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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30

Time hanging heavy upon our hands
at such places as these, the meals con-
stitute the most important events Of the
day. By degrees our thoughts commence
to center upon them, SO much so indeed
that before long the question Of food be-
comes our main preoccupation. We
hurry to dining room as soon as ever
the doors are opened in the hope of re-
ceiving the choicest morsels of the dsily
fare. And with the object of accom-
plishing this, we are willing to go to
almost any length to ingratiate ourselves
with the waiter or the waitress, and be-
come downright abject in our endeavor
to propitiste that august functionary, on
whose graciousness and condescension so
much of our well being at these summer
resorts depends.
Not that the food is worth the thought.
the diplomacy and the attention which
we are accustomed to extend
thereto. For the summer resort"
proprietor or manager has his or her
establishment open during only three, or,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30
CHOLERA VICTIMS WRITE.
They Relate Experiences During
Past Pest Years.
COPYRIGHT. 1892, by JAMES ". JoASsoN.)
NEAR TO BURIAL.

H. Frsel Tells How Near He Came - Be
ing Living Victim of Cholera.
My experience with the cholera dates
back to 1855, when the dread scour2e had
reached the West and was making itself
apparent on the steamers plying the
Mississippi and its tributaries. / had
occasion in that year to go from Memphis
to Louisville by boat. We were on our
way to New York, where the cholera had
be the only safe ground in America at
that time. We numbered about 200 on
board the vessel and were two days going
up the mouth Of the Ohio. There the
cholera struck us and the people on board
began to die off by tens and twenties
daily. There was some odd regulations
enforced al that time which prevented the
depositing of bodies Of cholera stricken
victims in the Ohio river. imagine it
was because traffic on the river was very
heavy at that time and it was felt that
when the bodies rose to the surface they
would spread the contagion to the people
on the small crafts as well as to those on
the larger vessels, and that was why we
made landings every ten or fifteen min
utes to bury few dead. I was stricken
with the cholera at about midnight on the
fourth Or fifth day out from Memphis, al
though /, like everybody else, had filled
myself up with the the best whiskey we
could get along the route. The symptoms
were the terrible cramps which are now
affecting the victims, followed by con-
tinued discharge and vomitings Of rice
water 1 believe 1 lost thirty or forty
pounds in six hours At any rate / was
so low that the doctor who stood over me
just as we were putting into shore for
another burial remarked, He'll be gone
before we get in. Get another box ready"
1t took us ten minutes TO get TO that land
ing, and l was just beginning 70 revive a
bit when three Of the crew came in ''to
get tie Freel corpse, rs they put it. Well,
that W as IS near as ! ever came TO death
and burial in my life, and il was very,
very near. When we got to the final
landing / don't believe there were fifty
people left On board, including the crew,
and we were the sickest, most woe-begons
lot OF bedraggled humanity that ever
left pestship IN this country.
II. FREEr-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30

Ia HIVE OF CELEBRITIES.
Where Work Ex-Statesmen, Mag
mates and Multi illionaires.
Grover Cleveland, william C. whitney,
Secretary Tracy, Dan Lamont, and
Henry Clews Among tho Tenants
of Now York Building.

