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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-12-11
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Waves of Invention-A Needed
Museum-Oxygen in Surgery
Rapid Photograph-Printing IN
Practice-Rubber Pavements-A
Water Velocipede Floated by its
Propellors-The Domeless TeIe-
scope-The Scurimoble-An I'M
proved Gas Mantle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-12-11

between the barrels being adlusCa1le'
ia the peculiar invention of M AI Ale,
sandro Scuri of Liege, Belgium. Inc
n,vot of the barrels is so arranged that
+ IS easy to sight two objects at the
same time. 1t is also practicable 10 use
only one barrel at time in the ordl-
nary way; aud not the least advantage
of the new gun is its Applicability as d
range-finder, graduation being pro
vided to measure the angle between
the two barrels The weapon Is called
tn scuriInObile.
The new incandescent gas mantle OF
M. Ladurean consists OF organic
threads iDpregnated with metallc OK,
ides. these threads being so wrapped
around the lIghT radiating apparatus OF
two platinum wires as to stand OUT
like the hairs in brush. The area OF
liyht effect is much enlarged, lessenlng
the gas consumption.
A new German lamp-shade IS fnaue
hollow to receive some such liqulh as
dilute copper sulphate solution silently
blued with ammonia. The tint Is pleas
ing, while the shade absOrbs the neat
and reflects the light.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-12-11

A gun having two barrels which can
Dc aimed a. different objects, the angle
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-12-11

The formati of a railway museum
is an important subject now being n
sidered by British Engineers. 1t IS
suggested that such "A museum could
test e established by the railway COM
panies, and that it should not only
collect and preserve all Obtaiuable rel
les of the cary railway age, nut should
include the mat r al and literature Of
modern railroading.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
CALL FOR THE COMMITTEE
They are Expected tn Meet Today TO Per-
feet Convention Arrangements.

The committee heretofore appointed TO
arrange for the reception of delegates
to the Republican congressional and
state conventions in this city on the 9Th
and 10th proximo, are requested to
meet at the office OF Stanley & Vernil-
ion, III and 1l9 East Douglas avenue
on Saturday evening, the 18th. at 7:S0,
to perfect its organization and arrange
its work
The names of the committee are as
follows: Reception-W. E. Stanley, NJ.
NJ. Murdoch, Henry Schad, II. l.. Cor
don. L. NJ. Cox, c.. W. Bristow. 5. y.
Bridgeman, A. q. Walden, ". b.
Throckmorton. G. w Adams, Z. L.
Powell, ]. G. Mccall. c. NJ. Irwin. Vic
tor Murdoch, c. II. Luling, J. II. Nc
Call. c. r. Jones, NJ. \. Carvin, y. T..
Harmon, Il. II. Downing, q. Il. Smith.
e. +. Horner. J. A. Bruhacber, Q. q.
Eckstein, p. y. ROhrbaugh, l.. B. Allen,
A. VI. Denny, j. H. Black, Higginson,
+. T. Allen, James Jackson, Sam Jones.
S l.. Williams, Dan Boone, Frank DOf-
flemeyer, DR.. W. II. Dwight, a. D..
Weaver. ]. ". Nanneman, Frank Bolt,
NJ :. Rochelle, j.. b. Jewett. Charles
Hatton, J. NJ. Balderston. J. ]. Thomp-
son. c. c. Compbell. ]. NJ. Minick, A. ).
Marbell. T.. II. Anawalt. F. J. CoSsitt.
Ed Goldberg. J. u. Davis. G. L. Sharpe,
q. L. Shoemaker, \. T. BuckeridSe, 3.
!. Eaton. James Howard, Charles Sim
mons and A NJ. GOldstandt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

''How about the snow birds and the
Wave?"
Hush, Well the snow birds have
quit the square and now rcost in Cap
tain HaSsler's wind mill People don't
throw beef steak 20 them on the square
Ike they used 10 when the buckwheat
crop was good in the fall OF 1894. The
Wave Is still surging and soaring and
as astonishing as 1t may seem. no one
has attempted 10 shoot the editor for
two weeks. However, the cessation OF
hoStilities may be credited. perhaps, 10
a big religious revival going on down
there"
How about politics."
At haven't got warmed up yet-don't
give politics much attention during corn
planting time. However. the town bun
turned loose last Tuesday night and
touched politics on the high places for
Mckinley and blood. 1 am Democrat.
and favor the nomination OF Dick
Bland or Leslie Nfhlack for president "
by the way; what DO you thing of
Nfblack for q young man."
''Oh. Niby Is not a fancy article, but
he il one OF the best swimmers in the
territory. say him swim down at
Galveston last summer. Did you ever
see a frog spread himself in pond on
a summer day?
Yes"
well. that is his Nibs on swim.
Well. IL I can't see the business mana
ger. ! guess l will 80 to rest until
morning. Good night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
SAYS THERE Is No GOLD
Col. }. TOmkins Reed. of Buffalo Gap, Re-
tnrns From Perry "a GrowIer.

