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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
DOODLE CASES ON TRIAL
GEORGE w. RAY MAKING A sTRENU-
Ous FIGHT IN SHELBY.
Wholesale Indictments for Vote-SelI-
ing in Spencer-Disfranch ise ments
i'm Neutrality-suspicious.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Jan. 2S.--The trial
of George NJ. Ray, charged with conspir-
acy, with the county commissioners, in de-
frauding the county in printing bill,
was called before Judge kirkpatrick this
afternoon. The courtroom was crowded
to suffocation with residents of all parts
of the county and many from surround
ing counties. The defendant requested per-
mission TO be present at the drawing of
the special venire of seventy-five. which was
granted. The State. through its attorneys,
demanded the production of the contract
on which the alleged illegal printing had
been done, Ray having set out in his
answer that the work was done on a
contract Court withheld decision until
later.
The defendant offered plea in abate-
ment alleging that the indictment and
clerks record of indictments had been al
tered and that the indictment presented
was not the one returned by the grand
jury. 1t alleges that the word "a had
been erased in a number of the counts and
the word said inserted. The State said
it was willing to prove that the erasures in
the indictment were made in the suryroom
before they were returned in court and that
the erasures in the record were by error
of the clerk in copying Defendants at
torney contended that any alteration,
whether material or immaterial, would
vitiate the indictment. The court withheld
decision until authorities were presented.
Prosecutor Blair Is assisted by John s.
Duncan, of Indianapolis. and Rays at
torneys are Wray and Campbell, of this
city, Frank Burke of indianapolis, and T.
r. Marshall, of Hartford City.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
Secured a womnn's Money and Fled.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 2S.-Fred Bon
ness, who came here three months ago and
opened a meat and provision market, was
arrested to-day on request of the Kanka-
kee, ILL.,, police on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. He was
taken to Kankakee tonight. 1t is charged
that Bonness married a Chicago widow and
secured the $500 which she received from
the Foresters as insurance on her first
husbands life, and that he then deserted
her and her three children, coming to
South Bend and embarking in business with
her money.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08

curiew would eifectually stop this
nuisance.
| would recommend further that
on the approach of Halloween several
hundred private police be sworn in
free of cost to the city and it can be
done, to keep vigil over the property
and interests of the city. And If our
law makers are dead to all appeals
for protection and will do nothing to
guard the citizens against the young
vandals, then | would recommend as
last and desperate resort that we arm
ourselves with shot guns and load
lightly with very fine shot and shoot
low so as not to kill but give the
young rascals chance to pick shot
out Of their worthless hides. Some
thing must be done. Something will
be done. SUBSCRIBER.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
Hustling for Business.

Every man who works has firm
conviction that he has discovered
1.-THE only genuine strenuous life" My
even the railroad people think that OF
themselves. Listen
One of thelocal agents told REGIS
TER reporter the other day how he
and thegeneral passenger agent "hus-
tied" for business once. An lola wo-
man had written asking about trans
portation to Battle Creek, Michigan.
The passenger agent came to town and
with the local agent they hurried to
ilo address. There they learned that
tAo Lady was.dead and buried. Now
that agent thought that when road
tried to supply transportation to their
desired destination to dead people it
certainly was hustler.
A scollingibystander was at hand of
course and had to break in. "I'll bet
| know how THAT happened" he
drawled. THAT woman was probably
not~very strong when she was a girl
ana wanted to 90 to the Battle Creek
sanitarium. Along in middle life she
died from that old trouble and the
railroad people got around to her re-
quest about week after her funeral. "
But the agent swears it was not
Tins
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
All Tired Out
Hundreds More in lola in the
Same Plight,

Tired all the time,
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches-side aches,
All on account of the kidneys.
Must help them at their work.
An lola citizen shows you how;
Mrs. w. II. Williams, of AIS north
Cottonwood street, says: "Some three
months ago very severe pain seated
itself in the small of my back and for
three or four weeks / sometimes suf.
fered eXcruciatingly. Il could scarcely
attend to my household duties owing
to it when | went to G. b. Spencer q
Co. S drug store for Doan's Kidney
Pills. They helped me from the first,
A continuation brought greater re-
lief and when l had completed the
treatment backache ceased. Doan S
Kidney Pills can be relied upon.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents box. Foster M.lburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan' s--and
take no other.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08

