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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
Dangerous Experiment
Continued from Thirteenth Page.

less than five years of age, 1874; ten
! twenty, 1856; twenty-forty, 243; forty
| sixty, sixty, 23.9. The striking fact here
| is that the greatest death rate is be-
tween five and twenty years of age,
| when the vitality is highest.
1t has been suggested that possibly
some human races were immune from
malaria, but after the experiments of
DR.. Maurel it is plain that some black
tribes are partially immune, but others
are as subject to the disease as white
men.
Acclimatization has much to do with
immunity, for it has been found that
some white races, after living in ma
larial districts for generations, acquire
partial immunity. A colony that has
lived for centuries near the Pcntine
marshes is able to throw off the malaria
easily, but a colony of Venetians which
tried to settle there was decimated. This
does not mean that the natives escaped
malaria altogether, for many Of them
die. but not so many as of the unaccIi-
mated 1t is possible to gain immunity
by the use of certain druge. After ex-
periments with arsenic, antipyrin and
phenocoll, 1t was found that euchinin,
tasteless preparation of quinine gave the
best results, but arsenic was valuable
One difficulty in experimenting is that
some persons are naturally immune
against malaria, and this makes obser-
vations more or less uncertain.
Too little clothing and poor food pre-
dispose malaria, and these are respon-
sible for much of the suffering on the
Champagne where the laborers are III
paid and live in miserable straw matched
huts working in harvest time from sew
enteen to eighteen hours day with lit
tie rest.
How shall malaria be prevented? That
quinine is the proper medicine for those
suffering from the disease is proved by
centuries of experience But is it not
possible to eliminate the disease before it
reaches mankind? The point of attack
must be the mosquito. The larvae or
pupae must be killed. and there Will be
no more malaria Infusions of tobacco
leaves or petroleum are fatal to them
in a short time. Tobacco smoke kills the
mosquito in two or three minutes. But
to reach the mosquito in its breeding
places petroleum should be used freely
al any expense and mosquitoes and ma
LARA will be no more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
PHILIP N0ROLUND'S MOTIVE
Simply to Avenge Himself on Man
kind Regrets He Didn't Kill More

Stockholm, May ia dispatch receiv-
ed here from Esklivtavana says that
Philip Nordlund whO was arrested there,
has now fully confessed that he deli5er-
ately planned the crime he committed on
board the steamer Prins Carl on We'd
nesday night. when he murdered seven
men and wounded Eve others. and q wO-
man and a boy, after which he escaped in
a boat al Hoping. The fact OF his con-
fession became known last evening, but
he did not enter into details until today.
He says he deliberately planned the
crimes and bought two revoIvers with
the express intention OF ro5bing another
steamer at Orebro, after killing those on
board. but he changed his mind and
boarded the Prius Carl The prisoner al
ded that he regretted not having recogniE-
ed the policemen who arrested him, as
otherwise he would have shot them He
also expressed regret al the fact that he
had not killed every one on board the
Prins Carl. emphaticsIly denied he was
insane and asserted that he committed
the murders IN order to avenge himself
on mankind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
ANOTHER OFFICIAL COUGHS UP
Deputy Auditor Reeves Is Scared
81 500 Worth.

Havana, May 1S.-W. II. Reeves. dep
uty auditor of the island, made a confess
sion at midnight and gave up $4,000 given
to him by c. f. W Medley, the arrested
financial agent of posts at Havana, to
perform certain services the day he left
General Wood and the postal inspectors
refuse to disclose the nature of the con-
feSsion, barely admitting that confes-
sion has been made. It is claimed that
81, AGO more win be recovered.
General Wood says that the report
from Muncie. Ind, that nearly S2.69).0o9
worth of stamps have been printed there
and sent for distribution TO Cuban post
offices can be regarded as a canard. There
is nothing here to show that any such
counterfeit stamps have been sent. II
Is believed now that the whole story is
known and that the amount Of defalca-
ton will fall between 800 cJo and si25. ssj.
Those who know the situation best say
that the confession Of Reeves was the
only link required in the chain OF evil
dence. although the principal statements
he made will require investigation be-
fore they can be acted upon, as II IS
generally believed that his accusation is
OF such startling character as TO render
It unwise to proceed before being aoso-
lutely sure OF other evidence TO zorro
bOrate IT. Another charge against Seeley
is that he has defrauded the customs out
Of several thousand dollars worth of
duties by importing. nominally for portal
use, large quantities Of paper which was
afterwards sold to a printing house IN
Havana
The Cubans are now beginning 70 talk
q coed deal regarding postal matters. tie
main idea apparently being that. ths
Americans having found 50 many Of their
country men Implicated wiil net psOceed
10 extrersities. The Cuszas Go not -
!ieve Neelsy ain 5e extrsSited. Win the
confessions q Reeves and Rich supple
nentsd By those Of the stamp clerks and
5y the statements % the Baraeoa post
master. II Is considered that the evidence
against Seeley = complete. and partly IN
view o. TIE assertion q Reeves that the
stamps were not Destroyed when they
were ssppos5 70 be. packages S5ich Tcye
Apparently stamps wsre Destroyed: bGi
IL Is TOW said taat these we're 50 many
bundles q paper These lspess noE &C.
zin TO ask fos az i8vesllg&t1os u TIE e.
cheering department Tsey say that this
Department has been eTea nsoTs *
trAraxantlv CONDUCTED than TIE gsog.2l
tseEsartusut
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EXCURSIONS:
LIST OF EXCURSIONS TO VARIOUS
PLACES AVAILABLE VIA THE
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY

