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rooms IN King street. Perhaps

rooms In King street. Perhaps n single ill,strn-
ton will convey n better idea thnn may be had
from the catalogue description Of tho basin
and pitcher which brought the top price. Tho
lot fell 10 Duveen Brothers Of Bond street and
Fifth avenue for e.. 2e2 iOs. or about sii so In
their original utility thes" two pieces belonged
70 an elegant toilet arrangement Of the tims Of
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Louis XIV. and belonged later 10 tho collection
Of the late Warehouses OF Londonderry. The
chief characteristic OF each Is the famous Rose
du Barry ground with it, festoons and borders
Of delicately painted ornament and flowers, all
upon the beautiful soft paste Of the period.
Another lot, a beautiful pair Of old Sevres
vases fell to the same buyer for q, 500. and II
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Is asserted that all are going presently TO New
York. which may perhaps be doubted for the
reason that no American collector has he,eto-
fore been known 10 take n really serious interest
in the more important examples Of Sevres
OF course Mr.. Pierpont Morgan. who own the
wonderful Dudley vases. il an exception. but
then his pieces are In his London home
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The Box Coat

From the Colorado .Sp,tnes GdmtN
She'sa daisy clipper
or the nrSt degree.
She's the SWEETEST
Damsel In society: tust
Mark her elevated
Head and note
How loyouly she
Beamtth in
Her
She'sthe cons.an mt envy Of
The girls who
Scan
The lines and
Angles oithat thing u tanl
Behold her
Dignity, and see her
Gaiiy down the highway
In her new
BOX coat ,,,
Perehance II reaches
To her
And makes her look tiss
Like a post In
Clothes.
rs neat and nawy
And all that-but notsi
You never can
Tell what's beneath
Her long box
Coat
Some are
Abbreviated To the
Waist.
Looking like a nail -k.e
on a fence post
Placed,
And yet,h. chappias
Every one will
Vote. there's
Nothing
Like a damsel In
Her
New box coat,
Most are yellow. but
few are green:
And come
To think Of II all
Shades are
Seen.
While each fair wearer doth
Full fondly dote
On tripping
Busy h~igbwaysina
New box coat
Although IT'S
said 70 BE- the proper thing.
And STACEY damsels
70 II ever
cling,
From any real
Beauty Il
lsfar remote
This Notwithstanding,
Barrel resembling.
Swell box
Coat
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The German PostmaserGenesl recently wit
messed experiments with the electromagnetic. which
Is a com i nation Of the telephone with a newly con.
structed monograph by which II Is possible TO fix and
preserve CONVEX sations in the absence OF the intended
hcarer. lie can thus listen to the message on his
return. Another advantage claimed for the invention
Is the ability TO use the same wire Tor several CONVEX
sations at the same time.
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whist. u. VI. +. SAYS: Aleads a spade, 10 which
Y and y follow suit. Z trumps H. and Y. b., z turn
their cards down. a not turning his, Z leads to the
next trick, and \ announces that some ono has re-
yoked. as there Is another spade out. z tnds he has
4, hut SAYS he IL In tine 10 save the revoke, as the
trick IS not turned, AS card being still face up.
Leading or playing to the following trick establishes
the revoke II the lead or play is made by the r~evoking
player or his partner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

The hgures OF Assistant Corporation Counsel
Thomas J. Crraner, former Tax Commissioner and
an expert authority on land values In New York, are
rs follows as TO the taxes collected last year in the
four counties included In tho Greater New York New
York county. SCI, 900, 600, Kings. sl7 600. 900,
Queens 81, 900. 900, Richmond 81 .OO0.o oo: total
SIS 600. 900. 40 other city In the world colieoss
locally n larger tax Than New York.
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The citizens Of Albany. always alert, should NJ
more than usually stimulated to new activities
BY ~ increased area and importance Of the
n, Lhborlng town Of Troy. the city OF nails.
cuffs, collars aud retired statesmen. Troy. nov
one ~ the oldest elites Of the STATE. formerly
known as Vanderhsyien's Ferry. and since i7ss
under rs present name, wasincorporated as a city IN
April. 1915. The greater Troy" bill, passed By the
Legislature. ~enlargeS the former boundaries NJ the
laundry city By extending them 70 Include a portion
81 the town u North Gre'nhuSh. a portion Of the town
NJ Brunswick and the village OF Lan>ingburg. With
,nes, important additions, however. Troy will not
h. brought into the category ~ ~ city Of the nrss
class \ distinction still held exclusively by New
York and Buffalo. The greater Troy Law goes
into effect on the lt o, January, 1901. but the
election OF November will be held In TIoy - -
saiN ged dig In fsa ~ n .
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SIS, 200 FOR A JIG AND BASIN,
Enormous Prices for Rose du Bar,
China.

