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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-06

| it has overtaken you at last I saw
his coward lips tremble as I spoke
| He would have begged for his life, but
he knew well it was useless.
Would you murder me% he STAN
mered
There is no murder / answered.
Who talks of numbering a mad dog:
What mercy had you uron my poor
darling when you dragged her from
| her slaughtered father and bore her
away to your accursed and shameless
| harem?'
"'Itw not who killed her father,
he cried.
But it was you who broke her in
nocent heart / shrieked. thrusting
the box before him. Let the high
God judge between US Choose and
eat There is death in one and life in
the other. 1 shall take what you
leave. Let US see if there is justice
upon the earth, or if We are ruled by
chance
He covered away with wild cries
and prayers for mercy. but drew my
knife and held it to his throat until he
had obeyed me. Then 1 swallowed
the other, and we stood facing each
other in silence for minute or more.
waiting to see which was to live and
which was to die. Shall I ever forget
the look which came over his face when
the first warning pangs told him that
the poison was in his system? l
laughed as l saw it, and held Lucy's
marriage ring in front of his eyes. 1t
was but for moment, for the action
of the alkaloid is rapid. A spasm of
pain contorted his features; he threw
his hands out in front of him. stag
gered. and then, with hoarse cry, fell
heavily upon the floor l turned him
over with my foot and placed my hand
upon his heart. There was no move
ment. He was dead.
The blood had been streaming from
my nose, but had taken no notice of
it. don't know what it was that put
it into my head to write upon the wall
with it. Perhaps it was some mis-
chievous idea of setting the police upon
q wrong track. for felt light-hearted
and cheerful. 1 remembered a Ger
man being found in New York with
'rache' written up above him. and it
was argued at the time in the newspa-
pers tina. the secret societies must have
done it I guessed that what puzzled
the New Workers would puzzle the
Londoners, 50 l dipped my finger in
my own blcod and printed it on a con-
venient place on the wall Then l
walked down 90 my cab and found
that there was nobody about. and that
the night was still very wild had
driven some distance, when 1 put my
hand into the Pocket in which l usual
II kept Lucy's ring and found that it
was not there. ! was thunderstruck
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-06
ats internally dark said he,

ats Internally dark said he,
stamping about.
"'We1l soon have q light said,
striking a match and putting it to a
wax candle which I had brought with
me. Now, Enoch Drebber,' / con-
tInued, turning to him, and holding
the light to my own face: who am I7'
HE gazed at me with bleared,
drunken eyes for a moment, and then
/ saw a1horror spring up in them and
convulse his whole features, which
showed me that he knew me. He
staggered back with livid face, and
l saw the perspiration break out upon
his brow, while his teeth chartered.
At the sight 1 leaned my back against
the door and laughed loud and long.
had always known that vengeance
would be sweet, but had never hoped
for the contentment of soul which now
possessed me.
"'You dogr said; 4 have hunted
you from Salt Lake City to st. Peters
burg, and you have always escaped
me. Now at last your wanderings
have come to an enS, for either you CT
shall never see to-morrow's sun rise.
He shrank still farther away as I
spoke, and could sec on his face thai
he thought l was mac. So was for
the time. The pulses in my temples
beat like sledgc-hammers, and / be-
lieve l would nave had fit of some
sort il the blood had not gushed from
my nose and relieved me.
What do you think of Lucy Fer
rier Eow?' l cried, locking the door
and shaking the key in his face. Pun
ishment has been slow in coming, but
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| could keep me of by staying indoors
he was very much mistaken / soon
| found cut which was the window OF
his bedroom, and early next morning
| took advantage of some ladders
| which were lying in the lane behind
the hotel and so made my way into his
room in the gray of the dawn. I woke
him up and told him that the hour had
come when he was to answer for the
life he had taken so long before. de-
| scribed Drebber's death to him, and
gave him the same choice of the
poisoned pills. Instead of grasping at
tine chance of safety which that offered
him. he sprang from his bed and flew
at my throat. In self-dsfense stabbed
him to the heart. 1t would have been
the same in any case. for Providence
would never have allowed his guilty
hand to pick out anything but the
| poison.
Il have little more to say, and it's as
well, FOR am about done up. / went
on cabling it for day or so, intend
ing to keep at it until l could save
enough to take me back to America. !
was standing in the yard when a
ragged youngster asked if there was a
cabby there called jefferson Hope. and
said that his cab was wanted by a gen.
| tleman at 221B Baker street. l went
round. suspecting no harm and ne
| next thing l knew, this young mar
here had the bracelets on my wrists.
and as neatly shackled as ever 1 was
in my life. That's the whole story,
gentlemen. You may consider me to
be murderer; but 1 hold that am
just as much an officer of justice as
you are"
So thrilling had the mans narrative
been, and his manner was so impress
sive, that we had sat silent and alb
sorbed. Even the professional detec-
tives. blase as they were in every de-
tail of crime. appeared to be keenly in
terested in the mans story. When he
finished we sat for some minutes in q
stiffness which was only broken by
the scratching of Lestrale's pencil as
he gave the finishing touches to his
shorthand account.
There is only one point en- which
should like little more information"
Sherlock Holmes said at last "Who
was your accomplice who came for the
ring which advertised?''
The prisoner winked at my friend
loosely. Il can tell my own secrets, s"
be said, but | don't get other ceople
into trouble. saw your advertise
ment, and 1 thought it might be a
plant, or It might he the ring | wanted.
My friend volunteered to go and sac.
think you'll own he did it smartly''
Not doubt of that" said Holmes,
heartily.
Now. gentlemen" the inspector re-
marked gravely. the forms of the law
must be complied with On Thursday
the prisoner will be brought before che
magistrates. and your attendance will
be required. Until then | will be re-
sponsible for him" He rang the bell
as he spoke, and jefferson Hope was
led off by couple of warders. while
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-06
THE VOTE OF LABORERS.
Workingmen Warned of the Disasters
Rule of DemocrarY.

