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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01

shakv and there Is an opening for the grim
visitor To enter
Ii is commonly said that people die Of
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
GOOD BYE, OLD YEAR
Merry Party at Fred BentIy's Wei
come New Yerr

The watch party at Mr.. and Mrs F. W.
Bentley's last night was one of the best
enjoyed Of the many similar occasions of
the kind in the city. Many Of the music
loving people, along with those who like
games and cards gathered and good
time was the resuE. They did not forget
TO telephone the Eagle Office. but the pro-
gram furnished at an early hour this
morning was more than the lazy reporter
,ook time to set down. BY the telephone
the program read that I. ~. Sargent was
to be living picture; Charles Smythe
was TO do a skirt dance; Homer Caldwell
had sung a solo; Fred Smythe and A. s.
Parks, duet; the man who stood on his
head was Badly Bentley. There was
some fine music and an elegant lunch. The
party highly enjoyed bidding the old year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
TOPICS OF THE TOWN

Mont Hauowe'i returned % Chicago.
Samuel Laude1siazer % Maze was e.
Wichita vest erGsy.
Fred Trlsg and clyde Reed went 20
kansas cry yesiox5ay afternoon.
g z. Fsr-sn n Mount Hope was t-zrs-
acting business "a wichita yesterday.
z. o Harrison y T-sepensz-ce = visit
Ing with lis dauEste-. afrs. Nick ser %.
The pg5slc school l5rz-T z1a - elose5
Monday CT account q 10 Beng e aol.-
day
Ms Ma-ss Mathis. formerly tsaehe- o.,
French a. Fsirn0uut bat nsx o. SsE-
XIX, spent tas holidays r. Wi-hi-a-
A party a. Fred Ben,-ey's zateaei The
I'd yezr or. They rsls7a1ass ssus tru-
asiaa-ivs matters - enc EeEla as tas osE
year disappeared
". O. Daszelly. ne mas cs-ris-. = s-El
SEX a. hEs home or South Market street
lie e a n-era5e- % V-ica4-1 lotz=. 10. -
Ealg..s * F'yralas-
Mrs p r Dgun @ Osiz bona CItr
szose Auzaana 81 travelling pssseage-
agent - che Fr.sco 5s visiting zi;a M
z Il Crs5tts- e1 Sa--h TagzEa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
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Bears the 'ho ANU 'Uu ndI5 H.msIs DOusA
Signature I2zIzss<
TRIED TO PASS FORGED CHECE
stranger Caught in the Act of Swind-
ling Tornado

A stranger called at the Tornado about
s O'Clock last evening and presented a
check for $3.50, purporting to be signed
by Ike Dean The matter was referred
o Manager Haythorn, who at once be-
came suspicious and sent a boy to the
Kansas National bank with the check.
which proved to be forgery. The young
man who had presented the check was
locked up by the police to await further
developments. He gave his name as z.
A Leggett, but he is an entire stranger
to the police
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01

lei and found only dlsappoint-
ment II local treatment viii find
Il wise 10 waste no further time
on sprays, washes, inhsling mix
lures, etc. which are only tempo
rary and can not save them from
Consumption Catarrh : : deep
seated blood disease :. :. :. il
the only remedy which can reach
the very bottom OF the disease
and cure II permanently
Books sent free by the Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta. ga
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
Ten Days in Washington at Same
Fares

Tickets 70 Philadelphia and New York,
via Washington, over Vandalia-PennsyI-
vania Short Lines, may be purchased at
same fares as those in effect for tickets
over their direct line. Tickets via Wash
ington viii be good for ten days stop-over
at the National Capital. For details sd-
dress A B. Richie, travelling passenger
agent, Wichita, Kan, or W. F. Drummer,
A G. P Agt St Louis Mo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
Catarrh Leads
to Consumption.

Il had such & severe case OF Cstsrrn
that ! lost my hearing in one ear, and
part OF the bone in my nose sloughed
of. was constantly treated with
sprays and washes, but each winter
the disease seemed to have & firmer
hold en- me. I had finally been de-
clared incursble when l decided 20
try s. s. 5. It seemed TO get right At
the seat Of the disease. and cured me
permanently. for l have had no touch
of Catarrh for seven years.
MAS. JOSEPHINE PoLHIL,
due West, s. C"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
IO BRING STATEHOOD
Formal Call for a Convention
Is Issued.
ONE TO THE THOUSAND
Is the Delegate Ratio, TO be
Chosen January q.

