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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~@sc@sr=ss&sSzeczesss

op OF Wichita is the hardest working
bishop in the United States, not even
stopping for rest in midsummer.
At . o'clock every day City Clerk
Smith and the colored janitor match
nickles 10 see who will pay for water
melon. They have been matching now
for nearly two months ald the city
clerk has yet TO beat the janitor. The
result is that his watermelon bill is
about Sc a month. It has become such
a burden to him that he was compelled
to quit smoking cigars and take 10 the
less expensive iuxury-the pipe.
c. Oldfather, who lives one mile north
Of Maize. sent 10 the Eagle office yes
terday five stalks of late corn. planted
in May, that are fourteen feet high and
each stalk has two good sized ears. Mr..
Oldfather has 200 acres of corn that is
estimated at eighty bushels per acre or
5000 bushels in all. 1t is claimed that
late planted corn will do the best here
in about one year out of seven, and this
seems 70 he one OF the years when late
corn is best.
Mr. Bonham the Associated Press
operator in the Eagle office is taking
his annual vacation and with his wife
left yesterday for Geuda Springs. Mr..
BOnham has been for over year with
out single lay off with his fingers on
the typewriter and his ear 10 the ticker
for eight hours every night, without
leaving his seat, catching the news as
il is slung from one end of the country
To the other. 1t is easy to See that he
deserves a vacation when it is said
that he takes 1900 words every night
of the special wire Of the Eagle. There
are only about three operators in the
state of Kansas who can do the work
he does. II would set the average op-
orator crazy in one night.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
HOUSE WAS PACKED
EVANGELIST WHITMAN DRAWS
ANOTHER IMMENSE CROWD.
Doors and Windows as Well as All other
Available Space Packed with People
Fine Singing was a Feature of the Great
Event that was Highly Appreciated
Atheists and Agnostics Get a Scoring
from the Eloquent Ex-sIave--Confucius
and Buahism Get il in the Neck, Also
The Meetings are Growing in Interest.

A vast audience crowded the audi
torium last night to hear Evangelist
Whitman. Doors and windows were
packed and throngs wedged out into the
streets. The services opened with the
duet, Lead Ne Gently Home, Father"
sung by the Whitman sisters, with the
is a beautiful selection and with
chorus stately and full it was sung
with great effect.
The evangelist took for his text the
words: We are not as those who beat
the air." from the writings OF St Paul.
After a short skirmish with Free
thinkers, Agnostics, Atheists and their
kind, the speaker warmed up and went
al his task in earnest Some tnlths"
said he, ''are clearly and easily under
stood by all. and are without contro-
versy. Certain conditions prevail all
along the walks of human life and all
men know and feel these conditions.
All the world is agreed upon this, that
crime exists coextensive with the ex-
istence Of the human family. No one
denies this" He had been brought
face to face with all the families of man
and all had acknowledged this. He
was a member of the worlds parliament
of religion. which was held in Chicago
during the great exposition, and there
he had been able TO hear the whole
worlds concensus Of opinion. relative
TO this subject.
''Confuciusism and Buddhism. Moham-
odism and JudiSm, Hinduism and Chris
tianity all, all discover and point out
the common fact that crime exists
everywhere. Upon this one point all
the world is agreed. Upon the next
point all the world is agreed, also;
and here is the point-To lessen crime
to reduce it, TO diminish it, TO expunSe
il, is the first business of the humanita-
rian. This point will never be disput-
ed by any one. Representative from
every part Of the globe, representing
every ramificatiOn OF human thought
and activity, are agreed on this, and
now it remains for US only TO ask,
What are the best human means" of
eliminating crime from the world?'
This is no question OF golden harps
and white robes in heaven. II is
question of home and fireside. II is
a question affecting all men. How shall
we best make men free. clean and in
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
st Johns school. salin.. Kansas.

