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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-15
WIcHIrA rs FEARS ace.

" 1&f1l - LIN A--NAN~ 49,
Peter somers of East Oak street. was
claiming the birth of thirteen and half
pound boy
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Slower celebrated the
first anniversary OF their marriage
Those uTdings in course OF construction
were Tony Brunh's on North Water;
BRYAN Brothers. on North Main: John
Rosters. on North Main; J. P. 5. Cor
don's. on North Main; Judge G!enn's. on
the West Side
Lyman U.Humphrey's message was pub
Hshed. Il was four times the length a
Governor Stanley's message.
There was big lot of controversy over
the need Of court Of common pleas here
Hypstia had a big time in celebrating
lis third anniversary.
]. II. Alley retired as county commits
sioner and <. P. Ford babe him fsreWel
in a piece Of poetry.
Mrs.JohH Davis gave an afternoon party.
Miss Florence Mccoy entertained a. hei
home on North Fourth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Hewey celebrated the
first anniversary OF their marriage
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Jacks entertained
the Entire Nous club
Miss Monica Frey returned from visI,
TO New York CITY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewellyn Of Paramount en-
tertained. That was the way Governor
dwellings name was spelled then
Miss Bessie Ryder left for the east e
enter a seminary
The Eagle Rifles accepted the resigna-
ton Of Captain George Boyd and elected
r :. Hotchkiss.
Mrs. A. A. Harshal Of University avenue.
gave tea in honor OF Miss Phillips
Miss Mosceline Baldwin and Miss Kate
MErdock attended the inaugural bal At
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rect so eminent an authority as Colonel
Goss, our lamented friend and brother.
PERHAPS my opportunities Of observation
were better than his. l went upon the
plains of central Kansas in 1883 and lived
along with nature as it came from the
hand of the Creator for ten years, and
among other things I found quail. Bob
Whites. the same as I had kelled by hun
dreds in Iowa and Illinois, but smaller,
along the timbered streams where rhickets
afforded protection. They were not nu-
merous-a covey' here and there-haf a
dozen coveys might be seen in a days
tramp along the Saline or Smoky Hill or
its branches. They were more plentiful
along the southern border OF the state
and in the Indian Territory. where shell
ter was better. On account Of their many
enemies, wild cats sneaking upon them
both night and day; coyotes and skunks
destroying their nests hawks watching
for them; the terrific fires which some
times swept through the thickets in which
they lived, and billiards. burying them
deep in the crusted snow, they could not
exist except in sheltered thiCkets. They
were very wild always flying when ap-
preached. I do not remember of seeing
one on the ground and I noticed they were
considerably smaller that the quails of
Iowa. In the same localities were con-
siderable numbers of prairie hens and
sharp-tailed grouse. Bob White rapidly
increased with the settlement of the coun-
try. Whether they are descended from
the original stock Of the country, l can
not say. but from the fact that our quails
are considerably smaller than the Iowa
bird, l think some of them at least are
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A snLnER-POET.

]. ". Thompson, Wichita boy with
the Twenty-third (colored) regiment at
Santiago. has turned poet and sends MS
first productions 10 the Eagle. One is as
entitled, 1.-The Friend Of the Ma
tom
On, my friend so far away,
Ny letters they Will not reach;
But though some sunny day
I viii be with my friends again.
Though the Cubans are men of VIII,
In their land 50 bright;
We will free them by might,
So the nation shall have It's rights.
Though our trips may be rough
In the Cuban's rainy land,
But We shall give the enemy enough.
And, on, won't that be grand?
Although the enemy did resist,
But our boys did not fear;
And bye and bye they shall meet
Their friends whom they love so dear.
The other poem is called The American
Boy" 1t follows:
Oh where IS the American boy?
In some mountainous land;
In some rank ne will deploy,
With the rifle in his hand.
The nation he did free,
Though they may be poor slaves;
He fought till they were free,
-
He viii fight TIL he falls TO the ground,
He fought for the people TO save;
His belt filled with fifty rounds,
That Cubans should not be slaves.
