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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
BANDITS OF THE SAHARA.
The Touaregs said tn BE the Worst or All
Organized Robbers.


The Touaregs are the most formida-
BILE band of professional brigands in
the world. They occupy the entire CEN
tral part of the Sahara, from Ghadames
on the north to Timbuctoo on the
south. 1t is impossible to give an ap-
proximate idea of their numbers. DIR.
Supan estimates the population of the
entire Sahara at 100000, and ii is
probable that the twenty-six sub
families of the great tribe of the Touar-
egs number at least 400. 900 souls. All
the trade routes from Algeria and
Tunis, and some of those from Morocco
and Tripoli, pass through their terri
tory. 1t was these fanatical nomaoS
who murdered Miss Time, the hand
some young heiress of Holland, whose
devotion to the cause of discovery led
to her tragical fate iu the desert The
Touaregs murdered the entire Flatters
expedition. They killed a half dozen
Catholic priests who were toiling across
the desert to found missions in the
Soudan. Lieut. Palat, and, n little
later, Camille Douls. both of whom
were undertaking the hazardous jour
ney to Timbuctoo, met death by vio-
lence in the TOuareg country. But
their hand is turned no more against
the whites than against every traveller
in their land who has plumber worth
seizing.
The Central Sahara is land where
violence is supreme, where treachery is
the only law. Not one of the murder
ers of white travellers has been pun
ished. Ernest Mercier and NJ lie Chat
eller have graphically described the
reign of terror in this great region.
Many thousands of Arabs or Arab Ber-
bers who live by camel raising, spend
their lives in the Touareg country or
around its borders. They guard their
herds with arms in their hands. but
very often the guards are killed by a
sudden descent of Touaregs, and the
herds are driven away to enrich the
bandit camps. Only those Arab tribes
are safe that pay heavy blackmail to
be let alone. Trading caravans are al
ways on the lookout for black specks
on the horizon that may indicate the
approach of the desert pirates. As
soon as a suspected group appears in
the distance the camels are collected
and made to lie down, the goods are
piled up behind them, and inside this
double rampant the traders open fire
when the enemy comes within range.
More than half the time the Touareg~
win the day, and the booty that falls
to them they regard as an ample recon-
pense for the losses they sustain. st
Louis Globe-DemOcrat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
Knocked Out on Technically In Massa-
chuSetts.

Knocked Out ON Iechnicality in Massa-
chuSetts-
FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 19.-ln the
Second district court, Counsel Jennings
fled an answer to the complaint charg-
ing the Union cotton manufacturers
with violating the eight-hOur law.
Counsel presented a motion which was
read and filed, which called for quash-
ing the complaint on technicalities.
One important feature of the motion,
which had much effect upon the court,
and which resulted in The discharge of
the defendant, was in relation to the
fifty-eight-hour notices posted in the
different rooms of the mill. The statute
calls for such to be posted in each room,
stating the hours of starting, stopping,
etc, attested by the chief of police and
the Encouragement The latter's sig
nature was wanting in the case and
the court dismissed the defendant on
the ground that there was no obligation
for the mill to run under the schedule
mentioned since it was not properly
signed. The decision is considered inn
portant, inasmuch as all the notices in
other mills are reproduction of this
one.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THE EAST.

