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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
NATIONAL FLOWER"

The National Flower" was presented
at the oDera house 10 a much larger au-
dience than the two previous nights.
Every feature OF the performance was
fully UP TO any previous presentation.
and in some parts was improved. II
anything The soloists did their parts
fully up 10 their high standard. The
two old maids in the jury kept the house
in constant uproar, and were the recip-
tents OF many flowers. The choruses
did their parts in a most excellent man
ner. They have been drilling in their
different marches and songs since ear
~ in January, and consequently every
thing went off smoothly. This per-
Torrance is undoubtedly the best which
has been produced by home talent in
this city for long time. and those who
failed 10 witness this last performance
are blissfully ignorant in not knowing
what they have missed.
HON JANUS CAESAR"
This unique entertainment viii evil
IDENTIFY be a great success. The inter
est manifested is encouraging and the
rehersals. which are progressing rap
idly. promise a rare treat
The idea OF buriesque OF this trag-
edy is original and ii sbounds in num-
erous local saIIes and hits which are
strictly uP-to-date.
The costumes and their diversity ~
OF Itself enough 20 smuse al audience
for the entire evening. bur there are
in addition many more spsc3aliies 90
AFFORD amusement
Favorable Comment Is heard OF al
sides about the popular prices OF 10. %
and 80 cents which prevail BY read
ing the cast one may be assured thai
a dollar show VII be given even II low
81 prices are asked. See y y-our neigh
Dor - going and Il not, tell hIunto do
50. as II VIII Be- the issfopportunify
70 see a funny show this season. either
by profess ionaIs or amateurs Also
remember Il IS Cor one night oaly. The
snow carries everything. even their own
audience and they viii show rain or
shine. OF Monday night. al the opera
house Tickets 20 on sale this morn
ing at Mosczcher'S Go early and x@c
an Isle seat. q course every seat 5ouid
De On an aisle but = Is not. 50 make a
grand rush Il yoa want one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
REPRESiENTArIvE SALES.
Shippers

Joe Scott, Zyba, hogs.
r Strot, Hunnewell, hogs
J, B. Royal, Oatville, hogs
J. 3. kell. Clearwater. hogs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
Western Assocla1lon Games

Dubuque. Ia. May I5.-Score:
RI z
Rockford .o1O10O1OO-S :
Dubuque ......0 0 02O-6 3
Batteries-Horton and Struder; d.
Smith and Zahner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16

= Cedar Rapids. Ia. May 15-Peoria-
sCsdsgc RIaRies saPs PCS sasd, Fasa.e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
WICHITA MARKETS

Wichita, May Is.
HOGS.
Hogs-Steady TO strong.
PREVENTATIVE SALES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16

Francis Marion Williamson has gone
20 limos 20 visit his sister. His son.
No-vilie was a. the Jail yesterday TAX
Ing S-.th his mother through TIE bars %
the tsl- The officers VIII not ADM, hin
20 tax with his mother n private aa1
No-Tfrs says BE- - dying 20 have long
lsTk With his mother. Mrs. Leonsrd
still refuses 20 talk and viii not have
word 20 cay 20 reporters
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
ST. LOGI., ----.kETS

Sheep-Receipts, 400: shipments, $500;
teady; lambs, s. Sod4 Is; muEtenS, s25cQ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
HOLDERS ARE TIRED
LIQUIDATION THE FEATURE on
THE STOCK EXCHANGE

European Houses Set the Ball Rolling with
Liberal Selling Orders In the Interna-
tionals-Closing Is Weak at About the
Lowest-Basiness Light But Better Dis
tributed-sugar Leads in Transactions
for Any Single Shares But the Railways
Outclsss Amy other Group - Bonds
Foreign Markets-week's Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16
CHICAGO MARKETS
rhe leading futures ranged as follows:

ANA-Os
Flour-SJeady.
No. 2 spring wheat, 61i4c. No. : red.
6514 G65l9c. No. 2 corn, Slzd29c. No.
oats l91. c; No. white, 2llsc. No white,
2OG2lo No. rye, S6Ac- No. barley,
nominal; No. 5. 2d2Sszc; No. 4. fob, &c.
No. flaxseed, size. Prime timothy seed,
per 100 lbs, "a co Short ribs sides. QooSe)
SO5d415 Dry sailed shoulders. (boxed)
4I2T4As Short clear sides. (boXed) fs0
AZ Whisky, distillers' finished goods,
~ gal q %
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16

Louisville, KY, May 15.-The despis-
ed Colonels are simply outdoing them
selves, today's game making the third
straight they have won. The Phillies
could not bunch their hits on Smith,
while the home teams hits came when
Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Routine Doings in Congress.

