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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
AGAINST MONOPOLY
Cattlemen of the West Said to BE Organis-
ing for Protection Against the Dressed
Beef Combine.

Cattlemen of the West Said to Be Organic
ing for Protection Against the Dressed
Beef Combine.
CHICAGO, April 5.-The Post says it is
learned from sources close to the foun-
tainhead that the cattle raisers of the
west are bending every effort to the
perfection of an organization during
the coming season to fight the dressed
beef combine. The recent advance in
the price of beef has incensed instead
of modifying them. They claim
that they are only getting a small
and wholly inadequate advantage from
the advance in the price to consumers.
the combine taking most of it and
leaving them an insignificant end of
the gain. Cattle raisers are now de-
voting themselves to the consideration
of a scheme for establishing markets
at Chicago, Omaha, st Louis, Kansas
City, New York and other points for
the sale of cattle for future delivery,
sales to be made according to recog-
nized grades and descriptions.
They claim that under existing meth
DDS they are absolutely at the mercy
of the combine, being obliged to accept
whatever price may be named for cat
tie on arrival at the packing centers or
go to the expense of carrying the stock,
and at the end of the contest selling at
heavier sacrifice than would have
been first incurred. They argue that
they can keep their stock on their
ranges and farms cheaper than at the
other end of the line, and that they need
not contract to deliver their property at
future date until satisfactory prices can
be obtained. In order to insure COM
petition in bidding for ''cattle futures"
the scheme is said to comprehend the
establishing of packing houses and dis
tributing depots, as well as necessary
machinery for the expectation of the
product, so as to get in touch with con-
sumers at home and abroad.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
WAR HERO MURDERED.
MOrgantOwn, Ky, Excited Over the Killing
of Mai. Hamilton, the Libby Prisoner.

MOrgantOwn, Ky, Excited Over the Killing
of Maj. Hamilton. the Libby Prisoner.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April A special
to the Evening Post says: Morgan
town is in fever of excitement over
the murder which occurred early yes
terday morning of Maj. A. J. Hamil.
ton. the famous originator and executor
of the escape from Libby prison in
1864. Sam Spencer has been ar
rested and placed in Jail with
evidence against him. Alfred Belcher,
who was with Spencer, says
Spencer is the man who fred the
shots Maj Hamilton's name is famous
throughout the country and he has re-
ceived many notices from the maya
zines in the United States. The escape
of Maj Hamilton and his associates
from the famous old Libby prison at
Richmond, Va. is one of the most in
teresting incidents of the civil war.
Maj. Hamilton was one of the Twelfth
Kentucky cavalry and with him were
confined Capt. James A. Johnson,
of the Eleventh cavalry, and Lieut..
Ed Knoble, of the Twenty-frst
Kentucky infantry. They conceived
the idea of tunneling out of the old
prison and with only few crude inn
plements began the task. After dig.
cling for forty-ive nights they saw day.
light and with them lO4 other officers
made their escape. The officers named
made their appearance in Louisville on
the night of March 3, 1864. The tun-
mel they dug was 81 feet long and in
diameter. Many of those who escaped
were reeaptured. however
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
At,empt 70 Burn a tenement.

NEW YORK, April 6.-For the third
time within ten weeks an attempt was
made early yesterday morning to burn
the five-story building, los Eighth ave-
nue., in which there were thirteen fam
lilies. This mornings fire was started
on the ground floor in the hallway,
just as the other two fires were. The
tenants believe, too. that some drug
was put with the materials set on fire,
as the fumes arose through the house
supplying them The motive of the
incendiary, it is surmised, was robbery.
Nothing was taken, as the fire was dis
covered early.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
TAYLOR JURY DISCHARGED.
Seven In Favor of Conviction and Five for
Acqulttal.

