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The Iola register., 1902-03-07

Exchange: Today, young man, as you
stood on the corner smoking your
cigar that was paid for with the money
you had other use for, did you notice
that old man passing on the other side
with hat battered, coat torn, pants
fringed and sloppy, his shoes gaping
and down at the heel? You did. Well,
forty years ago he stood just where
you do, smokedup and squandered his
wages as you are doing, withoutthought
of tomorrow. His habits and associa-
tions formed, salary eaten up as fast
as was earned, old age crept upon him
his eyes grew dim, his muscles relaxed
and his place was fled by younger
man. Today he has nothing. Yes the
poor house stands open. And history
repeats itself.
Independence Reporter; Down at
Tecumseh lady of jealous disposi-
tion suspected that her husband was
in the habit of kissing the hired girl,
and resolved to detect him in the act.
After watching him few days she saw
him come home one evening. and pass
quietly into the kitchen. The girl was
out for the evening, and the kitchen
was quite dark. Burning with jeal-
ousy the wife took few matches and
hastily placed shawl over her head,
as the girl often did, and entered the
kitchen by the back door, and immedi-
ately she was seized and kissed in an
ardent manner. With heart aim ost
bursting the wife prepared to admins
ter terrible rebuke to the faithless
spouse and tearing herself away from
the fond embrace, struck match an
stood face to face with--the hired man.
The husband says his wife has been
exceptionally good to him ever since
that time.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
COMMISSIONERS LET MONEY
County Funds Divided Among Banks
Several Prisoners Seek Free
dom from Jail

The county commissioners have
est among the banks of the county,
about the same arrangement being
made as last year. The Bank of AL
len county gets the first $l5, 900 at 24
per cent, the Humboldt State Bank the
next $751; at the same rate and
Northrups National the rest at per
cent. The treasurer is to check on the
Northrup bank until all funds are ex-
hausted before touching the other.
The suit of the lola Gas Company to
pay taxes only on the assessors valu-
alton OF the plant instead of on the in
creased valuation made by the com
missioners was settled by consent.
The Company is to be allowed to pay
on the assessors valuation, $40, 800
and to pay costs of the action.
John aigmyle was let out of Jail,
He is the Missourian who would not
support his family. They have re-
turned to Missouri and he wants out
w lOlloW phoh us ho CuhhOo ourn duy
thing in jail He has been in three
months, his time is up and the board
let him go.
Gust Hogland applied for release
also. He says he does not know much
English and If he used words at his
boarding house in Cementville thai
shocked his landlady it was through
ignorance. He has been laying out a
$3.50 fine and wants to resume work
No action was taken.
Speck Laymon gave bond for his
costs and was turned out of Jail. In 0
fight he nearly bit the thumb of Ton
Edwards and was sent to jail, The
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
A R0BBER Is KILLED
Three Men Who Hold Up Two Mis-
sOurians Come TO Grief,

Oswego Kansas, March "a flight
took place on the Katy track about
two miles south of here early this
morning between four unknown high
waymen and two young men who give
their names as j. w. Dryden and j.
l.. Dryden, in which one of the rob-
bers was killed. The Dryden boys
gave their homes as Lawrenceburg,
Mo. They had been at work in the
Indian Territory and one had saved
$lOl and the other 500 which they we're
carrying. The boys were making
their way on a freight train in order
to have all their money when they got
home. At Muskogee one of the rob-
bers represented himself as a brake
man and collected a dollar from each
and put them in box car. South of
Oswego the four robbers took what
money the boys had and put them off
at "A switch where the train stopped.
When the train started one of the boys
attempted to jump on the caboose and
the robber caught him and they crap =
pied and fell, the robber underneath.
Dryden saw the robber getting his gun
and wrenched il from him and shot
him with his own weapon. One of the
robbers had marched the other Dry
den boy down the track in the mean
time and disappeared. The train was
stopped and two of the robbers and
one of the Dryden boys brought on to
town. Dryden notified the officers and
the two robbers were placed under
arrest and the dead man was found
after daylight. One of the robbers is
yet at large with about 500 of the
money. The balance Of the money
was found on the dead robber. The
Dryden boys tell perfectly straight
story and are willingto stay and pros
ecute the robbers The robbers had
large supply of burglars tools and
revolvers and refuse to give any
rames
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
SECOND DISTRICT POLITICS
Bourbon County Republicans Took the
Bit and Ran Things---Linn County
for BowersOck.

