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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
RENFROw'S REPORT.
TIE Governor Of Oklahoma Tells About
the Territory.

WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Gov. Rehfrow.
of Oklahoma. has submitted his annual
report to the secretary of the inte-
riOr. The governor takes a strong
position in favor of opening TO set
Element the Wichita, Kiowa, Comanehe
and Apache reservations He re-
grets to observe in all his report that
that country is still in the hands of
the cattlemen. instead of the people.
who would like to 90 there and make
homes and improvements and extend
civilization TO that section of the couu-
try.
BY way of general observation, the
governor gives a side wipe at the press
of the country for publishing things
about Oklahoma, and also takes to
task the Home Missionary society for
making representations about destitu-
ton prevailing in certain parts of Ok
lahoma.
The governor saws there has been
very little outlawry in Oklahoma out
side the iuvasious made from the In
dian territory. and the estimated pop
ulation is e75-O0O. with Oklahoma
county leading, with 20.523, and Logan
county next, with 1852.
Taxable property has increased dur
ing the year from sI9,947.92 to $50
275.lSQ. This phenomenal increase is
sseribed to the fact that patents are
being issued on claims. placing claims
within the reach of taxation. Cana
dian county leads in taxable property.
having S.. sic. 50. and Oklahoma county
next. with 81. az. SEQ
In covering the finances of the terri
tory the governor observes that there
is very little borrowed capital there
and that there are fifty-seven banks in
the territory. and twenty-four of them
responded to his request for informa-
ton covering deposits and business in
general. to be incorporated in his re-
port. These submitting reports show
deposits Of $500. GOO: discounts, Ss26,-
GOO: securities, SO. 600. cash and sight
exchange. S46H.O0O.
The school population 5 reported to
be --.-70. and the mem bership of the
Baptist church $500. and that of the
Catholic church i placed at even &c. 0GO.
The governor closes his report with
some remarks about the Indian. IN
which he insists that it would be well
for the Indian 20 be forced to work
The governor observes: The Indian
citizen. when left TO solve the problem
Of life like other men, will no Goubt
find that he must conform to the con-
iitions Of life about him. and will set
tie down TO a life Of useful industry
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
a SHIPwRECK RECORD.
The Spanish Governments Has Been PA
ttcEiarIy Unfortunate.

tioElsrlv Unfortunate.
The recent loss Of the Reina RegentG
recalls the fact that Spain, once the
greatest naval power or the world, has
lost not less than six hundred men-of.
war in shipwreck since the beginning
of the sixteenth century. There IS am.
pie documentary evidence 10 that
effect and the greatest disasters to the
Spanish fleets are here recounted in
their chronological order:
OF the feet sent against Algiers in
1918 under Admiral Don Hugo de Mon
Gala thirty vessels foundered in a
storm. with 4.COO men on board.
Another expedition against Algiers,
sent by Emperor Charles Y, in Ij4i.
lost 40 vessels on the rocks of Moroc-
60. $500 men losing their lives.
OF the feet that sailed in 1862. under
Gen. Mendoza. 20 deliver Oran from
the Mussulmaus. twenty ships, includ-
inc the flagship. with the above-named
general on board, never returned.
\ year later. in the fall of 1868, a
cyclone in the hay Of Cadiz sent tifteeD
OF the governments best caravals to
the bottom.
In IjsS the famous Armada, believed
TO be invincible, met her doom in the
English channel. eighty-one out of l3C
vessels sinking with most OF their
crews. The loss Of men is estimated
at $4,000
Fourteen of Admiral Don Antonio
Navarro's vessels fouudered in a storm
off the Mexican coast near San Juan
de UIloa in 1890.
Six years later a fearful storm in the
Biscayan bay caused the loss of forty
one vessels belonging to the fleet of
Admiral Martin &c Padilla.
Not long after this Admiral Marquis
De Santa Cruz lost ten vessels. with -
300 men. on the COrsican coast.
After a long pause Gen. Jose Pizarro
lost five men-of-war in an engagement
with the English in 17i1.
Within the last l25 years the records
are much easier of access and the
figures can be given absolutely correct.
In this time the Spaniards lost twelve
arge battleships under steam and
.weutv-one frst-class Sailers, with
l.57O guns; tweuty-tree frigates. with
800 guns. and more than 100 Cunboats,
torpedo boats. briggs, galeotes, etc. The
.oss of life in this period Is cOuserva-
lively estimated at %. 500 men.
Thus the worst enemy of Spanish
supremacy on the seas seems to be
other than man. More than doub
The number OF ships have been lost by
The inclemency of the elements than
we're lost IN battle. -Philadelphia
Record
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
TO AID CUBA.
Great National Sympathetic Mass Meeting
at Chicago Proposed

