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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31

MI SIC AND DRAM

Miss Cecil Snooner. in her four act
comedy drama entitled Little Mss Nab
ably assisted by astrOng and vel selec-
ted company. was witnessed ~ another
good size audience last night AZ the
Crawford Grand. Miss Spooner = \
very fascinating Nt:ls soubTetie and
was eppTecis lively applauaed through
out the De-fornie nee Her specially.
other than acting is her KALEIDOSCOPE
dance, with the introduction o various
mage objects flashed. giving ner ne
appearance. while tRi-ii0S her skirts.
q n American flag n al its eclors-
An instantaneous change - serpent.
butterfly ard many other objects are
simply wonderful The drama VAS
aT-ist.csIiy staged and ne company
supporting the star are al vel adapt
ID - their parts Another PERFORM
ance VII be gwen tonight VITA IN En-
IRE change e program including re
Si.,99q challenge KALEIDOSCOPE dance
NANwG-"He-e * al Eug-ish co1sia-
dear. whom Won have never sasE- L,1+-s
Cir 4Wassue rlrr ~haI have = SPEAK
Eugi5sh 70 hl1n, HANNA = Harper
SzL4r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
TWO GIRLS NAMED GEORGIA.
Another Strange Coin sidence in the Caree
of Pratt and Holmes.

Another strange coincidence in the ca
reers of Pratt, formerly OF this city.
and Holmes, the Chicago murderer and
swindler, came TO light yesterday. II
was discovered that while in Denver
Holmes married Miss Georgia Yoke. It
will be remembered that in yesterdays
Eagle il was said that the woman with
whom Pratt was living in Denver
was named Miss Georgia Mason. The
article in the Eagle yesterday created
a great deal of comment. Dave Hays,
who was we'll acquainted with Pratt,
called and examined picture of
Holmes and said it was not Pratt by a
long shot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
WHO WANTS WATER
PLENTY OF IT AND SOME TO SPARE
DOWN IN THE FIRST WARD
There will Be More this Morning as a Six
Inch Rise is Reported Copn,xc Down
from Hutchinson-After that the Flood
will Drop Back a Few Feet but As.er a
Recess OF About Five Days the Eacing
Arkansas VIII 60 on Another Boom
What Mf. Sevett Says Aoout Higa
Water.

wafer.
The food is still raging in the Arkan-
sas river.
Yesterday it rose fully six inches and
! it is said that another six inch rise will
be here this morning.
| At Sterling night before last there was
a raise of nearly eight inches. This
is the wave that viii be here this morn
ing but it is likely that il Will not be
that high here.
After this rise at Sterling two foot
fall followed yesterday. This fall will
follow here about tomorrow.
There viii then be a vacation for
the high water of about five days at
the end of which time the river will
| boom again owing to heavy rains at
Pueblo and a cloud burst further north
The city south of Maple street and
west of Water is still inundated and as
the water is very dirty and Shiny ii is
thought that the city authorities will
be petitioned to take some sanitary
action to prevent sickness.
A ten inch rise would now put the
water up on Water street and thus
flood the entire First ward.
Some one estimated yesterday that
the high water has caused a damage
to the farmers of the valley between
Hutchinson and Arkansa City of S12O, 900
This of course is mere guess work, al
though there is no doubt but what the
damage is quite serious.
The greatest damage done during
the past twenty-four hours has been
10 bridges that spanned the smaller
streams. The back water from the
big river fairly lifted the bridges and
culverts from their foundations and
turned them topsy turvey.
". r. Jewett who settled on the big
river ten miles above Wichita in the
spring Of 1871, where he has lived ever
since.
He says the river has been higher
only once in all that time. than il is
now and that was June y, 1877, and
then only a few inches higher.
And in all the time that he has lived
there Mr.. Jewett says he never saw a
big rise this late in the season in the
Arka river.
He says the big river is the greatest
irrigating plant he ever saw and that
all the bottom lands viii be thorough
ly irrigated by this rise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
Ma1hRUeq1doAbo7l'D

