The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-27

! were found on the railroad track two
miles south of Brownsboro, Tex, on
| the 23d. The Toys were supposed to
have been killed by train during the
night The boys had run away from
| home.
BERT BRADoN, a 12-year-old boy, shot
and instantly killed Roy Bots, near
kfebs, L T., recently. Bradon was
/ taken to Fort Smith. Ark, for trial, as
another boy stated that Bradon snapped
his gun twice at Bots. the second
time blowing his head off
The Merrimac mills at Lowell. Mass,
closed down its cotton and D rint works
on the Esd. The mills employed 1900
operatives and had a weekly pay roll of
$4,000 The Lowell Manufacturing Co
will also shut down its carpet mill and
only operate it every other week.
SUvA, the capital of Fiji, was de-
stroyed by a hurricane recently. The
loss of the ferry steamer Pearl in the
Brisbane river, by which 81 people lost
their lives, was also repor ted.
fight at Hot Springs, Ark, on the 23d
between Billy O'DonnelI, of Memphis,
and George Stout, of Omaha. Both
men received considerable punishment
At the end of the 18th round the ref
cree declared the bout draw.
FIFTY thousand people were report
ed suffering in Chicago en- the Esd be-
cause of the strike in the clothing
manufacturing trade, and there was
no prospect of any settlement of the
trouble.
THE Cuban insurgents burned 65
houses at Punta Bravo, near Havana,
recently. Several other estates were
also reported as being burned by them
in the province of Pinar del Rio.
AT Joliet, Ill, the mill of the Con-
solidated Steel & Wire Co. was de-
stroyed by fire, causing a loss of
$50, 1000
A DISPATCH from Cairo stated that
the khalifa had proclaimed holy war
against Egypt and had called all der
wishes to enroll under his banner.
A TERRIFIC fire ragged at Colon, Co.
lombia, recently for five hours and
burned itself out 1t destroyed the
better half of the commercial part of
the city. There was much looting of
property during the excitement of the
fire. Hundreds were left homeless.
The damage is roughly estimated at
$500, 900.
A FIRE in the smelling department
of the copper works OF the Pennsylva-
MIA Salt Manufacturing Co., at Natro-
MIA, Pa, on the night of the 21st,
caused loss estimated at $1,000, 600.
The buildings destroyed covered near
ly four acres of ground. The fire
started by the blowing out of fur
mace, the hot metal igniting with some
waste near the mouth. Sixteen fur
naces and so tanks were ruined
FIRE in the Atlantic refinery at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 22d caused a loss of
500, 600 The burning oil rushed down
from the tanks and spread in streams
of fire over the properties. The water
poured on the oil had no effect and
only served to scatter it.
DARLINGTON BOOTH announced the
first batch of appointments on the 21st
at New York for the Volunteers" the
name of his new organization, and
posts will be formed in the states as
rapidly as possible.
THE Madrid Heraldo said that Spain
could never officially recognize a United
States commission of inquiry into
Cuban affairs War between Spain and
America would be preferable"
JULIA BIRD, an old squaw, her daugh-
ter, Charlotte Bird; an infant daughter
of Charlotte, and C. Etiquette, an In
dian from the Bad River reservation,
were burned to death in a house on
the outskirts of Bay field, Wis, recently.
AT Nashville, Tenn, Al Ewing and
Archie Clark broke all tandem bicycle
records. going a half mile in 1:O315.
THERE was a large gathering at Lon
don on the 2lst of mem ers of the SAL
walton arEly to bid farewell to Mr.. and
Mrs. Booth-Tucker, who were about to
sail for New York to take charge of
the army in the United States, and Mr.
Booth Tucker said he would make Bal
lington Booth the most liberal offers
TO induce him to return to the fold
Mr. MALET-PROvOsT secretary of the
Venezuelan commission, has denied
that the commission had reached de-.
cision with reference to the boundary
question favorable to Venezuela.
WILLIAM @ JUDGE. president of the
Theosophical society in America, died
in New York on the 2Ist He has
been. since the death of Nine. Blav-
atskv, the most conspicuous theoso-
phist in this country.
A TRAGEDY, which viii result in the
death of two men. occurred near
Brice, o. The participants in the af-
fair were Elijah Rutter and John
White. The trouble originated over
the formers wife, with who m Rutter
claimed White was too familiar. Rut-
ter assaulted White with corn knife
and the latter drew a revolver and
fred twice at his antagonist, both
balls taking effect. Whites skull was
fractured.
THE failures for the week ended
March 20 (Dun's report) were 261 in the
United States, against 27s last year,
and 40 in Canada. against 35 last year.
The Illinois Central railroad has de-
cided to spend 81, 25O, 900 for double
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