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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
FEARFUL FLOODS.
Destruction Causea ny high Water In he
Northwest.

Destruction Sauseu ny nfgn water an .oS
Northwest.
VANCOUVER, u. c., May 31.-The
Frazer river has become raging tor
rent and is dealing destruction and
death at every point. The surround
ing valleys have been submerged,
houses and outbuildings of ranchers
have been swept away, and where but
few days ago waving fields of grow
ing grain met the eye, is now but a
waste of water. Whole herds of cattle
and fiocks of sheep have been drowned
in the rushing flood. Whole villages
on the banks of the stream are float
ing. So far eight human lives are
known to have been lost.
At Langley little boy fell from a
porch of the Langley hotel and was
swept away by the food. The hotel
was afterward washed from its fouuda-
tons. The entire town is flooded. The
whole of Langley prairie is now under
water, as also the island on which
is the Indian reservation. -Four
Indians who were trying to tow
some cattle from a ridge on the
island behind their canoes to the
mainland were capsized and three OF
them drowned. The dead bodies OF
three men and little girl were found
on Hatztic prairie entangled among
floating trees. Many other bodies are
reported as having been seen in the
stream in other localities, but so terri
BILE is the current that all attempts at
rescue were futile.
At Norris steamers sail right across
where farms used to be. Farmers fear
ing to remain longer are taking pas
sage on steamers and bringing their
families here. The towns of Chilli.
wack, Harrison and Centerville have
been almost entirely inundated, and il
has been with difficulty that the in
habitants have escaped with their
lives The damage done to
the Canadian Pacific track is very
serious all along the line. At Hatztic
the dyking has entirely given away
and 600 yards of road have been car
ried away. At Nicomen the whole
/ town is under water. Traffic over the
railroad is entirely stopped, no train
having arrived from the east since May
23. No mails have been received or
dispatched.
PORTLAND INUNDATED.
/ PORTLAND, Ore, May 3L.-All high
water records were beaten here at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the
river reached 2s.9 feet above low water
mark. Reports from the Upper Column
{ bia are such that rise of at least 81
/ feet above low water is expected. UnioI
Pacific mails and passengers due here
have not arrived. The Northern Pa
cific is open from st. Paul to Kelso. A
the latter place the train due here las
night was placed on the huge transfer
boat Tacoma, which brought the trair
to this city by water, distance of 81
miles The boat arrived this evening
and Immediately returned passenger:
to Kelso.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Amending their Charter.

ments to the charter of the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial union
was fled in the recorders Office here
yesterday. The amendments provide
for a farmers exchange to prevent
the prices of American grown cereals
being dictated by dealers at Liver
pool, Eng the formation of fire and
lightning insurance companies among
members of the alliance. the establish
ment of the national alliance, aid for
sick and improvident members" and 70
devise ways and means TO protect and
benefit agricultural and industrial
classes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
PuRIIC LANDS.
RfddPr.

Bidder.
WASHINGTON. June Sat a special
meeting of the house committee on
public lands the bill ito provide for
the opening of the Indian reservations
prevent speculation in such lands was
finally agreed upon and ordered to be
reported to the house by the unani-
nous vote of the committee. The bill
proposes some radical changes in the
methods of disposing of the public
domain acquired by purchase
from the Indians. All the ag-
ricultural lands not needed for
allotments to Indians which are
not mineral lands and not included in
any TOWNSHIP, shall be opened to settle
ment and disposed of under the pro-
visions of this act to the highest
bidder therefor, who is entitled to
enter lands under the homestead law
and whose sealed written bid shall
have been delivered to the'register of
the land district in which the same is
situated prior to the day of the sale
previously designated. One-sixth of
the purchase price of each subdivision
shall be paid in cash and the remainder
in five equal annual instalments.
For fraud in the entry, failure to
make any deferred payment or the
failure to fully comply with the re-
quirements of the homestead law all
the provisions of that law shall apply.
The purchase at such sale shall not be
considered as an entry of the tract,
but only as purchase of the right to
make entry for the same. The usual
fees and commissions and the right of
Communication is extended to all bona
fide homestead settlers on the lands
known as the Cherokee outlet. If any
of such agricultural lands remain un-
disposed of after having been offered
for sale as aforesaid, the same shall be
opened to settlement under the public
land laws of the United States. Lots
in townsites shall also be sold to the
highest bidder on the same terms as
agricultural, not to exceed two lots to
each bidder, after eight weeks notice,
and any lots remaining undisposed OF
shall be subject to sale at private en-
try at not less than $40 an acre.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
STRIKE ENDS.
Leavenworth Operators and Miners Reacl
an Amicable Conclusion.

