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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
THE DOCKERY LAW.
1t VIII save Millions to the Treasury-AboI-
ishing CnprofitabIe Custom Houses.

1t VIII Save Millions to the Treasury-Abol-
ishing Improbable Custom Houses.
WASHINGTON. Oct i9.-The Dockery
law. which made such sweeping re-
duction in the clerical force in the
treasury department. has been in oper
alton for over two weeks. The effect
Of the change has been closely watched.
not only by Secretary Carlisle and his
assistants in the treasury. but also by
prominent officials in other depart
ments. who desire to eradicate from
cir system Of conducting business
what might be termed as red tape"
The Dockery law has reduced this OBJ
jectionable feature Of conducting bust
ness with the treasury department to
4 minimum. Other departments desire
to appropriate TO themselves these ben
eficial results. and already it is stated
Efforts will be put forth to have con-
greSs reorganize the business methods
and clerical forces Of several OF the de-
partments.
The Doclzery law will effect saving
Of $1,000. 900 a year in the treasury.
The treasury Is even going further
IN is efforts 10 reduce expenses. 1t Is
proposed 70 abolish custom houses
which do not yield sufficient revenue
for their support. For several years such
efforts have been put forth. but unsuc-
cessfullv. Commissioner Pugh. in his
report to Secretary Carlisle. has given
list Of over twenty-five custom houses
which reported transactions during the
fiscal year ended June 80 last. Among
these are Annapolis. Md: Brunswick,
Ga: Chattanooga. Tenn: Cherrystone.
Va: Eastern Maryland. Fernandina.
Fla; Georgetown. :. c; La Crosse.
Wis: St Augustine Fla: ST Marks.
Fla: st. Marvs. ia: Natchez. Miss;
Newport News. Va; Paducah, Ky:
Pamlico. y. c: Peau River Miss; Pen
sacola. Fla; Petersburg. Va; Analachi
cola. Fla; Atlanta. Ga: Beaufort, y.
c.: Beaufort. ). c, and Rappahannock,
Va
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commonwealers. or Coxeyites; the other
the strike. commencing in June on the
Northern Pacific railroad. precipitated
in sympathy with the strike at Pull
man, Ill.
The first of these developed to the greatest
extent in the farther northwestern portion OF
the department. in the state Of Montana be-
ing augmented and aggravated By causes Ike
those which made the strike occurring subse-
quently Of considerable proportions and more or
less difficult to control. The causes are large
floating. mining and at times unemployed pop
ulation. which. being more or less free from
the restraint of law. is always ready to join any
movement in which idleness. vieiousness and
lawlessness are found. Another cause Is an
affected sympathy extended to the lawless by
both high and low in Office who depend on the
suffrage OF the less lav-abiding for their posi-
tions. This principle OF dependence is appar-
ent among all classes Of the community. The
merchant. the grocer. the tradesman and all
who live by the patronage of others are con-
strained to openly express sympathy with the
violent and. in many eases. with the lawleSs,
because of the principle of boycotting which
has been reduced 10 q science in this newly and
meagerly populated state
In treating of the great strike which
stopped every wheel on the Northern
Pacific railroad. and inflicted great loss
and untold Inconvenience upon the
public. Gen. Merritt says:
II is difficult to conceive worse state Of
Affairs than existed on this road There vas
no mail communication with any point west OF
Fargo. The posts situated on this road could
hold no communication with department. head
quarters. save by telegraph If the blockade
had been continued. communities living and
troops stationed at different points on the road
were in danger of starvation resulting from
she stoppage Of supply trains
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
SAFE Ia The Penitentiarr.

