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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
CITY IN BRIEF.

Romayne Eldridge was dawn from
Kansas City yesterday.
Hon. Thomas Best OF Medicine Lodge
was a visitor in the city last night.
Two chicken thieves were brought
over from Sunnydale TO serve sixty days
each in the county Jail.
George Van Werden is not dismayeti
at the future He set builders TO work
yesterday charging his store on North
Main street
High Kerlin and wife az Delphi. Ind.
are in the city spending few days
Ny. Kerlin Is an Old friend Of Manager
George Bowen OF the opera house
Messrs. Hatton {, Helm have moved
their law Office 10 rooms 39S and 80
Sedgwicl< block, and now have as aive
a suite OF rooms as there IS in the build
ing.
Mcnamara and company will have
their grand spring cpeing Wednesday
evening from 80 until 10 fine must
cal program VII D. a feature Of the 0c-
casiCn.
Robert H Foster. for several years
in the employ % ]. 2 Allen Of this city
died yesterday al Hutchinson and vas
buried yesterday IN TIE family bury
ing grounds at the Paramount cemetery.
J. Il. Adams. editor % the Augusta
Press. was in the city yesterday The
Press Is 1lre first out and out. wide
awake nd consistent Republican parser
that Augusta Rad IN a long time, and
the Press does hue 10 the line
Preaching al the United Bre< hren
church N tins city Tuesday. Wedres-
day and Thursday az 10 =. m. BY the
noted evangelist Andy NiTgse- also the
great singer CiuisE@e. vii lead ~ he
singing All are invited.
Col Il / TAYLOR = a. hor=- re las
given up his Office 81 states coal aaI IN
sDsCf1T. his time was 10 on tige GEst
~ the month and ~ turues! t5e ss.oil.-
rrenfs ard donors over = las successor.
The colonel says 1axt after b. has So
tied az some bus.urss ua,isrs that ~
viii b. on hand n Wichita ard islat he
don Z propose 10 rssst 1ss eufwiIi turn
his attention 20 some oussness ard -
II active LIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
SHOT TO DEATH
YOUNG HUSBAND ENACTS A HOR-
RlBLE SUNDAY TRAGEDY.

w. w. Scott Shoots His Wife When She
Leaves the Church and Then Sends
Ball Crssbin: Through His Own Brain
Must Have Been Jnssne--That is What
the Brother of the Murdered Woman
Thinks--Were Born on the same Day
and Die TOgether--Little Goldie Scott is
All of the Family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
The wonder was why a man will

The wonder was why a man with
such a baby should want to kill its
mother and himself and the reporter
said to Nr. Higgins, IF your daugh-
ter had had Goldie in her arms she
would be alive today. The sunshine
of Goldie's face would have melted the
fathers heart"
Then the kind good father took little
Goldie in his arms and shook his head
and said: He might have killed
Goldie too"
The more evidence accumulates the
more it becomes certain that Walter
Scott was not in his right mind when
he committed the awful deed People
who saw him on Saturday night low
remember that there was something
unnatural in his appearance and young
Higgins says Walter was certainly
not in his right mind.
1t has been learned that Scott pro-
cured the revolver with which he did
the shooting of a young man in the
Butler block last Friday, telling the
young man that he was going to Okla
homa.
Ii is thought by some that Scott OBJ
tanned the revolver for the express pur-
pose of killing his wife. but others,
knowing that he had been trying 10
find employment. believ that at the
time he intended to go 10 Oklahoma
CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING.
One of the causes for the tragedy is
alleged TO have been the following letter
which Mrs. Scott. who was Sallie Hug
gins before marriage. wrote to her hus-
band while he was in Kansas City:
Wichita Kan. March a. 1885.
Walter: Your letter was received to-
day and am glad you had work. There
is no use of us trying 10 live together as
you won't treat a woman right there
fore. you need not write TO me anymore.
as l will not live with YOU l never in
intend to go to yoVwhen you left
here. You need never TO come back and
try TO coax me, as it will not do any
good. You know YOU have not treated
me right. and I don't intend TO dis
grace myself by fussing and fighting all
the time. 1t will not be we'll for you to
come back and interfere with me. as
there are persons who will make il hot
for you if you do. AS / have nothing
more 10 say, 1 will close. Yours,
SALLIE H.
A peculiar coincidence in connection
with the tragedy is the fact that Mrs.
SCOTS name was the last taken by the
census takers when they quit work Sat
urday night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09

