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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE
system Went IntO Operation Yes
terday.

system Went Into Operation Yes
terday.
The southwestern interchangeable mile
age system recently mentioned in the
Eagle went into effect yesterday. The
west and southwest put into effect an
interchangeable mileage credit system.
This arrangement provides for the pur-
chase of a credential, which will be on
sale at all ticket offices where individual
lines mileage tickets are usually kept
throughout the territory; this credential
to be non-transferable, to be sold at 81
each and to be good one year. Regular
one-way tickets are to be purchased at
full tariff rates. Credit checks taken
from ticket agents at time of purchase,
and after a minimum number of 1900
miles so travelled within the yearly limit,
the credentiaI credit checks may be sent
to the joint agent and rebate will be
promptly made to the lawful owner or
the credential of the difference between
full fares and PIX cents per mile. applica-
BILE short line mileage, except that 3
cents per mile will apply in the state of
Colorado.
The territory throughout which this
system becomes effective includes the
states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Indian and Oklahoma Territories; also
Cairo, ILL.,. and Memphis, Tenn. 1t is I'M
derstood that this system is supplement-
airy to tie individual lines issue Of mile
age tickets now regularly on sale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02

She says Mr.. Ritter Is extremely smooth
and cunning. but she thinks he can be
easily identified at Newton as the man
who stopped there with her daughter.
Ritter was arrested by onicer Tony
Bruhn and held until Mrs. Rainey went
to Newton and secured warrant for
him and Sheriff Means came down and
got him. He was taken back to Newton
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Rainey declares that Ritter is the
man who enticed her daughter away
She says she Is acquainted with his pre-
vious record and other attempts which
he has made to ruin the girl.
Gertie Rainey Is a very pretty. intelli-
gent and seemingly well meaning child,
but owing to the inability of the widowed
mother to maintain n home for her she
has drffted about some and has been
raised somewhat loosely, but the very
best the mother could afford. Last win
ter she made her home with Mrs. Will
Jams merely for company and was sent
to Lewis academy. About six weeks ago
she went to her mother at Great Bend.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
CITY IN BRIEF.
Bum Knorr Is sick.

Bum Knorr IS sick.
Mrs. Anita o. Robb Is quite III at her
home, 1874 North Topeka avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Little have gone to
Geuda Springs for summer outing.
Miss Lucy Stuckey and Mrs. W. Q.
Church went to Eureka Springs, Ark,
last night.
s. J. McNabb night cook at Geo. Pulls
restaurant, is recovering from a spell of
sickness.
Mrs. z. L. Carnahan. wife Of the regis
ter Of deeds. returned yesterday from a
weeks visit in the country.
Miss Dot Gunsenhouser Of Webb City.
Mo-, is visiting with Mrs. Chas. Daugher-
ty, at S21 New York avenue.
County Treasurer Lloyd went out to his
big farm near Garden Plain yesterday
to look after his wheat crop.
Mrs. Charles w. Wolff OF III Fannie
avenue received the sad news of the
death of her father. Leonard Holly, at his
home in Milledgeville, Ill.
J. P Johnson has put in a new marble
soda fountain in his cigar store on North
Main and installed Bert Clark, who re-
CSuIly returned from chicago, as man
ager.
Mr.. Garrett Tyson died at his home
near Haysville last Saturday evening.
Funeral services will be held at the
Christian church In Haysville this az
ternoon at o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Pool returned yes
terday from an eastern trip of six weeks
which included New York and eastern
watering places and among the Thousand
Islands OF the 81. Lawrence.
Miss Emily RuhI, one of the most
prominent amanuenses of the city and
for some time connected with the Frisco
general Offices in this city. will leave this
evening for an extended visit in the east
Juddie Boyer. the young fireman who
was injured In the railroad wreck in
Montana, died yesterday. His father will
arrive in Wichita at $50 this morning
with the remains. Notice Of the funeral
Will be given later.
Mrs. Marguerite LeBeau was married
TO her husband. Ferdinand LeBeau. on
April l., 1885 b1 he abandoned her on
July II OF the same year. and now she IS
suing him for divorce. The petition was
fled Tuesday by her attorneys, Blake &
Ayers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
In Mrm,riaui.