To be stylishly dressed costs a woman no more now
than to go about with iltting clothes 1t is simply
question OF buying of dealer who knows proper
Iabrcs are and who is unwilling to buy inferior sorts
There are many such deaers-more every year. But
there are vastly of the other kind who handle the
cheap and mean We yOa every possible cent OF
cost, but only worthy goods. Along this line we
mention beautiful Crepons light shades Dresden effects
at SC a yard last week were 134c
Very fine Lawn, many patterns &c to close out
All Wool and Wool and Silk Challes. imported to
sell at 65c See South window; 25c a yard
Black POngee Silk 25c yard
e4inch Printed India Silk, Dresden effects, 45c a
yard.
Fifty pieces Fall Suitings, fresh from the looms
Ask to them.
Our great Linen Sale is making record-stl the
low prices quoted Today it is all Linen Crash Tow
cling, bleached or unbleached; 2Oc qualities 13Ic
Extra heavy bleached Russia Crash, 1Sinch wnss
III cents.
Table Oil Cloth-three yards for the price of ou~--
that is &c yard.
Elegant Scrim for curtains, 35inches wide, at &c q
yard Factory can't make it at that.
Best Carpets Oil Cloths and Lneoleums in the
market received every week-new lot yesterday-laest
styles. Come and see them
G@hRUendoA1o7,,N
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
NE WAS BOUND OVER
County Commissioner Farout Held BE
Justice Norman

A message was received from Arg
last night stating that Squire Boznan
gave his opinion in the preliminary hear
ing Of the case Of the state ". County
Commissioner Farout and bound him
over 10 the district court II the sum u
81 Geo The particulars q the case We're
published in full in yesterdays Eagle.
AL, the iupediments in fancy's course
are motives o. more fancy.-ShaAespeare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31


Yesteday T. c. Wilson, ESD, chair
man Of the Republican county commit
tee, received a letter from Judge Reed
declining the nomination for judge of
the district court
AS the letter had been expected for
several days it caused no ripple in polit-
zeal circles but it was discussed pretty
thoroughly among those who are not
active politicians but who felt very
friendly towards Judge Reed. The
tact that he declined was generally re-
GREETED. The letter is as follows:
JUDGE REEDS LETTER
Bloomington, Ills, July 2S, 1895.
Thomas c. Wilson, Esq, Chairman Re
County, Kansas.
My Dear S;r:-Opportunities for
professional success of an unquestion-
able nature. which have presented
themselves during my vacation, lead
me to say that l shall, after the expi-
ration OF my present term of office,
locate in Chicago. / am constrained
TO take this step from no other con-
siceration than a desire to advance
my financial interests, and thus make
more ample provisions against the fu-
ture.
4He harvest OF the wichita LAWYER, in
which | could not engage, has come
and gone. It's return will find me too
old To reap. No one, so well a myself,
Knows that after the discharge of the
various obligations. which the office
OF district judge entails, there is moth
ing left in it beyond mere living. AZ
ter nearly eight years of service upon
the bench the accommodations of my
labor are too small TO mention.
To my friends. i can only say. that
j have searched in vain for a valid ar
gument that one should sacrifice his
personal taste, and, as ! believe in this
case, his personal interests, to obtain
a public trust" which when acquired
is so localized in its functions as to be
continuously attended with the most
dlSfaSteful responsibilities.
Il take this step with less reluctance
because on frequent occasions declin-
ed 10 be candidate and only consent
ed thereto after the most earnest So
Hcltauons on the part of my friends
Il acknowledge my gratitude TO my
party and the people Of Sedgwick coun-
ty for their continued apprecia ton and
generous support.
Il have notified you thus early so
that immediate steps may be taken to
fill the vacancy
Yours truly,
&C. REED"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
REED HAS DONE II
HIS LETTER DECLINING EOn,NA.
T10N RECEIVED YESTERDAY.

he Is Very Thankful for the Nomination
1sut He Thinks 1t Would BE More Ad
vantaSeous to His Financial Interests to
Practice at the Chicago Bar-He Thinks
the Harvest of the Law Busioess all
over In Wichfta-Letter Addressed to
Chairman Wilson of the County Com
mittee-What He Saws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31

These are oily a partial list. TIE
81 ne rates r7sn taroszh The entire stock
You dens have bEy a certain number
q Articles 70 GET these pr.asE. they are
placed upon each iadsIs aGsat .. tie
res
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
l30 u. Wain st.
G.. j. FLETCHER
Spot Cash Grocer

ssh sets thc pace for ths grocery
trade % wichita. Here is rs gs!t for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-31
FINDING PLENTY OF GOLD.

