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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
German In Employ of Mr.. Hess has Trunl
Broken Open

Fred Stutzman, young German about
20 years of age, was robbed last night
about O'Clock Of $45. He does genera
work for Mr.. A. Hess at his home 63!
North Emporia avenue. Yesterday even
ing he hitched up the buggy to go down
to the wholesale grocery for Mr.. Hess
He locked the stable and drove away
Young Stutzman has room on the Sec
ond floor Of the large brick stable. in
which he has all his personal effects. In
his trunk he had s45 which he had saved
from hard work. The trunk was locked
and he carried the key in his pocket. The
thief broke off the lock to the lower door
of the stable and got in 10 his room and
broke open the trunk and got his money.
The police were notified, but there seems
TO be no clue 10 the thief
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
HALLOwELL Is IMPROVING
Is Gaining Flesh and Thinks He VIII En-
tirely Recover.

Colonel J. r. Halioweli, who was re-
ported 10 be dying at an Indiana health
resort, has written letter 10 J. r. Ken
worthy OF this city in which he says
that he has gained eleven pounds in six
weeks He is at Linden. Indiana, TAX
ing a treatment for diabetes and bron-
chitis and thinks ne will entirely recov-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

Mr. Ike Varney returned yesterday
from thirty days vacation among the
Colorado summer resorts and Salt Lake
Civ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
Sales
With Hood g Sarsapa- n
rilla, " Sales Tall" and liz
ahow that this medi- - -

cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage to a greater extent than accord
Cd any other proprietary medicine. This
IL simply because it possesses greater
merit and produces greater cures than
any other. It Is not what we say, but
what Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that tells
the story. All advertisements OF Hoods
earsapariIla, like Hoods Sarsaparilla 1t.
.eIf. are honest. We have never deceived
the public, and this with its superlative
medicinal merit, is why the people have
abiding confidence in it, and buy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

Above represents the official Medal
awarded d.. Prices Cream Baking Powder by
Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 50.
The fame achieved at all the Great Fairs
rests solely on its merits as the strongest
purest and best Of all the baking powders.
and truly stamps Dr.. Prices as
:sThe foremost baking powder In all the world"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
SNI HILLS TRICKY
SHARP AND UNJUST PRACTICE sUs.
PE0TED AGAINST WICHITA,

beiief OF Business Men That Business Let
tiers are Held at Kansas City From the
Regular Mail and Placed on the Fast
Mail, and SO Delayed Whole nay, for
the Purpose of Making Showing for
the Midnight Squirt Ont of the City at
the Kaw's Mouth, for the Benefit of the
Kansas City Papers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

A MAJ who vii go block OUT Of his var
o shake. hands with everybody he sees q
TO better friend than some VINO hardly tase
time 70 speak--Wash,nxroaD smo<z2s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

Florence Shepherd yesterday applied
for divorce from Nimrod r. Shepherd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

west or 81. LOUIS. Our
wholesale trade for the
season is done, and now
our retail customers may
have choice of the re-
naming lots at less than
one-ffth Of Wholesal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
At The Chapman s. Walker Sale

SURPRISED the saespeople themselves grades
of SHIRT WAISTS got the 39c Surprised
visitors Eyes will open just as wide, maybe
der this morning. without regard price tags
have been added both the 39c and 78c lots Some of the
aoc lot were $125 early in the In the Sc
some that lately touched the $3.50 mark
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

Outstanding of its intrinsic value. About it
superstitions grew: religious and cere-
monious rites and strange crimes were com
mitted for its possession in the days when
II was believed that il was of such stuff
that the sun itself was made and the halls
of Valhalia paved. Rock paintings and
carvings Of Egyptian tombs earlier than the
days of Joseph indicate the operation OF
washing auriferous sand. and a subsequent
melting in furnaces by the aid of blow
pipes. Less than twenty years ago the old
mines of Nubia, so graphically described by
Dtodorus, were rediscOvered ON the shores
OF the Red sea, together with a line of
ancient wells across the desert: the under
ground workings where ore veins had been
followed with the pick, the rude cupelling
furnaces for assaying. picks, oil lamps.
stone mills. mortars and pestles. inclined
warming tables of stone crucibes and re-
torting furnaces of burned tile by which
the entire process can be traced.
Here slaves and hapless prisoners of war
exchanged their life blood for glitterng dust
TO I'LL the treasures of their captors. In
India and Asia Minor the powdered ore was
washed down over smooth, sloping rocks
sunk in the stream. 1t was literally a
golden fleece that Jason brought back from
the Caucasus. Father north and following
the eastern foothills of Mount Ararat TO the
southern slope of the Ural mountains in
Russian Siberia, where last year millions
were taken out of the old mines the ancient
Scythians broke up rock and gravel with
copper implements, scraped out the glitter
ing dust and nuggets with the fangs of wild
boars and carried their gains away in bags
of leather,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

