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The Iola register., 1901-08-23
HObart'S Business Lots are
Closed out
ONLY EXPECTED $4,000
Prices Have Trebled since
the Sale Began
They Brought the Aggregate Sum OF
Sll4,05l for the 836 Busines,
Lots Sold

Hobart, O. r. Aug. 20. The last
business lot on the Hobart townsite
was sold today and the total sales
reached STA ,0jl for the S36 lots. The
highest estimate at the beginning of
the sale was SO, 900. The auc:ioneer
will commence on the residence lots
tomorrow, and some big figures are
expected. Prices of business locations
hove trebled since the sale began.
August +. X. Kimb r bid up to SlOl
on a corner lot and let it go to an
other for $3.50. On the 9th he paid
1925 for a corner no better located.
Today he refused 81, 900 for his lot.
The new town is rapidly assuming
form. Buildings are going up on
nearly every lot. At least fifty new
structures were started today.
Hobart has town fight on its hands
that is becoming interesting. John L,
Hill, who acted as interpreter during
the negotiations with the Indians for
the purchase of the new country, was
allotted 100 acres by the government
adjoining the town site of Hobart on
the northwest. Today surveyors are
at work stalking lots and strong
effort will be made to entice citizens
from the townsite to the new location
which is more convenient to the Rock
Island depot than the present site.
Anadarko, O. 7, Aug. 20 Resi-
dence lots reached their lowest ebt
here today, when they sold as low as
$l5, with an average for the day o.
about $40.
The first attempt to open a saloor
occurred last night, and as a resul
the whole outfit was arrested. The
officers are determined to enforce al
the laws. There was meeting to-
night for the purpose of organizing {
commercial club to take action will
respect to having the streets lighted
graded and to advance the Interests
of Anadarko generally. There vii
be band organized tomorrow. There
are two telephone companies busil.
engaged in the construction and put
ting in of local exchanges here.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
BALDWIN PARTY'S LAST
A II on Board the POeseeking America
are Well.

New York, Aug. 10. A letter from
a member of the Baldwin expedition
has been received here. 1t was written
on board the America on July 20. and
was mailed at Vardo, having been
sent back by the pilot when the ship
was on her way to Franz Josef land.
In the letter Anthony Fiala, the
photographer with the expedition, de-
scribes the landing at Archangel,
where the horses and dogs were ship
ped, and from which port the real
voyage of the polar trip began. The
members of the party were given a
banquet, after which the America sail
ed for the North. According to the
writer, every one at that time was well
and in good spirits.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
TOWN IS
FRENzIED
Two Negroes are MObbed in
Pierce City, Mo.
Five Houses are Burned by
the Infuriated Mob of
Citizens
ALL NEGROES FLEE AWAY
The Men who were Lynched
were not Guilty
The Man Whom the Mob
Wanted is in Jail in
Springfield

Pierce City, Mo-, Aug. 20.-Two
negroes lynched, one negro corpse
found in one of the five houses burned
by mob, the armory ransacked for
arms by the infuriated populace, a
pitched battle with negroes in which
three whites are woundedlare the chief
events of the anti-negro riots here dur
ing the night following the assault on
Miss Caselle Wild, school teacher.
The mob knew Cooley and Carter
whom they took from Jail and hanged
and shot were not guilty of the as
sault, but hanged them on general
principles. The fact that Joe Lark,
the negro generally believed to be
guilty, is under arrest at Springfield
keeps everybody on the streets. The
negro corpse found in the ruins was
not identified, as all of the negroes are
driven from the town,
AGA1N;EXCITED.
Pierce City. Aug. 20.--The greatest
excitement prevailed again this morn
ing when it was positively learned
that Joe Lark, the negro suspect, was
under arrest at Springfield.
Pierce City. Mo-, Aug. 10. VIII
Cooley, negro, was lynched 10y a
mob composed of 1000 armed citizens
shortly after dark tonight, for the
murder of Miss CaselleiWild, whose
dead body was found today in the
woods near here.
The mob went to the jail about 9
o'clock and battered down the doors
and threw ropes around the necks of
Cooley and Jean Carter, another sus-
pect. Cooley was hanged in front of
the Lawrence hotel, and his body rid
died with bullets. Carter's guilt was
not clearly established, and he was
taken back to Jail.
Miss Wild, who was an estimable
young lady of this city, was assaulted
yesterday while going home from Sun
day school, by negro, who, after
ravishing her. cut her throat from ear
to ear. The crime was committed at a
bridge near the Frisco track, half a
mile distant from the Frisco station.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
BAD OIL FIRE KILLS FIVE
Many Others are Probably Caught in
the Ruins.

