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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-11
JAPANESE DEPARTMENT

Cups and Saucers, I5c, 25c 35c. 4oc, soc, 75c and
SIoo; Olive Dishes, Cracker Jars, Creamers, Sugars
and Teapots, Jap TOothpicks, Vases-everything at
Cut Prices.
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HOGS.
Hogs strong and sc higher.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES
Shinners.

J b. Well, Clearwater, hogs.
Horton & Campbell, Caldwell, cattle.
Robinson & Osborne, Benton, hogs.
Horton & Campbell. Caldwell, hogs.
Loomis & Payne, Garden Plain, hogs.
L. NJ. McCrocklin, Derby, hogs.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-11

Games

A few OF the new ones are:-"Limited
Mail" Golf" wide World "Menago
rie,' Hold the Forte" "Carroms.S
"Archarena'' District MesxenSeo
Boy" The Bible" Napoleon" "ChFis;s
ian Endeavor." ''Crokinole." also Dupiis
cate Whist Sets-all al cut prices.
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sfy wife Tow leaves for the south, ajas)
To seek for q SUMMER cline
She says q book might help her to Da0
More pleasurabiy the timA
But through the BOOKSELLER shops knoV
It's useless for me to look;
They haven't IL there; when shes ready q
60
ehe'u reach for my pockethook.
-Chica4o Times-Herald
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-11
THE WEATHER.
Wichita, Dec. 20


Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity:
Fair and continued warm until Saturday.
During the past twenty-four hours the
highest temperature was 81, the lowest 81.
and the mean 80. with clear. warm weather,
a veritable spring day, light variable winds
and stationary pressure, So..s inches at 8
D. m
Thus fan this month the average temper
a;ure has been y,
For the past eight years the average tenn
perature for the month of December has
been IS, and for the 10Th day A.
FRED L. JOHNSON, Observer.
Washington, Dec, 1o.-Forecast for FRI
day:
oklahoma and Indian Territory: Fair;
variable winds.
Kansas: Fair: variable winds
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GRAIN AND PKODUCE MARKETS..
CHICAGO.

Chicago Grain Markets. furnished by r.
l.. Bostick. Commission Merchant, Rooms
% and u over Kansas National Bank, Tele-
phone 161.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-11

Other works. such as Dickens. Thack-
cray. Macaulay. Elliott. Carlyle. Gibbons
Hugo. Hawthorne, Holmes. and many
others at greatly reduced prices.
go volumes white and silver binding.
containing the following authors: Eme--
son. Hall. Schurz. Box. Lubbart. Brown.
Miller. Toistoi. etc, etc, reduced 10 $50
each.
The cloth bound books which We are
selling at IL cents each, are usually cold
at s5 cents: 500 titles from which TO Sc
iect
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-11

ssMiss YAM isn't at all musical ssHow
do YOU knewi' Il offered TO sing oh.
promise me- last night. and she said she'd
promise me anything IL wouldn't. Pitts
burgh Chrouicls.
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WE WOULD LIKE TODC
Your
Printing.

Should you desire a sample
OF Our work, we need only say
that we Do 80 per cent x al
the Job Printing done in this
city for Our merchznts..eSGS
THE REASON WHY
Is because d the
Quality
Price.
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\ In this department reductions have
been greater than ever before.
\ 8 vol. set Hawthorne. Christmas
\ edition tset) cut 10 .... .ss
s vol set Elliott. cloth. tser cut 20 s.o0
! 3 vol. Lambs Tales Goth tseo cut
to ........ 49,. ................. 100
/ vol. Sc: Prescott Peru. cloth. cut
to-. ................. .........., 100
1 vol set Tales os a Grandfather,
cut to. -. ........... ......... eco
4 vol. set knights Half Hours.
best authors. cut ,o.............- a.ss
3 vol. set Eugene Sues Wandering
jew. Gu, to........ ............-.. leo
vol. set Bsrries works complete.
cloth, cut 10 -. ............ AIS
IL vol. set Waveriy novels complete,
cloth. cut to.......-.-. -
vol set Washington Irving. COM
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WICHITA markets

