The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-09-18

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situation. SHOT h m~elf with q revolver,
and the mate cut his own throat with
a razor. Twelve sailors clun2 to The
deck house, but were washed over
ooard and FIVE were drowned. the
others reaching shore in an exhausted
condition.
FIVE men made their escape from
the Pawnee. Ok, Jail One was a muir
derer. They made file from old snoo
springs.
lyman. Number One" was arrested
at 30 ulogne, France, on an English
warrant which was issued in 1882. The
warrant on which the arrest was made
charged that the prisoner was con.
cerned in the murders Of Lord Freder-
lex Csvendish, chief kecretarr. ami MIR.
Burke, under secretary, Ia Phoenix
park, DdbIiu. on May G, 1882.
MRS VYERBEBs and daughter, who
lived near Sherrin's Mound, Ia, start
ed on the 18th TO attend the dedication
Of the new Germsn Presbyterian
church and in trying 70 GROSS g bridge
they drove over the side and were pre-
c.piiated into the river. Both were
drowned.
HENRY WABPoRD and his four sons
were drowned in the straits of Belle
Isle, Canada, on the 18th
WILLIAM J. BRYAN received q letter
on the 14th from Senator Allen, chair
mau of the populist national conven-
ton, officially notifying him of his
nomination by that party for president
of the United States
PADDY SLAvIS, the Australian,
knocked out Jake Kilrain, the Balti-
MORGAN, in one round at Baltimore.
Md, on the I4th. The round lasted
but "a minutes
The national democrats notified the
nominees of their party for president
and vice president at Louisville. XIV,
on the 18th. Senator Caffery made the
speech formally notifying Gen. John
NJ. Palmer, to which the general suit
ably responded, and Col. John r Fell
lows notified Gen. = B. Buckner. Tele-
grams of regret at not being able to be
present were read from President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle.
1T was currently reported at Peusa-
cola, Fla, among the sound money
democrats that the republicans will
take down their electors and give a
united support to the Palmer aud
Buckner electors; also that sound
money candidates for congress will be
put in the field aud that they will also
receive solid republican support.
o. b. HACKENBERGEB, the Butter
milk Boy who defeated at Denver,
Col, on the 12th, A. F. Sem, of lion,
n. Y, in a 25-mile bicycle race. I'M
paced, in 1:O7:O6 3-5, now claims the
championship of the world for that
distance
TIE great sun council of the I'M
proved Order of Red Men At Minneapo.
lis, Mimi, elected the following off,
GERS: Andrew Patton, Da1vers. Mass,
great prophet; Robert T. Daniel, Grit
I'm, Ga, great incohonee; George E.
Green, Binghamton, y. Y. great
senior sycamore; E. d Wiley, Des
Moines, Ia, great junior sycamore.
Two sons of Mr.. Matthe VS., living 30
miles south of Ell Reno, Ok, were PLAY
ing together aud Barney. aged II,
leased and irritated his younger BROTH
er, aged II, until he became furious
with anger and ran into the house and
got his fathers shotgun and sent a
charge into Barney's breast and killed
him. The youthful murderer has not
been put under arrest
A TRAIN on the Mad River & Arcata
road, near Eureka, Cal, went through
the Mad river bridge on the 18th. Six
cars loaded with passengers dropped 30
feet in the dry bed of the river. Four
persons were killed and several fatally
injured.
FIRE destroyed the MCGUIRE Manu-.
featuring Co.'S plant at Chicago on the
10th, causing a loss of S5O,OOO Flames
from the burning building endangered
lot of cottages near by and drove the
tenants into the street
FAILURES for the week ended the 18th
Dun's report) were BIS in the United
States against 1s7 last year, and A. in
Canada against g. last year.
Roy WILKES, fast PAGER, owned bv
]. B. Gilbert, of Sterling, dropped dead
in the harness at the Rochelle QlL)
fair, after completing a fast heat in
the 2:55 pace. He was an imported
horse, and the owner had just refused
2E mo fo- him
THE Sons of Veterans, in convention
at Louisville. KY, elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: James
L. Rake, of Pennsylvania, commander
iu-chief; L P Buckley, Jr., of Louis
vile. junior vice commander; council
in-chief, l. P. Kennedy, ex-oficio pres
ident; F. W. Heiue. of Nebraska: Fred
Meyers, OF Colorado. Indianapolis was
selected as the next place of meeting.
ESDERs' tobacco factory, at Rich.
mond, Va, which during the war was
used to accommodate the overflow of
prisoners from Libby prison, one
square away. has been destroyed by
fire. About $4,000 worth of leaf to-
bacco was destroyed.
The deposition of the sultan of Tur-
key was said to have been seriously
debated by the powers aud important
developments were expected with the
action of the Sheik- Ul-Islam Mehmed
Diamel Eddiu Etfendi, whose fat was
necessary for the deposition.
JAMES QUEER. a nine-year-old boy Of
Bethlehem, Pa, was accidentally
struck on the side of the head, near the
temDle with a baseball fhroxxn e. q