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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
RIDDLES RIDDLE.
RE President OF the Defunet Penn Bauh
Tslls Why Things are Thus.

ne President OF the Defunet Penn Banh
Tslls Why Things are Thus.
PITTSBURGH, PA, June S-President
Riddle made statement of the affairs Of
the Penn Bank and the causes which led to
Its collapse. In it he charges the bank dr.
rectors with heing concerned in the oil pool,
which wrecked the bank. and tells how the
failure was brought about. He recites how
the position of the Presidency was
forced on him, and he soon discovered
that loans on oil collateral were exceeding
the collateral at the low prices then
ruling. He complained to Cashier Reiber
and the Vice-fresident, who he had told to
have these accounts made up, and he told
them he could not see what was to be done
unless by personal exertiou they could get
all the people to buy enough oil to put the
prices up, and buy enough on the banks &C
count to make good these accounts. II told
Mr.. Reiber," he said, land told part of the
board, viz: 7. B. Laughlin, and j. n.
Brown, A. NJ. Cavit and Major Swearingen
of my intention, and told all of
them that I would not then or any
other time buy a. single barrel
for myself. had only wish to make up
these accounts. went East and the board
W.
of people there to buy, and lot here to
buy. The sole purpose of this scheme was
the profits of the bank. had no individual
interest in the venture at all. In May,
1882. large lot of oil was bought and the
price advanced. In the midst of this was
again taken sick. That was the time the
accounts named in the papers as fictitious
accounts were made; some here for any
gain to 60 to the bank to make
up these old bank accounts; others
for individuals who would hope for a
divide. Now then, want to say that these
directors did know all about this after I
went to New York to get such parties, as l
could buy oil with parties here and in Oil
City. told these directors of the purpose
Of my going. They brought out one of the
parties that transacted business through me
on their individual accounts, as the accounts
in bank will show
Riddle then gives in detail the names Of
parties engaged in specializing with the funds
of the bank. The official statement of the
bank directors, made later, characterizes
Riddles allegations as false in every par
ticular. They assert they knew nothing Of
the oil speculatiOns until after the bank sus-
pended.
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A Wifely Hint.

Mr.. B.-"Here is some thing in thi:
paper that you ought to know"
Mrs. B." What is that?"
Mr.. B. recipe for getting rid oil
rats and mice. 1t says that wild min!
scattered about the house will SCOT
clear them out"
Mrs. B.-"Mint? That is what YOU
are so awfully fond of, isn't it?"
Mr.. B." Well, yes, l rather like
mint. But 1 wonder why it clears out
ats and mice?"
Mrs. B." Probably when they smell
the mint they conclude that the man OF
he house is a hard drinker, and that
therefore, the cupboard is empty"
Mr.. B. changed the subject.-Pt,ia.
delpkiG Call
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THE LATEST.

4. THE Nat,o alists paraded the streets of
Newry, Ireland, on the Sth, with bands and
banners. A meeting was held outside the
! town, and on the return of the Nationalists
, from the meeting they threw stones, and
when they reached the Protestant quarter
of the town tie Protestants retaliated. Sew
eral shots were fired. The police and troops
interfered. Four Nationalists and several
Orangemen were arrested. Many persons
were injured. -.., .
! TWENTY deaths occurred at Havana from
! yellow fever during the past week.
/ FRANCE and England have agreed upon
! a basis o. conference upon Egyptian af-
/ fairs. The terms of the agreement have
been impaired to the powers. They affirm
the principle of temporary occupation of
Egypt by England, to which no limit is
fixed, propose an international control Of
the powers TO audit the whole system of
revenue and expense in Egypt. England
recognizes the suzerian rights of the Porte
throughout Egypt, including the Soudan,
and France formally abandons all claim of
dual control. HI
j. II. SoUIER & Co., bankers and brokers
of Washington, closed their doors and made
an assignment recently. They dealt prin.
cipally in army and navy accounts, and
We're unable to realize on them in time to
III e. unexpected demands from outside
ere lito:s.
WISsLow & ROGERS shoe factory at
Salem, Boston, burned recently. Loss,
$4,000. Z lieved to be incen diary
The corner stone of the new Catholic
Church of s.. Francis Xavier, corner of
Gi and and Linleil avenues ST. Louis, was
laid on the S.h with imposing ceremonies
and in the presence of an immense throng
OF people.
A SUIT has been fled against the Girec.
tors OF the Penn Bank, of Pitts burgh, by
over two hundred depositors. They
charge negligence and dishonesty, and ask
The court to make the directors and officers
personally liable for the deposits.
The Senate was not in session on the I-h.
The House discussed the repeal of the
timber and pre-emption laws, and on q
vote being taken, no quorum was present,
when an adjournment took place.
The other evening the large round house
& Pacific and the st. Louis. Des Moines &
Northwestern Railroad, at Des Moines, Ia,
burned to the ground. 1t was supposed to
be the work of an incendiary. Nine en-.
gines were destroyed, also all the ma.
chinery stalls in the repair shops, together
with one passenger coach. The approx.
mate loss was S125,00O. The two latter
roads were left. with no engines tc
send out trains. The ST. Louis, Des Moines
& Northern had only two engines left on
the entire road, and the st. Louis, Des
Moines & Northern only one.
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-"If a civil word or two will n

