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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
GENTLE VOICE FROM ENID
Pipes Up and Asks If Canadian Owns
the Speakership.

Enid. o. T.. Dec. 20.-To the Editor of
the Eagle-In a few of the recent issues
of the Eagle the name of Ried of Ell Reno,
among others, has been mentioned for
speaker of the lower house of this terri
tory The people of Oklahoma outside of
Canadian county are asking the question:
Does Canadian county desire. or think it
has, monopoly of the speakership. and
are there no members of the coming legis-
lature who are as much entitled, by virtue
of being residents of our territory for
years and identified with its progress. and
also by their ability as legislators. as any
member from Canadian county? Most as
suredly so, when it is fact that Canadian
county got the speakership of the senate
and lower house in the last two sessions of
the legislature namely: Pitzer and Towns
ley.
We have many gentlemen who have
served as legislators before. elected 70
the ensuing territorial legislature; men
who did something more than draw their
salaries during the term, men who are the
authors of wise and benefcient enact
ments in behalf Of the taxpayers, and who
are today heavy taxpayers in their re-
spective counties. The writer has CLEANED
from the newspapers of Mr.. Reds own
county. and also from Illinois, where. it
is alleged. he served one term in the leg
islature, and from such information think
it exceedingly presumptious on the part of
Canadian county and arrogant on the part
OF Mr.. Reid in contending or expecting
such.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
FOUR BODIES RECOVERED
From the Ruins Of Battery stable
at Newport

Newport, r. l., Dec. 2o-Up TO noon TO-
day four bodies had been recovered from
the ruins of the burned stables of light
battery II, Fourth United States artillery
at Fort Adams. The following is list OF
dead:
W. F. BUTLER. battery H. Seventh ar
til!erv.
PRIVATE FREDERICK wHULL. bat
terry H. Seventh artillery.
PRIVATE HENRY 1. HARRIS. battery
II. Seventh artillery.
Unknown private.
The half dozen men injured at the fire
are doing we'll
The bodies OF Butler and KulI were
found this morning. The second body
found last night has not yet been ident-
fed. A number Of the soldiers were grant
ed furloughs yesterday and left the forts
before the fire broke out and some OF
them returned and were seen at work
about the burning Stables II is thought
that the unidentified body is that of one
OF the furlcughed men,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
General OImstead Become. a Priest

La Porte Ind, Dec. 2o.-General w. A.
Olmstead OF New York City. a convert 10
the Catholic faith. viii be ordained 10 the
priesthood at Notre Dame this week and
viii celebrate his first mass Christmas
morning. General Olmstead was a con-
spieuous Officer during the civil war and
commanded the First brigade in Han
cocks celebrated division at the battle Of
Gettysburg. He was the first officer on
board the Monitor az Newport News and
carried the request Of the commodore 20
General Mansfield a Camp Butter. He
has for some time been living in retire
ment az Notre Dame, preparing for ordin-
alton Also, he was a conspicuous figure
al the recent G a r encampment at
Cincinnati.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
SQUARE MILE OF HOUSES
Levelied and B 900 Chinese soldiers
Killed by aa Explosion

London, Dec. IA dispatch from Shanc-
hal to newspaper here says a powder
magazine situated IN the center of the
Chinese camp al Hang Chow exploded.
ieveling square mile OF houses. It Is
estimated that seoo soldiers were killed. in
Guiding the general commanding the
forces
The American and French missions are
both supposed 20 have been damaged. bu;
It IS said there were no fatalities among
the Americans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
AVALANCHE ON THE CHILK00T
Six Persons. One a Woman. Crushed
Under the snow.

Seattle. Wash, Dec. 20--The steamer A.
XII which arrived here today from Alaska
brings meager particulars OF an avalanche
on the Chilkoot pass. in which al least
six people were killed. Five bodies have
been recovered. >as follows;
MRS DARLING. OF Lake Lindeman
and her two sons
BERT JOINS Of juneau
HARRY SHAW of Sksguay.
The side occurred December = Al Crater
lake. about one mile beyond the summit
on the Lake I.indeman side.
Ars. Dariinss husband was a Lake
Lindeman and she had arranged % Join
him with her two sons. who had net Zach
Cd ma nhOod- shaw was a Sksguay ran
who had business az The lake. Bert Johns
OF Juneau wss bit is years OF age AID
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
Confirmed blythe senate

Washington. Dec. 2a-The senate today
confirmed these nominations:
R. A Friedrich % California. % Be dis
trlct atsorey for he District OF Alaska
To be marshais: F, c Ramsey, district
Of Idaho: c. IL Greene, Northern dis1ric,
OF Texas.
Postmasters:
Coiorado-W. o. Stephens. Delta: O. "
Richardson. Longuont. N Gunssll. CT.
lett
Arixona-J. Mah5aey Winslow
Indian Territory. n Seanan. Tulsa
Fl. T Estes. Musceges: J. r. Butler. Vim
TIA. A 9. Balier. Dunn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
g "A = To RIA
Scar, the hlOs And You Have tsaTS 6cGgs
Signature n &2zlz<w
Big Jehn..- Murder and Suteia.

