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The Iola register., 1888-08-17

"A slight suspension bridge was
built at Niagara Falls in 1S48 and re-
moved in 1854. A new suspension
bridge, then the finest in the world,
having span Of 821 feet, was com.
pleted in 1855. The great suspension
bridge across Niagara river. from
Niagara Falls to Clifton. Canada, wa
opened in 1869.
The Iola register., 1888-08-17

THERE are fifteen clubs Of working
girls in New York and vicinity.
EVERY wood-carving school in New
York has now moro girls than boys,
and at the trade institutes. where
only young men are supposed to Be
learners. they are applying for admis-
sion.
The New York Exchange for Wo-
mems Work, though less than ten years
old, has paid out in its main and TWEEN
ty-seven branches in the various States
and Territories nearly t1, ,000, 900, sum
that has helped needy women Of worth
and refinement
OUR laws about dover, about divorce,
about defense against husbandly
squandering of estates, about the hold
ing of property. will never be what they
ought to be until there are a great num-
Der of women with severest legal acu-
men. able to shape statues and con-
front courts on these question.-Dr.
1alnsage.
A WONAN's International Beneficial
Association has been organized, whose
objects are to open law schools to wo-
men; to remove all disabilities to the
admission of women to the bar; to dis
seminate knowledge concerning w0-
mems legal status, and to secure better
legal conditions for women. The
president is Catherine V. Waite, Of Chi
cagO.
ENFRANCHIsEMENr means an Inn
provement of the ''propagatiOn of the
species" The species has become very
poor in quality, and it has great need
Of Improvement. Enfranchisement
means thinking. capable mothers
mothers who will regard it as their
duty to bring up sons as pure-minded
and conscientious as their daughters
Better mothers than the world has yet
known, it means. The majority Of
women viii be what Is now known -
superior women; and they win be tho
rule, not the exception. HoMss's
CtTexiela
The Iola register., 1888-08-17

1t makes an amazing difference to
q young man whether his best girl
takes great interest In his welfare or
in his farewe'>
The Iola register., 1888-08-17

dexy.
Behold the splendors of orthodoxy In its
announcement Of two destinies. Palace
and penitentiary. Palace with gates on all
sides through which all may enter and live
ON celestial Injuries world without end,
and all for the knocking and the asking. A
palace grander than il all the Alhambras
and the Versailles and the Windsor Castles
and the Winter Gardens and the imperial
abodes Of all the earth were heaved up in
to one architectural glory. At the other
end Of the universe o penitentiary where
men who want their sins can have them.
Would it be fair that you and I should
have our choice of Christ and the palace
and other men be denied their choice Of
sin and eternal degradation! Palace and
penitentiary. The first of no use
unless you have the last. Brooklyn
and New York would be better places to
live in with Raymond street Jail and the
Tombs and Sing Sing and all the smallpox
hospitals emptied on them than Heaven
would be il there were no hell. Palace and
penitentiary. II see q man with full
bowl of sin, and the thirsts for it, and his
whole nature Graves it, and he takes hold
with both hands and presses that bowl to
his lips, and then presses il hard between
his teeth, and the draught begins to pour its
sweetness down his throat, shall we snatch
away the bowl, and jerk the man up to the
gate Of Heaven, and push him in II he does
not want to 60 and sit down and sing
psalms forever: No. God has made you
and me so completely free that We need
not go to Heaven unless we prefer it. Not
more free to soar than free to sink.
Nearly all the heterodox people know
believe all are coming out at the Same
destiny; without regard to faith or char.
acter We arc al coming out at the shining
gate. There they are, al in glory to-
gethsr. Thomas Payne and George White
Geld, Jssebsl and Mary Lyo., Nero and
Charles Weslsy, Charles 0uitsau and
The Iola register., 1888-08-17

