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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
BLAZE IN LONDON.

EnEland's Metropolis visited BY De-
structlve Flrs-Loss Placed at $4,000"
600.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-Fire started yester-
day morning in the building occupied
by C. Davidson & Sons, paper and pnper
felt manufacturers and paper bag maxi
ers at 1l6 Queen Victoria street. This
building extended back into Upper
Thames street. 1t was brick structure
and was completely destroyed, as was
also that Of Adolph Frank & Co., man
ufacturers Of pipes and importers Of to-
bacco at l31 Queen Victoria street.
Old st. Benet's Church, a famous
Welsh church, also caught fire.
Fourteen fire engines were soon upon
the scene, and the firemen did their ut
most, but with. little success. to check
the course of the flames. A high wind
was blowing, and it materially added
TO the fury Of the flames.
The large wholesale fur mandatory
of Revi1lin Freres, extending from 197
to 141 Queen Victoria street, was all
ablaze after the fire gained strong head
way 1ucA AOLAOWCu 4eA6S HSfSN
warehouse, number Of fancy goods
stores and the Gulcher Electric Light
& Power Company's building. The
flames spread as rapidly on all sides rs
II there were no fremen or fire engines
present.
At S p. m. st. Benet's Church was
completely destroyed. On the other
hand the fremen had managed TO save
the Salvation Army headquarters, and
the fire had about burned itself out, and
the fire department with twenty-nine
engines on the spot were pouring water
ON mountain Of smoldering debris.
As the fire progressed It spread TO the
headquarters Of the Salvation Army,
and the Salvationists worked like
beavers In their efforts 20 place the
records and other property Of the
army in place Of safety bsfOre 1t was
too late.
The cause Of the fire Il unknown, and
the amount Of damage Is estimated to
be $4,000 or S2,OOO,oOO. Revillin
Freres recently received 5000 worth
Of sealslxins, which have been almost
entirely consumed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
BOLD ROBBERS.

Robbers Enter Chicago Bank. Knock the
Cashier Down and Garry Ona Lot OF Cash
The Pursuit and Capture.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-A few minutes NJ
ter noon yesterday three men entered
the Merchants Exchange Bank on Com
mercial avenue, South Chicago. Tho
cashier, Mr.. Wilder, and the bookkcep-
er, Mr.. Walter Willis, had both gone
out to lunch, and the only person left in
the bank was Frank Lynn, about 20
years old, who acted us assistant cashier.
There were two windows in the bank
railing, and one of the men went TO each
window, while the third walked 10 tho
rear and going through a wooden gate
came to the locked wicket which d.
vided the cashiers apartment from the
Office proper.
The man ut the first window said TO
young Lynn, Hand out the cash you've
got there" at the same time putting up
two rcvolvers.
Lynn hesitated an instant and the
man ut the second window, who had one
revolver out, drew another and pointing
them at Lynn said: "Now, just let that
fellow in the back there and be quick
about it."
Lynn nervously unlocked the door
and the robber Immediately entered and
without a word knocked Lynn down
with terrific backhander and then
kicked him in tho stomach.
Leaving the young clerk on the floor,
dazed and grooming, the assailant en-
tered the vault and took from the safe
three $500 packages Of bills and about
$50 in change, besides tin box contain
ing deeds and mortgages. After securing
this he walked out and, picking Lynn
up, threw him into the vault and turned
the lock.
After Lynn had been stored in the
vault the burglars pocketed their guns
and put their spoil into large sack,
which they had brought along for the
purpose. They then started out, and
as they got to the door met Bookkeeper
Willis, who supposing them to be Gus
toners, passed them by and the rob
bers, taking buggy, drove down the
street.
Mr.. Willis was amazed 10 nnd the
vaults locked and no one in the bank.
The first thing he did was to open the
safe when, to the utter establishment,
out fell young Lynn bloody and groan-
ing: willis, the banks been robbed"
The boolSkeeper, with Lynn struggling
after him, at once started to give the
alarm. A few yards from the door,
Police Lieutenant Ellsins was coming
from restaurant with Sergeant
Powers. The clerks excitedly informed
the lieutenant of what had happened.
Officers Immediately went in pursuit
and after an exciting chase one Of the
robbers was captured. The other two
finding themselves hard pressed took
refuge in barn and showed fight.
They were, however, soon captured and
all the money recovered. They gave
the names of John Collins, Frank Ben
nett and Henry Featherstone.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
A SAD CHRISTMAS.
The Wreck Of = Ship and Crew Sad News
Rnr Ennr HnnaahnAda.