Colonel J. Tompkins Reed of Buffalo
Gap, Nebraska, was in the city last
night returning from Perry, Oklaho-
ma, where he had been allured by the
spectacular dispatches Of Amos Fitch
relative to the gold mines of that sec
tion of the country.
Colonel Reed is man of many sum-
mers and winters and striking eX
emplifica ton Of the statement of the
late lamented Hungry Watkins that a
sucker is born every hour OF the day
and sometimes two.
In the language of Dick Plunkett, in
his wonderful story about 1.-The man
who, COLONEL J. Tomkins Reed went
TO Perry with pick in one hand and
shovel in the other and, skulking
away out into a ravine in the min
ing district he commenced TO dig.
From the very start the dirt PANIED
out some of the finest angle worms Col
onel Reed ever saw in his long and
check cred career. AS there is a very
limited market in Perry for angle
worms Colonel Tomkins Reed gave up
mining in Oklahoma and is on his way
back to Nebraska about as mad a man
as could be found in circumnaviga-
ton of the globe The colonel, be
lieVing that he was going to have plen-
ty Of gold after his arrival in Oklaho-
ma. started away from home with d
limited supply of money and when he
was seen last night he had his molars
sunk deep and desperately into the
shank of a ham al the Eagle cafe, hav-
ing previously negotiated for the same
for d nickel. The colonel would not
submit to an interview a all and was
heard in an uudertone To consign all
newspapers. Associated Press cores
pOndents and reporters to a place where
they can can get plenty Of not stuff
without monkeying With gold mines.
He did finally say that the Perry gold
mines were frauds, decisions and snares
but he was very much prejudiced and
he may be mistaken. 1t Is hardly
right to give his statement credence in
preference to a Perry correspondent for
every body knows the latter gentleman
would not lie. He may be mistaken
Of course but it does not follow If a
man is mistaken about a fact that he
is a liar Everybody who knows Amos
Fitch knows that he will not lie-in
fact it is pretty we'll esta blished fact
down at Perry that he can't lie, and
it is well for Colonel Tomkins Reed
that he did not make the base insinua-
ton until he had got 80 miles away
from MI. Fitch.
That there is gold in oklahoma there
is no doubt-the banks, dentists par
lors and jewelry shops are full of 1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
TALK WITH DAVID HENDERSON
He Submits a Few Interesting Remarks
About PLAYS and other Matters.

David Henderson. the veteran show
man of the United States, of Chicago, IS
stopping at the Carey. He, with his
American Extravaganza company,
which he will take 10 the Pacific coast
on his annual tour. The company will
remain east until summer.
Mr.. Henderson is a genial gentleman
and courteous. He is probably the best
known show man in America and has
played more shows and brought out
more stars than almost any other man,
unless ii be the lamented McCane, who
died some years since. Mr.. Henderson
was an intimate friend Of this lament
ed actor. who produced all of his operas
in Mr. Henderson's Chicago opera house
Speaking Of comic operas. Mr.. Hender-
son observed that there is at present but
one comiS opera in the country-the
BoStOnianS. Not one OF the formerly
legitimate comic opera companies are
playing comic opera. strictly speaking.
but all leaning toward the burlesQue
this Is 80, Mr.. Henderson states Il =
owing solely 10 the people, who seem 10
have forSaken the legitimate comic
opera for the burlesque stages. Mr..
Henderson spoke pleasantly Of Wichita.
Of which he says he has heard 80 much
and has always been longing 10 visit.
He Is a handsome man. smoothly shaw
en- and strongly resembles his namesaka
here. Cash Henderson. He is about 50
wears old, but doesn't look il. He sgas
che Of the founders OF the Chicago Her
al
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
HER CAREER Is STOPPED
Young Lady has "A sad Mishap on Senec
with Bicycle.

