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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
The Zura Burns Murder.

LINCOLN, ILL.,, NOV. 3, 1876.
The Circuit Court room was crowded to
day by a solicitous audience as to the out.
come of the Carpenter preliminary hearing.
It has been field day for the defense, who
have scored numerous strong points, and
by witnesses whose testimony cannot be
shaken by any circumstantial evidence.
The sensational part Of the proceedings was
the appearance Of Mrs. Mary Carpenter,
aged seventy -four years, mother of the de.
PENDANT, on the witness stand, Her ap-
pearance is that of well preserved and re-
fined old lady and her account is particu.
larry marked with the striking vernacular
of the average Bostonian. Her voice is
trembling and during her examination was
listened to with breathless attention and a
most rigid cross-exsmination failed to
shake her testimony in any particular.
When leaving the witness stand she passed
by her son, took him by the hand, kissed
him and passed on, after which for several
minutes the prisoner sat with his face bur.
led in his hands and wept. She has meyer
seen her son behind the bars and it was the
FIRST meeting since his arrest. The testi
mony will be concluded tomorrow fore
noon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

Synopsfs Of Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Bvsns' Report-Interestfng Static
Z sies - the Anhifs Of the Postal Union.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-The annual re.
port of the Commissioner Of Internal Rev.
enue has been submitted. BY the consoli-
dalton of collection districts an annual
saving to the Government of s125, 900.
has been secured. The aggregate re.
ceipts this year are estimated at s120 ,O00, 900
During the first three months of the current
fiscal year the revenue decreased 81.
926.401. As q large number of thoss
engaged in Illicit distilling are DESTROYS Of
abandoning their unlawful practices, the
commissioner has been strongly urged to
recommend a proclamation of general am
nesty to such persons. He suggests that
Congress provides shorter period Of limita-
ton for the prosecution OF offenses against
revenue. The question OF enforcing the
revenue laws in Indian Territory has been
referred to Secretary FOlger for action. The
number of stamps issued to collectors and
agents was 1,032, TIA 500, representing
S162, 657, ia. The increase in the pro-
dp?tion of manufactured tobacco and snuff
is over 100000. Increase in
production of cigars 1S6, 900,
and of cigarettes $4,000, 900. The reduction
of the revenue On tobacco caused by the act
of 1888 was at least S25,O0O,O00. The
amount of rebate claimed on tobacco was
So. 725,913; allowed, S3,524, 1871; rejected,
S1,7S7. The remainder was returned for
amendment. The distilleries operated
this year number 5,120, consuming
1S,644,7S7 bushels of grain. The de-
grease in the spirits produced is about 3d.
600, 600 gallons The spirits removed in
bond for export were 5,426, 427 gallons;
transferred to manufacturing warehouse,
2O3, 93S; withdrawn from warehouse, 49,
POI, 100; allowed for leakage and evap-
Grafton, 2,291,013. remaining in
warehouse June 80, 1888, S0,449,9
Seven-tenths of this Is bourbon. In ware
house Oct 1, 1888, 73,4O5,361 gallons;
withdrawn for export for the first three
months of the present fiscal year, 49,, 3S9
gallons The distilled spirits in the United
States except what may be in customs or
bonded warehouses OH the LIST Of October,
1883, were nearly 116,000,000 gallons.
The Commissioner recommends the with
drawal of the privilege granted manufact-
urers of vinegar of separating alcoholic
property from the fermented mash and us
ing the same in the production of vinegar.
Aside from the above the report Is an elab-
Grafton of the points presented in the Com
mssioner's letter to the Secretary published
ON the 9th of July last.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
The Zura Burns Case.

LINCOLN, ILL.,, Nov. 5.
The preliminary examination Of o. A.
Carpenter, charged with the murder OF
Zura Burns, commenced here to-day, Judge
Lyman Lacy presiding. The testimony
of Mrs. Fanny Dukes, a sister of the muir.
dered girl, and Mrs. Rebecca A. Carpenter,
of Decatur, tended to establish the fact OF
and Miss Burns. The defense is in able
hands and it is hardly thought that the
State will be ah1N,to make out case sufii.
GENTLY stroQ old Carpenter without
bail, though tn90Sfs every probability that
he will be placed under bonds to await the
action Of the Grand Jury. There is a strong
current of public sentiment against the &C.
cused, with threats of lynching.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
A Negro Desperate Killed.