WASHINGTON, March 3l-Thc senate
passed the bill authorizing the preparation
OF roll Of telegraphcrs who served in the
war OF the rebellion not less than ninety
days, and the issuance to each of n ccrtiti-
cate Of service. this action to carry no pur-
pose Of any kind Of emolument. An at
tempt was made to lay over the PETER
resolution to investigate the bond sales,
but the silver men rallied aaG announced
that they would call it up in its order.
Bills were passed appropriating sl5, SIS for
damages at Chicago when the artillery
caisson exploded there, and s2,UJo. 900 for
public building at indianapolis. An
executive session was held.
In the house Cannon said the appropr-i
ations this session would aggregate S5J6.
CCUO, and that the government could not
be run on less than $1,000 oOo, 900 for two
years, exclusive Of rivers and harber and
navy enlargement. The sundry civil bill
was considered in committee of the whole.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
CONSOLIDATION OF RAILWAYS.
Supreme Court Decides Against the Com
short Haul.


WASHINGTON. March 3i.-Justicc Brown
delivered the opinion of the supreme
court in the eases of Thomas Pcarsall vs..
the Great Northern Railway company,
md also Of the Louisville and Nashville
Hallway company vs.. tho commonwealth
OF kentucky. ns To tho right of parallel
md competing railway lines TO consoli.
date. holding In the case OF the Great
Northern that IL could not under its
charter Ia consolidated with the Northern
Pacific, ~ was sought to bc accomplished.
Justices Field and Brewer dissentoi in
the Casc.
In tho Kentucky case like opinion
was rendered. - to tho attcr ut to CONSOLE
date the LIuisyili, AMI Nashville road
with the Cincinnati and Ohio Southwest.
crn roads The opinion of the court of
appeals Of Kentucky cnjoining the con.
solidation was affirmed. Tho broad qucs.
ton involved In the Louisville and Nash
willie case was the right Of one railway
company to acquire control. either BY pur
chase or consolidation, Of the property Of
another company whose lines are parallel
with it, own.
In the decision on the Great Northern
case the court says: There Is and has
bccn for the past 80 years. both in Eng
land and this country,a popular prcjuGicC
against moncpolics in general which has
found cXprcssion Ia innum ,rabic acts Of
leg station. We cannot say that such
pr'jnlic, is not well founded. II Is n
matter urnn which the legislature Is en-.
titled TO piss Judgment. There arr. more
over. thought to b. other dangers TO thc
moral sense of the community incident q
such great agsrrgations ot wealth which,
though indirrvt. arc even morc insidions
In th'it influence and such as have
awakcrci fctlings Of hostility which
have not failed to find exprcssioa in lcgts
latiyc acts
In III" Louisville and Nashville dcc.s-
Ion, IN rcpiy To the argument thar millions
of dollars have bccn invested In the sccur-
itics OF 'hc company upon the faith ol
what was supposed t. Ii Its admitted
powers. it IL sufficient To say. the court
hoids that In making such investments
mptsaiis,s were bound to know the au
1Aosttx Of the company under its charte,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

NEW YORK, March 3l.-Jack Everhardt
and Horace Leeds, light-weights, met last
night at the Empire Athletic club, Mas
pcth, L. i. They were scheduled for a
twenty five round contest. but after a
spirited contest in which the fighting was
scientific and rapid Evcrhardt won in the
fifteenth round. Leeds was carried to his
corner In u state Of collapse, and after his
seconds had worked over him for ten min-
utcs they had 20 carry him to his dressing
room without his having regained con-
sciousncss.
Leeds remained In an unconscious state
for half an hour after he was carried out
Of the ring He is all right at this writing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
ABBREVIATED telegram

