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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-27

Ma. ChanE g m TeleK q > herssls Strike.
Atlanta Gu, April 20 ---N 3 sapprecia-
s.s railroad s Rspot, '4 IS
the strikers bead auar ters from rs cry,
diyisi0n show conf Hence and .ncaur.
aRsmcnt 81 tie part st tie telegraph
or. fs0ndl tons near y normal with
tile Koutll alilroad. ss53s
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.IlIiuoia .c,[an.l.l

Washington, April q. - Senator Ma
son was authorized by the senate COM
.us.ttee on commerce to report favorably
the Joint resolution heretofore intro
5duced by him, providing for estimates
sof cost Of q canal for navigati ton be.
tween Lake Michigan and tie Illinois
river. sss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-27
FIGHT IN PROGRESS.
MAY MEAN THAT THE ADVANCE
HAS AT LAST BEGUN.

karee siding, Fifteen Miles From
Dloemfontein,. Is the scene of the
Fighting-Extcnt of the Engage
ment Not Observation-Disclosures Are
That Lord Roberts Has Com
Y menced the Advance to Pretoria.
Reports of the Situation at
Wepener Arc Conflicting - Inn
S patience in England Regarding
Movements.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-27

Warm Greeting for Gomez.
Santo Domingo, April %. len. Max
limo Gomez arrived here from Cuba
yesterday and met with q brilliant of
fetal and public reception. He landed
under salute fired from the fort, was
met by committees mt the landing8
place. the streets were decorated IN
lis honor and he was serenaded ii the
evening. The minister OF war, Sanons
Braha, has resigned. s s, ssSs n
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Half Reaume WorIx.

1d0l1 1GGWUmG WORK. :.
De Kalb.. ILL.,, April 20.-About half
the employees of the American Steel
and Wire. plant here have resumed
work. It IL probable that the entire
plant will be In operation Monday.
The mills are behind on orders for Ger.
tain kinds Of woven wire, and have
but moderate stock. !.
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Sspfin9Asld. Hi, "A pril Y. 3aII stones
ire Nh attse re the severe
attacks q gastritis which Coy I,sner
no ssnlIer Tor some time. X
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Father Mvrders son,

m OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 00msIt.4 z. % ~,
New y ork, Aprll q Charles Broges.
thirty-one years Of age. was stabbed TO
denth by his aged father In a fiehtI
over a dog which the son had brought
an ont Of the rain. The "a her Is sew
enty-six years old. 3sf
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-27
RAIN INTERPRETERS III ! !: !.
OPERATIONS IN THE FREE sTATnI
ALMOST At A sTANDIsT1ILI..

lEessase Fron correspondeat
Gives the .Impression That the
n Beers Have withdrawn From
wepener Dewetsdorp Occupied
by the British - Bare statement
1. That Lord Roberts ID About to
e Move the Only Item Of Impor-
tance That the Censor Has Al
lowed to Pass-Preparins for =
Struggle. Z,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-27

!, Admiral Sampson knows how tc
sympathize with the Englishmen who
want to give all the glory OF
"Bobs'" movements to ''Tugela' Bull
Ter.
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Inpossible Peace Rumors.

London, April 21.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post. tel
egraphing Wednesday, says: ''This.
city of canards has been breeding inn
possible peace rumors during the last
few days. Every one now awaits
eagerly the announcement OF a re.
newed advance. The latest arrivals Of
remounts show all improvement on the
earlier arrivals"
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The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Rennhlican Meetings

There was good meeting of Re-
publicans and others in Peet's hall at
LaHarpe Friday and the political
issues were discussed by c. A. Savage,
b. f.. Clifford and John Francis. The
hall was comfortably crowded and the
closest attention was given to the
speeches. In Tie social conversation
which always is one of the enjoyable
parts of these meetings several men
made the voluntary announcement
that they expected to vote this year
for the Republican national ticket
althoughfour years ago they had: d:sup-
ported Mr.. Bryan.
Down at Humboldt that night Ger
mania hall was packed to the doors
and many stood up to hear Gen. f.
B. Dawes and Hon. G.. +. Corey, who
spoke of Republican doctrines. The
glee club of Humboldt was out and
furnished very enjoyable music.
At Rock Creek school house Baxter
McClain and Grant Billbe spoke to a
house full of voters and the only rea-
son they did not have a string of con-
verts was that the whole neighborhood
is not in need of conversion.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
In MenOrian.

