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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-22

The ghost of Volkavitch, who wa. ez-
ecuted April 3. seems to be wandering
around the corridors Of the Jail to the great
alarm OF some OF the more timid and super
stitious inmates. About ten o'clock last
night, while Warden Brockway aud Deputy
smith were sitting Ia the main office, they
were suddenly surprised by loud cries
from the corridor in which the long term
prisoners are kept. Upon arriving IN the
corridor the discovery was made that
prisoner named John Jones was nearly
crazed With fright over the alleged vista
ton Of murderer Volkavitch's ghost at the
door Of his cell. Not long after, Waterman
Mcdonald was again aroused by alarming
cries proceeding from Jones' new quarters
He went to him and found the cold beads OF
perspiration standing out on his forehead
and his limbs Quaking violently. The
wretched prisoner was evidently frightened
nearly out Of his wits when the jaiier ap.
peared. He asserted that VOikavitcn's ghost
appeared to him. He was taken into another
cell with his brother who is confined in the
jail. In the meantime his companion in the
first cell called for Mcdonald, and with his
face showing signs Of alarm he said that
he had been disturbed By mysterious noises
and the rising up and down Of the cover
OF the little table in his quarters. Another
man also testified to having sean the ghost.
All the prisoners were more or less ex-
cited over the event, and but few Of them
slept after the disturbance occurred. They
believed they had seen real ghost
Wikes1ar5v pa Cor. Philadelphia Pres.
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COLUMBIA CONDOLES.

The President Expresses Grief ut thu Death
Of Emperor Frederick-The House Passes
. Resolution of Sympathy.
WASHINGTON. June 16.-Intelligence Of
the death OF Emperor Frederick was re.
ceived by Secretary Bsyard yesterday
morning by = cable message from the
United States Legation At Berlin. The
Secretary Immediately informed the Presi-
dent, and the following telegram was sent
to Berlin:
peadEstoR, Minister, Berlin:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. Juno
1.-THE President desires you to make express
sion, through the foreign ONCE, Of the respect
full sympathy felt throughout the United States
for the German Nation in the loss Of their En-
peror. who has at last yielded to death with
such lofty courage and calm resignation to the
Divine decree. BAYARD.
In the House of Representatives yesterday
Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentucky, member of
the Committee Oh Foreign Affairs. obtained
unanimous consent 10 introduce the follow
ing:
Rtsolsed. BY the House o. Representatives Of
the United States Of America, That We have
heard with profound sympathy Of the death OF
the Emperor. He was distinguished as q soldier,
having been made Field Marshal for his con-
Russian ~ wars. His wVs . friendly and liberal
policy IN Germany and we express our respect
full sympathy TO the German Nation in the loss
of their great and renowned leader.
1t was passed unanimously.
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BERLIN AGAIN MUUgNS.
Death of Emperor Frederick After
Q Brief Reign.

BERLIy. June 15.-Emperor Frederick
III. died at eleven o'clock this morning
\ bulletin issued an hour before the EN-
peror died said that he had been lying for
some time in q light slumber, broken by
wakeful intervals during which he showed
distiHct signs Of consciousness. He gave
no indication Of suffering pain. HIS pulse
and breathing were very weak. There
had been no material change in his condi-
tion during the night.
The Empress did not leave the castle,
and at four o'clock resumed her watch ut
the bedside Of the Emperor.
All the members of the royal family and
the Ministers were present in the death
chamber at the Friedricasxron Palace at
Poisdam.
A Ministerial Council was held just be-
fore the Emperor died. Prince Bismarck,
who presided at the Council was much
agitated.
During the first par. Of the night the con-
dition Of the Emperor was comparatively
good. At midnight he sat for half III hour
in an arm chair and took some nourish-
mept.
Al three o'clock there was IN alarming
increase in his Majesty's weakness and the
relatives who had left the palace were
telegraphed to return.
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Tn. rroubl. Compounded.

