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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
HUNTING GOWN A THIEF,
Police Hot on the frIai of Daring Robber
of Gambling funds.

Saturday night the gambling house
on the upper story Of the corner OF First
ard Main was robbed Of $3.50 There
was about $500 in the drawer OF the
safe and q piece of pasteboard where
LITTLE accounts are made was laid over
it. On top of this $3.50 more was placed
and this is what was taken, the robbsT
evidently thinking that when he struck
the pas9eboard with his fingers ne was
al the bottom Of the drawer II ne nad
kept cool and turned up the pasteboard
he would have found six 100 dollar bills
and about $500 in good convertible pa
per. There We're several people IN the
house at the time but the principal
bosses were at lunch. The money was
locked in the safe and II is though that
some Of the employees gave the comb.na-
ton TO a comprehension confederate.
The police are not on the trail of the
thief and they Will catch him If they
have to follow him 10 the ends OF the
earth They have a good clue and II
was given out last night that they eX-
pecded 10 get him before morning. Two
Of the best men on the force are on his
trail and Will stay there until he IS
captured and punished.
II was a daring robbery and the po-
lice are anxious TO capture the thief so
as to make an example of him. II was
stated last night that Attorney General
Dawes had asked the governor 70 offer
a suitable reward, but the statement
was probably not true as the amount
stolen was not large enough for any
such measures TO be taken. Besides
the men most interested in the theft
have full confidence that the police can
be relied on to capture the thief with
out the inducemenlt Of a reward from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
SALT WAS REACHED
DRILL PLUNGEs INTO SUBTBRRAN-
BAN RIVER NO. 3 YESTERDAY.
At a Depth of Five Hundred and Fifty Six
Feet the Drill Makes Lunge China
ward and Batiies Itself in a Briny Sub
terrAnean FIow-The Brine is so Strong
that Salt Cannot be Dissolved in the
Liquid and Ii is Said to be Stronger than
Even the Hutchinson Celebrated Wells
Austin Meets with an Accident
Austin Meets with an Accident.

Interest in the prospect well was very
intense all day yesterday and when
the word was circulated throughout
the city that salt had been reached,
there was much disappointment felt
The drill entered subterranean river
No. 8, which is between six and eight
feet deep, at depth of $50 feet. The
brine is very salt, so much so that salt
cannot be dissolved in the water. By
some it is alleged that the salt vein is
stronger than the one at Hutchinson,
but as to the truth Of this theory only
a chemical analysis could be relied
upon. The water was taken from the
well yesterday will be analysed.
1t is the determination of the COM
mittee and contractor 10 case off the
water, the same as was done at sub
terranean rivers Nos. 1 and ?, as soon
as a firm basis can be found upon
which TO rest the bottom of the tubing.
The drill began descending again at
o'clock and work was kept up all
night; and this morning the new cas-
ing viii be put down.
The contractor states that the find
ing of salt is nothing against the find
ing of either oil, gas or coal, as it was
a forgone conclusion that salt would
be reached. If nothing else is found
than the salt it is said that this will
prove to be a paying find to Wichita,
but the oil excitement has whetted the
appetite of Wichita citizens for some
thing better than salt, and they can
not be contented with supply of this
article
The oil rock, counting both stratas
found, extended for thirty feet, and
the last stratum reached was much
stronger than the first, and it find fill
ed every body with hope.
At the bottom of subterranean river
No. was found about two feet of rock
salt. and then the drill entered shale
again. and will probably reach another
rock filled with petroleum today.
1t is said that at the we'll which was
drilled on Central avenue, a few years
ago, which was only four inches in
diameter, that a flow of vegetable gas
was found at depth of 500 feet which
burned for an hour and a half The
stratas of this we'll does not agree with
the logs kept by the other wells, and
all are at a loss as TO what will be the
next output.
Without doubt today's developments
will be the most interesting at the we'll
If Wichita was content with salt
well she has one now which undoubt-
eddy would supply salt for the world,
| but she will go still deeper and not be
content with anything less than gas,
| oil or coal.
Mr.. Austin, the contractor, had the
misfortune to break one of his ribs by
/ falling, but he is able to be on hand
and give instructions. He is proving
I himself to be the right man in the
| right riara
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
GUS NoRDMARK Is HERE.
He Arrived Sunday Morning and Is Now
Confined at the County Jail

