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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
POSTAL POINTS.

rers0ne Ualne the lEails lfuss Pay for Their
Own Blunders-Iatsresting Question Re.
gardling Laalee-No Special Delivery o.
Sunday.
WASHINGTON, October G-The Post.
eflice Department has ruled that where
third and fourth-class matter. mailed and
directed to distant locality, not . post
Office, 10 inadvertently put in the mails and
carried away from the once Of mailing.
such matter will be returned and return post
age charged when return request is found
upon the wrapper. The claim has been set
up BY persons interested that such matter
should not have been sent out from the
pOst-OfIice where II was mailed, but should
have been returned to the sender for better
directions The department holds, how.
ever, that the sender should suffer for his
own neglect in not properly addressing tho
matter.
The Post-ofice Department is in receipt
Df number of inquiries relative to the
operation Of the executive order made by
General Grant In 1872 fOrbidding Federal
officials to hold State or municipal Offices.
Representations are made that many OF the
newly appointed postmasters are members
Ul UOdIuS VI supervisors anu SiucEtIicu VI
hold other small municipal Offices that do
not make heavy demands Of their time and
pay little or no salary. In such cases
where the municipal Office does not inter-
fere with the duties of the pOstmasters 1t
is urged that the executive order might be
relaxed.
An unmarried lady, aged between eigh-
teen and twenty-One years, was recently
appointed pOstmistress of an Illinois town.
Interested persons have made the point that
the appointment il illegal because she could
not give perfect bond. In Illinois a
women Is of full age at eighteen, but
under the common law which, it is asserted,
governs this case, twenty-One years is the
age of majority. The department, how
ever, has decided that the lady is eligible
because under the common law the sureties
for a minor can be held pecuniarily respon
sible.
The Postmaster General has made the
following announcement of the policy of
the department in regard to the treatment
Of letters bearing special delivery stamps
received in the pOstofiices on Sunday. at
is not expected by the department that the
postmasters shall require messengers in the
special delivery service to report for duty
on Sunday, nor to keep their Offices open to
any different extent than is now provided
for by the regulations and usage for special
delivery purposes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16

NEW YORK, October 9.-On Wednesday
sick negro arrived at Albany from Mon
treal. A physician said he was suffering
from smallpox. A purse was made up
and ne was put on train for New York
this morning. After the train pulled out
he announced the nature of his ailinent and
inside of minute had the car all to him
self. The car was detached from the train
and sidetracked, but under orders was
hitched to later train and with its solitary
passenger hauled to this city, where the
health officers declared he was moi suffer
ing from the disease. He was, however,
isolated. The arrival OF his car of state a
tho Grand Centnl Depot caused sensation
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
THE LATEST

The explosion under Flood Rock He'll
Gate, N. Y, was successfully accomplished
on the 10th. The charge consisted of 2SO, 600
pounds Of dynamite.
The clearing house returns for the week
ended the 9th showed an average increase
of 24.6 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. The increase in New
York was $40.
FIRE at the Willows, near Davisville,
COL, the other day, destroyed the entire
brick block from the bank to the Crawford
House. The loss was $lno,G0 It was be.
licved the fire was the work of an incen-
diary.
| A BODY of moonli.hters the other night
rai'ied farm in County Kerry. Ireland,
from which a tenant had been evicted.
They sli: the care:axer's ears and cropped
his hair.
THREE distinct shocks Of earthquake
were felt at LynckiurS, Va, on the night
Of the 9th. A loud. rumbfing sound pre-
| coded each shock.
The first Hebrew Christian Church in
America was dedicated at New York on
the 11'h. The services were conducted hy
the Right Rev. Bishops Haines and Mich.
| olson and the Rev. Jacob Freshman, the
| Rev. Drs. Crosby, Sabine, Vincent and
Day.
FIRST AUDITOR CHENowIrH. at Wash.
| incton, recently, said that he had not con-
Guided the consideration Of tile expense
counts of the Civil Service Commission
ers. but that he had already made up his
mind not to allow such items rs "ginger
ale," lemonade" newspapers" ETC.,
Under the head of necessary expenses.
TWENTY-FIVE couvicts in the peniten.
siary at Santa Fee. n. NJ, the other day
made break for liberty and got outside
the gate, but the guards opened fire and
they surrendered.
The Department of Agriculture reports
that the yield of wheat per acre for the
area harvested is 10H bushels, and only
. on the area sown, which was nearly
forty million acres. The area harvested
will not exceed thirty.four million acres.
In ctnn the indications point to a yield of
26's bushels per acre, which would give a
yield OF 1,9G0, 100000 bushels. The oats
crop exceeds 6OO, 900.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Durham,
near Cisco, Cal, recently, and two ware
oOuSc8 COutoluiuS OosVOO S0CkS VI wheat
were entirely consumed. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The estimated loss is
$ls5. 900, nearly all of which was on wheat
Partially insured.
The first impression Of the Conserva.
tive success in the French elections pro-
duced on the bourse general rise, which, |
however, was soon followed by depression
due to fears thar the equality Of the parties |
would render a stable government impos.
sibla
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
CINCINNATI SOCIALISTS.

