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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
COLLEGE RUFfIANiSM.
Cornell Freshmen Nearly Asphyxiated
by the phomores

ITHACA, n. Y, Feb. 20.-The freshmen's
Of a class riot. For "A week previous the
under class men have been at swords
points. Tonight, however, the spirit
reached it's height, The freshmen congre-
gated on the campus, and started down
the hill to have their feast. When they
reached the hall where they were to hold
their banquet, they were met by four or
live hundred sophomores, "townies" and
seniors, who proceeded to prevent their
entrance to the building Potatoes, eggs,
stones and what not flew thick and fast.
In the melee two of the rushers were
seized by policemen and quickly dragged
to the station. While the crowd was fol-
lowing the officers trying to effect The
rescue of the prisoners, the freshmen
quickly stole up the stairs and held their
spread. Later the sophomores committed
dastardly trick on the freshmen, by dis
charging noXious gases in the hall. Sew
eral freshmen were carried out insensiDle
Upon examination it was found that the
sophomores had placed asafoetida in the
ireshmen's food and generated chlorine
gas about the hall.
A corps OF physicians was summoned
Prompt efforts were made to resuscitate
The asphyxiated students, and soon all
were out of danger. The hall is in DOS
session of the police, who are ransacking
the corridors and halls to find the source
of the gas. 1t is now known that the
sophomores obtained possession of a side
room and placed generator of deadly gas
so that it was connected with the banquet
hall by means of rubber tubes. Threats
OF lynching are openly made, one man ex-
Claiming that he would help string up the
perpetrators
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
THE NAVAL BILL

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Secretary of the
Navy Herbert was before the house COM
mittee on naval affairs today on the naval
appropriation bill, which is rapidly near
ing completion. Some misapprehension
has arisen in naval circles over report
that the committee would urge the abo-
lltion of the various naval apprentice sta
tions, and the secretary was relieved to
hear that no such step was contemplated.
The naval appropriation bill, as at pres
enu framed, makes no provision for new
battleships or other warships. With the
ships now authorized, the United States
will become the seventh naval power in the
world, and this height is regarded by the
committee rs all the United States could
aspire to for the present. This determina-
tion against providing for new ships has
narrowed the naval appropriation bill to
continuing work on ships already begun,
the routing allowance for pay, supplies,
etc. The total of the bill. members of the
committee say, is little short of the naval
bill of last year. This is due mainly to
the great increase of supplies required for
the augmented navy. 1t necessItates an
increase of sailors and very material i'll
crease in the item of coal.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
M,a,,r Due. between A.ron.u,..

During the Franco-prussian war
blood-curdling duel occurred in mid
air between two aeronauts. one Of
whom was conveying dispatches from
the governor of Paris The balloons.
approaching at a considerable altitude.
the encounter was commenced with pis-
tolls. For some time neither com batant
could secure the advantage. but al
length one balloon mounted above the
other. and It's occupant. seizing his
momentary advantage, threw his Crap
pling irons on top of the other balloon.
They tore through the silken fabric az
though il had been so much paper.
There was an escape Of gas. = shrek
and the next minute both balloon and
balloonist lay battered out OF r.cogni-
ton upon the ground two thousand
feet below London Tit Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
DuckinE the DuSlista.

The mayor of small village in Ger
many has discovered an effectual way
of stopping dueling among the hot
headed citizens Of that place. few
weeks ago two physicians quarreled
at public dinner and challenged one
another to fight with pistols The
village chief magistrate heard Of the
quarrel. He informed the village fire.
men, and together drawing ma
chine they proceeded 10 the lonely spot
in the woods where the encounter was
TO take place. Just as the seconds had
stepped off the distance heavy stream
OF water struck one Of the physicians
in the neck. A moment later the sec
ond doctor was drenched 10 the skin
also. The would-be fighters in their
dripping clothes looked 50 ridiculous
that they both burst out laughing.
shook hands and returned to their
homes. thanking the mayor for his in
teryenflOl
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
MISS JULIA GRANT.

