The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-06-12

making counterfeit dimes, quarters
and half dollSrS
Mrs. HANNAH KOCK walked into Mud
lake, Chicago, on the Sth, leading her
two children by the hands She and
the nine-yea--old boy managed to save
himself. The woman was supposed to
be insane.
Hoes. cattle and other domestic ami
mails were reported dying by the hum
dreds of anthrax in Chicot county,
Ark, aud adj scent counties in Louis
lana ard Missouri.
IT was said that the Indiana dele
gates to the republi national con-
vention would support Gen. McAlpine,
of New York, for vice president.
Dr. j. H. DALEY, prominent ply.
stefan of Birds Station, H.. was MUIR
dered on the sth by Sampson I. Mickey,
a prominent educator. The trou BILE
was over a girl.
FREE silver carried the democratic
primaries in Texas on the 9th.
THE Philadelphia counsel for Capt
Wiborg, late commander of the alleged
flibustering steamer Horsa, have re-
ceived from Washington petition to
President Cleveland for the pardon of
Capt Wiborg, signed by a senators
and lk3 members of the house
A LETTER has been received at Key
West, Fla, from Owen Melton, the
American captured on the schooner
Competitor. describing the atrocities
practiced by Spaniards on insurgent
prisoners confined in Moro castle and
Fort Cabanas, Cuba
THE new -four warehouse of the
Anchor line, at Erie, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire and the body of James
Goodwin, the night Waterman, was
found in the ruins
A DISPATCH from New York stated
that powder trust backed by many
millions of dollars, had been formed
by the Latin & Rand, the Hazard and
the Dupont de Nemours powder COM
panies and as result of the combina-
ton powder was advancing in price
Two men died from the effects of the
heat at Chicago on the 5th. One was
Christ Anderson, q saloonkeeper. and
the other was a Polish dock laborer.
The mercury did not 60 above IS, but
the humidity was very great and made
the heat terrible. Ernest Berkman
was also overcome by the heat in the
evening and will probably die
THE St Louis Republic on the 9th
printed an interview with Perry Heath,
of Cincinnati in which he gave what
purported to be Maj. McKinley's posi-
ton on the finance question, which is,
briefly stated, that whatever the re-
publican national convention ad opted
as its platform would be the Mckinley
platform and intimating that a conces-
men Mr.. Perry Heath also stated
that tariff would be the great issue of
the campaign
THE United States Church army, g
body like the Salvation army. has been
founded In New York. Col Hsdley
commands it and ex-Postmaster
Thomas NJ James is treasurer
LADY HENRY SOMERSET was selected
president of the British W. C. T. q.
THE silver men had everything their
own way at the democratic state con-
vention at Lexington, Ky. The dele
CATION to the national convention was
instructed for Senator Blackburn for
president
ALEXANDER 81. MCGUFFY, author of
series of eclectic readers and spoilers,
known to the school children of sew
eral generations, died recently at his
home in Cincinnati of old age. He
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Youngstown, o., of Scotch parents
THE New York World published
letter on the 4th from its special CORE
spondent in Cuba describing the cold
blooded butchery of more than 20
wounded and sick Cuban insurgents in
hospital and of four prisoners after
the fight at Las Tomas de Junones.
THE international arbitration con-
ference opened three days session at
Mohonk Lake, n. Y, recently. Ex-
Senator Edmuuds. of Vermont, pre-
sided and about 100 representative men
and women were present The gen.
eral subject discussed was the best
means of securing a permanent court
of arbitration to determine questions
in dispute between nations and es-
pecially between the United States
and Great Britain.
A DETACHMENT of volunteers from
the Fifty-F Fourth Ohio national guard
were detailed to fire salute on the
eth over the graves of 2, 500 confeder-
ate dead that are buried at Column
bus O
The democratic state convention met
in jamestown, n. D., on the 4th- The
delegates were instructed to vote for
free coinage of both gold and silver at
the ratio OF sixteen TO one, and to vote
for a candidate for president who
would stand on that platform.
Mr. AUSTIN CORBIS, the multi-mil.
lionaire. of New York, died on the 4th
from injuries received by the running
away of the horses attached to his car
riage- The driver was injured inter.
nally and died. Austin Corbin was
often called the king of Long Island.
THE outcome of a secret meeting of
corn and hominy millers held at In
diauapolis, Ind, recently. was the in
corporation of the American Hominy
Co. com bination of a large number