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

Kan. was rrn over by street car and
killed at Marion, Ini.
THREE men were killed AMI another
man was fatally injured by the prema-
ture discharge of dynamite near Whit
ney, Ont, on the Sd. They were en-
ploved on the Ottawa & Parry Sound
railway.
A FREIGHT train on the Oxford &
GAINESVILLE railroad went through a
bridge near Durham, n. c.. AMI then
took fire. The engineer and fireman
were fatally injured.
A BOLT of lightning killed 70 head OF
horses belonging to j. A. Bradley, at
Edinburg, Ind
EMIL GRUBEB shot his wife and then
committed suicide at Galveston, Tex.
AT Clay, KY, Tom Brown tried to
butcher his mother-in-law, his wife and
his baby by cutting them with an AK
They will probably die from their in
juries. Brown went to a neigh boris
afterward and asked TO be shot, out
was arrested.
The speculative deal ia Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit stock has
come to an end at Chicago by the fail
ure of the Moore brothers. The Chr
esgo stock exchange decided to adj
journ for an indefinite period so as to
prevent panic, il posi- tile.
A WRECK occurred on the Big Four
road at Indianapolis. Ind on the Sd
and a number of race horses belonging
to J. E. Bush, of Louisville. KY, were
so much injured that It was Thought
none would ever race aga'n.
TIE Seventh Day Adventists' camp
meeting and conference At Island park,
Guthrie, Ok, has grown 70 mammoth
proportions, over L0OO peOple being en-
camped on the ground on the Sd.
Two passenger trains colfided on the
Santa Fe near Dean Lake, Mo-, on the
Cd and one of the engineers was killed
and eight other persons injured.
HRNRY HENDRIoHsEE. Anna Amsrud
aud Lizzie Olsen eHe drowned while
out boating on the Mississippi near la
crosse. Wis The boat was pulled un-
der some barge by the curFen:.
SrEPAKS PKRLEIaICE. ian italian at
Chicago. was troub ed with rats and TO
get rid of them ne caught two, poured
coal oil over them. set them on fire and
then let them 60 His house and the
adjoining one both rot burned down in
consequence and Perle,rice is in trOu-
BILE with the police. the insurance COM
panies and the humane society.
Two ChOe;aw Indians became in
volved in a quarrel at Knebs. ]. T.. and
they sta bbed each other TO death, lit
orally cutting each Other to shreds.
The killing occurred in beer joint
A TERRIBLE fire was reported raging
in Libau, Russia. on the 3ist Several
streets were in flames and the fremen
were unable to cope with the situation.
Libau is seaport town of Russia on
the Baltic. It's population is between
5000 and 10000.
WILLIAM +. HARRIFY, until recently
the chairman Of the democratic ma
tional committee. made the announce
ment at Philadelphia on the 3lst that
he had ret red from politics
THERE were four suicides in Chicago
on the 31st.
ARDMoRE, Ok. received its first bale
of cotton on the 10th and il sold for
seven cents. A premium of $50 was
paid the owner for his enterprise.
The political campaign of 1898 was
opened at Madison, VS.. on the 3ist
in the presence of 5000 people, Senator
John NJ. Thurston. of Nebraska, and
Clarence s. barrow, of Chicago, pre-
senting the respective sides of the cur
fency question.
Two men were fatally injured and
three others severely burned by the
explo, ion of tank at the Standard
Oil Co.'S works at Cravens Point, Jer-
sey City, n. J.
A RUMoR that Queen Victoria in end
ed to abdicate in favor of the prince of
Wales is current In London.
AN explosion of gun cotton in the
chemical works at Mas & Waldstein
at Newark n. j., did considerable Gam
age to buildings. Fortunately, the ex-
plosion did not occur during working
hours, so there was no loss of life.
THE board of regents of the agricul-
tnral college. the governor of Okla
homa and the territory veterinarian
have declared that Texas fever exists
in Oklahoma and have ordered certain
sections of the territory quarantined.
A cLOUDBURsT occurred near Steu-
benville, O., on the 3Oth and 200 people
were rem tered homeless, the water
rushing down the valley and carrying
everything before it. The DANA e
will aggregate 100000.
THOMAS WATSON is out in a strong
editorial in his paper at Atlanta. Ga,
stating his grounds for accepting the
populist nomination for vice president.
1t is regarded as an ultimatum that he
will not withdraw.
THE official stenographer of the
national convention at
declares that Senator Hills
to the currency plank was
adopted, although the senator believed
the contract clause was defeated.
PLANS have been perfected for an ice
trust in Chicago. 1t will ultimately
take in the dealers of all the large
cities of the country.
MRS. HENRY WEBSTER, the wife of a
prominent county official was fatally
shot by John Webster, her Oldest son,
l.