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The Iola register., 1902-04-25
TWO MORE GOOD WELLS
The Iola-Chanute Oil Company Seems
to be Getting the Best in the Cha
mute Field.

The lola men who compose the ma
iority of the members of the Neosho
Valley Oil a. Gas Company are feel
ing mighty contented these days. The
past week wells number three and four
on their Chanute land were brought
in and both are rated as ameng the
very best in the field. Here is the
Chanute Suns report of the strikes:
THE two new wells on the Isett
land, which the Neosho Valley Oil q
Gas Co. is just bringing in, are ac-
counted the two best in the field. This
so acres on which they are located is
the famous Isett farm that yielded the
33S bbl gusher few months ago, and it
is now reasonable to believe that
either of these wells will double the
output of that well.
mo. was shot Saturday and tests
made then. Twenty-Five minutes after
it was shot there was 1863 feet of oil in
the well, which is equivalent to a flow
of little over600 bbls every "a hours.
The flow of oil is based upon the ra-
pidity with which the oil passes
through the sand. On Sunday morn
ing it had 700 feet of oil in it, and
baling was commenced. In three
hours and half steady baling the
oil had been reduced but 300 feet,
when finding that the waste of oil
would be too much if they persisted in
baling it out, President Isett ordered
the we'll capped and closed. Yester-
day it was opened for ten minutes and
during that time it flowed steady
stream of solid oil ten feet high with
no signs of weakening.
The tools are still in No. 4. The
drill had passed through 30 feet oil
sand, and tapped but one foot of pro-
ducing sand, but there vas 100 feet of
oil in the well yesterday. 1t had
reached above the tools. The big
flow Of gas in this we'll has largely
subsided, and there is every indica-
tion that when the drill goes farther
down and through the whole strata
of producing sand, No 4. will show
better even than No 3.
"There is every evidence that a rich
pool of oil underlies the Isett so
acres and with the view of tapping
thisreservoir symmetrically, President
Isett has made five more locations on
the land to be drilled at once. Prepa-
rations are being made to put in a
pumping station there and be ready
TO market oil 10y July lst.
THE Neosho Valley Company has
some 2ne properties which will yield
big incomes to its stockholders.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
VERY IMPORTANT, II TRUE
There, are Those who Believe They
Have Found Immense Beds of AS
phaltum in Allen County.

Following clue, REGISTER re-
porter dropped into the Office of the
Hotel Pennsylvania this afternoon.
Over the mantleniece in the Office were
several large chunks of black rock
which the reporter examined,
What is this stuff" he asked of
the proprietor.
That is rock asphaltum, replied
Mr.. Pingree.
Where is it from?"
within FIVE miles of lola, Allen
county, Kansas, there are l 200 acres
that | know Of" he replied. How
much more there is cannot say"
Wouldn't that set your nerves to
trembling? 1t is known that asphalt
tum is found ip countries where oil
and gas abound and it is said that
many think that asphaltum is the base
from which both oil and gas come. 1t
is found in both liquid and solid form
and is used extensively over the world
for street paving. A large find is
worth incalculable sums. The sam
pies shown here are solid, black as
ink and smelling of oil. A pick mark
shows where the pick has been driven
into the rock-like substance and a
chunk the side of a mans head pried
loose.
Mr.. j. C.. Noble and Mr.. Pingree
guard the secret of the find and they
believe that hole sunk to some dis
tance in the earth will uncover i'm
mense beds of the asphaltum nearer a
liquid, although it is believed that by
heating the rock obtained on the sur
face fully fifty per cent Oft willliquify
and be found to be commercial as
phaltum.
Such development would be simply
immense. 1t would mean another
mammouth industry in this section,
one giving employment to large num-
ber of men and havinc dividend of
lovely proportions % the company
operating the mine. 1t would find a
use in the first place in paving the
streets of lola and could be shipped
in its solid form withgreat ease to any
part of the country and roasted where
wanted.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Bridge Contracts Wanted