Professor Henry DTummond said:
There is one form OF discipline which
is not only the most thorough conceiv-
able. but which is actually congenial
10 boy nature: for military organization
in every shape and form boys have
natural aptitude" The only school in
the state that provides a boy with a
Christian home, pays attention - his
morals and manners, gives him thor
ough physical and mental training
while exercising control by means OF
military organization" IS St. Johns
school al Salina. Il Is situated one mile
north OF the city The main building IS
heated by steam. provided with hot 4nd
cold water. built Of brick and stone.
and covered with metal roof. Il is as
nearly fire-proof as can be. The sur
roun6ings are heaithful and beautiful.
its professors experienced and able.
Founded and supported by Christian
men. not for the sake Of gain. out for
the purpose Of surrounding \ boy with
Christian home influences while giving
him an education. II IS meeting with The
approval OF the best people of the state
cf Kansas. and more and more heartily
are they giving il their support.
Notwithstanding The hard times and
failure of crops. ST. Johns last year
had - per cent more pupils than !: had
the year before.
longest. those who know IL most init
mStely are loudest in its praise. The
school courts investigation and earn
es;ly asks every loyal kansan before
sending his boy 70 another state 70
make inquiries concerning a Kansas in
stitUt.on that Acknowledges 10 super
for.
The school Viii furnish any honest in
quirer with the Names Of a hundred pa
irons 20 whom gle may refer. selected a
random from its catalogue. The COM
ing year promises 20 be the most pros
porous In its history. Find out about
Il: Z il is deserving of patronage, pat
ronize it--Topeka Capital
The lawn social which vas n have
been given hy the Young Peoples Chap
ter Of the Episcopal church last Thurs
6ay. but which was postponed On ac-
count Of bad weather. viii be held This
evening at the residence OF NJ. HellaT.
a45 North Topeka avenue An en;oya-
ble evening is promised 10 all who at
tend.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
CITY IN BRIEE
Rev. David Winters returned fror
his vacation Yesterday.

Rev. David Winters returned from
his vacation yesterday
Mrs. J. ]. Mcnamara and Mrs. G. j.
Hartman returned last night from Col
orado
George Butler and Miss Emma At
kins were married at Carthage, Mo-,
yesterday.
Mrs. e. L. Keenan, returned last night
from a two months visit with her rel
atives I Emporia.
Miss Birdie Love left last night for
her home in Kansas City after an eight
weeks visit in the city
The Lewis street Bloods DEBATED Pat
Tewmey's Sluggers in game OF ball on
the Lewis street grounds yesterday by
score Of ~ TO 26.
There will be a special meeting of
Wichita Council L. c. T. No. 80 tonight
for initiation of candidates. A large
attendance is requested
The regular meeting OF the Young
Ladies' Missionary league or the First
Presbyterian church will be held Sat-
urd2y at p. m. al the nome or the
avenue.
The Boston nine and the Winfield
nine crossed bats az Riverside park yes
terday. The score was TO 9. in favor
Of the Boston nine. They VIII cross
bats at the fair ground on Saturday
The game will be called at $50 O'Clock
Mrs. Rufus Cone has greatly improv-
ed in health since going TO the noun
tains Rufe and her were on Pixies
Peak last Wednesday and Mrs. Cone
stood the trip all right while Rufe
could not hear anything for three hours
after coming down.
We can thank the bicycle for one
thing anyway. whether we can ride the
pesky thing or not-it has stimulated
movement all over the country for bet
ter roads, and Colonel Pope. the Co
lurnbia" man of Boston, is agitating
the question forcibly and well. Pearce,
the Jesweler, is agent for the Columbia
in Wichita.
Life is not so wholly delightful that
many OF us would be willing 10 live our
lives over again. but If anything could
induce me 10 go through mine once
more il would be having Columbia bi-
cycle If I had ten daughters each one
should have her wheel and ride daily
Julia A. Sabine. Maiden. Mass. Pearce,
the Jeweler, sells the Columbia.
At the home Of the brides parents,
1852 South Lawrence avenue. at 9
o'clock Thursday evening, Rev. a. y.
Green pronounced the rites that made
Stephen Wilson and Capitola Hoover
husband and wife. \ small company OF
friends were present to witness the hap
py event and to participate in the dis
cussion Of an elegant supper prepared
by the brides good mother.
Father Then said last night that
Bishop Hennessey is lecturing and
preaching in the eastern states. He
was in Providence last week. He is
Ia boring TO raise money by his lectures
to assist some of TIE poor churches un-
der his care. II is claimed that the bish
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17

