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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The last piece of fraud coming to light
in connection with the present admins
tration is the stealing of the bill passed
making insurance companies liable for
the full amount called for by their pol
icy. The bill cannot be found. More
Doodle. Of course. Who put it up for
the theft does not appear, but it's sus-
piciously loose administration that per-
mits a bill to be lost between the house
of its origin and the governors office.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The secretary of the Republican Edi
torial association of the Seventh con
gressional district, Mrs. G. w. Maffet
has had prepared and issued program
for the third annual meeting, to be held
at Pratt, April "a and 25, prox. The
mayor of Pratt will welcome the asso
citation in a formal address, and S. G
Meade. president of the association, will
respond. Hon. Ed w. Hoch, president
of the State Republican league, is also
announced to address the meeting. Be
sides the Republican editors of the dis
trict, number of other prominent Re
publicans of the district and state are
expected to be present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

That man Blount, whom Cleveland
sent on a special vessel to Honolulu,
must be prime specimen of bumptious-
ness. He announced before sailing that
he was without instructions and that he
should take all the time he desired in
determining whether the Harrison adj
ministration had made fool of America
by offering to annex the islands. Blount
is evidently man after Cleveland's own
heart
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Missouri newspapers are very much
shocked over the venality of some of the
Pop members of the last Kansas legisla-
ture as developed in course OF investiga-
ton. 1t is too bad as all are ready to
admit, but the idea of criticism from
Missouri. Was such think as a real
investigation possible at jefferson CITY,
but why suggest impossibilitles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24
BEHIND The HILL

MY boy was young. ne could nos know
The way earth's Maynard currents doW,
And so. IN early shadows bound.
His Dis-r,anned shaliop ran aground
He grew ashamed Of his disgrace.
He could not look me n the face,
. For, mother. every man" said he.
- Has scorn. and only scorn. for me:
must so forth with alien men
AMI grapple with the world again
cannot stay and face the truth
Among the people OF my youth
Where men are strange and scenes are new
There may be work for me = Go.
And. when have redeemed to past
viii come back TO you at last
And SO watched while ny sey VIII
Went down behind the hill
He climbed the hill at early morn
Beneath whose shadow hewss horn
He stood upon its highest place.
The sunrise shining on his face.
He stood there, but too far away
For me TO SEQ his tears that day;
Ny thoughts. my fears, cannot ten
When he waved back his sal farewell
And then passed on, and my COY, VIII
Went down behind the hil,.
Went down the hill: henceforth for ne
One picture in my memory
Crowds every other from its place
A boy With sunrise On bis face;
His sunrise lighted face see
The sunset Of all JOY TO me-,
For when he turned him from my sight
The morning mixed itself with night
And darkness came, when ny boy, WI
Went down behind the hill
Tho world Is vide. and ne has goae
Into its yastness, on and on.
know not what besets bis path,
What hours Of gloom. what days II wrath,
What terrors menace him afar.
What nights OF storm without . star.
What mountains loom above his way
What oceans toss him night and day.
What fever blasts from desert sands,
What death cold winds from frozen lands
What shafts Of slcct or sun may blight
Ny homeless wanderer in his fight,
/ only know the world is wide
And he can roam by land and tide
IT'S wide, ali mel in every part
But narrower than his mothers heart
4 joyless heart since my boy. VIII.
Went down behind the hill
know he brsvely fights with fate,
But. All. the hour Is growing late.
watch the hill by day and night,
1t dfmly looms before my SIGHT
And fast the twilight shadows fall;
The night is giooming over all;
But In my boy faith is given
AS saints of old had faith IN heaven:
know that he viii come again.
His praise on all the lips Of men:
Ee viii come back to me at last
With deeds that shall redeem the past
Nor desert plain. nor mountain steep.
Nor storm, nor thunder on the deep
Nor tempest in the east or west,
Shall hold him from his mothers breast
And though the world grows blind and dumb,
/ feel know, that he win come;
And am waiting for him stiu.
And watch tho summit Of the hill:
Sometimes think / see him stand
And wave q welcome with his hand,
But tits 8 cloud upon the rim
OF sunset-and my eyes are dim
IT'S but a mist made by the tears
That thicken with the growing yearA
watch while there IS light to sec
And dream that he will come 20 me;
And though tits dark within, without
will not shame him By douot;
The an-enfolding night draws near,
But he will conc-I viii not fear
But, All, tbs long since my boy. VIII,
Went down behind the hill
S. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Governor Northen of Georgia an
nounces that he will be in the race for
Senator Colquitt's seat next year. Col
quit went from the governors mansion
to the senate, and has always been sort
of Miss Nancy, 10 Office and in politics.
Northen slid into Office on the Alliance
plank. but has long since for-sworn al
legiance and sympathy with that rides
rance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24
CANNIoAlS.
Their Revolving Practices-What They
VIII Do in Times of Famine.

