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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-25

said names being furnished him by lit
tie blue eyed Billy Dean who, if he liyex
long enough. may yet pay from fifteen
to twenty cents taxes in this county.
AT the present writing Campbell has
202 witnesses in the Matt Wall case
w1o.will be kept for eight or ten days
waiting in court at cost OF 1903 per
day. The Supporting Of these witness
es will cost a little fortune. but then
that viii not bother Campbell as his
friend Royse Will get the money. II
was in the program 10 have the sheriff
get the lot Of prisoners 70 board but
as Campbell. thanks TO the jurors, don I
or can't furnish the prisoners 10 be fed
at the rate of forty cents day he can
make up for the disappointment 10 the
sheriff by giving him an opportunity 10
make a stake in fees. Mr.. Campbell is
not hoggish. IF he can't make a stake
out of the county himself he does not
object to such warm friends as Royse,
Charlie Burrows and Billy Smith max
ing it. He is satisfied with anything so
long as he can make the tax payers
sick. 1t is now an assured thing that
the costs in the Wall case will be 5000.
The Davidson case cost about $4,000
with less than one tenth the number OF
witnesses. Some of his witnesses are
in st. Louis, some in Chicago. and 9TH
ers scattered all over the state OF Kan
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COMING LOCiL EVENTS.

There will be a meeting Of the Owl
and Crescent club this evening: all
members are requested TO be present.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will meet this at
ternoon in the parlors of the church
at 8 o'clock; a full attendance is de-
sired.
Regular communication Of Albert
Pike lodge No. 500 A. F. and a. NJ.
Wednesday evening, Sept. 25 at 7:SO;
Work in the second degree; visitors
welcome.
The young people Of Browns Memo
rial Reformed church will be entertain
ed this evening by Miss Ida Kensler a,
the home Of her parents, 81 South Or
chard street, West Side.
If you don't want to laugh you dom,
want 10 see the tableau Of an old-fash-
Toned quilting party at Garfield hall
tonight. The scene closes the elocu-
tionary entertainment by Mrs. L. NJ
Lawrence and others.
On account of the change in the wea-
Their the O. E. S. will give their social
in the Masonic hall, corner Main and
First streets Wednesday evening; cof-
fee, sandwiches, cream and cake will
be served; the public cordially invited.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Womans Foreign Missionary society of
the First NJ z. church will be held at
the home of Mrs. W. W. Sweet 63S
North Market this evening at 3 p. m.
an interesting program and pleasant
afternoon is promised; ladies invited.
This afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Cen
trail Christian church, Miss Doctor Ar
abella Merrill, of Bilaspur, India, will
address a womans meeting. All the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-25
LONG TRIAL Is ENDED.
Jack Davidson Case at Last Goes to the
Jury.

When the district court convened yes
terday morning Judge Reed decided
that the assistant attorney general
could amend his information by chang
ing the location of the building.
The assistant attorney general then
asked the court to be allowed to put in
special instructions to which the de-
Tense objected on the ground that the
rules of the court did not permit it.
Mr.. Campbell replied that he did not
know what the rules of the court were
but he did know what the law was and
he got in his special instructions.
The assistant attorney general closed
his argument in the afternoon and the
defense surprised everybody by an
Houncing that they did not wish to ar
que the case.
Messr -Amidon e Comfy said they were
willing TO risk their case with the jury
on the instructions of the court
The case against Matt Wall is identic-
ally the same as that against Jack Da-
wilson and when the assistant attorney
general dismissed ten counts against
Wall, leaving only the nuisance one,
he as good rs admitted that he did not
expect conviction in the Davidson
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FAIR is BOOMING
ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS ARE
THRoNGED WITH INQUIRERs.
Horsemen Preparing for the Greatest Race
Neet Ever Held in Kansas and the Best
Held in Any Part Of the West this Year
The Hog and and Cattle Exhibit to be
Very Ccmplete-Fine Stock Coming
from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska -
Judge Stratton Talks About the Omaha
Fair and its Results.

