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The Iola register., 1891-02-13
STARVATION-THRIFT.
UNDER FREE-TRADE.

Appalling accounts of destitution in
England continue. In the east district
of WOlverhampton the charity officer
reports that the people are in a state oil
starvation.
In some instances it IS actually dan
rerous 20 administer food, owing to
the peril attendant upon ravenous
hunger when food is first offered.
A clergyman says it is impossible to
describe the misery that prevails. In
birmingham and other places the suf'
fering among the working classes is in
deed pitiable.
In London the verdict Of death from
starvation is returned in numerous
cases. In many years there has not
been a more terrible winter for the
poor. On every hand can be seen men
begging for employment. They are
not begging for bread alone, but for
work. Go where you will in city or
country and you will find unemployed
aborers by the thousand.
UNDER PROTECTION.
The deposits made in the savings
banks of the si& New England States,
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, with population of about H.
100000, amounted to 81, ,279, 100000 in
1889. The number of depositor in
creased 10000 to $4,000, and the
increase in deposits was S65, 900, 900;
there was an average increase of over
S17 to each depositor, or about 81 to
each inhabitant. 1t would be an in
Justice to suppose that the workers in
other parts of the country are not as
thrifty, as economical and as careful to
protect themselves and those depen-
dent on them against want, though they
have fewer savings banks, and are
obliged to employ other means for
their protection. If they also save dur
ing the year, not as much for each in
habitant, but only So, the amount is
sla5, ,0OO, 900, and the entire body of
wage earners do undoubtedly put aside
each year, all forms of savings includ-
ed, more than $500, 600, ,OOO.-Economist.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13

The Leoti Western Kansan says that
Wichita county, under irrigating ditch
IS will produce one million bushels OF
wheat annually. A million bushels OF
wheat will irrigate q large erea.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13

It may be wei enough to call a spade
q spade. II you arc gong 20 talk about
spades at ell. but It is great deal more
elevaIing u-ually o'alk about the stars.
--SOmcr:iile .iUarEa..
The Iola register., 1891-02-13

The farm on which Schweinfurth,
the alleged ''Christ" lives, in Illinois,
has been mortgaged for s3O.OO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

"A NEGRO named Scott Bishop who a
few days ago assaulted and robbed
Hugh Hummock, near Blackstone, Va,
was taken from the officers on the 23rd,
by mob and hung to the limb of a
tree.
The second suspension of traffic on
the Southern Pacific railroad in Arizo-
ma, occurred on the 22d. Salt river,
near Phoenix, rose ten feet in an hour,
sweeping away many houses. Thous-
ands of people in the valley of Salt
river are houseless. One hundred adobe
houses have been washed down in
Yuma, and 800 people are homeless.
Great distress prevails for want of food,
clothing and shelter. Es@S
In the Ohio valley not less than if
teen thousand men have been thrown
out of employment by the recent mum
dations. This will entail great suffer-
ing. A close observer who has passed
through the inundated district esti-
mates the loss at $4,000. 900.
ABOUT $50 men employed at the car
shops Pullman, ILL.,, struck ON the 23rd,
against reduction of wages. -.
The work of rescuing bodies has been
carried on at the Spring Hill mines in
Novia Scotia. A revision of the list
shows the number of dead to be 100.
OF these 81 were married men. Il single
1aen and - boyD.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

CHARLES FOSIER IRE SurV was
not unexpected, for in spite of deni-
ais and presentations atthe White
House and other places it has been
clearly foreshadowed for several days.
lCharles Foster was born in Seneca County,
Ohio, in 1ees and was educated at the Norwalk
Academy. He went into business aud became
banker and from his youth took an active in.
terest in politics. He ran for the Ohio Legis-
lature and failed but in 1870 was
elected to Congress, and was three
times reelected. In Washington he was
known as shrewd politician, but did not cut
much figure on the floor of Congress- He served
for time on the committee of ways and means
In 1879 he was elected Governor of Ohio and
was re- elected in 1881. He was the manager of
the Sherman boom in 1884 and when he
Topped over to Blaine Senator Sherman
charged him with bad faith, and there was an
angry controversy. At the last election he was
again a candidate for Congress in the Eighth
Ohio district, but was defeated. He was one OF
the commissioners appointed last year to ne
gotiate with the Sioux for the acquisition of
their reservation by the Government.
Martin A. Knapp, OF New York. who is to
succeed Augustus SchOonmaker on theI inter-
State Commerce Commission at 81, 500 year, is
Well-Enown lawyer of Syracuse He is about
46 years Old, is a graduate of Middletown Col
lege and has been for some time private coun.
sci in the vast business affairs of Congressman
Belden at whose request and on the recon-
mendation of both New York Senators he was
appointed]
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

