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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-07
MRS. STEARNs ENTERTAINs

Mrs. Fred Stearns entertained at her
home on North Waco Wednesday even
ing. Those present were Messrs. and
Mesdames A E Helm. p. H. Reeves. 4.
Anderson, Fred Cossitt, Charles Ayler,
y. Steffen. Mrs. Edgwortn. NJ. II. Ru-
dolph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-07
OTHER SOCIETY EYENTS

The Ladies Aid Society OF the Re-
form church was entertained THURSDAY
afternoon by Mrs. Armour at der home
On South Water street Dainty refresh
msuts were served
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-07

Bride and Groom Under q Leafy Bower
are United for Life by Rev. Anderson of
Halstead - The Brewer Home Was
Beautifully Decorated for the Occasion
Delicious Wedding Supper Served
After the Ceremony-Mr. Rohrbaugh
Entertains His Sunday School Class
Friday Night-Other Society Events.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-07
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-07

Many are willing to wound with a word
Who dare not strike blown. y. Weekly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
nor TRAIN WREcKERs FoILED.
Caught blocking tho Tracks OF tho Brighton
HchCh Hallway.

The engineers Of tho Kings County Elevated
Railroad have made frequent complaints to the
police of the Grand avenue station in Brooklyn
that boys made travel dangerous On the tracks
of the Brighton Beach branch OF the road be.
tween Butler street and the Eastern parkway.
Between these points the tracks arc depressed
and tho trains run under u long brick bridge at
tho Eastern Parkway. Tho boys. 1t is said, were
in tho habit Of throwing stones at the trains and
on several occasions the engineers have been
compelled to stop 80 as to remove large stones,
which had been placed on the tracks.
Yesterday evening a policeman saw several
boys in the tunnel. Ho caught two OF them.
Three Others made their etcape. The prisoners
were William McCauley. 10 years old. and Ed.
ward Campbell, 10 years old. both OF 80 Little
street. Tho policeman found that u stone
weighing about thirty pounds had been placed
on the down track, while another weighing
about twenty pounds was on the up track.
The boys had opened the switch outside tho
tunnel so that the outgoing train would run on
the incoming tracks. and they choked tho
switch with small stones 30 that IL would not fly
back. IL the policeman had not made this dis.
covcry the probabilities aro that there might
have been a head-on collision. as only a few min.
utes later the train from Coney Island passed at
this spot just rs the outgoing train was on it's
way TO the island. The boys were locked up In
tue Grand avenue station. and will be arraigned
before Justice Steers in the Tlatbush Police
Court this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
nor DETECTIVES ARREST.
Ono or Col. Warnings l0-Yenr-Old sIeuths
Catches q woman HnrborinE Chickens.

