The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20


dren were found so badly burne that
they had to be handled in shovels.
AT the fourth days session of the w.
C. T. q. at St. Louis on the 10th the re-
port of the executive committee to re-
sumo giving w. C. T. U. medals was
adopted. The sub-committee's fnan-
cial plan for a voluntary contri button
of 50 from each union was adopted. 1t
was announced that $500 in cash and
$500 in pledges had been raised the pre-
vious day for the benefit of Armenians.
Mrs Carso submitted q report about
the temple. She had raised Sal, 1913 of
the $500, 600 needed to buy trust bonds
and would try to secure the balance
this year.
SAMUEL STRAUsE. a patient at the in
sane asylum at Indianapolis, Ind. COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself with
his suspenders. He was formerly a
clothing merchant of Hannibal, Mo-,
and was driven insane by the use Of
cocaine and morphine.
AT midnight on the 18th the switch
was turned at Niagara Falls which
harnessed the mighty cataract to Buff
falo, N. Y, and henceforth the street
cars and factory wheels will be run by
the electricity generated at the falls
and sent to Buffalo, "a miles distant
A salute of 81 guns was fred when the
switch was turned.
A FEUD between the Taylor and Shell
by families in Ballard county, KY, re.
suited in the killing of two Taylors
70 al - Nat hal hxy
WILLIAM Fl. Cox. the ''squatter,"
who has been trying for many years to
prove his right to SEQ, OOO. 900 of real es.
tate along the lake shore in Chicago,
| has discovered, it Is claimed. that the
| United States never had the right to
! grant lands in the northwest territory.
If Cox succeeds in esta blishing his con-
tention, the titles to the homes of
about 10000. 900 people in Illinois. In
diana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio
will be placed in jeopardy.
A SPECIAL to the New York Sun
from Key West, Fla, on the 18th
stated that Capt Gen. Weyler took the
| field as commander-in-chief of the
Spanish forces and made an attack on
| the camp of the insurgents under
Maceo at Pinar del Rio; that the Span
ish generals Echague and Malguseo
were killed and Weyler slightly wound
ed and that Maceo succeeded in rout-
ing Weyler and his troops The result
of the battle caused great excitement
! in Havana.
! The barn and stable of Col. Bob
Maddox's stock farm near Fort Worth,
| Tex, were destroyed by fire on the
18th. The loss was fully S55. 1000 The
fire was said to be of incendiary origin.
| Nine fine horses were burned to death
! The Larn was the finest in Texas.
A POSSE of deputy marshals on the
18th brought In aud lodged in the Jail
at Guthrie, Ok, squad of 10 whisky
peddlers, captured in the Usage reser-
vstion.
TIVE passenger trains collided on the
Illinois Central road at Birkbeclr, near
Clinton, Ill. ON tho LIST and two per
sons were killed and ten injured
The final examination at London OF
Edward J. Ivory, alias Edward Bell.
the sslooakeeper of New York and al
legged Irish dynamiter, was sensations
Al. the principal witness against him
being "Jones," British spy who had
gained Admittsnce to secret Irish so
cieties in America and also possessed
the secrets of the Clau-ua-Gsel sssocia.
ton. Ivory was formally committed
for trial.
UNOFFICIAL but practically complete
returns show that the vote on the
electoral ticket of South Dakota is
about q tie Fraud is apparent in
nearly every county, and o great many
contests will be started.
A MESSAGE was received by Mr.. Nc
Kinley on the 18th from Joseph w.
Babcock, chairman of the national
congressional committee at Washing
ton, saying: ave have elected sO1
sound money republicans, 3 sound
money democrats, l4S democrats and
populists and free silver repu blicsns,
with thre districts In doubt. one from
Wyoming and two from South D.
kooA-"
OFFIoERs recently had a battle in
Greer county, Ok, with some Mexican
horse thieves, in which one thief was
killed and several men on both sides
wounded. The officers jailed FIVE OF
the Mexicans at Arspahoe.
TIE magnAtes composing the West
ern Baseball league went into session
at late hour on the 18th at Chicago.
Ban johnson was reelected president
and the old board of directors were re-
tanned. It was agreed to keep Colum.
bus and Grand Rapids in the league
for another year. The schedule COM
mittee will meet in Milwaukee in
March to arrange the schedule OF
games for the coming season.
FANNY SCHOFIELD. country girl Il
years old, has been lodged in the coun-
ty Jail at 0swego, N. Y, on the charge
of administering arsenic to two small
children of Albert Field, of Colose,
whose hired girl she was
THE board of directors of the Ma
tional league and American Associa-
ton of Baseball clubs met in session at
Chicago on the 18th They have con-
sidera bic work to dispose of and a
number of the subjects are of i'm.
portance to players and lovers of base
ball. The Western Baseball league
also held meeting at Chicago at which
the nennant WAS awarded and other