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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
PENNED In BY FLAMES.
A Train Load OF Passengers I'm
Fearful Peril.

st. Paul, Sept. 3.-The experiences
Of the crew and passengers Of the st.
Paul Q Duluth limited train which was
caught and destroyed neal Hinckley,
were thrilling and horrible. Such
sights as We're witnessed there were
never befor surpassed In horror, and
the stoutest hearts quailed in the face
of the awful situation which confronted
the 200 souls on board the Inflated
train. Fire in front Of them, fire on
all sides of them, cracked and roared
and rushed along with fiendish eager
ness, sweeping everything before II,
while vast volumes of heavy smoke
shut out the light Of heaven and total
da 'knrSS reigned. Men who were
there slludder and grow pale when they
speak of it. They saw strong men go
mad and leap from the train In their
delirium into the fiery furnace outside,
and they heard their last wild shrek
Of agony ere the flames had stilled
their cries. In the coaches were many
and children, who shrieked
and cried and piteouSly begged God TO
spare their lives. The little ones chung
wildly TO their mothers. and their moth
ers On their knees prayed for deliver
anCe from the fame.
The members of the train crew went
through the coaches. giving the people
all the encouragement they could, and
imploring thin TO keep cool.
At the throttle Of the locomotive
stood II Of the bravest men who
ever drove an engine, and his mad race
for the lives of his passengers viii be
recalled long after James Root has
parsed away. Fire came in at every
window of his cab, and three times
his clothes caught fire. Had he aban-
do5Ied the throttle he would have
sacrificed his own and 200 other lives.
With wonderful courage and sticism he
remained at his post, and directed the
fireman TO throw water on him from
the tank in the tender, AMI in this way
be was enabled to resist the approaches
OF the demon, and eventually save the
lives of his passengers. 1T was n OF
the brnveSt AMI nerviest deeds On rec
ord, and Root is ahero today.
As the train was passing through the
fire eight or ten men jumped out Of
the n windows and persisted. The
train finally reached Skun< lake. and
the pass,pgcrs took refuge in tho
water, which was but two or three
feet deep. One or two persons died
or freight and two or three more
~suffocated, but the others were saved
after Deiu i'm thn Swomn cav,p hour,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
LynchinR LfkeIv-

Watertown, s. d., Sept. "A tramp
last night attempted to assault MR.
VIII Bone, the wife of a farmer living
unree miles from the city. She was
alone with her little girl seven years
oio, n Ia the fracas was terribly
INUNDATED end bruised, The tramp es-
capped n can not be found, though
seVeral parties have been In search AIN
gay. lie would probably be lynched
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
Killed nv Chinese.

Paris, Sept. 3. - The governor =,
indo, China. reports that the night u
the 9th, Chinese marauders murdel.0
M. Chalet, French collector OF cs
toms In Tonkin and killed his VIII
and children. Troops pursued the ~,
laws but failed to capture them. Inv w
French government has demanoeu - -
dennity from the government :
Pcking.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
KIRKWUODANuBANkS
Two PROMINENT AMERICAN CITI-
GEMS PASS AWAY.
Ioyys's War Governor and Member
of Gar1ieId's Cabinet and Ia MRS
sachusetts Soldier and Stntesmnn
Are No More.

Iowa City, Iowa, Sept.
+. Kirky God, Iowa's war governor, is
dead. He had been gradually sinking
for some time. He was born Dec ~
1913. Gov. Kirkw0od had been con-
fired to his since Monday. de mas
been an invalid for a year past. he
leaves a wife, but no children. Ieie-
grams of coincidence are coming from
promir ent men of the state and natlon.
iowa City il liz mourning for the friend
and neighbor.
San uel J. Kirkwood was born In
Hartford county, Md, Dec. 20, 1913;
received a limited education at the
academy of John Mcleod in Washing
ton city; removed to Richland county
Ohio, il. 1895, and studied law there;
was admitted to the bar in 1913; was
elected prosecuting attorney In 1910
and again in 1877: was In 1SoO-ol a
member of the convention that formed
the present constitution Of the State
of Ohio; removed to johnson county,
Iowa, In 1873; was elected to the state
senate In 1876; was elected governor
in 1850 and again in 1861; was In 1861
nominated by President Lincoln and
confirmed as minister to Denmark,
but d eclined the appointment; was In
1866 elected 10 the United States SEN
ate to fiji the unexpired term of the
Hon. James Harlan; was in 1878 again
elected gcveIpor Of Iowa, and resigned
that office Jan. 81. 1877: was elected
in Jcruary, 1876, to the United States
senate as a Rel ublican to succeed
George G Wright, Republican. Mr..
Kirkwood was secretary of the interior
in Mr.. Garfield'S cabinet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
TWO MORE w
B~"rroDett and Granite Lake De-
stroyed-FamiIies Missing.

