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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
EFFECT OF THE STRIKE.

Manufacturers Much Concerned as to the
Effect of the Reading Strike-Pnupers VI.
Strikers.
READING, Pa, Jan. Had the strike on
the Reading railroad proved successful and
the traffic been entirely paralyzed, there
could not have been moro genuine alarm
throughout the great Industrial regions Of
the Schuylki.l valley than there is to-day.
The proprictors Of the large furnaces and
iron works in this section predict that ii
tine mines are shut down for two weeks,
that the majority Of the large establish
ments will be obliged to close, owing to the
lack of supply of coal. All the industrial
cities and towns in this section, such as
Reading, BirdsEoro, Norris;own, Potts
town, Hamburg and smaller places receive
their coal over the Reading railroad, and
with the stoppags OF work ut the mines,
trade will he entirely paralyzed. Reports
received to-day show that Of the sixty
eight collieric> in the Schuylkill region,
forty of the largest OF which are controlled
by the Reading Comp my, but six are at
work. There is u movement on foot among
the business men to hold a meeting IN this
city and bring such pressure TO bear upon
President COrbin Us to cause him to con-
sent to an arbitration of the miners strike.
at least. The strike will not only throw
5000 Miners out, but 5000 iron workers as
well.
PAUPERs VS.. STRIKERS.
LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. THE President
Of the Board of Poor Directors this morn
ing asked the tramps confined in the coun-
ty workhouse, 40 in oil, who were willing
TO 60 to Reading to take the strikers places
to sign u paper, but only twenty-five CON-
piled. the rest fearing violence. Those
who have consented will be sent there.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE report of Mr.. c. B. Morton, Commits
sioner of Navigation, sets forth in detail
the various aids and advantages enjoyed
by the shipping of other nations. and con-
cludes that it is impossible, without a
change Of the present conditions, for our
navigation to regain its supremacy in the
foreign trade.
GENERAL E. B. ALEXANDER, of st. Paul, a
graduate of West Point in 1923, and Major
in the Mexican war, died recently in Wash
ington, aged eighty-six.
THE claim of G. ". Williams for salary
as Minister to Hayti while awaiting in
structions from the Department of State
has been dismissed by the Court of Claims.
He was appointed Minister to Hayti by
President Arthur in the closing days Of his
Administration, but he was superseded be-
fore he left the country.
THE Department of State is unofficially
advised that the owners of the British
vessels seized in Behring sea by American
revenue steamers for violation of the seal
ing fishery laws, have prepared claims
against this Government for $500, 900. So
filed at the department
THE annual ball of the English Legation
took place at Washington on the night of
the 4th. About 400 invitations were issued,
and the ball was one OF the most brilliant
affairs of the season.
THE House Committee on Elections took
up the Thocbe- Carlisle contested election
case on the 9th. Thoebe was represented
by counsel. Speaker Carlisle was not
formally represented.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
STANFORD'S DENIAL.

He Denies the Allegations That the Gem
trai Pacific Has Not Lived Up to Con-
tract.
NEW York, Jan. 3-Senator Stanford, of
California, SAID to-day in an interview :
ATTACKS upon the Central Pacific people
are simply ebullitions Of politicians and
demagogues. We have been treated most
unfairly. Croker, Huntington, Hopkins
and my self conceived the idea Of building u
railroad over the Sierra Nevadas. Ii we
could do this, we hop, I'd to secure control of
not only the Nevada Il Utah, but OF the
Montana & Idaho road. After IA survey
had demonstrated that the id.a was practi-
cable, the company was organized in 1861
under the laws of California, and not by
act of Congress, as has been asserted.
The Central Pacific differs from
the Union Pacific in that respect.
By accepting the act Of Congress
in 1862 we became contractors with the
Government to build o road from Sacra-
meniO eastward, and the Government
loaned us $27,OO0,O 90 and bOrds, upon CON-
pletion of the road from Sacramento to
Ogden. We bound ourselves to return our
obligation partly in cash and partly in
service. The Supreme Court has declared
this to he the contract. We have lived up
to that contract; we have paid cash and
the obligation has several years yet to run.
There has never been any question but that
we have performed every obligation we
owe the Government. II We have realized
500 O,0O out of the road it is nObody's
business, SO long as we have faithfully
filled our contract. We constructed the
road at more than double the cost Of the
bonds received from the Government. 1t
is true that not great deal OF capital was
paid in by way Of subscription. but the
road was built on stocks and bonds. The
charge that IND Croker. Huntington aud
Hopkins, directed that certain bonds be-
longing to the company be destroyed in
order that the committee might not scru-
tnize them, is absolutely fals,.
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Flint Glxaa Strikers

