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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
TELLS TERRIBLE TALE.
Family So Destitute That They Ate a
Tounq SquaW.

Port Arthur. Ontario. Jan. H-Sn In
dian has arrived ~ town and told a ter
rible tale OF the suffering among the
members OF his tribe north Of Lake
Nepigon. He told OF where ore family
was so destitute that ahey murdered
young squaw. = years Of age. and the
rest Of the family ate her At FIRST his
story was not believed but it was cot
roborated by three white traders who az
rived laaer. 4 train was started for the
scene with food. but IL viii take four
davs to reach them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
WORK OF EARLY INDIANS.
Prominent Mneralosists Will Study
Early Life on the Plains.

Pittsburg. Jan. H.-Dr. J. w. Holland.
director of the Carnegie museums, is
making extensive preparations to send
ont an expedition next spring composed
of prominent ethnologists. FOR the pur-
pose of making a collection for the work
of the early Indians of the plains.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
SOLICITED A BRIDE.
ST. Louis Aldermen Keep Up Their
Professional Grating.

St. Louis. Jan. 1i-Circuit attorney
Folk was informed today that repre-
sentative Of the house of delegates COM
bine had solicited a bribe OF $1,000 from
certain St Louis ticket brokers 20 XIII
the bill lately passed prohibiting the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15

Circuit Attorney Folk is guarding the
secret closely.
The company proposes to put its tubes
in ST. Louis. through which TO send
packages of merchandise and letters. II
would put in a tube to the Worlds
Fair and it would be necessary 70 exca-
vate several downtown streets to lay the
tubes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
JUDGE STOPS A WRANelE.
Attorneys Would Argue Over Mere
Matter OF Form

Allentown. Pa. Jan. 1.-THE four mem
bers Of the Bechtel family Mrs. Catherine
BechteI. her daughter Martha. ard her
sons John ard Charles. were today placed
on trial charged with being accessories
after the fact Of the murder 81 Mahlo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
SIX YEARS AND NO MORE.
That Is the Purpose of the National
Business League.

Chicago Jan 1.-THE National husiHess
League today began "a fnoyenhehi 80
amend the constitution n ths United
sta,es 20 - 10 tx The pre~.sfruiisi term
az SIX and make thc president !nolixibie
Tor q second term
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15

Anentcwn. Pa. Jan. Ia-AloSs r Cas-
tine. one Of the lovers Of Mabel Bech1ei-
was 50 1aysteriollsly murdered last oc-
sober. vas acquitted This afternoon Of
conDiicIty In the crime after u brief
trial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15

Hla stones nrst attsmpt 70 'afganiz.''
the senate looks axe i'smp - alum
after - hard daFa seakine
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
CORTELYOU REPORTS
ON COTTON EXPORTS

much as that of 1903, although the
quantity in 1898 was 10 per cent.
greater.
Cotton forms constantly a very
large share of the exports. and espe-
cially of the agricultural exports of
the United States. During the entire
period from 1888 to 1908 the value of
cotton exported has aggregated over
SIS, 900 900, 900 and averaged 20 per cent.
of the total exports of domestic
products and Sc per cent. of the agri-
cultural products exported. In 1903
cotton formed about % per cent. of
the total exports and about 3S per
cent. of the total exports of agricul-
tural products.
The United Kingdom was in 1908
the largest customer for our cotton
The total value of cotton exported
from the United States to the United
Kingdom in the calendar year 1903
was, in round terms, $147, 100000 and
this total of $147, 900, 900 forms 80 per
cent. of our total cotton exports in
that year. Germany stood second in
the list of our cotton customers, the
total value of our cotton exported to
Germany during the year being SILL
000, 900 France was third in the list
of purchasers, our total exports of
cotton to that country in 1903 being
$4,000 GOO. To Italy, which stood next
in the list, the total was S21, 100000; to
Russia, nearly SO, 0G0 900: to Belgium,
about $S,00O,OOO; to British North
America, $5,00O,000; to Japan, about
81 500. 600, and to Mexico, a little over
S3000,000. While the United Kingdom
is the largest purchaser of American
cotton, her increase over preceding
years is much less than that of Ger
many The total value of our cotton
exports to the United Kingdom in the
year 1903 aggregated but about $5.000,-
900 in excess of the total of 1900, while
that to Germany exceeded by $23, 000,-
600 the total for 1900, the former record
year.
The increase in the value of raw
cotton exported from the United States
has been especially marked in recent
years Prior to 1900 the value of our
cotton exports had never reached $780,
100000; since 1900 it has never but
once fallen below the $780, 100000 line
and in 1908 as already stated, was
$S7S, 000, 600 Yet, Notwithstanding this
fact, the cotton mills of the United
States have during that time consumed
a larger quantity of our cotton than
ever before. Prior to 1898 the cotton
mills of the United States had never
in a single year consumed so much
as 100000 bales of the domestic crop;
since the beginning of that year the
annual consumption has ranged from
3500.000 bales upward, and in 1902 and
1903, respectively, exceeded 400o, 900
bales. Yet i'm those very years the ex-
ports of raw cotton averaged higher
in quantity and value than ever be-
fore.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18

