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resident Of the city for forty years. He
declared that he and all his friends APP
proved the lynching. and that the execu-
ton twas good deliverance TO the COM
munity." He also asserted his personal
knowledge of the existence of the Malta,
who had attempted, under pain of death,
to compel him to contribute thousand
dollars to the society Mr. Rocchi had the
nerve TO refuse TO be blackmailed, and
boarding the leaders of the order in their
den dared them to kill him. He was not
molested.
As for the comments Of the press through
out the world, they have been as diverse as
personal opinions. But few American pa
pers outside of New Orleans have Endorsed
the action of the mob, and the Italian jour
mails naturally have denounced it with
great bitterness; but the press OF other Eu-
ropean countries in many cases gave the
affair their unqualified approval, and the
commen0atory utterances of the great Lon
don dailies were SO emphatic as TO be re-
markable.
So much for the strange situation of af-
fairs following this fierce tragedy. The
lynching itself may be set down as an In
direct result of kingly tyranny. Under the
rule of the BourbOns, and when Italy was
divided into numerous states, oppression
ground the people To the earth. The ruling
classes taxed the tradesmen and the farmer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-09
A Chinaman who Can Vote.

There is at least one Chinaman in the
United States who has right TO vote. He
is named Thomas Sylvanus, and be lives at
Indiana, Pa. When he came to America
years ago he determined to make the coun-
try his home So he learned the language
and took out naturalization papers. When
the war began ne enlisted in the federal
army and served for four years. He is a
MEMBER il good standing Of the G. a. r.
and receives pension from the govern
ment. The other day he learned that be-
cause of an informality in his marriage TO
Matilda Askins, white woman, soon after
the close of the war, she could not be rec
ognized by the authorities as the widow of
a veteran in case of his death. Thomas
promptly remedied matters by calling in a
clergyman VINO tied the knot ''for keeps"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-09
DE-. GEORGE F. SHRADY.

| DR.. Sayre was the first American sur
con to perform the exceedingly difficult
peration for the hip joint disease. or
morbus coxarius," TO use the scientific
anne. He repeated the operation before
he international medical convention held
b Philadelphia in 1916 His record as a
nrgeon, sSiliful and daring. is equal to-
lat of any American now living He has
cen surgeon to Bellevue hospital and the
charity hospital, and in the Bellevue Med
eal school professor OF orthopedic surgery
nd fractures and luxa;ions and of clinical
urgery Foreign medical societies have
konored DR.. Sayre in many ways. and his
lame is as we'll known abroad as in Amer
"a.
| Personally Dr. Sayre has a shrewd and
austic wit, which is somewhat dreaded by
hose with whom nc engages in controversy,
md it is not too much to say that he viii
light at the drop OF hat
. Not very tail man, and portly in CON-
ortable way, with gray mustache and i'm
Serial, eyes that are full of fun and a man.
