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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
HOW PENCILS ARE MADE.
4 Manufacturer Explains the Processes
EMPLOYED in His Factory.

4 Manufacturer Explains the Processes
Employed in His Factory.
"WhS is it," asked the scribe, as he
looked iimidly over the desk side at
the big manufacturer, .'when you first
begin to sharpen lead pencil that the
lead is so good and it sharpens so
nicely. and as you get nearer the other
end. or the rubber or metal tip. the
lead gets worse and worse?'
You only find that phenomenon in
an ordinary grade. not in the best
pencils" answered the big manufact-
urer, much more suavely than the
scribe had expected he would. ITO
find out how it is, let us see just how
lead pencils are made. The wood of a
pencil, you know, is cedar; the lead.
as it is called. graphite. White wood
is sometimes used. but only for in
ferior grades. In general, the quality
of the wood can be determined very
largely by its color. The redder, the
better quality; the more yellow. the
poorer. Our wood comes to us all
from Florida-in slabs. each exactly a
pencils length and of six pencils
width. A machine makes six length
wise grooves in each of the slabs. and
in these grooves is the graphite laid.
On the grooved and graphited slab is
glued another groOved slab. so closely
that the lines of joining can not be
seen. Now comes in the answer to
your question. This combination of
graphite and board must be cut into six
pencil shapes. 1t can be done all at
once or in six separate cuttings. Mark
the difference. If the machine of six
saw blades is used, just after the
middle is passed the tendency is for
the part already out to spring and
bend to either side. Parts of the wood
below are. in consequence. tightly
compressed, and the graphite within
softened or broken. With the single
saw blade all this is avoided. OF
course, using the single saw blade, the
cost is much increased. And so in the
high-priced pencil is the lead the same
ali the way through.
The shaping of the pencil, the
making it round or hexagonal. is done
at the same time the slabs are sawed
into their parts. The better grades of
pencils then go through an immense
amount of smoothing and finishing.
The varnish is then put on. the pencil
being forced by machinery through
fixed brushes wet with it. This par
ticular process is repeated several
times. The polishing thereafter is
done mainly by hand"
So saying. the big manufacturer re-
turned to his desk and correspondence.
N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
Prof. Hogan's Fate.

New YORK. July 17.-Prot. Hogan, the
@ronaut, Of jackson, Mich, started on an
experimental trim from Brooklyn at noon
yesterday in the Campbell air ship. Soon
after the ascent the propelling wheel got
out of order and the wheel used in raising
and lowering the ship broke. The
professor and his companions ap-
peared unable to manage the
machine and arose slowly and passed out
of sight going in the direction Of the
ocean. Nothing has been heard Of the
ship and it is feared it has been dashed to
pieces and swept to sea At midnight the
air ship was seen over Astoria, L. l., sew.
eral thousand feet high. 1t was apparent.
" stationary. the wind having died out
When last seen Prof. Hogan was clinging
to the netting in the lower part Of the car.
His fate Is unknown.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
pAKOTA'S SHORT CROP.
Bad Crop Reports From the DAkotas-T The
Wheat Crop Thirty Million Bushels short
SUFFERING Almost Inevitable.