Cumberland, Wis, Sept. Bar
rorett, with 500 population. eight miles
north Of this city, and Granite Lake, q
Shall town four miles north of here.
were both completely wiped out of
existence by fire. The people barely
escaped with their lives, and have been
brought to this city. -Four families are
still missing and 1t is thought they may
have persisted in the flames. Great
excitement prevails here tonight. Fifty
millions OF feet of lumber were burned
ut B&rrorett, and 10000 feet at
Granite Lake. railroad bridges are
row on fire, and the track at Barronett
is warped entirely out OF shape.
The fire Is raging violently over a
territory ten miles square southeast OF
this city. and hundreds Of farmers are
homeless who barely escaped with their
lives. The damage is impossible to
estimate ut this hour. The wind is
blowing a gale tonight and there ~
great apprehension, with fire COIN
pletciy surIrCrding the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
HUNDREDS OF
LIVES ARE LOST.
rERRIBLE FOREST FIRES SWEEP
OVER NORTHEASTERN MINNIE
sofa AND NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN

between Three and Four Hundred
People Are Lost-A N~eritable
Whirlwind of Flames Sweeps
Hinckley Out of Existence and
Two Hundred of the Inhabitants
Perfsh-Over One Hundred Peo-
pIe Take Refuge i'm N swamp I'M
All Are Burned to Death-Many
Unfortunates Attempt to Escape
an Foot, but SO Rapid Ii the Pro-
Eress of the Flames That Many
of Them Actually Burn to Death
an They FIee-sandstone and Mis-
sion Creek Are Destroyed, as Are
Also Baronnett and Granite Lake
wisconsin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
SIX NEGROES LYNCHED.
Horrible Work OF a Mob in Tenu.,

Memphis. Tenn, Sept. Ask
negroes. all members Of an organized
gang of ipcendaries we're lynched BY
a mob neal MiUinton, Tenn, a small
tt WI north of Memphis. The nams
OF the dead were Daniel HAWKING
GRAHAM White, Edward Hall, John
Hayes, Robert Haynes and William
Warner. The prisoners were in charge
OF Detective w. S. Richardson and A
L. Atkinson, who had arrested them !
few hours before on n charge of arson
The negroes We're all handcuffed and
sh. ckled and were on their way q
the county jail at Memphis. When th.
ulcers reached n deLse swamp a few
miles from. Millipton they were SUI
rounded a mob of fifty men with Win
chesters and shot guns and the negroes
were shot.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06

Waltham, Mass, Sept. 3.-Gen. Ma
thaniel p. Banks, soldier and states
man, is died here, from brain trou.
BILE. after a long illness. For nearly
two a the general has been a suf-
feTer, but he was not taken seriously
i'll until two weeks ago.
Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was
born in Waltham, Jan. Is, 1861: was
the son Of poor parents and enjoyed
few advantages Of education; learned
the trade Of machinist, cultivated his
mind at home. lectured before lyceums
and studied law; was elected to the
state legislature in 1919 as 4 Demo
crat, and speaker in 1851; In 1852 was
sent to congress, where he voted
against the Kansas-Ncbraska bill and
separated from his party OH the ques.
ton of slavery was retur med to con.
gress in 1854 by Republicans and
Know noth!ngs; in February, 1856, was
elected speaker of the house on the
l3''d ballot, after a struggle for over
two months, and won a high reputa-
ton as presiding officer; November.
1857, was elected governor of Massa-
chusetts, and reelected In 80 and go:
In 1861 was appointed major general
OF volunteers, and served in the war
until May, 1864: November, ga. &c.
Us and 40; the last time by disaffected
Republicans and Democrats. He after
ward served as United States marshal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
Children and Matches.

