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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-27

W. G.. Hays left yesterday af-
ternoon for Clarion, Pa. Mr..
Hays spent Christmas here with
his family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
LINK AND PIN.

II. II. German. who is in charge of the
secret service department of the Santa
Fe at Topeka, is in the city on special
business
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
JUDGE OVERRULES MOTION
NEW TRIAL NOT GRANTED IN
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
Court Holds That Second Hearing
Would Result Only in Another
Verdict for Plaintiff.

Judge Wilson over-rulsd the motion for
a new trial in the $4,000 breach of prom
Use case of Eudora Woolley VS.. H. Glib
bons yesterday afternoon in the district
court.
The case was tried last week and the
verdict returned allowed the plaintiff
81 600 damages A motion for new trial
was filed Immediately afterward by the
defendant
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Miss
Woolley was present in the district court
room with her attorneys, Judge L. B..
Wall and Adrian Houck The defendant
was absent, but was represented by his
attorneys, John and George Adams.
Mr. Adams stated that they would
show the court that the plaintiff was
Eighty over love affairs and that while
working for McDonalds on North Topeka
avenue she went steadily with another
fellow, Jay Sweet. In support of this
statement Mr. and Mrs. Mcdonald gave
evidence They each stated that while
working for them she frequently went
with a young man named Sweet and dur
ing the six weeks she was with them
he called on her once or twice week.
The deposition of Mrs. George. of Lib
eraI, KAN where Miss Woolley worked
for several weeks was presented. In
the deposition Mrs. George says that the
girl seemed very much worried and in
earnest over her love affairs; that she
would sit down and tell her fortune with
the cards to find whether or not she was
going to receive a letter from Mr.. Glib
bons.
After the evidence was introduced. John
Adams made a thirty argument
on the motion He argued, as he did at
the trial that in all the letters intro
duced at the trial there was nothing in
them that would tend to show that there
had been any engagement existing be-
tween the two. He also spoke of the
newly discovered evidence which he con-
sidered very material for the defendant
At the conclusion of Mr.. Adams argu-
ment. Judge Wilson gave his decision
before any argument was offered by the
attorneys for the plaintiff.
II cannot see" said the Judge to Mr.
Adams that the evidence YOU have in
troduced would make any material
chanee and I think that if the case was
given another trial the result would be
the same as in the one just pasta YER
dict in favor of the plaintiff.
The attorneys for the defendant were
given ninety days in which TO appeal the
case TO the supreme court
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
GAMBLING DEVICES
WILL Be BARRED
Other DisagreeabIe Features
Not Permitted.
MAIN ARCH Is FINISHED
Management Expects 10000
Visitors at Carnival

There will be no gambling devices or
Immoral games of any description al
lowed on the grounds during the Car
nival." said c. NJ. Irwin last night.
This is one of the things people always
fear when a fair is being held, and l
want to assure the visitors that every
thing in connection with this Carnival
will be absolutely clean"
Another feature about the coming Car
nival is that there will be no nuisanees
of any kind permitted on the premises.
Rubber balls, whips ana other bother
some things will not be allowed. Here
tofore these things have proven to be
a bad feature of the fairs.
The large arch at the entrance to the
grounds was completed yesterday. This
is a wonderful piece Of work, and will be
q pretty scene, especially at night, when
1t will be lighted by hundreds of electric
bulbs. a great deal of money has been
expended on this, and the architects
have succeeded in building an arch that
is certainly far beyond their expecta-
tons.
There will be many fine features to
this carnival that it would take consid-
cradle space and time to describe the
whole exhibition. The couchee-couchee
bear dance viii be something worth COM
ing miles to see. People have talked of
the bear couchee-couchee, but many have
never seen it. At the street carnival
here next week everybody will have an
opportunity to see ii in full swing. The
dance viii be given by a Cinnamon bear
whose actions are almost human in this
performance
The twenty-three exhibitions which are
TO be given each day are equal to half
dozen big circuses. and the fact of the
case is, many things here seen are not
to be seen through any other medium
The electric theater is a wonder alone
The girl from Abilene has proven an at
traction that is never old nor tiresome
The many funny things. the dozens of
animals and all other features taken to-
gether constitute one continual chain Of
amusements and fun.
Forty. thousand people are expected to
be in attendance and the railroads are
going to grant cheap rates. The Wal
lace circus. which has always charged
high price for admittance. will reduce
their prices to half the usual figure This
one fact goes to show that the Parker
Carnival company is strong and is
known by the greatest showmen on earth
as being a competitor that is hard TO
excel.
For six days Wichita will be one huge
theater of fun. The three train loads of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
West Side
neat narket
cHAs. HOLDEN. Prop.
opposite Palace Block Phone 50
W. h. Shoemaker
to4a SOUTH LAWRENCE.

