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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
NICARAGUA CANAL COMMISSION
Will Inspect Every Hsthmian Route
That Has Ever Been Propo<ed.

Washington. July S.-The Nicaragua
canal commission has finished its present
sitting in Washington and the members
have scattered to wind up their personal
and professional business before starting
for the field. 1t has been settled that the
field force taken from this country will
number about seventy-five all told, in adj
dition to whatever help may be picked up
on the isthmus. The first party TO leave
this country will consist of Admiral
Walker, Colonel Ernst, Mr.. Burr and Mr.
Morrison, constituting the Panama COM
mittee, with probably two other members
of the commission, who will leave here in
about thirty days for Paris. There they
will examine the records Of the Panama
company and secure whatever data is OBJ
tainable N connection with that part Of
the work. II is possible they may visit
Kiel before returning. Meantime the re-
mainder Of the commission In this coun-
try will do whatever is possible by cor
respondence w::h the several Central
American governments who may be inter-
ested in the route to be finally selected.
The start of the entire commission for the
isthmus will be made probably in Novem-
Der. When the commission takes the field
1t will divide into three sections. one to
study the Panama route, one to further
investigate the Nicaraguan route and the
other TO go over the Darien line. After
ward the San Bias and several minor
routes will be studied so as TO leave no
possible question open when the survey
Is finished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
FOR MOUNTAIN YEN
Arrangements Made by the
School Land Board.
SPECIAL FORM OF LEASE
To Make LesseeS' Permanent
Improvements Safe.

Guthrie, o. T., July s.-Ernest E. Blake,
general attorney for the Mountain View
Townsite company, has succeeded in max
ing an arrangement with the school land
board through which the latter gives the
company a special form Of lease, which
recognizes and sustains the assignment of
lots and maintains the preference right
of the assignees to successive release, the
board agreeing, Furthermore, TO maintain
a system of transfers. The cinditions
which led to this arrangement are entire
II new and Ilovel. The tOwnsite company
lea-ed section Of school land in Wasl a
county at the end OF the Rock Island rail-
way extension, where it built up lively
town. Further growth was retarded,
however, by the insecurity of title given
by the townsite company, which difficulty
is surmounted by the present arrange
ment, so Mr.. Blake claims. With the
guarantee Of a preference right the lessee
will feel safe in making permanent i'm
proyements on his lot with a security in
title equal TO that Of a warranty deed.
The school revenues, also, are largely
added to by the new arrangement. Orig
ally the. section Of land was leased for
$33 year. The company now agrees 10
pay five times that amount and every
three years the school land board Is to
collect 5-mill tax on the appraised value
of the town lots. which. it Is estimated.
will produce a triennial revenue of from
81. 500 to 5000. Also, for each transfer a
fee Of % cents Is collected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09

companies Is 2.5oO.ooO pounds. but $4,000
pounds Is reserved for future develop
ments of the business. The British on
and Cake Mills. limited. Is an exact re-
production Of similar amalgamations In
America, with the single difference in de-
tail that the stock Is not watered. The
new company Is neither a trust nor mo-
nopoly. but simply one OF many industrial
amalgamations which are formed here as
readily as in America. English laws sane
ton such consultations and they receive
the support of the greatest financiers and
there is no popular agitation against
them. The consolidated company will be
powerful enough to control production,
but the natural effect Of economies IN the
purchase Of seed, the disposal Of products
and the Improvement of plants will be the
reduction of prices to the English oil
trade. While allowing Mr.. Bartlett 10
carry out his own plan without modifica-
ton, the British trade Is acting entirely
for itself and independently OF any Amer
lean trade amalgamation. There Is 20 at
tempt to regulate prices by an internal
tional trust or combination. Some basis
Of common action may be arranged in the
future"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
OIL SEED TRUST IN ENGLAND
sixty Per Cent of the Trade Adopts
the American Plan.

New York. July S-A dispatch 10 the
Tribune from London. England. SAYS:
The complete success q Joan r Bart
let's campaign n the English oil seed
trade * assured. when tx came . Eng
land five months ago the mana ayers %.
,sle lgnseed and cott1nseei crushing NILS
ard retnecies were competing saa-ply H.tl
one another and adopting D. inches 20.
selt-Preservation. He has drawn sixty
Per cen; OF this great trade .,to aa anal
gsma;ed company HIS pan = opera
tons has been adopted by majority Of
the trade. including all the strongest con-
pan.es and firms He has made contracts
WITH seventeen corporations and arms and
purchased twen;y-elght mills AID twelve
OIL reiineries. with plant. business and
good wiI. TIE BIN -. OIL and Cake
Mills. limited. has beer organized 20 carry
into effect these agreements. mace ~
him and his brokers. and cohduct The bust
ness for the common advantage u the
majority Of the trade. The saare capita
and debeuture sick OF the consolidated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
LIEUTENANT PAGUE FOUND DEAD
He is the Onlcer Who Tried to KilI
Colonel CrOft0n.

