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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-05

Apr. 0-Mining disaster in Coahuila, Mex.
leo, caused loss of II lives.
May l2-Jews forbidden to reside in st Pc
tersburg,
l6-In anti. Christian uprising in Yencheng
district of lchowfu, China, Catholic
priests murdered and IS chapels wrecked.
lS-Peace conference, called by car OF Rus
sia, opened at The Hague; l6countries rep
resented. NJ. de Stael, Russian ambassa.
dor to Great Britain, made president OF
the council.
25-Fire destroys rs houses and stores in st.
John, n. b.; 100000 loss.
Jun. 2-Spanish queen regent announces
cession of Marianne, Caroline and Pslaois
islands to Germany
3-Court of cessation in Paris annuls YER
dict of court-martials in 1894, and orders
retrial of Dreyfus. j ohann Strauss, IA
nous musical composer, dies in Vienna
aged "a
l7~Rev. II. s. Phillips, his wife and Miss
SER, missionaries with native converts,
massacred at KEN Yang.
l0-Christian Christaffersen, Norwegian pa
per manufacturer, fails for 81, 100000.
22-New French cabinet formed with SEN
ator Waldeck Rousseau as premier.
23-Government of India adopts gold stand
ard.
26-International council of women opened
in London.
Jul. l0-Grand Duke George, brother of Rus
sian car dies at imperial palace in the
Caucasus; aged o.
26-Gen. Ulises Heureaux, pres of San Do
mingo, assassinated at Moca.
30-lnternational peace conference holds its
final sitting
Aug. Sit is reported Mexican government
has Yaqui Indian revolt well in hand; have
killed SO Indians in Sonora.
5-Dreyfus trial begun at Rennes, France
l2-Two men attempt to assassinate M. La.
bori, counsel for Dreyfus.
Sep. Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted OF
high treason by court martial and sen
fenced TO 10 yrs. in prison.
l9-French cabinet decides to pardon Drey
fus-,Jules Guerin surrenders after being
besieged wks. in house in Paris.
20-Dreyfus released from prison.
Oct. 3-Anglo-N enezuelan boundary com
mission decision (at Paris gives CT. Brit
ain great part of disputed territory.
l6-Cloudburst in Rome does immense dam
age
20-JuaD Isidro Jimenes elected pres. Sar
Domingo.
Nov. II. s., CT. Britain and German dis
solve tripartite agreement regarding Sa
moan islands; U. S. guaranteed possession
Of Tutuila
6-Naval battle between Colombian anC
rebel vessels; $50 insurgents killed.
20-Emperor and empress of Germany wei
coined at Windsor by Victoria.
Dec. 2-Mexican troops kill 4S Yaqui lndian
in battle near Cocori.
| 6-Kurds pillage Armenian village OF Kos
tur massacreing 300 persons.
l2- Earthquake on Ceram, one of MalA,
islands; !. 900 people perish.
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FIRES.
More PRrticuInrIy Those which Cause
Large Loss or suffering.

Jan. l2-Atlanta, Ga, in heart Of business
district 100000.
ls-New York, building OF \. j. Cammeyer,
retail shoes; 100000.
Feb. columbus, o., half business block;
$7500OO.
7-Winnibeg, Manitoba house; 100000.
9-New York, 10 buildings; 100000.
l0-Frankfort, Ky, governors mansion.
l2-Chicsgo, A. G. McClurg & Co.'S book
store; S650,000.
l4-Chicago, Z. b. Buffers storage bldg;
S7O0,O0O %. Cincinnati, Kahn, Fellheimer
L. Co. q hat establishment; 100000.
l5-Brooklyn navy yard machine shops;
Sl,00000O.
2S-lIolyoke, Mass, Windsor hotel, opera
house and other buildings; 100000
Apr. l3-In Rock and Keith counties, Neb.,
prairie fires; several lives lost
l6-Cleveland, o. half block of business
buildings; Sl,0O0,000.
May NEARLY one third of Brlle county, S.
d., burned over by prairie fires.
H-Chicago, 8 lumber plants; 100000.
20-Dawson City, Alaska, business portion;
&,000000.
