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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-01
In Butler County
Missouri, People Are Noted
for Marrying Young.

Chicago. Nov. sa-The Chicago Tri-
buHe says.
Years cut little figure with Cupid at
Poplar Bluff. Mo or if the wig archer
has developed any penchaut in that
booming capital II Butler county it IS
Tor the young and tender Not less than
half a hundred maidens not yet Of legal
age have felt his arrows III their hearts
with unerriug accuracy during the last
few months. and have sought the balm
81 natrimouy for the wounds.
Four ~ these. who are now wives. are
girls % u years. nine have seen another
summer. twenty-five are Just r. and 5he
rest are ~ The story wouid not have
stopped even there had not Deputy clerk
T. F. Graham - the Circuit Court who
issues the licenses. interfered win the
plans II many Young people and pre-
vented the marriage - girls under a
ia one case girl ~ ID appesred 20
marry q hoy Of T. but the permit was
refused.
Cierk T. T. Abingdon. 10 whose charge
the marriage license department 81 But
Ter county saeuia b. Is W I'D q hospital
ZEE s. Louis ~ his absence Nr Gra-
hsn. on whou his d1ties GevoiFed. was
impressed with The ract that great
many extremely y1zHg persons we're ar
rising u him for a permission - H's=1-
Ee footed ~ the age c0luHu in he rec
era ana while eaEaeea 81 50 aoiHs he
found more taaa shat e. interest him
re 1ound thar % The girls feN had hoth
parents living. many had nane ~ AL
ara majority Rer~ --vaache'i f9- o.
i7g minorsi - persons bearing oiher
names than those q the gsrlz.
TAe fsct 81 the maiter seems 81 -
said b. thar mest ~ these little s.rfs
come b from gre cogatT.- ZaeF are the
daughters u settlers who have diea %
uaEaria or have been klsled. ard their
guardians. or the people oa whom theT
are dependent. are anxious % 80 the-z
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-01
Cradle Smoker
Chicago Youn este Who
Likes { 9 rs and Pipes.


o,hiearo. Nov. Sa-A smoker of cigars
et 2 years of age, a connoisseur OF to-
baccos at 4-this is the remarkable rec
ord of Russell j. Henry, the little son
of Joe Henry. proprietor of the buffet at
u2 Dearborn Street. The boy has just
entered kindergarten school, bur he
knows more about hne brands Of HaVanas
than he Goes about his a 6 or the
making of paper prettics.
Little Russell sat on a rocking horse
yesterday at his nome. 2657 state street.
putting big black cigar and discoursing
upon The merits OF various tobaccos-
II like strong cigars best he said.
because they taste sweeter. and then
YOU don't need SO many Of them. You
don't SET much out OF d mild Havana.
They burn up TOO quick Porto Rico
cigars are good. though
Il like a pipe now and then for change
too. I've got Tot OF pipes. Most OF them
j bought with my pennies some Of
them we're given to me. I don't care for
cigarettes don't see WHY anyone wants
L. smoke them
Russell ia a brisht-faced boy with Iisht
haic and clear brown eyes. Hss checks
are rosy and he is the picture oL health
in spite Of mis- early indulgence in Zoe
bacco. There are 30 marks of precocity'
ABOUT him that would attract anyone
attention. in fact, with the exception
1T his remarkable appetite Tor tobacco
h. seems most an ordinary child.
Hs parents have humored him 10y al
lowing him 10 smoke and Pave had M
fea~ ~ the consequences. They believe he
e.iu Jose bis .iklng Ter tobacco before any
es1 consequences result. The father eon-
sai.ed a physician once and was told that
shere Was little danger Of The child
hurIinE himself.
I'VE are unable 10 explain the boy s
IfkinE for tobacco" said the senior Henry
Yesterday II nave never been q heavy
smoker myself. ana do rot see how the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-01
TERMINAL FACILITIES BAD
Preachers Apology for . Long Drawn
out Sermon.

