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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
THE PASSING OF SITTING BULL
He Was the Last of the Savagely Con-
sentative Indians.

/ Especial COTrssS rs1slqe1Ce.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-We have had
the Last of the Mohicans," the Last
Tasmanian" ana several other last"
heroes Of decaying races, but we must
! Set Sitting Bull down as the last of the
savagely conservative. His first notable
act to attract the attention of the whites
was TO lead lot of young Indians TO the
| destruction of an agency building; his
! last performance was almost the same,
and during the twenty-eight intervening
| years there never was day when the
old savage was at heart well disposed TO
| the whites.
Since his death hundreds have testi-
fed to some act of his. but not one can
remember anything really indicative of
good will In time of war he was saw
agely hostile, IN peace sullenly hostile:
when well treated and restrained from
evil he growled and grumbled. and
whenever there was the least wrong
done to his people he was prompt TO ex-
sggerate il and agSravate i'll feeling. If
genius had exhausted its resources of
language IL could not have found filter
name for him than Sitting Bull. he was
q thorough bull bucking at the loco
motive of progress. and when other
Sioux were willing to move forward be
persisted in sitting still.
His career Is a fresh illustration Of
that delusion which affects SO many
good but not very clear headed people
that deceit, treachery and hypocrisy are
the products of civilization, and more
common in the city than in the wildS
In truth your ignorant, brutal conserya-
tive is the widest of hypocrites. With
rare exceptions the savage races are
treacherous; the inferior tribes Of men
are most deceitful.
Out Of al the testimony but one in
stance Is reported when Sitting Bull was
even slightly gracious. That was in
1888, when Mr. Henry Willard took that
noted party of tourists over the North
Pacific railway. They interviewed Sit
ting Bull en- masse. Around a wagon
stood Gems. Grant and Sheridan, a dozen
or more congressman, half dozen Brit
ish nOblemen and many capitalists,
while the old chief sat IN the wagon
with a board across his knees writing his
autographs for them at $3.50 each. He
wrote it in English or Dakota-Sitting
Bull or Tatanka Yotanke-as desired,
and a credible witness says that as the
dollars rolled in the savage once actually
smiled.
He had rude sense Of humor, how
ever, and some artistic ability. His
famous diary made in pictures drawn
and painted on captured paper, is now
in the museum at Washington, and its
authenticity Is proved. Itpictured those
acts of which he was most proud, be-
ginning with the killing Of Crow In
dian. In eHch picture the author and
hero Is distinguished 10y his ''totem"-a
line from his mouth reaches back to q
rude figure OF q buffalo bull. Every one
of the iifty-Hye designs represents a case
of killing. stealing or brutal beating.
No rhetoric Of the white man could i'm
prove on this naive self portrayal of the
character Of Sitting Bull.
J. II. BEADLE.
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KILLED BY A LAscAR.
Horrible Tragedy on shiPboard-A Suds
denly widowed Bride.