The Republican county convention
was a surprise to the men who be-
lieved they had things well in charge.
The fight had been confined largely
to Ft. Scott among the leaders of the
Burton and Baker factions and it
was said an nti-Bowersock delegation
would be named, but the Bourbon
county candidate withdrew. Then
the country delegates came in and
seem to have joined with Grant Horn
ady of the Baker wing and run the
convention. All but two of the Con.
gressional delegates we're picked from
the Baker wing and are uninstructed,
but will work in the interest of w. A.
Germany of Bourbon county for
lieutenant governor. The State dele
cation is also solid for him. Many
caucuses were held and lot of polit-
ical manipulation INDUCED in and Ft.
Scott was given just one delegate from
each ward to Wichita. 1t is said the
delegation favors, Cole, Germany,
K elley and Nelson. Both delegations
were selected by wards and townships
and commissioners districts, a com
mittee from over the whole county
being chosen to select names. The
resolutions endorse the State and
national administrations and heartily
endorse the candidacy of Germany, the
home man.
Mound City. Kas., March 5.-The
Republicans of Linn county met in
convention here today. and selected
delegates to the state and congress
sional conventions. The convention
was harmonious throughout and the
resolutions, after endorsing the ma
tional and state administrations,
paid high compliment to Congress
man Bowersock. The delegates were
selected to attend the congressional
convention at Ft Scott and were in
structed for Congressman Bowersock
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR SHERIFF
hereby announce myself candidate for the
ONCE for Sherin of Allen county subject to
the decision OF the Republican primaries and
convention W. B. HALL.
For SHERIFF.
hereby announce myself candidate for
sheriff of Allen county, subject to the Repub-
lican primaries and convention
A. r. WRIGHT
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
l hereby announce myself candidate
for Register OF Deeds of Allen county subject
To the Republican primaries and convention.
ROBERT L. THOMPSON.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
hereby announce myself as candidate for
the office OF Register OF Deeds OF Allen coun-
ty, from Humboldt township, subject to the
Republican primaries and convention.
r. .CuNNINGHAM
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
hereby announce myself a candidate for
the ONCE of County Clerk of Allen county, sub
ject to the Republican primaries and conven
tion. MELVIN FRoNK
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Children's Coughs and Colds.

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 327 E. lst ST.,
Hutchinson, Kan writes: 81 have
given Billiards. Horehound Syrup to
my children for coughs and colds for
the past four years, and find it the
best medicine | ever used" Unlike
many cough syrups, it contains no
opium, but will soothe and heal any
disease of the throat or lungs quicker
than any other remedy. Doc, soc and
100 at G.. b. Spencer's.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Indiana's Forlorn Gas Hone

Never in the history of Indiana we're
there so many gas wells going down
as there are at the present time, says
the Hartford City News. All ever the
Indiana gas belt derricks are being
erected for the purpose of putting
down wells for either gas or oil. A
heroic fight is being made to increase
the supply of gas which has been
steadily decreasing and which the
companies believe still exist in suffi-
cient quantities for present demands
I they only make an effort to get it.
1t is estimated that there are now not
less than 200 wells being drilled in
Madison county. All drillers have big
contracts and several outfits are COM
ing into Indiana from Ohio. Three
wells are now going down in the cor
porated limits of Elwood and there
will be at least two more before the
end of another week. - GlassworlSe
and Commoner.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Choice Fruit Trees For Sale.

Ten varieties ofapples, to feet at
10 cents; three varieties of pears, q
to 8 feet at 20 cents; twenty varieties
of peaches, 2 to feet, cents. Some
cherry and plum trees at reasonable
prices. Austrian pines from to
feet, so cents to $500. l buy of whole
sale firms and sell at living prices.
These firms guarantee trees true 10
name and free from injurious insects,
etc. Trees ready by April l.
s. NJ. IRWIN, Geneva, Kansas.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07

board was about to let him out Mon
day out it was then found that he had
bought coat stolen from Barclay
Shields from one of the colored boys
in jail for 80 cents. He applied to get
out of Jail and then for fear the coat
would be discovered cut it to pieces.
The board sent him back and ordered
that he must pay his fine or stay there.
So be gave bond and is out.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
LOCAL NEWS

