The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-06-05


north Of the old one.
A MEETING is called at Des Mnines,
Ia, for the purpose of completing the
organizat ton of the Iowa bimeiallic
association. Those in charge Of the
movement state that the object of the
association is not to form a new party.
but to unite all the rec silver men of
Iowa, without regard to party afiiiia-
tions, in one organization.
ALTON, Ia, had an incendiarv fire on
the 3lst which burned FIVE buildings
and the merchandise contained there
in. Loss, $40. 900; no insurance.
A DISPATCH from Frankfort, Ky,
stated that the Roman Catholic socie-
ties all over the United States have de-
cided to ask the presidential aspirants
the direct question: IF you are elect
against the interests of the Roman
Catholic church," 1t is intended to
exert their influence against the A p.
A. movement
A MOB of 600 men broke into the
courtroom at Colum bus, Ca, and took
Jesse Slayton, a negro charged with
assaulting Mrs Howard Bryan, away
from the officers and hanged him TO a
tree, subsequently filling his body
with bullets The mob afterward took
viii Meyers, colored, charged with the
same offense. from Jail and lynched
him at the same place.
AT the free feast given in honor of
the car of Russis's coronation on the
Hodynsky plain, near Moscow, terri
BILE panic ensued, resulting in over 1000
people losing their lives by being
trampled upon. II was resolved to
provide hearty meal for 500. 900, but
there was such an immense crowd
waiting to be fed for so many hours
that suddenly they pressed forward to
get at the food and swept every thing
before them, the police being power
less before the rush, and numbers of
weak and hungry peasants fell.
FoUR-YEAR-oLD child of J. L. Kreg-
wer, of FARMLAND, Ok, went into a hog
pen and picked up little pig, when
the old hog attacked the child, knock
ing it down and biting off part of its
face and tearing out one eye. 1t will
die.
THE situation in st. Louis was
summed up by the Republic on the
29th as follows: st. Louis-Identitied
dead, 1856; unknown dead, IS; missing,
33; fatally injured, 10; seriously in
jured in hospitals, 401; estimated in
jured outside of hospitals, 1000; prop
erty loss, estimated, $4,000, 900. East
St Louis-Identifed dead, ITO; un-
known dead, 6; dying, 6; missing, l0l
seriously injured in hospitals, 200; es-
timated injured outside of hospital, o.
600; property loss, estimated, IS, 900, OO1
AN appeal for aid has been made by
the East st. Louis I'LL. relief commit
that 5000 families were rendered
homeless Mr.. Paul w. Abt, president
of the First national bank of that city,
has been designated to receive all con-
tributions sent.
THE great fight between the two
branches of the A. o. y. W. of Iowa,
which has ragged for many years, has
been amicably settled. all the legal
proceedings on both sides being dis
will probably unite.
CHAIRMAN HARRIrY, of the demo-
cratic national committee, has written
to Senator-elect Money, of Mississippi,
denying the statement that the ma
tional committee would keep out of
the Chicago convention every contest
ing delegate who would not pledge
himself in advance to abide by the &C.
ton of the committee making up the
temporary roll of the convention.
TIE Cuban constitution was recently
stolen from the frame in which it hung
at the fair in Madison Square garden,
New York. The instrument was signed
in Cuba by President Cisneros and 20
members of the government of the
new repu bile.
A PREDICTION has been made by a
Pennsylvania congressman that, I'M
der the call of states, when Pennsyl-
vania is reached on the first roll call at
st. Louis, Senator Quay will arise and
announce that 'Pennsylvania casts her
64votes for William Mckinley, of Ohio"
which will result in stampede of the
remaining delegations for the Ohio
candidate.
U. E HENRY, of Oshkosh, Wis, was
recently arrested at Columbus, Ind,
for splitting 81 and $40 bills in half
and FASTING the different halves to-
gether and passing them as $40. His
room at hotel was searched and i'm
plements were found for doing the
work.
FIRE recently destroyed the large
public school building at Austin. Tex,
entailing a loss of $50, 900. The fire
was of incendiary origin. the building
having been saturated with coal oil.
THE national convention of the
United Commercial Travellers opened
at Cincinnati on the 2Sth with an I'M
usually large attendance.
FAILURES for the week ended the goth
were, according to Dun's Review, 239
in the United States, against 215 last
year, and 20 in Canada, against 81 last
year.
THE Chicago post Office census gives
the city a population of 1,76O, 600, an
increase of 200, 600 over that of last
year. This census was made by the
933 regular letter carriers. The in
crease is little over IL per cent.
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