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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
NOT QUITE READY
LOS ANGELES TRACK At LEAST
THREE SECONDS SLOW.
Consequently no Records are Broken
Though Great Hopes are Enter
tanned of Alix and Others as Well.
Directly Missed His Record Two

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 25.-Ten thou
sand people saw the crack PAGERS and
trotters of the country go against their
own records today. The track was at
least three seconds slow and no records
Were broken. Directly, the champion
two year old, went against his record
Of 2:07. but could only go in 2:09. Robert
j beat Joe Patchen IN the pacing race,
winning the first, third and fourth
heats in 2:0S, 2:07 and 2:08. Patchen
won the second heat in 2:13.
Emil UTRECHT, local bicyclist. raced
against Flying Jib and beat the PAGER
in 2:04. Jib's time was 2:07 UTRECHT
will race against Flying Jib again to-
morrow when the horse will be hitched
with running mate. AliX did not
start today but will go tomorrow. She
is said to be fit to break the record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
THE CROOKS YARN.

This Is Andy Cunmipgs' story Of tie
celebrated Pit;sfeld bank robbery
The Pit-sEeld hank ras a very solid
institution and could afford 70 lose good
s,iE load Of coin without going into bank
rup;cy. They put % al kind. Of jobs 20
locate everything IN the bank f-U-a tie
outside without showing themselves toe
prominently, and after several weeks go
an accurate idea O. all the operations ard
the habits q the clerks As a usual thing
there was very little business going or a;
she noon ho1r, and nssrly zil TIE clerk.
went OF. 20 dinner They s-sid szay
about half a. hoCr TIE cashier and prs
i5ent did Nc, leave Until after the clerks
=: back II they went cut az al before the
hank closed NJ, and az they WE'RE The 81
test marks she noon hour wss f1eS! b Abs
Taylor a. the time % DO h.s lirsle act
On Monday, which Is always the slow
est day II banks. r-osnp.lJ .; noon aba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
New Orleans Races.

New Orleans, Dec. 25.-Fifteenth day
of the Crescent City club winter meet
ing. Weather fine; track fast, attend
ance 10000.
First race-Six furlongs: G. B. Cox,
6 to l, won; Luke Parks, to l, second
Elberon, to ), third. Time lis.
Second-Six furlongs: Minnie Gee, 5
to 2, won; Panway, 10 to l, second; Ben
Wilson, II to l, third. Time 1:144.
Third-Handicap. five furlongs: Coria
3 to 2. won: Imp Pomgranite, 10 to /,
second; Flush, TO l third. Time
1:0l4.
Fourth-Christmas handicap. 81 900 to
winner; one mile and a furlong: Amelia
to /, won; Melody, to l, secondS Ma
riol. 20 to 1, third. Time 1:5i4.
F'ifth-One mile: Verd, 5 to 5. won;
Ten Spring, II to l, second; Alethia
Allen, to 1, third Time 1:42la
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
There Il Us. For the Shark.

The shark, much as the sailors may hate
1t, furnishes several valuable products.
An oil obtained from its liver vies in medic
inal qualities with that obtained from the
liver of the cod. Its skin when dried takes
the hardness and polish of mother of pearl
and is used by jewelers. for fancy objects,
by binders fog making shagreen and by
cabinet makers for polishing wood, while
the Chinese pickle its fins and think them
one of the greatest delicacies beneath the
kun.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
AS GOOD AS A MILE
norwegian Vessel just Misses q Huge
Waterspout Of Halter g.

Philadelphia, Dec. 25.-The Norweg-
ian steamer Guerley, Captain Taarvig,
which has arrived here from Port Nor
ant, Jamaica, with a cargo of bananas
mad narrow escape from destruction
by being swallowed up in the center Of
mammoth water spout which was
skiilfully steered clear Of, early on last
Sunday morning, to the southwark of
Cape Hatteras.
The Guerly after coming through the
Crooked island pass met with heavy
seas. and on Sunday had reached a po-
sition eighty miles south Of Cape Hat
teraS. The weather came in squally
and the sky indicated a bad storm. A
small cloud appeared on the horizon
growing rapidly larger in its proportion
1t was soon seen TO be a huge water
spout, making direct for them, travel
ing at marvellous rate of speed The
ships head was put around almost west
while the ocean monster shot past, just
clearing the starboard rail. 1t disap-
peared behind the southern horizon in
few minutes. and the rest Sf the voy-
age to this port was made N safety.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
CHINESE PUNlSHMENTS.
The Terrible Cruelty With Which Pris-
oners Are Often Treated.

