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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
Western Association Game.

Peoria. H.. May S.-The baseball sea-
son was opened here today with a par
ade participated in by the police. Ea-
tons band. Mayor Allen and city Of
ficials, county officials and board OF
trade men Mayor Allen and Waiter
Baker. assistant manager of the Ameri-
can Spirits Manufacturing company,
acted as the battery for the first inning.
Score
Ri f
Peoria =. ......1oO22 o01'-S ,
Cedar Rapids L 0 o 90 . 0-3 6 Z
Batteries-Thomas and Zeisler; Car
risch and Sullivan
Rockford, Ill. May S-Score:
RHE
Rockford III 0 O2012 $50 .
Dubuque e. "A 90 600 0-5 .
Observation-Disclosures and Snyder;
D. Smith and Zahner.
Burlington, Ia. May S.-Score:
RHE
Burlington e. 25211o1 LI9 % 4
Quincy =. 30 0 1 COIL FTP 6
Batteries-Nichols and Grimm; Dubbs
and Quinn.
Des Moines. Ia. May s.-Score:
RHE
Des Moines ..4OooISoo O-Su 5
ST. Joseph 90 O01O O11o-S 3
Batteries-Sonier and Lehman; Slagle
and Parker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
The CLOSER Tailoring Go
4 HApMES1N0 C,,s,er

Coneo-Cfrfi0ns opened quiet. prices IN
changed % points lower. Ruled tnac-
I tive and feaf1rsis.s oa small local trad
frEE. Closed quiet az unchanged prices 20
10 points nct cccfr9. sales. 1t1 bags. in-
rlUdlns Msy. sz@o HI-ut. IA quiet. No
T. &c. Mid quiet. C0r5ova. -. a1st.
aafea. ZJaO bags Maracslbs. - b - Tas-
arlI.a. 20 bags Central Anserieans s. a.
bags Porto Ca1.oiio. 80 hsEs washed forfo
o. 2 santos dlil. good average Santos.
montreal. re-.zpts 1py1. stock. - 90 Ham
burg guiet. =. pfenriE akissrses. ssies. 400
bag no steady. No. Z kso 81 IA
change. s-isd. receipts. 500. cleared 20
the United STATES. 500. stock son To
cal wart house 1ragrriea from rftc1
efasaa g.su ba -. Sew erk stock today.
ar. rrftof States sfark q. H. aFpaf
Tor ne fruitsd states J11. 80. tsf2i wtgteis
for the Un3ief states, - - szziuszt -
- iast year.
Euga--Il1w cs'gt: far rrnnirz, So.
rerfr r fzral. - 49, &C. as - taEs
San Doufngo centrifugal. 8 tsGt. SC ss-
storr. F.eftnfa qgist-
New YORK Nay s-f3ftfar tsss6Ts
isesteru easry. SSfIlc. Westsrn cTezasFfg.
siGlsc. FaRiEs. To-
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SOCK. - - bales
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
BIG DAMAGE SUIT DISMISSED
Omaha Water Mains Not Much Hurt by
ElectrolysIs, After Al

Omaha, May S.-The great damage
suit brought a year or so ago by the
Farmers Loan and Trust company, as
trustee for the American Waterworks
company, against the Omaha Street
Railway company, has been dismissed
by agreement. 1t was for damages,
past, present and future, to the mains
of the water company by electrolysis,
through vagrant electricity from the
lines of the street railway. It suggest
ed s25O.OOO or so as the damages that
might be asked, and limited at the posi-
bilIty of an injunction. The reason for
dismissal is supposed by the street rail-
way people to be that electrolysis has
been found limited to the region of one
Of the power houses and limited in thai
locality
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
COLTS 3; PHILLIEs 3.

