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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
SUB STATIONS POPULAR.
Uncle sam Sells Many Stamps Mt
Branch Offices.

The -postoffice stations through
out the city are being well patronized
and have proven popular with Uncle
Sans customers in Savannah. Post
master Doyle says that the sale Of
stamps at the stations averages $5s1s
a day. which includes Sundays.
To show the popularity of the sta
tlons Postmaster Doyle has given out
the following figures showing the
amount of stamps sold at each of the
six stations during the past seventy
six DAYS:
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

-Jack-"Tve resolved TO give up
drinking and betting and all that sort
Of thing" Tom-"Oh. you'll never
keep that resolution" Jack--Ill bet
you the drinks / do. "-olasgow Even
ing Times
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

ters were drawn up in the early part
of last week, and a gentleman who
knew of the matter and has since seen
the commissioner has told him what
to expect.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
IN NEW QUARTERS.

VI. Ferst's Sons a Coz NO" "t i""f
New West broad street Home
From the standpoint Of convenience,
economy and safety, the Central OF
Georgia Railways large warehouses
which have just been finished for oe-
cupancy. are probably Inferior 20 none
other IN the country. N. Fersfs Sons
g. co. have just moved into the large
warehouse on West Broad street al
Joining the Centrars passenger station
10 company win Mr. Joseph fersL SCI
Nor member Of the hru, q Morning
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
Mems Wear.

Representative bargains for men eco
nomically inclined
Mems 4-ply collars, in latest stand
ing and turn-down shapes, fresh, clean
goods. elsewhere 121zc; very spe- 81
cial price ...... .... ...s
Mems Laundered colored Shirts,
splendid patterns, marked down AQc
especially for this sale to..........
Men Unlaundered Colored Shirts,
open front and back, excellent The
styles observation-disclosures.
Mems White Laundered Shirts,
made of New York mills muslin, dou
BILE back and front, linen bosom A2c
and bands OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
Stationery Bargains.

1000 boxes Paper. assorted. ruled or
plain fancy boxes. High grade n,
stock at and. ..................lO W
500 lbs. French Crepon Note Paper,
different tints, pound packages / Or
ENVELOPES TO MATCH; 25 &C
ENVELOPES. three sizes, rs in 0c
package; per package. .........A w
Fancy Stationery, Note and Letter
size, all different new tints at 300 or
DO Sers & ruled = nS or plain. Per box So 25C
%, 90 ana ................-
CARRIERS Black Letter Ink, 3 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
ARE FEWER CHINAMEN
Census Shows Great Decrease in Num-
bers in the United States.

Washington, July lS-A prelimin-
airy statement of the Chinese popula-
tion, derived from the returns Of the
twelfth census, was issued by Director
Merriam today, 1t shows that there
are approximately $1,000 Chinese in
the United States proper, as against
l07, 475 in 1890.
About 67,7OO of 70 per cent, are con-
tanned in the western division of
states and territories, as against 96, e.
S44, or 80 per cent in 1890
There we're 2,472 Chinese in Cali
fornia alone in 1900, but this mum Der
has been reduced in 1900 to As,
1853.
There has been loss since 1890 Of
about %, 100 Chinese in the western
division of states and territories out
side the westernIdivision showing as u
whole, "a gain since 1890 of about IL, =
500 Chinese.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
RETAIN HAVANA'S MORRO
American Guns and, Soldiers to Remain
in the HarbOr Fort.

Washington, July 19-In additionto
the other bases Of supplies demanded in
the Plat amendment it is the intention
of the administration to retain perma-
nently Moro castle, overlooking the
harbor of Havana. 1t is the intention
to occupy, control and defend the
stronghold with United States troops
after the government of the island has
been turned over to the Cubans. The
plan is to equip the for,ress with
modern artillery in order that Cuba
may be assisted in defending herself
against the outside interference, and
also that the United States may thus
have guarantee against failure on the
part Of the Cuban government to
carry out its pledges and the terms of
treaty now in course of preparation
as between this country and Cuba.
Under this treaty the retention of the
court is provided.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
STOP EXPRESS SALES
Attorney General Commands Com
panies to Quit Selling Beer.

