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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29

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and has been counsel before the
United States supreme court in many
cases during his congressional career.
Soon after his defeat for congress in
the landslide of the last election he
was rendered the supreme court
practice of one of the principal
Granger roads, and had its accept
ance under advisement for some time.
He owns house in Washington and is
fairly well-to-do. Judge Kilgore served
in the last four congresses and attract
ed great deal of attention by reason
of his vigorous personality and fire.
quent objections to various bills. He
is Georgian by birth and 60 years of
age. He served in the late war, and
his courage, it is believed, will make
him useful in dealing with the lawless
element who must be tried in the In
dian territory courts
The president also made these addi-
tional appointments:
United States marshals-Samuel NJ.
Rutherford, of the Indian territory, for
the Northern district; Lucien L. Stowe,
of the Indian territory, for the South
ern district.
United States attorneys-James V.
Walker, for the Central district; An
drew C. Cruce, of the Indian territory,
for the Southern district.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
THRIFTY CONGRESSMAN.
They Have Sold Garden Seeds and Publtal
Documents for a Money Consideration.

They Have Sold Garden Seeds and Pubital
Documents for a Money Consideration.
WASHINGTON. March 23.-Secretary
Morton, before he leaves the agricul-
tural department, intends to abolish
as far as possible the free distribution
of seed. He says this business has
been so much abused that it has be-
come an evil instead of benefit and
he intends to put stop to it. His next
annual report to congress will contain
names of several congressman who
have actually sold their quota of seeds
for a monetary consideration. 1t has
been common practice for members
from large cities to exchange their
quota of seed with their colleagues
who represent agricultural districts,
but the fact has just been brought to
light that an extensive business has
been carried on by brokers who dispose
of seed for members of congress. Sec
rotary Morton, however, has caught
one member in a trap, but who this
member is will not be known until the
secretary's annual report is made pub
lie. Some officials of the agricultural
department say he is from Tennessee.
while others maintain that he repre-
sents New York city district. He
sold his quota of seed to broker for
S75, receiving a check, which he in
dorsed and cashed. This check was
turned over to the secretary by the al
legged broker, who was a special agent
of the department, and Mr.. Morton
now has both the order of the congress-
man for the seed and the Endorsed
check in payment for them. The sig
natures are identical. This whole mat
ter will be printed in the secretary's
report.
Secretary Morton also says that hs
could have purchased recently, from q
secondhand book dealer in this city,
the quota allowed to three members Of
congress for $50 each. Besides these.
he says he has the names of probably
100 members of congress who have
given orders for the transfer of their
entire quotas of seed. or great por-
ton of them, to other persons. Soma
of them are probably in exchange for
patent office reports and other govern
ment publications, according to the
constituency of the respective men,
bers. He will print all of these names
in his next annual report, in order
that the practice prevailing may be
shown to the public. The last agricul-
tural appropriation bill provided for
$50, 900 for seed distribution for the
fiscal year of 1896, 1000 of which is
to pay the expenses incident to the
publication of farmers quota, notwith-
standing the secretary suggests that
only $500 be allotted to each of the
forty-eight experiment stations to pur-
chase new and improved varieties OF
Saads auttiuOS afo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
a CONFERENCE.
The President and HIS Advisers Debate
EngIand's Nicaragua UItImatum.

The President and His Advisers Debate
England's Nicaragua UItImatum.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-For three
hours yesterday afternoon the presi-
dent, Secretary Gresham and Secretary
Carlisle were in close conference at the
white house. 1t is known that the SUBJ
ject under consideration was the ag-
gressions of Great Britain in South
America. The president and his Off
cial advisers look upon Great Britain's
demands on Nicaragua and Venezuela
with the greatest concern. and a formal
remonstrance has been made by this
government to Great Britain against
the ultimatum of that government to
Nicaragua. There is reason to believe
that the British government is
stubborn and has intimated an in
tention of protecting the rights and
property interests of British subjects in
Nicaragua and Venezuela. There is
no division of sentiment in the cabinet
as to the proper course for this coun-
try to pursue under the circumstances.
The Monroe doctrine must be main
tanned. Great Britain must not be al
lowed to make Matabeleland of Ven
ezuela, or an Egypt of Nicaragua
1t is suspected that at a conference
between the president, the secretary Of
state and the secretary of the treasury
yesterday afternoon an amplified dis
patch to Great Britain was draughted
in which the Monroe doctrine was
forcibly reaffirmed and perhaps broad
ened.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29

