The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-31

BURGLARS broke into st. Francis de
Sales church, at Toledo, o., and car
ried off the magnificent holy chalice.
esides this the thieves practically
wrecked the chancel in their search
for booty. Ornaments were torn
down, cabinets were broken open and
nearly everything that could not be
carried away ruined.
AT the meeting of the state fedora
tion of labor, at Ottumwa, Ia, on the
22d, a resolution for the free coinage
of silver at 16 to /, although advocated
for hours by many delegates, was laid
on the table and the matter referred
back to the various unions.
Ex-Cov. w. ID. HOARD was op the 23d
at Green Bay, Wis, elected depart
ment commander of the Wisconsin G.
A. R. The parade of veterans had 2, 900
in line. 1t was the last parade of the
Wisconsin members as the encampment
| voted to abolish the parade hereafter,
<wing to the age of the members of
s.she order.
THE race for the claims in the Kick
apoo reservation came off at noon on
the esd. Hundreds of women started
and exhibited the same amount of en-
thusiasm as the men. Every quarter
section has from two to half dozen
claimants and long before night many
settlers were turning back disgusted
at the fewness of the claims and the
miserable quality of what there were.
AT Choctaw City, Ok, w. L. Hale, of
Guthrie, and gambler named Crump,
shot out an old grudge. Half a dozen
shots were exchanged and Crump was
shot in the groin and so seriously
wounded that it was thought he would
die. Hale escaped with piece of his
left ear shot away.
On the 23d Secretary Carlisle made
his speech on the financial question
before the business mems convention
at Memphis, Tenn, upward of 5000
people being present. The meeting
afterward adopted a set of resolutions
embodying their views on the monetary
question.
THE ballot by the United Confeder-
ate Veterans at Houston, Tex, on the
Esd for the location of the next reunion
resulted in the choice of Richmond,
Va.
A RECENT st. Petersburg dispatch
stated that in the town of Kobueden
200 houses had been destroyed by fire
and in the village of Rushany 250
houses were also burned. During the
conaagrations a total of fifty persons
were killed and very many more were
injured.
FIFTY-FIvE Rock Island pay checks,
calling for over $1,000, were stolen
from the depot ticket office at Ottumwa,
Ia, recently. The agent had left them
near the window and while his back
was turned some thief reached in his
hand and distracted the checks. The
checks call for sums averaging $50 to
SO and are made payable to orders of
individual persons.
WILLIAM CoNNELL, who shot dead
Sheriff George Dunham, of Montgom-
cry, Ga. who went to arrest him on a
warrant for beating his wife, was
hunted by a posse and found in a
swamp near Dublin, Ga, and riddled
with bullets
SEVERE earthquake shocks were e&-
perienced on the evening of the Goth at
Sopleto, Italy, town located about 40
miles from Rome. Much damage was
done and many houses were injured.
THE lower house of the Prussian diet
on the 21st by a vote of 157 to 92 adopted
the motion of DIR. Arendt, urging the
government to take steps in favor Of
an international settlement of the cur-
rency question with the view of securing
international bimetallism. The house
has also adopted an amendment pro-
posed by Baron Won Sedlitz, a member
of the privy council, that Germany
would only act in the matter in connec-
tion with Great Britain
FIRE broke out in the tobacco and
cigar factory known as the Flor de
Fumas, at Havana, which contained a
large amount of stock, and damage es-
timated to the amount of $50, 600 was
done. While fighting the fire eighteen
firemen were injured, two of whom
will die.
The body of s-year-old Gibbie Ringo
was found in the river miles below
Huntington, W. Va, recently with the
side of his head crushed in. His little
brother was also missing, they having
both disappeared together two months
ago. Their father was the supposed
murderer, and a mob was in search Of
him.