Wichita, Dec II
CATTLE.
Cattle steady.
REPRR RSENTkTIYE SALES.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
Be STRONG AND HEARTY.
HOW TO BE STRONG AND FULL OF
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The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

1.O3A, the three-quarters in 1856, and
the mile in 2.07s4. This is fast travel
ling, but was not fast enough to suit the
crowd, who wanted to see TWO minute
clips or nothing, and the chance for Gen
trya equalIing even his own record of
2011a seemed slim indeed.
But John r. Gentry is a game horse,
and he is driven by a man who knows
and appreciates every one of his good
points. So the Gentry horse was brought
out to make a trial. and the crowd pulled
out its watches to follow him for the
mile. Behind the Gentry horse in the
sulky was W. S. Andrews, who has driv-
and who even now believes he has more
to get out of him than the world believes
possible. Andrews drove Gentry up and
down in front Of the grand stand sew
eral timos, while the men cheered him
and the ladies in the grand stand waved
glossy blackscoa and his dandided gait.
But Gentry was not out for show just
then. He knew that he had some work
to do before he should again see his
warm and comfortable stall. Andrews
paced John r. Gentry slowly up the
stretch and with fast runner, as pace
maker, at his side, come down towards
the wire at a fast gait. The crowd in the
big stand yelled it's encouragement as
Andrews nodded for the word, and Start
or Culbertson yelled "go," sending off
the fastest horse the world has yet seen
in harness, for record breaking mile.
The runner was making great speed for
the quarter post, but could not head Con-
try, who seemed absolutely to fly along
so steadily and EVENLY did he pace.
He Is now nearing the quarter post.
A hundred watches were ready for the
word. "Up'' five hundred voices yelled
in concert. Wonderful! The time for
the quarter was a9Aseoonds. Oue-fourth
Of second slower than the famous quar-
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

A mile in two minutes and one-half of
a second. This is what that wonderful
horse John r. Gentry did yesterday af-
ternoon at Rigby park and in doing it he
lowered the worlds pacing record from
2.011a where it has stood for a year, to
2.001a, and he did 1t on track in fair
condition, on rather cold and unfavor-
able day on which an overcoat was a ne
oessity, and in wi1d that was blowing
just hard enough up the home stretch to
make the one-half seconds difference in
the record of 2.00h and the long looked
for mark of two minutes.
Yesterday was not an ideal day for REQ
ord breaking or even fast racing. In the
morning the rain fell at intervals and
for time it threatened to ruin the track
and any chances of fast speeding. But
just as the whistles in Portland sounded
the noon hour the sun broke through the
clouds and brought smile upon the
faces of the Rigby park management and
the many people in the Portland hotels
who had come here from all over the
country to see the famous horses now at
Rigby go against time for possible two
minute mark. And Oh every train from
twelve O'Clock until two these admirers
of the horse were vending their way
towards Rigby and anxiously surveying
the track, on the good condition of which
so much depended.
It was the universal opinion that no
horse could make any remar kable time
at Rigby's track yesterday. and although
it was declared that the track was in a
much better condition than might have
been expected after the rainy weather of
the week yet the day was so cold and the
wind SO strong that to get any remark
able speed out of any horse seemed un-
reasonable to believe. But nevertheless
the crowd continued to increase in size
and when the big grand stand hold about
1000 spectators, all Of whom had come to
track, the owners of these horses and
the park management.d decided to let Fan
tasy, John r. Gentry and Robert j.
start, so as not to disappoint the crowd.
But no one believed worlds record
would be lowered or even equalled.
Several heats of the races had been
pulled off, and the crowd was getting. a
little impatient at the delay when Fan
tasy and John X. Gentry were brought
out for warming up mile. The Gentry
horse, being the more remarkable of the
pair. was greeted with loud applause, as
he paced up the track in front of the
grand stand, and Fantasy also come in
for share of the applause when she
made her appearance.
The sun was rapidly sinking towards
the western hills and every moment II
grew colder and more unfavorable fol
fast speeding. when Fantasy came to
the stand for her trial against
her record of a06 Her driver
nodded for the word and away she
sped, paced by a runner. She made the
first quarter in 80 seconds; the half ir
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

