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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

DEC. 1S.-The Senate was not in session.
The House passed the Military Academy APP
preparation bill. The DIPLOMATIC Appropria-
ton bill was completed in Committee and re-
ported to the House, but did not pass on ac-
count of the absence of quorum.
DEC. 20.-The Senate passed the House
resolution providing for a holiday recess from
December % to January5. Mr.. COckrell pre-
scented the petition of certain citizens of Mis-
sour and Kansas, reciting their citizenship,
Territory purchased by the Government and
their stoppage by United States troops,
and asking for permission to settle on
should go to the Committee on Territories or
on Indian Affairs, it was ordered to lie on the
table. Mr.. Garland remarked that bill COW
a former committee (the Oklahoma billy ......
In the House, Mr.. Dunn a., Ark
introduced q bill declaring certain pub
and asked that it be referred to the Commit
tee on Public Lands. Mr.. Conger (R., Mich.)
moved that it be referred to the Committee
on Indian AfaiT r ana It was SO ordered
bill passed. Mr.. Price (R. Iowa.. under the
direction of the Committee on Banking and
Currency, moved to suspend the rules and
tax tax on bank checks. Objection n was
made that the bill had not
been properly referred and should have gone
"A
long discussion ensued relative to the subject
of taxation, revenue, etc., ana upon a vote
being taken to suspend the rules it was lost
yea! yeas, lss; nays, 6sG :I the Necessary two
pension of the rules, among them being one
to establish an assay office at St. Louis.
DEC. 21.-In the Senate, Mr.. Beck intro
duced q bill to authorize the issue of legal
tender notes of the United States upon depos-
its of gold also, bill to repeal all laws which
impose taxes on capital or deposits with
hanks and naas and bank tSe and
sion Of New Mexico as State. The
bill extending to sixty days the sessions
of the Territorial Legislatures passed. In
hour, M. Wood 3D., N. W moved the House
go into Committee on the Funding bill. Mr..
kobeson q, MD rose TO question Of priv.
method of conducting the Electoral count. The
Speaker decided the question to be q privi-
legged one. hut BY aparty vote the House 70
t ms 70 Sniead9 pa NJ Inc Td eHa wt tR
the Republicans. The House then went
into Committee on the Funding bin.
Mr.. Wood attempted to limit the
discussion followed. Messrs. Weaver &C.,
Iowal Bland. %: MOI and Mills ID, Tex.)
spoke STRONGLY in cpposttkon- to Considering
they would oppose its passage BY everyPsr.
iianentaTy means in their power Nr: Weavsr
made q humorous speech, arraigninG the
ts nancaI party Question sSf HAND oa
replied. charging M. weaver with acting in
the interests Of the Republicans and hkeWise
with inconsistency. and bad faith. Dur
tween Messrs. weaver and Sparks ID, m.), in
which the former called the latter q bar and
the latter reiterated by branding the f0rmer
upon sdvanced toward sparks in threasen.
ing manner, but friends interposed and the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31
Scientific Explorations In the South.
West.

CAPT. STEVENSON, who has just re-
turned from the far West with small
party, brings back much new informa-
ton relative to the ethnology and arch@-
ology of the Southwestern territory. I'm
der the immediate direction of j. w.
Powell, the party began their explora-.
tons in Northern New Mexico, at and
in the vicinity of the Indian Pueblo Of
Taos. The party spent some days at.
Taos, studying the habits and customs
of these Indians and investigating the an
Gent ruins in the neighborhood, of which
photographs and sketches were made.
A collection was made of the various
implements used by these people, both
for domestic and other purposes. From
here the party proceeded down the valley
of the Rio Grande, along whose banks
most of the Indian tribes Of New Mexico.
dwell, and along which are to be found
some of the most ancient and interesting
as well as the most extensive ruins re-
lating to the ancestors of the present in
habitants. From Taos the first village
reached is Picoris, then San Juan, then
q few miles below, on the west bank of
the Rio Grande, is the interesting Pueblo
of Santa Clara, not far from which the
party discovered series of the most ex-
tensive cliff ruins west of the Mississippi
Between the Rio Grande and range Of
mountains about twenty-five miles west
of it is an area of about thirty milesin
length by five to twelve in width, COM
posed almost entirely of nigh table
lands, with perpendicular faces or walls.
ranging from Is to 500 feet in height.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31
NEWS AND NOTES.


