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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-02
San Francisco Races.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-Results at San
Francisco:
First race-Six turlongs, maidens, B.
y-ar-olds aud upwards: Miss Fletcher, 6
10 l. NO; Expense, ) 20 l. second; Florence
D:ckel, 3 o l, third. lime. l:l5.
Second-Vestal stakes-Mile aud a quar-
ter. tor 3-year-old fiilies: Normandie, to
6, won; Claire, 80 to l, second. Time, 2:l6.
No OF her starters.
Third-Seven furlonCs, selling: Garcia,
4 to /, won; FlIrtilla, 20 to l. second; Glad
is;or, 10 to ], third. lime, 1:2S14.
FourGh-Nile and IA s.xteei til, four
huIdl :: Nulc IA. ) Ia i, Won: GuaiHloupe,
4 TO l. =, cond; Dick O'Mallsy, 10 to Third.
Time. l:551l
Filth-S-ven furlongs, Selling: Glee-
boy. 20 2, won; Don Fuiano. TO 10, Sc
ond: Rice, 10 TO /, ;bird. 1ime, 1:27A.
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Kansas City Grain.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov. L-Wheat-
No. hard 476l.. ceuJs; No. > red 45I a IS
cents; rejected, 42G+3 cents. Sales toy
sample on charg- -. ID. Mississippi river:
No , hand 5Sl asa cents; No. = red 53
cents. Corn - IL fair demand: NJ. ,
mixed 42$i G43 c; No2 whit a. q Accents
mixed 90 $50 cents: No. > white 81 "a. 81;
Rye. A. cents. Flax-Steady, ) pa / 30:
Bran-Nery firm, 5966l cents. Hay
S'eadv: timothy 81 50@9; fancy prairie
seas y. Butisr-Dnl.;Iaucy separator.
IS : 10 cents; dairy, 1916 cents. Eggs
Acuve aud firmer, Is cents.
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Nashville Races.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 3L-Cum ber-
Ian park results:
FIRST race-SiX furlongs: Portugal won;
Eek Hardy. second; OrtaIin. third. Time,
Gl612.
Second-Mile and a sixteenth: PrtoniR
won; W0isey, second; Marcel, third.
Time, Lao.
Tnlrd-Six and half furlonCs: Harry
J.. wop; revenue, second; Gold Dust, third
Time. 1:2!$4.
Fouiih-Seven lurlongs: LOttle Mills
won; Moiiie ID. second. Time, 1:2113
Only TWO starters.
Fif;h-Five furlongs: Julia Arthur
woi; Ne lie Osborn, second; Swiftly, third
ime l:Ol%1
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St Asaph Races.

ST. AsAPH RACE TRACK, Va, Nov. l.
Results:
First race-Five and half furlongs
Mll Elliot. won; harrington, Second;
Time, l:I114.
Seoond-Slx furlongs: Emma, won:
Romping Gal, second; Evelyn Carter
FLY, tnird. Time, 1:2l.
TLlrd-One mile: LIZZIE, wen; Cockade,
second; Paris, third. Time, l:454.
FOurtl-SiX aud A half fuvloups: Flirt,
won; Star Actress, second; GleeSome,
inira. Time, l:25l.
Ffth-Five fui!oncs: Punch, won; f Ia
Reed. second: Eiesian, third. Time. l:0415
Sixyh-Ou= mile nd onp-,iNteenth: CIV
ernor Sbeehan, won; Little lom, second;
Little Matt, third. Time, l;542i.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov. Ian irregular de-
mand for miscellaneous assortments of
seasouable fabrics to meet current want,
has taken far quantity of goods. though
more business has Resulted from the plac-
ing of orders for spriug that have included
low priced siugbams, also shirtings and
domestic with the cutting up trade hsvIn.
made liberal purchases of co tonades. etc.
Printing cloths quiet at unchanged qnota-
tions. At the best it has been a quiet mar
lr.r
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KANSAS CITY, Mo- Nov L-Catile-Re-
ceipt-, 4, 800 shipments, 400 Market dull,
weak to 10 cents lower. Texas steers,
81 1903 p; Texas cows. 81 50G2. %: bert
steers, 81 15G53c: native cows. - 5063a5;
stocker- ana feeders. So 50Cd3 60: bulls aud
mixed, 81 10@2 IS HOgs-R=ceipts, 10, $40;
shipments, 1909 Market opened strong:
clos=d ) cents lower. Bulk of sales,
s+50@46O: heavies, S4-40@465; packers,
a 4504 %; mixed a 25@4 %: lights,
81 1904 %; workers.. A25@i s.: pigs.
$ 40@4l5 Sheep-ReceIpts. 500; ship
menIs, 100 Market steady; unchanged
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W HAT

