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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
TRADE Is BETTER
Conditions Have Greatly Improved
Lately

Kansas City, Aug. 3l.-"Kansas
City is entering on the fall season un-
der the most favorable conditions, "
said Joseph NJ. Gregory, superintend-
ent of the Bradstreet's commercial
agency. There appears to be not a
cloud in the sky as far as the CONNER
cih future of Mis- city is concerned, !"
continued Mr.. Gregory. GA month
ago enyone who had predicted such a
condition would have been laughed at.
We were more scared than hurt and
the drouth conditions which seemed
most discouraging have really turned
out better than anyone expected"
SIS the Wholesale trade of Kansas
City up to the normal Standard" was
asked.
"More than that, said Mr.. Gregory
"What is the present outlook for
the iobbing business?" was asked.
"Never better, as said before
Kansas City is entering on the fall
season under the most favorable con-
ditions. Good times are ahead of us
in all lines. Crops have proven fan
and the cattle trade is very promising
Railroads report their inability &c
handle the trade. Blockades are re
ported from all sources.
MONEY IS PLENTIFUL.
Speaking Of Neutrality-suspicious., w
a. Rule, cashier of the Nationa
Bank of Commerce, said:
1.-THE great trouble our customer
have is in moving their products t.
market. We hold a great deal of cat
tie paper and business of this class i
badly hampered just now. | hav,
just returned from the east where bus
mess is less active than for some tim
Out here in the West business is bette
than we had hoped. Money is plenti
full and all interests are being wei
taken care of. There will be n
trouble in handling wheat and faI
cattle. Kansas City banks will b
abundantly able to furnish what fund
are needed"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
Woods WON OUT
He will now Hold his LawtOn Claim
All Right

Washington. Aug. 30. In the con-
test case of j. L. Calvert against
James II. Woods, coming from the
Lawton, o. T., land district, and in.
volving entry No. l. Acting Secretary
Ryan today rendered decision re-
fusing to order a hearing on the
charges preferred. The charges sub
itantially are that Woods entry was
made in violation of the homestead
law by reason of its location on the
south line of the town of Lawton, and
that the entry embraces tract mile
long and only quarter OF q mile
wide, and was so taken for speculative
purposes and not for agricultural pur-
poses, and that the entry was made at
time when there we're large number
of townsite settlers on the land and by
them occupied for trade and business
The decision holds that the selection
and entry of land adjacent to the town
of Lawton was not in violation of the
letter or spirit of the lay, and that
the fact that there may have been al
legged townsite settlers on the land at
the time he made his entry does not
affect Woods right of entry. The
land was not subject to appropriation
for townsite purposes, nor was any
person authorized to enter upon it or
occupy it for purposes of trade or
business, and no such occupancy could
operate to defeat his right to entry.
1t is further held in the opinion that
his entry is not bad on account of the
form of the tract embraced therein;
that the special provisions of the act
of May 2, 1890, do not control in this
matter, but the general provisions of
the homestead law do, and that, under
the act of June 8, 1900, making pro-
vision for the disposition of these
lands, it provides that they shall be
disposed of under the general provis'
ions of the homestead and townsite
laws of the United States.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
CARRIE IN NEW YORK
John l.. Sullivan and Police Commits
slOner Murphy Visited.

New York, Aug. 29.-Carrie Nation
called at John L. Sullivan's saloon
last night to see the ex-pugilist in re-
ference to his statement that he would
"throw her in the sewer" Sullivan
sent down word that he was i'll, but
made an appointment to meet her
Monday Mrs. Nation also came to
Police Commissioner Murphy's office.
She said she called on him for an ac-
count of his stewardship and asked il
he did not think New York was an
awful, wicked place.
"You don't know what you are talk
ing about" said Commissioners
Murphy. go back to Kansas and
stay there. If you want to do some
thing why don't you do it for your
husband?"
81 have nohusband now, "said Mrs.
Nation. 81 suppose you know all
about that matter"
"Oh, yes" said Commissioner
Murphy, 81 congratulate Mr.. Nation.
He ought to be happy man now"
Mrs. Nation addressed Mr.. Murphy
as Father" term the commissioner
warmly resented. But the Kansas re-
former persisted.
"Father, don't you think little
'hatchetization would be good for New
York;"
Murphy finally terminated the inter
view by reckoning to his secretary,
who escorted Mrs. Nation from the
room. Before leaving town, Mrs
Nation said she would return Sunday
and visit the "Tenderloin" and "se'
everything that was open"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
MRS. NATION IN TROUBLE
She Does Some Bottle Smashing in
Danville.

