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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

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Awarding the Credit.
Kansas City Journal

It is due Secretary Wilson to say that
under no previous administration Of the
Agricultural department has the country
enjoyed finer October weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

Nebraska's 1902 corn crop is a hum
mer. But keep your eye, too, on Ne
braska as a wheat state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

Bins bursting with 225, 600, 900 bushels
of corn are what mark Nebraska on the
map as In the heart of the corn belt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

The entire subway at Forty-second
street and Broadway was suddenly stopped
a day or two ago by a tiny scent dolls
hat. The excavating gang had made ready
for a big blast and an italian with a red
nag ran out into the street to wave pedes-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31
Have you registered?

II not. register Saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

Saturday is last chance to register.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31
Point of View.
Atlanta Constitntiohi

OUh5tIYItIoI
When a fellow haApt
The world locke ~blue-you beti
But give him a dollar
And you'll hear him holler:
There's life in the old land vet.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31

Captain Howard Patterson runs a school
at 1870 Water street, New York, and nearly
II not quite all his pupils are m~illionaires.
He calls 1t a nautical college and he gives
instruction in all that pertains to yachting.
Among his pupils have been most Of the
prominent yachting people. men and
women. who are prominent in New York
nautical circles. Miss Susan De Forest
Day. Mrs. Robert Goelet and Mrs. Howard
Gould stand high in the lists OF the alumni
and among the male graduates are many
whose fortunes are represented by eight
OF more figures.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

Ira Bryan Bobs Up.
90 4

Many lola people remember Ira
Bryan, who lived here some time
and was employed in drawing off
set of abstract books at the court
house. He left and has since returned
to his home at Paola. The Topeka
Journal, which is making a bitter and
determined fight on T. r. Kelley, has
this tale from Paola
Recently, while on fishing excur-
sion with some friends, Bryan stated
to them that overtures had been made
to him by Kelly that in consideration
of his signing an affidavit assuming
the responsibility for Kelly's defalca-
tions while county clerk of Miami
county, Senator Burton would secure
for him-Bryan-a commission in the
regular army or position with the
Orient railroad, of which Burton is a
director. While the party was still
in camp, r. M. Shelby of Paola,
friend of Kelly, drove out with a liv-
cry rig and hurriedly brought Bryan
to town and took him to lawyers
Office, where Kelly was. 1t is cur
rently rumored on the streets of Paola
now that Bryan made this affidavit,
and some color is given to it by the
fact that Bryan has left town and that
be has gone to stay.
Bryan was the deputy in the
county treasurer's Office while Kelly
was county clerk. and when the first
finding by the county board was made
on February 10 last, that Kelly had
unlawfully drawn money from the
county, it was given out confidently
by Kelly to a number of his friends
throughout the state that Bryan had
gone before the county commissioners
and made a full confession, implicat-
ing himself in the matter. When this
statement of Kelly's reached Bryan,
he was very indignant and emphatical-
ly denied it, and secured from each
member of county board a sworn
statement that he had made no such
confession to them or any other state
ment concerning the matter of Kelley's
crimes.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
CROUCH FILES SURVEYS
Records Preliminary Steps Which
Would Seem to Indicate an Exten-
sion of Street Car Line,

AS the REGISTER noted some time
ago f. V. Crouch has had some ad-
diton lines run in town, presumably
with the intention OF extending the
street car line. These lines were run
south on Washington avenue to the
cement plant, around the square,
north on Jefferson to the Missouri
Pacific and Katy depots. The surveys
made have been duly recorded in the
Registerof Deeds office.
Mr.. Crouch's franchise gives him
the right to use any street in lola he
may desire on which to build street
railway. He may build on all or
none of them If he builds, the pre-
liminary survey was needed in the
natural order of things. There was
talk just before he began surveying of
a line from lola to Chanute, propos-
ing to use Washington avenue BY
doing some preliminary work on
Washington avenue, among other
streets, grounds for a claim that he
intends to use those streets surveyed
may have been secured.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

that. and his patriotism and his appe-
tite never lag until the ambulance
drives over the field of battle and picks
Ip the wounded. A correct transcript
of his proceedings during the day
would read about like this:
n. m.-Arose.
4:02.-Rest Of the family arose.
4:03.-Arose once more. Pa kicked
me.
4:05. -- Threw a squib through the
window. Ma wanted some new lace
curtains anyway.
4:06.-Pa came outdoors. l rose for
the third time this morning.
4:09.-Put firecracker in sis room.
She put att out first.
4:13.-Baby began to cry, and l lit a
6recracker and gave it to her TO play
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
Lewis Coffield, Assistant PM.