2e-COney Island. N. Y, 200 buildings; $780,.
Jun. 4-Republic, Wash, % bldgs., $3.50, 900
Jul; Memphis, Tenn, Gayoso hotel;
Aug. 2l-yictor, Col, in business section;
$2,000000.
sep, ~ lOHllseu Lana u. H. Amer, FISH
cries Co. s plant; 100000.
l9-ln Adirondack forest, N. Y, forest fires
2O-Norfolk, Va, st. Vincent de Paul's hos
pital; 4 lives and 100000.
Oct. 3-Endeavor, Pa, Wheeler Il Dusen-
berry Co.'S lumber yards; S500,000
l3-Brooklyn, N. Y, Bush Co. s cotton ware
house; $500,000
Nov. .3-New York, Manhattan Bedding
Co.'S factory; 100000
5-Waukegan, H., Amer. Steel & Wire
lire starting in Jones Bros Department
store; $500,000
l2--Montreal, Wan Bros biscuit factory;
100000.
29-Philade!phia, j. b. Lippincott q Co. s
pub, house and other buildings, 1900, 600
Dec. lO-Augusta, Ga, business block; ST.
100000
Difference, S. c., business section.
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SET DOWN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
InvolvInE Liabilities of Half n MIL
lion Dollars or More - Banks
GeneraIIy.

Involving Liabilities of Hnlf n MIL
lion Dollars or More - Banks
Generally.
Jan. 6--New York, A. B. Hilton, voluntary
bankruptcy; S2,539,007; no assets.
,0-Boston, Hamilton national bank; volun-
tary.
95-Kansas City, Mo-, Planters bank.
3l-Russel. Kan, First national bank. 49,.
San Jose, Cal, Union savings bank
Feb. 2l-Galveston, Tex, Frieberg, Klein &
Co., whisky Dealers $630,000.
Mar. 2-Bank Of Golden, ILL.,
s-New York, William Noble, builder, vol
untary bankruptcy; $l,027, AGO.
9-Lima, o., American national bank; vol,
untary :. Memphis, Tenn, Continental
national bank; voluntary.
l3-Lagrange, ILL.,, G. +. Gillett's private
bank.
22-Silver Greek, y. Y, Excelsior bank.
2s-Kansas City, Mo-, ". V. l.. Lppincott,
president Lippncott Rental Co.; $1,000
900 with 1925 assets.
Apr. 6-Warrensburg, Mo-, Farmers and
Merchants bank turns business over to
Citizens bank . Brooklyn, n. Y, Full
ton bank sold to Mechanics bank Of New
York.
ll-Alma, Wis, banking house Of l.. p.
Hummer & Mckenzie.
2l-Lakeport, n. H., Lake Village savings
bank.
Jun, 6-Cocheco N. H. savings and Coche-
co national banks. First bank of Skag-
uay, Alaska.
l0-Houghton, Wis, Dane county state bank.
lA-ln Colorado, Miners bank at Crede and
banks at Hooper and Monte Vista.
20-New York, Henry Post, banker, volun-
tary bankruptcy; $S,464 ,575.
30-Bay City, Mich, Spencer o. Fisher;
$750,0OO.
Jul. 7-Savings bank of St. Paul.
S-Niles, Mich, Citizens national bank.
l4-Perth, n. j., Middlesex county savings
bank.
l7-St. Paul, Germania bank.
IN. Y. National Building g. Loan Assn;
1885,, o46.
Aug. lO--Alex. Mcdonald, king of the Klon.
dixie; S6,0OO,OO0.
23-la. Mutual Fire Assn.
Sep. 5-Atchison (Kan.) national bank.
l8-Penn Van, LIST national bank.
20-Wichita, Kan, Davidson Investment Co
25-New York, H. j. Sloss, clothing mana.
facturer; S735, 1862.
Oct. 27-Lexington, KY, ID. A Sayre & Co. q
bank.
Nov. 2-Levy R. Doty, Chicago coal mer
chant; 5000, 600. 81. Rutland, Me-, Wood
bury & Moulton's bank, 100000.
l3-Bauk of Athens, Ga.
