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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-09
SOLDIERS LIVING HIGH.

SOLDIERS LIVING HIGH.
Leonard Richardson. the Wichita boy
who is in a Washington regiment. has had
his first battle, and he tells OF it in let
ter tohLs father this week The letter is
as follows:
Manila, ?. /. Feb. L. 1929.
Mr.. Milford Richardson, Wichita. Kan.
Dear Father:-I received your letter a
week ago, and since then We have been
having all kinds Of sport On the night
of February 4, at about 10 o'clock, the in
surgents opened fire on the Colorados.
killing their two guards al the first volley.
/ Our regiment was about a mile away, but
we Immediately turned out think that I
dressed the quickest that / ever did, and
ran out on the line our regiment depIoy-
ing as skirmishers; and at O'Clock they
opened fire on our line We then an
swered with a rapid fire. which we kept
up until daylight. when our regiment.
with one company of the FIRST California
and two companies Of the Idaho regiment
crossed the river and pressed forward
General King ordered us 10 run out to
, their first intrenchments and lie down.
| but when we got there we had them on
| the run, and so did not stop but kent on
going until we reached the little town of
Santa Anna where we are now, which is
about three miles from Manila
An Englishman who dives here said that
the negroes boasted that they would have
I us back in the walled city before morning.
He said that he believed so himself; that
Aguinaldo had had 1000 picked men in
this town and 1000 more out on the out
skirts. But however true this may be.
there are none within ten miles Of here
/ now
We just came in from a town three miles
from here, where we have been doing
picket duty all the week We have taken
nearly all Of the towns here. and wiz go
after Malolos next week. Malolos is their
stronghold and capital, and has n stone
wall and two rows OF trenches around il.
They may fight hard when we attack
them there. The insurgents complain that
We are not fair in fighting them as We do.
/ suppose that il is because our mode OF
fighting Is 50 much different from that Of
the Spanards. They cannot stand a
charge made in the daylight They fought
the Spaniards at night. making their at
sides falling back as sono as IL was light:
the Spaniards going into town and cele-
brating a great victory
The Fourteenth regulars at one place
made an attack upon the insurgents in
their intrenchments. while Dewey. two
miles away, dropped shells down amongst
them. Our regiment and the Fourteenth
had the hardest fighting Of any. We lost
about twenty killed and thirty or forty
wounded. In all there were about seventy
Americans killed and 200 wounded. Among
the insurgents killed at one place. where
Dewey she!led them, there were 2.500
buried. In all. about 5000 killed. 900
wounded and JNo prisoners taken
Malo'os viii far next week. Dewey can
get within Eve miles of tho city. and that
is close enough 10 blow IL oT the earth.
member Of the first California rsgi-
ment, who married a Filipino CIR. de-
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an SOL DER LIVES Rss Philippines

bring a rush of sudden tears TO winifred's
eyes.
She blinked them back and forced a
smile to her lips as Jackson added:
Shall we have quail on toast?' Ex-
aiming the price list more infinitely, be
added: 1T isn't very expensive"
by all means, then" said Winifred,
have quail on toast"
The waiter bent his head attentiveIy.
''Two?" he inquired.
zone will be enough for US both. won't
it?" asked Jackson. looking interrogarively
and appealingly at Winifred.
At the same time ne cautiously touched
the toe Of her shoe under the table.
Plenty" she said. She laughed hys-
terically Plenty" she repeated.
The waiter removed the soup plates and
passed through the room toward the
kitchen At the door he nudged another
walter and jerked his thumb over his
shoulder in the direction of Jackson. 1t
was impossible for Winifred to hear what
he said, but her face flushed scarlet at the
gesture.
While they waited for the quail, Wini-
freds mind again drew picture for her.