Cash quotations were a follows
Fluur-Weak. unsettled. Winter pats JOG
-: winter strtights :,5dI ~. Spring pat,
G0a3 81; Spring straigLts 2UG2 %; Bakers
81 sj@2O1
No, Yellow corn, 52jgc.
No. = spring wheat 55i5a51Isc No sprin-
wheat. SAC. No. red 521etdj3lsc, No. = corn,
5234c. No. oats 2S3Sc- No. = White 2.l.a:S}c,
No. ; white 3l3sG;E34c. No. :: rye 46l.c No :
barley. SOC. NJ. ), 5.Q SOC No 4. 5lleyf52c. No.
/ flaXseed 81 43oil. Prime timothy seed, 81 -
Mess pork per bb!. S2 90ii3 lie. Lard. per To
lbs. $685.. Short ribs sides, loose. 81 IL
40 -. Dry salted shoulders. boxed. 81 CO.'S
az 00}+. Sho"tclear sides, boxed, 50 N sac Ots.
Whisky dlstillers' finished goods per gallon,
81 D. Sugar-Cut loaf, unchanged.
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ST Louis. Nov. l. Wheat-Higher:
cash 1873; November $50 Decen her 40
cash 4s5s cents; Nrvbemer Is cents; Dec
49, cents; Nav 4.$4@f57sc Oats-Higher;
casn - cents; November 49, cents; May,
323S cents. Pork - l. wer. jobbiug
81 30 Lard-Strong;sl cam, So 80; choice
S6.S5. L-ad-Lower: 81 90; spelter,
quiet, IS. 49,. Flax seed quiet 81 IS.
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DIR. j. f.. BENNETT.
I2s y. Main IT.. wichita ks.
SAMOAN FUNERALS.
Ths Profass Csrcm0niais Observed Whsa
Death Occurs.

Death scsurs
In Samoa IL Is impossible for q chief 10
die in peace AID quiet As soon as hs
Il known % be near death. the people
for miles around hasten 20 pay hun =
farewell visit On one such Occas.on,
according % q writer IN Outing. ths
visitors. all 81 whom had 20 be enter
tanned. devours3 seven hundred p5gs.
When death finally oceurs. the relz-
tives and friends come with their offer
ings If fine naiE hicgly, or 10 small
yrOuTss. they pres u the tokens % thsI
sorrow 20 soEas old woman, dsputst .
receive them The mats are spread
over the eorp-e. Until la some IN
stances hundred or more are piled up,
entirely hiding ,8e bo<iy from sight
They excite more attention than The
deaI cil+rf, and after the burial ara
hE1s- up for Inspection
Ever s.at has name and history
and though the o5tsiasr cO1id nos
easily distinguish oEse from another.
set the elderly peopl, recognize tbeto
a. FIRST sight. and relate uits q history
about .sca a. . 81 e1po@ed % view.
After the funeral - OrsF. within .
day or two. ter. Il . gr&nd E.sstin2
3ar = division q ths EzztA Every ons
who br01Eh; mat expects u take
away oae--a better che. al han1s are
STATED ia a circle. AID the mas sSs
piled Up "a TIE oea.er
The heal q ne family. WHO h al
vsys kl-n chief oJS.nA . tolds9 nat
All Io-ol, - i carefully. discuss - rser-
It's s.z-6 vzlz,. E4entl0n - vnTious 0zo-
ere a. different t4rnes and he gresi o.
ezs!oas 8; which BE- has azsrrss. and 20
name g ne 60Eor % tie prsseEt %
czslon-
Taez the had % Tie family calls -
rasre g so-zS perm uho - in he
circle, % iufIzste taat ts~ nat IL glser.
- hiza. Cr he-. - tA@ casS BAY - Re
rsrip-sLt AK th~ nat -4tts j.. nd
prezs--s T. - sac .sp q the aeaa- ~ ~
szEae time expressing aa--st.ls tlsnzs-
The entire heap - sasta is s-@roeiles
ct Il t-s N1u.s a1aua@E.
--~-----
Little M--s Nugg Or. IL Fzshlo1
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OMAHA. Nov. 1-Cattle-Receip.s,4 1900:
general quality OF the offerings poor; COW
market about steady; receipts not heavy
and the demand WAS not at all rushing for
any but the best stock. Canning cows
ruled dull and lower: feeders. 81 1903 30;
cnws. S2G2.15: bulls. S2.15@3 %; westerns,
S2G3. Ho-s-Receipts, 1000; range was
from 81 p for common lights up to 81 %
for choice heayie- but the bulk of the fair
To good hogs of all weights changed bands
at 81 40 TO $50 Sheep-Receipts, loo;
market slow; natives mixed, S92 Co
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Customer hy 10 th- mischief don
You give uay si.irt a domestic finish -
asked you - coe
Hoss-t hedging HOsv can sc ~.
when we employ only foreign help -
Dsuoi. Free P.esA
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The ad1ieha Daily Eagle Erdas Mormiue oueber 2, 1884,

