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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
Hret Harte's First Arrival at the Gold
DiG1inEa


In the Thanksgiving number Of the
Youths Companion Bret Harte describes
in graphic way an incident which oc-
Cured on his first arrival at the gold
diggings, in a saloon which he had en-
tered to inquire his way to a friends
claim: ST entered the barroom. 1t was
crowded with miners and traders, and
a few smartly dressed professional-loOk-
ing men. Here again my vanity led me
into extravaganza. I could not bear to
address the important, hite-shirt-sleev-
ed and diamond-pinned barkeeper as a
mere boyish suppliant for information.
was silly enough to demand drink, and
laid down. alas! another quarter.
81 had asked my question. the bar
keeper had handed me the decanter. and
I had poured out the stuff with as much
ease and grown-up confidence as I could
assume. when a singular incident &C.
Cured. As it had some bearing upon my
fortune, 1 may relate 1t here.
1.-The ceiling of the saloon was sup
ported by a half-dozen wooden columns
about eighteen inches square, standing
in line parallel with the counter of the
bar, and about two feet from it. The
front of the bar was crowded with GUS
toners, when suddenly, to my astonish-
ment. they, one and all, put down their
glasses and hurriedly backed into the
spaces between the columns. At the
same moment a shot was fired from the
street through the large open doors that
stood at right angles with the front of
the counter and the columns.
The bullet raked and splintered the
holdings of the counter front. but with
no other damage. The shot was returned
from the upper end of the bar, and then,
for the first time became aware that
two men with levelled revolvers were
shooting at each other through the sa-
loon.
THE bystanders in range were fully
protected by the wooden columns; the
barkeeper had ducked below the counter
at the first shot. Six shots were ex-
changed by the duellists. but as far as
could see. nobody was hurt. a mirror
was smashed, and my glass had part Of
its rim carried Clearly away by the third
shot. and its contents spilled.
81 had remained standing near the
counter. and l presume I may have baen
protected by the columns; but the whole
thing passed 50 quickly. and 7 was so
utterly absorbed IN its dramatic novelty.
that cannot recall having the slightest
sensation Of physical fear. Indeed.
had been much more frightened in 20
sitions of less peril.
My only concern. and this was para
mount. was that I might betray by any
word or movement nv youthfulness.
establishment or unfamiliarity with such
an experience. I think that any shy,
vain Schoolboy viii understand this. and
would probably feel as I did So strong
was this feeling that while the sting Of
gunpowder was stu in my nostrils I
moved toward the bar. and taking I'D my
broken glass. said 70 the barkeeDer. per
haps somewhat slowly and diffdently.
VIII you please iii me another glass?
It's not nv fault II this was broken
The barkeeper. rising flushed and ex-
cited from behind the bar. looked ar ne
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during stage rehearsals in New York:
Thomas, no matter how bad you may
be in the part. you are wearing NY
clothes. and there has been so much good
acting done in them that they viii carry
you through Thomas voice and dsa-
lect are the Same as his fathers. and he
looks like his father Joseph. Jr.. viii be
the Derrick Won Beekman OF the con-
pany. the part he has played for a num-
Der Of seasons with such great success
with the elder jefferson. William, who
Is tho youngest Of the brothers. AMI who
played the part Of Bob Acres in The Ri
walls during his fathers Illness. viii
portray the part Of Cookies in Pip dur
ing their engagement The Jefferson boys
are surrounded By 4 capable company
All the scenery and effects required 70
give correct representation o. this
grand old play Is carried by this organ
lzatio1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
TAPP IS FOR ROBERTS
Thinks the PoIygamist Should
Have Been Seated.
CONGRESS.MADEAM MISTAKE
Which Public Sentiment viii
Condemn--ScoreS Long.
CONGRESSMADEA MISTAKE