Their Revolving Practices-what They
viii Do in Times of Famine.
When driven to extremes by famine
during an exceptionally long and cold
winter, these wretched Fnegians have
recourse for satisfying their hunger to
an expedient SO horribly revolving as to
be wen-nigh incredible. The oldest
woman is seized upon, dragged to q
greenwood fire, and held with her
mouth and nostrils over the smoke,
while some of her relatives compress
her throat until life becomes extinct
The body is then divided and eaten, no
portion being rejected. The authentic
ity of this account can hardly be
dou bted, for it rests on the testimony
of some of the Fuegians themselves. 1t
was first nara ted by Jenny Button"
one of the four Fuegians whom
Admiral Fitzroy brought home to
England, and who was SO named
because he had been sold by his people
for few buttons. This lad learned to
speak English very huently. and he
gave the above details, which were cor
roborated by his three companions. It
is, however, but fair to state that Jenny
Button, as soon as he had become mod
erately civilized, expressed his disap-
proval Of these proceedings, and added
that. rather than again partake of such
feast, he would eat his own hands
Mr.. Low, the captain of a small vessel
who is mentioned in Admiral Fitzroy's
narrative of the cruise of the Beagle,
had on board for eighteen months
Fuegian boy called Bob" by the sail
ors. This boy was originally taken as
hostage, but was afteruard kept on
board as pilot, and eventually he was
adopted by Mr.. Low as his own son.
Bob, during the eighteen months which
he spent on board, learned to speak
English fairly well, and one day during
the course of ordinary conversation he
gave an account of the horrible custom
above described, which Tailed in all
particulars with the independent ac-
count given by Jenny Button. Mr..
Lows boy said that he had frequently
been an eye witness of such scenes.
and he initiated, for the edifcation of
his listeners, the shrieks and groans of
that during such periods of extreme
want the old women, well knowing the
fate in store for them. would hide
themselves in the woods, but were
quickly discovered and dragged toward
the fire, begging for mercy from their
inhuman relatives.
Unlike Jenny Button, the boy Bob
did not appear to regard such proceed
ings as in any degree reprehensible,
being much surprised as well as hurt at
the disgust which his story excited
among the crew; so much so that he
could never afterward be induced to re-
fer to the subject. 1 mentioned this
account to the German captain, and ne
assured me that it was perfectly &C
curate, and that, furthermore, to his
own personal knowledge, the same hor-
rible custom prevails at the present
day.-The Fortnightly Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Petitions are being circulated up in
Idaho asking the governor to reconvene
the legislature. What an extra session
of body that couldn't elect a L. s..
senator is wanted for is past compre-
hension. The only theory that can be
suggested is that the gang wants some
more Doodle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

A loose, fluffy style OF couture Ia BE-
coming more and more fashionable.
Masses Of trizzly curls ripple over tfs
brow and down the neck, while the
hair Is brushed back IN waves from the
temple and loosely eoiled n the back
Heavy coils are taking the place of ths
tight Greoian ehsgnon- They ara fas-
tened wits tortoise shell or ieweilsd
p.as.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

