The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-21

PETITIONS are being circulated among
| the business men of New York, Phila-
delphia and other cities asking for the
interference of the United States to
bring the Cuban war to a conclusion.
/ 1t was said to be the intention to start
the movement in all the large cities of
the country and when the petitions
are all filed to present them to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
| ABOUT $4,000 tailors, men and wom-
en-, in New York and vicinity refused
| to work on the 18th on account of the
contractors falling to live up to the
agreement they had made year ago.
OWEN ZEIGLER outpointed Kid La
vigne at Philadelphia on the 18th in
surround go.
! MARTIN WICKs and wife, who live
near Gresham, Wis. left their home to
look after some stock that had strayed
away. During their absence forest fires
destroyed their house and three small
children who had been left alone per-
| ished.
LARGE delegations of Baptist women
/ from various sections of the country
arrived at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th
to attend the 10Th anniversary of the
! Baptist Women's Home Mission society.
A STEAM launch, in which were Is
persons seeking a view of the dedica-
ton ceremonies of the Washington
monument at Philadelphia on the 18th,
became unmanageable, was swept over
the dam at Paramount and capsized.
! Three women were drowned. The
others were saved.
| The monument in memory of George
Washington was unveiled at Philadel-
phia on the 18th by President McKin-
! ley with the national salute of 21
guns. An address was made by the
president, who also reviewed the pa
rade. At night parade of wheelmen
took place, 10000 being in line
A PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, dispatch said
that Miss Rowena Reed, of Kansas, car
ried off most of the athletic honors at
the Vassar games, making records in
the hurdle, the running high jump, the
baseball throw, the fence vault and
the broad jump.
The porte replied to the note of the
powers on the 10th and declined to
agree to an armistice with Greece until
certain conditions were agreed to
which the powers considered eXorbi-
tant. Turkey demanded the annexa-
ton of Thessaly, an indemnity of $780,
900, 600 and the abolition of the capitu-
lations 1t was believed in official
circles that the matter would be set
tied by a European conference. 1t
was rumored that King George would
abdicate the throne of Greece and re-
| tire to an estate in Austria.
FRED HOLMAN was hanged at Pax
ton, ILL.,, on the 14th for the murder of
Mrs. Weibke Geddes.
FIRE broke out in the courthouse at
Lexington, Ky, on the 14th and in an
hour nothing remained but walls
Harris beautiful statue, Woman Tri-
umphant," bought by Lexington wom-
en- for $4,000. was in the rotunda and
was destroyed. The records were
saved. The courthouse was built ten
years ago at cost of $780, 900.
STELLA, Neb., was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. The loss
was about $780, 600.
A TERRIBLE railway disaster befell
Russian military train on the Valka
Jurjev line. Sixteen cars were smashed.
Two officers and nearly 100 soldiers
were killed and 90 others were serious
ly injured.
NINETY earthquake shocks were felt
in South Australia during the three
days preceding the 14th. The disturb
ances were particularly severe at
Kingston, where the buildings were
damaged and some of the inhabitants
have taken to living in tents for safety.
IN June a large party of farmers
from Marshall county, Ky, will emil
CRATE to New Madrid. Stoddard and
Dunl1lin counties, Mo.
EMILE CHARLOTTE LANGTRY, known
throughout two hemispheres as the
beauty and actress, has secured di-
vorce from her English husband. Ed
ward Langtry, in the Lake county, Cal,
court, on the ground of desertion.
AT daybr on the 18th the bodies
of Mollie Smith and Amanda Franks,
two negro girls, were found hanging
on trees on the side of the road lead
ing from jeff, Ala, to Huntsville,
Tenn. They had been lynched during
the night The girls were suspected
of poisoning the family of Joseph
O'Kelly at jeff. Amanda Franks is
said to have made a confession.
THERE was perfect fusion of the sill
yer forces of Iowa at the meeting at
Des Moines of the democratic, populist
and silver republican committees and
June was chosen as the date for hold
ing three separate conventions to nomi-
nate full state ticket
A DISPATCH on the 18th stated that
rains for So hours had again flooded
Middlesboro, KY, and thousands of
acres of growing corn were under
water.
A THIRD negro was reported to have
been lynched near jeff, Ala, the other
night for being implicated in the
wholesale poisoning of the Kelly fam
lily.
RICHARD FLICK, Guy Flick and John
Burns were arrested at Deadwood. S.
D., by Special Officer Wilson, of the
secret service of the United States,
charged with mutilating gold coin.
For the past month that city has been