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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
AN ELECTRICAL DETECTIVE.
The Novel Manner in Which a Murderer
Was Brought to Confession.

Those who are accustomed to fire.
quent the courts in which the murder
cases are tried find themselves drift
ing into the habit of attaching great
significance TO actions, gestures and
expressions which, under ordinary cir
cumstances would escape notice. A
prominent electrical journal relates
how this habit led TO the conviction of a
murderer, through the aid of electric
ity. The murder had been one of I'M
wonted atrocity, and the prisoner APP
peared absolutely Indifferent. In fact,
it was impossible for the keenest eye
to detect any change in his counte-
nance or attitude during the examiaa-
ton of the witnesses, who gave the
most damaging testimony against him.
The prosecuting attorney. however,
noticed that he never once relaxed his
hold on the arms OF the chair in which
he sat, but seemed to support himself
by the pressure which he brought to
bear on them. Knowing that under
intense mental excitement no matter
how outwardly calm an individual may
be. the hands will involuntarily con-
tract and relax according to the
intensity OF the emotion and the sus-
ceptibilitv of the person affected, the
counsel saw here a chance of securing
evidence of great value. He thought
that if the arms of the chair could only
be made to communicate the pressure
of the invisible contractions of the
muscles of the hands and arms of the
witness. an important light might be
thrown on the case. He called an cleo
trician to his aid, and during the alb
sence of the prisoner from the court
room the arms of the chair were re-
moved and split in half and in each was
placed hard carbon plate, which
served as d variable resistant. Wires
were run from metal. plates. placed on
either side of the carbon, through the
legs of the chair and under the floor to
telephone receiver and battery placed
in an adjoining closet. The arms were
again upholstered and the chair re-
placed. Every increase IN pressure on
the arms OF the chair now affected the
carbon, which acting as a ira usmitter,
caused sounds to issue from the mouth
of the receiver. On the resumption of
the trial a court official was placed in
a closet and by series of signals ar
ranged beforehand signitied the feel
ings of the prisoner as they were be-
trayed through the muscles of his
hands. The main points against the
prisoner We're thus determined. They
were presently formula ted and read to
him in privacy, and he wa, so overcome
that he made confession OF his crime.
Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
An Ancient TIle

One of the minor titles borne by the
sovereigus of England ever since the
accession Of the house of Hanover is
Sacri Romani Imperii, Arehi-Thesaur-
US, arch-treasurer of the Roman en-
pire. The title dates back to Fred
ericb, the Elector Palatine. who held
the office stated. but for ages after his
time its duties were performed by
deputy. They DO not relate to the
treasury. but 10 certain matters con-
2eeted with public ceremonies. TWAS
originally the right of this official to
carry the crown before the emperor at
the coronation and to distribute coins
as iargess among the people during
the ceremonies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
CARDINAL Gibbons was made vic;

Cardinal Gibbons was made vicar
apostolic of North Carolina with the
rank and title of bishop in 1860. and
was consecrated August Is of that year
by Archbishop Spalding, Of the cathe-
dral in Baltimore. In 1877 he.w APP
pointed coadjutor to Archbishop
Bailey, Of Baltimore, with the right of
succession. October 3, of the same
year, on the death of Archbishop
Bailey, he succeeded to the vacant see.
June 80, 1858, the day of his silver jI-
bilee as priest. he was invested with
the insignia of his rank as prince of
the church. March II, 1887, he received
the red hat at Rome.
One of the notable features of the
cardinals jubilee exercises viii be the
singing of the famous Sistine Chapel
choir from the Vatican. This choir,
composed of forty voices. will sing at
the worlds fair by special permission
81 the pope Before proceeding to Chi
cago the pope's singers will visit Balti-
more This is the first time the Nati-
can choir has ever been permitted to
leave Rome an organization.
CURTIS j. MAR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

for some time in discarded bureaus and
boxes until a secondhand dealers Gus
toner came across it by accident.
Somehow news Of the find" leaked
out, and there was some spirited bid
ding for the goods. AT last a well
known young man became the pur-
chaser. and there is an impression
abroad that he may have secured ma
terial for good article about Mr..
Cleveland.
The houses formerly occupied by the
president in New York are frequently
visited by curious persons, who gaze
intently upon the front doors and win
dows, and sometimes ask TO be admit
ted. Indeed, one southern democrat
actually tried to chip G piece from the
brown stone orpamentiou of the
facade, but happily the mania is not
so acute in every ease.
DAVID WECKsLER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

