The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-17

A SPECIAL from Salyersville. KY, on
the 18th said that pitiful accident
occurred near there in which one and
probably two lives will be sacrificed.
Two children of Wesley Row tried TO
start fire by pouring powder out of
horn containing a pound and half on
small coal fire. when the powder in
the horn ignited and exploded, tearing
one arm entirely off of the girl. IS
years old. and burning her hair and
clothing entirely off. She will die. A
brother. boy of g, was standing near
and parts of the horn struck him in the
face, knocking out both his eyes and
burning off all his clothing and hair.
He may recover.
A RECENT special from Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. said that the German and
Spanish merchants throughout Central
America were forming a league to
work against the English and Amer
leans in trade matters. They wished
to monopolize the trade of those coun-
tries and believed their opportunity
had arrived.
PATROLMAN WILLIAM c. WILLIAMSON,
of the Madison street police station,
New York. was held up and robbed and
murdered by three men in Allen street
on the 18th at an hour when the thor
oughfare was crowded with people.
Though dozens of persons were eye
witnesses of the deed, not a hand was
put forth to assist the victim or to pre-
vent the escape of the assassins
FRAUDS of the grossest nature in the
pay rolls of the department of public
works at Chicago have been uncovered.
Dead men. Com missioner Kent declared,
had been enrolled as laborers and their
names forged to time checks. Names
have also been duplicated, and resi-.
dences located where there were vacant
lots. 1t was estimated that $1,000 OOO
had been stolen from the city in this
manner.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
10th said that Charles E. (Parson)
Davies has issued a reply in behalf of
Joe Choynski to Steve O'Donnell's chal-
lenge, through Brady, offering to make
a match for 50. 500 side. nine or ten
weeks from the time of signing articles,
the contest to take place before the
club offering the largest purse. Davies
inclosed Il check for $500.
SIR ROBERT PEEL, who was chief Sc.
cretary for Ireland from IS61 to 1865. is
dead. aged 20 years.
THE general assembly of Delaware
adjourned sine die on the 9th without
selecting a successor to Senator Hig-
gins, although the republicans claim
their leading candidate, Col. Henry A.
Dupont. was legally elected. The 2l1th
ballot since the deadlock began four
months ago, resulted: Henry A. Du-
pont, republican, Is; J. Edward Adj
dicks. republican. 4: Edward Ridge
ley, democrat, 9; Tunnel, democrat. l.
THE executive committee of the
Democratic Honest Money league at
Chicago has decided to at once begin
the work of organizing the wards of
that city against free silver. This
means the first step in fierce battle
for the national delegation, which will
be elected next year. The work will
be begun in Cook county and the
agents of the league will press it until
it ramifies all Illinois.
AT Columbia, ). c.. United States
Judges Simonton and Golf decided that
the provision of the South Carolina
dispensary law preventing importa-
tons of liquor for private use was con-
trary to the interstate commerce act
and was null and void. An Injunction
was issued restraining the seizure of
such liquor.
LIGHTNING struck a small boat in the
harbor at Duluth, Mimi, during a
storm on the 9th and two of the occu-
pants were instantly killed.
THE failures for the week ended May
1ODun's report were 227 in the United
States, against 206 last wear, and 81 in
Canada, against ~ last year.
Two masked road agents recently
caught a stage load of San Francisco
ans on their way to the summer resorts
of Lake county and stripped them of
their valuables. The robbers secured
about $500 from the passengers and
looted the Weils-Fargo treasure box as
well, but how much they got out of it
is not known.
PRESIDENT TRAYNoR, of the supreme
council of the American Protective as
ISOLATION, delivered his annual address
at Milwaukee on the 9th. 1t was a
very long document, making sugges-
tons and recommendations covering
practically every leading question OF
the dav.