Polly FRITsCH, who, in 1859, poisoned
her husband and two children, has been
pardoned from Sing Sing by Gov.
Flower
PEAKE's piano factory, New York,
was on fire recently. Loss, $4,000.
DR. THOMAS CEoIL, of Chicago, was ar
rested in New York for prescribing for
a sick man without securing n New
York permit.
THE ecclesiastical trial of Father Cor
rigan for his attacks on Bishop Wigger
commenced at Newark, \. J., on the
18th.
NEARLY 1000 persons are destitute at
Homestead, Pa
THE twelfth annual session of the
American Federation of Labor began
on the 18th at Philadelphia.
THE will of Jay Gould has been filed
for probate. The estate was valued at
So, 600, GOO.
Two old women. fortune tellers, have
been charged with witchcraft at Will
mington, Del
CORONER MCDONALD, investigating
the alleged poisoning case at Home
stead, Pa, found that deceased died of
alcoholism. The charges against the
late strikers thus collapsed.
hiss SUSAN B. ANTHONY, of Rochester,
n. Y, the well known woman suffrage
advocate. has been appointed manager
of the state industrial school by Gov
Flower.
THE report that Mr. Blaine has en-
braced the Catholic faith is denied by
his family.
IT is said that Father Corrigan has
spurned propositions made to him look
ing to the dropping of the case against
him.
THE strike which was inaugurated
among the molders at the Fowler
foundry of Pittsburgh, Pa, has been
unsuccessful.
GEORGE GOULD has been elected presi-
dent of the Mahattan elevated road. J.
Pierpont Morgan will take an active
part in the management of the COM
pany.
THE body of Patrick Macadury. of
Brooklyn, was found dead in the grain
on the arrival of a steamship at Glas-
gov. He was missed during the voy-
aye anu was no OOuDI acclQeHJallV
smothered.
A COAL operators trust to comprise
the Hooking valley is proposed.
THE Phenixville. pa iron company
has reduced wages ten per cent
PREsIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND denies
that he has offered the secretary of
state portfolio to Senator Hill.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND says that Mgr
Satoli has plenary powers and that
opposition to him will be opposition to
the pope and will not be permitted.
I. EDWIN ELwooD, of Sandwich,
Mass, has been awarded the contract
for an equestrian statue of Gen. Win
field Scott Hancock, to be erected on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, for which
he will receive so, 600.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THE LATEST

AT big fire in Brooklyn a number
of firemen were badly hurt by falling
walls
THE sentiment in Oklahoma is very
strong in favor of local man for gov.
ernor
In the public schools of Cleveland,
O., the examination system has been
done away with.
TREASURER NEBEKER condemns the
present methods of keeping account oi
the issue of paper currency as unsatis-
factory.
COMPLETE official returns from every
state on the presidential election show
that Cleveland's plurality over Harrison
was 2SG, l57
ROBERT BEATTY, charged with the
Homestead poisonings, was held for
trial in the sum of $1,000.
THE supreme court of Indiana has de-
cided that the democratic gerrymander
of 1890 is unconstitutional and that a
new apportionment must be made.
TWENTY-FIVE immigration inspectors
have been dismissed: also n reduction
has been made in the force at Ellis ISL
and.
THE pension payments for the first
half of December has been very large.
amounting to sS,952, 900. The internal
revenue receipts for the same fifteen
days We're s7.672, 900.
A MOVEMENT to check heresy-hunting
is developing in the Presbyterian
church. 1t is considered that great in
jury is done in cases like the Briggs
and Smith trials.
Gov. EAGLE, of Arkansas, has had a
relapse
NINE sidewalk inspectors at Chicago
have been fired" for boodling
A HEAVY flow of gas has been discov-
cred in a well near st. Mary's, o.
A READING coal mine at PottsvilIe,
Pa, has been afire thirty-four years
and is now threatening adjoining mines
MCkIBBEN e POPE, merchants, of Van
Buren, Ark, have failed for $50, 900.
TILES & Co, pioneer dry goods mer-
chants of Fort Smith, Ark. have failed
Liabilities, $4,000; assets. $4,000
A MAIL pouch containing so, 900 was
stolen on the way from Fairbury, Ill,
to Chicago.
MExICo's congress approved the law
granting concessions to intending in
vestors and manufacturers.
ANOTHER Homestead man is dead, and
his friends say he was a victim of the
poisoning plot.
The mints of Mexico are managed by
private parties, who pay per cent to
the government 1t is now proposed to
coin the money directly by the govern
ment
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

