The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
To Assessors.


The secretary of the state board OF
agriculture has sent out necessary
blanks to all assessors in the state and
at the same time calls attention to the
requirements of the law in regard to
completeness of the work of enumer-
ating the inhabitants and collecting
statistical information in regard to
agriculture, horticulture, etc, etc.
The statutes impose a heavy penalty
for failure to properly do such work
and the secretary urges assessors to OBJ
tain the statistics of all manufacturing
and mining industries fully; among
others the dairy interests have
been too much overlooked heretofore,
and the cheese, butter and milk items,
for the factories as well as homes,
should be carefully looked after. All
these statistics are for the benefit of
Kansas and Kansans, and if gathered
as they should be will make a splendid
showing for the state and what it has,
in spite of the depression.
Miscellaneous.
The Atchison Daily Patriot has sus-
pended.
recent count of the money in the
state treasury shows the sum to be
81. Ass, 93323
John Lewis superintendent of the
elevator at Coffeyville, was recently
killed by the cars at Chetopa.
John Sand, of the soldiers home was
recently killed by the cars at Pope's
station, eight miles south of Leaven-
worth.
The trial at Fort Scott of C. II. Race,
ex-cashier of the National bank at
Burlington, upon the charge of embez-
cling $4,000, resulted in mis- acquittal.
II. L. w. Hostetter, of Wellsville, a
wealthy farmer and a member of the
legislature from 1855 to 1889, died from
blood poisoning, resulting from a Sc
we're cash in his leg made by an en-
ragged boar.
Marshal Cole shot and killed William
Mitchell at Galena a few days ago.
The excitement was so great that Cole
had to be taken away to avoid trouble.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
of wilful and malicious killing.
At an early hour the other morning
the large barn on the Joseph Whita-
ker farm, south of Leavenwort tn, was
destroyed by FIRE, together with con-
tents 1t was in use by Fl. A. Poinde-
stall, the race horse man. Thirty-nine
horses, all registered 2S head of cattle,
40 hogs and IS tons of hay were
burned. The loss was placed at S2O,-
600
At the late annual session of the
enworth, the following officers were
elected: Grand master workman, W.
NJ. Wallace (re-elected); grand fore
man, William Cross, of Kansas City;
grand overseer, w. A. Morgan, of Lam
sing; grand recorder, E NJ. Forde ire
elected); DR.. w. R. Priest, of Con-
cordia, was chosen medical director
The three-year-old son of Mrs. Mag
gle Scott, of Fort Scott, was recently
burned to death in horrible manner.
Mrs Scott picked up a burning lamp
that was leaking to remove it from the
room. The child stood near her, and
as she raised the lamp over his head
the bottom fell from the bowl, precipi-
tating the oil on its clothing. In her
fright the mother dropped the lamp
and the child's saturated clothes were
ignited by the wick blaze, and it was
burned to death in a few minutes, de-
spite the mothers effort to save it
F. L. Platte, of Washburn college,
was finally awarded first place in the
oratorical contest, instead of c. B. Dali
ton, of Baker university. Dalton was
given second place and 81. W. Ran
dolPh. of Emporia, third.
County Treasurer j. A. Kelly, of Ste
venson county, has been removed from
office by the board OF county commits
sioners because of an alleged shortage
of $685.. SO in his accounts He refused
to vacate the Office and suit was
brought to Dust him.
Harry Kerfas was recently sentenced
to 81 years in the penitentiary from
Hays City for the murder of Arthur
Williams on New Years ui1ht