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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

GIVE us direct legislation
and the imperative mandate,
and we don't care what party
is in power. The people will
then have the reins of gov
eminent in their hands and
they can drive whittier they
will. We would rather cast
our lot where all the people
rule than where the power is
delegated to a favored few.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
GOVERNMENT BANKS.

Government ownership in its fullest
sense is thing much to be desired and
this by no means excludes banks. No
problem has been more discussed than
that of the bank, and none is farther
from safe solution. The banking
systems of this countIy are among the
most miserably weak of all, and le.
gions trace their ruin thereto. People
withhold their deposits because they
have no security. They have no means
of ascertaining the banks condition
save by the statements of individuals.
When they borrow money they must
pay the bankers price. Usury laws
are dead letter and bank discount is
king. The national bank, especially,
is an imposition on the public. The
government actually fosters it and yet
does not become responsible when it
goes into bankruptcy. It is permitted
to draw interest from two different
sources on the same money, and exacts
usury as boldly and as fearlessly as any
of them.
The solution lies in government
banks. They would at once inspire
confidence. Treasures now hidden
away in vaults and secluded places
would spring forth, loans could be
made at actual cost and there woul d
be no call for dividends to stockhold-
ers, large salaries for useless officials
and failures at the peril of the patrons.
The banks would last while the govern
ment lasts land, while borrowing Is car
| ried nit would be done on reasonable
basis. But possibly the greatest of all
its blessings would be that of giving
the public safe place for deposits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

THE latest pap sucker to
discover that Populism is
dead, is Senator Mcbride of
Oregon. 1t is worthy Of no
tice that all the corporation
tools who hold Office are in
the business of informing the
public of the death of Popu-
lism. They're paid for talking
that way and, of course, no.
body is surprised. But one
of these times the people will
get awake and relegate these
old fakirs into political obliv-
ion. Reform is alive, and the
people are thinking, notwith.
standing the foolish utter
ances of demagogues.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

WHEN land is monopolized
for speculative purposes it is
certain to crowd the home
owners out and increase the
number of tenants. The Peo-
pies party opposes this monop-
oily and if the voters who are
denied the opportunity to get
a home, were awake to their
interests they could soon rem
edy the evil. Private monop-
oily buncoes labor at every
turn and yet how few of the
victims know it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

Epworth League, Indianapolis, tick
cts on sale July Is, 10, 20. Fare $500
round trip. Return limit July oath.
By special arrangement and payment
OF SO cent fee limit may be extended to
August Goth.
Summer turist rates now in effect to
all prominent summer resorts, etc., In
Guiding Yellowstone Park, Niagara
Falls, Colorado Springs. etc. usual linn.
1t Oct. 81. Call for rates.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
Santa Ea Rates.

Ottawa, Kans. Chautauqua Assembly. July
Is, 16 and II. Fare 6.79 round trip
National Educational Association.-Los
Angeles, Calf, $54. 90 for round trip, and al.
rect lines. On sale June 18th to July 8th Go.
ing limit July 18th, Final return limit Septem.
Der 4th.
round trip. Tickets on sale July 18th, 18th
Baptist Young Peoples Union, Richmond,
Va, S35 80 for round trip. Tickets on sale 10th,
18th and 18th.
Fourth OF July Rates-One fare for the
round trip to all points within 200 miles.
Tickets on sale July l, 2, 3, and 4, return linn.
1t July 9th. Minimum rate SOC. Continuous
passage. e. BECHrEL AGENT
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

JOHN d. RoCKEFELLER has
recently added the copper
mines of Montana to his pos
sessions and the price of cop
per will consequently be
showed up a notch. AS the
Appeal to Reason puts it,
John is doing more to edu-
cate the people up to govern
ment ownership than any
body else.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

J. PIERPoNT MORGAN has Sc.
cured the contract to put a
new electric light plant in st.
Paul's Cathedral, London. It
is one of the finest churches
in the world and you can de-
pend ON it that no common
mortal can supplicate with
his Maker within its marble
lined walls. The light plant
costs $4,000 and j. Pierpont
makes a nice thing out of it.
Next thing we hear, Morgan
will have a corner on heaven
and the Almighty himself
will be dethroned. It has al
ready come to pass that a
man isn't safe to worship I'M
less he does it on plans and
specifications furnished by
capitalists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