PIrrsBuRGn, Pa, Jan. Al. Sellers Nc
kee. prominent manufacturer, state.
that the number Of firms winch would shut
down their glass factories on account Of
trouble with employees was over forty
three, and the number OF skilled workmen
employed over eight thousand, to which
should be added two or three thousand
other workmen, whom the shut down
would throw out Of employment A conf
niitee from the Flint Glass Worke, s. As
ISOLATION is to solve the difficulty, and their
decision is to be final.
The strike among the flint glas. workers
has exteniet to Eastern factories. Alto
gether, Is COZ men ars now out, and the
strike bids fair to BE- long and bitter one.
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SPLIT THE RAIL.
Accident Mt Carrolltou, NO., Causing tho
Loss Of Two Lives.

Accident at Carrollton, NO., Causing tho
LOSS at Two Lives.
CARRoLLroN, Mo-, Jan. 9.-The worst
accident that has ever occurred on q rail-
road in Carroll County took place yest.r-
day morning at 3:15, at the switch connect
ing the Santa Fe with the c., B. a. K. c.,
near the eastern end OF the Santa Fe
grounds, in Carrollton. Santa Fee engine
No. 533, with two carloads of timber for
the Libby bridge and u caboose, was com.
ing from the east under full head
way. The switch was locked correct
ly, but it is supposed that the frost
had sprung the rail and the wheel Of
the engine struck tho end Of the rail with
sufficient force to split the rail, throw tho
engine and two Cars into the ditch, and
turn the engine completely end .for end,
a perfect wreck. The fireman, Charles
Coleman, was instantly killed, and the en-
gneer, Mr.. Thompson. formerly foreman
ut the roundhouse at Topeka. died in tho
afternoon at lao. Conductor Mckee and
Brakemen Fletcher and Sniier and Road
master Hidsey escaped uninjured. The
track was repaired SO that the train went
east at the usual hour.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
Dividing the Funds.

Dover, y. H., Jan. 1.-The local assembly
Of Knights Of Labor has 8, l5j in its treas
ury and Monday evening a meeting was
held 10 consider the question OF dividing
the money among the Is members, the as
sembiy having dwindled to that number
from so. Must OF them favored division,
but Master Workman Mellen, who opposed
il, would not entertain a motion to that end,
and secured an adjournment without action.
A special meeting was called for last night
but before business beg III Mellen was ar
rested by two other officers on charge OF
criminal libel in securing the publication Of
an article charging them with conspiracy
to defraud the Assembly. Then the as
sembly was called to order amid great ex-
element and motion to di-ide the funds
was passed. Me!len was subsequently re-
leased on bail and he aud his friends are
now in secret caucus considering what
steps to take next.
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FROZEN TO DEATH.

A Notable Character Of the Old Days In tho
Upper Missouri Valley succumbs to Ex-
pOsure.
PIERRE d. T.. Jan. 4.-Proteau, the first
white resident in Dakota. was found frozen
to death near Fort Benton. He was
ninety-thre years old, and since he was
eight years old had resided with the H.
dams. His home was the reservation,
where he was engaged in trapping and
fishing. He was well known a.Ong the
Missouri slope, and many Of the early
pioneers OF Dakota and Montana owe their
lives to Old Protcau's kindness. He acted
as scout, interpreter and guide for Generals
Custer, Harvey, Sibley and Suliy, and car
ried over twenty arrow points in his body.
He made several trips into the Black His
with Indians over nifty years ago, and on
one expedition returned with over SIS, 900
worth OF gold nuggets, which he traded for
several barrels OF pork and sugar 10 Chou
teau Brothers. He has been wealthy sew
e-al times, but his money went Ike the
wind. 1t IS supposed Proteau was endeav-
oring to make his way to the post when he
was caugh, in the blizzard and persisted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
THREATENED COAL FAMINE.

