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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
Senator Call Carries His Point

WASHINGTON. April 5-The Senate
has confirmed the nomination of Benja-
min Harseburg, postmaster at Goldens-
dale, Ala, and has rejected the nomina-
tion of II. w. Long TO be Register CT the
Land Office at Gainesville Fla.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06

BENTON. MICH. April Sat high noon
to-day Hon. A. l.. Thurston. Hawaiian
Minister was married to Miss Harriet
r. Potter. OF 81. Joseph. by Rev. H. W.
Davis. at the home Of the brides parents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
RICHMOND. VA. FRIDAY APRIL 1894

his arms about her an kiss her almost un-
interrupted" said the witness.
In order TO show the respCC;ahility OF
Mrs Thrrrfs. with whom Miss Pollard
lived. Judge Wilson brought out the
fact that she was a daUshter of the late
Adjut9nt- General Thomas of the army.
and did not change her name by her mar
riege.
MRS. MrSEAR's MEMORY.
Mrs. Lucitie Minear, who keeps the
fashionable boarding house in Lafayette
Square, was called by the defence to
show that Miss Pollard was In Wash
ington during the last days OF August,
1889, when Miss Pollard swears that Col.
Breckenridge proposed TO her just after
her arrival from a trip North. Col. Breck-
inridgc on the stand denied that Miss
Pollard was IN Washington at the time.
Mrs. Minear said her books showed that
Miss Pollard came to her house on Au-
gust. 81, 1892, and remained not more than
a week. She promised to look up I'm her
record book the date Of her departure
The court then adjourned for the day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
Execution of Prender CAST Further Stayed.

CHICAGO, ILL. April 5-~The execution
of Prendergast has been further stayed
from to-morSw until july I'd.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06

AUGUSTA, GA. April 5.-Senator Pat
rick Walsh will leave Augusta on Sasur-
day for Washington. and expects to take
his seat on Monday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06

OMAHA. NEB.. April 5.-Judse caia-
wells decision In the Union facihe ran
"a wage schedule was rendered to-
, day' II was a complete victory for the
employees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
RANGE or THEkuOMErKk

The following was the range OF the
thermometer al The Times Office }ester-
day: A. b.. e.: u NJ. a: ) y. ~. s2:
r. 81, %. . r. H.. 80; u H.. q. Aver
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
WEATHER ronEcAsr.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 5.--k'oy
Virginia and North Carolina: Generally
fair slightly colder. north winds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06

dernic. and had died from the disease
while Miss Pollard was with the Cowan
family. The witness said he had taken
a trip West In 1872 and the plaintiff was
at his house wher he returned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
FREE ALCOHOL.
Another Complication Regarding
tho Law on This Question.
MISSOURI ODD FELLOWS HOME.
The Winner Hotel and Grounds at Reed
Springs Will BE Converted Into the
Home-ActIon Against the
Missouri Pacific.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-Another COM
alcohol section of the new tariff law.
Secretary Carlisle. owing to the failure
of congress to make the necessary ap-
preparation. is unable to put the law
into effect. Notwithstanding the
secretary's decision, it is contend
ell that alcohol used in the arts.
etc. is free since August s. Users
of alcohol in medicine and the arts
want to know We're they violating the
law in removing the revenue stamps
from the empty barrel. If they were
not they will have no evidence upon
which to base claims against the gov
ernment for the return of duty paid
since the law went into effect. On the
other hand. as the law now stands.
they are liable to heavy penalties. for
not destroying the stamps when the
barrels are empty.
MISSOURI ODD FELLOWS HOME.
LIBERTY. Mo-. Oct. 16.-The trustees
for the Odd Fellows home met here
yesterday and voted for the location of
the home here. The Winner hotel and
grounds at Reed Springs will be con-
verted into the home. The transfer of
the property was made yesterday.
Twelve acres of land go with the hotel.
The original cost of the hotel
was $4,000, and it sold yes
terday for less than one-third
of that amount. The grand lodge
of Missouri paid $4,000 ont OF its treas
ury, and the subscriptions of the citi-
zens OF Liberty and vicinity made up
the rest of the purchase money. The
building is furnished throughout and
will soon be ready to be occupied by
widows and orphans of Odd Fellows in
the state. for whom it is provided. The
grand lodge has an option on nearly
200 acres more around the home.
ACTION AGAINST THE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
BEATRICE. Neb., Oct. 16.-Mandamus
proceedings were begun yesterday by
Railway Co. to operate trains to Be
atrice over the Kansas City branch.
otherwise known as the Wyan-
dotte & Northwestern. Fifty thousand
dollars worth of bonds were issued
on condition that the road should be
continually operated and to maintain
the terminal at Beatrice. When the
Missouri Pacific obtained control of
the road work was begun on terminal
buildings at Virginia. Is miles east,
wher the Rock Island joins. This plant
was put in operation yesterday morn
ing and the Missouri Pacific began
making Virginia their stopping point.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
IRRIGATION COMMISSION.
One Established IL Kansas with Judge j
W. Gregory as Chairman.

