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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Live Stock.

Live STOCK.
KANSAS CITY, Feb, Observation-Disclosures. H.
el7; calves, 1913; market steady to lower; ship
ping and dressed beef steers g 1908 10; west
ern steers, s3 ooS1l55: cows and heifers a0ta
i25; stockers and feeders ta 1904 S. Hogs
Receipts. lS,S07; market 2h to TIC higher ~
tS40G405 Sheep--Receipts, 4,t8i market
steady; sheep Is $50 S. lambs. AbO15S0
ST. LOUIS, Feb 10 -Cattle-Receipts, 5000:
market steady; native shipping and export
steers, A90 Oh 50; butcher steers, l32SdAs5
stockers and feeders, az 50d4 %; cows and heif-
ers. ~ 0ODAb6; Texas and Indian steers, Is b0d
4 IS: cews and heifers, s230daU Hogs-Re
ceipts. 5000; market strong to 30 higher; york.
ers. o. GOA O5; packers sas0lbAIO; butchers
Hl0042o Sheep-Receipts, Loo. market
strong, no Texans; native muttons. a 0Odb4 So
lambs. q. 0OQt57b.
CHICAGO. Feb id-Cattle-Receipts, $500;
market steady; beeves % 90fDh 80; cows and
heifers o. 1904 50; Texas steers, % SCOT 70:
stockers and feeders, t2boGt4eo Hogs-Re
ceipts, 5000; market active, Sc higher; light,
o. 0OD4 10; mixed e. 90fA IS; heavy, Is vo1bA Is;
rough, ta9oG89S Sheep-Receipts, 1900;
market steady to strong; native. t470; west
ern, q oo0lo0; lambs, sAbo9aso
Grain and Provisions
KANSAS CITY, Feb l0-Receipts OF wheAh
Is cars; O year ago Is cars Sales by car lots;
No. hard, 9io; No, 2 hard, es190Ho; No. 8 hard,
s51Ssc; No. hard, ssh9s6c; No sofA
oSDbAci NO boIt, w DO0ci NO. sou. bolpboo
Receipts OF corn, ss cars; year ago, Of cara
No. 2mixed, eSA0pohc; Ne. mixed. eob< iedtie;
No. mixed, 25Ac; No. white, 2o9aoAo; No I!
white. 26AQ2oc; No 4 white. 2ec Receipts
OF oats. II cars; year ago 81 cars. No smlHed,
24S025c No 8 mixed 23d23Ac; No. 4 mixed,
2sc; No 2white, e4h@25Hc; No. white. 2tAd
2blSo; No. white, 2SAdD24c. Receipts OF hay, u
cars timothy, choice, "a B0ba %: No l. w. b0DS 0o
choice prairie, E0o<DZ25 Eggs, IIHe per doL
Poultry. hens, 5xc per ID. broilers, Be- per ID (;
ROSTERS, i2hG0i5 each turkeys, 7absnoi ducks,
exc; geese, 4Kc; pigeons, 600 per doz Butter,
extra fancy, lso; dairy, fancy, l4c; choice,
I2o store packed HtiOc. Game-Ducks, NAL
lard. 1850 per doz red head, $3.50 per
doZ squirrels. Soc per doL; wild turkeys, Toe
per h.; rabbits, 100000 per doL opossums, Is
Q40c each. Potatoes o0ibT0o per bu Sweet
potatoes. bblD0Oc per bu Apples-Jonathsn
Is OObd 90; Belleneur a. 5On5 90; fancy Missouri
Pippin, e. 90; fancy Ben Davis. t6OODabO
Winesaps, "a 75d4 %; Willow Twigs. IA 1bQt 90;
Huntsman's Favorite. a %; In y small way
fall varieties are selling ut t0H0So por half bu,
Cabbage. T6cGDIOO per 100 lbs Onions, 1900
| LES per bu Hand picked navy beans, o. leo
| LIS per bu Squash. eIO0 per cwL
CHICAGO, Feb Wheat February, sL00;
May 08A 99So; July, s5AGs5sc; September,
7ssIDTeI6c Corn-February, 2ohe; May. SON0
$40; July, slh0sslc Oats-FebruAry. soxe;
May, 2oA9S7hc; July g4lDsb6c Pork
February slIOS; May. siil0bll.So; July.
| tiLi00iLs6. Lard-February, s6i2H; May.
Is i7h@N27h July, sHe7h@A SEA Short ribs
! February, % 30; May, ses2hdSS 1Ai july,
&s7h9hAS,
The evening times., 1898-10-01
SATURDAY. OCTOBER /. 1898.
Hannu,s Opinson.

