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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

Yesterday E. J.. Carnahan, register o.
deeds, received 2 rather strange sort OF
letter telling hin OF plot 10 ruin hih
either by oriJery cr poison. The letter
was n two envelopes. The outside one
was a blank and postnarked .-Burling-
:on, Kansas" Inside the first envelope
was Z second, bearing the card. Sears
& Sears, Attorneys at Law, Lawrence.
kansas The author signs John Il
Ddnkin,'' and says ne will De in Wich-
Idta next spring. when ne will tell Nj
Carnahan. The letter m full is given
herewith:
4. 1886
burlington Coffey Co Kans Jan
Nr z L Carnahan Dear Friend thought
That would Write you and Put you on
to Plot That Is Planed 10 git you in
Trouble and Perhaps Maoy Killed James
Oliver and old Mrs Barrett has Forged
Some deeds and Mortgages on Some
Property That Belongs 10 dave Sprague
The Property is located in Wichita ?
houses and Barn and l6 lots or an acre
teen or twenty thousand dollars and then
traded Spragues Property of to Mr.
Brown For that Farm that old Mrs Bar
rett lives on Miles north OF Wichita
and Brown and Sprague got on 10 them
then Oliver Murdered Brown BY Poison
ing him now Oliver and Mrs Barrett has
Made there Brags that as soon as You
took Charge of the Recorders Office they
Wer agoing 10 hire you TO Take dave
Spra CUES name off the recorders Books
then they Think That They Can Beat
Sprague out OF his Property you see
Oliver is Murderer and travels all the
Time as a detective a Working up Jobs
To git People Murdered and he gifts Big
Pay For II BY old Banker cross The old
President Of the elannagalion association
and Oliver IS atrying To have you Killed
and he thinks that IL he can git you To
take Spragues name off The Recorders
Books that Then ne can git Sprague To
Kill you you see Sprague is in The Pen
iIentiary and Is Bad Man was up To
the Peni-entiary last Month and had
Talk with Sprague and i Put him on 10
oliver and the old Woman Took
Sprague a copy OF all the Records for
his Property With 20 good Witnesses
Sprague says that he has Bin on 70
Them Bout trying To have the Records
changed They Tried to hire Syl dunkin
the Ex county clerk To Take SPragues
name of the Records Besides They have
Tried To hire all the county Recorders
and all The county clerks for the last 10
years To chainge The Records To
Spragues Property But Failed
now Mr. Carnahan you Watch out For
That Man Oliver ne VIII Poison you
there is Some Parties There at Wichita
that has offered him $500 10 XII you But
I@oo.ir,,o5 -, c;x.L D,.N
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
Today

You will need Groceries. Let US sell them
to you. Below you will find inducements
in the way Of low prices. CASH talks a,
our stores every day in the week. ONE
PRICE and c,nI1rtan,ts traatn,snt n al
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
A Tumor Formed
Finally 1t Broke Inwardly
and Discharged
Trouble Began With Dyspepsia
and Impure Blood
Thorough Course Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilIa Completely Cures.

TnofouSn course os Uooo SdfSde
parilIa Completely Cures.
There is danger in impure blood.
Disease and suffering are surely COM
ing TO those who neglect this threaten
ing symptom. Read this:
"Gilliam, Missouri.
&C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Gentlemen:-My troubles began with
nervous headaches, which would last
me for two or three days. The doctors
pronounced my trouble dyspepsia, but
they could not do anything for me, and
advised change of location. At the age
of 50 a tumor formed on my spine, which
Was Very Painful
but did not rise or discharge. The doctor
thought best to cut it out, but / objected.
1t finally broke and discharged a great
deal. The doctors said they could do
nothing for i. Then the tumor began to
rise inwsrdly and discharge. read much
about cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla and
thought / would try it. Before / had
finished taking one bottle / was much
relieved. continued the use of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and after taking II bottles /
was entirely cured. lam now we'll, have
Q good appetite and feel that owe my
Life to Hoods Sarsapsrilia." ". D. FORE.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11


Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
the Masonic board OF the Scottish Rite
consummated the deal whereby they be-
came the possessors Of the Y VI. C. A.
building. The consideration is s2O, $50.
NJ. ]. D. Houston, who has been dele
gated with power 20 act for the Presby-
terian Board of Ministerial Relief OF
Philadelphia who were the owners Of the
Y. VI. c. 4. building, reached an agree
ment yesterday. The Masonic commit
tee and Mr.. Houston have been trying
TO get together for the past few weeks
but were unable ID until yesterday az
ternoon. The Masonic committee is COM
posed OF Messrs. Charles Jones, T. G.
Fitch. C. H. Cohn. Ed Goldberg and J.
Giles Smith.
As soon az the arrangements can be
made the Masorrs viii take the building
They viii expend between 5000 and
$4,000 on remodeIing the building suit
able for putting on the work Of the
Scottish Rite degrees in better shape
than at any other ConsistoTy in the
United States.
The auditorium OF the building will be
the principal feature OF the new Con.is-
tory where the work Of the degrees are
acted. Il is the present plan to raise
the ceiling or lower the foor. This viii
be done IN order that a gallery can be
put in where the spectators can sit and
pee all that goes on. The seats in the
gallery viii be raised, thus enabling the
spectators 70 see over the heads OF those
IN front. AS the auditorium is now ar
ranged the ceiling IS only about twenty
two feet high, but when raised IL viii
be thirty-six feet in height. Il may De
found necessary 70 lower the floor in
stead OF raising the ceiling, but in any
event the gallery will De put in and the
suditorium viii be one Of the finest in
the country. There viii be fine read
ing room, library. smoking room and
handsomely furnished parlor and recep-
ton room. On the third floor viii be the
dining room. capable OF accommodating
between 500 and 600 hundred guests at
a banquet. It viii be necessary 70 COM
pleteIy remodel this floor, making one
very large room out it. The vault will
be one OF the most elaborate and hand
someiy furnished in the country. The
s-sge viii be as large as the building
viii permit. Special scenery viii be con-
tr9cted for. Illustrating the different
parts Of the ritual a special scenic art
ist viii be engaged for this work. When
completed there viii be no finer consis-
tory in the Southern jurisdiction. which
embraces all TIA territory south OF the
Ohio river, including the Latin countries
in South and Central America.
The terms are s., 800 in cash and 81, 900 |
each year at 4 per cent until paid for !
The building viii be all ready for occu-
pancy by next spring. when IT will be
the effort Of the coRsistory members 10
have the largest class ever initiated
They hope ID have one hundred in the
class.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

It seems very prooa Die tf;st the Ma
sons viii let the hembers OF the Y. ".
c. a. occupy the building that they now
have on the corner OF Market and First
streets The obtaining os the new
building Is one OF the most gratifying
achievements corsummsted mere for
long time, and all parties are oorres-
pondingiy haapy and elated.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
PLOT TO POISON
REGISTER CARNAHAN RECEIVES
STRANGE LETTER.

Lette. Postmarked Burlington, Kan. and
Dated January 4, 1896 Disclosed to Nj
Csrpzhan Scheme to Get Him to Mutt
late the Cocnry Records and be Killed
by the Notorious Dave spraG1e or b.
Poison ed by IA Usknoun James Oliver
Who Is Alleged to be One of the Men
Who Murdered the Sells Family,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
WILL BE TRIED TO-DAY
Agent Maxwell of the We eIls-Fsrgo Co. &
be Tried This Morning

This morning Mr.. L. S. Maxwell agent
for the Wells-Fargo, will be tried by
the state in Justice Enoch's court for
having quail in mis- possession. Mr..
Maxwell is under 500 bond He will be
defended by Messrs. Stanley and Yer
million, and the state will be taken care
OF by County Attorney Amidon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
TO REMOVE GLASS
Petition Flied for q New Administrator of
Glass Estate.

A petition TO remove William Glass Of
Colwich, as administrator Of the estate
OF his father. was filed in the PROBATE
court yesterday by the creditors on the
ground that the bond is insufficient and
the parties supposed TO be responsible
were insolvent- Judge Haymaker will
not announce his decision until thor
ouga Investigation
Mr.. Charles Peck, who has been pro-
NOTED 70 chief clerk OF the Santa Fe at
Guthrie, left FOR his home last nigit.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

Something Just as goo1~ VII not
answer Stick 70 your polDg. and when
you ask - goods advertised IA tas
paper. y11 can set taem-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
DEAL is CLOSED
SCOTTISH RITE MAs0Ns BUY TIE
7. II. O. 4. BUILDING.

