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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Local, OPINToNs MINCED.

Joe Brubacher-The Cuban war scare
will serve as a good political disinfectant
of the American public mind.
Sam Amidon-What Wichita needs most
is an industrial school for girls.
Ed Va.l-Ths cfainless wheel Is slow,
but it has come to stay.
VIII Church-We will put in that new
street railway.
F. W. Swab-Thre viii be no war with
Spain.
Henry Huttman-The Semon's Extrava-
ganza was the rottenest show that has
been in Wichita for ten years.
o. A. Boyle-There will be a thousand
visitors here on the occasion of the
Messiah
Mayor Ross-There never has been a
time since the boom when there was so
much building improven ents in Wichita
as now.
Rufe Cone-Stanley will be elected gov
ernor.
]. Giles Smith-Leedy is still governor,
but his police board in Wichita has lost
its grip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
THE LONGEST FREIGHT TRAIN


a group 81 rail7oad men were recently
discussing the length ot trans pulled
sometimes under emergency. and The haul
ing powers and capacity Of engines TYle
disctHSssoa brought up The instance some
years ago IN which II. I. Pierce. la+e-
secretary OF the board OF trade, figured as
the chief actor Mr.. Pierce was than agent
OF tie Santa Fe al Newton ard had been
repeatedly told by tlle superintendent to
keep the yards At Newton clear % empty
cars In spite OF al he could do, however.
the empty freight cars would accumulate
snd al up the sidings, invariably causing
wra-h and repeated warnings from che
superintendent. One day this fuact.ona-F'
doomed Up on cs1e embarrassed sSent "
expec;edly, a-ld after 1aksslg a survey OF
tee crowded yards warned Mr.. Pierce ~
the las; rtfTls thai If he came back n TWO
days sz2d found those cars damned -
there she agency 81 Newton would then
ard there be vacant The superior of1csal
had no spcne- got OF. of cov-a than NJ
Pierce summoned cae e1Euee- Of ne psuy
ward -easlae and asked nm the eaoac5-y
Of his engine. He found :. Nay sslo-- Of
what he wanted Efor. but as the sstua-
ton rec u3-ed prompt END heroic treatnea.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

CINE directly on to the g-avel bed OF the
road. Instead Of the arrester being or
top Of the smoke-staCk. 1t is now down IN
the body of the engine n front of the
steam chest, and this accounts for the
increased length Of the machine. A cap
filed with fine holes lies at the bottom
Of the stack and all cnders and sparks
stop there, and before being expelled pass
through jet of steam and water This
simple device saves probably millions OF
dollars to the railway interests of the
country every year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
WANTS TO BE A NURSE.

A communication reaches the Eagle
from the West Side that Miss Pink Cory
Of Indiana. who Is visiting friends here
has volunteered as nurse in the coming
make a captivating nurse. That settles il.
The government takes no women for
nurses who are pretty. They must be over
30 years Of age. Miss Cory, however, Is
to be commended for her tender of ser
vices. She has a letter from President
Mckinley, but what It contains the COM
munication does not state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
De. PErRIE.s ANcESrER

The great grandfather Of Dr.. PetHe Of
tbs city was one Of the cabinet officers o.
the first Napoleon. HE name was Conrad
Naxirr1.ha1l and he served as one OF the
advisory council OF the -great BonapaxSe
during most Of tire stirring and critical
periods of the master OF Europe. He had
seen him IN ali his varying moods, in de-
feat and triumph, success and huuiIaSon.
Ii was a great adnireC Of she plebeaa
monarch. and received from him only
Kindness and consideration
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
STILL TAKING MRS. LEASES AID
VICE

An Irdshman who has watched the Eagle
bulletin boards since the Cuban difficulty
walked into the crowd Thursday which
surrounded the board and asked DR..
Schultz TO tell him the latest, as he had
forgotten his glasses.
THE Sagasta people, aided by the Pop
ulists are about to riot in Madrid" said
the doctor.
"Ah, Populists there, too. and raisthin
HI as usual. They ought 70 be trans
planted to Ireland and put after the Brit
ISL governor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
APATRoTMANs ASSISTANT.

