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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10
UNCLAIMED MILLIONS.
FORTUNES IN THE HANDS or PUB
Lie ADMINISTRATIONS.

Strange Searches for Heirs to Large
Fortunes In BrookIyn-A Strange Dis
appearance-The Fund in Charge of
the State Treasures Keeps Increasing.
Speaking roughly there is az the pres
ent time over $, 900, 600 in hard cash in
the hands Of the various state treasurers
in this country awaiting the claim of
legal heirs. This large amount has been
deposited with the treasurers from time
to time by public administrators. Of
this s. 900, 900 the New York state treas
urer has about $3.50, 900, and although
he pays out now and then certified claims
from the administrative fund it keeps
steadily increasing in ratio with the
population of the state.
The public administrator of Brooklyn
furnishes the following cases from his
record books:
Thomas Wilson sold newspapers in
Brooklyn's Twentieth ward for 3 gener-
alton. His route was an aristocratic
one, comprising such streets as Clinton
and Clermont avenues, in which are the
homes of millionaires. He peddled his
wares in all sorts of weather, appeared
on the streets in rain and shine every
day and far into the night, and even
made feeble attempt to brave the fury
of the big blizzard of March II, 1888.
He had no friends, no confdants, no as
sociations, and he lodged in the attic of
q miserable tenement house. One day
in the spring of 1889 his legs refused to
carry him along his route, and he went
for succor and shelter to the Brooklyn
hospital.
Here ne was warned that he had but
short time 10 live and was told TO COM
muuicate with his friends, if he had
any. Old Tom shook his head negatively
and died that night without making a
sign. Five bank books were found under
his pillow, showing three or four thou
sand dollars to his credit in different in
stitutions. The administrator could learn
nothing about him in the banks, where
he had told different stories about him
self. 1t is thought he was Of Swedish
origin and that his real name was Nil
son, not Wilson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10

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II aasl1 assar@1 ae.i 4 "a 49, feii- s.t1r1. I
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS

gEsO fDS~-H0SEY At LOWEST RATS o.
bs.-rss eaus f1Fuifurs hesseta.9 Etfs1a
crops s-d a. ki1da = sec4rity- =. y. asrsth ggsf
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10
FRED w. ISRAEL. X, e. ISRAEL
Notary Public.
ISRAEL BROS.
Real Estate and Rents.

Telephone 49,
To buy wichita city property OF Sedgwick county
land at present prices means large returns on your
money, Wichita, with her stock and other indus
tries Is Just in her infancy and such bargains as we
now offer were never offered before. All having
business In line invited to call or correspond.
The Wichita interests Of non-resdents properly
and faithfully cared for. ONCE second floor 10
North Market, Israel Building. dO6tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10
WASS1M, DAVIES Dc ROOD
ESTATE AGENTS

WASS1M, DAVIES cE ROOD
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Also the the famous AiSin aud Hitchcock fruit lands
for sale. Write for information.
once Moody building, Galveston, Texas, loft
BONDSMEN.
SURETY ON BONDS.
Those who are required to give bonds in positions
of trust and who desire to avoid asking friends to
become their sureties, or who may wish to relieve
w. II. LIVINGSTON, Agent,
Stste Nat1 Bank, Wichita. Kan.
OF the American Surety Company Of New York
Pamphlets on application l6u
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
ROGERS,
The photographer. Pictures in all sizes and styles
He also carries the finest assortment OF picture
frames In the city. Tive MIN friendly call ana
examine samples.
DENTISTS.
DIR. Il. H CREDITOR.
Dentist Office IA y. Main over Smith stover's
Nfalized air administered. Residence 90 n. To-
pcka avenue Wichita, Kansas. 9l-tf
ID. W. SMITH,
Dentist. III North Main Street, one door south OF
Finlay Toss Furniture House. Wichita, Kan. 6Stf
Full sets of teeth, S. IS, and SO
<f%IN Gold Filings, 81 and up; silver, l5c;
S<EEt- u Extracting with cocaine, SOC. Wo
GIYs suari wp sfaisfa'f Dentists.
BOYD'S DENT5L ROOMS,
DR. I. F, BOYD. DIR. ]. A. HoLLENBERGER
lis East Douglas Avenue. lo9-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10
IOK TRADE.