The Strike Causes Apprehension of = Coal
Famlne-StaGnation In the Trade.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6-The strike OF the
miners in the employ Of the Phila ielphia
Il Reading Coal and Iron Company and in
dividual operators In the Schuylkill region
has barely begun, but the cry Of scarcity
Of coal il already heard here. The pro-
jectel strike OF the Lehigh operators and
the cutting Of the supply from that region
had tendency to check the output from
the rest OF the anthracite region so that
the supplies in this part Of the State have
been in many instances far below the re-
Qulrcments Of the dealers. It. has been
known for some time past the Reading has
been unable to meet the demands OF its
line and city trade and the suspicion has
been freely expressed that coal for Gus
toners On its route has been diverted by
the company to its own use. Inquiries in
all quarters Of the city show the retail
yards are either comparatively bare of coal
or their supply is below that usually Car
ricd at this season. Many dealers announce
that they will not sell more than one ton OF
coal on each order and the price has been
advanced fifty to seventy-five cents per
ton. Should the strike be prolonged, it
Will not be long before thousands of iron
workers will be thrown out Of employment
for want OF coal
STAGNATION.
READING, Pa. Jan. 4.-The fact that there
is coal miners strike in the Schuyikiil
region is also perceptible all along the
main line and branches Of the Reading
railroad. there being fearful stagnation in
the coal traffic. During the twenty-four
hours ending with noon to-day but loo
cars Of coal were sent through this city i'll
place IF the ccusiOmcd 400 and 600.
The discharge of 400 men employed in the
coal traffic on tie Reading railroad last
night, it is believed, will he followed by
many others in few days. The company
emp Dyed l.. SO men, made up into 40 crews
IN hauling coal to ,iiewater ami interior
points, but not one-fourth of these will be-
required if the individual operators
alone continue working. 1t is l,arned at
The Office OF the company in this city
that it Will furnish individual coliereS for
the present all the empty cars they need.
Tie company is mining hardly enough coal
for its own purposes, and all that is now
sent down comes from colieries operated
by private parties, but their output will
not nearly supply the cities and towns and
numerous establishments i'll the Schuy klll
valley alone
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The Maryland Legislature.

AxNAPOLIs. Nd, Jan. THE Democratic,
members OF the Legislature ca ucused last
night and nominated Ge,rgs Peter, OF
Montgomery County, for President OF the
Senate, and George II. Upshur. OF Worces-
ter County, for Speaker OF the House "
Delegates. Eugene Higsin: was left out
in tie cod. He resigned his position as
chief Of the appointment division OF the
Treasury Department AZ Washington for
the purpose Of being made clerk OF the-
Senate, but the bosses thought, az The last
moment, that IL wonld be well to leave
Higgins name OF the sIata Higgins, how
ever, will find p,eaty TO do ~ Annapolis
this winter.
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Nebraska Railroad Conmi ssinners.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan 4.-Some days since
the State Board Of Transportation made an
order, requiring the Union Pacific Railway
Company to make an opening through an,
e:nbankment at Waterloo. Neb. Yesterday
The road replied, setting Up the defense
that the order was not sufficiently explicit;
that the embankClent was not the C use CT
the overflow; and, moreover, that the road
was given its privileges by act OF Congress,
and that if it was sub ject TO the cruer OF
any commission it Was the NatIoral Com
mission, ard Lot thar Of Nebraska. The
re- ult Of the case will be looked for with
some interest, and i; will no. he surprising
if in the end the Union Pac tic road called
in question the constitutiUralIty OF the
State Law.
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Dragged by ~ Horse.

MEXICO, Mo-. Jan. 4-Peyton Corbin,
who lives eight miles north Of town, met
with an accident this morning that may
cost him his life. While riding along the
road his horse becIme friga tened at the
report OF gun which was fred by man
hunting, and ran away. Mr.. Corbiu
was thrown of the saddle but his
foot caught and he was dragged for one
hundred yards. The stirrup strap finally
broke and Mr.. CorDin was released, but
not until he was almost dead. Three ribs
were broken, his collar bone dIsloc,ted
and u portion OF the left car torn away.
he is also frightfully bruised abOnt tie
head aud boiy and cannot recover.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
OIL EXCITEMENT.

