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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
PARTY ORGANIZATION.

TIE Necessity of an Aggressive Campaign
A Thorough Republican Organization
Must Meet the Foe, Whether 1t APP
proacsies Alone or Under the Banner OF
Fusion.
The republicans OF Kansas are called
upon this year to wage a most thorough
and aggressive campaign. The party has
always been equal to any emergency
that has arisen. It has bounded over
what seemed to be insurmountablc bar
riers and appeared in the sunlight of
victory amid the huzzas of the people.
1t has been put to the test time and
again and has never been found want
ing. 1t has never failed when it was
united and aggressive.
The party has nothing to apologize
for before the people. 1t is proud of its
record and willing to stand by it and
upon ii. Eight years ago the party
was defeated by the slogan turn the
rascals out" and after four years of
effort the democrats could find nothing
in the record made by the republican
officers that would offend the people
The character of the party was assailed
and indicated. and it was then re-
turned II administer the affairs of
this country. Two years ago the par
y in Kansas was likewise aSsailed
10y Z diseased public mind that had the
clement Of contagion. Kansas suffered
aid all the people know it. The lead
ers wee dishonest demagogues, and
he people know it. The state of Kan
sas was brought into dis-epute and
rLandered. and all the people know it.
Kansas must be now redeemed as was
the nation four years ago.
TO compass sucdess and that victory
may perch upon The banner of repub-
licanis-n in Kansas, the party needs
the strengthening cordial of organiza-
ton thorough and complete. Organi-
cation OF state. of counties and of town
ships should he made without delav
II there he fusion to fight the party
must be prepared to successfully com
bat it. To defeat the combination of
democracy and the alliance it will only
require the telling of the truth in a
convincing manner. There is no princi-
pie in fusion and it must fall ON ac-
count of its own weakness. BY q strong
organiza ton the truth may be dissent
mated The rank and file of the party
are willing and energetic and will
take a lively part in all party councils
and conventions. With platforms of
The right ring and good, Sean. strong,
:self-corfGent and sclf-sustaining men
nominated. this, with proper organiza-
ton. viii insure republican success,
fusion Or no decentralization News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
RHODE ISLAND ELECTION

Ne Election of Governor BY the Peoples
Although the Republicans Lead - The
Legislature RepnbIiczsn, Which Insures
That Party the state Ticket and Return
of AIdrlch to the ssRsse.
PROVIDENCE, K T., April 7.-iS re-
quires fifty-four nexabeYS of tie leQisia-
ture to elect on joaat Sssllos and the
republicans have al present SfsyOne,
with every prospect Oh Ess7iRg elected
six more.
The city of Provideace vess demo
cratic by about 400 nIajpritg, 5xt the
city assembly is in doubh
Pawtnclet was carried BT she Aeno-
Gratis by about 100 majority
At l o'clock a. N. the IetllursA show:
Brown. republican, 23.170; Burton, peo~
Pies 176; Gilbert, prohi kitiont LII;
Nsrfell, democrat, 22,0721 totas vote
&c, $50
The democratic assembly ticket in
Woonsocket is elected by thirty, but
the Pawtucket assembly ticket. Is in
doubt. The vote polled was tkR-largest
IN the history of the state The result
is surprise to everybody and shows
that there are several thousand people
in the state whom the party managers
can never locate
The election in Newport has been a
hot fight and Indications point 10 the
election of the full democratic legisla-
tive ticket. One ward is yet to be heard
from which probably will not change
she result.
The town of Lincoln elected six re-
publican assemblymen thus assuring
tine republicans at least 81 votes on joint
ballot. Aldrich will return to the SEN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
A FAMILY CREMATED.
Nine Persons Burned in their Dwelling at
Fort Madison, Ia.

Fort Madison, IA.
FORT MADISON, Ia, April I'm a.
holocaust Tuesday night in the west
end of the city nine persons were burned
to death. They were: S. V. Kitchen,
80 years of age; Mrs. S. V. Kitchen,
so years of age; three children 1, 3 and
years of age; Miss Sidney Day, sister
of Mrs. Kitchen, aged IS; August Kne-
meyer, Il boarder, aged IS; Samuel
Kitchen, brother of the owner, aged 20.
No cries We're heard from those in the.
building and they all persisted in the
flames.
At 1924 Santa Fe avenue stood two
story building owned by 5. V. Kitchen,
the upper story used as a dwelling by
the owner and the lower occupied by
the general store and meat market of
Mcintosh * Pease. At 11:45 o'clock the
building was found to be on fire. About
two minutes later a terrific explosion
shook the building and the flames burst
out furiously.
1t is supposed that some kegs of pow
der stored in the building exploded and
destroyed the narrow stairs inside the
building from the second story, thus
cutting off all hope of escape. The.fire
burned very rapidly as the nearest.
hydrant was four blocks away and be-
fore connections could be made the
building was doomed.
A dwelling owned by John Knock was
also destroyed, but with no loss of life.
The origin of the fire is a>nlystery-
When the store closed at 9 O'Clock there
was very little fire left in the store.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15

