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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
STATE BANK TAX.
Provisions of the Majority Report Of the
Committee.


Committed.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 29.-The sub-ccm-
mittee ON banking and currency, to
whom was committed the question of
repeating the state tax. divided on the
matter, Mr.. Cox submitting a report
embodying unconditional repeal and
Mr.. Warner and Mr.. Hall reporting in
favor of conditional repeal.
The bill drafted by Messrs- Hall and
Warner was printed for the use of the
committee. Up to this time its pro-
visions have been kept from the pub
lie. After some effort copy of the bill
has been secured for publication and
its important features may be described
as follows:
1t repeals the 10 per cent tax but
provides that the issue of state bank
notes shall be confined to the state In
which they are Incorporated, and If
the notes are used outside of the state
they are to be subject to tax OF 10 per
cent of their face values. State
banks, etc, are authorized to issue
circulating notes, subject to the fol-
lowing regulations:
Such notes shall be printed in blank bv the
comptroller of the currency. who shall cause to
be printed in design so as TO plainly show, II
such is the case that they are issued by ma
tional banking association: the state, II any.
under the law OF which they are issued, and the
bank banking association or corporation or
association by which they are to b. issued
No such notes printed in blank shall be fur
nished by the comptroller of the currency un-
less he shall be satisfied:
r1otf tl.ar han
alton, by the law Of the state in which it is
situated. the holders of the circulating notes
issued under this act shall be given para
mount lien upon all its assets in preference 10
any and all claims whatsoever, and the snare
holders of any such bank or blnxiEg asSocla-
ton shall be held individually responsible 1or
all its outstanding circulation issued under
this act, to the amount OF their stock therein,
in addition to the amount of invested shares
+ That it has made adequate and convenient
provision for the redemption Of its circulating
notes, either at the capital city OF the state In
which il is sustained or at some other city or
the state which shall have been approved by
the comptroller of the currency.
That the amount of its capital, paid up and
then unimpaired, is not less than $4,000, and
that the aggregate amount OF the face value OF
such notes printed in blank and furnished such
bank or banking association together with any
OF its circulation issued under the national
banking act II IL be n national banking assocla-
tiou. and stiu outstanding, Is not greater than
75 per centum OF its capital stock plld up anu
not unimpaired-
Every such bank, which IA not a national
banking association, shall make to the comp
troller Of the currency not less than five reports
during each year, in same manner as ma
tional banks.
The comptroller is also given power TO call
for special reports at any time. The comp
t. orir nttfh hnri. IN N
suitable examiners for banks and associa tionS
dc,in h,,ci 10 a.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

Hope for Capt. Wilson.

LONDON. Dec S0.-The Times prints
a statement from Gen. Paget, who left
Buluwayo on the evening befor Maj.
Forbes started in pursuit of King
Lobengula. Paget says that It was re-
ported in camp that Maj. Forbes had
been instructed to take LobeIgula, If
captured alive, to Fort Salisbury rather
than to return with him to Buluwayo.
Paget adds that it is presumable that
Capt Wilson's route has been towards
Fort Salisbury or Fort Carter. 1t may
be, therefore. that news about him and
his party may come to Capetown with
in fortnight
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
THE IDLE POPULATION.
Analysis of the Computations by Brad
street Showing About 100000 Cnem

Analysis of the Computations by Brad'
street showing About 100000 Cnem'
ployed.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec 29.-The Man
ufacturers' Record has made an analy-
sis of the figures recently compiled by
Bradstreet's, showing that 100000 men
are idle in 10 cities of the country. In
the twenty southern cities twas stated
that ~. O65 were unemployed. Compar-
ing this section with cities in other
parts of the country, Philadelphia
alone has 2. 900 more idle workmen than
the twenty cities. and 10000 more than
the nineteen outside of Baltimore;
Pittsburgh has $4,000 more than the
twenty cities; New York has 3s-OO0
more, and Chicago, $4,000 more The
nineteen southern cities outside OF
Baltimore have combined population
of 1,515. 900, which makes the percent
ages of unemployed Ia. In Newark
n. j., 6.G7 per cent of the people are
idle; in Philadelphia, 50; in Buffalo,
81; in Pittsburgh, 3.2, and Provi-
deQce. 80
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
GOV. RENFROW'S ESCAPE.