COPYRIGHT. 1892. BY BAcHELLER JOHNSON.
There ARE more celebrities in the great
Mills building ON Broad street, opposite
the Stock Exchange, than in any other
building dn New York city. 1t is nine
story structure, with entrances on Broad
and Wall streets and Exchange place and
has population of a good sized town.
1t numbers two possible Presidential
candida one ex-P President Of the United
States, one ex- Cabinet officer under Cleve-
Hand, the Secretary of the Navy liz Harri-
sons Cabinet, one Of the most remarkable
private secretaries, famous orator and
former Secretary to General Grant, a
former reporter, now a millionaire, light
ming members Of the Stock Exchange and
fnanciers worth from five to fifty million
dollars, including Darius Q. Mills, the
father in-law of Whitelaw Reid, the Re-
publican candidate for Vice President.
The lives of these men would fill volumes.
Glance at them briefly at random.
William c. Whitney, Secretary of the
Navy in Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet, has
Offices on the fourth story, being identi-
fed with the Metropolitan Traction Com
pany He is Also interested in the
Standard Oil Company, the New York
Loan and Improvement Company, the
New York Life Insurance Company and
various railroad corporations. He is,
withal, so well known it is impos sible to
say anything new about him.
Henry Willard is another distinguished
tenant OF this building. He used to be
reporter and has a persuasive tongue.
He is disliked by men who have not the
wealth that calls forth his eloquence.
Berlin bankers are said, moreover, to be
getting little tired of the man of talk
rsther than deeds. He is of the build of
siirabeau, with some of his magnetism.
Then there are the Wormsers and the
Seligmans, with Semitic genius for
monetary accumulation. The boutonniers
of Isidor Wormser make him one of t he
Wall Street sights. So does his Pirate
of Penzance collars.
Henry Clews, whom the Duke of MARI
boro says is the smartest man he ever
met, is intrenched in financial Gibraltar
on the Ground floor, with able lieutenants
in the persons of James Blanchard Clews
and John Clews, his nephews Henry
Clews came from Staffordshire, England,
and it is curious fact that he was origi-
nally designed for the ministry. l asked
him this question: 'To what one thing
more than anything else do you attribute
your success in Wall street And he
answered, "To minding my own business
and to applying myself closely to it. 1
work steadfastly with a set purpose sall
the time, and that means success"
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respects. brilliant. His share in the
profits of the firm is about $50 900 year.
All of his admirers in business circles
send him cases whenever opportunity
arises.
Mr.. Cleveland spends his evenings at
homo, at the theater or at the opera, as
we'll as at private dinners. He does not
like the opera, partly because of defect
i've ear for music and partly owing to the
long, and as they seem to him, wearisome
acts
He cares as little for art as he does for
music. He has no taste for society 1t
is bore to him. In his bachelor life at
Buffalo, where he had apartments in the
Weed block, he contracted independent
habits, and he adheres to them now.
He is not great reader of books now,
and never has been, but he is as diligent
q student of newspapers as many other
distinguished men in this country. What
ever may be said Of Mr.. Jay Gould nobody
ever called him fool, and his advice to
a young man who wanted hint as to a
course of life needful to success was for
one thing to carefully study the daily
newspapers. Mr.. Cleveland would
patiently wade through CARLOAD of dry
legislative bills, with his cool gray eyes
hunting for an "axe," and he scrutinizes
closely all the daily journals. He has no
time for books any more than the great
mass Of people in this country, the news
papers being, in fact about the only
literature of the people, He is about five
feet nine inches in height and weighs
about two hundred and sixty pounds. At
one time he was growing so stout that he
took measures to prevent an increase of
weight He easily gains flesh, and at one
time he tried an extravaganza kind Of
Checkley system to reduce his avoirdupois.
This system requires an exaggerated lift
ing of the legs, as if going quickly up
stairs, and raising the knees until they
almost reach the stomach.
He likes to live we'll, both as to eating
and drinking, but he is a man of such
strong will that no habits permanently
prejudicial to his health could fasten
upon him. He is very sensitive upon the
subject of his weight. For two years ne
has been very careful in his hygiene.
The question is sometimes asked,
"How is Mr.. Cleveland liked by those
who know the man best" They like
him for his social qualities. and some
times they regret that his character is SO
strong that he does not seek to know the
opinions of his friends on personal and
political questions, which they think it
would be better for him to consult them
about. But they admire his courage.
He is gruff in his manner at times. and,
when he thinks there is occasion. almost
impetuous, not TO say imperious. At
other times he is as gentle as lamb and
little child might lead him. He is
man OF considerable means for one who
has never systematically devoted himself
to money getting He is understood to
be worth half a million He was sue
cessful IN real estate operations in Wash
ington, and he still owns real estate
there. He was never spendthrift any
more than he was ever unduly close.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30
RoLllNG.DoWN COFFINS.
He Thought He Was Going to BE
'Reeued'' Down in q Big Box


