The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-08

press sent to Armenia to investigate
the outrages committed by the Turks
has forwarded an interview he had
with Mgr Khrimiran, which confirms
all the reports which have been pub
lished. The reverend gentleman said
in one instance $50 Armenians were
thrown into a ditch by the Turks and
earth thrown upon them, burying them
alive. All kinds of torture were prac-
ticed upon prisoners, one having his
hands nailed to the wall Men, women
and children of all ages were tortured
and butchered.
ALTHOUGH the sentence of ex-Queen
Liliuokalani, of Hawaii. for treason
has not been made public. it was un-
derstood that she had been sentenced
to five years in prison and to pay a fine
of 5000. Her confinement at present
will be in the executive building, which
was her former palace.
AN ice gorge in the Susquehanna
river has caused an inundation of Port
Deposit, Md, and the town was re-
ported in a critical condition on the 3D..
TORONTO, Ont, had fire on the Sd
which dstroyed over 81, 600, 600 worth of
property, many large mercantile estab-
lishments being burned to the ground.
An incendiary origin of the fire was
suspected.
AN acid tank at McKeesport, Pa, ex-
ploded, killing two men nlandiseriously
| injuring two others. The head of the
tank, weighing 1900 pounds, was blown
through the roof of the works. No
cause for the explosion was known.
On February "a 13, 200 Chinese troops
attacked Hal Ching, but were repulsed
and retreated to Yin Kao. The Jap
anese loss was twenty killed and $50
wounded. The enemy lost 200 killed.
JUDGE RICHARD OGoRMAN, the Irish
nationalist, scholar and orator, died at
New York aged as.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for
the week ended March l showed an
average decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 73;
in New York the decrease was 81. EX-
elusive of New York the increase was
As.
ACCORDING to dispatches received
from Cuba, the rebels in the province
of Santiago de Cuba number about I2O
men, the insurrection at Barre had been
quelled, the Spanish troops had defeat
ed band of rebels reported to have as
sembled in the province of Matanzas
and advices confirmed the report that
Manuel Garcia, the notorious rebel
leader, was killed during the engage
ment. The Spanish troops were active
ly pursuing the rebels.
FIRE started in the Kaestner build
ing in the heart of the west side factory
district of Chicago. The building was
crowded with men and women en-
ployes and in the panic which resulted
many were knocked down and bruised.
In the Lancaster caramel factory, sew
eral blocks from the fire, some one
sounded the alarm and 220 children at
work made mad rush for the exits
and rushing down the stairways,
trampled under foot many who fell
Eleven were picked up unconscious by
the ambulances. The loss by the fire
was $500, 900. well insured.
GUY and Ellison Keel, brothers of
Ivison Keel, who died from a bullet
wound received in fight with United
States marshals some two months ago,
went to Ardmore, |. T., on the 2sth to
avenge their brothers death. At night
they opened fire on a posse of officers,
who went to arrest them. Guy was
shot in the head, but was still alive,
and his brother was lurking around in
town.
IT was believed on the 2Sth that all
the victims of the White Ash mine ex-
plosion, near Cerillos, n. NJ, had been
taken out of the mine. the dead num-
bering twenty-five and the injured
eighteen.
PROPERTY to the value of $1,000, 900
was destroyed by fire on the 27th in the
vicinity of Deepwater terminus at Hall
fax, n. S. All of the government i'm
migration sheds, wharves, offices and
other buildings burned. Several fire.
men were injured.
FEARS were entertained on the 2sth
of the loss of the Belgium tank steamer
Caucuse with her crew of twenty-seven
men all told. She was ten days over
due at Philadelphia.
THE Oklahoma legislature passed a
law permitting prize fights to be pulled
off in the territory, and making the of
fee of probate judge eligible to none
but good lawyer.