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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
IT WAS WORTH SEEING,
The Eglewood Excursionis. Lear N Ell some
thing About Irrigation.

The Englewood irrigation excursion
train returned 10 Wichita at > O'Clock
yesterday mornig. y reporter for the
Eagle called on ]. q. Steffen at 1i6
North Main, who gives the following
account:
The excursion party consisted of $50
farmers and business men from Wich-
ita. Mount Hope and other surround
ing towns. The names OF those whom
| know personally are as follows:
Captain Fred Smythe. superintendent
George Hartman of the Santa Re, DR..
f. l.. johnson OF the signal service, :.
Slough, DR.. \. Matthews. = X. John
son, I. NJ. Casad. A H. Merrill, W. r.
Jones. Moses jay. K. l. Payne. Z
Horner. y. :. Stuckey, +. Schuler. z.
NJ. Scott. William Blakeiy, \. F'lagg
I. +. Book. II. c. Ortel, K. q. Slough
!. II. Brewer. Mac" Mathis with the
Second Regiment Band. all Of Wichita.
also a. :. Thomas. Wellington; Ike
Dean. Haysviile: J. +. Royal. Oatville:
:. l. Pope, Goddard; V. :. Mackie. u.
Brewer, c. II. Bradshaw. Mount Hope:
John Small. AnnesS; \ +. Rudd Dat
vile; y. Taylor. : r. Humphrey. a
Dick, Norwich; W. II. Hare. j. w
Porter. y. q. Braham. J. II. Robinson,
j. Greer and George Greer of Peotone
The train reached E.nglewood at o
O'Clock Tuesday morning where the
train was also met by Colonel Perry
with carriages and wagons 40 convey
the ntire party 20 his ranch. Break
fast was served by Captain Brewer o.
F. C Smythe * Sons and the entire fore
noon spent in inspecting the methods
of distributing water over cultivated
and sod land
At noon dinner was furnished and af-
ter several selections by the band and
cigars and coffee. Colonel Perry gave
a very entertaining address in which he
gave the history and development OF
the property.
The ranch comprises 1o.5oo acres. az
which 1000 acres are now under ditch,
400 acres in cultivation, 90 OF which
is in alfalfa. The main ditch * eight
miles in length and the average foN
Of water is Il cubic feet per second
The average wheat crop for three years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Regular meeting of Queen City lodge
Ne. 20. in their hall tonight. The crew
viii assist in the work.
The directors of the children's home
VIII hold their regular meeting at the
home today at 2:30 p. m.
The meeting of the Cooking club will
he held today at 2:30 O'Clock at the resi-
dence of Mrs Elmer Beach, S07 North
Topeka avenue.
Scottish Rite: y special meeting Of
Wichita Perceptory. Knights of Kadosh
No >, will be held "A the Scottish Rite
cathedral tonight az s o'clock for the
purpose of comforting the 30th degree.
The Entertainment To be given by the
Eighth grade pupils Of the Lincoln
school a. Garfield hall tomorrow even
ing promises To be a very fine one.
Garfield Black, the boy orator, will re-
cite.
The United States court was occupied
with a case from Harper county in
which the Phoenix Insurance company
Of Hartford. Conn. was plaintiff and
Frank l.. Bates, Samuel Is. Fling ct al
were defendants. \ judgment was rem
dered in favor of the plaintiff
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
FEMININE FASHIONS.
Items OF Information Pertaining TO Stylish
Costumes.

J
Costumes.
Given a princesse robe of black vel
/ vet, with the neck cut square or heart
( shaped, and a bertha of rare old lace
/ falling over frills of silk or chiffon of
I the color most becoming to the wearer
| full sleeves finished at the elbows
with lace and silk frills. long gloves
and pointed belt of fine jet with
heavy cords made of many strands of
the finest jet beads twisted in rope
fashion, and one has the description of
dress that made one woman's for
tune and future, and caused a thrill of
envy to meander along the highways
and byways of the hearts of room
full of less fortunate and attractive
DANES.
\ princesse dress is. unqueStiona blv,
the most elegant of all models for
women of good figure. especially If
there is little tendency to stoutness
and the curves and roundness are
gracefully bestowed. This style takes
decoration very kindly, and whether
it be as shoulder-trimInings novelties
in sleeves, neck-fnish or draperies, the
effect. in artistic hands, i almost GER
tain TO be pleasant surprise.
Dresses OF colored velvet and also the
new shop and fancy fabrics are much
liked A recent creation is of rides
cent colors, in which green. gold and
cherry are mingled. The waist is
draped with white lace. over a fringe
OF beads of the colors OF the velvet. the
strands of the fringe being tipped with
bright gold beads. A-shaped panels or
trimmings of iridescent paSsementerie
are placed at the side seams OF the
front breadth and curve back at the
hem. meeting the next seam and I'm
ishing N large arabesque- The
sleeves are made after the new droop-
ing style. and end midway between
the elbows and wrists. where they are
met by the gloves Lace and passe-
menterie with fringe trim the sleeves
The strands OF the fringe. being slight
ly longer than the lace rufies contrast
chsrminglv with the satin white arms
when the gloves are removed
\ fashion that i coming into favor
but slowly. and which Is tolerated only
on account OF It's ueUHeSS, = a SKIRT OF
alternate rufiies of the material and
wide bands OF velvet put on fat. This
STYLE gives woman the effect of hav-
ing been modelled after wide-hooped
casl.. and i almost certain to spoil The
best figure ever owned by lovely WON
an Il makes plain girl hideous and
gives pretty one sort OF mistit sp-
pearance no, al all 20 oe desired.
One or more narrow ruffies around
skirt NAV always be worn. and will
never look ont Of place: bu; to make
skirts up ont of hands and frills. i
waste OF the good fabrics provided bv
the skiIlful fingers OF practiceG arti-
sans.
The enormous sleeve Is still Gear 20
the hearts OF fashionable women II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07

