The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-03

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SIXTEEN prisoners broke ont of Jail
at Tecumseh. Ok, and escaped on the
29th.
A SPECIAL from Havana to the New
York Journal on the 29sh stated that
the revolutionists had formally not fed
the people of Havana that plans had
been completed to wipe out the city
by means of dynamite this summer, il
Il be necessary. in order TO drive the
Spanish troops from Cnba
THE boiler in the Office Of the Even.
ing Age at Houston, Tex, exploded on
the 29th. killing three persons and bad.
ly injuring another. The explosion
was caused by letting cold water into
the empty boiler.
WRITTEN replies to the officers of the
German-American Sound Money league
at New York from German editors all
over this country show that of the 5s1
German-American newspapers in this
country which discuss politics. 499 are
in favor of the present gold standard,
SO are for bimetallism or free silver
silver 43 are doubtful and that 80 per
cent of the German-American voters
are in favor of the maintenance of the
present Did standard.
DEMOCRATS of Tennessee will push
Gov. Bob Taylor for president at Chi
cago.
The Irish National Federation of
America has issued a notice to its
branches in this country of an Irish
race convention to be neld in Dublin
on September 1.
Mrs. HELEN NJ COUGAR, the famous
temperance lecturer and equal suffrage
agitator, was selected as the candidate
of the broad gauge prohibitionists at
Lafayette, Ind. for encouragement
JOSEPH Cooking, who was awaiting
trial for the murder of his wife and
sister-in-law. was taken from the Jail
at La Plata, Md, by a mob aud hanged
to a tree.
OSCAR BAKER killed a young man
named Snultz with a baseball bat at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, during a quarrel
over the game.
AT Peters. Tenn. on the Goth there
was dynamite explosion that cost one
man his life and will be the death OF
at least two others Three or four
others were also badly injured The
large mill building ic which the men
were working was completely demol
ished
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, d prisoner, who
was serving a murder sentence in the
reformatory at Pontiac. Ill, attacked
a guard in an attempt to escape and
was killed by the officer.
THE boat race on the Hudson. near
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. on the Goth, be-
tween the Harvard, Cornell. Colum bia
and Pennsylvania university crews,
was won by Cornell The official time
was as follows: Cornell. 1929; Harvard,
1882; Pennsylvania, sO:1l; bia,
2I:35.
DEMOCRATS of Indiana in state con-
vention on the cath strongly Endorsed
free silver and Gov. Matthews for pres
ident.
Two bad freight wrecks occurred on
the NJ, K. & 7. recently in Texas At
Hearne Is cars of cattle bound for St
Louis were ditehed and 100 head of
stock was killed. while at Granger
seven cars of merchandise were badly
wrecked and Brakeman Banhau seri.
ously injured.
NEGOTIATIONS were being made at
San Francisco on the 25th for fight
to finish between James j. Corbett
and Sharkey, the sailor who recently
had a four-round 60 with Corbett
which was declared a draw. The
fight is to take place within six months
for $40 600 and the largest purse offered
by club.
THE Georgia democrats met in stats
convention at Macon and nominated
w. Y. Atkinson for governor. The
platform declared for opening the
minis for the coinage of silver at six
teen to one, condemned bond issues in
time of peace, favored the speedy paw
ment of the public debt and indirectly
condemned the A. P. A
A CHICAGO, Milwaukee & St Paul
meat train, running so miles an hour
down Hayesville hill, near Ottumwa,
Ia, jumped the track, totally destroy.
ing 20 cars of Kansas City meat Ed
Liudquiest was killed and Will Kauff-
man fatally injured The trainmea
were unhurt
JAMES ]. CoRBETT was all but
knocked out in q four-round contest at
San Francisco on the cath with Tom
Sharkey, the champion Of the navy.
Corbett clinched Shsrkey throughout
the entire fourth round TO avoid pun
ishment and was greatly exhausted
when the round closed, while Sharkey
seemed fresh. The referee declared
the contest q draw.
A CYCLONE struck West Louisville,
near Owensboro, KY, on the eth. The
house of c. L Clarke was wrecked and
Miss Pearl Hicks was Instantly killed
and Mr. Clarke seriously injured. A
church and many residences were also
destroyed.
A CYCLONE swept over q section of
country four miles south of CLAYTON,
Wis, recently and q number Of dwell.
ings and barns were demolished. One
man was fatally injured
AT Annandale, MINI, on the 25th,
while sailing in g stiff breeze, Miss
Anna Putnam, Miss Bessie Newhall
John U. Putnam, all of Minneapolis,
and q young man named Sherman,