are in debt it is not the fault of the gov
eminent. 1t has treated them royalty.
1t is not true, moreover, that shy
lock- has all these mortgages on Kan
sas farms. The Jay Goulds own nc
Kansas mortgages, but these risks are
held mainly by estates and represent
the investment of trust funds. Further,
it is shown by the census that 45 per
cent, almost one-half, of Kansas mort
cages are held by residents of the state.
But little over one-half the assessed
acres of the state, 5SA per cent, are
mOrtgaged, 412l being free of debt.
The farm mortgage debt of the state is
but % per cent. of the value of all the
farms of the state and but 4s per cent.
of the value of the mortgaged farms.
The average debt to each mortgage is
SS60.96, and the average value of the
security s1,797.9O. At an average inter
est rate of eight per cent. the interest
charge against each mortgage is SGS.S8
per annum. The average yield of an
acre of wheat last year was s11.45 and
it required the product of six acres to
pay the interest on the debt. The
product of the rest of the farm went
towards providing living expenses and
paying the principal of the debt The
value of the products of Kansas farms
last year was two million dollars more
than the total farm mortgage debt of
two years ago. We venture to say that
not Il tenant in Ireland would ask for
any grander opportunity than is offcred
by agriculture in Kansas under our
present financial system to every honest
and industrious tiller of the sOil.-Capi-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
A CALAMITY YOWL.
y Islander on Kansas Farmers Promptly
RepelIed-Facts Plainly stated.

a Islander on Kansas Farmers Promptly
RepelIed-Facts Plainly stated.
We clip the following yowl from a
late issue of the Topeka Calamity Ad-
vocate:
England has mortgages on Irish lands to the
amour; Of SSn,0J00J0 A. an average interest
of Eve per cent. this would make an annual
tribute OF $40 900 000a from the little island
to the English capitalists. As the population OF
ireland is 5.o00000, this would make an annual
interest charge OF - per head or $40 per family
10 wonder the people are poor.-National Trib-
Une
Tha: IS nothing. Kansas can double discount
Ireland According 10 the llSE United States
census, Shylock has mortgages on Kansas LANDS
10 the amount Of S2f3 1854 The population is
but l,i2'.016 Al an average interest of ten per
cent this would make an annual tribute of
'S24, Sli6>l 80 year from the people OF Kansas
10 ShylOck. or an annual interest charge Of S1T
l'cr head. or So per family aud yet we are told
by the Old parties that we are the most prosper
Gus people in the world-Peop.e's Voice.
Let's see about this. Two years ago
the indebtedness against lands in Kan
;sas. aside from city property. was $167,-
600, 090. This is an average of 81. 81 of
debt for every assessed acre in the
state. The area OF farm lands in Ire
land is 15.G0O,O0G acres against which.
from the above quoted report. there is
= debt OF $50 an acre The Irish
family owns no land and is tenant of
from FIRE 10 twenty acres, receiving
eone-thiud OF the crop. The Kansas
family owns, subject 70 the mortgage,
100 acres Of the best land in the world
OF this debt seventy-five per cent. was
incurred as purchase money, the money
lOaner being In a sense the partner of
the farmer n his purchase. Another
fundamental distinction between the
Irish tenant and the Kansas
owner is the fact that substantially the
whole farm area of Kansas was given to
farmers by the government and it has
now increased in value more than a
hundred fold. OF this beneficent home
stead law, unparalleled in its generosity
to settlers, the land commission some
years ago said: 1t protects the gov
eminent, fills the states with homes,
builds up communities, and lessons the
chances of social and civil disorder by
giving ownership of the soil, in small
tracts, to the occupants thereof. 1t was
copied from no other nations system.
1t was originally and distinctly Amer
lean and remains a monument to its
origins. orS." Ii the farmers of Kansas
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
THE JACKPOT.