rrta 80 on their everlasting calm!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-30

If you hayo q notion OF beginning the
poultry business commemorative small
flock and learn tho ius and outs from
tho ground up 10 50 q mistake that
there IS nothing to learn in tho success
iul handling Of fowls; that any ono
without experience can start IN tho bust.
ness wholesale 90 olg1 and mako II
profitable Many have tried il and fail.
cd. II You find that you can make a TOW
hens pay you and you like tho business,
tuen enlarge tho flock.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
SPIT IN HIS FACE.
DIsGRACEFUL ENCOUNTER IN A
LITTLE ROCK HOTEL.
A Legislator Meets the Governor
and Spit In His Fnce-The Gov
crnor Returns the Fire and Draws
n Revolver but il Disnrmed

Little Rock, Ark, April 9.-The spec
tacle of an honorable member of the
Arkansas legislature, Iivid with rage,
splitting in the face of the governor of
this commonwealth, quickly returned
by violent emission Of the executive
upon the angered features OF the
lawmaker and flourish of firearms
in the hands Of the governor, was wit
messed in the lobby of Gleason's hotel,
and was the result Of the sensational
charges of bribery in connection with
the railroad commission bill sprung in
the house of representatives Saturday
by Mr.. Yancey of Phillips county,
Mr.. Jones Of Union county, one of
the principals in the alteration with
the governor, Saturday arose to a
point Of personal privilege and de-
nounced Gov. Clark as being at the
bottom Of the charges. He said that
Gov. Clark was demagogue and was
going around like the assassin in the
night with knife stabbing in the
back men who were his peers.
When Gov. Clark met Jones in the
lobby at Gleason's, and requested a
private interview with him Jones re-
piled that he would accompany the
governor nowhere, and that if the
chief executive had anything to say
to him to make it known there. Hot
words followed and in a fit Of anger
Jones spat in the governors face.
Gov. Clark returned the insult, and
quick as 4 flash had drawn his re-
volver, and the difficulty might have
resulted in bloodshed but for the
quick action of bystanders who dis
armed Gov. Clark. The governor was
later arrested and released on his own
recognizance. He will. he says, plead
guilty to the charge Of assault. Fur
ther trouble may follow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
STOLE THE STAMPS.
THE POsTOFFICE SAFE AT SPRING.
FIELD, ILL, IS LOOTED.
rhieves Who Had Secured Duplicate
Keys Operate In Broad Daylight
and Secure 100000 Worth OF
Stamps anr Silver-warc

Springfield, ILL.,, April 5.-The post
office here was robbed of about SlO,-
900 worth of stamps and silyerware
to-day. The robbery took. place while
Postmaster Kidgeley was at dinner.
The robbery was not discovered until
) O'Clock, and those implicated have
was gained to the vault by the use
Gated in the postmaster's private Of
flee, and the combination is never
turned except at night.
In order to secure entrance to the
vault two keys had to be used, one
to open the spring lock On the door of
the office, and the other to the inner
door Of the vault. Both of these
doors were locked when Mr.. Ridgeley
returned to office after lunch. Be
sides the stamps Mr.. Ridgeley had
stored in the vault his daughters we'd
ding presents, valued at $1,000. The
stamps and silverware would make
an enormous package, and it is hard
to conceive of a method to take them
from the building in broad daylight
without observation. When Assistant
POSTMASTER McMurphy had occasion
to go to the vault for stamps he found
the interior in wild disorder and ev-
erything of value removed. This was
the first intimation that the place had
been looted. Mr.. Ridgeley, until a
few days ago, had about $4,000 in
cash in the vault, and the theory is
advanced that the thieves had some
intlmation of this and that they were
after it. The work is no doubt that OF
experts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11

