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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WICHITA TO TIDE WATER.

WICHITA TO TIDE WATER.
Before Wichita got her first railroad, the
extension of the Santa Fe, the first road
advocated by the Eagle was line direct
iy down the Arkansas valley, TO tide
water on the Mississippi river. The rea-
Sons urged for such road were many, the
principle ones being that such a line was
the natural outlet for the products of this
valley to the sea and that it would render
this city Independent of Missouri river
toll and the Chicago cinch; that it would
mean active export competition with
Wichita as an initial point. Trunk lines
have since been built to, and branch
lines extended from Wichita, but the road
down the valley was never constructed.
And 1t IS all valley. a big, broad pro-
ductive valley the entire distance from
Wichita TO the Mississippi river. Mr.. Jay
Gould at one time endorsed the wisdom of
such a line and promised TO build it, at
least to a Mississippi connection either at
Ft- Smith or at Little Rock. The order
was subsequently temporarily held-Up by
his directory, being finally abandoned for
other seemingly more urgent construction.
Again the feasibility, the possibility and
the certain advantages of such a line are
being canvassed by railway interests. The
men who extended K. c., Plttshurg and
Gulf road to Port Arthur and who are
extending their road on north from Kan
sas City, appreciate not only the great
ness of the lower Arkansas valley but are
talking of extending branch up to Wich-
tia via TT. Smith. The NJ, K and T.
company have long contemplated the
c.
advocated by the Eagle as being the most
feasible, natural and profitable instead of
3eing the first built may be the last. But
there is another railway interest, the
Amsterdam owners of which have come
to understand that such a road would
prove d solid trunk line for grain exports
in one direction and for lumber and
coal in the other. and these are no other
than the security holders of the Kansas
Midland road, which runs from Wichita
IL a connection with the Union Pacific
at Ellsworth. The most natural thing
would be to keep up the general direc-
tons to this line by extending it right
on down the valley to connections with
trunk lines which, in turn, connect with
the Gulf. This would mean big eleva tors
at this point and the concentration of the
grain of southern and western Kansas at
Wichita, to be moved either Outward or
Lakeward as prices should dictate. 1t
would mean the same thing as to live
stock and packing house products. In
the absence OF war another era Of rail-
way building is soon to be ushered in,
and no UnCccupied territory holds
the multiplied inducements for the con-
struction of a great trunk line with an
assured heavy traffic, from the start, or
can be found TO equal the one here desig-
mated. A line from here to Fl. Smith
alone would find ample competing con-
nections at Wichita for the mountains
and the Pacific as it would find numerous
Gulf connections and outlets including
the Mississippi river at the other end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WfCfETTA cOINEn "HooDIf-Ms !.

WICHITA COINED "HOODLUMS
Every time the police patrol goes along
the streets 1t = b-eak-nsck speed. &, Is
the common remark there goes the hood
luu wagon n fact 50 long has the
word 'noodium" been. used in common
pariarcs that 81 is now accepted as a
good E1gi.sa word. a. least az a well
recognized AueTlc2nis71. and he late re-
v;sed dictionaries have ~. thus iadicst-
ing rs slang coiorinE has been fully elm
mated. Few know however nat . WIch-
tia newspaper mar coinsr the word and
first gave Il 0ut . the reading weird with
81 IS present significance A young man
who did local work n Wichita ;azt before
The boom and Eas Esll known here then
was The inventor % ms aow world vide
term From Ee-e re went . Salt Lake
city sz5 VS. employed OF oas q The BIG
da.aes :aers- one Eight 2 bad :1rr4 took
place among = crowd % gz@.sns r. q
tough saloon. = ws.ch tvo s.ea were
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
DIDN'T PAY To RE SMART

A few years ago a party OF students Of
the Wichita university went a mile or two
cast of the college to fish a while in a
pasture pond: they were. however. COM
frontcd at the fence with sign of Keep
out" They removed the sign. walked over
to the pond and mischieviously stuck the
sign down out in the middle OF the water
so that It read Keep out of the water. -
The enraged farmer had three Of the boys
arrested. The litigation cost the farmer
over two hundred dollars and the boys
paid about thirty-hvs dollars for their
pleasure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
IN RUFF CONES LAUNDRY.

