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The state herald., 1891-08-21

Mn. CALyIS 5. BRicE, ofNew York.
is Il leader in the Democratic party.
andis chairman Of that party S national
committee; yet tho Democratic organs
aud stump howlers have the audacily
To claim that the Democratic party is
"ihe friend Of the workman" in The
face q: the positive proof That RglcE
is the controlling spirit In the coal CON.
raliies Of East Tennessee which forced
free miners TO come into competition
with convict contract labor at 10 cents
day. Tie Democratic party Will
have In throw liRIcE overheard before
the wolkingmeu will believe in It's real
irirndalip for them Omaha Bee.
The state herald., 1891-08-21

Land onlcc al Sterling, Colo.
Aug. Is 1891.
Notice il hereby given that the following
named settler has iilcd notice Of his inicntion to
make final proof in support OF hi.
claim, and that said proof VII. be made before
clerk of county court Philips county Calo
ut liolyoko Colo. on October .nd 1891 viz:
JOIIS Z. D0NNELLY
lid No. 1923 FOR the lots and sund i, Of
NV :, scc3l tp7 II rangeh W
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation OF
,ani lan,l, viz:
The state herald., 1891-08-21

First publication Aug. 81, isol.l No oeis
NDTIEB FUR PUBLICATION,
Land onlcc at sterling, Colo
The state herald., 1891-08-21

l'ricc has returned from his trip to
England. II did not take him vcry
long 10 pass the campaign hat
10 :he Cobdcn Cub freetradcrs. Thoy
are so anxious for tho defeat OF Nc.
ktiiey that il was, mo doubt. not
necessary for him 10 lecture them on
their duty to the "cause" in order to
receive a llbeial donation. lie will
now take upa heavy collection from the
alien importers and then he will he in
Il aposition 20 materially increase the
per capita money circulation Of Ohio.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Mrs. Lease Knows Nothing About the Cof-
feyville Affair.

Topeka, March 9-Mrs. Lease was
before the Coffeyville dynamite investi-
cation committee this morning. In
the last campaign she made sweeping
charges that the republican state CEN
trail committee was responsible for the
COffeyville explosion and that when
Governor Humphrey, Chairman Booth,
Bion S. Hutchins, G. A. Henrie and
others had received their Just deserts
they would be behind the bars as con-
victed criminals, and had boosted that
she defied prosecution for criminal libel
for uttering this accusation, much in
tereSt was taken in what she would say.
She testified to having a conversation
with Bion S. Hutchins relative to the
''Vedette" expose and the Cot
feyville explosion, in which Hutch
ms said that the expose was a good
political scheme and that G.. A. Henrie
was at the bottom of it. She drew her
conclusions from that conversation, that
the republican state central committee
was responsible for the explosion, and
still was of that opinion. She admitted
that she had no actual knowledge of
that fact and that Hutchins nor any one
else had ever admitted to her that such
was the fact.
Her testimony was enlivened by her
sarcasm and wit, but so far as its being
material to the case it was a disappOint-
ment to the prosecution and victory
for the defense.
H. Vincent testified this morning but
related nothing new or material. The
prosecution will probably rest its case
this evening.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

