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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
Description of the Arena and How tho
Crowd Was Handled.

Carson City, New. March 1.-THE arena
IN which the great fight was pulled of IS
situated about one-th.rd OF a mile from the
main street OF the town AID is located IN
the center OF the race track. The struc-
ture IL entirely Of undressed lumber and
has no top. Arrangements were made for
a canvas covering in case OF Indictment
weather, but unless the snow came down
in g-cat force-and 4 rarely comes down
in any other way in Carson-the men were
TO DE compelled TO fight practically In the
open air. The arena is a twelve-sided az
fair. each OF the sides being section, and
each section containing about l.5f1 seats.
The seats in each section were divided into
three classes. those nearest the ring he'd
al $40. the seats next above them az 50.
ard those al top. which were not number
ed were sold al s.. All Of them were good.
although the view from the cheapest ones
was somewhat distant and the finer points
of the fight could not be seen from them.
The ring was raised about four feet above
the floor of the arena. and at each corner
was an iron post, which was carefully pad
eed up with cotton batting 20 protect the
men in thu event OF their falling against
IL The floor OF the rnig was covered with
canvass yesterday. although Corbztt pre-
ferrsd TO fight OF the bare boards. as the
canvas. he said. was likely 70 hinder the
foot movements OF the fighters.
The entrance 70 the arena was through
one gate only. From the gate 70 the side
o. tie arena stretched sidewalk OF loose
pisnk.ns which anoceei the spectators q
rasssSe over re mud nat during the last
few days lad Seen ;o-red into almost
luzg-are ~ the May pecaie who nza
been trsnvi5G around TIE arena 70 Sc
ios i lcsxs, There c-e four tCureIs -
the SIDE c, tie SC.,5iag. one sscA frczH me
rc-th, Eou;S. ezst and vss.- Above Ire
entrance = eacA oae az ;ass- tunnels vas
piece .zs- a.gar large white cIo;h bar
i-g u black letters the letters os ;as ssc-
iEc=s walsh could De reached by the pas
eagsxay underneath -Four s,A-uzys o.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE
Oklahoma Republicans Would Honor thu
Late Senator Baker in HIS SON.

Ponca City. o. T. March 17.-The fol-
lowing. in the interest OF a son Of the
late Senator II. d. Baker. has been Is
sued by member OF the territorial COM
mittee:
ITO the Republicans Of Oklahoma Ter
ritory: The death OF Senator II. D. Ba-
ker removes from our midst one OF our
aDlest and safest advisers. Senator Ba-
ker's life service in behalf OF RepuO-
lican principles surely entities his family
to some consideration at our hands and
1 respectfully request the cooperation of
al the Republican newspapers and mem
oers Of the various central committees
In my efforts 10 secure FOR one OF his
sons a federal position, as fitting tr!b-
ute for his party service. Respectfully.
FLAMES G.. GILLEN.
Member Territorial Committee Kay Co.,
q T"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
THREE WOMEN AND HIMSELF
Farmer william Fee Rolls mp . Death Lis,
at Wamego, Kan.

Wamego. Kan. March 1I.-William
Fee. farmer living five miles west OF
here, blew mis- brains out this evening.
after a murderous assault in which he
attempted TO exterminate a whole fam
lily. Three of his victims Will proba bly,
die and fourth is terribly wounded.
Fees wife recently left him and re-
turned to the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. II. Johnson. After she had
positively refused TO return to him. Fee
went 10 the house. and, in terrible
rage, shot down his wife and her mother
ard his sister-in-law. Miss Johnson. and
his wife's father. None of the three wo-
men can recover. and it Is doubtful
whether Mr.. Johnson will live. Fee
then returned TO his own home and kill
ed himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

