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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

what Is Being Done for 1t in the
Kingdom of Belgium.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 31.-Labor
questions in their relation to government
are treated extensively in this weeks pub
LEGATION of the bureau of statistics of the
state department. and several United States
ministers and consuls at European labor
centers contribute valuable papers, more or
less historical describing the status of Ia
Dor and the degree of success attending eff
forts at legislation. Minister Ewing, at
Brussels, has an especially interesting com
munication showing what is being done in
Belgium to benefit the laboring classes, and
concluding with the statement that in Brus-
sells at least the condition of the working
classes is if not better, at least as good
as in any European capital. Commercial
Agent Angel, at Roubaix, in his report in
cludes a comprehensive tabular statement
showing the legal restrictions upon the du-
ration Of Woman's daily work in different
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
THE GROWING CROPS.
SUMMARY of EXHAUSTIVE REPORTS
FROM ABOUT THE STATE.

In Many Sections Showers Relieved
the Baking Soil, While in Others
Wheat Is Drying Up and Has
Ripened Too Rapidly-A Large
Acreage of Corn, Which Is Re-
ported as Doing Finely-Many
Crop Prospects Reduced Fully One
Half.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
THE NEW COMMONWEALTH.

The Great reform paper Of New York
1t stands for cooperation for private inter
ests and nationalism for public interests.
One dollar year. Sample copies free. Ad-
dress the editor. IMOGENE c. FALES.
Jos Macon st., Brooklyn, N. Y,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

European countries, and United States Con-
sui Morris, at Client, gives valuable his
torical summary of the European legisla-
ton intended to protect children in educa-
ton and labor
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
THE STATE FUNDS.
Report of the Condition of Minne-
sofas Finances.

ST. PAUL, July 31.-The report Of State
Treasurer Bobleter Of the condition OF the
state finances at the close of business July
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21

NEW YORK, March 20.-The speculation in
the shares of the American Sugar Refining
company was the great feature on the Stock
exchange today, With the exception of a
slight movement in Burlington and Quincy
and ST. Paul, the trading in the rest of the list
was sluggish and the sales of Ill com bined
did not equal the transactions in Sugar. At
the opening Sugar declined X and then rose
q, but before II o'clock Well defined selling
movement in the shares had been inaugurated
which sent prices down rapidly until $3.50 was
touched shortly after O'Clock, making de-
cline of Az per cent on the closing figures of
yesterday. A large selling order executed
through the brokers of a well known bear
operator, started the downward movement
and LED to the belief that the Sugar pool was
liquidating necessarily. This caused rush
to sell on the part of many holders not in the
clique. Later in the afternoon there were
evidences of strong buying, which caused a
recovery of ~ per cent, but in the final deal
ings the selling was resumed and reaction of
l2s was made, the closing being at decline of
80 per cent On the day. The preferred stock
receded 4 per cent.
The general market opened firm at an ad-
vance of \ to 4 per cent. The fluctuations,
except in some of the specialties, were con-
fined to very narrow limits up TO noon, but
Chicago and Alton rose per cent and Edison
declined "a. Later in the day speculation took
on a firmer tone and the best buying of the
day was seen, which sent prices up a to ~
per cent, Burlington, Lead, Western Union,
Baltimore and Ohio, and Oregon Improve
ment, leading the upward movement. The
higher range of values induced realizations of
profits, and in the final dealings a reaction of
Is 20 Il in the general list took place, the mar
ket closing easy.
The railway and miscellaneous bond market
was strong throughout the day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
RESULT OF RIVALRY.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 20--Papers
were served today on DR.. Jay w. Seaver,
physical director of Yale University, and
John c. Kobabian. IAN importer of Turkish
goods, in suit brought by the president
and fellows of Harvard college to recover
$40 on a bond of $500 given by DR.. Seaver
and kobabian as guarantee that the
tuition and other bills of Sarkis Kobabian
while a student at Harvard would be
paid. The trial it is expected, will bring
out some peculiar things. The defense
will charge the authorities at Harvard
with having lured young Kobabian from
Yale by offering him flattering induce
mentS which were never realized.
Furtherm ore, the claim will be made
that the Harvard authorities, in Il desire
10 outs.rip Yale in the close race for
numerical supremacy, have on occasions
INDUCED in this practice to rob Yale of
her undergraduates.
Sarkls kobabian, young Turk, a
brother of the defendant, entered Yale in
1890 while a sophomore. He Learned the
advantages at Harvard for men of slender
means but with high intellectual attain
ments, were better than at Yale. He
wrote to the Harvard authorities about
the matter, and in reply received a letter
Offering him very hatterIng induce
ments 10 leave Yale and enter Harvard.
He was told, it is alleged th at if ne en-
tered Harvard. ana main tanned a certain
standing in his classes he would be as
sured of the scholarships offered by the
college. koba bian entered Harvard in
1892 He at once took a high rank, excel
ling the necessary standard to secure
n scholarship. The schola rship prize was
not forthcoming, however, and after a
year OF waiting he left Harvard, owing
$40 10 the college for board and tuition
"A demand was made on him for the money
but he refused To pay, claim ing he had :ul-
filed his part OF the contract regarding
the scholarship, and the college owed him
more than the amount of his bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

