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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

this latter route from London to Buenos Ayres
within half an hour, making quicker delivery
than by the al-cabe competing route via Lis
bon across the Southern Atlantic TO Brazil.
The Western Union Company has 2l.I2) Offices
in this country $4,000 employees 1S9,91S miles q
poles and cables and S26929 miles OF wire. II
owns large building for its offices in Chicago
and capacious buildings for its headquarters In
this city. at Broadway and Dey-st where the
general offices are located; at No. 10 Broad-st.
next door to the Stock Exchange. for its central
cable office, where day and night the steady
stream OF messages is passing to and from all
parts Of the world and at Fifthave. and Twen-
ty-third- st. as a centre for It's uptown business
Between the Dey-st and Twenty-thrd-st. build
ings there is an elaborate system OF Pneumatic
tubes. operated by powerful engines. through
which messages are shot In leather carriers with
lightning like rapidty. to avoid The necessity Of
repeating them at either Office geographically.
The Dey-st building is also connected with the
Broad-st. building and with the principal news
paper offices by similar pneumatic tubes, Fur
Their connections are made between the Dey-st.
building and the newspaper offices By direct
wires. over which special dispatches from all
parts OF the country. amounting in some In
stances to thousands Of words are delivered.
page by page, into the hands Of the telegraph
editors.
Every four years the public owes larger debt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

costly, yet the returns are aDunudHtly IelnuHer-
alive
striking and signifcan. instance of the tri-
unphs Of engineering skill achieved in this d.
rection was manifested by the moving Intact Of
the mammoth Brighton Beach Hotel. at Coney
Island. 600 feet inland from the beach. This
marvellous undertaking is said to have cost
about $4,000 The building measured 46Ox21O
feet and covered an area Of two and one quar-
ter acres of ground. The entire edifce weighed
: 600 tons and contained 800 carpeted and hand
somely furnished rooms. and over two tons OF
crockery which was neither disturbed nor in
iured When its removal was first suggested 1t
was declared by practical scientific men to be
unfeasible. but the gigantic undertaking. was sue
cessfuy completed on April ). 1883 To accom-
plish the hazardous task tWenry-four tracks
were laid and six locomotive engines employed
The hydraulic Jacks used on the occasion had a
lifting power of from sixty to ninety tons eacl
and the ropes or cables, weighed two tons. the
building after first being raised, was placed upon
112 iron railroad specially built for me pur-
pose and then its inland march began Inc ne
cessity for moving the hotel was that the ocean
had bepun TO make entertainments on It's foun-
dations The building cost S2noNW.
a more recent case Of interesting and phenom-
email hous--moying work was the moving or tne
brick railroad station at Mott Haven on tne
New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
This building which Is 1SoxSo feet. mas a tower
So feet high 1t was raised from It's original
foundations and carried back distance or .V
feet II Is estimated that the weight OF me
whole structure is 500 tons. II is said to he the
largest brick structure ever moved bodily. Inc
raising OF the railroad tracks necessitated the re-
movaI II took four and half days To move
this building al a cost OF many thousands OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

mars4bll surprises Of this remarkabe era
Thirty-fve years ago New-York was growing
northward at the pace of nearly haf-mlle
year Yet no one except those subsisting On II
looked upon the building trade as one oil us oe-
served importance. The business directory VI
1896 gives the addresses Of nearly two hundred
general builders More than 500 carpenters and
builders FOLLOW. and between 900 and 300 masons
and builders complete that list
IT is to be assumed in this article that the cap
italist having determined TO build his monument
In the form Of business palace. has purchased
his land selected his architects and accepted
the plans of those engineers. The details OF the
building having been agreed upon this general
builder is called IN. and the plans as drawn are
placed with him for execution. Here begins
work OF patience skill the most varied knowl-
edge and magnitude. The architects plans snow
what materials are to be used in the construc-
tion the builders plans enlarged sections OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
NETWORK ARCHITECTS.
PROFESSIONAL MEN WHO HAVE BLEND
ED SCIENCE WITH GREAT
ARTISTIC GENIUS.

HOPES AND AMBITIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE
TRANSFORMED THE METROPOLIS MAKING
OF 1T THE sTATELIEsT CITY ON THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT.
The fact stated in loose. round figures that
new structures to the value Of S1OO,OOO.OOO were
added to the Greater New-York in the last year,
stupendous as it is in Itself, gives little index
to the true progress Of this city in its archi-
tectural and building industry.
The last ten years have worked complete
transformation OF building construction meth
DDS. and therefore Of physical outline in New
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
D. II. RHODES.
Superintendent.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND AND PACIF-
&c RAILWAY
Time table effective Sept. u. lSy6.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
MEXICAN RURALES.

