The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-26

pension claims pending:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., FEB. ;, 1892.
Mr.. G.. +. Scott, lola. Dear ',ir: /
send you the enclosed lcttC from
! Commissioner Raum. l vi n you
would give it to the public the next
issue of the REGISTER. think MIR.
Raum is doing all any ma could I'M
I der the circumstances anu is only a
matter of justice to him that the pub
/ lie should know something of the
magnitude of his work and why he
cannot answer all the congressional
calls. Truly yours, f. III. FUNSTON.
WASHINGTON, ID. G. FEB. 10, 1892.
Hon. r. III. Funston, House of Re
representatives.. Dear Sir: | have your
valued letter of the 18th inst. enclOs-
I ing number of call-slips in which
YOU ask prompt replies. | am doing
/ the best / can in these matters but the
number of calls is SO great that it is
| impossible for the Office to keep up
with them.
From the LIST to the 18th inst. inclu-
! siVe there were over 1900 congress
/ sional calls received. Tohave answer
ed these calls would have prevented
! the transaction of any other business
| i'm the Divisions. The business of the
| Office is so immense that | am forced
| TO delay responding to calls so as to
keep up the work of adjudicating
I claims.
! We are now issuing over 1900 GER
/ tificates per day. L aim to issue 3d.
! 900 certificates per month during the
balance Ofthe fiscal year. Very truly
yours,
GREEN. b. RAUM, Commissioner.
The following communication reach
ed us Wednesday through the mails.
There was no signature, but as it was
evidently written in good faith we
suspend the rules and print it,:
MR.. EDITOR:
Dear Sir-Please give me space in
your paper for few lines. | have
noticed on the streets for the last
month or so, great deal of work GO
! ing on. Not one cOlOred man did see
at work. | asked some of them why
/ it was that the poor white men could
get work to do at the public works
/ and the cOlored men could not. They
said "they could not see through it,
/ for they had to live and pay their tax
/ es as well as the whites They said
"they had asked for work and had
been refused | said to them, 81
guess they would not refuse to take
your vote when voting time comes
around" "NO, "they said, "they will
come around then hunting us up for
our votes" | said TO them, ''yOu are
no more foreigners or strangers but
fellow citizensOf lola, and if they can't
( see you except when they want office
/ would let them know | was not a
stool pigeon any longer"
! We noted last week the issuance of
marriage license to Mr.. John C..
! Wehmeyer and Miss Fanny b. NOOr-
HES, of Usage township. From
the following paragraph from
! the Moran Herald it would appear
that the wedding was consummated,
but only after difficulties which prov
ed the groom to be of the stuff the old
knights were made of. The Herdtd
says:
The groom, in crossing the Usage,
III company with his brother and sis
ter on their way to the we'd
ding, were thrown out of their
conveyance and into the water,
by the horses taking fright and turn
ing around and over the rock crossing
below. The groom swan out carry
ing his sister with him on the side
they went in. No one was hurt. The
groom then crossed the stream wad-
ing and swimming, and then walked
to Mr.. VOORHEES, and was married. 1t
was very narrow escape.
Pledsdnt0n Observer: Chas. +.
Scott, of the lola REGISTER, and ID.
\. Valentine of the Clay Center Times,
two red haired editors, are cOllabOra-
ting to prove that red hair is not a
sign of quick ungOvernable temper
but on the contrary it is evidence of a
frank and loving disposition. We are
inclined to believe this, in these two
cases at least, for there are no papers
i'm Kansas conducted with more cour-
tesy, fairness and cool judgment than
the REGISTER and Times.
The local contest in defamation an
nounced last week will be given this
evening at the Opera House. The fol-
lowing are the names of those who
will appear on the program: Blanche
Richards, Della Irving, AIDA Gray,
Anna Moore, Grace Beck, Eta Crow
ell, Jennie Kelso. These names prom
Use an excellent entertainment and ii
is hoped the house will be filled. Gen
eral admission 10 cents. Children and
school children cents. No reserved
seats.
Mrs. c. f. Walker, vice-president OF
the executive committee of home mis-
sions of New York, will deliveran adj
dress at the Presbyterian church
Tuesday evening March l, at 7:3C
O'Clock. A collection will be taken
for home missions. Mrs. Walker is
talented and interesting speaker and
should be greeted by a large audience,
4 cordial invitation is extended to all
and especially to the workers in other
churches.
DIR. Tozer finds that the work of his
dental office is growing to be too Sc
we're tax on his strength and so he
has persuaded DIR. A. I. Crow to give
I'D his office in Cherryvale and come
here to assist him. DIR. Crow has had
careful and scientific training as a
dentist and his work gives excellent
satisfaction. We are glad he is to re-