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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
DIES IN CLEVELAND
YOUNG LADY WE'LL KNOWN IN
THIS CITY PASSES AWAY.
Mrs. Albert Block. Who Vas Miss Gertse
yond the Veil where Human Eye Can
Not Foliow-Hsr Parents, Who Went to
Her Bedside az Soon as She Was Taken
Ill, Were With Her to the Last-Shs Was
Known to Nearly Every Que In
Wichita.

Word was received in this city yester-
day announcing the death of Mrs Albert
Block in Cleveland Ohio. Mrs. Block
was well known in this city, and her
wedding, which occurred some two years
ago, was one of the most elaborate az
fairs in social circles at the time. Her
many friends in this city have been
watching her recent Illness with great
| interest, and her untimely death will be
u shock 10 them.
Miss Gertie Hays, as she was known
in this city. was one of the handsomest
young ladies OF the city. She was quite
an accomplished musician. being one OF
the favorte pupils OF John W. Metcalf.
director of the Mozart Conservatory OF
Garfield university. Hardly a concert
was held in the city without an instrG-
mental solo, or a duett accompanied by
her sister, Miss Milly. Music lovers OF
the city remember the feeling and the
soul which she put into her music at al
times.
Sac was a graduate of the city High
| school and always presided AT the piano
SO long as she remained at the institu-
ton. As 10 her personal character, moth
ing which could be said could add to its
lustre to those who knew her, and 10 say
| that her untimely death is mourned by
her friends here as we'll as elsewhere is
simply saying whaht every one knows.
Her relatives from this city were with
her TO the end. When she was frst
taken Ill her father received word by
wire and he left Immediately for Cleve-
land. She was almost iiolized by her
parents, and husband, and the love
which was borne her by Der friends who
acre almost beyond counting.
When the contemplation Of death
come TO a person, X never comes SO
strongly as Ii does when brought 20
mind by the transition of bright. beau
tiful. talented young lady. and 10 those
whose soul lives higher than their 9TH
er being Il comes as a transformation
from earth to something better. Any
other thought could only be contemplate
ed with a feeling of horror at the abb
sence Of something in the universe which
could only be created by a power which
| is too great for human comprehension.
The funeral will occur today in Cieve-
land. Ohio. where she made home all il
could he 10 the young husband who sur
wives her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
Midnight Extension Mining Company
CAPITALIZATION, 100000 SHARES.
PAR VALUED. e1OO PER SHARE
Stock in Treasury. 40. 900 Shares.

We six claims covering the keystone
Mining District of Taos County New Mexico the best mining dis
world of its inexhaustibe supply of free
milling expended S2ooooo development
claims This will make the
shortly after have been enabled
You with will magnih-
dollar invested Titles
and may well books be inspected by
holder in our Office at any time.
The of this company decided place the
market limited number of shares at the low figure of
shaeS2 hundred S5oo thousand Smallest
Sold hundred this offer
will undoubtedly sell for times pesen,
figure For further particulars call for prospectus
Office 3I6 East Douglas Avenue, Wichita Kansas.
B. r. DUNN, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
HE GATHERS THEM IN
The Activity of tbs House Mover Temper
ariiy Suspended.

The house moving agitation Is frult-
ful source OF discussion. and the more
Interested parties seek 10 explain their
motives the more edifyinS does the mat
ter become 10 those WAC are Directly o.
indirectly interested. Through the asl1a-
ton OF me matter there VIII be health
ful sitting and certain parties VIII oe
made 10 Jump s.dewise- The sac ana
removal az houses has become a pTciiia-
Die vocation Wi.lr a number OF persons
who have the records down 20 a me
point and delinquent taxes are watched
with eagle optics. As has been sara.
house moving mas become a large bust
ness. the modern and IN many instances
elegant cottages ana residences erected
in the suburbs have been lifted on trucks
and brought 10 the city 10 Sdorn lots
that were he.i vacant in speculative
boom times. The present snow fall has
blocked The mouse movers trucks, yet
ne inisht be parcGlzei thus:
Near 20 his slowly-moving car leaned the
house-mover cd on his capStsn bar.
And these words came from MS iins 50
thin: 4 gather them i'll gather
them in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
LIKES TO HAVE REPTILES
Man Who Has Delerium Tremens IL DE- onA
Again.

