The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
July 9, 1899
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She Mchit Imto (fifogk SIXTEEN PAGES YOIiTOEE XXXI WICHITA, KANS.A& SUNDAY MOKNEJTG, JULY 9, 1899 2STJMBER 45 v SENT For by McKiniey, Roosevelt Hastens to Washington, VISIT GENERATES RUMORS Of Alger's Removal,4 and Oth ers Equally Wild. TEDDY QUIETS THEM ALL Semite, from New Tork, May U, for Guam, one of the -Ladrone islands, with Captain Richard P. Leary. U. S. N., the now governor of that place, and a de tachment of marines to garrison the island, on board; has arrived here from Colombo, Ceylon, which port she left July L Fargo, N. D., July 8. A private cable gram received here thia afternoon from a member of the North Dakota regiment says the regiment leaves Manila today for home on the transport Giant. The Idaho and Wyoming regiments accompany them. nystatins That He Has Been Merely Advising as to Officers for the Xcw Regiments. "Washington, July 8. Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York is tonight the guest of the president, at the "White. House. He arrived here at 4:10 p. m. to day. In response to a telegraphic request from President McKiniey delivered to him at Oyster Bay, asking him to corns to "Washington for a consultation. To this summons he responded promptly and was mot at the station upon his arrival by the president's private secretary, Mr. Cor telyou. Governor Roosevelt was driven dl Tectly to the "White House, whre he was received by the president. There was a short conference between them before dinner. Afterwards, together with Secre tary Long, they sat upon the west veran da of the Executle Mansion for a longer consultation. The secretary remalnel un til 9 o'clock, leaving the president and his fcutst to continue the conversation. There were various rumors aoat as to the purpose of tho governor's visit, but he declared that the president had asked his to come to "Washington only because of his desire to consult hi mconcernlng the organization of the new volunteer forces fir the Philippines. Among the reports was those to the effect that the presi dent had called him to "Washington to tender him the ofllce of secretary of war, to ask him to take command of a brigade in the Philippines, and to as,k him to designate a. nentlre regiment to be sent to the archipelago. He was asked whether the president had tendered hlra the sec retaryship. He laughed and declined positively to discuss it. The governor's bst friends in "Washington say that he w uld rnuh prefer his present position as chi f executive of the Empire state, to the cabinet ofllce. An answer to the ques tion tonight renders this theory as to his attitude most plausible. Governor dicta ted the following intcriew to the Asso cated Pros: have come to Washington at tho re quest of the president to go over with him and the officers of the war department certa'n questions affecting the new volun teer arm. particularly as regnrdn the per sonnel of the officers. The president has told me that he wishes only recommenda tions lased uruMi the efficiency of tlio tnen recommended, and that he will pay heed to no other. Most certainly I should gle no others, and I feel thnt the presi dent's attitude in the matter, in the face of the terrinV political pressure to which ho is and w'll be subjected, is such as to cnt tie him to tho support of all men 7o IxhI that politics has no place in the army, who fel th it it U in a peculiar tense the rropertj of the whole country and that 'n the Kixi'ig of commissions and promo i nns alikf. absolutely no consideration! should enter outside of tho merits of the snen as c'diers. My own recomnienda r jiis will n. limited to men 1 iiad undr re or aw In action and to the members f the Now York volunter regiments of jhife mer'ts I have, as goernor. not nerely otnVia! knowledge but also the ImowleJge zanted from personal inquiry among tVi- superiors." Refrrrlng to the general s'tuation in the Tu Ippiiuv awl the policy of the adminis tration w th reference to those Islands. Governor Ho sevelt'said: "Of course, any Amcl in worthy of the name must stand behind the prs.lent in his resolute pur jnse to brm; me .nsurrectlon in the Ijail ipplncr; to an end. I hnve no question that by the beginning of the dry sea.-on General Otis will be in toape to stamp wit all resistance. Then the president, can ami will set? that the reign of absolute law and justice follow." During the evening, Secretary Hay. At torney General Griggs and Adjutant Gen oral Crbn 1 -fined the party at the "White "House. Th v reniRined with the presl nt and Governor Roosevelt until 11 clock. After they went away the pres nt awl hH pwt continue! the talk i 'In few minutes before midnight. lo p.itch hao been received at the f te department from PresWet Schur Ji i. of :h.- Philippines commls-lon. giv i..g an a nmt of his journey to the t -Jt". -i Kjn of the archipelago. He f-.Js t. conilitions in those Islands ex tremely gratif!ng. There is a disposi tion almost e fry where south of Luzon to accept American sovereignty. Presi dent Schurmaa ctpcte to arrne at San Frani isco about the 15th of August. It Isftlt at the st-o department that the commission has d ne much to convey to the native Filipino proper conception of the purposes ot th United States gov ernment, and in that way has sapped the jgtreng.h of the, insurrection. General Otis today cabled the fnltowiag: 'Dt.re: of all volunteers kt Phd'ppine.t k certained. Two skeleton royments t Ally well assured. In two or tare- days w II cable names of officers nominated f.r x giments that appointments of llcu &fnints to recruit in the United States can be made." General "Wheeler sails for Manila from feia Frtmk-co on th MVh. He wa? r I the war department today, anxious to feet away at the earliest possible moment. General Wheeler called upon the presi- GERMANS RIDICULE OTIS He Is Accused of Sending Heme Re port in Weyler Style. Berlin, July 8. The press comments upon the war in the Philipplles and the decision of President McKiniey to in crease the force of American troops there are not hopeful for American suc cess. The difficulty of the situation is regarded as confirmatory of the views ex pressed before the rebellion. The VosischeZeitung makes merry over what it calls General Otis' Napole onic art of preparing bulletins, and adds: "With negligence of the most obvious facts, he has been reiterating for menths that the resistance of the Tagals was broken, their armies In complete dissolu tion and the end of the war in sight." The Deutsche Tages Zeltung prints a totter from a German at Manila com plaining of the Americans' "destroying the best part of trade and Industry in the Philippines and deceiving" their country men at home by sending false news." Congressman Richard Barthbidt of Missouri has arrived here. The papers print his speech of July i at Leipzig, em phasizing -the statement that the recent meotlngs of German-Americans were not held In the interests of Germany. The German citizens in the United States, he adds, are loyal Americans, but insist upon the maintenance of the historical friendship between their native and adopted countries, both governments hav ing given positive assurances of the cor dial relations existing, which the people would sustain. FIVE Minutes Better the Columbia Than the Defender. OR WILL BE BY THE TIME She Meets the Shamrock Result of Yesterday's Trial. FRANCHISE REFORM BILL Oom Panl's Legislature Appoints a Committee to Draft One. Pretoria, July S. After an all-day se cret Ecss!on the volksraad today appoint ed a committee of five to draft a franchise reform bill. The government proposals comprise a revision of the registration act and provide for the Ultlanders ob taining the franchise by nine years' resi dence. They are to be allowed to exercise the right immediately. Brussels, July S. The Transvaal diplo matic agency here has published the text of President Kruger's message of July 1 to the raad. The first amendment to the franchise bill provides that persons who do not wish to become naturalized In the manner fixed by the present law can ob tain the franchise by taking the oath after seven years notice of residence. The law- is so far retroactive that persons who before the law comes into force chall have "token up their residence in the Transvaal may obtain the full fran chise nine years after tho establishment of their domicile, oj-pve. yoirs after the law comes into foivJ pro Wed they have settled seven years in the republic. The volk.raad approved the amendments, which will be drafted into the bill. London, July S. A special dipatch from Rome says that the government steamer Reichstag has .sailed from Naples with l,r.O rifles. 50 Otons of war material and 500 mules for the Transvaal. According to tho same dispatch, another steamer, with a similar cargo, will sail July 14 from Arenas. Defender. 12:40:41 3:27:10 2:46:29 ANT1-P0LYG CAMPAIGN Begun by a Warrant for President t'nnnotiN Arr. 8 Salt Lake City, Utah, Julj 3. warrant, based upon a complaint worn to by th? representative of a New York newspiper, was issued today from County Attorney Putnam's ofllce for the arrest of President Angus M. Cannon, of the Salt Lake Stake of the Mormon church, charging him with IKOlygamy, which is cited as being contrar to the provisions of sections 4203 and 4210 of the compiled laws of the state of Utah. 1CDS. The aflldavit cites a long list of witnesses in support of the above charge. I: c uding F. S. Bascom. Senator A. H. J. Cannon. Martha P. Hughes Cannon, wlf? of Angus M. Cannon: Lorenzo Snow, presi. dent tif the church of Jeus Christ of Lat ter Day Saints: Governor Heber Wells. George Q. Cannflh, counsel of the fir-.t piesidency: Joseph F. Smith, Heber J. Grant. John Henry Smith. John S. "Win der and Aqulla Neber, president of the state senate. Xo Figures Yet m the Shamrock. Southampton. July S. The cup .chal lenger Shamrock quite unexpectedly left her moorings at 11:30 thia morning and siiled down Southampton water on a can vas stre:ching trip. The Shamrock had a splendid run from oft Hurst castle. Yachtsmen here declare "he fulfilled every promise today awl elves evidence of being -he best equipped cup challenger ever seen In the Solent She returned t Southampton tarns it. It is the belief that the trials were In eery way suc cessful, both a, to pel and steering qualities. The yacht will repeat the spin on July 15. Obsequies of Binhop Xcivmiti. Saritoga. N. Y. July S. The obseque of Bvhop John P. Newman of the Meth odist Uptecopal church, took place wday and the remains were conveyed to Me cCianicsv.lle. Saratoga county, for inter ment. Services were held at the Newman residence this aftrrno.n by the Rev. Dr. Bostwick of Saratoga The remains were laid in the First MethodKt Epcopai church, where, at 3 o'clock this afternoon the public funeral took place. The funerus address was delivered by Bishop E. G. Andrews of New York. dent today and bade him gnod-bv Salem. Ore July S Nelson Learned ef ibis city today received a letter from rf the war depart men? to forming him that 4r all soldiers in th PnHlnnlruM .oi ed between April a and October 26. 