BY scrlpps -McRae Press Association.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-Five humid
red fireman are known to be killed,
twenty injured and twenty-six more
believed to be in the ruins of a great
OIL fire which is still sweeping the
works of the Atlantic refining com
pany at Point Breeze. Two unidenti-
fed employees of the refinery are also
killed.
Six hundred and fifty thousand bar
res of refined oil we're destroyed by
fire this morning. The loss so far is
two million dollars.
1t will be days before the flames are
extinguished, A search in the ruins
is impossible on account of the heat
and danger. The latest estimate plac-
ed the number of deaths at five, twenty
one injured and four missing.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
FIVE MORE ARE KILLED.
Cleveland's WaterwOrks Tunnel Claims
More Victims.
BY scripps. McRae Press Association.

BY scripps"M "McRae Press Association.
Cleveland, o., Aug. 2l.-an eXplo-
sion in Cleveland's 5 deadly waterw orks
tunnel killed hve more laborers last
night. This makes fifteen killed there
within a week. The men we're descend
ing the shaft to work sixty feet be-
meath the water when the explosion
hurled them to the bottom where they
we're strangled. Twenty five comrades
remained helpless on the crib all night
unable to call help.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
LAWYERS IN SESSION.
Five Hundred OF rnem are Meeting in
Denver.
BY scripps- McRae Press Association

Hy scrlpps- McRat PreRs Associatlon.
Denver, August 2l.-Five hundred
prominent lawyers, members of the
American Bar Association met today
for three days convention. Presi-
dent Wetmore in his address, review
ing recent legislation, said the anti
trust laws partook of the heat engend-
cred by political discussion. While
thirty states had stringent antitrust
laws, the vast increase of this form of
consolidation and incorporation
seemed to indicate it is beyond the
reach of legislation.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
70 Save Her Child.

From frightful Disagreement Mrs,
Mamie Galleger, of La Grange, Ca,
applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve to
great sores on her head and face, and
writes its quick cure exceeded all her
hopes. 1t works wonders in Sores,
Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns,
Scalds and Piles. 25c. Cure guaran.
teed by Evans Bros, druggist.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
IS TO OPEN MAY 1, 1908
The President Issues Worlds Fair
Proclamation.
BY scrlpps-McHae Press ASSOCIATION,

Washington, Aug, 2l,-The Presi-
dents proclamation inviting all ma
tions of the earth to participate in the
exposition at st. Louis commemorative
of the Louisiana purchase was issued
today. Il says the exposition will be
opened May first to December first
nineteen three.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
They Nominate Hampton Hoge for
Their Governor.

Bv scripps McRae Presr Association.
Roanoke, Aug. 2l.-The Virginia
Republicans today nominated Hamp-
ton Hoge, q former Democrat, forgov-
ernor, and Lawrence Croner for at
torney general There were "a few
negro delegates.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
CONVENTION IS CALLED
Allied Third Party will Meet in Kan
sas City in September.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 20,-The or
ganization committee of the allied
third party determined today on a
formal call of all the wings of all
parties opposed to the money power
to have delegates to national con-
vention at Kansas City, September
seventeenth.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
FOR A FIVE MILE TUNNEL
Southern Pacific Will Build One In the
SierrAs.
BY scripps- McRae Press AasociO tior

San Francisco, Aug, Engineers
were dispatched this morning to sur
vey the route for what will be the
longest tunnel in the States. The
Southern Pacific wants to run through
the heart OF the Sierras, five miles,
saving a climb of fifteen hundred feet
and seven miles of difficult track.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23
Brooklyn Park Add
Highland Place Add.


