The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-09-10

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has been quarantined-
STAHLHUT Il HOBEIN's general mer-
chandise store at Nebraska City, Neb.,
was destroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss,
$4,000.
LEWIS HANBACK,, well-known Kan
san and prominent G. A. R. man, died
in Kansas City, Kan, aged IS. He was
elected a ongressman-at-large in 1882
and reelected from the Sixth district
IN 1854. He also held other offices of
trust.
THREE unknown tramps persisted in
the Jail at Conway, n. D., which was
set on fire by unknown persons.
AT Niles. Mich, Foo Lee, Chinese
laundryman, easily won an exciting
bicycle race from several fast wheel
| men.
The attorney-general of Missouri has
begun quo warranto proceedings in
the supreme court against 20 fire in
surance companies of the state, alleg-
ing that they are parties to a pooling
trust.
LABOR day was universally cele-
brated throughout the United States
on the 9Th. At Kansas City the crowd
was the largest ever seen there on a
similar occasion. Gov. Leedy and 9TH
ers spoke. At st. Louis w. j. Bryan
spoke to crowd of $4,000 people.
In northern Arizona wild horses
have become so vicious that the attor-
ney-general has been asked if they
may not be legally slaughtered.
THE fast mail on the Wabash was
ditched near Moberly, Mo-, by collid-
ing with bull. The engine and three
cars were wrecked, the engineer and
fireman seriously scalded and an I'M
known tramp killed.
AT Nashville, Tenn, Fred Moore,
charged with assaulting a six-year-old
girl, was threatened with a mob. Three
deputy sheriffs lowered Moore from
Jail 100 feet by means of a rope and
crossing the river by boat got him
safely away.
NEAR Stevens Point, Wis, Mike and
August Maiewsk, while playing hide
and seek" along the Wisconsin rivers
bank got too near the waters edge and
both were drowned.
A NUMBER of business men of Bloom
ington, Ill, were victimized by 81
greenbacks raised to SO bills. The
work was done with pen and is al
most perfect.
MANY Presbyterian colleges will be
financially EN- barrassed through the de-
falcation of Charles NJ. Charnley, of
Chicago, treasurer of the Presbyterian
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leges affected are: Bellevue and Hast
ings. Neb., and Highland, Oswego and
Wichita, Kan.
GEORGE LYNCH, well-known young
man of Rockford, Ill, has brought
suit for $40, 900 damages against Harry
and K. II. Shumway, alleging that they
dOsed glass of cider which they gave
him as joke, since which time he has
lost so pounds of flesh.
WORD was received by Mrs John
Brechtel on the Sd at Tacoma. Wash,
from her husband at Sandon, B. c.,
that the people were fleeing for their
lives from the town on account of
cholera.
DIsARRANGEMENT of the block signal
system led to freight train running
head on into passenger train stand
ing at Floral park, on the Long Island
railroad, and four passengers were
badly injured.
a CALL for a convention of all labor
organizations has been issued to meet
at Chicago on September %. This was
made in pursuance of the action of the
recent labor conference at st. Louis.
Mrs. HELEN WARD LEWIS, who was
born in Delaware 1O7 years ago. died
at st. Joseph, Mich, of extreme old
age. She was a slave before the war
and was sold several times.
A TERRIFIC gas explosion in Broad
Ripple, a suburb of indianapolis, |
caused the death of half dozen per.
sons and started fire that almost de- |
stroyed the town.
AT Gianea de Soto, Santa Clara prov.
ince, Cuba. Spanish guerillas sacked |
and burned a Cuban camp and hospital, |
killing a guard of 10 men and murder |
ing all the sick insurgents. Two |
buildings were burned and all the |
bodies cfemated.
Dock KELLEY, a negro, was publicly |
hanged at Snow Hill, n. c., for assault
ing Mrs. Merritt, middle-aged white
woAan. The gallows was in the pub
lie square of the town, and ), 900 people
were spectators. His victim was seated |
within few feet of the gallows-
CLARENCE REITH, the 15-year-old SON
of Edward B. Reith, cashier of the
Adam Roth Grocery Co. at st. Louis,
fell from the third floor of the build
ing down the elevator shaft and was
instantly killed.
AT Superior, Wis, District Judge
Vinge has issued a warrant for Charles
H. Gill, ex-county treasurer, charged
with embezzling S37, 200.
An explosion of coal dust in the Sun.
shine mine near Glenwood. Col, caused
the death of at least 12 men, the;,
bodies being recovered in a horribly
condition.
The Gulf passenger train was held
up by masked robbers at Twin Noun.
tain, Col, on the night of the Sd and
the express car looted. Posses were
at Folsom and Trinidad tc
pursue the bandits.
FIRES were destroying large areas of