t"Because live, ye shall live ALSO"
Che earth is dark nor leaf nor bios som
Decks the brown waste; the hills
are bare;
Loss and regret are everywhere.
Ah! sleeps there not in Natures bosom
Some recompense, some sweet re-
pair?
Where are our lost? We wander weep
ing,
Filled full with anguish and dismay;
The world is yelled, the skies are
gray;
Faith in our hearts is dead or sleeping;
In vain we watch in vain we pray.
Hark! on the leafless boughs above us
A blue birds MARBLE, soft and clear;
Look down! a blade Of grass is here.
Slight choral, tiny hint. to move us;
Yet, it's the turning of the year.
Hear in thy soul, thou unbelieying,
One word forever dear and sure:
Il live" The promise stands secure.
Here is the balm to heal thy grieving,
Hope of the patient and the pure.
Break out, o heavens. into singing!
Awake and shout o slumbering clod
Here is thy life. The breath of God
Through earth and heaven in JOY is
ringing;
His spring the cold, gray fields hath
trod.
Xe lilies of the field, adore Him.
Ye that have slept in dust and dew;
Ye faithless mortal spirits, too,
Bow down with rapturous song before
Him.
Behold! He maketh all things new!
Rose Terry Cooke.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11

pigeon and the caro- on Easter eve
is given as follows:
In the crusading host of Godfrey de
Bouillon was a Florentine knight who
was the first to climb the walls OF
Jerusalem and plant thereon the holy
cross. TO his native city he im1ne-
diately sent the tidings, viz, carrier
pigeon, and the Florentines thus re-
ceived the news of the recovery Of the
holy sepulcher long before it was
known in any other European city.
Still another story is told about this
same Florentine knight. Resolved to
bring back to Florence the sacred
fame that burnt in the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher he lighted a torch
from it and started to ride back to
Italy. But in order to protect his
torch from the wind he rode with his
face toward the tail Of the horse, thus
screening the flame with his body.
The country folk who saw him rid
ing by in this strange manner shouted
''Pazzi!! PazZi" Fool! FoolD and
this name was proudly borne by his
family ever afterward. AS the Pazzis
Of Florence paid, for many genera
lions all the expense of the caro- ON
Easter even, it would seem that the
strange ceremony owned it's origin in
some way to their distinguished ances-
tors. Emma e. Brown,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
An Old Man Murdered.

Altoona. Pa, April 9.-Henry Bon
neka, an aged German who lived alone
in the Western part of the city, was
found dead Oh the floor of his room
to-day. There was a wound on the
back of his head, evidently made by
4 blunt instrument. A short rope was
tied tightly around his neck, and a
knotted handkerchief was fastened
in his mouth. There was also wound
on the hip, which looked as if it had
been made by kick. He was an old
bachelor, had not been seen since last
Thursday. and it is supposed that he
was murdered that night No money
was found on the premises.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
ON CHURCH STEPS.
Double Tragedy Witnessed by the
WOrshiDers


WOrshiDers.
Wichita, Kan, April "a horrible
tragedy occurred on the steps of the
Lincoln Street Christian church as the
congregation was walking out after
the service at noon yesterday. On the
sidewalk in front Of the church Walter
Scott fired a bullet into the brain Of
his wife and she fell a corpse. While
the people stood agast at the terrible
deed Scott placed the revolver in his
mouth and sent bullet crashing
through the roof of his mouth into
his brain and fell dead almost within
reach OF the body Of his wife. AT
the sight of the bloody tragedy two
or three women tainted and much ex-
element prevailed. Both bodies were
taken to the undertakers. When Mrs.
Scott was shot she was walking out
OF the church with her brother. Mr..
and Mrs. Scott were married about
two years ago. She was seventeen
and he nineteen. They separated
about a year ago, she going to her
fathers house and he going to Kan
sas City. Scott returned to Wichita
a week ago. He went to church yes
terday. and as he walked out asked
his wife If she would return to him,
and when she refused he shot her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
Silver Party Formed.

Birmingham, Ala, April "a silver
party is the latest acquisition in po-
litical affairs in Alabama. At Athens,
Limestone county, 400 Democrats, sill
verits and Populists met and banded
themselves together in a central sill
yer club. They declared themselves
in favor of free coinage of silver and
bound themselves together without re-
spect to party ties to support for Of
flee only such men as favor their
views. II. P. Lane, state commission
er of agriculture, Democrat, with
drew from the convention when his
motion to fight for free silver with
Democratic party lines was lost.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11

