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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
TO MEET AT WICHITA
Seventh District Literary Clubs to Meet
Next Here.

Mrs. ]. F. Bennett and Miss Mabel
AIillison, who represented Wichita and
the Hypatia club at Newton this week,
at the convention of Seventh district liter
airy clubs held there, have returned home
and bring the news that Wichita has Sc
cured the first annual convention of the
newly organized confederation. The date
Of the convention has not been definitely
decided upon, but will be announced
later There was quite a large attend
ance at the meeting, nearly fifty repre-
sentatives of the different clubs in the
district being present
The representatives of the Hypatia
club were prominent in the proceedings
of the convention. Miss Millison served
on the committee which drafted a con-
stitution for the organization and Mrs.
Bennett was on the resolutiins committee
Mrs Bennett was honored with the treas
urership of the confederation. a feature
of the convention was a carefully pre-
pared and very practical address on
Cub Methods" by Mrs. Noble Prentiss
of Kansas City.
The official title is ''The Kansas Sew
enth District Confederation of Clubs"
and its object will be the formation of a
permanent alliance between the literary
clubs and literary women of this part Of
the state. The confederation will work
in conjunction with the Kansas State
Confederation of Clubs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
THEIR CHINA WEDDING
Mr., and Mrs. Jacob Haughey Of Salem
Township HOnored.

Conspicuous among the events OF
Salem township society during the week
was the surprise party given to Mr.. and
Mrs Robert F. Haughey by Baldwin
post and the ". r. c. Of Derby. and
others After some fine instrumental
music by Miss Emma Kriebel. dinner
was announced, TO which all did ample
justice After dinner the guests were
entertained with a recitation by Mrs.
Jacob Haughey, after which the old SOL
diers, with the grand old war song.
Marching Through Georgia" by Mis-.
Kriebel, Mr.. and Mrs. Patton, Mrs.
Church, and Mrs. Lue Haughey.
To say the occasion was enjoyable
does not express IL Mr.. and Mrs.
Haughey were the recipients of a very
handsome set Of china, in honor of their
twentieth marriage anniversary.
The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
F. Haughey, Mrs. G. L. Blood, Mr.. and
Mrs George Blood, Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Watson, Mr.. and Mrs. 4. j. Nelson,
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Eager, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Grosh, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Wiley, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Dadisman, Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Benner. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Murray and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Smiley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Church,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell, Mr.. ard
Mrs. NJ L. Patton, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
McCurdy, Mrs. DR.. Jones, Mrs. Travis,
Miss Kriebel, Miss McCurdy, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Haughey. Prominent
among the donors not present, were:
County Treasurer Morris Lloyd, ex-
County CLERK NJ 4. Caryin and Profess
sor William Spence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
MISS ACTON, PRINIA DONNA
Something OF What This Well Known
Soprano has Done.

The Slayton Concert company. which
entertained All audience at the Crawford
so pleasantly Wednesday night, left over
the Santa Fe yesterday for Chicago.
where they will give a series OF concerts
at some of the leading places of amuse-
ment.
Miss Mae Estelle Acton, the soprano.
said to an Eagle reporter. during con-
versation yesterday. that she would be
compelled to separate from the other
members of the company for a brief va
cation owing TO a very severe attack of
pneumonia. from which she has been
suffering for nearly a week. She goes TO
her home at St. Louis and hopes TO re-
cover sufficiently to rejoin the company
in Chicago about January 10.
1t was very unfortunate for the lovers
Of classical music in Wichita, that Miss
Acton was able TO be heard in but two
Of her numbers here. She had tainted on
tne stage in Kansas City. where she sang
the night before. and showed admirable
courage and determination in attempt
ing. after this, TO do her part on the pro-
gram here.
Miss Acton's equal as a soprano has
been heard in Wichita but seldom in its
aistorv. Her present position in the
very first rank among western priTa
donna sopranos shows what great innate
ability coupled with years or painstakins
nrensration and practice is capable Of &C
commissioning Miss Acton has an east
ern reputation fully as fiattering as her
western through her connections Win
The "Bostonians." with whom she sang
-, ,ba role o< Maid Marian. during Rob
in Hoods first season. Miss Acton mas
also acted. for several seasons, as So
mrs ma saloist with both Remenyi and the
srast Thoruss orchestra Next summer.
soon after her company disbands at the
end of the season. Miss Acton VIII MAKE
a trip to the continent. where she viii
spend the summer. She has been en-
gagged 20 sing. during her European visit.
as a leading soprano ar the great annual
orchestral symphonies az Leipzig ana
Berlin
All Wichita music-loyeTs. who were
able 10 hear Miss Acton, Wednesday ey-
ening. as well as all Others who. though
unable 10 be present then. are nevsrthe-
less familiar WITH her reputation through
her previous work, viii hope That Z may
not be long TIL she will again appear be-
fore an audience mere.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
MUSIC AND DRAMA
ANDREWS OPERA COMPANY.

