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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
THE MAINE TROUBLES.

The Maine Supreme Court, on the
9th, rendered an opinion in response to the
questions submitted by the Fusion Legisla-
ture, although expressly disclaiming any
recognition of that body, even by implica-
ton, as a legally organized legislative
body. The Court declares that the Fusion
House was never legally organized, mas
much as some of the persons who assumed to
act as members thereof and were necessary
to make up a quorum, did not appear to be
elected on the face Of the returns and were
not in fact elected. The same objection cX-
lists rs to the Fusion Senate. AS to the Re-
publican organizations, the Court say, that,
although there may be irregularities
in the manner in which such
organizations were formed, the voice of
the people is not on that account to be stitled
nor the true Government to fail to be MAIN
tanned. No essential defects anywhere exist,
but only such departures from the ordinary
forms as circumstances compelled"
The Fusion Legislature, after pro-
longed secret session on the 18th, adjourned
to meet on the first Wednesday of August
next.
In the Republican Senate, on the Goth,
seven Fusionists took their seats, and %
Fusionists took places in the Republican
House. Every body seemed willing to ac-
cept the situation, and absolute quiet
reioned
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

AMONG recent appointments by the
President are the following: John Cook, H.
linois, Indian Agent at Rose Bud Agency,
Dakota; Milo A. BoytOn, Michigan, Indian
Agent at Moquis, Pueblo Agency, Arizona.
ADUEL took place on Metairie Ridge,
near New Orleans, on the 9th, between
Maj. E. A. Burke, of the Democrat, and
Maj. H. J. Hearsey, of the States. The duel
was fought with pistols; distance, 10 PAGES.
After firing two shots each, friends inter-
posed and the difficulty was adjusted.
PRESTON D. MooD, editor of the
Clarendon Is. CO. Press, recently committed
suicide at Manning by blowing out his
brains. He was only q years of age and
belonged to a well known family, his father
being the Rev. Henry NJ. Mood, Methodist
minister. Disappointment in love was the
cause of his untimely end.
ROBERT P. PORTER of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean has been appointed by the Su-
perintendent of the Census to the manage
ment of all matters pertaining to the collec-
ton of statistics and information in regard
to the wealth, debt and taxation of the
United States, which will be embodied in the
forthcoming Census report.
SENATOR CONKLING'S wife is at
Washington with her husband this winter
for the first time in several years, ill-health
having usually kept her at home at Utica, n.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
INVESTIGATION PROCEEDINGS.
The COlOred Exodus.


j. r. Dukehart, Southern Passenger Agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. testified
before the Exodus Committee to day. He said
that he visited North Carolina several times
in the interests of his company, which had Sc
cured the transportation of all the emigrants.
The company offered, as an inducement to
back of 81 per head for adults and 80 cents for
children. Y. Taylor Evans, of GOldsbOrO, and
Perry and Williams were the three principal
promoters of the exodus upon that basis.
Evans told witness he commenced working
up the exodus Is months ago by means of
mass meetings, secret societies, etc. Witness,
circulars asserting that colored people would
find plenty of work in Indiana at wages OF 81
and $3.50 per day. Perry and Williams.
also circulated the report What that ,,o EN-
Would be provided with new clothes
and transportation to Indiana and Kansas.
Circulars were largely made up of editorials
from the Greencastle Und.) Banner, and also
included what purported to be certificates
from a number of the North Carolina cOlOred
people. who had already gone to Indiana, that
to follow. Perry left the State suddenly dur.
ing the winter on account of an Indictment
for forging school certificates, and had not
returned but Evans and others were still at
work; and in the opinion of the witness the
exodus would continue just as long as the
cOlored people could raise money to pay
reports from their friends at the other end of
the line. In this event lie would go out to In
diana and try and secure them as passengers
back over the b: and o. lines. lLaughter.l
The number of tickets sold by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for the transportation of
these North Carolina cniSrantS since the
movement first commenced is 163, 235 OF this
number being half-fare:
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Warren O. Tearing, colOred, an employee of
one of the Executive Departments at WASH
of Secretary of the Emigrant Aid Society; he
had received letters from his relatives in
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

