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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
LECTURE FORBIDDEN.
Chicago Police Forbid . Lecture BY Mrs.
Lucy PRr9Ons.

Chicago Police Forbid = Lecture BY Mrs
Lucy Parsons.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2I-Handbills were wide.
ly distributed yesterday, announcing that
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, the wife of the execu-
ted anarchist, would lecture in Waverly
Hall last night. One Of the bills was
handed to Chief Of Police Hubbard, who
sent Lieutenant Laughlin to Mfr. Laurie,
the proprietor OF the hall, with instructions
to order him not to open the place. Mr..
Laurie was not satisfied with the message
and called Immediately upon the chief. 81
shall send an officer to you tonight" said
the chief to Mr.. Laurie. "who will demand
the key of the hall from you. He will then
station a policeman at the door, who will
forbid admission to the hall You are per.
fectly helpless in the matter and any re.
sponsibility there is will be upon the
police"
The wording Of the subject of the lecture
was trifle ambiguous, in that it might in.
clude any or all phases of Anarchy and
Socialism. There was no doubt in the
minds of the police that Mrs. Parsons IN.
tended to say something to cause her ar.
rest
Said Chief Hubbard: "Mrs. Parsons can
advertise herself all she pleases, but we
will not help her to do it. We have
private information that she intended
to make a violent Anarchistic harangue.
Then we would have been compelled
to arrest her, and you can be sure
that it would have been magnilied in
every way by the Anarchists in the argu-
ment of their injunction suit to-day. The
attempted lecture was simply for effect.
1t is well known that Mrs. Parsons can not
refrain from talking of Anarchy If she
gets a chance, and we will not experiment
with her further. She simply can not
speak in Chicago"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
RAILROAD BUILDING.
Over Seven Thousand Miles of New Ma
Track Constructed During the Year.

Over Seven Thousand Miles of New Main
Track Constructed During the Year.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-The Rdiledy Age
says: Notwithstanding the widespread
impression that the additions to the rail-
way system of the United States during
1888 would be comparatively Insignificant,
the evidence is now before us that the
railway mileage of the country was in
creased during the year by no less than
7,120 miles of main track. While this
is much less than the pheno-
menal increase in the year 1887,
1886, 1882 and 1881. when the new mileage
was respectively 1900, 1900, H. 500 and
1916 miles, the record for the past year
exceeds that of every other year in his
tory, with the exception of 1871, when
1,3I9 miles were added. New track was
laid in all but two of the forty-seven
States and Territories, the ex-
ceptions being Rhode Island and
Nevada. Kansas still leads the
list in the extent Of new mileage and she
has done SO for several years. California
comes next. Only about twenty lines
built more than 100 miles each; those
doing the largest amount being the
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska, 4l2
miles; st. Paul, Minneapolis 6 Mani
toha, 427 miles; the the South
ern Pacific, through various SUBJ
sidiary companies, little over three hun.
dred miles. This is important as showing
how the nature of the work of railway
construction changed in a single year.
The building of great competitive lines
has practically ceased and the years
work was chiefly devoted to the cons.ruc-
ton of short Independent lines or branches.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
ANOTHER VESSEL SEIZED.

Spanish Authorities at Porto Rico Seize .
Vessel For an Alleged Trivial Matter.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2T.-1he brigantine
Josefa, which arrived at this point Tues
day from Montego Bay, Jamaica, while
discharging cargo on her outward trip
from New York to Arroyo, Porto Rico,
was found to be lacking twenty packages
of corn starch which were marked on the
vessels manifest. The vessel was
seized by the Spanish authorities,
who held her until a fine of $1,000
was paid. although the value Of the goods
in question did not eXcsed $50. The
master and crew were forced to suffer
many indignities at the hands of the Gov
ernor of the island and officials acting
under his authority. The authorities
offered to settle the matter if the captain
of the vessel could satisfactorily explain
the whereabouts of the missing packages.
After the fine had been paid it was asccr-
tanned that the missing goods were
delivered by mistake on board the
ship Josephus, which lay next
to the Joseia in New York but
were placed on the Josefa's mani
fest. Explanations were made to the
Spanish authorities and the return of the
fine was requested but was refused, and
the vessel left for this city. James Brett,
of New York, managing owner of the Jo-
sefa, has filed complaint against the
Spanish Government with Secretary Bay
ard. 1t will be urged that the war ships,
Galena and Yantic, shall be ordered to
continue their cruise to Porto Rico and
summarily secure redress for the impose
ton suffered by the Josefa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
Interesting Papers Read Before the Amer
lean Hlafarical AasacIaflan.

