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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
ONE WEEK MORE OF CONGRESS.
SENATOR ALLISON THINKS BUSINESS CAN
BE CLEARED Up BY SATURDAY.
A FEW ITEMS or VARIOUS APPROPRIATION
BILLS NOW IN CONFERENCE ABOUT ALL THE
WORK IN sIGI THE RIVER AND HAIR
BOR BILL LIKELY TO BE REPAsSED

BOR BILL LIKELY TO BE REPAssED.
Washington May 31.-"I believe we may he
able TO adjourn by Saturday next" said Senator
Allison. chairman of the Senate Committee on
Appropra tions. Yesterday. The session may
run until Monday. but there is really good
reason why we should not have fnal adjourn
ment the day have named. All of the ap-
preparation bills enrolled. with the excep-
tlon Of the contested items in conference. and
these can %, enrolled on shor. notice"
Senator Allison Is not alone in this opinion and
for the purpose OF getting away at the earliest
possible moment /; is understo ID that the Senate
will after Tomorrow begin ts daily sessions at
IL a. H. and remain in session as late as D. m
One night session will. perhaps be necessary on
Tueeday. for the senate has agreed that on that
day L will take finsi vote the Butler Bond
bill II Is the general impression that a vote will
be had before adjournment on the Filled Cheese
bill The un lerstanding is that the Senate Will
eniea vor t. pass the River aud Harbor bill over
the Presidents veto the day following similar
action on that .neasurs by the House. Little Y
any. debate is expected. The conferrees on the
PCstcflice Appropriation h'ii have practically
agreed upon all Items except the German amend
ment restr!c'!cg the consolidation of postoiilc6s
by the Postmaster q ienerai. II IS said that the
House will acccdr 90 IN amendment. The first
conference on this bill was not held until Satur-
day last. athou,h it passed both Houses more
than mon:h ago.
The only matth-s that Will be likely 10 cause
debate in other appropriation bills in conference
are the So tartan school que:tiOn In the lndior
bill the decrease of the number o' 6attle-ships
the limitation Ot tn Irice to be paid Tor arinvr
and the provso forb.dding the employment by
contractors or naval officers on leave. IN the
Naval bill: a question as t. sectarian charities IN
the District Of Columbia bill and "A Ike question
in regard to DIST Of Columbia hospitals, in the
Sundry Civil bin
The report Of he Committee on Rivers and
HIrbors upon the Presidents veto Of the River
AMI HarhOr Appropriation bill. recommending
that IL be passed the objections OF the Pres!-
dent TO the contrary Notwithstanding IL looked
for in tn Hous4 on Tuesday. The House Will
expcnd little. II any. debate on the matter and a
vote viii hc taken promptly.
The Committee on Rules may report an order
setting aside two additional days besides TO-
morrow on which motions to pass bills by sus-
pension % the rules will 6e in order. This how
ever, will not 10 done unless the passage OF the
Joint resolution fixing the date ~ final adjourn
ment should ia DELAYED until late In the week
when once that resolution passes the six days
next prccodnr tho day named for the close ~
the session VII hecom" suspension days under
the standing r..es - go House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
p,yJsUjyG HAZERS AT LAFAYETTE.

rss,on. Penn. May 81 (SpeciaD-Presiden' war
alIn - LAFAYETTE College. is a stern opponent OF
bazng. I and is just engaged in unrayens h the
,,,s,ercs surrounding several occurrences IN 'h's
rne recently As consequence iour sophoinor's
have been suspended indefinitely ana o'hr,
nave ,,.,ous bench for the president VIII
are -" h,s ,rvostigations this week The college
,sor,,es thought hazng had been broken up at
Laayetie ard this Is the hrs cdse oi Tbry were
lns hhd down with sand ducked in me river ,ne %
70 run the eant:et" ana nduceq ,bey were being
icsu,tta,od INTO fratcrnitcs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
CAPSIZED ~ 4 SQUALL.

