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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
WILL COME UP AGAIN.
Matter of Relating Taxes on Church, Prop
erty Being Agitated.

One of the unpleasant matters the
councilmeD are anticipatin" is the
yearly petition for the rebate of spe-
cial taxes on church property. 1t viii
probably come UP at the next regular
meeting and il is nov q matter of seri-
Gus discussion around the city build
ing. Last year the special taxes as
sessed against nearly all the church
property WAS rebated. 1t amounted to
quite large sum and not few of the
councilmen did not relish it but the de-
nand for the rebate was nearly gem
eral and they yielded. 1t will hardly
go SO we'll this year if the talk of the
councilmen represent their actions
when the matter comes uD. There is
q strong pressure being brought to
bear on the counciimen not to rebate
any more taxes for the present owing
to the fact that it is quite proba BILE
that taxes raised on the entire levy
without rebates Will be hardly suf-
ficient to meet the expenses of the city
Churches are now exempt from general
taxation but a goodly number OF them
are assessed for sewer and paving
taxes and t'-esa are the taxes that
have been related,
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MORE WORK TO DO.
Several More Cases Sent Down From the
Supreme Court.

The clerk of the supreme court has
| sertified the following additional cases
to the appellate court of Wichita among
which are some very important ones
involving a good deal of money and
property:
No SOLO The Consolidated Barb Wire
company VS.. The Guthrie National
bank, ct al; Cowley county.
No. 5000. Il. II. Griem VS.. Common
wealth Loan 4 Trust company; King
man county.
No. SO29. The Wichita Overall &
Shirt Manufacturing company vs.. G..
Z. Martin; Sedgwick county.
No. 1886. William w. lockwood, ct
al VS.. Hiram Bender; Chase county.
No. S043 T. Alexis Berry W. The
Fairmount Town company; Sedgwick
county.
No. 1854. G. J Robertson VS.. Lewis
w McNurtr.y ct al: Barber county
No. $685. y b Blanton. VS.. The p.
K 3. Windmill company, ct al; Barber
county.
No. sO6s Rufus Cone. sheriff VS. c.
II. Smith: Sedgwick county.
No. S072. The uRtland Savings bank
VS. Richard White, ct al; Greenwood
county.
No. SOS. William c. Mahanes ct al
vs.. Dartmouth Savings bank; Green
wood county
No. SoS5. w. w. Hays vs.. John V.
Farwell * Co. ct al; Sedgwick county
No. 5000. Board OF Education of the
City of Hutchinson vs. National bank
of Commerce: Reno county.
No. $780, Rufus Cine vs.. Citizens
bank; Sedgwick county.
No. $3.50. The Eureka Railway &
Light company vs.. Peter Frantz: Green
wood county
No. SlS3. Edgar F. Harding. executor
VS.. r W. Hinton, ct al; kingman
county.
No. S135. The W. W. Railroad COM
pany vs.. \. y. Mckee: Sedgwick
county.
No. sl3s. Benson c. Lent. ct al VS..
J. Mack Love, ct al. executors; COwley
county.
No. I37. Henry Stunkel vs.. James II.
Holland; Sumner county
No. Sal. Fritz SchnitZler Us. Anthony
National bank; Harper county
No. SAP. Vim. Hardwick VS.. II. Rut-
ter: Greenwood county
No. SIS. G. r. Fultz vs.. F. p. Neal.
Sumner county.
No. Sis. \ T & < f. Railway Co.
Us. John Anderson: Sumner county
No. si59. James Howard vs.. William
Natthewson: Sedgwick county.
No. sio0. Jno. Fluker vs. J. A HoH-
hernis; Lyon county.
No Nie3- NJ w Levy administrator.
vs. Mary ". Davis: Sedgwick county
No. Size. Sarah =. Hunneweil. IS. X
L * T Co. et al Chase county
No. SIG. The New Hampshire Bank
ing company. ". Minerva l. Waller
sumner county
No SIG. The New Hampshire Bank
ing Co. V. VIII Byrns. ct al; Sumner
county.
No. aI g. w Stevens. " Mary G
SHARKS Barber county
M T. g W stevens 81 al, IS 2
: Pie ~ EaFbeT county
No. ~. The a r q :. r. By. Co. va
]. " Long, B,ltler county.
No. Size. The &cCrri & Nave Nercsn-
tile Co. ~. II. T Herr; Marion county
No. sls. The A r. & < r. Co. " g.
Eembre=. Butler county.
Ne S9N- Thomas richardson. 81. ~
Woodland Town Co. sumner county.
No. Se0s. Gilbert kreE.4eT -. STATE -
Kansas ex- rel. Marion county
Nc STA The German ins Co. OF
FreepoVS. IS, Mary :. Wright. Butter
county.
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!,
II. Lyon. J. W. Corles. ]. A. Kearney,
NJ. H. Croirn, w. p. Mckay. G. b. Mil
Ter. Kansas City; j. II. Steel, st. Joe
5. VI. Johnson, st. Louis; j. B. Cooley,
New Haven; J. S. Murray. manager
Calhoun Opera company; Alice Beau
ret, Calhoun Opera company S. III.
Beck, Philadelphia: j. Z. Mulline. Kan
sas City; Chas. Mullan. st. Paul: D.
Stout, st. Louis: +. p. Greer. Winfield
w. r. Savage, Wellington: Mrs. F. d.
FoutZ, Ponca City. /. T.; w. d. Haines
Manhattan, Kan: ]. Patterson. st.
Louis; II. Hoote, Kansas City; f. p.
Colby, Chicago: c. II. Anderson. Han
nibal, Mo, w. d. Murrell, Ottawa, Kan
N. l.. Brown, Boston: b. o. Davidson,
Hutchinson; W. r. Cakes, Pueblo; +.
a. Innes. St. Joe; j. +. Michand, st. Joe
c. II. Willard. Concordia. Kan. w. f.
Bolton. Greensburg, Kan; o. G.. Eek
stein city
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SUPPOSED TO I5E DEAD.
But He Wants His Pension Money all the
Same.