qualities. with sales principally at $e@2. IS
The lamb market WAS literally supplied
and was 10 cents lower than yesterday,
- 2544 50 for poor to choice; sales mostly
at So 25@3S5
R-ceipts-Cattle. IA 900; calves, 40; hogs.
3, 900; sheep, Il, 600.
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CATTLE.
Cattle-Market steady.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES
The following are the representative sales OF
CAMPBELL PRODUCE CO.,
Buyers and shippers Of
BUTTER, EGGS and POULTRY

CORNER FIRST and FIFTH
Largest dealers in southern Kansas. Large
Quantities wanted daily. We are paying to-
day as follows:
Market demoralized. No regular prices
quoted, but VIII pay highest market price,
We meet all corr petition and are prepared
TO receive shipments from any reasonable dis
tance and guarantee satisfaction III all cases.
Correspond with u.s. We will make il profit
able 10 you. Ask for prices and freight ~ates.
Call and see us III Zepuyr mills. Telephone
l55. Respectfully.
A. E. LAWRENCE, Manager
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Sixty-one Minutes TO snsre

CHICAGO, Nov. Henry Schemehl ar
rived at the city hall this afternoon, hav-
ing walked the entire distance from the
state house at Indianapolis 10 Chicago in
seventy hours and ffty-nine mInures
Schemhl made the walk on wager OF 500
that he could not do IL in seventy-Swo
hours
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Brooklyn and Baltimore Tie.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Nov 1.-The Brook
lyn and Baltimore professional fooi ball
teams played tie game here today in the
first series of games for the Championship
of the country. The score was two goals
for each.
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COTTON MARKET.
St. Louis,

ST. LOUIS, Nv, COTTON, quiet.
Niddlin.. j-l6; sales 900 bIl-s; receI pts,
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Clipped Forty Seconds.

SAN JOSE, Nov Talbot Cliftons
S-ntt today lowered the worlds four
mile record 401z seconds, making it ia
lO.22
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CLOSING BOND LIST.

New YORK Nov. 1-tiovernment bonds
firm. State bouts dull Railroad bonds
strong.
L = IS reg.........1l9 Do I'd A.....-.... 1919
Do5's coupon. =. ll9 Vi h and first.s Slia
L A. reg .........iI5Ia u ~ ana 4 seed f}ss
DO A. coupon .lIj%, ST Paul cons - %. lbs.
DO - reg. ...... ri do e 81 = " j-.lIOl,
Atchison As. $500. 6j34 st 1. X = + zen Us. 81
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GRAIN MOVEMENTS.


