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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
ExCURSlONlST COMES TO GRIEF
Bill Wat worked" ButIer County
aheriG Rnt Il Nahhed Here


Bill Vint is one of the excursionists
from Blackwell Sunday whose return
ticket had to be wasted. He never got
back to Blackwell Bill was wanted for
running a joint in Butler county, ana
had been missing from that county since
last March. Policemen Fox and Rems-
pear nabbed Vint just as he was getting
on the train to return with the happy
crowd TO Blackwell Sunday evening. and
hhe was lodged in the city jail TO await
the coming Of Sheriff Turner Of Fl Dora
do. The manner Of Tint's escape from
the clutches OF the Law furnishes a good
story on Sheriff Turner. whom Vint
worked 10 perfection Vint was wanted
at e Dorado on FIVE indictments for SELL
ing liquor az D-Igias. He had many
friends who kept a watch out sor the Of
fcers in order to notify VInt OK their
coming Sheriff Turner heard Of this
arrangement on the part q VlnTs friends
50 he concluded 10 60 after his man early
one morning before the pope were
awake. He did net know Yiat on sight
but early one morning IN March ne went
into Vint's alleged ioiat while be was
building a fire and asked Mr. VInt n Mr.
Vint was in
NO." said yInt "vint IL 10, IN He
just stepped out to get some kidding 10
start a fire. Have q seat ard Nill call
hln-"
Sheriff Turner sat down and Ht a cigar.
and got HIS papers ready to read 70 1Gr.
vint when he shoaId come In lie sat =
good while. for Mr. Vim; never cane
back
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
he contract in detail follows:
ORDINANCE NO. -

The ordinance to provide for entering
into contract with the Wichita Gas
and Electric Light and Power company
for gas and electric lights:
BE 1t ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
ell of the City of Wichita:
Section 1. That the city of Wichita en-
ter into a contract with the Wichita Gas
and Electric Light and Power company
for furnishing gas light and electric light
to the city of Wichita, which contract
shall be as follows:
This agreement, made and entered into
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
party of the second part to forfeit the

party Of the second part to forfeit the
same and declare the same at an end.
This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its publication
in the Wichita Daily Eagle, but 1t Is
definitely agreed and understood that the
party OF the second part may at Its op-
ton cancel this agreement. provided that
Henry c. Scott, his associates, successors
and assigns, who have been granted a
franchise to construct street railway
system in the city of Wichita, shall fail
to construct said railway system through
any fault of Henry c. Scott, his associ-
ates. successors and assigns, as provided
in the ordinance granted to them by the
said city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
MFSs johnson
Saved from
Insanity by
MrSs PlnkNhan1

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and at last
became SO bad that found / was
gradually losing my mind.
1.-THE doctors treated me for female
troubles, but 1 got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
/ was advised by a friend to give Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
1 advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine. "-MRs. GERTRUDE III. JOHN.
SON, JoNEsBoRO, TEXAS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
To Cleanse the system.

Effectually yet gently. when costive or
bilious. or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently overcome habit
ual constipation. to awaken the kidneys
and liver to a healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them. To dlspel
headache. colds or fevers. use Syrup Of
Figs, manufactured BY the California Fig
Syrup 20
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01

CCO8ilnusd on Sixth Pags.l
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
Mrs. Perkins Letter.

"I had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
1 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough
MRS. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, La.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
WIEN YOU RIDE YOUR WHEEL

Always shake into your shoes Aliens
Fo0t-Ease, q powder for the feet. II
keeps your feet cool, prevents sweating
feet, and makes your endurance ten-fold
greater. over one million wheel people
are using Aliens Foot Ease. They all
praise II. II gives rest and comfort tn
smarting, hot, swollen. aching feet and Is
druggists and shoe stores, "a Sample
FREE BY mail Address, Allen s. DIM
otsd, lie Roy, ". Y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01

A camping party composed 81 Clarence
Johnson, Gus HiIl win ana Ds-k Hayes.
the Misses ehunaker. oavs BIN and
Blanche Bsanett leave today Tor 4 Eeekis
outing On The walsaL ne party arr
cAapszonsa ~ aGuI A L BsHassL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01
FIVE YEAR CON RACT
For Lighting the City is Of
fered From Mt Scott
TOC0ST CITY$i4,OOO YEAR
Matter Is Referred to Lighting
Committee.

