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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Or yer Cleveland will learn some day
,hat the supreme bench of this country
Is not to be used in order to vent per-
sonal spleen. There are some people
who have lost faith in every department
Of the government except the supreme
court. Cleveland is not as small a man
as Hill but he is carrying on in a way
that is quickly bringing him down to
Hills level
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Sales of farm lands are reported daily
from all parts of Kansas, with increas-
ing demands for such properties. 1t is
no stretch Of the imagination that Kan.
sas is already beginning 10 feel the pull
sations of returning industrial and COM
mercial life and activity, all of which is
in veritication of what the EAGLE has
claimed throughout the long season of
depression and distress, that is that Kan
sas would be the hrst TO respond to
the approach of better times, because
less harmfullv affected by the squeeze.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
LAND OF eIo-NOseO MEN.
Arizona So Named Because OF . FseiAs
Peculiarly.

Who would for q moment suppose.
says the ST. Louis Republic, that the
word Arizona" which we associate
with bzlmy breezes. music, moonlight
nights and amazons, could mean moth
ing more or less than "a great big
nose The southwestern portion %
what IS now the United States was
originally inhabited by a tribe %
natlyss Ioted far and M.as -AoE lasls
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Hon. d. W. Eastman Of Emporia is
announced as a candidate for state
treasurer subject 10 the choice of the
Republican convention. Mr.. Eastman
has a brilliant soldier record. As a
member of the Legislature and in fact in
all the public positions TO which he has
been elected in the past lie has neve:
failed of giving the fullest satisfaction.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
EXCH ANGE EPITOMES.
This Days Lesson.

Do the work that's nearest,
Though it's duh the while,
Helping, when we meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles;
See in every hedge row,
Marks of angels feet,
Epics in each pebble
Underneath our feet.
Ewing Herbert.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

When it came to making up with
Caprivi Bismarck firmly refused. But
he throws his arm around the King who
removed him. There are some contra
dctory elements in the Iron Chancellor,
treat as he is.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Quite Alike.

From the Emporia Gazette.
The Alabama congressman who de-
clares himself in favor of a tariff for
revenue with incidental protection is
like the Kansas man who favors the
prohibitory law but is "agin the en-
fOrcement."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Better Watch the Ground Hog.


From the Lawrence World.
Sol Miller. acting for the fxers. warns
George Martin and Marsh Murdock that
they must not say anything against ''de
gang" However, both of these gentle
men continue to assert themselves and
Mr.. Miller may as well devote his time
to watching for the ground hog.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Pertinent Points.

FroIn the AlCnlsOn tNHlpIO1.
The ponderous platitudes of party plat
forms will not win votes this year.
Thoughts are too plenty and dollars too
scarce to lead people far away from COM
mon, practical views If men and
measures.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

The Oakland, Cal, poundmaster, dur
ing the month of December, captured
and killed 119 CANNES, for which he
received $119 from the city treasury.
And the local papers are still filed with
doggerel on dog days in California.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
A Hn.hAnfi's Ertgke.

How do look?' said DR. Kallov~-
mel 10 his young wife as he exhibited
his new suit
Dressed TO kilI.- she exclaimed en-.
Enthusiastically.
Ny dear" replied her husband.
gently. 'rou shouldn't talk shop
Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Cood-for the Purpose

Foreman-Shall we run the portrait
of Runwell, the opposition candidatei
Editor-Have you proof of the
cut?
Foreman-Yes; here IL is.
Editor-By all means rtin IL; il Is 80
poor that IL viii do him more harm
than an editorial.-Wag
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Attorney Carlisle is of the opinion that
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle can
legally issue bonds and the secretary
has good deal of respect for the opinion
of the attorney.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
They're Not Corn Ra ;sers.

From the Pond Creek Tribune.
If the Kansas Populsts raise as much
corn this year as they raised hell last
year. all previous records for big crops
will be broken.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Alarming Situation.

