The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-25

negro brute. in The courthouse yard
anu then ridd'ei hi, body with bullets.
THE Ain-ri, an hedt ration of Labor
at Cincinnati on the 2lst appointed
john Fernseth. of the Seamen's Inter
national union. as a committee of one.
with headGuarter. A. Washington, To
look after labor interests in the ma
iion's capital. After some routine
business the convention then adj
iourned sine die
A TERRIFIC explosion of gas occurred
in mine at WilkeSbarre, Pa. on the
9lst and over 90 miners were imprson-
ed in the earth. but IA were afterward
rescued and hopes were entertained of
retting the others before the deadly
after-lamp claimed them as victims
wKsrBOUND passenger train on the
Soui hern Pacific railroad was held mp
bv three masked men and three money
packages we're stolen from the express
ear at midnight on the Goth near Com
stock. Tex
The demonstration in favor of the
Cuban insurgents at New York ON the
2lst under the auspices of the Society
of American Friends of Cuba was a
remarkable one. Four thousand men
marched to Cooper Union, led by Frank
Meyer, a survivor of the Virginius mas
sacre The parade was divided into
ten columns.
A SPECIAL from Dubuque, Ia, on the
2lst stated that Senator Allison had
been offered the secretary of states
portfolio by Maj. Mckinley.
THE Choctaws have signed an agree
ment with the Dawes commission to
take lands in severalty, for the sale of
town lots and for the transfer of crimi-
nal jurisdiction to the federal courts.
Officials at Washington say that the
treaty with the Choctaws is very i'm
portant. as it is the entering wedge
which will dispose of the whole Indian
problem
| AT the convention at Cincinnati on
the 18th the headquarters of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor were changed
from indianapolis to Washington by
vote of /. 594 to 73O. 1t was also or
dered that an assessment of one cent
per capita be imposed to secure an
eight-hour law.
A RABBIT hunt occurred at Lamar,
Col. on the 10Th One hundred hunters
| took part and f. 307 rab bits were killed.
The game was sent to Denver for dis
tribution among the poor.
Two boilers in the Kent Wooden Co. s
mills at Providence. r. l., exploded on
the 18th. killing four persons outright
and fatally injuring another.
! haa inYifr- Of
! them being stores. were consumed by
| fire at East Radford, Va, on the Goth.
BY the explosion of piano lamp at
New York. which set the house on fire,
Aaron Goldsmith, his wife and three
children lost their lives.
THE Masonic hall, the largest build
! ing in New Brunswick. n. J.. was de-
stroyed by fire on the 2lst. Loss, $780,
! OOO
BY an explosion of fire damp at a col
lier at Reschiiza. Hungary. 40 miners
missing
| THE Odd Fellows block at Eliza beth :
port, n. j., valued at 5000, 900, was de-
stroved by fire on the 18th.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. the negro
principal of the industrial college for
negroes at Tuskegee, Ala, is being Wig
orously pushed by negro friends for a
place in the Mckinley cabinet.
PRESIDENT ETHAN ALLEN. of the Gu
ban league. has issued an address from
New York to the people of the United
States. asking for such aid and com
fort as may be found in the open ex-
preston of sympathy and legal mate
rial support for the cause of Cuba.
The American Federation of Labor
cast the entire vote of the convention
at Cincinnati on the 1sth-2, 447-for
Samuel Gompers for president. Nc
Guire, of Philadelphia, was reelected
vice president; Frank Morrison, of Chi
cago, was chosen secretary, and John
b. Lennon, of Bloomington. Ill, was
reelected treasurer. Nashville, Tenn,
was chosen for the next convention.
A resolution indorsing the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at SIXTEEN
to one was passed by vote of 1885 to
3O9
The railroads are proposing to intro
duce varieties of agriculture and horti-
culture that are adapted to the soil of
eastern Colorado, so as to convert those
arid lands into fruitful farms. They
will send experts into foreign lands,
which have the same general charac-
teristics, and the experts will make re-
| ports as to what can be grown.
AN explosion occurred at the Detroit
! Mich College of Medicine and flames
broke forth from the third-story win
dows In less than two hours later
the building was mass of ruins. The
loss on the building will reach SIS, 900:
partly insured
PRESIDENT GoMPERs. of the A. +. of
L., was exonerated at Cincinnati on
the 18th of the charges brought against
him by some republican delegates that
he had prostituted his office by being
active in Mr.. Bryan's behalf in the re-
cent campaign.
Gov. HoLCoMB, of Nebraska. has de-
clared himself in favor of granting bel
ligerent rights to the Cuban insurgents.
FIRE at GAINESVILLE, Tenn. destroyed
the dry goods house of Joseph Rosen-
field e Co. and the Daily Times news
paper.