Blythe Philosopher of Yellow Paint Creek,
sauntered down through Europe,
wandered up the Nile,
l sought the mausoleum where the mummied
Pharaohs lay;
found the seulptured tunnel
Where quietly in style
Imperial sarcophagi concealed the royal clay,
Above the vault was craven deep the motto
OF the crown:
WHO openeth a jackpot may not always rake
il down"
It's strange what deep impressions
Are made by little things,
Within the granite tunnelng 1 saw a dingy
cleft.
II was a cryptic chamber.
drew and got four kings,
But on a brief comparison laid them down and
left
Because upon the granite stood that sentence
bold and brown:
Who openeth a jackpot may not always rake
down
I made this observation:
A man with such hand
Has psychologist feelings that perhaps he
should not feel,
Butt was somewhat ratified
And in foreign land.
And had some dim suspicious, as 1 had not
watched the deal:
And there was that inscription. too, in words
that seemed to frown:
w no openeth Jackpot may not always rake
i down "
These letters were not craven
In Angio-SaNon tongue;
Perhaps il you had seen them you had idly
passed thcn by.
studied erudition
When was somewhat young:
1 recognized the language when It struck my
classic eye:
saw maxim suitable for monarch or for
clown
who opeaeth a jackpot may not always rake
:: down"
Dctes:ir- metaphysics
Iciluot help but put
a philosophic moral where think il ought TO
nIag:
I've seen a boom" for office
Grow feeble at the root,
Then change into a boomet-thel into boom
crar-.
In caucus or convention, in village or in
Town:
who openeth a Jackpot may not always take
Il down"
Eugene Ware in Kansas City Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
THE OLD AGREEMENT.
The New Modus VivcnsEi said to BE Prac
ticafiy the Same the Ono of Las
Year,

The New Modus YivcnsEi said to BE Prac-
ticniiy the same rs the Ono of Last
Year.
WASHINGTON, April s.-Sscretary
Blaine said yesterday in response to an
inquiry ON the subject, that an agree
ment had not been finally concluded
to a mOdus vivendi in BelIring sea pend.
ing the settlement by arbitration OF the
jurisdictional rights of the United
States in those waters. He declined,
however, to say anything in regard to
the condition of the negotiations
The departure of the president from
the city at this time is regarded as spec
tally significant in view of a statements
attributed to him that he would mt GO
away until the question of modus vi
vendi had been settled one way or the
other. His departure taken in con 1ITa-
ton with the fact that he had long
conference with the British minister
and one with Secretary Blaine, gives
more semblance of probability TO
the belief in certain quarters tIGss
an agreement has practically been
reached by the president and the Brit
ish minister for a suspension of pelagie
sealing in Behrirg sea and that the
basis of agreement has been cOmmuni-
Gated to Lord Salisbury for his action.
As it is not likely that the British pre-
mier will dispose of the matter for
several days, the president probably
thought he could avail himself of the
interval for a few days recreation.
The agreement so nearly concluded is
said substantially to be the same as the
modus vivendi of last year that expires
on the oath proximO, the catch of the
North American Commercial Co. ON the
seal islands being limited to 1900. The
president. it is said, insisted that this
allowance was necessary for the sub
sistence of the natives
Active preparations are now being
made at the navy and treasury depart
ments for the despatch of vessels to
RphriuCr Spa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
EAtal Floods.

CoLUMRrs, Miss, April s--One of the
heaviest rains in years fell here Wednes-
day and the Tombigbee is on a big
boom. II is two feet higher than was
ever known before and still rising al
the rate of half foot an hour. The
river rose very rapidly without warn
ing and several negroes were drowned
before they could be rescued The city
has been sending out relief boats all
day and hundreds have been brought
here, who otherwise would have been
drowned.
No trains have left here either way
on the Georgia Pacific road in two days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
DISCOVERY DAY.
The Entire Country Asked to Participate
I'm the One Hundredth Anniversary, Octo-
her

