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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03

Charles Hoyt is the American Gilbert.
What theater-goer who has never seen
and laughed at his merry comedies filled
20 the brim as they are with witty salles
and keen satire. never dull or common
place. and best Of all. always crowding
the theaters to the doors. Mr.. Hoyts
most successful, as web as his most anus
ing comedy. "a Contented Woman" Will
be the attraction at the Crawford Grand
next Monday. evening, and from present
indications tn. engagement will be rec
ord breaker. Mr.. Hoyt's plays nave al
ways done well in this city. and the prom
Use Of one OF his jolly comedies IS always
eagerly anticipated. One strong reason
for this Is that he always brings some
thing new and novel in the art OF play
writing with each piece, and "A Contented
Woman" since the many changes and i'm
provements he has made, is said to be
ahead OF all its predecessors in this re-
spect. The piece satirizes the new
woman" but from an entirely different
aspect than other plays dealing with this
much abused subject. because the scenes
and incidents which il introduces are
founded upon possibilities. and the satire
IS true TO life. The laws existing in some
OF the western states granting to woman
the voters franchise. and giving her the
right to hold Office, are used as q basis
on which has been constructed one Of the
wittiest and merriest comedies this tai
ented playwright has yet offered 10 the
public. The call for seats has been TN
usually large, and every indication points
to the standing room only sign being
conspicuously displayed at the entrance Of
the Crawford Grand next Monday even
ing. Seats are on sale this morning at
Howe's jewelry store.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03
Local and Ions distance Telephone. 4s4.
C.. B. Bennett Commission Co.

Correspondent Donovan CoUuIss5onCo
6 Louis.
Deals ii
Gram, Provisions and New York Stocks
Direct wire with Chicaso and New York
Orders and correspondence solicited
Reference National Bank Of Com
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SOS z Douglas Avenue. Wichita. Kan.
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CHICAGO.

Chicago Grain and Provision markets,
furnished by c. B. Bennett Commission
Company, 32S East Douglas avenue,
Wichita. Kansas. Local and long DIS
lance telephone, 494:
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NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York Stock markets, furnished by
c. B. Bennett Commission Co., 326 East
Douglas avenue Wichita, Kansas. Local
and long distance telephone, 494:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03

farmer in Matagorda County Texas. who had
suffered from indigestion for nearly FIVE years had the
good fortune to have a wife who had tried Ripans
Tabues and who recommended them to her husband In
speaking of his former digestive troubles he says After
eating my stomach would become dstended and food
become sour. also troubled with papitaon of the
heart After had taken three TabueS that ullness
disappeared, and | have since felt rhe least,
symptoms of palpitaton of the heart My wife who
troubled with headache tired feeling and collie says she
felt better after taking the very first Tabule.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO.


