The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

A wEsrBoUND freight train WA
wrecked on the Panhandle about mile
east of Newcomerstown, O., on the 31st
and four men were seriously, If not
fatally, injured.
THREE men held up and robbed Will
liam Dowdigan, merchant at San
Jose, Cal, recently. In the fight which
followed he stabbed one of the men,
who was later found dead in a vacant
lot, where he had bled to death.
HUNTERS report the Nanawoyd noun
tain, in the widest part of the Choc-
taw nation, to be on fire and n strong
odor of sulphur pervading the atmos-
phere. Further investigation will be
made as veins of silver were found at
the base of the mountain.
IT was announced that James Fl.
Clarkson. ex-chairman of the national
republican committee, had purchased
the Chicago Inter Ocean, paying 5000, =
600 for it. 1t is to be silver paper.
THE defaulting ex-treasurer of South
Dakota. Taylor. has been located at
Valparaiso, Chilli, where he expects to
be safe from extradition.
ALFRED MARTIN and Henry James,
miners, were crushed to death in the
Sleepy Hollow mine, near Central City,
Col, by mass of dirt and rock which
fell upon them in a drift
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended March 30 showed an aver
age increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 20. g.;
in New York the increase was 26.2
outside New York the increase was IA. 3.
The failures for the week ended the
Goth Dun's report were 234 in the
United States against 23s last year, and
AZ in Canada against 80 last year.
LIEUT. YBARRA, who commanded the
Spanish cruiser Condo de Venadito,
which fred upon the American ship
Alliance, has been relieved of his COM
mand by the Spanish authorities. The
Spanish prime minister said that the
government was satisfied with the at
titude of the United States in the af-
fair, and had ordered its naval COM
manders to avoid giving offense to the
United States.
The dead bodies of two colored babies
were found in a basement at Chicago.
They had lived to be or months old,
and the police believe they were
strangled to death.
DUN's trade review for the week end
ed the 29th said that signs of improve
ment were more satisfactory and that
it was a peculiar feature that raw ma
Al
any larger demand for their finished
products. The tone of the dry goods
market had been irregular. The sup
ply of cotton in sight was 1900, 900
bales more than the worlds require
ments for the year, with receipts for
five months yet to come. Wheat had
advanced IL cents. Corn was lower,
while pork, lard and hogs were higher.
THE northwestern portion of st. Au-
gustine, Fla, was swept by fire on the
2sth, destroying forty-nine residences
and business houses, besides several
smaller structures, entailing a loss of
500, 900, with little insurance. A large
portion of the residences destroyed
were owned by poor people, and many
families were homeless.
SAM MCWILLIAMs alias "Verdigris
Kid" and George Sanders, an outlaw
of lesser note. were killed at Braggs, l.
T., while robbing Madden's store. The
bodies were taken to Fort Scott, Ark,
and delivered to Marshal Crump, that
the government reward of $3.50 for the
body of "Verdigris" might be collected.
Joe Morris. clerk, was also mortally
wounded in the ARRAY.
THE emperor of Japan has declared
an unconditional armistice. This was
done in view of the attempted assassi-
nation of Lii Hung Chang, the Chinese
peace envoy. There will be no with
drawal of the Japanese troops from
Chinese territory.
w. w. DARLINGTON, a professional
anarchist, committed suicide in his
room at San Francisco in the presence
of police detectives, who had placed
him under arrest for defrauding young
girls for whom he pretended he had
situations.
An oil stove exploded in the house Of
]. c. Nelson at West Superior, Wis, IA
tally burning a baby and 15-year-old
boy. Mrs. Nelson and another son
were seriously burned.
WYCKoFF. Mimi, town of about
600 inha bitants, has been almost COM
pletely wiped out by fire. 1t is stu
ated on the South Minnesota railroad,
about 20 miles west of Lacrosse.