The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-07-23

had broken out, all hope was given up
of saving the structure and efforts were
made to save the hotel adjoining.
which, by the help of United States
soldiers in camp there, was successful.
The great gold discoveries in Alaska
may seriously complicate the Alaskan
boundary dispute between this country
and Great Britain. As the line has
been tentatively established, Klon-
dyke, where the big find has been
made, is within the Dominion of Cana
da, but it may be that definite estab-
lishment of the boundary will bring it
partly, at least, within American ter
ritory.
COMMANDER BooTH-TUCKER, of the
Salvation army, has selected southern
| Colorado for the location of his first
colony and will secure so, 900 acres of
land on which to locate poor people
from the over-crowded sections of the
east and enable them to earn a living.
jim DAVIS, a cowboy, was struck by
lightning near Leliaetta, l. T., and he
and his horse were instantly killed.
A DISPATCH from Antlers, l. T., said
| that the Observation-Disclosures union
party proposed to treat with the Dawes
commission. provided the United States
government would buy all of their
/ land outright. They would then form
a colony, go to Mexico, buy land and
have their own laws.
THERE was big bicycle parade at
Chicago on the 18th under the auspices
I Of ho nj Err11 ~
5000 wheelmen were in line and Mayor
Harrison led the parade, being next to
an advance guard of 300 policemen
mounted on wheels.
ALL unions affiliated with the Chica-
go Federation of Labor will contribute
( to the striking coal miners relief fund
Rev. FATHER BUTLER, of Chicago,
who was about to be consecrated bishop
of the Concordia, Kan, Roman Catholic
! diocese, died in Rome on the 18th.
AUGUST WEHRHEIM, a Chicago real
estate man, was robbed by card sharps
of 81, 600 in brace faro game.
| MASKED robbers held up and robbed
/ the post office at the Sac and Fox agen-
cy in the Indian territory on the 18th
and got $3.50 in stamps and big batch
of registered letters and money orders.
| TROUBLE was expected in the Pitts
burgh coal mining district as 1,O00 half
starved strikers had determined to
march on the Cannonsburg mines in
order to get the miners there to quit
work.
FIVE young men ventured out on the
Piscataquog river near Manchester, n.
H., in an old scow, without oars, de-
| pending for the guidance of the boat
upon a board. The men were unable to
control the old hulk, and in short time
/ it was over the dam and three of the
occupants were drowned.
A STRONG disposition on the part of
many subordinate leaders in the insur-
gent army to end the war by the ac-
/ ceptance of autonomy was reported at
! Washington from Cuba. Gen. Gomez,
personally. clings to the hope of indie
pendence, but he is almost alone.
1t was stated positively that Repre-
sentative McMillin will be appointed
to succeed Mr.. Harris in the United
States senate. This, it was said, had
been definitely determined upon among
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a general acceptance of the situation.
! THE convention of the National
League of Republican clubs at Detroit,
Mich, on the 14th chose Omaha, Neb.,
/ for the next place of meeting.
! A RATE war has been declared be-
tween union and non-union insurance
companies at Chicago which, it is be-
lieved, will result in a general reduc-
ton in the cost of policies on buildings
and contents
STORIES of the fabulous riches of the
Clondyke diggings on the Upper Yukon
in Alaska were more than proved true
when 40 miners arrived at San Fran
cisco with $40 pounds of gold dust.
Most of the miners were at the Dig
gings only this single season, and
nearly all of them were tenderfeet
THE sultan of Turkey has issued an
trade instructing his ministers to con-
clude negotiations with the powers
and to sign the preliminaries for peace.
THE Empire state express on the
New York Central broke the worlds
record on the 18th by making the dis
lance between Syracuse and Buffalo,
14S.S miles, in 49, minutes.
Word was received at Griffin, Ga,
on the 14th that Oscar Williams, the
negro assailant of the six-year-old
daughter of State Senator Campbell,
had been lynched in a swamp 20 miles
west of that place by mob of 1000
men, who had been chasing him since
the 10th.
A LONDON dispatch on the 18th stated
that the United States commissioners
had been successful and that an inter-
national conference will be summoned,
probably to meet in the United States,
and Great Britain would participate.
All the delegates will be uninstructed
in regard to the ratio, although France
favors 1515 to 1.
MARYsvILLE. Ala, was greatly ex-
cited on the 14th and trouble between
negroes and whites was anticipated.
Sam Mckinney, a white man, shot a
negro farm hand named Jack Nance.
They had a disagreement and the ne
gro moved toward the white man with
an AK elevated and ready to strike.
Mckinney drew his pistol and shot the
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