Point Iona is six miles distant, and II
a hostile vessel should pass the point,
there soon would be little left of San
Diego. except her climate. 1t is be-
iieved, however, that Mexico wants
these islands TO sell to Great Britain
for coaling stations. Her vessels of
the North Pacific squadron, en- route
to and from Esquimalt, put in here TO
e9sl. And. if an island or two further
north could be had, il would be more
convenient. Furthermore. Britain is
making expressions in this direction
from the south. She is attempting TO
get coalins station at Hawaii, and the
next step would be to the islands in
the Santa Barbara channel-if possible.
This seems TO be the only solution of
MeNico's pretentious claims. While pic
turesque Point Iona is the first spot on
which civilization landed in this west
crn world, il is also claimed 10 be the
first. The Theosophists. who recently
laid the corner stone of a college within
. rev hundred yards of one of the most
powerful battery defenses in the Unit
ed States. claim that America was the
seat of civilization, and here on Point
Iona. centuries before civilization be-
gan in Asia. was a college where the
mysteries of the occult science were
taught. But the college was in a cave.
for the adopts, or possessors of the oc-
cult science, were prosecuted and
cor nEorspnvDF~CE " Ic--
sought caves as did the Christians thou
sands of years later. The leaders of
tina Theosophical movement vino re-
GENTLY laid the corner stone with mystic
and weird ceremonies claim that in this
cave not far from the present site of
the new college, are 10 be found altars.
temples and other mysticisms used by
the adopts. These are cut into the rocks.
they state. aud viii stand for ages.
There is, strangely. a large cavern near
the college site. It's entrance is ABOUT
90 feet in width 1t can be entered with
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
MEXICO HAS A CLAIM.
Thinks It Is Entitled to Some
Pacific Coast Islands.
cncle Samy However, Il Now in Pos-
session, and VIII Stay, Too-An
Ancient Cavern Worshiped
by The0sophiats.

Especial San Diego (Cal) Letcerl
Periodically Mexico claims the chain
ef islands off the Pacific coast in what is
known as the Santa Barbara channel.
There are eight of these islands, rang
ing from five or six to 25 miles in length,
with an average width of from three to
Fix miles. These islands are rich in
fossil remains, tons having been gath
ered by scientists. Some of them are
used as summer resorts, and others as
sheep ranches. On one of them, Cab
lilo, the second "discoverer of Califor-
aia," is buried. The two Coranada
Islands, just over the line, are the first
Of the chain of islands, which extends to
! point 400 miles up the coast. The
nearest of the Coronadas is IS miles
from Point Iona, just opposite to San
Diego, and no doubt Point Iona is a
part of this chain also.
Mexico now claims that it was not
Intended to cede these islands to the
United States with the territory of
California; Or that they were not part
Of the territory.
While these islands are no doubt part
Of the mainland, or ."bench," which
slopes off to depth of from 600 to ], 500
feet, and at distance of about three
miles from the outer island, jump is
made TO about one mile in depth.
The islands are more valuable for
naval than other purposes. But what
aoes Mexico want them for?
The two Coronado islands are named
for the discoverer who landed here in
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
Iona. ExrREA1rY

1540. Finding them too black ana in
hospitable," he came on to Point Iona
--signifying ''hill with gentle slope"
This is the first point of land TO be
seen on the western coast, and was
the first landing place of the Spanish
eonquerors. 1t Is the southwestern eX-
tremity of the United States. and from
this point, where stands the highest
lighthouse in the world 600 feet), one
eets picturesque view of our turbu-
lent neighbor, Mexico. The headland
rises abruptly from the ocean, and the
point slopes gently backward for about
four miles, forming the western in
closure of the harbor and the west
ern Enclosure of the bay of San Diego.
The headland is veritable jumping
off" place. Our government, however,
is building extensive fortifications on
Saint Iona, making it a second Glib
raltar. On the ocean side is being
placed a battery of mortar guns, and
another battery of 16-inch mortars on
the narrow sand spit which separates
the bay from the ocean, and which
would rake any vessel rounding Point
Iona. Congress. at the last session,
appropriated 5000, 900 for these defenses.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
CONNECTIONS

