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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
The Pilgrim ueInnrial

PLYMOUTH. Mass, Aug. 2-This old town
yesterday was gay with decorations and
filed with visitors to the dedication of the
national memorial to commemorate the
landing of the Pilgrims. All historic spots
are marked by inscriptions and decora-
tons. The celebration has included the
ringing of bells, the firing Of salutes and
the dedication of the monument with inn
posing ceremonies, after which there was
q parade to the dinner tent, where an ora
ton was delivered by William c. p.
Breckenridge. of Kentucky, and a poem
was read by John Boyle O'Reiliy fol-
lowed by speeches from other distin-
guished guests. Concerts were given in
the afternoon and the celebration closed
at night with fire. works aud ball.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
How 81 Convict Was ParbOUed

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IA convict in
San Quentin prison serving seven years
was pardoned this week by Governor
Waterman. He had been convicted OF
forgery committed while intoxicated.
Soon after President Harrison's nominal
ton he wrote poem entitled "The Old
Soldiers" which was published in an
evening paper. The poem, which de-
scribed General Harrison's bravery
at the battle of Resaca, was
copied widely on this coast, and
soon after Harrison's election one
of the prisoners friends sent it to Mrs.
Harrison, with n brief account of the
convict-author's good life in prison. She
took an interest in him and he has been
pardoned The released convict ex-
pressed great gratitude to Mrs. Harrison
and declares that her sympathy has
made a man OF him. His name is with
held as he has the promise of a good
place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
A CLEAN BILL.

The Kansas Sanitary livestock Board
satisfied That No Disease Exists In the
State.
TOPEKA. Kan, Aug 2-The Livestock
Sanitary Board consisting of Hon. ]. T.
White. of Ada, Hon. Charles Collins. of
Hutchinson and K. Hurst, of Howard, and
s. Fl. Pierce. of Washington, ID. C., and j.
A. Walrath of Kansas City, representing
the United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry. held q meeting Wednesday even
ing and at noon yesterday made a report
in substance as follows: "A careful in
vestgation at the Kansas City stock yards
shows that the order of the board
relating TO separate yards at Argentine
for Southern cattle which might be sub
ject to infectious diseases is being fully
complied with. The special pens are used
for no oil her purpose and are separated
from the main yards by the Kansas river.
The yards a e in excellent sanitary con-
dition. Les danger of infection from
Tsxas fever ex SITS than in former years,
and while few cases have been reported
this season, investigation show that they
had contracted the disease before ship
ment in the yards. There was no
evidence to show that these cattle would
transmit the fever. it being well UNDER
stood that native or balf-breed cattle do
not convey the disease. As an additional
protection to the native cattle, however,
the board recommended to the stock yards
company that all of that part Of the yard
east of the State line known as the Alton
side be set apart for their exclusive use.
from which all the Texas cattle should be
excluded"
Resolutions were adopted acquainting
the Governor of Nebraska with the above
facts. declaring that no good reasons ex-
listed for quarantine against the stock
yards of Nebraska and respectfully ask.
ing the modification of the quarantine
order and permitting the shipment of all
cattle into Nebraska except Southern
cattle held in quarantine at Argentine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
Starved to Death.

SPRING VALLEY, ILL.,, Aug 4.-The wife
Of one of the lock .d-out miners here was
ordered by the physician in attendance
on her twins, who were slowly starving
TO death. to eat a sufiiciency o: the right
kind of food so that she could nourish her
offspring, bu: being in the poorest cir
cumstances and living off such charity as
was given by the relief committee here.
she was unable TO get the proper food and
the abies died. That such thing should
occur in the midst of this beautiful, fertile
region. teeming with an abundant har-
vest is hard 10 believe. And yet the
father of these twins was only striking to
prevent the mine owners from cutting his
wages almost to the starvation point
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
Georgia has the biggest watermelon

