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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
OUTING FOR THE CHILDREN
To be Given by the Salvation Army
This Month.

On Wednesday, August %. the Salvation
Army will give 800 children summer out
ing. The affair will take place at River
side park At O'Clock the children will
gather at the Salvation Army tent and
will march to the corner of Lawrence
and Douglas, where cars, which are given
by Mr. Nelson, will await them. They
win be taken to Riverside park where
games will be arranged to make them
happy. Ensign Lewis says that the occa-
sion will be complete in every respect.
Mrs. Lewis will prepare for the child
guests a lunch box. Each box will con-
tain sufficiency and box will be given
each child 1t is proposed to make the
occasion a gala one and add another
star to the Salvation Army's good work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
OFFICE Is HOODOOED
Bruce GrifIIth Says This Is the relief
in Pennsylvania.

Rev. Bruce Griffith. who has recently
returned from the east says that his old
district in Pennsylvania has come to the
belief that something is wrong with the
place of the assistant secretary of the
interior. He says that under Cleveland.
John NJ Reynolds Of that district, was
assistant secretary Of the interior under
Cleveland. and when Bryan was nominat-
ed. supported Palmer and this year has
Topped over to the Republicans Rey-
holds was succeeded Web Davis. who,
after being with the Office for awhile,
TOPPED clear over TO the Democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16

Ladies suffer te--sely from constipation.
sick hsSasches- casca-ets Candy Cazhar-
tic give quick resieE Keep a so1 hzcsy.
All druggists. -ec &c. &c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16

lungs who suffer with stubborn coughs is
consumption. FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR, if taken in time. cures the cold,
heals the lungs and always cures incipi-
ent CONSUMPTION. c. Gehring. 400 f.
Douglas; Geo. Van Werden. sos y. Main;
Wichita Drug Co. 20 Z. Douglas; Gus
Saur, ga E. Douglas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16

Ebey. Judge Kirk, Mr. McClelland. Ben
Mclean. Judge McCanless, W. F. Scheu,
Gerald Volk. ]. F. Reese, J. NJ Allen, c.
w. Parkhurst, Ransom Brown, NJ. M.
McCollister, Chief Cubbon. J. p. Allen.
II. H. Dewey, J. F. Knoblauch, Farmer
Doolittle Gus Miller, H. T. Kramer. W.
B. Throckmorton. C. l. Davidson and
others.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
FOR wHOOPING COUGH.

Both my children were taken with
whoOping cough" writes Mrs. o. E. Dut-
ton, of Danville, III. "a small bottle of
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR gave such
relief that 1 used a 50-cent bottle, which
saved me a doctors BILL G. Gehring, 400
Z. Douglas; Geo. Van Werden, SOS N
Main; Wichita Drug Co, 10 E. Douglas;
Gus Saur, 524 E Douglas
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We been doctoring for
four years and have
taken different pat
? ent medicines, but
) received very little
! benefit. I am
! troubled with back
? ache, in fact my
; whole body aches,
, stomach feels sore,
by spells get short
of breath and am
cry nervous. Men
truation is very ir-
ocular with severe
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cramps and back
ache. Ihope to hear
m you at once. -"
KoPP, Rockport,
8.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
LIKE MANY OTHERS

Clara Kopp Wrote for Mrs. Pfnkham's Ad
vice and Tells what it did for Her.
DEAR MRS PIEKHAM I'll have seen
so many letters from ladies who were
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies
that thought / would ask your advice
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
DIRECTING A GANG OF. STREET CLEANERS.

give paper upon street cleaning be-
fore the Civic Federation of the Coun-
Gil of One Hundred, also organized dur
ing the Worlds Fair, and comprising
the wealthiest and most representative
men in the city. Mrs. Paul presented
the subject with so much force and
clearness, and her knowledge proved
so comprehensive and exact that the
federation, as private body, decided
to appoint her city inspector on good
salary.
Her business for the next few years
was merely to investigate and bring
the results of her work before the
body; to criticize, suggest remedies
and exploit abuses of public trust
Mrs. Paul remained with the fedora
ton until she was asked by the city
to accept the same position under the
municipal government. Wfan The
q,lcpasa az this ot6R was accom-
plished Mrs. Paul was offered the po-
sition Of night superintendent Of one
OF the wards, which she accepted. This
necessitated her driving about the city
from 8 o'clock in the evening until 4
in the morning, overseeing her people.
She, however, liked the work i'm
mensely, and meyer met with any I'M
pleasantness due to her being a wo-
man; on the contrary, she encountered
much chivalrous kindness from all
sorts of night workmen Later she
was made day superintendent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
NATIONS LoNELrEsr WOMAN.
Lives Most of the Year Out in the