French made some changes IN it, and
when they had completed their theo-
retical work of laying down line for
the canal to follow they brought that
part of their work as near to perfec-
ton as it could possibly be brought.
They had fixed upon that route which,
of all those projected across Central
America, offers the fewest engineering
problems, and is, therefore, easiest,
simplest and best. 1t was when the
workers on theory completed their task
and the actual executors assumed the
burden of responsibility that the
trouble began,
This trouble was that which caused
the stoppage of work fourteen years
ago, which forced the liquidation of
the old company, proceeding which
extended over several years, and which
resulted in total inactivity on the 18TH
mus. 1t was the same trouble which
landed Charles de Lesseps, son Of the
great engineer, in prison under
criminal sentence. According to sto-
ries current here, Charles de Lesseps
was the premier CRATER of the world,
for it is related that he eXacted COM
mission of per cent. upon every con-
tract made by the company. All ac-
counts--and there are men here who
were familiar with the ms and outs
of the affair-agree in placing the
larger share of the blame upon the
shoulders of this man, who seems to
have set the pace for the reckless dis
honesty which evolved the disaster.
Others merely followed where he led,
and the French quickly developed the
trait of appropriating to their own
use so cents on every dollar which
came into their possession.
With the money, engineering skill,
mechanical appliances and labor
the French company had at its COM
mand it should have completed the
canal, if not in six years, as De Les
seps promised, then in ten. Opened to
commerce, as it should have been in the
early nineties, it would have stood to
the end of time as a triumph of
French genius and enterprise. But to-
day there is only the wreck which
stretches across the isthmus, and a
work undone after a score of years.
Over it all is the atmosphere of tragic
crime-with that statue of Columbus
pointing to a waterway the world ex-
nao+S tho limited states to build.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
TRUE TO HIS WORD,
BACK FOR SENTENCE.

Uniontown, Pa, Jan. 14.-"Judge
will you let me go home and spend "a
last Christmas with my wife and chill
dren?" asked big James swaney and
Judge Reppert in the court here on the
ed day Of December last.
Swaney had just been convicted Of
murder in the second degree, and made
a plea Of self defense.
The judge looked surprised at the
man and asked him to repeat his re-
quest.
"Pon my honor. judge, will come
back to you to be sentenced on any day
you name. | win as sure as my name
is lin Swaney I want to see the
children once more before begin the
long siege in the jail"
There were tears here and there in
the court room, and a slight nioisten-
ing about the eyes of the Judge. Men
co1ghed and caoked down big humps
i'm their throats.
"Wnl you come bsck2" asked the
judge.
deed will" replied Jim.
"Welb I'll let you go home for Christ
mas. and you must return here on the
14th day of January, sure" said the
judge.
II WILL" replied Jim, with dozen
years in jail staring him in the face.
AS matter of form, the brothers of
Swaney signed bond of $4,000.
With the honor characteristic of a
true mountamcer. James Swaney the
condemned murderer, returned to court
to-day. after the three weeks vacation
granted him by the court. so that he
might spend Christmas and New Year
at home with his wife and twelve chill
dren. He walked into the Court House
and presented himself to the judge.
The motion for new trial in Swa-
ney's case was made, and Judge Rep
pert reserved his decision.
AS the man had shown himself true
to his word the judge permitted him to
30 home again until he should be ready
with his opinion.
Swaney said to-day that Christmas
was an eventful day at his home. He
played Santa Claus to his dozen OF chill
dren, and he and The rest of the family
were literally remembered by friends
and relatives. They partook of boun-
teous dinner and Swaney says II was
the happiest Christmas In some time
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
BY r. NJ. I.arter.