Workingmen Warned of the Disastrous
Rule of Democracy.
Why did Rhode Island 60 republican
by six thousand In 1894? is trite ques-
ton, and may as easily be answered as
the question, why did Rhode Island go
democratic by 1900 in 1899? First in
1892. the number of wage esrners en-
ployed In the factories of Rhode Island
are about 1e. 200. That was an UMPIRE
cedented year for prosperity and year
when everybody felt that they were
independent The working people were
told by the calamity politicians that
their wages were created through the
labor unions and were maintained by
the compactness of their labor organi.
cations. That tariff laws had nothing
to do, whatever, with high wages or
steady employment That the robbeI
barons were merely using them as
tools in the matter. The state being
overrun with campaign speakers, tell
ing such stories, and the venal demo
cratic press continuously holding be-
fore these people the same doctrine, .
democratic plurality of 1000 can be &C
counted for in 1892
In 1894, the wage-earners In the fac
tories of Rhode Island, who are found
employed, were about 10000, leaving
more than 1900 unemployed. Every
wage Garner was alarmed. He began
to ask the question, why am 1 idlei
Why are those who are at work. re-
ceiving less wages than in 1891 and
1892? Our labor unions are just as
effective; our labor organizations are
certainly stronger, but wages are be-
ing reduced; prices are continually
falling everywhere, and employment is
out of the question"
Republican campaign speakers. and
the press, mildly and dispassionately
presented the plain facts. that the at
tempt to overthrow the Mckinley law,
which guaranteed employment and
wages, overthrow the whole industrial
system of Rhode Island. Wage-earn
ers heard and understood something OF
this, and registered republican plu
rality of more than six thousand IL
1894. We may expect like results upon
reflection from the intelligent labor
people of the United States, wheI
they have an opportunity of expressing
themselves at the polls In the future
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CHAPTER VII.


