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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
MAKING Of
FINE WATCH
Something People Know Little
About NOWADAYS.
TESTS OF HEAT AND COLD
Way Time Piece Should be
Taken Care of.

There is probably no business today
less understood by the general public than
the making of watches. and much less. Of
the art Of adjusting them TO heat and
cold, and 10 different positions
We Will take IL for granted that the
watch we are going to try TO adjust has
been well made. 1t not only must be well
made. but its proportions must be such
as will give the best action one part to
another throughout the entire action. A
watch might be ever 50 well made. and
still have faults In It's design which might
utterly destroy the possibility OF obtain
ing the finer requirements.
IL may be well to state here that when
the watches are started first IN the plate
room, the operatives know which plates
are TO De used for the adjusted watches.
more care Is taken with them and so on
throughout the entire construction. from
the making Of plates to finishing /; is
the aim TO put the most perfect work
and material n the watches that are
eventually "a be the finest and best pro-
quot OF the manufacturer.
Up 10 the time Of the completion Of as
semblfng and turning the adjuster has
nothing 70 DO with the watch He nox
takes UP his part OF the work. which -
the mos, skilled work Of the factory. Be-
ing satisfied the watch - In apparent
frsf-class corditinn- he runs one or more
II what we caIl-heag and void This -
done BY having an oven or receptacle Of
scrae sort which can be kept at an ev~n
temperature Of about - degrees r. This
Is considered warm enough. as there are
few tirnes in year. ard then Of short
duration. when the watch Will Be il n
temperature as high as that Before
being placed IN this hot box" they are
set By ehronoretsr az closely as pos
ssbIe- This can be done very accurately
by listening 20 The tick Of the Instrument
ard watching TIE second hand On the
IL may De SCI or tine taken 70 one
ff,h os . second After all are -; per-
fectiy they are placed In the hot bcx
q nurnber % hours. AZ tire end of which
time they are tzken cat the tine tssen
or...ips Of paper for each watch as exactly
as poxssbis. They are sssen placed IN the
cod box. z.ade By similar Ex-csr. the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08

and from 1t MIR. Sheppard received roy
alties. The newer Broadway stores have
this window.
Mrs. Sheppard died some years ago and
his daughters and his son. growing up.
took quarters for themselves. Mr.. Shep-
pard rented room with Mrs. Mary Mad
den at No. 159 West Eighty-third street
and kept to himself. On December 81.
he slipped on the ice, sprained his ankle
and took to his bed. Then for the first
time he resolved wholly to give up food.
though he had been vegetarian for
fifteen years. living solely on port wine.
rice and honey.
Mr.. leopard believed in spiritualism
and theosophy." said DR.. Thomas. at his
office No. 26 West Ninety-fourth street,
last night, and believed himself to be
what they call an adept He thought by
the cultivation of his phychric powers ne
could gradually alternate his body until
he became wholly spiritualized. He
thought this way he could make himself
more spiritualized than any man living.
and could know everything before it hap
pened.
time. l told him then he was going to
time. / told holm then he was going to
die unless he ate more nourishing food.
He became angry at me and l did not
see him until Jan. 20. when his family
summoned me He said to me:
L have called you not TO assist me.
but to protect my family. l know what
1 am doing. / tried to make him take
water. but he refused it. He wouldn'
take wine or the juice OF an oragne- III
be all right in few days he declared.
IF l appear to die, won't be dead. /
know that
He declared that II We forced food on
him or tied him down il would kill him.
So IL would / didn't want that sort of
a patient Next day ! was sent for
again. but / refused TO go. He died on
Friday morning and / was notified today
The man was perfectly sane. bat
could tell by looking at him that he hadn {
eaten anything for weeks
We did every thing for father" said
W. 3. Sheppard. but it was useless.
When came 10 his bedside he toid me
not to interfere I pleaded with him TO
eat, but he refused He told me that II We
put him under restraint or sent him TO
any place like a ssnitarium. IL would kill
him. anyway. and / know IL would have.
Mr.. Sheppard was sixty-hve years Old
He was born in England ana came 20
this country forty years ago Up 10
ten years ago he lived IN St Louis He
has stocks and bonds IN a safe deposit
vault His son Is an official in the Ameri-
can Brazing Company
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
SNIDLERS IN
FEMALE WORLD
Nine. Humbert'S Work Re-
calls Former NotableS.
AS MRS. GORDON BALLIE.
Many Moders and Bertha
( Heyman, All of Whom Fell.
AS MRS. GORDON BALLIE

