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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
A Matter Of Healta

Housekeepers family realize the
danger of an indiscriminate use of the
numerous baking powders nowadays
found upon every hand, and which are
urged upon consumers with such per-
sistency by peddlers and many grocers
on account of the big profits made in
their sale. Most of these powders are
made from sharp and caustic acids and
alkalies which burn and infiame the
alimentary organs and cause indiges-
ton, heartburn, diarrheal diseases,
etc. Sulphuric acid, caustic potash,
burnt alum, all are used as gas-produc-
ing agents in such baking powders
Most housekeepers are aware of the
painful effects produced when these
chemicals are applied to the external
flesh. How much more acute must be
their action upon the delicate internal
membranesl Yet INSCRIPTIONS manu-
facturers do not hesitate to use them,
because they make very low-cost
powder, nor to urge the use of their
powders so made, by all kinds of allur-
ing advertisements and false repre-
sensations. All the low-priced or So
called cheap baking powders, and all
powders sold with gift or prize, be-
long to this class.
Baking powders made from chemical
" pure cream of tartar and bi-carbon-
ate of soda are among the most useful
of modern culinary devices. They not
only make the preparation of finer and
more delicious cookery possible, but
they have added to the digestibility
and wholesomeness of our food. But
baking powders must be composed of
such pure and wholesome ingredients
or they must be tabooed entirely.
DIR. Edison, Commissioner of Health
of New York, in an article in the Doc
tor of Hygiene" indicates that the ad-
vantages of good baking powder and
the exemption from the dangers of
bad ones in which the harsh and caus-
tic chemicals are used, are to be Sc
cured by the use of Royal Baking
Powder exclusively, and he recon-
mends this to all consumers. THE
Royal" he says, contains nothing but
cream of tartar and soda refined to c
chemical purity, which when combined
under the influence of heat and mois-
ture produce pure carbonic, or leaven-
ing, gas. The two materials used,
cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly
harmless even when eaten, but in this
preparation they are combined in ex-
act compensating weights, so that
when chemical action begins between
them in the dough they practically dis
appear, the substance of both having
been taken to form carbonic acid gas"
Hence it is. he says, that the Royal
Baking Powder is the most perfect of
all conceivable agents for leavening
purposes.
1t seems almost Incredible that any
manufacturer or dealer should urge
the sale of baking powders containing
injurious chemicals in place of those
of a well-known, pure, and wholesome
character simply for the sake of a few
cents pound greater profit; but since
they do, a few words of warning seem
to be necessary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
GUY FAWKES REVIVED.
Anarchist Plot to Blow Up the Austrian
ParIiament-The Bombs Manufactured
in this Country.

ParIiament-The Bombs Manufactured
in this Country.
VIENNA. Sept 2S--In spite of the eff
fort of the correspondents of the news
agencies to belittle the story of the ar
rest N this city on September 23 of n
number of anarchists in a house on
Siebenbrunner street, cabled to the
Associated press. the fact remains the
police did upon that occasion discover
the greatest conspiracy since the time
of Guy Fawkes in England. On Sep
TENDER 90 the police, when they found
in the house on Siebenbrunner street
in this city cases of revolv-
ers, bombs ready for loading,
explosives at hand with which to load
the bombs, and coats with leather lin
ings to which hooks were suspended
to carry bombs; also discovered in
the walls and furniture of the house
where the coats were also found, docu-
ments of most important nature. The
full particulars of the plot discovered
were not made public at the time the
police made the raid, but the Associat-
ed press said at the time it was believed
a great and widespread conspiracy
against the city had been nipped in the
bud.
This, it is admitted by the police,
was correct in every particular, and
they say the investigation made since
September % shows the anarchists in
tended to smuggle a quantity of dy-
Mantle into the underground portion
of the reichsrath, and when that bosy
met on October 10 to blow it sky high
and strike terror into the hearts of the
enemies of the independent group of
socialists, to which the anarchists ar
rested on September % belonged.
Now comes, SO far as the United
States is concerned, the strangest part
of the whole conspiracy. The Asso-
ciated press has already announced the
bombs of the Vienna anarchists were
manufactured according to the for
mula prepared by Herr Most, of New
York. This is not all; the po-
lice of this city claim to be
able to prove their assertion that
the anarchists engaged in the terri
bic conspiracy against the city of VII
emma, were connected with the anar-
chists of Chicago. This is not a po-
lice theory, the authorities say, but
the connection of the anarchists of
Chicago with those of this city, they
insist, has been fully established be-
yond any doubt Correspondence be-
tween the anarchists here and those at
Chicago is said to be in the hands of
the police of Vienna, who, it would
seem, must have communicated with
the police of Chicago on the subject
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
HAWAIIAN GOSSIP.
Excitement Caused by the Report That
Uncle sam VIII Establish n Protect

