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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
KANSANS ARE WEALTHY
1858, 100000 in Bank-Owe Only Half
That Amount in Bonds.

Topeka, May 30.-While the people
of Kansas have 1863, 900, 900 cash in the
banks, and as much more in loose
change in their jeans, they only owe
1873, 632, 1874 in bonds. In other words
they have enough money on hands to
pay off the entire bonded Indebtedness
of every character in the state and
still have in the neighborhood Of $780,
600, 900 of cash left.
State Auditor George f. Cole has a
record of every state, county, town
ship, city and school district bond
issued in Kansas. No bond of
that character is good unless regis
tered with the auditor, and in this way
he is able to tell to the penny just how
much is outstanding. According to
his records the total bonded indebted
ness is, as stated above, 1913, 632, 1884.
This makes bonded indebtedness of
about 1913 per capita. The people have
nearly twice that amount of money in
the banks alone. 1t is this showing
that is bringing down the rate of in
terest on Kansas securities. The peo-
pie today could pay off by check every
cent of outstanding bonded indebted
ness and still have more money in the
banks than they had altogether during
Cleveland's last term.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
DAMAGE In THE SOUTH
Big Damage Did by Hail and Ram
Other Important News

Vicksburg, Miss, May 3l.-A wind
storm, which approached the proper
tions OF tornado, passed through the
southwestern section of Claiborne
county this morning, pro strating trees,
houses and everything else in its path.
So far only one fatality is reported
the 5-year-old daughter of Elijah
Copeland colored. The wind was
accompanied by heavy hail, and the
damage to crops will be great. The
rainfall at Vicksburg last night was
nearly four inches.
Dawson, Ca, May 31,-A terrific
wind and hail storm visited Dawson
at O'Clock this morning. The wind
played havoc in Negrotown, destroy
ing great many houses, including a
new church which has just been COM
pleted and leaving the large odd Eel
lows hall a mass of ruins. Crops in
this section are greatly damaged.
Meridian, Miss, May 3l-A terri hc
wind and hail storm passed over this
city and section last night. The Ala
bama Great Eastern railroad has ex-
perienced much trouble on account of
trees being blown across the tracks.
Houston, May 3l-A heavy rain and
hail storm covered wide area
this morning and great damage has
been done to all crops, especially to
fruit. A special from Longview says
hail was twenty inches deep in places
and much damage was done. A spe-
cial from Palentine says the damage
to property inside the city and to
crops in the surrounding country will
reach $500
Montgomery, Ala, May 3l.-Heavy
rain and hail storms passed over this
section of Alabama this morning,
doing great damage to growing crops,
In some places four inches of rain fell
in three hours.
Nashville, May 3l.-A special from
Bentonton says terrific hail storm
passed over Polk County last evening,
doing great damage to corn and cot
ton and completely wiping out the
wheat crop along the HIiwasso river.
The storm was the fercest near Wet
more, where the hail drifted u foot
deep.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
BIG RAILROAD SCHEME
Plan for Terminal lHarbor on Gulf
of California

Chicago, June ITO organize a
corporation for the purpose Of estab-
lshing near the northern end of the
Gulf of California gigantic railroad
and terminal and depot to provide
an outlet on the Pacific for the Den
yer & Rio Grande, the Chicago, Rock
Island Il Pacific, the Chicago, Mil
UA kee 81 st. Paul, the Mexican Gem
ira and Senator w. A. Clark roads,
men representing each of these cor
porations met at the Auditorium An
mex yesterday and spent several hours
in secret conference.
Among those present were National
Committeeman II. G. Kerens, of Mis-
souri,, representing Senator Clark $
interests; Roswell Miller, A. f. Still
we'll, A. A. Robinson, Volney w.
Foster and others. AS to the result
of the conclave which adjourned at a
late hour last night, all of the con-
ferees were reticent and number of
them headed by A. A. Robinson de-
parted Immediately for Boston, pre-
sumably for the purpose of enlisting
capital in the great enterprise, Bos-
ton being the home of many of the
heaviest stockholders of the roads
said to be party to the undertaking.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
CUBA IS
SURPRISED
Disappointed Because the
United States
Is not Sa tisfied with the O.
ceptance of the Platt
mendment
THOUGHT II SATISFACTORY
Was Adopted With that I'm
derstanding
Gen Wood in Conference
With the Radical Leaders
on the Question
THOUGHT II SATISFACTORY
Was Adopted With that I'm
derstanding