is going quietly on within the cathe,
dral in spite Of the blazing, swapping
fireworks and the noisy demonstra-
tions out in the square,. 49,. r~,-..
The flight Of the Easter dove along
the $40 feet of rope is watched with
| eager interest by the superstitious
peasantry. If nothing interrupts the
swift course Of the bird, they say it
predicts a fair summer and prosper
GUS harvest. If the dove halts or is
Irregular In Its movement, they expect
stormy season with disastrous frost
and hail.
To them the Easter dove is sacred
and supernatural creature, and her
flight seems that Of a living bird. In
reality, at a given moment, a match
is applied to fuse in the tail of the
plaster dove, so that inevitably it
starts off along the rope, pouring forth
plume Of fire. At the end OF the
rope her flames ignite a fuse inserted
in the caro- that 'sets off, the explo-
sive works. Borne along by the still
burning fuse, the dove wbizzes over
the rope until it reaches it's perch
again on the pole by the altar, where
the fuse having burned out, it re-
mains statiCna
1t would be interesting to know the
exact origin Of this strange ceremony.
Probably it is in some way connected
with that custom of the Eastern
church, where all the fires are extin-
guished on Good Friday, to be lighted
again with fresh fire struck with
flint and steel by the bishop on Easter
day. In the Church Of the Holy Sepul-
cher at Jerusalem on Easter day the
new fire, after it has been kindled and
blessed by the patriarch, is thrown
down from the top of the dome and
all the domestic hearths as we'll as all
the tapers in the churches are lighted
from it.
The Hearths Lighted From, 1t.
In Florence this custom of the Eas-
tern church was kept up for many
years in the form Of the populace re-
lighting it's hearth fires from tapers
ignited at the consecrated fire in the
cathedral. Some say that the dove
was devised as an appropriate and i'm
presslye means OF conveying the Eas-
ter outside the Duomo. 1t prevented
the scrambling and fighting within
the sacred ediice to procure the con-
secrated flames. At first the dove
lighted huge bonfire of wood in the
square. But now the holy bonfire has
degenerated into an exhibition of
fireworks at midday, and no hearth
fires are kindled from ties in ancient
times.
But according to one old Floren-
tine legend the origin of the white
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
LIGHTNING STRUCK HIS KITE
The Electro Fluid Ran Down tn
Cord Into the Boys Body, but Di
Not Kill Him.

The Electro Fluid Ran Down the
Cord Into the Boys Body, but Did
Not Kill Him.
kite-hy1ng is usually considered
harmless amusement, but that if is
not always such is sufficiently proved
by the recent experience of a thirteen
year old boy at Cateau, near Oambray
France, who became while indulging in
this sport, an involuntary imitator of
the immortal Franklin. The lad,
whose name was Janti, was flying his
kite-a small one, about twenty-sev-
en- inches long. 1t had reached a
great height when thunder storm
was seen approaching. :.'. "
The boy at once began to haul il
his cord. The kite, however, was still
100 yards OF so above the earth when
there was a brilliant flash Of lightning.
Young Janti was thrown into the air,
made two or three somersaults and
fen ten or twelve feet away. The
kite had attracted the electric fluid
which followed the cord, as in Frank
Inns famous experiment. and descend
ed into the earth through the boys
body. Wonderful to relate the boy
was not killed. After little he
arose and made his way home, tremb-
ling and crying. The nails of his left
hand, which had held the string, were
turned blue, as if by terrible bruise
while the fingers We're burned and GOV.
cred with blisters. Besides, this. his
face was bruised considerably by his
fall. The kitestring was burned in
two by the discharge and the Kite,
released, flew away to parts unknown.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
FavOrs BimetalIism,

London, April 5. - Rt. Hon. A. J.
Balfour made an address at the an
nual meeting of the bimetallic league.
Mr.. Balfour's speech was a strong
double-standard argument. Among
other things he said: ''England's
present system does not suffice even
for her internal commerce, and at a
time when we depend upon foreign
nations for our very bread, it is the
height Of folly to attempt isolation in
regard to the currency. believe that
the common sense of nations will not
long tolerate the present condition Of
affairs"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-11
His Life a, Failure.

Detroit, Mich, April 9. - The dead
body of a we'll dressed young man
with a bullet hole through the heart
was found on Concord avenue this
morning. The man arrived late last
Wednesday, and a note in his pocket
told that he was travelling auditor of
the Buckeye Supply Company of To-
ledo, and was the son of the presi-
dent Of the company. In note to his
father the young man wrote that his
life was a failure, that he had found
that he could not resist liquor.