EThe ladies of Diamond will give an
oyster supper Thursday night March
l3 for the benefit of their minister. A
good time is promised to all who at
tend.
City Clerk Knapp attended the meet
ing OF La Harpe's city council when
the water works bids were opened and
gave of his experience some valuable
pointers to the councilmen.
The Republican city primaries will
be held on Saturday, March 10 to select
delegates to the city convention on
Monday, March II, when a city ticket
to fill vacancies will be put in the field.
The March meeting of the Allen
county Horticultural society will be
held March Ia, at the G. A. r. hall in
lola. A picnic dinner will be served,
some good papers will be read and a
full attendance is desired.
Wilson County Sun: Living at lola
is fraught with friskiness and youth
full revivifcation. A man 81 years
old joined the Elks lodge at that place
Tuesday night. There were twenty
four additions to the order at the
same time.
Abilene Reflector: Attorney Cen
eral GODDARD has decided that all
lyipdo ~ yon,aa NJ oh hop,a that n pa on -
ried on even in churches are in viola
tion of the Cubbison anti-gambling
law. This Of course includes mar
riages.
Garnett News: c. Il. Jones, district
organizer Of the American Benevolent
Association went to lola today, to re-
main until Saturday. His little boy
was quite severely injured by fall a
few days ago, in that city.
Frank Nelson, state superintendent
of public instruction, has issued a
circular about his favorite scheme
the consolidation of schools in the
sparsely settled rural districts. Nell
son believes consolidation is the way
out OF many difficulties encountered in
the country.
Chanute Tribune: Rev. Guy Hamil-
ton of Allen county, an old Methodist
preacher, who has retired from the SER
vice, purchased seven and half acres
from the east side of the Chas. Nation
farm west of town today, and will
move here and build there soon.
The man who is to put in the electri-
cal apparatus on the street cars is
here from New York. Two sets OF
motors are here and he will begin
overhauling the cars at once and the
other outfits are expected soon so all
the cars may be re-equipped.
Mrs. w. w. Lands, Thompson
House block has taken the agency OF
the Standard Ladies Tailoring Co.
and has receiveo 400 samples of cloth
for the ladies to pick from. Every
garment will be made to measure and
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Pete Holden met with a very painful
accident the other day. In some way
he got lot of dust in his eyes while
working at the brick plant and the
powder irritated the lids until he wal
nearly blind. He has been taking
treatment and will be all right aP air
soon.
Wichita Eagle; The Kansas news
paper reporter doesn't miss much
One at Wellington last week discover
ed the expressman pushing trucl
along on which there we're two boxes
one a coffin, and on top Of that boz
of patent medicine splendidly em
blazoned as a great health tonic.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
THE STRIKE Is SERIOUS
Norfolk Street Car Trouble Growing
Worse Every Day.

Norfolk, Va, March 6.--The strike
of the street car employees has grown
more serious today. More than nalf
of the Virginia militia are patroling
the streets, The men who are coming
in to take the strikers places are ct
10y heavy detachments of soldiers and
escorted to the barns under the sol
diers' guard The feeling through
out the city is intense, even women
having been jailed for having at
tackled street car property.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
A Physician Writes.

81 am desirous of knowing if the
profession can obtain Herbine in bulk
for prescribing purposes? 1t has been
of great use to me in treating cases of
dyspepsia brought on by excesses or
overwork. | have never known it to
fail in restoring the organs affected,
to their healthful activity SOC bot
tie az G. b. Spencer q Co.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Republican Ward Caucuses.

