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RESULTS Of ORGANIZATIONS
WAS THE SUBJECT DISCUSSED YES
TERDAY MORNING By THE
TOBACCO WORKERS.
THE WORK OF REVISING

The Constitution COntinues-PrO-
ceedings of the Fourth Day Were
Exceedingly Interesting and Prof
itabIe-The Visitors Hospitality
Entertained Last Night Mt Mozart
Park-Somethfng About the Child
Labor Law.
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ENTERED INTO REST.

GIBSON-On Wednesday. September Is.
1900, at BIS o'clock p. m, Archie f.,
only child of Archie F. and Annie Preston
Gibson, aged 10 years and months.
Funeral services at residence of parents,
No. 1872 Jacob street. this (Friday) after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock. Friends of the fam
lily respectfully invited to attend. Inter
ment at Peninsula cemetery.
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CAMERON, w. Va, September IT,
In operations for oil and gas there is
quite an increase of business. The
late strike on the Goshorn lease has
brought into Cameron many prospec-
tors. This is about rs barrel we'll
A number of locations have been made
on adjoining farms, and lots OF work is
being commenced. This well Is three
miles southwest of Cameron. The
South Penn, West Virginia Oil & Gas
Company, the West Virginia Heat q
Light Company and the Cameron Home
Company all have rigs up and are ready
to drill as soon as water can be OBJ
tanned. The largest and most product
i've gas field surrounds Cameron in
Marshall county, and extends to Wet
Eel county, and Greene county, Pa, and
it is generally believed that when the
drill reaches the lower sand the Oil
will show equal proportions.
The farmers in this section are made
prosperous by the receipt of large
rentals, bonuses and sale of royalties.
Besides this, there has been consider
able coal sold and paid for along Wheel
ing creek in Webster and Sand Hill
districts, Marshall county, and also
along the south branch of this creek in
Greene county, Pa.
Where you find a neighborhood of
farmers that these blessings have not
reached, you find them extremely hard
up and unable to make both ends meet.
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STBUBENVDLLE O., September 27.
The we'll on the Hickman farm, near
Irondale, was drilled in and is a dus
ter. The Rayl well on the DeSellem
property at Port Homer is showing
gas. The Miller farm well at Port
Homer is showing oil.
At Station Is Cadwallader No. IA
on Hathaway is 80 barrel well. Brown
& Fletcher have drilled a fair well on
the Clark farm. Cadwallader & Co.
have located five more wells.
In an article on Lewis county's big
1000 barrel gusher, the Oil Review pub
fishes the following with regard to the
effect on prices.
1t is the experienced oil man who
predicts such a bright future for Lewis
county. The less experienced man has
come to accept 1t. Here is how the
operator figures prices will be effected.
Monday, wnen the world was given to
understand that great gusher had been
found in an unexpected spot, five cents
was knocked off every barrel of oil
that flows into the great pipes Of the
Standard and Independent companies:
Tuesday the well gained speed, and
three cents more was Topped off the
credit balance market, for Pennsyl-
vania crude dropped to SAT- yesterday:
Wednesday there will be another de-
cline of two or three cents, followed by
similar cuts every day or two for per-
haps a week. Then the Guffey test
will come in. That is feared like a
great storm cloud. The possibility that
1t may be greater than the well now
/ in is appalling. Even a fair producer
would prove beyond question that there
Isl great sand in the territory and
that of itself would cause prices TO
tumble head over heels. But If it
were another monster gusher. what? In
utter despair the operator views the
crashing of tools into pay sand of the
other test well of ]. NJ. Guffey, and of
the other South Penn test. Then they
wonder, too, what will happen when
the flow of the present well Quiets down
and the tools are driven into the fifth
copd
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Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, September
27-Encouraged by the success of the
South Side Oil Company's well near
this city, company has been organized
and the contract has been let for well
two hundred yards east of the corpor-
ate limits. Work on the new we'll near
the South Side we'll will be begun in a
few days, and several others near it
will go down soon.
A telephone message from Grants
vile states that the Kanawha river is
covered there with oil from the Cop
ley well in Lewis county. 1t is feared
that the oil will kill the fish If it keeps
on running in.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
MONEY IS PAID OVER.
The City Now Has $50, 900 in the Bank
for Waterworks and Electric
Lights and Work Will Hurry.

