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The Iola register., 1902-04-11

have been given setback that years
of the finest of Russian diplomacy
cannot remedy.
But the realization of Russia's de-
sire for an outlet to the Indian ocean
is not yet entirely frustrated, and
while recent occurrences have but
added new entanglements for her to
unravel she hopes yet to accomplish
her purpose, and proposes by run
ming her own railway south to the
Persian gulf to paralyze the German
line commercially, and to frustrate
its object strategically.
Before discussing the Russian rail
way projects it is necessary to indi-
cate briefly the scope OF German
ambitions in this part of the world.
They are far more important than
the mere construction OF a new com
mercial route. This feature is by no
means a new one, for several surveys
have been made in years past for
just such line by England, but that
government was stopped by the OPP
position of other powers. But Ger
many would do more than this. she
would revive the life and interest in
Mesopotamia, a region once rich and
populous, and the birthplace of the
oldest civilization the world has seen,
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that cannot be acquired in days time
when the need for it calls. and this
foundation the West Pointer has fur
nished. Without it the volunteers
bravery would have failed.
The academy graduate has left his
alma mater not only with trained
ability to attend to the details of the
countrys military service, but with
many, many times the ability to com
mand armies successfully. Many Of
them have been called upon to do such
service, and to-day have their names
written indelibly upon their country's
history. but many others have been
forced by circumstances to step back
ward. to pocket their ambition and at
tend to the details while political APP
pointees in the volunteer service have
won the fame which the West Point
er's attention to detail has made pos
sible.
To 20 back to the history Of this in
stitution for the making Of soldiers
we find the government purchased the
ground upon which the academy
stands of Stephen Moore in Septem-
ber, 1890. Tie first purchase was aug
meuted by an additional purchase in
| 1894. and two years later, in 1926, the
| state of New York ceded its iurisdic
tion over the 160 acre tract of land
owned by the government. The first
intention of the government in maxi
| ing the purchase was to construct here
n military fort of first Importance, and
for this purpose an appropriation of
S35, 900 was made. This was expended
by 1894, but was sufficient to but par
tally complete the works, and fur
ther appropriation of $4,000 was
asked This congress refused to give
and the work that had been done was
allowed to go to ruin.
The first steps looking to the estab-
lishment of a military academy were
taken even before the first tract of
land was purchased in 1890. AS early
as 1888 Col. Pickering recommended
that such an academy be erected, and
this recommendation was seconded al
several times by Washington. Con-
gress, however, refused to take any
action along this line further than au-
JnOflZlDR lHe Ol IL lew
cadets to each engineer and artillery
battalion, and in 1893 provided teach
ers for their instruction.
The act of March 16, 1902, which pro,
vided for the establishment of the
academy provided also for 40 cadets
for the artillery and ten for the en-
gineer battalions of the army, an6
made no provision for either the cav
airy or infantry branches. The first
instruction given related only to the
technical details of these branches ot
the service without, in any way, going
into the foundation studies of thesol
diers' profession. 1t was in 1903 thai
the introduction of French and draw
ing was authorized and teachers EN-
= ployed for these branches.
To Col. Williams, the superintendent
at the academy in 1908, must be giver
the credit for much Of the proficiency
of West Point as it exists to-day. Con
gress but followed his recommends
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having awakened the suspicious of
Persia have seemed more than will
Ing to exchange the weak rule of
the shah for the strong hand of the
czar, and all plans were working nice
~ until Germany took part in the
plan of rejuvenation for this sec
ton of Asia.
Germany has planned a direct line
of railway through from the Allan
tic to the head of the Persian gulf.
For this she has secured concessions
from the sultan that gives her per-
mission to cross the Bosphorus at
Constantinople and build down
through Mesopotamia Such line
Is even now partially built, and Rus
sia's fear is that England will take
advantage of concession which she
holds and build line westward from
india to strike the German line. and
thus shut her off from her desired
connection with the Persian gulf.
Russia sees, also, menace to the
realization of two others Of her am
pitions in this new friendship be-
tween the sultan and Germany. She
still clings to the possibility of one
day being mistress of Constantine
Die. once the great fount and center
of the byzantine church, and the
source of inspiration of so much in
Russian religion and art, Another
If Russia's ambitions is to some day
.ule the Holy Land, and to see the
3reek cross triumphant where the
,resccnt has so long held sway. And
low comes the German concession
'or railway cutting right across
he Russian path to the Holy Sepul-
,her. Thus two of her ambitions
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morning Mr.. Ruff, the sexton of
the Methodist church, discover
ed evidence Of n "beerparty" on the
open court Of the church the night
before in the shape of broken bottles,
and the remains of sandwiches. This
excited the wrath of Rev. |. b. Pulliam
and at the Sunday evening service he
proposed collection of $l2 for the
purpose OF putting in lamp at the
corner in front of the church. As
some prefer darkness to light becauA'
their deeds are evil the propositioA
met with favor in the audience and the
money was raised and the lamp goes
in today.
The joint keepers of lola are doing
Ndip best these days to arouse tie
