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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-04
HIS MOTHsR,s sIsLE
The Book on Which President Cleveland
Took the Oath of Onice.

The Book on Which President Cleveland
Took the Oath of Ofice.
Among the relics stored away in the
clerks Office of the supreme court OF the
United States, writes Washington cor
responder, of the Philadelphia Times.
is handsome morocco-covered Bible of
large octave size. 1t is the Bible that
was purchased eigh: years ago to nd
minister the oath of office to President
Cleveland at his Inauguration on March
4. 1t had been the invariable custom
before the Inauguration of Mr.. Cleve-
land to purchase Bible for use at the
Inauguration ceremony and to present
this interesting memento Gfterward TO
some member of the presidents family.
Following this custom, the clerk pur-
chased Bible to use in the inaugura-
ton of President Cleveland, but Mr..
Cleveland notified the committee of ar
engagements of the senate that he wished
to take the oath on the Bible given 10
him by his mother when, as a young
man, he started out in the world 10
make his fortune. The committee nat
uraIly respected this sentiment Of the
president-elect and so Mr.. Cleveland
took the oath on his mothers Bible IL
was small book, morocco bound and
gilt-edged So far as is known here,
Mr.. Cleveland still has the book, and in
the belief that it will be used at the
coming ceremony the clerk Of the SUI
preme court has not purchased a
Bible to be used on that occasion It
was planned four years ago to use the
Bible purchased in 1885 at the ceremony
of 1889; but after considering the mat
ter the clerk determined to purchase
another Bible for Mr.. II arrison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-04
TERRE BoNNE's SALAMANCA.

Wonderful Snake Charming by an Old
Negro Voodoo Woman La Louisiana
An aged negress of great repute as a
''voodoo," or witch doctress, among the
negroes of this section, writes CORE
spondent from Tcrre Bonnie, La, ac-
cording to the Chicago Times, is attract
ing much attention, not only from
those of her own color, but from the
more intelligent portion of the com
munity, and the way IN which she does
this is TO apparently swallow a num-
Der of small snakes of variety IN
known in this section. They are Of a
duslzy color, nearly black, pied with a
duh green about the fiat head, and of
dirty white in the belly. These rep
tiles remain secreted about old Nance's
cabin until she gives peculiar wllis-
ting call, when they viii come 30 her,
wriggling in great haste over the Aoor,
up her dress, and run into her open
mouth, kissing hideously. They disap-
pear and remain hidden sometimes for
minutes. She asserts that they are con-
cealed IN her stomach until she recalls
them, when they Will come pouring out
to writhe about her scraggy neck and
coil in her bosom
Where the snakes really go when
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-04
HiGH-PRiCEO FOOD.
Tobacco and Gold q Par on the Upper
Yukon River, Alaska

a II
Yukon River, Alaska
r. D. Miles, a recent visitor in San
Francisco, gives the Call graphic &C
count of the prices current for ordinary
commodities on the upper Yukon river,
Alaska
He has, according TO the Call, just re-
turned from that country, where, he
states, there were over one hundred
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars and
riffs The majority of them will winter
in that country.
We'll, I'll tell you, l am glad to get
back to civilization again he said.
Gold IS PLENTIFUL in fact it is an ordi-
nary trick for a man to wash out from
twenty to sixty dollars a day, but
man needs all that to live anyway COM
Portable in that country, and he has but
little to show after 4 season of hard
work
when 1 left that country trader
with small stock OF goods was making
his way up the river from some of the
coast trading points in canoe. In
fact he had several of them loaded with
provisions He was assisted in his jour
ney by half a dozen Indians.
We'll, when he left, after selling out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in four
or five months of steady work
''We ran short IF provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
SO long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatables
We'll, this trader-his name was En-
mons-sold the several sacks of spuds
he had with him at the rate of from
thirty 20 fifty cents per potato.
ellis flour sold for twenty dollars a
sack, and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars pound for the very
poorest quality of tea he had with him.
He had several sides of bacon in his
stock, which he disposed of at about
one dollar slice. few sacks OF the
despised bean brought one dollar a
pound.
1--WE had been out of tobacco for near
~ two months, and had drawn but lit
tie solace out of pipefuls of dried leaves
and moss. When this fellow appeared
on the scene we took him 10 our hearts
as benefactor and gave him ounces of
gold for plugs of tobacco. An ounce of
gold brings sixteen dollars in Alaska
and nineteen dollars at the mint here.
eve bought hundredweight of on
ions, for which we were assessed six
ounces of gold.
Il tell you what, we poured ont the
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and he
had so much Of it don't think would
like to take the contract TO pack it from
here to the city hall
You must not think from this up
palling price list that we were starving
to death. We had plenty of game and
fish, but that kind of grub pals on the
appetite"
The boys" however, appear to have
rnade money on the Yukon river bars.
Mr. Miles states that ali of them have
%'sSales," and he came down TO Victoria
with several of them who had cleaned
up" from twelve thousand dollars to
twenty-eight thousand dollars apiece.
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sEzAroR C K. DAVIS