Chicago. May S-For five innings the
Colts were unable to get even a shadow
of a hit off McGill, but located him and
won the game in the sixth and sevXeDth
by a pretty punching Of safe ones.
Griffith pitched a mastery game against
the hard hitters and made an unusually
fine record in fielding his position. The
contest closed with a double play sell
dom witnessed-with one out, first and
second occupied, and three balls and
two strikes called. Captain Nash was
not ready for Grifith's quick pitch, and
She ball was sent over the plate and
struck on fair grouni from Nash's bat
Quick as lightning Kittredge ran in,
picked it up and shot it to Everett on
third, forcing Thompson Everett
throwing to Arson on first, catching
Nash, who failed to run. The game
may be protested by Philadelphia. DON
ahue had a hand badly cut while slid
ing 10 first, Brouthers stepping on it
with his spikes. Attendance 5000.
Score:
RHE
Chicago .......O o00o032"-5 Z
philadelphia % 1 0 90 % 3
Batteries: Chicago-Griffith and Don
ahue; Kittredge ladelphia-McGill
and Boyle. Earned runs-Chicago 3;
Philadelphia 1. Two base hits-Sulli-
van Dahlen. Thre base hits-Lange,
Stolen bases-Dahlen, Griffith. Double
p,ays-Truby. Dahlen, Arson, Kilt
redge. Arson Struck outJBy McGill
!. Base on balls-Off Griffith /; off
McGill 6. Umpire-Weidman.
GIANTS 5; BROWNS =.
St Louis. May S.-Donohue's wildness
lost today's game to the Giants. He
gave the visitors eight bases on balls
and they made five safe hits in addition.
Clarke, for New York, pitched a steady
game, keeping the Browns down TO six
hits and two runs. and his support was
almost perfect.
Manager Harry DiddIebock has been
temporarily superseded as manager of
the st. Louis Browns by Arlie Latham.
This action was taken by President
Won der Abe this afternoon after he
learned that his manager mad been out
all night and was unable to put in an
appearance at the park in time to mr.
shall the men on the field for this after
Moons game. Attendance l 800. Score:
RHE
St. Louis .....oOOOOOO % .
New York 80 0 0 90 O-5 5 1
Batteries: St. Louis-Donohue and
Mcfarland; New York-Clark and VIII
son. Earned runs-New York 2; St.
Louis .. Three base hits-Connor l;
Home run-GeOrge Davis. Stolen bas-
es-Stafford l. First base an balls
OF Donohue s: off Clarke L Struck
out-Cross. H. Davis. Clark, Fulled,
Stafford. Umpire-Sheridan.
SPIDERS Il; BRIDEGROOAIS 8
Cleveland, May S.-Cleveland played
all around Brooklyn today, both in the
field and al the bat With the stick
the home club was especially strong.
Wilson pitched good game. Kenne-
dy Of the Brooklyns was effective up to
the third inning, when the Cleveland
men located his curves. Abbey sue
ceeded him but. though he started well
The Clevelands soon began TO hit Score:
Ri L
Cleveland 80 050114O I'll Il l
Brooklyn - 0 o 0 GO % 6
Batteries: Cleveland-Wilson and
thinner; Brooklyn-Kennedy, Abbey
and Grim. Earned runs-Cleveland 3:
Brooklyn 2. First base on iballs-
on Wilson 5; off Kennedy .; off Abbey
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
THROUGH FRAUD AND DECEIT
1t 10 Alleged That the Ibex Mining Com
pany Secured Valuable Mines

Denver, May S.-A suit involving
Leadville mining property known as
the Anchor consolidation, said to be
worth sS0. 900. 900, was filed in the Unit
ed States circuit court today. Leonard
NJ. Ballou of New York and Alexis NJ.
Lay Of Kalamazoo. Mich, are the
plaintiffs. The defendants are the hex
Mining company and twenty-five well
known mining men, chief of whom is
John F. Campion. The complaint al
leges that through fraud and deceit the
defendants acquired the property now
in possession of the Ibex company, and
that the plaintiffs were defrauded of
their valuable interests therein.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
AUSTIN STONE Is INJURED
He Was Shot While Hunting and Ampui
ton was NECESSARY

ton was Necessary.
1--WE stop the press" says the Burton
Graphic, ito announce that Austin
Stone met with a sad accident Thurs
day afternoon while out hunting with
John Macarthur, Dan Jones and Pete
Becker.
while Austin was entering the bug
gy his Winchester shot gun became
discharged and the entire charge of
shot entered his right foot at the in
step, producing such a wound that his
foot Will have to be amputated. He
was hurridly brought to town and put
on the Santa Fe train No. for Hutch
inson, where the best surgical skill will
be secured.
at is hoped the injury may prove
to be less serious than is now supposed. Z"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
WANTS THE RIVER FIXED
City Councils Attention Called to the Con.
dItion of the Arkansas

