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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
BERT NOBLE WILL HANG
One of the Stevens County Fighters Has
Run up Against Bad Luck

I. c. Price of this city yesterday told
a reporter for the Eagle that Bert No
BILE, the noted Stevens county charac-
ter, had come up against bad luck and
lots of il al last.
Bert Noble was one of the shining
lights who impregnated the air Of Ste
vens county with birthstone. He for
merly lived in Pratt county where he
had a large ranch. When trouble broke
out in Stevens county he moved there
and took sides with HugOtOn. When
the Cross crowd was murdered Noble
had five indictments against him but he
and Sam Robertson fled 70 Colorado
where they afterwards robbed a store
They made a gallant fight, but their
companion, another man, was shot
down and they surrendered. Robert
son got fourteen years in the peniten-
tiary and Bert Noble seven. Noble
served his sentence out a few weeks
ago and went back to Colorado where
he robbed store and killed the officer
who attempted TO arrest him at Trini-
dad. This time he will probably hang.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
SMASHED A HACK DRIVER
A Little Incident That Caused a stir Among
the Jehus.

A few days ago a farmer boy came
in from the country to engage in the
eXhilera ting profession of hack driving.
He was engaged by Charlie Bennett.
The other hack drivers treated him to
a kind of snipe hunt by calling him
by telephone and asking him 10 go 10
all kinds of remote places for custom
ers. The result Of the young fellow 5
innocence was that he was discharged
In order to get even the young chap
went to the telephone. called up his
eX-employer and asked him to call az
a certain place in the north part of
town for a customer. Mr.. Bennett
jumped on his hack gave Billy and
MOlhe each a touch of the whip and
spun along up to Eleventh street where
he found that nobody wanted him.
When he came back he was relating his
experience and asserted that the man
who put UP the job on him was no
gentleman. This vexed the country
boy who pulled husking pin out of
his pocket and attacked Mr. Bennett
With IL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
MOLD IN ST. LOUIS
And Fortune Is Not Smiling on Them
Very Fayorably.

In the exciting times Of murder
trials and impeachments, people are
apt 10 lose track OF other objects of
public attention
II has been two weeks or more since
the good people had a word from
George Mold, the silent cfrcumnaviga-
tor. In order TO snatch him from the
jaws OF oblivion a reporter for the
Eagle encountered Cash Henderson
yesterday while he was in the act Of
sacrificing seal skin coat, and
brought the silent circumnavigator 10
his attention
IT mad almost forgotten him my
self" said Cash as he directed Ben
Durfee 10 get out his daily buIleines
and display them before the reporter
From the report II was learned TIA
Mr.. Mold and Mr.. kinnard have re-
turned TO St. Louis from Alton and
fortune is not smiling on them very
sweetly. They are making about $3.50
a day between them and when they pay
81 per day each for board there is not
much left for incidental expenses Mr.
Henderson does not know why the
boys returned 20 St Louis but thinks
they are there for the purpose of try
ing TO get an advertising contract.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
FIGHT WILL COME OFF
1t is PROBABLE That it VIII be Fought on
Mexican Soil,

Yesterday J. b AIcMahan received a
telegram from FL PaSo which indicated
that Dan Stewart was 4 little afraid
that the bill in congress would inter
fere with the fight in New Mexico. The
boys here were q little put out, but be
lieving that the fight viii come off in
Old Mexico they will all go anyway and
take their chances. Shortly after "a
ceiving the telegram Mr.. MoMahan re-
ceived a copy of the Mexico City Daily
Herald which says:
Considerable speculation and inter
est exists among many lovers of the
manly art in this city, regarding the
FL Paso prize fight.
A Herald man yesterday asked a gen.
leman of some prominence in the An
glO-SaXCn colony here and who takes a
very lively interest in sporting events
and is booked for the Ell Paso excursion,
what he thought of the news that the
state government Of Chihuahua in
tended stopping the fight in that state
at all hazards.
We'll" he said. dan Stuart. know
him well, is a very shrewd man and he
Will pull off the fight, sure. There are
many places where 1t can be done out
side the limit Of the state Of Chihuahua.
! wish to tell you that l myself know
Of three places, within easy distance u
Ell Paso. where there are plots Of ground
that neither Mexico nor the United
States exercise jurisdiction over and
DO not doubt but that the people who
are engineering the business know of
twenty others"
But" said the newspaper man,
would it not take time 20 prepare a
ring. etc?"
NO, If il did you see some interna-
ional agreement might interpose and
stop the sport. No, al this time Of year
it would be very easy. as most of the
ciTcuses are idle, to get tents and seat
ing capacity for $40, 00o people and they
would be run up in less than twenty
four hours and before the authorities
knew what to do, the prize fight will be
over. And besides international terri
tory, il may be possible that there are
other suitable places 10 the west Of FL
PasO. where this little business may be
pulled off, right in Uncle Sans terri
tory. TOO. But it vii leone of, never
fear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
Rich
Red Blood

