The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-02


ent code, and it must be far from perfec-
ton.
WICHITA TEN YEARS AGO.
Miss Matte Mead entertained. Her
guests were: Misses Gertie Moore. Mabel
Pierce, Ada Aiken. Mary Hall, Jessie
Cox, Sallie Downing, Babe woodman.
Mamie Gilbert, Rose westgate. Fredonia
Clifford. and Messrs. Carl Niederlander,
Huston Taylor, Ed. Campbell. Mont. Hol-
lowell, Frank Adams. Will Hungate, Fos-
ter Toler. Dewitt stoner Ed. Campbell,
Earl Hartwell, Tom Newcomb and Chas.
McAdams.
At the residence Of Mr.. and Mus. c. F.
Horner. Mr.. w. H. H. Troupe entertain
ed his Sunday school class. Those pres
ent were: Silas Brown, Willie Yohe, Emil
Braitsch. Clarence Fortuna, George Amos
Burns, Tunis Vreeland. Bonnie Knorr.
Miss Lila Solomon entertained at ner
home on College Hill.
The Sixth ward having been created,
special election was held down there.
James Mercer was elected councilman
over John Roach for the long term, and
John Herring over NJ. T. Proudfoot foe
the short term, and for the school board
]. NJ Martin was elected for the long
term over A. G. Burr. and William wich-
man for the short term over ]. Y. Mon
tague.
The railroad commission gave Wichita
rates and Wichita thought that they were
permanent. Dave Dale in an interview
said. We'll nall NSarsh NFrr5ooi- oo,,
menced to hammer on this rate business
years ago, when we all laughed at him
for his efforts, and now we have gotten
there. We ought to give Marsh a medal"
The following shoe dealers signed an
agreement to close their places OF bust
ness at p. m. daily except on Saturdays:
Smith & Slower, Lewis 6 Co., McNaugh-
ten & Miles, A. II. Merrill. John Braitsch,
Laucke & Lopez. s. @. Men. Thomas H.
Lynch. H. L. Shober & Co., Boston Store,
J. c. Woodwork.
The Eagle had a leading editorial adj
vocating the paving Of the principal bust
ness streets
The Eagle criticised the school board
for sending a committee abroad to tlnd a
new superintendent.
Captain John B. Carey returned from his
sojourn in California.
Coleman Rogers and his bride, Miss
Letitia Cunningham, of Madison, Indi-
ana, arrived in the city.
Rev. David Winters was installed as
castor of the First Presbyterian churcn
by Few. ]. II. Brooks of st. Louis.
J. c. Haun Of this city, was drowned in
the Jamestown food.
The A. o. L. w. gave a social 10 raise
money for the 5chnstown foll sufferers.
This was the time of the Cr3nin niys-
terry IN Chicago and a great deal Of in
te-est n the case was taken in Wichita.
j. j.. Wellington of this city. went to
Clay Center to see a married woman. He
paid for the trip with his life, being killed
there.
The school board committee which went
east TO secure a superintenae. VAS COM
passed Of J. =. Fegtley and -. w C:a;.p.
the graduates of he Normal college of
Carmel university that year we-a e ,.ge
Falconer. Cora Glenn, Oren Menefee Eva
Lloyd, Frank Payne. Albert A. Richards,
Weston Shelenbarger, Oliver Sprong,
Sadie 5. Sprong. Lee Winn, Alice Sprong,
and Flora Lloyd
The graduates of the Garfield university
that year were Chas. Werner Lucy of
Wichita, William e ". McCune Of Ben
ton, Kan. Lowell Call Mcpherson. wichi-
ia, Nimrod D .Laughin. Wichita, Sam
uel l.. Johnson, Wichita, Edward Burton
Palmer. Peabody. Kan.
Mr.. Newcome of this city, was shot in
the head at Clearwater.
At Oklahoma City Clyde Mattox and a
man named Hart were removed as police
officers and Dan Mckay and Jim How
ard appointed. The two men discharged
began 10 seek trouble and in the melee
Mattox killed Howard and was so badly
wounded himself it was Thought he would
die. This was the beginning Of Mattox's
bad career.
c. II. Field. who lived in Alamo adj
diion, died at his home
Joseph r. King and Miss Cira Grant Of
Clearwater were married.
w. II. kaufman, proprietor OF the st.
Lawrence hotel on North Lawrence ave-
nue., was found dying in room in his
hotel.
viii W. Mckee, a popular young man
of this city. died In hospital in ST. Louis
after a surgical operation.
Miss Ida Slower and Professor ]. s.
South were married.
Miss FOntie Swentzell and Walter N.
Inman were married.
John Trahubler, a man working for
BAderback, the livery man, committed
suicide by hanging himself
People at Washington were trying to
find the whereabouts of William Baldwin.
whose home used to stand where the
Sedgwick block now is.
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