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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16

one farewell kick that would have
made q mule turn green with envy.
The victim few out into the street on
all fours like bir3-all jailbirds can
fly If they9are given the chanee-then
he picked himself up, and a minute
later was cleaving the air ten blocks
OF, making better time than a prepaid
telegFa m.
In the meantime ''Sleepy Joe" had re-
arranged tho checkers, and the two
were as deeply absorbed as ever in the
game, when Detective McNab entered,
He was alone and in very bad humor.
His pal got away, but we've got
him, anyhow. That ssloot has robbed
twenty fats up here in Harlem during
the last three months. Fetch him out,
/ want to take him down town and in
troduce him to Superintendent Byrnes.'
I think he will recognize him as an old
hand at the business
! The checker players paused In their
game.
'Bouncer" wrinklsd up his forehead,
pulled his moustache, scratched his
chin, felt his nose carefully, pursed up
his lips and fxed his eyes on the-ceihng
,"Slespy Joe" gezed ssolid1y at 1.-The va
cant chair" When McNab gradually
began TO realize that "Bouncer" had
turned his prisoner into the street, the
back Of the detectives neck acquired a
vernillion hue andshis fingers twitchea
nervously. He Jumped into the air,
cracked his heels together shA assun-
ing pugiiistic attitude huwled as he
brandished couple of fists, the size Of
small hams.
: Come out here, and I'll beat the
ground with you, you lop-eared, sizzle-
seuled whiffet, you bandy-legged horse
marine"
This seemed to enney "Bouncer,"
whose maiden name was CRafferty.
He soon got his Irish up.
"Nhoopl Put up your fists and dance
to me. ye Mohawk. Wasn't me own
feyther wan of the Killmanafsys Of
Killatalik? And it's short work III
make of yez."
The fifth round was fearfulIy scien-
tific.
"Bouncer' wore 4 lump about the
size Of an egg plant over his right eye,
while McSab's nose rssen bled Chin
csc lantern, and some of his left eer
was gone. "Bouncer" hinged his left
at McNsb's damaged nose, but the lat
ter ducked his nut, and oountered from
the shoulder on "Bouncer's' jaw, caus-
ing his worries to rattle. There were
several moro rounds that were srgges-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
An Eel FIFTY Years Ola -rU

An eel whose age OF afty years IL
vouched for by Trustworthy witnesses
has been on exhibition at Groton, Conn
1t died on being taken out of a well in
which il had lived so mary years, and
probably would have lived 70 a still
greater age had Il not been disturbed
! This eel was caught fifty years AGO By
c. o, Harris, Of New London Conn,
and BY him pat in the family well
There was no way of escape for It and
it seemed perfectly content 70 remain
in it's walled domicile- In 1870 the well
was cleaned and the eel IVES deserved
TO be in state Of good preservation
The other day the wei was agziz
cleaned and the eel was brought - the
top in bucket Of wafer. II vac then
removed and plsced IN a bzclaet Of
Ronomoo water. This Transition prob
ably CAUSED It's cessh- for within Evs
minutes after betag placed tD~r>in tAs
eel gave Up the Eb0st- The sLch VII
be prepared and stuffed. In spite CO
its age the eel had not increased much
IN -ze. being 10 sxgg tasn an aver
sre-SiZed one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
SMITH WAS READY
He Had Learned One Game Of
Which He Could Boast.
How an ExPrcss Messenger DisFosed OF
Two Wculd-2s Train Robbers-Thsy
Were Dead Before They Get
o Chance to Shoot

"But speaking of train robberies,"
Put in the colonel, reminds nae Of a
man / met when l ives in command at
Fort D. A. Russell, at Cheyenne. BE
was an express messenger named
Smith, and his run was on what they
called out there the high Ens' CT the
Burlington & Missouri railroad. Smith
amt much OF man to look at, but he
was great in action, as you'll agree"
SAYS the New York Sun.
I'D heard of Smith before I met him
He'd killed two men down in western
Kansas, and they We're saying around
Cheyenne that he was bad So / was
curious TO get him TO tall me the story,
and after awhile he cid
He used to have run on the Santa
Fe down where il crossed into Colo
RADIO. All the messengers, you know,
carried guns in those days-they do
yet, for that mstter-but Smith under
stood the use of s;x-shooter better
than some Of his mates Things had
been 50 smooth on his run for so long
that he got q bit careless at last and
used TO leave the door of his car I'M
locked SO that the brakeman could
come in and talk with him whenever
they liked without his having to go to
the end of the car to unlock the door.
Smith had one game, though, which
was all his own. He told nae that he
had practiced it good deal, 50 shat
he could shoot within q fraction of q
second after hearing anyone say: Put
up your hands Yea know those fellows
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
The RornanoG Fnrnur.