Oklahoma City, o. T., Dec. a.-(Special9
The Oklahoma statehood executive com
mittee today issued the following call for
a delegate convention to meet in Guthrie,
Wednesday, January %, at p. m:
The people Of Oklahoma who are in favor
OF the adnn!ttance of the territory into the
| Union as state are invited to meet in DEL
| egate convention al Guthrie on Wednes-
day, January 3, 1899, at p. m, for the
purpose Of memorializing congress to pass
an enabling act, and to take such action
| as may be deemed necessary to secure
eariv statehood.
For the purpose of securing equal repre-
sentation from the people Of all the coun-
ties in the territory, the committee has
| apportioned the delegates on the basis Of
one delegate to each one thousand popula-
! ton, or major fraction, as follows:
| Beaver county,. 3 Kingfsher .........16
| Blaine .............. Lincoln ............2
! Blaine .............. 9 Logan........ ......A
| Cleveland ..........1S Noble ..............1O
Canadian ..........18 Oklahoma .........N
| Custer .............. Pawnee ............H
D.. ........... Payne. mill
Garfield ............16 Roger Mills. 49,.
Grant .............14 Washita ...........
Greer....... .......10 Woods .............24
Kay. ..........1S Woodward. ......
In addition to the foregoing, six dele
gates are apportioned TO the Usage reser-
walton, two to the Wichita reservation and
five to the Kiowa and omanche reserva-
ton
It is recommended that mass conventions
be held at the court houses at the county
seats on Saturday, January q, 1899, at 2
p. m, for the purpose of electing dele
gates to said convention. 1t is also recon-
mended that no proxies be allowed to per
sons who are non-residents Of the counties
from which the delegates are elected.
The committee believes that Oklahoma is
fully entitled to immediate statehood, and
they appeal to all classes of our people to
unite in behalf of the movement which
alone will give us the benefits Of home
rule, economical government and which
promises to rapidly accelerate our career
of progress.
SIDNEY CLARKE (Chairman),
F. E. GILLETTE (Secretary),
JOSEPH Wisely,
I. b. MAGGIE,
c. c. HUDSON,
j. B. FERGUSON,
Statehood Executive Committee.
J. P. RANSHAW MADE COURT CLERK
Pond Creek, o. T., Dec. 31-(SpeciaL)-l
At the adjournment Of court SATURDAY.
evening, Judge McAtee appointed ]. p.
Renshaw clerk Of the Fifth judicial dis
trict, vice NJ. A. Alexander. resigned. Rem
shaw is a leading Republican Of Grant
county and was assistant secretary of the
territorial Republican committee during
the last campaign.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
Those who have had the first

Te lau the uE.b
touch OF Catauh
will save endless
suffering by tax
ing the right
remedy ST the
outset. Others
who have for
years sought re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01

given a etory % hLs catt'e deaz. Sis
profits ard lcsses He Gays. Z may grt
tired of NeK.eo soon and enne howe. ~
The letters are mailed o. ne railroad
r.ar fHa Nnrleer e.--s.r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
NINE O'CLOCK DINNER
A Happy Assembly Watches the Old
Year Out.

Judge and Mrs. IT. B. Wall gave 9
O'Clock dinner at their beautiful home on
North Fourth avenue last night with the
purpose of watching the old year out.
The house was decorated and most beau
tifully lighted The dinner was arranged
for plenty. as well as the delicate knick-
knack. The serving Of the dinner was
perfect and the host and hostess played
their parts very graciously. The occasion
was not only a. watch party but the ami
versary of the judges birth. He IS -
years old today. Everything conspired 70
make this party an agreeable occasion.
GA TOR IA.
Bears th. n The Kind You Have Algas Bought
Signature ef E<NZzzzzx
Every man thinks he never was as foolish
as the bows he sees around him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01

goodbye and gave a jolly welcome to the
new
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
nADWAYS
~ PILLS