The following resolutions we're passed
BY the Goddard Bethel Re5skah Lodge,
No. IS. on the death Of Hrs- Ella Pit
tenzer. July :. ises. and aIrz- Ida R0sen-
thai. July q. 1ss9:
Whereas. God IN Ills providence. has
seen III 20 remove Sister Pittengsr from
our midst. the Bethel Rebekah Lodge
No q. has lost by her dea1h one Of its
charter members and a most faithful sis
ter. orc 10 whom they turned for advice
AT every meeting. which was always
given IN her pleasant way with sEaiis.
Yes. ore that viii truly he missed
Whereas. Her children have Ioss low
ing mother and the community an horror
Ell and beloved neigh5or and friend: b
u therefore
Resolved. That nc. the members of Re-
bekah Iocee. No ~ extend 90 The he-
reared family and frSe-sls bur heartfelt
sympathy IN their sorrow
Resolved. That ne erzps our Charter
for thirty days a. . token Of respect.
ana eopy Of these rssoiutiens - Drs-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
MOORE GETTING WELL
Stranger Who Was MYsteriously shot
ImnrOYInE Rapidly.

Harry K. Moore, the young man who
was shot in the leg and didn't know 1t
for several minutes. the other night, is re-
ported to be getting along nicely. DR..
Fordyce probed for the bullet after
Moore had come down town and found It
on the other side of the leg from which
II had entered. 1t made a very bad flesh
wound which. owing to the bullet hav-
ing carried some cloth with II. might have
terminated seriously. but which is now
thought to be thoroughly cleaned and in
good condition. Moore did not realize
how nearly he came to being killed until
he got under the doctors care. The bull
let entered the fieshy part OF his leg be-
low the hip, barely missing the bone. the
sciatic nerve and also an important blood
vessel. either Of which IL hit would prob
ably have produced death or caused him
the loss of his leg. Mr.. Moore is
stranger in the city and can not account
for the shot which he received, as he
never saw any one at the time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
new PHASE OF Law
Involving Legal Status of In
sane Couples Homestead.
HUSBAND AND WIFE INSANE
Judge Haymaker Decides
There Can be No Sale.

The person who thinks q splendid
knowledge Of law is not necessary in the
qualifications OF probate Judge would
have been very easily convinced differ
emily II he had Witnessed peculiar case
which came I'D in the probate court yes
4erday. Blackstone probably never
thought Of having to meet such con-
ditions when he was writing his funda-
mental principles Of law, and attorneys
say they never heard Of such a peculiar
case as was presented in the matter of
the estate of John Lipke and wife, when
an application was made for a guardian
for the property and those interested in
It. Mr. and Mrs. IApke are both in the
Ossawatomie asylum the husband hav-
ing been insane for seven years and the
wife having been recently sent to the
asylum. The legal complications were
untangled yesterday when Judge Hay
maker appointed Philip Simon guardian
OF the person and estate of John Lipke
and Catherine Lpke. his wife.
In this case the insane woman owns
eighty acres Of land which is incumbered
with a mortgage. This land was the
homestead of herself and husband and a
large family Of children. 1t is desired,
now. to sell the land as there is no one
ito live upon It and farm it and pay in
tterest and taxes and take care of the
children.
The statute provides that the guardian
of an insane person may petition the
court for the sale Of real estate, and that
the sane husband or wife may join in the
deed and thus make conveyance. But
the constitution provides that the home
stead cannot be sold without the Joint
consent Of both husband and wife, and
as both are in the asylum, the question
arises. can the guardian give consent for
them?
Judge Haymaker decided that in the
face Of this constitutional provision, the
guardian could not consent to the sale of
the homestead. notwithstanding the
statute provides for the sale of land
under such circumstances. He reasoned
that in case Of restoration to right mind
the parties, or either of Them could say,
I'VE never gave our joint consent TO this
sale" That in case of their death the
children could come in and make the
claim that the minds OF their parents
= never met in making the sale of their
homestead and that the property belong
ed to them.
In the same matter application was
made for the appointment of guardian
Tor the children, but Judge Haymaker
held as both parents were alive and the
children had no estate (the property be-
longing to the parents) there was no ne
cessity Of such appointment The chill
dren are being cared for by a relative of
the insane father and mother.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
A THOUSAND TONGUES

Could not express the, rapture Of Annie
E. Springer. sof i125 Howard street. Phiia-
delphia, Pa, when she found that DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
had completely cured her OF a hacxin2
cough that had for years. made
life a burden. All other remedies
and doctors could give her no
help. but she says OF this Royal
Cure: at soon removed the pain In my
chest and I can now sleep soundlyi some-
thing 1 can scarcely remember doing be-
fore. 1 feel like sounding Its praises
throughout the universe" So will every
one who tries DR.. Kings New Discovery
for any trouble Of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price soc and s1.00 Trial bottles
free at G. Behring's drug store; every
hottie guaranteed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
BlGGERS COMES BACK
HAN. Said to Have been Killed By
Alg0Od Gang Turns Up.

