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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-03
MIR. HENDERsoN,s LETTER.
Very truly yours,
CHAs. f. SCOT

MR.. HENDERSON'S LETTER.
EDITOR REGISTER:
Dear Sir:-Speaking for myself and
not under authority from the Cooper
ative Gas CO., will say-It is now
too late to discuss the question" wheth-
er it would be to the interest of the
city to encourage the organization Of
Cooperative company for the SIM
pie reason that that company is al
ready organized. a brief summary
of the order of events as they occur
red may help to a clearer understand
ing of the exact situation. For years
past the belief has been general that
we had natural gas near us in suffi-
cient quantity to supply the demands
of the present lola and possibly
enough to lead to an increase of her
population. The most persistent effort
to develop this gas commenced near
ly ten years ago when our people con-
tributed voluntarily and by taxation,
about six thousand dollars. This
attempt after various changes led to
the present development. AS mat
tiers now stand every one is con-
WINGED that we have underneath Us
a great store-house full to OVERLOOKING
of the cleanest and most convenient
fuel in the world. Such being the
case, why not use it?
This was the question agitating the
people last winter when with great
Unanimity, they asked for the pass
age of an act authorizing the voting
Oftwenty thousand dollars in bonds
for the purpose of city ownership.
This same question was passed up
on in last springs canvass and elect
ion when the people by nearly two
hundred majority said they wanted
a change ia the gas management. The
REGISTER has called attention to one
of the reasons for dissatisfaction in its
local and editorial columns. In fact
the answer to it was very general.
We do not use it because of its excess
i've cost and the indifferent and inn
perfect service. Ina cold day we had
too little fuel and in a mild day too
much.
Acting upon the doctrine that the
ballot and legislation should correct
every evil, we balloted and legislated.
With what result? We elected
a city government of conservative
business neil who with the aid of
competent counsel, after more than a
months deliberation published an
ordinance intended to cover the entire
natural gas business.
Whatever may be said OF the merits
of that ordinance now, at the time 1t
was passed its necessity aud its fair.
ness were generally admitted. Every
one familiar with the details of its
construction knows that every reason
able effort was made by the city
officers to secure the cooperation OF
Pryor & Paullin in reaching an
understanding, just, both TO the
citizens and the gas company. They
not only declined to make any
helpful suggestions, while the ordi-
nance was under consideration, but
they utterly disregarded it when put
in operation.
After repeated violations of the ordi-
nance an effort was made to enforce it
which resulted in law suit and SUBJ
sequently IN adeclaration by the sup
RENE court of the state that the ordi-
nance, in SO far IS it attempted to reg
ulate the price at which the present
company should sell gas, was inoper-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-03

I
Charles Pitman, plaintiff
Martha DeIap. Sidney y
Delap. the Globe Investment
Co., L L NOrthrup. Homer J
Ransom, and others mention
Ell "A plaintiff petition, de-
fendsnJs.
The Globe Investment Co. IA corporatiOn)-
gained and existing under the laws of II {
state Of Massachusetts, will take notice that tL>
said Charles Pitmsn, plaintiff did on the 10Th
day of December, 1872. file his petition in said
District Court, within aBd for the county of AL
len, IN the state of Kansas against the said
Martha \ Delap, Sidney Delap. the Globe In
vestment 20, l. NOTthrup. and the other de-
PENDANTS ana that the said Globe investment
Co, corporation, as aforesaid and Homer
Ransom. must answer said petition filed as
aforesaid on or before the 18th day of February
1895. or said petition will be taken aS true and
Judgment rendered IN said action against said
Defendants Martha A Dclap and sidney y De-
lap for the sum Of fourteen hundred and fifty
one dollars, with interest thereon at the rave of
per cent per annum from the lst day Of Sep
TENDER, 1915. and for the further sum Of SOLO
attorneys fee and for the further sum of s.
for exchange AMI costs Of suit; and further
judgment against said defendants Martha A
Delap, Sidner y DelaD and all the other defend
ants stated in plaintiffs petition for the fore
closure of a certain mort gage upon the follow
ing described real estate, tO-wit Commencing
at a point 81 rods north of the southeast corner
thence west il1 rods, thence north 50 rods thence
east 40 rOdS, thence south 50 rods to the place
beginning, also the Z y of n a all in
the ! i of Section %, Township a. Range Is,
containing no acres more or less, lying and sit
uaie i'll the county of Allen. in the State of Kan
saS; and adjudging that the said plaintiff have
the first lien on said premises to the amount
for which judgment will be taken aforesaid
and ordering said premises TO be sold without
appraisenent. and the proceeds applied to the
payment of the amount due plaintiff and costs
of suit and forever barring and fOreclOsing said
defendants. and each OF them. of and from all
right title estate interest, property, and equity
OF redemption. in or TO said premises or any part
- thereof J. II. STICHER
SEAI Attorney for Plaintiff.
ATTEST Frank L. Travis
- ~ 90 Clerk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-03