Is the Foundation of the Wonderful Cures
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
That Is Why the cures by Hoods Sar-
sapariIla are CURES.
That is Why the Testimonials in behalf
of Hoods Sarsaparilla are real solid facts,
and VIII stand the closest investigation.
That is Why the people have conf
dence in Hoods SarsapariIls, and know
that whatever appears in its advertising
is strictly true.
That is Why it is a true nerve tonic,
cures nervousness by feeding the nerves
upon pure blood, and builds up all the
organs and tissues OF the body.
That is Why Hoods Sarssparilla cures
the severest cases of Scrofula, Salt Rheum
and other blood diseases.
That is Why it oyercomes That Tired
Feeling, strengthens the nerves, gives
energy in place of exhaustion.
That is Why the sales of Hoods Sar-
saparills have increased year after year,
Until now it requires the largest Labora-
tory in the world.
That is Why it is the preparation for
you TO take, If you need q good blood puri-
fer or building Up medicine. That is Why
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
HAPPENED AT LEAvENwoRTH TOO
That City Had Attorney General That
Got Into Trouble

'"The charges against the assistant at
torney general Of Wichita for taking
bribes," says the LeavenwOrth Times,
recalls a similar experience of the
people in Leavenworth during the per-
iod Of attempted prohibition enforce
ment Leavenworth county was bless
ed, if that term is permissible, with
several assistant attorney generals,
and every one OF them came to grief.
The man 10 last hold the office received
a bride Of 500 and his friends after
ward made good the amount 1t was
paid him in consideration of certain
work he was TO do, that is, not to do.
The whole matter came out in an offfc-
ial investigation by a committee of the
house appointed to investigate the pO-
ECe affairs Of cities of the firSt-class.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
TWO MEN ARE SENTENCED
Burk and Bacon VIII Live Few Years
at the Pen.

Yesterday Judge Dale sentenced Ba-
con and Burk to the penitentiary, the
former for two years and the latter for
eight years. Bacon was convicted of
forging a check on Dunn Brothers for
a little over $40, while Burk is the man
who entered the home Of Tom Rogers
on Christmas day without permission.
Bacon cried when he was sentenced.
while Burk didn't seem to mind his
eight years sentence a bit. Bacon has
served in the Nebraska. Iowa and Mis-
souri, state penitentiaries. in all for for
gerry, and will now try the Kansas pen
itentiary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
PICTURE CARD DAY
FOR LITTLE GIRLS ONLY,

The next feature OF advertising by
Shoemaker & Miller Will be the Free
Distribution Of 1000 Picture Cards next
Saturday. February 8. beginning al
O'Clock Ladies VIII serve the little
folks. and at the same TIM perfume
their hzntkerchiefs with SINE nice
odOr-
The first one hundred who ents- The
store after o'clock VII receive Zach a
beautiful board back picture book IN
goiors-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
HE WAS 4 FAKE
Beefsteak Dan Causes Trouble With q
BoruS

Since Denver and Wichita have had
genuine healers every little town in
the land have sprung a base immita-
ton and spurious fraud on the unsus-
pecung public
Down at FL Reno few days ago
Long Jim Davis, an eX-cowboy with
unabridged hair. came in from his
claim IN the Cheyenne country and
through the seductive palaver Of one
BeefStake Dan, consented 10 represent
Schlatter. The news soon went out
that the famous Denver healer was in
town and there was great excitement
Davis got alarmed AT the stir he had
made and EXPOSED himself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
wooDMAN SPARED NOT THE TREE
William Stearns j. Arrested Cor Destroy in Z
An Elm Tree.