seven IN faFOr OF conviction ana Five Tor
| Acquittal
CABRoLLToS, Mo-, April 6.-At $50
o'clock yesterday morning the jury in
the Taylor brothers case, the two men
| charged with the murder of the Meeks
family, was brought into the court
room. which was jammed with people,
and Judge Rucker asked: Gentle
men, is there any prospect that you
will agree on a verdict?"
"None whatever" replied Foreman
George Fleming.
''What do the rest of you say?" asked
the judge.
''There is no show whatever" replied
several of the jurymen.
'Do you stand now as you stood from
the first?" again asked the judge.
The jurors replied that the first bal
lot was seven for conviction and five
for acquittal and that that result had
remained unchanged on all future bal
lots.
Judge Rucker ordered the clerk to
enter on the docket that the jury, hav-
ing failed to agree, had been dis
charged and the cause had been con-
tinued to the next term of court. As
the jurors filed out of the court room
they were Kissed, hooted and reviled
by the people who had gathered about
the courthouse. The jurors who
voted from the first for conviction
were: ]. A. Rose, David Jameson,
Adolph Auer, Granville Jenkins, Elijah
Baker, James II. Creel and W. r. Bram-
mer. The five who stood out for ac-
quittal from the first were: Frank
Yehle, NJ. Hudson, Ben Glover, George
Fleming, j. L. holland.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
HELD UP.
Five Robbers Go Through a Rock Island
Passenger Train in Oklahoma.

Five Robbers Go Through a Rock Island
Passenger Train in Oklahoma.
HENNESsEY, Ok, April 5.-Eive train
robbers held up the No. l Rock Island
passenger and express miles south of
here, at Dover. Wednesday night. Two
of the men sprang up from behind the
tender and leveled their pistols at the
engineer and fireman. The train went
4 mile further before it could be
stopped. The engineer then applied the
air brakes suddenly, causing one of
the robbers to pull the trigger of his
gun. The ball narrowly missed the
engineer. passing through the window
behind him.
The conductor, James Mack, who
had gone to the front of the train to
find out the trouble, was Immediately
covered by gun and promptly robbed.
BY this time the gang had gathered
and began active operations by order
ing the baggageman to open the door
of the baggage car. He refused and
the robbers fired twelve shots through
the door, wounding the baggageman
through the wrist.
The robbers then broke open the
door with a sledge, but did not succeed
in getting any plumber from the bag
gage car They hurriedly proceeded
through the smoker and one day coach,
securing about $500 in money from the
passengers. In addition to the $500
cash the robbers also obtained from
their victims in the day coach and
smoker six revolvers and a number of
watches and rings. The passengers in
the sleepers were not disturbed. The
robbers were last seen from the train
going west from Dover, all mounted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
Ninety Thousand in Gold stolen.

CARSON, New, April 6.-Superintend-
emit Mason. of the government assay
office in New York, has been in full
charge of the mint scandal investiga-
ton here for two weeks. He has al
ready discovered shortages that ap-
proximate about 100000, and all
the suspected melts have not yet
been examined. The town is full
of secret service detectives, who are
under the control of Agent Grant,
of Chicago, and they are shadowing
suspected officials and learning the his
tory of their recent extravagant habits
None of those suspected can escape.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
FIGHT OVER A CLAIM.
Desperate Battle Between Rival Claimant,
i'm oklahoma.

PERRY, Ok, April 5.-News reached
here yesterday evening of a terrible
shooting affair 90 miles east of here,
between Al Cook, Dock Bennett and a
woman, whose name could not be
learned. 1t seems that the two
men and the woman were claimants
for the same quarter section of
land and that Cook bought out the
woman's interest and as he commenced
to move into the woman's house yes
terday a fight occurred and the re-
port is that all three were badly in
jured. Cook, so the report is, was
shot through the heart by Bennett and
instantly killed. Cook shot Bennett
through the head and he will die and
the woman was shot through a leg.
The woman used an AK on Bennett
pretty freely and inflicted some serious
wounds
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
TRAIN ROBBERS RUN DOWN.
One of the Rock Island Gang Killed-Posi-
lively Identified as the Bandit.