1S3. "Whether volunteers or the regular army. j-wcre ordered home as soon as transporta tion could be secured. Singapore, Straits Settlement,. July S. 'fTlie United States auxlHary cruiser Yo- Flood cfE tntt-rn Kana. Independence. Kan., July S. The Verdi gris river reached the danger line again this morning and is still rising a najf foot an hour. jB3K" river is oer the lowlands for miles along its course. If the Vlrd gris rises much higher it vr.U put out th tires in the pumping station of the water works. This second rise 2s due to yester- da's rains, and it is feared it will be worse than that of a few days ago. which caused great damage to stock an! crops. Itallxray Sale Postponed. Topeka. Kan.. Juiy S. The sale of the Leavenworth, Topoka. and Southwestern railway, which was set for Monday, July 1. has been postponed until "Wednesday. August S. Chicago, July S. Percey McElroy, want ed In San Francisco for the theft ef J5.W0 worth of diamonds, was arrested here today. New York, July 8. At last the big sloop yachts, Columbia and Defender, have met in battle a royal that has been satisfac tory to all concerned. In a strong and fairly steady breeze and smoother water they sailed over a course of about twenty-six miles today, and In covering the distance the Columbia fairly and squarely outsailed the Defender by 3 m!nuteK 13 second, actual time. If the Columbia, after measurement. Is found to allow the Defender two minute, she will still have beaten her by 1 minute and 13 seconds. That means that she can beat her now over a ful thirty miles course by at least two minutes, corrected time, and that when she Is tuned up, say by the Sep tember races, she will easily beat her five minutes, which is all that Is required of her. Today's race was as fine a smooth water test as the yachts may ever expect to get. Here are the official figures show ing times of each yacht: Columbia Start 12.40:53 Finish 3:24:09 Elapsed time 2:43:16 On the first leg of the course, a reach of about four miles, with a beam wind, the Defender gained two seconds. On the second leg, of six miles, in which there was some windward work, the Columbia gained 1 minute. 53 seconds. On the third leg, a three miles before the wind, with spinnakers set, the Defender gained six seconds: one on the first leg, the second time around, the Columbia gained 1 min ute, 11 seconds; In the close-hauled work on the second leg, she gained only 26 seconds, and in the run to the finish the Defender gained 43 seconds. The only unfortunate part of today's event was the fact that both of the yachts sailed the wrong course. It was, In fact, the feature of the day, and the strange action of those In charge of the yachts kept everyone guessing as to the ulti mate result. The first leg of the course was to be eight miles, tho turning point being ofT Stamford. Conn. The yachtsmen of the Riverside club were having a race on the sound. They set their turning pcint on the course the Columbia and De fender were to sail over, but only four m!IC3 from their starting point. "When, after an exciting luffing match. Captain Rhodes saw this mark, he promptly kept the Defender off and rounded It and for a while no one knew whether It was a real race or not. C. Oliver Iselin explained matters when seen after the race by an Associated Prcs representative. He said: "The De fender made the mistake and we simply followed her, to make a race. It has turn ed out a good one. "We are very well satisfied with it all around. Wo both made a mistake, but it has been the best all-around race we have yet had. I am satisfied that the Columbia Is the better boat but she will go to Bristol and have her sails re-tut before she races again." The regatta commmlttee say that the event will be considered as a race, and Commodore Pcstlcy will probably award the cup to the Columbia. Not one yachtsmnn In a hundred when he rolled out of his bunk at 7 o'clock this morning would have predicted any sort of suitable weather for a yacht race. The fog was thick enough to cut and there was not a breath of air on the sound. Not a move was made on board the yachts lying at their New Rochelle moor ings until the fog cleared away, about 1L There was on wind to peak of then and C. Oliver Ielin had received word from the commmlttee' that the start would be postponed for an hour, for it had been oriqlr.ally set for 11:W. It is an old sailor's saying that wind is never lost but it Is found in the south And. sure enough, after being lost all the morning It came out from the south In good strong shape, just before the nw starting time. The committee wa ready for it, and so were Skippers BSrr and Rhodes. Mainsails had bon hoisted and club topsails and mastheaded when eight b-l!s struck, and a few minutes after the yachts slipped their moorings and. break ing out their jibs, they came down to the starting point, half a mile southeast of Fjjgler's Point, Just in nice time to see the preparatory signal hoisted on the com. mitte3 boat Pulver. Half a hundred steam and sailing yachts each with Its quota of guests on board, was out there eager to see the fur.. And earnest fun It was to day. sur enough, for black c'.ouds were rising to the south ward and the breeze was gaining strength j pverv minut. Seven minutes had passed dnce the preparatory slncnal. Three were left before the signal to start would be g'von. Both yachts set their foretay The Defender, on tbe port tack, was heading towards Larchmont. The Columbia was in her wake, a few lensrths awav. Another minute pissed. Captain Rhode rolled the Defender's wheel hard up. and tfie sloop, swlnginc smart'r around on her heel. gibd. and came around on the other tack. Barr of the Columbia executed the same maneuver. Beth on the port tack were coming for the line during the last minute before the "isnal. with the Defender on the Colum bia's lee beam and with such a rod over lap that Rhodes was able to force Barr to luff. As the latter did so. th wh!tle blew. Tbey canoe romping acr- t t j,n neirly cko -houled on lh port tack. If th. y had kept their courses both would have had the wind abeam. The startta? s.gnal was at 12:4 and the yachts were a lowed two minutes to cross the line. The official start was. Defender. 12:4.4l. Columbia. 12:40:5$. So the Columbia started twwve seconds after the Defender. Frem th moment of the start it was a battle royal between the skipprs. Barr. wfth the Columbia, th-ee minutes after tho start, was atem 1 to leeward of the Defender. whr Captain Rhodes had pat bed and where he meant to keep her If possible. The ex citement was Intense.. Fot five minutes Barr. by lafEng, tried to get out on the Defender's weather quarter. Rhodes just as often luffed oat- and stopped hlra. until they were miles out of their csurae. Finally -Barr squared the Columbia, and Rhodes followed suit without being able io pass his rival. A -second InfQng match was then begun and it was only ended when bjth yachts found themselves pre vented from luffing any more by a tow barge. "With their lee rails well down and each turning up a big bow wave they fairly tore along with the wind abeam, the Defender carrying a baby jib top sail and the Columbia one a size larger. No sooner had the Defender's bowsprit passed the tug which wos- towing the barge than Rhodes gave her another sharp luff, making it impossible for the Columbia to get on his weather. Soon after both skippers sighted the Riverside Yacht club's mark boat and. without taking their bearings, they kept off for it. The mark did not bear the "Larchmont colors" and It was a good four miles west of the real mark, but Mr. Rhodes sent the Defender straight for it, and no amount of whistling on the part of the committee could make him change his course. Just before reaching this mark the wind shifted from south to east by south, giving the Defender an even better chance. She reached the mark and after gybing luffed around at 1:19, the Columbia following 19 seconds later. The Columbia now tried to go through the Defender's lee and she was succeed ing pretty well when the latter went about to starboard for a minute and headed for the shore. The Columbia fol lowed suit. Then both went about again to port. The Columbia was now on the Defender's lee quarter. Both had their baby jib topsails set and the breeze was sending them through the water at a ten knot clip. 1 Tho next time Rhodes put the Defender about for a hitch In-ahore, Barr declined to follow and split tacks with his oppon ent. It was ebb tide and Barr was confi dent of being able to fetch the mark off Hempstead harbor. He was right, and from that moment the racewas his. The Defender was hopelessly astern when she came about again, although to windward. At the mark the new boat was 2 min utes, 3 seconds In the lead. Easing sheets broad off to starboard and setting spinna ker to port, the yachts soon covered the three-mile run to the home mark. It wag nearly three minutes after the Columbia had rounded the Hempstead mark before her spinnaker was broken out, and soon after the boom topped up and got over the head stays. The Defender's was set In less than a minute after rounding. It was generally remarked during the race that the Defender's sails were handled more smartly. Spinnakers came in lively a couple of minutes before the mark was reached. Hauling In main sheets smartly both boats made good gybes and rounded. Still the Columbia was 2 minutes 3 sec onds to the good. An attempt was made from the regatta committee's tug to send the racers to the right stakeboat on the second round, but neither skipper heeded the Instructions shouted from the tug. After a short tack to starboard both came about to port and stood for the Hempstead mark, the sec ond time. At 2:43 the Columbia was passing Matinicock Point. The Defender passed it at 2:53. She was then a quarter of a mile astern and about half that dis tance to leeward of the Cllumbia. The latter, though carrying no jibsail, was holding her own without any difllculty. Tho wind was breezing up, covering the sound with whitecaps and the vessels were going at fully eleven knots. Lying over until her lee rail was scooping up the water and her broad yellow deck shining in the sunlight, the Columbia was an inspiring picture. The Defend er's deck was drier to leeward and she tlood up a trifle better. It was thought the Defender would -have to facfc to reach tho Hempstead mark, but by close and careful sailing and lufllng her in the puffs Captain Rhodes cent her up to it without losing a second of time. It was rounded as follows: Columbia 3:05.11, Defender 3:11:35. Now for the last three-mile leg. It was to lie a nice on its merits, as It stood and not a soul wanted to scold the skippers after witnessing such a grand contest from start to finish. Spinnakers were set again for about ten minutes as they came bowling across the sound to the finish, and this time the-y crossed with them set amid a wild chorus of steam whistles and cheers on all sides. The Columbia had won by three minutes 13 seconds. That was all the tpecrators wanted to know They did rt care whether she had sailed twentj-.