THE Harrison Wire-works at st.
Louis were partially destroyed by fire on the
night OF the 18th. Loss about 81, 900; fully
insured. Four. hundred employees are
thrown out OF work.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

WILLIAM G. BRADLEY, Postmaster at
Princeton. Caldwell County, KY, robbed
the Post-ofice in order, as he now con-
fesses, to cover up shortage IN his accounts
of about 5000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

A. Ross and j. McWhinney, of
Lakeport, CAL, went out shooting I'm boat
and were drowned. They had been drink
ing heavily, and it is supposed became too
drunk to manage the boat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

By direction of the President, an order
has been issued assigning Gen. Howard to
the command of the Department of West
Point; Gen. Augur to the Department of
Texas: Col. Henry j. Hunt temporarily
to the Department Of the South; Col. r. s..
Mackenzie to the Department Of Arkansas,
which comprises Arkansas, Louisiana and
the Indian Territory; Gen. Schofield to the
Division Of the Gulf, which comprises the
departments of Texas and Arkansas; Gen.
Miles to the Department of the Columbia.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

the Journal, Mr.. McLane a., Md.l. as ques.
ton affecting the dignity Of the House. called
attention to the scene of disorder which took
place ON tine h00r ON the previous day be.
3D., lily, and suggested that both the Offend
ing members relieve themselves Of tho
ofense by apologizing to the House.
As neither of the gentlemen manifested
any disposition to act upon Mr.. McLane's
suggestion, the latter offered Q resolution 10
quiiing them to apologize. This was subse.
instead of required" Mr.. Weaver then arose
and stated his deep regret at the
occurrence; he admitted the language
used by him was wholly unjustifiable,
and he made his apology humbly to the
House. Mr.. Sparks then said that the Lam
guage used by him on the occasion referred
the rules Of the House, and he apologized for
Il. Upon motion the whole subject was
thereupOn laid upon the table. Both Houses
adjourned till the 5th Of January.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

PROF. EDISON gave an exhibition
of his system of electric lighting at Menlo
Park, N. j., on the night of the Goth, to the
Mayor and Common Council of New York
City and other invited guests. Three hum
dred lamps were included in the circuit.
The exhibition was success. On the same
night practical public exhibition of the
Brush electric light system wss witnessed in
New York City, Broadway being illuminated
from Fourteenth to Twenty-sixth Street
with lamps placed 262 feet apart, the gas
lamps being extinguished. The lights were
brilliant and steady, and enabled one to read
q newspaper clearly at any unobscured point
on the street within the limits Of the illum-
nation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

GOVERNOR NEIL, of Idaho, in his
message to the Legislature, says polygamy is
being rapidly introduced from Utah into
that Territory, and that the laws are inef-
ficient to check its progress.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

PRESIDENT HAYEs's recommendation
in his message to make x-President Grant
Captain General, has elected letter from
General Sherman to . personal friend. In
which he says: ''When General Grant was
nominated for President in the first instance,
in 1868, he volunteered ~ me- tho opinion
that when his term was outhe would not de-
sire to regain command Of the Army, as it
would be unjust to me. have
never heard him since Say q word to
indicate change in that opinion, and
do not believe he or his. friends suggested
to the President the idea Of the Captain
Generally or Of regaining . place on the
army retired list. The service IL embar-
raised already with too much ranl.for euf
small army, and I don't know what Cap
tain General viii find to do. There never
was euch an officer in the United States,
and it will need legislation to create and de-
fine such an Office. Twin take my own time
and course of action when the emergency
comes"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

THE recent decline in grain has
caused the suspension Of a number of deal.
ers in Chicago and st. Louis-Jones & Nc.
Donald and Gardner, Stone & Co., in the
former city, and Manson, Bartholow & Co..
in the latter, being among the heaviest
houses forced to succumb.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