CHARLESTON, 3. o.. NOV. d
Toby Grant, a negro desperate, wal
killed by Abram W. Clement, a white man.
at Rantou's Sunday. Grant, intoxicated,
went into q store where Clement clerked
and cursed him. When ordered out he
threatened to kill Clement, and assaulted
him twice. Then the latter shot Grant
dead. An immense crowd of negroes gath
cred about the store and threatened to
lynch Clement, but three white men locked
the doors of the store and kept guard all
night, the mob remaining outside. To-day
an inquest was held and Clement safely
conveyed to jail.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
Shocking Domestic Tragedy.

INDEPENDENCE, NO, Nov. y.
The city of Independence was thrown
Into a great excitement to-day by most
horrible double murder and suicide. When
the children Of Henry Clay MCGEE Arrived
home from school they were Mortified tc
find their mother lying dead on the floor,
with her breast full OF buck-shot, and, on
entering the next room, they found their
sister, beautiful young lady of about
twenty years, lying on the bed completely
riddled with shot, On search being insti.
tuted for the murderer, the father was
found upstairs, with an empty morphine
bottle lying beside him. All had the ap
pearance Of being dead for several hours.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
Lost in the Arctic.

BOSTON, MASS, Nov. 5.
The whaling bark Louise was lost Sep
tember % in the Arctic Ocean by striking
the ice. Six men persisted. The captain
and chief officer arrived at San Francisco
yesterday in the bark Francis Palmer. The
schooner Louisa was valued at $4,000;
partly insured. She belonged to j. H.
Bartlett & Sons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
A Youthful Murderer.
SPRINGFIELD, NO., Nov.

SPRINGFIELD, NO., Nov. 8.
Information was received here to-day Of
q murder that was committed in Christian
County, fifteen miles southeast Of here.
yesterday. 1t is stated to your correspond.
emit that fifteen year-old boy, named
Joseph Lee, having became enraged at an
other boy named Bulge Swearingen, aged
seven years, shot nim with pistol while
he was returning home from school. Tbs
ball took effect in the little fellows breast,
producing fatal wound. The murderous
young Lee escaped, but was afterward
caught near Fordland, in Webster County
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Annual Report of Commissioner McFar
land, of the General Land Office.

land, of the General Land Office.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The Commits
siOner of the General Land Office, Hon.
n. c. Mcfarland, in his annual report,
states that the disposals of public lands
during the year embraced 5000, 769 acres,
and Indian lands 500, 235 acres, an increase
over 1882 of about 5000, 900 acres. and over
1881 of about 100000 acres. The receipts
from all sources connected with dispOsals Of
public lands were Sl1, 0SS, i19, and from
sales of Indian lands S6a5, 404, total of
ELL, 1883. Public lands were disposed of
as follows:
Acres.
Public sales, ................... ........ gI3O6g
Private entries =. li9, 91l
Presumption entries. ,22s5, 1l0
Mineral entries. .-......... ............. 81 ,5U
Homestead entries. .S.l11sl4
rimber-culture entries. "a, llO,&U
Entries with military bounty land war;
Entries with land-claim scrip. ....... lO5Oi
Total number of entries and filings posted
during the year, 251 ,6S5; aggregating 3d.
OoO, 900 acres The increase in the number
Of claims recorded in 1888 was SIS, 54S over
the year 1882. The Commissioner states
he is satisfied the presumption filings are
made or procured to be made to great ex-
tent for speculative purposes. He renews
the recommendation that the Presumption
law be repealed. The report recommends
the amendment of the Homestead laws,
requiring period of not less than six
months after the settlement of claim
has been placed on record before final
proof shall be admitted, irrespective
Of the alleged time of residence
prior to the entry. The report further rec
ommends the total repeal of the Timber
Culture law on account Of its inherent de-
fects. The construction Of 1910 miles OF
and-grant railroad was reported during the
gear, making a total Of 17,449 miles Of
road reported as constructed under all
grants to June 80, 1888. The Commissioner
asks that his salary be fixed at $4,000 and
Tor moderate increase Of the salaries Of
the principal officers and clerks of his de-
partment. The character and responsible
ty of the Office, together with the fact that
Its business has increased 50 per cent since
1851, appears to the Commissioner to JUST.
ty this request
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
THE SOUTH.