An ON Boom That Has Seldom Beoo
Manufacturers In the Article.
NEW YonK, Jan. 4.-Thero was great ex-
element in the oil market yesterday morn
ing. and the crowd around the Gil ring was
one Of the largest ever seen there, there
being corner OF the shorts. who tried TO
cover with none but other shorts to buy
from. The FIRST sale was made at 9JA,
which was q above last Saturdays close,
and the advance was accompanied with the
widest excitement, which carried the
prize, up to !gss before there was reaction.
Then there was a slight pause in the ad-
vance and the price fell Il. Tho range Of
prices was the highest for over two years.
Brokers generally ascribed the advance to
the manipulation Of the Standard Oil Com
pany. but one Of the representatives Of that
company said the advance was eau sed SIM
ply by the success oi the shutdown move.
mcnt b. the Producers Union and tho
facts that the stock of oil was being re-
duced LOO. 600 barrels per month. The
Standard Oil Company, he said, was not
responsible for the advance except in its
position as consumer. The sales of oil made
on the way up from - were largely of short
stuff as the operators in Pittsburgh and the
West were heavily short and there was
a'sn short interest in this market.
The indications OF u corner became more
marked, as the morning passed, but at
noon the market was quet at g21i but as
soon as an attempt 10 cover was made by
some Of the short operators they found no
oil for sale and the price advanced to 942s
cents in the half hour between twelve and
1880 Some trouble Is expected to result
from the rapid rise. The price advanced
Az cents since Saturdays close.
THE PITTSBURGH BOOM.
PIrTsBuRGH. Pa. Jan. 4.-The excitement
in oil yesterday has seldom been equaled.
The market opened strong at 80 cents, and
in twenty minutes advanced to 93ls cents.
A general rush to cover was made by the
shorts, but In this many of them were un-
successful, owing to the scarcity of certiii.
Gates. In the meantime prices continued
to advance. and at one o'clock sales were
reported at 50 cents. The news Of the ad-
vance created great excitement among
the spectators, and in a short time
after the opening the lobby of the
exchange was crowded with outsid ais anx-
ious to close their deals. while about the
ring scene of pandemOnium prevailed.
The shorts were wild and shouted them
selves hoarse in their efforts to secure oil
to cover The buoyant feeling kept NJ all
the afternoon, and in this city and Brad
ford. Titusville and Oil City the closing
quotations were within fraction of the
highe 1t points Of the day and were at least
five cents higher than ut the opening. at
which time also the lowest prices were re-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
"A reporter happened t, NEE. Chief