Horrible Tragedy Shipboard-A SudS
denly widowed Bride.
The British clipper ship Buckingham. on
her recent arrival at New York from CAL
cutta was met by a party of Brooklynites
VINO went down the bay on tug % wei.
come Capt. Lyall and his bride They
were Capt. Larry Gzr.ck, James y. Barr,
of the Produce Exchange anl others who
had seen the newlv married couple stars
on a long VOYAGE Co, harriedly for wed.
ding festivitie, and proposed 90 give them
a right royal welcome teagaing the ship
they found the la- %, la.i mast aud tha
ate happy bri,ir % widow, Capt. LyalI
had been murdered ou che voyage and his
body Consigned 90 jhc ocean
The ship seemed 60 be- iaboring under n
curse. Two men were n Bhogwza
Dhitas, a lalscar. who lad murdered the
captain. and a Mauritus negro named
Grose, who nSd tried 20 Kill the mate Tho
case Of the latter may lee briefly dismissed.
for the negro Is evidently lunatic; but
the Lascar's case can only be understood
after the coar, snail have completed tts
examination. His motive was apparently
revenge a. the captain had punished him
for neglect Of duty, and he Is evidently
person of the most malicious and murder
Gus sort.
He had previously sailed with Capt,
Lvall. and was this time taken on boardsa
Dundee. where the ship touched on her re,
turn. Assigned 70 the galley, the Lesoar
did his work the first day ia a suIlen way,
and the next morning refused % preparn
breakfast for the starboard watch. Th3
captain had him brought into the meSs-
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early morn, between the black of night
and blue of day." Miss Letter has been
educated abroad and is accomplished
and graceful. She promises to be a so
cial favorite. The Letters live in the
Blaine mansion.
Miss Carroll, the daughter Of the ex-
governor of Maryland, viii be presenter
here on her return from Europe, which
will probably be some time in January.
Miss Constance Lodge, the daughter
of Henry Cabot Lodge. the MaSsachu-
sets member, is demure little maiden
who quite charmed her friends when
she made her bow not long ago. Miss
Lodge is Boston girl.
Miss Rebecca Potts, who is one Of the
local bellies, made her debut recently at
her sisters wedding. She served in the
capacity Of bridemaid, and at the recep-
ton following the ceremony was for
mally presented.
Miss Kitty Reed, the daughter Of the
"Czar, will appear this season at some
Of her mothers afternoon receptions. and
next year she will be introduced. Kitty
is only Is, but she is well grown and
looks and appears much older. She has
learned early what there is in political
favor, while her father was speaker. and
before it was determined that he would
not remain in that position she was
made the recipient of overwhelming at
tention. After the election a change
became apparent. Everybody was as
kind as ever, but the effusiveness was
considerably toned down. Miss Kitty
has all Of her fathers independence, and
her happiness does not depend upon So
ciety's favor.
Another very young, young lady is
the daughter OF Senator Pierce, of North
Dakota. She is not yet sixteen, but she,
too, VIII assist her mother this season.
The daughters of Senator Blackburn,
Of Kentucky, Misses Corinne and Luz
ellie, viii both be in society this winter.
They are typical southern beauties, tall
and slender, with clear cut faces and
dark eyes Miss Corinne, the elder, has
dark hair, but Miss Lucilles tresses are
almost golden. They are both charm
ing girls, with winning, cordial man
ners. Everybody likes them. Senator
Blackburn has been very badly hurt
His horse ran away and threw him.
During his confinement TO the house his
daughters were very devoted. 1t is evil
dent that as yet the senator is the man
in whom they are most interested.
Miss Everett, the only child Of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Everett, will be intro
duced this winter. This young lady is a
striking beauty. She is very tail, with
dark, shining eyes and beautiful curling
hair. Miss Everett has been abroad for
some time
Several young ladies viii be presented
at the cabinet receptions. Miss Hal
stead, Mrs. Mobiles pretty sister, Is here,
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New YORK. Dec. 2L-Mrs. Bloomfield
Moore. o. Philadelphia, did have ar
enormous fortune. and may have il still.
though 1t Is thought She has sunk a large
part Of 1t IN Improbable investments.
Catherine l.. Wolfe had very large
fortune, and SO bad Mrs. Robert l..
Stuart and Mrs. A Stewart, but Hetty
Green has the largest one Of any Ameri-
can woman. Mrs. Barri0s, a widow
from South America, Is said TO be worth
s.. 600 600. Mrs. Charles Croker had a
large fortune, computed 10 be about
so 100000. Miss Jennie Flood is a very
rich woman, and could marry anything
less than a king in Europe if She 50
wilied.
In Philadelphia there are n number a
very wealthy women, Mrs. Moore hav-
ing s.. 100000, Mrs. J. Edgar Thomson
81 800, 900. Mrs. Bohlen 81 900. 900. Mrs..
Campbell 800, 600. Mrs Balch and her
daughter each $500 900, the Misses Pugh
$jO0,OO each, Mr. Clyde $1,000. 600.
Mrs. Benson $500. 900. Mrs. Baldwin
s. 100000, Mrs. joseph Harrison &. 600
GOO, Mrs. Thomas \. Scott $1,000, 900,
and her daughter, Mra Buckley. the
same amOun. Then there are tho
daughters Of Mr.. +. A. Drexel, each
worth millions. and Miss Helen Erben
worth over $20OO,O 900, and there ars
many who have very large fortunes.
Texas has = number Of women whose
fortunes run over O million, among them
Mrs. Rogers. Boston and the middle
states have fewer, but New York has
good number and Brooklyn has several.
And 1t is greatly u their credit that the
most Of them are sensible women. capa-
bic * managing their fortunes well
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a GRITTY ParSon.