We had all been warned to appea-
before the magistrates upon the Thurs
day; but when the Thursday came
there was no occasion for our testi-
mony. A higher Judge had taken the
matter in hand, and jefferson Hope
had been summoned before a tribunal
where strict justice would be meted
out to him On the very night after
his capture the aneuTism burst, and he
was found in the morning stretched
upon the floor of the c-il, with placid
smile upon his face, az dough he had
been able il his dying moments to
look back upon a useful life and on
work we'll done.
'Gregson and Lestrade gill be wild
about his DEATH Holmes ro-l1rked. as
we chatted it over next evening.
Where will their grand advertisement
be now?"
II don't see that they had ve-y much
to do with his capture l ANSWERED.
What you do in this world is = mat
ter of no consequence" returned my
companion, bitterly. THE question is,
what can you make people believ: that
you have done? Never mind" hs oon-
tinued. more brightly, after pause, Il
would not have missed the investsra-
ton for anything. There has been no
better case within my recollectsca.
Simple as it was. there were several
most instructive points about it."
simpler calculated
well. really. it can hardly be de-
A-ribed as otherwise" said Sherlocs
0clmes. smiling at my surprise. The
foot of its intrinsic simplicity is that
without any help, save q few very or
di:ary deductions l was able to lay
n: hand upon the criminal within
tllf:se days"
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at this, for It was the only memento
that l had of her. Thinking that /
might have dropped it when stopped
over Drebber's body. drove back. and,
leaving my cab in side street, / went
boldly up TO the house-for l was ready
to dare anything rather than lose the
ring. When l arrived there walked
right into the arms of police officer
who was coming out. and only man
aged to disarm his suspicious by pre-
tending to be hopelessly drunk
That was how Enoch Drebber came
to his end All had TO do then was
to do as much for Stangerson, and so
pay OF John Terriers debt knew
that he was staying at Halliday's pri-
vate hotel, and hung about all day.
but he never came out ! fancy that
he suspected something when Drebber
failed to put in an appearance He
was cunning, was Stangerson, and al
ways on his guard II he thought he
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The Albion CoIIiery Horror.

CARDIFF, June 2s.-The list of those
killed by the explosion in the Albion
colliery on Saturday night continues to
swell, and the number is now far ahead
of the first estimates of the fatalities
Thus far 26s bodies have been brought
to the surface. One hundred and
twenty of the dead were buried yester-
day. The funeral was attended BY 3d.
coo Golfers, and the services were very
impressive and affecting. All the pits
in the vicinity were closed in order
that all he employees might attend the
funeral. The dead were carried ON
titsv bierS-
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A SPURIOUS CLAIM.
he Income TEX Measure Purely Dsno.
cratic.

|
The report has become current
throughout the west and northwest
that the populist delegation in con.
gress claim to have forced the adop-
ton of the income tax amendment to
the Wilson tariff bill.
No more unjust claim was ever made
by any party or party people The
democrats acted Independent Of both
populists and republicans in preparing
and bringing forward this measure.
They had voted enough of their own
and to spare, and Notwithstanding the
claims made by Mr.. Simpson, of Kan
sas. as the leader of the populists in
the lower house of congress, the evil
dence Is all against any such action
being taken by the democrats at the
suggestion or at the forced dictation
Of the populist delegation
On the rollcall Of January 5, 70
adopt the rule. against which the re
publicaus flibustered, the record
shows that all the populists in the
house, instead of voting for the rule,
flibustered. except Bell. who voted
for consideration. Page 5s1, second
session, Fifty-third congress. On the
second rollcall Bell refused 70 vote,
but on all other votes on that measure
that day Bell voted with the demo
Gratis
On the following day, the same or
der of proceeding was continued, and
all the populists were fllibustering. as
shown by the record. pages 544, 545 and
$40. On the sth Of January, page 5s5.
Il Is shown that the rule brought In by
the committee on rules, was adopted
by vote of 100 yeas, to no nays, not
voting. 161. Of this 1s1. the following
populists appear: Baker. of Kansas;
Bell, of Colorado; Bowen. of Mime
sofa; Davis, of Kansas; Harris, of Kan
sas; Hudson. of Kansas; KEN, of Ne
braska; McKeighan, of Nebraska;
Pence, of Colorado; Simpson. of Kan
sas, making a solid populist vote against
consideration for the bill. 1t Is there
fore conclusive that the democrats
were able to shape the character, as
well as the time for consideration of
this measure, independent of the pop
ulists' vote, under the leadership of
Mr.. Simpson. The populists' vote did
not force the attachment of the income
tax to the bill. as claimed by them.
The bill was reported the last of De-
cember. Wilson gave notice in Decem-
Der that he would call it up on the
first day of the session after the holt
days. He gave that notice December
81. On Friday. the 5th of January,
1894. a rule was reported. They fiji
bustered on that rule and it was not
adopted until the sth. The bill was
taken up on the sth. The income tax
was not reported until January 90
The bill passed on February 1. The
truth is that Simpson and the other
leaders of the populists refused to
vote the same as did the republicans
and filibustered, and they refused
on the very vote on the sth that
adopted the rule. The rule was adopt
ed without their vote, on the sth of
January. 1894.
The income tax measure is a purely
democratic measure. demanded by the
south, as a measure of relief for the
southern states. With more than one
third of the whole population they
will pay less than three twentieths of
this tax.
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LEGISLATION ON THE TARIFF.
Democrats Dodging the Promises of Their
Platform