Officer Crawford arrested man by the
name of Ellis yesterday for drunkenness
He was taken 10 the city prison and
locked up where he made considerable
noise at thus being confined He was
recently patient in the Wichita hospital
where he was being treated for delerium
tremens. AS soon as he was released, ne
proceeded Immediately TO get drunk
again, and 1t was not very long before
his object was accomplished When ne
was arrested before, he was in the resort
known as 10 North Market, and at that
time 1t was found necessary for several
men to combine their efforts to withhold
him from injuring either himself or any
one else. but as soon as he got chance
he longed for his serpentine company.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
HE Is STILL PREACHING
Former Wichita Character Draws Many
Hearers

gentleman who recently made A trim
over the Kansas City. Pittstbcrg and
Gulf railroad. stopped for a few days
at the town o. Sailisaw. l. T. where the
Gulf Line crosses the Arkansas Valley
railroad. twenty-eisht miles from Fort
Smith. While in the town he learned
that a remarkable religious revival was
in progress there. brought about in re-
markable manner, An old resident told
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
WILL LAST ALL DAY
Evanselistic Meetings at the First M.
Church Continue.

The special meetings, introduced by
the Feast of Tabernacles at the First NJ.
r. church. continue with increased IN
terest. Today will be the second All DAY
service. At $50 praise meeting; at 1;iS
the Rev. d VI. Steve-, ID. D.. Will preach.
The afternoon services begin at Z;lo
With prayer and testimony. AT z;4S me
Roy Or Martindale will preach the ser
mon The evening meetings begin ar
so NTH an Epworth league devotional
meeting. Il 7:S0 the pastor will have
charge OF the service and preach 20
far in the meetings there have been more
than twenty conversions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21

j. w. Gibbs. a well known caterer and
hotel man. died Monday at 0:30 a m.
and was buried yesterday forenoon. He
was As years Of age and had resided here
since 1884. His affiiction was dropsy and
he had been a long sufferer. He was
father-in-aw 10 Fireman AL Brownewell
and Engineer McCandless. and they and
wife and two unmarried daughters
mourn his loss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
"Don't Forget That Music. Pa. :

"Ps. | want you 10 take this Is cents
that l have saved up and bring me home
six nice pieces of music that / have
marked on the Eagles list of selections.
You know they offer them 10 any reader
o. the paper for thar price. l tried 70
ga- some Of them once before and found
that they cost 80 or 40 cents at most
places where they sell music. You don {
know what l want them for, especially.
do y0u? Well, I'll tell you. I'm going
10 give them to sister Sue for birthday
present. / heard her say yesterday that
she wished she had the Old Kentucky
Home among her collection OF songs.
It's in the list on page l. Now you Won I
forget. "a. viii you?"
No indeed, my dear. II / haven't time
TO so TO the Eagle office for them. I'll
wIite. You snail have them. Bye-bye'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
COMING LOCAL EVENTS

There will bs meeting of the Cooking
club Thursday afternoon at the residence
Of Mrs. ThrocAmorton. 1881 Topeka ave.
Regular convention of Wichita Lodge
No. 1S9 K. of p. at their castle hall over
100 North Main street this evening at
$50. Work in the second rank and other
business Of importance. al visitors cor
daily welcome.
No formal invitations VII be issued
for the Commercial club farewell recep-
ton tn Mr.. Arthur Faulkner. which oc-
ours Friday evening, but every member
Of the Commercial club who can be pres
ent is requested TO register at the cub
house some time before Friday evening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21

john Duke and William As,ls TAo are
stock shippers at Haven. were n the eiS'
yesterday and STOPPED ne Manhattan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21

marry my daughter She is a mere school
girl yet" Suitor-"Yes, sir. came earl,
TO avoid the rush. Modes and Fabrics.
The Weekly Eagle. 80 cents a year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21

jos maintained that he was tried in
every possible way. But then JOB lived
and died before the fountain pen was in
vented.-Texas Sitter,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
THEY ARE NAMED
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS FOB THE
STATE OF KANSAS.
Governor Leedy Appoints Ex-Governor
Lewelling OF Wichita, William r Dill.
lard of Fort Scott, and William Camp
bell OF Stafford, to Serve the People OF
the Great Commonwealth as Adinsters
of the Rates on All the Railroads with
in It's Border-Hon. Webb McNail Is
Appointed superintendent of Insurance.

