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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16
ALONG TIE KANSAS NILE

In 1860 Kansas raised 1882 bushels Of
/ wheat; in 1901. co. .o95.
Ed Howe says this for the cross man.
Many q man who is said 10 be sour and
/ cross IS really sick"
! The Prohibitionlsts Of Kansas have SET
aside May 1 as a particular day for Pro
I hihitionists TO celebrate this year.
/ AT the last term OF district court IN
/ EmpOria there was not a single judgnen ~
/ foreclosing a mortgage Of any kind.
The Newkirlz Evening Post IS unre-
/ lendng SO far as Fred Funston IS con
I cerned. 1t calls him the military eIocu-
I ZIONIST"
/ At a Marion egs-eating contest one
I young man put az ay So eggs. and did IT,
too. without connecting with the under
+ taker.
II IS said that when Roosevelt first met
Ware ne demanded 10 know II he wrote
Z poetry, and that Ware disproved the &C
+ cusation.
When Leavenworth county instructed
for Harry Bone Il was the extreme north
east making gco-goo eyes at the *
IRENE southwest.
A doctor at lola has pronounced the
skeleton which the newspapers were en-
terprising enough 20 find ia = dark. dark
Governor Stanley has commutsd the
sentence Of the convicts who volunteered
60 re-timher the shaft on The penitcn-
tiary coal mine. and did it at great per-
sCual risk.
Actor Cranes assertion that 10 and
Senator Plumb were friends and often
smoked and clatted together. leads the
~ Dorado Republican 90 record that
Plumb never smoked.
A new poet over In Wilson county n
duiees Ere this,
cor an tho histories ever made.
The Bible IS the nrst
Il causes light on Us 70 shine.
AND darkness FOR % burst
TIE New York papers have story
thai Ware confirmation VIII be opposed
or reiisi7us grounds. because b. once
wrote.
FOR 7 don't believe thing
az the stories that are told
of The miracles o. old.
Kansas city Journal. TIE police %
Fort scctt f-HrE n trt o. stolen silks
hidden under church Ihe chief ~
police ref1ae1 ~ te'l the rep1rferg th-
name az the churca rfor fear f. might
rast suspicion On the raHto- HFoudn't
that recte Ihe beneslction ard disr1tss
1eias foirt agitation e. not cutie VI r.
the Ersse.s rcr degree hlt it r. f~sirr
hfl aN rElr fHo froait.tiarfstF
na made tre round - enc tr--ta ~ sfc
rlct we've Trsf1 tf
crowd 81 rapsthlzer sho trit
1ar-r-r 1l ll--h4ota W-th Tp-ss AMI
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

The New FORK customs house officials made Santos
Dumont 5000 duty his airship. But Santos hopes
10 see the day when the customs officials if they stop him,
win nave to so after him in mid-air with a assoc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

when those 100 American students" reflects Chi
caEo paper get TO having people at Oxford Englismen
vim besn to Understand the real significance OF Cecil
Rhodes VII
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

Professor Starr ~ the University Of Chicago 1vcighs
AGAINST the wedding ring a relic of harbarism. But
AFTER all how many pretty little sentiments owe to
Dsrbarsrn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

EFT IS perhaps difficult" saws Dave Hn. "to predict
how f7rson Il DE alive TODAY would meet the
llleuL-lss which wa enc1unler.- Wei YES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

according 70 Dave Hin President Rooseyelts admin
rsttsa an ar And ii has considerable TO DO With
Land matters. also.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

doesn't nay TO try % suit eveTybody Tamase never
riel Eho.t the fox who we're repealed by his extrsr
eerce cesru-e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

~ - Noon vi = abort oTer Wen = T-IIi1a
soe- Commons cheers references 10 tie vs1r ot the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-16

It IS ha-8 to think Of ENGLAND granting concessions Of
anEnaEe ana oHces Q The 8oers ~ . colapEon.lse
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-18
MANY USES FOR PEANUTS.
A New Variety of Giant Size
Grows 10 Texas