with Bicycle
Mother. come out here quick with the
hatchetr was an alarm that was given
yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Her
man Hill by her son and nephew.
"Oh, dear. what's the natter" cried
a half dozen ladies. for a birthday party
was in progress at the house in honor Of
the sons birthday.
"Oh. come quick, she coflumixed; she
foundered: she tied up, she busted; she
die. if you don't come. Grab the butch
err knife, the razor, the corn knife or any
thing. Don't you hear her TheeZe2'
Almost screamed a half d. Ids as
they pointed to the midd,- Seneca
street.
Looking in the direction indicated by
the children the ladies beheld one Of
their sex wrapped and rewrapped in
what had but few minutes before been
a stylish silk dress, while the unfor-
-tunate young lady was almost choked TO
insensibility by bands about her waist.
and collar drawn about her neck.
In few minutes there was dozen
anxious hands TO her side. All were
anxious to render her assistance and
the way they cut and haggled that silk
dress was a caution that was the delight
of a dressmaker.
BY this time a dozen or more men ar
rived on the scene, but a good motheriy
old lady spread her apron and met them
a. the sidewalk and informed them that
the present sights were for women
only
In the space of eight minutes by a
certain physicians watch who stood on
the sidewalk securely hidden behind the
spread apron and dress skirts. the un-
fortunate young lady was released from
aer strained position and conveyed To
the house, behind the aforesaid spread
aprons and skirts where she was kind
" furnished with shawIs, etc, and was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

soon able 70 20 10 the residence OF her
friends on University avenue.
After the young lady had been cut
loose from the wheel and the aprons
and skirts had all beer removed. a
dozen or more men and an Eagle re-
porter gathered around the satan Ike
wheel and began questioning the kids
as 20 how the terrific accident had &C
CURED and gathered the following in
formation.
The unfortunate young lady and her
companion were walking south on Sene>
"a and upon seeing the wheel STANDING
idle leaning against the fence stopped
n look at il and talk 20 the children
The unfortunate young lady Informed
her friend that she had learned 10 ride a
wheel al school and i the children
would give their consent she would give
her friend an exhibition Of her skill
The children consented and the young
lady mounted the satanic wheel. for
getting 10 adjust the skirts OF her dress.
which by some means became entangled
in the wheel but she had on a full head
Of steam and could not stop. The wheels
went round and round, and so did the
skirts OF silken frock and before the
wheel could be stopped the damage was
done. OF course she kicked. but the
more she kicked the tighter became the
bands that encircled her. The wheel
appeared TO be possesssd-not exactly
with satanic ma jesty, but with the folds
OF that gown. and on it went 10 destruc-
ton.
She screamed. the kids bawled. the
women came armed with every conceiv-
able thing that would cut. No men
ware admitted N the scene of q "a ster
the young lady said she was not hurt.
the kids had enough of that dress and
skirts for a hundred dolls or more. and
thus the old axiom became true again
1T is an i'll wind that blows nobody any
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
THEIR FRIENDS DIDN'T FORGET
Dir. and Mrs. P-trs Taken by surprise Las
Night.

On February ~, 1874. Mr.. and Mrs.
f. w r-tfte IOiued hands aDd hearts
and became n,an aud Sif-. II has been
d happy union. and no home N which
are cir many friends wont 20 gather
and spend a happy evening than in the
hospitahle home OF this truly happy
couple
They had not exactly forgotten the oc-
casion nor the time OF the marriage an
niversary last night a. Fred sat round
the stove IN his stocking feet enjoying
a good cigar, and his wife and him were
talking over their happy voyage when
there came knock at the door and In
came the following friends, though I'M
expected, yet none the less welcome. 10
celebrate the occasion with them:
Messrs and Mesdames -. ". AldeEser.
Fred Bull, X Il. Moore, John A. Wallace
and j. =. Donald.
Everything was turned loose to have
a good time. and with games. converse
ton and one of the finest lunches the
hands on the clock pointed to Il o'clock
before the guests said goodbye and
wished the couple many happy returns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
HAD HIS LEG BROKEN
Sad Mishap on Campbell Avenue-City May
be sued Again.

Poor sidewalks is something Of which
the city council has had to contend with
for several months, and the mere men
tioning Of the subject is sufficient 10
make councilman turn pale. Know
ing this TO be the case only serious cases
are mentioned in the Eagle.
But yesterday morning on Campbell
avenue the wall Of the unfortunate was
heard and upon examination il was
found that one of the legs had been
broken by stepping in one Of the holes
in the sidewalk. DR.. Cave is attend
ing the unfortunate and hopes to have
the leg well by the time prairie chick
ems are ready for the fall hunt. The I'M
fortunate was dog, but it does not go
by this that the city will not be called
upon TO settle for the damage done.
When sidewalks get in such condition
that dogs can not pass over them in
safety, it looks as though they were in
need of repairs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

