The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-22

AT jamestown, N. Y, the strike of
the. weavers at the Hall worsted mill
has been brought to an end through the
mediation of Rev. Charles C. Albertson,
pastor of the First NJ. E. chrrch. The
weavers will return to work at the cid
scale of wages and the mill owners
promise an increase as soon as business
will warrant
Gov. MCINTYRE, of Colorado, has is
sued proclamation offering $1,000 re-
ward for the capture of any or all the
men who lynched the Italians at Wal
senburg.
The Vandalia express was wrecked
near Terre Haute, Ind, on the 18th by
head-end collision with a switch en-
CINE. Nobody was killed. Considera-
BILE damage was done by many of the
cars catching fire and communicating
the fire to some freight cars near by.
Two Adams express safes were taken
from the wreck at white heat, some
of the coin inside having been melted.
A CONSTITUTIONAL convention of
Cuban republicans was held at Los
Negres and a provisional government
founded. Gen. Maximus Gomez was
appointed commander-in-chief of the
insurgent army and Jose Marti deputy
envoy to obtain from foreign powers
recognition of the insurgents as bel
ligerents. A declaration of independ-
ence was also issued. In a recent bat
tie the insurgents cut in two a Span
ish regiment and 500 Spaniards were
killed.
A HUNGARIAN woman, whose hus-
band had been killed in the mines
two years ago. started through the
woods with her daughter from Nam
moth, Pa, to neighboring town to
buy tickets to Hungary with $500 she
had saved, when both were waylaid,
robbed and murdered. Two Hun.
garians were missing from the place
and were suspected of the crime.
THE New York assembly has passed
the concurrent resolution submitting
to vote of the people the question of
woman suffrage by vote of so to 81.
The bill will now go to the senate.
Two men representing themselves as
officers on a lookout for whisky. went
to the section house at Washita, so
miles north of Ardmore, |. T., and pro-
ceeded to search the place. They shot
the section foreman in the face, beat
his wife over the head with pistol
and robbed the entire outfit, securing
about 5000 in money, four watches and
other valuable jewelry. Officers left
Ardmore in the night and at daylight
were joined by ten or twelve cowboys
who Immediately struck the trail and
were in close pursuit.
By the flashing of flames from the
door of an annealing furnace in the
Sharon pa iron works five employees
were frightfully burned. Strauss, one
of the men, seemed to lose all reason
and began running through the mill,
his clothes all afiame. He was caught
by the mill employees, and their quick
work saved him from being burned to
a crisp.
TIvoLI hall, Brooklyn, was totally
destroyed by fire on the 18th. The fiat
house and adjoining buildings were
also badly damaged. Loss, 5000, 600;
FIRE at Laramie, Wyo., destroyed
the building of the Trabing CONNER
cial Co. with large stock of goods
The loss will probably reach $50. 900,
with about S6O,O0 insurance. The
store adjoining was crushed by the
falling walls and the stock buried un.
der the ruins. Four men were injured
and one is dead. A university student,
who was buried with others under a
falling wall, cannot live.
WHILE engaged in tearing down the
old Merchants and Mechanics bank
building at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 14th
one man lost his life and three others
were injured. The center wall fell on
them.
SEVEN or eight masked men visited
the jail at Walsenburg, Col, where the
Italians were confined suspected of the
murder of Hixon, the saloonkeeper,
and emptied the contents of their re-
volvers into the bodies of Danino and
Rochetto. When the last bullet had
been fired the avengers left the cell
and backed out through the door and
got safely away.
AN alarming epidemic was raging
among horses in Halifax, n. s., on the
18th and the disease was easily con-
tracted by human beings who came in
contact with the infected animals.
Veterinarians pronounce the affection
equinal smallpox.