From the Oklahoman.
Statehood's maiden hard to please;
in fact, she's a shrewish Mary Ellen
Lease,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

After making the business of this
country sick, Chairman Wilson has be-
come somewhat indisposed himself.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

The emptiness in the United States
treasury now almost equals the deficit
in General Artzs head.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

There are few brave souls who are
not afraid to father chestnut and they
are just now urging thas pugilism Is
dyipo ont
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

William and Bismarck have shown
that the day may come when Lllluoka'
iani will fall on President Dole's neck
and soak his necktie in tears.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

In some of the eastern cities there is
talk of throwing the study of Grammar
out of the public schools. Things are
coming our way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Talmage h,s reconsidered and may
not leave the pulpit. 1t is all right now
to turn the steam into the machine and
let the universe continue to run.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Corbett is a better fighter than
Mitchell, but Mitchell can out talk him,
even with his mouth knocked all out OF
shane
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Fame is tickle. Governor Mitchell OF
Florida might get his name in the papers
This week by paying regular advertising
ratnS-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Mexico will not give up her bull nights
The citizens can not take all their re-
creation in revolutions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

If Justice Brewer can find buzzsaw
he had better monkey with that and lei
the American newspaper reporter alone
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Mrs. Lease always was two or three
founts too big for the general run OF
Populist leaders.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

The Ute Indians are laying the wal
paint on with trowels. 1t may be war,
but is probably only their annual whoop.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Hill says he will resign if Peckham is
confirmed. But then Hill has bald
spot that makes it extremely easy for
him to talk through the top of his head.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

The perfume vending slo: r.achiss
Is The fairest one oct get:
Fer every penny dropped 4sth@
@nother scent yog set :
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

Speaking of dress, if woman is allowed
to vote the vest pocket vote Will be DIS
nosed of,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
N|l]Iia 5gle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

St. Gaudens has learned that the
Tinted States prefers little figleaf in its
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

The man who stands by deserving
home enterprise is working IN good
callSe,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
CO M B IN E D

The Kansas State Medical and
Surgical Institute and Sanitarium.
DR.. Terrill President. and the Wich
ita Medical and Surgical Institute
and Eye and Ear lntirmary. Dr..
Purdy Proprietor and surgeon in
chief, have combined the two lnSll-
tuticns which will be known here
after lis the TerrilI-Purdy Medical
and Surgical Institute. and Eye and
Ear lnfirmary,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

used at the TerritPury In
ute the Carrh and all Nose anu throat diseases
and med furnished home treatment written
guarantee given in all durable
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The morning call., 1894-03-25
POLAR PLACERS,
Miners Engage Passage to
Cooks Inlet.
Rich Gold Deposits Found Along the
Alaskan Streams Attract Much
Attention.

A dozen miuers for the Cooks Inlet placer
fields viii sail on the schooner Melancthon,
Captain Forrest MASTER for Alaska to. morrow.
Charles ID. Ladd OF this city. who is largely in
terested in the fur trade ana in salmon packing
Ia Alaska. has chartered the schooner in order
to make personal inspection OF his properties
in the north, and the party OF miners have
seized the opportunity TO secure transportation
to that portion OF Alaska.
"We hope 10 leave on Monday" said Mr.
LAID yesterday. 1.-The Melancthon is schooner
of about 200 tons burden, and the voyage will
probably consu me from twenty-five to twenty
five days. The quickest time on record to
Cooks Inlet is Ten days, and it varies usually
from twenty To tDlrty-twO days. Last year tif-
teen men who are IN the nelghborhood OF
Cooks Inlet did very well in the placer fields.
These men are not miners. They are married
to native women aud are content TO lead an
idle life. believe that the men WHO Will take
passage on the Melancthon, and who are prac-
teal miners. VIII do very well. shall make a
trip 10 the mines myself, but The real purpose
OF my visit is in connection with my business
inteI ests in tn north.
wherever black sand is found in the neigh
borhood of Cooks Inlet gold is obiainable.
The source OF this fDe gold has been traced to
the plaeers on the streams forty or fifty miles
from the inlet. One station lies $50 miles
above Sitka; ii is of the steamer route and dis
tanJ from the lines OF travel to the YUKON gold
fields. Its isolation is the reason that so little
has been known about the gOld.bearing sands
aDd placerS OF that portion OF Alaska
Il anticipate that when practical miners have
made a thorough exploration Of this region
a great gold excitement viii spring up"
continued MIR. LadC. "One trouble with which
the prospectOr has 10 contend is that there is
no surface showing of mineral, no ouIcroppiDgs
visible, as In California and the Rocky Mount
ain States and Territories. The whole country
is covered with heavy growth OF moss, which
has TO be raked of before the prospector can
pegin WoIk on the gravel which lies beneath"
The morning call., 1894-03-25