One DAY the Rev y. Il. @. Fife and Pro
fessor Clemens, OF Fremont. Neb, started
ont in the country 70 attend a wedding.
They were driving q lively team, and when
near the Oregon Horse and Land company's
yards the horses became ugly and kicked
the RIG all 10 pieces They did not succeed.
however, in getting away. and when they
had got through kicking and Rad nothing
else 70 Kick the reverend gentleman OF the
cloth lesped sstriie one 81 the mean. IN
ruly brUcsS, rode 20 town. secured another
rlE, drove out % tb- scene Of the unpless-
Sntness, picked up -ae professor and went
ont 10 the wedding just a. though nothing
mad happened The Rev Fife is the kind
that wins ouJ here. When lie starts out
- marry couple lie gets there.-St- JOSEPH
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ty roses, and her -N'-'-
soft southern speech isirresistiblv charm
ing. ] predict that Miss Walthall viii
have more attention Tins season than Is
good for several debCtantes, but it viii
DOT spoil her
Miss Florence WINDOW. the secretary's
daughter. is another beautiful girl from
the west who viii d. one Of the bellies
this winter Miss Window Is quite an
artist. She has been b. a Boston studio
for some time. snd.ha. done some things
which have received .ayo.able comment
from critical lu-- Miss Florence
was present at her mothers Wednesday
teas last year, and t4is Is the season Of
her formal introduce INTO society.
Two years ago Mrs. Letter. Of Chicago.
introduced the custom OF bringing ont
Oebutantes az the beginning of a Wash
ington season. She presented her first
daughter then: TINS winter her second
girl makes her bow. Miss Letter No. .
is very pretty girl. she is a western
girl. which Is in her favor. for girls
from the south and west are the girls
nowadays She Is slender and has
wealth Of glossy hair; but her greatest
charm Is in her ewes. They are large
and clear and wonderfully gray. like
those Of Scotfs Hr,en-''Ths 0rav ef
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woMANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
What Elizabeth Cady stanton Thinks of
Annie Besant.

What Elizabeth Cady stanton Thinks of
Annie Besant.
elizabeth Cady Stanton writes in The
New York HerslS letter about Annie
Besant and It is worth while TO note
what this clear headed woman and
shrewd observer has 10 say Of the most
famous woman Radical in England. Mrs
Besant Is one of the busiest persons IL
Great Britain, 90 begin. She Is identi-
fed closely with too classes Of move
ments-one the working peoples cause
IN general, the other the progress and
rights OF women Besides this she Is q
socialist. thsosaphist .and very active
member OF the London School board
She manages a EousaAf9r poor working
girls where the cost Of living Is 50 calcu-
lated that for small sum honest girls
who work for low wages can have
pretty and comfortable home in a re-
spectacle neighbornood. Annie Besanr's
history J. remarkable. Her raiicalisn
was driven into her by a process
a. slow torture - driven 10 thor
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lie Accepts.

President Gilmore. Of the Johns Hop
kins university. accepts with thanks the
500, 600 donation of 1Ir. Henry Winter
Davis. Miss Nary Garrett and others.
which was given to the university on
condition that the medical school of the
university shall be opened TO women.
President Gilmore also mildly suggests
that it would he a noble act, a graceful
act and a womanly act if the ladies
would now 90 on and raise the other
$500 600 necessary TO setlle school 60
ing. - it would. President Gilmore:
50 IT wou.d. IL would be truly womaniy
because l. is f0rEiylDs.
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Po..IhiIltl.. Of .Iorrn,ll.n-

