The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-09

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Arthur Hemingway were drowned.
DURING an electrical storm on the
9Th party of nine persons in four
horse wagon took refuge under tree
near Hollidaysburg. Pa. and lightning
struck the tree, killing one man and
injuring several others, two probably
fatally.
ALL the business portion of Berlin,
Md. was destroyed by fire on the 4th,
besides many residences. Loss, $780,
900.
THE Methodist church at Quakers-
town, Pa, was struck by lightning on
the 4th and twenty persons were
knocked senseless and it was feared
that several deaths would result. A
panic followed the stroke. The edifice
was almost wreck.
The New York World announced on
the 4th that Mrs. John Angel, of
Rouse's Point, Wyo, who claims to be
the first wife of Jay Gould, and her
daughter, said to be the first child of
jaw Gould, had collected enough evil
dence and would begin suit for the
possession of the entire estate of the
dead millionaire.
The Chicago police have obtained a
partial confession from Pat Quinlan.
the ianitor of Holmes castle" and
have, they believe, positive evidence
that BENJAMIN +. Pietzel was MUIR
dered in Chicago by Holmes and the
corpse sent to Philadelphia.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended August show an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of 1876; in
New York the increase was 90; outside
New York. 11.4.
Four children of NJ. s. Trimble, who
lives in Bayou Rapids, La, were
poisoned by morphine given them by
their mother in mistake for quinine.
Two have died.
A FREIGHT train on the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad broke
in two on a heavy grade near Stark's
siding, few miles from Canton, o., on
the I'd and four tramps were killed and
several others badly hurt The victims
were stealing a ride.
ARRANGEMENTS were made on the 1st
whereby Hon. A. j. Warner, president
of the National Bimetallic league, and
Hon. r. G. Horr, of Michigan, will dis
cuss the silver question at Lakeside,
O., on August =.
A SERIOUS accident happened at Six
ty-third street and Cottage Grove ave-
nue., Chicago, on the 1st A car con-
tanning about twenty people was near
the top of the chute when the cable
the slide of 300 feet. A wild panic en-
sued among the people in the car and
many of them in their desperate efforts
to escape were spilled out of the car.
No fatal injuries were, however, re-
ported.
A DECISION involving a portion of the
town of Ponca City, Ok, was rendered
in the land Office at Perry, giving the
land on which are the Santa Fe depot
and many OF the best buildings of the
town to Andrew NJ. WAUGH, home
steader. During the hearing, it was
developed that one of the claimants
obtained booth certificate at Arkansas
City, and. it was held to be no good
and the holder not entitled to hold
land in the Cherokee strip This de-
cision, if sustained, will knock thou
sands of men out of claims they are
now holding in Kay, Pawnee and P
county.
THE national officers and directors of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians met
at New York on the 1st and passed
resolutions as to the future policy of
that order in the United States oif for
warding the cause of Irish iudepend-
ence. The resolutions are said to mean
that the A. o. II. Endorsed the Irish
revolutionary movement which seeks
Irish independence by force of arms.
The Importance of the action lies in
the fact that 500, 600 men form the So
cietv
WHILE the ship Cairnhill from Cal
cutta was unloading its cargo of jute
and saltpeter at Brooklyn on the 1st
an explosion occurred which set fire to
the dock. The warehouse, filled with
jute, cotton. hemp and saltpeter was
destroyed. The Cairnhill, which was
burning, was towed to the fats near
Liberty island, and it was thought she
would have to be sunk. The loss on
the warehouse and its contents is esti-
mated at from $780, 900 to s13O, OOO
Three lighters and barge. all loaded
with cotton, were completely de-
stroyed.
AT a mass meeting of the people of
Purcell, l. T., on the 1st it was decided
to organize a provisional government
An election will be held on August 13
for the purpose of electing mayor and
two aldermen from each of the four
wards of the city.
THE democrats of Maryland in state
nominated John E. Hurst,
a German man, for governor. The
Endorsed the national ad-
and declared in favor of
gold as the basis of the monetary sys-
tenn.
AT Cleveland, o., on the Ist Robert
J., king of the light harness horses,
met more than his match in a race with
Joe Patchen, the latter winning easily
two out of three heats, the average
time being 2:O45s. The race was wit
messed by 10000 people.
AT Wells, Mimi, three business |
blocks and livery stable burned early !
on the morning of the 31st. Loss, |
SIS, 600; insurance, $1,000. A fireman |
was seriously injured by falling glass
and twenty horses were burned.
AT Durham, n. c., fire destroyed the !,
Reams tobacco warehouse with con-
sidera bic stock. Loss 500, 900.
RICHARD H. HUNT, the well-known
architect and designer of the worlds
fair buildings and Mr.. w. X. Wander