Danville, H., August 3l-For a
half hour this evening it looked as
though Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kan
sas smasher, would not be able to fill
her New York engagement Sunday
night. She made speeches this after
noon and evening at the Elks' street
fair and as she was leaving the grounds
discovered brewery exhibit. Mrs,
Nation jumped out of the carriage,
attacked the bottles and had wrecked
several rows before police officers
could get hold of her. The Elks prom
ised to pay for the damage done and
the angry owner of the exhibit con
scented to her release. Mrs. Nation
left for New York tonight.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
WON'T BE SIDETRACKED
The Pension Commissionership is What
the Kansan is After.

Topeka, Aug. 30.-Colonel r. w.
Blue says the talk in Topeka of u
boom for him for attorney general is
without his consent. He says he still
is in the race for pension commission
er, and will stay in until the contest is
settled. The colonel was at the old
soldiers reunion on Spring river,
near Baxter Springs, Wednesday, and
made "a speech. He made no reference
to his candidacy in his address, but
afterward he met the veterans in
groups and assured them that he will
stay in the fight. To the correspon-
dent of The Star he said:
81 thank my friends of Topeka for
their interest in me, and | hear that
they say that Kansas will not get the
Office of pension commissioner, even il
II. Clay Evans resigns, but since 1000
or more petitions in my behalf have
been forwarded TO the President
guess | will see the end of it. 1t is 9
compliment al least to be the choice o
so many old soldiers, especially to b,
the only candidate who is indorsed b,
old. soldiers and so it is my duty t
stay in the fight"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
Came Near Being a Cripple.

Josh Westhaier, ofLoogootee, Ind,
is poor man, but he says he would
not be without Chamberlain Pain
Balm if it cost five dollars bottle, for
it saved him from being a cripple. No
external application is equal to this
liniment for still and swollen joints,
contracted muscles, stiif neck, sprains
and rheumatic and muscular pains. 1t
has also cured numerous cases of
p rtial paralysis. 1t is for sale by
w. l.. Crabb and Campbell &
Burrell.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
FREIGHTCARS RUN AWAY
Crash Into Passenger and Many Are
Killed

Kalispell, Mont. August 31-Twenty-
eight wild freight cars crashed into a
great Northern passenger near Nyack
station. Superintendent Downs pri-
vate car was wrecked and he, his son,
and cook killed. A car filed with
laborers was demolished. The number
OF dead is not fixed.
Nyack Is a small station in the
mountains. The passenger had come
down and was on u plain when the
freight cars loaded with shingles shot
down from above. Downs car was
the first one struck and was totally de-
molished. The chair car was crushed
like an eggshell. 1t was here that
most of the deaths occurred either by
crushing or with flames for the wreck
caught fire slowly roasting many of
the passengers to death. The flames
destroyed the telegraph poles and pre-
vented relief or news. Twenty-eight
corpses we're brought here today also
thirteen injured.
80 ARE KILLED
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 3l.-All re-
ports show that the wreck on the Great
Northern, forty miles east of KALI
spell, Mont, last night, was the worst
in the roads history, and one of the
most agonizing in the annals of Ameri-
can railroading. Thirty-four lives
are lost, and ten persons were injured.
Three of the injured will surely die
and the others we're seriously hurt.
BY strenuous and heroic efforts,
fifteen of the bodies were taken from
the wrecked cars. All the other
victims were cremated, including
uperintendent p. L. Downs and his
son, T. Kirk Downs.
There is severe grade near the
scene of the wreck. Two engines had
taken train of twenty-eight freight
cars up this grade and drawn off to
take water. While doing this all the
twenty-eight cars started down the
grade. The runaway train dashed
down the ign ade at frighttul speed
and crashed into the rear of west
bound passenger No. 3, near the sid
ing at Nyack. Superintendent Downs
private car was attached to the pass
enger an next to it was a day coact
filled with railroad laborers, from
Duluth. AS the runaway train spec
by the switch il struck n caboose anC
day coach on the siding, wreckins
them. Fire Immediately started from
the oil lamps in the caboose. TIT
point where the wild train crashed in
to the passenger was several hundred
feet away and it was two and one-hal
hours before the flames reached tn,
main wreck.
Meanwhile. frantic efforts were mad,
to take out the dead and injured. Tn
wreck was piled high and wedged into
almost HOPELESS confusion, and in spit
of superhuman effort the flames burn
ed their way to the wrecked cars be
fore the work was completed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
TROOPS FOR KANSAS
A Squadron of the Fourth For Leaven-
worth and Riley,

