The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-19
WASN'T THE DEVIL
AWFUL CONNECTION IN AN ATOHI.
SON COLORED CHURCH.


Chases a Cat Down the Front AisIe-The
Preacher Kicks the Cat and it Falls to
the Floor and Explodes-It Happens to
be Poiecat and the Scramble to GEE
Out of that Church is Awful, and
Many have Skinned shins.
Topeka, Kan. Oct 1s.-Never was a
chufch congregation SO summarily dis
missed and so wildly stampeded as
mat at the holy temple in the hazel
brush at the extreme limit of Atchison
where the colored brethren meet to
worship. Last night just as the big
Strong-lunged pastor had worked I'D
me congregation to an exciting pitch
by poruaying the awful fate Of those
VINO should be weighed in the balances
anu round wanting there ran into the
:hurch through the open door, a little
olack and white cat with a big bushy
'dlI closely pursued by a big yellow dog
Cat and dog ran down the aisle 10
me Platform on which the preacher was
standing. The cat was met by the toe
u the preachers big boot, and after
prlef flight through the air it landed
oVer among the sisters. AS IL hit the
i a
polecat The church was quickly filed
with an oder more powerful than the
sulphuric fumes Of the bottomless Dit
Inc preacher had been so recently por-
traying, and far more pungent and ter
rlnc. Negro men yelled, and negro wo-
men, with faces blanched, almost to
Wnlteness, screamed and in an instant
men, women and children and cat and
dog were frantic, struggling mass.
Seeking ref 81, -.
molly temple. They pressed to the door
ana as fast as they made their exit
ran howling down the street greatly
terrifying the people who dwell therein.
1T was sometime before a calm sue
ceeded the storm, and some of the SIS
tiers even yet believe de devil manifes-
ted hisself in the church" 1t is re-
GREETED that in the wild confusion the
skunk escaped to his native hazel
brush.
WILL BUY CORN.
Governor U. A Woodbury. of Vermont
Congressman H. H, Powers. of the same
state, and Mr.. z. B. Merriam Of Tope-
Ia, will invest $75, 900 in corn this fall.
Governor Woodbury. viii be in To-
peka next week to attend to some Of
the details OF the investment. He will
be accompanied by President Smith
OF Burlington, VT. bank, Congress
ana Mr.. Merriam will be detained in
the east for some time yet
One hundred thousand bushels of corn
have already been purchased. 1t was
raised in Reno county Mr.. c. NJ. Mer-
ram yesterday made the arrangements
with the Santa Fe to store it at Pau
line, and as soon as the elevator &C
commodations are secured the remain
der of the purchase viii be made 1t is
cd hnf
900 to $4,000 bushels of corn.
Governor Woodbury. will arrive about
Wednesday of next week and spend
IL week in the state. He has large
real estate interests in Kansas TO which
be will give some attention while here
He Will be the guest of Mr.. y. 3. Merri-
ANS family. and a reception will be
given him at the Merriam home on Col
qege Hill.
TOPEKA JOINTIST SUES.
Joe Kellam. whose recent arrest on
the charge of running joint was made
a test of the authority of the officers to
break into room or house without
attending 10 the preliminary formality
Of securing a warrant, claims that his
good name and standing in the commu-
nifty was injured 10 the amount of $500
and has brough suit for that amount
against the officers concerned in his
arrest.
Chief Of Police John Wilkerson, Cap
tain John W. Gardiner and Officer H.
c. Gaines made a descent on Kellams
rooms on August and took forcible
possession of the person Of Mr.. Kellam
and the better part of a barrel of beer.
besides other paraphernalia indicative
of the liquor traffic. The proprietor
of the rooms which were raided, was
removed to the station where, he states
being searched. Several trinkets and
keys and some money were taken from
him and he was held eight days. He
now claims that his arrest caused him
5000 of injury TO his feelings and
good standing in the community, and
wants damages, besides $500 for the
expense incurred him in connection
with the affair.
FIGHTS IN COUNTIES.
Robert Semple, secretary of the Popu-
list State central committee, has re-
ceived a report from the local organiza-
ton of his party in each county show
ing straight Populist tickets in eighty
three counties, straight Republicans
tickets in 100 counties. straight Demo-
cratic tickets in nine counties, fusion
between Populists and Democrats in
twenty-five counties and fusion between
Republicans and Democrats in five coun
ties.
The pemocra tic-Populist fusion coun-
ties are Marshall, Phillips, Riley, sum-
ner Haskell, Gray, Pottawatomie, JEFF
fe-son, Douglas. Wabaunsee, Dickinson
Franklin, Bourbon, Labette, Neosho.
Wilson. Lyon, Chase, Butler, Sedgwick
and Ford.
The straight Democratic counties are
Coffey, Miami. Anderson, Jewell, Wash
ingtom, Atchison, Cherokee, Leaven-
worth and Rice.
The Republican fusion
counties are Graham, Ellis, Kingman,
Seward and Kiowa.
TO MAKE THEM DRILL.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 1S.-Governor Nor
rilly has decided TO inaugurate a mill
tary dlall at the state reform school
here He has instructed the superin-
tendent to form a company Of sixty
bows They will be furnished with
worn-out carbines from the state arse
nal. The governor says that he wants
TO develope the boys physically and can
do it better by military drill than in any
other manner. Asked if he feared an
outbreak the governor said he did not
THE reform school, he declared, has
been run too much like cslaboose- The
institution as not a prison and the boys
sent there ought not 10 be treated as
conviets" The governor said that
military rule has brought the New
York reform school up 70 very high
standard and there is no reason why
the scheme should not work here
KANSAS RAILROADS.
The twelfth annual report of the state
board of railroad commissioners has |
lust been issued. The report is by the |
old Populist board, and contains infor- |
nation for the year ending Dec. 81. 1894 |
II does not differ materially from the !
renort for the year ending Dec. 81. 1888. |
In r>acra II 70 the condition Of the lines |