A whole lot of lola people will be
pleased to learn that on July Lewis
'Cofiield assumed the duties of as
sistant postmaster at the lola Office.
The work at the Office has increased
rapidly, the number of assistants has
been to small for the work, but recent
ly the department was convinced of
the rapid grown here and gave permits
sion for the expenditure of enough
money to make the service good.
Postmaster Henderson began at once
casting about for some person who
would make good assistant post
master, and the choice fell on Coffield.
Lewis is good jollier, an experienced
man in clerical work and the handling
of money, as he has been in the county
treasury for sometime. Furthermore he
is Twentieth Kansas soldier and Mr..
Henderson rather felt that he would
like to give the Office to one of the
boys. The position will pay 81, 900 a
year and those who know Mr., Cofield
feel that he will make popular and
efficient assistant and that the mail
service at the Office will be facilitated
by his appointment.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
A Suit That's a Riddle

Once before the REGISTER has been
called upon to state lthe maini points
of lawsuit which reads almost like
a riddle it is so mixed up.
The heirss of Paul Fisher have
brought suit Iagainst f. A. Barber
ona judgment obtained some time
ago, to obtain possession of his one
fourth interest in the east half of the
northwest quarter of 1s-25-l9, tract
of Allen county land.
Back in 1898 Paul Fisher was ad-
ministrator of the estate of a. X. Bar
Der deceased. 2 +. A. Barber and G..
G. Bar Der being indebted to the es-
tate, gave their note for S2,243.S7,
payable after the death of Anna NJ.
Barber. She died. Paul Fisher re-
signed as administrator. G. G. Bar
Der was appointed and Paul Fisher
went on his bond. G. G. made no at
tempt to enforce the collection of his
own and E. AS note The probate
court removed G. G. Barber and APP
po intediChas. Schatfner administra-
tor of theta. X. Barber estate. Paul
Fisher died and N. L. Fisher, his
wife, was made his administrator.
Then E. A. BARBER and G. C. Barber
became insolvent. Schaifner sued
Mrs. Fisher to collect on G. c. Bar
ber's bond signed by Paul Fisher.
The court found that two-thirds of
the note had been paid and gave
iudgmentsagainstMrs. Fisher for $3.50
She paid it and then secured Judgment
againstIE. A. Barber and discover
ing that he owns a fourth interest in
this tract of land, sues to recover the
the value of $3.50.
Now do you know what is happen
ing?
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

AROSE ONCE MORE. PA KICKED ME.
with, but ma took It away from her.
Ma is awful stingy.
4:20.-Threw a torpedo against the
front door of the house across the
street. Pa sat down and laughed.
4:21.--Set off a bunch of firecracllers
1nder pas chair. Pa got up and didn't
laugh.
4;3O-IIad breakfast, Ate a piece
Of custard pie and an onion.
4:35.-Set a cannon firecracker off on
The fence. Only broke four pickets.
4:36.-Rose again.
4:40.-GOt the millimans dog to
smell of Il firecracker that was just 60
ng off. think maybe the dog beat
The milkman home.
5:10.-Pa said he would show me
how to set off these big firecrackers
without danger. 1t was one of the
whlstling kind that gives a signal just
before it is going off. Pa didn't know
hat l forgot to tell him. Pa lit it. In
4 minute it whistled, and pa thought
t had gone out. He went and picked
" hBs tilNii lN pul ~ uONl dSdllls IAt
put it down more sudden than he pick
I'd it up, but not quite sudden enough.
Ma put n bandage on his hand for him.
5:19.-Ma's big rooster came along,
and | threw it n lighted firecracker.
1t grabbed the cracker and started to
run with it, but 1t didn't run far. 1t
sat down kind of surprised and
scratched the smoke out of it's eyes.
5:25.-Sizzer sized the wrong way
and burned my fingers. Seems more
ike the Fourth now.
5:26.-Ma rubbed witch hazel on my
hand.
5:34.-Pa said he would hold a fire
,racker in his hand until it was pretty
nearly ready to go and then throw It
nigh in the air. Just as it was ready
20 go | lost my punk and l told pa l
guessed he was sitting on it. He got
up kind of quick to see and forgot to
throw the firecracker. 1t went off all
light, though.
5:3S.-Found the punk burning a
hole in the porch. Pa is getting witch
lazel rubbed on him now.
5:47-Had another breakfast. Ate
cold pancake and four oranges.
5:5S.-Shot off my last firecracker
6:0S.-Asked pa for money to buy
more.
6:14.-Coaxed pa for money to buy
more.
G;20.-CoaXed pa for money to buy
more.
6:25.-CoaXed pa for money.
6:33.-CoaXed pa.
6:40.-CoaXed.
6;57.-Found a firecracker that hadn't
gone off. Set it off.
7:02.-Asked pa for money to buy
more.
7:11.-Coaxed pa for money to buy
more.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
E4IT4EIlIrr EIlO