The Wreck Of Ship and Crew Sad News
For Four Households.
LAUREL, Del, Dec. Soften days ago
Captain Henry Whetley, with n crew
consisting Of his SON and three sailors,
left Salisbury, point ten miles below
here, on the fast-sailing schooner Mary
Ellen, laden with lumber for Baltimore.
It was the intention Of the sailors to re-
turn and spend the holidays with their
families, but they now occupy watery
graves, while their families, instead Of
the greeting Of merry Christmas from
beloved fathers and husbands, are
draped in morning and four homes are
deprived of maintenance and twelve
little children are fatherlesA While
fears for the safety Of the crew
have been entertained for .
week past, not until yester-
day was positive evidence Of their fate
received. The schooner was found float
ing bottom upward, and the hats and
coats belonging to the unfortunates
were picked up. Captain White, the
owner Of the vessel, Is unable to give
any account Of the disaster or the cir
cumstances attending II. His version
Of the affair Is that the boat was cut In
two by some unknown steamer. This
Il the second boat Captain White has
lost this wear.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
AGED EIGHTY-ONE.
william Il. Gladstone Receives the Con-
CALCULATIONS OF His Admirers.

william Il. Gladstone Receives the Con-
RratulatiOns OF His Admirers.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-At Hawarden
castle, to-day, the s1st birthday ami
versary of Hon. William Ewart Glad
stone was celebrated with quiet rejoic-
ings. kilograms of congratulation and
many presents arrived early in the day
from all parts of Great Britain. Sever
al congratulatory cable messages were
received from the United States. Near
" the whole of Mr.. Gladstone's family
was present at the castle, and the VIII
lage was crowded with visitors
Mr.. Gladstone drove in an open car
rage to a spot outside the chief entrance
TO Hawarden castle, where a memorial
fountain was unvailed. The fountain
was erected by the residents Of Ha-
warden irrespective of politics. The
fountain is twenty-five feet high and
bears an inscription to the effect
that it was erected by the parishioners
of Hawarden to commemorate the
golden wedding of William Ewart
Gladstone to Catherine Gladstone on
July 95, 1882" as a "slight token Of adj
miration and affection inspired by q
residence of fifty years"
At the unwilling of the fountain, Mr..
Gladstone made speech, in which he
said that after residence of fifty years
ut Hawarden he was warmly attached
to the place, and that he hoped to con-
tinue his residence there during the re-
mainder of his life
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

uClu anu was ECW0HuCu W hhuAhb
millions of dead bugs where he had
applied the germs sent him. The let
tiers Of other correspondents showed
equally satisfactory results.
The laboratory experiments have been
continued through the season, and Prot.
Snow is now endeavoring TO repeat his
success of last winter in carrying his
infection safely over till next spring.
He will be glad TO receive bugs from
any one who can obtain them.
The following Ii q summary Of the
results Of the field experiments in the
season of 1890.
Number of boxes Of diseased bugs
sent out, thirty-eght. Seven Of these
lots were either not received, or received
and not used. Reports were received
from twenty-six of the thirty-one re-
naming cases Of these twenty-six re-
ports, three were unfavorable, nineteen
favorable and four doubtful concerning
the success Of the experiment. These
doubtful cases are not TO be looked upon
Is unfavorable, but more evidence Is
needed TO transfer them 10 the list Of
favorable reports. These nineteen out
Of twenty-six reports, or % per cent,
were decidedly favorable. The expert
ments viii be continued during the sea
con Of 1921.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
Nhy the Sea IL Salt.

