The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-25
GENERAL NEWS

FRANCIS COFFIN, who wrecked the
indianapolis, Ind, national bank, sur
rendered himself on the 21st and was
hustled off to prison to serve eight
years, his appeal to the supreme court
proving futile.
THE dairy barn of Daniel Evens, one
mile north of Marine, Ill, was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
With it were lost Is tons of hay and
16 cows.
STEVE ODONNELL defeated Frank
Slavin in the fifth round at Maspeth,
L. L, on the 21st. The fight was to
have been for 20 rounds.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET has appealed
to the London Daily News to collect
funds to send the refugee Armenians
to America. The Daily News also
printed an appeal on the 2lst from Miss
Frances Willard to her sisters in Amer
lea on the same subject.
IN reply to letter from Gov. Culber-
son, of Texas. on the financial problem
agitating the United States, Prince
Bismarck, of Germany, stated that if
the people of the United States should
find it compatible with their interests
TO take independent action in the d.
rection of bimetallism, such action
would exert most salutary influence
upon the contamination of an interna-
tional agreement
THE sultan of Turkey has issued a
long reply to the collective note of the
powers. He declares that the massa-
ores were provoked by Armenian revo-
lutiouiSts and denies that the rioters
were directed by government agents,
and also asserts that the Armenians
assumed Mussulman costumes in order
to perpetrate their crimes.
Four men were killed and number
of others badly injured on the 18th in
a wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton. near Connersville, Ind. a pay
train was following freight. The
crew took the engine of the freight
and started back and the wild engine
met the paw Car. 1t was down grade
and impossible TO stop. The two en-
gines came together with a terrible
crash and the pay car was thrown on
its side into the ditch.
STAR POINTER at Mystic park. Mas
sachusetts, not only beat two accredited
faster horse. Robert j., 2:O1H,
and Frank Agan. 9:O33Z. but paced
the three fastest heats ever made in
competition. the times being 2:O21E,
2:03H and 2:O35I, an average of 2:O354.
He also lowered the worlds record for
the fastest heat ever paced, 2:O2x. as
well as the records for the fastest
Quarter and half, :29% and :59Z re-
spectively-
A CABL EGRAM has been sent by dele
gates to the international agricultural
congress at Budapest, Hungary, to
William J. Bryan, wishing him success
in his campaign and indorsing mis- fight
for free silver.
JAMES SWIMMER. a full-blood Chero-
kee Indian, and Henry Williams, col
Ored youth of Is. were hanged in the
national jail yard at Tahlequah, !. T.,
on the 18th for murder.
WILLIAM T. SHEEHAN, of New York,
has resigned as member of the demo
cratic national committee.
A REPORT from Constantinople said
that 200 persons were killed during the
disarming of the Albanian guards of
the sultan's palace BY five Seraskier
battaliions on the 18th.
REPORTS received at Cuthbert, Ga,
indicated that Lum Warren, the negro
who assaulted and almost murdered
Mrs. john Bass, had been lynehed, but
whether bv burning at the stake or by
the milder methods of shotgun and
moose, was not altogether clear The
first report was that the negro had
been burned alive.