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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
LARGE DAMAGE SUITS
Against Rock Island Will be Tried
Next Week

The Wichita public Will next week
again be reminded of the awful railroad
accident which occurred at the Rock
Island Douglas avenue crossing nearly
two years ago during the wild west show.
when company train colAded with a
wagon load OF people, killing Mrs. John
Marshall and others and injuring sew
eral. The two damage suits brought by
Mrs. Charles Durand and the executor Of
the estate of Mrs. John Marshall will be
tried in district court next week. Mrs.
Durand sues for $4,000 for injuries sus
tanned and Mrs. MarshalTs executor asks
for $4,000, which is the statutory limit
Of liability for death by accident. The
cases will be prosecuted by Attorneys
Houston and Brooks. The wreck which
occurred on that eventrdl day, when a
steam engine rushed madly into the
wagon. was an awful accident and one
which will probably never be forgotten
10y the people Of Wichita
Mr.. Charles Durand. one of the injured,
obtained judgment against the company
for $1,000 at a recent term. the jury being
out but a short time. \ new trial was re-
fused and an appeal was taken. The
case is now pending in the supreme
court.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25

STRUCK NATURAL Gas
Wichita Men Sink a Hole at
CherryvaIe With Results.
HAS 800 POUND PRESSURE
Utilized as Fuel at the Brick
PIant--liIIing for More.

The Cherryvale Vitrifed Brick company
at Cherryvale, Kan, OF which Wichita
people are lal gely interested and Of which
i. R. Mead OF this city is president, has
struck a large flow Of natural gas on the
cor1psny's property near the plant The
gas was discovered last Tuesday at a
pressure and is sufficiently strong to be
utilized at the brick plant for which pur-
pose the hole was sunk
The Cherryvale Brick company is COM
posed of W. c. Little, c. L. Davidson,
Ffnlay Ross, G. NJ Dickerson. NJ. A
Richardson and ]. r. Mead. Mr.. Dick
son is secretary and Mr.. Davidson treas
urer.
The company also has an oil well on
it's property which has been utilized to
limited degree and since the operation
of the brick plant the company has been
compelled to use gas from the city wells
for fuel, necessitating daily expense Of
SIS to $50 on this item alone. Some time
ago the company decided to spend some
money on an experiment and let con-
tract to a drilling company to sink hole.
The territory in and around Cherryvale
is in what is known as the gas belt
region and the company had but little
fea that the attempt would prove IN
Successful.
Secretary Dickson has received word
that gas was obtained in a god paying
quantity last Tuesday at a depth Of 667
IT., nd h1
a pressure something over 800 pounds.
In getting to the gas the drill penetrated
the various stratas of rock under which
the gas is to be found and after going
deeper down, so as to be sure that it
was something more than surface gas, a
large volume was discovered. The pres
sure was SO strong that it lifted the drill
several feet.
Mr. Dickson says arrangements will be
made at once TO utilize the gas as fuel
at the plant and discontinue the use Of
the city gas
Being in the gas belt the well will have
an unlimited life and will be great saw
ing in full for the company. Save the
drilling which will not exceed 81 per foot,
it practically costs nothing and is the
cheapest and pronounced to be the best
fuel that can be used for brick or smelter
plants.
The company feels extremely elated
over the successful strike and Will COM
mence next Monday to put down another
hole. There seems to be no question but
what gas can be obtained at most any
poinr in that locality. The Vitrfied Brick
company has six kiln plant and when
in full. operation has a daily capacity of
5000. Brick from this plant is used all
owe. the country and is extensively used
in Southeast Missouri and Southwest
Kansas. 1t is of fine quality and is large
ly used for sidewalks and street paving.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
SUIT FOR LABOR
Dispute Between EmplOye and En-
ptoSer Gets Into Court

Yesterday the city court was busy with
the suit brought by F. 3 McCrackea
against the Painters Equipment company.
70. Neo, which he aHsgei the company
owes aim for work Mr. McCrackea
came from Iowa and frs commenced 70
work for the paint company IN Oklahoma.
He alleges that the company agreed 70
pay him 80 per month and that be has
worked three months. ana that in adeit.3a
u his regular work he did chores FOR the
owners of the concern and thinks that
he Is entitled to sc month for this ser
vieA
The defendants claim that BIcCgacksn
agreed 10 take his pay in stock which he
now refused 70 accept Both sides we're
making stroag fight and the hearing Of
the witnesses occaa!ed the entire day
The case went 70 the jury late IN the
afternoon and they returned verdict n
favor OF tbs defendant. Il Is Pr babls
that the case VIII DC appealed 70 the dis
trict court
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25

