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M-'to IW '"t7o,iI k Ccj, THE IOL A REGIST g IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY. KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901- 11EOI8TKR, EBTAHMailKD 1866, UOUKANT, KsTABUmiEn 1881. DBMOCU AT, KSTADLIIIIBI) 1S86, HLSMOKK KAOLK, EaTAnumixD 1890. BAVONBURO PROOREBS, ESTABLISHED 1891. VOL. XXXV. No 10. ' Ri if i Iff r K Ifl r s WHOM 'NIK GODS I.OVK "Whom tho (rodn lovo die young?' Nny, rather siiy With bated breath aloold Jiliall tho morn pnlc "Whom the Rods lovo cro It huth coimd Its roMT The mm go down while yot It Is lullduy Tho stntuo sleep unmolded In tho clny? Tho pftrehmeut crumble cro It Is unrolled The story end with half tho tnlo untold The song drop muto mid breathless by the wuy? Oh, weep for Adonnla when ho dies With all youth's lofty promise unfulfilled, Its splendor lost In sudden, denr eclipse' With love unlived, and dreams half dreamed he lies All tho red wine from life's gold clmlloo spilled Ero Us bright brim hnth touched his eager lips! Whom the gods love illo old! C), Life, dear Life, Lot the old slug thv praises, for they know How, year by jcai, the summers conio nnd go, Knell with Its own abounding sweetness llpe They know though frosts be cruel as the lml fo Yet with each Juno tho perfect roo shall blow And daisies blossom and the green grass Triumphant Mill, unvoxed by storm or strife They know that night more splendid Is than day, That sunset skies Hume In tho gathering dark And the deep nut crs change to molten gold; They know that autumn richer Is than May, They hear thu night birds singing like the Life, sweet Life, whom the gods lovo dloold' Mrs Julia C II. Dorr autanA jtAoa 3 EDITORIAL NOTES a A $50,000 company will prospect for gas near Butler, Mo. J. R. Burton was oleuted Senator today at noon for tho term of six years beginning March fourth, 11)01. It will seem strange to speak of "tho King" of England. The world has been out of tho habit of it for sixty .years. It is rumored that D. O. McCray ' and Wobb McNall have almost per suaded Judge Footo to como backonto the reservation and bo a good Injun with thorn on Kansas Day. Tim minister who married Mr. Van dorbilt and Miss French got a fco of flvo thousand dollars; but he didn't tlo 'cm a bit tighter than .Tudgo Smith does for two dollars and a hulf. A Proposed oxtonsion of tho Rock Island through Oklahoma and Texas will give that road si stretch of 12j miles without a curve, tho longest reach of straight 'track in tho world. Tun death of Marcus Daly probably has quite as much to do with tho fact that Mr. Clark was able to get into tho Senate without buying his way in, as to any sudden accession of vlrttio on tho part of tho now Senator. The Topeku Mail and Breeze is noarly tho host weekly paper that over happened; but it is worth tho price of it to read it. As good a printer as Arthur Capper Is ought to get a better prossman or do tho work hlm&olf. The latest report is that tho Kiowa and Comanche reservations will bo opened In Juno or July of this year. Thero aro about threo million acres of theso lands and thoy will bo opened to settlement by proclamation of the president. Poon littlo feeble-wltted Alfred Aus tin, "Poet Laureate," is cudgelling his bruin for a poem on tho death of tho Queen. Thero is only ono man in England fit to writo such u poem as the occasion demands, and that Is Rudyard Kipling. Twenty excellent stories and anec dotes of Thcodoro Roosovolt, ncer beforo printed, and told anonymously by tho "intimates" und'clpsost friends of tho Vice-President-elect, will U published in tho noxt Issuo of tho Ladios Homo Journal. Tnu Emporor of Austria was so tl6kh'd oyor Barnum and Bailey's show, which has been touring Europe this summer, that ho presented tho munager, .Tamos R. Bailey, a gold cigar case studded with diamonds, ac companied by an autograph letter, The next annual convention of the Kansas Stato Temperance Union will bo hold In Topoku Monday and Tues day, January 28-20, beginning at Jl::i0 p. in. of tho former day. It Is ox pected that thero will bo a largo at tendance of dologatos this your from all parts of the State. Even Tom Patterson, Colorado, who has been a ranting Pop for yours, declared tho othor day when