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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
SULLIVAN VS.. FRISCO RAILWAY
wichita Man Wins = Sig Damage Suit
Against That Company

Bentley and Hatfield yesterday receiv-
ed the news from Topeka that they had
been successful in the supreme court Of
Kansas in their case for Arthur Sulli-
van against the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway company. This was a
damage case brought against the Frisco
by Mr.. Sullivan for causing an overflow
20 his crops from the middle branch of
Chisholm creek in 1891 The case was
tried before jury in Judge Balderston's
court in October, 1891. Plaintiff had
judgment below, and the railway COM
pany complaining of the rulings of the
court, took the case to the supreme
court. Upon the formation Of the Kan
sas court of appeal, the case was trans
ferred to that court, where il was heard
in January last. In June last an opinion
was handed down by Judge Dennison
affirming Judge Balderston. The rail-
way company then made applica ton to
have the case reviewed in the supreme
court, and this application was made on
June IA last. Yesterday Judge Doster
passed on this application, denying
same. This is the end Of a protracted
iitiga ton which fully illustrates the
laws delay" referred TO by the melan-
cholly Dane. This is the third case from
this county prosecuted by Mr.. Sullivan
in the supreme court of Kansas, in each
instance he has been successful. He has
stood by this case with great patience,
as he says, "to settle the law of the
case" The decision is a great compli-
ment TO Judge Balderston, whose rul-
ings on every point were sustained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
SPEAKS UP FOR BURCHELL
Clearwater Man Writes In Behalf OF His
Friend

This letter is in answer to a statement
by the Eagle that Mrs. Saddler had ap-
piled for a divorce from her husband, j.
A. Saddler, now in the penitentiary con-
v.cted of the charge of stealing money.
No reference was made 10 Mr.. Burchell S
character or any wrong imputed to him
but the letter is given for the light in
which il puts Mr. Burchell:
Clearwater, Kan, July is, 1857.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
In your paper Of yesterday contain
ing an account Of the Sadler divorce
case, / notice some reflections on the
character of Mr.. BurcheIl. Feeling tina;
You have had poor information l desire
TO say n defense of Mr.. Burchell, that
he is one Of the most upright young
men in this community, and highly re-
spected by all who know him; his char
actcr is beyond reproach. I hope the
Eagle will be prompt in trying 10 right
the wrong it has done Mr.. Burchell in
connecting his name with this case.
Very truly yours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
REVEREND FATHER- BUTLER DEAD
Friends of Father Tiheu Think He May be
Appointed Bishop.

A cable from Rome says that Rev.
Father Batter, bishop-elect Of the Ro-
man Catholic diocese of Concordia, Kan,
died there on Friday of intestinal paraly-
sis. The deceased was to have been
consecrated bishop by Cardinal Satolli
today.
The appointment Of Father Batter was
unexpected, and some one to fill the va
cancy will likely be as unthought Of.
Father Batter was from Chicago and had
only recently gone to Rome TO be conse-
Grated There IL a coincident in the fact
that Father Riley in 1883 was to have
been consecrated bishop of the same do
Cese and had gone to Rome for that pur-
pose. He was taken sick and died on
July &c Of the same year Of the same dis
ease that Father Batter died of.
Il would be no great surprise to the
friends Of Father Then if he should be
appointed bishop for this diocese. Father
Then was seen last night and when ask
ei about it he said that il would certain
ly be a surprise TO him should he receive
the appointment. He did not seem to
think that it was at all likely, saying that
ii would only be conjecture, as there were
hundreds TO make the selection from.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

misunderstanding TO Where the City |
Limits Terminals

Mr.. F. L. Street. the Frisco engineer
who was arrested Friday by officer
Resder for running al a high rate of
speed within the city limits, was reieas-
ed yesterday. The case was dismissed
after explanations We're made. Ii seems
that Mr. Street was laboring under the
impression that the north line Of the city
was only a mile and a half north. Con-
sequently he thought ne had right 10
run fas. until he reached the line. He
had no intention Of violating any law or
city ordinance, being good law ahid-
ing citizen. There is sign board north
of town which is in the city limits, which
says reduce speed Mr.. Street thought
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
FORT PILLOW RECALLED
Colonel jackson of Newton to Lecture
Here August 4th.