To be czarina of Russia means q great
deal The Russian empire covers fully
oRe-sixth Of the Arm land of the habit
Gble globe, and contains a population
Of over 100000. 900. Over them the car
rules absolutely. But 20 be a member
of the Romanoff family is not quite so
desirable. This dynasty was founded
by Michael Rousnoff. car OF Muscovv.
in 1918, Its foremost representative
was Peter the Great, who ruled from
1859 TO lE25. BE reoreanized the army,
esss bl!shed z nsvxRa6 conquered many
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
At the P.st.ur Institute.

Two working women were telling
each other about their accidents Willis
waiting their turn TO be inoculAte6.
"As for me- said the first. II was bit
ten by horrid cur, no doubt belonging
TO some concierge in our neighborhoOd- A"
The second, assuming an sir Of i'm
portance, as though conscious Of her
evident superiority, replied: Il was
bitten by the poodle Of titled lady-
Il Li-aro
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
eRookiYN's LATEST. GAIN.

The Quaint OLD Plantation of YfHtb1sh
Which tho Bigger Town Has Absorbed
The beautiful old Dutch town of
Flateush, which has just been added 10
Brooklya, is one of the oldest and most
interesting settlements near New York
The statement has been made that IL IL
| even older than Brooklyn The facts
are that Brooklyn got Dutch ehartex
in 1883, whereas Gov. Petrus Stuyves-
ant granted a patent for Flatbush IN
1851, but both towns date earlier than
those years. and Brooklyn was the ars,
one settled.
II was in 1895. according 20 the
almanac Of the Breolxlyn Eagle for
1923, that three citizens of New Am
sterdam went over 20 Gcwanus and the
Wallabout tnow the 'NinetecHth ward
OF BROOKLYN aud boaght land Of the
Canarsie Indians. who claimed AL that
shore. They built seon sftervsrd and
thus began the settlement Of brooklyn
Cornelius Dickson esta blished q ferry
between our Peek slip and what is now
the foot OF Fulton street In is4s. and 10
was called the ferry 70 Brsuhelon.
after tho name Of . place Ia Holland
II was ls4s lsogne say IN May and sons
say in juno Of that year1 when sshspcns
were elected over there, and the Dutch
governor and council recognized the
formation Of = government across shs
river. They bad given the whole &c
conypen tCorsy) Island TO Gytbert op
Dyck two years before that. In Is4s. tgs
without surrendering the government
claim upon the fisheries there Ten
years later. In 1854 Fiatlands, Fiat
bush and Brooklyn organised . militie
company 20 areAre away robbers and
pirates. So Flatb1sh Grst comes intu
the History Of brooklyn juss tive hun-
dred and tSrty ye@ss ssrtiox rhAn tho
bigger place swallowed IL up.
Flstbush was than hidwout OF Ma.
die Woods andits settlement bsk been
began ga hJL Some persons insiss
that settlers went there &c early -
1894. two years before ths fsrss New
Workers went over 10 Rr~ukelen. bus
1851 Ia The frss reliable date IN shs his
tory Of the old Dutch farming Village
In that year stuyvesaDt GRATED . pa
sut suthosiztng s~s people .asrs 70
nasnt.tns Village.
Today Che old town In the sat a.
tremendous real s@a>Ae orrT. On 80
count Of which sbs I'D .nrxas hsve beau
est up By streets sxsd rsrs<tsd Into ssss
which are sdvertissa ca al sowt~ ~ -sAsI
t4rHas- aud for spps~entsy very sAs~p
prices Trolley kn~s ros ans trsssh
the onoe noble MAXI sssess of Ms NJ
lage and far beyond, snd th~ eozfr~soa
Of srsnsition period nAsss o. pisss
very shabby. Bat .seDs Ola pv.ch
hooses and many noble and s~sSossfSI
s7Aasiors of . ooLcntsi p<r.1.d SAIL
stand there s<ssds sovrky s<sss 81
great are s1d isA<r date Ior~ss a
ths sntsae sz< sss h4storfs IN ~-sh>-
texture have laes bs-r@ making yilgy.zA-
ages 20 Ti&tb1sh so gioes ovsy ths
9naiot tanlssAsa tss ssd h.ifceors
ard The Fst.-s wiD1e~s, and 10 r~vei IN
the pazsnn Of <ps-aAst ssnt=ls. snd
.ndroue. and dOor xoocssTa, ss1 ths
TIA Ike. fsv ~ wALeh ssvo essn ra<s-
81 with by th~s- ownsrz
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ustrsnoalnI Item

