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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
PILLORY AND Lac n.
Prisoners at Ne wcast1e, DELI Receive
Punishment Of an Ancient kiud.

Prisoners at Ne wcastle, Del, Receive
Punishment Of an Ancient kiud.
The pillory and the cat.o'.nine.tails were
used the other day ut Newcastle, Del. to
punish violators Of the law. A furious
snOwstorm was in progress when the sher.
IN took Cato ]. Pennington. Jr.. and 10.
seph II. Russell from the jail and locked
them In the public pillory to receive the
first installment Of the punishment which
had been meted out to them for attempted
burglary. A large crowd assembled to
witness the now almost obsolete punish.
ment. Although the sheriff had permitted
Pennington and Russell to wrap them.
selves In blankets. they were almost life.
less from the intense cold when their pill.
Tory sentence was served. From the pill.
Tory Pennington was led to the whipping
post. His back was barred to the singing
cold and the sheriff seized the cat.o'-nine.
tails and proceeded to give Pennington
thirty lashcs, every one Of which brought
out big red welts. From the whipping
post Pennington went to the penitentiary,
where he will serve ten years. Four other
prisoners were next taken to the whipping
post and thrashcd by the sheriff while the
crowd looked on and jeered at the evi.
dences Of pain given by the law breakers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
TOwED OUT OF DANGER.

Steamer Utopia Nearly Meets with
Disaster In Alaskan Waters.
The steamer Farralon, Captain Roberts,
has arrived at Port Townsend from Ska.
quay. bringing news Of disaster TO the
steamer Utopia which nearly sent that
vessel and oil on board to the bottom Of
Gastineaux channel. As the Farralon
was entering the channel she found the
Utopia drifting helplcssly toward the reef
extending from Point Ardcna on Admir-.
atty Island. The Utopia had lost her pro-
peller and q terrible gale was blowing,
with the thermometer below zero. The
Farralon succeeded In getting Q hawser
aboard and the Utopia was towed out Of
danger and taken to Juneau. On her up
trip the Utopia, while rounding Cape Fan.
shaw, thirty miles west Of Wrangel Mar.
rows, was set on Hre by q lamp explod.
Ing. The FIRE destroyed the pilot house,
wheel gear and several staterooms. Cap.
tain Roberts reports the weather 10 Alas.
Ia unusually severe.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

ed q loss on stock roughly estimated at
from 100000 to $21O.OOO and on the
building Of $4,000. The building. owned
by DIR. John Bryant Of Independence. was
amply covered by insurance. The furni-
ture stock was insured for $1S0,OOO. The
Keith house was one Of the largest Of Its
kind In the West and carried stock val
ued at $2jO.OOO. The building Is seven
stories in height. The fire started at
4:2O In the morning on the top floor. which
was stored with mattresses and other In
Aammablc material. 1t burned fercely
and was not got under control till Z
o'clock. The fourth. fifth and sixth floors
were Quilted and the remaining floors were
soaked with water. The most valuable
portion Of the stock Is In the water.soakcd
floors. The mammoth retail dry goods
store Of Emery. Baird, Thayer X Co., ON
the north, was threatened for q time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
fOR The EAGLE.
1 COLLATION. o. NeWs from
Al Over Tho World.
feast Of Political, Commercial
aRd General intelligence
tsr Eagle Readers.
Appeal to the Red crose.

Gen. Jose Gomez has called on Stephen
.. Barton at the Red Cross headquarters
IN New York to ask his aid In sending re-
lief to the sick and starving women and
children at Las Villas. Sanctus Spiritus,
and Trinidad. In Santa Clara province.
The general stated that the suffering was
more intense there than In any other part
Of the island. and IL the relief did not
reach them soon It would be too late.
Gen. Gomez said that the million rations
that were to be sent by the Government
were going to the north coast and would
not reach the districts where they were
most needed. He did not make his appeal
In behalf Of his own forces. which are on
the south coast Of Sanctus Spiritus and
Tunas dc Saza. but stated that he had
given food intended for them to the starry
ing women and children Of that vicinity.
He said that his troops were In most
pitiful condition nov that the fighting Is
over. They cannot help themselves. The
general said that there were about 4.5O0
families at Sanctus Spirtus who have alb
solutely nothing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
GENERAL ADVANCES IN PRICES.
Cereals, Provisions, Cotton, Steel and
PIE from Rute HIGHER.