celebration. Fitz John Porter is chiefly
happy now because he may write II.
S. A" after, his name y 1t is distinc-
ton that greatly fiatters him. In the
directory the only indication of his
business in life is the iteration of these
@hree magic letters. 1t was truly a
magnificent vindication for the man.
The general is charming man in con-
versation. His anecdotes are among
the best that become current in New
York. The eminence thrust upon him
owing to the combination of circum-
stances that brought his name before
the public not long ago is frequently
source Of difficulty to him. Veterans
viii get an impression that he has an
immense military pull" and they be-
siege him with applications to exert it
in their behalf. There is no present
prospect of his accepting an offer to
enter the service of the Spanish gov
.ernnent as military chief of staff. al
though the general has had numerous
opportunities of this kind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

that let4ertfrom Delegate Satolli to
Archbishop Corrigan has been pub
lished wherein the former recon-
mended,tosthe latter the restoration OF
the deposed, pastor in accordance with
the petition signed by fifty thousand
of the Catholics of New York. But no
one has yet revealed publicly that
Archbishop Corrigan wrote to the
propaganda urging that Satolli be per
emptorily instructed to refuse to re-
ceive this petition. He argued that
his PERSONAL honor as New York &C.
Observation-Disclosures would be assailed, de
facto, by the presentation of the petit
ton to the delegate, inasmuch as the
propagandasitself had sanctioned his
;Corrigan'sG action in the Burtsell
case. But Hbefore any instructions
could eman:a.e from Rome the petition
of the fifty thousand had been most
cordially received by the delegate,
and the communication sent by
the propaganda had, therefore, no
effect. The apparent contradiction
between the apostolic delegates
view Sof the case and the utter
anees given out by Father Con-
nolly, the archbishop's secretary,
during Mgr. Satoili's visit to New York
last month are thus in a measure ex-
plicable. Father Connolly said DR..
Burtsell wouldiremain.w where he was,
but, Of: course. thelipfallibility of the
Holy Father is notfshareds by the New
York priest. Indeed. there is a new
aspect of DR.. -Burtsell's case, and, while
it's true that the propaganda has sus-
tained% Archbishop Corrigan SO far,
newly discovered evidence would re-
suit in the reopening of the matter,
and that this is to be done there exists
high authority for believing.
1t is to no less person than Father
Rocker, whose coming is a matter of
infinite speculation to Catholics, that
the Burtseu champions look. Every
well-informed person in New York is
convinced that this reverend gentle
man~has with him documents that will
operate sensationally upon archiepis-
copal intrigue.
Fragments of private interview be-
tween Satolli and Corrigan are getting
into circulation. That the delegate
knew of the archbishop's letter to the
propaganda appears certain, but they
did not discuss the subject. Instead
there was a hint, delicately made, but
obvious, that Archbishop Corrigan is
too closely affiliated with an organiza-
ten which from social concern has
become political power. The Tam
many tiger has relieved the monotony
of City hall vistas by an occasional
roar in the vicinity of the cathedral.
The roar has rolled to Rome and has
not made a favorable impression.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
THE POPE's MEDAL.

five years ago this summer Cardinal
Gibbons was consecrated bishop, and
the silver anniversary of his elevation
to that high Office in the church fell on
August 16. AS the cardinal was called
away from Baltimore from time to
time, having to meet Mgr. Satolli, the
pope's special delegate in America. to
attend the Catholic congress at Chi
cago and other meetings and con-
ferences Of vital interest to the church,
it was decided to celebrate his silver
jubilee on October Is, when the an.
niversary of his conservation as arch
bishop of Baltimore will also be close
at hand. So it will be double cele
bration that will bring all the prin
cipal dignitaries of the Church of
Rome to Baltimore and 1 am informed
by those high up in Catholic church
affairs in the United States that this
big gathering will be memorable one,
as it is the first celebration of the kind
ever held in this country. It will
tend to cement the friendly relations
that the pope has so earnestly en-
deavored to bring about between the
church rulers in this country through
the diplomacy of Mgr. Satolli. No one
has pretended to deny that there have
been differences between some of the
American prelates, and Cardinal Glib
bons' jubilee will bring all the dissatis-
fed church rulers together.
Mgr. Satolli will celebrate the pom
titical mass At the jubilee services in
the cathedral at Baltimore. He will
also preach sermon, in which it is ex-
pected he will say many thinrs that
will tend to strengthen the bonds of
harmony that the pope desires should
exist among his trusted guardians of
the faithful in the United States. It's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
che uiehta aay Eaele Saturday 7niuu September 80, 1881

