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The Iola register., 1891-10-02
Confessed the Murder.

HARLAN, Ia, September 2S.-Two
years ago James Robinson and his son
Jasper disappeared while living with j.
K. Cumberland. The latter sold out
and went to Missouri. When it was
discovered that the father and son had
81 800 in local bank, Cumberland and
his wife were charged with numbering
the men and were brought back from
Missouri. When Cumberland was
called before the jury and searched. a
written confession was found in his
pocket. 1t details that he shot both of
the men, hid the bodies in the stable.
and at night stripped them OF all their
clothing and buried them on the bank
Of the river about quarter OF a mile
from his house.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
FOREIGN.

Tuesday in report to the United
States Minister William Walter Phelps,
the agent of the Standard Oil company
in Germany. denied that any agree,
ment or combination had been entered
into to exact an artificial price Tor oil.
The pope has sent letter to the
German and Austrian clergy urging
them to endeavor to eradicate the Gus,
tom of dueling.
The valley Of the Dee in England is
inundated so that only the hedge tops
are visible.
1t is announced that the French gov
erement has consented that the Credit
Foncier shall issue the new Russian
loaI.
tt Is estimated that the total number
of pilgrims to view the holy coat at
Treves will rerch 100000
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

The eDitaphs which Ruskin put On
his fathers and mothers tombs read as
follows: Here rests from days we'll
sustained burden, John James Ruskin,
born in Edinburgh May IL, 17S5. He
died in his home in London March 8,
1864. He was an honest merchant, and
his memory is, to all who keep 1t, dear
and helpful. His son, whom he loved
80 the uttermost, and taught to speak
eruth, says this of him" Here beside
.fay fathers body have laid my moth
rs. Nor was desrer earth eTer re-
Eurned t0earth, nor purer life recorded
A Heaven. She died December 8. 1871,
Aeed 90 years."
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
In Jail.

LEAvENwoRTH. Kas., Sept. 21.-
This morning about 3 o'clock Dave
Robinson, colOred, was caught in the
act OF trying to set fire to the premises
of Robert jackson, on Broadway and
Shawnee streets. Robinson had the
fire fairly well started, when two men
came along and put it out and held the
culprit until the police took him to Jail.
Robinson is a worthless and bad man In
many ways, and the chances are he will
have justice meted out to him for this
mornings attempted crime. Leaven-
worth has had several incendiary fires
lately and Robinson is now thought to
have started them.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
MORTGAGES 1sDsprEDNEss.
Census once Returns of the Totals In Kan
sas Counties.

Census On1oe Returns Of the Totals In Kan
sas Counties.
The about census of Kan
sas mortgages has finally been com.
pleted. There are, or rather there were
when the facts were gathered, Kansas
mortgages to the amount of S235, 1885,
l0S. This includes both farms and city
lots-everything in the form of real es-
tate mortgages. The total assessed VAL
uation of real and personal property in
1890, not including the value of rail-
road property, which is placed at S51,-
$50, 233, was sos, 9,593,7l 1t appears,
therefore. that the mortgages on real
estate amount to within So, 900, 900 OF
the total assessment ON real estate and
personal property in the state. The
statement is made at the census office
that the real comparison is not nearly
so bad as that. 1t is said that the as
sessment does not represent one-third
or one-fOurth of the real valuation, and
that this true value is over $500, 900, 600.
The census officials think it is fair to
say that the land mortgage debt OF Kan
sas is about 81 per cent OF the estimated
true value of all taxed real estate. The
average amount of debt per mortgaged
acre is put at S6.65.
Mr.. Porter says that the largest debt
exists in the sections where there has
been an advance in improvements. He
considers that this favorable showing
for Kansas, which he says is the heavi-
est in debt of any state. is an encOurag-
irrr ndiootinp nf what this inOuirV will
show relative to Indebtedness in other
states. There has been great deal OF
discussion in regard to the mortgages
OF Kansas. The farmers alliance agi-
tation has given an Importance to the
question which makes it one OF more
than local interest. Below are given
the farm and city lot mortgages for the
entire state b. counties:
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
Sentenced to Death.