James W. Tapp, who made such hard
race for mayor of Wichita and is one of
the most prominent men so far men
toned for the fusion nomina ton for con-
gresham Of the Seventh district, said
yesterday that he was in sympathy with
Polygamist Roberts, the congressman
from Utah who had just been refused his
seat in congress. Mr.. Tapp's views on
the Roberts case do not spring from his
Well-known sympathy for widows and
little children, who would have been left
on the cold world in case Roberts hod de-
serted them, but Mr.. Tapp said that he
believed the Utah congressman is en-
titled to his seat in congress from g.
purely legal and business standpoint.
I tell you," said Mr.. Tapp, congress
Is wrong on this Roberts question The
people will condemn it and if an election
could be held next week the Republican
party would suffer for its treatment of
Roberts"
You do not mean to indorse polygamy,
Mr.. Tapp?" asked a reporter for the
Eagle
not admire him for refusing to forsake
his wives and little babes after he had
married the women according to the
rights of his church? Roberts claimed in
his speech yesterday that he had not
been living In polygamous relations with
his wives since the enactment of the Ed
monds act, and I believe him. I tell you
there's lots worse men in congress than
Roberts and you will see that public
sentiment will uphold him"
Mr.. TapD then bitterly condemned
Chester I. Longs action in the Roberts
matter.
81 have always admired Chester I.
Long, and have been a good friend of
his, but he would never get my vote on
the record he has made in this affair.
Long is a very brilliant fellow. I give
him credit for that, but I would go
great ways to defeat him on his record
in the Roberts case"
Mr.. Tapp is one Of the most liberal Of
men religiously. He is a respector Of
everybody's creed, and has taken more
interest in the Salvation Army than any
other man in Wichita. His unqualified
endorsement of Roberts is doubtless due
10 his generosity along religious lines. If
the Roberts fight is not dead and buried
by the time Mr.. Tapp takes to the poll
cal field next year he will doubtless make
It one OF his hobbies on which to ride
into public favor at the hands of the
people Of the Seventh district
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
sPAIN,S GREATEST NEED

Mr.. R. P. Olivia, Of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. c. Weak
nerves had caused severe Ts.ins in the
back Of his head. On using Electric Bit
ters. Americas greatest Blood ana Nerve
Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says
this grand medicine is what his country
needs. All America knows that it cures
liver and kidney trouble, puri6es the
blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens
the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life
into every muscle, nerve and organ Of the
body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it.
Every bottle guaranteed. only so cents.
Sold by G. Gehring. druggist.
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G. "a - ~ @ Ia.
Bears the II The Kind You Have Always BOugh
signature as @NHNz1<ax
JEFFERSON COMEDY COMPANY
At the Crawford Grand Tuesday,
December lie.

An attraction of unusual merit comes
to the Crawford theater ON Tuesday, De-
cember Il, entitled the jefferson Comedy
company, and serves to introduce to the
theater-going public the three sons of
the prince of comedians, Joseph Jeffer-
son, namely: Thomas, Joseph, Jr., and
William.
The part Of Rip as played by Thomas
is said to be IN every way equal to the
elder Jefferson, which was believed to be
his and his alone, no one else having
even earnestly attempted to play it.
Thomas is fully equal to the task he
set for himself when he started out to
succeed his father last season, who was
compelled to retire, for a short period, by
illness. His acting of the part has re-
ceived fiattering praise from the critics
throughout the country. He uses the
same stage business, wears his fathers
costumes and, as his father remarked
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
MUSIC AND ORA MA.
BLACK 400

The attraction at the Crawford Grand
last night was a ragtime jubilee, entitled
the BLACK 400" The show was mostly
composed Of singing and dancing special
ties. Miss Julia Walkers singing was
the really artistic number of the show
She is certainly the most finished colored
soprano singer ever heard in Wichita
but the jokes and dialogues were not re-
freshing. A cake walk closed the per-
formance
Tonight the Widow Wiggles" will be
the bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
CLYDE MATTOx
SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS
IN PRISON.
Convicted Of Mansiaughter at New
kirk, o. Il. Yesterday.