in the One Hundredth Anniversary, Octo-
Der IL.
CHICAGO, April S.-President Bonney,
of the worlds congress auxiliary of the
Columbian exposition, has issued an adj
dress regarding the celebration of dis
covery day, October IL. That date-the
4O0th anniversary of the discovery of
Americas to be celebrated in Chicago
by the dedication of the exposition
grounds. The congress asks that the
whole continent participate in the
recognition of the day.
The address says that the day of the
finding of America should be celebrated
everywhere in America, and makes the
further suggestion that this universal
celebration be systematic, pervaded as
far as possible by single idea of lead
ing national significance. The address
accordingly proposes that the most
representative institution-the public
school-be everywhere the center of
the local celebration. The schools
of the United States are requested
to celebrate the day in their various To-
calities, and to make this possible the
worlds congress invites the cO-Opera-
ton of educators and teachers through
out the nation. The press is asked to
enlist itself to make a systematic cele-
bration general. The address suggests
that at least one feature of the exer-
cises be identical in both exposition ded-
ication and local celebrations.
President Bonney and the national
body of supcrintendents of education
have jointly appointed the following
named executive committee to promote
the celebration and prepare a uniform
programme for use in all localities:
Francis Bellamy, of the Youths Com
paniOn, Boston; chairman, and the fol-
lowing named state superintendent of
education: j. w. Dickinson, Massachu-
sets; T. b. Stoclkwell, Rhode Island;
w. K. Garrett, Tennessee; W. C. Hewitt,
Michigan. This committee will also,
through state superintendent of educa-
ton, solicit the governors of the, states
to proclaim October II a holiday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
RUSSIA. REWAREl
American Citizens of Jewish Faith Must
BE Protected.


BE Protected.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The joint reso-
luton agreed upon by the committee
on foreign affairs calling on the presi-
dent for information as to whether, by
operation of the Russian laws concern
ing Jews, any American citizens of
Jewish faith are subjected to restric-
tions which violate the treaty between
the United States and Russia, was yes
terday reported to the house by Repre-
sentative Chapman. a report prepared
by Mr.. Chapman to accompany
the resolution says that its sub
ject is of great concern to the people
of the United States. Every citizen of
the republic is entitled, at home and
abroad, to the exact treatment and pro-
lection which are the full right of citi-
zenship under the constitution and our
treaties with foreign powers. Our gov
eminent can make no distinction based
on creeds or birthplaces of its citizens;
nor can it permit such distinction to be
made by foreign powers. The peculiar
laws and ordinances of the empire of
Russia have created great uneasiness
among American citizens of Jewish
faith. Whatever we may think of these
regulations, as part of the domestic
policy for the government of Russian
Jews, we cannot tolerate their applica-
ton to any American citizen, of any re-
ligious faith or race. AS between Rus
STA and the United States they are sim
ply inadmissible if they are designed to
control the conduct or TO define the
rights of any of our people who resort
to that empire for the peaceful purposes
of commerce or for any other purpose
recognized by civilized nations
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
The .Rinner. Held.

MELBOURNE. Australia, April S.-The
jury which has been investigating the
killing of Mrs. Deeming returned YER
dict of murder.
The coroner said that the evidence
against the prisoner was entirely con-
elusive and clearly pointed to his guilt
of the terrible charges against him.
The coroner intimated that Deeming
would be placed on trial for the murder
of his wife on April -. and added. Il
shall now issue a warrant"
The prisoner in an insOlent tone re-
piled: You can put that in your pipe
and smoke it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
EIGHT MEN INJURED.
fr Was Caused BY the Explosion.of . Loco
motives Boiler.

LONG ISLAND CITY, L. l. April r.
About 9:30 this morning, 1;the yard Of
the Long Island railroad, engine No. 40
suddenly blew up with a. tremendous
report. Eight men were injured, sew
eral of them, it is thought, fatally.
The locomotive was completely wrecked
and pieces of the boilerr and iron work
hurled in every direction +or q, dis
tance of many yards The men
injured We're struck by tEaese flying
pieces or badly seald.<d.
The engineer and iremaE. were blown
a considerable distance .arai,are among
those supposed to haze heens fatally in
jured. The men were picked up and
carried into the shops vfere theS were
attended by a lalf dozen physicians
from Long Island city and Green Point
The cause of the accident Is believed
to have been tire lOWaess- q the vratsR
in the boiler
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
Expre,S ,iessen,ers Descbargs<,.

ST. Louis. April Since April l the
Southern Express Go. has discharged
about nineEy express messengers for
being me nbers Of she Messengers
Brotherhood. The usove was entirely
unexpected TO tire members The Pacific
and the Cnitet States companies have
been folk wing tie examples set By the
Adams company in discharging the
brothe4lfsoOd men and filing their
places 18th nOn-union messengers The
work has been done very quietly and
the officials admit that the discharges
had been and were being made almost
daRy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
Pener's stump speech.

Senator PETER has introduced bill
entitled "A bill for creating fund for
the payment of pensions ard for setting
our army of idle laborers at work on
extensive public improvements; for re-
moving the strongest incentive of crime
among the poor and vice among the
rich: for protecting Americans from the
influx of undue alien competition and
for other purposes"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
A Tornado Strikes Olean, \. Y.