Bad Crop Reports From the Dakotas-The
Wheat Crop Thirty Million Bushels short
Suffering Almost Inevitable.
GRAFTON, d. T.. July 1.-THE wheat
crop of Dakota is 30. 600. 00o bushels short.
The total production can not under the
best possible conditions from now until
harvest. which will beg in in the North by
the 25th. exceed 90, OO0, 600 bushels.
The greatest detriment to a successful
crop this year has been the exceedingly
dry season, and only along the streams
will be there be any crop at all. In the
spring the most terrific winds ragged in
this entire territory. and for weeks after
the crop was sown the air was filled with
he flying particles of soil that should
have been furnishing nutriment to the seed
that was lying exposed and burning on
the surface.
Hundreds OF acres were sown for the
second time and it would have been a very
good thing for the country il the entire
crop had been put in again when the wind
was stilled. The grain was for the greater
part injured SO that no amount of nourish.
ing would bring it back, and it is alto
gether likely that outside of the valley Of
the Red river ell the grain grown will not
fill 800 cars.
The only fair yield will be in the coun.
ties Of Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks, D
small part of Trail, the center Of Cass and
Northwestern Richland. Elsewhere the
ground is as bare and almost as brown as
though prairie fire had crossed il. In
Nelson County famously prolific. wheat
will not yield as much grain as was seed
ed. Ramsey is bare, except in the imme-
diate vicinity of DEVILS lake aud in the
famous Turtle mountain region, the rich
soil of which has hitherto been re-
garded as drought proof, the earth
succumbed and there will he but little
wheat for export in that section. Along
the main line of the Northern Pacific in
the once famous Bonanza farm district the
elevators are closing up and the country
tributary TO Bismarck is as barren as .
sand hill. The Jim river valley will bare
Iv feed its people. and in short nowhere in
Dakota will there be any wheat for ex-
port save along the main line of the Man
itoba road from point thirty miles north
of Fargo to the boundary.
The cry of famine that was raised last
winter in the western part of Walsh
County will find its echo all over the Ter
ritory next winter.
Aheic 10 aho'hei udhSeiS anu 'hoe 10 lho
want of fodder for the stock. The cat
crop is bad. and the meadows away from
the river bottoms are as parched
as the prairie. Not alone will this
Territory suffer, but a trip through
Montana reveals the same state of
affairs. The range cattle will not find
enough to live on until cold weather, and
prominent railroad official told cor
respondent that all the extra cars of the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads had
been ordered TO Montana to pull out the
steers as soon as the lack of feed necessi-
tated a reduction in numbers of the range
stock
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
ACTC... -AWYER, PREACHER.
Death of Rev, w. T. Lewis Under piscour'
aging Circumstances.

Death of Rev, w. T. Lewis Under niscour
aging Circumstances.
SPRINGFIELD. o, July 1S.-Rev. W. 7.
Lewis died here yesterday in the city
hospital. rt-broken. He was 1 gradu-
atd Of Oxford College. In 1877 he cam> to
thia country, studied at Harvard and was
admitted to The bar. In 1854 he became q
preacher.
In 1881, at Washington. he married a
daughter of George w. johnson, former
manager of the old Madison Square
Theater. She had marked talent for the
stage and played in several light operas.
She left her hui band here last October and
has not been heard from since
Rev. Mr.. Lewis was first an actor, then
. lawyer and finally q preacher In
Springfield he was pastor of the Trinity
Baptist Church and his stage training
made him an effective orator. He was
the son of general utility people Of the
English stage who sent the boy to Oxford
College, where he graduated. Inheriting
his parents love for the stage and with
his education, he soon took a prominent
place. He supported Irving in England
and Mccullough, Booth, Barrett and Joe
Jefferson in this country.
He was admitted to the bar, but the Law
did not prove lucrative and he went back
to the stage.
In 1881. while playing at the Madison
Square theater he met. fell in love with
and married Eva, the daughter of George
W. Johnson, the stage manager of the
theater. She was a plump, handsome
blonde. dong small singing parts in the
various theaters in New York. She was
a member of the Casino chorus at the
time she was married.
For three years the couple played to.
gether. In 1854 he deserted the stage and
Church.
For about three years Rev. Mr.. Lewis
preached in Springfield. He was small in
stature, while his wife, who was much his
junior. attracted attention wherever she
went by her handsome face and stylish
dress. She deported herself WELL To the
outward world husband and wife were
supremely happy.
One day last October. Mrs. Lewis, DUR
ing her husbands absence packed all her
wardrobe, jewelry and bric-a-b rac, of
which there was an abundance. and had
them carried 10 the depot and shipped to
Cincinnati under an assumed name. At
Tue uePOi, just as sue was getting On lhe
train, she called a messenger boy and
gave him a note TO her husband. he note
simply said that she was tired of the staid
life of a pastors wife and she was going
lack 20 her old love, the stage. Letters
were discovered from a theatrical man in
Cincinnati, and the pastor made efforts to
find his wife, but she eluded him. He
finally gave up in despair Pastor Lewis
soon lost his voice and BEGAN TO fade.
The only news he ever had of his wife
was that she was a member of the Wilbur
Opera Company.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
FATAL SEWER GAS.