I do not think that this community will
ever experience al epidemic like that
which played havoc with New York IN
1919 In that year / lived On William
street near Duane. Opposite Us was the
old schoolhouse No. I, which had been
changed into a hospital, in charge OF DR..
Alexander l. Z. Vsche, one OF the best
physicians OF that time, and spleudidly
capable OF combating the disease, which
had fastened Itself On tie lower end OF
New Yokr. lie visited Us very often and
kept us supplied with the very be..
French brandy n the market. This he.
as well as other physicians, regarded "a
the best preventive o. the disease
There was really nothing peculiar about
nv case o. tic cholera excep: the fearful
fright I used 20 get 81 4 O'clock IL tie
morning. when, myself IN terrible pain.
] would bear It's boom tccu boom -
o. IKE ooftsus that were beisg roli-o down
TIE stairwsys Of the sckoo! for qaiek 10
terrseat I vac wondering nscsz 81 .he
ti..4e hox = wosi4 feel beng SHAKEN mp
IL a bor On those t1rrsb!s stairs Nv
symptoms were, "a ! sasa before. Ike al
ekuIe-a victims. II cane aifh terrific
headache followed 10y awful :-auzps - &c
stomach, continued weakening Discharges
ard arfzl vomiting EaEal tEsys sss sss~a-
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Emerson said that the secret of success
vas concentration. The sage Of Concord
and the practical man Of Wall street are
here in agreement.
Mr.. Clews is a member of the Union
Club and the Union League. He lives in
one of the. uptown palaces OF New York
and has fine collection Of pictures. He
Is man of very domestic habits and very
temperate. He does not smoke. and gives
1t as a reason that his father did not
smoke before him, and that he has always
followed to advantage the good example
of his father. Furthermore he does not
require the weed as he is full of natural
stimulant and does not feel the need of
anything artificial. James Blanchard
Clews, who at 33 years of age is one OF, tho
successful young men of Wall street, is a
member of the Union League and of the
Manhattan Athletic Club. He used to re-
side in Buffalo. where he boarded in the
same house with Grover Cleveland John
Clews is d Brooklynite. and may be seen
every day among the shouting throngs on
the Stock Exchange.
Modest Merit.
Benjamin +. Tracy. now Secretary Of
the Navy, is one of the firm of Tracy,
Boardman & Platt. who are located on
ahe fourth story. Mr.. Tracy was there
the other day. he frequently comes on
from Washington. He is a well built
man of medium height, with a closely
rropped gray beard. He is about sixty
years old and came from near OweCo. in
this State. He was borne of very humble
parentage, and to this day his rather &C.
centric father goes barefooted. as in wears
gone by. Mr.. Tracy taught school in
rough locality near Owego and lost his
left eye in fight with the bully of the
school. The bully in question had sound
1y thrashed all of Mr.. Tracy's predecessors
in the pedagogues chair. but was nearly
killed in his encounter with Schoolmas-
ter Tracy. Mr.. Tracy went to the war as
a captain, was promoted to be colonel of
his regiment and reached the rank of
general He presided at the New York
State Convention in 1855 which nominated
Warner Miller for Governor. and in the
same year. ex-senator Thoma. H. Platt
having the appointment of a Cabinet
officer il his control. he selected Mr.
Tracy for Secretary of the Navy. He is a
man of very modest temperg ment. and
when told he could have this place he
said. Il can never hold that position
after William c. Whitney"
he is of generous nature. That WAS
shown not merely by the above remark
but By the cormendstion which he be-
slowed upon his predecessor in one ot his
reports accompanying the Presidents
message. He is of hand in his manners
and yet deliberate in speech tie i care
less in dress and goes around win his
hands in his pockets. He is hard work
er, a piodder. a faithful and safe man
aox any duties which ne cares TO under
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30

A woman ought to have sense enough
TO carry an umbrella without endanger-
ing other peoples lives, remarks an
irascible man, but in ninety-nine cases
out of one hundred she hasn't. The
woman with an umbrella is dreaded by
every body. You come down town with
her, and she lets it snuggle against
your petticoats and drip its cold shower
into your boots. Then, when you leave
the car, she manages to have that UNI
brella just at such an angle that unless
your guardian angel has firm hold on
your collar. you're sure &c tall over IL
In the street she walks very fast and
holds that umbrella firmly. SO its edges
rake your eyes Of course she never
sees you, but you learn 10 hate her with
a deep green hatred, which IS intensi-
fed II she happens TO walk upstairs in
front OF YOU
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30
NpSic hx Womer.