Muscoda, Wis. Sept. 3.-Ffre slals .
by children playing with matches
barn TO destroyed twenty dweli ~,
the Town hall and the Metnou
church. Loss, $4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
Cainmitous Drouth I'm New yorL

Pufalo Sept 3.-Westprn New York
Is almost literally burning up. The
drouth is without precedent. Farmers
mourn the loss 81 crops and fear havoc
by fire and starvation Of Stock. Coun.
ties Ike Chaptsuqua and Erie, which
have dairy interests of great magni.
tude. are the chief sufferers. but unless
n rain fall comes speedily and c~opiously
this entire end Of the state will ex.
pc.;Hncc o financial loss which It can
Ill afford. The bordering province OF
oatarit is similarly parched.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
Trial of the Ericsson

Washington, Sept. 3.-It has u.do
determined that the trial OF the tolp \,
boat Ericsson will take place .,Is,
sound and will be twenty-five ~,
each way. The trial will no. IN.
place ul..esG the water Is quite sipo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06
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Warranted TO G.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-06

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, who re-
Gently announced he had left the re-
publican party and joined the popu-
lists, has been requested by the repub-
lican state central committee to resign
his seat in the United States senate to
which he was elected by republicans.
THE eight5fourth anniversary of the
declaration of Mexican independence
was celebrated on the 10th at the City
of Mexico with 4 great military demon
stration and the reasscmbling OF con-
gress. The message of President Diaz
was read in congress-
ONE of the Indian police discovered
that the Doolan gang of outlaws had
leased large pasture from the govern
ment in the Indian territory where
they were herding stolen horses and
cattle. and before he could make re-
port he was caught by the gang. tied to
tree and his body riddled with bull
lets. The gang also killed. the police
mans father.
IT was definitely announced on the
18th that Gen. Nelson a. Miles will be
transferred to Governors island upon
the retirement of Gen Howard Novem-
Der S.
REPORTS were received at Washing
ton on the 18th that battle had been
fought at Ping Yang. Corea, between
the Chinese and japanese troops which
lasted two days and the Chinese were
disastrously defeated. 1t was esti-
mated that the Chinese lost 10000 men
in killed. wounded and prisoners.
THE sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows met at Chattanooga, on the
18th. The attendance was below the
expectation.
The mattrass factory of Stumph &
Bros. burned at Washington on the
| 18th and four persons were cremated.
another died at the hospital and three
others were severely injured, and il
was possible there were some more
bodies under the ruins. The value OF
the factory building was $4,000; of the
stock. $4,000 Cause of fire unknown.
THE East India steamer Narnyong
was reported as lost with all her crew
of siXty-three men off Java.
A TERRIBLE hurricane passed over
Jennings and Mining, Ok, and blew
fifty houses to atoms. A woman and
two children were killed and several
persons injured. Several houses caught
fire.
THE eighth general convention of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters anc
Joiners of America began at Indian.
apolis, Ind, on the 18th with about
seventy-five delegates present, repre-
sentiug GIL unions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
GIVING CURRENCY TO LINE.
How Many Familiar Expressions Gain
Popularity.