Along with the proposition submitted
by Mr.. Scott to the special meeting Of
the council last evening to build a new
street railway a contract for lighting the
city for Ave years was also offered for
consideration. the proposition for a street
railway being based on the understand
ing that the lighting contract would be
approved and given.
1t was not In the nature Of a franchise,
but consists Of agreements. the violation
Of which renders the contract void.
The contract extends for five years and
provides that the company shall furnish:
One hundred and seventy-fve arc lights
running from dusk till 1 O'Clock a. m.
One hundred and twenty-five vapor
lights all night. =
The city is to pay $4,000 a year in
monthly payments for the lights.
Lights are to be furnished business men
at not to exceed IS per month for arcs
from dusk until midnight, and the same
light for Sc per month from dusk till 9
o'clock
The contract in detail follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01

have received
from the use of
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
child. I COM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-01

rLETTER TO mrs. PIEKRAH NO. ss,A4l
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM--For some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

win does not express tho feelings Of the man 10
suoh an extent that the spectator comprehcnds
.nem. In the lighter passages and especially
In the humor, he is effectual Why, OH why
VIII even good comedian attempt seriousnesa
IN which he Is either a nonentity or an absurdIty7
Nn'han Hale was good enough play 10 carry
MIN soborly, In spite Of his Inadequate perform
ance, but The Cowboy and the Lady" Is not
MT fitch apparently kept in mind, when writing
'ne later play, just what was suitable 10 Mr..
GOODWIN. He put much American humor into
inc cowboy and kept the hcroism quiet A ball
IN Western dance hall IL broadly amusing.
The pianist as enacted most amusinely by
Esteile Mortimer arrives in an extraordinary
ana gaudy dreas She wears an old pair of gloves,
nut carries white slippers In a parcel. They arc
borrowed. and ae Is very careful Of them. When
she plays the piano. and when she uses the pedals
sno taxes oil the slippers 80 as not 10 soil them.
Her playing Ii a marvel, too. The Maidon's
Prayer" Is her star piece, while she gives waltz
time or any other that is required. An incident
In this oct thoroughly like Clyde Fitch in its
humor Is a quadrille. Nat Goodwin is asked 10
call OF the figures, In country fashion He knows
only lew, and uses meaningless words for those
mat he does not Like Mr. Fitch. too, In It's
na'uralness Is a cake walk Tho characters In
" sing My Honolulu Baby" Nat Goodwin and
Maxine Elliott show themselves as adept at rag.
time steps This just prccedcs the murder, and
the dramatic effect Of the sudden catastrophe ia
excellent II Is a reminder Of The Moth and tho
Flame" where the guests, In the costumes of
children, arc dancing a farandole and sing.
ing Won't You Come and Play With Me-" while
n mother and daughter stand in the centre grief
stricken. because they have just found the corpse
oil the husband and father II is In such contrasts
As these that Mr. Fitch c1cels
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
An Economical Duke.

The Duke Of Cambridge is not famous for
his libcrality, They say that he Ia not In the
habit Of spending two pence where u penny
Will do. One wet day long ago he hated a ca To
IN Pail Nal and bade the iehu drive TO Victoria
station Arrived In due course at that termi-
nus, the Duke handed the driver a shilling
The cahby looked ct the shilling add then
looked down Mt tho Duke.
Ere watts thisY" shouted the cabby. Cant
yer make u another tanner?"
Certainly not" replied the Duke. "and,
mad" You go right round Hyde Park corner
and Grosyenor place Z"
The cabhy saw he had no chance, but
closcd, sir
Closed p, querlel the Duke. st. James's
Park closed Whv, how's that 2"
Oh" hawled the cahby. sarcastlcally, whip-
ping M his horse. they say as ow the Dock
o. Cambridge lost a three penny bit a-comin'
~ " order TIL they ln d II !"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

