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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

He Knows All the Tricks the White Man
Knows. aud Possibly a Few More.
J. ID. Bradford is connected with the
Choctaw Railway company. of the In
dian Territory. He was chatting with
a group Of local politicians, and Colonel
Babcock remarked that Mr.. Bradford
wa in a land blessed with no politics.
you are wrong" exclaimed Mr..
Bradford. THE ~cleverest politicians
in the United States are in our terri
tory"
''Who are theyT'
The Choctaw Indians have no equals
in practical politics in any land in the
world, and ! won't debar the state of
Indiana either. You know the Choc-
taws have a governor elected 10y the
people, and a legislative body called
the Choctaw national legislature This
house holds regular sessions. and they
make laws. roll logs. establish rings,
and do everything else that politicians
can think Of When Governor Jones
a young halfbreed. was elected gov
ernor we witnessed one Of the greatest
campaigns ever fought When our
railroad pierced the coal mines Of the
Choctaw nation several Of the old red
men attempted TO get possession Of
most OF the mines and make ms pay
dearly for the coal They failed. and
have cried corporation ever since.
$50 when the gubernatoTial candi-
dates began 20 show their hands Jones
took the high moral ground that he was
against our railroad and all those who
favored il. Tie went in the fight with
this sentiment as a watchword. and was
elected. But it was an exciting fight.
During the campaign II Jones wanted
TO communicate with a man fifty miles
away he would send a man with verbal
messages. The other candidates fol-
lowed this example, and no written let
ter figured in the campaign. The day
before the voting a Messiah story was
turned loose in the sections of the ma
ton where Jones IA not popular, and
the people left TO see the Messiah, thus
losing their votes.
ION this same day a number of lead
ing Indians who were working against
the election Of Jones were summoned
to Washington by bogus kilograms 70
talk with the great father. And so it
went. Every conceivable trick was re-
sorted 10. After Jones had been de
elared duly elected and had taken his
seat it was discovered that one precinct
which gave him 125 majority, was in
habited by less than seventy-tive PEG
pie. When it ONE 10 counting votes
and political scheming the Choctaw In
dams will certainly get a place. will
back them against the world. Chi
cago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
A Dummy Fight.

Two wire dummies on which were
displayed two suits Of mems clothes
were standing peacefully in front of an
Asylum street clothing store the other
morning when they were suddenly
picked up by a gust Of wind and tum
bled over each other on the sidewalk.
An old woman. evidently near sighted,
came along at the moment, and, sup
posing that two men were rolling around
in a fight. screamed at the top of her
voice. The passersby stood still in
amazenent. Then the truth of thu
situation dawned upon them and there
was a general laugh. The woman re
allied her mistake about the same time
and, blushing like a lass Of eighteen
she hurried up the street away from the
throng IF spectators. Hartford TimeA
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
TIE ALTO PARANA.
SEINE Wonderful Scenery i'm a Regaua
Seldom Visited by Travellers.