Wherever man must go woman
will surely follow him without count
ing the cost of peril, loneliness or
hardship. Without doubt the loneliest
woman-that is to say, the one farth-
est removed from her kind-in all
these United States of America is Mrs.
Clark, the wife of Major E. W. Clark,
government agent of the Pribylof or
Seal islands, in the Behring sea- This
group, composed of the two small is
lands of ST. Paul and ST. George, are
the homes of nearly all the seals re-
naming in existence, and they are
about 1900 miles west of the entrance
to Puget sound and about 200 north
west of the Aleutian islands, begin
ming at Unimak pass. st. George,
which is the smaller of the two, be-
ing about six by twelve miles. in ex-
tent, is forty miles from st: Paul, and
it has population of about 100 Aleuts
and four or five whites, consisting of
Major Clark and his wife, physician
and two or three clerks for the North
American Commercial COMPANY, which
controls the seal business and has
stores and warehouses on both islands.
The little village of ST. George con-
tains twenty-five or thirty houses, in
Guiding the companys buildings, the
agents house and Greek church.
There are no other houses on the
| islands, and Mrs. Clark is the
only white woman. Her home
is small cottage of four rooms,
very coy and comfortable, with books
and pictures, and fine outlook over
the sea. She does no cooking in her
own house, as the government officials
take their meals at the company house
near by. Mrs. Clark's nearest neigh
Dor is the wife of the agent on ST.
Paul, who is less lonely, because she
has with her her two small children.
Mrs. Clarks children being grown and
having their own homes in the states.
There is no communication between
the islands except by one of the COM
pany's ships and by revenue cutters,
as other ships are not permitted to
visit the islands These ships como
only in the summer, and from OctoS
Der until June Mrs Clark does not
expect to see any one or hear any
thing from the United States or to
send word home, no matter what hap
pens. Sickness, death, disaster may
come to her far off in that forbldding
sea- or may visit her own at home,
but no word may come or go until
navigation is resumed. st. George is
absolutely without trees, but its roll
ing surface and mountains, 1000 feet
, high, are beautifully green with coarse
grass and moss, and wild flowers Of
; brilliant hues dot the level stretches
near the sea-Chicagc Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
secured divorce. Under promise Of
immunity for herself. she was induced

secured divorce. Under promise OF
immunity for herself, she was induced
to return to Utah and she told the
State Board of Pardons the story OF
the shooting of the three young men.
1t was to the effect that the three had
knowledge of Wright's guilt as cattle
thief-guilt for which a man is as like
ly to be hanged without ceremony in
Utah as for homicide-and had threat
ened to make. charges against him;
that Wright, fearing they might carry
out their threat, went to their cabin
one evening when their mother and
stepfather were away, shot them down,
carted them to lake near by, cut
hole in the ice, and placed the bodies
in the lake. This hearing before the
State Board of Pardons was held last
April. On the strength of the state
ment made by Mrs. Wright, the Board
recommended that the prisoner be CIV
en- his liberty, and later the governor
Endorsed the recommendation and
granted pardon. 1t was soon after
Wright's alleged triple crime in Utah
| that he and his wife separated, and
he changed his name and fled. 1t was
months later when Sheriff Storrs and
his aids, started in the trail, which
accounts for Wright's long immunity
from prosecution. In Colorado Wright
was charged with having induced capt.
talsts to invest considerable sums Of
money in the various mining proper
| ties, with the understanding that the
money was to be applied at once to
developing the mines, and then misap-
propriating the funds. The stockhold-
ers in the Union mine, for which the
most money had been secured, We're
out about $500, and those of the other
companies had paid in smaller amounts
which they claimed Wright had embez-
zled.
Wright was very gentlemanly, we'll
educated, an entertaining converse
tionalist, neither drank nor used i'm
proper language. He was lawyer
civil engineer, lecturer, newspaper
man and mining operator. Mr.. Can
dish owes his present wealth to a
comradeship that sprung up between
his little girl and a man whose wife
secured divorce on the grounds Of
cruelty, and who is charged with the
murder of four of his fellow men.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

