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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
THE EAST.

NEARLY all the miners in the region
along the Monongahela river in Penn
sylvania have resumed work at half a
cent per bushel advance in the mining
rate.
THE Philadelphia newspaper pro-
prietors decided to refuse the demand
of the printers for As cents per 1000
ems instead of 40 cents.
NOTICE has been given to the steel
mill and blast employees of the Lacka-
wanna Coal and Iron Company that on
January an advance of wages of from
S to 10 per cent. will 60 into effect.
This affects over 5000 men and is JUS
titled by the increased price of steel
rails.
JOSEPH SToTT, forty-three years of
age, a jewelry merchant of Providence,
RI, who had been i'll some time, lief this
house early the other morning and
went to the track of the Old Colony
railroad, waited for the Short Line
train, placed his neck across the rails
and was beheaded.
GENERAL ]. MADISON DRAKE was
quite severely injured at Elizabeth, n.
J., recently by falling under a runaway
horse which he endeavored to stop.
WHILE returning from a Christmas
eve dance Miss Mamie Campbell and
her escort, Benjamin Lovett, were
struck by the oyster express on the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Pitts
burgh, Pa. Miss Campbell received in
uries that resulted in her death in a
few hours, and Lovett was fatally hurt.
By tail end collision of freight
trains on the Lake Erie & Western road
near Glenwood, the other morning,
thirteen cars of grain and two car loads
Of hogs were completely wrecked and
the locomotive badly damaged. Traffic
was delayed nearly all day.
HEAVY storms were reported on the
26th from various places in New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, accom-
panied by loss of life.
Two old ladies living alone near De
Witt, n. Y, were asphyxiated by coal
gas the other night.
JOHN z. JONES and William II.
Palmer were found dead in hotel at
Bethlehem, Pa, having blown out the
gas the night before.
A NEW YORK judge recently set
aside verdict of 5000 damages ''for
loss of a wife's affection, and in doing
so remarked that 1.-The finding was
probably the result of an acute attack of
that species of mental hysteria to
which juries in sexual cases are pecu-
iarly liable"
THE option of $4,000, 900 given to W.
P. Shinn on the coal mines of Monon-
gaheia river having expired. Mr.. Shinn,
who represents New York capitalists,
has asked for an extension of the
option until July l, when he thinks the
sale can be effected. The operators
are considering the matter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
GENERAL.

A DISPATCH from st. Paul de Loanda
says the American solar eclipse party
made some fairly successful expert
ments, although clouds interfered.
PRESIDENT CARNoT, of France, who
is suffering from influenza, is slightly
better.
THE Bell Telephone Company in the
past year has put out $1,000 phones.
REV. Mr.. STURGEON has had another
severe attack of govt.
THE French Government has ap-
pointed committee to examine the
plans for a bridge across the English
channel.
DIsCoURAGING rumors existed on the
23d of Samuel j. Randall's health.
THE fight between Jem Smith, the
English pugilist, and Slavin, the Aus
tralian, took place in Belgium on the
23d. The fight was pronounced draw,
the English bruiser's friends prevent
ing finish, as it tended in Slavin's
favor.
AT meeting of the Brazilian Sugar
Company in London the chairman said
that the new Government in Brazil
had shown every desire to follow the
honorable course of the old Govern
ment and had paid the moiety of inter-
est due the company.
THE London Daily News says that
Germany will send an ironclad to Bra
zil to protect the German colonists on
the Rio Grande.
DIR. ScHwEINFURTH, in a letter
from Cairo, urges the German Govern
ment to secure the services of Emin
Pasha and send him to the interior of
Africa to conciliate the Arabs and
create commercial center at Lake
Tanganyika.
THE rumored consolidation of the
Wisconsin Central and the Northern
Pacific under the name of the Grand
Central, was denied by the officers of
the former road.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
CROOKED WORK.