THE Fifty-frst congress expired by
limitation at noon March 4th. This
congress has been in session more days
than any other congress since the war,
its session OF 1890 lasting some ten
months. 1t has been a very busy ses-
sion, and has been so constituted that
10 get work through, or to have 1t fin
ally disposed of in any other way, has
taken the maximum of work and time.
Several measures of vital Importance
have been before the house. Among
those of extraordinary Importance, OF
course the Mckinley tariff bill ranks
first. This bill was not only important,
but extremely intricate, ard not suscept-
ible of general treatment.
Everything was detail. The sill
yer coinage law of the first
session was also an import
ant one. This law provided
for the expansion of the currency
by the coming of $500, 900 ounces of sill
yer per month. The bill recently de-
feated, known as the free coinage bill, y
is fresh in mind. The federal elections
bill, touching vital point in our sys-
TEN of government, the freedom of the
ballot, was one of the most remarkable
bills in its effect on the country that has
been before congress in times of peace,
at least during this generation. The
original actions Of state legislatures in
boycotting the worlds fair on account
of this bill are without precedent
in our history. Even the bitter
fight of Jackson and his party on the
bank charter from '28 to '33 must
have been tame in comparison. Anti
trust legislation of practical character
also was a product of this congress. The
special legislation required by the SUI
preme courts decision on the original
package question in interstate commerce
was also new move in National law
making, the supreme court generally
dealing with the law, but in this instance
the law being intended to reverse, or null
lily the effect Of a supreme court decision.
In the house of representa-
tives, also, departure, was
made from the practices of CEN
fury in regard to the rules of the house,
and Speaker Reed brought down the
lightnings of democracy on his head for
his stubboring rulings. In the length OF
the death roll too, the Fifty
first congress leads. The members of
the senate who went to join the silent
majority were Beck of Kentucky, VIII
son Of Maryland, and Hearst Of Califor-
mia, whose body has just been deposited
in mother earth. In the house, Kelley,
Randall and Watson of Pennsylvania;
Cox, Wilbur and Nutting of New York;
Townsend of Illinois: Burns and Walk
or of Missouri; Laird Of Nebraska, Gray
of Louisiana and Phelan of Tennessee
have laid down the cares of legislation
and of life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

Upon the principle that "all's well
that ends WE'LL" the congress that has
Just expired is entitled to an clio.
quent enlogy. In its last hours it dis.
patched an immense amount of bust.
ness. Had it begun as industriously,
and kept it up, the closing week might
have been spent in the leisurely discus
sion of measures which warranted de-
liberation, and the usual rush in the
last hours might have been avoided.
However, the fittv-frst congress has
done more good service for the country
than any other for score Of years. II
has protected our industries from
foreign competitions and domestic
monopolies. strengthened our navy, de-
veloped our commerce, encouraged land
settlers, delt literally with veteran
soldiers, remonetized silver and done
many more good things. Were there
a prospect that the next songress would
do half as we'll the country would have
reason to be hopeful.-Commercial.
Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

HIGH waters have been prevalent
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In
New York and Pennsylvania great
damage has been done. At Watertown,
N. Y, one of the largest paper mills in
the country was swept away with many
dwellings and other structures. All
along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers the
waters have been out of the river banks.
At Yuma, Arizona, $50 to 300 houses
were ruined and 140O people rendered
homeless. The people of the lower
Mississippi are in great fear, fearing a
repetition of last years flood.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Free-Trads a Confessed Failure In Eng
land.

Great Britain is waking up to the
fact that her Free-Trade policy is a
failure. Fifty years ago Richard Cob
den saw that England was in position
of manufacturing supremacy among the
nations, and that the greatest boon that
could fall 10 her would be the univer-
sal adoption of the Free-Trade policy.
His doctrines were adopted by English
statesman, who confidently led the way
by breaking down the Tariff, hardly
doubling that other nations would fol-
low England's example. But unfortu-
nately for her, the statesmen OF other
countries were quite as far seeing as
her own. They, too, realized the fulfil
ity of competition with the massed capt.
tai, long experience and practised skill
of English factories. So, instead Of the
hoped-for leveling OF Tariff walls the
Briton has had the chagrin OF seeing
ing the old ones built still higher, and
new ones erected from year to year.
Nearly half a century has passed
since England's abandonment of pro-
lection, and today powerful sentiment
exists among Englishmen that the ex-
pertinent has been made a failure and
that the salvation of her industries de-
ponds upon return to the old policy.
There is" says the Birmingham
Hardware, Metals and Machinery OF
January Is, "a continued tendency in
nearly all countries to increase their
protective duties 1t has now
become a very important question for
manufacturers and traders in Great
Britain to consider whether there are
any means by which this exclusion of
British steel, iron and machinery can
be reduced to reasonable proportions"
Probably with our new Brazilian re
ciprocicty treaty in mind, this English
paper calls attention to how helpless
England is under her policy of Free
Trade to negotiate similar treaties.
1--WE are" it says, ''the largest buyers
in the world in every market, and I'M
doubtedly, IL we made use OF our oppor-
tunities as buyers to keep open the
markets of the world to our producers,
those who are determined at any cost
to exclude our manufacturers, which is
the same thing as to import our indus
tries, would find the work much more
costly than il is"
The American Cobdenites will feel
lonesome when their English allies,
their only friends in the wide, wide
world, goover to the protectionist ene-
my.-American Economist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