Milwaukee. Wis, Dec. "A la Cross
special says: A telephone message from
Spring Grove. MINI, says a man known
as big John" murdered John GuIlickson
Just across the state line in Iowa today
The murderer then attempted 70 Kill Gul-
iiekson's wife. and left her for dead. \
sheriff and posse from Decorah. Ia, pur-
sued Big John" and just as they were
about 20 capture him. the fend drew
revolver and shot and killed himself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
Mississippi HeId.Tp Vail.

Grenada, Mss. Dec 30-An Illinois
Central express train. south bound. vas
he'd ID one-haif mile South o. Pope IS
Station By two men a. % - tonight. They
suddenly appeared OF the engine ard
which they attempted . break IN me e1-
press door. They fred several SHOTS DIT
failed 20 gain admission The robbers
then aed. No one as au-t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
q. Mahanev- No..
Cashier steele * sentenced.

Philadelphia. De- aa-NNnliam S,e~le.
former cashier - she wrecked Chestnut
Street Na-ional hauk- paS today s~n-
;eueea by Ja1se Buter. in the Tnise5
States district cosirt- 70 ssN years ard SIX
months fuspF5sonulent ard go nue. S,~~ss
wss ceayfsei ~ ca1sp. rscv wSth sne iats
William Sizlxsriy. a<cs-des, g he hank
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
Jury in the BadgerjueCsse

New York Dec 20.-The work OF getting
a jury for the trial Of Mrs. Fayne SRA
han Moore. co-defendsnt with her nus
band. William T. Moore. convicted %
-'badgering' Martin MahoD in a hotel IN
this city. was resumed today. F0ur jurors
were Obtained yesterday and after a long
list Of talesmen had been examined today
I've more we're accepted by both sidcs.
The hearing was thea adjourned until TO-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
President surported hy G. sR men

Lancaster. Pa. Dec. 3o.-Stevens post IL.
6. A. r.. Of LAtitz has iaaorsed tire pres
dents speech relating 70 The government
caring 70 rthe graves a Confederate dead.
and has requested Congressman Brossl-s
10 use bis Influence 20 bring about M
iionaI legislation % carry into effect the
presidents sentiments
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

A dispatch from Stroud to the Times
Journal says: There is no longer any
doubt left concerning the ailment Of the
Weber family Four members of the fam
Iy are now down with smallpox. The long
time elapsing from the time Weber died
until the other members took down had
led the people to believe that the case
could not have been smallpox, but that
hope is now shattered. There is. however.
little danger Of the disease spreading be-
yond the one family, as the house is iso-
lated, being outside the corporate limits.
and has been thoroughly quarantined.
Stroud is not quarantined, as reported.
and the telegraph and telephone operators
are at their posts. The trains start as
usual, there being no danger in visiting the
town"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
STANDARD Oil Mast shswrp.

tIeFeIaT5o. o. Dc. -l--Aoc0T1sTE q
SPECIAL master Co11n1i ssioneT A 7 Brns-
made. TIE Standard Oh lnvez,sEzssoa vii
be resumed here zemo--0<. @aen fhs
companies mss tzrlng furEsrd s1slr box
Or Stand Charged win esnt-1ps-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

New York. Dec 2o.-Dal Hawkins. he
lightweight pugilist from The Pacific
slope. made short work Of Kid MOZART
land, Of this city. whom he met in ne
arena 81 the LenoN Athletic club ton;vh.
The hcct was decided in the third ro,in.i
he New Yorker hsvinb seen Knocked ont
i With left swing on the Jaw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
Probably Ought TO be. RutI.n,.

Port an Prince. Hay;i. Dec. ao.-There is
so ground whatever for the rsnor ,bat
President Houreaux. OF The Republic o;
San Domingo, has been assassinated. Gen.
ersl Houre2uN arrived this morning II Jas
mel. about thirty miles southwest Of Por,
al Prince. and is 81 excellent health
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

trouble and expense for needless litigation
which will, in the end, bring the county
nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

Justice Brewer, of the United States SUI
preme court, denied the motion for a writ
of supersedeas or stay of judgment against
Richard Caffrey, the county clerk of Ok
lahoma county, who is in Jail for contempt
of the Oklahoma supreme court, but al
lowed an appeal to be filed. The case will
be argued by brief, as oral arguments are
not allowed in such cases. Judge Keaton,
who went to Washington in Caffreys be-
half. returned Sunday night. He is of the
opinion that the court will take up the
matter Immediately after the holidays. In
ten meantime Caffrey still insists on stay
ing in Jail until the resources of the courts
are exhausted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
10 IMPROVE SERVICE
In Oklahoma Is the Santa FEES
Rumored Intention.
FAST MAIL" TO BE KILLED
Case of Clerk Caffray--Gen-
uine Smallpox at Stroud.
FAST MAIL" TO BE KILLED

