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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08

sock for second term, was the first Re
publican convention in the Second district
to nominate by exclamation in twelve
years. 1t is recalled that in 1888, Mr..
Funston-he Of the ''fog-horn" and father
of the general-was named by accloma-
ton, and that since that time, until this
year, there has never been a convention
in the district without a fight. In 1892
Funston had fight In 1894 Miller OF
Wyandotte was named after bitter con-
test in which Billy Buchan and others
participated. In 1896 there was the mem
orable weeks convention at Lawrence
which named Jack Harris of Ottawa and
in which two delega tons from Wyandotte
figured. 1t was in this convention that q
great triumvirate fixed things for Harris
nomination, triumvirate composed Of
Governor George T. Anthony, ]. L. Bris-
tow and Curly Harrison of Ottawa. Ii
1898. the Ottawa convention Is well re-
membered, in which Mr.. Bowersock wa:
triumphant. In this connection, 1t is MOI
aniss to add that Mr.. Bowersock ha:
gained many friends in his present tern
and is making an excellent record.
1t is whispered around that one thing
which has kept the favorable report from
the house committee of judiciary on thu
appropriation oincrease the salaries o
federal judges in Oklahoma, is the worl
of Judge Keaton. It IS said that suci
a report would have been made, had no
Judge Keaton labored with Dearmond o
Missouri and Lanham OF Texas, Demo
cratic members of the committee, ant
secured their opposition.
r H FAXON
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08

Regret is expressed in Indian official
circles here over the death Of Joe Blan-
chard. the Shawnee interpreter who re-
Gently died here Of pneumonia Blan-
chard was considered one Of the very
best Interpreters in the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08
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Wash and
Washable Fabrics

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Corded Madras. new summer check
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Our new Percales are cheap end all cur
customers are pleased.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08
STEEL Will BE FORTHCOMING
Reconstructed Convention HaltProm-
fsedby Convent on Time.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 2.-Just one
minute before the expiration today of
the time limit within which the Gillette
Herzog Manufacturing company had
agreed to accept contract for the re-
construction OF the Kansas City ConYen-
ton Hail. the acceptance Of the COM
mittea on building was received by tee
phone- This means that the steel work
will be completed By June 10, under a
sufficient guarantee. Manager E j.
I,ewelling spent the greater part Of thu
night in telephone conversation with the
Kansas City chairman. At a. m he
retired. believing that Kansas City would
not accept the company's proposition He
had set 10 a. m. today as the limit q
acceptance. The Carnegie Steel COM
pany at Pittsburg : already turning cut
the rolled iron which vii De shipped here
for fabrication. The 1ocaI company sends
one OF its best men % Plctsbu-g tonight
with lists and data for material and he
will remain there until il + all shipped.
Mr.. Lewellyn VIII reach Kansas City
Monday morning 70 complete the details
OF the contract. Tonight the local mills
viii begin work on the building, using
material already or hand. Special trains
Will be used for the transportation q the
material At least 10000 pounds OF
steel VIII Be needed Eaca truss viii
weigh forty tons. The cost viii far ex-
cesd that OF the original building. owing
TO the haste necessary and the bonus %
| the Pittsourg company FOR quick work
Labor IS also higher. About fifty skilled
workmen VIII Be taken lrom here 70
Kansas City.
kansas CITY. No. Aprl following the
closing OF contracts for structural steel
for The new Convention Han, J. J. Swo<-
ford. chairman OF tie so~aI committee
on arrangements. today sent the follow
ing telegram 10 Hon. James x JONES',
chairman * the Democratic national
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08

Tans, Greys. Cast:
shades. New corded
hair line twill, In the
spring colorings. The
Black and White
design is specially
adapted.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
sonthern HosnItaIItY.

