The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-26

SENATOR BLACKBURS. of Kentucky,
has come out squarelv for the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of i6 to /, re-
gardless of consequences.
a DISPATCH from Cincinnati on the
Goth said that rye had Advanced from
IS to - cents. This was said TO be un.
precedented in the history OF the coun.
try. Rye had never passed wheat. but
it was freely claimed that it would go
up much higher
A DISPATCH from hiroshima, the
temporary headquarters of Japan,
stated that the millado ratified the
treaty of peace on the Goth.
A FIRE at Chalons-sur-Na Narne, France,
destroyed many models and machines
intended for the Paris exhibition of
1890. The loss exceeded 1000, Ooo francs.
THE great Moody tabernacle at Fort
Worth, Tex. was the scene of panic
on the 2lst. In the afternoon the
evangelist had prayed for rain and at
night he said rain was reported all
round that section and he called on
the audience to sing a thanksgiving
hymn and 10000 voices were singing
when a cracking sound was heard and
a portion of the roof fell down on the
audience. Scores of women tainted,
but the GOODNESS of the evangelist
stopped the panic and men set to work
to rescue those in danger. About forty
were more or less injured.
ABATrLE was fought in Brooklyn on
the 21st between Italians and as a re-
suit two men were fatally injured and
a girl seriously shot during the fight.
1t was the outcome of feud caused
by one side circulating scandalous
stories about the wife and daughter
of an Italian on the other side. Seven
persons were arrested.
PATRIOTS day was celebrated at
Acton, Mass, on the 10Th. by the dedi-
cation of three bowlders on the out
skirts of the town which mark spots OF
historic interest in the revolution and
the marking of the graves of 100 revO-
lutionary soldiers with the tablets of
the Sons of the American Revolution.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended April 10 showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of / 3; in New
York the increase was 1.G.
THE American Industrial union was
to be formed at Chicago on the 2lst,
and national officers and directors
elected. In the declaration of prin.
ciples the most striking was that
which seeks to establish a universal
day. The time for the eff.
fort was set for September. 1897.
AT Chicago on the 10Th Samuel NJ.
Rice was chosen president of the
whisky trust, to succeed Joseph B.
Greenhut. deposed.
THREE hundred men employed by
the Chicago City Railway Co in the
of its electric lines have
struck because their request for an in
crease in wages from S1.25 to Sl.5O per
day was refused.
QUITE a severe shock of earthquake
was felt at Burlington, VT. at 11:2O a.
m. on the 18th. Buildings and their
contents were shaken, but there was
no serious damage. The movement
was from southwest to northeast.
TIE coroner's jury concluded its in.
in the case of Durant, the
alleged murderer of Minnie Williams
and Blanche Lamont in Emanuel
church at San Francisco, and rendered
a verdict declaring Durant guilty of
the murder of Minnie Williams.
SIR BEDTvERE, the most famous st.
Bernard dog in the world, died at the
Argyle kennels in Little Rock, Ark, of
gastritis. Mr.. Pratt, proprietor of the
Argyle kennels. bought the dog two
years ago from Col. Reiclz, of New
York. for IS. 600. Sir Bedivere has won
first prize in every bench show in
which he has participated both in
Europe and America.
The 18th at Los Angeles, Cal, was
dav in the carnival and thou
sands of little tots were in line arrayed
in white and the colors of La Fiesta.
1t was stated that the procession OF
school children was not the success
owing to the refusal of the
Fiesta managers to allow the A. p A. |
float. The Little Red Schoolhouse,"
to be carried in the parade.
PHILADELPHIA had a bad fire on the
18th which destroyed a cracker fac
tory, Il chemical factory, liquor store,
a chair factory, harness factory and |
eight or nine dwelling houses. The |
loss will foot up S3OO.O Several per-
Sons were badly hurt by falling walls