IF q civil word or two will rende
man happy" said French King
"he must be = wretch, indeed, who vii
not give them to him. Such a DISPOSE
ton is like lighting another mans can
die by ones own, which loses none o
its brilliancy by what the other gains. ,
The real troubles of life are few
the imaginary sorrows are many. Mos
persons habitually forecast difficulty
and imagine evils that are at least in
the future, if they exist at all. Wher
the time arrives when the sorrow wa
expected it had vanished.-Troy Times
Edward, aged six years. was asked
if he knew where he would 90 should
he tell fib. "Oh, yes" he replied
Ito the place where the angels dom,
come to see YOU" His hearers though,
that the lad put the matter about as
mildly as any one in the world could
Golden Dogs.
As they were trudging along to
school a five-year-old Boston miss said
to her companion, a lad of six summers
''Were you ever affrighted at the con-
tiguity of rodent?" NAV, forsooth, .
he replied; al fear not the juxtaposition
of the creature. but dislike its alarming
tendency to an intimate propinquity."
Boston Globe. o.
-"HOw is my son coming ons"
asked an Austin father. of teacher in
one of the schools. Il can't do any
thing with him." "Why, he has a
bright intellect" "Brig ht intellect!
Merciful heavens! why that boys mind
is so dull that, compared with it, Egypt
ian darkness becomes brilliant pyro-
technic display Teras Sifiisgs.
40. dear! l feel so mortified. ~
"Why, what is the matter now?"
"You know Mrs. Dashaway, don't
you?'' YES" land always consid-
cred her respectable, did you not9"
Certainly" Well. you may not be-
l.eve it. but she has written me letter
which went through the public mails,
was handed into my door by regular
letter-carrier, who knows everybody in
our set. and on the envelope, right in
plain sight, was one of those horrid
green three-cent stamps that were out
of style almost month ago" Chicago
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
Knocked Into a Cooked Hat.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, June Sword re-
ceived from the Indian Territory says B. j..
Fuller, Kansas stOckman, while in transit
sas, through the Indian Territory, was ar
rested and his stock seized by the CherO-
kee authorities. who acted under Cherokee
laws, which prohibit driving stock through
the Nation, between April and November.
The United States authorities Immediately
released Fuller and rescued his property.
Indian Agent Tufts. in dismissiIg the case.
said: 1.-The Cherokee authorities have no
right to arrest and take possession of the
property of a United States citizen. under
such circumstances" This is a test case
and virtually annuls that part Of the Chero-
kee stock law.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
PITH AND POINT.