At dinner the talk turned on South
orn hospitality. and many were the IN
stances related OF it before a pretty
Young Southern matron had a chance
90 tell her story.
aWhen my husband was i'm business
in the South several years ago. she
said. 'she manager Of the Boston firm
whose agency he held was taken sud-
denly IN while Ga cur city He was
alone in the hotel and I told my hus-
band to bring him to the house.
at turned out that he had typhoid
pneumonia, and for FIVE weeks he was
inst about as sick as a man could be
and got well again. ] nursed him with
ae much care as If he had been my own
husband and when he finally recovered
the doctor told him that ~ &c had not
becr for my nursing he never would
have gotten well.
"The day he was leaving he thanked
me for taking care OF him and pressed
"a five dollar bill into my hand I was
SO mad ] hardly knew what to do, and
said: When / do a kindness I don't
charge anything for It, but If / was
cong to charge anything it would be a
heap sight more than that And right
hen and there ] called my colored
maid and, handing her the money, said
Here. Mary. is something Mr.. Pratt Is
giving for your trouble And what dc
you think that man whom I had nursed
back 70 life said;
so this is your Southern hospital
! ity, is it?' Every time remember that
! fellows sheer 7 wonder If you people
up here really know what hospitality
] means."-N Y. Herald.
The fastest cruiser IN the world ha:
recently been completed for China
The new cruiser is 60 be known as tn,
Hal Tien. of 400 tons, and under
natural draught, win have a speed O.
ESQ knots per hour. At this rate sh'
could cross the Atlantic in about fou
I and one-half days.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
SHOWED HIS RING.
tt Happened on the 5owery and Now
Nicholson Mourns.

James A. Nicholson, % years old, a
fireman OF the 18th Battalion, the head
quarters Of which is in the Borough Of
tne Bronx, came down town to sec the
Jowery. The only article of jewclry he
wore was a heavy gold seal ring which
was on the little finger Of his left hand.
After Nicholson had wandered about
the Bowery FOR some time, had dropped
IN one OF two Of the music halls and
tried his hand at target practice in
the shooting galleries, he met man at
the corner Of Allen street The man
was six feet tall, broad shouldered and
athletic looking
That's a nice handsome ring you
have. on, pardner" he observed
eyes" replied Nicholson, taking the
ring Off; glad you like II, my mother
gave It TO me-"
Nicholson handed the ring to the ath-
ledc looking stranger who straightway
/ fled down Allen street. He had covered
60 block and turned a corner before the
rstonished Nicholson started after him.
b hen it was too late. When Nicholson
raached the corner around which the
fnan with his ring had disappeared
there was no one in sight Nicholson
went back TO the l3owery told his
troubles to Policeman Ryan and they
set out 10 find the thief
Them fellers are always hangin
round the Bowery," the policeman said
Confidently "and you'll find him sooner
or later Il you keep looking
At Forsyth and Rivington streets,
three quarters of an hour afterward
Nicholson picked out a broad-shoui-
dered man, six feet tail, and told Ryan
bat he was the thief. Ryan arrested
\ ne man and took him TO the Eldridge
4 treet police station Ryan stood his
\ prisoner up before Sergeant John
Hayes. who prepared TO take his pedi-
.ree.
your nance" demanded Hayes
"John Hayes" replied the prisoner,
nnhesitatingly.
your name and no nonsense thun-
dered the sergeant.
"John Hayes replied the prisoner
again.
you're a liar" said the sergeant.
rhe prisoner insisted that he was
Raves. that he was q printer, and that
\ ne lived at 7c Delaney street lie de-
nounced the arrest as an outrage. Tho
ring was not found on the prisoner
blu. Sergeant Hayes locked him up any
Uay.-N. Y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
Girl stowawsvs.

Tho Paris exposition IS already stir
ling up the imagination Of many
Americans who desire 10 60 but can't
liiord the price Of the passage. The
last time She came into Havrc The
french liner Broiagne brought in two
-ir stowaways, sisters, from Wilkes
barre, Penn. One IS rs years old. the
other "a They are prepossessing las
sirs. WHEN brought before the Captain
they expressed eagerhess to work and
we're treated kindly, lady passengers
wing them clean clothes. They were
Tired finally 10 wait upon a group Of
wealthy women tourists. who have
.tained thcif services.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
Feminine EinanelerIna.

That women are the best hnanciers OF
the world we have often had opportu-
nifty to acknowledge, says the Honolulu
Independent. We have seen them at
the auction sales when they made a
bargain" by buying an article they
had no use for whatever, and we have
seen them haggling over the price Of
cheap calico for reduction in price
OF one cent a yard. and then triumph
antly carrying thcir purchase TO a.
fashionable dressnsakcr and paying
her $40 for making a morning dress.
This morning we could not help smiling
while watching q lady credited with
possessing good business sense buyins:
Chinese birds" on board a mail steam
e.. haggling over thc price of the birds
and beating down the seller of sevcn
fine specimens by isty cents Of the ofi
ginal price. In the meantime. her nac,;
was waiting, and the driver "chare
ing" She made her bargain. however
saved fifty cents on the birds and paid
the hacl1man one dollar fer waiting.
That IS female fnanceering. Exchang
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

