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

AT the Wocdgren cycle meeting on
THE Sd near London, ~. Platts-Be
with standing start, did "a mile on
his bicycle IN 1 minute 4S seconds, thus
beating the record by 2 l-5-seconds. j.
IS. johnson did a mile with standing
start, paced in 1 minnie SOILS seconds
at Louisville on Novemb Der z, 1895.
a CYCLONE struck and totally de-
molished the dwellingsof Asa Peterson
at Grafton, S. d, on the Sd. One
woman and child of the nineiinmates
were badly hurt A neighb boring stable
was also carried of, the halters being
whipped off the horses heads, who
were left standing in their places.
JAMES T. FULLY was shot down in
the Baptist church at Metcalf, Ca, on
the I'd by John T. Ruslzin, who then,
taking a razor from his pocket, almost
severed the PROSTATE mans head from
his body. Ruskin afterward tried to
commit suicide, but failed.
A DESPERATE state of affairs exists
on the Gogeb'c range in northern
Michigan, all the mines. with two ,ex-
ceptions, having shut down and the
unemployed being on the verge of
starvation.
BECAUSE of some difficulty between
Owners and .lessees the ice plant at
Eureka Springs, Ark. was tied up by
"a legal process and the swelterinR etti-
sZens were suffering for want of ice, be-
ing unable 10 get any from surround
ling towns on account of shortage.
REV. J. Z SCoTT. the Methodist
clergyman who recently eloped from
Waterloo, Ia. with a i5-year-old girl,
has been adjudged in>ane by the com
lmjssioners after "a three days hearing.
Nat and Tom Butler at Cambridge,
Mass, broke the worlds record of 2s0S
for the unpaced tandem mile, made on
the San Jose, Cal, Ssack, by doing it
in 1:59 2-5.
SENATOR WoL00TE, OF Colorado, has
issued statement outlining his posi-
Hion in the campaign. He will support
the republican national ticket. although
he thinks the financial plank unsatis-
factory.
AN engineer on the Louisville g.
Nashville Eazlroad went to sleep while
on duty and his train COLI iei with
aaO1heg freight near birmingham, Ala,
* liRr two men.
THE professional four-oa1ed race for
the championship of the world took
place at Halifax. n. s, and was won
BY the Canadian crew, the English crew
beng second and the Halifax third.
FRANK DAVIS killed Robert Pickett
at Cripple Greek. Gel, on the I'd, cut
ting his head nearly off with razor,
and also cut May Rivers so badly that
she will die. He then cut his Owl
throat, but IT was not thought the
wound was fatal Pickett was dance
hall propr .etor and Davis the porter of
the place. The woman was an inmate
OF the place and jealousy caused the
tragedy.
Two passenger trains collided on the
Illinois Central road at Birkbeck. near
Clinton, Ill, on the 1st and two per-
sons were killed and ten injured.
HENRIETTA WEBB, colored, was ar
rested near Tyler, Tex, for beating
her two children to death. The
mother showed evidences of insanity.
AFTER six weeks trial at Agram.
Austria, of the Stenjeve band, number
ing 90 persons. charged with is muir
murders and robberies, 10 members of
the band. inclu ding two women, have |
been condemned TO death. nine others |
have been sentenced to periods of one |
TO 20 years penal serTitude and eight |
were acquitted