This time it was a room in her own home
that saw her. Her mother sat in a low
rocking chair before the CRATE ire. knit
ting and talking "Clorinda was one of
the brightest and prettiest girls 1 ever
saw" she was saying, and now look at
her. Don't talk to me. There is nothing
that so warps a woman's life as stinginess
in her husband. Do you know that. on her
wedding trip, when she wanted to bring
back some little presents TO her friends.
ne wouldn't let her? Save your money
he said, don't throw it away on foolish
ness And that has been the cry ever
since. Save your money. save your
money! That poor thing hasn't got
decent dress TO her name. l wouidnt be
seen on the street in the things she
wears; and work! she slaves from morn
ing till night to save his money. The
change in her is pitiful. Tt hurts me.
From a bright. happy woman she has be-
come a machine set CHING for the per-
formance Of endless tasks-a hopeless
drudge. Sometimes 1 wake in the middle
Of the night and cannot sleep, thinking
Of her"
Jackson broke in upon her reverie. 4
suppose they had to go out and shoot that
quail" said he. from the length of time
they are taking to bring it in
Winifred laughed family.
Maybe We can make him deduct some
thing from the price OF it." said she,
since he has taken so long
WHAT
''Oh, nothing"
What else viii you have after the quail,
Winifred?'
Lets stop at the quail" she implored.
Really, am not hungry; that is. not any
more
But you must have a little dessert.
Have some ice cream. It isn't expensive"
"Oh, we'll" she assented, csrelessly, 'if
You are sure it isn't expensive"
BY this time the waiter had brought the
quail Jackson portioned it out rsserving
tho larger piece. you said YOU were not
hungry, 1 believe" he observed. by way Of
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HIS STRANGE EXPERIENCE.

Prof j. w. Scofield of PauFs Valley. /
T., came into the Eagle office yesterday
and asked in regard TO young Mr.. Mack.
He was panied to hear that the young man
had been sent to the insane asylum.
Young Mr.. Mack is the person who in
sists that he has been hypnotized and be
witched by two women. He was taken
charge of by the authorities and tried for
his sanity. AS he persisted in his a-=e--
ton that he was bewitched, he was sent
to the insane asylum.
at was wrong to send him to N
asylum" said Scofeid The boy is not
insane. but in an asylum he soon will be.
He was bewitched: let US say hypnotized.
He knew it and said so. With poser
hypnotic treatment he could have been
brought out Of the miserable condition he
was in. II he could even be given hope
that there was escape for him from his
mental bondage he would recover. But
placing him in an asylum renders him
hopeless not only, but convinces him in a
certain degree that he is mentally unbal-
anced.
Il have rested under the imputation of
being insane, Mr.. Scof1eId went on. "and
I know what a dreadful verdict it is TO
Withstand. You can take the most promi-
nent citizen you have in Wichita. and the
most evenly balanced mentally, and let
the general public express its conviction
that he is insane, and every act and
thought of his viii at once begin 10 call
out knowing smiles and g,ances of SYM
pathy. Strange enough every protest from
the victim helps out the belief that he is
daft. For eighteen months 1 might
have been regarded as insane,
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Or" M2a Ha Who Was Story HIS STRANGE EXPERIENCE H0" %

up" He felt completely under her control.
He was listless and inert. The father-in-
law brought Out writing material and
bade him write. Scofeld does not know
what he wrote, but he wrote at great
length. and was commanded 10 sign what
ne had written. Abuse Of him and his ac-
tons. from an sides. continued. and finally
the tstner-in-law said: You had better
go, 1 have the document signed here
which viii send you TO state prison You
have signed it,
ScOheld broke from the house and pushed
his way through the binding snow storm
and the night. He went on and on as a
tramp. He passed through West Plains
Mo. At enc time he was at Little Rock,
Ark. From there he travelled to Texar-
kama. then 10 Longview. Tex. 10 Cone.
Tex. 10 Ardmore. I. T. and 70 Norman.
o. T. Most all this journey was made on
foot. Al points he would find that he was
in rags. His hair had become snowy
white. giving him a venerable appearance.
His distracted way was. in every instance.
ascribed 10 the use OF intoxicating liquors.
He never touched whiskey in his life
At times he would take heart and stop
in his fight and attempt to turn back He
says that in every instance Of this kind
he 'froze up" became powerless 70 turn
back and So in his misery, kept on.
