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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Land Cases Decided.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. Secretary
Smith yesterday decided large num-
Der of land cases which have been held
up for several weeks. The cases, with
few exceptions, are of interest only to
the community in which the lands are
located. One, however, holds that
TOWNSHIP locations in Oklahoma
must have valid improvements,
that the certificate of location
by the land officers is only prima facie
evidence and not good against the
sworn evidence of witnesses. There
are many more decisions which the
secretary expects to dispose of imme-
distely
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
THE ARMY.
Secretary Lamont Makes Some Recon-,
mendations.

mendations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The annual re-
port of Secretary Lamont shows saw
ing of 100000 in salaries and contin.
gent expenses in the administration of
the war department at Washington,
besides economies in the recruiting
service, rents, etc. Expenditures for
the last fiscal year were $50, O39, OO9; APP
preparations for the current year are
$50, 429, liz; estimates for the next year
are So, 31s,629.
1t was found necessary at times dur
ing the period from March to July in
various places to employ a considerable
part of the army to execute the orders
of the United States courts, otherwise
successfully defied and resisted. to pro-
tect the dispatch of the United States
mails and to guard the property of the
government. The movement of troops
thus necessitated was the largest which
has taken place since the close of the
civil war. The extraordinary tasks
imposed upon officers and men were
discharged promptly, firmly and judi
ciously, attesting to the thorough
efficiency of every branch of the serv-
ice.
On October l the army numbered:
Officers, .. 1876; enlisted men, 2j, 772. OF
the latter, for various causes, only 20. ia
were effective.
Secretary Lamont earnestly recon-
mends legislation to establish the bat
talon formation now adopted by the
armies of every other civilized nation.
To effect that change he recommends a
return to the law of 1870, fixing at 30
600 the limit of the army. BY changes
proposed the army will be increased 20
per cent. in efficiency, 1915 in numbers
and only 6 per cent. in cost of mainten-
ance. The actual combative strength
will thus become about p, 900. the num-
Der now contemplated by law, but
which is reduced by detachments and
otherwise to about 10000 1t is pro-
posed to add two companies to each of
the twenty-five infantry regiments and
two batteries to each of the five artil-
lery regiments. No increase in cavalry
is proposed. The cost of the increased
number of enlisted men would be ST.
200, 900 annually, but retrenchment has
reduced administrative expenses of the
war department at Washington $780,
600, and by applying these economies
to the benefit of the army efficient or
ganization and greater strength can be
obtained at an increase of only 500, 900.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
TREASURY STATEMENT.
November Sheet Will Show an Excess Of
Expenditures Over Receipts.

ObtF htttipts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The regular
monthly treasury department state
ment to be issued to-day will show an
excess of expenditures over receipts
for the month of November OF $780,
367, which makes the deficiency for the
five months of the present fiscal year,
500, $40, 226. The receipts for customs
during November were $40, 26O, 692: from
internal revenue, s7,T74, O74; from mis-
cellaneous sources, S1,376, 637, making
the total receipts for the month. S19,-
All, 4O3. and for the last five months,
S136. 39S, S17 The disbursements for
the month amount TO ST.. 567,77O, of
which S12, O37, s95 is on occount of PEN
sions, making the disbursements for
the five months, SIS, 909, 043.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Despondency Leads to suicide.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Dec. 4.-Heinrich
STANCE. 80 years old. an iron worker
living with his family at 429 Walker
avenue. this city, has been out of en-
ployment for some time. Yesterday
morning he went home and in fit
eff dependency he took almost an
ounce of strychnine. The effect of the
drug was almost instantaneous. lie
became i'll and sank SO rapidly that
when physician arrived, thirty min
utes after, he was past all human aid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
TREASURY GOLD RESERVE.
An Increase of s33.S63.265 Has Occurred
Since "Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The cash bal
ance in the treasury at the close OF
business yesterday was $40, SS7.464:
gold reserve, SlOa, O16, us, showing an
increase since last Wednesday of $780,
s63.267. The gold receipts do not in
clude any deposits at Chicago, San
Francisco or Boston since the accept
ance of the bid for bonds. Nor do
yesterdays figures include receipts
from New York on the 2sth. 1t is ex-
pected that to-day's report will ma
terially increase these figures and by
Monday or Tuesday next the whole
amount of the bids will likely have
been deposited.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
The Gar Very Pacific.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1.-The procla-
nation of amnesty issued by the
car on the occasion of his mar
riage includes the accused Luther
an clergymen of the Baltic provinces.
1t is expected that all such prosecu-
lions will be dropped and that the
order for the expulsion of German Off
Gals and workmen from Russia will be
rpScinded
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Colored Men Lynch a Brute.