Platform
The democrats in congress make a
poor showing as apologists. They con-
tinue to assert that il they had the ma
jority necessary, no concession would
be made in the present tariff law. to
the high protective demands, but that
it is impossible for them to frame q
strictly revenue tariff. because they
lack sufficient majority. Let us see.
They have a majority of 90 In the
house of representatives. Is such a
majority sufficient? Any reasonable
man would suppose such to be the
case. If 90 could not accomplish the
work. how could they expect it to be
accomplished by twice that number
In the senate there is a clear working
majority, independent of populists and
republicans, but the populists have
been uniformly acting with the demo-
Gratis, so that on all tariff questions,
:heyrhave been able to show a clear
majority in favor of tariff reform, Of
from eight TO twelve.
When the Mckinley bill passed in
1890, it was by far different majority,
the republican vote being 1854 for the
bill, with l42 against the bill, 81 not
voting, which was a strict party vote
OF the 81 not voting, Is were demo-
Gratis and 8 were republicans, so that
the Mckinley bill was passed by a
strict party majority Of %, and yet the
democrats in the house, with a strict
party majority of 30 claim that they
III - 10 81 asr
The Mckinley bill passed the senate
by party vote of 40 republicans to 90
democrats, and was finally agreed to,
being the report of the conference
committee, by S3 republicans to 81
democrats. so that in the senate, on
the passage Of the bill, there was IL
majority, and on the conference report
there were majority. less majority
than the democrats have had at any
time so far in the proceedings in the
senate on the Wilson bill. Such
apologies as these only show the
weakness of the party who give cur
rency to them
The secret of this confession of
weakness is found in the fact that the
democratic party to-day, dare not do
what they promised the people to per-
form in 1872 Let the people send
their protest against this high-handed
iniquity. which skulks behind ma
jority competent to repeal the force
bill against the united protest of the
republican party, but cannot keep its
pledge in the shaping of an industrial
law.
Better kill the bill
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without means with which to buy the
products of the field The question Of
freights Is beginning now to be thor
oughly understood. New York and
Liverpool are of little value to the
shipper in Iowa or Minnesota, pro-
vided q good factory town, like Mil
waukee. or Minneapolis. or St. Paul
has grown mp within score of years,
to take more than q dozen steamships
would carry to a foreign seaboard.
The Wilson bill might be very aptly
called bill to increase railway freights
and kill home markets, or better-a
measure for closing factories and leav-
charge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-06

If your kitchen or any other floor
that you do not wish to carpet shows
unsightly cracks try the following re-
cipe for them: One pound of -four,
three quarts of water and teaspoon
full OF alum and make paste of them,
cooking well together. After remov-
ing from the stove stir it into a lot OF
paper that is torn in small pieces and
let it soak. stirring as much as you can
The paper should be stirred until it Is
all in pulp and the mass is so thick
that it is difficult to stir any longer
Apply it to the cracks-be sure the
floor is freshly cleaned irst-and force
It in, smoothing it off even with the
surface Leave it TO dry thoroughly,
and you will find that it is more lasting
and a great deal cheaper than putty
This can be painted right over as
though it were wood-Pittsburgh Dis
patch
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HOME MARKETS.
Farmers Receiving New Light on an Inn
portAnt Question

