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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
OUANTRELL WAR CLAIMS
The State Financial Agent nj Kansas Has
Them Ready for Presentation TO ton

The State Financial Agent nj Kansas Hss
Them Ready for Presentation TO ton
gresS.
WAsHINGToY. Get. cav. W. Mar
tin. of Fort Scott. state financial agent
for Kansas. has arrived To commence
work by way of preparing for con-
greSs. lie expects 10 get through Il
claim at this session to reimburse the
state for the QuantreU raid depreda-
tiuns. which amount to S36O.oJ0 The
claims were made out. passed upon by
the state soon after the close of the
war and paid by the state. ana now
the effort Is to secure REIN bursement
from the United States. SO ia con
gress has paid other war claims to
Kansas aggregating over $4,000. 600
These payments were secured by eN.
Gov. Crawford. of Kansas, who wa
state agent The Quantrell claims are
all made ont and ready now to be pre-
sented to congress. 1t is estimated by
State Agent Martin that the conCres-
sional conditions are favorab BILE for con-
sideration al the coming session.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Sparks from a Locomotive Cause Immense
Damage In Indiana.

CROWN POINT, Ind, Oct. 29.-Should
no rain fall in the next twenty-four
hours and the high winds continue,
the southern portion of Porter county
and part of Jasper county, consisting
of nearly $4,000 acres, will be covered
with ashes. Near Koutz three lives
are reported to have been lost
and one man, Jonah Hole, has
been fatally burned. Already 12,-
600 acres have been burned over
and the fire is spreading rapidly. Peo-
pie living at Baum's Bridge, miles
from the flames are preparing to move.
Thousands of tons of hay were con-
sumed Saturday night and yesterday
morning, and $50, 900 worth of fat cat
tie, owned by Nelson Norris, of Chi
cagO, are in great danger. Bridges
over the river near Sandy Hook were
burned like paper. No estimate of the
damage can be made.
Five miles east of Koutz another fire
is raging, but it is not of so much i'm
portance. Farmers for 10 miles around
are forming parties to protect their
homes. The fire was caused by sparks
from an engine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
VETERANS IN KANSAS.
According to AssessorS' Returns There Are
35.66I Old soldiers in the state.

TOPEKA. Kan, Oct. 25.-The state
board of agriculture to-day finished
the tabulation of returns of assessors
showing the enumeration of honorably
discharged volunteer union soldiers in
Kansas in March. 1895. This enumera-
ton is the first made under the pres
ent law, and is in compliance with an
amendment made in 1856 to the act
providing for census each tenth year,
beginning with and following 1875. In
lOI counties the count shows 3j.045
veterans. Assessors iC COmanche,
Finney, Saline and Seward counties
failed to make an enumeration or re-
turn, but, applying the same percent
age of soldiers, 2.C2. to their last years
population as is shown for the remain
der of the state this year there would
be in Comanche, 45; Finney. -; Saline,
ASS. and Seward. 81. or 6l6; these added
to the 35,O45 actually enumerated in
the other counties would make the
grand total 35,661.
The table below gives the enumera-
A. L
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
MUTUAL ORGANIZATION.
Kansas RuiIding and Loan Men VIII Dis
ems Mnrtnrs ,,f Rnsinnss Inte-rsf

Kansas Building and Loan Men VIII Dis
cuss Matters of business Interest.
TOPEKA. Kan. Oc5. 25.-The officers
of the building and loan associations
of Kansas have perfected an organiza-
tion for the purpose of meeting once
year to discuss matters of interest
to such associations The organiza-
tion has not yet been named. G.. :.
IIartough. of Leavenwor;h h. * presi-
dent, w. II. Eastman. of Topeka. vice
president. J. l.. Smith, Of P.tisDurr,
secretary, and g. ). Murphy. of Man
haitian, treasurer. There are now
seventy-eight associations in Kansas,
with total mem bership of 2S.OO0.
The investments amount up into the
millions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
MORE ATROCITIES.
Mohammedan Rioters Burn Many Arme-
mans at the stake.

mans at the stake.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Oct. 29.-In tie
Baiburt district, between Erzeroum
and Trebizond, a mob of about 500 Mo-
hammedans and Lazes, the great ma
joritv of whom were armed with Mar
tini-Henry rifles, made an attack upon
the Armenians of several villages of
that vicinity and set fire to their houses
and goods. As the Armenians fled
from their dwellings they were shot
down, and number of men and WON.
en- who were captured by the riotera
were fastened to stakes and burned
alive. The Armenian women who fell
into the hands of the mob. it is also
asserted, were outraged and brutally
mutilated.
1t is also stated that the churches
were destroyed and the villages
pillaged, the cattle and all the port
able property of any value belonging
TO the Armenians being carried off by
the marauders. During the disturb
ance $50 Armenians are reported to
have been killed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
ON INSURANCE.
A Report on the German system of Insur-
ing Laborers.


WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-United States
Consul-General Germain at Zurich,
Switzerland. has sent to the state de-
partment a report upon the operation
of Germany's law for the insurance OF
labOrers against sickness, accident and
old age, which has now been in opera
tion for ten years. he states that
there has been paid on account
of this insurance since the law went
into effect s437, 500, 900, the govern
ment, the employers and the en-
ployes sharing the expense. lie men,
tions the fact that the German in
dustrials complain of the heavy tax
involved in the payment of the in
surance, but the report indicates that
the nation is, as a whole, proud of the
institution. The Germans are the
pioneers in this class of insurance, but
Austria has partially followed suit and
Switzerland is now engaged in for
mulating a labor insurance law. Mr..
German says that Sweden and Nor
way and Great Britain also contem-
plate the adoption of the German sys-
tenn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
KANSAS NATIONAL BANKS.
Abstract of Their Condition as shown by
the Septemher Statement.

the september Statement
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-The abstract
of the condition of the 122 national
banks of Kansas. under the call of
the comptroller Of the currency on
the 2Sth of last month, shows:
Loans and discounts .S19. .357. $50,
against SIS. SS6 3j7. under the July
statement: overdrafts. SO, ,O54, against
$50. I'll: due from national banks mot
reserve agents., 500 93l9, against S937, =
594: due to state banks and bankers,
Sl4S. So. against Sl72 9SG: due from APP
proved reserve agents, S3.lSi949,
against s.. fg7, ,O3l: gold coin. s., los. 10,
against 81, POO. -: total specie. Sl.436,-
Alb. against 81. $50. 4G,: total resources,
S32. Sg7, OGj. against So. >7l.j79; due to
other national banks, S327.g9j. against
S4s7.4SG: due to tate banks and bank
ers. S502. ST. against S6iO.96S; indivii-
ual deposits. SO S27.@Jj. against SiG.-
80, 9S4: average reserve held, 81 80,
against -. II.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

WAsmNGToN. Oct. 29.-The president
has pardoned Grant Shur.leff. convict
ed in Kansas of counterfeitiug, in or
der to restore him to citizenship. he
having served his term. Among other
sentences commuted by the president
were the following: James Connor,
convicted in Colorado of stealing a
ballot box; sentence commuted from
fifteen months to six months actual
Imprisonment
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Workshops Busy In Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 25.-State Labor
Commissioner w. q. Bird has COM
pleted his annual inspection of the
factories and mechanical institutions
of Kansas and reports that, with one
exception, all the manufacturing es-
tablishments in Kansas are employing
either more men or are working their
men more hours than a year ago. The
one exception TO this rule is the Union
Pacific railroad shops at Armstrong.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Against the shippers.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 25.-The state
board of railroad commissioners
handed down an opinion to the effect
that a railroad company cannot be re-
quired to furnish its own cars 70 ship
pers to be loaded and consigned to
points upon connecting lines. The de-
cision is sustained by opinions of the
federal and state courts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

Il is said that the empress of Aus
tria is making a collection of cows.
She brings one home from every for
eign place she visits. and orders milk
from different ones as her inclination
dictates. The empress, however. is no.
alone in her habit of procuring horns
at every stopping place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
An Extensive Fire.

LONDON. Oct. % "A dispatch from
Perth, west Australia, says that an eX-
tensive fire took place there Sunday
morning. when several railway sheds
and warehouses for the storage OF
freight were burned The prisoners
in the Jail near by assisted the fire
brigade in putting out the fire. The
loss was 5000
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

Size for size, a thread of spider silk
is decidedly tougher than bar of steel.
An ordinary thread will bear a weight
of three grains. This is just about
fifty per cent. stronger than a steel
thread OF the same thickness.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
scaIded to Death.

