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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
SHORT NOTES.


DE-. FRANCES C. VAN GAsKEN has been
appointed assistant medical inspector
to the bureau of health in Philadel-
phia, after having passed the two
| civil service examinations with distinc-
ton.
| THAT strong story, 1.-THE Silence OF
Dean Maitland" was written by Miss
Tuttrell, a delicate girl, who was
obliged to do most of the work upon
her couch, distressed by the most In
tense suffering.
THE Arizona house of representatives
passed bill giving free suffrage TO
women by vote of 16 to Z. But the
bill to extend full suffrage to women in
Nebraska has been defeated by close
vote of As to ~.
Miss JoGANNADHAM, the first Hindoo
woman to study medicine in England,
was resident medical officer, for time,
in the Edinburg hospital for Women
and Children, and is now house physi-
clan at the Cana hospital, in Bonn
bay.
THE women of this country first
voted in New Jersey when the state
joined the union under the constitution
which allowed women to vote if they
were worth forty pounds sterling.
They were disfranchised after the first
Adams was elected.
Miss OCCALE TURNBRIDGE, aged "a,
of Sheboygan, runs private bank and
street car company and two literary so
cieties, besides looking after a large
property her husband left two years
ago, when he died at the age of 93
years, after three years of matrimonial
felicity.
Mrs. ANNE MOREs, of Mount Pleas
ant, Tex, is president of the First Ma
tional bank of that town. The lady
had for a good while been president of
the same bank when il was operated as
a private concern, and had made
model official: SO that after the change
the directors voted unanimously to keep
her in command.
ONE of the most effective presiding
officers whose powers have been devel-
oped during the last decade is Mrs.
Helen Backus, of Brooklyn. Mrs.
Bacl1us never loses her rare poise and
dignity, and a clear, bell-like voice.
with peculiar vibrant power, aids in
rendering her decisions, and also on all
occasions in making telling little
speeches.
The women of Switzerland have made
arrangements with the Zurich Post, one
of the most prominent Swiss papers, to
issue every fortnight a supplement en-
tirely under the control of women and
edited by DR.. Emil Kempin. The pur
pose of the paper is to discuss the work
of women, to arouse in women feeling
of responsibility regarding the unions,
to justify the cooperation of women in
all human effort, in anticipation of the
time when women shall participate in
politics, and, above all, to give ade-
quate expression to the dignity OF
woman as wife and mother in all her
legal rights
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
THE MAY CROP FIGURES.
a Decrease of Two Per Cent. in the Aver
age-Kansas Lowest of Them All.

a Decrease of Two Per Cent. in the Aver
age-Kansas Lowest of Them All.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE May re-
turns of the department of agriculture
on the condition of winter wheat shows
a reduction of 81 points from the April
average, being 1913 against IA last
month and 81 in May, 1892
The averages of the principal winter
wheat states are: Ohio, IS; Michigan,
IL; Indiana, 20; Illinois, G2: Mis-
souri,, ~: Kansas 81. The average
of these six states. is 6S.3, against 743
in April, being decline of so points
since the first of last month. 1t is s.
in New York and Pennsylvania, against
81 and sS respectively last month; o. in
Maryland and 50 in Virginia. In the
southern states the averages range
from "a in Texas to 90 in North Caro-
lima.
Winter rye, like wheat, has suffered
q decline in condition since last month,
its average for May being s2.7, against
S5.7 for the same date in April.
The percentage of New York is 81:
Pennsylvania, %. Michigan, 50; Hi
nois, ~; Kansas, so. The conditions
have been favorable to termination
and growth in the eastern states, but
have been the reverse in the western and
northwestern.
The average condition of barley is
$50 against 92.S last year. In the states
of principal production the averages
are: New York, %; Ohio, 81, and Cali
fornia, 81. The lowest conditions are
in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Colorado. In California the crop
mas been damaged by overfows and
wet weather.
The conditions have been favorable
to the growth and development of
wheat in the New England, Southern
and Pacific states. In California the
condition mas advanced ten points.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
Their Criminal Records.

