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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23
Creditors Meeting

At o'clock Tuesday in the dis.
trict clerks office.was held the called
meeting of the creditors of the Daily
Record for the purpose of appointing
permanent assignee. A number of
those having claims against the con-
Germ and lawyers representing other
claimants were present but the total
amount of Indebtedness represented
was only $730.48 whereas the entire
amount of claims to date are 81. .497. "A,
$420.83 having been filed since the
previous report. so there could be
no action taken. The clerk will file a
report of the meeting with the pro-
bate court in the absence from the
county Of the district judge and he
will be asked by the creditors to APP
point an assignee.
The affair is becoming complicated
in way that makes the average head
ache. After the voluntary assignment
and the appointment of j b. Goshorn
as receiver affairs ran along until
AANhNHJ "hOh tWO ipDiSNIn bulJS
were filed, as noted yesterday, and
the sheriff took charge of the plant.
Mr.. Goshorn then gave redelivery
bonds and recovered the plant. The
creditors want TO Oust Mr.. Goshorn,
but he seems to be fixture so long as
his ability to give good bonds holds
out. Moreover the two creditors who
replevined represent 80 much of the
claims that the other creditors cannot
get majority vote of the creditors
and so get any action, the replevined
claims being excluded from the others
in such an action. So il looks like a
series OF replevins and redelivery
bonds until the district court convenes
about thirty days hence and then the
whole action can be reviewed and set
aside.
And in the meantime costs are pil.
ing up rapidly and II is doubtful if |
when the final settlement is made,
there is anything left of the equity of
Mrs. Burns in the plant. II is GER
tainly very deplorable muddle.
Golden Buff Plymouth chick ems for
sale at 81 90. Also small 5hellin mare
pony for sale. w. ID. Freeman, Bron-
on, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23
What Will Joe Do Now 2

In talk with Mr.. Joe Cappeau, of
the Lanyon Zinc company, whose
home is in PittsburR, Penn, about
the possibility of a trust on zinc, he
sald.to Joplin News reporter: "The
day of big deals is over and there lie
not likely to be any more talk on that
subject. There never was any foun-
dation for such stories being set afl oat
and there are many reasons why Il
could not be done, but the one have
given you will suffice-that the dav
of big deals is over. There will be
more money come into the joplin
district from the east this year than
last, but 1t will be for smaller invest.
ments. Hundreds of investors will
visit this district this year, and there
will be all kinds OF opportunities to
sell good properties to individual in
vsstors, but there will not be as MANY
of large capitalization as
last year"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23
Miss DOran Brings Suit.

Miss NJ. l.. Doran, tho young lady
who came to LAHarpe last August
and began the publication OF the
Argus, has filed suit in the district
court ag ainst Earl G. Moore, +. r.
Turner and j. Q. Roberts asking for
$500 damages. She alleges in her
petition that on Feb. q, 1900, she was
the owner and proprietor of q print
Ing shop at LaHarpe and that the de-
PENDANTS did unlawfully go to her
shop and remove the press and type
and all the material with which she
man ufactured her paper and carried
the same to the LaHarpe Neps.
which is owned by j. Q. Roberts.
The material thus collected by them
she says is worth $500 the good VIII
of the paper which was thus brought
to an untimely end is worth $500 and
the damage to things in general, in.
cluding her feelings, is worth 5000.
She therefore prays judgment for $500.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23

Golden Buff Plymouth chickens for
sale at 81 90. Also small 5hellin mare
pony for sale, w. ID. Freeman, Bron-
on, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23

"a word to the wise is sufficient. -
Wise people keep their blood pure
with Hoods Sarsaparilla and make
sure of health.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23