Washington, August 29-Orders
have been issued at the War depart
ment sending one squadron of the
Fourth cavalry, which arrived at San
Francisco from Manila on the trans
port Hancock late yesterday to Fort
Riley, Kansas, another to Jefferson
Barracks and another to Fort Leaven-
worth. A recent order of the depart
ment assigned field battery to JetTer
son Barracks, but as there is some
question as to sufficient quarters fol
eight troops of cavalry and the battery
also, it is probable that the batter y
will be sent to another post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
OBSERVED
THE DAY
Labor Day Celebrated all
over the Country
Many of the Principal Cities
Closed their Business and
Paraded
$4,000 IN LINE At CHICAGO
Three Thousand of the Par
aders were Women
Kansas City had a big Par
ade Followed by a Pic
mic and Addresses
$4,000 IN LINE At CHICAGO
Three Thousand of the Par
aders were Women

Chicago, Sept. Thirty tho usand
men, women, and girls, with one hun
bred bands, innumerable banners and
transparencies marched through the
streets this morning commemorative
Labor Day. Nearly three thousand
women were in line, mostly clothing
and glove makers. They received Il
great ovation. Stores etc. are closed.
In South Chicago three thousand un-
ion men paraded. The Steel workers
we're not permitted in line. At Ham
mond Ind the city officials and strike
ing bindery girls of Conkey's printry
led the parade.
ROOSEVELT AT ST. PAUL.
St. Pavt, Sept. .. -Rooseveltopened
the state fair and helped the Labor
Day celebration by speaking this after
noon. He said that it became more
and more evident that the state and
if necessary the nation had to possess
the supervision and control of the
great corporations which are its
creatures. Laws protecting laboring
men are also necessary.
PTTTSBURG ENTHUSIASTIC.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-THE celebration
of Labor Day at Pittsburg and vicin-
ity was more general than ever before.
A monster parade was the chief fea-
ture. About eighteen thousand men
marched. Shatfer led the steel
workers in place of honor. Ire
mendous enthusiasm greeted the
parade. The city was packed with
visitors.
NEW YORK BUSINESS CLOSED.
New York, September 2.-Business
houses, banks, public buildings, and
factories are generally closed in honor
of Labor Day parade. The parade
feature was abandoned this year and
the toilers are seeking recreation in
the country.
ST.LOUIS' DOUBLE CELEBRATION.
st. Louis, Sept. labor day here
was observed by two parades and two
picnics, managed respectively by the
Central trades labor union and Build
ing Trades council. Business genral
ly is suspended.
5000 PARADE IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 2-Eigh
thousand union men paraded here
many in uniform made by the carmen
works union cooperative factory
There was picnic this afternoon will
athletic contests. The list of speaker
included Bryan. former governo
Stone, Webster Davis, Mayor Rec
and local orators.
GOOD WEATHER AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland. Sept. 2-All business i
suspended here in honor of Labo
day. The streets were lavishly deco
rated. Twelvethousand men paraded
The weather is fine after yesterday
food.
OBSERVED IN CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Sept. labor day wa
generally observed here. Ten thou'
and unionists paraded. Outing
rounded out the daV.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
SHAW FOR PRESIDENT
Deliver Announced That the Iowa
Man Is Il Candidate.

