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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
HUMBOLDT.
A. W. CUNNINGHAM. Reporter.

The Gas Company began the work
of putting down the gas mains on
Monday They have thirty men at
work and laid 200 feet the first day.
Mrs. Merrill was in Humboldt the
first of the week in the interest of the
Home of the Friendless, of Leaven-
worth.
Mr.. H. J. Baily of FIT. Scott was
here this week in the interest of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
A large crowd attended the @. A.
r. services at the Methodist church
Sunday morning. The pulpit was
draped with flags and a few tastefully
arranged flowers added their beauty
to the decorations. The Methodist
choir furnished the music. An elo-
quent sermon was delivered by Rev.
Fem to the old soldiers and to the
younger generation who are to take
their place.
Harry Gardner returned Monday
evening from Parsons. His hand is
better and he expects it to heal soon.
Ben kaufman and Miss WestmaD
of Piqua were married at the Catholic
church tuesday morning. They have
the congratulations of every one.
A special song service was held at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening.
The ladies of the NJ. f. church gave
a pleasant social at Mrs. Mobiles last
night.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28

Christian church the third Sunday in
each month. In the morning at IL
O'Clock and in the evening at early
lamp light. Every body invited to
attend.
I. J. Afford and daughter went
down to Erie Tuesday, returning
Wednesday.
F. w. Yout and wife were in town
Monday of this week
Mrs. r. V. Blair who has been so
very sick is improving slowly.
Tena Blair is visiting the family of
l.. e. Douhams at present
Harmon Hobart was in this neigh
borhood Friduy looking after his
political affairs.
A. w. Afford and family were in
Chanute Monday.
Our old friend Tommy Ingels came
in Wednesday and of course we were
all glad to see him. He will farm the
home place this summer.
This week we are indeed sorry to
learn the tidings that Leanna and
vicinity has lost one of its best citizens
Mr.. F. Mills and family who moved
Monday to Chanute to live. Although
indeed sorry to lose so good a family
from our midst we wish them pros
perity in their new home and may
they have as many truce friends
among the good citizens of Chanute as
they have among the people of the
little village of Leanna is our wish.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
NEOSHO VALLEY.
c. L. ARNOLD Reporter.

David Beahm, jr., of Pleasant Val
ley neighborhood is away on a pleas
ure trip to Missouri.
There is a new boy in j. l.. Steele's
family.
One of the Vancil boys moved Jas.
Currens' family this week. We were
not advised positively of their expect
ed destination, but think they were
bound for Cedar Vale.
We cannot at present give COM
plete list of those who are attending
the Institute from the West side, but
observe Miss Jensen and Mrs. Han
kins going thitherward every day.
r. V. Bale started on trip We'd
nesdsy, headed toward Missouri but
said he didn't know where he would
go or how long he would be gone.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28

at Prairie Hall School house Tuesday
night June LIST, under the auspices of
the EpwOrth League. Proceeds to be
used for incidental expenses. Every
body invited.
John and Bob Stewart spent Sun
day with Walter Lyle.
Mr.. Buckingham from Chicago is
here visiting his daughter, Mrs. Lyle.
Every body that comes to call now
days is candidate for something.
Mr.. Owens frum Girard was in our
neigh bOrhood last week.
Mr.. LAYER was around buying fat
hogs Monday.
We are sorry to hear of the death of
Mrs. Alice (Appleberry) Stateler,
which occurred last Tuesday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
BETHEL.
Miss LEILA CUNNINGHAM, Reporter

There will be rawberry festival
and ice cream supper at JeddO church
Tuesday evening June lst. Every
body cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Lindsey is quite sick at pres
ent writing. DIR. Cope is the attend
ing physician.
Mrs. Julia Kemp, who has been
spending the winter at Eureka
Springs has returned to her home.
Miss Linnie Woodland is working at
Mr.. Fursman's this week.
Mr.. Boyer and family of Maple
Grove visited at G. V. Seymour's last
Sunday.
Our Children's Day exercises at
JeddO will be June 9th, in the even
ing. Every body invited to attend.
We are glad to report Mr.. Jay of
Maple Grove, better at this writing.
Miss Sabra Finley visited We scribe
a part OF last week.
There was an ice cream supper at
Jeddo church last Tuesday evening.
The proceeds went to buy carpet for
the church.
There was an ice cream social at
Mr.. Kilmer's last Wednesday even
ing. A good time is reported.
R. r. Redf1eld of Humboldt is Civ
ing music lessons in our neighborhood
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
SPRING BRANCH
Mr.. FRANK JACKSON, Reporter.

