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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
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SCHEME FOR MISSOURI PACIFIC
Now is the opportunity tor the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad company 10 step
in and do the largest end OF the pssseu-
ger business from Chicago and Kansa,
City to Wichita by putting on day
train leaving Kansas City in me morn.
ing after the Chicago train arrives. max
ing close connections. arriving in wnc.,-
it's at ABOUT O'Clock , ma ouscs day
hgnt train.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
DRIVES OUT INVALID vAGS.

DR. Cave, thee ounty physician. has a
method Of dealing with ''vags" who come
in for care ard help at the hands OF the
county physician and commissioners
that saves the officials a great deal Of
time and bother and rids the county Of a
grea. many objectionable Characters.
When they come in he Gays to them;
You are not a pauper?'
Sane"
Then I canno. treat you at the ex-
pense OF the county. Here II your med
icine. You owe me for IT,. III expect
paw within q week
That settles IL The fellow Will hide
ont 70 get rid Of seeing mis- creditor. II
has proved very effective.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26

10 Ellsworth. The town was jueiiant,
Claiming that the connection with the
Union Pacific meant wonders for the
town.
In the register OF deeds Office the num-
Der OF mortgages released was at ra-
ito of three to one OF the number of mort
cages fled.
At this time the outrageous stories OF
suffering in western Kansas had begun
to circulate. It took western Kansas six
or seven years 10 survive the evil effects
OF theses tories. They are never heard
Of now.
AndyenSightingal was found dead IN
Hogan's shoe shop on North Market
street Nightingale was well known
around town. He came To Wichita ORR
gina,ly as a prisoner from the territory
charged with selling whisky to Indians.
He was acquitted.
On the last day OF the year. 1887, Wicil-
ita for a new jail and court houseofnn
fta voted bonds for a new jaii and court
house. In Wichita there were 1852 in
favor OF the bonds, and 53 against
The Eagle Rifles dedicated their ar
mory. Among the guests was Emmett
CsIlahan- Can anyone tell what has
become Of Callahan?
ollie Belle, corner of Mead and Oak
street. while playing with a revolver. ac-
cidentally shot Miss Belle Wotan, aged
Is. under the right eye.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
,Rv the Author OF "Deserted.")

Oh. sweetheart. perhaps I'll forget you
When the sting of the blow Is gone.
When the pang of the neartache is over
When the close of the day is done,
How could / know you were false. love,
When your words were as sweet as life?
How dream that the smile on your beautiful
face,
With the shadow of Death was rife!
Ny darling, loved you 50 fondly.
| heard not the flaw in your tone,
But held to my heart as glorious gift
The love that 1 thought mine own!
The sun is no longer shining;
The bloom from the roses has gone:
And the Angel OF Hope" in my bosom
Has spread her white wings and lcwns
The bir6 in the tree is not singing
Il walls DER its broken nest.
And the arms that were eager this morning,
Are weary and folded to rest.
An. well,
There are days and days, TO remember.
There are years and years to foi get.
And the words 1 have spoken in Kindness,
My love. | can never regret!
Thank God for the valor Of manhood
That can stand when the battle is losti
THAI can take up the marches Of Efe.
again.
with its sweetest ambitions crossed,
! VIII prove TO the world. and 20 you, dear,
How true was the love you lost,
And how grand a hfe from a wre,k. can
rise,
With broken heart its cost
Ana perhaps in the years or the future,
This sorrow will pass away.
And I shall thank God, my darling
For what seems so dark, today,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
THE UNKNOWN PoETEss.

TIE woman VINO wrote the poem en-
titled Deserted" for the Eagle last Suo-
day. question Of whose sincerity was
raised, mas sent in another poem tun-
signed as before) which shows conclu-
sively that she is merely a pcetese
whose anguish arises from nothing more
racking that wienerwurst for supper,
and that her husband does not neglect
her. For this time she jumps into her
sweetheart If she mas sweetheart her
husband has a right TO neglect her; and
If she has a husband her sweet heart
ssnowed good sense in fighting shy. AT
tnme bottom of the following poem, call
ed Tilted" she writes: rs this sin
cere? Hai Ha!" There are really two
good verses in the poem, to-wit: There
are days and days to remember. There
are years and years TO forget" In ot1er
places the poem is lop-sided and SPAWN
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
DICTATES TO PHoNoGRAPHs.

