The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-13
KANSAS NEWS.


The Wichita Eagle, Of the 10Th ult., had
the following: IL. B. Bell, man belong.
ing to the Cherokee Nation, passed through
the city few days since en- route to Cald-
well, Sumner County, where he has estab.
lished an Office, and will proceed to collect
taxes from parties who are in the Indian
Territo-y with herds Of cattle and horses
and these refusing to pay tribute to the
Cherokee Government will be in.
vited by deputy United States
Marshal to vacate. Those paying
their assessment will be allowed to remain
and be protected BY the tribe in right to
their lands for grazing purposes. There are
agreat many men living In this State who
own large herds Of cattle that are In the In.
dian Territory on which they pay NO taxes,
and in this way the State Is swindled out Of
Thousands Of dollars annually. We are glad
to know that this very particular class Of in.
goes under the authority Of the Secretary Of
the Interior"
Ar Atchison, on the S1st ult., Henry
johnson and Ben Miller (colored) got into
an alteration In . negro saloon ON Fifth
Street, and Miller was shot and killed.
THE jury in the case Of o. B. Latten,
charged with the murder Of Daniel B. Smith,
In March last, which was on trial for three
days In the District Court at Leavenworth,
after having been out about nineteen hours,
failed to agree. The jury stood six for &C.
quital and six for manslaughter in the sec.
ond degree.
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on the 9Th. Thousands were in attendance.
The principal streets were Handsomely
decorated with evergreens and flags. Two
large arches and festoons Of evergreens were
erected, one ut the correr Of Third and
Delaware Streets, and the other on Fourth
Street, near the Open House. The process.
sion was participated in BY the various mil.
itary and civic societies, and ut the grand
concert at night $50 singers took part.
FOUR horse thieves, all sporting aliases,
were captured ON the Sd by Sheriff 8. d.
Clark of Douglas. One fine span of horses,
belonging in Olathe, were returned to their
owners. Another fine large bay horse awaits
an owner, which was taken by man giving
his name as Chss. Carter. A fine buck.skin
geldiug, supposed to belong in Missouri, Is
also at Lawrence, awaiting claimant.
A FEW days since, ct Ottawa, Franklin
County, Sheriff VIM. O. Pickerell was ut the
stable looking at some horses, when he step.
ped into stall to examine fine stallion.
his lip in his teeth, tearing away one side of
his face and infiicting . terrible wound,
which was thought to be dangerous.
A STOCK TRAIN loaded with hogs was
wrecked on.the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad on the 4th, near Lecompton.
Nineteen cars were telescoped, and most of
the stock killed. None Of the train-hands
we're injured. The accident was caused by
q defective rail. The destruction Of the
train was eomple'e.
SOME idea Of the density Of population in
Morris County may be gained from the fact
that there are eleven and one-sixth inhab-
itants to the square mile, or an average fam.
lily for every 800 acres Of land In the county.
There would be 60 acres to each inhabitant,
were per capita distribution made; this il
decrease Of q acres in one year, showing
the rapid increase in population.
Two antelopes came up near A. L. Ken.
dall's house at Kinsley few days ago, and
there grazing until Mr.. Kendall
fired q shot from navy at them. 1t is re.
how these timid animals get
through the settlements, and right into
town, Is they do occasionally, without be-
ing killed.
THE Medicine Lodge Cresset Of q recent
date gives an account Of the shooting and
killing of Mrs. George Steadman by John
Gardner, in mere wontonness, probably in
drunken frenzy. No other cause Is as
signed.
D. B. LONG, State Fish Commissioner.
was in Mcpherson County about the 18th
ult., and supplied the creeks and lakes with
young salmon and sperns. He put 1900 in
the big lake southwest from Mcpherson
City.
THE following statement presents the
mileage, within the limits Of Kansas, Of the
several railways Of the State:
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