Someone writing upon criminality
among women says that the proportion
of women criminals increases among
those women who have to take part in
the struggle for existence, that when
she is subject to the same temptations
that beset man in the battle of life,
she does not withstand them much bet
ter. 1t is further said that when wom-
en- are guilty of serious crimes like
murder of relatives, they exhibit Il WON
derful absence of feeling, great ex-
pertness in lying and deceit to cover
their crimes; rarely, indeed, are the
motives of men murderers so demoniac
as those of women murderers." y re-
cent case in Rhode Island and another
in Georgia substantiate this statement.
Health Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19

one of the grandest in the world, and
must certainly bring to Mr.. French, its
author, worldwide fame. The foun-
tain which for the first time scattered
its crystal sprays abroad on the OPEN
ing day is work of surprising beauty
Mr.. McMonnies, its maker, has builded
so well in this effort that his name will
go up high on the arch of fame, there
to remain throughout all time for all
we know.
In the respect of sculpture this
worlds fair has brought out some
master workmen and has set a new
mark in the western world of progress,
and its beneficial effects will be felt in
our midst from this time forth. Our
people will be educated, our land will
be beautified and our homes will be
frightened through the noble efforts of
our artists and sculptors. Nothing pre-
sented at any of the previous worlds
fairs can surpass the works above men
toned, and Chicago has reason to be
proud of her achievements in this line
There were some queer sights to be
seen about the grounds on the opening
day. People in some instances had pre-
pared themselves against the weak
nesses of the flesh and the cupidity of
their fellows by Juggling out lunches,
folding chairs, etc. They paused
wherever hunger or WEAKNESS over
took them, and, seeking some out-of-
the--way place, planked themselves
down for a feast or a rest. Men
waded about with chairs under their
arms, and women and children carried
baskets and parcels containing eat
ables of every description from Dill
pickles to sugar bon-bons They were
wise, perhaps, for there were many
cases of extortion reported. Exorbi-
tant charges were made in some of the
restaurants, but such a row has been
kicked up in various quarters that the at
tention of the fair officials has been at
tracted and their assistance enlisted to
discourage any further attempts at ex-
tortion.
When the people learn the ms and
outs of the fair there will be few cases
of overcharging to report. There are
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
A WOMAN'S VIEW.
Some Extracts From Private Letter On
An Interesting Subject.
journal

Some Extracts From a Private Letter On
An Interesting Subject.
In your letter of - you touch chord
to which all women workers respond;
'cOme home too exhausted for any
thing but rest-see SO much to be done
that no one else can do" etc. My dear,
women never were made for outside
work-never. If they succeed it is in
spite of nature. For instance, when a
man finishes days work he proceeds
to recreate the vitality for another day.
A woman goes to work to do woman's
work at the end of mans day, mend
ing tailor or mother-in-law does it for
the mani. correspondence imam does his
at the Office or by telegraph), wardrobe
(man orders it as if it was trump
cardl. So woman whose work is worth
anything puts double vitality in the
work outside and burns candle at both
ends in addition.-E. L. Hale had a
good deal to say against woman in her
aggressiveness and being outside of her
lines, etc. felt like calling him to ac-
count. The Lord knows 1 agree with
Mr.. Hale that home is the incest place
for her, but the Lord is in this scatter
ing out of her home and Mr.. Hale
ought to recognize it. Woman was made
to be helpmeet for man. She was
home-help till man ceased to make home
the center, or till homes gave way to
fats, etc. So the Lord said, arise, take
up your bed and walk into the Office,
around this land, and give these men
such help as is meet. Let them see an
other class of women than those they
are after, and tone up their manners
and civilize them-and it is on record
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
CELESTIAL CONTRARANDS.