LEAvENwORTH, Kan, Oct. 25.-Frank
Flowers, 1 year old, was scalded to
death yesterday in a peculiar manner.
He crawled under a washing machine
containing scalding water and man
aged to pull ont plug. He died in
Treat agony,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

HARDIN. Mo. Oct. pa fierce fire i
raging in the ccrnfelds and grass
about miles east of here. The sec
ton IS principally covered with prairie
grass. which Is cut for hay. Much o.
this had been baled and hauled away,
but the greater part still remained or
the ground, either baled or in the rick.
AL OF this Ia, hean DESTROYED.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE.
Diphtheria Has Become Epidemic at To
peka-Many Deaths Reported.

VtNd why I1t-'EI III 1NeP''I ''-0''
TOPEKA. Kan, Oct. 25.-The board OF
education has ordered the schools il
North Topeka closed on account o
diphtheria, and it is probable that al
the schools in the city will be closed
Parents are greatly alarmed, and many
have taken their children out of school
Last Monday the enrolment was 300
with 1.jOO absentees reported. There
have been about seventy cases of diph
liberia in Topeka this fall with twenty
deaths. From one to three new cases
are reported daily.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
: small Oklahoma Bank GInsed.

PERRY, Ok. Oct 29.-The Farmers
& Merchants bank of Blackwell failed
to open its doors this morning. all of
the banks real estate and the personal
propertvO OF Cashier Carson having been
attached. The treasurer of Kay county
had Sl,5OO in the bank and Saturday
warrants were presented which were
not paid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Kihnt Ministry Orerthrown.

PARIS. Oct. 29-The Ribot ministry
has been overthrown by an adverse
vote on VI. Rouanet's Interpolation in
the chamber of deputies, condemning
the governments course in regard to
the Southern railway scandals
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
sIashed tn Death with a Razor.

LULING, Tex, Oct. GA row Oc-
Cured at a church festival at Ottine,
10 miles from here, in which Robert
Grant was slashed to death with a
razor and several others injured. The
assailants escaped, but We're being pur-
SnPd.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

WASHINGTON. Oct. 29-The statement
of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance, S1S2, 1S6, ,27i;
gold reserve. S93.227,5 $50 The cash
balance is S4O6, 600 less and the gold re-
serve $40, 900 less than on the preceding
iar
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Groun.I 20 Heath by an Engine.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 29.-Mattie Warren.
aged 10 years. and her brother Willie,
years old, colo-cd, We're ground Ia
death by Wabash engine in tnnncl
az the entrance OF Forest park. They
were horribly mangled-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Killed on the Atchison Bridge.

ATCHIsON. Kan, Oct. Esd Ackley,
of Atchison, was shot and fatally
wounded by II. 5. Brannaman, a Bu-
chanan county, Mo-, deputy sheriff, on
the Missouri river bridge here this
afternoon. The shooting was the re-
sllt of a quarrel
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
4 EnY HORRIBLY Rnrned.

YOUNGSTOWN. O., Oct. 90 This morn
ing Mrs. j. w. Greenwald seated her
3-year-old child at the breakfast table
and stepped outside the house to do
some work. She returned in fifteen
minutes and found her boy lying dead
on the gasoline stove, near the table.
The little boy was horribly burned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

MANISTEE. Mich, Oct. 29-Two chill
dren of John Conley, aged and 6
years, were smothered by smoke and
died last night. They had gotten
some matches and SCI the bedding on
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
Shot for InsuItInc a Mother.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-Walter Dobbins
Is years old shot and killed JOSEPH
Miller, carpenter, because the latter
used insulting language toward the
boys mother during a quarrel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
GAY AND GiODY PARIS.

LAST September was the hottest in
one hundred and fifty years in Paris.
ABOUT one-third of the streets of Paris
are ornamented with trees.
A GARTER show that has been well
patronized in Paris is to be transported
to London.
BEER taverns are driving out the
cafes in Paris. They have now invaded
the Boulevard des Italiens and the
Boulevard des Capucines.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

Two HUNDRED French cities will
erect statues in honor of the late Presi-
dent Carnot.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01