22-Hankton, ;. d., savings bank
B-Butte, Mont, Farmers d Merchants
bank Lebanon, Ind, Central state
bank.
Dec. l5-Boston, j. p. Squire & Sons, pork
packers, 100000
l6-Boston, Broadway nat. bank.
l9-Produce En- Trust Co, n. Y; $ll, $40
900. Port Jarvis, n. Y, nat. bank.
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METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan. l0-Saranac, N. Y, temperature 80 deg
below 0.
2i-Near Plaguemine, Ala, cyclone.
Feb. l3-Severe blizzard sweeps Atlantic
coast.
l4-Damage to fruit from cold in Florida es-
timated at 81 ,000,000
Mar. 5--Kanawha valley N w Va, by worst
flood in local history, Charleston almost
entirely under water. Cyclone in East
Tenn. destroys property valued at $780,.
0OO
lO-Sharp flashes of lightning and roaring
thunder during snowstorm at Chippewa
Falls, Wis.
Apr. l4-Flood at Sheridan, Wyo. causes
great property losses.
24-Snow blockade, which prevented trains
entering Breckenridge, Col, for 10 days,
broken.
May l---Cassopolis, Mich, ana vicinity, cy.
clone cuts path quarter Of mile wide.
lO-Homer, Neh., inundated by cloudburst
..Spencerport, n. Y, flooded from
break in Erie canal.
l6-Montpelier, o., cyclone strikes school
house; % children and teacher injured.
3O-Higbview, la, practically destroyed by
wind and rain.
Jun. Peru, Ind. cloudburst.
20-Nlarsfeld, O., cloudburst
2l-Coal Gate, o., almost entirely destroyed
by floods; great damage also Mt Murray
City, possessions of more than 300 miners
swept away.
22-Carrizo Tex, washed away 10y flood; 80
lives and &4OC0,G00 Ia property lost.
Jul. 3-Dewey, Tex, washed away by food.
SIN Texas, flood in lirazos river valley has
destroyed in 10 das. SlS,OOO,0O0 in property
and 80 lives.
l2-Frewsburg, n. Y. half business portion
destroyed by lightning
2S-ln Denel county, S. d., wheat on strip
of by 10 miles destroyed by hail.
Aug. 3-Near Morrison, Col, cloudburst
indies; city of Ponce entirely destroyed
5000 persons killed. In Philadelphia,
electrical storm damaged Sl,00O,0O0 in
property.
Sep. Near Bowling Green, so oil derricks
wrecked by tornado.
| Nov. 29-Great Falls, Mont, train blown
from track by windstorm.
Dec. Stuck river valley, Wash, flooded.
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NIiCROLOGY.

Jan. l3-CoDg Nelson Dingley (ex-gov
Maine), at Washington, aged g..
III. X. Young, cong. Librarian at Wash
ington; aged 49,
2G-Ex. Attorney Gen, ex-Scn. and ex Gov
(ArkD a. II. Garland, at Washington;
aged 81.
Feb. Sol Jas. A. Sexton, of Chicago, G.
A. Il. commanderin-chief, at Washing
ton, aged 3d.
l5-Aged 1876, Rosa Washington dies at
Louisville Ky.
Mar. Baron Farrer Herschell, former
lord high chancellor of CT. Britain, dies
suddenly at Washington while represent
ing England on Ang American joint high
commission; aged ".
2-Cong. John w. Crawford (TeX.), at
Washington; aged &c.
l2-Cong. W. l.. Greene (Neb. at Omaha.
l7-Princess Kauilani, in Honolulu; aged a.
24-Francs II. Pierpout, LIST Gov. W. Va,
and last of civil war governors, at Pitts
burgh, Pa; aged SO.
Apr. l-Rear Admiral c. c. Carpenter ire
tired) commits suicide in Boston sanitar-
ium.
9-Justice Stephen j. Field, of U. S. su.
preme court (retired), in Washington;
aged SO.
24@Ex-Gov. and ex-U. S. Sen. Richard j.
May l2-Ex,Gov. Roswell p. Flower IN.