Col. Tom Jackson OF Newton has been
secured by the committee in charge and
on august 4 will deliver in this city his
well known lecture on Fort Pillow. 1t is
said 70 be graphic description of a
fight where BLOOD ran like water in the
trenches and where the colored troops
not only fought nobly," but displayed
the highes; ty;'e CT valor. Col. Jackson
az the age Of 18 commanded a colored
regiment and took a prominent part in
the battle. being one of the survivors Of
the massacre. This lecture will excite
unusual interest and viii prove a draw
ing card 10 the colored friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

KICKED BEFORE HE WAS SPURREU
Anarchist Clemens Is Slightly on His
Base

Base.
In an interview at Topeka Anarchist
Clemens says that if the police commits
sioners Of Leavenworth and Wichita DO
not Immediately follow the footsteps OF
the Kansas City, Kan, police board. and
refrain from compelling women prisoners
10 work on the rock pile. he will ask the
cooperation of the attorney genera, in
bringing quo-warranto proceedings to
Dust them from office. He says he will
proceed against The chiefs Of police as
well as the boards. under that provision
OF the criminal law which makes abuse
OF authority" punishable by a fine and
imprisonment and forfeiture OF office
In case the attorney general refuses to
act" says Mr.. Clemens. 81 shall call upon
the county attorneys Of those counties 20
bring such proceedings. and II they also
refuse. then I will refer the case 20 the
people / vii. appeal from the sover-
eighty OF the state II legal redress is deni-
ed me to the sovereignty OF the people
/ believe j can count on the moral CO.
operation OF the press and all liberty-lov-
ing people / have all kinds Of trouble
10 heap upon those officials who have dis
graced the fair name Of Kansas. 1 dis
ike 10 be placed as antagonis;ic 10 the
chief official Of my party. but it matters
not 70 me who stands in the way when
there is retrogression in humane societies
BY a party Pledged 70 progress.
Now X would occur 10 man with half
as much sense as CLEMENS Is repu.ed 20
have that he had X. b. n. W. 8. which is
street parlance for the statement that
he kicked before he was spurred. Nich-
ita never had a woman upon the rock pile
and never contemplated such thing. Il
Mr.. Clemens spleen for this city would
take the turn Of finding out something
before speaking. he would probably have
less crowfisning. 10 do
Yesterday morning Mrs. ]. ". High
and daughter Vera, left over the Rock
Island for Chicago. and other eastern cit
les. where they viii remain for month
or two of vacation. Mrs. High while in
Chicago viii visit her daughter. Mrs. c.
II. Merely, whose husband was formerly
OF this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
I3o-I32 North rlain st.
TONS OF POULTRY

handling pounds
SPRINGS. BROILERS.
....kANSAS PRODUCE COMPANY,
1914 n. FOURTH AVENUE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
Sweaters

Two hundred cream
colored, cotton Sweaters
for boys and small men.
We're sweeping 'em out
at 20 cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

Nine dozen, and each
pair with handy cast off
and elastic cord ends, the y
most comfortable pants supporters
ever invented. We're sweeping
'em out at 10 cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

this sign was at the edge of the city linn
its. Now that the matter is thoroughly
!. understood there viii be no further troll
L hlo Z 2 =. -. =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
Bicycle Belts

Seven dozen, two ring, ~
solid leather belts, with
leather covered or metal
buckles. We're sweep 3"
ing 'em out at 20 cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

We make 'em s. without extra
charge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

Eighty-one pairs Of the
celebrated "Eess" Shoes,
worth from s. to s..
We're Sweeping 'en OFT
at 81 the pair.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18