Gu the Produce exchange TODAY the butter
market was firm; creamery. l3a22c: dairy
l2ale. Eggs, IlsalSl2.
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IT CUT No FIGURE
CARS DEATH TAKEN COOLLY Oh
THE STOCK EXCHANGE

Nothing to Indicate the Momentous
Character of the Eveut-No Agits-
ton on Foreign BourseS-Bei ef
in Residing Reorganization Pre-
vails-COalcrS Strengthen.
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Nov. !.
The market today experienced the following
range or prices
Opened IIighcsr Lowest. Closing.
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Little M1-s Mugg Or IL Fz.hios
- of;en az ouF h0use. but ! nsses' 80
h5m a. yosns Ma. Fr~ekies----W va
aont Gre liz. AIS iAiEs --eoo-1 sswS
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REPRESENTA- FIVE SALES.
The following are tle representative sales o.
. l...,- Il. l,r-.
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ron s1LE-Ht-ceiianeo"s.

TOR -sI.F--EF CARL ~ - NfE CIV p
/ I-g-.r. Foola- = 80 . L-als-fri5 49,. a.
100 = f.t-sT a Si.taE BaEg .Afs-sof1as.
Il ba=-y 40 szFa--s- I-.s 2. a. TaoEls 3. aaa4
~ Lil4l.e.g l-.a.-H- a. q
t-o.-ALE GloD H1I--TEIs lu.cH coz.
i I ---lz -le- - -
100 rtLf-I VIII JyFE W. hYr-tsius. a.
Il f4-r.1r~ s-al -eau
slfs ..sy -at-H-. &C., sen ts.e~s irss fr ta-
- era 4a.-s-afe. -
- -kIf.- FgT- rss Tll TrHEEs- e.
L F-r ssF..-s. ta- b. 80 81 as s-.-.l..-s sft-f
80 -
/ 80. 49, r-.--s - - aats.a.s. 49,
CO. 10 s-~H sr..zr .r fle -e-ls.ret gr.rr
49, 81. t-F i-=tle. - Oh tta-r e. IS n
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WICHITA MARKETS

WICHITA. Nov. l.
HOGS
Hogs-Market steady to strong.
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I,OUND-oH FOURTH AVENUE NEAR Elm
u "A rcsrf pin wrh uaIuc engraved. owner Rifs
description .,ud pay for aaye, tlsemsnt Address
Box 80 ttfy p 90. lar
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Taken IN.
LOST.


OsT-A CONDUCTORS CAPwITHINITIaLS
j = A. 4. q :. =. X h. Return 10 I1J y Market
ANA ct reward tsS =
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w ANrED-To ENCHAN6E ss-INCH EAGLE
w bicycle tAish grade almost new flr ham
n.eriess shotgau- Addfess q. J. Pcs~e, hose HuL.
han. As-
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speedily forgot him.. At any rate he did
not think il necessary 70 notify the news
papers, and again Prendergast failed OF
his object. He was now more determined
thsS ever to attain II. He resolved that
he would get him name into the news
papers even at the risk OF arrest he
called again upon Mayor Harrison and
limited that IL his request did not secure
prompt attention il would be worse for the
Mayor. But his cowardice prevented him
from making the hints ominous enough TO
brighten or even startle the Mayor. MIR.
Harrison did not know fear and he treated
Prendergast's threats as lightly as he had
treated his requests This time he ordered
Prendergast out of the office. but in spite
OF that he did not think the matter inn
portant enough TO mention it, Prendergast
concluded 10 write to the Mayor. His let
tiers were not only unanswered. but he
could not be sure they had ever been de-
livered. Again he called on Mayor Harri-
son. This time he was received brusquely
and was warned TO keep away and trouble
the Mayor no more. Desperate with his
determination TO secure the longed-fOr
ure, Prendergast at last worked himself
into a frenzied momentary courage and
committed the frightful crime for which
he died to-day.
on the night of oct. 2S. 1885, Carter II.
Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was seated
at dinner with his son and daughter in
his residence on Ashland boulevard. The
door bell rang and a low-browed, shamb-
ling. ill-clad fellow asked TO see the
Mayor. The man was Prendergast. When
Informed that the Mayor was at dinner he
turned away, and said he would return
later. When the man called again the
Mayor was doing on a couch. Ii had
been American cities day" at the worlds
fair and he had made the best speech
of his life TO a vast throng of people.
He was awakened by the sound of voices
and came toward the door. The man ap-
preached the Mayor. said something which
was not overheard by the servant and then
pointed a revolver at Mr.. Harrison's
breast and fired. The assassin ran into the
pursuing butler. disappeared in Jackson
street. shortly afterward surrendering him
self 10 the police, about the time that
Mayor Harrison expired in the arms OF
Miss Anna Howard. of New Orleans. to
whom he was to be married in a few DAYS.
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THE A~RBITRATroN LAW.