Guthrie. o. T, Dec. 20.-(Special)-A
r1,rnor. which comes from such a high
source as TO give it an air Of probability,
credits the Santa Fe railway with an in
tention of making some radical improve
ments in it's Oklahoma service. especially
in its accommodations for the immense
local Messenger trafic, which are motor
,or,sIv insufficient and inefficient. Ihe
contemplated changes, It Is SAID, VIII De
made on or about the first OF the coming
wear and are alleged TO have been decided
upon as a result Of the recent tour OF IN
srection by resident Ripley and other nigh
officials OF the road. One of the gratifying
features of the proposed changes will be
tha abandonment OF the so-called 'fast
mali from Kansas City, which instead OF
expediting mail intended for Oklahoma
actually retards it, The night express.
which now leaves Newton at 5:15 p. m,
will be converted into fast train, making
stops only at the larger cities TO accom-
nnodate the local passenger trafhc on the
Oklahoma division the passenger tram that
leaves Kansas City at o'clock a. m and
arrives at Arkansas City at 7:3o p. m. will
he continued through Oklahoma, making
ali stops and arriving at Oklahoma City
about II O'Clock p. m, where the train Will
lay up for the night, leaving on the return
trip about 9 O. clock the morning following.
Owing TO the fact that the late grand
Jury was unable TO complete its work in
the time fixed by Jaw. a new grand jury
was sworn in by Judge Burford last even
ing and instructed as TO violations OF the
game laws, liquor laws and the law re-
curing the keeping of records by cotton
ginners OF the products handled by them.
The law is explicit and it is reported that
it is being violated in many instances.
Last night the grand jury returned an in
dictment against Joe Pentecost for the
killing Of James Bowers a short while ago.
Captain Ben T. Hegler has been appoint
ed assistant inspector general for Okla
homa Of the @. A r. Each state and
territory has an assistant inspector. Cap
tain Hegler is a member of G.. a. r. post
No Ii of FL Reno, and is clerk of the su-
preme court of the territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21

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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
John Brirht,s Prophecy.

Colonel Birch tells in q Plattsbure
paper of the following conversation
he had thirty years ago with Colonel
Vincent Marmaduke. and it's applica-
tion to present conditions is such that
we give it to the public. Every Mis-
sourian knows that Colonel Marina
duke, like his brother, was a decided
Confederate, and during the war he
was the bearer of dispatches from
Mr.. Davis to Mr.. Mason, who repre-
sented the Southern confederacy in
England. Marmaduke says that one
evening Mr.. Mason said to him: "Mr.
Marmaduke, John Bright is to make
a speech tonight in the House of Com
mons, and think it would be to your
pleasure and interest to go down to
hear him." 1t will be remembered
that at that day Mr.. Bright was the
most conspicuous figure in England.
Marmaduke went, and during his
speech Marmaduke says that Bright
stopped, and changing his line of
remarks, said "Mr. Speaker, if our
kinsfolk on the other side of the At
lantic settle their civil war satisfacto-
rily, and get back together in peace,
in forty years there will not be gun
fired in the world without their con.
sent" This statement at that day
seemed preposterous, and no one but
man with Bright's comprehensive
mind, could have dared to make such
an assertion to go before the world.
1t has been but thirty-five years since
Mr.. Bright made that statement, and
yet events have happened in the last
few months which give to Mr.. Bright's
words the spirit of prophecy, and no
one would now hesitate to reproduce
it.-Kansas City Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Little Girl Can sed a Delay.

The Presidents visit to the Omaha
Exposition was the cause of pretty
bit of by-play. While Mr.. Mckinley
was passing through the buildings the
immense crowd was linedup on either
side, and super-abundant enthusiasm
was restrained usually ropes.
But there was one who was not to be
kept back, AS the Chief Executive of
the Nation entered the Manufactures
Building little girl, with tawny hair.
slipped under the ropes, and before
the vigilant arm of burly policeman
could obey the warning of his more
vigilant eye she had gripped the Presi-
Dental coat tails.
please, Mr.. Mckinley" said q
small voice with a childish lisp,
please, Mr.. Mckinley, won't you
wear my rose in your buttonhole?"
The President paused, smiling.
Certainly. my DEAR" he said. "We'll
exchange" Taking from the lapel of
his coat the red carnation that he
always wears, he gave it to the little
girl and put the rose in it's place.
Then, and not until then, was the
long procession of Cabinet Ministers,
diplomats, Governors, Senators and
soldiers allowed to pass on, wondering
what could have been the cause of this
ay.-Philadelphia Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
The Passion for Wealth.