A wen known Baltimore minister. who
is rather a dron ardent admirer Of Rev.
&. Campbell Morgan. recalls an incident
which occurred at one OF the Moody
meetings some years before the death #
me evangelist
The minister in question with several
friends was present az the meeting and
could nor repress sigh of disappoint-
msnt when a preacher from York. Pa,
known for his long periods and somnolear
discourses. was called on very late in the
evening to speak. Nor did this brother
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-01

III NORTH MAIN STREET
Leaders Of
Low Prices

goods to make for Holiday goods The question is
them Under circumstances must this present Sale be
hats Why You Pay Now Only One-half and Onehird The
Ill of Just Such Extraordinary Values. Here two fair
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
BLANCHE BATES MAY
WED FRANK WORTHING
Reports From Detroit Declare That
the Actress Is to Become a
Prido

NEW YORK, Nov. ia telegraph spe-
cial from Detroit, Mich, says: The act
ress, Blanche Bates, is rapidly convalesc-
ing at Grace Hospital. She is happier
now than she has been at any time since
she was taken sick at the Detroit Opera
house while presenting Under Two
Flags" and there's a man at the bottom
of it.
Frank Worthing, who plays the leading
male role in Amelia Bingham's company,
is now here presenting THE Climbers" In
the greenrooms it is said that Miss Bates
and Worthing are engaged and it is just
possible that this week may find happy
little marriage in one of the private rooms
at the Grace Hospital In any event, when
1.-THE Climbers company reached Detroit
Sunday night, Worthing sent his baggage
on to the hospital, while he entered a car
riage with a bound and to the jehu called
out sharply '"To Grace Hospital"
In few minutes he was at the bedside
of Miss Bates, where there were affection
ate greetings and the two talked just as
long as Miss Bates physician would per-
nit Monday morning Worthing was there
again, and again in the afternoon and
twice every day since. Worthing was
asked to-day the reason for his tender So
licitude and he blushed guiltily.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
TROOPS MAY SEEK
TO FREE MISS STONE
diplomatic Agent Dickinson Said to
Have Asked for Bulgaria's
Assistance

SOFIA, Nov. 19.-It is reported that
Dickinson. the United States diplomatic
agent here, has Informed the Government
of Bulgaria that the abductors of Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone and Nine. Tsilka, with
their captives, are concealed in defle
of the Belleritza Mountains, near Smotch,
district of Dubnitza, and has requested
that troops be sent to surround the place
and liberate the captitves. Both Dickin-
son and the Bulgarian Foreign Office de-
cline to confirm or deny this report
Nevertheless, it is believed that Dickin-
son, persuaded of the impossibility of
coming to terms with the brigands and
relying upon his belief that they will not
harm their captives If troops are employ
cd against them, has, after consulting
with Washington, decided upon this move.
Only eight bandits now guard Miss
Stone, and some of these are known to
sympathize with her. About a fortnight
ago Dickinson approached the Foreign
Office and proposed this same plan, but
it's carrying out was abandoned because
of the uncertainty of the location of the
bandits
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20

certain civilian positions in the quartermaster
medical, ordnance and engineering departments
were taken out from the operation of the exist
ing regulations and 1t was provided that ap-
pointments to these designated positions should
hereafter be made on registration tests of fit
ness prescribed in regulations to be issued by
the Secretary OF War and approved by the
President. No regulations have been issued by
the Secretary of War in relation to these posi-
tions. The result is that the legal status of all
the appointees to these designated positions Is
somewhat in doubt, owing to the fact that
as no new regulations have been prescribed,
and as the appointments are not governed by
the provisions of previous regulations, there are
no rules or regulations governing their selec-
tion. If regulations were formulated by the
Secretary Of War 1t would result in two sys-
tens running side by side in the same depart
ment. Such a dual system of appointment In
the bureaus would be open to serious objection.
1t is learned tonight that had Presi-
dent Mckinley lived he would have issued
such an order as was signed to-day by
President Roosevelt. He ordered the ex-
emption of. the places upon the recon-
mendation Of General Alger, but Secre-
tarv Root convinced him of the desirable
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
Arguments in considine Case.

SEATTLE, Nov. 19-The Considine
murder case will not go to the jury before
Thursday afternoon, unless counsel yet to
be heard In argument occupy much less
time than those by whom the argument
was to-day begun. The whole of the fore
noon session and the larger part of the
afternoon was taken by John B. Hart in
presenting the opening argument for the
State During the latter part of the after
noon VIII H. Morris. for the defense, was
heard. Following him tomorrow will
come James F. McEIroy for the defense.
The closing address for the State, to be
made by Prosecuting Attorney Fulton.
and Judge Emorys charge to the iurv
will probably go over to Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
DOMINION GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL ARE WATCHING
SKAGWAY CONSPIRATORS
Victoria Newspaper Says the Plans Of the Go1dfieds
Revo1utonists Are Directed From New
York and Chicago.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