Cereals, Provisions, Cotton, steel and
Pig Iron Rule Higher.
Bradstreet's views the business situa-
ton thus: "Winter storms and a holiday
have interfered with wholesale demand
and distribution, but later clear, cold
weather Is compensating feature. Undue.
Ing heavy retail business In scasonable
goods. In general business circles most
Developments have been favorable, nota-
BILE among which might be mentioned gen.
eral advances in prices Of cereals. provis-
Ions, groceries. cotton, steel and pig iron,
the Inter chiefly at Eastern and Southern
points; continued heavy general export
trade, a better tone In the market for
hides and leather. more hrmness In cot.
ton goods and active stock speculation, all
Of which are reflected In the heavy bank
clearing total. Unfavorable features are
few, prominent among which is the con.
tinued dullness at wholesale Of wool and
wooden goods. The movement Of wheat
and other breadstuffs continues large.
Wheat Including four shipments for
the week aggregate 6,S24, 728 bushels,
against 6.070. IA bushels last week. Corn
exports for the week aggregate 8.003, $40
bushels, against 1881, T?4 bushels last
week."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
FATALLY BEATEN BY GIRLS.

Mise Bitner Of Allegheny Punished for
Making Unpleasant Romarks.
Miss Nora Bitner, q highly respected
young woman Of Allegheny. Pa. was
beaten no badly by three girls. mono Of
whom Is over Is years Of agc. that she will
probably die. Her assailants- Mamie
Wright, Eophic Mickle and Victoria Ben.
net-arc In Jail. Miss Bitncr, with q
young woman companion. was walking
along East Ohio street. and In passing q
group OF young girls at play made some
j0cular remark concerning the party.
whcrcupon one Of the youngsters grabbed
her by the hair and pulled her to the
ground. While PROSTATE. Miss Bitner
was kicked on the head and beaten into
iuscnsiblity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
DEED OF CRUEL ROBBERS.

Jacob Nominee Duckcd In q Cistcrn
and His Wife Strung Up.
The terrible treatment Of Jacob Momi.
nee and wife. living near Touissant, a
French settlement, has been reported In
Toledo, Ohio. The old man was duckcd
into u cistcrn until he tainted and then
the woman was strung up by halter un.
I'll she revealed the hiding place Of their
money which they had boarded for. years.
1t Is alleged they were robbed by
three masked men Of about $11.7O0. A
grandson escaped and aroused the neigh
bors, who gave chase end shot one OF the
mon In the leg. but he was helped to cs.
cape In the big marsh.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
viii Rsisc Rc,nn Mercedes.

The Navy Department has made con.
tract with the Merritt Chapman Wreck
ing Company TO raise the Reina Mercedes.
The Merritt company tclcgraphs the de-.
partmcnt that It will proceed In a short
time from New York with new cxpcdi-
ton and powerful machinery to raise this
wreck. Lieut.. Hobson will superintend
tho work,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
STEEL RAILS GO Up.
Activity In the Market Due TO Bis
Enr0}nwa nv Ral1eoaAs

Activity In the Market Due to Big
Esrnings BY Railroads.
Steel rails have been increased 81 per
ton by the concerted action Of all the big
steel manufacturing plants In the coun-
try. The new rate Of SO per ton In Chi.
cago and so In New York goes into effect
at once, prior to the usual receipt Of or
ders from the railways, which secure sup
plies In advance for next summers con.
structiOn. Within ten days orders have
been booked by American steel manufac.
turers for 100000 tons Of steel rails alone.
The activity In the steel market Is due
mainly to the enormous earnings Of the
railroads,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
GETS FIRE TO MORMON CHURCH.
Insane Man Says the Scriptures CON.
manded Him to DO 90,

1noone Mau Saya the BCfIpture6 C0ms
msnded Him to DO 30.
w. G. ID. Pattison. who came from Bos.
ton to burn the Mormon church ut indie
pendencc, No.. because, rs he declared,
the Mormon scriptures commanded him to
do II, was found guilty by a jury In the
criminal court ut Kansas City. The jury
also declared Pattison to be insane. Pat.
tison Ii a Canadian. whose father was q
Methodist preacher. lie Is AZ years old,
and for years was school teacher. lie
was suspended from the Mormon church
In Boston and went to Independence,
where, as he says himself with much show
Of qualification. he set fire to the local
church because he had been "shown In Q
revelation that such was his duty"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
0srnauy's New Army Bin.