If you believe a political
principle is right, vote for it.
Don't be afraid because you
can't find a precedent. We
never would have had a Dec
laration of Independence if
Jefferson and others had wait
ed for precedent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

The Farm, Field & Fireside and the
INDEX can both be secured one year
for $3.50 The regular price of each
paper is SLIGO. Only subscribers, old
or new, who pay in advance can take
advantage of this offer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

WITH a burdensome war
tax and a high protective tar
iff, there is still a deficit Of
over one hundred millions
in the national revenues. The
republican party deserves
all the credit for this.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

THE republicans tell us
that the federal courts are
non-partisan, but the other
day we read a windy editorial
in the Topeka Capital, i'll
which comparisons were
drawn between decisions
made by republican and dem
ocratic supreme judges. The
fact is, federal judges are
more partisan than any 9th
ers because they know they
are out of the reach of the
popular vote. Life tenure of
Office is a curse on the people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

HE expense of holding the
Philippines will be infinitely
greater that the resources to
be derived. Uncle Sam has
an elephant on his hands
which is hard to unload.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
AFriphtfu,B lunder /.

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut. or Bruise. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve. the best in the world. will kill
the pain and promptly heal 1t. Cures
Old Sores. Fever Sores, Ulcers. Boils,
Felons. Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by j. r. Y Dung,
Druggist
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

THE Populists of Barber county are
under many obligations TO the editor of
the Cresset for nominating candidates.
One of Otis LOTIONS particular hob
bles is to nominate candidates through
the columns of the paper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

THE Cresset gives it out cold that all
of the present republican officials whose
terms expire next year, will be renomi-
mated. The bosses decided that two
years ago and the convention will be
cut and dried as usual.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

A NEW whiskey trust was
organized at Trenton, New
Jersey, last week, with a cap
ital of S125,OOO,OOO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

The war is so near ended that from
10000 to $4,000 more soldiers are need
ed. The reports which are sent over
from Manila are not to be relied upon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

The Deering Corn Harvester will cut
and bind 10 acres of kaffir corn IN day.
1t will cut and bind feed which has fall
len down and it is the only feed saver
on the market. II. II. Case will soon
have sample and he invites you to
call and examine it. If you have a
crop of feed to harvest, it will pay to
buy one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

PINGREE continues to fall
from grace. We expected it.
You can't profess piety and
form an alliance with the
devil.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

A REFORMED party is like a
reformed drunkard- good
while it lasts, but not guaran-
teed forever.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

No MAN should be a pau
per nor in need so long as he
is willing to work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
Are you Troubled with Dyspepsia

If so, do not neglect until it Is too late this
opportunity of Kidding yourself of it at once.
Doctor Fepner's Dyspepsia Cure as the
name implies, is simply for Dyspepsia and
Indigestion. This is a preparation long and
successfully used in private practice by one
ofAmerica's best qualified physicians, whose
writings are an accepted authority on all
snodical questions. Get circular Of dealer.
GEM DRUG CO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

Hen taxes and republican,
ism walk hand in hand and
arm in arm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19

Old Papers for sale at this Office at
20 cents per hundred.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
SANTA FE ROUTE.

The French Ne Plus Ultra visiting
card is the latest. We have it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
BEGGS CHERRY
COUGH SYRUP
CURES.

Not minute need be wasted n CIR
ing your cold if you take BE0uS
CHERRY COUGH SYRUP. 1t acts the
quickest and surest of any known rem
edy. No matter how bad you cough, you
can sleep if you take this remedy.
Sold by J. r. Young Drug Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-19
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

SUBSCRIPTION DounAz-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
HUMBOLDT.

