The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-27

| lowing the boxers to fight on their
merits, and the men boxed four one
minute rounds amid derisive cheers,
groans and cat-calls.
| A TRUNK on a train at Milwaukee
mysteriously exploded on the Goth.
burning the baggagemaster and blow
/ ing out the windows and doors of the
car. The trunk was checked at Lyons,
/ Ia, and was bound for Joliet, Ill The
arrest of the check holder was ordered.
In Henderson county, Tenn, Is
year-old boy named Benson, filled with
exploits of dime novel heroes, started
| off to 60 to Texas but his father
caught him at neigh boring town and
| took him back home. This incensed
! the boy and he put rough on rats in
| the coffee and it was thought that the
father and mother and a physician,
who had been called in and drank
some of the coffee, would die.
The clearing house returns for the
week ended March 20 for the following
cities were: New York, S551, 974, 472;
Chicago, SIS, Pc, O34: St Louis, S23, s79,-
954; Kansas City, S9,577, los; St Joseph,
81, l64. 1911; Topeka, S4lO,9 O1; Wichita,
S452, 26O; Omaha, 81, 497. sl1.
FIRE destroyed the handsome masonic
ediice at Providence, r L, and dam
aged several adjoining buildings. Loss,
500, 900
GEN. NEAL Dow, the father of prohi-
bition, celebrated his 92d birthday on
the Goth at Portland, Me. There were
no formal exercises, but he received
congratulations from all over the coun-
| try. He was in excellent health.
THE strike of bicycle workers at Mil
waukee was spreading on the 10Th and
threatened to involve 900 workmen-
THE workmen employed on the con-
struction of the Coliseum at Chicago
the building in which the democratic
convention will be held next June
struck on the 18th because the con-
tractors were handling non-union cut
stone.
A PARTY of 90 highly respected
women went into the railway station
room of the Santa Fe railway at
Ladonia, Tex, on the Goth and severe
ly cowhided DR.. Hancock, a physician,
for prescribing whisky. About 500
lashes were administered to the doctor.
1t was reported that warrant will be
sworn out for the arrest of the women
who participated.
A FREIGHT train on the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad at Coffeeville, Miss
broke in two and then came together,
wrecking four cars and instantly kill
ing three men and fatally injuring an
other.
THE London Stan dard understands
that the British government does not
propose, as result of the resolution
passed by parliament the other day
calling attention to the evil effects of
the fall in the price of silver, to take
any steps in the direction of an inter-
national bimetallic conference, but
that it is willing to consider the open
ing of the Indian mint to the free coin
age of silver if the countries of the
Latin union are disposed to reopen
their minis in the same way.
TRUSTWORTHY information has been
received at New York from Havana
that the battle fought few days ago
in Pinar del Rio, which the dispatches
sent out with the sanction of the press
censor described as a Spanish victory,
was in reality lamentable defeat for
the forces of Gen. Weyler, and it was
said that this last defeat will so add to
the dissatisfaction against Gen. Weyler
that either his resignation or recall
will follow.
THE British schooners Forrest Bell
and Zenith, both of Swansea, Wales,
came into the channel on the night of
the 10Th and the Zenith was sunk and
five of her crew drowned.
LEFT at home alone in Versailles,
KY, William Harris, aged six, and
Harvey Smith, aged FIVE, found pistol
belonging to Smiths father. They
fought over the possession of it, and
the pistol went off, killing Harvey
Smith.
THE NJ. E. conference in session at
Philadelphia on the 18th voted III to
SO to admit women as lay delegates to
the general conference.
FIRE totally destroyed the compressor
mills of the Poorman mines at Burke.
Ida, causing $500, 600 loss.
AT Belleville, Tex, on the 18th Glenn
Strawther and Buck Chappell were
hanged at noon for murder.
A HOT battle between the forces I'M
der Col Hernandez and the Cuban in
surgents under Bandera and others
was reported from the neigh borhood
of Candelaria and Pinar del Rio. The
insurgent loss was said to have been
300 killed and wounded. Capt. Guer-
zero was killed on the Spanish side, be-
sides five soldiers, and SO were wounded.
The people of Bound Brook. y. j..
who a month ago suffered loss of
Sl50,00O from the Raritan river and
other streams overlooking their banks.
had the streets of the town again filled
with water on the Goth and people on
the fat lands lost nearly all their
possessions
THERE was a big meeting on the 18th
of the Bimetallic league at London.
and it was determined to continue
active communication with the BIZ
metallists of France. Germany, Aus
tria and Belgium in order to promote a
great campaign in ali the Industrial
centers.
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