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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
JANUARY l. 1895.

okee nation and recently encountered the
Bill Cook gang there. but escaped with
his money.
Miss Edith Lggett of Sydney. Ia. Is
spending the holidays in Wichita. and
thinks seriously of locating III the Peer
less Princess.
Judge Reed has returned from his
Christmas visit TO bloomington, Ill
Major Coles meeting was well attended
again last night.
Fairmounters are rejoicing again over
a resumption OF street car service which
was practically suspended for two days
during the week.
The Reformed church on South Topeka
avenue Is undergoing repairs II was In
an unsafe condition and the walls are be-
ing made secure by rods.
SIR Charles II. Cation. who iectursi be-
fore the State Teachers association meet
ing last evening In Topeka. II now IN The
city visiting Mrs. e H. Cation and son.
Miss Dening OF Hutchinson. who has
been visiting Miss Salife Shields during
the holidays, returned 10 her home yestsr-
day well pleased with the Peerless
Princess.
Milton d. Foster OF Bowie. Tex, ard
Frances Mitchell OF Fredonia, Kan. were
granted a marriage license yesterday and
viii be Joined in the bonds OF fnairisa0ay
this morning.
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-
ance company. has given their siepe-
srapher. Miss Ella Bossrgette. a weeks
vacation which she viii spend visiting
friends In St. Joseph. $50.
At the festival meeting December =.
Sunfowsr Lodge No. =. n r. and A. NJ
installed the following officers for the
ensuing year. -. /. Drake. ". NJ. John
G. Dunn. g W. A. e siFnison J. W.
George X. Giyens. treasurer. u. A. Hil
secretary; G. A Latham, = D. +. 3.
Slasie. J. u.
Or. Boyd won the Brownie palace az the
drawing a. PARROTS yesterday evening
College Hill man furnoee ouf . hiS
coEk-Eoled shoes yesterday morning OF
the apparftio1 OF coiisd snake IN the
road. Quite stretch q me Imagination
for zero weather. II was oalY east OF
garter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
oonlxa focst EvE u.

ReTuIar meeting OF ". p. Q No. ~ .
Garfield hall on Tuesday. Jan. iE,. AZ -
o'clock p n
a special communication % Wichita
lodze No. - A r and A. X. viii -
bo!d<E Monday evening. De- Est for ex-
animation and work IN the third d-Er<ss-
Miss Minnie Pedjgo assisted By ker
pgcsLs. Will give an eiocutsorzgY enter
tafarsec; a; the Baptist church corner q
Tenth ard Enporfz- NeoHsy sTensnz. De-
cezber z1st. Cone oct and @o5oy ire lat
evening % the CID year.
Se~ Years rslxhr- Jan lst. TIE arsfae-
s9zE c4zb of TIE West SIDE zlil S5ss a
Puritan entertainment tn the Hsz-ecTFs
block TIE girls Viii be coEtixr-ze1 n
paTftan sfYjs. Good r7Es5c saS good
time ia PROMISED 20 al
Poczhortas tcsxe yfil install fhe es1rs-s
Wednesday esen45s- All osd fs@rns~rs are
requested 20 b< presert ard y~ also sz-
tend ar Invitation - our brother Bel Hsa
ane wives 20 he With - Core stir E-ss
nlted BASKETS. there viii - psezty q hot
coffee On hand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
MORPHINE VICTIM.
Frank Fisher, You h, Sent to the County
Jail for Term.

Frank Fisher, a youth of 10, was sem
fenced yesterday in the police court to
serve five months in the county Jail for
theft.
He had long list Of charges to ans
wer and some Of them were of very
peculiar nature. The main one was
the stealing of an overcoat from Sol
Schiosinger of East Douglas avenue
The coat was on dummy as sign to
the wandering citizen and visitor that
Sol kept such things for sale only, but
Fisher concluded to take it and do the
selling himself. He stole a pair of
shoes also from David Hays shoe store
on North Main street. And he did not
content himself with stealing from out.
siders but he pursued the enterprise at
home. He stole pair of shoes from
his brother and worst OF all he pur-
Joined pair of his mothers warmest
blankets and disposed of them for a
ridiculosly small figure.
Fisher is not a bad boy at heart. He
really, it appears. can't help stealing.
He is a hopeless morphine eater a. d
when he is out Of the drug and has no
money to buy 1t his appetite is such
that he cannot resist stealing anything
convertible into the amount OF cash
needed to buy it. Officers Wood and
Sutton some time ago, like others. took
a notion that they could cure him. They
spent some S. or Sc for medicine and
kept him In the house and away from
the drug for about two weeks. One
day he announced that he was thorough
ly cured and they congratulated them
selves on their success and released
him from his confinement. In a few
hours they We're informed that he was
on another big morphine spree and here
the efforts ended and they concluded
that a good long term in the county
jail would do more towards effecting
a cure than anything else they could do.
There are many other morphine
fiends in the city that are just as bad,
some Of whom belong to very respect
able families. They all have a steal
ing mania and give their people heaps
of worry and trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
CROP PROSPECTS GOOD.
Farmers From Various Localities Speak on the
Subject.

