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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-17


''quick!'
He turned suddenly and discovered
the ferocious director coming toward
him with heavy ruler 'I'll learn you
to strike my son!' he was yelling; but
when he saw Gorse facing him he
stopped
you are Slow" said the teacher, de-
risively. "Give me the ruler" Mr..
Billiger did not delay in obeying.
All this had taken but a moment and
William was struggling to his feet.
Gorse did not interfere, but when the
young man found his head and made
another rush he sent him down with a
more terrific blow than before. Will
lam was in no haste this time to arise;
his father, seeing how matters stood,
started for the door, telling Bill .'to
come along"
.'Oh, no, ".said Clarence.
"Oh, MOP"
That's it. You brought William
here as a scholar; he'll stay till night.
He will sit on that small seat, Mir.
b Tiger, and Il he doesn't keep utter
silence. I'll give him a fogging such as
he never dreamed of on the lakes.
Good-day. Mr.. Billiger; if you think
am conducting tbs temple of learning
in too wishy-washy style, don't hest
tate to express your valuable views"
William Billiger occupied the small
seat, made no noise. and by direcson
of the teacher, kept his eyes to the
front; the boys who did not take their
seats when warned left them now for a
whipping, and Clarence Gorse, master
of the district, never spent happier
afternoon in his life.
He did not forget that Mary had
called him Clarence" neither did she,
for the rosy bushes were ready again
when she told the story at night.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
Ala DISASTER.

A Ferry-Boat on n Wisconsin River Cap
sizes, Drowning Six Persons-Four Men
Killed and Two wounded by a CAVERN
in a Pennsylvania Mine.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Sept. Six employees
of the Diamond Match factory and Bridge
tender Berry were drowned yesterday morn
ing at 5 AS O'Clock while crossing The river
in a small boat. 1t has been tine custom for
the bridge-tendcrS to row people across
the river when the draw was open in
order to save them from going around
some distance to cross the regular city
bridge. Night Brldge-tender Berry start
ed across with eleven persons in the
boat. A tug has just passed through
the bridge and created q considerable
swell. AS soon as the boat began rocking
in the swell the girls becanr: frightened,
stood up and chung to one another, which
upset the boat only a few feet from the end
OF the draw. Persons OH the draw were
able to reach two girls and save them. A
man named Beck jumped i'll from the
bridge and saved TWO more, and William
Wolff swan to the pier of the bridge.
Meantime the shrieks of the girls in the
water were piercing While they clung to
Berry and dragged him down with them.
1t all happened SO quickly that help with
boats was impossible. The news
spread like Wildtre and fully 5000 people
gathered at the scene Graphing was be-
gun and one after another Of the bodies
were pulled out and laid in a row on the
bridge, where they were surrounded by
weeping and waling relatives. 1t is rl-
mored that the day bridge-tcnder kept the
draw open for the purpose of collecting a
| pittance for ferrying passengers across.
Threats of lynching him are frequent and
| he is keeDiny concealed.
The names of the drowned are: Lena
| Wardle,S aged twelve; Augusta Wardle,
aged fifteen; Emma Boweran, aged eight
cen; Johanna Mischi, aged twenty; Louis
Dichti. aged about Twenty-Five; Phillip
Berry, the night bridge-tender, aged eight
cen years, nephew OF II. l.. Bacon, the Wis
consin Central freight agent.
W~lLKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. ga terri
BILE accident occurred yesterday morning at
the lakewood shaft, operated by the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company. The cage on which
nine miners were being lowered into the
shaft had nearly reached the bottom, When
a mass of loose coal and rock fell
from the side of the shaft into the pit,
striking and completely demolishing the
cage, which was made of heavy timber and
irol-work, and instantly killing four of the
men, besides wounding two others fatally
and seriously injuring the three others in
fha naytv
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
WAR ON THE CHINESE.

