The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-06

there was a perfect riot The police
arrested men till the cells were full in
vain attempt to dispense the crowd.
The chief of police was Obliged 10 re-
tire, followed by the imprecations of
the mob. The mayor finally sent out
fire engine. The ruse worked, the
crowd breaking up and following it.
THREE masked men held up the
southbound Katy" passenger train
near Alvarado, Tex, on the night of
the I'd. They ordered the express mes
senger to hand out the money, but he
turned off the light and fastened the
door. The robbers, who were evident
ly noviceS, were disconnected and the
engineer, realizing the situation, i'm
mediately pulled out and the robbers
failed to secure anything.
TIE locomotive Of the train on which
John P. Irish was following William
]. Bryan through Nebraska and max
ing speeches in opposition TO the presi-
Dental aspirans, collided with q
freight on the I'd and John NJ. Tipling,
of Lincoln, a commercial traveller, was
killed.
Both political parties had demon
STATIONS in the mining town of Dur
yea, Pa, on the 3Ist and excitement
ran high. There were many quarrels
between the opposing forces and two
murders and suicide were the result
of the rival rallies.
GEN. JOSEPH T. ToRREECE died on the
31st at Chicago, aged So. He had been
i'll for a long time with Bright's dis
ease. He leaves an estate worth sew
eral millions
In the football game between Prince
ton and Cornell at New York on the
31st the former beat the latter by a
score of 36 TO o.
THE football game at West Point, n.
Y, between the cadets and Yale uni
versity resulted in the following score:
Yale, 1o; West Point, 2.
A NEW cotton gin on the farm of n.
A Sturgis, southeast of Guthrie, Ok,
was destroyed by fire on the night of
the 31st. Five thousand dollars worth
of cotton belonging to farmers in the
neighborhood was also lost.
THE residence of a farmer named
Robinson, living near Woodville, Mich,
was destroyed by fire early on the 3Oth
and Mrs. Robinson and a child were
burned 10 death and Mr.. Robinson
probably fatally burned.
LESLIE PEARCE, of Philadelphia. and
Billy Ernst, of Buffalo, had brief
fight before the Broadway Athletic
club at New York on the 3Oth, which
was stopped by the referee in the fifth
round and given to Ernst. The bout
was for IA rounds at 1875 pounds.
Pearce had the advantage of height
and weight but was no match for Ernst.
WHILE A. E. Willston was speaking
at Prestonsburg, KY, some persons at
tempted to howl him down. An effort
was being made to restore quiet when
a young man named Mari pulled a
knife and plunged the blade into the
back of man named Perry, killing
him almost instantly. A lynching was
narrowly averted.
A REPORT from Denver, COL, said that
there was likely to be a severe loss
among the range cattle in Kansas, Ne
braska and eastern Colorado, owing to
blizzard that was blowing on the 3Oth-
RoLLA HEIKEs, of Dayton, O., broke
the worlds record for rapid firing at
clay pigeons at Cleveland on the 3Oth-
He broke 100 birds out of los thrown
in three minutes and seven seconds.
He broke 69 straight targets, and
clipped one minute and 10 seconds off
the worlds record of 100 birds.
A DISASTROUS collision happened on
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railway on the goth near Wapakoneta,
o. The through fast freight ran into
three loaded oil car tanks, which were
left on the main track by a local
freight They were set on fire by the
engine, destroying the engine and
about 10 loaded freight cars The en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman could
not be found and were supposed to be
in the ruins. The Manhattan Oil Co. IS
pumping station caught fire and was a
complete loss.
A REPORT reached Paris, Tex, recent
ly that three men had been murdered
on boat on Red river, few miles be-
low Arthur City.
n IEtShibLE OAplOSlOn occurred In
No. 8 mine of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal Co., South Wilkesbarre, Pa,
on the 2sth. Six men were brought up
dead and three injured. Twelve more
were reported missing, and it was be-
lieved all of these had persisted. An
of gas also occurred in No. 8
Baltimore mine. Anthony Ritzsi,
Hungarian laborer, was killed, and
James Conway, the Waterman, and
two Polanders were badly burned.
An Erie passenger train made the
run from Pittsburgh. Pa, to Cleveland,
a distance of l35 miles, in hours and
"a minutes.
THE recent dispatch from Boston
that John L. Sullivan had a cancer in
his hand was fake. He only had a
small sore on his arm and a physician
put a little healing salve on it. that
was all.
JUNGLE Billy FLoREY, who was
tortured at his hermit home near De-
catur, Ill, year ago by robbers, has
lied, aged "A years. He was attacked
in the night by four men, who burned
MS feet and hands, and held him on a