past two years was $30,931.35. Sala-
ries for the preceding two years as
shown by the records was ST. ,96S 81.
which shows saving in salaries in this
department Of Sl.037.20.'
CITY ENGINEER OFFICE,
WICHITA. March 81. 1895.
Honorable Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen have the honor to sub
nit the report of this department for
the fiscal years of 30 and "a ending
March 81, 1885.
PAVING
In the year 1898. Douglas avenue was
repaved with Trinidad asphalt from
east line of Wichita street tn the west
line of Washington avenue. in all 2S 173
square yards, at a cost of SGS, Ssh. 10.
Twelve catch basins were constructed
at cost of $500. taking storm water at
the corners of blocks. allowing cross
streets to come To the gradient with
the crown of Douglas avenue thereby
eliminating all bitches on north and
south side of the street.
Douglas avenue is one of theS best
paved streets in the state, and in my
judgment this administration acted
very wisely in not granting contract
TO the Barber Asphalt for maintenance
after the first five years, as now exists
on Market street in this city. which will
next five years.
SIDEWALKS.
In the year 1894. l.574. lS9 feet Of per-
manent sidewalk was constructed I'M
der the city contracts. at an average
cost of 12is cents per square foot.
This work covered siXty-two sep
arate tracts Of ground for which care
full surveys were made to enable us to
apportion the cost of each separate
tract.
The record of this work has TO he
kept in duplicate plaIs: which is furn-
ished the city clerk. Showing the loca-
ton and giving a complete description
of each tract. The amount to be
charged 10 each. also date OF contract.
acceptance of same and contractors
name. in fact. making record complete
in every particular.
About all the permanent sidewalks
constructed has been cement walk,
which requires very careful inspection
during all the time of construction in
order that specifications are rightly
carried out in the quality and proper
use Of the cement. otherwise the prop
erty owners would suffer.
Not less than 90. 0eo square feet Of
permanent sidewalk was built during
the last two years by private parties.
All of this work requires the super
vision Of this office. We are called on
for grades and property lines in every
instance. and il y absolutely neceS-
sary that private parties have property
lines and grades for permanent walks
IN order that all may be uniform and
40 cause for accidents.
4 vast amount of cinder walk has
been constructed by the city and pri-
rate parties. OF that constructed by
the city a record as complete as that
For the payment has been kept.
The new Snscifications for Cement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09

4 murder and a suicide was the ter
mination of the service at South Law
renee Avenue Christian church last
Sunday.
There were two shots in quick sue
cesson and Mr.. and Mrs. ". W. Scott
lay on the south side of Lincoln street
about half way between Market and
Lawrence.
Services at the church had just closed
and the tragedy caused intense excite
ment. The police wagon arrived in a
few minutes after the shooting and re-
moved the bodies TO Dunbar'S under
taking establishment
In a short time after the bodies had
been brought to the undertaker's there
was a large crowd assembled in the
street eager to learn the particulars Of
the tragedy and there was all sorts OF
stories aioat in regard to the shoot
ing.
The only man able to give all the par
ticulars OF the sad affair was j. J. Hug
gins, the 19-year-old brother of TIE
murdered woman.
II went with my sister to church
Sunday at IL o'clock" said young Hug
gins. My sister and Scott had not
lived together for some time, but | saw
Scott come into the church after I got
there / thought then that he looked
unnatural. There was something
wrong with him and he looked like he
had just recovered from a spell of sick
ness.
After services were over | started
home with my sister and did not at
that time see Scott though / had no.
ticed him trying 10 talk 10 his wife in
the church.
I'VE started west on Lincoln street
home and when about half way be
tween Lawrence and Market Scott
came up behind us and said to me
when are you going to settle this
thing?' j told him right now. 1 saw
that he had revolver in his hand
but | did not think he would shoot be-
cause about all he ever seemed TO want
was to run a bluff. | had seen him get
into trouble and get the worst of it,
but he never seemed to pay any at
tention to il after it was over.
Walter told me that he intended to
kill his wife and take his own life.
was six or eight feet from him and eX-
pected that he would shoot me but did
not think he would shoot his wife.
thought that by letting him alone
would avoid trouble. He held the re-
Volver pointed down close to his right
leg and L do not think my sister knew
he had il.
My sister moved, seemingly intend
ing to get around behind me when
Scott raised the revolver and fired
striking her in the back of the head
and she fell dead. Scott then turned
the revolver on the back of his own
head and pulled the trigger 1t was
all done in a. second. j tried to call for
help when / got a good look at Scott,
for | saw there was something wrong
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
ARE RAISING EARLY CORN.
Farmers Will Make an Exhibition of Early
Corn at the Next State Fair.