Patrolman Stewart has q big dog that
makes the rounds of Mr.. Stewards beat
at night as regularly as Mr.. Stewart HIM
self. Two or three times during the night
ne will make the back doors of all the
business houses on the beat, and can tell
in an instant when a door is unfastened
Not long ago this dog found a negro try
ing to break into a North Main street
place and gave the alarm. The negro
tried TO get away but was detained by the
dog till Mr. Stewart arrived and put the
burglar under arrest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
OITnOING HIS CAT.

There IS a man living in W3chita whn
has been ;atd out for dead twice He s
nov living and hale hearty Cd man.
Twice n his Efe he has been prepared
for burial. and supposed beyond a1y
question to be dead. The frs tine TIE
cause Of this strange phenomenon was q
severe accident Affecting ne spine ard
nerve ceatars The second was typao'1
fever. From both these approaches % the
brink oe The grave h recovered and has
lived many years since.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
EE WAS CT-PFD

Mr.. Wallace. head buyer for me Dold
Packing company a. the Union stock
yards. and Mr.. II. c. Tilford. inspector at
the wards. boch enjoy a joke and both ike
q got K on each other. 4 few days $50
TIE Office fun Of commission men. ship
pcrs and buyers fell 70 discussing the
Question OF ma snerlc and curative powers
o. some especially endowed people. Mr..
7. ford : very skeptICal on these matters.
and % prove that re posses sed these gifts
himself, LII. Wallace took Mr.. Til:o-d up
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
QUESTION OF MAJoR1r1Es.

J. Giles Smith, recently elected to the
council from the Third ward. had a ma
jority of 20 votes. The first time he ran
he had a majority of only T. This viii
make an increase of is votes in four
years. Figuring ON the probabilities of a
natural lifetime, Mr.. Smith arrives at
the conclusion that he will run for the
council twenty terms more. What he
wants to know is what his last majority
will ha
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
BUYING PAINT FOR HOMES.

A painter said the other day that one
Of the sure signs of prosperity as when
people began 70 fix up their homes and
improve their lawns He says that there
has been more money spent here this
spring in paint for residences than for ten
years past
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

near a window and placing one of the
latter's hands against the glass took the
other in his own hand. and after some
sort of wierd lamentations asked his Won
dering subject If now he could not feel
the pain. It was several minutes before
the dazed audience and Mr.. Tilford reaHz-
ed that the word Mr.. Wallace meant to
convey was window pane" and everyone
solernnly walked away and the discussion
abruptly ended.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
LADIES FREE TO BALL GAMES.

Manager Alexander will soon issue an
order that all ladies viii be admitted free
to the ball games during the season. This
will be appreciated by the fair ones, as
many of them here are as well posted on
the game as the men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
MAS READY FNR THEM

The police commission made its hard
est fight on Genald Volk for the council.
They had him considerably worked up by
their opposition and he had prepared to
publish a statement ealing his candidacy
hopeless. should he be defeated. He was
elected by majority OF 10, big ma
jority for that ward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
SHOW OF RONNETa.

The churches today will probably have
g. larger attendance than on any other
Sunday for a year past II would bs un-
kind and unChsrtteble % suggest thai this
was caused by the desire of ladies and
gentlemen desiring to show OF their new
spring outfits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
WILL NEED AN AMBIuANCR

When the Wichita hospital get into
their new home, the old Mar$ison block
on the West Side, an effort will be made
to induce the city or the board of police
commissioners to buy a first-class ambu-
lance. 1t is quite necessary and Wichita
should have one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
SIGNED MANY BONDS.

Mr.. T. NJ. Lane says since he has lived
in Wichita he thinks that he has gone
on no less than $50 bonds. He says he is
positive that his name has been attached
to 100. He unquesionably has the record
for Kansas. He never mas host cent by
having anyone to jump his bond.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
THOUGHT 1T HAD COME.

The greatest war excitement in Wichita
the past week occurred at the Eagle bull
letin board THURSDAY. Reports ali tndi-
Gated war. saying that Lee had ls't Ha-
vana and the family OF Woodsord had
left Madrid Discussion was high. when
suddenly a bicycle -ire exploded with a
sharp sound. The sidewalk was cleared.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
THREE FAyoRTTEs HERE.

