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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10
The Better Way.

from Inc UetroV Free FTesS.
The official hangman Of England says
there is no heater way of taking a muir
derer's life than to hang him. If the
knot is rightly adjusted the condemned
man suffers no pain whatever. and if he
is rightly coached" he will remain pass
i've and help the executioner to do per-
feet work. He says the guilIotine and
electricity are worse than the war-clubs
Of Indians,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Can it be that Kansas City, Mo-, is
"eis' the tureen, or is it, as the old Ger
man interpreted the verb, ''yust near
by?' Those two to four-column write
ups of the city that are appearing in the
Globe Democrat seem to have signifi-
cant metallic sound to hem.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

'Since we have heard from all of the
women" says the Washington Post, sit
if hard to understand what part the
men took in last years Kansas cam
paign." The fact is the men didn't do
much. Mrs. Lease and Mrs. Diggs were
the stars in the play. The men only
acted as scene shutters and supes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10
Hls Experience a. g srook.


The editor Of "a Salina daily paper went
70 his first phantom party the other night,
and after nearly smothering il his pillow
case and falling down two or three times,
and BEING recognized by everybody IN
the room before he had been there ten
minutes, hE went home Disguised. Next
day he said in his paper, "a man who
wraps a she's. around him ard tries 70
act like fairy queen. takes his lie IN
his hand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Topeka claims to be free of smallpox,
and after today will, it is hoped, begin
to convalesce from the lobby and caucus.
With these complications eliminated it
may survive the relapse of the senate as
q high court of impeachment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Art is always its own best reward. and
the poets dearest object III life must
always be 10 give to the world -'tho
message that IN him burns" Sun. he
needs friends, requires leisure. wants
bread Thackeray once wrote TO
friend, "Our twepenny regulations ges
Us at least twopence-halfpenny."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10
Our English Relations Coming.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
British emigration returns show that
the United States is still regarded as the
promised land by the greater number of
British emigrants. During the month of
February alone the emigration TO the
United States far exceeded that to all the
other countries combined, being 10000
IN a total of 14.000. Australia comes
next. Canada ranking after Australia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Walter C. Dohm, a well-known Prince
ton college aehlete and amateur half
mile champion, will contribute to Har-
per's Young Peoples series of three arti-
Giles on Running and Runners" The
first of these articles will appear in the
Young People for March 10, will be on
''Sprinters" and will contain portraits of
some famous runners. The other two
articles will be on middie-distance and
long-distance runners.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10
Mll!f6lsZEsglee
n NJ MURDOCH, Editor.
n. N. MURDOCH. Editor.

The Galveston News wagers "15 cents
and half dozen peewees that the tough
whom Governor Hill refused to turn over
to the Connecticut authorities is a Hill
man." Well go you white alley better
on the same hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Charles Dudly Warmers new book,
Our Italy, superbly illustrated volume
describing the climate. physical features
and resources of Southern California, is
nearly ready for publication by Harper
& Brother,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10

Grace L. Furniss, author of those very
popular parlor farces. "a Veneered Saw
age" and "A Box of Monkeys" will con-
tribute a similar play entitled "Tulu," to
the number of Harper's Bazaar published
March -.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-10
LITERARY NOTES.

An illustrated paper on the Nicaragua
canal giving an account Of the progress
and present condition of that enterprise,
will form one of the attractive features
of the forthcoming number of HaTper's
Weekly, to be published March II.
, 1891-01-23

LANCASTER, Mo Jan. 22.-Word has
Just reached this place OF a fiendish at.
tempt to poison the entire family Of Frank
Jackson, who lives about one mile west
OF Julesburg, of this (Schuyler) county,
on last Wednesday. Jackson and his
family, consisting of himself, wife and
two little boys. aged e and 4 respectively,
had been from home all day. On return
lug in the evening they found the back
door OF the house had been forced open.
A pitcher of milk had been LETT on the
table by Mrs. Jackson, and at supper all
OF the family but the youngest boy drank
OF this milk. In a little while after SUP
per Jackson n his wife and the Oldest
boy became very sick, vomiting and
gripping. They were helpless aud re-
manned in this condition ali night suffer
ing from terrible commissions. Tho next
morning the oldest boy wa able to go to
a near neiRhbor and call in help. DR..
Parish Of Queen City, was called in, and
pronounced 1t a case of poisoning. He
found strYchnine adhering to the sides of
the pitcher, and a large quantity in the
bottom OF the vessel still undissolved. All
have recovered tpt Mrs. jackson, who is
still quite i'll, but is convalescing. The
family are unable to conceive who the
miScreant can be. as they are not conscious
OF having an enemy ia the world. Jack
son is about 80 years of age, and he and
his family are highly respected by all who
kaaw them.
, 1891-01-23