her that charms, DR.. George +. Shrady is
Is pleasant man TO see and talk 10 is
ION can meet. lie is peculiarly receptive
b conversation, he advances IN opinion a.
thoreh to draw one from you and he VIII
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listen to what you may suggest with a
Difference that is delightful-for you. But
il you should suppose that this courtesy
implies weak yielding to your views, you
would find yourself gravely mistaken. Dr.
Shrady has views of his own which have
been thought out carefully, and his desire
to listen to what you have to say comes
from his Unsuitable appetite for new facts
A deeply scientific man, bold and skill
full surgeon and physician who has an
enormous consulting and private practice
in addition to control of a hospital, one
would imagine DR.. Shrady to have enough
to keep him busy. His industry, however,
finds time to edit The Medical Record one of
the leading journals of medicine and sur
gerry in the United States. It is as editor of
The Record that Dr. Shrady has rendered
his greatest service to the physicians Of the
country. He mas stimulated them to fresh
research he has advised them with a wise
conservatism when they have been in dam
ger of running a new remedy into the
ground, and he has given them constantly
new subjects for thought. During the
many years that he has controlled the ut
terances of the paper he has steadily held
before the eyes of its readers the best
thoughts and the best aims of the noble
profession to which they belong The in
fuence of such man is far reaching, and
the good he may do incalcuiable. DR..
Shrady is known by name and work to
thousands and is respected everywhere.
In Europe and England his opinions are
valued highly, and he holds the position of
one of the foremost surgeons On the con-
tinent.
OF the great surgeons in New York DR..
Robert S. Weir is one of the best known.
AS attending surgeon of the New York
hospital, consulting surgeon of St. Luke's.
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DR.. Lewis a. Sayre, the inventor of the
tlaster jacket, is large man, with an i'm
'nensely strong face. DR.. Sayre turned his
Ettention early in life to the diseases of the
fpine, and sought in many methods to dis
over some one by which he might success
ally treat the curvatures. Every physi-
Han now knows of his great treatment and
bot few apply it. But when DR.. Sayre
rst proposed it there was the usual long
feries of objections and the common list of
|easons why it would not and never could
Fork.
Briefly described. the treatment for dis
asses of the spine which DR.. Sayre invented
Ind which has made his name famous
throughout the medical world, is this: BY
\ system of loops and pulleys the patient is
suspended by the armpits and head until
Ehe weight of the legs stretches the back TO
|he point of comfort" To hold the ex-
|ension thus gained DR.. Sayre applied the
tlaster of Paris bandage wound round I'M
fl it formed jacket stiff enough to sup
port the back. As soon as the spine had
Eaken the new shape the operation was re-
Peated, until in the end cure was made.
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Win :5gle
FAMED AS PHYSICIANS.
new Works. LEADING PRACTlTfON-
Frs OF THE HEALING ART.