Yesterday the Masonic Committee aud Mr.
of the Y M. C. A. Building Reached an
Agreement and the Deal for the HIND
some Building Was CIosed-The Con-
sideration is S20, ,33o-T The Building VIII
be RemodeIed and Between So. 600 and
sIo,oooWiI be spent in Furnishing 1t,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

Also commodity rate OF 81. 81 per 100
pounds on dry goods, boots and shoes.
See that your freight is routed via the
Morgan steamship line in care of South.
ern Pacific company at New Orleans,
the only through fast freight line be.
tween New York and this city,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

pie who have been accustomed to spend
| the summer abroad prefer to remain at
home aud pedal over the hills. The
| roads in this country as whole are
| better than those to be found IN Europe
and, besides. it is cheaper to spend the
summer a-wheel here than abroad.
The depression in business, too, has
contri buted to the popularity OF the
wheel. Persons who have found 1t
necessary to retrench console them
selves by riding through the country
lanes and enjoying the scenery, which
just now is superb.
The Berlin bicycle dealers are now
discussing plan to put up bicycles
stands, similar to cab stands. At least
25O wheels are to be placed about the
town, in various localities and the sum
charged for using a wheel for 20 min
utes will be l penny per hour. A diff
ference, however, is to be made at
night, when twice the amount OF the
daytime will be charged. The ar
rangement is TO go into effect July l.
W. W. Hamilton and A. B. Hughes,
two of the most noted OF the western
racers, have been matched for three
mile heats, best two out of three, for
this month in Denver.
A New York paper says: cit is
roughly estimated that 30, 600 wheels
were on the boulevards this afternoon
IN New York and Brooklyn. This is
about one-fifth of the total number of
wheels now in Greater New York. A
dealer who is familiar with the subject
says that at least SIC, 900, 900 has been
invested in bicycles in this city since
the spring of 1896"
Walter Sanger is now in Denver in
training for his match race with Ha-
After this he will make
an attempt to lower the mile unpaced
against time record.
Some time ago it was reported that
Lizzie CLAW b ad died in the west. This
week report drifts in to the effect
that she defeated Helen Baldwin in a
match race.
w. S. Maltby, the we'll known trick
rider of New York, and member of
the famous "All American Team" OF
the late sos, is to be married next
week in Newark.
Omaha wants the national meet for
next year and has already formed a
meet club for the purpose of booming |
that city. She has also applied for a
National Circuit date this year.
A L. Hachenberger of Denver, so |
reports state, rode 100 miles on the !
road the other day in 5:25. He now |
proposes to try to annex the American |
24-hour record, at present held by |
Louis Gimm.
Harley Davidson is said to yearn for |
4 match race with Jimmy Michael. |
Michael does not seem to want such
nor does the general public, |
put the little kid is willing to ride |
Davidson if the latter has the money |
% back himself.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

The ticket Will be on sale June l9th,
10th and DIST, and will be good for re-
turn within ten days from date of sale.
And additional limit of ten days for
return, making twenty days in all, will
be afforded by the purchaser of the
ticket depositing it with the agent in
\ ashville of the l.. 81 N. r. r., which
agent will give a receipt, which is to
be surrendered by the passenger with
in the required limit for the ticket to
be returned with the necessary extern
sion made on 1t.
The Southern Pacific route affords
the unusual advantage Of two trains
daily, making connection with the
l.. q n. Il. II. 1T New Orleans directly,
without the necessity OF bus transfer,
the L. & n. train passing through the
Southern Pacific depot grounds, and
having representatives, ticket and pas
senger, on hand to serve the wants and
necessities of passengers.
Ample accommOd ations in sleepers
and in day coaches will he furnished,
so that there will be no crowding or
discomforts.
If it develops that the business will
warrant our making the arrangements,
solid special train will be started out
from Houston, running through to
Nashville without change.
The sponsor for the state with her
maids of honor will use the Southern
Pacific route, leaving Houston on the
evening of June Goth, and will arrive
at Nashville at 6:45 a. N. on mornin g
of 22d. Yours truly
L. J. PARAS,
! 4. G. Z, i I. x,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04
AQODen Letter,

HOUSTON, Texas, May 10Th, 1897
Col. w. d. Cleveland, 9. M. G U. G.
V, Division of Texas, Houston, Tex.
Dear Sir:-In promulgating advices
to the confederate veteran camps
throughout the state concerning the
rates and arrangements made for
handling those who Will attend the
Reunion at Nashville in June, we beg
that you will embody in your advices
the following information concerning
our line:
The price of tickets from any main
line point in Texas between Houston
and Dallas and Fit. Worth, or along
the line of the H. & T. G. r. r., NJ. K.
& T. R'y. or between Rosenberg, FIT.
Worth and Dallas, on the line of the
G. G. s. S. F. R'y, will be $3.50.
The rates from points on our line
rive in 6atail aS fOI1OwS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04
Saves Doctors Bills

by regulating the bowels, thereby pre-
venting thousand and one derange-
ments of the system which follow neg
lect of this precaution. Once used for
this purpose, DR.. Plerce's Pleasant
Pellets are always in favor. They re
purely vegetable and far better, as a
liver pill, than blue pills or calomel.
Their secondary effect is to keep the
bowels open and regular-not to con-
Stipate.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