ON the west side OF the 90 l00acre
tract of unplatted land described as
follows: IAN that part of the south
west quarter OF Section 30, Township
"A. Range IS. bounded commencing
at point II ( 2 rods north Of the
northeast corner Of said quartcrscc
ton 80. thence west 2l rods. thence
south SO rods tO the center of the
channel of Elm creek. thence up
said creek to point south of the
place of beginning, thence north to
The place of beginning, known rs the
William I.anyOn or PuncOast tract,
400 feet ut 20 cents per front linear
foot t...........,. -...... ............
on the south side Of that part Of
Block 20" in BOughtuu'S sub div
described as follows:
Commencing s2 feet east Of
the southwest corner of said Block
co." thence east 60 feet, thence
north To south line Of the right of
way Of the Kansas & Colorado Pa
cihc Railway Company thence
northwest along the line of sand
railway right of way to a point
north of the place of beginning
thence south 10 place of beginning.
For repairs on old sidewalks.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23

tropical hurricane, not to mention the
saving of human life. There isn't the
slightest doubtthat the weather bureau
by its storm warnings alone saves each
year many times its cost.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23

TO Cure a Cold in one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
If it fails TO cure. f.. w. Groves
signature is on each box. 25c.
The Iola register., 1901-08-23

3 1 Brooklyn Park ............ .,... 81
Section T. This Ordinance shan take
eject and be in force from and after its publi-
cation once In the lola Daily REGISTER, the
onicial paper of said city.
(SEALl Adopted August ", 1901.
Approved August 10, 1901
ATTEST:
W. NJ KNAPP A. II. CAMPBELL,
City Clerk Mayor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-15
BEDLAM OF ENGLAND
First Lunatic Asylum Was Built in
the Year 1547.

First Lunatic Asylum Was Built in
the Year 1547.
Ina the twelfth century madmen were
taken to ST. Bartholomew in London.
and, according TO the monkish narratives.
many wonderful cures were effected. u
10 the sixteenth century monasteries ana
prisons and ecclesiastical hospitals con-
tanned cells into which lunatics were re-
ceived, but it is probable that they were
given little care or treatment, and that
the public at large was the chief beneii-
ciary by their incarceration. In 1914 the
first lunatic asylum not under ecclesias-
teal administration was established IN
England. The priory for the order OF
St. Mary of Bethlehem, founded by Simon
Fitzmarv, sheriff of London, in l24', il
ST Botolphs without Bishopsgate, Lon.
don. had for a century and half been
used for the reception Of lunatics.
In this year the institution. for long
before called Bedlam, was transferred by
Henry VIII TO the authorities OF the city.
with an order that it be converted into
mousse for the reception Of lunatics IL
stood in an out-of-the-way place close to
many common sewers. and accommodated
but fifty or sixty patients For very
many years however. the place remained
a horrible prison" says Sibbaid. and
not a hospital in any sense of the word "
ZIP to the year ITO the patients were
exhibited TO the poblic like Wild beasts in
cages, on payment Of penny. and they
are said 10 have afforded much sport L
the visitors who fiocked TO see them in
numbers estimated at not less than SEQ
annually. Some whose condition was 50.
amoliorated that they were no longer
considered dangerous TO the public were
licensed TO 90 begging. on their left
arm was placed an armilla-an iron ring
for the arm about four inches long, which
they could not get OF.
They wore about their necks. says Au
brey, as quoted Dr. Disraen, "a great horn
OF an OK in sling or haidric when
they. came 10 house hey did wind. and
they put Ue drink given them into this
horn. whereto they pnt a stoppics IN
Tom Of Bedlam song which dates from
the first part Of the seventeenth century
the comforts Of his asylum life are thus
alluded To by the Iicenusted beggar.
In the lovely lofts Of Bedlam
ia stubble soft and dainty.
Brave bracelets strong.
Sweet whips ding dong.
And Wholesome hunger plenty.
About ISIS when the licensing ~ begrar
l6Hafics was stopped ~ law. new Bed
lam three times the capacity q the CID
WIS erected ga MoorGelds. the necessity
Tor increased accommodations becoming
greater ~as the country came more aed
more into systenatic government and as
the wholesale burning II such unfortun-
ate persons - wizards or witches died
out Popular seience Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-15
Weird Death
Bed Scene
in the
Indians Home