AS Bud Gill oprru,ru uu -e,u.l
lola people ais, madr tins hi, home
for u while, ana wuocu q Lu no was
living here, the iuiluWtun ir..m the Ft.
Scott Monitor ought % be Ul local IA
terest:
The preliminary hearing Of Bud
Gillette, the professional toot racer
who is charged, together win Burb-
foot Boatright, o. G. 5tau>burA, II.
f.. Ellis and Banker J p. stewart,
with swindling JDnash ~ Davis OUT uf
81 Q00 vas held la Margrave's court
today and the defendant bound over
to the district court in the sum of 50, e
900. Gillette is now trying to get
bond.
Mr.. Davis, the victim, was kept on
the stand for two hours or more, close
y examined on both sides. even TO
minute details. According to his tes-
timony the Buck Foot gang is one of
the most thoroughly organized gangs
that ever operated ia this part of the
country. II disclosed we'll arrank ed
plan aud deliberately laid plot -
swinde Mr.. Davis of s., 600 by making
him believe the "Other man" was to
be sucker and that he was to receive
25 per cent of the winnings, which was
to be $1,000. The story of the com
plainant is one Of the mostremarkable
ever brought out in a trial The way
it was executed at the start was simple
and innocent like and would have
deceived the most sophistiC ated, but the
finishing touches, when the alleged
swindlers got the politicians $1,000
was coarse.
AS told by Jonathan before thegang
got through with him he had enough
confidence in Gillette to bet his clothes.
He was burning with enthusiasm and
in addition to the s., 900 the populist
farmer bet his watch, revolver and
every cent of loose change, and he
lost it all. When they got through
with him he was thoroughly cleaned.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08

from appearance are hardly fourteen
years Of age, are tramping the streets
at these late hours. III there is not
now an ordinance covering or regu-
lating this matter, let our city council
pass one us soon as possible, com
pelling boys and girls OF tender age
to leave the streets at s o clock in the
winter time and o O'Clock in the sum
mer, or show proper credentials from
their parents or guardians allowing
them to keep late hours, And if they
cannot do this order the police to lock
them up. A few doses of this kind of
medicine would work wonders in this
direction. | know whereof speak. The
curfew law was administered for years
in this town in the late SOS and early
90s and did good. Since we have the
electric lights children OF both sexes
from six To sixteen years of age con-
gregate on some of the lighted street
corners and romp and yell and play
and use cuss words until nearly mid
night and keep nervous people from
sleeping for hours and hours. The
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
A Valuable Cancelled Stamp.

The stamp fieod who makes it his
business to collect rare stamps often
values stamps that DO not appeal to
the ordinary citizen, but there is one
stamp collector in lola who has a
rare-most exceedingly rare stamp
that most anyone would like to own.
IL is cancelled telegram frank and
across it are written the initials of
William Mckinley. Roy Stover owns
il.
Roy has been coilecJing stamps for
several years and having heard Of
the telegraph frank sought one. but
in vain. One day his,father, then in
Topeka, inquired at the Western
Union Office for one and was told that
they We're not to )e behud. The franks
are issued in coupon books and one
owning such book can write Il mes
sage, paste on Il stamp, write his in
itials and send free Iftheoperator
removes the frank ne must pay for the
message. The cancelled franks 90 to
and while the franks are sometimes
found in collections. cancelled ones
are very rare. a few days after his
first request, Mr.. Stover met one of
the officials Of the Western Union
Company and asked him for one. hut
go the same reply. Ther the geurle-
man suddenly dived in h., pocket ~
have one here, " he said "but if your
boy is collecting them hewill probably
take better care of it:thaniI can"
The stamp was placed on a telegram
sent by William Mckinley in lS0i to
his wife at Canton, @. Across it ap-
pears his initials "W M" This Off
eial happened in the office when /, was
sent, removed the stamp and paid for
the message out Of his own pocket.
Today Roy owns il aud it is priced
very highly.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
FUNSTON COMING HOME
Reported That He Will Accept the
Lay Off to Which His Strenuous
Labor Entitles Him

