The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-09-20

AT Gloversville, n. NJ, ON the morn
ing of the 18th the mercury registered
80 degrees below zero and ice formed.
The international agricultural con-
gress, which has been in session at
Brussels since September 6, under the
patronage of the Belgian government,
passed resolution in favor of an in
ternatioDal bimetallic agreement
A SAN FRANCISCO paper printed a
sensational story, stating that Florento
Bustamente, the Salvadorean refugee
who was surrendered to the author
tiles at La Libertad by the captain of
the City of Sidney, was seized by the
people of La Libertad, saturated with
coal oil and roasted alive. The state
ment was made in the same paper that
Bustamente was surrendered upon the
order of the American consul agent at
La Libertad.
The two yachts. Defender and Valky-
RE, started in for the third race on
the 18th and a few minutes later the
British yacht dropped out of the con-
test and the American yacht went over
the course alone. Commodore Arthur
Glennie. Lord Dunraven's representa-
tive, announced that the reason the
Valkyrie did not sail was because of
noncompliance with Lord Dunraven's
letter to the Americas cup committee
relating to the crowding of excursion
steamers. Had we been assured that
the course would have been kept clear
for even five minutes before the start
ing time we would have sailed The
Defender winning the three races, the
Americas cup stays in America.
A LARGE double brick tobacco ware
house at Lancaster, Pa. occupied re-
spectively by Amos b. Hostetter and
John F. Brimmer, was totally de-
stroyed by incendiary fire on the l1th
The one occupied by Hostetter con-
tanned leaf tobacco valued at Sc, 900
In the other was 800 cases of leaf to-
bacco valued at $4,000 Adjoining
warehouses were only saved by throw
ing immense quantities of water on
the roofs and the tobacco in them was
damaged by smoke and water to the
The United States Association of
Veterinary Surgeons in session at Des
Moines, Ia, on the 18th elected w. H.
Hosliins, of Philadelphia. president;
S. Stewart, of Kansas City, secretary,
and J. l.. Robinson. of New York.
treasurer. F. II. Osgood. of Boston;
R. H. Harrison, of Atchison. Kan. and
c. c. Lyford. of Minneapolis, were
made vice presidents.
AN attempted train robbery occurred
at Curtis, Ok. At that point four
masked men crawled on to the South
ern Kansas track. and covering the
section hands with revolvers, compelled
them to pile ties on the track and draw
the spikes from several rails The en-
gineer of the westbound passenger
train, seeing the situation. stopped his
engine and two of the bandits covered
him with revolvers while the other
two went to the express car and COM
PEELED the messenger to open the safe.
The railroad officers assert that the
robbers got nothing. The train went
to Woodward. where an alarm was
given, and posse organized to pursue
the robbers.
PRIVATE THOMAS COFFEE. of the Eff
teenth regiment. United States army,
was shot by Sentinel J. VI. Kress at
Fort Sheridan, Ill, on the 10th. while
to escape from the guard
house. Coffee was instantly killed.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred at
Flint courthouse on the Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf. about 81 miles south
of Sloan Springs, Ark. Contractor
Lewis, while arranging to put in a
blast, drove steel rod into the hole.
striking fire from the flint and igniting
the charge. Five kegs of powder were
besides the blast. Lewis was
killed, his head being nearly
severed from his body.
The foresters in session at Cleveland,
O., have resolved to drop the word an
cient from its title and IL now stands
Order of F0resters.
AT Sheepshead Bay. New York,
Henry of Navarro won the big sweep
stakes race from Domino and Rey ell
Santa Anita.
THE regatta committee of the New
York Yacht club sustained the protest
entered by the Defender of the Vallly-
RE fouling her in the race on the 10th
and gave the race TO the Defender
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was
felt on the 18th at Grenada and Valez
Malaga in Spain. The disturbance
lasted four seconds. No damage.