/ When man boards a wrong train
of thought he is liable to run off the
| track.
1t requires two columns of space in.
a Boston paper to explain how postage
stamps are made. You can make a,
postage stamp by simply borrowing
one. and forgetting to pay it back-N.-
Y. NeUS.
AT wedding the bride was young
lady who had been a great firt. When,
the clergyman asked the question:
'sWho gives this woman away?" a.
young man present replied: II can, but
/ won't" -Detros Free Press.
The late Or. Maxwell, a wealthy
Milwaukee brewer, left $500, 90 TO
ward the solution of the problem of
aerial navigation" This is what we call
riches taking to themselves wings
LoUeA Courier.
-reniamln Wallace, the wealthy
New York soap manufacturer who dis
appeared recently under mysterious
circumstances, has returned home. IL
shouldn't be thought singu,a: for
soap man to 60 off suddin' Bur ing
ton Harkeye. - =
1t is somewhat unfair that people
possessed of the least health have the
largest amount of sickness to bear.
Now. if the healthy folks were given
the sickness. and the unhealthy ones
let off with little or no sickness, how
much easier it would be, for all.-N.
Y. Post.
Prof. Merriman declares that liz
$4,000 years the ocean will roll 20C
feet deep over New York city" This
should not alarm the New Workers,
however. BY that time apartment
houses in New York, at the Apresenl
rate of altitude. viii be built 900 feel
high. -Norrisiocm Herald. IhA
-"May l take kiss instead OF feer'
asked young physician of pretty pa
tient. rs that in the prescription
she asked coyly. ..Yes," he replied,
pickering up his. lips and drawing
closer FAN right was the reply
..send it to the druggist and have il
made up with the rest of the medi-
cine. "-BnriinJ on Free Press.
I'll want to present Augustus with
a cane" said a young New York lady.
.'but | don't know what size he wears.
What do you mean by size?'' was
the question; ''are canes of different
s.zes?" oh. Vi. and one has to be
very careful in selecting them. ]
shouldn't like to send dear Augustus g.
cane with head biz enough to choke
him "-PakQdetphia Cal. 2 zr.a-
Amy" said the High-School
girl to her friend, yesterday, Il gave
Sue the frigid vibration this morning..
"You gave her what?" asked Amy.
The frigd VIBRATION replied Mil
dred. what in the worlds that
asked Amy in asionishment. "N WAT
YOU call the cold shake. you knew"
explained the High-School girI.-Oif
Gu Derrick
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
WIT AND WISDOM.

Before dot l got married I made an
idol of mine frow; now she vas idle all
der while--PretzerS Weekly. f..
There is much wisdom in this
quaint Italian proverb: A man may be.
come so good that he is good for moth
ing.
In the way of definition: A medi-
cal student is asked at examination
what is medicine? 1.-The art of killing
without police INTERCHANGEABLE Fig
arc. r.-
The Khedive of Egypt wants to Dor
row $40, 100000. Sorry, but we left it
in our other pants. This hab.tual care.
lessness of ours will cost us a heap OF
money some ay.--Hi.lia,nsport Break
fast Table.
Time to Ski p-
Ta-ta, my love, ta-ta,
My steed now champs his bit,
hear the tread of your papa,
IT'S time that should skip.
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Terrible Cubans.

NEW ORLEANS, LA, June s.---IHtters
recently received from Havana by a Welt
known Cuban brings news of the progress OF
the revolution. A new expedition Which
left Nassau recently has arrived at Nuevita:
on board the English yacht Lord Warden
The new uprising Of the people at SAINTS
Clara is headed by Verona. In Saqua a
great many planters have left the place and
joined Aguero. Many plantations have
been destroyed in the neighbOrhood OF
Matanzas.' Several engagements have taken
place in Santiago de Cuba between the
Spanish troops and the revolutiOnists The
recent uprising at Nipe has been progres
cling vigorously.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
THE EAST.

JESSE CARTER, colored, was hanged re-
Gently at Philadelphia.
PRESIDENT RIDDLE, Of the Penn Bank, OF
9 Pittsburgh, Pa, has made a statement OF
the affairs of the bank. Nothing new was
given to the public. Riddle. claimed that
the directors forced him into ruinous oil
speculations. The directors, in their state
ment, declare Riddles allegations false in
every particular. 1855 -a. -EH..-.rf
R b. FOSTER & Co., jobbers in paper at
Philadelphia, have suspended.
The ferry steamer at Fort Madison, Ia,
burned the other day at the wharf.
The village of Hammonton, on the Cam
den & Atlantic Railroad, in New JERSEY.
was greatly excited recently over the dis.
covery of the bodies of twenty-one children
buried in 9 small plot of ground attached
to sanitarium called the Wivison Home,
under the supervision of Miss s. S. Wivi-
son, middle-ag,,d woman. The coroner's
jury found that the children died from
Natural causes aggravated by neglect, Miss
Wilson'S improper sanitary arrange
ments, and the gross incompetency of the
nurses. %. 80
WILLIAM H.vAxDERB1Lr, Cornelius VAN
derhilt, Sidney Dillon and others have bee
elected Directors of the Southern Canada
Railway. ~ -H''
. A SCHENECTADY dispatch says President
Porter. of Union College, cables his accept
ace OF the presidency of hobart College.
!; FIVE hundred laborers employed by the
Collins Bros, contractors on the South
Pennsylvania road, struck recently. They
congregated at Somerset with banners
flying and armed with clubs. During the
evening number of them got into a free
fight on the Diamond. and one man was
fatally injured by being struck on Il. e
he d with q stone. The contractors will
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
A man in Wilcox County Ala.