GAINESVILLE, Tex, Sept. 2l.-Yes-
terday in the district court at Quanah
the death sentence was passed on James
Morris for numbering Moss and Roberts
in Greer county one year ago. He had
been convicted of murder in the first
degree in both cases. He appealed to
the court of appeals. and the decision
of the district court was sustained.
Morris, when asked by Judge Brown IL
he had anything to say before sentence
was passed, arose and protested his in
nocence and asked the court TO put his
execution OF Is long. as possible. He
was very cool during his short talk. but
sat down with tears in his eyes. Octo-
Der 36th is the day set for his execution.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
Women as Meat Inspectors.

WAsHINGToN, d. c., September %.
Secretary Rusk, who is establishing
meat inspection stations at South Oma-
ha. Kansas City. Milwaukee, Boston,
Chicago and other cities, says that it
has been found by experts that women
are better adapted to do the prepars-
tory work of meat inspection than men.
At chicago sixteen men and the same
number of women were tried at this
work and the result was largely in IA
yor of the latter. The work Is such
that women can perform, being light
clean and requiring care, skill and
deftness-qualities which women show
in abundance
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

NEW YORK is to have something nov-
el in the way Of quick package delivery.
At various points throughout the city
automatic steel boxes will be fixed in
the curb. just as mail boxes now are.
When a person wishes to send pack
ace be drops 16 cents into slot, and is
automatically offered stamp. He puts
she stamp on the package, and then
presses a pedal. which cacses the top
of the box to open, and enables him to
drop the package in. Delivery wagons
make the rounds of the boxes at fixed
times. Fifty wagons are to be put on
.fhe routes on Oct. 1.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
AUSTRIA AND OUR PORK.
Minister Grant Has Hopes of the Early
Removal of the Prohibition.

VIENNA, September 29.-In an inter-
view the other day with the U. S.
Minister to Austria, Colonel Fred
Grant, in regard to the reported inten-
tion of the Austrian government to re-
move the prohibition placed upon the
importation of American pork, Colonel
Grant said;
Il have great hopes that American
pork products will soon be admitted in
to Austria Hungary. but no definite act
ion can be taken until parliament meets
later in the season. There has been
much official correspondence on the
subject, resulting in position which
leads the United States to expect an
early and satisfactory settlement of the
uueStiOn -
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

BODIES for disecting purposes are so
hard to get in Philadelphia that the
medical department of the University
of Pennsylvania expects to be compel
led to pay fabulous prices for cadaver5
the coming session. 1t appears that in
many cases where paupers die in the
hospitals and almshouses subscriptions
are taken UP bv society OF women
have their bodies decently inferred.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

A PARTY Of English Methodists who
have arrived on the steamship City of
Chicago, and are going to the Ecdmen-
ical conference at Washington, didn't
Ieriug their historic chair along with
,shem, as itHss said they would. 1t is
coming on the city of Berlin. The
wood from which it was made was once
. part of the chapel used by John Wes-
hey. One of the carvings is head of
Wesley crowned with laurel.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

ARIZONA has woman mining ex-
pert in the person of Nellie eastman,
. beautiful brunette, only twenty years
old. Nine years ago she came from
Kansas TO Tucson, and here, working
with her brothers in the mines, she be-
came wonderfully expert in judging
ore. Her Judgments so good that the
Oldest and most experienced mining
experts are governed by it.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

THE last French survivor OF the bat
NE of Trafalgar, Louis Cartigny, has
bust completed his Tooth year. He sas
y cabin boy on the Redoubtable in 1903,
Ut the time the fatal shot was fired from
THAT vessel at Lord Nelson. Cartigny
in still hale and hearty, in full posses
5sion of his faculties, and spends most of
ihis time in the open air. Nothing de-
lights him more than te,converSe about
his experiences.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

A SPIDER is the novel pet of a Laings-
burg, Mich, girl He is kept under a
goblet and carefully fed, positively re-
fusing to begin a meal until three or
four flies have been thrust into his
apartment. These he lets walk around
him and even over him, allowing them
10 think him perfectly harmless, until
In some of their trips under his nose he
apparently wakes up and grabs them.
After one of these meals he loses his ap-
petite for about forty-eight hours.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