A. The ball after Gare.lf's iasugcra-
ton 100 pounds Of tgrssy. 100 gallons
Of oysters. 80 hams. go poancs Of bat
Ter. 100 leaves Of bread, s.oco sssezis@.
I 900 rolls. 90 gallons chicken sslsA.
II. 600 o4J<es. !se gallon. Zee cream. 90
gzllocs Jelly. 30 raIIons water tc>s. 40
gallons coffee. szz other eelie>eiss IN
proportion wsrs consumed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

A Utah farmer is said to have made a
net profit Of $50 per acre in raising the
sugar beet. The land cost him only $40
per acre. The price obtained by the
farmer for his beets surpasses any
European record. Nor tariff nor bounty
cuts airy figure in such results.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

So the governor is going to give the
allegators against Insurance Commits
sioner Mcbride a formal hearing. Next
"Wednesday, the Goth, is fixed as the, day
for the seance, and chief crocodile, Noah
Allen, is to do The weeping for injured
swarm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Governor Click says he doesn't want
anything from the current administra-
ton at Washington. Another vertical
ton OF the old adage of blessed are they
thrt expect nothing, for verify they shall
not be disappointed"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The determination of Cleveland to
give the offices to new men has brought
a select variety of new names from the
brush. Here are few of them: Joshua
Jump, kenesaw Mountain Lands. Hoke
Smith, Dink Bolts, PUNK Hickey, Mash
Buncombe, Bud Dodds, Tad Beazely,
Pod Dismuke and Potsdam Sans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The Washington Post says: "The
Kentucky colonies are still waiting with
baited breaths." That's right. You
never catch the Kentucky colonel un-
prepared for wait or any other emer-
gency: he carries the bait for his breath
with him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The Republican city ticket deserves to
be elected from top to bottom, and it
will be elected il all good Republicans
will support it with earnestness,
harmony and good faith, as there is
every reason 10 believe they viii,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Mrs. Grover Cleveland comes Of Re-
publican family and when number of
Republicans called upon her few days
ago, she announced that she was Re-
publican. This may account for
Growers slowness in turning the rascals
ont
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

The attention of the Pops is called to
the fact that the man Weaver, whom
they shystered to elect president, is a
millionaire, and that he made his money
IN Wall street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

CIV Leland corroborated McAleney' s
testimony that McAleney offered to sell
his vote for 5000, but denied that the
offer was accepted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

-Inkweli-''a your story was Eat
failure, why Ia IL selling He hoi
cak.s7- Blost<r-'1 had u bound vita
the title on .hs is.s pAg.-"-!ssSr
Ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24

Ssns.esH at tbs penssonsrs of sAs vss
oe lsia ara over ,os years Old ssx a
thsru live IA ysxmeri
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27

tendent. To understand the nature o.
his second grand scheme it will be nee
essary to peruse Circular 49," which il
published here in detail and is as fol
lows:
CIRCULAR NO IS
The American Credit Co. was organized Il
furnish quotations, showing the capital and re
sponsibility OF merchants, manufacturers ant
other business men; and also, to make collec
tons of ell kinds
Having agents in eoO cities Of this country
and Canada, and rapidly establishing others
we have facilities for making collections, ant
obtaining quotations that are unexcelled- Any
thtng anywhere on earth is what we accomplish
Bad and outlawed debts are our delight
Our commercial ratings are original in form
and are furnished at the lowest price. A bust
ness man can obtain Of. US Quotati tons for on,
branch OF trade in but one state, or in as man!
as ne may require, while of other concerns hC
VIII be compelled to pay for all branches O.
business, most OF which he cannot use, and fol
every state. We are the only firm that guar
antees the accuracy of our reports
In making collections we give our clients
surety bond covering the amount of collections
1ntrusted to us. He is thus certain of no Loss
through our dishonesty or neglect We in turf
take bond from each of our employees and Ut,
ourselves thus protected We do not care
what company supplies the bond, so tina
1t is responsible one. We have O special con
tract with the Anglo-American Surety com
pany, which gives us the lowest of fees. We
pay for all bonds obtained from them. To any
other company we will pay much as tho
Anglo-American's fees would amount to, ant
our employees would pay the rest. This fee Il
sl2 per Sl.OOO for the first year and So per veal
FOR subsequent years. Under no circums tances
will we ever accept a private bond-it is never
satisfactory AT the time Of making the appli
cation half Of the fee must be sent to the sure
ty company. AS soon as the bond is fur
nishcd we pay tho remainder of the fee and re
imburse the agent. II your record is such thai
J 10 Nac has confidence in YOU do moi npnlu Il
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27
MARTYR.
A Oats Trip to India and Back.