has been SO bushels per acre, barley
produces 40 bushels per acre, alfalfa
three to six tons of hay and two to five
bushels of seed per acre.
The distribution of water for 1000
acres is done by one man. Three hun
ored steers We're fed out on alfalfa and
chopped wheat, and 500 more are being
foughed through on chopped straw and
threshed alfalfa. Rye, sorghum, oats,
kaffir corn and all crops under irriga-
ton produce from three 20 five times
as much as on dry lands with the same
amount Of labor, and hot winds have
no effect on irrigated crops.
The level Of the subterranean water
under the entire ranch mas been raised
from twenty feet 10 ten feet from the
surface and several permanent springs
have broken out and have been run
ming continuously for htree years. Six
hundred acres Of sod Will be broken out
this year.
y hearty vote of thanks was rendered
to Mr. Perry and to Captain Smythe
and Superintendent Hartman for their
generous treatment and the second ex-
cursion now being planned for Garden
City and the upper Arkansas valley is
highly commended to all who are inter
ested in the subject of irrigation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
WICHITA MAN GOT IT.
Mr.. Cushman Becomes Private Secretary to
Lucien Baker.


Charles w. Carey received a letter
last night informing him that United
States Senator Baker of Kansas had
appointed a former Wichita man as
his private secretary. The gentleman
in question is MIR. y. y. Cushman who
lived here q few years ago and made
one of the fair daughters of Wichita
Miss Mcknight-his wife. Mr.. Cush-
man is well and favorably known in
the Peerless Princess where he has lots
of friends. He is a cultured and we'll
equipped gentleman for the position,
both on account of his education and
training, for he occupied the same po-
sition with the late lamented Mr.. Per-
kins, when that gentleman represented
Kansas in the United States senate.
Mr.. Baker did not know Mr.. Cush-
man at all, and it is said that he ap-
pointed him as a compliment to Wich-
ita, because he once lived here and
was endorsed by Wichita friends. That
Mr.. Baker is a friend to the Peerless
Princess there is no doubt, for he has
often said so since his election. The
many friends of Mr.. Cushnnan in this
city will be delighted at the news of
his good fortune, for certainly it is a
nice thing to be so near such a gentle
man as Senator Baker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
IL Is VERY NEAT.
Conductor Loosely Shows Genius in Making
a Handsome Hat Rack.

In c. NJ. Jones clothing store there is
an article q furniture on exhibition
that certainly is entitled To rank in the
catalogue of high arts. 1T is a hat
rack made by Conductor Robert
Loosely of the Santa i'e road and must
be seen in order To be appreciated.
especially by NasonS. The rack is
made in such a unique way as to rep
resent all the orders in Masonry includ-
ing the Knights of Malta. First comes
the familiar square and compass with
the letter &c" in the center. Then a
fine knights Templar cross with the
emblem of the Chapter in the center in
the shape of keystone mirror of beau
tifui French plate glass and the whole
thing is surmounted with a Maltese
cross. The rack is made of wood coy
cred with black velvet. Buffalo horns,
BEAUTIFULLY polished and arranged arts
tically and conveniently complete the
combination. The rack was made by
Mr. Loosely during the few hours in
each day he could-spare from his duties
and is certainly splendid illustration
of his artistic taste.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07