Monday evenings Kansas City Star
is authority for the statement that
General Fred Funston will probably
come home this fall. OF course that
means he will come to lola and it may
mean that Burton Mitchell will also
make visit here. Everybody hopes
hey will come. The Star says SIT is
reported from an unofficial source
that General Fred Funston will shortly
apply for leave of absence from the
Philippines to visit the United States
General Fred ID. Grant will likely sue
ceed Funston ia command of the San
Fernando district.
1t is reported that Funston is rap
idly recovering from the operation
performed at the First Reserve hospi-
tai in Manila in September, for APP
pendicitis.
Funston has had more actice SER
vice than has fallen to the lot of any
ofthe officers o; the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, unless it be General Lloyd
Wheaton. Funston was mustered into
the service in April, 1898, as colonel
Cf the Twentieth Kansas. Following
a month or two OF detached duty upon
the staff of General Miller at Tampa,
he returned to- his regiment at San
Francisco. He remained with the regi-
ment until his promotion to brigadier
general, relinquishing command of a
brigade when the Kansas regiment
was ordered home in September, 1899
He accepted the offer of the War De-
partment to remain in the service and
sailed for Philippines in the first week
in November. His capture of Aguin-
aldo earned and secured him a com
mission as brigadier general in the
regular army after the order of his
muster out of the volunteer service
had been issued. Thus it will be seen
that Funston has had active and
strenuous service since May, 1898, ex-
cepttnine weeks in the fall OF 1890.
Aldo Funston, brother OF 1.-The Cen
eral, was asked about the report by "A
REGISTER reporter and said that
while the family had not been informed
by Fred OF any such intended action.
they all expected uat he would come
home, because he had been in the
islands a long time and needed the
change.
And r. S. St0ver declared when
told the news that il is his belief that
that when Fred does come home he
will be wanted ia Washington, of
course. And when that boy goes
across this country he will receive an
ovation from coast to coast that was
never equalled ia these United States
unless by General Grant and William
Mckinley" AaG General Fred Fuus.
ton deserves good rouud OF cheers
for what he has done TO end the war
and save the lives al American sold
iers and cut down the expense of the
war. lola certainly has her whuop
ready.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
JAS. IL. FARRELL, A PROMINENT
CHICAGO MAN.
And the Oldest Member of the Illinois
House of Representatives Makes


Recommendation.
James II. Farrell OF Chicago is one
of the best known figures in the Dem
ocratic politics OF that city. For
years he has been Marshal of the fam.
Gus Cook County Democracy March
ing Club, which has participated in
Democratic campaigns in half the
states of the union, and which went to
New York especially to assist in the
election of Mayor Van Wyck.
Capt. Farrell is the Oldest member
of the Illinois House of Representa-
tives in point of service, having been
member continuously since 1887.
His constituents have elected him eight
times. He has been leader in that
body from the beginning of his career
and is one Of the best known figures
in Illinois politics.
Capt. Farrell is 80 years of age and
one ofsthe best preserved men for his
years in the Illinois Legislature, de-
spite his arduouS and constant duties
in that body. Mr.. Farrell is engaged
in the real estate business in Chicago.
Under date of March II, 1901, he writes
as follows;
Springfield, III.
PEPSIN SYRUP Co., MOntict llo, III.
Manufacturers DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin.
GENTLEMEN: | nave found after a
thorough trial that your Syrup Pep
sin is a most excellent and successful
remedy for Dyspepsia Billousness
and Sick Headache. 1t is most efrec-
tive and pleasing in all cases of this
nature, and it is with pleasure | rec
ommend it to others.
Respectfully Yours,
JAS. II. FARRELL.
DR.. 'Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and
Herb Laxative Compound is guaran-
teed to cure all forms of stomach trou-
BILE. biliousness, sick headache, indi-
gestion and constipation. Not an ir-
ritant but corrective. Sold in SOC
and 81 bottles by Kline & Son, Nor
an and Chas. d. Spencer, lola.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
Street Line Delayed.