In the death of DR.. G. H. Boulson
beloved odd Fellow has been remov-
ed from our midst. A true Odd Fell
ow, for his heart went out in helpful
sympathy to. all who were in trouble,
sorrow, sickness or other adversely.
Therefore be it
RESOLVED: That we members of
Dorothy Rebekah Lodge No. 122 shall
cherish the memory OF his rare eXcell-
ence of character, as an incentive to
nobler living.
RESOLVED; That we extend to his
beloved wife and family our heart
felt sympathy in their bereavement.
RESOLVED: That these resolutions
be published in the city papers and a
copy be sent to the family.
MABEL BARNES
ANNIE APPLE
GRACE ACERS
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
A Word of Correction.

The statement that the room selected
as suitable for post Office by the
post office department belonging to the
Northrup brothers was in their new
building, contained in last night 5
paper was an error. The room in
question is theold store building which
will be vacated when the new building
is finished.
Furthermoreit should not be thought
for moment that there is anything
fearful in the solicitation fora change,
the owners of the building are simply
making an offer as requested by the
inspector. The merchants who take a
hand do so voluntarily, and there is
not, and will not be anything like a
fight. 1t is simply competition started
by the post office department.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
REFORMED CHURCH SYNOD
An Important Gathering of Leading
Devines of Four States in
This City Next Week.

The Synod of the Interior of the
Reformed Church in the United States
will meet in the Christ Reformed
Church, corner of Jackson and Cot
tonwood streets in this city, on We'd
nesday, October oath, beginning in the
evening at 1880 o'clock.
This will be a meeting of consider
able interest to lola, in as much as
delegates will be present from Chi
cago, ST. Louis, Sioux City, and the
states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska and Kansas. These men
will likely be interested in the natural
gas and the many factories now in
operation in and around lola.
The Synod is much larger than the
local congregation can care for in
way of entertainment, but with admir-
able hospitality our citizens are gen
erously Offering their comfortable
homes to have members of the Synod
as their guests during the meeting.
Questions of considerable import
ance will be discussed, one of which
is concerning the establishing of a
collegiate institution in the west. Rev.
H. L. Beam, president of the College
of Northern Illinois, will be present
to champion the cause of such an
institution west OF the Missouri or at
any rate west OF ,he Mississippi.
Will Kansas get it
This is called the Missionary Synod
of the Reformed Church and that
subject will receive considerable at
tention. On Sunday afternoon, Octo-
Der 2Sth, Rev. j. r. Moore, d. d., of
Toxic, Japan, will speak, and to
give the members of other churches
and the public in general an oppor-
tunity to hear him, the Opera House
has been engaged for the occasion.
DR.. Moore is a college class-mate OF
Rev. d. b. Shuey, the local pastor
be a pleasant meeting for them as it
is twenty-seven years since they
stepped out from Franklin and Mar
shall College at Lancaster, Pa, to
engage in life's battle.
Our citizens are arranging to give
the members of the Synod an oppor-
tunity of seeing lola and its enter
prises by taking them around in car
riages. This will be good means
of advertising lola, for these repre-
sentative men will talk about what
they saw when they return to their
homes.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet at the same time, and their
business sessions will be held in the
Baptist church. which has been offered
them for their use.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
She was Married Wednesday.