He Arrived Sunday Morning and Is Now
Confined at the County Jail
Gus G. Nordmark arrived in the city
yesterday from Old Mexico, in COM
pany with Sheriff Royse and is now
confined at the county jail.
He denies the statement that he was
run down and located by Pinkerton de-
tectives. and from his statement ne was
not trying to escape from the officers,
as he says he wrote to Sheriff Royse
after his arrival in Old Mexico, and
was expecting TO be arrested at any
time. He said he would rather be an
inmate of the Sedgwick county jail
than a resident of Old Mexico. He
makes the following statement of the
case:
Il was arrested at Minesprestas. Old
Mexico. / was arrested by Mexican
officers and turned over to Sheriff
Royse / had been in Mexico about
sixty days when l was arrested and OF
course was expecting it,
Il was cashier for the Postal and
handled the money and 1 am here to
make a settlement with the company.
l could. of Course, have made a resist
ance TO being brought back, but I did
not desire to do 50. / have not COM
mitted a crime and if I had I should
certainly have used all legal means TO
prevent them from bringing me back
THE amount has been overestimated
and the books viii show that I am
$4,000 short. We arrived here Sunday
morning on the Santa Fe, after being
seven days and nights on the journey.
L was never so tired in my life.
1--WE were delayed on account of ir-
regular connections at Prescott,
Phoenix apd Ash Forks and l was
really glad when We got back 10 Wich-
ita Mexico is a great country, I guess,
but I would rather live in the Sedgwick
county Jail six months than TO live in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
Cured by

Hoods Sarsaparilla fully confirm these
statements. This medicine by making
pure blood, also cures Scrofula, Salt
Rheum, rheumatism and all other
blood diseases, builds up the nervous
system, creates a good appetite and
makes the weak strong. Be sure to get
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
HE WAS MADE SPECIFIES.
SUPERINTENDENT Stanley of the First NJ. E
sunday Sch oil Overcome.

Sunday afternoon at the First NJ. Z.
Sunday school there occurred an event
of more than usual Importance, w. IL.
one which the superintendent, W. 4.
Stanley, will never forget, even though
he should live TO be as old as MetnuSa-
leh.
The superintendent had just tapped
the bell. giving warning that the time
had come for stopping the interesting
lesson on the birth of the Savior, ana
the superintendent was preparing 10
say something which would faSten the
lesson upon the minds OF the school, by
aid of practical and illustrative ex-
ample, when Miss Bessie Innes came
in from one of the recitation rooms
bearing in her hands, a beautiful silver
coffee service on a silver tray. The
young lady advanced to the pastor.
Rev. Don s Colt. and in a nice little
speech requested the minister TO pre-
sent the articles She bore TO Superin-
tendent Stanley, as a token OF esteem
by which the superintendent was held
by the teachers and scholars.
Rev. Colt then stepped forward, and
with the articles laid upon the altar
made one of the happiest presentation
snseches ever delivered in Wichita. He
referred feelingly to the time when Mr..
Stanley had first become the Superin-
Iendent of the school, over twency-
three years ago. 1T was small
school then: il was held in Wichitas
first school house; how the school had
grown from a small beginning until to-
day il was one Of the largest upon
Kansas soil: how many OF the scholars
Of his school had grown up until today
they were the support of the church.
not only here. but elsewhere: some Of
his scholars were now ministers OF the
gospel. while some were today carrying
me glad news OF the birth, life. suffer
inCs. death and resurrection OF the
Savior 10 foreign lands. His work had
been like bread cast upon the waters,
and as small token OF the esteem in
which ne was held by his co-laborers
he presented this. not for its intrinsic
/ value. but IS a momento that his efforts
were appreciated even here below
The tears filed the eyes OF the super
intendent. as his mind was carried
hack for over twenty years while I'LL
ing the capacity Of superintendent. He
! realized that during all these years
many had crossed ever 10 the great be
vond. Others had left and were SeTv-
/ ing in other fields: ne had done what
/ he believed to be his duty, but had he
1 done all that might. be required OF K;
he had been placed in a fieli OF great
| opportunities, and could Il De said as
| OF Mary OF old, He has done what he
| could. He tried 20 speak, but Tor
once in his life he was speeches.. Il
/ had been a complete surprise. He
would appreciate II more dearly than
words could express. He loved the
work OF the school. and wanted the
| prayers Of all that he might do better
/ in the future than in the past He was
50 deeply moved by the gift that he
/ could only bow his thanks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
Catarrh