Topeka, Kansas, July lS-Numerous
complaints have been received by A.
A. GODDARD, Attorney General, relative
to the practice of express companies
of shipping Intoxicating liquors to
towns in the State and permitting their
agents to deliver the packages to any
person who cares to pay the charges.
The scheme, it is said is one in
volved by the Wholesale liquor dealers
Of Kansas City to evade the prohibit
tory law.
The packages are shipped G. o. d..
TO the different towns in the State, and
are consigned in care of the local
agent. being marked either with num-
bers or letters of the alphabet. If
anyone in town wants to secure case
of beer or some whiskey all he has to
do is TO go to the express Office and
call for package Y. y. h., or some
thing Of the sort, pay the express
charges upon it and take it away with
him.
Mr.. GODDARD has called the matter to
the attention of the express companies,
notifying them that, unless the prac-
tice is stopped, proceedings will be
commenced against the local agents
for violating the prohibitory liquor
law
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
PREPARING FOR VOYAGE
Shamrock ii. Was lowed to GourOck
Yesterday.

Glasgow, July lS.-The Shamrock
IL. left the dock this morning. Her
racing spars have been removed,
Although the yacht was docked but a
very short time ago, she was found
again to be very foul. Her plates are
badly pitted, the metal apparently not
standing the action of the seawater as
that used in plates of the Shamrock /.
The challenger was towed this after
noon to Gonrock, where she will re-ship
the same jury rig for her trans-Atlan-
tic voyage that was used by the former
challenger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
AGAINST DIR. BURFIELD
Kansas Attorney Generals Office Up
holds State Board

Tapeka, July 10-Assistant Attor-
ney Generals Hamilton and West to-
day rendered an opinion on the validi-
ty of the new medical law. and the
powers of the State board of medical
examination and registration, in
which they held that the board has
power to refuse to register applicants
who refuse to present their diplomas
for examination. The question of the
power vested in the board came up
over the refusal OF DR.. f. Burield,
head OF the State Physio- Medico So
ciety, Of Kansas City, Kansas, to pre-
sent his diploma for examination.
DR.. Burfeld also refused to furnish
satisfactory proof that he has been
practiciDg medicine in the State for
seven years and the board refused to
issue certificate permitting him to
contine to practice medicine.
1t is probable that DR.. Burfeld will
commence mandamus proceeding in
the supreme court Immediately to com
pei the board to issue a certificate to
him. The case will result in a
thorough test Of the validity of the
law. In the decision rendered today
IL is held that the practice of medicine
is not vested right to be protected
by the constitution, but privilege
granted by the state, and that this
privilege can be governed by rules as
arbitrary as the state may choose to
make them. 1t is held that the board
acted correctly in refusing to issue a
certificate to DR.. Burtield.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
MINISTER BUYS WHISKY
Jointist Nearly Expired When He
Found Who Customer Was.

Fort Scott, Kas., July 19,-Rev. j.
II. Price, presiding elder of the Meth
odist church in this district, walked
into "a saloon in this city late last
night and purchased pint bottle of
whiskey and quart bottle of beer.
The minister calmly walked of with
the liquor, and when the bartender
learned the name of the purchaser he
almost expired, for Rev. Mr.. Price is
Il leading member Of the Civic Purity
League, which is making red hot
fight on the saloons, and he undoubt-
eddy is in possession of indisputable
evidence as to the guilt OF the fellow
who sold him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26

eminent lottery for homestead He
stopped at Guthrie and took out his
first papers, and came here to-day and
registered. He said there was no
chance for poor man to get land in
England now, and he decided to come
to America and get home II possible.
The man with the pull don't get
any more favors out of Governor
Richards than the humblest and poor
est .homeseekers. The other night a
dapper young man went to the gov
ernor's office. 81 have some letters
OF Introduction to you," said he.
"Well, | don't care to see them; what
do you want?' said the governor.
"Six of thom are from United States
senator's and congressman, put in
the young man. "We,l young man,
l won't lay anything up against you
on that account" responded the gov
ernor. "Tell me what you want" 81
want TO register" "Well get ont to-
morrow and get in line and take your
chances" was all the satisfaction the
governor would give him.
Adolph Waroff, claiming to be n
Boer from South Africa, came in to-
night on the Choctaw TO register to
morrow. He says he fought for his
country untilcaptured, and that he was
paroled upon condition that he would
not take up arms against the British
again. 1--WE have been robbed of our
country" said he in broken English,
land | decided to come to America
and get home" He is u single man
about 40 years of age. lie says he
landed at New Orleans and took out
his first naturalization papers in
Louisiana, He heard of the free
homes in the new country and came
here to try and get one. He thinks
many Beers will immigrate to this
country before long. There is moth
ing left for us in South Africa" said
| he mournfully.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
WE MAY SEND DEWEY.
Navy Considering Question Of Repre-
sentatiOn at Kings Coronation.