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Alberta Roe-the aforesaid male
Enraptured gazed thro' the dense greer
leaves:
His surpliced bosom. fat and frail.
Proceeded to heave some gentle heaves.
His frame was agitated so
The trimmings on his boomers blue
Did shake. as did the gems also
In his pink ears, like drops of dew.
He coughed and giggled. Then ANA turned
And saw Alberta trim and fair,
And. recognizing, was more concerned
And dropped the traces then and there.
Brave ANA walked with steady stride
And leapeq the bars with ease and grace
And being on the shady side
The lovers met in fond embrace.
The strong brown arms of Anna made
Alberta's corset fairly crack,
While their lips met and glueful stayed
In thrilling Ella Wheelright smack.
30, Anna! Do no the so rude,'
Alberta lisped. You muss my clothes
I am not forward nor a prude."
And here he blushed down 70 his hose.
"I am so lonely here Of late late.
For ma has gone with her blooded stock
And Sister Joe is a candidate.
And pa is making me a frock;
So I thought I would take little wax
Amid the flowers and sunshine warm.
I merely wished to meet and talk
Believing there could be no harm
In meeting so noble a girl as you
Alone this far away from home;
! For you are brave and strong and true
A shield for me should danger come.
Then Alma took his little hand,
While he leaned on her model Of necks,
! And said in language firm, but bland:
"Of course IL shield the weaker sex,''
! Alberta nestled closer 70
! The stalwart Anna. and said he:
| 1.-The quewel world would pardon you.
| But what. oh. what would it say of me?
| Wichita, Kan, 1891.
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Shows CT MI Nv CREW.
-

How thoroughly a Wichita man Cover
nor Stanley j. Is hest shown 10y an al
dress on Wichita delivered by him 70 the
old settlers February -. 1895: The speech
was memorable one-tae most popular i'm
Wichita ever delivered ny Stanley. il was
as follows.
when the committees waited on me
several days ago. asking me 10 talk to the
.. SETTLERS. / told them / would try and
do So If was IN the city. And when they
allied again "a day or TWO ago. asking me
whether I would be here. I told them that
thought Z would. and asked them What
they expected me 10 say. one OF the COM
nittee responded. Say a good word FOR
wichita
Il presume that 10 any one who has
.ived in city as / have lived i'm Wichita
ar a quarter of century, there are many
pleasant and many sad recoHecuons. and
a retrospect Is 0ot always attended with
entirely pleasant memories.
And Yet. when / look back upon the
past. and review TIE twenty-five years
that 1 have lived fl Wichita-Nhen l have
contemplated its growth from a Little ham
let TO one OF the finest cities in the state
when 1 remember shat I nave seen each
OF It's splendid public buildings rise from
their founda tions-wheu ! think of the
earnest business support have received.
and the cordial cooperation / have had
in all my enterprises. and the friendships
almost sacred which will always De pleas
ant 10 remember. and which can never
be forgotten. I concluded 20 accept The
suggestion of my friends and say a good
word for Wichita
when contrast Wichita as it Is with
Wichita as il was when first knew il. il
AAvelo1ment seems scarcely less than :
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the great railroad lines that enter rs
limits. Either because Of frIendIness TO
otner Caties or because e. best conserved
the interests OF these great corporations.
they interposed III the way % the city Oh
stscles which any people less rezolg,e and
with Jess confidence IN the wonderful re-
sources os che surrounding county would
have considered ineBrmo1ntab,e These
railroad lines reaching wichita transport
Cd tonnage By fsT Iarzer than in and
from any other cf-y 10 the common wealth.
and no other community in tie state
turned into the OFFERS ol these thorough
fares 50 much as Wichita. And j. seems
strange that these great corporations that
ought 20 have ben friends ~ W.cni-a-
became che grezt obstacles 70 ser develop
ueut and growth n =crin.uzCions mos.
unfair and uabias1lnE Eers made against
her AZ every point. and freight z0.ug OF.