consequence is that the whole college
is Latining it at great rate.
Carter Harrison is among the many
who take deep interest in the affair,
and he is preparing an address of well
come to the players written by himself
in the Latin tongue. This he proposes
to perpetrate as prologue when the
collegians get to Chicago. 1t will GER
tainly possess the distinction of being
the first speech in the tongue of Cicero
officially delivered by municipal
chief magistrate in the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

Flautus, is the occasion of all this.
Father j. t. Y. O'Conor is coaching
the boys and the college theater is
used for rehearsals. Each lad must
acquit himself faultlessly in the mat
ter of pronunciation and gesture.
Some of these young fellows can now
go through their lines IKE veteran
homans, and are able to speak the
tongue of Plautus only little less flu
emily than their native one. President
Cleveland means to witness the play,
which the boys will produce next
month at Chicago.
Meanwhile the boys who are not to
act IN the piece are consoling them
selves by bawling contemptuous crit
6isns in Latin at the actors. The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

republic of Flor
e n ce installed
her elected mag
mates would be
beggared by an
a CO II ra t e acS
count of what
New York has
accomplished in
the same line.
The ceiling over
Mr.. Gilroy's
head is a real
lied dream Of
luxury in baS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

The vacancy in the Order or the
Garter caused by Lord Derby's death
is still untitled This highiy-valued
honor is said to lie between Lord Duff
ferin, and Lord Aberdeen.
Tim" Tiernev. who began service
with the Burlington & Missouri rail-
road as track-layer in 1886. has been
in the employ of the company ever
since He is now over eighty year.
old. and is fagman at Denver. He
says that he might hare been president
of the road BY this time Il he had had
little better education to begin with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

Russell Webb, is
still waging his
war for Islam in
New York and
having all sorts
Of experiences
while doing SO.
The Koran con-
vert has a habit
of going about
our S tree t S in
what he may not
term civilized at
tire, but which
is SO styled in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

a revival of elias
sic periods on q
very extensive
scale. The flow
er of academic
youth there dis
ports itself daily
in togas. buskins
and Ii o W i n 2
white lawn, be-
81 d c 5 strutting
and declaiming
in I h c II O 5 t
rhythmic Latin.
The play OF the
Captive" that
masterpiece o {
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

icile just before
the election last
year was over
hauled to fit it
for the subse
quent tenants, a
great deal of pa
per and other
things relating
to this eminent
democrat were
discovered. The
material seems
to have reDOSed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
ICoPYRIGHr, 1881

Catholic prelates and laymen from
many cities east and west will assemble
join in a double celebration in honor
of his eminence Cardinal James Glib
bons, the only living cardinal of the
Roman faith in this country. Twenty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

for the Aztec
cl u b celebra-
ton. He is the
official head of
the Aztec club,
which is a sort
of h ere ditary
military affair
based upon the
memories of our
far back war
W i t h Mexico.
The general viii
praSi6a NJ fba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
City Hall Splendor.

Mayor Gilroy has the most gorgeous
Office in which to transact municipal
business that ever was paid for by the
taxpayers of city. Even the descrip-
tions of the splendor amid which the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

''Old bachelors and old maids q spe-
cialty. is part of sign displayed be-
fore matrimonial agency in Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

Medieval doctors considered chips
from the gallows on which somebody
had been hanged a good remedy for
ague.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
A SILVER JUBILEE.
A Double Anniversary Celebra-
ton to Be Held.

A Big Gathering Of Preiates In Honor of
Cardinal Gibbons at tho Cathedral
in Baltimore from October
16 to October 10.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
Mohammed In New York

That most unique character in Amer
lea at present, Mohammed Alexander
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
CIeyeland DomicileA.

