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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Fer nation full OF prickIy pride Spain can slide
down perch ultmatum is pointed at her in
q mighty graceful manner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

The Spsniards De superstitious SO far as
that treaty of Is they might better believe
in signs by Monday
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Simon Guggenheim OF Denver married THANKSGIVING Da
and dinner four thousand
to be getting back into the United Sates-as least
stopped groaning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

The lawyers of Cleveland Ohio, row and terri
bic state OF things is the
the worst; then doctors quarrel and then law
yers' squabble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Some day guying will be unpopular. young lady g1yed
three girls Psburg girls jumped on her and
fatally injured her Guyng is good the health
and, besides, polite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

The trouble win the pueists Is that il isn,t hair ss
haHaiating them lose fight 70 lose a BET
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Probably II John Kelly hadn't exposed he scb..
the next time sharkey would have bet cO6et lost
the fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Mr. Roberts director mint has just srolled out
and performer the eouceecouchee the PROSTATE
OF free silver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26

Perhaps Is al right hut entvinug q ;he British
and The American h@gs = becoming yawaEaL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
SAVED HER CHILD.
When Her Babe was Safe a Chica-
go Woman Jumped to
Her Death

Chicago. ILL.,, Dec. 17.-Mrs J. f. New
ell threw her baby from the second-story
window of q burning building at 1S9 Or
leans street last night to save it from
frightful death in the flames The mother
saw her child caught without a scratch
in the arms of a man below. The fire
was roaring around her and the smoke
was strangling her, and when she saw
that the baby was saved she leaped from
the window to her death on the stones.
She lived for few hours, dying at the
German hospital at $50 o'clock from the
effects of q fractured skull.
The fire started at $40 in the stable of
G. JeVne q Co., over which Mrs Newell
lived. An overheated stove set fire to the
woodwork, and, quickly burning through
the ceiling, ate its way to the living apart
ments. There are two flats over the sta
ble Mr. and Mrs. Newell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Patterson occupied one
The other was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wallin and their 4-year-old son
Freddie. Mrs. Patterson is a sister of
Mrs. Newell and was with her in the fat
when the fire started
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
BIG DEAL CLOSED.
The Northwestern Life Assurance
Company Changes
Hands.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-THE North
western Life Assurance company Of Chi
cagO has passed into the control Of the
Iowa Life Insurance company. The
transaction, one of the most important
ID local life insurance history, was ac-
complished yesterday. The change was
made at the annual meeting of policy
holders. By the transaction the policy
holders lose nothing, but rather gain in
securing progressive managers.
The Northwestern Life was formerly
the Northwestern Masonic Aid associa-
ton. Some years ago the Masonic bar
was let down and a general business
transacted Later the entire plan was
changed from assessment to stimulated
premium, while the Masonic title was
eliminated from the name These changes
bred discomfort among the policy holders,
which eliminated in the resignation of
the trustees of the Northwestern and the
election of the following, who are d.
rect0rs of the lowe Life: G.. E. Mabie.
.: ID. Wetherell, Abner Smith, D. A.
Fierce, K. b. Sackett, E. L. Barber. w.
r: Gorrell, a. L. Parrish and c.. l..
Wright.
Ihe trustees organized by electing the
IolOWlng officers: President. c. Z. Ma
be; hrst vlce-president and treasurer O,
u. Wetherell; second vice-president, D.
A Pierce; secretary, r. g. Sackett; man
ager, e. NJ: Mabie; counsel E. L. Bar
per; medical director, James H. Stowel.
NJ. d.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
REGULARS TO GO.
Several Regiments Are Ordered to
Get Ready for Duty in the
PhiIipDipeS