people who usually take no sides into
a war Jmpathy for the efforts of the
w. G. n. U. About once a day foI
the past week an lola husband has gone
home drunk and abused his family.
Sober. these men are kind husbands
aud fathers. Every time u joint keep.
er allows IA man to get beastly drunk
in his place SO that he is not a re.
sponsible human boing the jointkeepel
makes a dozen good staunch enemies
who will take pleasure at the right
time in cleaning them out
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tions when it established an academ-
ical staff, and provided for the teach
ing of natural philosophy, mathemat-
les, engineering, architecture, chem
istry, minerology, drawing, French,
German, riding, fencing and sword ex-
ercise. 1t was not until 1912 that these
recommendation were carried out by
congress, and, while since that time
some changes have been made, these
studies prescribe practically the
course of study at the academy to-
day, and every officer of the army who
is a graduate OF the academy can vouch
for the need of all of them at some
time in his service to his country.
During the early years OF the acad-
emy it was popular neither with the
public or with congress, nor was it of
much importance as n military school
excepting as the foundation OF what
was TO come. During the four years
from 1903 to 1912 there we're but SO
cadets appointed to the academy,
while at the same time sc others were
assigned to service with the difTerent
engineer and artillery battalions un-
der the old methods. The law OF 1919
establishing an academical staff pro-
vided also for the raising of the num-
ber Of cadets to maximum of 250,
and virtually did away with the old
method OF appointment to battalions
for instruction.
1t was in 1915 that provision was
made for the board of visitors, and the
rannrte ~ these hOnrde did rnuph IN
popularize the institution and bring
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~ oMMERCIAL and political
A<N competition between the
WNIN nations of Europe bids fair
NSE to be the rejuvenating
N force that is to cause the
ancient east, the father
land OF modern civilization, to bloom
anew. Into the ancient centers of
Christianity and Mohammedanism
are they attempting to push not only
their commercialism, but their DO
ntical intrigue as well. The political
features of the conflict is, of course,
but necessary adjunct to the com
mercialism.
FOR the purpose of this reiuvena-
tion railroads are being builded. an
clent lrrigating works replaced or re-
paired, improved agricultural meth
DDS introduced, and, in fact, IL would
seem that nothing is being left un-
uone that will add to the value of
these ancient countries commercially
or industrially.
In this struggle for control of the
ancient seat of civilization Germany
and Russia are making strenuous eff
torts for supremacy. For both of
them the "Sick Man of Europe" at
Constantinople holds the key to the
situation and he is PLAYING to the au-
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but now practically depopulated
desert. Germany is even now at
work reyiying the agricultural in
terests, and hopes to reopen the an
cient irrigation works that made the
country ut one time n veritable gar
den of Eden. She hopes also to open
the Euphrates and Tigris rivers to
navigation for considerable dis
tance. Should Germany prove sue
cessful in her projects this ancient
country may again become one of the
Eraneries of the world, and compete
successfully with the wheat fields of
America. In the furtherance of this
plan German agents have been teach
ing scientific methods of farming to
the natives, and the government has
been supplying seed and implements
on easy terms. Preferential rates
on her proposed lines OF railway to
the markets of Europe are also Of
fercd.
A glance AT the accompanying maps
will give an idea Of the invasion Of
this ancient country proposed by both
Germany and Russia. The smaller map
shows the proposed lines from the At
lantic ports through TO the Indian
ocean. the northern route the line Rus
sia win offer, and the southern one that
proposed by Germany. For their line
the Russians claim 10 would be the
quickest 10 the mouth Of the Persian
gulf, and would also offer The adyan-
tagc of tapping the richest Of the PROV
inces Of Persia. 1t Is because Of these
claims that they expect to paralyze
the German project.
The larger map shows the lines Of
railway built in the disputed territory,
| the lines now under construction. and
| those for which concessions have been
granted The Russian Trans-Caucasi sian
railway has now been connected with
Erivan, and is being rapidly pushed
to completion to Julfa, on the northern
! Persian frontier. From this latter
point the line will be extended to
! Tabriz. Kesvin and Teheran, which is
already connected by Russian road
with the Caspian sea. But from Tehe-
ran southwards Russia has not only
TO deal with PeRia but with England,
as there is now in existence British
concession for line from this point
to the head of the Persian gulf. This
1 concession is for line through Kun
Buruiird and Ahwahz, with the right to
a branch road eastwards to Ispahan.
There are stu two other feasible
routes left to Russia. One is for line
from Teheran, via Buruiird, down to
Bushire, on the Persian gulf, and the
other from Teheran via Ispahan, south.
east to Herman and thence to BandaT
Abbas. Either of these lines would
meet Russia's requirements, but the
latter is the more probable of the
two, and is the one the Russian gov
ernment is now working to secure.
Russia is building at the present
time one line of railway on Persian soil
that is, branch line from the trans
Caspian, near Askabad, to Keshed, il
Khorassan, and having secured thi.
concession it is believed that unless
strong British opposition is eXertet
the concession for the line to the gull
win he hard to get. Ifit is once in Rus
sia's hands the completion of the line
viii be but a matter of short time.
DANIEL CLEVERTON.
The HOrses of "a King.
The king of Italy has the fines
lhorses in the world
The Iola register., 1902-04-11