There are hundreds of queer myths and
traditions given TO account for the fact
that the sea is salt. The Arabs say that
when the first pair sinned they were living
in beautiful garden on a tract of land
Joined to mainland by a narrow neck or
isthmus. When it became known to the
Holy One that his people had sinned he
went to the garden for the purpose of driv-
ing them out and across the narrow mech
of land into the patch of thorns and bram-
bles on the other side. Anticipating what
would be the consequence of their heinous
crime, they had prepared to leave their
beautiful garden, and had actually gone so
far as to send the children and goats across
into the thicket.
When the Holy One appeared on the
scene the first pair started to run, but the
woman looked back For this the man
cursed her. and for such crime was al
most Immediately turned into q block of
salt. Compare with Genesis xix, %. The
woman, more forgiving than her husband,
stopped TO pick up the shapeless mass of
salt, when Immediately the narrow neck
of land began TO crack and break. As she
touched what had once been her compan-
ion she, too. was turned to salt Just as the
neck OF the land sank and the waters
rushed through From shat day 70 this
the Arabs say. all the waters of the ocean
have rushed through that narrow channel
ut least once q year, constantly wearing
away the salt of what was once our first
parents, yet the bulk of the two salty OBJ
jects Is not diminished in the least.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
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Not Burdened with Baggage,

John B. Weller was an Otto politician
in the way back days said an old gentle
man who was entertaining several young
men in the wheat pit of the board of trade
The crowd had been talking about Ohio
men Just before the hurrah broke in.
John went to California in the early
days, and think he was elected governor
or lieutenant governor, l don't remember
which, OF that state. lie came back TO Ohio
once afterward on visit. On his return 10
California he went by vessel. as that was
the only way of going in those days unless
you went overland, which wasn't always
safe. The vessel on which John returned
was wrecked on Roncador reef, and the
passengers lost all their baggage.
They also had to subsist on ANYTHING
that country had and live in huts until
another vessel came TO carry them on home
Finally they all succeeded in reaching
Frisco. Many friends Of the rescued met
them at the pier. Some OF Weller's ad-
nirers welcomed him. He gave them a
graphic account of the wreck and the sur
vival
Did you save anythingf asked one Of
the friends who had listened.
Not n thing but my character was
the reply.
john said an old forty-niner who
had known Weller in Ohio, you arrived in
California with less baggage than any man
/ ever heard of. Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
AGPEAT STORM

New YORK, Jan. 12.-Tidings of a storm
on the New England coast have been re-
ceived from many points.
At Birmingham, Conn, a freshet in the
HOusatonic river broke up the ice and
swept il over the milldams and through
the bridges. Great damage was done.
Boat hou~es and barns have been floated
away in the Naugatuck valley. The
Derby Driving park buildings are sub
merged and battered 10y ice. The mead
ows are six feet under water
At Fall River, Mass. the wharves are
1oated. Large quantities of goods have
)een washed away and the harOor is dotted
with cotton bales, casks and dry goods
boxes. Large quantities of coal Sided
into the river from packets whose sides
were bursted 10y the water. Two schooners
were thrown upon Anthonys wharf
At Providence the railroad tracks and
wh8rves are under water, and on the east
shore buildings have been beaten over
Wharves are flooded.
At Newport. r. l., the indications point
10 a bad night along the coast. Gales are
extremely heavy. High tides are reported
along the Maine coast
4 Camden all tine wharves are flooded
and the water reached a higher point than
ever before known. At Etstport wharves
we're covered with water and great dam
age was done in the lumber yards. In
Mschias the water was the highest ever
known and much damage was done TO
wharf property ana br dyes.
The worst snow storm of the season
struck Montreal last night. Reports from
the country say that traffic Is generally
imneded.
In Vermont bridges have been swept
away and trains are deiuged by storms
and freshctS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
How to Read the Tongue.

The perfectly healthy tongue IS clean,
moist. lies loosely in the mouth, is round
at the edge, aad has no prominent papillR.
The tongue may be furred from local
causes. or from sympathy with the stOm-
ach, Intestines or liver. The dry tongne
occurs most frequently in fever, and iadi-
Gates nervous pross ration or depression.
\ white tongue is diaznostic simply Of the
feyerish condition with perhaps sour
stomach. When il II moist and yellowish
brown il shows disordcred digestion Dry
and brown indicate low state Of the sys-
TEN, possibly typhoid When the tongue
Is dry and red and smooth, look out for in
fammation. gastric or intestinal.
When the papille on the end Of the
tongue are raised and very red We call il a
strawberry tongue, and that means scarlet
fever Sharp, pointed, red tongue VIII
hint Of brain irritation OF Inflammation
and yellow coating indicates liver de-
rangement. When 50 nuch can be gysined
from an examination Of the tongue how
important il J. thxt the youngest child
should be taught 20 put i OUT 50 that Il
can be visible 20 the utternost point IN the
taroet,-Dr. Julia Homes Smith u New
YORK Ledger
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
The Medical U.. Of Electricity.

