The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE recent heavy snow storm inter
rupted railway travel in all the States be
tween Maine and Virginia.
BREvEr MAJOR-GENERAL MEIGs
Quartermaster General, and Brigadier Gen
eral Latham n. Brown, Paymaster General
q. s. A., have been placed upon the retire.
list.
TIE House Committee on Commerce
listened to lengthy argument, on the i'm
provement Of the Mississippi River b.
George L. Wright, of St. Louis, the othe
day. The committee will recommend tn
appropriation of about $10, 00O. 900 for river
and harbors, exclusive of the Father
Waters.
TIE military commander at Liner
lex, Ireland, recently notified the magis'
trates that his men conld not walk thu
streets at night without being stoned, and
gave warning that in self-defense they may
be compelled to fire upon citizens. Extra
ordinary precautions were being taken tt
preserve the peace.
The Commissioners of Grant County,
Dakota, decided to remove the seat of gov
eminent from Big Stone to Milbank the 9th.
er day, but three hundred armed citizens Of
the former place threatened to kill any mar
attempting to remove the safe. Some In.
dams were recruited, pickets stationed, and
barricades constructed of hay bales.
RECENT advices from Indian Terri
tory say the Osages have ratified the new
Constitution and code OF laws recently
adopted by the General Council Of that ma
ton. The meeting was largely attended,
including the leading men of the tribe. In
adopting the Constitution it is claimed that
the Osages take . long stride toward en-
hghtened civilization, as the instrument is
I'm many respects similar to the constitutions
Of the different States of the Union. The
Osages are also DESTROYS of uniting with the
Cherokees, and movement with that OBJ
ject in view has been inaugurated. In this
tity and treat with the Government, though
becoming part of the Cherokee Nation.
PIrNEY, ex-Custodian of the Treas
ury Department, has revived interest in the
contingent fund investigation by adding to
his former testimony. He asked to be re-
called, Feb. 9th, and stated that he had been
Informed that Upton and Lamphere had
contradicted his testimony with regard to
the employees of the Treasury having done
work for Secretary Sherman, for which
they were paid out of the contingent fund.
He reafirmed his testimony that they had
done such work, and had been paid for it
out of that fund, and said he was prepared
to prove it, and also to prove that Sec
rotary Sherman and Mrs. Sherman knew
that this work was 50 paid for. Senator
bale sprang to his feet, and with some show
of indignation asked: elbow dare you
Pitney replied: 81 have received notes from
her asking me to send men to do certain
work on different occasions, and nave the
notes here now" He then produced GER
tain notes, proved to have been written by
Mrs. Sherman, requesting that workmen
be sent to the Secretary 3 residence. Pitney
added that he had received notes of the
same kind from Secretary Sherman, and
also produced them.
The following touching incident was
telegraphed from Coalfeld, Va, the scene
Of the recent mine horror, on the It'll: Su-
perintendent Dodds mounted a coal car,
and, addressing the wailing throng of women
and children around him, said: ''My poor
friends, it grieves me to have to state to you
that for the present our search for the bod
les of those you knew and loved will have to
be abandoned. You know what fire in a
coal mine means, and it may take months of
watching to subdue it. We will close the
pit now" The speakers voice quivered
with emotion. When he finished, beauti.
full lii tie girl Of IA years, Annie Crowder,
the only daughter Of one Of the victims, ut.
tered piercing scream and rushed to the
mouth of the pit, crying, "Oh, do not leave
my dear papa to burn down there! Let me
get in the cage and go down after him. Let
me save him." The strong arms of the
miners held her back as the fragile thing
tried to make her way to the cage, and more
than one blackened face was made blacker
Is the hand went up to wipe away the tears.
Men sobbed aloud and turned away to con-
ceal their emotion. The little girl, finding
her progress barred, swooned at the mouth
of the pit.
The bill for the establishment of
postal savings banks, as amended by the
House Committee on Post-oficss, provides
for the establishment Of postal savings de.
positories for the purpose Of the protection
Of small savings, to facilitate their with
drawal, and to produce revenue. The Post
General may open sub-departments
ut any money order Office in his discretion.
Any person above twelve years of age may
become a depositor. The smallest
deposit which the Government will take
II to he received in one dollar 0r its