The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-08-27

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nearly half an hour, the distance trav-
ersed being three-quarters of mile.
The feat was accomplished almost en-
tirely by forward swimming. she float
ing very little during the trip.
A POSSE of officers were recently
searching the country near Ralston,
Ok, for a wild man, who had been max
ing daily appearances at farm houses
in that section. driving off the women
and children and helping himself to
food and provisions He had long hair
and whiskers and was nearly naked,
except for a short, torn coat.
THE national encampment of the G.
A. R was formally opened by Com
mander-in-Chief Clarkson at Buffalo,
n. Y. on the Esd.
]. b Rich shot and killed his wife
at the home of her mother in Nash
vile, Tenn, and then killed his broth
er-in-law. He afterwards shot himself
twice, infiicting fatal wounds Domes-
tic trouble was the cause.
| ELCANY SULLIVAN, a negro convicted
of an assault on q woman and sem
fenced to 20 years imprisonment at
Williamsburg, KY, was taken from Jail
by . mob and hanged at one o'clock g.
N. on the Esd
THE Mexican government, in view Of
the depreciation of silver, has agreed
to offer to gold miners from all parts
of the world many inducements to go
to Mexico to seek gold including ex-
emption from taxation. The govern
ment also proposes to keep the gold in
that country by putting on it prscti-
cally prohibitive export tax.
THE baby parade at Asbury Park,
n. j., on the 2lst was a grand success,
GIL infants being in the show with
their baby carriages and carts. There
were babies from nearly every state in
the union and from Russia and Cuba
AN unknown tramp entered the
house of Mrs Pauline Fenske, wife Of
a German farmer in Schiller park, q
suburb of Chicago, and seeing only her
and the children round, struck her
over the head with a revolver and at
tempted to assault her. The children
ran screaming out of the house and
gave an alarm and a posse, with Mr..
Fenske, chased the rascal through the
cornfields and woods, both sides ex-
changing shots Finally the man fell
and his pursuers then literally riddled
him with bullets.
THE first convention of sugar beet
growers in the United States was held
at Rome, \. Y, on the 21st. Many
valuable reports were read, among the
most interesting being those covering
the experiments in Kansas.
AT st. Louis on the Goth No. red
wheat sold for 81 bushel.
MICHEL ANGIoLILLo, the anarchist
who shot and killed Premier Canovas
del Castillo at the baths of Santa
Agueda, Spain, August s, was put to
death by the garrote on the Goth.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN will run as an in
dependent candidate for mayor of Bos-
ton in the fall, with the avowed inten-
ton, if not elected, of defeating Mayor
Josiah Quincy, who will be the regular
democratic candidate for reelection.
The coal operators, at a meeting
held at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Goth,
issued a statement to the public in
which they accused President Ratch-
ford, of the miners union. of trying
to dodge the issue and of being insin-
cere in his efforts to settle the miners
strike.
IT was said on the 10th that the off,
GERS of the United Mine Workers pro-
posed to call a conference of all feder-
ated unions to secure their co-opera-
ton in plan to tie up traffic on rail-
roads, so that the supply of coal would
be cut off and the operators be forced
to negotiate for settlement of the
coal strike.
IT was positively announced that
Mrs. Margaret Ferris, widow of the
builder of the Chicago wheel. had
been married at Pittsburgh, Pa, on
the 18th to Francis Schlatter, the ''di-
vine healer" of Canton. o.
THE elevator of the Davenport Ua.)
glucose works was the scene of two
terrific dust explosions on the 18th, as
a result of which four lives were lost
and two persons seriously injured.
ST. LOUIS spectators in wheat re-
Gently cleared upward of 81, 900, 900 on
options during the recent
LA-CcCTGIdTN OF the interior
D. R. Francis was said to have Melted
$500, 900.
A CALL has been issued by the ma
ton executive board of the United
Mine Workers for a conference of the
representatives of organized labor to
meet in st. Louis on August 80 At the
meeting all labor organiza tons will be
asked to join issues with the miners
and stop work, so as to effectively cut
of the supply of coal and bring the !
mining strike to a crisis.
THE State Farmers alliance of Texas. |
which was in session at Dallas for |
three days, seeded from the national |
by an overwhelming ma
jOrity. The State alliance also adopted |
the proposition to esta blish co-opera- |
tive branches among the members.
AT Chad's gap, near Pineville, XIV,
James Felt. Caleb Hatfield and Joe |
Mallard camped out all night, drink
ng and playing cards. Before morn
ng Hatfield and Mallard had won all |
If Felt's money. When they arose to
ross the mountains MaIlard threw
some liquor in Felt's face when he