One Established IL Kansas with Judge j.
W. Gregory as Chairman.
TOPEKA. Kan. Oct. 16.-The Nation
al Irrigation congress at Denver passed
a resolution providing that Il commits
sion be established in Kansas. The
delegates from Kansas were given the
power to vote for the members. Judge
j. W. Gregory. of Garden City: Prof f.
B. Cowgirl. editor of the Kansas
Farmer, and Judge j. S. Emery, of
Lawrence. were appointed a committee
to canvass the votes which were made
out by the delegates and sent to the
Office of the state board of agri-
culture. The committee as
sembled yesterday and counted the
votes The result of the ballot was as
follows: Chairman of the commission.
Judge J. w. Gregory, of Garden City;
members of the commission. W. Il. SUIT
ton. of Russell: \. +. Montgomery. of
Goodland: L. ID. Coburn, of Topeka.
and L. Il. Moses. of Great Bend. This
body is to be known as the Kansas Irri-
CATION commission. The commission
will hold n meeting in the near future
to further organize and to make plans
for the work of the coming year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

Mrs. JENNIE HARRINGTON and her
three children perished by fire on their
farm in the outskirts of Eliza beth, y.
]. The husband and father was absent
at the time. The general belief was
that Mrs. Harrigan became suddenly
insane and set the house on FIRE.
ACCORDING to the latest reliable ad-
vices from Yokohama the japanese
army is still pushing steadily on to-
ward Moukden with Il view to cooper
ating with the 10000 troops sent to the
gulf of Pe-Chili to march on Pekin. II
seems the fixed purpose of the Japan
ese to capture the Chinese capital be-
fore cold weather sets in. and if China
should sue for peace before Pekin's
capture Japan would not heed such
suit, for the determination is to cripple
China to prevent the possibility of an
.attempt at retaliation.
DE-. GEORGE T. V. SCHMIDT. a German
traveller at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the
18th received secret dispatches. written
in sympathetic ink on apparently blank
paper, which stated that the czar of
Russia was at the point of death, that
the excitement in high circles of Rus
sia was tremendous. as it was under
stood that the cZar's sickness was
brought about by scientific means and
that his death will not be natural
one.
SINCE the opening of the strip.
George F. Rohr and E. T. Hands had
been holding down the same claim
west of Kildare, Ok. The other morn
ing at sunrise they came together and
Rohr was killed. Hands went to New
kirk and surrendered.
THE twenty-eighth annual conven-
tion of the American Institute of
Architects has opened in New York.
The institute contains twenty chap
ters and about 600 members.
THE Pacific Express Co.'S Office in
The Dalles. Ore, has been robbed of
$4,000 rS15. 600. The money was sent
there from Portland.
II the fight at Atlantic City, \.
between Austin Gibbons and Joe Wal
colt. the latter won in the fourth round.
FIFTEEN fishermen were lost in a gale
on Sand island. 10 miles from Apala-
chico. Since the storm subsidized three
of their bodies had been found.
THE contract Tor the foundation of
the manufactures and liberal arts
building of the Cotton States exposi-
ton at Atlanta, Ga. has been Leland con-
tracts for the nine principal buildings
will follow. The board of lady man.
ayers will invite the governor of each
state to name a committee of eight
women, and Gov. Northen will invite
all the states to make exhibits.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
MANY INJURED.
The Csrelessness of an Engineer Results In
N Bad Wreck In Louisiana.


NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 15.-Engineer
Simpson, of the East Louisiana road,
is responsible for frightful accident
that occurred yesterday morning at
the crossing of the Louisville & Nash
vile and the Northeastern road, about
2 miles from where the Louisville &
Nashville road leaves Elysian Fields
street-an accident that will in all
probability result in at least one fatal
ity, while score of passengers on the
Louisville &c Nashville received severe
injuries.
The Louisville e Nashville ''across
the lake" excursion train. consisting of
eight coaches. well loaded with pleas
ure seekers. large proportion of them
being women and children. pulled out
on time. As the train approached the
crossing of the Northeastern tracks,
Engineer Hanley brought his train
to a stop and whistled. as the law re-
quires. He then gave the signal to go
ahead and proceeded across the tracks
of the Northeastern. Just as the East
Louisiana train, carrying eXcursionists
to points in South .Tammany parish.
was booming along its tracks and with
shrill shrek from its whistle for
down brakes crashed into the sixth
coach of the Louisville q Nashville
train. The collision threw a crowded
coach completely into the ditch while
the attacking engine was derailed and
buried its nose several feet in the mud.
Passengers on the East Louisiana
train were uninjured, except for the
shock of the collision. Not SO with the
coast excursion. however. Just before
the iron monster struck the coach sew
eral of the passengers saw it coming
and panic ensued. There was wild
rush to escape from the coach, but be-
fore one of the passengers could reach
either platform the approaching en-
gine had struck, and the coach with
its living freight was hurled from the
tracks into the ditch.
Nineteen passengers were injured,
number quite seriously. Engineer
Simpson. whose carelessness caused the
wreck, left his engine and fed to
neighboring swamp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
GENERAL NEWS.

JUDGE STUART. of the federal court
at South McAlester, l. T.. has decided
that anyone who has been convicted of
selling liquor in the Indian territory
was incompetent to testify in either a
civil or criminal action. as the terri
tory law made selling liquor a felony.
This. it was thought, would lead to to-
tai disfranchisemcnt when that coun-
try came in as a state.
THERE is reasonable probability
that the war between China and Japan
will end in the near future in the tri-
unph of Japan. The report comes
from Shanghai, the news center OF
China. that that nation has begun ne
gotiations for peace. agreeing to rccog-
nize The independence of Corea and pay
a large war indemnity to Japan.
AFTER receiving a copy of the fight
ing articles at Philadelphia from New
York Bob FitzSimmons declared he
would not SIGN them in that shape. lie
objects to fighting for the champion
ship belt pat up by sporting paper. as
he considers il put up for advertising
purposes. and also to the size OF the
gloves, which he thinks should be five
ounces lie made several other objec-
tions.
Gov. II. L. MITCHELL, OF Florida.
stated that t.e -.,r-c:t and Fitzsim-
mons fight would not be allowed to
take place on Florida soil even if the
legislature had to be convened for the
purpose of preventing the fight.
THE annual conference OF the Roman
Catholic archbishops Of the United
States was held recently at the resi-
dence of Archbishop Ryan at Phila-
delphia. Cardinal Gibbons presided.
The conference was conducted with the
utmost secrecy. Archbishop RYAN
stated that the conference had decided
to recognize the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians.
THE object OF the leaders of the re-
bellion in the Chinese province OF
Mongolia is to secure the annexation
of that territory to the Russian empire
NEAR Fort Recovery. 0..while thresh-
ing grain in a barn. spark set fire to
the straw and the barn quickly became
roaring mass Of flames. William
Greer and Ellsworth McAfee were un-
able 20 escape and perished in the
flames Nathan Greer was severely
burned and may die.
FIRE in the Bayou Oyster saloon at
Biloxi. Miss. destroyed the Masonic
opera house, Sweetman's drug store.
Richards dry goods store. Dale's dwell
inr. George Ohr's seven buildings.
John Z. Hartness & Sons. planning
mills. Falls dry goods store and other
buildings. covering two squares. The
losses aggregate $4,000.
A DISPATCH from New York recently
stated that ". Steinitz had reclaimed
the chess championship of the world,
SAYING that Lasker hal no right to
hold a title # ne w2s unwilling to de-
fend II within reasonable time
SteinitZ claims that one year and four
months was too long Al interval
The japanese occupied the south
bank Of the Nalu river after driving
ali the Chinese out.
THE first annual convention of the
National Association of Agricultural
Implement manufactures was held on
the le:h Al Chicago. President Col. 4.
l. Conner confined his remarks TO
discussion 0. the implement trade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
QUEER LITTLE ONES.