CHICAGO. March 31.-CATTLE-Receipts
300; shipments none; market slow; big steers
almost unstable: light stock in fair demand
prime and extra steers 81 40s4 60: fair to good
81 ODa4 ., others $ p a 10. HOGS-Receipts
5000 shipments none, Market active and
steady, rough heavy 81 0la4 p. rough packers
and mixed 81 40a4 % prime heavy and butch
ers' weights 81 55a4 %; assorted light 81 65a-
4 20. SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 1900.
market lower. lambs lower. sheep strong, top
sheep s. 40a3 80: export whcthers 81 00a4 10;
lambs 81 00a4 p.
OMAHA, March 2o-CATTLE-Re Receipts
3, 500; steers predominated, and as the run
was liberal, prices were somewhat easier.
Cows and heifers sold fairly steady, while
trade in stockers and feeders was also a little
slow. Quotations unchanged.
HOGS Receipts 500, the market opened
about steady with general trade yesterday,
and finished about the same with all sold
Prices were not quite so good as early yester
day, but some better than closing, the bulk
selling at 81 IS. Prices ranged from 81 3Oai 40
against yesterday range OF ST 32Ka4 4221a and
bulk 81 Bad 30.
SHEEP-Receipts l $780, market steady. Ma
tiyes - 75a3 %; westerns s. 25a3 10; common
and stock sheep 81 J0a2 ID; lambs So 50a3 IS.
KANSAS CITY. March 2).-CATTLE-Receipt
7,sH; shipments 1900. best steady others
weak; Texas steers 81 55a3 p. shipping steers
81 JOa4 to- native cows, 81 50a3 %; stoCkefs
and feeders g !AIa3 40, bulls 81 15a3 90. HOGS
- Receipts, 1850; shipments none: weak to &c
lower, bulk 81 30a4 81, heavy, packing and
mixed, "A 25a4 40; lights, workers. and pigs
50 SOa4 - SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts
500 shipments none. Market about steady.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
BYRNES CALLED DOWN.

New YORK, March 20.-Superin tendent
Byrnes was rather sharply called down by
the police commissioners today. At pre-
vious meeting of the board the superiu
tendent was asked to explain why he did
not prefer charges against Captain
Haughey for his failure to raid disorderIy
houses when directly ordered to do So His
reply WAS that CaoJain Haughey was not
To blame. Then he was asked to prefer
charges anyway. To-day he reported that
in his opinion Haughey had done his whole
duty; that If he had thought otherwise. he
would have promptly preferred charges
against him.
When this reply was received two men,
bers OF the board remarked that this case
was parallel to that of Captain Price. The
upShot OF the controversy was peremp-
tory resolution directing Superintendent
byrnes 10 make Charges against Captain
HauphaV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
REVEALED BY DEATH.
A Soldier Whose Worth Was Not APP
preciated In Life