would take possession of the basement this
mesns of escape would be effectually
barred. and the only hope of escape would
be by jun ping through the rear windows.
1t was one of the most cold -blooded at
tempts to sacrifice family l have ever
SEEN"
The police authorities we're called to
help on the case, and facts were put in
their possession that will, 1t is believed.
lead to the speedy arrest of the dastsrdly
criminal. The motive is believed to have
been revenge, and suspicion is already di-
Iected to one of TWO men as the actual
perpetrator of the deed.
As a matter of fact, this is the second
attempt to set fire to the Irving house. A
similar attempt was made five months ago.
The methods employed were the same.
The teps were saturated with kerosene
and then set on fire. The flames we're
noticed. however, before they got much
headway and extinguished. Since that
time the family has been living in some
fear of repetition of the deed and care
full watch had been kept. This time the
incendiary'S attempt was all toe successful
Irving. the father of Mrs. Jennie Ross,
pany. which has its Offices on Battery
street. aud of which lis son, Samuel c.
Irving. residing at I'll Jones street. is the
manager. Andrew living. the younger
brother, is also employed by the same
company. This company employs large
number of men, mechanics and otherwise.
Special suspicion is directed toward two
men whom the police are now trying to
locate. One of these was discharged some
time ago by Mr.. Irving and beat the COM
pany out OF some money. He has been
threatening revenge ever since. He has a
rather bad record. ana Chief Crowley be-
lieves he knows something about it. At
any rate Detective Ben Bohen was detailed
on the case and is working on that line.
The servant. Mrs. Newman, who was
taken 10 the Receiving Hospital Yesterday
afternoon, was at first uspected of know
ing something about the matter She was
taken 10 the Chiefs Office and questioned
with a great air OF mystery by Captain
Lees, but was finally discharged as know
ing nothing about The matter. A bottle Of
whisky, three loaves of bread and paper
of salt were among her possessions when
arrested. The hospital doctors did not
know what TO make of her case, and could
not tell whether she was drunk or feiga-
ing drunkenness. She denied being either.
and claimed that she had escaped from the
house with the rest of the inmates, and
was 50 distracted that she bad wandered
around and was on her way back 10 ths
house when arrested and taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
The morning call., 1894-03-25

chamber the cartridge had snapped, and in
the ourth chamber the cartridge had ex-
pioded. There were three short cartridges
and tvs o long ones in the revolver. and it is
supposed that it was Que of the latter
which was in the fourth chamber that
killed Herrick.
The revelations made by an interDreta-
ton of the ciphering are interesting.
Fredericks appears to have been troubled
with superstitiOus beliefs and was study
lug palmlStry. He had also jotted down
the composition of counterfeit coin.
Some OF the entries are suggestive of the
murderous designs he had upon society
For example: "Colldine, poison, drops
ZOO grammes chloride of potash ". M. Y
and pitric acid, high explosive"
Other entries apparently show the
crimes Frederlcks has committed. They
are as follows: Oakland. 1899, burglary ;
MaripOsa, 1890. burglary; Red B uff, 1898.
stage robbery, $50, August. proceeds in
significant; AgeI stage robbery, $50
August; Wallace, Idaho. S160. September !:
Butte City, Mont, SIS, January; Salt
Lake City, So. January. Totals. S323. In
other words, the amount he received out
Of eight burglaries and robberes was only
S325. Then follows an entry, Highway
robbery, store, Salt Lake City, March s.,
1894, 81" 1t Will be seen from these
entries that during his wanderngs he was
keeping up his reDutatiO as q desperado
There are also number OF entries show
ing that Fredericks was copversant with
rell after breaking out of the Fresno Jail,
and expressing his sympathy with the
bandit and antipathy 10 the bandits
nnpmipS
The morning call., 1894-03-25
A STEP MIGHT HAVE SAVED HER.