The details Of the new German army
bill show the Prussian peace contingent
will be increased by H. ?4 men and ESQ
horses. The Saxon contingent will be In.
creased by 2.O73 men. Herr Eugene
Richter, the radical leader, calls this Ger.
many's answer to the Cars disarmament
proposal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
More Trouble in Africn.

Trouble has arisen In Africa between
Germany and the Congo Free State rcla.
tive to the respective boundaries Of ter.
ritory north OF Lake Tanganika. 1t is
added that strong force Of Germans has
been sent to the Manyema country. while
the Congo forces ut Lake Kivu have been
considerably rc.cnforced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Given Five Dsys 70 Leave.

AmadeO Horace. the Gillian adventur.
or, who has been borrowing money
throughout the country on the pretensc
that he was authorized to purchase ships
and war munitions for the Argentine Re
public. has been set ut liberty condition.
ally and compelled to leave San Francisco
within five days.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Cattle Die In a blizzard.

Reports from the cattle and sheep rails.
Ing districts Of northwestern Texas, Okla.
homa and the Indian Territory show
heavy losses because Of the blizzard In
those sections. Thousands Of head Of
sheep. half.grown calves and cows have
persisted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

France has notified the State Depart.
ment that decree will issue presently
prohibiting the importation Of trees,
shrubs and plants from the United States,
and requiring an inspection Of oil fruits,
fresh and dried. Mt the point Of landing In
France. France fears the tree pest known
as the San Jose scale. The trade affected
Ii very small.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Bomb Found In Marsciilcs.

A bomb containing 14O grammes Of
powder and nails, capable OF doing terri
bic damage. was found In the bourse ut
Marseilles. The fuse had been lighted,
but Il had not burned.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
New ReceiYer Anpolnted.

! At Toledo, Judge Taft accepted the
resignation Of Receiver Pierce Of the
Clover Leaf Railway. 1t II to take effect
Dec. ]. Samuel Hunt Of Cincinnati. az
eGAcial Of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and
Wlssinia road, was named By the court tor
~ vacant recslvesshlp.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Express Office Robbed.

Officials of the United States Express
Company In Denver have been notified
that its Office In .Almcnn. Kan. was rob-
bed the other night The safe was opened
and u package was taken containing
$1,000 In grccnbacEs that had been sent
by the Standard Meat and Live Stock
Company OF Denver to Its agent ut Al
ment. How much more was taken II not
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Disastrous Prairie Fires,

Prairie fires have played havoc In Okla.
homa and Indian territory. Millions OF
tons OF hay In bale and bulk have been
burned, and no less than 100 residences
have been destroyed. Several lives have
been lost In these prairie fires.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Eartha make nj Patras.

At Patras, Greece. a severe earthquake
shock occurred, causing the inhabitants
to become panic.strickcn. Forty minutes
later second shock was experienced. No
fatalities have been reported.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

Figures to date indicate gold produce
ton for Colorado this year OF $2S.UIO,OOO.
Cripple Creeks November gold output
was 36,45O tons, worth Station The
smelters treated IL 900 tons OF an average
value of $72. Mill ore ranged from $40
70 $40 n ton.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Work man VIII Lose Both Lego.

Joseph Schroppler, while being chase,
by workman In factory at Trenton,
N. j., tumbled Into a vat Of ytriol. Not
realizing his danger, after being helped
out, he started for home, but on the way
the acid began eating into his aesh. Both
legs must be amputated.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Ohio Rank Will Close,

of the Second National Bank of Spring.
field. Ohio. 1t was decided to go into vol.
untary liquidation. The bank Is one Of
the Oldest In the city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Large Gift to Harvard.

James Stillmah OF New York has given
$4,000 to Harvard College to cover the
cost Of land and buildings for projected
Harvard infrmary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Epileptic Slowly Roasted.

At Shippensb,rg. Pa. Max BOync, a
young man employed around the depot,
had an cpilcptic fit and fell up against an
engine. Hc was being slowly roasted to
death when discovered by the little son Of
the yarlmaster. lie Is horribly burned,
but may recover.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

A quantity Of arms destined for the
Carlists has been seized In house In Bill.
baO, Spain.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Roasted Alive by stsa m.

Six persons were killed, ten dangerously
wounded and fifteen to twenty Others bad
~ injured by the explosion Of one OF the
boilers In the river steamer 4. G. Walker.
near Fourteen Mile Slough. Cal. Escap-
Ing steam added to the horrors of the dis
aster,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

Thousands Burned to Death.
Oriental adviccs say that the houses de.
strOyed by the recent great Gre ut Han.
kOw numbered more than eighteen thou.
sand. and that $500 persons were burned
10 death
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
Train Fslis Into the River.

