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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15
A Land of Romance and Wealth.

often that the statistical bureau of the United
treasury department dips owery and
DESCRIPTIVE paragraphs. treasury bureau
statistics down Porto Rico and prefaces
very solid report with language like this
a delightful valuable tropical garden
important strategic point Porto Rico valuable
acquisition people government Of the United
States.
1t be expected" said Mr. Austin that small
island become factor supplying the S250
100000 tropical productions which the people Of
United annually consume. that absorb
very large percentage OF the $2oQo000o0 worth OF
annual productions Smaller than the state Of Con-
population that the city
Brooklyn may be able meet the somewhat
trayagant expectations which enthusiastic people
found reference Settled by Spain than
earlier than the landing of the Pilgrims Plymouth
Rock its population dense than that Of Massa
chusetts prospect materially increasing pro
ductiveness IS not hatterng Mountainous
circumference the 10000 people who its 3s0
miles Of territory have put under cultivation most Of the
available while their methods Of cultivation and
transportation in many primitive it cannot
be expected productions this densey populated
closely be largely increased
greatly multiplied The valleys and lands
well occupied with the adjoining
these devoted tobacco. and the sides the
peaks occupied by coffee plantations with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15
That Tomb on the Upper Nile.

The Mahdi has been out. hoof and foot, from
Omdurman yellow journals even to come to the
rescue his people His trade in slaves has gone
gmerng shadowless deserts of the Soudan and
the foot rests beneath his palms The
Pharoahs neghbors buried but the Mahds
tomb is doomed to remain empty That tomb has been
inspected by ubiquitous who found 1t
gorgeous the Upper Nile 1t stands within
the city of bank Of the river whose waters
reflected and centuries before other
rivers exist The vceregents of Mo-
hae foundations of this tomb of the
captured city thirty high and thirty feet each
way constructed of brought from Khartounl
The newspaper of this tomb Of the desert
that building rises hexagona wall fifteen
feet high dome rises forty feet while there
are four smaller the of the main build
ing furnised with large arched windows and two
DOORS In hexagonal part six skyght windows The
whole surrounded by fence Of tres
grave sarcophagus erected covered with black
cloth the wall candelabra hung and at
the large chain from the center of the dome is
pendent taken from the government
palace at Khartoum yards from the building is
small cistern of visitors. 1t is called
altogether Kubbet Ell Mahd-"the Mahdis tomb"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15
When We sleep

It ts said by scientists to be fact thar
all our senses do not slumoer sinu'tane-
o,,slv hut that they fail INTO happy state
81 jnsensibiIi;y enc after another
The eyellds take the lead ana obscure
sight.
Its susceptibility.
-,ba7 follow smell. hearing and touch
T-Aeiest-nsu1sd Is the liEhiest sleeper
ard the most easily aroused
II is curious that. although ~ sense OF
s1,s1l = one OF the first 70 slurnber, K IS
the last 20 awake
Hearing, after ;ouch, soonss; resa'ns
Sciousness-
Certain muscles and parts OF KS ooog
begin % slasp before et7eTS
.9-,-e-r,-g witA the feet the SUM
,s-,,,s fnaueuce works rs way gradually
,.7va-a 10 me centre Of the nervous &C
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15
Dreyfus the Jew.

The Dreyfus hangs fire. The French government
usurped by the will effort to
judgment stand The Jews of France it to
world to force their government into
concedng a open hearing of the The Jews
and wealthy with the great house
Rothschlds their head They have nothing to fear in
asserting There enough in France
or in her army put deny them justice if
they persist their demands Rich, intelligent,
numerous powerful they united demand, and in
demanding SO far the and the
talent of the world to combat
preudcaI which unusy condemned Of their
race a death. Were there Amer
leans Germans in France there Jews,
of their number had been condemned simply
prejudice public outcry against their
political fabric of that republic would have been
rent would have been revolution. 1t
the of France believe that Dreyfus is
guilty Nobody outside France believes 1t since the
Frenchman Zo proved that he not at least that
by forgeries The number of Jews who
unquesonably citizens of France is large yet Of khe
millions Of Jews that country but two three came
forward of their and religion
and one whom the believes innocent This is the
uncture of France to wipe out
the Semitic folly Dreyfus to his devoted
family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