Ono or Col. warnings l0-Year-Old sIeuths
Catches q Woman HnrborinE Chickens.
Your Honor. 1 got this woman last night after
a good deal of hard work and caught her red
handed in the act Of violating the sanitary code
by bringing live chickens into her place." said a
l6-year-old boy in tho Essex Market Court
yesterday. as he took hold Of the Bible like a
veteran policeman and prepared to swear to the
complaint he made against Mrs. Annie Pincus
of $50 Ridge street. Tho boy described him.
self as Henry Price of 100 Columbia street, and
said he was q detective In the employ Of Col.
Warning. He wore o badge of the Boys League,
the auxiliary volunteer society Of boys organized
by Col Warning to assist him in the work Of
keeping the streets clean. Over tho badge was
an elaborate scroll with the initials ID. S. c."
II do considerable detective work." the boy
continued after no had sworn to the complaint,
land have succeeded in having q number Of
people convicted. Saturday night, Inspector
Fox of the Health Board asked me to tender
my services TO him. watched this store for
saw a crate Of Chickens going into the place.
waited q few minutes and then went In after II.
l couldn't find the chickens anywhere. and
Mrs. Pincus, who suspected that I was q deteo-
tive, tried to detain mo in the store In CONVEX
sation while she tipped OF to q man to get the
l would search, the place. then lit a candle
ana went INTO inc Ceuhr, ana Inero 1 IounQ ELK
| chickens in a coop. / asked Mrs. Ptncus how
they came there. She said they must have
flown in. | con@Idered this an evidence OF gull,
summoned a policeman. and had her arrested"
who is tho proprietor OF the placer asked
Magistrate kuduch..
Her husband is," replied tho boy detective.
How do you connect her with the viola
toni
answers, especially when she told me tho
| chickens few into the place. replied the boy.
for trial In Special Sessions" said tho Magts-
trate.
The boy detective then consented to an in.
terview with the reporters and gave a list of
the cases he had worked up. Once, he said,
when he went into q store and told a man TO
the man rushed at him with a broom. The
man was arrested and held for trial on a charge
| nf aftemDted assault.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
TRAIN wREcKED NEAR ST. LOUIS.
The Dirby Bell Company Loses IN, o worth
or nnEYnge.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-A singular wreck oc-
Cured on the Chicago and Alton road ut Alton,
ILL.,. this morning, aud, although no lives were
lost. considerable damage wus dono to the rail-
road property and to a car load of baggage be-
longing to the Digby Bell company.
The escape OF the passengers in the first Pull
man bordercd on tho miraculous. When tho
chr stopped IL WAS poised on the edge of tho EN-.
bankment. Had II gone over, many lives would
undoubtedly have been lost. Tho engineer and
fireman were the only ones injured. John Nc
Gowan of Bloomington the engineer. chung to
his post. and may die of the injuries he received.
Tho train wrecked was tho midnight express
from Chicago. 1t was due to leave at 1880
p. NJ. but was held for tho Dighy Bell company
and a number OF vaudeville people. who opened
Mt tho gardens and theatres here to-day. Tho
train was still behind time when II reached God
troy, and a rapid run into Alton was made.
Tho speed had not boon greatly diminished
when the sharp curve ut Sixtoonth street was
reached. The engine left the track at tho fur
thcr side OF the curve. and fol-. a short distance
kent TO tho rondbod. Fireman johnson jumped,
but McGownn stuck to his throttle.
He reversed tho engine ana 9pplled the air to
the brakes as soon as no ,eit the nrst mr. Fs nS
over into tho ditch and plowcd its way into a
culvert beneath tho street crossing.
When tho lump was made the tender parted
from the engine. Singularly enough. tho bag.
gage car did not follow the engine into the ditch
at that point. 1t stuck to the rails for n short
distance, and when II finally left the tracks was
fully two lengths ahead, OF the locomotive.
The mail car followed the iirst baggage, car,
and tho second baggage car and first Pullman
sleeper were on the very edge of tho emhank'
ment when the train came TO a standstill. The
demolished. The trunks. scenery, and stage set
tings were crushed and broken in the debris.
Speaking OF tho wreck, Duncan b.. Harrison,
manager OF the company. said: Il estimate our
loss at %, 900, but think we arc lucky at that.
In INV fourteen years experience on the road
have been in eleven wrecks, but this was the
closest call OF ALL
Digby Bell was thrown from his berth Mt the
first crash, but was not hurt In speaking OF
the experience, he said: at was indeed n hair
breadth escape. We are all thankful that we
are not in the morGue at Alton now, and do not
regret for that reason the loss Of our baggage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
CHILDREN KILLED AT 4 CROSSING,
Tho Father and = bottle or Whiskey Respon-
sible for the Accident.

ITHACA. Aug. oa.-Addie Page, aged IA. was
at work at a farmhouse about two miles from
the village OF Newfeld, on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad, eight miles from Ithaca Last
night her father. Charles Page. drove to
the place TO bring her home. taking with
him his two other children, Harry, aged z,
and Maggie. aged s years. He likewise took
along u bottle OF wh!skey. Before starting
from tho farmhouse where his daughter was
she pleaded with her father 10 allow her to
take charge of tho whiskcy bottle, and from
this It was thought that he must at that time
have already imbibed too freely. On the way
home he continued to drink from tho bottle.
and it was probably due to his condition
that tho warning whistle of n locomotive
and tho changing Of the bell were unheeded
when they approached the railroad tracks.
The train struck their wagon. Addie, the
oldest daughter, and Harry. the son, were
instantly killed, Adde'S neck being broken;
The boy was injured internally, and died
within "A few minutes after the accident.
The Youngest daughter was also injured in
ternaiIy, and cannot live. The horse was in
stantly killed and the wagon demolished. Each
OF tho children had the left arm broken be.
tween the elbow and shoulder. The father
"A witness testified at the Coroner's hearing
that the engineer OF tho train blew the whistle
and rang tho bell tho usual distance from the
crossing. II also was shown that in the direc.
ton In which the family was going tho head.
quarter OF IA mile. away. Tho te.timon also
brought out the fact that the little boy had
said Just before tho nccident:
Look out, papa, for tho trains. There's one
The Coroner cxculpates the engineer of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
4 POSTAL CLERKS SPINDLE.
He Audaciousiy Robbed the Government by
BOEus Money Ordrrs.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Post Office inspectors
are searching for DR.. Robinson Colburn. who, it
is alleged, has disappeared after swindliug the
Government out OF several thousand dollars by
u clever new money order scheme. Colburn
was Il clerk in the Second Auditors Office Of the
Treasury department, a druggist, and Postmas-
ter OF the branch Office located in his store.
His scheme, and it's successful workings, are
In many ways among the most audIciouS in tho
records OF the Post Office Department. DR.. Col.
burn, as "A clerk in the Second Auditors ofiCe,
worked on the accounts of the money order
division. He had been in the office for several
years. and was thoroughly acquainted with tho
money order system.
His plan WAS to make out money orders to
fictitious people in nearby cities. generally for
500 each. lie had the money order stub at his
branch Office, and having made out the order in
due form, would send the advice TO the Post
Office out of town.
He would then 20 to tho out-of-town Post
Office in person and collect his money In the
usual way, giving his name and asking II advice
of his order had been received. Everything
would appear regular to the receiver OF the
advice.
Two or three days ago it was learned that
there was crooked business somewhere, and.
hricr investigation, the fraud was traced. SO the
officials say. to Colburn. The branch office has
been removed from his store and Government
detectives are looking for Colburn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
eve ARE P~RIsoNERS.u
On That Plea tho Two Men Got Into Court
Let Go Because Two Policemen wore Late.