ho was elected to tho Senate that ha was to be classed horoaftor as a Democrat. Mr, Pattorson knows woll onough that tho Populist pjjfrty will not bo electing S3nators six yours from now. Attifi'CKWtfftdft.t ,-,MBfaw? ! s .!,..! , v , 1 11 lift r;iT.i"MHssss Cl.AY CENTEK and Parsons, which huvo boon scrapping each othor for two years over tho location of tho pro posed now asylum, 111 now probably turn together and rend tho man who has Introduced In the legislature a bill declaring that thcro shall not bo any now asylum. Mil. liltYAN could not over! write his "salutatory" without ringing In his old campaign phraso about "not seek ing to get our hands In other peoplo's pockets, but trying to keep other peoplo's hands out of our pockets." What an Incorrigible demagogue tho man has grown. to bo ! , A ma.IOIUTY of the Republican mem bers of tho Pennsylvania legislature, were pledged to vote against Quay; unci yet ho was elected without the su spicion of bribery. Matthew Stunloy Quay has not been playing tho game of politics for forty years not to loam how to handle tho cards. Thomas Keauns, just elected to tho United States Senate from Utah, was born on a Nebraska farm, and began life for himself working by tho day. Now, at :t8 years of ago, ho is the own er of mines and railroads and u United States Senator. That is '.the kind of country this is for a poor man. Tub appointment of Hon. John Francis to tho position of chairman of tho House Ways and Means commit tee, makes him tho irfost important member of that body exeopt tho Sneaker, and is a recognition of ills lone exnorioneo In nubile life, of his Integrity and high ability of which his constituents aro very proud. Tiik anti-lobby bill, introduced in tho Kansas senuto by MacMillun, of Ottawa, ought to pass. Tho defeat of good laws Is duo in almost every In stance, and tho passage of bud laws in many cuses, directly to tho inlluence of a paid lobby, and tho legislature owes It to Itself and to its constituents to reduce tho evil to a minimum. Thu bill which has been introduced In Congress making ,pormaucnt oxpul slon tho penalty of hazing at West Point, ought .to pas by unanimous consent. Tho disclosures ol tho bar barous eruolty practiced by upper class men upon tho plobs has shocked tho country, and public sentiment de mands tho prompt suppression of it. Mas. Nation is either mentally and morally responsible for her acts, or sho isn't. If she is responsible, she ought to ho requited to keep tho peace. If she is not responsible, sho ought to bo placed under proper resti nint. Tho causo ot law enforcement cannot bo advancement by law-breaking, and the causo of temperanco cannot bo forwarded by grossly intemperate ac tion. Take Stoteeh, who begun t Hfo us a newspaper man in Kmporia, is beginning It ovor again fit tho samo business in Perry, Oklahoma. Tho only reason Mr. Stotler is not a rich man is that ho was endowed with the fatal gift of spending money. All his old Kansas friends liopo ho will euru it faster in his now Held than he can spend it. W. A. White spent a couplo of weeks during tho heat of tho campaign in tho lair of tho Tammany tiger, studying Richard Crokcr, and In tho February McCluro ho will toll what ho thinks of him. It will bo ono of the most eagerly looked for of ull tho character sketches which Mr. White has written,' and McCluro's might us woll sond a lot of extras to Kunsas first as last. The fact that four or lho now amendments to tho constitution huvo been proposed beforo tho leglsluture has again brought up tho question of a convention to frame a now constitu tion und Senator Curpentor, of Neo sho, has Introduced a concurrent ios- olution to provldo for such 11 conven tion. Thero uro certainly a great many roasons why a now constitution should bo framed, and very few roas ons why ono should not bo. Seveual months ago tho Press Pub lishing Association ollcred WO, 000 in premiums for the closest guesses on tho number of people In tho United States us would bo shown by tho new census, Georgo Mohu, Pittsburg, Pa., won tho first prio of $ir,000 with u guess which wus within two of tho exact number. Twonty people guessed within flvo hundred of tho right 1111m beh, wlillo ono thousand people guess ed within loss than iiO.OOO of