test the guards. He was properly halted
by each of the guards. gave the password,
and finally approached Psr-dah-so-phy.
Halt" said Per-dah-so-phy. covering
the man with his gun You want go in
house. you say ChaddIe-conky-
An Indian often marries several sisters
from the same family as they get along
more peaceably than wives from different
families, an old maid being unknown
among Indians This makes the chill
dren's ideas of relationship a little hazv.
and they are apt 10 call their mothers
sister ''Beah.'' meaning mother. or their
fathers brother. father One night the
industrial teacher overheard two OF the
boys crying. They We're sons of Ish-i-ti
a very prominent old Comanche. Mr.. H
asked Hick what they were crying about.
HEX answered. MY father is dead" Mr..
H was shocked. and said. What!
Ish-i-ti dead21 No" said Hick. my
other father" 1t was his fathers brother
Several years ago there was held at
Anadarko a contest among all the schools
OF the reservation. Each school furnish
ed a part of the program and the school
which the judges decided did the best
received a beautiful banner from the
agent.
in urging the children TO do good work
the superintendent Of and teachers of the
Rainy Mt. school said TO them: You must
study hard. and learn your parts perfect
" or the other schools will beat US"
After the contest the banner was
awarded to the Rainy Mt. school. and the
children were highly elated. When Mrs.
D, the superintendent. entered the
dressing room. they all danced around her
and shouted. I'VE beat US, We beat usl'
will close by reading genuine love
letter written by a dusky Romeo at Car
Isle TO his Juliet. He had evidently
beer adding to his vocabulary by commit
ting TO memory the words of a patent
medicine advertisement and had incor-
porated them into his letter:
Dear Friend:-I just received your very
good and sasaparilla letter and your pic
ture, too. pleasure very much of it.
I can feel that it is purifying and enrich
ing, the letter and picture acting gently
on my liver and on frame. Laura, l
would like to have you, to live each other
on farm before We are going home at
Dakota and how you think about that. IL
you think so right, I will write letter
again and tell me about IT.
Mr. Rice thinks that should get a girl
to live with her he got nice house TO
living somebody and if you think it's
good for us. please let us write single to
Mr.. A. J. Smith and Rev. Blank Write
me 7 am love you the truth. Yours truly;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-15
!. NJ. mussEN