young woman. As little girl and
while she was in her teens also, she
lived much of the time with her par
ents at the frontier Army posts, and
that experience gave her a breadth OF
character which is not unusually found
among girls of society. Later on she
came East and attended a fashionable
boarding school for two or three years,
but most OF her education was obtain
ed from tutors under her fathers inn
mediate supervision.
Only those who have the good for
tune to know General Miles intimately
are aware of the geniality Of his dis
position. in his home he is seen at his
best; he IS the ideal husband and ia
Their. and with his wife, daughter and
soma youth Of about eighteen, who is
nov at West Point-he is most tc-
liehtful companion. He IS never too
busy to be Interested in what interests
them, and he always prefers an even
inr at his own Preside to any other
place. Miss Miless quick. receptive
mind has always been a source OF
pleasure to him. AS a little child he
delighted to guide her reading, and
as she grew older she formed the habit
OF reading to him from the books he
enjoyed In this way she has obtain
ed a wide scope Of general informa
tion. and has in consequence been o.
much help TO him in his literary work
Captain Reber is one of the most
promising and certainly one OF the
most fortunate, Of the younger Army
officers He was born in Missouri
thirty-five years ago. and was appoint
ed from that State TO West Point He
was graduated with the class OF 49,.
and was appointed a second lieutenant
of the 4th Cavalry in the following
July, and in 1892 was made a first lieu
tenant Of the 9Th Cavalry In January,
1894 he entered the Signal Corps be-
came chief signal officer Of volunteers
in May, 1898. and in July of the same
year was appointed lieutenant colonel
He remained chief signal officer with
tho Army Corps and OF the Department
Of Matanzas and Santa Clara, and also
acting superintendent of military tele-
graph lines Of the island of Cuba un-
til January, 1899, when he was made
chief signal officer OF the Department
of the East, with headquarters at
Governors Island, where he is now
stationed. Captain Reber is an cleo
trical expert. He took a special course
Of instructions at Johns Hopkins in
connection with his work on the In
tercontinental Railway Commission OF
1892. of which he was q member He
was also on duty with the Board OF
Engineer officers on the Water Power
Of the Great Falls from April to July
in 1894 and was one Of the Government
appointees for examining and REPORTING
upon the electrical exhibits of the At
lanta Exposition. During the Spanish
American war he was on duty with thl
United States Army in Porto Rico. an,
accompanied General Niles in his cam
paign across the island. Miss Mile
has been with her parents on the Pa
cifc Coast The wedding is to TAX
place in Washington in January
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

This story comes from Malta
My regiment last Sunday was
drawn up for a church parade, but the
edifce being under repair the accom-
mediation was limited.
THE Colonel gave orders TO the SER
rcant major to tell an who did not
want TO 90 to church to fan out on the
reverse flank. The day was terribly
hot. and in consequence three parts Of
the regiment took advantage OF the
privilege and quickly shufied out Of
the ranks
Now. Sergeant Major, dismiss an
those who did not fall out and march
tho others on to church. shouted the
Colonel. to the utter dismay and con-
sternation OF the entire regiment.
Answers.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

And with hys,Svical scream she fell
% the floor.
mo. nol--it can't be 40. mother" ex-
claimed the daUshtcr. .s she struggled
10 reach the bed Ent the teriihls truth
Hprs. upon her as her Dyes fell upon
be- mansled form Of her brother. and
she also swoonad upon thc body
The cries Of the broken-hearted fe-
males seemed TO arouse the old man
for a moment; and gazing wildly az the
sight before him. he also realized the
terrible truth. lie had murdered his
own son!
On investigating the facts before the
magistrate on The following day II
was ascerlained thst the son OF the inn
keeper, who was disspated young
man. had visited Marqulse the previous
evening, where, With some OF his assoc
ciates. he had been engaged In drink
ing and gambling tin a late hour. and
being too much intoxicated 10 remount
his horse. and ashamed TO meet his
family, some of his fellow-gamblers ac-
ccmpanicd him home: and eupposing
the room In which the drOver had been
put to be vacant they had assisted
TIE drunken man into the window. IL
was their voices the ledger had heard;
and thus 10 was that the hapless youth
met his death and our friend escaped.
The accomplish OF the landlord proved
tn be his own s0n-in-law. Henri Lee
lrand.
From that awful hour the wretched
mother of tho murdered boy. murdered
by his IA hers hand, remained q raving
maniac.
Il IS only necessary TO add. in con-
Guiding this tale of horror. that the
drover recovered his money; and JUS
tiee claiming her due, the two muir
tarers paid the penalty of their crime
upon the guillotine
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
Habitual Lies.