A fast freight on the Shenandoah divis.
lon OF the Norfolk and Western Railway
went through bridge near Riverside. Va.
One man was killed. one fatally injured
and another badly hurt.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

The vault OF the Wrentham, Mass. Ma.
tiOnal Bank at Wrentham was blown
open by burglars and riAcd. About $4,000
and notes valued ut $65. 900 are missing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

Perfume Factory Hurns.
The soap aud perfume factory OF Allen
b. Wrisley. In Chicago. was burned. 60.
failing loss OF $tOH, 900.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

According to the official forecast. the
wheat harvest for 1903 In New South
Wales will he 1.500,OOO bushels In excess
Of that OF 1897, and there will be surplus
available for export OF ?,?5O,O 900 bushels.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

Quilted . Fursitsrs kstabltshnsst.
Fire In The furniture sstablishmsnt Of
Robert Keith Z Go. ct Kansas City eaus-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03

While a band OF whitecaps at Black
Rock. Lawrence County, Ark. had Henry
White. a negro. accused Ut hog stealing.
In custody, they were fired upon by the
negro's friends. One hundred shots were
exchanged. Henry Hale was shot and
killed. Chubby Spades was mortally
wounded and George Warner dangerous
~ injured. All are white. The casualties
on the negro side are not known. The
alleged thief escaped. A coroncr's Jury
charges him with murder. Many negroes
In the vicinity have been whipped by
whltecaps recently aud race war Is
threatened.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-03
viii Re Tried Again,

a jury In the United States District
Court ut Kansas City. which has been
trying ID. v. Ricgcr. cx.prcsident. and
Robert d. Covington. cx.cashier Of the
failed Missouri National Bank, on indict.
ments charging cmbczzlement and misap-
preparation Of that institutions funds. dis
agreed and was discharged. The jury had
been out for two days. A new trial will
doubtless be set for the April term Of
court. Tho doors OF the Missouri Ma
tiOnal Bank were closed by the United
States bank examiner Oct. 20, 1906. The
bank had between 200 aud 1890 depos.
itors. and carried $1,6OO.OO0 In deposits.
1t failed In the panic Of July, 1903. but
was promptly rcopened. Shortly after the
second failure Mcssrs. Rieger and Coving-
ton were indicted by the grand jury ON
three counts, embracing cmbexxlcment,
abstraction and willful misappllcation Of
the moneys and credits Of the bank. When
National Bank Examiner Foreman took
charge Of the institution he had Expert II.
b. Mickey examine the books. Mr.. Moxey
was the principal witness for the Govern
ment. He attempted to show how thou
sands OF dollars Of the banks money had
been used by Rieger and C0vington to
support enterprises In which they were In.
tcrcstcd. The receiver has been able to
pay but small dividend to the depositors.
Kansas FIXTURE Creates Excitement.
An attachment suit for $4,000 filed ut
Abilene, Kan. by the Gillespie Commits
sion Company OF Kansas City against
Grant G. Gillctt of Woodbine precipitatel
great excitement among cattlemen and
commission men. Gillett has been the
cattle king OF the State for three years.
Starting with nothing. no has shipped
over 100000 cattle from Texas. OF late
he had been hard pressed aud a few days
ago he made an assignment and deed of
trust to ID. w. NALL and went to Texas.
Nall refused to accept the trusteeship and
papers are not filed. The registers Office
shows more than 81 600 600 Of his paper,
about One-third being blanket" and un-
released mortgages. the remainder cover
ing cattle being fed. The commission
firms claim that many cattle have been
mOrtgaged more than once. About 5000
head are at his ranch. Gillett II 81 years
old and has startled the old cattlemen by
bis bold methods. Gilmore 4 Cooper. the
Gillespie Commission Company and Trow-
ers & Sons. Kansas City, have handled
most Of his paper. but a dozen or more
Kansas City firms besides these have
been caught for varying amounts.
The herald., 1898-02-11
Excursionists Arrive

