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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
NEvER HUG 81 4 sleN.

Changes in Wichita are rapid this year.
Old ana familiar locations are disappear
ing. one OF the notable dlsappearances
is that OF the store u Ketchum < Ketch-
TN. two doors esst Of the Eagle ofE5ce
The same store has remained there Ter
twenty-five years. II VS. the ore busi-
ness building in Wichhs from which 10
sign ss-.r hung
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

a pistol was lying by snyder's side and
it is supposed that he killed the girl and
then committed suicide. The couple left
a letter in which they said that their love
affairs had been interfersd with and that
they had decided to die together. Snyder
was % years of age and the girl d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
President compers' Aid Needed.

Cincinnati NOV. PR siffnt C5amrer>.
n Tire AHnSrican FEDERATION n fai.or.
has Been ruddeHiF suno0et g. come a.
Cincinnati - aa5ls aifHesities auanr
hresffy R-afkrFs. zhieh ttfsstrn g. pre-
cipitate q efrisA TIE DIRECTLY srisss
over ne relations i-etNeen fhr hFs1e-g
dferoen ard tha efevery SEEKERS erlen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
Two Lovers Found Dead.

Realms. Pa. Nov. At neon todsv
the bodies II walter Snyder sss NinuIs
Reschstsllsr were found on Mount Eena
with buiisi holes through their TEMPLES
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

My wife, to my annoyance, quickly as
sented- I stopped the horse. The woman
alighted, took the basket and disappeared
in a two-story house smothered in a
patch of dried sunflowers. l drove away
considerably put out. Ny wife that night
exercised a certain decision in her wishes
and actions that was unusual with her. 1
could not understand why she had not
allowed me 10 investigate. The next even
1 ing my wife with the same decision. asked
me to drive her down the Schweiter
road. She took q basket along. I thought
was going to get at the bottom Of the
| puzzle at last. But when we reached
the house my wife placed the basket on
the front porch. got back into the buggy
and said: Drive home
l did so. All during the winter, once q
day, we made that journey with a
basket.
7 finally grew weary of asking my wife
for explanations, OF requesting that We
stop in and visit with our beautiful
friend whom we never saw It was a
hard winter in Wichita; a hard winter on
top of hard times. I watched curiously
that old house in the sunhowers disap-
pear. The fence disappeared first, then
ing on the upper stories II was not
strange proceeding in the suburbs that
winter. The inmates were burning the
house from around their heads to keep
themselves warm. They were not renting
it-were simply intruders.
Ore day we found the basket we had
delivered the previous day on the porch.
the front door open. the house vacant.
My wife steadily refused to talk about
the case. In 1896 her pure soul passed
from me. On May 30, 1897, the dark wo-
man of the old days knocked at my front
door. A moment later we were seated
in the drawing room of my home.
was at last to have the almost forgotten
mystery solved.
He is dead" she said.
My wife is dead said. "She never
told me about him"
The woman looked long at me.
thought I detected surprise.
I have come" she said, today to place
some flowers on her grave VIII you
guide me to it?"
I did. In May, 1898, the woman I had
thrown to the floor for a burglar be-
came my wife. She bore the surname
which had been my wife's before she
married me. But she never told me the
story of her life. or anything, except
that her husband had died and that she
was a widow. I never pressed her for
an explanation. We held the past to be
dead, and did not violate it. In 1893 she
died
I have come upon an explanation of the
mystery of my life which satisfies me
sometimes. 1t is this: My wife must
have had a dissolute brother, fact 1
could never learn positively; he married
the dark woman. He did not support
her. Ny first wife came into knowledge
of this fact and gave him the jewels to
save them from starvation. His proud
spirited wife returned them as we have
seen.
I say this explanation sometimes salts
fes me. And sometimes it does not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

Dolagate Flynn. OF Oklahoma. Vii prob
ably intr sdEce a statehood biii during the
early days Of the coming session ~ con-
greas Being a double statehood advocate
his bin VII probably only ask for the adj
mission 81 oklahoma alone But ~hsa
congress gets hold 81 g.. Tho measure viii
be amended 20 Sc % take m both terri
IL IS the opinion q some % the congress
men that the siH VIII rot pass az the CON-
ing session cf congress. but that Il viii
80 through az the short term beginning
one year from next December.
~ n meeting - the executive commit
tee ~ The William Mckinley National
Memorial &rch association here today u
was determined. on motion 81 Secretary
Gage tine treasurer ~ the association.
20 attempt % raise g go Or Tor construct
INK the proposed arch Material Pro-
ercsa was reported hy the executive c0ra-
mittce So fhr work n preparation To-
raising suhfrrigtions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
RIzEs TO MEN WHO WED ugly

say this explanation sometimes salts
fes me. And sometimes it does not.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
HARRIS HANGED AT BRISTOL.
Last Words Were "a am Ready to Nee
My God"