Tuesday the papers from the auditor
OF state announcing that the bonds of
the city of lola had been duly pre-
sented and registered at his office,
reached lola. Mr.. William Lauyon
was notified and he very promptly
wrote check for $50, 900 and depos-
tied it in one Of the lola banks and
the city authorities have been notified
that their check on that bank is toler-
ably good.
If "Ad Astra per aspera" is a fit
ting motto for Kansas "Ad aqua per
heloiatime' surely should be emblaz-
oned on the lola waterworks house.
But the difficulties are now over aud
work can proceed-if the weather will
permit.
As noted already the contracts for
the gas we'll and pipe lines have been
let. The reservoirs have been exca-
va'ed and the work of finishing the
big settling basins is nearly com.
pleted, save for the brick and cement
lining. The power house foundation
has been eXcavated and material is
arriving for the building. Thanks to
the fact that there is already a
switch on the grounds, the brick and
cement and machinery can be unload.
ed from the cars right where it i,
needed.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
Miss Nellie Reed
A Village Blacksmith Saved Hts Little
Sons Life.

Mr.. II. H.. Black, the well-known
village blacksmith at Grahamsville,
Sullivan co. y. y, says: "Our little
son. five years old, has always been
subject to Group, and so bad have the
attacks been that we have feared
many times that he would die. We
have had the doctor. and used many
medicines, but Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is now our sole reliance. 1t
seems to dissolve the tough mucus and
10y giving frequent doses when the
croupy symptoms appear we have
found that the dreaded Group is cured
before it gets settled" " There is no
danger in giving this remedy for it
contains no opium or other injurious
drug and may be given as confidently
to a babe as to an adult. For sale by
lola Druggists.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
CLEVELAND KILLS A LIE
A Prediction Of Bryan's Election De-
MED BY the EX-President.

Princeton, N. j., Oct. 3l.-ExPresi-
dent Cleveland, when shown publi-
cation of the Philadelphia Times of
to-day, purporting to be an interview
with him, said:
"'The whole thing from beginning to
end is an absolute lie, without the
least foundation or shadow of truth.
have never uttered word to any hui
man being that affords the least pre-
text for such a mendacious statement.
l have already telegraphed the Phila-
delphia Times to this effect"
The utterances ascribed to ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland in the publication re-
ferred to embodied an expression that
there would be a ''landslide for Mr..
Bryan the morning after the election. ~
Mr.. Cleveland was quoted as naming
certain elements working in favor OF
the Democratic candidate and discuss
ing Mr.. Bryan as an orator and as
an efficient campaigner.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
OFFERS POO MILLIONS
The Money Indemnity to be Paid by
China in 90 Installments

London, Oct. 3d. According to a
dispatch from Shanghai to the Lon
don Daily Express, the Chinese en-
voys began negotiations with the
ministers by proposing that China
should pay an indemnity OF POO mil
lion dollars in sixty installments, and
agreeing that the customs service and
the likin service should be under the
control of the powers. The likin SER
vice is custom service between the
towns. They also agreed that Prince
Tuan should be imprisoned for life,
that Tien Tsin should be treated as
an international district and that
other towns and districts should be
opened to trade; China should abstain
from purchasing war material abroad
and in order to meet the cost she
would raise import duties.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
THOSE GRAVE BRIT AIMS.
Turn Themselves Loose and Act as
Wild as Parislans