& As will be seen by Eagles special dis
patches from the state capital, eX-Gov-
ernor l., D. Lewelling of Wichita, W. p.
Dillard of Fort Scott. and William
Campbell of Stafford, have been appoint
ed railroad commissioners by Governor
Leedy. Hon Webb McNall of Gaylord,
was appointed as state insurance super
,ntendent. The Office of railroad COM
missioner is most important, considering
the interests involved in this part of the
state The "dimnition grind between
the corporations and the producers and
shippers has called forth the ablest ef-
forts Of the states representative men.
All men of all parties look 70 the rail
road commissioners for relief under the
law, and the Eagle will note with pleas
ure any action by the new commission
crs looking 10 the adjustment of rates
as contemplated by the law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21
SOUR STOMACH.

And every form OF stomach weakness.
cured by the new discovery STUART'S
DYSPEPSIA TABLETS. Pleasant 10
take; full size pkgs. 80 cents, al drug
gists. Book on stomach troubles and
thousands of testimonials sent free by
addressing. STUART CO.
Marshall Mich.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
New York's Composite Personality.

Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, con.
tributes to the Century paper enti-
tied "Places in New York" in which
che gives n picture OF interesting
phases of life in the New World metro
polls. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, says /:
More than scventy.six per cent. o.
those who people New York to-day
were born OF foreign mothers; moro
than forty per cent. we're born on
foreign soil themselves; and many OF
these aliens, brought from many diff
ferent lands, continue here to live in
clusters with their own kin after their
own kind. Yet while each of these
clusters, and each of their wandering
off shoots, modiiies the new world
metropolis, all of them together do
not destroy its cohesion, they simply
intensity its curious composite sort OF
personality. They make il multifar.
iously diverse, but they leave it m en-.
tity. They touch overy portion of it
with pungent exotic havors, but rs
flavoring an American whole. They
play their several parts in civic lite
that is cosmoramic beyond the belief
of those who have not studied it well,
but they do not turn New York into
cosmopolitan town; for this means
IL town which, overwhelmed by its
strangers, has lost, or has never pos
sessed, u character of its own.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
4 Great Find.

One of the greatest finds of treasure
ever known was that of Russian in
the village OF Starogarsilki. The man
was resident on the estate of Prince
Ostersby, whose ancestors were plum
dered and expelled from their posses
sions by the Tartars. Tho treasure
was probably secreted by the family
at the time. The man had been given
his clew somehow or another, and he
worked ten years before finding any
thing. At last he came across twelve
large boxes filed with very ancient
coins OF fine gold, besides enormous
other articles Of great value. The total
value Of the find was given at 17,000,.
600 rubles, two.thirds OF which went
to the State and one-third to the
finder, making his share about 90, ,000,-
ono
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
THE GREAT STAG por.