which are left from her reading, study
ing and painting. She is extremely
amiable, thoughtful and considerate Of
others in an unusual degree. Gentle
ness and justice are her most prominent
traits.
She is slightly above medium height,
and of slender, girlish figure. Her
complexion is fair and clear, the dark
blue of her eyes and brown of her hair
accentuating its clearness. She dresses
in the very simplest of modes. Her
favorite outdoor amusement is walk
ing.
Miss Grant has never been formally
presented to society, nor will she make
her debut in New York for year or
two yet; but both Col. and Mrs.
Grant, realizing what delightful
memory an acquaintance with that
most reserved of all European courts
would be to their daughter in after
life, permitted her to be presented at
the Austrian court.
Her relations with her grandfather
were of the most intimate and devoted
nature. Sne spent HucH tlme WIN
him during the last years of his life,
and remembers him with deepest af-
fection. A wreath of leaves, the low
ing work of her hands, was buried
with him. laid upon his casket in the
tomb at Riverside.
Miss Grant, as the oldest living OF
Gen. Grants grandchildren. is the for
tunate possessor of many valuable SOU
venirs of the ex-president. Among the
most important of these are number
of important letters. Several buttons,
which were cut from uniforms which
the general wore during the late war,
she has had mounted as bracelet,
making piece of jewelry more val
liable than any jeweled circlet could
be.
IN her character of daughter. OF
granddaughter, of pupil, and in her
social experiences, Miss Grant has
proven herself worthy 20 bear the
honored name which has descended to
her
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
WOMAN SlJEERAGISTS.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 20.-Today was the
last of the annual convention of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage association. Miss
Gillett, president of the District of Colum-
bia Wimodaughis society, spoke of the
condition of the society and the work it is
doing.
Mr.. Henry B. Blake of Massachusetts
presented the report of the committee on
resolutions.
Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman of New York
was elected the national organizer of the
association.
The final session was held tonight. The
program included an address by the Hon.
Simon Wolf of the District of Columbia,
and addresses by Mary thinner Howclls of
New York, Virginia Young of South Car
olina. aud Rev. Ida Schultin Of Illinois.
At the conclusion of the addresses Miss
Susan b. Anthony, in a few we'll chosen
words, spoke of the work that had been
accomplished. and declared the convention
adjourned, to meet next year at At
lauta Ga
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
KICKED OVER THE GASOLINE.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20-An unruly horse
knocked over large can of gasoline at
Patrick Ryan's blacksmith shop this af-
ternoon, and, as result, one man is at the
hospital suffering with burns which will
probably cause his death, while seven other
men were badly burned about the hands
and face
Ryan's blacksmith shop is large place
of its kind. and today, just before the
horse kicked over the can Of gaso-
line, the shop WAS well filed with
customers. A horse was being
shod, when it suddenly became frightened
aud unruly and began TO kick. One of his
hind feet struck a big can of oil. and part
of Its contents wore thrown upon "A FIRE
near by.
An explosion followed, and Immediately
there was chaos in Rvan's shop. All the
men broke for the front door. and about
twenty horses IN the place began TO rear
kick in all directions. The shop took IRE.
but the flames We're soon eNtipguished.
Every man in the place was burned, Frank
Bourne fatally.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
The au Eagle aedudau zorno gebrnars Fl, 1884
thority they are acting in their official

thority they are acting In their official
capacity.
Ole and Knute Skat;abo, couple of
boys living near Spirit Lake. Ia. have
fallen heir to an estate worth 81. 900, ,0j0 by
the death of an uncle in Idaho.
The arguments in the pension case Of
Judge Long of Michigan against Com
missioner of Pensions Lochren were coa-
cluded yesterday IN the equity court at
Washington. The judge reversed his
decision.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle from
Vienna says that the Austrian govern
nent will today announce new franchise
bill, with n view of quieting the socialist
agitation in favor of universal suffrage.
The Erst shipment of the new QS9l
bonds was male yesterday afternoon. and
consisted exclusively of LOCO dollar cou-
pons. The Consignment was shipped 20
New York.
Ten anarchists have been arrested at
Lyons, France. One had In his posses
sion portraits of Bakouine and Ravachol,
with the motto. "If you wish to prosper,
hang your landlord"
Jack Dunlap and Ernest Miller have
been arrested at Carson City. New, on the
charge of robbing the pay car on the Vir-
ginia City aud Truckee road last week.
The Car was blown up with dynamite
duu JULIUS nCTo AOuuu III -hiA-
ler's room when arrested. Both men claim
that they can prove an allbl
A. NJ. Britton of Ft Worth, Tex. who
was arrested last week on several indict-
ments charging him with the emb-zzle-
ment Of SIS, 900, and thereby wrecking the
First National bank of Vernon, Texas,
was placed in j Ill. at Dallas yesterday, In
default of $50, 900 bond.
Long contests for fourth class postmas-
terships in Oklahoma were ended yester-
day by the appointment Of +. j. BOst. at
Saltwater. aud p J. Carroll, at Wood
ward. The site Of the Woodward office
WAS ordered moved a mile. TO the land
Office reservation.
Chief of Police Erickson Of Houston,
Tex, yesterday arrested John Yoakum
and c. H. Craft. charged with being the
men who wrecked the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas train couple Of weeks ago, and
with shooting the brakeman who went
back to flag the train following.
General Manager Whitcomb of the Wis
consin Central said yesterday that a deal
had been closed whereby the National Ex-
press company would, on March l, secure
the carrying privileges on the Centaal
lines. The National is part OF the Amer
ican Express company, and was formed, it
is said, to keep other companies from en-
croaching on the American company's
field
Information reached Birmingham. Ala,
yesterday afternoon of the lynching OF
Lewis Hendricks, the third negro supposed
to have been implicated in the assault on
and murder of Mrs Jesse Rucker, near
Stanton, last Thursday. Hendricks was
run down in swamp, ten miles from
Jamison, and was shot to death by the en-
ragged citizens.
At San Francisco yesterday the coroner's
jury held an inquest on the body of Mae
Brooklyn, the actress, who committed
suicide. and decided that she died from
the effects of dose OF carbolic acid, ad-
ministered with suicidal intent.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
SIClLY'S PEASANTRY.
4 People Demoralixed by Brigandsge and
Crimes of All Kinds.