and coming into Wichita zes made O. psv
ezra tribute % the system Talca hlnderet
her devel0P-uent Tnses Discrimination
were made fcom -1s drs- That Wirhlia
I should rise ABOVE them ard zrow tarivs
! and prosper 81 spite q th=m. was tae most
! conclusive evidence - t1s . 1nderfIi -plr.t
/ gents and enterprise o. ae- peopis
But these unjust clscrir limitations b. tns
( railroads sere TO. aIi-pozs.oly ust ths
worst q TIE s,J-egDes tsSt Hir1its
/ had 70 bear. and the obstacles shs had q
I suruou1r- For reasons never sxpialnse
and % tne People % THIS c.:y unknown
she was <.uElst out from 80 tne clties o.
. fhs STATE 20 demon eraee t5e fn.qu.isss q
/ the Metropolitan Paii-e system, ard e
bar he b-unt % TIE maize q tzs E,at'
/ ad1liuls,Tzr-cu Wltaeut reEzrS - Ret
| usltzrt ard "a tDtzs disregard q heT In
te9ests and - gisses u asr 1.,zens- ~
administration zas forced s.9a aeE ak
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At the time the Farmers Alliance WAS
prevalent in Kansas. a tremendous organ
izatiOn with a ritual OF clanking chains
and Supreme Grand Mogul on elevated
rostrums, presiding with portentious dig
nifty Their meetings we're secret. closed
IN with every effort at successful conceal
ment. The counter-sign was sacred
thing. and the penalty for its revelation.
number of dire things all solemnly and
lugubriously recited to che member AZ his
initia ton
There was state committee OF tho whole
order and this year II met in Saliua Allen
was a newspaper reporter and with the
crafts mountainous antagonlsm 20 every
secret, ne planned 90 hear the whole pro-
Ceedings OF this most grave conclave. 50
he mad concealed himself above the cell
ing in the opera house. The space was
small and stuffy chandelier swung from
the center OF the ceiling ana just above
the chandelier was a lattice work for ven
tiiation Through this Allen mad capital
view Of the whole affair and the acoustic
properties from his point were excellent.
The secret proceedings began with great
weight and the High Grand Mogui rolled
his eyes with suspicion over the gath
ering. Nothing Of importance. nothing
that might not have been safely trans
acted on the open street corner took place.
but some one heard sound ab0ve-Allen
stretching his ieEs-and a committee was
appointed 20 investigate. This they ac-
cordingly did. bringing the culprit down
from his perch. covered Vi'h cobwebs and
age-puIverizsd dust -. Z. Kles Of Wien
tia. was one % the dread committee who
brought Alien before the Mortified assem-
bly,. The first impulse of the assembly
was 20 boil Allen ia oil. OF pour hot lead
! into his care. They were very angry. In
| deed the anger of men rnock-s0lemn and
| half ashamed OF themselves for affecting
20 much ritual 70 50 small purpose. \ SOL
/ emn promise was eKacted from the dirty
newspaper reporter that he would Do 81 10
more and the incident closed. The stale
| heard Of fl and laughed
| When the Spanish war came along. Alen
went 70 Cuba as a newspaper correspond
emit Representing a western newspspe-.
( his correspondence vas nominal lie aas
w!th the army to see the ngnt.
The morning that Grimes battery opered
| up on the Spanish lire Of intrenchr.entz.
| Alien was standing on 2 bin. together
with Richard Harding DAVIS ephsn
| Crane. the foreign military attaches. ma
msrous officers and newspaper men.
| The scene was beautiful one and -
Grimes battery beIched forth Us caal-
lenge. the newspaper men became v8lublc
outlining the general field - battle and
] explaining OF courss. in detsI every
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the early years and of the most that fol-
lowed To these men and women of Wich-
tia and the surrounding country belongs
the credit OF the splendid work Of found
ing and building the city. for Il has heen
assisted oy no outside influence and fav-
ored BY no outside friends
The very institutions and influences
that ought to have rejoiced in its growth
and given ready countenance TO its dsvei-
opment have done all they could - clog
the wheels OF its development and retard
It's progress.