On That Plea tho Two Men Got Into Court
Let Go Because Two Policemen wore Late.
Two mon who wandered into Yorkvillo
Court at 0 O'Clock yesterday morning were
stopped by Court officer Vail as they tried to
get within tho Enclosure near the Magistrate.
You can't get in here." said the court officer.
but we must one OF the mon replied.
You must not. This Is only for policemen
and prisoners" continued tho court officer.
w arc prisoners,' rejoincd the man.
officer Vail questioned them, and was In
formed that they had been arrested for alleged
exciso violation. The men were told to sit
down until their cases were called.
At 10 o'clock, when all the prisoners had been
disposed OF, Magistrate Crane asked what the
two men wero waiting for.
He was told that they were waiting TO be
prosecuted for alleged excise violation. They
were called up to the bench and a short afi.
davit made. which set forth that Andrew
Jackie, proprietor Of a saloon at 642 Sixth ave-
pue, and his bartender, Henry Schappcrt, had
tor selling beer to Policemen Malcolm. Ray and
hd TSsr Ma ~; G th.x So Of tbnspesteer oI Brooks ,n o tsI s stan;
ThirtisetS S" street station ' house and admitte se 10
DO in the forkvine Court at . o'clock in the
1.-The saloon is near Thirty eighth street." OBJ.
served one OF tho clerks, and the case should
nave gone 10 the Jefferson MhrRot court.
Where are the policemen who made the
a%rrestsf' asked Magistrate Crane.
They are not here" u court officer said.
Have they sent any information about the
casei'
Nothing had been heard from the policemen,
SO Magistrate Crane discharged the two men,
indorsing the papers. "Complainants did not
appear"
The men. had been gone ten minutes and
court was closing when Policemen Ray and Cas-
sidy hurried into court and said they wanted Ia
arraign some prisoners. -.
Two of them are outside, and We don't
know where the other two arc" Policeman Ray
said.
81 have discharged Jackie and schappert,"
said the Magistrate. because. you were moi
here to complain against Them"
We'll, what are we to dor" asked Ray.
Il don't know" said tho Magistrate. "Yor
should have been In court at q O'clock
we were up late last night, and stopped II
| get our breakfast. We thought you would havt
a largo number of prisoners and not ge'
through until late" said Ray.
You should not think that way, but SHOULD
get to court at the proper time. You know
when court opens," rejoined the Magistrate.
What arc we to do with tho prisoners WHIT
are outsidef" Ray asked.
The Magistrate told him to let them continue
on their station house bond and bring them Il
court to-day. The detectives then left court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
ALL TRIED TO nra oLARorsKH
Passengers ON La Champagne Hadn't Heard
Before OF the Frnnco-Ilunsian Treaty.