Clyde Mattox, the slayer Of five men,
was convicted at Newkrk, o. T., yes
terday of manslaughter and sentenced to
twelve years Imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary. The crime for which he was
sentenced, his fifth murder, was the kill
reputation as a dangerous man. during a
barroom fight at Ponca City last spring.
After the killing Mattox escaped to the
southwest and was afterward arrested in
Los Angeles.
For previous murder Mattox was SEN
fenced to hang, but President Cleveland
committed the sentence to Imprisonment
for life and President Mckinley at later
date pardoned him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

new has been heard from Mr.. Stevens,
but it is thought he has gone out some
where on the edge of the horizon where
the sun sets, there to sit himself sadly
down alone with his grief and go into
sack cloth and cigar ashes or else into
fits. Those empty boxes made from Kan
sas cottonwood lumber by Kansas me-
chanics, in Kansas mandatory, rest
silently and gloomily in some big ware
house so far from home
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

Who are injured By the use % coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed II al the
grocery stores new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made % pure ErairS tha-
takes the place % coffee The most deli
cate stomach receives * without distress
and but few can tell X from coffee. L
does not cost over i as rauch. ChSssren
may drink X with great benefit I5c ard
sc per package Try 4. Ask for
GRAIE-O
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are Inn
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need Of the laxative effect
Of a gentle remedy, than by any other
Children enjoy It and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
o AND 0. FLYER

VIA GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
For Lincoln. Omaha and Dee Molnez.
leaves wichita daily a. ? m. arrives
lincoln a. m. Omaha a m. and De-
Moines 40 p. m. Through chair car anl
Pullman Ordinary Tieepsss through
without change.
Berth rates Just half Pullman standard
rates. f. DRAKE. p. p. 4.
z ". THOMPSON. A q. p ana 7. A,
Topeka
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"a ROYAL SLAVE -

Last night the Morey Stock company
presented the above bill to a large audi
ence at the opera house The piece was
well produced and the company has
scored hit for their first night perform
ance. Luella Morey in the role OF Count
ess De Ora, was fine and her part gave
ample opportunities for good work
Clarence Bennett as the Royal Slave,
divided honors with Miss Morey for
popular favor. The scenery and cos
tunes were far better than lots Of one
night stand companies. The company
carries an immense amount fscenery
to set off its pieces. The people are
really good and deserve good patronage.
Their repertoire contains all up-to-date
plays and the company is certainly capa-
bic Of good observation-disclosures
City Traveller, November %
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with queer smile. and then passed the
decanter and fresh glass 1 heard
laugh and an oath behind me- and my
cheeks flushed as 1 took single gulp of
the fiery spirit and hurried away
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IvPRovEp sERvcn

70 San ANTONIO VIA aASTA ~
ROUTE
Paiimsa aisec~rH sns frae rtf cars
rsw rsn daily without etarEs F-a Fert
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
THROUGH sLEEPERs
AND CHAIR CARS TO SAN ANTONIO
VIA MTT.AN0

Pullman e,eeDers and free chair car.
leave Wichita daily AZ z a n via santa
Fe Route. Absolutely no change - cars.
An irreDroschabia eeTvice. Folders TICK
cts and reservsflons may be Rad ~ aD-
plying TO L. T. DELANEY
Phone - AEsnt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

the round trip tso.iD.
Tickets VIII be sold January q. = srd
q. good for return until and Including
January 2G. 1900.
z. f. BLECKLEY. = & T. A.
ia North Majn Street
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THATTHRoBBING HEADACHE

Would quickly leave you If you used DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Thousands of suf
ferers have proved their matchless merit
for sick and nervous headaches. They
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build up your health. Easy to take. Try
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Were yoa an ere witness 70 this Affair."
Ished the prosecutor. Il ton't kn0x Tbzf
E--a q call nigh s.tasss, but IwGrE mSre'r
e. &c Is away"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
HOYTS "A STRANGER IN NEW
YOKR