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE trouble between
the city authorities and the Bell Telephone
Company has been At last compromised,
the company submitting to citizens COM
nittee. Mayor Francis and other dignita-
ries . proposition TO replace telephones
taken out and charge rental Of $50, CON-
plying with the ordinance until its validity
could be tested before tho Supreme Court,
. case being now on hand which will be
forced to rapid conclusion. In the event
Of decision in favor Of the Bell Company
the renters OF phones will pay a. the
former rates Of 600 per year, but the com
pany does not say what it will do IN case
the decision % against it.
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the NEW EMPEROR.

Brief SketeA Of Wiiann H., the New EDR-
peesr - 0srmany-.Hls First Annonnce-
Dent to The ARmy-He 10 lndlsaolubiy
Bound Up with the Soldless-MournlnG
For the DooA Emper0s.
BERLIN, June 16.-Emperor William IL
has issued the following order to the army:
While the army has only just discarded the
outward signs Of mourning for the Emperor
KING William 1, my deeply revered grant
father, whose memory will eve: live In all
hearts, it has suffered q fresh and heavy blow
by the death OF my dear and wsraiy l0ycd
father. This is indeed . serious and sorrowful
time In which Gods decree places me at the
head Of the army. II is from deeply moved
heart address my flrst words to my army, tus
the confidence with which step into the place
70 which Gods will calls me is immovabiy
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DISTINGUISHED Men Honored.

BOLOGNA, June liking Hum5ert yes.
terday attended the comforting Of doctoral
degrees 1t the University. Among the
distinguished foreigners honored was Mr..
Gladstone, whose name was greeted with
special applause. Degrees were also con-
ferred upon the following: Prof. Mommsen.
Prof. Huxley. Prof. Lowell, Herbert Spen-
Ger. Sir William Thompson. Prof Won
Hoffman,. Prof. Pasteur, NJ. Renau. Prof.
Boissior. Prof. Muir, Prof. Max Muller.
Prof. Erskine Ho land. David Dudley
Field, Prof. James Lorimer, Sir Spencer
Wells, DR.. Weir Mitchell, Prof. Cayley,
Prof. Adams, Prof Leroy Beaulieu, Prof.
Jeho and Prof. AgassiZ.
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Offering. and Acceptaaces.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE bond offer.
ings yesterday aggregated Il, 900 in lots
as follows: FouI per cents. coupons, sG)O,
0O0 at 12S; $3l,oO0 at l2.55s; $1,000 at Ia.
Four per cents, registered, 5000 at 12sJ
SOU at l2a; 500 at l2slA: $500 at rs.
Four and one-half per cent, coupons, $500,
UoO at No.. Four and one-half per cent,
registered, $425.GiU at 1875; S2.OOl.OOO at
1909; $500 at lUS; SIS, 600 at lJsl..
The Secretary Of the Treasury has &C.
cepted SlO1, 500 bonds as follows: Four per
cents, coupons, $4,000 at E3sjss; 5000 at
1.12t. Four per cents, registered. g, go at
III. $50 at I.sl4: $500 At lasH. Four
and a half per cents, registered, sl5,0oJ at
MI
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TRAIN ROBBERS.

A Train on the NJ, X. 4 T. Attacked-The
Robbers Kill Zen Tsrver and Wound the
Mail Clerk and Train BOy.
MUsCoGEE, L T., June 1.-THE south
bound express on the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas was robbed at Verdigris bridge,
eight miles north of here, at nine o'clock
last night. There were seven robbers.
who only got eight dollars out OF the safe.
The robbers shot the mail clerk in the
arm, also the train boy. and one ball fired
into the smoker struck Ben Tarver in the
neck, causing instant death. Officers here
are loading their horses on the cars TO go to
the scene Of the robbery.
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The Saonseri,und.

ST.. Louis. June 1.-THE third evening
concert Of the Saengerbund was a largely
attended as its predecessors, in spite Of q
tremendous rain storm Some unfavora-
bic comment by the local press over an I'M
Fortunate break in Mime. Lille Lehman
Kalisch's singing reused that lady's ire TO
high pitch. and she very cmphatica!ly told
President Me,hudy that she would not sing
another no:e. However. on being informed
that such a course would forfeit both her
and her husbands contract. and shat Miss
Emma Juch would fill her place she soft
ened and consented to sing. This the man
ayers assented to and the concerts day and
evening passed of smoothly amid much On
thusiasm.
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THE LATEST.