Anybody of average intelligence may
be pardoned for suspicious respect
ing the Presidents course in relation to
the Philippines. When matter that
should be plain becomes too complicat-
ed for study without a headache and
increasing bewilderment, suspicious are
inevitable. In an interview printed this
morning Senator Hanna, who is
thought TO know quite as much about
the Presidents policy as most people,
said he did not know what instructions
had been given TO our Peace Commits
sioners. AS he is known to have
keen interest in the subject, this is very
strange But although the President
has not conhded in him as to the in
structions he admits that he has posi-
tive knowledge of what the Commits
sioners will demand and get. Exactly
what the New York Republican plat
form demands is to be the result Of the
negotiations.
Nobody with a sturdy intellect Will
believe that the New York Republicans
and Senator Hanna would work up a
hurrah for the retention Of all the
Philippines without the consent of the
President. II may be taken for grant
ed that this issue was framed and
worded with the full knowledge and ap-
proval of the President for the purposes
of the political campaign. II il is sin
cere, why should there be any conceal
ment of the instructions of the Peace
Commissioners? If Senator Hanna does
not know what the instructions are il
is simply because he thought it better
not to know, as the information might
be a handicap in the campaign. If he
does not know. il is because they are
not in harmony with the opinion he ex-
presses as to the result of the Commits
sion's work at Paris and with the reso-
luton of the New York Republicans.
Appearances indicate that the instruc-
tions are, in fact, as published, and in
clude only the Spanish surrender of the
island of Luzon. AS this is contrary 10
the sentiment Of the people, it would
hurt the Republicans in the elections.
So Senator Hanna and the New York
Republicans are allowed to assert that
the policy of the Administration is 10
take all the islands. The Commission
is not bound by their assertion, and the
elections will be over before the treaty
is made allowing Spain to retain her
sovereignty over all except Luzon. II
there is any other sane explanation OF
the situation we should be delighted to
know and adopt it
The evening times., 1898-10-01
DEATH CLAIMED THIS BRIDE.
Miss Colgate, of New York. Acct
dehtaIly shoots Herself

Manchester, \. H, Oct Miss Eliza
beth Eastman Colgate, daughter of Mrs
Clinton ]. Colgate, of this city, killed
herself yesterday afternoon while hand
ling revolver The bullet pierced her
heart and death was instantaneous Miss
Colgate was the affianced bride of DIR.
Rowland Cox, jr., of Plainfield N J.,
whose father is a lawyer at No 229
Broadway. New York
The family declare that the shooting
was accidental and that Miss Colgate
was playing with the revolver which had
recently been given to her by a friend
The shooting occurred in Miss Colgate's
own room in her grandmother's house
Riverside on the banks of the Merri-
mac, just north of the city The young
woman had just LEFT the rest of the fami-
ly at the luncheon table. When they were
startled by the shot and ran to her room
she was dead.
1t was while summering among the
Maine lakes last summer that Miss Col
gate met DR.. Cox. He had Just been
graduated with honors from the College
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York
city, and had gone to Maine to recuper-
ate after hard course of study. 1t was
expected that their marriage would take
place some time during the coming win
ter.
1t is not known that anything had ever
come between them, and the family in
sist there could have been no reason for
her to take her own life. She was twen-
ty-one years old.
1t has been impossible to get word of
the sad occurrence to DR.. Cox, as he is
now on hunting trip in the North
Woods.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
General Lee for Havana.

