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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
HARDWARE BUSINESS.
The Age of Steel Has Cheering Responses
from Dealers Throughout the Country.

The Age of Steel Has Cheering Responses
from Dealers Throughout the Country.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. THE Age of Steel
has reports from 200 leading manufac-
turers of iron and steel, hardware, ma
chinery and railway rolling stock, as
to the condition of their business
since midsummer. The tone of the re-
sponses is cheering. About So per
cent. of the reports speak of some
measure of improvement. In iron
and steel the demand has increased
% to 30 per cent, but prices are low
and not promising for the immedi-
ate future. The volume of hardware
business has, on the whole, increased
substantially, and the prospects may
be regarded as reasonably fair. For
machine tools some decidedly cheering
reports are made. In specialties there
has been a slow but steady improve
ment since last summer, and further
gradual growth of demand is looked
fo,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
CONGRESS,
ResumIng Business After the Holiday Re

cess.
TIE senate met at noon on the Sd with e
light attendance after the holiday recess.
Sundry resolutions we're offered and the reso-
luton of Mr.. Lodge calling for correspondence
and Information as to the delivery OF two jap
anese to the Chinese, was passed Mr. Aliens
resolution relating to the senate restaurant
Occasioned lively debate and the remainder
OF the session was occupied by Senator Nor.
gan (Ala-) in speech on the Nicaragua cana.
bill The house was more lively when called
to order after the holiday recess. The gal
leries were crowded. After the call of commit
tees for reports, Mr.. Quigg IN. " attempted
70 offer resolution relating to salaries in the
New York post Office, but Mr.. Springer. in
charge Of the currency bill, cut him of with Q
motion to go into committee OF the whole for
the further consideration OF that hill Accord
ingly the house went into committee and the
debate continued until 4:45 o'clock when the
house adjourned.
IN the senate, on the 4th after routine bust
ness had been transacted. Mr.. Lodge (MaSs.)
made an address on his resolution as to why
the United States warshipS had been with
drawn from Honolulu. The resolution went
over. A resolution was adopted making
inquiry of the secretary of state as
to whether ex-Secretary J. W. Foster
had any connection with the American
government in his mission to China and Japan.
--..I In the house the resignation of Mr.. Painter
fKy.) was presented and bill was passed
granting an increase of pension TO Hosea
Brown. aged 1903, a survivor OF the war OF 1912.
The debate on the currency bill was then re-
sumed and Mr.. Hendrix IN. " took the floor
in opposition to the measure.
No business was transacted by the senate or
the The house passed n bill for the relief
of Zi!nri Elliott, of Kansas, and resolution &c
pay the funeral expenses Of Col. William 7
Fitch, for twenty-one years a doorkeeper IL
the house, who died on Christmas day. The
currency debate was then resumed and contin-
ued until $50 o'clock, when the house con-
CURED in the senate amendments TO the mil
itary academy bill. Adjourned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

A good example of what is sarcas,
icallE called feminine logic is pre-
;ented by story told by French pa.
per.
Monsieur y, q member of the cham
Der of deputies is travelling with his
wife. They arrive at a seaside station
and alight- The train passes on.
Presently madame becomes suddenly
excited.
MY umbrella! Ny umbrella! Where's
my umbrella?"
''Whewr' says the deputy; II left it
On the train
ION the train: And to think that
they entrust the affairs of the nation
to a man who isn't capable of taking
ARE of woman's umbrella%'-Youth's
Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
TO CONCEAL HIS SHORTAGE.
Scheme of Assistant Cashier Sparks, of the
Cincinnati Post Office.