When the early pioneer entered this
valley he gazed on a country 80 fertile
and productive as the valley OF the an
cient NHe-where vegetation was warmed
into life by "A sun as warm and genial -
ever kissed the vine-ciad hills - Italy.
In his mind he saw The herds lowing upon
the rolling meadows and The ripening har-
vest covering all the lpw.ands and sad
10 himself: Here IS the place 20 found a
city and here q city was foun.ed. and
here came -ogether people Wit. fai;h in
each other. fa.tA 81 the future and fairh in
the country IN which they had settled %
make their homes
The zeal and enterprise % this people
was marked by he building o. one Of The
most solend!d cities n the state The
I hard OF Industry had lined It's long street:
/ With trees until they became beautiful
/ shady avenues. the admiration . ths
5 traveller The public buildings were IN
+ eCuaAe5 n me state. Is system Of pub
lie schools Is unsurpassed The i've thou
sand school children Of the CITY c5ugreSat
ed ia more than a score Of ms gniScer
school buildings where eorps % one nun
dred teachers II the highest standing
taugaS ihem The lessons calculated 70 pre-
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pare them Cor tho business ooliEalons OF
life. and to develop the highest type O
manhood and wom4nhood-
More than thirty church edifces ac-
commo.isted the congrega tons that from
time 10 time met in religious service. ard
IN one Of them assembled the largest re-
Iigious congregation IN the state Acad-
'ernles and colleges sprung up 70 meet he
demand for a higher education and hos
pi1aIs and children homes were estab-
lished under the most careful supervision
10 alleviate the sufferines and provide for
the rnisfortunes 81 the destitute
Business blocks that have been a cred.
20 any city IL the land graced is streets;
lines OF electric railway. telegraph. tale
phone and messenger service came 20
serve the conven.ences OF the people. and
- The business and religious development
~ the city went hand IN hand-0ns 70
mark the e--e-q-Lss. industry ard thrift
q me people the other 10 s1ow their r.
gard Tor shs higher and more important
affairs u religious life And noJw.Ihs-sas-
iug this marked l.go3us. moral and b8si-
/ ness development, presentation VAS made
/ by those jezi0u. % the woldeTfu. DE-,
/ velopuen-s OF ire cicy that the people were
] rebsiLous and Is~ie<s-
/ L could Tot D. possible tlss a city Ike
/ ,als buil- as Tins has oesn. could - lack
I Ing II business eutsrpTi=s, o. tnsl 81 shoul,
/ be given over % vice and -swie=s1ess
/ The city and the surrounding country hal
been visited by q plagus g locus;s Ia
been stricken with d-0gcb- had passe
! thro-ga great financial psrEc= BIT n
people Nere not discouraged AID suT
! mounted them al wiih 10 lsck - conS
dence IL Their cIiy ard n me fu,ure.
The ars; gre4t attenpt 70 cripple n
! c-y zE1 impede rs ur5zrsss a. r.zde 9
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distsstefui snd h1nlllsfinz. Ogt n rsT
citlze1-1ip were selected - her poHre
commission % dtrec, shspe ard c9urf9'
her murs1ipal affairs. three rnen Wr9 mad
20 other Interest in her zeifare or TER
future except the Haked Tax q reasdsuee-
n laying her foundation. carrying forward
her enterprise. bearing Esr burdens o.
shaping her desriaT, they hz1 taken -
part and had &c concern. After = rss-
dance % SINE years 10 gre c.'y they were
absolutely unknown % TIRE Business com
nlanl,y u zhieh .hcy ras 1e1. s-1 fseY
became tire g. instruments 20 earn sst
the warfare p-r-8eterrniuet ard insEgs-
rated 81 t5e s.ate capita. Cudsr ais re-
CINE prszcasrs became politicians. Tssa
slti.oU- bushes standing became -n.Elet-
- attn ths nl1~f sacred interests ~ ths
city ard usen sh-oltteiy Hsaf srepsF-y
OF cre1lE became ere r1stpSla1s % ere
srtIrs =elssrs aad properly - ths city.
and + seemed tEsir sntsrs ob}@lt Sss dew
zstst3on ard rgn
Ire men Eao had bs-rs re aaat - -
bardsr-s = ,ae Day in b16ia= - see ~a.T.