Did the captain of the football
team keep his head?" Yes; his head
and the upper portion of his trunk. -
Detroit Tribnne
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12

bright thought In bright way, she
will ~ immensely more battered TO
tind that thought credited 10 her IN
print than the little valued opinion Of
the reporter on how she looked and was
dressed when she read il
The hvmrnial notiecs also ueed
word II il very gratifying to sce the
dainty wedding toilcttcs and exquisite
floral decorations, and the gifts that
loving friends have brought 10 lay mp
On the threshold ~ the new home. but
the romance aud grace ut the new part.
uership gives place to the appearance
of mercantile transaction when the
papers spare the public none uf the dc.
tails. frnm the groums conventional
suit ~ black to the frueIsng on the
wedding cake. And even II The wed
ding party i bought and sold cN
change, AZ too often il the casa, ttis
hardly good taste "a publish the fact.
for il the presents taken to the bride
and groom arcvhat they should i'c.
gifts ~ affection, they will he t0o sa
cred both to gtvrr and rvccivur IL he
treated a. the purchase price II
glimpse at the wedding ceremony and
taste ~ the wedding feast
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12
WOMAN'S AND CHiLDREN'S DE.
PARTMENTS.

The following extract, from paper
read before the Texas Press Associa.
tion by Mrs. $. Isadore Miner, is so ex.
tremely good and expresses SO admir-
ably the sentiments of that vast army
of society reporters who are obliged TO
cater to the tastes of Il ajority of
readers, that | copy freely from it:
And now have come To that far
more exceeding and eternal weight Of
evil" the society column, with its
ward Of roses, pyrotechnical display
Of adiectives. and stereotyped expires
sions. Why isn't it sufficient and in
much better form 10 say that Mr. and
Mrs. Alphabetical Brown gave a recep-
ton. with cards and dancing, Thurs.
day night and SO and So were present?
That the house was "a blaze of light
from pit TO dome, a perfect throne
defora' and that the hostess was "A
''statuesque beauty, ceases To impress,
because ii once begun IL must be used
indiscrimiI ately or give offense. And
then it is IMPLY awful. when the lu-
dies. discardng all the habiliaments
allotted to humans appear in dreams.
gDIIttAlolt@ duh tptlGIit9. i u lEGl II
a good deal more respectable in plain
muslin. with three tuclzs, rufiIc and
ribbon belt.
The society column as a rule il but
a symposium Of men and women in
their physical capacity, as lay figures
TO show off elegant apparel--as II they
were SO many revolving dummies set
M in a show window, II this manner
of description were confined 10 those
who make dressing and dancing and
theatre-roing Il specially In life the
balance OF humanity might stand it.
for, thank heaven. the former are still
in limited minority. But 1t il not 30,
and here is where sensible women
should claim their rights and disclaim
that half discourtcous Difference that
follows them. even when they leave
the rank OF the frivolous and use their
God-given mental faculties. How would
Henry Watterson feel II after having
delivered one of his characteristic Ics.
lures he should find something like this
in next morning. paper "Promply at
So'clucll the curtain rose, revealing Mr..
WatterSon gracefully reclining in an
opera chair waiting for an introduc
tion. That ceremony performed hc
rose, and clearer view was obtained
of his elegant costume, evidently just
from the hands ofa Partisan tailor. Ills
neclStic and broad, glossy shirt front
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12
A PARADOX.

asked for kiss when our love was new,
And you eoyly answered me mo"
have kissed You often since then It's
true.
Yet wanted that one kiss so!
When | think of it, sweet, my heart grows
drear
And is filed with a vain regret,
For the sweetest OF all your kisses, dear,
Was the kiss that didn't get
-Rfrhard Stillmdn Potrel ia Life
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12

Empress Frederick, mother nf Em
peror William Il waa frequent vial
ltor at the 81 Ioseph's iIoepItalat Iler.
lin after the death of her husband a
patient he bad bccu brought. all too
late. to try the effect III nf Koch. y IT..
putcd consumption cure WAS ~ deaths
door. and his wife had beru hnrrlrdly
summoned tn hiA sllr liahy Ia arms.
she was walking up and down u NaiI
ing room, close tn the ward ln which
her husband las Happening ~ vEhit
the hospital, and seeing the puar Wos
man I'm her bitter sorrow the ErapfeAH
approached. und aalgrd SOME eYmpA
thrfir questions Yes. hr II dying
the woman s0bbed and he wants to
aay va mnrh tn mr about hoW | agn III
manage when hr N gone. anti hpw thr
children arr - ~ brought up. hnt
baby IN mot we'll nud cries. And he IN a0
weak be- cannot bear IT, nna nay aI.
At ans moment Instantly the Em
press took the infant Into her arms
aud while, for u whole hour thr vtf.
nai hv the side of her dying husband.
hcr Majesty nnrsrd the child walking
up and down the rooms Wish lt, and
soothing Ii with m0thrFiy tenderness.
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12