cigar stands and in the barber shops in
the American district, and in the can
teens" and restaurants, or pensions, :"
in the French quarter. OF course, a
man must first be identified as it is
now unlawful.
While in one of the pensions" of
the French quarter, overheard shah
by-genteel creole, perhaps descendant
of one of the emigres, speak of his luck
at the recent drawing. l believed this
to be ''feeler." But drew him into
conversation, and he offered to procure
for me not only ticket in the concern
that was recently driven from this
state, but one also in any of the numer-
Gus foreign lotteries. So it will be
seen that the vice still fiourishes. not
withstanding that the twining ten
tacles OF the octopus have held them in
poverty for quarter of a century.
This descending descendant of proud
family, himself too proud to work,
makes a small commission upon each
ticket he sells, and thus manages to
make cheap living, at the daily risk
of the Jail. There are many of this class
in the city-wrecks of better life, and
of better days. 1t was the vice of gam
bling that made them what they are,
and now they live by tempting and aid
ing others to follow their downward
pace. Creoles are "born gamblers;"
that is, gambling is with them an in
herenu mania, and has existed in some
form among them from tie foundation
of the city, and their speculation in
John Laws bubble" boom bonds, to
the days of the lottery when tickets
were in nearly every show window,
cried out upon the streets by peddlers,
and sold at the market stands with the
vegetables and the fish.
There is not so much of it, now"
said fish vender at the old French
market, and the poor people have a
little more to eat. Instead of going
home with light basket and lottery
ticket, they now put the price of that
ticket in the basket, and they live much
better. 1t is a good thing for all of us
that the lottery was driven away"
concluded the fish man, with a sigh,
evidently thinking Of the money he had
lost through this almost universal
''crimping" of the marker basket. But,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
WALLER IMPRISONED.
The Ex-Kansan Sentenced to Long Con.
finement In Madagascar.

The Ex-Kansan Sentenced to Long Con.
finement in Madagascar.
NEW YORK, March 25.-A dispatch
from Port Louis. Mauritius, states that
John L. Waller, formerly United States
consul at Tamatave, Island of NADIA
gascar, has been tried before a court
martial by the French military au-
thorities, has been found guilty OF
having been in correspondence with
Hovas and sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment. April 20, 1894, Waller
secured a concession from the Hovas
government of the whole OF the south
ern part of the Island of Madagascar,
in spite of the repeated protests of the
French residents and the French
colony generally. According to the
pioneer French colonists, all of the
nationalities engaged in the India rub
Der trade considered that their vested
interests had been injured by the con-
cession.
John L. Waller is we'll known to all
politicians in Kansas on account of his
ubiquitous persistency in Office seek
ing. He was born a slave in Missouri,
but moved to Kansas and began to
practice law in Leavenworth twelve
years ago, but soon went to Topeka,
where he associated himself with an.
other negro named Morton in the pub
LEGATION of a weekly paper devoted to
the interest of the negro race.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
STATE OF TRADE.
Dun Says Indications OF Business Improve
ment Are throwing More Distinct.