DR.. Barker's Power of Diagnosis-Dr.
Sayre's Plaster Jacket-Dr. Shrady's
Editorial Labors-Dr. Weir's Repute as
Surgeon-A Capable Female Doctor.
copyright, 1881. by American Press Associa-
toni
DR.. Fordyce Barker is one of those men
Cor whom the mysteries Of disease have an
Irresistible fascination. To his analytical
mind the problems presented by his cases
arrange themselves, to use the expressive
French phrase, until their study becomes
IN absorbing passion. He is chiefly re-
snarkable for his great power of diagnosis,
Ind this is the outcome of the intense an
klysis to which he subjects the questions
which present themselves and the symp-
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A dispatch from Charlotte, \. c., says
that the other night Engineer Dillon, OF
the Danville, Macksville and Southwestern
railroad, dreamed that large rock had
fallen on his road near Leatherwood creek,
and that his engine having come in con-
tact with it, was broken to pieces. The
dream so impressed him that he declined
to make his usual trip over the road in the
morning until he had telegraphed TO ascer-
tain if there was anything the matter az
Leatherwood creek. An answer was re-
turned that verified his vision. The mes
sage was flashed back that a huge rock had
fallen on the track within few feet of the
identical place dreamed about. and that.
although hands had been working for
hours TO remove it, the track was still OBJ
structei
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to the verge of ruin, and whoever protested
went to a prison or the galleys. Open re-
volt being out Of the question, the victims
of oppression organized in secret, and the
result was societies such as the Malta, the
Camorra and the illuminate.
When Italy achieved freedom and ma
tionality these bodies degenerated from
their original purpose, and continued there
after as bands of blackmailers. brigands
and kidnapers. The governments of Vic
tor Emmanuel and of his son, King Hum
bert, rooted them out by vigorous and
bloody methods. What Di Rudini did in
Sicily has already been mentioned. Many
who escaped the premier's vengeance fed
to America and located at New Orleans,
where they continued their nefarious prac-
tees under new conditions. Although
comparatively few in numbers, they ter
rorized and dominated the respectable and
hard working Italian colonists of the Cres-
cent City.
How thoroughly they had refined the art
of blood letting is shown by the fact that
different weapons were used with which to
kill a traitor to the order, an obnoxious
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of the Eye and Ear Infirmary and of the
Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, he has
abundant opportunity to secure those cases
in which his great skill is so advantageous
ly shown. An operation by DR.. Weir will
bring out an audience comprised of the
best men in the city. His style in operating
is most brilliant, and his is unusually sue
cessful
DR.. Weir is consulting physician of the
New York Infirmary, and he has an enor-
nous private practice. He is a man of
wonderfully gentle manner, and he has a
look of extreme ability on his clever face.
Ranking easily among the great physi-
clans of New York, DR.. Mary A. Putnam
jacob is an example of what woman may
do if she has the brains and the persever-
ance. DR.. jacob took her degree in Paris
in 1871, and began practice in New York at
time when there was far more prejudice
q inst women as physicians than there
is oday. Not in the least discouraged, DR..
Mary Putnam worked on until her ability
and genius forced the County Medical So
ciety to admit her as member From
this point the work was easy She was
elected member of the Academy of Medi-
cine, the Society for the Relief of Widows
logical society, and of the Neurological
society. Her triumph was complete.
DR.. Putnam-Jacobi is a consulting ply
stefan of the New York Infirmary, and she
has practice which taxes her strength to
the utmost. She is the wife of DR.. Abraham
jacob, and it will interest women to know
that she is one of the best housekeepers in
New York. She is profound scientist, a
clever diagnostician and most successful
practitioner.
The list of the prominent physicians of
the city would not be complete without
the name of DR.. T. Gaillard Thomas. Dr.
Thomas has won fortune and what is far
more to him, fame as a gynecologist. In
his speciality he stands among the first
three in America, and New Workers like to
think that in that little group his name
leads. DR. Thomas has such an enormous
practice in his own line that he has but lit
tie time for general work, and attends none
but those who are old friends. The treat
ment which DR.. Thomas has originated
for some diseases has been followed by all
physicians, and is today considered the
best known. ALFRED BALCH
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|toms observed. 1t has been said of Dr.
Barker that he examines a case as judge
Examines a criminal, and that he applies
Bhe laws of evidence to his patients all
|hents.
In addition to the enormous private and
consulting practice which DR.. Barker en-
Toys, he is consulting physician to Belle
kue, the Maternity, the Cancer, the Wom-
Inns, St. Elizabeth and the Children's hos
bitals. One would imagine that the duties
connected with these wou<H be more than
Enough to fill one mans fife. But Dr.
Barker has found time to take the greatest
interest in the County Medical society, of
which he was president for several years. 1t
ETas largely owing to his exertions that the
beautiful home of the society was success
Fully built in West Forty third street. To
|3his work DR.. Barker gave money, and
Ehat time and energy that are worth more
shan cash. The building, one of the finest
En New York, is a monument to his exer-
lions for his fellows, and with it DR.. Bar
ker's name will long be associated.
DR.. Barker is one of the handsomest men
|n New York, and his manners are charm
ing, with that charm which is seen in those
I've call gentlemen of the old school.
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Pickle Makers in a Pickle.