Deadly Effect of breaking into an Old
Sewer-FOur Men Killed.
LINCOLN. Neb., July 1S-There was a
.orrible, distressing and fatal accident
here yesterday afternoon. A valuable
watch had Ieen accidentally dropped into
all old water closet vault and workmen
had been employed to dig pit adjacent
in order to drain it OF and secure the
watch. The work had progressed nearly
to completion when the pick broke into an
old unknown sewer. A volume Of sewer
gas rushed out into the face of the work.
man who was nearest and he was
overcome almost at once. A com.
panion sprang to his assistance and
was quickly overcome by the fatal gas.
Others followed until seven in all were at
fected and four Of them died from the eff
fec,s of the gas. The bodies have been
recovered The dead are Frank Ma!oney
and A. Kinsley, single, and John Cleary
and James Crawford. who have families.
Three others suffered somewhat, but it is
thought will recover. One Of them, c.
E. Gould, is on: of danger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
STRANGELY CLEARED UP.

Discovery of the Skeleton of a Man Inn
prisoned For One Hundred Years-A
Lovers Romance.
READING, Pa, July lS-Tbe mystery
surrounding the death OF Lieutenant Ar
thur Darlington, of Richmond, Va, an
officer in the revolutionary army, has
been cleared up by the discovery of his
skeleton in cave at the falls of French
creek, and near it a bottle containing
letter written by the man alter he be.
came imnrisoned in the cavern by large
rock falling and blocking up the
entrance. The letter is addressed
to Miss Virginie Randolph, of R CHI
mond, Va, to whom the writer was
betrothed He tells how he was
cut off by British troops and sought refuge
in the cave. This was on May 20, IFS.
The rock suddenly imprisoned him,
and his cries for help being unheard,
he persisted from starvation. Miss Ran.
dolph never having heard of him. died of
a broken heart, as told BY the inscr ption
on her monument in Hollywood cemetery.
Richmond. The skeleton will b. removed
10 Richmond and buried alongside Miss
Randolph's grave.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
a "QUEER" HAUL.

srcret-Service Men Make "a Big Haul Of
Counterfeit Greenbscks. Capture One OF
the Gang Doing the 'sShoviug'' and
Have a Warm Pistol Euei with Another.
in Which One OF the Officers WAS
Wounded.
DAYTON, o.. July I9-United States
secret service men captured LOCO in
counterfeit money here yesterday even
ing and had pistol duel with James
Guyor, a counterfeiter, resulting in
Guy"n's escape and Detective Donello re.
ceiving a wound in the head.
Nelson Griggs keeps the United States
hotel, a road-house near the Soldiers
Home. About fifteen years ago Griggs
aud Guyon were members of gang OF
counterfeiters in Illinois. Griggs was
arrested and served eleven years at Jol.
let. Guyon escaped. carrying with him
counterfeit plates and $4,000 in bogus
greenbacks.
This money never made its appearance
till last February.
Chief Bell, of the secret service, came
here in March and made briggs ac-
quaintance, pretending to be an attorney
named McWilliams, OF Hartford, Conn.
A short time ago Bell preached the
subject of counterfeit money to briggs,
who offered to get so 900 counterfeit for
him. Bell then summoned Detective
Donello TO assist him. briggs went to
Cincinnati TO get the stuff. but returned
with only $4,000 saying Guyon would
come on with the balance. Guyon
came, and briggs delivered all OF
the bogus money to Bell, re.
ceiying in return what purported
TO be 5000 in good money, but which was
really only $500.
briggs was then placed under arrest
and guarded in his room. Yesterday
morning an attempt was made to capture
Guyon, who was supposed to be concealed
on briggs premises. Bell. who had been
reinforced by five more secret service
officers, posted his men, three Of them at
the edge Of a wooded lot adjoining the
house, with instructions to close in
on a signal. Guyon, it proved, was
hid in some uud 4rbrush, and when
the officers closed in he passed
unobserved between them, but he had not
gone far when they saw him and opened
fire on him, Guyon lodged behind a tree
aud returned the fire, putting a bullet
through Donello's right ear and glaucing
over his scalp.
Guyor then took to his heels, and was
soon lost to sight. The officers are scour-
ing the country in seach Of him. One OF
the officers claims 10 have wounded Guy
on during the pistol battle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
DEMOLISHED.
A Train Ditched Near Vincennes, Ind, and
Fifteen Persons Seriously Injured.

