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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
pEF,Ep THE POLICE.
a rbIcaPo Madman Held the Omcers At
Raw for sixteen Hours.

Raw for sixteen Hours.
cu,cAao Oct. 2l.-Armed with
Winchester rife and revolver, mad
man defied the police for hours yester-
dav at No. 50 Woodland park, IN one
of the most aristocratic residence dls-
+ricts of the city. Barricaded and
locked in a second story room, com
nanding a complete view OF
,be mark. the luDatic splintered
doors shattered window panes
and tore holes in the plaster OF
the room. with bullets from his rifle
while he shouted defiance to the po-
lice and others attracted to the scene.
The insane man was G. S. Merwin, OF
the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co, pig
iron dealers. After seventeen hours OF
effort. the police, by strategy, over
came the madman. Although he
bad fred 40 shots from
his rifle and revolver, Merwln
injured no one. but number of people
had narrow escapes. After every other
attempt to capture the insane man be-
fore he should kill some one or inJure
himself had failed. sulphur was burned
in the furnace. All the registers were
closed excepting the one in the room
occupied by Merwin. In an hour after
the sulphur fire was started, Merwln'
partly overcome by the fumes, lald
Down on his bed and was captured
with but feeble resistance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
- BOY Tolled.

Mr.. Osborne is a very economical,
but at the same time very irasciple
parent One Sunday lately his boy Tom
NV deliberately disobeyed his father
whereupon the latter seized his of
spring, threw him over his knee, and
proceeded 10 -ebuke him in his usually
energetic manner with the palm of his
hand. Tommy, who is something of a
strategist in a small way, thinking to
gain time, exclaimed:
"Pa, remember I've got my Sunday
clothes on. You will ruin them"
That's a fact" responded Osborne,
releasing the youth. You can take
them off while l go into the garden
and cut dozen or so of peach tree
switches "-TeXas Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
The Oldest Son of John W. Mackay Thrown
from a Horse.

SAN Francisco, Oct. pa cable
gram received here late last night
from Paris announced that John w.
Mackay, Jr., oldest son of John w.
Mackay, was thrown from a horse in
Paris Thursday and died Friday night
without recovering consciousness. The
deceased was about 25 years of age.
having been born at the Grand hotel
in this city in 1870 He and Clarence,
aged about %, were the only children
of the millionaire, the Princess Co
lonna being stepdaughter. For the
past six months he and his brother
had been spending their vacation in
Europe, partly with their mother, part
" with their stepsister, Eva, the Prin-
cess Colonna; and at the time of the
fatality the two brothers and the
princess were in Paris together. Mr..
Mackay, Sr., is in this city and received
only brief cablegram announcing the
accident and death. Efforts to obtain
particulars were fruitless. Mr.. Mackay
is overcome with grief.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
SWEPT BY STORM AND FIRE.
Portions of the Northwest Visited by Sand
storms and Mad Flames.

Portions of the Northwest Visited by sand
storms and Mad Flames
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct. 2L-The Amer
lean and Canadian northwest nave
been swept by sandstorms and ley
blasts for the last few DAYS and the
winds have famed smoldering prairie
fires and started CONGREGATIONS IN
southwestern Minnesota and South
Dakota. but the bulk of the disaster
has fallen upon both sides OF the Red
river valley in Minnesota and North
Dakota and extending for many miles
into Manitoba. Houses, stables, live
stock. grain stacks and hay have
been consumed m all directions in
the province and half a dozen people
all told have lost their lives and a
score or more have been seriously
burned and permanently manned. he
norris have come in of the cremation OF
horses attached to vehicles, that had
TO be abandoned by the drivers on the
trails. and dozens of cattle grazing on
the plains were either burned to death
or so seriously burned that they had
to be killed. II is estimated that
100000 bushels of grain and nearly
1000. 600 tons of hay have been de-
stroved. At times the whole atmOs-
phere seemed to be on fire and great
masses of flame shot into the air fully
100 feet high. The Red and Assina'
boine rivers, wide as they are, were nc
check to the torrents of fire: the flames
passing over them, as though they
were but bitches.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25