Mr.. Scott z. Winnie, Of the firm o,
Whine g. Winnie. has two phonogrspfls
which he uses frequently. Some times
at night ne, in the busy season, has oc-
oasion to have work at MS Office. Not
wishing to have any Of the stenogra Pliers
Inconvenience themselves. he dictates
his letters into the phonograph and the
atenog rapifer IN the morning turns the
key and typew1ites theletter. This en-
abies Mr.. Whine TO make trip on the
the road and by the time he has re-
turned a reply 10 mis- letter is on his
desk.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26

Something list as gooI' AL not
answer S.tck 20 your pains. ani Sa=n
yea ask tor scois stssr-i$d n ta.s
paper, you saa get taem-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
Phone 81. DERMODY Phone 81
PLUMBING AND HEATING COMPANY

General stock OF Pipes. Valves and Fit
tinxs. Leather ana Rubber Belting and
Hose. Threshins Engine. Nil sna Fss-
tory Supplies.
sIa < Dough-. Avenue. wicAssa. Ess.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26

PLUMBING.
GAS-FITTING.
WATER and
STEAM HEATING
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
A BLUFF AT LIBERATION.
Only Very Few Prisoners Are ne
Ieased ON AIphOnse's Day.

Havana, Jan. 2s,-rhis being the name
day of King Alfonso, II was celebrated
here in the usual manner by services In
the cathedral in honor of the kings pa
tron saint and by social functions
In accordance with the custom which
obtains on this day, a number of pris-
oners were given their liberty. 1t was
thought that a number of the Americans
now confined in Cuban prisons would be
released In honor of the day, but this ex-
pectation was disappointed. There were
only thirteen men set free in this city, and
they were only given their liberty pro-
visionally. Three of them had been con-
fined in the state prison, eight In Moro
castle and two in the Cabanas fortress
They were charged with various offenses
and all of them are comparatively un.
known.
Several wounded rebels belonging to the
rebel band led by Urras, who were hidden
In a house In the outskirts of Havana,
were arrested last night. All of them
were brought here and placed in a mill
tary hospital
Capt. Gen. Weyler is now at Union de
Reyes, province of Matanzas. The Mar
quis de Ahumada, Gen. Weylers secundo
cabo, or second in command; Marquis de
Palmerola, secretary of the government.
and the civil governor, left for that place
on an express train this morning. rhey
will meet and hold a conference with the
captain general.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
A COSTLY CASE.
EngIand's Treasury Hard Hit by the
Ivory Trial.

London, Jan. 2S-It is announced that
the attempt by the crown authorities to
convict Edward j. Ivory, alias Edward
Bell, of conspiracy to cause dynamite eX-
plosions, which completely collapsed on
Wednesday, entailed an expense upon the
treasury of 10000 pounds sterling. OF this
sum 5000 was devoted to the expenses of
the Scotland Yard authorities in making
researches in Holland, Belgium and
France with view of obtaining evidence
against Ivory and his alleged co-conspir-
ators, lyman, Haines and Kearney, and
the sum of $500 was spent in making a
similar investigation in the United States.
The remainder was spent in the prosecu-
ton of the defendant in the Old Bailey
court and in defraying expenses incidental
thereto.
In the case of the defense, Ivory says
that ii cost $1,000 to carry it to the point
where the government were compelled 10
admit that they had no cause of action
against him. The cost of the farcical
trial having become known, the news
papers are indulging in indignant COM
ments, and it is probable that there will
be a parliamentary inquiry into the mat
ter in an endeavor to learn who is re-
sponsible for the prosecution of a case at
so much expense, which the solicitor gen.
eral was finally compelled to admit ought
never to have been brought to trial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
A NAUGHTY LITTLE NATION.
Siam Brings Uncle Sans Wrath
Down and Is Now Scared.