IlO" MANY E%ApItsslOhs
Popularity.
A successful man of letters can give.
to line or phrase more currency by
quoting it in a single article than it.
has enjoyed, perhaps, in centuries of
its existence before. In the best work
the wisdom or beauty of a sentiment
actually suffers sometimes from the
wealth by which it is surrounded.
Where the general level is very high,
there are few saliencies, and an express
sion that would attract attention by
its very loneliness in an inferior writer
may pass unnoticed in an excellent.
Yet, once severed from its context, its.
special merit is Immediately apparent,
and it passes from lip to lip and pen
to pen.
1t may sometimes happen, too, that.
to be much quoted means to be little
read. Campbell is responsible for many
of our most familiar phrases-for-
instance, Distance lends enchantment.
to the view,'' Angel visits, few and
far between" and Coming events.
cast their shadows before"-yet how
many people now read either THE
Pleasures of Hope" or Gertrude of
Wyoming?'' The verdict of our own
time has gone in favor of his great
martial odes-of 1.-The Battle of the
Baltic" of ''Ye Mariners of England"
of ''Hohenlinden," and of The Sol
dier's Dream''-but of these only. The.
fact of his furnishing us with lines to
quote is witness to that patient in
dustry in polishing by which he re-
paired his real defect of striking origi-
nal power-Temple Bar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE Grand Army officers made their
annual reports at Washington on the
I2th. The finances of the order are in
good condition, but they show that the
veterans are steadily dying off.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has issued a circular regarding Sec
ton 6s of the new tariff act, providing
for the fortifcation free of tax of pure
sweet wine.
A DISPATCH from Washington said
that the Civil Service Reform associa-
tion had taken up the fight against
Recorder of Deeds Taylor, of Kansas
City, Kan, and would demand his re-
moval and, in addition, announced
that it would appear before the grand
jury and seek to have him indicted for
things they claim he has done contrary
to law.
FIRE on the 14th partly destroyed the
big barn of the National Soldiers hcme
at Washington, causing loss of about
$4,000.
TYLER JONES, a grandson of Presi-
dent Tyler, and the first male infant
born in the White house, has been
found starving in an attic in Washing
ton city.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written to
Senator Manderson declining to pay
any sugar bounties since the date OF
the new tariff act. The secretary stated
that he had arrived at the conclusion
that such payments cannot be made
without further legislation by con,
prPSS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
a Ghastiy Find.

ATCHIsoN. Kan. Sept. ia family
of movers from western Kansas stopped
in Atchison yesterday and reported
that they had camped in a remote por-
tion of Jackson county. Kan, and had
discovered the remains OF cabin which
had been destroyed by fire and near by
the dead bodies of two persons. Itwas
learned from neighbors that the bodies
were those of n man named j. Strong
and his 14-year-old daughter, who lived
on the place. 1t is believed that they
were killed for their money and their
house burned. More definite informa-
tion is unobtainable at this time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
CURIOUS FACTS.

THE new Atlantic cable carries ESQ
pounds of highest-purity copper end
500 pounds of gutta percha insulation
to the mile.
WHITE clothing is cool because it re-
fleets the heat of the sun; black cloth
ing is warm because it absorbs both
heat and light.
A CATERPILLAR in the course of a
month will devour six thousand times
its own weight in food. 1t will take a
man three months before he eats an
amount of food equal to his own
weight.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
A WILDWOOD SCHOOL.
The Earnest Efforts of q Raccoon Mother
to Teach Her Young.

to Teach Her Young.
l saw the counterpart of boys
school one day in the woods of llli-
nois, said an amateur naturalist.
was sitting quietly on a log near a
creek when there came pacing down a..
little path an old mother raccoon with
five young ones. The little fellows
were about as large as half-grown cats,
and were as full of fun as that myth
ical basket of monkeys we read about
If ever there was hard-worked teach
er it was that poor mother coon. She
tried to teach the little imps how to-
catch crawfish and how to eat them
When the old lady (she was very Ia
dylike old 'coon) got the little fellows
in line at the waters edge she Sc
dately walked to a rock and gravely
reached down into a hole and brought
out crawfish. She then proceeded to.
wash it, but just as she was about to-
eat it one little coon broke rank and
stole the crawfish.
This started a row, and all the little
fellows were badly mixed, while the
old one was administering bites and
cuffs indiscriminately among the
scholars. She finally succeeded in re-
storing order. and then sent one of the
little 'coons to try it in another hole.
Here is where the fun began in ear
nest. and all the mischievous boys that.
ever made n teachers heart ache were
angels of goodness when compared
with these little 'coons. They pinched
each others tails, nipped each others
ears, bit each others legs and worried
the old coon until she turned to and
gave them general cutting all
around.
1t seemed to me that each little
coon knew his lesson perfectly, and
was determined to get all the fun out.
of the proceedings possible, for when.
the mother coon got so angry that she
made her bites felt the little fellows.
got down to business and caught.
washed and ate their crawfish with all
the ability of veterans.
The comically grave faces of the
little fellows as they reached down
into the crawfish holes and CROPPED
about for the fish was too much for
my risibilities, and L gave such a.
hearty laugh that the school was in
stantly dismissed.-Chicago News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
Row Among Directors.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 15.-Trouble oc-
Cured at a meeting of the directors of
the Topeka Orphans Home association
and the following officers have re-
signed: President, Mrs. w. p. Douthitt;
second vice president, Mrs d. l.. Lakin;
secretary, Mrs. George w. Reed;
matron. Mrs Ella Cooper. The fuss
was over the management of the insti-
tuition. New officers will be elected
next Monday. Mrs. C. Il. Howe is
temporarily in charge of the home.
The association is n chartered corpora
ton, governed by board of twenty
four directors.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
ODD FELLOWS IN SESSION.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Meets at Chat
tanooga-Ths Attendance Small.