There is something extremely Eng
lish in the story of Sir Charles War
rem doing trimbics," as Bouncer ex-
pressed it, in the open air on the bat
tlefeld of Vaal Kranz. Sir Charles,
under no circumstances, intermits his
morning bath. On the occasion of Bull
ler's last effort to relieve Ladysmith
Sir Charles found it impossible to
leave his post. so when day broke on
the battlefield he ordered his servant
to bring his bath with sponge and
towel, and then and there, in the open
air, Sir Charles Warren, commanding
the Fifth division, proceeded to take
his bath, sublimely Indifferent to the
fire of the enemy. The enemy were,
perhaps, too much astonished at the
British eccentricity of bathing at all.
much more Of bathing in this extreme
ly public fashion. to attempt any vio-
lent Interruption London Daily
News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
METEORIC FAME.
lately ACCUMULATED BY A
MERE lNKEEPER.
Depew's Rival After-Dinner Speaker
Within Six Months Simeon Ford, q
New York Hotel Man, Has Made Him
self Famous.

Chauncey M. Depew, whose fame as
an after-dinner speaker is worldwide,
has rival in New York city in Simeon
Ford, a plain, ordinary, everyday
hotel-keeper. He is more sought after
in New York today than Mr.. Depew
himself, in spite of the fact that this
new star in the oratorical sky was
practically unknown six months ago.
1t is possible that Mr.. Ford's life
work has nodded him into an after
dinner speaker of the first water, Tor
hotels are frequently the scenes OF din
ner parties. Or is it possible that his
business has had nothing to do with
the polishing up of his ability to the
point where is CLEANS like a diamond.
No one is quite able to say just how
it all came about. But come about 1t
has, and New York is proud of the oc-
currence.
Mr.. Ford is in charge of the Grand
Union hotel, and became interested in
that hostelry first in 1883, when he
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
A WEIRD LIFE STORY
BLOODY AND, ROMANTIC CA
REER OF GEORGE WRIGHT.
A Catalogue of Criminal Deeds-An Ed
ucated Gentleman, Lawyer, Mining En-
glneer, Lecturer and Journalist-Also
Quadruple Murderer.

George H. Wright, a Michigan uni
versity law graduate, who is wanted
for the murder of four men in Utah
and Colorado, has had singular ca
reer in crime. The sheriffs of two
counties are after him, and reward
has been offered for his capture. The
catalogue of crimes with which Wright
is charged is sufficient, rightly dis
tributed, to cause the hanging of four
persons on the gallows and to warrant
in addition sentences of imprisonment
long enough in the aggregate to re-
quire two or three more men to spend
the remainder of their natural lives
in prison. The list includes cattle and
horse stealing, entertainments, forger-
les and other crimes, besides the four
murders. But there is a pathetic side
to the story-the fugitive's love for
little girl-the daughter of William j..
Candish, Chicago lawyer, who is
Wright's attorney, and who is now
wealthy by virtue of mining property
turned over to him by Wright before
he fled from Chicago to avoid arrest
on the charge of murder. Wright ar
rived at Chicago from the Klondike in
1897. He gave the name of Case at
the North Shore hotel There he met
the little daughter of Mr. Candish, who
became his favorite companion, and
through this companionship he made
the acquaintance of the parents.
Viewed in relation to facts that since
have come to light, there is something
strangely pathetic about the compan-
ionship that sprang UP between the
| fugitive and the innocent four-year-
old who lived in the continuous sun
shine of the smiles her own brightness
created
Candish and Wright were both
graduates of Ann Arbor law school
both had been interested in mining
and they became intimate. For some
/ .,.aJx. %Lo,o ,,,oe not HING ,,DOc1a1 f(
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