Some Wonderful Scenery in a Ra<sua
seldom Visited by Travellers.
We leave C~orientes at 6 p. m, and
at a distance Of eighteen miles reach
the Tres Bocas, the confluence of the
Paraguay and Parana rivers In broad
daylight it is curious to observe the two
streams at the point where a long sandy
spit marks their junction. The waters
of the Paraua are of a dirty green color,
while hose of the Paraguay are yell
iowish brown. and for several miles the
two mighty streams flow parallel and
unmixed, the meeting of the two being
marked 10y a long line of foam, form
ing, as il were. a white cord stretching
down the middle Of the river, and sep
arating the green waters from the
brown waters.
The Parana makes a sharp turn east
ward, ard under the name Of Alto
Parana may be followed on the map
up TO about the nineteenth parallel of
latitude, where it is formed by the con
fiuence of the two rivers Paranahyba
and Rio Grande. A few leagues lower
down the course of the stream is inter
rupted by the cataract of Urubupunga-
From this point it runs south-southwest
as far as tn twenty-fourth parallel,
where il is again interrupted by the
cataract of { uayra-
The regiol traversed thus far belongs
TO Brazil, I'D was occupied by Jesuit
reduction - in the Sixteenth century.
Doubtless in the more or less distant
future. " en- ways of communication
have been created, all this fertile terri
tory viii nee more be occupied. At
the cataract of Guayra the frontier Of
Paraguay begins. and the river runs
from north to south, bounding the re-
public, and then from east TO west, In
Ill il joins the Paraguay. The few
travellers who have seen the cataract Of
Guayra describe the falls as being as
fine as those of Niagara. but unfort-
unately they are still in the midst Of
solitudes 10 which access is difficult.
The Salto de Victoria. some twenty
miles from the confluence of the Y-Gua-
M and the Parana, is also said to be
very magnificent. and somewhat easier
of access. but as yet few travellers have
seen it. The navigation of the Alto
Parana is difficult, but practical up to
a certain point. The Piatense com
pany runs a passenger steamer three
times a month from Corrientes TO Pc
sadas and the intermediate ports-Lo-
mas, Santa Isabel, It~uzaingo. Posadas,
on the Corrientes side, is 225 miles from
the confluence of the Parana and Para
quay rivers. From Posadas a smaller
steamer Of the same company runs
twice a month up TO acuru-Pucu, a few
miles above the confluence of the
Y-Guazu, and about 400 miles from
Corrientes.
Beyond this point no screw or paddle
steamer has been able TO conquer the
rapids, currents and eddies. The whole
of the banks Of the Alto Parana, from
Villa E~ncarnacion up to the Salto de
Guayra, are covered with forests of
yerba mate, or Paraguayan tea, and
the chief traffic is the transport of this
article. Theodore Child in Harper'A
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

surface cars need 1900 men and tho
elevated roads 1.5OO. There are 2, 900
sngineers and firmen, loo district
messenger boys, 1000 printerS and
1000 men in the fire department. The
different telegraph offices employ 700
men, and the journalists, postofflce
Jerks and custom house inspectors
number each about 400. There are
200 men in the police department.
and just one-half Of these patrol the
streets every night. Then there arc
private watchmen, laborers, fruit ven
ders, etc, and the number is estimated
at 10000. Only for these night
workers the life and wellbeing of the
city would be sadly incomplete.-New
York Cor. Richmond Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
Gas from Petroleum.

A new process for the manufacture
Of gas from petroleum has been put
into practice at Kittanning. Pa, by
which it is claimed that gas can be
manufactured at one-kalf the cost of
the old, and is much better for nlumi
mating purposes. The method is a very
simple one. consisting of a feeder and a
system of retorts These retorts are
kept at a certain heat, and the oil forced
through them into a receiving tank
filed with water. When the heated oil
strikes the water it turns into gas, and
is conveyed from there to the supply
tank, ready for use. 1t is said that
1000 feet Of gas can be manufactured
from n barrel of Lima oiL-New
York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
Describing Wales.

The average British rough has not
much respect for his future king. The
day at Epson l was on the track,
and a crowd was watching H. R. H,
who was standing In the Jockey club
stand. One tough, better informed as
to H. r. HIS personality than his feL
low, was pointing ''Tum Tum" out.
That's i'm there with the white
clobber round his choker," said one.
"No. no, that amt i'm" said the
other, that's i'm a rubin of is
bloomin' snout."
A nice way TO describe a prince blow
ing his nose.-LOndon Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
Prnetleal for surf.e. Ranro.A..

A very important improvement In the
street railway business has been invent
ed by Captain NJ. A.. Cutter, Of Ale
gheny. It is an appliance attached to
the car for throwing a switch. and
which can be handled by the grip man
or motor man without compelling him
to stop or get out Of the car. The car
can be going at full speed and make a
switch without slowing up OF causing
any inconvenience 10 the man who
throws the switch. The continuance is
a very simple and inexpensive one.
Another Improvement which Mr.. Cut
ter has made is In the running gears.
By touching a lever the entire car can
be swung around upon the wheels and
started backward. There is, conse-
quently, but one motor needed for each
car, and in this way the cost Of equip
ping a single car is reduced to about
one-half. A brake has also been In
vented by Mr.. Cutter by which the a
may be held while being reversed
New York Telegram
New Yerk's Night WORKER
The number of night workers ia New
York would make quite a formidable
army. II is calculated that 60, 900
people begin their labors after dark and
their numbers are being constantly in
creased. The hotels and restaurants
employ the greatest number, about TO-
900 people being necessary to supply
the city's night wants in that direction
Tho bakers come NEXT on the list, and
that he sleeping portion Of the city
may have its hot rolls and fresh bread
for the coming day 1000 people are
labonng. The saloon keepers and
their assistants number the same as the
bakers The butchers are 5000 strong
and the gardeners and marketmeO are
equally numerous.
Tie steamboatmen and sailors, the
liverymen and hack driver, and the
milkmon are 1000 IN number. The
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07
Family History.

