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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-04
GOLD FIELDS OF THE YUKON.
Plenty of the Precious Metal, But 1t Il
Difficult to Reach.


Plenty of the Precious Metal, But 1t Is
Difficult to Reach.
Some destitute Alaskan miners who
were recently landed in San Francisco
by United States revenue steamship
brought dismal account OF the gold
not dispute the claim that mineral
wealth exists there, but say that a
great part of it lies under impenetra-
BILE mountains of ice. Moreover. the
high cost of living renders the pros
poets of the average miner extremely
dubious. Flour sells for twelve dollars
a hundred pounds and sugar twenty
five cents pound, and other necessa-
ries Of life are proportionately as dear
For meal Of corn beef and beans in
the settlements seventy-fiye cents is
charged. Indictment weather, too, linn
its the mining season to three and a
half months each year. Mining in
Alaska said one of the prospectors.
SIS different from mining in any other
region l ever heard Of In prospecting
for a claim you first have to dig up
from six inches to three feet of moss.
and beneath that is mass of ice of
questionable depth which has to be
thawed before you strike bedrock. /
have seen men thaw out thirty feet Of
ice and then not get anything" He
admitted, however, that occasionally
the gold-seeker struck il rich" 1--WE
learned before we left" he says, ''that
there were four men who had each
taken out ten thousand dollars worth
of gold dust this summer. There are
several others who viii carry away
Eve thousand dollars worth of gold
dust, but then some of those men have
been prospecting all through the Yu-
kon district for several years past with
out scraping up more than enough to
live on. The miner who secures enough
dust to pay his passage back to San
Francisco is doing we'll
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knew she had been frightened by
freaks of the imagination. and mad
during the day permitted the servants
20 go away, and had refused to allow
| Emma to stay at home, yet now she
was growing uneasy. Stepping to the
door, she stood for moment and then
said softly to herself:
Frank"
How it was that he answered so
promptly when she spoke scarcely
above whisper, and how 1T was that
he came up the steps SO quickly, she
could never understand when she
thought of it afterwards, but without
realizing this at the time, she conduct
ed him into the coy room before the
fire.
You have been very kind, Frank,
considering my treatment of you," she
said.
Il assure you" began Frank
Let me finish" she interrupted
GAS was going to say, 1 appreciate
your Kindness and value especially
your plain, sensible. talks, which are
curing. me of my superstEious fears.
am forced to admit to you what no one
likes to admit-that havebe wrong.
My apparent dislike for you originated
. in dream, which was repeated with
such startling distinctness that it over
powered and controlled me in spite of
myself The paliid face of tall lady
in white, which has peered into my
window twice, hns seemed very real,
and the Gathering which has occurred
somewhere about the house, followed
by the horrible tick. tick, tick, has
strained my nerves so that I have felt
compelled to cry out, but coolly think
ing it all over after your talks with me
l am convinced it has been due simply
to my Imagination. I have searched
the house thoroughly twice.
have closely questioned the night
watchman: L have consequently
convinced even myself that if sights
and sounds in waking hours can be SO
deceptive, dreams and visions should
not be allowed to interfere with the |
happiness of those we love. And SOL !
thought-well, the fact is, Frank, if you |
wish to speak to Emraa again, shall |
not interpose any objection"
Was 1t accidental that, just as Frank |
raised her hand to his lips, Emma |
walked into the room., and was at once |
clasped in his arms?
Was it a coincidence'that, just at this
moment, the deep-toned bells rang out /
upon the cold. clear. night air, usher
ing in a new season of solemnity with
its tender heavenly messages?
Several years later. when Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Lawrence, in looking
through an old trunk in the attic, came
across coil Of wire with,some small
electrical appliances, and CHASTITY
white mask with pallid face" their
eyes met in laughter and their lips in
kisses, which brought up once more
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-04
SENATOR M. c. BUTLER.
Dns of the Most Popular SoutherDers In
Z the American Congress.

the AmerICiih NOHgreSs.
The senior senator from South Caro-
lima, Matthew Calbraithe Butler, has
attracted considerable attention lately
hy his speeches and comments on the
silver bill. He was born near Green
vile, S. c.. March S, 1896, received a
classical education at the academy at
Edgcfeld, and entered the South Caro-
lima college in 1854; left this institu-
tion before graduating. and studied
law at Stonelands, the residence of his
uncle, Hon. A. p. Butler, near Edge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-04
Bachelors and Spinsters.