1t is possible, apparently, to swallow
ones suspenders and yet live. 1t is
not a practice, however, to be recon-
mended. Lunatics often announce that
they have swallowed articles, but us
ually 1t is all in their mind. This man,
at the age of 20, had just been dis
charged from an insane asylum as
cured, and he went at once to hospi-
tai and reported that two weeks be-
fore. while he was feeling respondent,
he had tried to swallow his suspenders
and had succeeded in getting part of
them down, but how much he didn't
know. He had no pain, but rather
discomfort. while eating. A skiagram
with the X-ray showed suspender
buckle in the lower part of the esopha-
gus, and possibly another higher up.
In preference to trying to remove the
articles through the mouth, an opera
ton was performed. With a forceps,
string attached to brass ring, then
half suspender with two buckles, and
finally third buckle, were removed.
The man recovered rapidly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
A C,nar.,s Funeral.

The pet canary of a New York fam.
fly succumbed to an attack of grip the
other day. The five small Smiths
and even the neighbor children
mourned uproariously. The funeral
Service thus sesised ia IN let
ter by Wilfred, aged I'VE buried
Chirp under the dead tree in the yard.
l dug the grave and Sylvia gave the
coffin. Montmorency and me sang a
hymn. We pretended it was a hymn,
but it was a song Mrs. Wilson sug-
gested about sparrows falling and
God watching over; maybe you have
heard it. Montmorency knew it be-
fore. Then l preached sermon over
the tomb. Rose danced skirt dance
and we all wept. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

common, the secretary of the commits.
sion says, for county officers, particu-
larly clerks and recorders, to employ
their wives and daughters to assist
them. Several recorders have their
wives for deputies, and other clerks
have their sons in their employ. The
commission has no fault to find with
the work done in the offices, it says,
and it cannot apply remedy. 1t may,
however, mention the condition found
when it makes its report to the next
legislature.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
Il am yeiy nervous for two va

II am very nervous for two wd
before making an after-dinner speech.
1t is very serious matter with me.
You have to study the question about
which you are to speak from every
side, and it keeps you awake nights
thinking Of good things to say.
"The idea prevails that all an after
dinner speaker has to do is to assume
full-dress suit and slowly rise up
when called upon and captivate the
audience with wit and eloquence
eff the after-dinner speaker told the
truth, he would acknowledge that for
two long, sickening weeks his wife and
children have been made wretched by
listening to recitals, and that he has
had suspicious aroused as to his sanity,
by muttering it in public places.
1T is awful to think that after-din-
ner speakers are to be brought into
competition with living pictures skirt
dancers and Little Egypts. This is
serious matter. and tell you the
people who arrange these programs for
after-dinner speeches should not place
Chauncey M. Depew in competition
with the Barrison sisters. Let a man
in moment of temporary alteration
of the mind make successful after
dinner speech and his peace of mind
as we'll as his digestive organs are
irretrievably ruined Years ago I
made speech, which, surprising as it
may seem, was regarded as model.
Up to that time l had been a merry,
laughter-loving youth, and carking
care rested but little upon my cluster
ing curls. Now look at me-'sicklied
Ger with a pale cast of thought.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
Natural Irreverence.

One small girl in suburban town
is member of large family. Not
only has she several older brothers
and sisters but she has aunts and I'M
cles galore. It's pleasant enough
state of affairs on most occasions, but
there are times when it might be con-
venient to be an only child and these
times are when sleepy and tired, she
begins the long petition in which all
these near relatives figure by name,
and which stands between her and
her downy couch. The other night
she attempted reform. After getting
through the Bless papa and mamma p
she paused only to add, sleepily, land
the whole business, you know it,
Detroit Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

rs j -
OF the ward exactly as she would have
done her own housekeeping; thor
oughly cleansing a given area, then
going back each day over all that had
been done, removing any new accu-
mutations. Even the men became
aroused to considerable enthusiasm,
and by the end of the month she had
as spick and span ward as any that
the best-managed city could produce.
The subject had, however, got into
her blood, and all summer she con-
tinued her studies, looking up laws
and statistics and penetrating into va
rious hooks and crannies of the city
to note the laws observance. Her eff
fective months work established her
reputation to such an extent that in
the early autumn she was asked to
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