"A man in Wilcox County, Ala, has
a remarkable tree growing in his yard.
1t is IF the China species, is ten beet
in circnm! eraaca a.d It's top has been
blown sgEy by 4 storm, but six and
one hall feet up the trunk of this tree
two more China trees have sprou:ed.
taken root, and grown up as high as
the old tree is and Just half a. foot
further up the trunk of the Old original
tree peach tree hes taken root, gown
up to fair dimensions, and is now tillet
with fruit. At another place there is a
blackberry vine and also an elm bush,
ali in a ilcurishing condition.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

Some time since Miss Lizzie New
man stopped in Il doorway on Second
street, Louisville, during u shower A
pleasant-yoiced lady noticed her stand
ing there and invited her up stairs
Miss Newman took advantage OF the
offer. Upstairs Che met William Crit
tenden. a man who had lost both eyes
while herding cattle on the plains OF
Texas. Crittenden thought it would be
pleasant to court the girl, and made
love to her desperately. What he said
iokingly she understood in hard ear
nest. Before they separated Critten-
den had changed his mind, and asked
the girl seriously t. marry him. She
accepted the offer, and on the next
night at nine O'Clock the two were
united by Justice John Gosnell.--LotAs-
~ g Courter-Joaraal H
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fonrrAND, ORE, June S.-Fire to-day
destroyed number of wooden buildings
here. Over half a block was swept away,
very little being saved. The loss will eS-
ced fifty thousand dollars. The insurance
10 about half the loss. Tho dre Ii attributed
" an ineendiary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

The suspension and bankruptcy of
one after another of the large specula-
tors in our great commercial centers,
and the occasional suicide of one whose
failures have dissipated all his hopes
for this life. ought to cause some mo-
ments of thoughtfulness, and beget re-
form among the hundreds who are fol-
lowing in their footsteps. - Central
Christian AdcOcdte.
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THE S0UTH.

A FIRE at Paducah, KY, recently, de-
stroyed two of the finest business buildings
in that city, owned by Mrs. Fowler and w.
H. Ricke. The loss was estimated at
SO, 900.
The Kennesaw Manufacturing Company,
OF Memphis, has assigned.
In the Cadets target practice from the
frigite Wy ming, at Annapolis, Cadet
Taylo stands No. in fist class next year.
The other star members were Diffenback,
Fenlon and Chase. Frederick y. Kress
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GENERAL.

FIVE persons were killed in q railway az
cident near Salisbury, England, recently
| CHARLES STEWART PARNELL, Presiden
of the Irish National League of Ireland, r,
turns thanks to Alexander Sullivan, Pres
dent Of the League in American for gener
Gus donations in assisting Irish candidate
for Parliamentary seats.
The German Crown Prince has been de
creed President and Bismarck Vice-Pres.
dent.
IRISH residents of Paris solicit Frenc'
| sympathy for the independence Of Ireland
| Ar Pesth, Austria, the Anarchist Erie.
confessed that he was present at the mur
der of the banker Eisert .
OSCAR WILDE was married to a Mis-
Lloyd in London on the 81.
BERLIN dispatches state that Germany
colonial policy is being much discussed b,
the Crown Prince Frederick William ans
Bismarck. ... ...E
ADvICEs from Lima state that the city o
Cuzzo was taken May Is by Caceres.
A WOMAN was arrested at Varanda, Hun
gary, recently, who confessed that she poi
soned four husbands and one Eundre,
y
of accomplices were also arrested.
The American cricketers met the Gentle
men of Ireland at Dublin. The American
scored in the first inning 22) and Ireland IS
EARL GRANVILLE was preparing note T.
Washington in relation to the collection o
conspiracy funds within the jurisdiction o
the United States. ....-.r
THE French Parliamentary Committe
inquiring into the importation of American
sailed meats approved the report, agreein,
to such imports after the meat is h.
microscope or otherwise minutel
examined. At the same time it urges TIL
prohibition of the importation of fresl
meats from countries where it is known
trichinosis exists.
HERR ANDERsE, a German land-owne
who recently died, left 1Uo,0c0 marks to ed
ucate poor youth, on condition that the,
abstain from military careers aud do no
study theology.
The Manitoba Legislature passed t.
third reading a resolution rejecting tn
terms of settlement offered by the Fedora
Government. The Governor has prorogue,
the Legislature.
AN unknown man saturated hlmSel
with petroleum at Vienna, recently. ant
was burned to death i'm few minutes
making the tenth sui i L. in two days.
In a violent shock of earthquake Ma,
10Th, on the island of Kishin, near tn
mouth of the Persian Gulf. twelve village
were destroyed, two hundred person
killed and many wounded.
PRINCE BISMARCK, while stepping tn,
other day at hotel in FREDERICKSBURG, wa
jeered and hooted by the crowd until b,
grew wild with rage and sent for tn
police.
AT the Government House in Ottawa
Cam, the police found a dynamite car
fridge near the main entrance, connectes
with line of wire to maple grove.
A FIRE in Liverpool recently destroye,
three thousand bales of cotton in Zerega'
warehouse. The aquarium in Bishopsgate
London, with several lions and bears wa
also burned. .. -... ...
THE annual statement of the Nickel. Plat
roa showed a deficiency Of secs, 600 in meet
ing its fixed charges.
TIE failures of seven DAYS reported arc
In the United States, 1873; Canada, IL
TbeN al5. .... ..H
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WASHINGTON NOTES,