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01

Every man thinks he never was as foolish
as the boys he sees around him.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03

senate refused to concur IN the mousse
amendments and conference COM
mittee was appointed.
The house ways and means commit
tee introduced bill to appropriate
money to reimburse the various coun-
ties for money spent in the main
tenance of the destitute insane.
Before any county can get its
money, however, it must pay
the state treasurer the amount
of back tax due the state The state
owes the counties in the aggregate
S2Ol,3l7G9 for keeping the insane.
The counties owe the state ip back
taxes the sum of SOS, 1866. 10. This
leaves balance of S132, 352 so in favor
of the counties.
Among the other house bills passed
were the following:
To prevent the dlscounting of claims for
cash settlement by insurance companies. and
providing that when loss is sustained the
company must pay the claim within 20 days
after the loss is adjusted or pay eight per cent.
interest on it from the date Of the loss to the
date Of final settlement
Providing for a uniform policy Of fire insur-
ancu and authorizing the attorney general and
insurance superintendent to prepare the form
OF policy 70 be used In KnnSeS in the future
Amending the insurance laws of n so that
all fines collect d for the violation OF that law
shall 20 into the state school fund.
Amending the law governing the beneficiary
societies to exempt the Masonic and odd Fell
low orders.
To create a commission to compromise the
interest on the bonds in the state school fund
that are now delinquent
Grattan's bill, authorizing the issu-
.f q 4
and life certificates to teach in the
public schools to graduates of the
state university and schools of equal
standing passed the senate.
The senate passed the bill reorgan-
izing the state militia so as to form IA
brigade instead of division. There
are TO be l2 companies instead of ten.
The militia is to be so trained that it
will be prepared for cavalry as well as
infantry work.
The senate passed the Titus bill,
which appropriates Sal, 200 to the state
soldiers home at Dodge City, A pro-
vision in the bill forbids any officer of
the home employing any relative to
perform any labor in the home.
The senate passed Lewellings bill
providing for the establishment bv
the state commissioner of labor and
industry of free employment agencies
in cities of the first and second class.
The legislature will make strong eff
forts to get it's calendars cleared so
that it may adjourn by Saturday. To
this end night sessions will be held
all week, and the morning sessions
will begin earlier. InNspite of this,
there can be little hope of adjourn
ment this week. There is far too
much business before the legislature
to be disposed of, even if 24-hour ses-
sions were held each day.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
GREETINGS TO KANSANS.
House Adopts Resolutions ConGratuIatIng
the Twentieth regiment at Manila
Important Bnls DISPOSED of.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 2s.-The house
adopted u resolution to BILE congratu-
lations to Col. Funston, of the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment, in Manila. An
attempt was made to send the resolu-
tions of thanks adopted recently, by
cable. This was fought because of the
expense of the message. 1t was de-
cided to limit the size of the cable
gram to 10 words. This is the mes
sage sent: "Col. Funston, Manila:
Kansas legislature unanimously con-
graduates Twentieth for gallant con-
duct on the field. Osborn. speaker"
The house killed the medical bill,
which it had recommended for pas
sage in committee of the whole, by a
vote of 23 for and 43 against it. 1t was
bill limiting the practice Of medicine
to certain approved schools of surgery
and was written by the committee on
hygiene and public health. In the
house it was amended so as to include
osteopaths.
The house passed the bill repeating
the law which created board of par.
dons. This bill was opposed monthly
by the lawyers in the house, who it
was charged, saw a loss of business in
its passage. When the bill came from
the committee adversely reported,
Gov Stanley stated with emphasis
that he would not appoint board of
pardons. This aided the advocates of
the measure.
The house ways and means commit.
tee recommended the passage of bill
carrying S21, 200 to reimburse the rail-
roads and others who donated funds
to get up Kansas display at the
Omaha fair.
The house passed the senate bill pro-
viding for the establishment and main
tenance of a new insane asylum in the
state. The bill authorizes the senate
to select the appointment of commits
sion of nine, four from the senate and
five from the house, to select site.
The sum of 100000 is appropriated to
lay the foundation for the institu tion.
The bill requires campus" Of not
less than 640 acres.
The house took up the senate bill
relating to school textbooks The
original bill provided for state uni
formity and maximum rate on prim-
ers, primary readers, drawing books
maps and high schools books. The
house knocked out uniformity of high
school books and passed the bill. The
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. john A. Logan is seriously i'll
at her home in Washington.
The transport Roanoke sailed from
San Francisco for Manila on the 26th
with cargo of supplies for the troops.
Maj Gen. Joseph j. Reynolds, U. 5.
A., retired, died at Washington on the
26th of paralysis and cerebral hemor-
rhage, aged n years.
Tom Allen, the pugilist shot and
killed Tim Confoy, a theater stage
hand, in the formers saloon at ST.
Louis, early on the Goth. A quarrel
caused the tragedy.
Three residences with their content Is
were burned on St Charles avenue,
New Orleans, and several others were
damaged by overcharged electric light
wires Loss, $3.50, 600.
Agent Ryan and Operator Wilson at
Mackinaw station, Ill, were killed on
the Big Four track near fremont, H.
They were returning home from Ire
mont on railway velocipede and were
ran down by a train.
Several business men at Montgomery
City, Mo-, were victimized on a bogus
land scheme by man representing
himself as Charles Atherton, of Els
worth, Kan, son of o. l.. Atherton,
eX-treasurer of Kansas.
At Crawford, Neb., City Marshal
Frank Mooney was perhaps fatally
wounded uy Louis Grossman, late
trumpeter of company C. First United
States cavalry, whom the city marshal
was trying to arrest
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
To ria the Country of Neeroes.

