The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-24
GENERAL NEWS

THOMAS J. BENToS, who shot and
killed his father-in-law, John Murphy,
at Oklahoma City, Ok, five years ago,
and was sentenced to prison for life,
has been pRrdoned.
A Hone KONG dispatch said that a
missionary wrote to a correspondent
there, confirming previous reports of
japanese atrocities in the island of
Formosa. The Japanese, it was stated,
were fast DISCRIMINATING the Chinese.
Over 60 villages had been burned and
thousands of persons killed.
Ar Rockford, H.. in & fit of insane
jealousy, James French chased his
wife several blocks and murdered her.
He attempted to kill two persons who
interfered, then put bullet into his
own head and jumped into the river.
He was rescued and may live.
Two copperhead snakes erawled into
Martin Drury7s house in Blair's Valley,
Franklin county, Pa, on the 10th. The
deadly snakes erept into the children's
bed and bit both of them. Their
screams aroused the mother, who in
the darkness was bitten twice by the
snakes One child, aged three, has
died and the other child aud the moth
er were reported dying.
THE Baptist Young Peoples union,
in session at Milwaukee, reconsidered
its action voting the 1898 convention
to Denver, Col, and it will be held at
Chattanooga, Tenn. Denver will get
the 1899 convention.
W. L LIsLE, a miner employed in
the Claude shaft at Cripple Creek. Col,
while being hoisted to the surface, let
60 the rope and dropped 125 feet to the
bottom.
VILLAS S. HOLMAN, the watch dog
of the United States treasury. was
nominated on the fifth ballot yester-
day by the democrats of the Fourth In
diana district for congress. He is now
~ years old.
DURING a recent thunderstorm light
ming struck the house of August Ger
lick at Worthing. Tex, and Mrs. Ger
lick was instantly killed. all her cloth
being burned from her body. One of
the children was also tadly shocked
and its recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. HEMBACH, wife of the master
mechanic of the Boston 81 Montana
Mining Co at Butte, Mont. frightfRl-
ly disfgured Mrs Smelling by throw
ing vitriol oEer her. Mrs Helm bach
was jealous Of her husbands atten-
tions to Mrs. Smelling.
ED CORRIGAN, the we'll known turf
man. had a narrow escape on the 10th
at Cincinnati from death at the hands
of discharged employe. negro. John
Phillips, who attacked him with
knife. Corrigan was armed only with
an umbrella. and protected himself as
best he could. He received a cut near
the left elbow. however. Phillips es-
capped
A FAMILY of nine children were poi
soned at Santiago, Mimi. by drinking
lemonade WHICH contained some poi
sonous ingredients The children died
one after the other and the parents
were said to be very sick.
CITIZENS of St. Paul, Mimi, are max
ing great preparations for the coming
G. A. r. encampment there. A leading
feature of the encampment will be the
reunions, more than 100 having al
ready been arranged.
A NUMBER of ore handlers at Cleve-
land. O.. crowded upon the ferry boat
and when it was about half way over
the river it turned over and the occu-
pants were thrown into the water and
most of the unfortunate men sank like
lead. The life-saving crew. whose sta
ton is near the scene Of the accident,
was summoned and they recovered ten
bodies, which were taken to the
morgue. 1t was thought that one or two
more victims might yet be added to
the list
The Baptist Young Peoples union
convention at Milwaukee elected John
II. Chapman, of Chicago, as president;
Rev. w. Smith, of Waukegan. Hi, re-
cording secretary. and Frank Moody,
of Milwaukee. treasurer. Denver, Col,
was chosen as the next meeting place
in 1895.
THE National Business Mems league
at Chicago has issued an address to all
business men in the United States to
work against the nominee of the Chi
cago convention.
A CLoUDBURsT at Macarthur, o., on
the 18th caused the reservoir TO break
and two bridges were washed away
and the railroad tracks badly damaged.