EDWARD DwYER GREY, Lord Mayor
of Dublin, and Chairman of the Mansion
House Relief Committee, Dublin, tel
egraphs Richard O'Gorman, Esq, of
New York, Secretary of the Irish Relief
Committee, that the distress in the west
of Ireland is rapidly increasing, and is
assuming calamitous proportions. Mr..
O'Gorman said that he was daily
in receipt of information from
Ireland, all to the effect that
he restitution in Connaught and
the Northwest and Southwest and the
islands lying off these parts was rapidly
developing dimensions far exceeding
the worst fears of the people. In
some districts the distress had almost
taken the character of a famine, and
the greatest fears are entertained for
spring and early summer. A London
telegram of the 30th says that three
deaths from starvation have occurred
in County Louth. The Pope has contrib
uted 10000 francs to the relief fund.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
The Ute Outbreak.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q.
Miss Josie Meeker was before the House In
dian Committee to day, and told the story of
the massacre of her father and of the causes
which led to it. She said the Indians were in
cited to the decd by their intense native aver
sion to take on civilized modes of lie. Thorn
burgIs advance, in her opinion, was the i'm
mediate cause of the trouble. There was no
trouble with the White River UteS on account
of supplies since her father had been Agent,
and the outbreak was not occasiOned by any
treaty negotiations. 1t appears further from
the country on and off the reservation, partly
that in case of an outbreak the soldiers could
not follow them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. go
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
to-day examined Gov. Pitkin of Colorado
on the Ute question. He stated that the
Indians had long been dissatisfied and
chafed under the restraints of the
enforced influences of civilization cXcrted by
the agency; that Jack and other Indians had
appealed to him to have them relieved of the
presence of Agent Neeker: that they did not
care for farming. but preferred to lead the
same nOmadic lite their fathers had followed.
He Governor Pitkin) believed the Utes were
actuated by malicious intent in the recent Ute
out the whites from Colorado. He related
the incidents of his interviews with Jack
and other Indians, going to show that Gu
ray had gradually lost his influence
over the younger Utes, and that the feel
ing of disafectiOn and the war spirit had for
some time past been gaining an ascendency
with them. He said some of the scouts had,
that the Indians would attack the troops at or
near Bear River, and that the general opinion
among the people of Colorado was that the
outbreak was premeditated.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