An industrious searcher after recon
dite facts has prepared list OF musical
compositions by women, extended from
1873 To 1883. I, includes fifty-five seri-
Gus operas. 6fty-three comic operas and
two oratorios. besides 8 few cantatas.
ballad operas, etc Songs and detached
pieces for piano are not included; yet
the best-known musical compositions
by women. Frau Schumann's contribu-
tons 10 her husbands song collections
and Fanny Meudelssohn's assistance 70
her brother n his Songs Without
Words" are comprised N these two
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LOVES him THE YEAR ROUND.
hand concerning which he twas won't to
entertain US in SO grandiloquent a man
ner, but in some shoe, hat, grocery or
dry goods store where he ekes out
a salesman. We then find, but a little
late, that we have wasted our time, our
attention, and, in some cases, our affec-
ton and even caresses on that abomina-
ton Of desolation yclept the cheap swell,
and if there is anything more than
another that can make us feel cheap and
mean ourselves it is this.
/ for one confess that / am heartily glad
that the summer purgatory is over, and
that / am back in town.
CARRIE CARELESS.
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take. He took the Cabinet position with
reluctance, and it is striking fact that
if he had yielded to his modest disinclina-
ton to assume that high Office he would
have escaped calamity which has dark
ened his recent years. This was the loss
of his wife and one of his daughters by q
fire in his Washington residence
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Rejoices That the Summer Season
Is About Over.
Makes Ore Feel "Meau"--Table Manners
Eunsr--Ths Love at First Sight
Cases Have, rs , Rule, an
Ignoblo Ending.

COPYRIGHT. 1892. BIT JAMES ". JoHNsoN)
The summer season of 1899 is now
drawing to a close. The proprietors of
the various seaside hotels and country
boarding houses are busily preparing to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-30
SCALE BOOKS!
THREE FORMS
STANDARD,
HOWE AND
FAIRBANKS.
when ordering state WHAT form 10
GAnted.

it does to-day, on the general health and
strength of the body and on its ability to
stand being racked with pain for from six
to forty eight hours. H. OscHrXRArH.
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The aaifha Daily eagle gridau ornue sepber 80 1892.

"Tll bet bottle on it, said his friend.
'.Send for my son Rufe," said Mr.. Pom
dir to waiter.
When Rufus Hatch Pondir appeared in
the doorway of tho famous restaurant q
few moments later the sceptic at once
threw up the sponge. Mr.. Pondir enjoyed
few advantages of education in his youth,
but he is man of great natural ability.
He is one of the best connoisseurs of pic
lures in the city. He used to like games
of chance, is said to have broken several
faro banks in former and perhaps happier
days.
Coils P. Huntington, tall, well built.
with a closely cropped iron gray beard,
Prince Albert coat, and slouched hat,
alights from carriage, cane in hand, and
presents keen pair of gray eyes and
strong features to the beholder as he
moves thoughtfulIy toward the elevator.
His history is part of the history of the
Far West. He is connected with some Of
this country's greatest corporations. He
is q natural ruler of men, not excepting
Leland Stanford. whom he forbade to use
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
any longer as a political machine. He is
worth fifty millions.
Cleveland as q Lawyer.
Grover Cleveland is a member Of the
law firm Of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & Mac
Veagh, on the fourth floor He Is good
lawyer in consultations. His work in
this firm is what is known in the profess
sion as coffee work" He never was q
pleader in the courts, yet his state papers
are considered sound and often in some
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II TALKS OF HIS TANDEM AT HOME.
shut up their establishments for tho
winter, while their victims-I mean to
say their guests-are rapidly focking
back to town in considerably less happy
state of mind than that which they mani
tested on their departure for their annual
outing. Not only have they suffered in
pocket, but also in body and mind. Their
digestion has been impaired by the "sum>
mer resort" cookery, while both their
pride their self-esteem-and in some cases,
too, their hearts-have been affected in .
manner the reverse of pleasant.
We, at least those of US who have been
relegated TO hotel and boarding houses
during the heated term of the year, return
to our city homes with distinctly dis
satisfied feeling which can best be de-
scribed by that expressive American word,
mean" We experience the always disa-
greeable impression that we have been max
ing ourselves cheap and that we have low
cred the degree of our self-respect We
have permitted ourselves to form intima-
cies which we now regret, and we have
submitted to treatment both as regards
comfort and food. which is sufficient to
fill US with a longing to inflict bodily pun
ishment, not alone on the hotel or board
ing house manager, but also upon our
selves.
What can there be for instance more
thoroughly demoralizing and deteriorat-
ing of both spirit and digestion than the
ordinary summer resort" meali
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-14