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-In the house
this morning. Rogers of Arkansas raised
the point of no quorum, but the speaker
counted l6s members and directed the
reading OF the journal.
MoMillin of Tennessee Impeached the
ruling of the speaker made yesterday,
declaring dilatory McMiliiu's motion
that the resolution reported by the rules
Committee be recommitted, etc. Springer,
Bland and others supported him.
Speaker Reed sid that the debate.
while nominally upon the approval of the
journal had really been upon the propriety
OF certain rulings. He did not think
that the pickering of the past few days
added TO the dignity of the house. The
business ola legislative body was to legis-
late, and not 10 permit its legislation to
be w~autonly interrupted.
After further debate the Journal was
approved by a rising vote.
The District of Columbia Appropriation
bill was passed, and the house went into
IA committee OF the whole on the naval
appropriation bill. Boutelle explained it,
the committee rose and the house ad-
iOurned
, 1891-01-23
HONORING THE DEAD.
Services Held Over the Body
of King Kalakaua.
Many Thousand People View
the Remains.
The Charleston Starts on Its
Mournful Journey.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. % The last
honors we're paid in San Francisco to the
late King Kalaknua of Hawaii this after
noon. The body lay in state last night in
the mortuary chapel OF Trinity Episcopal
church. guarded by United States soldiers.
This morning the streets in the vicinity Of
the church were iammed with people.
.Fhe invited guests began arriving at the
church before | o'clock, the Hawaiian
representative being the first to enter the
structure. Admiral Brown and staff fol-
lowed by the Golden Gate C~ommandery,
Knights Templar, which had several
tunes entertained the king and been in
vited by him to attend a grand entertain
ment in their boGor in Honoldlu next
summer. Admiral Brown had requested
that tha c~ommandery act as a guard Of
honor. They were followed BY other
Masonic bodies. representatives of foreign
governments. city and county officials,
federal and state judiciary, various civic
societies.. club and trade organizations.
At the chsncel the American and
Hawaiian colors we're drGped behind Jets
of gas arranged in the form of a crown.
The pews reserved for the Hawaiian
party were draDed in black aud the chan
eel was filed with large and choice floral
pieces, the offerings OF personal friends
and societies OF which the king had been
a member.
At I.30 y. NJ. the casket was brought
in, followed Ly the party which accom-
panied the king from Honolulu All the
Episcopal ministers in the city, except
Bishop Kip, who was i'll, were present. A
selection from the scriptures was read by
Bishop Spalding and the hymn, ''Jerusa-
lem the Golden" was sung by the choir.
Rev. j Sanders Reed delivered the fune-
raj discourse. The choir sang ''Rock of
Ages the creed was repeated by the
clergy and those present and after the
benediction the funeral cortege slowly con-
veyed the coffin to the hearse.
The procession was headed by two
troops of the 4th United States
cavalry and the band of the 5th United
States artillery. Next came a light bat
terry of the 9Th United States artillery.
followed by the Pad brigade OF the Ma
tional Guard of California. The hearse
mandery, Knights Temnlar. and the
AA~ VI ~ hAAA AbAiONNN Aht hEhANt ~ "A
carriage. After them came Gen. Gibbon
and staff, Admiral Brown and staff.
federal state, city and county officials,
representatives, of mescantile bodies, oIvic
societies, aud private citizens. Dense
crowds thronged the streets. Between
Powell aud the foot of Market street not
less than 100, 900 people hal assembled.
Although there had been no call for the
closing OF business houses, there was a
total cessation Of business along the line
of march Attba foot Of Markes street
the troops formed in line and presented
arms The casket was placed on the
lighthouse steamer and taken to the flag
ship Charleston There 1t was placed in
the after barbette under a canopy OF
American and Hawaiian flags, The
Charlest,n's anchors we're soon weighed
and she moved down the bay, while
minute gun wers fired from Alcatraz and
Preside She passed through Golden
Gate at 5 O'Clock.
, 1891-01-23