The rooms Of the State Fair associa-
ton were crowded yesterday with all
kinds of people. Secretary Hewey was
fairly worn out with business ant could
not find time to talk with reporter
except to say that things were booming.
Four clerks were as busy as Majors
attending to correspondence while two
assistants to Secretary Hewey were
busy attending TO other details. Horse
men went in and out and in the ante
room there was a regular babel of horse
talk. 1t was agreed among them all
that the coming races will be, without
any exception, the finest ever held in
the state. There are more letters re-
ceived from horsemen at the associa-
ton rooms than from any other class of
people except those who want 10 see the
horses move over the track Every
body is asking for informa ton about
the speed ring and that feature alone
will darw thousands of people here. It
is mistake to think. however that the
speed ring will be the only interesting
feature OF the faiE 1t will be interest
hg only to the lover of a speedy horse.
There are others who want something
besides good horse race and they will
get it. 1t takes all kinds of people TO
make a successful fair and the manage
ment knew this when they set out to
get diversified entertainment. The old
time farmer will want TO see fine dis
play Of cattle, sheep, hogs and farm
machinery and they will be there in
great numbers. Some of the best hogs
in the west will be on exhibition and as
for cattle and sheep a great many
more sheds will have to be put up to
accommodate them.
Among those al headquarters yester-
day were Judge Stratton, who bad just
returned from the Nebraska state fair
al Omaha.
81 WISH" said he, "our people could
all be there it would impress then with
the advantages of a successful state
fair. l am satisfied that the Omaha
fair brought over a million dollars TO
that city that would never come there
otherwise. Thirty-two people slept in
the dining room of the hotel that stop
ped at and not few slept in chairs on
the sidewalks. l saw 100, 900 people on
the streets there one night and not
drunken man. although the saloons
were wide open. The stores did an i'm
mense business and the street railways
actually coined money. We will have
just as good a state fair at Wichita
and in my opinion better races, and l
hope we will have as good a crowd of
visitors. All the horsemen whom
have met think We are going to have
better races this year than the state has
ever had"
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the sheriff and he has made his return,
but do not appear here as his represen
tative. I come as assistant attorney
general and as such / understand that
have right to represent the sheriff.
The court again remarked that the
sheriff had right to select his own
council but that he would be pleased
TO have the assistant attorney general
represent him
Mr.. Perry then read all the files in the
case and called the attention Of the
court to the fact that there was no ma
erial difference in the statement OF the
facts.
The court here stated that the ques-
ton seemed to be as to whether Reve-
nue. Collector HUFFMAN ought under
the law be discharged after which the
assistant attorney general addressed
the court and argued the case at some
length.
He said that Mr.. Huffman had re-
fused TO answer questions because he
had received orders from his superiors
not to divulge any thing contained in
his books for the reason that it would
be against public policy.
He argued that it would not be
against public policy and that it was
not the policy of the United States to
interfere with the prohibitory laws of
the states. He claimed that there
was no rule of evidence that covered
privileged questions; that priviledged
questions were only such as was given
from one officer to another
The assistant attorney general said
he could not Sc how whisky dealer in
Wichita could be considered a privi-
legged character and his statements held
sacred. If Davidson had told Mr.. Hut
tmann that he was running a saloon he
did not care if it was for the purpose OF
securing license he ought TO be made
to tell 1t in the interest of justice and
he thought Judge Reed had made a
mistake when he held to the contrary.
In his answer to the argument of
the assistant attorney general Mr.. Per-
~ did not attempt to refute the prin-
cipal part of the argument but based
his claim on the fact that the laws OF
the United States gave the commission
ers of revenue the right to make rules
and regulations for this department
and that such rules and regulations
had all the power OF a law of congress
He read from the stenographers
notes in the state district court in
which Henry Huffman had stated that
he could not answer the questions with
out disclosing the contents of the boks
in the Office of the revenue collector
and that he had no informant ton outside
of the books or what was obtained in
his official capacity.
He argued that if the payment of a
revenue license could he eide prima
faci evidence of the violation of the pro-
hibitory law of state that such a
proceeding would be putting the state
laws above the laws of the United
States.
Mr.. Campbell replied that the United
States attorney had lodged the issue
He did not object to the revenue de-
partment making regulations. He
thought there was no compulSion in
Kansas that compelled a saloon man
to violate the state law and secure a
government license.
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1T Is An OUTRAGE.
No More Doubt About Conspiracy Z,
Burst Wichita.