London, Oct. 29-The City Imperial |
volunteers, who arrived at Southamp-
ton from South Africa Saturday on
the British transport Auranla, reached
here by train this morning, marche d
through London, along streets acked
by thousands, and received tuiEultu-
Gus greeting. Such a demonstration
was probably never before evoked for
such small body of volunteers.
After an hours march, broken by a
sermon at st. Paul's cathedral and a
speech by Lord Mayor Newton, the
volunteers sat down to course din
n er at the headquarters of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery of London,
where Lord Wolsely and many other
notablepersons received and addres sed
them.
The members of the corps then sepa.
rated. They had to mufile themselves
in their overcoats and to use other
DISCUSSES in order to avoid recogni-
milton by the crowds. AS it was, sew
eral were nearly pulled to pieces by
the rough embracings and handsha k
ings of drunken men.
The list of casualties among the
welcoming multiudes was longer than
that of the whole corps in its twenty
six engagements in South Africa
Partial returns from the hospitals and
police stations indicate thatmore than
200 we're badly hurt, eight and possi-
bly, ten being killed outright.
There were 1000 police and %, 600
troops on duty along the line OF
march, but were unable to manage the
crowds. Women and girls tainted
and were trampled under foot. Stands
overloaded with sightseers fell in.
Twelve persons out of thirty who were
riding on top of mail wagon whose
wheels gave way had their bones
broken Two children were killed. a
man who was Gaming over the parapet
of the roof of a nr-story building
ost his balance and fell upon a group
of women, killing one and hurting
two others, but walked away himself
apparently uniniur7d.
Many of the soldiers on the line of
march were hurt in combats with the
crowd. Altogether London had a
wild day, with much fun, and, unfortu-
nately, deal OF grief in many house
holds because of the accidents.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
Brave Expl o rers.

Like Stanley and Livingston, found
it harder to overcome Malaria, Fever
and Ague, and Typhoid deseaee germs
than savage cannibals; but thousands
have found that Electric Bitters is Il
wonderful cure fer all malarial
Diseases. If you have chills with
fever, aches in back of neck and head,
and tired, worn. out feeling, a trial
will convince you of theirmerit. w. A.
Null of Webb, H., writes; "My chill
dren suffered more than year with
chills and fever; then two bottles OF
Electric Bitters cured them. -" Only
so cents. Try them. Guaranteed
Sold by Evans Brothers, Druggist,
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
FOR AN EXCLUSION ACT.
The Present Chinese Law Will Expire
in 1902.

New York, Oct. 3O.-"The Chinese
exclusion act will expire in 1902.
'Unless we are on the alert China
men will pour in among us, and the
country will be filed with cheap Chi
nese labor" Chairman James Ma
guire of the Central Labor union,
made This announcement before a
meeting of that body yesterday. His
remarks created sensation. ~ wish
to give this untimely warning" con-
tinued the chairman, so that labor
ing men and women throughout the
United States shall take measures TO
have another exclusion bill passed
Visit your Congressman and see how
he stands on the question. Put him
on record"
The meeting resolved to call the at
tention of all trades to the exclusion
act.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
NEW CIGARETTE CURE.
Tennessee Woman Hacks Her Sons
Head With a Hatchet.

Chattanooga, Tenn, oct 29.-The
dead body of Clifford Cawthorn, the
l 6-year-old son of a widow, was found
at his home last night lying on bed
in a pool of blood, his head hacked TO
pieces with hatchet, which was ly-
ing near by. The building was on fire
and fremen discovered the body.
Mrs. Cawthorn, the mother, confess
ed today that shecommitted the deed
and that it was her intention to kill
the whole family. She said the reason
she killed the boy was because he was
bad and smoked cigarettes.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
EARTHQUAKE KILLS II.
Great Damage Done by Seismic Shock
in Caracas-president Injured.

Caracas, Venezuela, oct. 29-At 4;46
"a. m. today Caracas was visited by a
severe earthquake. Fifteen persons
were killed and many others in
iured
Great damage was done to build
ings including the Pantheon and the
churches.
The United States legation was badly
damaged but all ltheoccupuntsescaped
unhurt.
President Castro, who leaped from
a ba alcony on the second Aoor ot the
government house, had on, ofhis legs
broken.
Mr. William Henry Dov ton Hag-
gard had a narrow escape, the second
floor of the British legation having
fallen upon him and buried him in the
debris.
The city of Caracas, which has fire.
quently suffered from earthquakes,
was visited last July by series OF
seismic disturbances, which did
great damage to property. There
were seven terrific shocks in quick sue
cession and the residents of the city
were terror stricken. President Castro
and his family slept for several nights
under tents in the Plaza Bolivar aud
all the churches and theatres were
kept closed for a week.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
Six Fr.ghtfdl Failures.