-ix miles or thirty-nine, as she shouJi have done. The victory was hers, a they believe It will be when the Shamrock meets her. PEACE Jubilee Held by the Endeavor ers on Belie Isie. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS Strong Anti-Polygamist Rob erts Resolution Passed, COLUMBIA RUNS AFOUL Of the Defender and Bends II crBeen to an Klbow. LarchmAnt. N. Y., July S. The Colum bia, in running for h-r moorings after today's rac?, fouled the D-femler's boom with iier port topmat shroud and after wards by the topmast backstay, bending the Defender' hollow steel spar almost at right angles. The Cohimbxi was unin jured and immediately after caught her own moorincs. The Defender will go to Br-tol or Monday, where the injured boom will be straightened and, If neces sary. M1 be cut and reoiaced. Both yacnt. after crossing the line, luffed up and lowered the.r topsails, head is; arrs toward Hempstead as thy did so. Thn they stood over toward their moorinxs a: New Rochelle, about two mile off. umier the three Hower s Is. De fender In tne lead. On the way over bot-i vt-sc lowered their main ails and, r-.l'.lng them up. put on the sil covers Then, under jtl alone, the two boats sailed ikowiy up into their morinz3. De 'fender, being ahead, eaugbt by hr moor n; fl-st. and whn the Cfrumbl. came aioo? the D-fender was lying quietly, with even thing made iug. The CotemaU was rolling atoag at a slow speed and as her moorings are farther ta-sbore t4e was stee&i past under the Defender's "tern. "When just Wni the Defender the port topmast shroud of Columbia, caught the end of Defender's steel boom and bnt it ju-ouad to starboard. When sh shrood s;.pp-d off. Columbia's port backstay a.o caught, but did not add materially to th injury Ad s excitement in the two b-:.. for it looked for an nstant as if tfee Columbia's topmast would be broken off by the strain, but fortsnateiy the eteet rlgtr.ag slipped off the Defender's boom in time to prevent seen a catastrophe. When tb itemzr was rer the Columbia. eonUneed on to her moorings, while otv Defender's crew unbent the nntnsai! as far back as the damaged boom. Mr. W. Butler Daocan. Jr- managing owner of ttee Defender, took the natter pkLcsopb-ScaHy. Oil City, Pa July 8. By the expu of a boMer n the Moran oil tract today James McCray wa killed and John Turk w&s itripsisly Injured. Detroit, Mich., July 8. A decidedly Anglo-Saxon spirit waa imparted to the speeches at the Christian Endeavor "Pease Jubilee" held on Belle Isle this afternoon. All the speakers were representatives of English-speaking countries, American and British, and all sentiments favoring greater friendship and closer relations be tween the United States and British sub jects were heartily cheered. Wet, raw weather through the day caused consid erable curtailment of the attendance, but at 4 o'clock, after the sun had at last shone forth, several thousand Endeavor- ers had grouped about tho speakers stand erected in one of the pretty groves of De troit's island park. President Clarke, who presided, epled Mayor Maybury in tne crowd and called him to -the platform. In a short sDeech made later the mayor spoke of the appropriateness of Belle ls.o for the scene of a pea$o meeting, since, history had recorded that all Indians had ul ways heki the island eacxed to peace, and since no blood of either savage or civilized man had ever been stied in vio lence there, although numerous battles had been fought eiwwhere through the same region. After singing patriotic American songs and "God ave the, Queen," the follow ing memorial was read with an announce ment that its sentiments had already been endorsed by Hon. Andrew D. "White, president of the United States commission to the peace conference: "To the Senate and Representatives of tho United States of America: "We, whose names are affixed hereto, are members and friends of the societies of Christian .Endeavor, numbering in this country over 40,000 organizations, with more than 2,500.000 members, and In for eign lands over 14,000 organizations, with nearly 1,000,000 members. It is the sense of our world-wide XeKowship that impels us to this memorial. Canada, Great Brit ain and Australia contain hundreds of thousands whom we have come to honor and love as brethren. Among the Hindoos and Persians, the Chinese and Japanese, the natives of Africa and Madagascar, ie republics of South America, are large numbers who are thus closely knit to us. Our comrades In Christian Endeavor are found in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, Austria and Belgium. In Spain Itself, our foe in tti6 Ltto war, is a rapidly increasing number of them, and Christian Endeavorers were found In each of the opposing armies. "In view of these facts, we wlsa to ex press our abhorrence of war and our sol emn conviction that it is the duty of every civilized nation to do all in its power toward making war impossible. We wish to record our desire for the speedy estab IWament of an international tribunal of arbitration. "We wish to show our inter est in the international conference to dis cuss this mattor proposed by the czar of Russia, and to urge that our country act promptly upon the proposals of that con ference. And especially we desire by our signatures to appeal for the immediate consideration of the question of arbitration between this nation and Great Britain, that the Ang!o-3axon race may becomi united in the interests of peace and good wilL "In presenting this memorial we are em boldened by the assurance of a cordial re ception on the part of large numbers of our legistaturert and and we are confident that the congress of the United Static of America will in the future, as In the past, prove true to the largest sentiments of tiumanity. May tho Divir.e blessing at tend your deliberations." Rev. Dr. James L. Hill of Salem. Mass., first epoke for tne United States: "Since the morning stars song together and the sons of God shouted for Joy," said Dr. Hill, "there never has been an hour such as the one that is now coming and al most here the hour of universal peace How many of jou." akcd Dr. Hill, "will resolve from now on never to think "mean ly of a person because he diners from you in religious be'.ief or poetical preference?" The hand of almost every person In the audience went up in answer to the speak er's Question. "Then, if you do that." he concluded, "you witt have the pAce of God and the forgivenesa of God in y njr hearts, and that means pice In s Saree meas- I ere." For Great" Brt'ai H-. Jaates Mursei! of London, spok Mr. Mersefi re ferred to th Vn zuc a qmetitn and as cribed its peefj! ttkrment prtly to the good oflices of CXtrisfcut cSergymn. British and American, who prayed and preached for an adjostmeat without blood ted. Rev. Joseph Walker f Queensland, voiced the peaceful sentiments ia behalf of the kind ander the Southern Cr. He advioed Americans to be cautious 5-nt in teaching patriotism they fester the tnt of war. The Inn addrefin ms by Rv Dr F. R. Wilson of HamlHoa. Oat who aseried Sbat fce had married the Epwrta League to the Christian liexroz in Canada and that the pelr had gotten eienc tojretJMr famously. "As Kg as the ralers of tlve two great coBBtrt aaid the epeaker, "have chararter an exalted and aotrre &a good as those of Qaeen VlctTia and President McKiniey, we acrf have no fear for peace." At the dose three cheers were rlren tec PrcsdfcCt McKlnler. Queen Victoria, Admiral Dewey, the Society of niri11 Endeavor and Maror Maybary of Detroit. Th'. eTenfcs? was devoted to recep?4oss at if the state beadqtzxrter. This memlags "qclet hear Is Test Bulletin Of Hitiji&lxitf k Wkkite, Soadaj, July 9, 189 WeatkerFer Wiekts Today: Fate; warmer: emoAtlywim4m IMPORTANT NEWS OF TODAY. Pases, i. XeKiaiey Scats fur BswaTtft1 Clabla Beats tkBefeaf Knaeaxerers' Fae Jabllea Fraaca-eeraaaa Becaaatttatl ft. Iaralla Assist la Pailttaa 3. Wichita f,lTetak Xarkcts Coaatry OzTerlass Weakea Wkeaft Baal State ateat aa sHocks Oklahaata'a Greatest "Wkeat Cras 4. Mill People ta Settle km Cfcart Seleetlca ef Oaa FeUaws' Meats 5. Te ExteaA the M! Maea Gets Aaotaer 9rlal 0. tteetal Gesl eft He Week: 7, Freaks efMillleajOratSesriea TURNING Point in the World's History Some Boidiy Claim WHEN KAISER WILHEbM Trod a French Ship's Decks Bidden by France. "REVANCHE" NO LONGER AaiMates the Freaeh Geverasaeat, Wksterer Mar he Trae of Jeaa Craaaaa. Perry's aeer Maaaaatae Gase TeMeaatala View's AdTaatage 19. Tales aaa Jingles fer wee Oaes Htery of "War aaa Witchcraft 11. Peastoa Fraaas su Uncle Nam Praise for Asierleaa Wemea IX. Eagle's Saadsy Kdlterlal Page 13, Fiaaer of Kansas' Mlaeral Biekes Madame las's Career Stady la Crlmloelogy Wichita Bey la Porte Blea 14. Short Stories of Strange Tklags la. Little Miss America's Gewas Advice te Meaatala Hammerers Flshlag Fad for Woaaea of genuine piety is especially apparent la these early morning meetings. The last meeting .n tho big tents before Monday opened in Tents Endeavor and; "Wllliston at 10 o'clock -with the usual great crowds on hand, and the cinging as spir ited as ever. Tho main topic of the day in Tent Endeavor was "Saved to Serve." "Self-consecration" was the genoral theme in Tent "Wllliston. The presiding officer Jn Tent Endeavor was Rev. J. Z. Tyler of Cleveland. Rev, Dr. McLaurln of Brooklyn led the de votions. "Various topics related to the general theme of service were treated by the following speakers: In the home "The Juniors" Rev. George D. Stewart, D. D Harriaburg. Pa.; "The Family Altar," President BurrtaA. Jenk ins, Indiannpoiis. Iti tho church "The Mid-week Prayer Meeting." Rev. Ernest -Bourner Alien. Larnlng. Mich.: "The Sunday Evening Service." Rev. H. O. Brcedcn. D. D De Moines. Iowa. Illustrated address "The Christian En deavor Shcar," Prof. Amos "WfiMs. Bos ton, editor Christian Endeavor "World. "Meditation an 1 Prayer," was conduc ed by Rev. John 31. Elliott. NVw York City. "How