alive. While we may have had nc
just ground of complaint beca use
they did not accept an ordinance
part of which has been declared in
valid as to them, we had just
ground of complaint that they show
ed no disposition to find common
ground of agreement either with the
the people or the city officials.
We had labored and waited
for nearly two years after abundant
gas had been found, hoping for better
service and lower price. Nothing
indicating a change was in sight.
Since Pryor & Paullin thus deliber.
ately and persistently ignored the
wishes of our people whether express
ed privately by the individual, pub
licly by the newspapers, collectively
by the citizens, or officially by the
council, it is almost universally con-
coded that in so far as they were con-
cerned we were justifiable in apply
ing any legitimate remedy. In SO
far as the Allen County Gas Com
pany is concerned we need no justifi-
cation, for the remedy had been ap-
piled before five of its present mem
bers had invested dollar. Moreover,
they all knew the nature of that
remedy and they should not COM
plain of us because they misjudged
its effects.
Except the declaration by the court,
this was about the condition of affairs
in August last when the first
open meeting was held in the Opera
House to devise plan of operation.
At this meeting a committee was ap-
pointed to report later upon a FEAST
BILE plan. The committee subsequent
ly reported in favor of a cooperative
plant. Their recommendation was
adopted substantially as reported, and
a committee was appointed early in
September to solicit subscription to
stock.
AS the first announcement of any
change in the ownership of the exist
ing plant was not made until Oct. IL,
this record clearly shows that the
cooperative company was under way
more than a month before the present
holders invested their money in the
Allen County Gas plant. Inasmuch
also as the progress we were making
from day to day was not concealed
from anyone, the present owners can
have no just ground of complaint
against us if they have chosen to in-
vest their money in what may prove
to be a losing business. Because five
or six of our citizens have bought the
plant after we were under way, i'm
proved the service and lowered the
price, it does not follow that we
should surrender our franchise, annul
our contracts and abandon our effort
to obtain cheap fuel.
My Dear REGISTER, they are try
ing to get you to discuss the wrong
question. The question now, is not
whether it would be to the best in
terest of the city to encourage the
organization of Cooperative COM
panyn but whether the people shall
give over their attempt to secure the
gas at the lowest price that competi-
tion will make in order that five or six
others may have an unrestricted
chance to make what they consider a
! profitable investment.
/ We believe that the cooperative
plan is the correct solution of the
problem of cheap fdel We also be-
lieve that any legitimate plan that
furnishes cheap fuel in the town can
not long be hurtful to its interest.
Respectfully.
II. l.. HENDERSON.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-03
First published Jan 3. 1881
Publication Notice.

In the District Court within and for the eoun-
ty of Allen in the State of Kansas.
Charles F Pitmau plaintiff
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

A pretty little story comes from New
York in regard to the location OF the
democratic national headquarters in
Chicago in which the boy orators best
glrl turned the trek. SO long as tie
contention vas between Altgeld and
Senator TIllman On one side and Sena-
tors Jones and Conan on the other, no
bet is a sure thing as to whether Chica.
go or Washington would win. Nj. Bry-
an would not Interfere to rebuff Chair
nan Jones. Mr.. Sewall washed his
hands OF it. The determining factor IN
It was Mrs. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan c~onsul,s
his wife on everything. He left the
whole thing to her. She recalled that
Dir. Bryan had promised to stand by
Governor Altgeld aud Senator Tillman,
and that her husband was pledged tc
Chicago. She said: Chicago" and
Chicago it Was. A woman's influence
had solved the most perplexing question
that has arisen in the campaign.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
WOULD RATHER DIE.
Life Would Have No Charms For Mussul-
mans Under Christian Rule.

