The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-01

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| Penn berton's son tried to shoot the mar
shall and was shot dead by the latter.
Old Pembertou then inflicted flesh
wound on the marshal, but was killed
by the latter.
WILLIAM WALKER attempted to board
a moving train near Pekiu, Ill, and
fell under the wheels and was killed.
GEORGE SPRINGER, married, and Mack
Mullen, bachelor, quarreled over a
young woman at a dance near More
head, KY, and slashed each other to
pieces with their knives until they fell
mortally injured.
A LANDSLIDE occurred at Ratsmore,
Eng. on the night of the 27th and
laborer's house was overwhelmed and
the man, his wife and seven children
were buried.
FORTY families were burned out on
the 18th ty a fire in an apartment
house on West Fifteenth street, New
York
THREE masked men held up Mrs.
Mary Bernhardt in her saloon at l51
West Twelfth street. Chicago, and took
$3.50 from the cash drawer. There
were two customers in the place at the
time playing dominoes. The robbers
escaped.
ALFRED HoLT, colored. the murderer
of Policeman A. White, was taken from
jail at Greensboro. Ky, by mob at
$50 a. N. on the Goth aud hanged to
tree in the courthouse yard. This
makes the seventh man who has met
death at the hands of a mob in Ken
lucky within a week.
THE New York World said on the
had been influenced by the recent
Moody meetings. had provided for
great series of revival meetings in New
York.
The big Mckinley horn, which was
being carried from Tuscola. Ill, to
Washington by four republicans for
appearance at the Inauguration, was
left on the street at Trafalgar, Ind.
surrounded by a crowd of curious peo-
pie and they broke it to pieces while
the horn bearers were at dinner.
The graud stand at the Buffalo q.
" driving park was destroyed by fire
on the Goth entailing a loss Of So. 600
This is the fourth fire that has oc-
Cured there at short intervals and
nothing now remains but the track
JAMES Brown. a farmer 6S years old,
died at MilIington, Mich, from wounds
inflicted by robbers the night before.
After being shot Brown and his wife
were gagged and chloroformed and
their house was ransacked by the rob-
bers.
FIVE persons were injured and one
killed by an electric car being struck
by passenger train at a grade cross
ing at Allentown, Pa. on the 25th
THE London Times on the 25th stated
that the Washington government had
been confideatially informed that the
European powers would not remain
passive should the United States recog-
nize the Cuban insurgents and that
Germany was ready at once TO take
SPANS side should the United States
show a disposition officially to SIDE
with the rebels.
AN engine on the Wheeling & Lake
Erie railway jumped the track near
Warrenton. O., and the engineer was
killed and the fireman fatally injured.
IT took just y seconds for Peter Ma
her. the Irish pu-jI.st, TO knock out
Steve O'Donnell, me Austra.ian boxer,
at Conev Island, y. Y, on the 18th.
IT Is proposed that, As the central at
traction of the semi-ceutennial exposi-
ton to held in Milwaukee. a colossal
beer palace shall be constructed en-
tireiy of Deer casks. barrels and kegs.
and towering 25) feet in the air.
JOIN kILKEyNOy shot at his divorced
vile and wounded her and then killed
himself on the street at Omaha, Neb.
II shooting scraoe at the Southern
Cross mine al Butte, Mont. D y Ri
lev, the weli-lnown mining man. was
killed by John Mcintyre, who was
wounded in the right hand.
THE NorringtOn block at Bay City,
Mich. was Quilted by fire on the Gath.
a LETTER has been received at New
York from Dr.. Maxine Zertucha, who !
is accused of having betrayed Gen
Maceo 10 his death. Dr.. Zertueha de- |
clares that Mdceo was killed in open
battle: that a Mauser bullet entered |
the right side Of the chin. causing |
fracture of the lower jaw in three
places, coming out of the left lateral |
side at the base of the neck. The bull
let, in its course, tore the carotid ar
terry. bringing on a mortal hemorrhage,
which caused death in a minute
EBENEzER SCOTT, OF Peoria, Ill, who |
had recently filed his wife with shot,
was found dead on the cath on the
river tank. Jealousy caused the trag-
edv.
AT RaIhbunville. y. Y, William AL
len, William Harrington and Cioyd
Myers 'quarreled about the possession
Of buffalo robe and Harrington and
Allen afterwards went To Myers house
and demanded it when Myers shot and
killed them both.
FIFE in San Francisco on Christmas
lay destroyed the plant of Francis
Valentine 81 Co., one of the largest
printing firms in that city. Loss, $50
200: partly insured.
THREE children of Mrs McKim. at
Franklin, Pa, were burned to death on
he 23d They had been left at home