Leavenworth Operators and Miners Reach
an Amicable Conclusion.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June 4.-The
threatened coal strike is at an end.
The miners and operators, through the
good offices of the citizens executive
committee of thirteen, reached an ami
cable adjustment of their differences
and the strike is declared off. the re-
suits so satisfactory to all parties
concerned being ratified by the
miners in public meeting held in the
council chamber. The basis upon which
a settlement was secured is that the
miners are permitted to employ a check
weighman in each of the mines of the
city-the Leavenworth Coal Co. S shaft.
the Home and the Riverside. The
Leavenworth Co. is to pay AZ cents
per bushel for screened coal, and the
other mines 90 cents per ton for mine
run" coal. The prices are just the
same paid prior to the present diff
culties, except that the companies
signed a contract to pay the scale so
long as the present extraordinary de-
nand for coal existed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Trees Curiou.Iy Fed with Moisture.

The most remarkable tree yet discov-
cred fiourishes in the island of Fierro,
one of the largest of the Canary group.
This island is so dry that not even a
rivulet is to be found within its bound
aries, yet there grows species of tree
the leaves of which are narrow and
long and continue green throughout
the year. There is also constant
cloud surrounding the tree, which is
condensed, and, falling in drops, keeps
the cisterns placed under it constantly
full. In this manner the natives of
Fierro obtain water, and as the supply
is limited tho population must of ne
cessity be limited also.-Philadelp his
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
One Opening Next Fall.

WASHINGTON, May 3l.-The Kickapoo
country will probably be opened to set
Element before November. The de
partment's agent was some weeks ago
instructed himself to make allot
ments in instances where Indians re
fused to act and although no full re
port has since been received from
him. one is expected daily. Immedi'
ately upon its receipt, preparations fol
the opening will be instituted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
FOR a LITERARY CAREER.
A Well known Author Says the First Thing
Is to Have Something to Live On.

A Well known Author Says the First Thing
Is to Have Something to Live On.
If a Young man or woman has the
requisite natural talent. the education
and the facility for writing. would
advise him or her to enter literature.
OF course, having thus qualified, | sup
pose that the young person is to enter
the ranks, not of journalism. but of
literature. He is to pursue literature
as an art: whether for fame or for gain
matters not, at first, for he will get
neither. Now for the essentials. As
no man can earn his bread and butter in
the beginning by his art alone. would
say the first essential is to have some
means of making living other than
by writing: as to further essentials, it
depends entirely upon the individual.
A physician would not write the same
prescription for each of his patients.
no more can literary adviser instruct
each young writer alike. Still there
are certain essentials which every
writer must possess before he can
write. He must have ambition-an
ambition that will keep him always at
work and always mounting higher.
hardly need say that writer must
have something to write. In society.
it is a sign of cleverness to be able to
reel off little nothings: but in litera-
ture. no. Then the young writer must
be conscientious: must allow no work
to pass from his hands until he has
done it the best he knows how. Labor
and pains. corrections and revisions,
are splendid paying investments in
literature. and they are the stepping
stones to success. Not that | advocate
fine writing in preference to sufficient
to say: both are to be desired. but suf-
ficient to say comes first. The object
should ever be to tell this story. write
this novel, this poem, this essay, in the
fewest words. Then a young writer
must see life sympathe:ically, must
know how other people live. must put
life in his work, must live what he
writes The best subject for him to
write about is the person or thing near
est to him-the persons. things. events,
stories. sentiments. emotions most ia
miliar to him. And the conditions of
writing? All. ceasless work, a stout
heart. and a happy mind. Always
thinking. always observing. always
reading, always writing--these are the
conditions.-Lew Wallace, in Demon
est's.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Fisbinp ScbooperIost