The sportiveuess OF litteus is exuber-
ant and makes them the most delightful
Of pets. Lindsay re1narlt is s-upariuous,
except that it has to be made for the
formal completeness of his treatise that
dogs and cats take part in the fun and
~frolie sometimes rough and bOisterous
enough-of their child playfellows. They
give every evidence, in fact, that such
fun and rrolic are the most enjoyed
features Of that period of their lives. As
the animal natures it becomes more
sedate, and even assumes a meditative
air, but the taste for sport does not die
out till infirmity begins to wear upon it.
A cat mentioned in The Animal
World would allow itself to be rolled up
or swung about in a tableclOth, and
seemed to enjoy the fun, and Woods
digniied Pusset would let his friends do
anything they pleased with him-lift
him mp by any part Of the body. toss
him IN the air from ono to another. use
him as n foot5tool, boa or pillow. make
him jump over their hands or leap on
their shoulders, or walk along their ex-
tended arms with perfect co~mplaceucy.
At the same time he was keenly seusi-
tive to ridicule, and if laughed At would
walk off with every manifestation of of
Tended dignity.-W. II. Larrabee in
Popular Science.
, 1891-01-23

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 22.-The neigh
borhood known as Five Points was
aroused about ! o'clock this morning by
the screams of terrified women aud a
mortally wounded man issuing from a
house occupied b. a cOlored family named
Dodson. Investigation revealed a blood
deluged room, a man on the floor with his
bowels ripped open and two women badly
slashed. A Mexican tamala peddler
named Cammeles Lupez got drunk last
night. In half the house he occupies
lives a colored couple named Allen. The
husband was a away aud Cammeles, full
of liquor, broke dJwu the door of Mrs.
Aliens room and attempted to assault
her. The woman eluded him, and ran to
the Dodson house adjoining, entered it
lust ahead of the Mexican, and sprang
straight into the bed occupied by Dodson
and his wife. Lupez did the same, and
his keen knife then got in its work. bod
son died this evening. When the physi-
clans arrived his bowels we're on the floor,
p%rotruding from a wound two feet long.
Mrs: Dodson has several ugly slashes on
the legs, and Mrs. Allen has a cash ex-
tending from shoulder to stomach and one
breast cut in two. The Mexican was cap
tured shortly alter the occurrence.
, 1891-01-23
CAME Back AFTER DEATH.
Here's a Ghosi That Evidently Liked
Work Contested with a Drug Store

Here's a Ghoss That Evidently Liked
Work Contested with a Drug Store
A curious thing is said to have hap
pened at Crossen, Silesia, in the year
1859. In the spring of that year one
Christopher Monigh,. a drug clerk ian
apothecary's servant, as the old account
says, died and was buried with the
usual services of his church. A few
days after his death a shadow exactly
like his in face. clothes, stature, mein,
ETC., appeared in the drug shop where he
had been employed before his decease.
In the shop he would walk about, sit
himself down, take boxes, pots, glasses,
etc, from the shelves, always returning
them to their exact places.
Later on he began to try the quality Of
the medicines and to weigh various drug
stutfs in a pair of scales used for that
purpose; would pound drugs in a mortar
with a '.mightie noise" and even serve
people who came on business to the shop;
in a word, do all that a servant in such
a capacity could do. He looked very
CHASTITY upon those who had formerly
been his fellew-serxants. they being
afraid to say anything to him. The
owner of the drug shop was sick at the
time, and this phantom servant 500
began to u him a deal of trouble,
performing all sorts of tricks on the in
valid, such as pulling down the bed upon
which he lay, burning sheets, coyerlets,
etc, and at one time even going 50 far
as to throw the lamps in the fire as often
as they were brought into the sick room.
During all this time he had never been
seen in the streets or heard to speak.
Finally, n day he put on a cloak that
hung in the shop and walked out into
the streets, minding no one and turning
neither to the right nor to the left.
Nearing the churchyard where his
mortal remains had been deposited, he
met a maid servant with whom he had
formerly been on speaking terms; ac-
costed her, only to see her fall in a
swoon. This single instance is the
only one in which he is said to have
spoken during the six weeks he was ter
rorizing all that portion of Silesia.
When the girl tainted the gallant
phantom essayed to help her to her feet,
and placed in her hand a paper written
in blood red ink telling the location of
much buried treasure. That night Prin-
cess Elizabeth Charlotte, the then chief
magistrate of Crossen. determined to
put an end to the ghostly raids of the
drug clerk. She ordered the grave
opened, and the corpse. grave clothes
and the coffin burned.
This weird proceeding was carried out
to the letter, and nothing of the ghost
clerk was ever seen afterward. although
exact pictures of him appeared in every
window pane in the drug shop building.
Some of these pictures, which much re-
sembled sand blast work, faded in a few
months, but two OF them, in an attic
window where the clerk lived prior to
his death, were plain to be seen mp to
the time the building was destroyed by
FIRE in 1741. No explanation of these
mysterious shadows has ever been
siven.-St, Louis Republic.
, 1891-01-23