Six terrible failures of six different
doctors nearly sent VIM. II. Mullen
Of Lockland O.. TO an early grave.
All said he had fatal lung trouble
and that he soon must die. But he
was urged to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. After taxi
ing five bottles he was entirely cured.
1t is positively guaranteed to cure all
Diseases Of Throat, Chest and Lungs,
including Coughs. Colds, LaGrippe,
Pneumonia. Bronchitis. Asthma, Hay
Fever, Group, Whooping cough. soc
aud 5l.OJ al Evans Brother drug
store.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
POPULATION OF 1926, ,22O
The Census Figures for all the United
States Given out.

Washington, Oct 30.-The official
announcement of the total population
of the United States, for 1900 is 49,
295, 800, of which "a, ,627, ,907 are con-
tanned in the forty-five states, repre-
senting approximately the population
to be used for apportionment pur-
poses. There is total of l34, 1913
Indians not taxed.
The total population in 1890, vita
which the aggregate population of the
present census should be compared,
was 63, 069, 1856 Taking the 1890
population as a basis, there has been
gain in population of 1925, AGA
during the past ten years, represent
ing an increase of nearly 2l per cent.
Following is the official announce
ment of the population of the United
States in 1900 by states. In the fig
ures the first column represents the
census for 1900, and the second for
1890, and the third column, when
given, represents the number OF
Indians taxed:
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
ARRESTED In BOSTON.
Man Who Stole "a of a Million Was
at Quiet Boarding House.

Boston, Oct. 29.-Cornelius j. AL
word, ir., the embezzlingnote teller of
the First National bank of New York,
was arrested here today. Alvord took
his arrest quietly. Tt is learned that
he arrived in Boston last week and
went to the Hotel Touraine, but did
not register, Wednesday he ,engaged
a back room upon the second hoor of
lodging house on Huntington avenue
near West Newton street. where he
went under the name OF Mr.. Smith oi
New York.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
Drawlngs OF Masonic Temple.

Mr.. Collins. one OF the craftsmen at
the cement works, has completed his
outline drawin- of the proposed Ma
sonic Temple to be erected onsnorth
Washington avenue where the old
Northrup bank building now stands.
1t shows handsome three story
building, a fine room on the ground
floor, a stairway opening from the
south front. the second floor well
lighted by numerous bow-windows
and the third uoor arranged in d huge
lodge hall. The lower floor will be
possibly store building, the second
and third doors being built and oc-
cupied 10y the Masons. \ handsome
structure it is sure to be and one af-
fording the lodge ample and luxurious
room, while the building itself will
help make that block the most metro
politan in town as it will contain two
three story buildings, will be solid
brick nearly all new and completely
fronted by that twenty foot cement
walk.
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
ALV0RD USED 1T ALL
"Well 100000 is Lot of Money, but
it Goes Easy" He Said

New York, Oct 30.-Cornelius L.
Alvord, the absconding note teller of
the First National bank of this city,
who was captured yesterday in Bos-
ton, was brought here at IL O'Clock
last night. He was taken Immediately
to police headquarters. Alvord who
knew Detective Armstrong, who ar
rested him, said he was glad the sus-
pense was ended, and was willing to
come back to New York without
papers. He sat down on the bed,
when the officers entered his room and
smoked cigar. A carriage was
called and he was taken to the police
station in Boston, where he was
photographed and measured by the
Bertillon system.
During his stay at police head
quarters Alvord told Chief Watts
that he had not seen his wife for two
weeks, although prior to that time he
had told her of his financial circum-
stances and asked her if he should
kill himself or face it out. She told
him to face it out.
When asked what he mad done with
the money he stole, Alvord said;
"Well, 800, 900 is whole lot Of
money, but it goes easy" He said
he had taken life at the rate of 800 00C
a year. He said he had nothing Will
which to make restitution. Only q
few dollars were found in his pockets
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
REFORMED SYNOD ADJOURNS
Held a Profitable Meeting And Carried
Away Pleasant Memories for lola