Fdhem Pasha has received fortyeght hours to deliver
I'D the ringleaders the disturbance Edhen Is
fighter and If he wants sprinkle the floor with
saw dust and respectfully decline.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

In Maine the Republican vote fell OF IS cent whit
the Democratic gained L cent An or year trie
hard 10 be an of year matter what happens
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

II Cuba and Iuzon pass Gomez and Aguinaldo
they accept gifts And II They doubt the
donation. both should be licked to q fare-ye-weIL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

ervera by attitude toward America is making
mage American history but is cutting him.
seIf down TO about q in the annals Of Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

Teddy Roosevelt has been mustered out Crm-vsaget
war has suaoothed the Rough Riders
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

Gomez believes that the soldiers should nave
been placed the leadership ~ Cuban genras IL that
had been done the would De going yet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

It is very pleasant compare the men Of ITS TO the
but during that war every other man IN
the American army running for President
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

Mckinley what to do with the Philippines,
He SAYS: My mind open. decision has been reached
by me- and fortunately decide the Ques
: tndaN.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

The dancing masters country at New York
other day that hereafter huggng
will go in dancing. Take hug of the dance, the
dancing master Will
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

Cabrera has elected president Of Guatemala by
s1s 600 votes over Castillo 564 Castillo prob
ably explains Castillo that the stayahome vote
beat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

The Ausrans mobbing Italians because of Luches,
the assassin An country and It probably
pleases Iuchesi to Italians being mobbed
his account.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

The rabid insurgents Cuba be free the South
Carolina plan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

The whole trouble oenteFs about Gomez in his second
childhood and AgunaIdo in his first
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
Tho weather.

The depression which covered the lower Mississippi
Valley on Saturday developed very rapidly and be-
came a very severe storm. central yesterday morning
in the Ohio Valley. It was attended by dangerous
northeast gales over tho middle Atlantic and New
England coasts, and high %northerly and westerly
winds in the central valleys and lake regions. The
storm will be exceptionally severe on the ocean.
Rain was falling east and south Of the storm cen
tire and was very heavy In the middle Atlantic statesi
at Philadelphia and New York city 1t measured moro
than two inches before noon. Snow was falling In
the New England States, lake regions and central and
upper Mississippi valleys.
Fair weather prevailed over the extreme West. A
very decided cold wave was coming down over the
Dakotas, and will follow the storm eastward; tho
temperature at Bismarck was 16' below zero. and st
wnliston oa' below and falling. Dense fog enveloped
the coast.
In this city the day was rainy and fosgy. with high
winds from the northeast; humidity stood at 100 per
cent. nearly all day; highest offcial temperature 8o'.
lowest a.; barometer, corrected to read TO sea level.
at 8 A. NJ, e. .92; 8. p. NJ, $3.50.
The ter at the United States weather Blu
yeau re0jstered the temperature Yesterday as followai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
The Dana