Decltiedly Questionable Methods Alleged
to Have Been Practiced I'm the General
Land Ofzlce In Relation to . Patent for
Valuable Iron Lands Near Duluth. Mimi.
An Investigation In Progress.
New YORK, Dec. ga Washington
special says: 1.-THE investigation now
in progress in the General Land Office
In relation to the fraudulent patent for
valuable iron lands near Duluth is
nearly completed, and the testimony
taken shows either a fraud unparalleled
in the history of the Office or inatten-
ton, carelessness and incompetency
amounting almost to criminality. It
shows beyond question that the entry
of this land was examined and approved
for patent by Douglas, the clerk in
such matters, while a contr 9versy in
volving the same land was pending be-
fore the Secretary and while a written
protest and caveat against the patent
signed by James X. Reddington, rep
resenting adverse claimants, was actu.
ally lying before him with the other
papers. 1t is further shown that after
the entry had been so approved, it was
taken out of it's regular order, and sent
to the patenting division of the office,
where it was rushed through to patent
in four days, ahead of thousands Of
other cases entitled to patent in regu-
lar order, and ahead of hundreds of such
patents actually written out and ready
for signature. 1t fuMher appears that
the patent was recorded instantly upon
its deliverery to the parties interested,
and that several conferences were also
recorded with evident intent to put the
record title in the hands of ostensible
third parties.
The grave question now, aside from
the punishment of any of the offenders
within official reach, is, how the title
thus fraudulently obtained can be re-
claimed by the Government 1t is prob
ably impossible to vacate the fraudulent
title without suit by the United States
under direction of the Attorney General.
This, it is believed, will be one result
of the investigation. What will be
done in other directions remains to be
seen. The exposure of this scandal has
greatly excited attorneys and others in
terested in land matters. If such opera
tions are possible there Is RIO security
for honest claimants or reputable attor-
neys and an emphatic dema nd is made
for protection in the future by thor
ough reorg lnizatiOn of the personnel
and change in the methods of the Land
Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
FATAL MEOOLlNG.

Young Lady's Life Sacrificed to Fools
Meddling PrOpensities He Tempered
with Harness, a Runaway Resulted,
and Miss Laura Irwin is Dead.
READING. Pa, Dec. 26.-Charles LLOYD
and Miss Laura Irwin, of Warwick,
Chester County, started Monday to drive
down the country to spend the Christ
mas holidays with Miss Twins grand
parents. They were both we'll known
and popular young people in the neigh
borhood, and on the road stopped to
make visit at the house of Jones Rich
ards, at st. Marys. While they were in
the house some unknown party unbuck-
led the breeching straps of the harness.
The young couple re-entered their We
hicle for the purpose of continuing their
journey, and it was not until a grade
near Mr.. Richards house was reached
that they discovered that any thing was
wrong. With the breeching straps
loose it was, of course, impossible to
keep the buggy from the horses leg.-
He was a spirited young animal, and,
becoming frightened, ran away.
Mr.. Lloyd held to the reins and told
mis- companion to keep her seat. She
lost her head completely, however, and
jumped from the flying vehicle. She
struck the ground head-first and
heavy silver hat-pin was driven into her
skull, penetrating the brain at least two
inches. Before the frightened horse
had gone much farther Mr.. Lloyd sue
ceeded in jumping to the ground in
safety. He hurried back to where Miss
Irwin lay unconscious and carried her
into house near by. Before medical
aid could reach her she was dead. 1t is
not known whether the act which re-
suited in Miss Twins death was prac-
teal joke or was done maliciously by
some enemy. An investigation will be
made to discover, if possible, the cul-
prit.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

rur Assistant Secretary of the In
terror has oyerruled the decision 4
the Pension Commissioner refusn /, a
nension to Mrs. Sarah A. Corsor a.
cause proof was lacking that ne Inns
hands death was due to the e. d,cts of
the service. Mr.. Bussey hold s shat the
doctors outside of the med coal exnert
thought death was caused hU wounds
received in the service.
EDWARD T. WAITE scrs of the late
Chief Justice We e. died at his
mothers home in GEass,ington on the
2Sd of Bright's d .ssaso.
Mr.. ANNIE L. Ps1CE, the new Hay
ten Minister to the United States, has
been prese .ntea to the President by
Secretary, Blslne.
THE funeral of John S. Parker, late
of Kansas City, who committed suicide
by drowning himself in the Potomac
at Washington, took place at Airing
ton. The remains were buried under
the auspices of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The Secretary of the Interior has
allowed 5,779 of the original claim OF
Smith & Smith, of Cove County, Kan,
amounting to ST., 15S for depredations
committed by the Northern Cheyenne
Indians i'm 1873.
A STRONG effort is to be made early
in Congress for the passage of postal
savings bank bill i'm accordance with
the recommendations of Postmaster
General Wanamaker.
The football game between Annapo-
lis cadets and the Washington football
teams was witnessed at Washington
by large number of naval officials and
others. The game was won by the An
napolis club with score of 20 to 0.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent num-
Der of Christmas gifts to the poorer
members of the G. A. r. in Washing
ton.
THE widow of General George II.
Thomas died suddenly at Washington
on the 25th.
The President accompanied by SEN
ators Edmunds and Hawley and others
left on the o6th for three days duck
hunting trip to the mouth of the POto-
mac and along Chesapeake bay. They
went in Commodore Bateman's steam
yacht.
SURGEoN-GENERAL HAMILTON, of
the marine hospital service, has pre-
pared regulations to prevent the intro
duction of leprosy into the United
States.
The Secretary of the Navy has
adopted a new design for the flag of the
navy, to take effect July l, 1891. 1t
will be applied to both the flag and the
union jack of the navy and consists of
rectangular arrangement of the forty
two stars.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
The Remnants of Mail Robbery.

HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. GA party
of squirrel hunters from New Britain
yesterday found in the woods along the
railroad track, near Newington, the
torn fragments of a number of letters
and of several bank checks. They also
found an ulster overcoat, which was
stolen from store in New Britain by
tramp on the day that the mail bag was
stolen from the depot at that place.
The letters found yesterday, together
with those found the morning liter tho
theft, are supposed to comprise all that
were in the bag. 1t is evident that the
robber took only the cash.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
MALIGNANT pIPHTHERlz
Sons body's Folly IN Chicago Causes q
Outbreak In Ohio.

OutDreok IN Ohi0.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The Ohio Slate
Board of Health has been notified of
the outbreak of diphtheria at ZaAes-
vile, o., which bids fair to develop into
a terrible epidemic. A Chicago pRysi-
clan is blamed for the calamity. 1t is
said he issued false certificate As to
the death of child, whose remains
we're shipped from Chicago to Zanes--
Vile, and infected people there with
diphtheria. About one week ago the
corpse of the child, which was the
daughter of Henry b: Tuttle, and
had died in Chicago, was shipped
to GAINESVILLE for burial. 1t
was taken to the residence of
Thomas Gibbons, a relative for funeral
services. The certificate Of death,
signed by a Chicago physician, gave
the causes of death as heart failure and
blood poisoning. Subsequently it was
discovered that the child had died of
diphtheria. Two inmates of the Glib
bons house have since died of the
disease, three other deaths outside of
the family have occurred and six MEM
bers of the Gibbons family are down
with the disease. There is great indig-
nation in GAINESVILLE against the Chi
cagO physician, and Secretary Probst
will confer with the State Board of
Health of Illinois in an attempt to
have him prosecuted.
Upon receipt of the above informa-
ton from GAINESVILLE DIR. Wickersham
took immediate steps to locate the case,
and discovered that the child had died
in RavenswOOd. DIR. Porter, the med
ical examiner of Lake View, reported
the facts back to DIR. Wickersham.
The case was that of Ethel c. Tuttle.
1t was first reported to the Lake View
branch of the health department on
November % by DR.. s. 2. Hedges as a
ease of diphtheria. The death certifi-
cate was issued December Z. 1.-THE
cause of death was diphtheria, says
DIR. Porter. 1.-The permit was so made
out and the place of burial was desig-
mated as GAINESVILLE. o. Ifthe railroad
company received the body for trans
pOrtatiOn and the permit as issued by
this department was presented to them
am of the opinion that the company
is responsible for the spread % any
contagiOn from the body after being so
accepted for transportation"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
The italian Premier's Scheme to Improve
the Finances.

LONDON, Dec. 26.-It is announced in
Rome that Sigaor Crispi has completed
a scheme designed to improve the finan-
cial condition of Rome and at the same
time relieve the sufferings of the thou
sands of idle workingmen by providing
them with work. The Prem ier's scheme
contemplates the almost immediate be-
ginning of extensive public works, from
many of which the city will derive .
large revenue, and Parliament will be
at once asked for authority and money
necessary to the accomplishment Of the
objects in view.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
THE WEST.

