The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-06-07

FIRE broke out in the Fifeshire main
colliery at Edinburg, Scotland, and
nine men were killed while trying to
quench the flames. In addition several
would-be rescuers of these men were
seriously burned.
SOME boys playing with matches in
a stable at Beaver Falls, Pa, on the I'd
started fire that did damage to the
amount of 500, 600.
CLIFFORD proved at st. Louis that
he was the greatest of all race horses.
In his first out of the year, with the
crushing burden of 1913 pounds on his
back. he won the IS, 600 Club Members
handicap in what was for him the
commonest of canters. He cut the
track record for the distance two full
seconds His time for the mile and
one-quarter was 2:O6
FIVE of the the Bremen Trading
Co.'S petroleum tanks at Harburg, Ger
many, were burned on the 31st and the
fire ragged over an enormous extent of
ground. Thousands of barrels of pc
troleum in addition to the FIVE tanks
were also destroyed.
Mrs. CANDACE RooT, a widow about
40 years of age, has brought suit in the
district court of Colorado Springs,
Col, against W. S. Stratton, the
Cripple Creek millionaire mine
owner, for 5000, 900 for alleged breach
of promise. Mrs. Root claims that
Stratton proposed marriage to her
l,sl 81,
cepted him in 1892 before his indie
pendence mine had made him wealthy.
A MOB took Nelson Federoff from the
lookup at Laurelville, o., and hanged
him: He was charged with a brutal
assault upon a little girl, whom he
overlook in the road. He was so years
old and has six children.
THOMAS G. LAWYER, of Illinois, COM
mander-in-chi of the G. A. R., has is.
sued a general order to G. A. r. posts,
advising veterans who are interested in
the Georgia colonization scheme to see
that they secure clear titles before in
vesting their money. The Indiana de-
partment was spreading the order
without comment.
GENE BUSCH, the Oklahoma farmer
who tasted forty days, claiming Goo
had told him to, was reported as being
beyond hope of recovery. Busch was
the founder of new religious society
called the New Lights.
THE coinage at the United States
mint at Philadelphia during the month
of May amounted to s., 2j1, SG2 10. The
number of pieces coined was 3, 944. 335,
as follows: Gold, 46s 255; silver, &C.
700; base, $3.50. 800.
DECORATION day was observed at all
the principal cities in the country in
the usual way, many cities having inn
posing parades in the afternoon. At
Chicago the monuments to the Rock
of Chickamauga" and the confederate
dead were dedicated. At New York
Gov. Mckinley made an Grafton at
Grants tomb. The veterans turned
out in large numbers at the national
capital and held services at Arlington.
Jerry Rusk's monument was dedicated
at Viroqua, Wis At Salt Lake, Utah,
1000 children joined in the parade and
eX-Congressman Bartine delivered the
Grafton.
IN honor of Decoration day and at
the request of post 1O4, G. A. r. of
New York, Gen. J. Meredith Read de-
posted splendid wreath on the both
upon the tomb of Gen. Lafayette in
the Pischus in the Faubourg Saint
Antoine at Paris. The wreath was in.
scribed. ITO Americas Friend"
THE ninth annual Chicago road race,
covering a course of fraction over Is
miles, from the Grant monument in
Lincoln park to South Evanston and
return, was run on the 30th and re-
suited in a victory for Homer Fairmon,
of the Chicago Cycling club. He made
the run in the riding time of 81 min
utes and SO seconds.
A SPECIAL from San Angelo, Tex,
told of a disastrous cloudburst which
occurred along the johnson and Devil
rivers. Five bodies had been recov-
cred from draws" which were flooded
by the cloudburst, and it was feared
that number of settlers in the valleys
of the two rivers had persisted. Search.
ers were unable to reach several large
ranches in that section, the water of
the Devil river rushing down in
series of waves feet high. One ranch
with l, 700 sheep lost 1900
CoRBETT and FitzsimmoEs met in
New York, and Bob agreed to deposit
his $1,000 when a battle-ground was
selected.