not been made poorer, nor has the poor
man been made richer. Worst of all,
the question is to what particular trade
or calling is best fitted TO rule Kansas
has not been settled. 1t has not been
found that the oil of conservation has
been poured on the head of the farmer
nor run down his ample beard. 1t has
not been found that farmer absorbS
from the seat Of a sulky pillow the pow
ers and gifts and graces OF a statesman;
nor has it been demonstrated that
farmer installed in power at Topeka has
more sense, or independence, or recti-
tude than any body else.
We must try again.
NOZZLE L. PRENTIS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Laughs.

II ever Gotham erectS its Gen.
Grant statue, the subtitle should be
Patience, on q Monument. l-St.
Joseph News.
Humorist-Hereafte want 80 cents
for each joke instead Of p.
Editor-We have no further use for
you: you're getting too funny"
'sHow old is the Hessian ay?" asks a
correspondent. Old as the American
Revolution. Washington made the
Hessian fly at Trenton.-lTexas Sift-
ings.
Stranger: And why do you call that
building the Memorial Hall? Graduate:
Well, if you had ever eaten there, you
would never forget it-tHarvard Lam
poon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
The Prairie Dog. PecuIIarItis..

There is chain of prairie-dog towns
along the Texas & Pacific road beginning
west of Abilene and extending nearly to
Big Springs. The little fellows always
climb upon their hills and squat on their
hind feet to watch the train go by. Hun
tiers say it is almost impossible to kill one
of the dogs and get his body, so quickly
does he dive into his hole at the explosion
of gun. Frequently. if fatally hit, the
little turnover falls dead into his earth
domicile. Men have tried to make them
come out of their burrows by pouring
great quantities of water in at the mouth
of the hole, but they will not emerge even
at that treatment. Some of the villages
cover five acres of ground and their terri
tory extends for 100 miles along the rail-
road tracks.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Democrat Rascality.

The maps showing the congressional
districts in Alabama, according to the
democrat gerrymander, is the widest
thing yet. In crazy quilting the Ohio
gerrymander is not patching to it.
West Virginia appears TO have excelled
Ohio in dishonesty of redistricting. II
is close state, with plurality for
Cleveland in 1888 of but SOC, and ma
jority against MIN counting the votes
of the republican, probibitionist and
labor partiesl of nearly 1000, yet by the
last gerrymander the democrats have
a perpetual assurance of electing three
out OF four representatives in congress,
and about three fourths of the legisla-
ture.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Appealing to Prejudice.

A prominent characteristic in the
tactics Of free-trade attorneys is their
persistent appeal to preiudice-their
constant effort to influence the passions
of voters, whose unbiased judgment
would otherwise hold them to the sup
port of protective policy.
Prominent among such appeals are
those to the prejudice of locality. The
relation of Tariff to the varied indus
tries of the country is rarely mentioned
without reference to the farmer as a
Western man, and the intimation that
those engaged in manufacturing all
belong at the East. And this in face
Of the Fact that some of the counties
figuring most prominently in the census
of agricultural products are a long
distance east of the Mississippi Valley,
and the further fact that some among
the heaviest manufacturing concerns in
the United States are owned and opera
ted in the great agricultural State OF
Illinois.
The same attorneys for foreign trade
delight in referring to the existing law
as the war Tariff. Just as If there had
been no Protective legislation anterior
to 1S6l-when the fact is that Washing
ton, Jefferson, Monroe, Clay, Jackson,
and other representative statesmen of
the then slave-owning States, were fore
most in adocating and enacting laws
for the avowed protection of industries.
Then we have the appeal to the pre-
judice of occupation. for the purpose of
arraying workers against the men who
employ them: those who grow crops
against those who transport and market
the products of the farm. And so on
through the list. Every man who is
found to be dissatisfied with his sur
roundings, disappointed in his efforts
to get ahead in the world, is asked to
look upon protection as the stumbling
block to his ambition, and is promised
that with free foreign trade will come
those better times for which all men
hope.
Appeals to prejudice would not be nee
cessary if free-trade attorneys did not
realize the risk of leaving voters to
follow mans natural impulse for pro-
tection-whether to the home, by max
ing every ones house his castle, and
restricting its privileges to family and
friends-or to ones occupation. through
cooperation with fellow workmen for
securing individual rights-or to the
nation, through legislation that insures
for industry and enterprise in this
country privileges beyond reach of
competitors in any outside nation
American Economist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

