The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-08-13
GENERAL NEWS.

THE annual convention of the Ma
tional Christian alliance opened at
Cleveland, O., on the sth. 1t was ex-
pected that 5000 visitors would be
present during the two weeks that the
meeting continues.
FISHERMEN found the body of four
year-old boy floating on the surface of
a pond near Quitman, Ga, and it was
identified as that of the son of Mrs.
Idella Powell Banks, a widow, and
she was arrested. She afterwards con-
fessed that she murdered her child be-
cause he was too ugly to live.
THE mill of the st. Cloud (Minn. }
Lumber Co. was destroyed by fire the
other evening. A dozen other build
ings caught fire, but were saved.
A FREIGHT train went through a
bridge spanning the Wabash river near
Geneva, Ind, and the engineer and
fireman were badly injured. Owing to
the wreck a passenger train was sent
round over another line and it jumped
the track and the engineer was killed
and several other trainmen were seri-
ously hurt.
GEORGE WILLIAMS was killed by
lightning near Jackson, Miss. The
bolt entered the head, breaking his
neck and backbone.
The long drought in the district
around Meridian, Miss, was broken by
a most disastrous rainfall, which swept
away bridges and fences and did great
damage to crops in the lowlands.
ACCORDING to the National Apple
Shippers association at Buffalo, n. Y.
the probable yield of apples for 1897
based on an average of 100 as a full
crop-in Missouri will be so; in Kan
sas, IS.
AT Houston, Tex, Esseck White was
taken from Jail by mob and hanged
and his companion. Armas Phillips,
narrowly escaped the fury of the
lynchers. The two had attempted a
criminal assault upon two young
women.
THE New York World recently pub
lished an interview in which Secretary
Sherman was represented to have said
that Spain would lose Cuba, that there
would be no Hawaiian protectorate
unless extraordinary occasion should
arise, and that there was no longer a
shadow on Anglo-American amity.
THE August crop report of the Orange
Judd Farmer, of Chicago, based upon
returns from all the principal agricul
tural counties of the country, makes
the condition of the corn crop on Au-
gust S6.4, against SS.4 on July l.
Mr. SOLOMON ZIMMERMAN and his
old hnTh
killed while driving across the West
Shore railroad tracks at St townsville,
N
AT the free-for-au pacing race at
the Columbus, o., driving park on the
5th there were four starters-Joe
Patchen. Star Pointer, Lottie Lorrain
and Badge. Joe Patchen not only won
the race on its merits, but paced the
fastest mile ever made in the Grand
circuit, equaling the worlds record of
2:O11S. made by John R. Gentry at Glens
Falls.
Four persons were burned to death
at Cincinnati the other morning in
frame dwelling by fire which started
from the explosion of a gasoline stove,
JACK OVERHEARD, of New Orleans,
was given the decision over Spider
Kelly at San Francisco on the 18th
after 20 rounds of fighting. Everhard
sustained his reputation as rusher.
He was the stronger OF the two, and in
close work may fairly be classed as
superior to Kelly.
JOHN KENNEDY. an old man who had
lived the life of hermit every since
the death of his wife and two children,
was found by his neighbors in New
York half naked, bound to a chair,
With his feet roasted so that he will be
a cripple for the rest of his days He
said robbers did it and got all his
wealth.