Havana May 31.-The decision of
the United States government not to
accept the Csban constitution as
adopted by the II vana convention
caused great surprise and keen dis
appointment to those members of the
convention who voted in favor of the
constitution as adopted. Two leading
Conservatives who were interviewed
tonight on the subject said in sub
stance that they had reason to sup
pose that the constitution would be
acceptable to Washington and that
otherwise they would not have voted
for the majority report as submitted.
They also pointed out shat in order to
avoid a possibility ofreiecton themai or
ity report had been changed at the last
moment by striking out the interpreta-
tion at the end of the clauses and put
ting these in the form Of resolution
by themselves, thus accepting the
Plat amendment as passed by Con-
gress.
at is true" said one of the Con-
servatives in question, that the com
mittee's interpretations ofthe explana-
tions OF the Teller resolution which
were offered by Governor General
Wood and Secretary Root, together
with the Washington commissions re-
port, were included with the Plat
amendment as an appendix to the con-
stitution, but when we voted on the
report it was with but one propose in
view, namely, to accept the Plat
amendment.
Both delegates expressed regret that
a misunderstanding had arisen, and
said they doubted that the convention
would now reconsider its action, as
the fight had been hot, the victory had
been won by only one vote and those
who had tried to do their duty toward
their country had been bitterly as
sailed as traitors and perjurers.
Senores Capote and Tamayo had a
long conference with General Wood
tonight.
General Wood in the course of a
brief interview, said:
81 never understood that the ex-
plantations OF Secretary Root would
be incorporated in the acceptance.
always considered that the convention
regarded these explanations as ex-
plantations merely, and that they would
not form part of the acceptance"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
TAE GUM CHEWING COW.


A farmer in Knox county, Me-, has
heen saying mean things about Rock
land shipmaster, and Opinion reports
a few. Quoth the farmer: "If / had
4 hired man that made such piece OF
work as he did about that COW of his,
I'd send him off!
"Why, he bought COW of man
down my way; good critter-nothin'
the matter with her. But it seems the
captains wife. one day, thought the
milk tasted funny, and suggested that
p'r'aps she'd been eatin' spruce
boughs; said the milk tasted like
spruce. And what does he do but go
out in the pasture to watch the cow,
to see what she did eat.
"The COW was lynn down, chewin'
her cud, and he went along and run
his finger in her mouth to see what she
was eatin'. Then he was mad. He put
a rope on the COW, and started off with
her.
"'Where are you goin' with the
cow? says a neighbor.
"'Goin' to take her back to the fell
Ter that sold her to me. He's cheated
me, and | won't stand it,
"The man wanted to know what was
the matter, and he went on to tell
about it. She wasn't eatin' boughs,
he says, she was chewing gum; that's
what's the matter with the milk and
makes it taste like spruce. And he
says, that amt all. She's so addicted
to the habit that she's worn all her
teeth out. She amt got an upper
tooth in her head. Back she goes,
quick!'
"Of course, the man told him that it
was all nonsense; that cows never had
no upper teeth. But he didn't believe
a word of it, and went on and had a
tarnal row with the man that sold him
the COW. Guess he was never satisfied
about IT,"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
MRS. NATION
STYLE
Kansas Indians Raid Joint and De-
strOY the LIQUOR.