,,,,evard Haven. Mass. May si.-The schooner
w,Il,e D. Captain Bullerwell. from Stamford Conn
=, and for Parrsboro'. n. s.. was capszed at
o'clock this morning. about miles west OF fo'nt
y,d,,h IN a westerly squall. The captain and two
sear,en .lung to The capsized vessels spars and
were nearly exhausted when they were rescued by
the steamer Pentagoet from New-York 70. Eas :
port. Me. william ,Spinney, seaman. agsc , aoont
,Tha survvors we're landel this evening by the
penrsgoct They saved nothing. She regis stored
nnety IONS and was launched at Parrsboro'. n. S..
April l. The vessel was returning home from her
frst trip. The steam tus Joshua Lovett LETT mere
this evening to look for the schooner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
FIFTY HORSES BTRNTD.


4 sERIOt's IRE ~ Az EAST SIDE BOARD
1NG STABLE.
-Four alarms wcrn rung soon after II O'Clock
as, night for a FIRE IN Herman Bohlman's board
ing s able AT 80 80 and 32l East Flity-third-
.t 1hls IL nvo-story brownsion" huhdnR
Many wagons o. local butchers. grOcerf AID Ice
men were stored on the top floor
The nre was discover L. the waichman. VINO
IS known only as John. who with his VIE ana
one child. lived IA ihr building Th"y s'' "N'
safely
p,licomar Patrick j. Mulioon Was across the
.,,o... when the wltchman rushed out. and he
officer s.nt ir an alarm. Muldoon. with haIi a
dozen citizcas rushed into the building ana re-
leased twenty-five horses. Tho other hity horses
uerlsned The entire building wns wrecked. II
was valued at S1jrJp Tho loss Of horses hn'
vehicles is csuma-cd al about Sl''uoo. Inc
building was insured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
r,T.J payJC on AN ELECTRIC CAR.

c, Louis May 3i.-One person was Killed. one
,a,,uv injured and two were seriously injured
Yesterday afternoon a panic on an electric car
~ ,ro corondelet Line The trolley wire broke and
tou on the car frightening the passengers who
rushed out Miss Veronica PaveiocK' seventeen
- IA came I'm contact with the wire and was
yea..nsr,v killed Misc Lille Cloquette. seventeen
n,rs old sustained a compound fracture Of the
Yen orI cvill die: Mise Blanche Cloquette her
is,'- recclved A scalp wound. and Oswald Watt a
ss,'.o,cr had his right shoulder disocated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
srsTrE or old TIPPECANOE" UNVEILED.

Cincinnati May Sl.-The exercises at the unvei.-
inc Of the equestrian statue OF President william
Henry Harrison yesterday AFTERNOON o'ous"' o',
.as. asssmhlage The stand that had been erected
was crowded with people, among them ex-Presi-
dent Harrison. his grandson. and Mrs Elizabeth
Harrison Eaton. granddaughter of William Henry
Harrison The unveng ceremony began with
prayer by the Rev DR.. Moore AS soon as ne had
nnished the statue was unveiled by ITS sculptor.
Ious T. Reblsso and stood forth in all its beauty
AT the same moment the hand struck up oa me
Star Spangled Banner and the Scottish Kite quar-
lei rendered the words OF the National air. ns Lns
Rev John F. Toilette then turned the statue over
70 the city Mayor Caldwell responded Tnen
came the address Of the orator OF the day Genera
Of America" BIZ the quartet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
pOpy ORCHARD DRYDOCh ACCEfIdhHH.

Seattle wash May 3l.-Commodore a. +. Mat Mat
,hows L. s. ~. Chief OF the Government bureau
~ public Docks and Wharves. VINO arrived IN
Seattle on Wednesday from the Mare isiaNo 80
80 oaL. an inspec.ion Of the Port Orchard
s,anck and naval station. concluded his iaDors
Yesterday. lie finds that the dock, noiwiths'aha-
jng adverse criticisms IS in the main secepape 10
h .Is Governmen and that the few defects pointer
e one NV the Naval Board Of Inspection az me time time
~ the oicia In Apri. are OF ty.ai na'I Ias a.
lid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
ACCIDENT TO 4 FLEuING JUROR.