One phase of the bicycle craze is
quito marked; namely that the wheel
has materially affected the tide of
travel, The steamship agents attribute
the falling off in ocean travel to the
bicycle, TheY say that nowadays psos
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04
Lost by a Scratch.

His wheel was new and shiny,
AMI he gayly sailed along;
The while he seemed to hear again
A soothing cradle song.
Down past the silent poplars
He swept before the wind;
His wheel seemed to obey his will,
And fear was left behind.
Alas, un5killed novice.
His nose began to itch:
He raised hand to scratch it,
And landed in the ditch.
Cleveland Leader.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04
The Wheel.

Eddie Bald and Tom Cooper have
met on the track and Bad was the
winner, but while they were there an
other new star sprung to the front aud
took one first prize from Bald, and
came in on dead heat with him ia an
other. This was Earl kiser, who has
proven himself a star of the first water
and will 60 to the front before the sea-
son is over. Tom Cooper seems to be
out of form and made very poor
showing in his race with Bald.
A dispatch from New York saws:
After having been on the retired
list for over TWO years, Arthur A. Tim
norman of Freehold, N. j., the cham
pion cyclist of the world, took another
try at the game today. He appear
a. the race meet of the Country Cycle
Club. and the Vim Cycle Club on the
new Quarter-mile board track at Nicks-
burg, n. J this afternoon and his per-
Torrance showed that he is still cap
a BILE of making the best of them exert
themselves to beat him. He covered a
b alf mile, paced by a quad team in
! sc %. Two thousand persons greeted
! L Zimmerman The champion was
dressed in black shirt and white tights
and although over feet tall, with most
of his weight in legs, he did not present
! an awkward appearance on the wheel.
| When the quad team began to whoop
up the pace, the Jerseyman's head
stuck further forward over the handle
| bar and his elbows came out as in
times of old, when his famous sprint
b ad no com parison in this or any other
country"
| One phase of the bicycle craze il
quito marked; namely that the wheel
has materially affected the tide OF
travel. The steamshipagents attribute
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

A. L. Hachenberger of Denver, so
reports state, rode 100 miles on the
road the other day in 5:25. He now
proposes to try to annex the American
24-hour record, at present held by
Louis Gimm.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

Harley Davidson is said to yearn for
a match race with Jimmy Michael.
Michael does not seem to want such
match, nor does the general public,
but the little kid is willing to ride
Davidson if the latter has the money
to back himself
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04
FOR SALE

CORNER OF CAMPBELL and Tex
as streets; room for four houses 'front.'
ing east. Price low.
EIGHTY-SIX feet fronting North
Kansas street for 5000.
HOUSE NO. GA San Antonio street.
LARGE LOT on ST. Louis street
near Campbell ST.
HOUSE No. 21S Myrtle street with
lot extending through to San Antonio.
WARE HOUSE PROPERTY on Ell
Paso street below Ketelsed & Dege-
tau's. Very cheap. Reached by three
railroad tracks.
LARGE BRICK WAREHOUSE at
a bargain.
CULTIVATED and uncultivated
lands in the valley above and below Ell
Paso.
CORNER LOTS on San Antonio
street near residence of Waters Davis.
SIXTY FEET on West Overland
street near City Hall.
DOUBLE HOUSE 1O7 & 100 Santa
Fe street, and vacant lot, 48t feet adj
joining.
TWO STORY HOUSE No. 311 Tex
as street; for So, 100. $500 cash-balsnce
in quarterly payments.
SATTERTHWAITE ADDITION
Corner of Oregon and Rio Grande
streets, seven lots cheap.
NORTH EAST corner, Block Alex
anders addition.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-07-29
The Forestry Reserves.