Sherman retired sto the shelter
of an adjacent tomb just within the
circlesof blue coated soldiers who held
the crowd incheck. He hurriedly
donned his priestly vestments and,
prayer book inland. returned to- the
head of the grave, where the other
members of the family were gathered
in semi-circle When the bearers
placed the casket on the supports
above the grave the bugles blew
call and tho band, played the first
few bars Of <Pleyers%| hymn. AS
the sound died away Father Sherman
removed his hat and opening his prayer
book began the service of the Catholic
church. The relatives and friends of
the family and the. guests gathered
in close group about the grave
and stood with heads uncovered
and reverently bowed as Father
Sherman read in Latin and En-
glish the impressive prayers for the re-
pose of the soul of the dead. When the
service began the battalion of cavalry
stood at present arms facing the little
group about the grave. In the midst Of
the services a hoarse: low voice gave
the command: "Carry arms - order
arms in quick succession, and the
sharp click of the musket barrel and
the ring of the butt as it struck
the ground gave singularly impressive
accentuation to the solemn words of the
young priest. Father Sherman con-
cluded with the invocation: MAY his
soul and the souls of all the faithful de-
parted rest in peace. Amen! In the
name of the Father and of the Son and
Of the Holy Ghost. Amen!''
AS the last words were being uttered
the undertaker's assistants seized the
straps, removed the supports from the
oaken case and quickly lowered it into
the open grave. Then two of them
sprang to the top of the pile of earth
which Stood at the side of the
grave while the others attacked
it from the bottom, and with
long-handled spades they quickly
filled in the earth above the coffin.
Then, in quick succession, three vol
leys rang out over the grave and echoed
from the surrounding hills. Three sal
vos from the artillery, which was sta
toned outside the cemetery, followed,
and the funeral ceremonies of the last
of the great union captains was over.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
EUROPEAN ARMY NOTES.

HE American saddle is being used by
the British mounted infantry.
GENERALS Gibbon and Benet are soon
to be retired from the army, having both
reached the age limit.
The British army costs SIT, 900. 900 a
year. This is $40, 600, 900 more than Ger
many pays for the support of her SOL
d:ery.
The armies of the Central Asiatic
States under the protection of the Car
will be differed hereafter by Russians
from Russia's European arm y.
The German navy will have thirty
seven more vessels in active service this
year than last. The total number to be
assigned to duties lasting from three to
ten months is ninety-six.
CAN1ssER shot will not be used in the
French army in future. The shells are
filled with an explosive made of chryso-
lite and a substance kept secret; and
every battery has seventy-6ve rounds
of these projectiles.
The list of pensioned officers in the
German army has sweled noticeablv
since the accession to the throne of En-
peror William II. The number of PEN
stoned Generals of cavalry and infantry
has increased from SO to 81; of Lieuten-
ant-Generals, from 215 to 24O; of Major
Generals, from 25s to 3O2, and of
Coloncls, from 5S5 to 6O3.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS announcements
that ne will attend the imperial Bavari-
an maneuvers of 10000 troops near
4
Munich next fall has created q consid-
-eraole sensation in the Estates rights"
press OF South Germany. sVaterland, q
clerical paper, protests that '''Bavaris
has regent, has king, but has not an
emperor, and therefore imperial ma
neuvers' are out Of the question"
WISCONSIA1 i,a<lc.o l.e
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