When he would wax into a small town.
ne could most always find brass band.
Somewhat proficient. above the ordinary
run, on the cornet, his assertion that he
could blow one would be greeted with
laughter and jeers. But with the cOrnet
once in his hands, the local band must
clans confessed that he knew what he was
talking about. and It was the members OF
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How He Fled From
the Dreadful Spell

the brass bands along the route he took
who kept him alive and clothed him He
knew that II he was ever taken up as in
sane and placed in an asylum ne wOsld
In reality become insane. he knew al
the time. he says. that he was not in
sane. that ne was under an evil spell. The
spell was constant. He slept only few
hours in the night and then fitfuliy, and
haunted by the face Of the enchantress.
his mother-in-law. He did not know why
he pushed on and away. FOR he gained no
relief, but ne could not turn back. The
only solace he bad was when he was
playing a borrowed corne5. He would for
the moment temporarily forget his misery.
Among all the bandsmen he was generally
called The Old Bum" He was not cid.
but his white hair made him seem 81. He
did not resent the designation. his one
encouragement being that no one thought
enough about him 10 think him insane.
AT one Texas point ne began prospering-
The band he was instructing was progress
ing finely and ne thought he had found a
permanent home. lie was given a room
in a private residence. During the night
the face Of MS mother-in-law was az his
side ali night and he would repeatedly at
tack the vision with his fist. striking the
wall. \ young woman in the house, an
noyed and frightened at this continual
humping, complained 10 him, and he Of
fered to go to another house. Instead, be-
lieving that his sanity was In question
among the people. he fed the town. Al
Ardmore he was stint suffering from this
thing which was so real he could NOT be-
lieve il an Authorization. He was a'so
al Norman, O. T. Then he went TO Chick
asha He is now at Pauis Valley.
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frowningly over it.
The waiter, with an almost imperceptible
shrug Of his broad shoulders, snatched
| and. pencil in hand, courteously contem-
plated the ceiling
Finally Jackson looked up at him.
rs the table d'ote dinner over?" ne
enquired.
1T is" answered the waiter.
Then, We shall be obliged to order" he
said dtsconsolately. How would you
like consomme to begin on, Winifred?"
Winifred was busily engaged IN remem-
bering. Small facts seemingly inconse-
quent at the time now assumed giant pro-
portions
For instance, Jackson that very even
ing had brought her a bunch of violets and
pinned them on her jacket. She remem-
bered that he had said 10 her, Il got them
the corner, and made the man throw in
the pin. Anywhere else [ would have had
TO pay three times as much for those vio-
lets"
At another time, on their way to the
park, he had said, Shall we walk? It
viii save car-fare. Besides it rs only fif-
teen blocks" 1t occurred to her now,
that Notwithstanding the pleasure of his
society, it had been a very long walk and
she had been exceedingly tired when she
got back home again.
In the sudden glare of these and other
revelations her eyes wandered In a pre-
monitory stare as they rested upon Jack
son. He was fast appearing to her in a
new and formidable light. Absorbed in
her own thoughts his question penetrated
TO her ears, but the drift of it was lost.
What did you say?" she asked.
"Wn You have some consomme?"
Anything" she answered, YEARLY. 81
don't care"
The waiter disappeared, returning by and
by with the consomme which Winifred
slipped daintily. Somehow she had lost her
appetite.
Presently, laying down her spoon, she
looked across the room a a girl in pink
waist who showed two rows Of small white
teeth as she laughed and talked with the
young man opposite her. BY the side of
their table We're tall candlesticks of silver,
in which burned rose-colored candles,
thanking the flare of the flowers These
carnations were deicately pink. and
matched the shade of the girls silk waist.
But Winifred was not thinking of the
girl. nor of the candles, nor of the pink
blossoms. The room and its occupants
faded before her, and she saw instead
frugal kitchen with one large window, the
panes of which were very bright and
clean At this window hung a snowy
curtain, beneath which was a table spot
lessly scrubbed. Before the table stood
fragile woman in dark-hlue calico dress,
a Bingham apron tied about her waist
the starched strings hanging TO the hem
of her skirt The woman was her Aunt
Clorinda, engaged in the humble occUpa-
ton Of Deelng potatoes.