", at PASSPORT, J. l.; aged "a.
Jun. l-ExGov. Elisha Baxter, at Bates
vile, Ark; aged r.
a-Goy VIM. II. EElerbe, at Sellers, S. C.;
aged IS.
rs Cong. Richard p. Bland, at Lebanon,
Mo; aged "a.
l9-Cong. Lorenzo Danford, near St. Glars
vile, o.; aged 20.
Jul. 5-Ex-Gov. j. p. Richardson, at Colum-
bia, S. c.; aged 60. e.. Bishop John p.
Newman, at Saratoga Springs, N. r.; aged
2l.Col. Robt. G. Ingersoll, near Dobbs
Ferry, n Y. aged 65.
Newman; aged as.
l2-ExGov. Henry M. Rector, at Little
Sep i io,1fx,U. S. Sen. Jas. b. Eustace IN.
" at Newport, r. l.; aged G5.
l6-Cong. Dan'l Ermentrout, at Reading,
Oct. b~Ex-U. s. Sen. Jas. Harlan, at Mt.
Pleasant, Ia; aged 10
l6-Ex-Gov. VIM. w Thayer, at Portland,
Ore; aged 70. g.. EX-U U. S. Sen. j. L. Har.
ris, at Harrisburg, Va.
23..Ex-Gov; Hugh ii, Osgood teonn.), at
Manlus, N. Y, aged 49,
25-Chas, Grant Allen, novelist, in London;
2oSBrs. Gen. Guy V. Henry, U. S. A., at
New York; aged 90.
2S-Ottmar Mergenthaler inventor of type,
setting machine, at Baltimore, Md; aged
as
Nov. l-Ex-Gov and Ex-U. s. Sen. Alvin
Saunders, at Omaha, Neb.; aged 80.
5-EX-Gov. A. Barto, at st. Cloud, MINI.
l6-Cong. Evan e, Settle, in Owenton, Ky;
aged 81.
2l-Vice Pres Carrot a. Hobart, at Pater-
son, N. j.; aged So
Dec, 81. s. Sen. elect Monroe l.. Hay
ward in Nebraska City, Neb; aged 80.
l7-1,Lient. Thos;, NJ, Brumby, OF Marietta,
Ga, Dewey's flag lieutenant, at Washing
ton; aged Al,
l9-Dr. h. j Fnney, inventor of trolley sys-
TEN, at Fox Lake, Wis
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Mar. 7-,John lawson, at San JJsFs,
wins loom. bicycle race; "a 10
May 80 Peter llegelmnD, inNew lUrk, wins
72hr go-asyou'please walking match' 4Of
Jun. 9-Jas. J. Jelilies whips Robt Fitzsim.
mons in 18th round ID prize fight at New
York for worlds championship.
2l-Chas. M. Murphy, paced by locomotive,
makes mile on bicycle in So sec.
Aug. Nv. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., at Newport,
X. l., makes 81 m. in automobile ~ . nm,
"a. A. Hansen, in Minneapolis, rides BIZ
cycle 900 m. 90 hrs. "A min
4-Burns Pierce, in Philadelphia, lowers BIZ
cycle records for 2, 3, and M; time:
500, 4:46, 6:23 and 9:02
H-Tom Butler, at Ravenswood H., rides
10 m in 1857 80.
Sep. l5-Open golf championship of 7; =
won in Baltimore by VIM. Smith, OF Chi
cago.
27-Gelding Bumps breaks worlds wagon
pacing record; 2:03t.
Oct. 4-'Wm. II. Stubs, Baltimore compost
tor, sets 66,6l7 ems on machine IN hrs. 80
min.
ll-Eddie McDufie, at Brocton, Mass, rides
bicycle 2 IN. in 1854.
l5-Nat. League baseball season ends, per-
centages being as follows: Brooklyn, 682;
Boston, 1924; Philadelphia, 6l3; Bati-
more, .58l; st. Louis. 557; Cincinnati,
.553; Pittsburgh, $40; Chicago, .507;
Louisville, 493; New York, AGO. Wash
ington, $3.50; Cleveland, .l3l.
| lS-Mrs. Jane Lindsay rides in New York
800 m. in 81 hrs. 48 min.