A Prominent and Successful Cattle.
man and Farmer Of Barber County,
Kansas, Near Sharon, Tells Of the
Miraculous Cures Of His Wife and
Daughter.
Mr.. Mussen relates the Circumstances
to a reporter for the Eagle ia the follow
ing words:
About two years ago ny wife had a
stroke Of partial paralysis. and Tor over "a
year she was 4 helpless invalid. My
family physician and other PHYSICIANS
Who were called IN consultation. gave her
up. al agreeing that her case was hope
less. and told re CIat need not be
surprised al any time % find her unable
10 bat an eye. About this time ny uife's
sister. Mrs. sally .. Ross. who resides 10
wichita. vas AZ my house AMI i1-
sisted on trying sly. Petty 7 know
Of Nr. Petry having cured ny brother
sn-iau. ar Ross. II lnfammatorT
rheurnatfsn u over thirty years stand
ing. and also running core on bis
cured Ross. gave ne confidence ln his
ability. spoke . our fauafv physician
shout 81 and he recommendea rs - take
sny wife 20 Petry. the magnetic hesier-
old 81. AFTER fro treatrnents ae uotic~a
great Improvements. aH8 after sac
weeks trsetncnt ere as able - ~ r.
retry-r orG1@ alone. arc was nsses. eou-f
srd well. sn sir ruanfhs from tse tinf
pes s.,--.- .-e.ftr- -er 1-r = 81 rr 81
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people whom he has never known. living
fifty. and over a hundred miles, from
Wichita. have telegraphed for M. Pctry
after their local physicians had given up
hope. and in every case. after few treat
ments. Mr.. Petry has received letters 81!
thanks from the grateful relatives and
patients themselves. Certainly no sane
person could ask for stronger testimonials
than F. ". Petry can furnish. and the
fact that every one Of them has been
made entirely voluntarily on the part 81
the patients and relatives. makes them
Of more value and force. Read what some
Of them say:
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Cured After 20 Years sunerIna.

I can't help but own up what SIR.
Petry has done for me. For - years I
have not missed single week without
taking medicine. I have taken distant
treatment from sIr. Petry Tor about two
months. l would have written this sooner.
but my friends told me that IL would come
back On me after I cult treating. This
was about a year ago. and ] have NOT
taken drop 0t medicine since have
taken treatments untn this day. which Is
proof enough for me.
MR.. IT. WATKINS.
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kerson. about Mr.. Petry. Having heard
OF his many wonderful cures. and know
ing that he had cured Mrs. Psrkerson -
hip disease. 1 was ready 20 take heg adj
vice-which was TO take my daughter 10
him. When I took her % Nv Petry for
treatment he said It might take year 20
cure her. possibly less. I treated VITA
MIN. aud now. instead Of a years treat
meut, il is only three months. ard she ia
cured-soand ard Wei. she can also see
without glasses. "a thing she could not 90
before. earnestly hope that any dear
mother who has an afflicted ono VIII
throw al prejudice aside and take him to
Mr.. Petry and find the wonderful RELIEF
that have from this treatment. You
viii find the healer 20 be a perfect sen
tleman. MRS. PHILIP HAHN.
Six miles west Of Wichita. on the Thir-
teenth street road.
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a female - anouf - spI cared on tns
crowded streets last Tuesaay v.in hef
fsee painted almost blne- The poies
protah1y dll not eee her. fer fhsre - 70
evidence that she was arrested Her 49,
resrzncs vss verv shocking 20 deOrat
uomen and started q traiu - rasso-luz ID
tho brain = 80 cd s1idier uno said rhat
Whenever women ~ iow morals
ss - rsaEc Themselves co1sr irl-
oes i1 fhe streets 10 esshe- foa8 face
1aint ~ srees theg shoeie - a-Tts - -
once aHd fetl % - Way Rack Isl fac haee-
ment ~ TIE ct b1iiaiaE $50 SO dorm tl
fheir go o. aas. ABE 8.eHs.fr sral-
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The Human Dynamo.