ment Are Growing More Distinct.
New YORK, March 23.-R. G.. Dun &c
Co. S Weekly Review of Trade says: In
dications of improvement in business
grow more distinct. The most obtru-
sive of them, the speculative advance
in cotton and in stocks is the least reli-
able, nor can either of these be said to
reflect actual improvement in business
conditions. Railroad earnings are
scarcely better, and the speculation is
largely based on expectation of more
effective monopoly in coal and some
other products. London was buying
largely, but likely to sell on any rise.
More valuable indications are that
the volume of domestic business gains
little; money is in much better de-
mand, and the force of hands at work
gradually increases in some industries,
and in others is restricted only By
strikes, which are presumably tempo
rary.
The rise in wheat, which started
with the report of wheat in farmers
hands, has been followed by reaction,
so that prices are lower than they
were prior to that report, having fallen
"a cents for the week. Western re-
ceipts were 1,9Ss, PA bushels, against
1858, 331 last year, and for three weeks
were practically equal to last years,
while Atlantic exports are small
Corn has not followed, but after rise
to 515s cents, holds the price of a week
ago, receipts being about a third OF
last years, and exports insignificant
Pork has declined 25 cents per barrel,
and lard 10 cents per 100 pounds
Lead is weaker with heavy sales,
$500 tons domestic and 1900 tons to
foreign takers at 3.O5 cents to $40
cents, but large sales of the plate are
reported with prices shade stronger.
Sales of wool gradually decrease, and
for the week are smaller than last year,
liza, 900 pounds, against 4,33s, sOg
pounds. For three weeks of March,
sales indicate about 20 per cent of
full consumption
Failures during the past week have
bee 27s for the United States, against
PA last wear
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
For shade or Ornament.

Where tree is desired for shade or
ornamentation, the advantages of the
nut bearing trees should not be over
looked, as many of them are symmetri-
cal in form, give a dense shade, are
hardy and the nuts after ten or twelve
years of growth will more than
compensate for the interest on the
land they occupy. Plant only the
kinds that are known to do well in
the section where they ara to be grown.
The chestnut, hickory, walnut and
butternut are hardy, and by little
attention for few years will take care
Of themselves In many situations
some of the hardy fruit trees will pro-
duce the desired shade and give an
abundance of fruit at the same time
important considerations.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29

of the city, where negroes were placed
upon block and sold as chattels by
another human being with a white
skin. This spot is still an object of in
terest to visitors, who are told that the
husband or father generally acted as
master of ceremonies and assisted his
wife or children upon the block to be
sold-separated forever. 1 have con-
versed with some of the old, infirm ne
groes who recall those days, which now
seem almost incredible for belief. One
seemed to take a pride in the fact that
he was one of the best niggers in the
city" and was knocked down to Marse
for 81, 500 in gold, sah!" These relics of
a bygone and feudal age are fast disap-
pear1ng, and with them their peculiar
idioms, songs and olden time dances,
which. IL seems. cannot be transmitted
to the new generation of colored peo-
pie.
There are no songs like the old
songs" and only those who have lived
in what is called de good old days"
can sing those olden-time plantation
songs with that true feeling of sadness
or of glee that inspired those melodies.
The words were mainly improvised,
and as neither they nor the music
were written they must soon become
echoes of the past, or rather cease 70
live with the passing generation. A
few of these olden-time negroes are
still found in the little shanties or
rookeries on the crooked and narrow
cross streets of the French quarter. An
old negress or a bent-up old man is
seen summing himself at the entrance of
the dingy, damp court, with head tied
up in the usual red bandana, patting a
foot as he huns an olden-time melody,
dreaming of the past and sadly wait
ing for de end" death. Around the
corner is a ''canteen," or saloon, fire.
quented by sailors, Italian ma6as and
the worst elements of French and
Spaniards, kept by an octoroon. Night
ly high carnival is held, in the way of
dancing, drinking, gambling, and occa-
sionally fighting. The cautious tour
ist visits this place accompanied by a
policeman. Then the attraction is
gone. It is somewhat singular that
such a place should exist on street
named for st. Peter, and within two
blocks of the great cathedral with a
palace (of justice) and a prison on
either hand"
Impoverished by the sale of their
slaves, and the consequences OF the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29