David Swing once expressed the fear
that through excess in the use of adj
iectives our generation would lose all
sense Of proportion and symmetry In
ne statement of facts. says a writer
in The Ladies' Home journal He not
ed that the adjectives most loved by
cur age are in themselves gross cxag-
-srations. In studying the history Of
cnguage he found that very early men
Logan to say that "the sun went down
ia a bed of gold; the moon turned all
lings to silver; the eye darted forth
Games: the face was brighter than the
ln." Having used such expressions
ilr twenty years. man awakens TO find
lmself a habitual liar.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
peeuilarities Of Colorcd children.

Colorcd children are much more sem
sitlye to heat than white children.
which probably means that their power
or discrimination is much better. and
not that they suffer more from heat.
Colored girls have larger circumfer-
once Of head at all ages than white
girls. White children not only have a
greater standing height than colored
children, but their sitting height is still
greater; yet colored children have a
greater weight than white children.
that IS. white children. relatively to
their height. are longer bodied than
colored children. The percentage Of
long-hoaledness (dolicocophaly) among
culored boys is more than double that
cf white boys. This may be due %
racial influence.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
RAILROADS

WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN
RAILROAD COMPANY
Time table In effect November Is, 1899
Trains leave Wilmington (French stree
atlon) for Elsmere. June. Montchanfn
virterthur Guyencourt. 0ranogue Cos.
flrt, Chadd's Ford Junction. Pocopson.
N' est Chester. Embreeville, Mortonville
1atesvilie and intermediate stations
tally, except Sunday. at 7.35 a. m. 2.1F
and $50 p. m. Sunday only. SOC a. m.
IS and 4.50 p. m.
For Waynesburg Junction. Elverson
% lnteimediate stations daily excep
lnday, at 7.35 a. NJ, 2.15 and 4.50 p. N
ilnday only at SOC a. m, 2.15 and 4.5C
m.
For joanna. B'rdsboro. Read'nk anc al
ermcillle stations daily, excep' Sunday
7.35 a.. IA. and 2.15 y. N. Sunday only
90 a. m. and 2.15 p. N.
\ u. ifCA uSLAN3r superintendent
N'1WNr.se pRrCC9. t,r tsa.ag = SO
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
Ozone for Purifring NO.

The authorities OF Lille. France. have
concluded some exhaustive tests or tho
iicacy of ozone for purifying water.
They find this method applicable on a
large scale and superior TO any hi,her-
ia used All palhogenie or saphrophyt-
k microbes inhabiting tho waters OK
Derimented upon were destroyed Ai-
ter treatment the water Is weakened
in organic matter. less liable 60 nOlir-
ton and moro palatable.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
a Handsome Floor.

The floor Of the rotunda In the Lon
ION Coal Exchange, where the mer-
Giants gather, is very unique. 1t is
composed or inlaid woods. arranged
"a the form. Of mariners compass.
ithin q border of Greek fret. Up
ards Of 1000 pieces OF wood are en-
,loycd Almost every British variety
Is included in this scheme Of decoia-
ION.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
AntIclnatlnn tho courts.

Il om mentally Incompetent" sigh
ed the DID man.
1t was in vain that they expostulated
with him.
"Am 4 not wealthy, and have I not
shildren by two different wives2' he
demanded, with an impaticnce that
was almost fierceness.
1t seems 10 be Pact that The shat
tered mind sometimes retains at least
a semblance of the sense Of logical Sc
Quence. Detroit Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

7. w. Davis. Of Peoria. H.. although
seventy-two years old, is an inyeterate
rider OF the bicycle He did not take
10 the wheel until he was sixty-one.
and since then he has ridden 10000
miles. To commemorate his career as
Is cyclist, he has erected a monument
over the spot where he is to be buried,
and on the shaft a large bicycle IS
carved.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
captain SAMUEL REFER
\ Prominent and Fortunate
Army Officer.
'IANCE OF MISS MILES.