RICHARD NJ. MONTGOMERY AND HIS WIFE
u1.RT BY THE UPSETTING OF THEIR
CARRIAGE AT BABYLON. LONG ISLAND.
Richard NJ Montgomery. Juror No. u IN the
trial of Mrs Fleming and his wife met with an
accident at Babylon. Long Island, yesterday
Mr. Montgomery is not badly hurt. but his wire
Is said 10 be painfully but not seriously. injured
Mr. and Mrs Montgomery were out driVins'
Their horse became frightened and the carriage
was unset Mrs Montgomery struck on her head
and sustained bad bruises. Yesterday afternoon
she was removed to her home In New-forK ana
her husband accompanied her lie was on'y
shaken I'd by the accident. The horse was oaoiy
cut and the carriage smashed. Mr. ana Mrs'
Monfgomery I've al Nc. 81 West SevNntF-fo"rth-
(, He "a a real estate dealer AT No. ol flne-St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01

Nellie Thompson. twenty-three years old OF NO
o,a East Twenty -hfth-st.. was run over last even
ing at Twenty-frst-st. and Second-aVe py "o
'"e " 49,, r,sbt leg was almost cut off below the
,. Oh. was taken 10 Bellevue Hospital where
,ha msngled limb was amputated. Her condition sl
is critical The driver OF the car. Mat.hew is, To-
OF Co.s No: drvins The unfortunate girl wss en-
nIoxsd At soda water fountain at NO. A's Seco"o-
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centinued on Second Page
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
WHEN FEET ARE CROSSED.
Some Observations About a Fad That
Seems to Be Popular. .

Some Observations About a Fad That
Seems to Be Popular. .
There was time when a woman who
had the teInerity to cross her feet in
public was considered as quite too bold
to be within the pale of good society
Fashions kinks have taken another
twist now, and the woman who is in
good society shows it by crossing her
feet audibly. That is, she not only
crosses them in the privacy of her OWL
room, and when she seats herself in
her favorite wide, low chair in the re-
cept;on-room, but she crosses them in
the street cars and the herdics, in the
railway stations, and in church! She
does, indeed!
Possibly there is nothing actually
criminal in the habit, though our grand
mothers thought so, nor is it indecent,
as our mothers thought, and would like
to think yet if they were not bewildered
by the awful overturning given TO theiI
previously conceived ideas OF what Is
right and proper, but it Is certainly
inelegant outside of ones own home.
In ones own boudoir, where the frou-
frou of lace ruffies and silk plaitingsl
the amplitude of skirts and abundant
draperies cover all crude outlines, the
crossing of the feet is not exactly I'M
graceful Then, too, it gives oppor-
tunity for the display of welLshod
foot, daintily turned ankle, half dis
played and half concealed by the
clouds of trimmings that women pile
on the bottom of their skirts, and quite
suits the abandon of the exquisite tea
gowns and the hour
But away from ones home, Well,
that Is another story, especially If II Is
told on street car-in pantonime--
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09