W. II. OGLEsBY, a prominent citizen Of
Hot Springs. Ark, was recently found dead
in his bed, greatly decomposed, evidencing
that death had occurred at least forty eight
hours before. His wife was absent In Illi-
noise on a visit
AT Sanford, N. c., the other night, q
negro man and wife went to church, leav-
ing in the house three children. Three
hours later the house and children burned.
NEAR Luling, Tex, the other day, John
Martin shot his wife and then pretended
she had committed suicide. he afterwards
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16

The cost of picking this years cotton
srop is estimated at $50, 000, 900.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16

The last cotton crop returns to the De-
partment Of Agriculture showed slight
Involvement since the former report. The
indicated product is nearly eighty-six per
cent. Of last years crop.
THE Irish National League, of Dublin, has
atelegram from John Redmond, their agent
in Australia, stating that the Convention of
the Irish National League att Melbourne,
was great success; that Parnell's pro.
gramme was adopted unanimously, and
that Redmond, was about forwarding ten
thousand dollars to the League in Ireland.
John Redmond and his brother, William,
who have been in Australia several months
in the interest of the Irish National League,
will return to Ireland shortly, via San
Francisco, and will make a lecturing tour
through the United States.
WHILE G. Mills was closing the store Of
Owen & Myers, at Altoona, Iowa, the other
night, he was fred upon by two masked
men. Five bullets pierced his body.
The tannery Of James CELERY 6 Co.,
at Allegheny, Pa.,- and row of brick
dwelling houses belonging to the same
firm, were destroyed by fire the other
evening. Loss, $l25, 900; insurance, 81, 1000,
in home and foreign companies.
AT the preliminary examination of o. A..
Carpenter, at Lincoln, Ill, charged with
the murder of Zorah Burns, the defendant
was held in $4,000 bail to appear for trial.
Ar Mount Monroe, N. c., the other day,
Q party Of sixty-ive negroes captured
Lawrence White, colored, and hanged
him. A few days before White killed a
colored man named Frazier. White was
under arrest when captured by. the lynch.
ers.
AT Grand Forks, D. T., recently, Colonel
8. Uline was arraigned on an indictment
found by the Grand Jury for the murder OF
Charles and Frederick Ward, of Chicago,
in Ramsey County, May last. He was ad
mitted TO bail in the sum of $4,000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16

Where q party who procures LOAF
promises to execute mortgage on hls
land as security therefor, and subse--
auently conveys the laud to another as
security for certain claims, the lender
NAV, upon payment of the amount oil
such claims, have the amount loaned
by him made a lien. upon the land, tc
be inforced, If necessary, by sale
thereof-Walsh VS.. Griffith ct al, SUI
preme Court of Iowa.
INCUMBERING HOMESTEAD.
A mortgage or other alienation of the
homestead, when the owner is mar
ried man. is nullity, without the vol
untary assent and Signature of the wife
evidenced and certified, in compliance
with the statutory requisitions-S But
such acknowledgement and certificate
NAV be made after the execution of the
deed, and become valid and binding,
from that time forth.-Hood VS.. POWELL
Supreme Court of Alabama.
sHERIFF's SALE.
Notice given at or prior to sheriff :
sale affects the purchaser. 1t need not
be given to the Judgment creditor prior
to the entry of the Judgment. The pur|
chaser is bound by such facts as ne
would have learned by inquiry. if In
uuiry had become duty.-Sill vs.
Swackhammer, Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania.
FENCING PUBLIC LANDS.
A bill in equity for an injunction viii
lie to aba:e fences already unlawfully
built on unoccupied sections of the pub
lie domain, and to restrain the unlawful
building of fences on like unoccupied
sections of the public domain United
States vs.. Swan ct al, District Court ot
Wyoming Territory.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18

An individual known as ''the COUNT
and the supposed owner of a large herd
of cattle, fell asleep in Jake Essel-
born's saloon yesterday, and snoredi so
loudly that he became an annoyance.
Several Intellectual attempts were made
to rouse him from his soporifc condi.
ton. AS a last resort scotch or ca
tarrh snuff was applied to his nose. AS
a matter Of course he suddenly had a
propensity TO sneeze, and sneeze he did.
Jumping to his feet he uttered. or
rather snorted: "What (sneeze) son OF
a (sneeze) b. b. (sneeze) pu- pu-
(sneeze) that d d (sneeze) pow
stuff in my ~lsneezel. By this time he
gained the door and was soon sneezing
down Sixteenth street, and sneezed
himself clear out Of sight. He nose
now there is a good deal Of difference
b tween a nooze and II sneezs.
should think so.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18

j. NJ. BAILEY.