To1&Y re vii place u sale
another LIS q Saith, Wallaes K
Co Sazpls Shoes This Is tie
biggest les ws ever resolves, aa4
comprises ns=n's. la1.-s SD -hii-
irens 8, il many sizes az1 styles
y y1z haYs ever weF1 pair =
Smith = zi4zcs Shes az kacx
whas shos facfisa Is. p ez
wast e bargsir Eog Is year op-
pcTtsaify. Gene saglT, 5-fose
iris ilae IS pl-k@4 ever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
RESIDENTS FILE PROTEST
vant Bali Playing 3, 18th and water
@gogDed on Sunday

Baseball PLAYING withoat the nsgzi r-9t-
tzg ard shouting Is ~ gzuse ~ al
any more. sri TINS - % reassz shy the
games should bs tztsTFF.ereed siEs Pre-
family and goua and eoisteFoEs aazErazs
IS a rsselt ban playing CT Sunday hss
aeez ordered stopped a ElEhseenih AID
Water STREETS. soDa u TIE residents 81
that 1elsh 5orh0sd h1ss coEaB.atas nsta
the pollce departments. ans yesterday
Ch.at q P51es Cuas-cz issgses esse-s D
rs patr1izl~n - agleN 70 uese SAT- play
.ss OF Sunday, seltevlas gzat IBIS @sssf
e the best and ausekest zay - daseez-
tinIs The rowe.ssza-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
NEW POSTAL SERVICE
To be InauSurated on Frisco Between
Springfield and NeOdesha.

Beginning on the 18th of this month
postal service viii be established on the
Frisco trains 13 and us between SDring-
field, No, and Neodesha, Kan. These
TWO trains were pat in service on the
18th Of last month and were for the pur-
pose Of relieving the through trains OF the
local traffic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
Headache

Eva Hagerty Leander Stratton
Cora E. johnson Zura Shaw
Murray Ashbaugh Harry William
Charles earns Iva Cole
Coulter Jordan Marie Duffy
Arthur Race Gertrude Oliver
Oak Throckmorton Reba Van Landing
Flo Andrews ham
Edna Casey Nettie Banks
Myrtle Clark Hugh Clark
Florence Cubbon Frank Alexander
Esther Goodwfne Gehring
Maud Kilgore Leon Johnson
Lila Powers Charley Mathis
Ruby Roys Ed Robinson
Lila Whitmore Simon WoIfberg
BerTam Owe braves Jennie L. Bellew
Arthur Josiah Kook-Lulu Branson
en- Edna Pauline Bursell
Charles Herbert Hazel Kathrine Her
Randall rig
William Oscar Temperance Anna
Thompson KimeI
Nina Belle Allen Frances Overman
Eleanor Christie Susie May Smith
Campbell Blanche Van SAINT
Anna Irene Dorsey Mamie Burke
Emma Pearl Frank cora knight
enfield Clay Gearhart
Carrie Ellen Harden Herbert II. Hatfield
Eyalena Bell Mus Thomas Parsons
selman Bernice Burrus
Nellie Frances Pew Rosa Jones
e-ley Miriam Payne
Corneia King Vail Pearl Ward
Dewitt AIing Pau! Martin
Ray Colvin Louie c Davis
Mason Riley Mary Bother
VIII Smyth MaybeIle Clair Petty
Charles WaddelI Paul Burk
Dora Buckner Howard Jackman
Flora Duncan Charles Powell
Josie Hoover Lindsey Stanley
Emma Sturns George Weller
Leslie Stephens Florence Carvin
Charles Andrews Sidney Clapp
Earle H. Furnish Mary Consley
Clyde Hilbert Lena FreeIand
Lee Kinkaid FlOrine Jacks
Frank William Oil Pearl Phillips
yer Percie RittenOure
Fred Slough Emma Thompson
Eva Ruth Barlow ANITA Wood
Edna Branson Leo Henry Edward
Minnie Branson Koppin
Lyde Belle HartseH Lee Roy Spice
Edna Belle King Reeves
Loitie Barbara NuddCharles Simeon
Ada Julia Sickuer Thacher
Effie States Fred Wagner Wor-
Harry Hicks rail-
Grace Jones Mabel Ethel Carbon
Vernon Garlend Annie Ellen Daley
Hugo Grantz Grace May Dawson
Charlie Martinson Maude Hess
Ruby Adams Hortense Imboden
Lulu Cartwright Ada May Peters
Florence Laidlaw Anna Leona Rooney
Fay Stubs Victoria Elizabeth
Clarence L. Miller Ward
Oscar Barlow Cleve Combs
Olive Belle Blanch- Louis kaufman
ard Frederick SimOns
Fanny Johnson Robert Sutton
Willard Brooks Charles Youngs
Edga~ Hashbarger Hazel Cross
Ernest McComb June Feast
Dale Resing Jessie Rhinehart
Richard Wallace Inez Williams
Lettie B. Brown
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Charles Allen Charlotte Chain
Ava DRYDEN May Comley
Charles Ross Gum Mary Fullington
Bert~am Jones Edna Hosgand
Murray N Massey Ora Lowe
Russell Specie Blanche Race
Mau3e May Adams Pearl Schel!
Marguerite Bliss Matte Wingert
Anna Barbara BrantCeci Byron Edwards
.MsbeI !. Dill RAYMOND Powell
Emma s Eeister IiteeI
Lizzie Murphy Raymond Hirons
tLola Sexton Settler
Jessie Edna South Roscoe PHI WIT
weg Edith Eighme Bishop
Alma Harriet Wolfe Ruby Del Carr
Mabel Gardner Mabel Fern Dunkin
Lillian stuSbs Mabel Lena Fisher
Ona BALDWIN Ada Almyra Helm
Claude Holmes Anzolette Page Nc
Ethel Adams Donald
Jessie Calhoun Nellie Ruth Reveiey
Elgia Koontz blanche NJ William
Kare Stanton s1a
John AIcGovney Joseph Blake
Westei Morsman Arthur Keegsn
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
Depends on Election,

