The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
BY an explosion of gas at the Knick-


Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Co., near Shenandoah, Pa, three per-
sons were fatally and six others Sc
riously injured.
THE mining village of Stockton, Pa q,
has been practically wiped out by fire.
There was high wind blowing at the
time, and before the fire was under
control, twelve dwellings had been de-
stroyed.
JOHN w. MACKAY, JR.. eldest son of
the well known millionaire, was killed
in France recently by being thrown
from his horse and his head coming in
contact with a tree, causing concus-
sion of the brain. His body will be
embalmed and brought over to Amer
lea.
THE trotting dog Ned, owned by
Harry McCurd, of Findlav, o., was
killed at Lexington, Ky, recently by
some enemy of McCurd. The pointer
was years old, cost 81, 500, had won
| $40, 600 and had a record of 4j seconds
for 4 mile never defeated. A reward
of s.. 500 was offered for information as
to who killed the dog.
AT Ceylon, Ind, the pay car on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana road was
wrecked and three men killed and sew
eral badly injured through an open
switch.
AT the breeders meeting at LeXing-
ton, KY, the sensation on the 18th
was the breaking of the worlds 2-year-
old race record by Tommy Britton, he
lowering it half a second, trOtting the
mile in 2;15A.
Gov. MCINTYRE, of Colorado, has de-
clared a quarantine against Texas,
/ Wyoming. New Mexico and Oklahoma
| Sheep from these regions can be adj
mitted within the state only on their
being found 10 be free from contagious
! diseases after inspection. The procla-
nation does not apply to sheep that
are 10 be transported through the
state by rail.
| ALEXANDER b. MCDONALD, of Roch-
ester. n. V, recently made the 100
mile run from Erie to Buffalo on his
/ bicycle in 4 hours and 81 minutes,
beating the best previous time by 81
minutes
AT Hampton, s c., William Blake,
Sr., Jason Blake, Prince Graves and
William Frazier were convicted of the
murder of Raymond Mears. William
Blake was recommended to the mercy
of the court and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment. The other three were
sentenced to be hanged. AS the con-
| stables were on their way to Jail with
| the prisoners, they were overpowered
by number of men, who took Will
liam Blake and carried him to the
woods and hung him to a large pine
tree. They were dissatisfied with the
verdict.
A PASSENGER train at Altoona, Pa,
on the 10th. on going around a sharp
curve in a dense fog crashed into the
engine of a train of tank cars. which
had been after load of water. and
both engines were completely wrecked.
! Two trainmen were crushed to death
and several others seriously injured.
Many passengers were also more or
! less hurt
A DISPATCH from Havana said that
the prisoners in the Santa Clara Jail
mutinied and four of them tried to
nndhe IuelE eSCdD Inc SudfOS nIeu
upon them and killed two.
IT was announced at Madrid that 12.-
600 troops would start for Cuba on Oc-
tober %.
c. II. STUCKEY, cashier of the state
bank at Duluth. Mimi, was reported
missing on the 18th and with him S15.-
600 of the banks cash.
An explosion occurred on the 10th on
steamship at Kung Hal. near Kin
Cho. The steamer was loaded with
troops. and it was reported that 600 of
them were killed.
THE pope has written letter TO the
Catholic hierarchy condemning con-
crosses of religion.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in the
Peoples Bank of Halifax. at Scots
town. Can, recently and got away
with s., 600
An Intellectual attempt was made to
loot the express safe on passenger
train No. on the NJ, X. & T., near
Temple. Tex, at midnight of the 18th.
The robbers used dynamite on the
safe. but became alarmed and fed to
the woods.
IT was reported on the 10th that
Brazil had recognized the Cuban in
surgents as belligerents.