Interesting Papers Read Before the Amer.
lean Historical Association.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-When the Amer.
lean Historical Association met yesterday
morning in the lecture room of the Nation.
al museum A. c. Mclaughlin. assistant
professor Of history in the University Of
Michigan, read a PAPER upon the influence
Of Governor Cass upon the development
of the Northwest
Frederick j. Turner of Johns Hopkins
University read a paper prepared by Prof.
W. F. Allen, of the University of Wiscon.
sin, on the position of the Northwest in
general history. Prof. Allen emphasized
four points as of special interest: First,
that the title to the Northwest belonged to
three great nations-Spain, France and
England-which in the sixteenth seven.
teenth and eighteenth centuries, respect
lively, possessed the acknowledged leader.
ship among the European States; second,
that the leadership acquired by England
in the eighteenth century was integrally
associated with the building up Of tho
British empire and the decisive act
in the formation of this empire was
the acquisition from France of that
enormous tract of territory of which
the Northwest was the center;
third. that the imperial destiny Of
the United States hung upon the possess
sion Of the Northwest as but for the
military success of Governor Rogers Clark
and the diplomatic skill of the commits
sioners in negotiating the treaty of peace
in securing just this territory, the domain
would have been contracted and it was
not likely that there would have been the
courage to make the purchase of Louisiana
and the subsequent acquisition; fourth.
that the development of the National
policy was closely connected with, and in
fact took shape in the ordinance which
organized this territory. The Territorial
system, the policy of creating new States
and the National guaranty of personal
freedom, universal education and religious
liberty, he said, found their first express
sion in the great act which provided for
the government of the Northwest.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
CASUALTIES.
Carelessness Causes . Fatal Accident ~
Denver Christmas Tree Fatalitles-The

C0EeIe9SneSS StuBcB - Fl t0A ACCtO0u6 ~
christmas Tree Fatalitles-The
Hanna's Victims.
DENVER, Col, Dec. 2I.-On Fifteenth
| street, between fremont and Court place,
the Denver Gas Company had 100 men
employed yesterday in excavating ditch
six feet deep along the side of and under.
meath the track Of the cable car line, when
suddenly the track for an entire block fell,
crushing the life out of and imprison-
ing those underneath. Men were
Immediately set to work removing
the fallen track and five dead
and two badly wounded were soon taken
out. The other men escaped with more or
less bruises. The dead are: William
Katey, William Wilson, married, large
family; Joseph Trainors, married.; Mike
Dillon, single; an unknown man about
forty years old. James McCuen was
badly crushed and can not recover. The
excavation was being made for the pur-
pose of removing gas pipe from UNDER
meath the track and the accident is believed
to be due to carelessness upon the part OF
the gas company in neglecting to place
proper support under the track where the
men were at work.
CELEBRATION FATALITIES.
CHICAGO. Dec. 26-At Geneva, ILL.,, as
John NJ. Stillwell was impersonating Santa
Claus at a church festival, his costume
caught fire from a candle and he was
fatally burned.
At Danville, ILL.,, F. W. Smith dressed
himself as Santa Claus, making liberal
use of cotton batting and then set to work
to light the Christmas tree. The cotton
49, n f.k
At Milwaukee, during the absence OF
Mrs. Liedel, her four-year-old boy got out
of bed and started to light the candles on
the Christmas tree which he had seen lie
Illuminated the night before. His night
dress took fire and the little fellow ran
back to bed with his clothes burning. The
bed clothes took fire and burned rapidly.
The mother came home in time to rescue
another child sleeping in the bed. The
little boy died.
THE WRECK OF THE HANNA.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21.-The total loss
of life by the burning of the steamer
Hanna is now placed at twenty-four. OF
the injured men in the hospital four OF
five will die, among them Owens, the
sailor, who was the hero of the disaster.
His face is horribly burned, nose gone and
eyes burned out, his left arm
completely burned away and his
left side and leg charred. The fu-
neral of the victims took place yester-
day, the flags of the steamers in the har-
Dor being at half mast. Bob Smith, the
pilot who lost his life, was a famous man
on the river and regarded himself as I'M
lucky. He was on the r. E Lee when she
burned, on the W hite when there was great
loss of life and on the Hanna when she
caught fire some years ago but was not in
jured. Steamers coming down reported
the rivernear Plaquemine filed with float
ing burning bales of cotton. The Para.
guard could not land at Plaqcsmine owing
to burning cotton.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Accommodating Goods.