The evildoer in China has hard time
Of it IL he is caught, for the punishments
inflicted are very cruel and would not be
! tolerated in moro civilized countries. Per
| haps it is because there is so little moral
force to keep the people in right ways that
physical force is so excessively employed.
However that may be, the few Chinese
newspapers frequently contain details OF
fortunes imposed upon offenders that are
equal TO any inflicted by Indian or African
savages.
The most common instrument Of tor
ture in Chinese Jail is the bamboo No
attention is paid to the law which provides
how many strokes of the bamboo rod may
be inflicted for certain offenses. Often the
executioner of the sentence infiicts 10 or
90 times as many blows upon the naked
victim as the law designates. The Shang-
hal newspapers awhile ago reported that
between 1900 and g, 900 strokes of the
bamboo had been laid upon the backs of
two ole persons who had been found guilty
of levying blackmail, and that in addi-
ton to this awful punishment their an
kles had been broken with an iron ham,
mer.
An educated Chinese who is practicing
law in this coustry made remarkable
excuse for the brutality of his countrymen.
He spoke of the absence of nerves. in
the Chinese said his people were appar-
emily not so susceptible to pain as most
other human beings, and on this account,
he argued, Chinese punishments are not
specially cruel. This testimony has been
directly contradicted by some of the mis-
sionaries in China.
The fact is that In some parts of the
country punishments are inflicted which
are not authorized by law and the govern
ment has tried in vain to put an end to
these cruel and Illegal practices. The Pc
king Gazette reported some years ago that
in some of the country districts of Yunnan
the people were in the habit of burning to
death any man who was caught stealing
from the fields grain or other agricultural
products They were liable TO punishment
themselves for such atrocities, but. they
took pains to see that there was no dangef
of a complaint being lodged against them.
They threatened the relatives of the cul-
prit with death if they made complaint
and ostensibly made them parties to the
crime by compelling them to take fagots
and light the fire themselves. This terri
BILE custom began to be practiced at the
time of the YUnnan rebellion, when the
people were in danger of starvation, and
no efforts of the government have since
awaited to extirpste it.
Books on China abound with instances
of unusual and almost unheard of cruelty
TO prisoners. Father Hue, in his TRAY
els, ;" says that on one occasion he saw a
number Of prisoners whose hands were
nailed TO the carts in which they were be-
ing taken TO jail He learned that the con-
stables had forgotten TO bring their shac-
kles with them and SO employed this
method of preventing their prisoners from
escaping. -New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
ON FIRE AT THE TOP.
Story Building Alb Tut Equally Dam
eyed Wuh Fire and Water.

Albany, n. Y. Dec. 25.-The upper por-
ton Of the handsome six story building
cf the Y. NJ. { A. adjoining the famous
Kenmore hotel, and located in the heart
OF the bushes district on the corner of
North Pearl and Steuben street, was dis
ted by fire tonight. The fire was dis
covered in the elevator shaft at 100
o'clock and before the firemen had ar
rived had spread over the entire upper
part of the building. A general alarm
was sounded and the firemen succeeded
in combining the flames to the top floors
The ground floor was leased to several
merchants and their damage by water
is heavy. The loss will reach nearly
$50 600, fully insured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
STOPPED A BULLET
Mrs. johnson Gets Between Her Hus.
band and a Wicked Gun.

Pittsburg. Pa, Dec. 25.-Robert
Johnston ard wife, of Webster avenue,
had for visitors today Danniel Heron
and wife Of Williamsburg. 1t appears
the whole party partook most freely
of liquor and late in the afternoon the
men Guarreled. Heron drew a revolt
Yer and was about to shoot Johnston,
when Mrs. Johnston stepped between
the men and received Ia A calibre bullet
in her breast, in the neighborhood of the
right lung. She will probably die
While Johnston went to summon a ply
stefan the Heron'S escaped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
DIGGING FOR SMELT.
The Queer Experience of a Visitor to the
Maine Shore.

