The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
The regular time for the first meet.


cial club the meeting was held in the
afternoon. The council organized by
appointing committees as follows
Streets and Alleys, Kreuter, William
son, Hart; Finance, Williamson, Han.
kins, Kreuter; Public Grounds, Hart
Hankins, Harris; Judiciary, Harris
pointed and the council confirmed tie
following: Clerk, w. A. COwan
Treasurer, w. j. Evans; Attorney, L.
S. Slower; Marshal and Street Com
missiO ner, II. S. Moore; Assistant
Marshal Jas. McNutt; Sexton, John
Thomas. The appointments are all
excellent ones and will be general
ly approved. AS will be seen, the
new administration has combined in
one person the offices of city marshal
and street commissioner, and has
given this person an assistant. The
expectation is that Capt. Moore is to
be on duty during the day and his as
sistant during the night. The as
sistant will be really night watch,
remaining on duty the entire night.
By this arrangement the city will be
more securely guarded than it has
ever been before. An examination of
the expense of the city marshal and
street commissioner shows that dur
ing the past two years they have cost
the city about SIS month. This sal
ary can be divided between the two
officers under the new arrangement
and afford US several hours of addi-
tional protection with no additional
expense. We believe the scheme is a
good one. The council will meet to-
morrow night to receive the bonds of
the new officers.
The Kansas City Commercial Club.
which has been travelling over Kan
sas by special train all week, was due
to arrive at lola last evening at 7:30
and remain till 10. A committee
composed of Geo. A. Bowlus, c. HI.
DeClute and G. Kreuter was appoint
ed to meet them at Yates Center, and
upon their arrival here they were to
be met by the band and numerous
citizens at the depot and escorted to
the Opera House, where brief speech
es were to be made and the remain
der of the evening spent in getting
acquainted. The Marble Company
expected to have samples of our side
walk and building stone ON exhibit
ton, and Mr.. Pryor had arranged
unique illumination by running gas
into the pipes which fence in our
park. We go to press too early to re-
port all these things but we have no
doubt the program was happily car
ried out. 1t was expected that the
excursionists would number about as
gentlemen, representing all branches
of the wholesale trade of Kansas City.
The object of their trip was to see
their customers and get acquainted
with them. Their stop here was one
of the longest made anywhere during
their six days trip, and we trust they
enjoyed every minute of it.
The papers are always talking about
our distinguished friend, Col. w. G.
Jones. Here are some interesting
and poetic remarks from a late issue
of the Star:
Now that Mr.. "Bill'' Jones of lola,
Kas., has pranced into the arena at
Washington, it may be safely said
that the martial music of the Demo-
cratic conflict has begun. For Mr..
"Bill" carries with him brass band
which has made him famous i'm Kan
sas and which cannot fail to be heard
in Washington. Mr.. "Billr told bis
friends in Kansas just what he is 60
ing to do at Washington. He explain
ed the details fully so that there
would be no mistake. Being one of
the "exesn does not discourage him i'm
the least, but the resonant clash of the
cymbals and the blare of the brass in
his band rises above the fury of the
storm. If he has Joined the stalwarts
and they say he has-Senator Mar
tin may as well burn up his senatorial
commission, break his ebony cane on
a lamp post, come home and dust
off his desk on Kansas avenue.
Tuesday was bad day for wind
storms, both Kansas and Missouri
suffering severely. The little town of
Parker was almost totally destroy
ed, and a number of persons killed
and injured. The tornado proceeded
in a nOrtheasterly direction doing
more or less damage clear across the
State and Missouri. The only dam
age in this county yet reported was
done just east of lola where the barn
and other eutbuildings on the old
Raymond farm were torn down, and
the house of Mr.. J. l.. Brown moved
about feet off its foundations and
considerably shattered. In some
places the wind was accompanied by
hail which broke windows and by
floods of rain.
Owing to various circumstances
which seemed to make it advisable the
ladies have postponed
the entertainment which they an
nounced for this evening until next
Thursday evening, April 20, at which
time the following program will be
given at the Opera House:
Orchestra
Violin Duet .i......... Misses Reimert.Beck |
The coming style Miss Dolly Harris
Cradle Song. .............M Miss Nellie Shelter.
Orchestra
The Passing of Arthur tableau-with the
boat scene from Tennyson by Miss May
Ewing and others.
Crossing the Bar-Nocal solo. &c. +. Scott
Reading ............ Mrs. Picken.
Recitation. Saxon Grit. ..........Je Jennie Kelso.
20 Blessed Day"-Vocal solo,. &c. F. Scott
Portrait of Hunger
Tableau.
Constitution of the Pleiades
Ice cream and cake will be served
after the program for Is cents. All
are cordially invited.
A remarkable meteor fell near Osa-
watomie last Saturday. 1t struck the
statue of old John Brown, breaking off
the left arm, and buried itself six feet
in the ground stopping only at bed
rock. Is this an omen, and is there
any politics in it? Does it mean that
John Browns soul, which apparently
stopped to feed' some three years
ago, is again ready to go "marching
on"? Or does it mean that since the
soul has stopped marching the statue
which represents the body might as
we'll be shattered? Anyhow we think
our celestial visitor might have pitch