Down and Is NOW scared.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-The gunboat Ma
chias has arrived at Bangkok, under or
ders, to protect American interests, hav-
ing been hurried there from Hong Kong,
1000 miles away, on receipt of official news
at the state department last week of an
attack by siamese soldiers on United
States Deputy Consul General Kenett.
Commander Mckenzie will confer with
Minister Barrett and if the circumstances
warrant, a salute to the American flag
will be demanded. The announcement
that Machias had been ordered to Bang
kok has already had the effect of mate
rally altering the attitude of the Siamese
government to the United States. She is
the first American war vessel to visit
Bangkok for seven years, and the effect
of her mission, as soon as its character
became known, is reported to have been
exactly as Secretary Olney desired.
This information is corroborated by the
immediate effort of Siam to secure a ref
erence to arbitration of the Cheek claim,
which that government has hitherto re-
sisted ali efforts to collect.
An American named Cheek entered into
partnership with the Siamese government
to get out teak wood, the government
advancing money. on the pretense that
he did not meet his obligation they seized
the wood as it came down the rivers and
sold it. Subsequently on Cheeks death
they prevented his executors selling some
of the numerous elephants he had used in
the forests and when the state department
took the matter up in 1892 Siam resisted
the claim of 100000 which was presented.
The recent trouble, of which the attack on
Consul General Kelett was the climax,
grew out of the claim which Secretary Oh
H.
tiement.
Isaac Townsend Smith, the Siamese con-
sui general in this country, Is now In
Washington asking for arbitration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
CUBANS CAPTURE A CRUISER.
a WATCHDOG OF THE COAST is ST..
LENCED BY A sORTIE.

The Spanish GanbOat COmeta, Guard-
ing the Coast of Cuba From Fill.
busterers, Is Suddenly Descended
Upon by the Rebels, and After a
Desperate Fight, Is Captured aud
Consigned to the Flames.
Key West, Fla, Jan. 23-Havana ad-
vices received in Key West are to the
effect that the Spanish gunboat Cometa
has been captured and burned by the in
surgents.
The Cometa was one of the most pow
erful of the smaller Spanish vessels in
Cuban waters. She has been cruising
near Cardenas to prevent the landing OF
hlibustering expeditions. For some time
she has been accustomed to anchor at
night off Sierra Morena. The place where
the gunboat anchored was favorable for
an attack from the shore and the insur-
gents determined to capture her. Last
Tuesday night they opened on the vessel
with a 12-pound Hotchkiss gun. The ves-
sci was struck several times. and badly
damaged. While the crew was In con-
fusion. boats loaded with insurgents left
the shore and the Cometa was boarded.
A desperate hand-to-hand fight took
place on the deck of the gunhoat, the
Cubans using the machete with deadly
effect. Finally, after the Spanish COM
mander and half his men had been killed.
the survivors surrendered. The vessel
was then burned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
WITH A LAVISH HAND.
The senate Railroads Pension Bills.
A Number of Appropriations Made.

Number of Appropriations Made.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The Senate de-
voted Itself to-day to the business of
clearing the calendar OF pension bills and
of other bills. to which no objection was
offered.
OF the former all were passed without
a single exception. There were 1O4 of
them, and 1t required only ninety-hve min
utes to dispose OF them. OF the latter
class Of bills there We're some thirty pass
ed, including the following:
Appropriating $4,000 for the heirs Of
three Italians killed by mob violence in
Colorado in March. 1895.
To reclassify postal railway clerks.
Appropriating $50, coo for a statue of Alb
raham Lincoln at Gettysburg. Pa.
To pay to the heirs of John Roach $780,
900 for the occupation Of his shops and
yards by gunboats.
Appropriating 100000 additional for the
public building at Norfolk, Va.
Authorizing the erection of a public
building at Tampa, Fla.
Appropriating $4,000 for light house at
the pitch Of Cape Fear river, near Will
mington. N. c.
Appropriating 5000 to the Cumberland
Female College, McMinnville. Tenn, for
use of buildings during the civil war
Appropriating 5000 for Messrs. Rhea
and Anderson for cotton used by the un-
ion forces during the war
House bin authorizing the construction
OF a railroad bridge across the Rio Grande
river at El Paso Tex
Senate bill giving 20 the court Of claims
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
THE THREE FRIENDS Z PnsATE.
Attorney General Harmon VIII Pros
ecute on That Charge.