by Senators Allison and Gear. most OF
the representatives and ex-Representa-
tive Conger. who. having been formerly
United States minister TO Brazil. IL IN
ders;ood TO have secured the backing q
his fellow-sta,eSnen in his application
for either that or the Colombian comms-
sion.
Although the rules as TO admissions are
now being uniformly enforced at tho
White House. an exception was made
very promptly in favor ot ex-Presdens
Harrison. who called while The cabinet
was in special session He was welcomed
by the president. bu, seeing that business
n. importance was under consideration.
he made his visit short He left Wash
:ng.on for his home in Indianapolis to-
night
The rush or callers went on al after
noon and today was perhaps the busiest
the president has had. Many applsca tons
are being presented. and in most cases
they are backed by solid state delega-
tons. as suggested by the president
Representative Grosvenor and three 90
his fellow-members called 20 urge the ap-
pointment OF Burt Dunlap OF Ohio as
governor OF Arizona
Ex-Governor Pacheco OF California
came with several members OF MS state
delegation TO seek appointment az consul
general TO Mexico.
Representative Curtis OF Kansas pre-
sented the name Of Thomas Ryan OF thai
state for assistant secretary Of the inter-
Tor. place for which ex-Represeltstivs
Pickler OF South Dakota is striving.
Washington. March l7.-Among the
applications for appointments filed at the
treasury department today were the fol-
lowing:
Indiana-A. Sherman Magaw, Indian
apolis. for collector OF customs al Sitka.
Alaska.
Calhorn.a-James ". Davy. San Jose;
c. A. McVery. Fresno. and VIM. II.
Quinn. San Francisco. all for collector OF
internal revenue at San Francisco.
Montana-T Il. Miller. Helena for coli
lector OF internal revenue AZ Helena.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
MARY ARNOLD. COLoKED
And Her Ten-Year-O Old Daughtes Arrested
for Murder at sedaIia. Mo.

Sedalia. No, March 17.-Mary Arnold,
colored. and her 10-year-old daughter.
Geneva, were arrested tonight, charged
with numbering an illegitimate son OF
Mrs. Arnold, aged one year. According
10 the chiId's story. the mother left home
yesterday morning, promising 70 give
her five dollars II she would kill the
baby before the mothers return. The
girl has confessed that she beat and
kicked the baby 10 death
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
GIVES LAMOREUx A SHOW
Secretary Bliss VIII Not Fire Him without
aHearinE.

Washington. March 17-secre;sry
Bliss sent letter today 20 Commission
er Lamoreux, Of the general land Office.
whose action in the Chicago lake front
case was annullei and severely censur-
Ell. offering Mr. Lamoreux an opportun!-
" 20 defend himself A reasonable
length OF time 20 hear from Judge Lam
o-eux viii be allowed. pending which sc-
zion on his personal case will be de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
LET ME SEX CLEvELAND-
Oh. Yes; He Once served Term or Two ~
Prcsident. Didn's keG

Norfolk. Va. March 1.-THE light
house tender Violet. with exPre~dient
Cleveland aboard. reached Norfolk At
midnight last night. stopped az Buoy
Yard. where the ex-president wac trans
ferred to the buoy tender Maple. and LEFT
f;r Washington at once. All the party
ara well and report having a pleasant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
WASTED TO a SKELETON
Dead Body of Oace Wealthy stockusr
Tound In n Chicago Hotel

Calczzo. March Nv. J. johnson.
formerly : wealthy sioes b1y~r o. II
assnapoiss. was toua3 dad last zsza, 81
= CIa-k si-ss; h9:si- H.s b31y Vas al
noss zsss@1 70 skeleton. ard that.
with o:aer sa.sSs found Z ias TooEn. le.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
SOLID sTsTE DELEGATIONS
AZ The White Dssse C,ss the ApysIsi NEE
Of Tfsss H~n

HasH-.-so csva is-Tss sftours-
nlsa- * S7is hoosss % congress o-sr 20
ezF 81 TIE sff-rs q: fscr-s r.ax re nss1-
H. Q. or sTrsss>-.l 1-.-s a. %. g-rsfs
Hgz-e. g soIs a.~s sSe s-..es-asz
came = si1sos- s5Iid si4.e ee.egasssHs
lcs2. Ear .-s-ssSs. yAS ssSsessz.s3 tczsy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

the police TO conclude that his last days
had been spent in dissipation and this
fact had induced him TO commit sui
eide by swallowing morphine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
High Diver Breaks His Neck.

Jacksonville. Fla. March 17.-Brodie
Williams. the high diver. today Jumped
in a bail OF fire from 75-foot tower into
Lake Worth a; Palm Beach. struck ths
bottom. broke his neck and died within
a few hours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

YoU have a place IN society peculiarly
your own: endcavor 70 End out wnere IL -
and keep it.-Chicago Standard.
1T is not what we haze, bat what we 40
with what we nave. that proves our ftaess
fer promotion
TEACHER-"W VINO was the witess rsnY"
rornmy-s'Soah.' - "Soahir "Yes'm. 10
was the only man who knew enough 20
come IL when IL rsined.''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
The WEATHER.
wichita. Kan. March IT. 1877.