Senator William Maxwell Evarts. %
New York. says: When / graduated
from Yale in the famous class Of 1891. in
which were Samuel J. Tilden. Edwards
Pierrepont. the late Chief Justice Waite
and Professor Benjamin SiIliman, the
most noted Of that noted family, the
choice Of professions was exceedingly
limited a. compared With that II TO-DAY.
] naturally commenced 20 canvass tho
profession was % follow. Journalism
was not then considered the profession
70 now Is, and had 10 attractions for me.
Inc ministry was a leading profession
then a. now, but 10 wss Attracting % Iis
ranks some Of the mort brilliant minds
Of the county. and besides. was not q
a ministerial frame of mind. Melicius
was such a grewsCms bushes that I
could not brHg uyzelf % consider Il
seriously a. a life vocation. although u
promised wealth and h0rorz
was very favors5'y impressed with
the life q a farmer. n fact, thrsugh-
out al ny life have had passion f0r
farming. ard I nov own two large farms
one II Vermont q I 90 acres, and ons
II Maryland. On the Potomac. q about
the sane number q acres. But when -
the time speak C I Attempted 70 az.
barrel q apples into wagon ~ a test Il
ny physical strength. and found that I
was not equal p the task. turned ny
attention % the laE, which I hare f1l-
l1we3 for over aftY years VITA r1ors or
less succes4 / tank now that j. were
Standing where wzs flfty-thres years
ar7. and Journalism Wa what u row =.
tisat / sho1l1 Caooss a. the business =
uly lie tlzt q Journalist. can -
Il - greater posslbilt-ie- than are EN-
hzs1--A-a 49,. D.la.=.ss1zaA--- - - So
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only English girls MISS PATTES.
have. When on horse back she might
pose as the huntress Diana, and she
walks with the grace and freedom of
Iolanthe. 1t is worth while to see her
come down Pennsylvania avenue with
her sister. No sluggard stroller could
keep up with them Miss Violet wears
usually plain cloth suit, high English
walking hat, and a boa Of black lynx,
against which her glowing color shows
In strong relief. Let no one suppose
from this description that Miss Pdunce-
fote is masculine; she is not: quite the
contrary. She is modest and sweet as
the dainty English blossom whose name
yhe bears
Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote viii
not give a ball, as has been reported.
They are at present giving a series Of
Saturday dinners, and when the season
begins they viii give the after dinner re
eeptions and small dances which were
% enjoyable n feature last season.
The great Patten house on Massachu-
sets avenue was opened this season for
the first time since the death of Mrs.
Patten three years AGO. the occasion
vas the coming out OF the youngest of
he three sisters.
The Pattons are from California and
possess fabulous wealth. their house is a
treasury Of art. The d.nGaute Is rather
the prettiest Of the sisters, al OF whom
are reserved-so much so that they are
thOu0ht bv the Washington public to be
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robbery and sentenced % ten wears in tha
Mississippi penitentiary. but soon after TIA
Federal court for thar state found him
guilty OF the mail robbery and sentenced
him for life. whereupon, 81 course, thu
state surrendered h;m.
With him were eight other United States
prisoners en- route % the Michigan peni-
Tertiary. which also receives for the Fed.
eral government. The four marshals in
charge were not oGly well hceled. F" keep
ing their pistols IN front ready Tor instant
use, but had Rube smith chained down "a
helpleSsneSs. Hes quicker n a wiidcab
and a dead shot; we take no chances on
him. was their explanation lie stu a.
serts his innocence
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a daughter who Is

Miller has two daughters; the elder.
Miss Florence, has been in society two
years, but the younger makes her first
appearance this season.
Miss Minnie WanTmaker, one Of the
several daughters Of the postmaster gen
eral, viii take prominent place in so
ciety this winter Miss L.luie's gowns
are something to dream of, especially as
they viii be worn by a very pretty girl.
There Is on. ) one more Of the sisters,
Miss LILY. who VIII not come ont for
two years yet. Mrs Wanamaber and
her daughters returned 10 Philadelphia
for the Chrisrngs fe dval which Mr..
WanamaEer always gives, and at which
the ladies Of his household are ALWAYS
present They are now here for the
season, which is only six weeks this year,
but the girls viii make the most Of it.
-lt.gAEET MANToN.
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Auomza fuaet base a tsrrls.s acid or Z.
nan 70 i1G1os a4zi - sssfz-adn as Ertcs
OF tbs foarth czy - 80 Eou=grsosa. Iss
J1s1 that thlzg eocarrrd - &e-r York e.1y
the etheF 1zy. 4 ysgs=k rszsFsa, vAess
chzrzcler Ezs S--u E4gss2ed ssozt. eALt~f.
o1 2 former tread zho lad f1a: rrc1ais
hanGs1rar z.r. ~ whD1a e was a-Sst-~-fT
AttssAss All after hrief talk ed hia
from 80 hotel. s-aos whlsa t4Es b Azra !
bcsz heard -
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Well bred Eaziizh r>os.le sftsH zEoi2
giving fhaT frank rpsniou On p~opls asa
ta1ur5 they mr.: riia ~ foreign cossn-
trses- Thsy satisfy ts~11seiysz wisa
f4rsr 0~r rrss-ts1as. ard sell1a ist o1s
ts~.r szpFsss-oaF, eEatF glo4 81 bal
- F-Tzsh. O. az ofksE hand be.rE.
s---1ee. - . nacr- cezlu naicaszVs al
a1cuisfe ras4-r - rs A~stt2fe - z.rs
cent ~ thfr feelings Whea thsy Ead
tlrsr- t7zreE - IrEresa GilAs-
.-.-x.14f.
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flies wings. and TO whom the grasshopper
was burden, is, thank heaven, a relic
of the past.
The girl Of today IS healfhful and
strong and 1.-the and supple. She has no
scorn Of healthy appetite. She walks
miles, she rides horses in Washington
she rides bicycles. She can row boat
or handle a rifle. She can fence and
swim and-tell It not in Gath-there
are few Of her who can send football
spinning into the air in way that
would make a Yale halfback ashamed
Of himself. It is the girl Of today who
will be the mother Of The future states
man, and, if there be any truth in popu-
lar theory, be should surpass the Ro-
man gladiator. Somuch for the girl col
lectively. Individually she is charming.
Miss Violet Sibyl Pauncefote. the sec
Ond daughter Of Sir Julian Pauncefote.
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BOUT this time
Of year, says the
society almanac,
look out for buds.
One would sup
pose that buds
coming out in
winter must be
dollhouse bios
SONS, but these
are not. I h e
young lady who
thrived on star
mist and buttqr-
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- - = - -
end he made q he
roic light and did
much executiOn.
The "a G'sIast
crime Of eonse-
quence was TO B.
hing the mail and
express cars on the
Mobile and Ohio
railroad AZ Bucka-
tuna Miss, sept.
IS. 1889. : NTH
WAS convicted in
Q Ire state courts
fs~ the awwragu
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carry the whole wslgat of the empire on
their shoulders, and the moment they
find that out, down comes the whole
thing in one crash" DAVID KER.
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SENT UP FOR LIFE.
The Last of the Burrows Gang In tn
PenitsntiAry.

