The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-18

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ADvICEs from Guaymas stated that
the steamers Diego, Mazatlan and an
other small gulf coaster had been lost
with all hands on board. A number of
miners, American and Mexican, took
passage on the steamers, and, if it be
true that the vessels went down, 100
lives have probably been lost
THE Farmers national congress at
Atlanta, Ga, adopted a resolution
favoring reciprocity between the
United States and the South American
and Central American countries.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent. b. F. Clayton, of Iowa; general
vice president, G. NJ. Ryads, of Georgia;
secretary, John NJ. Stahl; treasurer,
Henry Hayden, of Iowa.
THREE persons were killed outright
and fourteen others injured by a runa-
way trolley car on the West End Elec-
trio line at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th
jumping the track and going over an
embankment The car was broken
into splinters.
HARRY. better known as Butch"
LYONS, was executed on the 18th in the
county Jail enclosure at Chicago. He
murdered and robbed a man named
Albert Mason last February.
Mrs. HARRIET RYAN, aged 65 years,
of Wilton, n. Y, was burned to death.
The woman, who had been demented
for some time, secured some matches
and set fire to her night clothing. She
ran out into the field where she was
found burned almost to crisp.
APAN of molten metal was upset at
the Buffalo IN. W cast iron works
while it was being carried on an over
head track and the contents spilled all
over the floor. Martin Schplanski was
horribly burned.
The bill providing for the removal of
the intruders from the Cherokee nation
passed both houses at South McAlester,
]. t, and was signed by the chief. BY
the provisions of the bill 315 heads of
families will be paid for improvements
made in the nation. The amount of
land held was estimated to be 100, 600
acres. and worth Sos. 600. The bill ends
the struggle that has waged for the
past twenty years between the Chero-
KEGS and the intruders.
THE directors of the Atlanta (Ga.)
exposition have decided to have
Cuban independence day during No
vember The Cubans of the United
States interested in the revolution in
Cuba will be invited there, and several
prominent men asked to address them.
THE Salvation army barracks on
Twenty-third street, New York, were
destroyed by fire. While the blaze
was in progress, seven of the Salvation
lists knelt in the midst of the crowd
and prayed silently.
A REPORT obtained wide circulation
through the country at an early hour
on the morning of the 18th that Presi-
dent Cleveland had been assassinated
at his home at Gray Gables. near Buzz
yards bay. 1t was impossible to verify
the rumor at the time. owing to the
telegraph offices in the vicinity of Gray
Gables being closed for the night, but
it was thought that the story arose
from a woman being murdered in the
neighborhood and the police passing
near GRAY Gables while searching for
the murderer.
A COSTLY rear end collision occurred
on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie rail-
road at Beaver Falls, Pa, on the 10th.
The wreck was due to an unusually
dense fog. Fifteen freight cars and
one engine were rendered entirely
worthless. causing loss of $4,000.
A DISPATCH stated that La Paz, the
capital of Lower California, Mex, had
been destroyed by a hurricane. The
storm was followed by tidal wave,
the waters in the bay rising to an I'M
precedented height, invading that por
ton of the city fronting on the bay
and carrying out to sea men, animals
and debris of wrecked buildings as the
tide subsidized.
HENRY MEYER, boy Il years old, of
Toledo, O., objected to his sister giving
a birthday party at their home, and in
order to discourage any future at
tempts in the same line, mixed two
ounces of croton oil with the coffee
that was served to the guests. As re-
suit twelve of the young people who
attended the party were in a serious
condition and fatal results were eX-
pected from some of them. The lad
was arrested.
THERE was unusual activity in the
Spanish government dockyards at the
different ports, reftting cruisers and
gunboats It was believed that these
preparations were due to the belief
that there was a possibility that the
United States might recognize the Gu
ban insurgents as belligerents.
THE body of an unknown man was
found on the tracks near Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 10th. An examination
showed that he had been shot through
the head and his pockets rifled. The
murder was thought to have been COM
mitted by gang of tramps who had
been camping in the vicinity.
AN exciting city election was held
in Nashville, Tenn, on the 10th, re-
sulting in a victory for the A. P. A.
ticket
FIRE of incendiary origin destroyed
a bank, hardware store, a millinery
stare and drug and grocery store at
Portland. Mich. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance. 10000.
The school board of Perry, Ok, has
been ordered by the court on a writ of
mandamus to admit colored children
to the white public schools. Colored
children demanded entrance to the
white public schools on the 18th and
again on the sth.
The executive committee of the So
ciety for Liberal Sunday Laws at New
York at a meeting held on the 9Th
Endorsed the Tammany political NOM
nations. The society represents the
united saloon interests of the city and