FIRST WARD CAUCUS
There will be "A caucus of the Republicans of
the First Ward in the city of lola in the Pro-
bate Judges office in the court house at &
O'Clock Saturday evening, March 3, to select
delegates to the county convention Monday
Congressional conventions will be chosen
Il. w. MYLER, pro TEN Chairman
SECOND WARD CAUCUS
There will he "a caucus OF the Republicans OF
the Second Ward in the city of lola at Hart's
grocery at 1:30 Saturday March <, to select
fifteen delegates to the county convention on
March 10 when delegates to the State ana
Congressional conventions will he selected.
JACOB GARD, Chairman.
THIRD WARD
There will be caucus of the Republicans
of the Third Ward of the City OF lola In the G.
A. II. Hall Saturday night March at 7:30 to
select delegates to the county convention
March 10th when delegates to the Congress-
ional and State convention will be chosen.
w l.. ALLISON, Chairman,
FOURTH WARD CAUCUS
A Republican caucus is called to meet in the
court room Sat. eve Mch, s-l902, at p. IN.
for the purpose of electing "a delegates to the
Republican county convention held In this
city, March l0-l902,
A full attendance of the Republican voters
of the ward is requested,
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
lola TOWNSHIP PRIMARIES
The Republicans OF lola township win hold
primaries at the court house In lola Saturday
at O'Clock at the court house to select dele
gates to the county convention here Monday,
March 10 when delegates to the State and
Congressional conventions will he selected.
JOHN WooDIN, Chairman.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
THEY DIDN'T APPEAR
Carter's AccOmplices Forfeited Their
Bond for Appearance.
y scrlpps~McRas PRESS Association.

by scrlpps"Mchae Frehs AAsociaton
Savannah, Ca, March 6.-Edw ward
and John Gaynor, indicted on the
charge of conspiring to defraud the
government with Captain Oberlin Car
ter, failed to appear for trial today.
Their bonds were forfeited.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Republican Congressional Convention

There win be n delegate convention of Re
publicans held in the city OF Fort Scott, on
Tuesday, March l1th, 1902, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
for the purpose of placing I'm nomination a
Republican candidate for congress from the
second congressional district of Kansas. The
basis of representation shall be one delegate
for every $50 votes or major fraction thereof
cast for Congressman j. ID. Bowersock in 1900
The different, counties are entitled to the fol-
lowing number Of delegates and alternates
towit:
Allen ................10 Douglas. ........14
Anderson go. ......,7 johnson ...... .........9
Bourbon. ..........12 Linn."................9
Franklin. .. ......1l Miami. ........... IS
Wyandottc. ......29
The committee passed the following resou-
tion unanimously
"That the member OF the congressional
committee'of each county shall designate the
time and manner in which the delegates from
his county shall be'selccted."
BY order of the congressional committe of
the second congressional district of Kansas
TRACY LEARNARD, j. FRANK SMITH,
Chairman. Secretary Pro TEN,
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
The Funny Filipino Children.

X. @. Journal: Writing from the
island of Samar, Mr.. Elmer Latson, a
Kansan who went to the Philippines to
teach school, tells some amusing stories
of Filipino children. He says that
when the boys ana girls come into the
school house, the boys have on coats
and trousers and the girls are dressed
in quite proper way. But as soon
as they are dismissed, they shed a
portion of lheir clothing and go about
the town in scant apparel. If Ameri.
can ladies had custom of going
about the streets in decollete and wore
high-necked dresses in the ballroom,
the Philippines style would have its
parallel. One day in school, Mr.. Lat
son asked his pupils to construct an
English sentence having the word
''come" in it. One boy gravely an
swered, 81 shall go to hell" Another
said: 81 shall go to the blessed land
of the free" Still another answered,
81 will drink albottle of beer" The lad
who proposed to drink a bottle OF
beer had no doubt been impressed by
American customs, but there is some.
thing of shock in the reply made by
the second boy when he was asked to
locate the BLESSED land of the free. -
ut is the cemeterio," he responded,
showing that the notion OF no peace
this side OF the grave has been i'm
planted among the barbarians.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07

The REGISTER learns from one of
the leading dry goods stores OF this
city that the epidemic of white socks is
to take on an acute form this season.
There were a few white socks worn
here last year, but more home-knit
ones were worn by people who had not
the faintest idea it was fashionable
than were worn deliberately by people
who knew it to be the proper caper,
But they are coming this year-low
shoes, black shiny patent leather and
white socks. The only reason on earth
it Is done Is that the idiots who run
the fool fashions know that it is hard
for the ordinary human to keep socks
white and wear them. The laundry
trust must have bought up the 400 and
locked up the fool killer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-17

was easy. By quick stages he ad-
vanced himself until he had displaced
the man to whom he owed what he
was and became the head of Tam
many itself. Thence it was plain and
rapid sailing. For years he was New
York's political boss and all who de.
sired success and advancement in pub.
lie life had to yield obedience to him.
A few sought to defy him and go con-
trary to his wishes. They are now
wrecks floating on Gotham's e of
democratic politics.
But the saddest phase of the pass
ing of Croker is the unfeeling COM
ment made on the event b. the
democratic newspapers who are far
enough removed from the field to
make them Indifferent to the opinion
and wishes of the organization of
which he a the recent head. Not
n is so low as to do him honor in
the hour of his downfall, while all take
fiendish delight in ~desecrating the
multilated corpse.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-17
PRECEDENT is IGNORED.