Crimes OF All Kinds.
Sig. Tazio has written for the Lega-
del Bene an article on Sicilian labor
unions. He ascribes the deplora BILE
state of affairs on the islands to two
causes-the unions, or fasci del lavora-
tori, and brigandage. The latter. he
says, is greatly fostered bv the fact
that there are large districts without
roads. The laborers are uneducated
and live like beasts, ignorant of their
social duties and of the law. The
riches of the island are absorbed by
the large proprietors and bankers.
The signors live in Palermo and let
their lands to the gabellotti. who sub
let them to sub-ga bellotti, who relet
them to peasants, the contract system
enabling them to oppress the latter.
The peasant tills the land entirely at
his own expense, keeps a fourth
Of the produce and surrenders
The remainder to the landlord.
times an hour, and are almost always
paid in inferior bread and wine. When
they are out of work they borrow corn
of the landlord, who charges twenty
six per cent. for six months. Crime of
Ill sorts results.
The penal statistics of Sicily are the
worst in Italy. The extreme verge of
La Dor tyranny has been reached in the
case of the carusi. or mine boys, under
twelve years Of age. who carry sulphur
out of the pit, climbing steep, narrow
gangways more than three hundred
feet high The pieconieri. who extract
the sulphur, engage the boys by ad-
vancing to their parents -four or corn
worth fifty francs. So long as the par
ents are in debt the boys remain slaves,
their masters being able even to kill
them without risk. Recently one bow
was killed bv eight strokes of pick
and another By kick in the stomach
The officials gave their deaths a.
due to natural causes. The boys are
pale. sickly. STOPPING and ricketty. and
they suffer continually from fatigue.
Their backs are scored with old
wounds They work twelve hours q
day, sleep in the mines, and feed on
bread and onions They can obtain
water only by a long walk Military
statistics prove that conscripts who
have been carusi are inca pa bic OF
service, owing 70 sickness and defects
in physique.
Brigandage is the direct result of al
this, the people having reached the
limit of endurance. Those most hon
estlv inclined have taken refuge TX the
fasci- Women have become tie soul Of
the movement. One hundred and thirty
unions exis, in Sicily. with total
mem bership Of three hundred thea
sand The unions are strongest IN
Palermo. The character Of the unions
has changed since they were founded
No~ all the members arc disciples
Of Marx. The most ignorant. perhaps,
never heard Of Marx, but they aim NJ
an equal dis;ri button OF houses and
land. Each union Possesses . pass
word and method o: osnnGries tlon.
enabling I: To Distribute message.
swiftly Each has its osrn police. wac
inform the members os ali the doing,
Of the government police. A system
OF rnusrai insurance and ssck relief sx
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
NC KINLEYS PROPERTY.

- CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 20.-The property
which Governor and Mrs. Mckinley con-
veyed to the trustees last summer. when
the governor was forced to assign by the
failure of Yorktown manufacturer, for
whom he had endorsed notes. has been
transferred back 10 them. This result is
due to the efforts of the trustees, Messrs
III. III. kohlsaat of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
Colonel Marion Herrick, of Cleveland
and Judge William X. Day of Canton. O.
When they received the trust they de-
cided, without consulting the governor,
10 raise the money with which to meet the
governors obligations This has been
fully done by private subscriptions. The
final papers have been flied in the pro-
tate court at Canton. the properly deed
Ell back TO the governor and Mrs Mckiu-
ley, and the trust is discharged.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
he general condition is fair"
WORLDS FAIR RECEIPTS.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20-According to Acting
Auditor Burlington. the worlds fair
directory will have 81, ,424. 81 81 which can
be applied to a stock dividends when the
exposition liabilities actual aud estimated.
are deducted from the assets. The report
shows that the total expenditures up to
Jan. 81. 1894 were S26, y25 $50 so, and the
total receipts We're SOS. 465, 1851, leaving
a balance on the rig 1T side of the ledger
of 81, 537 ,56S o. But from this balance es-
timated liabilities of $97, 992 q were de-
Quoted, leaving the net balance, which
will probably be returned to the stock
holders
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
ANTI-CHlNESE CHRISTIANS.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20-The fear that the
young lady school teachers who instruct
the heather Chinese Sunday school will be
injured by the evil Influences OF the celes-
tials has caused serious trouble in the
aristOcratic First Presbyterian church of
this city. Some OF the congregation have
formed an autiChinese Sunday school
society. They claim that because lady
teacher is assigned to teach Chinese
scholars, the teachers, who, almost with
out exception, are young. are in great
danger from the close personal contact
with the Mongolians.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
HAS A PRETTY FACE
Born in the White House, Wash
inGton, June z, 1915.
Now She II One Of the Handsomest Young
Women in New .York-Remarks-
BILE for Her GentleDess
and Justice.

The birth of Esther Cleveland at the
executive mansion will take from
Julia Grant. the frst-born grandchild
Of President Grant. her position as the
latest born of the daughters OF the
white house, but, writes Alice Graham
McCollin, in Ladies' Home Journal. it
cannot rob her Of her position as one
who is doing honor to the place which
gave her birth.
On June Z, 1879, Julia, the child OF
Gen Grants eldest son, Frederick
Dent, and his wife, Ida Honore. was
born at the executive mansion. A
month later she was christened in the
same building. The baby was given
but one name, Julia, in honor of her
paternal grandmother, her maternal
grandmother. Mrs. Honore, with Pres
ident Grant, acting as sponsors.
At the conclusion of Gen. Grants
second term Mr.. Grant removed with
his family to Chicago, where, for a
time. they made their home. They
left Chicago for New York few years
later, and there remained until the ap-
pointment of Col. Grant as minister to
Austria, when they removed to the
Austrian capital, Vienna. Their re-
turn to New York, where they are at
present making their home, has been
Q matter of recent happening.
Throughout the successive journey
ings of her family the education OF
Miss Grant has continued without in
terruption. Inheriting from her HUI
guenot ancestry, doubtless, predi-
lection for the French language, She
has taken a most complete course in
French literature. German she has
studied in the same conscientious man
ner Both languages were of tho
greatest value to her in her associa-
ton with the Austrians.
In addition to the study of languages
and literature most of Miss Grants at
tention has been devoted to art.
Miss Grant is domestic in all her
tastes. fondness for sewing and en-
broidery filling in the spare hours
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
SEABOARD RATES.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2O.-The meeting of
the Southwestern Traffic association to-
day. after an extended discussion relative
to the application of differential rates from
the seaboard territory, agreed that the
next meeting of the organization should
be held in New York on April 10. The meet
ing is to dispose of all questions relative
to seaboard rates. and upon the compile
tlon of that work to adjourn to the asso.
citation headquarters at ST. Louis.
A resolution was adopted providing that
all lines should Immediately file with the
chairman schedules of established rates
between seaboard territory and south
western points via all routes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21

lists. The fasci have stabTished school.
for children and adults. herein the
value of money, the duties and rights
of worlsmen, and the theories of social.
ism and collectivism are taught.
Many members have abandoned
church going, hating the priests as
tyrants. This movement so far is non.
political. aiming only 10 secure decent
means of livelihood and freedom from
tyrauny.-N. Y. Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
ATTEMPTED RAPE.

