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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10
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ai..i iOurd i';oLty OF II.
The Oaiah.a.a I,ly isl holds u piotur-
esque and interesting prisoner who has fig
urtl prominently IN Il nGmber Of sensations
during the pass lew years. Although an
swering the name Of Tom King" and
dressing in cowboy costume, this prisoner
Is a woman of 20 or more and the wife OF
John Mundis, formerly a liveryman and
horse dealer of Guthrie. She was Flora
Quick, the daughter of Cherokee Indian
of prominence and wealth, and shows In
her appearance the Indian blood in her
veins At the age Of II she was married,
aud much OF the time since has resided in
Guthrie. There she was familiar figure
upon the streets day and night, always on
horseback, dressed in black or green hab
it and wearing upon her head black
turban trimmed with much gold braid
which glistened brightly in the sun or un-
der the electric lights. She rode the finest
of horses and at times would run like mad
through the streets.
Mrs. Mundis disappeared about six
months ago, and some time later Guthrie
man visiting the Oklahoma City Jail recog-
nized her in the person of a mysterious
"boy horse thief" who had baffled all efforts
at Identification. She had been captured
| in company with two men near Brighton,
| o. T., the party having in their possession
some valuable horses that had been stolen
near Elreno. Tom King was the name
she gave the officers, and Tom King she is
today so far as her own admissions are con-
cerned. She has refused to talk to report
ers or any one else or to assume an apparel
more becoming her sex.
Six weeks ago Sam Lewis, the train rob-
ber, cut his way out of Jail one night, and
with him went Mrs, Mundis and two male
horse thieves. None of the men has ever
been recaptured, butafter enjoying q week 5
freedom Mrs. Mundis was caught in
Guthrie by Deputy Sheriff Rorbacker, who
found her sitting in front of a livery stable
at midnight chatting with several men.
She was dressed in her usual Tom King
attire, and carried on her arm coat she
had bought after escaping, She was re-
| turned to the Jail at Oklahoma City next
! day, but short time later again made her
escape and enjoyed another brief period Of
| freedom.
She had had the privilege of sitting in the
corridor, and as Jailer Wise brought in sup
per for another prisoner one evening and
stepped into cell with it she slammed the
cell door. locked it, and taking the keys
let herself out OF the Jail and escaped.
1t was some time before the jailer could
make himself heard, for every time he
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

ed off on q run. 1t was too much for him.
however, and he had not gone more than e
dozen steps when he broke down and stag
gered into doorway, The cats were then be
fore him-not two, out 90 They were an as
sorted lot and included every known type Of
the domestic cat tribe. There were parlor
pussies, kitchen tabbies, cellar mousers.
spiked fence crawlers, back yard bawlers,
rattrap trailers, hallway howlers, yellow
striped yowlers, breakfast growlers, and all
were calling for catnip.
Old Father Busch, despite his fright, re-
golved they should not have any of the cat
nip, which he intended to sell for his break
fast. He claspcd the herb to his bosom
and kicked out vigorously. But the con.
gregation of cats was not to be bluffed by
kicks. The cats surrounded Father Busch,
and one gave him a vicious scratch. Still
he would not let go of the catnip. By
way of sop to Cerberus, he picked out a
little piece of catnip and threw it among
the congregating cats. 1t was snapped up
at q bite, and the hungry cats were at him
for more Then, as if they had it prearrang-
Ell, all together made rush at the PROSTATE
old man. Such asnarling and scratching was
never seen or heard before in Williams
burg. The cats struggled to get at the
,atnip, the old man kicked with his feet
and struck out with his fists. AS the cats
were nimble, he did no harm. He finally
found voice enough to cry for help.
Policeman Young heard his appeal and
hurried to the rescue. He shooed the cats
lway with his night stick and lifted old
Father Busch to his feet. The old ped Elcr
still had his catnip.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