ioTo SOO'H LAWHENSe.
Leading Grocery Of the South Side.
Owing to our outside location wa
get the first chance at the country
produce as IL comes 10 market We
viii have for you today plenty Of
Choice Country Separator Butter. New
Beans, cucumbers. Onions. Rsdishea
Asparagus, Lettuce ard Rhubarb.
Oranges of all sizes. nice BANANA
and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
NEW BAND ORGANIZED.
lacking Houses Furnish Material for
Musical Body.

Wichita is 10 have a new band, which
will no drsbt help 10 make things lively
during the coming campaign. About fif-
teen Of the employees Of the packing
houses organized this week and they have
purchased complete set of band instru-
ments from J. II. Hobbs. the music man
OF North Main street
The boys have engaged Mr.. Taylor as
their director. aud he is said TO he
sery competent teacher. They will begin
practice at once.
The roster OF the new band is as fol-
lows: u. f. Nef. II. J. Groves. G. w.
Neff, Oscar Simpson. Charles VIII.
Charles Nader. Harry Neff. \. f. VIII.
Dan Nader IT; Robert MeHugh. Cliff
ford Mckay. Joseph Greg. Henry Tor
now and John Will
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
NEWS FROM ALL
THE RAILROADS
Locomotive Built in Eight
Days Time.
sonnet HINGABOUT ENGINES
Items of Interest About Differ
'ent Employees.

The quickest building of locomotive
occurred in 1885, Robert H. Coleman or
dered a narrow gauge engine for his
Mount Gretna Park road on June %, and
required that 1t should be in service there
on July 4, following. The engine was
completed in just eight working days,
that time efapsing from the first assem-
bling of the crude material until steam
was turned on in the finished fabric.
Philadelphia built engines are now In
use in Russia, Japan, France. China, Fin
land Egypt, Belgium. England, Algeria,
Bavaria. Mexico, San Domingo, Italy.
Chill, Brazil, New South Wales. Queens
land, New Zealand, Norway, Cuba, Can
ada, Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and
many other countries.
The magnitude and its Importance to
the city of Philadelphia may be gagged
when it is known that the average num-
Der of employees is 14.720. while in rush
seasons the number often exceeds 1900.
The weekly pay roll aggregates s2O0, 900.
the average wage earned by all the en-
ployes being about s13 per week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

Thomas Reed, a warehouseman at the
Missouri Pacific. has quit his job and
will probably leave the city.
General Superintendent j. A. Foley, of
the Orient, with headquarters at An
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
FELL FROM ROOF.
j. P. Shuman Meets with Serious Ae'
cident While at Work.

J. P. Shuman fell from the roof of
building at 327 Ohio avenue, which he was
shingling yesterday. and received several
serious injuries DR. Kitchener was i'm
medately called. An examination dis
closed that he was hurt internally and
that three ribs were broken.
Ii is said that Mr.. Shuman slipped
while at his work and lost his balance
thus falling According TO report from
the physician early this morning he was
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thony. was in the city yesterday on bust
ness in connection with that company.
E. Lommisky. an employe at the Mis-
souri, Pacific freight depot, resigned yes
terday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
FRIGHTENED BY SNAKE.
Bill Clerk Was Presented With Rep
tile by SWitchmen.

tile by Switchmen.
While switching in the north part Of
the city yesterday, Everett Kolb and
William Powers, two Santa Fe employees,
encountered small. blue garter snake.
They captured the reptile and placed it
in an envelope.
Several hours later Dwight Torrington,
one of the bill clerks in the company's
local offices, was busy at work when
the switchmen entered and handed Mr..
Torrington the envelope. Not knowing
what it contained, the latter opened it
and out jumped the snake. The distance
that the reptile jumped. or rather wrig
gled, was not in it with that covered
by Mr.. Torrington, according to those
present. Some say that he turned and
tried to run, but the switchmen held
him, while others say he was not fright
ened quite so bad although all admit
that he was, indeed, greatly excited.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

Two of the special policemen who were
on guard at the Santa Fe roundhouse
during the machinists strike were laid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
DIED OF DROPSY.
Colored Woman Will Be Buried This
Afternoon AZ O'clock.