WHEN the late General Sherman re-
Gently visited Admiral Porter the latter
happened to be asleep and General
Sherman told the family not to wake
him. He left message of sympathy,
and remarked in sad tone of voice: Il
would rather not see Porter unless
could see him as he always was when l
have met him." Turning to Mrs. Logan
he said. half jokingly, but with tinge
of pathos: IL will be the next one,
and perhaps l may go before Porter
does Then, with a shrug of his
shoulders, he added: 'Anyhow, it's
nothing to die, as it's just as natural
as it is to be born
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

In the House OF Representatives of
the present Congress, now nearing it's
close, there have been twenty-six
changes in neutrality-suspicious. by
death, six by resignation, and nine by
unseating in favor of contestant. The
deaths were as follows: S. 5. Cox, New
York; James Laird, Nebraska; James
N. Burns, Missouri; James p. Walker,
Missouri; Edward J. Gay, Louisiana;
r. w. Townshend, Illinois; David Will
Der, New York; William D. Kelley,
Pennsylvania; Samuel J. Randall, Penn
sylvania; L. F. Watson, Pennsylvania,
and James Phelan, Tennessce-the
largest death roll of any Congress.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
WEST AND SOUTH.

In st. Louis saloon Fred Wells made
five men get down on their knees and
repeat the Lords Prayer at the muzzle
of revolver. Judge Cady fined him $75.
DURING a snOw-storm at Salt Lake
City large quantity of salt fell. The
snow melted and left the salt on the
ground at least one fourth of an inch in
thickness.
AT Cincinnati the steamer Thomas
Sherlock struck pier of bridge and
went to the bottom. Two persons were
known to have been drowned and 9TH
ers were missing.
In the ice factory at Suffolk, Va, the
ammonia tank exploded, killing Thomas
b. Baldwin and fatally injuring two
colored men.
NEAR Pine Ridge, s. D., Andrew
Dewster was killed by band of row.
ing hostile Indians and his three chill
dren were scalped. His wife escaped.
JOHN w. GREATER, an insane man,
killed Isador Meyer and E. w. Leech at
Bald Knob, Ark.
Mrs. NJ. TRoLLINGER, of Leesville,
Mo-, was watching her son cut down a
stantly.
In Salt Lake City seven members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints pleaded guilty to living in
polygamy and were fined in sums rang
ing from 800 and upwards.
FLAMES at Akron. O., destroyed the
paper mill Of the Thomas Phillips Com
pany, causing loss of 800, 900, and the
works of the Enterprise Manufacturing
Company; loss, $4,000. Nettie Cruza
was burned to death.
AT Jasper, Tenn, the Etna Coal
Company made an assignment, with
liabilities of 500, 900 and assets of $780,
O00. ~s's
The late flood at Pittsburgh and vicin-
ity did damage estimated at 81, ZOO, 600.
On the 18th General II. H. Sibley, the
first Governor of Minnesota, died in St.
Paul, aged 80 years.
A MOB took white man and a negro
from tho county jail in Gainesville,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
LATER
Edltols Shoot Each Other.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. pa horrible
triple tragedy occurred here to-day.
Two men were killed and several
wounded in a fusillade of pistol shots.
The affair was the outgrowth of a
newspaper feud, which has been raging
for several weeks between the publish
ers of the Sunday World and Sunday
Capitol of this city. Col. w. J. Elliott,
editor of the Capitol, shot and instantly
killed Albert Osborne, city editor of
the World. w. L. Hughes, an old gen.
tleman who was standing near by, was
shot and killed by stray bullet from
Elliott's pistol
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

Syrup

G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of mar
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore Judge: II know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such ef-
fective work in my
coughs family as Boschee's
eora rhro,+ German Syrup. Last
winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from a very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and I told her about German Syrup
and that few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory would make no charge
for it. A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying that she
would never bewithout it in 1uture as
q few doses had given her relief" O
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
The Humane Society.