Fort Scott has turned out three men
all Of whom are favor9tes in this city.
First is Eugene Ware, for poetry; second,
L. c. Boyle, for oratory, and third, Newt
Try, for story telling. All three of them
are A number one, and are always well
come here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
srrPT. DOT.ANs DIVISION.

On Superintendent F. T. Dolan's divi-
sion of the Santa Fe there have been
constructed in the last year 1900 feet of
iron bridges to replace wooden ones.
Other new bridges are now in course Of
construction. and limestone ballast is be-
ing put down every day. The business at
Wichita ran about 100000, Wellington
s19S, 900, and Perry, o. II, $4,000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
SCHOOL CHILDREN's PRIZE.

In 1893 the Wichita schools children took
the prize at the Worlds Fair for the best
school work display. The blue ribbon and
the certificate now hangs on the wall in
superintendent Dyer's office
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
NEVER KNEW OF A CASE.

Mr.. George Adams says in his eighteen
years law practice he has never known
of case where a man was convicted Of
a felony that he ever jumped his bond.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
WITH, SOON M ocr1rp1un

The SheetI building, on the corner of
Market and Douglas avenues, will soon
be finished, and 1t is understood Will be
occupied Immediately, stocks already be
ing put in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
GETS FEW PI-NCTI-RFS

Mr.. Aylesbury has ridden bicycle four
years and has had four punccures. pune
ture year. The average bicyclist has
about ten pUnctures 2 year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

HOTEL CAREY.
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Rates: So and S. per day
b. EATON, Proprietor.
LAWYERS.
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ADAMS & ADAMS. Lawyers. Eagle
Block, Wichita
J. A. BRUBACHER, Lawyer. 21I North
Main Street, Wichita.
FRED BENTLEY. Lawyer, Rooms 4o5-
4O5 A. Sedgwick Building.
CAMPBELL & DYER. Attorneys at Law.
134 North Main Street. Wichita.
OTTO G. ECKsTEIN. Attorney. Ill South
Main Street. Koz Harris Building.
HENRY HUFFMAN, Attorney at Law,
Room so5 Sedgwick Block. Wichita.
]. D. HOUSTON, Attorney at Law, so5
Sedgwick.
A J. MYAT,r. Attorney at Law. 2O9 North
Main Street. Wichita.
STANLEY, VERMILION & EVANS, At
torneys at Law, 11s East Douglas Ave
nue. Wichita.
THOS. G. WILSON. Lawyer. Isl North
Main Street. Telephone 135.
WALL & BROOKS. Attorneys at Law.
50I-5o5 Sedgwick Block. Wichita
SAMUEL NJ SARGENT.
Attorney a Law.
Room "a. Zimmerly Block.
THORNTON W. SARGENT.
Attorney at Law,
10000 Sedgwick Block.
CREWsON & SEXTON,
Lawyers.
Office, IA N Main st.
PHYSICfANSI
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127 North Market Street.
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los West Douglas Avenue
Practice limited 10 Diseases Of thu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Western stables and western Asrssz are
more largely engaged n eastern hand
ca2s tI-s year than ever befo7e-
4 hair ne t-sck - juneau Is sr-1-e
re latssc Alaskan possibilities. T1or-es
. DrAw 8 eortunats nla.zg zza. Ia szss
- ss behind tie enterprise
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
GREAT LONDON FIRES.

