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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
CITY IN BRIEF.

Judge Dale will adjourn the district
court today until after the conventions.
The many friends of Mrs.J. NJ. Knapp
will be panied to learn of her serious
illness.
ExJustice of the Supreme Court Hor-
ton will lead the Topeka delegation to
Wichita.
The convention committee met last
night and made final arrangements for
the big gathering.
Cyrus Leland, Jr., chairman Of the
state Republican committee, will be in
the city this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. s l. Post of Fort
Smith arrived in the city last night
and expect to make Wichita their fu
ture home.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Gross and son of the
Golden Eagle have returned from an
extended trip through the east on plea
sure and business.
c. H. Brooks left yesterday for To-
peka and Kansas City. While in To-
peka he viii appear before the su-
preme court in an important case.
James J. Parks of St Louis, formerly
OF this city, is in the city on legal bust
ness. He is getting along splendidly IN
his new home and shows plenty evil
dence of that fact.
The Populists will hold their pr
maries in this city this evening. between
the hours of and Q o'clock p. m, 10
elect delegates to the county convention
10 name delegates 10 the state conven>
ton.
Thomas & Cole removed their insur-
ance office yesterday from the Clement
building 10 their new office in the Sedg
wick block. Sam Woodward viii also
be found in the Sedgwick block here
after.
Mrs. Martha Mcdowell was buried
yesterday at the Dunkard church north
east of the city. She was the mother
OF Mrs. W. NJ. Tuell. and was IS years
OF age. Her death was caused by
consumption.
A compromise was effected in the case
OF Mrs e Blanche Parker against her
father-in-law and mother-in-iaw. VIII
lam Parker. whereby the defendant
is 10 pay s.. 600 and costs OF the suit and
the case was dismissed yesterday morn
ing.
Miss Lizzie Wells. bookkeeper for the
Kansas Steam Laundry, leaves for her
home in Kingman this morning for
SnDrt WISH. aElEE WHICH SIT y AL - 10
Chicago. where she viii enter upon a
TWO years course in the Nurses Train
ing school.
The teachers Of Sedgwick and Hsr-
vey counties VIII meet in a joint ses-
sion at Sedgwick City, on March y.
The program for the joint meeting is
being made out, and the coming meet
ing is being looked forward 10 with
great interest.
The second lecture under the auSpic-
es Of Hypatia VIII be given next Mon
DAY IN The parlors OF Mrs. r Guthrie.
Third and Waco. al $50 =. IN The sub
ject "RuSkin'' and the well known sh..-
ity u The lecturer Ms Lora r Pr-dty
VIII without doubt al ~ house
Joseph Hooker. -. Joseph Hooker.
Jr.. and William Hooker were arrested
yesterday by Constable Russell on "a
warrant issued by Justice Glenn. char
ging them with ssssui;irs one ! J.
Robertson on South IDA avenue. The
trial was postponed until next Monday
and teh defendants gave bond N tie
sum OF s=oe for Their appearance
Tommy l. nundor who was recently
in the empioye ~ the Uu5ted sash and
Door company. turns UT in Okla norns
making drafts on the company. which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
FOR USING THE COMPANY's MONEY
Territory Statesmen of Swift & Co. Arrested
at Perry, %. T.

s. E. Wiley of St. Louis, arrived in
the city last night from Perry, o. T.,
and in conversation with an Eagle re-
porter at the Manhattan said:
Mr.. Charles Hubbard, special repre-
sentative of Swift & Co, meat packers
of Kansas City, Mo-, was in Perry to-
day and had A. H. Chreton, travelling
salesman for the territory, put under
arrest, charging him with enbezzle-
ment. 1t is claimed that his shortage is
in the neighborhOod Of $500 and covers
a period of about two months. He has
worked for the company two or three
years, and is reputed to be a good sales
man, and was popular with the trade.
He waived preliminary examination. Up
to late hour this evening he had not
secured bond. 1t is claimed that he has
been drinking heavily for some time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
THAT CHANGE MADE
LIEURANOE IS 0USTBD FROM THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

