The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-05-08

by the Adams Express Co. employees in
strike that might affect the 10000 men
employed by that corporation. COM
mittee was to wait on President Weir,
who, it was said, had cut down the
force but failed to curtail the working
| hours
THREE cars were badly wrecked re-
Gently on the Houston, East & West
Texas railroad by the bridge at Lima
creek, near Livingston, giving way.
The passengers escaped injury, but the
engineer was hurt
THE war department has sent out
circular to the commandment of each post
to report on the condition of officers
serving at such posts, with a view of
placing those physically incapacitated
on the retired list at an early date.
In the annual debating contest be-
tween Harvard and Yale universities
the latter won on the lst which prac-
tically settled the intercollegiate SUI
premscy this year as each has won
from Princeton.
WILL BENDY, colored, shot and seri-
ously wounded his sweetheart, Roxey
him. Constable Bibbo tried to arrest
Bendy when he, too, was shot and
Beudy made his escape Philip Haines
tried to stop Bendy sud was instantly
killed by the latter, who, continuing
on his way, met e. B. Bone, another
negro, who, in tprR, was mortally
wounded by Bendy. A posse started
after the murderer and found him at
the home of his brother-in-law. He
was led by the crowd to suitable tree
aud swung up and then his body was
riddled with buflets.
Mr. GARRISON on the Sd said: Gov
Mckinley will not be nominated by &C
clamation, because 1 can say positive
| ~ that Allison, Quay and Morton will
/ remaiz IN the contest and SO surely
will Reed. Mckinley will fall from 80
TO ZOE votes short of enough to NOM
| mate at the start, and the field will
represent from 525 to $50 votes"
MIR MANEEY. of Maine, claimed the
situation on the Sd to be as follows:
For Mr.. Reed, 1872; for Gov. Mckinley,
275; for all other candidates, s17; con-
tested and doubtful, 95; Vermont, 5.
This makes 757 delegates elected and
leaves 161 yet to be chosen. The con-
test is not settled yet, and car alone be
determined by the delegates when
they meet in convention at st. Louis"
ARLAN was said to be on foot to re
cruit the O'Connor guards, a Chicago
organization, to full regiuaentof 100
men, organized on the battalion svs-
tenn, with full staff of field and line
officers and fight in the cause of Cuban
liberty.
SPONTANEOUS combustion in the
paint; factory of w. A Fuller 81 Co., at
SanlKrancisco, started FIRE which de-
stroyed property valued by the under
writer's at $1,000 but stated by rep
resentative of Fuller aRG Co. to be
aboutSS5CO. 900
GEN GRosvENoR claimed on the Sd
that there were 495 delegates elected
for Mckinley, with only s56 necessary
to nominate.
THE contest of the Northern Orator
ical league was held on the 1st at Chi
lecago. The first prize was won by j. s.
Ingraham, of the university of Michi-
gan, who delivered an Grafton on Get
;tysburg;" II. L. Ward, OF the North
western university, was second: E. S.
Gabrielle, of Oberlin college, third; W.
7. Wilson, of the university of Chicago,
fourth; a. II. Schmidt, of the univer-
sity of Wisconsin, fifth; ". C. Keller,
Of the university of Iowa. sixth.
JUSTICE ANDREWS, of the New York
supreme court, has appointed Alfred
Fig receiver for the Times Publishing
Co. in proceedings brought by the ma
jortty of directors for a dissolution of
the corporation. The petitioners
stated that the capital stock of the.
company was ST, $50, OO0, that the assets
of the company were not sufficient to
pay Ets debts and that the company
was indebted in the sum of e316,7 10.
EARL GREE, co-administrator with,
Cecil Rhodes of the territory of the
British Chartered South African Co.
arrived at Buiuwayo on the z30th with
IA strong escort The recent actions of
che insurgent siatabeles havsIresulted
IN inflieting such severe loss upon them
tlat Buauwayo is looked upoaaas being
practically relieved, and it Nvas no
longer likely that the natives would
attack the town
the rePn blican state convection at
Atlanta, Ga, resutte d in a split The
regular convention adopteda platform
reaflrming the principles of henepub-
licau party. the financial plank de-
clared strongly for sound money. The
boiling conve ntion iGdorsed two sf the
delegates chosen to St Louis and
named two others as contesting dele
gates.
The strike Of the 80 employees of
the Electric Railway and Light Co. at
Milwaukee was inaugNrated on tie
night of the Sd, and as each car was
ran into the barn. motorEnan and con
duetor Left it not to return until the
demands of the nnion for increased
pay. recognition of the employees or
ganiZati0n and several minor conces-
sions are granted Serious trouble was
expected, as the company had been
arranging to fill the strikers places.
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended May for the following
A.