Choice clean fax seed to loan or
sell, choice seed oats, bran flour. and
oil meal. Choice northern eating and
eeed potatoes. S. A. Wickard & Co.
near Santa Fe depot, lola, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
FAVORITISM CHARGED.
Railroads Accused of Partially to
Certain Large Interests.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The senate
committee on commerce To-Day gave a
hearing to the representatives of a
number of business organizations
throughout the country in support Of
the bill to amend the Interstate COM
merce law. The first statement was
made by Frank Barry, of Milwaukee
He is secretary of the National Millers'
association, and the accredited repre-
sentative of the National League of In
duStrial associations. He commended
the pending bill, saying that it had been
framed with a view to doing justice to
both the shipper and the carrier. He
condemned the present law, saying that
it had become incompetent and value
less, and the Interstate commerce
commission was nothing. more than a
moot court.
In reply to questions from Senator
Tillman. Mr.. Barry said the Standard
Oil, sugar trust and the Touring mills
of the northwest and grain elevator in
tereStS were not cooperating in this
movement. He had no direct informa-
ton on the subject of favoritism, but
he called attention to the recent change
of freight classification made by the
railroads. which he said left car load
rates on oil practically where they
were while it raised the rate on frac-
tional car load rates from 200 to 300
per cent. 1t was not difficult to see
that this was in the interest of the
Standard Oil company. Mr.. Barry ex-
pressed the opinion that the Mlnneapo-
lis millers were receiving discrimi-
natory rates from the railroads.
Mr.. Barry also made complaint Of
the discrimination by the railroads in
favor of wheat for export as against
flour for export. He thought the dis
elimination was due to the fact that
many of the railroad men were large
owners of the elevators.
Augustine Gallagher, Of St Louis.
commissioner of the Millers National
association, spoke especially of the in
terests of the millers in the proposed
legislation. He said that the railroads
were not content with controlling the
mines and the forests of inc country.
but that they were now attempting to
control the ballots of the people along
their lines. He contended that the
railroad systems of the middle west SO
far as the grain interests are con-
cerned are practically parcelled out by
large firms in Chicago and other cities.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26

fairs today reported favorably the bill
to authorize the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway to construct and oper-
ate a railway through the Fort Reno
and Fort Sill reservations of the Indian
Territory.
Capt o. H. Coulter, Of Topeka, has
completed his work as a member of
the G. a. r. committee to call on the
president and the different divisions of
the government having jurisdiction
over pension matters, and will return
home in a day or two.
Senator Harris, Of Kansas, today in
troduced a bill to pay Alfred w. Kent,
of Clay Center, Kas., $165 for four
horses lost in the service of the Uni
ted States on December 16, 1886, and
also $3.50 for hire Of eight horses and
two wagons for twenty weeks.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
HILO IN REVOLT.
Refuses to Obey Government
Plans to Stamp Out the
Plague.

Honolulu, Jan. II. via Victoria, B. c..
Jan 26.-The town of Hilo has come out
in open rebellion against the govern
ment and threatens to resist by force
any attempt to carry out the rules
made by the authorities here for the
stamping out of the bubonic plague.
Reports from the Hawaiian town indi-
cate a condition bordering on panic
among the people who seem ready to Of
fer mob violence to representatives OF
the government
The Hilo people have been making
their own quarantine laws, paying no
attention to the rules adopted by the
national board of health. They Will not
allow any freight or passengers from
Honolulu to be landed. On the last trip
of the steamer Kinau the local author
tiles destroyed the mail belonging to
Chinese and Japanese residents ard
then declined to allow the vessel to have
any communication with shore When
the news of their action reached TINS
CITY. the government chartered the
Kinau and dispatched Attorney Gener-
al Cooper to the scene to dispose the
sheriff and straighten out things gener-
ally.
Minister Cooper was not allowed to
land when he arrived at HilO.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERS
Different Occupations Are Found Un-
der the Same Name.

The following story is told by Fred
lies, chief clerk to Mr.. r. w. Day,
division engineer of the Rock Island
railroad:
Not many days ago a young man
climbed the several flights of stairs in
the Rock Island depot leading up to the
third story Of the building and came
shuff1ing into the chief engineers office.
He leaned carelessly over the railing
separating the office from the reception
room and said Good morning"
Good morning, sir" said Mr.. lies, as
he turned around from his desk where
he was writing, what can 1 do for
your
Where is the chief engineer" asked
the stranger.
when will he be in? I want to see
him."
Il am not sure whsn he will be here.
He is out of town, but should return to-
morrow night"
"Out of town" calculated the
stranger. when did he go?"
He has been out of town the past
ten days." replied Mr.. lies.
He has been gone the past ten days,
you say. Why 1 was out with him my
self last night"
You surely must be mistaken said
Mr.. lies, for 1 received a letter from
him this morning, saying he would be
have some time tomorrow night"
You must have your dates mixed a
little bit,'' said the stranger, for we
were out together last night, and didn't
get home until late"
who do you want to see," now ask
ed Mr. lies, thinking that possibly he
had misunderstood the man.
why the chief engineer, of course. -
ooh, I guess you don't want to see Mr..
Day. You go down into the basement
and I think you will find the man you
want. I hear him poking up the fires
now" said Mr.. lies as the object of the
strangers visit began to dawn upon
him.
''AlI right" said the man as he turn
ed around and slowly wended his way
down the stairs to the basement. The
poking of the fire stopped in a few min
utes, and soon voices conversing in a
loud tone came floating up through the
pipes. The stranger had found the chief
engineer,
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26