Clothing store clerk Ito customer
with small boy)-This overcoat will be
just the thing for him. 1t is a little
loose now, but it will be all right for
next winter and save you buying an
other. Bless you, l know how these
boys grow.
Customer-But this boy hasn't grown
any for five years. He is a freak in a
museum.
Clerk (talking customer aside-My
friend, I'll tell you the truth about
those goods. The stuff is called ''ac-
commodation cashmere" and shrinks
like timid girl. That coat will fit
him in two weeks like the polish on q
billiard ball.-Chicdg0 Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
The Youthful Blizzard.

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-The gale which pre-
vailed in this vicinity yes erday afternoon
and up to midnight was very severe, al
though it did little damage. A brisk snow
storm is in progress this morning.
Dispatches from Iowa, Northern Illi-
nois and Wisconsin indicate the preva-
lence Of severe storm. At Waver-
ly, Ia, at midnight a foot of snow
had fallen, and the fierce gale piled
it into huge drifts. Railroads in that
vicinity were badly blocked but trains
were still running. Manchester, Ia, re-
ports that from Emmetsburg to the Da-
kota line there is an average fall of one
inch; between Emmetsburg and Chick
asaw about six inches and east of Chick
asaw to the Mississippi about two inches.
Twelve inches of snow fell at MARSHALL
town and the wind is drifting it baily.
Wausau and Eau Clair, Wis, repor. q
six-inch fall which has gladdened the
hearts of the loggers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
A Consoling Reflection.

A young man in very threadbare
clothes, summer derby and Open-toed
shoes, was shivering his way up Bates
street yesterday. when a benevolent
looking old. gentleman stopped him
and said:
"Why, man, you have no overcoatr'
mo. SIR"
"And your clothes are very thin?"
"Yes. SIR"
"You must suffer with the cold
actually suffer-"
al do, sir.''
ut is too bad-too bad, but while
you suffer be consoled by the thought
that this weather is making ice for
next summers use."-DetrOit Free
Press,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
RESULTS OF ACCIDENT.
The Curious Ways In Which Certain In
pOrtant Processes Xere SuRxeatsfi.