Halls CatRrrh euro
Is Constitutions Cure. Price IJc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
Cr,zed nv Alcohol and Shot.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Ind, Oct. 19.-JOhn
Jones. a sawmin man. of New Market,
Wednesday drank harf a pint of raw
alcohol on a wager, and in one hour
was a raving maniac. He armed him.
self with two revolvers and terrorized
the town all night. Yesterday morn
ing he started for the big woods, and
on the road attempted the life of Mil
ford Surface and John Atwood, but
both escaped a party of fifty men
was quickly organized to hunt Jones
down, and yesterday evening he was
found in . thicket, shot through TIE
heart.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
a GENERAL DROUGHT.
Weather Bureau Information as to tn
Present ProIongued Dry Spell.

Weather Bureau Information as to the
Present Prolongued Dry Spell.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2L-Reports re-
ceived at the weather bureau indicate
that the present drought is one of the
severest. most prolonged and general
known in the United States since the
bureaus organization. There are a
few places which show an exception to
the general condition, but in no large
section of the country unless perhaps
in the northwest and far west
does there appear to have been heavy
rain for the past two months or more.
Where there has been exceptional pre-
cipitation it has been confined to small
areas. In some parts of the country
drought began in the latter part OF
July. but in most of the sections it did
not become markedly pronounced un'
in Aur1,St
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE.
The British Intend to Hold the Frontier
within a Certain Line by Force.

The British Intend to Hold the Frontier
within a Certain Line by Force.
LONDON, Oct. l9.-The ST. James Ga
zette this afternoon makes sensation
al statements regarding Venezuela,
which seem to show that the dispute
between that republic and Great Brit
ain has assumed a very grave aspect
1t saws: 1--WE are now enabled to give
the tenor of a remarkable dispatch,
in which is outlined the imperial
policy towards the colonies The
document is of much Importance, in
asmuch as it was followed by cabled
instructions from Mr.. Chamberlain to
the governor of British Guiana to OBJ
tain without delay a vote for the pro-
vision of two Maxim guns, one of
which is to be stationed at Uruan
/ or else along the frontier where
| the Venezueleans may attempt
| to cross. The mere fact that Mr..
Chamberlain cabled instructions for
/ the defense of the frontier in this man
ner is positive proof that the imperial
government will not tolerate a repeti-
ton of the Uruan incident and that it
! intends to hold the frontier within the
/ Schomburgh line, by force if neces'
I earv
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
,IcKinIey,s Car DeraiIed.

palma, O.. Oct. 2L.-Just after
leaving Vanwert last night the special
ear of the Ohio Central line. in which
were Gov. Mckinley, Gen. Bushnell,
Railway Commissioner Kirlley, n.
B. Holcomb, Frank ). MOunett,
Urban II. Hester, Col. Will
liam Gaitree and others, jumped the
track at the switch or was thrown off
by some scoundrel shifting the switch
as the cars passed, but no one was
hurt A bystander says man changed
the switch just as the. special car
reached it and then ran away.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
VERY COOL OUTLAWS.
They Rob a Couple OF Stores and say They
viii Call Again.

ARDMoRE, /. T.. Oct. 21.-Saturday
night at Dougherty, Is miles north of
here, three masked men entered a
drug store, and covering the proprie-
tor and bystander with a pistol loot
ed the safe and cash tills. The rob-
bers then went to the store of Hugh
Hardy, who was alone in the building,
and upon his refusal to open up the
safe, he was dealt heavy blow
on the head by one of the
desperadoes, rendering him un-
conscious, and the money drawer
was then rified and articles from the
store taken. After informing the resi-
dents of the little town that when
there was money enough in sight they
would call again, they mounted their
horses and rode away. Mr.. Hardy will
recover There is no clew as to the
identity of the robbers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
1MO CHILDREN LOST.
In a Railroad Wreck Near st. Joseph Two
Little Ones Disappear.

