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

vowed that he would avenge his sisters
honor by killing Solomon II. Mann, the
manager of a tailoring establishment,
in which the girl was employed, who
had ID her. He met Mann re-
Gently ami fired two shots at him from
q revolver. One of the bullets pierced
Mann's skull, over the right eye, and
penetrated the brain.
AT Guthrie, Ok, J. p. Smith, an al
legged preacher, was convicted of steal
ing meat and remanded to jail to
await sentence to the penitentiary.
| He feigned sickness and when allowed
the freedom of the Jail corridor made
good his escape.
A DISPATCH from Guthrie, Ok, on
the oath said that the honest settlers
country disgusted, sore and mad.
Everything of any value in the entire
reservation had been taken by sooners.
All the wild stories of bloody battles
and violence have been exploded, the
opening simply having been bowling
farce, with no tragedy whatever.
A RECENT Chicago dispatch stated
that wire had gone up 20 per cent. and
if jobbers were correct prices would
go still higher. The manufacturers
had withdrawn all quotations and
were declining orders of consequence
for immediate delivery.
CHAMPION JAMES j. CoRBETT was
mad on the Gath at Bob Fitzsimmons
because the latter did not appear at
New York to attend the meeting to
which he had been summoned by
Joseph II. Vendig, representative of
the Florida Athletic club, under whose
was arranged to take place. When the
champion found Fitzsimmons did not
intend to appear, and that he had not
paid the $1,000 deposit guaranteeing
his appearance in the ring, Corbett
said he would give Eitzsimmons till
the next day to comply with the agree
ment and if the fight was called off he
(Corbett) would poke Fitzsimmons'
nose at first sight.
THE first day of the United Confeder-
ate Veteran reunion at Houston, Tex,
on the 22d was marred by rain. After
the veterans had been welcomed by
Gov Culberson and Mayor Brown, Gen.
Gordon delivered an address. Then
Gen. Lee, chairman of the historical
committee, spoke about the inaccuracy
of the school histories of the war. In
the evening there was an enthusiastic
greeting of Miss Winnie Davis, the
Daughter of the COnfederacy."
FIFTEEN of the leading leather man
ufacturers of Newark, n. j., repre-
senting the largest owners of prepared
leather in the United States, have sent
out letters to dealers in every section
of the country notifying them of an
advance of from so to 100 per cent. on
cured stock. The action, the circular
stated, was made necessary because of
the scarcity of green salted hides. A
capital of $4,000, 900 was represented
at the manufacturers meeting.
THE Opera House block, the Vivant
MOTEL and several other buildings of
Antiaco, Wis, were swept away by fire
on the god. A number of hotel guests
had to jump from the windows and
several received severe bruises in con-
sequence.
FURTHER details received at Madrid of
the loss of the Spanish steamer Gravina,
wrecked off Mantilla, Philippine ISL
ands, during a typhoon, showed that
los persons were drowned. Only two
of those on board were believed to
have been saved.
A TERRIBLE accident took place on
the farm of w. C. Pyle, at Elkton,
Md. Mr.. Pyle, with a number of as
sistants, had been engaged for some
days in removing stumps, using dyna-
mite cartridges for the purpose. A pre-
mature explosion occurred, hurling the
men through the air. William Have
low was frightfully lacerated and
partly dismembered and expired short
ly after. Three others were injured.
Two young men and four young
women were padding about on a raft
on pond near Efingham, Ill, when
it was overturned and one man and
two women were drowned.
A NATIONAL convention of miners
has been called to be held at Columbus,
o., May %.
SECRET service detectives have un-
earthed at Chicago what is claimed to
be the greatest couuterfeiting gang
that has operated in that city in a
number of years. They also found in
rooms on the west side a lot of plaster
molds, metal acids, files, crucibles and
spurious coin.
THE Oklahoma Republican league
met at South Enid recently and adopt
ed a resolution declaring in favor of
the free coinage of silver at ratio of
l6 to 1 and for protective tariff on
foreign bullion.
MORE than 1000 persons witnessed a
stubbornly fought contest at the Suf-
folk Athletic club at Boston on the
Goth, between Dick O'Brien, of Lewis
ton, and Kid Mccoy, of Boston. which,
according to the rules of the fight, was
declared draw by the referee at the
end of the twenty-fifth round. Dick
0'Brien was the favorite, but the
clever Bostonian gave him the best
contest that the Lewiston lad has ever
run against in his career.
The national convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
opened at Galesburg, Ill, on the Goth
with 500 delegates in attendance.
CHARLES ELIsTER, a teamster of
Grants Pass, Ore, threw his wife into
pool of water recently and held her
head until she was drowned. Three
of his small children were standing
| near and witnessed the act
A CONVENTION of tobacco workers
representing Missouri, Virginia, Ken
lucky, New York and New Jersey met
in st. Louis on the 21st- The purpose
of the gathering was to form a nation
| al body which should control the ques-
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