Obituary: At New Orleans, George
Forester, 60. At Peoria, Ills, August
Schoen, 6i At Muncie. Ind, Samuel
Parkison, 6s.
Rawlins, Wyo., was shaken by an earth
quake.
Bishop Potter, of New York, has been
invited by the authorities of Cambridge
university, in England, to be select
preacher to the university during the
month Of May, 1927.
Two volcanoes in Iceland are adver.
tised for sale in a Copenhagen paper. The
price asked is about s5J0.
As an Acknowledgements Of Queen Vic.
toria's hospitality to his son few months
ago tho ameer of Afghanistan has Just
sent her presents valued at e1a0, coo.
Franz Won Lenbach, who has just fin.
ished another portrait of the pope, says
his holiness is greatly interested in Prince
Bismarck. He could not hear enough
about the ex-chancellor from the painter,
and ended by ordering q portrait of him.
An examination of the eyes of white
and colorei children in the Washington
schools shows that the latter arc much
less liable to shortsightodness and astig.
matism.
Miss Louise Howell. of Dixon. Ils.,
aged 80. a school teacher and an inmate
of the Wauwatosa, Wis, sanitarium, es-
capped from the institution and drowned
herself in the Menominee river.
A Montana antiquarian claims to have
discovered that the cathode or Y rays were
known to the Chinese many centuries ago.
The Park theatcr. Chicago. went out of
existence Sunday night. Colonel Hop
kins has leased the house and it will be
made part of the Hopkins theater.
A Mrs. Goodwin, OF New York City,
lost $40, 600 at Monaco.
Mrs. Sue NJ. Simpson, Of Peoria, Ills,
has announced herself candidate for
state university trustee.
The fifty-ninth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. l.. II. Noble was celebrated
at Goshen, Ind. Sunday. Both are in ex.
cellent health.
A Portsmouth (Ohio) fire department.
horse has died from the effects of chewing
tobacco.
Poet Laureate Austin is said to be so
much annoyed at the criticisms passed
upon his official verse that he contem
plates resigning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
SOLVING THE CHICAGO MYSTERY.

Two Men Positive That the Body in the
Trunk Was Oliver Pike.
CHICAGO, March 31.-Almost conclusive
proof has been adduced that the body of
the man found in a box recently bought
for unclaimed freight by Austin specula-
tors, is that Of Oliver Pike, of Steilacoom,
Wash, and the murder mystory is in a
had known the man intimately since
childhood, and were almost constantly
with him up to the time of his departure
from Washington, have identified the re.
mains, and after most exhaustive scrutiny
pronounce the body that of their friend
and relative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

and to PIT the proper Construction upon it.
In deciding q case in which the long.
and-short-haul clause Of the interstate
commerce act was sustained. the court s
opinion said that the Geocgia railroad
company, ono of the parties involved, had
set up the claim that "a its road lay wholly
within the state Of Georgia it did not fall
within the scope Of the act. The court re-
fused to accept this view, and added that
when this company entered into the car
riage OF foreign freight by agreeing to RS
ceive tho goods by virtue Of foreign
through bills Of lading, and to participate
In through rates and charges. it thereby
became part Of a continuous line and
thus became amenable to the interstate
commerce act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
SHOT LITERALLY FULL OF HOLES.

Frantic DOings OF n Homicide After His
Victim Was Dead.
ANTLERs, 1. T., March 3l.-At a funeral at
Cedar church, ten miles east of here,
Isaac Reuben shot and killed Sheriff
Campson Battiest, Of Cedar county. Both
arc fullblood Choctaws. Reuben claims
that Battiest first fired two shots at him
with n pistol; he then shot out the sheriff S
brains with his Winchester, dismounted
from his horse and put eight moro bullets
into the prostratc body. Then he took
the dead sheriff's revolver and kept on
firing and re!oading till he had put twen-
ty-seven bullets into the corpse. Reuben
has not yet been arrested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

ST. Log.s, arch Silt is announced
that a large car factory, to be known as
the Union Car works. AMI to be run on
the cooperative plan, will be put into
operation in North st. Louis during the
coming summer 1t will be large con
Germ and expects to cut quite figure in
the manufacturing world. II. w Rock.
lsge, a practical builder and contractor,
is the president of the company. The
capital stock of $4,000 has all been paid
VI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
MOVEMENT FOR PEACE IS OFF,
And Nicaragua Will Proceed with It
Annual Revolution.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 3l-Thc
peace commission. consisting Of DR.. Pru.
dente Alfaro, vicc-presidcnt of Salvador;
General Commans, Of Salvador, and Sen.
or Ramirez, Nicaraguan minister for for.
cign affairs, has returned here after hold
ing n conference with tho representatives
of the insurgent Leonists. The terms Of
fcrcd by President Zelaya were promptly
rejected by the rebels, who not only re.
fused to accept Zelaya's terms but de
mandcd that President Z,laya turn over
to them the government of Nicaragua.
Consequently all hope Of peace is gone,
and the war will DO continued with re
ncMcd bitterness on both sides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Cost Of n Proposed Canal.