''The Mikado" with its bright music
and breezy comedy will be put on at the
Auditorium Wednesday evening by the
Andrews Opera company. In this opera
the company is probably seen and heard
II better advantage than in any other
in their extensive repertoire. Through
numberless repititions, during the many
years they have played The Mikado. :
the Andrews company has perfected
its rendition so that il is well nigh be-
yond criticism. The company also car
ries special setting-a Japanese gar
den scene of beautiful back ground and
lace work drops from the Fourier
studio. This adds greatly to the beauty
of the production. The costuming in
THE Mikado' is also rich and aDDro-
Pirate For "Pinafore." which is the
matinee bill for Wednesday. the company
carries another special setting. Popular
prices will prevail al both performances.
Seats can be reserved at Biting Bros,
after o'clock Monday morning.
BEACH & BOWERS MINSTRELS.
The new year for the Crawford Grand
will be opened IN the right way. A good
company al popular prices should in
sure an oveflowing house. Beach d
Bowers come recommended in the high
est terms and on all their previous visits
is remembered is shown by the demand
for seats. The New Years matinee (the
opening performance Of the engagement
viii begin at 2:45. The Saturday matt
nee at 2.30. Prices for both matinees are
10 and % cents. For the evening 10, 20
and 80 cents. Seats for the evening per-
fOrnances are now on sale and those
wise ones who get their seats in advance
will have ample reason 10 be satisfied
with their forethought. as the Beach *
Bowers company are leaving an unorok-
EN- record OF standing room houses. Last
Saturday in EmpOria nearly as many
were unable TO gain admittance as were
in the house. The program Is changed
each performance.
SHARPLEY LYCEUM THEATRE co.
On Monday, Jan. 4. this company viii
open a return engagement Of one week s
duration The opening bill viii be For
get-Me-Not." One lady viii be admitted
free with each paid 30 cent ticket that -
reserved before p. m Monday. sale OF
seats opens Friday, January 1, az Mos
bache:'s jewclry store.
AUDITORIUM
The audience at the Auditorium last
night was larger than the night previous
and were nightly pleased with the go
ciety drama. "Esmeral5s- Tonight, by
request. The Stratagest" viii be re-
peatsd. A grand New Years matinee
VIII be given this afternoon at 20. az
which time The Golden Giant Nine
viii be given. Tomorrow night the val
liable set OF furniture will be given away
during the play on the Potomac"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
THOSE MOVING BOGS
Some Iilusirous Newspaper. Fakir Is at
aillarney's Lake.

There are some whopping big liars
over in the west of Ireland at present
and ii looks now as if Wichita will have
10 yield the palm for artistic newspaper
taking TO Killarney That story in the
Associated Press reports during the past
two or three days about a bog sliding
into the Lakes of Killarney is a dandy.
The bog is supposed to be mile and
half in extent. There are two or three
persons in Wichita who came from the
Identical spot where this same bog is re-
ported 10 have gotten a move on itself
and they laughed when they heard that
story. 1t is as absurd as would be a re-
port that Wichita is sliding up 10 Dodge
City or that Dodge City is sliding up 10
Denver. As a general thing large bodies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
DIVORCES ARE HOT
AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING TO
THE COURT FOR RELIEE.
ONE Of Them are Married to Two Hus-
bands at One aud the Same Time and
They are Afraid of the Results-Letters
Coming From all Parts of the United
States BY Reason Of the Expose of the
Eagle-Nearly all of Them Throw the
Blame on Their Lawyers and They are
Right.