A Number Refused AdmissIon-Others
Coming-About Three Per Cent. Regis
tered.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-CollectOr Lo-
tan, at Portland. Ore, has telegraphed
Secretary Carlisle that the Danube had
cleared for China with 400 Chinese on
board who had been refused adj
mission to the United States. 1t
is presumed that the Danube will
carry the Chinese back to China,
but they may be dropped off on British
territory. The Tucora is expected
to arrive with 4s1 Chinese on board,
and the utmost care in the examination
of their papers has been enjoined by
Secretary Carlisle upon the government
officials in Portland.
Reports from thirty of the sixty-three
internal revenue districts giving the
number of Chinese who have registered
have been. received at the treasury de-
partment. The receipts show that
3,303 Chinese have thus far complied
with the law
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
PESKY PADRONES.
What Immigrant Inspector Coaklins Has
Unearthed-His Report to the Depart.
ont

What Immigrant Inspector Coakling Has
| Unearthed-His Report to the Depart.
ment.
| WASHINGTON, May 1i.--Immigrant
Inspector Conkling, in an official report
made to the treasury department as to
the violation OF the alien contract labor
law. among other strong statements
| says:
THE padrone system is the most
| damnable, outrageous and injurious to
| American worl1ingmen of any system
that was ever practiced in the United
| States, and there is no denying the fact
that it exists in almost every city of
this country where there is an Italian
colony" The report details how Ital-
ian laborers are brought into this eOun-
| try, coached and instructed on the
journey over, so that when they arrive
by false swearing they evade the in
spectors.
They have no conscientious Scruples
| about perjuring themselves and will
swear to anything necessary to accom-
plish their discharge in case they are
detained" said the report
Mr.. Conkling says the railroad con-
tractor need not be so closely watched
in future in regard to the violation of
the alien contract labor law as the
ItaLan banker and padrone. The
| former, in partnership with tho
padrone, furnishes the money,
and newly arrived Italians are
supplied in hundreds to work on
American railroads to the exclusion OF
usually makes a contract with the rail-
road contractor to feed the hands. A
shanty costs him 500 or so, and he
clears his original investment from the
first months receipts, the balance for
many months being nearly all profit.
The banker thus gets the money he had
advanced to the padrone.
"These Aliens" Inspector COnkiing
says, ''are of the very worst element,
vicious and hard to control: dangerous
to the community in which they reside
and are semi-brutish in their manners
and habits" They work for small
wages and live in manner that Amer
lean labOrers regard as barbarous,
and as a consequence Mr.. COnkling
finds they are driving out labor
ers of other natiOnalitieS in railroad
building. The report was called forth
by instructions issued by Assistant Sec
rotary Spaulding last March, TO look
into the illegal landing of ten Italian
laborers at Ellis island. As 4 result of
two months labor, Inspector Conkling
has arrested Philippe Catone, padrone,
on whose perjured affidavit the ten
Italians were landed. The case is an
important one and viii be tried in the
New York state courts this month.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
HEAVY FLOODS.
Break In the Mississippi River and PIanss-
tions Threatened Near Memphis.

Break In the Mississippi River and PIanss-
tions Threatened Near Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, May 12.-The levee
broke yesterday morning on the Tensas
front at Lakeport, twelve miles below
Greenville, the next place below sun.
nyside landing. The crevasse was 2On
feet wide when the first news came
here from Greenville, Miss. The leree
that has given way was constructed
during the winter season and for the
building of which the supplies and ma
terial required were shipped from this
point. This levee breaking means the
flooding of the lower portion of Chicoto
county, Ark, N which county the cot
ton production annually averages %, ZOO
bales. The back portion of the county
has already been flooded by the water
out of the lower Arkansas passing over
the county and backing up from the
rear.
The levee break may also flood the
upper portion of Carroll parish, Louisi-
ana, rich cotton-producing region, w.
ing in the Tensas basin between the
Mississippi river and the Bayou Macon.
relieved of water in time to make cot
ton crop this year. Parties from above
this city interested in cotton planta-
tions report large areas under water
up above Centennial island and around
Bradleys, twenty miles or more above
this city. 1t means no crop of cotton
for the lands flooded, and nearly all
subject to inundation is now under
water up that way. The river is very
close to the 35-foot mark on the gauge,
and is within seven or eight inches of
the highest on record, which was at
tanned in March, 1890.
A dispatch from Greenville received
at o'clock yesterday afternoon says:
'"The latest news is that the break in
the levee is now over 200 feet wide and
that a portion of Arkansas is under
water. which is flowing toward Louisi-
ana. It is reported that Arkansas City
will be under water by tonight, as the
levees near that place cannot hold"
The outlook is not fattering for any
immediate relief, as the rise is expected
to continue for two or three days yet.
Well-pOsted observers believe it will
reach the level of extreme high water
and it may break the record. A slight
decline has set in at Cairo. The level
there is now three feet scant below the
highest known record.
The lower Ohio river is forty feet
deep, and its decline will be very slow
for some time to come. Meantime the
waters continue to flow across the up
per portion of the st. Francis basin and
is covering that fine country quite fast.
At Pittsburgh 23.6 is reported on the
gauge, rise of about four feet within
a week. The levees along the entire
Yazo front continue firm and will
doubtless hold against the water to
come against it. The Arkansas side,
however, is in jeopardy and it is feared
much damage will result from the
floods flowing over its tillable lands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
AFTER THE OPENING.
Work Actively Resumed at the
Worlds Fair.
Odd Sights and Incidents of the First
Day A Few Hints for Pros
pective Visitors from
Abroad.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

