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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY.

! At the sixth annual meeting of the di-
rectors of the Wichita hospital, the presi-
dent read the following address: Another
year of our work together has come to a
close, and at the end of my term as presi-
dent | want to thank you all for your
kindness and patience, for your devoted
attention to the business of the hospital
and for the kind and pleasant spirit which
has been manifested in all our meetings.
Another year of our history is to be re-
corded, and although we have passed
through troublous times we have so far
weathered the storms.
when we commenced this year we were
heavily in debt. We owed 90 the bank
note of s14S with accumulated in
terest, and two months rent. That
note has been paid in full;
with our rent in consequence Of the city
not having paid one allowance we have no
debts beyond last months bills.
\ good showing considering the string
ency of the times.
\ committee REV. Festus Foster from
the Humane society waited upon me with
a view towards the consolidation Of the
hospitals. and told him that as far As we
were concerned there Is roo Ii enough in
this hospital for all the patients in Wichita
if we could furnish all the wards, and that
by our bylaws any respectable physician
can on order of the president or investi-
eating committee tas is our rule bring
patients TO this hospital and attend them
himself whether they he charity or pay
patients. so that the homPpaths could
consolidate if they so wished.
! find by our records that we have had in
our hospital between September l. 1Ss9
and September l, 1880, 10 patients; Of these
only twenty were pay patients; all the rev
charity.
We have had in the charity wards fifty
I'VE men and thirty-five women; there have
been tweuty-one births eleven boys and
ten girls and only three deaths; this in
cludes the colored woman and her baby.
and the man who was brought in last
month in dying condition. having been
run over by the cars at the Midland depot.
When we remember what serious cases
we have had in this hospital. among Others
that woman who had an internal tumOr
removed. weighing over forty pounds and
filling large water bucket aud washbowl /
and other surgical cases, think IL rebounds /
greatly 10 the credit OF our hospital and it, /
very efficient stan, that there should be 50 !
few deaths.
We have had more than our proportion Of (
cases. As the -. Francis hos /
pital refuses all those cases and they are /
obliged TO come TO Us, but notwithstanding I
this YOU viii note there are many more /
male patients than females.
We have much 10 be thankful for in the /
past and on this, our sixth anniversary 4
must congratulate you on our prosperity 1
from the commencement up 10 the present 1
time The future Is in Gods hands and /
we must commend ourselves and our work 1
to his care and 10 the generosity OF the 4
public.
Again thanking you one and all for your
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
LOSS BY STORM.

Finlay Ross is estimated to be 81, 800
loser on the storm. The fine carpets touch
ing the floor were buried in water from
four to six inches deep. The recent eleva-
ton of the alley adjoining the building on
the west, is referred to as the cause. The
alley has been raised above the floor grade
and the water in that part of town run
ming down hill as in most other places, it
found its way into the carpet and furni-
ture house.
No one was in the store until it had been
raining possibly an hour. Mr. Ross
CHANGED along and saw the water running
from the front door out on the sidewalk
He proceeded to investigate and in due
time constructed a dam at the rear doors
which kept the water from running into
the building The next work was in the
line of getting the water out of the build
ing
Mr. Ross, quite naturally, was not in
banquet humor. He claimed the city give
grade for the building and he himself was
not responsible for the alley recently filled
up. Some of his friends insisted that he
should not oe compelled TO stand the loss.
The electric storm was sufficient to
cause considerable nervousness. At one
instant the electric lights in the Manhat-
tan and Carey made an extra light and the
next instant quit giving service. Many
of those around felt the shock. The tele-
graph wires were off duty for three hours
and even after that they handled the bust
ness with difficulty
1t was reported about midnight that a
vacant house in the extreme south part of
town had been set on fire by lightning and
was total loss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
A Few Commonplace Remarks.