TTo RENT-NoRTH HALF OF BEACON BLOCK
ness. israel brua- q tt-d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10

I-ANTED-TwENTY GOOD. COMPETENT
w men Tor Information inquire a. . be kan-
sls star. II .. Main. ct Y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10

Largest list OF city and island property for sale
Also the famous Alvin aud Hitchcock fruit lands
for sale. Write for information -
Once Moody building, Galveston, Texas lO2u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-10

I,oR RENT-AT NOMINAL PRICE. an 2Ii
North Fourth ave. tao store ROOMS. sulteiAs
Tor naBulactory storage or store, Inquire ~ sls -
Douglas ave. az a.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
FUN IN THE Alps.

Tourists Gain Half an Hour by
Simply Seating Themselves and
Sliding.
Mountain climbing has its diversions
as well as its terrors and excitements.
Victor Tissot, in La Suisse Inconnue.
describes an amusing experience In
Switzerland while descending the Pic
Vanguard:
The descent was accomplished in an
hour. 1t was pleasure party, a fete.
| found myself with gay partyTof
Austrian tourists. with whom l speed
lily became acquainted. Arriving at the
snow the guide stopped and asked, adj
dressing himself to the ladies': SHOULD
you like to amuse yourselves a little?''
I'VE should not be Viennese if we re-
fused. Yes, let US amnse ourselves.
The snow is so delightful" Impatient
and curious. they quickly grouped
themselves about the guide. well, we
will descend this beautiful snowy slope
in a few minutes without the smallest
danger, 1t is only necessary that the
ladies should have courage. This is
how we proceed. Each gentleman must
seat himself and take lady behind
him, holding her firmly by the ankles.
At my signal you must all let your
selves slide down. 1t is not diff
cult and we shall gain half an hour"
This manner of descending, much used
in the Alps, was new to the ladies, and
seemed to them both drOll and original.
Each OF us seated ourselves on an over
coat, folded in four, and the ladies ON
their shawlS, which were drawn over
their knees. AT the word of command
we set Off. dragging our companions,
laughing and uttering little shrieks.
Some awkward couples came to grief,
but not seriously. and the adventure
terminated without further incident.
At the foot of the slope the travellers, a
little giddy from the headlong journey,
rose. powdered with snow, and shook
themselves like water dogs which had
just crossed river.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14

than from the other foods. but it is not
yet demonstrated that the increase of
milk was produced economically. For
twelve years records have been kept on
the farm now occupied by the station,
which shows that the average yield of
beets over this period has been nearly
sixteen tons per acre, against an an
nual yield of about fifty-five bushels OF
shelled corn per acre. But crop of
fifty-fee bushels of shelled corn.
with its fodder will contain nearly twice
as much dry matter as sixteen tons of
beets: and these experiments indicate
that, whether fed dry, as cornmeal and
dry fodder. or as corn ensiiage. the dry
matter of the corn crop will be found
about as effective, pound for
pound, as the dry matter of the beet
crop. 1t is possible to raise much
more than sixteen tons of beets to
the acre. One crop of two acres is re-
ported at 371S tons per acre. and
smaller areas have given still larger
yields, but such crops require very
rich land and thorough culture.
Whether it is possible to produce a
pound of dry matter in beets as econom-
ically as it can be done in corn is not
yet definitely settled, but the proba-
bilities are decidedly against it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Great Australian Estates,

Galignani Messenger.
Roman mobiles sometimes had whole
provinces for estates. but these are
almost paralleled in Australia, where
immense estates are numerous. Three
are advertised for sale in Melbourne
paper. The area of the first is 454
square miles, of which the rent is e321
Is cd only, and the cattle on the pasture
are valued at e2 los each. The sec
ond comprises GAS square miles, ard
the third 553 square miles. All there
are in Queensland. The first lot is de-
scribed as watered by river and hav
ing town 80 miles distant on one side
and $50 on the other. The advantage
of the second is that it lies between
three towns, which are, respectively,
$50, 800 and $40 miles away, and the
third, apparently most fortunately situ-
ated of all, is within 100 miles of arail-
way"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
FACTS AND FANCIES.
A Handsome and Bewildering
Display.