Great National sympathetic Mass Meeting
at Chicago Proposed
CHICAGO, Oct 5.-Every mayor of
every city. town and village through
out the United States will be advised
and requested by the executive COM
mittee of the Cuban sympathetic mass
meeting, held in Chicago last MonGav
night, to confer with the most prom
inent and public-spirited citizens TO
arrange for a national mass meet
ing the night of Thursday. October
81. for the purpose of awakening
"a kindly feeling toward the suf-
fering and patriotic Cubaus. who
are struggling for liberty. The COM
mittee will also call upon every prom
inent organization in the country for
the cooperation of its branches in
every section. Churches of every de-
nomination and fraternal and benev-
client societies will also be called upon
for assistance in making the mass
meeting on October 81 great wave of
public opinionand sy mpathy for the
Cuban cause from the Pacific TO the
Atlantic and from British Colum bia TO
Mexico.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

AUSTIN. Tex. Oct At 40 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon Gov Culbersou
signed the anti-prize hglt bill which
was enacted into law Tuesday bv the
called session OF the Twenty-fourth
legislature. and prize fighting in Texas
hereafter viii De punished as felony
The senate received the bill from the
house yesterday morning. and agreeing
IN the senate amendments, sent the
bill 70 the governor in the afternoon
al 40 o'clock. and within forty min
utes thereafter the bill was fled with
the secretary OF state, and IS now q
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
a DEATH Trap.
Terrible Accident at = Corner stone Laying
at Lorraine. -.

at Lorraine, o.
Lorraine. O.. Oct while great
crowd Of people was assembled yester-
dav afternoon TO witness the laying on
the cornerstone of the new St Mary's
cathedral. temporary floor. on which
many of the people were standing. sud
denly gave way. precipitating many
men. women and children into the base
ueut. One was killed outright, eleven
We're fatally injured and between thirty
and forty others were badly hurt.
The services were just about to begin
when the accident happened. Fully
5000 people were ssembled on and
around the platform. which had been
constructed across the foundation OF
the edifice The boards forming the
temporary floor had been laid across
the ioists. which We're supported in the
middle by upright posts, These sup
ports broke and the floor went down
with a crash. Fully 500 persons were
thrown into the pit formed by the sag
cling in the middle of the floor.
As the floor gave way a great cry
went up from the multitude. but with
in another second 1t had fallen ard
carried in its ruin the lives of several
persons. Those at the top of the mass
escaped easily. but when the pit was
partly emptied those victims still en-
trapped could not Chamber up the steep
sides and they tramped each other like
so many wild creatures. the strong
getting on top and the weak being
crushed beneath the great weight
Although there were a thousand PEG
pie ready to rush to the rescue, they
could render very little aid to the help
less persons in the pit, and several
minutes elapsed before ropes and lad
ders could be procured. When assist
ance finally reached the unfortunate
victims several had already been
trampled to death and others fatally
Injured
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
ENGLAND J6RKEO UP.
The President and His Cabinet Decide to
Uphold the Monroe Doctrine In Regard to

The President and His Cabinet Decide TO
Uphold the Monroe Doctrine In Regard to
Venezuela
New YORK. Oct "A special TO the
Herald from Washington says: The
great international question of the
hour is the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute. Secretary Olney has prepared a
dispatch to Ambassador Bavard which
will soon bring the matter to an issue.
This dispatch is Of most positive
and unequivocal nature. As soon as
it shall be placed before the British
government it will raise an issue which
can be settled only by the retreat of one
or the other governments. The stand
taken by the United States in this dis
patch Is one that involves the oldest
and most sacred traditions ot the Nom
roe doctrine.
Pew more serious questions have
presented themselves to an American
administration within recent wears.
The decision of the president and his
cabinet advisers. after careful discuss
sion and painsta<ing investigation,
is that the bold and consistent
policy shall be adopted. and this
policy has been formulated in the dis
patch to Ambassador Bayard. The
dispatch meets England's rejoiuder
with Il reatfirmation of the principles
of the original contention eX-
pressed in phrases which leave
no possibility of doubt as to the
meaning of the earneStuess Of
the United States 1t does more. In
polite but firm and significant words
Secretary Olney declares it to be the
belief of the United States government
that the territorial claims which Great
Britain has set up in Venezuela are
in the nature of an attempt 70 seize
territory on the American continent
to which she has no legal right"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
FALL TRADE PROSPECTS.
Figures from r. G. Dun q Go. Which show
That Prosperous Times Are Approach