Mrs. j. V. Rudrow and daughter,
Miss Berthastarted Monday afternoon
for their new home at Crowley, La,
whittier Mr.. Rudrow will follow them
after a visit with relatives in Iowa.
On Wednesday at the Hotel Howard
in st. Charles, La, Miss Rudrow
was united in marriage to Mr.. j..
Il. Dampier, a wealthy merchant of
Crowley and they will make their
home at the latter place.
During their sojourn in lola of
something over year the family has
made many warm friends, Miss Bertha
particularly having become popular
with the young people who have had
the pleasure of knowing her. And
there is a particular cause for
JOY among her friends in the
happy event of the week, because
owing to i'll health it was thought for
a while that the wedding might never
take place and was postponed after
the day was set. So there go with
her to her new home the heartfelt
good wishes OF all who knew her aud
the earnest hope that health aaj
wealth and joy may bc her lot ia tue
years t. come.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Lanyon SmeIter Talk.

The old story that Robert Lanyon
would erect smelter out east of lola,
on his land a mile south of Rock
Greek bridge was revived by the re-
cent visit of William Lanyon, Jr., to
lola this week. Mr.. Lanyon denied
all knowledge of any such purpose.
He did state, however, that in all
probability a well would be drilled in
the nearfuture on the 4S0 acres of land
which the family owns near the Lockhart
place, about three miles south of Gas
City, This will be awaited with inter-
est and if a good we'll is found there
it again extends the gas fields and
opens up the bright possibility that
the gas belt extends south. least toward
Savonburg and may connect with the
field around Erie. That would mean
countless things to lola and endless
good to the whole county.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Suit for Divorce.

Suit Tor divorce was instituted I'm
the district court Monday by
Mrs. Ben Smith against her spouse,
Benjamin Smith. This is of interest
to the people of this community sim
ply from the fact that the affairs of
MIR. and Mus. Ben Smith have been
dragged into publicity through their
both being confined in the county jail
for an assault on Latilf, the pedler.
Smith escaped from the court room
by walking out, after sentence was
passed on him, but was retaken out
in the western part of the state. Then
he made his escape from jail by saw
ing out a bar with saw which it is
supposed Mrs. Smith gave him con-
cealed in a cake. He has gone hence
and never been heard of since. Mrs.
Smith is daughter of Mr., and Mrs,
y, j Williford of LaHarpe and her
suit for divorce would seem to have
plenteous grounds of Justice.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Several Could Use it Here.

Exchange: An intelligent young
lady, after entertaining a young man
until the chickens were growing their
last mighty crow, handed him pencil
and paper and asked him to make
nine ciphers in line thus;
100000 900; then commence at the
first and from the right side of the
first cipher draw astraight line
down; on the right side of the
fourth make a short line up; on
the right side of the fifth make a
straight line down; an the right side
Of the seventh make a short line up;
on the right side of the eighth make
straight line down, and then read
what he had written. He did.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
lola BOY WAS IN CHINA.
Alvs Thorpe Writes to His Parents
of His Trip to That Country and
Then TO Manila.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Thorpe have re-
ceived letter from their son Alva,
now serving with Co. +, 20 Tn L. S.
Infantry in the Philippines. The REG
GsTER is kindly permitted to reprint
the following extracts
Manila, Aug. Goth, 1900.
reached here August II on the
transport Grant. The sea was calm
all the way over and / longed for a
rough day as it didn't seem natural to
ride along so smoothly. was sent to
duty on the 25th of June and assigned
to the Grant the next day.
There were eight troops of the 9th
Cavalry, A and b section of the 4th
Marines and four companies of casuals
on board the transport, $500 people
in all, so there wasn't much space that
was not taken. We went on board
the lst of July and sailed that evening
but when we got short way out the
main steam pipe burst and we had to
put back, starting again the evening
of the 3rd. 1t was the dullest trip |
ever had, Inspection was at 8, drill
from to 10 and from 2 to 3, then in
spection again at s. The bread wasn't
very good, but the other grub was well
cooked and we got enough of it if we
didn't want too much.
We arrived in Kobe bay on the 22nd
but only stayed 3 hours and then
sailed to Nagasaki, arriving on the
24th. We stayed there So hours TAX
ing on coal, water and fresh rations
for the cabin passengers. On the
morning of the 2Sth we arrived at Chez
Foo and the same night we continued
to Taku, that is we got within Il miles
of it and could only see the land in
midday.
On the 3lst all the marines went
ashore and the cavalry the next day.
| would not have gotten ashore at all
but for a storm. | was on detail to
go over to the horse boat, Lenox Leith
and help unload horses. We were to
go over to the boat in the tug boat
Ching Ping, load the horses and then
return to the Grant on the launch.
We got the horses on all right but a
storm came up and we had to drive
/ them back on the Lenox. BY that
time there was such a heavy sea on
that the launch could not take us back
and the Ching Ping could not stay
out in the bay so there was nothing to
do but keep us on board and go for
the shore. We went up the river to
Tong Kau and stayed there until the
next day.
The town was nearly all one story
houses, built out of sort of white
clay and straw and the fences were
nearly as high as they and all con
necled together. You could not tell
the fence from the wall of the house.
We left Taku for Manila the 10th OF
August but there were none but the
casuals on board so we had plenty
Of grub and room. We disembarked
a Manila on the DIST, after u days
on the boat, and we were all glad tc
get on.
IT, You could hardly believe me
when | said | was as big as a Punch
Miner | don't know what you will
say when tell you | am now bigger
The first thing | heard when | left
the boat was that had grown since |
left the company.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
W. C. 7. U. COLUMN.