The Curious Ways In Which Certain I'm.
portant Processes Were Suggested
Valuable discoveries have been
made. and valuable inventions sug-
gested. by the veriest accidents. An
alchemist. while seeking to discover
what mixture of earths would make
the most durable crucibles, one day
found that he had made porcelain.
The power of lenses, as applied to the
telescope was discovered by watch
makers apprentice. While holding
spectacle-glasses between his thumb
and finger he was startled at the sud-
denly enlarged appearance of a neigh
boring church spire. The art of etch-
ing upon glass was discovered by a
Nuremberg glass-cutter. BY accident
few drops of aqua FORTS fell upon his
spectacles. He noticed that the glass
became corroded and soft where the
acid had touched it. That was hint
enough. He drew figures upon glass
with varnish, applied the corroding
fluid, then cut away the glass around
the drawing. When the varnish was
removed the figure appeared raised
upon dark ground.
Mezzotinto owed it's invention to the
simple accident of the gun-barrel of a
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro of chandelier
in a cathedral suggested to Calico the
application of the pendulum. The art
of lithographing was perfected through
suggestions made by accident. A poor
musician was anxious to know whether
music could not be etched upon
stone as well as upon copper. After
he had prepared his slab his mother
asked him to make memoran-
dunn of such clothes as she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not hav-
ing pen, ink or paper convenient, he
wrote the list on the stone with the
etching preparation, intending to make
copy of it leisure. A few days
later, when about to clean the stone,
he wondered what effect aqua FORTS
would have upon it. He applied the
acid, and in a few minutes saw the
writing stand out n relief. The next
step necessary was simply to ink the
stone. and take off an impression.
The shop of Dublin tobacconist, by
the name of Lundyfoot. was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing doleful-
ly into the smouldering ruins. he no
ticed that his poorer neighbors were
gathering the snuff from the canisters.
He tested the snuff for himself. and
discovered that the fire had largely inn
proved it pungency and aroma. 1t
was hint worth profiting by. He Sc
cured another shop. built lot of ovens,
subjected the snuff to heating pro-
cess, gave the brand a particular name,
and in few years became rich through
an accident, which he at first thought
had completely ruined him. The pro-
cess of whitening sugar was discovered
in curious way. A hen that had gone
through clay puddle went with her
muddy feet into a sugar house. 1t was
noticed that wherever her tracks were
the sugar was whitened. Experiments
were instituted, and the result was
that wet clay came to be used in refin-
ing sugar. The origin of blue-tinted
paper came about by a mere slip of the
hand. The wife of William East, an
English paper-maker, accidentally let a
blue bag fall into one of the watts of
pulp.-LondOn TH-Bits.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Wreck at BAR HaHh0r.

PORTSMOUTH, \. H, Dec. 26-The pas.
senger and freight steamer Silver S;ar,
from Bar HarbCr, was sunk yesterday
morning about 1:30 O'Clock. about thirty
miles east of Whales Back light. The
steamer had been to Boston for a new en-
CINE and put into the harbor late
Monday night. She left at one O'Clock
next morning and was proceeding
along the regular course, when she
struck a sunken wreck, staving hole
amidship and filling with water. The
steamer went down in three minutes time
in about twelve fathoms of water. Cap, ain
w. Il. Parker and crew of eight men took
to their boats, saving only the clothes
they had on.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

mounted by red flag, several yards long,
was the center around which danced last
night in Arbeiter Hall, scores Of Anarchists
and Socialists, with their scarlet decorated
wives and children. Gifts from the tree
were distributed to the youngsters in the
regulation Christmas fashion. Then came
a speech from Paul Grottkau, whom the
Supreme Court of Wisconsin has just de-
cided still owes the State penitentiary SER
vice for his part in the Milwaukee riots.
Unlike former occasion, Grottkau's re-
marks last evening were studiously free
from any thing incendiary. Christmas, he
explained, was not the time for discus
sion Of Seconomics.0
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
LOyau's Remains,

WASHINGTON, Dec. a7.-The remains of
General John A. Logan were yesterday re-
moved from the Hutchinson vault in the
Rock Greek cemetery, where they were
placed a week less than two years ago, to
the new Logan chapel in the Nationa,
Soldiers Home cemetery. There were
present at the removal, John A. Logan, Jr.,
and his wife, Major and Mrs. William
Tucker and their son, Logan; Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Shepard and Miss Mary Brady, of
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. A. B, MulIett, Mr..
Hall, formerly secretary TO General Logan !;
Rev DR.. c. H. Cory, of this city, and the
seven artillerymen who for nearly two
years have kept constant watch over the
remains.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Robbed in an Elevator.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Dec. 25.-Yesterday
Joseph Sturtevant, a nineteen-year-
old messenger in the employ of D'lworth,
Porter & Co., drew 81 900 from b. nix and
went to the Penn building to pa an ac-
count for that firm. Four men entered the
elevator with him, jostling him roughly.
Putting his hand into his coat pocket he
found the money was not there. He ac-
cused the men of robbing him, but they
laughed in his face saying they did not
think he would be trusted to carry SO
much money. While Sturtevant rushed
to a telephone to notify the police the men
took the down elevator and quietly Left
the building. There is no clew.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Deadly Quarrel.

morning near HorneyviIle, Chickssaw Ma
ton, Sealey Meyer and bud Luttreli quar-
relied and exchanged several shots with
out effect Later Sealey and James Meyer
sought out Luttrell for the purpose of adj
justing the difficulty peaceably. james
left his Winchester some distance away
and unarmed advanced TO meet Luttreil,
who drew his revolver and after scufIie
shot Meyer through the breast Sealey
Meyer seized the Winchester and began
firing. One shot passed through Mrs.
James Thompson's dress and struck John
Christian, bystander, in the left groin.
inflicting a mortal wound. Luttrell has
disappeared.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Deadly Encounter on n Road.

