The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-12

/ CHICAGO experienced furlouS wlnd
and rainstorm on the Tth and tLe life
saving crews were kept busiiy engaged
in saving people clinging to capsized
boats on the lake Telegraph poles
and wires were blown down and base
ments flooded, causing considerable
! damage. and it was scared that several
lives had been lost on the lake.
AT Niles, o., an electric car loaded
| with people was struck by freight
train and hurled from the track, in
stantly killing Frank Wilson, mer-
chant; dangerously wounding Mrs. G.
w. Holder and injuring several others.
A HEAVY storm passed over Lake
Geneva, Wis, on the 9Th unroofng
buildings and tearing up trees A
party of six out on the lake in boat
were known to be drowned.
BY the explosion of gasoline stove
on the 18th, at Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gunnwald were burned to death and
their residence burned TO the ground.
Mrs. w. C. Bartel also died at st.
Luke's hospital, while her 9-months-
old boy and her sister, Miss Ella King,
were so terribly burned that they may
not recover. The three were victims
of a gasoline explosion on the 9th.
News reached the village of Buz-
yards Bay, Mass, or the 9Th that a
girl baby had been born at Gray
Gables The report was verified by
DIR. Bryant, who announced that the
happy event occurred at 4:3O p. m. and
that the mother and the little one
were doing as well as could be eX-
pected. This is the third child TO be
born into President Cleveland's family
and all are girls. Ruth is years old
and Esther 3
A DISPATCH from Colon on the 5th
stated that the boiler of the electric
works at Carthagenia exploded, de-
stroying three houses, killing ten per-
sons and wounding eighteen others.
A WAGON containing four persons
was overturned by pile of stone and
the occupants were thrown on a rail-
way track in trout of a moving car at
Williamsport, Pa. Miss Alice Chase
was instantly killed and Miss Phoebe
Koch was so severely injured that her
death was expected. The driver of
the team was also badly hurt.
j. TRAVIS, a jeweler of Asburv Park,
n. j., took spin on his wheel and met
two stages. One pulled to one side to
let him pass. while he turned his wheel
in the same direction and was run over
and died soon afterwards.
ABOUT 6,OOO people witnessed the
athletic carnival at Waltham, Mass,
on the 4th. In the professional bicycle
race, johnson broke the worlds COM
petitive record for mile standing
start, making the distance in 1:5s 2-5.
SPONTANEOUS combustion was re-
sponsible for a $4,000 fire at Latta
Lambs furniture factory at Goshen,
Ind. The loss was fully covered by
insurance.
THE Britannia, the Ailsa and the
Vallyrie III. started in the race for
the Muir challenge cup at Hunters
Quay, Scotland, on the Sd and the
yachts finished in the following order:
Britannia, Ailsa and Valkvrie. the
Britannia beating the Valkyrie min
utes seconds actual time. or by min
utes 10 seconds corrected time.
IT was announced by friends of Sem
ator acllburn, of Kentucky, that he
would come out in speech next week
indorsing the state platform and ticket,
and declaring that he bowed to the
will of the majority in the financial
matter.
A LABoRER picked up tin canister
in Dublin street on the ID and in at
tempting to remove the cover it eX-
ploded, killing him. The top and bot
tom were connected by wire.
A LETTER from President Cleveland
was read at the New York Tammany
celebration on the 4th. The letter was
appropriate for the day and eschewed |
politics.
TERRE HAUTE was formally admitted |
into the Western Baseball league on |
the Sd, taking the place of Toledo, all |
the clubs of the league voting favor |
ably. Toledo was dropped on account |
of poor patronage.
A FIRE on the Sd which started in |
the Sycamore hotel block at Lynn,
Mass, in which a large quantity of
powder and fireworks was stored, de- |
property of the estimated value
of Sl50, 600; insurance, 100000.
In the town of Hamned, Sweden, |
recently struck a building
in which ten people had taken shelter,
killing seven of them and injuring the |
other three that they will die.