If il is not the intention of the Presl-
dent to demand the early surrender of
Havana and to settle at once the absurd
and mischievous contention of Spain
that her sovereignty continues until the
last of her soldiers embark for home,
he has raised false hopes. There is
an impression that he is properly IN
censed over the extraordinary and in
eXplicable course Cf the Evacuation
Commission, and has called General
Lee TO Washington to instruct him to
proceed to Havana as soon as he can
and displace the high-handed Spanish
general.
Not TO do this at once is to concede
Spain's right to continue her control
and her taxation of the people, either
directly or by customs duties. To ad-
nit such a claim is contrary to custom
and an outrage on the Cubans, who
have the only right to the benefit of all
taxes or revenues from any source.
Every dollar collected by Blanco, either
for the yawning treasury of Spain or
for his own bulging pockets, is thett
fror, the Cubans, and if we consent to
il we are the accomplices of the rob-
bsIs.
Our incomprehensible Commissioners.
playing at diplomacy. have formally
and publicly acknowledged the soVer-
eighty of Spain-contrary, as we have
said. to all custom and in defiance of
the opinions of authorities on interna-
tionaI law. They have not merely re-
fused to consider the appeals Of Cubans
against Blanco's expressions. but have
referred the unhappy and helpless vic
tins to the oppressor himself. That the
| Cubans should form ideas not at all
favorable TO the Americans is not sur
| prising.
The Presidents efforts to induce the
| Commissioners to follow a more ra-
tional plan have virtually failed. AS
the Havana correspondents report, they
show little disposition to oppose Blan-
co.'s high-handed feats of sovereignty
There is left to him only the remedy
| suggested-the sending of an American
| general to Havana to assume instant
and complete authority. Blanco vii
not resist If he should. then it is fai
better that we should send an army
| there TO capture the place than To per
| NIT the robbery of Cuba 10 continue
with impunity. A little JacksoniaI
nerve and impulsiveness seem TO be re
| auired at this moment.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
NEW MAIL CARTS.
Improved Service Goes Into Eject
at BaitmiOrc.

Baltimore, Oct. 1.-The new collection
cart service of the Baltimore postoffice
oesan today. The twenty carts to he
used In the service were paraded around
the postoffice yesterday morning. and
were inspected by Postmaster WarfeId.
Inc carts are modelled after the ideas OF
postmaster WarfieId, and the handsome
appearance Of the equipment was gener-
any complfmented. The horses were all
spirited animals. and. with their bright.
ne" harness. were In keeping with the
carts. MI Samuel A. Rice. of Baltimore
Is the contractor for the service The
wagons were built for the contractor by
the Leonhart Wagon Manufacturing
Company of this city
Notwithstanding the fact that the en-
tire outfit is new and the carts of i'm
proved design. the contract for the sery-
Ice, which is let for four years, is 81 600
less than for the old contract The new
carts have much larger carrying ca
pactty than the old ones, and are arrang-
ed TO carry three special collection sacks
The postmaster compiimented Mr. Rice
upon the fine appearance of the outfit,
and said Baltimore has now the best ar
ranged and handsomest collection service
or any city in the country
The evening times., 1898-10-01
B. & o. PROGRESS.
Payment of Interest on Loans Will
he Made Today.

Baltimore, Oct. 1.--At the office of the
treasurer of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad semi-annual interest, due today
upon bonds of the extended loan of 1913,
which have not been deposited with the
reorganization managers, will be paid.
This loan amounts to 81 1,e61 ,000 but 1t is
understood that large majority of the
issue has been deposited. In the terms
OF the reorganization, the payment of
maturing coupons Is provided for on
bonds that have been deposited Cou-
pons of the Baltimore and Ohio equip
ment trust, series A, due today. will be
paid at the office of the Finance Com
pany of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. OF
this issue there is 5000, 600 outstanding.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
building lumber pier at Locust Point
on the site of old elevator A, which burn
ed several years ago. The new pier will
nave a capacity OF 100 cars of lumber.
and Will greatly facilitate the handling
OF this business in Baltimore, as It al
lows the Baltimore dealers an opportunity
To inspect the lumber before being put
aboard ship.
Among the other improvements at Lo-
Gust Point Is the substitution of electric
Po"oi Aoi steam IN the operation OF the
crane Tor the landing OF logs and other
heaVy freight. All the piers on the water
front belonging to the Baltimore and
ONO Railroad and the elevators are be-
ing painted.
Baltimore shippers have been notified
mat beginning today the road will be
prepared TO handle fresh oysters. fish
and Perishabie freight, requiring refrig-
orator service for points in the West
reached by the Baltimore and Ohio and
its connections
The evening times., 1898-10-01
Secrecy vs.. Honesty.