There is another chapter in the Burns
Bedford case in Oklahoma which inter
ests Henry StunkIe and the authorities
of Sumner county.
These are the gentlemen who sue
ceeded in exchanging two Usage oranges
with Mr. Stunkle for the handsome sum
Of $1,000 in the good and lawful money OF
the United States Of America, as taken
out fresh and crisp of the Kansas Ma
tional bank of this city.
The details of the robbery are too
fresh in the minds OF the readers Of the
Eagle to repeat now. The fact is the in
teresting part of the story has long since
shifted to Oklahoma.
At the time of the robbery and for
long time afterwards. there was no clue
whatever to the identity of the robbers,
but last fall somebody conveyed the in
formation 10 Henry Stunkel that the
men who robbed him We're located at
Shawnee, Oklahoma. Mr.. Stunkel and
Deputy Sheriff Frank Henderson Of
Wellington went TO Shawnee where
Burns and Belford were identified and
arrested, Sheriff De Ford of Oklahoma
City assisting in officer of Sumner
county.
It so happened that Burns and Bel
ford both had a strong political pull in
that section of Oklahoma, and they had
no trouble in getting lawyers and poll
ticians to befriend them at Oklahoma
City. The result was that when they
got there habeas corpus proceeding
were commenced. Through a great deal
of legal hocus pocus Burns and Belford
succeeded in giving bond and getting
their liberty. They though 70 avoid
eventual punishment altogether but
County Attorney Woods Of Sumner
county, pressed the case with consider
able skill and when Burns and BelfOrd
did not appear on the day Of trial their
bond of $1,000 was declared forfeited
unless the bondsmen turned the Grimm
ais over 10 the authorities of Sumner
county. Burns telegraphed from Grip
pie Creek that he would appear al once
in Sumner county and give himself up
to the authorities, but he failed to do So.
Mr.. Beard, the bOndsman, then pre-
scented Be,ford at oklahoma City day
before yfterday, and telegraphed the
fact to Sumner county. Mr.. H. /.
Wood, county attorney of Sumner. tele-
gTaphed back that he nHst have both
Belford and Burns in his possession be-
fore he would consent the release of the
bOndsman IN the meantime it was learn
ed that Bedford had skipped for parts
unknown again. The Sumner county
authorities are very serious about the
matter and they do not propose TO be
ostercogged by the fellows down in Ok
lahoma, some of whom they have strong
reasons to believe are aiding and abet-
ting the criminals in their efforts ~
evade justice. Mr.. Wood Will demand
his pound of flesh and get it, or else the
forfeiture of the bonds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
WAVE NAN IN TOWN
Editor Isenberg Tells "A Great Many Thing
About the Lower Country.

The midnight Rock Island train from
the south brought in j. T. IsenbeTg OF
the Enid Wave. He come on a flying
business mp in connection with the art
preservative and had immediate bust
ness with this Office. Ia fact he tried
10 bride the night operator 70 go look
up the business manager al once, 50
that he could get through with the
business and return 70 his dug-out IN
the strip on the early morning train.
The Eagle struck HIM for an Interview
He said. Dash the interview. 1 mean
business
we are glad 70 know that but how
IS Euid2"
The best and most horishing city in
the territory-but where is your busi-
ness mana GER
Have YOU any gold mines IN Enid p
Ne but We have IN course Of con-
sir,1ction one % The best and most elzb-
o,ate court houses yet built In The ter
ritory, and The wheat crop around u -
simply immense. and the chinchbugs
are all dying with the cholera moreus
caused by eating early spring lest4ce
and Oaiou-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
REPURLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
The Republican Central Committee Calls
ti.e Eist Convention for 1895.

\ delegate convention of the Republi-
cans of SglEwick county viii be held in
Garfield hall in he city OF Wichita -
Thursday. March >. 1896. at II o'clock
&. III. Tor the purpose Of selecting twen-
iy-thryc delegates 10 the Seventh dis
trict congressional. convention 10 be
held I'm The city Of Wichita. March ..
1886. and fifteen delegates TO the state
convention 70 be held in the city OF
Wichita cn March TO- 1896.
Delegates 70 said convention shall he
elected al Republican primaries which
shall re h-l5 on Saturday. Feb %, 1895.
an the usual voting places. said pri-
mar-es 70 ie held in the county outside
of the c-ty OF Wichita from 10 4
O'Clock y. m. and in the city of Wichita
from / II O'Clock 2. N.
The basis Of appoTtionment TO said
convention VIII be one delegate for each
twenty Eve votes cast for Hon. Chester
! Long Tor congressman N the election
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
GREAT TERROR IN HARPoor
Sick Man of Turkey j. Afraid of the Nich
ft.t Contingent.

