The Iola register., 1896-02-21

bought the townsite of Cross for a city
cemetery. When the Cherokee strip
was opened to settlement in 1892 Ponca
City and Cross sprang up within a mile
of each other. The latter opened up
the first dav of its existence with a
population of 5000 and the former with
a population of 1000 1t was war to
the knife. but the officials at Washing
ton recognized Porca City as the legiti-
mate townsite, and Cross gave up the
fight and moved to Ponca City.
FOR the first time in half century
the Niagara falls on the New York
side practically ran dry on the 18th.
By the formation of an ice bridge or
dam, extending from Schlosser's dock
on the American bank, about half way
across the river. the water was almost
entirely diverted to the Canadian falls
1t was possible for a man with plank
TO have walked from the mainland to
Goat island without wettinr his feet,
and, indeed. to walk between all the
islands inside of Goat island.
A PLOT to lynch Scott Jackson,
Alonzo Wallinr. William Wood and
the Gasker brothers for the murder OF
Pearl Bryan was disclosed on the 18th
by letter received at Muncie, Ind. 1t
said that at least 4. 600 men would take
part in the killing. 1t was said that
unless the murderers were taken to
Kentucky the mob of 4, 600 would bear
down on the Cincinnati Jail. armed
with Winchesters, and lynch the men.
The Gasker brothers are supposed to
have rowed Pearl Bryan down the
Ohio on the night of the murder, just
tefore she was decapitated.
A BOAT containing five dead men and
six barely alive was found on Dog
Island beach near Carribelle, Fla, on
the 18th. The men were on Seton
schooner which was sunk in a recent
gale. They had been adrift without
food, water or clothing, and five sue
cumbed before land was reached.
A BLOODY battle took place at a
schoolhouse in Hopkins county, Tex,
recently between Pink. Charles, VIII
liam and Eften Walker on one side and
Jack and Dan Williams on the other.
Charles Walker was killed outright,
William Walker received a fatal wound
and Eften Walker a scalp wound Jack
Williams was shot through both thighs
and will die. All were prosperous farm
ers.
ALL classes heretofore recognized by
the L. A. W. were abolished at the ses-
sion OF the national convention at
Baltimore. Nd, on the 18th. and the
cycle riders are now in exactly the
same category as other athletes and
sportsmen. In future the league will
recognize no grades of amateurs and
any rider who does not live strictly up
to the rules governing professional
sport will be placed in the ranks of the
professionals All the clauses in the
league constitution creating classes A
and B and defining the status Of the
men who formerly belonged to them
were repealed.
TENears loaded with lum Der jumped
the track near Dexter, o., on the 18th
and seven tramps were thought to have
been killed.
ADvICEs from Seoul, the capital OF
Corea, stated that an unrising took
place there recently, during which the
premier and seven officials were muir,
dered. The king and crown prince
sought shelter in the Russian legation.
1t was said the king ordered the min.
listers to be put to death. A force OF
200 Russian sailors and marines were
guarding the legation of that country.
A TELEGRAM received at st. Peters.
burg on the 23th from Irkutsk, Siberia,
said that a Siberian trader named
Kouchnareff. had received information
that DIR. Nausen had reached the north
pole. had found land there and was
now returning toward civilization.
THE Brisbane river in Queensland
has been greatly swollen recently
owing to the floods and while small
steam ferry was crossing the river on
the 18th with about so passengers on
board she was capsized and 40 persons
were drowned.
The Mexican government IS deport-
ing American tramps under clause in
the constitution allowing the executive
to send away pernicious foreigners.
Tramps from the United States have
become a nuisance in the sister re-
public.
A FIRE at Dunfeld. Mich, on the
l4th nearly wiped out the place. a stiff
breeze blowing at the time.
The celebrated ease of Veder B.
Payne against the townsite settlers OF
Guthrie, Ok, in which Payne claimed
title to half of East Guthrie, including
the finest residence part of the city,
thickly built up with fine residences
was decided by the supreme court in
favor of the townsite settlers Payne
claimed to have settled upon the land
first on the day of the original opening
of Oklahoma to settlement
THE New York world on the 18th
published a telegram from James ].
Corbett dated a. Anderson, Ind, offer
ing to fight the winner of the FitzSim-
mons-Maher contest in Australia, En-
gland or anywhere else.
THREE men were instantly killed al
Milan, o., by the caving in of the walls
of an artesian well in which they were
working. They were all married, with
families
A FIRE at Shawnee, Ok. DESTROYED
the Dexter block, occupied by Gerson
Brothers. the Keith drug store and by