Two men stood on the corner of First
and Main street yesterday debating
warmly. One was for Rufe Cone and the
other was UNFOLDING Governor Leedy.
After some wrangling the Leedy man
seemed TO get the better of the argument
and seeing the foe was getting ratified
went on as fast as he could find words
to string together. Finally the Cone man
said with assurance:
'Well. it will all come out in the wash
ing; and you mind, the washing will take
place right down there in Rufe Cones
laundry"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
SEVENTH son OF THE SEVENTH

Not many people here are aware that
Wichita among other possessions has the
rare distinction OF having a man who
boasts the distinguished honor Of being
a seventh son OF 3 seventh son. The man
is DR.. De Ross. The doctor has been a
resident Of Wichita for several years, He
is an old soldier and saw some terrific
lighting IN many engagements, often CON-
ing o4t iIs miraculous escapes. This good
fortune lie does nos hesitate 10 ascribe
10 his charmed lie, ard the talisman OF
Of his birth. Il Is dogma. often reach
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
STANLEY WILL BE GOVERNOR.

w. f. Stanley is almost certain of the
nomination for governor. For people who
do not understand politics this is an eX-
PLANTATION. Mr.. Hessin and Billy Edwards
are making fight on Cy Leland. They
say that SeatOn and Hood are both Lee
land men and will not listen to the nomi-
nation of either. The Leland and anti
Leland forces are almost sure to be evenly
divided and a compromise is the only
thing. Stanley belongs to no faction ana
is the best campaigner among the candi-
dates and will consequently be agreed
upon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
Hr WANTED TO VOTE

\ man who IS now n ;al CT some petty
oGeuss - the last spring election went
70 the polls in the first precinct OF tbs
First ward and asked tor ticket The
Judges looked over The pol book and IN
formed him he was not entitled % vote
there They asked him Il be aad regis
,ereS. He replied that be rad. do you
live n this wardP~ was asked.
Wei. : should say did, I have board
ed and lodged in the city Jail Ger the past
SIX months"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
FORCE OF HABIT

IN speaking OF generosity Mr.. Walter
Morris said that about three years ago
Dr Oldham sold quaI ter section Of land
70 Geo Lloyd, and last spring NJ. Nor
RS purchased the land and called a short
time ago to pay the taxes and was IN
formed by the county treasurer tia, Dr.
Oldham had PAID the taxes each sue
cessive year for three years after ne IA
sold II. The matter was settled II va
he force cf habit ard The soks was or
the doctor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
AN ENCLOSED TELEGRAM.

A man went into the Western Union
telegraph office yesterday and called for
a message blank. He wrote his telegram
and folded it as carefully as if he expect
ed it to pass an examination of an eX-
pert after which he asked Miss Fosnot,
the counter clerk, for an envelope. He
wanted to send a message, he said. and
didn't want anybody to see it. When told
that he could not send a message that
way he went out of the office in disgust
and wouldn't send it at all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
JOHN sPEER. JR WANTS 1yAR

JOHN SPEER, JR., WANTS WAR.
John Speer. jr., eighteen years of age.
IS for war. Yesterday he threw the Eagle
away in disgust because the news didn't
indicate probability of war. His grand
father, John Speer. was delegated to take
him in hand and persuade him out of the
gore idea, but Mr.. Speer. who is not for
war yet. was put down and out under
terrific fire of eloduence in which the
grandson proved beyond a shadow of a
doubt that this nation is being imposed
upon and should strike something and
that quick. The family expects to get
up and find him gone almost any morn
ing and have compromised with him by
granting him permission to recruit a COM
pany as soon as President Mckinley issues
the call
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
SHOWS Up LIKE \ CITY.

II you want to see how great the traffic
on the principal streets of Wichita is,
watch it pile up when its regular flow
Is interrupted for a minute or so. This
can be seen at the Douglas avenue rail
road crossings where a moments stop by
a train will create 4 perfect jam,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
HOW TO TELL STRANGERS.

One way TO tell . Wichita man from
stranger the last week was this; When
the trolley came off the wire and Wioh-
tia man got of to put it on, he did it the
FIRST shot; the stranger made about
thirteen or fourteen jahs at it. The troll
ley jumps so often in Wichita thar al
the citizens have become experts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
HE MADE A MISTAKE.

The greatest grudge Wichita owes any
one is the owner of the Burton Car works.
Ringing Brothers, the circus men. wanted
to buy the works for winter quarters.
They made a perfectly reasonable offer.
but the owner Of the buildings showed the
price up to a ridiculous degree and Ring
ling Brothers let the matter slide.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
NrrDrRIANDER.s BIG SAFE.

The largest safe. except those brought
hero by the banks. is the one Mr.. n. F.
Neiderlander had shipped here during the
boom Il Is an immense thing and has
two big doors which open divergently
from each other. Il stin remains n The
once where il was first installed. Il now
does duty for Major Ewing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
DOESN'T LIKE AGITATORs.

A man writes TO this Office saying: II
am in a position 10 hire good many
Young men. 1 have always had a predilec-
zion for graduates OF our high school But
one thing 1 watch closely. When I find
a boy who is constantly making trouble
In school. he never gets into my establish
ment, for he would make trouble there,
too. And 1 manage 10 keep pretty good
tab on the agitators."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
NOT THE FIRST LINE.