The case of the state against Matt
Wall was called in the district court
yesterday Immediately after the jury
in the Davidson case had retired. Both
sides said they were ready for trial
Immediately a special venire for twenty
five farmers was issued and they will
be in court this morning 10 be examined
as jurors.
There is now no more doubt of a
conspiracy among the people back OF
the enforcement of the law to burst
every man in the county and by that
means reduce them TO the same level
Of themselves.
Judge Reed yesterday gave Assistant
Attorney General Campbell permission
to indorse the names OF some more
Witnesses on the back of the Informal
ton and Campbell at once attached the
names of 1871 additional witnesses, the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-25

Max and wife were formerly one. n
new idea is to make them two men.-A
Gibson Globe.
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1T Is GOING DOWN,
And will be Ready for Tiger Bill to craw
Into 1t.

Yesterday Mr.. Austin the man who
has the contract to bore for gas. oil,
salt, ETC., commenced work sinking a
hole at the corner of Fifteenth street
and Lawrence avenue. 1t is an ex-
perimental hole put down for the pur-
pose of ascertaining what kind of cas-
ing will be required so that the city
might buy the right kind. Sometimes
there are several stratas of formation
which require steel casing whereas at
other times only one formation is found
before the rock is reached which re-
quires only wooden casing. The hole
will be abandoned when the required
experiments are made which will be
about the time Bill Tiger gets tired
and will want a hole to crawl into.
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A. ahRUendQytboz1,Sl,

Fully determined to advance improve and simplify
modern customs in retaing-that is standard
Our endeavors not only to keep abreast with the times
but to be far ahead of the progress of the day. has
earned for the reputation of being the pioneer of all
the best methods of trading The evident growth upon
growth throughout this vast establishment fully DEM
onstraes that the Public understand and appreciate
every effort in their behalf To increase the procuring
power of your dollar is constant aim Here's step
higher, and high step at that
Goods for fall buying readys Yes maam, ready;
not ready shall be for nearly every train Is
adding rich and beautiful goods to stock but
ready to begin showing what have.
Scotch Plaids-so rarely beautiful That you al
most the Scotland asses wearing then-anl then
little in price Just convenient for fall waists.
Jet Trimmings, exquisite assortment of high class
fancies-every thing in this shop, the loveiest
triple cut jet trimmings gernitures collars bandsbest
that we know Of so patterns cOored bead and finest
triple jet trimmings never before shown in this
try. Spanged Trimmings coors and black, glittering
jet trimmings. headings, edgngs, gaoons, bands, be-
wildering assortment
This is our last day on Crochet Bed spreads, $3.50
values at S5c.
Counters loaded down with underwear and the sea-
son for changing just in time to partake of these low
prices
AZ N'l6a7hRUer 1dQAboz,,D
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Rea, Estate Transfers.

Rea4 Estate TfansferS'
FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract
and Land company
E James qcd lots % and 81 Ohio
ST Lambs sub ............. 80. /
William Emo sd lots and Ian
IA ave FreemanS sup..... $50
Benz c Cromwell sd lots SIS and 81
and " hf OF SIS University ave
University Place add. 80. so
Valley Loan and Trust Co Qcd
lots 26S and 211 Market st in
Hyde and FerrellS add. 199
Chester Co Guaranty Trust and
Safe Dep Co sd lots B and ~
Chicago ave in Kelsch resurevy
of n hf Of res E West Wichita. 1000
Mary S Simpson sd lots IS Main
st orig town -. -. :. 500
John NJ Moore wd sw Is IS 2w.... 1000
Amount OF mortgage releases. 1908
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gh Badly Eaole aceamesaau gorug September

women OF the city are heartily invited
10 be present. This evening at the
same place. she will address a general
meeting. Everybody come.
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ADJUSTMENTS

The rule at the Clunie Opera-house is
full house." The extravagant melo-
drama The Fire Patrol' draws wonder
fully well. The Caldwell Company plays
it finely, and makes out of poor play a
lively entertainment. 1.-The Fire Pa
troll" with its stamp mill in operation,
its patrol wagon and horses and its score
OF sensational scenes. will be played at a
matinee at = p. NJ. to-day, again tonight
and for the last time tomorrow night.
Andrew Wsldron and Jennie Calef, his
wife, tho popular comedians, who have
SO long resided here, have accepted an
engagement to take the road with the
Albert Hosmer Dramatic Troupe. Hos
mer was formerly leading man at the
Clunie Opera-house.
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SUREST WAY TO SUCCESS.
Most Practical Politics IS Homes