Washington, D. c., Dec 16-Orders
were today issued for the immediate
preparation of the following-named regi-
ments of regular infantry for service in
the Philippines:
Twelfth, at Jefferson barracks; Tween
ty-second, at Fort Crook, Neb; Third, at
Fort Smelling, MINI; Seventeenth, at Co
lumbus barracks, o.; and Fourth, at Fort
Sheridan, III.
In each case the order states that the
date of embarkation and point of sailing
have not yet been decided and depend
upon the transportation facilities which
may become available.
Chicago, Ill, Dee. 16.-Telegraphic or
ders were received today by Col Thorn
as f. Barr, acting commander of the de-
partment of the lakes, from the war de-
partment at Washington, to make all
preparations at once for sending the
Fourth and Seventeenth infantry regi-
ments to the Philippines. The message
stated that the officers of the regiments
will be permitted to take their wives and
families with them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
RIOT AT CERRO.
Two Cubans Mortally Wounded
in a Fight on the Streets of
Havana Suburb.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. ia Havana dis
patch to the Record says: A hundred
armed Cubans and a company of Spanish
engineers fought a thirty minute battle
in the streets of the suburb Cerro Satur-
day night. Not less than dozen were
killed or wounded in the ARRAY, which
lasted through three separate skirmishes.
In the first of these two Cubans were
MORALLY hurt, and Marion Brill a team
ster of the Second Illinois, who was cart
ing the last of the regimental effects to
Camp Merianao, got nasty flesh wound
in the upper arm.
The two Cubans, who will die, are
Caledonia Penechit, shot through the
right lung, and Isidro Bonsals, shot in the
abdomen. -Four others, less seriously
hurt, were taken home by their friends.
Two women, Jacoba Villate and Maria
Gonzales, were struck by wild bullets,
the first in the left foot, the other in the
right hand. The Spanish loss is an I'M
known quantity, though two engineers
were taken, fatally stabbed, to sanitary
station No. 3 in the suburb, and twice as
many more are known to have received
severe knife thrustS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
America and England in China.

The recent collapse of China has opened
up one of the greatest questions of our
time. Is this vast country, with untold
mineral and other resources, and with a
population of 4OO,0OO,OO0 of frugal, in
dustrious people, to be partitioned among
European nations? Is the greatest poten-
tial market of the world to be permanent
~ closed to general trade, or is it to re-
main open, with it's incalculable possibili-
ties, to all nations on equal terms? The
interest of the United States in the decis-
ion is the same as that of Great Britain.
If it should ever be necessary to enter
into negotiations, in order to secure to all
to This commerce coI N.Y. bo ~ doIted
that they would be infinitely more inf1u-
entail if backed by the joint action of the
United States and Great Britain than if
either of these powers held aloof.-From
Recent Developments in the United
States by Rt. Hon. Joseph ChamL~r~
lain, in Scribner's.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
;. MONSTER CELEBRATION.

The cocoGnut and SNOWFALL will be pendant
side by side:
Great nuggets from Alaska will hang high
in glIttering pride;
The faireSt ivory will show its lustrouS
WhiteneSS there
And Oriental spices will brea the soft upon
the air
The palmleaf fan will futter if the climate
should demand.
And sealskin, if it's needed, will be plente-
ouSly on hand.
The tropic sun will mingle with the bore
alis ray,
The monkey will invite the stately polar
bear TO play;
There's naught that earth can give from
the equator to the pole,
That will not be forthcoming to delight the
patriot soul,
When folk Of all compilations for rejoicing
congregate
At Uncle SamueIs Christmas tree, in eight
cen ninety -eight.
Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
STEAM PIPES BURST.
Fatal Accident on the Steamer
Fanita Lying in the Harbor
at Havana,

New York, Dec 19.-A/special from
Havana says: A terrible explosion shook
the little steamer Fanita Sunday, when
some steam pipes in the boiler room blew
out. killing one man AID fatally scalding
three others. The Fanita was at anchor
in in the harbor ready 70 go out in the morn
ing. Three men We're at work on the
machinery when Chief Engineer A. E.
Geer of Tampa vent into the boiler room.
Geer had been drinking. By mistake
or accident he opened a stopcock, turning
the full pressure of steam into pipes that
had been found defective. Instantly there
came a terrific explosion that wrecked the
room, instghtly killing Geer, John Wilsey,
assistant Engineer. William Green, fire
man, any Peter Walsh, machinist were
so scal1ed that they are all dying at the
Reina Mercedes hospital.
ThR Fanita is the steamer that left Mo
bile fast summer loaded with munitions
of /var, ostensibly for Gen. Gomez, but
really for San Dominican flibusters. who
tfied to effect a landing from the Fanita
/at Monte Cristi and start a revolution
there but were driven off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
END OF GOLD SLEUTH."
Harland P. HaIsey, Who Made a
Fortune Out of His Stories,
is Dead.