\ rare treat IS in store for lovers OF
Hoytian humor at the Crawford theatre
when Hoyt's a Stranger in New York
which made such a pronounced hit with
theatre-goers during its six months run
a Hoyt's theatre, New York. will ap-
pear polished and improved up-to-date.
The stranger" is a bright rollicking
comedy. a satire on everyday life as
viewed in the great metropolis. 1t treats
Of a stranger in a strange city. who IS
taken through the 'Tenderloin' district.
shown the sights Of the town, and then
II cap the climax he IS taken 20 the
Madison Square Garden. where the
French hall Is in progress, II is written
in this clever authors best vein. brim-
ful Of witty filings. funny and complicat-
ed scenes. sparkling music and a host of
novel vaudeville features. Since the
piece was originally presented. Mr Hoyt
has devoted much time IN making i'm
provements and i; is now pronounced
the best and most successful comedy he
has turned out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
Turkey Dinner.

The Central Christian church ladies
will give a turkey dinner 81 the church,
corner OF Marke. and Second, F-rtday.
December 5. Ises. commencing a. O'Clock
.. m Menu:
SsstEp
Turkey Cra1oerTiEs. Celery.
Mashed Potatoes
Cold Ham. Slzw salads
E1t Rolls
Pickles GsaeesE
Cake. Apple Float
CoIsa- Tea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

Theatre goers in Wichita have always
liked Miss st. George Hussey, and her
manager claims that they VIII be bound
to like her new three-aot comedy "The
Widow Wiggles" CWash Lady, An ex-
change has the following to say of the
star this season:
Miss Hussey was as successful In
making Mrs. O'Shaughnessey popular as
she was in making her distinctly audi
bic, which is saying volumes. Possessed
of a stentorian voice, a rich brogue and
an expressive physiognomy, Miss Hus-
sey's portrayal of the Irish matron was
convincing and comical."
The attraction is booked for the Craw-
ford this evening. A large audience is
an assured fact
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

An entertaining illustrated article in
Harper's is Sir Martin Conway's Climb
ing Mount Sorata," the great peat of the
Bolivoan Cordillera Real. He makes the
summit q. 500 feet above sea level, and
he came within 80 feet Of 1t; then. to es-
cape what amounted to the certainty Of
an avalanche. he was obliged, with bit
ter regret to give the world to return.
Mountaineering has now become a well
defined branch Of literature and Sir Mar
tin Conway holds his own with Whymper
King and Tyndall. America in the Pa
cifc and the Far East" by John Barrett.
is one Of the ambitious articles about
national responsibility and destiny Of
which the magazines now provide such
quantity Mr. Barrett having been late
II United States Minister 20 Siam. writes
with the authority Of office. but. this be-
ing admitted. the reader is obliged 10 test
what he saws by the usual standards.
For instance, he announces his personal
preference for "a vigorous policy at Pc
king which he defines as not only pro
tecting China's independence" but us
ing earnest moral suasion 70 have her
undertake radical reforms Besides
this. "the Government can consistently
lend its moral support TO the success Of
the Hanhow-Canton railway syndicate
And all this. although be states clearly
enough what he calls the alternative pol
icy-in complete accord g1th the diDlo-
macy % the last fifty years-of standing
simply on our existing treaty rights. and
enforcing them against any European
nation. like Russia Germany, or France
which might threaten within q sphere
OF influence or occupation 70 override
them. The two plans a-e not alternative
plans AZ all IN the range Of practical
politics. the latter is A plan dictated ~
necessity. II we i7tand 70 maintain our
position as an INDEPENDENT nation The
former would involve Us Fl an immediate
quarrel with Russia, France and Ger
many. such as cert sinIy 10 one desirez.
Il the United States we're 10 announce
4 o-otectorate or China accompanied by
moral support" OF the Hankow-Canton
syndicate and moral suas!0D as - intern
al reforms. the world would not stand
aEhast: 1t would simply Laugh
The Atlantic contains ar article b. NJ
Jacob A Rlls On TIE condition - fhs
schools = Ne= York f~JustSce f8T ~
Boy'3. which deserves careful rea6I1g. /
There So improvement 81 The Ecaools oT-
Ing 20 he eafo-Csd relaxation e TIE Tan +
uanr clutch UVon them $hsrs are mere I
and healthier SCHOOL hogses. there are i
more play grounds. theirs are even roof i
pay grouads-aIl doe - 3 Measure - re .
ensrts % 'snrhUviasfs 81 Eboas w0rk NJ /
Riis must BE- neli 20 have had Ere2t /
zharg BIZ TIE l5it'@ Esiu2ses we e; q 4
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SIX years ago, ard which ~ are p-azn-
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Mr.. Samuel Chadwick Of Miami. Texas.
Is in the city 70 take the electromagnetic
treatment Of Prof. G. ". c. Jones. Mr..
Jones says his practice IS increasing and
many from a distance are writing him
FOR terms.
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1.-The Greater Department Store.
MAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER.