Some that haven't a very good stand
of corn are replanting it by hand.
Mr.. Harry Booth, who has been
visiting in this part the past three
weeks returned to his home in Kan
sas City last week.
Miss Lena Delp and Ethel CAN'T
visited in Moran the first of the week.
Tom Anderson had carload of
oil cake shipped to Carlyle tand the
boys hauled il over Saturday.
Mr.. Geyer has moved his saw mill
down the creek onto Mr.. Howlands
land and is getting ready to saw again.
He is also making arrangements to
run corn chop and meal in connection
with his saw mill.
Miss May Gambel visited at James
Davises last week.
Mr.. Warren butchered a hog Mon
day.
Several from this part attended
quarterly meeting at LaHarpe Mon
day. They report that Silver Leaf
was dropped from the charge for lack
of financial support.
Miss May WOOdin and brother, OF
lola visited at Mr.. Voorhees, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shields from near
Lone Elm visited at Mr.. Wsrrens the
first of the week.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
: LEANNA.
DIEsKAN COURTNEY, Reporter.

Mrs. Perry Boerslers mother from
Sedan, Kan, visited her this week.
F. Y. SnOdgrass went to Humboldt
Saturday.
Quite number of the farmers in
this vicinity took their hogs to town
Monday.
John McCracker and family went
to Chanute Monday.
w. A. Afford has purchased a
bicycle and is putting in all his spare
time in breaking the "critter" to ride.
Capt. A. p. Gibson and son shipped
a car load of hogs to Kansas City
Monday night.
There will be preaching at the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
GENEVA.
Miss KNowLroN. reporter.

Mr.. Tom Kelly of lola visited with
d. L. Warner, Wednesday.
j. B. White went to Newton, Tues
day as delegate, to the Sunday
school state convention.
c. J. Cease of Kansas City. one OF
our old Geneva boys that has strayed
away, was calling on friends,
Wednesday.
Father Ranta one of Geneva's early
settlers, died at the home of his daugh-
ter Mrs. G. w. Smith of Wise, and
was buried in the Geneva cemetery,
Sunday.
A few friends of Miss Ida Grisa-
more spent a very pleasant evening
with her Saturday in honor of her
birthday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28

was Miss Edith Strong's subject and
she compared our lives to "barques
voyaging over the great sea of time "
She told the necessity of safe ship,
a careful crew, definite purpose and
an education. Then the lighthouses
, along the shore were pointed out,
those furnished by great characters,
by good books and most of all by the
Bible were brought out by the speak
or. And she closed by showing that
life's experiences GO to make up our
character and that there is q reward
waiting US at the end. "Our Gov
eminent" was the subject handled by
Roy Warner in an grafton in which,
beginning with the thirteen colonies,
he traced the foundation of this ma
ton. The speaker touched upon some
of the cardinal principles of our gov
erument and showed that we need
not fear that this government will
ever perish from the earth. Miss
Gertrude Smith took as her subject
"Build Thee More Stately Mansions
Taking as an example the Chambered
Nautilus she pointed out that we
should always be advancing. She
showed the result of the failure to
progress i'm the Indian and Chinaman
and closed with a stanZa of Holiness,
1.-The Chambered Nautilus" Will
fred StephensOn's Grafton dealt with
Bunker Hill Monument" He show
ed that true monument stands for
some great thought or principle and
is loved for that for which it stands.
He gave some examples with the idea
which they embodied and showed
that the lives of noble men are true
monuments. He ended by pointing
out the great imperishable principles
underlying Bunker Hill Monument.
mountains of the Century" was the
subject of Miss Lula VrOoman's ora
tion. She spoke of the great achieve
ments of the century as mountains,
and named these mountains, the
formation of this government; the
elevation of woman; the abolition of
slavery; the wonderful progress in
science and invention, and the great
est of all "the power of Christ in the
human heart which should symbolic
the brotherhood of man." Miss Lulu
Kline gave the Irrational valedictory
on the subject. "Thus Ends Our First
Lesson" She compared the world to
a school where all are Students; those
learned in text books and those learn
ed by bitter experience. She said
that the leading characteristics of q
successful business life were punctU-
ality and perseverance. After point
ing out the influence our studies
should have upon the life she closed
with farewell to teachers and school
mates. II. Is. Adams after a short
talk to the class presented the di-
plomas. A vote of thanks was ex-
tended to the teachers for the good
work done this year. The orations
were interspersed with music by a
Ladies Chorus, a vocal duet by Misses
Maud and Mamie Wisely and vio-
lin solo by Oscar Brown. Music was
furnished also by the Moran orches-
ira. The benediction pronounced by
Rev. Moore closed the exercises. The
many friends of the graduates loaded
them with flowers as evidence of
their good wishes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
MORAN.
HARRY BAssETT, Reporter.