One Of the Eagle reporters was talk
ing to the farmers near Wichita and all
agreed that il everything is favorable
next year will see the best crop ever
raised in Sedgwick county. John Starr
of near Derby says that the recent snow
has practically saved the wheat crop.
z. s. Crumb, who lives ten miles north
east Of Wichita, is confident that the
crop will be larger next year. Newt
Bridgeman is very hopeful for next
years crop. Charles Craig, six miles
southeast OF town, states that wheat
prospects were never better at this
time of the year and that with a reason
ably good spring the yield viii exceed
anything ever seen in this part OF
Kansas. Horace Porter says that in
his neighborhood, ten miles west OF
town, the farmers are all feeling jubi-
liant over the recent snow and think
that there Will be good crops next year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
WICHITA GETS II.
This City Made Headquarters OF Operations Of
Standard Oil Company.

L. J. Drake, general manager Of the
Standard Oil company, has issued the
following general order to the employees
and patrons of his company in the
western half of Kansas. eastern Colo
RADIO and Oklahoma. Omitting direc-
tons. ect-. the order says:
Taking effect Jan. /. 1895. All re.
ports, correspondence and orders you
will please send to the manager OF the
Standard Oil company at Wichita, Kan.
as the business for your station and in
the territory tributary to your station
will be handled and billed direct from
Wichita instead Of Kansas City. Please
bear in mind that after your inventory
and work for Dec. 81. has been for
warded to Kansas City, all commune
cations after that will be sent to Which,
ita-"
This will make Wichita the central
point for the business operations of the
Standard Oil company for all the south
west, instead of Kansas City as hereto
fore
The change will bring a good many
more men to Wichita from Kansas City
and is looked to as a good move by
those who are competent to estimate
the value of the enterprise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
THROWN OFF TRACK
FRISCO TRAIN BADLY WRECKED
NEAR BEAUMONT.
Fireman Aldridge is Killed and In.
gineer Muuroe Badly Injured.
Nine Cars Piled Up in Heap.
Cars Cracked Like Egg Shells.
Cause Of Wreck Unknown.

A fatal wreck occurred on the Fris-
CO road yesterday afternoon.
The mixed train was coming from the
east at the usual rate Of speed and
when near Beaumont there was q
dreadful crash and in a seconds time
the engine and nine cars were piled one
upon the other in a ditch. Those who
saw the wreck say that it is almost
impossible TO conceive how ouch de-
struction could be wrought in so short
time. Some of the cars were crushed
like egg shells and are mass of splin-
tiers only. Everything they contained
were thrown about promiscuously and
the company will undoubtedly have
heavy damages TO pay as good many
Of the cars were loaded with merchaa-
disc.
The caboose and the passenger coach
luckily staid on the track and hence
none of the passengers were hurt
The fireman. Matt Aldridge. WAS
instantly killed and engineer Munroe
was SO badly injured that it is feared
he will die. Mr.. Aldridge was a young
man who was well liked in railroad cir
cles. His home is near Burgess six
miles south Of Anthony In Harper coun-
ty.
No one ceems to know what caused
the wreck but it is supposed that it
was a broken rail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
KNOW A GOOD THING.
wicLita Made the Headquarters for Lsrge
Insurance &. mpany.