There are reports of a wonderful
new kind of peanut called the Japa
nese white mammoth, grown in Ma
tagorda county, Texas. 1t is o
giant size. and is said to yielC
eighty-Seven barrels to the acre
One reason for being interested in
this news is the fact that the pea
nut crop Of the old-tlme peanut
growing region of the sonth has
been diminishing alarmIugly OF
late years, large areas that form
erly produced from fifty to one
hundred bushels an acre now yield
ing not more than twenty bushels.
The cause Of the trouble is careless
farming-neglect to fertilize the
soil, and lack of rotation Of crops.
Virginia, however, still has an an
nual output of something like g.
100000 bushels; Tennessee and
North Carolina come next.
The finest peanuts in the world
come from Virginia, and in that
state is the greatest peanut market,
at Norfolk, where number OF.
large factories" In which the new
Iy gathered "goobers" ,as they come
in from the rural districts, are win
moved and screened to clean them,
and sorted and shipped to jobbers
in other cities. 1t is now believed |
that the peanut was originally a
native of Brazil, and that it should |
properly make a fifth in the list of
plants Of great commercial import
an3s credited to America, the 9TH
srs being the potato, tobacco maize
and cotton, AS far back as the
seventeenth century it was extern
sively cultivated in the old world,
and had become such an important
article Of food in Africa that the
slave dealers loaded their vessels
with it, using it as provender for
their cargoes of captiveS.
African peanuts, which are small
and nearly round, aud contain
single kernel, used to be imported l
largely into this country, but they
have teen driven out by our sdper-
Tor varieties. However, the Afri-
eau nuts contain greater percen- B
5age Of oil, for the sake of which Is
immense quantities of them, most &
y raised in Senegambia and along s
he east coast, are shipped to Mar &
ieilIes for conversion into pure 8
olive OIL" The poorer peanuts s
re employed for soap; the residue
fter pressing, is known as "cake," y
nd brings $50 ton as cattle fod- 8
er, and the shells are utilized as 8
Material for paper Recent ex- s.
erimentS by dietic experts have
hOwn that one pound of "peanut
neal contains nearly as much
utrlment as three pounds of lean S
eef. The meal, which is obtained
y grinding the cakes" costs
'ur cents pound in bnlk, and the
ermans have prepared from it B
'vsral agreeable articles of diet S
Ich as "peanut grits" aud peanut y
our" this latter being ground
I'd bolted like ASdinary -four.
alatable crackers have also been @z
ade from this crude byproduct @#
z
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-18

Educate Your Bowels with Cascareu,.
oCanoy Cathartlc, cure constipation forever
Oc. pc II .. c. fail, druggists refI1nf Tno5e9
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23
A MILLION VOICES.

Could hardly express the thanks Of
Homer Hall, Of West Point, La. Lis.
ton why: A severe cold had settled on
DID lungs, causing q most obstinate
cough. Several physicians said he had
oonsumption, but could not help him.
When al thought he was doomed he DO
gan to use DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and writes-"it COM
pletely cured me and saved my life. I
now weigh 327 lbs. L" It's positively qua.
ranteed for3 Coughs, Colds and Lung
troubles Price 500 and Sl.O0. Trial
bottles free at ". II. Gladding Barre
AND DR.. J 81. Macarthur OF East Batre,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23

4 good Advertiser eses quick pGoask
- al0o w6ns many people 70 Teat
~ adveetisenent md for fhaA peasGo
NJ he TLD3RkN - tho me0luQ
1BpQgh vh3oh b s0ocha eaR.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23

It will give your choice Of any Of our
Ladies Onting Flannel Night Robes
that we have been selling at el.36,
o. so and 80, and A.87, they are
beauties and Is Christmas gifts will
DO appreciated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY.
Three Officers and "a Men Killed and
1G officers and 131 Men WOund-
ed at Harris River.

Pretoria (Friday), April 4.-The
British losses in the engagement in
the neighborhood of Harris river, in
the southwestern extremity of the
Transvaal, March 81, were three Off
GERS and "a men killed, and 16 Off
GERS and 131 men wounded. The
Beers admit that they lost 1877 men
killed or wounded. The action oc-
Cured at Doornbalt Farm, few
miles south of the scene of Gen.
Delareys defeat of Gen. Methuen.
The Beers, who were commanded by
Gems. Kemp and Potgiler, attacked
with great determination, but the
Canadian contingent, which was the
last to arrive in South Africa, from
Canada, and two squadrons of yeo-
many, under Col Cookson, and the
artillery and mounted rifles, under
Col. Keir, presented such a stout front
that the burghers were finally forced
to retreat.
The casualty list shows that the
Second Canadian mounted rifles had
four officers wounded, nine men killed
and 40 men wounded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
THE MERGER SUIT.
State of Minnesota Begins It's Action
Against the Railway Com
binntiOn