His Successor is o. Y. Smith, a Broad
f7au.ed and Liberal Republican Whose
Amendment Meets With General Salts
faction-He Received a Notice of His
appointment From the Governor Yes
tersiay-Lfeurance Could Not be Found
by an Interviewer-Tiger Bill Tells a
Kentucky Story When Questioned.
Well, there is change AT last, and it
did not come on Monday morning. eth
er. as 50 often predicted. II came on
Friday. that horrible day of dread SUI
perstitions. These superstitions may be
reversed and exploded and il is hoped
they Will be. In fact, it looks very
uslIch that way at the hour this article
MS written
The change made, and which was so
long hoped and prayed for, was the
oJIsting of L. D. LieUrance from the Of
fce of secretary of the board of police
commissioners and his substitution by
Oscar 4. Smith, a gentleman who is
neither d hypOcrite nor a crank but a
broad minded, liberal and progressive
citizen of Wichita. A man who has the
~ in touch with local sentiment and ell
bow TO elbow with the men who do not
want to tear down, but to build up a
prosperous, peacea BILE and influential
city.
The news came in private kilograms
end special dispatches, and was hailed
with manifestations of unanimous joy.
Business may not have picked up i'm
mediately on its receipt, but it looked
exactly as if it had. People moved
about with a lighter step, a higher
head, a more assuring smile; and the
handshaking and greetings between
neighbors We're more vigorous and af-
fable.
Mr.. Smith received letter from Gov
ernor Morrill, in the afternoon inform
ing him Of the appointment. 1t was
cOuched in very few words and contain
ed no evidence of strings.
Mr.. Smith said be did not feel at lib
erty TO say anything for publication, as
he had not yet received his commissi
A reporter for the Eagle sought Mr.
Jieurance, but he was not in his office.
His partner had not heard of the change
until the reporter advised him Of 1t. He
said nary a. word but continued with his
desk work
Judge Campbell was seen in his office
what you know" asked the reporter,
whereupon Judge Campbell laid his
trimmed hat down on the table and said:
II knew a young fellow down in Ken
lucky who was counting a girl for
long time. One night he called on her
and said:
% Mary, will you marry me?'
a" 7 will said Mary.
The young man then looked at the
fire and kept gazing on it in great
mental abstraction.
John said Mary, looking up into
his face, why don't you say something?'
Damn it said John, L have said
too much already
81 am like john" said Judge Camp
bell. Il won't tell you anything more;
I have said too much already"
The board, provided Mr. Smith ac-
cepts the place, will be reorganiZed to-
day at the regular Saturday meeting.
4 great many outlines are made of the
new policy but they are all the result of
sueSSWork.
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HOW IT STANDS NOW
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH TIE
MONEY FOR THE GAS WE'LL
Only s2,40o has Been Paid Out for Labor
and the Other 81, 900 has Been Used for
Material Which Can be Used in Boring
Another Hole-EuIi Log is Kept and
Every Stratum is shown-If a Salt Well
is Wanted it has Now Been secured-If
Pottery is to be Established a Wonder
full Mine has Been discovered

Everybody is interested in knowing
the exact status of the well, and how
the money appropriated is being ex-
pended. Work yesterday was prose>
cuted all day and among all the fog and
gloom which hung over the top of that
mysterious well there appears to beta
hollo of light with something like a
silver lining.
An Eagle repoT ter made the follow
ing investiga tons: The bottom of the
we'll is now something like $50 feet be-
low the surface, and the prospects are
good that when the casing is thorough
ly adjusted that water will not bother
them any more, unless another river IL
encountered, which is not probable, and
the diameter of the hole will be reduc-
ed to six inches.
The money expended on the well up
TO noon yesterday was $4,000, of which
$4,000 was for material and s.. 400 for
labor. This includes everything ex-
pended and there are no bills 10 pay.
The citizens who desire TO know some.
thing about prospect wells can take his
pencil and figure out that the present
cost of the prospect hole owned by this
city is about $427 foot. The well IS
now al depth of /, $50 feet.
The small piping has been taken out
and the Workmen are trying to drill into
the rock below the salt water and when
1t is accomplished tribe small piping will
be put down, and it is then hoped that
there will be no more trouble from the
water. The water is very strong brine
and comes within seven fete of the sur
face and the supply is so abundant that
the pump run a full force does not low
er it perceptibly.
The well is now open clear to the bot
tom and by next Monday the party who
is conducting the work expects to be go
ing down at a rapid rate. There is no
use in denying the fact that men who
have undertaken this job have had some
bad luck and there has been an inclina-
ton on the part of some TO conceal the
actual facts for fear of discouraging the
people who have fondly hoped that coal
would be found. A very large MAORI
ty of the people of this city, however,
want TO know whether we have any
coal in this section of the country and
they want that drill to go down for at
least another 1000 feet before they are
willing TO throw up the spongs.
If there is any one thing on earth that
can prevent Wichita becoming a great
city il is 8 lack of cheay fuel and it is
the cheap fuel that the people are after.
II is easy enough to figure out what
this prospecting is costing, but who can
tell how much it would make for the
people if a good vein Of coal could be
found
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
BIBLES FOR JAIL BIRDS
Wichita Women are Catching on to the
Latest Fad.

