The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-19
Why GROSS FAILED
Continued from Second Page.

n | enQure Inc suspense Oh WdllluSp WI
0 Charles Cross telephoned for hack. in
) tending to follow him.
, Mr.. Wilder drove to the bank and learn
ed for the first time Of the government.
action in taking possession OF the bank
, Mr.. Wilder Immediately drove back TO ap
} prise Mrs. Cross. and met Mrs Cross ieav
ing for the farm in the hack alone A re
porter and the coroner followed a few hun
bred yards behind. but were unable tc
overtake her. When they reached the
house Mrs. Cross was lying PROSTATE or
the body of her husband, crushed with the
anguish and horror of the scene
In the meantime Miss Grace McGTew
Mr.. Cross private secretary, telephoned
for Mrs. w. R. Irwin, one of the close
friends of the families, and upon Mrs. IT.
win developed the hard task of breaking
the news to Mr. Cross mother, Mrs H. c.
Cross, and his little daughter, Mary Cross.
Mary Cross has been confined to her bed
with catarrhal fever for two weeks and
is still unable to be up. Mrs. Il. c. Cross
| home has been filled with sorrowing neigh
bors and friends. people to whom the dead
| son was dear Mrs. Charles Cross return
| ed from the farm before the arrival of the
body. Today she is strong and brave and
| devoting herself to the carrying out. in
every particular, of her husbands wishes
and intentions. The strength OF her af-
! lection for her husband is sustaining her.
The mutual love and devotion existing be-
! tween Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cross has
been recognized by all their friends.
Mrs. Cross sisters Mrs. Elizabeth and
Anna Wilder of Kansas City, arrived last
| night on the 3 o'clock train and are now
| with Mrs Cross. Thomas Cross of Tope-
| ka, an uncle Of c. S. Cross, came in on
| the same train. Another uncle, r. S.
| Cross, from Joplin, arrived today, and
Mrs. Johnson. an aunt of C. s. Cross, will
arrive from Parsons this evening.
AT THE NORMAL.
At the Normal the calamity fell with IN
usual force. Scores of students had their
winters schooling money on deposit.
President Taylor announced this morning
from the platform that he hoped all the
students who were depositors in the bank
would be able to tide over their financial,
matters. at least until the examiner could
prepare a definite statement of the banks
condition and the stockholders decide
what course they VIII pursue; that in case
any OF them were in urgent need of money
in order to remain in school. he would be
pleased to give them temporary assistance
and hoped they would call and confer
with him about II, and that he was en-
couraged 10 feel that they would eventu-
ally not lose much.
Miss Eva McNaliy Of the Normal was
depositor Her losses are in the neighbor-
hood of 1000. Miss McNally lost heavily
in a Kansas City bank failure several
years ago.
FUTURE OF SUNNY SLOPE.
Yesterday at 1O:3O o'clock, Mr. Cross
called up George Crane, the Topeka
printer, and told him TO ship all the
catalogues he was printing for the Sunny
Slope sale next December to Emporia
In this sale were to go all Of the Sunny
Slope cattle. The catalogues were ship
ped and the sale will be held December
at the Kansas tCty stockyards. At 4
o'clock. Mrs. Cross telephoned Mr.. Crane
to go ahead with the catalogues that the
sale would go on. 1t was the wish of the
Cross estate to turn as much of the prop
erty as possible to meet the demands OF
the bank. There seems to be no doubt
in quarters where there IS authentic
knowledge that Sunny Slope will soon
be thing to remember if the bank exam
liner will allow the sale to so on. For
several days before The bank closed Mr..
Cross was moving heaven and earth to
sell the place outright and it is probable
that if someone cannot be found to buy it,
the farm will be divided into small hold
ings.
THE LECTURE COURSE.
Mrs. William Adds IS the treasurer of |
-
course. Mrs. r, ]. Edwards is the presi- |
dent. They nave sent word to the Kan
sas City office, telling the circumstances |
and saying that if they have some time, |
they think they can arrange so that the !
course shall be given as advertised.
Mrs. Adds. as treasurer. was instructed /
by all the different churches to deposit |
the money at the First National bank. |
This lets her out Of all responsibility for |
the money. The CHRISTIAN church society /
did not deposit their money 1t is be- |
between 500 and 500. This lets them out. /
HARD LUCK STORIES.
The Emporia Gazette says: Nothing has /
happened in Emporia for a score of years /
that has affected so many people as the 1
suspension OF the First National bank
Its list of depositors is larger than any
other institution hereabouts and for that
reason. many of its deposicors have small /
amounts. This makes the anxiety felt
at the suspension widespread. Nearly
every business man in town has been
caught Those who were not depositors
were holders of uncaShed checks. and
those who were not depositors or check
holders have accounts out with depositors
la viii haH
sixty days. II Will make business rather
slow during the two months of the year
when the merchants garner their harvest.
Among the merchants touched heavily IS
Nit White. who had draft for $3.50 with
which he was going 10 pay for his res
taurant in lola and start his brothers
up in business. 4 O. Rorsbaugh lost
500 on a protested draft.
One old codger who Is on the bond Of
one of the men who has public fund in
the bank. came tiptoeng around 10 the
Gazette and delivered stump speech 10
have the i;em kept out. He says that ne
has promised his wife never TO sign a
bond and that II she sees il in the Ca
zette. she viii never rest easy again in
her life. This is the only man in town
whose name has been suppressed bv the
Gazette today. Bat this is a time when
a plea like mat reaches the heart
Among the people in business not men
toned last night. are Ed. Atyeo. Emporia
Lumber Co. R. Ree6le. Nutang. the res
taurant man.
Several people got onto the trouble
through eastern friends and withdrew
their money. Among these were Dale
x Son. Carr Kicker and Peters Hardware