A parliamentary blue book relating
to the last census for England and
Wales shows that there We're taken
S,716, 3ss unmarried males and s.9OS, 6G5
females. 4.851.54s married
males and 4,916,649 married females,
49,, $50 widowers and LIZA $40 widows.
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A Hint and a Half-"Don't You
think my name is a honely one, Miss
Parsons?' said Mcguire. M aguire?'
said the sweet thing, coyly. NO. not
50 very. i wouldn't mind having it. =
Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-04
One Thing Certain

Miranda-Thev sag that Gussie Cod
ley really wears stays
Amanda Il don't know anything
about that. but am sure that his stays
wear me.-Brooklvn Lie
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HORSE MILLINERY.
In tho Riviera Even Beasts OF Burden
Wear Hats.

Wear Hats.
A peculiar phase of humanity is no
Hced by the observing traveller in Italy
The good-hearted peasants of the
Riviera provide horses with shade-hats
during the summer solstice SO that the
heat shall not penetrate the noble ami
mails brain. The hat is the same that
the pretty Tuscan girls wear. even to
being trimmed with rosettes of ribbon,
protrude like fantastic ornaments.
The millinery business in that
part of tho world is brisk, and the eff
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Ending the Agony.

Mr. Stalate-Won't you sing some
thing, Miss Minnie?
Miss Minnie (yawningl-Why. Mr..
Stalate. don't You know il is consid-
cred unlucky 10 sing before breakfast?
Truth
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!oor after Mrs. Cornell screamed. !"

door after Mrs. Cornell screamed"
At the stroke Of midnight Frank was
standing at the head OF the stairs in
the door to Bob Blackwells room when
they all heard Mrs. CornweQ scream
as before. He bounded ont the door
and across to her house and repeated
the performance of the preceding night
This time she insisted upon his remain.
ing awhile, and was SO gracious and
cordial that swift exchange of lovers
glances passed between Emma and
Frank as he turned t. leave.
You and Frank acted like strangers
tonight" said she to Emma before re-
firing. Have you offended him in any
way?'
.'He asked me to dance with him to-
night and l declined" said Emma. as
she turned aside, and failed to mention
that she had suggested tcte-a-tete in
stead.
Now, Emma" began Mrs. Cornell,
but turning, she saw that Emma had
gone to her room. She sighed, as she
sat gazing into the open CRATE for many
minutes. and at last said to herself:
well, | must undo my work and re-
unite them 1t viii prove embarrass-
Ing. but it is my duly and shall do it. :"
The jollities before Lent continued.
and next night, as midnight approached.
Mrs. Cornell felt that although she
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-04

sect OF riding behind pair of horses
an hats is most mdicrous, their long.
solemn faces adding mirth to the oc-
ga sion
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Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public, Corporations, Stock Com,
panies Lodges Etc. Orders filled promptly. Also
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Com,
panies either printed or Autographed
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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
FROM WASHINGTON,

THE statement of the public debt
issued on the 1st showed that the debt
increased s5,l4l, ,O53 during the month
of October. The cash balance in the
treasury was slO2, ,294,29l. The total
debt less the cash balance in the treas
ury, amounts to ti,594 800, 352.
THE sellers who offered the $4,000
ounces Of silver to the treasury, all of
which was declined, did not respond to
the counter tender of the treasury. So
the October purchases of silver wound
up all silver purchases under the Sher.
man law.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the Sd aggregated
$1,000, 7i2, oG5, against s92s, s,14l,5 5sl the
previous week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1892,
was 24.s.
In the United States there were 35S
business failures In the seven days end
ed on the Sd, against $40 the week
previous and 23s in the corresponding
time in 1892.
THE president has named Thursday,
November 80, as a day of thanksgiving
AT the extraordinary session of con-
grcss sixteen joint resolutions and sew
entccn bills became laws.
On the silver question an address de-
nouncing the repeal OF the coinage
clause OF the Sherman act has been is
sued by five senators and dozen con-
gressmen, nine of the signers being
populists.
THE report of Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell shows that 2,G2l
fourth-class offices were established
during the year.
PRECAUTIONS were being taken to
prevent cranks from getting into the
white house, caused by threatening
Idaho man.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
THE EAST.