Chicago. July Samuel S. Pague,
who. while stationed at Fort Sheridan as
lieutenant OF company F, Fifteenth Unit
ed tSates infantry. fired three shots at
Colonel Crofton and was dismissed from
the army on the nding of a court-martial.
died in the office of Clark street lodging
house today under circumstances which
indicated suicide. TIE former officer
spent the night in a loom at the house
and early tiday erteied the office and
threw himself weariif into a chair. A
half hour later the clerk found his dead
body. st:ll seated in the chair, and an
empty choral bottle in a pocket. He
left no letters which indicated that he
had premeditated seif-destruCtion.
The court-martial of Lieutenant Pague
attracted widespread interest. Pague was
Jealous Of Colonel Crcfton, alleging that
the iatter's attentions to Mrs. Pague were
ton. pronounced. On October 3, 1885. Pague
heated with wine. attempted TO kill the
colonel. Two bullets went through the lat
ter'S overCoat, the third striking the
ground. Mrs. Pague rushed TO her nus
band and seized his arm. He was arrest
ed and dismissed from the army on the
finding OF the Court-mart.al.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
FIGHT WITH A MOTHER-IN-LAW
Exciting Encounter on Joe SOuth,s
Farm, Near InSaIIs

Saltwater, o. T, July S.-Near ingalls,
RMS week an exciting fight took place be-
tween man and his nother-in-law.
growing out of testimony in a divorce
suit. AT the last term of court Mack
Literal had divorce case on the docket
and his mother-in-law gave evidence
against him. Afterward Mack moved TO
chandler. He filled himself with LIQUOR
fhis week and came back to Joe South's
farm, near ingalls,. Mrs. Sarah Steel, the
mother-in-law. lived at Joe South's house.
AS soon as Literal arrived on the farm he
grabbed an axe and attacked his mother
1n-law, who screamed for Joe South. Joe
came running up and Literal ran away.
but being drunk. he stumbled and his
mother-in-law jumped on him and gave
him fearful drubbing. Literal yelled for
help and Joe South pulled the motner-in-
law of. Once on his feet Literal got the
axe again and attacked South But Mrs.
Steel han tainted and South was afraid
10 leave her. He distracted Liberals at
tention for a moment and jerked the axe
away from him The son-in-law then
took to his heels and skipped the coun
try. Arrests will probably follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
SANITARIUM SUIT SETTLED
DIR. ThreadgilI Becomes Sole Owner Of
the IuStitntIon

Guthrie, o. T., July S.-The talked of
litigation in connection with the Okla
hcma sanitarium at Norman has been
amicably avoided. DR.. r S. Gaiibraith Of
Indiana. the stockholder who made appli-
cation for a receiver. disposing of his one
fourth interest TO DR.. John Threadgill,
who thereby becomes the sole owner of the
institution. Under Dr. Threadgill, who
thereby becomes the sole owner Of the in
stitutiJn. Under DR.. Threadgilrs per-
sonal supervision the sanitarium has come
TO be regarded as a model Of its kind. and
It is a fact not generally appreciated that
the cost per patient to the territory under
the present contract sless than in states
owning their own Institutions. consider
ing the magnitude of Investment for
buildings and grounds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
REVIEW OF YEARS EXPORTS
Every Part OF the World Shows an
Increasing Demand.