HENSEssEY, Ok, April 6.-Soon after
the train robbery on the Rock Island
railroad Wednesday night near Dover,
five United States deputy marshals,
headed by Banks and Prater, started
on the trail of the desperadoes. At
o'clock yesterday afternoon the officers
came suddenly upon the gang. Part of
them were asleep. The officers i'm
mediately opened fire, which was
returned. The deputies jumped
from their horses and used them as
breastworks while the robbers tried to
escape. Two of the horses of the out
laws were shot from under them and
one man was killed, while another's
leg was broken, but he managed to get
to his horse. A third was badly hit,
but he also succeeded in getting away.
The dead man was brought to Hen
nessey at IL o'clock last night. He
was positively identified as Dick
Yeager, alias "Gyp Wyatt" on whose
head there was an aggregate reward
of over $1,000, including the amount
offered yesterday for each of the rob-
bers by the Rock Island.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
THE VENEZUELA AFFAIR.
President Cleveland Does Not Like British
Aggression on American Soil.

President Cleveland Does Not Like British
Aggression on American Soil.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-There is
furry of excitement in inner admin
istration circles over what it is believed
the president intends to do in the
Venezuela controversy. 1t is claimed
that the president clearly indicated
yesterday at a cabinet meeting that he
did not like the position taken by
England in that matter; that he in
tended to enforce the Monroe doctrine,
no matter what the consequences.
This is supposed to mean war with
England provided John Bull is not in
the blufing business. The clean cut
statement that England intends to
take slice of territory from Venezuela
cannot be misunderstood and also the
polite but emphatic statement that it
was not the business of the United
States to interfere, making it more en-
phatic. gives the president, it is
claimed, an opportunity to take posi-
ton that may lead to trouble.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
Trade REPORT.
The Volume of Retail Business ut This
Time Larger Than Last Year.

The Volume of Retail Business ut This
Time Larger Than Last Year.
NEW YORK, April 6.-R. G. Dun q
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Returns showing the condition of re-
tail trade in March throughout the
country and the distribution of goods
of final comparison with the same
month in 1894 and 1898, give gratifying
evidence that in most trades and
districts marked improvement over
1894 is realized, though on the whole
trade is smaller than in 1898. Every
where, also, the occurrence of Easter
in March last year, but in April this
year, is found to account for much diff
ference in the volume of retail trade
in quantities of goods sold. 1t is,
nevertheless, larger than last year,
but on the whole smaller than 1893.
The main difference in comparison
with 1898 is found in the general de-
cline of prices, which makes trade in
value smaller, even where it is clearly
as large or larger in quantity.
Accounts from the chief centers of
wholesale trade are also encouraging
this week. There is not only hope
full spirit, but there are real gains in
business, though not equally dis
tributed geographically or as to
branches of trade. The best news from
the industries is that labor troubles
have been settled or avoided, Mahon-
ing iron and eastern wooden mills be-
ing again active. Next in Importance
IL tho hatfar damapd for N, info ofurad
articles, which gives greater reason to
hope that recent advances from the
bottom may prove successful
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
The Robinson Crnsne Safe.

PALM BEACH, Fla, April 5.-The first
authentic report from the sloop Robin
son Crusoe, i'll which Messrs. Zeigler
and Wells, of New York and Brook
Ign, were cruising, was brought here
by Capt. Bradley, of the schooner
Pearl, from Bay Biscayne at II o'clock
last night. He reported that the
mail boat plying between Bay Biscayne
and Key West sighted the Crusoe about
six hours run north of Key West She
was running along under single reefed
sails and reported "all well on board,
bound for Key West" where she is
probably now lying at anchor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
NEW PENSION DECISION.
Case of a Soldier Who Rode n Horse for
Pleasure and Got Hurt.