An Unwholesome Looking Crank Calls for
the Life Blood of the Governor of Okla
homa-
GUTHRIE, Ok. Dec. CA long-haired
crank giving his name as Buckley, from
Perry, called at the executive office yes
terday morning and asked to see Gov.
Renfrow. Mr.. Blincoe, the school land
commissioner, occupied the room he en-
tered, opening as an annex into the pri-
vate office of the governor. Mr.. Blincoe
became suspicious of his manner and in
uuired his business. He replied he want
ed to see the governor. as he had been
promised an appointment,and now they
were trying to send him to an insane
ASYLUM Mr.. Blincoe went into an adj
Joining room and notified Chief of Po-
lice Kelly by telephone, who placed the
man under arrest. He was armed with
a six-shooter and a murderous dirk and
had arsenic enough in small phial to
kill ten men. He admitted that if the
governor had not appointed him he
would have killed him and taken his
own life. He was placed in custody
and strict inquiry has thus far failed
to disclose his identity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
DESPERATE AT LARGE.

Evans. the California Bandit. Escapes from
the Fresno Jail-Aided by His Wife and a
"Detective.'
FRESNO. Cal, Dec 30.-Fresno is up
in arms and the whole country is ex-
cited. The Jail delivery here by which
at least temporary freedom was secured
by Chris Evans, the Visal:a bandit, who
led the Evans and Sontag gang in the
Collins train robbery and through
series of desperate battles that finally
resulted in the capture of Evans and
the two Sontag brothers, created such
excitement in Fresno that few men
slept.
Evans was to have been taken to the
state penitentiary to begin to serve
life term for'the murder of Vic Wilson,
a deputy United States marshal from
Arizona, who was one of the three men
killed by the bandits, Instead of wear
ing stripes Evans is again FREE to shoot
and kill
Evans and the young man who as
sisted in effecting the delivery disap-
peered in the direction of the mount
aims and big woods. and it is now sup
posed that the bloody encounters of
the past few months will be fought
over again. The people here now
recognize in Chris Evans one of the
most desperate of the many desperate
men who have figured in the annals of
California crime. Though the recent
gun fights at Visalia and in the foot
hills left him crippled in one arm, and
with one blind eye. the bandit is still
equal to hard fight
1t is now learned that Morrcll, who
played the waiter and caused Evans
release. is a detective and has been in
Evans service for several months. He
was prisoner in the Jail three months,
beginning September .. and it is now
thought that he managed to get COM
mitted to Jail for the purpose Of rcleas-
ing Evans.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
MRS. LEASE OBJECTS.

She Refuse es tn Recognize That Gov. Lew
eIling Has the Right of Summary Re
mOyai.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 30.-Mrs. Mary
Z. Lease. who was removed from the
state board of charities by Gov. Lew
elling, has sent to the governor by
messenger 10y the following letter:
To Hon. l. d. Lewelling. Governor of Kansas:
Dear Governor: Disclaiming any in ention
of questioning your authority, the wisdom OF
your acts. or the integritT OF your purpose l
beg leave TO remind you that you have rs chief
executive OF this state. tried and sentenced me
without according to me that which the laws OF
our land accord to the vlest crininai-"the
right of defense"
Were an employe of yours your right TO PER
petrate this act of injustice might depend upon
your inclination. AS it is, recognize that
am an employe OF the state, accountable as
such to the people of this state for my official
record and for them as well as for myself de-
mand a statement and inves Iigation OF the
charges preferred against me- that may have
OF your decree or defend myself from the i'm
putation of hireling polit clans.
Most faithfully yours
MRS LEASE,
President Board State Trustees of State Char
liable Institutions
Mrs. Lease said to reporter that
notwithstanding Gov. Lewelling's sum-
mary action. she still considered her.
self member of the board and at the
regular meeting in January she pro-
posed to be present and take her usual
place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
Addressed to the Presiden but Left Lyin
Around in a Colorado Town.

