The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-15

QUAhANTixn rules arc being enforced
at Hoxie, Ark, and the travelling pub
lie was requested to procure genuine
health certificates. Tramps and buns
were prohibited from entering the
town under any circumstances.
Samuel Smith, aged is years, and
George Lealxe, aged 21, both of South
Lawrence, Mass, were drowned by the
upsetting of boat while cunning near
one of the many islands off Newbury-
port. Both bodies were recovered.
A SPECIAL from Enterprise, l. T.,
stated that a posse had pursued two
men who had stolen horses in the Choc-
taw nation for three days and sur
rounded them in a cabin and demand
ed that they surrender, which they re-
fused to do. The posse then set the
cabin on fire and the pair were burned
to death.
A DISASTROUS fire was raging on the
10th in the Hazleton slope of the
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 1t started six
weeks ago and thousands of dollars
have been spent trying to put it out.
1t threatens the destruction of other
great collieries by means of subter-
ranean openings. 1t was estimated
that 81, 200, 900 will have to be expended
before the fire can be overcome.
A DISPATCH from Cincinnati said that
the steamer Longfellow was to have
left for New Orleans, but when within
short distance of the piers of the
Chesapeake S Ohio bridge, the cur
4e l.aooa 20, ,,,f Ac ha hn,r,
pointed to the Kentucky shore the
wind blew the smoke in such a way as
to entirely blind the pilot The next
moment the vessel crashed against the
pier, striking near the boilers. Soon
after the current broke the Longfellow
in two. Five lives were lost.
HARRY HAYWARD was convicted at
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the sth of the
murder of Catherine Cling, the dress
maker. The trial had been on for
about seven weeks and was sensational
throughout.
Miss TILLIE HANGEL lies in a dying
condition at Cleveland, O., as the re-
suit of murderous assault committed
on her by robber. While she was
alone in the house a man came to the
door and demanded all the money she
had. The girl declared there was
nothing of value in the house. This
angered the robber and he attacked
Miss Hangel with a sandbag, fractur-
ing her skull.
AT Temerane Oak, Ala, some stories
defamatory to the character of some
young ladies were traced down to a
young man named Luke Coleman and
he gave the names of two brothers,
James and Martin Lentz, as his in
formants, which caused the brothers
to cherish a feeling of resentment
night and shot him and Coleman
emptied his revolver at them, killing
both. Public sympathy was with Cole
man.
THE loss to the American Missionary
society through the shortage of Treas
urer Oakley will amount to about SI2,-
600.
On the 10th ballot Lieut. Gov. Miles
was nominated for congress by the
Michigan republicans to succeed Mr..
Burrows, elected senator.
THE League of American Wheelmen,
in session at New York on the 9th,
awarded the contract for publishing
the L. A. w. Bulletin to Sterling FL
lott, editor of Good Roads, Boston.
The yearly dues will be 75 cents per
capita and the voluntary subscription
to the Bulletin 75 cents. The national
treasury will refund 35 cents of the an
nual dues to the state divisions and re-
tain 40 cents. This arrangement was
made to renovate the treasury.
THE Gerry whipping post bill has
passed the New York senate unani-
mously. 1t had already passed the
house, and will become a law unless
vetoed by the governor.
GEORGE L. SHoUP has been reelected
United States senator for Idaho, after
long struggle, the vote being: Shoup,
-; Sweet, u; Crook, Il; absent, l; nec-
essary to choice, %.
The conference committee of the
miners and operators of western Penn
sylvania, failing to agree on the 69-cent
rate for mining demanded by the for
mer, the operators proposed a joint
convention of miners and operators to
be held in Pittsburgh. The proposition
was reported to the miners convention
and was rejected. A vote was then
taken and strike of the II, 600 miners
of the region declared to take effect
immediately.