Scarcely a week passes that Wichita
is not recognized by some large bust
ness house. or company as the great
commercial center of Kansas and the
southwest The latest large corpora
ton to recognize this fact is the Com
mercial Central Fire Insurance COM
pany of ST. Louis, which has establish
ed its headquarters IN this city for the
direction OF it's large business in Kan
sas. Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Colo
RADIO. Wyoming and New Mexico. Mr..
Sam F. Woolard OF this city has been
placed at the head Of this department
and has opened an Office in the Clement
block. 25I and 25S North Main street.
The locating headquarters in Wichita
eyince a nice foresight and the selec-
ton Of Mr.. Woodland indicates an ap-
probation OF executive ability and
business integrity Sam" Woolard is
a Wichita boy and is full Of Wichita
push and energy. He is one Of our
rising young business men. reliable and
popular. He has an ambition 20 de-
velop in bis territoy the largest line Of
insurance business held by any CON-
pany. and to assist in this work he has
appointed as resident agents il this city
the well known firm of Clement &
Thomas. The addition OF the Ainsri-
can Central TO their already large line
of. first class companies, places the
agency of Clement 4 Thomas at the
very head Of the Insurance business in
this city and second 10 none in the state
The American Central has done bust
ness for nearly half q century. and is
one CT the strongest financial instita-
lions OF St Louis Its conservatism
reliability, hberality, and resources
places il in the very front rank Of
American insurance companies Mr..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
HIS NAME Is DENNIS.
And He Was a Preacher Who Abused His
sacred Calling

Yesterday Dennis Todd was bound
over to the district court on the serious
charge of rape committed on a l4-year-
old girl named Della. Todd is colored
preacher and at one time, not long ago,
exhorted with vehemence from the pull
pi: against the immoralities of life. He
was exceedingly pious on Sundays but
1t said that his piety was very elastic
during the week days. He was also
the Sunday school teacher of Della.
and in an insinuating way succeeded
in his brutal design. The father of his
victim has since traced the record Of
Todd and found that he was similarly
entangled in other places before he
came here. The indications are that
Dennis will dig coal for the state be-
fore he gets through purgatory for this
case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
SOUTHWESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE.

The winter term of the night school
Will commence Wednesday evening
next. January ?, al 1880.
Mr.. George Coultis leaves this morn
ing in answer to a telegram from Prof.
Fritch TO ill position in ST. Louis
Professors Richards and Bertenshaw
are spending their vacation in Harper.
Kansas.
Professor Miller returned from a Wis
l. TO Wellington, where family reun-
ion was held.
The students who decided TO remain
in school during the holidays have or
ganized a reading circle. the work OF
which is both interesting and instruct
i've.
Miss Ida Giwowsky's engagement TO
Mr.. David Mendelson of New York
City has been announced. Miss Cd
wowsky is a recent graduate Of the
business department and the college
extends congratulations
The fixtures and furniture Of the coll
lege are being repainted and vanished
and vii present new and attractive
appearance on the beginning OF the
new year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
IN HARD LUCK.
yoiney Ball Caught Up for Irregularities in His
Meth ds.

The Lincoln Journal speaks Of a
Wichita offender as follows:
Folney Ball, late of Wichita, but for
merly a prominent citizen of Lincoln
county, was brought to this place and
lodged in Jail. Some time last sum-
mer the Hamilton Investment company
of Salina discovered that they had a
second mortgage of s., 900 on a farm in
Lincoln county. formerly owned by
Ball. instead Of a first mortgage, as they
supposed, thus rendering their mort
gage worthless. They at once swore
out warrant for Ball, charging him
with forging a release for the first mort
gage. Ball eluded the officers until
lately, when he was arrested at Wichita
and returned here. Ball kept the crime
hidden by paying the interest prompt
ly on both mortgages for three years.
He is an ex-treasurer of Lincoln coun-
ty and served in the Kansas legisla-
INV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
Che aahita Daily Eagles Suudas oruiue qrmber so, 1884

Woolard wants first q large business
for his company in his own home. He
could not have selected better men to
help him acquire that business, and we
predict for the new combination q
grand success. The American Central
by this action thus becomes the pioneer
in establishing special agents head
quarters In Wichita. Its enterprising
example must soon be followed by
other companies, and Wichita, now so
fayorably known as the mecca Of COM
mercial travellers. will soon become as
we'll known as the state center Of in
Surauce specials
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30

love to be around a printing Office fore
bodies his professional career. He was
put in the journalistic harness yester-
day for the first time In his life, by be-
ing sent down to the river to write up
an account of the skating ON the ice
The following is his report Of it, word
for word:
There was skating on the Little
river yesterday and today near Oak
St and the boys had great fun playing
Skinny on the ice. There were a great
many women and girls skating and two
or three boys fell into the water while
trying to show off and going across air
WhoIes."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
MaSY IHras.