The November Century contains the
opening instalment of John Morley's i'm
portant study of Cromwell of which the
prolegomena seems to intended as a key
to the biography to follow. Sketches are
given of the King, Queen. Laud, Strait
ord Pym, Cromwell himself, both in
England and on the continent. and even
King and Commons, as it stood IN the
early half Of the seventeenth century
though Mr. Morley is of the opinion that
the constitutional question comes TO an
the whole, the effect of his introduction
IS to leave the matter where IL stood;
at the same time the way is paved for
complete impartiality of treatment. II
will be interesting to see how this sort
of biographical treatment SUCCEEDS in
his hands. Can Cromwell himself be
neither a hero statesman nor yet hypo-
critical usurper? Mr.. Morley announces
himself, in this matter. a follower of the
new historic school-the school of Gard
ner-and, perhaps. reaches the conclusion
which he quotes from that historian
(Which saves US from the old party views
and at the same time saves for US the
full measure Of dramatic interest which
we are so wiling to give up. that the
career Of Cromwell was "a glorious
tragedy"
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

Lovers of Balzac will find in Scribner's
q reliable article on THE Paris of Hon
ore de Balzac." The authors are Benja-
min Ellis Martin and Charlotte M. Mar
tin, and the illustrations by ]. Fulleyloye.
The Paris of Balzac is mostly gone
'pick-axed away by the march of mod
ern improvements. Down TO the time
of the Second Empire and Haussmann
much remained, but now there are only
here and there a few points of interest.
We may stand on the steps of st. Roch
and recall the fact that on the thirteen
tn Vendem1aire OF a certain year, Cesar
Birotteau, who was to have his own gran
deur ct decadence. was there wounded
by Napoleon" this part of the Rue st.
Honore remains much as Balzac knew it.
On the DUAL Voltaire, next to the house
in which Voltaire died, sis the very same
shop of the antiGuary from which Raph-
ell de Valentin bought the peau de charg-
in" At No. "a Rue Tournefort stands
house, narrow on the street with sing
ly gable window above. through which
poor old Goriot looked out from his
wretched garrett. Besides giving an ac-
count of Balzac's Paris, the article pre-
sents what is. to our mind. a very good
picture of Balzac himself. The mater
ials are not new, but. the arrangement
is. AS strange as any other in the"Come
die Humane" we must reconcile his in
ordinate vanity with singular simplicity,
enormous self-denial with reckless self
indulgence, q life Of unremitting labor
with one of never-to- be-surrendered and
constantly incurred debt, constitution
OF iron with a slavery to a deadly stimu
liant, the powers of capable man Of
business with the naivete and irrespon-
sibility of a child. There is nothing like
the story OF Balzac's life, for its combined
absurdity and tragedy, and granduer and
fatality, even in any Of his books