Washington, July IA study Of the de-
tails of exports from the United States
during the fiscal year just ended, the
bureau OF statistics says, shows that
every part of the world has evinced as
increased desire for American products.
Europe is the onlN part of the world which
has failed to increase the amount Of
money paid to US for our products, and
this, the bureau says. is due solely to the
plentiful supply OF breadstuffs in that part
of the world in 1899 as compared with 1s9S
and the consequent decrease is price paid
per bushel. To Asia. to Africa, to South
America, to Mexico. to Canada, and 70 the
Hawaiian Islands and Oceania our sales
have increased in quantity and value as
compared with the phenomenal year 1898.
To British North America the exports in
the fiscal year 1893 will be in round num-
bers S0.cO.OO0 against $S5Oo0,O00 last year;
to Mexico about s25, 100 900. against ST.
205 % last year: to Cuba about $4,000 900.
against $S.250.O0o last year; - Porto Rico
S2,J00OO0. against S1.500OO0 in 1898. and to
the entire West Indies group S35 10000 in
round numbers. against 500 $500 last
year. South America to which our eaies
in the past have sot shown as rapid an
increase as those 10 other parts Of the
world. shows a slight gain in 1892 and will
reach total of over SS5.O00.OeO. against
3.S21.O 600 last year. To Asia. the exports
OF the year will be about 81 o.. 000,
against $44. $4,000 last year. China show
ing an increase Of over SO per cent, and
Hong Kong about an equal increase. while
Japan. which purchased enormous quaint
ties last year OF raw cotton and various
manufactured goods from MS. has some
what decreased her purchases in those
lines. 50 that the total to Japan during
the year will show a reduction Of over
81 10000 compared with 1898 but an in
crease of $S.0O0.ODo compared with 1877.
Oceania shows remarkable gains. the total
for the year being likely 20 exceed s3o.-
600. coo. against 81. 99l. coo last year. and %
Africa the exports Of the year are in ex-
cess OF those of any preceding year. The
value of exports 10 the United Kingdom
for the year viii be more than s25 c0.000
below that of last year. while the reduc-
ton in the value of our exports 70 France
will be more than S9o.oCoCCo TO Belgium
about sl0o0.OCo and 10 Spain about s2e1.-
ono. This reduction occurs almost entirely
in food products. and especially bread
stuffs. The reduction in value II wheat
sent II Europe in eleven months-of 1879
compared with the corresponding months
II lSaS, Is. in round numbers, s1>.90o.onl.
The United Kingdom has also reduced her
purchases to live cattle about s7.Ooo0l0 IN
the e.even months Of lSe9 compared Nt;a
the corresponding months Of lS's. due,
II i believed. largely u an Increase n
price demas,led by The dealers OF the
United States
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
MANDANUS IS TRIED
TO Compel the Attendance of
Democratic Member
Of THE PERRY COUNCIL
Mondays Called Meeting VIII
See the Thing Tested,

Guthrie, o. T, July S.-Things came to
y crisis at Perry today in the matter of
an obdurate city council and determined
mayor. The Democratic members of the
council have been refusing to attend the
council meeting, in order to prevent quo
rum for the transaction of business. Once
the mayor got two Of the Democrats 10
attend, on a scheme which the belligerent
members detecting they broke for the door
and were detained by two policemen.
much to their wrath. Since then they
have refused to help out at council meet
tngs. Meanwhile a large number of peo-
pie who have bills against the city are
waiting and it is necessary for the coun-
ell to meet to arrange for the tax levy for
,hhe city. Yesterday Mayor Pancoast, of
the city, slipped down to Guthrie and Sc
cured mandamus compelling each of the
obdurate members to attend a called meet
ing Of the council next Monday morning.
The mandamus papers were served at
Perry today. This is an unusual legal
proceeding. and If the men do not attend.
and If they defy the process issued by
justice Burford, a warm time will follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09

London. July Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain and family left today for
Sweden. where Mr.. Clemens will take the
Swedish cure.
Dickinson. y. D., July Captain ".
NJ Wheeler OF s.. Paul. general travelling
agent OF the Northwestern railway, died
here Of paralysis today.
Washington. July Mrs Mckinley
was considerably improved today. ard
during the afternoon went out for half n
hours drive with the president.
New York. July The United States
cruiser Brooklyn LEI; por; today bound
for Newport to join the &c; % the Nortl
Atlantic squadron. under Captain Tayl ?
Chicago. July kid Mccoy has signed
articles to night Jack Mccormack O.:
Philadelphia in this city on August Is Nc
Cormack has expressed his Willingness -
fight.
Washington. July 7.-L.eu,enant law
son n. Fuller. ordnance bureau. L. s. A.
has been ordered 10 TIE Philippines IS
chief ordnance officer in the field OF the
army operating there.
Paris. July AT tOday's sitting OF the
Venezuela arbitration commission. SIX
Richard Webster. leading counsel for
Great Britain. continued his presentation
Of the British side Of the case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
AN OLD COIN.

