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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
SECRET SERVICE MEN
Reported That Railroads viii
Send Eight Men Here,
TWO MORE R0BBERIES
Have Been Seven Within as
Many Days.

Robbers broke into the Missouri Pacific
depot at Arkansas City about : c'cloci,
yesterday morning and last night 1t was
reported that safe at Yoder, between
here and Hutchinson, had been blown
again. Yoder stores were burgIarized
about ten days ago. This gang Of thieves
has simply terrorized this section Q: thc
country and talk OF Iynching has cropped
out in a number Of places. Mulvane. Win
field. Arkansas City, Beaumont. Augusta
and Towanda have all been visited by the
gang within a week and safes blown in
nearly all the places. The night operat-
or at Winfield was shot, and for only 50
cents. 1t is reported that the railroads
have detailed a force Of detectives to
come to this section and help the local
officers ferret out the gang. jas. how
many are coming Is not known, Int the
number is reported 10 be about eight
regular secret service men.
Sam Auender. special agent Of the
Frisco was in the city yesterday. He
had just returned from Augusta, where
he had investigated the blowing Of the
safe in the company's depot at that
place. Mr.. AIender said that he hoped
that the men would be run down.
In speaking about the bank and safe
robbers he complimeuted the detectives
on the police force here very highly and
said that the gang which robbed the
Clearwater bank ard who were sent 10
the De1 vera a. daugero1s 4 IOt of Grim
inals as there are in the west, He
thought the Wichita officers deserved a
great deal Of credit.
Did you ever notice. said Mr.. Allen
der, what a change Of opinion there
has been regarding the location OF safes.
II used to be that safes were placed IN
dark corners TO hide them from the view
Of the public. Now they are placed as
near the street as possible, so they can
be seen at all times. The latter is & fine
plan as officers can quickly notice If any
thing goes wrong"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
NORMAL TEAM Won
Friends Students Famed Out
Yesterday
BY SCORE OF "a TO 3
AIva Plays the Paramount
Team Today.

The ball game between the Northwest
Normal and the Friends University was
a rather one-sided affair The score stood
a to 3. The visiting team showed longer
and more thorough training than the
Friends. The AIva boys have been prac-
ticing every day for the last month, and
their playing showed that they had done
a great deal Of hard work When the
game was over, Captain Langdon said
that he was well pleased and well salts
ned with the work Of his men
In spite Of the one-sided score, the
Friends made some fine plays and show
ed the kind Of stuff they are made Of by
shutting the Normals out in three of the
last innings. Davidson played the best
All around game. Pyle, the pitcher,
struck CUT d number Of men, but had bad
luck in hitting several OF the batters
Pierce who was behind the bat, did good
work, but he was at a disadvantage, as
lie has been out Of school and has not
been practicing with the team.
Smith and Summers, the Alva battery,
put up a strong game, and received good
support Smith is a fine pitcher His
worst fault is giving bases on balls; but
he was hard 70 hit and famed some OF
the Friends best batters. The rest Of
the Normalites did as good work as did
the battery. The entire team worked to
gether ike a charm and their team work
was their strong point
The score was AZ f0IloU-s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
ghe aaaieIita Daily Eagle. Saturday orstiq April T. 1900

Mill at p. m. The explosion happened
on the second floor. Mr. Hildebrand, the
miller was on this floor His eyebrows
and mustaehe were burned of and his
hair below his cap was badly singed, his
left hand blLstered. his eyes filed with
dust, so that he could not see what 70
DO for some time. a fire started but was
put under control tby the mill force be-
fore the department arrived The mill is
badly wrecked All the machinery near
where the explosion occurred IS thrown
out Of place. One double window on the
east side was broken into kindIing wood.
Most Of the windows on the north side
were blown out. Some Of the roof and
some Of the siding is gone. The west
side of the mill pushed out about three
inches. The damage to- the mill viii
amount to about $3.50. There IS nc, lnsur-
ance against Spontaneous combustion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07

time nv body was covered with
scales caused BY an affection Of
dry eczema Having commenced
treatment with Hoods Sarsaps-
rilla l continued taking the
second bottle, after which l could
sleep well. Ny digestion began
10 improve and fell away in
weight / have little or no
trouble from eczem2 now and nv
weight IS $50 pounds, about
normal. Ny food digests proper
ly and l an not troubled With
numbness. ! am also able 20
drink cold wster, s privilege
which people do not fully appre-
ciate until they are deprived Of
II. | think a great deal Of
Hoods S4rssparilla and it GER
tainly has effected very remark
able results MIS-. D. H.
SHELLY, $50 Yoeman Street,
Ionia, Mich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
TROUBLE OVER A CHILD
Hrs Mex emma Begins Esabeas Corpus
Proceedings in DIstr ct COurt-