Chicago, March 2.-CattIe-There was a
good demand for choice cattle today at
strong prices, but the general offerings
showed more or less weakness. fancy
cattle brought $5.7fd5.s5; choice steers,
S5.50q5. s.; mediums 81. 65d4 .95; beef steers
g. S0q4. 80; stockers and feeders, $. 2DG
As; bulls 81. 6oq4. 20; cows and heifers,
s. 30d4. 90; western fed steers. 81. I5d5. 90;
Texas steers, s3.50Q4 50; calves, s3.5Oa
6.S5
Hogs-Trade in hogs was brisk and
prices ruled 10 10c higher. the greater
part showing 10c advance Fair TO choice
s.. 75G3. S71z; heavy packing lots, $3.50
3-72l2: mixed, s3.55G3.s so; butchers. 50. 55Q
As; lights, S.55G3.S0; pigs, $3.2od3.50
Sheep-There was q slow demand for
sheep at slightly below the prices lately
ruling. Poor 10 prime sheep, *2.5GG
4.60; yearlings, $2.S0q4.7o; lambs, A.00Q
40
Receipts-Cattle. $500; hogs, 5000; sheep
1900.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. March 2-Cattle-Receipt
$3.50 natives; eco Texans. Active demand
for all classes killing cattle. export, dress
ed beef and butcher steers steady. Butch
CT cows steady to 10c higher; heavy native
steers. s.. I0d5. 30: medium steers 81. 691
SO; light weights, s4-25d5.00; stockers and
feeders. s.. 1854 butcher cows and heif-
ers $3.O0d4.35 bulls. S3-00Q+2 .: western
steers, 50. 5eG4. 50; Texans, 50. 40d4.55.
Hogs-Receipts, 7,740. Light supply:
both buyers and shippers were active buy
ers at to 10c higher prices; heavy hogs,
S. 60d3. %; mixed, 50 5Gd3 20; lights, So. 4c0
SIS; pigs. s.. 25G3. 40.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 Market good,
sheep and lambs in good demand at firm
prices: lambs, 81. 4074. 70 muttons. g 90G
4 40; feeding lambs, s.. 40d3. 10; feeding
sheep. g. 75d3. so; stockers, 81. 00d3. ..
ST LOUIS.
St. Louis, March Misunderstanding, p
800, including LOO Texans; market steady;
native shipping steers, 81. 60d5. IS; light
and dressed beef and butcher steers. Sc. .
d5.1O; stOckers and feeders. s.. 40d4. As:
cows and heifers. s.. 0gG4 80; Texas and
Indian steers s.. 10d4. So; cows and heif-
ers. 81 30G4.00.
Hogs-Receipts, $500; market active and
SC higher; pigs and lights, s. 6od3.75;
packers 1855. 50; butchers. s.. 15G3.S5.
Sheep-Receipts. 100; market steady.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
BARLOW MINsTRELS.

The Crawford was packed last night,
the Barlow Ministries being the attrac-
ton. Some of the acts were new and
very good. while others have been seen
here before. The backing in the first part
was very fine representing a beautiful
array OF battleship flags. bordered by the
national coiors. The singing in the first
part was good and was appreciated by the
audience. Mr. Briggs as a trick wheelman
is simly a wonder in his line Some Of
the feats he performed last night seemed
almost impossible and by devotees OF the
bike were highly appreciated. Zella. the
contortionist was as good in his specially
Is has ever been seen In Wichita Al
though part of his makeup could have
been different. Harry Ward. the com
edian, was very funny and told several
new gags which took the house by rounds
OF applause. The musical team were also
very clever. A social feature was the
attendance OF the Elks in body before
the social session held IN honor OF the
MINISTRIES. One of the special features Of
this company is the splendid symphony
band which appeared at the grand finale
Of the first part.
"A COntented Woman" next
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03
Capital Stock. se5oooa Paid Up

II you want Stockers O. Feeders. write
rs. Reasonable advances experienced
statesmen n each department Cattle
EoSs and Sheep. Telephone IS19
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Furnished by the Wichita Abstract ana
Land Company 4 N Dubois. Abstract
Or. Court Housa Phone 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03

DAB EAE.s. n e4frlss. : a. = 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-03

Chicago. March Cash wheat-No. ?
red. 72Q73c; No. 3. 6S171c; No > hard. SEA
67lc: No. s. 64G661sc; No. l northern
spring. 6Sd7ic: No. spring. 64d7lc-
Cash corn-No. >, SIS d55c: No. 5. $50
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29
Famous Documents From the Time Of Tie PILGRIM
Fathers Down to the Present Ddu
Causes For Giving Thanks.

contains no less than "A bis black era
sures, arguing that IL was written out
amid much discussion and after great
deliberation. IL set apart July 49, 1861,
as a day of public thanksgiving for
such merces as freedom from conta-
gious diseases. for uratection during so
many years i'm "theSemote wilderness"
and for the favor that God hath given
us In the eyes and heart of our gracious
sovereign lord and king"
II sounds rather strange In American
ears today TO hear of their forefathers
thus praying for the health and saliva
tion OF their gracious lord and sover-
eign. Six years later there was an
other proclamation setting apart Nov.
3. 1867. as a day 'of solemn and hum
BILE thanksgiving unto Almighty Cod
and also invoking thanks for the pre-
vention OF the common enemy Of our
nation from infesting our coasts and
habitatlons" There are also proclama-
tions for 1869 and 1870. The Issuance Of
such a document at this time seems To
have become an established thing. and
I'm 1911 the proclamation begins. The
council Of this commonwealth. consid-
crinr the many kindnesses Of the Lord
toward Ills poor people Of this colony
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