Chicago. Aug. Ex-senator Dol
liver, of Iowa, while in Chicago today
that Governor Shaw, OF
Iowa, would be candidate for the
presidency. The senator also said
that Iowa and considerable portion
of the middle West would be back of
Iowa's favorite son.
Senator Delivers announcement
was precipitated today by the fact that
his presence in Chicago was reported
to be for the purpose of meeting Vice
President Roosevelt. Senator Dol
liver said:
"Vice President Roosevelt is a
popular man and has host of friends
but | don't know whetherhe is launch
ing any boom for 1904 at this time.
Iowa has a candidate in the person
of Leslie Nj, Shaw, and my state is
back of him solidly. [ believe thai
we can count upon other support, but
the date of the next convention is fan
off and many things may happen be-
tween now and then. Governor Shaw
has strong hold on Iowa and upoI
the nation. He is a safe, conserva
tive man and u man of ability. Hi
reputation is not confined to the Dor
ders of hls own state and his term o
governor of Iowa has been one of tn
most successful in the history of tn
!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
OBSERVED IN CINCINNATI.
HOWISON NEVER SAID 1T
Remarks About Schley Credited to
Him are False.

Washington, Aug. 3O.-Admiral
Howison, member of the court of in
quiry denies the correctness of the
interview attributing the anti Schley
expressions to him. He says he is
willing to resign from the court, Sec
rotary Hackett replied that this is UNI
necessary, and tie matter would be
referred to the court if Schley desires
So
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06

No Fake salary Offer but big commissions
given to sell poultry mixture in the county
Never mind stamp Eureka Ming. co
u Street., ST. Louis, III.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-06
SIMPSONS HEALTH POOR
May Not be Able to Testify Before the
Schley Court.

Washington, August 3O-The unfor-
tunate condition of Admiral Sam p
sons health occasions much specula-
tion as to the effect on the Schley
court of inquiry. Reports have
reached here that SIMPSONS in an al
most dying condition. He's certainly
not well enough to be brought here or
to testify. a cross examination on
the stand might cause his collapse in
court and unless Sampson improves it
is not improbable the commission will
take his testimony OF his bedside.
MAY ASK .PosTPoNEMENT.
Burkhaven, N, H., Aug. 30.-Ad.
miral SIMPSONS condition show nc
improvement. He took a short wall
this morning with his physician. Gen
eral debility seems the ailment. Hi
friends may ask a postponement of tn,
court of inquiry.
Evening star., 1901-08-01
The Great Gold Balance.

There is special reason for qualification
Ia the statement Of the enormous gold bal
ance in the treasury, aside from the as
surance it affords that the government is
far removed from the possibility of strin-
gency such as aided in the precipitation Of
the panic of 1893. This great flood of the
yellow metal demonstrates, first Of all,
that the pessimisIic forecast Of the silver
ties Of five and six years ago that there
would turn out to be not enough gold to
maintain it as a safe and reliable single
standard is untrue. Wheat and silver
parted company long ago and there is to-
day no promise of failure of the gold
supply which will menace the stability of
the country's currency system.
Again, this showing proves the continued
prosperity of the American people. Gold
flows into the public Golfers because there
Is a great abundance of money in circula-
ton. There is no stringency In any line
and credit Is high. Foreign balances are
in our favor and there Is no drain toward
the east. The trade situation Is thus clearly
reflected in the shining mass of gold piled
up In the public vaults. forming bedrock
foundation not only for the public credit.
but also for the commercial enterprise Of
the country.
1t Is also particularly pleasant to reflect
that the larger proportion Of this gold has
come from American mines. The develop
ment OF the Alaskan fields was In itself a
serious blow to the silyerite claims of a
scarcity Of the yellow metal. Within the
past few years, too, has come the cyanide
process Of gold reduction, which has per-
mitted the working of low-grade ores for
merly discarded as not worth the cost Of
mining. Colorado is enjoying remarkable
prosperity In consequence of these enter
prises and the consequent output of gold
is steadily growing 1t was only the other
day that Mr.. Towne admitted in an inter-
view that gold is no longer to be consid-
cred as too rare a metal for a safe basis
for national currency system.
Evening star., 1901-08-01
"A Useless Oath.o

