The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-10

silk hats on the ground that they be-
long to "swells, undertakers and
Englishmen.n
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Addison G. Harris, the new min
lister to Austria, IL said so bs one of
the bes classical scholars ever grad.
mated from the Northwestern univer-
sity.
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Cornell university would seem TO
he u nursery ofdipomats. Am bassa-
dor Andrew d. White was president
of Cornell and now his successor,
Prof Schurman, IL to he chairman Of
the Philippines commission
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The congressional directory says
that senator \ Alexander stephens
clay of Georgia, "was born sept.
%, -, on a farm in Cobb county Ga, ~
etc. Mr. Clay Is very young man,
and it has been limited that perhaps
he was not, when elected, of the
constitutional age for senatjrs-35.
General Wheeler and General
Henry Y. Boynton are 50 much alike
that even mutual friends mistake
them sometimes. A social fuucl ion
in Washington both were present,
and during the evening they held II
sort of clearing house of messages
which one had received for the other
W.
William Weightman is the richest
man in Philadelphia, which city, 10
may he news to most readers of The
Times claims to have more million
aires than any other in the country.
Mr.. Weightman's wealth is estimat-
ed at $50 10000, made in the drug
business, and not "a dollar of It is in
vested in railroad stocks
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DR.. Horace Burr of Wilmington,
Del, who has just died, was master
of thirteen languages. He wrote
many historical records of the Swtdes
aud OF the Episcopal church in the
diocese Of Delaware and for twenty
five years he bad been vestryman
of Old Swedes church He was II
member of the standing committee of
the diocese.
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On Tuesday afternoon Of each week
Governor Roosevelt hods sort of
cabinet meeting. This is an inuova.
ton Ia thn administration of state
government affairs, aud the governor
expects To cOnsidera bly, facilitate bus
mess by these conferences He writes
an inquirer, by the way, that he pro-
nounces his name thus: Ro-e.e-velt
y. B. Scott Of West Virginia, who
has just been elected 10 tue United
states senate, will te the twelfth
ONO man TO hold seal in the next
senate.
EX.Goveruor Taylor of Tennessee
grated 693 pardous, c'mmutaious
and rtspites during his two wears in
office GA the last Gay oi his term nr
s'gued torJy.thre- pardous.
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Governor Shaw of Iowa has just
purchased 500 ucers orlaud iu Wood
bury county rwoot hi. pred, c--ror-
alsuhrmy believe in iowa soil l1x
Governor Larrabee is reput.d To be
the largest land holder u the sru,e
aud Ex-Governor Boi-s' possessions
are considerable.
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sir Henry McCalum, The new gov
eruor of Newfoundland, proposes to
make the social side Of his admins
tratiou attractive. He intends to rn-
terrain very largely and wishes pro-
vision made for dinner parties OF from
fifty TO seventy persons and for dane
ing parties in proportion.
While nm the city Of Mexico recently
Recorder John w. GoT of New York,
city attended hun fight. He was
not so much shocked by the spectacle
AZ he expected to be, and does not
consider it nearly SO disgusting NJ
some of the prize fights he has seen ia
the United states.
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Professor Bumentritt, through
whom Aguinaldo and the other Filip-
mo leaders have recently been max
ing their case known to Europe, is
professor in an Austrian university,
ana has for the last thirty years or
more made special study uf the
Philippine archipelago and especially
OF its history under Spanish rule.
Congressman Bro-ius one day Pc.
gently rose to "a question of personal
.AAriNiifna and apt4rtufR.R tI,. I,,s,.