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The Iola register., 1902-05-16
soUFRIERs MoDERATEs.
Rv scrInns-McRae Press ASSN.

Fort De France, Martinique, May
13.-The United States government
tug, Potomac, leaves here tonight for
the Island of ST. Vincent, south of
here, where conditions are reported to
be worse. La Souffriere, on St.
Vincent, was in full eruption on May
TO- A stream of stone and mud half a
mile wide was then issuing from the
volcano. Stones two inches in dia-
meter fell twenty miles away.
At Kingstown, the capital of the
island, the ashes were two inches
deep. Seven hundred dead were re-
ported Sunday, May IL. 1t is esti-
mated that the total number of deaths
in ST. Vincent reaches 1000.
Most of the seven estates on the
islands have been burned to ashes and
it is automatically reported that two
earthquakes occurred there. 1t is be-
lieyed the submarine cables in st,
Vincent have been broken by the dis
turbances.
The present volcanic eruption of ST.
Vincent is the first since lo'2.
There is great alarm at Kpgstown
That city would not suffer seriously
from simple eruption, but if the
Soutfriere should elbow her head off ,
Is Mont Pelee did, there might be a l.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
HE BEGS FOR MERCY
Lindsey the Land Swindler PIE ads
Guilty in the Federal Court

Kansas City, May II. Robert L.
Lindsey, who was indicted for fraud
ulentuse of the mails in connection
with the sale of titles to government
land in Oklahoma, withdrew his plea
of not guilty and threw himself upon
morning. Judge Philips said he would
withhold sentence for while. This
practically puts an end to one of the
most extensive land swindles that has
ever been perpetrated in connection
with the opening up of the public do
main intthe Southwest, and by means
of which scores Of farmers were trad
ed out of their farms and credulous
men and women lost their homes.
Lindsey claimed to have title
under an old Mexican land grant to
fifty-four sections of land aggregating
1,064, 1901 acres in the western half of
Beaver county, Oklahoma, practical
ly all of which was subject to entry
under the homestead laws of the
United States. In spite of decision
of the United States supreme court
declaring his title to the void, Lindsey,
through various agents, put out deeds
to this land, that were traded from
one person to another. While most of
the trading was done by agents the
swindling was made possible by
Lindsey's claim and the circulars
he sent through the mails in an effort
IN orhot a M n ta n
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
LIFE ON MARTINIQUE.

st. Pierre was sunny, silent,
quaint, old-fashioned and happy. The
inhabitants were mixture of
Spanish, French, Indian and negro.
Everything on the island has the ap-
pearance of being medieval and the
architecture is in the style of old
France, slightly changed to suit hot
climate.
A town crier went about St. Pierre
ringing a huge hand bell and reading
notices on the street corners. When
the streets became dusty he cried
'arrosez" (sprinkle the streets), and
the inhabitants come out of their
houses and throw bucketsful of water
on the dusty roads.
The negroes and half breeds of
Martinique are very poor, Children
going to school often wear one shoe
because the law forbids their attend
ing school bare-footed and they are
too poor to buy pair. France has
built up a system of schools on the
plan of those in the mother country,
excellent in every way except they are
not adapted to the people to be taught
The negroes in Martinique are lacking
in moral fibre and need to be taught
the necessity for common honesty and
decency rather than the learning
which would fit man for life il
| France.
The women of the island are grace
full, lazy and picturesque. They lead q
happy-go-l lucky life, their greatest
pleasure consisting in dressing them
.asV week.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
Reveals a Great Secret

1t is often asked how such startling
cures, that puzzle the best physicians,
are effected by DR.. Kings New Disco
very for Consumption. Here's the
secret. 1t cuts out the phlegm and
germ-infected mucus. and lets the life
giving oxygen enrich and vitalize the
blood. 1t heals thesinaamned, cough
worn throat and lungs. Hard colds
and stubborn coughs soon yield to
DR.. Kings New Discovery, the most
infallible remedy for all Throat and
Lung diseases. Guaranteed bottles
SOC and $l.00. Trial bottles free at
Evans Bros.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
ONE ST. PIERRE SURVIVOR.