as the north of Scotland. The climate, also.
compares very fayOrably with that of the
same latitude in other portions of the
globe. The bay does not freeze across IL
winter. the winter conditions there being
similar TO those of the Gulf of ST. Law
renee, and navigation is possible during
four, or possibly five, months in the year
The Hudson-bay route would bring the
great Northwest as near to Europe as the
city Of Quebec. 1t offers. perhaps, the best
route TO the Yukon district and is the nat
Ural route to the great oil fields of the
Northwest Gold is there-specimens of
collaborating quartz have been brought into
the Hudson-bay stations pyrites COIL
tanning gold has been found by the Geo
logical Survey party, and alluvial gold has
been found, according TO Mr.. William
Ogilvie, in the valleys. Gypsum. iron, cop
Ter. silver and lead are .abundantly indi-
Gated in many places.
Were the country within the Arctic cir
Gle the quality of the soil would be of no
consequence But there are scores of mil
lions of acres on which profitable stock
raising and farming may be carried on,
and it is important to note that the soil OBJ
served is rich and productive. In the dis
trict south of James bay, in district as
large as all England the total population
at present IS one Scotchman and thirty or
forty families of Indians
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Miss Besse Miller will spend the holt
days in Dayton, Q.
Mrs r. c. Day and Miss Florence Day
will not observe their at home to-day.
Mrs George r. Breunig is spending the
holidays with her parents, at Delaware, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy NJ. Wallace have gone
to Chicago to spend the holidays with Mrs.
Wallace's mother.
Mrs. A. A. Barnes will receive informally
to-day. Mrs. Gallup and daughter of Chi
cago. will assist her.
L. NJ Goodwin and family, of Buffalo
\. Y, are visiting Mrs. o. D. Weaver, at
No. 20 West Sixteenth street, for the holt
days.
Mrs. W. o. Patterson and daughter
Jessie have returned from New York,
where the latter has been studying voice
culture,
Miss Fannie Pope of Columbus. is spend
ing the holidays with Mrs. Eleanor Newsonl
and Mrs. W. F. Wallace, 1903 North Me-
ridian street.
Mrs. Il. j. Richards. of Chicago and Mr.
and Mrs. ]. r. Moore, of Muncie are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Cooper, No.
1882 College avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

