The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-06-18

EDWARD S. EDWARDS. of the Century
Wheelmen of New York. raised the
American record for "a hours of road
riding to 549 2-5 miles the other day.
The best previous record. 314 miles.
was made by Smith, at Baltimore. Md.
ALBERT BENSON and Thomas Olson
got into friendly wrestling match in
Brooklyn and Olson lifted Benson off
his feet and threw him backward,
breaking his neck.
The breeding stables of Higgins
Bros. at Missoula, Mont, were burned
by an incendiary fire on the night of
the 14th and five horses, including
Brine Tricks, 2:1354, one of the best
known horses in the west. were ere
mated. Fred StrOuser. jockey, also
lost his life in attempting to save the
stock.
WHEN the fremen extinguished a
fire at the home of Frank Prestel, a
laborer. at Dayton. O.. they found the
badly charred bodies of Rosa, aged six.
and Albert, aged two years. The chill
dren had played with matches and set
fire to the house.
THE executive council of the A. F.
of L. have submitted anumber of ques-
tons to affiliated unions on the immi-
grafton problem asking them to give
their views thereon.
| DR. WoELFERT, the famous German
airship inventor, was testing his air.
ship at Berlin when it caught fire,
while it was 5000 feet high, and the
aeronaut and another man were burned
to death.
A SEVERE tornado struck Elkins, W.
Va, on the 18th and many buildings
were wrecked or considerably dam
aged by being blown from their foun-
dations.
THE bicycle race at Kansas City. Mo-,
for women-being a race for two hours
each night for six nights-was won
by Lizzie CLAW, Dottie Farnsworth be-
ing second and Ida Mack third. The
distance travelled was 233 miles laps,
Dottie Farnsworth being about three
feet behind Lizzie CLAW and the same
distance ahead of Ida Mack. Jennie
Brown was fourth with 233 miles 1 lap
and Lille Hays fifth with $50 miles
laps.
THE Bailey planning mills at Victoria,
Tex. have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
$40, 600: insurance, $4,000.
A PANIC occurred in a Polish school
house at Buffalo. y. V, by hanging
lamp falling while an entertainment
was being gived on the 18th. Many
were bruised and otherwise injured in
the mad rush for the exits.
A DELIBERATE attempt was made to
wreck a train on the Sea Beach rail-
way in New York city which was
loaded with excursionists by placing
steel rails across the track. but no Sc
rious damage was done.
THE management of the Reading
pa iron works has decided to close
down its tube mill indefinitely, throw
ing out over 1000 men.
THE blowers and gatherers of the
Anderson Window-Glass Co 5 four fac
tories at Anderson. Ind. struck on the
10th and it was feared the trouble
would extend throughout the entire
nation and disorganize the Window
Glass Workers national association.
An attempt to blow up the residence
of Gov. Smith. of the Leavenworth.
Kan, soldiers home, by dynamite was
made soon after four o'clock on the
morning of the 18th. One entire side
of the room in which Mrs. Smith was
sleeping was blown out and her escape
from death was miraculous. Gov.
Smith was uninjured. A dishonorably
discharged veteran has been arrested
for the crime.
\ MOB of 200 men boarded a freight
train at Decatur, Ala. on the 10th to
ride to Huntsville to lynch two negroes
who had assaulted a l2-year-old white
girl at Decatur and had been taken to
Huntsville for safety. The conductor,
when ten miles out, sidetracked the
train and refused to go any further I'M
til the mob left and walked back to
Decatur. The mob swore they would
carry out their purpose some time and
militia have been sent to guard the
prisoners.
The jury in the case of John Powell.
the member of the Cleveland baseball
club charged with playing baseball on
Sunday and exhibiting the same. re-
turned a verdict of guilty in both
counts. This settles the fate of Sum
day baseball in Cleveland, o.
A wATERsPoUT flooded the country
around Wray, Col, on the night of the
9Th. carrying away bridges and drown
ing stock in the valley. The extent of
damage to growing crops could not be
estimated, but it was feared that it
was immense.
WILLIAM ANDREWS, colored, alias
'Cuba" was taken from the officer at
the door OF the courthouse at Princess
Anne, Md, on the 9th and lynched by
mob. Andrews had been tried. con-
victed and sentenced to death for felo-
niously assaulting Mrs. Benjamin l.
Kelley.
FLORIST and nurserymen from all
parts Of the country assembled at St.
Louis on the 9th TO attend the meeting
OF the American Association of Nur-
serymen. President Silas Wilson. of
Atlantic. Ia, read his annual address
and the reports of officers followed.
A PASSENGER train which left Ha-
vana for Matanzas the other day was
blown up by insurgents and many of
the Spanish soldiers and others on