The ideas that people attach 20 the value
Of electricity and magnetism are often sad
ly erroneous. That electricity in the hands
OF the skilled medical practitioner may be
Of great benefit in the treatment of disease
Is beyond all doubt; bat il i also true. IN
fortunately, that people very frequently
do themselves great injury by resorting 70
electrical remedies without the advice Of q
physician, simply upon their own JudE-
ment or the careless recommendation OF \
well Intentional but ignorant friend The
superstltions that exist on this subject are
OF the most absurd nature People talk Of
the curative effects of magnetism. while,
~ Sir William Thomson has shown. the
biggest magnets 90 not exert the slightest
influence on any part of the human body.
III the electrical earT-nt Is 70 be used. let
the family doctor be consulted fy,St. .-NesE
York Commercial AdvsrIissr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13

CHICAGO. Jan. IA horrible scene is
being enacted in a little cottage in Lake
View, just north OF this city-a wife (she
would soon have been mother also) in
the last throes Of hydrophobia. in her
paroxysms foaming, barking. swapping
and struggling with the ferocity of a mad
beast, and in her lucid moments begging
To De put out OF her agony: husband. par
TALLY crazed by grief and drink, with diff
Gu ty restrained from attacking both the
stalwart policemen, who by main strength
restrain his wife, and the doctors who.
powerless TO avert her fate, gather at her
bedside IN the hope of relieving her suffer
ings. Mrs. John Wagner is the name Of
the unfortunate woman She was bitten
November 26 by an ESquimaUx dog and
her face horribly lacerated. she was uu-
able TO pay the cost Of treatment by the
Pasteur method. hut physician attended
her. Her wounds healed. and she seemed
10 have entirely recovered until last Thurs
day night, when symptoms OF hyrOphob.a
appeared, since which time she has rapidly
become worse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
THE RAlIoT BOX SCANDAL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-The report of
the house ballot box committee, which,
after an extensive investigation into Ohio
political affairs in connection with alleged
subscriptions by members of congress TO
stock in r. patent ballot box was today
presented by Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, the
chairman of the investigating committee
of five The main report, which is signed
by all the members of the committee, says
that they found that the alleged
ballot contract was prepared by
Richard G.. Wood, and that all
the signatures thereto were forged:
that Richard G.. Wood Frank Millard and
Frank :. Davis were the only persons con-
cerned in the preparations OF SAID forgery
with knowledge of its character.
"Millard and Davis were without evil
intent in the part'they took in the transac-
tion and had no other purpose than 20 ac-
commodats y. g. Wood, and Mt w ood 5
request: that said Wood uttered said for
gerry for the purpose of procuring Governor
Foraker's Recommendation Of himselt 10
the mayor of Cincinnati, o., for appoint
ment to an Office of that city, designated
80 the evidence as ''smoke Inspector; that
T. b. Foraker and Murat Halstead AIDED
In uttering said forgery-Nr. Foraker ny
exhibiting it to Mr. Halstead and Mr..
Halstead by publishing the forged paper
on October T. 1889 in the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette But we find that neither
of said parties Foraker and Halstead) in ut
terings said paper knew that the same was
forgery: that no one of the persons whose
names appear on said alleged contract had
snv connection with or interest in the bal
lot-box which was the subject OF the alleged
contract. and that there never was any
other contract relating to said ballot-boXe
in which any of these persons were IN any
wav interested"
The supplementary report signed by all
the members of the committee, except
Chairman Mason, reports the following
addition ! findings:
THAT the conduct of Wood during the
negotiations with Governor Foraker and
also pending the execution of their agree
ment, disclosed his depravity: that a care
full scrutiny of the face Of the forged paper
must have shown its false character. The
high stations attained in pnblic affairs
aud in public confidence by the persons
whose names were forged should have
suggested verifcation of the corrupt paper
before it was uttered or published In
formation as to its real character was near
and easy of access. AS disclosed by the re-
port Of the committee. The publication
of the false paper in the Commercial-Ga-
zette, showing Mr. CampbelPs name and
suppressing all other signatures, was al
most as bad as the original fabrication OF
the paper"
Mr.. Mason expresses his inability to
agree with his associates on these findings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13

WRECKED ON a ROCK.

PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 12-The United
States revenue steamer Woodbury., at noon
today, discovered signals of distress from
shipwrecked crew on lone rock known as
the "Chunk of Pork" lying outside OF
Green island. about five miles east of Port
land head A terrible sea is rnnnlng- The
breakers are fearful, extending 100 yards
or more outside Of the rock No boat
could live for a moment once within the
breakers. The vessel has been ground TO
atoms, and six of her crew are on the ,rt rock
well up out of the way of the sea. They
cannot be rescued until this morning, and
not then unless the sea goes down.
They have no food or shelter. The
Woodbury. laid to till dark, vainly trying
to get an opportunity to lower her boats
and go TO the rescue of the men, but was
compelled to leave them until day
light tomorrow morning. Torches have
been procured and an attempt TO eaten
the shipwrecked men will be made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
epn1 YEARS A BLANK.
A Strange Story Brought to Light Through
the Pension Bureau.

the Pension Bureau.
! A very romantic story has been brought
| to light through the medium of the pen
/ sion bureau. On Sept. 1, 1852, there en-
! listed at Van Vert, o., in the Fifteenth Ohio
volunteer infantry a slender, blue eyed
! youth of 20, named Hugh Thompson. At
! the battle of Chickamauga Thompson was
wounded by a case shot and left for dying
on the field. He never rejoined his regi-
ment, and it was generally supposed that
! he was numbered among the unknown
dead.
The next scene in this strange history
opens on snowy country road in north
ern Illinois, near the village of Cleveland,
in the winter of 1870. Night was coming
on as a small sized but sturdily built trav-
eler breasted his way against the keen
winds that swept the bleak prairie. He
was comfortably dressed in good work
ing suit with pair of new boots on his
feet and coonskin cap on his head.
He carried an old fashioned oilcloth va
lise, and appeared to be looking for place
to stay overnight. And there on the
lonely road, in the darkening twilight of
that freezing February evening in the year
of grace 1870, Hugh Thompson, the wound
ed soldier of Chickamauga, "came to him
SELF" as he expressed it. 1t was Just as if
at that moment he had awakened from a
dreamlesS sleep of seven years. But his
memory was gone totally and absolutely.
His other faculties were keen enough,
but he could not recall hts own name,
where he had been, his family or his home.
His entire past up to that moment was
simply blank. The only thing that con-
nected him with a former existence was an
idea that he was looking for Mr. Baker,
who needed men to work. This turned
out TO be correct. He found him, and was
given employment in a coal mine. Grad
ually his mind came back to him, and he
remembered the scenes of his boyhood.
The case was so remarkable that it was
taken up by the local papers, and the story
at last fell into the hands of Thompson's
father. Their relationship was easily
established. Through all his wanderings
and this sounds like a Sunday school
tale, but the incident is legally proved and
forms part of the evidence of his identity
he carried little Testament given to him
by sister, with an inscription in rhyme
when he enlisted. The sister still living
recognized it at once when he exhibited it
upon his return. All his efforts have so
far failed TO recall to him anything that
occurred from the time that he tumbled
over on the bloody field OF Chickamauga
until the strange awakening of his dor
mant faculties in 1S70-Cor Philadelphia
Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
CHICAGO BuckEr SHOP

CHICAGO, Jan 12-In the suit Of James
A. Murphy, proprietor of the big bucket
shop, against the Board of Trade OF Chi
cago, the Western Union Telegraph COM
Dany, and the Gold and Stock Telegraph
company, Judge Fuley entered n decree
this morning, dismissing tie litigation as
to the board, and triking the bill from the
docket Is 10 the other defendants. This
was one of the cases in which an injunction
WAS asked 10 restrain the defendants from
Withholding market quotations, in which
the court held that the board could not
m0nopolize the market reports. and en-
Joined it from so doing roday's action
was taken on the strength of plea by the
defendants that. on March 81. last the
Board of Trade had abolished the collect
ion and distribution market reports en-
tirely. mis- finally settle the matter, aS
the only prayer of the petitioners was for
relief from discrimination.