The English makers of pickles seem to
be too honest for their own good. They
have hitherto made their pint and quart
bottles TO accommodate little more than
imperial measure. thus avoiding all posi-
bility of conflict with the strict laws en-
acted TO prevent their giving less. But
they reckoned without the Canadian gov
ernment. BY the tariff law of the Domin-
ion any quantity exceeding pint is liable
to the duty OF q quart, so the English
pintS Of pickles are assessed double duties
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Advice.

Pretty Daughter-Ma, may go boating,
Fond Mother-Indeed you shan'ti The
idea Who invited you?
Daughter-Mr. Bliffers.
Fond Mother-Oh, yes, you may go with
Mr.. Differs He has cork leg, and if the
boat upsets just you hang on to that
London Tit-Bits.
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crowd took new form, and a rush was
made by hundreds of people, who stripped
the corpse in their desire to possess some
fragment of his clothing or of the rope with
which he was hanged. 1t was strange
transition from the rage for revenge to tho
greed for gain. The struggling men and
women wanted the shreds of cloth from
Politez's body, not as mementos of the exc
cution, but as talismans that would bring
them luck in the lottery or at the gaming
table
This was one of the striking phases of the
uprising. Then followed the statement to
the world of the reasons therefor, and the
worlds widely varying comment or criti-
cism. The defenders of the lynchings de-
clared that their work was rendered neces-
sary as warning to a secret society of
Italian assassins known as the Malta.
Prominent Italians responded with the as
sertion that no such society as the Malta
ever existed. w. S. Parkerson and John
c. Wicklif7e, the men who swayed the
crowd to vengeance and afterward Gained
them down to peace, replied by publishing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-09
As Others See Ia.

Englishman Ito fair American tourist
Well, suppose none of this Swiss scenery
will compare with your Niagara
Fair American with some embaSrass-
ment)-rve never seen Niagara.
Englishman-Ah, pardon me; tn ought
that you were married woman.-Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-09

An inmate of the workhouse at Chatta
nooga, Tenn, named lobe Lewis, claims
TO tJe lS7 years old, and says he has been
married nine times and is the father of
forty children. Joe Mulhatton must look
to his story telling laurels.
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AIways Successful.

81 understand that Trotter is the agent
for well digging concern"
''Best thing in the world; he neser I'M
dertook anything yet but what he ran it
into the ground. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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A peculiar accident happened 20 rail-
road train near St. Paul. The passenger
and smoking cars left the track owing 70
broken rail, ran some distance on the
ties, struck a switch and regained the rails.
The engine and tender had not left she
rails.
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MANUEL POLITEZ.

sequences as the recent New Orleans lynch
ings. TO begin with, there was the terri
BILE excitement and intense purpose fol-
lowing the announcement by the jury that
they had not convicted any of the Sicilians
accused of completely in the murder Of
Chief of Police Hennessy.
Then came the wild uproar and deadly
work at the parish prison. Even at that
supreme moment Of blood letting the mob
showed some of the strange inconsistencies
to which human Eature is liable. Manuel
Politez, it will be remembered, was one of
the two victims who were taken outside the
Jail and hanged for the edifcation of the
crowd that was unable because of numbers
to participate in the sanguinary work done
within the walls of the Jail. When strung
up Politez twice reached above his head,
grasped the rope and loosened the moose.
A lyncher seized the arms of the desper-
ately struggling man, tied them behind
his back and then held the victim by
the feet while comrades poured unnum-
bered bullets into the gasping body of the
object of their wrath. AS soon as the man
was known to be dead the frenzy of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-09

Springtime.
Our overcoats, our heavy shoes, our Ii aen dust
ers too,
All have proper season their allotted good to
do.
Few things upon this tag, round earth have not
their special tine:
The rule holds good with current jest in para
graph and rhyme
The gibe about the editor who Stays the bard
of spring;
The Easter bonnet sally, too. deere pit little
thing,
Have lain unused for many months, their
strains were out of tune
But take them down and dust them OF: wen
want them pretty soon.
That most amusing little lad, who hurries to
his fate
In comic torture caused by all the unripe fruit
he ate,
For some time past-let all give thisnks-has
not been forced to be
A figure in the gallery OF funny things we see.
The respite from the icernan's bill has been
quite long and sweet,
And proved some compensation for the ills Of
slush and sleet;
But restless nature comes and calls away tho
peaceful boon.
So take them down and dust them OF; wen
want them pretty soon.
Washington Post.
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Mrs. Helen Gardener, author of the
novel rs This Your Son, Ny Lord9' is
about thirty years old. and is described as
really beautiful woman, a little above
medium height, of well rounded propor-
tons, with an intellectual face, deep brown
eyes, full rec lips and high. broad forehead.
She Is a daughter OF Julia Ward Howe. and
possesses radical views.-Current Li,era-
ture.
Enormous Strength of Spider Silk.
The strength OF the spider silk is incred-
ible. Size for size il is considerably tough
er than g bar OF steel. An ordinary spiders
thread is capable of bearing a weight of
three grains, while steel thread Of the
same thickness would support less than
two. \ bar OF steel one inch in diameter
viii bear weight OF fifty tons. but it is
calculated thar IL spiders thread of the
same size could exist, il would be capable
OF supporting q weight OF seventy-four
tons-that is TO say, its strength would be
half as great again as that OF steel. or near
ly three times that OF wrought lron.-CoTn-
bill NaEa=ine.
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Her Suggestion.