BROOKLYN, Sept 81 want to say some
thing about woman, but / don't mean to
touch on the vexed question of her polit-
ical rights or wrongs, nor can l regard her
as the downtrodden being some advanced
thinkers would have US believe. want TO
say simply that it is pity there should be
any unnecessary obstacles thrown in the
way of this inferior individual, whose
brain, according to scientific statement,
weighs less, and her faults and follies inf
nitely more, than those of men.
1t is in this wise:
The efforts of a man or boy toward a
business career are supported instinctively
by all those about him. The like progress
of a woman is hampered in a thousand
ways by the very people from whom it is
natural she should expect aid, and by the
seemingly necessary conditions of her daily
life.
A man engaged in an occupation which
he can sometimes follow at home is offered
every accessory. He is given room TO him
self. 1t is acknowledged tacitly by the
whole family that he IS not TO be disturbed.
A woman, for the same purpose, snatches
her time from countless other occupations.
She is liable at any moment to be called
upon for some domestic consultation, TO
give her advice about a piece Of work
which will enable it to proceed, or to re-
ceive a caller whom no one else can see
very well, and it will not do TO offend.
These are not imaginary cases, but actual
ones. All these things are in themselves
tr!fcs, but they assume weighty proper.
lions when they interrupt the thought
brought TO bear upon any piece of work.
A case, for example, which will point
the moral" A real" girl determined when
she left school to make special study Of
literature fer the purpose Of teaching.
She marked out course of study TO fol-
low at home, and tried TO follow it for,
think, three months. Then she gave it
up. She was interrupted constantly be-
cause the same household responsibilities
were expected Of her as II she had not this
object in view. She succeeded st last in
obtaining enough money TO take course
at college in literature. Now, in this case
| know a little cooperation on the part of
her family would have enabled her TO ac-
eompliSh her purpose at home.
A. NJ. LovKTT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
READY FOR THE FAIR.

Within four or five days the Electric
Railway company will be able to give ser
vice TO the fair grounds. The track is
practically completed and only a few
switches to put in and the wiring will be
finished this week. The company will
hasten the work of making the track and
wiring substantial to be able to handle
the crowds attending the fair The man
agement may be rushed to some extent
unless more cars arrive. They have the
promise of at least three more motor cars
in time to put them into the fair service.
This with the ''trailers" will give the COM
pdny about twenty cars that can be han
died in taking the crowds TO and from the
grounds. OF course this will interfere
some what with the regular service in the
other parts of town but it is supposed the
public will put up with the inconvenience
cheerfully in common with the interest to
make the fair a success.
The company is getting along rather slow
with the work at the station. This is due
to the inability TO get machinery. The
boilers and engines are placed, but the
main balance wheel has got lost in the
shuttle 1t is switched somewheres, no one
seems able TO find out where. The engine
is not guaranteed to do good service in the
absence of a balance wheel.
So far there has been trouble in getting
electric machinery. Only one dynamo is
on hand and two more to come. There is
little hope of being able to furnish power
from the central station during the fair,
but the Riverside and pillow works dynamos
can be relied upon for power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
A WORD ABOUT BUSINESS.

Mr.. NJ. T. Jones, of Houston, Tex, is in
the city attending to some business mat
tiers. He is president of the South Texas
National bank and a prominent lumber
man in his part of the state. Although
not "a native Texan he has lived there fif-
teen years. and has an abundance of con-
fidence in the state and its people and at
the same time admits that Kansas is a
great country He insists that very soon
the two states will know each other much
better commercially, and this to the bene-
fit of both. He observes that Kansas
makes the price on corn and Texas can do
the same on cotton: the interests of the
two states are mutual and in no way an
He insists that increased deep
harbOr facilities will soon make an inter
esting showing for Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
PERSONALS.