From M NfW Wdrtn KusnIn0 Rf1lHtT.
The Introduction OF block signals on railroada
running fast express trains has lCssoncd tho
the minds OF those who are compelled to travel
to any extent
The pilot on the engine OF the postal expresa,
an accident In which some trnck walker had lost
his life. The engineer knew nothing OF 1t, nor
pcned
None Of tho operators could shed any light ON
the mystery, hut, strange to say, tho one rator
in the tower just east oi the Wcsterley station
failed to respond. Repeatedly no was called up.
but To no purpose
the floor. dead drunk, From the appearance OF
things, II looked to those present AT tho station
"a II the man had ret out deliberately TO cele.
hrate. All the signals were set NJ safety and
there was no reason why the towerman should
have been disturbed.
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RECRUITS FOR The rHILIPPTNEs
virtually New Regiment Now Being
Assembled at Fort siocum.

What Ia virtually a new regiment 10 being
assem- bled and drilled ut Fort S'ocum. Davids
Island, for service In the Philippines. Some
three hundred and nifty recruits for tho cavalry
and six hundred or moro for the infantry and
Hospital Corps have already reported and have
been organized into eight companies Tor tho
purpose OF instruction and discipline! Com
mnnded by about thiry-six officers they are 10
90 to Manila about Jan. 10 on the transport
Sumner. which is being thoroughly overhauled
in New York. The trip will be made by way OF
the Suez Canal
The following officers have been ordered to
Fort Slocum to accompany the recruits ana
time set Tor the departure Of the TRANSPORT:
Lent.G9i JGceyn' N LwSsGit ntnntrr. e
MatIe. Fourteenth Infantry: Capts, Z. &.
Hewitt Nineeenth ininntryi JGhn & oion p
T TSGGay innntry i"Rf" Moon "f wea.lssh
IsntrYH Hatch AAsrss tryh I nnnY 'p
ton To- f. Twenfy.,Rird Infantry; n, L. Hc,rsey.
Ninth Infantry: samuel Burkhart. Jr,; i, hip re-
fantry. and j. i, Lindsay. Ihirteenth ini4ntry:
First Lieuts, = Femipsi SIKH ATWtlIIfi 5m
A. Cavanaugh. Twentieth Infantry: william
K. Armstrong. Tw"nty.thrd lntantry; isSane
Newell TwenystsSSoPH, in,Sn'55s sco snp euts
John " Norwood. Twenty-thrd Infantry:
Major Samuel Y. Armstrong. surgeon OF
Volunteers. will also accompany the soldiers
MANY of III" officers have heen promoted to
regiments In the Philippines from regiments
serving in Cuba, and FEW have served ~ me
IN account OF wounds or sickness. Among
these il Lieut. Col JoceI who was wounded.
In making his second trip by way OF the SueH
lanai no will have gone around the world IN
les. than a year. The recruits come from all
PARTS OF the United States east OF the Mlssls-
ss,nni River NM represent various occupations.
such ns cnrpenteis. backsmiths,, engineers.
frrmen tnilors. painters. shoemakers. iarm-
They are anxious for foreign service and no
diiIicuty has been experienced in recruiting
thn,n ient Col. G. A. Woodruff o' the Sew:
anIh Artillery is in command oil the fort, and
thc Officers and recruits report 70 him ana arc
assicIei to quarter "a fast "a thev arrive. IL
ia nyp.ctcl that 900 recruits VIII be aSsc M
lied before the sailing Of the transport
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
Imaginary Ills.

FToT M FNlcuDo Tl1bhn,
DO you know" sal the man In tho gray nj.
stcr. that nohco statistics show total OF
nearly 10000 persons who ARE reported MISS
ing every year.
TN bet NOR" Than half o. them aren't missed
at all. They only think they arc" respondsd
the pess IN site NJ au with boil on his neck
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
McKinley's Philippine War.