LORD RosEBERRY has refused TO inter
cede on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick at Sec.
retary Fosters request, saying that the
matter was in the hands of the home
secretary.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for a report on the condition OF
national banks at the close of business
Friday, December g.
Gov. MCKINLEY, of Ohio, called at the
White house recently and had short
interview with the president
Mr. GLADSTONE is spoken of as likely
to be chosen for the orator at the open
ing of the worlds fair.
The bureau of American republics is
in receipts of information from Guate-
mala that from present indications that
republic will make the best showing at
the worlds Columbian exposition of
any of the Central American states.
THE international Typographical
union is making fight on the worlds
fair for awarding contracts to Conkey
& Co, an unfair printing concern
IT is asserted at Washington that
Hon. James G. Blaine has been baptised
into the Catholic church by Cardinal
Gibbons
EMPLOYEES of the government printing
office now want the eight-hour law re-
pealed.
The outlook of the anti-option bill in
congress is not very bright
1T seems probable now that the Kick
apoo lands will be thrown open to set
tlement early next spring.
REPRESENTATIVE ANTHONY, of Texas,
introduced in the house bill repeating
the act of June II, 1890, granting PEN
sions to soldiers and to sailors and to
widows, minor children and dependent
parents of soldiers and sailors. The
bill also provides that all pensions
granted under the act be discontinued.
THE evil of civilian interference in be-
half of promotion of officers of the
army has become so great as to call for
legislative enactment.
CAPT. II. ID. BoRUP, who was recalled
from France for spying on the military
establishment of that government,
will be detailed for duty at the worlds
fair
SECRETARY NOBLE announces that
there is plenty of money available to
pay all pension demands.
THE United States government has
informed Italy that the restrictions
against immigration apply to all Eu-
ropean points.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THE WEST.

ACCORDING to a statement made by
Cashier George Shotwell, of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad at Cincinnati,
there is a shortage in company funds of
$45,0O0. Shotwen says Freight Agent
McCourt got the money, but both are
suspected
A PILE of bleached bones under a rope
hanging from tree is a mystery near
Boulder, Col Some persons connect
the bones with the Moll tragedy six
years ago, when Moll killed his wife
and her brother said he would be re-
venged on him.
A CIGARETTE smoker died after an at
tack of vertigo at Chicago.
GEN. STEINsoN, eX-deputy United
States marshal, is under indictment at
Denver. Col, for forgery and embezzle-
ment
THE Denver & Rio Grande roundhouse
at Salida, Col, burned Loss, SlO6, 600
The populist members of the Califor-
mia legislature hold the balance and
they vow that they will never vote for
either republican or democrat
ROBERT CORY died at Syracuse, Ind,
of hydrophobia He was bitten by a
dog over a year ago
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

"SANrIUEL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tin Peddler," is the legend which ap-
pears upon the card of Russian COM
mercial traveller in Connecticut.
REV. SAMUEL WAKEFIELD, aged nine
ty-three, and his wife, aged ninety, are
a Latrobe Qnd.) couple who have had
ten children and no death in the family
in sixty-one years.
Edison, the electrician, is satisfied
with cracked wheat and cream for
lunch, and dimes as plainly as if he was
still poor operator who had to count
every quarter he expended.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
Gerrymander Overthrown.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 19.-The In
diana supreme court to-day decided un-
constitutional the apportionment act
passed by the democratic legislature
two years ago, under the provisions of
which the legislature, which will meet
next month, was chosen. The finding
is that the apportionment laws of 1891,
1883 and 1879 are all unconstitutional
by reason of the matters alleged in the
complaint, but the court also finds that
there is a de facto Legislature elected,
qualified to enact law which may
take the place of the law set aside.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
.notbe- Palestine Railway.

JAFFA, Dec 1S.-The first sod of the
proposed roadbed of the Jaffa & Damas-
Gus railroad was turned by Mrs. Pill
ing, wife of one of the directors. The
ceremony was witnessed by the sultan's
delegate, foreign consuls. high Pales-
tine officials and $1,000 other persons.
The railroad will strike Mount Carmel
and the place of Aesdralon, pass
through the valley of Nazareth. cross
the river Jordan, south OF Tiberias and
pass thence over the Haooran plains to
Damascus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

How often has the. cry been uttered in
vainl But there is help for sufferers from
liver complaint and constipation, those ex-
ceedirgly prevalent disorders. A course Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters viii completely
remove them. The malsrious, the rheu-
matte, the dyspeptic and the nervous also
derive uuspeakable benefit from the great
remedy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
August.
Flower

Zone of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. ItrestOred
him to perfect health to the great
astonishment of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Onto
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor gentle action and sOoth-
ing effect Of Syrup of Figs. when in need of
laxat We, and If the father or mother be
coStive or bilious, the most gratifying re-
suits follow its use; so that it is the best.
family remedy known and every family
should have bottle
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
SOME STATE OFFICIALS.