might be placed in them Nasturtium,
and morning glories in a very sunny
window would give delightful results
Small logs set on end might be used
in the same way, and would be in
fnitely prettier than the ordinary
flower pot.
In summer this idea might be car
ried out in a variety of ways. A
gnarled old stump could have bits
followed out here and there just large
enough to hold single nasturtium
seed or a clump of ferns, according to
whether it is to be placed in the sun or
shade. Small, upright messy logs,
filled with flowers and placed on the
gate-posts or on the piazza railing,
would add to the beauty of any coun-
try house.-Country Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
IN THE CREOLE CITY.
Peculiar Things to Be Seen in
Modern New Orleans.
The Old Slave Market Sill Point OF In
terest-A Half Hour in a French
Canteen A City Impover-
ished by Gambling.
Especial New Orleans cLal letter.

The visitor to this 'Cybele of the
western waters, rising in pride with
her shining crescent of ships" will find
much of interest in a people who have
eyes only for the past and live for the
pleasures of to-day. About the only
change noticeable is that of decay,
especially in the old French quarter,
and in the furrowed brows and tOtter-
ing steps of its inhabitants who now,
as in their prosperity, maintain that
''time is mans slave" Freeing of the
slaves was the first step toward the de-
cadence of the old time aristocracy of
New Orleans, both French and Ameri-
can. The rotunda of the old st. Louis
exchange was the principal slave mart
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29

while gambling is not so general and
open as in the days of the lottery, it
still exists, largely, to the shame of the
authorities, and to the detriment of the
impoverished city. Faro banks and
keno for the Americans, and roulette
and vingt-et-un for the Creoles. There
are also numerous poker rooms" in
both sections of the city, where young
clerks and men of mature age, holding
fiduciary positions, meet and play.
Strangers are lured to some of these
places by the shabby genteel Creoles
who lurk around the hotels and saloons
looking for game, as did the eherdHers
Gt1dustr1e in the corrupt reign of Louis
XIV.
These chevaliers are mainly the de-
scendants of the French and American
sristocracy, who were impoverished by
the war. They live by gambling, when
there is any gaming going on-and
there always is. They were never
brought up to work, and consider it too
late now to begin. They are never so
happy as when they ara able to pur-
chase ffty-cent or twenty-five-cent
dinner at pension" and, lighting a
cigarette, adjourn to the "Absinthe
Corner" an old saloon almost as old as
the city, where they sip the green
liquid, which eventually drives one in
sane.
One block from the ''Old Absinthe
Corner" and to which the chevalier
d'industrie is a stranger, is the old
cathedral, thronged every Sunday by
visitors. Here is still maintained the
ancient French custom of the church
guardian wearing a red velvet coat,
three-cornered hat ornamented with
black plume, a silver medal on his
breast, sword, and mace in his right
hand, which he thumps on the floor &C.
casionally to command silence, or to
awaken the sleepers when the collector
is passing around. J. NJ. SCANLAND.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
Maintaining Flow of MIX.

Cows which are not bred may be
MIXED for two years or more if they
are supplied with an abundance of
succulent food. The chief rock to be
avoided is the tendency of the COW as
her milk flow diminishes to turn what
would go into the milk pail into flesh
and fat on herself Unless plenty of
succulent feed is provided for winter
most cows will dry up at that season if
they have been giving milk year or
more. The plan of keeping COW far
row is not advisable for those who
have herd, for the yield through the
year is much greater after short rest
and the springing Of the udder, which
always accompanies the birth Of q
calf.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
SULPHUR FOR GRAPES.
OVercomes Diseases and Pests Which Have
Deded Copper.