Affects your head, but it is not therefore
a local disease. If it did not exist in
your blood, it could not manifest itself
in your nose. Whatever impurities
the blood does not carry away, cause
what we call disease. Therefore, for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24

Mrs Kitty Lewis. wife of Colonel H.
". Lewis. commenced proceedings yes
terday against the trustees of the First
Presbyterian church for the possession
OF four lots on the southeast corner
OF Second street and Topeka avenue.
not including the lots where Sturgeon
& Taylor's livery stable is located
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24

that now the Fourth and Fifth wards
have each a new alarm box as COM
pensation for the loss or their hre
houses.
Mr.. Mclean now moved that the
on fire and water be in
structed to make further efforts in the
line Of retrenchment and report at the
next council meeting.
After some routine business the coun-
ell went into executive session on gas
h0,f
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
Real Estate Transfers.

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract
and Land company
G.. W. Currier. sd, lot 10 Court ST
original town --......-.-.----..S 1o'
Andrew Gains. qcd. lots and
Edgar ST, Oakland add -.-....- A
J. Lockhart and a. K. Crawford
wd, lot ID n. Topeka ave in Ford
add $50. 49,. .........---.---.
William P Randolph, qcd, IL int
NV Y NV Il % 2e ...-.--.-... 2O'
o. II. Smyth, rec's d, lots 126-134
Waco ave, Origin town ....-..-.- To-
P NJ Doran, qcd. lots Al and 43
River st. Waterman's add -. $50
Julia c. Mclean. qcd, tract in Sc
cor of Sc Il 20 z5 / e ...-.-....... i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
AWAY OFF IN MEXICO CITY.
Fred Hamilton is Pastor of the Tn on
Evangelist Church There.

Frederick Atherton Hamilton, who
used to live in Wichita and was edu-
Gated in Lewis academy, yesterday
sent word TO the Eagle that he was es-
consed as pastor OF the Union Evangi-
cal church in the City of Mexico. That
is a long way off but not quite out OF
Wichita'S territory
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24

Inhalants, snufs and other local appli-
cations can give only temporary relief.
They reach only the effect, and do not
touch the cause. The true way TO cure
is to purify your blood by taking
constitutional remedy like Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which eliminates all i'm
purities and thus permanently cures
catarrh. Thousands
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24

state OF Sonora in Old Mexico for ten
years.
Sheriff Royse knew where / was be-
fore l had written TO aim after / ar
rived in Mexico and got letter from
him, and l was not arrested in Old
Mexico when l wrote 10 Sheriff Royse
because had asked the American con-
sui and he told me. l wrote because /
wanted to make arrangements to pay
the Postal company what l owed il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
New
Building

t,ifs North Main where our reEa-
lar stock o. frexh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-24
On Account

Of the rush preceding Christ
mas buying we have decided IN
order 20 Accommodate our eus-
toners with prompt serves %
open up an additional candy
store "a our
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