Y. Mr.. and Mrs. Conkling both attended a
dinner party the other day at the residence
of Mrs. Sprague, formerly of Canonchet.
CHARLES PONDER, aged 80, local
preacher of the NJ. E. Church, committed
suicide by hanging himself on his farm, four
miles west of New Albany, Ind, on the 9th.
Cause, insanity produced by religious excite
ment in relation to specification.
SENATOR GARFIELD has written a
letter announcing his preference for John
Sherman as the Republican candidate for
President.
Col. NELSON TRUsLER, United States
Prosecuting Attorney, fell dead from heart
disease in the Grand Opera house at Indian
apolis, just previous to the ringing up of the
curtain, on the night of the 18th. Deceased
was Colonel of the S4th Indiana Infantry
during The War, and subsequently was elect
ed Secretary of State on the Republican
ticket.
SAMUEL S. HAYES, ex-Comptroller
of the City of Chicago and a well known cit
izen, died on the 18th.
DIR. S. DANA HAYES, State Assayer of
Massachusetts,, has abandoned his home,
leaving a letter stating that he should never
return. Domestic troubles were the cause
of his strange conduct. His business affairs
were in prosperous condition.
THE Senate has rejected the nomina-
ton of Howard NJ. Kutchin as Revenue Col
lectOr for the Third Wisconsin District. Mr..
Kutchin is publisher of the Commonwealth,
at Fond du Lac, and his confirmation was
opposed by the Democratic Senators upon
the ground of undue violence of partisanship
as displayed in certain editorial articles writ
ten and published by him in his newspaper.
This is said to be the first appointment made
by Mr.. Hayes rejected by strict party vote.
REV. j. NJ. TOWER committed suicide
at Faribault, Mimi, on the 10Th, by shooting.
He leaves wife and six children.
GEN. BOYNTON, the Washington cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, has
reconsidered his determination of suing
Gen. Sherman for libel, but has instead pre-
ferred charges and specifications against the
latter "for conduct unbecOming an officer
and gentleman" and asks the Secretary Of
War to convene court-martial for the trial
of the same.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The steamer Charmer, of the Red
River Transportation Line, was burned to
the waters edge on the morning of Sunday,
the 25th, near Bayou Sara, La. Eight lives
were lost, viz, two chambermaids, two
cooks, two cabin boys, one fireman and one
deck hand. The cargo consisted Of 2,1OO
bales of cotton. The Charmer was an ele-
CANT new steamer and cost $50 600. She was
insured for $4,000.
A Leavenworth dispatch of the 25th
says it is now conceded that the robbery Of
Paymaster Broadhead's safe (of $25 ,0OO) was
accomplished while the safe was in charge of
the Express Company, between Leaven-
worth and Atchison. The seals of the safe
were intact when it was delivered by Major
BrOadhead to the express agent at the former
place.
The shoe-shop of the Kings County
Penitentiary, Brooklyn, N. Y, was burned
on the Goth. The Bay State Shoe and Leath-
er Company, lessees of the prison labor, lose
company is fully insured.
Rev. Mr.. Hayden of Connecticut,
who has had two trials on the charge of the
murder of Mary Stannard, has been released
on s., 900 bail.
The American Union Telegraph Com
pany, Jay Gould's new line, commenced do
ing business on the Goth. The line extends
from Boston and New York to Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City, and other principal
points North and West.
The telephone was recently success
fully worked between st. Louis and Omaha,
distance of 40 miles. Singing and con-
versation We're distinctly heard at either
end.
A delegation of 40 cOlOred emigrants from
Monroe Parish, La, arrived at Leaven-
worth, Kans., on the 9th. They were
mostly old men, women and children, and all
were in destitute condition and entirely
dependent upon charity.
A dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland
says that Lake Zurich is frozen over, an
event so rare that it has occurred but four
times the present century.
A fire-damp explosion occurred in a
colliery at Mussen, Saxony, causing 10 deaths.
Charles Taing, Chinaman, was
hanged at Colusa, CAL, on the 3Oth, for the
murder of Chinawoman in December,
1878.
Joe Gillespie, colored, was hanged at
Taylorville, Alexander County, n. c., on the
30th, for the murder of Mr.. VIM. G. Fowler.
a merchant, for the purpose of robbery, in
December, 1878.
Rev. Mr.. Cowley of New York, man.
ager of the "Shepherd's Fold," has been
committed to Jail upon % separate indict-
ments, charging him with i'll treatment Of
and cruelty to the children placed under his
care. Bail was fixed at $500 upon each in
dictment.
Near Barcelona, in Spain, recently,
rich land -owner, his wife, three daughters,
a son and two women servants were all
found murdered in their beds. The deed
was apparently done with Ratchet. The
house was ransacked. A swineherd and his
two sons have been arrested.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

In uncovering the foundations of the
obelisk at Alexandria, Egypt, which is
to be transported to this country, Lieu
tenant Commander Gorringe found a
number of Masonic emblems, which it
is said establish the relations of many
Egyptian monuments. DR.. Fanton,
a highly instructed Mason,
has carefully examined the
emblems and declares that they
prove that Masonry originated with
the construction of the pyramids,
or at least at far remoter period than
the construction of the foundation of
the obelisk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
CURRENT TOPICS.

GEN. ADAMS, accompanied by three
Ute chiefs, has gone to the White River
Agency to endeavor to secure the sur
render of the Utes engaged in the
Meeker massacre. The rest of the Ute
delegation will remain in Washington
until the return of Gen. Adams. Gen.
Hatch informed Secretary Schurz by
telegraph on the oath that a delegation
of Southern Utes were en- route to Wash
ington.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

JAN. 26.-Senate- large number Of pc
titions upon various subjects were presented.
Mr.. Sanders, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported a bill to provide for the sale
of portion of the Omaha Indian reservation.
up the bill to provide for Furnishing
persons who steal horses, mules, or
other property from Indians. 1t provides
and may be imprisoned not longer than five
years, in the discretion of the Court where
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