they Adopt . Piatform which Every 0ns
h Privileged TO lssad.
CINCINNATI, October 2-The Socialist
Labor party in session ct Schaepperiea
Hall yesterday adopted the following plat
form: "As work il the only creation of all
wealth and civilization, In justice, therefore.
those that do this work should enjoy its
fruits: therefore we declare that just and
equitable distribution OF the fruits Of labor
Is impossible under tho present system
owing to the production by gigantic
means. Since the Introduction Of ma
chinery the requirement Of which Is inn
possible except to the few. These modern
means of productions benefit only one class
of society. Where formerly man worked
for himself alone, there are hundreds
and thousands who work In shops,
factories and large farms The re-
suit of their labOrs accrue only to
the owners of the machinery, factories
mines and toll. This system destroys the
middle class and creates two separate
classes Of individuals, the wage worker and
tho bosses. The evils that rise from the
system are . painless system of general
production, the destruction of natural and
human forces, the continual necessity Of
the material existence of the wage workers,
the suffering of the prOletarian masses and
the colossal accumulation of wealth in the
hands of the few. These assertions are
proven by the present condition Of the
wage workers, who in the midst of their
productions live in poverty and dependence,
while the hardest and most disagreeable
work furnishes the wage worker
only sustenance. Those who work
but little or not at all live In afiluence
through those productions. Such cOndi-
ton of affairs which must grow worse under
the existing circumstances Is against the
interests of manhood and is antagOnistic to
all justice and true democracy. 1t destroys
the very essence of our Constitution, which
says that all shall enjoy life, liberty and the
unrestricted pursuit Of happiness. 1t short
ems and threatens life by creating want and
suffering. 1t destroys liberty by making
the wage-wOrker dependent upon his boss,
and also makes political freedom impossi
bic. 1t checks the pursuit Of happiness,
and happiness Is not Obtainable where life
and liberty are threatened. To change
this state of affairs we seek to estab-
lish system Of cooperative pro-
duction, and the distribution of its benefit
producers under the control of organized
society. To overcome the continued Oppres-
sion Of the wagewOrker by the capitalist,
the sOcialistic labor party Is formed. We
seek the practical realization of our de-
mands by striving to gain possession of the
political power through all practical means"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
Tho Strike Spreading.

DENVER COL, October SIN addition
to the 200 Union Pacific coal miners who
struck Thursday at Louisville, fifty men
employed in the Star Mines 4 Erie. this
State. struck at the same time. All the
coal mines OF the Union Pacific in the State
Of Colorado are now closed, those in Bowl
der Valley having been shut down about
five months ago. The reason given for Or
dering the general strike is that the strike
of the white miners at Rock Springs. Wyo.,
would not force the railroad company to
being worked. as the latter would supply
the Goa! required.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
SCORCHlNc TWO CITIES.
A DISASTROUS Fire in London Which SaI
Francisco fries to Duplicate.