Life Would Have No Charms For Mussul-
mans Under Christian Rule.
New YORK, Aug. ia special to
The Herald from Canea, says: Your
correspondent has had a talk with
Choussein Bey, a Mussulman deputy
representing Canea. He said
1--WE most earnestly hope that the
sublime porte will not accept the propo.
sitions made by the Christian deputies.
We Mussulmans would rather die than
live under the conditions they seek to
place upon US. l deny and we all deny
that there is any truth in the stories
f1oated by the Christians. that our
soldiers are guilty of pillaging. There
are sure to be reprisals, but Mussulmans
are losing just as much as Christians. '
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

Senator Foraker: Now, my fellow
citizens, would rather take the judg.
nent Of John Sherman on a financial
proposition than the judgment Of Mary
Ellen Lease. l would rather, on a pro.
found constitutional or financial ques.
ton follow the leadership Of Benjamin
Harrison than that Of "Pltchfork" Till.
. l would rather follow the leader.
ship OF the gallant Gov. Mckinley with
oil these great representatives Of sound
money, sound protection, sound patriot.
ism and sound everything else, sup.
porting him than to take "the bow
orator OF the Platte" with OF al
these people controlling him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

DETROIT, Aug. ia special stock
train which went east on the. Chicago
and Grand Trunk at IL 80 was boarded
by four men at Bellevue. 30 miles west
of here. all masked and all heavily
armed and at the point of their guns
compelled the two men in charge of the
stock to empty their pockets of all their
money and a number OF other articles
of small value.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters OF
Administration.
State of South Dakota,
fss. In County Court.
County of Lake
In the matter of the estate Of
Mathilda Vickerman,
Deceased.
The state of south Dakota sends greeting to
Isaac Nickerman, John W. Miller and Christina
Miller, and all other persons whomsoever inter
ssted In the estate of Mathilda v~ickerman, late
OF Fillmore county, in the state Of Minnesota, al
heirs at law and next of kin of said Matthias
Vickerman, deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Ike Vickerman has
nied with the judge of this court. a petition,
praying for letters of administration of the estate
OF Mathilda Eickerman, deceased, be granted to
John G.. Cohey, and that Saturday, the 9th day OF
september, 1895, at one O'Clock p m, Of said day
being q day of Q special term OF this court, has
been appointed to be held at the ofice OF the
Judge OF said court, in the city Of Madison, coun
~ OF Lake, ). d., and has been set for hearing
said petition, when and where any person inter
ested may appear and show cause why the said
petltion should not be granted.
Dated at Madison, 8. d., this 7th day of August
A. ID. 1896.
n II. WILLIAMSON,
Judge of the County Court.
MURRAY Il PORTER,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
THE ADAMS STRIKE.
Said There Are Plenty Of Men to Fill
All Places.

Said There Are Plenty Of Men to Fill
All Places.
New YORK, Aug. lS.-There appears
to be no immediate prospect of a settle
ment of the strike of the employees of
the Adams Express company. General
McWilliams says that he has received
more than 40 applications for each place
vacated by the strikers. Some Of the
New York strikers say delegates have
already been sent to Philadelphia, Pitts.
burg and Baltimore to urge the men
employed in the offices and stables of
the company in the cities mentioned to
join the strikers. Some Of the new men
engaged by the company have quit
work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
state.


For Representatives In Congress
ROBERT. GAMBLE, Yankton.
COE I. CRAWFORD, Hughes.
For Governor
A q. RINGSRCD, Union.
For Lieutenant Governor
D.. T. HINDMAN, Marshall.
For Secretary of State
W. u RODDLE, Brookings.
For Auditor
II. E MAYHEM. S.nlrru.
For TreasursT-
KIRK G. PHILLIPS, Lawrence,
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
FRANK CRANE, Coddington.
For Commissioned Of School and Public Lands
JOHN L. LOCKHART, Grant.
For Attorney General
$. JONES, Turner.
For Railroad Commissioner
ID. W. MADDEN, Custer.
GEO. A. JOHNSTON, Dawson.
N. Z. BRO MLEY. Spink.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Nansen Goes to Christiania.