HALIFAX. May 3l.-Particulars of the
loss, with all hands. of the American
fishing schooner Robert J. Edwards on
Sable island January II last came to
hand yesterday. The report says the
schooner was never seen after striking.
Her hull was completely engulfed by
sand and raging surf. Two bodies were
washed ashore. One was likely NJ. Nc
Intosh. of Cape Breton, by papers in
his pocket The other body was un-
marked except for tattoo on the right
arm. II was Hector W." and Lulu. y
The body was that of a man so years
old with heavy mustache.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
AWFUL ACCIDENT.
A Train Wrecked on the Central Wisconsin
Road While Running at High Rate of
Speed-Six Persons Killed and Many
Others Injured.

Train Wrecked on the Central Wisconsin
Road While Running ut a High Rate of
Speed-Six Persons Killed and Many
Others Injured.
MANSFIELD, Wis, May 31.-The st.
Paul limited southbOund train on the
Wisconsin Central road which passed
here at 1908 yesterday morning met
with a horrible accident which has
never been equaled in northern Wis
consin, and adds another long list of
victims through disasters of this kind.
The train, which was made up
of seven coaches and sleepers,
left Abbott's Ford behind time, and
while running at so miles an hour
struck defective split switch at Mann
vile. a deserted station, derailing the
entire train and piling engine and cars
in heap of broken timbers. To add
to the horror the entire mass was soon
in a sheet of flames, which, mingled
with the groans and cries of the in
jured. made a scene that turned the
hearts of the bravest. The victims are:
Dead-James Hubbard, enginee... of
Stevens Point; George Gebbart. fire.
man. of Stevens Point; John Bigelow,
head brakeman. of Stevens Point: -
Russell, civil engineer, Stevens Point;
aged man and woman. names unknown,
buried in the ruins; it is said they were
not on the train at st. Paul.
Injured-Henry c. Hester. Marshfield,
legs and spine badly injured; o. w.
Bozely. news agent, Stevens Point, in
jured internally; Arthur Turney, Chi
cago, head cut and otherwise injured.
will recover: d. Z. Weitzel. Glidden,
hurt internally: Fannie Burtle, Spring
dale, Ill, hand badly cut; William
Ryan, Sturgeon Bay. ribs broken and
head cut: E. A. Twitchell, attorney at
law, Minneapolis. head cut.
As near as can be ascertained. about
fifty passengers were on the train, and
as the work of clearing away the
wreckage goes on others may be yet
found to swell the list of those who
met death by burning.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
DEADLY TENNESSEE DUEL.
One of the Principals Killed and the Other
Fatally Wounded.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 31.-In the
mountainous part of Cook county. 1O
miles east of the village of Del Rio,
lives Nellie, the 20-year-old stepdaugh-
ter of James O'Connor, a schoolteacher.
Burr Rowe, a prosperous stock dealer,
had been counting her against the wish
of her parents, and the girl recently de-
cided to elope with her lover and so
told her stepfather.
O'Connor sent Rowe word that he
would fight a duel to settle the matter
and Rowe started for the house accom-
panied by a friend to make arrange
ments for the fight. When mile from
home he met O'Connor and said: Are
you ready for our duel?''
Yes" was the response made by
O'Connor, who fired at close range, hit
ting Rowe in the stomach and knock
ing him from his horse. Rowe, al
though fatally injuring, shot O'Connor
four times, causing instant death.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Ran Amuck with a Dirk.