Topeka, June 2-The Pottowatomie
Indians have somewhat revised the
Carrie Nation system of handling the
liquor question, and then adopted it.
Instead of raiding joint, smashing
the fixtures and pouring the liquor
into the streets, the Indians raid
Joint, terrorize the barkeeper aud dis
pose of the liquor by drinking it.
The first raid by the Pottawomies was
made at Mayetta one day last week.
Mayetta is a small town on the Rock
Island near the Pottowatomie reserva-
ton. is a trading point for the In
dams. A iointist has been doing
thriving business there selling liquor
to the redmen although it is peniten-
tiary offense to do so. The Nation
idea seized the Indians few days ago
and they organized a crusade. They
went to the joint and by nourishing
hatchets, clubs and revolvers, fright
ened.the bartender and ran him away.
Then they prodeeded to drink up
everything in the shop. They des-
troyed none of the fixtures-only the
liquor. They followed the theory
that the way to down the liquor traffic
was to down the liquor. The bar
tender came back to town after the
Indians had departed, but has not
swore out a warrant for any of them
and will not. The Indians have the
drop on him. If he make u move
against them they will have him ar
rested for violating the federal law by
selling liquor to Indians.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
NOW FOR OIL IN KANSAS.
Standard Company Buys Lands Along
the Smoky River.

Topeka, May 3l.-The Standard
Oil Company, evidently believes that
there /" oil along the Smoky river: in
Northwestern Kansas for within the
past two weeks one oil its agents has
purchased 10, 300 acres of land in Ellis,
Trego, Cove and Mitchell counties.
j. b. Eldredge, land agent of the
Union Pacific, sold the Standard
company 5000 acres last week. The
saAppany intends to drill for oil in
sNlilchell county at once. The machin-
cry has already been ordered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
TEXAS HAMLET BURNED
Every Business House in Jasper is
Destroyed.

Beaumont, Tex, June 2.-The lit
tie town of Jasper capital, of Jasper
county, was entirely wiped out today
by fire. Seventeen houses, including
every business house in the place and
number of residences, were destsoyed.
The town has no fire department.
Previous to the fire the postotiice safe
and the safe ofthe county treasure had
been blown up and robbed, The con-
clusion is that burglars blew open the
safes and then set fire to the town to
cover up their crime and create an eX-
citementwhich would afford them an
opportunity of escape.
The lossby fire is estimated at 1000, 900
1t could not be learned what the thieves
secured from the safes. The robbers
escaped,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
CANADIAN BISHOPS WALK.
The Good MAN Travelled 800 Miles
ON snowshOcs to Reach
Civilization.

Bishop Newman, of the diocese of
Muosouee, 1000 miles north OF Winni-
peg and directly west of Hudson bay,
arrived in Toronto few days ago after
a trip on snow shoes of 1900 miles,
which occupied upward of four months,
reports the New York Sun.
Leaving his see house, log struc-
ture 15X2O feet, shortly before Christ
mas, the bishop and his party of In
dams started for Toronto, pulling
their sleds after them. They travelled
at the rate OF 20 or 25 miles day,
often with the thermometer registe
ing from 20 to 40 degrees below zero,
and sleeping at night in great skin
bags, made with the hair turned inside.
Sometimes they woke in the morning
to find themselves buried under many
feet of light snow.
The bishop and his little party ar
rived here in splendid health. He had
received no news from home since the
close OF navigation last fall and only
few days ago on reaching the out
skirts of this province did he learn of
the death of Queen Victoria.
Bishop Newman came to this city
TO make an appeal on behalf of his do
cese and its work. Situated in an al
most barren country, peopled by few
thousand half-breeds, Esquimaux and
Indians, who subsist on hunting and
fishing, his people are badly in need Of
assistance. In some years when the
product of the gun and the net give out,
the Indians have been reduced to eat
ing dog flesh.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
NIAGARA FALLS POWER.
Lines Along Which II VIII lie Ex.
tended In Future Opera
tlOma.

a glance at the past development
of the Niagara Falls Bower company
indicates the lines along which it is
likely to grow in the future, saws
Casters Magazine. AS the manufac-
turing arts advance, the element of
power becomes more and more inn
portant, and cheap power, therefore,
more demanded. Electro-chemistry is
n new art and one which has great
possibilities ahead of it. The high
temperatures obtainable in electric
furnaces have opened up a new field
to chemical synthesis, and it is likely
that many as yet undiscovered proc
esses, which viii require large
amounts of electrical power for their
operation, will be brought to light.
The supply of power for electro
chemical purposes is especially de-
sirabe in water-power plant, where
large investment is necessary, for the
power used by these processes is
practically constant for "a hours of
the day, thus tending to reduce load
speaks" on the total station output.
The economical distance to which
power can be transmitted extends
every year as the general demand for
power increases and methods of
handling high yoltages improve, and
the electric equipment of steam rail-
way systems, w-ich is certain to
come in time, will open up a further
field for the long-distanee transmits
sion of large amounts of power from
o central plant.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
A FAWN AT HOME.
Ono of The Prcttirst and pIcnsnntess
sights in All the Wilder
ness,