Last week the parlors of the Wheeler
& Wilson Sewing Machine company, 80
West Third street, were crowded with
ladies. 1t was the occasion of their dis
play of art needlework, showing just
what can be done on their new No. 9
machine. The assortment was the fin
est and largest ever shown in this city,
and the company deserves great credit
for giving the people the opportunity OF
witnessing such a display.
The exhibition included handsome
designs in draperies, banners, wall
ornaments, etchings, screens, and be-
wildering display of other handsome
articles designed to beautify the home.
The work is done in every variety of
silk, gold and silver thread.
The articles W hich perhaps attracted
the most attention were full life-sized
picture of turkey, peafowl; also a
copy of the celebrated oil painting OF
Rose Bonheur entitled 1.-The Horse
Fair all of which was done OH the
new No. 9.
The exhibition will only be open dur
ing this week. All are invited to at
tend and see the bewildering display.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
SAINT PAUL.
GARRoTED AND ROBBED.
The Alarming Experience OF How
ard s. Collins Last Evening.

The Alarming Experience of How
ard S. Collins Last Evening.
A burglary and garroting in broad
daylight in the heart of st. Paufs bust
ness center. This is what occurred
yesterday. Howard S. Collins. OF the
printing firm of II. S. Collins & Co., is
the victim of both. At about 6 O'Clock
last evening Mr.. Collins left his office,
on the corner of Fifth and Minnesota
streets, to go to supper. Shortly before
he returned to do some Work on
his books. His Office is on the
second floor of the building and
IS rather dark. He opened the
door. entered and lighted the gas.
AS he turned from the gas fixture ne
saw a man hiding behind pie OF pa
per. Mr.. Collins attacked MIN. ana nc
ran from the room and up the STAIRS,
with Mr. Collins in hot chase. AS they
reached the third floor the burglar
turned, felled Mr.. Collins with stun
ming blow on the head with Dludge0n,
and beat him into insensibiilty. Inc
neTt that Mr.. Collins remembers is a
maddening pain in his head as
he slowly came to his senses
two hours after. He pain
fully dragged himself down the
two flights OF stairs and fell falntlng on
the floor. His clothes were torn and
dirty. His head and breast were Gov
cred with clotted blood. Through his
matted hair the blood. started afresh by
his exertions, was flowing freely from
four gaping. swollen scalp wounds. He
was picked up at once 10y the passers-
by. and the patrol wagon was sent for.
1t arrived in a few minutes and was
driven rapidly back to the central sta
ton. stopping for DR.. Bakeron the way.
a careful examination showed that, al
though the wounds were severe, they
were far from dangerous. They were
carefully dressed, an operation which
Mr.. Collins bore with admirable fortl,
tude. and he was taken to his home, Is
College avenue west. At the station it
was discovered that Mr.. Collins had
been robbed of his watch, though the
chain was left, and Of what money ne
had on his person. The thug was short
and smoot-faced, and Mr.. Collins Is pos
tive that he can identify him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Charged With Forgery.

Yesterday morning Detectives Ken
ally and DAILY arrested Charles Thomp-
son for forgery, OH information received
from Superior. Wis. The arrest was
made on lower Third street, and Thomp-
son will be taken 10 Superior at once
for trial. The crime with which he Is
charged is the stealing and cashing OF
checks for $500, signed by Kirkland d
Starkey. contractors in Superior.
Thompson was arrested some weeks
ago for assault, but he escaped from the
bull pen in the city hill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Assessment Appealed From.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company has appealed to the
district court from the assessment OF
damages and benefits made by the board
of public works in the opening, widen
Ing and extension of Laurel avenue,
between Lexington and Fairview ave
nues. 1t is claimed by the railroad
company that its damages will amonnt
to I.127 for an easement over its right
of way for bridge purposes within the
lines of Laurel avenue in Boulevard adj
dition. No. g. The board allowed the
company 81 damages.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Surprising a Case.

New Y DIRK Mercury.
sit seems to be a perfectly clear case
against you," said the reporter. why
not make a>clean breast of it and let me
publish your coufession%
'Confessionu' exclaimed the indig-
nant prisoner. 81 have nothing to con-
fessl | am all innocent man, sirl But
if-if-s'posing l did have a confession
to make, what's the best figger your pa
per would pay me for it?"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
BEETs FOR MICH COWS.
Experiments That the o. j. Far
mer Thinks Conclusive.