CHICAGO, June ARMED with dirk
knife and acting like maniac, man
created terror on the North and West
sides last night. Two persons became
victims of his mania and are now at
hospitals, terribly slashed and in =
critical condition. They are Martin
Peterson. stabbed in the back and alb
domen. cannot recover: John Long. cut
in the neck inches long. cervical ver-
tebre barred, is in a serious condition.
The assaults were unprovoked. and it
Is the opinion of those who witnessed
the murderous acts that the man is IN
sane.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
A smooth SwindIer Taken In.

ST. Louis. June THE federal au-
thorities here have been advised of the
arrest at Moberly, Mo-, of H. E. EN-
mons. alias Cole, charged with using
the mails to defraud. Emmons is &C.
cused with large flour swindles perpe-
trated upon miilers in Kansas En-
mons posed as wholesale agent and
commission man. referring to numer-
Gus banks as to his standing. His meth
cd, it is alleged. was to secure consign-
ments of -four from Kansas millers on
thirty days time and then sell at a
very low figure for cash. pocketing the
money
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Statue of Horace Greeley Unveiled.

New YORK, May 31.-Horace Greeley's
memory was honored by Typographical
union No. yesterday when the statue
by Alexander Doyle, at the junction of
Broadway, Sixth avenue and Thirty
third street, was unveiled. There was
an grafton by Congressman Amos j.
Cummings, and President Keller, of
the New York Press club, spoke on
Horace Greeley's Influence on the
Newspaper Men of the Day." The
statue was accepted on behalf of the
city by District Attorney Fellows, who
represented Mayor Gilroy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
HORRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Two Hundred Soldiers in San Salvador Said
to Have Been Killed.

SAN Francisco. June 2.-Particulars
have reached this city from a reputable
source. showing that the 200 persons
reported to have been killed in one of
the preliminary battles at Santa Ana,
San Salvador. were not killed by bull
lets. but were killed in a most horrible
railroad accident.
On MAY President Ezeta went to the
assistance of the city of Santa Ana,
which was threatened by rebels. Fiji
teen hundred men were placed on a
special train. which started for Santa
Ana The insurgents, learning of the
approach of the government troops,
removed the rails from the track on
a steep grade several leagues from
Santa Ana. The train rushed along at
high rate of speed. and eight cars
were telescoped. Two hundred men
were killed and 122 wounded. Presi-
dent Ezeta had 4 narrow escape.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
OTTUMWA IN ASHES.
Five Blocks Destroyed by Fire-One Perso
Burned to Deash.

burned 10 Deasn.
OTrUNwA. Ia, June A disastrous
fire occurred here yesterday and five
blocks are a mass of charred timbers
and debris. One person was burned &c
death, one fatally affected by smok,
and three others were seriously in
jured.
Dead-James Seymour, burned to
death.
Injured-Bert Patterson. suffocated
and will die: John McCullom. fireman.
seriously burned; Nick Benner, leg
broken: Jerry Seymour. overcome by
heat and hurt by falling timbers.
The five blocks destroyed by the
flames included fifteen business houses
and twenty dwellings. The loss is es-
timated at S225. 900 with about onc-third
covered by insurance. The fire is sup
posed to have originated from the
spark of locomotive.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
CAUGHT IN A LANDSLIDE.
Two Boys Meet Death Through Careless
ness of a Companion.

SHEPHERDsvILLE. KY. June ed
ward Hortz and Thomas Hart were
killed near here Friday afternoon by
the carelessness of Lee Eckert, COM
panion. with whom they had been
playing. The three boys went
to Buzzard Roost. a high bluff,
and rolled large stones into
the valley below. After enjoying
the fun for awhile Hortz and Hart
went below to view the damage done
by the rolling rocks While they were
in the valley Eckert pried off ledge
of rock hanging on the brink, which
went down with a tremendous crash,
tearing down trees and shrubbery and
crushing the two boys to death.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Ran Into an Open Switch.