Prof DusenbeTry. % Columbia eel
leCe, - 20 completely absorb IN he
profession that be Is becoming more
and more ahssz;~ruinoss svsry day. lie
remarked 20 one Of ne students.
Something very stupid hayp~nsS 20
me the other noTning-I beliSse az
becoming little aosezt-usinesd-
What Il it,
'YOu see. ! wanted o. ,z<s uy VIE
out n buggy AID give her sosDe fresh
air. and whoa I esze % th4nx 0Ssr u.
] res-aenh-er-s that p-TeF lad > ~sls-
Alex Sweet. II TEXAS SiffiEEE.
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Hesse and Princess Victoria at Co
burg the czarevitch and Princess Alix
met, and before tho royal guests had
left the quaint old town Emperor VIII
liam vvos able to make formal an
nounoement Of their betrothal. Like
the most of the RomanoGs, the bride
groon-tO-be is handsome specimen OF
mankind. He was born on May 1, 1868,
at St. Petersburg. BE IS commander in
chief of all the Cossacks of the Don, be-
rides being colonel of several Russian
md foreign regiments. The bride,
Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise
Beatrice of Hesse, WIGS born at Darn
st;tdt june Q, 1872 She is the youngest
Of four sisters of Grand Duke Ernest
Louis of ResSe, who was married a
few weeks ago to his cousin. Princess
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg~Gotha. Her
eldest sister is the wife of Prince Louis
OF Battenberg; her second sister is
married to Grand Duke Sergius of
Russia, and the third, Irene, is the
wife of Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother Of Emperor William They
were the daughters of Princess Alice,
the favorite child OF Queen Victoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
Nras Change Her Religion.

To become the bride of Russian
grand duke Is not unalloyed happiness
20 q woman who has pronounced reli-
gious views When Princess Alix
assumes a Russian title she must also
change her faith. She has already be-
gun 70 study the fundamental teach
ings Of the Greek church, and win bs
ready to renounce the religion of her
childhood before the arrival of the
wedding day. Il viii be remembered
that when her sister Elizabeth, wife of
Grand Duke Sergius, became con
verted" few yea-s ago the act was
hotly denounced by her German rela-
tons. but in the case Of Princess Alix
1t will be considered Indispensable and
quite the correct thing. The people Of
Russia are pleased with the readiness
displayed by their future empress in
the matter of religious change, and
have celebrated the betrothal by elab-
crate Thanksgiving services.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
Roth Rcvs.

Teacher-Now, Willie. suppose you
were TO hand a playmate your last
apple 10 take a portion of-wouIdn'
You tell him TO take the larger piece?
Willie-No, nom,
You wouldn't? Why?"
Cos. twouldn't- be neeessar.~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16

karse-TEis G-ss. makes ns soo1
koTysd
Hsrti--I, Soe. A. rztAsr i.xh;. fax
fnc.-Trpsa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16
GrrI..ea C.r,n OF.

The camp chair used by Gen Lee hss
been presented 70 the NsryianS Con
federal. hone by Joshua Thomas. 81
Baltimore, who was q member O. TIE
distinguished southern headers sta1
The eAa% vas originally captured from
tie federal troops
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16

ing he Mnscovite fannilyAcircle should
Look upon the dark side Of the picture
before Sbeiilg carried assay by the daz-
cling PROSPECTS Of Unlimited power.
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FOR 18e3-e4 WICHITA, KANSAS

adene lin
idren
fh enezta nd usadoi
B. devoted
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ntendaR
n Acnda N eernbc
cad mn Wichta kaaa4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-16

4v- C0ssset~sey-s sake
Tasrss A. sngel - La
Aa1 81 Aassl q brzfA-
Arc * At-se. C Love
A. o. ccarSe.
For ccEsl.tezcT SAKE.
IasTr sAr-l. - "a reis isrt
4 h-Eht zl<ci - Elkz4
For DsFrrcs
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-02
. & $40 ID 81!

