The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12

Indian country and Pawnee county fol-
the past month. The damages will
foot up over $4,000 Hundreds Of
farmers reported losses.
THE American starch works, with
buildings covering ten acres, burned in
Columbus. Ind. The plant was being
run night and day on account of a
rush. In the dry room on the fourth
floor the flames were first discovered.
Loss, 5000, 1000.
Mrs JOHN Corey and her 3-year-old
child were burned to death at Merrill,
Wis, by being enveloped by the flames
from pot of pitch, which the woman
was boiling for gum.
II was stated on reliable authority
that Japan had proposed the following
conditions for the conclusion of peace:
The independence of Corea; the cession
of southern Manchuria, including Port
Arthur; the cession of the island of
Formosa; the opening of Chinese ports
and rivers to commences; the payment
of an indemnity of 400, 600. 600 yen, and
the occupation of stragetic points I'M
til the indemnity shall have been paid.
SooN after the train robbery on the
Rock Island railroad near Dover,
Ok, five United States deputy mar
shals started on the trail of the des-
peradoes. The officers came suddenly
upon the gang and Immediately opened
fire, which was returned. Two of the
horses of the outlaws were shot 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 taken to
Hennessey and was identified as Dick
Yeager. alias "Gyp Wyatt" on whose
head there was an aggregate reward
of over $1,000.
A DISPATCH from Foxcroft, Me-,
stated that the defalcation of the late
township treasurer. Elias J. Hale, now
aggregated $4,000, and likely to be
increased.
THE reunion of the veterans of the
north and the south on the battlefield
of Shiloh began on the 5th, to continue
for three days The object of the as
sem5lage was to mark the positions of
able field.
THE suit in London of Oscar Wilde,
the English author and apostle of
estheticism, against the marquis of
Queensberry for libel, was withdrawn
by the plaintiff. Oscar Wilde was
afterwards arrested, criminal action
being brought against him.
An explosion occurred at New Or
leans, near the French market on the
5th, and when the dust cleared two
stores were found IN ruins At least
seven persons in the buildings were
killed. The people believe it was a
mafian plot to kill Frenchman who
had shot an Italian.
The Federation of Labor has in
dorsed the boycott of the carpenters
union on the Baltimore baseball club
in all its games in that city and the
American Federation will likely order
1t boycotted by union men in every city
it visits. The boycott is the outcome
of the baseball managers deciding to
employ non-uuion workmen on the
construction of the new grand stand.
A BAND of outlaws rode into Tyron,
Ok, recently and after filling up with
liquor proceeded to paint the town. A
saloon and grocery were demolished
and one citizen was wounded. The
outlaws were supposed to be remnants
of the old Cook gang.
THE Chicago Post said that cattle
raisers of the west were perfecting an
to fight the dressed beef
combine. The scheme is said to COM
prehend the establishing of packing
houses as well as necessary machinery
for the expectation of the product.
FIVE men at midnight on the Sd
stopped the Rock Island express train
at Dover, near Hennessey, Ok, and
the passengers, securing about
$500 in money, besides watches and
other valuables. An attempt was
made to open the safe, but it failed.
The express messenger was shot
through the wrist. The sheriff and
posse afterwards went on the trail of
the outlaws.
LATE advices from Shimonoseki show
that Ii Hung Changes wound in the
face was healing well and that it was
that he would be in the en-
joyment of complete health in few
days, when he will again attend the
peace conference.
The report that the yacht, Robinson
Crusoe, in which Messrs. Zeigler and
Wells, of New York, were cruising, was
lost proved incorrect. Capt. Pearl re-
ported at Palm Beach, Fla. that he
had yassed the yacht near Key West
and she had reported all we'll on board.
AT Boston on the Sd there were re-
ceptions and patriotic addresses in
honor of Rev. 5. n. Smith, author of
America" Delegations from the pub
lie schools, the Harvard Glee club and
noted musicians participated.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended April showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of SO; in New
York the increase was IA; outside New
York the increase was 81.
A COMPANY with $1,000, 600 capital
was organized at Guthrie, Ok, to,build
a mammoth telephone circuit connect
ing all the towns in seven counties of
that section. Stock has been sub
scribed and the line will be in oper-
alton in thirty days.
THE Iowa supreme court has sus-
tanned the constitutionality of the
Iowa statute for the regulation of the
liquor traffic, Familiarity known as the
mulct law.
JAMES ]. CoRBETT, talking at Pitts |
burgh, Pa, on the I'd. of the proposed !
changes in the boxing rules as ad-
vanced by the Olympic club at New
Orleans declared himSalf oppOSad 70 4