THE new coast defense vessel now
being built in San Francisco will be
named the Monterey.
JAMES j. WEST, late editor of the
Chicago Times, has been convicted and
fined 81, 003 and sentenced to five years
imprisonment for over-isSuing stock.
An appeal was taken.
SIXTEEN men were buried by falling
earth in the Lane mine. Calveras
County, Cal, on the sd. No hope of
their recovery alive existed.
Ar Mare Island navy yard, San Fran
cisco, the other night boat was upset
and four men were drowned, five being
rescued. Among the drowned was a
sailor of the Trenton, who escaped dire
peril at Samoa.
GEoRGE W. HUBBABD. chief of the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
California Rains

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec. ga
terrific rainfall Tuesday night did in
calculable damage. All branches of the
Santa Fe railroad in Southern Cali
fornia were washed out and many
bridges are gone. 1t is estimated a
mile and half of track is covered with
debris from land-slides. Bridges and
culverts are washed out all over the
neighboring country. Two Santa Fe
overlands are tied up at Barstow and
all Southern Pacific trains are block
AIDED. No mails are expected to get
here for several days. Mountain streams
are torrents, and are sweeping over a
large territory, doing immense damage.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
Coal Operators Close.

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. N.-The Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western Coal
Company has notified the employees OF
the Brisban, Sloan, Archibald, Dodge,
Manville and Hallsted mines, number
ing over 1000 miners and laborers, that
the collieries would shut down until
the weather was cold enough to raise
the present stagnation in the coal trade.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company, with
fourteen mines at Dunmore, Pleasant
Valley and about PittstOn, have also
shut down all but one at each place.
throwing about 1900 employees out OF
employment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03

A Poor Womsn's Terrible Bereavement.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. G.-Three chill
dren of Mrs. Lena Schipp were burned
to death in the cottage at 0021
Pierce street shortly after eight
o'clock yesterday morning. One was
boy of seven, another girl of four
and the other a baby boy six months
old. The woman's husband deserted
her eight months ago and she had since
been earning her living by taking in
washing. Yesterday morning she
started the fire and locked
the door and went out to get some
clothes. During her absence the house
caught fire and the children were
burned to death in the presence of
about 100 people, who were powerless
to save them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03
DESPERATE DARKIES.
The Attempt to Arrest Negro Desperate
at Jessup, Ga, Results in Wholesale
Killing.

The Attempt to Arrest "a Negro Desperate
at Jessup, Ga, Results in Wholesale
Killing.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 27.-The
trouble ut JeSsup Christmas began at
ten a. M, when Chief Marshal Legett
and assistants attempted to arrest Bob
Brewer, the notorious negro outlaw
and fugitive. Brewer raised his gun
to his shoulder and deliberately shot
down Assistant Marshal Barnhill, kill
ing him instantly. The chief marshal
then fired OH Brewer, but missed him.
Brewer returned the fire and shot
Legett through both legs. Brewer and
his crowd Of ten or twelve men then fled
to Mcmillan swamp, a few yards away.
The report of the guns threw the
town into a whirlwind of excitement,
and the negroes were followed into the
swamp by several citizens. Among
them were William Wood, carpen-
ter, and his son, William Wood, who Is
on visit from Ridgeland, S. c., to his
father. The negroes lodged into
the swamp, and when young Wood
ran in behind them Brewer rose
up and sLGt him through the head,
killing him instantly, and shot Woods
father in the face. Accomplishing
this much, the negroes ran further into
the swamp and escaped. The news Of
the death of young Wood and the
serious shooting of his father spread
like wild fire over the town.
Confusion reigned for time and
Jessup seemed to be in the hands of a
violent moo. Mayor Hops called a
meeting and hasty arrangements were
made to protect the town. Seventy
five armed men were gathered in few
minutes and followed Brewer and his
party distance into the swamp.
Mcmillan swamp covers over 400
acres, and Brewer is so familiar with
it's hiding places that the efforts of the
posse to locate him in the swamp were
regarded as in vain. The strength Of
the posse was increased by at least
twenty-five armed men before an hour
had elapsed, and a picket line was
formed on the east side so as to pro-
hibit anybody from coming out of the
swamp to the town.
The most reliable information is that
ten people have been killed at Jessup,
namely: Barnhill and Woods, by
Brewer; Anderson, white, accidentally;
johnson and Hops, in Jail; Fleut.
colored, on the street; two whites and
tWOnegrO. whose names are not given.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-03


