The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-26

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doubt of the latter's control of the
convention and that he would name
the next governor.
AT Fort Worth, Tex, Mrs. NJ. j.
Black confessed to helping Frank Ware
poison her husband to get the 1000
insurance on his life.
AT Waders, Mimi, Charles Feehan,
a prominent politician. was partly
hanged by a mob for abusing his fam
lily.
Col CASEY YOUNG, of Memphis,
Tenn, stated that he had sent out in
vitations to all of the democratic silver
senators and representatives to be
present at the conference of the silver
wing of the democratic party in Wash
ington, August IA. Invitations had
also been sent to leading democrats in
every state.
News of terrible butchery at Terre
Haute, La, has been received at New
Orleans. Joe Noska, employed on a
| plantation there, attempting to ex-
terminate the family of Giordano, for
whom he worked, with a gun, the
mother falling a corpse and two chill
dren being fatally and the father and
baby seriously wounded and two
other men killed. The man then
escaped to the woods. A posse has
been organized for pursuit.
AT baltimore, Md, the services on
the 2lst, the last day of the fifth an
nual international convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of Amer
lea, were particularly impressive.
Delegates and visitors were present in
great numbers in the mammoth tent,
and leave takings were begun. The
heat was intense. The committee on
enrolment made proclamation that
the total registration Of the members
present was 6,559
EASTERN manufacturers met on the
10th and advanced the price of nails so
cents per keg.
THREE outlaws recently escaped
from Jail at South Enid, Ok, by knock
ing the jailer senseless.
The Omaha (Neb.) baseball club has
been transferred to Denver, Col
Tunnel No on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, about As miles east
of Louisville, KY, caught fire recently.
The fire was caused by sparks from an
engine igniting the timbers. The tun-
mel was 900 feet long and will prob
ably have to be rebuilt.
WILLIAM HOSEA BALLOU, vice presi-
dent of the American Humane society,
will make an effort to stop the pro-
posed bull fight at the Atlanta exposi-
ton. He has served notice on the
management that unless prompt de-
malls are received from the authorities
that such exhibition was to be per-
mitted he will institute injunction pro-
ceedings, or cause the arrest of all con-
cerned.
THE masses of the people of the Cher
obee nation have made an earnest ap-
peal to the Dawes commission to assist
them in effecting an arrangement for
the allotment of their lands. Maj. Nc
Kennon. of the Dawes commission, left
for the Cherokee nation in response to
the appeal and will use his influence in
their behalf.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's last baby has
been named Marion.
JOHN B. LEEoNI, alias "John the
Window Smasher," was captured by
the police at Chicago. He has broken
over 100 plate glass windows in the
business section of the city within a
space of twelve months and caused a
loss to merchants and insurance con-
Germs amounting to almost SIS, 900.
The man was insane.
The silver conference at Chicago on
the 18th was marked by strong differ
ences OF opinion between northern and
southern representatives by the desire
of the southern men to ignore the BIZ
metallic league and maintaining that
the northern men wanted to assist the
aspirations of their presidential candi-
date, Joseph Sibley. The southern men
desired to conduct their work within
the ranks of the democratic party. A
resolution was finally passed for SUBJ
committee to take charge of the distri-
button of literature and avoid aptago-
nism with any other national organiza-
zation. An address will soon be issued.
HENRY BROWN, colored, was hanged
at Live Oak, Fla, on the 18th for the
murder of Ed Ryburg, white man.
In canvassing the returns in the Nc
Gam -Belknap congressional election
contest at Chicago on the 18th the cleo
ton board discovered a number of re-
publican ballots which had been de-
faced and thrown out by the use of a
''joker" or thumb stamp. AS a result
the board ordered the arrest of all Off
GERS of election in the precincts affect
i Il lol
discovery Congressman McGann was
defeated beyond a doubt.
A DISASTROUS cavern, with a prob
able loss of life, occurred on the first
level of the Pewabic iron mine, at Iron
Mountain, Mich, on the 18th. Nine
miners were imprisoned by the CAVERN
and it was feared some of them were
crushed to death, the fall of heavy
rock carrying with it the timbers of
the chamber. The disaster occurred
just after the bell had rung for the
men to quit work and fortunately most
of the miners had reached the surface.
AT the ranch of Walter Carleton,
near Tulare, Cal. the boiler of a
shingle mill exploded, and the engi-
neer and fireman were killed and half
dozen others badly sealded and per-
haps fatally injured. The water wagon
standing near the engine was blown
to atoms. Four horses were blown
some distance by the explosion, but
were uninjured.
Two little girls about ten years old,
the daughters of John Beiverle and
Willis Kirchaner, were killed at
Fleischman's malt house at Cincinnati
on the 18th. The children were play
ing in the path of the circular elevator