Yesterday John Stewart Swore out a
warrant before Justice Jones for the
arrest Of William Stems, charging him
with cutting down and destroying a
large Elm tree on Feb. ;. in Tartlecon' :
second addition 20 Wichita Consta-
bic NoSS served the warrant and
S-earns was arraigned and entered 4
plea II not guilty. HIS bond was fixed
Al $l0e. bat being unable 20 furnish the
same he was committed 10 the county
jail until his trial next Tuesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
LITTLE NELL's SURPRISE PARTY
Lively Little Operetta by Home Talent al
Garfield Hall Tonight

A original operetta In enc act en-
tiled Hunt the Thimble. or Little
NelPs Surprise Party" viii be given
a Garfield Hall this evening, commen nc
ing at s o'clock The following IS the
program:
Mr. Grant ftenor) Mr. wrn- Hatton
Mrs Ora II esOpranOl Miss Kate English
Miss Nellie Grant (sopranOl -------
----..--.------A Pear! Miller
8Ir- Cried Cbaritoue) Claude I-aTnsr
Emma (soloist-------MiSs E. Doubleday
Alice CSifoSot) Miss u Fullerton
Annie (soIoisO Miss Cora Matthew's
Ciennie---- Miss Louise McSEnara
Mabel (solOisO -----Margusrrette Case
Edgar CsolotsD Master Jas. ChIlds
Concluding with a chorus Of sur-
priseS
The T1rin1ble club WIN meet with
Mrs c. II. Poole. as North Euporia
avenue this afternoon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
FOR SALE.

Nice broom hos~e. no; ard cod water
hsoth floors. bar room. LEates ~ s.sc-
f7-i;v. god b3Ez- tot 20 .. soFsfh AID
49, f-o--s f5s - Euro-1a Ave o. VII
nd for srood bottom farm. Til s~li
20 zc-es S1e hO-to,- ard 4 niles Tesf q,
IaEre-cs Ave, o. ~ =. az Eresr
wire fencc. niz fes5 lotN : p srri9~.rs,
-.Eht bard fsDcs O. 7oT-h AID w.sts nd
NIL baz TANKS. rsT house bu1t a&s :
sgrz1z Al properties cisa-. Sc =
W-IEEsss~cr-h-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Regular meeting OF Mt OIivet com
mander-y. K. T. No. y, VIII be holden
Friday evening, Feb. :. at 80 o'clock
Work in the Templar. Visiting Sir
Knights welcome. E 4 Bleckley.
Z. G.
Rev. ". s. Vail viii discourse We'd
nesday evening in the Crawford Grand
opera house on THE Hidden Man OF
the Heart The lecture VIII follow
the history Of Jean Val Jean in Victor
Hugo's great story les MiserabIes."
Members Of Ivy Leaf Chapter No. IS.
order Eastern star. are requested to
meet at the residence OK Mrs +. K.
Bristow. 1907 PARK Place on Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. 70 perfect ar
rangements for entertaining the wives
Of members Of the grand lodge. Mrs.
Murray Myers chairman or committee-
County Attorney Davis went down 70
Derby yesterday 20 prosecute Arthur
Chick and Samuel Savage charged with
an assault on Philip Pittmel. Pitt
man was returning from lodge meet
Ing in Derby last Saturday night 20 his
forls. northeast q that place when he
was assaulted by ne two young men as
they claim for having said Chicks ia
-her was liar. The boys were fined in
a sum Including costs II S5LeJ-
\. J. AppleEate. who has been a resi-
dent - wichita Tor many years let
last night Tor Boston. Mass. where h
expects - make his future home. He
has been long time connected with me
abstract Office n this ci-y. was pron.-
ae-t IN Masonic circles and takes with
him ne best wishes n q host - friends.
both n and out Of his lodge Re has &C
cepta5 . position with a loan company
iu Boston as examiner % Teste-1 land
ts-les for which he = eni1Entiy t--ed-
The Eagle = in receipt q a hand
some souvenir from Mr. 4 Il. Rsl0 *
CO. Publishers of iae Galveston News
and Dallas <aws edition J. con
ralns The picture z q number = their
Oldest subScribers-s1me of them for
forty years regular subscribers-t1geth-
- with the SAT- and working force
This CORPORATION. Il = sad. has money
. burn. They 0Rn Their oFn E-i-e BE-
tween the txo cities and telegraph thei-
editorial matter as well as me. Asso-
c!aLei Press news.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
Ask
Your Druggist

for -ns Dr. J II
McI>sa-'s Modal Aiuaa4e fDg lss--
c-on.zsrsF Lae cel-ara.e1 storm PTp5a-
e P-oss<so- RI p Hicks' weather pre-
dSc-sosas. furnished free
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07

A FEKYKxRsD cre5stor-one VITO reyez
presents A.s bL--Texzs S-l---~A-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07

One Egg a Week for
One Year will pay for
the Weekly Eagle for
One Year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
THEY ARE UNEASY
EMPLOYEES OF The SANTA FE ARE
FEARFUL OF BEING LET OUT.