CHICAGO. Jan. &c. b. Holmes,
Speaking of the story IN a morning paper
about the alleged irregular practices in
connection with the building of the Los
Angeles cable railway system and the
floating OF the securities, said that the New
York bond dealers may have sent an
agent here to investigate the affairs of the
company, but that there was not any
ground whatever in the transactions for
criminal prosecution. The bonds we're
issued with the approval Of the stock
holders, who also decided that the road
should be built by temporary loaus, aud,
when finished, the bonds divided among
the stockholders pro rata The road was
so built, but in the meantime money be-
came scarce. Tbe stockholders, with few
exceptions. refused to take the bonds aud
the notes were left IN the banks. The
effort to sell the bonds to outside parties
was unsuccessful, because OF the general
financial stringency. In regard to the al
legged Misrepresentation of the value Of the
Los Angeles road. Holmes says the books
were kept ~ Los Angeles and in one of
the reports sent here there was an acct
dental clerical error in the tsn thousand
column that made a great difference in
the showing. 1t deceived him as well as
the stockholders. During the first year
of the operation of the roai Los Angeles
was visited by disastrous foods which
made the operation financially disastrous.
Still, he saws. the city is rapidly growing
and the franchise runs fifty years. With
a little Waiting, there is no reason why
any ~stockholder should lose a dollar.
, 1891-01-23
BOUND AND GAGGED.
U ANU GAGGEU.
Miss Jessie Gilbert's Adventure
with a Burglar.
+ Drunken MeXican's Bad
Work with a Knife.
Fiendish Attempt to Poison a
Family.
A woman's Adventure with a Burglar

A WOman's Adventure with a Burglar.
DANBURY, Conn, Jan. %. = Miss
Jessie Gilbert, a prepossessing woman
who lives at No. II Grand View avenue,
had a terrible experience with a robber
yesterday afternoon. Bound and almost
helpless, she succeeded in rolling over
aud over until she reached a ~neighbor's
door, where she was found almost ex-
hausted. Miss Gilbert lives with the
family OF Vim. Fl. Oakley, aud yesterday
afternoon she vent out to make a call.
When she returned home late in the at
ternoOn she found the family all away,
but there we're evidences that an intruder
had been there. She heard an unusual
noise up stairs, and Just as she started to
investigate it a hand was clasped over her
mouth and she was thrown down. While
a burly hand held her a SPOOL was ihrust
into her mouth and her apron was drawn
up over her head and tied so tightly as to
prevent any cutlery. Then her hands
were tied behind her and her limbs were
secured, and in that condition she was
placed across a chair. She beard the
robber going from room to room, and after
what seemed to her to be an age he left
the house. The neighbors saw him
going away just at dusk, bat they did not
pay any attention to him. After a while
Miss Gilbert succeeded in getting down
on the floor. but try as she would she
could not free her limbs She rolled
over and over until she reached the stairs
and succeeded in sliding down to the first
floor. where she made her way to the
door. This the robber left open when he
went way. 1t was a tedious Journey, but
the girl finally succeeded IN rolling aud
crawling to a ueighbor's. There was a
step which in her helpless condition she
could not mount, and she lay in the yard
until Mrs. Henry Haggaman discovered
her. 1t was a long time before she was
able to tell the story OF the assault.
The police secured the city for Miss
Giibert's assailant. hut he has not vet
been captured. Miss Gilbert can give
little description of him. save that he was
a big fellow with a well-worn ulster.
, 1891-01-23