Figures from X. G. Dun q Go. Which show
That Prosperous Times Are Approach
ing.
New YORK. Oct 5-R g. Dun & Co. 8
Weekly Review of Trade says: Com
mercial failures in the third quarter o.
1895 were .. 792, with liabilities of $50
I67, 179, averaging S1i,721 per firm,
against slO,O2s last year. about Is per
cent more. The rate of commercial
mortality, 234 failures in a quarter
for every 1000 firms in business. is
lower than last year, and the pro-
portion of defaulted liabilities to
the solvent business represented
by payments through clearing houses
is but 2.49 per $1,000 against . - last
year The defaulted liabilities per
firm in business average SEQ 90 against
s26 SO last year. The defaulted liabil.
tiles of the manufacturing class aver
age SEQ. sos against $40, 763 in the same
quarter last year; in trading Ss.577
against 81. 443 last year; and the bank
ing failures, not included above. have
been 81. with average liabilities of
STA. 900 against S1lO.O36 last wear. In
the third quarter, when in failures the
average liabilities in prosperous years
falls below $4,000. the number below
two in 1000 firms, the defaulted liabil.
tiles were below So perSl.OOO exchange,
and below s25 per firm in business.
Thus the analysis indicates a condi-
ton approaching. but not yet reach
ing. one of general prosperity. Highly
important comparisons of prices this
week show. about September 50. the
lowest range ever known for wholesale
prices of all commodities, uotwith-
standing advances since March of
20 per cent. in cotton goods,
40 per cent. in boots and shoes
and So per cent. in iron and steel
products, while in wooden goods there
has been scarcely any advance, and in
all food products taken together fall
of Il per cent Comparisons show a
fall in food products of 232 per cent.
in the five years since October, 1890 in
wooden goods %. 5 per cent, in iron
products 1914 per cent. and in cotton
goods l.. St per cent. while boots and
shoes are little higher and leather and
hides much higher than five years ago.
Failures in three DAYS have been 30-
in the United States, against PIG last
year, and IL in Canada, against 40 last
wear.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
Run Over by Two Trains.

PITTsBURGH. Pa. Oct. Eddie
Dyer. Il years old. and Edwards AIIe-
were stealing a ride on Pennsvlvan. a
railroad freight train Yesterday even
ing. Becoming frightened at n brake
man, who threa tened him with arrest.
Dyer tried to jump OFF. but fell be-
tween two cars. The wheels OF one
truck passed over his legs. breaking
them. \ fireman rushed to his assist
ance and jerked him out from under
the train with such force that he
was thrown upon another track IN
front Of another moving train. lis
body was ground to pieces.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
RIODLED WITH 6UCKsHoT.
Ex-SJate Senator Hughes Killed by George
ReekerS at Antonito. oil.

ASToNITo. Col. Oct. a-GeorCe Reek-
crs. salooukeeper in ConuejoS, shot
and killed ex-State Senator John W.
Hughes yesterday. Hughes went into
Rockers saloon and got into an argu-
ment with the proprietor, who ordered
him out of the place. According to
Rockers story, he took shotgun load
ed with buckshot and ordered Hughes
out. Hughes, ne says. cursed him. and
as Hughes opened the door to go ont
ne threw his hand back to his hip
pocket, 10 where he usually carried
mis- gun. and then Rockers fired. the
shot taking effect in the right side of
his abdomen. There was a woman Al
the bottom of the trouble
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
A WATER FAMINE.
Portions OF Pennsylvania ami New Jersey
Mithnnt Nee.Ied KaIns fnr Month