In 1881 naval advisory board was
created, which reported that for proper
defense in time of war this nation abso.
lutely needed 21 armored vessels, 70 un.
armored cruisers, rams, 8 torpedo gun
boats and 90 torpedo boats. On March
3, 1883, the act was passed ordering three
cruisers and one dispatch boat. The
contract was awarded to John Roach g.
Sons, and so the reconstruction of the
navy began. These three cruisers were
the Boston, Atlanta and Chicago, and
the greatest speed averaged by any Of
them was 154 knots.
Secretary Whitney then took control
In the Cleveland administration and was
confronted at the start with the fact
that complete revolution had taken
place even while the Roach vessels were
being finished. Compound engines had
given place to twin screws, and twin
screws were fast giving place to triple
expansion engines. The first result was
the Newark, built by the Cramps at q
cost of 81 ,248, 600, with triple expansion
engines which maintained 19t knots per
hour for four hours. Then came the
Baltimore, at a cost of 81 1926, 900, with
engines which outdid those of the New
ark by very slight fraction. And so
the Improvement went on till the San
Francisco was put afoat with horse
power of 10,400 and a speed of 20.17
knots. And now we are promised three
more at an early date which will main
tain q speed of 21 knots for some hours,
and after that still further advances.
In the meantime, here is the Nueve de
Julio, which can go at the rate of 234
knots per hour and slipped across the
Atlantic so quietly that her arrival at
New York was complete surprise
Though an Argentine ship, she is Eng
lish built and came fresh from the IA
nous yards Of Sir William Armstrong,
Mitchell & Co., Newcastle. Her name
means 9th of July, which is independ-
ence day to the Argentines. She went
first to Ihe Azores, and her trip thence
to New York eclipsed, for q continuous
run, the best showing of the fastest At.
Iantic liners. No other cruiser in the
wprld can compare with her on long
run, but Italy and Spain have gunboats
which can outdo her for short distance.
She is large steel unprotected cruiser,
driven by triple expansion engines which
revolve twin screws. The speed guaran-
teed by her builders was 1927 knots. She
has $500 tons displacement, a horse
power of 14,50O and carries 10 long and
"a quick firing guns. At first view il
seems incredible that such bulk on so
yielding a surface as that of salt water
could go at almost the average speed of
passenger train, but what is seen must
be believed.
About the time of the Nueve de Julio's
arrival the new United States cruiser
Detroit made her trial trip in front Of
New London, Conn, and was at once
pronounced the fastest in the world of
her class. Her contractors, the Colum-
bian Iron Works and Drydock company
of Baltimore, had guaranteed II knots
per hour, and she made nearly 10, SO
they will receive premium of about
e90D, 900. the largest ever paid by any
goTernment on the completion of vessel.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10
SNIFT DESTROYERS.
FAScINATlNG FIGURES ON THE NEW
EST WARSHlPS.

new Our New Navy Has Been Built Up.
The Detroit Is Pleasing surprise--Ar-
eentina's Crack Cruiser. the Nuevo do
Julio, Eclipses All Records.
The recent growth of the United States
navy is justly matter of pride and joy
to all of us, and since the recent oppor-
tunity for comparison with other nations
lin New York harbor-our pleasure is
by no means lessened. At the great naval
review the Argentine Republic rather as
tonished the rest of mankind by appear.
ing with a cruiser that can make 23{
knots an hour and is therefore claimed
to be the fastest ahoat. The United
States, however, held her own hand
somely in the general exhibit, but for a
full appreciation of the comparisons to
follow few words Of history must be
prefaced.
When the civil war was officially de-
clared at an end, the government had 469
vessels, Of which 191 were originally
merchant vessels and were soon restored
to that service. Many others were sold
and refitted for the merchant service,
and SO rapid was the decay as well as
the change in naval warfare that nearly
al the others were soon reduced to the
value of old junk. In truth, the navy
was got rid of only little less rapidly
than the army, and all at once the cOun.
try woke up to the fact that it was prac-
hcally without modern navy.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

II the others were nearer the explosion
and / said to myself, They're blown over
board, sure You understand, this was all
In a second, all at once really.
"Then IL was exactly the same as If had
been hit with club ! thought it was a
big club, bigger than any man could
swing, and that it must be worked by ma
chinery. 1t hit me on the head ana all
over. | went sailing into the air long,
long way. Ny ears roared, and the wind
blew into my face,
Il knew when struck the ground, for
remember saying TO myself, Well, I'm
done for ! don't know just when lost
my right senses or when they came back.
but when they did come back II seemed
queer that ] was there yet. thought J
had been thrown somewhere else. could
,eel fire burning me. IL was my clothes.
They were smoking anS almost blazing.
II was lame all over sud could not hear
very well. My voice sounded like some.
1ody else was talking That's all l eantsl
iau about t."
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