WASHINGTON, March 3,.-AIajor Sears.
M the engineering department. has re-
ported on waterway between Lake Su-
2crior and the Mississippi. He is Of the
opinion that the cost Of such a waterway,
having n minimum depth Of seven feet,
from Lake Superior to the Mississippi
below st. Paul. via the st. Louis river,
Sandy Lake and the upper Mississippi
river, will cost at least $1,000 900 for
barscs, and for steamboats,, II practicable
ut ALL S3D,OJO.OJD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
BUTCHER CAUGHT
The Man Believed to Have
Slaughtered the Stones.
AN EX-CONvICT WITH A GRUDeE

" hO w ~ <HurucIeu-hIS S1Olnln z
Found Drying by q Stove, Having Been
Washed Since tho Crime-A Tell.Talc
Railway Ticket.
AKRON, O., March 31-Anson B. Strong
was arrested yesterday afternoon at Ra-
VIENNA, Portage county, and charged with
the murder of Mr.. and Mrs Alvin n. Stone
at Tallmadge on Saturday night. The evi.
dence on which the charge is based is
largely circumstantial Thirteen years
ago Strong was sent to the penitentiary
for horse stealing. his conviction being
secured by the testimony of Stone.
Several years later, after his release from
prison, he was arrested again for the
same crime and again convicted on the
testimony of Stone. He gained his iber.
ty the second time about three weeks ago.
and was at once suspected of the murder
Of Stone and his wife. When taken into
custody Strong said he was at the home
Of his sister in Ravenna all of Saturday
Sunday morning. a search of the sisters S
house, however, resulted in the discovery
of q suit of clothes and an overcoat which
had been placed by a stove to dry.
Mayor with q Proper Caution.
There We're no blood stains on the
clothing. but Strongs sister said she had
washed the garments in an outhouse early
yesterday morning. In one of Strons's
pockets was found a railroad ticket from
Ravenna to Kent, the latter place being
within two miles Of the scene of Saturday
-
chased last Saturday. Strong was brought
here ut 6 o'clock last evening and placed
in Jail. The news of the arrest soon
spread and a big crowd assembled. There
was no disorder, but Mayor Harper de-
cided to prevent an outbreak by ordering
battery A of the light artillery to assem-
BILE at its armOry and await DEVELOPMENTS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
New Chief At the Printers, Home:

OMAHA, March U.-Charles Z. Clark, q
printer who has worked in this city for a
number Of years. has been appointed super
intendcnt of the Childs-Drexel Printers
home ut Colorado Springs, Col. He will
succeed Schuman, who has held the posi-
tior for some time, but against .whom
charges of incompctency have been made.
The new appointment was made by the
committee which has the management of
the home in charge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
WIZ Apply to Some Great States, Too.

WASHINGTON. March 81 Senator Davis,
from the judiciary committee. reported
favorably to the senate the bill making it
unlawful to shoe, at or throw any missile
into n railway locomotive or car. or to
shoot ut any person therein. The bill has
particular application TO the Indian ter
ritory and imposes severe penalties on
those who violate its provisions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Cold-Blooded bastard Pleads Guilty.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, March 31-William
Royce, tho murderer of Nellie Patten, was
arraigncd for trial and created a sensa-
ton by changing mis- plea of not guilty to
that of guilty. He will be sentenced
April g. His crime was q cold-blooded one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Death of Miss Jennie Duty,

CLEVELAND, March 3l.-Miss +. Jennie
Duty. formerly general secretary OF the
natinoal Non-Partisan w. c. T. U. and
widely known throughout the country as
temperance worker. died at her home in
this city Yesterday. Miss Duty had been
ailing for year as the result Of a para
lytic stroke. Three months ago she suf-
fered an attack of the grip. from which
she never recovered The deceased was IS
years of age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Garment workers strike Ended.