LoNpoS, Mays-THES vNhas already received
by cable accounts OF the more important trans
actions In the sale Of Mrs, Bloomfield Moore's
collections AZ the celebrated Christie auction
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Congress has included In the appropriations 10
the Agricultural Department this year $40 600 tos
The distribution. at public expense, ~ SEEDS 70 the
constituents Of Cons and those persons vho
were apprehcnSve Of an h abandonment of this occa-
s,onnl mark Of t'ncIo sans conSidrrate attention
should not feel unduly encouraged. for hist Is a year
in which Congressman are voted Tor.
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Us. T. would appear that there are abouttwen-
~ combinations OF cards which go by the name OF the
dead mans hand" One was described by a corre
~spond.n, signing himself ~Topl.y"in SrN Of
April 20 as tens and sreys. The only sure thing about
,t,eems to be that a dead mans hand Is two pairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

A. n local election held in New Jersey a claimed
The right TO vote. but he was not u years Of age III
The day after election. lie claims BY law that he cnn
vote al any election which Is held within twenty -four
hours before he's oiag Bclaims he cannot Who's
right d.
He certainly could rot. In this Sn,e We pr-sum.
he ran in New Jersey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

The consideration of military affairs has requires
considerable attention from the present Congress-. bra
II has not been devoted exclusively tn the present CON-
dI,lon Of the Army either in the United States or Ia
territories over which American Jurisdiction has been
extended, bu. Includes matters connected With both
the Clvil and III. Mexican War. Among the bills
recently con sdered by the House Of Representatives.
were tho following, \ bill to erect a monument to
army nurses a bill to pension prisoners Of war. q
bill To pension certain scouts and guides In tho Civil
Wal, a bill to increase pensions Of widows Of soldiers
IN the Mexican War and A bill to amend the act fr
the relief Of volunteer and regular soldiers In tbs
Mexican War.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Only one native OF Vermont has been President II
the United States, Chester A.. Arthur. the successor
OF Garfield. Stephen A. Douglas, Democratic candi-
date for President In 1860, was born In Vermont
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Is father entitled to a pension whose son a pr ate
In the regulars. Il killed In action, In IN. Philippines
d. j. H.
Not unless he was dependent, on the son; he Is no,
entitled simply Is . father.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Several friends have sent . version OF the song In
Good Old Colony Times" The song as sent Is tina,
quoted BY c. Z. r.. who gives the nrst two verses
correctly: the third and fourth verses run;
Now the miller. he stole corn.
And the weaver. he stole yarn,
And the little tailor, stole broad CLOTH id
TO keep these three chaps warm.
The miller was drowned In his dam.
The weaver was hung In his yarn,
And the devil came for the little tailor,
With his broad cloth under his arm.
The nrst two lines Of the song cannot be very old -
not more than ~, years. at all events; the rest OF the
song may he older. The Harvard version Is wholly
different The song perhaps had some occasional
Significance a, nrst, referring possibly TO three well
known persons who could no, sing.
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The Governmental OF New Zealand has requested pro
posals for lighting Wellington by electricity from
Kartan Falls. A scheme Is already under way TO-
using he water power from these falls for a oordite
factory now building In the vicinity The idea is to
combine the two schemes.
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Where ran I get the music OF -SanEas for MusicS
hv Bvron, beginning. There's not A Joy the world can
Give Axe that 4, takes away" a notr In an old edition
saws the music Is By Sir John Stevenson V. G. B
Stevenson died 10 1898: We doub, II you eau get his
acting except by chance,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17