In a Railroad Wreck Near st. Joseph Two
Little Ones Disappear.
ST. JosEPH. Mo-. Oct. l9.-The Santa
Fe train from Lexington junction, due
at the st. Joseph Union depot ut i0:4J
o'clock Yesterday morning. was
wrecked opposite the st. Joseph fold
ing bed works at 1875 o'clock. The
accident was caused by Il defective
switch. which derailed the engine.
baggage car and one coach. During
the excitement that attended the wreck
a Mrs Creishopper, of Plattsburg, Mo,
became separated from her two chill
dren, boy of years and a 6-year-old
daughter. She called at the police
station expecting to find her children
there. but the police had not seen any
thing of them. They were still miss
ing late in the afternoon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
INTRUOERS MUST GO.
Cavalry to BE Used to Drive Men from
Oklahoma Indian AlIOttments.

Oklahoma Indian Attachments.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. - Secretary
Smith will at once issue instructions
to the Indian division of the interior
department to prepare a list of in
truders on Indian allotments in Okla
homa. This will be forwarded at once
to the war department and troops will
be ordered to eject them. The Indian
police, under the authority of the
agent at the Sac and Fox agency, have
Intellectually endeavOred to eject the
intruders. and it is feared that con-
tinuance of their efforts will result in
bloodshed. A troop of cavalry will
therefore be ordered ont and as soon
as the list shall be completed all
the intruders will be run off the al
lotted lands
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
An ohio Town BADLY scorched.

CINCINNATI, Oct l9-The town Of
Manchester. on the Baltimore Il Ohic
Southwestern railway. Is miles from
Wilmington and 40 miles from Cincin.
natl. was reported almost wiped ont
bv fire Yesterday evening. 1t has q
population of 800. The telegraph ano
telephone offices are cut off so that nc
communication can be had with the
place. but n message from Midland. the
next station. says the town has been
almost burned up. Manchester is IN
Clinton county. o.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25

MOUNT PLEASANT. Ky, Oct. l9.-Bud
Overton was to have been hanged here
Yesterday for the double murder OF
Gus Loed. an old peddle~, and his wife,
and as It was to he the first legal hang
ing ever known in Harlan county. the
event was anticipated with great eX'
pectation by thousands, who expected
10 witness il. The event mas. however
been indefinitely postponed by the es
care Of Cverton. and there is still nc
eIew to his wherea bouts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25

HUNr1xGrov. w. Va. Oct i9-Aaron
South. 4 prominent young man Of good
family. was sho, and instantly killed
Yesterday evening. justacross the river
from here. by Isaac DOtson. South
was in love with Dotson's daughter,
but had been forbidden the premises
nv Dotson. Recently the couple have
been meeting clandestinely. and Dot
son ilaS been watching for them. Last
night he came upon South and hi:
sweetheart walking together. ana
drawing his pistol shot South through
the head. Dotson escaped, but IS sure
to be CAPTURED.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
NEW PLAN OF EVICTION.
Indian Police Bind Intruders and Load
Them into Wagons

PEvDEE. Neb.. Oct. 1.-THE Indian
-olice have adopted "a new way OF
evicting settlers from the reservation
The following is the manner of treat
ment in the case Of Claus swanson.
who was the first subject treated under
the new method: Finding him at work
in the corntield. with nearly full load
Of corn on his wagon. they proceeded to
bind him hand and foot, load him into
the wagon and drive to the agency.
After unloading his corn they released
him. with the suggestion that he wend
his way to parts unknown. Evict'ons
continue daily.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
HIS vALISE RECOVERED

Bank Commissioner hrPidenthars Nalua-
bIes VIII lie Restored to Him
TOPEKA. Kan. Oct. l9.-The assets
of the defunct Fort Scott bank which
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal left in
a valise on the westbound Rock Island
train in Kansas City on Wednesday
night were located at the Rock Island
baggage room in Denver yesterday and
will arrive here by express. The as
sets consist of notes, mortgages and
other securities to the amount of $780,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
BIG LOSS OF LIFE.
Report of the Blowing Up of the Steam
ship Kun Pal Con firmed.