Mr.. f. L. Carnahan. register Of deeds.
has in his possession a very rare and val
liable coin which he got hold of a few
days ago in a peculiar manner. A gentle
man came to the Office to pay some fees
and handed the coin to Mr.. Carnahan.
Mr.. Carnahan looked at II a little while
and then expressed his surprise. The owner
did not seem TO care much for the coin
and Mr.. Carnahan gave him $50 for II.
Mr.. Carnahan says he would not sell the
coin for a great deal. 1t Is a fifty-cent
piece and Is dated 1895. The republic was
young and weak then. and the picture OF
the eagle on the face of the coin Is like
wise very feeble looking bird. There
Is not the symmetry and beauty about
the coin which characterize those OF the
present time. Even the Goddess of Lib
erty looks like she had the liver COM
plant Around the rim Of the coin are
thirteen stars, representing the number Of
states in the union at that time. The
edge of the half dollar Is not nicked ike
those OF the present date, but rough
notches are cut in the edge. and in one
place the words Half Dollar" are indent-
ed in the rim. The coin has passed down
the ages with very little wear and is to-
day worth a great deal more than when
It was made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
TAPE-WoRM yrC-rTM-

4 wichita man has for years been the
victim % a practical Joke. Some years
ago a friend sent % ali the tape worm
experts IN The country information that
this man vas suffering from tape-worrn-
From .lat DAY 70 this the man - coz
s;aat.y IN receipt OF circulars oHer.ng 70
cure tape-worn- A. frS7 he vas hot and
threatened 20 70 cas-; and XII OF few
81 the experts. but II noE an Old st5gT
and when he receives circular OF a Is1-
ter. he ares II into the waste basket
!rdlhsrenily.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
THREE FINE COMPLIMENTS.

The Eagle has been n receipts OF three
fine compliments the last week. Fred
Sweet. who lives in Charleston. West Viz
GINA. says the Eagle has more news n
II than the eastern papers and that his
paper IL in demand from people who
never saw Wichita. Mr.. Rogers says his
son writes from Manila that fhe copy %
the Eagle ne receives Is very popular with
the boys and Il read and re-Jad. Rev
e-end Diamond Mitchell OF 81. Paul. says
that he reads the Eagle regularly and
finds lots % news IN il that ne iads IN
10 oSler paper. Some months ago jos
sic Stone said that while in London his
copy OF the E1gie gave him more general
reTs Of tie country than he could find in
the New York papers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
OUTCALT or A DARK HORSE
AL Depending Upon sChat Secretary
Jenkins Stands TO.

Guthrie. o. T., July S-The selection of
a census supervisor for Oklahoma is still
in the unsatisfactory condition that il
was yesterday morning when Secretary
jenkins announced that he was not yet
prepared to join with the governor and
mir. Flynn in their endorsement Of George
Outcalt Of TeCumseh. Governor Merriam
stated to Governor Barnes wnen the lat
ter was in Washington that he desired to
make the appointment not later rIan
July Is, and that the governor and Mr..
Flynn intend 10 stand by their agreement
on outcalt Is evident from the fact that
Mr.. Flynn left the same afternoon on a
two-weeks' trip and the governor went Il
Chicago this morning. Hence Il would
seem that il will be either Outcalt CT a
dark horse suggested ny the president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
FIRST BUSINESS MEETING
At Los Angeles is That OF the Nation
nj Council OF Education.

Los Angeles. Cal. July S-The rst ses-
sion az the National Council Of Educa-
ton was held this afternoon. The coun-
Gil consists OF the foremost educators Of
the United States. Its president is a. r.
Taylor Of Emporil. Kan. A the initial
meeting Mrs Lucia Stickney of Cincin-
natl read a paper on The Homes OF
Downtown Children
Upwards of 200 teachers and visitors
to the National Educational association
convention arrived in the city today. Sew
eral thousand more are expected TO ar
rive un special trains tomorrow and Mon
day ad Tuesday. Special trains from
Chicago Peoria. Brooklyn, Lincoln, Neb..
Indiana and Kentucky. and a special
made mp of other switched specials came
through from Albuquerque, y. VI.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
AWFUL FAKE ABOUT HENNESSEY
Which Even Found Its Way Into the
Scientific Americas.

