The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-05-08
GENERAL NEWS.

LWENTY-FIYE OF the wealtnaSSt
Dunkard families in Anderson, Ind,
hsvecclosed a dsal for so acres each in
NGrth Dakota They will give one
tenth of all they make to the church.
The London Standard had a dis
patch from Madrid which said that the
Spanish government had declined the
po5e,s mediation in Cuban affairs on
the ground that an acceptance woald
be 'tantamouut'to recognizing Amer
icaIs right to Interfere.
Mas #. Y SAILOR, of Sturgeon Bay,
Wis, held her two children under
water until life was extinct and then
drowned herself.
NEAR San Antonio, Tex, Juan Rod
riguez and his horse were struck by a
th1nderbolt and every bose in their
bodies was br0lec-
THE will of the late Baron HirscA,
the u e wish philaEthropist, has been
opened at BrUeGn. He leaves SIS, O0a-
OO0 for. charities in Moravia.
TWENTY-EIGHT. women were recently
asphyxiated at Castle Welda, near
CarlSbafen, Prussia The night was
cold and they built fire in a stove in
the room in which they SLEPT and in
the morning they were found dead
The unfortunate women had Just ar
rived from Holland.
AN explosion of aGasoline engine de-
molished the fve-s5ory building, 43O
and 43z Walnut street, CinciuEati, at
eight o'clock on the night of the 4th.
Six bodies were recovered from the de-
h,-sc haf
more killed. About Is persons were
more or less severely injured There
was: in ten Sc excitement, all the horses
breaking away aud much damage to
glass being done ia Ake vicinity. As
the night passed women, whose hus-
bands had not reached home went
down to the, scene of the eXplosiOsc and
added thei< laments to the confusion.
The National ,Eleetr5cal exposition
was opene6.at New York on the night
of the 44th by Gov. Mortar. who pressed
a golden key that discharged cannon
in San francisco, New Orleans, 81
iPaul, Augusta, Me-, and London, Eng
Simultaneously the electric lights
around the different exhibits blaze6
out in different colors and created 6
sight Ike q scene from faisgland
The ,eight7months-old ehild of O.. /;
Tom Peters was burned &c death at
Iexingtap, Ala, by its clothing becom-i
ing ignited while lying alone in front
OF the replace.
AT Newark, n j., 1900 carpenters
struck on the 4th for an sdEance in
wages from So to 81 IS and eight hours
On Saturday. If the carpenters did
not Ein withSR week all other trades
were 20 strike insyRpathy.
EDWIN PLANT, of Clayton, Mass,
shot and instantly killed his wife Ada,
and then fred a bullet into the breast
of his tW0-Weeks~old child, killing it
Plant led TO the scamp near Karks~ |
pot river, which Was surrounded by q
posse. After lively exchange of shots |
with his pursuers, Plant killed himself |
ABOUT Loo men stopped work and |
demanded salary at the shipyard of |
the Newport News VA Ship Building
and Dry Dock Co. on the 4th. This |
action on the part of the employees was
brought about by the new time sys-
TEN, called the clock system. The men |
claimed that much time was lost in the |
morning and at dinner hour on &C
count of having to wait in turn to reg
lister.
IT was rumored in London that the |
recent assassination of the shah of |
Persia had been brought about by the |
Vaccinations of his eldest son, Mas
soud Mirzia-
RECENT passengers from China re-
ported the black plague still prevalent
in Hong Kong and Canton.
A MAN who gave the name of John
Lewis and who said he was an iron
molder was arrested at San Francisco
on the 1st while attempting to strangle
an abandoned woman in an alley. The
police believe Lewis may have
the other fallen women
who recently were murdered in that
city.