The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-08

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cannon BAIL" jumped the track on a
bridge over creek near Wheeling. w.
Va, on the Sd, owing to a broken
| dange on a wheel of the smoking car.
| The mail car, smoker and Pullman
patlor were completely demolished.
So far only two deaths have happened.
The exact numb Der of injured was hard
to get reliably. Nine were taken to
the city hospital and three to the
Wheeling hospital, while number were
at houses near the scene of the acci-
dent OF those who were hurt several
will die.
THE Oak Ridge sanitarium at Green
Springs, O.. four-story brick struct-
ure, was destroyed by fire recently.
The forty-eight guests, most of whom
were invalids, all escaped, many of
them having to be carried from the
burning building. The loss will be
about $40, 600, with $40, 900 insurance.
AT Faribault, Mimi, the Walcott
Touring mill and seven dwellings, all
owned by NJ E. Sheffield, were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $50, 900; insur-
ance, SO, OO0
A SPARK from a pipe which an en-
ploye was smoking set fire to the hay
in the mule stable in the Dorrance
mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and eighteen
mules perished and other property to
the value of $1,000 was destroyed.
JUDGE BIERER sentenced twenty
three whisky sellers to pay fine or go
to Jail at Pawnee, Ok, on the I'd.
Among the number were two girls,
aged respectively Is and II years
These girls were fined SIS each and
given thirty days in Jail.
JOHN w. CADMAN, an uncle of Mrs.
Cleveland, wife of the president, at
tempted to commit suicide at Chicago
by shooting himself in the mouth. He
was removed to the hospital, where it
was stated by the physicians that he
could not recover.
AT Eagle. W. Va, Irving Hostley
and Miss Bette Shields quarreled be-
cause the latter accepted the attentions
of another man. Hostley drew a pistol
and began firing, but Miss Shields re-
turned the fire and shot Hostley three
times, killing him almost instantly.
THEODORE DURRANT was convicted
at San Francisco on the lst of the mur-
der OF Blanche Lamont in Emanuel
Baptist church. The jury was only
out twenty minutes and arrived at the
verdict on the first ballot When the
foreman of the jury announced the
verdict men cheered and women wept,
and the tumult continued for some
time before order could be restored.
As there was no recommendation to
mercy, Durrant will be sentenced to
death. Notice of appeal has been given
by his attorneys.
JACK DEMPSEY, the noted pugilist.
died in Portland, Ore, on the 1st of
consumption.
An earthquake shock was expert
enced in Rome, Italy, on the 1st. The
Bank of Italy and four palaces were
so badly damaged that they were rem
dered unsafe for occupancy. The shocks
created panic among the inmates of
the prison and mutiny occurred, but
troops were quickly called and it was
suppressed.
AN act has been passed by the Choc-
taw council at South McAlester, I. T.,
appropriating 5000 for the removal of
intruders from the nation.
AT Jacksonville. Mimi, Ada Potter,
aged 10 years, and Nettie Vaguer, aged
9, were drowned in the Des Moines
river. The Potter girl broke through
the ice and her friend attempted to
rescue her. Two older sisters of the
nd
both broke through the ice. They
were gotten out just in time and by
prompt aid were resuscitated.
MGR SAToLLL papal delegate to the
United States, has been made a cardi-
nal by the pope. The beretta will be
imposed by Cardinal Gibbons in Balti-
more early in December.
A BOMB was exploded recently in the
monastery of Corjuela. Spain, result
ing in great damage. Several monks
have died of the fright caused by the
explosion. At Chelva, a mob stoned a
rosary procession and the crown of the
image of the Virgin carried in the pro-
ccssiou was broken. Great excitement
was caused by the disorder and several
persons were wounded.
AN attempt will be made by the Big
Four to make the fastest single track
time on record. The trial will be made
between Cleveland, O.. and St Louis
1t was hoped that the $40 miles be.
tween the two cities would be covered
in $40 minutes. or that rate of sixty
miles an hour be recorded. Should
this be accomplished, it will beat the
single track record of the world.
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR DAN CANNON, of
Baskerville. was fatally injured, En-
gineer Parmeter and Fireman Wagner,
of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern passenger train, seriously
hurt and many passengers were badly
shaken up in a wreck at Hardy, Ia, on
the SOth. An extra freight had pulled
into Hardy and had not cleared the
main line on the sidetrack when the
passenger engine crashed into the
caboose.
PERRY II. SMITH, the chief of the reg
istry division of the Chicago post Office,
has received the official report of the
registry service. from Washington,
which puts Chicago ahead of New York
in four branches of the registry serv-
ice. In the number of registered
pouches in transit Chicago is reported
with 942. lO6, while New York has 1884,
So. In the through registered pouches
Chicago exceeded New York by 11,OOO
pieces In the number dispatched Chi
cago exceeds New York by $4,000, and
in the free registered department New
York is 5000 pieces behind.
THE Lagonda hotel at Springfield,
O., caught fire shortly after midnight
on the 29th. The night clerk succeed
ed in arnnsinc the guests in time for