Navy Considering Question of Repre-
sentatiOn at Kings Coronation.
Washington, July l9.-The sugges-
ton was made today by a rear adj
miral in high standing that Admiral
Dewey should be given command of u
large squadron, comprising the best
types of our new ships, to be present
at thecoronation of King Edward VII.
The navy department has not thus far
taken up the question of naval repre-
sentation at this event, but the sug-
gestion concerning Admiral Dewey
and large squadron of fine ships
meets with general approval among
high naval officials. The ships re-
Gently ordered to the European station
arenot considered fair representatives
of our new navy, the Albany being a
foreign-built ship, the Chicago. one
of the early products of the new navy,
and the Nashville, a comparatively
small gunboat. II is expected that
the naval pageant at the time of the
coronation will bring together some
of the finest ships possessed by
European countries and for that rea-
son it is urged that the United States
should be represented by some of its
best ships under Admiral Dewey,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
DROUTH BROKEN

FL Reno 0. r., July lS.-The long
continued drouth in this section was
broken today by a downpour OF rain
lasting an hour or more. 1t was
quite general over the new country
and portion of the western section
of original Oklahoma. 1t was the
first rain for two months and was
godsend to thecOuntry. Homes eekers
who have been roaming overthe dusty
trails in the new country for the past
week are delighted
The storm did not interfere with
registration here. Homeseekers stood
out in line at the various booths
through it all, waitingto be registered.
At FL Reno the registration aggre-
gated 1868, of which number $50 were
old soldiers agents. This has only
been surpassed one day. That was
Monday, when 10, 976 were registered.
At Fort Sill today 1000 were regis
tered, making the total registration
so. 1856 Governor Richards estimated
a week ago that no more than $4,000
would register before July 26, the
closing day. Governor Richards says
the big rush is now over and that the
number will gradually decrease from
day to day until the registration
closes. Old soldiers agents are show
ing up in great numbers now and the
governor will have to establish more
booths to accommodates that class of APP.
plicants.
MAY SELL AN EQUITY.
Guthrie, O. T., July 10. One of the
problems arising out of the change in
the manner of opening lands TO settle
ment inaugurated in the Kiowa coun-
try is that in relation to relinquish-
ments of claims. Some alleged au-
thorities have given out statements
about the matter that were not clear,
and some newspapers and attorneys
have announced the following opinion:
''If you draw claim you will have
to file on it," and "if you file on a
claim you have to live on it,.
The facts are that, while you cannot
sell your chance or the preference
right to file acquired by being lucky
in the draw, you can sell your relin-
punishment in the same manner that
suca transfers have always been me, ad
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
A CHICAGO BOY WINS
Breaks the Record on Trips Around
the World.

ny serlpps-McRae PRESS Association.
Chicago, July 20.-Charles Cecil
Fitzmorris, the Chicago school boy
who made trip around the world in
behalf of Chicago in the America n
competition between representatives of
the New York journal, San Francisco
Examiner, one Montreal and two
Paris newspapers arrived home here
this morning, the winner and record
breaker. He made the trip in sixty
days and thirteen hours. The best
previous is sixty-three days. The
boys entry into the city was spectacu-
lar and witnessed by la e crowd.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
FLockING FROM TEXAS.
nnr- MoRae Presr Assoola DON.