Tine Senate was not in session on the 18th.
But little was done in the House, attend
ance being extremely thin.
BY the wrecking Of train in Nueve
Leon, Mexico. recently, caused by bad
bridge. two Americans were killed.
One man was killed and seve,a' injured
by an explosion Of gasoline ut Bailey Bros.
& Co. GAINESVILLE o.. recently.
THs Lancaster-Glover libel suit for $50.
ODD damages, tried in st. Louis recently,
ended in q verdict Of one csut damages.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
June Ii showed an average decrease Of
1913 compared with the corresponding week
Of last year. Iu ;Scw York the decrease
was 1874
HENRY BAUER. Of Appleton. and Jacob s.
Meehan. Of Chicago. students of St. Law
renee College, ut. Calvary, Wis, were
browne I in mill pond near the college the
other night One was seized with cramps
and both were drowned while the other
was attempting rescue. Their ages were
about twelve years.
The London money market was reported
more active during the week ended June
ID. A revival of speculation followed the
announcement Of the death of Emperor
Frederick.
BIZ collision in Lake Michigan be ween
the schooner Willie Ri r and The steamer
Robert Mills the other night IN q fog the
former was sent 10 the bottom, between
the big and Little Al Sable islands. The
schooner was q three-master ard was
loaded with LOCO bushels of corn. The
crew made Their escape.
The Virginia Midland train from WASH
ington ran OF the track about twenty-five
miles south Of Alexandria. Va. recently.
Baggagemaster Poss, Edward Hartman,
fireman: y. A. Kelly, Charles Mayo and
telegraph operator On board the train, were
Killed. Three others were seriously in.
jured.
The schools at the Omaha Indian agency,
Nebraska, have been closed on account ct
the measles. Forty papooses have died
within short period.
TIE Dlss Debars were found guilty at
New York on the 10Th of swind,ing bv
means OF spook pictures.
a POST MoETEG examination showed
that the disease which killed Emperor
Frederick was undou btcdly cancer. which
had made terrible inroads on his throat and
lung passages. DR.. Mackenzie, it appears,
was aware OF the true nature of the dis
ease, but which he professionally thought
1t was advisable to conceal.
A FURIOUS thunderstorm, accompanied
BY hail. passed over Princeton. n. j., re-
Gently. The house Of Harrison Voorhees,
was struck by lightning, and both be and
his wife were instantly killed
THs west bound express was held up
end robbed the other night between Big
Horn and Myers stations on the Northern
Pacific. The robbers took valuables from
the passengers and opened the safe.
eBY cloud burst at TitusyiIle, Pa, the
other night property worth sl0O, 600 was de.
stroyed, but NO lives were lost
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LINCOLN, Neb., June 1.-The semi-an-
nual superintendent Of school moneys was
made yesterday BY the State SuperinIend-
enr. and E,eS COZ was distributed among
the counties Of the State, prop0fuenate to
the school population. The reeedk census
Of school children IN the State numbered
US 600 but notwithstanding This large
increase the school fund for distribution
continues to increase in greater proportion,
and illustrates the magnificent heritage
that the people Of the State have provided
for public schools. The distribution just
made gives q renewed increase, and the
average amount to each county was over
s60O0
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CONCERN IN FRANCE.
The Death 81 Frederick YrOv0kes . Feel
Mn IN DaarmAvx

lag Ak1o to Dtsmoys
PARIS, June III is useless to deny that
under cover OF assumed confidence the
death of Emperor Frederick has caused .
feeling here very much akin to dismay. 1t
was impossible not to notice the silent agi-
tstion which pervaded the Chamber Of Dep
uties when his Majosty's decease was an
nounced. 1t 10 worthy Of remark that no.
. single journal published IN exaggerated
statement or premature account OF the
death OF Emperor Frederick. He was re-
spected here rs = lover Of peace,
and mingled with the expressions Of
sorrow at his desth are dismal specu-
lations rs TO the polfs;cal consequences.
Rightly or wrongly the nesS Emperor 10 re-
gsried as being animated By . bitter
hatred Of France and . desire to render
his reign memorable by fresh laureis culled
upon the battlefield at the expense OF his
hereditary fee.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.


