The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-24


turing the absence of their mother
Two children were burned to death at
Quebec, Can, on the Goth.
PATRIOTS day, concentrating the
battle of Lexington, was appropriately
observed in Boston and other cities Of
Massachusetts, on the Goth.
BARON MATCHIN, the Russian cham
pion, won the broadsword contest at
Seattle, Wash, over Capt. E. n. Jen-
nings, the worlds, champion, the lat
ter scoring only IL points out of 90
HIGH water has left Sherbrooke,
Que, in terrible condition, hundreds
of dead animals and debris obstructing
the streets.
MANY churches and schools were I'M
rooted and several residences blown
down by a heavy windstorm at New
castle, Pa, on the Goth.
THE Wright building at Indianapo-
lis, Ind, was destroyed by an incen-
diary fire on the Goth, and the power
house of the Citizens railway was also
badly damaged, tying up the lines I'M
til noon.
THE whites of Opelousas, La, were
determined to prevent the negroes
from voting and armed bodies of regu-
lars and anti-regulars were milling
and it was predicted that the crisis
was at hand and there would be blood
shed on the 21st.
Two fremen were crushed to death
by falling wall and several others
seriously injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the old depot of the Pennsyl-
vania road at Philadelphia and en-
tailed loss of over 5000, 0OO
THE plague news from China was
last reported as not alarming. There
was a great deal of sickness among
the European colony at Hong Kong,
but nothing very serious. 1t had
ragged there constantly for seven weeks
and the city was in an unhealthy state.
A fatal cattle disease had broken out
which had almost ruined the dairy
business.
THE supreme tribunal of the Knights
of Pythias closed a three days session
at Denver, Col, on the 18th. A de-
cision was rendered which affects hum
dreds of members throughout the
country. 1t was the case of Joseph
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Leadville lodge under the laws of 1894
excluding gamblers and drunkards
from the order. Gavin appealed on
the ground that he was a member be-
fore the law was passed. The tribunal
sustained Gavin's plea and ordered him
reinstated.
AT the city council meeting at Cedar
Rapids Ia, on the 18th, the report of
the outgoing city treasurer, j. c. Stod-
dard, who has held the Office for almost
a quarter of a century, showed a short
age of So, 900. Where the money had
gone was mystery, as it was not be-
lieved that Mr.. Stoddard had profited
by it
DURING a performance at the Meyers
opera house at GAINESVILLE, Wis, on the
18th terrific explosion occurred near
the close of the second act The light
apparatus was defective and blew up.
A property man was seriously mangled
by flying pieces of metal, but will re-
cover The entire company was on
the stage at the time the explosion oc-
Cured, but all but one escaped injury
and no panic occurred in the audience,
although the explosion shook the
theater and damaged the scenery.
THE 10th was the hottest April day
in Chicago since the signal service was
established in that city. The mercury
went to 81 in the afternoon, beating
April Is, 1894. by three degrees. This
was the record in the weather shop,
and it was several degrees warmer on
the streets
News of the arrest by Spanish Off
eials of Rev. a. J. Diaz, the American
citizen and superintendent of missions
of the southern Baptist convention in
Cuba, has been received. No particu-
lars were given, but it was presumed
the arrest was on account of DIR. Diaz's
well known pro-insurgent proclivities
Two granddaughter of Nelson
Bishop at Fall Village, Conn, aged
nine and eleven years, were burned in
their bed the other night.
The Maine republican convention
met at Portland on the 10th and
Thomas b. Reed, speaker of the lower
house of congress, was enthusiastically
Endorsed for president The resolu-
tions said that Speaker Reed was OPP
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eept by international agreement, and
believed the present gold standard
should be maintained until that agree
rnent was secured; that he favored the
restriction of immigration, a Just adj
ministration of the pension laws and
was an earnest friend to American
shipping.
SECRETARY CARLISLE spoke on the
currency question at the Auditorium
at Chicago on the 18th before an audi
ence that filed the great hall to the
uttermost The address was delivered
under theauspices of the laboring men.
At the conclusion of the secretary's re-
marks Coin" Harvey, who was in the
audience, rose from his seat and began
to talk. There were loud cries of ''Sit
down. but Mr.. Harvey kept on. Final
" several policemen started down the
aisle and Mr.. Harvey subsidized.
THE residence of Judge Alonzo
Irwin. seven miles west of Selma, Ala ",
was surrounded by negroes, who