The discussion in the Legisla-
ture regarding the proper title to
be used in the Hawaiian version
of the laws, when the ruler is
Queen, came up yesterday, and
may be settled by adopting the
word Nor, which means ruler or
sovereign, and may apply to King
or Queen. In English the word
QUEEN is the only proper one to be
used, and it would hardly seem
necessary to refer the matter even
to q committee to ascertain whe-
ther it be lawful to make the
change, when so many presidents
exist in other countries.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-14
By Autl)oritn.
Tenders for Purchase of Ha-
Waiian Government
Bonds.

Notice is hereby given that under
authority Of Chapter 50, Session Laws
of 1888, "An act to give greater securi-
ty to Depositors in the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank" the Postmaster GEN.
eral offers for sale $4,000 of Coupon
Bonds Of the Hawaiian Government,
such bonds to be issued in the demo-
mination OF One Thousand Dollars
each, redeemable in not less than FIVE
years nor more than twenty years,
with interest at six per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annually, principal
and interest payable in q. S. Gold
Coin, the bonds to express on their face
that they are issued as security for the
Postal Savings Bank Deposits.
Tenders for the purchase of the whole
or any OF said bonds will be received at
the office OF the Registrar of Public Ac-
counts, Finance Department, up to IL
O'Clock on FRIDAY, the 1st day of
July, 1892.
The Postmaster General does not bind
himself to accept any tender, or the
whole of any tender.
WALTER HILL,
Postmaster General.
Dated May 20, 1892.
Approved:
III. A. WIDEMANN,
Minister of Finance.
SAMUEL PARKER,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
@. N. SPENCER,
Minister of Interior.
w. AUSTIN WHITING,
Attorney-General.
3087-td tues
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THE MINISTERIAL REPORTS.

Each Minister gives an account
of his conduct as a public servant
in his report. The report is made
only once in two years, and the
people look for it with expectation
and interest. 1t ought to be so that
all could see and inspect for them
selves. Besides the copies handed
around to the members of the Leg
islature, the report should be placed
on sale for nominal sum at all
news stands, and every public of
fee in the country should be sup
piled with several copies. We have
taken this position for many years,
but no larger edition than formerly
appears to be published, and they
are not easy to get.
In lieu of a general reading of
the report, the newspaper must
give something like synopsis for
general information.
REPORT Of THE MINISTER OF FINANCE.
Perhaps the first in interest is
the Finance Report. It is like the
balance sheet of the merchant, and
interest always centers in that
to know how we stand first we
find that the
Balance March 81, 1890, was $491, l52. 1C
" Z" 1892, $312, 141. 3s
This does not necessarily show q
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Net Pub. Debt, 81, sos. 5O2.94 1927 ,161.13
The report for the last period
shows no loan fund balance; on
the contrary, current funds appear
to have been drawn upon to the ex-
tent of$41, 1852 to pay the heavy
Withdrawals from the Postal Saw
ings Bank. The debt to Postal
Savings Bank depositors has de-
creased $4,000 nearly, but the net
indebtedness of the country
has increased about $617,600. A
comparison of the expenditures for
the two periods shows that this is
largely due to the heavy increase
in the expense of carrying on the
Government, or the difference of
$2,671,429.12 for 1SSS-9O and
$3,110,977.43 for 1S90-92, being
practically the amount of expendi-
ture authorized by Section 1 of the
Appropriation bill. This increase
in the general expense of the Gov
eminent is to be laid at the door of
the Legislature of 1890, and is
hardly chargeable to the Govern
ment.
Ito be continued.)