Tourist Cloth silk and mixture, would be cheap
cents, special sale price "a cents.
Crispene Suiings, regular goods special sale price
40 cents.
Great values Black India Silks &c. 49, SO and rs
Just received the fourth invoice of White Chamos Gloves
The latest for street wear and cyclist.
Balance of those beautiful tailor made Shirt Waists detachable
collars and cuffs that formerly sold from IS S. sale
Monday at rs cents.
Five hundred Damask and Huckabeck Towels, the
kind, Mondays special sale price II IL cents.
Two thousand yards of Dies will go this sale
The Zephyr Gnghams that sale Saturday ga
will be sale Monday while they last the price
Don't forget the Carpet and Mating Department This is the
department that prepared make exceptionally low
prices in Choice patterns styles and latest designs
prices than will be able them for later in the
you Carpets will be interest and
J9O.Vo1 North r1ain Ct
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

gates under Col. Grants will decided to
divide this property in kind, and IL was
surveyed and plated i'm lots. The division
was agreed on. giving about 100000 worth
of real estate to each of several legatees.
Dr. Joseph u. Merritt prominent ply
stefan of White county. has been arrested
at Atlanta on a warrant sworn out by f.
G. Welborne of that city, charging him
with being a common cheat and swindler.
1t is claimed the doctor was a partner
in a swinding scheme In Union county
several weeks ago, His alleged partner
is J. c. Boyd, a well-known farmer of
Union county, who has skipped the state
for Texas, to escape prosecution by Che
many farmers whom he is alleged to have
swindled. According to the story Of the
prosecution, Merritt and Boyd bought
about 500 worth of cattle from farmers
in Union county sold the cattle in Au>
gusta and then failed to redeem the due
bills they had given the farmers in pay
ment for them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
FLORIDA.

A petition has been generally signed at
Titusville asking for an appropriation to
deepen the waters of Banana creek.
Rev. e. P. Herrick pastor of the First
Congregational church at Tampa, has ten
dered his resignation. and it has been ac-
cepted.
The store of T. w. Pitts at Fort White
was broken into by burglars on Wednes-
day night A suit of clothes, $40 worth of
groceries, and $40 worth of drugs were
stolen
The lettuce and cabbage crops in the
Rocky Point section of Alachua are look
ing excellent and are growing rapidly.
TIE prospects for a good cabbage crop
were never better
Mathew w. Lundy, aged 81 years, died
at Perry Thursday. He was postmaster
there from 1890 till the early part of this
year. He resigned the position on ac-
count of falling health
An effort is being made to have gov
eminent signal Office located at Miami A
petition will be circulated early next week
in order to get the signatures of the lead
ing business men of the city.
Harry A. Javins. who has been in charge
of the bicycle department Of the George
w. Clark Company at Jacksonville has
disappeared and Mr.. Clark reports that
$40 in cash and one of his ~ model wheels
have also disappeared.
AT Mariana Tuesday Gilbert Dick
son, colored, poured coal oil
over his wife, threw her upon the fire at
their home, and left the place. The wo-
man was badly burned, but she is likely
to recover Gilbert has not been seen
since the occurrence.
The decree has gone forth that all boat
men landing passengers at West Palm
Beach must pay into the city treasury, a
license fee of s., and the marshal is to col
lect the money or arrest the man who re-
fuses to pay. This has caused much dis
satisfaction among the boatmen, and they
are loud in denouncing the measure as an
injustice. Many of them declare their
intention of running their boats without
a license. The ordinance was passed sew
eral months ago, but has never been en-
forced.
The new year is a bright one for Pensa-
cola. The records of the custom house
show that the port increased its export
trade during 1896 nearly 100 per cent. over
1895. In 1895 the value of the exports-was
50. 232 1862, and in 1886 it was S6,S05, 357. The
greatest gain was in the shipments of cot
ton, tobacco pig iron, grain, -four and ma
val stores by the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company from its new docks
which are now nearly completed. The
shipments are increasing at great rate
the tracks on the road being now full of
loaded cars. The first shipment of wheat
ever made from there was on the steam
ship Nethergate for Liverpool last Satur-
n
shipments of cotton for December were
about 10000 bales, and the shipments of
pig iron to Europe and Mexican ports is
steadily increasing The Pensacola and
Liverpool Steamship Line was started in
December 1895, with one steamer every
twenty days. In the month of December
Just closed seven steamers of the line
cleared for IiVernool with cargoes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
THE END or THE LECTURE SEASON.
Some Comments ON Mr.. Bryan's At
lanta Lecture.
From the New York sun.

