The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-14


from the cemeteries about Washington
existed.
RECENTLY the women of Black Jack,
Tex, called on two men there who sold
whisky and malt tonic and asked them
to quit the business. and on their refu-
sal a large body of women gathered
at the Baptist church and from there
walked into the houses where the
whisky was sold and began the work
of destruction with axes, hatchets and
hammers, totally destroying all they
could lay their hands on.
PETER L. ATKINS took Maud Kelley
out driving on the night of the 9th.
They crossed Waikiki river near Mid
dleton, n. Y, and in the darkness At
kins drove off the road into flooded
meadow. A man went to their assist
ance with lantern, but could not sue
cor them and the two succumbed to
the intense cold and sank beneath the
flood after an hours suffering.
AT a church in Clifton Prairie, Tex,
the Williams boys met the Walker
boys on the 9th and there was a fight
between them, pistols being freely
outright and several on both sides
were seriously wounded. 1t was the
climax to feud of long standing.
CARL DAHLKE and Herman Dahlke,
brothers, fought frightful duel with
knives at Chicago. There had been
family gathering for the christening
of a babe, when the brothers quar-
relied and Carl buried his knife in Her
mans head, entering at the left eye,
and the unfortunate man fell to the
ground in agony. Carl then made his
escape.
FIRE started from an unknown cause
and burned an unoccupied cottage at
Brooklyn to the ground on the 9th.
Later in the day while a crowd was
viewing the ruins the chimney fell
without warning and instantly killed
two children and seriously injured a
man.
THE schooner Florida, coal laden,
was discovered half a mile off Sails
bury beach, near Amesbury, Mass, In
a sinking condition on the 9th. The
life-saving crew attempted to reach
the vessel with line but failed, and
seven men were drowned.
THE derailing of truck on a Cleve-
land, Canton & Southern mixed train
near Dell Roy. O., on the 9th threw a
passenger coach down an embankment
and the car caught fire. Eight persons
were severely injured and miner was
badly burned.
JAMES HENDRY, IA years old, stabbed
and killed his older sister, Sallie, at
Greenville, Tenn, on the 9th. The
boy became angry because she would
not prepare his supper quick enough
and plunged knife into her abdomen.
FREDERICK ZUERsT, living near Cush-
lug, Ok, who has been beating his wife
and children brutally of late, was
dragged from his bed by dozen
masked men, tied to a tree and given
100 lashes on his bare back. He was
then informed that if he kept up his
brutality he would be hanged next
time.
The West Virginia state normal
building at West Liberty has been de-
stroyed by fire.
A DENVER, Col, passenger train was
blown from the track near Georgetown
on the 9th and several of the passen-
gers were more or less hurt.
THE packing house of the Tri-City
Packing Co. at Davenport, Ia, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, Sic, 900; iusur-
ance, $4,000.
FIRE started in the Altmeyer build
ing at McKeesport, Pa, caused by de-
fective electric light wiring, and prop
erty to the amount of 100000 was de-
stroved. The flames were discovered
by the printers on the McKeesport
Herald as the fire began to eat its way
through the sixth floor All escaped
safely but the foreman, who was
burned to death.
THE sultan of Turkey has replied to
the autograph letter of Queen Victoria,
which, it is understood, was personal
appeal to the better nature of the sui
tan against the condition of Asia
Minor. The sultan sympathizes with
the humane sentiments expressed and
declares that the reports of the massa-
cres were spread by evil disposed per-
sons. He also asserted that it was the
Turks who were first attacked while
praying in the mosque.
A MOVEMENT was reported among
leading republican politicians of Indi-
ana to send ex-President Harrison to
the national convention at St Louis as
one of the delegates at large.
GEORGE BAXTER, a logger at Port
land, Ore, slashed his wife's throat
from ear to ear and then attempted to
commit suicide. The woman died in a
few minutes. Both had been drinking
heavily during the day.
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended February for the follow
ing cities were: New York, $500, SOC, POS;
Chicago. SS4, sos, 45l; St Louis, S23. $685.
600; Kansas City, SO, GOA, 765; ST. Joseph,
81, 962, 600; Topeka, s452,4 AS; Wichita,
S3sS, 679; Omaha, S4,4l7, 494.
AN unknown man was decapitated
by the wheels of Hannibal & St
Joseph train on the river bridge at
Quincy, Ill, on the 7th. So far identi-
tication has been impossible on account
of the fact that the head fell into the
Mississippi.
SrANHoPE RoYsTER, who shot and