zICToRIA, in
o
Canadian rule n
g.
the an
United Skagwy It's
headquarters aflaton
The leaders Of this local well known the authorities and have been
he head cent i'm aysi in iregrd:
"The exceedingly
British
tha is and
"In
IN ofmoet b
them
"In addition 0 o at1-
a
could be dispatched
Rocky Mountain %
all armed with the latest
n a few andh 'front.'
fac wou1b
n
t thecoa toasidn in the work"
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
Realization. Of a Long
.
Cherished Hope Is
Promised,
Without Delay the Wire Will
Be Extended Under Pacific
to the Philippines,
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Nov 19.-The Commercial
Pacific Cable Company. recently organ
ized for the purpose of constructing and
maintaining a cable across the Pacific
Ocean, and of which John w. Mackay is
president, to-day awarded the contract
for the manufacture and laying of the
first section of the great submarine strand
to the Silvertown Cable Manufacturing
Company of Silvertown, near London.
The cost of making and laying this Sec
tiop is estimated at about $3,0OO,OO The
section will reach from San Francisco to
some central point in the Hawaiian ISL
ands, probably at Honolulu, and 1t is ex-
pected will be completed about the first
of January, 1903.
The Silvertown Company will commence
the work of construction Immediately and
will have the work finished about the
first of next July. The cable will tnen
be loaded on board ship and it will be
three months more before it reaches San
Francisco, the starting point of it's jour-
ney across the Pacific.
The actual work of laying the cable will
consume about seventeen days and with
the additional time for establishing the
stations and allowing for possible mis-
haps, it will be ready for service in two
months after its arrival here.
George G. Ward, first vice president of
the Commercial Cable Company, said to-
day:
1.-THE company has assured us they will
complete the cable and have it here in
seven months. Just soon as this Sec
ton Is complete and out of the way we
shall commence work on another section
that will connect the Hawaiian Islands
with the Philippines. Our station there
will probably be on the island of Luzon,
near Manila We have not decided on that
point yet, nor have we fixed our schedule
of rates, but we shall reduce them to a
reasonable figure. We expect to have
the work completed in about two or
three years. The estimated cost of the
undertaking is about $15, 100000, but we
have capitalized our company at only
100000 because we prefer to increa Sc
our capitalization as we proceed"
Ward said it was expected that the
new cable would allow the transmission
of messages in nearly four hours less time
than required at the present.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
BRITISH OFFICIALS
SUSPECT A VESSEL
Steamer Thought to Have Supplies
for the Beers Is Detained at
London.

LONDON, Nov. 19--The Government
has caused the detention of a British
steamer which is fitting out, ostensibly
for pleasure cruise, at Victoria docks,
on the ground that the vessel was laden
with contraband of war destined
for the Beers. A searchlight fixed
to the steamers mast brought her
under suspicion. and 1t is said a
subsequent search disclosed four
field guns and quantities Of raw material
for the manufacture Of powder and that
the vessel was fitted inside to accommo-
date five or six hundred men. The cap
tain Of the vessel says the instructions
from his employers directed him to call at
Hamburg after leaving the Thames.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Is the
subject Of much severe comment to-day
for having declared in a speech last night
at Plymouth that he despaired of over
coming the peril now facing the country
in South Africa so long as Chamberlain
and Lord Miner retained their present
Offices
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20

- ALL BUREAU, 14Oe C STREET,
n n. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-
W President Roosevelt to-day issued
an order restoring to the classified
service about 1900 civilian positions
Of the quartermaster, medical, ordnance
and engineering departments of the army.
1t is alleged that these positions were
handed over to spoilsmen a few years
ago and have been withdrawn from their
control upon the recommendation of Sec
retary Root. Numerous appointments
have been made to these positions since
May %, 1899, when they were exempted
from the civil service, and as a result of
President Roosevelts action the ap-
pointees will be Incorporated in the civil
service without even the formality of un-
dergoing examination.
In an official memorandum to the Presi-
dent, upon which the latter based his ac-
ton, Secretary Root says:
Causes of the Complication.
In May, 1885, the civil service rules. were
amended. and the rules thus amended re-
mained in force until May %. 1899. The amended
rules Of 1896 provide for trades and other nom
educational examinations In different depart
ments and the Indian service. The working OF
these rules was in the main satisfactory to the
departments concerned.
On May %. 1889. by an executive order.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
Great Payment for Timber.