A gentlernaa who came down from
Hutchinson yesterday reported that dur
ing the past few weeks e dreadful eonoi-
ton OF affairs existed there. Hardly a
night passed but what some citizen was
held up and robbed by footpads- There
seemed 20 be an epidemic OF this species
characters were cleaned out and the city
Is now sat again
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
pAgRIED.

On December 9th az the parsonage o.
the First NJ 2 church. kinx-an. Kan,
Mr.. John p Everett and Miss Ida II
Poo-e were united IL marriage By the Rev.
C.S- Eusbaurn- assisted 6y the bride s
brother. Rev. Fred II Poore- Both are
well known Wichita young people, and
low them to their new home 81 Oklahoma
City. where Mr.. Everett holds the posi-
ton OF chief clerk In the Office of the
Chccta~. Oklahoma and Guf Railway
cornrzrE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
MIRROR SOLD.
Mr. Mackenzie RrtIres From Local Societ
Journ ism

E. L. Mackenzie has sold the Sunday
Mirror to Mr.. John Carter who has also
purchased the Jibber Jab. Mr.. Mac
kenzie has edited the Mirror for seven
years and 1t has always been comment
ed on as the most sparkling and spicy
Sunday society paper in the state Its
articles were noted for their excellence
and literary taste and the topics dis
cussed were selected with more than
usual ability. Its illustrations We're
also very lastly selected and up TO
date in every respect. Other papers
frequently asked how such a society
paper could be maintained in Wichita.
Mr.. Mackenzie while retiring from the
paper does not abandon newspaper
work and will still remain connected
with the correspondent staff Of eastern
Journals
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
ryxeoxAI@

c. G. Fa=kes szd -8fs Of cnsczxo. are
visiting IN The city
W e Boses q Pzebso. Coo. ~zs sno1x
our r@cpie yesterday.
Jack Miller Of Ss~for. spers . few
k1.rs II lie city Jss.AESAS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30
BUDDING GENIUS.
first Efforts of Young Man in the Journal
istic Harness.

II you want to make a newspaper
man hot pull on him his first published
article. This is general while on the 9TH
er hand the INITIATED regard their
first successful effort with pride. There
is not an old time newspaper man in
the country but what would flee from
the sight OF his first article as If the
paper containg ii was infected with the
small pox. Marcellus Murdoch puts
himself on record for the first time this
morning. He is ten years old and his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30

At the Y ~ c. A. meeting for zen tEis
afternoon at O'Clock DR. T. ". Cole
grove president OF Ottawa university.
w5u make the address. Major Cole -
expected to De present before the close Of
the meeting There VIII be good music.
Come oct % cha Las, nns>sinx az fhs ssAr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30

Eggleston post No. 90. and the Caroline
Harrison circle No. Sc, will install their
officers at Red Mans hall, North Main
street, Jan. 1st, 1895, at ?. M Cordial
invitation extended to the friends Of each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30

II is with much pleasure we note the
and surrounding territory OF the low
liberal patronage they have favored us
tenn. We desire to especially thank them
past week, which was so rnuch greater
wholly inadequate to properly attend TO
or apparent neglect will be overlooked
efforts 10 reduce stock before invoicing
ends will be closed out very cheap. Come
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-30

appreciation OF the citizens OF Wichita
prices We are making, as evidenced by the
with since our adoption OF the Cash Hys-
for the enormous business during the
than We anticipated that our force was
the same. and We hope that any delays
for these reasons We are making special
January list. Certain lines and odds aid
and look through our stock
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21
sever. storm in Arkansas.

LITrLE ROCK. Feb 81 special to
the Gazette says q severe storm swept
over Warren. Bradley county, this
state, demolishing fences and unrooting
houses During its progress one negro
was killed, while several were severely
injured. One house near Lanarll
caught fire, was considerably damaged
ana the occupant, Mrs Rogers. IS IN a
critical condition from exposure. In
Calhoun county large number of
dwellings were blown down. The
storm, path was from half mile to a
mile in width, and was only of short
0uratl,Ji
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21
rn, Dynamite Thawed out.