Mrs. Amanda Scasss. colored. aged 81.
died late Thursday night. at her home.
Soe North Water street. OF uropsy OF the
heart.
The funeral services viii be held from
the A NJ. Z. church. on North Water
street. this afternoon, at o'clock In
termeat Viii De made il Highland cene-
sary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
Strawberries

Aunt Jemma Pancake Flour -. -
3 lbs. Kennedy's Best Soda Crack
eTs ------.-...-.... ESQ
Full pound Soda ..............s So
Full pound Corn Starch ... So
Imported Swiss Cheese. ID ....... 4os
l gallon syrup ..........5 sc
Our Meat Marke; will have the best
Of Beef. Pork and Veal.
Dressed Chickens, ID ........tfe
lbs. Nice Steak ...........2 $50
Phone 1859.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14
FAST RUN MADE.
Train Covered 159 Miles in 159 Min
uteS an Santa Fe.

A travelling salesman who makes
Wichita his home is back from an ex-
tensve trip in the western part of the
state and in Colorado. He tells of a fast
ride which ne had on the California lin
tied train between Lemar, Colo. and
Dodge City. The distance is 159 miles.
and the train made the trip in 157 min
utes. No stops We're made. not even to
take water. The train was ten minutes
late out of Lemar, and the fast time
was made in order to run in at Dodge
City on time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

the Parker Amusement company will ar
rive in the city Sunday, and Monday the
exhibitions will open. Three large brass
bands will keep the air filled with music.
while at the grounds there will be min
iature worlds fair, and there is no ques-
ton but that there will be things to see
here that will be a cardinal feature at
St Iouis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

p E. Torrington has gone to Topeka
where he will attend time card meeting
of the Santa Fe. to be held Monday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

Walter Prive. division passenger agen
of the Frisco, at Joplin, Mo, is in th'
city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-14

]. c. Shaffer. trainmaster of this di-
vision of the Santa Fe. with headquar-
tiers at Newton, is in the city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
NOT FORCED TO RETREAT.
Sakharoff Denies Ol1u's Claim OF a
Victory at Tatchekiao.

ST. PETERSBURG July 31.-Lieu-
tenant General Sakharoff. in a dis
patch to the general staff dated July
80, reports that there has been no
change in the front of the Manchurian
army up to midday to-day. The Jap
anese are cC.-entrating strongly on
our southern front"
General Sakharoff then refers to
General Oku's account of the battle of
Tatchekiao and declares that the Rus
sian forces were not as large as Cen
eral Oku represented, adding:
Our position was occupied solely
with a view of keeping the enemy in
check and with no idea of obstinately
defending it. We did not throw up
any special defenses. We held all our
positions against the Japanese attacks
and then retired because the COM
handing officer did not deem it posi-
BILE to accept battle the following
morning while defending a position
with a front ten miles in length. The
evacuation of our position. was a COM
plete surprise to the Japanese"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
FEARS THE DROWN PERIL"
Desmond Fitzgerald Says Japanese
Hope to Conquer the World.

BOSTON, July 31.-Hon. Desmond
Fitzgerald of Boston, special United
States commissioner to the Philippines,
has just returned from the Orient and
gives the result of his observations
while in Japan and China. He fore
sees danger TO the world in Japan's de-
feat of Russia and says:
While l can but admire these Won
6erful people, it seems TO me that 1t
viii one day require great concerted
action by the white nations to check
their aggressions, because of their in
satiable ambition. l have heard 1t
said in Japan that they will build up
an army and navy to conquer the
whole world. 1t is not so much the
yellow peril as that Japan is becoming
sufficiently strong to drive out the
white man. 1t seems to be there is
more to fear from Japan than from
Russia. All Asiatic nations (the
japanese are no exception) have a
deep-seated hatred of the White man
and want him driven out. Even now
the Japanese have a very bad attack
of 'swelled head and it is not at all
improbable that this country, sooner
or later. will have trouble with
Japan"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
Steamship America Maru
Will Sail Despite
Russians.
Commander of the Vessel
Does Not Fear VIadi-
voStok Fleet.