MY God"
Knoxville. Dec. 20.-A special from
Bristol, Tenn, says Cicero Harris. was
hanged in the Virginia courthouse
yard this morning at 1887 o'clock He
was pronounced dead at 11:12 o'clock
and the body was Immediately cut
down. His last words were YThe Lord
has blessed me and | am ready to
meet my God" The body was ship
ped to Ihe University of Virginia med
zeal department at Charlottesville.
Cicero Harris crime was committed
Sept. 23 last He killed Samuel Ware,
negro. In the trial it was charged that
Harris had paid attention to Wares
wife. Ware secured a warrant for Har
ris' arrest, but it was never served.
The men met in a negro district in
Bristol, when Harris charged Ware
had made threats against him. Ware
turned away and Harris shot three
times. One ball penetrated Wares
head and he fell. Harris was sen
fenced to be hanged Oct. l5. The su.
preme court sustained the lower court
and sentenced him to die Nov. 22.
Governor Tyler respited Harris to
Dec. 20 and yesterday denied a recon-
mendation to commute the sentence to
life imprisonment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
SHOT WIFE THROUGH HgARr.
Family Quarrel Ends In Tragedy at
Newbern, NJ. c.


Raleigh, Dec 20.-News of the kill
ing of Mrs. Matilda Wallace by her
husband, Clarence Wallace, at New
bern has reached here.
The two had lived apart since last
year. AT that time. it is said, Wal
lace stabbed his wife in the side. in
flicting an all but fatal wound This
caused a separation and Mrs Wallace
went to live with friends.
Wallace recently swore he was GO
ing to kill his wife. Wednesday even
ing he went to the house where she
was staying and reiterated his threats
Mrs. Wallace told him she would take
out a warrant for his arrest If he
sought to modest her, whereupon he
said: You had better get it right
now"
AS he spoke Wallace drew his pis-
tol, and before any one could inter
pose, sent bullet crashing into his
wife's heart. She was seated in a
chair and as he fired attempted to
arise, but fell back into the arms of
her friend, dying almost instantly.
Wallace fed and has not yet been
captured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
sY WIRE AND CABLE.

Great Britain having fally recog.
nized the fact that the rights or The
Netherlands are in nowise affected By
the Paris arbitration OF the boundary
dispute between British Guiana and
Venezuela. the government has order
ed the delImitatlon OF the Dutch from.
tier.
Indian Territory officials. through
the aid 0f Sheriff Dobblns. Of Casper.
Wy, have identified Sam Roper. wao
escaped recently from ArIxsA-saa after
numbering a sheriff, as a member 81
the Bill Cook gang of outlaws that ter.
ror1zed the border in the early nine.
ties.
The navy department has announc.
ed that the battIeship Illinois. now az
Algeria La. TO be docked. will ba g..
tached to the north Atlantic squadroa
after she leaves Pensacola, to which
point she Will proceed from Algeria.
Cherokee Indians are reported starv.
ing in the hills near Tallequaa IN the
Going Snake district as a result OF the
loss of their crops and the blizzard.
They are members OF the Netowah
tribe.
The customs revenues in the Philip.
pines for the nine months ended Sept.
30, 1901, were S8.275.295. as compared
with s5.4s4,920 for the same period
of 1900 and s3.462, 12S for 1899.
The New York postoflce has been In.
formed by the postoface departmert
that all mail matter is mailable e Eea-
to Rico in the same manner as to any
part of the United States.
A heavy gale has swept over Lisbon.
A Portuguese ship was wrecked in the
harbor and Is of her crew were drown.
ed. There have been many casualties
along the coast.
A bill has been introduced in tie
senate by Mr.. Mitchell fixing 81 SIS the
minimum rate Of wages 70 be paid "a
women in the employ of the govern
ment
Herbert Squires, secretary Of ths
United States legation at Peking. ar
rived at New York today on board the
steamer Barbarossa from Bremen.
There has been a heavy fall Of snow
in Paris Snow falls have also oc.
Cured IN most other parts OF France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
oates Wnl RepresenI rNyIe.

Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 20.-Lieu-
tenant Colonel Osceola Kyle, of Deca-
tur, who will be courtmartialed on Jan.
2 on charges preferred by Colonel Hig-
don, has employed Ex-Governor viii
liam C. Oates, OF this city. as his at
torney. Governor Oates stated last
night that he would complete his ex-
animation of the case in a few days
and be ready to announce the line OF
the defense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Condition Of Senator sewell

Camden, N. j., Dec. Ex-senator
William J. Sewell is resting easy this
morning and his physicians say there
is no immediate cause for alarm un-
less he should have another sinking
spell such as occurred late yesterday
afternoon. DR.. Paul NJ. Mecray made
the following statement for the Asso-
ciated Press at SIS this morning:
Senator Sewell passed a fairly good
night and is resting easy this morn.
ing"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
To Remove Appraiser wakeman.