ready Chisholm creek is out of its banks
and is Overlooking the low lands at the
packing house. This tributary TO the big
Arkansas is narrow and acts in this
manner almost every time there is a
sprinkling of rain. The Little Arkansas,
which empties into the big river north Of
town is reported not as high as it was
ten days ago and Is at present acting
very nicely but the great danger lies in
the turbulent water Of the Arkansas. In
case the rise comes rapidly by increasing
rain the outlet viii be insufficient and the
little river will back up and overflow the
bottom land. At the junction Of the two
rivers 1t was reported 10 Observer John
son the water is not as high by several
inches as 1t was ten days ago. From OBJ
servauons made during the day Mr..
Johnson's prediction is that the rise viii
not go much above if any II feet on the
gauge at the bridge. which IS the same
registration as ten days ago. When the
Arkansas river is in its normal condition
az times mule can be driven in the bed
without getting its feet wet, but the
spring freshets throughout western Kan
sas has materially changed that con-
dition and the Arkansas is on another
rampage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
ASHLAND WILKES, FAMILY
Wonderful Progeny OF Very Won
derful Horse.

Yesterday Foster To!er received a copy
OF the horse Year Book" which gives Z
record OF al last years races and the
doings OF The horses from famous slres
TIE following table Of thirty perform
ers. the set OF Ashland Wilkes, shows
what a great horse got away from the
Breeders % Kansas VIXEN Ashland Wilkes
went 20 Kentucky.
Ashland Wilkes t2:l7541 roll OF honor:
John r Gentry. p, 27sssz: sally To'er. p.
2-sss Bert Oliver, p. 2:ts1a: Thee. shell
ton. ,. 2.esz.: Ashbrook, D. 8. 2.ls1z;
Hepp~ustsli, ,. T.. 2.Izs4: Hco9er. q. h.
2--Is: Laurel Riley. b n. -. Rsta Z.
g m, 2.IsA<; Ea Toler. b. & "a. 2.Issz:
Leaaie Sears. B. fp-1. 3-14sz; Martha
B, ,. m Cpl. rs: M2xey 3. ,. + (pJ.
2islz; Aizsala-. D. - E-zs: Ashland Y.
b. :. 2.zHs; Bert Oliver gfr-} z-Issz. Car
Toll Wilkes. b. $. 3@sA.: JAMIE Shelton.
b n, 2,lzaz; Judge Tolsr. .. g. 21lz:
Lsdy Cl2-4sea- : n. 2-91ts: Lsls TTa-
lGney, b n, ~: Lozde-na WEikes, , n.
~; Marshall wHEss. go Mz-sh
MuT5oek. 2..4i=s Maurice Levy. 1-zs.
MAxsy z. =. 3zsz. afe-fsee Tukes.
s-S5s: Mozezte ~. MIRA MeEe7ry.
.-i5ss; Phyllis Tee. 80: wgIksSbe. -.
Ars<;i Maid, p. 9-E-@s Babe Ave-. ,.
/. =: Cu7iess2. p. z.1z. Della saerEnan- p.
@sziss. Doc Dazzney. ?. z.lss4. Frzak
Street. p. z-sss<. Icsa 7. ,. 2zEsa; Iz5xs
zOasr. >. .-lSs.; Luke Wilkes 20 49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

The West Side meeting OF the W. c. T.
q. will be held on Friday, p. m, at the
Friends university.
Rev. ENa Hunt will hold a series OF re-
vival meetings at the Mission hall, 2O9
St Francis avenue
Wichita lodge, No. 50, K. Of P, will
meet at Castle hall tonight. Work in the
the first and second degrees
The regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held this afternoon at
4 o'clock Mrs. Tfbbitt will address the
circle and a full attendance is desired.
There will be an all day quilting at the
First Baptist church on Friday OF this
week. All ladies of the congregation and
church are requested TO come and bring
lunch
The German Ladies Independent Aid
society will meet at the home of Mrs.
VIM. Meyer, 21S South Emporia avenue,
Importance.
There will be a meeting Of the execu-
tive committee Of the Wichita Reunion
association at the city building Saturday
next at 2 O'Clock p. m Business Of i'm
portance to transact
The Young Peoples chapter Of the
Episcopal church will meet at the church
Thursday evenin, at 1880. Every member
please be present, as business Of import
ance will be transacted.
The Young Women's Foreign Mission
airy societies of the various Methodist
churches of the city will have charge OF
the program of the district convention
at st. Pauls NJ E. church this afternoon
from to o'clock. The members OF the
societies are invited to be present.
The Womans Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. OF the Wichita District NJ. e. church
will hold their annual convention in the
St. Paurs NJ E. church, beginning at
O clock this afternoon Mrs. E. Pollard
will speak this evening. and regular ses-
sions will be held tomorrow morning and
afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
CIVIL DOCKET BEGUN
Heating Company Against Mcknight
First Case Taken In