The act of oct. ], 1855. under which the
representatives OF Deb< in Washington
have asked the President for arbitration.
applies only to interstate railroads and
carriers. Ii is made up OF two PROPOSE
tons. one of which provides fer a board of
arbitratOrs TO be selected by the parties
in interest. provided both agree. If one of
the parties refuses. no action can be taken.
The second portion Of the act was framed
TO meet the suggestions of a special mes
sage on the subject which the President
sent 10 Congress. 1t provides for a COM
mission of which the chief Of the Labor
Bureau shall be chairman and two others
selected by the President. This commits
make a report containing a decision, or.
more properly. an opinion. 1t is a board
of reconciliation rather than arbitration.
Neither of them has power to enforce any
decision. and in the first instance nothing
can be done if one party shall refuse 10
join in the proceedings.
As neither of these tribunals can con-
slider matters not connected with interstate
there will be some difficulty in
reaching the Pullman company. with whom
Debs has a difficulty. as the disagreement
relates only TO car building and repairing,
which cannot be regarded as interstate
commerce. If the difficulty involved the
running of Pullman cars it would be differ
ent. but it does not. The only question is
as to the wages of men working in car
shops.
II is very evident that the Debs people
are trying to deceive their followers re-
garding the powers conferred by the act
of October. 1888. They would have them
believe that il involves full power of arbi-
t%ration. recurring both parties TO appear
and to be bound by the decree of the
board. when it means nothing of the sort.
There is no power TO compel the Pullman
Car Manufacturing Company to agree to
arbitration. and there is none il, indeed. it
were an interstate transportation company.
Some time these people who have followed
Debs. Sovereign and their associates will
discover that they have been systematic
ally imDOSed uDon
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cars, themselves drawing the guards atten-
ton while the boys swarm on the tracks
10 do their bidding. And when the black
ness OF night gives its shadOwy protection
the forms that creep about the Yards and
apply the burning brands are not those OF
men alone. but OF women and chilersn.
too-active, eager. wild and yengeful.
A woman's voice Is raised in awful mo-
ments with no quality OF mercy in IL. IL
was a woman who wildly screamed Lynch
him. when a deputy marshal shot into a
furious crowd trying 10 OverpOwer him. IL
was a woman that urged on the man who
leaped TO the engine Of the milk train.
pulled the throttle wide and sent the engine
dasbing into the overturned freight car.
IL was at a woman's ~instigati0n that the
cars at Burnside were fired.
Tn babies must sleep when they can and
as they can on the restless maternal
shoulders. The hearths in the homes are
cold. for the mothers are away and only
the red light OF anarchy is there.
WOMEN OF THE STRIKE. NOT IN IT.
But not all of w~omanhood found drifting
in these lawless mobs is of the sort that
sinks TO it's level. Women are there in
sober garments and with serious faces.
With them are their husbands. quiet and
thoughtful. Both have been caught in the
whirlpool. and behold in CONSERVATION the
wreck and ruin wrought before them.
Brought to the scene by the tie Of CON-
mon interest that cruelty links their fate
with that of lower natures. they turn from
il all in pain TO seek their homes under
the shadow Of a lawlessness not their own.
Over the fields OF waving grass and
clover, over the little garden plots and
rows of stately holyhocks. a band over
the homes about She town where
the deserted car shops are
great quiet reigns, like the full
golden days of autumn when the harvest
Is reaped and the summers work is done;
but here IL is a differ, NJ season, Z is hut
the quiet of the winter OF our discon-
tent Here are women in sorrow and
need; but, with a care for their homes,
they strive 10 make a scanty portion OF
food do for as many hungry mouths as
their ia nily may number. They bear no
burning. brands of fire; they are not teach
ing little ones. by precept and examples.
the deadly lessons OF evil that viii blight
the good in each young life.
There are women IN the strike. but not
of il. In IL. by the suferings they bear.
by the obstacle that this monster has
placed between them and duty and loved
ones. Wives and mothers are kept from.
the sick beds OF their loved ones.
And now a little woman is in jail for
shooting the man who assaulted her huS-
band on his way 10 get work for their
needy little family. The assailant was the
more powerful. The plucky little woman
fired and then OF couFse promptly tainted.
She recovered to lind the aggreSsor dead.
her husband in the hospital and herself in
Jail.
A sad page in the history of these DAYS
is the story OF the women and children of
the great strike.
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1t is stated that the officers of the In
%dianapolis Light Artillery have intlmated
TO their friends who propose to tender the
organization a banquet that they would pre-
fer to have the money which it would cost
10 apply 10 the liquidation of their debt of
$4,000. This intimation has led some promi-
nent citizens TO confer regarding the mat
ter of raising a much larger sum by pledge
for installment payments. which Will re-
lieve the battery Of its debt. TIL sugges-
ton is an excellent one. Wherever the bait
terry has been it has won honors and made
a reputation of which indianapolis may
well be proud. More than that, it has al
vertised the city. since a city which has
such an organization is commended to the
people OF other cities. The least that the
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4 SEEKER.
The Assassin Career and tho Crime
for Which He Died.