ST. Paul, Mimi, April THE state
of Minnesota on Friday began it's
merger suit at home. The bill of
complaint in the suit of the state
against the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railway companies,
the Northern Securities company, J.
J. Hill, as president of the Northern
Securities company, and individually,
was served Friday afternoon on the
defendant, Hill, in his various capaci-
ties, and return made to the sheriff's
office by Deputy Reichow. The court
is asked to make orders restraining
the merger as contrary to law, from
the interchange of stock, from inter-
ference by one road with the other
road, and from the right of one set
of directors to vote in the other cor
pOration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
CORRUPTION AT ST. LOUIS.
Grand Jury and Indictments
Are Returned,

st. Louis, April Most sensational
charges are made by the February
grand jury. which has been investi-
eating bribery and official corruption
in the municipal assembly, in it's
final report to Judge O'Neill Ryan, in
the criminal court Saturday The re-
port declares that the people of st.
Louis have but vague conception of
the extent to which corruption and
venality have for the past ten years
existed among the sworn officers and
public servants. It finds the true
condition of affairs almost too appall-
ing for belief. A tribute is paid to
Joseph w. Folk, the circuit attorney,
under whose leadership the investiga-
ton is being made.
These indictments, already made
public, were returned by the grand
jury Saturday.
Bribery, Robert N.Snyder; attempt
ed bribery, Edward Butler, John H..
Becker; perjury, George j. Kobuch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
boy CONFESSES MURDER
Strange Story Told eff Killing of an
Old Man in the Noun
tainS.
DID IT ATAGED MANS URGENT REQUEST
Clyde Felt, n Fifteen-Year-OId Boy,
of Salt Lake City, Held for Re-
markabIe and Mysterious Crime
Believed He Has Not Told the
Whole story.

Salt Lake City, April Clyde Felt,
a boy of barely Is years, has confessed
to the police that it was he who cut
the throat of Samuel Collins, the aged
Waterman of the Wasatka mineral
springs, whose body was found last
Sunday in small cave in the hillside
above Warm Springs. The deed was
done, the boy claims, only after re-
peated urging by the old man, who
told the boy that he intended to kill
himself, anyway, as he was tired of liv-
ing. After cutting Collins throat, Felt
says, he took the old mans clothes
and hid them under a pile of bowl
ders, walled up the entrance to the
cave as best he could, wiped the blood
off the razor and his fingers, then went
down the hill and washed his hands in
the stream. Collins, he said, had given
him little money for killing him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

morning, in company with two police
men, the boy went out among the hills
to locate Collins valise, which he
claimed he had carried for the old man
the day of his death. After several
hours search Felt broke down. He
said:
81 killed the old man, but could not help
it. He made me do it. We did not go up
Ensign Peak at all, and l did not have any
valise to carry. The old man told me to
tell that story If his body was found. When
we got up to the little cave he began un-
dressing. 1 asked him what he was doing
that for, and he said he was going to COM
nit suicide. I said: oh, don't do that
while am up here Then he said: L want
you to kill me. Here are some stakes and
some rope. You tie me down and then
cut my throat 1 did not like to do it; but
he begged so hard that I just could not
stand it. He took the rope and wrapped
it around his legs and got me to tie his
arms to his side. Then I took the razor.
He kept on begging, and finally l just took
the razor and gave one slash across his
throat and jumped out of the hole and ran.
He had told me to bury his clothes. went
and got the pile and carried them away
down the gully and buried them. Then
went back and the old man was dead.
took some rocks and built wall in front
of the cave for about a foot. But I got
scared and did not finish it. so I came back
the next day and finished walling up the
hole. I could not help doing it. The old
man could make me do anything he want
ed to-"
Felt insists that he was alone with
Collins when the murder was commit
ted. Nevertheless the police believe
that the boy has not told all of his
story, and are working on the theory
that others were implicated. Behind
the crime is story of moral degen-
eracy that has few parallels. Collins,
according to the police, had number
of the boys in the neighborhood COM
pletely under his influence, and ex-
press the belief that his death was the
elimination of a plot on the part of
the boys to kill the old man and thus
rid themselves of malign influence.
Young Felt, it is claimed by the police,
was reader of dime novels. 1t is
stated by the county attorney that
charge of murder in the second de-
gree will be made against the boy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
IS HANDY WITH HIS GUN
e. c. Hirschy Wins Great American
Handicap at the Live Bird
Shoot at Kansas City.
is CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA.
Most Exciting Contest Between C. G.
Spencer and the Winner of the
COntest-FOrmer Misses His Fifty
Third Bird, Which Hirschy Sue
ceeds in Bringing Down,