Public notice is hereby given that at ]
O'Clock D. m. Monday May 26, 1909, the Board
of County Commissioners of Allen County,
Kansas, will at the oficcof the Clerk OF said
county in the city of lola publicly award to
the lowest responsible bidder n contract for
q steel or stone arch or cement arch bridge
across Deer Creek in Carlyle townShi p on or
near the section line between sections 20 ana
% township %. range -, East in Allen county
Kansas. II steel bridge is erected bids for
stone abutments WILDE received and contract
awarded at the same time and place; also at
the same place Immediately following the
award OF contract for the above mentioned
bridge bids viii be received and contract
awarded for steel, stone arch or cement
arch bridge to be erected across Onion Creek,
in Logan township on or near the section line
between section l9-25-lS and section 24-25-l7 in
Allen county, Kansas If steel bridge is erect
ed bids for stone ahutments will be received
and contract awarded at the same time and
place. II contract for steel bridges are ac-
cepted the bridge across Deer Creek will be
so foot span, six panel. high truss IA foot road
way the one across Onion Greek will be so
foot span, three panel, low truss. IA foot road
way
=Pians and specifications for said steel bridges
stone arch or cement arch bridges and stone
abutments may be seen at the ONCE OF the
county clerk.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids
ATTEST JAMES LoCKHART,
G. A. Fronk Chairman,
County Clerk.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
TO SHIELD ANOTHER
Remarkable Case of John Cummings
at wellington

Wellington, April %. John Cum
miDgs, who confessed that he killed
Anna Dishman, his 13-year-old ser.
want girl. three years ago while in a
fit of anger. was this morning released
on 81, 500, bond until May 2 in order
to give an opportunity to settle up his
business affairs. He is treasurer of
a school district, has cattle and other
personal property to, dispose Of. and
will plead guilty when arraigned.
E. @. Elliot, an attorney here, who
has taken the case, says that Cum
mings' is the most remarkable case,
he .ever knew He says that Cum
mings has decided to plead guilty and
take sentence Of manslaughter to
shield some one else. The prisoner
confessed to Elliot yesterday and it
is said he duplicates member of his
family.
He has sent for Elliot after deciding
to make a defense, having at first
said he would plead guilty. Elliot
upon hearing the strange tale of his
client, said no jury would convict him.
He had been sworn to secrecy and
and went to Wichita expecting to re-
turn today and begin on line of de-
tense for Cummings. When Elliott
returned today he found that Cum
mings had decided to hold to his
original plan to plead guilty and ask
the mercy of the court. Many persons
had seen him, and not knowing the
secret part of his story, but believing
his confession that he had killed the
girl by an accidental blow, had talked
him into staying by his first decision
and entering a plea of guilty.
''It's the strangest case in my prac.
tice as an Attorney" said Mr.. Elliot
today, "and if Cummings would lei
me tell his story as he has told it to
me, the court wonld not take his plea
of guilty. He would walk from his
cell free man."
Elliot is the only one to whom Cum
mings has told his story and he says
he is bound to secrecy by professiona
ethics.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
w. A. REEDER WON OUT
He Was RenOminated In the Sixth
District

Norton, Kas., April CIV. A.
Reeder was renominated for congress
in the sixth district by the Republi-
cans this morning.
DOUBTFUL LAST NIGHT.
Norton, Kansas, April 23-The Re-
publican convention of the Sixth dis
trict is deadlocked. Ten.ballots were
taken tonight without any important
variation in the vote and an adjourn
mont was taken until morning.
The first ballot stood: W. A. Reed
er, Phillips, Il; Hays B...White, Jew
ell, Al; +. w. Wellington, Els
worth, 80.
The tenth ballot stood: Reeder. 73;
White SO; Wellington, 30.
The only changes in the vote, except
two, were among the Wellington and
White forces. They understood each
other and worked together. On two
ballots Reeder received "A votes, but
the extra vote left him each time. 1t
takes 70 to nominate.
What the outcome will be can not be
foretold. The anti-Reeder forces
claim Reeder is now out of it, but he
has not given up. He believes that
the opposition cannotcombine without
losing enough votes to him to nomin-
ate him. However, he is scared, Sever
al postmasters are delegates and some
of them are against Reeder. He says
he will take care of their cases when
he gets backto Washington, no matter
how the convention terminates.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
ATTACKED HIS FAMILY
Fear of Detection for an Old Crime
the Cause.