Washington, Jan. 17-Secretary
Cortelyou and Secretary Wilson are
engaged in a friendly rivalry in their
efforts to show their interest in the
cotton growing Industry of the Unit
ed States. The Statistical Bureau of
the Department of Commerce is almost
daily contributing some valuable in
formation, not only concerning the
cotton industry of this country, but
also the world. On the other hand,
the Department of Agriculture is dill
gently at work gathering and distrib-
uting specific and general information
on all that pertains to the cultivation
and manufacture of cotton.
The following official statement rela-
tive to the cotton exports for the cal
endar year just closed is supplied by
the Department of Commerce:
king Cotton" made his greatest
record in the export figures Of the cal
endar year 1903. From 1888 to 1908
cotton exports averaged a little more
than $750,O00 day. In 1908 they aver
aged more than 1000, 900 in value per
day; In the last three months of 1903
they averaged more than s.. 900 900 per
day, and in the closing month of the
year, nearly $2,500,000 per day. Ex
ports of cotton in December, 1903. show
a greater value than in any preceding
month in the history of cotton expor-
tation, the total being over $72 900 000
and thus averaging $500, 900 for every
day of the month.
The value of cotton exports from the
United States, as shown by the De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor
through 1t bureau of statistics, was
SIS,VOo,O0O These are the preliminary
figures, but will not be materially
changed by the revised statement to
be issued later in the present month.
The total value of the exports exceeds
by $O4, 100000 that of the preceding
year, 1900, when the value Of the cot
ton exported was 1914, 600 600. The value
or cotton exports never reached the
$S00,OO0,OO0 line except i'm the years 1900.
1901, and 1903 In 1900 the total was
1914, 100000, in 1901, 1901, 900, 900, and i'm
1903, 1878, 900, 900.
While the total value of the wears
exports of cotton was the highest on
record, the quantity exported did not
reach so high figure as in 1898, when
the value was much below that of
1903. The total quantity exported in
1908 was S.620.OO0000 pounds, which ex-
ceeded that of any preceding year ex-
cept 1898, when the total was LIS, 900, =
200 pounds. The value of the cotton
exports of $685. however, was only
$2Sz,76S,zO4, or less than two-thirds as
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
PRIMARY AT TALLAHAssEE.
Election for city OAiccrs Ia to De
Held There Tonight.

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 17.--Political
excitement has reached point high
er than it has been for years in city
affairs. Yesterday afternoon and to-
day the leaders of both factions were
busy working for their candidates.
Each side is confident of victory. The
chief interest has now centered in the
race between DR.. w, l.. Moor and
Capt. r. A. Shine for Mayor, and Mr..
Robert Mickler and Mr.. A. l.. Will
liams for city clerk.
Considerable pressure has been
brought to bear on the chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee
to force him to hold the primary dur
ing the day, instead of at night, as is
customary. Notwithstanding a long
petition, the chairman of the commit
tee, Mr.. Edmondson, has decided to
carry out the first vote of the COM
mittee and hold the primary Monday
night.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
WILL APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT.
Americans on Isle of Pines Think
the Mayor Oppressive.

Havana, Jan. 17.-United States
Consul Steinhart having declined to
Interfere in the grievances which the
American residents of the Isle Of Pines
have against Mayor Sanchez of Neuva
Corona, in connection with the arrest
and Imprisonment of Morgan Pearcy,
the son of a prominent American, a
petition to President Roosevelt is be-
ing prepared for the signatures of
Americans. This petition will allege
that the conduct of Mayor Sanchez is
oppressive and intolerant and will pray
for the appointment of an agent other
than United States Minister Squires
to investigate the case, with a view
to requesting the government Of Cuba
TO remove the Mayor.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
THE BODY OF BLAIR
Is to BE Taken 80 st. Louis for In
termeut

terment.
Eustis, Fla. Jan. 17--James
L. Blair came here Ave weeks
ago at the instance of his st. Louis
medical advisors. He was accompa-
MED by his wife and his physician, DIR.
A. c. Kimball. Mrs. Blair remained
until he seemed to be on the road
to recovery. DIR. Kimball returned to
st. Louis at the beginning of the
year.
During the first par. his stay in
Eustis, Mr.. Blair seemed to make de-
cided improvement although he suf-
fered at all times with pain in his
head and foot. Before he left st. Louis
he had an accident in which he re-
ceiVed a severe concussion of the brain
and he suffered constantly from this.
1t is said the change for the worse
began about two weeks ago He be-
came unable to take sufficient food
and steadily grew weaker. On the
night of the 18th he had a congestiVe
chill. After this he sank rapidly
and was only conscious at intervals
Mrs. Blair started for EuStis as soon
as the news of her husbands critical
illness reached her and with her son
Percy Blair. arrived in time to be with
him at the last. They left last night
with the body for st. Louis.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Blair's life
was heavily insured, but the amount
is not known. Neither Mrs. Blair MOI
her son would make any statement OF
their future plans.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Emma Wagner.

