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

OF immigration at New YORK.
GENERAL NEWS.
DANIEL BARRY, aged II, shot and
killed Howard Byers, aged IA, at the
Newsboys' home at Chicago. Barry
held revolver in front of Byers and
said: do you see that?" and then fired.
AT White Cliffs, Ark, George Clegg,
an engineer of the White Cliffs cement
works, became involved in a quarrel
with two of his firemen and killed both
of them.
A CLoUDBURsT six miles west of
Lodge Pole, Neb., washed out one mile
of railroad track. Every dam between
Lodge Pole and Sidney was washed
out.
ABOUT 5000 persons saw John R. Gen
try and Robert ]. pace exhibition miles
at the Crosse Point track at Detroit,
Mich, on the 10Th. Gentry made the
mile in 2:O415. Robert J. was a second
slower.
THE steam yachting bark Hope, with
Lieut.. R. E. Peary and party on board.
bound for Northern Greenland, left
Boston on the 10Th. The object of the
voyage is to establish settlement in
Northern Greenland which shall be
used as base of supplies for an expe-
dition in search of the north pole un-
der Lieut.. Peary next year.
JUICE PHILIPS, of the federal court,
has granted the temporary injunction
restraining the association of cattle
spectators at the Kansas City stock
wards, known as the Traders Live
Stock exchange, from interfering with
the business of others. The order will
hold till the trial of the case on its
merits in the November term and dis
solves the exchange till that time.
THE section around Altoona, Pa, has
a gold excitement rivaling that of the
Klondyke country. Assays of gold
bearing quartz taken from a recently
opened claim at English settlement,
near Titusville, showed over $1,000 per
ton. There is a rush to secure the best
claims
ORNAMENT, the great three-year-old
of the year, was beaten by Fleischman
at Cincinnati on the 18th. Whether
Fleischman is really the better horse
of the two, however, is still matter
of doubt as the race was run over a
track deep in mud, and was not what
could be termed a contest of speed.
The purse was for Sc, 600.
FOREST and field fires are doing much
damage in various parts of California.
Near the town of Red Bluff about a
dozen residences have been burned,
cattle ranges destroyed and standing
crops threatened. In the vicinity of
Mount Diablo fire was laying waste
the fields and the mountain houses
were threatened.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at Chicago to
form a national billiard league and
establish circuit of cities represented
in the league, almost identical with
the system in vogue in baseball, so as
tocreate a national interest in billiards.
A GREAT celebration was held in
Marquette, Mich, the other day in
honor of the unwilling of a bronze
statue of Father Marquette, the ex-
plorer and priest whose name the city
bears. A feature of the parade was
band of 80 Indians on horseback,
dressed in feathers and war paint.
THE announcement has been made
authoritatively that William D. Felts
will make an aerial excursion from the
summit of Pixies peak to Colorado
Springs, Col, distance of ten miles,
on an air line, and drop of 5000 feet.
In making the fight Mr.. Felts will
use a series of rigid aeroplanes,
modelled after the wing of a condor,
the great South American bird.
THE Moors who assaulted and robbed
the agent of an American firm in Tan
gier, Morocco. have been punished, the
two United States warships having
produced a salutary effect on the au-
thorities.
NEAR West Point, Tenn, a few days
ago Miss Rome Williams was found
brutally murdered in the woods near
her home. Anthony Williams, who
assaulted her, was captured near
Pruitton, and on the night of the 18th
he expiated his crime in the streets of
West Point in the presence of 500 peo-
pie. He was riddled with bullets and
his body burned to ashes Before shot
was fred the negro was knocked down
and stamped to death.
THE reports of mortgage and loan
companies doing business in Nebraska
show proportion of Indebtedness paid
during the six months ended July
that is most extraordinary. A close
estimate of the aggregate places the
amount paid during that time at s2s,-
OOO, 600.
POSTMASTER GORDON, of Chicago, has
authority from Washington TO create
a new rank among letter-carriers-
that of sergeant A three months
trial of the system will be given in
Chicago, and if it proves successful it
will probably be inaugurated in other
cities and become permanent part Of
the carrier system