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The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
Southern Kansas Business Men

The new proprietors Of the Midland no.
| tel at Arkansas City are said 10 be push
ing things.
H. c. Unsen & Co. of Caldwell. an
nounce that they only handle Shoes that
| have a reputation"
| P. Martin & Co. Of Hutchinson. in push
| ing a certain line of goods, say coyly: IAN
we ask is your presence with 1850"
The Star CIothiers at Hutchinson say:
| ''We aim 70 please-we do please because
| we have what the people want at the right
price
| The meat. grocery and bakery stocks
OF L. f. Richards at Eureka have been
taken by a bank to satisfy mortgage
OF $1.450
It Is something rarely mentioned by shoe
advertisers. but the larger the stock Of
! shoes, the more certain the customer feels
OF being satisfied.
4 farmer stumped everybody IN the
Sipes Hardware company at Arkansas
City the other day by asking for goose
hail. It turned out he wanted shot.
Marsh & BidweH Of Kinsley assert: we
have secured some rare jobs in these ee-
partments and viii sell them according
ly'' None but the trade knows what is
meant D. JOBS
c. f. Salisbury OF Arkansas City says
that this years shoes are more conforta-
bic. more stylish and more durable than
ever. II IS true that the perfection IN
shoes towards which all manufacturers
ar. convsrEine. Is q combination Of style
with comfort
Ewards &, Nichols. merchants a. Spear
willie, do not allow politics 10 interfere
they say: Through the prophetic wis
dom Of William Mckinley and william
Jennings Bryan. that wave Of prosperity
has struck US
There may be a poin; % this. but f. s.
very obscure Il f. from wellington:
Cuba viii soon be free. but she would
have been free long ago. Il the Spanish
had allowed the Cubans % obtain Amer
Jean bread of such high qsally as that
baked a. the Bonton hakery
The St Paul GIobe thinks that an in
teI3iEsut community IS more 6ezirous q
news than % vieTs." That Seoendx.
There are c2ses - which views are TIE
mos important news But the dlcsura
hEs ali right II the matter of advertise
rasuts Opinions may help these bz CIV
Ing them individuality; but Il they dos';
contain tha neEs-the price zszs. ths
STYLE news. etc.-they fan abort CT the4r
full potency.
\ ne5 fake "a abroad 81 southern Kan
sas- A travelling salesman appeara- picks
ous a prominent citizen. sells hsrn a F8ecs
q csosa a. doanle price and tells hIrs ghzs
q ;aiior VIII he along IA a fs~ days -
make tae ECBt free of charge. the arrz
dotzE this they EisA 20 ersss up =
prominent man haudsousesF in order %
advertise themselves il ths community
OF course. the tailor never a-rlFez
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Jerre Johnson says that J. Pierpont
Morgan is Interested in the Hutchinson
Southern.
Palmer Of Medford says that statehood
for Oklahoma is dead as a door-nan for
three years, at least.
Unless Mckinley does something to
Spain soon, the Enid Wave is liable TO
take the matter in its own hands
Before a. C. Scott got Freeman NIiller's
place Scott was lecturing. AS soon as
Scott got in, Freeman began to lecture.
Lew Clogston, of Pond Creek. one of
! the original Oklahomans. has moved back
TO Kansas. he will settle down at Eu-
reka-
The Ell Reno Star says it takes mill
ion handkerchiefs yearly TO supply Okla
homa-the territory has so much TO blow
about
During the first excitement in regard
10 the Maine rumor was widely preva-
lent in Oklahoma that the cable between
Havana and Key West had been cut
Charles Clark, a merchant of Black
well. charged Colonel Blackwell with be-
ing insane and had him brought before
the probate court. He was declared sane.
The opening for a good man as Re
publican nominee for congress still stands.
In other years forty fellows were anxious
TO break the showcase TO get hold of
it,
1t is a common thing for editors in Ok
lahoma to speak of their farms, but Sim
mons of Manchester thinks the habit will
die out unless free homes becomes a
law.
It is said that one of the county commits
sioners of Kay county does not live in
the county at all. but in Arkansas City.
He doesn't forget, however, to draw his
salary.
Official statistics show that Kay county
Oklahoma, raised more wheat than any
other county in the United States, and
more for its area than any single spot in
the world.
The man who is really worth something
to Oklahoma is the man who will sit down
and write back to his old home paper
in Illinois or Ohio description Of Okla
homa and its people.
The whistle on the Hutchinson Southern
locomotive between Medford and Black
well is modelled after q steam boat whis-
tie, and is the only thing in Oklahoma
which conforms to the Marine Laws of
the territory.
Pretty soon the people of Oklahoma will
be called upon to believe that the success
of free silver or of gold depends on the
election of Mr.. Watyoucallit TO the office
of probate judge. The election of a coun-
ty officer counts about as much in ma
tional policy as the dream of coin affects
mans bank account.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