s. p. Mead, of New York, is at the Met
ropole
Ed Curtis, Of Chicago. is registered at
the Carey
W. f. Hazleton, Of Boston, is at the
Manhattan.
Geo. w: Stipp, of Wellington, arrived
last evening.
c. f. Turner, of Eldorado, was in the
city yesterday.
Lewis Nation, of Harper. spent yester-
day in the city.
J. c. Browning, Of Lexington, KY, is at
the Occidental.
f. H. Pottenger, of St. Louis, is stopping
at the Metropole
John l.. Betz, of Kingman, will spend
the day in the city.
James Ross, of Atchison, will spend a
few days in the city.
5. G. Johnson. of St. Louis, is auto
graphed at the Carey.
Mr.. George Edwards, of Topeka, spent
yesterday in the city.
Miss Alice Murdoch is over from Edo
RADIO visiting relatives.
G. p Welsch, of Minneapolis, is stop
ping at the Manhattan.
w. H. Foss, OF Geuda Springs, is spend
ing few days in the city.
A. w. Durham, of Oklahoma City, is
calling on Wichita friends.
c. l.. Severv, of FL Reno, is looking after
business matters in the city.
Miss Il. Allison, of Chicago, trimmer for
MuusOn & Mcnamara, arrived last even
ing
James w. Hamilton, general live stock
agent OF the Santa lie, spent Yesterday in
the city.
Mr.. J. J. Mcnamara has just returned
from the east where he purchased large
fall line of new novelties.
DIR. &. Boyd, OF Denver, brother of DR.
&. \. Boyd, arrived yesterday and will
visit his brother and friends some days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
ELEVATOR WORK.

The directory of the Union Grain and
Elevator company held a meeting yester-
day and spent some time attending to
the routine work of the company The
members are quite jubilant over the pros
poets and will proceed as rapidly as pos
81 lie to get ready for business. The site
question will be settled within a few days
and the next matter to give attention is
the plans to adopt and when this is settled
the contract awarded when work will com
mence in the erection Of a half million
bushel elevator.
Since the report in the EAGLE of the
company having organized the CORES
pondence about elevators has increased
greatly. st. Louis and Chicago capital
found it out very quick and there is no
doubt in the minds of those who are con-
versant with such matters, but that with
in few months the arrangements will be
completed for more capital to seek profit
able investment in elevators in the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT

In the case Of b Lombard vs.. Robert F.
F. Humphrey. decision in favor OF plain
tiff for $I.i3O
Albert VI. Peckham " Emma Peckham
divorce granted plaintiff on the ground Of
abandonment.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company
vs.. Bruce Lloyd ct al judgment for plain
tiff for 81. l66
Lund * Mitchell rs. w II Reynolds,
Judgment for plaintiff for s. iS0
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company
v. John Huckleridge. judgment for plain
tiff. s.. Ss2
B. r Potter ~ VIM. Mccoy, Judgment
for plaintiff. S7S5.
A h Mckinley ". 4 J. Tifeney, judy
ment for plaintiff Sos
First National bank " John 7. Bren-
nan. judgment for plaintiff. sl.T4
4 X. Mckinley " G p Smith e. a. g..
judgment for plaintiff. S2,046
PROBATE COURT
Information that John Nan i insane
fled An order 10 bring party. ISSUED
First settlement Of Hannah stout So
guardian OF estate % Isabel aud Luellen
Stout, minors. fled and approved
Marriage license issued 10 d. B. Riley
aud Dora HumDhrev. both Of Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
ASKING FOR FACILITIES.
The People Along the Wichita & Western Ask
ing for Fair Week Trains-The Interest
Shown In State Organizations.

Many of the people along the Wichita
& Western are requesting earnestly that
the management of the roadgive a service
during the fair week which will accommo-
date the people along the line who wish to
attend the fair. The present service sends
train west from Wichita in the morning
and back in the evening. This is an in
convenience in every day life scarcely en-
1oyed by those who desire to do business
with Wichita. They insist that two trains
each way each day would give the service
they would like in every day commercial
life but that heretofore having been denied
they ask that during the fair week es-
pecially facilities that will accommodate
be furnished
The citizens in the various towns along
the line have the matter in hand and will
empower committees TO act in the matter
urging the claims for the week
A gentleman from Kingman stated yes
terday that his county would take consid-
cradle interest in the Southern Kansas
District Fair. He was quite sure num-
Der would be in attendance provided the
Wichita & Western would give them a
chance. He also thought the management
NOuAh IL Oub Judl IL WOulu Dc DuSl-
ness for them to make such provisions as
would enable them to carry many hun
dreds of people daily in and out of Wichita
during the fair week
Considerable interest is being mani
tested by the different state organizations
proposing to accept the invitation to have
headquarters at the fair. The Indiana So
ciety will meet this evening at the COM
mon pleas court room and complete the
organization and more fully outline the
organization work on hand The ladies
who came from Indiana are also requested
to be present and with their help the
have considerable confidence in
their ability to have the finest headquar-
tiers at the fair.
The Illinois society claim they ought to
make the best showing of any of the states
and knowing their duty they will GER
tainly not fail to act accordingly. They
claim that there are more people in the
from Illinois than from any 9th
erstate and that their headquarters will !
shown it.
The solid old Pennsylvanians are not say
ing very much but are as a rule putting |
up one big iron dollar per man for some |
thing They say don't give it away, we /
intend to make a quiet hunt and beat them |
all" They meet at Mr.. Breidenbaugh's |
office Saturday evening, and will map out |
4 line of action that will result, as they |
'hink, in better headquarters and bring |
out more Penusylvanians than can be
,ound from any other state.
Some of the other states are figuring on
having organizations and making a show
ng.
1t is thought during fair week the differ
mt state badges will be seen on every
land, and there will be no little interest
shown in this feature and no little pleas
Ire derived from the common feeling of
state pride.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19