He-Tell me what you think of my last
poem. want to finish it, as have other
irons in the fire.
She-I should withdraw the irons and in
sert the poem.-Life.
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EuDneDllsrlC.

''See, Adolph, that is your tailor sitting
over there"
81 beg of you don't look that way, then,
| or he will recognize u.s."
"And why not? Aren't you right with
| him?"
"H'm-yes, but he owes me receipt for
| two suits ''-Fliegende Batter.
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SECRET REVENGE.
The Malta the Outgrowth o
Kingly Tyranny.
THE TRAGEDY AT NEW ORLEANS.
It Has Brought to the Surface a Num-
Der of Strange Statements and Startling
Facts-Make-up of the italian Colony
at the Crescent City.

Copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
ton.
1t may be fairly said that never since the
world had written history has any tragedy
DEVELOPED such remarkable details and con-
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T. r. POWELL. Priest O. ". LAsrxsn " Prss't
{. L FRANK. AssT Cashier
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-01

G0sslaiss aad sssherEf~a.
1-9i.
May you have prosperous New Year
May the New Year bring our county q
railroadl
The snow is fast disappearing and ,rsy.
cling is sloppy and bad.
Mr.. I. Edward Loker, boasts tina: his
hock hss eight l.mbs-'fuesiay Dec. 30,
1890.
The BEACON is indebted 10 Senator
German for copies of the Congressional
Record.
The net proceeds Of the entertainment
at the Sisters Academy, near this village,
were Sl45.
Some Of our friends have taken adyan.
t4ge Of the freeze TO fill their ice houses.
The ice is about 81 inches thick.
Subscribers. who have removed from
their old pOstoffices should notify Us at
once to avoid delay in the delivery OF their
papers.
Says an Exchange: "In view of the pre-
vailing width in pan.aloons, no one would
imagine that dude could ever get too big
Tor his brooches"
The srighiS Of way" Of the proposed
railroad, call for cars running to Mechan-
icsville before March 80, 1891 and to Point
Lookout before March 30, 1892.
The last number of Belford's Magazine
is as full of good things as a Christmas
stocking. 1t. is a good Magazine. The
Belford Co, New York City. are the pub
fishers.
Senator Wilson will accept our thanks
for a psmpnlet copy Of his speech on the
Force bill, Ii is one Of the attest ar.,u-
meat that mas oeen delivered in the SEN
ate aga.ns. mat iniouitous measure.
During the Christmas season every pa
per in the Stale and many out of it have
been saying nice things about the Baltl-
more Sur. he best OF il is that the Sun
deserves all the compliments which haye
been paid it. Ii is a great paper.
hr. John ii. Chunn, who 10 employed
oa the engineer corps Of the road, informed
Us that two Locomotives and eighteen cars
have been ordered for our railroad. This
looks like business II would seem that
tue present management is decidedly the
d;ss that has ever had charge OF the 70 I'd.
Success 10 IL
We return thanks TO Warden John f.
Weyler for copy of the annual Report Of
the President and Directors OF the Mary
lend Penlientiary. The report shows that
there are Cos inmates. The receipts for
1920 were S'9,SS7SJ; expenses $77 800 81.
OF the Maryianders behind the bars, 10
were born III St MaIy's county; we've
sen eDced by our couI..
Clarence W. Bowen, Secretary, 251
u otdway, New York, desires information
res 1r,,ing George Gale, member from
Maryland of the irst Congress under the
Constitution, to use in the memorial vol
ume Oh The Centennial Of Washington's In
auguration. The dates of Gales birth and
death, facts ia his public career and an
authentic portrait, ale specially desired.