Vinita, l. T., April 23.-James A.
Lennox, who tried to kill his whole
family near Stillwell last Friday
night, has told the story of the causes
which led up to the crime. LennoX
was taken to Tahlequah and the
United States grand jury is now in
vestigating his case. LennoX is a
farmer of very ordinary appearance
and seems fairly intelligent. He
talked about the crime coolly and al
though he admits having committed it
deliberately, shrouds the motive in
deeper mystery. 81 killed my child
and intended to kill the whole family"
he said in opening his statement. 81
am not insane and l expect to hang
for what have done"
Lennox then told his story as fol-
lows:
81 intended TO kill my wife and chill
dren because there was so much talk
among the neighbors and | was afraid
they would find out something that
happened before l left Georgia. |
live about three miles from Stillwell
and / heard there was a detective in
Stillwell trying to find out something
would die before telling it, unless
some one who knows about it accuses
me, and then | will tell it all. | med
itated some time about killing my
family, and last Thursday night
after my family were asleep, | went
out and got an AK, l brought it back
in the house with me with the intention
of killing them while they were asleep
but my courage failed me and l coulC
not do it,
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Tore His Clothes Off Him.

Another of these mishaps which
would be mighty serious if they did
NOT always mean that worse one had
been escaped happened to Mr.. l. T.
Grisham Tuesday night. He is work.
ing at the Acid plant and while stand
ing over a line shaft his clothing
caught on set screw nut and began
Immediately winding about the shaft.
All he could do was to pull Iotf and
that he did to such good effect that his
clothes gave way and were transferred
from about him to around the shaft
Mr.. Grisham wash hurt some years ago
in factory accident and so he felt
doubly glad that this one vas NO
worse.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Another School Dispute.

Prairie Hall school district at pre-.
sent has the floor with mild rumpus
that has managed to interest about ali
those residing in this district. II grew
out of q new fence. The district plan
ned to build a gas-pipe fence about
the school house, but gave the idea
up, pipe having gone 20 prchihi-
tive igue. Some time later the dis
trict held a meeting and decided to
build wire fence. The board having
the work in charge got prices and find
ing gas pipe lower put in pipe fence,
supposing that would be satisfactory.
The district held II meeting and re-
pudiated the action. The pipe fence
was torn down and wire one put in.
The last phase of the dispute came
when leading member of the board
had notice served on the county treas
urer not to pay certain money to the
district treasurer. There is one fence
yet to be paid for either by the board
or the district and until this is done
the trouble promises to continue.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
COmns of Cement.

Reports from neighboring towns to
the contrary, it is evident that the
Worlds Fair Commission was so sur
prised at the manufacturing develop
ment found in lola that it has been
talking about the town wherever it
has gone. Here is an item from the
Wichita Eagle;
"a man from the wheatbelt has
scarcely any idea Of the manifold in
dustries of Kansas said Senator
Simons, who is a member of the
Worlds Fair commission yesterday.
Our exhibit at St. Louis will be as
much surprise to the people of part
of Kansas as to the world. The man
ufacturing interests in eastern Kan
sas have become immense. Take the
manufactured products at lola for in
stance; or better, the single item of ce-
ment. At lola cement is being turned
into almost everything, y bridge be-
tween LaHarpe and lola is made
wholly of cement, Cement is being
turned into a substitute for stone, cop
ing and cornice. They are also turn
ing out cement burial caskets. All
through the gas and oil belt manu-
| facture is on boom. y
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
A REVOLT In THE SENATE
House Tactics May be Used on the
Cuban Measure There.

Washington, April 23-- With the ex-
ception Of Senator Spooner, whose
cooperation is essential, the Republi-
can Senate leaders have pract ically
agreed on q Cuban reciprocity bill. 1t
will be substituted for the House bill
and the party lash will crack. But
this does not mean that the Republi-
cans are going to have their own way.
The announcement is made through
Senator Aldrich that a Republican
bill which, can be passed with Repub-
lican votes will be presented to the
Senate. That is what Payne announc-
ed after the House Republican caucus
had indorsed the ways and means COM
mittee bill. Without the aid of Dem
ocratic votes itwould seem imposs BILE
to get any help for Cuba at this term
of Congress. Every Democratic vote,
with the possible exception of Teller,
who is only half Democrat and
proclaims himself Republican, and
the two senator's from louisiana who
break away from the Democratic res
ervation whenever the Sugar trust is
threatened, will be cast to put the
Morris amendment, abolishing the re-
fined sugar diTerential, in the Senate
bill. Aldrich, Allison, Platt, Hanna
and Lodge will insist that party lines
be drawn and the Senate bill be made
party measure.
What will Spooner do? He hold s
the balance Of power on the committee
on relations with Cuba. Burrows,
who leads the insurgent Republicans.
is confident that Spooner will stay with
him to the last. Spooner did not at
tend the conference of Senate Republi- :
cans yesterday afternoon, which de-
cided to present new Cuban recipro-
city bill. Burrows and Elkins turned
down an invitation and offered no ex =
cuse for their action. Elkins, for some
reason, has elected to act at cross
purposes with thel administration and
has become obstreperous on all mat
ters of legislation. 1t was Burrows
who went over among the House in =
surgents last Friday afternoon and
urged them to stand firm.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
ALL ARE RENOMINATED
Indiana Republican Convention made
Quick Work