While there have been many women
swindlers who have gained fame the
world has never Known (, counterpart ~
Nine. Humbert. the French woman who
is now under arrest for perpetrating a
gigantic fraud which involved something
like 100000.
The genius of Nine. Humbert conceived
a most magnificent scheme which was
several years in the developing and which
she worked with eonsummate skill. While
the records of crime show no equal to the
French woman who is now awaiting trial.
there have been several feminine sharpers
who gained wide notoriety. AS a rule,
women swindlers are successful only in a
small way.
One of the most celebrated in Great
Britain was known as Mrs. Gordon Baillie
That was not her real name and she
sprang from humble parentage. She had
courage and ssreat everness. and SO
long as she expended up.E herself she
vas enormously successful :r imposing
upon people
Her early attempts were amateurish
snd not very productive, Ia Sely because
she sought dupes among people OF no
great means ana VINO were SUSPICIOUS.
Then she disappeared for several years
TO come upon the scene as an aristocrat-
Mrs. Gcrdon-Baiilie. universal philan-
thropist and in particular the friend OF
the Skye crofters. II may be explained
that the rame crofter is peculiar to
Scotland, although the crofter bears the
same relation to the Land o Cakes that
the ccStier does TO Ireland. The crofter
of bit OF land so small that 1t cannot
be called farm. from which he derives
lis livelihood by till,se
During one particular severe winter
when there was great suffering among the
crofters, Mrs. Gordon Baltic sprang into
sudden fame. She had obtained a pow
orfulf influence over haronet who was
more than eighty years OF age and who
possessed enormous wealth Mrs Gordon
Baillie would not accep; this money for
herself. but she was willing 10 bestow
Il upon the suffering crotters. She trav-
ele& about, haranguing them most elo-
quently. and giving with an ostentation
aalak partook OF methods Hike that Of cir
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08