Experiments InaG Cne ~. q. TAR
mer Thinks Conclusive.
A bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural
experiment station, now in press, gives
the results of an experiment in feeding
sugar beets to mich cows, made during
the past winter, together with sum-
mary of two similar experiments, one
made by the station in 1889, and one by
the farm department of the Ohio state
university in 1879. 1t the last named
experiment eight cows were kept under
test for eleven weeks; in 1899, twelve
cows for eight weeks, and in 1890,
twelve COWS for nine weeks. the
cows in each case being weighed
daily. as we'll as their feed and
milk, In each of the three experiments
the COWS ate more hay and more total
dry matter when feeding on beets than
on other foods (hay, meal and bran in
1879, corn silage in 1889 and 1880; i'll
each case more milk was given from beet
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
PECK OF GOLD DUST.
The Fortune Which Is Within
Reach of Washington Girl

Washington Star.
Se7en thousand dollars worth of
gold dust in table drawer! Poke your
fingers into the yellow stuff, and notice
how soft ard agreeable to the feeling 1t
is. while the attendant in charge
watches YOU carefully and sees that you
do not get away with any OF it. 1t IS
smooth to the touch because 1T IS
all composed of goIdbeaters' film rubbed
10 almost impalpable powder. For
the same reason. too, it IS absolutely
pure and virgin metal, twenty-four
earats fine.
The drawer is in charge Of pretty
Young girl at the government pruning
Office. Her work there is to stamp gold-
lettering and ornamentation upon DOCK
covers. The precious substance comes
to her in the shape OF little rectangular
sheets of foil inexpresslbly thln, ialu De
tween layers of tissue paper maze UP III
book form. each book holding twenty
four gold sheets. Handling, them Is d
matter recurring great skill, though you
might not imagine it from casual in
spection. TO begin with, say the young
woman places Oh the table before ner
an ordinary leather book cover. ohe
takes from the little gold book sheet
of the foil, not with her fingers, put by
catching it up with small pad OF raw
cotton. Laying down the sheet OF pure
yellow gold upon little slab. she GUS
it into three pieces with a sharp knlle.
She makes it smooth by blowing gehtly
upon it with her breath. One OF the
pieces she applies to the back OF Lile
cover where the title is TO go, anotner
she also puts on the back where the
name OF the author is to be, while the
third and the biggest piece is spread
over the middle of one flap of the cover
where an orna mt ntal Gesign is Naneu
The operator is careful i'll rubbing off
the loose gold after each stamping to
lose none of it. AS she uses the leather
tipped stick she permits the yellow stuff
to fall through crack in the table top
into the drawer beneath in the shape of
dust. 1t is allowed to accumulate there
until the drawer is full. The drawer is
quite big and deep. and will hold $4,000
worth of the dust. You would not
imagine it to be any precious substance
if you found a quantity of it i'll some odd
place: it looks as much like powdered
tinsel as anything else. However, it is
worth $50 an ounce, and when drawer
full is collected the gold is forwarded tt
the mint in Philadelphia, which sub
jects it to assay and sends back check
for its value. The young woman is hel(
responsible for the safety of the gold il
the drawer. She carries the key to i
about with her always, and nobody bu
herself is allowed access to it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
A Good Deal in Name Sometimes.

Harper's Bazaar.
Papa" said the young mother, ''Pve
decided on name for baby; we will
call her Imogen."
Papa was lost in thought for a few
minutes; he did not like the name, but
if he opposed it his wife would have
her own way.
THAT'S NICE" said he, presently.
"My first sweetheart was named ImO-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
A Young Traveller.

Detroit Free Press.
A little five-year-old boy. who was
brought to the Central police station
the other evening, afforded the most adj
vanced example of precociousness that
the officers there had witnessed i'll many
a day.
"What is your name?" asked Ser
geant High.
"Grover Cleveland, replied the tot,
Strengthening proudly up.
"Where is your home?"
''In Montreal"
"How do you happen to he here?"
"Well, waItd to see the world
awhile, and then | am going to make
money"
The lad was suitably provided for,
and will be looked after by the proper
authorities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Milk and Water.