From the New York sun.
Soon after the lection in November, the
defeated candidate for President of the
United States received from the proprie-
tors of a big department store in this town
an offer of employment at $25, 600 a year.
Mr.. Bryan's services were not desired, as
we understand the offer, for the manage
ment of the firms own regular and Incl
dental law business, but for the benefit
of the customers of the establishment. The
idea was to put him in charge of a bureau
or Office within the store where the gen
eral public might apply for Legal informa-
ton or advice, and obtain il there from
Mr. Bryans lips after payment at the
cashiers desk of a reasonable fee, accord
ing to a tariff arranged by the proprie-
tors.
This employment would have been who'll
~ legitimate and honorable to all con-
cerned. The offer opened to Mr. Bryan
a new field of usefulness, interesting to a
man of intellectual activity, and certainly
lucrative in its remuneration, He refused
We are now informed that at Or about
the same time Mr.. Bryan was considering
favorably another offer of $4,000 for a Sc
ries of fifty lectures to be delivered under
the management Of three gentlemen not
largely known to fame. Mr.. Bryan was
to select the territory and the subjects
The enterprising gentlemen who were to
pay him were to conduct the campaign in
a dignihed, unconstitutional manner paying
$4,000 down at the beginning of the series
and $1,000 after each lecture except the
last ten; while Mr.. Bryan as the party of
the second part, was to open the treasures
of his mind and his experience to enthus-
iastic audiences for fifty nights, speaking
not oftener than thrice week.
The first and the last lecture of this IN
teresting series was delivered in Atlanta
on Wednesday of last week. The grand
opera house in that city was crowded. Mr..
Bryan had already received a certified
check for $4,000. according to agreement.
Everything, apparently was lovely Gov
Atkinson presided. The lecturer was in
troduced by a Mr.. Hal T. Lewis, who de-
scribed Mr. Bryan as "a giant who has
placed his hands on the throttle of the gov
eminent, and his mighty arms on the des-
TIMES of society" Mr.. Bryan's six hun
dred speeches during the recent campaign,
Mr.. Hal T. Lewis went on to say. caused
the very continent as it were. to tremble
from ocean to ocean, and the civilized
world to pause in wonder and admiration"
Fellow citizens" continued Mr.. Hal T.
Lewis, Athens had her Demosthenes,
Rome her Cicero, England her Chatham,
but claim for the American people the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
ATTACKS OF "NERVEs" AT ALTAR.
to Meet Their Marriage Contract.
From Happy Thoughts


Possibly every man about to marry ex-
periences a novel inward fiutter when the
critical hour arrives and brings the altar
into sight, but it is not often that one
hears of a prospective husband whose
nerve deserts him to the extent that he
fights shy of the ceremony at the last mo-
ment and allows the bride to leave the
church without having changed her name
Hitches of this startling kind do however
now and then occur The bridegroom has
not the courage to face the public ordeal
and the situation becomes both humorous
and dramatic.
"A most amusing attack of nerves" of
this order was witnessed by a large
crowd at country church not long since
The bridegroom was late in arriving;
when at length he came abreast of the
church gates heated and Hurried, the
sight of his white-robed life-partner in
the midst of an imposing party fairly
scattered what courage he had churned
for the occasion. He turned and made
across country as fast as his shaking legs
would carry him. The crowd and num-
Der of his indignant friends pursuing him.
he took refuge up a tree, and no remon-
strances would induce him to descend and
go through with the ceremony. He paid
rather dearly for his cowardice, however.
for the bride promptly Tilted him, and
walked to the same church with a holder
man few months later.
AT another church in the neighborhood.
number Of people who had focked TO
see popular local couple made one were
curiously disappointed. When it came TO
the turn of the bridegroom to give utter
ance to his vows, he was found to be tom
gue-tied by sheer nervousness. The lon
ger they waited for him to recover, the
worse he became, and finally, white as a
ghost, he wheeled about and ran out of
the building. AS no amount of jeers or
encouragement served to induce him to
attempt the ordeal a second time, he per-
force remained In single misery
Plenty of humorous instances have been
recorder where the intended husband
brave enough in his wooing, has found
himself unable to stand and be publicly
married. One gentleman became so I'M
nerved at sight of the swelling assembly
and the preparations that he slipped into
the vestry and locked himself in until the
registrar lost patience, and the ceremony
had to be abandoned.
In another case a missing bride groom
was discovered locked in his bedroom at
home, and sheer force had to be used by
his friends before he could be induced to
walk to the church. AS il turned out he
was too late; the bride felt herself Justified
in declining 20 fulfill her part of the con-
tract with so diffident a partner
But perhaps as unique an example OF
what may be termed ALTAR fright" as any
known was one which caused quite a SEN
cation in a midland town some years AGO
The circumstances We're peculiar enough
to bear repetition. A young man. stand
ing at the altar with the future partici-
pant of his joys and sorrows. suddenly
tainted when asked to declare his willing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
BRYAN's LECTrRE CONTRACT.
A Statement of the Reason why He
Withdrew From IL.