Excitement Caused by the Report That
Uncle sam VIII Establish n Protect
crate.
HONOLULU. Sept. 81, VIA SAN FRAN
CISCO, Cal, Sept. 29.-Great excitement
has been caused here by reports which
arrived on the last steamer, to the eff
feet that the United States would es-
tablish protectorate over Hawaii and
that an election would be held. The
American colony announced that they
would not be coerced into the farce of
an election. which would give the ma
tives control over the foreigners.
The people here were pleased over
the appointment of Minister Willis, but
the annezationists criticise the APP
pointment OF Ellis Mills as consul-gen-
erel and the provisional government
has been considering the ACCESSIBILITY
OF requesting the United States to re-
call Mills appointment. lie is object
ed to on account of a preference for
the royalist cause he displayed while
here as Mr.. Blount's secretary. The
annexa tionists say that if Mills be sent
here he will be mercilessly snubbed.
An official dispatch received from
Washington states that the Hawaiian
legation there has been assured by
Minister Blount and Senator Morgan
that some action favorable to anneXa-
ton will be taken by the United
SfafaS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement a31
tends to personal enjoyment wasgn
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, VIA
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will stsssst
the value to health of the pure ligzld
laxative principles embraced in tins
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and plesIs-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and trxly
beneficial properties of perfect ME-
alive; efectually cleansing the systsxa,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyErs
and permanently curing constipation
1t has given satisfaction to millions xnd
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the KID
neys, Liver and Bowels without wzzsl-
ening them and it is perfectly free frzn
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drCg-
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is ns.n-'
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed or gEgTy
package, also the name, Syrup OF Eazs
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
SITUATION AT RIO.
The City Again Bombarded by the Rebels
The People Want Foreign Vessels to

The City Again Bombarded by the Rebels
The People Want Foreign Vessels to
Interfere.
LoyDoN. Sept 29-Cable messages
from Rio de Janeiro received yesterday
report that, despite the Intervention of
the vessels of foreign nations in that
harbor or in open defiance OF them, the
rebel fleet resumed the bombardment
yesterday morning with more fury than
ever and in a short time great damage
had been done and several persons
killed.
A special cable message from an
American in Rio denies the truth of
the report that the warships belonging
to the squadron commanded by Adm. de
Meilo were silenced, after opening fire
upon Rio de Janeiro. by the guns of
the land forts at the mouth of the har-
Dor The forts, it is said, were unable
to shell the rebel ships. owing to tn
position the latter occupied, without
taking tremendous risks of dropping
shells into Flo de Janeiro itself
But this was not the only reason
which prevented the forts from firing
on the rebel ships, the forts, the cable
message adding, being almost entirely
destitute of ammunition, in spite of the
statement cabled by the Brazilian gov
eminent to its agent in Paris. saying
that the forts had been completely
garrisoned and supplied, and that the
reason some of the rebel ships got to
sea was because they passed out before
the forts were ready to give them n
warm reception.
The inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro,
continues the dispatch, hoped and are
still hoping for foreign intervention in
their favor. and the commanders of the
foreign warships are said to have been
frequently appealed to on the subject
with no definite result
Allreports reaching the outside world
from Rio have come either from gov
eminent sources or from friends of the
rebels, both sides coloring their reports
TO suit mselves 1t is believed that
the dispatches received by the banking
houses in London have given the pub
lie an idea of the real situation of ef-
fairs
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
William Bell Establishes an Alibi just In
Time to Save His Neck.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept 2L-A re-
markable case OF mistaken identity
was developed here yesterday. Will
liam Bell. under sentence of death for
the murder of Lucinda Harris, commit
ted two years ago. has established his
innocence and been released. Bell
bore the same name and filled the de-
scription of the murderer even to a
scar on his face. He came here for the
first time six months ago. and was at
once arrested and jailed for murder
of which he had never heard. At the
trial he undertook to conduct his own
defense, but told several conflicting
stories and had alleged witnesses who
did not follow instructions in swearing
and got tangled up. He was positively
identified, and death sentence resulted.
Then he appealed to w. II. Woodbridge,
of Memphis, for whom he was working
at the time of the murder here, and
yesterday Woodbridge came with affida-
Wits establishing Bells abb. on which
he was released, thus escaping hang
ing only few days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
AGAIN DEFINED.
The Position of the President on the Fl
uancial Question.