SENATOR CHANDLER has introduced by
request bill appropriating $4,000 for the
development and encouragement of silk
culture in the United States. 1t creates a
division of silk culture in the Department
q Agriculture.
The Commissioner Of Fish and Fisheries
recommends that Dish cultural station be
established near Neosho, Mo.
TIE President has nominated Varnum
n. Babcock, Of Wisconsin, to be receiver
~9 public moneys at St. C-oix Falls, Wis
TEE National Reputlican, Of Washington,
suspended publiostlon on the 18th, after q
career Of twent7-eight years. The paper
has been merged into the Post.
TEE couy. martial in the case Of Captain
Thomas o. Selfridge, United States navy,
founs that the evidence submitted did not
sustain the charge Of negligence. but the
President has disapproved the finding of
the court.
TIE Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: W. II. NcLiman, collector
Of customs, Nantucket district, Mass:
Thomas p. Smith, Indian agent, Usage In
dian agency, L T.; Thomas J. Smith. So
licitor internal revenue; h ". Scott. reg
ister land Office, Larned, Kan.
M BAYAKD sent the following dispatch
~ order Of the President to Minister
rendleton At Berlin on hearing Of the
csath Of Emperor Frederick: 1.-THE Presi-
dent desires you to make expression,
through the Foreign Office, OF the respect
full sympathy felt Throughout the United
States for the German Nation In the loss
Of their Emperor. who has at last yielded
to death with such lofty courage and calm
resignation to the Divine decree"
GENERAL SHERIDAN was reported SON
siderably improved by his physicians on
he night of the 18th
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A Gslahst0na Gain.

LONDON, June 1.-THE election in the
Ayr borough yesterday to fill the vacancy
in the House Of Commons caused by the
death Of Mr.. Richard Campbell resulted in
the return Of Captain Sinclair, Gladsto.
MAN. by q majority of 3d. Captain Sinclair
received 1881 votes against 2,26S cast for
his opponent Mr.. Evelyn Ashley. Liberal.
Unionist. At the previous election Mr..
Campbell. who was Liberal Unionist, was
returned by . majority Of l,lsa The dis
trict thus shows a Gladstonian gain OF
IFS votes.
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mated for Congress, 10 succeed Knute Mel
son. by the Republicans Of the Fifth Min
nesota district.
WALTER L. HAYES has been renominated
for Congress by the Democrats Of the Sec
end Iowa district
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THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESS,

Ar-rp ro;,.ipe I'M siue>s in the Senate on
che ,,,,, the Fisheries treaty was taken up in
omen executive session. and the Senate was
addressed br senator Gray in support OF II.
At,bc close Of his REMARKS IL was laid aside
,,n,,I Nondar the as,h- Adjourned. In the
House bills and resolutions were introduced,
sn,on. then, a resolution by Mr. Dough
erfv. Of Florida. rec,ting the fact that
there seemed To he no possibility Of the
mas. age of the Mills bill: that there is Q large
and daily increasing surplus in the treasury
that the civil var had made it necessary and
just 70 have a large pens;on list: that the sue.
cess of the United States armies made possible
ana secure the accumulation of large private
and corporate fortunes and instructing the
Ways and Means Committee to report bills re-
pealing all laws providing for internal revenue
taxation except for distilled spirits and malt
LIQUORS: providing for the lcvying of tax upon
the incomes, exceeding $780, Of all persons
corporations or trusts TO be devoted exclusively
10 the payment OF pensions, and that all articles
rot manufactured in the United States shall be
admitted free Of duty. District Of Columbia
matters were then considered until adjourn
ment.
In the Senate on the l2th Senator Chand-
Ter offered long resolution referring the Gre
ientials Of Senator Gibson. OF Louisiana. to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections with in
structions to inquire into the late elections in
Louisiana. A lengthy talk was INDUCED In over
Senator Stewards resolution Of inquiry as to
The purchase o: bonds and no action reached.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill was re-
ported and the bill to amend the
Interstate Commerce act taken up
and Mr. Culiom addressed the Senate in its IA
vor. Adjourned. -. In the House the report Of
the committee in the case OF Frank VS.. Glover,
Ninth Missouri district. was called up and
adopted. II confirms Mr.. Glover in his seat
The same action was taken in the case OF Lynch
VS.. Vandever from California, Mr.. Nandever
being confirmed in his seat The Tarin bill was
then considered until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr. Sherman,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations. re-
ported concurrent resolution requesting the
President to invite from time to time as coca
sion might require, negotiations with any Gov
eminent with which We may have diplomatic
relations for the settlement OF all differences
by arbitration. Senator Hale then spoke in OPP
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THE EAST.