New York--Whicheve way the Pres
idential election goes may decide who
is to be the next president-general of
the Daughters of the: e::American Revolu-
ton, says special from Washington
to the Herald.
1t has been decided by many of the
leading members to ask either Mrs.
Roosevelt or Mrs. Bryan to fill this
position. Neither is at present mem
ber of the organization, but both are
eligible and one of the board managers
has just made the statement that
within the last week papers have been
made out for the admission of both
into the ranks TO the Daughters.
If Mckinley and Roosevelt are elected
then the choice will fall upon Mrs.
Roosevelt and if the Democrats win the
honor will be conferred upon Mrs.
Bryan. The election will not take
place until next February.
If either Mrs. Roosevelt or Mrs.
Bryan should fail of election then Mrs.
Donald Mclean of North Dakota comes
in for third choice.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
ALL ALONG THE COAST
Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
Selections That Will Be of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.

A Stockton woman had her fortune
told at the recent street fair and went
insane brooding over it.
Mrs. William Weston of Rialto has
been requested to pay poll tax. Her
husband states that she is not of age yet.
The male members of the Santa
Clara-avenue Methodist Church of
Alameda are to give Belgian hare
dinner, which will be cooked by the
church men.
One of the tiniest babies that ever
has been born is an Oakland midget.
It's weight is twenty-three ounces and
it measures less than six inches in
length. 1t is kept IN an incubator.
A double-headed snake has been
found near the Chatham school dis
trict. The reptile was sixteen inches
long and each head was perfectly de-
veloped-and the man who found it
was sober!
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
Stranded Miners Home

Seattle, Oct. 27.-The United States
transport LaWton arrived in port this
afternoon from Cape Nome with over
500 stranded miners brought down at
the expense of the government One
man, James O'Brien, died at sea just
as the Lawton was arriving at Dutch
Harbor. He was about so ears old,
and from papers found on his person
it is thought he was a seaman. Two
others, j. Carpenter and w. Bauer,
lost their reason in the north and will
be placed in the insane asylum in this
state. Thirty three of the crew of
the wrecked steamer Orizaba were al
so on the Lawton. They report that
the steamer is a complete wreck.
The wreckage of the steamer was sold
at public auction on September 20. A
detachment of twenty soldiers came
down on the Lewton to preserve order
among the passengers in case of
trouble
The Lawton sailed from Nome on
October 15 The Oregon, with deputy
United States marshals detailed to ar
rest Receiver Alexander McKelsey, ar
rived in Nome October Is.
The Roanoke, Cleveland and Oregon
were at Nome when the Lawton sailed.
The Robert Dollar was seen at Dutch
Harbor, and also the Valencia.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
THROUGH BOILING WATER ON HER.
Domestic Discord in San Francisco Home