common school and collegiate e6ura-
ton. graduating from the University of
Michigan In June, 1887; is a lawyer by
profession; was first lieutenant IN the
Wisconsin infantry.
ls52-'64, was member of the Minnesota
legislature in 1867; was u lied States
district attorney for Minnesota, 1863
80: was governor of Minnesota, 1874
rs; was elected 10 the United States
senate, as a republican. 70 succeed Hon
s. j. r. Mcmillan. republican, and took
his seat March :. 1851 His term Of seTv-
Ice will expire March S, 1929.
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ICELAND a DESERT.
IRter1or OF the Country Howlins Vast
of sand and fee

IRter1or OF the Country HowlinS Waste
of sand and fee
Iceland IS little better than desert.
The peculiar confguration renders in
tercOurse difficult, and. along with the
baTrenness of the soil, makes the con-
ditions of existence strangely hard
People with so little to make life at
tractive might be pardoned if they were
10 sink into a stolid Indifference to
everything but the struggle to keep
alive, says the Atlantic.
The size of Iceland is greater than
that of ireland, and the population
numbers seventy Thousand souls: but
the only inhabi5able portion is q mar
row strip of pasture land extending
like green girdle round the coast and
up the deep, narrow fcrds The in
terror Of the country is bowling waste
Of sand and ice, traversed by darting
glacial rivers and utterly incapable of
supporting more than few scattered
inhabitants. Grass Is the only consid-
cradle crop. The hills and valleys are
treeless and afford at best but scanty
pGsturage for horses, cows and sheep.
Roads and bridges scarcely exist.
A Danish merchant at Reykjavik has
q wheeled carriage, but in the interior
such q conveyance is unknown and
would be useless II known. The backs
of horses are the only means OF trans
portation across country. Small boats
carry travellers over dangerous rivers,
while the horses swim on ahead. Hard
lV ANYTHING that ministers To comfort
10 sly nothing Of luxury, is produced
in Iceland. Every nail in an Icelandic
house, every pane of glass, every bit OF
wooden flooring, every insignificant bat
OF furniture, has to be transported
labo1iously from one of the seaports to
its destination.
That tho Icelanders are poor goes
without saying. There is little or no
home market, for every Icelander has
the same products to sell as his neigh
Dor. The circulation of money is,
therefore, very small II farmer has
direct dealings with the agents for
foreign markets, and is sufficiently
prosperous to have little surplus each
year, he may handle little money, but
In general the trading at the seaports is
literally trading. An Icelander bar
ters certain number of horses or sheep
or rolls of dried fish or bales of hay for
a supply of groceries and other neces-
saries of life.
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Fanny KIND Of Lunch.

A well-known New Yorker OF con
ylvlaI habits has for many years, upon
his return home late 81 night INDUCED IA
q rlce-puddinE lunch which was a. 7e a7s
left on The kitchen dresser by his good
wife The other Eight he arrived home
sonewhat the worse for his days &C.
bsnch- In the dim light left burning
low he spied his favo-ite dish ana ATE
the contents The Eext morning MS
vile missed seven lzce collars shs had
left Il ne starch over night
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-04

Mr.. DePeyster-'Marie, dear, we
are very poor. and you must be less ex-
travagant. l am sure palmer gowns
would be just as becoming TO you"
Mrs. DePeyster-''Certainly, darling.
l shall have one made immedistely."-
Boston Budget.
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From Romance to Real life.