CINCINNATI. Jan. 5.-Frank II. Sparks,
assistant cashier of the post Office, is
under arrest for peculiar crime. Yes
terdav afternoon about l o'clock jan
itor found him lying on the floor be-
hind his counter, apparently uncon-
scious. He was revived, and told a
thrilling tale. lie said that while every
body was ont to dinner, two strange
men entered and wanted him to change
S. bill. As he started back the men
threw open the private door and at
tackled him. One knocked him insensi-
BILE with sand bag. In proof of this
he showed a big bruise on the side of
his face. Examination showed that
over $500 was missing, while S10,000pu
up in envelopes to pay the post Office
force had been untouched.
Sparks was taken to police head
quarters, and after being sweated for
several hours broke down and con-
fessed he had made up the story OF the
robbery to conceal a shortage of a few
hundred dollars. He had been living
too fast, and had stolen various
amounts. The missing money was
found in an old drawer where he had
placed it His friends will make up
the shortage of S2S3.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
ASYLUM BURNED.
The Southern Illinois Home for the ms
in Ashes.

The Southern Illinois Home for the Insane
in Ashes.
ANNA, Ill. Jan. Fire broke out at
l o'clock this morning in the roof of
the center building of the group of
three great buildings of the asylum for
the insane here. and spread with great
rapidity. At 2:3O o'clock the fire was
beyond control and the loss was then
over 100000 An hour later all three
buildins were ablaze. \ special train
on the Illinois Central, with three en-
gines and crews, arrived from Cairo at
3 o'clock and began drenching the
buildings and endeavoring to save sew
eral smaller buildings adjacent, which
were blazing furiously.
1t is supposed that all the unfortu-
nate people but one woman, who was
lost, were removed in safety. In the
excitement attending the transfer of
the more violent maniacs a number
were badly bruised by stumbling down
stairways, their keepers being unable
to maintain even a semblance or order
among them. None escaped, however,
the keepers being reinforced by vol
unteer special officers from the city.
All the old buildings that escaped the
fire few years ago were entirely de-
stroyed, and the north wing is all that
remains standing. In this the patients
are huddled. The fire was under COM
plete subsection before daylight. The
flames were first discovered near the
roof of the main building and cannot
be accounted for. The asylum has its
own water works, but for some reason
the system was Ineffective. The loss
nurrerateS 5000 600
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
A FAMOUS RIDE.
One of the Most Heroic Acts in the Annals
OttAmerican History.

OtSAmerican History.
The story of how Oregon and Wash
/ ington were saved to the American
union, with all which that involved. is
/ one that should be made familiar to all
our people.
| 1t is one of the most heroic and sig
nificant incidents in American history.
The guiding hand of divine providence
is as plainly seen in it as in the history
Connected with our Pilgrim fathers
and their landing at Plymouth Rock.
1t is part of our history that makes
one realize what is meant by sacred
history" The government at Wash
ington might well erect some noble
monument to Marcus Whitman's mem
DRY.
There is a college out in Walls Walla
that bears his name, Whitman college;
let us hope that some time some per-
son or persons of wealth will be moved
TO aid the people of that region to give
it magnificent endowment so that it
may worthily perpetuate, for all time,
the inspiring memory of person who,
at a moment of supreme significance.
permitted himself to be inspired of God
for task that demanded instant ac-
ton, just then OF never, and who so I'M
dauntedly obeyed the heavenly vision.
There are men whose after-sight is adj
mirable in its clearness; there are those
whose foresight is full of certain in
ductive sagacity in reading the mean
ing of present day facts and in fore
casting what effects current causes
must have. And there are some men
who are gifted with the instantaneous
vision that sees what is. and, in the light
of this, what is the instant duty of the
moment, the moment of some almost
infinitely far-reae hing crisis.
That horseback ride in winter of
four thousand miles across the Rocky
mountains to Washington. large part
of the way over trackless wastes where
white men had never before been, that
bold and insistent appeal TO the pres
ideEt and secretary of state, Daniel
Webster. not to surrender Oregon to
the Hudson Bay Co. and to the British.
and then the marshaling of a great
host of like-minded colonists at the
east whom he led back over the plains
and the mountains, before ever a trans
continental railway had been dreamed
of, constitute a pivotal incident in
modern history, which it would be
stolid and ignoble not to hold in shin
ing and grateful memory.
The timely heroism of other famous
rides, as that of Paul Revere and of
sheridan at Winchester, have been
duly celebrated in song, as other sig
nal adventures have been in story; this
one waits the hand of some one pos
sessed of enough of the mingled his
toric and poetic imagination to feel
the full meaning of such an incident
and to put it into its true historic and
literary setting. 1t is possible that
he American board, whose missionary
Whitman was-if it were not so much
more intent on the making of history
han in celebrating it-might do some
what more than it has done to save
from forgetfulness the story of how
Oregon. if not also the rest of the Pa
life coast, was saved to the republic
and to all the benefcence of the civili-
satiOn our national union stands for
Advance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
ImbeciIe AsvIum Burned.

COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 5.-The south
wing of the main building at the state
asylum for imbeciles caught fire yester-
dag evening and was totally destros ed
The inmates and children were all at
supper at the time in another portion
&C the structure and none were injured.
The city fire department responded, but
as they had a distance of miles to go
the wing of the building was consumed
nearly by the time of their arrival.
The department. however, prevented
the fire spreading to other sections of
the building. No estimate of the loss
has been given, but immediate steps
viii be taken to rebuild.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
BATTLE WITH INCONSISTENCIES.
One Killed, Another MortaIIy Wounded and
Two Captured.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Jan. News has
reached here from Van Buren, county
of a desperate fight between officers
and moenshiners. The officers discov-
cred the still hidden in a mountain
gorge in an out-Of-the-wav place. 1t
was running in full blast. five or six men
being at work on it. The posse crept
up within short distance of it before
their presence was discovered. Though
taken unawares. the moOnshiners made
a desperate fight and for while bull
lets flew in every direction. Putnam,
the leader of the moonshiners. was shot
through the head and fell dead to the
ground His nephew, boy of Il, tum-
bled over, mortally wounded. Two
moonshiners were captured and one es-
capped. Not one of the posse was seri-
ouSlv wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

NEW YORK, Jan. Frank Murphy,
tinsmith. was killed yesterday in
the Pennsylvania railroad depot in
Jersey City by shock from an electric
light wire. Murphy was in the employ
of the firm which has the contract to
cover the big train shed of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. with copper
roof He had gone about 40 feet up a
ladder when one of his feet slipped.
To save himself he threw out his hands
and clutched a live electric light wire
and hung to it for several seconds.
Then his hands, which were smoking
from the electricity, relaxed and he
fell to the ground Doctors were hasti-
" summoned, but he was dead before
relief arrived
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
sAToLLI STRENGTHENED.
An EncycIicaI Which Gives Him Almost
PIenary Power.

RoME, Jan. 5.-The expected en-
eyclical from Pope Leo addressed to
the archbishops and bishops of the
United States is now ready and will be
transmitted through the usual chan.
nels in few days. 1t treats princi-
pally with the authority and powers of
the apostolic delegate, Mgr. Satolli-
who is confirmed and strength
ened in his position. The let
ter is certain to cause pro-
found sensation in ecclesiastical cir
cles in the United States, similar to
that excited last year in France by
Leo1s recommendation to the Catholic
leaders of that country, in which he
urged them to Loyalty accept the re-
public and nolonger waste their efforts
and their forces by standing alOof and
striving for the impossible-ie the re-
turn and the restoration of the royal
lists to power.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
WESTERN NOMINATIONS.
A List of Kansas and oklahoma Gentleme
Made Happy by the President.