ALTON. H., June "A Bluff line
work train ran into a string of cars
miles east of here yesterday. The ac-
cident was caused by an open switch.
Engineer Barnard was killed and Fire
man Harrison badly wounded. Six of
the workmen were injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Bombs Exploded in Rome

ROME, May 31.-Two bombs exploded
almost simultaneously outside the win
dows of the minister of finance at II
o'clock Ia st night The damage done
to the buildings was small. The ex.
plosion caused great alarm, and a
great crowd of people soon collected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Revarded After Many Vols

ST. PAUL. Mimi. June Col. E. c.
Mason, of the Third infantry. COM
manding Fort Smelling. IS in receipt OF
his commission as brevet brigadier-gen-
eral- to date from February -. 1890. for
gallant and meritorious services against
the Indians at the lava beds of Cali
fornia. April l.. 1S73. and against the
Indians at Clear Water. Id. July II and
10 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Generous Miss willard.

LONDON, May 31.-Miss Frances VIII
lard announces that owing to the finan'
cial stress in the United States, she re-
turns to the National Women's Chris
tan Temperance union the last two
years salary which she has received a.
president of that organization
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
Fifty Lives Lost hY Floods In Spain.

MADRID, June THE river Segre, in
the province of Lerida, swollen by
rains, swept over the SEQ de Ugel road
yesterday destroying an inn and ware
house Fifteen drowned bodies have
already been recovered. 1t is believed
fifty neODle lost their lives
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

CRADLES seems fond of good books.n
"Mercy, yes He never borrows any bue
those with the most expensive bindings. "
Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

TALKuM-"Prof. Garner says that mon
zeys do not actually converse, but confine
themselves to single remarks on matters OF
Importance" Thinkum-'.Dear me! How
nan has degenerated. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

FIFTY useful years behind are fifty urgent
pleas for greater usefulness In the future
Young Mems Era.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

WHEN your experience is not so wide as
your observation. how do you piece out the
formeri-Rural New Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

REGY-"Anything unusual happen while
was out, Jamesf His Man James-"Yes,
sir; your tailor didn' call."-Truth-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

TOURIST Tin Oklahoma)-"What is the
population of this townl' Alkah Ike
1promptly) Eight hundred and sixty.
seven souls and thirty one real estate agents."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

THERE was nothing slow about the fellow
who had a pile of sand for sale and put a
placard over it reading: FOR Sale, Dirt
Cheap. Boston Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

"THIs sea-serpent story will have to be
tut down: it's too big for any place on this
coast LET me see: / must have given
you the one that is intended for Chicago"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

Irmay seem paradoxical, but to be ac-
corded a warm reception and to be roasted
are entirely different things.-Phiadelphi
Record
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

TEAcHER-"You are the LATEST boy ever
saw. How do you expect to earn living
when you grow ups" Lazy Boy lyawn1ng)
Dunno. Guess I'll teach school"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

sFRANK said last night that vas a per-
feet enigma to him. Now, what do you
think he meantY' Helen-"Oh, one OF
those stupid things that anyone can see
through. Inter Ocean
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08

"SINCE Tatters has found work he's taken
to hard drink" Great snakes how's he
able to keep up IL he don't take nothin' but
waterF'-Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
couaHEp DAY AND NIGHT.

A VACUUM is an air-rid space.-Rural New
Yorker.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16

IL is now stated on good authority
that the fearful disaster which befell
the war-ship Victoria" resulting in
the instant destruction of hundreds of
lives, Is another of the long list of ca
lamities which may be set down to the
credit of strong drink. 1t is said that
the fatal order which resulted in the
collision with the "Camperdown" was
given in a fit of recklessness superin-
duced by too much wine-drinking. On
no other ground, it is said, can it be
explained by man ordinarily so cool,
discreet, and skillful as Admiral Tryon
should have given an order which the
commonest sailors knew could only re-
suit in disaster. 1t is charitable to be-
lieve that Admiral Tryon was not in a
condition of mind to realize what he
was about when he said that "six cables
length" instead of eight should be the
distance between the ships in that ma
newer That two cables of difference
meant swift and awful death to hun
dreds of brave men, including the Ad
miral himself. 1t was the wine that
did it, and not Admiral Tryon.- Chris.
tan at Work.