Gus advertising in this country Others
than the baronet were beguiled into CIV
ing the plinantrophic woman gifts to dis
tribute.
Mrs. Gordon Baillie then went to Aus
tralia. where she attracted no end Of
attention. She still chung to the cause
o. the crofters. She aroused a vast
amount of sympathy and collected large
amount of money Also she secured from
the Government of victoria a grant of
10000 acres of land wherein to found a
settlement Of her proteges.
IN I'll, height Of her succ, s. Mrs. Cor
dom Baillo was pr,yatcly married to y
man named Frost, and he was her IN
DOING. She intrusted part of her opera
tons to him, and he bungled. One rea-
son was that he hated to see so much
money slip through his fingers. The re-
suit was that suspicion was aroused and
Mrs. Gordon Baltic lost her sources of
income Then she and her husband were
reduced to the ignoble expedient of cash
ing worthless checks. Their arrest fol-
lowed. She was sentenced to five years
penal servitude. while Frost escaped with
eighteen months.
Many Moders was a criminal of diff
ferent type and a much more dangerous
one. She Was a born sharper. She was
the daughter OF a chorister in Canter-
bury Cathedral and she began her career
OF crime just early she could think
clearly. She was wicked as a child and
skillful but she didn't begin to operate
on large scale until she grew old enough
TO be attractive Her personal charm
was her chief stock in trade. Coupled
with this was an absolute heartlessness
and daring. There was nothing she did
not dare attempt in order TO get oney.
Before she was twenty she was known
a dangerous woman and she found il
advisable to fee to the Continent. There
her education was completed. She return
ed to London as a German Princess. pre-
tending to have large wealth. She was
undeniably beautiful and she was marvel
lousy fascinating. She chose only rich
men for her dupes and with several OF
them she went through the form of mar
riage. For time she lived in great style.
for she squandered with utter reckless
ness the large sums she obtained. Pow
erty followed exposure and she attempted
transported 10 Jamaica. She escaped
from that colony. only TO end her evil
career on the gailows.
One of the most versatile OF female
sharpers was a woman who called her
self the Baroness de Menckwitz and who
fiourished toward the end OF the eish-
teenth century. One OF her successful
frauds has been popular with women
swindlers ever since. She secured pic
lures. sculptures. tapestries. and other
works Of art on credit and sold them for
cash. For time she had fine house In
Somerset street. Portman Squart.
A prototype OF Nine Humhert was
Bertha Heyman. who operated chiefly
in Canada and who claimed TO possess
fortune or sS,ococoo. She pretended 10 be
interested in all manner of properties and
lived in great great style. travelling from
one hotel TO another with retfnue OF
servants. She chose for her victims IL
nanciers who were well known for their
shrewdness. just as did Nine. Humhert
Emily Lawrence made a speciality OF
swindling London jewellers. She was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
WORLDS FAIR PROGRAM.
Four Days Of Magnificent Displays 70
Open the Exhibition.

The programme for the dedication Of
the World = fair. IN April next. was an
nounced last week
The announcement was made % the
banquet given by the Worlds Fair d.
rectors Of The International Press Associ-
alton at the Mercantile oIub
April % will be the great day
Cardinal Gibbons OF Baltimore will g1vs
the opening invocation.
He will be followed IN prayer by blsh-
ops Of the Protestant Episcopal and
Methodist Episcopal churches
Former President Grover Cleveland
will then deliver the defeating address.
Following this. President Thsoaors
Roosevelt will officially dedicate the build
iugs.
A grand chorus 81 SOC voices Will rem
der choral selections for tire occasion.
On the nigh; af April - fireworks coat
ine 81 %. will be discharged
4 special feature u the pyrofechnicsi
display viii be the %sces@ioa q seven
monster Illuminated balloons. repressnt-
ing the seven leading nations
The balloons vii ascend 20 = height
of 20 feet and vii then discharge xrsa,
bombs ~ honor Of old Glory whieh
viii De Displayed a. a monster sci pisc~.
Liquid FIRE All 20 used fgr the frEt
time a. an accessory o. the eocsaton.
The worids Fair Managers have sp-
propTiafes f,saeso Tor the entsrsainTsaas
Of guests during TIE dedication
The fsztyitles xia continue Tor fszr
days ard many interesting functions viii
BE- carried opt
This programme va Announced - =.
e Cup secretary q ire committee IN
ceremonies q ne Lossisisns Psrrha@e *
posstio8. ard pzz sppsSaeed - ala pres
ent
FiEhts-Gve visif3az Newspaper Een at
.s.a 80. $1,000.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
WANTED MORE sPiRITUAL!sM.
Rich Man Starves Himself to Death
Hoping to Learn the Future.