@MAAMAMMNAA
.... By 80.
Douglas MAlloch

7:19.-Coaxed pa for money.
7:31.-CoaXed pa.
740.-Got the money from ma-30
cents she had saved to pay the grocery
bill.
7:41.-Went to the store for the fire.
crackers. Set them all off coming
home.
7:50.-Went down town to see the
parade. The parade is at 10 o'clock.
S:50.-Waited for the parade.
950.-Waited for the parade.
10.-Got 10 cents for holding a mans
horse. 1t was worth it.
1010.-Bought firecrackers.
1O:50.-Waited for the parade.
11:O5.-Parade paraded.
IL :0G.-Threw firecracker under
the marshals horse. lie ought TO sell
that horse to n dog and pony show. 1t
can waltz just splendid.
11:40.-Saw ma at a soda fountain,
and she bought me lemon soda. She
said it was a shame pa didn't give me
any money TO spend the Fourth and
| gave me quarter.
11:4J.-Saw pa in a cigar store talk
ing to some men. Went in and braced
him for some money to spend. The
men laughed. Pa didn't, but he gave
me half a dollar
11:50.-Met sis and her fellow. Sis
said it was Il shame pa and ma my
ther" of them gave me a cent to spend.
She gave me nickel. Her fellow
gave me n dollar and a ticket to the
| ball game. Two good thingsr
11:J1.-Bought as follows: Pink lem
onade, cents; peanuts, cents; fire.
works, $1.TO.
1245.-Went home to dinner; ate a
dish of ice cream and frankfurter.
1.-Went TO the ball game.
1:35.-Found the place where the
board is loose.
2:35.-waited for the game.
3:35.-Game commenced.
3:50.-Man bought me a bottle Of pop.
Drank the pop and threw the bottle
at the right fielder. .xs
5:20.-We won.
5:22.-The man gave me cents for
car fare-another cents for f1recrack-
ers.
61O.-Had supper. Ate some angel
food and liver.
6:20.-Began shooting off skyrockets.
6:30.-One went through the front
door
6:32.-Firemen arrived.
G:47.-Fire chief says the fires out.
Pa says he's out $127.
G:50.-Pa made me go to bed.
6:52.-Tore my pants coming down
the waterspout
G:55.-Pa caught me going out the
back gate. He said l could set off the
rest of my fireworks, but he would help
me, so there would be no accidents.
7:10.-Pa dropped n firecracker in
among the fireworks. The display was
one Of the largest and handsomest ever
/ given in the city.
7:30.-Commenced to feel kind Of
| funny.
7;35.-Guess it was the custard pie
and onion and cold pancake and or
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
NAErAYTVT A1rNHI
Cd DARNHART BADLY HURT
Train Overlook Him While Riding a
Railway Tricycle. Toward His
Home at Piqla

Saturday evening while trying to go
to his home near Piqua, Ed Barnhart,
bill clerk at the Santa Fe depot, sus-
tanned serious injuries by an encoun-
ter with train at the river bridge.
Barnhart was riding railway
tricycle. and had reached the bridge
over the Neosho when the east bound
Pacific train whisked into view ap-
preaching rapidly from the west. He
was already out on the trestle work of
the bridge and could neither advance
nor retreat in time to save himself.
1t would have been an easy matter to
escape by leaving the machine lon the
track, but he desired to save it.. He
managed to get it Off the rails and
stood on the end of the bridge pier
holding the machine suspended over
the edge. AS the train dashed by the
jar and suction seems to have caused
Barnhart to lose his balance for he
fell to the ground, distance of III
teen feet, and thetmachine fell on top
of him.
His hip was dislocated, an arm
bruised. he received a severe blow
on the headsand was badly shaken up
and bruised in other ways. He was
picked up and taken to his home at
Piqua, after having his injuries at.
tended to, and it is earnestly hoped
he will recover from the severe ordeal
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