The Last Of the Burrows Gang In tn
PenitsntiAry.
The last of the Burrows gang is lodged
in the penitentiary at Columbus, o.. q
prisoner OF che United States and sen.
teDced for life. The gang really had but
three permanent members OF these, Rubs
Burrows was killed by the Mississippi Of
hcers while endeavo-ing 10 escape; Joe
Jackson killed himself in the Mississippi
penitentiary by jumping from high plEt-
form and daShing ous his brains upon the
floor below, and now Rube Smith Is mo.
q, S49, for life, in the OHIO prison.
1t was but yesterday tina, Rube Burrows
was the terror OK his section. and is seemed
that no skill could capture him. At the
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BUDS IN WASHINGTON.
MARGARET MANToN TELLS OF THE
CAPITALS PRETTY GIRLS.

They Are Inclined to BE Strong and
Hearty as Well as ComeIy TO the Eye.
Pictures of Six of Them from Photo
graphs Procured Especially for Us.
Copyright by American Press Associatlon.l
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the British minis
ter, is one Of the
most distinguished
Of this seasons de-
butantes. Miss
Fauncefote is tall
"dlvinely tall and
most diyinely fair, I"
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Cor she has the
complexion Of pure
white and red that
o,olv Epg1icb Girls
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red in 10. Her
cheeks are the color
Of American beau
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.merican Press Associatlon.l
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-05
MALPRACTICE.
BUT THE INQUEST FAILS TO SHOW
THE GUILTY PERSON.
Mrs. Julia Boutwell's Death-An Abortion
Evidently Committed Secret of
the Crime Evidently Died With the
Patient.

A sensational inquest was held yester-
day afternoon by Coroner Weldon touch
ing on the death of Mrs. Julia Bout
we'll. The deceased lived on Vermont
avenue, between Adams and Jefferson
streets, and died Sunday night last as a
result of malpractice.
The inquest lasted several hours, and
considerable expert testimony was
taken. The verdict returned by the
jury was as follows: "rhat the de-
ceased, Mrs. Julia Boutwell,, aged 40
and a native of Missouri, died from
blood poisoning, produced by malprac-
tice by the introduction OF some instru-
ment into the womb and penetrating it,
by some person unknown"
Mrs. Boutwell, has been in a serious
condition for two weeks. Her attend
ing physician was DIR. Charlotte Allen.
She found the case to be serious, and
called in DR.. Cow!es and DR.. Bicknell
for consultation. Later on DR.. Hagan
was called in. All these testi
fed at the inquest, but none could
throw any light upon the attempted
abortion. DR.. Charlotte Allen testified
that Mrs. Boutwell, called at her Offices
several times IN the past three months.
The first time the deceased complained
of her kidneys and she gave her some
medicine. Mrs. Boutwell, stated that
she had dropsy. Two weeks ago today,
DR.. Charlotte Allen was called in again.
Mrs. Boutwell, had conjestive chills and
DR.. Cowles was called in. The doctor
testified that he made an examination
and suspected that there had been NAL
practice. The other doctors testified
what they found after being called in,
but no evidence was adduced to show
who had been guilty of malpractice.
The post mortem made by several
doctors showed that the deceased died
from blood poisoning by the introduc-
ton of some instrument in the womb,
which had punctured its walls and
caused blood poisoning.
The coroner worked on the case for
two days, but was unable to secure any
def.iite clue to the guilty party. Mrs.
Boutwell, apparently did not make any
statement, and the secret in all proba,
bility died with her.
Mrs. Boutwell, will be remembered as
figuring in a trouble with son-in-law.
None of her relatives could throw any
light on the matter, and it is probable
that the operation was not performed
at her home.