Kansas City, Mo-, April III. c..
Hirschy, with a handicap of 20 yards,
Saturday won the great American
handicap, and thus became the cham
pion wing shot of America. The last
man to stand up with him on the
shoot-off of the IA men who had clean
scores Friday was C. G. Spencer, of
ST. Louis, also a 29-yard man, who
finally failed to kill his ffty-third
bird, towering out-goer Spencer
will receive second money, R. o.
Heikes, of Dayton, o., third; J. D.
Pollard, Chicago, fourth, and J. L.
Owen, of Cushing, Okla, fifth.
Most Exciting Contest.
The race, which was for % birds,
proved to be one of the most SEN
sational in the annals of shooting
tournaments. The shoot-off Satur-
day began with bright and clear
weather, but with hard wind blow
ing. In the second round two men
dropped, a third missed out in the
more in the seventh, one in the elev-
enth, and another in the fourteenth
Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia, was
one of the first men to quit, and
Heikes, after making many sensa-
tional shots, lost his thirty-frst
This left Spencer and Hirschy alone
in the race.
Birds Fall Before Their Guns.
They killed their birds with ease
and regularity, and soon passed the
record-mark for straight kills of "a,
set by Bates in 1900. Hirschy's shoot
ing was steadier than Spencer's on
the last rounds, and many picked him
for the winner after the fortieth bird
had been killed. Both men were
straight up to the fifty-second bird
The ffty-third was towering out
goer. Spencer shot first, and al
though he hit it, the bird fell dead
out of bounds. Hirschy's ffty-third
was an ordinary right quarterer. He
killed it with his first barrel, but
used the second to make sure
Hirschy had not only won the great
American handicap, but he had
placed to his record a score of rs
straight birds for this event, and
grand total of 102 for the week, hav-
ing grassed every one since the tour
nament began on Monday morning.
When Hirschy killed his last bird
his admirers swarmed around him
and bore him from the field on their
shoulders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
Dies on Eve of Election,

Grand Rapids, Mich, April AR
thur r. Rood, republican candidate
for mayor, died early Saturday morn
ing at Butterworth hospital, where
he had been suffering with typhoid
fever since March IS, the day he was
nominated at the primary election
to run against Mayor George R.
Perry. His illness was doubtless ag-
gravated by his work in the hard
campaign that preceded the primar-
les. The election takes place next
Monday.
Willard Palmer was chosen to take
Mr.. Rood's place at the head of the
ticket
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
Seek Presidents Presence.

Denver, Col, April president
Roosevelt has been invited to adj
dress the great triennial Sunday
school convention to be held in Den
yer in June next. At banquet of
the ministers of the city telegram
from w. n. Hartshorn, of Boston,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements of the convention, was
read saying that efforts were being
put forth to persuade the president
to accept the invitation and the out
look was encouraging.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
Cecil Rhodes was a native of Eng.

Cecil Rhodes was a native of Eng
land, minister's son, of college edu-
cation, spirit of adventure took
Rhodes to Africa. Born apparently
with "Midas's" touch everything he
undertook added to his fortune. The
sobriquet of diamond king has been
his for 20 years. In 1890 he became
premier in the Cape cabinet. His Pc
litical opinions favored self-govern-
ment throughout the British empire
until within very recent years, when
financial ambition sweryed him back
into imperialism.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
AIbanians Defy Sultan.