The Position of the President on the Fl
nancial Question.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept 29.-In reply to
q letter from Gov. Northen asking the
president to give his position on finan-
cial matters Mr.. Cleveland has sent the
following reply:
To Hon W. ]. Northen:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Sept
9a-My Dear Sir: hardly know how to reply
TO your letter OF the 9Th inst II seems to me
that l am quite plainly on record concern
ing the financial question My letter accept
ing the nomination to the presidency when
read in connection with the message lately
sent to congress in extraordinary session, ap-
pears to me TO be very explicit I want o cur
rency that is stable and safe in the hands OF our
people will not knowingly be implicated in
condition that will justly make me in the least
degree answerable to any laborer or farmcr in
the United States for the shrinkage in the pur-
chasing power OF the dollar he has received for
a full dollars worth OF work, or for good dol
lars worth of the product OF his toll
not only want our currency to be OF such
character that all kinds OF dollars will be Of
equal purchasing power at home, but want 1t
to be of such a character as Will demonstrate
abroad our wisdom and good faith, thus placing
upon a firm foundation credit among the ma
lions of the earth want our financial con.
Q1tlOnS ana the laws relaIlnB 10 Our currency
so safe and reassuring that those who have
money will spend and invest 1t in business and
new enterprises instead Of boarding it You
can not cure fright By calling IL foolish and I'M
reasonable, and you can not prevent the
frightened man from boarding his money
want good, sound and stable money and a
condition of confidence that will keep ii in use.
Within the limits of what 1 have written, /
am a friend Of silver. but believe its proper
place in our currency can only be fixed by re-
adjustment OF our currency legislation and the
Inauguration of consistent and comprehensive Q
financial scheme 1 think such q thing can
only be entered upon profitably and hopefully
after the repeal of the law which Is charged
with all our financial woes. In the present
state OF the public mind this law cannot be
built upon nor patched in such 9 way as TO re-
lieve the situation
am therefore opposed to the free and unlim-
tied coinage OF silver by this country alone and
independently, and am in favor Of the imme-
date and unconditional repeal OF the purchas-
ing clause Of the so-called Sherman law.
confess am astonished by the opposition
in the senate to such prompt action as would
relieve the present unfortunate situation
My daily prayer Is that the delay occasioned
by such opposition may not be the cause of
plunging the country into deeper depression
than IL has yet known, and that the democratic
party may not be justly held responsible for
such catast rophe. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
PUSHING TO THE FRONT.
Perry in the strip Going Ahead sulphur
ously and Otherwise.

Perry in the strip Going Ahead sulphur
ously and Otherwise.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept. 29.-The new
town of Perry, in the strip, is pushing
to the front in great shape Business
lots are now selling at $4,000 and
strangers are coming in and investing
at lively rate. Since the rain bust
ness has frightened wonderfully. The
town is metropolitan and western to a
high degree, saloons, easy resorts,
dance houses, shows, theaters and all
kinds of sporting rackets abound. The
town is wide open. so to speak.
Gov. Renfrow has issued proclama-
ton making Perry city of the first
class A mayor and municipal officers
will be elected
John Dennis and Henry Jacobs both
of Kansas, were shot and killed in a
saloon to-day, the only fatalities, al
though serious fights occur hourly.
The Dalton gang planned a raid on
Perry Monday night, but the scheme
was abandoned owing to the murder of
Texas Jack, one of their number.
Texas was standing in a saloon and re-
fused to join the bandits, which fact
led to fight and the subsequent shoot
ing of the Texan outlaw.
A woman living on a claim near
Perry, was murdered by unknown
parties the other night Her name was
Herod and she hailed from Farming
ton. Mo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
CECIL AND THE FISHERMEN.
The Merchant Navy In the Time of Good


Queen Bess
When Elizabeth came to the tdrone
the whole merchant navy of England
engaged in lawful commerce amounted
to no more than fifty thousand tons
You may see more now passing every
day through the gulf stream. In the
service of the crown there were but
seven revenue cruisers in commission,
the largest one hundred tons, with
eight merchant briggs altered for fight
ing. In harbor there were still a
score of large ships, but they were dis
mantled and rotting; of artillery fit for
sea work there was none. The men
were not to be had, and, as Sir William
Cecil said, to fit out ships without men
was to set armor on stakes on the sea-
shore. The mariners of England were
otherwise engaged, and in a way which
did not please Cecil He was the ablest
minister that Elizabeth had He saw
at once that on the navy the prosperity
and even the liberty of England must
eventually depend.
If England was to remain Protestant
it was not by articles of religion or
acts of uniformity that she could be
saved without feet at the back of
them. But he was old-fashioned. He
believed in law and order and he has
left curious paper of reflections on
the situation. The ships companies
in Henry Wills days were re-
cruited from the fishing smaclls
but the reformation itself had
destroyed the fishing trade. In old
times, Cecil said, no flesh was eaten
on fish days. The king himself could
not have license. Now to eat beef or
mutton on fish days was the test of
true believer,
The English Iceland fishery used to
supply Normandy and Brittany as we'll
as England. Now it had passed to the
French. The Chester men used to fish
the Irish seas. Now they had left
them to the Scots The fishermen
had taken to privateering because the
fasts of the church were neglected. He
saw it was so. He recorded his owD
opinion that piracy, as he called it, was
detestable and could not last. He was
to find that it could last, that it was to
form the special discipline of the gen.
Grafton whose business would be to
fight the Spaniards But he struggled
hard against the unwelcome conclu-
sion. He tried to revive lawful trade
by navigation act He tried to re-
store the fisheries by act of parliament
Cecil introduced bill recommend
ing godly abstinence as a means to
virtue, making the eating of meat on
Fridays and Saturdays a misdemeanor,
and adding Wednesday as a half fish
day. The house OF commons laughed
at him as bringing back popish mum
meries. To please the Protestants he
inserted clause that the statute was
politically meant. for the increase of
fishermen and mariners, not for any
superstition in the choice of meats;
but it was no use. The act was called
in mockery ''Cecil's fast" and the re-
covery of the fisheries had to wait till
the natural inclination of human stom-
achs for fresh whiting and salt cod
should revive of itself-Froude, in
LCngman's Magazine
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
AN ALLIANCE PROPOSED.
Protection Men of Pennsylvania Inaugu-
rate a Movement for the Formation of
a Strong Combination.