Chief Of Police Massey and Assistant
| Harry Sutton made an important ar
! rest last night if they were not mistak-
| en- in the identity of the men captured
They captured two men on the north
bound Santa Fe passenger train due
mere at GAO last evening that are sus-
pected of having robbed the Santa Fe
| ticket office OF so night before last at
Arkansas City.
When taken to the station and
searched the two men were found to be
| armed with dangerous looking reyoIy-
ers and they had fair supply of cash
III their pockets.
On one was found a revolver. watch
and chain and $27.77. The other had a
revolver, 1ady's gold watch, So 90 and
q lot of skeleton keys.
When the ticket Office at Arkansas
City was robbed Chief Massey received
the following from the railroad COM
pany:
Arkansas City, March g. 1895
description of parties who We think
broke IN the ticket Office drawer yes
terday: Both smooth face, % and a
years old. Wore light gray overcoats.
ohe mas a stain on his coat below right
coat pocket and has finger nail on right
hand turned yellow. The younger
walked little lame. They came here
next morning after Cross safe was
blown open"
These men disappeared from Arkan-
Sas city about the time the ticket Of
nee was robbed and they are suspected
OF being the robbers. 1t was supposed
that they would come to Wichita and
Chief Massey and his men have been
on the watch for them.
Last night when the train on the
Santa Fe came in from the south Chief
Massey and Assistant Harry Sutton
boarded it at the Rock Island crossing
south and spotted their men
They were not molested until the
train reached the Union depot and
When the two men got up to walk out
chef Massey and Assistant Sutton
ordered them to hold up.
They We're disarmed and when
brought to the station searched as
above stated. Only one of the men
wore a gray overcoat but it had the
STAN under the right pocket as de-
scribed, and when the chief examined
his hand the yellow finger nail was
found.
The men refused to do verymuch talk
ing when they We're captured but they
finally gave their names as J. Il. Bar
low and =. Murphy, refusing to tell
where they We're from The descrin-
the railroad officials and Chief Massey
has no doubt but he has the right men
None OF the police here have any
recollection of ever having seen the
men before. but they believe that they
have made an important capture and
1t is probably well for Wichita that
they Were not permitted to run loose
here.
The men did not seem to have good
use of their tongues until they were
taken below. When they were con-
signed to the steel cells they enterd n
vigorous protest and demanded better
quarters. They were willing to dis
cuSS the merits of the city prison but
they had nothing to say in regard To
the Cross safe explosion or the robbery
of the ticket Office at Arkansas City
As a rule honest men do not go
around with big reVolvers and a num-
Der of skeleton keys These two men
are bright, smart fellows and that is
one reason that leads Chief Massey
and Assistant Sutton to believe that
they have made an important arrest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
HE MAY NOW EXPLAIN.

Chief Massey Returns from Kansas City
with a Supposed Wichita Robber.
Chief Massey returned from Kansas
City yesterday with the man who cash
ed the railroad check stolen from the
home of A +. Romig of this city sey-
eral days ago.
The man personated the party to
whom the check was made payable
and committed an offense in that if he
is not the man who burslarized Mr..
Romigs residence.
Chief Massey thinks he has the real
burglar and feels confident of being
able to convict him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
BLANKS.

Legal blanks, blank deeds, blank
mortga ges, blank farm leases, blank
building leases, justice blanks, notaries
blanks, real estate blanks, township
blanks. abstract blanks, blank notes
All the above blanks on the best
quality of paper, printed to conform
with the laws of Kansas. On the first
floor IN the business office of this paper,
for sale cheap
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
Real Istate Transfers.
FINISHED by the Wichita Abstract and

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract and
Land company
The records in the register or deeds Of
flee show the following transfers:
Jas f Burnham lots Is i Lawrence
ave Engiish'S LIST Wd-...-....-...-.S sss
Henry II Shinman lots Il Il on John
- " Butler and Fisher 2rCi--.-... co
Sadie I Tarlton lots 4 Penn ave -
Hydraulic ave . Sc . = [ ave
Mathewson's fth also lot - Cieve-
land ave MatheNsoTs : STd qcd.-.--. isi
Daniel n Beune- So or . = - Nd. 5sssa
r Moore NJ Of ne or - = lie WI. S.u
Anna y Henderson A. d Imports ave
blk Orrne and Phillips EdG w1..-.. 80
Jno Catherwcod 10o frontage on
Water 81 FERRIS add G.--,----..-- 25s0
Z A Rede lGsisx5o Il blk r FeTels
add " Co., ------------- 90
J L. Bigeiow et al ne or = = w wd.--. :
L Bigelow % int nv of ne ) = tx
------------
X Chambers 3 . Exposition ave
I.swreaCs's 4th Nd- 90
J T Cunningham lots - 10 - - -
- s. 10 ~ ana - 70 y also 81 =
Water 81 FegIhey's sid tax d.. -
Mortgage releases. ---------------------. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07

II wonder what wicl<les has done
with his new bicycle?'
81 don't know. ] don't believe his
family viii pay much attention to that
phase Of the question until the surgeon
finds out what his new bicycle has
| done with wickles. -Washington Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
Advice Thrown In.

when was in your line Of business,
my friend" said Mr.. Fellairie, giving
the greasy tramp half-dollsr and kick
ing him of the front steps Of his man
sion, Il always had sense enough to g
round to the back door. -
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
MARIE HEATH COMING.