II wonder" said a man on a railway
train, addressing some one who shared his
seat, what they are making a road across
the track here for? There don't seem to
be any need for Il.
The railroad company is doing it D."
wonder why?'
"To let man stand here with flag and
look out for trains"
''But don't understand why they wInt
to make a crossing merely to have it
watched"
"Why, you see, train has Just cut off
q mans leg, and the company has given
him ate.i-dollar- per month jobto keep him
from bringing suit against the road.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
Shortage of Cattle.

Have we rounded the turn? This is
the query that naturally presents itself
to beef cattle growers in comparing the
January receipts with those OF previous
months. Shippers and feeders scarcely
need to be reminded of the discourag-
ing fact that the average increase in
receipts per mouth during 1890 was 49,
900 head; but for the first time in a
number of years the receipts for Janu-
airy, 1891 show a decrease over the cor
responding month in previous seasons.
The decrease is not large it is true
some 5000 head at Chicago-but the
fact that there is decrease of any size
is alone worthy of special mention.
There has been much talk of shortage
of cattle. Has this shortage begun to
materialize Of last?-Breeder's Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
E1-Presfdent Hayes Opinion of sherman.

Ex-PreSident Hayes Opinion of Sherman.
In referring to General Sherman in a
public speech, General Hays said:
''Place Lee where Sherman was.
Place Sherman where Lee was. Place
Lee at Chattanooga. Even with Sher-
mans army would he have found his
way to Atlanta and at Atlanta cut loose
from his base of supplies and start upon
that wild march to the sea. But come
nearer home. The same opportunity,
only it was better than Sherman had in
Atlanta. Suppose Sherman had been in
Command of the army of Lee. Wash
ington at the time lay completely in the
power of an enterprising and daring
commander and with Washington cap
tured Intervention from abroad would
have come. At Washington was the
chance of victory and Lee failed to take
il. More than that, he went to the
Potomac, crossed it and our disorganiz-
ed army was ten days behind him
and he marched on into Pennsylvania
and what did he do and what has Sher-
man done? Lee did not dare to lose
communication with his base of supplies
and was driven back from Antietam
with a divided army. Had Sherman
been at the head of the army and that
distance between him and the pursuing
forces he would have gone to Phiiadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland and
Cincinnati and then cut his way back
into Virginia. A little band of 5000
men under Morgan went through Ohio
and Indiana and Lee with his great
army with nothing before him but
wealth, and supplies and cities able to
pay tribute for not being burned. is not
to be compared with Sherman"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
A Use Tor BANANA skins

Yesterday saw boy give banana
skin to horse which helps street-cars up
the incline from Cornhill to State street,
on Washington. 1t was eaten with evil
dent relish, and it struck me that had
rarely seen happier use of very dan
gerous article. Kind hearted people should
draught horses which stand on the side Of
our streets. The poor things receive so
much i'll treatment from evil disposed
passers by that the better disposed should
be glad TO make them some compensation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

MRS. HARRISON received the woman
suffrage delegates at the White house.
Mrs. Harrison does NOT care much about
voting, but it is said she makes the best
bread in Indianapolis.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

THE rumor seems to be an authentic
one that John Sherman will retire from
public life at the close of his present
term.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

BILLS for more than four million dol
lars for Worlds Fair exhibits have been
introduced in the legislatures of twenty
five states and territories.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

NEW YORK it going to build Sher-
man a monument. Look out for circu-
lars asking for contributions. That's
her STYLE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13
GENERAL COMMENTS.