The 10th annual convention of the
w. G. r. U. of the Second Congress
sional district of Kansas, recently held
at Armourdale, Kansas, was one OF
the most interesting conventions ever
held in thehistory of the Second dis
trict.
The newly elected district officers
are: Pres, Mrs. Lena II. Wallace, of
Kansas City; Sec, Mrs. A. X. Will
son, of Kansas City; Treas, Mrs. j.
c. Reed, of Garnett.
Allen county came in forher share of
the district superintendents of depart
ment work as follows: Evangelistic,
d. II. Ohlfest, LaHarpe; Work among
Miners, Mrs. d. II. Manley, LaHarpe;
Medal Contest, Mrs. M. A. Gillian,
lola; Union Signal and Our Messen-
ger, Mrs: Clara M. Doughty, lola.
Our State w. G. Y, U. convention
is in session this week at Beloit.
The local w. c. T. U. meets every
second and fourth Friday of each
month. The place of meeting is al
ways announced in advance in our
dailies.
Mrs. M. f, Hanchett, of Madison,
Wis, editor of the Wisconsin State
w, c. II, U. paper, was welcome
guest at 9our special meeting last
week.
We are always glad to welcome Wis
iting white-ribboners and our friends
to our meetings. Come out and cheer
us and we will try to do you good.
EFTA}HELFRGCH, Press Supt.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
DON'T BE deceived or bumbuooed

DON'T BE deceived or humbugged
by people who claim the discovery
some hitherto unknown herb or root
in swamps, or on some mountain or
prairie, for the cure of kidney or
bladder trouble. Any doctor or drug
gist will tell you that such claims are
fraudulent. Foley's Kidney Cure
simply contains remedies that are
recognized by the most skilful ply
sicians as the best for these com
plants, so don't be credulous or
FOOLISH. Campbell q Burrell.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
DEATH OF ART FERGUSON
The End of Misspent Life Found
Him Broken in Health and
Finances, Still Law
Breaker