Thirteen chorus girls, late of the peg
Wellington" company are suing Camille
dArville for two weeks salary alleged to
be due to them.
The New York Telegraph says that Mr.
Mansfield has discovered that in the thea.
tiers controlled absolutely by Messrs. Klaw
and Erlanger the local managers have in
structions to set the orchestras to playing
should Mr.. Mansfield attempt to make o.
speech. Since Mansfield left New York he
has taken occasion to score the theatrical
syndicate rather severely, and Messrs.
klaw and Erlanger are part of the syndi-
cate they have hit on a scheme which they
believe will discourage any more curtain
speeches from the man now starring ''The
Devifs Disciple. The Boston Record says
the orchestra was ordered to play THE
Rogues' March If Mr.. Mansfield attempted
to make a curtain speech.
A member of Augustus Pitou's Cherry
Pickers'' company was murdered last week
in the special car used in transporting the
scenery and other paraphernalia of the pro-
duction. Hunger and jealousy are said TO
be the cause of the crime. Mike, the monk
ey. was the assassin. and ''whiskers the
parrot, the victim. 1t appears that Mike
was Jealous of Whiskers on account of the
latters ability to speak his lines and give
a game of talk occasionally. 1t is al
legged that Whiskers traitorously informed
on Mike in several cases of petty larceny
a funeral. The two were supposed to be
fast friends, and We're placed in the bag
gage car alongside of the big brass cannon.
While en- route Mike escaped from his cage
and at once proceeded to separate Whiskers
from himself in a most scientific manner.
When the car was opened few feathers
remained to tell the tale of the atrocious
deed.
The daily papers have just awakened to
the fact that Miss Fiji Potter is more beau
tiful than her famous mother, Mrs. James
Brown Potter. said she was. two months
ago, in this paper. Miss Potter is an I'M
doubted beauty. / saw her in Maillards
not many days ago and she struck me as
being u girl who was bound to create
sensation In New York society She carried
herself with the patrician bearing seldom
noticeable In a young woman of her age.
Those who pretend to know say that Miss
Flfi-why on earth did they give her such
an Ouidash name when her name is plain
Annie?-looks now just as her mother
looked twenty years ago. l cannot vouch
for this; all ] can say Is that if Mrs. Pot
ter at twenty was half good looking
her daughter is at seventeen / don't blame
James Brown Potter for losing his head
over her. Only man with the tempera-
ment of an icicle would fail to be impressed
by the Fiji Potter type of beauty.-New
York Telegraph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
Harry Clark wins wealthy Bride.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-Harry Cor
son Clark, the actor. and Miss Alice Dem
ing are to marry. The announcement will
not surprise the friends of the couple par
ticuIarly, it has long been known that
warm attachment existed between the two,
though the parties most concerned imagined
it a profound secret. The engagement
proper however, began during the recent
trip of the Frawley company to Honolulu.
Miss Deming and her twin sister. Miss AIDE
laide Demng, chaperoned by their mother,
accompanied the Frawleys to the Hawaiian
islands. Mr.. Clark says the engagement
began there with all the romantic accessor-
les of moonlight and palms and he ought
to know
The marriage is set for April. Mr.. Clark
leaves the Frawley company "a week from
Tonight. which will be the end of the pres
ent season. He has grown very thin of
iate, and Is suffering from overwork and
too much rehearsing. After u sufficient
with company of his own. 1t is his inten-
tion to gather a company here and begin
his starring tour in San Francisco. He will
play in all the good old comedies and some
of the best of the modern ones. That will
be before his marriage, and in April he
VIII return with his company-and his
Both Mr.. Clark and Miss Deming are
well known here. She is the daughter of
Edwin X. Deming, of the Deming-Palmer
Milling Company, and is a society girl of
prominence. She has a number of broth
ers besides her twin sister. Miss Deming is
a very handsome and striking girl. and
dresses beautifully. Mr.. Clark comes of a
theatrical family. His grandfather was Il
theatrical man before him, and Harry Cor
son Clark. though still young man, has
been on the stage for years. In the Fraw
ley company of which Mr.. Clark has been
one of the most popular members. he has
usually been cast for elderly parts and
n M bat no &c
looking young man with a strong face, IL
fine profile and an abundant crop of dark
hair He has plenty of talent, and made a
decided hit as Pudd'nhead Wilson. His
friends speak of him as successor to Nat
Goodwin, and his breezy style is remnis-
cent of that bright and witty person. Aside
from his talent he has an attractive per-
sonalIty. The wedding will take place in
San Francisco.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
USEFUL CASTOR OIL.
How 1t Is Secured and some of Its
virtues.