The suit brought by the Betram Heat
ing and Plumbing company against ]. H.
Mcknight was on trial in the district
court yesterday. This suit was brought
TO collect $4o0 the balance due on con
tract for installing a heating plant and
doing the plumbing IN a residence The
total. amount OF the contract was $500.
This money was TO be paid before the
work was completed but the plumbing
company was TO furnish a bond that the
job would be satisfactory. Mr.. Nc
knight advanced $50 and as the bond was
not executed. withheld payment OF the
balance. The Bertram company Claims
the work was done according TO speci-
locations ana brought suit for the unpaid
balance OF the contract price. Mr.. Nc
knight maintains that tina boiler is not
Of sufficient size 70 heat the house and
that the rest OF the plumbing was NOT
done in a worAmaulika manner. ner &C
cording 10 specifications.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17

Westgate, Iowa, are visiting at the home
of S. S. Westgate on North Topeka ave-
nue..
Mrs F. B. Pallepp, a former resident
of Wichita, is in the city visiting the
family of B. F. Mclean. on the West
Side.
Mr.. A. G. Hanna. Of the Gibson-Hop-
kins Realty company OF Kingfsher, was
in the city yesterday in the interest of
his firm.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Goldstein left yester-
day for st. Louis. where Mr.. Goldstein
will consult eminent physicians regarding
his health.
During the absence OF Mayor Finlay
Ross in Topeka, w. S. Scheu, president
of the council, is discharging the duties
of that office.
A free public glove contest was given
last evening at the corner of Second
and Main street 1t was attended by i50
or 200 persons.
The style of uniforms heretofore used
by Rock Island conductors has been
changed. The thigh pockets" have been
succeeded by sack coats.
One day last week by a singular coin
cidence all the big slot machines In town
took in less than a dollar. Usually the
receipts are a hundred times that much.
The Democratic state convention to
elect delegates 70 the national conven-
ton will be held in this city next Wed
nesday. Two thousand visitors are ex-
pected-
James II. Ryan of the New York Sun,
who had come here to interview Wich-
tia citizen on the inside condition of the
reform forces in Kansas, returned home
last night.
young man who works for a farmer
near Valley Center, ten miles north,
after being furnished his board and feed
for his team gets Il cents day for his
labors, and even with this light compen-
sation he is said to be the haPpIest man
in Sedgwick county. He goes about his
work whistling and is always in the best
OF humor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
Bic RIVER BOOMING
Arkansas River Up and Set
Tiers Fear a Flood.
RAIN CAUSES STEADY RISE
More Showers Predicted for
uTomorroW--Six Inch Rise.
Total precipitation, 3.74
Precipitation Tuesday. Isl.
Precipitation Wednesday, 49,

This is the time of year when the big
Arkansas usually swells its sides and
threatens great damage TO Wichita prop
erty by oyerfowing. Since the flood in
1877, when the business men of this city
delivered groceries and other commodi-
ties to their patrons in boats and went
about the town wearing big boots, the old
settlers feel alarmed whenever the river
gets to booming. The rain which come
necessarily for forty eight hours was I'M
precedented for SO short time for years
and it is due to this fact and also to a
probability that the rain will be contin-
ued that uneasiness has taken possession
of some of the residents. The river is
about feet above low water mark, which
is IL lower than 1t was ten days ago
but it is expected that it will rise sew
eral feet higher. as the ground is soak
ing wet and he rain from all the creeks
and small streams in the Arkansas val
ley tributary to the big river is headed
this way.
The Arkansas basin extends past the
Colorado line and catches all the water
south of the Missouri river as well
as the melted snow from the mountains
of Colorado. If the rains continue, and
there are indications that they will 1t is
predicted that the big river will go on
bigger boom than it has for a long time.
The greatest fear is of back water. AL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17