Being located near the Govern
ment Departments we are able to
give your claims better attention
than attorneys located elsewhere.
SDecial attention given to dlilcult
and rejected claims. If your present
attorney does not suit you, and IS
slow. write us. Soldiers who have
lost their discharges can obtain new
ones. Charges of desertion removed
No fee unless you get a pension;
Advice FREE. Soldiers pensioned
at less than twelve (Sl2) per month,
and su. =. ring from disability IN add'-
t;on to that named i'll their pension
certificate may obtain increase under
the II w law. 1t is not necessary tor
ven tc have gotten any ailments IN
war to get penSloned under the ne"
law Pensions for widows and child
rem Without regard to cause of sol
dier's death; mothers and fathers
who are now dependent, whether
thew were dependent on soldier When
Ie died or not, Pensions obtained
for service rendered in Mexican ana
Indian wars. Mexican pensions can
now be increased to ST. month
Saspenaed pensions restored.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-02
PAT en- s,

Caveats, Trade Marks, Designs
Convriobts and ali Patent business
c,,ndnsr-d for Moderate Fees. IN
f,rnarisn AMI advice given to lnVen-
tors without charge. Address,
,fE.a .or:s,;sn Claim Agency,
R,x 1877 Washington, D. G
The times., 1894-08-03

comes zipping through. One of these
fearful missiles tears its way through
Costigan's sleeve, and striking poor
old Moreno in the groin stretches him
groaning upon the floor. A glance
shows that the wound is mortal, and
despite his crimes the men who bear
him, moaning, in to the farther cave
are moved to sudden sympathy as his
hapless wife and child prostrate them
selves beside his rocky bier. Drum
mond can afford to lose no more and
orders the lower half of each hole to
be stopped with blankets, blouses, shirts,
anything that will block shot, and
then for an hour the fire of the besiegers
is harmless, and no longer can the be-
sieged catch even an occasional glimpse
of them. At noon their fire has ceased
entirely, and even when breathing sigh
Of relief the men look into one anoth-
er's faces questioningly. How long
can this last? How hot, how close the
air in the cave is growing!
ITO be cOnttoued.)
The times., 1894-08-03
Sad Prophecy Fulfilled,

James G.. Blaine once used these men,
Orable words: 81 love my country and
my countrymen. am an American, and
Irejoice every day of my life that 1 am.
l enjoy the general prosperity of my
country and know that the workingmen
of this land are the best paid, the best
fed and the best clothed of any laboreta
ON the face of the earth. Many of them
have homes Of their own. They are sur
rounded 5y all the comforts and many
of the luxuries Of life
Il shudder, however, at the thought
that the time must come when all this
will be changed, when the general pros
perity of the country will be destroyed,
when the great body of workingmen in
this land who are now so prosperous will
hear their wives and children cry for
bread; that the day must come when the
great factories and manufactures of this
land will shut down, and where there is
now life and activity there will be the
silence of the tomb. And the reason
why this must be is this: The great south
ern wing of the Democratic party are de-
termined to establish the doctrine of free
trade in this land They will be assisted
by their northern allies. The fight is
now on. There is great body of vi
sionary but educated men who are en-
ployed day by day in writing free trade
essays and arguments in favor of that
doctrine, which find their way into every
newspaper in this land.
''The great body of our people have
never experienced themselves the suffer-
ings which always result when the pro-
tective principles are laid aside. Poison
ed and excited by the wild statements of
these writers and the demagogic appeals
of Democratic speakers, the result will bo
that in the very near future these forces
which are now working will be strong
enough to defeat at the polls the party
advocating the doctrine of protection.
1t must inevitably follow that uncer-
tainty and doubt will ensue. The bust
ness men of the country, fearing the
destruction OF the principle of protec-
ton, will decline to engage in business.
Consequently mills will shut down, and
the workingmen will be thrown out Of
employment.
"The people will then see, as they have
never seen before, that they cannot be
prosperous and have work while this
principle is threatened. In the midst of
their suffering they will learn that the
only way they can be prosperous and
happy is to vote for tine party that has
built up the industries by which they
have gained livelihood, because they
will then see clearly that when the man.
ufactory is shut down there is no de-
mand for the only thing which they have
TO sell, and that is their labor"
The times., 1894-08-03