Case of a Soldier Who Rode n Horse for
Pleasure and Got Hurt.
WASHINGTON, April Assistant Sec
rotary Reynolds of the interior de-
partment has overruled the decision of
the last administration as to the line of
duty of soldiers, holding that soldier
being engaged in private business and
not in the performance of those
things which the law required of him
as a military duty, cannot be con-
sidered in the line of duty. The last
administration held very broadly in
the matter in the line of duty and in
jury received by a soldier while in the
army was generally considered PEN
sionable. The case decided by As
sistant Secretary Reynolds is that of
Henry A. Hilmer, Eighth Indiana vol
unteers. The claim was first rejected
March 2, 1885, and just at the close of
President Cleveland's former admins
tration the action was affirmed, the de-
partment deciding: 'In this case, I'M
der former decisions, the statement in
the certificate that the injury COM
planned of was received by claimant
while in line of his duty, was mis-
taken conclusion on the part of the
certifying surgeon. Riding a horse
for personal pleasure against the pro-
test of his captain, who warned him Of
his danger in attempting to ride frae-
tious animal with whose habits claim
ant was already well acquainted, can
not be regarded as in any manner con-
nected with the claimants military
duty" A few months later the case
was reconsidered and the claim al
lowed. This is now in turn overruled
and the commissioner is directed to
drop the claimants name from the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
A BAD EXPLOSION.
A Saloon and Grocery Store in New OrIeal
Blown Up.


Blown Up.
NEW ORLEANS, April 6.-About 2
o'clock this morning an explosion from
some unknown cause occurred at the
corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets,
near the French market, in two-story
brick building containing two stores,
one occupied by Emile Boulet as a
drinking saloon, the other by Charles
Salathe as a grocery and ship chan
dler's shop, and several sleeping
rooms above. The explosion was a
loud one, and when the dust had
cleared away the fishermen and wom-
en- who had gathered at the markets
saw heap of debris Then littl
tongues of flame began to shoot up from
the debris. Firemen were soon on
hand and were followed by Archbishop
Jansen and several priests, and the
work of rescue was soon begun. At
o'clock two bodies were recovered
and identified as those of Charles Sa-
lathe and his wife. Later two other
bodies were recovered. The cause of
the explosion is not known.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.

President Cleveland Appoints the Commits
sioners to Report on the Project.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The president
has selected, under the provisions of
the sunGry civil appropriation bill, the
following persons as board to inves-
tigate and report upon the feasibility,
permanence and expense of the Nicara-
qua canal on the route proposed by
the construction company: From the
army, Mai William Ludlow, corps Of
engineers; from the navy, Commander
U. T. Endicott, civil engineer; from
civil life, Alfred Noble, of Chicago,
member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
China VIII Re Ready.

LONDON, April 5.-The Times pub
fishes a dispatch from Hong Kong say
ing that the Chinese army in the
northern part of the island of For
mosa numbers $4,000 men, of which
$4,000 are splendid soldiers, who
are well armed. The remainder
include number of beggars.
Fighting is said to be imminent,
but the foreigners are believed to be
safe. Vigorous measures are being
taken at Sawatow and at Canton in
order to resist the Japanese. Booms
have been laid across the Canton river
and levies of men are being enlisted
for military purposes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
-Four People Killed in a railroad wreck,

GAINESVILLE, o., April Gust as a
passenger train on the Bellaire, Zanes.
vile & Cincinnati narrow gauge rail.
road was approaching trestle miles
west of Summerfeld this morning a
coach jumped the track on curve and
ran on the ties half way across the
trestle. Then the engine also left the
rails, and with the coach and five bents
of the trestle fell to the ravine below.
Eli Lucas, engineer, Mrs E Young
and her little daughter, of Summer
field, and resident of Bealesville were
killed, and Jesse Johns, the fireman,
fatally injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
The Son of Ex-Gov. st. John Commits an
ANfni Crime Mt Oklahoma CITY.

The Son Of Ex-Gov. st. John Commits an
Awful Crime at Oklahoma City.
\ OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok, April Am
awful tregedy occurred at the resi-
dence of Hon. III. C. st. John, 1 mile
west of this city. at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, when st. John shot
and instantly killed his wife in fit of
jealous rage, caused by her connection
with young man of this city. The
facts are hard to get at as St. John is
very reticent about the affair. He came
here Immediately after the tragedy
and secured physician, saying he had
accidentally shot his wife. To close
friend, however, he said he had gotten
letter out of the post Office yesterday
morning from his wife's private box
and opened it. II was signed A. III. N,
and made arrangements for an APP
pointment. 1t would seem that he had
been suspicious of his wife's behavior
for some time. He brooded over
this circumstance until dinner time
and then went out to his home. Mrs.
st. John was sitting sewing and he up
braided her with her infidelity. She
first denied, but when the proofs were
shown she became angry and acknowl-
edged the fact. This maddened him,
he said, and he pulled his revolver and
shot her. The bullet struck her on the
left breast, causing instant death.
St John, who is in the custody Of
the sheriff, is SON of ex-Gov. John P.
st. John, the noted temperance lectur-
er of Kansas, and is bright attorney.
He was one of the leading republican
members of the recent legislature and
is member of the codifying commits
sion. This was his second wife; he
married her in Garden City, Kan. in
1889. They have two children. His
first wife secured divorce from him
in 1897 and is in Illinois
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
Reception to Gen. Gordon.