Addressed to the Presiden but Left Lying
Around in a Colorado Town.
LovELAND, Col, Dec. 29.-An infer
nal machine was picked up in the allev
yesterday afternoon by a six-year-old
boy. who took it home. 1t was a wooden
box about four inches square, wrapped
and addressed to THE President, Ex-
ecutive Mansion. Washington, ID. ="
On the lid was written, compliments
of Colorado miner" The box contained
some chemical compound mixed with
gunpowder. and detonating cap so
arranged that when the lid was re-
moved it would explode. The chemi-
cal composition of the contents of the
box is not known, but that it was ar
explosive of considerable power has
been proven by experiment. Who pre-
pared the machine, or what was his OBJ
ject, is a mystery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
YELLOW JACK.
The Plague Has Appeared at Rio de Janeiro
In Dreadful Form.


BUENos AYREs, Dec. 29.-Very bad
news has reached here from Rio de
Janeiro 1t is announced that the un-
fortunate city. which has for months
past been suffering from the ravages OF
war, is now victim to the ravages OF
the worst and most dreaded of all dis
eases-vellow fever-and tive deaths
from this disease are already reported.
The news that yellow fever has added
its burden and horrors to the suffer-
ings already endured by the people has
caused widespread attention here, and
much sympathy is expressed for the
plague and war-stricken inhabitants.
1t is added, however, that the govern
ment has taken every precaut1on possl-
bic under the circumstances to prevent
the spread of the disease, but the work
of the officials at Rio de Janeiro is
greatly hampered by the condition
to which the city has been reduced by
the horrors of war.
1t is added that the scourge is not the
mild form of that fever, but is the
worst form of black vomit.
Following the news that the black
vomit has broken out comes the addi-
tional information that the lombard.
ment of the city and forts continues,
and that the forces of both parties
the government and the insurgents
seem determined to bring matters to a
termination in one way or the other.
The fire of the rebel warships upon
the forts is said to have been unusually
severe and to have resulted in killing a
number of the defenders of President
Peixoto's Notifications 1t is also said
that several people have been killed in
the streets of Rio Janeiro, and that the
people of that city are SO opanic-stricken
that all stores have been closed and
business is practically at standstiil.
The forts have been replying tiercely
to the heavy fire of the ships, and have
SO far succeeded in holding their own.
1t is reported that battle at sea be-
tween the rebeland government ships
may soon be expected, and that upon
this engagement will depend the fate
of the rebellion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

+. ALLYN ORR, attorney for Patrick
Shields and Andrew McKinsley, sailors
on the American steamer Keeweenaw,
and who were brutally beaten by the
f'hilian police in Valparaiso at the time
of the Baltimore riots in 1891, has re-
,eived notice that the Chilian govern
ment will contest the effort to have
the claims of Shields and Mckinley
settled by the arbitration commission
appointed to settle the question of
damages to American citizens on the
ground that Shields and Mckinley are
not American citizens
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

NANCY Rose is the name of the
woman who for thirty-five years has
been the lighthouse keeper at Stony
point, on the Hudson. Her husband
was appointed to that position in 1858,
but died five years later. leaving her
with a family of young children to sup
port Her friends used their influence
to have her appointed in his place, and
succeeded. No serious accidents have
occurred there during the whole term
of Nancy Roses tenure of Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

A LADY some time ago left the sum
of 100, coo francs as prize for the Insti-
ute of France, to be given the first per-
son who, within ten years, communi-
Gates with celestial body and receives
an answer. 1t is quite possible that
the council of state may decide that it
is unable to accept the legacy, in which
case it will be offered to the Institute
of Milan first, aud upon the inability
of the latter institution to accept it, it
will be offered to other institutes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

QUITE a number of Georgia federal
office-holders are also members of state
official boards, such as the lunatic asy-
lum, etc. Others are members of the
legislature and are also in the employ
ment of county and municipal offices.
Gov. Northen, on the advice of the at
torney-general, has declared that fed
eral office-holders are ineligible to hold
state offices, and so far as their ap-
pointment comes to him he proposes to
revoke them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

Miss LUCY GARNETT is given a pen
sion of $500 year by the British gov
ernment, in recognition of her literary
merits and to enable her to prosecute
her researches in Oriental folklore
Mrs. Margaret Stokes also receives $500
for her researches into early Christian
art and archaeology in Ireland, and
Mrs. Cashel Hoey $3.50 for her novels.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