THE path to success for the recently
elected governor of Kansas, Mr.. Level
ling, lay along a canal. He drove on
the Erie's towpath in the sixties.
Ex-Gov. HoYT's death leaves only
two men living who have held the chief
executives Office of Pennsylvania
Andrew G. Curtin and James A. Beaver.
James Pollock and Gen. Hartranft are
two others who have recently died.
Gov. RUSSELL, of Massachusetts,, de-
clined to approve bill fixing his Off
cial compensation at $1,000 per annum,
but signed it when it was made to pro-
vide the higher salary for his successor.
He is now about to become an $4,000
governor, as his own successor.
EX-Gov. CARCELoS, of Maine. now
eighty-five years old, is a rather spry
old gentleman and fond of horses. He
may often be seen behind a spirited
young animal in the streets of Lewis
ton, and he handles the reins with skill.
Twenty-three horses may be found in
his stables.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

MARES GUESS Claire ''Who is that
youg womanl' Marie-"Judging by the
clothes, l should say it was Miss fit. De
troit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

'I'M getting tired Of this injustice" said
the trigger to the barrel. ''YOu are the one
who gets loaded, aud then get pulled on
account Of it t"-Indauapolls Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

CELERY is reported weak in the market.
The stalks we commonly see are absolutely
unable to stand alone, at least out of the
ground.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

RICE was introduced i'm Europe by the
Saracens. 1t IS introduced into the Chinese
with chOp-Sticks.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

DoN'T fool with indigestion nor with a.
disordered liver, but take Beecham'5 Pills
for immediate relief. % cents box
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

TALK about your transformations We
have seen square man turn rOund.-YOnk-
erS Statesman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

"PAPA, did hear you say that money
talksl" ''Yes, Willie j. "Is that why they
have parrots on the backs Of the silver dol
larsfi
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

'Do NOT make an exhibition of your rude
ness, my son. 1t is foolish shOpkeeper
who places his poorest goods in his show
window -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

WHEN the judge pronounced sentence the
criminal is apt not to think much of his pro-
nunciatiOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

TIE profits of the Paris post Office,
which last year amounted to 10000
600, have moved the post Office clerks to
consider what steps they should take
for getting their salaries <aised.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-13
The Infant Industry and the Workingman
Common Sense About Protection.

Common sense ABOUT fcCTecClQn.
The benefits Of protection are some
thing like the sea serpent-they are al
ways somewhere else. The average pro-
tectionist believes that the tariff raises
wages. If you ask him how it raises his
wages he will reply that it does SO in an
indirect way by improving the condition
of some other person. Now there is a
widely accepted principle to the effect
that the tail cannot wag the dog. If
the persons whose wages are directly
affected by the tariff very greatly out
number those who have nothing to do
with tariff taxes, except to pay them,
they may set the standard for the whole
community; but if the direct protected
classes form an insignificant minority of
the total population it is clearly i1npos~
sible for them to fix the rate OF wages
for the majority, 1t is of the first i'm
portance, therefore, to know how many
people are engaged in producing the
things that are supposed to be protected
by the tariff as compared to the number
of people whom the tariff does not and
cannot affect except to their injury
San Francisco Examiner
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-13
c1evelan 4 on the Force Bi1l.