AbOUl Ihb IlChEh.
gamble with the same avidity displayed by
their sisters at the race tracks and in the
city poolrooms before the latter were closed
by law.
Bucket shop Is the name given to these
concerns in the slang of Wall street. and
to those who are versed in matters finan-
cial the term conveys the knowledge that
in them stock gambling can be carried on
in n much smaller way than is the case in
the offices of legitimate brokers.
Five shares of stock can be bought or
sold upon margin equal to 81 per share.
Profits are unrestricted if the speculator is
lucky enough to make a profit. and addi-
tional margins are accepted without limit.
The bucket shop" like every gambling
game, has its percentage in favor of the
proprietor. This percentage lies in the
charge of quarter of per cent in the way
of commission"
Boarding house landladies of the better
class, milliners and dressmakers, who can
spare a few hours from their everyday avo-
cations, are peculiarly susceptible to the ia
ducements offered by the buc .et shop.
At 10 o'clock they assemble in the stuffy,
sparsely furnished room provided for theiI
accommodation, and for five long hours
hang breathlessly over the ticker, eagerly
watching the tape as it records the ever
varying fluctuations of the stock market.
These women around the "ticker" have
their superstitions and will tell you tha'
stocks are always sure to go down on !.
rainy day and upkvhen the sun is shining.
They look upon Tuesday as "bull'' day
and invariably expect a decline on Friday
They bear their losses quite as philosoph
ically as the men.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10
ASSAULTED BY CATS.
An Aged Cainip PeddIer H,ld Up by re-
liuc FoUtpuds.

ilI' bptt puNSs
Father Busch is an aged citizen of Brook
lyn Of yagrart proclivities who gains pre-
carious subsistence by peddling water
crosses, catnip and similar herbs On re-
cent night the old man fingered in a saloon
and expended the proceeds of his days sales
In comforting beverages. Father Busch
tarried long at the wine, and when O'Clock
came he was thrust ignominiDusly forth
into the night without a perny to pay fui
his lodging. Clutching his precious catnip
In one hand, he wandered ON aad soon found
himself in n maze of strange streets The
effects of his libations and tie unfamiliar
surroundings. obfusticated the old mans
not overstrong intellect and what followed
is thus graphically pictured by the New
York Suns reporter on the spots
Then sound came out of the inky night
which made old Father Busch tremble and
clutch his package of catnip. 1t was the
prolonged howl of a cat.
AS he sat down on doorstep an answer
mg howl broke the stiffness of the night,
and soon the old man was staring at two
pairs of green eyes which blazed through
the darkness
Scat out o. here!' he yelled, shying n
stick at the blazing eyes, but there was no
move on their part The owners just whim-
pered and crawlcd around to windward OF
the catnip. Then they got the full odor Of
the pungent herb. Their whisl1ers stood
out straight, they shifted, and then both
together let out yowl which could be-
heard for blocks. That yowl must have
meant catnip, for Immediately afterward
there was n wonderful echo of howls, yowls
and meows from all sides.
With great effo. & old Father Busch
pulled himself togetl +, slowed the catnil
Under his coat, buttor ed it tight and start
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

shouted all the prisoners would sing "An-
ME Rooney" at the top of their lungs. Mrs
Mundis' second vacation was q short one,
for she was recaptured the next night near
Yukon, 20 miles west Of Oklahoma City.
Officers had traced her to that vicinity and
made the capture as she came out of the
woods to get drink Of water at farm.
house.
The chase after her was marked by two
Incidents, one tragic, the other sensational.
In the darkness two parties of searchers
mistook each other Tor horse thieves and
opened fire with winchesters, and viii
Fightmaster, son of the sheriff, was killed,
Another party Of deputies discovered q
young woman In male attire In company
with young man in q secluded spot in the
woods They thought OF course they had
caught Tom King but this young wom-
an turned out to be well known railroad
mans wife out for lark. AS result Of
her second break for liberty Mrs. Mundis
Is now kept locked in a cell.
This remarkable young woman has al
ways had good home and been well cared
for. Her only reason for taking to horse
stealing was her love Of excitement and ad-
venture. Since her incarceration many
missing horses have been traced 10 her
door. 1t has Deen found that she was about
Oklahoma City IN male attire for months
before her capture, but no one discovered
her sex or suspected her business. The evil
dence against her is conclusive, and she
bids fair to go to the penitentiary still
clinging to her eognomen Tom King and
her cowboy suit.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