VARDo, Norway, Aug. lS.-Dr. Nam
sen has left here for Christiania. 1t
now develops that the meeting between
DIR. Nansen and jackson, the English
explorer, was the result of the barking
Of the dogs. The Norwegian and his
companion were exploring one day.
when they heard barking, and, follow
ing the sounds, to their amazement.
they reached Jackson's camp. vardo
has been en- fete and decorated in honor
Of the return of DR.. hansen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
CELEBRATING AT PAWHUSKIE
Remarkable Demonstration Over the Vic
tory of Progressists.

Remarkable Demonstration Over the Vic
tory of Progressists.
PAwHUsKIE, l. T., Aug. ls.-This
place was the scene of a remarkable
celebration, ~partaking partly Of the
character of a political jollification and
partly of an Indian war dance or festi-
val, jubilee, mixed bloods and the pro-
gressive full blood Osages meeting to
celebrate the great victory over the
full bloods won in the national Usage
election last Monday. Five Oh six hun
dred Indians and as many white men
participated in the affair, for the whites
are as happy over the victory as the
progressists, as it means the early
allotment Of the Usage lands and the
opening of the country to settlement
and trade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Poison Ivy, insect bites, bruises ,..scalds,
burns, are quickly cured by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure.
FRANKSMTTH.


Is the name Of the Northern Pacifc's
new tourist book for 1896. The cover
design will prove a happy surprise 70
lovers Of the artistic, and it's illustrations
will be fully up to the standard OF it's
predecessors. One OF its principal char
acters r%ecounts a hunt after the we'll
known, yet rare, Rocky Mou ntain or
White Goat. made by the author 10
September. 1895, in the defles OF the
Bitter Root Range. One at all inclined
to big game hunting will want to read
about that hunt. An account OF q trim
through Yellowstone Park on horseback
will also prove interesting. Six cents in
stamps sent to Ohas. Fee,y General Pas.
! senger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi, will
secure the book
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

E. Rosewater Of Omaha and "Coin"
Harvey engaged in a debate on the
money question at Champaign ILL.,, the
other night. At the close Of the debate
the sentiment seemed about equally
divided and both speakers we're heartily
applauded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
May Have q Stormy Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is There is a
possibility the Populist headquarters
may be removed to Chicago. The com.
mittee decided at St. Louis to locate the
headquarters here but a sentiment has
grown up since then in favor of Chi
cago. The meeting Of the committee
may be quite stormy, a. there is . be-
lief that Watson's middle Of the sroad.
ers are in the majority.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

Sioux Falls Press: Official statistics
show there ls Of gold coin in the United
States s9.4l per capita, Of silver coin
sS.77 per capita. Mexico has Al cents
in gold and S4.A IN silver.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
WANT WAGES RESTORED.
Union Pacific Telegrnphers Bring Suit
Against Oticials.

Union aCI1lc ttIegTNFhtES nThnE suit
Against Officials.
OMAHA. Ary. ~lS.-Railway telegra-
pliers have flied a case i'll the federal
court here to test the right Of the re.
~ceivcrs of the Union Pacific railway to
reduce the fixed scale Of wages of EN-.
ploycs. The suit is brought to compel
the receivers to restore wages to the
fixed schedule in effect i'll 1894, when
Judge Caldwell ordered that no cut in
wages should be made except on order
of the court. The plaintiffs specify
where this order has been violated, and
further charge that officials of the COM
pany discriminate against old and
faithful employees of the company who
are members of the order in favor of
young and inexperienced men who are
not,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
British Columbia Mining.

TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 18.-Oficial re-
turns from British Columbia to the do
minion government show that in 1894
the aggregate value Of precious metals
mined in the province was 81, 900, 900.
Last year the value was IS, O3S, 1915, and
this year the output will be greater,
Judging from the three months ended
July is, when the estimated value of
gold smelted and shipped was 3 1885,.
nN
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Objected to q Cut.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1S.-A special to
The Wisconsin from Manistee, Mich,
says the two mills, salt block and lum.
Der yard of the Peters Salt and Lumber
company are shut down on account of a
strike, throwing 500 men out of employ.
ment. A 10 per cent cut in wages is
the cause.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

The members Of the national populist
committee are assembling in Washing.
ton to prepare for campaign work, and
the indications are that about the Grst
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

An Iowa paper urges upon it's readers
who "don't know" the greater safety
Of following the greater counsel of such
ms . Allison, Reed or Mckinley than
such iconoclasts as Tillman, Altgeld,
Waite and the whole menagerie OF
cranks parading under the banner OF
the Bryan-Sewall- Watson combine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

ST. PAUL, Aug. lS.-Congressman
Kiefer has withdrawn as a candidate
for denomination at the forthcoming
Republican convention in the Fourth
district. F. G. Stevens Of this city will
undoubtedly be the nominee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
To FOreclose n Big Mortrare.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lS.-The Far
mers' Loan and Trust company of New
York has filed a suit in the United
States circuit court to foreclose a mort.
gage executed in their favor in 1889 by
the Oregon Improvement company for
Sl5 DOC. OOO.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Cure for Headache.

AS a remedy for all forms OF Headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. 1t effects a permanent cure
and the most dreaded habltual sick
headaches yield to it's influence. We
urge all who are afflicted TO procure a
bottle, and give this remedy a far trial.
In cases Of habitual constipation, Elec-
trio Bitters cures by giving needed tone
to the bowels, and few cases long resist
the use of this medicine. Try it once.
SOC. and 81 90 at G. H. Woods drug
store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

We don't hear quite so much lately
about the "boy orator" challenging Nc
Klnley, Reed and other republican war
horses to Joint debate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Great Country.

Another great wave Of emigration is a.
bout to flow over the country. The
northwest will receive the greatest bens-
tit from 1t and every state in that region
10 prepared for IT From the Great
Lakes to the Pacific Ocean Boards Of
immigration have been formed, full OF
energy and enthusiasm and glad to give
the newcomer and enquirer all the
assistance possible.
In Minnesota the renowned Red River
Valley and the newly opened lands OF
the Red Lake Reservation attract the
homeseeker.
In North Dakota there are rolling
hills and rich prairie lands. In Montana
the great Yellowstone Valley, with it's
new irrigation enterprise, the noted
Gallatln Valley and the Bitter Root
Valley extend arms Of welcome. In
Idaho and Washington the Nez Perez
Reservation lands recently ceded, and
the Palouse. Potlach and Yakima Val
leys east OF the Cascades, are bound to
be rapidly settled. West Of the noun.
tains are the fertile valleys of Puget
Sound in Washington, and the Colum.
bia and Willamette Valleys in Oregon.
Homes for millions Of people are found
here. Come and take possession; others
are coming, you come too;-write to
Chas. 8. Fee, General Passenger Agent
Northern Pacific Railroad, st. Paul,
MINI.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

Senator Foraker says the reason that
Mexican silver dollars are slow sale at 80
cents apiece in American cities, is that
they haye no redeemer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

II you have ever seen alittle child in
the agony OF summer complaint, you can
realize the danger Of the trouble and up,
preciate the value OF instantaneous re
lief always afforded by De Wits Collie
and Cholera Cure. For dysentery and
diarrhoea 1t is u reliable remedy. We
could not afford to recommend this as q
cure unless it were a cure.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

The ward Mckinley clubs Of Sioux
Falls have been organized into one
body with E. A. Sherman as president.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
R~EPUBLlCAN TICK EFT.
National.

For President
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OF Chic.
For Vice President
GARRETT A. HOBART, of New jersey.
For Presidential Electors
T.. d. EDWARDS, Lawrence.
il. TURNER, Bon Homme.
X. j. WOODS, Minnehaha.
X. NJ. SLOCUM, Campbell.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Italians on q Strike.

ROME, n. Y, Aug. 1S.-Four hun
dred and ninety Italians, employed by
Miller q Co. of Ottawa, Ills, on Rome's
sewer system, are out on strike. The
contractors announced OF Saturday
that pay day would occur but once
every month hereafter, instead of every
two weeks. The order was recinded
later and the men returned to work.