One of the prettiest bits of animal
life we have seen portrayed for a long
time is in Mr.. William Davenport HUI
bert's article, "The Deer" in McClure's
Magazine. 1t is fawn which he is
describing:
"To see the baby promenading up
and down the shore, with his mother
looking on, was one of the prettiest
and pleasantest sights in all the
wilderness. The ground color of his
coat was bright bay red somewhat
like the summer dress which the doe
wore, but deeper and richer and hand
somer, and with pure white spots ar
ranged in irregular rows all along his
neck and back and sides. He was so
sleek and polished that he fairly
glistened in the sunshine, like a we'll
groomed horse; his great dark eyes
were brighter than a girls at her first
ball; and his ears were almost as big
as mules, and million times as
pretty. But best and most beautiful
of all was the marvellous life and grace
and spirit of every pose and notion
When he walked, his slender head and
neck were thrust forward at every
step with the daintiest gesture imag-
Unable, and his tiny pointed hoofa
touched the ground so lightly, and'
were away again so quickly, that you
hardly knew what they had done. IL
he was startled he would stamp his
fore foot on the Hard sand, and toss
his head in the air with an expression
that was not fear, but alertness, and
even defiance. And when he leaped and
ran-but there's no use in trying to de-
scribe that"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
BIGGER CROP THAN 1900
The Outlook After a Trip Through
Kansas Wheat Counties.

Abilene, Kansas, May 30.-A, l..
Barnes OF the state penitentiary is
here closing up tour of the state in
the interest of the Irvine plant. 81
have been all over the state except
north of here" said he, land the
wheat is excellent. Its fully 10 per
cent better than last year and unless
something happens between now and
harvest the great yield of last season
will be exceeded. The only bad wheat
l have found is in Mcpherson county
where considerable damage from fly is
reported, and in few fields in some
other counties OF Central Kansas, not,
however, enough to change the total
yield materially.
at took 10 million pound OF twine to
bind last seasons crop and 1t will re-
uuire II million pounds this year
The penitentiary has just adopted the
plan OF selling to dealers as well as to
farmers and il is working well. We
try to get a dealer inevery large town.
The Irvine plant last year produced
about 100, 600 pounds, but not all of it
was sold, owing to the plan OF selling
to the farmers exclusively. This year
with what is left over we will have 1t
million pounds to sell and indications
are that all OF it will be taken. The
Irvine dealers opposed to the peniten-
ii Try output are making "a hard fight,
but the results proving thatthe plants
saving TO the farmers Of thestate is un-
questionable, -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
WOULD KILL ALFONSO
Police Watching the Frontier for An
archists Bound for Madrid.

Barcelona, May 30.-The police are
keeping a vigilant watchupon THERON
tier and at the ports in order to Ell
ect!the capture of two Anarchists a
Sprniard and an Italian, who are be-
lieved to have landed at Madrid with
the intention of attempting to assassi-
nate the King. The conspiracy was
Matched in an Anarchist center in No.
nth America. All vessels from Marse-
lilies and Genoa are thoroughly scar
ched.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
WANTS THE CEMETERY.
Clarence Mackey win Convert it In
TO Golf Links.
~ sorippa- MeRAs Fresa AssosiAuoA.