~ f there is one day in the year de-
signed, set apart and intended
for the small boy, it is July 4.
A He is up betimes, and often ten
or nfInnn minntes na rllnr Ihnn
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

Mrs. G. Beaver arrived from Colony
for visit with Miss Ethel Lyon.
Mrs. Nettie NJ. Clark returned from
Carlyle, where she has been visiting
friends.
Mrs. G. w. Warner returned to her
home in Humboldt after visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Miller.
The three-year.old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mealy, who live near Car
lyle, died FRIDAY. The funeral
was held Sundayfrom the home.
Mrs J. II. Daigh returned to her
home in Colony after a visit with rel
atives here. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Z. Daigh who will visit there a
short time.
Another bunch of orphans is to be
shipped to Kansas from New York on
the llth, of this month. They will be
landed at Wellington. Kansas is a
good state to grow up in.
The funeral of Frank Bixby, the
three year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. Bixby, who died Friday, was
held Sunday at O'Clock from the
residence, Rev. Henry Coe Culbertson
officiating,
Rev. VIM. Hankins on Sunday
united in marriage Ernest Brown and
Della Longstreth at the home of
brides parents in the north part of
town. They have the good wishes of
all their friends.
Illinois men recently bought the
Moran gas plant and franchise. An
Illinois company has bought the Peru
plant and leases from VIM. Geiser
aud will develop and pipe the gas to
Sedan and other towns. The east is
getting into the gas business in Kan
sas finally.
For unmitigated, undiluted, unmis-
taxable and unprecedented gall how
is this from Ft. Scott paper: Near
ly all the men who work in the smelt-
ers at lola and the neighboring cities,
want to cometo Fort Scott to celebrate
Labor Day and it is probable a large
crowd will be over from there even if
lola does try to give celebration.
Now and then something happens
which makes the world rather blink
at guessing contests and such things.
Up az lAtchison, for instance, the
Elks gave fair and offered capital
prize of $500 to the person guessing
nearest the exact proceeds of the fair.
Miss Graham, a poor girl, guessed
within forty cents of the amount and
gets the prize,
The first business failure of Gas
City occurred Saturday when the
grocery firm of NJ. j. Adams & Co. was
closed up by Kansas City wholesale
house. Some time ago the firm had
trouble with the unions and a boycott
was placed over it which probably
caused its failure. The Kansas City
firm found out that chattel mortgage
had been given an lola institution
and Immediately closed them up.
On July II Miss Ellen Stone will
lecture at Ottawa before the Chatau-
qua on her capture, Imprisonment and
release. The Santa Fe makes rate
of one 'e for the round trip during
the Chatauqua and many lola people
will probably take advantage of the
rate and spend few days there, es-
pecially about the time of Miss stones
lecture, Her address will be given at
? p. m. and people from here can take
advantage of the new plug to go up
on the morning of her engagement
Farmers
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
Why We CeIehrnte-

A schoolteacher recently asked her
pupils why we celebrate on the Fourth
Of July, and after long silence one Of
The boys answered as follows:
eve celebrate cause it's the only
day in the year we kin make a noise
without gittin' a liclin'w
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
26l Dogs in Town.

The police of the city have just fin
ished taking a census of the dogs
owned and kept in town and they found
the surprising number of 26l. The or
der to enumerate the dogs and get the
names "of their owners was given in
order to enforce the dog tax which is
now due. Only sixty-three people have
paid taxes on their dogs, and as there
is nothing about dog to indicate its
O ownership, the police made a house to
house canvass and located the owners.
AS in the past the owners will be com.
PEELED to pay tax on their dogs or the
owner will be arrested and fined or
the dog killed.
Officer Bliss, who took the town west
of North and South streets found l2l
dogs. Officer Palstring found 7S in
the east part of town and Officer Bar
ton found go in East lola.
No Fake salary offer, but big commission for
men 10 sell poultry mixture in the country,
Never mind stamp.
eureka, Mnfg, 90. Dept. Il. Eas 81. Louis, Ill
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
HE MEETS Two GOOD THINGS" /"

lnges and pink lemonade and peanuts
and pop and angel food and liver that
did it.
s.-Doctor says I'll be all right in the
morning.
S:30.-Can hear the skyrockets down
Town go sh-sh-sh-sh-pooh!
9.-Gee, but Pm tired and sleepy!
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
Farmers