At present writing profound
peace, order and reasonably lgood
government prevails in all parts of
the Philippine islands, save those
where Mckinley has ordered his
military expeditions to set up the
sovereignty Of the United States.
Wherever that has been attempted
murder, plllage, arson and all the
horrors Of Philippine warfare are
inGevidence.
Every effort is being made to
to. conceal the facts from the
American peoble. The Nebraska
regiment is reported on its way
home with less than $50 men.
The report is silent about the
other $50. Otis requisition for
regulars indicate that 5000 will be
required to fill the depleted ranks
of the regiments he nov holds.
No report is made as to what be-
came Of the 5000 whose places
are to be filled. The public will
have to wait until congress asks
the administration a lot Of ques-
tons before it will get a full insight
to the affairs in the Philippines.
But several thousand volunteers
will reach. hons in the next thirty
days and the. gruesome facts will
begin to reaehthe people.
Il IS McKinley,s intention to
put atleast IS, 900 more volunteers
into the islands by the end Of the
present wet season. The wet sea-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Desire For Social Betterment,

The growth of uuionism in all large
trade centres is ascribed to many
causes, chief of which must be men,
toned those of wages and social better
ment. While people possessed of wealth
are engaged in the development of
dividends, and Withdraw themselves
socially from those out of whose labor
dividends / extracted, the latter
could not be expected to stand by in
confusion without making some effort
to obtain for themselves hat recog-
milton which has been withdrawn from
them.
Hence, beneath every effort to bring
about a raising Of the wage scale lies
the desire for social betterment, in
the pursuit of which all those who earn
their bread, no matter in what voca-
ton, are compelled to make common
cause. Eliminating the disorderly and
those who are led by professional agi.
tators, at the bottom we will find the
honest millions, whose purposes are
high and whose aims are noble.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

A lumber of John r. McLean's
political lieutenants are now giving
our the word that he is to be a
candidate for the democratic GU
bernatorial nomination in Ohio.
The announcement is hardly char
acteristic of Mr.. McLean's bust
ness-like political methods. filth
erto he has adopted the policy Of
taking what he wanted and saying
nothing about it until after he had
taken it. One is led to suspect
that Nj. Mclean will not be found
ia the dust which his brass band is
assiduously kicking up. Should
he, however, control the nomina-
tion and then pull off victory in
November he would occupy a very
prominent position before the ma
tional convention next year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

the only man whom the silver
masses care to consider. A sig
niflcant sign in the same direction
is the general and public p%roclama-
ton Of republican leaders that if
Bryan is nominated they a east
ly defeat him, but that if so-and-so
or somebody else should be nomi-
mated the republicans would have
a hard fight. This favorite method
OF determining silver p i c i e S
on the advice of its enemies is OF
such long standing that the sill
yer party will know how to
treat it.
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may mean the beginning of a
break for independence all over
E europe.
That Plankinton Outbreak.

About the dirtiest and most dis
reputable piece of work for a long
time was the attempt to shoulder
the blame of the recent outbreak
at the Plankinton reform school
onto w. II. Tompkins, the new
superintendent, and his corps Of
official associates. The b e ! j e t
seems to be pretty well founded
that the whole affair was carried
out on the advice of the retiring
official, who was Crusty and sore
over being deposed. 1t was a de
libcrate and dirty attempt to
bring the new management into
i'll favor and S G c | OF The
UNIONS republican exchanges
have practically upheld the rebel
lion and encouraged a repetition
of the outbreak. The Sioux City
papers, which have always been
friendly to South Dakata to a de-
gree which to say the lle1st
is suspicious, have been particu-
larly Industrious along this partic-
ular line, Notwithstanding the fact
that the Plankinton mutlny was
nipped in the bud and properly
dealt with by the management.
A dir,ier or more disreputable
attempt to besmirch a competen,
management has never been wit,
messed in South Dakota and the
little cusses who have aided in the
transaction are as low and con
temptible as those who actively
participated in and encouraged the
outbreak in the first place. 1t ii
/ one of the rankcst and raWest at
ten1pts of its kind ever made il
this state or out of it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
Secretary of War Alger is goin