Sherif Judkins Of Harvey county
came down last night and took the
Two men arrested on Santa Fe train
hlght before last to Newton.
Ihese men, who gave the names OF
Webber and W. III. Weatley, the latter
coiored, are accused OF robbing the
mouse of Richard Rollins, one and a
half miles from Burton.
sheriff Judkins says that Rollins is
well to do farmer and the men evil
nently expected to find money in the
house but were disappointed.
Inc men went out from Burton and
found only a 16-year-old girl at home
The white man entered the house evil
denuy thinking there was no one at
nome as Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins had left
short time before for Burton.
He began to pull open drawers in the
furniture when the girl, who was al the
Time in the kitchen heard the noise and
came TO the room door.
When he saw her the robber whipped
out a revolver and said: You make
any outcry and / will shoot you dead"
He then told the now thoroughly
frightened girl to tell him where her
father kept his money and to be quick
about ii, but the young lady declared
that her father had no money about
the house.
Seeing a gold ring on her finger the
robber ordered her to pull it of at
once. Miss Rollins declared that she
could not remove the ring when the
ronber turned his revolver and fired at
her, shooting so close that the hair
the entire length of one side of her
head was powder burned
The men were probably afriad that
the report of the revolver might at
tract some one to the house and they
left, running into a corn field near by
= The neighbors were notified and in
less than two hours a number of far
mers and an officer from Burton were
In hot pursuit of the robbers.
They were trailed south of Burton,
where it was learned that white man
and black man had boarded a south
bound freight train and a dispatch TO
Chief Massey enabled the officers here
to intercept them.
Sheriff Judkins says the farmers are
very indignant and if they had sue
ceeded in capturing the two robbers
that Harvey county would have never
been put to the expense of trying them,
as he believes they would have been
shot.
He says that some thieves attempted
to raid the neighborhood about a year
ago and the farmers are determined to
make that section very unhealthy for
robbers.
The men were not armed when captur
. ed here and the officers suppose that
they were afraid that they would be
captured by the farmers and threw
away their revolvers. They seemed
uneasy yesterday when told that they
were wanted at Burton.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
do you want to enlist?" he was

do you want to enlist?" he was
asked
You bet, if there is anything in 1t.
1 have made UP my mind that it would
be as we'll to die fighting with the Gu
bans as to starve to death in Kansas
1 can't get any work and / must do
something"
When asked whether he had ever
been in the army. he said:
when lived in New York I tried TO
enlist, but they would not take me be-
cause / was a foreigner. I didn't know
know that they drew the lines. but
they did.
] saw that could take out my nat
uralization papers. but the officer said
that Uncle Sam was not taking foreign
born soldiers any more
After expressing positive opinions
on the prohibitory law. he went off to
write letter 10 the Guthrie agent Of
Cuba. offering his services to that
country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
CoXEY WAS IN TOWN.
Deader of the Tranp Army Passes Through
Wichita.

Yesterday General J. s. Coxey of
Massillion, Ohio. was in the city on his
way to Topeka from the south.
When il was ascertained that Gener-
al Coxey was on the train great
crowd Of people went to the union de-
pot and men held their children up in
their arms so that they could say in
after years that they saw the leader
Of the great tramp army.
The general smiled pleasantly at the
people and felt that the greeting they
gave him was. in a measure. an in
dorsement Of his ION to Washington"
crusade
General Coxey has a kindly express
ion on his face and he does not look as
II the hard things said about him
were true.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
HER INJURIES WE'RE FEIGNED,
Sreilman, Who was 3rrested for Beattn
the Coiored Child. is Cleared.