PAYETTE, Mo, Jan. 22.-Allie Ihix-
ton, a mulatto boy, about 20 years of age.
was brought TO Fayette Sunday night by
Constable Miller, of Glasgow, and lodged
in Jail 90 a charge of highway robbery.
Thixton and another negro were charged
with a%ssaultiug a highly respected Young
white lady near the scene of this last ex-
plot, some eighteen months ago. HIS
%accomplice was arrested, tried and sent to
the penitentiary, but Thixton escaped,
and since then has kept away, until a few
days ago, when he again appeared on
the scene in the role OF a highway
man. On Friday evening Miss Crews
was driving along the public road, accom-
panied BY II lite culored girl, when sud
denly she was assaulted nv a man, who
robbed her OF her pocketbook and at
atempt1daio drag her from the buggy.
She screamed and made such a brave and
determined resistance that the villain fed.
Suspicion pointed to Thixton and he was
arrested and carried before the lady for
Identification, but she failed to recognize
him, though the little girl said he was the
right patty, and other circum.tances fas
teued the guilt upon him without the
shadow OF a doubt. He was committed
TO jail. and a preliminary trial was to have
been given him at 2 o'clock today.
This morning a company of twenty hve
or thirty mounted and masked men,
heavily armed, rode quietly into town and
proceeded at once To the jail. while a halt
dozen wen; to Sheriff Crigler's room at
the Butler house and procured the keys
The prisoner was taken a half a mile north
OF town on the Glasgow road aud sus-
pended from the limb OF an elm tree.
Deputy Sheriff U. j. Hughes and Mayor
Deathrige followed on foot and tried to
prevent the mob from lynching the
wretch. but they were ordered back at
points of 4 dozen revolvers and we're un
able TO prevent the determined men from
carrying out their intention. Alter he
bad hung a few minutes the mob rode
away as Quietly as thew came, in the di
rection of Glasgow. As soon as they DO
parted Mr.. Hughes cut the corpse down
and used every effort in his power to re-
store him to life. but bis neck was broken
by the fall. Sheriff Crigler failed to
recognize any of the mob on account Of
their complete disguise.
, 1891-01-23

An Englishman, an Irishman and a
Scotchman, making a tour around the
city n short time since. were observed
looking through q ccnfectioner's win
dow Mt y beautiful young woman serv-
ing in the shop. OH" exclaimed Mr..
Patrick, do let rs be after spending
half a crow with tho dear craytlr, that
we may look at her conveniently. and
have a lit of chat wild her" ..Yu. ak
travagant dog" said .Ir. Ball. I'm
sure one half Of the money will be suit
cient; but let u 90 in, by all means:
she's a charming girl" "Ah, wait a
wee, interposed Ir. BIcAairey,: ''dinna
yo ken it'll serve our purayse equally
gsel iuat to ask the bonni- iassie 10 gle
Us twa ~siXpencos for a shilling, and in
quire where's Mr.. T1amnsna's house.
and sic like. We're - hungry, and may
as weel save the s.iler. '-Bua..4eaam
MarCuVf.
, 1891-01-23

During the present century three CIR!
queens have, before the advent of Queer
W~ilhelmina, almost simultaneously as
cended the throne of a European ma
ton: Maria da Gloria Of Portugal, Isa-
bella of Spain and Victoria of En-
gland. The two first had the mis-
fortune of attaining to the regal power
while still mere children. There has
been a wide difference between the his
tories of the spoiled daughter of Spain
and the headstrong Portuguese damsel
and that of the grand and conscientious
maiden Of IS who was called upon to
reign over Great Britain. BY her close
affiliations, through her sister, the Ouch
ess Of Albany, to the English court,
Queen Emma will probably profit by the
example set by the Duchess of Kent in
the education of her daughter Cor.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
, 1891-01-23

BERLIN, Jan. I'm the reichtag to-
day, Bartb, member OF the Deutche
Frelsinnige party, moved the repeal of
the prohibition OF American pork and
bacon. Secretary Won Hoetticher said
that despite the increased stringency of
the measures taken in America to sup
press trade in bad hog products, there
was still no guarantee that Germany
would be sufficiently protected from dan
gers of trichinosis. He asserted hat 7
per cent of the American hogs we're at
fected with the disease as against 6 per
cent of The German hogs.
Schmidt of the FreIsinnige party
urged the necessity of supplying the
working people Of Germany with Amer
lean meat, which is considerably cheaper
;han German meat. Broemel of the
Deutsche Freisinnige patty held that it
was unchristian like to make the peoples
necessities of life lear in this barbarous
manner. Won Boetticher further said
that the English and American people
did lot eat raw meat sUch as is consumed
in Germany. The reichstag then al
iourned