ter of Joe Patohen, when be went his
2.05 mile at Rigby, but John r. Gentry
Is game, and could keep nearly up to this
pace all the way round. The runner
pushes Gentry around the second turn
into the back stretch. He was making
hard work Of the race. but was doing his
best to keep his nose at John r. Gentry's 8
throat latch. Cup" The second quar-
ter was in 3014, making the half in 80
seconds. People began to rub their eyes
and doubt their senses. This was the
fastest half ever before made by horse
in harness. Could Gentry hold the gait
he was now travelling he would land the
mile at two minutes. The excitement
became intense. Some of the men were
cheering, end the ladies in the grand
stand catching the spirit of the moment
were adding their shrill trebles to the
general uproar. Could Gentry keep the
pace he was going9 Across the track
came the sound of the voice Of the driver
of the runner. He was yelling at his
horse and urging him up to the pacer's
wheel, where he could hardly keep his
nose despite every effort of his driver.
The Gentry horse seemed to be making
a game fight for a record. The third
quarter was reeled off by him in soA.
making the three-quarter Of mile sin
1907, but before him came the hardest
one of all. Around the last turn into the
stretch he came. Now he caught the
wind directly in his teeth, and it was
blowing hard too. Gentry felt his driv-
er's whip, heard his encouraging voice
and the excited yells of the wild crowd
in the grand stand. He seemed to take
| a fresh stait, to throw every pound of
muscle he possessed into the dash for the
| wire. Down the stretch he came like a
whirlwind, an avalanche, an express
train. He seemed absolutely to fly under
the wire. The judges caught the last
quarter in s0A, and the mile In 2.0OI.
Half a hundred watches on the track, in
the grand stand and in the press box
made 1T the same time. Gentry had low.
cred the worlds record, had done what
had seemed an impossiblity for any horse
to do, and::had made Riaby park famous
for all time.
Out on to the track thronged the
crowd. Men absolutely huRged one an
other and oapered about like children.
Hats, um br elias and cans were thrown
high in the air. Women waved their
dainty handkerchiefs and cheered, and
the noise absolutely, drowned, the
band which was banging away at some
quickstep.
Startsr Culbertson rang the gong fol
silence. II have the great honor of an
nouncinR," said he "that John r. Ger
try nas lowered the world spacing record
by one second..' And there was another
yell of delight.
John R. Gentry had qui ckly slowed
down after his fast pace and was driven
slowy back to the wire. conqueror. the
king of horses, the greatest PAGER on
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
New York Gold Democrats.

Brooklyn, September "a. The state
convention of the Sound Money Demo-
cratic party which met at Syracuse and
adjourned August 81, to meet in Brook
lyn, re-assembled at the Academy of
Music here tonight and mpleted its
work. The hall was crowded and hun
dreds turned away. Charles Fairohilds,
who was chairman, called the meeting
to order. Electors for thirty four con-
gressional districts were named. A Ies-
olution endorsing the Indianapolis plat
form and ticket was adopted amid
cheers. Daniel T. Griffin was nominated
for governor by acclamation.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