OCALA. Fla, Dec. At is reported
that William Jackson, a negro desper-
ado, wanted for various crimes, COM
mitted a criminal assault upon a negro
woman near Martel, a small village in
this county. Friday. He was arrested
by Constable Hutchinson. but was met
by large armed body of negroes and
hanged to the nearest tree.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Three Children Cremated.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. l.-Three
small children, two boys and a girl, OF
Mrs. w. X. Walters, living near Palarm,
90 miles from here, were burned to
death yesterday morning while the
mother was away from home at work.
She had locked them in the house.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Reprieved at the Last Moment.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Dec. Chat
tanooga was to have been the scene of
a double hanging yesterday. but at 10
o'clock, thirty minutes before the tim e
set, Gov. Turney telegraphed to Sheriff
Hide that he had granted the doomed
men respite until January IL, pend
ing an investigation for communication
of sentence. All was in readiness for
Nh. hapnipn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
Mother and Children Burned.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. AT 12:15 o'clock
the house of Jacob Schoppenhelm was
set on fire by defective hue and
burned to the ground. Mrs Schoppen-
helm and two children, aged and 4
years, persisted in the flames. The hus-
band and father was seriously scorched-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07
AMONG the new furs is what is called

AMONG the new furs is what is called
electric seal. The name is to an ex-
tent misleading. as the fur is merely a
sheared coney, and while rather pretty
looking at first, does not wear in a
satisfactory manner. Indeed it will
scarcely stand one seasons use and
look well. 1t is like many other
things, makeshift, and for that pur-
pose may have limited popularity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07

In window of bathhouse at Pom
peii were found four panes of glass
fastened in place by small nuts and
screws, SO contrived as to allow the re-
moval of the glass at pleasure.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
LOW Rates 10 Denrer. Col.

The B. & o. r. r. Co. will sell
round trip excursion tickets to Dem
yer, Col, from all points on itslines
east of the Ohio River, August 9Th,
9th and 10th, valid for return pass
age on trains leaving Denver Aug.
18th, 18th and September 18th.
The rate from Baltimore and
Washington will be s47.40 and cor.
respondingly low rates from other
points.
Passengers taking the B. & o.
have a choice of routes, going via
Pittsburg, Akron and Chicago; via
Grafton, Bellaire and Chicago, or
via Parkersburg, Cincinnati and st.
Louis; double daily service of e1-
press trains, with Pullman sleeping
and dining cars on all routes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01

Clarksburg: Investigation into
the history of ''Aunt' Mile Chaplin
who died here last week, develops
that she was born in 1922 ard con-
sequently was 1O2 years old. In
childhood she was born slave of
Harmon Blannerhassett, later on
was sold to a wellknown lawyer OF
his timed named Pingry, then pass
ing into the Chaplin family, by whom
she was owned up to emancipation.
She was employed as nurse at the
birth and babyhood of "Stonewall
Jackson, and was known to him as
"Mammy" up to the time of his
death.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01

In the summer of 1864, several
wounded officers and two or three
privates were going up the valley
of Virginia. A rain came ON and
all hands took shelter for the night
in school house. 1t happened
that in the course of the night a
skunk foundits way under the floor,
and by and by announced his pres
ence after it's well known effective
manner. The officers all walked up,
but being gentlemen and each sup
posing that the others were still
asleep, they kept quiet. At last
one OF the privates, German could
restrain himself no longer. Myl
my" he exclaimed. "Dish is too
bad! Dey shleeps und 1 wakes und
1 ish got to shmell it all!-iSoutlern
Biroudc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
Electric BItters.

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and so popular as TO need no
special mention. All who have used
Electro Bitters sing the same song OF
praise-A purer medicine does not exist
and is guaranteed to do all that is claim
ed. Electric Bitters will cure diseases OF
the Liver and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood. Will
drive Malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.
For cure OF Headache, Constipation snd
Indigestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price Scots. and $1.00 per bot
tie at Hooff's Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITY,
CAPE NAY AND SEA ISLE CITY.
THE World,s Fairest Seaside Resort.