"E'ur Gods sake, como quick, Str''
three or four savage foes have leap;' i
up from behind their sheltering rocks,
and one of them pays the penalty
vengeful carbine from across the can
yon stretches the 1.-THE, slender, dusky
form lifeless among the rocks with the
dirty white of his breech clout turning
crimson in the MONDAY glare. Up
from the cave, catlike, Patterson ana
Little Mac" come climbing the mar
row trail. Between them they drag
Walsh's senseless body to the edge, and
then, somehow, despite kissing, spatter-
ing lead, they bear him safely down
and carry him within the cave.
"Now call in Moreno and help his
partner back!" shouts Drummond. and
Costigan goes at speed to carry out the
order. A few minutes of intense ex-
citement and suspense, then Moreno Ia
seen limping around the point. Behind
him Costigan is slowly helping their
brigand friend. A few more shots come
singing overhead. A moment more
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22

NUTZZ

This prOpOsitiOn was stcrnOl@ly OPP
posed by Groundwig's attorneys. ana
the motion was argued at length by
lawyers on both sides.
The point made in opposition to the
admission Of the declarations. was llat
on her death bed her mind wondered
and she was out of her head. W IN
her mind in this condition. and when
she was unable toundcrstand the mean
ing Of the question, put to her. ana
when She was running II random. uslh@
meaningless phrases. she was asked
about the will. Without comprehend
ing the full meaning of the question,
or the bearing her answer might have
on Mr.. Groundwig's right. she replied
what no doubt in her lurid hours she
had made herself bclieve-''it Is Il
forgery
The counsel contended ut her
declarations were simply the ravln3s
, of Il person in delirium: that she was
| wild and Eighty, seeing things wholly
imaginary and entirely unmatured.
She was in such state of mental weak
ness that. what She said ought not to
he weigh feather in determining the
equities in this case.
To admit as evidence. for this jury to
consider. declarations of that woman
when in such IL deliriOus condition that
she did not recognize her own son VINO
had been abroad only two years. was
giving so wide IA scope to the law gov
erning the admission of dcath-bed
declarations, Us to make 1t rule Il
| farce.
The Judge. in deciding the motion.
| remarked that he had been acquainted
with Matilda Patterson for number
of years: that he knew her to DC Il
woman of superior intelligence, highly
| educated and possessed of Il large fund
| of common sense.
That night thecoil-t took home with
i, him the papers introduced AS evidence
together with Il roll OF manuscript.
,, sealed and said to have been written
by Mrs. Patterson u few days before
death. 1t proved to be Il letter i'll
which she told of the manner in which
her name had been secured as Il Wit
ness to the will. She said that at the
time her boy was imprisoned in the
cave. Silas Groundwig came to her and
demanded AS Il ransom for her son :
liberty that she should sign Il doru-
mcnt he presented. For what purpose?
Bat Grounding showed her MajO Nor
drum 5 signature and that of the other
witness James Martin, both of which
seemed TO he genuine. What would 1t
matter then if she fulfill the require
mrnt, OF the law for two witnesses
Whom her sons liberty was at stake.
But she didn't stop to reason: she
signed it ard Gronndwir went away.
In Il few days she received Il note I'M
signed which stated that for reasons
beyond the control of the writer her
boy could not be delivered to her. No
signature was needed: she knew too
| well who was the writer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22

\ century has passed since, in the
orv, our Government was established
as a republic. Its founders provided
against feuialism which had easlaved
the European masses. but not forsee
ing the possibility of the revival of the
demon under new forms and in a new
guise. made no provision tor the
dangers which now encompass rs.
How shall the nineteenth century
meet this old enemy of civilization :?
How shall the head of the monster be
crushed? Or shall We fold our arms
and allow it to crush ont the present.
as its prototype did the past, civiliza-
ton?
The old feudalism vas based upon 4
monopoly of the soil. and the hered-
:tarv succession OF ruling houses. The
present Is based upon the monopoly of
the natural means of production.
transportation, communication and
exchange. 1t is based. not upon ma
tural rights, but upon lcgallzea class
privileges. Powers and privileges de
MED to individuals are granted by law
to corporations, TO extort from inlivl-
,luais.
\ thousand toilers produce Il million
dollars worth of wealth, and law com
pels them to give it to one individual
or a corporation. An Astor is assessed
$1,000. 900 towards uefraying the eX-
pense Of protecting his vast estates.
and law compels his poor tenants to
pay it. \ corporation desires to create
500. GO0,OOU of wealth. and the law
allows it to water its stock to that
amount. and then tax it's value out of
the people by increased rates for serv-
ice.
Robbery. robbery, robbery is diff
fused through, and permeates every
department of our national, state and
municipal administration. Robbery
begets wealth. wealth begets power,
and the two combined have brought
society to a condition of evaporation
and revolt, and revolution, either
through the ballot or by force, is
pressing to the front. -Chicago Senti-
mel.