MRS. KATE SPRAGUE, nee Chase, has
filed petition for divorce against her hus-
band, Ex-Governor Sprague, of Rhode
Island. The grounds alleged'are adultery,
cruelty, habitual drunkenness, and other
minor offenses. 1t is understood the Gov.
ernor will file cross-bill for divorce.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

FRED. OLDs, young man serving q
term Of life-imprisonment in the Kansas
Penitentiary, for the murder Of. an old man
named D. w. Farris, in Topeka, in 1874, has
withdrawn his former plea Of guilty, and
makes a statement charging his father, now
dead, withhaving committed the murder. The
prisoner says he took the onus Of the crime
upon himself in order to shield his father,
who would otherwise have been convicted,
and that an additional motive for the act
was the belief Of the father that he could Sc
cure his sons pardon on account Of his
youth, the latter being at the time Of his
conviction but 16 years Of age. Failing In
his efforts to accomplish this, and goaded by
remorse, as is presumed, the old man hanged
himself. A pardon has been applied for.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

The San Francisco authorities have
Just cleared their County Hospital of Chi
nese lepers, thirteen of them being sent back
to China on the last steamer for Hong Kong.
Their countrymen on board the steamer ex-
hibited the greatest CONSERVATION when
they learned who were to be their fellow
passengers, as they have great dread of the
lOathsome malady.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

The President has designated Gen.
Crook, Gen. Miles, William Stickney and
Walter Alden a commission to proceed to
the Indian Territory, and after conference
with the Poncas tribe of Indians, to ascertain
the facts in regard to their recent removal
and present condition so far as is necessary
to determine the question what justice and
humanity require should be done by the
Government of the United States, and report
their conclusions and recommendations in
the premises.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

GOVERNOR FOSTER has written let
ter withdrawing his name from the Ohio
Senatorial contest. Unwillingness to enter
into struggle which, in the belief of many
Republicans, might 'sengender antagonisms
hurtful to the future welfare of the party"
is the cause assigned for his somewhat I'M
expected action. This apparently leaves
Secretary Sherman walk lover.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31

THE Oklahoma colonists still remain
in camp on the border near Caldwell, Kans.
Considerable snow has fallen, and they have
apparently gone into winter quarters to re-
main for some time. Their meetings are
conducted in secret, and outsiders have no
means of knowing their future plans, which
it is presumed hinge to great extent upon
the result of DR.. Wilson'S mission to Wash
ingtOn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-31