KANSAS CITY, NO., April 5.-Gen.
John B. Gordon, United States Senator
from Georgia, one of the two surviving
major-generals of the confederacy, ar
rived in Kansas City at o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Tonight Gen. Cor
don will lecture on 1.-The Last Days of
the COnfederacy" at the Auditorium
for the benefit of veteran company A,
of the third regiment. NJ. n. G. Gen.
Gordon was given a rousing greeting
by veterans of both blue and gray, who
met him at the depot and escorted him
to the hotel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Four Men Killed and Two Fatally In.
iured.

-Four Men Killed and Two Fatally In
iured.
ALTON, ILL.,, April 6.-At the Wood
river bridge on the Chicago &c Alton
cutoff, about 4 mile north of East AL
ton, early this morning, long, heavy
freight train was coming down the
grade when the center cars left the
track and fifteen were piled on top of
one another. Four men were killed
outright and two fatally injured. None
of them are known, but are supposed
to be tramps who were stealing rides.
The wreck was caused by the train be-
ing too heavily loaded behind. When
the brakes were put on the front cars
the weight behind was thrown onto a
fat car in the middle of the train, crush
ing it and wrecking the other cars.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
ACnntest - FL Reno.

FL RENO, Ok, April 4.-The muni-
cipal election in this place was hotly
contested. F. Hahn. independent can
didate for mayor, was elected over T.
F. Hensley and j. A. Caldwell, who ran
on citizens ticket. Hensley says he
will contest the election.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
Gritfo and Lavigne Matched.

CHICAGO, April 6-Young Critic and
''Kid' Lavigne have been matched to
fight fifteen rounds at the Athletic
club in Brooklyn on April IS. Critic
and Lavigne met in this city two years
ago, when Lavigne was thought to
have little the best of it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
STONED nv The polio.

CHICAGO, April 6.-The eight-round
contest which was to have taken place
last night between Tommy Ryan, OF
Chicago, and Jack Wilks, of st. Louis,
did not materialize. Chief of Police
Brennan issued an order in the after
noon stopping the contest.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
A Rumor DanIed.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, April 4.-Superin-
tendent Lynch, of the Frick Coke Co.,
denies the report sent out from Con-
nellsville that the rent on company
houses for miners had been increased
He declares thet no trouble is ex-
nected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
Sugar Refners to Make whisky.

NEW YORK, April 5.-That the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Co. will engage in
the distilling Of spirits is made certain
by the fact that distiller's license has
been taken out by the company. The
purpose is to utilize the by-product of
the sugar refineries-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
To Protect the Gold Standard

BERLIN, April 5.-The Association for
the Protection of the German Gold
Standard was formed yesterday under
the presidency of Privy Commercial
Counsellor FrentzeL 1t comprises sew
enty manufacturers and merchants be-
longing to various parts of Germany.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
TAKES CONTROL
Ex-Congressman Wilson Takes the Oath ~
Postmaster-Cien

fOstmaSber-6eneraL
WASHINGTON. April 4.-Contrary "a
expectation, ex-Congressman William
L. Wilson, of West Virginia, took the
oath of Office as postmaster-general to-
day. Chief Justice Fuller appeared at
the post Office department at II o'clock
and administered the oath in the pres
ence of the principal officials of the de-
partment. Mr.. BisSell received the
employees of the department this after
noon and will end his official labors
this evening.