At the annual meeting of the Mime
sofa Humane Society held in St. Paul
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, D. r. Noyes: Vice-Presidents
William Cheney Minneapolis, E. C. Gridley
Duluth, T. A. Abbott, st. Paul; Secretary and
Treasurer, j. I. Jellett; Attorney, H. L. Will
Jams: Surgeon. DR.. Stein: Directors, Frank
Crowell, j. D. Smith, w. l.. Wilson. g w. Hack
cit, Lecdom Sharp. c. H. Fauntleroy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

ANOTHER of the peculiar incidents of
the war has cropped out. At the battle
of Stone river Constable Walter Lacey.
of Cincinnati, saw, as he supposed, his
brother killed by his side, and has al
ways mourned him as dead Recently.
however, he saw notice of the death
OF a John Lacey, at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and upon investigation found it
was his long lost brother.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

; The marriage of Morton Mitchell,
cousin of Vice-President Morton, to the
lovely widow, Mrs. George S. Ladd,
has been the seasons sensation in
Washington, and all the bachelors are
envying Morton's good fortune in win
ming a pronounced blonde of delicate
beauty and high social station, who has
no membranes except a million dol
lars in good hard cash.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

The estimates of mum bers and values
of farm animals, made at the end of
each year and returnable in January to
the Department of Agriculture, have
been consolidated. The number of
horses on farms, as reported, is IA, O56,-
$50, and the average price of all ages,
$67 Number of mules, 1896, 532, hav-
ing an average value of S77.SS. Num-
Der OF mich cows, 16,019, 591, having an
average value per head of S2162. Other
cattle aggregate 36,s75,64S. The esti-
mated number of sheep is 43, 431, 1873,
having an average value of S251. The
aggregate OF numbers of swine is 5O,-
o2o' lo6, having an average value of 81. Is.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

A MEDICAL gentleman of Philadelphia
explains Dr.. Koch's statement about
his lymph in this way: 1t wasn't
written for laymen, but it can be made
clear enough. Let us suppose that the
bacillus is but a small mosquito; that
1T stings the flesh and injects virus.
''Now, Koch takes the mosquito, kills
it, extracts the virus, dilutes it-for it
is more powerful than the strongest
drug known-and then preserves it in
p1vcarina
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

ACCORDING to the new census the
South has only six cities which exceed
fifty thousand in population. Florida,
Mississippi and North Carolina do not
contain city with twenty-five thou
sand inhabitants
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

- WILLIAM CARoUTHERs, young Pc
destrian of Napa County, Cal, will start
March Is for a little jaunt from San
Francisco to New York He has bet
that he can make the trip in less than
six months, and expects to do it in four
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

ADMIRAL PORTER, who died recently
In Washington, was nearly 70 wears old
ana had seen nearly sixty years serv-
ice IN the navy. He was the son of Cap
tain Porter, of the navy, who in 1914
made the great fight on the Essex.
Admiral Porter entered the war for the
Union as commander of the Powhat-
tan sent to REINFORCE Fort Pickens. He
commanded the mortar flotilla in opera
tions against New Orleans and later COM
manded the Mississippi squadron which
operated against Vicksburg, and COM
manded the naval forces at the capture
OF Fort Fisher: On the death of Farra~
gut Porter succeeded him as Admiral.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

AN ingenious Chicagoan has per-
1ected an electrical device for stopp Sing
runaway horses, the electrical fluid
three volts-being conveyed to the ami
mails through the bits. The curious sen
sation has never failed, it is said, in a
number of experiments to bring the
frightened animals to a standsti]l, and
without i'll effects on the subjects of ex-
perlments. Runaway marriages will
go on the same as ever.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

j JOHN F. HEWITT, of Los Angeles, is
an old soldier and an honest man. He
served in an Ohio regiment, and has
just been GRANTEES pension on account
OF disease contracted during the war.
But he declined to receive it, saying he
believed it would be wrong, as Il am
well enough to make my own living at
present" That is the stuff true man
hood is made of.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

mentS: EX-GOv-
ernor Foster, of
Ohio, to be Sec
rotary of the
Treasury, a n d
NJ. A. Knapp. of
New York, to
succeed | n t err
State Commerce
Commits S Toner
SchOOnna ker.
The nomination
Of Ex-Governor
Foster as Sec
r.atorxy nf + h n
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

CAPTAIN CHRIsTOFFERs, of the steamer
Aller, lately completed his one hun
dredth trip from Bremen to New York
and back. In honor of the event the
Emperor decorated him with the Order
of the Crown of the fourth class.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