Wholesale Discharges Made by the Head
Officials I'm Their Effort to Cut Down
Expenses Causes Employees TO Look with
Doubt as to Their Positions-Notwith-
standing the Fact that the Company
has Corspired to Steal the Corn Crop of
1895. They are Forced to Reduce Ex-
Penses or Give up Champagne suppers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-07
THEY WILL HOLD REUNION

Old settlers Making Arrangements for
Successful Meeting Feb. 81.
The committee on general arrange
ments for the Old Settlers reunion on
Friday, Feb. p, say that they have
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04

the cooperation Of the community. The
people who were active in having the
law placed upon the statutes are by no
means fulfilling their duty if they con-
slider that their work is completed.
They ought not to say, "We'Ye given
you the law, nov go to work and en-
force it." and sit back and condemn Of
fjcials if social conditions continue near
" as bad as in the past. Very likely the
private citizen will shrink from the
prominence that might be necessary in
bringing the law down on the heads of
guilty parties; but in nine cases out OF
ten, of this character, the private citizen
can obtain and turn over 10 the authori-
ties information which the officials
could not touch by following the usual
methods.
Let the good people of the community
show that they mean to have the law
enforced, and not allow false modesty
to stand in the way of sadly needed
reform movement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
THE FUNDING BILL.

Today the funding bill will be again
before the Senate. After intensely hasty
action when the bill first came up, the
majority in the Senate has had time to
sogitate upon the subject and to feel
that the cavalier manner in which they
tabled the bill of the Minister of Fin
ance was no proper way of meeting a
financial difficulty. If the bill was faulty
it could have been amended. However,
we are not going to cry over split milk.
The question of refunding is once more
ND, and it is to be hoped the members
of the Senate have so far improved their
opportunity that they now know some
thing about the subject they are going
10 discuss. The discussion should be
full and SHOULD be to the point.
The advantage of refunding is self
evident to the meanest intellect. The
basis upon which the refunding is to
take place is by no means so certain.
1t is evident that latitude within GER
tain limits must be given to the Minis
ter of Finance. If the Minister is tied
down too rigidly we shall probably fail
in the scheme. 1t is just as certain that
unless the country pays something for
conversion it will never be able to con- |
vert.
Representative Bonds questions put |
TO the Minister of Finance have served, |
from the replies they drew forth, to |
clear up several points. The idea that
was floating in some minds that a do
nestle loan might be issued at higher
rate of interest than the foreign loan is
disposed of very effectually, and we
shall hear no more of that scheme.
The Senate must remember that
it is today discussing and voting upon
a part of a financial scheme which is
going to allow the country to progress
during the next two years, and which,
if it fails of success, will put us back
two years. They have before them by
far the most important measures of the
session, and in their hands lies for the
moment the future expansion of the
country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04

In destroying the contraband opium
collected from time TO time in this coun-
try the Customs Department and the
Board of Health are getting down TO
first principles in a most commendaDle
style. Of course the country would real
ize a little more money by following out
the old scheme of selling the opium in
a foreign market, but this country has
nut itself ON record as irrevocably OPP
posed to the opium trade in any form
Other countries do not consider it an
evil to deal in the drug, but at the same
time it is hardly proper for Hawaii to
profit by the moral weakness of another
government At the present time it can
be stated without the possibility of sue
cessfuI refutation that Hawaii is not in
the opium business for what money
there is in it. Hawaii is ready to stand
by a moral principle, Notwithstanding
the national poeketbook is touched to
certain extent. This is the kind Of bust
ness administration of moral laws that
merits admiration and respect.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04