The Japanese steamship America
Maru will sail for the Orient this af-
ternoon at o'clock even if the way is
crowded with .Vladivostok squadrons.
Her commander says she is able
TO make eighteen or nineteen knots and
viii take her chances in a race with
the Russians if they are still on the
outlook for her. There is only one
tning that will delay her start, he says,
ana that is fresh consignments OF
freight The Pacific Mail and Occiden-
tai and Oriental companies have re-
fused to carry goods, contraband or
otnerwise, to Asiatic ports for the pres
ent, and the fleet Togo Kisen kaisha
craft hopes that the disappointed ship
pers Will be at the GreenWich-street
dock early this morning with their
consignments. At present there are
1000 tons of freight aboard and she can
take on almost as much more.
The America Maru, which is sched-
uled to sail to-day, expects to make
Honolulu at noon August 6. She is to
sail the same day and will not call at
the Midway Islands, but go direct to
Yokohama, reaching that port about
August 16.
The commander of the Japanese
liner, says he, has no fears that
his vessel will fall a prey to the
Vladivostok feet He says the
three cruisers-Ruric, Rossiay and
GrOmoboi-of the fleet are eighteen and
twenty-knot ships according to their
trial test, but the actual sailing speed
cannot be over sixteen even under the
most favorable conditions. In their
present condition those vessels I'M
doubtedly are badly in need of a season
in the drydock, and probably need to
have their coal bunkers refilled. If
such is the case fifteen knots is about
the limit of their speed.
The America Maru, on the other
rand, says Captain Going, is clean,
her bottom is coated with anti
fouling paint, her bunkers are filed
with excellent fuel, and if she gets
good start she can run away
from the Russians. During the recent
trial trip, ordered by the Japanese
Government for the America Maru
Hongkong Maru and Nippon Maru,
on the renewal Of the Government sub
sidX, the. America Maru made 1Sh
knots for four consecutive hours. And
this after six years of trans-Pacific
travel. She used only ordinary coal
during the run. The course laid out
was full of sharp turns. as the Gov
eminent desired to severely test her
ability to get away when the Russian
cruisers came down to cut out the
commerce of Japan.
The only thing the fleet liner has to
fear is getting under the Russian guns
in fog. But this is not the foggy sea-
son on that coast and Captain Going
expects to have clear days and nights
when he reaches the danger-zone
However there will be no sleeping on
watch when the America Maru draws
near home on or about the 18th of this
month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
Situation in SIav Strong
hold Believed to
Be Critical.
Rumored Shortage of Am
munition DiSturbS St.
Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. There is
no inclination here to doubt that there
may have been pretty severe fighting
at the outer positions of Port Arthur,
possibly accompanied by lombard
ment from the sea, but it is not be-
lieved that the Japanese are yet ready
to storm the fortress.
Rear Admiral Without, in command
of the naval forces at Port Arthur, is
relied upon to put to sea If the condi-
ate.
While no definite information is OBJ
tainable, the report that the fortress is
short of ammunition is considered by
the public as the most disquieting fea-
ture of the situation.
CHEFU, July 31.-A Japanese mer-
chant has received word from a Chi
nese whom he trusts to the effect that
the Japanese have occupied every po-
sition surrounding the besieged fort
ress of Port Arthur, with the eXcep-
ton of Golden Hill. The Chinese said
that both sides suffered tremendous
losses in the operations necessary to
bring about this condition. The men,
bers of the Russian intelligence bu-
reau here are inclined to believe the
report true to the extent that the Jap
anese have made great progress In
their operations about the besieged
fortress.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The TOXIC CORE
spondent of the Times sends pub
lished reply of the Port Arthur garrt-
son to the japanese summons to sur
render This reply shows that the gar
rison is under the impression that Field
Marshal Oyama and all his staff were
sunk with the transports Hatachi and
Sado and that the Russians wholly
disbelieve that General Kuropatkin has
ever been defeated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
MASKED MEN
HOLD Up TRAIN
Make Two Unsuccessful At
tempts to Blow Open Safe
and Escape Into Darkness