OLArHE Kan, Feb 2l.-A man en-
gagged in sinking we'll through a rock
on a farm owned by Jacob Smith, near
Edeerton, Kan, placed Il stick of dyna-
mite in the cook stove oven to thaw
out. going away and apparently for
rettinl. where the dangerous explosive
had been left. Mrs Smith and daugh-
ter-in-law soon afterwards went to
work in the kitchen, unaware Of the
danger they we're in. The dynamite
soon thawed and exploded. blowing the
stove into atoms, wreckiug portion of
the house ana seriously wounding both
women.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21
MANS SENTENCED.
-. California Bandit Gets
Life Sentence.
,.rrN IMMEDIATELY TO FOLSOM.

,, rnr Il New Trial by His At
..novs pcnied by Judge Harrison.
writes "A story of His Life Ed
nor,cl, still IN Jail Awaiting the
tim of the Court.
,.rsyo CAL, Feb. 21.-After u night
-, within his old quarters at the
| ,,oere he was safely landed Chris
rans was brought into court. After
.rtation with his attorneys lie was
n.onced to imprisonment for life at
|r,.om by Judge Harrison. Evans
taken on the noon train to prison
!" sberitls scott ard Kay and depu-
Evans seemed cheerful and
.,oted, ali who spoke to him pleas
El.,lv A motion for new trial made
/. t;s attorneys was denied. Evans
,.n,as tine story that he abused Mrs
|u.igbton. He wanted to he sentenced
/ San Ouenten, but the judge denied
khe request
/ after Chris Evans was convicted of
! ,ain robbery at Fresno he conceived
[fs idea of writing an account of his
fs He imme iately set TO work, and
II the day before his escape completed
H. manuscript, which was soon to be
tnbjshed. \ writer for the San Fran
ti.co Examiner WAS given nm oppor-
tpnity to look over the narrative, which
!, written in n uiatter-of- fact style,
without any attempt at en- bellishinent.
|Tbe writer neither brags about nor eX-
buses himself. makes neither threat.
lnOmise nor confession of wrong doing
land expresses neither desire nor ann
|hton. Tie police have traced his life
kor about 90 wears and Evans autob!-
|Ography ii true, covers the time which
Has hitherto been blank to the au
|horties.
Ell Morrell Is in prison and will be
Kept there until the court makes some
disposition of has case.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21
Two Bad N.grncs Arrested.

GRENADA Miss. Feb. II Peter
Davis and Brisco Jones, two bad ne
groes, Were arrested for attempting to
assassuate and rob z. j. Heath in this
FIFTY on the night of Jan. 80 Heath.
who was supposed to have a large sum
ol money on his person, stepped out of
sle back door of his saloon on that
|hlght and was fired upon 10y two mon
|and ordered to hold up his hands He
|felurned the fire, ana in the fusillade
|'aat followed Heath escaped through
ian alley only slightly wounded. The
|cilme was attempted right in the heart
|Of tue CITY.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21
Starvation ut Colchester.

CoLcHEslhR, MS, Feb 2l.-People
aere have been terribly shocked to DIS
|coVer case of starvation in their
midst The family If William Pierce
las been found in most destitute cir
|suthStanres, one daughter dying for
'ae want OF food Tho house con-
'a'hed little OF no bedding. 1t is re-
ported Miss Pierce is in the last stages
u consumption, but others say the girl
absolutely starving Others of tbs
'anliy are III great need of food and
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-21

Quincy, his, Feb 2l,--A gang of
boys, whose ages range from "A TO 10.
spent the day playing in small frame
building on Fifth street. BY some
means they got possession OF IL 10
pound can of powder. and one of them
thought it would he gooi Joke 10
throw it III the stove AS soon as the
powder came III contact with the fire
~ loud explosion followed, which blew
the building literally to pieces and
landed the stove 20 feet away in the
back yard The buildings in the i'm
mediate vicinity We're badly shaken
and many of their windows were
broken Hickory ThomI son. who is
said to be the boy who threw the pow
der in the stove, was frightfully
charred and burned and y in a preeari-
GUS condition. Edward Urban was so
badly burned as to be unrecognizable.
Three coIored boys escaped with
lighter injuries. although their burns
are very painful