When the residence in which Grover
Cleveland took up his New York dom
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
Proud of His Initials.

Gen. Fitz John Porter is at present
very much occupied with preparations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
A Roman and His Captive..

The visitor to the college of ST.
trancis Xavier nowadays may witness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A New Light on DR.. Burtsen 8
Curious Case.
A Romsn and HIS Captives-Mayor Gilroy
~ Sybarite-What Fitz John Por-
ter Is Doiag-Mohammedan
In New York.
COPYRIGHT, 1891

The curious position in which that
eminent Roman Catholic theologian,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30

DIR. BurtSeu, IS
placed, SO far as
hi S restoration
to his old parish
in New Y ork
the Epiphany, is
concerned, C a n
b e readily ex-
planned. 1t will
b c remembered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
Attorneys Pocket Docket.

The Lawyers wade Necum," can be used in AZ
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
Notary Seals.

Seals for Notaries Public, Corporations, Stock Com
panies Lodges, Etc. Orders filled promptly. Ais
Stock Certificates for Corporations and Stock Con
panies either printed or Autographed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
Monograph.

800 copies from ono origina
Music, Etc. Of typewriter lei
be taken from one original.
10000 users, The EAGLE is a,
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Eva H. Goff to ] W. Thorn,
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Has II Occurred to You
That twenty DAYS Of '9s a

That twenty days OF '9s are
gomez
That Republican postmasters
will not ''be in it, long?
That the side walks ought TO
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That the public schools are do
ing good work?
Thatit is now His Honor j. N.
David. justice of the peace?
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That the TELEGRAM gets sew
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account OF the Worlds Fair and
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That the Worlds Fair and the
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jury to do your neighbor mean
trick is a poor business?
That the biggest flood we have
had for many years is likely to
come when the snow leaves us?
That many people care moth.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

New York Opera company at
Music Hall Friday Jan. 20. Seats
on sale at Nusbaums.
In the matter of railroad build
ing. weet Virginia stood sixth
among the States Of the Union in
the record Of 90
The rush TO Merriman,s store
for cheap shoes still continues.
Hundreds of shoes there vet and
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one.third the usual price.
Circuit Court coming as 1t did
in the midstof the "cold snap
was about the only thing that
saved our city from q siege OF
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nels is slack. The building in.
dustry is the most seriously hin
dered, and q large number OF
tradesmen are now out Of EN-.
ployment.
The venerable bear killer.
Joseph Linaweaver, succeeded
in staying another "bruin'' last
week. Berklsy Springs Mercury.
Rev. J. w. Shoemaker,aformer
West virginian, has returned to
his home at Fayetteville, Ala,
after spending several days in
our city. Mr.. Shoemaker's wife
was q former Harrison county
lady, but went with her husband
to Alabama eleven years ago.
Rev. Shoemaker was for time
located at Birmingham, and is
now regarded as one Of the lead.
ing ministers of his adopted
State and we are happy to note
that the adjustment of q long
pending legal matterin this State
enobled him TO carry to his home
and family in the South q hand
some sum ofmoney.
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+ The following Buckhannon
items are from the Delta.:
F. P. Jones, of Clarksburg, was
in the city on business last week.
Sheriff MARBLE has appointed
John S. Douglass, of Frenchtown.
as his deputy, and A. D. Post as
iailor.
Hon. A. B, Clark left for Char.
lesion on Saturday last, to take
his seatas o delegate in the State
Legislature.
The City Hotel has changed
hands; l. O. Waldo vaeating asd
Rowland Cobb and Son took pos
session on Jan. Cd.
Books are now open for sub.
scription to the capital stock OF
the Point Pleasant, Buckhannon
& Tygarts Valley Railroad Co.,
at the Office Of W. G. L. Totten,
Secretary, in Buckhannon, Up.
sher county, w. Va,
Miss Reta Heavner.s friends
will be glad TO know that she
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not deemed advisable for her to
return to this climate at this sea
son. She has entered Mt. Yer.
non Seminary, Washington, D. @
where she expects to study
French aud vocal andinstrument-
al music.
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Admir- j. T. Fariand dec .;

This letter speaks for itself,
making two things very clear:
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DR.. George M. Holt. DENTIST.
will be in his Clarksburg Office
February LIST, and remain 30
days. S6stf