HENNEEsSY, o. T., Feb 20-A brutal at
tempt to outrage the six-year-old daugh-
ter of farmer named William Little was
made by white man. while the child was
returning home from school this afternoon.
The brute had torn the child's clothing to
shreds, when he was frightened away by
some one approaching. A good descrip-
tion of the man was obtained, and posse
is searching for him. Threats are made
to burn him at the stake if captured.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
THE WE STERN EAGtJE,

DEs MONS. Ia, Feb. 20.-Representa
tives of the Western Baseball league met
today and adopted a constitution and byr
laws and schedule for the season. Those
present We're W. w. Kent of Jacksonville,
r. II. Kinsey of St. Joseph, ID. f. Row
and J. l.. McViter of Omaha, A. \. Hill
and w. S. Mccall of Joliet, j. j. Hickey
of Lincoln. Mr. Mccall represented the
interests of Des Moines and expressed
himself as much encouraged at the out
look.
Hugh Nicholl, the well known player,
will manage The team.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
HANDICAP WITHDRAWALS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20-From present indi-
cations the declarations for the big handi-
caps this spring will be unusually light.
In the Metropolitan. Diablo, Hurlingham
and Atrophine have been declared out.
In the Toboggan slide handicap. Loan
taxa, Herald. Senella, st. Julien and Regi-
nall have been declared out. aud in the
Bowling Brook handicap FL TELEGRAPH,
Senella, J. p, Roscommou and Prince
klamath have been declared out.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
WINTER WHEAT.

CHICAGO, Feb 20-The Farmers Re-
view tomorrow will say OF winter wheat:
Wheat in Illinois is quite generally
under blanket of snow. The prospects
of the crop are good. and the recent snow
viii do mnch to lessen the danger of any
disaster.
Wheat in Missouri is in good condition.
and will be much improved by the recent
heavy snow.
''In Kansas the ground has been rather
dry. but now is covered. and the at,en-
dant moisture will help the crop. Some of
the correspondents report the crop dam
aged considerably by dry weather.
''The Nebraska reports indicate condi-
tion somewhat less favorable than that of
Kansas. The conditions in Iowa are var
iOus.
1.-The general condition is fair''
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
pHEIAN AND SATOtIL.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20-Father Fhelan has
received a reply TO bis letter sent to Arch
bishop Satolli, asking to be sustained in
his course toward Bishop Bonacum in the
recent trial OF that p.elate for alleged libel
of Father Coroett.
The letter. said Father Pheiau today,
"is 4 complete vindication of my course.
He says that II Is inopportune for him to
publicly support me; but rs long as be
knows ! am AL right, that is all that |
care for.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
GERMANY AND AFRICA.

BERLIN, Feb. 20-The reichstag today
adopted the colonial estimates. after Chan
cellor Won Caprivi had declared the ar
rival of fuller news from the Cameroons
would be necessary before steps could be
taken. and that a hasty recall of the colon
ial officials would entail a great loss of
valuable experience.
Herr Babel said that the southwest At
rican colony was in hopeless condition.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
UGLY TEMPERS,

Are product OF bad digestion. Your dys-
peptic is almost invariably n cross-patch.
The way to renew cheerfulness OF DISPOSE
tion and an equable temper soured by in
digestion, is to take course of Hoste-
ter's Stomach Bitters, which not only ban
ishes dyspeptia. but also relieves bilious
ness. constipation. chills and fever, rheu
matism and kidney trouble. Use it with
persistence three times day.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
THE DuEsTROw MURDER.

ST. Louis, Feb. 2O.-Dr. Arthur Dues
trow, the double murderer, charged with
killing his wife and babe, was arraigned
for preliminary hearing in the criminal
court today. Attorney johnson applied
for Il continuance which. with the ex-
pressed consent of Prosecuting Attorney
Dierkes, was granted, the hearing being
reset for March 20 next. This disposition
of the case means practically that DR..
Duestrow is safe from either making a plea
or being obliged to wave preliminary
hearing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-21
THE SMITHIIBEt CASE.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 20-The preliminary
hearing in the criminal libel case of Chief
of Police Quarels, ct al, of Kansas City,
Kan, against A j. Smith came to an end
this evening. Justice Swingley held the
defendant to the district court i'll 81. 900
bond on one charge, and $500 each on five
others. Smith refused to give bond,
and WAS ordered committed, but his
attorney Immediately appealed to Judge
Anderson of the common pleas court for Il
writ of habeas corpus. which was ordered
returnable tomorrow. Ga this writ he was
released and gave bond in $500.