~. ne1 wao had s;oed hesls2 80 b1s--
ns=s interests ta- uea 80 fto16 ae-.74
{ 10 ta.ft1- e-+ --~
g,rosss,e5 aEAzst shts outrage aEa-as;
common tseeacT- Bgf 2 3 srtrsst-sz z13
grotes;s sers aa5ee1e1 as re s-a-e CAP
/ ltsL
( TIE profess. ersrvatses snd aFpfsis irsai
vert - from Weal,z wsTs re- asaasi
Z he euf7-censst - laa- syeis if -
. abiding community. p cannst - raj a
ctr iAat ass hgg. - go r7Tsi a7i 80
Izlo1s ent.-vsrfses thaf sc --ea agss srfFg
( had IL Wch.ta- 80 --r 1es 49,
6sy seassss. Carls.-er zsaoelst s-s. s1s.s-
.z.s sn1 80 peasant. nappF aosaes-';
ezaao. y L. s--a 81 q zllry e a.
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where assistance is ready az hand, great
chances are taken by the man al the
tiller that ne may not bring back all that
ne has taken away. as II is d very common
occurrence now for some part Of tie car
TO fall off along the roadway, and when
discovered the hammer and nails come
in good play. as the motor man can
often be seen standing on either side of his
car driving a few nails with the hammer
to keep his ark together until he can get
back from where ne started Ii is also
getting to be almost as big a responsibility
20 undertake 10 make a port and return
safely home with one of the electric street
cars as Il IS for captain of vessel 10
round the Horn. Soon the trolley pole viii
be known as the main-mast.
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the country Ger
Gold dollars won't bring ninety cents when
everybody's poor
And hence my hero couldn't sell, nor could
he even leave,
And wretchedly he heard the signs Of Mrs.
Gildersleeve.
What did they do? What could they DO?
They stayed upon that claim.
They lived on eastern charity and native
fish and zane
Awhile, and then the seasons brought the
most Drodigious yields
And Kansas farmers looked with pride
upon their fertile fields.
A tide of emigration from the east began
to flow
Without exaggeration you could see the
city grow;
The thoroughfares were teeming; agents
fought for office room
In the rustic and the bust,e and the bust
ness of boom.
Surveyors were in great demand to lay off
avenues
Through fields Of growing cereals, through
thickets, boys and sloughs-
And in the wild excitement of the specu-
lative rush
You'd hear the cornstalks cracking and
the yellow pumpkins crush!
The streets took all directions. and
Z scarcely need explain
How the city limits went beyond the Gil
dersleeve domain
And made them wealthy. for they sold at
sixty thousand down
And moved into mansion in the central
part Of town.
2oitan:
The carriage was beauty, the team a
spanking SPAN
And as for rich apparel why they simply
dressed to kill"
And merchants were delighted when that
family ran a bill
The wife and mother now assumed a stiff
and stately mein-
From feeding ducks and chickens she be-
came a social queen;
The daughter was as fresh as country but
ter at a fair.
And she wore cluster diamond in her
taffy-colored hair;
/ The son became a Gashing dude. a darling
! with the bellies,
/ \ jolly boy in billiard halls and all the biz
hotels
But when his father sent him TO the uni
! ve-sitg
/ The Old professor said: why. sir. you'v,
no capacity"
And when the father heard it he observed
We'll, well. my son,
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WICHITA POET sy PRIVATE SECRETARY

movement coming A blsck line IN The dis
lance was ;he Spanish .ntrenchmeEt.