issued by Governor Caleb Strong in
which he refers at some length TO the
war which was at that time taking
place. This document prays that our
national rulers and the government OF
Great Britain may be influenced by a
spirit of moderation and Justice and
that the people of both countries may
remember that they are descended from
the same ancestors and believe i'm the
same gospel OF salvation and that all
distractions to the establishment OF an
equitable and lasting peace may be
removed IL further prays that God
may preserve the lives of the soldiers
and sailors, and asks that the country
be spared from further effusion of hu-
man blood" In fact, taken as a whole
the different proclamations of thanks
giving issued i'm this country stand out
unique among state documents for their
solemn beauty and lofty tone.
Although the United States OF Amer
lea had great deal TO be thankful for
during those long years between the
date OF Madison's Thanksgiving procla-
nation and that of Lincoln, no pres
ident, so far as we know, seems to have
cared To issue a proclamation for gem
eral public thanksgiving until April 10.
1862. when Lincoln broke silence with
his now historic message soliciting ex-
pressions of thanks from his people for
the blessings OF the past. In this mes
sage the president especially recom-
mended to the people "on their next
weekly assemblages i'm their accustom-
ed places OF public worship that service
Of thanks be made. and also that the
people impiore spiritual consolation tn
behalf Of all who have been brought
into affiiction by casualties and calam-
tiles OF sudden ana civil war"
This proclamation. az IL stands today,
was written i'm bold clerical hand and
signed by the president and Secretary
Seward. one year later the president
was called upon TO issue his second
proclamation Of Thanksgiving, and this.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

which enabled the armies TO make
such stands as have balied the efforts
of our inveterate foes and protected the
frontiers from the sword and the wilder
nesses and the seacoast from the depre-
dations of an hostile fleet and also
compelled the enemy TO Vacate the cap
ital and delivered the same from the
mortal distemper" which had visited
IL. There are n dozen signers To TINS
paper which refers again and again TO
circumstances and incidents OF the war
of the Revolution, showing well what
was foremost in every mans heart ana
mind
The Book of Common Prayer revised
In 1883 for the use OF the Protestant
Episcopal church in America. directed
"a form Of prayer and thanksgiving 10
Almighty God For the fruits OK the
earth and all the other blessings or
His merciful providence. to be used
yearly on the first Thursday in No
vcmber or on such other day az shall
be appointed by the civil authority"
All the Thanksgiving proclamations
| issued by the different presidents OF the
republic are kept i'm the library OF the
/ state department i'm one Of the large
/ bookcases there. Each document IL In
/ n big brown envelope and rs careiully
, fled away. n series for each year. The
first official proclamation issued In this
connection is dated Jan. /, 1875 and, In
one sense OF the word. this date might
be called the birth year Of the real
American Thanksgiving day. This first
document Is signed by George Wash
inpton and indorsed by Edward Ran
| dolph. his attorney general. There Is a
second proclamation by James Madison.
| after which the chief magistrates of
this country appear TO have forgotten
/ the day. or else the proclamations es-
| tablishlng the same have been lost. for
there is none until We come down 60 the
| Lincoln administration.
In 1912 there was a significant and ai
/ the same time a noble proclamation
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