The famous Oaks plantation in South
Carolina has been sold for the phos-
phate deposits on it The plantation
played conspicuous part in several of
Simms' novels, and Marion and his men
were often encamped there.
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cusHmAN x. DAVIS

Reelected United States seaaeor from
Minnesota
Cushman Kellogg Davis one OF the
senators from Minnesota, had a hard
time TO secure reelection but got
there after brief but fierce legislative
struggle. senator Davis is exceedingly
popular with the common people"
He was born in Henderson. jefferson
county. y. Y, June i6, ISIS; received a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-04

This Is an entirely new wrinkle. ~
observed the elderly spinster, rs she got
full view of her check for the first
time IN triplcate mjrror.-ChicaCo
Tribune
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SOMEBODY'S COMING HOME.

Slime, o glorious day, shine clcarl
Scatter ;he clouds with the suns bright ray,
Gladdest and best, o day most dear!
Somebody's coming home to-day.
Sing, o little brown bird in the tree,
Marble your cheeriest roundel3y,
Wake al the echoes of woodland giee,
Somebody's coming home to-day.
Laugh, o babe on my knee, with ioyl
Clap your hands in the ncrriest way,
Somebody II come 10 his baby boy,
Somebody's coming home to-day.
Ring. o bells OF my heart, ring outl
Ring al the sadness and gloon away;
Ri1g away loneliness, fear and doubt
Somebody coming home today.
Ada Simpson Sherwood, in Good Hou sekeep-
Ing.
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left II he starch over nigh;
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-16

Tho 9. A. Il. BestoWs . TestinAonlal Hov
Its Re eeptioa at 8iehnooA.
RICHMOND. March M-In recognition q
the attention shown several thousand oG
the Grand Army men who visited Rich.
mond lest fall, after the encampmsnt OF
the g. A. r. ut Warrington City. . COM
mittes Was formed to present Q suit
able testimonial In return SoP the
kindness shown. It was ersed
that the eastern ward q the
Soldiers home here should b 6nished a
testimonial The committee appointed
for the purpose had the ward handsomelv
and comfortably fitted up with the latest
improved hospital furniture, and Il will b
. lasting monument Of the existing friend.
ship between the camps Of the North and
South.
A delegation from the Grand Army n.
rived this evening and formally preaentsd
tho ward to the home. John Jackson
made the presentation on behalf OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and N. v.
Randolph, in . few well-chosen remarks.
accepted the trust on behalf OF the home.
Patriotic and touching addresses were
then made by Corp. Tanner, Col Douglas.
Gen. Walker, B. H. Warner and Mayor J.
Taylor Ellison. The committee vas then
banquetted and moro speechmaking in
dulgod in.
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and ex-Deputy Gobron should hays thu
same punishment meted out to them as
would be imposed upon Charles de Les
seps. He maintained that the govern
ment did the best it could to bring every-
thing to light. and denounced Charles de
Lesseps as having used articles to throw
dust in the eyes of the jury in q similar
manner to his use of artifice to obtain aub-
scrioers to the Panama lottery bonds. He
contended that the evidence confirmed the
guilt of the defendants. aud be closed his
address with graphic description of the
poverty, misery and general ruin that the
Panama canal undertaking wrought
throughout France.
In the arguments of the counsel for the
defense. Legasse contended that the gov
eminent had shrunk from instituting pro
ceedings against all the offenders con-
cerned in the case. and argued vehemently
that the scandal would not cease until the
whole truth was revealed. Rou,.elle smoke
in . similar Tone
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NO HoPE FOR THE NAnoNro.