A she stood there, in her attitude ap-
peared an air Of such repression. Of 80
resigned and profound a sadness. that, &C
companied as the resemblance Of i was
with The wall of the violins it served to
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given TO ioviality. nor, on the other hand,
tending to moroseness- During his mar
rative he smoked a pipe. The reporters
room where ne related his experience had
sveral men in it at the time, and as the
story continued they gathered around with
a.ert attention to every detail Of his mar
rative.
No attempt will be made to give Mr..
Soofield's exact words. for ne insisted on
accuracy. and little errors in the route of
his long fight may creep in, and the alb
sence of quotation marks will not make
him responsible for mistakes.
He was born in Minnesota. He learned
the trade of cigarmaker, and was more
or less prosperous. His second wife was
Missouri girl. Shortly after his mar
riage he was induced TO move 70 the Mis-
souri, town where the parents of his wife
lived. He became acquainted closely. Of
course. with the father-in-law and the
mOther-in-law. His wife took sick with
rheumatism, and he also began TO all. His
business did not prosper and his wifes
parents began to suspect him Of being
ne'er-do-wen and to believe that their
daughter had made mistake in marry
ing him. He felt that they would like to
break the marriage off. The father-in-law
was an ordinary Individual The mother
in-law was not. She had piercing black
eyes and a strong will, with something of
the sinister in it, according TO Mr.. SEQ
field. After time he became aware of
moments Of dazed abstraction while in his
mother-in-law's presence. Later he had
spells of physical rightly, which he could
not understand. He had a longing 10 go
north again, where he might prosper ne
thought This idea was encouraged by all
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The spell has lefc him At enc Of the
points in the Indian Territory a physician.
an old friend. recognized him. At FIRST
Scofieid pretended not 70 know him. but
the physician showing shat ne meant him
no harm. he confessed wao he was lie
told everything TO the physician. who re-
ferred him TO a specials; in ST. Louis. The
specials, referred him % a magnetic
healer. and told him 10 beware OF quaeks
and travelling hypnotists. He wrote the
magnetic healer tc whom he vas referred.
and was tod to go 20 his home at a Ger
tain hour every night, lie down and think
on one subject This Mr.. Seofeld did.
finding il extremely difficult at first %
keep his mind constant. but having select
ed his mother as the subject ot the
thought. in a short time he began 70 i'm
prove. Il was not Icng until the spell had
left him. and he felt perfectly we'll He
seemed in the best Of health While he was
in The Eagle Once.
The curing treatment. he Is frank 20 say
may have been through the Instrumental
ity OF imagination. but that he was cured
he + certain
frequently during his narrative Mr. SEQ
fed was asked 20 describe the freezing
up" process. He said that when ne at
tempted 20 turn back ne was "frozen up. :"
He was sensible OF a WIn6-llke rush
through his body upward. pounding On
the top Of his head from within, and per-
feet physical rigidity.
Mr.. Scoheld has returned % Paui's Val
ley. He came 70 wichita simply 70 inter
cede for young Mr.. Mack. The EsSis
having taken an interest IN the matter.
experiences.
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concerned. and he went north and tried
to get along But tremendous ennui had
settled down upon him. By nature active
and agile. he would sit for hours, mentally
and physically inactive. He could not keep
his mind on anything. and OF course did
not prosper as he had desired. One day
he received a letter from his wife telling
him that she was getting better. The next
day he received letter from her telling
him that she was dying OF heart disease.
and if he expected 10 see her alive again
he must come at once. He went back to
the town. and found his wife perfectly well
and entirely oblivious of any idea of heart
disease He had been there only day
when the crisis came in the whole matter.
It was a winters night: with snow falling
and the wind blowing gale. The wife,
the husband, the father-in-law. the moth
er-in-law and sister-in-law were present
in a room where the wife was lying in bed
stiIl i'll.