thefr clothing piece by piece. Ore
young buck threw a small alarm clock
in the flames and another brierwood
pipe
A daughter of the dead man, carrying
\ child IN her arms, walked around
the fire and, holding bundle of arrow
weeds to the blaze, touched the infants
cheeks TO prevent the chiefs spirit from
haunting it. A tall brave, nearly nude,
and provided with a sharp knife, cut of
more or less hair from the relatives in
accordance with the degree of knship,
each softly muttering invocations.
The medicine men, with their
hair over their faces, tore a large cotton
cloth into small fragments and made
another pile OF the pieces, which they
burned. In fact, every individual
seemed actuated with entirely differ
emit motives. known only to himself.
As the flames grew fiercer they dug
up dust and dirt and threw IL over their
perspiring and almost nude bodies.
They pulled burning sticks from out of
the fire and thrust them for q second
against one another's flesh They
leaped and danced alternately. When
ever the fire burned low 10 was quickly
replenished with mesquite wood. After
all had been consumed the ashes were
raked into pit and covered in such =
manner as to prevent discovery Of thu
spot unless special search was made.
The indiscriminate destruction of
property At cremation is a source of COT
stant poverty. The YuIna's consider
nothing too valuable for sacrifcial Pur-
poses.
They believe that their paradise s.
IN a beautiful, valley away of in tho
mountains. 1t includes Sonora, in New
Mexico, and a good slice of southern
California. This cop-lah-pahl is COW
cred with luxurious grass and thou
sands of trees. There are no quarrels.
no dissentions, diseases or pain in this
paradise. 1t will be a perpetual rest
year after year. except for the bad In
Gians, who will have 70 work for many
years until the great celestial chiefs
ideas are satisfied. The tribal and fam
jly relations are the same there as on the
sun-baked banks Of the Colorado, only
there is n good, powerful chief who il
omnipotent. No white man viii Dc
found in cop-lah-pahl.-N. y. Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
we're struggling a day was set apar,

were struggling a day was set apart
that all might join in the prayer TO the
Almighty for strength and wisdom.
The first observance in this country
was soon after the Pilgrims landed in
Salem. On the day set for the festiva!
all joined in praise TO the Lord, at the
same time asking for plenty of rain and
abundant crops. These occasions were
generally appointed by the resident
iclergymen, but as the colonies ex
panded and states were formed thu
duty gradually fell on the governors oil
the different states. The custom has
been handed down from generation ts
generation as matter of course. The
governor prepares an elaborate procla'
in nearly all the newspapers in tbs
state, and a finely engrossed copy is
sent to all the clergymen through the
various city and town clerks, to be
read from their pulpits the Sunday pre-
vious.
The observance has been almosi
wholly confined to the New England
states, and has now become almost
meaningless. In fact, Massachusetts,
woke up to this fact several years ago
and abolished the practice. Henry
Ward Beeher, in Norwood" says:
THE Pilgrims found it written: They
that sow in tears shall reap in Joy. He
that goeth forth and waiteth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless coml
again with rejoicing, bringing hi:
sheaves with him. This beautiful
poetry was translated into the policy
of the Pilgrims by establishing fast
day in March or April and day OF
Thanksgiving in November. Thus, the
whole people were to pass through the
two gates of the year. Tears and Smiles,
and observe them as holy days, all other
profane and unsteady festivities
Christmas, New Years and Saints days
without number, being laid aside.
But very few churches now observe
the day. The ministers read the proc
lamation, and that ends it. 1t is gaJ
holiday, pure and simple. Not much
Testing is done and less praying. Base
ball has superseded alteration of the
Deity, and horseback riding gives vast.
ly more pleasure to the average man
than xerophagy.
The governor always says that Fast
day is a day of humiliation, fasting
and prayer" but no one ever takes the
manifesto seriously, and, therefore
everybody takes care to enjoy himself
as much as possible on this occasion
1T is evident that the people believe
that day spent in innocent and health
full amusement is fully as well en-
ployed as if it had been passed in vain
effort at Humiliation" on an empty
stomach.-N. Y. Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
WHAT A METEOR CAN DO.
People Who Value Their Lives Will Dodge
When Possible.