well known American of the
be travelling Europe family
while St Petersburg his oldest daughter annoyed by
spaOn and its attendant ills and the physician
trouble about understanding the such poor treating
it that the mother bewed their oversight being from
home without supply Of Rpan Tbes Thcreupon he
well known connosseur aford remembered that he had
away box OF the Iabues safe place hrs pOneau
to be deprived Of their board ship voyage These
he produced and they afforded the daughter
over the difficulty eaectualy that member Of that family
ever since failed to speak good word m ans Tas
to travel without supply at command
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
An Arabian PrOverb.

He that knows not. and knows not that
he knows not, is a fool; shun him.
He that knows not, and knows that he
knows not, is simple; teach him.
He that knows and knows not that he
knows, is asleep; wake him.
He that knows, and knows that he
knows is wise: follow him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
~DavporDav

Fainne an Lae-pronounced ''fazn Y,
in lay and meaning the Dawn Of Day
is the title OF 3 new weekly printed IL
Irish that appears at Ayh Cliath. the orig
iral name Of Dublin.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
I.arxes. CIork fnthr Warld-

The largest clock in the world Is that
in the Westminster clock tower. K was
set up On May 20. 1853.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

If torpedo blew the Maine up, it was
done by Spanish officials. Tramps don't
so around Havana Juggling torpedoes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

If torpedo blew the Maine up, it was
done by Spanish officials. Tramps don't
so around Havana Juggling torpedoes.
The authorities say that there is entire
ly too much carelessnesss in the United
States navy. That is probably d fact.
In event Of actual hOstilities it should
not be forgotten that Grover Cleveland
stands ready any minute to hire a substi-
! tute.
If torpedo knocked the Maine. in the
next naval war, the big ships will be
sent home and the fight will go on between
torpedo boats.
A torpedo may have blown up the Maine.
but it is going TO take more than a
mere suspicion to explode the American
people.
A man in giving a list of the living ex-
governors of Kansas the other day out
Of consideration for Major Morrill,, omit
ted his name.
ships by insuring them and getting a
provision in the policy prohibiting the
captain from keeping explosives on board
OF course the death rate in Havana. is
decreasing. Under the ravages of star
walton and disease there are fewer peo,
pie left to die. and only harder ones
remain.
The papers are full Of reports that
Captain Sigsbee was the last to leave the
ship. 1t is customary for the captain of
boat to be the first man to scramble
down the sides?
In some of the towns in the United
States. where there are no telegram
wires, the United States have already
declared war on Spain and won three
| different battles after great blood-shed.
1t took seven years TO build the Maine
and about three seconds to wreck it.
There is whole lot OF nonsense about
the need OF big war-ships to so travelling
around the world until they blow up them
selves.
The man who said the explosion was
caused by a short circuit was wearing
his brain. Nine chances out of ten. that
is just what occurred. Inexplicable &c
cidents have increased since electricity
came into general use.
Hundreds Of Japanese prospectors are
rushing into the Klondike region. Al the
( present rate that territory Will soon have
l the most highly variegated population 70
/ be found in any country Of the same area
! on the face Of the earth.
/ Il Is marvellous. when things get ser
/ ious. how careful and discreet the Amer
/ lean people become. And Spain should
understand that they are = great deal
more dangerous wtTen they become dis
/ Greet aud careful than they are when
[ they are bowling good naturedIy for war
Boiled down and skinned of. the secret
that Dreyfus was charged With selling 10
the German army, which has caused an
International scandal. is as follows: Rus
sia was afraid that her alliance, with
France would cause Germany uneasiness
and. 10 prove that the alliance was not
against Germany, obtained proof that the
French army was not ready for war.
and transmitted il TO Berlin. This proof
is the secret" which Dreyfus was accused
Of giving away.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