BALTIMORE, March 3l.-The garment
workers of this city. who have been out on
strike for the past five weeks, declared the
strike of last night and viii return to
work tuiay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Ac,iction. In the Booth Family.

NEW YORK, March 3L-At Salvation
Army headquarters q cablegram was re-
ccivcd from London announcing the death
Of the infant child of the Booth fuckers.
Tho child was six weeks old and was
taken i'll after the embarkation Of its par
cnts ON board the steamer st Louis nj
Southampton Immediately after receipt
Of the news OF the Booth Tucker child's
death there cainc to Salvation Army head
quarters word that the daughter of Mrs
Booth-Hellbcrg, in charge OF the Indian
province had also died
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March 3l-The
Macoupin county Democratic convention
AT Carlinville instructed its delegates to
the state convention for Altgeld for gov.
ernor and Gore for auditor and by unan-
imous vote declared for free coinage at a
ratio of 10 to l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

BAY CITY. Mich. March 3l.-The strike
at Wheeier's sphiyards has been declared
of, the men finding that Wheeler q Co 5
checks were Just as good cash eyerywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
ECONOMY NEEDED,
u Uncle Sam Runs His House on
S5oo,ooo,ooo a Year.
ADMISSION BY CHAIRMAN CANNON.



WASHINGTON. March 3l.-An amusing
Incident occurred at the opening Of the
session OF the house. Grosvcuor
(Rcp. OF Ohio arose to correct an inaccu-
racy in the record. BY some mistake re-
mark made by Connolly (Rcp.) Of Illinois
mt the pension session Friday night about
presidential fuglcmcn" was omitted
from the congressional record, but Gros-
venor's rcjoindcr which was rather Wig
orous in its character, appeared without
the provoking cause. Grosvcnor's thrust
was there, but, as ho explained, tho record
placed him in the ridiculous attitude Of
slashing at nothing.
Speaker Calls for "Public'' Business.
Connolly replied that did not obliterate
his remarks. Ho had not been long
enough in tho house, he said, to learn the
trick Of editing his speeches. Tho mis-
take must have occurred elsewhere. As
Tor the intimntion intended to be con-
veycd that Grosvcnor was "fugleman"
for'any presidential candidate, he good
humorediy unmarked that he would cheer
fully aeGuit the gentleman Of such q
charge. Thercnt tho hous, laughed and
Speaker Reed, with twinkle In his eye,
announced that tho house would now
proceed with the consideration Of the pub
Tic business"
Cannon states m Interesting: Fact.
After some routine business the house
went into committee on the sundry civil
hill and Cannon explained its proyIsions.
In conclusion he said he did not think
tho approximations for this session. not
taking into consideration authorizations
for naval and river and harbor work,
would fall below $50, ,0Oo, 900 The public
service, In his opinion, could not be car
ricd ON for two years for less than bill.
lion dollars. Now, however, the govcrn-
ment was borrowing money To pay cur
rent expenses. In view Of this fact he ap-
pcalcd To the house to keep down nppro-
priations and bo content with caring for
the public service US IL existed, and not
enter upon any now work while this bor.
rowing was going ON.
ssy. IL n. m ra,., Prctcn., rul.
Savers of Texas. cx-chn,rmnn OF tho nm.
propriations committed. replied Mt some
length To Cannon. In general way no
indorscd the itcrns%n the bill. but hc do.
clarrd Il was n false prctcnse on its face.
1t purportcd To- bc bill providing for the
sundry civil cxpcnscs for tho flscal ycnr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

Pure, rich blood is the true cure
for nervousness, and Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the one true blood purifier
and nerve tonic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
shafer Heats Garuier a, billiards.

NEW YORK March 3l.-A billiard tour
nament began last night at Madison
square Garden, Shafcr and GARNER, the
French expert. being the Contestants At
the close Of the game the score was: Sha-
fer. co. Garnier. 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

Cincinnati makes every year over
$3.50, 900, 900 worth of goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31

Being third of
Company Kahn Shoenbun clothing
Chicago who failed bought
Suits for about the dollar THIS is
PURCHASE YOU for less
the CLOTH IN THE PIECE IS WORTH. X, Co. have al
made the BEST CLOTHING MADE CHICAGO.