Mr.. Kruger spends good deal of his
time in playing cards and has himself
invented several games. He is also
quite an adept at making puzzle boxes,
and keeps in his pocket one of par
ticularly battling description which he
not infrequently offers to visitor to
open.
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That's the Place For Fish.

John HauFhey, the new fish warden. has y
letter from the United States fish commissions
er, in reply To request for fish for Kansas
streams stating that efforts would be made to
give Kansas two carloads of fish this year; one
on the spring delivery and one in the fall. Mr.
Haughey says this will stock every stream in
Kansas with enou ,h hshto last Kansas many
years. ellington Mail.
The government is going to give
Kansas two carloads of fish this year.
Kansas won't know whether this is o
great plenty on "a stiugy little lot until
she hears from Bent Murdoch. -Tope-
ka Capital
Neosho Falls and lola are about
eight miles apart. One car Of small
fry put into the Neosho river at Neo-
sho Falls and the other one put in at
lola would fairly stock tho Neosho
river for that distance for one year.
Kansas streams are practically with
out fish andthey will remain so until the
state Legislature appropriates money
70 hatch its own small fry to restock
the streams.-Bent Murdock.
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ILK=A tdiy uCducHly dJ NtSJ
MFN Point been giving to our
I'm N army the finest body of
~sH trained military officers
the world has known with
in that time. Within that 100 years
many young men have received diplom-
as emitting them to second lieuten-
ants commission in the regular mil
itary forces of the country who were
destined, in later years, to win world
fame as the commanders of armies in
some of the hardest fought campaigns
of the century.
1t was on March 16, 1902, that the
academy was established, and going
down through the wars in which we
have engaged since then we find many
names of one-time cadets enscribed
upon the country's roll of honor for
distinguished services in each of them.
While it has been the policy of the re.
public to maintain but n comparative
ly small regular army, and to fight its
battles largely with n volunteer force
in which volunteer officers have gained
distinction, yet it has been the West
Point graduates back of these volun-
tecr forces who have made success pos
sibIe by the attention to details.
American volunteer wit, genius and
bravery may he successfully pitted
against the best armies of the world,
but back of this there must be n foun-
dation for organization, for equipping,
for discipline. for transporting, for
housing, for feeding; foundation
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The Iola register., 1902-04-11