Now that the hustle and confusion of
the opening days of the Columbian ex-
position are over one may draw full
breath and view with some degree of
comfort the condition of affairs at the
fair grounds, and without fear of being
unduly crowded an enjoyable ramble
among the wonders of the magic city
may be INDUCED in. On the opening day,
owing to the vast number of visitors
and the bad weather, anything like an
extended tour of the grounds was next
to impossible, but the rush appears to
be over for the present, and the wealth
er is somewhat more propitiOus, MAX
ing it possible to get about and observe
with better advantage the existing
state of things.
The temporary suspension of activity
made necessary by the inaugural exer-
cises seems to have given the work
fresh impetus, and at the rate of speed
under which things are now being put
TO rights it will not take many days to
get every detail completed. The build
ings themselves may be said TO have
been completed on the opening day, the
only drawback to finished exhibition
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that business places, invaded as they
are, are getting more civilized, and get
ting purified as the theaters have been.
To be sure some go astray, but not the
majority; and it looks to me as if our
Father was behind it, for contact does
educate. would like the law to limit
work to five days-give us the sixth for
our holiday, personal needs or rest, and
Sunday for worship. See the slow dis
migrating of Puritanisn. Even the
skin of the Romanists is cracking and
well, I'll stop-there is SO much to make
one thoughtful the moment one looks
out beyond ones pretty self Do You
remember Macdonald's advice when the
people about you are going too heavy a
pace for you-stop short and alter yours
to suit your own needs, etc / COM
mend it to you.-Springfeld Repub-
liaan
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their nearness to their natural enemy,