"A Reign of Terror Inaugurated Among
Celestial Miners in Wyoming-Driven tc
the Mountains by an Armed Mob-Sevcn
of Their Number Killed-Their Houses
Burned.
CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Sept. 3. - The
largest coal mines in the entire Union Pa
citic system are at Rock Springs, $50 milcs
west of Cheyenne. The company recently
imported a large number of Chinese t.
AXE the places Of the white men. Yes
terday afternoon the entire force of white
miners, about one hundred and fifty
strong, organized, and arming themselves
with siot-guns, marched to Chinatown.
After firing a volley into the air they re-
loaded and ordered the Cinnamon to leave.
The order was obeyed at once, the China
sheep, closely pursued by the miners, who
fired several volleys at the fugitives with
fatal effect. The Chinese quarters We're
then set on fire and thirty-nine
houses owned by the company there
were destroyed with their entire contents.
The miners next visited the various mines
in the camp, unearthed all Cinnamon at
work therein, and babe them flee for their
lives. OF four hundred Cinnamon in Rock
Springs yesterday morning not one remains.
All are in the adjacent hills, heading for
Green River. fourteen miles WesI.
Seven were killed outright by shots
fired by the miners, and many were
wounded. 1t is said that several
who were feeble and helpless from disease
persisted in the flames. Sheriff Young ar
rived from Green River OH a special train
last evening with a posse OF deputies, bu-
was too late to prevent the mob from carryt
ing out their plans. After making sure OF
the departure of the ceiestials the miners
dispersed and are now all quiet.
The Union Pacific officials appealed to
Governor Warren for protection, and Assist
ant General Superintendent Dickinson and
Superintendent Wurtele are en- route tor
the scene OF trouble by q special train.
Both of these men are popular with the
miners, and will probably be able to quell
any disturbance likely to arise now. The
Chinese have now been run out of Rawlins,
Carbon, Laramie and other points in Wyo-
ming.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
A TRAIN RAlDED
A Quartctto of Masked Men, Evidently
New Mt tho Business, Board u Western
Passenger Train and Rob Several Tray
olnrS-

A Quartctto of Masked Men, Evidently
New Mt tho Business. Board u Western
Passenger Train and Rob Several Tray
elers.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Sept. 3.-As the
west-bound train ON the Chicago & Alton
Road, on the way to this city, left Blue
Springs, twenty miles from here, about nine
o'clock last night, four masked men APP
peared at the slnoking-car and were about
to board it. A number of men, how.
ever, were standing on the plat
form and the robbers passed to the
next car in line, the day car. Three
of them climbed upon the forward
platform and the fourth got on at the rear.
A man then mounted guard at each end of
the car, while the other two entered, and
with drawnr evolyers commanded the pas
sergers to give up their money. a num-
Der OF them handed out small amounts of
change, while one man, in his excitement,
passed out his purse containing twenty.
three dollars. The robbers took what
ever was offered, without searching
passengers. and made no attempt to
rob them of jewelry. When the pair had
reached the middle of the car they became
suddenly alarmed, and, pulling the bell
rope, the four robbers sprang off when
the train slackened speed and disappeared
in the darkness. The train passed on
and the conductor, James Boggs, reported
the affair to the officials of the road from
the next telegraph station. The train
then proceeded Oh its way to this city. The
passengers on the other cars knew nothing
Of the matter until it was all over. Then
there was great excitement among the
timid, and many fastened to secrete theil
valnables and prepare for a return OF the
robbers, even though all danger had passed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
LATER NEWS.