Farmers Will Make an Exhibition of Early
Corn at the Next State Fair.
The farmers of Sedgwick county are
turning their attention to the raising
of early varitieS of corn as well as to
early planting.
They are now doing just what the
Eagle advised them to do eight or ten
years ago. That was change of seed
and earlier planting.
This is only the 9th day of April and
there are thousands of acres of corn
planted in the Arkansas valley and
the farmers are already talking up
corn show for the fair next fan and
it is now almost certain that more
early Varities of corn will be on exhi-
bition at the next state fair in Wichita
than was ever before seen in this state.
W. +. Green last year planted How
ards worlds fair corn, said at that
time TO be the earliest variety known,
and he raised a fair crop of corn. He
has sold every bushel of it for seed
and IL will he planted in Sedgwick
and surrounding counties this year or
rather now is planted. Mr.. Lockwood
of Harper county has planted 200 acres
of corn all early varieties.
County Commissioners Busch and
Webb, Jim Brown, w. w. Hays,
Thomas Randall and many other
farmers have out this year % To ~
acres Of early varieties of corn and
they intend 10 give il thorough test.
". +. Green has selected five varie-
ties out of $50 raised by the expert
mental farms OF Illinois and Ohio and
has given packages 10 a great many
farmers in Sedgwick who will plant
the corn and report success and all
of these men who have been given the
early varieties are supposed to have
their corn at the state fair. Mr..
Green says they will have a regular
corn palace next fall.
There are several farmers whom Mr..
Green has induced to plant small sec
tions of an early variety of corn called
the Early Alaska that is warranted to
mature here by the first day Of July.
but most OF the early varieties planted
are ninety day corn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
NIPPED IN THE BUD
PLANS TO EFFECT TIE ESCAPE OF
ANDERSON GRAY DISCOVERED.
Loaded Revolvers Found In His Cell ard
the Superstition is That at a Sign From
Abroad He Would Hold Up the Tailor
and Make His Escaps--To Prevent
He Was Put in Sesgwick County Jail
Last Nisht--Other Arrests May Follow
Soon.

Last night Sheriff Woodcock of Sum-
ner county brought Anderson Gray TO
Wichita and placed him in the strong
Jail OF this county. Sheriff Woodcock
was accompanied by Deputy FL Will
Jams OF Bluff township. Gray. il will
be remembered. is the man tried, con-
victed and sentenced to be hung for
inducing Mcdonald TO kill Tom Patton
at Conway Springs last summer. The
case viii be better remembered by the
hypnotic theory involved.
The removal of Gray from Sumner
county TO the county Jail of this county
is the result of information received by
Sheriff Woodcock that a scheme had
been Matched by the friends Of Gray to
accomplish his escape from the Well
ington Jail. They had already furnish
ed him with heavily loaded revolvers
which the sheriff discovered in his cell.
The superstition is that Gray, at a
signal from abroad. was to hold up
Jailor Coates and make his escape.
Sheriff Woodcock would not talk much
upon the subject, but il is said that he
has a clue to the parties that furnished
Gray the firearms and arrests viii
probably follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09