the right nuinber. Luwrcnco Journal: It seems to havo been KunsiistDay in Oklahoma yesterday, Tho governor appointed J. C. Strung, formerly of Larnod, to iT'ir ill rJ',r',l-mT"'l TIrTr"-""'''l''TTTTTIi'lTTrH"TrTrir n canmamniiininn-rairMifimriWL tho olllco of uttomoy general, Billy Bolton, formorly of Greensburg, to bo regent of tho agricultural college, and John Share, formerly of Wolllngton, to bo member of tho board of educa tion of tho government normal school. Which goes to show that wherever tho olllccs arc, thero will tho Kunsas man bo also. Tim experiment station at Manhat tan has conducted a careful digestion experiment with BulTalo grass and reports that It contains an almost per fectly balanced ration, being superior to Kentucky bluo grass and vory much bettor than timothy. And this emphasizes tho folly of plowing up tho BulTalo grass sod and trying to raiso civilized crops where thoy wcro never Intended to grow. God knew what ho was doing when ho sowed Western Kansas to Bullulo grass. IN tho courso of tho resolutions against tho trusts adopted by tho Im plement dealers In their recent conven tion at Kansas City, thoy say; "Owing to tho operations of trusts in many forms of business, prices being de creased and our prollts cut olT, to tho groat detriment of dealers and con sumers aliko etc, etc." It Is easy to understand how a deereaso In tho price of implements should cut oil tho prof Its of tho implement dealers, but it is not quite so plain how this works to tho detriment of consumers. Tin: mother of C. C. Thomas, of Moran, witnessed tho coronation, of IQucen Victoria and Mr. R. E. Wright, an Iola painter, is a direct descendant of tho old Karl William, of Wight, who at ono timo owned tho Island upon which tho Queen died. Also another Iola man got hustled very lively by a Loudon crowd ono day becauso ho got out of his plueo In tho lino InhiselToits toseo tho Princo of Walos unveil a monu ment. For theso reasons Allencounty people havobecn moro than commonly Interested In tho recent events trans piring In Englund. Senator Daniel, in tho course of tho discussion of tho army bill in tho senate, submitted tho other day a chronological list of actions in tho Philippines, with losses, from Febru ary 4, 1801), to Juno :J0, 1000, compiled by (the adjutant general and dated October 1, lust. Theso actions num ber l,21,'l, and thoy vary In scopo from engagements In which thousands of our troops participated to skirmishes in which wagon guurds hud u brush with guerillas. Tho adjutant general in ovcry case glvos tho organizations engaged and tho casualties sustained. From this return it appears that from February 1, 1801), to Juno :S0, 11)00, the casualties aggregated .'(.'1 olllcers and 47(1 men killed, and 147 olllcers and 2,07(1 men wounded. The bill introduced In tho Kansas legislature for tho erection and fur nishing of tin Executive Mansion ought to bo pushed and passed. Tho Governorship of Kansas ought to curry with it somo socinl as well as political distinction. Tho man who occupies that high olllco ought to llvo In ut leust us dignified stylo us the average woll-to-do citizen. Wlillo It Is not at all necessary that ho should enter tho "giddy whirl" of society, yot ho ought to havo a homo at tho anltal and It ought to bo of such a character that ho could at least Invite his personal friends to dinner oc casionally with some dignity and decency. It Is certainly not credit- nblo to Kansas that her Governors havo to live at a hotel, liko a depart ment clork, and that thoy can havo no homo llfo during their Inoumboncy of tho olllco. I'RAISH FOR TIIK .MUSEUM. Leavenworth Times: A tribute of high praiso is given the natural his tory collection at tho Kunsus Stuto University by William M. Rico who husbeen visitingatLuwroneo. Mr. Rico Is uspcciul foreign ugont of tho govern ment has spent many yours ubioud und tho lust two yeurs in England. Hoisays tho University collection of mounted animals Is tho best in tho world, sur passing tl 1 tit In tho British museum and that in tho Smithsonlnu in stitute. This should roinforco tho ploa of tho chaneolior and regonts of tho Uni versity for a now museum. At present tho collection is crowded into attio store rooms and hoxos In Snow hall, which is all needed