The arrest and trial of Christopher
Spellman for beating the little colored
girl nmed Felix is one of the most re-
marka bic cases on record.
1t was stated at the time of the arrest
Of Spellman that he caught the Felix
child in the alley and beat her until
she was supposed to be dead and threw
her into a mud hole in the alley.
Spellman had his preliminary hear
ing before Judge Hatton and has been
discharged and in summing up the evil
dence Judge Eatton stated that there
had been nothing equal TO this case
since the days of Salem witchcraft.
1t will be remembered that the hear
ing was postponed on account of the
inability of the Felix child to give her
testimony in the case.
When the case came up for hearing
yesterday Mr.. Comfy asked that the Fe-
lix family who were witnesses in the
case be excluded from t-~ court room
during thet rial and Mr.. Comfy noticed
when the little garl went from the room
that she was badly crippled in her left
leg, but that when she came back TO
give her evidence II was the right leg
that was so badly injured.
The testimony of the Felix family
was conflicting as TO the time of day
the ting was supposed 70 have taken
place and the mother was unable to
tell which leg was injured
The little girl testified that Spellman
came along and held his hand over her
mouth and struck her on the head and
killed her and that she knew nothing
more until she came too in the mud hole
Drs. McCless and knaval made a
thorough examination and swore that
there was nothing the matter with the
child and that her injuries were feign-
ed and Mrs. Sutton testified that the
Felix girl was playing in the yard near
" all day on which the beating is sup
posed to have occurred, as she had done
since that time.
The parties most interested are now
at loss to know whether the little
colored girl deceived her parents or
whether they put up the case.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
HAD A FOWL SUPPER.
Charlie Carey rendered n Stag Banquet by
His Friends.

Upon retiring from the management
of the Carey hotel last night Charles
w. Carey was rendered nice little
banquet in the ordinary by his friends.
1t was a banquet of prairie chickens
and other game and was quite a spread
The guests were Mayor Cox, ex-Mayor
Carey. DR.. McClees. Gerald Volk, .. Il.
Stocker and Billy Davidson.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17

The jolly Campers VII NEE: this ev-
ening Saturday a. tire home - Mss
Lewis al Gas sharp BY order of presi-
dent.
There VIII be a literary entertain
.sent given IN the Miarehaha school
house under the direction Of Mrs = 3.
Hathaway. Aug. -.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
PIE EATERS DONE Up.
They were No Match for the Fiends Of the
Golden Eaxle.

The Golden Eagle baseball nine walk
ed down the street yesterday afternoon
al o'clock the happiest kids in town.
The Manhattan Pie Eaters struck home
through the alleys and across lots. The
latter were done Up by a score OF 10 10
15. The game did not last long and the
Manhattan barber was the umpire.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
TRIES TO SAVE HER BOY.
Mrs. Hatch Calls on President Cleyelan
and Asks a Pardon for Clyde MattOx

and Asks "A Pardon for Clyde MattOx
The following special dispatch has
been received from Washington:
Mrs. Hatch. the mother OF Clyde
MattoX arrived this morning from her
visit to BuZZardS Bay, where she saw
the president and requested a pardon
for her son. She left tonight for
Leavenworth. Kan. where she viii re-
main until action is taken by Mr.. Cleve
land. She is very much encouraged in
the belief that the president viii not
allow her son to be executed at Wichi
IA Oct. II. II appears that when she
met the president he had not read the
papers in the case: in fact ii was the
first time he had ever heard Of il. He
was thus ignorant of the situation, but
he listened to the statement made by
Mrs. Hatch and asked few questions.
q Mrs. Hatch is almost a physical
wreck from IVORY and work in ner ef-
forts to save her son. Mrs. Hatch
said today that the work was all done
and that she could do nothing more
and would leave the matter with the
president. It is thought by the at
torneys interested that Mr.. Cleveland
will likely not take up the case until
he is through with his outing at Gray
Gables, and it is quite likely that he
will pay 10 attention to ii before the
first week in October, as he may not
take IL up, as is often the case, until
the day before the execution"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
AUCTION TODAY.

= large. Es1tie maze. h1raess and sssia-
tua wzSon VII bs Sell - tEe highest
bidder. AZ = o'clock sk-x morning = cor
nsr Douglas s16 water.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
HE WANTS TO FIGHT.
And Said thst He would sooner be Killed
than Siarxe TO Death.

4 young German came into the Eagle
last night with a determined look on
his face.
L want 10 know" he said the name
of the man at Guthrie that is calling
for volunteers to join the Cuban insur-
gents"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-17
SHOT AT A WOMAN
TWO MEN ATTEMPT TO ROB THE
HOME OF RICHARD ROBBINS.

