The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-08-07

son at the brides residence in New
York. No mem bers of the Vanderbilt
family were present
THREE cars were derailed by a
burned tree which had fallen across
the track near Rockland, Tex, and q
man was ms antly killed.
THE new government lock at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, was informally
opened on the Sd when the government
boats Hancock and Andy johnson,
which were crowded with invited
guests, entered the channel.
JOSIAH GARDINER, a tramp, was
caught between box car and fat
car loaded with lumber at Lennex,
Mich, on the Sd and badly crushed
about the chest He will probably die
from his injuries
A TIDAL wave recently Inundated the
coast of Hai-Cha, China Many villages
were destroyed and 1t was estimated
that at least 4, eco people were drowned
In addition an immense number Of
cattle also persisted. The rice fields
were submerged and faniae is feared
in the district during the coming fall
A DENVER Col, evening paper print
ed an extra edition ON the I'd stating
that at a meeting OF leading republic
ans ia that city 1t was decided to de-
mand the resignation OF Senator VOL
colt on account of bis support to the
Irepu blicaa national ticket
AvIcIoUs hog in Benton county. Ark,
during the temporary absence of Mrs.
infant twins and her four-year-old bow,
who were iplaying in 1.-THE yard, and
killed them.
THE CoIunb bus Buggy Co., of Column
bus, d, made an assignment on the
lst The firm had branch houses in q
dozen leading cities of the country.
The cause sOf the faulurewas>said to be
the general business depression
A BODY ,of striking miners went to
the Hymera mine at Sullivan, Ind, set
FIRE 60 the plant and then burned the
mine below. The loss was estimated
at sJ@, 600.
TWENTY-FIVE houses and business
premises were totally destroyed and
IL others partially destroyed by fire
at Grass Valley, Cal. Loss $50, 900.
The fare was believed to have been of
inceHdiRry origin.
The intense heat still continued on
the 5Oth in st. Louis, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis. In st. Louis there were
fully approximations, ten of them be-
ing fatal, with prospects of several
more proving so. In Cincinnati 29
prOstrztiOns were reported, five of
them being fatal. In indianapolis two
deaths were reported. Dispatches from
many other cities indicated much the
same condition.
AN awful railroad accident occurred
on the evening of the 3Oth near At
lantic City. n. J., where two railroad
tracks cross one another An express
train crashed into an excursion train
hroadside and plowed through, liter
ally cleaving it in twain. A rough
estimate placed 1.-the number of killed
and injured at 100, but IT was hoped
that this might be an ,exaggeration.
The number, however, was undoubt-
eddy more than 50.
SPEAKER THOMAS b. REED opened
the republican national campaign of
1896 at Alfred, Me-, on the goth, on his
to congress. Mr.. Reed
discussed the currency question from
the standpoint. of the repub lican plat
form.
AT Huntington, Ind, "a tornado dam
,aTed many dwellings, twisted off trees
and rendered worthless many fields
cora and oats. 1t was accompanied
by,a deluging rain.
DISPATCHES on the 29th from st.
Louis. Cincinnati, Louisville, Chi, o
and other places told of the extreme
heat and many deaths from prostration
were rep rted-
BERT GREEN. colored. convicted Of
the murder of Miles p. Mitchell, in De-
,cember last, was hanged at jackson,
Tenn, on the 29th. lie protested his
innocence TO the last
5. ID. WoRDEN- the railroad striker
charged with wrecxing the railroad
fridge near Sacramento two years a %
and thereby caus M the death of En-
gineer Clark and three United States
soldiers, must hang. the sup eme eonrt
having affirmed the judgment of the
lower court. which convicted him.
On ranch near Cannon City, Ore,
,sheepmAn and catilemen enraged in a
bloody fight, re,uiting in the oeath IF
FIVE men.
EIGHT persons were more or less in
iured by the crashing together Of two
trolley cars near Baltimore. Nj. on
the 3lSt- The cars were wrecked
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH. of Greencastle.
Ind. the historian. was nominated for
congress on the goth by reclamation by
the democrats of the Fifth Indiana dis
trict
JOSEPH GBEIDLER of Minneapolis,
one of the crack bicycle circuit racers,
was killed at Lima O., on the goth He
Was probably overcome by heat, for he
left the track. ran straight into the
crowd and was thrown upon a fence,
receiving injuries which resulted in his
death a half hour later.
GODFREY GOULD. eolored. was lynched
at Clarendon, Ark, OF the 3lst by
party of $50 men for an assault upon a
white woman.
A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at Lake
Ottozee, near Knoxville. Tenn, on the
3Oth. y Sunday school picnic was in