20-Third and final race in series for Amer
ica's cup won by Columbia, defeating the
Shamrock, British challenger.
25-Howard's golf team wins intercollegiate
championship, in New York.
| Nov 3--Jas. j. Jeifries, at Coney Island. N.
v, gets decision on points after % rounds
with Tom Sharkey for worlds heavy
weight championship.
l0-Maj. Taylor, in Chicago, half m bicycle
record lowered to al.
l6-Maj Taylor lowers m. paced bicycle
record 10 l:l9.
2l-Kaser Wilhelm der Crosse from South
amptcn to N. Y, das. II hrs 81 min.
27-i}ert Repine wins 4Shour bicycle race
in Kansas City; 96l l-3 IN.
Dec. 10 University of Chicago football
team wins western collegiate champion
ship by defeating Wisconsin. Miller and
Waller in N. Y. win 6da. bicycle race
making 2,744 m.
l4-H. ". Widemann swims 25 yrds in II 2-5
| saQon1a
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nniTIsIi-HoicR WAR.

Mar. 2O--.los. Chamberlain addresses parla-
mrnl on the rrHusvual.
May rs Arrest OF 8 alleged British officers
IN lmnsyaal for conspiracy.
81 OutCrVuCe at BlOemionteln between
Pre- Ntuger and SIR Alfred Miner.
Jul 10 l0--New franchise bill passed by
raed
"a Kruger threatens to resign.
Aug. 81 II ruger III diplomatic note offers to
make concessions on condition that Eng
gland abandon claim OF suzeiainty.
81 ham5erain replies such terms cannot
he considered.
Sep. S--Chamberain insists on joint inquiry
to make sure no nulillying conditions exist
behind kruger's proposals.
lS-kruger answers with less favorable pro
posals than before.
22-- Britain formuates note that she will
prepare final terms.
2S-Orauge Free state votes TO aid South
African Republic.
Oct. 2-Gen. Sir Redvers Butler appointed
to command in South Africa.
l0-l}oer utmatum that Britain must with
draw troops from South Africa.
ll-Aunouncement Mt Johannesburg that
war would he in effect 10 "a. m, Oct. II.
l2-l}oerS invade Natal.
B-Armured train captured by Beers at
Kraaipan e. Gold seized by Transvaal re-
public.
l4-Kimberley tcsicged by Beers. &. Arsen-
nj tram down up near MhleklDR.
20-Gen. Symons MORALLY wounded in bat
tie at Glencoe.
22-Gen. Rock killed in battle of Glands
laagte.
3l-Royal British fusileers, No. 10 mountain
battery and Worcestershire regiment sur
rounded at Ladysmith and obliged to
capitulate after losing heavily.
Nov 2-Boers capture Colenso completing
Investment of Ladysmith.
l6-Boers wreck English armored train
north of Estcourt, and kill, wound or cap.
ture 100 of Dublin fusileers.
23-Gen. Methuen wins battle at Belmont;
So killed, l47 wounded and Is missing
2S-Methuen defeats Beers at Modder
river, but with heavy loss.
Dec. l0-Brtish under Gatacre drawn into
trap at Stormberg and 672 taken pris-
oners.
l3-Methuen repused at Magersfontein;
Gen. Wauchope and marquis OF Win
chester killed. Total British losses 963
l5-Gen. Butler reports reverse near Colen-
so; British troops again bed into trap, 10
guns being captured, | destroyed; 1907
casualties.
lS-Gen. Methuen's communications cut.
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Oct l4-Of Sands point, L. L., ~ in burning
steamer.
l8-Teton county, Mont, IL in blizzard
25-ln Montana, sheep herders in storm
while trying to save focks.
28-Faires, Ala, Ia in fire.
Nov. l-Of S. c. coast, 10 in shpwreck. 49,.
Chicago, 5 by dust explosion.
poi Frying Pan shoals, N. C., 10 in ship
wreck
l5-0f st. Pierre, Md, in shipwreck.
l9-Humboldt, $. D., @ in railway disaster.