A BooNvlLLE IN. W man has evolved
a new reason why he should be given
an office. In his application for the
postroffice he argues that he deserves it
because he has been thirtyfour years
in the Presbyterian choir without COM
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

THERE are more diamonds in the
world than ever before. In 1870 the
African output was about 1900, 900
carats in 1889 above 400, 600, 900 carats,
and last October the trust which con-
trolls the principal mines said 1G,oO0,-
600 carats were in sight!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

A REMARKABLE petition was sent
from India to Queen Victoria. 1t is
more than sixty feet in length, and is
signed by more than 10000 women in
India who are anxious to have the legal
marriage age for girls raised from it's
present limit of ten to fourteen wears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
Duluth Shin Canal.

The report with profiles and estimates
of William Soy Smith on the tunnel un-
der the Duluth ship canal Was received
by the board of public works. He esti-
mates the cost at not over 1904, 900,
with a double gallery for railway pur-
poses With single gallery it will cost
S99(i OOO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FIFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.

TUESDAY. Feb. 17.-The diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was
passed in the Senate and the Gre
dentials of William A. PETER as Sena-
tor from Kansas and d. w. Voorhees,
from Indiana were presented and placed
on file. In the House the general de-
ticiency bill ($36, 574, sOs) was reported
and the Indian appropriation bill was
discussed
WEDNESDAY,. Feb. 49, The COPY
right bill, with amendments to admit
copyrighted books, ETC.. printed in for
elgn countries, on payment of tariff du-
ties and requiring charts, photographs,
etc. to be printed on plates executed
in the United States, was passed in the
senate by vote of SO to H. Other
bills were passed increasing the pen
sions of the widows of Generals Custer
and Ullman and Admiral Wilkes
to SlOO per month, and House bill
dividing the State of Iowa into two,
judicial districts. In the House the
Indian appropriation bill was passed
and resolutions were discussed to in
vestigate the condition of the Indian
tribes in the United States and to amend
the constitution SO as to provide that
the terms Of Representatives shall be-
gin January I, and that the President
shall be inaugurated April 80.
THURSDAY, Feb 10. - Bills were
passed in the Senate for the erection
OF a bridge across Portage lake Michi-
gan, between Houghton and Hancock.
and for the adjudication of claims aris-
ing from Indian depredations. Sen
ator Ingalls, resigned as President pro-
tenn. a bill was introduced to give a
pension of $4,000 year to the widow
of Admiral Porter. In the House bills
were passed for the relief of settlers on
lands in Southern Iowa, and for the re-
lief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians
in Wisconsin. A bill was introduced to
repeal that part of the National bank
act that compels National banks to pur-
chase United States bonds.
FRIDAY, Feb. 90. - In the Senate
$50 pension bills were Passed. The
measure to give aid to the construction
OF the Nicaragua canal was discussed,
but no action was taken. In the House
the bill for the relief of the Supreme
Court and the bill to fix the salaries of
United States Judges were considered.
At the evening session lib pension bills
were passed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
A RailrOad to the North.

The Lake Superior & Northwestern
road has changed it's name to the Du-
luth, Mesabic & Northern, and incor-
porated with capital stock of S., O00,-
600. j. D. Chase, of Faribault, is the
president. The road is to commence at
some point on Lake Superior, st. Louis
bay or river and run to the northern
boundary line of the State at some point
to be determined upon later.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

The numerically smallest religious
denomination discovered by the census
takers is that of the observation-disclosures.
There are three hundred and six of
them and they dwell in Pennsylvania
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

CUSTER COUNTY, in Montana, which
contains thirty-six thousand square
miles, is larger in extent than the
States of Vermont, Massachusetts, Con-
necticut, Delaware and Rhode Island.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
TO SUCCEED WINDOW.

President Harrison Fills the Vacancy in
His Cabinet by the appointment of Ex-
Gov. Foster, of Ohio, as Secretary of the
Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Feb 23.-The Presi-
dent has made two important appoint-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26

DIR. MCINTOSH, of Harrisburg, says
he recently visited a Pennsylvania town
where no one could understand English.
He also saw working-men's notices
posted in four different languages.