We owe our immunity TO our at.
mosphere, which serves as a bullet
proof cuirass for the world. When
meteor enters the atmosphere, the fric,
ton produced by it's gigantic speed
makes it flash up like the arrow OF
Acestes, only more so. The ingenious
experiments of Lord Kelvin have shown
that the heat thus produced just as
brake showers sparks from a carriage
wheel, or a lucjfer match lights ON the
box, Is sufficient to consume the meteor
as if IT were suddenly cast into fur.
mace heated to three or four million
degrees Obviously the smaller me-
teors are utterly consumed before they
have penetrated far into the atmos-
phere, which their fate has shown TO
rise to height of about 120 miles.
Only very large one can descend,
as that of Madrid is said to have done,
10 within 20 miles of the earth, before
being burst by the expansion due to
heat and by the resistance of the air.
The fact that fragments do occasion
ally reach the earth is the best proof
Of the great size of some of the meteors
that we encounter. If it were not for
the blessed air" the explosion of them
ali. with the accompanying fervent
heat, would take place in our midst. Il
IS safe 10 say that such a state of things
would render our great towns unin-
habitable. In London we are somewhat
inclined TO grid al the atmosphere, with
It's smoke and IT'S fog and its east wind.
But none of US csn tell how often il has
saved him from terrible and invisible
fate, in being, as Mark Twain has II,
shot with a rock" II we are more in
cliDed TO recognize the atmospheric
services in future, the Madrid meteor
viii not have exploded in vain.-London
Spectator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
GREATLY REDUCED EXCURSION
RATES VIA. MO. PAC. RY.

To the following points on dates named:
Asbury Park, y. J.-Baptist Ami
versaries. May 10Th to 9th. at one and
one-third fare for the round trip; GER
tificate plan.
Cleveland, Ohio-Master Plumbers
association. June ID. 1896. at one and
one-third fare for round trip; certificate
plan.
DesMoines, Iowa-Annual Head Camp
Meeting Royal Neighbors of America,
May u to 10, a one and one-third fare
for the round trip; certificate plan.
Fort Scott, kan.-Pharmaceu as
ISOLATION, May 26 to %, at one and one
third fare for the round trip; certificate
plan.
Grand Rapids. Mich-National Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections. June
to 10. at one and one-third fare for
round trip; certificate plan.
Hutchinson, Kan.-FOrepaugh & Sells
Shows. June 18th, 1896, at S1.SS for the
round trip.
Hutchinson, Kan.-Kansas Musical
Jub.ie. Tickets will be sold May %,
%. y. 2S and %, at one fare for the
round trip Glad. Tickets will be linn
tied for return including May so, 1896.
Kansas City. Mo.-Third Annual
Meeting International Congress of Sci
entists, May 18th to 18th, at one and
one-third fare for the round trip; GER
tihcaje plan.
KansasCity. Kan.-Gene-al Conference
Methodist Protestant church, Nay 10
10 % at one and one-third fare for
round trip; certificate plan.
Kansas City, Mo.-Annual Convention
Kansas Christian Endeavor societies.
June to p. 1886. Tickets will De sold
June Sth to 9th, with final limit for re-
turn including June 18th, at one fare
for the round trip.
Kansas City, Kan.-Grand Chapter
Order Of Eastern Star of Kansas. May
ieth 70 18th, at one and one-chird fare
for round "trip; certificate plan.
Louisville. Ky.-Gsneral Federation
Of Woman's club. May % 10 May %.
ct one and one-third fare for the round
trip; certificate plan.
Leavenworth. Kan.-Annual funniest
District OF Kansas. Tickets sold June
12Jh 18th and 18th. with final limit of
June 18th Cor return, al one fare for
the round trip.
Mobile. Ala.-CIeneral Conference OF
A. NJ. L. church. May 20 June /. at
one and one-third fare for round trip;
certificate plan.
Memphis. Tenn.-Woman' Board OF
Missions meeting. May Is 70 %. at one
and one-third fare for round trip; GER
tificate plan.
Salina, kan.-AnnUal Session [. c. T.
May Sth. 1885. a. one and one-third fare
Tor the round trip; certificate plan. The
Missouri Pacific railway viii run a spec
la train for the accommodation OF those
wishing 20 attend this meeting. Train
viii leave Wichita a: 4. m. May s.
and arrive at Saiina at lI:z5 q. m. Re
turning special train leaves SalIna al
9 a m, May 10th, arrives in Wichita
l =. n.
Springfield. Mo.-Assen,bly OF The
Presbyterian Colored church. Nav "A
% =, atone and oae-third fare; certi-
ficate plan.
Washington. D. C.-Supreme Council
\ p. A association. May 10 Il. al one
and one-third fare for the round t-ip.
certificate plan.
certificate plan.
Washington. y. C.-Army and NAVY
Union, May IS 10 q. at one and one
third fare for the round trip; certificate
plan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
PRACTICE CREMATION.
Indian Tribes That Burn Their Dead with
Extravagant Ceremonies