New York, Feb. Philosophy, Spiritu-
alism. vegetarianism. the idea that he
was an "adept'-all together brought
about the death of Joseph William Shep-
pard at his home No. l59 West Eighty
third street Coroner Scholer refused a
burial permit yesterday because the death
certificate gave starvation as the cause
Of death. He granted one later after he
and his physician. had satisfied them
selves that starvation really did kill the
man.
My father simply starved himself TO
death. said his son. W. B. Sheppard.
first street and Columbus avenue, last
night. We could not force him from
his theories. ELI thought il was possible
to live without food
II was the receipt of this letter from
DR.. Julian P. Thomas. by the Board OF
Health. which started the Coroners in
yestigation.
Inclosed you viii find death certificate
for Mr.. Joseph William sheppard You
VIII note that l say he died from starva-
ton. Mr.. Sheppard had some very pecu-
ciously. For the cure OF the trouble he
had he decided that he would take a pro-
longed fast: exactly how long he tasted
we do not know. His friends tried TO get
him to eat but il was utterly Impossible
TO persuade him to do SO. He continued
his fast in spite OF all ererts. in fact.
until he had killed himself.
Mr.. Sheppard was a man OF means.
For years he received ss-oeo year sal
airy as manager in ST. Louis OF the Mis-
sissippi Glass Company Then three years
ago he had difference as 10 thesmounr
the company should pay him for bis
valuable patents in wire glass making.
and he quit Since then he has been ex-
rerimenting here in secret over what
promised to be valuable improvements
in making wire glass.
One was process for making il alb
soIuteiy free from bubbles Another. a
sort of double glass window for use
in large stores by which in case of
FIRE current OF air was drawn in. thus
sweeping away the smoke and preventing
in a measure. <ufccation- This was ap-
proved BY the Board OF Fire Underwriters
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Former Senator Die Not Obey Order
Of District Judge.

Salt Lake. Utah. Feb Judge Han.
OF the district court. today adj0dged
Former United States Senator Arthur
Brown guilty Of contempt OF court IN
falling 20 comply with the courts order
TO pay Mrs. Brown temporary alirncry Of
sI5e a month as result OF her suit for
separate maintenance Judge Hail order
ed Senator Brown committed 70 all until
the amount was paid An appeal vii
De taken.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08

Kingfisher
f. L. BOYNTON,
Lawyer.
A. I'll. SHOWALTER,
Lumberman.
j. E. BURNES,
County Clerk.
E. WHEELER,
Money LOaner.
ERNEST DUGGAN.
Enid
3. w. HEDGES.
REFERENCES
c. n. BEAL,
BERRY HOBBS,
REV. A. l.. SNOW.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08

w. D. CLOSE,
County Treasurer,
Woods County.
E. RAIL-,
Pres. Alva State Bank.
WILLIAM EREFORD,
IKE M'HENRY,
E. w. DOUGHTY,
T. J. BURNIDGE,
WILLIAM SMITH,
karoma
DANIEL CHADD.
CHAS. CHADD,
B. E. CHADD,
Cafran
w. w. NORRIS,
Merchant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
NOTICE TO okLAHoMANs.

Or. J. l.. vickerS OF this flrm
will be In Kingfisher, Okla, Feb.
10, at the Deane Hotel; in Hen
Messy Feb. Is, at the Rhoades
House; in Enid Feb. IS, at the
Grand Avenue Hotel, for the
purpose Of treating all diseases
of the rectum. Among those
whom we have treated in King
fisher are: F. L. Boynton, A. n.
Showalter, j. e. Burns, e.
Wheeler and Ernest Duggan; in
Hennessey, L. J. Miller; and in
Enid we refer you to Chas. N.
Beal, Rev. A. L. Snow, Berry
Hobbs, and 3. w. Hedges of
CropPer.
II afflicted, don't fail to see
him while near your home.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08

Wichita
S. E. OVAL,
Wholesale Junk.
1. n. SINGER,
Singer & DOnnelI.
w. Fl. Wake,
235 Ellis.
EMIL WERNER,
223 E. Douglas.
n. f. DUGAN,
Box 395.
THOS. DUGAN,
Box 395.
S. S. sPITLER,
X. r. No. 3.
G. f. MORSE,
331 E. Douglas
JOHN w. LEE,
80 w. Thirteenth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
STRIKERS WERE ACTIVE.
Shooting ARRAY, in which No One
Was Hurt, Caused Two Arrests.