Chicago mea aud women who gathered
at the Marquette Club Thursday night
to confer with him ON the problem Of
municipal politics that their ideal Of re-
form was low, that their eonsciences were
not aroused, and that their familiarity
with vice was such that they passed with
jest abuses and evils from which their
parents would have shrunk In horror. lie
could see no hope IN the work Of actual
regeneration of Chicago was not
cnongh--in the efforts of any large body
Of men. He said that one or three or at
the most five men must be found who
would consecrate their lives 10 the effort
to give to the city new impulses, new
principles and a morally clean life. DIR.
Parkhurst's was not the only sensational
speech OF the evening. John III. linmiinc
said II was Goods truth that the city
was not ready for reform. that the people
who were prating of IL did not want II.
Rev. Thomas g. Hall said that IL Chicago
were TO awake some morning and find
that all the Aldermen in the City Hall
were honest men lot of our most re-
spectacle citizens would be found run
ming around town like chickens with
their heads off, endeavoring to protect
the franchises that their attorneys have
plotted and schemed and bribed for. He
said il was the respectable element OF
the community that was looting the city,
and that there was no hope for reform
as long rs the only people who could ef-
feet it are suited with the city govern
ment us it is.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Kicks Tells His Story.

Judge a. J. Kicks, of Cleveland, Ohio,
accompanied by his counsel has arrived
in Washington to appear before the COM
mittee of the House of Representatives to
answer the charges preferred against him
by the Central Labor Union of Cleveland.
In answer to questions by a representa-
tive of the Associated Press, Judge Kicks
said: "The substance of the charge made
il that have retained fees claimed by me,
by virtue of my former clerkship, which
should have paid over TO the United States
There is absolutely no truth in this
charge. The whole accusation embraces
three items aggregating $I66. and in my
reports for the year 1888 and the first half
of 1880 l charged myself with this very
amount as part Of my compensation as
clerk. the charge being made upon ac-
count of records in what are known as
the Birdsell cases. The actual making of
records in all clerks Offices is always
many months behind the disposal of cases,
and in this way it happened that the rec
ords in these case in which had 80
charged myself with $766 before actually
receiving the same were not completed un-
ill after my appointment as judge. When
the fees in the case were paid to me they
amounted to $1,792.15. For this amount
forwarded the proper department Of the
government a full statement and ac-
count"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
THE latest AIR SHIP.
Professor LansIey's Flight Of 900
Feet Beats the Record.

Wings have been used for aero
plane flight during several hundred
years, as shown by the elaborate re-
searches of Mr.. Chanute, and this
CHARACTERISTIC can be observed by the
various minor successes wherein
many decidedly successful short
flights have been made with Tapping
wings. The rigid wing flights have
not, however, been SO numerous, and
for more than half century it has
been an open question as to whether
a rigid wing aeroplane could be man.
aged in the air with motor. 1t was
generally believed that anything with
fixed planes propelled by a motor
would promptly become unmanagea-
BILE. Professor Langley's aeroplane
is, however, practically rigid so far
as tapping wings is concerned.
Langley's machine makes its start
from Chesapeake Bay in the face OF
the wind. All such machines are as
sisted by the sustaining force OF an
opposing breeze. 1t was launched
from workshop. on scow, and it
was so made that it could not injure
itself by alighting on water, upon
which it is especially built to enable
it to float. and to be rescued by q
rowboat in attendance. The prin-
cipal material used in it's construc-
ton is aluminium. Since the wings
are rigid, its motion through the air,
propelled by rapidly revolving screws,
is like that of kite. The wings
are not meant to enhance the motion,
but are to be used for guidance by
means of slight reflections of sur
face. A very slight change in the
slant of the wings will produce de-
cided change in the direction of any
kite aeroplane, as shown by my own
experience during hundreds Of kite
aeroplane ascensions, as well as in
the twenty-five years devoted to sail
ing flight, without motor, by Lii
enthal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

Southern Paclnc Has Dinlculty Ia
Keeping Its Tracks Clear.

Southern Paclnc Has Dinlculty In
Keeping Its Tracks Clear.
Sacramento dispatches sag the scene in
the Sierras Is one Of SURPRISING magnit-
cence. 1T seems as IL the route Of tho
Central Pacific is laid through the line
Of the greatest snowfall. With drifts
forty feet deep and snow twenty-five
feet deep on the level ut the summit, the
utmost energies of the railroad people
are put to the test. The rotaries are toss.
Ing snow ia continuous streams from
the road bed, but from Gold Run 10
Truckec snow Is falling mt the rate OF an
inch or more an hour. Luckily the wind
IL not blowing. and the situation is not
complicated by the formidable land AMI
snow slides that so often make railroad
ing, and even existence, In the high Sisr-
ras, perilous. In places hardy mountain
GERS In the smaller towns communicate
by means Of tunnels through the snow.
Habitations are obliterated and the re-
gion Of the Storm King, magnificent ont
desolate, is supreme. Trains proceed
cautiously through solid perpendicular
banks of snow like marble walls tower
ing above the coaches. The rotaries pre-
cede them in ceaseless toll, cutting the
way that couple of thousand men have
prepared. The snow il falling SO fast
that it is not certain that the push plows
will not have to be invoked to keep the
way open.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
This and That.