Mrs. Emma Wagner, relict of the late
George Wagner. died at her home on
the Thundrebolt road yesterday morn
ing at 2:05 O'clock, after an illness of
two weeks with pneumonia.
Mrs. Wagner was AZ years old She
is survived by five children, Mrs, ]. N.
Helmken, Mrs. IL. M. 7. Miscally, Mrs.
George Adair, Miss Edna Wagner and
Mr.. Arthur Wagner, all of whom are
residents OF Savannah.
The funeral will take place this after
noon at o'clock and will be conducted
by Rev. DR.. w. c. Schaeffer pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the Ascension,
of which Mrs Wagner was a devout
member. The burial win be i'm Bona
venture. The pallbearers will be Messrs.
Christopher Lang, Jacob Quint, Thorn
as Wiehrs, William Myers, Adam Kes-
sci and one other to be selected to-day,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
HER RADICAL VIEWS
WERE NOT WANTED

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 17.-Religious
circles have been startled in this city
lately by the advent of Mrs. Dixon, a
Kentucky evangelist. Mrs. Dixon was
asked to preach here by the pastor of
the local Wesleyan Methodist Church.
She accepted and began services UNI
der the auspices of that church. Her
teaching was so radical. however, that
Mr.. Cox, the local minister, finally
asked her to close her meeting in his
church.
She has secured the armory and Is
holding services in that building. She
teaches that the marriage of two UNI
converted persons Is no marriage, and
that the parties thereto have the right
to separate at will. She claims that
she has returned to earth after one
death,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18

classics and a knowledge of this an
cient literature and wisdom means ed
ucation to the Chinese. At the OPEN
Ing OF Chinese school a paper ON
Which is written the name of Confucius
Is pasted on the wall Before this hon
ored name the pupils and teachers burn
paper money and joss sticks and bow
their heads three times to the floor The
teacher then tells Confucius the dav
the month and the year when the
school is opened and hegs for his favor
Every morning when the pupils arrive
they must bow twice. once for the
teacher and once for Confucius.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
BRIGGS AGAIN INVOLVED.
Another Paper Is to BE Examined
Because of His Views.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE Rev. DR..
Charles A. Briggs of the staff Of the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine. and
professor in the Union Theological
Seminary, has started another contro-
versy. The president of the Church
Club of New York, George MacCul-
loch Miller, called the attention of
Bishop Potter to a paper which DIR.
Briggs read recently before the club,
and Bishop Potter has asked DIR.
Briggs for a copy of the paper for ex-
animation.
In his paper before the club, and in
the comments with which he followed
it. DR.. Briggs was understood by
members of the club to say, among
other things, that apostolic succession
hung by a slender historical thread;
that in point of universally, the
Church of Rome had almost the only
claim worth considering; that the
pope of Rome was right. in the main,
when he asserted that Anglican orders
were invalid from the Roman point of
Wow
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Archbishop Is snIng.

London, Jan. 1S.--The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Standard says that
Monsignor Nozaleda, who was recently
appointed Archbishop of Valencia, is
suing several Madrid newspapers for
libel The correspondent adds that it
is an open secret that the Vatican adj
vised Mgr. Nozalega to declined the
archbishopric. He is expected to do
so after the government has defended
him in the Cortez.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Mrs. Hobron, RouIder. chi.