Synod of the Interior of the Reform
ed Church which has been in session
in lola since oct. "A, concluded it's
business Monday and adjourned
at II o'clock to hold its next session
in Orangeville Illinois, in October
next. The churches in the Synod in
the majority Of instances are yet mis-
sions. It is the misfortune of the
church to have withheld itself from
active missionary work in the west un-
til comparatively recent time Like
the Congregational Church which for
centuries believed that its peculiar in
llueuca and work were confined to New
England the Reformed Church with
characteristic conservatism seemed to
believe that its western limits were
bounded by the Alleghauey noun
tains. But like It's sister denomina-
tion of New England the church has
gotten over this in great measure
largely within the past quarter of
century. This Synod of missions has
taken men of eastern conservatism and
has taught the western courage, and
expansion and verified the truth of its
theory by advancing the cause of Il g
church in home and foreign mission
work as well as any other department
Of church activity as it never ad-
vanced under its former conservative
policy.
The sessions of Synod, while they
did not show any remarkable advance
in membership, noted a very marked
advance in contributions to the var
ious church causes, benevolent and
congregational, an advance for the
year in quality rather than quantity
of work done. They especially enjoy
ed the presence of Rev. DR.. j. b.
Moore, for seventeen years a mission
airy of the church in Japan. DR..
Moore, while he was restrained from
any exhaustive work on account of the
condition of his health, yet his ad-
dresses, especially the oneton Sunday
afternoon in the opera lh6dse helped
add greatly to the interest 6tlthe meet
ings and to the interesf 4Ofa the church
people:generailynin the. city.
Thesmembers 6bSynodyU great num-
ber of whom were entertained in the
homes OF members odGl tfieI various
churches, eexpresse1t themsslves in fat
tering, terms, concerning THE universal
a hospitality Shown them hyetheir hosts
in lola oibothin their homes and to
the business men who took them to the
N various loplaees of interest. The
| Synod took away warm dand grateful
\ IrecoFlectops Of Iola, TO- ocPrry east,
north and west, A. formal expression
of this will be found in the resolutions
; passed by Synod and published else
) where.
Z y Resolutions we're adopted by the
synod asafollows. ' POP '"H
Y p RESOLVED, That we hereby tender
our thanks TO the pastor and congre-
, cation OF Christ Reformed church and
TO the friends and to the citizens OF
! lola for the cordial reception rendered
I and the hospitable treatment received
/ AT their hands at this session OF the
I Synod and also for the kindness OF
7 the business men In showing the mem.
bers over the business industries O
the city. $40 oaes 96l 90 aI
I Call and examine the DeKalb hos
: fence, the most perfect one on thl
The Iola register., 1900-11-02
JOHNSON FOR JOHNSON.
Bryan and Breidenthal Suffer in a
Fight for the Kansas Assembly.

Leavenworth, Kas., Oct. 30.-Demo-
cratic leader friendly to Mr.. Johnson
tn e national committeeman, are said
to be trying to concentrate all their
efforts in a movement to elect fusion
mem bers of the Legislature. Republi-
c an politicians say that johnson is
bending all the efforts of himself and
friends to elect members of the legis-
lature, and that this is done at the ex-
pense of both Bryan and Breidenthal.
johnson is an open candidate for
United States senator and his friends
are acting on the plan that he would
be elected if a fusion legislature ma
iority is secured on joint ballot. The
movement of Johnsons friends is not
looked upon with unmiXed pleasure
by j. H. Atwood of this lcity, who is
not without senate rial ambitions him
self.