In order to- satisfy large number of
Virginia Democrats, who seemed to
think Mr.. Cleveland was seeking to
evade placing himself squarely against
the force bill, Basil B. Gordon, chair
man of the Virginia Democratic COM
mittee, wrote the ex-president asking
him to explain his position. The follow
ing answer was received:
GRAY GABLES, Is UzzARD's BAY, July9.
Basil B. Gordon, Sandy, Va:
MY DEAR SIR--A1r Quincy has forwarded
your letter to me. am a good deal surprised
and little irritated that any one should have
been so Influenced by INSTRUMENTATION stories
as to make it necessary for me especially to
declare my position on the force bill.
improved every proper opportunity to con-
denim it. regard it as most atrocious meas
ure, and do not see how any Democrat can
think otherwise. Yours most truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
New York World.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-13
a CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
The Tariff Lesson at Homestead Must
Open the Eyes Of Workin gmen.

The Tariff Lesson at Homestead Must
| Open the Eyes of Workin gmen.
The Homestead affair is the most pow
erful and convincing argument that can
be made to disprove the assertion that
| there is no relation whatever between
tariffs and wages. The Homestead ar
gument is SO plain that he who runs can
read and readily discover that the tariff
/ tax enables the manufacturer to receive
a higher price for his product, ostensi-
bly, for the purpose of paying high
, wages to employees. Having had the
price Of his articles increased by legis-
lation, does the manufacturer sit down
to- figure out his excess Of profits by
reason of this special legislation, and
then divide it with his workmen? No,
of course not. The manufacturer goes
into the market and employs his labor
at the lowest possible price. That price
is fixed by the law Of supply and de-
mand and labor unions, without any re-
gard to the tariff, and every employer
Of labor in this country does the same
thing because it is good business man
agement. When men offer to work for
two dollars per day, what manufacturer
pays them three dollars because he is
receiving special benefits? The spectacle
of a mass meeting Of workingmen, such
as was held at the east front Of the cap
itol, passing unanimously set of reso-
lutions calling attention to the fact that
in the face of an increasing tariff tax
the wages Of employees have been re-
duced so per cent, shows plainly that
many workingmen are opening their
eyes and ready to condemn what they
heretofore accepted as a blessing.-Co-
lumbus Post.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-13
TRULY DEMOCRATIC.
Tho Innovation in the Manner OF Motif
flying the Party's Leaders.

Tho Innovation In the Manner OF Motif
flying the Party's Leaders.
It has been the practice to make for
NAL notification d chosen candidates an
almost private ceremonial. The only
part the people have been permitted to
have in transaction essentially public
and directly related to the people has
been the after privilege Of reading
speeches of information and of accept
ance. The custom is to be more hon
ored hereafter in the breach than in the
observance. In the presence of $4,000
Democrats, Cleveland and Stevenson
met the notification committee at Madi-
son Square garden, New York city, and
on being duly informed that they had
been selected as Democratic standard
bearers for the presidency and vice pres
idency Of the united States respectively,
made reply in the sight and hearing OF
the people.
This true Democratic precedent will
undoubtedly establish a new rule for
like occasions hereafter. Had the tradi-
tional custom prevailed this year it
would have been more becoming on the
part of Mr.. Stevenson to remain at his
own home and receive within its pre-
cincts the ceremonious information
whose substance was already in his pos
session. Inasmuch as what custom has
hitherto made, almost private act is
now to he a public one; inasmuch as the
party, in the magnificent audience that
Madison Square garden contained, as
sisted at the official notification cere-
mony, Mr.. Stevenson did right in going
to New York to stand at the side of
Grover Cleveland on glorious Demo
cratic occasion.
On that occasion the first great gun OF
Democratic success in November was
fired. It's reverberation resounded
throughout the country. Its joyful
clamor will be assurance Of victory. -
Chicago Herald.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-13
Let Labor Have 1t All.

The man who asks for a protective
bounty should be compelled to state
what he wants it for and exactly how
much he needs. Ii he will not tell he
should not have any. IF he says he
wants it for the benefit of labor, and if
congress decides that it has a right to
authorize the tax. for the purpose speci-
fed, it logically follows that congress
has legal right to see that labor gets
the tax money that is asked and voted
for it's benefit. If congress has d right
TO put twenty dollars ton tax On iron
for the benefit of labor it has a right to
see that labor gets every cent out of that
twenty dollars.--Erie (Pa.) Herald.