Miss Mabel Keith left Tuesday for
lola to attend the preparatory session
of normal.
w. A. Ross returned the first of the
week from his trip To Chicago.
Miss Medora Richards came over
from lola to attend thee commencement
exercises.
Geo. Ross, local editor of the High
School Mercury was in lola last week
on business.
Ralph Jewell rode down to stark
Monday on his wheel and remained a
few days the guest of the Murrays.
U. r. Courtney, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Register of
Deeds, was in Moran last week.
Decoration day will be appropriate
ly celebrated tomorrow Saturday
Hon. Oscar Foust, of lola, will be the
orator of the day.
The quarterly conference of the NJ.
E. church was held Saturday. Pre-
siding Elder, S. 5. Martin preached
in the evening.
Miss Nellie Bruden, of Ft. Scott,
came over to Moran last Thursday to
visit her sister, Mrs. s. c. Warner jr.,
and attend the commencement eXer-
cises. She returned home Monday.
Miss Blanch Smith and her friend
who is visiting Ter left for EN-
pOria Monday where they will
spend several weeks and Miss Smith
will attend the normal.
Miss Laura Corn, of Humboldt, was
in Moran the latter part of last week
and the first part of this to attend our
commencement exercises. While
here she was the guest Of Miss Mabel
Keith.
Mrs. Rhodes, Miss Lou Warner,
Miss Pearl Warner, and Wesley Var
ner drove down from Colony last
week to attend the Eastern Star en-
tertainment. Miss Pearl remained
here for a visit with relatives, the
rest returned home the next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Warner jr., en-
tertained the Home Coterie and few
invited guests at there home last
Saturday evening. The time passed
quickly in games and social chat.
During the evening refreshments
were served. The guests left at late
hour feeling that they had enjoyed
themselves to the full.
The Eastern Star entertainment last
Wednesday evening was great
success. Over SIS was cleared, music
was furnished by the orchestra The
exposition of Masonry by Mrs. Lease
was quite humorous. Strawberries
and ice cream were served during the
evening.
Memorial services under the aus
picus of the q. A. r. were held in the
NJ. f. church last Sabbath morning.
Presiding Elder, S. S. Martin, of the
NJ. Z. church was present and deliver
ed the Memorial sermon. Memorial
services were also held at the same
hour in the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. White and her two little
daug hters, who have been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Mccormack, left for their
home in Bates City, Mo-, last Monday.
Mrs Cormaeks brother and wife left
the same day and will drive across
country and visit relatives in Bates
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
EIINSTON
No. ~, IN SSa1lS Panort.r

MISS AMY SEYMOUR, Reporter.
Is it not surprising how our county
is improving? Everybody can afford
a new house now. Why? Because
VIM Mckinley is President and lola
an abundance of gas. lola is not the
only place that is building up. There
are five or six new houses within a
half mile south Ofus.
Our S. S. will observe Children's
Day next Sunday May 30.
There will be Straw berry social
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
THE COUNTY NEWS.
Interesting items From An Over
Allen County
The MOST IMPORTANT DEEDS
DONE BY YOUR NEIcH8oRs FAITH
FULLY AND IMPARTIALLY SET
DOWN nv REGISTER
REPORTERS

The Reporters whose names appear at the
heads of these letters are agents of the REGIS
TER and are authorized to solicit advertising
and receive subscriptions. Any assistance
rendered them in gathering the news of their
respective neighborhoods will be appreciated.
CHAs. F. ScoTT.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28
PLEASANT VALLEY
II II Cmrw.H Do-z-&z

Mrs. Cliffie Chilcote has purchased
a new sewing machine and washing
machine.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
To Cure Tobacco.