The Fastest Freight Boat on All sntie-
Vessel and Cargo Worth 81 ZOO. 900.
NEW YORK. March 15-The White Star
line twin screw steamer Naronic is Just
thirty-two days from Liverpool without
having been seen or heard from, and the
agents of the line in this city admitted this
morning that they had given her up q
lost. The local manager of the line said:
We still hope she may b safe, but Il does nos
look a. II she 10 adoat, for almost every part OF
the Atlantic is traversed by steamers or sailing
vessels. and she would in all probability have
been sighted bad she been atioat II II should
be possible that the .Naronic Ii stiu afoat and
Numbering sixty in all. are not suffering from
want - yet, iof she was we'll pfovisioned and
nad . sumcient quantity of canned and sooA
food In stores aud cargo to last three months.
1.-THE Naronic was launched May Is, 1892 from
the yards OF Harlan d woi6 at Belfast. She has
gross register Of 1854 tons and she 10 40 fees
long. She has So feet beam and depth OF b old
OF So feet inches. Hsr shsathing II double.
with compartments for water ballast, and Oh y
fitted for every improvement to carry cattle
She was especially designed for that trade, and
mas moro advantages for that special line OF
freight than any other vessel aaoat Her two
decks will accommodate l.050 head. On the
previous trip Of the Naronio her speed aver ago
was llN knots an hour and she made the jour.
nsy of s.ol5 miles in 10 days - hours and %
minutea September last she crossed the oc aan
at the rate of 1907 knots an hour. On her lrst
trip to this side she crossed in days hours
and 81 minutes, the fastest maiden trirssyer
made for the distance BY freight boat On her
trial trip shs averaged better than Is knota. The
ship 10 one OF the most powerful freight stsam-
ships adoat She IL commanded BY Can't
William Roberts. one Of the most corApeteao
navigasors now in charge OF any steamer. He
has been in the marine service fifteen y0ars and
for i've years he has been Q commapsasr. He
was At one time commander Of the White star
steamer Adriatic The Naronio left Liverpool
at $50 o'clock on the morning Of February IL
with 400 tons OF general cargo. valued at hun-
dreds of Thousands Of dollasA The vDsool n
worth &5oo,ooo She had seventy people on
board when she sailed for this port and thooo oe
their relatives and friends who aro on this sado
are almsss In dsspair.l
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The UniveFsity Bill Has Become . Law
With the Emergency Clause.
TACOMA. March 1a-[Special. ]-Rspre-
sentative Edmond 8. Meany was in the
city today, and was happy over tho infor.
nation he had received from Olympia to
the effect that Gov. McGraw had approved
and signed the university law. which will
put the university at the head Of all tho
states educational institutions. Mr..
Meany said:
Do you know that among all the excellent
provisions OF that law there II one In which
took the kesnsst kind Of dslightf When was
attending the university had to pay my way
BY carrying papers. delivering milk, sweeping
out churches and doing all kinds of work 70
make . living IL was . hard struggle, and
know OF lot Of young men who are
now going through exactly the same
trying experience. The law Just enacted
makes tuition free, and a. there 10 an
emergency clause 20 the Law it takes effect today
- the governor signed the bill last night These
young men aud all other students attending the
university do not need - pay another cent Of
tuition lee and they can hereafter enjoy the
privilege OF getting IN education At the uni
versity without cost. except in the case Of art
studies or such special courses Of learning not
embraced In the regularly established cur
yiculum.
Pupils pay this week in advance for one
quarter. Those who have already paid
will undoubtedly have the money 20 paid
returned to them. Mr.. Meany believes,
when it is known that the university bill
went into effect at once.
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William McAdoo, of New jersey. and
EdHard 3. Whitnex. NJ Nsx Vat

william McAdoo, of New jersey. and
Edward B. Whitney, OF New York.
WAsHIsGroS CRY, March 15.-President
Cleveland has sent the following nomina-
tions TO the senate: William McAdoo. Of
New Jersey. assistant secretary of the
navy; Edward B. Whitney, of New York,
assistant attorney general. vice Abraham
Y. Parker. resigned.
lWiliam McAdoo is an ex-representatsye from
New jersey, having been a member of the Forty.
eighth. For,y-ninih, Fift.eth and Fifty.arst
congresses. He is Q native OF Ireland, where he
vas born on October .. 1s5s, and brought to
this country when child. his parents setting
In Jersey City. After receiving . good common
school education he entered the law ONCE Of ex.
Congressman Scudder, ana became q mem Der OF
the state bar in 1874 He had been counsel to
the municipal board In Hudson county. In his
state and has been . mem Ger OF the Ierisls.u "a
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Gov. McGraw Signs q Measure
Of Benefit to Farmers
FOURTEEN BILLS
REMAIN.
The Appropriations Still Undergoing
the Scrutiny Of the Executive.
Ne AppointDsnts 60 Ne Nade Untll BILLIE
Are Dispessd ef-Port Townsend
Diseussiag Posslble BearA Of Health
Appo1ntnoats.