Worn out ivory billiard balls are
usually cut up into dice.
ALASKA has a newspaper which is
published but once year.
NEW YORK and Boston together have
ten miles less paved streets than has
the city of Chicago.
IN Liverpool recently 80 temperance
sermons were preached on what was
observed as Temperance Sunday"
The swell visiting card in China is an
oblong piece of red paper about four
inches wide and eight inches long with
the name in black rubber.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
EIliott.s Wonderful Record.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Oct. 15.-Even the
most enthusiastic admirer of DR.. W. I.
Carver cannot now doubt the superior
ity of ]. \. X. Elliott over him at
pigeon shooting at 30-yard rise and so
yard boundaries. All question in this
direction was practically settled at
Exposition park Saturday by Elliott
taking the third and last match of
the series by score of 80 to %. In ad-
dition to his winning the decisive
shoot, Elliott's record of 100 birds ont
of 200 in the last two matches is some
thing that will go down in trap shoot
ing history as miraculous
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
BRECKINRIDGE SUSPENDED.
The Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church
Acts Against the Noted Orator.

Acts Against the Noted Orator.
PARIS. KY. Oct. 15.-W. C. ?. Breck-
inridge has been suspended from COM
munion by Mount Horeb church in
Lafayette county. The pastor of the
church, Rev. Charles T. Thomson, gives
the Kentucky Citizen the following
statement of the action of the church:
ION last Sunday morning at the Mount
HOreb church the pastor read publicly
the action of the church concerning Col.
w. c. =. Breckenridge. who had made
to them a confession of his guilt and
asked the prayers and love of his breth-
ren in leading n Christian life. The
unanimous decision of the officers was
that while accepting his repentance as
sincere and heartfelt the great pub
licity of the sin demanded some public
action, so he was suspended from the
sacraments till February 1. 1895. The
law of the Presbyterian church book
of church orders, paragraph 15s, is def
mite. Suspension is to be administered
when the credit of the religion. honor
of Christ and the good of the member
demand it. even though he may have
given satisfaction to the court
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
NAVY YARDS AND DOCKS.
Annual Report of Commodore Matthews to
the Secretary of the Navy.