ing stories and poems Of perhaps me
dunn merit. but absolutely worthless
from q marketable point of view, and
think themselves unjustly treated be-
cause publishers will not pay for them,
when like perseverance and energy in a
more prosaic but less crowded calling
would insure them satisfactory re-
turns.
For the less ambitious class Of women
who must be self-sustaining, sewing has
long been the old standby, but the
slavish toll and pitiful pay in connec-
ton with most of it makes the higher
branches of it alone attractive. OF
these branches millinery is one, and a
novel method Of following the pursuit is
now coming into vogue. Skillful mill
liners are now beginning to 60 out to
work by the day at the houses Of their
customers. A girl Of good taste and
skill can in this way easily command
five dollars a day and get more work
than she can do, after once establishing
round of customers who approve her
work and ideas. Needless to say it is
much cheaper for her patrons, and this
Is the secret of the success of the innO-
walton. to buy their own material under
her direction and have it made up Ia-
der their own eyes according to the no
ton Of the miAiner or after any design
thathas caught the eye Of the owner in
shop window or fashion plate. Such q
bonnet or hat may be made for five dol
lars that will be fac-simile Of the gem
uine imported twenty-dollar article.
The woman barber Is not unknown In
New York. and has conspicuously fail
ed. - she deserved to do, but the wo-
man hair-dxeaDor Of other women's hair
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Due % Over.ExertiOn I'm Jumping q
Fence while DAT walking.

Special Cable Dispatch 70 The EVENING STAR.
LONDON, April 16.-The literary sensation to-day
is the death OF Matthew Arnold, who expired yes
terday at Liverpool, where ne arrived the day
before to meet his daughter on her arrival from
America on the Auriana He was In the highest
spirits Saturday, after his journey TO Liverpool
He was staying with his sister, Mrs Cropper at the
Dingie. The weather being f1ne on saturday eve-
nfng. Mr.. Arnold took a walk with his sisters hus-
band, and was in such lively humor that he under
took TO jump over low railing near Mr.. Choppers
house. He ran at IL once and failed but per-
severed and eventually succeeded, mAnifesting all
the glee OF a schoolboy at the feat No Ill effects
were apparent, although it was known that he was
suffering from heart disease He had been warned
by the eminent physician Sir Andrew Clark,
against any sudden exertion. Yesterday he at
tended church, afterward had luncheon, and
then went for q walk with his WIFE, He had not
gone far when ne fell forward, near the house or
DR.. Little, and never spoke again. Dr. Little
promptly came to ms assistance, but life was ex-
tinct. Arnold had set OF worshippers ready to
because he had written poems Of a high order Of
merit His published writings were OF the kind
known as higher criticisms, full OF paradoxes and
facts and the tone always remind one OF what
Dsraelf called "a superior person" With the vast
majority OF his own countrymen his judgment
and opinions had little or no weight. In private
company he was cheerful, courteous, and char1ta-
BILE In his comment upon Others.
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CH,CaGO,s FRAUDULENT MEDIUMS
Death OF q Chtld et One OF the ucceusiy
Arrested Bangs >'sters-

CHICAGO. April l6-LizEie and May BsngS under
the arm name OF the Bangs sisters conduct the
leading spiritualistic establishment In Chicago.
and IN their capacity cater 20 a large element IN
the community. Their elegant parloFs have oeeh
CROWDED BY day rs well as by night. isnd mouey
flowed into their golfers IN lSrge streams several
weeks ago a Blue Island avenue phetosragher
was found innocent of all rainlen' on south va
ter street He was locked up. and 10 was ascer-
taned that he was n regular patron az The seances
mirer OF the anarchist August spies who was
hung November IL last The sisters furnished the
photographed, among other things usually far-
nlshed by professional mediums the sste-wnuut
OF the dead anarchist, and the result was that
the camera was releyated 10 place In the corner
OF MS gallery. and all his time and money given
10 The sisters Now the photographer - IN thc
insane ass lum and the sisters are out on ball 90
answer charges OF obtaining money under false
SSs'enses and Keeping Paee Q. AMUSEMENT Minus nus
"A seance MAS In full bloom and the PAL aphernalia
connscate1 These women arr
FRAUDS 90 rHk FIRST WATER
since the arrest and exposure splritualistic cir
eies have been In an uprOar Friday the seven-
year-old daughter OF LIME Bangs died and ye-ters
| mond CONDUCTED the services and they were OF an
entirely spiritualistic nature. Ms. Richmond has
Tor number OF years posed IN public a. q trance
and spiritual addresses lille under the controlling
| lnnuence, as she claims, OF some loag-departed
yss,ersx p a, Sne nnI,,sa o
preached, or rather delivered a discourse. lasting
nearly an hour, In the course OF which she recited
Lizzie Bangs spoke bitterly Of the injustice done
her by the inumatlon on the part OF the prosecu-
Tors That she made her childs sickness an excuse
70 postpone the hearing, and that little Maude was
not sick at all 1T was all account OF the pros
ecuuon that have received that she died" she
SAL SAN, caught severe cold by being taken 70
| winch developed into diphtheTla, nom me, and
| passed away Ia less than a week" lanye crowd
Was present during these sad though somewhat
| novel, ceremonies
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kilograms to The Star.
DIR. BARRIERS CHEERFUL VIEW
He Insists That Mr.. COnkling is Better
MATTHEW ARNOLD DIES SUDDENLY
ALARM IN FRANCE ABOUT eouLANesR
Ii Hung Chang Angry at the Coreans.


