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

| the recent flood in that stream would
amount to over 81, 900, 600. The damage
done to the state farm was SIS, 600.
JAMES CRANsToN was killed by a
boiler explosion at English, Ind. He
had insisted on performing his en-
gineer's duty while the latter visited a
sweetheart.
The California socialist labor con-
vention has adopted platform pro-
testing against the free coinage of
silver on the ground that such action
would be class legislation, inasmuch,
as alleged, it would benefit the debtor
class, and declaring that free silver
would not benefit laboring men, as
they were not as a rule debtors.
In Iowa free silver democrats, popu-
! lists and bimetallists will fuse on all
offices.
AT Admission, Ala, w. P. Rouse and
Nora Tanner, a dissolute woman,
fought duel with pistol and knife
Both were killed, the woman being
literally cut to pieces
THE car barns of the Chicago City
Railway Co. were burned on the night
of the 18th. They occupied three
fourths of a square. The company
lost 554 cars. 16O of them being grip
cars Fourteen horses were also
burned to death. The loss was esti-
mated at $500, 600; insurance, S311, 900
Three men were discovered dead in
the ruins the next day. 1t was
thought the crossing of electric wires
caused the FIRE.
THE town of Malvern. Ark, was al
most wiped out by fire early on the
18th. The total loss was variously es-
timated at from 5000, 900 to 500, 600,
only a small portion of which was COW
cred by insurance. The fire was in
cendiary.
JOHN DUcTo & Sons brick building
and a dozen smaller frame structures
were burned at Ashtabula, o., on the
10th. Loss, $4,000; insurance only
partial.
JOIN GooDE, a Creek Ia dian convict.
ed at Okmulgee, l. T., for theft, has
| been sentenced to be shot, this being
his third offepse.
Ex-SPEAKER THOMAS b. REED has
announced that he will again be can
didate for the repu blican congressional
nomination of the First district OF
Maine and will shortly go into the
campaign on behalf of Mckinley and
sound money.
The latest news received from japan
stated that the loss of life from the re-
cent tidal wave was between 25, 600 and
10000 The government had received
reports from all the devasted districts,
and it was thought all the victims OF
the disaster had been accounted for.
THE gold democrats of Wisconsin
have issued a manifesto declaring
against the ''St Louis protectionists''
and Chicago populists."
LIEBER's brewery, in Indianapolis,
Ind, was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of Sl35, 900, and the Waterman was
burned badly.
THE strikers at the Brown company's
works at Cleveland, O., on the 18th
were charged by the militia because
they threw stones at them and at least
dozen men were Sayoneted and seri-
ously hurt
Two brothers, Charles and Leonard
Birner, went swimming near Quincy,
Ill, and both were drowned. 1t was
thought they had the cramps.
BUSINESS failures for the week ended
the 18th Dun's report were 269 in the
United States, against $50 for the same
time last year. and 35 in Canada,
against SO last year.
GEORGE FISHER. of Swanville, Ind,
fell from a haystack and alighted on a
pitchforll, the tines entering his chest
and killing him.
J. J. O'CoNNoR, of Savannah, Ga, was
reelected president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and Thomas J.
Dun bar. of Columbus O., treasurer.
ACCORDING to private advices from
Havana Gen. Jose Maceo, the Cuban
insurgent leader, was killed in an en-
ga ement in the Cato hills.
II. i. WHEGHAM of Chicago won the
amateur golf championship of America
at Southamp; on, L. l.. defeating Cham
pion Mac Donald, of Chiearo.
TRAIN on the Chicago & Alton road
split in two and afterward came to-
gether. killing Brakeman Cowan and
wrecking one car.
The Quincy QlL) baseball club, a
mem Der of the Western association,
has quit playing and the players have
been paid off.
FIVE persons took refuge in a shed
at Portsmouth, o., which was struck by
lightning two were killed and the
three others injured.
The republican national executive
committee held a meeting at Cleve-
land, O., on the 18th for the purpose of
organizing and to formally open the
campaign. 1t was decided to locate
the national headquarters at both
New York and Chicago, although Mr..
Hanna had received many letters from
prominent politicians protesting
against the headquarters being located
in New York in the midst of the strife
of the empire state factions
Up to the 18th 104 leading democratic
newspapers had bolted the nominees
of the Chicago convention.
IT was reported from San Francisco
that Supreme Judge w. T. Wallace, of
California. had been offered a cabinet
position to speak for Bryan and silver