A good cat story, says the London
correspondent of the Yorkshire Post,
comes from Bombay. In August q
Liverpool resident proceeding to Bonn
bay took out with him cat which
he intended to present to q friend
In India Some days after the arrival
Of the steamer in Bombay pussy was
missed, and, though she was searched
for high and low, she was nowhere to
be found. Her owner had quite given
her up for lost when he received IN
telligence from England that the cat
had made her appearance at her old
Liverpool home on the 25th Of October
Us calm and collected as though q trip
to India and back was quite in the or
binary course of her life. The facts are
vouched for by q Bombay paper, and
there is no reason to doubt their sub
stantial accuracy.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27

snort Time LeLnerman ~cooK' Cne nexc
train for Indianapolis. On his arrival
there he found that Herdman had
pleaded guilty, was hned, paid the same
and was about to quit the room once
more a FREQ man. Just as he stepped
out Inspector Letherman tapped him
ON the shoulder, saying he wanted him
for using the United States mails In a
scheme to defraud. This was on May
e6, last. Herdman accompanied the In
spector, and after hearing before tho
United States commissioner was taken
10 jail to await the action Of the grand
jury. By this latter body he Yves In
dicted. His trial took plsoe recently in
the indianapolis Ind-) federal courts,
ending after bitter fight Of two days
He was found guilty, and IN sentencing
him to eighteen months In the Indiana
penitentiary (north) and aning him $500
and costs, Judge Baker said he regret
ted that the law would not permit him
to inflict a more severe penalty on one
who so richly deserved big sentence.
To even up matters Herdman was given
l the full extent of the Law.
I
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27

There is one Belfast (Me.) youth who
will make a general some day, If he
properly develops his natural traits as
they appear at present. He is but three
years and eight months old, but showed
engineering skill in getting out Of a
scrape last week that few big boys
would have equalcd. While at play in
a camp with some other boys he was &C
cidentally locked in, and his comrades
all went off to school Finding himself a
prisoner. instead of sitting down and cry
ing our youngster first built up the arti-
cles in the room until he could reach
q window, which he promptly smashed
Next he threw out the various articles
which he could lift until the pile out
side was within safe dropping distance
from the window, when he climbed out
and dropped to the pile. He was near
ly two hours doing the work, but says
he wasn't going to take any chances of
breaking his neck by jumping from that
high window.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27
IN SAFE QUARTERS.
The Criminal Career OF an All.
Around Swindler.
He Had Victims In All Parts OF the
Uaitod Statss-"MAnarers" Who Paid
Gsod Money for n Job They
Never Got.
Especial Cincinnati (o.) Letter. ]

Especial Cincinnati (O.) letter.
He used the mails in the furtherance
of n fraudulent scheme.
Such, in brief, is what landed Harry
A. Herdman. with seven different
aliases, in the Indiana penitentiary,
north. The full story of this mans
way of doing business and the manner
in which his arrest was effected has
never been published.
The operations of Hcrdman extend
all over the country. Not confined to
one city or state, but the north, east,
south and west can furnish an album
dance of evidence. Thousands Of poor,
unsuspecting victims in search of en-
ployment did he fleece. The aggregate
amount of his swindling is not known,
but, Judging from the list of his victims
found in his valise, he surely netted sew
eral thousand in the few months he
was in the business.
During the early part of 1892 Herd
man devised grand scheme which
would not him handsomely without Ia
Dor and with a very small capital. His
first scheme launched on the market
was the ''Western Furniture company,
of Englewood, ILL.," He ordered large
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27
SAVED BY HIS HORSE.
Very Peculiar Escape of q Man from
Break in tho Ice.