patch in the world. Think of a lane two
miles long with melons on each side as
far as the eve can reach. II is an inter-
ssting sight when the laborers 60 out at
daybreak to gather the melons. Squads
of them are moving the vines aside to
make room for the wagons 10 go through.
Others are humping and cutting off the
melons from the vines, while others fol.
low, gathering the fruit into the wagons
The largest melons will average forty
pounds, and there will be lots of sixtv-
Founders. There will be cars of 1 300
melons with hardly a melon under thirty
five or forty pounds. The Phillips Melon
Company, which owns this immense
melon patch of 500 acres, will
make a big thing out Of it Their
profit will not be less than $50 q
carload, and they will ship 400 cars. Sixty
thousand dollars on 500 acres will beat
otton. Without disaster they will make
such a success that the farmers who are
watching them will plant an immense
acreage in that section next year. How
did they do it? By business methods.
They went to work with enough cash in
bank to carry out their plans on
q grand scale, and they fortified and
worked the crop to the best advantage in
every way. The thing is business from
one end to the other. Why, they have half
their crop already sold at fancy prices
200 cars in Boston. Their estimate of 400
cars for 500 acres is a very conservative one.
1t will 60 over that.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
THE SOUTH.

GOVERNOR BUCKNER, of Kentucky, has
refused to interfere with the execution at
Louisville of Charles digger for the MUIR
der of two policemen.
Hon. HENRY BUCKNER, collector Of in
ternal revenue for the Louisville district
for two terms under General Grant and
one under Hayes and leading Kentucky
Republican, was reported dying from a
paralytic stroke.
The spreading of the rails near New
Orleans the other day caused bad injury to
an engineer and one passenger and the
destruction of several cars.
WILLIAM SCHICK and Mrs. Hannah
Becker were killed and Henry Pfistner
was fatally injured in Louisville, KY, re-
Gently while trying to cross a track in
front of train.
A DOUBLE execution took place ct Louis
vile, Ky, on the 31st. Charles Dilger
was hanged for the murder of two police
men and Harry Smart for the murder of a
man and woman while going down the
river in a boat. Dilger's execution was
bungled the moose slipp jng, necessitating
his being dropped twice through the trap.
DR.. G. NJ. CANTRELL, physician of the
Arkansas penitentiarv, asserts that Jim
Burrows, the Genoa train robber died in
the prison hospital October 5, 1883, of
typhoid malarial fever.
IT is reported that cattle are diving at
the rate of forty or fifty day from
splenetic fever in the Texas Panhandle.
KANSAS CITY won a ball game at Balti-
more on the 1st
THE Richmond (Va) railroad stables
Were struck by lightning the otbar day
and burned. Sixty mules and horses and
seven street cars were consumed.
JOHN P. DAVIDSON, a planter living
near Warren Springs, Ark, committed
suicide the other dav by shooting himself
through the head. He was insane.
c. NJ. HULL, editor of the Bolivar Coun-
ty Democrat at Rosedale, Miss, was killed
the other day by L. A. Weissinser, editor
of the Bolivar County Review, at that
place. The Review was lately established
and the two editors had engaged in Bit
ter personal warfare in their respective
columns.
Rev. SAM SHARPE, a colored preacher,
of Lebanon, Ky, has heen killed for liv-
ing with another mans wife.
A QUARREL over a hog worth 3 has
caused an armed feud between the Smiths
and Slushers near Pineville, Ky.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
THE LATEST.