New York, Dec. 17.-Harland P,/Hal-
sey, the author known as cold Seuth, .
died last night of cerebral hemorEhage, at
his home in Brooklyn. He was born in
New York sixty-one years ago.
Robert Treat, the first coloHial governor
of Connecticut, was one of mis- ancestors
and Halsey was a member Of the Sons
of the Revolution.
fortune was estimated at $5UO,OOO He
wrote often two books/a week His last
book was only a Photograph"
He was the organizer of the Hamilton
Trust company, helped TO organized the
Kings County Trust company, was a
member of the Union League club of
Brooklyn, and Of the board of education
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
HONOR A SAINT.
New York People Flock to See a Relic
of ST. Anthony.

New York, Dec. 19.-Bareheaded peo-
pie stood out on the sidewalk in East
One Hundred and Thirteenth street, be-
tween Second and Third avenues, yester-
day afternoon because they We're unable to
get into the Church of Our Lady, Queen
of Angels, where a relic of ST. Anthony
of Padua was exposed for veneration
The relic is a very small bit of bone
of the forearm, about the length and
breadth of a little finger nail, and was
obtained by the Capuchin friars of the
church in East One Hundred and Third
street, after many petitions, from the very
reverend superiorof the Basilica in Padua,
Italy 1t was received Saturday and was
placed yesterday in its glass case on the
altar of the special chapel of ST Anthony,
on the left of the church, with appropriate
onrnrnOninS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
GREELY'S ARCTIC CHRISTMAS.
Though Starving, Good Will and Love
Were Their Countersign.

"On Christmas day we all asked our
selves the same wondering question: Was
there ever such another Christmas as
ours?" writes Gen. A. W. Greedy in the
Ladies Home Journal, of his awful win
ter at Cape Sabine, where eighteen of his
party of twenty-four explorers persisted
ut was a feast day for which certain
food was set apart and it was as if we
had almost enough to eat. The self-de-
NAL of two months now gave us about
three ounces each of rice, which was
steWed, with about equal amounts of raj
sins and condensed milk-the only sweet
as our sugar was gone. Then came a
cup of chocolate, and in the evening q
gill of hot rum-a precious stimulant
saved for emergencies. In the health
strength and plenty of the past two years
there was always complaining, which
was rare in the misery of that period
That Christmas silent endurance bios
somed into speech, and each strove to
Guido in sympathy and affection. The
embers of hate, that oft glowed under the
breath of circumstance, lost their last
spark of malice. Good will and love were
the parole and countersign of the day.
How can such wealth of things spiritual
spring up in Wretched environment of
things material If it be not the express
sion of immortal souls? Sure it was that
our bodies were fast coming to DEATH as
slowly but inevitably they were getting
out Of adjustment with our environment
of biting cold and bitter hunger. The
soul appears to thrive when the body
fails. Fairer were some Of these faces to
me, since many turned all their manly
strength to act and work for others good
AS to our faith and hope, stronger on
that Christmas day than ever, they have
been voiced by Cardinal Newman as if
for us alone at that time
$50 long Thy power has blest me, sure it
still
Will lead me on
Ger moor and fen, DER crag and torrent, till
The night is gone. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
WE TWO.

Sit here with me,
My little girl,
And while the red
And gold flames curl
With pretty sparks
Far up the fue,
I'll stroke your locks
And talk to you.
The mothers eyes
Were just like yours
Blue as the waves
On Naples shores;
Her hair was brown,
Like yours, too, dear,
And rippled DER
AS pink an ear.
She used to sit
Beside me here,
When nights were harsh
And woods were sere-
All. she was fair,
Dear, very fair,
With freight upon her hair.
The black midnight
Would find us still
Before the blaze.
And here, until
The crumbling sticks
Had spread in two,
We'd sit. my child,
And talk Of you.
Now, little girl.
'Tis you and /
Your mother went
When fall passed by;
And here we sit
And list the purr
OF burning logs.
And talk Of her.
Up on the hill
Your mother sweet
Rests quietly
Her head and feet
Deep under snow
From stormy skies;
But you, my pet,
Have her blue eyes!
Y. Leroy Fogg in Boston TRANSCRIPT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
Steer Weighs Over a Ton.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE largest
steer ver/bronght to this market was de-
livered to the st. Louis Dressed Beef and
Provision company. 1t came from Henry
Herring of Winchester, Ill.,, and is of
polle9 shorthorn breed. 1t weighs $3.50
poupds. as 1t stands it is nearly twice
tho size cf animals in the same consign.
ment AK ordinary steer weighs about
1000 pounds. SO the proportions of this one
c:.n be readily grasped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
DanViI.e Murderer Huno.