Annual Report of Commodore Matthews to
the Secretary of the Navy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-The annual
report of Commodore E. o. Matthews
to the secretary of the navy upon navy
yards and docks estimates the expend-
itures for the next fiscal year at ST.
SCI .295, which is reduction of the es-
Inmates submitted by the command
ants of the yards of S5,646,s20. The
heaviest cut in these estimates is in
the item of improvements, which is
reduced from S6,221,7l2 to S1.O44. .s03.
The item for general maintenance is
cut S157, 900, and that for repairs S3,-
0OO.0OO
The leading feature of the report is
the suggestion by the chief of the
urgent need for at least four new dry
docks to be located at League Island,
Pa. Boston, Norfolk and Mare Island,
Cal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
Foreigners Safe in China.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-A cablegram
was received at the state department
yesterday from United States Minister
DENLY at Pellin. which is calculated so
reassure persons who have friends in
China and who have been fearful as to
their safety. The minister says that
the reports of danger to the foreign
residents of Pekin are exaggerated
There has been only one instance of an
attack on Americans. and adequate
punishment was mcted out at once to
the perpetra tors.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
Four.h-CIass Western Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15--TheSe post Of
fee appointments were made Saturday:
In k2nsas-At AsSaria. Saline county, J.
Olson. vice j. johnson. removed: at GreenbUsh.
Crawford county Barbara Davies: at Tyner.
Smith county. W Boggs; at Zell. Stevens coun-
ty. Simon Hough.
In Missouri-At Mayhower, Barry county,
Jemima Potts; at Sue City, Macon county. Alice
Daugherty.
In Oislahoma-At Thurston. Canadian county
y. Spence. vice J. Cousin, removed
The post Office at Warrensburg. No. was re-
duced to the third class. and the post Office at
Comet. Brown county. Kan. was recorded TO
be discontinued. Offices We're established at
Tandy, ChOctaw nation: Wakeman. Mcpherson
county. Kan, and Sinnuett, q county, and
Sweet Water, Roger Mills county, Ok.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE papal encyclical to the Ameri-
can bishops will be published in Wash
ington in order to prevent complete
summaries from appearing in the news
papers. 1t is stated the pope is prepar-
ing a special appeal to the clergy of
the Anglican church on the subject of
reunion between that and the Roman
church.
THE second annual convention of the
National Spiritualists' association as
sembled in Washington on the 9th.
About $50 persons were present.
ACTING PosTMAsTER-GENERA JOKES
has issued an order discontinuing the
practice OF all post offices of placing
due stamps on advertised mail matter
before collecting the required fee.
THE civil service commission was
awaiting a reply on the 10th from the
Philadelphia Press to a letter asking
information regarding charges of as
sessment of government employees in
the Philadelphia mint for political
purposes made in an editorial recently.
The commission will take action also
in the alleged assessment of Office
holders in san Francisco by the demo
cratic campaign committee.
THE treasury officials were recently
considering the question of eXchang-
ing at par for gold the s1.7oO,Ooo in
Columbian half dollars now in the
treasury. These half dollars were held
by the Columbian exposition at 81 each
and at the close of the fair remained
r. 1
the government at their face value.
MAJ.-GEN. SCHoFIELD has made his
report to the secretary of war on the
operations of the army during the past
year. The general makes an argument
for an increase in the army not only
for better military protection from in
ternal disturbances but from foes
abroad as well. lie commends the in
creasing interest in military education
as manifested by a demand upon the
army for officers for duty at colleges
and other institutions of learning
throughout the country. He believes
no better employment can be given to
officers of the regular army than the
dissemination of elementary military
education in times of peace.
JCDGE MCCoMAs. of the District su-
preme court, denied the application of
the Miles Sugar Manufacturing Co. of
Louisiana for a mandamus to compel
Secretary Carlisle TO appoint inspectors
to ascertain the sugar production of
the company.
The commissioner of pensions has
submitted his report for the fiscal year
ended June SO. 1894. 10 the secretary of
the interior. lie states the number of
pensioners on the rolls on June 30. 1898.
was 966,012: new pensioners added dur
ing the year. %9.0s5; number dropped
for death and Other causes, 3,.9s1:
number on the rolls June 80. 1894. 969.-
594; number of pension tickets issued
during the year. S0,213. and claims of
all classes rejected. 1872. .s73.
ACTIVE efforts have been made for
some time by the post Office depart
ment to break up the business of va
rious concerns of an alleged lottery
nature. The latest company barred
from the use of the mails is the
Equitab bic Loan &5 Security Co., of At
lanta. Ga.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19

CZAIE OF RUSSIA. MOIHtT, UItU lTOW
cancer; also her daughter, Empress
Alexandria. The consort to the
grand duke of Leuchtenberg and the
youngest son of the Grand Duke Nil1olai
Nikolaswitch also died from cancer.
while it is believed that the youngest
daughter of Queen Olga of Wurtem berg
died from the same disease. Physicians
in st Petersburg believe that council
of prominent European specialits will
be held at Corfu soon after the ears
arrival there.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
ABOUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

THE mother of Gen. Boulanger, who
died in Paris, was ninety-two years OF
age.
THE salary and expense allowance
of President Casimir-Perier are S240,-
900 per year.
GEORGE w. CABLE has named hissum-
mer home at Northampton, Mass,
''Stayawhile.
Rev. DR. GEORGE X. MORRIS. pastor
of St Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church, Cincinnati, has been unani-
mously elected to the chair of practical
theology in the Boston university.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
To Prosecute Adler,

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 16.-Chief
post office inspector of this district,
Joseph p. Johnson, of st. Louis, is ex-
pected to arrive in Kansas City to-day
with a large fund to aid in the prose-
cution of Bill Adler, who is charged
with the murder of Jesse I. Mcclure
on the evening of October +. The fund
has been contributed to by nearly
every post office inspector of the dis
trict. embracing Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and Indian territory. Mr.. john
son will remain here until the case is
diSpoSei of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
Looks BAD for the Territory

ST. Louis, Oct. 16.-A special from
Claremore, |. T., says: On account of
recent robberies the Pacific Express
Co. has notice posted in its offices in
the territory to the effect that it will
not receive any money or valua bles for
transmission. nor issue any money or
ders until further notice There is
report that all Pacific express offices in
the territory are to be discontinued.