Young People May Help the Pastor." President A. E. Turner, Lincoln. III.; "How the Pastor May Help the Young People." Rev. "W. F "Wilson. Ham ilton. OnL In lth tents. reolutions which hail ibeen adopted by ttie board of trustees wore read. caiMng upon ell En deavorers to do their utmost toward pre venting Congressman Robert of I'tah from assuming hi" eat in congress. The Roberts resolutions were as follows: "The board of trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, speaking In behalf of over 3.0flQ,flflQ Arnercans. eol emnly declare their conviction that the seating of Brlgnam H. Roberts of t'tah as rcpreentflrtve-;u large from tha t ptln in the Fifty-sixth congress would b gen. erally understood to he a condonation of the crime of polygamy, a bw at tho sanctity of th marriage rotation, and a tperil to tho purity and integrity of the family, upon which our civil and religious lnstttutkms he largely rest. "We there fore confidently call vpon our representa tives in the national oongrtr to rise above all partisan, sectional and personal consideration, and, in defense- of our rep utation awl character as a tow-alonng people, lo dny Mr. oherts a seat among our national lawmaker.' Accompanying the reomtiowi wa swo rn tttel a memorial couzzw. to be signed by Kndavonr. unrtng utmost en deavor towards HecsMHpliflitolaic Mr. Rob erts' expahftoa. in accontaace with th provfetoas of te tm: tonal consUttrttoa. ar ticle 1. ertion 5. as foilow: "Each bouse xnny determln the nas of Yu proee. inv. punish Us nvemoem for d'rr1r bharvr and. "i'.h tfc ooaratresce of fw third, expel saeolr The m.mnrl a&o arces bVxs of a coatt3tlocU amea&aent to the lc (Copyright, 1S. bylsAsaociated Pre.) Berlin, July S. Emperor "William's visit to the French training ship Iphlgenie, at Bergen, on Thursday, anl bis cordial ex change of telegrams with President Lou bet were not only received with great satisfaction here, but throughout Europe. As one paper puts it, it promises lo be a turning point in the world's hislory. At the opening of tho Kiel canal hts majesty went on board one of the French ships, but in the present instance, it is main tained, the emperor set foot on the daclc of a French vessel, which Is cuutvaieat to French soil, by the express invttaston of her commander, who was acting upwi instruction from his government, it li therefore believed hero that the many graceful and courteous attentions which, during the past seven or eight years, the emperor has lxn in tho habit ef paying to the French government have borao fruit. The emperor's act baa been -sympathetically received in France, though some see in It only a de?lrc te visit tho Paris exposition in lni. Molt of tho papers print tho Jpblgenia telegram without comment. The TagebkUt saya: "It was tha first official act of France for a generation ex pressing a desire fr more friendly rela tions. Tho courtesy of tho kaiser is gradually telling upon France," Tho Vosslsche Zeltung says: "The hrcl-lU-nt must fill with satisfaction tho friends of peace, not only on both 'd"ea of the VoKges. but everywhere In tb worhi. It proves the present ruler t Franco are not hypnotized whh tha Idea of a revanche, and have the moral cour age to show It." The Loka! AnsoJgtr sees In the Ineldent proof of good rHatlens. The Cologne Oa xctto logics upon it as an Indication of how far French and German matlmrots have modtra4ed recently. Tho Vaerwnrt does not see in the affair a turning point in the world's history aad sareawtlcally dxpnwes the hope that Prof. ieirls -mind will not tecem more peaM, The attitude of the Freeh praw has eaus o dmuch satisfaction herr. Dog days dullness has suddenly settled on Ilerlln. The djrt has asjournen to Au gust II anr the herrenhau to August 17. Nanrly aK the ministers hnve departed on their vacations and tha political excite ment of the pnst week has given ptacc to a quiet which the papers can only dis turb by inventing new rumors of mmla-t-rlal changfe. The emperor Is yaOric off the Norwegian coast. No eaeitlng speerhes may I1 rxpectrri from him. aad (luring his absence tb? pubtte has sctttad down for a nrroth ef nt't. In view lf the mory favwrobJa outtonk for the election ami canal bills, the talk of a die-olbxion and a reconstruction f the mlnfcitry has died away. The pross noW postpones the whole until te reas semMIng of tMs diet. The rumors re garding en blort change buv brtmxht Prtnc" Herbert IVbrnarrk and Ms poasl ra! future into dfatctttstam. It fc Wtwrf he Is now arwlous to wipe tmx the mem ory of th tmt ami put fclnuJf la Om wi; of n s4?pottmt to Important Pai His recewt pee-a in the r tog pra.'Wns th govriiH-t and Ma faresjen polio- ha b-n interpreted as a HW far a compV rrconrwlotVm veHM lw m perwr and hi 4rir. The pspers goa emlly "xp-t to fee him In fje Me -UHm in the ar fatar It U mhUrr- tortd Ms saajesfy Is favoraMr dtese t ares the prtoeVs araMtlos, as so -sunt to'oMtterato ia the German mbwi be remcmbraJice of he ss-Ussagem with the Iron hoiKWr, and wants to sAForlate the same of ItismArck wKh Ms reign Th Axrrtritm ckomlrv? Prtoao IMemarek as oa of their toon. woaW c Ms re tors to pestle Hti as a vict ory. Th Densee Tagrs THUxvf thinks a wit retarn to ofSre. xWr Vh9 oo rtl that fce eon carry ent his icesut. The jMfxff-s hare sot yet agreed as to waax fae is to ht given to Vti-oa BU taarek. ftume f tjnin rr fc es ef the MxaoK tHpioowMle ynUUm he can trosa for ts haaes1Brsh). Ilia same s tneoaisttni eoatyilos wish WSiiatortoa. feat "th- s-nout oat Urn. j hc k -am prsivt of that pen kxfcNr varjsat in the snar fwtar. as Dr Vaa tat are f the eVsiytog Jrxjl c rtsge to he aoftogsmle aad sasksnjr ji; -amy aad ;otr;?m coaaMiattoa a. crime. pamiichaMe hr Htt poaa-ftSea. t dudtog d4fracM4nai 4 V'MUa eatlon frMi soUtag any Metal vr state oSW. Rr. H. R. Gvoe of Bta. prs44ed over the Teat "Wftfcaiwe sesxteo. Rer. Dr M. RSedeji of 3t. Loots, em4le4 the devot ooal exxrels. 5rt d'-exarti tk a4vaatae of fta epsa ;Mitaast to give peroaaJ te3sny Ader? xeje 4-K-erd as floi ''Oar Cosner ng Cor taant," Rer. "V T. Rosorx, NstS. Tena Th Tath Legsna," Rev J. M. Cromer, Kaaas City. Ma; "The risa- radea f th Qwie: Httar." ProMest Clark; "Toaag Jf-ea Cel ta Prrfe. Re-r Dr. Hagh JC "Walker, Los Angela; "'eif-eocjeeraaJon. Praf. Grahxss TayJsr, Chlcaxv. Dsriag the laeetiagx the rain ressssM optratfeaa ta ara, asd the tt noi Jet th water tarasch coplsssly to. ptows, hat. acxtrtbelea. lh xvrin& ctayed. TfcT were so goneral &r&ns sht Cbr&uaa. Endavr trnta tadgM anI wttt he soe tomorrow, hat tar wist he axaay Sssdaiy rsihtTins ta tho easusas. Endeavor was mar largely attended than j tha chief fcatere befsg a Ssaday after- either ex tie ptstjouz eeet Tie s?fclt J oooo Sii2ii cfestrraace serrlet. HtVs has he ktxaiy wcL It vt a-r4 lxmm IaKavk prefers Isa l aaa. wrr as has way artiisaigaUt frste, hsrsastog lfl iai ry. rrstara has wmmi t a esxa Shhe more Wu-hr T VUac 'A Jiaili not st taa th so f fM xr BhaajifjWnr trvtM t9 ajaytassr m. horn; WW taswtho rawj-orafy. aa4 th eaax k ecprevM la an tasr tera tha that wtfl i-r vsthw Ms reaah a& no atrtaajt y. Vhrvrr primUmx M h tur ot oaat Vast Motrin osa ertty u4 pntas-je- to be esMJM hat fe et a latai H he Is priTate. The H Mr Dm ens i hU reet fM( la a VtoM Stat is raia cst ta SaaVt a Asaoriaxa oharea ta !iraav Ta tmm4 sow araevts It&JWk Wtk oa lit Chttrca Vts the UtL Th trze&lre uC iSw Cw laa i tern e)ht Elands to G-i?&sjr ttiM plu in to ZaJL A V2Uap M be oa ta Wi?any to saha fotraal yn hikobms mt shasn aerl hotrt sho Crsaaa Smt, Rh wM aa acaetnimaeMl hr a 4btaar swaic as hoard the aaaaaveratfa CMIi4. Ifaraaa, Jasy X la a 4SnMSac fa hae ftf Ja-txss aa Am tiM 1 lr4Sr4 rSxs lUttytAlr Ittjm AUat
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o ffte mMa gailtj gsglr. jtatfog iJforttittg, fitlg 9. 1 899 9 Wanted: a man Torttme UlblcD Ts Ulaitiiig a missing Expert Grant Jones, the bright newspaper man of this city, now on the Chicago Tlmes Herald, sends the following Interesting story In tho Eagle from Galena, Kansas: Wanted, at Galena. Kansas, an old man, a college professor, name unknown, home unknown, missing twenty-two years, dis coverer of -the richest zinc and lead mines In the world, heir to a vast fortune. This Is the strange "want ad" of certain wealthy pioneer mine owners of the Mte-6ourI-Kansa8 lead and zinc mining dis trict; it is, in brief, the story of a man, a stranger, yho. twenty-two years ago came into southeastern Kansas, and through a profound knowledge of geology and mineralogy divined nature's hier oglyphics in rock and soil, "staked off the most fertile lead and zinc field yet discovered, designated the exact spots where lay hidden vast vaults of mineral wealth, revealed his secrets to one man and then departed. Durins: the years tha have passed sine that "stranger" stood -where the little city of Galena, Kansas, has since been built, over J30.00O.O0O worth of lead and zinc ore has been added to the world's min eral wealth as a result of his visit to Kansas. He paved the way whereby many men have become rich. He caused an uninhabJted country to become the homes of thousands of prosperous peo ple, hut their prosperity he never shared he "disappeared and left no sign." The story of this stranger is both al luring and pathetic, and yet it Is so faith ful to facts that the Historical Society of Kansas has filed It among the important re-cords of the state. Colonel W. B. Stone, who Is the oldest pioneer of Galena, and who is one of the widest known and most successful leid and zinc mine operators In the United States, is the man to whom the "discov erer of Galena" told his geological se crets. Colonel Stone relates the following strange story of the discovery of the Kan. sas lead and zinc fields fields that dur ing the last six months have become the Mecca of zinc miners In every part of tha world: "In April, 1S77, I In company with sev eral marshals and deputy marshals came from St. Louis to southeastern Kansas In pursuit of cattle thieves who had for some time been stealing cattle belonging to the man for whom I worked at Kansas CHy. During this trip our little party camped for several days on the very ground where Galona has since been built There was then not a single house for more than a mile In any direction from our camn. Joplln. Mo., several miles to the east, was -the nearest town. It was then a thriving little lead camp, but as yet no zinc had been mined there. One day two outlaws were discovered at Joplln. and the citizens of that place im mediately gave them an urgent invita tion to 'quit the camp.' This invitation wa? accepted without ceremonv. the out laws turning their faces toward tho we.t. They passed directly over the present site of Galena, and heyond It a short