Judge Mitchell returned yesterday from
St Louis where he accompanied his son
Dwight, who entered the Washington
University. The judge likes the institu-
ton very much and reports his son pleas
antly located. While in the city some
days be had several opportunities 10 hear
things about Wichita. He reports St.
Louis business men as a rule feeling very
kindly towards this city and can under
stand fully that there are commercial
interests that bring the two cities closely
together. Occasionally some fellow who
had not been out this way would venture
the remark that Wichita was not as lively
rs New York, but an acquaintance with
the clearing house returns of the two
cities as compared with the population,
would cause him TO conclude that the
average man in Wichita is doing more
business than the average man in New
York. He would finally conclude that
Wichita is all right and would continue TO
increase in that line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
CHRTSTTELATITROP


Oar receipts are about $3.50 a day
in busy times. said clerk q the best
known hotel IN New York on the Amer
lean plan. but at very dull seasons. such
ss the last week IN July ard the first
two in August usually are. this amount
falls 70 about $500 per day. Now. a.
cur expenses are only about 10 Per cent
less IA dull than a. busy times. TIE IN
ference "a to the comparative proGt Of
keeping an American hotel n midsuIn-
uer and IN midwinter - irresistible.
For we actually employ more help IN
midsummer. owing 70 painting. house
cleaning. etc The Differences in The
receipts % leading hotel on the Euro
pean plan in its drIl and lively seasons
u about A. great, but the difference IN
the Necessary expenditures l. snOrmo1E
ly grea;er.--EsyR York Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19

Pleasanton. Mich, has . queer case
Fourteen year. ago a man bought lot
q land AID moved there frgu Canada
Three years later woman settied down
On lot near by. bat did not seem %
know her neighboT. who. /; appears, had
deserted her some year. before For
tine yea1 husband ard wife lived with
n gun shat Of each other without sr-
changing a word Lssf week to rnaa
went 70 his wife's house. and IN Lees than
bali al hour The two wrut back 70 the
husbands residence and have been liy-
ing together Einoe. They ars 20 years
old. and SEEN - Be hzppy ever tbeir
reconciliation II 1llaLs.yl1-a Tinez
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
A Nonarch's Powder Box.

A curious historical relic on view at
this same house was the powder box
once belonging to the king of Portugal.
and manufactured for his majesty in
Paris in 1890 by German, goldsmith 10
the king Of France 1t is large round
box in silver gilt, and was not intended
to hold either gunpowder or face pow
der, but the aristocratic and at that
time universally worn hair powder. Ac-
companying it is a large clothes brush
mounted TO match the box, and in the
same precious metal, and made for the
purpose Of brushing of the coat Of the
royal owner after the powdering process
had been completed.-Paris Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
Nicholas Steffen and Cora B. Harrison
both of Wichita.