The Tampa Times says: "M. A.
Monteio, the Cuban Leaf tobacco deal
er and importer has opened tobacco
curing and packing warehouse i'm his
building corner Ninth avenue and
Seventeenth street, where he is al
ready doing an extensive business.
He is handling imported Cuban tobac-
co and Florida seed leaf as we'll. He
has bought the crops of several OF the
small farmers in this section, grown
from the seed furnished by the Times
last winter, taking it from the far
mers pole-cured and carrying it
through the various sweating pro-
cesses to the final cured and salable
condition under his own supervision
in his warehouse.
Mr.. Montejo is delighted with his
experience with the Florida product.
He has several bales in his ware
house which are very fine and which
compare most favoraIbly with the
best product of Cu'ba. In fact, he
says THAT he will defy any of the ex
perts to distinguish the Florida from
the Cuban tobacco i'm his warehouse
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
Potash on Deciduous Fruit Trees.


Near Bellemonte, Pa, a few years
ago was an immense pear tree with
trunk nearly two feet in diameter
The tree had been set seventy years,
and for sixty years it had not failet
to produce a crop of fruit, while
other trees of the same variety
planted at the same time, had all
died of old age several years before
This remarkable tree always had by
it's side an ash leach, from which a
considerable quantity of potash in
the form of I've had escaped and
found it's way to the roots of the
tree. Thus the potash kept the tree
alive.
\ story is told of a printers APP
prentice in Tallahassee whose moth
er had peach tree that was sickly
and appeared to be dying The
young man conceived the idea that
the tree was suffering from the eff
fects of borers. He stripped the
earth away from the roots, which he
enormously thought was the seat OF
the borer, for considerable dis
lance out, and applied to them sew
eral times liberal drenching of a
solution of caustic potash, which
was used in cleaning type, and when
it became saturated with printers
ink usually thrown away. Whether
he killed any borers is doubtful, but
he accomplished his purpose, for the
tree speedily recovered it's vigor and
for years afterward bore heavy an
nual crops of fruit. 1t was doubt
less the result of the potash appli-
cation.
Potash is frequently not only the
medicine for lack of which the tree
is sickly and dying, but also its
meat and drink. The quantity Of
unleached ashes that a tree will re
ceive without injury is astonishing
when the material is spread well
around over the ground and not
heaped against the tree. An ac~
quaintance used to tell of a farmer
near Griffin, Ga, who carefully say
ed up all of his ashes, made from
hardwood, and gave barrel of
them, unleached, to each peach
tree once a year, He had only few
choice trees, and they yielded him
enormous crops of the most excel
lent fruit, free from blemishes and
rot, large, brilliant-colored, and of a
delicious fiavor.-Florida Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
Actual Potash

