The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-17

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An entire business block was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th in Shame
kin, Pa, entailing losses aggregat ting
| $4,000. The origin of the fire was I'M
/ known.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Berlin to
/ London on the 9Th stated that Russia's
/ cooperation with Germany in the
I Transvaal matter had been assured
and that France would act with Russia
This apparently confirmed the report
/ of an anti-British alliance and that the
action of Emperor William towards
the Boer republic was a thoroughly
weighed step
THE Des Moines, Ia, police have ar
rested l. students of the medical col
lege in which five bodies stolen from
the Saylorville cemetery were found.
The students were released on 50. 600
bail each. There was much indigna-
ton expressed by the citizens against
the body snatchers.
THE 500 striking coal miners at Gal
litzin. Pa. in obedience to an order
posted by their committee, have all re-
turned TO work. The men struck for
an increase of 20 per cent, but went
back without accomplishing anything.
THERE was fire in small building
at Lynn, Mass, on the 10th occupied
by a family named lie MOire. When
the fire department arrived the body
of Mrs. lie Moire was found in a cham
Der burned to a crisp. while dsugh-
ter was found lying on the stairway
badly burned about the body, having
been overcome by the smoke and flames
while attempting to escape. The father
and son were found in the watercloset
under the influence of liquor.
Mrs c. A MARSHALL, a widow who
lived at Cleveland, O., with her two
brothers, was literally cooked on the
10th While getting breakfast she
poured coal oil on the fire. An explo-
sion occurred and she was enveloped
in flames All the clothing was burned
from her body and the flesh fell from
her bones She cannot live.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended January 10 showed an av-
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of Is g;
in New York the increase was g ,; out
side New York the increase was 9 s
FREEMAN COLLINS was hanged at
Tuskegee, Ala, on the 10th for the
murder of his wife last spring by cut
ting her throat as she slept Jealousy
was the cause of the crime.
Two earthquakes occurred in the dis
trict of Kahlhahl, Persia The first
was on the night of January = The
large village of Janabad was destroyed,
several others were partially ruined
and 300 persons were killed. The sec
ond earthquake occurred the morning
of January 5. The town of Col was
destroyed AMI 1000 houses were demol-
ished- In addition great damage was
done to many villages The loss of
life was very great There were 500
persons killed in Col alone and large
numbers of cattle and sheep also per-
ished-
SENATOR WoLCoTT. of Colorado. who
has recently returned from Europe,
said that Americans had little idea Of
the unselfsh and important efforts
made throughout England and the
continent in favor of the recognition
ofsilver. At meeting in Paris plan
for an Identical resolution on the i'm
portance of international agreement,
to be introduced in the English parlia-
ment, the French asse mblv and the
German reichstag, was agreed upon.
Gov. LowSDEs was inaugurated as
chief executive of Maryland on the sth
at Annapolis. He is the first repu blic-
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had.
THREE masked men robbed Uncle"
Bose Mason. a well known farmer liv.
ing near Owentown, Ky., of 81, SIS.
The authorities at Havana, Cuba,
have discovered evidence of q corspir-
acy TO cause an uprising in that city
and 10 hand the place over to the in
surgents- The conspiracy was believed
TO be widely ramifed and its discovery
caused great uneasiness and suspicious
that the disafection was much more
widely disseminated than had been ad-
mitted- Thirty persons had been ar
rested for completely in the plot and
Aquilino Selsno. police inspector for
the port of Havana, had been relieved
from duty.
THE slst anniversary of the battle Of
New Orleans jackson day'-was
celebrated by the Young Mems Demo-
cratic association at Philadelphia on
the sth BY banquet Among the dis
tinguished persons present were Vice
President Stevenson. Secretary Hoke
Smith, Senator Faulkner and United
States Treasurer Morgan
ROBERT CLAPsADDLE, q farmer Of
Ransomville. y. T.. was fatally shot
by his worthless son-in-lav, George II.
Smith. VINO was pursued by a posse OF |
villagers. cornered. and when he made |
resistance filed with bullets. causing
his death One of his pursuers also |
was shot
A BUILDING collapsed in Winterset.
Ia, recently. owing 10 the stock OF |
hardware being removed to the second /
floor Several men were buried under |
the debris. but none were killed The /
falling walls carried down q drug store 1
adjoining.
AT Philadelphia three brothers |
named McKisson tried to open a toy 1
safe with dynamite. The dynamite |
exploded and the three boys were
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