Yesterday J. Fl. Mattocks of this city
wrote to c. II. Robinson, a pension
agent of Des MoineS. Ia, a characters
tic letter. Some time ago Mr.. MattockS
sent his pension voucher to Mr.. Rob
irson. and in reply received the follow
ing letter:
United States Pension Agency.
'.Des AIoines, Ia. April Il. 1895.
John II. Mattocks. Wichita. Sedgwick
County, Kansas:
Dear Sir: / am in receipt OF your
executed voucher under certificate No.
766, 1877. Under date of March 27.1S95, I
was advised by the commissioner OF
pensions at Washington, d. c., that
Your death had been reported to him.
], therefore. can make 10 payment to
you upon this executed voucher until
I have received further instructions
from the commissioner of pensions.
have written to him concerning the mat
ter. and will doubtless receive a reply
in due course of business. If payment
is ordered a check will be promptly
transmitted TO you. Very respectfully,
&C. II. ROBINSON.
Pension Agent
Mr. Mattocks was the most surprised
man in town when he heard that he
was dead. He pinched himself and eN-
perienced the same feeling as when he
was living He asked his friends wheth-
er he was dead and they assured him
he was not. He walked around Wich-
ita hunting up st. Peter and the pearly
gates but he saw nothing but the same
old familiar places. He read the Ed gle
every morning to see what was going
on in Heaven. but he found il to he the
same old reliable earthly sheet that Il
has always been. Finally he asked his
family whether he was living or dead
and the result was the same. As n
last resort he went To all the undertake
erS in town 10 see whether they had
buried one John II. MattockS and found
that they had not. This was proof pos
tive that he was still alive and he ac-
cordinEiy wrote 20 the commissioner OF
pensions as follows:
Wichita. kansa. April 80 1895
ITO the Commissioner Of Pensions, Wash
inRtOa. n G:
Dear Sir: am in receipt of R letter
from <. Il. Robinson. pension agent for
Iowa, wherein he states that under
date of March -. 1895. he was advised
by the commissioner Of pensions at
Washington. that my death had been
issue check until further instructions
were had from him. 1 beg leave TO re
port to YOU that | am not dead up 10
date. and if / live will not be dead for
some time to come and as / am de-
sireus of living for some time. and 10
live requires something 10 eat which
costs money. l shall be very thankful
If You will hurry up that small amount
due me. | enclose affidavit Of Sanford
Sparks. and IL necessary viii furnish
further proof that l am not dead Very
respectfully.
JOHN II. MATTOCKS"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
WILL BOOM SILVER
COLONEL TOM WAMPLER SAID TO
HkVEABIG POLITICA L SCHEnE
His Idea is TO Start Out Several Decorated
Trains Through the Country This Fail
to Spread the Gospel of Bimetaiiism
From Ocean to Ocean--A Big Reviva!
is What He Wants to SOM the Seed of a
Powerful Free Coinage sentiment
Wants Colorado Enlisted In the Enter
prise.