The sisterin-law, in the course OF the
evening. accused Scofeld of running away,
OF deserving his wife. The mother-in-law
and the father-in-law joined in. Stung by
the accusation, Scofie.d resented it and
replied heatediy. His wife raised herself
in her bed and, with tears in her eyes.
said:
He did not desert me; it is not true
The wife's mother turned on her with a
piercing glance and the wife became rigid.
stiff; frozen where she sat.
A moment later the wife broke out into
torrent of vehement abuse against her
bucybard accT1Sipo hin, NJ deSarrip1 bev
and OF all manner of faults.
The mother-in-law turned u Scofield and
began her work on him, and he ''froze
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debt Of gratitude. This was evidenced q
few evenings ago when all OF sudden
the lights in the Eagle offcs went cut
with a fash Then u became evident that
every member ~ the editorial force all
the printers. tho telegraph division. ana
the city stan we're absolutely dependent
upon one man three floors below. Ths
Eagle has rs own electric lighting plant;
and one man. the chief engineer. has full
control over the steam engines. boileTk
and the dynamo Brain power vac at
work. and a complete force o. writer's vVrs
husly clicking away on typewriters ana
the Associated Press code dispatches we're
being rung OF from the instrument, bat
IN an instant all we're sienced. Utter
darkness prevailed. and thu entire group
suddenly quit work. a belt on a counter
shaft had snapped down below and the ilt-
tie world OF t0iiers was abruptly stilledA
In few moments the heh had been re-
paired and adjusted 20 the myriad q cir
cling wheels and shafsinE and Affairs IN
stairs went on as usual with orig a rns-
mentarl interruption But away IOWA
stairs. three flights OF stairs below ona
man held the personal interest Of N. Sls
readers IN his control Had hn delaSed 80
trihed the writers up stairs couad rot
nave compsetel their copy IN time 20 get it
10 the composing room, from thsrc 20 the
stereotyPinE department. then down 20
the press room and TIRE papers osIt - ~
subscribers. both local ana out % town
Thus We al ara each somehow Dependant
on the other. and all owe a debt wtdcsa
can be paid only b yevery member doing
his assigned duty faithfully and promptly.
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serted his regiment and was made lieu
tenant in the insurgent army. and an
Idaho boy who was lieutenant colonel
were both found dead on the field.
1 cannot write a descriptive letter and
say what I would like to. The sum and
substance is that with less than 600 men
we have routed over 90 Fiiipinos.
We have been living high ever since the
ball opened. For change from hard
tack. We have ham and eggs. fresh beef.
fresh pork. and silver dishes to eat from;
horses and carriages when we wish TO
ride: parasols and fans; and in our new
quarters we have nice beds. with springs.
fancy pillows and bed clothes, and piano
that would cost not less than thousand
dollars in the state; two or three bushels
Of cigarettes. a few thousand cigars. in
fact all the Injuries OF home.
We captured several thousand rounds
Of ammunition and soma Of the latest I'm
proved guns made in Germany. ! have
one box OF twenty cartridges made for
the Remington rife at the government
arsenal near Berlin. Germany.
Colonel Smith. OF tho Tennessee regi-
ment. said TO his men when the insur-
gents came in sight: There they are.
boys; they are 'niggers;' 20 AZ them The
insurgents charged IN a coiuL 2 Of fours.
The Tennessee boys met their charge and
piled them up like cord-wood
About two days after the fight Of the
4th and 9Th. Agulnaldo sent two officers
under flag OF truce 20 General Otis.
with a message stating that ne was sorry
that the fight had occurred and that he
mad lost an control Of the insurgents: that
the outbreak was caused by a mistake Of
one Of the officers. General Otis assured
him that he need not worry about that
for he had some boys here who could con-
troll them all.
will close for this time but viii write
You again in a few DAYS. Am wei and
hearty and looking for a fight With love
70 all, I remain your son.
T. A. RICHARDSON.
Com. c. First Wash. VOL. Infantry