The public debt statement for MAY
showed a decrease of 81, 763, pa. The avail.
able cash balance was S147, 81, $50. r.-s..-
In the Court of Claims at Washington, on
the 4th, the cases arising out of the unset.
tied differences between the United States
and the Union Pacific Railroad Company
were set for a hearing November "a, to
which date the Court adjourned. ...
DELEGATE, MANzANAREs, of New Mexico,
appeared before the Committee on Appro
priations and asked for Congressional aid
for sufferers by the overflow of the Rio
iGrande River. He read a telegram from
the Santa Fe Board of Trade urging i'm
mediate action. The telegram announced
many people were in distress.
THE following additional particulars of
the death of General Babcock have been
received: General Babcock, with clerks
from the Fifth and Sixth Lighthouse Dis
tricts, arrived on the tender Pharos off
Mosquito inlet, Fla, on June2 A large
whale boat with seven men went off to him
about twelve O'Clock. On her return Bah
cock and party embarked in her to come
ashore. On the outer bar breakers the
steering oar was broken, and the boat
filled and capsized. The General held on
to the boat until she reached the shore
breakers, when he and all the hands were
torn from the boat and he with three others
were drowned.
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The Indian nnnils at Hamnton

are not quick IN mathematics. A
number of them exhibited much con-
sternation the other day when told that
two and two made four. The general
opinion was that two and two made
two. Philadelphia Press.
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was the only Star member Of the secop
class.
A. W. KkLLEY. the poet, known q
"Psramsus Mix" died recently at Franz
lin, KY.
TIE Quars milne and Sanitary Confer
ence Mt New Orleans, adjourned to meet .
Pensacola, in May, 1885.
COLONEL THoHAs BUFuRp, who kille
Judge Elliot, was brought over to Loui
vile from Indiana. the other day, povert..
stricken and dying, and returned to tn
Central Lunatic Asylum, from which b
escaped over year ago.
JAMES COWARD, the last victim of tn
pistol practice Of Began Cash in South Ca.
olina, died recently, after suffering great
for three months. ftF.4tHfs
IT was reported that fourteen person
were killed recently in an accident on tn
Missouri Pacific Railroad between Der
nison and Gainesville, Texs
WHITE and black outlaws were commit
ting outrages in Beaufort County, s. c
burning houses, destroying crops an,
stealing stock.
IT was understood that the directors c
the Louisville & Nashville road had bee
requested to resign, in order that leadin
stockholders might be given the work OF n
organization.
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pay the strikers OF, when trouble Il ex-
pected, as about two hundred Italians will
be discharged.
TIE schedule in the insolvent assign
mens Of James D. Fish, ex-President Of the
Marine Bank, shows: Liabilities, $780,.
PSI; nominal value of real and personal es.
tate, 4,17s,ss2; estimated actual value.
$5s2, 594.
d. LUTz & SONS brewery burned at
Pittsburgh, Pa, the other night. Loss,
$4,000.
ULYSSES GRANT, JR., was a defendant
in the Supreme Court at White Plains, N.
Y. recently, in a suit brought by John p.
Bailey, for $4,000 damages for injuries
alleged to have been caused by one of Gen.
eral Grants Arabian stations which were
presented by the Khedive of Egypt. The
case was continued.
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WASHINGTON. May 31.-The following
notice was posted this morning upon the
doors of the banking house of ID. W. Middle
ton & Co., 142T + street: Owing to heavy and
immediate demands we have assigned to
George T. Green for the benefit of our cred
itors." The doors of the bank are moi
closed, and a number of excited persons are
gathered inside talking over the suspension
No particulars are yet obtainable.