was made to burn the FIVE
story building, los Eighth avenue, at
New York, in which there were thir-
teen families. The tenants believed
that some drug was put with the ma
terials set on fire, as the fumes arose
through the house Supplying them.
The motive of the incendiary, it is sur
missed, was robbery.
On the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Gin
cinnati railroad an engine and coach
left the track on a curve and went
through trestle near Summerfeld,
o. Three persons were killed outright
and one fatally injured.
a RUMoR was set afoat at New York
on the 4th and sent out over the coun-
try that Queen Victoria was dead.
Cable inquiries brought the positive
statement that the queen was not only
not dead but was in better health than
for some time.
HENRY HAMMOND, the abolitionist,
died at Danielsonville, Conn, recently.
he was born in 1914. He was instru-
mental in forming the first anti-slavery
society in Connecticut, and in 1s47 was
associated with Salmon P. Smith, of
New York, and others in forming the
memorable Buffalo platform His res
idenee in Pomfret formed link in the
underground railway"
In nearly all the schools of Tennessee
the I'd was observed with appropriate
ceremonies as the IO5th anniversary of
the admission of Tennessee as terri
tory. In Nashville fully 5000 people,
including many school children, as
sembled on capitol hill, and amid the
booming Of cannon and patriotic
music by the bands tree from Wa
tauga, east Tennessee, was planted
The insurance companies of Indiana
were canceling the risks which they
had taken on saloons in that state.
They were afraid that the enactment
of the Nicholson law against the sell
ing Of liquor would cause dishonest
saloonkeepers to burn their places to
get the insurance money.
DUN's weekly report of trade for
the week ended the 5th, said that re-
tail trade was larger than last year,
and reports from the wholesale centers
were also encouraging. The best news
from the industries was that labor
troubles had been settled or avoided.
There was a good demand for manu-
featured goods.
william RAwLEs, colored, was found
guilty by eoroner's jury of the muir
der of Shopkeeper Kaull at Jackson
vile, Fla. The prisoner was guarded
while awaiting the train for Dansville,
where the trial should have taken
place, but mob gathered, overpow-
cred the guards and lynched Rawles.
NEARLY 600 tramps, who are unable
TO obtain work on the oyster boats.
have taken possession of the towns of
Bivalve and Port Norris. n. ]. The
men have been made desperate by
hunger and rob houses in broad day
sight of all the food they can find. The
township authorities were unable to
cope with them.