The crime and the criminal were alike
extraordinary. Prendergast, a newspaper
carrier, about twenty-three years of age,
took great interest In politics. During the
mayoralty campaign, two years ago, which
resulted in the election of Carter II. Harri-
son, he was active in a small way in po-
litical circles, and spent much of his time
electioneering and working for Mr.. Harri-
son. He was also an ardent and enthusi-
astic advocate of the single tax theory.
He was in the habit of attending meetings
of the Single Tax Club. Thus he gained
a smattering of knowledge about various
matters, and among his fellows vas re-
garded as a prodigy of learning. He re-
garded himself in the same light, and treat
ed the other carriers with superciliousness
and evident contempt, which they were dis.
posed rather to encourage than resent, for
Prendergast had a disa agreeable fondness for
beating and torturing his younger and
slighter co-workers. Last summer he grew
tired of his featureless existence. What he
wanted more than all other things, what
was more necessary than everything else
to his happiness, was TO be talked about.
He longed to see his name in the news
papers. to know that he was filing the pub
lie eye. He lusted after distinction, no mat
ter whether it was good or bad. He felt
that to enjoy the sensations OF notoriety
he would risk much. But he was, accord
ing TO general belief, a coward, and would
not risk his life. He would risk his liberty
for the delights he dreamed OF, but not mis-
life. For days and weeks he cast about
him for a satisfactorily promising means
to his end.
At last it occurred 10 Prendergast that il
would create comment If one of his station
in life, a humble newspaper carrier. should
apply for a high office in the municipal
government. The idea once admitted, took
complete possession of his mind. He ap-
peared i'm Corporation Counsel Adolph
krause's office one day and announced that
he desired 20 succeed Mr.. Krause I'm the
position. Mr.. Krause laughed at him and
tok the announcement as a joke, and Prem
dergast went out. With What eagerneSs he
looked for the newspapers next morning.
How anXiously he hoped they would contain
an account of his visit to Mr.. Krause. If
they had, probably Mayor Harrison would
be alive to-day. If they had, Prendergast
would have probably been satisfied. He
would have seen his name in type. He
would have lorded il over the other car
riers, of whom the public had never heard.
But. unluckily for Mayor Harrison and for
him, he was disappointed. The papers con-
tanned no announcement Of the incident he
had so carefully planned.
EXaSperated by his failure 10 secure the
notoriety he craved. Prendergast de-
termined 10 make another attempt. At
last he selected Mayor Harrison. He
called upon the Mayor and. with all the
gravity he could master, stated his desire
10 be appointed corporation counsel. But
the Mayor was in good humor and the
ludicrousness OF the affair struck hlm. He
chaffed Prendergast good-naturedly and