An original bill has been filed in the
United States Supreme Court by the
State of New Hampshire against the
State of Louisiana ct al, setting forth
that the authorities of the latter State,
under provisions of the new Constitu-
ton, adopted in 1879, are about to use
the proceeds of taxes levied for the year
of 1879, under the act of 1874, to defray
expense of the State Government in
stead of devoting said proceeds, as
they should devote them, to the
payment of principal and interest on
consolidated bonds issued by the
State under the law known as Act of
the Statutes of 1874. The bill further
sets forth that the State of New Hamp-
shire is the owner of six of said consol-
idated bonds, and prays the Court that
provisions of the new Constitution of
Louisiana, in so far as they conflict with
the contract expressed in said bonds,
may be adjudged void and unconstitu-
tional as impairing the obligation of a
contract. The bill also prays for writ
of Injunction to restrain the State officers
of Louisiana from using the proceeds of
said taxes for any other purposes than
those specified in said Act No. of the
Statutes of 1874.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
sioners developed some damaging evil
dence against its responsible head.

sioners developed some damaging evil
dence against its responsible head.
1t is said that the summary removal
of Indian Commissioner Hayt was due
to the fact that he was shown to be cor
ruptly interested in silver mine that
had been found on an Indian reservation
in Arizona. Gen. Hammond, Indian
Inspector, had, at Hayt's request, re-
surveyed the boundaries of the reser-
walton, SO that the mine should be left
out and upon the public domain. Ham
mond at the same time was in
Arizona investigating charges of
fraud against Agent Hart of
San Coulas Agency, and Hart
became aware of the transaction about
the silver mine. In order to close his
mouth, by direction of Commissioner
Hayt, in July last, Gen. Hammond
wrote letter to Hart, promising not to
prosecute him. This letter came into
the possession of Gen. Fisk, one of the
Commissioners. General Hammond
meanwhile resigned his position, and
when called upon to explain the letter
declared it to be a forgery, but subse-
quently confessed that it was gen.
uine, and was written by him
at the direction of Hayt, and that it was
at the latter's earnest solicitation that
he had at first denied its authenticity.
Gen. Hammond exhibited great mental
and physical distress while making this
confession to Gen. Fisk; and before he
had concluded sank into state of un-
consciousness, produced by rheumatism
of the heart, as stated by his physician,
from which it was at one time thought
he would not recover.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
The Ingalls, Investigation.
WARRINGTON II

ON. Foulks, F. s. stambaugh, A. A. Thorn
as and d. r. Anthony were called as wit
nesses in the ingalls, case, but their testimony
was unimpOrtant. This virtually closed the ev-
idence in the case and the committee decided
to allow counsel on both sides one week in
which to prepare written arguments to be
submitted to the committee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAYT has been
summarily removed from his position at
the head of the Indian Office by order of
Secretary Schurz. The recent investi-
CATION into the workings of the Indian
Bureau by the Board of Indian Commits
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

THE reported reconciliation between
the Tilden and Kelly factions in New
York proves to be untrue. The Tam
many men announce their determination
to hold State Convention and send an
anti Tilden delegation to the Nationa
Convention.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

The Mississippi River Improvement
Commission, which has been in session
at St. Louis for some time, adjourned
until the 14th of February, when it will
reassemble in Washington, presenting
its report to Congress about the lst of
March. This document will recommend
the carrying out of plans made by the
Commission, and ask for an appropria-
ton of between $4,000 and $4,000
600 for that purpose.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

An investigation of so-called chill
dren's charityin New York City, known
as the 4" Shepherds Fold" discloses the
most heartless conduct in the treatment
of the little inmates by the managers of
the concern, the Rev. Mr.. Cowley and
his wife. The matter has been taken in
hand by the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, and the unfor-
tunate little ones have been rescued from
the " Fold" and placed under proper
protection.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06