.
Without Needed Rains for Months.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 5.-Reports re-
ceived from different parts of eastern
Pennsylvania lnd New Jersey indicate
that the country is suffering from a
drought of large proportions. In
some places there Is almost a famine
on account of lack of water. The
farmers are complaining of the
lateness of the crops, and in numerous
instances are compelled TO carry water
a distance of miles for the cattle. But
little rain has fallen since July 1. The
Delaware, Lehigh and BuShkill rivers
are lower than they have been in
thirtv-five years Along the latter ali
mills operated by water power have
SHIT down. Throughout south Jersey
the drought is being most severely felt
From all parts come complaints of the
crops being damaged, and in some in.
stances a total loss.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
The American Won

NEsPETH. y Y. Oct / The second
boxing show OF the Imperial Athletic
club held at Long Island City. fur.
n:a5ed those interested an opportunity
70 see another international contest.
4 good crowd embraced the chance az
forded them OF seeing Arthur Valen-
tine. En-land's lightweight cham.
piou. try conclusions with Charley Nc
Keeve-. PhiladeLphia's pet boxer Ne
keever won after seventeen hard.
fought rounds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

Two princes only contributed "a
pers % the geographical congress. and
queerly enough. both got their money
from Monte Carlo. One Is Prince Al
bert % Monaco. whose revenue come
largely from the gambling house,
though he has married d rich wife. the
Duehesse de Richelieu, daughter of the
Jewish banker Heiue. The other i
Prince Roland BOnaparte. the son of
Prince Pierre. VINO shot Victor Noir
Immediately before the Franeo-Prus-
sian war. and grandson OF Napoleon s
brother Luciea. tie married tie
daughter and the millions of VI. Blanc.
who ran the tables at HON burg and
Monte Carlo and lost his wife within
two years after the marriage.
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DENVER HAS A BLAZE.
Serious Sunday COnfiagration Which for q
Time Threatened Heavy Loss

serious sunday CONTEMPLATION W uiNh tut
Time Threatened Heavy Loss
DENVER Col. Oct. Fire broke out
at SIS p. N. yesterday on the top floor
Of the four-story brick block, 1886 to
I644 Lawrence street, burning iercely
for several hours For some time the
Markham hotel. at the corner of Seven
teenth street and the immense
dry goods emporium of Daniels &
Fisher. extending from the burning
building to Sixteenth street, were in
great danger. but the fire department
succeeded N combining the flames to
the structure in which they started.
The losses are as follows: Leon
ard & Montgomery building. $50
OOO. Cooper-HaCus Furniture Co,
goods stored on third and fourth floors,
$4,000: Brunswick Bake Collender
Co. billiards and bar fixtures, 500
GOO. Trexel Bros. & Clark, bicycles
and riding academy. $1,000; Illinois
Glass Co. wholesale warerooms. So
900. total. s. 010 The last three firms
suffer principally from water.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn Oct. Neal
Smith. n negro convict. who recently
assaulted a young white woman at
Cole City. Ga., after beating her into
insensibility. was last night taken
from the prison guards by mob from
Tennessee and Alabama and shct 20
death. Great excitement exists and
even the guard who had charge Of the
convict, allowing him TO 90 about as
truStv, was roughly handled. No
further trouble Is expected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
VICTIMS or TRlCHINosIS.
over a Hundred Guests at an Iowa Fess
Wade LIl-One neath.

Made IIl-One Death.
D-BUQUE. Ia. Oct At the we'd
ding Of H. D. Gage. near Sabula, Jack
son county. three weeks ago there
were more than 400 persons. OF these
IO4 are now confined n their beds,
suffering the most intense agony.
Many OF them are insane and their
screams are to be heard n the little
town all day and night George Bry-
ant died yesterday and H. D. Gage.
the groom. and others are al deaths
door The first cases of sick
ness were noticed last week.
Since then nearly every family
has been stricken. At the wedding
feast pressed chicken. prepared the day
before. was served. Another dish free
u partaken Of was pork. and many in
cline to the belief that the victims are
suffering from trichiuosis All OF the
victims complain Of violent pains in
the head aud stomach and general
SYMPTOMS Of cholera
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SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.
JOHN oxford Murdered Near Platte Cir

-tOEn oxford murdered Near Itatte Nfry-
Mo- by His SOn-In-Law.
PLATTE CITY. No. Oct. a family
quarrel Of long standing resulted in
the murder OF Jacob oxford. an old
and well-to-do farmer residing bout
miles north Of this place. by his son-in-
law. James NJ Frazier, YESTERDAY
morning The crime was committed
IN cold blood and on the threshold Of
Frazier's home. It's immediate cause
was the separation aboEt four months
ago OF Frazier and his wife. although
for more than two years the murderer
and his father-in-law had been on very
unf-ienGlv terms
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
A silent Appeal for Help.