preciated In Life
Life is perfected by DEATH" and il
Is also revealed. A story told in tho
Life of Sir Richard Burton" illus
trates the clearness with which death
reveals man to his comrades.
A lieutenant in British regiment
was honest, steady, quiet and full Of
sterling qualities; but he was dull re-
served and religiously inclined His
brother officers laughed at him, and
associated but little with him. Though
well-born, he was poor, and had no
powerful friends. He therefore re-
manned without promotion or society;
but he never complained, and did his
best.
A battery was to be taken in the
Crimea, and the lieutenant's regiment
was selected as tho storming party. 1t
assaulted and was driven back. The
lieutenant rallied his own company.
and with laugh flung his shake be-
fore him, and rushed through the
breach into the battery. followed by a
handful of men. They never came out
again.
That night at the regimental mess
there was not man but regretted that
he had not better understood the
officer whose gallant death had re-
vealed his superiority All remem-
bered a thousand good qualities and
incidents which ought TO have en-
deared him to them. They were
ashamed of the contempt with which
they had treated him, and of the fact
tia. they had never shown him the
least kindness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
A Homeless Case.

Robert Collyer tells the story Of q
little girl with vivid imagination
which constantly led her into amazing
extravseances regarding things which
she claimed to have seen One Gay,
after an extraordinary exhibition Of
her inventive powers. her mother ex-
claimed in despair: 30. my dear. my
dear. my dear. Don't you know that
Auanias and Sapphire fell down dead
on account OF the lies they told?
Don't you remember that terrible
story %. yes responded the child.
unAbashed- II saw them carried in
After they fell down dead"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
HATFIELD-M-CoY FEUps.

PARKERsBURG. Va. March 20-Several
citizens of the neighborhood noted for the
late hatfield-NcCoy tends are here as wit
nesses. gave the following particulars of
the breaking out again of the old trouble.
Last week Frank Phillips OF the Mccoy
faction came from Kentucky to Peters
Creek. w. Va. and heard that Bob Hat
field, son of old AnSe, was there. Phillips
had oeeu badly wounded in the former
troubles and claims Bob did it Atany
rate be is said 10 have lain la wait for Bob
aud when he came along shot and killed
him. Nose Christian ran to HstfieId,s
assistance ana was mortality wounded
Phillips and seven men escaped to Ken
tucky, but the men who are here say the
Hatfields are collecting their men and
another bloody time is expected
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
An Early Account

The following extract from the
World EncompsSsed more especially
bears upon the points covered in the
inscription. giving an account Of the
service held and making record Of the
words of the very carly American nnis
sionary prayer: OR general, with his
eompanie. in the presence Of those
Stranger fell 70 prayers; .Bd by
signes, in lifting up our eyes and hands
TO Heaven, signifed unto them that
that God. whom we did serve, and
whom they ought 10 worship, was
above; bessechi1g God, II il were His
good pleasure, 20 open by some neanes
their blinded eyes. that they might IN
due time be called 20 the kno~lsdgs Of
Hi1a. the true and everything God, and
of Jesus Christ. whom he hath sen :.
the salvation Of the Geatiie-- In the
time Of which prayers. singing Of
Psslm.s. and reading o. ceytaine chap
ters OF tie Bible. they safe very ati<s-
s.--l- .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
SLAVES OF THE COOK.
New York Society People Unable to Dias
ut Home sa sandaya