Wichita. Kan. March IT. 1877.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity
Fair and colder Thursday.
During the past twenty-four hours the
highest temperature vas IS degrees. ths
lowest ~ degrees. and ths mean g. degrees.
with ligh, rain in N night and early
morning. followed by clearing warmer
weather. gentle southwest 20 southeas.
Wind and lower pressure. 29.s7 inches a,
Z 2. m.
Thus far this mouth the average tam
perature has been a degrees.
For the past eight years the average
temperature for the month Of March has
been "a degrees. and for the i7th lay IS
degrees. FRED l. JOHNSON.
Observer.
Washington. d. @. March i7.--Folio~ins
Is the forecast tn S ?. m. Thursday:
For oklahoma and f7i.an Territory
Threatening weather followed by fair and
warmer: southeriy winds.
For Kansss--Probably fair: southsriy
winds becoming variable.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
Resto ring independence Hail.


With the completion of the high
wooden fence along the pavement In
front of the old State House, every
thing has been placed in readiness to
begin the final work of restoring the
famous old building to the condition it
was 10 at the time of the declaration
of Independence. The demolition of
the wings will begin on Monday morn
ing, but it has not yet been decided
whether any city fficiaI will want to
claim the honor of striking the first
blow, or Wheeler the whole matter
will be left to the usual mechanics.
Work will be begun on the roof of the
wing formerly occupied by Court OF
Common Pleas No 8. There will be
some delay on The western wing, in or
der to enable the University Law
School to complete its removal.
All visitors and sight-seers will be
carefully excluded while the work oi
restoration is in progress. and nobody
will be permitted behind the big board
fence except the contractor and his
men, the architect, and. the proper of.
ficials. Every stone and stick will be
carefully guarded and relic hunters
will be very expert if they manage to
get away with any of them.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
Rare Old Canned Pea ches.


Canned peaches at least seventy-fve
years old, which, like wine, seem to
have improved with long standing,
were feast few days ago for the
family of Cha,les Zellman, of Hadding-
tor. 1t was while digging with fellow
Workmen for the cellars of a row of new
houses on grouEd that was once part OF
the old Dalton farm that Zellman struck
his pick into a cavity. Investigation re.
vealed asort of stone-lined well not more
than six feet deep, which had been COW
cred over and concealed. There was a
foot of clean cold water at the bottom,
in which stood an old-fas hioned glazed
earthenware jar, with the lid sealed
tightly on with wax. 1t was not with
out some difficulty that the jar was
opened, but finally done by forcing it
with the edge of spade. The men
had expected to see some treasure Of
some kind and were surprised, not to
say disappointed, when only bright yell
low peaches met their gaze. The fruit
was perfectly preserved. Zellman
claimed the prize by right of discovery,
and his family devoured the contents
of the jar, about two quarts, without
regard to historic value. Close by the
covered we'll is the now-levelled site of
the old Dalton farmhouse. abandoned
early in the present century. How the
goodwife who put up the peaches hap
pened to forget them in the spring is
more than can be told, nor does Zellman
greatly care.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
One Thanksgiving.


It was Thanksgiving day and the
kitchen so full of delicious odors that
Mr.. Beebee fingered in it after break
fast, watching his wife make pies.
sole Mis- Tooker's goin to the pore
house Tomorrow" she remarked.
"So?" calculated Mr.. Beebee, a man
Of few words.
"Why, yes, father; where you been
for two days not to hear itp Coin to the
porehouse at Thanksgivin' ,an'her with
two married daughtersl"
Mr.. Bsebee puffed at his pipe, making
no reply.
"Jane Rose said she'd take her ma IL
she'd wear false teeth"
"F alse teeth, heyP"
"Yes. I'd like to know how she'd
even have cut her own teeth if her m;s
hadn't took care of her while she was
doin't it," she made dive at the unof-
fensive cat, "the pore ole sole's most
heart broke. Sary Loo won't have her
ma because her grammar's bad"
Mr.. Beebee took his pipe out of his
mouth long enough to say: "Who
taught her to talk, wonder2" and i'm
mediately replaced it.
''That's you, father" cried his wife,
admjringly, ''you amt SO much of
hand to talk. but when you do you say
something" The sole reply was
grunt.
s'She was over to th' graveyard last
week to see her husbands grave; says
she can't ever hope to get over from the
porehouse, bein' sech poor walker" !"
"Mr. Beebee's pipe was done, and he
knocked the ashes out. ''She amt goin'
nohow," be said.
Matthew Beebee, you don't sayp'
eth church has labored with her
da'ters; they're goin' to have her week
about. Don't know it herself yet.
though Jane Rose don't want her till
after Thanksgivin'-she's goin' to sur
prise her tomorrow"
"Well, if you wouldn't try the pa
thence of saint, iettin' me most spoil
my Thanksgivin' over it for nothin.'
There comes Mis- Roach, father; you
watch the pies while run out and tell
her. Say, Mis- Roach, ole Mis- Tooker
amt goin' to th' porehousep she cried,
breathlessly.
81 know she amt" her face was
very grave.
"Who told you?"
"The doctor; she died an hour ago."
SAM she never knew she wasn't to
goot the porehouse; never knew Jane
Rose was comm fer her tomorrow
''Not word of it; last thing she
said was: SIS the porehouse wagon come
yitP'"
Mrs. Beebee sat down upon the steps,
her apron over her head, and wept
aloud.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
Living on Bel1amy,s Plan .