A. Keck has been recorded at the
Eagle office with reference 10 falling of
trees on Alderman island which il Is
said will force the river during the high
water TO cut in on the property of the
city or either wash out the bridge The
article says that the stream is
being narrowed down 10 such
an extent that water be
again forced out upon the
bottom and much damage will be done
1t suggests that the city council should
take the matter under advisement now
and not wait until the floods come and
persons living near the river are forced
10 move out and lose their gardens by
high water. A little work on the river
might save many dollar whereas II IT
is allowed to remain with no attention
much damage will be done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
Louisville 80 oooooooo-O % 2
Western League Games.
Kansas City, May s.-Score:

hanSdS lily May o-7ScOr6
r H z
Kansas City % 200 0-13 13 5
Milwaukee 80 2OI01 Oil 20 5
Batteries: Barnett, King and Lake
WEIGH; Barnes and Spear.
indianapolis, May 'S.-Score:
r H z
Indianapolis % 10000 0-3 9 10
Columbus .....1 2 o o - 16 1
Batteries: Hanson and Buckley. Bos-
well and Wilson.
st. Paul, May S.-Score:
RHE
st. Paul.0 2 1 1 o 1 0 0 i 10 I
Minneapolis % 0 0 0 0 o o. 6
Batteries: Mullane and krauss;
Rice, Haley and Schriver.
Grand Rapids, May S.-Score:
Grand Rapids i 90 . 0 o. 4
Detroit ..1 8 0 0 6 FL 81 l
Batteries-Hewitt, Brown, Lloyd and
Smink: Eagan and frost.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
PUNCHED THE HITS
COLTS GET IN THEIR WORK IN THE
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.

First Five Innings are Without Any Sort of
a Hit and There's Nothing With Any
Scoring in it Till the Seventh-Remark-
able Double Play to the Colts Credit
Closes the Game-Donohue Loses to the
GIanLs-DiddIebock Makes Night of 1t
Spiders, Reds, Pirates and Besneaters
win-Western Games.
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Struck out-By Wilson 5. by Alb

1. Struck out-By Wilson 5; by Abb
hey 3. Home run-Lachance. Three
base hits-Griffith. Two base hits
O'Connor 2; Delehanty; Griffin. Stolen
bases-OConnor, Delehanty, Anderson
?. Double plays-Corcoran, Daily, La
chance. Wild pitches-Wilson /: Alb
hey 1. Attendance 1000. Umpire
Hurst
REDS 9; ORIOLES 5.
Cincinnati, May s.-Erorrs by Balti-
more and timely hitting by the Reds
won the game for Cincinnati today.
Ehret was hit hard only in the second
inning. The other safe drives were
scattered, though his wildness gave
Baltimore two runs in the fifth. The
Reds played an errorless game. At
tendance 200. Score:
RHE
Cincinnati - 0 8 1 0 2 0 % II
Baltimore 100 3 0 0 2 0 0 o. 10 5
Batteries :Cincinnati-Ehret and Peitz
Baltimore-Pond, Clarkson and Clark.
Earned runs-Cincinnati 3; Baltimore 3
Two base hits-Smith McPhee, Ehret,
Pond. Doyle. Three base hits-Brodie.
Stolen bases-Peitz. Smith, Ewing 2;
Mills, Jennings, Brodie, Doyle. Double
Smith, Ewing. First base on balls
By Ehret 2; Pond 3: Clarkson 1. Hit
by pitched ball-By Ehret 2. Struck
out-By Ehret l. Umpire-Emslie.
PIRATES 16; SENATORS 5.
Pittsburg, Pa, May S.-German made
his debut with the Washingtons and
failed. Of the six men whe faced him,
four walked. Boyd was substituted
RHE
Pittsburg .....710o0215 '-16 IL
Washington 20 O010 0-5 6
Batteries: Pittsburg-Hughey and
Merritt; Washington-Germa Boyd
and Mcclure. Earned runs-Pittsburg
5; Washington 3. Two base hits-Bier-
bauer, Joyce, Mcclure. Stolen bases
Smith 2, Stencil, Ely. Abbey. Double
plays-Joyce and Demontreville; Joyce
and Cartwright. First on balls-Off
Boyd, Beckley, Stencil, Lyons, Ely 2;
Merritt; off Hughey, Joyce 2; Abbey,
SeIbach 2; Cartwright 2; off German,
Donovan, Smith. Stencil, Lyons. Hit
by pitched ball-By Boyd, Smith.
Struck out-By Boyd 4; by Hughey T..
Passed ball-Merrit.
BEANEATERS Z; Colonies 0.
Louisville. KY, May S.-Four little
singles, Miller making three of them,
was the best the Colonies could do with
Stivetts' delivery today and not a man
crossed the plate. Smith pitched fair
ball, but his wildness gave Boston more
runs than they needed TO win the game.
Attendance 800. Score:
r II e
Louisville oooooooo-O "a 2
Boston =. 100 l 2 o co. -
Batteries: Louisville-Smith and
Warner; RESPONSIVENESS and Camel
Earned runs-Boston 4. Two base hits
Tucker, Bannon. Stolen bases-Long
Double plays-Hassamaer and Warner;
Clingman, Warner and Hassamaer;
Long and Tucker; Eustace, Miller and
Hassamaer. First base on balls-Oy
Stivetts 2; off Smith g. Hit by pitched
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
MILLER & HULL,
O6 E. Douglas TGIEORS AND DIAPERS
A CRAZE FOR cHEAPNESS