BY Scrlpps McRae Presa Association.
Ft Worth, July 22.-All trains are
behind for FL Reno this morning and
are loaded to the guards with home
seekers. 1t is expected this weeks
crowds will be the largest yet.
DIDN'T LIKE ELlRENo.
ey scrpns- McRae Press Absorption
Kansas City, July %. Alex Hen
derson assistant chief of the fire de-
partment returned from FL Reno this
morning and said he would not stay
there three days for one hundred dol
lars a day. The water supply is in
sufficient and no one can eat square
meal. One gambler told him he was
making five hundred dollars n day
and the saloons said they would clear
twenty-five thousand dollars. Hun
dreds of women sleep on the ground of
nights.
FL Reno, O. T., July 20.- When the
registration booths closed at o'clock
this evening, l02, 27l persons had reg
istered, Today 1897 registered at FL
Reno and 1,677 at Lawton, total: Ell
Reno, 1892; Lawton, 23,770
Five days yet remain for registra-
ton. The booths. will not be open
Sunday.
All "sure thing games are prohib
tied from operating on SUNDAY. The
lemonade and lunch vendors, however
did bu siness as usual.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26

Fort sill, Oklahoma, July 18.-The
efforts to register the applicants
from Texas, Arkansas ana the Chicka-
saw nation have brought to light a
new form OF illiteracy none of the no.
taries and none of the governors
clerks ever heard of before. The man
who can write his name and can't spell
it is legion on this reservation now.
His given names and his surname are
equally a puzzle to him. Perhaps he
initials; II so, he insists upon signing
them and is willing to swear that he
doee not know what the full given
names are. If his name is Johnson
he spells it at the notaries' ldesk with
an "h" and leaves 1t out when he en-
ters the registration booth. Not in
frequently he makes his mark ut the
notaries' desk and signs his own name
in rude fashion in the governors Of
fee. The number of people who can
not sign their own names who have
appeared within the last two days, &C.
cording to the estimates of the notar-
les, is 25 per cent of the total appli-
cants for registration. The proper
tion of illiterates has steadily grown
from the first day, when 1t vas less
than per cent, to one-fourth of the
applicants at the present time.
In several instances.where a father
and son applied for. registration
blanks, the father could sign his name
and the son could not. One man who
could not sign his name owned 5000
head of cattle. He had leased grazing
land from the Indians and made n for
tune without ever having to put his
name to document of any kind.
81 am entitled to a homestead If any
one is" said this man. Been
wounded twenty-eight times by the
Comanche Indians" A dozen Of his
wounds were conspicuous. He had
been shot three or four times about
the head and an Indian arrow had
taken off his middle finger OF the left
hand.
Still another surprising case of ilit-
eracy developed yesterday was that of
widow with three grown daughters.
Not a member of the family could
write her name, and.each wanted a
homestead. A widow who gave her
age as II years, and who carried a
baby not months old in her arms,
took advantage of the provision which
allows the head of family to enter a
homestead no matter what the age.
She was the second woman among
those who have registered to wear
Widows weeds at the age of II.
This morning an emaciated woman
whose face showedjshe,h had been a suf-
ferer for years was carried in the arms
of a stalwart man to the registration
Office. She gave her height as 4 feet 4
inches, her name Corda Holland, in
a beautiful Spencerian hand. Her
postoffice address is Comanche, /. r.,
and her age % years.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
Notice.

Any farmer having wheat or flax
praw to sell, please communicate with
j. A. Jeffries, lola, Kansas. | viii
stay 81 80 per ton in the stack.
j. A. JEFFRIES.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
TO CONDUCT DRAWING .
SUIT FOR INJUNCTION.

Washington, July 2l-The secretary
of the interior announced:the names
of the members of the committee which
will have charge of the drawing at the
opening OF the Kiowa-Comanche and
Apache and Wichita reservations,
today: w. A. Richards, assistant
commissioner of the general land
Office, is to be chairman: and the other
two members named are ID. p. Aver,
of St. Louis; Frank Dale, II formerly
chief justice of Oklahoma. The com
mission will meet at I'll Reno, O. r.,
on July 26, three days before the date
set for the opening. Their compensa-
ton will be arranged by the secretary
of the interior.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26