AbotT zen PERSONS were injured anu one
man was killed by FIRE in . tenement at
Second street and Second avenue, New
York. on the morning Of the 10Th.
IL the Rhode Island General Assembly
Jonathan A. Chace was reelected United
States Senator by . majority Of both
houses. The Legislature has adjourned
until next January.
TIE works Of the Salem Nass.) Lead
stories high, together with its contents
snd machinery, were burned recently.
Loss. E00, 600; fully insured
A BRONZE equestrian statue of Israel Put
ram, the revolutionary hero, erected By
the State. WAS unvailed ut BROOKLYN. Conn.
on the 18th. Hon. Morris W. Seymour
made the speech Of presentation and Gov
ernor Lounsbury the address receiving il
on behalf Of the State
RIv. ". W. NICHOLS, of PAilsdelphia.
has been elected Assistant Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of the Cleveland, O.,
diocese.
Mrs. ANNA LEE, of Rochester, n. Y, has
been awarded S., 600 damages for the death
Of her husband in the naphtha explosion in
that city last December.
A COLLISION occurred on the Pennsylva-
MIA road near Fifty-second street, PhiiadeI-
phia, recently, BY which twenty freight
cars were wrecked. One car was loaded
with refined oil which caught fire from
no: box and the cars were almost entirely
destroyed, with the greater part of their
contents. Loss, $jO.G00.
LAWYER DUNN, of New York, has been
found guilty OF grand larceny in the first
degree in receiving from Teller Scott the
bonds stolen by the latter from the Man.
haitian Bank. Sentence was postponed
pending argument on q motion for = new
trial.
A HEAVY thunder storm passed over Al
bany, n. Y. on the 18th. Lightning struck
English & Best's hotel. The loss reached
S180 600; partially insured.
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THE SOUTH.


TIE other night nine miles south of
LongvIew, Tex. in difficulty about
trivial matter. Walter Roson, aged eight
cen, shot ana killed Fletcher WEIGH. an
old man.
DENNIS WILLIAMS. colore1, who shot and
seriously wounded Superintendent McCor-
mick at Tallahassee, Fla, recently, Was
taken to the woods by mob and lynched.
TIE body Of +. Harrison Garrett, the Bal
timcre magnate. drowned in Chesapeake
Bay by the sinking Of his yacht, has been
recovered.
ACCORDING to the police census the pop
ulation Of Baltimore numbers 4l6. sos, of
which q. 500 are c0lored.
TIE annual convention Of the Railroad
Yardmasters Benevolent Association be-
gan at Richmond. Va, on the 18th.
THEE boys were drowned at Baltimore,
Nd, on the I4th, two OF them while bath
ing.
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Town Burned,

VsRNILLIoN, Ill, June 1.-THE business
part Of this town was DESTROYED by lire
early this morning.
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Ar Chancellorsville, Va. the monument
that marks the spot whore Stouewall Jack.
son received the wound from which he
died wAs dedicated on the 18th with i'm
posing ceremonies, the Fredericksburg
Grsys, the Naury Camp Of Confederate
Veterans, delegations from the Leo Camp
OF Richmond and the Lee Camp Of Alex.
andris being in attendance.
TIE wife Of John Hockman, living near
Lehigh, Ark. was fatally burned recently
while trying to light . fire with coal oil.
GOVERNOR BUCKNER, OF Kentucky, has
refused to commute the death sentence Of
william Patterson. the negro murderer OF
Jennie Bowman, Of Louisville.