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New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

The Hebrew Union Veterans Association VIII
have a reception. entertainment and flag presenia'
ton at Lenox Lyceum Fifty-ninth-st. and Madison
ave. on Wednesday evening, January q. inc 90
ISOLATED has stated meetings at the Grand opera
House Hall. Justice Joseph II. Stiner, colonel anu
Isidore Isaacs adjutant. Military and Grand AImy
guests attending Wednesday evenings recep''o"
are requested TO appear in uniform
dinner and reception in honor OF Commander
in-Ch.ef T. s. Clarkson will be given by the De-
partment Of Rhode Island at Woonsocket on febru-
airy g. A campfire and testimonial complimentary
to the retiring Department Commander. Wllan
Il. Stone. will take place at the Trocadero rIoyi-
dence on February g. at which COMMANDER Niarn-
son and his staff expected to be present
The officers Of Adam Goss Post No $50 were IN
stalled at their quarters. No. 33a Grand-st. on
Tuesday evening" by General James r. O'Beirne
assisted by Commander Heilferty and omcers OF
Farragut Post No. 70. When the encampment
closed the campfire spread and the veterans
down to enjoy 1t. No one wanted FOR anything
Lieutenant Henry +. Rhoades, L. S. n. retred)
has been appointed by General Horace Porter an
a!de-de mp on his staff grand marshal OF IN.
Inauguration Day parade at Washington. March
Any member of the 18th Regiment, y. T. s. M'
Brooklyn, who has lost long-service medal may
have 1t returned by addressing Major Wilbur F.
Brown. No. l39 West One-hundred-and-twenty-
ninth-sr.. New-York.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
THREE MORE BODIES FOUND.
MORE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK OF THE
CHAPLIN CONE ASHORE on LONG ISLAND

CHAPLIN COME ASHORE ON LONG ISLAND.
Three more bodies from the wreck OF the Nahum
Chaplin which went ashore on Thursday morning
of Quogue have come ashore. Nine men were
drowned when the masts Of the Inflated schooner
were shaken out OF her by the waves Two OF the
bodies foated in OF Southampton and one at Necox
They found by the iifesavers patrol while the
men were making the last trip at daylight. DR. Ben
nett. OF Patchogue, who Is the acting Coroner held
the inauests. vcrd!cts Of death by drowning were
returned IN each case.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

DO you want Safe, n Typewriter or anything
in the Machinery iinct The little advertisement Is
In the narrow columns will tell you where you can
get bargains
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
european ADVERTISEMENTS.

EUROPEANS AND TRAVELLERS "n'
III. ,ocao. ocue. Of ne Tribune IS Fiss, strs'e
. eonvenisnt place to leave their sdvss'iss"''~
ser,p,ions sos TIE rrbus~
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

to take Immediate steps to attend. Koltes Post no
az Is always on hand for such occasions. and ne
three leading German posts bid fair to make dis'
play which will be a credit to them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
D. EwartF& 90.

others, might be good thing for pri-
vate owners when it would not be q
good thing for the city. The city
cannot conduct any business as cheap
ly as private parties can. 1t has TO
pay as much for eight hours labor, to
begin with, as private employers pay
for ten. And then it cannot possibly
have as careful management. Even
if honest and shfeNd business men
should always be elected to the city
council-and that is good deal to
expect-they cannot possibly give it
the same care and attention as they
give their own business. A business
that is only looked after once in a
week or in two weeks by men who
have no personal interest in it, is not
likely to prosper as one does which
is looked after every day and hour by
men who have lot of hard earned
money tied up in it. Neither is
business which is political foot ball,
whose management is likely to be
changed every year, and which be-
comes reward, not of business talent
but of political activity. likely to be
as successful as one whose manage
ment is solely matter of business
and remains in the same hands, from
year to year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

No. 81 of the receipts of the plant for
this year are very wide of the mark
for the reason, first, that they are
based on a widely erroneous idea of
the receipts last year, and fer the
farther reason, second, that they do
not take into account the great reduc-
ton in the price of gas. If the net
gain last year had been $4,000, and if
the price remained the same, then it
might be reasonable to expect the
gross receipts this year to be $4,000
But when, as we have shown, the net
gain last year must have been at least
$500 and probably $4,000 less than
$4,000; and when the price is but little
more than half what was charged
then, it will surely be seen that the
Bulletin" estimate is very wide of
the mark.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

The natural gas business is pecul-
iarly precariOus one. Much of the
material used in the plant deteriOrates
rapidly; accidents are likely to occur
which would cost hundreds of dollars
to repair; and while we all hope and
believe that our gas will last long
time there is no assurance that it will
last ten years, or five, or one. But
the bonds, once sold, must be paid
whether anything happens to the gas
plant or not. Is it wise to speculate
when we can't afford to lose?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
NOT A GAS OWNER.