Cooks have their rights a. well as
other people, and that u the one reason
why the restaurants of New York are
crowded every Sunday night by people
who have numerous servants, including
capa BILE cooks. It was a custom for
many years. nobody knows exactly
why, says the New York Sun, to eat .
heavy dinner in tie middle of the day
on Sunday. During the prevalence Of
this custom the cooks made il q point
to take Sunday night off. and that
point has now become q prerogative.
Men who dine six days in the week at
seven are invariably overloaded and
uncomforta BILE when they dine in the
middle OF the day on Sunday. The
effort TO have Sunday night dinner at
seven o'clock has resulted In a nat and
indubita bic failure wherever attempted
by householders, and So the knot has
been cut by allowing the cook 70 have
her regular Suncay night off. while
the master of the hoase and his wife
go TO a restaurant and the children
scurry about FOR themssles. II
stranger in New York is anxious to see
the heavy weight financial, CONNER
cial, legal and other professional men OF
New York city at dinner with their
wives he should visit Delmonico's, the
Brunswick, the Savoy, Waldorf or New
Netherlands hotel any Sunday night
at about seven O'Clock. II is a curious
phase of New York life Famous men
Of every conceivable walk Of life dine
out at these places The general public
is familiar with their faces. but not
with those of their wives There Is
often a very strong contrast. as, for
instance, small, famous lawyer and
his ponderous, domineering wife, who
tips the beam a. two hundred and fifty
pounds and DULLES the waiter.
famous statesman. whose vito is
palpsbIy jealous at his slightest
glance at his neighbors; an eminent
judge of sixty and his firtatious wife
of twenty. and SO on interminably.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
Danger In Perfumery.

Women who are fond of indulging in
strong perfumes should remember that
they are decidedly injurious to the
sense of smell By their frequent use
the secretory glands of the nose and
throat are overtaxed and weakened.
One day a person notices that the
hearing is less active than usual and
the sense OF smell seems defective.
This is, of course, put down to a cold.
and but little is thought of it After
q time the entire head becomes affected
and there are throat and lung compli-
cations which are likely TO end in
chronic. II not fatal Illness. Smelling
salts are a prolific cause Of deafness
All strong and pungent odors, particr
larly those which act upon the secre-
tory processes, should be avoided as
fa- as possible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF.
Willie Blake Falls Beneath Missouri
Pacific Train.

EUREKA, Kan, March 2o-[Special i
What sad homecoming! This
morning, full of life and spirits,
almost within sight of his home whence n
iather's and mothers eyes had loug and
wistfully peered into space in the hop. Of
catching sight OF returning wanderer,
and where fathers and mothers arms
were wide open to embrace the prodigaI
despite his maynard propensities, little
Willie Blake fell beneath the wheels OF a
Missouri Pacific train and suffered the loss
of both legs.
Willie was stealing a ride, as so many
boys, old and young, have done before
him, but be was trying TO reach his home
from which he had been wandered for
mauy months. He is only 10 years old,
but the spirit of adventure was strong in
him and about a year ago the disposition
to roam captured him aud he left home
played truant from school one day-and
disappeared. and for some time his par
ents mOurned him as dead.
After some months letter came
from Willie from western Missouri
and brought glad beam back TO
the eyes of the parents at home.
for while there was no word of his home
coming they knew their boy was alive and
that they would some time see him again.
Today came the reunion but how quick
~ was "
Mangled and MANNED for life little Willie
was borne to his home on stretcher, and
il ever he leaves it again alive it Will be as
helpless cripple.
Willie Biake was beating his
way home from Missouri on the
trucks of Missouri Pacific bag
gage car. As the train stopped at the
crossing near Toronto, car porter caught
sight of the boy and called to him to get
of. Willie lodged around the car and as
the train started up again, he attempted
to swing himself back to his formef perch.
In some way his hands slipped and the
next moment the heavy wheels were
grinding over his legs.
Kind hands drew the manned and bleed
ing body from under the track, and, after
the ministrations of a physician, the vic
tim recovered sufficiently to give some
account of himself,
Take me to my mother" were the first
words he uCtered and there Conductor
Hayden sent unexpectedly to die.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
STRONG CASE FOR LITTLE.