nymphs, and their daily plunge in the
surf was one of their greatest pleas
ures. Both girls are expert swimmers
and fearless.
On August 81 they entered the surf
together and for half "a hour cavorted
about in the water. Danger never en-
tered their minds.
Suddenly Miss Harris, who was some
distance beyond Miss Williams. was
caught in the strong undercurrent. She
battled bravely for a while, depending
upon her ability as swimmer to save
herself. Finally, failing to make head
way she called for help.
MISS Williams. realizing the danger
Of her companion, without counting
the danger, FASTENED to her assistance.
A few powerful strokes brought her
to her companions side. Don't grab
me, dear" she said. keep your cour-
age up and do as tell you and I'll get
you ashore"
Miss Harris did as she was told
Placing her hands on her rescuer,s
shoulders, as she was Instructed she
was soon carried out Of danger.
When they reached shallow water
and she knew she was saved Miss Har-
ris tainted.
Picking her up in her arms Miss
Williams carried her ashore.
The presentation was by the Rev.
Dr. A. j. Sullivan, pastor of Trinity
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, in
behalf of the United States Volunteer
Life Saving Corps. President ]. Wes-
ley Jones of the corps, and Commodore
Paul A. Ferry, commanding the Long
Island coast division, personally con-
graduated Miss Williams upon her
bravery.
Miss Harris herself gave Miss Will
liams diamond studded gold locket as
mark of her gratitude. A large num-
Der of Miss Williams friends witness
ed the medal presentation at her home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
A FATAL MALADY.
1t Is Epidemic at Butte, Mont, and

1t Is Epidemic at Butte, Mont, and
Excites Great Alarm.
A strange malady, which the board
of health believes is a new form Of
pneumonia, but which the panic
stricken persons of Butte, Mont, call
a plague, has killed more than $50 per-
sons since the middle of March. There
are now $50 i'll from the disease.
Death ensues within four days after
the attack, and in the majority of cases
much sooner than that Many have
died in twenty-four hours. Bodies Of
the victims turn black almost imme-
diately after death. The lungs are ap-
parently the first affected. There are
frightful pains in the head and great
difficulty in respiration. Then the
heart is attacked, and death follows
quickly. Most persons in Butte are
convinced that the disease is a form
of plague brought from the Philippines
by returning soldiers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
Nepotl.m In Public Service.

An Auburn, Ind. correspondent of
the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat says that
the State Fee and Salary Commission,
by the reports it requires from county
officers is bringing to light some
strange conditions. It has been found
that nepotism prevails to an astonish-
ing degree in the county public service
in Indiana. The commission will not
name the counties, but 1t does give the
instances. In one county the clerk en-
ploys his father, his wife and his son
as his deputies, and Recorder has
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
Jeweled Purses.

The oblong square purses, which
open with an ordinary clasp. are more
popular now than the envelope-shaped
purses, which have jeweled buttons.
These purses are studded with jewels
in gold ring settings, in some the jew
-els outlining the edges of the purses.
and Others dotting the wholefo the
side. one. for instance. has the entire
side covera6 with amethysts. cut dia-
yet at regular intervals.
The purses with studs have one advan-
tage-the studs can be removed and
used for. buttons or to close the
necl Ruee1r .sss. Il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
south Afr,cau Mark.t sou,-..

OF any South African town the most
picturesque spot is the crowded mar
ket square. All such squares are alike
to a traveller, says Harper's Weekly,
with their low. corrugated-iron houses
lining their sides-with the postoffice
or government building at the upper
end-with the square itself foot deep
with reddish dust or villainous mud,
according to the weather.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

between The peoples, and way more
than once called traitor while me-
gotiations were under way. AS to his
intellect, he is certainly clever enough
to have been for many years an adrolt
and not entirely unsuccessful opponent
of Cecil Rhodes. Mr.. Schreiner was
born in Cape Colony, is of Dutch de-
scent, and was educated in England.
He studied at London and Cambridge
universities, and after taking his de-
gree returned to South Africa as a
barrister Soon winning reputation
for shrewdness, he became attorney
general of Cape Colony when Rhodes
was prime minister. For time he
was Rhodes right-hand man and in
innate friend, but the Jameson raid
caused rupture which was never
healed, and the two men were long at
"daggers drawn" with each other. In