The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-06-04

court. delivered the address OF the Gay.
DECORATION day was observed in
Kansas City, Mo-, and surrounding
cities in an appropriate manner, the
graves of the dead veterans in the diff
ferent cemeteries being decorated with
flowers and the day given up to parades
by the G. A. r. posts.
An earthquake was felt at Zanes-
Vile, O.. about one o'clock in the after
noon of the 31st. Employees in the
Courier building rushed downstairs,
the vibrations being so decided. Shocks
were also felt in towns in the Virginias,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia,
and other places.
A FIRE broke out in Kings warehouse
at Charlottesville. Va, on the S1st and
dozen people rushed in to save what
property they could, when key of
powder, exploded, demolishing the
building and catching several persons
under the falling timbers. One man
was killed and several others badly in
iured.
THE Cheyenne Indians at the Lame
Deer agency IN Montana were said to
be making threatening demonstrations
against the white settlers and the
ranchmen were anxious to avenge the
murder of sheep herder by the In
dams. Trouble was expected.
An trade has been communicated to
the representatives of the powers by
which the sultan agrees to an arnis-
tice of fortnight beginning May 30.
DURING a service in the cathedral at
Pisa. Italy. upon the unwilling of an
image to the Virgin candle fell. set
ting fire to the building and causing a
panic. During the rush for the doors
nine persons were killed and 21 others
seriously injured. The fire was soon
extinguished, without causing much
damage.
The athletes of the Pennsylvania
university are the intercollegiate cham
pions for this year as they won the
Intercollegiate associations champion
ship cup at New York on the 29th.
The score by points was as follows:
Pennsylvania. "a: Yale. 24l5; Harvard,
1881; Princeton. 1873; Georgetown, Z;
Boston, 5: Syracuse, l; Cornell, 1; Trim
ity, p; Wesleyan, IS.
In an interview at New York on the
29th Senator Platt said he believed the
tariff bill would pass before July l, as
every test vote taken had indicated
the final passage of the measure.
WHILE a Grand Army post was de-
corating the graves in the cemetery
adjoining ST. Peters Episcopal church
at Philadelphia a wall upon which a
number of children were climbing to
get view of the ceremonies fell down
and ten of the little ones were severely
injured.
WILL LEWIS and Wit Bosworth met
at Salem church at Sweet Hole, Tex,
to observe Decoration day when they
walked short distance away from the
crowd and began emptying their re-
volvers at one another. BY the time
their friends got TO them both men
were dead. Bad blood had existed be-
tween them.
GEORGE A. DUEY, who has been con-
nected with the Associated press at
Cincinnati and other places for many
years, was killed the other night by
Policeman Booth at Cincinnati. An
alarm of burglars was given, calling
Booth to the place. Duev was en- route
home at the time and refused to halt,
when the officer shot him dead. mis-
taking him for one of the burglars,
who made their escape.
AT Annapolis, Md. on the 29th the
naval cadets defeated the Pennsylva.
mans in two-mile boat race, crossing
the line seven lengths ahead of the
Quakers, in Is minutes and a. seconds,
the Quakers coming in % seconds later.
THE tollgate warfare has spread into
Robertson county, Ky. A band of raid
ers the other night swept over the coun-
ty and cut down every tollgate except
those on Falmouth and Walford roads.
The raiders sent note to the county
judge stating they would have their
rights or die.
AN earthquake shock occurred at
Whitehall and other places in New
York about 1918 on the night of the
aTth. Dispatches from jefferson and
st. Lawrence counties stated that the
inhabitants were greatly frightened
and rushed out of their houses in their
night clothes. Windows were shaken,
sashes broken and lamps overturned.
THE 6sth session of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church of North America
convened in Beaver Falls, Pa, on the
s6th, to continue in session for eight
or ten days. Over 200 delegates were
in attendance, including many minis
ters from Canada.
FRED BEEsoN, on the Sanch of Harry
Morse, at Sunol, Cal, was on an emer-
gency made cook. In looking around
for soda to bake biscuits he picked up q
baking can and used some of the white
powder it contained. The dinner was
served. Beeson soon afterward died,
another man was reported dying and
several others were dangerously i'll.
The white powder was arsenic.
ADvTCEs from Cuba were received by
the junta at Philadelphia on the 26th
to the effect that Gen. Gomez will tenn
porarily resign as commander of the
insurgent forces and come to this coun-
try 20 confer with President Mckinley
On the Cuban situation. During his
absence Gen. Garcia will command.
TEE Joseph Sommer Coal Co. has
notified the men employed in their
bituminous mines at Brazil. Ind. that