Boulder, Col, Jan. 1.-THE mother Of
Capt. Richmond p. Hobson died at the
home of Shirley Davis to-day, after
long Illness. Her son was with her
when she died and will leave with the
remains Tomorrow for Greensboro
Ala. where they will be inferred. Mrs.
Hobson came to Boulder last SUMMER
for her health. She was 20 years OF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
FOUND NO TRACE OF
THE SEABOARD ROBBERS

Sanderson, Fla, Jan. 11-Sheriff
Henderson and a posse were out all
day to-day searching for the train
robbers, but no traces of them have
been found. The posse is at disad-
vantage in no having bloodhounds.
The fact that the wrong car was
dynamited leads to the belief that the
work was not done by professionals.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18

New York. Jan. 17.-Gen. Rafael
Reyes, Colombia's special envoy to the
United States. did not sail yesterday
on the steamer Allegheny for Carta-
gena as he had said he would. When
seen to-day at the Hoffman House, Gen.
reeves said:
II decided not to sail, nor do l know
when / shall start
He refused to give his reason for
changing his plans.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Admiral Sir Henry KcppeI, England.

London, Jan. 17.-Honorable Sir Hen
~ KeppeI, admiral of the fleet, Is dead
He was born in 1909
The death of Admiral Keppel, the
Father of the Navy" who retired
from active service in 1879, but whose
name has been kept at the head of
the active list by special order in
council as a mark of respect, is the
occasion for extended obituaries in the
newspapers this morning All of them
refer to his great age and the notable
and varied service he had rendered
and relate experiences he had had.
Admiral Keppei lived under five SOW
ereigns and fought in every quarter of
the globe. He was in robust health
until recently, and visited Singapore
when he was 80 years of age.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Father McCaGerty. Pensacola, Fla.

Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 17.--Rev. Fa-
Their James P. McCafferty. rector OF
st. MichaePs Parish and one of the
widest known ministers in the South
died here to-day of consumption, aft
er an illness of about one year. Dur
ing the past few days he had been un-
able to speak and for more than ten
days his life had been despaired OF.
Father McCafferty came to Pensa-
cola about three years ago from Mo-
bile and assumed charge of st. Mich
aels Church. the leading Catholic
Church of the city. He will proba-
bly, be buried at Mobile.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Mrs. X. d. scott, Monticello, Fla.

Monticello, Fla, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Kate
Dilworth Scott, widow of the late Col.
William Scott and president of the
Ladies' Memorial Association of JEFF
ferson County, Florida, died last
night at the age OF g. 1t was the
life work of Mrs. Scott to build the
beautiful Confederate monument
which adorns the public square I'm
Monticello Mrs. Scott was buried to-
day from Christ Episcopal Church, the
Rt Rev. e. G. Weed conducting the
service.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Congratulate Roosevelt.

St Joseph, Mo-. Jan. 1.-THE Re
publican editors of Missouri in con-
vention here, adopted the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the president of
this association be instructed to tele-
graph President Roosevelt its congrat-
ulations upon his patriotic consistent
attitude with regard to the recogni-
ton of the republic of Panama and
to inform him that the Republican
press of Missouri is a unit for his re-
nomination at Chicago next June"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
From Everybody's Magazlne.


Each Chinese schoolboy must furnish
his own stool and table for school work.
and the -Four Precious Articles, /"
which are the ink slab, a cake OF India
Ink. a brush for writing and paper.
With these he begins his weary task
of learning to write and read the thou
sands of Chinese characters. These
are to open the way to the Chinese
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Francis white, Everett, via.

San Francisco, Jan. 17.--Francis
White of Everett. Wash, who in 1876
assisted in promoting the New York
Consolidated Mining Stock Exchange
and who was well known in Wall
street twenty-five years ago, died in
this city to-day at the age of so
years. He leaves a large estate.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
Mrs. ID. Alexander, Gainesville.

Gainesville, Ga, Jan. 17-Mrs. d.
Alexander, wife OF one Of Gaines
ville's oldest and best known citizens.
died this afternoon after a protrac te5
illness. The funeral and interment viii
take place here tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-18
P.F. Hyatt, WiIIinmspor+, Pa.

Williamsport, Pa, Jan. 17-Dr Pol
lock F. Hyatt, who was United States
consul at Santiago de Cuba for five
years, prior to the outbreak of the
Spanish-American War, died tonight.
DR.. Hyatt was born in Otsego, N. Y,
sixty-eight years ago. He leaves a
widow and son.
During the Civil War DR. Hyatt was
surgeon of Carver Hospital, Washing
ton, d. c., and in the bitter presiden-
tial fight in 1876, he was sent to Flor
ida as the personal representative of
Samuel j. Tilden to superintend the
counting of the vote in that state. In
1888 President Cleveland appointed Dr.
Hyatt United States consul to Santi-
ago de Cuba, President Mckinley re-
tanning him in this position until the
outbreak of the Spanish American
War in 1898.