AlgsOd Gang Tarns Up.
When Al Ballard was here on parole
from the penitentiary helping officers
20 hunt evidence against Frank Algood
and his gang for the murder OF old man
New at Eureka in 1897, he said Allgood
had killed Chas. Biggers of Fall River
and forged a deed TO his farm. A dis
patch from Independence, Kan, says:
Charles Biggers, who lived north Of
here, at the little town of Fall River
disappeared about five years ago, and
nothing could be learned of his where
tdbouts, although diligent search was
made. He left his farm in possession OF
another man, who has been living on it
since and claims IL as his own. Biggers
has just. returned and demanded his
farm. He says that he was adjudged
Insane at Nevada, Mo-. and has been in
the asylum a greater part of the time
He evidently was insane when he disap-
peared or was the victim OF foul play,
which caused his insanity. He remembers
things distinctly up to the time OF his
disappearance, but from then on until
the present time his mind is a blank.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Special communication OF Albert Pike
lodge. 303 this evening" for work in the
first degree. Visitors welcome. Work 10
be done by S. ". A. ]. Applegate, Sec
rotary.
The w6man's Unitarian society will
meet with Mrs. r. A. Ssnkey. 53s North
Lawrence avenue. on "Wednesday 1t 80
p. m. Every member should be present
Friends are always welcome Mrs Bur
rell. Secretary.
The regular quarterly meeting Of the
Pennsylvania association viii take place
in the basement Of the court house on
Saturday. August 5. a; ? p. m The mat
ter OF transportation TO Philadelphia In
September will be brought before the
meeting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
R.pubiiean Caacus.

There will be meeting OF the Republi-
cans OF the First ward on August ., Wed
nesday evening. at so'clock. at the city
building. Tor the purpose OF selecting
delegates TO be voted for Thursday.
August :. at the primaries, called 20 elect
the sixteen delegates TO attend the Re-
publican convention on Saturday. the Sth
and determine whether we viii elect dele.
gates to the commissioner convention OF
not
BY order OF the committeeman
+. s. BURT.
d. z. FULLER,
T0HS BDCKwrrH.
Committee.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
LEFT HIS BELT Of GREENBACKS
Oklahoma Tourist Went or and Left
SO in His Room

G. W. Burnett. an Oklahoman. stopped
or here Monday and took a room at the
Santa Fe hotel. He wore 4 belt in
which was concealed seven ten-dollar
bills. When he dressed the next morning
he forgot TO put on his belt and went
away and forgot It. When he arrived at
Topeka he telegraphed TO Assistant
Chief az Police Massey and told him he
had lost the belt in a Wichita hotel. but
did not say which one. Mr. Massey
made the rounds of the hotels and sue
ceeded in finding the belt in the gentle
mans room at the Santa Fe, just as he
had left it the night before. It was for
warded TO Mr.. Burnett at Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
A FRIGHTFUL BIZ NDER

viii often cause a horrible Burn, Scald.
Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
the best in the world, will kill the pain
and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils. Felons, Corns,
all Skin Eruptions Best Pile cure on
earth. Only g cts. box. Cure guaran-
teed. Sold by G. Gehring. druggist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02

we want our Kansas and Oklahoma
friends to come and see u.s.
Mr.. Richardson will make an extended
trip owe rthe west. making the state Of
Colorado headquarters for the next few
days. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
WooDMEN TO TT SCOTT