Fort De France. Island of Martini
que, May 13.-The United States gov
ernment tug Potomac, which came to
Martinique from San Juan, Porto
Rico, cruised along the coast of this
island yesterday afternoon. She en-
countered an inky black column of
smoke, which made it necessary for
her to go five miles out of her course.
The only woman known to have sur
vived the disaster at St. Pierre was a
negress named Fillotte. She swas
found in cellar Saturday afternoon,
where she had been for three days
She was still alive, but fearfully
burned from head to toes. She died
in the hospital here.
Words fail to describe the present
situation at at st. Pierre. A small
detachment of French troops is max
ing effort to inter the dead, although
the government seems TO be strikingly
unconcerned as to what is done in this
direction. The looting of the ruins
has begun already. While coming to
Fort de France, the Potomacl picked
up a boat containing five colored men
and one white man, whose pockets
were filed with coin and jewelry, the
latter evidently stripped from the
fingers of the dead. Lieutenant B. B.
Mccormick, the commander of the
Potomac, arrested these men and
turned them over to the commander of
the French cruiser Suchet for punish
ment The Potomac also brought a
ton of supplies to Martinique, consist
ing part of Goldfish and flour.
A famine here is imminent. The
northern section of this island is de-
populated.
Business here is suspended. The
people of the city have assembled in
the churches, and the cathedral, where
special services are being held for the
St. Pierre dead, has been thronged
since daylight.
Provisions are needed here immedi-
ately for 100, 900 people. A shipload
of lime is also needed at St. Pierre
for sanitary purposes. The strench
there from the dead bodies Is over
powering.
APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE.
Washington, May 13.SThe follow
ing was issued from the White House
this afternoon:
"The president has appointed a
committee to receive funds for the re-
lief of the sufferers from the recent
catastrophes in Martinique and St.
Vincent. The gentlemen appointed
from each city will be asked to collect
and receive the funds from their local
tiles and neighborhoods as expedite
ously as possible and forward them to
Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the
New York committee, which commit
tee will act as central distributing
point for the country. The president
directs all the postmasters through
out the country and requests the pres
idents of all the national banks to act
as agents for the collection of contri-
buttons and to forward the same at
once to Mr.. Bliss at New York.
"The postmasters are also directed
to report to the postmaster general,
within ten days, any funds collected
on this account. The president ap.
peals to the public to contribute gen.
erously for the relief of those upon
whom this appalling calamity has fall
len, and asks that the contributions
be sent in as speedily as possible.
The gentlemen designated on the sew
eral committees are requested to act
at once.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
MASCULINE CANDY FIENDs.
of Chocolates in One summer,
nnd Nothing Extraordinary.

That candy has become the basis of
a bad habit-like tea, tobacco, alcohol
or ice water-has long been admitted
by medical men; that its worst victims
are not women, however, is not so well
known, except to the owners of candy
shops, says the New York Post. The
fact that one man bought and de-
voured 400 pounds of the richest choc-
olates in one summer, and that this
gastronomic feat was not looked upon
as anything unusual by the candy
clerks, will give some idea of the slav-
cry to which the habitual candy-eaters
are committed. The man who con-
sumed confectionery" by the hun
dredweight is young and sound in mind
and body. He generally yields to
temptation Immediately after lunch
eon-although the craving sometimes
becomes uncomfortable at an earlier
hour. lie estimates that the candy he
has bought for personal consumption
cost him $3.50 last summer. He has
been an unwilling victim for years. and
has frequently "sworn off'-or at
tempted to. The last time was for
three months, and when the self-im-
posed embargo was raised he bought
two pounds of mixed chocolates and
ate them between lunch and dinner.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
Electric stimulation of Plants.

Several methods of applying cleo
tricity to hasten the growth and de-
velopment of vegetation have been
tested in Germany. One plan is sim
ply to electrify the air about the
growing plants by passing a current
through a system of barbed wires
from the points of W ch the cleo
tricity is discharged. Another way
is to submit the seeds to an electric
current before they are planted or
sOwed. Both of these methods are
said to have given favorable results,
but the best plan yet tried is that of
passing feeble current of electricity
through the soil A market gardener
near Paterson, N. j., is said to have
trebled the productiveness of his
beds of carrots, beets and other vege-
tables by sending through them a
current derived from the power cable
of trolley line.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
Censorship of Comic Papers.