MR. CONkL1NG AGAIN GAINING.
All the Reports from, the sick Room
To-day Highly Encouraging - Dr.
Barker Says His Chances OF Recovery
are now One im Five.
NEW YORK April 16.-At O'Clock this morning
DR.. Hartley said In his Official bulletin that there
was no material change In Mr.. Conkilng's condi-
ton. His pulse and temperature were about the
same. The patient slept for four hours during
the night and was stin asleep at 8 O'Clock Mr..
Conhiing took great deal OF nourishment during
the night
THE CHANCES or RECOVERY LITTLE BETTER
DR.. Barker called on Mr.. Conkling al Is O'Clock
and remained with his patient nearly three
quarters or an hour. He was accompanied by DIR.
Sands. When DR.. Barker came out he announced
onlclaily that Mr.. Conkling had passed q very
comfortable hight indeed The ply siclan now
places Mr.. Conkling's chances as one In riye. lie
SAYS mat MI. Conkling Is quite strong, COMPARE
lively speaking, owing To the amount OF nourish-
ment which he has been taking. His pulse Is 81 /;
temperature W, and respiration normal
APAvokABLE SYMPTOM.
Dr. Sands dressed the wound Mr.. Conkling
complained great deal OF the pain. which DIR.
Barker pronounces good sign, as IL shows the
sensitiveness OF the patient, whose system must
De improving TO feel the pain so acutely. The
presses himself as being decidedly hopeful; so
much so that he Will not, unless called upon,
visit Mr.. Conkling until or O'Clock this after
noon.
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THE TsJURIRs NOT SUFFICIENTLY SERIOUS TO PRp
VENT THE HORSES BEIsG ENTERED N THE RAcEs

VENT THE HORSES BEIsC ENTERED IN THE RAcEa
SAN Francisco April l6.-An Examiner special
from AlbuQuerque, New Mexico, gives the
following account OF the accident 20 r d.
Baldwln's stable: Late saturday night Lucky"
Baldwin's string OF flyers, en route 70
the spring meetings OF the East, arrived here.
CD the road the train met with Two accidents. one
at Yucca, resulting IN no damage; the other at Q
point west OF Ash Fork, ArlZ-, where a draw-head
was drawn and the cars containing the horses new
the track. stewart Harold, In charge az the
horses, states that several good myers sustained
Injuries and sprains In JOINTS but not sufficient 20
prevent them from being entered IN the races
The nnest OF the STOCK NOlante, Wonderland and
Lillita, who entered IN the largest stakes are
all right The other stock are inferior TO thoso
mentioned, but the names are not obtainable
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Keelv,s LAWYER Motor.


HE MAKES THE PHILADELPHIA LEGAL TALENT JUMP
wRLB HIS woRLD-NovER STANDS IDLE.
A molten was made and argued before Judge
Finletter, In Philadelphia Saturday, to amend the
order of the court for the inspection by experts"
of the Keey motor in the interests Of the suit OF
Wilson against Keely. During the argument tine
lawyers INDUCED In personal disputes and abuse.
Counsel for Mr.. Keely explained TO the court the
objections to the order as made, and presented
suggestions which they thought should be used In
remodeng the order. Mr. RUFUS Z shapley, for
Mr. Wilson, In answer, stated that his client was
in fS69 by Mr. Keey, and which purpOrted to be
an incomplete description Of the Keely motor, as
it then stood. MI. Shapley said he had not exam
Strawbridge, because wilson considered It to Se
disclosure OF the valuable secret underlying Kee-
ly's Invention or discovery It had been agreed
should be placed. sealed, in the hands OF the ex-
perts appointed by the court and parties TO the
suit aqd that was n sS 70 o. oPene0 t at.es
Of the great motor machine, so that he could not
make the operation tally with the paper II It were
Mr.. wayne Nacveagh, attorney for Mr.. keely,
here Jumped up and SAID that Wilson had NOT
treated bis counsel fairly; had ooowinked the
Of this memoranda and should have no standing
IN q court OF equity. He characterized the SUIT
as an attempt on wilson's part to blackman Mr..
A IN: brought Wilson'S counsel up with . bound
he said he mad failed TO understand why the ex-
brouans INTO the case, g be had occupied hiRh
posit3On IN washington, and had brought charges
which be had not remained In Washington long
TSis made II: Macveagh mare up and cry: sDo
you repoat that old he? Tho people who uttered
Il Woro forced TO take II backr
Nom az 4 porsonal nature would have bean
uuicfiy said Had NOT the court cried. se1old
cnough. / win n0e allow perSonal1tleer
~Y0ur honor wfn protect me then In court"
saaa " nacvsash = en- 's1e CAM o. myself
' Ths court has the nossn 70 amend ~ crasr
under cc0M0orAf1o1
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COMPLICATIONS THREATENED.
A Canadian Pacific Steassser ORDERED
into Quarantine at Sau TrnucSscO.