'Gilt edged, u ''red lettered," ''rose
tinted" '~'orientally flavored;" that's
the way SPECTATORS rate 1t who succeed
in gaining entrance to Queen Esther
rehearsals. Last evening was the best
Of all. Everybody was there, and
everybody was glad.
The LEADER will give the emit re sole
cast of twenty-five presentations to-
morrow.
Something v one hundred persons
are in the affair. The performances
are booked for Monday and Tuesday
evenings, Goth and Both, the sale of
tickets to commence next Wednesday
morning at o O'Clock. A delegation is
coming from Greeley, and Professor
Seager to-day received a letter from
Denver, asking him to secure six seats
for a party coming from there.
Denveri is the next place at which the
opera will be given. Its run of seven
nights three years ago, land the organ-
ization OF a chorus of two hundred for
Professor Ssager next month, indicates
the same interest in the enterprise
which Cheyenne is manifesting. Long
live our Beautious Queen.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18

A mar who has travelled, Mr.. II. A.
b. Williams, representing the Katie
Putnam Comedy company, and who
goes by the sobriquet of "Alphabeti-
CAL" owing to the number of initials
in the handle of his name, is now in
the city arranging for the appearance
of his company here on the 22d and
23d. The Ottowa, Canada, Free Press
speaks thus of him:
Mr.. Williams is a traveller of some
repute. He spent four years with Bay
ard Taylor, visiting almost every coun-
try under the sun. He has played tag
with tigers in India; picknicked with
aiigators in Brazil; taken Turkish
baths with the Turks; harpooned
whales in the Arctic regions; warmed
his toes in the crater OF Vesuvius, and
but why enlargep Williams is a
live man and understands his bust.
ness.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18

We quote the following from the
Belleville, Ont, Daily Intelligence,
Mr.. Keogh has many friends in Chey-
enne, who will doubtless be- pleased to
hear Of the happy event and extend
their good wishes:
yesterday afternoon the ceremony
that unites two until death 10 us part
was performed In st. Michael's church,
the contracting parties being Mr.. John
Keogb, OF salt Lake City, Utah, and
Miss Mary Ann Grant, of this city, and
the officiating clergym being Mgr.
Farrelly, and Rev. Father Spratt, of
Toledo.
THE church was filled by friends of
the contracting parties and the matri.
monial ceremony was attentively list
ened to-. TIE bside was attended by
Miss Minnie Dauy, the groom by Mr..
John Grant, and Mr.. James Grant gave
the bride away. The happy couple left
for New York last evening and will 20
from there to San Francisco.
''Of the bride it may be said that she
was a very amiable lady and her man
ner endeared her to her many friends.
The groom, who was a former resident
of Bellevilie, has been very successful
in his business ventures in the far west
and is engaged In a prontable and lu-
cratlve business.
Mrs. Keogh wal the recipient OF
many handsome and valuable presents,
among which were: A fitting pitcher
and gold lined goblet, a silver tea ser
vice, a set of silver knives, forks and
spoons, a silver epergue and fruit stand
a pillow in silk embroidery, sent from
Dublin, Ireland. a set of s~olitaires, IA
gold bracelet set in pearls and diamonds
and a variety of other articles.
"Mr. and Mrs. Keogh have our
best wishes for their future prosper
ity
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18

The grand lodge was called TO order
by the Grand Master Henry Altman.
After motions and resolutions per-
tanning to rotine business, the grand
lodge proceeded to the selection of Off
GERS for,the next year, with the follow
ing result:
Fred Ruprecht, G. NJ, Laramie City;
A. L. Mank, D. G. NJ, Rawlins; E. w.
Mann, G. W., Cheyenne; Mark Jen-
nings, G. s., Laramie City; Herman
Haas, G. T., Cheyenne; W. L. Kuy-
kendall, G. R., Cheyenne; Thomas
Pearson, G. Chap, Rock Springs; Jos.
Dillman, G.. Mar, Cheyenne; George
Walker, G. Condr., Fort Laramie; II.
D. Beemer, G. Guar, Laramie City;
W. L. Evans, G. Mess, Carbon.
After the installation the grand mas
ter selected the following:
Deputy grand masters-F. c. Thoma-
son, Cheyenne, No. 1; J.. NJ. Harper,
Laramie, No. 2; Charles Schmidt, jr.,
Mountain, No. 3; Thomas Reid, Raw
Inns, No. a; L. Kabis, Allemama, No.
8; A. G. Rex, Evanston, No. 6; Henry
Asmussen, Albany, Nc. 7; R. E. Lon,
Bridger, No. s.; Thomas Pearson, Ex-
%celsior, No. 8; George Walker, Wildey,
No. 10.
Standing committees were announced
all appointments confirmed, business
completed, and the grand lodge ad.
journed sine die.
The next session will be held In Raw.
Inns, beginning October 81, 1884.
THE BANQUET.
Last night the members Of the order
partook of an elegant banquet at tie
Inter Ocean, which freely sustained tn,
enviable reputation of that popular
hostelry. The tables were Handsomely
adorned with flowers and the viandl
we're of the choicest kind. After thu
repast was ended, interesting remarkI
were listened TO from Secretary Nor
gan, Judge Fisher, DIR. Wyman, II
Altman; e. A. Slack, Professor Bal
ley and others. The festivities closet
with a social dance in the hotel dininl
room. The visiting members carr.
away with them the most pleasing i'm
pressions OF Cheyenne's hospitality.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18
BLACK HILLS NOTES.