M. lOl. Kansas Mail-Has reclining chair
cars ,seats free) and Pullman drawing room
sieepers TO wichita and Burton. Kan. Con-
nects at Wichita Kan. with A 7. & s. F.
for points in Cherokee strip and Oklahoma.
Connects al Burton, Kan. with A. + &
( F. for points in Kansas.
No laa ST Louis Mail-Has reclining
chair cars tseats sreel TO St Louis and
PuIl-aan drawing-rcom sleepers 20 Monet.
Connects at Pierce City, Nc. with No so5
for points in Indian Territory via Neosno
a, Monet with No. g. the Texas Iint.aS
NeStibuleG) which has reclining chair cars
fsests free). Pullman dTswing-rooyn sieeo-
s-s 20 C;alves.on Via Paris aud Dallas. hrs
5t1Ine csrs TaIirila 10 Dallas: coune-rs -
S:onef. with No ? which corrertS ar
i1r;or station. St Louis, with az ines Ia
"a east north and southeast
No lS- Colorado and California H-,r.As
Ias reclining chair cars lsezts srse1 -
purrton and Anthony. kan-. Pullman RuS.
-, srs v.ng-room sisepe-s 10 Burton Es1
aTs-omSh Pullman siespers Burton Ea-
- psebio. Denver. e Paso. Los Ange;e.
- n.sgo and San Francisco. Conner.
s- Hnrr.on. Kan, with A r & s r fo-
roints in Colorado. wyoming. Utah. Neya-
"a Idaho. Montana Oregon. Washington
New and Old Mexico. Arizona ard Ca.itor.
MIA
chair cars sseats ffse) and Pullman Bu~e:
drawing room sieepccs to ST Louis Re
Ginning chair cars tsests free and Pullman
Palace Sleeper Nolecf 20 Dallas Tex via
Paris Connects a, Nose.t with No. For
points n Arssns1s ard Texas. Connects
81 hao.ss with No. { which ccrnec,s \; 81
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
The aaliehita paiy EAele Sunday Horums zaay 2 1897

sarety only at low tide, and then not
with much safety. A person must take
observations of the weather, and with
a calm ocean and low tide he is toler-
ably safe. But should squall suddenly
blow up while he is in the cavern his
Investigations in the interest of science
would suddenly end. Some time ago an
adventurous party entered the cave for
a distance of about a quarter of a mile.
They saw, by their dim lights, strange
ly formed rocks, caves within caves and
deep pools of water. from which their
lights were reflected as specters in a
dungeon. OF course they could form
no idea how far the cavern extended,
but it is believed that it is mile in ex-
tent-about half way across the PEN
insula.
In about another century, perhaps,
it will cut its way across to the bay. At
high tide the waters rush in with roar
like that Of thunder, and, during
storm, the noise and resounding echo
over the ocean is most terrific.
But how the Crusaders, who had never
before visited California or Point Iona,
knew of this cave and the storage forma-
tions within, is as great a mystery to
the outside world as are the ''lost mys-
teries of antiquity" which they propose
to teach.
Our SISTER republic" however,
maintains feeble garrison just over
the line, and it is believed that she has
mounted a smooth-bore cannon on one
of the Coronado islands. At least she
has fortified it to the extent of having
it occupied by sheepherder, who, in
consideration of grazing privileges,
keeps up the Notifications, which is
but an adobe corral, or mud fence. Oc-
casionally, with much pomp and cere-
mony and great display of red sash,
an officer with an awkward squad of
soldiers visits this island. The war
like duties of the soldiers are confined
TO rounding up the sheep and the kill
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02

ing or some or the wilder ones TOT com
missary stores. In addition to repel-
ling the imaginary invasion of the
Mexicans the soldiers do police duty
on the frontier, and are known as Ru-
rales or country soldiers.
They are either cavalry or infantry,
as the occasion warrants, and are paid
one real (12h cents) per day. Gen.
orally they are convicts, and many Of
them prefer the prison to the hazards
of the frontier. especially if it borders
on Texas. Mexicans defy the United
States, and boast that they can whip
this country easily, if Texas is left out
of the fight. Their chief duty. how
ever, is to prevent horse-stealing, when
not engaged in it themselves.
There is considerable of this traffic
along the border line engaged in by
Mexicans and Indians of each coun-
try; also smuggling of contraband
goods, especially of whisky. To keep
up with this class some of the rurales
are provided with veatas. So expert are
they that they can lariat fleeing GRIM
Iinal on horseback at a distance of 100
yards. This is the safer method, for the
loop" encircles the prisoners body,
and as it is at once drawn tight it so
lpinions his arms to his side that he has
no opportunity to draw his weapon.
When the prisoner is thus lassoed he
slackens the speed of his horse if he
is wise. Otherwise he is dragged of
backward, for the soldier who throws
the lasso brings his horse to standstill
so as to tighten the loop. The prisoner
is perhaps enrolled in the army as pun.
ishment.
The Mexican soldiers are not very Wig.
liant as to Chinese immigrants. They
are permitted TO cross the line in
crowds, provided, of course, that mat
ters have been fixed" by the import
ing companies. Once over the line, the
Chinese make detour through the val
leys and canyons and finally bring up at
one of the Chinese wash houses on the
suburbs of San Diego, with bundles of
washing on their backs. They had
been met near the frontier by the To-
cal Chinese boss, who carried the
sacks" TO the Mexican rurales.
J. II SCANLAND
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
r. KUeCHENMEISTER,
FLORISTS
Uarrv S.reet C,re.rhcuse.