San FRANCISCO April ld.-The steamer Parthia,
the first 20 touch here Of the Canadian Pacincs
Steamship line between China and British CoIum-
o'a, arrived Yesterday. general quarantine hay-
Ing been declared here against all Chinese portz
there Was much comment "a 20 whether or not the
PaIthla, which lately arrived at British columbia
from nina aud cleared AT Vancouver with q clean
Dill OF health, would BE- ordered Into quarantine,
as though she came direct from an infected port
On the arrival OF the farthia, however. the order
vancouver for this city were Quarantlneu as
though they had come the entire distance from
China When the Parthia left Vancouver the
quarantine Officers There telegraphed the officers
here that IL the steamer should be ordered into
quarantine on arrival here International comIlica-
tons would arise
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81 HUNG CHANG ANGRY.
He Says the Coreaa Minister Here Has
Violated the Agreement with Chtua.

LONDON, April l6-Advices from China state
that Ia Hung Chang, the Chinese premier, ON
behalf OF his government, has perefnptorily de-
manded that the king OF Corea explain why the
Corean minister 20 the United states presented
letters or credence 10 President Cleveland without
the Intervention OF the Chinese minister, which
act, Ii Hung Chang claims, WAS a breach VI the
explicit conditions upon which China permitted
Corea TO send ENJOYS abroad.
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Waat0nsy Shot Down.
THREE MEN FIRED Upon AND TWO DASGERousLv
WOUNDED.

WOUNDED.
CHICAGO, April ia dispatch from Denver Col.
says: Word has reached here OF a brut Al shooting
near Cheyenne Wells on saturday Two young
men froia Iowa were driving, In company with
livery man from Burlington, 60 locate on a claiu
and as they were passing the shanty OF an old man
named Baker they were halted As they stopped
Bakers wife told him To shoot and without WARM
ing he fired a charge OF buckshot into the party
Three shots pierced the lungs OF John c. Morrison
ano17 entered the back or Il. h. Mcconnell The
wounded men are not expected 90 live. Baker
gives his reason for the shooting that he did not
want anybody driving over his land
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the importance OF the commerce OF the Arthur kill
were extravagant and incredible.
TIE BILL PASSED.
The bill extending the time for the completion
OF the Arthur Kill bridge was passed
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
was called up BY Mr.. Blanchard upon Q motion to
suspend the rules and pass it. The bill was then
read, the reading taking much time.
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both Took CarbeuSc Acid.

GIRL AND MAN WHO WE'RE NkIGHBoRs COMMIT
SUICIDE ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
KANSAS CRY, NO., April l6.-Delia Keenan,, aged
sixteen years, and Amer Hurley, both OF whom re-
sided on James street, within two blocks OF each
other, took carbolc acid last night and died within
a few hours. The cause OF Hurley's suicide Was
family trouble, but the motive for the girls rash
act has not been brought 10 light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-16

NEW YORK, April L. IL am.-The stock market
was quiet but fairly steady al the opening this
morning, a large proportion OF the active lis
being unchanged while the remainder were but
slight fractions different from the closing prices CT
Saturday. The market however. soon developed
both activity and strength, though the former was
Reading Richmond and West Point Union Pacinc
Lackawanna, New England and Western Union
while the latter advanced prices In the general st
from y 10 u per cent, and Missouri Pacinc per
cent New England i, and Union Pacific A.
There was some reaction from the best figures
later In the hour, and the market became less ao-
tive and at IL O'Clock IL was quiet and inclined 70
heaviness, though generally at small fractions
better than the opening ngures
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CHICAGO, April ia dispatch from Oshkosh,
Wis. says: Reports have reached here that the
big boom near Fremont containing Il, 600 0Oo feet
OF logs, has been carried away by the 1ood. The
logs are scattered over an area of two miles square
from the main channel OF the Wolf Tue loss VIII
be at least $4,000. IL will cost 80 cents per Loo
90 get the logs back again besides those that VIII
fioat Into the lake
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Matthew Arnold Dead.