The HOrses of n King.
The king Of Italy has the finest
horses in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18
MORE INDUSTRIES
 FOR THE DISTRICT
GOSSIP ON STREETS OF ENsLEY SAYS THE ALABAMA STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY WILL BUILD NEW PLANTS.

Ensley. September n.-(Special)-It Is matter of common talk on the streets and in the business places of Ensley today that the Alabama Steel and Wire com pany is shortly to build a furnace and steel plant somewhere in the Birming ham district. These rumors are rife by reason of the fact that the Associated Press dispatches from Hartford, Conn.,. made the announcement that the Sehul- CTS filed a declaration of incorporation with a capital stock of $5,OOO. OO0 the bus mess of which Is to be the building oper- ating and maintaining of blast furnaces coke ovens, a steel plant etc. It Is under stood that these plants are to be con- structed in the neighborhood of the pres ent immense plant of the Alabama Steel and Wire company. which is located at Ensley. This company is operating coal mines at different places In Jefferson county, the product of which is being consumed at their present plant, there seems to be no particular reason why the contemplated plants should not be constructed in connection with the plant now being operated. Ensley Is, therefore, elated over the proposition of having these additional furnaces and steel plant added to its already phenomenal indus trial record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18
GADSDEN
J. T. Higgins Compelled to Have Ills
 Leg Amputated.
ent was then taken

Gadsden, September 17.-(Special )--J. T. Higgins, whose leg was crushed by an electric car in Attalla last Saturday morning. was compelled to have his leg amputated above the ankle Sunday, and another operation had to be performed today, as gangrene had set in. His leg was taken off the second time just above the knee, ard from the shock of the sec ond operation MT. Higgins came near dying. He is In a very critical condition.
 The commissary of the Crudup Mining company at Crudup was entered by bur glars last Saturday morning. Quite a number of watches. jewelry, knives and other articles were stolen. Suspicion pointed to two men named Johnson and Bob Knight. and they have been arrested and are in jail here.
 Gadsden's industrial resources were shown Monday afternoon at the plant of the Gadsden Pipe and Foundry company. There were two new cars built by the Southern Car and Foundry company of Gadsden for the 6eaboard Air Line stand ing on the side track at the pipe shops They were being loaded with soil pipe made by the Gadsden Pipe and Foundry company. and the pipe was made from iron made by the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company in Gadsden, and the iron was made from ore from the mines in sight of the furnace, and the S25,00o pipe plant was built by home capi- tai.
 Oscar Duke and T. S. Griffin were driving through Jacksonville. and while going down a hill the harness broke. causing the horse to run away. The wheel of the buggy struck rock and the occupants were thrown out. MT. Grif- fms head struck a rock rendering him unconscious. MT. Duke became entangled in one of the wheels and his clothes were torn from him, his back badly bruised and his head hurt. He was taken to the home of his parents at Duke station, and as soon as he can be removed will be brought to Gadsden. Mir. Dukes parents have a residence here also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18