BY ScIIpps- -McIthe FTess AssTn,
Indianapolis, April 24.-The Re-
publican state convention by.acclam a
tion this morning renominated Secre-
tary of State Storms, Geologist
Blatchley, statistician Pension, su-
preme Judge Mile and Gillette and
all of the appellate judges,
The platform besides endorsing the
administration, denouncing as harm
full the trusts and urging the canal
construction, asks for atariff revision
to meet the changing conditions.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
YOn Have Seen

Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin adver-
tised for months, but have you ever
tried it? If not, you do not know
what an ideal stomach remedy 1t is.
A SOC bottle will show you it's great
merits as a cure for constipation, in
digestion and sick headache. AT Chas.
b. Spencer q Co., lola, w. ], Waters
& Son, LaHarpe, and Kline g. Son,
Moran.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
'TiSElSY tnEenl Gnnd.

Countless thousands have found
blessing to the body in DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, which positively cure
constipation, sick headache, dizziness,
jNundice, malaria, fever and ague and
all liver and stomach troubles. Pure
ly vegetable; never grippe nor weaken.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Seed for Sale.

Cane seed 81 As, Millet seed 81 20,
Kaflir corn $l,l5 sacks included Ad-
dress w, f., Thompson, Eskridge,
Kansas Reference, Security State
Bank Eskridge Kansas.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Police Looked for a Girl

The police of this city received
telephone message from Ottawa yes
terday afternoon to be on the look out
for a young lady of about twenty
years who had disappeared from her
home in Ottawa. A description of
her was given but the officers could
find no clue. The mystery was ex
planned today when the morning pa
pers announced that a half sister o.
w. A DeFord, a we'll known lawyer
and politician of Ottawa, wandered
away from home the day before and
could not be found. The girls mother
died two years ago and she has been
troubled with melancholia. After a
long search the body of the unfortu-
nate girl. was found in the Marais des
Cygnes river, near Forest Park, where
she had evidently drowned herself.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
The Rain Worth Thousands.

The rain which began falling yes
terday was the biggest pay day"
Allen county has seen for many
months. The biggest industry in the
county is the farming industry. Not
less than 1000 people gain their live
lihood from this one source and their
prosperity helps a whole lot more peo-
pie. Crops have started OFF pretty
we'll, but the high winds dried the
ground out badly, corn, wheat, flax,
oats and even the prairie meadows
needed rain, The crops had not suf-
fered as yet but delay of week
longer would have retarded the
growth.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-06-25

delegates, they also select member
of the Republican county central
committee, and the member so select
ed from Redwood Falls be declared
to be the chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Anderson of Wabasso moved to
lay the motion on the table, but the
chair refused to entertain the mo-
ton, and the original motion was
put and carried. The delegates so
selected by districts were as fol-
lows:
First district-J A Loerch and S P
Hicks
Second district-G w Shelton, w G
Starr
The Redwood gazette., 1902-06-25

Third DISTRICT G. Albrecht and VIM
Schultz.
Fourth district-G L Parkhill and I
n Tompkins.
Fifth district-L H Hodge and Peter
Mckay.
The committee was made up as fol-
lows:
Chairman and Fourth district-J A
Schmahl.
First district-W J Mcdonald of
Walnut Grove.
Second district-A J Gebhard.
Third district-A NJ Dennistoun.
Fifth district-A 0 Gimmestad, Bel
view.
After the delegates reported from
The Redwood gazette., 1902-06-25

the districts we're ratified, S. S. Gale
moved that James A. Larson be
elected chairman of the delegation
to St. Paul. This was carried by a
unanimous vote, and the convention
then adjourned.
The second game of ball for the
benefit Of the Improvement associa-
tion will be played tomorrow at
3:3O p. m, on the new ball ground
west of the Redwood bridge.
DON fail to see the big vaude.
vile company-band and orchestra
j uly Sd and 4th. 1t is worth COM
ing miles to see.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-23
Mixed on Marcus.