1t is very probable that during the
coming week the county commissioners
will be visited by a delegation of ladies
asking them to enforce law that no
body but bookwormS know to be in the
statute book. This is a law providing
a bible for every jail bird whether in the
county Jail or in the calabOOse. There
is, certainly, a law to that effect and its
enforcement is called for in many coun-
ties already. 1t has been put in force
in Wyandotte county and that has en-
couraged the women of other counties
10 make a similar effort. There are
now about thirty persons in the bastile
of this county,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
KITTY AND JOHN ARRESTED
They VIII be Tried for Assault With Inten
to Kill.

Yesterday Kitty McLain and her man
John, as she calls him, were arrested on
a state warrant for cutting Claud Will
Jams on South Fourth avenue the pre-
vious night. When first arrested Kitty
said that Claud was a counterfeiter and
confidence man, but ii turned out later
that he was a tailor and not a remarka-
bic tailor either. John McLain, the
husband of Kitty, said that he struck
Williams with a poker, but the indica-
lions now are that he cut him with eth
err Ratchet or razor. Both will be
tried for assault with intent TO kill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
IkTNUnN IN HUTTMAN's AGENCY
IN\t n II, against Fire lightning, Tor
nado Plate Glsss Accidents
A Careful Man

has an eve for the little
things. The width of a
seam, the strength of a
pocket, the work on a but
ton-hole are little things,
but they have much to do
with rightly made clothing.
The quality of cloth is
easy to find. and the price
is apparently low enough
if-ah, that little if
if the little things were
not overlooked. They are
not overlooked on the "In-
ternatiOnal" cashmere suits
in our east window. There
are only 8 of the light and
IL of the dark ones left and
the price is still 5000.
SAME PRICE TO ALL.
HERMAN & HESS
4oe E. DOUGLAS AVE.
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ton, number of rooms and price of the
same, with rate of meals. All men,
bers of the reception committee will
call on me and receive their badges.
p. A. ROHRBAUGH.
Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
Convention Notice

All persons who can furnish lodging
or meals for delegates during Monday
and Tuesday next VII report the same
81 once TO the undersigned with the Ioca-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
woRKING FOR THE LORD
What is Being Done in Sunday School Work
Throughout the County


Joseph NJ. Johnson of Maize. writing
10 the Eagle, says: The month Of
February was mostly spent in the north
east part of the county. At Lincoln
school house we organized a good school
after about ten days labor. Mrs. 5.
DeLong was elected superintendent.
We arranged for a township conven>
ton in Lincoln township to be held Sat
urday, March I, at F'urley, and one in
Payne township to be held Sunday,
March s, at Greenwich. Hhe Garden
Plain township convention was held a,
Garden Plain VI. +. church Saturday,
Feb. %; was well attended and splendid
interest was manifested. Mrs. Mary
Masters, superintendent of the Chris
tian Sunday school, had charge of the
music and the song servceiS were soul
inspiring. Each topic for discussion
was well presented and showed THAI
the speakers had taken special lnteres:
in their preparation.
Rev. w. II. McLain and Rev Romine
were present and took active part. DR..
c. A. Mann is certainly a wheel horse
in Sunday school work. Garden Plain
Sunday schools are and ought to be
proud OF his presence and help.
J. NJ. HarveL superintendent OF the
NJ L. SUNDAY SCHOOL NdS ektCNSu pres
ident OF the township for the ensuing
year.
We must mention the kind hospitality
shown us by Mr.. ana Mrs. GlaSscock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvel during the convention We
hope to enjoy the fellowship OF theSA
people IN another convention another
year.
During the month We gave eighteen
sermons and addresses. distributed thir-
ty-six Bibles and Testaments. visited
three Sunday schools. visited ninety
five families and Travelled 49, mile>.
Can you not help US in this work for the
Master.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
JOKE is SERIOUS
EDGAR POWERS OF WINFIELD SAND
BAGGED BY FRIENDS.