ecute on That Charge.
Washington, Jan. 23.--If the sensational
stories in certain New York newspapers
regarding the Cuban filibustering tug
Three Friends on her last voyage training
a Hotchkiss gun on a Spanish gunboat
and firing at that vessel have any founda-
ton in truth, the Attorney General of the
United States declares that the Three
Friends is amenable to the laws of piracy,
and her officers and crew are liable to
be surrendered and punished as pirates.
Attorney General Harmon, it is official-
ly stated to-day, is considering the advis-
ability of instituting proceedings against
the Three Friends on that charge. The
Attorney General was originally Of tho
opinion that the Three Friends had not
committed piratical act, even assuming
that the reports published of her ex-
change of shots with the Spanish vessel
were true. But a careful consideration
of the law and decisions on similar cases
had made him doubt his primary view.
In order to expedite the case of the
Three Friends the Attorney General has
prepared an application to present to the
United States supreme court for a writ
of certiorari on the United States circuit
at New Orleans for the transfer OF tho
case to the supreme court so that the
latter tribunal may pass on Judge Locks
decision given at Jacksonville.
Judge Locke held that the government,
in its bill of libel against the Three
Friends, did not show that the vessel had
violated any law. He gave the govern
ment ten days to amend its libel, and de-
clared that unless this were done, he
would dismiss the application.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
THE BERRY TRAIN ROBBERS.
Sheriff's Posse Has Caught One of the
Men Engaged in the Affair.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 23.-J A. and JEFF
Kelly arrived here from Walker county
this morning on the Kansas City train,
bringing with them a white man who
gives his name as John Calhoun. The
man is suspected of being of the band of
men who held up the Southern train, near
Berry Station, Thursday. He was ar
rested at Eldridge, on the Kansas City
road, and on his person was found 45-
calibre pistol and $50 was all that he had.
The Southern Express Company officials
here were notified of the arrest and they
at once instructed the captors to bring the
man to Birmingham. The man was Sc
curely bound with ropes and brought here
as requested.
The man was very stubborn when
taken to room in the Morris hotel and
questioned, giving the names of two or
three places in answers to queries as to
where he was from.
The officials are reticent as to what was
gotten in the way of information from the
man, but it is generally supposed that ne is
thought either to be a member of the rob-
ber gang or that he knows a great deal
deal about them.
The man is in custody here
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
SAVANNAH, GA, SUNDAY JANUARY "a 1897

jurisdiction of the claim of Warren Hall
for cotton seized during the war.
The Union Pacific railroad compromise
arrangement was the subject of a resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Allen, pop, of Nebras-
lSa, and agreed to without objection, call
ing on the attorney general for a state
ment of the terms of the settlement and
of the personnel of the reorganization
committee.
The President was requested through an
other resolution, offered by Mr.. Morgan.
to furnish the Senate with copies of all
correspondence and of all communications
relating to the Nicaragua Canal Company
with the government of Nicaragua, since
1885
These two resolutions were the only two
matters that came before the Senate to-
day outside of the pension and other bills
already mentioned
At 4:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned until
Monday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
PUGILIsTs AT THE ATHLETIC.
Tommy White of Chicago Puts Jack
Skelly to Sleep.

Tommy White of Chicago Puts Jack
SkelIy to Sleep.
New York, Jan. 29.-Four ten-round
bouts were provided by the New York
Athletic Club at their boxing entertain
ment, which was held in the gymnasium
of the club tonight.
The principal bout was a ten-round af-
fair at 126 pounds between
Tommy White of Chicago and
Jack Skelly of Brooklyn. Skelly was
no match for the clever Chicagoan, and
White kept plugging straight lefts into
the face almost at will
In the third Skelly was very groggy, and
kept clinching to save himself, while
White pounded with both hands. Skelly' 5
left eye was nearly closed when the bell
rang.
The Brooklyn man rallied bit in the
fourth and sent right and left swing to
the next, but White punished him badly
toward the close.
In the fifth round White fioored his man
with right and left swings on the jaw,
and Skelly was counted out. The round
lasted one minute and twenty-six seconds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
TRACEY AND RYAN MATCHED.
A Bout for $1,000 and the worlds
WeIterweight Championship.

Syracuse, N. Y. Jan. 23.-Artioles were
signed here this afternoon for a twenty
round contest for the weter-weight cham
pionship Of the world between Tommy
Ryan Of Syracuse, champion Of America,
and Tom Tracey. champion Of Australia
and England, before the Empire Ath-
letic Club OF this city OIL Feb. "a. The
battle Is for $500, OF which the winner
will receive 1920 and the loser. $780,
The men agree to fight at 145 pounds at
the ring side, and as Ryan has not trained
as low as this for any Of his recent fights,
there Is some question here as to his abll-
ity to do so and remain strong enough TO
defeat so clever a man as Tracey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
FONG CHING Is SHOT.
A Notorious Chinese Criminal Killed
by HiGhbinders.