seems "a possess nearly everybody. To
satisfy this 10 must be done az the ex-
pense % service. We handle no snod-
dy stuu-none but fhe best makes -
foreign and domestic Cloths. suit.nEs
and Piece Goods Tor Eentlemcn's wear.
These We make into garments from
careful measurement and rrsi-clszs
tailoring. guaranteeing a re and salts
faction - the customer. san. witb
these exccllences considered. our prices
are way Gown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
BANK CLEARINGS.

New York. May S.-The following table
compiled by Bradstreet's, shows the total
clearances at the principal cities and the
percentage of increase or decrease, as
compared with the corresponding week
last wear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
\ Rays
Not Needed

Il is Extremely XssperatlnE 20 Nperi-
mcnt wish Hand-Me-Down Clothing
you can't Xpcr4cnCe %act 80 usfcciion-
In rcady-made garments you can't tel,
even by Illumination with \ rays, wneia
or Il Is Xtraord.nlry or not You must
use IL. or Ntract an IMPRESSION from an
Npert who BE- Nperlenctd Ga that Enc.
That NtFa Qualities in materials and
workmanship. Ms. in every garment
We produce we know. Tor all our Gus.
toners N;cl them without stinl The
Expense IN 20 Your favor.
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CHICAGO HARKETs

Chscz<o. Nay s-Whszt oo<res s-roor
q ceassn1e5 rsTr1--s q chf1ch-huEs Al
box wis n KzasAS a-d Ok1zho-rz- Tne-e
ware also rrpor-s q too -nuch Tatz frp1
the nor.Lv@E July stared a. g. 6s,fi ~
LIBERAL selling brouE1r = S0x1 % 80
then 20 60 u ths1 w@.t - % &c.
Corn opene5 u7c1zr-r-s for July. AZ 90
L symp&skY Win T5<zf = arrne1 % %
- July ozzs op~oet uo-hz-Rsd ~
Jys-c ard 6ropp4d 20 - o. .Eb--sl 49,
lnF-
Furnished ~ 2 Z BOSTTCE. C0zr- a.
sioa Merchant. room =. ever Ea1Ess Ma
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The Bicycle club res o-nanzerted ne
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bgllslusS with a beautiful slSn thzt = a.
a .seac7a ught % the weary soo-rssrs
whose tire = punctn-s5 and ~ho ~azrs
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BEGINNING TO GAIN
SHARE MARKET CLOSES STRONG AT
BEST FIGURES

Volume of Business Improved Though the
Trading is Irregular and the Activity In
spots-London Lower and sales on This
Side for Foreign Aecount-Cnfavorable
Crop Conditions Influence Tr.ders-To-
bacco Thrown on the Market IN BLOCKS
Gold shippers Deny Immediate Pur-
pose 70 Ship Bonds Saggipg.
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Pittsburg .....71ooo 5'-16 IL
Washington 20 o 0 o 1 0 o. 5 s
BEANEATERs 7; Colonies O..

Louisville, KY, May S.-Four little
singles, Miller making three of them,
was the best the Colonies could do with
Stivetts' delivery today and not man
crossed the plate. Smith pitched fair
ball, but his wildness gave Boston more
runs than they needed to win the game.
Attendance 800. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-07
fro BE CONTINUED
A. whn. Ago I. Man Strongest.

The muscles. in common with all the
organs Of the body. have their stages of
development ard decline; Cur physical
strength ircreases up to certain age
and then decreases. Tests of the strength
of several thousands of people have been
made by means CT dynamometer
(strcrgth Iicasurer) and the following
are given as the average figures for the
white rs;ce:
The lifting power" OF a youth of II
years is $50 pounds: III his twentieth
year tbs increases to SEQ pounds, and
in the thirsieth and thirty first years il
reaches lis lcight, $50 pounds. AT the
end Of tl:o tisi,tyfirs year the strength
begins TO IL, ,,ic. very slowly at first.
BY the fortieth year it has decreased
eight pounds, and this dinnirution con.
tinues at Il SLIGHTLY increasing rate until
the fiftieth year is reached, when thu
figure is $50 pounds.
After this period the strength fails
more and moro rapidly until the weak
| ness of cid age is reached. 1t is not pos
sible to give statistics Of the decline OF
strength after the tiftieth year, rs it va
ries to q large extent in different indi
viduals.- Strand Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-07