died yesterday morning. lie had been
i'll with la grippe and ventured out be-
fore he had entirely recovered. Ills
illness developed into pneumonia with
the stated result.
MANY PATIENTS.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ga prOmi-
nent physician told a representative of
the United Press yesterday that there
were probably not less than 1000 well
defined cases of Ia grippe in this city.
He said it attacked all classes alike and
in some families four members out OF
six were laid up with it.
INFLUENZA IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The Daily News
says that la grippe has reached Chicago
and that one physician reports fifteen
cases which he considers genuine in
fluenza. States Attorney Longenecker
is among the victims.
THE SICKNESS IN WORCESTER.
WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. 2S.-La
grippe has many victims in this city.
One large dry goods store has thirty
clerks OH the sick list. Nearly every
large concern reports its prevalence
among their employees. As a general
thinga the attacks are not severe and
the patient soon RECEIVERS.
INFLUENZA IN BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 2S.-Thirty
odd of the local post-Office clerks and
letter carriers are suffering from inftu-
enza and are unable to work. Numer-
GUS other loca, cases of la grippe are
also reported.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

DR.. w. Fl. Elliott, Houston, Decem-
Der II.
Henry Fest, ST., San Antonio, De-
cember 20.
DR.. W. G. Hayes, Bowie, Decem-
Der II.
Mrs. Mary Jane Smith, Abilene, De-
cember Il.
Mr.. McCager Reeder, near Lampasas,
December 10.
Miss Ellen whatley, near Killeen, De-
cember l3.
Mr.. William Blair, Killeen, Decem-
Der Is.
Mr.. C. E. Cade, Caldwell, Deem
Der IA.
Mr.. Edgar Mills, near Moody, Decem-
Der l6.
Mr.. Finny L. Morris, Liberty, Decem-
Der l6.
Mrs. Harriet L. Clement, Brecken-
ridge, December 16.
Mr.. Julius kennedy, Fairfield, De-
cember l6.
Mrs. ]. W. Keefe, New Braunfels,
December Is.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walters. Taylor, De-
cember II.
Mr.. John Allen, near Crockett, De-
cember l6.
Mr.. Morgan Walters, Taylor, Deem
Der 10.
Col. W. Il. Coleman, Mineral Wells,
December Is.
Mrs. Monroe Whitfield, Navidad, De-
cenber 10.
Mr.. Tom Harris, Canadian, Decem-
Der Is.
Mrs. Andrew Rolaard, near Navasota,
December Is.
Mrs. Minnie Elliott, Brownwood, De-
cember II.
Miss Lille D. Rucker, Brentwood,
December Is.
Mrs. John P. Hood, Sherman, De-
cember Is.
Mr.. Anton Peterson, benson, Decem-
Der is.
Mr.. Jack Donnell, near Pilot Point,
December IL.
Mr.. c. E. Cade, Caldwell. Deem
Der IA.
Mrs. c. W. Bentley. Atlanta, Deem
her IL.
Mrs. Bindy Gunsolss, near Eastland.
December IA.
Mr.. Joseph Carey, Luling, December
IS
Mr.. c. P. wilkerson, Cameron, De-
cember l6.
Mrs. E. ]. Walker, Rockdale. De-
cember 10.
Mr.. R. c. Donaldson, Blum, Decem-
Der 16.
Mrs. Il. Sutherland, Coraicana, De-
cember 10.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
TEXAS IN TYPE.

The stays scenery will be put In to-day
The building is handsome structure (,
and would be credit to a much larger
place than Whitewright. The city ID
figuring on putting In system OF water
works, aud local capitalists are talking
of putting 10 q street railway.
The new bridge across the Colorado
river at Del Vale, at what Is known as
the Metropolis Ford, 10 now completed
and open to travel.
Austin IS electric railroads will soon be
ID operation.
The contract has been closed, says the
Texas Western, With Messrs. Cole and
Gray for the erection of mammoth
building in North Anson. The building
is to be erected just east of A. j. Martin
s. Co. and will have an frontage of
ninety feet and will extend back seventy
feet.
Editor Putnam of the Mansfield Chroni-
Gle was In town yesterday and said that
Mansfield was badly In need Of a bank
ing institution. The country around 10
very rich and the agricultural interests
are very large and call for q good deal of
exchange. The prospects at present are
that bank will be established there
soon, principally by local capital. 1t
will be a profitable Investment.
Colorado City has raised $4,000, to be
expended III advertising that town.