The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-26

A BOYCOTT against beer made by the
Chicago Brewers association has been
declared by the Chicago Federation OF
Labor, to take effect April l.
THE building in Huron, s. D., occu-
pied by the United States weather bu-
reau and the government land office
fee saved most of its records, but the
weather bureau lost all its instru-
ments and most of the records for the
last II years.
To avoid lynching, Deputy Sheriff
Armstrong took to Birmingham. Ala,
Henry Johnson, colored. who the night
before had caused riot at Brookside,
in which one negro was killed out
right, policeman fatally hurt, the
city marshal seriously wounded, and
several negroes badly hurt.
A PAPER at Copenhagen. Denmark,
on the 22d asserted that an agreement
had been made between Russia and
Turkey by which the former guaran-
teed the integrity of the Ottoman en-
pire in consideration of the cession
by Turkey to Russia of an island in the
Mediterranean and the peninsula OF
Mount Athos on the Egean sea.
THE Gleason building. one of the
best business blocks in Lawrence,
Mass, was destroyed by fire on the 22d
and eight persons were badly injured.
Loss. 500, 600.
MAJ. CHARLES w. F. DICK. of Akron,
o., was formally offered the place of
secretary of the republican national
committee at a salary of S.. 600 per year
by Senator Hanna and Mai. Dick ac-
cepted.
AT Philadelphia on the Goth Edward
Gibbons died from the effects of a blow
over the heart by Samuel ). Perry dur
ing friendly boxing match and Chris
tan Kielnecl6er also died as the result
of a boxing match with Frank Connol-
ly. Arrests will be made.
JAMESON MCCLURE, Chickasaw In
dian. threw himself in front of train
at Perry. Ok. and was killed. Three
years ago he killed Joe Paul on account
of the latter's wife, and the deed drove
Mcclure to insanity.
FIRE at Peoria, H.. destroyed the
phv and Farrell blocks Loss. 81. 900.
IN the case of Joseph r. Dunlop, the
Chicago newspaper publisher, the
United States supreme court has issued
its mandate and Mr.. Dunlop will have
to serve two years in prison and pay a
fine of s. 600 for violation of the postal
laws.
JESSE GARRETT. the wealthiest young
man at Dycusburg, Ky, shot himself
in the abdomen with a small revolver
because his sweetheart refused to kiss
him good night. He was reported dy-
ing and the girl was Frustrated.
THE large Touring mill of Bamble &
McKinnett at Lafontaine, Ind, was
burned recently and carload of flour,
5000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bushels of
corn and 200 bushels of chop were de-
stroyed.
THROUGHOUT Arkansas, Tennessee
and Mississippi many lives were re-
ported lost on the 10Th through the
floods and the railroads were heavy
sufferers. 1t was reported also that
the levee at Hill House, Miss, had
broken, flooding the farms in that To-
cality.
A MOB of $50 men. which it was re-
ported had been formed for the purpose
of lynching James NJ. Gordy, who was
jailed at Georgetown, Del, on the
charge of numbering a woman, alleged
to be his wife. did not put in an APP
pearance on the night of the 18th.
The sheriff had taken the precaution
to have the Jail strongly guarded.
A WRECK occurred at Laketon juno
ton. Ind, the fast westbound express
on the Erie railway crashing into a
Wabash locomotive and piling up the
engines and express ears in chaotic
mass. Both engines were shattered
and part of the express went into the
ditch. Only one man was injured.
PATRICK PAINE, proprietor of the
Iron Mountain hotel at Monroe, La,
on the 10Th shot and fatally wounded
his wife and made an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill his little child and James
McCabe, bill collector, and was him
self shot and seriously wounded by
McCabe. Paine was jealous of his wife.
VAIL DA1. III lAlC OboOCo
army, who recently returned from
Japan, reported the death of the crown
prince of Japan, who was heir appar-
ent to the throne. The death of the
crown prince was being kept secret in
Japan.
TELEGRAMs from all points in the
northwest on the 18th indicated that
all the rivers had turned to raging tor
rents. At South Dakota along the
Missouri and other rivers the settlers
were fleeing. An Omaha, Neb.. dis
patch said that the Platte river was
rushing into the Missouri. carrying
with it the debris of wrecked bridges
and farm yards in its valley. From
Iowa came stories of ice gorges on the
Des Moines river at Fort Dodge and
Madrid, flooding miles of the bottoms
and doing great damage.
AT his home in Boston. William 7.
Adams (.Oliver Optic'O was lying in a
critical condition on the 18th from a
complication of troubles which. COM
bined with a naturally weak heart, had
brought about a state from which no
hope of recovery was given by his ply
stefan.
IGNACIO FRANCISCO DE la CRUZ GAR
bO coiI 70 no the eldest man