A Boston sportsman who once made a
trip down the Maine shore, speaking of
his experiences, said:
Il fognd myself at ogunquis, a quie,
little place about so miles this side D.
Portland Il was a dirty, misty day. and
rs there was nothing going On at the no
tel / slipped into q maestntosh and
strolled down 70 the beach, where the surf
was pounding in with terrific din. The
tide WAS At lowest ebb, and so had quite
n long walk 10 reach the water edge
For awhile / watched the breakers ROLLINS
over each other. and then l started for a
little walk along the sand but a few feet
from the water
Presently l was surprised on looking
around 10 find number OF very small ard
almost trsnsuareEt Gsh. WIKI 1 took 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
LEFT THE SWITCH OPEN.
Brakeman's Carelessness Sends a passen
ger Train Into a Freight.

The Dalles, Ore, Dec. Pa wreck
occurred on the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company's road eight miles
west of this place this morning in
which Engineer Joe Reedy lost his life
Two freight trains were to meet the
west bound passenger at Summit sta
tho. The side track being too short
to accommodate these trains, a brake
man was sent east TO flag the passen-
ger train but he forgot to turn the
switch to the main track. No ! dash
ed around and crushed into the engine
Of the train on the Sidetrack Engin-
eer Reedy was sitting on his box in the
freight engine and was thrown under
heap of coal and the tender over
turned on that. The other trainmen
escaped with slight wounds and no pas
sengers were hurt A track was built
around the wreck and the train was de-
lcyed only about six hours
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Bridge Jumpers Long Leap.

Poughkeepsie, y. Y, Dec. 25.-Harry
Menier, the English bridge jumper, leap
ed from the top rail of the Poughkeep-
sic bridge with his parachute at lis
this afternoon. The parachute worked
successfully and Menier struck the
water in just eight seconds after he
started. He was picked up by his
friends, J. White of New York and S.
j. Hanton of Brooklyn. who were in a
row boat under the bridge. They row.
ed TO the west shore where they got
into wagon that was waiting for
them and We're driven to Milton, four
miles south of the bridge There they
took a train for New York. Menier
showed no apparent injury from his
perilous leap. Poughkeepsie bridge is
2l2 feet from the base of the rail to tide
water, which is about sixty feet deep.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
WENT UP IN SMOKE.
Six Acres Of Lumber Yard Licked Clean
by Fire.

Burlington, VT, Dec. pa fire
which started last night in the lath shed
Of the j. r. Booth Lumber yard was
not got under control until o'clock
this morning. The damage is $50. 600
From the lath shed the flames spread
TO the surrounding lumber and about
six acres was burned over All the
sheds were destroyed and heavy wind
carried the fire to the mills owned by
w. a. and G.. L. Crane, which were
burned. Twenty cars standing on the
Central Vermont tracks loaded with
lumber and merchandise and the Cen
trail Vermont engine house was also
burned. Almost 1000 900 feet of lumber
were destroyed. The insurance is
about $l95 600
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Texas.

Delaware Is not densely populated
state, but were Texas as thick-s peopled
her population would be about rs, 000 600.
Were Texas as numerously peopled a.
Massachusetts, her population would ex-
coed by 10, 600. geo the total population of
the United States, according 70 the census
OF 1890 More impressive still, If Texas
Were as densely peopled rs Rhode Island,
her population would be more than s., 600,
0o.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

was locked UP for drunkenness.
When he regained his sobriety he was
released and at once started in on an
other celebration. This time he took
Crawford with him and Gregory insist
ed IN hunting up Chief of Police Cup,
whom he declared he would do up.
When they saw Culp Gregory drew a
big pistol and shot at the officer, hitting
him IN the thigh. Culp returned the
fire and was joined by two of his pa
trolmen Gregory was hit four times
ana died Immediately. Crawford who
joined in the shooting, was hit twice
and will die tonight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Jack and Bob Chew Each Other.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. Pa fight
took place today between Jack a
thirty-five pound bull dog of Denver.
and Bob" weighing twenty-five
pounds, of Memphis. The match was
for $50 side. The Denver dog had
everything his own way in the first part
of the fight, but near the close the Mem
phis dog got a neck head on Jack
that came near finishing the contest,
and so weakened the Denver dog that
the best he could do was to make a
draw in one hour and forty minutes.
A second meeting has been arranged
to come off in five weeks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
KILLED BY 4 cow.
Mrs. Moons Frontal Bone Crushed by 8
Vicious K ok.