A LONDON organist has set up wall
because persons of his class are eXclud-
ed from the sermons of pastors SEEM
ingly by common consent when all
other persons connected with the
church are given encouraging words
He thinks an occasional reference even
to heathens, infidels and heretics and
none to organists decidedly unjust
Yet how much attention does the aver
age organist pay to what the pastor
SarSo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
HIS DOOM SETTLED.
Mayor HarrIson's Assassin Declared Guilty
and the Penalty Fixed at Death - He
Broke Down Completely When the YER
dict was Read.

Mayor HarrsOn's Assassin Declared Guilty
and the Penalty Fixed at Death - He
Broke Down Completely When the Yer
dict was Read.
CHICAGO. Dec. S0.-Patrick Eugene
John Prendergast was found guilty OF
the murder of Mayor Harrison on Octo-
Der 2s and the penalty fixed at death
by hanging. The jury refused to be-
lieve that the assassin was insane at
the time he committed the crime.
When the jurors returned to the court
room, after being out one hour and
three minutes, the prisoner was not In
the room, having been previously re-
moved to the Jail. 1t was fully i've
minutes before he could be brought
back. When he had reached his seat
Judge Brentano, addressing Foreman
Sutter, asked if the jury had reached a
verdict.
I'VE have, your honor" replied Mr..
Sutter.
"What is your verdict" asked the
court
Foreman Sutter then proceeded to
read in solemn voice the following ver-
dict: "We. the jury, find the defend
ant, Patrick Eugene John Prender-
gast, guilty of murder in manner and
form as charged in the indictment and
fix the penalty at death"
Prendergast. who was fear stricken
and trembling when brought back to
court, utterly collapsed when the an
rrjancement was read. He sank back
in his chair. his chin dropped and he
seemed completely paralyzed. lie
looked appealingly at the court
and at the jury, and tears glist-
ened in the eyes from which
heretofore only angry glances had been
shot As soon as the verdict was an
nounced the bailiffs seized the miser-
able, trembling prisoner and started
to rush him back to his cell in murder
ers' row. They had nearly reached the
door when Judge Brentano ordered
them to stop. Let the prisoner re-
main while the jury is polled." he said.
Prendergast took his stand before the
chair III which he jerlIed and
suuirmed around while the polling was
| in progress.
When the last juror had made his an
swer Prerldergast's knees shook, his chin
dropped down and he would have fall
| len had not one of the attending bailiffs
lent supporting arm. He was half
! led and half carried back to his cell.
Before the adjournment of court Mr.
Wade applied for new trial and the
| Judge announced that he would hear a
| motion to that effect at future date.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

THERE was to be double wedding in
Goshen, n. Y, but one of the young
men implicated was not present 1t
was discovered afterwards that he
tried to buy new suit on credit and
failing to arrange the bargain, ran
away, because he would not be married
in his old clothes The girl he was to
have married went to the wedding and
reception and looked so pretty that she
was engaged again before the evening
WAS over
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Mrs. SCHUYLER c. Colfar Pennies $.

LA PORTE, Ind, Dee. 30.-Friends
familiar with the circumstances of Mrs.
Schuyler c. Colfax, widow of the late
Vice President Colfax, declare that the
failure of the indianapolis national
bank has entirely swept away the small
fortune left by her husband, which
was invested in the ruined institution.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

IN reply to the wheat and flour cir
cular of the department of state,
Charles n. DAILY, consul at Guelph,
Ont. reports the people there are ready
TO buy American -four if it can be sold
as cheap and of as good quality as the
domestic Bakers use hard wheat -four
of the best quality, and families the
best grade of fall wheat flour. No
American -four or American wheat was
imported in 1891, 1892 and 1898. The
obstacle to the use of Americas -four is
the duty of IS cents per barrel on
American flour. John S. Derby, United
States consul at St Johns. N B., makes
a similar report rs to the Dominion
sariff.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