handing General OF the Army-A
Tvest Point Graduate and an Elec-
ricaI Expert-ecn. Miles at Home.
The announcement a short time ago
Z the engagement Of the daughter Of
he major general commanding the
.rrny, Miss Cecilia Sherman Miles, TO
'aptain Samuel Reber caused q con-
,lerable stir in Army circles, where
IS Miles has long been a leading
ire The announcement was uneX-
ted, and therefore came In the ma
We Of a surprise, although there was
lily nothing surprising about IT,.
4ptain Reber, whose mother was a
herman, is Miss Nfiles's second cousin.
nd the two have almost grown up to-
,ether. he is several years her senior
and they have been fast friends, so
much that no one thought of them as
lovers. More than that Miss Miles has
been such a general favorite that her
name has frequently been coupled with
those Of other Army officers who have
paid her marked attention, and her
marriage has been prophesied repeat
edly, but until now she has remained
fancy free.
She is an unusually intelligent, bright
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
rHr nHARrEn MILI

Dover, Jan. 1a.--Ths Capital Ttukt
Company, az Delaware, With capital
stock Of $4,000. 70 deal in real estate
and conduct a general trust business.
was chartered here yesterday. The
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
wHAr DO YOU wANr

AdYetnse your wants in the Evening
ou1rsl EnployrAent wanted, help
ganted. to let for rent, Tor sale boards
Nc. ana lost ana found ads. VIII be pub
ished. three lines. one time. for q dirns.
ihres times for a quarter.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
b. 2.3c. C.l3. S.sS and 1870 p. IN.
FOR TIE SOUTH


Cor New Castle SIS a. m. 2.g5, AZ ana
p. M. week days.
for Lewes, S.l3 &. M. AZ p. m, week
cor Dover. Harrington aud Delmn-
3. ll.0i a. m; AZ, COS and l2.11 p. u
ndays, 1911 p. m.
FOR Wyoming and way stations. 2.3s D
. week days.
Express for Cape Charles. Old roim
Amtort and Norfolk, il.Oi a. m. wee9
SO, and l2.ii night, daily.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

There never WAS and never viii be
d hair rcstorcr Even the wigmaker
can do nofhinE but supply bald man
with hair he never had before.-New
orleans licayune.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

The omnibus company Of Paris. on
the occasion OF Lhe Exposition next
year. VIII have % lines and 15oo vehi-
cles. performing $4,000 Journeys o day.
and capabls % Transporting i.oS-, 900
passengers.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

The l,t'rest wrought iron pillar is at
Delhi, in India. Il is sixty feet high
and weighs seventeen tons.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19

Hotel chambermaids are unknown
in Mexico Men make the beds and
keep the rooms in order.
Evening journal., 1900-01-19
ANS LEAVE BROAD STREET STA
TION. pHII.ADEI PHIA

FOR THE WEST.
: % a. m. daily. plttsburg. Chicago, Ca
t1nau louisville and ST. Louis. (DlA
rg Carl
] rs a. M. daily for Pirtsburg AMI Civ
ago. no coaches 10 Pittsburg.) LIu
81 . two Runct pafl0i Cans
j 20 p. m. daily, LIMITED pitlsbura
,hicago Cleveland, Toledo. Clncinni.f
.otisviila and st. Louis. Dining Ca
Z . u. M. daily pltteburg and CleFciag
d. m, dliiv. Fgttshurc. Chicago, Eaer
lie via cinclunnu). Indianapolis art
:. Louis. fDininE Carl
s p. NJ. daily. Httsburf AMI Cbicat.'
OF Toledo. except Saturday.
Il IS p. N. daily. Pittsburg. Ctncirnat
-ouisvtle. Cleveland and St I,0uie
] 20 p N. daily, Plbidburg and ChicaFd
ally for Knoxville, via Shenandoah
alley Route; for Cleveland. eKnapf
aturday.
- Congressional Limited Exprcss. a.
\ stibule parlor Cars and Dining Car
+ extra fare other man tho usual Pull
n charge.
, Limited Err-eas veetfbule Parlor
& rs VeaHbuie Passenger Coaches and
n 1lng Cur No extra fare.
The Wilmington Trunafcr Company VII
G. z for and check baggage from hotels
sor further Information, passengers are
q ierred 90 the ticket agent At the sra-
Is. HUTCHINSON. ]. r. WOOD.
General Manager. Gen. Fuss. Agea