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Row. kyhs- EeTT<-4si se4-s- ssrcrs
ssEnrs- = s4rA Essssr 4Ssra a. 80
yr.css. a. ctass szsnts n sr<zf Ssrs-fy
k5.1r Cas- zezs-E-LT oxG grrN- Eaz<s
Earaz-tcuf- ttss-. .s~sz -. eseFs14 szA1
@s1ess .s-&ss-s .-2.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02

Z: p. MURDOCH. Maa,s,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
The Founder. Of q Science.

biologists regard Aristotle as the
founder of their science, although th.
scientific classification of the ANNA.
world was not made until the time o,
Linnaeus, who in I74I divided the ami
NAL kingdom into six groups. The
classification OF animals into four di
visions was made By Cuvie- in his grest
work. The Animal Kingdom pub
.ished il ISI6.-ChicaroC Chronicle.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
Fame.

Some men are born TO greatness, and some
the same attain:
Some have Il thrust upon them, too, IT'S
claimed; and then. again.
Some reach the heights OF greatness when
they advertise the ills
From which they've luckily escaned nv
taking some ones pills.
Chicago Times-Eerald
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
Novel London Mission.

A useful charity, called the London
Spectacle mission. provides spectacles
for needlewomen and other deserving
persons dependent upon their eyesight
for a living. Last year 1se applicants
were provided with spectacles--Chicago
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY.

You want an established medium, yoa
want 20 patrSn.ze those VINO are cspa-
bic OF psfroBizlng you You receive
the benefits from the seventy smpioy4s
OF the Eagle: you get more circulation
from the Weekly Eagle than You cAa
anywhere siss. The readers os ths
weekly get four times ss much i've
reve for 5ec ss they get from fas other
yeeklies for 81 90 and 81 "a This % me
time when prIcs and quantity tell Yoa
eet eli you can and pay ss Aftt- as zo2
ca, Therefor the weekly EaS1s "a
the paper for the advertiser and r.ad<e
alike.
Rates rnsss known on application
D. MURDOCH. Msaar,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
The Old Made New.

This is an age Of miracles"
How do you make that oute"
"Why, just see the number Of old
maids that have become new women"
Town Topics.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02
Not Great Tohacco V.~rs

Less tobacco is consumed in Grea.
Britain in proportion 10 the habitan.s
tAan in any other civilized cou1try.-
Chicago Tiues-hera,d.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02

Time table effective Sept. 1s 1896.
Trains Arrivel Leave
No. Kansas City, Chi
cago and St. Louis lim,, ..
ited daily ..............I go am $50 q m
No. Q Colorado Springs,
daily ........ M ~ ......... .. $40 am $50 an
No. Kansas City. St.i
Louis and Chicago
% cept sunday .oan. e.. 1o:s pm 1850 p m
daily ex. sunday]. ~ ...... $50 a.mho:so a. m
South and West.
No. Fort Worth, Dallasi
Houston And Galyeston
express daily .......... s:55 pm 7:l5 p.m
No. Oklahoma, Ft with
CHIC coast a aaaiy5. f5a a s:55 PM 7:l5 pm
No. Oklahoma, Ft With
Dallas and New Orle'nsI
express daily ex. Sum- SIS AMI $50 am
No. Fort Worth, Hous-
ton, Galveston and San
Antonio express daily
cept Sunday ...........l SIS am 5:W a.m
No. 81 Accommodation
DAILY ex. Sunday)......i 2:35 p. mi 1:00 pm
Elegant free reclining chair cars on all
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers IRON from
out change. Also sleepers on ell night
trains to Fort Worth. Houston. San An:
tonic and New Orleans. Tickets sold ana
baggage checked to all points north, eass5
south and west. Steamship tickets eold
to all European points at lowest rates;
Meade avenues Telephone 100.
HAL S. RAY, D. r. A.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. @. p. and T. A. Chi
cago. Ill.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-05-02