Farmers Receiving New Light on an Inn
portant Question
There are 50 many reasons why the
farmers should encourage manufactur-
ing that it seems like a work Of supere-
rogation to dwell on its Importance.
Every farm that finds a market within
radius of fifty miles for its product
need not allow anything to waste, for
all can reach this market without a
great outlay for transportation The
farmers are Just now beginning to
realize that these manufacturing
estab lishments. dotted all over the
great states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.
Iowa and eight or ten other western
states, brought to them their best Gus
toners, and that they were not able to
estimate truly its value until these
markets were ruined by closing these
manufacturing establishments and
leaving those who were their former
consumer out Of employment and
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FASHION NOTES.
Hints and Suggestions Both Timely and Up
to Date

b
to Date
! The craze for a revival of old-time
| fancies extends to names as well as
things. and the present pet in Paris Is
the Maid of Orleans There are
Jeanne dare hats. Orleans shoes and
gloves. and the heroic maiden's suit of
armor has been represented in a toilet
of gray silk trimmed with steel SPAN
giles
Chatelaines hung with all sorts OF
jingling trinkets, such as miniature
TASKS. salt bottles, seals, and pencils
are to be worn again.
Bridesmaids dresses of sheer plain
muslin, made over silk and trimmed
with lace inserting put in perpendieu-
larry, and deep Fittings of lace. are
pretty for June weddings. With these
are worn large, girlish straw hats An
other fancy is TO have the bridesmaids
wear different colors-
Graceful sashes are made by double
band of ribbon passed around the
waist and fastened at the back be-
meath two rosettes, with long ends
reaching to the hem
gold, set with diamonds, are worn 10
keep the hair in place A pretty fancy
for gray hair is an outstanding comb of
jet, which extends down at the side of
the head, graduating into the hair.
Belts of some description are an in
dispensable article of summer attire,
and they may be of ribbon, velvet Or
leather. A new fancy resembles chain
armor in miniature, and consists of
beads and pallettes overlapping each
other, and sewn on elastic cloth. Fancy
buckles and clasps fasten the belts i'm
front, and these come in every possible
variety to suit every purse The most
durable ones, which are nice and mex
pensive. too, are of solid silver.
4 novel way of giving dash of style
to plain covert coat is to introduce \
wide white duck collar and revers,
which are made to button on and take
OFF at Will
White trimmings are universally
worn and white kid is introduced with
guipure in many of the enbroideries-
Evening ties for gentlemen sugges.
the proximity of feminine fingers, and
look like women's butterfly bows
Ribbons vie with laces for the favor
lite place among dresS trimmings and
all kinds of plain and fancy ribbons ara
used on dresses--N. Y. Sun.
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M'KINLEY THE FAvORITE.
Republican League Delegates Favor tn,
Ohio Man for President.

Ohio Man for President.
DENVER, Col, June as--An over
whelming majority of the delegates to
the convention of Republican League
clubs are for William Mckinley, of
Ohio, for president in 1896. This fact
was ascertained by interviewing the
delegates and personal statements Of
preference from SEQ of the 900 delegates
present were secured OF this number
5s7 favored Mckinley. 142 were for
Reed, % for Harrison and the balance
divided among Allison, Cameron. Lin
coin and Alger.
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Resulted In Murder.

COLUMBIA. Mo-, June 2s.-Jim Harris,
colored, who was disembowled with a
knife in the hands of Edward Norris,
also colored, at recent picnic at Deer
park, miles east of this city, died Of
his wound yesterday afternoon The
victim was one of the wealthiest ne
oroes in the county
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ELLs~oETH, Kan, June sa-Hugo
Brandt, white porter in the Ballou
house, fatally shot William Richard
son. colored chief cook. because his
breakfast was not served To suit him
Brandt Immediately surrendered him
self to the sheriff.
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Dragged to Death In a Rzravay.

BEATRICE. Neb., Juno 21-Last night
Stella Mumford, aged 10 years, was
thrown out of cart by a runaway
horse. Her foot caught in the Stats
and her brains were dashed out against
the wheel The horse stopped at the
girls residence.
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Naturally Fnouxh-

Il love to think of the Christmases
past" remarked old Mr. Scadds.
Il don't, papa" replied his daughter.
Il an more interested in the Christmas
preeent--Dctroit Free Press.
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my friend and l made our way out of
the station and took a cab back to
Baker street.