The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-07

Washout ON the Main Line of the Mis
! souri, Pacific-They were Glad Of tn
Washout Because 1t Gave Them 9
Chance to See Wiehita-Excursionist
Turn Out In the City-One Hundred
Order supper 1t the Carey Hosel-wo
men Come Down Town Bareheaded.
The Missouri Pacific ran a large ex-
cursion train into their Eecond street
depot last night. Most OF the excur-
sionlsts were school teachers from
missouri on their way to Denver
though some of them were from east of
the Mississippi river and one man and
woman said they and a number Of
others were from the eastern states
The train was brought here on &C
count OF a washout on the main line,
out a good many of the excursionist
SAID they were glad OF the washout be-
cause they wanted TO see Wichita
When the train which was in two
sections arrived the excursionists
piled out and took in the town, about
one hundred ate supper at the Carey
hotei, tney having ordered supper by
telegraph There seemed TO be about
as many women as men in the party
Inc women were evidently out for a
good time, as many of them left the
cars bare headed and took in the town
They filled up the restaurants on
Main street and peered into the fronts
OF the stores and rushed along de-
termlned 10 see the most in the shortest
possible length of time
When the visitors filed into the
Carey they went direct to the dining
room and II was noticed that the Miss
ourians rushed in and took their places
at the table as unconcernedly as regu-
lar boarders. while the eastern people
generally halted when they looked into
me oig dining room and asked .'.how
much do you charge for supper 80
Fifty cents" the attendants would
answer and at the same time gently
placing their hand in small of the Wis
TORS back and shove him into the
dining room without waiting for fur
Their enquiry.
There We're middle aged men and wo-
men IN the party but majority were
young people who did not put on their
best clothes, but came prepared for
a stroll through towns and over noun
tainS. They were dressed for comfort
and not for show.
When the excursionists struck Main
street and Douglas avenue they soon
were lost in the crowds that thronged
TIC stcetS anu many or them eX-
pressed surprise at what they saw in
Wichita One lady said: wichita
looks like st. Louis" and another ask
ed How many excursion trains arrive
her tonight?" They seemed to think
from the number of people they saw on
the streets that there must have been
a number of excursion trains arrived
here { the same time.
The Salvation Army had an immense
meeting in front OF Herrig's cigar
store on East Douglas and people in
carriages stopped until there was a
jam from Topeka to Emporia avenue.
When the eXcursionistS would arrive
there they would look amazed and
when they would find out the cause of
the commotion they would laugh
heratily
Some OF the citizens were much
amused at the many expressions OF
surprise on the part of the excursion
lists. Some Of these people eviden tly
supposed that Wichita was a frontier
town, and they expected to see cow
boys with their long hair and astrom-
zeal boots and jingling spurs. They
did not expect to see the streets crowd
ed with orderly we'll behaved people
and stores equal to any In the larger
cities