The expose Of the divorce irregularities
made in the Eagle a short time ago is
bearing fruit. Since its appearance the
steps OF the court house leading TO the
district clerks Office have been kept hot
with the footballs Of indignant citizens
who thought they were single instead OF
double. Indeed many of them are, tech
nicaLy, bigamists, and they are mad at
the idea of a stain getting on their repu-
tation by the treachery Of some dishon-
est lawyer, the negligence Of others and
the daring, bold-faced swindling Of stu
others. In some cases the people are 10
blame themselves for their own careless
ness in the premises. Deputy Clerk Luz
ling is outspoken in the matter and es-
pecially since his office has received let
tiers from all over the United States COM
planning furious.y of their embarrass-
ment. Several of them have remarked
on the statements made by their lawyers
than they were fully divorced, when they
were not. Some of the cases heard from
date back a period of eleven years, and
the parties were married again and have
Families Among these are some highly
respectable people who are very much
embarrassed over the conditiin of affairs.
Those who are in trouble on account OF
their own neglect are sneaking into the
district clerks Office and pleading iSnor-
ance and wanting to pay the costs and
be helped out 1t is the worst middle
that has ever occurred and il is bound
to cause some trouble. Many cases have
been discovered where a woman has paid
money to- her lawyer for his fee and the
costs. He promised to settle up every
thing. She went home happy, while he
put the money down into his pocket and
permitted the divorce proceedings TO re-
main unfinished. OF course no legiti-
mate attorney is guilty Of this. The most
of the attorneys who did that kind of
practice have left the city, and that
makes things that much worse. Judge
Dale is aware Of the outrage and when
cases are called at the January term it
is not improbable that he will make
things hot for somebody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
LEAGUERs ARE BANOUErED
A Accession of One Hundred New Members
to the Lea ne Cslebrl ted.

The two hundred and fifty old men,
bers of the Epworth league Of the First
NJ. f. church last night welcomed the
hundred and ten new members by that so
ciety will. a very enjoyable banquet.
The parlors OF the church were used
as a banquet hall for this occasion. ana
they presented a very animated and
beautiful scene when the banqueters had
assembled. Mrs. r. VI. Piatt presided
as toastmistress and proposed each toast
ard response with witty introduction.
The recent unprecedented increase in
the membership of the league was the
result of very spirited contest between
four of the principal committees OF the
league
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

age, has prepared a very pretty pro-
gram in which the physique, and its sup
pleness, strength and accuracy viii be
shown in several class exercises and 9TH
er performances by the athletes Of the
association. II will be fine affair, and
considerable pains have been taken TO
make it a success which will be the re-
suit, no matter what kind of weather or.
whatever else may occur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
Real K.f.fe IrAn.ferA

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and Land Company. II. 81. Dubois, ao
stracfoTJ
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THIS WEEK.
At PAGES nA s4oes.
You will find Suitable
for Christmas:

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
COMING LOCAL EVENTS

Queen City Lodge No. -. D Q, n
meets Friday evening Jan J. IN THSuia;
session; also t0T installation Q. otsceEs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

JoE<xIE FErscADs-ssl tel yc1 frankly
thai shall ret be able - psT .or this sz-Is
urtil uext yssr. Tzilor--Al E1Sat- 81
.yrkea WI yoa have Il ree3yF'' ~ssu
rear"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
HE CRIED IN COURT
SAD AND soRR0wFUL CASE OF A
NAN IN ArFLIOTI0N.

Mr.. Sage Was Tried and Declared Insane
an Asylum. But He Knew 1t Was for
His Good-An of His Desperate Efforts
to Get Work Resulted In Failure-When
He Glanced at His Wife and Child He
Could Hardly Support Himseif-Cass .
Sad One.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

OFFICIAL. STATEMENT OF THE FL
nancisl Condition Of the State Rank OF
Coiwich. al Coiwieh. state OF Kansas. 81
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December. ISL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-01

''Doy'r you think there should be m1ssu
IN every homer by al meas: what
object % is music rex. doox Chicago
RA1ard-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
Johnnie's Excuse.


Not far from Boston a little boy
named Johnnie, who is only nine years
of age, is continually causing amuse-
ment by his quaint and original ex-
cuses whenever he gets into scrape
He is never at loss, and before you
speak almost, he interrupts you with
an excuse that is so funny that you
cannot help laughing and forglving
him. He has been last down to break
fast several times lately, and he was
told that the next time it occurred he
should go without.
A day or two back he made his APP
pearance when breakfast was half over.
Nov, Johnnie" said his mother,
'you know what told you last time
you were late"
Eyes, mother; but could not really
and truly be down be down in time this
morning"
well, why not?'
: you see, was half asleep and half
awake, and somehow dreamed that /
was at church. and knew you would
not like me to get up during the ser
mon"
Johnnie did not go without his
breakfast that morning.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
oYankees Can,t shoot.o