The Worlds Fairest Seaside Resort.
Thursday, Aug. I'd, the third OF
the series of excursions to the sea-
shore is announced by the B. & o.
r. r., from Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
Parkersburg and all Intermediate
stations to Washington Junction,
Md. Atlantic City, Cape May and
Sea Isle City, are beyond doubt
the three greatest Seashore Resorts
on the Atlantic Coast, the season is
now at its height and the bathing
superb, and week spent at,either
one of these resorts would amply
repay the Merchant, Banker, Clerk
Farmer, Artisan, and in short, any
one who needs rest and recnper-
alton.
For the excursion on Aug. I'd, the
same low rates and unexcelled train
service, which have made these
jaunts to the sea so popular, will be
in effect.
Tickets will be valid for return
journey for twelve days from day of
sale, and will be good on all regular
trains. On return journey they
will be good to stop off at Wash
ington, thus affording an opportu
nifty to see Congress in session, to
visit the numerous public build
ings, which are open to visitors free
of charge, and to take trip down
the Potomac to Mt. Vernon, the
tomb of the immortsl Washington,
as well us to visit other places ofin-
terest in and near Washington.
Fare for the round trip from Park
ersburg SO. For more detailed in
formation apply to nearest B. & o.
Agent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
Summer Vacation Tours.

The Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
Co. now has on sale at all its offices
east of the Ohio River full line of
tourist excursion tickets to all the
lake, mountain and sea. shore resorts
in the Eastern and Northern States
and in Canada. These tickets are
valid for return journey until Octo-
Der 31st. Before deciding upon
your summer outing it would be
well to consult the B. & o. Book of
"Routes and Rates for Summer
Tours" All B. & o. Ticket Agents
at principal points have them, and
they will be sent post paid upon
receipt of ten cents, by Chas. o..
Scull, General Pass. Agent, B. & o.
R. r., Baltic, Md.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
eEAsr 81 81. ANNE.
Stories Of aIIraeuIous Cures Floving 70
New York Flock.

Stories OF AIIraculous Cures Flowing 70 q
New York Flock.
NEW YoRK. July Interest has
been revived within the past week in
the relic Of st. Anne, exhibited at the
Roman Catholic church Of st. jean
Baptiste, in East Seyenty-sixth street.
The occasion is noyena preceding the
feast Of st. Anne.
The little church has been crowded
daily since the beginning of the noyena
with devout Catholics. -Four masses
are celebrated each morning and in the
evening there is benediction.
Father Tetreau said Monday that he
had heard of many miraculous cures
among the faithful who have attended
the devotions. and case was reported
where a boy who had been affiicted
with spinal disease for years had been
cured His mother, who had been in
attendance since the beginning eof the
novena, appeared with the brace that
the boy had worn, and said that he was
able to do without it altogether.
The brace was added to the collection
of clutches and sticks left by the lame,
the halt and the blind who are said to
have been cured at the shrine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
ALL HOPE ABANDONED.
FOR the British ship cambrian
chIeftain.
aALLANT CREM OF THE DEE Also.

The Insurance Rate Now Fixed at 80,
which Il Equivalent to Giving Her Up
~ Lost-GraphIe Descriptions OF the Last
SEEN Of both Vessels-other vessels Far
Overdue and Grave Apprehension Exists.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-The rate of
reinsurance on the British ship Cam
brian Chieftzn has gone up to So per
cent, which Is equivalent to giving her
mp as lost. FrUm the news received
here Of the vessels wreck while bound
for Coquimbo, it was Thought that Cap
tain Thomas had remained by her and
attempted to make port under jury rig.
This theory is being at last dissipated as
the days go by and no news Is brought
OF her. It Is now feared that she and
the gallant crew that went to her rescue
from the Dee have gone down.
The story at first received was to the
effect that the ship had almost foundered
IN q gale and that some of her crew had
been picked MP OF the rigging by sailors
Of the British ship. Among those who
were saved were the captains wife and
child. The gallant boats crew of the
Dee went back for the rest. The Last
seen OF the boat was that she capsized,
and had been nghted and was being
carried toward the Cambrian Chieftain
by the tide.
The men ON the lost ship were still
olinging to the rigging looking In vain
for help from the Dee The rescuing
boat had been rowed but a short dis
lance from the Dee when the
Heavy Seas and Violent Winds
eapsized her Every man got grip ON
the keel and the boat was righted, but
she was half filed with water. The
oars were gone, though, and the brave
fellows were at the mercy Of the ele-
ments and soon were lost to view in the
darkness of night The next day both
the boat and the Cambrian Chieftain
had disappeared from view.
The boats belonging to the partly
wrecked vessel had been washed over
board or smashed, and neither the party
Of the castaways could help the other.
Only a miracle could save any of the
sailors, and it is feared that this never
occurred There Is no news OF the Brit
ish ship Colintraye, and the general i'm
preston Is that her name viii have to be
Added to the Long List
Of missing vessels She was bound
from Newcastle, n. s. W., for San
Francisco, and never was sighted after
she left port. The rate OF reinsurance
On her is 50 per cent.
Some little apprehension is being ex-
pressed for the British ship Shandon,
which is now 1873 days out from Cal
Cutta. While this is not a very long
voyage, still it is longer than the aver
age. When the Laomone was out $50
days the widest kind of rumors were
afoat about her and her reinsurance
was up to 40 per cent. The LaOmone
got In 10 days later by which time the
rate ON her had advanced to 80 per
cent
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
ALCOHOL DEALERS.
those OF New York Considering the Ad
Visibility of seizing Bonds.