Ever since the Great Fire" of 1s6s London has been the scene of many terrible confagrations, and 1t is not going too far to state that it is owing to her well-equipped and efficient fire brigade. with it's sixty-one stations spread over the Metropolitan area, that she has not been visited with similar catastrophe. That historic fire de- stroyed some eighty-eight churches and 13.2o0 houses. burning old St. Paurs. the Royal Exchange, the custom house. and other notable buildings.
 A glance from that period down. ward till the last great fire which has just occurred in the neighborhood of Alderssate street, many memorable
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stronghold of the pirates had to be de- stroyed. In raging their Notifications our first lieutenant set fire to a house He did not know gunpowder was stored in 1t. He was blown clear over seve- ral houses. He landed in a pond of water and except for a bad burning es- caped all right. We took all the flags and gongs in sight and then sank all the junks.
 "A big reward had been offered for Lun Tai, dead or alive, but as I said before, we did not catch him. When we boarded our own vessels we had hopes that the Chinese regulars would capture him. Under orders of their major they. were specially anxious to catch the cunning villain.
 we got back to the harbor of Swa- tow in time to see the captured pirates marched in, all dragging heavy chains; they were battered, ragged and covered with blood, they looked the fighting devils they were.
 ''Tas Tai, the Mayor, summoned all the inhabitants of his district on the plain before the town and all the cap- tured pirates, about 450, were beheaded as a warning to all sea robbers
 T never expect to see such a scene again.
 Men chosen for the purpose gath cred up the severed heads of the pi- rates, and placed them at equal dis tances around the walls of Swatow, where they hung for three days It was horrible, but from that time pi- rates ceased their depredations in that locality.
 ''Tas Tai ought to have been satisfied, but he was not. After looking at the long rows of heads upon the walls he declared that he would rather have Lun Tai's head than all the others put together. He was fearful that that scheming marauder would raid Swa- tow and take a terrible vengeance, and he begged our officers to give him the protection of the gunboats for some weeks. But Lun Tai kept away. I guess the quick and clean work we made of that pirate strong hold was a wholesome lesson to him, as it certainly was to the migratory pirates who before that used to period ically raid that region. We never saw his ugly face again anywhere near Hopgkong. and I guess the rumor was true that he and his junk full of dare devils drifted Tonquinward in search of booty.
 eff the Germans nailed him by acci- dent or otherwise in Kiaochau they have done a work that every merchant on the coast of China wanted to see done many years ago"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16

pagne were more plentiful than hard tack. According to my log book 1t was on April 29, just after we had finished dinner and were singing Easy, My Man, Easy, that a Chinese fishing boat slid alongside of us. The crew gave us to understand that they had white devir very sick on board. We lowered the ropes. The sick man appeared at first sight to be dead It was only after the ship surgeon had worked over him for hours that he could tell us the strange circumstances that had thrown him into the hands of the Chinese fishermen.
 "Emaciated and changed through his sufferings we hardly recognized him as a MT Moss, who but few days be- fore had left Hofgkong in brig load ed with valuable merchandise, bound
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16

for Japan. The brig was manned with sixteen as good sailors as ever climbed the ropes, and we knew that it was a case of pirates
 ''The cunning devils, as usual, had waited until the brig was we'll out of Hongkong and just off Ninepin Rocks. On the mastheads of the junks the pi- rates had stationed men with baskets filled with stinkpOts, a chemical com position of suffocating properties which they put into bags, light with a fuse and throw on the decks of the yes sels they are attacking. The chemical gases that arise kill any one who in hales them.
 "One by one the sailors fell as the pirates rained the stinkpots on the deck of the brig. Moss, the supercargo, was the only one who had not fallen. He seemed to be protected by some special providence. With a last look at his dead companions, he leaped into the water, preferring death in that way. In an instant the pirates saw him. Yelling with rage, they threw their spears at him. Just then vessel hove in sight, and without waiting to loot the brig the pirates hoisted sail and disappeared as suddenly as they had come.
 Moss was a strong swimmer. and though he was badly wounded, by
 
 make the seven miles to Ninepin Rocks. Near there he was picked up by the Chinese fisherman. He fell uncon- scious as soon as they laid hands on him.
 When Moss told his story our com mander, with a mighty thump on the table, said: This kind of work by those devils must stop right here. We've got to clear this part of the seas of themr And without more ado he ordered up the officers and began out lining plans for a vigorous campaign against the sea robbers.
 Early next morning we set off to hunt up the brig and her sixteen dead sailors The brutality about it all had the earmarks of Lun Tafs work. We came upon her toward noon. What a fearful sight it was I wish I could blot it out forever. The blood-stained decks and the sailors lying in heaps or side by side.
 .sWell. we took the brig back to port and, buried the boys with prayers that came straight from the heart. We were pretty well cut up from the experience we'd been through, put standing by their graves we'd made up our minds to sail up to Pirates Bay and wipe every one of the miserable rascais from the face of the earth.
 Our ship, Pearl, was of too heavy draught to use against the pirates iunks. which could wallow into very shallow water, but lying alongside of us in the harbor were three gunboats, the Firm. the Naughty and the Cock chafer. We held another discussion and Captain John Borlaise asked the men whether they would go up in the three gunboats and fight until there wasn't a pig-tailed pirate left You should have heard the Aye. aye, siri' It woke half of Hongkong up. That was the last aye, aye of some of the poor fellows.
 The Pearl, commanding the squad ron, with the three gunboats alongside. sailed up to Swatow. There Captain Borlaise saw the mayor, Tas Tai. who assured him that he was as anxious as we were to see the pirates exterminat ed, but what can I do?' he said. I have no boats. That pig Lun Tai laughs st me. But l tell you. You fur
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
THEN WE ALL JUMPED FOR THE JUNK.