OVercomes Diseases and Pests Which Have
Defied Copper.
Sulphur compounds seem to be get
ting well-nigh indispensable to the
grape grower. Some of the diseases
and pests which sulphate of copper
cannot overcome and which do not
yield to bi-sulphide of carbon are now
to be treated with sulphate Of iron, if
recent German experiments are to be
relied upon. The sulphate of iron was
dissolved in water and applied near
the root in early spring. 1t was found
to be a valuable stimulant to plants
suffering from an absence of a roper
green color in the leaves. Trees af-
fected by the attacks of lice were also
quickly helped and the lice disappeared.
Small trees were given 2 is pounds
and large trees 4 2-5 pounds of the sui
phate dissolved in water. Copperas
has been tried in France on yellow
grape vines, and in all cases with ex-
cellent results. In making the appli-
cation the surface soil above the roots
is removed to depth of several inches
and the copperas water then poured
over the space and afterwards the soil
restored. 1t appears that dose of iron
may be as desirable for plants as for
human beings under certain conditions.
-ColInan's Rural World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
Neat Packages for Butter.

When packing butter, learn what
sort of a package suits the customers
best and give it to them as desired. A
square brick or print is always suitable
and neat and tidy in appearance.
Bricks or prints are made by printers
of the form desired and will weigh up
butter to very near the desired weight.
1t is wrapped in parchment paper,
making the butter attractive and of
uniform size. The parchment may be
printed with the name of the farm.
dairy or creamery on it. Parchment
preserves the butter in every respect
and the air is excluded. The pound
package is just the size required by
city customers. Anyone would pay
more for a neat pound print than for
butter put up from a tub with
mangled appearance.-Farma and Home.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
The War Indemnity.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The war
indemnity of China to Japan is likely
to be paid in Chinese bonds. No Off.
cial information of this fact has been
received here, but those familiar with
japanese finances declare that such an
adjustment is much more probable
than demand by japan for the pay
ment of great mass of gold or silver.
The japanese cabinet is governed by
an enlightened, economic and political
policy, and there are number of rea-
sons why it is not likely to insist that
China shall dump fabulous amount
of bullion at one time into the Japan
csc treasury.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
OPPOSED TO TAXATION.
Why . Great Many Farmers Do Not Want
Improved Roads.

Why Great Many Farmers Do Not Want
Improved Roads.
Wisconsin's farmers are afraid of an
increased tax if the agitation for good
roads is successful, and they are show
ing a deep interest in the question.
President Blackstock of the Good
Roads league says: I'VE do not desire
to interfere with the wishes of the
farmer on the subject. All we intend
to do is to encourage the building of
better roads.
my plan would be to appoint some
good, practical, sound-headed farmer
for each farmers institute held in the
state. Let him study this road ques-
ton in his district, and then let the in
stitute have him conduct one evening
during its session; by the end of two
years a sentiment would be created
among the farmers in favor of good
roads, and we might then appeal to the
legislature to change our road laws.
With proper education on this matter
at the end of five years we shall have
graveled or macadamized roads all
over the state, built at one-quarter
what is now being paid for bad roads"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-29
THE WYOMING DISASTER.
Later Reports Place the Number OF Dead
at Sixty,

Later Reports Place the Number of Dead
at Sixty.
EVANSTON, Wyo.. March 22.-The to-
tai number now known to have per-
ished in the mine disaster at Red Canon
Wednesday evening is sixty, of which
fifty-one are married men and nine
young men and boys. There are fifty
one widows and $50 orphaned children
as a result of the disaster. About
thirty of the men belonged TO the A. o.
U. W., in which order they were in
sured for $1,000 apiece. There
are thirty-eight uncovered bodies
in the mine. The greater part of the
men who have persisted are covered
with debris at the seventh level where
they were gathered awaiting the car.
Work is being pushed with all possible
speed to recover the dead. There is no
fire in the mine.
The timbering is largely blown out
and the walls and roof of the whole in
terror are wrecked and scattered so
that the volunteer searching party
now seeking the bodies of their COM
rades are every moment in danger of
being burned.