San Francisco, Oct. 27-William
Lund, retired merchant and capital
ist, is the defendant in sensational
divorce suit, instituted today by his
wife, Margaret Fund. Cruelty is the
charge upon which Mrs. Lund bases her
petition for decree, and she sites
dates and instances in support of her
general allegations.
By way of introduction to her COM
plaint, Mrs. Lund says she married her
husband in New Orleans, on September
80, 1896. Subsequently they came to
this city and took up their residence
at 1912 California street. In 1897, she
continues they took trip to Mexico,
and while at Guaymas, in the month
of April, of the year named. her hus-
band struck her in the face and brutal
ly abused her.
In October, 1899, Mrs. Lund says her
husband assaulted her on Market
street near the Crocker building. She
fled to the Palace hotel, she says, and
there her husband caught her and
dragged her around the corridors,
severly injuring her. During the same
month, Mrs. Lund alleges her husband
threw kettle of boiling water at her
The murderous missile struck her, she
SAYS, and scalded her hands and wrists.
Again in the same month Mrs. Lund
charge her husband with having beaten
her and then by the way of atonement
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
APrince in South Africa

An Australian war correspondent in
South Africa tells this story: II had an
amusing experience to-day. In riding
past the Inniskillings some young Off
GERS came in a hurry to hear if had
any news. After some talk, one Of them
asked if l had been under fire. 1 said
Yes, but added that did not appre
ciate it, and that any one who liked
could have my share. He said: We'll,
we have to go under fire, whether we
like it or not I said: Yes, but that is
what you are paid for, isn't it?' The
others all laughed, and it turned out
that he was Prince Of the blood royal,
a scion Of the house Of Teck, though in
his absolutely plain uniform he might
have been a private soldier for all one
could telke --.--------.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
Vanderbilt Invests in Southern Pacific

New York Wall street learns that
William K Vanderbilt recently acqui-
red large holdings of Southern Pacific
stock. The company's officers ladmit
that it may have been bought, but deny
that there will be any change of con-
troll.
Wall street views the Vanderbilt
purchase, coming in conjunction with
Hartmann appearance as a factor in
Pacific Mail, as highly significant and
regards Harriman's position as the
executive of the Union Pacific system
as indicating Vanderbilt control there.
Now that Vanderbilt interests are in
the Southern Pacific may be truly said
that their influence extends from ocean
to ocean without break
H. E. Huntington has been pract-
ically decided upon as the new presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific. Hunting
ton will be merely the operating man.
The real executive will be Charles H.
Tweed, who was recently elected chair
man of the board of directors.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
SIMS REEVES DEATH
Young Wife Was Singing at Concert, as
the Age Tenor Passes Awav.

London, Oct. 27-The death of Sims
Reeves on Thursday last at Worthing-
ton removes an idol of the British
public, who for 80 years eclipsed any
prima donna of these days. Lengthy
obituaries and "reminiscences of the
famous tenor appear on all sides, but
a pathetic feature connected with his
death has quite escaped attention.
Reeves caught chill few days ago
and it developed into bronchitis. But
his condition was SO improved Thurs
day morning that he was not believed
to be,in danger Mrs. Reeves who is
many years younger than deceased
tenor, to whom she was married in
1895, after the death of his first wife,
left her husband in modest home in
Worthington to sing in London for the
benefit of the survivors of Balak lava.
Just as Mrs. Reeves commenced sing
ing kathleen Mavourneen' tele-
gram was received at the theater an
nouncing the death of Sims Reeves.
When the song was finished and the
applause at it's height the news of her
husbands death was broken to Mrs.
Reeves, but the audience ignorant of
this behind-the-scene tragedy, kept on
demanding the encore The widow
was removed from the theater on the
verge of collapse.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
Stricken Natives.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 27.-The Rev.
Father John B. Rene, in charge of the
Roman Catholic missions on tn Yukon,
has arrived at Dawson with terrible
story of the sufferings of the natives
in that valley from an epidemic of a
mysterious disease resembling a COM
bination of pneumonia, measles and
TYPHOID fever. AT. Holy Cross mission,
sixty out of $50 Indians died in less
than two months. Famine now threat
ems as the natives have not been able
to lay up supplies of fish and game for
the winter. The plague has been gen.
cal all along the river and along the
coast of Bering sea, and thousands of
natives have died and many more will
die, from the disease itself or starvat-
ion following in it's train.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
PLAcEDoN HIS GOOD BEHAVIOR