Although Switzerland Is mostly up
and down hill, 1t has 1850 miles Of
railroad track, which cost over $lOO,0Oc
per mile for construction.
The hygienic congress at Budapest
brought out the fact that there are -four
times as many men who stammer as
there are women who are so afflicted.
Professor Bailey, of Missouri. Is said
to have obtained more than 1000 types
of pumpkins by crossing the flowers OF
one kind with the pollen Of another.
The young women sent out as wives
for the Virginia colonists in 1870
brought from 40 to 100 pounds of to-
bacco apiece, the tobacco being worth
3 shillings pound.
Julius Caesar Is said to have been an
epileptic. There is no doubt that he had
fainting fits that lasted a considerable
time and left him In a condition of great
physical exhaustion.
Charlotte Fowler Wells was the first
woman publisher. She has been In
business since 1914, and n still at Il IN
New York. She says she y too busy 10
think how old ~ ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Under Sealed Orders.

An order received at Vallejo, Cal, from
the Department at Washington has put
the naval officers and men, and all others
to whom the news has been made known,
in pleasurable excitement, and their ac-
tivity is as great as IL a declaration of
war had come to their knowledge. The
order is for the immediate preparation Of
the cruisers Ranger and Alert for sea
voyage. The same order extends to the
cruiser Boston. The work Of coaling and
provisioning the warships is being pushed
as rapidly as possible, and the equipments
put into perfect condition and with the
utmost care. 1t is thought that the des-
tination Of the vessels is Honolnlu. The
reason for the belief is the report that
Great Britain is determined to make an
imposing show of naval strength in Ha'
waiian waters consequent upon the ar.
rest of certain British subjects caught
red-handed in the recent revolt against
the republic of Hawaii. The United
States, it is thought, does not, under the
circumstances, care TO have the warship
Philadelphia, already on the way, the
only representative of the American navy
present when England's feet of gun
boats drops anchor in the harbor of Homo
lulu.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

Mute Messenger Arrives from the
Lost Steamer Chicora.

Mute Messenger Arrives from the
Lost Steamer Chicora.
When the Chcora went out of st.
Joseph on its last trip there was "a dog
aboard. Sunday the dog was taken into
Benton Harbor alive. Tuesday night the
dog was heard whining at the door of
Scion Cutler. who conducts the road
house at Pottowatamie Park. 1t is a
snuff -colored skye terrier. 1t was COW
cred with ice. Cutler took compassion
ON the little animal and thawcd the ice
off il and rubbed il with vaseline think
ing its hide had been frozen by the ice.
Mr.. Cutler connected the visit of the
strange dog which had evidently just
come out of the cold water with the loss
of the Chicora and took it to the city.
The dog was Immediately recognized by
the steyedores who work on the Graham
docks and by the crew of the Petoskey
as the animal that was aboard the Chi
cora when il left. The dog has been
tramp passenger OF the Graham " Nor
ton Transportation Company's boat for
several months. II has been dividing its
time between the Chicora and the PetOs-
key this winter. Since the dog became
n passenger on these boats il has never
missed trip. taking the first boat to
leave. The return Of the animal indi-
Gates the Chicora was within a half-mile
of the east shore Tuesday evening, the
second night out. The dog, it is believed,
could not swim more than one-Iuarter
mile. The place where the log came
ashore, Pottowatamie Park, is eight miles
north of Benton Harbor. lakeside sum-
mer resort. Many are inclined TO think
the vessel must have sunk not far from
that Doint