Il Is generally believed here IN Wichita
that the Market street line was the first
electric street railway IL the world. Au-
thoriiies IN the east say ;he claim Is not
trae-.hat the hrst h1e was built in Rich
ulonl. Virginia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
MRS. LEASE ASA NURSE.

Friends of Mrs. Lease in this city say
that in case of war with Spain Mrs. Lease
will go to front as nurse-that she has
often expressed herself TO the effect that
in case of war she would 60 as a nurse
She would make good nurse. as the
doctor bills in her household are less than
those of any other family in the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
list THE FIRST IN KANSAS.

The statement of the Eagle that the
Wichita National bank was the first in
stitulion in the country ever 10 pay out
over 100 cents on the dollar was a mis-
take. Other banks have paid out 100 per
cent and reimbursed the stockholders
handsomely. However the Wichita Ma
tionals case is the first in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WENT TO SLEEP ON QUO vADIs.

WENT TO SLEEP ON QUO VADIS.
Lawyers as a rule do not take kindly
to Quo Vadis. Sam Amidon says he has
gone 70 sleep over the book thirty times
and all he could recouect when he was
through with the story was that The Ro-
mans had banquet and a hot time when
Rome burned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
A WICHITA SOLDIER.

A member of the Wichita militia has
convinced his girl that he is to be called
to the front at once to bleed and die and
the thought of her losing him has thrown
her into nervous prostration. His sisters
say that he crawls under the bed when
a strange noise is heard in the house at
night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20

Politicians imagine that they are prom
inent. But they are not. In view OF the
coming special session of the legislature.
a crowd of ten men were trying to name
the three representatives from this county
10 the legislature and couldn't do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
NEVER GOT THE BIG HEAD.

A Wichita man makes the claim that of
I'll the ex-governors of Kansas Lewelllng
of Wichita has the distinction of not
having the big head. Sudden as was his
elevation, Lewelling never had the big
head, and it was fortunate for him, for
big head is one thing Wichita will not
stand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
MISS GOLDBERG RECOVERING.

Miss Della Goldberg. daughter OF Mrs.
S. II. Goldberg, who resided in Wichita,
has been very dangerously sick in Michael
Reese hospital, Chicago, for nine weeks,
where she had very serious operation
performed. She was just able to leave
the hospital Sunday. She is now on the
way TO recovery. The operation was per-
formed by one of the best surgeons in
Chicago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
CORRUPTED BY KANSAS CITY.

There is only one man who ever left
Wichita who likes the town, but can not
speak well of it. The exception is Dave
teahy. He never misses an opportunity
TO crack Wichita. He works on a Kan
gas City paper and is instructed to never
say anything good of Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WOMEN ARE ALL FOR wAR

There is not woman in Wichita who
is not clamorins for war. The men are
divided and doubtful about the discretion
of going to war. even though they favor
il. But the young men and their mothers
and sisters and the servant girls are unit
cor war, with lots of red ink on it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
v1cHTTA,s ONLY KICKER.

Mr.. O'NeilI. who recently returned here
from Connecticut, SAYS that Wichita is
the most hopeful town in the country
and that ne finds N the town bat one
man who cid not believe that Wichita
was on the edge OF a boom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
Next BIC Masonic EVENT.

The next big Masonic event in Wichita
will be the dedication of the new Masonic
Temple 1t is predicted that it Will be
the greatest Masonic affair Wichita has
ever seen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
IN RERELLION no LIE NArIoN

On all the postoffices in southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma by order OF the de-
partment, the flags were displayed at half
mast in sorrow for the Maine catastrophe.
In Wichita no flag was displayed at all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
HOW BIG IT WAS.

DR.. Furley has figured out that the
Maine II in Wichita would reach from
Main to Market street. Think OF an ex-
pIosive so powerful that it could lift a
boat that long out of the water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
ORIGIN OF THIS WAR TALK.

Giles Smith, Colonel Loomis, J. 2. Allen.
o. II. Bentley, Judge Dale and in fact all
the fat men of the town are clamoring
loudly for war with Spain. They are too
fat to be received in the army. and they
II ow it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
STANLEY Is NOT AFRA1n

A number of W. f. Stanley's friends be-
lieve that the governors Office is Il hoo
doc. One expressed the fear to Stanley
the other day and said that he believed
that Stanley would be nominated and
elected, but that the Office would down
him just as is had downed every governor
to the present time. Stanley said. "No,
it won't hoodoo me. I'll map out policy
at the beginning and I'll carry it straight
through without a waver.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WILL AYRES' ETHICS.

It makes VIII Ayres furious to hear a
young lady referred to as the girl" He
insists on either the first name or the
last. He says names were given people
to be used.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
MET WICHITA EVERYWHERE.