The track of the electric railway is
now comp pleted with the exception OF
laying the rails over the bridges.
from lola to LaHarpe, 1t will require
but day or two to finish this part OF
the work and lay the extension from
lola to the river, The boilers are at
the power house and the foundations
ready for them and for the engine, but
neither the engine nor the trolley wire
has shown up, although shipped some
time ago. So the plant is delayed by
this fact. The material ought to be in
any day and If it comes soon possibly
Mr.. Crouch can make good his plan to
start the cars on the 20th.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
Very Quiet, for Election.

The only voting in town Tuesday
was done by voters of lola township
who balloted at the court house for
township officers. The men at the polls
predicted II light vote and little in.
terests.
The main interest lay in the proba-
bility of there being an unusually
large number of defective ballots. The
law is strict on the subject and an
erasure or any marks that makes the
purpose of the voter doubtful spoils
the ballot. The chief source of danger
lay in the form ofthe ballot. In addi
tion to the usual spaces the names of
road overseers were printed. Then
ut the top of the Republican ticket
was circle in which one cross mark
voted the ticket straight. Similar
circles would have adorned the other
tickets had there been party nomina-
tions. A voter might vote the Repub-
lican ticket straight and then scratch
off the names of the candidates for
road overseer in the other districts
but in the Republican column. Thus
he would vote only for the men he
wished to but the marks would ruin
the ballot.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
HELP The MAIL CARRIERS.
And by 80 Doing YOu Will Help
Yourselves TO n Better Mail
Service.

lola people have had free delivery
long enough now to fully appreciate
its advantages. They wonder how
they got along without it. But there
are some defects in the system yet
There is too much work to do for the
amount of help allowed As u conse-
quence some patrons have to wait for
their mail longer than they should.
The rules of the Department are
strict as to the amount of time which
the carriers may work. When their
time is up they must return to the
office with all undeivered mail This
means extra work the next day.
1t will probably be some time before
another carrier will be allowed to re-
lieve the pressure but there is one way
in which it can be done and it is easy,
too. All the plan needs ,to make it
successful is the cooperation of every
patron on the routes. The carriers
average about four hundred calls u
day. The boy have been doing a
little mathematical work and have
found that if they only havel to wait
one.f0urth of minute at each place
they lose an hour and a half a day.
Now that is a mighty liberal estimate
of the time they are kept waiting lmost
places but the hour and a half lost is
enough to make the difference between
a perfectly satisfactory service with
every patron visited every delivery
and the service as it necessarily is
now.
The law provides that the carrier
must wait for some one to come for
the mail every place where there is 20
receptacle for it or else it must be re-
turned to the Office and held for the
next delivery. II every one would get
mail-box of some kind and fix up so
the mail could be deposited without
any delay the problem would be
solved. Instead of standing on the
porch waiting for you to get your
hands out of the dough or dishwater
or throw down the paper your are
reading and get to the door ,he would
be two or three houses down the street
placing the mail in the boxes as he
went. And while he is blowing his
whistle and assuring himself that you
are not at home he could he half a
block farther along on his route
Things are bad enough now but just
wait till bad weather makes travelling
more difficult and he starts with load
of Christmas presents. Unless a con-
certed effort is made to remedy this
after when the holiday rush comes
on the delays will be something fright
full. For that is the time when car
rier's troubles really begin. 1t is par.
adise now compared with what it will
be then.
So if you want to help the boys and
above all things if you want to help
yourselves get box. 1t needn't be "A
fancy one. 1t don't have To he made
of boiler plate steel. a wooden one
that you can make yourself if properly
padlocked will answer But for the
sake of every Iother house on your
route get box.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
DanceFgSa5saSSrq SqTs SiedGSa' G5SGiaS g. y
TIE BOYS WENT TOO FAR
One lola Man Declares That They
Were Malicious and Urges
Enforcement of Curfew
Ordinance.
10 THE REGISTER:

/ IO lElN,
A few observations through the
columns of your great religious Daily
under the.above caption may not at
this time be inappropriate in as much
as your paper is, or ought to be, u
conservator of the rights of the good
citizens of this community and town,
fer the upbuilding and uplifting of
which you have done so much.
My main object in writing this arti-
Gle is to call attention to some acts of
vandalism committed Halloween night
when the destruction of property was
simply internal, and should not be
allowed to pass unnOticed. And the
perpetrators ought if possible be
brought to justice, and be taught that
fun is one thing aud the wanton
destruction of property quite an
other.
Just here desire to remark that al
though the returns are not quite all in
yet, at a low estimate on damage done
all over town is estimated at from one
TO two thousand dollars. The boys or
young men who will take ladies
carriage or buggy and break on the
shafts and top and damage it to the
extent of at least twenty dollars or
more, or will go to the residence of a
poor widow seventy five years of age,
and deliberately break up and smash
and destroy her privy so as to entail
a loss of perhaps from six to ten dol
lars upon her, and also break down
fences, carry away plows and remove
and hide away wagon ends, gates.
double trees, neck yokes, nuts of the
aXles and even take away wheels and
thus keep men from their work for
part or all Of the following day, also
securely stretch wires across the side
walks in such way that tired work
ing men returning from their arduous
labors at the various works in and
around town are thrown heavily upon
the hard walks and their meal buckets
and dishes and spoons and cups scat
tered around in the dark and they
hurt not little; or erect u scarecrow
in the middle of the road and cause /.
runaway and thereby several narrow
escune of life and limb, all of which
and more really occurred in the yea
of our Lord, 1901, in lola, Kansas,
am constrained to say that such
young men and boys ought to be
looked after and cared for before they
do still worse things.
This is evidently one step, perhaps a
mild one, in the direction of anarchy.
What shall the remedy be?
First, by all means institute thecur-
few and rigidly enforce it. BY way
of u little depression, permit me to say
that my business often detains me un-
til IL and II o'clock p. M, and indeed
sometimes l a. m, and frequently at
that unreasonable hour when all chill
dren ought to be enjoying the repose
which nature designed they should /
see boys from twelve to fifteen years
of age lettering around, and with deep
humility | am compelled to say that
sometimes young girls, who Judging
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
Tint Throhhing Headache

Would quickly relieve you, if you
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for Sick and
Nervous Headaches. They make pure
blood and build up your he alth. Only
25c Money back IL not cured. Sold
by Evans Bros.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08

To Cure Cold in one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia b.
let's. All druggists refund the money
il it fails TO cure. Il. W. Grove
signature is on each box. Poe.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-06-20
Fossil Specimen.

+. +. Croker has in his possession a
fine specimen of fossil, which is held
by some people to be that of snake,
possibly rattler. 1t was found among
lot of stone in the rear OF THE HERALD
Office, where it had been washed no
doubt by the river when it was deposit
ing the great amount OF flood detrius in
this valley. The specimen has consid-
cradle value attached to it from a geo.
logical point of view and nodoubt would
be priced by the modern Psychologist.
As to whether it is snake fossil there
is considerable doubt, for fossil snakes
are not found in the form it presents.
II anything, it is marine animal Of the
order molluska and belongs to the age
that contributed the wonderful fossil
beds Of the John Day country in Oregon.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-06-20

ENTHUSIASTICALLY men and wo-
men to travel and advertise for old es-
tablished house OF solid and financial
standing. Salary $3.50 year and ex-
penses all payable in cash. No canvas
sing required. Give references and en-
close self-addressed stamped envelope.
Address Manager, 355 Caxton Bldg,
Chicago. 1S-16-t
Ascum-What are you so down upon
the English for?
Cassidy-Why shouldn't l? Look at
the stories they do be tellin' about thin.
Ascum-Yes, but they tell stories
about the Irish, too, which you say are
lies.
Cassidy-Aye but all the lies they
tell about the English are true.
Cycling has its ups and downs. After
the downs use BANNER SALVE if you
are cut or bruised. 1t heals the hurt
quickly. Take no substitutes. North
Yakima Drug Store.
Head of Firm-I can't have you ar
irving so late in the morning, sir.
Where do you live?
New Clerk-At Lawnville, close to
the city.
Head of Firm-Um! l see. Well,
move farther away and come in on an
express train.
Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the Who'll, sur
face over which ii diffuses itself. Druggists
sell the 500. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
Announcement.
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal tr0u-
bles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube 10 Is cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form embodies the med
idnal properties Of the solid preparation.