CLEAN, \. Y, April IA terrific tor
nado struck this city last night, wreck
ing ten houses and a church. One
woman was killed and number of peo-
pie seriously injured. There were six
teen people in the church when STUCK,
which was carried twenty feet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
Wife and Children FouIIy Slain.

BELFAST, April ALLAN Spiller be-
came enraged at his wife last night, and
battered her head into Jelly with a
hammer. Then he turned upon his two
children and struck them again and
again with the hammer. Death soon
ended their torture.
The Progress., 1892-10-15
1hey call u bicycle "the devils chariot
in Turkey, and the sultan forbids its use.
GRAND REUNION or CONFEDERATE
VETERANS

CoNRADFs -Calcasiru Camp No. GP,
nitcI Confederate Nrtetan- have or
uuiZ.d u Grand T,nniun of all Coufptipr-
& Veterans OF This uaiish aud south
'rSt L'ui-iann. 10 BE- held October u
1892 which will IL. Columbus Day. or fin.
400 h Anniversary of The discovery Of
AmericI by Christopher Coumhus
hi- day viii lie observed NIL over the
united states as u nHtiOial holiday.
W" propose 10 erect "A camp in one Of
th" bcnuiltul groves thif urfonnd our
city, where nj the old Confederate sol
di"rs wil be fed and sh.lt' rcd. thus
ringing back the memories ot the days
FROM 1861 to 1866 when we stood Together
for cause W" AL loved so we'll
Around the campfire, on the night of
the 2h,h. We propose tn meet each other
wih the hearty hand shake aud re,.oint
ttr scenes OF DygOne dnyS--the story uf
march. b'vouac aud battle, OF Ilugt. ~ of
held ANA Hood. OF trInls through heat aud
c"d. ti II word. % hHvr one more good
OLD tonledrrat rally before we pass
aHa Y IiItr III Great Beyond.
very CUufedriate 90 der. whether en-
~ lc' or net I'm the organization of
L ned Confedt rate NpIpraus, Is cor
daily invited and urgently requested ~
attend.
Arrangements viii be- made with rail-
roads 10 give reduced rates over thrir
iin"s
Distinguished ex-ConfcdeTate generals.
anI"il.. whom will De Gen. Gordon. com
Hatdrr ~ '.hief of the United Corfptpr-
al" Veterans; Gen. MonrrnUn. adIuiaut
gene al. Ge' :. Lsmnn, Benuicgad, III Il
hush Zee, Early, Nirh,lis AID others,
are "xp"ci-d To he in atfer dance. Mrs.
Jthtrron Davis aud CauShier, MIss VIM
ME, are inv ted.
Eloquent speakers will be present and
deliver addresspS
Como, aud induce al your comrades ia
come With you, aEd isIe-t Il soldier 5 we.-
come. w. n. ALUEHTs0N,
JrHN MCCORMICK,
THns. X, EINPs1Ea,
w. l.. HUTCIiISs,
q. NJ. GUsS' TT,
JOSEPH LANDRY.
IL. Il. SrODDAip.
Arrangement Committee
The Progress., 1892-10-15

Clay. Gr Cchurz's idea has never been
carried out.
Tho number Of persona! "reminiscences
oi mcu who have been in public life J..
great, and the tendency is to increase them.
Some of item are works of extraordinary
interest. being quite as fascinating rs ro
u1ucos; hGt uf all the men who have been
promincrt in public affairs and who have
conceived tie idea Of writing comprehen.
sjve roitcui history, only two have given
40 th, world works Of permanent value.
Old Bullion Benton, ~ he was called,
the fathCr-ln-law of John c. EremOnC,
wrote 3ftcr his retirement n political his.
tory c.tCudiuE from 1920 to lSj0-a work
that bas been of immense value to states
mpn uId politicians since. JamesG G.. Blaine
Cun;!aaCu the narrative, taking the polit.
ical history as it was made under his eyc
down 10 le.0. Benton's volume has littic
literary skill. while Blaile's is superior ia
tins respect; but the young man who reads
them tcth understandingly will have in
mind information which il better than
anything which he can gather in the polit-
ical year Look. l.. j. EDWARDS.
The Progress., 1892-10-15

III you waut to bs u truo Ameri-
can citizen, You must know how T.
cast your vote. You can not do this
and read only one side Of the ques-
ton. The Battle Flag is Peoples
party paper and believes that neither
of the old PARTIES will reform because
they deny The need of reform. Send
s1.CO to }. A. Tets at Robeline, and
set the battle Flag one year.