GENERAL GRENFELL with his Egyptian
forces met the invading dervishes at
Toski on the 81, killing and wounding
l, 500. including the chief, capturing LOCO
and driving the remainder into the desert.
FELIX PIATT, the famous French Com
munist, died at Paris on the 4th.
The Black Diamond sealer, recently
seiz.d in the Behring sea, arrived at Vic
toria, b. c.. on the Sd. The commander
of the Rush put on a seaman with orders
| to take her to Stka, but the captain of the
Black Diamond took no notice of his au-
thority and made for British mort.
The United States cruiser Boston, one
of the finest of the new ships. was run
upon rock near Newport. r l., recently
and a hole knocked in her bottom She
was kept afloat by her water-tight COM
lpartments.
FRED ALLEN and Marcus Howe. two of
pleasure boating party. were drowned
| the other afternoon near Pembroke, Mass.
HENRY BEIGHT was cut to pieces by a
reaper near Fort Wayne, Ind, recently.
AN explosion occurred on the Grand
Trunk railroad near Montreal on the night
of the Sd. James Rogers, an express
agent, was killed and train of passen-
rumors existed that the explosion was the
work of dynamiters bent upon destroying
the Victoria bridge.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN arrived at Jackson,
Miss, on the 4th, where he received an
ovation. Governor Lowry was indignant
at the way in which the pugilist was re-
!ceived.
CLEARING house returns for the week end
1l raI
with the corresponding week of last year.
In New York the decrease was 81
AT the Post-office Department it is
learned that since March last OF IS 900
fourth class postmasters in the United
States nearly 1900 changes have been
made, and of this number 5000 were re-
movals of Democratic officials and APP
pointment of r publican successors. The
daily changes now average about 100
A COLLISION on the Virginia Midland at
Burleys caused the death of Fireman Fred
A. Fox and serious injury Of three others.
Two other trainmen were missing, sup
posed to be under the wreck.
THE Emperor of Germany has conferred
upon Queen Victoria the command Of the
First dragon guards Of Berlin and upon
the Duke Of Cambridge the honorary
colonelcy Of a regiment Of infantry.
PRICES were firm on the London Stock
Exchange during the week ended August
g. American railroad securities were
quiet and firm. At Berlin business was
active and steady. The Paris Bourse was
quiet, Panama shares not being quoted.
The Connellsville coke strike continued
10 spread. Fifty-five out of fifty-seven
plants were banked Nearly all of Mcclure
& Co.'s works were idle. The Standard
and Moorewood men, 1910, were also out,
as were the so Of Leisenaing. The mum.
Der of strikers was put at IL 600.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
Collisions Caused BY Fog.

NEW YORK. Aug. 3-There were sew
eral collisions in the bay and river dur
ing the fog yesterday. The Clyde line
steamer Yemasse from Charleston had in
tow the fishing schooner Melinda Wood,
of Nyack. The schooner's foremost was
cut away, the mast was broken and q
large hole cut in her starboard bow.
When the collision occurred the steamer
was running at half speed on account OF
the fog. The schooner j. P. Pharo, OF
Providence. was towed up the bay by the
tug Robert Robinson and beached on the
Jersey fats. 1t was run into by the brig
Caluna during the fog last night The
schooner was almost a total wreck. Three
persons were rescued by the pilot boat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
Increased AciiyItr at the 'FRONT.'.

CAIRO. Aug. 3-Adyices from Toski
bring news of increased activity at the
front. General Grenfell reconnoitered
the dervish camp. when the dervishes
fell upon the Egyptian cavalry in force
and killed twenty seven of their mum.
Der. forcing the remainder of the detach-
meut to withdraw. Later, Lieutenant
Daguillar attacked the dervish position
in front of the village of Masmas, and
drove the enemy from the field, when they
left fifteen dead behind them. Deserters
are coming in to the Egyptian camp in
large numbers. They report that the
dervish leader, Wad-el-N'Jumi, is de-
termiued to fight to the last. A battle is
exuected soon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
New Cattle Disease.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. IA new and
somewhat serious cattle disease has
broken out in two or three herds near this
city. So far it has baffied all efforts &c
relieve it. 1t is spreading. II begins by
a swelling of the eyes, which become SC
thoroughly inflamed that blindness fol.
lows in a few days. The gatherings
break. leaving a small round pimple on
the eyeball and the beast is totally blind.
A fever accompanies the disease and the
milk of the cow is unfit for use. The cat
tie owners of this vicinity are greatly
alarmed, and the utmost precautions are
being taken to prevent the further spread
of the disease,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
A Milwaukee Move.