rate a Movement for the Formation of
a Strong Combination.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The speech
of Senator Cameron in favor of the free
coinage of silver continues to attract
attention here, not only because it is
startling and unusual attitude for a
republican senator from an eastern
state like Pennsylvania to take, but
because of the events that are crowd
ing on the heels of that speech in Penn
sylvania. At the meeting of the re-
publican league, at Reading, an at
tempt to censure Senator Cameron for
his course was defeated by two-thirds
majority. An explanation of this
failure to censure Senator Gamer
on. and, indeed. of the attitude he has
taken, was furnished by the intelli-
gence that has reached here that a
movement is on foot among the pro-
tected manufacturers of Pennsylvania
to effect a combination between the pro-
tected interests and the free silver men,
which shall have for its aim the defeat
of the legislation looking to tariff re-
duction and the qualification of the
VESTS demand for free coinage under
modified conditions.
Some of the members of the Manu-
facturers' club, of Philadelphia, led
by James Dobson, the big wooden
manufacturer, and Wharton Barker
the banker, are engaged in circulating
a petition to the senate, looking to a
consolidation of the interests of the pro-
tectionists and the free silverites- Many
signatures are being procured. The
scheme is to defeat the new tariff bill
and give to silver, first, free coinage of
silver upon payment by the owners of
seigniorage absorbing three-fourths
of the difference between the market
(London) price of the bullion and its
coined value; second, the prohibition
of foreign silver for coinage purposes.
except at a seigniorageithatwill absorb
all the difference between the market
price and the mint value. and third, an
international monetary conference, in
Guiding all the nations of the world,
except gold recommendation countries,
for the purpose of arriving at an inter
national agreement.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
THE STRIP LANDS.
Reports That the Best Claims Were Taken
by Persons Who Have No Idea OF Be-
coming Permanent Residents.

Reports That the Best Claims Were Taken
by Persons Who Have No Idea of Be-
coming Permanent Residents.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept. 27.-This
city continues to reap a harvest from
the strip opening and the boomers
The prairie schooners continue to pass
through, some going home. and others,
who have been successful, have gone
back, got supplies and household goods
and are pulling into the new country.
The homes in the new country are made
of stock boards, roof and all and in size
are about 1ox1a feet or 12x14 feet
They are what are called box
houses, but are the poorest kind.
with no batting on sides, and
most of them have dirt floors. In most
cases they are erected by the home
seeker himself and in construction are
as rough as the average barn. Only
few sod houses have been constructed.
1t seems to be about the first thing
majority of the settlers want to do
after getting up house or sod pen is
to go and file: this is why the land
office has had such rush. Many have
only spiked four 2x4s together; others
have plowed few burrows and piled
enough sod up to hide a cracker box,
and some are not large enough to ad-
NIT of cracker box.
A trip overland will convince anyone
that the claims were not taken up by
the farmers who camped along the
borders with his family. his household
effects, his chickens and his cow, but
by the cowboy, the jockey, the clerk
and the young men in general who
have learned to successfully manage a
horse, and who knew exactly where
their claims lay and when they
were on the nearest corners.
This fact will materially interfere
with the growth and population of the
country and the new towns. Already
a number, and in fact most all who
have filed, have asked and been grant
ed the leave of absence, and when this
"leave" has been granted to two-thirds
of the settlers. who will support the
many new towns that are springing up
like mushrooms all over the strip?
If the land had been taken by the
class of home-seeliers who brought
their families along and who intended
to Immediately go upon thu land and
build good homes, fences, barns, dig
wells and cultivate the soil, then the
merchant, the blacksmith, the phys
ician and all the mercantile and pro-
fessional men who have located in
these new towns might have prospered,
out such is not the case, and, for a
while at least, these men must prepare
to live economically and undergo many
hardShinS-