1t was with a most delightful sense
OF vagueness that a few days ago we
received the announcement by Hong
kong cable that an island by the name
of Marcus was in dispute between the
United States and Japan. Just where
such spot claimed tenure no one
seemed to know. AS the transport sher-
idan was referred to in the Geographic
message, an appeal was at once made
TO the quartermaster's department: but
a Stygian darkness seemed to overhang
che officials there. and no eniighten-
ment was vouchsafed. One hero of
vigorous intellect kindly sunk a drag
net in the depths of his memory, but
landed nothing more than the sugges-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4
ton that it was probably related to
Hanna, of Washington fame, and the
nomenclature might have been bestow-
ed upon the island in honor of the
Ohioan's signal and laudable services
IN behalf of the G. o. P. AS a last re-
sort the library, and finally the Amer
lean Book Store, were visited, the lat
ter place with somewhat better luck
than the others, and it was then dis
covered that Marcus, or Marquis, or
Marquesas Island Cor Islands) is no
lost or wandering Atlantis, but an lin
sula" or archipelago which has local
habitation as well as a name The for
ner is given as latitude $40 south and
longitude 40 west. The population of
the place is estimated at $1,000. In gen.
eral, the Marquesas Islands are situat-
ed about two hundred and fifty miles
southeast of the Friendly Islands. They
are given on the map as French posses
stons.
II. these be the islands referred to in
the cable message, then it is hard to see
how our country could be in any way
interested in them, or any one of them.
It is not quite so difficult to conceive,
however, that Japan has established
some sort of logical or illogical connec-
ton. 1t is known that of late she has
been emulating the other powers in
their colonial policy, and has been cast
ing about the Pacific seeking for such
crumbs as might have been overlooked
in the international grab-feast. If she
has quietly picked up some lonely little
orphan in the Marquesas group. then
II seems more likely. that France and
not the United States win ask her to
drop it.
In any event, we do not look for COM
plications. Il the United States is in
terested, Uncle Sam is too big to worry
over such an insignificant dot on the
vide Pacific; moreover, he and the Mi
kado are on good terms, and the latter
would be inclined to meet him more
than half way. If France be the power
interested, however, the question may
become more involved. But even then
any serious international difficulty
seems beyond the pale of possibility
So, all things considered, we think
Marcus" VIII not cause Mars TO turn
one little hair or rob the mailed god of
one short hour of his now hardly-earn-
ed and rightly-deserved slumber With
these reflections we resign him and
Marcus" or Marquis, or Maruuesas.
to a kind oblivion.-Nanila American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-23
SUGAR PRICES ADVANCING.

Following are extracts from Willett &
Gray's Weekly Circular, which show a
somewhat better outlook for sugar:
Raws advanced 1-S2c. Refined un-
changed. Net cash quotations this date
are: Muscovados, 2.S75c; Centrifugals,
34oc; GRADUATED, 4.41c. Receipts, 80, 400
tons. Meetings., $4,000 tons. Total stock
in -Four Ports, 13S, 1857 tons, against
129,597 tons last week, and 90, 6iO tons
last year. Beet Sugar quotation, f. 0.
b. Hamburg, es per cwt. for So degrees
analysis. equal to S.50c for IS degrees
test CentrifugaIs at New York. First
marks German Granulated f. o. b..
Hamburg. IS SID. equal to 40Sc New
York, duty paid.
Estimated afioats to the United States
from Cuba and West Indies, 81. coo tons;
Javas 10000 tons; Hawaii. $4,000 tons;
Europe. 5000 tons; Peru, etc, 0,000 tons;
total 25O,oe0 tons, against 100000 tons
last year.
Spot Foreign GranuIated-The de-
RAND is light and the supply moderate
Fine Austrian. A4Oc asked. For import
Dutch Granulated. prompt shipment, 9s
Cd C. and f. Fine Austrian Granulated
for prompt shipment SIS 101zd, c. and f.
This weeks summary of the statisti-
cal position shows stocks in the United
States and Cuba together OF 447, 1897
tons, against 462, 597 tons last week and
S27,S79 tons last year. an increase of
12O, lis tons over last year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-23
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