Colquitt, Ga, Feb. IS "A whitecap
pers' league has beenorganized in Mil
Ter and Early counties and the gang
is terrorizing the people of this sec
tion by threats and deeds of outlawry.
The gang has issued an order that nc
negro shall live in this section in
which the whitecappers are at work
and the white people have been mott
fed that negroes shall not remain on
their places under PENALTY OF violenee
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
Resorted 10 Foul T.et,os.

New York, March 1.-The contest be-
tween Tommy West and Jack Bonner,
of Summit, Pa, which took place at
the LenoX Athletic club last night, was
brought to a sudden termination at
the beginning of the eighth round,
Bonner's seconds had rubbed oil of
mustard over his gloves and the fumes
of it almost blinded West and Referee
White. The latter ordered the men to
their corners and declared West the
wiunar
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
READY TO GIVE up.

Manila, Feb. 2S-Two Spanish con.
missioners, Senors Rosatio and A bo-
gado, who were permitted to pass
through our lines and confer with
Aguinaldo with reference TO the Span
ish prisoners at Malalos, returned
through our lines Yesterday morning,
near Caloocan. with II sealed dispatch
for the Spaniards The commissioners
said that Aguinaldo and Sandiko were
both at Malalos and inclined to pacific
overtures. While the Filipinos are
not yet prepared to surrender the
Spanish prisoners, they will gladly re-
lease two Americans who have been
held for six weeks on the payment of
$50, the value of food and clothing
furnished to them.
Shortly afterward the rebels sent
out flag of truce borne by Command
ante Sinforoso de la Crus, and several
hundred of the enemy left the Fill
pino lines crying: mo quire;" MAS
combate;" "Americanos mucho bunow
The commandante said that fully 5000
of his men had had enough and were
anxious to surrender. ~
The enemy's sharpshooters at Caloo-
can continue to annoy the soldiers in
the daytime, but the Americans no
longer pay much attention to them,
reserving their fire until the rebels
appear in the open in sufficient force
to justify a volley or an occasional
shell.
A VIRULENT ANTI-AMERICAN DECREE.
Hong Kong, Feb. 2S.-The Filipino
government has issued another viru-
lent anti-American decree, in which
the following passages occur:
The American guns respect neither honor nor
property but barbarously massacre women
and children Manila has witnessed the most
horrible outrages conascating the properties
and savings of the people at the point OF the
bayonet and shooting the defenseless ac-
companied by odious acts OF abominaton,
repugnant barbarism and racial hatred
worse than the doings In Carolina Unless you
oOnJnre holy war for independence you are
only worthy TO be slaves and pariahs. Proclaim
before the civilized world that you will fight TO
the death against American treaohery and
brute force Even the woman should II nee
essary American professions and promises
are pure hypocrisy They oovet the spoils OF
this patrimony OF our race, wishing to implant
here more irritating and barbarous dominion
than In the past
THE LOSS ny FIRE.
Manila, Feb. 28.-An idea of the ex-
tent of the loss by fires in the suburbs
of Manila since Wednesday may be OBJ
tanned from the figures herewith Civ
en-: Sixty buildings Of stone and 100
substantial wooden structures with
iron roofs were destroyed. In addi-
tion 5000 nipa houses OF the natives
The Iola register., 1899-03-03

