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


their goods will be thrown into the
street. An attempt will be made to
ope rate the mines by non-union men.
Excitement was running high.
THE Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction
Co.'S plant at Ottawa, Ill. the largest
of its kind in the world, was partially
destroyed by an incendiary fire. entail
ing loss of 500, 900.
a CALL has been issued by Rev. H.
Fl. Becker, of Dayton, o.; W. Z. Covert
of st. Louis. and other prominent
anti-spiritualists for a national meet
ing of anti-spiritualist associations in
Anderson, Ind, on September 1 to or
ganize national association.
AT Carlisle, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs Grant
Hammond and DR.. and Mrs. Abner
Morris were drowned in the Wabash
river. 1t was believed one of the
women was seized with cramps and
the others were drowned in trying to
rescue her.
TWELVE mill opera tives while cross
ing bridge at Thiemandorf, Germany,
were swept off by a sudden rise of the
river and all were drowned.
NEAR Alva, Ok, with an original
preparation, Sheriff McGrath so sue
cessfully treated cattle infected with
Texas fever that the ticks were all
killed and the quarantine raised.
THE American bishops at the confer
ence in London on the 31st rejected
the proposition of the British bishops
to make the primate of all England the
head of the Anglican church and all
its offshoots throughout the world.
HUGH GERAH, of Union Hill, N. j.,
left that place on the S1st for the In
dian territory. after taking an oath to
kill Day, the man who murdered his
brother, James Gerah, at Chickasah a
few days ago.
The general strike of the Pants
Makers union went into effect on the
LIST in the $50 shops in the Greater New
York district There were nearly 3, 1000
operators out and 5000 finishers were
made idle in consequence
A MOB of toughs attacked Policeman
Devine in Harlem, n. Y, on the 81st
and attempted to take prisoner away
from him when he fired and instantly
killed one of his assailants.
CARDINAL JACoBINI, of Rome, is said
to have written to all Catholic bishops
in the world, proposing extraordinary
religious services to mark the close of
the 10th century.
For 20 days Lena Collinsworth, hv-
ing in Claiborne county, Tenn, has
tasted. She is starving herself to death
under VOW. She qusrreled with her
husband, they separated and she made
a VOW that she would fast until he
came back to her. Nothing has passed
her lips but water.
HARRY LISTER, son of the purchasing
agent for the Monon, was murdered
near Washington, Ind, the other night
by being pushed from a train, it was
alleged, by John Williams, of Trenton,
Mo. Williams was jailed. An engineer
named George WEIGH claimed to have
seen the murder.
LEE DAVIDSON was arrested at Ozark,
Ark, for throwing his wife's baby into
a hog pen where it was devoured by
the swine.
BEN VAUGHAN, a young engineer,
was jailed for promiscuously shooting
at Sunday school picnic near Perry,
Ok. He fired about 20 shots and an
old soldier, who was conducting the
picnic, and several little children were
wounded, though not fatally.
MAXIMo MARTINEZ was hanged in
the Wilson county Jail at Floresville,
Tex, for numbering Jesus GARLIC and
wife and Juanita Acosta.
MYRIADs of young grasshoppers have
made their appearance in the Bonito
district of Lincoln county, n. NJ, and
are doing much damage to growing
vegetation. This locality is the chief
breeding district for the hoppers that
eventually find their way to Kansas
and Nebraska the following season,
and old-timers are predicting that next
year will witness a hopper visitation
in the region west of the Missouri
IN stock brokerage Office at Waco,
Tex, B. F. Kivett and W. W. Kivett,
brothers, were shot and killed by Will
liam Lamden. Bad feeling had existed
between them, but the killing was said
to be justifable.
A CORRESPONDENT in Rio de Janeiro |
telegraphed that authentic informa-
ton had reached that city to the effect |
that more than 5000 soldiers had been |
killed in a big battle near the city of |
Canudos. The fanatics numbering
more than 10000 men, all well armed, |
attacked the government troops
Whole brigades of the soldiers were |
swept down and destroyed.
JAMES HENRY, bachelor, aged 1O4. |
and Miss Emily Boynton, aged 81, both
were married at Knoxville, |
Tenn.
MARSHAL STOWE and his'deputies re-
Gently made a raid on all the hop ale /
Or beer saloons in Ardmore, l. T, and |
the proprietors of the estab-
-ishments on charges of introducing
and selling intoxicantS.
A BRIDGE was carried away at As
-ritz Austria, and eight children were
drowned.
EIGHT negro preachers were jailed
At Montgomery. Ala. charged with
in the murder of 7. H. Pat
-ersOn. the negro deacon who was shot
20 death in the negro RaDtiSt church