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

In the town of Mart, Tex, i've per
sons were killed and four others badly
wounded-two of them will die-as the
result of a dynamite bomb thrown
with deadly intent. There had been a
bitter feeling between the friends of
Abe Phillips. .colored, and Philip Arnold,
white, growing out of the killing of
Phillips by Arnold and the latter's
death through Phillips son. Mrs. Phil.
lips house was the place destroyed.
Four men were instantly killed by a
train while crossing the railway track
at Williamson, Mass, in buggy.
THE annual meeting of the Oklaho.
ma Press association will be held at
El Reno August 16 and l..
CHICAGO had bad fire on the 21st at
the oil works on West Polk street.
The main building was totally de-
stroyed. The loss was estimated at
$500, 600
AT the entrance to the gulf of
Genoa the Italian steamers Ortigia and
Mariapo collided on the 21st. The
latter sank in three minutes, carrying
down 144 passengers and three of the
crew to watery grave.
ONE of the largest transactions in the
history of the southern lumber trade
has been closed by contract by a
lumber firm of Lumberton, Miss, to
furnish 100, 600, 600 feet of yellow pine
lumber to a manufacturing company
of St Louis. 1t will take the mill four
years to saw the lumber and require
10000 freight cars to convey it to its
destination.
A Big Four freight ran into the rear
car of a St. Louis, Peoria & Chicago
train on the 18th at Grove siding, a
few miles below Peoria. Ill. badly
wrecking the engine and killing one
and injuring three people.
ABOUT 5000 delegates to the Pam
American congress of religion and ed
ucation at Toronto, Ont, were at the
opening session on the 18th. The pres
ident, Rev. DR.. Samuel G. Smith, of st.
Paul, gave his inaugural address and
Rev. William Class, Trinity university,
Toronto, spoke on religious conditions.
At night Hon. 5. Il. Bonner, ex-presi-
dent of the worlds fair religious and
educational congress, gave an address
on The New Movement for the Peace
and Unity of the World
JOHN GooDE and William Freeman,
two negro murderers. were hanged in
the courtyard at Greensburg, Pa. on
the 18th. They walked to the scaffold
with firm steps.
EX-PRENIIER STAMBULoFF, who was
wounded on the street at Sofia, Bull
garia, died on the 18th from the terri
bic wounds he received at the hands of
his assailants. He was 40 years of age.
THE executive committee appointed
by the recent silver convention at
Memphis met in conference at Chicago
on the 18th with the members of the
Bimetallic league. with ex-Congress-
man Sibley as chairman. The issue
discussed was the advisability of sep
arate political action in the campaign
of next year, but nothing definite was
decided upon.
AT Macomb, ILL.,, lightning struck a
COW shed in which eight men had
sought shelter and John Barclay, Jr.,
was killed and Roland McAlister and
William Gale severely shocked.
AT Hot Springs. Ark, Thomas Rad
cliff, a liquor dealer who was extern
sively known throughout the country,
committed suicide on the 18th by
shooting himself through the head.
Rosa E. BARNES, daughter of Man
ager John $. Barnes. of the Minneap-
oils Baseball club, has asked the court
to appoint a receiver for that body. In
her complaint she charges President
Martin with misappropriation OF funds.
She claims the ownership of 81, 500
worth of stock in the association. on
which she says she has received no divi-
dends, though she alleges that earn
ings have been greatly in excess of ex-
penses
A DISASTROUS wreck occurred on the
Rochester division of the Western New
York e Pennsylvania road on the 18th.
A northbound freight train was pass
ing the station of Tuscaron and the To-
comotive left the rails and rolled down
an enhancement, followed by ten load
ed ears. The engineer and fireman
were killed.
The striking ingram carpet weavers
at Philadelphia having decided not to
accept the manufacturers proposal to
continue work at the present rate of
wages until December 1, the manufac-
turers will close all their factories and
about 10000 people will be thrown out
of work.