Ane page of ordinary paper ana consists
1ng Of three rather brief paragraphs
il was. as was also his second message.
concise and clear. but through u runs
the note of sincerity. President Mci
kinley's messages IN this connection. on
the other hand, are longer and perhaps
more scholarly I'm diction, bui are still
so much "A matter Of current events that
II viii take many years 10 give thom
that historical interest which only time
can bestow upon a document
This year. instead OF the original
100000 coionists spoken OF in the be-
ginning OF this article. no fewer than
SO.0O0000 people. all claiming The stars
and stripes az their national flag, Will
be called upon 10 give thanks for an
other year OF exceptional prosperity and
progress. This year. too the great am
nual feast OF turkey and pie viii be
greater than ever before. and. from the
huge dining hall of the White House
~ the hurnblest little thatched hut OF
the Ladrones. the citizens OF Uncle
Sam will not have 10 look far for evi-
dences of the good viii and love OF a
divine Providence
TRUMAN l.. ELTON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29
THANKSGIVING PR0(LANAT|0NS

and then asks the people to duly give
thanks for the blessings Of the past
year.
In the majority OF the proclamations
OF this tme-and very solemn ana stald
documents they are-it is the KING OF
England who gets most OF the space IN
the document. only three years III
fact, before the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence there is prayerful reference
to King George and Queen Mary. But
the change was soon 60 come. In lao
the usual thanksgiving proclamation
Is very unequivocal in it's expression oi
thankfulness for deliverance from king
ly rule. After long preamble the doc
ument OF i716. somewhat after the man.
ner OF the Declaration Of independence
itself states.
Especially that whilst British ava
rice openly and British tyranny vigor-
ously endeaVors TO wrest from us the
free exercise Of those rights which
heaven alike bestowed on all mankind,
and without which human life is less a
favor than the grave. God has given
these States just sense OF their worth
and OF the impossibility of rcsigning
those rights 10 man without the guilt
OF rebellion against God. treason Co the
present and treachery to all future gem
crations"
The proclamation then goes on TO In
woke thanks for the preservation OF the
commander in chief OF the army and
for the soldiers. rejecting. not without
Its touch Of quiet irony. the troublous
times through which the country was
then passing. In those early Thanks
givings turkey gobblers and guns must
have been somewhat incongruOusly
mixed up. still this particular procla-
nation gives thanks 10 that Providence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

II is stated that the first printing
press brought into North America, anu
upon which parts of Elliots Indian bi-
BILE were printed, still exists at Mont
peIer VT. and is in the custody OF the
Vermont Historical society. This Is, OF
course. the old style of hand press SIM
liar TO the Ben Franklin press which
can be seen among the old relics in the
old statehouse at the head or state
street i'm Boston. !.
clerical dissenter by the name OF
Glover bought. 260 years ago, with the
aid of contributions from severai
friends of the Puritans in Holland, the
press alluded 10 above. Mr.. Glover ana
his wife sailed for America with tne
printing press. but he died on the Voy-
age. His wife settled in Cambridge,
and the press was set up in the house
of Henry Dunster, first president OF the
new college. 1t was the first known
press anywhere in America nortn OF
Mexico. AS parts, at least, OK Eliot >
Indian Bible were printed on TINS press
Il Is no wonder that IT is carefuiiy pre-
served by its custodians in Montpeler.
The old Franklin press, which took TWO
10 run IL. was capable of printing some
zoo copies of a small newspaper In an
hour.
one who stands at the side of mod
ern newspaper press sees from 400 to
500 copies of daily newspaper printed
and folded every minute. Few inven-
tions have passed through the patent
office OF more value to the skilled me-
chanic than may be seen In frst class
printing offices, including the wonder-
full typesetters. which astonish all who
behold them and which form set type
from tho molten metal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29
Tao REALIZE just what long es-
/ tablshed institution Thanksgiv-
y ing day in the United States

sT~sO REALIZE just what n long es-
tablished institution Thanksgiv-
Y ing day in the United States
really is one has only TO turn over
the musty leaves OF a certain old book
in the afchive room OF the secretary of
state at Washington
ia that strange volume arc many dry
and owparchments. one of the most
interesting uf which is a time faded
sheet covered with crooked characters
in which is set forth an official procla-
nation beginning as follows:
whereas. the Lord our gracious God
hath lately bestowed several publick
mercies upon our dear native country"
and SO OH.
The date Of this ragged little sheet
s. sept. 20. 1854. and IL is the order of
the court setting apart day of thanks
giving. That IL in all probability the
earliest Thanksgiving day OF which this
country has any record.
one does not again hear OF Thanks
giving day proclamation until 1861. The
manuscript OF this proclamation Is still
In existence st the archive room, and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