GREENWOOD takes the lcad ln getting
up unique entertainments The liaau-
voir Improvement Society nf that place.
which waA organized for thp reAt1ra-
tion and preservation of iistautnlr
home. hah d social feature in the way
0f ma afternoon dunlnu party The
badge saru hy thp numt~rp of thts
vsrset3 N eEeauvoir'' iu letters of Atl
yer with i small domino bangle at
taphpd The regulations uf the social
part nf This society N that the success
ful contestant af each mertinF Vemr d
how ~ hine pinned nn with shp badge
hud I'LL the end pf the trrm the mrm
heg whu hAs thr greatest nnfnbvF ~
first prizes wilI receive favor fr0m
the soeirtg This proves t0 H. unr nf
thr mnst enj0yahle entertainments
gotten up I'm Greenwood during she
winter
Kate Power's review., 1895-01-12

E
raysabout his kingiy form. Ills hair was
arranged To show off to good aivan.
tage his massive brow, his mustaehe
curled in the most approved style. lis
coat, cutaway in front. curved grace.
F fully backward Ills trousers. of the
latest pattern and crease. Just cleared
the floor, disclosing two highly pol.
/ iShed and small kid boots. Ills man
ners were gracious his tones perfectly
modulated, aud al the close of a most
delightful evening spent listening to
his eloquent dissertation ou Crabs aud
/ Crawtishes, or the Mind of Man the
audience dispersed. after according Mr.
Natterson most cordial applause. !"
But this is not one whit worse than
women get 4 couple OF years ago.
the New York Journalist. In the report
of womans press meeting OH the IN.
citic Coast, went to Just such disgust
ing lengths in describing the toilet of
one of the chief speakers The LADY
was young the Journalist gave her
exact age She was beautiful aud
graceful, and the cut OF her coysagr
the quality and quantity Of her floral
decorations. the length III her skirts.
the size and variety Of her jewels, etc.
received minute aud prolonged notice
The subject of her paper may have hcen
mentioned incidentally | have forgot
ten, II it was, IL was in n way that
made no impression, | felt that my
sex had been insulted.
Why should woman brains go by
default-God made them while the
handiwork of her dressmaker receives
unstinted and unmcrited praise but
even the radical woman, papers them.
selves wink Mt this sort of thing IN
shown from aparagyaph FROM the Wash
ingt0n Nomau's Tribune, embodied In
a report Of the first woman caucus In
the world, In Cheyenne Wyo The
caucus was held in private parlor,
and speaking of the charming hos
tess. the writer says: "she received
her guests In lovely d0ye~col1red
gown. embroidered with bntterrnps.
natural size and color What effect
the "buttercups, natural size and color
had upon the political meeting, the pa
per does not state Probably they
simply robbed II of its first intent, and
substituted q hybrid affair % politieo.
fashionable reception
There II another political phase of
the society column that IL radically
bad. and that Ii The customary write
up al literary Gathering Tie litrru
ry society, II IL n worth anything nt
all. IN for the requirement aud dissent
nation of information. n0s Show meet
ing for real or funcled attainmente.
Yet by the reports one would think
that the shades Of Dante Shakespeare
and Goethe bad revisited our world, IL
English tas she IN written means amy
thing. Last winter | read short rF
port of this kind iu which three loeal
rhyme. writer's werr spoken ot aA the
bright. poetiraI constellation, tbe beit
of orion And III Patti herself had
been present. bidding her Last farewell.
there would have hecu uo aaperIatiHes
for tile diva singing the stock of eu@h
having heen exhausted ou meeii0cre
voices. III Noman IT. d truly and es
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-11-27
Total disbursements >. ,s12,495 IL

Balance in treasury. ....S 5,164 46
The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
Sept 30, 1895:
~TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET
Cash in Treasury to tie credit of the
various funds, Sept 30, 1896:
Due from State fund, 49,. .S11,O24 "a
In general county fund.-. 1,08O OF
In cash contingent fund. 5,397 85
In INDECENT sick fund. 80. 10 IL
In county school fund.-. 459 81
In officers salary fund.-. $50 80
In road fund. "a CT
In County High School fund 45 O6
- -
Total ..................S 1865 Al