Withdrew From IL.
The New York Journal. which support
ed Mr.. Bryan in the late campaign, states
why Mr.. Bryan withdrew from the lectur-
ing platform. The story may or may not
be correct:
Although the first and last lecture at
DeGives opera house. in Atlanta, brought
receipts amounting to $1,000, Mr.. Bryan
was induced to cancel his contract by the
actions of his managers, who insisted on
making hippodrome Of his appearances.
Rather than depart from the dignified po-
sition he maintained throughout the cam
paign, he decided to return to his home in
Lincoln.
Mr.. Bryan was led TO believe from The
very start that his tour was to have been
of the most non-sensational He under
stood that he was to be taken strictly on
his merits, and that the most formal and
modest method of billing was to be used
in announcing his coming. Instead of this
he was confronted in Atlanta with huge
posters stuck indiscriminately throughout
the city and picturing him in a most vul-
gar and distasteful manner. One bill
showed him in Autograph standing beside
Jackson, Jefferson Lincoln and Washing
ton. This particular bill was most obnoX-
ious to the defeated candidate and most
lniinical to his sense of judgment He was
so disheartened at the coarse display that
had been made of him that he was tempt
ed to refuse TO enter the opera house.
Kindly consideration for the enthusiastic
audience booked for the house only de-
TERED him from refusal.
However, when he went upon the stage,
he had fully determined to speak no more
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

One of the newly elected congressman
was in Washington the other day, and in
the course of his remarks he told a story
on himself which he permitted to be print
ed on condition that his identity be con-
cealed, at least until he could come to
Washington in person as a full-fedged
member and take care of his reputation,
says the Washington Star.
THE convention that nominated me,
he said, had about all IL could do to DO
it, not so much because / wasn't good
enough, but because all of my competi1
tors were such superior timber that ID
was difficult matter to decide which I'd
take, and it was O. clock in the morning.
when 1 got votes enough to settle the BUSH
ness and give me the prize. Shortly all
ter that spellbinder friend of mine wasj
making an oriental splendor speech forj
me off up in the farming section that might
have been pasted on a barn as a circus
bill. My friends, he said, in his mos /
persuasive way, our opponents are report
ing that the noble candidate under whosl
magnificent banner we are enlisted in the
cause of right and for the perpetuity Oh
the palladium of our liberties was pull
ing wires in the convention looking to tho
nomination of himself. Fellow-citizens, \
want 10 brand that statement as an infa
nous lie and hurl the foul Islander down
the polluted throat of the traducer of In i
nocence and virtue Why, gentlemen, Il
was present at that convention, and
know our candidate was not there. Nod
friends and fellow citizens, he was no i
seeking the honor thrust upon him, but i
the very moment it came to him he waf
In a corn field
THAT was where he missed IT," laughed
the member-elect. Some chap in th4
crowd remembered that the nominatlors
was at o'clock in the morning, and jus9
when my man was not expecting anything
of the sort this fellow sang out: 'Whos4
corn field was ito and it spoiled th4
speech, turned the laugh on my spellt
binder, and lost me the vote Of the en-
tire precinct"
Where were you really at the timer
inquired listener
Sound asleep, suppose That's where
1 usually am at o'clock in the morn
ing"
'Whoop la! Wait till you've been in
the national capital awhile" shouted all
the group at once. and the new membea
assumed the air Of saint and martyr.