Iola Weekly News du lieu suivant : Iola, Kansas • 8

Jola Weekly Yews. From Daily, March 11. DEAD AT LAST. Unless some evil genius interferes, tHe Kansas legislature will tomorrow adjourn and return to the obscurity which nature intended they should forever OCcupy, and from which a deluded constituency SO unfortunately snatched them. Although no man regrets their death, or has a good word for them, they have the proud consciousness of knowing that they will live in state history as the most stupendous aggregation of freaks and living curiosities ever gathered together under a single roof.

Elected after a long period of financial depression, while the rains had refused to descend and the earth to yield her increase; when the mortgages placed on the farms in the flush days of the boom were falling due; when the prices of property had long been falling until it seemed the bottom would never be reached, they went to Topeka, firm in the belief that vicious legislation was the cause of all their real and imaginary woes. They had been told and they in turn told their constituents, that the laws had been made in favor of stock yards, railroads, insurance companies, text book trusts, banks and mortgage com- panies, and they conscienciously and seriously attempted what had never before been tried on the North American continent; to enact into statute law all the wild and crazy talk which had for so long been the stock in trade of dry goods box statesmen and cross roads politicians. Between one and two thousand bills were introduced, covering almost every conceivable subject, and one can not but think that a large majority were inspired by anything from mild aberration to gibbering idiocy. Of those which passed, many will simply encumber the statute books and be forgotten, but unfortunately some will live to hamper and harrass the business of the very men they were designed to aid. Even the Populists must admit that nothing so becomes them in life as the leaving of it.

Mrs. S. Tozer Dead. It is with sincere regret that The News records the death of Mrs. S.

Tozer, which occurred last night at her home in this city. Mrs. Tozer had been in failing health for some time and her death was not unexpected. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavment. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.

58 TO 47. The House Defeats Senator Hanna's Measure. By a vote of 58 to 47 the house last night defeated Senator Hanna's bill for the regulation of gas, electric light, electric power, water and heat companies. It is provided in the bill that such companies may reserve from their gross receipts sufficient to pay expenses and allow interest at the rate of 6 per cent on the capital invested. The rest of the receipts must go to the city for rental of the streets.

A greater interest may be allowed on petition of three-fifths of the taxpayers of the city. Cities of the first, second and third class are granted power to purchase and construct plants for supplying their own light, heat, water or power. -Topeka Capital. From the foregoing it would seem that the bill, a part of which was given in The News. had been defeated in the house.

Today rumors are flying around on both sides ot the question. Chris. Ritter has a telegram from W. H. McClure which reads: "Bill passed senate O.

K. Sixty-four votes. The faulty part of this dispatch is the fact that it has long ago passed the senate. The News this afternoon wired to Representative De Witt for the truth of the matter, but up to the hour of going to press have secured no reply. Poplar Grove' Church.

HUMBOLDT, Match Rev. J. A. C. Wade, of Iola, have just closed his ten days' meeting with the Poplar Grove Baptist church.

The lord was with us. The church was greatly awakened and brought in closer relations with God Sin was alarmed and sinners trembled and plead for mercy. Nine souls were brought out of darkness into light, and will be baptised on the fourth Sunday in April. The church and congregation here indorsed the decision of the ordaining council in authorizing him to travel and preach as an evangelist, as he is a member of this church. Vox POPULI.

Parties Caught. The details of the dastardly crime committed at the home of Mrs. Greenstreet last week, are still fresh in the minds of the people, and owing to the extreme brutality of the case, unusual interest has been centered in the case and every effort made to bring the guilty parties to justice. The officers on the case haye worked unceasingly ing evidence it seemed to them they had the right parties. Last night they arrested them and as both are well known Chanute men, it made quite a little sensation.

-Chanute Sun. Another Missing. Close on the heels of the disappearance of Kelley, the smooth cattle man (without cattle), comes that J. M. Lindsay has left a large and numerous class of creditors to mourn his departure.

For some time he has been a borrower from various money loaners here and at Humboldt, but he was always considered good pay and for many years he met his maturing paper promptly. He thus established perfect confidence and was enabled to borrow at will. Another thing which helped him was the fact that his wife had in her name 240 acres of land. On many of his notes her name appears, which, of course. made it readily acceptible.