their nearness to their natural enemy,
man.
Affairs in the Transportation build
ing are as yet in very unsettled state,
but there are nevertheless some very
interesting exhibits exposed to public
view. For instance, an immense trip
hammer in the southern end of the
building towers away up to the high
roof almost, having the appearance of a
mountain of iron IN its great bulk.
This, however, is a deception, as the
monster hammer is made of wood black
ened over to resemble tho metal.
All the buildings were thrown wide
open to the world on the opening day,
and Notwithstanding the incomplete
ness of the whole affair it was one of
the grandest house-warmings the world
ever knew, and everybody was at full
liberty to come and go at will. Outside
it was not so pleasant. The unfinished
grounds were for the most part a sea of
yellow, sticky mud which adhered to
boots and clothes and rendered walk.
ing anything but pleasant. 1t was no
uncommon sight to see a person plas-
tered to the knees with mud, and as for
patent leather, well they were in it all
over, and no help for it. But the peo-
pie seemed to take it all good naturally
and trudged about apparently unmind-
full of the damage TO boots or clothing
The most striking objects outside of
the buildings were the great statue of
the Republic and the McMonnies foun-
tain. The statue was uncovered for
the occasion and in its new coating of
gilt presented a magnificent sight.
This piece of sculpture is undoubtedly
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being in the exhibits themselves; and
when it is remembered that many Of
them are to come from distant lands
across frozen seas due allowance will be
made for all delays.
In the Manufactures building are a
number of signs over spaces allotted to
foreign countries notifying visitors of
delay in the transportation of exhibits,
notably those of Norway and Russia.
In each case ice blockadeS and unfavor-
able weather have caused a delay of
five or six weeks in the passage, thus
rendering it an impossibility for them
20 be ready for the opening. No time
will be lost in forwarding these ex-
hibits when the roads are opened, and
we may expect to find them all in place
in the course of few days.
There is, however, much to interest
one even in the chaotic state which pre-
walls in the larger buildings. In the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts build
ing, which in itself is a sight worth
travelling the world over to see, some
of the booths and stalls are marvels of
mechanical execution and artistic ex-
cellence. The department of Germany
is exceedingly rich and handsome and
attracts wide attention. Japan, also,
has done herself honor in her exhibit,
which embraces countless gems in pot
terry and bIic-a-brac.
In the center of the buildings sort of
temple the base of which forms an arch
and the central dome of which towers
aloft over every other structure in the
great hall. A large dial on each of the
four sides of this temple shows the time
of day TO the four quarters of the build
ing. Surrounding this temple are some
magnificent displays of architectural
skill in the construction of booths, the
various countries vying with each other
in their efforts to carry off the palm Of
supremacy.
The Government building is in excel
lent shape for the reception of visitors,
most all of the exhibits being in place,
and thus far this building, whose archi.
tectual defects have been so loudly de-
cried By the worlds fair sculptors, is
the center of great deal of interest
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
workIng-woman's Home.

A handsome nine-story, fire-proof
apartment house for women is to be
built in New York this summer and
will doubtless be ready for occupancy
in September. Self-supporting women
who have found that it is a most diff
cult matter to obtain rooms with re-
fined surrounding and adequate service,
at reasonable rates, are rejoicing in the
prospect of realizing their fondest
dreams in this house. Single rooms
with and without bath, furnished, heat
ed and lighted are to be offered at three
and five dollars week: parlOr, sleep
ing room and bath for seven dollars,
and an additional sleeping room for
three dollars more. A good restaurant
will be attached to the house, but
dodgers will not be required to take
meals there. Perfect freedom of action
is to be allowed. and great care taken
to see that none but desirable women
are admitted. The house is to be built
around an open court which will be de-
voted to Horticulture. Mrs. Candace
Wheeler. sister of Mrs. jeanette Thur
Der, of the National Conservatory of
Music. and Miss Janet Lewis are the
authors of this excellent plan, and have
succeeded in forming a stock company,
composed entirely of women, to build
the house.
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THE M'MoNNIEs FOUNTAIN.

on account of its varied and extensive
display. Two of its most striking
features are the big redwood tree of
California, a section of which rears it.
self thirty feet high under he dome of
the building, and the biggest cannon
IN the United States.
Among the other buildings the Fish
cries is more nearly completed perhaps
than any. The aquarial display is no
doubt the finest ever seen in this coun-
try. In each end Of the beautiful build
ing are the tanks containing myriad
forms of piscine life, among which are
specimens mere glimpse of which is
well calculated TO thrill the beholder
with wonder. This exhibit has been
thronged with visitors every day since
its installation, and no wonder, for it is
indeed an attractive sight 20 behold
the denizens OF the deep sporting in
their native element all unconscious of
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restaurants at the fair where meals can
be had at reasonable prices, and they
viii profit in the long run by keeping
their prices down, for they are sure TO
get the bulk Of the patronage. In re-
gard to transportation to and from the
fair there are some things to be learned
which when known viii enable visitors
to save much expense. A few hints on
the subject may be of service at this
time
The railroads terminating or center.
ing in Chicago have nearly all come to
an agreement on rates that vary from
twenty to twenty-five per cent. reduc-
ton on round-trip tickets. So many of
the roads have come down to the neigh
borhoOd Of two cents a mile that others
will be compelled to do so in order to
get passengers. There will also be fire.
quent excursions run on all roads ana
the rates for these viii depend on the