IT is reported, semi-oflicially, that the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
has been incorporated into the
Wabash system, of which Jay
Gould is the moving spirit. The NJ,
K. and T. has been operated since July,
1879, by the Union Trust Company of
New York, in behalf of the bondhOld-
ers. The control of this road was Sc
cured by the purchase of stock. At a
special meeting of the Direct
ors, held on the 9th, eight mem
bers "a majority of the old
Board handed in their designations
and their places were supplied
by the election of eight of the
Wabash Directory. Jay Gould was
then chosen President, F. S. Bond, First
Vice-President, N. L. McCready, Sec
ond Vice. President, and H. B. Henson
was reelected Secretary. 1t is said the
NJ, X. and T. will be at once consoli-
dated with the Missouri Pacific.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-13
Did Not Appreciate His oppor.
tunity.

1t is o great man who can turn
misfortune into gladness. Jones
did this. Placing his new hat very
carefully on the sefs, 1t goes with
out saying that Mrs. Hsvyiwate
utilized it for cushion. When she
arose the hat look like dried cod.
fish in the last stages of consump.
ton.
1t Jenes had been an Ordinary
mortal he would undoubtedly have
used language bordering on the pro-
tame. lie did not; perhaps be was
unable to rise to the eminence of
the occasion. He rushed home with
that desiccated hat. He cried out
eagerly to Mrs. j. Here, dear, how
DO you like it? Thought | would
give you specimen of my taste for
once |" With hands that were glow
ing, she seized it, and tripping to
the mirror fastened it on to her
black hair and exclaimed, with
something like the old honeymoon
love lighting in her eyes: Why,
John, you're perfect Jewel It's
just lovely To think that you have
been hiding your light under a
bushel all these years |" But, alas,
for human fraility. If Jones had
only kept bis face straight bis du-
plicity might never have been dis
covered, and the cloud that soon
settled on his wife's countenance
might never have been. AS we
said, John was great man, but he
didn't stay great long enough TO be
OF any use as an example to hus.
bands in geperal.-Nelc York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-13
Is the Indian q Voter P

The right of an Indian to vote
under the Fourteenth amendment is
to be tested by a civil suit iust
brought in the United States court
for Nebraska. John Elk, an Ihdian
living in the city Of Omaha, offered
himself for registration before the
recent city election and was refused
because be was an Indian, and could
not be q citizen. On election day
be went to the polls and offered his
vote, but it was rejected on the
ground that he was not registered,
and, beng an Indian, had no rights
to vote. Suit was brought against
the registrar with q claim for dam
ages to the amount of $4,000, the
ground of action being that Elk was
citizen under the Fourteenth
amendment, and should not be dis
crlmiDated against Oh account of race
under Fifteenth amendment. The
complaint, setting forth the facts
as here stated, will have q hearing
before Judge McCrary, the newly
appointed Judge of the United
States Circuit. Court, and Judge
Dandy, of the District Court, OF
Nebraska, early in May. The Hon
A. ]. Poppleton and ]. l. Webster
are the attorneys for the Indian,
and they have taken hold of the
case with the purpose of seeing that
Justice is done.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-13
Somewhat Mixed,

A young lady and gentleman in
town were out one evening, not
long since, each making purchases.
The lady bought nice dress and
underwear to match, and the gentle.
man purchased q suit-ooat, pants
and vest. In the course of their
strolllng around town, and about the
time their purchases were complete,
they accidently met each other ard
passed the usual salutation (for they
were intimately acquainted and
supposed to be little sweet on each
other); the gentlemen calamity
poposed to escort thu lady home and
carry her bundle, which kind pro-
posal was graciously accepted. The
lady was in hurry. She had taken
the dress and other articles on trial
it was late, and, she must try
them on, and, if they did not suit,
return them at once. as the store
would be closed soon. They arrived
at the gate, the lady taking her
bundle, as she supposed, and the
man his she entered the house,
and he went his way. She hurried
up to her room, opened the package
when theridiculousness of the situa-
ton flashed on her at once. They
had exchanged bundles Here was
a fix. Whether the lady was SUI
lures, Is matter that is still shroud-
ficiently inquisitive to try and see if
the pants would ht, or whether he
tried on the dress and other fix.
ed in mystery.-MadiSon Journal.