Extravagant Ceremonies
Al the Indian tribes living along the
Colorado river cremate their dead. The
cremation of Sub-Chief Postaqual, ear
Iy in 1894, may serve as a description
of the usage among Yumas. A day OF
two before the cid mans death, after
s. was known to a certainty that the
end was near, the Indians Of both sexes
selected an open space facing the sub
chiefs wickiup, and excavated deep
hole, in which dry poles were arranged.
Between them a bed of twigs and brush
were heaped to the surface and GOV.
cred with larger billets of wood. Sew
eral hours after the old Indian was
dead, his body, tightly wrapped in u
heavy blanket. was laid upon the pyre,
End short, thick pieces of wood az
banged upon it until total height
OF seven feet was attained. To this
prye were added the personal effects
Of the dead man, TO accommodate his
spirit wherever il might go.
Several hundred Yumas of both sexes.
gathered about the prye. and set Up
deafening. doleful and discordant
walls. Every Yuma Indian kept up for
two hours a constant series of shrieIc7
and cries. The disconsolate and grief
stricken faces were stained with tears.
regret and dependency were plainly
depicted. and speeches were delivered,
ending in a moaning refrain Two
horses, capsrisoned in red and blue
flannel and waving feathers, were led
to deep holes dug near either side Of
the body. After the two horses were
killed with axes. they we're thrown into
the graves and covered with dirt. 70
insure carrying the good old chief IN
bis future vandeTinRs.
Twenty young bucks, With faces
painted white end red, strangely
dressed in curious eloaks and coyrls OF
many colors. and holding bows and a.
rows IL their hands. stepped forward
GrzsPing the sub-chiefs old shotgun,
one OF them fred Il into the air 20
notify the Great Spirit that a Yuma
had begun his journey 70 Paradise
Instantly another applied the match.
and tongues Of Ere darted up. eavelop-
ing the remains
The mourEers. squztting IN . circle
around the pyre. now SEEMED moved
iy uacontrollzble excitement Spring
ing 20 their feet. they separated into
two bodies, the Taea On one side sDd
the women on the other. 20 allow tie
passage OF the spirit between tbem-
breaking from the ranks. thsT threw
their personal possessions irso the
sEnes- Strips q calico. pottery. we@P-
sns. bans. playing cards. beads ard
trinketx Of every description followed
each other in rapid s1eeeSsicn- Scversi
Eer @nSI~oEea denuj<6 skez-se,s<s q :
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
The Latest Dodge.

"a drummer of my acquaintance got
the advantage Of me the other day in
a very simple way" said q prominent
groceryman Of Syracuse. He came
into my store In hurry and apparently
angry and demanded his umbrella I
told him that his umbrella was some
thing about which ! knew nothing
Look here, now. said nc. You know
where that umbrella ia. and want Il; >
i know nothing about your umbrel
Ia answered.
Then 1 began 20 yet little angry.
as he was apparently in earnest and
stated that he came in with en- I'm
brella and wanted 20 know where it
was. BY this tine a large number %
men standing around were thoroughly
interested III bet you a dollar. said
Re, that I came IN here with an uns-
brella. and leave il 20 yourself Whea
the bet was taken. he pulled a NINA
ture umbrella nut Of his pocket. Ard
was compelled 70 Acknowledge that I
- "A the loser ---Syrzcase Peat.