tanooga-Ths Attendance Small.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 1S.-ihe
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows
met yesterday morning at Lookout inn,
and were welcomed to the state by Gov.
Turney and to the city by Mayor Ochs.
The response was made by Grand Sire
C. L. Campbell. The attendance is much
below the expectations of those who
have had the arrangements in hand
About 500 visitors have SO far registered
and it is believed now that not more
than 1000 VII be here. The refusal of
the railroads to give a satisfactory rate
is said by the Odd Fellows to be the
cause The chances are that the next
meeting OF the sovereign grand lodge
will be held in Washington. ID. C. The
matter is being discussed and it is gen
orally conceded that Washington will
be the lucky city. No reports were
made by the grand officers to-day.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
After OuaciS Doctors.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE phvsi-
clans and surgeons OF Kansas will ask
the next legislature to enact law
against ''quacl<s." The bill has been
prepared. 1t covers the practice very
thoroughly, prescribing that practi-
toner shall have a certificate from the
state board of health: that the diploma
shall be verified; that the certificate
be recorded; defines the condition that
may exist for the revocation of GER
tificate; provides penalty for violation
of the act, and for the use of diploma
or certificate belonging to another.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
Clippings.

Two young Germans named Fred
Thoerner and Gus Koegel left San
Francisco, Cal, June 10 to make trip
around the world in two years, on a
wager of $4,000. Their support is
to be derived from selling photo
graphs of themselves. They arrived
at Sidney, Neb., the first week in Sep
tember. Their average tramp has been
80 miles day.
Representative Talbert, of South
Carolina, occupies a unique position
among congressman in that he neither
goes to the theater, drinks, smokes,
chews or plays cards.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
Calling on Exnres, Companies.

TOPEKA, Kan. Sept. 15.-The state
board of railroad commissioners recent
ly addressed a circular letter to the
general express companies operating
in Kansas, asking for report of their
business, returns to be made by Sep
tember Is. None of the companies
have as yet reported and Wells-Fargo
& Co. have asked for more time. In a
letter to the board President John j..
Valentine states that all the lines of
the company in Kansas are operated at
a loss on account of the contracts with
the railroads
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21

ATCHIsoS, Kan, Sept. 15.-FOr sew
eral weeks force of men have been at
work under Engineer Tanning, dig
ging trench through formed island,
expecting to change the current of the
Missouri river, and thus aid in saving
the Atchison bridge. The water was
let into the trench yesterday morning.
and the experiment proved q failure.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
p;o Accommodation for the Missouri.

ATCHIsoN. Kan, Sept. l5.-The last
congress appropriated s750oOO for the
Improvement of the Missouri river,
with an additional allowance of $780,
900. This amount is 20 be expended at
Atchison. st. Joseph and Leavenworth.
The funds are now available and the
work will be commenced at an carly
Ioy-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
Murray Sentenced to BE Hanged

HERMANN. Mo-. Sept. 1s.-Ed MUIR
raw. who was tried here for the murder
of Edgar Fitzwilliams, st. Louis
street car conductor, on September %,
1898. and who was found guilty of mur-
der in the first degree, has been sem
fenced to be hanged on October 10.