OLYMPIA, March 15-lSpecisl.J J-0ov.
McGraw today approved senate bill 100,
providing for the establishment of . sys-
TEN of improved roads in counties and
providing for the manner Of laying out,
constructing and maintaining the same.
This is the measure introduced by Senator
Donahue and known ~ the Lewis county
road bill. Much is expected Of it in inn
proving the roads of the state.
The governor still has fourteen bills in
hand undisposed Of Tho time in which
he may veto any bill or part of bill will
not expire until next Tuesday nigth, and
he may find the entire time necessary in
which to dispose of the measures that are
yet awaiting executive action.
The most perplexing problem with
which he has to deal 10 of course the gem
eral appropriation bill, and it may Be sew
eral days before this measure will have
been pruned sufficiently to b ready for
his signature. While it il not known just
what items will be stricken out, there 10
no doubt but that the total will be ma
terially reduced.
Among the measures yet to be considered
is the one providing for . state road
through the Cascades by way of the pass
north of Mt. Baker, which, it 10 conf
IDENTIFY expected by itA friends, will be
approved. Tho general revenue bill
has not been acted upon, and if
the governor has not yet perused it,
no will find it necessary to devote . day of
his administration to the absorbing mar
rative contained in its $50 sections. Other
important measures in the unsigned list
are the capitol building. land commission,
state fair, railroad fence, civil practice and
official fee bills.
The governor Is being stormed with sp-
plications and recommendations for ap-
pointments to places on the various state
boards and commissions, but he proposes
to pass upon all the bills yet undisposed
Of before taking up appointment matters,
and consequently no commissions will be
issued until next week, if then.
The old question a. to the validity Of
the provision setting apart tract Of COM
mon school land for the site of the new
university is being agitated, but as ample
provision has been made for the protection
of the common school interest in the land,
and for an income to the common school
fund from it, it is improbable that the OBJ
lection raised will b considered - having
any force.
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LINCOLN. Neb.. March 15.-Representa-
tive Irwin. Populist, from Platte county,
introduced resolution in the house today
calling for the appointment Of committee
OF five to draft articles of impeachment
against the board Of public lands and
buildings for malfeasance in Office and
neglect Of duty in connection with frauds
at the state penitentiary. Tho reading Of
the resolution caused something of a sem
sation. One objection was made to its Inn
mediate consideration and it went over
until tomorrow. The present state officers
affected by the resolution are Attorney
General Hastings. Secretary of State Allen
and Commissioner Humphrey.
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AI8Omooto On DOM 0t0e0 C00GI I'd Cd
Little Public Interest 1t the Close.
Pans. March l5.-Interest in the PAN
anna canal trial has been waning since the
conclusion Of the testimony, and the At
tendance in court today WAS compare
lively small. Counsel for defense made
their arguments, and the advocate general
spoke for the prosecution. He made
somewhat extended reference 10 Freyci-
net, Floquet and Clemenceau in connec-
ton with the scandal. defending the
course they pursued and justifying the ad-
vice they gave Charles de Lesseps. to COM
ply with the demands made upon him
rather than become involved in . lawsuit
with Baron de Reinach. The speaker then
turned his attention to Fontane and
Blondin, both Of whom he denounced in
strong terms.
He then declared that the explanatio
made by Sans Leroy. that he reinveeted
800, ,0G0 francs Of MS vife's dowry Just at
the time he was charged with having ac-
cepted that sum from the canal company
for changing his vote on the Panama lot
terry bonds bill, would not hold wster.
The advocate esnsRA demanded that de.
lsnd&nts Osyuty Dogus q Lafaneean8is
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WAsHINsroN CIrY, March 15-The Nas
says: Secretary Carlisle expects to have
ready to submit some financial PROPOSITIONS
by the time congress meets. which will
form the basis of an agreement between
congress and the executive on the finan-
cial problem. A gentleman who talked
with him on the subject says he has plan
pretty we'll outlined in his mind, which
will involve the complete reorganization
of our financial system. It is said that it
will include the repeal Of the law compell-
ing the purchase OF silver by the govern
ment. and will provide for . deficiency
currency BY providing for the repeal of the
state bank tax and the issue Of currency by
the banks under state charter, under the
general supervision Of the government,
the security for this currency to be pro-
vided for under the laws Of the states. but
requiring the approval Of the government.