The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-19

and treasurer OF the democratic ma
tional committee, died at New York on
the 14th of a complication of kidney
and stomach trouble.
ABB BROOKS was captured near Tay-
lor. Tex. recently. He murdered his
stepfather over 13 years ago and ros
shortly afterward captured a man sup
posed to be Brooks and burned him tc
death. Brooks admitted that it was an
innocent man that suffered and that he
is the original Brooks.
ALLEN ROLES was thrown through
the roof and William Eldridge through
the door by an explosion of powder at
Woodland. Pa. One of the men stirred
a fire and threw the poker on the floor
and it set off two kegs of powder.
Both men were terribly if not fatally
injured.
PETER MAHER fought six rounds with
C. c. Smith. the "black thunderbolt,a
at the Empire Athletic club at New
York on the 18th and had a narrow es-
cape from defeat. The referee gave
the decision to Maher. but it was the
general opinion that the big Irishman
would have been out in d couple more
rounds.
a DISPATCH. from Louisville. Ky. on
the 18th stated that it was expected
that there would be division OF the
bicycle racing interests of America
into two separate bodies within the
next month on account of the adverse
decision of the national assembly OF
the League of American Wheelmen on
the Sunday racing divisional opinion
of the question.
RAIDERS shivered the tollgate &c
pieces by dynamite near Frankfort, Ky.
and aroused the citizens from their
! SAUNDERS early on the 18th by the ire
mendous explosion.
FRANK WALLER. 1.-THE Flying Dutch
man. as he calls himself. won the re-
cent six-day bicycle race at Pittsburgh,
Pa. beating Louis Gimm. the Cleve-
land rider. by two miles. The score
was: Waller, 1.216: Gimm. 1.214:
Schoch. l.199; Hall. 1.1S1: Forster, l.
| III, and Ruckett, LOB miles.
Gov. DRAKE. of Iowa. wants to send
! the state troops to the celebration of
the battle of Wilson creek. Mo-. to en-
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| ing the regular summer encampments.
! TIE waste oil from the Alexandria
oil wells. which flows into a creek pass
! ing through Elwood. Ind, was set on
| fire by boys on the 18th and the flames
swept through the town and burned
! two bridges and an elevator, causing a
! heavy loss.
Two Italians fought duel in Lake
Front park. Chicago. on the night of
the 14th and the challenger, Botiste
| Melleri. was shot to death by Joseph
| Bernasconi. The duel was deliberate
| ly planned, the men quarreling over
the subject of anarchy.
THE police raided the gambling dens
| of Chinatown. in San Francisco. and
arrested 500 Cinnamon.
NOTICE of ten per cent. reduction.
| to take effect March l. has been posted
at the works of the Pennsylvania Steel
Co. at Harrisburg, Pa. 1t will affect
5000 hands.
CHARLES BRADLEY. prisoner being
| taken to Jail at Paris, l. T., jumped
from the train while handcuffed and
made his escape.
SIX men were crushed to death in the
| Freeman mine near Gouverneur. y. Y,
by a cave-in. Each left large families.
R. Z. FITZPATRICK, a brakeman, was
killed by the cars at Shawnee, /. L.
He was coupling and caught his foot
in frog.
GEORGE VoLK and his brother, An
drew, of Wanatah. Ga. were instantly
killed by being struck by Pennsylva-
MIA accommodation train. Two ladies,
who were in the vehicle with them,
escaped with slight injuries, but the
team was killed.
THE League of American Wheelmen
in annual convention at Albany. \. Y,
on the 18th declined to admit profess
SIGNALS. no matter of what standing, to
either full or associate membership in
the league and also declined by a
heavy vote to allow local option for
Sunday racing.
THE cashier of the First national
bank at Salisbury. Pa. was held up at
noon in the bank on the 18th by ne
gro and made to hand over $500. The
cashier gave an alarm when the negro
left and the robber was captured and
the money recovered.
ARTHUR 7. German, of Baltimore,
Md. who is said to be a nephew OF
United States Senator German, was
married at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th
to Miss Annie Waitman, of the Wood
Sisters Burlesque Vaudeville Co. The
marriage was performed on the stage
and the bride appeared in tights.
THE Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual
Life Insurance Co. at Milwaukee,
which was organized in 1859, made an
assignment for the benefit of its cred
itors. During the past year over 5000
members dropped out, which crippled
the company so that it could not pay
its losses.
OWING to differences between the
McBeth Glass Co. and its employees 400
men struck on the 18th. The men
claimed that the glass had been so bad
for several weeks that they were great
ly hampered. The company insisted
that the material on hand was good.
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah. was visited by a