distance they made a discovery of surface lead ore. Reports of this discovery soon be came noised about Joplln. and people flocked to the new find In hundreds. Our camp was within site of the main con gregating place of the men ns they daily came over from the Missouri camp to prospect. "The excitement constantly increased, until a thousand men. more rather than less, assembled each day on the slope be low our camp. I myself became Imbued with the spirit of things, and while the marshals were awiy In pursuit of the cat tle thieves I would often Join the throng of fortune hunters. It was during my second trip to the slope that I first saw the man who has figured so much In my destiny as well as in the destinies of hun dred's and thousands of others Interested In the Kanas lead and zinc fields. "Our meeting happened In this way: T was sauntering along among the miners giving little heed to anything In particu lar, and noting things only In a general way. Having just come from a city, my clothes were very different from those of tho men about me. In fact, I was the best dressed man in all the crowd. Tiun, too. I was not tanned and calloused by outdoor exposure, and my appearance waa quite different from that of the miners. As a result of this difference I was no ticed perhaps more than any other man In the crowd. "Well, among the men T saw one strange, sad face, browned by the sun, nnd yet Intellectual In every lineament a face full of kindness and wonderfully sad. It was the most attractive face that I have ever seen, and I dare say that even the most unintellectual man In all tint throng of people must instinctively have saW at first sight of It, 'here is a won derful character.' "I could scarcely look away from the man that face. He. too, seemed to look much at me. although doubtless from widely different reasons from those at tracting me toward him. His hands wero hardened and his clothes were such a the miners wore. His hair v?as dark and yet streaked with gray. I bel'eve him to have been a man who had seen at least fifty years of life and Just as much of sorrow. "We did not speak we simply looked at each other. "On the day following I was 'xgain mingling with the men not now as a gen eral observer with little Interest In any thing I was looking for a face. After weaving in and out amonc the men for more than an hour, I suddenly came face to face with -the 'stranger again. I don't know why I looked for him: 1 don't know why he sjoke to mo when we met, but I do knw that our meeting brought about th6 discovery of the richest zinc mines in tho world. It caused to be written one of the mst interesting and Important chapters in the history of the great west. "We sat down together, as if by com mon consent, although neither of us had eakl as yet more than 'good moraine.' For a moment neither spoke. Then he Inquired if I was a detectlvo. I replied that I was not.but that I was simply passing through the country on my way to the Indian Territory. I asked him his name, but he pretended rot to hear me. I atked him where he lived, and he looked away and began talking of the prospects of finding ore where the men where work ing I was more than eer interested to know something of the stranger w :h wiiorr. I "had met. and I made repeated attempts to ascertain his name or resi dence all with the same unfruitful re. suit. "When he spoke of the geological fu rcation of the place where tho grea:r part of the work was being done I re alized in a moment that he was a man of high culture. H!c language was pure and beautiful. He seemed, moreover, to be a profound scholar, specially along the line of geology. He did not try to bewilder me with long geological terms, but talknl so simple, about everything and yet so learnedly ttrot I almost fancied that he was looking into the very ground as he ajke. As we sat there talking a great growd gathered about us, and -we became the 'observed of all observers.' The stranger (for such I have always called him, although he proved to be a most beneficial friend to me) said that the peo ple took us for rich mining promoters. He expressed the opinion that they were digging in the wrong place to find miner aL He seemed very positive In his views. 'Do you know,' said he, 'that this coun try has a regular geological formation, and that rocks and mineral are In place here just as much as they are in the great camps in tho Rocky Mountains? Even though mineral has been found bere only In pockets there is one law govern ing all deposits, and things have not oc cured here by chance as most people sup pose. "We seperated after talking for per haps two hours. On the following day I met him again In the crowd, and we sat down together a3 before. I noticed that his eyes were red as if from weeping, and his face seemed very sad. He did not talk much, tout looked away, as If to avoid my gaze. It was evident that he had sus tained a great grief, and 1 determined to know more of his history. At this time I said but little, and he soon arose and walked away from the crowd. After a while he returned, and this time it was quite evident that he had been weeping. "Ho sat down beside me, and I aske"! him If hi had receive 1 oat news liom home. At this he looked away, and made no reply. I could not get him to reveal even so much as a siggc&ilun as to hl3 past, excepting only as his scholarly con versation proved him to 'be a man of great learning. 'This Is not the place to dig,' he said rather impulsively. I know the placo to dig, and it Is quite a distance from here.' 'Can you prove to me that this dis trict has a regular geological formation?' I inquired. 'A formation by which veins may be traced and the location of min erals be more accurately determined.' 'I can,' was the laconic reply. "At this time a belief came, to me that the man was trying to enthuse me with h.3 mining talk for the cole purpose of obtaining money from me. I therefore resolved to be cautious. I asked him if he -would show me where rock was in place in tho district, and where I myself might trace an absolute geological forma tion at the surface. After studying a mo. ment he replied that ho would. 'How much will you charge me?" I asked. "Again he studied, turning his face away. Suddenly he arose and started to leave me. His actions were very strange. He had not gone further than three or four yards when he turned shortly about and came back to me. 'Would S3 be too much?' he inquired r.-sltatlngly. "1 was thunderstruck. I had expected him to say at least $100, and perhaps much more. I told him that I would gladly give him $5 to show me where the forma tion was plain at the surface. 'Shall we go now,' I asked. 'So,' he replied. 'This whole crowd would follow us. These people aro watch ing our movementts. They consider them to be of importance. Let us meet tomor row at some place in the woods, and then keeping out of sight of these men, we can see tho rock In place. I am going to Joplln tonight and shall return at any time that you may specify.' ""I am going over to Baxter springs,' I said, 'and expect to return on tomorrow morning's stage. '"In tho woods off yonder,' he said, 'you will find a little deserted log cabin near tho stage road. When you get to the cabin 2iave the dr.ver let you out. I shall conceal myself. You will find a little path leading down a ravine from the cabin. Take that path. If you are alone. I shill vhistle to you if not I shall remain quiet. "We agreed upon ths plan, and soon after seperated for the night, he going to Jopiin, Mo., and I to Baxter Springs, Kan. "On tho following day. as agreed, I left the stage athe lonely cabin in the woods, just to the east of where Galena has since been built. I was alone. I found the lit tle path that the stranger had asked me to take. The woods about It were then. as now. quite dense, and I moed with some care that l might not lose the path, which seemed to be traveled bat little. At last I heard a whistle, and answered it. Below me in the path stood the stran ger. 'Are you afraid to go through this wood with me?' he asked, looking me di rectly In the eye. The idea of fear on this occasion had not before come to me. but his words seemed so queer that I rather took them as ominous of ev.l. I put on a bold front and replied emphati cally: 'Afraid! No, why should I be afraid? I'm armed! "Wo walked on saying nothing. I simply followed where he led. After winding about for perhaps thirty minutes, 1 came to tho conclusion that the stranger was a fraud that while he was very wise he was at the same time very dishonest. "At last he paused at a large flint rock bowlder. 'Observe this rock closely, he said. 'Here begins our formation. Let us go straight on to that other rock yonder. 'Vnen we reached the second rock tho stianger pointed out a third one still far ther on. and In direct line w'tb the two we had just examined. We went t" the third rock and there was still a fourth, fifth and sixth beyond ail in a direct line. They were clfcc together, almost forming a natural stone fence. Tae cropplncs were as plainly discernible a the rows of corn in a field. It wa a vein in place and we traced it for more than fcilf a mile. "As we went along the strancer became greatly animated and here and there pointed cut places where he was sure rich deposits of ore could be found. I desig anted these places by throwing up Kttlc piles of rock, and thus we went on. he telling all the while of the possibilities of the country. He did not speak as one gue.ing, but as one knowing. His words carried conviction. "We were .-tveral hours in marking the places where he was positive that min eral lay in rich deposit--. When we came to the edge of the woods and looked off to ward the west we saw tho men at work. 'Let us not be -een together her he said. 