Another step further and Mrs. Jennie
Ross and her Ye-mOnth-old baby would
to-day have been alive to gladden. the heart
of the bereaved husband and father. Tha:
one step 20 safety was never made, and
now mother and babe, burned and charred
out of all recognition, lie in one casSet. a
sight of horror even to those who loved
them best
Thay met the most awful of all deaths
in the fire which, kindled by some insen-
safe lncendiary, swept desolation and hor-
ror through the Irving home at 220 Haight
street yesterday morning and imperiled
tDe nVes OF nearly dozen others besides.
The death-bearing flames came suddenly
and unexpectedly in the darkness of The
early morning, when all the inmates save
the two now dead were slumbering peace
fully in their accustomed beds.
1t was about o'clock when little John
SchaetZer, the boy who delivers the morn
ing papers in that part of the city. stopped
TO drop paper inside the fence of the
little garden in front of the Irving home.
As he did so he noticed the dull red flames
jumping through the cracks of the steps
which lead up to the front door on the
second floor. Instead of arousing the in
mates to the danger which threatened
them, the boy hurried to the nearest fire
station on Market street and turned in an
alarm from there. In the meantime the
flames seized the wOodw ork of the steps
for their own and blazed fercely upward
and against the front of the house. People
who saw the steps blazing say that they
were burning fully twenty minutes before
the first engine arrived at the spot. The
official report at the fire headquarters
shows that the first alarm was turned in
at $40 o'clock, at least a quarter of an
hour after the blaze was first noticed by
the newsbOy.
Long before the engines arrived the
tragedy OF the morning had been accom-
pllshed.
OF the inmates the first to detect the fire
was the dead woman. She occupied, with
her sister. Miss Carrie Irving her nephew.
little Willie Irving. and niece Carrie. the
front room on the top fl or, large alcove,
overlooking the grounds Of the Protestant
orphanage across the way.
Sleep had not visited Mrs. Ross much
that night, for her baby was resiiye and
cried continually. At last the mother
herself an iuvalid-rose to give the child
some food. She lit the gas and sitting on
the low rocker tried to soothe her child
with the food II was crying for. Suddenly
the mother detected the smell OF fire.
Afraid she was mistaken she went 10 the
door and then saw the faint haze of smoke
rolling into the room. Hastily she called
her sister Carrie. They realized the house
was Oh fire. Snatching up her baby Mrs.
Ross ran downstairs 10 her brother WHIPS
room. Miss Irving caught up her little
nephew Willie in one arm and her niece
Oracle in the other anG hastened down
stairs after her flying sister. She passed
the mother with her baby on the stairway,
the smoke growing thicker as they de-
scended, and hurried on to her brothers
The morning call., 1894-03-25
FINDING THE DEAD.
Mrs. Ross and Her Baby Found at
the Head of the Stairs


Assistant Chief Dougherty found the
bodies OF Mrs. Jennie Ross and her baby.
On arriving at the place the engines did
splendid work. Three streams were
turned into the blazing house and although
the front of it is charred and the stairways
are burnt away and the interior Quilted the
building was saved. Indeed. so little is the
damage on the top floor to Mrs. Ross room
that 1t is possible TO believe that had the
unfortunate woman stayed there instead
o1 running downstairs she might have
been saved.
AS 1t was death overlook her right with
10 step of the door of her brothers room,
which led 10 safety. She fell down, either
IN faint or overcome by the smoke. at
the top of the stairway leading to the
ground floor.
When Assistant Chief Dougherty got
into the house after the fire was sufficiently
overcome to permit him TO euter he
mounted this stairway. At the Top he
stumbled over something which his prae-
ticed senses told him was a body. He
held down his lantern, for the smoke was
thick, and by the dim light perceived that
il was indeed body and that0f woman.
Speedily the incinerated remains were
taken out of the house and a message sent
to the morgue. The bodies of both mother
and baby were burnt cut of all shape.
They were slckening TO look al. Even the
trained frenen were glad to cover up the
remains from their gaze.
The grief of the 1rvings when they found
that Mrs. Ross was dead was terrible. She
was guest at the house. & Her home is
The morning call., 1894-03-25