SHANGHAI, set. Additional adj
vices received here from Kin Chow.
near which place the steamship Kun
Pal was destroyed by an explosion
which sank her in shallow water,
confirms the report that the loss
of life was very great. 1t is now an
nounced that the explosion oc'
Cured in the forepart of the Kun Pai,
which vessel was loaded with troops
The explosion. the cause of which was
unknown. completely wrecked the for
ward portion of the steamship. ano
only twentv-four persons of those on
board of her were saved.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
KANSAS PRAIRIE FIRES.
Four Counties In the Western Part of the
State Heavy Losers.


ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-A special from
Topeka, Kan, says: During the past
four days destructive prairie fires have
swept over parts of four counties in
western Kansas and a large scope
of country in eastern Colorado. The
fire which has caused most damage
started in the western part of Finney
county Thursday and spread to Greeley
county, burning over a strip of
country miles in width, over 2OO,-
600 acres in all. A great deal of
grain, broom corn, brush and forage
was destroyed, together with barns,
hav in the stack and outbuildings In
northern Finney county much damage
was also done. In Wichita county
another fire started near the town of
Halcyon and covered a territory 3
miles wide by miles long. Four
houses were destroyed and many hay
stacks and grain ricks ruined.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
Fine Car for the President.

WILMINGTON, Del. Oct 2L-The
Pullman car Columbia, valued a si35,-
BOO left the local shops Of the Pullman
company for Washington, whence Il
will take President Cleveland and his
party to the Atlanta exposition. 1t Is
Lue of the finest in existence.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
STRIKE ORDERED.
The Soft Coal Miners in Pennsylvania to
Omit Work.

DrBoIs. Pa. Oct 2l.-A genera
strike Of the soft coal miners has been
ordered and indorsed by the miners II
this vicinity. The strike was ordered
because of the refusal of the central
and northern Pennsylvania coal Oper-
ators to grant the ; cents per ton ad
vance asked for by the convention DC.
tober . The territory covered by the
strike extends from Cambria to this
place and $4,000 men are in the move
ment. The strike leaders counsel a
policy of peace and will endeavor to
accomplish their ends without resort
70 violence
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
4 Big Regular Army.

The mightiest host of this sort is the army
of invalids whose bowels, livers aud stOm-
achs have been regulated by HOstetter's
Stomach Bitlers. A regular habit of body
is brought about through using the Bltters,
not by violently agitating and gripping the
intestines. but by reinforcing their energy
and causing flow of the bile into its proper
channel Malaria. la grippe, dyspepsia, and
a tendency to inactivity of the kidneys, are
conquered by the Bitters.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
DEATH IN A WRECK.
Three Men Killed on Account of an Open
switch.

switch.
DECATUR. Ind. Oct. 19.-WOrd has
Just reached here from Ceylon. il
miles south. that the pay ear on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana road was
wrecked. and three men killed and
several badly injured. y gang OF
bridge workers had pushed their ear
on a switch to let the pay car pass,
but neglected to close the switch, and
the train. running 20 miles an hour.
dashed into them. The pay ear and
engine were wrecked. Physicians
from this city and 4 wrecSin~ train
went on the scene. The dead men re
sided here and have families.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed aud Others Wounded In
q Mill Near Paris, Tex.

PAEIS. Tex. Oct. IA courier has
reached here bringing news of "A terri
bic boiler explosion at y. X. Dillard's
mill on Slough creek, - miles north
east of this city, in which George
johnson. the colored engineer. was
killed outright. J. W. Ja3kman
mortally wounded and five or
six others badly injured. some
Of whom will probably die. The
podv of Johnson was found some dis
lance from the place. torn and man
gled in fr;ghtful manner. piece OF
iron having gone entirely through his
body
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
4 nIethndist NlinIster Disannears.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct 19.-Rev. P. Fl.
Romine a Methodist minister who ar
rived here from the Sac and Fox
agency three days ago, left his family
on the street and has not been heard
of since. He had 5000 and it is feared
he has met with foul play.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
Decanitated br the ars.

VINCENNFS. Ind, Oct 10. - Frank
Crawley. of Mount Carmel. Ill, aged
Is. while attempting to Jump on a NOV
ing freight train here yesterday, fell
and his head was cut entirely off. He
was a'son of James II. Crawley. Big
I,nr,,. nrnrrinnar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
WALTERS NEW QUARTERS.
Taken to Prison at Nimes for the Benefit
of His Health.