The funeral OF Henry Tholen Jr.,
who died Thursday of spinal menin-
gifts, was held at the Catholic church
Sunday morning. The church was
filed with his sorrow ing friends and
schoolmates, and the impressive cere-
monies and sermon were doubly
touching because one so young and
promising had been taken away so
suddenly. The remains were in
tered in the Catholic cemetery south
of town.
A Wedin was called to Chicago by
the dangerous illness of his sister.
Dora, the young daughter OF Henry
Allen. living on the Fisher farm over
the river, died suddenly on Monday.
The funeral was held on tuesday
afternoon.
Rev b & McQuesten went to Ottawa
Monday. He will return Friday.
" A Choguill and Jesse Webb are
adding some substantial improve
ments to their residences.
mrs Ella Bordenkircher is visiting
her father this week. A few of her
friends pleasantly surprised her Fri
day evening.
The play given by the band boys
Thursday evening was II success and
deserved the crowded house 1t re-.
ceived. All the characters did well
and the plot of the play was melo
dramatic enough to keep the audience
keenly interested IN the outcome OF
the play.
The DeMoss family will give a con
/ . hn hnnGa
ing. The concert is under the
auspices of the Epworth League.
Mrs Whitaker ana daughter, Miss
Clemmie, of Buffalo, who have beer
visiting Mrs Steelman the past week
lett Wednesday for Eldorado Springs
Mo, to spend the summer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Hutchinson News: DR.. Jacob Schur-
man. president of Cornell University
and chairman of the Philippine COM
mission, has recently made Il state.
ment concerning the situation i'm the
Philippines that throws additional
light upon much which heretofore
has been but partially known. After
a month of personal observation and
interviews with the different classes
of the Filippinos, he finds that the
strength i'm the Tagalog provinces
around Manila. In all other prov
inces in the north and south parts
of Luzon, the people are of different
races and not at all friendly to the
Tagalogs. The ascendancy of Aguin-
aida would have met with opposition
from the races and the natural result
would have been continual and SER
ious civil conflict.
DIR. Schurman says that the recent
American victories have had the eff
feet of winning the friendship of the
races unfriendly to to the Tagalogs
and the latter have become dispirited
because of the swift and irresistible
movements of our troops against
which their elaborate defensive works
were useless. During the months
while the treaty Of peace was being
negotiated in Paris, Aguinaldo and
his friends sent detachments of Taga-
logs to all the other provinces to seize
their governments and to force the
supremacy of Aguinaldo. AS there
were no foreign forces to eXpel the
Tagalogs, these provinces were help
less to resist. Now that they realize
that the Americans will be successful
they will no longer submit to the
government of Aguinaldo, but will
declare for the United States and thus
destroy the supremacy of the Tagalog
people and make possible speediel
settlement of the present disturb
ances.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
BAYARD.
Minnie Dawson. Reporter.

Minnie Dawson. Reporter,
April 2O-New barber shop at
Bayard.
Mr. Japhet visited Moran sunday
evening.
J c Beatty started for Arkansas
Wednesday. He expects to return
the latter part of this week.
Charley Trimbie went to moran
Saturday evening returning sunday
Mrs III j Blood from Kincaid
visited MRS Lee Rogers Monday.
viii. Vandiveer went to Moran
Wednesday.
Messrs Daniel, Beatty and Neville
went to lola on business Wednesday
Edith Adams visited her aunt Mrs
Marion Williamson Monday.
Viola Riggs and children visited
in this vicinity Sunday. She was
called to Kincaid by the serious ILL
ness of her father, Levi Hunsaker.
George Vandiveer and wife visited
lola Friday.
Mr. Blood who has been visiting his
daughter, Anna Rogers, returned to
his home In Kincaid Monday.
Messrs Riggs and Tuggle went to
Moran Saturday.
d f Daniel made a business trip
to Kincaid Monday.
Nellie Mccoy spent Sunday at home.
Mrs McCailan returned home Satur-
day evening.
Miss Olive Blunt returned mis-
si0nary from Japan, will give a lee
ture at the Usage Valley church Tues
day evening April 25th, on Life in
Japan" Admission children lO
cents, adults 10 cents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
A Fast Runaway.