ISs HATTIE GRACE, 854 W. Forty HI sixth street, New YorK, writes:
 'Peruna has changed me from a fret ful irritable, nervous woman Into a healthy and a happy one. Nothing seems to worry and fret me any more Since early womanhood I suffered with bearing-down pains and nervousness. was thin and worried, but Peruna re- stored me. Those who knew me be- fore cannot understand the chance, but can sum It up In the blessed word, Peruna."-HattIe Grace.
 Nervousness Is a vague term which covers all of those ailments which result from bloodless condition of the nerve centers. Systemic catarrh IS very Ire qusntly the cause of this condition Mucous membrane in the body Is slightly deranged by systemic catarrh. This leads to complete demoralization of the di- gestiva and asslmilahve organs, and a bloodless condition of the nerve centers ensues. Nervousness Is the result: fret fulness, :rrstability, worry, complaining all of these mental conditions result from starved nerve centers
 The only cure is to remove the ca tarrhal condition of the mucous mem brane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18

 Peruna is the remedy that will do this. Peruna is not a nervine nor a quieting medicine Peruna cures just the condi- tion--catarrh.
 Peruna cures catarrh of the internal or gans, and the nervousness disappears. The more nervine one takes for nerv- ousness the more nervous he is. There is always a cause for nervousness. This cause should be discovered and remedied. Nervines are unnecessary. Peruna has cured more cases of nervousness than any other medicine in existence. simply because 1t cures the conditions upon which nervousness depends. "A Letter From U. s. Senator's
 Wife"
 Mrs. Verona E. Roach, wife of Senator Roach of North Dakota, writes from Larimore, N. D.:
 T can cheerfully recommend your ex- cellent remedy. Peruna. Indeed, I know of no other remedy as good as yours. It is a grand tonic."-Yerona E. Roach.
 If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman giving 8 full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis
 Address pr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18
PRATT CITY
Walter Hughes and Miss Pearl Lee
 Mar ried Yesterday Afternoon.

Pratt City, September 17.-1Special.)- Walter Hughes and Miss Pearl Lee were quietly married at o'clock this after nocn at the home of the brides parents, Highlands, the Rev. Thomas Maxim per- forming the ceremony. Only few of the brides most intimate friends were pres ent The happy couple left immediately for Greensboro, where they will make their home.
 c. L. Allison of St. Clair returned to his home today after short visit to his brother, who resides in this city.
 painter by the name of Rogers, from Atlanta, was accidentally struck by l Birmingham Southern train near East Thomas yesterday afternoon, but did not sustain any serious injuries.
 Miss Dora Lee of Livingston, who has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. W. R. Lee for some time, visited her sister at the Copeland inflrmary Sunday, and while there was taken i'll and has not been abe to return to Pratt City.
 The Commercial club will hold it's reg ular meeting tomorrow evening in the office of MT. s. s. Key.
 The choir of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which pr. R. F. Love- lady is director, rendered some special music this morning at the opening of Owenton college.
 Mrs. Matte Richards of Fernbank Is the guest Of her father, Dr. J. T. Seay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18

Ing the representatives of the Second district to retire and elect a delegation
 All but the Bingham crowd went out While they were out Judge Shields spoke. asking that the young men be eneour- aged He made a report of a democratic caucus. which claimed to have no fear of the state ticket. because they could count 1t out They did fear. he said they would lose seven congressman.
 He moved that the county executive committee place men at each polling place and also demand markers and clerks at each place.
 Captain Bryan reported in favor of his delegation. giving the detail vote, show ing IS out of B men favoring his ticket
 Captain Dimmick moved that the report be adopted Mir Bingham moved that his delegation be substituted. motion was made to table the substitute. This was passed by a large majority.
 The report submitted by Captain Bryan was then adopted by a large vote.
 W. l. Wellman then announced that he would like to hold a consultation with the committee and all nominated candi- dates at o'clock in the afternoon.
 A resolution was passed thanking J. W. Davidson. A resolution was offered arranging the constitution. This was tabled. A resolution was passed thank ing the press.
 Adjournment was then taken