The Ruskin Cooperative Colony now
numbers about 220 persons, who have
associated themselves on the economic
basis of life pictured in Edward Bel
lamy's book, ''Looking Back ward"
The colony has chosen for its home
1900 acres in a fertile little valley Of
Central Tennessee, six miles from the
nearest railroad. They have started a
newspaper, the Coming Nation, which
is devoted to the Bellamy theories, and
has already reached paid circulation
of 80, 900 copies.
Every head of family, on admission
to the colony, contributes $500 to the
common capital, which makes him a
shareholder under the legal organiza-
tion of the colony, and an equal owner
with every other member, Of all prop
erty of the colony. Every able-bodied
person, man or woman, is obliged to
work,
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20

line with gown for me. should
buy me murrey gown to go in this
summer, and lay in the collar the salin
that ye gave me for hood, and / can
get none good buckram in this town to
line it with.
Nowadays the shopping woman
would do such shopping directly by
mail, responsive to the modern adver-
tisement. The above extract is chiefly
interesting as denoting that The ap-
pearance of men in dry goods stores is
not latter-day iunova ion, as many
have imagined.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20

Don't bolt your food. it irritates your
stomach. Choose djgestible food and chew
it. Indigestion is dangerous sickness.
Proper care prevents it. Shaker Digestive
Cordial cures it. That is the long and short
of indigestion. Now, the question is: Have
you got indigestionf Yes, if you have pain
or discomfort after eating, headache. dizzi-
ness, nausea, offensive breath, heartburn,
langour, weakness, fever, jaundice, fatu-
lence, loss of appetite. irritability, constipa-
tion, etc. Yes. you have indigestion. To
cure it, take Shaker Digestive Cordial. The
medicinal herbs and plants of which Sha-
ker Digestive Cordial is composed, help to
digest the food in your stomach; help to
strengthen your stomach. When your stom-
ach Is so. Shaker Digestive Cordial is for
sale by druggists. price 10 cents to 81 90 per
bottle.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20

used. There is so little difference in
the price of oils that it is not worth
while to run the risk of an explosion
by using any but higi-'es oil.
In house where there are several
lamps in daily use regular time
should be set apart each morning to at
tend to the lamps. First Of all, have a
tray of generous size, which is to be
used for no other purpose and upon
which all the lamps may bs placed
when brought from The different rooms
Keep on this tray tin box, in which
cloths, scissors, old gloves and soft pa
per may be placed. First remove The
chimneys from all the lamps, and once
a week put them into very hot water
into which some ammonia or washing
soda has been placed. Wash clean with
ammonia then remove 1as bJ one and
az each chimney is taken fromthe water
rub until bright and clear with a soft
cloth. The rest of the week borough
rubbing with soft cloth will keep
them bright.
When the chimneys are clean rub
the wicks with piece Of soft paper.
Bef re doing this turn the wicks very
slightly above the holder, and rub gen.
tly with the grain until all the charred
part is removed. Now fill the reser-
voir to within half an inch of the side
opening, and be sure 10 notice whether
there are any black particles floating in
the oil. If the oil should not be per-
fectIy clean empty the reservoir, scald
it and, after dryisg thoroughly refill
with fresh oil, into which put table,
spoonful of salt.
When you find that the wicks are
growing short throw them away at
once and refit the lamp with new
wicks. Before putting in the new
wicks boil them for half an hour in
vinegar, dry thor roughly and you will
find that your lamps will not throw
out disagreeable odor nor be apt to
smoke. 1t is tee want of judicious care
as general thing that causes lamp
to become a nuisance aud dangerous
element in the house.
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
A CAUSE FOR TuANKrULNEss.