A Train Ditched Near Nincennes, Ind, and
Fifteen Persons Seriously Injured.
VINcENNEs, Ind, July ls-At eleven
O'Clock yesterday the Cairo & Vincennes
northbound passenger train met with al
most complete demolition twenty miles
south of Mount Carmel. ILL.,, and fifteen
passengers we're seriously injured. The
passenger train was running along at a
speed of about thirtyfve miles an hour
and was COMPOSED of a freight car loaded
with fruit, baggage car and two passen-
ger coaches. The freight car jumped
the track and threw the remainder OF
the train into the ditch and down a ten
foot embankment The passengers were
thrown around in every direction and a
perfect pandemonium ensued. For some
time it was next to impossible to do any
work toward rescuing the passengers, as
near'y all those on the train we're more or
less injured, and probably so frightened
that they were helpless. The more Sc
rious'y injured are: Charles Long, of
Danville, ILL.,. conductor, left ear cut of
and head cut, seriously hurt; Baggage
master Cock bruised all over the
body; Mrs. Porter. Terre Haute, badly
bruised and injured internally; Mrs
Daniels, Fairfield, ILL.,, hip bruised and
injured internally: Mrs, McMahan,
Carmi, H., seriously injured internally: a
son OF Mrs. McMahan, cut in the head Miss
Luella Cox, OF Greene County, Indiana,
hip dislocated and injured internally |;
Morgan Cox, of Jonesboro, Ind, body
bruised; w. c. johnson of Vincennes,
side and back injured. Most Of the pas
sengers were extricated only by cutting
into the coach with axes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
DOUBLE DISASTER.
Seats AZ a Circus Break Down Twice, In
juring Many Persons.

Seats AZ a Circus Break Down Twice, In
Juring Many Persons.
MILFORD. Mass, July 1S.-At an exhibit.
ton here last evening of w. H. Bristol &
Co.'s circus two different sections of seat,
caved in with hundreds of people thereon.
The performance had hardly begun wheI,
one third of the seats on the entire ives.
side of the tent gave way with 600 people.
Several persons were badly hurt and
hundreds more or less bruised Physi.
c ans were summoned and the broken
seats and injured people removed. The
performances had just been resumed when
half of the reserved seats with 20 spec
tators. fell in. This created panic and
it was with much difficulty order was re-
stored 1t was found that the supports of
the seats in the wet ground had been
forced down by overcrowding. In the Sec
ond accident no one was seriously hurt,
but many were slightly cut and bruised.
Those badly injured are: Peter Fahey,
aged sixteen, thigh broken; Mrs. Stevens,
of Hop dale, ankle broken; Mrs Keith.
injured interaliy; Mrs. Porter Shields, in
jured internally;a boy named Butterfield,
of Hop edale. badly injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
The CHEROKEE STRIP.
Secretary Noble Throws Out Some Hints
That IL Might be Well for the Cattle Ring

Secretary Noble Throws Out Some Hints
to Heed.
WASHINGTON, July 1s-Secretary Noble
in an interview with a correspondent con.
corning the proposition of the Cherokee
Strip Livestock Association to lease the
Cherokee Outlet from the Cherokee Nation
for fifteen years at . compensation Of So
000, 600 said that he was not willing at
this juncture to express his opinion on the
subject He had very decided views on
this question and at the proper time would
make them known in q manner that would
be understood.
"But" continued the Secretary, 81 will
say this much now-I do not recognize
any competitor Of the United States Gov.
eminent on its own SOIL"
From this declaration the inference may
be clearly drawn that Secretary Noble
considers the proposed lease in the light
of an invasion upon the rights of the Gov.
eminent in respect to the Cherokee Strip
and that no such attempted competition
with the Government will be tolerated.
The conclusion may likewise be reached,
based upon the Secretary's words, that he
considers the title of the Government to
The Cherokee Outlet paramount to that
set up or claimed by the Cherokee Nation
and hence the effort on the part of the
cattle syndicatss to secure this lease froru
the Cherokee Nation and the possible en-
tertainment of the proposition by Chief
Mayes and the Cherokee Council are mat
tiers which will be checked by the author.
tiles Of the Government when they shall
assume definite or unmistakable proper.
tions.
Late in the afternoon Attorney General
Miller came down to the Department Of
the Interior and held an extended confer
ence with Secretary Noble in relation to
the proposition to lease the Cherokee
Strip. in which the interests and rights of
the Government were discussed at length.
| The conclusions reached were not di-
vulged and the utmost reticence is OBJ
| served for reasons alleged to be pruden-
tial. 1t NAV be accepted, however, that
the officials of the Government are on the
alert in this matter and that steps will be
taken to strengthen the action of III. Com
missioners to negotiate for cession of the
outlet soon to meet at Tahlequah.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
Fitness a Prime Requisite,