force to an issue his amendment to the
railway act to prevent railway compan-
les from sidetracking town sites in the
western provinces for their own inter
ests, and to confer upon the railway
committee of the privy council the right
to draw up rules for the operation of all
railways.
Senator Dandurand intends to ask the
minister of justice to introduce as a
government measure his bill ''to pro-
hibit the charging of exorbitant rates
of interest to borrowers" and if the
minister OF justice refuses he will in
troduce it himself. Owing to the fail
ure of La Banque Vile Marie and 9TH
ers, representative men from all parts
of Canada have written to and waited
upon the minister of finance TO urge the
necessity of promulgating a scheme for
compulsory government inspection of
banks on a similar plan to that in vogue
in the United States.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
Washington Notes.

Washington, Jan. 26.-F. a. Nitchke.
of Wichita, Kas., has been appointed a
railway mail clerk.
The contract for carrying the mails
from Stickney to NilIard, Kas., has
been awarded to J. H. Pearl.
The president today nominated Isaac
w. Rush to be postmaster at Stroud,
and William E. Mcguire at Pawhuska,
1T
A postoffice has been established at
Mallon. Lincoln county, o. t. and VIII
liam A. Langley appointed postmaster
Representative Long, of Kansas, to-
day introduced bills to increase the pen
sion of Martha J. Banks, John Blasair,
James Hoover and Clinton w. Purcell.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank of
Norman. o. T.. to begin business, with
a capital of $4,000. William c. Rem
frow is president and c. H. Bessent is
cashier
Among the bills introduced in the
house yesterday were the following: BY
Mr.. Jones, of Washington, to pay each
volunteer soldier who served in Cuba
$3.50 and each one who served in the
Philippines $3.50 in lieu of travel pay.
The senate committee on military af-
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
NEW WORKERS IN MEXICO.
Many Americans In the Southern
Republic on Business

City of Mexico, Jan. 26.-President Diaz
received in special audience James H.
Hyde and=George F. Wilson. vice presi-'
dents of the New York Equitable Life
Assurance society, and Henry Clews, Jr.,
of New York. The president was most
cordial with the. New Workers anG eIa fS1-.
pressed gratifca ton, that the Eaulta;p91e ! a;9l.
had resumed active business in TINS CITY;
The Americans then paid their respects
to vice President Mariscal and tlnance
Minister I.irnantour and discussed the re
lations existing between the United states
Ex-President Carlos Ezeta of Salvador
has returned to California owing TO the
serious illness of his wife The SalVddor-
can ex-president spoke in terms OIL grat-
tude regarding his reception here ana eA-
pressed the hope that the government OF
his country would display magnan1mlty
and restore him to his property, Whlcn
has been confiscated-
Charles Hail, an engineering expert, mas
returned from a thorough exploration OF
The BaIza river valley, where he was sent
on behalf of a group OF New York capt
talists who are making large purchases
of lands in that region. Han speaks nigh
" of the fertility of the country and as
he is also a geologist, he notes that 1t
offers great attra ctions as a mineral reg
ion 1t is proposed to cultivate cotton on
a large scale along the Balza river. now
made accessible by the extension OF the
Mexico. Cuernavaca and Pac1hc railroad
The Southern Pacific group is interested
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
TALKS CANAL.
Senator Morgan Opens His Cam
paign For Reelection.