The Retrospective Exhibition of French art ut
Paris In 1889 was q workable triumph for two
men ct least. Corot and Millet. Neither ia
Danse des Amours nor THE Turkey Herder"
was in that remarkable collection of master
pieces, but II is only among the pictures that
were there and those in two or three famous
private collections In the United States that
we can find works by Corot and Millet that
belong In their class. The "Biblis." that won
derfnl poem of nature by the former master.
which was brought to this country several
years ago and now belongs to Mr.. J. ]. Hill of
st. Paul, and "The Sower." In the Vanderbilt
collection. by the latter. are such works as show
the two great French artists at their best, and
In the two pictures hero we have examples that
belong In their class and only In that class.
LA Danse des Amours" is one OF the most
perfect of all the classical compositions of Corot,
and technically ono Of the finest In execution.
It 10 impossible to describe Its charms In words,
for the warm glow Of the evening atmosphere
which envelops every part Of the picture Is 90
wonderfully depicted that 1t may only be ap
preciated, not In u glance at the canvas. but In a
long, quiet contemplation. II 10 easy to sec that
the rich and luxuriant foliage of the tall trees
on the right Of the composition 10 broadly
and truthfully painted. that depth and en-.
peIope arc majestically rendered, and that
the color is full and puissant. II is easy
to see that the evening sky which appears
in the gap between the masses of foliage on
either side OF the picture Is delicately toned and
intensely luminous at the horizon, and that
where IT. rises over the trees and takes on q
cooler general tint In pale blue qualified by the
warm golden reflection left by tho setting sun.
| 1t Is deep and wide and that 1t pervades every
part OF the composition, covering 1t as the real
| sky does-not serving simply as a background
of light for an effective silhouette OF the land.
scape forms. Even n glance Is sufficient to
show that this picture is harmonious In
all its parts and that its great lines
are supremely noble. But " 10 not until q longer
view permits tho beholder to look Mt II In Its
ensemble, as a complete vision, after noting tho
| different beauties of It's various elements. that
its full charm appears and its poetic significance
is truly felt. Corot. who had studied nature
with patience and devotion, who knew as Rous-
seau did the details OF tho structure Of oil of
natures forms. always founded his work on
fact. but he never fails In such great landscapes
a. Danse des Amours" TO invest these facts
with his own poetic impression. In this example
OF his art we find ample proof OF his claim
| 10 BE- placed atths head OF AL Landscape painters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
pIxooHnE xor F1Ro.
Otte Hrau.s Lsst ets 81 . Care Game ne
Ridn,t Underetpne.

John Frietas. who keeps q bakoshop at 1873
East Houston street, was q prisoner yesterday
in the Essex Market Court on complaint OF
otto Krauss Of s3 Second street, who charged
him with maintaining q gambling house in the
rear OF the shop. Arraigned with Frietag were
Ave German bakers. who had been arrested as
gamblers in the raid on the place made. shortly
before 4 o'clock In the morning at the instance
Of Krauss.
Judge, I played cards In tho place" said
Krauss. "Then l find 1 lose R12. Thon l go
by the station house and tell the cops, because 1
could not afford the money TO lose"
What game did you play y asked the Mag
istrate.
How do YOU play faror' asked tho Mag
"You bet on tho cards money" said Krauss.
But who wins, and how do you determine
'ohi You play faro with a double pack. Then
you mcld, and then you count up on a slate with
q apiece Of chalk" answered Krauss.
THAT may DO German faro, said the MaRis'
trate, but the French faro, commonly mis-
called American faro, 10 played very different
ly. You were playing plnochlc, Krauss, and It's
evident you did not know much about IT,
Two detectives testified to seeing cards played
for money In tho place. Upon their evidence,
] win hold the prisoner for trial, " said the Magis.
trate, but I would not have done 30 on the
evidence of n squealer."
The players were discharged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
4 DE1UoE FOR THE DENNIsoNs
NEITHER Had Been to . Bal-Chiidren In .
Floodea Basem snt.

Neither MAd Been to . In .
Flooded Basem sBt.
Mrs. Eva Dennison called at Hoboken Police
Headquarters at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
and told Sergeant Rathjen that her rooms at
Ill Park avenue were flooded and that her
seven children were in danger Of being drowned.
The Dennisons live In two rooms In the base
mont Of a three-story brick tenement house. or
the seven children. the Oldest Is a girl of 10
years and the youngest 10 2 years. The police
found the water had flooded the rooms and ex-
tinguished the fires. There were two beds and
o cot In tho front room. Some of the children
were asleep. Two were on q sofa In the Kitchen.
All were scAntily clad and suffering with cold;
The policemen carried them to the rooms OF
William A. Bruce. on the second floor, where
food and clothing were given them.
The Oldest girl said that she had attended tho
longshoremen's ball with her mother on Satur-
day night, and did not return home until morn
ing. There was no water In the rooms. she said
when she reached home.
John Dennison, the father. had left the rooms
before tho flood came. 1t was found that q bro
ken rain pipe. which led from the roof Of an adj
Joining house, WAS tho cause OF the mood; Dem
nison took his family to the house OF a friend In
Bloomfield street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
BRUTAL HUSBAND AND FATHER.
Extrnerdipary Case OF Cruelty ana Deprnvit
Before the Trey Humane Society.