sThis gentleman has had an extern
sive experience as a dealer in the best
grades of Cuban tObaccOs, having
conducted an immense business in
Havana for many years-and having,
by the way, been the buyer for sever
al of the largest clear Havana facto-
ries of this city-prior to the going
into effect of Captain General Wey-
!er's Infamous edict prohibiting the
expectation of tobacco from the is
land. He has ample capital and is the
owner of much valuable property
here, most of which is located in
Y'bor City.
''Mr. Momtejo proposes to enlarge
his business as the demand warrants
and thus create a ready market for
all of the tobacco of good grade
which may be grown in this section.
His determination will be hailed with
delight and satisfaction by those who
propose engaging or have engaged in
-
tobacco culture, but who do not I'M
derstand the art of curing the leaf
and preparing it for sale to the man
ufacturers. With a dealer near at
hand to take their crops i'm the pole
cured state, there will be no longer
any hesitation ON the part of the peo-
pie to engage in this business, which
promises larger and more certain re
turns than any other class of farming
in any country.
ut is confidently predicted that the
packing and curing of fine cigar to-
bacco will soon be one of this city s
most Important and profitable inter
ests-and this is as it should be. Tam
pa should be the center of this bust
ness, the market and distribu ting
point. Geogra phically we are in the
center of the territory best adapted
to the culture of fine cigar tobacco
our factories will use a large portion
of the finest of the tobacco which
may be grown, our transportation fa
cilities are all that could be desired
and there are innumerable reasons
why the city should be, from the frs
and always, the center of this bust
ness The preparations now being
made should have that end i'm view.
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them secure. The result of this system
Of discipline is that dancing men are
again numerous.
The whole program Of naval maneu-
vers came to ludicrous fiasco owing to
a misunderstanding of the orders of the
admiralty. The fleet was divided into
two parts, one commanded by Admiral
Fellows. He had instructions to steam
out of Blackhead bay to await declara-
ton of war and then endeavor to return
into the bay without being intercepted
by the other division.
When sixty miles from the rendezvous
cruiser overlook Admiral Fellows and
told him that war had been declared,
wbereupon he turned about and, meet
ing no enemy entered the bay and tele-
graphed to- the adlmiraly: THE war is
over"
After several hours silence the admir-
atty sent him curt order to go to the
rendezvous 200 miles west. This he did
and returned again. As he approached
Bla ckhead bay last Sunday morning the
enemy appeared and cleared for action.
The flagship Mejastic opened fire, but
Admiral Fellows did not respond. On
the contrary, he signaled that he had al
ready captured Ireland; that chuch SER
vice was being held in the various ships
of his division and that he must decline
to fight. The admiralty was furious and
it will be long time before the last is
heard of this fiasco in naval circles.
The Prince of aWles will be president
of the royal commission having charge
of the British section of the Paris ex
position in 1900.
Six hunters, the property of MT. Fox
hall Keene, were sold ae auction at Tat
tersall's on Monday. They brought
f1331, the top price being s450 for Bal
ley Fermatt.
Miss rGeene. a beautiful American,
long prominent in London, is engaged to
be married to a member of the ducal
family of Hamiltons. She gave a con-
cert on Monday evening at the house of
LADY RlanfOrd
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NO TRUTH IN IT
Japan and Spain Deny the Report:
Circulated

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Times says.
High Spanish authority in this city,
Consul Artura Baldasano, and high Jap
anese authority, Consul Uchida, agree
that no credence should be given to the
report from Paris that an alliance
against the United State has been
formed by their respective governments.
Senior Baldasano, however, does not re-
gard the relations between the United
States and his country as other than
strained, while Mr.. Uchida thinks that
matters can be softened with the en-
pire of Japan by a graceful acquiescence
on the part of the new rulers of Hawaii
in the claims which his government
make for a continuance of such Japan
csc rights and privileges as at present
exist. When Senior Baldasano was asked
to give his opinion on the alleged al
lance, he assumed an appearance of
incredulity and said: "There is no truth
whatever in any such report. 1t is just
like the statements which filibusters
make"
Mr. Uchida said that the Japanese in
Hawaii are mostly laborers and igno-
rant. He said they all went there to
make money and return to Japan.
MR.. DAMON WAS DELIGHTED
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Times
says: The Hawaiian envoy, S. M. Da-
mon, and his military attache, Major
Iaukea, arc still in the city. Mr.. Damon
said he was in London when he heard
the news that President Mckinley had
sent the annexation message to Con-
gress.
81 was delighted to hear it," he said
because annexation has long been de-
sired by us. I cannot speak for the Ha-
waiian people, as have been absent
from Honolulu for several months, but
am confident that the islands rejoiced
over the news"
Mr.. Damon added that he did not think
the Senate would ratify the treaty at
this session. The English, he said, did
not seem to take much interest in the
matter. Major Iaukea, who is native
Hawaiian, spoke from a different point
Of view. He said the natives did not
wish annexation.
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Inheritance Taxes

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE supreme
court this afternoon denied the motion for
re-hearing in the matter of the collateral
inheritance tax question, which was raised
in connection with the estate of the late
j. c. Wilmerding. AS may be remem-
bered, the decision previously given af-
firmed the constitutionality of the law
levying a tax Of per cent on legacies left
to collateral heirs. but the mater was
deemed of such great Importance that re-
hearing was earnestly sought for. The
attorneys for the heirs Of the Stanford
estate Joined in the petition for such re-
hearing of the question at issue, which in
volved many thousands of dollars one way
or the other in the distribution Of the vast
property. Todays action of the supreme
court would seem definitely to settle that
the collateral tax must be paid