Champaign, H., Dec. 16.-Dick Collier
of Danyille was hanged in the county Jail
at Urbana today for the murder Of
Charles Freebryant, at Sidney, in Sep
TENDER last. The execution was wit
messed by about 100 persons. Collier
neck was broken by the fall. John Col
lier, brother of Dick, is serving a SEN
tence in the penitentiary for completely in
the murder, which was brutal and unpro-
voked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
War Makes Love Victor

New Haven, Conn, Dee. ,19.-Mathew
Borden, the Yale senior who renowned
his chances of a fortune of 81 900. 600 to
marry Miss Mile Negbauer a New
Haven Jewess and shop girl has finally
become reconciled with his parents as a
result of his war record and pathetic hos
pital experiences. He returned shattered
in health and his wife nurSed him, which
brought his parents to time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-21
More Proficient than Girls

Kansas City has manual training
school in the second-year class of which
there is but one boy among 'steen girls.
The curriculum includes the making by
each pupil of q shirtwaist, and the bow
pupil proved to be as proficient in this
exercise as were any Of the girls.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-25
DRY GOODS.
1880 1898
v odVard&LOthroD' S
Eighteenth Store Birthday,
This Friday, February Twenty-ffth.
DRY GOODS.
1898

Eighteen years Of uninterrupted growth
this, the peoples great supply house. has a
brighter, more vigorous, more hopeful, more
impetuous youth than ever.
The secret of the success of the Boston
House lies in the f>ct that from its inception
and al through these eighteen years. we have
aimed to build on the solid rock of public con.
fdence aud while it has been our earnest en-
deav0r during tn csc years to have every state
ment tue and free from misrepresentation or
exaggeration, We could not have accomplished
81 much without your hearty CO operation
and faith in our integrity. To generous
public who made all this possible we owe and
extend our most graceful acknowledgment.
The policy that has proved so successful in
the past will be rigidly adhered to in the fu
ture. We aim TO put aside all temporary and
purely selfish considerations, except in the
broad sense that all successful service must
ultimately result5in the interest of theserver.
You will always find US enterprising, pro-
gressive and aggressive in everything Ier-
tanning to business-liberal in our ways OF
dealing anxious to please glad to right any
wroDg-and ever ready to take back anything
bought of US that isn't entirely satisfactory.
According to our custom We propose hold
ing an Anniversary Sale to-day and Saturday
Each Of the three score and eight departments
will contribute one OF more items Sensible,
practical things, every one Of them, and near
y all bought especially for this occasion and
marked at Il special price-ln undcr-yalue
price. We have made liberal Preparations
for two days sale and think tho quantities
sufficient. Again thanking you for your CO
operation, We invite you to be with us.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-25

SERIOUSLY CUT.-Andrew LomaE,
c-iyIei, reported 10 Lieut.. Smith al 10
o'cocl, iasl night that Walter + sey,
also colored, had been stabbed in the
- by a wuite man during difficulty
which occurred in the saloon Of Jame
Fegan, Oh Princess street, half an hour
earlier. Policemen Davis and Arrinss
ton were assigned 10 tho case, and DR.,
Miller was called to attend Elsey. The
Injured man claims that be did not
Know the man who cut him. About
/ o'clock last night the officers arrest
Ell Huylus Osbourne, who, upon being
locked up, confessed that he did the
cutting, but claimed that it was an ac-
c.dent. Osbourne is young white
man, and came here recently from
Baltimore. An ugly looking knife with
six inch blade WAS found on his per-
son Elsey is not thought to be seri-
ou-ly wounded Osbourne was fined
>-u by the Mayor this morning, and in
default ofpaymeut was semitic the chain
gang. Esey was sent to the Inhrmary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The County Court meets on Mouday