larger amount of freight tonnage than is indi-
Gated by the foregoing comparison
After further remarks regarding the excess
of commodities by rail over the commerce by
water, Mr.. Nimmo continues: "The efficiency
of the railroads as highways of commerce has,
however, increased much more rapidly than
their mileage. This increased efficiency in
railroad transportation has been mainly the
result of a substitution of steel for iron rails,
and Of improvements in the equipment and
methods of MANAGING traffic."
The gross earnings of the railroads of the
United States for the years mentioned are
shown to be as follows: In 1851, $39, ,35S; in
1881, $3.50 900 600; in 1871, 40A3s9 20s; in 1872
$529, 0l2 999. This increase in gross earnings
has taken place Notwithstanding the constant
and very large decrease in the average rates
of transportation. The number of freight
cars employed on the railroads in the State Of
New York increased from 1885 in 1867 to H.
S68 In 1873, and the number of frei9ht-cars en-
ployed on all the railroads in the United States
increased from 3S4 90S in 1875 to $50 100 in 1871
The tonnage of the New York State canals
fell from 5S500sO tons in 1859 to k382, 33:2 tons
in 1873, but the tonnage of the two railroads
competing with the canal tthe New York Cen
trail and the New York. Lake Eie & Western
Railroads. increased from So, OA tons In 1859
to Il, -, D4 tons in 1873.
These facts, 1t is maintained. serve to illus
trate the most striking CONNER cial develop
ment of the a.e-namely: the TACT that the
vehicle Of commerce ON wheels has, I'm our
domestic trade, to great extent superseded
the vehicle Of commerce on the water. :. The
same facts" It IL held, .als0 Indicate the
cause Of the decline of shipping employed on
internal water lines and In the coastwise trade
of the United StateA" Eeg -
In conclusion the report says: aside from
the economic and commercial considerations,
however, the American merchant marine. both
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Tue Simpson knitting factory at Toron-
to, Cam, burned on the 9Th inst. Loss
heavy.
THOMPSON d CO., bankers and brokers,
Philadelphia, suspended. Liabilities,
$4,000,
TIE Norfolk, Va, knitting and cotton
companys factory was burned on the End
inst. Loss partly covered by 100000 in
slirancc.
A BOILER ia Metz Bros brewery, at
report, on the 7th inst, fragments of it
being thrown many blocks away. One
man was severely injured.
MORRIS SEAMAN farmer living near,
Bloomington, H., had n leg broken on
the oh inst, by horse falling on him.
lis injuries are very severe
TIE body Of John Gambler was found
an the railroad track near Pcrryyille,
Ohio, ON the 9th inst. Ills neck was
broken, and il is supposed he was struck
| by a passing train.
DuRING Il heavy rain storm, ii Rich-
mond Va, on the 7th inst, II whirl-
wind struck the lower portion of the city,
nnroolling several buildings, prostrating
fences and trees, and doing great damage,
The whirlwind covered u radius OF more
than half mile.
TIM Manhattan market building ut
New York, which covered an entire block,
and had over two hundred tenants was
completely destroyed by fire at midnight
Of the 10Th The loss To the occupants
alone will be$l 100000.
TnE destruction Of Finsecr Bros, Louis
Vile, KY, tobacco works by fire, will
throw one hundred and fifty men and
women out of employment, many of
whom depend entirely upon the work they
received Mt the factory for their snbsst-
encc. The calamity will fall heavily on
many destitute families. Total loss esti
mated nj Sl50,o00.
JAMES KELLEY and Bridget O'Mahcr, on
the 18th inst went ont in n boat from Mad
ison, Wis, on Lake Monona, and went TO
Lakeside. They were seen coming home
in the evening drunk. Kelly was found
in the lake and rescued at 8 o'clock. The
dead body Of the woman was found the
next morning A verdict was rendered
TINT abe VIVA drowned by the boat tipping
| from some unknown oo"eo Kelly wns
held for further development.
A FIRE in st. Louis, on the OH mat, de-
stroycd three icc-houscs and portion Of
the Excelsior Manufacturing Works.
When the roof of the latter establishment
fell in, seven lircmcn were carried down,
two receiving injuries which caused death
in Il few hours and the others being pain
fully hurt. Since the killing Of rheam
'foolc in that city, month or two ago,
over thirty members of the fire department
have ben disabled while in service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
GENERAL NOTES.

Dr. TANNERS first lecture was delivered
in Booths theatre, New York, on the llth
inst, TO about one hundre ! people.
The results of thrashing in England are
disappointing. Wheat is much lighter
than was expected, but the yield Of oats
and barley is fair.
Southern Ute agency and taken to Los
Pinos for interment.
A COMMITTEE Of the Detroit board Of
education finds that the city has been
grievously swindled in it's purchases of
coal for the schools. One lot supposed to
weigh 439 tons is 100 tons short.
DOMINION officials are privately inform
ed by telegraph that Sir John Mcdonald
has succeeded in Transforming the Canada
Pacific railway to the London syndicate.
ST.. LOUIS merchants report that trade
in all It's branches is very lively, and that
its volume is from - to 40 per cent. great
er than last year.
MORE than sixty children in Camden,
n. j., having come down with smallpox,
the board Of education has determined to
close the public schools for one month.
REPRESENTATIVE of the Pennsylvania,
New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio,
Grand Trunk, and Erie railways have
agreed upon and directed the immediate
restoration and strictest maintenance of
all east bound rates To full tariff prices on
all classes of freight.
A WEALTHY citizen Of Detroit, whose
wife and children were on the steamer
Marine City when il burned in Lake HUI
ron, and escaped with their lives has
given 81 900 worth of gold and silver
nI M bn nd .,T hat
vessel
j. X. EMMET, the actor, was found hope
lessly drunk in the street of n. \. the llth
inst. When taken - court he was in ter
riblc condition, ard could scarcely talk to
the Judge. He was remanded until he
could get over the effects of the liquor.
His son was in court, and helped his
father into the prison hospital
DIX. BUCHANAN, the bogus diploma-ped-
der, who skipped from Philadelphia, and
who was in Detroit for some time, and
afterward went on lecturing tour in Can
ada with q fellow quack, was decoyed over
from COPYRIGHT, Ont, to st. Clair Mich,
on the 18th inst, and arrested. John Nor
rs, the city editor Of the Philadelphia
Record, who had been kept posted on the
natter by Detroit reporters secured the
arrest.
THE Denver TriLuc's Santa Fc special
says Alexander Lebain was the stage
driver killed ON the eve Of the 9Th, Is
miles from Fort Cummings. The two
passengers killed are Isaac Roberts, of
New York, and j.. $. Madden, of Fort
Bowie. The pursuing troops overlook the
Indians on the afternoon Of the It'll and
had short fight ia which one soldier and
two Indian scouts were killed and two
soldiers seriously wounded. The Indian
casualties are not known, and it is doubt
full if they can he ovcrtaken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
FOREIGN.