Washington, March The cabinet
dacided to hereafter ship all soldiers
for Manila by way of San Francisco
Although the expense will be some-
what greater than by the Suez canal,
ahout 10 DAYS would be saved, and
then the danger of encountering the
simoons which prevail at this season
on n .. Indian ocean would be averteo'
The Iola register., 1899-03-03

Va, Sunday. was announced Dy ms
colleague. The usual resolutions were
adopted, and the following committee
was appointed to attend the funeral:
Messrs Fischer, sherman, Howe, Shan.
non, Odell, Mahon, Bartlett, Bartholdi
and Clayton.
AS a further mark of respect the
house at six o'clock adjourned.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
sIbIey Pronounoea for Ouav.

Harrisburg, Pa, March 1. Congress
man'elect Joseph G. Sibley, of Frank.
lin, who came here to take part in the
contest for United States senator, has
issued an open letter to the democrats
of Pennsylvania urging his reasons
why democratic Legislators should sup
port Senator Quay for reelection.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
Kansas Merchant Assa ulted.

Wichita, Kan, March 1.-Arthur
Tucker, son of ex-County Treasurer
Tucker, assaulted George Sickles, a
prominent merchant of Derby, near
here's with a rock nearly killing him.
Sickles obtained shotgun and stag
gered after Tucker but the gun was
from his hand by his wife.
Tucker is in iail.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
WIN nntl,ne tho I.snes.

At the Kansas Democratic banquet
in Topeka March 30, the following
noted speakers will outline the issues
for 1900: William j. Bryan. eX-Gov. w.
j. Stone, J, $. c. Blackburn and George
Fred Williams.
The Iola register., 1899-03-03
Miss Ingaiis to Wed.

Miss Constance daughter of ex-Seu-
ator ingalls,, will in April marry Rob-
erJ 7. Schick, "A young lawyer of Read
ing, Pa. The wedding will occur in
Washington, where Mr. and Mrs. In
gals how reside
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
Church Anniversary.

Tomorrow will be gala day at the
Congregational Church, it being the
occasion of their 10Th anniversary, as
announced in our columns last week.
There will be both an afternoon and
an evening session, to both of which
the various churches in town and the
general public are most cordially in
vited. Let everybody come. Many Of
you will see faces there, familiar in the
long ago. There will also be people Of
more recent date in your acquaintance
and you will be glad to see them all.
Among the out Of town people who
are expected are the following: Rev.
James A. DAILY, Of Muncie, Ind, pastor
1877 to 1883, and wife, now here and
stopping at W. R. Wean's; Rev. and
Mrs. A. F. Skeele, of Painesville, o.,
who are coming today and will stop at
G. H. Palmer's; Rev. W. e. Barton
and wife, who are coming today and
will stop with G. L. Couch: Miss Mary
Clark, daughter of Ansel Clark, pastor
from l845 to 1858, will stop at ]. T.
Haskell's: Prof. A. H. Currier of 0ber-
lin will stop at Deacon Vests: DR.. II.
M. Tenney, of Oberlin, will stop at the
home Of Mrs. W. G. Rogers. Besides
the above, many others are expected.
but it is not definitely known whether
they will come. There will also be
given "reminiscences by several of our
home people which will add to the int
crest Of the occasion.
An expert stenographer will be in
attendance and will report in full the
entire proceedings, which will be pub
lished in pamphlet form, in neat and
attractive style, suitable for preserva-
tion, and will cost 25 cts each, or 80 cts
If sent by mail to any address, and
will be on sale at this office.