There was a good sized crowd pres
ent to gree the new city council last
night George Adams, the new city
attorney, and all the councilmep elect
ed at the last election had gone into the
city clerks Office in the afternoon and
taken the oath of Office.
1t was five minutes to eight O'Clock.
the time for the council to meet. when
Mayor Cox walked into the clerks Of
flee and held up his hand to be sworn
In as mayor of Wichita for another two
years.
There were really only four new
members of the council: Francis for the
Third ward, Handley for the Fifth,
Shultz for the Second and Throcknor-
ton for the Fourth, Burton having
been reelected for the Sixth ward and
Sawyer for the First
Promptly at o'clock CITY Clerk
Smith walked into the council cham
Der and took his place and Mayor Cox
came in few minutes later. City At
torney Nermillion took his accustomed
place at the mayors left and George
Adams the new city attorney elect. sa {
on back seat waiting his turn to be
called up higher.
Mayor Cox raped with the little
wooden mallet and ordered the roll
called. The names of the old council
was called, all OF which, except Al
berts, answered to their names The
minutes Of the last meeting were read
as also the minutes of the returning
board.
The minutes were adopted and Mayor
Cox announced that with the adoption
or the minutes ended the old council
ana mat motion was now in order to
adjourn
The council adjourned and Mayor
Cox ordered the clerk to call the roll Of
the new council. The roll was called
after which Mayor Cox said:
Gentlemen of the council: do not
intend to make a speech but ] want it
understood that | have no apologies
to make for the old council You have
labored for the interests of the city I'M
der many difficulties. When / look
over this new council ] cannot help
thinking that you will not need any
assistance in managing the affairs of
this city. tCheersD
Il have in my hand report only a
part of which ] intend to read but il
will all be given for publication. L
think il Will compare favorably with
the preceding administration which
was said to be the most economical the
city ever had
The total expense of the fire depart
ment for two years ending March 81,
1895, was S33.9026l. During these two
years it was found necessary to pur-
chase 1900 feet of 81. inch fire hose
apd 200 feet of chemical hose, which
cost S2,7S7.
Total expense of department for two
years preceding was S3S,3l5.54. Dur
ing these two years there was no hose
purchased.
Salaries of the fire department the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
COX WAS CHEERED
STANDS BY THE OLD COUNCIL AND
MAKES NO APOI OGIEs.

new Council Was Installed Last Night
nellenger Were Better Politicians and
Said They HAD No sore Spots--Offices OF
Sewer Inspector and Sidewalk Inspec-
tor Were Observation-Disclosures Of
fers a Resoiution--Soine Figures Given
and Compared With Former Years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
Annual Spring Immigration to Oklahoma
Has Already Set In.

T. E. Meyers OF the Cherokee Senti-
mel, published at Pond Creek. called on
the Eagle yesteday. Mr.. Meyers says
that the spring immigration 10 Okla
homa has set in. Long lines of Schoon-
ers can be seen on any country road
every day, he declares, and people are
pouring in from states as far east as
kentucky.
The terrible dust storms. he says,
were bit discouraging to newcomers
at the time, but after facing one all
day the pioneer becomes acclimated
and is willing to swear that Oklahoma
is the greatest garden spot OF the
world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
ALL JOINTS CLOSED.
Mayor Horner Wanted tn Leave Things rs
He Found Them.

Sheriff Woodcock of Sumner county.
who was in the city last night, said he
received a letter from Mayor Horner
of Caldwell that ne had ordered all the
joints closed. He explained that when
he took charge of the city government
there were no joints in town and he
proposed 10 give IL back 10 the people
in the same condition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-09
At 6Gh&Dteo,d0boz,,D

The best we have told in years was told in our Sun
day announcement about special silk sale. leser.
day hundreds of ladies called and purchased their
Easter dresses from the rich array and today we add To
the collection % pieces until is a story of COM
pleeuess out rivang any previous silk sale record
in Wichita, with prices nearing the half way mark and
continues
Enough laces remaining from the special Monday
sale to satisfy all Corners today.
Those English PercaleS at &c are going quickly.
You easily DC the yard by buying them now
Dozens of patterns to selec: from.
New invoice Mermaid silk waists Fifth lot this
season. There's summer-like halo about them that
will please YOU Some in black silks, but of
them in fancy plaids
With all our hard work we can not get our Carpet
room in readiness before Wednesday, but when 40
look out for prices, for little previous waiting will
you many dollar.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-11
JAPAN WANTS 1T.
Has an Eye on tho Little Republic OF
Hawaii.