The bill-boards are posted thick with
Theatrical announcements from one
end of the land to the other Stage
stars" are as plentiful as the planets
that play in the summer skies. bu pub
lie anticipation is seldom more worthily
rewarded than when they plank down
their dollar al the box Office 10 see
dainty little Marie Heath and her mer-
~ company of clever comedians and
bright and pretty little girls, ia the
latest comedy success. ~ Turkish
Bath, which is billed TO appear AT the
opera house March IL Without max
ing further mention. we feel safe to
presume "A Turkish Path" VIII prove
an agreeable surprise To the amuse-
ment loving public OF Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
TWAS stths

It was az the club. Walter a. u =. Tl. -
There Is i lady outside VINO says her nus
band promised 70 be homo early tonight. :
All tris.Rgl Excuse ne q puenE -
Chips
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

Bear in mind the charity concert al
the Garfield on the evening of March -
under the auspices OF the Humane socis
~ OF Wichita. Besides the rare must
cal treat Mr.. George Mold viii appear
i'm some of his immitable representations
Think of the many days during the
severe winter just past that the several
ladies of the society's relief committee.
gave to carrying provisions and cloth
ing to the destitute of the city-pure
labor OF loVe-and help out with the
price of an admission 10 the concert
while you receive full value in an even
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
At @GARUeondohbou'

In north window is a display of Night Gowns
you will expect to say SOC low price for
these goods and you'll know tell the truth when you
them and examine their quality. Some are aceand
some embroidery trimmed, price for either.
Plain black and printed Satnes in demand two
weeks ago when gave special sale at lsc a ward
We have of Them nearly equal to India
Silks. These are ISc also On sale today
Don't forget Imported and Domestic Novelties
It's only question of time when you will want them
and You'd better buy ut present prices
Point d Esprit Curtains have long been the favorite
curtain with fashionable people We are now showing
some extra quality ones, at common quality prices,
which means good curtain for little money.
At: 16:aARJIend4ohton'h
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07

aoU say you and your wife never quar-
rel; Never; you see, whenever she fires
up1 always get out. Atlanta Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
KNEW HIS FINGER
MASSEY AND SUTTON ARREST TWO
BAD-ARNED ROBBERS.

supposed to be the Cross Safe Robbers
They Rob the Santa Fe Ticket ONCE in
Arkansas City of $15--Chief Massey
Gets Description of the Men and They
Were Arrested at the santa Fe Depot
Last Night--They Had Money, Big Re-
voivers and Skeleton keys--They Object
to the City Prison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
GETTING In LINE
DEMOCRATS AND POPS SCHEME TO
CARRY CITY ELECTION.

Count a Nomination Equiya-
lent to an EIeetion-ColoRel Sam Ami
don, b. f. kies and l. r. Campbell Have
Undertaken Hopeless Task-Pops and
Democrats do Not Fuse Worth q Cent
Colonel Huffman and Deputy Postmas-
ter Locke Want to Educate the Pops
They Fear that IS a Hard Thing to DO.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-10-11

introduce the manufacture oframie
into the United States, but hither-
to not with any great success. 1t
can be grown in this country, and
several farmers in the Southern
States have large areas of ramie
under cultivation. Secretary Rusk
few years ago ordered a special
report on the cultivation of ramie
in this country. The report said
that while the farmers were willing
to start raising ramie, they
wanted to be assured first that
there was a market fer it. There
would at once be a market for it if
some cheap and practicable ma
chine could be invented for decorti-
eating the fibre. This is the greatest
difficulty to be overcome before the
United States can number ramie
among its exports.
More than 100 machines have
been invented for cleaning or de-
cumming the fibre, none of which
is q success. Until a machine will
do this work economically and
speedily, the manufacture of ramie,
both here and abroad, will never
reach very great proportions.
In China, where labor is cheap,
it is done by hand, and is made
into the famous China grass cloth.
The plant itself attains a height
of four to eight feet, with large
oval leaves, green above and sill
very white beneath. Three or four
crops a year can be obtained with
out replanting. In China five
crops are obtained. The fibre is
formed in the bark which sur
rounds the stalk. It's the extrac.
ton and cleaning of this fibre
which is the problem that manu-.
facturers have not yet satisfacto'
rily solved. For fifty years this
question has baffied solution, but
the recent trials of ramie machines
in Paris demonstrate that the man.
ufacturers are getting gradually
nearer the desired goal.-New York
Sun.