ing of the executive council of the Ma
tional Grand Army encampment a COM
mittee of twenty citizens outside of he
council was appointed to wait
on President Miller, of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way and make a final appeal to him
for a one cent a mile rate to the encamp-
ment. This move was prompted by the
eight departm ent commanders at Chicago
Tuesday Encouraging attendance at the
encampment because of the refusal of the
railroads to grant a one cent rate Such
action was entirely unlocked for, and
created sensation at encampment head
quarters
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
A, Imnortant Custom, seizure.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 3.-One of the most
important customs seizures of the year
has lust been made at Hamilton. 1t con-
sists of 1,S25 bags and seventy-five bar.
rels of Muscovado sugar, valued at over
twenty thousand dollars, consigned to
Mr.. Reid, of Hamilton. The owners are
either Turnbull. Stewart & Co.. Of West
Indies, or George Cristell, of New York.
The grounds of the seizure are false in
voicing and excessive differentiation.
The seizure was made upon information
received that at the date of the shipment
from Trinidad the value of the sugar was
much greater than the price at which it
was iuyoiced and entered for the ware
house.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

TIE Commissioner of Indian Affair."
has received a report from Malachi krebs
a special agent of the Interior Depart
ment to aliot lands i'm seyeralty to the Ia
dams upon the DEVILS lake reservation In
Northern Dakota, announcing the refusal
of the Indians to receive the allotment,
as contemplated in the General Allotment
act of 1887.
The President has designated General
McFeely to act as Secretary of War dur
ing the absence of Secretary Proctor.
The President has turned over the
papers applying for a pardon for E L.
Harper, who wrecked the Fidelity Bank oil
Cincinnati. to the Attorney General fol
examination.
SECRETARY TRACY has cabled Admiral
EAerardi at ST. Nicholas Mole, Hayti, to
rescue three American sailors left on an
zninhabited guano island called Arenas
Key.
c. A. KENsroN, of the geological sur
vey. has been appointed by the Secretary
Of the Interior a special commissioner to
visit France for the purpose of studying
the irrigation system of that country with
a view to the improvement of the Amer
lean system.
SURGEON PosEY, of Jacksonville Fla,
who was instructed TO investigate the al
legged case of death from yellow fever at
Brunswick, Ga, telegraphed to Washing
ton that an autopsy revealed the fact that
death resulted from hemorrhage and ma
larial fever. and that no yellow fever or
suspicious cases exist at Brunswick.
The Puyallup Indians, of Washington
Territory, tribe well advanced in educa-
ton and intelligence, have sent a memo
rial to the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs, asking for severalty.
TIE President returned to Washington
on the 1st.
As a result of the report of the COM
mission which investigated the needs
Of the New York post-ofiice, Post
master General Wanamaker has directed
that an additional allowance of $4,000 be
granted Postmaster Van Colt His pres
ent allowance is Sl,03i, 900. An additional
allowed him.
The public debt statement, issued Au-
gust l, showed an increase during July OF
81, Oh, 3l35L The cause of the increase
was due principally to pension payments.
ADMIRAL GHERARDI has cabled Secre-
tary Tracy that he will send the Ossipee
or kearsarge to the rescue of the three
Yucatan.
The papers in the Harper pardon case
have been laid before the President. No
action will be taken till the President re-
turns from Bar Harbor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
GENERAL.

A DISPATCH from Japan states that a
dreadful earthquake had occurred in the
western portion Of the island of kiou
Siou. The town of Umaoto was destroyed.
A great number of people persisted. A
vast amount of property was destroyed.
La PREssE- Borlangist organ. accuses
the Government Of fels;fying 5000, 900
voting papers at the elections for the
Councils General Corrected returns
show that General Boulanger was elected
in twenty three cantons-
THE Journeymen Plumbers, and Gas
Steam Filters Laborers' Union has de-
cided to sever its connection with the
knights of Labor. This means the deser.
ton of about u. 600 men from the ranks Of
that organization.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
nomestic Tragedy.