pamphlet, entitled "Rules and Reg.
ulations Governing Forest Reserves"
issued by Ringer Hermann, general COM
missioner OF the land office. promulgatng
the rules and regulations created under
the act OF congress OF June 4, 1897, to
insure the objects for which forest reserves
were created, has recently been issued.
The following sections will he of interest
to sheep men and mining men:
THE pasturing OF livestock on the
public lands in the forest reservations
will not be interfered with, so long as it
appears that injury is not being done to
the forest growth, and the rights of 9th
ers are not thereby ieopardized. The
pasturing OF sheep is, however. prohibit.
ed in all forest reservations except those
in the states OF Oregon and Washington,
for the reason that sheep grazing has
been found injurious to the forest cover,
and therefore OF serious consequence in
regions where the rainfall is limited.
The exception in favor OF the states
Of Oregon and Washington is made be-
cause the continuous moisture and
abundant rainfall OF the Cascade and Pa.
citic coast ranges made rapid renewal OF
heritage and underground possible. Own.
ers OF sheep are required to make appli.
cation to the commissioner OF the general
land office for permission to pasture,
stating the number of sheep and the 10.
cation on the reservation where it IS
fused or revoked whenever it shall appear
that sheep are pastured on parts OF the
reserves specially liable to injury. or upon
and in the vicinity of the Bull Run re-
serve, Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, Mt. Rain
Ter, or other well-known places of public
resort or reservoir supply. Permission
| will also cease upon proof of neglect as
to the care of fires made by herders, or
OF the violation by them of the forest
reserve regulations.
The law provides that any mineral
lands in any forest reservation which
have been, or which may be shown to be
such, and subject to entry under the ex-
isting mining laws OF the United States
and the rules and regulations applying
thereto, shall continue to be subject to
such location and entry, notwithstanding
the reservation. This makes mineral
lands in the forest reserve subject TO To-
cation and entry under the general min
ing laws in the usual manner.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-07-29

would not be sufficient water to reclaim
more than one-half of one per cent OF the
arid lands Of those states"
The entire country about North Yski-
ma is vertably gridironed with irrigation
canals and bitches. The soil being quite
porous, sbsorbs the water with readiness,
and the finest Of prunes, pears, peaches,
apricots, grapes, apples, vegetables, ETC.,
are grown in great abundance. Alfalfa,
king Of the hay.crop, the ideal food for
sheep and the best fsttening for cattle
and hogs, cannot be raised to greater
advantage in any other country. From
three to four crops are cut each season,
aggregating seven to nine tons per acre.
The sheep business in Yakima county
has assumed extensive proportions, the
mutton being shipped to Puget Sound and
eastern points. There being no burs in
this country, the wool is free from this
pest and is therefore of superfine
quality.
Much can be said relative to the ad-
vantages the Yakima country possesses
for csttle-raising. The valley furnishes
nearly all the beef used in Seattle, Taco
ma and western Washington markets
from December until the following May.
Cattle can be fed more cheaply on alfalfa
hay than on any other feed, and it has
been practically demonstrated by stock.
m hot MI ali hax Ia
feed 30, with good free grszing-land lots
Of water, and its near vicinity to good
markets, the Yakima valley has every
thing in it's favor as a cattle country.
Hogs can be raised here at the lowest
figure, and there is less liability to dis
eases and, at the high figure pork is now
receiving. the valley commends itself to
the hog-raiser.
Respecting the hop growing industry it
may be said that the Yakima valley
is unexceled for its advantages in this
line. Hops have been grown successful.
| ly, the crops proving indisputabe argu-
ments in favor of the country, Beyond
doubt, the Yakima valley has no equal
as q hop country, and hop men from all
over the United States testify to the
truthfulness OF this statement. With
good cultivation 1000 pounds of hops can
be raised to the acre, and hop.grower
can always count upon a crop of 1900
pounds to the acre. The hot, dry sum
mer weather proves too much for the
deadly hop louise, and this destructive
insect is killed by the heat before it does
any mischief. The cost Of labor in pre-
pairing hops for the market-that is, the
cost of raising, harvesting, picking, cur.
ing and putting hops in the bale ready
for shipment, is very small and leaves
the grower large profit.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-07-29
stands Nv Jonah.

Moody is no halfway believer in the
Bible and he stands by Jonah. In his
address at Mortified the other day he
said: II want every college man here
to know that | believe in the story of
Jonah and the whale. Reporters, put it
down that will never let man come on
this platform to speak if he doesn't be-
lieve that the whale swsllo we'd Jonah.
The devil is never 80 happy as when he
gets man not to believe in any part of
the Bible. II you are going to overthrow
the story of Jonah you have got to over
throw the story Of Christ's resurrection. !"