foi'luborutory und class room purposes. Tho collection cannot bo used or oxhlbltcditb any ad vantage und it in (lunger of bolng de stroyed by fire, und It is worth $l0, 000, though Its truo valuo cannot bo expressed in dollars and cents, for many of tho specimens aro such as cunnot bo duplicated and such as no other museum In tho world contains. TIIK DKAUQUKKN. Victoria Aloxandrlna, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland un,d Em press of India, Is dead. Tho nows will bring Veal personal gicf to millions of her subjects tho world routid, for sho was beloved as pcrhapsjno earthly sovorolgn has over boon, , and It will' bring u feollng of sadness to many who were not her subjects. From tho day when sho ... .. .... -' ussumou tno tnrono, a timiu ana sou distrustful girl of eighteen, to the holtr of her death, no word against her personal character has been so much us'whtspored. Sho was n Queen, and shc,'ndvor forgot that; but sho nev er forgot either that sho was a woman and a tnothor. Carefully trained from her childhood for tho great duties sho was to'assumo, hIio possossed a raro Intelligence, and was always a posi tive forco and inlluence in tho great affairs' of her realm; but tier heart was trained too, and amid tho luxury and adulation that surrounded her sho never forgot tho men und women in lowly station, and tho welfare of her subjects was always her first con corn. With all her woman's heart she dreaded and hated war, and thcro is littlo doubt that her doath wos hastened by tho worry and anxiety which the Boer war brought upon her. Tho death of Victoria brings to a closo tho longest and tho most glori ous reign, in English history. Not only have tho boundaries of tho Em pire been enormously oxtonded and tho commerco of tho country tre mendously increased, but tho civil rights, privileges and immunities of the common people of tho realm have been broadened .until In reality tho monarchy of Great Britain is moro Democratic than many of tho so called ReptiDllcs of tho earth. Tho England of today Is not only a richer and moro powerful, but it is a vastly hap pier land than tho England of sixty years ago. And very much of tho credit for tills is justly duo to tho "Widow of Windsor," tho faithful wife, tho dovoted mother, tho loyal and loving sovereign who now llos dead in tho Big House by tho sound ing sea. POSSIBILITIES OK KLKCTKIC1TY. Ono of tho most interesting Inter views over given out by Mr. Thomas A. Edison, and ono which possosses tho added interest of having been re vised by him, Is that published in tho Historical Number of tho Electrical Review for January 12, 1001, which contains a history of electrical inven tion and development in tho nlnteenth century. In tho courso of tho Inter view Mr. Edison says: "Asked If It were possible, in his viow, to achieve tho direct production of electricity from heat or from com bustion without tho intervention of mechanical agencies, ho said: "Yes, almost anything is possible, and I believe that some day we may get such a process that will show an elllclency of thirty or forty per cent. Somo ex periments wo havo mado over here have shown an efllcloncy of four per cent, and, as little asHhls Is, it Is cer tulnly promising." Asked If ho thought tho achievement of tho twen tieth contury would surpass that of nineteenth In invention, and especially In tho application of olectrlclty, Mr. Edison, with a glow of enthusiasm, said: "It certainly will. In the first ploco there aro moro of us to work, und in tho second placo wo know more to start on, but, all tho sumo, nono of us knows anything about anything. Wo ate only starting. Tho achieve ment of tho past is merely a point of dopurture, and you know that, In our ait, 'impossible' is tin impossible word," Senatou Duiiois, of Idaho, who has been classed as a Populist, when re-elected by tlio fuslonlsts tho othor day declared in his speech of accop tanco that both ho und his colleague would horoaftor count themselves Democrats. At Topeku lust week David Ovorinoyer, a Democrut, re ceived tho nomination of tho fusion caucus for Senator. Theso two inci dents simply go with tho other signs of tho timo to show that all tho shrewd politicians recognize that tho Populist party Is dead. Tho