Newman's Grove. Neb., Dec. 25.-This
morning Mrs. Carrie Moon went out to
milk a fractions cow. AS she did not
return as soon as usual. her Children
went out and found her lying under the
COW dead. the COW having kicked and
stamped her to death. Death was i'm
mediate as the frontal bone was brok-
en- and crushed into the brain She
was widow, leaving five children, the
Oldest ten years of age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
SHOT FOR FUN.
Fresh Young Nan in It Joseph Commits
Wanton Murder,

ST. Joseph, No. Dec. 25.-This after
noon William Mentzell went into Blum
Brothers saloon and borrowed a revolt
Yer. saying that he wanted to get a
man" He was given a forty-four pis-
tol and walked out on the street. A
few minutes later ne met a young man
named Frank Tracy and without a
word. drew the pistol and shot the lat
ter through the bowels. Tracy died in
Eve MINUTES. Mentzell was locked up.
He claims that he did not intend TO
shoot Tracey and says that it was an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
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A Chance For britannia.

English Iachtsman "a few years hencel
Il have brought over my yacht and want
Q race Where is your courses
American Yachtsman (vho has pro6ted
By experience IN British wstsrsl-Cp the
Raritsn, thence 90 miles inland by canal,
returning IN a straight line overland I
shall Use canoe with wheels-New York
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

Barley Is the most widely diifused Of
any OF the grains. IL grows equally well
in LsplaDd and in the valley CT ;he Nile,
the only difference bling that In the Ia.-
ter cO2rtry il IS capable OF Producing two
crops year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
HUNTED UP HE CHIEF.

Union, s. c., Dec. 25.-A sensational
and fatal triangular street shooting
occurred here today.
Kent Gregory and Jack Crawford
two prominent farmers. came TO town
and succeeded in accommodating a large
quantity of Christmas lag" Gregory
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
In the Doctors Omce.

Doctor-You have an excess of adipose
tissue, madam.
Patient--Good gracious, doctor. do you
suppose that's what makes me so fat!-
Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
Nosiced hY Roth

Il notice" said the tall. pale girl with
the high forehead, that there is much
progress being made now in photograph
ing the stars.
''Oh. yes" answered the fluffy girl.
they ....,h,.n for Cigarette plctures!''-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

rerure r Wa rrGuo~1 - SIZE. IN iss9.
Custer oogufys - &onia-s, with - ARA
y - 90 Eniles. s2s ii.s iErgess eDzEcy b
H. United -ta.es- i Nss IS szteass=e z<
Massachusetts Mex Hampahire. C21Dec:-
CT, D<.ax4rs ard i.AS-s Island eoza-
-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
How She did L.

First Soubrette-Well, got ny salary
raised
Second Soubrette-How lid you do 80
First S0ubEstte-kicked for !t-Se0
York World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

TIE Spaniards gave the name Of Pueblo
dc Ia Re.na de les Angeles 20 the city ir
California Dow called " tie last two
words CT this Donderous 6ez.Sratica-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26

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With 'he brute Jrss e. 81 ~ srsslre
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my oaiss. ard shozillaf = aasses - i
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09
Lost 10 the World.
N. Y. Sun,

EveTy beiE viii he sorry of the mis-
ia that beten Ella Higginson, al
though sae may console herself with
The rejection that many others of
worldwide reputation would give
something i the same fate had over
taken their first books. The Reveille
SAYS
Over year ago The Reveille stated
tl5-t Ella Higginson was about to Is
sne, from the publishing house OF Lip
pincott, volume OF her poems. As
the lady Is the leading coast writer OF
verse and short stories this statement
was paragEaplled by the leading coast
papers and aroused considerable COM
n.ent But the volume did not ap-
pear, ana the lady's contributions to
t..e magazines grew fewer Idleness,
bowever. is not = characteristic OF Mrs.
Higginsen, and Tor several months her
contributions have again been f:e-
Quently noted, steadily improving in
scope and style. Il now developes
that tie entire volume OF poems in
manuscript was LOST over a year ago
while IN transmission TO the publisher.
No trace of the volume has ever been
found, and, a the lady had kept no
copies q : large portion OF the poems,
they are irretrievably lost The man
ilscript was shipped by Adams Express
company, and the company is still
making an effort TO find it. The vol
unle would have consisted OF abou.
go pages, third Of WHICH was entire
81 s,asr-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09
Test for 0Ie0margarine.