A List of kaGsas and oklahoma Gentlemen
Made Happy by the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The president
to-day sent to the senate the following
nominations among others: To be re-
ceiver of the land Office at Wakeeney,
Kan, William z. Saum, at the request
of Senator Martin To be postmasters:
Samuel L. johnson at Alva, Ok; Gus
tavus Wilcox at Enid, Ok; w. c. Jones
at Newkirk, Ok: 5. II. Cummings at
Pond Creek, Ok: John w. Moyle at
Tecumseh. Ok; William A. Thompson
at Tahlequah, |. T.: Mrs. McSpadden
at Salem, Mo-. and Charles Richardson
at Wisner, Neb.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy Life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverS
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is mar
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

The fast youth in the algebra class
had handed in his papers to the pro-
fessor and that gentleman had found
fault.
why is it" he asked, that in all
these problems you have to repre-
sent the unknown quantity?"
Il thought that was about right, sir, p"
replied the student boldly.
but you know that always repre-
sents the unknown quantity"
Ordinarily, yes" exclaimed the stu
dent, but in my case l thought it was
excessive. Av is quite sufficiently un-
known to call forth all my ability to
discover one, ''ard the professor marked
the student zero.-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
HoRsETHIEVEs LYNcHEp.
Three Men Hanged and Their Bodies Shot
to Pieces in the Indian Country.


to Pieces in the Indian Country.
WICHITA. Kan, Jan. News was
received here from Kirgfisher. Ok, of
a wholesale hanging of horsethieves in
the Cheyenne and Arapah0e country
The settlers there have ever since
the opening been the victims of ma
rauding bands of horse and cattle
thieves, and finding the authorities
too slow in bringing the offenders
to justice. several vigilance committees
were organized in different parts of
the country to take the law in their
own hands. The vigilants q few days
ago started On the trail Of the band,
followed it into the Panhandle of Texas,
back into the Cheyenne country. over
taking it near Cantonmept. Here a
battle followed, resulting in the wound
ing of George Gaskell and Simeon
Campbell. two of the vigilanTs. and the
capture of three of the thieves. The
latter were hanged without delay.
Their bodies were shot to pieces and
left hanging as a warning to their
kind
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
TO ADMIT OKLAHOMA.
Senator Martin VIII Introduce a Bill Pro.
Xiding for a Convention.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Senator Mar
tin has just completed the preparation
of two bills, which will be introduced
by him in the senate to-day. The first
is to change the boundary lines be-
tween Indian territory and Oklahoma,
adding a certain portion of the Chero-
kee country to Oklahoma, and to pro-
vide for a constitutional convention
preliminary to the admission of Okla
homa into the union. The second
measure provides for the settlement
and disposition of the arid sand hill
lands in the western part of Kansas
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
MULTUM IN PARVO.

If you would create something, YOU
must be something.-Goethe.
THERE is a limit where the intellec;
fails and breaks down.-Kant.
VINO thinketh to buy villainy with
gold shall find such faith so bought SC
sOld.-Marston.
TRULY enjoy no more of the worlds
good things than what willingly dis
tribute to the needy.-Seneca.
LIKE soldiers on the watch, put the
souls armor on, alike prepared for all
a soldiers warfare brings.-Joapna
Bailie.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Beaten to Death with Clubs.

EDWARDS, Miss, Jan. 7.-One of the
most atrocious crimes occurred Satur-
day night here. Louis Galloway, col
ored, good and prosperous farmer,
living on Mr.. r. C. Withers' plantation,
l mile from this place, together with
his wife, was found dead this morning,
about 100 yards from their cabin. In
dications are that both were beaten to
death with clubs. Galloway was in
town Saturday, and carelessly exhibit
ed about 500. which is supposed to
have led to the murder. One arrest
has been made and others will likely
follow.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Bullet Holes in Tseir Heads.

FAILS CITY, Tex, Jan. saturday
night Late three men were murdered
within 3 miles of this city. A. Ii.
Young, a white man. Z prominent
farmer; Will Duran, coloned, farm
hand; and A. c. Bundis, Mexican la
borer, were found dead on the road
side within miles of each other with
bullet holes in their heads. Prom the
similarity of the wounds and the situa-
ton in general it is thought they were
all murdered By the same party. The
affair is very mysterious, and the de-
velopments of an investigation which
is being made by the authorities is
anxiously awaited
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
WHIR OF THE WHEEL.