Epoch.
.Bjones is milk -andwater sort of
fellow"
"Yes: but it is the hereditary infiu-
ence. His grandfather made his for
tune in the dairy business"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
How to Make Her Happy.

"Mabel, dearest. do you think could
make you happy"
II should think so. Mrs. Jenkins
husband did her."
"How?"
"He insured his life for $4,000 and
then died"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Undoubtedly Correct.

Brakes Magazine.
George" asked Mrs. Cumso, ''what
paper in the United States has the larg-
est circulation"
"Paper money!" replied Cumso,
nrOmDtly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14

Mayor Smith was petitioned yesterday to
revoke the license of Peter Murphy, run
ner for the Kansas City road. He will have
a hearing to-day or tomorrow. He is charged
with ali assault OH Berger Lindley and nu-
merous other breaches of the peace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14

gen, and she will take it as compli-
ment."
1--WE will call her Mary, after my
mother, was the stern reply.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
ANNOUNCEMENT.


CUMMINGS-In st. Paul, Wednesday. Aug.
IL, at p. M, at residence, No. 6l0 West
Seventh ST., Peter Cummings, aged sixty
nine years and eight days. Notice of
funeral hereafter
GARLAND-In ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. Is, at
the family residence. 624 Summit avenue,
William H.. son of ". H. and Hannah Gar
land Notice of funeral hereafter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
POULTRY POINTS,
AS Gathered by the ST. Louis Re-
public Chicken Man.

Do not feed soft food on the ground.
Good fresh water, and plenty of it,
must be supplied now.
In many cases it will be better to sell
poultry now than later.
Keep the ducks and geese separal
from the other poultry.
1t is good plan to have two sets of
roosting poles, using one while the other
is being cleaned.
Poultry should be treated the same as
any other stock, and this implies giving
them good care.
Keep the pullets that commence to lay
the soonest this fall and save the eggs
from them next spring for Matching.
A good dust-bath will be consider
able aid in keeping the poultry healthy
They use it as a bath to clear them
selves.
Generally it is not good plan. to at
tempt to keep geese unless place can
be prepared especially for them.
One advantage with geese is that dur
ing the greater part of the time they
need very little attention.
it is not luck, but feed and care in
the management that determine the
profit with poultry. Raising caponS
can be made profitable where they can
be marketed readily. In local market
they would hardly pay.
The symptoms of rcup are foul
breath, running from the nose. and
dark comb. 1t usually comes from
dampness. A teaspoonful of chlorate
of potash solution is good I emedy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
Caught a Thief in Naples.

LONDON Daily News
For some time it has been noticed at
a typographical establishment at Naples
that postage stamps. money and other
objects were frequently missing from
a locked writing desk. The Naples
chief of police invented an electric
bell which, when the drawers
of the writing desk were. opened,
Immediately rang without ceaslng, and.
at the same time, an apparatus pre-
vented the drawer from being reshut.
The trap was laid for two days, and
three mornings ago a persistent ringing
at last announced the presence OF
thieves. When the police were fetched
they found one of the underlings of the
establishment. who had opened the
drawers with an English key. He was
Immediately arrested.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-02

to by the city. In proof Of this he showed
one clause of the printed contract which
says that the city shall supply the mains on
the Southside already laid with city water.
This has not been done.
AldermanBeinhausr Cou uucilmenBrewster
and Benz, as we'll as all Of the members Of the
Twenty-ninth Ward Taxpayers Protective
Association, are pledged to do all in their
power to obtain a better water supply for the
Southside, and will do So. The present
move will differ from the last one made a
few years ago, as it was directly antagonistic
to the water company. and the charge was
made that their contract had been broken.
The proposed investigation will be more
conservative and far-reaching, having for its
object the betterment Of the water supply Of
the Southside, regardless of corporations.
1t will be humane move.
Interviews could be obtained without end
on the water question and complaints from
prominent men and manufacturers about an
inadequate supply and muddy water, but
they have been repeated so often they have
lost in interest. The only question now is,
What is to be done In the matter? This
conclusion is what led to the present move
being started and q search for an answer
will be the end sought by the prime movers.