Secretary of War Alger is going
out of the cabinet in the near fu-
ture. He is having his portrait
painted to 60 into the war depart
ment collection at his own ex-
pense. He seems to be afraid that
it he didn't attend to it before he
left office the picture wouldn't get
hung right. His alliance with
Pingrce has proved too stiff a load.
The eastern papers r taking great
delight in reproducing cores Of
interviews with Pingree, had dur
ing the past two years, in which he
has roasted Mckinley. Pingree
won't help Alger to anything but
defeat and by the time Mcmillan
and Burrows get through with
him, the ex~-secretary will wish he
had stayed in the comparative Sc
clusion of the cabinet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

son at Manila does not end until
December, and the administration
mouthpicces are now claiming that
the end of the war may be expect
ed by the end of the next dry sea-
son, which is about the first Of
June. The troops, however are
being enlisted for two years in the
volunteer service and three years
in the regular service. In this
connection several things are wor-
thy of note. The troops are being
paidsson a war footing, although
the country is legally at peace.
The men who are enlisting are the
rawest of raw recruits, practically
none of them being volunteers of
the war with Spain. Less than 3
per cent. of the volunteers at Ma
Mia have accepted the $500 bride
which was held out to induce them
to re-enlist. Gen. Funston has
written home to the governor of
Kansas urging him to use his influ-
ence to expedite the return Of the
Kansas volunteers, stating that
they have done their share of the
fighting and are sick of it.
The administration press IS
harping on the "patriotism'' of the
volunteers who staid and fought
after they we're entitled to their
discharge. Undoubtedly h e y
were and are patriotic, but the
brutal fact is that they were COM
PEELED to stay and fight regardless
of their earnest desire to come
home.
1t is now claimed that the ad-
ministration has been preparing to
reinforce Otis for the past three
months. In that case it has been
deliberately lying all along in Civ.
ing but it's censored dispatches
that peace would be secured and
the Filipinos would surrender
"within 4S hours"
President Schurman, of the
peace commission, has been bob.
bins around the islands on.a gun
boat rubbing his carefully mani
cured nose against the greasy pro
boscis of half savage potentates
promising them everything delight
full in his imagination in the way
of tribute and privilege if they will
recognize the authority of the
United States.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
of the party"

No one is yet in sight who can
poll within a million votes as
many as Bryan did in the cleo
ton Of 1896, and it has been
clearly demonstrated that the only
sort Of a democrat who can carry
an eastern state is one like Cleve-
land who W republican pur-
poses better than the candidate of
their own selection.
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RAPID CITY j: $500 e e' Ssp Of

AtiOn, on the main line Of t1t FftIlUHC, EN-
morn T. Missouri Valley Railroad. 1t has eight
churches; two miles of street railway; gas and
electric light plants; perfect system OF water
works; second largest works in the world for
the treatment OF gold ore by the chlorination
process; extensive iron foundry and machine
shops; largest Touring mills in the state; lies
but II miles from some OF the largest and rich
est deposits of gold, silver, copper, iron, mica
and tin in America; extensive steam tile and
pressed brick works; U. S. government Indian
school, land Office and weather signal station;
proud stl e,ts: MASSIVE business blocks; beauti-
:ul parks; state school OF mines; two banks;
four newspapers; ut the edge Of the greatest
range stock country in the west shipments for
1898. $4,000 ,O00); on Rapid river, the largest
stream in the Black Hills; county seat of Pen.
nihgton county.
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A Good Deal Like the West.

A pound Of raw cotton is worth 5
cents: when made into fabrics that
pound is worth from % cents to 81.
Massachusetts has 5000, 600 spindles
and spins 1880, 600 bales of southern
cotton to sell back TO the south. The
south hews the wood and draws the
water; it does the drudgcry OF produc-
ing law material for the north to man.
ufacture and get rich upon. 1t is this
which keeps the south poor, and always
will, until the southern people shall
manufacture their W products. AT
lanta Constitution.
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The state convention of the 81

The state convention of the sill
yer forces for the nomination of
candidates for members of the
state supreme court is called to
meet at Michel on September ID.
The state call is signed by the
chairman Of the democratic, popu-
list and silver republican state cen
trail committees and the delegates
Of all three parties will meet in a
union convention. The Hills
counties cen pretty we'll united
on Senator Edmund Smith Of this
city as the candidate for member
from this district. He is capable
and is always a winner.