Rastus and Polly Ann lived in th
gully below thu colonel's mansion, an
the colohel's wood-pile aud poultr
crop were temptations that freQuentl
proved destructive of the morals o
that dark-hued couple.
The depredations of Rastus ha'
brought upon his head many a threat
but the colonel had as yet confnet
himself to words, and Rastus contin
ued to borrow the colonel's wood, ant
occasionally, juicy chicken, in spit
Of the threatened consequences.
However, the colonel decided onct
aud for all to put stop to the pilfer
ing and to effect the reformation o
Rastus he neatly loaded astout hickory
stick with gunpowder and placed it II
the wood-pile. The lesson conveyed b.
this innocent piece of wood was apt tt
be severe, but was calculated to he ex
tremely salutary.
On the eve of Thanksgiving day Ras
tus cautiously surveyed the rear Of tht
colonel's domain, and finding il
wrapped in peaceful solitude, gently
abstracted small turkey from The
poultry coop. The turkey had time tt
utter half a squawk as Rastus' fingers
closed rounu its neck, but that was all
1t never breathed again. Then RastuE
loaded his arms with wood and hasten
ed down the gully, the ill-gotten spoils
in his arms.
The next morning the colonel count
| ed his gobblers and surveyed his wood.
pile, and a grim smile twitched the
corners of his usually impassive mouth.
81 'low," said Polly Ann, as she put
the turkey in the oven, 81 low we'lns
amt got oberly much to be thankful
for, but suttenly tank de good Lord
for providin' dis re turk. Widout
you had done cotched him, Rastus,
we'uns would a. had an almighty slim
T'anksgivin' to-day"
"Deed we wouldp', honey"
at am mighty small turk, Rastus, !"
continued Polly Ann, ''but you an me
is thankful fur small favors. Jist shove
anLuder stick o. wood in that stove.
you lazy niggah.
Rastus complied. For a moment
here was silence. Then came a ter
rife burst of sound and the stove was
torn into fragments. Two lids and a
pi-ce of pipe few through the window.
An oven door found egress through the
side of the shanty. A portion of the
top of the stove, and "bilin' kettle"
smote Rastus to the floor, and Polly
Ann found herself on the bed with a
stew pan on her head. The turkey was
torn to shreds.
Polly Ann recovered first.
"You black fool niggahl" she cried,
"what for you steal dat turkp Don't
you know de debbil's in what's stole?
You might a'knowed dat turk 'ud ex-
plodel''
"For de Lords sake. chile" said
Rastus, ''does you tink dat was de
tulk what explode?"
''Dat it was, shore as Pm niggah, !"
said Polly Ann, solemnly.
"Well, den," said Rastus, rubbing
bis head, "all got to say is we's got
mighty good reason to be thankful.
Kase if I'd done took one OBJ de great
big turks, we'd bin blowed clean in
to de kingdomp'
Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20
THE GONE GoBBLER.

A aobler perched on walnut limb
one chill Thanksgiving morning
Awoke the brood in the daylight dim
With gobbled notes of warning;
He craned his neck and he gazed below
In nervous apprehension,
Where human being crouching low
Attracted his attention.
"Gobble-o obble! Gobble-obble!'
II the morning SILL
"Ooblegobblel obble-gobble!"
Cried he. loud and shrilI.
Then down he flew with a mighty flop,
His waffle redly flaming,
And he gobbled on with scarce stop
His lordly rank proclaiming;
But close at hand crept the human form
Each moment drawing nearer,
!. And old Mr.. Gobbler grew quite warm
When he saw the creeper clearer.
'Obble. gobble! obble-gobbler'
Cried the gobbler grand;
"Gobble-obbleI gobble-obbleP'
Finest in the land.
Swish! went sharp and gleamiL g knife
or went his head flying!
And the valiant bird gave up his life
To man martyr dying.
In state on the farmers board that day
Reposed good Mr.. Gobbler,
And all who feasted on him did say
That never was turkey nobler.
"Gobble -obbleI obble-obble!"
Now no longer heard;
"Obble- -gobble! gobble gobbleE'
Great Thanksgiving bird.