Ell PASO, July 31.-The Rock Island
passenger train which left Ell Paso Sat
urday morning northbound, was held
up Saturday night at II o'clock at Lo-
gan, N. NJ, a station thirty miles
north of Tucumcari and ninety miles
north of Santa Rosa, the division point.
Seven masked robbers boarded the
train just as it was moving out of
Logan, uncoupled the baggage and ex-
press cars and went on with the en-
CINE. Conductor John York resisted
and was shot in the leg. The train
was run ahead a short distance when
it was stopped and dynamite applied.
The small safe was placed on top of
the large one with dynamite between
the two. The charge was fired, but the
only effect was to blow the small safe
through the roof of the car, the larger
one not being injured. The small safe
was replaced and a second charge of dy-
Mantle put between the two safes with
the same result except that the small
safe this time was blown through the
side of the car. The robbers then
mounted their horses and rode away in
the darkness.
officers were advised this morning Of
the hold-up and are on the trail of the
men who are believed to be the Evans
gang" The passengers were not mo-
Tested by the robbers and many did not
know the robbery was in progress, as
most of them were asleep. Owing to
the remoteness of Logan, the details of
the hold-up were not obtained until
tonight when a southbound Rock
Island passenger train arrived here
The Wells Fargo officials say there
was only seven dollars in the safe
when it left here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
SAND BOTHERS
RAILROAD MEN
''Deyil's Playground" Prov
ing a Great Annoyance to
Clark's Salt Lake Line
WINDS PLAYING HAVOC
Ballast Is Sometimes Shift
ed, Leaving the Rails SuS-
pended High in the Air
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call

Los ANGELES, July BIN the
work Of building Senator Clark's new
railway across the desert between Los
Angeles and Salt Lake the contractors
are confronted with difficulties the
equal Of which was not encountered
by those who built the other transcon-
tinentaI lines.
W. r. Boyce, an engineer in the en-
ploy Of a syndicate Of the New York
mine owners, arrived to-day from
trip alo2g the line OF the Salt Lake
railroad. He says the engineers have
just completed q stretch Of track across
that startling natural freak known as
the Devils Playground one of the
worst pieces of land in the whole
country to cover.
"a lost railroad may seem strange
quantity, but this is just the term to
apply to the Salt Lake tracks before
measures were taken to prevent their
>burying," said Boyce. This Devil
Playground is a vast stretch OIL fine
white sand, smoothed out with scarce
ly ripple marring its surface. 1t is
apparently of sufficient solidity to ad-
nit of railway construction. Night
may come on and bring with 1t a wind,
and 10, what was once a vast fiat mesa
is in the morning a hilly section Of
ridges and valleys, with umbling
white mounds that shut off and distort
the vision.
Sometimes the Salt Lake tracks
have been buried to the depth of sew
eral feet, and no snow-plow, blower or.
similar device has been sufficient TO get
them clean again Nothing but hard,
patient digging with men-driven SHOW
els has done the work.
Another peculiar feature is that the
subtle eddying currents have actually
undermined the road, driving out all
the sand ballast, heaping it up in drifts
far to the other side and leaving the
track line bent, with it's pendant cross
ties hanging in empty air.
THE company will doubtless find the
playground a constant annoyance, but
the shifting way has been crossed now
with fair success and another Of the
difficult engineering problems in
Clark's way appears to have been
solved"
The road is at present about one
hundren- miles from Daggett, and prog
ress is being made as rapidly as pos
sible under the circumstances.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
POLICE ATTACK RIOTERS.
Officers and Strikers Clash in Vicinity
of StOckyards.

CHICAGO, July 31.-The police and
a mob of strike sympathizers clashed
ir the vicinity of the stockyards to-
night. Two non-union men had entered
a saloon and asked for a drink when
strike sympathizers protested against
the bartender serving them. Several
policemen succeeded in ejecting the
attacking men and the doors were
barricaded.
The rioters, being reinforced by
several hundred of their friends. re-
turned later to renew the attack. A
riot call was sent in, but before the
patrol wagon with a squad of police
men had arrived the saloon had been
partially wrecked. 1t was necessary
for the police to fire a volley over the
heads of the rioters before they de-
sisted in their attack on the place.
With the exception of bruises and
scratches no one was seriously hurt.