The New Zealand Herald character
ICES Sir Audley Coote and Sir John Per
der, the late chairman of the Easte, =
cable combination, as two lions in tn
path of our Pacific cable enterprise -
Continuing, the Herald says:
But they have both long since been
located, measured and weighed, and
their vaccinations of failure, equally
with their proffers of assistance, have
been fixed at their just value. All who
are sincere in their desire for the Aus
tralian-Canadian cable, whether in Can
ada or these colonies, are fully alive to
the fact that the two most insiduous
enemies to be watched have been Mr..
Audley Coote and the chairman of the
existing Eastern cables, more especially
when they are Offering advice and as
sistance."
Without entering upon a discussion
of the merits of Sir Audley Coote or any
of the individuals or companies inter-
ested in the Pacific cable business, it is
safe to say that the situation is fast re-
solving itself into case of too many
cooks spoil the BROTH" The alacrity
with which different companies come
forward as soon as any businesslike
move is made by any of the countries
interested ought to suggest to the repre-
sentatives of the various governments
that possibly the Pacific cable isn't
such a losing financial game after all.
If the competing companies continue to
clog the wheels of progress, the only
way to settle the matter will be to sell
the franchise to the highest bidder.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
PROPORTION OF TAXES.

The recapitulation OF the tax returns
by divisions is as interesting as that
by nationality. From the latter we
| learned what people we're the largest
taxpayers and who were the most seri-
Gus delinquents, the figures showing
! that the most careless of the taxpayers
were the Hawaiians, who paid half OF
the total ten per cent. penalty and were
| debited with half the delinquencies-
though their assessed taxes were about
! one-fifth of the total assessment.
On the Island of Oahu there are 1856
property taxpayers and 14,780 personal
| taxpayers. Real estate was assessed for
| 1927, 3O398, while the total assessed
taxes for the Island were $500, 1884. 70.
Next in Importance to the Island Of
Oahu-though we doubt if the Hilo
Tribune and Hilo contingent will acqui-
esce in that statements the Island of
Hawaii. On that Island the number of
property payers is 1855, less than that
of Maui, which has 2,S29 property pay
ers. The number of personal payers is
14.O43, or only 700 less than on the
Island of Oahu. The real estate tax
from the Island of Hawaii amounted to
SAL 222.05 which is one-third the as
sessment of real estate on Oahu, and the
total assessment is $158, 921 .80-a little
over one-half of the total assessment
of Oahu, and just one-fourth of the total
assessment of the whole Islands.
The Island of Maui, with which are
included Molokai and Lanai, has, as has
been already stated, 1893 property pay
ers and 1882 personal payers. The real
estate assessment is $31 ,02O.62, and the
total assessment $92, 1892. While on
Kauai the number of property payers is
,098, of personal payers 1914, the as
sessed real estate amounts to $22,287.77, |
and the total assessment to $S5,S5S.75.
Considering the size of the various |
Islands and their proportion of popula-
ton to the population of the whole |
group, Hawaii by no means makes good
her claim to paying an over proportion
of the taxes, and upon this clamoring
that not enough is done for her in COM
parison with the other Islands.
Roughly speaking, the Island of Oahu
has "a per cent. of the population, Ha
waii has 81 per cent, Maui and it's adj
jacent Islands 81 per cent, and Kauai |
IA per cent. Of the taxes Oahu pays
AZ per cent, Hawaii 20 per cent, Maui
and its adjacent Islands, Is per cent,
and Kauai Is per cent.
The tabulated statement is as follows
The areas are given in square miles:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
NOW ENFORCE THE LAW.

The Act Ito provide punishment for
libidinous solicitation and procuring"
which is now the law of the land, is
sufficiently sweeping in its provisions
TO wipe out ever item of temptation
which the social evil'' throws in the
pathway of the community. The law
makes it misdemeanOr to attend any
place where immoral dances are held
given; to go to or attend any place
where a prostitute resides or prosti
tutes are known to congregate; to do
anything tending to allure and tempt
another to go to or attend any of the
places indicated in the Act, or to lead,
conduct or act as a guide to any of the
places named. Any person convicted
under the Act is liable to a fine of not
more than $500, or Imprisonment at
hard labor not over one year; and, if the
person convicted is a licensed driver,
his license shall be forfeited and no Ii
cense granted to him for two years.
The law is undoubtedly aimed at a
certain class of hack drivers who have
done more to lead young women to ruin
than any other class in the country. 1t
will also strike class of tourists who
come to the country with desire to
see some of the most fragrant evils with
which the country has to contend. The
law is good one. 1t was drawn up so
as to leave no loophole for escape upon a
shabby excuse Of technicality, and so
far az the legal work is concerned, that
object has been fully realized.
Now comes the question of enforce
ment. The wording of the law amounts |
to little or nothing unless it's provisions
are strictly carried out. Furthermore,
the work of the officials cannot be car
Eied on successfully unless they have