The fact that Thanksgiving day has
nearly always been held on Thursday
Il curious. but thor, seems 20 be no
real EXPLANATION OF the fact except that
OF custom. This Thursday thread
might a thousand years or so ago have
been explained as some sort Of step to-
ward propitiation TO Thor the Ihunaer-
er. whose day it Is. but the A'nt i.'an
holiday hardly runs back Far enough 20
admit Of any such explanation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-29

a
,.nt, the continuance OF His favor ana
His protection.
rho first proclamation issued by Pres
don't HAYES covered four closely writ
,en pages of large foolscap ana IL sun
t,od with n large white ribbon. The doc
,,,,ent is most beautifully executed. All
f,ur of this presidents messages were
couched in conventional language
graceful and studied. and all were very
much alike.
The original copy OF the first procia-
,,ation Of President Arthur, issued NOV
I 1851 bears corrections in the hand-
writing of MIR Blaine. with also few
o,nendations by the president himset
rbe last proclamation of Arthur Us re-
r,orlable on account OF its brevity, Tor
after a short Introduction. IL succinctlS
statos In recognition of this custom
chester 4. Arthur, president or the
limited states do hereby designate a'
sucb day OF general Thanksgiving
Thursday. the twenty-seventh day oi
,ha nrcsent November" That, prac'
,icaii, Is the entire proclamation.
when We come TO the regime oi
President Grover Cleveland. we find
nat tho Thanksgiving day proclama'
inns are more lengthy and more elab'
orate. Even the manuscripts themselves
of these addresses for such they feaiy
are. were most carefully ornamenteo
by the clerk or clerks who prepared
and copied them. aud the language H.
self is always a fine example OF elo'
quent and lofty English.
President Harrison's first proclama'
tion ls most businesslike Document
IN appearance, being typcwTittcn o;
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-20
Colossal Nerve.

An example of colossal nerve"
that easily discounts anything in
that line ever heard of in this part
of the country has just been report
ed from Redford The other eve
ing a stranger knocked at the door
of Farmer Perkins in that town
ship and presented a request that
at once enlisted the sympathy of
the kind hearted farmer. The
stranger said that he was on his
way to Detroit with a load of hogs
and that by some means they had
all escaped from his wagon He.
of course, could not reload them
alone, so was under the necessity
of obtaining assistance, which was
willingly given. When at last the
animated pork was safely in the
vehicle, after much prespiring eff
fort and the usual temptations to
strong language which that species
of quadruped is so capable of pro-
voking, the grateful huckster de
parted with profuse thanks The
obliging farmer retired to his couch
and the sleep of conscious reotitude
at peace with all the world, but his
feelings underwent an overwhelm-
ing revolution the next morning
when, in the natural course of or
dinary events, he went to feed his
hogs. There weren't any. He
had obligingly and willingly help
ed load them for market the night
before. after they had been con-
veniently turned into the road by
his enterprising acquaintance of
the previous evening Detroit
Free Press.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-20

roast especially, ELECTED unfavor-
able comment. But those same
papers will be forced TO change
front and commend her as a brill
liant newspaper woman. The last
few issues of the Sunday Post
have contained articles from the
pen of Miss Black that are as
bright and spicy and at the same
time sensible as any that are found
in any newspaper published. Her
stories are readable. catchy and
fascinating, and the Post is to be
congratulated on having Winifred
Black on its staff.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-20
FIGHTING THE INCREASE.
Attorneys for Ames and Other
Assessors Preparing their
Answer
Answer

County Attorney Cass E. Her.
rington, with a number of other
attorneys representing other coun-
ties, worked all day yesterday pre-
pairing the test case of the state
board of equalization, against AS
SCISSOR Ames, brought to establish
the right of the board to change
county valuations. The document
will be completed this afternoon
and filed in the district court. The
major part of the work will be
done today.
Some difference of opinion has
arisen among the many cooks who
are stirring the broth, as to the ex-
act line of the defense. 1--WE will
have our docment prepared in time
to file tomorrow" said Attorney