CoLUNBUs. O.. Oct. I9.-William Dol
bv. the negro sentenced at Washington
Courthouse to twenty years imprisor-
ment and the cause Of the deaths Of
three members Of mob from bullets
from militia rifles. was landed in the
penitentiary at o'clock yesterday
morning under guard OF Sheriff Cook
and Deputy Busjck. and the Columbus
companies of the Ohio national
guard. The prisoner stated to the
prison officials that he was not guilty.
but had entered a plea of guilty be-
cause he had been informed that he
was TO be mobbed and that this was
the only way to escape with his life.
He claimed never to have been arrested
or charged with the slightest infrac-
ton OF the law. DR.. Ireton. in making
the physical examination. said Dolby's
legs trembled and his heart fiuttered
as a result OF his scare.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
GES. I. q. RCGER-

eE.EH. RCGER- colonelcy. Includ-
ing the grade of colonel in the army,
all appointments are the result of direct
promotion. but beyond that rank the
selection is left TO the president, and il
is held that he could, If he chose. ap-
point even a civilian to the vacancy
caused by Gen. Howard's retirement
Gen. Thomas II. Ruger is now loca-
ted at San Francisco in charge of the
California division. He is about So
years of age and is a very genial and
accomplished man. He entered upon
hi. cadetship at West Point. July l.
1850. and graduated in 1854. taking rank
as lieutenant Till 1855 he served as
assistant in charge of constructing the
defenses on the approaches to New Or
leans. He then resigned and began
practicing law. but at the outbreak of
the war promptly enlisted and did ex-
cellent service for the union through
out the war. He was brevetted briga-
dier-general for gallant services. Since
the war he has been in almost constant
service and held many responsible army
offices in all parts of the country
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INDICTED AT ST. LOUIS.
The Grand Jury Returns Bills Against an
Investment Company and a Postmaster.

ST. Louis. Oct. 20.-Among the in
dictments handed down by the federal
grand jury yesterday were those OF
Nessrs. Mcdonald and Wells. president
and secretary respectively of the Guar
antee Investment Co. of Nevada. Mo.
The grand jury did not indict Johnson.
Slattery and Stevenson. but Col Clop-
ton. United States district attorney.
saws that he Will file information
against them for violation of the fed
eral LOTTERY law.
The grand jury indicted :. 7. Baker,
c. II. Melzeel and w. y. SCOTT. for a con-
spiracy to defraud the government.
This Is the Columbian stamp case.
which last spring was dismissed on de-
murrer o. the defendants, that the in
dictments charged no offense to the
federal law. Baker was postmaster at
Shrewsbury. Mo. and the indictment
charges that Mel1eel and Scott. whc
We're in the stamp business
in st. Louis. offered him a great
per cent. Of the value of all the Column
bian stamps he would cancel for them.
They are charged with bribing him
and he with accepting the bride. the
whole procedure being, it is charged. a
conspiracy. whose effect was to be the
unlawful increase of Bakers salary a
postmaster and the defrauding of the
government to that extent.
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Cardinals Hat for Mgr. satoIli

New YORK. Oct 2O.-Archbishop Ire
land. of St Paul. is authority for the
statement that Mgr. Satoli will short
" be elevated TO the rank and dignity
OF a cardinal. The St Paul prelate
also announced the forthcoming APP
pointment OF Mgr. Satolli as legate q
latare. which is the most exalted rank
to which representative of the pope
can attain 1t is understood that the
cardinals hat. or beretta, will be
brought to this country by a Roman
prelate. and that Archbishop Ireland
Will confer the insignia of his new
Office upon Mgr. Satolh at place and
time yet to be agreed upon
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
COOLJY ROBBEO a TRAIN.
Bold Bandits Hold Up an Express Train on
the Texas Pacific.

WEATHERFoRD. Tex. Oct. Ca re-
port reached here yesterday afternoon
that the west bound passenger train
on the Texas Pacific railway. which
left here at 1890 yesterday morning.
was held up and robbed by four men
near Gordon about noon. At a point
about miles this side of Cor
don four men. unmasked. ap
preached the section gang and
forced them to obstruct the road and
flag the train as it approa ched. and
when the train was stopped the ban
dts forced the express messenger tc
open the door of the car. They also
forced the section men to 90 into the
car with a sledge hammer and try &c
batter the ombinatiOn off the express
safe. but their efforts to open the safe
were unfruitful. The messengers way
safe was battered open and what money
there was in it was taken by the
robbers. The amount secured, it Is
estimated. runs anywhere between $500
and 5000. To-day being pay day at
Thurber for the large number of hands
that work at the mines. there was in
the combination safe $4,000 consigned
to the Pacific Coal Co., which was to
paw of the hands
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
A oue.tIoa Of Precedence.

