The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-06-26

SOME men going up the Mauasquan
river in a steam launch near Freehold,
| Y. j., made fun of two boys in fat
nottomed craft and threw potatoes at
them. when one of the boys opened
| fire with a seven-shooter and four men
were wounded, one seriously.
CHARLES FELENrE and Louise Cos
tello, sweethearts. were in Van Court
laudt park, New York, when q bolt of
lightning struck them, killing Felente
and severely shocking Miss Costello
FOREST fires were reported raging in
all parts of the isthmus of Tehuante-
pee and thousands of acres of coffee,
cotton and tobacco had been burned
over and many railroad bridges de-
stroyed.
stroyed Is, 600, 600 feet of lumber. Loss,
5000, 900; insurance, s1e6, O00
The national derby, purse $50. 900,
mile and half race, was run at St
Louis on the Goth. Prince Lief won,
Ben Brush being second and Ben Eier
third Time, 2:34.
| BESSIE PUCKErT, the nine-year-old
daughter of a farmer near Hartselle,
Ala, was kidnapped by Leon Orr, a
negro, and taken to the woods aud as
saulted and she will die The negro
was captured and placed in Jail, but a
mob broke into the building, strapped
the negro to q horse and took him to
the scene of his crime, where they
| hanged him and riddled his body with
bullets
AS the result of series of confer
ences between the seeding silver men
of the recent republican national con-
vention and prominent populists an
address has been issued from the head
quarters of the peoples party national
committee In St Louis, advising popu-
lists throughout the country to make
Henry NJ. Teller, of Colorado, their ma
tional standard bearer.
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY made public a
statement at New York on the 2ist in
which he defines the political situation
and said that he was not presidential
possibility, that he would not run if
nominated and would not serve if
elected" He also went largely into
the silver movement and said it was in
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for the democratic party if persisted in.
MANY delegations called on Gov. Nc
Kinley at his home at Canton, O., on
the 18th to congratulate him on his
nomination for the presidency. War
ner Miller, of New York, was one of
those who called and made a speech to
the assembled crowd, assuring them,
on behalf of the republicans of New
York, of their loyalty to the governor.
Gov. Mckinley made a suitable re-
Spouse. Canton was wildly enthusi-
astic, steam calliopes and shrieking
whistles, tin horns and bands accom-
panving the different delegations from
the depot to the governors house.
The seventh annual convention of
the Medal of Honor legion took place
at Boston recently. Gen. Nelson A
Miles was elected president and Gen.
| Theodore S. Peck senior vice president
The boiler in the steam yacht, Titus
Sheared, exploded at Taylor's cycle
path, near. Little Falls, n. Y. on the
Erie canal, on the 18th Twelve per-
sons were killed
THE silver men had conference at
| St Louis on the 18th and have issued
an appeal to the American people set
| ting forth their views of the situation
and their principles and recommend
ing that all parties and organizations
/ opposed to the gold standard unite in
/ supporting Senator Teller for presi-
dent of the United States.
| The trial of Alonzo NJ. Walling,
jointly indicted with Scott Jackson
for the murder of Pearl Bryan. Janu-
airy 81, ended on the 10Th at Newport,
Ky, with conviction and the death
penalty The testimony. his own in
cluded, showed that he was Jackson's
partner.
ACCORDING to arrangements the fire
| alarm gong at Canton, O., rang out a
times and a few seconds after $1,000
militia and citizens started from the
courthouse to ex-Gov. McRinley's
house and a prominent citizen deliv-
cred a conEratulatory address to the
ex-governor on his nomination for the
presidency TO which the ex-governor
made suita BILE response
CHARLES l. Glow. a white laborer
employed on a new sewer in Green
lawn cemetery, indianapolis, Ind,
was struck on the head by a fiving
maui, which slipped from the handle
in the hands of a fellow la borer, and
instantly killed.
A SUIT for 500, 600 damages has been
brought against the millionaire
brewer, f. A. Poth, of Philadelphia,
bv his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frederick
]. Poth. The young wife has just been
acquitted of a charge of iutdelity
brought by her husband. Mrs Poth
alleges that her husbands wealthy
father was responsible for the case
against her. M Poth desires an ab-
solute divorce from his wife.
THIRTY persons were made sick bv
eating pressed beef at Downing, Wis,
recently, and several were not expect
ED to recover. Some of the affected
persons were Frustrated in the street
soon after partaking of the meat
Four democratic district conventions
in West Virginia have selected dele
gates to the Chicago democratic con.
vention and all four districts declared
unequivocally for the free and unlim-
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