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 26.-In opening his
senatorial campaign here Senator John
T. Morgan discussed the criticism of
his work in behalf of the Nicaragua
canal.
The problem of the modern era, he
said, has been to provide a second out
let, so that the gulf should be a thor
oughfare. The Nicaraguan canal
would be such an outlet. It was
an engineering work presenting no in
superable difficulties. Congress is fav-
orably disposed. The senator said the
Hepburn Morgan bill has a majority in
both houses and it will soon be passed.
He then described the immense advan-
tages Of the port to the state and to the
Mississippi valley to be derived from
the existence of the canal line between
Chicago and all the rich countries of
South America.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
STEEL INSTEAD OF WOOD.
The Former Is Rapidly Succeeding
the Latter In Railroad Car
Construction.

A pile of 500 or more steel swing beams,
which have been unloaded and piled con-
veniently near the coach shop of the
Santa Fe in this city, calls to mind the
fact that at the present time iron and
steel are fast taking the place of wood
in the construction of railway cars.
The steel swing beams are for use in
the coach trucks and not only will they
be used in the construction of new cars,
but as fast as the old cars come into the
shops for repairs, they will be substituted
for wooden beams.
The use of steel swing beams IS step
towards economy. It is we'll known
fact that wood which is desirable and of
the right quality for railroad work, is
getting scarcer every day. and as a direct
consequence is advancing in price. A
steel beam gives better satisfaction and
does not wear out as fast.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
FOOT HER OWN BILLS.
Canada Is Expected to Pay Cost of
Her Troops In Africa


Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 26.-The fifth ses-
sion of the eighth parliament of Canada
will begin on Thursday afternoon, Feb
ruary l. There are only seven inStan-
ces, since confederation was consum-
mated So years ago when parliament
has been called earlier than on the pres
ent occaSion-viz: 1SS0-S1, December g
when parliament was called to ratify
the Canadian Pacific syndicate contract
for the construction of the Canadian
Pacific railway; in 1884, when parlia-
Inent met on January II; in 1883, on
January 29, in 1889 on January 81; 1880,
on January Is. and in 1895, on January
2.
It is expected that the session will be
a short one and that Immediately after
propagation an appeal will be made to
the country.
The bill of fare which is likely to be
provided for the session will cover some
important matters. Parliament Will be
asked to sanction legislation calling up
on Canada to pay in full for all the Ca
madam cOntingents which already have
gone and may yet go to South Africa in
the present conflict between the British
and the Beers, instead of having the
volunteers become dependents upon the
imperial pay list from the time of their
debarkation at Cape Town. A bill call
ing for the establishment of a federal
railway commission, with power to hear
and adjust grievances between shippers
and the railways. will be introduced.
At last a federal law for the relief
of insolvent debtors and the distribu-
tion of bankrupt estates viii not only
be introduced but viii this time De car
ried and put into force. The high COM
missioner's Office in London. England,
is to be reorganized, and commercial
agency is to be opened at the British
capital. Legislation is to be enacted
restricting railway subsidies, to reform
the senate and the civil service and to
redistribute the seats in all the Cana
dian constituencies which elect mem
bers to the federal parliament. The
minister OF railways and canals will
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

c. z. Jewell and wife to E. L. Hind
man, SS76, lots 15S, 100 and 1872 Quincy
street.
James L. Byers to William Moeser
and Charles P. Moeser, lots 50, "a and SO
Polk street.
The Massachusetts Mutual Benefit
Society to Cary NJ. Walter. $1,000, W.
u n Il 16, L, Is.
A [. Williams and wife to w. F..
Evans, $500, lots 434, 44O, Fillmore street.
Jos. F'irebaugh to P. w. Bundy, $1,000,
s a 2, Is, IA.
cary NJ. Walter and wife to ]. B.
Fields, Sc, ,750, w u n e a, Is, p, IA.
The Inter State Land Company to Al
bert ". Knowles, $1,750, lots 13, Is, II.
Jackson street.
R. W. Bundy to JOS Firebaugh, 81, 500.
s Il 2. 13. Is.
Maggie Gandion and husband to L. NJ.
Thomas, $500, lots 215 Eighth avenue
east, Holidays addition, and 446 and s,
Lincoln street.
Mary J. Sullivan, guardian, to Maggie
Gandion, $685., lot 215 Eighth avenue
east.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
BOOM FOR VANCOUVER.
New York Capital Will Invest Two
Millions In 6 Dock System.