lNrEllturNcE has been received that
bulgaria will IN October declare her indie.
pcndenec.
PRopAntN llerM will rise against Ayooh
Khan, who will fly 70 Persia, or surrender
himself t. the English.
HAKoou kuN's eight wives and two
sons aged ! and = years, joined him nj
Mussooyie.
An explosion occurred, on the 9th inst,
nj the reaham Gollierv, near Durham,
England 0ne hundred and eighty work.
men were in the pit and persisted before
they could he rescued The scenes centi-
guous 70 the accident hcggar all dcserip-
,ion and are Of the most narrowing detail.
Tux railroad from st. Petersburg to
Simphireropol was watched night and day
by 1000 peasants and 10000 troops during
the empcrors recent journey 70 lslvadia,
THE steamer Nevada took sl1 Mormon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17

of SiXty-sixth and Lincoln streets. She,
with her brothers and sisters, set fire To
the prairie. about two hundred yards
from their home, one evening, and her
clothes caught in the flames. Her
screams brought her mother to her res
cue, but the fire was not eXtinguished
until the mother herself was severely
burned on the hands and arms. and
Aggie's clothes were half consumed 1t
was found that she had been severely
burned from both hips down the back
of her legs. She was placed III that
tiresome position in bed which she has
kept for more than two years. DR.. c.
H Lowell was summoned and gave her
careful treatment for more than three
months The father, Il poor man, had
consumed much of his spare earnings
and finally procured her admission TO
the county hospital The girl has been
an object of special solicitude at that
institution from the first, and has never
complained Of the great sutferings
which must have endured. During
the summer she has been kept III an
open tent outdoors. Her appetite has
pcel SoOd anu llSI us lOslllOll CllcGlltl.
Nevertheless, She has wasted away till
little more than skin and bone remain.
Another operation similar to that of
Yesterday is in preparation. On Friday
last cancer was removed from pa
tent. An attempt will be made TO
transplant the skin of sheep to the
wound made by the incision. The
sheep to be used in that experiment is
roaming about the hospital grounds
with its Sides hound ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
VERY LATEST NEWS.
A Record ~ Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

ElguTY-rwo cadetships at the military
academy of West Point are now vacant
and awaiting the action Of the congress-
men.
The examination now going on SHOWS
that 6,Gs7 women hold registered per
cent. bonds. The holders Of this kind OF
securities number 20, al ali told.
lT is now asserted that the president AZ,
sured General Sherman that General
Miles should have General Myers place ~
chief signal officer. General sherman IL
related to Miles by marriage, and has
pulled hard for the brave Indian fighter.
Howgatc, the man disappointed in the
scramble for the place, came into prom!!-
nence two or three years ago with his prof.
ect TO reach the North Pole by sending out
a party which should become acclimated
before making the supreme effort to reach
the Pole. The steamer Gulnarc, winch
lately sniIed from here is the pioneer Of
his expedition. Howgate is rich.