"In an adjoining ROOM" said a
father, 81 hear my two young children,
who have just got up. discussing ear
nestly the question who shall get
washed first This may not be ques-
ton of high international Importance,
but it is certainly one of some domes-
tic interest. Each claims the right to
be washed first, supporting the claim
by sundry statements as to who was
washed first yesterday, and so on;
but both are willing to submit the case
to their mother for arbitration. which
they do. Just how she settled it / don't
know: happily, however. surely; for
now 1 hear them laughing; but with
such an arbiter what possible outcome
could there be except peace and quiet
and general satisfaction and good
humor?"-N. Y. Sun.
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Eel Dead in Camn.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. Oct 20--Ralph
D. Willis. chief clerk in the Office of
the United States internal revenue col
lector at St Louis. died OF heart disease
IN camp on the Gasconade river. 30
miles from this city at o'clock Thurs
day night Mr.. Willis came here last
week to join fishing and hunting
party. which left here on Monday. He
was apparently in the best of health
a few minutes before his death he was
eating supper with his companions
He complained of being sick and get
ting up from the table, stepped outside
Of the tent and fell dead
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Defraudiny the Knights.

CINCINNATI. Oct. lS-The post Office
inspectors are working on frauds per-
petrated upon Knights of Pythias
lodges all over the country. The in
spectors are reticent because their
work Is not completed and the knights
will not talk except to say that the
fraud Is likely committed by a men,
Der OF tine order and that their
officials turned the case over
to the postal authorities. Bogus bene-
fit orders have been presented to lodges
all over the country and cashed, secur-
ing 500 from each lodge. All signs and
grips are said to be used by the swim
dler and blank orders were stolen from
different lodges At Logansport. Ind,
1000 blank orders and the seal were
stolen from Apollo lodge The blanks
duly filed out were cashed at Bellows
Falls. Me-. Rutland. VT, and other
eastern points
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eRECKINRIOGE'S APPEAL.
The Court OF Appeals Orders 1t Stricken
from the Docket.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-On motion of
Calderon Carlisle. counsel for Madeline
Pollard. in the case of Pollard vs..
breckenridge, the court of appeals for
the District of Columbia has ordered
the appeal. which had been asked for
in this case. stricken from the docket
of the court on the ground that it had
not been entered within the statutory
time. This ends the litigation as far
as the courts of the District are con-
cerned. and leaves the plaintiff free to
collect her Judgment of $4,000 and
costs from Col. Breckenridge when and
how she can.
Mr.. Breckinridge's salary for the
remainder of his congressional term
is exempt by law from seizure. and
there i no provision in the laws of the
District of Columbia. as there is on the
statutes of some Of the states. for the
arrest and detention of any person
about to leave the jurisdiction of the
state without complying with the
judgments of the courts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
THE WHEAT-FEO HOG.
Practical Test Made with Satisfaction at
ArmOur's Packing House.

Armour's Packing House.
KANSAS CITY. Kan. Oct iS.-The
Armour Packing Co. of this city. has
been making series of practical tests
70 determine the quality of the wheat
fed hog and its availability for pack
ing Tests made at the Kansas agri-
cultural college. and also by farm
ers. have shown that there is
more money for the farmer. on the
present basis of hog values. in feed
ing wheat to hogs than would be to
sell it on the market at ID to 80. or
even 90 cents per bushel. But test
which was completed at Arh.our's this
morning also demonstrated beyond
question that a wheat-fed hog would
dress out as well. il not trifie better,
than the corn-fed hog.
The test was made with seventv-one
hogs that had been fed on wheat.
Their total weight was 17s2O pounds.
or an average of PSI pounds each. and
they dressed out 12.33s pounds of meat.
or 69.24 per cent. of their live weight.
This Is considered very satisfactory
and Is strong argument in
favor of feeding wheat to hogs.
During the week of September 20
the house run of 1.913 hogs at
Armour's showed a percentage of IS. 9s.
while it is said that the house run in
eight weeks has not gone below 66 per
cent. nor higher than 50 per cent. so
that to-iay's test Is better than any
that has been made for some time. On a
basisof this test packers generally will
accept the wheat-fed hog As being the
equal in every way. il not superior. to
the corn-fed hog. and the farmers who
have 6een bewailing the low price of
wheat will extract good deal of salts
faction in the thought that they can
realize more money out of their wheat
by feeding it to the swine than by SELL
ing il on the market at the prevailing
low rrice>
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straus win Probably Witbdr.w.