Members of the Local Y. NJ. c. A. Attack
Him Like FootPsds and in the Scuffie
That Ensued He Received What Il
Likely to Prove a Fatal BIow-Four
Hours in CatsIeptic State and Since
Then He suffers From Terrible Pains in
the Head-Grest Danger of Brain Fever
Setting In.
Information was brought I'D from
Winfield last night OF A most serious
practical joke played on Edgar Powers
by the members of the local " VI. C. A
Of which organization he is a member
Br. Powers was visiting al the home
OF Miss Pearl Weakly. prominent
young lady, and stayed there until the
usual late hour OF young lover. While
he was there some Of the fresh young
men Of the association conceived the
idea of waylaying him as he went home
When he emerged from Mr.. Weakley's
house and walked few steps a well
dressed young man approached him and
began striking him with an improviSed
sandbag. \ scuffie followed and the
other young men in the plot jumped
from their place Of concealment and
participated in the rough and tumble.
During the melee young Powers, who
will soon be a graduate from the high
school, was struck on the back of the
head with the sandbag. He barely had
got back 70 MIR. Weakley's house when
he went into catahptic state in which
he remained four or five hours. When
physicians had brought him out of his
cataliptic state he complained OF A
fearful pain in the head from which he
is suffering intensely. IL is feared that
brain fever cannot be avoided. and the
chances are by no means good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07

Why Time glides so swiftly
All history shows,
That the reason of this
Is by cycle he goes.
Harlem Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07

The ProhibS are even giving LIeu->
ance the cold shoulder in his misfortune.
and are laying all the blame on his re-
meval as secretary Of the Police Com
mission upon his foolishness in showing
himself 10 the governor. They now
say II he had taken their advice and
kept out OF sight that he instead OF
Oscar Smith would have remained as
secretary They say that they knew
al along that i the governor got
fair look at him that his name would
he Dennis, and that they are not sur
prised at the turn affairs have taken.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
acts

Which cures Cstsrrh because it puriie..
vitalizes and enriches the blood. By
so doing If also repairs the diseased
tissues, builds up the whole system,
creates good appetite,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
THE MADISON LAKE CASE.

From information which we have
been able to gather, it appears that a
fifteen year old Madison Lake boy
named Frank Dolliver, who was in
Jail at one time on the charge of
breaking into cottages on Point Pleas
ant, left the village Wednesday night
and has not returned since. Mrs. Mel
son Culp is also said to have left on
the same evening, and there is rumor
current that the two may have left
together. Mrs. Culp is young woman,
and the friends of both are 10th to be-
lieve that there is any truth in the
rumor. On present information we
are unable to confirm or deny the re-
mort
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
A SUDDEN DEATH.
MIS-. w. A. Presley Dies After. very
Brief Illness.

Mrs. Walter A. Presley died at
eleven O'Clock Friday night at her home
629 S. Front street. She was taken
with inflammation of the bowels two
or three days ago, and sank very
rapidly. She would have been q years
of age had she lived until a week from
tomorrow.
The deceased was born at Eagle
Lake and was daughter of Mr..
Schwartz and a sister Of Mrs. Stein
berg A husband and two little child
rem survive her. She was greatly re-
spected by her large circle of friends,
and the bereaved husband and child
rem have the sympathy of all who
know them.
The funeral will occur at one,o'clock
Monday from the house, and the in
terment will take place at Eagle Lake
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

left in 1863, and have been
back nearly dozen times
since. My family live near st. Clair
and Rice Lake. [ went to Johannes
burg, Transvaal, South Africa, in
September, 1888. and returned in
1891, but have been there for several
years past. I managed gold mines
until three or fur years ago, since
which time have been on my own
hook. l returned to America in
October, and will start for England
in two or three weeks, and expect to
be in johannesburg in three or four
months. L am engaged in specula-
tive mining, buying and selling
claims, options, etc. l was in South
Africa during the outbreak there,
but was not involved with it. l
have personally met and talked with
Dom Paul, president Of the republic,
and other. leading men. That is a
splendid country, with climate
like California
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
NElGhBORHOOD GOSSIP.
Telephone Line Being Extended To-
ward rlankaiO.