The Detroit is 2,OO0-ton steel twin
screw cruiser. Length on mean load
water line, 257 feet; beam, extreme, 81
feek In her construction nothing but
steel was used. The machinery consists
of two vertical, inverted cylinder, direct
acting, triple expansion engines, and the
eJiinders have 26-inch stroke. Her
pettery consists Of two 6-inch and eight
e-lnch rapid fire breechloading rifles, six
f.pound and two 1-pound rapid FIRE can
E0n and two gatling guns. All her shaft
ipE is hollow. and her 4-bladed propeller
tbeels, II feet in diameter. are Of man.
bapese bronze. Verify II takes talent
1nd money 70 produce such commerce
tsptroyerA 8. p. RossnI1.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10

For primary secondary and tertiary
syphilis, for blood poisoning, nerou.
rial poison. malaria. dyspepsia, and
in all blood and skin diseases, like
blotches, plmples, old chronic ulcers,
eczeme-we may say, wit tNout fear OF
contradiction, that =. T.. T. Is the best
blood purifier In the world. and makes
positive, speedy and permanent cures
In all cases.
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sucKer SHOPS FOR WOMEN.
Where Feminine Spectators Gamble II
Imaginary stock Margins.

ILHHEIH"Ty HIUCn 'NUIsIIs'
In that sporty" section of upper Broad
way which skirts the famous Tenderloin
district Of New York city are half dozen
gambling houses for women. They are not
faro banks, neither do they expose roulette
wheels nor any of the recognized gambling
Implements. The fluctuations In the prices
of stocks and grain are used instead, and
upon the quotations recorded by the ticker
the betting is done. Externally these
gambling houses are to all appearances
the same as the up town branches Of the
large brokerage firms. They are only open
from 10 o'clock in the morning until in
the afternoon, and all OF them offer special
inducements to women. For five hours
daily they are crowded with women, who
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-10
How 1t Feels to BE Blown Up.

John Curtin, Jr., of San Francisco who
vas nearly killed by an explosion of dyna-
mite in his fathers boarding house not long
ago, thus describes the sensations of being
blown up: "You see, it's so sudden. It's
over just about the time you begin to TN
derstand that something is happening You
know, had the satchel in my hand and
had put it down. Then l got afraid of it,
All at once everything was light. l don't
think / saw the flash. Anyway my face
was not exactly toward the explosion. But
then everything got light, lighter than day
kind of binding. There was an awful
crash. 1t was just at the same time was
scared, of course, and wanted to get away.
1t was just as if was having the night
mare.
Some way, though, knew just what
the matter was A man can think faster
than he has any idea of. knew that some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-12

traffic-there's room for it-and all will
wish them well But it would look
much better for that company and a
few interested friends to tack about
on more consistent course. 1t has
been said that the Rapid Transit COM
pany is a foreign one. That should
not tell against them in the least. Nor
would it, were their petition in tone
with justice and existent facts govern
ing in the case.
In conclusion, 1 deem it appropriate
and in a, measure incumbent upon me
to ladle out a little friendly advice to
the foreign people, if foreign they be.
It's this, in brief: Work in harmony
with the needs Of this city as a people,
for the best interests Of the whole and
you will share proportionately in the
benefits so derived. The public don't
think it was good "railroading" on the
part of the Rapid Transit people when
they refused time and again to show
any favors to convention members
when in attendance here for a few
days. When the Train Dispatchers
! the Veteran Firemen, the Interna tional
Ticket Agents and others came here
the Salt Lake City Railroad company
instructed that while those bodies were
here, their badges" would be honored
for transportation over that company
lines On the other hand, the Rapid
Transit company positively declined to
show such courtesy, though they were
asked by committees to so contribute
in doing honor to our guests. Little
things count largely at times. The
advice so given comes from the public
through the writer, who at times is
not aVerse to putting it quite plainly.
RAY RAYMOND
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-12
In POLICE CIRCLES.
THE CASE OF THE MERCHANTS,
s. PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
Demurrer to the Charge of Criminal
Label VIII BE Heard Today-The
Dairy License Case.