Passengers ON La Champagne Hadn't Hoard
Before OF the Franco Russian Treaty.
Nearly all Of the saloon passengers of the
French line steamship La Champagne, which
arrived yesterday from Havrc. were French.
They had been eight days at sea, and they knew
nothing OF the alliance between Russia and
France until they reached Quarantine early
yesterday morning. Among the liners pas
sengers was Count Olarovsky. who is the
Russian Consul-Geler at New York. Tho
Count was us jubilant as the impu.s!vo Gauls
over the news. There was IA jubilee at Quar-
antine, and glasses We're cllnked to the perpetual.
ton OF the friendship between the two powers.
All the French men and women tried 10 hug tho
Count at one time, In the confusion they
Rugged each other. The Count did his share
Of the delirious work. and regretted that he had
not as many arms as u contiDede has feet. lie
said that no had no doubt that the French and
Russian people were in earnest. The Russians
had received the Germans with pcrfunCtory
Formally. but they had welcomed the French
with spontaneous enthusiasm. lie was In ST.
Petersburg when the first vanguard OF the
French Presidential delegation arrived there,
and he said he never SAW any people more hear
tily greeted. Every Frenchman WAS Rugged
and kiased by the women and men whenever he
appeared on the street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
REV. DIR. M IoN.
Not Due, ho says. TO the Lack or Funds for
tho Work OF Foreign Mlsaions.

SHELTER ISLAND, /. l., Aug. 29.-The Rev.
DIR. Storrs. who is staying at Shelter Island
Heights, was questioned to-day concerning his
resignation as President OF tho American Board
of Commissioner for Foreign Missions. He
said:
1T Is not true that my resignation has any
thing to do with the board being short OF funds.
That 1t is short Is, however, true. The funds
are. OF course, entirely supplied by requests,
gifts. and other voluntary contributions. Some
OF them take the form OF real estate. which has
deprecated during the hard times. Invest
ments. too. which the board have made have
fallen in value. However, l am perfectly salts
fed with the work OF tho board during my
Presidency. We have done much work. Mis-
sions have been established in China, Japan.
Persia, tho islands OF the Pacific. and other
places. Our best work. I think. has been done
in Turkey.
my reason for resigning is that I think It is
time l was relieved. l have been President for
ten years, and the position has entailed hard
work. l am now 76 years old-an age when a
man thinks he 10 entitled to take things more
easily"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
JERSEYS DANG ERoUs Mosou1roEs.
Their Bites Nearly Cost Mrs. Schmidt Her
Arm-worse Than Ever.

HuttE ~ " ~Sbe 1T Shh-Ae hAtF
Arm-worse Than Ever.
DR.. White Of Clinton avenue, West Hoboken.
has been considering for a week the proprietv
OF amputating q wOman's arm to save her from
the results of mosquito bites. 1t was only yes
terday that he was able to decide that amputa-
ton would not be necessary. This case the doc
tor considers the climax OF a remarkable sue
cession of mosquito bite cases.
The patient Is Mrs. Barbara Schmidt of New
Durham. She lives on the Hackensack plank
road. She killed a mosquito In the act OF
pumping on her right forearm on Thursday
afternoon. The bite was unusually painful,
and in trying to ailay the irritation 1t caused
she discovered another bite very close to tho
first. Late in the afternoon her forearm began
to swell. DIR. White was called. lie applied
the ordinary remedies to counteract mosquito
poison and to reduce Inflammation. They did
no good. The arm continued to swell and be-
came discolored as far as the shoulder. Tho
Every symptom Of blood poisoning, Dr.. White
coioration did not decrease before Yesterday
morning II would be necessary to take of
s Mfsa sdGth%t oia him hTm that tes the pain %R Rad soa Mrf.
The swelling had gone'down a little. There was
reason to believe that her arm would be all
9aThe mOsquito, department Of my practice"
said the physician, yesterday. has been very
for me to say there are more 'skeeters than ever
before or that they are larger. i know or them
| only this: that never before has their poison
been SO yirulent. This is my most serious
case, but 1t Ia, only ono Of many that were like
II in a general way.
II believe that tho blood. poisoning quality OF
this years mosquito poison is directly due TO
! the custom OF Jumping dead animals on the
flats. Tho increase In size OF jersey City and
the north Hudson towns has caused more and
more bodies of animals TO be piled up In the
mosquito-b breeding belt. A mosquito that has
been brought up on dead horse may very justly
be suspected OF bearing vlruleni poison. Others
come from the Secaucus fat-rendering works. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
after WOODRUFF,s SCALP.
sherin HuttIinE Denounces the Lieutenant
Governor ms an Migrate.