Family history is history dramatized
II has been said that the obscurest in
dividual life II truthfully written, would
surpass any romance, and this Is true
Of the obscurest family's life. An fam
lies are equally ancient On earth in
dividual Immortality is represented IN
the Undesirable of every family; it re-
quires the lie ola family to round cut
the events individuals find so out Of
joint The cloud that overwhelmed
the wayfarer Of one generation for his
successor floats into light The expert
ences Of ~foregone ages are stored in
every human being. II the history Of
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

a particular family is searched it Is be
cause it is searchable. not because il is
great. Great and small are terms OF
ignorance in regard Of historic causa-
ton. In this chain the little link may
be the most important. To tell the
tory Of one family is { tell what is Is.
sential in the story Of alI-M d. Con
way in Harpers
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

IT.. ..n.ende Hon HDlt.
She-Mr. Sutton, that Nas "a brilliar
thing you said at dinner pardon ma
hut was it originate
st was"
'Is j. possibleF
Madam,
Excuse me- did not mean it
you see | was naturally a little shocked
10 find that after all T~alleyrand wa a
plagiarist Life.
said Too Much
II have nothing more 70 say" said
abe, as he started home after the re-
lection.
II am glad" said he. II wish you
hNd said less. --Harper's Bazar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

The YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL reaches a
larger. class of people inithe city and surrounding
country and has a larger circulation than any
medium.k
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-07

Syrup"

1--WE are six in fam
AFarmer at lily. We live in a
place where we are
|uO" ie~@S' subject to violent
Says: Colds and Lung
Troubles. 1 have
used German Syrup for six years
successfully for Sore Throat, Cough,
Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the
Chest and Lungs, and spitting-up
of Blood. / have tried many differ
ent kinds of cough Syrups in my
time, but let me say to anyone want
ing such a medicine German Syrup
is the best. That has been my ex-
perience. If you use it once, you
will 90 back to it whenever you
need it. II gives total relief and IS
a quick cure. Ny advice to every
one suffering with Lung Troublesis
Try it. You will soon be con
WINGED. In all the families where
your German Syrup
is used we have no John
trouble with The E..nL,t.
Lungs at all. 1t is
the medicine for this .o
country. -
c. C. GREEN. Sole Man'f. WOOdbuJ,NJ.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13

cause OF not being granted a months
leave of absence as promised, refuse to
obey orders, hold Indignation meetings
and show a decided mutiuOus spirit.
Parnell in speech predicts that lin a
few days" the cause for home rule for
Ireland will be victorious. In Spain a
decree is published suSpending the
habeas corpus act and authorizing the
suppression throughout the country Of
journals prejudicial TO the state. The
republican papers Pdttri and Debates
have been suppressed. 1t has transpir-
ed that the insurgents at OportO count
ed upon simultaneous risings at Col
moral Brags and Wien, and were only
waiting for the departure of the troops
to attack the capital. The famous
cathedral at Nizhni Novgorod, Russia,
filled with priceless historic treasures,
was burned and entirely destroyed. DIR.
Koch is in Constantinople. The Paris
Temps says Dillon will lead the re-
united Irish party. Nine children were
burned to death in an orphan asylum
at Moscow. Spanish police fired on a
crowd attending a republican meet
ing. dangerously wounding several.
Italy's cabinet crisis is growing serious.
oal1DerOn, inc republican, leSueT III
Spain, has been defeated. Twenty-Five
persons were killed by an avalanche in
Switzerland. A Awoolen firm in Brad
ford, England, has failed on account OF
the effect of the Mckinley bill. Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria, was
received by the Car on his arrival in
st. Petersburg. '.Robin Hood" an
opera by Reginald DeKoven of Chicago,
had successful production at the
Prince of Wales theatre. London.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
THE NEW APPoRrIoNMENT.