HO SouutJ Souit iuSSlS Vu MOuQHV.
Mr. John Evanss gilling skiff will be drawn
for at Hamilton & Co.'s cigar store to night.
A marriage license was issued in Washing.
ton yesterday - Aubrey R. Anderson. oil
Bowling Green, and Moody NJ. johnson, OF
Ashland.
Services will be held at the Presbyterian
Chapel, on Lee street, this evening at 7:3O
o'clock Preaching by Rev. E. Thacker.
a | are invited.
The corporation fish wharf will be offered
for rent at public auction to. morrow. At the
same time the benches in the fish mark ct
will lie rened for one year.
a meeting was he'd last night at the resi-
dence CT Mr.. J. II. Trimyer, on Prince street
at which preliminary steps were taken to re-
organize Golden Light Lodge of Good Tenn
plars.
Judge Norton to-day granted charter to
the Century Cyc,e Co., the objects of which
are to mako. buy and sell bicycles. The cap
ital stock is $25 900 ard c. J. Gillette. of
Washington, is president. with Mr.. J. T. Cal.
iahan SIS agent in this city.
The funeral of Mrs. Jane Whiting took
place from her late home, No. 208 north
Fairfax street, this morning at 10 o'clock
The services were conducted by Rev. j. T
Wiliams The rallbearers were Messrs. G..
E. Price, N. Haddox, James McWilliams and
J. w. Hammond.
Mr.. &. b. Havener is still dispensing that
excelleIt apple cider, q new supply of which
he received several days ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A dispatch from Key West says Sena-
tor Proctor expects to leave on the
Olivette tonight for Havana.
1t is stated that the submarine boat
Holland. which is at Perth Amboy, n.
j., will 60 to Washington tomorrow
in order TO make q trial in the presence
of the government officials.
Captain Quevado, of the Spanish
steamer Panama, which arrived at
New York to-day, said there was no
stampede of Americans to get away
from Havana at the time his boat sailed
on Sunday.
The Kentucky House has passed the
anti-cigarette bill. The bill absolutely
prohibits the sale, barter, loan or use
of cigarettes or cigarette material or to
even to have these things in ones pos
session. 1t now goes to the Senate.
Ray Fry and Hugh Sewell prominent
young men Of Jamestown, Pa, quarreled
about young lady last night, and Sewell
thrust knife through Fry'S heart, killing
him instantly Horritied at the deed sewel
attempted suicide twice, the first time by
cutting his throat and then by drowning He
has been arrested.
4 be A. Henry, travelling agent from
Philadelphia. jumped from the st. Louis
Bridge into the Mississippi river to-day and
was drowned. In the pocket offs coat which
he left on the bridge WAS a card on VIII oh
was written Have q wife and child. Am
crazy and want to die
Fire last night destroyed the Badger Block,
ill St. Joseph Mo. Loss $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-25
COMMUNICATED.

OOM
THE WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL.
The ignorance displayed by some OF
our public men is remarkable. 1t has
been stated on the floor of the Virginia
Senate that the per capita cost for med
ical officers at the Western State Hos
pihal was 500 yearly. If the Senator
who made this statement had taken the
trouble &c examine the report OF the
board he could have seen that his state
ment was not based On facts and figures.
The salaries CT the medical officers for
the years of 1896 and 1897 were in round
figures, Sl1, Isl o.. The average daily
number of patients in the hospital was
822. Divide that sum Of money By S22
and you have an average cost to each
patient of $13 go ior medical attention.
My own family costs me per capita as
much. To this you might add the
wages paid attendants, who wait
upon these patients which eggre-
gates $25 81 per capita and you have a
total cost of $3S 81 per capita for med
ical and attendant service. Deduct this
from our reported cost including every
thing for the entire year and you have
$50, which is for support and clothing,
about 2ll cents day. Surely no bet
ter exhibit could be expected. The
jailors of the State who feed perfectly
well people are allowed 80 cents
When Senators make statements about
any public institutions they should go
into the details, and ASCERTAIN facts
Senator Turnbull has been nghting the
Western State Hospital all this session.
Why. l do not know. He has never
be en- there, to my knowledge, to ascer
tain the facts or ask any questions. lie
seems to have relied upon the informa
ton of some one else equally as ur-
friendly to that hospital. We are no:
ashamed of our work there. 1t speaks
for itself. understand the Senstors
statement to have been that the OIL
GERS salaries at the Western State Hos
pital to have been equal to 500 per
capita. I would like him to explain
how he arrives at this. Respectfully,
j. 7. BECKHAM,
Member OF the Board.