Vancouver B. c., Jan. PA repre-
sentative of the Vanderbilts of New
York has been in this city for three
weeks putting through large property
deal. He left today for San Francisco.
The deal is one whereby a large New
York syndicate viii become the owner
of two miles of Vancouver water front
and when completed viii include an
outlay of nearly $2,0O00O0. About 1000
acres is included in the deal Tt is pro-
the entire front of the property and
then lease it for manufacturing plants
of various kinds. About all the avail
able water front close to the city that is
lit for deep water Shipping is included
in the deal.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
in the development Of the Balza's river

Cases of so-called yellow fever at
OSrizaba have been carefully investigated
by the delegates of the board of health
of the state of Vera Cruz and they
port that the disease is not yellow fever
and that examination of the blood of the
people attacked with it demonstrates that
it is an acute form of malarial fever.
,,anea mere ~ nave aye been many new cases and
still enjoys its immunity from yellow
fever.
out new postage stamps fast enough to
supply the extraordinary demand, as cor
respondence is increasing on a par with
the business of the country.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
Couldn't Stand Examination.

Canajoharie, N Y, Jan. 26.-National
Bank Examiner Graham has been ex-
amining the Canajoharie National
Bank here this week and as result the
bank closed its doors today, pending
further investigation. It IS believed the
sumo business in q short time.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
MR.. BRYAN INSULTED.
Rhode Island Democrats Angered at
Brown College Authorities.

Providence, r. /, Jan. 26.-The execu-
tive committee of the Democratic state
committee of Rhode Island have voted
not to allow w. j. Bryan to address the
debating union of Brown university
The committee considers that Mr.
Bryan has been insulted by the circula-
tion of d report that the college author
tiles objected to his addressing the stu
dents on the ground that tt would in
jHre the chances of increasing the col
lege endowment.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
Rescued the Crew.

New York, Jan. 26.-The steamer
Lisbonese which arrived today from
Brazil ports rescued at sea Captain
Somerville and five seamen, the crew OF
the British schooner Allan A. ATcIntyre
which was abandoned in a waterlogged
condition on January %. The Allan A.
Mcintyre was bound from Pensaeola
for st. Croix, West Indies, and was re-
ported spoken on January 2T in lati-
tude 23.0S, long. 69.43, running under
bare poles in gale but she made no
signals.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
GREAT ALARM.
Twenty three Cases of Bubonic
RPlague in New Caledonia,

Victoria, B. c.. Jan. 26.-Mail advices
from Sydney announce twenty-three cases
of bubonic plague at Noumea, the capital
of New Caledonia, and special precaution
in all Australian colonies to guard against
its importation. Two steamers having
landed passengers from New Caledonia at
Sydney before the plague situation was
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
DINNER FOR Won HOLLEBEN
Chicago German Colonial Society
Honors the Baron.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Baron Won Holle-
ben, German ambassador to the United
States, was the guest of honor at a
dinner given by the Chicago section of
the Germer Colonial society at the
Hotel Bismarck today. The tables were
elaborate and served in German style.
The Colonial society is an organiza-
ton whose branches are spread all over
the world, it's membership being COM
posed of men interested in the welfare
of German colonial possessions.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
Danish steamer Wrecked.

London, Jan. 26.-The Danish steamer
Lavidia from Hamburg for Philadel-
phia ashore at Terscf elling has become
q total wreck The crew have been all
safely landed.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
Phelps GROWS Weakar

New Haven. Conn, Jan. 26.-The con-
dition of E. ]. Phelps, ex-minister to
England, was unchanged this morning
He is thought to be weaker, however.
and is very low.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26

'Tisn't safe to be day without DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the house.
Never can tell what moment an acci-
dent is going to happen.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
o the Ladies
With Small Feet.

We are closing out about 200 pairs
of fine Kid Shoes. In Wetts. Tennis
& McKays; worth from $3.50 to $500
Sizes from 21k to 4. Splendid house
shoes at the price. To clean up. $50
Largest line Of Infant Soft Sole
Shoes in Topeka. Most every color.
Csc quality Observation-Disclosures. 500