The Iola register., 1896-03-20


at Smyrna, Del. on the 18th. A large
crowd of citizens watched the crema-
ton, but there was no attempt made
to stop it. The boys had previously
paraded the town with the foreign en-
blem, accompanied by two American
flags
AT the Indianapolis Ind, collegiate
oratorial contest on the night of the
18th Butler students Haunted in the
face of 100 students from Earlham an
umbrella covered with the Butler coll
ors The Earlham students made
rush for it, when the Butler students,
200 strong, arose with wild yell and
the two parties began fighting. Po-
licemen had TO separate the combat
ants
AT Bantam. Clermont county, O., the
residence of Valentine Mushbacker, a
wealthy farmer, was burned, and he
and his daughter, aged 15. and veter-
an soldier named Isler, who was living
with the family, were burned to death.
The failures for the week ended
March 10 (Dun's report were 800 in the
| United States, against 266 last year,
and so in Canada, against 81 last year.
THE anti-cigarette bill, previously
passed by the Iowa house. passed the
senate on the 18th, and unless vetoed
goes into effect July 4. The bill pro-
hibits both the manufacture and sale
of cigarettes and cigarette paper ex-
cept by jobbers for use outside the
state.
A FIRE at Sussex, n. B., destroyed the
Bank of Nova Scotia and several small
stores Loss, S145, 600
A DISPATCH from Greenville, Tex,
said that the rthbound Katy was
boarded by masked and armed man
who entered the sleeper and went
through the passengers. The amount
secured was small As the train neared
the city he jumped off. He had con-
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The clearing house returns for the
week ended March for the follow
ing cities were: New York, S529, ILL.,
2l7; Chicago, eS5 35s, 400; st. Louis, $685.
600, 3s6; Kansas City, S9,74s, III; St Jo-
seph, 81, ,241, O66; Topeka, SS45, 422; Wich-
ita, $3.50, ,254; Omaha, S4, ,512, $40.
BURGLARS who robbed a store at
Batchtown. ILL.,, were tracked to the
Mississippi river and captured.
THE National Sporting club of Lon
don has denied having offered purse
for fight between Fitzsimmons and
Corbett or that they had forwarded
any articles to this country for the pu-
gilists to sign.
BUDD LOVE, colored, who had robbed
a store at Oak Ridge, La, was hanged
by unknown parties on the 18th.
ALBERT WALLACE was hanged at Pc
kin, Ill, on the 14th for the murder OF
his sister, Mrs. Bowlby. Dissatisfac-
ton over the disposal of their fathers
estate was the cause.
AT a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Knights of Labor and
other prominent labor men at Ottawa,
Can, it was decided to form Canadian
Federation of Labor, having no con-
nection with the United States labor
organization, as the alien law, as en-.
forced by the United States, prevented
a Canadian member from obtaining
employment in the states
DILL TAYLOR, Robert Taylor and
wife, and another son and daughter OF
Dill Taylor living near Craig, Ill, were
poisoned from drinking coffee. Dill
Taylor died and the others were ex-
pected to die at any time. The coffee
grouns were thrown into the slob and
seven hogs died from eating it.
GEORGE TODD, wife and family. in
Logan county, O., awoke and found
the house on fire. One child was
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father and others were badly burned.
PADDY PURTELL, of Kansas City, won
the fight with Nick Burley before the
Manhattan Athletic club at New York
on the 18th in the seventh round.
AT the Central coal works, on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, near
Charleston w. Va, l3 miners boarded
car at the pit mouth to ride down
the incline to their tipple. The rope
broke and the car rushed down to
wreck at the bottom. Seven men were
killed, .hree fatally and three badly
hurt
THE tobacco warehouse at Lancas-
ter, Pa, occupied by c. W. Kendig,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the
18th, together with between TOO and
500 cases of tobacco. There was an
insurance of S35, 900 on the tobacco,
which will cover the loss The fire was
supposed to have been incendiary.
A PULLMAN sleeping car on the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois was taken pos
session of by an armed maniac on the
night of the 18th and held by him
against all the crew and passengers
The police at Terre Haute, Ind. finally
succeeded in arresting him. The ma
MAC was identified as ]. d. Cummings,
a prominent merchant of Englewood,
Ill
A DISASTROUS rear-end collision be-
tween a freight train and snow plow
occurred on the 12th on the Berkshire
division of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford railroad, near New Mil
ford, Conn. Two men were killed and
seven or eight others injured.
THROUGH a snowstorm in the region
around Hazleton, Pa. 10000 miners
were made idle on the 18th.
THE Mckinley forces have practi-
cally captured the Georgia vote in the
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