Washington, Dec. 20.-At a confer.
ence today between the president and
Secretary Gage it is understood that
it was decided to summarAy remove
Appraiser Wakeman. of New York. Of
fetal announcement to this effect is
expected today. Wakeman, it is said,
wrote the president attacking Secre-
tary Gage. The president refused to
entertain the charges or overlook the
offensive character of the letter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
2 RELoW AT CHATTANOOGA.

Unprecedented Weather-Ice Forms In
Tennessee River.
Chattanooga, Dec. 20.-The mercury
reached 2 degrees below zero here last
night, but at a. m. was up to 3. 1t
has not been above the freezing point
since Saturday last, Wien it stood at
60. Such an occurrence never before
happened here. the usual cold wave
lasting only about three days.
The weather bureau reports that
there viii be no relief for at least
three days. The weather is clear. In.
tense suffering among the poor and
much shore ice forming on the river
also an unprecedented fact.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Alabama LADY Fatally Burned.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 20.-Mrs.
Fannie Brooks. wife of ]. B. Brooks.
assistant manager of O'Neilfs store,
the Facade. was burned 10 death here.
She had just returned from the busi-
ness portion of the city. where she
had been doing her Christmas shop.
ping. had laid aside her street dress
and put Or a loose wrapper As she
stood before the crate q spark ignite'
her skirt and IN n instant the flames
had climbed to her bead She scream
ed and called for hello. htit by the time
aid reached her she vas almost cook
N alive She died aftef heuFs Il I'M
tense EallEss-s.i Z
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Floating Ice Stops River Roats

Memphis, Dec. 20.-The tempera.
ture dropped to degrees above zero
early this morning. but is now rising.
Weather clear and sunny Trains are
from half an hour to an hour late, but
no serious interruption of traffic is re.
ported. Boats plying out of this port
are all laid up at the bank, being un.
able to run on account of heavy float.
ing ice in the river. The Cincinnati
packet City of Pittsburg may not &c
out today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Sampson Files Objections.

Washington, Dec. 20.-The objec.
tions of w. T. Sampson to that part OF
Admiral Dewey's report of the Schley
court of inquiry, in which he says Ad.
miral Schley was in command at the
battle of Santiago and entitled to the
credit for the victory, was filed with
Secretary Long today. The document
was brought to the navy department
by E. S. Theall, of counsel for Admiral
Sampson, and handed to the secre.
tary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
A RIVAL OF MARcoNI.
Comes to the Front

Chattanooga Comes to the Front
With New Invention.
Chattanooga, Dec 20.-Charles Os
car Kellsr, of this city, after Is years
work. claims to have completed an in.
vention which will without wires To-
cate and indicate separating distances
of ships within a radius of 60 miles
and establish telephone communica
tion under all conditions, even under
water.
He goes to Washington in January
to appear before Secretary of the
Navy Long and foreign naval alta
ches. He exhibits correspondence
from Senator Slater. of New York
and others who are taking interest in
the matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Norfn carolina Newsnaners.

Raleigh, Dec. 20.-The report on
newspapers in North Carolina for the
year made up yesterday shows eight
morning dailies. total circulation 25..
775; % evening dailies, circulation, %.
735, and 1913 weeklies, circulation,
253.607. There are I45 Democratic, 20
Republican, 2 Populist. IL independent
Democratic and 33 independent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
FELL 500 FEET TO DEATH.
Miner Plunged Down Shaft BY Care
lessness of Holster.

lessness of Holster.
Charlotte. N. c.. Dec. 2O.-Ross Rus
sell, young white man employed at
the Union copper mines at Gold Hill,
met a tragic death yesterday after
noon
Young Russell had been working at
the bottom of a 500-foot shaft with five
other employees of the mine, sending
up buckets of ore.
At s O'Clock the men who made up
the last shift of hands for the day got
in the bucket and gave the usual sig
nal to the holster at the top He was
talking 10 some one and carelessly
allowed the hoist to get beyond con.
troll 1t consequently hit the pepper
head" with great force.
Young Russell was knocked out and
sent downward 500 feet to his death.
His body was brought up shortly after.
wards terribly mangled.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21