LIST OF EXCURSIONS TO VARIOUS
PLACES AVAILABLE VIA THE
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
TICKET OFFICE, IA NORTH MAIN ST
Washington, D. c., $3.50 for the round
trip Tickets on sale May 70. % and q
limited for return to May 2S. 1900. This
excursion is on account of the annual
meeting Imperial Council. Ancient Arabic
Order, MOBILES of the Mystic Shrine.
North Manchester, Ind. meeting NJ Ger
man Baptists Ounkards); tickets on sale
May Is and p, with limit for return of
june 10. with privilege Of having limit
extended to July !, by depositins ticker
and paying fee of 80 cents.
Denver, Col, Y. 2. c. I. Of limited
Presbyterian church. $500 for the round
trip: tickets on sale July % and p. limited
for return TO August a 1900.
Hutchinson. Kan. $lA for the ropn5
"trip, Christian Enjeavor Union: tickats
on sale June 1. ) and e. limited Tor return
to June 9, 1890.
Detroit, Mich, $2Seo FOR tho round trim
National Baptists' meeting: ticke+s IN
sale May q, - and 3. limited for return
20 Nav 80. 1900.
st Louis No, Sl505 for the round +rin
account Of meeting Of PrsSavte-ia,
church: tickets on sale May IS. Is. L and
p. limited for return 70 June ,. 1870.
Hutchinson. Kan. &.4I Tor the round
trip. on account Of Kansas Musical Jub,.
lee. tickets on sale May IS 70 T. inclusive.
limited Tor return 10 May ls. 1850.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
TO MAI HAVANA MODERN
Comprehensive Plans to Make 1t q
Good Place to Live In.


Good Place to Live In.
Havana May i.-Colonel Black chief
of the sanitary department, recently call
ed meeting of representative men to
consider the advisaibility OF altering the
present boundary limit of the city of Ha-
vana within which wooden houses are not
to be built. The president of the Society
of Real Estate Owners, several council
men, insurance company representatives,
and others equally concerned in the mat
ter, were present. Colonel Black point
ed out that by altering the present line
OF demarkation much available land
could be utilized for building cheap,
serviceable workmens houses without in
anyway jeopardizing the rest of the city.
He also recommended that the three
military zone, extending for a radius of
400 metres around Forts Atares, Santa
Clara and Principe should be done away
with. According TO the island law only
wooden structure are allowed to be built
within the mentioned zones, on the
ground that in time of war such build
ings could easily be destroyed so as to
interfere with the line of fire. These
lorls are NOW dHtiQudteu- II IS Sdiu IN
cidentally that the meeting had under
consideration the cleaning and dredging
of the unhealthy, shallow bay In the har-
Dor, retaining it also and making
union station in Havana, whence trains
will run to all points fhere the railroads
now run, and also that a plant has now
been made for the construction of a COM
riete system Of street cars to all parts If
the city. The points brought out by
Colonel Black viii be thought over by
the councilmen and those interested, when
the mater will be brought up in the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

s2akane. wash. xAT is--oa and af1sr
July I. next passenger fares ta IRIS sssse
XII. be re3aoa3 70 cents. News ezEs
here 20 a telegram fran 8@-sra1 F4sssa-
ger Agsng whffzsy 90 shs Great Ng--h~
en- railway SAYING ''oz Juy I. ne VIII
rstuce gasHsagsF rates n me state .
Washington O. th= Ezss q re G-~zz
Sor1nerz to eezts per Essss t1ste2a ..
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
-. yVinslow's soothing syr,

-. oeen used for over FIFTY YEARS
- billions OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS
al PAIN, CURES WIND collie and is
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part OF the world
Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's
Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
Piano and Guitar Lessons
By Mrs. A. Bamberger

Terms very reasonable and up-to-date
instruction. Studio $50 West Third street,
o. leave orders with Thos. Shaw, the
music man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

The Misses Ford will give their closing
party in the Sedgwick Music hall Mon
.A-. the 2lst. 2-1tX
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

To have your pictures framed properly
- to Martins Art Store 2-3t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