Again and again Grimes battery sent So
steel and echoes rs ing. There vac no am
swer from the black intrenchment and oa
air % disgust and contsmp5 for the poor
show made by the spaniaris spread
through the group. \ horrlfylng scream
In the air above them set the crowd n
a shiver spanish shell bad buTs, about
them There had been no smoke and Alien
heard no report Few eecouds later
occurred the same terrifying sound. The
wnoie troup turned and sped down Tho
hill. A. nc turned. Allen -aw a cuban
guide few feet away throw up his hands.
There wac an impression % n rcd blur
where his face should have been. and the
man dropped Later he found shat the
fragment OF shell Rad torn the mans
face on Alien fen hack snf scattered
with ihe Others.
on the way over IL the transports be
had become acquainted WITH command
Of reguiar4-Thirte zenith infantry under
General Wikon. a one-eyed veteran. IN
the alignment ~ the attack tbs regiment
N regulars mad been sidc-tracket and tie
seventy-hrst New York volunteers hsd
been showed forward. wlk1G rroWisf 90
Allen that his one ESQ and that is hal
hooded the regiment. and damned The
volunteers.
Frightened badly by ne she'll. and Won
dering 20 himself why b. had ever come
down 20 Cuba anyway. Allen raa across
the New York voiunteers- TheF we're
down fat. for they had been HATED ia
place where the bullets wsre singing
busily--a very dangerous spot
Unlike fhe Oh type ~ Kansap Who
would keep his month saut on THAI score.
Alien confssseE be was completely fright
sick He foua1 a small bank near "a creek
and croucne1 in tbis. listening % tHe roar.
From this place be watched rhe men r,rug-
Cling forward and a. lax zap rode me
/ oue-eysd general. h.s friend erect on bis
horse. hss whole face flaming with spir-
itual exalia.ioa. hi ore eye snapp.rH IRE
/ and hs month pouring out cs~es1es 2
| hrsve-sweet profanity AHea took ono
Z glance a. tnls magnificent hKBre - -
1 old aghter. a man VINO scented she Battle
/ from afsr and was or Gre 80 got ints lf.
/ saa nov brilliantly Indifferent 30 uss -
/ danger. and Alien erepl 1Bt ~ ~ hole ard
/ marched wIfh WIkors brigade M to fho
/ front. Re- asrured and ~9na 3rrt over ae
| Dr7strsts View Torsers aia paHle-
/ stricken.
The cinerr-ce bel asea Aree ans ts~ "a
| ty,e ~ Eaessn lee fats resps-f s f-a. .a-
/ o5d type vou.f have believes trsf ft nss
~ who ,n'Irsf VT.ker. sad ~ rlr serss.
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marvel The frame school house which
then served for all school purposes has
given place 10 score Of colleges. acade-
mics and school buildings with modern
appliances suitable for the education OF
thousands of pupils. The one little church
in the Second ward. so long removed that
7 tail 10 remember its exact wheresb bouts.
has been succeeded by score and a half
Of others % all denominations. and some
of them of s-yle and architecture that
would grace any city IN the Union. The
Old mud roads have given way 10 paved
streets and shady thoroughfares the low.
sQuatty. one-story frame business houses
have been replaced Roy the towering build
inSs Of brick. stone and granite. OF which
any city might we'll be proud; The little
weekly paper UpAhshed IN a diugy. iuSig-
nitcant room on North Main street has
become the strongest and best edited daily
in the state. and the jo5bing interests -
our city have grown with the city's
/ growth. until the ubiquitous travelling
commissioned 10 do-Spesk good word
/ Tor Wichita-is through all the land
/ sounding her praise and selling her goods
since the old settlers came many oth-
eTs have followed, and many Of these new
/ Corners have sAouldered She burdens and
given unsJinted service 70 the city OF thei;
adoption But I think shat 70 The old set
/ tIers-Jhe men and women who arst "a
here a place Tor sreat commercial cen
! ter; who by their faith in the future in
spired all that came afJervard with
I ~ e faith, who 10y heroic and unJirfng e
I fort, se2f-sScrifce and struggle laid N,
foundations Of the city ana the spirit an,
genius % its institutions broad and deep
belongs the credit Of the achievements o