A CELINA, o., dispatch says that AL
bert Van Ripper, a boy who was supposed
TO have been murdered two years ago by
Jonn Tongass, tramp, has returned
uniniured to his home. Tongass was
convicted of the murder, and is now
serving life sentence in the Ohio pen
,itentiary. The boy says he never heard
of Tongass' trial and conviction.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

THERE is to be adecided change in
the length of women's dress skirts.
All the new gowns are made to escape
the ground, and the disgusting sight
Of women sweeping the streets with
their draperies will be seen no more
for the present, at least.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
Uncle sam Must Pay Back Twenty Millions

CHICAGO. September 28.-Percy L.
Shuman, one of the attorneys for the
importers who fought the hat trim
mings cases toa successful issue, says
that instead of the treasury department
having to pay back million dollars to
the hat importers on account of the ex-
cessive duties, the amount will be
nearer 20 million dollars. Secretary
Foster was offered a compromise by the
importers for 5 milan dollars" said
Mr.. Shuman, "but he declined it, be-
lieving that we would be beaten In the
supreme court, but when the supreme
court went ag inst him he had to Civ
Il mn
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
Total 2a5 4s5 loss 49,, l4a oss SIS 80 O6e

1t must be borne in mind that the
above is the mortgage debt of Kansas
in force January l, 1890. Since that
time the mortgages have been consid-
erably reduced in number and amount.
There is an unpaid debt on state and
railroad land contracts, which are
equivalent to mortgages, not including
the table. as follows:
STATE contracts. S....-....-....... .so6bI, 20
Railroad contracts. ctS..........-......... 3993, ,9S3
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
A New TippIe.

A new drink has been devised by an
ingenious citizen of Lewiston, Me-,
which has proved very popular among
the thirsty denizens OF that prohibition
persecuted town. The new drink is pre-
pared by pouring bottle or two of ia
maica ginger into pail Of cider, and it
IL 80 popular that alcohol split" has
disappeared from the market, while
''Uno" beer is passed by with contempt.
Although the Lewiston topers get glo-
riously full on cider punch, as it is
called, the stud can't be seized under
the law and consequently there 10 re-
ioicing in Lewiston.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

THE Tennessee senate has passed
resolution recommending that the les
sees withdraw their convicts from the
Briceville mines. What mockery! The
miners asked for bread and they gave
them baYOnets.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

PROFESSOR FRANZ BRUENNoN, the
astronomer, who died short time ago in
Heidelburg, was well known in Ameri-
ca, as he was an occupant of the chair
of astronomy in Ann Arbor for many
years. He left America to accept the
dictatorship of the observatory in Dub
lin. Bruennon's most important work
is his Textbook of Spherical Astron-
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

THE late Sir John Mcdonald of Can
ada, was very great tory leader. His
greatness seems to be shown in the
number of thieves that thrived in the
shadow of his majesty.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

Col. MURDOCH of the famous Wich-
ita Eagle, now that Ralph NJ. Easley
mas -etired from the Arkansas valley,
is monarch of all he surveys alone, but
not alone in his glory.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

You hear of the London Daily Times
and few others, but yeu scarcely have
an idea of the great number of papers
ssued there. T here are 800 newspapers
published in Fleet street, eleven of
which are dsilies
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
GENERAL COMMENTS.
THE Princess of Wales has thirteen
wigs.

THERE are lots of men in this world
who, if they give to others a piece of
their mind, would be reduced to utter
mental destitution.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02
mt.s Hsrior.n May Recover.

TOPEKA, September 28-Miss Kate
Hsllorsn, shot by her would-be lover.
Lie Watt, is resting easily, and hopes
are entertained for her recovery.
The Iola register., 1891-10-02

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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Out in montana.


