The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-09-06

THE family of James Reed, of Lou
don county, Tenn. and a number OF
others who were attending birthday
party at Reeds house recently were
poisoned soon after eating dinner and
several were reported as likely to die
The doctors did not know whether the
poisoning was caused from verdigris OF
by eating watermelon that had been
poisoned to catch thieves.
BAPTIST missionaries report that ali
the missionary stations in western
fChina have recently been looted by
mobs, and lag missionaries, men, WON.
en- and children, have been driven
away, escaping only with their lives.
THREE distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt in New York, Philadelphia,
Jersey City and surrounding country
about o'clock on the morning of the
1st- Houses trembled, pictures fell
from their fastenings and many win.
dows were banged and broken. No
lives were lost. Many people thought
at the time that it was an explosion
which shook the earth.
FIRE started in the storehouse of the
Fremont & Suffolk mills, in Little Cam
ada, near Lowell, Mass, and about 10,
OC0 bales of cotton were considerably
damaged by fire and water.
Two masked men held up a saloon at
Gold Field, one of the towns in Cripple
Creek camp. The bartender began
shooting and the fire was returned and
he fell with four wounds and died soon
after The robbers secured less than
$40. A large posse was securing the
country for the men and il seemed
likely to go hard with them if caught
HENRY BERLINe and Rosa Swearin-
gen was shot by Dora Heilwagon. near
Quincy, Ill, recently. Berling had
been paying attentions to both women.
He took the Swearingen woman buggy
riding, Miss Heilwagon followed in an
other buggy and emptied her revolver
at them. She then drove off. Berling
and his companion will die.
LIBERTYvILLE, Ill, small town IS
miles from Chicago. narrowly escaped
total destruction on the 31st, fifteen
business buildings being burned.
There were no means Tor fighting fire
except bucket brigade and the flames
were only stayed by blowing up two
buildings with dynamite. Loss, about
So, 600
WILLIAM GEARY. Frank Rossner,
John Driscoll and Thomas Barkis, en-
ployes of the jefferson iron works at
Steubenville, O., spent the night re-
Gently in drinking and in short time
Barkis and Geary quarreled and in the
fight which followed Barkis was
stabbed seven times. The other three
men were placed under arrest.
THE steamers Christopher Columbus,
the whaleback, and John A. Dix, both
heavily loaded with passengers, collid-
ed at the mouth of the river at IL
o'clock on the night of the 30th. A
panic ensued. in which many were
more or less injured. The John A. Dix
had her sides broken in, and every pas
senger on board was thrown from his
feet.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended August so showed an aver
age increase as compared with the cor
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New York the increase was 2.5; out
side New York the increase was Ills.
The Joint debate between Col. w. o.
Bradley and Gen. p w. Hardin at EN-
inence, KY, on the Both was called off
on account of the noisy demonstration
of the crowd when Col Bradley began
to speak.
JAMES kerr HARDIE, the English
socialist, spoke to a small audience at
Chicago on the 3Oth. NJ ]. Carroll,
editor of the official organ of the Illi-
nois Federation of Labor, said the
trades unions of Chicago were not in
sympathy with Mr.. Hardie's teachings
JUSTICE BREWERS speech was the
main feature of the American Bar as
sociation's meeting at Detroit, Mich
on the 29th. He appealed for much
needed changes in the administration
of justice. The committee on patent
law reported adversely to any general
revision of acts in that line, but recon-
mended various specific amendments.
The committee on law reporting urged
more simplicity and uniform in meth
DDS, and state supervision of the max
ing of reports was recommended.
RECENT cable advices from Minister
DENLY stated that Chinese officials
were lending their aid in the investi-
cations into the massacre of Christians
at Ku Cheng, and already several con-
victions had been made.
AT Louisville, XIV, Theodore B. Gil
lum. supreme organizer of the Oriental
league, was stabbed in the neck and
instantly killed by James Burnett,
who attempted to gain admission to an
entertainment without a ticket and
was elected by Gillum.
An accident occurred on the St Clair
river, near Marysville, Mich, on the
2Sth, during a squall and rainstorm, in
which four persons lost their lives. A
picnic was being held at Stag island,
opposite Marysville, aud Frank Derufg
and three ladies rowed over early in
the dav. When the storm was seen
coming up they started back for home
but when within 400 feet of the shore
the squal struck the little craft and
capsized it All but one, girl of IS
were drowned
ONE of the most atrocious murders
that has occurred in New York fol-
years, was committed on the 2sth
when Charles Postulka, a butcher
crazed with rage. because, as he
claimed, his wife Annie had wronged
him. butchered her with a knife.
THE Americas and Sleepy Hollow
mines at Central City, Col, were