Mrs. j. II. YoUNG and her daughter
were struck by train and killed at a
railway crossing near Newport, Me-,
and Mr.. Young was fatally injured
NEAR Pleasant Unity, Pa, Farmer
Trauger's cupidity got the better of his
Judgment and he exchanged O., 900 for
paper scraps
THE firm of s. Blaisdell, Jr., &. Co..
wholesale dealers in cotton and wool
stocks at Boston and many other
places. failed for s275,0
THE trainmen on the night passenger
trains of the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western railroad have been armed
with Winchester rifles and revolvers to
prevent train robbery
One of the oldest shipmasters of
Portsmouth, N. H., Capt Daniel Marcy,
and at one time member of congress,
died at the age of 81 years.
The woolen mills Of the Southwork
Mills company ut Philadelphia shut
down, throwing l, 100 persons out Of
work.
r AN ls-year-old lad of Newton, Mass,
Louis A. Wright, now in Jail as an in
cendiary, has confessed to having set
the big fires in Boston last spring
which caused loss of property of
sS, 900. 900, and eight deaths. Q
In a fire at the Clifton Jockey club
track at Paterson, N. j., nine race
horses were cremated and stable hand
burned.
NEAR New York sailboat in which
were twenty-five workmen was
swamped and ten OF the occupants were
drowned.
ON the Erie canal experiments are
about TO be made looking to the opera
tion of boats by electricity.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

WHILE leaving Rio the armed steam
er urano was hit by shell and badly
damaged and forty of her crew were
killed.
FIRE destroyed the chief mosque and
several houses at Damascus, Egypt,
the loss being $4,000, OOO
The transport Rio de Janeiro, which
was conveying l, 100 troops to Santos
was rammed by the steamer Republca
and 800 of the soldiers went down with
the transport and were drowned.
THE steamer City of Alexandria, be-
longing to the New York & Cuba Mail
Steamship company, from Havana and
Matanzas for New York, was burned
off Cojimar entailing loss of thirty
four lives.
BY the capsiaing of ferry boat con
veying 200 Chinese eXcursioLists to n
festival near llonghong, China, twenty
persons were drowned.
THE warship Republic ran into and
sunk the transport Rio de Janeiro, on
her way from Rio Grande do Sui to Rio
de Janeiro with troops for Pcixoto, and
1900 of the troops were drowned.
CHANG, the famous Chinese giant,
died at Bournemouth, England.
SICILY has been declared under mar
tial law in order to extirpate brigand-
ago and will be divided into military
districts
THE ship Volo, loaded with dyna-
mite, caught FIRE and exploded at
Santander, Spain, and 800 persons were
killed, 45O were injured, and property
valued at ;2,5 10, 900 was destroyed
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09


Prcndcrgast,w in court preserved
a stolid indifference as to what was
going on and, except for his shifting
eyes, neither moved nor betrayed any
emotion.
r. A. Wade, who is attorney for the
Washington Park club, and Robert
Essex, appeared as counsel for the
murderer. They were retained by
Prendergasts brother at the solicita-
tion of personal friends of the lawyers.
When Judge Dunn asked the prisoner
If he was represented by lawyer.
Mr.. Wade arose and addressed the court
in the assassin's behalf He spoke AS
lawyers for the defense are expected to
about believing prcndergast had good
defense, but it would take time to pre-
pare it. He did not want to delay the
trial, but his client was entitled toa
fair one. Not even friends of the llar-
rison family wanted the state to hurry
the trial and hang the man without
thorough examination into his mental
condition. lie thought thirty days
would not be too much time in which
to prepare the defense.
When the court asked if the defense
could not get ready in less time the
lawyer replied that it was necessary to
bring witnesses from outside Chicago
who could testify to the life and his
tory of the prisoner This statement
aroused Statc's Attorney Kern to say
that Prendcrgast had lived in Chicago
line years, and the proposition that
the state should wait month for wit
nesses to be brought from other cities
was not reasona BILE.
If Prendergast had lived here nine
years then there should be plenty of
witnesses here who would testify as to
his responsibility. That was the test.
at is one thing or another, insanity
or nothing" declared the states attor-
ncy, speaking to the counsel for the
prisoner. He added: IL am guessing
at that from what you said"
{ Lawyer Wade answered: Your
guess is right, Insanity is our plea"
The states attorney said the burden
of proof would be on the state to prove
the accused sane, and wanted the trial
set for two weeks hence. After more
argument and jury speech from Law
yer Wade, the court compromised on
three weeks time, setting the trial for
Monday, November ~. Prendergast
was removed over the bridge of
Signs" without any demonstration.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
THE SANTANDER DISASTER.
The Bottom of T. BAY Strewn With
Man gled Bodice and Their Recovery
Dlnicult-The People Resuming Busi-