a timorous newspaper exchange asks
whether it is right to spread before the
people all of these stories of the horrors
of field and camp" That is question
akin TO the one which the ministers of
the Chinese Empire are perhaps asking
one another just now. In that happy
land il is not considered right to ex
cite the people by telling them OF so
great a calamity as the death of their
emperor. fol fear Of revolution Con-
sequentIy, in these days Of rapid transit
and easy communication, rumors of
events happening in their own country
reach the Chinese from the other side
OF the world.
This idea that the people may be
hoodwinked for their own good has
come down to us, with some few other
scattering notions, from the days of
despotism not unlike that of China.
Less than two hundred years ago
scarcely any country on the globe had
any voice in its own government. TIE
king had a perfect right, if he chose, 10
suppress information or TO misrepre-
sent facts Those days are past But
there still exists a. haZy. dim, shadowy
notion in the minds of some people that
il is not right to tell the people just
what is happening in their country, for
fear they viii be angry and precipitate
the nation into the horrors of revolu-
| ton.
This fear is groundIess. The people
of this land are not likely to indulge in
a revolution unless they have good
ground, but one of the grounds which
| they would consider most substantial
would be the covering up and white
| washing and misrepresenting of facts
which vitality concern their welfare. If
| the officials of the Government are so
mistaken N their ideas of what is best
for the public safety that tkey need TO
pursue continual policy of deception,
they may well stand in fear of trouble.
But if matters which call for investiga-
ton are investigated in an open and
above beard fashion, the people may be
! thoroughly indignant. but they will not
be violent The guilty will suffer, but
not the innocent. 1t is not very wise to
try to keep steam in boiler by sitting
on the safety valve.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
THE TENNESSEE.
A New Steamer to Navigate Nearby
Waters.

Baltimore, Oct. 1.-The new steel twin
screw steamer Tennessee, built at Will
mington. Dell. by Harlan & Holings-
worth. for the Baltimore Steam Packet
Company, made fast to the companys
She left Wilmington on Thursday morn
ing, and during the trip some little time
was lost, by delays incident 10 new ma
chinery and the adjusting of compas;es,
which was done by Mr.. NJ. V. O'Neal.
Capt. Bohannon, the flag officer of the
line, brought the ship around.
The Tennessee has a. popularity of mod
el. which has interested shipbuiiders gen.
orally. In building her huh a flare was
given to the sides which extend outward
from below the water line 10 rhe deck.
making her about 6 feet wider. at the deck
than at the water line. This gives her
much more buoyancy. and in case of
heavy weather she will be much steadier
than tho average steamer of her class.
Mr.. John r. Sherwood. manager of the
Baltimore Steam Packet Company, super
vised the designing and construction of
the boat, as ne has several others. She
is built of steel throughout, and the
framework is fully 20 per cent stronger
Than in vessels of her tonnage. The idea
was to give her an Al rating, and she will
be classed as such for the next twenty
years at least. owing to the manner in
which she was built.
This boat is a twin-screw steamer of
2.G00-forss pwer and 1,400 tons displace-
ment She is operated by triple-expan-
sion engine, while steam Is furnished by
four Scotch boilers. The two propellers.
which enable her to turn around in very
small compass, will be of great value in
going around the docks, as she will be
obliged to do in the harbors of Norfolk.
| Portsmouth and Baltimore.
About twtnty-five different engines are
| installed, which are used in hosting
| pumping and running electric light
| plants. The interior of the boat is fin
| ished in oak, ash and maple, the furni-
| ture and appointments being the very
! finest. 1t is doubtful if the vessel can be
| sunk in the ordinary manner, as she has
| a longitudinal water-tight bulkhead, as
| well as several extending across the hull.
| Since the Old Bay Line established the
| route between Baltimore Old Point Com
| fort and Norfolk, over fifty years ago, 1t
| has operated fully fifty boats. In its
early history its side wheelers were car
| rying cotton. tobacco and other products
| of the South to the great warehouses of
| Baltimore. there to be manufactured or
| shipped to Europe. The business requir-
| ed that the very best service should be
| maintained, as as fast as improvements
| were designed the company adopted
| them. Each new vessel has contained
some features in its machinery or hull
which is an innovation over those pre-.
ceding it. The sister ships of the Tenn
essee, the Georgia and Alabama, are
| known to travellers over the Seaboard
| Air Line between Portsmouth, Raleigh,
| Charlotte and Atlanta. The Baltimore
| Steam Packet Company has always nam
| ed it's passenger steamers after Southern
States, and has built so many in it's ex-
| istence that several have been renamed
The evening times., 1898-10-01
Smoker Set. a Child Afire.