Pit is reported that % have been killed ac-
cdentally in Adirondacks by hunters.
On Upper Yukon, Alaska, 10 drowned
caught by ice jam.
30-Patterson, N. j., O at railway crossing
Dec. during Mimi. and Wis deer season,
II hunters accidentally killed.
Near Salida, Col, in railway collision.
Son Lake Erie, steamer Niagara reported
lost with 10 persons
9-Carbon Hill, Wash, 80 by mine explo.
sion.
Icon Lake Superior, Whaleback barge lis
with crew of 8 men given up for lost.
l0-New York, in tenement fire.
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6-Near Alley, Tex, Jas. HUMPHREYS and 2
sons (white); charged with harboling a
murderer.
Jun. lO-Near Sardis, Miss, Simon Brooks
(colored) lynched by negro mob; muir
dered negro woman.
l3-Dune.On, Fla, negroes ynched by
negro mob for shooting coiored man.
28-Near Wakon, Tex, Ollie Williams,
negro rapst.
Jul. 8-Almo, Kan, Dick Williams (negro);
cha ged with murder.
20 Freelandsvile. Ind, Lon French, des-
2lETallulah, La, 5 scilians for long list of
alleged crimes.
cambridge, Ga, 8 negroes assaulted
white woman. Near BrutoD, Mo, Frank
Embree (negro); assault.
24-Saifoid, Ga, 2 negroes; assault.
Wimot Ark, Chick Davis lnegrol; muir
der. Hattiesburg, Miss, Henry Novels;
assault.
25-Saffoid, Ca, Chas. Mack; rape and rob.
berry. Fugua Prairie. Tex, John Ham
iiton (colored), burned church.
Aug. Near Forest, Ca, Solomon Jones
(negro); assault.
3-Biakeley, Ca, Louis Henderson, negro) !;
assaulted 0yr-old girl.
9-Amite City, La, Adolphus Brown lcol-
ored) killed, and Edgar and Edw. Barr
hogged by a mob. .Jaspar, Fla, I'M
known negro; assault.
Oct. l5-Wison, La, j. l.. Smith twhite)
charged with cattle stealing.
COST. Anne, Miss, Joe Lefiore (negro) ;
had confessed to firing home in which
persons persisted.
2l-St. Anne, Miss, John Gray (colored)
implicated in murder of Gambrel family
Nov. 2-Near CORTLAND, Ala, Albert Sloss
(negro); assault.
10 Bloomfield, Mo, VIM. Huff; charged
with murder
Dec. 6-Maysvile, KY, Dick Coleman
(negro); burned at stake; murder.
l3-Jones, La, negro; assault
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CASUALTIES.
Disnsters of Various Sorts In which
Six or More Lives Were Lost.

III w ntCh
Six or More Lives Were Lost.
Jan. l-Ishpeming, Mich, miners by up
setting hosting cage.
Elm Gulf of Mexico, 8 by explosion on
yacht Paul Jones.
9-West Dunellen, n j., IS In railway col.
hsion Sunal, Neb., in railway wreck
l4-Tacoma, Wash, harbor, British ship An.
delena sinks; 10 drowned. Gregg ooun.
ty, Tea, 9 IN cyclone.
ll-Silver Plume, Col, "a miners in snow.
slide on Nab. lightship, 10 by founder.
ing of boat.
l2-Near Yankton, $. d., II in burning cot.
tage OF insane asylum.
Ion South Carolina coast, 0 by wreck of
steamship William Lawrence. Corner.
stone, Ark, in burning home. o.. In Tex.
as during days intense cold, IA frozen.
Mar. S-Near Norfolk, Va, - drowned by
sinking OF tug.
lO-Crede, Col, by explosion in mine.
l7-New York, 4G during burning OF Wind.
lo-Ncar Edwardsyine, Ala, II in cyclone.
27-Chlcago, s in flames OF Armour's curied
hair and felt works.
Apr. 3-loplin, Mo-, 8 by caving in of a mar.
row trench.
4.-llure,a Cal, 10 by capsizing of steamer
in barber.