Shooting ARRAY, in which No One
Was Hurt, Caused Two Arrests.
AS a result of another shooting af-
fray between strikers and non union
men in Yamacraw about noon yester-
day Willie Huckaby and Henry Brooks,
both non-union men, are held prisoners
at the police station on a charge of
firing their pistols in the street
The men were arrested by Patrol
man Cowart Immediately after the af-
fray. They claim that they were set
upon by a band of strikers and the
shooting was started by the other men,
who made their escape before the ar
rival of the police. So far as the Off
GERS were able to discover no one was
hit during the shooting.
On West Boundary street early in
the morning Louis Freeheart and Cliff
ford Satterwhite were attacked by
strikers and badly done up. The men
were cut and were beaten with clubs.
No report of this ARRAY was made at
police headquarters and nothing was
known of the trouble by the police.
The wounded men were attended by
DR.. I. H. Johnson. Satterwhite was
taken to his home in Columbus. and
Freeheart is at his home on West
Boundary street.
There was no trouble in Yamacraw
during the night, so far as the police
were aware. The extra detail of men
was kept on duty, but there was no
disorder of any sort that came to the
attention of the officers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
POLICY AGREED ON
CITY CANNOT AFFORD ANY IN
CREASES FOR 1904.
THE NEW BANK BUILDING
WILL FIGURE IN TAXABLE REAL
TY FOR NEXT YEAR.

Even Though Bank is Not Turned
over by Contractor This Year ii
VIII BE Assessed and the Realty
Valuations will BE Increased by
About $50, OOO-This Estimate VIII
Run Figures to $416,31O,O 900, Al
though Property in the EXTENDED
Limits VIII Not be Considered Be
fore 1908.
In the opinion of the Board of Tax
Assessors there will be an increase
of about $4,000 in real estate valua-
lions upon which the city will be able
to collect taxes next year.
This estimate of course, includes the
new Germania Bank building, which
is certain to figure in the new schedule
of realty values, but does not include
property in the new extended limits,
this property in 1904.
Even though the Germania Bank is not
finished during the present year taxes
upon it Will have to be paid next year.
In some quarters 1t not believed that
the big sky scraper will be completed
and turned over to the owners by the
contractor until some time in January,
but even in this event it will be as
sessed for 1904, and taxes will have to
be paid on it. The valuations for 1903
amounted to $40, 900 and the increase
figured on win run these figures to
S416, 10000.
There will also be an increase in the
personal property tax, but the city will
need all the money that it can gel hold of
next year. The department estimates
are all in the hands of Mayor Myers
and on every side increases are asked
for. AS has been stated in the Morn
ing News, these increases will not be
allowed certainly so far as salaries
are concerned. The members of Coun-
Gil realize that nothing can be done
in this direction for next year and
those who are entitled to more money
will have to wait until the 1905 bud
get is made up.
Mayor Myers will go over all of the
estimates carefully before he submits
them to the Committee of the Whole,
and there is but little likelihood that
this work will be done before the next
regular meeting of Council Wednes-
day night. The Park and Tree Com
mission, as well as the other city de-
partments, is asking for an increased
appropriation, but it seems certain
that the commission will have to be
satisfied with the contract made by
the city, wherein a tree nursery will
be maintained. Every effort will be
made to put aside as much for street
paving as was allowed for 1903, but the
Gwinnett street grade crossing and the
new City Hall, as well as other special
work, will have to be protected.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
A New Enterprise.

This city has a new enterprise, an
ad. writing and literary bureau, which
is under the management of two ex-
perienced journalists Walter Henry
Rounds. of Boston, and John w. Cd
lin, of New York. It's aim is to build
up advertising interests In the city,
and give merchants and professional
people dignified and successful adver-
Using matter.
The bureau is a new idea in this
section, and is conducted along original
and progressive lines. Already a num-
Der of business houses have given them
their support. There has been a de-
mand here for clean and wholesome
advertisements that would build up the
city's business interests, and the bu-
reau will undoubtedly meet with every
encoura gement.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
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