The Hapgood Disc gang pillow will
do the best work with less draft, and
gives you better satifaction than any
plow that you ever used will ex-
hibit this plow whenever desired.
f.. l. CROwELL, Agent lola.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04

The executive committee having in
charge the preparations for the cele-
bration of Labor Day here next fall
met at Labor Hall Wednesday night
to receive reports. After a general
discussion of matters pertaining to
the celebration it was decided to send
representatives to towns, in south
eastern Kansas; on Friday TO Parsons
to confer with the labor committee
and from there to other towns, Joplin,
Galena, Cotfeyville, Independence,
Cherryvale and Neodesha, advertis-
ing Iola's plans and urging attend
ance here.
All the indications now point to
record breaking crowd here on Labor
Day, possibly exceeding the 10000
visitors estimated to have taken in the
Woodmen log rolling. Advertising
matter is being sent out regularly
and liberal prizes have been offered
The program and prize list are as
follows:
Band and Reception Committee to
meet all trains to l0:30 a. IN.
Grand Trades and Labor Display
Parade l0:30.
Dinner IL m. to 1870 p. m.
Music and Speaking 1:3O to 3.
Ball game, MissouriV Valley League,
Chanute VS.. lola 3:l5 to 5.
Horse racing to s.
Supper to 7;30
Band contest 1870 to 10.
The following prizes are offered.
The Iola register., 1902-07-04
wouldn't This Jar Your

Said young master monkey,
II will not tell ma,
But I'm going to smoke
A fine, fat cigar!"
But a big firecracker
He mistook for tobaccer,
And he never got over the jarl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

Thirty-one million dollars in bullion
aud the assay office at 30 Wall street.
New York were in peril Of being melted
and burned Tuesday afternoon and no
one but the employees knew of the fierce
fire that ragged in the basement of the
building Next door to the assay office
is the subtreasury, where the government
usually has from $tOO.N0OOOO to 5000
uOO, 900 stored There might have been
a panic in Wall street if it had been
known that this great treasure was
threatened. In some way fire in the Sll-
yer smelling room was communicated to
barrel of lard mixture used III the
smelling process. There were twenty
three barrels Of this inHammnbc mix
ture in the room and like flash they
were cnvelopcd in n sheet of flame so
intense in heat that it was feared the
S3I, 900 in silver in Il vault i'll the
room would he melted. There was no
time to close the great steel doors OF
the vault and the flames from the bar
rels were SO close to it that it was impos-
sihle for anyone to approach near enough
to shut them. As soon as the blaze start
cd Superintendent Martin ordered the
iithIS ltbNlllE ~ tue ll'ht wa iit'l w
stairs closed. thus locking the fifty EN-
rioyes at work in the basement IN with
the fire. There are two large hydrHntS
in the basement. with fire hose connect
ed, and in IN instant two large streams
of water were playing on the blazing bar.
rels From third hydraut u ''huckct
brigade was worked to advantage.
What little woodwork was in the Smelt.
ing room was quickly consumed. The
loss was comparatively tritling.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19
ROBBERS WRECK STATION.
Use Too Much NitroIlyccrin and Safe
Is Blown out of Existence.

As BLOWN OuS on fNiSlCuCcs
Burglars made an error in Judgment In
estimating the amount of nitroglycern
needed to blow up the depot safe at Eve
leth, Mimi, and now not 4 trace of the
safe can be found, and the depot is seat
tered all over the large area, Inc burg
lars are also missing, and it is not known
whether they escaped or were annihilat~
cd by the explosion. About o'clock in
the morning the burglars made m at
tempt to enter the safe in the station OF
the Duluth, Mcsaba and Northern Rail-
road in Eveleth. They made entrance
to the depot easily, and introduced Il
charge of nitroglycerin in the safe. n
few minutes later there was y report that
woke up the entire town. and shattered
windows in the houses for blocks around.
When the crowd got there the station
lay iii ruins, and the debris had caught
fire from the stove. The flames were e%-
tinguished and then an unsuccessful
search was made for the safe. lt was
too big to carry away. and 1t is thought
it must have been blown into pieces too
small to be located. Earlier in the night
the city Jail was destroyed by fire and
one prisoner burned to death.