1t is now announced that the oath of allie
glance to be taken by judges in the Philip
pines will differ In one important feature
from the American oath of allegiance. All
officials OF the United States are required
to swear to support the Constitution Of the
United States. This feature will be omit
ted from the oath of allegiance as admins
tered to officials of the Philippines. Natu-
rally. If the officials were required to
swear allegiance to the Constitution, they
would be bound by their oath to interfere
with slavery.-BoSton Advertiser.
The Advertiser. like our local morning CO.
temporary and several papers in other
cities which have induged in similar COM
ments, forgets both the Constitution and
the recent decision Of the Supreme Court
Eight Supreme Court justices out of nine
decided that the Constitution followed the
flag to the Philippines. Whether the
Philippines are within or without the
United States the Constitution forbids
slavery to exist there. The thirteenth
amendment prohibits slavery both In the
United States and ''in any place subject to
their jurisdiction;' and no one but the
misguided newspapers In question has ever
imagined and seriously presented any
theory Of the relation of the southern
Philippines to the United States which re-
moves those islands from the scope of ap-
piicatfon Of the constitutional denuncta-
tion against slavery. With or without the
official oath to support the Constitution ana
whether or not the Philippines are within
the United States, every American here or
In the Philippines and every foot Of ground
subject to American Jurisdiction are af-
fected by the constitutional ban laid upon
slavery
Evening star., 1901-08-01

The suggestion that the democratic partv
go south for its presidential candidate In
1904 has met with less of serious comment
In that section than in any other part of
the country. Some of the newsnanars
down there have openly made fun of IT /.
while as able a journal as the Nashville
American treats IL in this vein:
I'VE should like TO be able tn e,,,s a
genuine southern yell in behalf of a real
old-fashioned. hard-spun double-and-twtst
ed democratic nominee for President with
out the taint of iunacy or the suggestion
OF populistic fooishness in his makeup
But It's no use. We've got to watt
Now. as a matter OF fact. making Bry-
anism the test. there are a number of
democratic leaders In the south who DOS
sess no -taint of lunacy." or of .popu-
Estfc foolishness-' They supported Mr..
Bryan In his racss for the presidency for
the same reason that many eastern demo-
cratic leaders did. Their sole thought was
that of party regularity. They were not
believers in free silver coinage. nor in free
riot. nor in the policy of scuttle as applied
to the Philippines. They reluctantly obeyed
the voice of the majority as expressed in
national convention. and not unlikely with
the Idea and In the hope that success at
the polls was out Of the question.
Turning then to those who had the cour-
age openly to repudiate Bryanism, we find
southern leaders of as high quality as any
OF their eastern brethren who took the same
course. The Star named few OF them
only the other day. Judge Gray Of Della
ware. Judge Lindsay OF Kentucky. Mr.
Caffery Of Louisiana and Henry ]. Turner
Evening star., 1901-08-01
Train Robbers.

Our yaunted civilization can find nothing
to boast of In the latest display Of activity
on the part Of train robbers. who have
yentured to hold up an express close to
the city Of Chicago. AS long as these cpl
sodes occur in the reaches of the west.
where many miles intervene between sta
tions and habitations are few and scatter
ed, there is some warrant for regarding
them frontier Incidents liable to re-
duction by the march Of settlement and
civilization. But here is a desperate at
tempt to rob train close to the very cen
ter of population. 1t failed only because
of the unusual arrangement Of the train
and the impatience Of the desperadoes.
The ease with which railroad trains are
stopped and looted by small gangs of men
reveals the delicacy of the organization
which governs the transportation business.
A watchful engineer will check his train
upon the first signal Of possible danger.
His responsibilities are too heavy to per-
NIT him to trife with the lives he Is con-
Quoting across country at high speed. A
bonfire on the track, as in this latest case,
or q red lantern swung by a masked man
will cause the great mechanism to be still
ed and to remain at the mercy OF three or
four criminals.
It Is apparent that the arming OF express
messengers Will not suffice to guard
against these road agents. The place for
men with weapons is clearly In the cab of
the locomotive, or on the tender. Many
of these hold-ups are managed by men
crawling over the coal from the couplings
between the tender and the first baggage
car. 1t would pay railroad companies
whose lines run into the Infested districts
to guard more strictly at this point The
losses to the express companies are serious
in themselves, but not so demoralizing as
the constant demonstration Of the power
Of a few men to interrupt traffic at will
and to endanger lives by the checking of
passenger trains without taking the usual
precautions to prevent rear-end collisions.
1t Is easy to declare that the laws pun
ishing train-robbery should be made more
severe. The mere writing of paper penal
ties will have no effect until the offenders
are captured. One or two sweeping hauls
by the authorities, followed by swift trial
and the extreme punishment, would greatly
discourage the industry, which Is thus
creeping eastward. But the robbers must
first be caught, and there's the rub.