Most Practical Politics IS Honest
Politics.
"I have been in practical politics and
have taken my share of hard knocks"
saws Theodore Roosevelt; land more
and more | have come to believe that de-
cency is good politics, and that the most
practical politics is honest politics."
This view OF the matter is justified not
only by the general results of political
contests in our country. but also by the
lessons to be derived from the personal
history of successful and unsuccessful
public men, says the 81. Louis Globe
Democrat. There is nothing more cer
tain than that III politics, as In every
thing else. the best policy is the one that
appeals to the proper sense of straight
forwardneSs in the assertion OF prlncl-
pies and purposes, and In the man.
agement of the various things that con-
sttute what we call campaigns. 1t is
possible Tor party or politician to gain
a temporary advantage by a resort to du
pliCity and dishonesty. but that kind of
success is sure in the end to cost more
than it is worth. The people are slow to
forgive deception or Misrepresentation
1t is not true, as Is sometimes said of
them that they like 10 be fooled, and that
when a trick is played upon them they
regard it as good joke. Many man
has spoiled q career by allowing that
grave error to creep into his philosophy;
and more than once great party has
been beaten by thus mistaking the
character of the average voter.
1t is well known. of course. that po-
litical contest corresponds in a Large de-
gree to military campaign. The same
order OF talent that is required to plan
and win battle is necessary to carry an
election. A party is like an army in the
sense of being dependent for success
upon competent leadership. The voters
cannot march to victory in a haphazard
way, without sagacious direction and the
careful observance of scientific rules and
regulations. They must be well organ
lied and disciplined, and every step they
take must be according to definite plan.
or their strength will be trittered away in
The record-union., 1895-09-28
SOCIAL AND PERSON AL

Richard Trengrove is back from his
visit TO the East.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. J. Wilson are visiting
in San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. c. l.. Adsit of Oakland
are stopping at the Golden Eagle.
W. NJ. Petrie, who went East with the
Knights Templar last mouth. has returned
from his journey. He reports having had
most enjoyable trip.
The evening of the 18th witnessed q
pleasing event at the residence of Mr.
De Shane. on Twenty fourth street, it be-
ing the tenth anniversary of the marriage
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Reeves and Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. De Shane, all of the con-
tracing parties having been formerly
residents OF VAUDEVILLE, Ill. The pres
ents consisted OF useful articles, and the
wedding supper was a sumptuous BAN
quet. The invited guests were Rev. j.
l.. Trefren and wife, Misses Slater,
Reeves, DR.. Cronemiller, Harve Slater,
Mr.. Maynard, MIR and Mrs. Huff and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Farrar and son.
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DOWN THE RIVER
What Is Going On I'm the southern Enc
of the County.

What Is Going On In the Southern End
of the County.
The Rio Vista NeaOS contains the fol-
lowing items:
The Grand Island dredger arrived
on Sunday from Stockton, Captain
Joe Hyde In command. where it received
a general overhauling. Look out for
rapid work in the future.
The raDchers on the various islands are
busily engaged in the harvesting of beans.
The yield is very heavy, and if the
weather continues good the crop will be
in splendid condition.
The Dixon IrtbuHe says: THE potato
farmers from the sacramento River are
beginning to come in with their produce.
The river potatoes are generally good and
meet with a ready sale"
The clam-shell dredger arrived on
Monday of this week at Tyler Island.
Captain Bert Williams will be in COM
mand, and Captain Adams will take
charge Of the Samson on the Brannan
Island wosk.
Two detachments Of the United States
Engineer Corps are located in the vicln-
lty Of lsleton, engaged in taking sound
ings of the river from Ryde To the mouth
of Old Biyer. They are also sounding
Steam boat Slough.
Frank Holister of Courtland left on
Friday last for Liverpool, England. with
his lifelong friend. Billy Blair, in search
of good health. They took passage on a
merchant marine ship. Mr.. Blair being
interested in that line OF business. The
well wishes of all their friends go with
them.
The record-union., 1895-09-28