A DISASTROUS Fire in London Which San
Francisco fries to Duplicate.
LONDON, October S.-One of the most
disastrous coniiagrations that has occurred
in this city in many years broke out at Eve
O'Clock this morning in the Charter House
buildings, Aldersgate street, and is still
burning, though partially under control.
The fire spread with marvellous rapIdity
and in less than four hours after it had
broken out thirteen of the eightstory
houses comprising the property were
destroyed. The buildings were &C.
cupied by stores, mostly fancy
goods and toy empOriums. In one
of the buildings destroyed was To-
Gated large printing establishment. An
other of the buildings was occupied as a
bank. Through the strenuous efforts of the
firemen the structure was saved from total
destruction. The firemen experienced
great difficulty in throwing streams OIL the
upper stories because of the lack of water
pressure. Many of them had narrow
escapes from death from falling walls etc.
The estimated loss will reach three million
dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, October 9.-The
immense wholesale stationery and printing
establishment of II. S. Croker & Co., OIL
Bush street, burned to the ground this
morning. Four men we're buried in the
ruins 1t is estimated that the loss Oh the
building and the stock IS about $500. 900.
The first alarm was turned in at 2:lO a. H.,
hut as the fire originated i'm the basement
and was what is known as q ''blind fire."
the flames had already made considerable
Roadway before tic extent Of the danger
was known. In an incredibly short time
the whole interior of the large five story
building seemed to 10 q mass OF flames
and all prospect of saving it or any of its
contents was hopeless. The building was
owned by Charles Croker of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, and was worth
$4,000, but was not insured. The loss of
II. S. Croker & Co. is 100000; insured
for Sa25.00O. Schweitzer. Sachs & Co.,
jObbers Of fancy goods, SansOme street. the
rear OF whose premises adjoined those of
the CrOckers. lose heavily from damage by
water. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
Four firemen were burned i'm the ruins hut
two have been rescued. One of them is in
an unconscious state. The other two are
undoubtedly dead. The names are Martin
Hahn and Peter Healy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
Arrested for Murder.

OMAHA, NEBL, October a-Two years
ago at Glenwood, Iowa, C. w. Wallace
killed John Clingersmith, to whom he was
related by marriage. Wallace claimed he
shot in self-defense. Mrs. Wallace was the
only witness to the affair. Wallace was
examined and discharged. Yesterday
no was arrested for marder, the
grand jury having returned m indics-
ment against him. new evidence having &C.
Gently been discovered. When the shooting
occurred but one bullet hole was discovered,
but the body was taken up, and careful ex.
animation revealed the fact chat there were
two bullets in the head
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
Desperate Convlcts.

RUsK, TEX, October 6.-Yesterday 81
the terminus of the Kansas & Gulf Short
Line near Lufkin, Tex, sixty convicts
working on the road made . desperate
break for liberty. just IS they had finished
their supper. With deafening yells they
started up in q body and rushed for tho
neighb0ring woods. Guards Opened fire on
them with deadly effect The latest report
says twenty-five Of them were killed or
wounded The prisoners were in one large
body, and the guards simply emptied
their repeating rides and small arms
into the moving mass. Rumors Of
m intended mutiny in this camp
have been rife for some weeks past These
rumors were strengthened by the fact that
many Of the c0nvicts were serving life sen
fences and were known to be desperate
characters and extra precautions wers be-
ing taken Every means possible Is being
used to recapture the thirty-fve who sue
ceeded In GLIDING the rifles of the guards
All avenues Of escape are being guarded
and posses are being Organized TO scour the
country. The scene Of the outbreak u
some miles from q telegraph Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
LAND THIEVES.