CAPT JAMES SHELLY, deputy United
States marshal in the lower Rio Grande
border, has arrived at San Antonio,
Tex, from Starr county with three
Mexicans, who are alleged to have been
prominently connected with the Cara
revolutionary movement They are
said to be the last of Garza's army.
The total number who have been ar
rested is $50, nearly all of this number
having been tried and convicted in the
federal court at San Antonio and at
Brownsville, and are now serving out
Jail and penitentiary sentences
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

ADDITIONAL DISRATCHkSs
PREMIER CRIsPI says the report that
Italy is negotiating new loan is un-
founded.
THREE more American clergymen
have joined the church of Rome,
making fourteen Anglican ministers
who have become Roman Catholic since
the famous Lincoln case.
NATIVES who have arrived at Bulua-
wayo since the last dispatch sent say
that they are positive that portion of
the Wilson party escaped in the direc-
ton of Hartley Hill
In Marseilles box of explosives was
found before the residence of baker
who had become unpopular during the
recent strike.
The Manchester ship canal was
formally opened on the lst
The new bridge at Leavenworth,
Kan, was formally dedicated on the
I'd with much rejoicing.
SIR SAMUEL BAKER, the noted Brit
ish traveller, is dead.
The president kept open house New
Years day. Last year there was no
reception, as President Harrison was in
mourning.
AT the Cincinnati Southern railway
shops, Chattanooga, Tenn, Charles
Beckert, white, and Jesse Lang, col
ored, were instantly killed by an ex-
plosion of the boiler of an engine.
FRENCH police made a raid on the
anarchists, capturing bombs, compro-
missing documents and stolen bonds.
THE Globe theater, Boston, was de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the
| I'd.
SIX lives were lost by fire which
| broke out in a restaurant at Buffalo,
n. Y, on the morning of the I'd.
IT is reported that the Tudor iron
works at East St Louis, Ill, are about
to resume operations in full.
A HEAVY gale swept over the Tyne
district, England During the storm
the German bark FREDERICK Ohlerich
was driven ashore and her crew was
with difficulty rescued by the life-sav-
ing corps, by means of the rocket APP
paratus, the rescue causing a most ex-
citing scene.
AS result of the conferences of the
emperor with Chancellor Won Caprivi.
DIR. Miguel, minister of finances. and
Gen. Schellendortf. minister of war,
Miquers financial reform scheme has
been partly abandoned.
The Russian revenue, from January
to October of the past year is estimated
at 773, 6l5, 900 roubles, against 79i, $780,
600 roubles for the same period of the
preceding year. The expenditure was
103, 997, 600 roubles
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
BANK BURGLAR SHOT.
An Armed Posse Chase n Party of Robbers,
Wounding One.

GALENA, Ill. Dec. 29.-At o'clock
yesterday morning burglars attempted
to blow open the safe of the Eastman
bank, at Mont Fort. Wis. The doors
refused to give and the explosion
awakened a boarder in a hotel next
door. who quickly gave the alarm An
armed posse attacked the robbers and
chased them a mile beyond the town, a
fusilade being kept up by both parties.
One of the robbers was wounded and
captured. He said he and his com
panions were from Waterloo la. The
others. it is thought, will be caught
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Another scare in Paris.

LONDON, Dec. ga Paris dispatch
to the Standard says that quite scare
occurred in the Paris opera house. 1t
was founded upon the report that the
chain of the great chandelier had been
cut half way through and would fall
during the performance. There were
numbers of detectives present.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

A Moscow dispatch announces the
death of Caroline Janich in that city.
She was the oldest living authOress and
was celebrated for her translations
from the French and German poets
into Russian.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

IT is stated that Emperor William is
trying TO purchase the new Cape dia-
mond, said to be the largest is the
world and more valuable than the
Kohinoor, weighing 97l karats.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Iron Works Ixesume.

MARTINS FERRY. o., Dec 3o.-Tho
Etna. Standard and .LaEshlin iron and
steel mills and Spence & Sons foundry
have all resumed, giving employment
to 800 men. The prospects for long
and steady run are considered good
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

IN Holland women and persons of
either sex under the age of 16 are now
forbidden to begin work earlier than )
a. M. or to continue at work after p.
M. nor can their work exceed eleven
hours a day in all