ones equity in the land in no way
varying, after he has filed, from that
obtained in other openings.
SUIT FOR INJUNCTION.
Oklahoma City, o. T., July 49,
The suit to enioin the government
from opening the Kiowa-Comanche
country will likely be filed at Ell Reno
tomorrow. w. &. Reeves, attorney
for the Indians, held a conference
with a delegation of Kiowas and CO.
manches today and procured from them
the necessary affidavits to support the
application for neutrality-suspicious.
will be made to Chief Justice Burwell,
on account of the absence of District
Judge Irwin from his district. The
Indians claim that under the Jerome
treaty it requires the concurrence of
three-fourths of the Indians in order
to open their lands for settlement and
that the consent of this number was
not secured to the agreement
MANY TEXANS Al Sll1L'
Fort Sill, o. r., July 20-The rush
is over at Fort Sill. At the registry
office here the crowds no longer come
too fast TO be handled. There are
thousands of omeseekers-thesej are
bona fide homeseekers-camp along
banks of Cache creek and in the fringe
of timber which extends south from
the aggregation of tents opposite Fort
Sill.
1t is now dull time for these con-
cessionaries. Lemonade, once ten
cents glass, has come down TO nickel,
and some vendors offer all you can
drink at that price. But the quality
has not improved. Bread, baked be-
fore your eyes in the open air, is now
five cents loaf. Hay, which started
IN at "a a ton, and then went up to 80
cents by the bale. has now gone down
until it is being offered at 45 and even
40 cents.
The owners of the stalls along the
crooked street paid the government
S25 each for the privilege of running
until the 9th. Many are but waiting
until the rush begins for the townsite
of Lawton proper.
The vast majority of the men regis
tering here are from Texas. The Tex
ans are two to one in the transient
population. The speech is the speech
of Southern city and the hospitality
is the hospitality of the South.
If the registration for the Lawton
district had been confined to this place
there would have been no doubt that
the Texans would have had political
control of this country. They them
selves have no doubt of it, But they
have not seen the rush from Kansas
and northern Oklahoma into FL Reno.
An observation of north and south
bound trains into FL Reno shows the
chances to be against them about two
to one.
The government keeps the best OF
order among the people onl the reser-
walton. Not a drop of liquor is to be
had and that source of disturbance is
eliminated.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26

A boon to travellers. DR.. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentry, diarrhoea, seasickness,
nausea. Pleasant to take. Perfectly
harmless.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26
KBOUT
The KiOWa=COmanChe
OPENING

ones equity in the land in no way
varying, after he has filed, from that
obtained in other openings.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-17
WHERE Is TRANSPORTARAB
SHE HAD ORDERS TO STOP AT
THIS PLACE.
No Trace of Her Has Been Secured
Since She Left san Francisco on
April 1st.
Where is the United States Transport

Where is the United States Transport
Arab?
IL advices brought here by the trans
port Aztec yesterday are to be relied
upon the other transport has met with
some kind of an accident, or else deli
berately disobeyed orders.
When the announcement of the sail
ings of the various transports during
the month of April and the latter part
of March was made the Arab was slat-
ed to leave San Francisco about April
/. She was to take animals to the
Philippines. No mention of her sailing
was made in the San Francisco papers
so after she failed to appear here with
in the record it was supposed that she
had gone by the Great Circle route the
quartermasters department for some
reason changing her route at the last
moment.
According to the Aztec which arrived
yesterday after a nine days trip from
San francisco, the Arab was supposed
in that city to have come to these ISL
ands. She sailed for Manila on April
1st, one week before the Aztec left the
Coast and had orders to stop at Homo
lulu. Whether additional orders in
structed the quartermaster in charge
of the stock to remain here several days
and give the animals rest was not
known but, in any event, when the
Arab left San Francisco it was with or
ders, so the officers of the Aztec as
serted, to come to this place.
This information has naturally given
rise to considerable speculation and, in
some quarters alarm. 1t seems scar
cely likely that orders would be delibe-
rately disobeyed and the presumption
is that some accident has befallen the
transport. There have been a number
of vessels from San Francisco since the
Arab sailed but none of these have re-
ported seeing any such vessel as the
transport. This circumstance indicates
that the vessel did not after all take
this route but went by the northern
track. The next question is why was
this done?