room. crying loudly the alarm at The time.
That was the last seen of Mrs. Ross and
her baby alive.
At the alarm given in the terror-struek
tones of his daughter the father, A. K.
Irving, jumped from his bed, and calling
Andrew, who slept with his brother Will
in the room al the top Of the stairs, ran to
the ground floor to locate the fire. Andrew
got down first and found the door under
the front steps unlocked. He opened it
and saw the front steps in a sullen blaze
He turned on the faucet and threw several
buckets OF water ON the blaze, which gre W
fiercer and fiercer. Then the father ap-
peared. Hardly had he opened the door
when the flames burstsout 10 grand dimen-
sions, aud the iEdraught carried it through
the door. Quick as light Mr.. Irving closed
the door again, but the flames burst
through the glass transom above and in a
few moments were mounting the stair
way, cracking and Kissing and roaring
and darting red tongues into every Granny
and crevice as they mounted higher and
higher.
Mr.. Irving retreatad to the rear of the
ground floor. He awakened Mrs. Warner
and Miss Reece, who were sleeping In the
SoSh IbOii, anu 1lIss NcHiuhhs bhC oEt-
want. and all three hurried out half
clothed, into the back yard OF the house.
Then began frantic rush for safety on
the part of the people on the several
hooTs' Mrs. Irving, the mother. is 66
years old and weighs 175 pounds. The
strong arms of Win Irving helped her out
oI the WINDOW and she was dropped TO the
ground below.
After came Miss Carrie Irving and the
two children, Willie and Oracle. and
lastly VIII Irving himself. Not one of
these escaped without greater or less in
jury from the fall, but they congratulated
themselves that they were saved.
Then 1t was discovered that Mrs. .Iennie
Ross and her baby were not among those
in the back yard. No one realized for tho
moment that she must be in the burning
house. By that time the fire engines had
arrived and were pouring their streams
into the building and the fremen were
forcing their way into the upper floors.
ard it did not occur TO any one that the
mother and babe were lying dead in the
The morning call., 1894-03-25

with her husband, Donald Ross, at SOB
Franklin street. She had been ailing, and
so for the last two weeks was staying on
visit with her folks at 220 Haght street.
She had been married about five years, her
husband being a carpenter employed by
S. c. Murray & Co. Ross did not learn his
bereavement until after o'clock in the
morning. Mrs. Ross had been suffering
with heart trouble. II is believed by her
physician, DR.. FitzgibbOns. that she died
from heart failure, and, therefore, that
death came suddenly and painlessly to her.
II she did not faint 1t is hard to under
stand how she fell so suddenly, for her
sister Carrie was just ahead Of her in the
race for life and supposed her sister fol-
lowed her in.o the room of her brother.
Mrs. Ross was born on June 3 1867, and
was therefore 81 years old. She was most
attractive looking woman of motherly dis
position an of considerable artistic ability.
Many of the paintings which adorn the
walls of the house were her worK. She
was much beloved by all the family, which
is incOns0lable.
Hardly any Of the family escaped with
out more or less injury. Mrs. A. X. Irv-
ing. the mother, is so badly hurt that she
may die. She is 66 years of age and
weighs 10 pounds. In dropping from the
second-story window. a distance of at least
fifteen feet. she received a severe shock.
so great, indeed. that she was internally
injured, and it is feared that the lungs
may have been penetrated. She was con-
veyed 10 the home of George n. Lawlor at
224 Haight street, as were also Oracle and
Willie. her little grandchildren.
Both the children are suffering from
fright and inhaling the smoke, while
Willie has his front teeth knocked out and
his throat SCARED. Miss Carrie Irving
will probably be lame for life. In drop
ping from the window her foot was
twisted and the .endons Of the right ankle
severed. This injury is worse than
fracture. Miss Irving was taken to the
home Of c. Muller. the optician, at 2lS
Haight street. Mrs. Newman, the servant,
was so excited by the affair that she wan
dered around the streets aimlessly. and in
the afternoon was taken by a policeman to
the Receiving Hospital for treatment, but
later was discharged.
The record. therefore, OF this compara-
lively small fire is a sad one. 1t is in
brief: Mrs. Jennie Ross, aged %. dead /;
Andrew Ross, aged months, dead Mrs.
A. K Irving, aged &C. internally injured,
perhaps fatally; Miss Carrie Irving, ten
dons OF ankle severed; Willie Irving,
teeth Knocked out and hurt by inhalng
smoke; Oracle Irving, badly frightened
A. K. Irving. wrist cut by falling glass;
Mrs. Newman, treated at the Receiving
Jocpitol far uarvons nrOstratJon