MOSCOW, Idaho. Nov. 19.-This MORN
ing C. B. Stunenberg, chief clerk of the
Idaho State Land Board. received s1O1.-
652 as final payment for 1900 acres OF
white pine timber in the POtlach district
sold several months ago by the State OF
Idaho to Henry Turrish and associates
OF West Superior, Wis. The body Of
timber sold exceeds 1OOOO0.O0O feet.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
DREAD PLAGUE INvADES
SOUTH AFRICA HOMES
Eight Hundred Cases of the Disease
Reported to Have Recently
Existed.

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 19.-The British
steamer Monmouth, Captain Troop, which
arrived here direct from Cape Town.
South Africa, reports the existence of
over 800 cases of trubonic plague in the
vicinity of Cape Town when she left that
port. Up to the time she sailed some $50
deaths from the plague had occurred.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
JOHN w. MACKAY ARRIVES.
Is Unaware That Big Cable Contract
Has Been Awarded

John w. Mackay, millionaire and presi-
dent of the Commercial Pacific Cable
Company, which yesterday awarded the
contract for theSnanufacture and layinr
of the first section of the cable to be laid
from San Francisco to the Philippines.
arrived on the overland from New York
last night. Mr.. Mackay took his old
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
Madrid Students Rum Amuck.

MADRID. Nov 19-Students' riots have
begun in Madrid. To-day the tramways
were attacked and attempts were made
to set the cars on fire. Several persons
were wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
FENIAN LEADERS INSTIGATE THE PLOT
FOR YUKONS REVOLT AGAINST CANADA

!
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
Girls Perish in a Fire.

ROME, Nov. 19.-Fire to-day DESTROYED
the Sampier-Darena sugar refinery at
Genoa, the largest in Italy. Two girls
lost their lives.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20

Continued on Page Two.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
THE PROLIFIC FLY.
The Multi, plication of Meat FL 9, Goes
Rapidly.

Flies multiply at a prodigious rate
Given a temperature sufficiently high
TO hatch the eggs, their numbers are
only limited by the amount of food
available for them. Linnaeus is cred
tied with the saying that three meat
flies, by reason Of their rapid multipli-
cation, would consume a dead horse
quicker than would a lion. and the fact
that certain diptera having some out
ward resemblance to the honey bee lay
their eggs in the dead carcasses of ami
mails probably led Samson and Virgil
to make erroneous statements with re-
gard to the genesis OF honey and the
manufacture Of bees The breeding of
"gentles' for ground bait is an indus
try the practicers of which could
probably give much information as TO
the meet" of choice expressed by flies
in selecting material for feeding and
egg laying. According to Packard the
house fly makes Sc ection of horse
dung by preference for oviposi ing, and
as each female lays about 100 eggs and
is completed in less than three weeks.
it seems probable that a female fly
might have me $4,000 900 descendants
IN the course Of a hot summer Other
varieties of flies multiply. believe
still more rapidly AS flies multiply
upon and in organic refuse Of every
kind. it is obvious that the sooner such
refuse is p aced where it cannot serve
for the feeding and Matching of flies
the more likely is the plague to be
lesscned. The most commonly avail
able method for the bestowal of organ
&c refuse is burial. The egg laying OF
flies in dead carcasses commences at
the very instant of death. or even be-
fore death in the case of enfeebled
ANNA S.-The Lancet.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
CStS OF RAWH.DE.
CogwheCIs Are Made of 1t. Also Mallets
ahi Mauls.

'One of the most curious of the
many things made nowadays of raw
hide" said a man who handles such
articles in his business, is the raw
hide plniOn. or cOgwheel. You might
think that the teeth of such wheel
would break down and wear off quick
er than those of an iron wheel; but as
matter of fact they do not break,
and raWhide piniOn VIII wear as long
as an iron pIniOn, if not longer. Such
pinlCnS are made of many layers of
raWhide pressed solidly together, and
bOlted through and through TO metal
plates placed on the sides The teeth
cut across the face of the wheel thus
formed are. of course, each composed
{ many layers of the thoroughly com
pacted TaWhide standing edgeWise.
Rawhide pinlOns are used for many
purposes. One of their great advant-
ages is found in their nOiselessness.
They are used in machine shops
against iron gear. so as to make less
noise; they are used for motor pinions
on street railway cars. and so on.
Another rather curious though now
somewhat common use for rawhide is
in the making of mauls and mallets
having heads Of rawhide, and hide
faced hammers These are put to
great variety of uses, as for pounding
on dies and punches and on polished
metal surfaces. Rawhide is used for
bell cord in street cars. for all manner
OF straps and for shoe and boot laces.
1t is used in the manufacture OF art
fetal limbs. and for trunk handles md
for trunk binding, for washers. for
many sorts of harness and saddlery
goods, and for whips and lariats, and
not the least Of its uses is in the man
ufacture of various kinds and all sizes
OF betting. New York Sun
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
\ ift-Flying Star.