To THE PUBLIC:
Understanding that report has
been circulated to the effect that
am heavy owner in the lola Gas
Company Stock, l wish to say that
such is not the case. 1 never owned
a dollars worth OF stock in either of
the old gas companies and have not
now and never did have any finan-
cial interest whatever, direct or in
direct. in the present Company.
A. l.. TAYLOR.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

But the Bulletin" does not stop
there. 1t scars ahead into the future,
and says: "If our expectations are
half realized the income will be
doubled. That is to say the income
next year will be $4,000! But that is
the income to be reached "if our ex-
pectations are only half realized;"
therefore if our expectations are fully
realized the income will be $40, 000I
Is that serious figuring, or is it mere
reckless guessing? Would you take
the advice, in running your private
business, of a man who started out
with false basis, who disregarded a
change of more than fifty per cent in
prices, and who dumped" his results
in 10000 lots, assuring you that your
receipts might be anywhere from ten
to forty thousand dollars? Well,
would it be any safer for the city to
take the advise of so reckless and
visionary figurer?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
The New Residents
of lola

Can just as large and varied a line Of
Wall Paper at the Corner Drug Store as
towns twice the size of lola usually carry.
We have all the cheap and an immense stock of
medium grades. We show few dozen patterns
of fine grades, as rich anybody wants.
And considering freight express charges our
price is low as in large cities. You can afford
to nice paper, because with the gas it lasts
twice as long. We show almost any kind of
inside finish and guarantee prices.
All the old residents know this and are Just as
weCOmy ones
EVANS BROS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

cost and bring the city revenue
besides. All very nice IF it pans
out. But isn't that rather a large ifs
Rhere is every prospect that with the
growth of lola within a year or two
the non-paying or very small tax
paying voters will be in the majority.
Who can guarantee that they will not
elect city administration that will
reduce the income of the gas plant
below the revenue point? What
guaranty is there that the wells will.
hold out until the bonds are paid? 1t
is all very well to pOOh-pOoh these
suggestions, but every sane man
knows that either of these two things
is likely to happen. At least that
either of them may possibly happen.
And is it good financieripg to make
an investment which would bankrupt
US in the event of certain thing hap
pening which is even barely possible
to happen? Would it be good sense
for an individual to make that kind
of an investment?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
Cheap Travelling this Spring

Ask Santa Fe agent for particulars
excessively low rates of
fare on April 9th and Goth, and May
4th and Is.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

These are a few of the things we
ought to think about before signing a
petition for gas election. We may
Suggest some more next week. But
in the meantime think about these.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALLEN COUNTY,

REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
For Mayor,
w. II. Mcclure.
For Police Judge,
Jacob Gard.
For Clerk,
w. A. Cowan.
For Marshal,
7. L. Anderson.
For Street Commissioner,
John Harris.
For COuncilmen,
w. II. Ling.
II. Steyer.
Grant Billbe.
NJ. NJ. Hart.
j. w. Dunfee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02
THE Gas BUSINESS.

There isn't any sense in getting
mad about this question of city own
ership, and calling each other hard
names and beycotting each other and
all that sort of thing. There isn't any
moral question involved in this fight.
1t is solely a business proposition,
and we ought to be able to consider
the pros and cons of it with as little
passion as we would discuss the ques-
ton as to whether a grocer would
better pay seven cents for eggs or let
them alone. If it is good thing for
lola to go into the gas business, then
that is what we all want done; and if
it would be a bad thing, then we
don't want it done. And in order to
decide whether it is likely to be a
good thing or bad one we want to
get at the facts, and then we want to
make the argument in good natured
decent way. We want to be guided
by truth and sense, and not by spite
and prejudice There are good
many statements going around that
are misleading because they are not
true, and there are a good many ar
guments made that do not seem to us
to be good logic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

The Bulletin" is not satisfied with
the pledges given by the Gas Com
pany:that the price of gas will not be
raised. But what assurance can be
given on the other hand that in the
event of city ownership the price
would not be reduced so that the
bonds would have to be paid out of
the pockets of the taxpayers and not
out of the profits of the plant? The
bulletin" paints rosy picture of
the way in which the profits of the
plant will not only pay the bonds,
but will afterwards pay the running
expenses of the town. But already it
is talked on the streets, as one of the
arguments for city ownership, that
las soon as the bonds are paid, we
will have free gas" But how do we
know that free gas will be postponed
until the bonds are paid? What
assurance can be given that a party
will not arise next year or the year
after with the war cry "free gas" and
demand the nomination of a city
council that will cut the price to a
figure that will pay running expenses
only, and possibly not that, and
which will denoHnce every body who
opposes the proposition as the enemy
of the poor and the tools of the rich?
Precisely that thing has happened in
other towns, and who can give a
pledge that it will not happen here?
The matter of pledges is not all one
sided.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