'You go around that way (po -tin.? toward the south) and I'll go down this little draw. "In less than an hour we were agn.n to gether in the ctowd. With hi hlp I drew a map of the Und we had jut ij4t ed and designates in places wh- he had told me to dig for ore I paid hlrn the $S. and he thanked me as if he wtri satisfied, although he acted with ndif ferenoe when I spoke to him of money matters. "On the following day I made arrince ments to purchase eighty acres of land along the big flint vein or dike, and on the second day I again met the stronger in the crowd. I Mid him what I done .n regard to buying the land, and he said: It will make you rich. It will bring for tunes to many.' 1 told him that 1 had decided to give him an Interest witn mt (Continued on. Paso Nine) madameDiaz WwmWM mum M of km m In the Sedgwick county jail Is a fe male prisoner who claims relation by mar riage to President Diaz of Mexico. She is charged with her first crime, so far as the police records of this city show. It is fpr the larceny of a woman's bicycle, taken from the rear of one of the dry goods stores of this city. Minnie Diaz is the prisoner's name. She came here just a year ago, accompanied by her husband, and for a few days stopped, at the best hotels. She was fashionably attired and wore jewelry which had the appearance of genuineness, apparent diamonds being on her fingers and in her ears, althsujrh it is now recalled that she wore them only in the evening, this being considered at the time as her compliance "with good form. She would leave her Jewel casket at the hotel office every day when going out. Madame Diaz Is one of the types of Spanish women seen In Mexico, with a deliberate, pleasant, Spanish-American ac cent, somewhat marred by the huskiness peculiar to the Inveterate users of the cigarette. She always seemed to have an abundance of money during her sojourn at the hotel, and paid liberally for her ac commodations and service. Her husband could not speak a word of English, and so was not drawn into conversation with any of the curious guests. Madame Diaz, as she was called, did all the talking, and it was during a conversation In the par lors of the hotel that the object of Mrs. Diaz's mission In Kansas was first learn ed. In this conversation she said that she was born of Cuban parents, her mother dying at her birth, and that her father five years later was killed by a Spanish officer; that she was then taken to the homo of a family who were Intimate friends of her parents, and soon after ward brought to the states, where she was placed in Ersalln Mission, located in the Rio Grande country, which Is the dividing line between Old Mexico and tho United States. She was afterward taken to California by a wealthy and hightly connected Spanish family, and while liv ing with them she met and married H. L Russell, a cattle man of Soinisti des cent, whose ranch was in California. By this marriage one little girl was born. She is now five years old and is living with her grandmother at Tyler, Texas. Madame Diaz, as she calls herself, said yesterday in her cell that she and her first husband did not agree the last years of their married life and separated. Shortly after this separation Mrs. Diaz took to traveling, eventually finding her way to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where she met and married Hermenia Diaz, who had but a short time before arrived from Oaxaca, Old Mexico, and not being able to speak a word of English, and. charm ed at finding ono of his own tongue, soon fell in love with Mrs. Diaz. They were married. Diaz had some money and wanted to get Into business. It was then that the plot to swindle the unsuspect ing and sympathetic republic was first suggested by tho newly nuds wife. It la charged. The war with Spam had broken out and the dispatches in the papers were tellin with touching circumstance and detail the suffering of the Cubans, and the bride soon persuaded her husband to Invest his surplus cash In a fashionable ward robe. They then formed themselves Into a committee of two to solicit aid for the suffering Cubans. For 6ome time the couple met with a ready response from the public In Oklahoma and southern Kansas, and things ran along quite smoothly until Diaz one day had cause to suspect that his wife was being en tertained and admired for her noble work with a prominenc e which, he feared, would lead to arrest and a ioig term in prison. He then insisted that the swindling scheme should stop and pro posed that they go to, some city and en gage in a legitimate business. It was concluded that they should try their luck In Wichita, and one day the Diaz family arrived and put up at one of the hotels. They remained for some days, paying Lberally (for their accommodation, until the time for retrenchment because of lack of funds, arrived. The Mexican conclud ed to open a fruit stand near one of the depots, irhtj family ieft the hotel and took rooms near the location of their fruit stand. Tho Diaz family prospered. A young man who frequented the neighbor hol quite often aroused Mr. Diaz's 'jeal ousy, and a quarrel followed, terminat ing in a separation. Diaz closed up hl business and returned to Oklahoma, his wife remaining" here. Mrs. Diaz did not prosper thereafter, and from bad to worse developed lately Into i morphine fier.d. It I said, and would resort to anj-liing to ob ta.i the desired d-ug. and mr li: nas placed her behind the bars, and she will probably be sent to the penitentiary for a term of years. She oc.-uptes a eel", with another female prisoner charged with the murder of an old soldier Nina. Ray mondand yesterday related her story that pertaining itq her tiusband's con sanguln'ty to President Diaz of Mtxici She said: "Heremnia Diaz, who is still my hus band. by lawj was formerly a gen d'arme at Mexico City, ami about five years ago. through President Diaz, received the ap pointment of commander of a custom hous-e in Chihuahua. My. husband "had a number of letters In his possession, writ ten nnd signed by the president as 'your affectionate uncle.' and I have read them o'ten. and my husband has told me many tunes of his family connection, and al ways alluded to the president as his great uncle." When asked why her husband gave up his position and came to this country, she rt. "He had to leave. He had shown fa vors to some of his friends and there were charges made against him Intimating that he had been accepting money from per sons who were defrauding the govern ment (Hit of customs, in other words, smugglers. The last I heard of my bul bar" he was In Ok' il-mi. He hn written me several times pleading with mo to come and live with him. but I Have always refused to do so. This Is the first time I was ever accused of any crime and I do not think I wilt be con victed of stealing the bicycle, although I 'id se;" it. I dii not ti. m. i ,-o. it fnm f Ttmsn who said he ownJ It She was lck m bed at the time and needed medi cine, and I was in need of money and glad to do her tho favor. I gave the dealer my name and address and toid him he couW find me if anything was wrong or that the woman who had sn: me with it did not own the bicycle. When tie au thorities fouud the bicycle my addrvr- was given to them asd they came dows and arrested me." Mrs. Diaz will not be tried until the September term of court. WICHITA TEN YEARS AGO. There were appointed to Genera; Mur ray Myers staff John A- Wallace, captain. John A. Dran, captain. Howard M. Davis, aide de camp, atid iroy Taylor, aide de camp. The board of directors of the Wichita university toA a mwUnc. Tics oreieni were D. B. Shuey, J. H. Brown, S. A. Alt, Rev. J. W. Love, Dr. Joseph Coblentz, W. H. Rauch, T. F. Stanfer, James Fulmer, I D. Skinner and C S. Elcholtz. The Citizens Electric .light company turned on In Wichita the first electric In-, candescent lights ever seen In Wichita. The citizens along Market street were petitioning like mad for a pavement. There was little else than paving talked In the town In those days. Two hundred men were employed at the car works by the then new manager, J. T. Chamberlain. It was reported from Kingfisher that L. R. Cole had been elected mayor, E. C. Cole, J. H. Gillespie. Morgan Cox and Dr. Crabtree councilmen, all of whom were Wichita men. Joe Coats received an old newspaper which had been through the Johnstown flood. A St. Paul paper published a statement that Wichita had been struck by a cy clone, and the people here were very In dignant. A crowd of Wichita men went down to St. Louis to confer with the business men of that city looking to commercial reci procity between Wichita and St. Louis. The new firm of Blackwelder Hol brook, real estate, was announced. Mr. and Mrs. James Parks gave a tea. Their guests were Reverend and Mrs. Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Kos Harris, Mrs. Judge Harris. Mrs. J. F. Harris. Profes sor and Mrs. Hayford, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Dill, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Larimer and Mrs. Anawalt. Captain Shields, the local wrestler and stone maEon, went to New Orleans to at tend the SullIvan-KIlrafn fight. Mr. T. G. Long gave a party. The guests wero Mrs. Anna Core, Ella Long, Libble Pool. Belle Webking, Alice Pool, Anna Long. Cora Beaver, Lizzie Long, Katie Beaver, Ida Lane, Emma Pols and Mrs. Knights, and Messrs John Pool, K. Minnlck, Joseph Hinkle. Charles Park hurst, John Everett and J. Skinner. There was an excursion from Wichita to Medilcne Lodge. S. B. Amidon gave a party. His guests Tvere Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Hamilton. Mrs. Boyd. Misses Ida Benn. Jennie Weeks, Eva Benn, Dr. H. C. Hood, and Messrs. J. H. McCall, Boyd McKnlght and Car ney. John W. Mercalf, Miss Blanche New comb, and Miss Alice Hutchins, the mu sical faculty of Garfield, were touring Kansas with a concert program. A party was given C. A. Rose, the florist. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mueller, Mr. and Mrs. A. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mueller. Mrs. J. Longmire. Miss Minnie Longmire. Mrs. McLalne, Miss Mattie Bailey, Mr. Will McLalne and E. J. Mueller. Mrs. Anna Ward was given a party. The guests wero Mesdames W. S. Neeld. M. A. Baker, I. Barrick. C. McCall. M. L. Smith, M. Campbell. Bell Salisbury. C. Renfro, Mr. and Mrs. Marlous Ward. Mrs. Ada Barrick. Maggie Garwood, Grace Maxwell, Mattie and Minnie Couch, Frankle and Dora Davis, Cressie Barlce, Jessie Short, Cena Ward, Messrs. James Breidenstcln. Will Marks. Lewis Short, AI. Goodln and Lewis Ward. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Houston gave a party for Mrs. Beaumont Smith, a sister of Mrs. Leo Hall. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hess, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Craw ford, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bergeman, Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield. Mrs. Dickson. Mr. nnd Mrs. Lee Hall. Sirs. Beaumont Smith. Mr. ard Mrs. Arthur Allen, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Matthews, Mr. T. H. Robinson, Mr. Rumsey, Mr. W. C. Voris, Mr. Jeff Hous ton and Charles Ferguson. Robert Maloney committed an assault on a child near the stock yards and came mighty near being lynched. He was given twenty-one years In the penitentiary. At her home on Fairmount Miss Jessie Lewclling (spelled Lewellyn then) gave a party. Her guests were Misses Sallie Downing. Corwln. Lemon. Mabel Sande fur and Mary Hall, and Messrs. Huse Taylor. Marcus Cossitt and Will McNeal. A name prominent In the social columns in those days was that of Hamilton Schooler. By a vote of eight to four at a special meeting of the city council the city build ing was located on the corner of Emporia and Douglas avenues. Afterward this ac tion was rescinded. John F. Eabs of Provo, Utah, and Miss Llbbit Butler were married. A. J. Applegate returned from the east where he had gone as a delegate to the national convention of railway tele graphers. The telephone company sued the Fair mount electric line because the electric line impaired the telephone service. l!a?es Mary Kelly. Ella Hollar. Anna Burr and Minnie Millison were at Provi dence Wells. The city directory for 1SS3 showed that Wichita had 110 lawyers. h doctors. 