TIE NOTED ENGLISH LTTERATEUR SUDDENLY
STRICKEN WITH HEART DISEASE.
LONDON, April l6.-Mr. Matthew Arnold the
noted poet, scholar, critic and theologian, whose
present article on ''CiviliZation OF the United
States I" attracted marked attention, died suddenly
yesterday in Liverpool from heart disease.
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A Brutal PriEe.Eight
TIE DKFKATKD CONTESTANT 30 BADLY PUNISHED
THAT HE NAY DIE.

CHICAGO, April l6-A dispatch from Cheyenne
wyoming, says Jack Sterling, OF this city, and
Jimmy Bush, OF San Francisco fought eleven
rounds. London rules. with skin gloves, just over
the wyoming line In Colorado yesterday AFTER
noon. The Cheyenne man was credited with
nrst knock down and blood. He threw the coast
man eight times and sent him TO grass with the
right three times In the NTH round Bush lost
the use Of one eye and was terribly punished, but
exhibited good staying qualities. After lively
lighting In the eleventh round the men clinched.
Sterling raised his foe on the ground, lunged for
ward and landed with his head on Bush's breast
The latter was unable TO move for twenty min
utes and Is now IN the hospital IL b feared he
received serious internal Injuries The physician
Is doubtful OF saving the Califofnians injured eye,
and says pneumonia may terminate his existence.
The time OF the night was one hour.
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Fought Desperately for Death.
A MAN, BENT on SUICIDE, CUTS HIS THROAT IN RI
PRESENCE OF FAMILY AND FkIENDs

CHICAGO, April 16.-A dispatch from Carroll
Iowa, says: W. A. 0vermier, OF Templeton who
has been feeling Respondent for some time over
business troubles killed himself IN the presence OF
his wife, brother, aud two friends yesterday. HIS
brother had asked him n he would 20 out hiding
and he replied that he would, but Immediately
thereafter pulled out his p0cketknife and tried
cut his throat. The three men tried 20 get the
and made q rush for the back door. They caught
him again, but he tore away, leaped into the
kitchen, and with the three men still cline1ng 10
him. cut bis throat with butcher-knife. He lived
but few minutes. There Is no doubt OF his In
sanity. Oyermier was one OF the leading c.tizens
OF Carroll County.
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NEW NATIONAL BANKs.-The Comptroller OF the
Currency has authorized the organization of the
First National Bank OF Bound Brook N. j., capital
$50, OOO Geo La Monte, president, and B. H. Bro
kan, cashier: and Of the Ellensburgh National
Bank. Washington Territory. capital, $4,000;
Van b. De Lashmutt, president, and Ralph Kauf-
man, cashier.
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THE EVENING STAR
PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday,
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Northwest Corssr Psunsylvania Ave and llth st., By
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NEW YoRK, April 16-Althougn there Is no
marked improvement over that OF yesterday In
the condition OF DIR. Agnew, his physicians are
hopeful that the crisis In his has been passed
DIR. Agnew, while not going forward 10 any great
extent, Is not losing ground
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CucAso, April la-A dispatch frum Toledo,
Ohio says: The store and dwelling house Of Henry
Diekman WA entered By burglars yesterday morn
ing. D1ekman and his son were awakenened and
derR The latee pulled pistols and nred q about
the same tina. Young Diekman mn 20 TIE 6oos
fatally shot n ne 90 temple The burglars hav.
ran down Stain and escaped Diokman. r.. -
not badly hurt The poltoe have e yet beer un-
ahle % appfehend he burGiaR
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The COURT OF CLAIMS to-day gave judgment in
favor OF VIM. II. McGrew and Jas. E. Reed, United
States commissioners In their suits to recover
tain fees which had been disallowed by the &C.
counting Officers Of the Treasury. The conclusions
OF fact in the French spOllatlOn claims, arising
out OF the loss OF the ships Betsy and Raven,