PARIS. Oct. 19-.Iohn l.. Waller,
formerly consul for the United states
at Tamatave. island o. Madagascar.
who was sentenced TO twenty years
Imprisonment on the charge of
conspiring with the iIOvas against
the French authorities in that
island. has been removed from
Clairvaux prison to the prison
at Mines. capital of the depart
ment of Gard. the climate of the latter
place being better suited to the prison
er, who i far from enjoying good
health
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
tiftv EeyptIan workmen Drowned.

ALEXANDRIA. Oct. ia ferrybOat
having sixty passengers on board col
lided near Cairo with Il steamer which
was at anchor, and capsized and fifty
of those on board of her, mostly work
man y,-ere drowned
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE.

The st. James Gazette Says Lord Salisbury
Has Sent an Ultimatum to President
CrespO.
LONDON, Oct. 2l.-The St James Ga
zette says it is in position to state
that Lord Salisbury has sent an ulti
matum to President CrespO, of Nenezu.
Ella. demanding reparation for the ar
rest of policemen at Uruan. auc
stating the terms upon which
Great Britain will definitely de.
termine the boundary dispute OF
Venezuela. The ultimatum Is either
on the way to Venezuela or, possibly.
has by this time been actually de
livered. Lord Salisbury and Mr..
Chamberlain. the colonial secretary
both agree that it is necessary to enc
the frontier dispute at once, even If II
had to be accomplished by force.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
storms ON MaIy,s Coast.

ROME. Oct. 19-Severe storms along
the Italian coasts nave caused num-
Der of fatalities and done much dam.
age to property. Already fifteen
deaths have been recorded and II Is
likely that more will be reported.
There have been heavy losses sustained
by the drowning of cattle. and the
damage TO property has been immense.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
A Methodist Preacher suspended.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct 21.-Rev. J. c.
Hull, late pastor of the Clinton Ave.
nue. Methodist church, was yesterday
suspended from the ministry for a
year. or until the next conference
meets. 1t is alleged that Rev. Hull ac-
Fused his members of managing the
church in the interest of the a. P. A.
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QUINCY, IL, Oct. 2O.-A. ]. Miller,
ex-mayor of Canton, Mo-, and Henry
Clay were drowned in the Missis-
sippi river near Canton yesterday.
They were out sailing when the boat
capsized.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
FRAKER is INDICTED.
Obtaining Money Under aIse pretense'
cited on -Four Counts.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. 19.-The
grand Jury Of Ray county at Richmond
to-day returned four indictments
against Dr. George w. FraSer. Three
of the indictments charge an at
tempt to obtain money under false
pretenses. The fourth charges an
attempt by fraudulent Representations
to cheat and defraud The findings
of the indictments occupied the at
tention of the jury four days. Scores
of witnesses testified and left the
grand jury Impressions strong enough
to warrant their action in the matter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
nisharrrd Broom Pension Practice.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-George Cum
ninrham. of Carthage, Mo, has been
disbarred from practice in the pension
bureau on the charge of unprofes-
sional conduct. Charges have been
pending against him for some time and
senator Coclrell has visited the de-
partment in his behalf.
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RnndIinr Acknowledged.

GREEYvmLE O., Oct. 2L-Repre-
sentative L. w. Hoeffer to-day ac-
lznowledged writing letter soliciting
a bride of 81, 500 for his vote for sena-
tor. He has been connected in the
ministry of the Christian church for
twenty-five years, and was leading
member of the last legislature.
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Burned TO Death.

CHAMPAIGN. Ill, Oct. 2l.-The re.
mains of Henry Bradield, aged 3;
wears and unmarried. were found in
the ruins of the Empire cordage fac
tory. burned recently. The body was
reduced TO a mere crisp. No other EN-
Move Is missing.
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LONDON. Oct. 2I.-A dispatch received
here from Shanghai says that it is re-
ported that anti-foreiCn riots have oc-
Cured at Chang-Pu. so miles southeast
Of Annoy and at Fu-kien, where the
chapels Of the English missions were
DESTROYED. the mandarins openly re-
fusiuc 10 interfere.