The conference banquet which Sheriff Butt
ling gave on Saturday night at tho Avoca
villa, Bath Beach, TO County Clerk Jacob
Worth and nearly u score of his supposed ardent
supporters In the Republican faction fight, had
q stormy sequel. At the close of the Avoca Villa
festivities Sheriff Buttling piloted his guests,
including Coroners Coombs and Mason. to Man
haitian Beach for tho purpose, as no explained,
of paying their re Ipects to Gov. Black, who Is
a guest of Senator Plat. Gov. Black and
Senator Plat and the ladies of their party were
"Robin Hood" When they returned Mr..
Plat passed directly into the hotel and went
TO his rooms. Sheriff Buttling introduced his
guests TO Gov. Black.
When the Governor and tho ladies had re-
tired, Sheriff Buttling and his guests fingered
on the veranda until Lieut.. -Goy. Woodruff re.
appeared. wearing his accustomed pleasant
smile. 1t was at this point that the stormy
sequel to the banquet occurred. sheriff Butt
sibIe for falling to detain senator Plat.
denounced him as a political migrate
As a parting shot to the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sheriff Butlling threatened TO have
his political props ON the Park slope uDrooted
~ Yesterday sherii Buttlins was telling all
his friends what a SNOW he made OF Tim
Woodruff on the Oriental Hotel veranda on
What traaspired at the Ayoca villa confer.
encs could not be definitely learned, but, 1t il
said, there was o whispered talk among the
statesmen over the successor TO Justice Us
borne. who died only on Friday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
TEST IN LUETGERT's DEFENCE.
Tho BODY OF n woman Experimental Upon In
Ills Factory.

Tho BODY OF q Woman Experimental Upon In
HIS Factory.
CHICAGO. Aug. 29.-The lawyers in charge of
tho defence OF Luetgert, accused OF his wifo's
murder, believe that their client was brought a
step nearer TO liberty last night by means OF an
experiment which was tried In Luetgerts
sausage factory. A cadavcr was taken TO his
factory, where it was subjected to the samo
process which the police and the States At
torney say consumed the body Of Mrs. Luet-
CERT. The witnesses OF the demonstration were
pledged to secrecy, but II was learned that the
result was of u character satisfactory to them
The body was boiled four and one-half hours
and at the end of that time 1t was not disin-
tegrated entirely. The skull remained intact,
and so did the heavier bones OF other parts Of
the skeleton.
1t was intended by the defence to make tho
demonstration without the knowledge of the
State, but before IL had actually begun tho
officials concerned in tho prosecution had been
informed OF the undertaking.. For the lemon.
~stration the body of a woman was secured from
the Northwestern Medical College and taken to
the factory In a barrel and placed in IA vat in tho
placed there.
It is a part Of the theory Of the prosecution
that LuetRert placed n barrel OF caustio soda in
ono OF the four watts in the basement, filled IL
nearlJ full OF water and then threw the body of
HE wife In II. aftec he had strangled hor. 70
destroy the body, it Is charged. he then turned
steam Into the vat and boiled the body in the
The state his maintained that tho boiling Of
the flesh in a solution OF caustic soda or OF caus-
tic potash causes disintegration in a surprisingly
short time, and that only two hours were re-
wife. All conditions Of the supposed murder
were fulfilled. The ,alkali was put in the vat
S Sody TIVE %a s' pIa%e .p in the ESQ %solation. After foarnnd
Il half hours the skull and bones were left. Prof.
John II. Long. bead, professor, OF Northwestern
University Medical College. had charge of the
experiment,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
TANDEM RIDERS GET 4 DUCKING
To Avoid IA Collision with n Hay Wagon They
scorch Into verona Lake.

MoSTcLAIR, n. j., Aug. 23.-Two tandem
bicycle riders, who were said to DO John Bull
lock and Miss Carrie Bullock of Orange. took a
bath In Verona Lake yesterday TO avoid n col.
IlAon. They were speeding down an incline on
Lake avenue, which skirts Verona Lake, and AS
they turned n curve in the road a loaded hay
wagon doomed up in front moving slowly along
in tho same direction. 1t was impossible 10
check the speed of the bicyc Gle or to alight and
60 around the load of hay. The tandem riders
Ind the choice Of running into the wagon, going
to the left into a rail fence, or going to the right
and into the lake. The tandem was quickly
carrying its riders with It.. Tho bicycle went
OUT abou! twenty feet and into two feet Of
riders slid or as gracefully as the circum.
stances would permit. The young woman was
pulled out by her companion after wnding
water to her Wal st. The bicycle was lshed out
uninjured. Neither of the riders was injured.