New York. Oct. Annie. the five-year-
old daughter of John Downey. of No 2l0
Thirteenth Street, Jersey City. Is lying in
St Francis Hospital suffering from Sc
we're burns caused by a careless cigarette
smoker. The child was sitting on the
stoop of her home. when her mother
heard her exclaim. "Oh. mamma, my
back is awful hot" Mrs. Dewney looked
up, and saw that the back of the pima
fore which the child wore was ablaze
The child jumped up and ran into the
house screaming. In the hallway stood a
big tank of oil. and. thinking the flames
of girls clothing might set the oil on fire.
Mrs. Downey caught her daughter and
tried to smother the fire. Soon she was
badly burned, and the screams of moth
and daughter aroused the neighborhood.
The girl says man lit q cigarette as he
passed her and threw away the match. 1t
is supposed that the match fell into the
child's clothing.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

We have always admired the CONNER
cial instinct which is strong and highly
cultivated in Secretary Alger. He will
not. therefore, feel offended if we suggest
a way in which the knowledge he has
gained, swinging around the camps, could
be turned to profit. He has made the
important discovery that most of the sick
ness among our troops is due to over-in-
diligence at the table. AS a result, we are
sure that, wherever soldiers are gathered
in large numbers, there must be an ideal
market for after dinner pills. There are
plenty of philanthropic MichiganderS who
would like nothing better than to go into
a syndicate for the purpose of their man.
ufacture and sale, and ask not a cent
of the ground floor" man.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
Max O'ReH in War.
From. the New York Tribune.)

From. the New York Tribune.)
''on April a." says Max O'Reil. my regiment
received orders to attack the Neuilly Bridge, a
formidable position held by the Communists. We
had cavalry to do the work, so the artillery was
ordered to send the cannon away and to charge
the force occupying the bridge. Forty men under
my command were chosen. l reviewed my men,
One of them looked suIky. What's the matter
with ycu? / asked why, lieutenant. he re-
Piled we shall none cf come back; the Job is
big one l SHOULD like TO have pipe before GO
ing, and have tobacco Look here. old fell
low said 'fill your pipe and have smoke We
charge in ten minutes gave him my pouch
He flied his pipe and smoked. He said nothing
beyond Thank YOU We started by by street,
and as us We appeared on the main road, 400
yards frem the bridge. we made dash What tn
the Germans had not done some compatriot of
mine succeeded in doing fell s-ver ly wounded. ;.
Out of the forty men who started ten teok the
bridge; the other thirty men fell dead or :wound-
ed / was quickly picked up and taken to house
in safety by ene OF my men-the one whose pipe
had helped to fill. : For such small service d
French soldier will risk his iife and ! have al
ways thought owed mine to my tobacco pouch. ,.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
Gold Coins in the world.


1t will probably be a shock to many to learn
that all the gold coins current throughout the
world could be comfortably slowed away in one
of thousands of English drawing rooms
careful estimate of the gold currency of the
world placed its amount at a755, ,000, ,0O0 Al
though this enormous sum will probably exceed
entire national revenue for the next seven
years. it could, il converted into English SOW
ereigns be placed in room 33 feet long, so feet
wide and 20 feet high.
The process Of packing the sorereigns would,
indeed, be labor Of time and infinite patience
II the sovereigns placed in position at the
rate of one second working for eight hours
day. a child Of s, commencing the task today
would see his eightieth birthday before the last
sovereign was in position and the door could be
locked. >, = tSt
To convey this gold to the strong room would
require the utmost strength Of 1000 horses which
would have; to pull weight Of 5.95l tons.
The sovereigns thus accumulated would make
golden carpet for the whole of st. James Park
with remnant Of % acres to spare; and if
placed edge to edge. they would form iootpath
of gold 6 inches wide, between London and Con-
StantiroDle