Foreign comic papers are being
subjected to a strict censorship in
Germany just now. A special look
out is being kept for those published
in America which contain pictures
copjl3ared disrespectful to the
kE
The Iola register., 1902-05-16

Campbell & Burrell are making
very low prices on paint and wall
paper.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16
THE WORST is TRUE
IT RAINS LAVA


BY Scripps- Mctae fTess AIS IL
Castries St. Lucia, May 1.-THE
eruption of Soufriere continues. Great
columns of smoke and balls Of fire
are rising miles into the air. The
discharge is accompanied 'by treme-
dous explosions. 1t is impossible to
reach the burning district which en-
braces the entire northern half of the
island. Kingstown is safe though
ashes and hot pebbles continue to
fall.
The Iola register., 1902-05-16

Nkch Ca IN in China.
o Nlnt rench capital in
= lingi Seds $loo,0OO.oOO. !!
The Iola register., 1902-05-16

BY scripps-McRae Press Assn.
Paris, May l4.-Former President
Kruger telegraphed to g President
Loubet eight hundred francs for Mar
Unique, and expressing regret that his
own and his country's circumstances
prevent him giving more.
, 1902-11-18
FATAL COLLISION.
Extra Stock Train and Freight Crash
Together on Colorado Midland.

Rifle. Colo, Nov. 1S.-A collision be-
tween an extra stock train of the Colo
RADIO Midland Dad and a freight train
on the Rio Grande road half a mile
west of here, caused the death of Z. R.
Thorp. fireman Of one of the Midland
engines. The accident occurred on
the joint track of the two roads. The
injured:
Fred Stifler. Midland engineer, lett
arm and right hand broken.
w. Il. Crawford, Rio Grande brake
man. back injured.
August Gavin, live stock agent for
the Midland. all ribs on left side brok-
en-, internal injuries.
The damage to stock and equipment
amounts TO about 500, goo.
, 1902-11-18
HOT TIME ON HILL
VERY SUCCESSFUL DANCE GIVEN
AT TIE SIDING FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Tie Siding Orchestra furnished the
Music and Several Couples of the
People of That Section Attended
AN Elegant Supper Served and
Good Time Had.

Tic Siding Wyo. Nov, T7.-,Special
Correspondence of The R~npubIicau, j.
| One of the most successful dances
| that ever occurred was given Friday.
the 18th at Tie Siding Nusic was
| furnished by Tie Siding orchestra
| About 8 O'Clock the Guests bogan TO
arrive with the radiance of ,yurcta-
lions and old TavIor h.auing in their
| countcnances and when thnv dnnart
ed the few that hadn't lost their hpmrs
were corsidored amuug Tho tnyur,d
few
Among the DISTINGUISHED urrsnrag.s
were the following. Bert Grurrc nod
family VIM NcNprlin and douohtrr
Marion Boyd Polly Bennett and wife
Misses Eve and Hart Mrs uaypnol
and family Mrs NcGIoughIin and fam
iIy Tom O'Rilev and hrothor MIR Tur.
eeson wife and sister Rud Inbmer
and sisters Chas Clark Harry and Fri
Williams Chester Rennett and sisters
George Rroadhurst and dauqhtar Ron
ThauIkin and wife ART Ravone Char
lev Barton and his intended Chester
Williams Rud Maxwell and sister Mr.
! Job Carey and family Mr. UanIav and
daughter Mr. Koch wife and sister
Hiram Kcves and hrotbcr Mr. WosIor
wife and sister-in-law Npsdamrs
Woodward RickorstaT UodoEins
! Rlodgett Robins VindacEar Sage and
adh
Although the SNOW was falling fast
the nath hetwoen tho hall and IrncIa
, 1902-11-18
BUREAU OF HUMANITY.
Colorado Congressman Will Presen,
Such Proposition to Congress.

