The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

| A CALL has been issued for expires
sions of opinion from the memb bers of
the Junior American Republic through
out the country on the attitude of this
country toward the revolutionists of
Cuba. The call was issued by a SUBJ
committee of the Chicago committee of
100 on Cuban sympathy, and asked all
young people under p years of age to
send their answers to headquarters,
175 Dearborn street, Chicago.
THE annual meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of the NJ.
E. church convened at St Louis on
the 23d for two weeks session.
| MANY thousand bushels of corn and
many tons of hay and fields of kaffir
corn were destroyed by prairie fires
near Perry, Ok. A number of farm
houses were also consumed. Two In
dian children were reported burned to
crisp, and many people had narrow
escapes. Hundreds of whites and In
dians turned out to fight the fire.
THE University of Virginia had a
FIRE on the 27th which destroyed the
lecture rooms and a geological labora-
tory of great value. The loss was es-
estimated at not less than 100000.
A MOB of $50 men attempted to break
into the Jail at Tiffin, O., for the pur-
pose of lynching Leander Martin, who
had shot August Schultz, the city mar
shal, few days before, but volley
from the Winchesters of Sheriff Van
Ness party made them retreat after
two of their number had been killed.
The friends of the men killed vowed
vengeance, but the sheriff telegraphed
to Gov. Mckinley for troops and three
companies of militia were sent to the
scene.
AN explosion in the mills of The Pa
cific Coast Lumber Co., at Fair Haven,
Wash, destroyed much property and
killed three men outright.
BAMBERGER, BLOOM e Co, the largest
dry goods firm in Louisville, Ky, has
failed. with liabilities of 81, 200, 600 and
| assets about equal
GREAT excitement has been caused
in British official circles about Russia's
movements at China and Corea and the
situation was said to be so grave that
there was likely to be war in which
several nations would more than likely
take part British newspapers all
agreed that British intervention in the
far east was necessary.
News received at Key West, Fla,
stated that Gen. Maceo had, by forced
marches, reached the province of Ma
tanzas, and, with 5000 Cubans he en-
gagged a cavalry force of 2,sCO Span
iards in the San Juan valley. After Il
struggle of four hours the Spanish
troops were forced to retreat. leaving
500 men dead on the field. The insur-
gents secured all the arms and ammu-
milton of the dead Spaniards. This
battle was the most important fight
since the breaking out of the revolu-
tion.
FRED GILBERT, a dark horse in the
race, who hailed from Spirit Lake, Ia,
won the Dupont cup. the wing cham
pionship of the world. and n fat purse
| in the pigeon shooting tournament
which came to an end at Baltimore,
| Md. on the 2jth. 1t was said Gilbert
never entered a tournament before in
| his life.
TIE dead body of Smith Crane once
wealthy cattleman, was buried in
| the potter's field at Chicago. lie was
| the first to take a consignment of cat
| tie to Liverpool from Chicago. Finally
| he took to drink, and from that time
his downfall was rapid.
a WRECK occurred on the Pennsyl.
vania road. near Newport, Pa. in
which two persons were killed and sew
eral badly injured. The locomotive
and several postal cars were destroyed
and a large amount of mail matter
/ was burned.
| LovELAND. a village - miles from
! Cincinnati, was swept by fire on the
23d. Loss, S20,GOO; insurance. 5000.
A REAR-END collision occurred at
| Hyde Park, Mass. or the New York,
! New Haven II Hartford railroad in
which one man was killed. a woman
/ fatally injured and twelve other pas.
! sengers. including Congressman Elijah
A. Morse, were more or less seriously
| hurt.
THE Ruthven express collided with a
switch engine at Valley Junction. on
| the Rock Island. in Iowa. Mrs Mary
| Hillshouse, of Burlington. Ia. was
killed. Lee Gibson and Frank English
were injured.
AT New York on the 24th Henry Of
Navarro easily defeated Clifford ano
Santa Anita in a great handicap race.
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