A man in giving list of the living ex-
governors of Kansas the other day out
of consideration for Major Morrill,, omit
ted his name.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

A torpedo may have blown up the Maine,
but il is going TO take more than a
mere suspicion to explode the American
people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

If a torpedo knocked the Maine, in the
next naval war, the big ships will be
sent home and the fight will go on between
torpedo boats.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

Perhaps we could preserve our war
ships by insuring them and getting a
provision in the policy prohibiting the
captain from keeping explosives on board.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

In event Of actual hostilities it should
not be forgotten that Grover Cleveland
stands ready any minute to hire a substi-
tute.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

The authorities say that there is entire
ly too much carelessnesss in the United
States navy. That is probably d fact.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

OF course the death rate in Havana is
decreasing. Under the ravages of star
walton and disease there are fewer peo,
pie left to die. and only harder ones
remain.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

The papers are full OF reports that
Captain Sigsbee was the last TO leave the
snip. 1t is customary for the captain of
a boat to be the first man to scramble
down the sides?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

In some of the towns in the United
States where there are no telegram
wires the United States have already
declared war on Spain and won three
different battles after great blood-shed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

1t took seven years TO build the Maine
and about three seconds to wreck it,
There is a whole lot OF nonsense about
the need Of big war-ships to so travelling
around the world until they blow up them
selves
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

Il Is marvellous. when things get SER
ious, how careful and discreet the Amer
lean people become. And Spain should
understand that they are . great deal
more dangerous when they become dis
Greet aud careful than they are when
they are bowling good naturedly for war.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

The man who said the explosion was
caused by a short circuit was wearing
his brain. Nine chances out Of ten. that
is just what occurred. InexpHcable &c
cidents have increased since electricity
came into general use.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19

Hundreds Of Japanese prospectors are
rushing into the Klondike region. Al the
present rate that territory viii soon have
the most highly variegated population TO
be found in any country Of the same area
on the face OF the earth
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
MRS. QUACKENBUSH
 HAS A STRONG CASE
MANY WITNESSES SUPPORT HER
 ALLEGATIONS.
Seeks to Set Aside Deeds to Valuable Property-Nancy Abbott's Suit Against Thomas M. Quack-
 enbush Recalled.

The fight for the fortune of the dead capitalist Thomas M. Quackenbush, was opened before Judge Seawell yesterday morning. Carlotta Quackenbush, who claims to be the widow of the deceased, seeks to set aside deeds to $S70, 900 worth of real estate, which the wealthy car penter executed in favor of his daughter, Esther E. Swortfiguer. The present ac- ton recalls the suit brought by Mrs. Nancy A. Abbott, who endeavored to have the courts establish her alleged marriage to Quackenbush. The suit was a bitter one, but Mrs. Abbott was defeated. In order to prevent a satisfaction of judg- ment, in event one was found against him in favor of Mrs. Abbott, Quacken- bush deeded his property to his daughter, a will was found in which the entire es- tate was beQueathed to the daughter, who held the deeds.
 Mrs. Quackenbush alleges that she mar ried the deceased capitalist in December 1866, and lived with him until 1879, when Quackenbush accumulated his entire for tune, she alleges, and In consequence. she Is entitled to one-half of 1t. She is repre- sented by Denson, Oatman & Denson. and w. w. Foote is caring for the in- terests of Mrs. Swortfiguer.
 Many witnesses were called during the days proceedings, among them Thomas Haskins, Charles Daley, c. J. Riley. E. Frank; John Peck; Philip Werner. Mrs. All testified that they had known Mrs. Quackenbush when she was living with the deceased and all were of the opinion that she was his wife. Mrs. Quacken- bush appears to have a strong case and coupled with many surprises, to break down the showing made yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
THAT GARBAGE CREMATORY. Suit to Close It Up Filed by the
 PeOple