THE new Congressional apportion-
ment, which will doubtless be made a
b Law by the Presidents signature, will
go into effect for the elections which
will be held in 1892. Under it the re-
presentation of the House will be in
creased from 335 to $50. The following
States will each gain one member: Ala
hama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon,
Washington and Wisconsin. Illinois,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Texas gain
two and Nebraska gains three. The re-
presentation of the other States remains
as it is; no State loses representative.
Illinois, which now has 20-one less
than Ohio-will have % under the new
apportionment. Pennsylvania will have
20, and New York 81. Texas will have
13-the same as Indiana. Wisconsin
will have 10-the same as the old States
OF Virginia and Tennessee. The States
that will have but one Representative
TO their two Senators are Delaware,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota
and Wyoming.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13

ter attack on ldr. Carroll and friends
Of the bill, insinuating that trading
favors had been INDUCED in. Mr.. Car
roll arose from his seat and denied the
charge. The matter was decided on
roll call, and almost unanimous consent
given to Mr.. Carroll's proposition. Mr..
Kelley'S concurrent resolution provid-
ing for comme""ial congress. to be
/ held at Kansas { :. and participated
( in by the western states and territories,
was taken up to-day and read. The
senate in committee of the whole con-
sidered the appropriation bills on the
calendar. twelve in al. recommending
all for passage except the one making
appropriations to the state penitentiary
which was passed over On motion of
Senator Osborn the dam bills" we're
made special order for tomorrow at
ii a. m. One of these bills grants the
right of way through the state asylum
grounds and reform school near Topeka,
to a canal and conduit for the purpose
of conducting the waters OF the Kansas
river from 4 dam three miles above
Topeka to given point where electri-
cal power to be utilized for the purpose
Of producing power for manufacturers
and other purposes. The second bill
amends the law regarding eminent do
main so as to permit the condemning
right of way through private property
for the same purpose.
In the house among the bills
introduced was one establishing
the Australian system, one al
lowing women to vote for presiden-
tial electors and one abolishing sur
vivorship in jOint tenancy which later
was passed as was also large number OF
local bills. Mr.. Webb presented petit
ton and complaint charging Judge
Theodore Botkin with drunkenness and
corruption and praying for his removal.
The petition was ordered spread upon
the journal. Mr.. DoOlittle offered a
concurrent resolution providing for
Joint committee of five on the part of
the house and three on the part Of the
senate 70 investigate the charges against
Judge Botkin. The resolution passed
the house. IL is not now sought to i'm
peach the Judge, but 10 remove him
from Office as provided by section Is,
article 3, of the constitution, which
provides that district judge may be-
removed by resolution, taking two
thirds vote of each house. Speaker
appointed the following committee on
the part of the house: Wilmington,
Webb, Tanner, Coons, Coulson. The
COfeyville dynamite resolution was
taken up to-day and passed, the speaker
appointing the following committee on
the part OF the house: Andrews, Cory,
Semi, Bishoff, and Rice OF Coffey. Ad-
iOIlrY4ed
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
General.