Inasmuch as the administration
seems to think it a proper act of
courtesy that the government should
have special representation at the
coronation of King Edward, a large
proportion of the American people
had hoped that the honor of repre-
senting the army and navy would fall
to the highest and most distinguished
officers of those branches of the mil
itary arm. Because of their rank
and brilliancy of their professional
records, it vas but natural that the
people should consider General Miles
and Admiral Dewey as the ones who
should be selected to discharge the
duties of special representatives, par
ticularly as the other governments
will send as their army and navy prox-
les, if the expression may be consid-
cred proper, men of the very highest
rank in both services. But for some
fit to ignore popular demand and has
made selections in accordance with
his own ideas and followed his own
desires and preferences.
In view of all that has transpired
at Washington during the past few
months and the great amount of Cos
sip and scandal which has come from
there, the announcement that neither
Miles nor Dewey is to be present at
the grand function cannot be said to
come as a surprise. The only really
astonishing feature in connection
with the selections made is that Cap
tain Clark should be one of the men
especially honored. He is one of
those who rendered the nation con-
s%picuous services during the Spanish
American war and one of those whom
the people love to honor. By every
power Of reasoning and logic of
events he should be the last one to
be thus signally honored by the au-
thorities at Washington, basing such
reasoning and logic on the treatment
accorded others who did as Clark did.
He should have been selected for a
post of honor no higher than the COM
mand Of some gunboat in one of the
streamlets of. the Philippines.
Precedent has been shamefully violat-
ed.
But why necessary to send any
special representatives? Does Eng
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-17

The country will be pleased to learn
that the Hon. Charles NJ. Schwab,
president of the steel trust, is. not
given to gambling at Monte Carlo. 1t
speaks well for the g~entleman's good
sense, for with his limited salary it
would i'll become him to do aught like
" to result in his family becoming a
public charge. Then too, poker is
probably good enough for him, as he
is q stanch American and proud of
his country's institutions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-17
land ever send a special representa-
ton to Washington on the occasion of
the inauguration Of a president?
Upton COMES AGAIN.

True to his pclmise made when
he left here after his last defeat, Lip
ton has decided to make another try
for Americas cup. The order for the
new challenger has been placed with
Fife, the famous Clyde ship builder,
and Shamrock III. is to be completed
early in the spring of 1908. Watson,
the. designer of the two old Sham
rocks, has promised to assist the
builder by giving to him the details
of the construction Of Shamrock II.
With this advantage and the expert
ence Fife gained with the first Sham
rock Upton figures that the builder
will undertake construction Of the
new boat under much more favorable
conditions and hopes that the result
will be a Craft that will enable him
to succeed in his long cheriohed ambi-
ticn and waen neTt he comes lift"
the cup.
1t is new in order for the New York
Yacht club to do something, for the
country has no right tc expect any
other Organization or even individual
to come forward with a proposition to
defend the trophy. The club has as
sumed to be the only association of
individuals that is entitled to the hon
or and last rear resented the efforts
of a patriotic Bostonian to appear in
the role Of a defender. 1t is possible
that they may consider the old boat
good enough to again go against any.
thing the British may take a notion
to send over and decide not to build
a new one. Should such a step be de.
cided upon it would be a disappoint-
ment to the nation at large, for it
would be a virtual admission that the
limit of excellence has been reached
by American boat builders and de-
signers and to attempt to improve on
past efforts would be futile.
But it is a long time before the
next race and whatever the decision,
it may be taken for granted that when
Sir Thomas comes over he will find
himself confronted by a yacht well
calculated to maintain American SUI
premacy in the field Of nautical rae
ing.