useless endeavor, and defeat will be in
evitable. There is strategy III politics as
in war, and to neglect legitimate chances
of that sort is the worst kind of folly.
one party has right to profit by the
errors Of another; one party has the right
to put another at a disadvantage as often
as possible. The only limitation in that
respect is the obligation of integrity,
which does not forbid the use of artful
tactics to accomplish creditable ends.
There is no wrong done so long as the
strategy conforms to recognized laws and
precedents; ana parties may properly
seize the opportunities that circun-
stances place within their reach.
The important fact remains, however,
that no party and no individual can
afford to act upon the theory that every
thing is fair i'll politics. There can be no
excuse for any form OF corruption, or for
any species of falsehood. 1t is not prac-
ucal politics to use money for bribing
purposes, or to steal mems votes from
them by premeditated deception. No
substantial benefit was ever derived
from such electioneering. Putting aside
all considerations of abstract morality il
does not pay to be dishonest in politics.
All of our great statesmen have been
practical politicians, but they have not
been men whose integrity was sacrificed
to achieve success. They were Systematic
maneuverers, but they were not perpe-
traitors of any kind OF iuiquity. Their
methods were adroit. and yet scrupulous.
They never overstepped the bounds OF
decency under any stress of fortune or
any temptation to avert defeat by un-
worthy practices. The men who have
failed in politics have been mostly OF the
class noted for bluntness of conscience
and crookedness of proceedings. A few
of them have prospered for a time. but
they have invariably failed as soon as
they were found out. Ali examples, both
on the one hand and on the other, 90 TO
show that nothing is so practical in poll
tics as honesty, and that nothing is so un-
profitable as fraud and trickery.
Jealousy prompts more women than
men TO mad acts, and poisoning is
much more popular method with her of
wreaking vengeance than among her
brother criminals. One woman whose
whole life had been a series of remark
ably skillful poisoning cases, was so
devotedly attached to this deadly ia
m1liar friend that she carried it always
about with her. and when arrested and
some arsenic was found in her pocket
"she seemed To tremble with pleasure
and gazed upon the white powder with
eyes bsaming with rapture"
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YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIANS.
Sunday Afternoon Meetings to be Hell
an IJour Eo rIiar

Sunday Afternoon Meetings to be Held
Hour Earlier.
The usual Sunday afternoon meeting
for women at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association rooms, corner of Eighth
and I streets, will be held at instead OF
8 o'clock, owing to the shortening of the
days.
The various committees are planning
for the class work for the winter. and 1t
is thought that most of them will be ready
TO begin by the middle of October.
1t has been necessary to postpone the
reception OF the General Secretary, and
further notice will be given when the
date is decided on.
The luncheons are being duly appreci-
ated by many young women who enjoy
good home cooking. All women, whether
mem bers Of the association or not, are in
vited to lunch at the rooms. The reading
and rest rooms are also very inviting.
The record-union., 1895-09-28
Death or q Mountain-Climber.

Tue Rev. Harry Wilson, vicar OF St.
Augustine, Stepney, London, L., and the
Rev. Richard Wilson, his assistant Gu
rate, the leaders of the search party who
recovered the body of the late BENJAMIN
Eyre of the English chancery bar, send
us the following additional particulars of
his death at Canton Nalais, Switzerland ::
Mr.. Eyre, after ascending the Sparren-
horn 900 feet above the sea by the or
binary route, attempted TO return TO his
hotel by a ridge of rocks 10 the west,
from which he would descend by gully
in the rocks distant rather more than a
quarter OF mile from the summit OF the
Sparrenhorn. This ridge and gully pre-
sent no serious difficulties To expert
mountaineers with the usual quipment
of ropes and ice-axes. Unfortunately
Mr.. Eyre, though an exceptionally strong
and active man, had not any great ex-
perience in mountaineering, and was
alone. aud had with him only a walking
stick Ii is supposed that, finding at the
head of the gully a mass of ice which he
was unable TO cross safely without an ice-
AK. he returned, and eDdeayoTed to find a
way TO the valley below over the face of
the rocks. Unfortunately, he seems to
have left the ridge too soon where the
rocks below are very steep, with preci-
pice beneath them of 500 feet. 1t was at
the foot of this tha. the body was found
at daybreak on Saturday, after search
parties had been on the mountain the
whole night. 1t was manifest from the
injuries to the head that death was in
stantaneous.-L Telegraph.