11 architects. 0 banks. 9 names shops. D universities, colleges and academies. 5 pub He chool buildings. 9 furniture e5tab!ih ment. 9 printing offices. US dry goods stores. 33 barber shops. 13 blacksmith shops. H bakeries. 5 book and stationary dealers. 11 clothlnc houses, 6 express corn panic?. M flour and feed store. IS hard ware stores. 14 jewelry estab!ihments. 12 newspapers, 6 queer.sware stores. 14 tail oring establishments 16 dry goods store?. 51 grocery stores. 17 shoe stores. 34 hotels, and public houses, and 16 lumber yards. The young people of the Baptist church gave a lawn social at Miss Dovle Itobln-s-ir's. Those present were Messrs. F. A. North. J. C. South, F. M Stuckey. Ernest Hill. Fred Hill. A. H. Lauck, Walt W. Jones. Emery Elliott. C. O. Forby. F. E A. Smith. J. E. Osborne S. D. Lleurance, O. W. KImbrell. W. E. Marks. Charles Sharpe. W. S. Goldworthy, Luther Burns. J. Y. Montague. Wi.l Osborn J. W. Dy er. W. C. Noel. Vic Washburne. Lewis Ward. George Boone. John Pool, H.-W. Simmons. F R, Crane. V. L. Alexander, N. E. Buffinpton. W. S. Blddle. B. Robin son. Grant Yeakey. W. T. Davis. Lewis Short. W. T. Dando. C. V. McCkinahan. R, E. Richard. G. B. Sawyer. C E. Jone. J F Adams. 5. S. Billlngsley. C S. Ur ban, Will H. Dowdn. A. G Mueller. E. W. R-bblns. Phil H. Alexander. Wi.l Walter. J. S C. Will Garrion, Frank Duncan. Sherman Gates. James Ix Mead. John Andrew?. C F. Martin. H. H. Pope. Charles F Coffin. Dr Wells. John M. Moor.. and Mlsss EdUb Maon. Dovle Roblnscn. Frances Foster, Sarah Foster. Mllie Giu-t. Etta Giant. Hattle Murpfey. Blanche Driser. Ada Barrick. Grace Maxwell. Artie Smith. Mabel Ayers. HiMa Errlckson. Minnie Ger.tnr. Mary Brk-ker. Jull R-b.non. Mattl Fe-jroon. Hstelta CoM. Lizzie Patma. NeJ.'e D Pitt. ETla Driver. Dora Scot. Btrd'e Osborne. SuIe Moore Lizzie Rull. Htt WU !Mir. Jle RrnoW. Roe Wctcte Nan Gilbert Nannie C!gg. Mod Uafferty. Minnie THtord. Frank!" AtdnVifr. Min nie Gartwel'. V1-U Dna. G-ae- Rafferty. Kat Wlcg. Nlle Robrt Mr C. E. Jones. M nn! Rlc. Kate Clark. Mr. J. A Mueller. EH B'mrgetie. Lain Ilt fieW. A.He Dodre. Mamie McCoy. Anna B. Ferrell, May Cox. Grace GtsJlck. Delia Hlxon. Emma E. Vaable. Rosa YazeL Edna Jon. Mottle Jooes. Minerva Town send. Lilly P- Stites acd Miss Carpenter. HE PREFERS KANSAS. Jee Houston, who was recently bark Is the Bin Gras regicn of Kestncky why he was bore says it was very pwant ack there, but he woc4 nther tirt is Kama a. RcaardincjCiiBK fteaefctoi tie ease tf a Jhn grtorina-L Last Sunday's Eagle's article which ap plied the principles of criminology to John Kornstadt, the degenerate now In the county jail, caused much comment. Her bert Stlmpson, of this city, has written the Eagle the following along the same line: In last Sunday's issue the Wichita Eagle has done me the honor of reporting sev eral of my statements regarding two crim inals now in our county jail, and also of giving publicity to my rendering of the views held by the modern positive school of criminologists in Europe. In this communication I shall give these views at greater length and draw atten tion to several radical defects- in our ex isting law of crimes and punishments and criminal procedure. The great difference between the old school of legal moralists and the modern school of criminologists is that the for mer classified crimes and devoted their at tention to the study of 'the nature and degree of crime, while the latter studies the criminal and the conditions-. Individ ual and ysocial, which give rise to his crime. In other words, the study of criminology and the purpose of the crim inal laws founded upon modern crime. Is the consideration of the criminal and the protection of society. In a modern form of criminal law we shall no longer have different degrees of murder or of forgery, but criminals of a more or less dangerous propensity, and there will be no punish ment but an elimination, more or less ab solute, of the criminal. We can divide criminals Into three classes: First the occasional criminal, who Is. driven to his offense by stress of circum stances or by passion. His crime Is n purely personal one. like the avenging of an Insult or redress of a wrong, or per haps an absolute want of the requisites of life existence. These criminals never re lapse, except when, as it happens now, they aro ruined by their punishment. Most enlightened European laws have en acted that in the case of a first offender, judgment shall be stayed until the of fense Is repeated, when tho criminal shall be considered an habitual criminal and punished accordingly. Second The habitual criminal Is. of course, the hardened occasional criminal: a person with little strength of character, and It is only with him that punishments will be of any avail. Statistics show that about tn per cent of all crimes are com mitted by occasional criminals, and about thirty per cent by habitual criminals. Third The born, or instinctive, of con genial criminal. It Is with this class of criminals that the modern science of criminology deals. Tho percentage of born criminals is about 50 per cent FO pr cent of all criminals. In other words, more than half of all criminal.. All persons who have made criminals their study, irecognlze a dlst'nct crimi nal class of beings, who mostly herd to gether In our larger cities In a thieves' quarter, giving themselves up to Intem perance, rioting in debauchery, without regard to marriage ties or the bars of consanguinity, and prorogating a crimi nal population of degenerate beings. For it is furthermore a matter of observation that this criminal class constitutes a de generate or morbid variety of mankind, marked by peculiar low physical and mental characteristics. As a cl ass they are of mean and defective intellect, though excessively cunning, and not a few of them are weak minded and imbecile. This low typo abound among tramps and vagrants, partly from a restless disposi tion and an Inability to apply themselves to steady and systematic work, and part ly because they do not easily find or keep employment. They are addicted to petty thefts, to acts of wanton mischief, and. much more so than the criminals that are not of such plainly low organization, to arson, to sexual offences, and even to homicide. Born criminal's are without moral sense thy arc true moral Imbe ciles. They aro Incapahle to adapt them selves to the requirements of society and live up to a fixed moral standard. Their fate is indeed a hard on Congenital out casts from the social organization by the" preordination of tho society that has pro duced them. It is nevertheless demanded of them that they should confirm to the laws of a body of which they are not a part, but from which th'-y are apart: and thy naturally fall back upon the inalien able risrht of the Individual to be: that right of which no one can be deprived or deprive himself the right to live and pur sue the mans to live. In addition to the perversion or entire absence of moral sense, we find other Im portant facts disclosed by the lnvetlga tlon of tht-ir family historic: some of thorn are epileptic, or spring from fam ilies In which exists epilepsy. Ineanity or other allied neurosis. What are we to do with this part of the population? With them our standard of lesral responsibility and private morality can not be applied. With them crime not a simple affair of yielding to an evil Impulse or a vicious passion. It Is the evidence of an Intractable organic mal ady. Wkh them punishment is of no avail to produce a permanent reforma tion. A true reformation would be the re forming of th Individual nature: and how can that which has len forming thrwitrh generations be re-formed within the per iod of a lngle life" These criminal lavc no real sen of the wickedness if their doing?, feel no true remorse, are inepbe of no gesHine penitence. Their defective nature irlH nit take the stamp of virtue. Their liven therefore are spent la alternations of kn? periods In. and f ehort period. ot of prison: for after uaderroinr their ptmlpli ment for wm-.e offen- or other they are d:scharred at the expiration of their tf ncc. and, won committing crime again, are n convk-ted arJn. Here 5s where oer law are o glarissly defective. What is :b w of pnaUt-.lasr tfcee persons with totprlsoamcst of loac or irt dcratwn? Thy shooW be pnn'shed. they ehocM be eliminated for ever from society. A erUrJaa lunatic asylum, with arrangement for pe-Meeti labor, or death fi aa Botirrritwl rale od h the most reaonabie. Pltjr It U that ro better we Is sxtSe f Ixtiar so m a !-.