Owners Were Sued for Damages Result
ing from Collision With Barge vesta-
First Construction of an Act of Con-
gress Of 1890.
Boston, September 24.-A decision of
great Importance to ship owners was
rendered by the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals for the first circuit,
the opinion being by Judge Webb. The
case was that Of the Boston Tow Boat
Company, owner Of the steam tug Vesta,
against Jacob 8. Winslow and others of
the schooner Jacob s. Winslow. The suit
tween the schooner and two barges
towed by the tug Vesta. October 16, 1898,
near Tarpaulin Cove.
In 1890 Congress passed law maxi ng
it the duty of oolliding vessels to sta nd
by each oSher, render assistance and
give the names in all cases where collis-
ion was such as to render it possible nd
reasonable and further providing that
failure to do so this would render the
offending vessel in fault as causing the
collision in the absence of proof to the
contrary.
Since the passage Of that act, no ca sc
has been decided in which CONSTR uc-
tion has sbeen given to the Statute until
the present time.
Judge Webb says: Evidence is un-
con tr0vsrted that after the collision the
schooner proceeded on her course with
out stopping to see il any assistance was
required by the barge and without CIV
ing her name hailing port or port of
destination.
in the case now before the court says
the decision, the collision was near land,
the tugboas uninjured. and with steam
up was at hand. one Of the two barges
was very little injured in her hull, her
crew were close by if necessary. the
hour was early, the sea smooth and the
wind pro badly less than five knots. The
crew Of the barge most badly injured,
called upon the steam tug for help. not
upon the schooner. Although the barge
was loaded with coal, the captain of the
schooner might well consider that she
had at hand all the assistance required.
II he did so think. the result showed he
was in no error. He could not tell how
that time. His first duty was to look to
the condition of his vessel. which he
promptly proceeded to investigate. The
vessels did not remain foul of each other.
There was nothing in The evidence dis
closing on the part of the schooneI's cap
tain any indifference to, or reckless dis
| regard OF his duty toward the vessel with
which be had collided, this tug. The
court cannot say, in view of all the cir
| cumstanoes surrounding him that he was
not warranted in believing that he had
| ascertained that no further assistance
WAS necessary. We do not think upon
| the evidence now before us that the
Jacob s. Winslow should be condemned
| under tho act Of Septem Der 4, 1890.
Il she 10 to be held liable at all, it must
be because OF some fault in her naviga-
tion contributing to tho collision.
The court at some length reviewed the
| evidence relative to the cause of the COL
lision and concludes that the schooner
was not at fault. The decree OF the dis
trict court ia affirmed, with interest and
costs.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
Over 5000 Were Killed.

Lynn, Mass, Septe-c ber 24.-Ths first
direct news the Lynn Armenlans have
received of the recent massaeres of their
countrymen in Constantinople came to
hand today in a letter which gives de-
by the Turks and places the number Of
those massacred in Constantinople alone
at over 5000
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

On cross examination witness testi-
fed that Morris had told one of the girls
before the shooting, that if she would let
him shoot the baby out of her arms he
would give her five dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

Mrs. Mary Pelkey, at whose house the
shooting" occurred. testified that Collins
had arrived there shortly before eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon on July 80th.
Morris came between two and three
O'Clock and entered at the back door.
Witness was at Casey's when Morris
came, but returned fifteen minutes after
Morris had arrived Morris was then ait
ting by the outside the door with his gun
in his hands, handling the gun careless
IL. Collins was also sitting by the door
with her boy. Morris and Collins re-
manned until supper time and ate supper
together. Witness did not hear much talk
between them. After supper they went
to the boat landing, where they remained
for some time. They then came back,
Collins q1ite distance in advance. Nor
rls carried his gun and gin case. On
the way to the house Morris set down the
box twice and leveled the gun at Collins,
who was in advance, but did not fire.
When Morris was handling the gun so
carelessly in the afternoon, Collins took
1t and lacked out the cartridges and gave
them to Morris; this was soon after Nor
risfoams. Upon returning from the land
ing after supper, Collins entered the
house and went to a roller towel hanging
near the door to wipe his hands and face.
Morris came in with the gin case and set
1t down, and stopped as if to sit down
upon it, at the same time trying to place
the gun some where near him. The gun
would not stand where Morris had placed
it and Collins told him he would take
the gun and take care of it. Morris then
raised the gun and fred. Collins ran to
the sitting room and around the door
into the ped room, when Morris fired at
him again through the door, the Eullet
striking the side of the lounge in the bed
room. Morris started for the outer door,
and then turned to the witness; he came
back ami placed the rife to her side and
told her to look out. Witness caught
hold of the gun and asked him If he
meant to shoot all there were in the
house. He replied that If she did not in
jure him he would not injure her. He
then dropped thesgun to his side, picked
up the gin case and went up the road
towards Kineo.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

Louis Gerhard, Baron de Geer of Fins
pang, the celebrated Swedish statesman
and politician, died at Stockholm, Thurs
day, aged 78 years.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
INSANITY DODGE FAILS.
Guide Morris [Guilty Of Attempted
Murder.
IN SHOOTING GAME WARDEN COL
LINS JULY 80.