No insanity is more complete than
that which unreasonable craving for
sudden wealth often produces. The
great Duke of Marlborough used to
walk twenty furlongs through the rain
and sleet in the middle of the night to
add one English sixpence to his fortune
of more than million pounds ster-
ling. A celebrated French miser
picked bones out of the streets, gnaw-
ing them like dog, while his income
was over $4,000 francs day. One of
the most remarkable chapters in the
early Dutch history is the reference
to the tulip mania. The impression
was that fortunes were to be obtained
in the trading in tulips. The bulbs
we're bought and sold by weight, each
fraction of pennyweight counted as
carefully as jewel merchants count
their diamonds. The trade of the
nation was turned into this single
channel and ordinary industries suf-
fered almost complete paralysis. So
high at length did the fever rise that
over $4,000 was offered and refused for
single bulb. At last the bubble
burst. Men once rich became poor,
people of the middle class were re-
duced to pauperism, and Holland
hardly recovered from the blow in q
hundred years. Detroit Free Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
A Painters Secret Vanished.

A fortune awaits the man who
painted station sign at Harper's
Ferry on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road shortly after the completion of
the line at that point. The Western
Society of Engineers in Chicago has
the sign On exhibition in its rooms in
the Monadnock building.
The engineers are using every effort
to ascertain who mixed the paint and
applied it to the sign, which was
placed in position at the Harper's
Ferry station about 30 years ago. The
summers heat and winters storms
have in no way dimmed the lustre OF
the paint used to make the words
"Harper's Ferry" The words stand
out as boldly as the day they were
formed by the artists brush. The
wood around the letters has been worn
about one sixteenth of an inch by sand
beaten against it by fierce winds, but
the letters have withstood the ele-
ments.
1t is claimed that no paint manufac
tured nowadays is equal in durability
to that which was applied to the old
sign, and if the person who mixed it is
living and will take advantage of the
secret he possesses as to its compost
tion it is said he can, by engaging in
the paint manufacturing business. soon
accumulate wealth. -Chicnso News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
An Elizabethan Letter.

I have sent the letle provision
agen this time, but cold wish it were
much better. Their is goose pye, a.
netes tounge pye, and mutton pastiei
for ISLANDERS for thy table this Cris-,
mas, for nede, knowe they will last
tell twelftide, for they are now newe,
baked. I have sent the goose and
il capens alive for feare they void not
last tell ye holy daies if they had been
killed, but wish the to kill them ION
Saterday at ye furdest lest they grove
worse. l prethe doe SO
much as bestoe for me vjd or Wild in
sumo oringes or lemons or j pouns
siterns and sende them downe nowe
oy Hale y and so with my
best wishes to thee and Kilt rest,
Thy MOTHER, s. D.
Antiquities and Curiosities Of the
Exchequer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
To Clean Black Silk.

When thrifty Frenchwoman wishes
to clean black silk she brushes it thor
oughly and wipes it with cloth.
Then, after it is free from dust, she
lays it fat on board and sponges it
with hot coffee which has been
strained through muslin and freed
from sediment. The silk is sponged
On the right side, allowed to become
half dry and then ironed on the wrong
side.
Ihe coffee reme:es every particle of
grease and restores the brilliancy of
the silk without giving it the shiny
appearance or the crackly and papery
stiffness which results from any other
liquid except ammonia and water,
which last does not freshen the color
and gloss of the silk as coffee does.
The silk is much improved by The
process, and the good effect is perma.
nent.
Silk should never be ironed with a
not iron put directly on the silk. AL
ways lay thin wrapping paper, such
as IS used by our best dry goods
stores, over it, and iron through the
paper.
When stitching thin silk or, indeed,
my goods fimsy enough to draw in
the machine, lay paper over it also
and stitch through The paper will
ear away easily along the line of per-
torations made by the needle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
The Anti-Germ Barber Shops.

Even barbering is becoming scien-.
tiic. The germ theory now comes to
the aid of a man who is getting his
chin reaped OF his hair cut.
Chicago BARRIERS are introducing
'antiseptic shaves" and ''sterilized
razors" and ''hygienic" brushes. In
many of the first-class shops all the
towels, shears, razors, combs and
brushes used on a customer are sub,
iected first to bath in an antiseptic
fluid. The operator likewise washes
his hands in solution warranted to
destroy germs. Every customer is
furnished with separate cup, which
is kept for his individual use.
It is claimed that by this method
infection is impossible. Under the
old system germs throve and were
transmitted from face to face by the
barber's tools.-Chicago Inter Ocean.