faint star in the Great Bear,
known as 1880 Groombridge," is ia
nous among astronomers on account
of its rapid motion. Recently a new
computation of its velocity has been
made by Professor Campbell of the
Lick Observatory. He estimates its
speed across the line of sight from the
earth at 100 miles per second. At the
same time it is drawing nearer the
earth at the rate of IS or 90 miles per
second But its distance is so great
that light, moving $4,000 miles per
second. requires more than % years to
pass from the start to the earth. The
spectrum of 1880 Groombridge" bears
much resemblance to that of the sun
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
British Cabinet Wages.

The annual wages bill" of the B it.
ish cabinet is no light sum-at pres Mt
it nearly reaches E10OO0O; or. to De
exact. it amounts to G95,550 Of the
cabinet as at present constituted the
best paid is the I.ord-iieutenant of
Ireland. who receives G20OOO a year,
the lord chancellor comes next with
10000. and the Irish lord chancellor 5
salary is $4,000. Seven ministers
respectively stationed at the foreign.
colonial. war, India. treasury and
home offices, and the chancellor of the
exChequer-are paid $4,000 each.
which is the standard salary for a
secretary of state; while the first lord
of the admiralty has G4,500. The re-
naming eight members Of the cabinet
are each given So 600 per annUm The
offices of the Irish chief secretary and
Of postmaster are respectively
rated at G4,425 and G2500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
LIKES THE PROBLEM PLAY.
II Has One Virtue in the Opinion OF .
Young Man,

They can say what they like Of the
problem play" said Reggie, but it's
been a good friend to us fellows that
haven't much money TO spend on
other people Why. before the problem
play came into existence a chap was
expected to take the girls to the thea
ter to see al the new things, and of
course, in many cases that meant the
girls mother. too, and supper for three
after the play and a carriage and, by
JOve. TO do that twice a week made a
big hole in a fellows allowance But
the playwriting fellows got wicked
and wrote frisky pieces and now one
can go alone or stay away altogether,
just as one pleases. It's a case of FREE
country and rights of the individual
We owe those dramatic chaps a big
debt and we ought to be grateful No
one expects us to invite the girls. with
or without their mammaS. to see
shocking plays. | don't suppose the
mammas would mind going if we ask
ed them but the girls won't go. prin-
cipally because they've already seen
the plays at matinees and secondly be-
cause it looks and sounds bad to go
with young nan to see a play that
the ministers are denouncing Of
course some Of the girls would go. but
they don't expect you to ask EN-. and
| don't. For my part I hope the plays
will continue to be shocking. at least
until my allowance is increased two
fold. for with bouquets and studio teas
and country clubs and bridge l don't
know how | ever should be able to
keep out of Ludlow street jail if it were
not for the present tendency toward
naughtlness in the drama New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-10-12
At French and G. rman UpiyersItIs.

German universities had in the late
winter semester between them 34.363
students, an increase or i.010 over last
year, Their order remains unchanged.
Berlin leading with 6.671. then Munich
4,1Sf; Leipzig, $3.50; Bonn, 1897: Hal
lie, 1871; Breslau. 1888. down to Jena,
6Sl and Rostock, 512. Theology claims
3.9ll; law, 9,511; medicine. lib and
the philosophical faculty. 12.778. Under
the last are now included students of
pharmacy, of agriculture. of forestry,
OF dentistry and of veterinary science.
The number of students in the French
universities is % .901: Paris naturally
leads with 1929. then come Lyons.
2,45S, Toulouse. 219O. and Bordeaux.
2,lf9 OF these 9,7S9 study law. $3.50
medicine. 2.S6S pharmacy. 1902 are en-
rolled in the philosophical faculty and
3.lG+ in the scientific