Tried Before the Supreme Court in Eoul-
ton-Ohcer Collins Describes the Out
laws Cold Blooded ssDeed-Plea of In
sanity Fails to Save Prisoner.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
ESPECIAL, TO THE pREss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS.1
Houlton, September "a. The trial of
Charles Morris for the shooting of Game
Warden Edward o. Collins at the house
of Isaiah Pelkey's in Allegash Plantation
July 80. 1895, began here in the Supreme
court Wednesday morning. Hon. A. 81.
Powers, was appointed by the court to
assist County Attorney Lumbert in the
prosecution of the case. The defense is
insanity.
John Casey, who lives at the mouth of
the Allsgash river. testified that ON the
day Of the shooting Morris came to his
place and asked him if there was game
warden at Pelkey's house. Witness told
him that he thought there was. Morris
asked his name, and witness told him he
did not know exactly. but thought it
was McCullom or McCullar. Morris re-
peated the name several times and said
that before he went up the Allahash he
was going to see the warden and have a
good look at him and see If he had ever
seer. him before. After some conversation
about other matters. Morris left and
went towards Pelkey's. This conversa-
sion occurred between one and two
O'Clock. Between five and six boy came
from Pelkey's and told him that that
man had shot the warden, and they
wanted him to come over. Witness went
as quickly as he could 60. and found Col
Inns lying on his back on the lounge.
Collins had been bleeding badly and was
lying in quite a puddle of blood. Wit
ness said to him: "In the name of God,
what have they been doing" Collins re-
piled. "1hey have been making target
Of me. wanb you to see if am bleed
ing bad in the shoulder" Witness found
that the injured man had been bleeding
badly from wound under the shoulder
blade in the right but the flow of blood
had nearly ceased. He then started for
Fort Kent for doctor and returned with
DR.. Siros, the next day between ten and
eleven.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
Local Weather Report.
AGENTS..

Local w WeRtner hepor1.
Portland, September 4.-The local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
sa. m.-Barometer, 81. .0ss; thermom O.
ter, a.; dew point. So; humidity. Il;
wind, sW., velocity. 4; lighu rains.
8p. m.-Barometer, 30. 0l8; thermome-
ter, So. O; dew point, 40; humidity, 81
wind, NV: velocity. 2; weather, cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer. 4o:2; maxi
mum srmometer, 500; minimum ther-
mometer, 36 s: maximum velocity wind,
., W; total precipitation. L.
Weather Observations.
The Agricultural Department weather
bureau for yesterday Septem ber "a taken
at p M, meridian time. the obserVa-
tlon FOR each station being given in tn is
order: Temperature, direction OF the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, IS degrees, N, cloudy; New
York. 90 degrees, SW, clear; Philadel-
phia, 62 degrees, SW, clear: Washington,
So degrees, SW, clear; Albany, SO de-
arees. Sc, clear; Buffalo, SO degrees, W,
clear; Detroit, Sc degrees, SE, clear:
Chicago "a degrees, S, partly cloudy !;
ST. Paul, 66 degree g, Sc. partly cloudy !;
Huron, Dak., 60 degress, SW, cloudy !:
Bismarck. 56 degrees, NV, cloudy: Jack
senville, "a degrees, NE, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25

Continued ON Third Page.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-25
JACOB 5. WINsLOW NOT TO BLAME
Important Decision Affecting a Port
land Schooner.

Owners Were Sued for Damages Result
ing from Collision With Barge vesta-
First Construction of an Act of Con-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-20
TOO LATE.

The Spanish government is deliberate
in dealing with President Cleveland's
offer OF this country's good offices in
the Cuban affair. Meanwhile, every
effort is made at Madrid to impress on
this country and on the governments in
Europe the idea that Spain has in mind
friendly offices of its own respecting the
insurgents.
one of this mornings dispatches
says that the royal speech to be deliv-
cred at the opening of the cortes will
promise liberal reforms for Cuba.
This promise will be well enough in its
way. but 1t will not pass as an answer
to President Cleveland's communica-
ton. The outcome of the movement in
augurated involves very much more
than royal professions OF better meth
DDS.
PROFESSIONALLY. in the letter of Pres
ident Cleveland. the first step has been
taken toward freedom for Cuba. The
offers made by the government at Ma
drid will come too late.