CHINAMEN at various points along the
Union Pacific Railroad had on the 9th
peen ordered to leave, and were joining
the ROCK Springs refugees at Evanston.
General Manager Galloway, of the Union
racine, said that mining operations would
not be resumed in any of the camps In the
disturbed territory until all employees were
assured of full protection. 1t was reported
that the number of Cinnamon slain in the
recent riot would probably reach one hum
urea. Infantry had been stationed ut Rock
Springs and Evanston.
FORTY THOUSAND persons visited General
GRANTS tomb Oh the 9th.
CORN In portions of Dakota, Minnesota
ana Wisconsin was seriously damaged by
frost on the night of the 9th.
IHE scarcity Of one and two dollar bills
IN New York on the 9Th had become so
great, owing to the measures taken to
force the circulation of silver, that they
commanded q premium from business men
OF $1.25 for every $1,000.
IT was threatened on the 9Th that if Riel
was hanged the invincibles would blow up
The Government buildings at Ottawa. The
threat was made by j. j. Mcbride, a Fen
ian leader.
IHE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearlng-houses in the United States DUR
ing the week ended OH the 18th aggregated
$1o9, l4G,' 45, against 1914, SIS, 1854 the pre-
vlous week. AS compared with the corre-
spending period Of 1884, tho increase
amounts to 0.5 per cent.
SEVERAL hundred tons of rock p~roiect-
ing from the bank in Prospect Park at
Mic n rn fo1 s-ka a. -, mi, =.
crash Of the fall was heard for q great
distance.
Rev. CHARLES w. PRICE, a Presbyterian
clergyman Of Cherokee, Kan, hanged
himself on the 9th. His mind was thought
to lave been unsettled by the death of q
brother and sister.
A FIRE in Nantes, France, on the 9Th de-
stroyed 5000, 900 worth of property. II
The number Of new cholera cases re.
ported in Spain on the 9th was 1928 and
the number Of deaths 797. Twelve deaths
were reported in Toulon, France, and O
few cases in Italy.
A WILD man was captured on the 5th in
the woods near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
INTENSE excitement prevailed on the 9th
throughout Spain over the landing of Ger
man sailors on zap, the chief island of the
Caroline group. In Madrid a mob at
tackled the German embassy, tearing down
the coat -of-arms and burning it amidst
jeers of derision. The mob visited and
cheered the French embassy, after which
it was dispersed by the military, many of
the rioters being arrested. On the 9th
Spain sent Germany an ultimatum re.
questing e latter power to evscuate the
Carolines.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
declined on the 30 to run, owing to ILL

declined on the 3D. to run, owing to ILL
health.
JAMES A. H1ScKLEY filed a complaint in
the United States Circuit Court at New
York on the 4th against United States
Civil-Service Commissioners Eaton,
Gregory and Thoman. The suit is brought
with the avowed object Of testing the con.
stitutionality of the Civil Service law.
JOHN r. EAK1N, Associate Judge of tho
Supreme Court of Arkansas, died on the
4th at Marshall, No., where he was visit
ing relatives, aged sixty three years.
Rev. DIR. STEPHEN H. TYING, SR., the
well-known author and divine, died at his
residence in %Irvington, N. Y, on tho 4th,
AGED eighty-tive years.
THE twelfth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Philadelphia Oc-
tober 30.
The application for q continuance in the
Mackin perjury case was denied by the
Illinois State Supreme Court on the 4th.
The motion for q new trial would next be
argued.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
argued.
FOREIGN.

IT was said on the LIST that Germany
having secured possession of the Carolin,
Islands proposed to keep them. There wn
no abatement of indignation in Spain.
Dr.. O'DoHERTY, an active participant
in the Irish rebellion of 1S4S, returnedlo
his native country a few days ago after
a Punishment of twenty-six years, and
the corporation of Dublin rendered him
the freedom of the city.
A NEW commercial treaty has been
agreed on between Spain and the United
States which will work numerous reforms
in the Cuban customs laws.
DURING a Nationalist torchlight process.
marchers attacked a detachment of York
shire soldiers and a fight ensued. lasting
four hours, in which many persons We're
injured.
S~HIP-YARDs at Barrow-in-F urness, Eng,
were burned on the I'd, causing a loss of
S 100000 and depriving two thousand men
of employment.
The Allan Line mail steamer Hanover
ian went ashore off tho Newfoundland
coast on the Cd and was a total loss. The
passengers and crew were saved.
IN the Cd one hundred and forty Prus-
SLAMS who had been expelled from Warsaw
were marched out of the city chained to-
gether, ths women following the men.
MOONLIGHT outrages were on the in.
crease on the Cd in County Kerry, Ireland.
The houses of two bailiffs were fired into
by parties in disguise, but no one was in
jured.
THE London Times on the Cd assured
Mr.. Parnell that Irish independence was
all impossibility.
still continued on the Sd. Thirty-fve new
occurred daily.
MAIL advices from Panama state that
Pedro P~restan, the leader of the mob that
fired Aspinwall, was hanged August IS.
THERE were over $500 new cases of
cholera reported in Spain on the 3D. and
1000 deaths. The plague still kept its
grip on Southern France and had gained
a foothold in Algiers.
R1EL and Dumont, tho rebel leaders,
were toasted at a recent banquet in On
tario, given in honor of an officer of the
Sixty-fifth Regiment.
GERMANY on the Sd intimated to the
English foreign office it's readiness to re-
fer the Carolines dispute to the arbitration
of a friendly power.
THERE were $500 new cases of cholera
in Spain on the 4th and 7sS deaths. f.
AN explosion of dynamite on the ktl at
Lakefeld, Ont, killed two men and their
horses, and caused q shock which was ielt
at a distance of many miles.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was felt
ut the villages of Campbellford, Hastings
and Norwood, Ont, about $40 Oh the
morning of the 4th. Windows and doors
were ratified, and the sidewalks rose aud
fell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