Conviction III tho Agent Of IN English Com
pany--Fraudnlent Work of Railroads.
WASHINGTON, October 6.-The General
Land Office is informed of the trial and
conviction Of r C. Bloomfield, in Denver,
Col, on the 21st ult., for conspiring to de-
fraud the United States in procuring fraud.
ulent presumption entries under fictitious
names. Mr.. Bloomfield is an EngIishman,
very wealthy and the manager of the Arkan-
sas Valley Land & Cattle Company com.
posed almost entirely of Englishmen. This
company, it is represented, own over 30O,-
600 acres of land, controlling the water of
vast areas of country through illegal means.
The conviction of Bloomfield is regarded
at the Interior Department as highly
important in that it will be likely
to deter others from continuing in
the same illegal business. When the jury
returned its verdict Bloomfield tainted in
open court Fl. K. Pilchney, who was in
diCted with Bloomfield, escaped before his
trial came of. He Is represented as having
furnished the men means to persOnate nc
fnal settlers He employed cowboys until
the supply was exhausted, when he put up
paper men. Pinchney was clerk in the
local land Office, and was of great assist
ance in successfully executing the fraudu-
lent entries. Several agents of the De-
partmens of the Interior report the
cutting of large amounts of timber
on public lands, adjacent to the line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, by large forces
Of the men, who claim 10 be employed by
the Montana Improvement Company, which
it is alleged, is but a branch of the North
Pacific Railroad Company. Saw mills are
said to be running in full blast among .
vast area of country. 1t is understood that
suits will be Immediately instituted against
the guilty parties. Reports are said to
have been received at the department to the
effect that the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad Company, by making fraudu-
!eut locations, have secured large areas Of
land to which they are not entitled.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
Bogus Bonds.

WASHINGTON, October 9.-Major Dye.
Chief OF Police, to-day was handed letter
from Mr.. Hutchinson. who is in the land
business in Kansas City, stating that the
writer had traded land for $4,000 worth of
seven per cent. District bonds, issued Ccto-
Is. 1877. and made payable in July, 1852.
They are signed "Liudley Murray. presi
dent and E. T. Ferris. secretary" The
writer said lie would like to know their
value. Major Dye has written q letter in
reply stating that no such bonds have ever
been issued by the District and that they
are fraudulent He has also notified the
Kansas City police, asking that they make
an investigation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
A Patent lsili Sa,ssins.

WASHINGTON, October ct has been
ascertained that an engrossed bill authoriz>
ing the Attorney General to begin proceed
ings looking to the snnulment of patents
obtained through fraud and misrepresenta-
ton, together with all papers relating to
the measure, has disappeared from the
files Of the Senate Committee on Patents.
The bill was passed at tho last session
BY the House Of Representatives. and re-
Terrell BY the Senate to the Patent Commit
tee, but was not brought before the Senate
for final action. Senator ?iats, the Chair
nan Of the Committee on Patents. has writ
ten to this city, requesting . thorough in
Investigation Of the.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
The ~ LIST


TIE St Louis street car drivers struck
o. the afternoon of the 9th.
1HE schooner Ansa Tomine from Mus
kegou for Chicago, loaded with lumber,
got waterlo6ged and capsized the other
corning about five miles west of Grand
Haven. The crew of six men were saved
by the life saving crew.
TEE street car strikers at st. Louis. ON
the 9Th. got somewhat unruly. Five of the
new drivers were dragged from cars and
Assaulted, and several arrests followed.
VI. S. HuBBELL, a well to do and promi-
nent farmer living thirteen miles east of
Bismarck, D. T., was killed recently by a
runaway team. The blade of the pillow to
which the horses were hitched penetrated
his chest
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
THE SOUTH.