Through a suit filed yesterday by The People of the State of California, upon the complaint of Giuseppe Figoni, a scav- enger by occupation. the Sanitary Reduc- tion Works of San Francisco may be de- prived of it's present right to cremate garbage, refuse and large portion of the Examiners circulation. The plaintiff al- leges that F. E. Sharon, who later merged his interests in the defendant corporation, was illegally awarded the contract to cremate the citys refuse by reason that he was not the highest bidder for the franchise. It is also claimed that the de- fendant has violated the ordinance through which 1t was created and con- trary to a certain action providing that but 20 cents a load. such load not exceed ing a cubic yard. should be charged for cremation, the defendant has charged and collected from all persons delivering garbage for reduction from g to 30 cents cubic yard. In consequence the plain tiff asks that the defendant be adjudged to usurp and unlawfully exercise the rights granted by the ordinance and that the company be enjoined from further ex- ercising such rights, and that the fran chse given it be declared void and for feited Attorney General Fitzgerald. Gar ret McEnerney and Page, McCutchen and Bells appear as attorneys for the plain tiff
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Not Dishonest, but Hungry.

Several days ago August Wardiken of 5511s Postoffice alley obtained half a ham, a roll of butter and some sausage from Schnatzler & Fox's grocery store on a forged order, for which he was arrested. Officer McMurry of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children investi- gated the case and found that the family was almost starving. and three little chil- dren, the eldest of which had been sick were In a pitiful condition for the want of food The man and his wife are hard working people. She told her story to a priest who gave her s. which she at once offered to the grocers in payment for the food her husband had obtained dishonest ly but they refused to be lenient with the offender The Associated Charities has taken up the case and an effort will be made to have 1t dismissed
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Freida Maier Victim
 of Dora uhrig.
TRAGEDY IN A HUMBLE HOME
ARREST OF WOMAN CHARGED
 WITH THE CRIME.
Evidence Before a Coroner's Jury That the Dead Woman Admitted Having Visited the
 Physician.

Mrs. Dora Fuhrig was arrested at her home, 1S46 Howard street, last night by Detective Cody, acting under instruction of Captain Bowen, and locked in the City Prison, charged with murder. Her arrest and the charge against her were the out come of a performance of a criminal ope- ration unon Mrs. Freida Maier, wife of William Maier of Baden.
 Mrs. Maier, German by birth and 2S years old, died on Sunday afternoon last, at her home in Baden On August B she made statement to her husband and to MT. Jepson, the husband of the nurse who attended her in the fatal illness. The statement recites that on the 18th day Of July of the present year an operation was performed on her. in which instruments were used, by Mrs. Dora Fuhrig of 1S46 Howard street, San Francisco.
 Justice of the Peace E. E. Cunningham, acting Coroner at Baden, heard evidence yesterday afternoon and submitted the case to the following-named jurors: Her man karbe, H. l. VandenboS, w.. 5. lay Tor, J. L. Wood, Richard Harder, l; Eiker- en Kotter, J. Jorgensen who found yer dict reciting that Mrs. Maier came to her death from blood poisoning, caused by criminal operation performed Dy Mrs: Dora Fuhrig on or about the 18th day Of
 Mrs Bessie Jepson. a practical mid wife, resident of Baden, told the Coro- ner's jury that she was called to attend Mrs. Maier on August 13, and when she had discovered the real cause of illness informed her patient that she would do nothing for her until she had told all the facts relative to her illness. It was this positive stand taken by Mrs. Jepson that brought out the ante-mortem statement.
 Mrs. Jepson then called Dr. Thresher of San Francisco, who upon examination corroborated the midwife's opinion as to the cause of Mrs. Maier's illness pr. Thresher and Mrs. Jepson attended the woman until her death, doing all possi- ble to save her. Dr. Mish of this city assisted Dr. Thresher in a post mortem examination, and both gave evidence be- fore the jury.
 William Maier and his wife Freida and their infant son of years came to Ba- den from Eureka, Humboldt County, early in July and remained in San Fran cisco until two weeks ago, when MT Maier found work at the Western Meat Company's establishment. MT. Maier says that he had not the slightest idea of his wife's intention when she consulted ''Dr" Fuhrig, but was deceived by her statement that her illness was only ordi- nary.
 Mrs Maier was a handsome woman, light of complexion and happy of tenn perament, and one who would not be ex- pected to risk her life in such manner Dora Fuhrig refused to make a detailed ytatement but she admitted to Detec- five Cody that Mrs. Maier had visited her on two occasions. She denied using an instrument in her treatment of her patient
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23