New York, 70 in burning home of Wal.
lace &. Andrews.
9-Near Glendve, Mont, 10 by flood in
Yellowstone river.
lS-Near Beverly, Mass, II in wreck Of fish
ing schooner.
27-Krksville, Mo, 80 in tornado New.
town, Mo, 10 by cyclone. .Onawa, Ia, 5
in tornado.
2s-Niilan, Mo, families by cyclone.
29-Carney's Point, N. D., by explosion in
smokeless powder works.
Mar l4-Oh Grand Marais, in Lake Su-
perior, 0 by laundering of schooner
N-Near Waterloo, Ia, 8 in railway wreck
caused by washout. =. Near llardeevile, o
in burning home. In Bijou hills, south
OF Chamberlain, s. d., by cyclone.
Near Dawson, Alaska, 7 drowned breaking
through the ice
30-Toledo, o., by upsetting of boat.
Jun. Near Alberta, n. w. r., 30 Indians
by, upsetting Of boat in Lake OF Clouds.
Tn New York and vicinity, % from eff
iects OF warm weather.
8-Ross Hollow, Ark, % by landslide In
vicinity Of Austin, Tex, 25 bycloudburst
and consequent floods,
l2-New Richmond, Wis, ll2 by cyclone.
l3-Herman, Neb., 10 in cyclone that prac-
tically destroyed the town
l6-Rosalia Tex, p during freshet.
350-Du4b9r, Ms, 10y, upsetting Of boat,
BIN Lake Erie, off Lorain, o., o by foun.
derlng OF steamer, Near Clarksville,
Mo, by upsetting of skiff.
Jul. 8-Columbus, o., by cars at railway
lS-New York, 81 to date from lockjaw, due
4th OF July pistol wounds.
10 Bennett Lake, Alaska, IL drowned
lS-ln northwestern Iowa, 10 in emigrant
wagon by coudburst.
81 Hampton, Va, I from yellow fever in
soldiers home. Big Prairie, Mich, 6;
thrashlng machine exploded.
Aug. Crooks inot, % gold hunters
drowned.
| St. Marv's and Calvert COMMITTEES Nd n
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FOREIGN.

Jan, l9-U. S. cruiser Philadelphia ordered
to Samoa as result of clash between Ger
man consul and the British and American
representatives,
22.Germany dhoyows action of consul in
Samoa
Feb. G--Gen, Count Won Caprivi dies at Sky.
rcn, Ger.
IGN. Felix Faure, president of France,
dies suddenly in Paris of apoplexy;
aged &c.
l9-Emile Loubet elected 9TH president of
France by national assembly at Versailles
23-Funeral of Nj Faure in Paris.
Mar. l6Premier Sagasta and Spanish min.
istry No.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-05
LYNCHINGs.
Jan. 5-EagIe City, Alaska, Jack Jolly, sa,
loonkeeper and gambler. Near Banks,

Jan. 5-EagIe City, Alaska, Jack Jolly, sa,
loonkeeper and gambler. Near Banks,
Ala, Marshall McGregor (colored) /;
charged with barn burning
Feb. ll-Near Leesburg, Ca, Bill Holt, Geo.
Fort and Geo. Bvens; assault.
Mar l5-Palmetto, Ca, o negroes shot
charged with arson.
23-ln Little River county, Ark, negroes
lynched to date, result Of what is practic-
ally a race war
25-Charleston, S. c., John Webb and Will
Toney NEGRO boys Is years old) killed by
mob of white boys
Apr, ll-Deerfeld, o.. VIM. zimmerman
tarred and featheRd assault.
23,-Near Newman, Ca, Sam Hose (negro)
burned at stake; murdered Alfred Gran.
fond and assaulted Mrs. Crawford.
29-Osceola, Ark, VIII Sees; barn burning.
May l3-Blue Lick Springs, KY, John Hol'
land (colored).
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-05
SPORTING.
Records

Records Established During the
Year,
Jan Small train makes run N. Y. to San
Francisco (3,347 NJ in IS hrs. 80 min.
7-Oliver Archer at Dayton, o., running
high kick; e. 3 in.