Denver. Colo. Nov. lS.-Through
the instrumentality of the Colorado HUI
a society. Colorado's representa-
next session a bill creating a national
bureau of child and animal protection.
The national body will be organized
to do work all over the country SINH
lar to that now accomplished by state
organizations. The bill prepared by
the Colorado society creates a board
of three. to be appointed by the presi-
dent, to meet at Washington. A sec
rotary is provided for, with a salary of
81, 500 and an office at Washington.
, 1902-11-18

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severe cold and cough. l failed rap.
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recommended One Minute CoC1n Cure.
The first bottle brought relief: several
cured me. am back to my old weight.
14S pounds. One Minute Cough Cure
cuts the phlegm, relieves the cough
at once, draws out inflammation, cures
Group. An ideal remedy for children.
Laramie Drug company, Williamson
and Stephenson. pharmacy graduates.
, 1902-11-18
mitchell ON STAND
PRESIDENT OF THE MINE WORK.
ERS' UNION TELLS WHAT
HE KNOWS.
Cross-esamined BY Wayne MacVeaqh
and Replies Pointedly to Some
Observation-Disclosures for a Few
Minutes Become Very Spirited.

Scranton. Pa. Nov. 1S.-Thc strik,
investigating commission has decided
to send invitations to Representatives
OF tn" Illinois Coal Operators assoria
ton to appear before the commission
and tell OF conditions in that state un
der tn" system of yearly agreements
with the union.
President Mitchell of the Miners un
Mon resumed tn" stand on tn" con
Vtning of tn" Coal strike commission
and his cross-"Xamination by Wayne
MacNeagh. which was begun on Sat.
urday, was continued.
Mr.. MCN"agh began his examination
by reading from newspaper clippings
OF tn" methods of Il labor organization
known as the Operatives PlaStorors' as.
ISOLATION of New York against the en-.
ployers.
DO You approx" or do you hearth.
ly d~isapprovr of those methodist" Mr..
MacV"agh asked.
Il should say that my union has no
such rules" was Mr.. Mit"holl's re-.
Spouse.
Mr.. MacNoash repeated his question
and Mr.. Mitchell said:
Il can only say that in the absence
of knowledge as to tn" causes which
made them adopt such resolutions.
am not competent to pass upon tn"
fairness or unfairnoss of them. On the
surface and with the information You
convey to me-, | should say they are
unfair
Mr.. MacVcagh referred y the sub.
jeCt of placing the responsibility for
the increased price of coal and inQuir,
ed:
do you still feel at liberty to say
that it is none of your business what
additional cost is the immediate re-
suit of your demands"
Il have not said at any time it was
none of our business" replied Mr..
Mitchell. Il have stated it was be
yond our control; that We have ALSO
lutely nothing to do with the selling
price of coal"
Wont your men have to work five
years to make up the loss they sustain,
ed during the strike?"
Not by any MEANS was the posi-,
tive answer of Mr.. Mitchell.
"Mr. Mitchell. do you think you have
the right to ask FOR an increase in
wages which. if granted. would in,
e in wages which, if granted.
Of thousands of poor?"
The miners representative replied
that there are $4,000 persons in the
anthracite fields who are starving, and
it is their fundamental right to ask for
living wages in return for their la,
bCr.
The examination for a few minutes
became very spirited on this phase of
the consequence of the strike, and
then Mr.. MacVeagh turned to the mat,
ter of protecting the properties during
the strike.
, 1902-11-18
TOOK MORPHINE.
Cam" Sneed Dead and Believed to
Have Killed Himself.

Pocatello, Ida, Nov. 1S.-Attorncy
r. c. Sneed, who last summe attempt
ed to kill II. V. Plat. agent for the
Oregon Short Line here. died here at
3 O'Clock Sunday morning from the
effects of morphine taken on purpose
to end life. The body was shipped to
Sedalia. Mo. Two daughters. aged 10
and 16, who lived with an uncle at Sc
dalia, and a son aged IA. living here,
survives him.
County Attorney S. c. Winters.
Sneed's law partner, swore out a war
rant Saturday charging Sneed with the
embeZZlement of 5000 of the firms
money, which, it is alleged, he lost on
the recent election.
, 1902-11-18
A STARTLING Surprise.