Jim Tapp is wearing a swell golf cap.
Albert Pike lodge conferred the first de-
gree last night.
Senator Bentley returned yesterday
from a visit to Newton
The Elks will initiate two candidates
at the next regular meeting.
Henry Schad has taken the Leland end
of the so-caIled anti-boss fight.
C. R. Hutton, of the Topeka Journal,
was a Wichita visitor yesterday.
Mrsr. ]. o. Erick is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. MunselI, at FL Reno 0. T.
Mrs. D. w. Wilkinson and daughter, of
Alva. o. T., are in the city visiting
Dan S. McMjllen is said to be at the
point of death at his home on Laura
avenue.
Miss Emma Willis will spend the
month of June and a part Of July at
Colorado Springs.
George Van Werden has a promising
fast colt that he thinks will make him
a fortune some day.
The best user Of good English in Wich-
tia is said to be young lady working
in dry goods store.
Chisholm creek, which was almost out
of its banks yesterday morning, had fall
en- ten inches last night.
Miss Flo Kay, who has been visiting
friends in this city, has returned to her
home in Conway Springs.
The Cone-Cornell laundry building on
South Market street has reached the sec
ond story in its progress.
Lawrence Rockfort Delaney is the
complete name Of the well known agent
of the Santa Fe at this point.
DR.. E. E. Hamilton has returned after
a three weeks journey in New York,
Washington and other eastern cities.
Mr. Harry Swank, travelling passenger
agent for the Santa Fe road, was in the
city yesterday calling on the local offices
1t is possible that the second story of
the Cone Cornell building on South Mar
ket street will be occupied by the Edks.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Zimmerman of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17

President Wilkes, p, 2:191z; Russell Hard
ing, p, 2:2S12; Young Ashland, 2:141z.
Forty-three 2:30 performers.
Sires-Beamer, sire of 2; John r. Cen
try, sire OF Z; Maxey B.. sire of 2; Myron
McHenry, sire Of 1; President Wilkes,
sire of A; Judge Toler. sire of l.; Geo.
Dickson, sire of L
Dams of independence, 2231s. and Ma
shawena, 2:2414.
Marsh Murdoch. although not repre-
sented in the table of sires, viii doubtless
come in this year, as his son, Mr.. Mid
dlemay, in training at Cleveland, is con-
sidered one Of the fastest green trotters
in the world He has shown trial last
year in 2:1O. and is entered IN every big
stake in the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
MUSIC ARD DRAMA.

Tonight. az rhe Auditorium. John
Hughes AXtsll promises 10 expose spirit
ualis;lc fake mediums "a they have never
been exposed IA Wichita For some time
sO-caliel sesoees have b@en held b. pe0-
pie representing Themselves a. spirit
mediums, and ~ these meetings acme
remarkable and mysterious manifesto
lions were said 20 have occurred. In Mr.
Axtsl's lecture tonight Re viii szp9se
each and every pT~ - these. which. ~
AKteu gays. are simply tricks. lie vii
give fhs same naanifesfatfons ard xlIl
then exDoas them a. mere tricks % leE-
s-tle1nsdn. sleight-of-hzud aB3 optical -
iazious The ssCfure premises 20 - sr.
cesdingiy antevssriSg AMI viii begin a.
-. az Ire Auditorih-o t0nIgat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
DISCOVERED BYAWoMaN

Another great discovery has been made,
and that too, by a lady In this country.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her
and for seven years she withstood its Sc
verest tests. but her vital organs were I'M
dermined and death seemed imminent. For
three months she coughed necessarily.
and could not sleep. She finally dis
covered a way TO recovery, by purchasing
of lis a bottle of Or. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. and was so
much relieved on taking first dose. that
she slept all night; and with two bottles.
has been absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes W. c.
Hamnick & Co, OF Shelby, N. C. At G.
Behring's drug store. Regular size SOC
and 81. Every bottle guaranteed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
KILLED AT HUTCHINSON
SON OF Mayor Harshay Caught Re.
tween street Car

John HaTshay, son OF the mayor Of
Hut Crimson. was killed IN that city LAST
night He was standing hear the iuae-
ton OF two street car lines and wzs
caught between Two cars. crushing his
body 50 that he died before medical aid
could be obtzined. He was Il years ola
ana was empioyed at the Hutchinson
Wholesale Groce-y company.