Art Ferguson died a few minutes
after II O'Clock at the home of Mr..
Williford of Gas City Saturday night
and was buried in pauper's grave
at O'Clock Sunday afternoon. There
was no sermon, no prayer in behalf
of the departed spirit, no tear of fond
remembrance. 1t was a piteous end
of pitiful life.
The story of Art Feaguson is all
too familiar to the people of lola and
Allen county. He came here a
stranger in good health but evidently
hard drinker. He had money and
invested considerable of it here and
was considered prosperous man.
made rather daring and holding the
law in contempt because of his past
success. 1t was not long until he was
generally known to be running a
joint. He was arrested and rear
rested, paid fine after fine, and still
he ran joint and drank at his own
bar. In due course of time he had
exhausted every dodge of the courts,
his money was gone and he had no.
thing to do but go to Jail. There he
lay many weary months and the dis
ease which he had been able to keep
under control while he was free and
had money, fastened its clutches on
him during his Imprisonment. The
! nntntni = 81 einaane Fttpno1 hf,,
sworn statement of physicians that
he would die if left in Jail.
For a week after his liberation he
remained drunk, and then disap-
peared. a report came back from
Joplin, Mo-, that he had died there
of delirium tremens, and he was be-
lieved to be dead until during fair
week when he reappeared here. Since
then he has been in the back ground
until recently when the county officials
were told that he was back in the
joint business, this time at Gas City.
a warrant was sworn out and placed
in the hands of the sheriff, and were
Art Ferguson alive today and able
to travel, he would be in the county
Jail. But Death stepped between the
law and law-breaker and his trial
will be held elsewhere. 1t is not for
those who knew him here to try Art
Ferguson, nor to pass judgment on
| him.
But it is known that he tried to
forget his i'll health and his changed
fortunes by drinking heavily of his
own wares. Word reached him Sat
urday that a warrant was out for him
and he tried to arrange to flee, but
it came home to him that his race was
run. He went to the Williford home
stated his case and asked for place
TO die. They could not refuse and
his last hours were spent in the home
OF strangers. For days he ate not a
mouthful of food and his tagging
spirit was KEEP, alive only by stimu-
lants. whiskcy and cigarettes. Up to
the hour of his death he drank and
smoked and when death found him
there was no delay, the end came in
Il few minutes. The life had run out,
there was not a penny on his person.
he had used his last pinch of tobacco
and his last cigarette paper, Before
he died he gave list of relatives, u
brother and two sisters, and they
were telegraphed to, but no word came
! back.
The annals of Art Ferguson make
one of the saddest and most pitiful
chapters in the history of Allen
! county
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Bright,s Disease.

High living, intemperance. expos
ure and many other things bring on
Bright's disease. Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent Bright's disease
orders if taken in time. Take nothing
else. Campbell a. Burrell
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
No Change, No Choice.

Another week of voting shows the
talent doing tandem, Indian file
parade down the pike for popularity
and the diamond ring. The result OF
the balloting up to Saturday night,
October l3, was as follows:
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
Farm For Sale.

Eighty acres on Coal Creek, seven
miles south OF lola and p miles east
OF Humboldt. Modern improvements,
good bottom land, living water.
JAMES AYERS.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19

wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney bladder, uric acid trou-
bes and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
Jmmendedfor everything but II you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
just the remedyy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways. in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried 1t, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EF
send your address to r5HIT=a,Yk "Ts-=..N
Dr. Kilmer & Co., ,Bing- n
hamton, N. Y. The 7slssssts.s Es.s .SIfEEssfg ~
regular fifty cent and Homo of swamp-Root.
dollar sizes are sold ny al good druggists.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19

cures made by DR..
Kilmcr's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great inedi-
altriumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der enecialief and 4,
The Iola register., 1900-10-19

want to buy 5000 bushels of corn
right away. Come quick, H. "A Bal
lard.
The Iola register., 1900-10-19
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK q?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know Of the wonderful
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-10
Thc nonua NcnrIy nni,ed.

Wharton. Texas, January e-Fron Mr,
j r. Cloud The Post correspondent learns
that 5000 of the $4,000 necessary 10 pur-
chase right Of way and depot grounds have
been already subscribed. owing to ;he
continual rainy weather only partial
canvas has been made. bui the committee
has everywhere met with kindly express
sious OF warm friendship for the officials
of the road and a desire On the part or
The citizen to regler u cordial CORPORA
ton with the liberal spirit unaffected by
the road 70 the original eanyussing com
mitteo witch 0ensisied Of Aessrs. H.
Hawes. z A. Armstrong ] r. Cloud aud
W. o. Victor has bsen added II ). Boil
ton. c. y, Kemp, !, PAYNE and g. G.
Clifford all men OF property ana standing
In the community, Three different siie5
are under consideration for depot grounds
no selection has yet been made.