On a few of the notes an endorser, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Salem township, appears but some declare that the name is a forgery. It is now believed that the signature of his wife is a forgery. The day he left he started for the school house where he was teaching, telling his wife who w7as sick, that he would adjourn school and stay with her the balance of the week. Instead he went to Chanute, from which place he wrote his wife saying he was going away never to return. Mrs.

Lindsay is completely prostrated and her life is despaired of. Lindsay was a prominent Pop and once ran for county clerk on that ticket. He made the race on the gronnd that he would take the office and run it for $600. Mr. C.

A. Fronk, of Salem, was in town today. Geo. Fisher, from west of the river, was in town Mr. Wm.

Rath, receiver of the First National bank of Humboldt, was in town today on business. F. M. Davis, postmaster at LaHarpe, was in town today. Mr.

Davis is preparing to relinquish the cares of office to some good Republican. The types made us say that a real estate dealer had donated the land for the brick plant. It should have read a local real estate company. C. H.

DeClute, of Iola, gave $6,400 for property in Fort Scott ten years ago that he has just sold for $950. There are others. -Kansas City Star. Mr. C.

W. Burnaugh, from southeastern Iowa, was in town today. Mr. Burnaugh is a teacher, and is here looking over the schools of the county with a view to locating. Carlyle.

C. E. Adams has been suffering with la grippe. Mrs. J.

R. Dunlap is improving slowly. The Ladies' Miisionary Society meets at the church this afternoon. O. J.

Dunlap began work Wednesday for C. A. Stinson. Wm. Woods has purchased the forty acres west of Mr.

Stotts. HUMBOLDT. March 10. -John Dryden returned to his home in Buffalo yesterday after a week spent at Dr. Marshman's.

Joe Shellman went out to Fairview Monday, where he will teach the spring term of school. Two of Iola's well known citizens, Randolph Washington and Reddy Givler, were in the city yesterday taking in the sights. Randolph said that he was not after an office, as he had an easier thing. P. L.

Augustine, of Moran, was in town buying grain this week. A Mr. Rudiger is in town today for the purpose of organizing a camp of Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Rachel Braucht died of cancer Sunday night.

She had been sick for a long time, and for the past month her death was expected daily. The funeral services occurred yesterday afternoon at the home on Bridga street. Mrs. R. R.

Bean is recovering from a severe atfack of pneumonia. Uncle Johnny Rapp was seized with a paralytic stroke yesterday as he was returning from the railroad, where he had been gathering sticks. He is not expected to live, his advanced age will prevent him recovering the stroke. "By Wits Outwitted" was presented at the opera use last night. R.

R. Cochran has a brand new delivery wagon. The Christian Church had a pleasant social at the home of M. W. Grannan last night.

Neosho Valley. On Wednesday evening of last week, at about 7 o'clock, Mr. E. H. Crook and Miss Essie Clark were joined in the bords of matrimony at the home of the bride's porents, by Rev.

John Cleaver. After the marriage, friends to the number of about seventy-five extended them their best wishes for a happy future, after which a very delicious supper was served. Their friends presented them with quite a number of elegant presents. Robert Thornton has returned to Brown county, where he expects to work. Mr.

Steele has been severely afflicted with lung trouble since his return from Colorado Jast fall, and at present is receiving calls from the doctor. Miss Vezie's school ciosed at Enterprise last Friday. There was an entertainment in the evening and a big crowd attended. We view new buildings on Lon Vancil's place. Allen Fisher has returned from Kansas City, where he has been attending school.

We understand that D. Ewart has bought the P. Moore farm. G. W.

Bolin reports cholera among his hogs. Mr. and Mrs. E. H.

Crook were visited by charivari the night after their marriage. Mr. F. P. Tanner closed his school at Union last Friday.

We, the scholars, think he did his duty as a teacher. The afternoon of the last day was spent in ciphering and spelling. The Moore farm, recently purchased by D. Ewart, is now occupied by Mr. Fish.

Tommy Carner has gone over to his brother-in-law's, S. F. Whitlow, to attend school until the term is out. Jersey Cows for Sale. I will sell at public auction on the public square Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, March 13, two full blood Jersey cows.

For full particulars inquire at John Mann's livery barn. Terms made known on day of sale. 160 3t GEO. LEWIS..