Extraerdipary Case OF Cruelty ana Deprnvity
Before the Trey Humane Society.
Troy. Feb. 2o.-superintendent Walker Of the
Humane Society was called upon by Mrs. Lucy
La Noue Of North Adams, Mass. who told
him Q story OF cruelty and depravity seldom
cQualled. Her object was to interest the society
in behalf Of her daughter, who, she said, at tho
age Ct . little more than 10 years. eloped three
yearu ago from North Adams with Napoleon
Stebtins, o widower and tho father Of two boys,
who now lives on Green Island.
Mrs, La Noue says that her daughter. who but
recently gave birth to her third child. has been
subjected to such cruel treatment by Stebbins
that her life has been endangered. and she 10
now under the care of DR.. Rivet. She charges
that her son-in-law recently came near causing
the death of one of his children, o baby of
IA months, by feeding 1t beer until 1t had spasms:
that he hnbitually sends his little boys to sa-
looms for beer, and that he maltreats them, lift
ing the younger boy. aged 8 years, from the
floor by tho ears, and sending him and his
brother out to gather coal and cinders before
dawn. Mrs. La Noue referred Superintendent
Walker to the father of the first wife of Steb.
bins for corroboration Of her charges and to the
little boys.
The grandfather of the boys brought them 10
the Humane Society rooms and there the old
man and children repeated much Of what Mrs.
La Noue had said. Superintendent Walker will
investigate the charges.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
AsKED FOR 4 LOAN ON HIS HAToH.
Jersey Man Hoped to Pawn Ht fer so at the
Tendorloin station.

jersey MAN Hoped 70 Pawn Ht fer so 1t the
Tenderioin Station.
While Sergeant Mccoy was busily engaged in
writing up the blotter Of tho est Thirtieth street
station about 7:30 o'clock last night the street
door was pushed open hesitatingly. and q man
and q woman who were drenched to the skin
entered. The man asked for a $40 loan on an
open.face gold watch. He was noticeably we'll
dressed, and his companion wore a large black
plumed hat. while a handsome silk underskirt
showed beneath her drenched outer garments.
The man said that he and his wife had come
from New Jersey four days ago with q party Of
four friends, and had been seeing the town,
which they didn't know very well. and having a
good time. When they awoko yesterday morn
Ing. he added, they found themselves unable to
remember how they had reached the hotel
where they were. Their friends were not in the
same hotel. and they tried yainly all through
the day to locate them. He and his wife. he
continued, did not have a single cent of money,
hence the request for the loan.
The Sergeant told them that he was not in the
money.lending business, and with q mournful
look at the hig stove. the couple drew their
soaked garments yet tighter about them and
went out into the storm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
WASHINGTON FORECAST o MONDAY.

For Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont. snowl
northeast gales.
For Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut and
eastern Se,o York. rain or sHop, probably clearing
By night; colder; sdsteriy gales. becoming northwest.
eriy.
For the District OF Columbia. Maryland. and vir
ginia. rain. clearing during the forenoon: much coldeFI
northwcsterly winds.
For eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Deiar
ware, rain, followed by fair; colder; northcasterly
winds. backing TO northwesteriy.
For western Pennsylvania and western New York.
rain. turning to snow; colder; high %northerly 70
northwesterly winds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
FOUND Dsaa in a Brooklyn street.

An unidentified man about so years old wns
found lying dead In Pierrepont street, near
Clinton street. Brooklyn. yesterday morning.
The body was removed to the Morgue. The
man was 8 feet 8 inches In height. OF medium
build. with mixed gray hair and mustache. and
wore a brown overcoat, black vest. dark checked
trousers. black Jersey jacket, striped shirt, low
cut shoes and black derby hat.
A watch that was found on the body con-
tanned this inscription on tine inside case: III.
Muhrs & Son. Chicago Exposition, 1893" A
knife and two silk handkerchief were also
found.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
POLICEMAN DEAD IN BATHROOM
west Chester BIuecoat Stricken with Apo
pisHy while Alone NJ his Hsms.