quostlon that re mains for those who havo mudo up tho rank and file of that party Is to doeldo whether thoy will hereafter bo Democrats or Republicans. TIIK iNKW KINO Tho panegyrist of Albeit Edward, born Princo of Wales, now King of England, will pass rapidly and light ly ovor tho first forty years of his life. Not that ho was ever vicious or open ly and flagrantly Immoral, but, that ho was much given to tho reckless spending of monoy und to a manner of llfo that Indicated littlo seriousness of disposition and small senso of tho dignity and sobriety that should characterize ono occupying so exalted and responsible u station. It Is safe to say that his accession to tho throne at any timo prior to his fortieth year would havo been regarded by all con scrvalivo Englishmen with gruo ap prehension. But at sixty "tho hoy day in the blood is over; 'tis cool, 'tis temperate, and waits upon the judgment." There will bo no scandals from tho throne of England. And while It is not proba blo that tho now King will live to win tho lovo of his subjects as his mother won it, for a man cannot win lovo as a woman can, yet ho will ascend thothrono with tho good will of all his people Tho people of England know tho Princo personally and familiarly. For forty years, ovor since tho death of his father, ho has appeared as the representative of royalty at all their public and important functions. Ho has laid countloss corner stones, opened lnnutnerablo charity bazaars, unvolled a forest of monuments, re viewed civic processions und military parades, and olllciated at an endless array of other public corcmonials. And ho has done It all with a line air of affability and good comradeship. Ho has shown, too, a lino senso of tho political proprieties of his position, never by any word or uct signifying In tho slightost degreo his feollng to wurd either of tho grout political parties into which his country men havo been divided. Ho has waited long for tho supremo honor thu1 bus now como to him, but ho hnsnoer disclosed' tho slightest impatience, and his timo of probation has given him most raro training for tho duties that will now dovolvo upon hlui. Truo, there is littlo leal power left to the English throne. And yet thero can not help remaining very great intlu enco. Tho king cannot name his own ministers who, under Parliament, aro the real rulers of England, but If ho has their confidence and is u man of tuct, discretion and wisdom, ho cun como very nearly tolling tlicm what they shall do. King Edward VII un doubtedly hus the'tuct und discretion It would seem ulso that ho must have tho wisdom, for how could a man sta nd on tho stops of a throne for forty years of mature life, with a groat oxumplo always before him and brilliant people always uround him, without absorbing grout knowledge of atTnlrs of stuto. His reign, therefore, may fairly be expected to bo a popu lar and successful one, und ono of which his country will havo no reuson to feel ashamed. "God save tho king." (JOOI) WORK IN THKLKUISLATURR Beoro tho Legislature mot tho RiXHSTEU urged tho importunco of tho organization of a joint caucus of tho Ropublican members of tho two bousos, which should meet often with a viow to securing united party action and do llnlng und currying out 11 logical und woll considered party policy. It is very gratifying to noto by tho reports that como from Topeku that exactly that courso Is being pursued, A joint caucus of tho Republicans of thu TIouso und Senuto was hold Thursday night, at which, aftor much deliberation, it was agreed that tho election, railroad apportionment und assessment and taxation bills should bo .given precedence! in thu order nuniedwlth tho understanding that appropriation bills should havo tho right of way i.t any timo, This action of tho c'uiicun Insures legislation, and woll considered legislation, on all the sub,i'cu in which the people uio most inn rested, It was ulso decided by general con son lo huvo frequent caucuses und outline party policy on bills of great Importunco liko tho measures u.nucd so that as littlo discussion us, possi ble will come up In thellouso and val uable timo will be saved. Tho Republican party has not been in power in Kansas for a loivr timo but it lias not loi-joiton uoiv to Ho 'X