Today the demurrer fled by the off,
GERS of the Merchants Protective asso-
ciation to the complainc of Judge o.
w. Powers. charging them with crini-
nal libel and threatened blackmail, will
be argued before Police Justice Smith
The protest sets out that the charges
in&the complaint do not constitute a
just cause of action, being the usual
legal demurrer. On Friday the case
was set down for its first hearing for
this morning, and when the demurrer
is called up there will be a great array
of legal talent in the court room.
The test Of the dairy license ordi-
nance will occur on Wednesday after
noon. Several dairymen have been ar
rested and yesterday morning they
were arraigned in the police court. The
complaint charges that they continue
TO disregard the provisions of the ordi-
nance recently amended by the city
council. When arraigned the defend
ants gave notice that they would file
demurrers on Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock.
George Henry was found guilty Of
the charge Of assault and battery and
fined So. On Friday night the defend
ant made complaint against John
Woods and W. P. Lindsay, charging
them with disturbing the peace and as
sault with deadly weapon. The men
We're fined for drunkenness and dis
turbing the peace, but the evidence
showed that Henry was also an ag-
gressor and as result the case wS,s
revived
Ye Yon, the keeper of a Chinese
gambling joint arrested on Friday
1orfelted $50, put up to secure his ap-
For the third time since the Sunday
closing statute has been rigidly en-
forced, William O'Neil, proprietor OF
the Comstock Club saloon. was before
the court on the charge of selling liquor
on Sunday. The case was hotly con
tested but the arresting officers had
made good play and arrested all the
people found in the saloon. These were
placed upon the stand by the prosecu-
ton and as a result the defendant was
round guilty and assessed 500. He
I gave notice of an appeal and the bond
was fixed at 5000
-Four prostitutes forfeited the usual
$3.50 each.
Roy Kirk, aged thirteen years, is
headed for the reform school, where
&c already has an older brother. or
saturday he was arrested for stealing
sacks and skates and at the morning
session Of the court plead guilty to the
charge of petty larceny Having pre-.
Wy SCNSloA lllli6o Dt7-
Tore the bar of his court on the same
Charge, Justice Smith was not disposed
to show his usual leniency and the case
was investigated. 1t was ascertaineG
that the youth is thoroughly bad and
1T is very probable that he will this
morning be sent to the district court
with the recommendation that he be
committed to the reform school.
For riding his bicycle on the side
walks within the forbidden district, ?
@Triplet was fined 81, the amount of hi:
bond
Three Migrants were found guilty Of
the charge against them but released
on their own recognizance pending
sentence. They will leave the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-12
A Novel Argument.

Uintah, June S.-R. G. Lambert, Of
Salt Lake, is here, and last night he
held forth as an exponent of Republi-
can doctrines. He give his views about
the benefits of protection, and told of
the beautiful structure reared in thirty
years by the g. o. p. TO pull at last
through the fire of something dire to
come. The structure which was thirty
years in building destroyed and de-
nolished by one fell stroke of that
octopus Of all political parties-De-
mocracy. He told how we were ex-
pected to compete with the Sandwich
Islanders who sold their steers for 50
per head. But the greatest flourish of
all was the Calamity that had be-
fallen the land in the past two years,
and how wages were decreasing, and
men leaving Army and Rawlins to go
back to free trade England. where they
could obtain better wages. They were
actually leaving the protected shores OF
America under the benign and bene-
ficent working of the Mckinley law
and going to the free trade ports OF
Great Britain because wages were bet
ter over there. How does this strike
you as an argument in favor of protec-
ton? UINTAH.