NV NoRk- Oct. I9--At late hour
last night an intimate friend Of Nomi-
nee Nathan Straus SAYS: Mr.. Straus
has practically decided to withdraw
from the mayoralty race This decis-
ion was arrived at after Mr.. Straus re-
ceived word from close friend of Mr..
Hill. in which the latter declined to
aecsde TO Mr.. Strsus' request Such
Tammany leaders as Mayor Gilroy,
Mayor Grant Delaney Nicon, John NJ.
Bowers and Others labored long and
earnestly with Mr.. Straus. bringing
sll sorts of argument 10 bear, but the
nominee was obdurate and insisted up
On withdrawing
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Rumor of a Great Conspiracy.

MISSEAPoLIs. MINI. Oct 1a.-Dr.
George Won Schmidt, the German trav-
eler claiming to have inside advices by
mail as to the situation in Russia said
to-day that he had just received an
other cryptographic letter indirectly
from St Petersburg indicating that
the student party. the army and the
clergy are honeyeombed with a con-
spiracy TO set aside the czarowiteh and
place Prince George on the throne IN
spite Of the eza-'s personal wishes. and
that the ear dare not employ Russian
physicians for fear they are connected
with the conspiracy.
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Oklahoma'S Report.

WASHINGTON. Oct. IS.-The secretary
of the interior yesterday received the
annual report of the governor of Okla
homa and speaks very favorably of its
various recommendation. The report
was sent Immediately to the public
printer, and it will not be made public
until 1t returns to the department
The secretary said. however, that the
report was businesslike and thorough.
and one which would be of much in
terest to the people of the west.
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FATAL GASOLINE.
Carelessness in Handling the Deadly Fluid
Results in the determination of a Whole


ARDNoRE. |. T. Oct. 22.-An appall-
ing accident occurred miles south of
here Saturday night. in which two
children lost their lives and their
father is burned so badly that he
cannot recover. Shortly after dark
c. W. Cox, widower, living
alone with his two children. Terry.
a boy of Q, and Fannie. a girl
IL years old. was filling a burning
lamp from a five gallon can filed with
oil. In some manner the oil became
ignited and the father and the two
children were enveloped in one mass
OF flames. Neiehbors. seeing the
flames. fastened to their relief and
smothered the fire with blankets. but
not until the three were horribly
burned. Physicians were sent for to
this city. but before they reached the
scene the boy had died. and the girl
expired at 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
The father is still living. but cannot
T1OSSih1v -aeOver
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26

military education in European schools.
While vet in his teens his strategy and
tactics in the field as commander of an
army. commanded the admiration OF
all military men. Since joining the
army he has borne prominent part in
all campaigns in which Japanese forces
have participated. He is considered
the ablest general that Japan has.
Count Yamagate has also held several
cabinet positions. but much prefers
life in the army.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Emancipation's Woes.

First Clubwoman "a few years hence)
Men are enough to drive a'woman
crazy.
Second Clubwoman-Indeed they are.
First Clubwoman-Onlv think For
FIVE nights last week remained at the
club terribly late, and yet. when
went home, L didn't once find my hus-
band waiting at the top of the stairs
to upbraid me for neglect The heart
less brute was IN bed, sleeping like a
top, and actually smiling in his dreams
N. Y. Weekly.
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Danger.

''You mustn't come too close TO the
baby helephant. sir" said the keeper
to Algernon Fitz Noodle. who was
sucking the head of his cane and lean
ing against the rope. Its a-cuttin' of
tush, sir. and will chaw most any
think soft it can get hold of. Chicago
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Mr.. Norton-s coachman Must Co

New YORK Oct. 20.-Judce Lacomb,
in the United States circuit court to-
DAY. dismissed the writ of habeas cor
puS in the case of John James Howard.
ex-Vice President Levi p. Morton :
English coachman- Under this ruling
Howard must 90 back to England.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Held by the Enemy.