Nicholas Steffen and Cora B. Harrison,
both of Wichita
COMMON PLEAS.
State Of Kansas VS. George Alger. verdict
of the jury guilty of embezzling $50
Case of l.. VI. Lowenthal VS. r. y. Hers
field, on trial by jury.
State vs. Bert Little. continued until
next term, bonds in the sum of 500.
UNITED STATES COURT.
D. c. Richardson, charged with the kill
ing of James Robinson. occupied the day
resulting in an acquital Bond of Crit
Watkins, charged with larceny, forfeited.
Grand jury made no report.
JUSTICES COURTS.
There was no criminal business before
the justices yesterday. but the time was
occupied with civil cases. They report
business good despite the beginning of
second hot season in one year.
POLICE COURT.
A. NJ. Ham, common drunk. donated
to the city S., and for a similar cause
Charles Bette donated the same amount.
Bill Jackson wanted .to hurt everyone in
his neighborhood and for general reckless
ness in that line give the city So There
WAS no court in the evening for the reason
there were no cases. The boys called il
dull day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
Burial Among the Zunis.

AT night, all along the banks Of the
Zuni river, l saw Indian men and women
throwing haudfuls Of meal into the wa
ter and gesticulating with their hands.
They mumbled prayers incessantly, and
waved from left 20 right the long feecy
plumes or flowers called by them the
prayer plume. y little later. at the
church yard, the corpse was brought
forth from house adjoining the piazza
and deposited in the grave. II was car
ned in blanket by three men, and the
wall that went up at the grave from the
members Of the dead ones family was
pitiful in the extreme.-New York
World.
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D. C. RICHARDSON A FREE MAN.

The case of ID. G. Richardson. charged
with having killed James Robinson,
colored, on the 9th of April, last, at Okla
homa City, occupied the day in the
United Statas court The case
given to the jury shortly after p. m. and
after an absence of twenty minutes the
jury returned the mot guilty" When it
was announced the defendant completely
broke down, and joined by his mother and
wife it was more than an average court
room scene on similar occasions. All
seemed to be satisfied with the verdict,
the features of the case appearing in the
evidence being as outlined in yesterdays
EAGLE taken from Richardson's state
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ADJUSTMENTS.
CRAWFORD GRAND.

McCabe s. Young's minstrels who ap-
pear at the Crawford Grand opera house
on Wednesday and Thursday, September
"A and p, come direct from heir successful
California trip. This is what the Los
Angeles News says: There was large
audience at Hazards Pavilion last night
to greet the minstrel company. The per
Torrance was excellent and highly appre-
ciated. A feature was the singing The
company is composed Of colored peopl e
and when it comes 10 genuine plantation
music it takes colored artists to render it.
There was q number of hits made and the
audience left fully satisfied with what
they heard and saw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19
Tree Wool. or Wool Produced In Nuts. ''

Tree Wool or Wool Produced In Nuts"
The hernits of India. in the oldest
mention Of them, are required to wear
clothes Of yellow ocher color. al others
being free 70 wear any color Of vesture
they please. When the Greeks with
Alexander arrived In India they noticed
that the garment worn By the people
was made Of tree wool, q" or wool pro
duced ID nuts. Megsthenss SAYS their
robes were worked N gold and orna-
mented with various stones. and that
they also wore Powered garments Of the
finest mushns Dry Goods Cn-Uuicle.
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return OF MIR. AND MRS. J. H. BLACK.

RETURN OF MIR AND MRS. J. II. BLACK.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Black returned yes
terday from an absence of three months
They spent the time in England, Ireland,
Scotland and on the continent. They re-
port having had most pleasant time and
with all Mr.. Black does not fail to recall
that he is many years younger then when
he left and feels more like tackling the
work in his department of the Wholesale
Grocery company His mountain vacation
last summer was rather abruptly ended by
the fire which brought a heavy loss to the
company. He is no doubt glad to find
there has been no fire this time and that
the company is having good business in
the great southwest.
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RIG CORN.

Extensive preparations for the Harvest
Home services in the First Presbyterian
church next Sabbath, are in progress. Into
the decorations of the church edifice will
be wrought not only grain, fruits and
flowers grown in our own state, but also
specimens Of the products of the soil Of
several other states and territories Yes
terday the pastor received by express a
box containing samples Of peaches, corn
and other articles raised by the Pueblo
Indians, of Jemez, New Mexico. The
peaches are beauties and the ears Of corn
are eighteen inches in length