Hon. Tom Wampler of Enid. Okla
homa, was in the city yesterday en-
route to Alaska TO which place he mas
been invited To 60 by the government
20 investigate the fragrant timber out
RACES that have been reported from
there so frequently. Some OF the finest
timber in the world grows in Alaska
but it is being stolen and destroyed TO
such an extent that the last congress
was sufficiently aroused to vote an APP
preparation of S25, o00 TO investigate the
matter.
Mr.. Wampler has said nothing coz
corning his movements after his work
in Alaska is finished but his friends
are fully aware of the fact that he
has a gigantic political scheme in his
head 1t may not be right, perhaps,
for his friends to give ii away, but IL
is of much Importance if it works. He
is an enthusiast in his belief that the
free coinage of silver will be the saliva
ton of the country and that
will rescue business from its pres
ent bondage. His idea is to arouse
the people from shore to shore and
from the northern lakes TO the Gulf.
He thinks there should be grand
silver revival wave spread over the
country He does not believe that the
press will be able to do it alone. 1T
must be done on the principal Of re-
vival of religious enthusiasm by able
envangelists. He thinks that ii would
pay the government of Colorado and
other silver states 10 make big ap-
preparations for these revivals. His
scheme is to get up special trains dur
ing the fall campaign this year, fill
them with loud and able advocates of
free silver, regardless of party affilia-
tons and turn them loose to skim over
the country from coast to coast and
sow the seeds Of a free silver senti-
ment for the following fall when the
general election will take place.
He will put in his time dur
ing the next few months 10 formu-
late the plan of campaign or at least
present il with all the force of his elo-
quence to the people of that common
wealth.
Hotel Arrivals.
Hotel Carey-J. NJ. Hogan, ]. F. Cert
w II Sheldon
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Of Sumner county for relieving him Of
the task, provided the commissioners
would do it themselves.
The commissioners said the mayor
compared notes and the comparison
showed that Sumner county was pay
ing about half as much money to sup
port the poor as it was costing Sedg-
wick county.
Mayor Savage said this opposition to
his course in aiding the poor was
created by one of their daily papers
and he guessed there was more pea
nut politics in it than a desire to guard
the interests of the county
The commissioners and mayor, how
ever. agreed that there iwere times
when a good many people seemed to
need help and they must have help
or suffer.
Ii was pleasant chat they had and
when he left the cordial invitation Of
the commissioners to call again must
have convinced the mayor of yelling
ton that Sedgwick county had selected
very nice men as county commission
erS and Nessrs. Busch Harmon and
Webb said they were glad the mayor
Of Wellington had called to see them.
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THINKS IT WILL RAIN.
sedgwicI1 County Farmer Gives His Idea
About Crops.