Machinery Mis-used" is the title of
a pamphlet that tells how and why
machinery should be used so as to
tighten the burden of labor instead of
displacing it. the true solution of the
labor problem. 1t has been pronounced
the best thing that has ever been writ
ten or said in Kansas Get it of w. A.
Caldwell. 405 East Douglas avenue. By
mail postpaid 10c I57-3tx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20
EXCURSIONS VIA THE GREAT ROCK

EXCURSIONS VIA THE GREAT ROCK
ISLAND
Detroit Mica--May p. -; one fare plus
& roUn4 trip
s. Louis. Mo.--May Il, &c. Il and %.
or tsre plus s. round trip.
hes Moines-June IS TO -: one fare for
roun5 trip.
Washington, D. c.--May Il. q: one fare
plus e. round trip.
Nogta Manchester, Ind.-May Is. g; one
fare p,us s., round trip.
E DRAKE. D. p. A.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

sir Snages-"Aiy dear, isn't the grocer IN
the next corner a Celtic gentleman Mr.
Snaggs-'No, indeed. lie sells for cash
ODiE."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

he men who work are not usually TIA
5s I'd beats, -Atchiscp Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

You viii find the latest in art goods,
pictures, statuary, etc. at Martins Art
Store. OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-20

The city board OF school examiners will
hold an examination for city teachers and
those desiring to secure city certificates.
on Thursday and Friday. May 81 and June
], $780, at the city Normal room. The
examination will begin at S A. m. sharp.
Each applicant will be required to nav
the usual fee OF 81 before beginning the
examination.
No supplies will be furnished Each ap-
phcant must supply himself. BY order Of
The committee. 5-15-3tSus
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twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-16

loud solitary whistle of the curfew in
a summer noon" he writes 10 friend,
''cr the wild mixing cadence OF a troop
of gray plOver in an autumnal morn
ing without feeling an elevation of soul
like the enthusiasm of devotion or
poetry" This enthusiasm for nature,
a reaction from the urban and artifi-
cial life of the eighteenth century, is
enc of the chief marks of the revolu-
tionary spirit in poetry. 1t had APP
peared already in Cowper, but in Burns
we have d warmth of sympathy which
is far in advance Of the English poets
attitude of somewhat patrOniZing adj
miratiOn. When Burns sees the fright
ened mouse flying before his plowshare
he feels for It as a poor earth-bOrn
companion, a fellow mortal" The
iva Dogs" are as human as Tam o
Shanter and his crony. In the fate of
the mountain daisy the poet sees an
omen of his own. All nature, in fact,
is regarded by Burns as sharing in the
feelings of humanity.
Even more intense and passionate
was his love for mankind. Burns was
no stricken deer that had left the herd,
but a living loving, SHINING and suf-
fering man such as English poetry had
not known since Shakespeare He
sings of what he has seen and felt, the
simple piety and homely joys of the
'Cotter's Saturday Night" the laugh
ing fun of Halloween" and the Holy
Fair" the rollicking gOod-felloyship
inspired by John Barleycorn, above all
Of love in all its phases, rejected. de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

One of the most enormous audiences
ever seen IN Salt Lake assembled at the
tabernacle last evening. The concert was
uhder the auspices of the Cambrian asso-
clallOn, for the benefit of the Scofield
sufferers, and the people responded nobIy
20 the call, for the vast building was
nlIed IN every corner. The programme
was arranged by committee of repre-
sentative Salt Lake musicians, and was
conducted by Mr.. II. S. Goddard The
business part was attended to by the
Cambrlan society. Mr.. A. l. Thomas
made the opening address. and recalled
previous mammoth benefits for the Johns
town flood sufferers and the Oregon for
est IRE victims. In each instance in
Guiding the present occasion, he said the
eltizenS of Salt Lake had shown their
nearly cooperation, not alone by buying
tickets, but by coming to enjoy the mu-
sic Thereby they showed their appra-
citation of the music committees work, as
We'll as aided the cause.
The enlarged orchestra. under the direc-
ton of Mr. Willard Weihe, played THE
Merry Wives of Windsor and Carmen"
IN splendid style. A brass band, conduct
ed by Walter c. Coleman. was probably
TIRE programme. Mr.. w. G. Give gave a
number from Mendelssohn on the VIOLIN
and Mr.. L. P Christensen delighted the
audience with his solo on the cOrnet
Miss Sallie Fisher was heard 10 advan-
tage in two short songs. and Mr.. Piper
ana MT Ensign sang a pleasing duet
PROFESSOR Radcliffe gave a beautiful solo
on the organ from st Cecilia" which
was finely given and most heartily appre-
ciated The big choir gave the chorus
from ''Infammatus with Lizzie Thomas
Edward as sOloist, and also concluded
the programme with the ''Hallelujah
Chorus" both under the able baton of
II. S. Ensign
A commendable rule of the occasion
was no encores, which was strictly OBJ
served, IN spite Of the fact that the audi
ence tried several times to ignore it. MRS
Marie GerranS, who was to have given
a number, sent word that she was unable
to appear, The accompanies for the
evening were Messrs. Darlington, Coop,
Shepherd and Daynes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-16