their tambeaus held high over their
heads, preceded him Though the gal
leries and chambers Of the cavern that
led to the upper world.
The fires burning in Bouton's comp
served the Prophet fer a guide, but he
was SO familiar with every inequality
of the grcund that he could have made
the Journey blirdfolded. He had not
gone half the distance, and had reached
n point from which lie could see the
dark figures of the outlaws between the
fires and himself, and he was in the act
Of sitting down with the intention Of re-
manning there till daylight, when lie
heard the low murmur Of voices near by.
The murmur came gradually nearer un-
til he could catch the words and recog-
nize in the speakers Henry Kyle and
kushat.
Rest" said the Sioux girl. "You
must be weary
Il can never feel weary nor rest
again, but you are wearing yourself out,
Kushat Leave me, for the end is near
ing. Leave me before it comes,'' said
Henry Kyle.
Leave you:' she exclaimed. SIS my
love thing that grows weary with my
body? Shall leave you now when you
NEST need companionship? Oh, Henry
Kyle, you know not the heart of Kush-
atr'
Il cannot explain, Kushat. but feel
as il all my past life were drifting back
as the stcrmclouds drift before the
sunny wind Or the darkness and mist
| rcll away before the light. The end
speak cf is the time when by one act
| shall make to God and man full rep;;ra-
ton fer the evil l have done and the
| suffering have brought to others. -
1T is the voice of human love that
| speaks, said the Prophet, rising and
going toward them Next to the love
for a race which only God can feel is
the love which woman gives to the
idol Of her physical affection"
SIS that the Prophet?' asked Henry
Kyle, and the clicl, CT his rifle icck told
that he was ready to attack or resist.
Il ar so called by men. Happy shall
be if l have won, when my work i.
done, TIE E2lne Of faithful servant, ,
replied the Prophet, ard he went ove1
and stocd before Henry Kyle.
| What news from the valley? VIVA
Of my father and motker?" asked Henry
The Prophet told him OF evclythir;
that had transpired since lie las saw
him ard Of the condition of affairs il
the valley, adding in conclusions:
when this trouble began on tn
Blue Water, 1 dispatched trusty mes
senger to Fort Keogh for aid. If he ha
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has its tricks as well as vice. lie was q
ready speaker, and he used words that
were beyond the comprehension Of his
rude auditors, which was a strong point
in his favor
After recounting Captain Brandon's
crimes Sim Bliss proposed that Bcuton
should act as presiding officer of the
court ard that all the men present should
consider themselves jurors in the case
he was about to call up. In all this
there was not even the semblanCe Of
legal method, but as he was the only
man present aware of the incongruity
the forms were accepted with due So
lemnity.
The fact that some of the jurors were
called as witnesses struck no che as be-
ing at all out of crder-indeed, nothing
that Sim Bliss could have done or sug
gested would have been thought irregu-
lar. He was a lawyer, and they reasoned,
as other men do about doctors, that he
should know everything pertaining to
his own calling.
Sim Bliss had been duly posted by
Bouton as to the captains offenses
against the gang, and as there were
| witnesses ready to prove anything that
| might be charged, there was no trouble
in sustaining all that was asserted.
Before asking you, gentlemen and
| friends" said Sim Bliss, after conclud
ing the farce of taking testimony,
whether the prisoner at the bar is
| guilty or not guilty, l think it would
be only right to ask the prisoner at the
bar if he has anything TO say i'll his
| own defense" Sim turned TO tho cap
tain ard nodded to show that he was at
liberty to speak if he so desired.
II have nothing to say" replied Tie
captain. Il have no favor to ask. -
THAT being the case" interpcsed
Bouton, with q smile Of malignant tri-
umph Oh lis olive face, IN ask the
boys if they think Brandon guilty or
not guilty.
He rose and looked Mt tie men. and
the men with one accord sprang to their
feet ard shouted:
''Ee is guiltyr'
"Wlat shall we do with him." asked
Bouton.
Hang himH' was the response
Don't you think we had better shoot
him." suggested Bouton. ''That'H give
every fellow Il chance to get in little
work -
Yes. Shoot himn' they answered,
and more than one hand WIS reached
back TO the revolver stock
| "When?"
now came the laundering re-
sponse, and the men crowded forward.
execute him row would be q little ir
regular. 1t is customary to give the con
demncd an opportunity to make theil
peace
Then Well give HIN till SUN up"
shouted Fairplay.
This suggestion was acted upon, ant
the condemned nlan was 1T oiicc PLACED
under IL special guard.