South and get them TO swear TO what
they see before you try to place sucn
property in New York" "
II was some time after this before
the Alabama mining boom began. A
great deal OF this was on paper, but
the foundation is there, aud tho iron
mines arc rs valuable to-day us they
were ten years ago. They nre now all
owned Ivy big. corporations, and they
ere being developed after the best
business principle. The niue which
We entered WAS worked with COM
pressed Dir drills. The cars were
hauled up and down an inclined rail.
way by steam, and hundreds of sooty
laborers, with candles in their hats,
were mt work. The vein of ore that |
saw ranged in width from eight to
twenty.iour feet II is great sand.
wich of iron ore between walls of slate
and rock. 1t dips down into tho
ground at an angle of about thirty five
degrees.
could hear the boom boom
boom of the blasting powder as went
through tue mine. At times tho air
shook and quivered with the concus.
sion, and our candles were blown out.
Dynamite is used almost altogether in
iron mining, and the danger is very
great il it is not carefully handled.
Every now and then accidents occur in
the mines. Men are torn to pieces,
the walls fall in, and there is great loss
OF life.
Leaving the mine, next went to
one OF the great furnaces at the foot of
Red Mountain, where the ore is turned
into pig iron. Iron, you know, never
occurs pure in state of nature. The
ore OF tho Red Mountain, which il
used Mt the Bessemer furnaces, con.
tains only about forty.eight per cent.
of iron, and the superintendent told
me that the purost iron stone found
anywhere contains only seventy per
cent. The rest is made up of rock and
other minerals, and il is necessary to
separate the iron before it can be used
for manufactures. This process is
known RS making pig iror. The iron
is mixed with limestone and coke in
great furnaces. which ale, judge, as
high as six.story house. The fur
naces are filed with alternate layers
of coke, limestone and iron. It takes
an enormous blast to furnish enough
heat for such furnace, and the blast
is created by immense engines, which
force the air first through what are
perhaps the biggest stoves OF the
world. They are immense tubes, many
feet high. and as big around as a city
gas tank. They are lined with fire.
brick and are heated by the gas which
comes from the furnaces. The air is
made to pass through these enormous
stoves before it goes to the blast and
IL produces heat SO intense that the
iron and steel machinery Of the fur
mace would ;4ot last o minute were not
every bit OF it enveloped in water. All
of the pipes are ineased in other pines
which are kept ali OF cold flowing
water, and this water is forced about
the outside Of the furnace whenever
smelting il going on. The heat IL so
great that the iron IL melted in . very
short time. Il 10 drawn OF from esct
| iusnses twice day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

The coal md iron OF the South are
fairly hugging each other. They lie
side by side, and when their marriage
takes place in the furnaces with the
aid OF the deecy bridal veil of lime
stone, which is also found near by,
they can produce industrial children
in the shape of iron and steel more
cheaply than their kind in any other
portion OF the world.
There is no doubt that we are 20
furnish the greater part OF the iron
tor the world in the future. We have
bigger ore beds than any other coun.
try, and our coal fields are practically
inexhaustible. There is enough coal
in Alabama to do all the manuiectur.
ing Of the United States for many years
to come. l was told at BessemeI
that the available coal of Alabama
alone, if it could be put into n lump,
would make solid chunk seventy
miles long by sixty miles broad and
ten feet thick. Such lump would, /,
is estimated, furnish 10, 200 tons OF
coal day for more than IL, 900 years,
or 1000, 900 tons day for lis years.
But Alabama has only a small amount
of the great Appalachian coal fields.
These fields end themselves in Ala
bsms. They run from there north.
ward distance, it is said, of about
800 miles, and they are from thirty to
about $50 miles wide. They furnish
about two thirds OF our bituminous
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

oped iron mines in China during my
stay there, and there are some good
mines in Mexico and Central America.
There is one iron region in Cuba, and
you find small beds scattered through
the West 1ndia Islands. Tho great
bulk Of the product of this hemisphere,
however, comes from the United
States, and, as ! have said, the indica.
tions are that our resources have not
yet been touched.
The furnaces at Bessemer are within
q half mile of the mines from which
the iron is taken out. In company
with one of the superintendents OF the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company |
visited them. We rode up to the
mouth of the mine in a carriage, wind
ing our way up little range of noun
tains, the sides of which were covered
with terrG Gotta stones. | picked up
one of the stones and found it exceed
ingiy heavy. and was told that it was
iron ore. The iron lies right on the
surince of the around. They begin on
the vein and work right down into the
mountain, taking ont nothing but
iron. Deposits OF this kind extend
through the mountains of the region,
and ii is wonder that they were not
developed long ago. l was told that
iron mines were worked there during
tue late war and that tho Confelc rate
Government got II large part of its coal
and iron from that region. From time
TO time Northern capitalists were asked
TO invest in the mines, but they would
not believe the stories that were told
| them.
One man who owned some OF the
most valuable iron territory OF Ala
bama called upon Abram 5. Hewitt,
who has made fortune out OF iron,
and who has big iron interests to day.
He showed Hewitt the ore, and told
him il lay there in Alabama on the TOP
of the ground and could be had foi
tho picking up. Hewitt replied that
he had no money TO invest ut present,
AMI he evidently did not believe the
mans story.
"Why," said he, eve people here in
New York look upon iron as so much
gold, and you can hardly make me be-
liove that you people have Jumps oI
gold laying around down South and
that no one has yet picked them up.
If your story is true | advise you tt
take several New York experts to tn,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