Left here some weeks ago over
the Great Northern, went through
the Devils Lake country and thence
to Great Falls, Mont, town that !
am much pleased with. tell YOU,
great business is there. They are
now erecting bank building, to cost
$125. 900. What makes the town! It's
water power and mining interests.
A smelter is here which has already
cost $500,000 and will cost $3, 000, 600
to complete, From Great Falls ]
went to Arlington, in the Neihart
and Barker mining country; thence
by stage to Lewiston, the county
seat; and thence to Maiden, q mining
camp. Here stayed two weeks and
inspected the mining interests. ]
am much plased with The prospects.
The mines produce silver, gold, lead,
etc. There is a great chance to.nmke
money in mining property and real
estate in ali those places.-S.O. Hins
dale in Ftrgas Falls MINI. journal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

We noticed the wife of one of our
farmers buy her years supply Of
grocereries of one of our local mer-
chant this week. Last year she. he'd
bought such supply of city firm,
seeing their advertisement. This
year the lady concluded to try Il
home merchant, and after the list
was made out she found she had saw
ed considerable on some articles and
ON the whole was ahead. The result
was surprise to her, and no doubt
would be TO many others who are in
the habit oil, buying in this way. The
home merchant, on clsh orders and
large quantities, can generally d.
just as we'll by you as any foreign
house and besid es you have the sat-
isfaction of knowing who you are
dealing with and what you are buy
ing. If more farmers would try
this experiment the pedIer from
Minneapolis or Chicago would have
retpty slim picking. 1t is good pol.
icy, too, to givey our large cash or.
ders to the man who has given you
credit on his goods, and is not only
a square way of treating him but viii
prove more satisfactory to you.-
Browns Valley Footprints.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
RECLINING CHAIR CARS.

If you intend going East or South
via. st. Paul and Chicago, why not
take 1.-The Burlington" day train
from st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
enjoy the beautiful scenery of the
upper Mississippi! This train has
one feature not afforded by any other
line between the Twin Cities and
Chicago; it carries elegant Reclining
Chair Cars, which makes the journey
delightfully."- easy and comfortable
and no extra charge is made TO those
occupying seats in them. Insist or
the agent giving you tickets via
1.-THE Burlington''--C. Is. & n. r. r
and take no others.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
PERSONAL.

Charles Thomas spent Sunday in
Minneapolis.
O Mrs. J. b Stebbins has returned to
her home in Utica.
Pete Deitrick is no longer clerk at
the Metropolitan.
John Delaney. of Everglade, WAS in
Morris OH Tuesday.
DIR. l.. G. Gray, of Howard Lake,
was in Morris last week.
PC. Nc. Kenzie, of EIdorado, was
in Morris OH Saturday last.
Judge G. L. Brown is holding court
in Breckenridge this week. II
Mr.. G. +. Rogers and family went
to the cities OH Wednesday night.
Pr. Church left here for the cities
on the N. r. yesterday morning.
Paul, Betters is again OH his feet
after an attack of typhoid fever.
Il. G. Karberg, of Milwaukee was
registered at the Met. On Friday last.
County supertendant II. 5. Macken'
tosh was in Morris OH Saturday last
Fred Rentz, of Pepperton, was II
caller with TIE Sun office OH Tuesday
Mr. Mike Foley, of Scott, was {;
caller at the THE Sun office this week
L. Brettendahl, of Wheeler station
wasa caller at TIE Sun office OH Mon
day last.
Mr.. II. w. Daley, of the town OF
Moore, was pleasant caller ut TIE
Sun Office on Tuesday last.
Mr.. Ring, of Darnen, was caller
at this office Oh Friday last, hs Will
be reader of The Sun in the fut ure
III. J. Northcott presented his sister
Ella, with a one Thousand dollar
grand upright piano, Haines Model
last Friday. 1t is a Bird.
Rev. c. f Sharpe, presiding elder.
OF Fergus Falls district, was III
Morris on official business on Tues
day'evening last.
Mr.. E. F. Bruhn, cigar manufact.
urer, left here yesterday for Grace
Vile, Browns Valley, etc, on a bust
ness trip.
S, J. Stebbins has been in the cities
during the past week, which meas
more fine goods for the corner
grocery.
Amory G. Rugg and family, OF
Everglade, left on Friday night la. t,
to spend the winter in Minneapolis
and Iowa.
L. G.. Thompson and wife, OF
Beards!sy, left for home yesterday
after weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. John House.
F. A. Barnum Editor of the Sank
Centre Avalance. was sick last week
but from the tone OF the paper it il
evident he has a good substitute
We hope the able editor of the Ava
lanche is better e'er now.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