UTICA n. Y, Aug. 2.-In Carthage last
night. Fred Farr, an engineer, shot and
killed his wife and then committed sui
eide. Farr's wife was at her fathers
home Her husband went there, and when
she came to the door he put his arm
around her, placed a revolver against her
breast and fired. He then went to his
.ather's home and sitting down in a rock
ing chair shot himself. Mrs. Farr had
not been living with her husband for two
Or three weeks owing to trouble regarding
the deciding of some property. An officer
was in the house at the time of the shoot
ing with a warrant for Fairs arrest, as
trouble was anticipated.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
IN THE DOMINION


The Canadians Indignant Over the Seiz-
u-es of Their Scalers by the United
States-Canada'sM Military Strength-Re.
ligious Troubles.
OTTAWA. Ont. Aug. 3.-The dullness in
official circles has been dispeled by the
recent news of the seizure of British
vessel in Behring sea. The excitement
Occasioned by the affair is intense. The
Canadians are slow to understand why
the American Government should not
entertain the same opinion regarding in.
ternational laws and the three mile limit
on the Pacific as well as on the Atlantic
coast. The authorities here still continue
to discuss the American pretensions as
TO exclusive jurisdiction in Behring sea.
At present the Governor General is in
direct communication with the British
Government, which favors cautious
policy. The Canadian Government is in.
dignaut over repeated seizures on the
high seas, and has asked England in
plain language to protect their interests.
The effect of refusal to sacrifice i:npe-
rial interests for a domestic one is hard
to determine.
The press of Canada is a unit in de.
nounciGg the seizures. OF course, no.
body thinks of going to war. The dispute
has directed attention to Cauada's mil
itary strength. TIE active military force
exceeds 5000 men. On the basis of the
last census, Canada can put l, 100000 men
in the field.
The anti-Jesuit agitation is domestic
quarrel, which tends to estrange Catho-
lies and Professionals. The opposition of
the latter to the incorporation of the
Jesuits is not diminishing. 1t has placed
the government in an awkward position,
especially after the unqualified support
of the government policy last session.
Six hundred Protestant petitions, signed
by fifiy-five thousand Canadians, asking
for the disallowance of the Jusuit bill Of
incorporation were presented to the Gov
ernor. General at Quebec yesterday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Consul General
Cardwell. OF Cairo, Egypt, warns the
State Department that an extensive trade
in Egyptian rags with the United States
is rendered particularly dangerous by the
prevalence of smallpox in Lower Egypt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09

Two unrecognizable bodies were taken
from the debris of the Johnstown, Pa,
disaster on the I'd.
WoRKMEN succeeded in opening the gate
of the FeItville dam near Plainfield, n. j..
which had been closed for years with
weeds, ETC., and the threatened danger Of
O break of the emban kment was passed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-09
KISSED THE KAISER.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Queen, in re-
ceiving the Emperor of Germany at Os-
borne yesterday. did SO with every DEM
onstratiou of affection. kissing him on
both cheeks. Last night the vessels of
both the English and German fleets off
Cowes and Osborne were brilliantly il
Illuminated, and the effect as viewed from
the shore was magnificent.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-25
The Father of His Country.

A good many years ago, when the
Illinois law requiring physiciansto reg
lister births first went into effect, | was
practicing in that state and, like a
great many other doctors, not being
used TO my duty of reporting the
births at which | ofliciated, | was not
very regular or punctual about per.
forming il. The result was hat | got
fined for neglect Of duty, and conclud.
ed then TO overlook my books and
catch up with my reports. When ]
came TO look, however, | found that
had paid no attention 10 the names OF
the babies if | had ever heard them,
so that while / had thirty-one births %
report, | didn't know what to call
them. While puzzling over my d,
lemma, an immense joke dawned on
my mind out of which | expected
great amusement, and which 1 pro,
ceeded TO put into execution. | pro
ceeded 10 christen all the youngsters.
The boys | called unanimously James
L. in honor Of myself, and on the
girls / conferred my wife's Christian
name. / chuckled while / was doing il,
but that was because / wasn't posted.
There were some things | didn't know.
The local paper noticed the popularity
of the nomenclature in my assortment
OF babies and proceeded TO grow ia,
cetious. II pointed out the fact SC
many little ones were named for me as
an indication Of my popularity
among the ladies in the vicinity, and
had fun with me generally. Then my
patrons saw this aud caught on TO th,
humor NJ IT, They all decided 10 lcI
the names stand, and, aftertbefashioI
of this portion Of the country, AL
claimed a present. | bad b. come Il
time, and drst and last that batch oI
babies cost ne moro than | made ouI
of them-Dr. J. L. Day Of ~. Louis.