the poets Of the preceding generation.
His revolt against the accepted con-
ventionalities of his time, his close OBJ
serVatiOn of nature, his delight in the
simple human affections, all mark him
as the poet of a new day. And in poll
tics, as in literature. COwper has some
thing of the revolutionary spirit. The
most devOut of Christians, he accepted
the idea of the brotherhood of man as
a dogma of revealed religion; he trans
lated. as Fas been well said, the gospel
of Rousseau into the gospel of St Paul.
He declared that the cause of liberty
was the cause of man, prophesied that
only reform could avert revolution in
England, and exulted in the approach
ing fall of royal prisons, 1.-The abode of
broken hearts," No wonder that DR..
Franklin, that American embodiment
Of the revolutionary spirit, found in
the works of Gov er something so
new in the manner and so just in the
sentiments" that he read the whole
with pleasure and some of the pieces
more than once"
Burns, like COwper, is poet of the
revolution, but he has none of Cow
per's calm and philosophie reverence OF
liberty. He is a passionate democrat
The hardships of his own life fired him
with bitter indignation against the in
justice of the prevailing social system,
and he looked to the ultimate triumph
of revolutionary principles for the re-
dress of this injustice.
It's coming yet, for a that,
That man to man. the world DER,
Shall brothers be for a that"
Had Burns lived in France he would
have been a poet of the barricades. In
1892 the very year of the September
massacres, he sent a pair of guns
seized from a smuggler as d personal
gift to the French convention. At a
public dinner he proposed the toast of
the last verse of the last chapter of
the last book of Kings" Naturally
enough, considering the circumstances
of his life, Burns was not always con-
sistent IN his politics. The fear of los
ing his place in the excise drew from
him a loud declaration of his attach
ment to the British constitution. The
threat of French invasion called out
one of the finest of his patriotic songs,
but even in this outburst he makes no
secret of his democratic principles:
"Who will not sing God save the king,
Shall hang as highs the steeple;
But while we sing God save the king,
Well ne'er forget the people"
One of the most striking character
istiCs of the poetry of Burns is his pas
siOnate love of nature In this he is
the true, though perhaps unconscious,
disciple Of Rousseau, and the forerun-
ner of Wordsworth. Il never heard the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-16
THREAT OF HIGHER TAXES,

To the Editor of The Herald:
note by the proceedings of the city
council committee that further increase
of taxes for 1900 or a bond issue is in con-
temptation. How long will it be before
the taxpayers of Salt Lake City will call
halt on their public servants increas-
ing the burdens of the people without
consulting their wishes? For the past ten
years there has been a steady Increase
In taxes. While the valuations on prop
erty and the rate of taxation are much
higher than formerly, the peoples reve-
nueS and means for paying taxes have not
Increased in a. like proportion. and the
result has been that the number of Deo-
pie who own their own homes is steadily
decreasing, many having had to mortgage
their property Tor money to pay taxes or
have been sold out direct by tax sales.
At one time it was considered the duty
Of the public servants elected 10 office to
have regard for the conditions of the
people by levytng a reasonable yearly tax
for public expenses and so plan that the
increased population and wealth of the
city and state would bear the cost of
necessary, permanent improvements, but
OF late years bonds and taxes have been
issued and levied regardless of the Deo-
pies conditions, and the question may be
truly asked whether the object of gov
eminent is to make the taxes so ODpres-
sive that the people of moderate means
cannot own property and homes, or should
government be conducted in q manner
that the people may be protected in own
to make improvements?
In San Francisco for many years it has
been an unwritten agreement with both
political parties no matter which party
was placed in power that the annual city
and county tax should not exceed per
cent and the expenses and improvements
since then have confOrmed to this policy.
Should not the citizens of this city and
county demand that there be limit to
the tax that can re imposed on them by
their public servants and admOnish them
that as Rome was not built in a day,
the public Improvement of the city should
be spread over the years to come, instead
of taxing the present owners out of their
homes and the means of making living
The writer is acquainted with an old
citizen with large family whose home
was sold for taxes some four years ago
and his income since then has not been
sufficient TO support his family and en-
able him to redeem his home, and no
doubt there are in this city many other
families in the same condition.
Our tax rate is as high as it should be
on the present valuation of property and
the bondholders should be satisfied with
the annual interest tribute our city is
paying them Of S125,000 Give us a clean,
economical administration and let all
bear the burdens of taxation without IA
VOr OF Partially. and the result of such
a course will give satisfaction.
TAXPAYER.