People who have but little occasion
to use the passenger trains now being
run over this line of the Great
Northern Ry. have but little idea of
the general wretchedness of the ser
vice. We would suggest to editors
along the line that they take occasion
to inspect sample of these night
trains and tell their readers what
they see. A little news paper agl-
tation may result in some slight
Improvement, unless the officers of ii g
road are wholly impervious to public
criticism. And if the officers will not
act of their own accord, the next
legislature may be induced to
prescribe what accommodations the
purchaser of first class ticket is en-
titled to. Just imagine that lady in
your house or of your acquaintance
is to visit the cities and enter one Of
these night trains with view of
finding suitable seat for her. If
you find seat at all, see il it is not in
u car that is neither heated nor
ventilated: one in which fur wraps
will be needed and one in which the
air is so foul that it would try the
stomach of an ostrich. if after you
have looked the regular coaches
through and have found no place fit
for lady to ride. step back into the
sleeping car and see wheather you
fare any better there. If, after look
ing one train over, you. conclude the
accommodations TO be so poor as to
be exceptional, just 60 to the depot a
second time at train time and see it
the result is not the same. Your
readers want no factious or unjust
criticism, but perhaps they would
be interested in knowing the kind of
service the travelling public is being
given.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Children Cry for
Pitchers Cast0Fias
Committee on Exhibit.

The following named gentlemen
Of each town, respectively, will COM
prise the the Stevens County State
and Worlds Fair Board:
Swan Lake. Herman Zahl; Rends-
vile, s. b. Smith; DonnelIy, Chas,
Anderson; Eldorado, C. A. Danielson;
Everglade, Amel Reker; Pepperton,
Chris. Kline: Morris. @. w. Maughn;
Frames, e. E. solseth, Sr.;
Hodges. r. b. Macarthur; Darnen.
VIM. Logue; Scott, W. IT. Walker;
Baker, W. w. Britt; stevens, Harry
G. Teare; Synness, Henry J. schrapps;
Horton, Dudley Hall; Moore, Henry
Fells.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Wells Bros. & Hanson will soon be
compelled to open a bazaar ON the
right of way, or some where else to
display their Xmas goods. We took
a survey of their mammoth store
yesterday, and when we began an
inventory of their goods we found
our reason beginning to totter, If
any man could name all the
articles in that stock for holiday
presents. he would deserve prize
larger than some of the cheap Maya
zins offer to increase their subscript-
ion list, And Ii they sell them all
between now and Christmas we will
be ready to believe that every man
in stevens county got SO bushels of
wheat to che acre.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

"The tree of deepest root is found,
least willing still to leave the ground
and this could once have been most
truly said uf chronic pain Of any sort,
But after the lapse of so many ages,
a sovereign remedy has been found
in Salvation Oil. Every provident
householder should keep it.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

Wood continues to be very scarce.
Local dealers and the N. P. railway
company both need to brace up or the
situation may become serious. No
wood in town at the beginning of
what promises to be an unusually
severe winter is enough to give a
person the shivers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

LosT-On Sunday last, between
the Methodist church and Fourth
st. and Atlantic Ave-, a,pair of steel
bowed glasses. The finder will cor
fer a favor by returning them to this
or House & Munro's Office.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Buckyin's Arnlca SAVE.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum.
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
corns, and all skin erup'
tions, and positively cures piles or nc
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents per box
For sale by Fritz Backentin.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03

Baraboo, WIS.,, possesses five gene
rations of one family, viz: Mrs
Flanders. who is great-grate-
grand mother, aged 81 years. Hel
daughter, Mrs. Hidden, aged SO year S;
her daughter, Mrs. Hall, age SO
years; her daughter, Mrs. Jones'
aged 81 years; and her daughter
aged 4 months. Mrs. Hidden is
sister-in.law to Mrs. S, B. Smith, of
RendSville.