--gaaiz4 as to be TKrr inea-jMbie of nigr al eai4llty aad titer! repataace ii reform. tla :o 7nih thorn tt"Ji vfferin wWeh d tSe-3 no ?eod, and after that to lira tfcsi lot a?ata o?q sorte-ty to ernlefc tey on make t Hvte; rm for thenvoJva xtpt by crime. What is society :o o with crim.aals f the KfT f Joba Xonw'ett. aw tWatol in oar courser H 1 pfeycaltr 4 Fxafly malformed a4 hia crime I rb ot;rowth of a 4k'vl roodHtou mv-z which h 14 so eostroi. and w? is one bkfc be wl o: be able te cw trol la the fotwre Caa we jmajflae, aftyt&ag more gr trqae t&at) tfcrftet tern aad My tbat not hav&c the fear of God before hi eye but beiag redcowi by the wj of tfc dvJ. i 412 aiusa t2 Ar. can Imagine anything mors downright fool ish than set an age limit for responsi bility, send him to a reform school for a term of years and then let hbe loose again In society with his diseased phyaxal franae and low Instincts? Tet this boy la an unfortunate being, lie Is lacking in a physical characteristic Is incapable, of satisfying physical needs, and this morbid condition lands him in jail and not in an asylum. Again take the case of Thomas Green. the wife murderer, a hopeless physical and psychical epileptic who is now awaiting his removal to the penitentiary. He la the victim of that legal fallacy re cognized In our state as the "right and wrong sort" of Insanity: by wnlcb la meant that when the insane person was capable of understanding the difference between right and wrong at the time of his offense, he is guilty. Most insane persons are capab?e of this understanding, but they are not capable of controlling the -will, and especially Is this true of epi leptics. Those afflicted with It become sad and morose without any cause la ex ternal circumstances, are profoundly dis tressed, and exhibit much Irritation against those who are about them; suf fer from loss of memory and dulncss of Intelligence so that they can not collect and fix their thoughts; feel that they aro no longer themselves, that they are in pelled to strange or violent acts by a power which they cannot resist; oppressed by a vague anxiety or dread, they leave their homes: all the painful Ideas which they have conceived at different periods of their lives come back and fasten upon their minds; they are overwhelmed with a vague horror. In this confusslon and distress they accuse their friends of hos tility and Imagine persecutions, and they do unlawful deeds; some relieving them selves 1 destroying inanimate objects, others killing themselves, and others at tacking in a blind fury persons near them, when their terror and distress have ren dered their Impulse uncontrollable. Our criminal taw Is the fateful legacy of tho part with Its religious tenets and ec clesiastical dogma and especially the doc trine of freo will. The defects of this asylum are numerous, -but they may be briefly summed up. They are a fallacious scale of moral responsibility: absolute !g norance and neglect of the physio-psychological types of criminals; disastrous practical effects of corruption and of criminal association In prisons; millions of persons condemned to short terms of im prisonment, which ore foolish and absurd: a continuous and Inexorable Increase of recidivism or relapse into crime, and fin ally a total neglect of the protection of society against the born crlmtnil. Tenal justice at the present momw' 's a sort of machine, devouring and cart.ng up again nn enormous number of individ uals, who lose among It wheels of their life, tfcelr honor, their moril sense, and tHeir health, leaving thenoaijrth the in effaceable scars, and filling Into the over grow'nff ranks of professloi-.il and harit uil crme. It is Impossible to deiy tho urgent ne cessity of substitution for our present penal organization a better system cor of crime, more effectual for social defense and at tho samo time less gratuitously disastrous for the individual with whom It deals. RAIN WAS NOT GENERAL. J. H. McCall, who traveled over western Kansas last week, says the rain of Friday did not reach further west than Trait nor further south than Anthony. TOO MUCH NET WORK. A prominent fisherman says ho can find a dozen nets in the Big river between here and Derby. The thing should be stopped. THOSE PARK MOSQUITOES. Ox'er in the park the mosquitoes are so large that they say they crack when you crush them. PICTURES OF VICTORIA. A. J. Applegate was owr in Canada the other day and in one day he counted In public places 4 IS portraits of Queen Vic toria. HI3 OWN MEDICINE. The worst practical Joker In Wichita was this week given a joke, and It made him so mad that It took him five hours to cool down. HALF A MILLION A TEAR. Not many people have any Idea of the amount of money the railroads take In at Wichita for tickets alone. Last month the sales for the five roads here amounted to J48.CV). which would average for tho year nearly half a milllan doilars. DIDNT HURT HIM. On the night of the Fourth of July a rocket struek a man driving, on the cor ner of Main and Douglas. It made only a dent in his derby. NO APOLOGT YET. Kos Harris. In speaking of our potable retention of Cuba, s-ays that no cno hit cer yet apologized for the way -so swiped Mexico. DIDNT LIKE IT. After Oompers' speech here the other iy. Gomp"? was introduced Dure Ieahy awl asked Dave how he Hkei hi sj-eech. Dave told htm be dVin't like It at all. and Compers. who had been hon eyed oa by everybody arotiad, liko to have fa Ik a dead. MAKING A FORTUNE. T. J. Bhelton. who aed t ran a T9y ia WVrbtta. U akS to b. making a fortune oit of Christian SOn. AGAINST HOT WINDS. A ZTtAt many pef bel.ere the hot Triad corn from Texac aw ital tae hfza water denra tsre ttato yoar wt6 prereet tbeci from forming this vmm!r. A JESTER 5TORT. As a boy, Gcx9 MfSfea! Uvea rn farm aar tb Jwter farm nr Vef renter, aod waa tie folk. masttd ha to qtstt dote; vecoetbleg Owr rojtd y at him: "Quit tbat or ol mxa Jocter will get yon. CniGGERS CAN FLT. It mt sKpcui that th yar t& ctlz jjr Sore wtegi. Ta people hs tak ptsttoi to keep 08 the rre re raf tttrtmx Jn raocfc s them b tomb; aroeatf s tbe creea awarL A CTUEBR. PHOTOGRAPH. Ttl BUta receat'y tov a t. graph of i sa rfcftoc down lb ort Me MT os ho btcyofo. nsed to maA it to frlead la !se eji DI3PLAT ON JULY t This Is a fae. In xt of Wlca tta tfeere ru troote&dtfsa duoUy mt Sit. rka i to aixhs of Jtr i. It aT have been prHfne4 os iuaooust tbe aieace of xks cirm&er of tite fmJty. Vat th niai(ora ut ttoit tho zi& waited sMIi July i st Vk Srrwcriu i caola fee prcisd c9C, Wic!ftifior$lQ LAbIllAA m1m kW, rtriNvi crip 9ftf Charles Roscoe Thomas. Wlcltlta Tbsy, has. Just had an exciting ride ia Porta Rico, a description of which he h ent to bl sister, who lltes with her father. Mr. P. H. Thomas, three miles west. Young Thomas enlisted three months aga with Halner In the Fifth U.S. A. Cavalry. His letter Is as follows: Maraguez, Porto Rico. Juno 9. UTS. Dear Sister: I received your letter t dar and was as ever glad to near boar, home. You addressed your letter to Ax eciho. but I got It promptly just tha sasav and I suppose by this time you have tho letter I wrote statlnc that I was sains; to Mayaguez. which Is tha headquarters of the Island, and also tho finest town in the Island. They are very struct and orderly fc headquarters, and wa have hardly a min ute wo can call cur own. But I am la hopes we will soon leave here for Cuba. 1 am Just beginning my letter again. I stopped last night and have been buy ever since. The governor of the Island has just been through to Inspect ts quarters, and about a doxen other officers with him. Perhaps it would interest you to hoar about our trip across tho mountains te this place. The old soldiers all say It was the worst and raost dangerous pass they ever mado over tbe mountains; and It was ono of the most thrilling adventures I over went through. We left Arcdbo Tuesday morning with our blankets rolled and carbines strapped to our saddles, saA It was a fine procession that wound arou4 tho crooked road up the mountain side About a hundred well groomed bay horses, their sleek coats shining in ths sunlight, and as many well polished black, saddles with brass trimmings, and tho men all with white trousers and blue shirts, with a belt and a Colts Blx-shooter strapped around their waists, and the rack train of about twenty-five mules following, about a quarter of a mile In the rear. Well, there was oothing worth men tioning occurred that dsy. The scenery was grand. Tho high mountain poaka and swift running streams which w crossed frequently, and everywhere wss perfect Jungle of tropical trees and flow ers, wild coffee and other plants, beauti ful and sweet scented. Occasionally native hut would bo seen built entirety of banana and cocoanut leaves, surrounded and almost hidden by cocoanut trees, ba nana stalks and orange trees, tho latter laden with their rich yellow fruit. With all this before u? you can Imagtao wa were all In tho best of spirits. The scat tering group of long-haired. bUek-oyod and olive-skinned native- which we pass ed occasionally watched us with great cur iosity. Wo reached a town called La a roe that night and camped till morning. Well, we were about to where tho roughest part of the mountains begin whero wo bad to march In singlo file over what they call the cat trails, so called been u so they aro so narrow, trails which would puazle ft Kansas gont. We would go along a nar row ledge of rock not more than three feet lde. whero we could look hundreds of feet nearly straight down Into the riv er at the bottom of the cliffs. Then again we woukl travel for milr through tha rocks and tlmtxr, over trails so narrow we could hardly squeeso through. The horses would step down Into a hole a foot deep. Tho next step they would havo to scrambl up onto a jagged rock about two fet high. The trail was yery uneven and treacher ous, a tho hard rains they hare In tha mountains make a regular torrent down tbe "cat trails" and wash out all tho earth. leaving tho Jagged rocks bare. In fact the traPs aro nothing mere than wa ter ways which are dry except when It rains. Well, all this was very good, and no ono could complain. We were all enjoying tho march Immensely, but wben nns of tha terrific rain storms for which Porta Rico Is so noted, came up. It but an entirely different fare nn the thing. The water be gan to mh down the cat trails In such torrenH the horses could hard'.y keep their feet. It nil came up In three minute. The trail Iwame so ellppery thu horses wero continually fallloc I fully expected, half the troup would be killed or wounded before we could gtt out My horse 1 a fine animal, quick a n tat. nimble a monkev. And a trained mountain climber, and I knew I could pull through if tho rsl could. You can Imagine bow tbe trail wa went through was. It U bad enough at best when It 1 dry. with Its bole and jacged rocks, bqt when the water U rush ing down in n torrent knee deep to tho her and tbey can't fee tho holes, it la rnt dasgerotM bulBe. When we started ot 1 waji at ths rear of the cnittrnn, and had a good chance to wltne4 all tae arridenU. All along too, lioe men kept dr't'Plng out to repair dam ttg they had gotten to their horse. equipments or themselves. I saw men and bonms to krwn In a heap a bnite4 time, am! there was barJly a man In tho troop bo we not more or less bruised up. I did not hats to dismowot. nor was X throws at a!!, but kept moving on. slow bwt lore, Wben e at Ut reached a town sod got Into heJter. to Meoteasnt. In I command 0 i. mM It the most for. taaste rile be ever nude. Ha said it was almost a mVscle that some f tb men and were not soriomly wewsded or killed. Hat o one ws hrt by4 a few bruHes ajd sera t he Tho hre legs were all cot and Weeding, sod most of their shoet were off them Wo nlot la wet dot He aat afxht ad got p nest momiag wnt and muddy, hot wfcerv wo bad rMdes a few mite ia tho moraing son we felt bttr. iM ofr doth-i got try. and oor pirU ttt U tw stand ard. We wrs mwddy sad dirty whoa w pwUed lato Mtr'ez that afternoon, and you kr.nw hw $r white trottar wo44 Krok after what w had gon? trsh. Hot we an west Into tH both roOf-v sad took a grt -d tMth. pet os rto rltbs M rt onrres ajraia. ffcst wbat eheored Kt moot w tbe ar its by th "V troji. 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