lis the purchase of the gas plant a
wise investment" That is the ques-
ton at issue, and the people should
not lose sight of it. The efforts of the
Bulletin" to make up for the weak
ness of it's Argument in favor of city
ownership by stirring up prejudice
against those who oppose it, should
not succeed. The integrity, consis-
tency and public spirit of the editor OF
this paper, which are so Indignantly
assailed by this Bulletin" are not
at issue in this contest If they were
he would endeavOr to survive COM
parisOn with men who admit, by
publishing an anonymous circular,
that their names if known, would
weaken rather than add strength to
what they say. Neither is the touch
ing contrast of 1.-THE lOwly walks of
life" with "thOse who own blocks of
gas stock" at issue. If it were, those
in "the lowly walks" might properly
answer that 1.-THE owners of blocks of
gas stock" are the ones, for the most
part, who furnish them employment
by which they earn their living. The
issue is, "Will city ownership ad-
vance the city's welfare?"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

The Bulletin" accuses the REGIS
TER of incorporating the bonded
Indebtedness of lola, but it very
shrewdly refrains from giving the
correct figures. The figures we gave
were taken from the official records
by Mr.. III. l.. Henderson, and Mr..
Henderson will hardly be accused OF
misrepresenting facts. We classed
lola as a city of the second class be-
cause we all expect that it will be one
as soon as the proper steps can be
taken; and we added Iola's share of
the county, township and school dis
trict indebtedness to make up the to-
tai because the property is responsible
for that share just as much as for the
individual debt of the city. Add
$780, 900 more to this debt and will not
the total he something appalling?
Of course the answer to all this is
that the plant will not cost the tax
payers anything, but viii pay its own
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

For example "Gas Bulletin No. 2, !"
begins with this statement: sit de-
veloped in the suit between the old
company and the Cooperative COM
pany that the old company had re-
ceived net gain of 5000 last year."
That is q mistake. 1t was shown at
the trial that since the Allen County
Company had bought out Pryor &
Paullin it had put in some $1,000 worth
of mains and had distributed about
$1,000 among its stockholders. 1t was
not shown, but it is a fact that the
Company still owed about $500 for
gas pipe, and that the time covered
by these figures was year and fouI
months, and not a year. AS matter
of fact the gross receipts of the Allen
County Gas Company for the year
beginning Oct. 1, 1895 and ending
Oct. 1, 1896, were but $685.. o. And
that sum includes every penny re-
ceived not for gas alone, but also for
plumbing, lamps and fixtures of all
kinds. This sum, $685.. %, represents
the gross receipts, remember, from
which the cost of the plumbing goods
and all the labor and operating ex-
penses of the plant, including taxes,
and wear and tear of the plant, which
is very considerable, must be deduct
ed to find the net income. We know
these figures are correct. because we
took them ourseIf from the books of
original entry of the Company. And
it surely takes queer financiering to
figure out q net gain of 5000 year
from q gross income Of $685..
The estimates made by "Bulletin
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

What we want here in lola is en-
ployment for labor. Is there days
work for anybody-except perhaps
some scheming "leader" who expects
to be appointed superintendent of the
plant-in city ownership? Not one,
except what may be required in ex-
tending the mains, and that will be
done as fast as it is possible under
present ownership. But how much
work will be lost if the bonds are
voted? A labOring man tells us as
we write this that he has bids in for
stone on four stone buildings which
will go up if the bonds are not voted,
and will not if they are. A real
estate agent tells US that a farmer
who had placed his farm with him
for sale, with the expectation of in
vesting the proceeds in lola, has
withdrawn the property until he finds
whether we are going to vote bonds.
What will it profit the laboring man,
though he gain few cents or a few
dollars even by reduced taxation,
provided he loses weeks and months
of wages?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

The estimates made by "BulIetin
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

1t is true, as the Bulletin" says,
that when we pay for our gas the
stock holders of the gas company reap
all the benefit" 1t is also true that
when we pay for our groceries the
grocer reaps all the benefit, and when
we pay for our lumber the lumber
man reaps all the benefit,-and so on
around. "If the gas business is a
good thing for the stockholders we
have heard it said, "why wouldn't it
be a good thing for the city?" 1t
might as well be asked, eff the brick
business, or the smelter business, or
any other business, is good for it's
owners, why would it not be good for
the city," There isn't an argument
used in favor of the city ownership of
the gas plant that would not apply
with equal force to the ownership Uf
any other business.
The gas business, along with many
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-02

The gas business. along with many
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27