sessed NO Particularly Sensational
Features.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 20.-Wil
Redding and John Winton, alias viii
| Winton. negroes, were hanged here
this morning in the jail yard at 11:1O
O'Clock. Both men professed religion
and their last hours were spent in the
company OF ministers. Redding made
a speech from the scaffold warning his
hearers against the evils of bad com.
pany
Both men met death bTavely, Win.
| ton smiling upon the gallows.
Redding was first executed, the drop
| falling at 11:10.
AT 1925, after the expiration of Is
minutes, he was pronounced dead.
The drop was pulled for Winton i'm.
mediately afterwards and he was pro.
| nounced dead II minutes later. the
time being 11:49.
Both mems necks were broken.
The crimes for which the two ne.
groes suffered the death penalty pos.
sessed no particularly sensational fea.
| tnres.
Jim Winton cut the throat of his
wife because she threatened to leave
| home and take up a life OF shame.
Finding expostulatiop, in vain. he seiz.
ed his razor, and as she started away
cut her throat from ear to ear. After
the crime he made no attempt to elude
arrest and took nc interest in his trial
VIII Redding shot and killed Annie
! Green, mis- sweetheart, some months
ago. The motive was jealousy, as she
had seemed to weary of his attentions.
He made a desperate attempt to es.
cape arrest, and unlike Winton made
a strong fight in the trial of the case.
There are four more prisoners in
the county jail under sentence OF
death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21

Detroit. Dec. 20.-General Russell
a. Alger. former Secretary of war. who
Is suffering from a severe attack OF
gall stones, pissed a very comfortable
night and is resting easily this morn.
ing. The operation when 1t was in
tended 10 perform today has been post.
poned until tomorrow SIS q result Of
GengSal AIger's improvement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
NEW ROUTE TO MEXICO.
Progress Of the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient Railway.


and Orient Railway.
Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 20.-Prssi
dent Stilwell. of the Kansas City Mex
leo and Orient. has cabled officers OF
the road here that the contract under
which a European company is TO fur
nish the rails for the Orient in Mexi
co and take in payment the Mexican
government SUBSIDY has been signed
The first shipment Is expected to
reach Port StilweIl within so days and
the rails will be laid at once to FL
Fuerte, the grade being ready.
The first part of the line TO be open
ed in the United STATES will be that
already graded from Anthony, Kan
southeast into Oklahoma and building
will continue from either end of this
line as last as the grade is completed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
To LIGHT River Rotton.

Elizabeth City, N. c.. Dec. pa
submarine lighting apparatus has just
arrived here from New York to be
used in searching for the body of Mel
lie Cropsey, who mysteriously disap
peared Nov 20 Andrew g. Cropsey
of New York. uncle of the missing
girl. sent it, The electric light appa
ratus will be employed in exploring
the river bottom
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Verdlct Of eulIty Returnsd.

London. Dec. 20.-The jury returned
q verdict Of guilty against both Theo-
dore and Laura Jackson lAna Odelia
Diss DeBar), charged with immoral
practices and fraud. The Judge sen
fenced Jackson to Is years penal ser.
vitude and Mrs. Jackson to save
years penal servitude.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21

Opelika, Ala, Dec. 2o-The sheriff
levied on 4s eof1ns here yesterday
that were bought by company of
negroes whom the sellers thought
could not pay for them They are now
at the courthouse and present a grew
some spectacle to those coming up 20
be tried for different offenses and to
pay tax
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Atlantlan Wins Elrst Prize.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 20.-A. r.
Bertling, of Atlanta, was awarded the
first prize here yesterday sor Plymoutn
Rocks In the Southern Psultry show.
Most Of the exhibitors arb from Ala.
bama, Georgia and Tenne - Ala.
bama cot most of the pris
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21

London. Dec. zG.-Lewis Kekewich.
of the firm of Morrison. Kekewieh q
Co, a leading member of the Eatal
Exchange, died suddenly this morn
ing. It is said he committed suicide.
The opinion prevails that Kekewich
recently suffered heavy losses in cop
per.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
GROUND BROKEN FOR
GREAT WORLDS FAIR
Initial Ceremonies st. Louis
Exposition Company.
HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT STATE
Directors and Officers of the Exposi-
tion, Governors of States and Guests
Take Par4 In the Ceremonies at Fay.
est Park-Parade Abandoned.

ST. Louis. Dec 20.-The first pub.
lie occasion in connection with the
Worlds fair TO be opened here in 1903
tn commemoration OF the anniversary
OF the Louisiana purchase was held
today, when ground was broken on
the site N Forest park. This day was
selected foI the event because it is an
anniversary of formal transfer of the
Louisiana territory TO the United
States.
The day was a holiday in St Louis
and throughout Missouri. and as we'll
in much OF the purchase states, whose
governors issued proclamations ask.
ing for a general observance of flag
day. Owing to the unusual severity of
the weather the open air ceremonies
attending the ground breaking were
transferred to the Coliseum and the
parade was abandoned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
G. EXPRESS

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All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, ETC.,
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