George w. Senk. a policeman of the West
Chester squad. was found dead In his cottage.
ON Catharine street, near Baker street. West
Chester. last evening. 1t was Senk's day OFF
yesterday. and no left tho station at q o'clock In
the morning.
When no did not return at 9 o'clock last night
n policeman was sent to look him up. After a
long search he found him IN his bathroom. dead.
Senk's wife and two children were away on a
horse. lie Is thought to have died Of apoplexy.
lie was 80 years old, and had boon on the police
force for seven years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
A CEASE FOR Il LUyATIC.
An Escaped Patient from RIatbush Hiudes Hais
Keepers for . Time.

An Escaped Patient from Rlatbush Biudes His
Keepers for . Time.
Ernst Loasch. a wheelwright, So years old,
who has been an innate Of the Flatbush Insane
Asylum for several months. escaped from that
institution on Friday. A general alarm was
sent to the police and early yesterday morning
Policeman MCGEE of the Clymer street station.
Williamsburg, saw the fugitive descending the
front stairs OF a house at 734 Broadway. Mo.
Gee and another policeman arrested Loasch and
took him to the station house, where he was de-
tanned until the arrival Of two keepers from the
asylum.
The keepers neglected to handcuff Loasch when
they got on q Nostrand avenue car. The car
had proceeded four blocks when Loasch jumped
and ran out of the door. Policeman Waldron
caught the fugitivei in Hewes street. near Broad.
way, and held him until the keepers arrived.
Loasch was taken to the police station. where
his hands and feet were tied. and he was re-
turned in o coach to the asylum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
L.ynchsa n NsErs hoy.

CENTER, Ala. Feb. oO.-Two weeks ago a
negro boy, John Kellogg. assaulted a ~l4'year'
old white girl named Roberts, living near
Blanche, In this county. The negro ran away.
and q band Of men quickly followed Hun. The
next day tho citizens returned and reported that
Kellogg had escaped. 1t has now become known
that he was caught by thcn' and hanged In some
woods about twenty miles north or this place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
4 sAILOR IN IRONS.

He Tried 10 XIII Capt. dc SNintar and wife OF
the Ship ". r. tsrnces
SAN FRANcIsoo. Feb. 20.-TheA American ship
NJ. p. Grace arrived from New York to-day with
c. A. Hansen. O sailor. in irons for attempting
to kill Capt. De Winter and his wife. Soon aftor
the vessel left New York Hansen tried to create
disturbance, and refused to work. He WAS put
on bread and water. and when released he drew
o pistol and triod to shoot the Captain and bis
posing as q religious ~lunatic, and declares that
he simply followed the commando of God.
The British ship Kenilworth arrived from New
York last night after q quick passage Of 110
Gays. While off Cape Horn . big sea swept ovee
the ship and smashed four of her boats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
Dioa or . IEsrss,s KICK.

Ernest Volkmnn. 40 years old. q stableman
who lived at $50 East Sixteenth street, died
yesterday In New York Hospital of q fractured
skull. VolkInAn was kicked by q horse two
weeks ago in the head, and never recovered con-
OCtouAneGn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
A IaeL Tar Die. on . Traiu.

WILMINGTON, Del. Feb. DOR. J. Kennedy,
aged ~ yoars. ono of q party OF United States
seamen being transferred from the Vermont At
New York to the Puritan at Norfolk, died on a
Della ware Railroad train early this morning
near Dover. The body was left there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
MARINE INTELLIG ENCE.

IMMATURE AIMANAc-THIs DAY.
Sun rises .... 8 46 Sun SETS. 544 Noon SETS. 0 SO
HIGH wATER-THIs DAY.
Sandy Hook. Z 40 Gov. Isid. y go He'll Gate. 10 IS