"A reporter happened t, meet Chict En-
gineer George H. Reynolds, OF the Pneu-
matte Torpedo Gun Company when he was
dllating upon the recent successful expert
ments. and it Was evident that he had lost
nothing If his vel known enthusiasm, as
he exclaimed: "Yes. the newspapers and
everybody else, on both sides Of the water,
hare found o 1t that the gun is a thing that
has come to stay now! There is one thing
about our gun, though, that the papers
haven't got 10 understand yet. and that Is
what We can do with an ironclad. Now
don't care how many feet thick the plates
are on the sides of vessel, that
isn't where we ere going to shoot Tue
shot that did the business for that
schooner we knocked into spllnters the
other day exploded right under her, didn't
itl Just where Lieutenant Zalinski meant
that it should, and it lifted her bodily out
of the water II he had wanted to hit her
deck he could have done it by slightly ele-
waiting the range. Now the heavier the
armor upon the sides Of the ironclad tho
less she will be able to carry on deck and
on her bottom. Take one OF those big
foreign war vessels, 400 feet long aud
seventy feet wide, what target it would
make for our gun. We wouldn't shoot at
her sides Her deck and her bottom, where
her plating is necessarily thin, would be
where we would explode our shells: and
whether the she'll exploded on top or un-
derneath, the result could only be destruc'
ton. / tell you, boys, that ship would go
to hun, the fish in = nurry."-N. I. Tribune.
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THE funeral Il ex. Governor Joel Parker,
Freehold, N. j., on the 9th with many
noted men and political orders - mourn
ers.
A LAD was blown from moving train on
the Lake Shore near Westfield, N. Y, re-
Gently. When picked up he was dead.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburgh, Pa, says:
At meeting OF the coal miners OF the
Clcarfield region. 1t was resolved to notify
the operators that if the Columbus scale
was not paid by the 21st general strike
would be inaugurated.
MAVERICK Il Co., jewelers., No. S4 Chest
nut street, Philadelphia, are embarrassed,
with liabilities estimated at $9l, 0o0.
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THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
THE Chicago Times office has become a
un,on Office. after being filed with non-
union men for twenty four years.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
January showed an average decrease Of
1871 compared with the corresponding week
| of last year. In New York the decrease
| was 26S.
BUSINESS was good on the European
| bourses during the week ended January Z.
| The prospects Of peace were reassuring,
| which gave tirmness to tie tone OF money
| markets.
EX-GOVERNOR RUSSELL A. ALGER, Of
Michigan. denies that there is any political
understanding between himself and Blaine
| or that he had ever opposed Mi. Bainc's
candidacy.
By collision between freight trains
near Thom.syille, Ga, recently both en-
gines and several freight cars were ruined
and number of HORSES killed. No person
was injured.
Hon. L. Q. c. LAMAR rendered his
resignation as Secretary Of the Interior TO
the President on the 9TH.
The strike on the Reading road was re-
ported as working detrimcntaliy to all ill.,
terests along the line of the road. But few
were In operation on the 9Th, consequent
upon the scarcity OF coal
The correspondent Of the London Daily
lNe,cs at Constantinople says: "The Porte
learns that Lord Salisbury has informed
the German Government that if war shall
be occasioned by IN attempt Of Russia to
| occupy Bulgaria England will send two
| squadrons to the Black Sea, but if the &C.
cupation Of BIls ria be abstained from
England will remain entirely neutral"
TWENTY horses and large livery stable
in Pittsburgh, Pa, were destroyed by fire
recently.
| MONTANA mining men and the Helena
Board of Trade allege that nearly all the
land in that territory, mineral and forest,
is beng classed as agricultural, thus al
lowing tie Northern Pacific railroad to
claim rich deposits.
DURING the year 1857 37;,619 immigrants
landed at Castle Garden, New York.
THE Cross pulp mill at Franklin Falls,
n. H.. was destroyed by fire recently. Loss
$4,000.
A SWINE plague prevails in the south Of
France and 5000 animals have died in the
Marseilles district within a month. Prof.
Cornith has gone to study the pestilence.
! The spinners Of Fall River, Mass, have
demanded the restoration of The scale Of
wages in force a year ago when the prices
Of cotton goods were very low.
ECNICE COTTRkLL, an Indian woman aged
one hundred and fifteen years, died re-
Gently In Connecticut She was the great
grandchild Of King Philip. famous in col
oniai history.
The forthcoming report to the New York
Legislature Of the State Board Of Media
ton and Arbitration will. it is understood,
suggest the exercise Of legislative power
over persons employed to operate railroads
Is well US over the properties themselves
and their ownerA
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THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
CONGRESS.

TIE Senate met on the 4th, after the
holiday recess, when many petitions were pre-
scented. Senator Brown offered resolution
relating to the repeal Of certain revenue laws,
and gave notice that he would address the SEN
ute on Monday in its support. Senator Sher-
man then addressed the Senate on the Presi-
dents message and was replied to by Senator
Voorhees,. After brief executive session the
Senate adjourned. In the House many bills
were introduced among them one by
Mr.. Springer. Of Illinois, to provide for the Or
ganization Of the Territory Of Oklahoma: by
Mr.. Ryan. of Kansas. to amend the Interstate
Commerce law; by Mr.. Anderson. OF Kansas,
for postal telegraph; to reduce postage, and a
number of other bills: by Mr.. Morrill,, OF Kan
sas. several pension bills; by Mr.. Perkins,
Kansas. several pension and other bills. Messrs.
Stone, Warner and Heard, of Missouri, intro
duced number of bills. Before the conclusion
Of the call of States the House adjourned. over
nine hundred bills having been introduced.
In the Senate on the 9Th a message was
received from the President concerning rights
Of way for railroad purposes through various
reservations and relating to trespasses on In
dian lands and timber trespasses. Petitions
were presented, and after some routine business
the Blair Educational bill came up in regular
order and was debated at some length, when
the Senate, after brief executive session, ad-
iourned until Monday. In the House the
Speaker announced the committees. Mr.. Stone.
of Missouri, offered a resolution directing the
Committee on Judiciary to investigate the facts
touching the Imprisonment of Judges of the
county court of Saint Clair County, Mo-, and the
House adjourned till Monday.
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An Ice Palace Accident.

ST. PAIL Nina, Jan. 5-Ernest Hoempel
an employee ut the ice palace, fell from tine
top OF the turret, a distance OF Is feet. Dur
ing his descent inside Of the tarIet he
struck first one side aud then the other and
landed at the bottom in q bed OF chopped
ice. He was taken to the city hospital.
where he will probably die from internal
injuries.