AS a result of q runaway Wednes-
day Mr.. J. s. Tucker, of Kincaid, Is
carrying around badly eprained
right arm today. He and his brother,
j. F., left Kincaid yesterday and
started to lola, making the trip with
out incident until they were about
mile east of town. They we're driving
team of young, high spirited horses
which they recently shipped in from
Oregon, and which had never been
driven over half u dozen times. The
team frightened at the Nicholson
smelter, but did not get from under
control. Unluckily about the same
time buggy drove rapidly up behind
them and away they went. Both
the fuckers are good stout men and
they pulled Justify on the lines and
held the team down in fairly good
shape until one of the lines broke and
then that team made the wind
ashamed of itself Mr.. Tucker said
he had seen lots of horses run but
nothing like the way that team flew.
1t being utterly impossible to control
the team they decided it would be
best to get out OF the wagon and they
did. j. f. alighted safely, but j. s.
sustained fall which badly wrench
ed his right arm. The team ran into
town and was stopped in front of Geo.
Bowlus' house, neither team or wagon
being injured. Mr.. Tucker had his
arm treated by DR.. Cecil and will be
all right in few days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
PRAIRIE VIEW.

April 1--we are sorry to report
that Mr. BrInger is in very poor
health.
Dave Phebus and family visited at
Manford Osborn's Sunday
Doshia Afford of Leanna was i'm
our neigh borhood last Tuesday Sc
curing music scholars and also giving
lessons.
Leila Award made a flying trip to
Chanute Friday. Her sister, Mrs
Montgomery, returned home with her
to spend few days.
Bert Lackey is visiting at Mr. Men
denhalls.
Scott Hartsock, the Leanna bucks
ter, began his weekly trips through
our neighborhOOd.
The Misses Grace Hamilton and
Belle Reynolds spent Sunday at MI
Malsbarys', also l. Russell and family
of Neosho county.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
Ia HARPE
Nns. z. nj. DAVIS, Reporter.

Agnes Smith is quite sick at this
writing. Her sister, Title Smith,
was sent for from Liberal, Mo, to help
care for her.
G Evans and Glenn Epperson have
both been sick with the measles, Mr.
Evans quite seriously and his parents
were sent for from Neosho Falls.
A Miss Kerr from Piqua visited
several days with Mrs f f Turner.
Mr. Turner is having nice addition
built to his house.
M Barker will soon have his new
residence completed, when he will
move to town.
Mr. and Mrs e G Danforth and
mother returned from their trip to
Chetopa Sunday morning.
Two more new doctors have come
to town and will have rooms over
Cooksey a. 1onney's new drug store
Doctors must think there Is going to
be q lot of sickness around here.
Quite crowd from LaHarpe went
to lola and back Sunday afternoon on
the plug.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21

Mrs Johnson spent Saturday night
in lola with Miss Mabel Barnes.
Alton Patterson returned home
from Uniontown where he had gone
with his aunt, Mrs Wells.
Mr. and Mrs Daggett, Mrs Dow and
family and Mr. Houser's family were
called to the bedside of Mr. Pow who
had gone to visit one of his daugh-
tiers and was stricken with paralysis
and not expected to recover.
Mr. Eller was called to Nevada,
Mo, Tuesday evening on business.
Mr. and Mrs Robertshaw have re-
turned from their visit in New York
and report a fine time.
William Croley moved into the
Chas Dean house and A ID Payne
has moved into part of Mr. Bacon 8
house.
Willie, the three year old child OF
Mr. and Mrs Matthews, while play
ing at the home of Mrs Healey, fell
into the cistern which contained
several feet of water. Mrs Healey
saw the little boy fall I'm and gave
the alarm. His mother came running
over, got into the cistern, and res
cued her child who was not injured
but considerably frightened.
Mr. Guyar has returned from his
trip to Nebraska.
Miss Mamie Ward, who has been
staying with Mrs Tobey for four OF
five years, has gone home to rest VI
awhile.
Miss Irene Kohler, Miss Belle
Fronk and Chas Funk took the train
here for lola sunday evening.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
Faust-C'ain.