About Crops.
Farmer Milton Chaplain of Garden
| Plain was in the city yesterday on bus
| mess Mr.. Clapham has been in Sedg-
wick county since the spring of 1871, and
he was telling some friends why he be
| lieved we We're going to have plenty of
rain this year.
He says the dry years the moisture
! in the earth seems to sink and there is
always a dry section that the rain never
| seems To reach while the good crop
years-that is the extra crop years the
moisture came up even before the rains
F, set in.
Il noticed yesterday" said Mr. Clap
ham, "out near Garden Plain where the
railroad men had dug a ditch about two
feet deep that the water came up and
stood in little puddles. Now that was
the lower water raising. and 1t shows
that we are going to have rain and
plenty Of it,
Mir. Chaplain says there will be an i'm
menSe acreage of corn out this year.
and if we get a good crop there will he
no end of corn in Sedgwick county next
fall. The farmers in his section Of the
county have planted a great deal of corn
OF the early variety, much of which is
now up and growing nicely.
He says the farmers have put out
the usual acreage of corn and in addi-
ton To that have plcwed up about one
half of their wheat ground on which the
wheat was injured by winter freezing
and have planted that TO corn.
Mr.. Chaplain says their townships as
SCISSOR was at his home the other day
and told him that Kansas would have
more grain this year than could find
room in the state TO stand on. and that
we would have to rent part OF Missouri
or Colorado. The assessor explained it
this way: He said our agricultural de
partment had reported our acreage of
wheat and now the assessor would re
port the acreage OF corn. and in that
way we viii have about one-half the
acreage of wheat reported last fall. re-
ported again in corn and would have
more acreage than we have in the state.
He did not see how we would do unless
We rented a part of some other state.
Mr.. Chaplain says every fruit tree in
his section is loaded with fruit. He
never saw the like before. Some farm
ers from the southeast section make
the same report in regard to fruit and
add that there is always a big corn crop
when we have a good crop of fruit.
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Ar @AROeoadO1bo,1,b

No part of this store is in closer touch with the buy
We've started in for the greatest season we have
ever had. We're going to push it along. Sometimes
in fact generalyyon will spend So S. $40 SIC
for drapees that selling right along for sla5
So 1925 and $3.50 OF course there's for it.
Here it Is new management succeeded an old one in
one of New Yorks largest houses, and just there
manufacturers prices
We never fool the people The goods are here and
when say sell Lowell or Hartford Carpet you
may rely upon it it is Lowell Hartford All our
Tapestries and Carpets come uuder these low prices.
Visions of commencement exercises haunt the
minds Of many people, and along the line of dresses for
such occasion call attention White Silk and
White Wool fabrics White Crepons and Cream
Lansdowne. In fact we have all the daintiest things
suitable for such occasion-Pearl handled Ostrich
Tipped Fans and White Parasos.
Today give you another chance to purchase Sci
wynn Suitings at &c yard. North entrance.
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Peanut Politics Prevail in His County.
There is trouble in Sumner county
between the state of Sumner and the
province Of Wellington.
1T is all over taking care of the
county's poor and tine county commits
sioners of Sumner county have resolv-
ed that they will not pay for any goods
furnished TO poor people by the mayor
| of Wellington.
Ma yor Savage was in the city yes
terday TO get some repairs for his corn
planter and he dropped in TO have a
talk with the county commissioner OF
this county.
The commissioners took the mayor
into their room and gave him big arm
chair at the head Of the table, and they
had a friendly chat in regard to the aid
business.
The county commissioners Of Sumner
county are not in continuous session
like the commissioners of Sedgwick
county. They have only four regular
meetings a year and transact their
business and adjourn.
Mayor Savage explained that when
the commissioners were not in session
he had been in the habit of giving orders
10 destitute people for coal and provis-
ions and the commissioners would pay
ii, but now they had given him notice
that they would not pay any more Of
his bills.
He was anxious TO know just how our
commissioners did it, and it was soon
ascertained that they Were doing just
as the mayor had done. 1t was also de-
veloped during the conversation that
the law was not very clear on the
point as to the right of the commits
sioners to make their donations to the
poor.
The Sedgwick county commissioners,
however, told the mayor of Wellington
that in cases of necessity that they
thought the law would permit them to
do just what they were doing. They
also intimated pretty strongly that if
they were not in session for several
months and Mayor Cox should take it
upon himself to relieve suffering that
they would foot the bill.
The commissioners also informed
him that they did not consider the
duty a pleasant one and that he ought
to feel thankful to the commissioners
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His arm is still in sling but in other
respects he is quiteSwell although hay
ing lost a great deal of flesh.
He says the investigation will last
three or four weeks longer and that it
is developing some very peculiar facts
involving cruelty and incompetency in
the direct management of the institu-
tons. He will likely remain in the city
now until he IS entirely we'll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
AT THE CITY HOSPITAL.
Farmer Walker Brought in From Mount
Hope Yesterday.