IHE C%oroner's Jury which investigated
the facts in connection with the death of
ex-Mayor Walkup, at Emporia, Kan, re-
turned u verdict IN the 31st ult. to the eff
feet that the deceased was poisoned with
arsenic by his wife.
REV. DR.. SAMUEL W. DUNCAN, pastor of
a Baptist Church, in Rochester, N. Y, was
on the 1su elected President of Vassar Col.
lege, at P~oughkeepsie, N. Y.
MRS. U. S. GRANT, accompanied by
Colonel Fred Grant, visited the tomb of
her husband at Riverside Park for the first
time on the LIST. She clasped her hands
on the railing in front of the vault doors
and wept long and silently. Hundreds of
people were present, and all stood uncov-
cred while the widow looked at her hus-
bands casket.
AT its session in Baltimore on the Cd the
National Masonic Lodge of Relief elected
Martin Collins, of st. Louis, President.
Mr.. AND MRS. JESSE r. GRANT and
Mrs. Sartoris sailed for Europe On the I'd.
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, who arrived in
Chicago on the Sd, said the story of an &C.
cldent to the Senator and herself by the
upsetting of a boat on the st. Lawrence
had no foundation.
THE Iowa Prohit.tionists will hold their
State Convention at Cedar Rapids Sep
TEMPER %, to nominate a candidate for
Governor.
EX-SENATOR GWEN, of California, died
on the Sd at the Park Hotel in New York
City. He was eighty years of age.
TIE bill of Undertaken Merritt, of New
York, for the expenses of General Grants
funeral, amounts to $14, 1852. 75.
JUDGE G. W. McILvA1NE, Republican
candidate for the Supreme bench in Ohio,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
Failed to Lower Her R.,...

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Sept. Maud s.
nlaae an unsuccessful trial at N-arragansett
rarh Yesterday to lower her record A
ui'sN "lha blew up the lome-stretch. and
the ar was chilly. John Murphv drovo
m r,e runner Longman to force the
m m,a'e :" ~ pace. Her first quarter was
fastest h,sts III 100 90 seconds the half in 1:osL, the
uneen w. "asi.fllile on record. = The trotting
Sho ""' ia'fly l1ylng over the course.
the n ,eie mel het feet, however, after passing
t hree polu uae quickly steadied, passing tn
closely ' ",as poe in LAO. Murphy pressed
ter. 'i hit a tpo bars sulky on the last quar-.
ished - M sl o;, mare tailed to respond aud fin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
Killed by a Water Wheel

BRATrLEBoRo, VT. Sept o.. lar la7
II. Brown, a Chicago p%aper-de|S nriuet
ing in company with c. w: u" av Ihu
Springfield, was killed at lu.l', rsyoHd
day right by falling into a laiso were
water-wheel which the two men aroa
speeding. Mr.. Brown was callie aa, col
for several minutes before the WYNN ries d
be stopped. He died from his 'n'"
ing the night. op,ouas
CHICAGO, Sept. a-The lnJr ed
Brown, who was killed OIL. Ihus,"M: pt
ing at Putney, VT, was the S S, pt
Der of the well-known firm OF nIo eyeni
bone Il Kelly, and left here fllus' eypsa
for a ten days vacation. He wa
to return Monday or Tuesday next
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
A BUSY LIFE NDE
Death in New York of "Duke" Gwin. ex-
Senator from California-Biographical
Sketch,