Married, at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Robert Cain at 3lG
North Cottonwood street, last night,
Mr.. William c. Faust and Miss Elva
Cain. Only the immediate relatives
of the contracting parties We're pres
ent and the ceremony was performed
by the groom's brother, Rev. l.. :.
Faust OF Emporia.
Will Faust has lived in lola only
few years, coming here from his home
in Pennsylvania, but his brother had
lived here and made WHIPS introduce
ton easy. And during the years
lola people nave known him they
have learned only good of him. He
is an earnest Christian young man,
educated, industrious and with pre-
possessing appearance. He attended
school here and worked at various
occupations until he secured an ex-
cellent and permanent place in the
grocery store of II. Klaumann where
he has been employed for about "A
year. The excellent qualities of
heart and mind which he has dis
closed make lola people ready to
acqiesce in his union with Miss Cain,
who has grown up here and is widely
known and loved. She has lived
here nearly all her life, attended the
public schools, been identified in
church work and her sweet womanli-
ness has won her an enviaole place in
the hearts of wide circle ofadmiring
friends.
The REGISTER wishes to join in ex'
tending sincere congratulations and
good wishes to Mr.. and Mrs Faust
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
GIVE HE CHILDREN A DRINK

called Grain-O. IT IL "a delicious, APP.
petizing, nourishinR food drink to
take the place of coffee. Sold by all
grocers and liked by all who have
used it because when properly pre-
pared it tastes like the finest coffee
but is free from all its injurious
properties. Graino.O aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. 1t Is
not stimulant but a health builder,
and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs
about / rs much AS coffee. 10 and 25
cts. s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
A RInICuLnIIS LAW

One of the laws upon which the
extra session of the Populist legisla-
ture especially prided itself was the
new corporation law, by which it was
sought to give the State control over
the Octopus. But as the attempt is
made to put the law into actual prac-
tice it is found to be expensive, vexa-
tious and in many instances actually
damaging to legitimate business.
The most absurd provision of the
law to which attention has yet been
called is portion of section II which
reads as follows:
at shall be the duty OF the presdent,and
secretary of any such corporation as soon
any transfer, sale or change Of ownership
OF any such stock is made as shown bupon
the books of tho company to at once .fle
with the secretary of state a statement of
such change of ownership, giving the name
and address OF the new stockholder or stock
holders, the number Of shares so transfer
ed, and the par value and the amount paid
for such stock. No transfer Of such stock
shall be legal or binding until such state
ment is made as provided for in this act.
This clause does not refer to rail-
roads, banks or insurance companies,
but applies toall corporations organized
for profit. There are upward of 1900
such corporations i'm Kansas. The
stock of many of them is bartered on
the open market. 1t includes the big
packing houses, salt plants, zinc and
gas properties, street railways and all
public utilities. In some cases the
daily stock transfers of Il single one of
these companies would fill an express
wagon. 1t will require an army OF
clerks and a whole library of new re-
cords to comply with the new law, as
every transfer of a single share of stock
must be recorded at the secretary of
states Office before the transfer would
be legal.
Secretary of State Clerk estimates
that the additional work imposed 10y
the new law would keep at least fifty
expert book-keepers and accountants
busy. Yet no provision was made for
any additional clerks by APPROPRIATION
or otherwise. Yet failure to comply
with the law would result i'm compli-
cations that years couldnever straight
EN- out. 1t is very probable the fra
mers of the law had little comprehen-
sion of the tremendous amount of hard
work entailed by the eleven-line clause
quoted.
In fact it seems probable that the
trainers of the law had little compre
hension of any subject. They simply
wanted ia hit the corporations and Sc
they passed this veXatious and useless
law W hich does not protect the rights
or promote the interests of any human
being, but which ON the contrary en-
tails utterly useless expense annoy
ance and trouble upon every incorpor
ated enterprise i'm the State. 1t is ont
of the relics of the reformers that viii
be remembered against them Ions
! time.