BY the Phillips-Judson excursion the
following eastern tourists arrived in the
city yesterday:
F. j. Rebbeck. Pittsburg, Pa; R. E.
Small and wife. st. Louis Mo-; ]. G. War
ren, Cleveland, o.; Mrs. S. P. Humbert
Pontiac, Ills; Mrs. o. P. L. Wood Lake
Mills, Wis; L. P. Pequengrat and wife, w
Graham. Grand Rapids. Mich; A. Eaton
]. T. Hull, w. Worden and wife, Leslie
Mich: ]. A. Ryan, wife and son, Fort
Worth, Texas; Miss ]. E. Perkins, G. Tully
Donsman, Wis; Mrs. G. Coyle, John Ed
wards, Allegheny. Pa; David Hurley and
wife. Bloomington. ILL.,; Mrs. Anna
o Rourke, Mrs. Helman and daughter, St
Louis. Mo-; l.. Edison, NJ. Edison. F. Nc
Cullum, Chas. Stinchfield. r. Webber anC
brother, VIM. Wilder, Chas. Leach r. L
Day, j. F. herman and wife, A. Herman
F. NJ. Simmons and mother, Mrs. S. Grim
Boston; Mrs. Z. J. Finn and son, A. S
Rouse. Miss B. NJ. Murphy. Providence;
Mrs. W. Williams, Utica; G. r. Salisbury
wife and daughter, Saratoga Miss L.
Mitchell Boston; J. Bennett, r. Johnson
Chicago.
The herald., 1898-02-11

had been dug under the walls, and that
kent those behind him from gaining their
| freedom.
| The speaker gave a brief account Of
| some of the favors he received at the
hands of the commissary of the prison.
who was an old friend of the family, the
first of which was a bath; next, But
Ier's analogy" then other books. They
collected $500 in Confederate money ana
bought books through the commissary.
They had a class in French ana talked
French: another in English, another In
Spanish, and another in Italian. He
never was in better society in his life
than when with those 600 men in LIBBY.
There were forty lawyers there. and
class in law. Blackstone and Greenleaf
were freely circulated. and there was
one graduate, Benjamin F. Blair, who
practices law in Brooklyn, N. Y, today
and refers with pride to the fact that
he was graduated from the Libby Prison
! Law institute. Then they started
newspaper, wrote columns of all kinds
of things, including jokes, and once
week they made all the men listen While
the whole of it was read aloud.
He told of a tailor-made flag, made out
of a red shirt. and blue shirt, ana
shirt that had been white, with which
they made ready to celebrate the Fourth
of July, and of how the flag was hoisted
by Capt. Reed of GAINESVILLE, Ohio. at the
risk of his life, and which was hauled
down by the guard of the prison about
the same time the Confederate flag was
hauled down at Vicksburg. And of all
the incidents recounted, and they were
many and all interesting. not one was
told with more keen relish by the bishop
that the account of how when the news
came that Vicksburg had surrendered.
those 900 men sent up paeon of praise
in which was included everything from
America" to the "Doxology," including
yankee Doodle" which seemed to rub
harder than any of the rest.
TODAY'S PROGRAM
The program for today will be:
S:45 a. m.-Song service, Prof. E. o. Ex-
CELL
900 a. m-"School of the English Bible"
Prof. Thomas Nicholson.
10 a. m.-School of Methods, "Correspon-
dence Department" Prof N G. Felker.
1890 a. m.-"Financial Department"
Rev. E. A Healy.
10 a. m.-Junior League Department Con-
ference, Miss Alice A. Brown Uecture
hall)
II a. m.-school of Sociology, THE City
and the Church." DIR. ]. n Beard.
las p. m.-Song service, Prof. E. o. Ex-
cell.
D. m-School of Methods. mercy and
Help Department. Miss Winifred Spaul-
ding.
p m.-"School of the English Bible"
Prof Thomas Nicholson
p m.-Junior Rally. Model Junior
Meeting" Miss Alice A. Brown. Los An
geles Juniors present in body.
Z p. m.-Song service, Profs. L. o. Excel
and Charles A. Gabriel.
7:30 p. m.-Missionary sermon, followed
by conservation services, Bishop McCabe.
The herald., 1898-02-11

From that point on through the lee
ture the bishop alternated the grave
and the gay He was witty and patriotic
by turns. often both at once, and just
enough of pathos was presented to bal
ance the rest. He told many things
about Libby prison that are not in the
popularity accepted annals concerning
it, and all through was evidenced the
sunny nature of the chaplain who has
since become bishop. Anecdote followed
anecdote of the old guard in the Union
uniforms, of the Confederate money and
what it would buy. Of the manner of life,
as, for instance. when there were 1O9
escapes at one time, and the rest were
prevented simply because a fat Dutch
man got wedged in the small tunnel that