SILVER CITY, n. NJ, Dec. 25.-Satu day
night A L. McAfee was coming 10 Silvei
City, leading a nurse from the LassataI
range, when ne was met by the HUDSON
brothers, who were emp, Dyed at the ranch
The two questioned the right of McAfee
to the possession of the horse and hot
words ensued, when shooting commence l.
One of the Hudson brothers was shot il
the neck and McAfee was shot in the read.
The latter was left dead by the roadside
The other, mortaily wounded. was taken
TO the military hospital at For Bayard
and died yesterday afternoon. His brothe,
was brought to this city and lodged Ia
Sail II lis feared more trouble VII occur
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Closing the Dives.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. g--The
United States authorities have ordered all
the dives in the VermiJ!ion iron range dis
trict closed. Some Of the dive-keepers
have been arrested on a charge of selling
liquor without Incense and worse charges
are pending. 1t appears that the methods
of the Wisconsin pineries were resorted to
to obtain recruits for the dives.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Mormon Bishop Pardoned

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The President
has granted a pardon in the case of Bishop
A. A. Kimball, convicted at the September
term of the First district court of Utah of
polygamy and sentenced to eight months
imprisonment The prisoner is in m I'D.
vanced stage Of consumption.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Needed No Reminder.

He had just received by mail pho
tograph of his boy, whe was away at
college.
at was thoughtful Of Fred to send
me this" he said, as he looked at it
and laid it down, ''but great Cr9sus!
l don't need any thing to remind me of
hint"
And the old gentleman sighed heav-
lily as he opened a fresh lot of bills
from Fred's tradesmen.-Chicdgo ari-
bune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Costly Misinterpretation

She-What perfect hive New York
is, Mr.. Sampson.
Mr.. Sampson Significantly THAT'S
because there's so much sweetness in
it.
She (shyly)-Er-do you mean, Mr..
Sampson, the confectionery and ice
cream?
He didn't mean the confectionery
and ice cream, but that's what it
amounted to.-M y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
Suicide Through Grief

CINCINNATI, Dec. 26-Ex-Judge Robert
A. Johnston committed suicide at his resi-
dence in Avondale this morning. About
two months ago Mrs. Johnston died. Since
then Judge Johnston has been known to
be broken with grief, though he has at
tended nearly as usua! to his duties.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
IT Guilty of A sault and battery

III IufIty OF AssauIt Hhu Buttery
Upon your Stomach with blue pill, pody-
phyllin or other rasping purgatives, posi-
lively despair of helping your liver. Vlo-
lence committed upon your inner man will do
no good. Real help, prompt and thorough,
is to be found in the wholesome anti-bilious
medicine, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is, moreover, productive of happy re-
suits in maarial disease, rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, nervousness and kidney troubles.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

PUBLIC curiosity in this age is so short
lived that where it took years and years
for jokes to grow stale in past days, now a
story is a chestnut before you can get
around the corner to tell it 10 the first fel.
low you meet-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

THERE is no period of a girls life at
which she is not beautiful and charming
and all that, but it must be confessed that
it is as bride that she takes the cake.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04
A Cousin Of President Arthur Dead

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 27.-Major Henry
Clayton, army paymaster, died last night
at Cheyenne, W. T., Of heart disease He
was 3 cousin of President Arthur and
marritd the daughter Of Attorney General
Jsre Black.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

ALL disorders caused by bilious state of
the system can be cured by using Carriers
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

"'BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' are ex-
cellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective."-
Christian World, London, Eng.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

No MATTER how big and stout q presti-
digitateur may be he is always slight-of.
han6--Ttrds SUtiq0s.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-04

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills. Forty
pills in vial; only one pill dose.