right, thus f1anking the pirates, who were expecting us to land in front where they had strewn 'crowsfeet' for our benefit. These 'crowsfeet consist of six pointed highly seasoned pieces of bamboo, sharper than a needles point capable of penetrating the toughest leather and inflicting torturous wounds on the feet. Had we not escaped this trap the day would undoubtedly have gone against us.
 We were now about evenly matched in numbers, and the pirates were still as determined to win as we were, but their small swords and iron headed spears were their only weapons.
 ''It was now a hand to hand fight The pirates called into play every cum ming trick at their command. jumped over a seemingly dead pirate only to
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16

reel with sharp thrust from his spear in my side. Undoubtedly he would have killed me before I could have turned, for never suspected the trick, but marine several paces behind us saw his act and bayoneted the willy fellow before he could jab me again.
 When neither cunning tricks nor the absolute disregard of death could keep them they began to give way in punches and, we'll nigh exhausted our selves, we drove them from their stock ade and up the hills. That was show ing them out of the frying pan into the fire, for on the brow of the hill the Chi nese regulars were drawn up waiting for them.
 But our own work was not over. Our wounded had to be carried to the gum boats and then every vestige of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16

The year 1882 has been described as ''the year of fires" During this period the fire brigade had their hands full, and they had to tackle no fewer than seven confiagrattons which threatened to be of a serious nature. The Wood street fire which broke out on Decem- Der IS was probably the biggest of all.
 It burned for torty-eight hours, in which time property to the value of more than two million pounds sterling was destroyed. Whiteley's in West bourne Grove was the scene of two fires, one occurring on November r, involving a destruction of S100, 900 worth of property, and the other. which broke out on Boxing Day, also did great havoc Two theaters were destroyed in this year, the Philhar- monic Theater at ISlington in Septem- Der, and the Alhambra Theater on De- cember IT, at which latter three per sons lost their lives. On the 17th of the same month St. John's Church, Forest Hill, was totally destroyed. Others could be mentioned, but the foregoing show what the fire brigade had to face in that year of f1res.''
 The next great outbreak was the famous Paternoster Row fire, which oc- cured on April 2, 1884. The fire spread with great rapidity, and those who wit messed 1t will remember how the dome of St. Paul's was brilliantly illumIn- ated. More than a dozen warehouses were destroyed. including the extensive premises of Faudel and Phillip, Will Hams, and Smith Brothers.
 A fire which occurred in the early morning of April 24. 1885. at 194 Union street, Borough, and known as the Borough fire" is rendered memorable through the heroic conduct of a serv- ant girl. This brave young woman saved the lives of her masters three children, but was dreadfully burned in doing so. She died three days later. She was literally besieged with lettess and telegrams of inquiry and condol- ence from all parts of the United Kingdom, one coming from the Queen and another from the Princess of Wales. It is believed she received more than 5000 such letters.
 Three memorable outbreaks occurred in 1889; the Milton street fire, on May 6, doing damage to the extent of 6250, 900; the Charterhouse Square fire; and the Forest Gate Industrial School sad catastrophe, at which twenty lads lost their lives.
 The Queen Victoria street fire. which broke out on December 30, 1890, differed from all those that preceded it. The weather was of Arctic severity, and the firemen became incased from hel- nets to boots in coats of glass-like mail. the sprays from the nozzles quickly turning to ice. Captain Shaw looked like a veritable Santa Claus go- ing about with thousands of icicles clinging to his hair and beard. Next morning the ruins presented a most picturesque appearance, being coated with millions of icicles. Following close on this fire was the St Mary Axe outbreak of July. 1893. when dam age was done to the extent of a quar- ter of a million sterling.