The Bottom of T. BAY Strewn With
Mungled Bodice md Their Recovery
DInicult-The People Resuming Busi-
ness.
MADRID, Nov. hernandez SAM,
captain of the steamship Cabo Machi-
caco, which was blown up at San
tander on Friday arrived at San Sc
bastian yesterday. lie says that the
explosion sent the steamers engines
fifty yards into the air. Sixty-fvc
houses were wrecked from roof to cell
lar by the shock. The divers have
been busy since Sunday noon examin-
ing the harbor near the quay where
the explosion occurred They have
found piles of mangled bodies among
the ruins of the sunken vessel. In one
pile the remnants OF eleven bodies
were found; in another the severed
limbs and trunks of twenty-five more.
The work of collecting the bodies
proceeds slowly, Capt. SAM says, be-
cause the bodies under the water can
be cxtricatcd only with the greatest
difficulty from the wrcckage in which
they have been wedged and half
buried. The military are clearing
away the ruins on land.
The suffering among the people Of
Santander is extreme. The shops did
not begin opening until yesterday
afternoon. The bakers have not made
bread, and the markets are empty.
The minister of finance is superintend-
inr the work of relief
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

FRED Il. PosToN cashier for the firm
of Mccoy & Underwood at the stock
yards. in Chicago, disappeared with
$4,000 belonging to his employers.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor will
be held in Chicago on December H.
WHEN about TO sail from San Fran
cisco ]. Hampton Hoge, United States
consul to Annoy, China, was notified of
his removal by the president
The fourth annual convention in Chi
cago Of the non-partisan w. G. Il. U.
elected Mrs Ellen j. Phinney, Of Cleve-
land, as president
In Chicago Patrick Eugene Prender-
gast was arraigned before Judge Hor-
ton and pleaded mot guilty" to the
charge Of willfully numbering Carter
H. Harrison.
In the government building the post
Office dispatched 7, ,9S7, 467 pieces Of mail
matter during the worlds fair.
ELI J. HENKLE, who represented the
Maryland Fifth district In the Forty
fourth and Forty-fifth congresses, died
iu Baltimore,
OVER 100000 persons were fed on
the exposition grounds by the Yelling
ton Catering company during the faiss
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION
FlFTY-THlRp CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, Oct. 81. In tho senate
Senator Palmer tIlL) reported from
the pensions committee bill stipulat-
Ing that after July 4, 1903, no pension
shall be paid to n nonresident Unless
ne be a citizen Of this country, except
he has been actually disabled while
serving the United States In the
house the passage OF the silver purchase
repeal bill by the senate was reported
and It was placed In its regular order
on the calendar. Rev Edward Bagley,
pastor of the Christian church in Wash
ington, was selected chaplain to sue
ceed Rev. S w. Hadda way, deceased
WEDNESDAY, Nov. lin the senate
resolutions were offered by Senator
Hill cto amend the rules and pre-
vent endless filibustering, and providing
for an amendment to the rules, to au-
thorize the presiding officer to count a
quorum present but not voting. In the
house the senate silver repeal bill was
passed by vote of 1893 to %, and was
soon after signed by the president
The analysis of the vote shows that
1874 democrats, 6s republicans and
populist Cannon, Cal }, voted for con-
currencc, and 10 democrats, Is rcpub-
licans and populists against the mo-
tion.
THURSDAY, Nov. 2.-In the senate
a bill was introduced by Senator
Stewart New for the free coinage of
silver The house bill to amend the
act of May 8, 1892, prohibiting the
coming of Chinese persons uinto the
United States, was passed. In the house
resolution providing that congress
adjourn at s p. m. on the Sd was passed,
as was also a resolution allowing the
ways and means committee to sit dur
ing the adjournment. A favorable re-
port was made on the bill to admit
Utah rs a state in the union. A bill
was introduced by Mr. Cooper Gnd. J
authorizing states to tax national
bank notes and greenbacks, and all
other notes circulating as money.
FRIDAY, Nov s. The senate after
routine business adjurned sine die. In
the house final adjournment was also
taken,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
PRENDERGAST'S TRIAL.