Domestic. Feb. "A race war is
threatened at the Galloway mines in
Alabama and Governor Jones orders out
the state militia. Several men have al
ready been killed. RevOlverS were
drawn in court during a murder trial in
Decatur, Ills. E. 3. Rogers, manager
of the New Orleans warcn and jewelry
company, skipped with $1,000. John
Stocksick in playing the role Of peace
maker in bar room fight in st Louis.
was shot dead. Joe Tansy of Memphis,
Tenn, defeats John Worley of Mount
Pleasant. Iowa, in u rounds. in prize
fight. The funeral of Secretary Win
dom, at Washington, was most solemn
and imposing. During the forenoon the
body lay in state at the family residence
where it was viewed by the public.
The services were held at II o'clock at
the Church of the Convent by the Rev.
DR.. Hamlin. The remains were con-
veyed TO Rock Greek cemetry and
there inferred. A wagon load of nitro
glycerine exploded near st. MaryS.
The driver, horses and wagon were
blown TO atoms. A big hole in the
ground was all that remained to tell the
story. Three negroes were burned tC
death in the Jail at Friars Point, Miss.
All public offices throughout the cOuE-
try are closed on account of the funeral
of the late secretary, Window. Con-
gressman Taylor. before the silver pool
committee, acknowledged buying silver.
Owenby was on the stand, but disclosed
little new evidence. Great deStitutiOn
is reported in Decatur County. Kansas.
The thermometer is below zero all over
the Northwest. Pittsburg is talking of
a So, 600, 900 ship canal to Lake Erie.
A cyclone in the vicinity of West Point,
Miss, fatally injured several negroes.
Secretary Noble has ordered the Chero-
KEGS TO leave the Strip. They refuse.
II. B. WoOdside, an Illinois farmer.
blew out has brains in the presence of
his betrothed. A decision in favor of
the American edition the Encyclo-
pedia Brittanica has been rendered by
New York judge. Twelve hundred
iron and steel workers have been thrown
out of work by shut-downs at POttstOwn
and Reading, Pa. Link Waggoner, a
Louisiana desperado, shot two members
of mob that broke into the parish Jail
at Homer, La. to kill him. The Omaha
Indian half breeds have complained to
President Harrison of Agent Ashley,
who they say. wishes to drive them
from their lands. Search of the papers
of Catherine Mcknight, who killed her
self in Chicago, revealed that she had
five husbands and was spy during the
war. George NJ. Bradley. who was the
first patient in this country to be in
oculated with DIR. KOch's lymph. died
from the effects of its use at New Haven,
Conn.
Feb. 3rd-Michael Eyraud the mur-
derer of Gouife the friend OF his para
mour, was executed with the guillOtine
at Paris. The public debt statement
shows a decrease of SIS, 735, ,496, during
January. Thieves make a raid on the
state house at Topeka and steal all the
postage stamps of the legislators. The
rial OF Sam Williamson, the murderer.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
THE DEAD MANS PICTURES,

Meissonier's pictures are small, and
set greIt. Their square inches are few
but in merit they are gems, and in value
they are above rubies. The four hun
dred pictures that represent Nelson
ier's life work were worth about $40, ,000,-
900 few days ago. Now that the great
painters hand is forever stilled by death,
their value is increased by the impoSsi,
bility of future addition TO their nnm'
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
Accused of Preying Upon the Soldiers 4, ON
the Fort.

Leavenworth, Ks, February s.
Davies, the soldier who was the cause
of the demonstration around the police
station yesterday afternoon, was on
duty at the fort this morning and could
not appear to answer the charge OF
drunkenness. The hearing was post
poned until Monday. The police com
missioners are debating whether to ar
rest the persons who protested against
the mans arrest for interfering with an
officer in the discharge of his duty. In
making the arrest, the policeman is be
lieved to have Overstepped his duty.
The force is charged with attempting
to fill the police treasury by means Of
fines. The troops at the fort were paid
off Thursday and the men, it is alleged,
are being unjustly preyed upon by pO
lice pirates.
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
Farors Republicans,

Topeka. February GA majority re-
mort of the house elections committee
was submitted this morning in the con-
test case OF Bennett, alliance, against
Heber. republican, from Meade county:
The majority report was in favor OF
Ueber. Sem of Dickinson county, sub
.nittod q minority report stating that
Heber had used money to accomplish
his election, and was therefore not enti-
led to a seat in the house. The case
was set for special hearing tomorrow
morning
The Iola register., 1891-02-13
McKrNLEY's PRICES ON DoUGHNUTs.


While I was in Spokane Falls the
Mckinley bill ''struck the woodpile.
A man who for years had brought wood
down from the mountains at the usual
price of 81 cord announced one morn
ing that the price had risen to S.
When asked why, he answered: "Well,
you know everything has gone up since
the Mckinley bill" But few days
later his sales fell off, and he was glad
TO get back to the old price of 81 cord.
While was at Tacoma a dilapidated
specimen of humanity, who had evident
" been on an all-night debauch, stag
gered one morning at daybreak into a
low restaurant. which runs all day and
all night. He called for coffee and
dOughnutS. From time when drunk
en- mans memory runneth not to the
contrary, four doughnuts had constitut-
ed portion. But this time the waiter
appeared with cup Of coffee and three
S0Ighnnts.
What do you mean by bringing me
only three doughnuts?" exclaimed the
surprised customer.
why, SIR" stammered the waiter,
YOU see since the McKin-"
Up sprang the irate customer, and,
seizing the waiter by the collar, ex-
claimed with an oath: boy, if you
undertake to work that air racket onto
me, I'll knock your two eyes into one.
Bring me that other doughnut."
And the other doughnut came
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., in the New York
Tribune.