OLATHE, Kan, March 2O.-The testimony
given today by j. w. Northcu,t in the
Little trial is the most damaging to the
state so far adduced. He swore that he
and Joe were playing cards at Conley's on
the evening of the killing. Northcut went
to supper with johnson and they met Lit
tie. johnson addressed Little. saying:
Don. speak to me-" and then turning to
Norshcutt, II always go fixed Tor him"
Then Johuston addressed Little with more
indecent language.
The prosecution has subpenaed forty
additional witnesses in rebuttal to try to
break down the seemingly strong case OF
selfdefense laid out by Little's attorneys.
The evidence for the defendant by the last
several witnesses examined, it is generally
believed, makes out strong case for
Little
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
KILLED BY OPIUM
Islands Of the Pacific Depopulated
by the Drug.
The French Government First Intro.
duced the EVIL and Is Now vainly
Trying to Stem Its Terri
BILE Ravages-

W. Hoffner, for two years manager
of the Societe Commercials, which
owns large stores on the Marquesas
and Dominique islands. recently Wis
tied San Francisco. Every two or
three months Mr.. Hoffner was in the
habit of cruising in boat around these
islands, making numerous landings.
This has made him exceedingly famii-
lar with the islands and their inhab-
itants- He says that the natives are
dying off very rapidly by reason of the
use OF opium, and that in a short time
there will be none left. The past year
has made fearful inroads on them.
The deaths have been so frequent"
said Mr.. Hoffner TO Chronicle report
er, that lately the French govern
ment has been doing all it could to sup
press the opium traffic, but with mea-
ger success. 1t binders it in some
ways, but in the main it is carried on
as before. The French government in
troduced opium into the islands about
twenty years ago, and now vain
effort is being made to stamp out
the evil. 1t is, however. too late
TO remedy the wrong. The natives
are dying off like flies. In ten
years, if the present rate of mortality
keeps up. there will not be one Of
them left. The last few years have
been especially severe and made
terrible inroads on the population.
Where the natives cannot get opium
to satisfy their cravings they substitute
a brandy obtained from the cocoanut
tree, which is even worse than the
product of the poppy juice. The
liquor Is nothing in fact but the
natural sap of the cocoSnut tree. The
islanders bore holes in the tree and
the sap almost Immediately begins TO
run. This process kills the tree, but
they do not care for that. The liquor
is stronger than opium, and / have
seen the poor natives drunk on it and
lying about like dead men for three or
four days They do not smoke the
opium, but eat 1t, and in enormous
quantities. They eat SO much of il
and have such abnormal cravings for
it to the exclusion of almost every
other desire that they do not buy the
amount of general merchandise they
ordinarily would. As a result business
is bad in the islands. Trade, outside
of opium, has fallen off a great deal
and the people seem to have lost the
energy and desire to advance that they
once had. 1t is 80 quiet there now
that / think / shall return to Chilli,
where 1 was before. When the native
population is wiped out altogether, as
now seems to be its fate, the islands
will be an excellent field for immigra-
ton. / am not sure that at present
the French government would encour-
age emigration"
Mr.. Hoffner says there are now very |
few Americans on the islands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
HUNTING HIS KIN.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 20.-Forty-
three years ago Stephen Raycraft. then
young man, left ST. Louis fer San Francis
CO to find a fortune He finally settled at
Anderson, Calf, and in the course of time
became successful business man. Re-
Gently he determined to return east
and hunt for relatives whom he
left in Missouri. When he
left ST. Louis he went considerable part
of the distance by boat and when he arriv-
ed here today his first mission WAS to seek
out steam boat to obtain passage for
that city. He did not know, ne said, that
ST. Louis could be reached by rail. He
says he has relatives at Usage Mission,
Kan; St, Joe, ST. Louis and Kansas City,
No., and will endeavor to locate them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
DOWN AND OFT.

LANSING, Mich, March 2l.-In accord
ance with the supreme court decision the
three appointees of the governor to re.
place the state officers said to be i'm
peached in the salary grab scandal, took
possession of the respective offices tonight,
the removed officers stepping down and
out.
An application for time in which to pre-
feet an appeal TO the United States su-
preme court was denied tonight and the
respondents attorneys decided that the
only thing left was to give up the fight.
The deposed state officers, together with
several others are now under Indictment
charged with seeking in various ways to
defeat the will of the people IN the salaries
amendment fund. The first trial will be
that OF exSecretary Joachim, which is set
for April g.