things. ACAIMjINK ASSURKI). Tho RixilSTElt Intimated somo tlma ago that a street car lino was among- tho enterprises that might "happen In Iola this summer. Tho action o tho city council last night, fully ro ported on our local pages, mukos cor tain tho fulfillment of that prediction Mr. Crouch and his son aro succcssfa and experienced men, thoy have looked tho ground over thoroughly, thoy ares building tho lino to operate and not soil, and they will push It to complo tlou with all posslblo speed. Tho building of a street car lino from Iola tbiough Gus City und Lan yonvillo to LaTlarpo, means a grout dcul for all of those towns, for it. means their praetlealconsolldatlon into ono. Within live years, tho RixilSTKit ventures to predict, it will bo impossi ble for tho stranger to toll whore ono of those towns leaves oil and tho other begins. The construction of tho street railway will hasten this good timo by utTording means of fiequent, cheap und rapid transit. Thero uro other things ripening that will bo of tho greatest Importance to Iola, and tho Rixusrr.it hopes to bo pcimittcd soon to toll all It knows about them. But to bo able to an nounce positively that workjwill begin ut once on tho lolu-Gus City-Lunyon-vlllo and Lallarpo street railway, is enough good now for ono day. ANOTHER PLUM II STORY. Tho RKaiSTEK recently started a story showing how Sonator Plumb "got things" that ho went after. Tills reminded Bent Murdock of another which ho tolls as follows; "A lieutenant who was killed In tho army of tho rebellion, in 1801, left a. wlfo und threo smull children. In time tho widow found herself almost desti tute; but sho did tho best sho conld. Her littlo homo wns not much better than u shuck. Sho toiled over tho wushtub, wlillo singing "Thero Is a friend w'ho will kcop me to ho end'" und managed to keep her family from sturv Ing. An application for a pen sion was filed shortly after tho war and for 20 years it hung fire. Plumb was written to about it, but somehow failed to do anything. Tho proof that tho lieutenant was killed in tho lino of his duty was overwhelming, but be causo of a misleading ullldavit, tho Pension department bung up tho case. Tho children grow tip, and as thdy were ull rustlers, things brightened up for tho fumtly. Ono day Plumb was In town und while walking up tho street u friend, who wus with him, halted him in front of tho widow's homo nnd gave hin a story of her life trials, her efforts to obtain a pension, dwelling particularly upon tho red tupo methods of tho pension lolllcc. A month afterwards Plumb and this, friend were in Washington. Thoy went to tho pension olllco together. Tho widow's euso wus called up. Plumb was hot; and tho longer he talked tho hotter ho got and tho louder ho roared. Ho denounced tho Pension commissioner and overybody olso con nected with tho bureau; and ut the end of his talk ho shook his list under the Pension commissioner's nose, tolling him that if ho didn't report thowldow'a caso In 21 hours ho would Intioduco u resolution Into tho Sonato the noxt day providing for a snooping Investi gation of tho entire Pension depart ment. Tho noxt morning tho Kunsus Sonator got a letter from the pension olllco which informed him that tho soldier's widow was granted a pension between six and soventhousanddollars backpay. That was ono timo Plumb got what ho went aftor." IT bus been ulwuys understood that in duo courso of timo thero should bo IV court houso in tho middle of thu public square at Iola. How would it do, utter that is built.'lo huvo a post olllco, built by tho Government, on jmo corner,, a city hall on auothor, a llbrury on tho third, und an opora houso on tno fourth? It niny bo ob jected that an 0fei house, being private proporty, couTtl not safely In built on tho square; but might not tho county commissioners glvoa loaso for ninoty-nlno yours for that pur pose? Tho only parties, then, who could void that louso would bo tho original members of tho town com pnny or tholr holrs, und tho pos sibility of their taking any uction In that direction is too remote for con sideration.' With flvo handsome buildings, surrounded by tho neces sary wulks, tho publlo squai 0 would not be quite tho eyesore that It now Is. M M"4M -hdri& jk2t' ;X.. i Tr ' ll- V s