ShoestrinG Pedd1er Agreed Not to Turn
Burglar for a Fortnight.
''It's one pair for cents or two pairs
for 5, you know" said the shoestring
faker, land the profits are so small that
but for an occasional bit of luck I'd be
hard put for three meals a day. Just
now, however, I'm not worrying over
the next two weeks. The other day a
motherly looking old lady bought two
pairs of strings from me and then asked
about my sales and profits. When I
gave her straight goods she said:
"'Young man, are you ever tempted
to crime?
"'Yes'm, 1 am says I.
"'But you always resist the tempta.
ton?
81 always have, but I can't promise
for the future. I'm getting tired Of this
shoestring business
"'Do you think that you might turn
burglar?'
"I do, ma'am. That's what shall
go into il make a change
How soon might you become bur-
glar? she asked after looking me over,
81 may begin tonight says I.
"'Look here says she in a whisper,
I'm mortally afraid of burglars. I'm
going to California with my daughter in
about two weeks and I'll tell you what
I'll do. If you will not turn burglar for
fortnight I'll give you So
"It's a very small sum, ma'am, but
being it's you I'll strike hands on it and
keep my word
"And she outs with fve," laughs
the faker, "and hands it over, and If
you hear Of any burglaries within the
next few days you can be sure that
didn't have a hand in the business. I'll
wait till the old lady gets on the other
side of the United States" s."-Washing-
ton Post.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PRESIDENT
Announcement That Charles Nj. HAYS
Will be Selected as President.

New York, Oct 26.-The Evening
Post sys: THE selection of Charles
M. Hays, general manager of the Grand
Trunk line, as president OF the South
ern Pacific, was confirmed today by
the highest SouthernaP Pacific authority.
His appointment will be acted upon
by the board next week. He is al
ready unanimously agreed to, however,
and the directors consider that they
have been fortunate in securing the
best possible railroad man for the
presidency.
''Mr. Hays will reside in San Fran
cisco and will have complete charge OF
the operations of the railroad, with Mr..
Tweed as chairman in New York 1t
was stated today by director that
there would be no friction in the man
agement over Mr.. Hays appointment,
and that he would have the cordial
support of the whole board in his plans
for the development of the Southern
Pacific. 1t is believed more modern
methods of railroading will largely in
crease it's net earning ability Chas.
A. Tweed of the Southern Pacific COM
pany this afternoon confirmed the re-
port that Charles M. Hays had been
selected for the presidency of the COM
pany. He said that Mr.. Hays would
assume the new Office about January
1, and that he would have his head
quarters in San Francisco. Mr.. Tweed
added that the officers of the Southern
Pacific would probably retain their
present positions. ~.
Mr.. Tweed said that the position had
not been offered to anybody but Mr..
Hays, and although Mr.. Hays had been
the unanimous choice of the directors,
formal action on the selection will
not be taken until the meeting of the
board next week
AS to the reports current that the
Vanderbilts have obtained control of
the road, Mr.. Tweed said:
"Mr. Vanderbilt may have bought
some stock in the open market, but as
far as I know, the control of the road
has not changed"
Mesa free press., 1900-11-09

Democrat man to see. "Here are some
as big as your thumbnail that are
worth about dollar apiece, and here Is
q little fellow that would sell for $50
anywhere in the world The finest opal
know of in New Orleans belongs to
the wife of wealthy cotton man. am
quite familiar with the stone. 1t is per-
fectly oval, an inch and an eighth long
and three-fourths of an inch across.
The general shade is light blue, but ii.
is so full Of fire and is shot with SO.
many different tints and tones that it.
would be incorrect to describe is as Of
any particular color.
The jewel has curious history. It
was found in one Of the mines at Zaca-
tecas, old Mexico, and eventually came
into the possession Of a Texas ranch
man. It is said that two former own
ers met violent deaths, but l don't
know that to be a fact,and it is prob
ably the usual bad-luck legend that at
taches to most fine Opals. The Texan
had 1t mounted on a scarfpin with ten
small diamonds around the sides and
diminutive ruby at the top and bottom,
making it, as you may well imagine, a
very gorgeous ornament.
"One night he was in a gambling
house at San Antonio playing faro. He
had just sold a bunch of cattle and had
a tremendous wad Of money, which he
proceeded to lose almost as fast as he
could get it out.
"The man at the box was young fell
low named Billy Cooper, and after
dropping several thousand the cattle
man suddenly pulled the pin from his
scarf, and leaning across the table
stuck it into the dealers tie Here,
Billy he said, keep this hoodoo for me
while Strange to say, his luck
changed Immediately and he came very,
near breaking the bank. When he quit
he refused to take the pin back, and
as soon as the proprietor Of the place
heard the story he promptly discharged
the dealer. Cooper thereupon dr:fted
to New Orleans and worked for a While
at one Of the old-time houses on Royal
street.
HE still had the pin, which he had
kept in a spirit of obstinacy, but he
was pursued by an inexplicable run Of
ill-fortune, and at last got frightened
and sold it for mere song to the cot
ton man have already referred to.
reset the stone as a. brooch, and it's
present owner has certainly never en-
countered any special misfortune. If
there was spell it Is broken"