WASHINGTON. July 1L-CommissioneT
Of Indian Affairs Morgan has issued q
circular letter to the agenls Of the Indian
Office informing them that employees in
the Indian service will hereafter be ap-
pointed with the distinct understanding
that they are thoroughly competent to fill
the positions for which they are nominated
and that they will be Jealous and faithful
in the performance Of their duties; that
their tenure of Office will be permanent so
long as they remain competent and eff.
RENT and that the Indian Office reserves
the right to remove, for cause only, any
.mploye upon sufficient evidsnse of unfit.
aess for the position held
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
TIL. Grant Monument Accented.

FoRT LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, July lS-The
Grant monument committee met here and
examined the statue of the late General
Grant and accepted it from the contract
ors, Hodges & Mccarthy, and the president
was directed to pay the amount due the
contractors. No special day for the un-
vailing ceremony has been set but il will
probably take place September u. Com.
mittees on invitation with General Nc.
Cook as chairman and on railroad trans
portation with S. F. Nicely as chairman.
We're appointed. The grounds about the
statue are are being put in proper condi.
tion, every thing to be completed by the
time the uDvailing takes place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
FRlGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
A Chicago Lumber Mill Blown to Piec
and Three Men Killed.


CHICAGO, July 19.-The boiler in the
pianing-mill of tie r. V. Stone Lumber
Company, on Boyne avenue, exploded az
a quarter TO eight o'clock yesterday MORN
ing The mill was blown to atoms,
scarcely board or sign OF the machinery
being left.
The following were killed:
Jefferson King, engineer.
a. Dollar, laborer.
Oscar Kroll, teamster.
Four other employees had most mir
acuious escapes.
AT half-past nine O'Clock the body or
King was recovered from the ruins,
frightfully mangled. Dollar was outside
the building, and was in search ot
work. He also was badly mangled aud
burned. Bethel was teamster for ar
other firm. His head was crushed by a
piece of the boiler. The flames winch
followed the explosion were soon eXtir-
guished. The financial loss viii be a.
0G0.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
CHARGED With Forgery,

EMPoRIA. Kan, July 1S-W. H. Ander-
son. one of the most prominent real estate
dealers in Lvon County and a partner in
the firm of Anderson & Butler. of Ameri.
Gus, has been arrested on the charges of
forgery and obtaining money under false
pretenses. The charge is made by the
Mortgage Trust Company OF Parsons,
who charge him with mixing false abb
stracts of title and thus obtaining loans
on property already heavily mortgaged
He was placed under S. coo bail. and so
far has been unable to obtain ii. The ar
rest was sensation TO the entire county
and will be to other places, as Anderson
is well known all over the State. being one
Of the Oldest real estate men in this section.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
Good Crops in ENGLAND.

LONDON, July 1.-The Mark Lane Ex-
press in its review of the British grain
trade during the past week says: 1.-THE
crop reports give promise that the yield
throughout Great Britain will be in excess
Of the average. English wheat is in SELL
er's favor and prices have advanced Sd.
The sales of English wheat during the
week were 25402 quarters. at 26s Sd.
against 29.016 quarters at 31s cd during
the same period last year. Foreign wheat
and -four are firm. At Liverpool whe at
mas risen Cd per Genital and -four 3D.
English barley has advanced Cd. At yes
terday's market English wheat was in
sellers favor at fractional rise. Foreign
wheat was dull for Russian.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-26
Mother and Daughters Drowned.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., July l9. The bodie.
of Mrs. William Gilchrist and two daugh-
tiers aged two and FIVE years, were found
yesterday in a small stream six miles
north Of this city. Mr.. Gilchrist, q stone
contractor in this city, kissed his Family
goodbye last Tuesday morning, his "ite
saying they would go on short visit 10
Telstives in Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Giichrist
took with her $3.50, saying she wonld de-
post it in bank before she left, but the
deposit was not made. she was seen
with the children at eight O'Clock on
Wednesday night near where the bodies
were found, walking about in an aimless
manner, avoiding any persons who might
approach.