Philadelphia Record.
The much maligned castor oil bean, which
grows without cultivatlon IN amGst an
In South America and the southwestern
part of the United States, produces an oil
which has many other tnan medicinal ae uses;
oil 100 pounds of beans yielding about 30
pounds of fine oil at the first pressing, 10
pounds of second quality by additional heat
in the pressing and to 10 pounds by heat
ing the mass with steam or in an oven
and a final pressing. The extract obtained
in the last-na med process IS valuable Tor
burning purposes. In the East the beans
obtained from the pods by allowing
them TO dry in the. sun and then threshing
them out with fails In this country the
pods are passed through hard wooden roll
ers, set about three-sixteenths or an inch
apart which merely crush the pod without
reducing the mass TO a pulp. The beans
are then placed in heavy canvas bags,
which are placed in hydraulic press. II
the work is conducted on very large scale,
or a hand press If only "A small amount Is
treated BY slow compression the oil is ex-
tracted ard runs into receiving tubs. The
cold-pressed oil as ii is known in the trade.
obtained in this manner IS about one-half
of the total Gil contents of the bean. For
the balance the cakes are removed.
crushed and heated to about the boiling
point of water. then re-bagged and again
subjected to the press; or. what is prefer
able to keep the two qualities OF oil separ-
ate use q separate press and greater pres
sure After refining by boiling with water
in large retorts the oil Is ready for use.
As a preservative of leather castor oil has
no superior Mice and rats. which are very
destructive to leather, articles, will not
touch harness or other articles which are
occasionally dressed with castor OIL while
such applications render the leather pliabe
and soft, When applied to ordinary shoes
a polish can easily be got Immediately after
its use. which is rarely SO with ether oils.
As preservative for leather betting II has
no equal AS lubricant for heavy bear
ings II is advocated by many English manu-
facturers many Of them going so far as TO
have all their shafting and also their
cylinders fabricated with castor oil. A cas-
Tor oil fabricated bearing rarely. If ever,
becomes hot even under extraordinary cir
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
CITY NEWS NOTES.

ST. George, will give it's first social at S6ls
East Washington street Wednesday even
ing. There will also be musical pro-
gramme
at home To its friends on New Years day
from 8 10 S p. m. The clubhouse Is at $40
Virginia avenue. Ample preparations will
be made for the entertainment of all who
come.
Mrs. Charles a. Stafford. John Schley,
Mrs. Liza T.. Myers. Aurelus Smith, Mrs
". T., Jeffries. Mrs, May McClintock and
Mrs. Frances NJ. Colip were elected officers
of Naomi Chapter, ~. Order of the Eastern
Star, for 1898.
Robert Johnson. colored porter at William
McCauleys saloon. Delaware and Court
streets. fell yesterday and dislocated his
shoulder. He was scuffing with another
man when the accident occurred. He was
cared for by Or. Rhodes, of the City Dis
DenSarN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
A Soft Thing for Hack Drivers.

The tip went around yesterday after
noon among the sports that the Grim-K Kerr
fight would be pulled off last evening south
of the city An attempt was made to have
the men fight Saturday afternoon about ten
miles north of Broad Ripple, but the fight
failed to come off.
Yesterday afternoon late half dozen
'levee hacks pulled out South Meridian
street and the cars going that way carried
IA few extra passengers bound for the old
Schwentzer roadhouse The few persons
about the place seemed surprised that so
many people should make their appearance
at once They knew nothing at all about
proposed fight. The crowd took few
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

Helen WatterSon Moody. in Scribner.
Whatever the TurveydrOps of the moral
world may have to say about the necessity
for elevating moral department on the part
of woman, bewitching woman, i have
never been able to see any indubitable In
tent in nature herself towards binding them
over to any higher moral standards than
she does men. Both men and women seem
to me to be compounded OF the same average
morality though with certain unlike man
ifestations largely the result of circum-
stances and opportunities. | see no special
cause for believing that the average wom-
an under like temptation would do very diff
ferently from the average mana be-
lief which is not lessened by Bishop Pot
ter's recent accusation before the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Civil-service Reform As
ISOLATION that they put their relatives into
Office whenever they get a chance. with
out any evidence that they are fitted to fill
the places they applied for" Possibly
women We're intended by their Creator TO
stand for the reformatory interests OF life
but ! think there is. not rs vet sufficient
evidence thereto. either IN tile rature or
things or Of women. TO warrant any special
abrogation of other distinct and more Ia
rniliar duties in favor of interests mainly
moral
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-Representatives OF
a great English amusement syndicate. con-
trolling one OF the two largest music halls in
London are now here. have opened nego.
tiations for the acquisition of Hammer
STEMS Olympia, and while contracts have
not yet been signed the passing of Olympia
into the control of English hands at an early
date is practically assured. The business
undertaken by these gentlemen is tloubly
important TO the theatrical world, because
Of the magnitude of the interests involved
and its marking the first invasion of the
New York music hall field by English cap
ital and London managers.
The representatives OF these London prin-
cpals are not unnaturally. unwilling 10
fully disclose their plans to the public for
the present, and do not care to say which of
the English music halls they represent But
without violating confidence. the New York
Herald saws it has been authoritagively in
formed which London 'hall'' proposes 10
have Olympia az it's New York house. and
that II Is one Of the two famous places of
entertainment on Leicester square.
The plan is not only TO take Olympia
Music Hail. but the entire building and
nroduee in IL tho baliets that have made the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27