serve for their own exclusive use.
This new millionaire fad is to wear
diamonds on the finger.nails. The
new fashion, which has all the glory
and prestige OF an invention along
more scientific lines. demands that
women with bank accounts long
enough to permit of this costlytrlding
shall have tiny gold cap made for
each OF their fingers. From the cap
is suspended ON tho outer side u big
diamond drop, which sparkles most
satisfactorily, there being one large
sparkle for each finger.nail. o. course
the sparlles are not sd conspicuous as
they would be il large number of
rings were not worn ut the same time,
but society is as yet hardly ready for
the great sacrifice which the laying of
rings would entail. Some day, per-
haps, tho finger-nsil adornments may
be allowed to shine in undiminished
glory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
A KNOWING Doe AND HEN.
Fowl and st. Bernard Froiic Like
Two Ola Chums.

Whitestone Village, says the New
York World, contains some remarka.
BILE animals, but the most intelligent
one is huge st. Bernard dog that be-
longs to William Higginson, the nrchi-
tect, of Fulton street. Many strange
tales are told of the intelligence of this
dog, who answers to the name of Duke.
Duke is beloved by the children of
the village. He escorts them to school
every morning, and waits patiently at
the school door until recess time, when
he joins in with the children in their
games. No play is pleasure unless
Duke is participant in it.
Among Mr.. Higginson's possessions
is n large flock of fancy chickens.
These are the product of one chicken
and her mate, large buff Cochin
rooster. The affection Duke has for
this hen is almost filial. He allows the
hen to perch on his head and then
canters around the yard with her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
Minor Mention.

Chicago has on hand cash balance OF
81, 500, 900.
Kansas proposes to send provisions to the
poor OF Chicago.
Montana leads in wool production, with a
clip OF q, $40, 900 pounds.
Secretary Edgerton has called for Ma
tional conference Of Populists at Kansas
City, No.
DIR. J. Mount Bleyer, of New York City,
exposed to view the human heart in action
By use OF Y rays aud the microscope.
G. g. Merrill, California contractor, has
secured the contract for laying the sewer
pipe in the City OF Mexico, involving over
$4,000, 900.
The largest onion reported last year was
on exhibition at Los Angeles, Cal. 1t was
thirty-six inches in circumference and
weighed seven pounds.
There were $50 cars OF Mexican oranges
exported 20 the United States during the
season just closed, and next year these figures
will be doubled without doubt.
Horse owners and dealers in New York
treated with sand that the horses shall no
|, longer slip and injure themselves.
The House COMMITTEES on Military Affairs
reports that it costs Sl64 to fire one round
from an eight-inch rife; 1922 from u ten-inch
rifle, aud $3.50 from iiteen-inch pneumatic
gun.
Claims fled In the Department OF State,
Washington, by American citizens against
Spain, arising out OF the insurrection in Cuba
numher eighty-three, and aggregate nearl,
$40, 100000.
Deacon Capon. OF Sharon, Mass, is dead
He was singular character He gave owe
S118,0O0 to church institutions during hi
| life on condition that they pay him six pei
cent. interest until he died.
Great distress prevails among tho rive
miners, almost all OF the 10000 diggers II
the Monongahea Valley, Pennsylvania, bsInl
out OF employment because OF the dull con
dition OF The coal business and because o
| the freezing OF tha river.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

Whenever the hen strays off with her
progeny Duke corrals her from the
rest of the flock and drives her back
TO the yard. When night comes the
hen roosts upon the dogs head and the
two sleep together.
The most remarkable thing about
Duke and the hen is that they seem to
perfectly understand each other.
When the hen begins to cackle iusr
previous to laying, Duke never leaves
her. He squats down and with his
four feet forms nest, in which the
hen lays her egg. Mr.. Higginson has
refused large sum for both the dog
and the hen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
Diamonds Worn Oh Finger. Nails.

Millionaire women, says the New
York Journal, have new cccentricity
which they are quite suIe they can re.