Very Peculiar Escape of q Mnn from q
Break in the Ice.
Tho story comes up from below the
city. says the Lewiston (Me-) Journal,
about q man who attempted to cross
the Androscoggin on the ice and was
swarnped, together with his team He
had been hauling wood across the river
for several days, and had just one more
load to haul
AS the water was up on the face of
the Ice he first thought to put OFF haul
ing it, but the thought that perhaps
there would not be another chance to
haul it made him go across- When he
started back he thought he wouldn't go
in the Same track where he had hauled
the rest, 30 he went @ little above.
The ice began to crack slowly when
he got to the middle. Quick as fash
he unfastencd the two tugs and one
holdback. Then he struck the horse
violently with the whip. At the same
time the sled load of wood went
through with a crash. He commenced
to sink with it, but when the horse had
been struck he jumped ahead and,
breaking the off holdbaclz, jerked the
man off the load and dragged him to
the shore with the reins There he
stopped and the man got up.
When he looked back the top Of the
wood and the shafts could be seen stick
ing out of the hole in the Ice. He says
that he had rather lose the wood than
go near the hole again It Is frozen In
now,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-27
A Little Comedy Of Errors
By S. s. MORTON.

At that interesting crisis q slight sem
sation was produced by the arrival OF
Col Clipper. North had already
noticed and wondered ut his absence
He crossed the stage with stately, COM
handing tread, bowling informally to
the gentlemen there assembled, and
slipping behind the outer circle of chairs
he made his way to North's side.
Got here at lastr was his triumph
ant though somewhat superhuous an
nouncement, delivered breathlessly as
If his exertions to appear upon the scene
had been attended with great exhaus-
ton; and he shook hands with North
vigorously, nodding to Warner at the
same time in confidential way.
Detained so long at the office" he
added, addressing North, ''that l was
afraid should miss your speech; but l
see I'm just in time. What's the pros
pect-considcrable enthusiasm in the
audience? How is that, Warner?" turn
ing to that gentleman as if he consid-
cred him the more competent Judge.
"A very good feeling on all sidcs,"
was Warmers prompt report. IRE
mendous enthusiasm in reserve, If it's
only sl<illfully aroused;" and he glanced
sharply at North as II to add: You can
do it If you will, but that's 4 doubtful
question as yet"
Tho colonel nodded in perfectly sat
istied way, and at that instant. some
philosophical person having checked
the mad career of the orchestra, they
put mp their instruments with an evil
dent consciousness of having done their
worst, and u slight paroxysm of APP
plausc rounded Off the performance.
AS silence gradually settled over the
house the chairman rose, turned to-
ward North with significant glance,
and then, in a few highly culogistic re-
marks, introduced to the audience "our
distinguished fellow-citizen and candi-
date for city attorney, Mr.. Ollin North,
who now appears before you as the
orator of the evening, and who will
address you in his usual eloquent man
ner, on the interesting theme-ahem!-
The Political Future of Y; What 1t
Might Be, and What They Who Consti-
tute the City Government Should Strive
to Make It"
The worthy chairman delivered this
fine volley of words with quite an ora
torical flourish, then paused and gnzed
gan to cheer rather impetiently, as If
conscious that IN working UP that
theme for North the Jealous committee
had done very neat thing. North
himself, as he strol1ed his mustache
nervously to conceal the amused smile
that rose to his lips, thought in mo-
mentary panic:
The future of x! And I've been
studying up the political past and pres
ent, letting the future take care of it.
self However, the themo allows me
considerable latitude, and may find 1t
easier to deal with shadowy futurities
than with past and fulfilled realities"
With this hopeful reelection he
stepped forward, bowed to the chair
man, and amid the ringing applause
that greeted him he made his graceful
salute to the audience, while his eye
swept the galleries with perfect self
possession as If, in thus facing his
large constituency, he felt no lack Of