II YOU are held captive by the enemy,
rheumatism. bound hand and foot il the
shackles of rheumatic govt, you have your
self TO blame, because you did not check
their approach in the outset with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters Tackle them at once
with this pain soothing, nerve quieting.
blood depuratipg specific, and you will ex-
perience speedy relief. BiliOusness. ma
iarial. dyspeptic. liver and neuralgic COM
plants yield to it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26

Dakota. says that
the movements of
troops in his depart
ment during the
last summer was oc-
casioned by two re-
N arka bic out =
breaks. W hich it
was necessary to
control by the use
of the army. In
April was the or
ganization and
movement of h e
.,1I-I ~
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Young Women Dying Tocethe~.

OMAHA Neb.. Oct 22.-katie e.
sanger, of West Point, and Selma Esi-
beck. of Lincoln. young German serv-
ant girls. are dying at West Point fror.
laudanum taken with the confessed
intent TO end their lives by mutual
agreement.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
Bank Note Company onfcers Indicted.

ST. Louis. Oct I9.-Albert Holmes,
Clarence c. Henry and Edgar Smith.
officers OF the St Louis Bank Note Co.
who fled a contract with the state of
ticers OF Mississippi TO print certain
state warrants. were indicted yester-
day by the federal grand jury on the
charge OF having violated the federal
statute prohibiting the printing Of
matter resembling United States cur
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
A Football Player Killed.

PHILADELPHIA Oct ee.-The skull of
Harry Knight, member of the Drexel
institute football team. was crushed in
practice game with the university of
Pennsylvania Saturday morning He
died in the university hospital soon
after
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\. Iamagate. who
has just brought
the Ping-Yang cam
pairn TO a brilliant
close. On account
ofhis quiet strategy
he has been called
the Won Noltke of
Japan. Count YAM
agate Is about ~
years of age ard Of
humble origin. He
was a born soldier
Il raaaivad hi =
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strong, plump, round and rosy. Moth
ing so effective as a strength Testorer
and flesh maker is known to medical sci
ence; this puts on healthy flesh not the fat
of cod liver oil and its filthy compounds.
1t rouses every organ of the body to ac-
tivity. purihes. enriches and vitalizes
the blood so that the body feels refreshed
and strengthened. If you are too thin, too
weak, too nervous, it may be that the food
assimilation is at fault. A certain amount
of bile is necessary for the reception of the
fat foods in the blood. Too often the liver
holds back this element which would help
digestion. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery stimulates, tones up and invig-
crates the liver, nourishes the blood, and
the muscles, stomach and nerves get the
rich blood they require.
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Expert Definition.

Bobby-Papa. what is circumstantial
evidences
Fond rent-Circumstantial evidence
is evidence which proves the occur
renee of circumstances which are
proved by circumstantial evidence not
to have 2ccurred--Puek-
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TWO POWERFUL BOMBS.
Found Near the Engine of n Factory i
barcelona

barcelona
BARCELONA. Oct 22.-Two dynamite
bombs were found yesterday near the
engine of large mandatory. where
a number of anarchists were formerly
employed. Fuses were attached to the
bombs. Among the anarchists who
were at one time employed at the
works referred to were two men who
were executed in front of the fortress
of Mont Juich. An investigation into
the character OF the bombs showed
that they were powerful enough to
have blown up the whole quarter of the
CITY in which they were found.
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Spent Hundreds Of Dollars with no Benefit.

NJ J. COLEMAN OF q .
Mass. writes : After
suffering from dyspepsia
and constipation with IN
told agony for at least IS
months. / am more than
pleased to say that after
using DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets for one
month. I was entirely
cured. and frcn that day
to this 1 do not know,
thank God. what even a
slight headache Is. I paid
a doctor on fremont St.
Boston. in one day for
his advice only the sum
OF 5000 with g. 20 for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-26
When Nature

Needs assistanceit may be best to render it
promptly. but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gen
tie remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufac-
tured By the California Fig Syrup Co.
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VIsIToR-'I suppose you have great deal
of poetry sent in to you for publication"
Editor-'No. not very much poetry as
rule: some of il is verse. and some OF It Is
worse. ',-Somerville Journal