Farmer Walker who was shot at Mt
Hope Sunday night by Constable
MiXen was brought into the city last
night and placed in the city hospital
for treatment. DIR. Hoffman said last
night that Walker was comfortable al
though he has a dangerous wound. The
physicians did not then have a thor
ough examination made and so far as
they had gone the indications We're
favorable for Walker pulling through
with his life.
County Attorney Davis is closely in
vestigating the case with "A view to
ascertaining all the facts before com
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
BEACON JOB OFFICE
On Application u Mrs smith 1t Goes Int q
the Receivers Hands.

Yesterday Henry ozans was appoint
ed receiver for the Eeaccn. t15 offic.. on
the application 81 Mrs Frank = SEai5A-
For some two or tAree years the Office
has been operated by d q Mill.son.
who is soon 10 leave for Old Mexico.
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SHE TOOK POISON.
Nellie White Attempted suicide but Will
Not Admit 1t.

Last night Nellie White, an unfortu-
nate girl who came here d week ago
from one of the new Oklahoma towns,
attempted suicide at den on south
Fourth avenue by taking morphine
She did not take enough and after a
long sleeping spell recovered and find
ing herself not dead she tried to make
companions believe that she simply
had the tooth3cte. Her right name is
not Nellie White, but she adopted that
to conceal her identity. 1t is said that
she is the daughter Of a man once
prominent in Kansas City politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-24
Mt Eckstein Arrives Home After Twelve
Day>- Sickness.

Hon. Otto Eckstein arrived home
last night after quite siege of sick
ness at Topeka which Lasted twelve
DAYS. While attending the inyesgigs-
zion of the charitahl Institutions be
contracted a cold which developed into
q very aggravated case OF rheumatism
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mencing any proceedings that will en-
tail expense. There are, of course. two
sides to the story and Mr.. Davis is
listening carefully to both of them.
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COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Regular meeting OF Albert Pike lodge
No. 500. A. +. and a. NJ, this evening at
s o'clock. Work in the first degree.
Members of the A. o. U. w. in the
city want to keep in mind the enter
tainment arranged for tonight at the
lodge rooms, and carry members of their
families with them.
Wednesday evening at st. Paurs NJ.
f. church, corner of Thirteenth and
Lawrence avenue. strawberries and ice
cream will be served, and there will be
sod musical program rendered
Everybody is cordially invited TO at
tend. A good time is guaranteed ts all.
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WERE OF ONE MIND
MAYOR OF WELLINGTON DETER
MINES TO COMPARE NOTES.

He Calls on Sedgwick County Commission
ers amp Asks Them How They Provide
for Their Destitute PeopIe--The Same
Plan is i'm Vogue in Each County--Com-
nissioners and Mayor gree That Peo-
pie Must be Helped When They Have
Nothing to Eat--Mayor SAVAGE Thinks
Peanut Politics Prevail in His County.
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STrDENT-"Profeasor, which is the logica
way Of reaching conclusionf' Professo
Take train of thought, my boy
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OTTO Is WE'LL AGAIN.

JOHN II. MATTOCkS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-22
JAPAN vs. RUSSIA.

The Japanese are still on the alert
to show the outside world their power,
and even Russia, with her large feet
of modern battle ships, hesitates be-
fore aggravating her little neighbor,
realizing that Japan is a power in
diplomatic affairs as well as the COM
mercial world.
At the "New Republic I" building,
on King street, can be found anything
from the smallest and most delicate
of bric-a-brac, consisting of vases,
porcelain and tortoise shell ware from
Japan to the most delicately-worked
shades of silks from China; line Of
helmets of various styles, which have
always been 1.-the thing" for tropical
countries, and an assortment of ladies'
crepe waists formerly costing you 81 so
to So so, which I sell you at $3.50.
Elk City of Peking-I have received
varied assortment of Four-in-hand
Neckties, which will be sold for 20
cents apiece or 1925 dozen.
make a speciality of taking orders
for mating ranging from plain solid
to others with colOrs so blended as to be
almost too pretty TO use. Crepes will
be made in any design imaginable.
Do not fail to visit the store, eX-
anime my stock and samples. 1t costs
nothing to look.
A. BARNES.