When your kidneys and bladder are in
active they are making silent appeal for
help. Don't disregard it, but with Hos
letters Stomach BItters safely impel them
10 activity. They are in immediate danger,
and il is fOOlhardiness to shut ones eyes to
the fact. Be wise in time, too. if you ex-
perienCe manifestations of dyspepsia, ma
iaria. rheumatism. constipation or nerve
trouble. The Bitters before a meal adds
IN If
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
Nehraska Suxer Denocrats Reaten.

LINCOLN Neh. Oct The sound
money branch of NebrasEa-s democra-
cy mas Won victory over the free
silver faction II the matter Of indicat-
ing is candidates on the official ballot
for the November election. Secretary
OF State Piper holding that the former
are entitled 20 Use the word demo
crat" opposite The names OF their caC6i-
dates On he o--.-al haLLnt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

TOPEKA, Kan. Oc-- 5--DaviI Over.
.lyer has been appointed 10 be mem
Der Of the national committee of the
free silver democracy. The appoint
meut was announced in a letter % Mr..
Overmyer from Gov. Stone. OF Mia
souri,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
Wealth of the t,onIds.

New YORK. Oct 5.-Surrogate Fitz-
gerald has returned to David Mcclure,
appraiser of the jay Gould estate, his
collateral inheritance tax may be
levied. The report values the personal
property of the estate at $50. 934. $50,
and the real estate at S2.OOO.00O The
reSiduarv estate amounts to SIS. 30. a..
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NV N0EK- Oct. Albert Within
sky, a shoemaker. GO years old, had an
alteration with his wife. Augusta.
yesterday He fred two shots al her.
one OF which Slightly injured her il
the knee He then committed suicide
BY blowing his brains out
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

BUFFALO. Y. Y. Oct. William L.
Steimal broke the lO0-mile record OF
the Erie-Buffalo bicycle course. cover
ing the distance in hours ami - min
utes- The best previous record was bv
Jake Linnemann, in hours. 81
minutes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
gardner Won on a Foul.

KANSAS CITY No. Oct Oscar
Gardner and George Stout fought
twelve rounds or an island in the Ms
souri, river yesterday afternoon. and
Just after the thirteenth round had
commenced the fight was given 70
Gardner because Of StOut's repeated
Tpr linz
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
FrtrhtfnI Accident.

TACOMA Wash. Oct. "A frightful
accident occurred on the line Of the
Tacoma Traction Co. near the city
limits in which dozen persons were
more or less dangerously hurt and two
will probably die from the injuries re-
eeived. The accident was a head-end
collision. and was due to heavy fog
which enshrouded the track
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11
wt.con.in Ne.hodi-t. for Women.

RACINE. Wis. Oct. The Wiseon-
sin conference q the Methodist Eh.>-
copaI church. in session here TO-DAY.
-ored on the question OF the admission
OF women as delegates 10 the general
conference. The vote resulted: For
the women, 100; against, /; neutral. -.
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Five Hundred Thousand Fares.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct The
Metropolitan Street Railway Co. has
not vet made up a statement o. tile
number Of fares collected during the
three festival days. but from reliable
data it i safe 70 estimate the mum be-
as in exec, of 10000, representing
collection, of more than 81. 900.
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Fi-st Hanging since John Rrown.

CHARLEsrowy. w. Va, Oct. Am
drew !. Scott. colored, was hanged in
the jail yard here today Tor the muir
der of his wife 10y poison. This i the
first hanging that has taken place here
since John Brown and his men paid
with their lives the penalty Of their
instruction thirty-six wears ago.
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4 Life Sentenrr FOR seven Dollars.

GUTHRIE. O. T.. Oct. Last winter
the legislature passed a bill making
train and bank robbery punishab Die by
imprisonment for life. The first men
to be convicted under this law are
Tuliis and Henry Weleh. in the district
court az Teeumseh. They robbed an
old man named Ross in the kiekapoo
country last May. getting s..
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Funeral Directors in session.

ATLANTA. Ca. Oct 4-The four,
tenth annual convention OF the Ma
tionaI Funeral Directors association
began is ten days session IN this city
yesterday. President ". +. Hohen
Schulz Of Iowa City, Ia. presided
mani