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 2S.-Fong
Ching, otherwise known as Little Pete
the most noted and notorious Chinaman
in California, was shot and killed in a
Chinese barber shop tonight by one or
more highbinders.
Little Pete's" last escapade was to
bribe horse jockeys at the Bay district
track. Jockeys Chorn, Heinrichs and
Chevaller were ruled off the turf for life
for their connection with the job and Fong
Ching was refused admittance to the Cal
ifornia tracks. He has also served a term
in San Quinton for jury bribing and now
stands accused of manufacturing and cir
culating spurious coins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
RECRUITS ron THE REBELS.
Capt. Woons First Detachment
Under Way for Cuba.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Jan. 23.-The first
squad Of the Cuban battalion enlisted here
left tonight via Cincinnati and Jackson
vile, under the charge OF Capt c. II.
Crawford OF Rockland. o.
These are some Of the men enlisted by
Capt. James Woon OF this city. Capt.
Woon admits that he has 900 enlisted men.
They will, the captain says, be sent out
In squads OF five and six.
They supply their own arms and pay
their own way
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
BIG FIRE IN sANDUsKy.
A Large Block of Business Houses
Are Burned.

Sandusky, o., Jan. 23.-Almost the en-
tire block of business houses on Water
street, the principal business thorough
fare of the city. was destroyed by fire this
morning.
The blaze was discovered about o'clock
but on account of the extreme cold and
the high winds, the efforts of the fremen
were almost useless.
The fire started in Theodore T. Tauberts
grocery and spread rapidly.
The following stores were gutted:
George w. Rinkleff, hardware.
George Stahl, wholesale wines and Ii
quors.
M. Lea, saloon, and Taubert's grocery
The loss aggregates more than $3.50 600;
partly covered by insurance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
Died WIth Her chlIdren.

Bedford, Pa, Jan. 23.-The home OF
william Croyte was destroyed by hre to-
day. and his wife and two children per-
ished In the flames. Mrs. Croyto made a
heroic effort 70 save her children, and Ia
so doing lost her life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
THE GOVERNMENT Will APPEAL.

Three Friends Dismissed ON the
Same Grounds as Before.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. BIN the case
OF the United States VS.. the steamer Three
Friends, libel for forfeiture for the De-
cember trip Of the steamer an order was
made by Judge Lock of the United States
court sustaining the exceptions Of the re-
spondents upon the same grounds as set
forth in the order on the libel for tho
trip OF last May, and the libelant was
granted permission TO amend the libel, and
II the amendment Is not filed within two
days the libel IN TO stand dismissed
This order Of the court is considered
another victory for the owners OF the
Three Friends but IT IL probable that the
government will appeal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
CAUGHT A FIRE FIEND.
The Man who Set the Observer ONCE
on Fire Is in Limbo.

Charlotte. N. c.. Jan. 2S-charles Black
burn, IS years old, was arrested in this
city at midnight for setting fire to the OBJ
server Printing house on the night of Jan.
2. He confessed the crime.
The case was worked up against him by
James W. Glenn, an apprentice In the OBJ
server Office, and Sam Edmoston, engineer
of the building, who viii receive 500 as a
reward.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
oREMATED N 4 TEMPLE.
Fearful Result of n Broken Lamp at
KwOng Tow.

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 2a-Advices
from the Orient, per the steamer Gaelic
to-day, tell of a terrible panic In a temple
at Kwong Tow, China, in which 300 men,
women and children perished.
During a theatrical performance a lamp
was broken, which set the temple on fire.
The main entrance was closed and two
smaller exits were also choked.
OF the forty actors in the performance,
four escaped
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
An IndIana To,yn nnrnea.

Anderson, Ind, Jan. 23.-The town OF
Florida was almost wiped out of existence
by fire Of unknown origin. The post
Office, depot business houses and several
residences and an elevator were destroyed.
The loss Is not known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
THE DEVASTATION OF CUBA.
A Planter Arrested For Grinding
Cane-TwO Valuable Estates
Burned.

Burned.
Havana, Jan. 23--salvador and Pedro
Laborde. brothers. citizens Of France, and
owners of an estate In Jobo. were sent to
cabana ertross under Weyler's orders for
grinding cane against his commands.
They are also made responsible for the de-
feat the Spaniards suffered In their recent
fight, which occurred on that estate.
Ana Sotolongo, lady imprisoned as
political suspect. in the Paula hospital,
managed to escape last night.
All the buildings OF the valuable estate
San Limo, in the Cienfusos district, owned
by Limo Montalvo, have been burned The
loss Is estimated at over a million dollars.
over 100000 arrobas or quarters Of cane
were burned.
The sugar estate Constancia, belonging
TO Marquis Apezteguia, and heavily mort
gagged to an American syndicate, was also
burned. II Is said that Spanish troops
are responsible for the damage.