A FoUR-N-HAND tricycle. has recently
been deviced by a Partisan.
OVER 127 cyclists were fined in
Vienna during one month for street
scorching.
A sCoRCHER may be beside himself,
and yet have no idea how ridiculous he
looks on a wheel.
MANY a cyclist passes through the
hnest scenery with no more notion of
1t than if he had made the journey in a
railroad train with eyes closed. Those
are not the cyclists who get the most
enjoyment out of the sport.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Alleged Copyright infringement.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Uiver Wendell
Holmes. Jr., administrator of the prop
erty of his father. The Autocrat," by
his attorneys fled a bill in the
United States court yesterday to
secure an injunction to restrain
the firm of Donahue, Hennebery &
Co. of Chicago from publishing an edi-
ton of The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" The bill charges that since
January the firm has been printing
and selling an edition of the work,
which is an infringement of the copy
right secured by Oliver Wendell Holmes
in 1856.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Passes In New York.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 5.-Judge Far
ker, of the supreme court. has decided
that the railroad commissioners can
use passes issued by the secretary of
the state and that the new constitution
does not prohibit the legislature from
providing that passes may be issued to
state officials when travelling on official
business.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
An EuaRF~RueV.

Mrs. BrandNew-I would ike to get
4 first-class book on etiquette.
Mr.. Brand-New - Any particular
point You want to clear up?
Mrs Brsnd-New-Yes; how to treat
one's interiors. You know, dear, it is
only recently that we have had infe-
riorS-Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

GExT-"What is the reason you charge
twice rs much for Ely cuffs as you did Tor
merlv!'' Washerwoman - ''Because you
have begun making pencil notes on them. ~
Gent-''What difference does that maker'
Washerwoman-''The girls waste so much
time in trying to make them out-"-De Am
sterdammer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Returned to His First wife.

DENVER, Col. Jan. Robert Gam
mon. who was one of the foremost
business men of Colorado for over
twenty years. disappeared July s last
deserving his wife and eight children
in this city. 1t has just been learned
that his real name was Robert Flan-
ders, and that when he came to this
country in 1871 he deserted a large
family in England. He is supposed TO
have reinined them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
ACTORS LEAVE JOHN L.
Seven Members Resign from the Ez-Cham-
pion's COMPANY.

pions Company
PARIS, Ill, Jan. John l.. Sulli-
vans combination, known as "A True
American" practically disbanded here
yesterday. Sullivan came and made an
attempt to give an entertainment at
the opera house Wednesday night. He
could not stand on the stage without
support and was so abusive that seven
members of the combination resigned
their positions yesterday and the re-
mainder departed for Monmouth
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
SCOTT NOT DEAD.
The Missing Nebraska Defaulter Seen on a
Train in Minnesota.

Train in Minnesota.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 5.-Barrett Scott.
the missing eX-treasurer from O'Neil,
is now positively declared by the sheriff
of Fairmont, Mimi, to have passed
through that city yesterday afternoon,
bound east on a train. Orders have
been issued to arrest him.
Excitement in O'Neil is at fever heat
respecting the merits of the case and
the responsibility for Scott's departure.
The men arrested are preparing alibis.
Citizens who discuss the affair go heav-
ilV armed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

To be a gentleman is to be honest,
% be gentle, to be generous, to be
brave, to be wise, and, possessing all
hose qualities, 10 exercise them in the
most graceful outward manner
Thackerav
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Whipped by a Mob.

ELDORADo SPRINGS. No, Jan. s.
John Cumstead was taken from his
boarding place in this city Sunday
night by a mob of unmarked citizens
and taken to a secluded spot in the
suburbs of East EldoradO, where he
was severely horsewhipped, and given
a few hours to leave town under peril
of severe punishment if here after a
given time. Cumstead was the keeper
of an immoral resort.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

Unison saws he doesn't see why there
should be any objection to women entering
the legal profession. Don't you see. that
nine out Of every ten married men know
very well that her word is law. = Buffalo
Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
Earthquake Shocks.

MEssINA, Jan. 5.--A violent earth
quake shock was felt here this morn
ing. The inhabitants are panic
stricken.