From the Deadw God Time.
From the 9Th of October to the 21st,
597 stock cars have been ordered for
the shipment of cattle east. This
gives some idea of the magnitude of
the cattle interest, when 1856 cattle
are shipped from one station in thir.
teen days.
On the goth inst, the corner stone of
the normal school building at Spear
fish will be laid with appropriate cere-
monies. What will be the programme
has not yet been learned, but that it
will be interesting, voluminous and elo-
quent there cannot be a doubt.
The Cheyenne LEADER wants a stage
line put up between that place and Og-
den, Utah, in order to get their mail
on time. If they had the stage line
that brought this reporters postal
card se~venty-ive miles in nine days
they wouldn't kick 30 much.
An agent of the Wyoming cattle
company has been located here in
Deadwood looking after cattle wearing
that company's brands. During the
time he has been here he has reclaim
ed and turned over to the company
quite a number of oxen and mules.
Yesterday he found one in one OF Fred
Evans trains, an eight year old Texan,
that had been in their possession three
years.
During the month Of September
Fred Evans transportation line loaded
up and shipped from Pierre 2,011, 900
pounds of freight, the largest amount
ever shipped in one month by any one
company from that point. The ship
ment by that company for October will
be equally as large. The freighting
business for this year will greatly ex-
coed that Of any previous year and the
excess is about equal to all points in
the Hills.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18
UsEMEN liz.

The Danbury News Man and Katie
Putnam.
Dear Sir-I cheerfully comply with
your request for my opinion of the ar
tistic merits Of Miss Katie Putnam. 1
can say, as it is so evident to all, that
her acting is artistic without being I'M
natural; rollicking without being often
sive; sentimental without mawkish-
ness.
She is observant of human nature,
faithful to every detail, and going into
the piece with a true conception of the
character, she combines every excel
lence, and achieves a remarkable sue
cess.
In the dual character of Little
Nell" and the harum-scarum "Mar-
chioness," she brings her qualities into
the best play, and demonstrates beyond
cavil that her genius is OF the highest
order.
Everybody in Danbury who saw Miss
Putnam at the opera house was de-
lighted with her, and already we are
looking forward to her return. know
Of no actress who has given the salts
faction and pleasure Miss Putnam did
or her visit here.
Yours sincerely.
j. NJ. BAILEY.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-18
p,.uro.rnsumou,a.

Mr.. S. W. Alerton, of the Allerton
Packing company, a cattle dealer of
wide experience, makes some very posi-
tive contradictions as to the extent OF
pleuro-pneumonia among American cat
tie, IS stated in a recent interview with
Mr.. G. H. Sanders, secretary Of the
treasury cattle commission. AS for the
reason of trouble in Pennsylvania Mr..
Allerton says:
"Oh, it's aisimple enough matter.
They have been locking up native cattle
In yards or fields formerly occupied by
those 'tick'-covered Texas steers. You
see, when the Texas cattle are shipped
east a good many of them are covered
with little nets of ticks OF bugs, and
these nests ripen and the insects fall off
on the ground after the cattle have ar
rived in the east. These insects crawl
over the grass, and If the herds are
changed frequently-they usually are
it often happens that native cattle
get into the old Texas pastures. The
native cattle eat the grass covered with
these poisonous green ticks, and in a
very short time get sick and show
symptoms of what Mr.. Sanders calls
| pleuro-pneumonia. But it is not pleuro.
pneumonia at all, and If he knew the
FIRST thing about the disease he would
say SO. 1t is a complaint that can be
cured in short order. Give a steer a lot
of green corn, and see how quickly thi:
dreadful thing he talks of will disap.
pear. If, as he says, these people in
Pennsylvania are slaughtering hundred:
Of cattle in order to stamp out the
disease, it only shows the need among
them of a practical livestock mission,
airy instead of a government agent"
In concluding his talk the gentleman
makes a general denial that any pluro
pneumonia exists in the United States
and thinks the cattle commission il
rather more hurtful than otherwise
Chicago Inter Ocean.