STOCKTON, Aug. 22 - Mrs. W. A. Botkin, whose name is closely con- nected with the Cunning murder mys- tery, is at the Windsor Hotel, un- der the protection of her husband and a nurse Mrs. Botkin is deeply dis tressed over the tragedy, and agftated almost beyond self-control by the pub ucation of a dispatch that she is to be arrested on a warrant from Dover, charging her with murder. Her husband defends her most Loyalty, and emphati- cally asserts that he is satisfied of her innocence of the crime and that she has not been guilty of any wrong doing
 Mrs. Botkin came here several days ago and has been changing her abiding place from day to day to avoid peins interviewed. Tonight, however, she consented to give statement 10 Ihe Call. She said
 '.I have been so grossly and malicious ly misrepresented by the Examiner that I have repeatedly declined to say any thing about my relations with MT. Dun ming or about the horrible, cruel murder of his wife and sister-in-law. While did grant an interview to a lady reporter of the Examiner I never uttered the words credited to me in many sentences Tn addition to that, the statement that, on my arrival here, my husband and had a stormy interview, during which l pleaded with him to save me, is an ab- solute falsehood. 1 have not committed any crime. and there was no occasion for me to implore any one to shield me from punishment. Another statement pup lished by the Examiner which IS raise IS that MT. Cunning sent or gave me ms wife's letters to read. l never saw let ter written by Mrs. Dunning. l never saw her in my life. 1 was not her en- emy l would not have married Dun- ming had he been free to wed.
 When he was in Salt Lake MT. Dun hing sent me one anonymous letter which had been received by his wife, in which It was said he was devoting all his time to a woman at 927 Geary- street. Mrs. Dun ming sent the letter to her husband and he sent 1t to me with an inscription, " ou have a deadly enemy. That Is the only letter other than his own writing that l true that I correSponded with MT. Dun ming after he left San Francisco, and 1t Is also true that we were true, trusted and tried friends. but nothing more. do not know who wrote the anonymous letters to MT. Cunning and l have no suspicion as to who the author was. do know, now ever. that 1 have malignant and Vindlc- tive enemy, but whom 1 cannot say, and this person has brought my name into this horrible tragedy to injure me.
 The horror of that awful. fiendish, double murder is still upon me, and to think I am accused of it-when God in heaven knows I am innocent. MT. Dun ming idoiized his wife and darling little girl and his despair was most pftiable when they left him and went East. He
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
CUNNING OPENS UP.
He Aids the Eastern Authorities to
 Trace the Murderer.

trace the uuIQ6TeT.
 DOVER, Del, Aug. 22.-The very latest developments of the Dover poisoning case practically remove the venue from this locality. By an early train this morning Attorney General White, his deputy. Peter Cooper Jr., and State Detectives McVey and Witzil, arrived here from Wilmington and before long the town was agog with the news that John F. Cunning was in close conference with them at the Capitol House. Dunning's uncle who has been here since Saturday, 1t Is said endeavor- ing to get him to say something definite about his escapades In San Francisco, and J. Deane. Dunnings brother-in-law expressed great indignation at various ac- counts in the newspapers regarding the affair. but everybody had to admit that until Cunning chooses to clear himself he was laying himself open to serious impu- tations.
 Cunning, when he came away and walk ed across the green to the office of his friend. Mr. Smithers, lawyer, said that he had been advised to say absolutely nothing of what had taken place, but ac- knowledged that he had given the Attor- ney General a full account of his dongs in San Francisco, and that he had done all he could to assist in the capture of the person who sent the poisoned chocolates to Mrs. Cunning.
 Attorney General White himself would say nothing, but Mir. Cooper said 1t had been definitely decided not to hold a post mortem examination of the bodies of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Dunning, as 1t was not thought necessary.
 The two detectives were equally un- communicative, but McVey carried away with him from the Pennington house a square parcel, wrapped in newspapers. which looked suspiciousiy like the box containing the poisoned candies, and Dep uty Cooper had a roll of telegrams, be- lieved to be connected with the case which would go to show that the author ities in Wilmington had not been idle in the matter. The State officials return.