Speaking of Yankees" said Col
Evan Howell, of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, Il recall, just as the war was
breaking out, a speech Ben Hill made
up my way. 1t was a war meeting,
and you should have heard Hill talk
I remember distinctly how he cxhorted
us to enlist.
"'The Yankees he said, are good
people, but they are deficient in manly
accomplishments. They can't shoot,
they can't ride a horse; they have
been in trade all their lives, and 1t
has Slapped them and left them without
that stark manhood and high courage
which to-day, all unframed though he
be, makes every Southern man as good
soldier as ever marched upon a bat
tle-feld
4" 1T does not present a case of num-
bers, this pending strife between the
North and South. The Northern man
is by education, and by nature, too,
incapable of war. He can't shoot
Then" continued Colonel Howell,
"Hill called on us all to enlist, which
we dill very generally. 1t wasn't six
weeks before we were in a fight, and
met the Yankees Hill had been talking
about. There was an hour in that
fight which furnished the hottest mus
kerry fire ever was introduced to.
1--WE were in bunch Of trees, and
the lead was peeling the bark in big
scales and blotches, and with a patter
like hail 1t got so thick that all a
man of any sense tried to do was to
stand behind his tree.
Those Yanks-and l understand it
was a Maine outfit firing on US
wouldn't let you stick your nose from
behind your sapling. Stick it out and
they'd wipe it with a dozen bullets. l
was planted on the safe side of good
sized oak, and wasn't looking out or
trying any experiments.
"a couple of rods from me was a fell
low named Dismucks, also behind q
tree. Dismucks couldn't look out any
more than could. and there he stood
mad as a hornet. Finally he looked
over at me.
Howell he yelled, while the bull
let's kept knocking the bark and splin-
tiers, Howell, do you reeolleet what
Ben Hill said about these Yankees not
knowing how to shoots?
81 answered that I did. I was thinR-
ing of the very same speech.
Well retorted Dismucks, disgust
eddy, as rife bullet sent down !,
shower Of dust and bark from his tree
I wish we had Hill here. If. these
Yankees couldn't shoot when he made
that speech six weeks ago, all I've got
to say is they've learned mighty fast. =
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

the air to catch it on it's fall before mis-
feet touched the ground. The balls
generally used were made Of leather or
skin and sewed with string crosswise
in the same manner as our balls are
made, and stuffed with bran or husks
of corn; others were made Of string or
of the stalks of rushes plated together
so as to form circular mass and COW
cred in the same way with leather.
Some balls that have been found at
Thebes are about three inches in di-
ameter, while others are OF smaller
size, made of the same materials and
covered, like many used at the present
day, with strips OF. leather cut in rhom-
boidal shape and sewed together
lengthwise and meeting in common
point at both ends, each alternate slip
of leather being Of different color.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
followed, but still whisky was Snug
gled across the line.
True Comradeship.


Simple acts OF friendliness and 10y
atty become heroic when performed in
great and tragic situations. Then the
hero is found to be one who has fitted
himself for a season of trial by COM
monplaee acts of everyday faithful-
ness. In the hardest days of Lieuten-
ant Greely's disastrous Arctic expedi-
ton one greatly desired object was to
recover a hundred and fifty pounds OF
English meat cached at Cape Isabella,
twenty-five miles from the camp.
After one unsuccessful effort had been
made to obtain 1t, a second, still more
brave and sad. was put forth by Ser
geant Rice and Private Frederick,
Risking their lives at almost every
step of the way, says Scribner's Maya
zine, they at last reached the place,
only to find, after hours Of searching
among the foes, that their triumph
was a barren one; the English meat
had rifted from the shore. There was
nothing to do but to go creeping back
to camp, if they could get there; but
Rice, having wet and frozen his feet,
was spent, and could not walk a step.
He begged Frederick to go and leave
him to die, but his comrade refused.
Instead, drawing the sledge close un-
der the edge of a floe-berg, he placed
Rice upon it, wrapped his frozen feet
in the fur-lined jacket taken from his
own back, and then sat and held the
unhappy man until his pain was re-
lieyed by death. Frederick was
minded to die there, too. What use
in returning to Starvation Point with
his story Of disappointment? But
fearing that the others would plan a
rescue and end their lives in misery,
he resolved to go back. The daunt-
less fellow only got to Camp Eskimo,
no one can tell how. Here they had
left their sleeping bag, expecting to re-
turn to it the same day they parted
from it, as they would have done had
the meat been found, and had Rice not
failed. After refreshing himself with
bread and tea, Frederick crawled into
the bag and slept. On awaking much
stronger, he was smitten with remorse
that he had made no effort to bury
poor Rice, and so the indomitable man
pushed back all that awful way, and
gave the frozen corpse of his loving
comrade such burial as he could. He
then made the best of his slow and
painful journey back to Greely's
camp. Gnawing hunger tempted him
to eat Rice's rations, deed for which
no one could have blamed him, but
he refused. He would use what was
his own, but he would not rob the liv-
ing or the dead. He reached the camp
scarcely alive, hauling the sledge with
Rice's dole of crumbs upon it, to tell
how costly and how bootless his mis-
sion had been, ~