Pythias convention which will be held
in this city next August the following
prizes for the uniform ranks that viii
participate in the parade We're fixed:
First prize. $500 for best drilled divi-
sion; second prize, $3.50 for efficiency in
drill third prize, $75 for efficiency in
drill; fourth prize, 800 for division hav-
ing the largest number of men in line;
fifth prize, $50 for division making best
equipped appearance; sixth prize, 500
for division travelling the longest dis
tance by most direct route; seventh
prize, $25 for division making second
best appearance on parade; eighth
prize, $25 for division having best com
missioned officers; ninth prize, $25 for
Sir knights jewel to the captain of first
division; $3.50 for best drilled and best
equipped division outside the state of
Pennsylvania, participating in the par
ade; $50 in gold by Grand Chancellor
II. n. Dunnell to the lodge having the
best appearance in line.
No drill prizes unless three divisions
shall compete. Judges to be two Off
GERS of the Thirteenth and Ninth reSi-
ments, Nationa! Guards of PennsylVa-
mia. The committee -. u. Evans, c.
w. DeWight and Martin Joyce, has Sc
cured Laurel Hill park for encampment
purposes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
Suburban News
In General
PROVIDENCE.


Mrs Susie Hughes, of North Main ave-
nue., entertained a large number of her
friends at her home on Thursday evening
in an enjoyable manner, 1t being her
twenty-lifth birthday. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Hughes Mr.
and Mrs. Eliza Young, Mr.. and Mrs
Reese and Misses Charlotte Jones, Bessie
Coughlin, Sarah Bees Tydvi Reese, Anna
Reese, Anna Hughes, Messrs. Joseph
Reynolds, Joseph Bees, James Homes,
NJ. Powell j. w. Reese, j. stone and l..
T. Hughes.
The Ladies Home Missionary society of
the Providence Presbyterian church Is
making elaborate arrangements for an en-
tertainment to be held in the near future.
\ large number of the members and
friends of the Epworth league of the
Providence Methodist Episcopal church
attended the city union meeting held at
the Elm Park church last night.
Miss Helen Dewey, of Pittston, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Osterhout for the
past week has returned home.
Henry Hawkey, of Church avenue, who
has been confined to his home for the
past week, is able to be around again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
West Side
Department
WILL GO TO WASHINGTON.
Our Vocalists Will Be Heard at McKin-
ley's Inauguration-.-They Leave
This City Tuesday Morning.

The William Connell Anthracite Glee
club, better known as the "Pennsylva-
MIA" thirty strong, with number OF
their friends will go to Washington to
attend the Mckinley Inauguration cele-
bration This was decided upon sew
eral days ago. Now everything is in
readiness. a special car has been or
dered and arrangements are being
made for hotel accommodations at
Washington. The train will leave the
Delaware and Hudson station at $40
Tuesday morning and "Wednesday
night the glee party Will give a con-
cert at Georgetown university.
What the party will do on the day of
Inauguration, Thursday, has not deh-
nitely been decided upon, but the man
agement is at work laying out a plan
While at Washington the club Will be
the guest of Congressman William Con-
nell.
Owing to the disbandment of the first
William Connell Glee club the Anthra-
cites have added the name to their
old one, making it the William Connell-
Anthracite Glee club of Scranton, Pa.
The officers are: Colonel f.. II. Ripple,
president; Joseph =. Phillips, vice.
president; District Attorney John X.
Jones, orator; William Fowler secre-
tary: County Detective Il. Il. Leyshon,
financial secretary; Joseph ID. Lloyd
treasurer: William Evans, conductor
Mr.. Evans was leader of the old An
thracite Glee club, which eight years
ago attended the inaugural of Benja-
min Harrison. The hit that the club
made is best told in the one solid col
umn notice in the Washington Post of
the concert given by the club in Sena-
tor Cameron's honor. The report of
the concert appeared the day after the
Inauguration proper, a time when news
was extraordinarily plentiful.
This time the Connellites will try to
maintain their record. At least a dozen
gees have been thoroughly rehearsed
and the organization contains some eX-
cellent solo singers. \ rehearsal was
held last evening and afterWard the
club serenade6a Rev. S. f. Mathews,
pastor of the Scranton Street Baptist
church, at his home on North Hyde
Park avenue. Mr.. MGtheWs expressed
his pleasure an% thanked the club for
their VISIT.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
GREEN RIDGE.

Last evening the Baptist Young Pco-
pies union of the Baptist church held Il
'poverty' social at the home of the pas
tor Rev. j. W. Ford, which was largely
attended. A short programme was rem
dered; refreshments were served and q
delightful time was enjoyed.
Miss Stella Wedeman has accepted
position as bookkeeper in Hornbaker X
Co.'S grocery store, on Dickson avenue.
a number of Epworth Leaguers from
Green Ridge attended the social in Elm
Park church last night.
Mrs Adam ieager, of Moscow, is the
guest of her sister Mrs. S. f. Burdick
Mrs w. b. Bunnell, of Penn avenue, is
entertaining Mrs. T. Tarnes, of Clifford.
Miss Claire Bliss, of Sanderson avenue,
is visiting relatives at Waverly.