The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-06-18


church at Jacobsburg, o.. on the 18th
they were struck by lightning and the
three former were killed and the latter
was stunned.
FIRE destroyed the large livery stable
Of ]. r. Dendinger at Dallas, Tex, re-
Gently. Fourteen horses were Gre
mated and a large quantity of feed,
harness. implements and vehicles were
burned.
HOWARD A. SCOTT was electrocuted
at Sing Sing. y. Y, on the !4th for the
murder of his wife last October. The
current was turned on at I'LL a. m.
and he was declared dead at 11:12:3O.
An explosion wre cked the Herme
Fireworks Co.'S establishment at Gin
cinnati, killing one man and injuring
another man and woman.
THE Central Labor union. of Toledo,
O., has Endorsed the boycott by the
Trades assembly of Kansas City on the
Armour Packing Co. and has appointed
a committee to make the boycott effect
i've in Toledo.
AUGUSTINE CHACoN, sentenced to be
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murder. sawed his way out of the Jail
at SolOmonville, Ariz., and escaped.
Mrs. JOHN CAMERON, a prominent
society lady of Pueblo, Col, was
fatally burned by the explosion of a
can of benzine with which she was
cleaning furniture. Her son was also
badly burned in trying to save her.
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county, s. c., drove his wife away
from home in a jealous fit and she
went to live with her grandmother.
Neal afterward went to the place and
broke in the door, split his wife's skull
with an AK, killed the grandmother
with the same weapon and shot an
other woman who was present. He
then poured oil on the bodies, burned
the house down and escaped
GEORGE SHARON and Ben Billings be-
came involved in an alteration in
saloon at Alta. Cal. and had a fight.
Sharon struck Billings with his fist
and broke the latter's neck, killing
him instantly.
AT the session of the national credit
men at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 10th
James q. Cannon, OF New York. was
elected president and H. f. Chilean. of
New Orleans. vice president Resolu-
tions were adopted urging congress to
pass law empowering the president
to appoint monetary commission.
A NIGHT freight ran into a washout
at Fernald's culvert, near Exeter. N
H. The locomotive and seven cars
were demolished and three men killed.
CHARLES CHADWICK, a railroad en-
gineer, and Frank Sparks, young
man about town. charged with running
young girls. were taken to the out
skirts of the city by the citizens of
Missoula, Mont, the other night and
given a coat of tar and feathers and
warned not to return to the city.
Two freight trains collided near
Bradford. Tenn. and two trainmen
were fatally hurt and several others
badly injured.
MARY ALLEN. aged 65 years, was
found in heap of straw in her shanty
at st. Louis starved to death.
JAMES NJ GoRDY was hanged at
Georgetown. Del. on the 18th for the
murder of his wife He protested his
innocence on the scaffold and scored
the newspapers numerically. as being
responsible for the people thinking so
i'll Of him.
President MCKINLEY and party were
given hearty welcome at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 18th. In the afternoon
MIR. and Mrs. Mckinley gave a recep-
ton to women in the women's building
at the exposition and in the evening
saw grand display of fireworks.
Miss LEoNA GOODMAN. a popular So
ciety belle. was killed in a most shock
ing manner at Rover, Ark The other
night party of young men and women
were out serenading and went to
house where a young teacher named
Lipp was stopping. When awakened
by the serenaders Lipp deliberately
fired pistol shot into the party and
the bullet struck Miss Goodman in the
neck, causing instant death.
WHILE the canvas men were at work
on the big tent of Ringling Bros cir
Gus at Wahpeton. n. D., the center pole
was struck by lightning and two of
them were killed and four others
shocked.
FOUR railway washouts, S25, 600 fire
and a host of minor losses epitomized
the results of the severe storm which
prevailed in Denver and southeastern
Colorado on the night of the 10th. 1t
it was feared that ranchmen had lost
heavily in stock and buildings by the
flood caused by the cloudburst Many
families in Denver had to abandon
their homes.
A DISPATCH received at Simla, India,
on the 18th announced serious trouble
on the northern frontier and the mas
sacre of a number of British soldiers.
1t was thought that notorious fana-
teal priest, hostile TO British influence,
was at the bottom of the affair.
JAMES FRENCH was hanged at tbs
county Jail at Rockford, III, for the
cold-blooded murder of his wife last
July.
MANDY WILLIAMS, a young woman,
killed her sweetheart, Dan CASTOR, on
the hills of Mcdowell county, w. Va
The victim and his slayer had been
lovers, but fell out, and Miss Williams
sent for CASTOR. When he appeared |
she plunged knife into his abdomen. |
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