Guthrie, o. T., July S.-Recently some
one sent out a fake to eastern papers that
HcnneSsey had secured four Spanish can
non; that a cyclone approached and that
Captain John Rhodes. a veteran. loaded
one of these Spanish cannon with salt.
fired it into the cyclone and broke il. This
item crept ito the Scientific American,
and Mayor Block of Hennessey this week
received a request from the old soldiers
of Monet asking the loan OF one of the
cannon for their reunion. OF course Hen
Messy had no Spanish cannon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
(Ereene-IIov,rd NuntInls.

Guthrie. o. T, July Scars have been
received announcing the marriage at
Junction City, Kan. on July 3, of Miss
Inez Greene to Oscar Howard, of Ed
mond. Miss Greene during the past year
was at the head of the department of
elocution in the territorial normal school
at Edmond and was well known In social
circles Of eastern Oklahoma. Mr.. Howard
is a member of the firm OF ]. W. Howard
& &C, of Edmand. where he has resided
since the opening of the territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
Uanted:anlalt
CONTINUED from Thirteenth page.)

In the property. At this he turned away
his head, and when he again looked al me
there were tears In his eyes
Sir he said, I do not care for money.
I do not even care for life itself. Once I
had a home-a splendid home had a
family-a wife and two beautiful daugh-
tiers. / held the chair Of geology In one
OF the greatest universities in America
l was a man of financial means, a man
Of honorable reputation, a happy man.
In twenty-four hours I became deprived
OF family. horne, position and honor. 1
became a wandered. / have spent years
in the great mines OF the mountains. but
my sorrow is no lighter. The land that
have pointed out to you will make you
rich. Around it viii be opened one of
the greatest mining districts in the wo-id.
Homes will here be made for thousands
of prosperous people, but l shall never
share the fruits Of my accumulated
knowledge OF geology. You have paid me
SEQ for that which viii some day pro-
duce many times that many millions
He ceased speaking and long silence
followed. He arose and left me without
another word.
Now for twenty-five years has that
strange. sad face haunted me, day and
night. have done everything within my
power TO obtain the slightest clew to the
whereabouts OF that man TO whom the
people Of the Kansas lead and zinc mines
owe so much. Others have helped me In
my efforts TO find him. Those OF US who
have prospered most from his knowledge
are willing now, as we have been through
all the years. to share with him as Is his
due. My conscience tells me that that
man Is the rightful heir TO at least
million dollars from the profits OF the
property which he himself discovered and
caused to be opened up. This property
alone has produced over S. 100000 worth of
ore. and II is still ranked among the rich
est zinc producers in the world.
'In this district today IS the greatest
mining activity in America. We are pro-
ducing in all nearly or quite $1.0OO.0OO
worth of property per month. and the Ga
lena camp adds more than any other two
camps in all the Missouri-Kansas lead
and zinc producers in the field. But the
one man who most deserves 10 reap its
Astounding wealth remains unknown and
silent. Should he return 10 Galena the
town would be forever his"
GRANT JONES.
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DAILY EAs'G ~ eAsTsszs = sssss wssk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
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Three sq1aEnen Wh0 are known 20
Wichita. al cave Eesk eyes. The three
Wschi:s kBoEs 81 sisAt are WILLIAM
Crlrens;e.a. Pal Block ard Colonel
Blackwell Although i Is 10: kDoSa Pss-
lively. Il = though: taeT weak eyes
came from Irving IN Indian 'spses. Ehers
: FIRE ts bull; n the cen;er o: re ~.E~an
and me smoke = allowed . Wander az
5ver the feai before = hnds SIS ~Ay Ogi
o. TIE 10.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
MEXICAN CHICKEN RACE
That Hitherto Mysterious Function
h Below Explained

Guthrie. q. T., July S.-As Fourth of
July attraction Watonga advertised
Mexican chicken race. The race was
pulled of but without signal success.
There were four chickens tied and placed
in holes in the ground along the course
thirty feet apart. The boys were 10 ride
at full speed and reach down and pick up
a chicken as they went down the course.
Several times the chickens were pulled
out of the holes but the boys did not sue
coed In carrying any Of them of.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
New Farm Insurance Company.

Guthrie. o. T., July S.-The State Mu-
tual Insurance company of Medford. has
filed its articles of Incorporation with the
secretary of the territory. 1t is a farm
insurance company. The directors are A.
H. Geisslcr and W. II. Sweat, of Tim
berlake: Barney Weidman, of Alvaretta;
T. Ford. Of Erwin. and r. L. Hall. Of
edfoMrd. Charles Moore. OF Waukom!s,
was commissioned a notary public.