Constantinople, April 7.-Advices re-
ceived here from Uskup, European
Turkey, announce that a number of
Albanians recently surrounded the
government offices at Ipek, took all
the officials prisoners and then tele-
graphed to the Yildiz palace here, de-
handing the release of the Albanians
who are detained in custody at Con-
stantinople. Two battalions of
Turkish infantry have been dis
Matched to IDek
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

According to the chief of the bu-
reau of chemistry, fancy jellies OF
all sorts are now made from cores
and parings of apples; the by-prn-
ducts of jelly. making are sent to Ell
rope to be turned into champagne:
colored jams and jellies yield excel-
lent dyes for coloTing textile fabrics.
and a fine Ohio wine is made from
coal tar dye, glucose and alcohol, with
out recourse to any product of tho
vine"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

There is proposal in England to
revive the somewhat illomented title
of duke of Gloucester, which was
borne by Richard III. before he slew
his way to a usurped throne. The
title was last revived by George l.,
who in ,1714 made his grandson duke
of Gloucester. This young man was
not an ornament to the peerage. The
dukedom became dormant again when
the second ,of this creation died with
out issue. Should the title be revived
once more it would be conferred prob
ably on one of the prince of Wales
sons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
ORDERS INVESTIGATION.
Hay Fakes Action in Re-
gard to British Camp in
Louisiana.

Washington, April I'm response
to Gov. Heard's request for state
ment of the law bearing upon the
operations of the British officers at
Chalmette, La, Secretary Hay has re-
sponded by direction of the president.
that he has ordered thorough inves-
tigation to be made into the opera
lions at that camp. The secretary has
received no opinion from the attor-
ney general upon the purely legal
aspects of the case, which is in exact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
Contribution from Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden, April Twill
liam NJ. Thomas, Jr., the United
States minister here, has just sent
to the United States his check for
over $500, representing the contribu-
tions of the minister and others in
Sweden and Norway toward the erec-
ton at Canton, O., of the national
memorial to the late President Nc
Kinley
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

At 5 years of age boys are mainly
taller than girls, but the girls appear
to equal them at the seventh year, and
continue thus up to and including the
ninth year, after which the boys rise
again above the girls for two years.
At about II years the girls suddenly
become taller than the boys, continu-
ing until the 18th year, when the boys
finally regain their superiority of
stature
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
Begins Suit Against Mayor.

St. Paul, Mimi, April IA West Su-
perior (Wis.) special says: Henry w.
Deforest, of New York City, has start
ed suit for alleged /9ibel against
Mayor Fred S. Parker for $25, 900. The
cause of action is in several commune
cations which Mayor Parker wrote for
the council regarding settlement
of taxes with the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

NJ. Hamard, the French sculptor,
has just completed at Paris the model
of the statue of Marshal Rochambeau,
to be presented to the city of Washing
ton as a companion to the statue of
Lafayette. The work of casting the
bronze will begin this week, and it is
hoped that the finished statue will be
ready to send to the United States
next April.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
VIII Pay Their own Expenses.

Washington, April Tt is said
that congress will not be asked for
an appropriation to defray the ex-
penses of the United States special
embassy to the coronation of King
Edward. These expenses will be de-
frayed by the civilians of the party
out of their own pockets, while the
army and navy attaches will be or
dered to London in the course of
duty, and thus will have to depend
upon their ordinary mileage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.
Ambassador Clayton Talks with
President and Secretary Hay and
DisprOves Charges Brought
Against Him.

Washington, April7.-The authorita-
tive statement was made Saturday
that United States Ambassador Clay
ton has explained fully and to the sat
isfaction of both the president and
Secretary Hay, all the charges that
have been made against him in regard
to cases pending before the Mexican
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11
civil War Correspondent Dead

New York, April 7.-Epes Sargent,
a civil war correspondent, who rem
dered valuable service to the north
ern service during the civil war, while
stationed at Nassau, and who later
filled many positions in the govern
ment employ at Washington, is dead
at his home here. He was 76 years
old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-11

courts and also concerning his own
personal conduct. In the court cases
to which reference has been made, it
is stated that Mr.. Clayton acted under
exact instructions from the depart
ment of state, showing great zeal, in
dustry and ability in the defense of
the rights of American citizens. Mr..
Clayton will return to his post at the
City of Mexico after brief holiday
spent in Washington with his daugh-
ter