WASHINGTON special 20 NhlcaBO POST
1t is the fashion among il~informed peo-
pie and those OF short memories to speak OF
Senator Chandler as an influential" Re-
publican and as person supposed to have
weight at the White House. 1t does not re-
quire great mental effort 10 recall the fact
that Just before the ST. Louis convention
and after everybody else had seen the in
eyftable outcome Senator Chandler in
Culged in a violent. uncalled Tor and wholly
unnecessary attack upon Major Mckinley
his friends and afterward made a weak
attempt to apologize or soften down Ills at
terance. He made 4 very lame exhibition
on this occasion, but the sting of his ut
tack has never been quite forgotten Or for
given by President McKinley's intimate
followers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
WONDERS OF HUDSON BAY.
Ii Drains Three Million square Miles
of Territory.


Hudson's bay the Mediterranean of Can
ada. the most striking geographical feature
OF North America, the subject of a
lecture and debate at the meeting of the
McGnl Science Graduates Society, Friday
evening. 1t was "a large subject. Hudson
bay is half as large as the Mediterranean
seat drains vast territory: three million
square miles in area-vaSt rivers flow into
il from the south. east, and west; flowing
from places distant the plains OF Min
nesota and Dakota. In its waters live un-
disturbed fish and oi-bearing mammals.
along its shores are fine harbors in the
country surrounding ii are rich mineral de-
posts and fine farming lands. But il is
a portion destitute of human habitaton.
White whales walruses big as elephants,
and fur-bearing seals disport themselves I'M
disturbed In the water. On land there is
wealth with no one to take Ii away
But all this is the arctic regions" you
say. Not bit of it," says DR. Bell d.
rector OF the Geological Survey. Moose
bay is In a latitude further south than
London and the more northern portion of
Hudson bay is AT about the same latitude
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
Terriss Leaves s3OO.OO0.

LONDON, Dec. 26.--It is understood that
Terriss, the murdered actor left a fortune
close on to 100000. Much interest is shown
in the disposition of the property, it being
said that Miss Millward will be a consid-
cradle beneficiary under his Will. 1t is also
rumored in theatrical circles that Miss Mill
wards withdrawal from the stage is not
temporary, but permanent, her present feel
ing being that she can never act after the
awful shock she has endured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
ZINE Reformatory value OF Happine.s.
Helen watterson Moody. in scribner's.

Helen WdI[tFSOH NIUUN9 1T KSVIIUIItI >
I believe il is Mr.. Stevenson who says
that the duty of being happy is the most
moderated duty in the world. And in spite
of all we may wish or assert to the con-
trarv there Is indubitable evidence that
happiness up to date, at least. has a basis
i'm physical wel-being. ! suppose one Of
the reasons why the refOrners of the earth
have not been notably delightful persons
to live with is because they were either
too busy or too tired To be happy. And yet
a happy man, and especially a happy wom-
an Is q rudiating focus of reform, for
such a person possesses that gentle and
diffused responsiveness which leads US into
willing good endeavor simply because II
fine behavior.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
state Teachers This Week.

The State Teachers Association will
meet on Tuesday and hold sessions for the
rest of the week. The gathering will be
attended by teachers from all over the
State and the programme that has been ar
ranged contains many interesting features.
The county superintendent and college as
sociations will also hold meetings. Next
week the annual Agriculture Congress be-
gins and the Indiana Engineering Society
will meet. The prospects for lively times
around the Statehouse for the next two
weeks are good.