New York June 3. -Clarence Mackey,
millionaire has made proposition
to II negro church for the removal of
their cemetery on his country home
grounds because it interferes with his
proposed golf links, Mackey offered
them new site, the removal of the
bodies, new headstones free also too
bury frOe OF cost all members of the
congregation who died within the
year. The negroes accepted,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07

The Paris telephone girl must noa
say "Hullo!' any more That is too
simple and easy, so the administra-
ton has given instructions that in
the future the "demoiselle du tele-
phone" must reply to those who ring
her up; I'm listening to YOU IL
she should be so forgetful as to pro-
nounce the banished dissyllable she
will be reprimanded and punished by
n fine
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
OIL BOOM AT NEVADA
Elk element Runs High in Vernon
County, Mo-,

County, Mo-,
Nevada Mo. May 30 Oil and gas ex-
element is at fever heatin, Vernon coun-
ty at present. 1t has long been kno-
wn that the county has oil, but in
Indignantly has never been determin
ned. Now, however, companies fro m
New York and California are taking
leases and those on the inside states
absolutely that a short time will wit
ness the greatest oil excitement thi
part of the country has ever known.
Wells all over the county, some of
them not over twenty feet deep, con-
tain much crude oil and aspothem.
One we'll in particular, which a farmer
drilled for water, is ninety feet deep,
but no water has been gotten out of
the we'll, it being filled with oil. The
experts here say they never saw indi-
cations so favorable, and prospecting
for development will begin at once
Eight thousand acres of land has al
ready been leased for this purpose
and half dozen teams from Nevada
go out every morning for more leases.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07

The mosquito is hereafter to be re-
garded as dangerous enemy of man
kind. The report Tor March shows
that the death rate in Havana was
26.2S, the lowest it has ever been since
1889. Surgeon Gorgas, the chief san
itary surgeon at that port, says the
great decrease in the death rate was
brought about by the war upon mos
quitoes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
COURT SAYS HANDS OFF
Injunction Against Strikers at Day
ton Made Perpetual.
,y scrlpps-McRas Press Association.

by scripps-McRas Press Association.
Dayton, Ohio, June Judge Kun
Ter today made perpetual the injunc-
ton asked by the Dayton manufacture
ing company against the striking
metal workers forbidding them to in
terfere in any way with the employees
of the plaintiff. The suit was caused
by indignities and violence offered
the men replacing the strikers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
stingIess Bees.

British naturalists, having discov-
cred stingless bees that make honey
in the island of .Montserrat, are try
ing to improve the breed with the
object of supplanting the binds OF
bees that have stings. -..-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
RE PAID TO SURRENDER
McAfthur is Making Liberal Offers to
the Fllipines.
BY scripps-McRas Press Association.

Washington, June besides Of
fering thirty dollars in>Mexican money
for every serviceable rifle surrendered
by the insurgents, Macarthur has also
ordered the release of one prisoner of
war with each. Before his release the
prisoner must take the oath of alleg-
lance. Thirteen hundred prisoners
are confined in Manila alone, Tropi-
pal diseases have broken out and the
death tate is alarming.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
Homnnd,s Young Queen.

An amicable arrangement is report
ed in Holland by which Wilhelmina
is queen and Duke Henry an obedient
subject two hours every day. The
rest of the time the queen is loyal
and obedient wife.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
SOLDIERS MOB SALOON
Six Hundred Of Them Resist til c
Police in Frisco.

Sac Francisco, June because a
soldier in the forty-siXth volunteers
was found unconscious from knockout
drops last night a mob of six hum
dred soldiers wrecked a saloon near
the Preside, and were stopped from
burning the place and lynching the
proprietor, only after battle with the
police and fire departments.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
CHINESE IN POWER.
Generals Will Turn over the Admin
istratiOn This Week.

nv 9rrlrps NrHss Prosa Ass0aInU"a'
Pekln, June BAT meeting OF the
generals OF the allied forces today it
was decided to transfer TO the cities
the administration OF the Chinese this
month. Special trains will run all
week taking troops TO Taku.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07
DEPEW'S MEN STRIKE.
Five Hundred Machinists Strike on
the New York Central.

by scripps- AcRSs PJess Association.
Buffalo, June Five Hundred of
the New York Central machinists
struck today in the Depew shops for q
wage increase OF ten per cent. The
company recently granted the men
a nine hour day. 1t is expected that
twelve hundred carpenters, painters
and blacksmiths will join the strikers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-07

For chop corn, corn and oats
and shorts and corn meal go to Clai-
borne's Mill. Phone 1876.