Most people can easily distinguish
between genuine butter and It's various
isslita,iens fv the favor, but there is
an immense amount OF very poorly
favored butter WHICH Is 40 better than
oleoEargaril4e A test that will
always distinguish genuine butter
from Is counterfeits has been discov-
erred by DT--HeI.ry Lehman OF Phila-
de,phia. 4 spoonful or two of the
sample are pat in a narrow cup and
g'iiczly heated 10 a boiling point. If
i is irue butter Ii viii boil quietly
a"d foam Up In a mass OF bubbles.
o.tsn oreEtiowing over the side of the
cap. Il i is butterine or oleomarga-
rlne, the sample when heated viii
foam Up b.st little, but viii crackle
and SPLITTER IS II boils- After one or
Two trials any enc can decide with
certainty what the sample offered con-
sssts o. 10 fraud can escape this
tess.-0rcl.and and Farm.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09
The Cost OF Strikes.

The official report Of The United
States comnliSs.oner o. labor shows
that the direct losses caused bY strikes
and lockouts il this country IN SIX
years from 1850 reached a. aggregate
Of SOS. S.566, ,SI3. The amount Of wages
lost was S59, 81, 40, IL addition t3
WHICH s4,430,553 was contributed -
an assistance fund. The losfo en-
ployers Is placed n $34.If2. So Thus
it viii he seen that TIE striking en-
ploye lost 8 for every 3 ot loss in
ficted OF employers. B-sdstreet'r
journal makes the aggregate cost of
the recent Pullman strike $4,000. coo.
nearly as much as the total to- the siz
years from 1850. OF this last esti-
mate considerably more than hall Is
in wages. The railroads lo=t ty de-
struction OF property about > ,oSj,o90
which they can receEer from taxTsav-
ers. Fruit growers lost mere lhan
that, and can call On no o1e T. Ieil;-
bnrse them Most q them are lt9ur
men and viii feel the loss deeply. But
the great, incalcnlable loss Is The priTa-
tions enforced by the strike among
wage earners and Others, which i;nlin-
ish consumption u time when
under-consun1ption i the most serious
Of economic evils. The laborer who
loses through voluntary or const-ain-
ed idleness one months wages can
buy less Al the store, and business of
ali kinds, the price oi the farmers
products and the merchants wares
suffer in consequence. This : terri
bic cost for the country TO pay ia
order that Del4s. llcBride, Norton ard
other ambitious labor leaders may
show their supporters, that they are
earning their salaries-Telegfapl-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09
The Burlington Short Line.

The Burlington Route j d notable
exception to the general run q vest
ern railroads Daring a period when
railroad building in this country has
been almost al s.aRd-still, i has
been steadily pushing forward its
northwest extension and now an
nonnce its completion to Billings.
Mont, S95 miles from Omaha.
AT Billings, connection ) made
with the Northern Pacific Railroad
and, under Il traffic agreement with
that con. pany, business Of al classes
is exchanged there, or, more properly
speaking, routed through that point
to and from every station Oh OF reach
ed via the Northern Pacific and Bur
lington Systems
This New Short Line-ior that :
exactly what II is-redacel the dis
tance between Puget Sound, northern
Idaho and Montana points, on The
one hand, and Omaha, Kansas City,
St. Louis and tie territory south and
southeast OF those cities, On the otheF,
all the way from 80 TO 473 miles It
thus becomes an important Factor n
bringing tie Tast scope ei country
served by the Nerthern Pacific inao
closer relationship with tle Missouri
and Mississippi Nalleys-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09

Or. prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gosa si1azs sEzsvins=r FIR. ssa FrzarsOo.