Mr.. ONein, who is here this week from
Connecticut. and who will hereafter re-
side III Topeka as an agent for an eastern
water company there, says that the Wich-
ita man is omnipresent. In Boston one
day he met Mr.. Applegate and agreed to
meet him at the hotel O'Nein was there
first and while waiting. he saw Billy
Smith. formerly of the Chicago Lumber
company. walk in and register. He held
him until AppIegate arrived and they had
supper together. In New York O'Neill
one day met W. ]. Wilson. formerly a
dry goods man and Frank Albright and
they had a talk of old times Both travel
out of New York. In Cincinnati he met
the Stewart brothers OF the Iron works,
and Harry Gordon. In Chicago he found
the Wichita people in full force. He says
bunny Mead is said TO have made the
most money. Chef Firebaugh has the
largest law practice Of any Wichita man
in Chicago and is making money hand
over fist. George Douglas is not doing
very well. One day while in Atlanta,
Georgia, a man came into the dining room
of a hotel and sat down opposite O'Neill.
He recognized Walter Powell at once.
Powell is still at the head Of the tele-
graphers of the country and gets $500 a
year and all expenses paid. Mr., O'Neill
says he does not go anywhere that he
does not meet with a Wichita man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
A BANKER WITH GALL.

4 banker in a small Sedgwick county
town recently while in Kansas City paid
for some goods with a check. The
check was sent to Wichita for collection
and thence to the banker in the small
town. The banker. who had made the
check, sent the amount less twenty cents.
which he had taken out as fee for col
lecting it from himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
LITTLE TOO FAR SOTrTH

No natural ice has been made in Wich-
tia yet this winter and the outlook is not
promising. In Peabody, a few miles
north, a great deal has been put up.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20

wanted to give him a banquet. He had
not only earned his salary but $3.50 in
commissions in addition.
GREATEST CONSUMER OF CIGARS.
Travelling men are the greatest con-
sumers Of cigars The bill of a way up
commercial traveller reaches one dollar
and a half nearly every day. They say
it is part OF their stock in trade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WAS COMING TO WICHITA.

Henry Booth. the noted Kansan who
died at Larned last week had purchased
his ticket to Wichita and was going TO
attent the grand lodge here this past
week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
THEY ARE VERY FLOODED.

The Wichita police comm .ssion uses haer
letter paper ,han does ne governor Of
Kansas Or any state o&:cer for tina; mat
ter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
CzAR OF THE FIFTH WARD

One year ago the Eagle gave D. p.
Crewson the title Of Gear on account of
the way he ran the Fifth ward primary.
since.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
list KNOWN "a DEACON "

One of the county commissioners, Mr..
Wilson, goes by the name of Deacon"
and there is not two men in the hundreds
who have business with him that know
his name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
WGCHITA ARTIFICALLY pWARFED

WICHITA ARTIFICALLY DWARFED.
4 man writes to this office as follows:
Put one hundred thousand people any
where scattered over large range of
country and a certain portion Of them,
10000 or ten per cent usually will con-
centrate at a central point and make
a city for that section. During the boom
this section OF the state had 100000 peo-
Pile II was natural for 10 per cent OF
them to concentrate at Wichita. This
frightened the railroads, and particularly
the Santa Fe. for that railroad believes
a number of small towns is worth more to
Il railroad than one large one, in which
belief railroad is correct for it can
squeeze the dayIights out Of a town where
there are no competing roads So the
railroads to keep down Wichita began
90 work for all other towns and against
Wicnita. The result OF this was 10 keep
Wichita down temporarily. But mean
While the surrounding territory has risen
in population to 600 GO. Some day. perhaps
this very year. the natural concentration
Of humanity 10 a common point in a
section will begin again and Wichita will
soon have 10 per cent OF them. or sixty
thousand. In this concentration none Of
the towns in Oklahoma or Kansas will
suffer. Tor the elimination which would
seem inevitable in the smaller towns as
people concentrated in the large town. Is
overcome by an influx OF people from Tire
east and entirely out OF tae territory.
Wichita has been dwarfed by artificial
means. and in due tine will grow cor
respondingly g-sat through resumption
OF natural laws Tbs mans head is
level
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
IT MIST BE STOPPED.

when our battleships are blown up,
said Finlay Ross on the streets yester-
day. Il tell you it is Going Too Far. -
Applause.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20
PERSONNEL OF A PATROL FORCE
WORLD oTTIT BUSINESS. FIRST.

There is a man doing business on one
of the principal streets in Wichita, who
has been here for years, says if he had
to give up his present location that he
would go out of business. He claims that
he wouldn't take three thousand dollars,
il he couldn't replace them. for the street
number on his windows. Such is repu-
tation.