The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-17

OWelgO anu leII tuelr sUOTcS VI ny no-
mine behind The Matabeles occupied
the place after it was abandoned by
the British and while they were tam
pering with the dynamite it exploded
and killed 200 natives and injured
many more.
A DISPATCH from Springfield, O.,
stated that the information came di-
rect from Joseph B. Foraker that he
would present ex-Gov. McKinley's
name to the republican national con-
vention at St Louis. Senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, was slated to second
McKinlev's nomination.
A HAVANA dispatch of the 18th
stated that the price of beef was ad-
vancing and there was a meat famine
in all parts of Cuba, and each day il
was becoming worse.
A TEXT of secret treaty between
Russia and China has been discovered
in Pekin which practically reduces
China to the level of a Russian de-
tendency.
THE 15Sd anniversary of the birth of
Thomas jefferson, the founder of the
Monticello, Va (where the author of
the declaration of independence lived
and died., under the auspices of the
National Association of Democratic
clubs. A distinguished company was
present, including Vice President
Stevenson, Postmaster-General Will
son, Attorney-General Harmon, Secre-
tary Herbert and Senator Martin, of
Kansas Ex-Gov. Russell, of Massa-
chusetts, was the orator of the day.
A TELEGRAM from Oaxaca City, Mex,
on the 18th stated that the rebel In
dams at the town of Juquela killed all
the town councillors, school-teachers,
local priests, chief of police and the
telegraph operator-in fact every one
holding government place-and the
people were in terror. The Indians
were incensed against the officials on
account of certain taxes which they
thought were unjust
A BLIZZARD Wis tied Cripple Creek,
Col, on the 18th, doing great damage,
a score or more of buildings being
blown down. At Gillett and other
places many houses were also demol-
ished. Rumors of loss of life in the
outlying districts were in general cir
culation.
A TERRIFIC windstorm visited Abb
lene, Tex, early on the morning of
the l2th, many residences and work.
shops being demolished and telephone
polls blown down. At Colorado CITY
a boy was killed and at Cresson the NJ
E. church and nine business houses
and residences were destroyed. At
Bates, Denton county, the NJ. E. church
was also demolished and great loss re-
suited to other places in the state from
buildings being blown down.
In the Pawnee reservation in the In
dian territory two cousins, Harry Rice
and Clifford Taylor, nephews of Chief
Curley, got drunk and had terrible
fight in which Taylor killed Rice and
mangled his body in a shocking man
ner. When Taylor sobered up he put
a bullet through his brain rather than
surrender to white man.
FAILURES for the week ended the
10th were, according to Dun's Review.
2O9 in the United States, against 2O7
last year, and 80 in Canada, against 81
last year.
IT was reported on the sth that the
shaft-house and hosting works of the
Hope mine at Basin, Mont, were burn
ing and that six men were in the mine
and were proba bly, suffocated.
WILLIAM VERILL and Joseph Soular
were sentenced to be hanged at
Duluth, Mimi, for the murder of
Samuel De Mars, at Bewabik. Verill
is IS years of age and Soular II The
murder was a most brutal one and was
deliberately planned.
THE London Chronicle published a
from Rome on the 9th giving
a letter from Cardinal Rampolla ex-
pressing the satisfaction of the pope at
the efforts made to decide international
controversies by a permanent tribunal
of arbitration and also stating that his
holiness had congratulated Cardinals
Vaughn and Logue for hav-
ing signed an appeal for Anglo-Ameri-
can arbitration.
NEAR Falkland, Ok, while Mrs.
Wheeler was burning trash in the
yard, her little six-year-old daughter
got too near the flames and, her cloth
ing catching fire. she was burned to
death before her mothers eyes.
A SPECIAL to the Chicago Evening
Post from New York on the 9th said
that report had reached there from
that the president had
made most startling move in the Gu
ban matter. 1t was said to be neither
more nor less than a personal letter to
Senior de LONE, the Spanish minister,
asking him to urge his government to
take action at once to stop hostilities
before the United States intervenes.
H. Il. HOLMES, the murderer now I'M
der sentence of death at Philadelphia
for the murder of Benjamin Peitzel,
has made confession. 1t covers near
" three newspaper pages. He admits |
to having committed 81 murders.
HoNG KoNG, China, has been declared |
an infected port and the steamship line |
from there to Vladivostock has sus-
pended operations. At Kobe, Japan, a |
general quarantine station has been |
established and systematic efforts
made to combat the dread disease. Be.
sides the black plague, cholera and |
smallpox in a virufent form have |