Ve.y few could believe in looking at
A. T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust black.
smith of Tilden. Ind, that for ten years
he suffered such tortures from rheu-
matism as few could endure and live.
But a wonderful change followed his
taking Electric Bitters. 1.-TWO bottles
wholly cured me-" he writes, "and
have not felt a twinge in over a year"
They regulate the kidneys, purify the
blood and cure rheumatism, neuralgia.
nervousness. improve digestion and
give perfect health. Try them. Only
soc at C. N. Settele's dug store.
, 1902-11-18
FOUND Their MOTHER.
Family Reunited After More Than FIT
ty Years.

kokomo, Ind, Nov. 1S.-George, viii
liam and Lewis Roach. who were kid
mapped by their father in lS49 and for
over fifty years lived in ignorance of
their mother. finally began a search
for her and Saturday they came here
and found their mother still alive,
She is now i've 80 years of age. She
had never lost hope that some day she
might yet see her children. When she
to the ~pOOrhouSe. She was taken away
at once and will accompany her newly
found children home. The ons are
wealthy residents of kearney, Mo.
, 1902-11-18
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into a blazing home, some
fiji emen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security,
and death lear. It's that way when
you neglect coughs and colds. Don't
do 1t. DR.. Kings new discovery fer
consumption gives perfect protection
against all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Keep it near. and avoid suf-
fering, death and doctors bills. A tea,
spoonful stops a late cough, persistent
use the most stubborn. Harmless and
nice tasting, it's guaranteed to salts
fly by Chas. N. Settele. pioneer drug
gist. Price SOC and $1.0O. Trial bot.
ties free.
, 1902-11-18

The undersigned will give a free
sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver tablets to any one wanting a re
liable remedy for disorders of the
stomach. ~biliousness or constipation
This is a new remedy and a good one
Sold by Frank II. Eggleston, druggist
, 1902-11-18
Cured Of Piles After 40 Years

Mr.. c. Haney of Geneva, Ohio. had
the piles for forty years. Doctors and
dollars could do him no lasting good.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured him
permanently. Invaluable for cuts,
burns. bruises. sprains. decorations. &c
zema, letter. salt rheum. and all 9th
Dewitt on the package-all others are
cheap. worthless counterfeits. Lara
mic Drug company, Williamson and
Stephenson, pharmacy graduates.
, 1902-11-18
SUGAR City Wreck,

Pueblo, Colo. Nov. 1S.-A head-on
collision occurred between two freights
on the Missouri Pacific at 5 O'Clock
yesterday morning six miles east of
Sugar City. The crews of both trains
jumped and saved themselves. En-
gIneer Carroll of engine 1871 had his
ankle sprainod Both engines were de,
rallied and badly damaged Ten freight
cars were wrecked.
, 1902-11-18
Stepped Against a Hot Stove,

a child of Mrs. Geo. 7. Benson, when
getting his usual Saturday night bath,
stepped back against a hot stove which
burned him severely. The child was
in agony and his mother could do moth,
ing to pacify him. Remembering that
she had a bottle of Chambcrlain's
Pain Balm in the house. she thought
she would try it. In less than halt
an hour after applying it the child
was quiet and asleep, and in less than
two weeks was well. Mrs. Benson is
q we'll known resident of Kellar, Va
pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment
and especially valuable for burns,
cuts, bruises and sprains. For sale
by Frank II. EgglestoR. druggist.
, 1902-11-18

If you have . bad cold you need a
good reliable medicine like Chamber
relieve it. and to allay the irrigation
and inflammation of the throat and
lungs. The soothing and healing
quick cures which it effects make it
a favorite everywhere. For sale by
Frank II. Egglestion. druggist.
, 1902-11-18
you are bilious and seeking advis

II you are bilious and seeking advis
ers,
Take DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
Just before going 10 bed.
You will find on the morrow,
You are rid of your o
That's all; just enough said.
These famous pills do not grippe, but
move the bowels gently and easily
cleansing the liver. Their tonic eff
feet gives strength to the glands, pre-
venting n return of the disorder. Lar
Stephenson. pharmacy graduates.
, 1902-11-18
Luck in Thirteen,

By sending 10 miles VIM. Spirey, Of
Walton Furnace, VT, got a box of
Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, that wholly
cured a horrible fever sore on his leg.
Nothing else could. Positively cures
bruises. %felons. ulcers. eruptions, boils,
burns, corns and piles. Only Csc.
Guaranteed by C. N. Settele, pioneer
druggist.
, 1902-11-18
The St. Paul Calendar for 1903

Six sheets 10Xl5 inches, of beauti-
full reproductions, in colors, of pastel
drawings by Bryson, is now ready for
distribution and will be mailed or re
ceipt of twenty-five (25) cents-coin
or stamps. Address F. A. Miller. Gen
eral Passenger Agent. Chicago.