Mr.. Petry IS a living magnet. and ona
can't help but feel queer and realize his
truly wonderful magnetism and power
TO heal, while conversing with him. He
has treated patients from all over the
United States. He now has a living tes-
timoniaI in the person of a former patient
living in almost every state in the Union.
From Keyser. West Virginia. TO Arizona
and California. Wisconsin to Texas. his
former patients are all grateful to him.
and profuse in their praise 10 Mr. Petry.
Wichita's miraculous healer. who has
gained wide reputation by his power TO
heal the sick. Several times recently
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~ fts ~ ar1 ararfei Fer rfe t-ee-
sf - tse aaf 3 give rAas fesan7
- aaasaf-r aze - Fifss ssree ~ eser
ssf.e var. ars We fratss AS fts a-s. se--
ssrs-sleea@ tatz - seTFses a.eeas<s-- ss4
e sr1thlnF rs eess4 fh.sE -. srs Ezs
Ersa ~ 80 Asz 81 slsrasr ss1 ozs asy
s-zt ssat - ses =s-xA1ss. a. ~.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-15
INVALUABLE CHRISTMAS
PRESENT FOR THE SICK
And Afflicted There Is Hope
For You.
Let Others Tell the Story Of the Power Of
WiChita'S Healer.

Every genuine
himself Go and them enclose aud
i've
patients
patients
sponsbe him! you
tell So
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wore a handaec FOR nine years saf
could not stand o. ride OF walk. ana
after taking distant treatment from
Nfr Petry I have pnt away The bard
age ard DO ain ms WORK. and am taaukfsi
to Ar Petry Tor phat Dee has done Cor
ne. and hope others afflicted viD 60 90
1 have dane. MRS EMMA HOWE
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ParaIxsIs PermanensIr &c.

Mr.. T. Percy Anthony Kansas. one
side 81 my face was paraiyzod. nr.
Petry treated me nearly tao years ego.
and ] have been wen since. and. am stu
well. give this testimonial o. show
that the cure IS permanent
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The eIIna MADE 70 See.

Belle Faine. kaa
Ny eyes we're 50 bad thar 2 couid nat
see my hand before them. sinee 2 have
taken Pctry's distant treatment 4 csa
see % write whatever J wish
MRs H. DUNN
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APACHEs

read 90 am eastern magazine lately
an article on the Comanohes. ana II stated
than their chief was Geroniuo. OF course.
tins Is 1908 tree. Geronina Is chief Of a
small hand o. Anacae prisoners who re-
side IL tie villages Nou have no doubt
noticed around Fort Sill These Apaches
IS IS weil known hy most people. Tfe
PRISONERS q var aaa are not controlled
Is tae i1ilan agent or the iaterIor de-
Us The ether tribes are. They
ar -atr The control Of the var depart
ad sn army Greer is eS7eciaiiv
as ca % take emerge - them There
oiy 1poat three hurlred 81 them ieft
ane tAi- number is gradually diminish
irg- The diEereat groups of houses are
occupied by different family groups They
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=. w. PETRY.

Magnetic Healer, Residence 1920 ST
Francis Avenue; Office, 1914 ST. Fran
els Avenue, Wichita. Kan.
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ANEcporEs - -.

The esd stene hols4 was p'it ~ nssny
uses after th4 school l-Irled. before g
again became tbe physician residence
Il was used al a5aerens siuaez ~ q school.
a co7uTrlssarss ard 2 taH- 1ss-isz enc %
thc grass payments. fsse. money for fh-
ravment. ~ she smoaHt ~ .orsF ~ aftr
thousand dollars was k-rs ta4re orfr
night gaar4s being 81 leth inside ard
outside. - shere was runner thai iard
~ outlaws vsgi5 make an attemrI e.
CAPTURE il that night
AHorg he guarss 7Eas per-lal.-ss-ev a
large. aue looking Coriauf'l. policeman
Ha was gold shas r. mast ifr - aFe APP
proach the house s1nisss D. gave she Pass
ss.ard The password vac --t-hale ars-E
ne name - q we-l krcsH ksoza lall4n.
a. Iudfaa zcr,i he.aE ol-essa purpoze-g -
rhat ,he Iudss p guards ze-.d hses - a.f-
fccsty n rsszenbe-sng s. ons q sse
clerks ~as sect oct ate Il tae sTsrirE -
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A Prominent and Successful Cattle
man and Farmer Of Barber County,
Kansas, Near Sharon, Tells Of the
Miraculous Cures Of His Wife and
n-u-bFer