Party of 195 WeaC There on o
Special.
The crowd that left for Fort Scott yes
terday morning was hilarious. The band
In white uniform, with 125 woodmen of
the World. boarded the Missouri Pacific
at o'clock and pulled out for Fort Scott,
arriving there at n:5O. Returning, the
party left Fort Scott at midnight and ar
irving here at O clock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02

scented to the family. one sent to the
Wichita Eagle and one fled In the sec
retary's book. COMMITTEE.
MRS. IDA ROSENSTEIL-
Whereas, An All-wise Father has seen
fit to so soon remove another sister from
our midst, taken so suddenly while plan
ming lodge work. the Rebekah Sisters
realize that in the death OF Sister Rosen-
steil another faithful worker Is kone. one
though living far away. could always be
counted on to be there. Our bereave-
ment is double; two faithful workers
taken in one month.
Whereas, Her husband has lost good
wife, her children a loving mother. and
the community a good and kind neighbor:
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we. the members OF
Bethel Rebehah Lodge. No. Is. extend TO
her husband, children and friends our
heartfelt sympathy in their sorrow.
Resolved, That our charter be draped
forthirty days as a token of respect and
that a copy of these resolutions be pre-
scented to the family, one sent to the
Wichita Eagle and one fled in the sec
retary's book. COMMITTEE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
Obituary

A. W. Tucker. born In Chester county.
Pa. January 5. 1881. died at Mulvane.
Kan. August !. 1899 With his parents
he moved to Tuscarawas county. Ohio.
In 1858 he with the pioneers went 20
Gilpin county. Colorado. where the great
er part OF his life was spent He was
known throughout the state as a mill
man, being in charge OF some Of the
largest quartz mills of Colorado for thir-
ty years until failing health compelled
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS AND

DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS AND
PUEBLO.
ANOTHER CHEAP EXCURSION To
COLORADO OVER THE MISSOURI
PACIFIC RAILWAY.
THE CRYPTIC MAsOS6 WILL MEET
AT DENVER.
For this occasion the rate Of one fare
for the round trip, plus g. viii, be mads
20 Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Denver.
Tickets will be on sale August S. ana
I. limited for return 20 August 81. iss9.
This makes the rates as follows: Pueblo.
s16.45: Colorado Springs. ii7.S: Denver,
SD. E. Z. BLEcKLEY. p. & T. A..
ia North Main STREET
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
LOOK OUT FOR FAKES
Schemes That Follow Up the street
Fair

Now that the street fair is assured the
town Will be overrun with fakes innumer-
able, Of all kinds. descriptions and COL
Ors, TO work the merchants and others as
we'll The best possible way IS TO turn n
deaf ear to them all. They will use the
name OF one merchant without authority
TO start rivalry to induce another ner-
chant TO get on the ground floor They
are smooth Anything and everything
that is embodied in promises which they
never execute-will be at their tongues
ends
Fakes 10 the right OF you.
Fakes 10 the left;
Fakes TO the front Of you
Fakes. Fakes! Fakes,
DR.. W. H Dwight and Banker Jorgen-
son were down from Ait. Hope yesterday
on business - =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
RULES.

No swearing. First fine. cents; second
fine. cents; third fine, cents and sus-
pended If they wish to return. pay ad-
mission fee.
No smoking. First fine, cents and
expelled. (Not taken back)
No quarreling. First fine, cents; sec
ond fine. cents; third fine, cents and
suspended.
No lighting. First fine, 10 cents and ex-
PEELED.
No boxing with intent Of Knockout.
No breaking Of dishes. Fine Of cents
or pay for dish. Expelled IL broken and
not paid for
No tattling or telling tales. Fine. .
cents or expelled.
The members are: L. Gum. Albert OIL
yer. Fred Bense, c. Bense, Roy Bsnse.
Frank Oliver. Claude Cook. c. Gum, d.
Denny. s. wolfberE. r. whitright
This is the best secret society in WITCH
tia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02

Died. Tuesday morning. Mrs. Martha
spindel. at the residence OF her daughtsr.
Mrs. Mary z. johnson. 80 South Laura
avenue. Funeral services Wednesday
morning at $50 o'clock At the United
Brethren church. Mrs. spindel was "a
years old.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
BOYS NEWS COLUMN