WICHITA AMI WESTERN.
Arrive rom West.
No. Pratt and Kingman passen-I
ger daily except Sunday. $50 am
NO. Pratt and Kingman accom-
Saturday J 1:20 2. m
Depart West.
NO. kingman and Pratt passen-l
ger daily except Sunday. a:4o Pm
No. 3 Kingman and Pratt accom-
modation monday, Wednesday,
and Friday .......................-.iS S:U Am
D. II. RHODES.
C,,nArinfendenf.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-04-22

Chsrles II. Clark of the Hartford
Courant now travelling in Mexico,
writes: ''One custom prevails on
this road that the Courant has long
urged for Connecticut Whenever
they kill man they put up black
cross You see them all along the
road; here one, there three; at one
spot are Il Take Connecticut
with it's HOO grade crossings and it's
annual butcheries. and before long We
would have such an array of crosses
that the grade crossing would have to
90. Here. of course, the road is the
rarity. No fence pens in the railroad
If anything is on the track the engine
removes it. A trainhand told me that
one trip, being late. they hurried,
and in consequence killed three steers
and five burros in eight hours. All
along the track are skeletons stripped
by the turkey buzz .rds and whitened
by the sun. But c.ttle are as plenty
rs they are big down this way"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-04-22
State Teachers to Meet.

The following Circular letter about
the coming annual meeting of the State
Teachers Association to be held on
Paris Mountain has been sent out dated
from Greenville:
Dear Sir: The executive committee of
the State Teachers Association has de-
cided to hold the next meeting on Paris
Mountain at Hotel Altamont, beginning
June 80 and ending July s. The COM
mittee is anxious to secure full at.
tendance. An excellent programme of
o very helpful practical nature has
been partially arranged and sent out.
It has been arranged with special
reference to the needs of the teachers
in their school rooms and deals direct
lv with the work which is or has to be
taught by them daily.
The place selected offers many attrsc.
tions - health freedom, informslity,
beautiful scenery, low rates, comfort,
convenience, inspiration. Low railroad
rates will be secured to the mountain,
70 cents for round trip, baggage includ-
eo, oOaIu, ~ Aoh u'o o0Jo, 9A.ov poA
day for those who come later than
1hursday, the LIST Of July, or leave be-
fore Monday, the 9th. Everything
possible will be done to give the teach
ers q good time and profitable meet
ing. Please do all You can to advertise
the meeting through your county pa
pers; read the letter to your teachers
when they assemble for the examina.
tions on the 10th; keep it before them
until the time of meeting. Make your
plans to come yourself and let's have q
great meeting. Full information will
be sent out soon. Will You kindly send
o list of your teachers so that circulars
may be sent them to W. E. Johnstone,
proprietor Altamont Hotel, or E. L.
Hughes, superintendent, Greenville,
s. G..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-04-22
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Effect Of War Scare Floods Don't
Affect Cotton.

Effect Of War Scsre-F1oods Don't
Affect Cotton.
Messrs. r. G. Dun & Co. e review of
trade for last week, says: can unde-
clared war between Greece and Turkey
has been responsible more than any
other single cause for the changes in
business. Actual fighting, with facts
which seem to make q formal declara-
ton of war by Turkey inevitable, have
affected grain markets much and stocks
slightly. The progress of the Missis-
sippi floods does not change the price
of cotton, and settlement of the more
important labor difficulties has revived
works suspended week before last. The
temporary decrease in exports and
large increase in imports, at
New York, 20.S per cent. for
the month caused questions about the
financial future which have not much
influence as yet. The increase in i'm
ports, 81, 900, 900, or over IS per cent.
from last year, and 217, 100. 900, or
%. 9 per cent. from February, If long
continued, may embarrass some
branches of business, but can harly ex-
haust balances remaining from the un-
precedented excess of merchandise e1-
ports. s32a, ss1, $40 in nine months end
ing with March
Failures for the week were 207 in
the United States, against 222 last year
and 80 in Canada against SO last year.
THE total bank clearings in the Uni.
ted States for the week were 1855, 1884,
170; per cent decrease, 5; exclusive of
New York, $4S2, 9S4, 7ss; per cent de-
oreas."