THE alleged outbreak Of sixty convicts
at Lufkin, Tex, was greatly exaggerated.
Only fifteen had the courage to break
through the lines and run. One of the lat
ter was instantly killed; seven were Sc
verely wounded and seven escaped.
TIE youth who robbed the stages near
Cisco and Abilene, Tex, was arrested at
FL Paso and confessed the crimes. He
gave the name of Jesse Jones, and said his
parents were wealthy people of Eastern
Texas.
The Board OF Management Of the expo
sition at New Orleans have added to their
list Of special days an american Silver
Congress, !" assigning it to December II and
y, the two days following the American
Bankers Congress"
TWENTY-FIVE of the accomplices in the
lynching of Culbreath, in Edge6eld County,
S. c., have been lodged in jail. The other
three were detained temporarily by sick
ness.
GENERAL LOGAN was banqueted by the
"Logan Invincihles" at Baltimore ON the
evening of the Sth.
A DISTINCT shock of earthquake of three
quarters of minutes duration was felt at
l1:S on the night Of the 9th at Louisa
Court House, sixty miles from Richmond,
Va, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
IGSAcIA CoRrEz, q notorious woman Of
San Antonio, Tex, was recently tried for
the murder of Sid n. Stanniforth and &C.
quilted. The dead body Of Stanniforth was
fssnd in her house last July with two bull
let holes in the brain, which the prosecu.
ton claimed could not have been seif-in-
fiicted, but the jury thought otherwise.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHIN6TON NOTkA
TIE Naval Commission appointed by
Secretary Whitney issued its report on the
LIST. The report was devoted to the de-
scription Of vessels the country was
thought to be most in need of.
The Imperial Ottoman Legation at Wash
ington attributed the report cabled from
Constantinople to the effect that the Sultan
was believed to be becoming demented ''to
the malice of the enemies of Turkey" and
emphatically denied that there was any
truth in it.
IT was reported at Washington as an
indication Of reviving business, that a
large and increasing demand existed for
small coin.
The President has recognized Julio Con.
gales as Consul General of the United
States of Venezuela at Washington and
Adolph Bassinere as Consular Agent of
France at Louisville, KY.
A MEETING of the Cabinet was held at
Washington on the 9Th. Among the
questions considered was the Spanish COM
mercial treaty and several appointments
under the Treasury, Interior and Justice
Departments.
sent his resignation to Washington.
The suit to test the validity of the Bell
telephone patents at Washington was dis
missed by Solicitor General Goode on tech
nicalities. Further attempts would be
made, it was said, to break the telephone
rnonor,Olv
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-16
GENERAL.

An attempt was made fhe other night to
blow up with dynamite Czechian club
house in Due, n town in Bohemia. For
tunately no one was injured. A bad feel
ing was reported as existing between Ger
mans and Czechs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-06
Realizes the Situation.

William NJ. Lent, a California million
aire, who is large holder of bonds of the
West Shore road, is in New York stirring up
matters. He tells a reporter of the New York
Times that he notices one thing in particular
that throughout this entire transaction whether
& be in the construction company, West Shore,
Terminal companies, or Ontario e. Western,
Msssrs. Winslow, Porter and Woershoffer have
throughout held the reins. The manner in
which the West Shore bonds, the West Shore
company and the Terminal companies have been
treated should be investigated by grand jury,
with power to send for persons and papers He
says: "Of one thing am absolutely cetain-
that the way in which the West Shore road has
been managed, particularly the way in which a
majority of the bondholders have stood behind
Messrs Winslow and Porter, is such as almost 10
lead any careful man to determine never to buy
another railroad bond. As the West Shore is
now running, do not see but that in the course
Of little while. if it once be admitted that the
receivers certificates are prior to the bonds, the
whole property of the bondholders will be con-
sumed in operating the road 1t is all very well
Tor the receivers to run the road under a ruin
ously losing competition when they can pay the
piper at the expense of the bondholders, and
that Is just what they are DOING
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-06
An Interesting Fight in Prospect

The belief prevails that as soon as the Balti-
more & Ohio people complete their road into
Philadelphia an interesting fight will be begun,
both as to time and traffic, between the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio. The lat
ter, when she connects with the Reading
tracks, will have practically an airline between
Now York and Washington, the same as the
Pennsylvania, and the contest will, doubtless,
be particularly lively between Philadelphia
and Baltimore. 1t is reported that some time
ago Vice president Spencer, when looking at the
line of the road. as drawn on paper, said: ''The
FIRST train which runs through must make the
run in just two hours" The Philadelphia. Will
mington q Baltimore, with its magnifcently
equipped and ballasted track, makes the run in
two hours and sixteen minutes with some trains
and this includes slackening speed in Whining
ton and Chester, which the Baltimore & Ohio
will avoid and stops made necessary under the
charter, at Perryville and Havre de Grace
While there are only three towns of impor-
tanoe touched by the new line, Wilmington,
Chester and Newark, it is believed that stations
will be established opposite nearly all the stations
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington g. Baltimore in
order to contest with that company the business
at almost every point