The Trial OF the Assassin Of Mayor Car
ter H. Harrison OF Chicago to Degin
Monday, November 2i-R. A. Wurde
and Robert Essex, Attorneys. Retained
to Defend Him Their Line Of Defense
VIII be the Insanity OF Their Client.
CuCAGO, Nov. Long before the
hour set for the opening Of Judge Ed
ward +. Dunn's court in the old Grim
inal court building an idle crowd
gathered on the sidewalks opposite
and tried to run the gruntlct of de-
tectiTes, bailiffs and deputy shcriifs
stationed at every door. In the dinPy
courtroom nearly all tic persons we're
officers Of the law, citizens Summoned
for jury service, attorneys and news
paper representatives All those whd
could not show some authority or rca.
son for being in the courtroom were
excluded without ceremony.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
A CASU5 RELLI.


Our Flag Fire. Upon by Petty South
American Republic for Refusal to
Give mp n Refugee-Sevcn Cannon shots
Sent After tho Pacific Mall Steamer
Costa Rica-Threatened to Sink the ship.
La LIDERTAD,. HONDURAS, Nov. g.
Honduras fred upon the American flag
yesterday morning. BY the alleged
orders of President Marques and by
the express command of the commits
sioner of the port Of Amapata, seven
cannon shots were fred on the Pacific
Mail steamship Costa Rica, flying the
stars and stripes, as she steamed away.
because she refused to surrender one
of her passengers to the Honduras gov
ernment.
United States Minister Baker was on
board The Costa Rica at the time.
The passenger about whom the trou"
BILE arose is Policarpo Bonilla, who re-
Gently led the revolution In Honduras.
but was defeated by Gen. Vasquez-
We then fled to Nicaragua, and with
200 Of his adberents joined the army of
President SaCasa, who was engaged in
an attempt to quell rebellion. Bon.
lila had decided TO leave Nicaragua, in
order to relieve the government from
all responsibility of harboring him.
He therefore, sailed from Corinto for
Guatemala on November 4, on the
Costa Rica.
American Minister Baker and more
than 100 other persons were his fellow
passengers. They arrived Sunday
morning at Amapata, a port Of entry
of Honduras, on the Pacific coast, and
nt - ,'p1nnly In tla nf nftnrnnnp
mander of the Port Villa demanded
that Capt Dow should surrender Bon
lila. When this request was refused
Il threat was made to sink the ship.
and it was asserted that President Var
quez had given strict orders to that ef-
feet. This, with an official protest
against the refusal to surrender Bon
lila. was presented to the captain at 8
o'clock and clearance papers were
only issued to the ship after nightfalf.
when il was too dark to leave the har-
Dor with safety.
A government official came on board
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning say
ing that new orders had been re-
ceived from the president insisting on
the delivery of Bonilla or the BON.
bardment of the ship. Capt. Dow re-
piled that the commander of the port
would receive his answer in half an
hour, but before that time had expired
he steamed away.
Seven shots were fired after tho
Costa Rica, although she flew the
American flag. None of the shots
struck her, however, but it is feared the
steamship City of Panama, of the
same line, which was lying in port,
may have been injured, because the
firing continued for some time after
the Costa Rica was out of range.
The congress of Honduras has con-
ferred upon President Varquez full
power to make war upon Nicaragua
whenever IA revolution or an invasion
of revolutionists from that republic