Try to Shoot a Young Girl Because She
Could Not Get Ring from Her Finger
sheriff Judkins Says the Farmers at
nurrton would have Settled the kotvbers
III They had Captured Them-They were
captured Here and Taken to Newton
Last Nighr-The Story of the Robbery as
Told by Sheriff JudSius.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-01
A Chinese Theater,

We entered the building assigned to "The
Ascending Luminous Dragon" by small
side door, and proceeding for some dis.
tance along very narrow, whitewashed
passage and down fight of steep and
narrow wooden steps we arrived at the
kitchen of the establishment where Celes.
tial cooks were busily employed preparing
savory (?) dishes for the performing com.
pany. Our place, however, was not there,
so on we went up two more flights of
equally steep, dark and uninviting stairs
Through a door at the top we walked un-
tremendously into the "holy of holies, {"
otherwise the "greenroom. Here the ac-
tors were in various stages of personal
adornment, some applying cosmetics, 9th.
ers dressing, while many more smoking
and chattering, were rchearsing their pc.
culiar parts which, to our untutored eyes,
seemed to be composed of the most absurd
and extravagant antics. Here and there
were scattered small tables, around and
upon which those of the performers whose
parts were over listlessly reclined. Habili-
ments and garments Of wonderful cut
hung around the walls and were scattered
about the floor and tables in reckless pro-
fusion, while huge chests containing
property" were deposited at intervals
around the room. From here was the di-
rect approach on to the stage.
The artists were exclusively Chinese,
and despite the deceptive makeup all men.
No woman is allowed ON the stage of q
Chinese theater in any capacity whatever.
Strange as it may sound, the omission Is,
however, hardly noticeable, for the getup
of the men impersonating female charac-
ters is so perfect that is with difficulty one
can really be convinced that the unalter-
able law on the subject has not been in.
fringed. Nevertheless in its stern rigidity
it Is as unalterablc as law of the Medes
and Persians.-Gentleman Magazine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-01
A NOBLE STRUCTURE.
THE PROPOSED ROMAN CATHOLIC CA
THEORAL AT WESTMINSTER.

IL Was Planned by the Lamented Cardi-
nal Manning, Is TO Cost s75O,OOO and IL
Going Forward Under Cardinal Vaughan.
The Cornerstone Was Recently Laid.
The Roman Catholics of England pro-
pose TO erect one Of the finest and most Inn
pressive cathedrals in all the world and
have recently laid the cornerstone Of a
most imposing edince designed for that
purpose. 1t is 30 years since the scheme for
this cathedral was suggested by Cardinal
Manning. IL was this eminent prelate's
notion to erect the proposed cathedral in
memory of his predecessor, Cardinal Wise
man, but although ably seconded by the
generous aid of many leading English
members of the Roman church other mat
ters pressed so closely upon him that reali-
cation of the scheme has necessarily been
deferred till now. However he secured the
site of the old Toth!ll Fields prison, West
minister London, for building spot, and
it is upon that site that the cornerstone
was laid one day late in June of this year.
But 1t was Cardinal Vaughan, assisted by
Cardinal Vogue, the primate of all Ire
land, who conducted the ceremony, for the
tamented Manning was not permitted to
live long enough to witness even the be-
ginning of his plans embodiment.
According to the architects plans, the
new cathedral will be truly noble build
ting. Its total length is to be $50 feet, its
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-01
How They Register.

The conventional way of putting ones
autograph on hotel register is common
place enough, and so every now and then
variations in registering are to be found
in all hostelries of Washington. The man
who puts Hon, Colonel or Judge
before his own name is very rare visitor
at the capital, but occasionally sinner Of
this sort against good taste is found. Very
few travellers nowadays write the word
lady where wife ought to go, though Mr..
and Mrs. seem to be the most approved
forms.
The night clerk at one of the up town
houses opened his eyes wide the other day
when guest who registered from New
York added thereto "426 West Forty ninth
street, " which was putting a much finer
point ON the matter of address than is
usual
II a Cleveland man uses a capital o
after the name OF his city, he thereby
goes square against the resolution of the
chamber of commerce of his town, which
calls on all patriotic Clevelanders TO omit
the o, IL is said that city which is
bound to be the metropolis OF the Buck
eye country needs no minute geographical
designation. Washington Post.