The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons taken
by the verascope are perfect. They
will be ready for exhibition in New
York city by June 10 or Is.
THE Chicago board of trade has
voted to discontinue the use of No. ,
spring what as a contract grade, thus
leaving oily two contract grades of
wheat 70 future delivery, No. l north
ern spriI & and No. red winter.
THE 20-round bout between Joe
Choynski, of California, and Denver"
Ed Smith at New York on the 10th was
cut short by the referee, who stopped
the bout in the fourth round, owing to
the foul tactics of Smith. The fight
was awarded to Choynski.
FRANK BARI, his two sons and
brother met their death by asphyxia-
ton while digging well On their farm
at Redfield, s. d.
THE Dutch steamer Firdene and the
Norwegian bark Roedyar collided and
foundered near the island of Heligo-
land and only Is of the two crews were
saved. the drowned being largely in
excess of that number.
A DISPATCH of the 9th said that
Greece had made a written application
to the powers, through their repre-
sentatives at Athens, with a view Of
obtaining mediation.
Mrs. JOSEPH GREEN, an aged woman
in Waukegan, ILL.,, fell asleep in a chair
while smoking her pipe and spark
set her clothing on fire and she was
burned to death.
OSCAR WILLIAMS, a negro Baptist
preacher living near Elba, Ala, took
his young son, Isaac, into the woods
Some people hearing screams, rushed
into the thicbet and they found the
boy strapped to log and his father
standing over him with bloody knife.
The boy died soon after, the old man
having cut the child's throat. Will
liams said the Lord had commanded
the sacrifice.
FREEMAN C. GARDNER, a carpenter,
shot Ida Miller at Il hotel in Chicago
and then shot himself. Both will die.
Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy.
ANUMBER of girls at Wellesley tMasS.)
college have been expelled by the au-
thorities for alcoholic and narcotic in
dulgences The names were keptquiet.
TIE cabin of Lauren Tucker at Lau-
rens, S. c., was burned and four chill
dren were cremated. The father and
mother had gone fishing.
A STATUE to Gen. John A. Logan
will be unveiled at the lake front at
Chicago on July %.
INFORMATION reached Key West, Fla,
from Cuba that Gomez will soon be in
Havana province, when a hard blow
was expected to be struck by the in
surgent forces. The commander-in-
chief had passed into Matanzas prov
ince and was marching toward the
capital.
BoTH- houses of the Iowa legislature
defeated the anti-Sunday baseball bill
on the 18th and the Western association
is safe for another year.
THE national festival of the North
American Gymnastic union opened at
st. Louis on the 9Th.
THE interior of the large cold storage
warehouse of the Merchants Refriger-
ator Co. at New York was completely,
destroyed by fire on the 9th. The loss
will probably amoGnt to more than
S50O,000. Thirty or more fremen who
entered the basement where the FIRE
started were overcome by smoke and
one died in an ambulance on the say
to a hospital.
STIMULATED by the success which at
tended last seasons experiments with
sugar beets IN the Pecos valley the
| farmers of New Mexico have gone eX-
tensively into beet culture this spring,
thousands of acres of irrigated land
being seeded.
THE Seminole council at Wewoka, l.
T., passed two important bills. One
was townsite law Incorporating the
town of Wewol<a, and another a reso-
luton appointing commission to treat
| with the Dawes commission.
| HENRY JONES. a colOred convict in
the state prison at Michigan City. Ind,
was hanged shortly after midnight Of
the 9th for the murder of a fellow-eon-
Wet who had testified against him IN a
trial.
IN thunderstorm at San Antonio,
Tex, Robert Dannenberger and wife
were killed while working in a field
and Wesley Dairs, a negro, was struck
dead under tree.
A FIERCE battle occurred between
the Greeks and Turks at Avail, be-
tween Velestjno and Pharsalos. on the
5th, in which the Turks were defeated.
both sides suffering heavy loss The
Greek princes received an ovation from
the army when the fighting was over.
1t was reported at London that Russia
had begun to take action in the direc-
ton OF mediation. but the difficulty
was that Greece would not accept the
Russian terms.
A CORRESPONDENT at Constantinople
learns from circular addressed by the
Sheikh-ul-Islam to the imans that a
sacred edict is being prepared for
holy war.
A. G. FoNTANI. who opened an Italian
savings bank in Pittsburgh, Pa, six
months ago, has disappeared and the
bank has been dismantled. The bank
was said to have done good business,
besides the depositors four societies
keeping their funds in the bank.
Twelve warrants have been sworn out