In Frank divers barn at III South
Emporia. the members Of the F. S. B. c.
B. club meet every afternoon for social
intellectual and moral growth. What
s B. c. b. means the boys won't tell,
but the sessions are certainly Interesting.
They have a regular organization. Claude
Cook is president: Frank Oliver. Dr.
vice president; Oliver Mcclellan. secre-
tary; Chas Gum. treasurer. Every MEM
Der takes a vow of allegiance to the fol-
lowing rules and pays fee to become a
member,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02

him to seek lower attitude. He We .
member OF the Odd Fellows ana ne AEa-
sonic fraternity. He was q member OF
Central City chapter. No. I. and Conc
mandery No. 2 OF Central City. and Ne
vada locke. No. 4. A +. and A. n. Fu-
neral services were conducted by the Fl
Paso lodge OF Odd Fellows. at the eeme-
terry at Derby. Kan. During the war he
served In the Third Colorado cavalry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
Card ~ Ths1ks

desire TO express my heartfelt thanks
to the friends who so kindly assisted me
in the recent sickness and death Of my
husband. e. c. Stoner.
FLORENCE sToNER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-04
CAPT. BLACKBURN HOME AGAIN.
He Crossed the Atlantic Alone i'm "A
Small Boat.

captain Howard Blackburn. the Finger
less navigator" who sailed from Glouces-
ter, Mass. unaccompanied. for Gloucester.
England. on June Is last. in thirty-foot
craft, returned TO New York Saturday on
the steamer Umbria- Captain Blackburn
sold his tiny craft the Great Eastern. in
London, and is on his way home in Glou-
cester. He said:
Inc trip to Gloucester took me sixtv-
one days. 4 had to manage the whole bust
ness myself or | might have got across
sooner l had to heave TO every time /
wanted to light a pipe or 20 down fu the
cabin Then again l was hindered bv head
winds and rough weather. The boat. OF
course, shipped much water
w hen 1t began to blow | fastened the
CABIN door and locked my legs about the
pinnacle and went ahead When | was
nearing the American and English coasts
L slept in the afternoon and sailed al
night L had two very narrow escapes
from being run down by steamships, one
OF the ships passing SO close that her
propellers threw water across my deck
had plenty of canned food, which needed
very little cooking. When / arrived on the
other side / had enough food left to have
lasted me ninety days longer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-04

Value of the Territory Which Has
Dome Into Closer ReIatiOnsh Zip:

The commercial possibilities which await
the tropical island territories which have
come into closer relationship with the
United States during the past year in sup
plying a permanent and growing market in
this country, are suggested by a Compila-
ton just made by the treasury bureau of
statistics of the Importation of tropca, and
subtrOpical products into the United States
during the ten months of the present year
compared with that of the corresponding
months of the preceding year. They
amount to the surprisingly large sum
of $3.50 00O,O00 during the 800 days IN ques-
ton. or an average of over million dollars
for each business day of the year. showing
that for the fun year, the total viii reach
more than $3OO, 10000
This compilation, it is proper to add, in
cludcs raw silk, tea and rice. and the small
proportion of our sugar impOrtatiOnS which
is manufactured from bcetS; but even If
these be omitted the total which would be
clearly entitled to be ClaSSed as tropical
products would exceed $50 Uoo,plO annual y.
Sugar, coffee, india rubber hbers. tropical
fruits and nuts, cacaO, tobacco of the finer
grades, spices, gums, indigo, dyeWOods and
cabinet woods form the important features
Of this large Importation, and all Of them
articles for which the United States is
absolutely dependent, with the possible eX-
ceptlon Of sugar. upon other parts of the
world and for the present at least for the
large proportion of our sugar.
al 81 'IIe95 dII,t.tS can De produced ana
are no" produced 10 greater or less eX-
-, ~ In i9'1I."9 III q"y~ ion sugar as
tNeiS nC'S hioNa' - IrpIG2e" IN large
f'diIiliHS ~ C"na, loito RICO liaWall ana
ihe I HlIp'4nc". ~ our sugar lmpoLtauohs
IL M Ten months just ended CUBA has
furnished GS},OD0,DO pounds; other West
Indies. 3ll~o,~o pounds; the Hawaiian
ISioII'7' ,}f t ' ppuius the Th!lpplne
iHllIIIS' ''"'',V'V p"uhdS, "hle the Fast In
nir9 nave III me present year furnished
t"i stt S.,@i " oui ausd! 4lhppr iall9hs IMAM
@,!S - nj SiiiSit pa 81 me WofII the tplal
nril''T' oL P"H!IuS from tile East indies
%,o!-' N'I,E l"i me ten months ending with
1C'UpSl i,''H'"','4S out OF a total of 3,I6I,-
'"'''Nl pounds. C0ffee. of which our import