Harpoot. Armenia. Feb. 2S.-tSpeciaD
Miss Clara Barton mas telegraphed 10
;he Red Gross society in New York that
the grand porte Is preparing the infilc-
ton OF further ouiEages on Christian
ArmeRians. Il i reported that Rus
turn Bey has engaged the Coronado
Minstrels and Burlesque Circus 70 sing
in The principal Armenian towns The
greatest terror prevails.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

Of 1894. and one delegate-at-large for
each major fraction thereof. and one
delegate-at-large for each voting pre-
cinct in the county outside of the city
Of Wichita and each ward in the city or
Wichita. under which apportionment
the various wards, townships and pre-
cincts are entitled to the following rep
rASeDtaT ion TO wit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
BANK OF BELLE PLANE
1t Failed Yesterday on Account of Inability
to Collect.

Yesterday morning the Bank of Belle
Plaine closed its doors and put it in the
hands of State Bank Examiner Brieden-
thai.
Very little is known of the details Of
the failure, nor of the amount of ii.
1t is said that the bank had loaned
heavily to a local mill, and that the bus
mess Of the mill was such that it could
not pay its obligations when the bank
needed the money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

BY order of the Republican central
committee of Sedgwick county.
THOS. c. WILSON, o.
]. W. VANNEMAN, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

". T Phelsn Of Kansas City was
among the visitors in town yesterday
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29
HE JUMPED AGAIN
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE ROB
Berry OF HENRY STUNKEL

Belford's Bondsman Presented Him at
Oklahoma CITY. After Which the Willy
Chap Takes to His Heels Again and
Made Tracks for Obseurity - sumner
County Authorities Will stand No Fool
ing but Demand Their Pound of flesh
or the Forfeiture of the Bond--County
Attorney Must Have Pair or Nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-29

They Tried To Put up Little Game on the
Good People of Wichita but Got BeautI-
fully Left-AIl of Them Were There, In
GLIDING Wi lam the Whitewashed and
ChaII.s the Impeached-The Loyal Re
pubIican~ Didn't do a Thing to Them
The Iirst Ward has Two Tickets-Har-
nloIiy Eeigns i'm the Sixth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-15

pairs
Resolved, cha the sum Of 1922 5 be paid
to Thao. smith & Brother fer repairs TO
Engine No. l., for March aad April.
s3e-55 to Brinkfnan & Hauck. for re-
pairs 10 apparatus, May Is to May 20,
1856.
.By Committee on Printing and Sta
tionery:-
Resolved, That the sum Of st2 be paid
to the jersey City Printing Company for
printing manuals, May, 1886.
by Committee on Horses and Harness:
Resolved, That the sum OF $l2.S5 be
pad to S. NJ. Jensen for horse shoeing,
May, 1856.
$3.50 to George II. Percy for horse
~siioesng. May, 1896.
BY Committee on Supplies
Resolved, That the sum of SIS be paid
to Brush & Aiberts, for mattresses.
April and May, 1896.
ss.@ to F. B. jones & Co., for vitriol,
May, 1886.
BY Committee on Telegraph and Fuei:
Resolved, That the sum Of SO be PAID
to the Peoples Gas Saving Association
for rent of gas regulators. May, 1896.
The yeas and nays having been taken
on each OF the foregoing resolutions, they
were adopted by the following vote:-
Yeas-President Minis, and Commission
er Brennan.
Nays-None.
Absent-Commissioner Cone.
On motion adjourned.
CHARLES ESTERBROOK.
Clafk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-15

The fashion for perfuWing gloves,
laces, summarizes, and, in fact, every
| thing susceptible of the treatment, IS
| being carried to excess. Word comes
from Paris hat at a recent gathering
of elegantes the air was filled with new
perfumes, and warning is given that care
must be taken to secure the best in order
| to avoid unpleasant result. Cheapness is
rot to be considered. Only the finest
scents make such a custom endurable,
ard, unless such can be procured, wis
dom suggests absolute abstinence as the
only possible course.
There lis no end Ito the employment of
muslin, whSch is introduced generally in
front. fulled into a baby bodice between
either braces or revers, united to a col
lar carried round to The back, but split
up at the sides. Ghallies and pole de chevre
are such excellent dust-resisuang fabrics
that 1t is a comfort to know they are
| finding "a liberal use, and the skirts are
| frequently tucked. as also are the sleeves.
A stylish tea Jacket here was made in
black, trimmed with red velvet worked
with Jet. carried DOWN the front and in
produced on the cuffs.
Al splendid way to clean costly 1aces,
especially silk ones, is to lay them be-
tween sheets of paper, white or blue It's
sue, and cover over thickly with calcined
magnesia. After the second day remove
the paper, shake the lace free from the
powder. and You will md the dirt has al
disappeared