Has an Eye on tho Little Republic of
Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 0.-The admins
tration is likely before long to be con-
fronted with another international COM
plication. The Hawaiian question has
assumed a new phase, and while no
crisis has yet arrived there is u menace
III the situation which is likely ut any
moment to cause trouble there, and the
unfriendly attitude of the present adj
ADMINISTRATION toward the Hawaiian gov
ernmcnt is calculated to encourage the
threatened disorder.
Minister Castle, who has recently ar
rived in Washington, has referred eau
tiously to the attitude Of Japan toward
Hawaii. Private udvices explain the
meaning Of this reference. II is stated
that the Japanese government desires
TO get possession Of Hawaii and over
throw the Dole government. The next
step in the new Japanese policy Of ag-
gress;on and acquisition, it is believed,
will be in this direction. The Japanese
in Hawaii have maintained II hostile at
titude toward the government and are
said to be growing more aggressive.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-11
HARMONY WILL RULE.
Receiver Burleigh Thinks the
Northern PaCifiC'S Affairs
Are All Right.
Different Interests Likely to
Pull Together for the
Benefit of All.
Possibility That His Appoint
ment May Be Confirmed
in New York.

ST.. PAUL, Oct. 9.-Andrew F. Bur
leigh, recently appointed by Judge
Hanford receiver of the Northern Pa
cific road for the state of Washing
ton, spent two hours in town during the
day and departed on the milwaukee,
train for New York. Mr.. Burleigh,
seen by reporter and, although in
clined to, bep reticent regarding
the receivership tangle and all matters
connected with it, said enough to indi-
cate that unless something unforeseen
should happen the present imbrogllo
will probably be a matter of history at
no very distant date, and the Northern
Pacific resuming a smooth, pro1ita-
bic career. Just how this happy
state of affairs is to be brought about he
declined to say, nor would he explain
what the nature of his mission to the
metropolis was, but it was intimated
that it was for the purpose of having
his appointment confirmed by the New
York courts.
Mr.. Burleigh says that his policy will
be to work in harmony with the other
receivers and not to disturb the traffic
arrangements of the system unless
obliged to do so by some action Oh their
Dart.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-11

|. E. Staples is preparing for trip
down the Mississippi from ST. Paul
this fall. He will have u small
stea mcr and harge-the party living
on the barge. and the steamer tow
ing them. The party will include
Mr.. and Mrs. Staples and children
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Wellington,
of hammond. La. They expect to
start from st. Paul soon after Nov.
|, and will take six weeks or more
to reach New Orleans. The STAPLES
will spend the winter in the south.
and return to Little Falls early next
spring. Those who have taken such
trips down the Mississippi describe
it as Il very pleasant journey and
the party will nOtlOubt find it highly
enjoyable.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-11
C,lrfcW.

AS many of the smaller cities in
Minnesota and adjacent states have
lately passed what is called a eur
few" ordinance, by which persons
under, say sixteen years.are liable to
arrest ii found on the streets after
nine O'Clock at night, unless accom-
panied by some person of full legal
age, it will be of interest to know
About the time of the conquest Of
England by William OF Normandy,
the hOuse-fire was in Il hole in the
middle of the floor Of earth, under
an opening in the roof by which the
smoke escaped. This was universal
in Europe as we'll as England,
among the common people at least.
The "curfew bell'' was Il signal to
the people to ''couvre feu" (cOvrr
the fire) and retire to rest. Orig
nally it seems to have been a sensible
precautiOn against confiagratiOns
in towns built chiefly of thatch-cOv.
cred wooden huts, but it's severe en-.
forcement in England by the Con-
qneror is said to been to prevent
secret seditious assemblages OF the
people. The absolute prohibition Of
all lights was removed in 1890 A. d.,
by Henry I. The hours varied from
seven to nine O'Clock ut night and it
Scotland ten was not an unusual
hour. 1t seems, therefore. that Il
revival of "curfew' is Il step back
ward OF several hundred years, to q
day when our ancestors were little
better than ignorant savages. II
may become quite the thing in on
country, but in one thing at least
our people will not he content to re-
trace their sCeps. They will never
exchange the splendid railroad ser
vice of this day for the ancient stage
coach or the canal-boat. Among
the railroads of America there is
none to excel in completeness OF
equipment, or extent of territory
covered the great Burlington Route.
Always ask your home agent for q
ticket by this line when about to
travel, or write for information to
W. J. G. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent,
st. Paul, MINI.