IN the late election in Canada Sir
John Macdonald was reelected premier
by a majority of 500.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

THE directors OF the Mount Carmel
Air-Ship Company have decided to
raise s2,00O,OOO and construct an al
uminun air ship by June /.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

BY the death of Senator Hurst OF
California the republicans gain one
senator, and the democrats lose one.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

The German people will presently be
asking for Bismarcks return to Office in
order to deal with the French.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-04
COMPANY RE-ORGANIZED
The Fairhaven Sandstone Com
pany Holds Its Annual
Meeting
Officers Elected - Warner J.
Duhring Elected Secretary
and Manager
Mining Operations to Be Re
sumed as Soon as the
Snow Melts

heannual meeting OF the Fairhaven
Sandstone company was held Thursday
evening and the following gentlemen
were elected officers Of the company:
Il. l.. Cowgirl, president; Dr. Charles Il.
Ellis, vicc-presidcnt; f.. NJ. Wilson, tr cas-
Lrer; Warner j. Duhring, secretary and
general manager; T.. l.. Cowgirl, DR..
G~arlcs +. Ellis, L. NJ. Wilson, Warner J.
DuhrIng and Frank LougstaG, directors.
The company intends TO commence
active work at their quarry and have
already made several contracts for fur
nishing stone for buildings 10 be erected
in Fairhayen and at other points on the
Sound
A specimen Of the stone was recently
sent to the Watertown Arsenal, Massa-
chusetts to bee tested by government olli-
cials The testing machine has a
capacity Of $1,000 pounds. The follow
ing is a report Of the results Of the tests
made. Two specimens were sent one Of
buff and the other Of blue stone:
GBuG: height boz inches; compressed
surface, 5o3 and 5.Ol inches; sectional
area, -I.-O. Nr~l crack, l3o,lOD pOundsi
ultimate strength, lI, 800 pounds or 5,729
pounds per square inch.
Blue: height 5O2 inches; compressed
surface, 5.Oi and 5Ol; sectional area.
2j25; first crack lGs, 800 pounds; ultimate
strength, l7},2OO pounds or G,s39 pounds
per square inch. The tests are signed by
| j. +. Howard aud A. l.. Varnis, captain
ordnance department United States army
commanding.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-04
FAIRHAvEN's SCHOOLS
A List of Questions Asked at an Ex-
animation


The public schools Of the Focal City
have kept apace with the progress and
advancement made in other departments
and with the completion Of the Larrabec
school Farhavcn will have educational
facilities that will bear comparison with
cities Of ten times It's age and double 10,
population. Superintendent G. A. Albright
does not cOulue lessons given pupil, to
text books, but endeavOrs TO give them
information Of a character that Is not
only useful but interesting.
The following questions were given al a
"shOt-gun' examination held Friday
March q, TO the high school department,
including the eighth grade, Of Falrhaven
public schools, and resulted In an average
Of g2 per cent. Of correct answers:
Who is the author OF BLACK Beauiy'
Who wrote Rassclas2
Who is governor Of Washington
Which is heavier, a pound OF iron or
pound Of gold? ,.,..,
What state consists OF TWO penlhSula~'
Who was poor Richard?
/ What part Of speech Is "a, In the SEN
| tencc They went iishing2'
! What Is the longest bone IN the body?
What is the oldest college Ia the United
| States?
What is the number Of United states
/ senators?
Who wrote star Spangl Banner?
From whom did the United state, put
chase Alaska?
How many amendments have been
made TO the constitution Of the United
States?
What H. 33T per cent. Of 800?
How many cubic inches are in gallon.
Who is the chief executive Olicer o
Fairhayen?
What noted lecturer died recently
Spell until
| What Is the latitude OF Fairhayen'
What Is the sum Of l-G and j.2i?
What Is the name Of the tube through
which food is taken into the body
II the president aud Vice -preslden
should die, who would become president
Who Is known as the Father Of History
To what race do you belong?
How MANY fcet are In a milo!