Those OF New York Considering the Adj
Visibility of SEEKING Bonds.
NEW YORK, July 2+-Alcohol dealers
and rectifers of this city were in session
AL day discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of
garnisheeing the bonds deposited with
the Central Trust company as security
for rebates The question arose whether
they can attach these securities, the best
attorneys giving it as their opinion that
. contract illegally drawn can not be
legally collected
Should such a technicaIity present
itself, what Will become of the moneys
held by the Distilling and Cattle Feed
ing company, and how VIII the distrib-
utors proceed 10 secure their funds,
which run from 81 zoo, 600 to 8, 600, 900
The solution of this serious problem viii
be looked for with the greatest interest
nv kho0a invOlvad
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was no
hope for her, but two bottles DIR. Kings
New SI . Discovery completely i cured 1i,e her
Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida ST., San Fran
cisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, ap-
preaching Consumption, tried without
result everything else then bought one
bottle OF DR.. Kings New Discovery and
in two weeks was cured. He is natur-
ally thankful 1t is such results, of
which these are samples, that prove the
wonderful efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds. For trial bottles at
Hooff7s Drug Store. Regular size SOC.
and $1.00.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01

"sykes, you won that wheel bar
row bet, did your 1t must have
made the other fellow look foolish
to wheel you all over town in the
middle of the day" "Why-er-
yes. but l found out after the
ride was over that the blamed
scoundrel had tackled the liable "gar-
bage in big letters on the front
end of the wheel barrow"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
ReIiefin Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the t,NEw
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE. :"
This new remedy is great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
tention of water and pain in passing it
almost Immediately. 1fyou want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by A. G. Van Glider, druggist,
Point Pleasant. lnoy. 29-1y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
cau.sd nI conIfe, Labor.

OAKLAND, Cal. July 24-It is an
nounced that the California jute mills
will close permanently on Wednesday.
Most of the looms and spindles and all
Of the sewing machines are already idle.
A large number Of Chinese and Portn-
Kuess will be thrown out of employ
ment. The mill was unable to compete
with the convict labor employed in the
prison jute mills at San Quentin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
Police Judge killed.

HARRoDs8uRG, Ky, July Judge
Floyd Burl-s. police judge of Burgin,
and until recently postmaster at that
place, was killed by a Cincinnati South
ern train. He stepped from one track
to another to escape an approaching
train, and was struck by an engine
coming in an opposite direction. One
arm was cut off and his head crushed
in horrible manner. Notwithstandi- z
his terrible injuries he survived from 10
a m. until in the afternoon
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
ExPLoRERs sTRIkE a BERG.
Dr. Cooks Arctic Pienielsers Have seri-

LIZ 60oAAs @AECGAG ElGAlAGAkGEb 1A1ANG - SUIT
Gus Accident.
ST.. JOHNS, N. f. July -. DIR. Cooks
Arctic expedition returned to this port
Tuesday, the steamer Miranda having
been damaged in collision with an
iceberg. The accident occurred at 500
a. m. July II. during dense fog
about five miles northwest of Belle Isle.
The vessel was running at good rate
of speed and the ice was not sighted un-
til close at hand. The engines were
promptly reversed, but the momentum
carried the ship head ON, striking
squarly ON the stem. Two bow plates
were cracked and the forward rail was
smashed. The hawsepipe on the star
board side was broken, rendering that
al Oh II useless. There was no damage
below the water line.
The vessel put in at Cape Charles har-
Dor, Labrador, temporary repairs were
effected, and the University of Pennsyl-
vania Labrador exploring party was
landed. THE Miranda will be thorough
ly overhauled here and will probably
proceed to Greenland in few days All
on board are well.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01
SPECIAL NOTICE

From and after this date. all Resolu.
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-01

Capt. Mcclure says that two ra-
vens, who watched every move
ment on board his ship in the polar
regions, were constantly outwitting
his watchdog and stealing his food.
They would entice the angry quad
rupled to follow them for a distance,
and then, suddenly flying back,
would arrive at the mess tins of the
crew and snatch off the best bone
before the dog could return.-Ex.