Death in New York of "Duke" Gwin. ex-
Senator from California-Biorraphical
Sketch.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Ex-Senator Gwin.
OF California, died at noon yesterday at the
new Park Hotel. Senator Call, of Cali
tornla, was with him at the time of his
death. The dead mans sons had been tele-
grapled for and will arrive Monday, No
member ofthe deceased's family was pres
ent at the time of death.
William McKendry Gwin was born in Sum-.
ner County. Tennessee, October 9, 1904. He
ingtnm "a at Illansylvania University, Lex.
was appointed United States Marshal
for Mississippi by President jackson, and
t Man st e,tetG ca member OF Congress from
sioner OF Public Buildings to superintcnd
the erection OF the New Orleans Custom
M Musse = ne em!sra,ed to California in 1913,
framed the Constitution of that State in
ls4o. and was!onc OF the first men to repre-
e eiec,e ei'' IN is5 i the n S"t i%S Sc Senate ! being n
turned to the Senate for the short terms end nd.
ny in 1851. He was the leader Of that wing
known W as eu the chivn7rrp r"o-salayery Democrats
TO the Senate in 1856 for the short term He
S.sI ms fortunes with the rebellion when the
te = 1r OF tb ou5 r ana went to France in the in
LOUIS Napoleon and MaximiiiMn he he.
faine somewhat implicated in the scheme
cost Macmillan his life. OWNS f,.,e nic ~
luke was given him by his friends Iscau -
GGo o Napoleon had promised to lss;.s him
Of Duke ii he would enter his s'r Service rvI e't in
ms schemes against the MEXICAN Govorn.
mippea me me- close of the War Of the Rebellion
twin returned to the United states a and
va Locked up in Fort Lafayette for his n mno
ihlc'P pane a in the rebellion. He was released rS j pasdj
returned to the West, where ne e ~ rsoo in ~
w WHITE ga until the Hayes and Tilden caIm55airn'
1Mian,eeh ne became one of Mr.. Tldcn's 1r pasEn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
-Richard IA Proctor sa,s ma on+ioo1

Richard A. Proctor says no optical
continuance whatever can make an OBJ
ject look brighter than it really is;
apartfrom absorption, which diminishes
light, we get exactly the same bright
ness, neither more nor less, whether the
object be magnitied or purified.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25

Mr.. Sam Jones, the r~evivalist, in a
sermon in Cincinnati, said: II don't
believe any of Darwin's theory, unless
you invert it. Invert it, and my jude-
ment is, it's a fact. We came from the
blessed hand Of God perfect. But l
look about me and | think the world is
running to monkeYs.N
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-23
ELIZABETH ZANE.

This dauntless pioneer maiden's name
Is inscribed in gold on the scroll of Fame;
she was the iassie who knew no fear
When the tomahawk CLEANED on the far
frontier.
If deeds of daring should win renown.
Let US honor this damsel of Wheeling town,
Who braved the savage with deep disdain-
Bright-eycd, buxom, Elizabeth Zane.
~ was more than a hundred years ago,
They were close beSet by the dusky foe;
They had spent of powder their scanty store,
And who the gauntlet should run for more!
She sprang to the portal and shouted: Il;
IT is better girl than man should die!
Nv loss would be but the garrison's gain.
Unbar the gate!" said Elizabeth Zane.
The powder was sixty yards away,
Around her the foemen in ambush lay;
As she darted from shelter they gazed with
awe
Then wildly shouted: "a suuawI" "a squaw."
She neither sWervC d to the left or right,
Swift as an antelope's was her flight.
Quick Open the door,! she cried, anain,
|'Fur a hope forlorn? 'Tis Elizabeth Zane
No time had she TO waver or wait,
Back she must go ere il be too late;
She snatched from the table its cloth in haste
And knotted it deftly about her waist.
Then filled it with powder-never, ween,
Had powder so lovely magazine;
Then, scorning the bullets. deadly rain,
Like startled faWn fed Elizabeth Zane.
i~ne gained tne tort WIN ner precious ITelBnls
strong hands fastened the Oaken gate;
Brave mems eyes were suffused with tears
That had there been strangers for many
years.
From fiint-losk rifles again there sped
'Gainst the skulking redskins storm of lead,
And the war-whoOp sounded that day in vain,
Thanks to the deed of Elizabeth Zane.
Talk not to me of Paul Revere,
A man, on horseback. with naught to fear:
Nor of old John Burns, with his bell-crowned
hat
He'd an army to back him. so what of that?
Here's to the heroine, plump and brown,
Who ran the gauntlet in Wheeling town!
Hers is n record without stain
Beautiful buxom, Elizabeth Zane.
John $. AddmS, in st. Nicholas.