The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-08-06


1t was feared they all would die.
JOHN 0CoNSELL was found murdered
at his home near Redwood Falls, Mimi.
Seven gashes in his scalp were made
/ by some blunt instrument and his
clothing had been saturated by oil and
his house set on fire. According to the
statement of three of his children, Mrs.
0Connell was the perpetrator of the
deed, being driven crazy by the man
drinking and abusing his family while
under its influence.
On September the three silver con-
ventions of the populists, democrats
and republicans will be held at Lincoln,
Neb.. and w. J. Bryan will issue ma
tional address on the occasion to advo-
Gates of the silver cause throughout
the world.
Mrs. DARLINGTON BOOTH told of the
work the Volunteer Salvation army was
doing in the penitentisry at Joliet, Ill,
and at the end of her remarks 800 con-
victs were enrolled under the Volun-
| teers' banner.
! QUANAH PARKER, the noted chief of
the Comanches, was reported to have
been killed by an outlaw in Greer
county, Ok
CHARLES W. SPALDING, late president
of the Globe savings bank and treas
urer of the state university. was found
guilty at Chicago of embezzling S32, 900
belonging to the university. This was
his third trial, the jury in the former
cases holding that in hypothecating
the university bonds he was merely a
borrower, because he paid interest on
them to the university trustees.
WILLIAM w. You've and his brother,
George, and Fred Bridgeford were
drowned at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
LIST while bathing.
THE white people at Thornbeck.
Tex, objected to squad of negroes
being set to work in quarry at that
place and pitched battle occurred be-
tween the negroes and whites and two
negroes were mortally wounded and
several others less seriously shot
IT was reported that Great Britain is
about to open the East India minis to
further international bimetallism.
THE crops in a strip five miles wide
and so long in Rock county, MINI,
were entirely destroyed by hail the
other night
THERE were five unsuccessful at
tempts at suicide in Kansas City, Mo-,
on the goth. All were women.
JOHN JOHNSON, colored, was hanged
at Livingston, Ala, for the murder of
white man.
THE Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad
bridge at Dillonvale, O., was fired by
strikers and serious trouble was feared
A DELIBERATE attempt was made to
wreck the fast train on the c., c., c. 81
St L. railway on the morning of the
SOth by driving a coupling pin into the
switch so as to hold the switch open.
The engine and tender, mail, express
and baggage cars were thrown
from the track and wrecked and the
engineer, fireman and two tramps were
killed and several other persons in
jured.
A DAM at Middleton, Conn, contain
ing water from which three factories
got power, burst, letting down a ire
mendOus volume of water. Forty work.
men were compelled to flee for their
lives and much damage was done.
DURING the second heat of the pac-
ing event at the race course at Mar
shalltown, Ia, the other day Doctor
B., owned by G. W. Bowman, Galena,
Kan, fell dead The horse was valued
at s.. 900.
THERE were 259 business failures re-
ported in the United States by Brad
streets commercial agency for the
week ended the Goth, against 294 for
the corresponding week last year.
DOMINO, the famous race horse, died
at the farm of James r. Keene at Lex
ington, KY, the other morning. He
was taken i'll and six veterinaries could
not save him. Domino was foaled in
1891 and won about 500, 900 in stakes
and purses.
ONE man was burned to a crisp and Q
whole square of buildings destroyed
by fire which started in the sash and
door factory at Michigan City, Ind, on
the 2sth.
A TORNADO passed through the farm
of A. c. Mcdowell near San Jose, Ill,
on the evening of the 3Oth and seven
persons were reported killed and sew
eral more injured.
SIX men whoever laying water pipes
in Chicago were overcome by escaping
gas. and while they were being car
ried away a young man in the crowd
looking on threw his lighted cigarette
into the trench and ignited the gas.
The gas burned iercely for two hours,
the fremen being unable to put it out
with water.
JULES BUSNELL and Miss Ella Will
Hanson were recently married. Both
were discovered dying at a boarding
house in Houston, Tex, on the morn.
ing of the 29th from the effects of NOR
phine, taken with suicidal intent be-
cause they could not get work to earn
a living.
FORECLOSURES proceedings have been |
begun against the Central division of |
the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, which |
extends from Seneca, Mo, to Sapulpa, |
l. T., lI2 miles.
PIG NEWELL. colored, was legally |
hanged at Selma. Ala, on the 3Oth. /
He admitted his guilt on the scaffoId /
and prayed to the Lord TO send two /
L