Amboy Herald: Work on the tele-
phone extension has progressed rather
slowly this week owing to the cold
weather. The pole settlers are work
ing between GardenCity and Rapidan,
and will reach the Mankato incor-
poration some day next week. The
Central Electric Tel. Co. have the eX-
elusive franchise in Mankato so we
are informed, and President Haight,
of the Blue Earth Valley Co., is in
St. Paul endeavoring to make ar
rangements with that company for
the handling of the business in Man
kato coming off this line.
Hubbard & Palmer, the grain buy
ers, intend to procure some of the corn
in this section and will commence the
erection of 5000 bushel crib In this
place next week, the lumber bein G
now on the ground.
ST. Peter Herdld: Work with the
Ottawa coal drill has been tempOrar-
ity suspended, owing to the illness of
the superintendent. We are told that
the explorers are convinced now th at
the whole of the meadow north and
east of Spring Lake is full of coal and
will be developed in the near future.
Madison Lake Mirror: Mr.. Durrin
has had about half a dozen teams
hauling lumber to the ST. Peter Fur
niture Factory for the past few days.
This order was placed earIyin the fall
subject to McKinleys election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
LAST NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT.
A Pleasing Program Well Rendered
at the Congregational Church.

A good audience enjoyed ninety
minutes Of joyous and dramatic re-
citals and music Friday night at the
Congregational church. The program
opened with the pretty trio, ''The
Mariners" well rendered by Miss
Esther Ellis and Messrs. Davies and
Hughes. 'Sister and |, +" that touch
ing story of sisters remorse, error,
love and dreamy hopes, was rendered
with dramatic effect by Mrs. Ewing,
who was recalled to render an anus
ing story of country love. Miss
Weber sang the first solo of the eve
ming, and all enjoyed her number.
Master Roy Andrews won applause in
the recital Of the poor old "Flash,"
a dismissed fire company horse, whom
Roy pictured as the victim of the
habit of faithfulness, though to the
sorrow of the milk man.
Miss Ellis and Mr.. Davies charmed
with the comic ddet, "MOney Mat
ters," quite true to life, telling the
secret of jars and make-ups in mar
ried life. Little Miss Gladys Spauld-
ing rendered Naughty Zell," with
such winning effect that she returned
at the call and recited a volun-
tary to the delight of her many
admirers. Second and third
solos by Evan Hughes and Miss Ellis
pleased, also. Mrs. Ewing read few
briefs from the biography of Eugene
Field and was followedby pleasing
recitation, THE Dutch Lullaby"
rendered in concert by eight little
misses. Mrs. Parry sang 'Little Boy
Blue" and ''Hush-aby Land" in her
charming voice, delighting everybody.
Nor should little Miss Stella Burgess
be overlooked, who sang with fine
voice, "The Zephyr Song" Misses
Helen Salisbury and Barbara Mans
field recited from Field with good
impression. The large audience had
forgotten that it was $3.50 when the
"Good Night" Quartette was sung, all
saying ''admittance fee was only half
the worth of the entertainment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
BARN BURNED.
Vehicles in the Alleys Impede the
Firsnen.

About ten o'clock Friday night Robt.
Lamm discovered fire in a small
barn across the alley from his own
barn and owned by Frank Wines.
The fire was then burning in the part
of the inside toward the alley. Nobody
was in sight up and down the alley.
The fire department. quickly responded
to an alarm and had the fire out in a
short time. The barn was worth
about 800, for which amount it was
insured, and was nearly pulled dow n
to get at the blaze Some chickens
that were in the barn were removed.
1t is supposed that the fire was of
incendiary origin, as Mrs. Wilmes
states that there was no fire in or near
the barn during the evening.
The fire department was obliged to
remove a sleigh and wagon from the
alley before the hose trucks could 90
in. There are other alleys in the city
similarly choked up every night.
This practice not only makes it i'm.
possible to do prompt work at fires.
but IS often very dangerous to the
firemen and fire horses. The own.
ers of vehicles should see that
the alleys are always free from OBJ
struction, and where they do not, the
ordinance ought to be enforced on
them