Mrs NJ J. McKenna Of kinsman coun-
ty came TO Wichita yesterday and inSti-
tuted habeas corpus proceedings 70 set
possession of 3-year-CId child. Victor
McKenna. which. she alleges, was aiken
from her home on the morning OF March
Is under rather peculiar circumstances
The petition states that early that nom
ing two men. one about 50 years cid and
the other about So. came TO their country
home pretending n be stock buyers.
While one man engaged Mrs. NcHenna
and her husband IN conversation at the
front gate. the other managed 10 get the
child and get away With il. Mr.. and Mrs.
ATcKenna have not seen the child since.
They soon suspected that il had been
brought 10 Wichita for q purpose, and
yesterday Mrs. McKenna, unable 70 l--
cate il 3y other means. applied for writ
o. habeas corpus Ii set the child from
its mother. Alice O'Bren. who lives here.
The petition alleges that Mr.. and Mrs
AIcKenna took che child on June I, 1897.
and thar they kept IT, cared for it and
finally adopted II as their own
Alice O B-ten. the chIl5's mother. Is not
n possession # the child. and claims
thai she does not know how o. when IL
was taken from the McKenaas- She
seems 10 have had q great deal OF trou-
bic with them about the child. and says
that they have steadfastly refused 10
give IL Up. Once she got possession OF it.
and Mrs. McKeuua, she says, took IT
away from her on the streets. Later.
she go her child again and kept it until
about Two weeks aEo, when. she says,
Mrs 2IcKenna created a scene in the
Setgwick building. by deliberately enter
ing her room. grabbing up the child and
taking il away with her.
The C-B-ien woman Is said 70 be high
II respected here and has many friends
who are interested n her sRd VIII see
that justice Is done her regarding her
child
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07

Every druggist sells Hoods sarsaparia But be sure Won
get Hoods, and not substitute Hoods Peculiar to Itself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
WAS NOT A TRAGEDY
People Excited by an Explosion Last
Night

Quite little excitement was caused
yesterday evening by an explosion on
Water street. 1t sounded like the dis
charge Of = heavily loaded shotgun
Policeman Jim Fox started On run for
the place rather expecting 70 discover
that a horrible tragedy had taken place,
Fully 200 people followed the officers
lead and when they arrived on Water
street found nothing but two badly
frightened boys. They had desired to
split a large log and had drilled a hole in
the timber and filed il with gunpowder.
which they expoded
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
LOAD OF HOME PRODUCT
Delivery Yesterday to }. r. White
man to HeOidS.

]. F. WhIteman will today open up q
new meat market on North Main street.
One OF Dolds large city delivery wagons
loaded to the top pulled up before the
place yesterday and unloaded a iarga
quantity Of all kinds Of meats. Mr..
Whitenan obtained his entire opening
stock of Dold's. He IS an expert butcher
and was more than pleased with the pro-
duct He said that the hams and the
bacon especially were the best he had
ever seen Mr.. Whiteman has named
his place the Wichita Market" It IS
finely fitted up with new hard wood fix
lures and a complete refrigerating plant,
no ice being used in cooling the meat.
The DoEd sign. eff It's Dold's, It's The
Best" will be seen in prominent posi-
ton in this place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
JUMPED HIS BOARD BILL
Police are After a Han Named Charlie
Duke

Chief Of Police Cubbon spent a coed
deal of time yesterday getting out postal
cards asking neighboriEg towns to look
out for and arrest Charles Duke, who is
charged with jumping three weeks
board bill at the Topeka Avenue House
Duke takes orders for crayon portraits
and has been working this vicinity for
nearly a month. He left rather hu~riedIy
the other day and forgot to settle with
the hotel keeper.
The Friends university base ball team
received its new uniforms direct from St.
Louis yesterday. The boys went to the
train to st them in order to have them
for their first game. This accounts for
their defeat by the Alva Normais, as
there is an old saying that the club with
new suits loses the first game. The suits
are handsome.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
EXPLOSION AT HARPER

Spontaneous Combustion in n Mill
hoes Considerable Damage.
The following special was received
from Harper last night;
A. EXPLOSION took place in the Harper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
Score by innings:

Friends
The game from beginning to end was
remarkably clean Neither side did
much chewing Of the rag. The umpire5,
Madison for the Normal and Ford for
the Friends. did not provoke the wrath
OF the rooters more than two or three
times. and even the guying, comparative
IL speaking, was rather mild-that IS.
nothing worse than roasts and cuss
words were thrown at them, and a base
bah umpire ought TO be proof against al
such missiles.
The University team met their defeat
with good grace. They regretted having
lost the game. but said that the visitors
had won it fairly and squarely. and that
they had no kick coming.
This afternoon at 3 O'Clock the Terri
tarIsI Normal baseball club Will cross
bats with the Fairmount College team
on the Fairm0unt Athletic feld- This
game will be doubly interesting on ac-
count q yesterdays game with the
Friends. The lineup viii be as follows:
Alva. Paramount.
Smith ............. Pitcher......-.-.. BoSslek
Summers ..........C Catcher Hoop
FINGER ..........First base......... Herrick
Langion .......Second base.......... Lewis
Langley ....... Third base Berry
Gard ............ Shortstop. 1900. Bosworth
Bates ........... Left Field ......-..Carrter
Stewart ....... Center field Lockwood
Nash ...........R Right field ...... Thompson
The F-alrmount boys have not had
much practice and are not over confident
of winning the game. but hope to make
It interesting for their visitors. The cars
viii run from the corner Of Topeka and
Douglas at lao. > and 2;2o o'clock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07

Mrs. Shelly, who writes the
following letter, is the wife Of
Rev. d. H. Shelly, for forty
years in the ministry of the
United Brethren. By her kind
" nature and gentle disposition
she has won hundreds OF friends,
who rejoice in her restoration to
health:
al suffered for years with sour
stomach, sometimes called water
brash. could not drink either
cold or warm water because 1t
would sour on my stomach. l
was bloated and weighed over
200 pounds. Ny blood did not
circulate properly, and if Others
around me were warIn | seemed
to be freezing. l had numbness
in nv right side and srms. The
phvsician advised 8 thorough
course Of treatment with a blood
medicine In the spring, as 81 that
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
TORTURE FAILS AT LAST.

It is said that when criminals were crucified they not infrequently fell asleep while racking with pain on their gibbets, and Lord Loch records an in cident showing how even in the shadow of torture and death the attention may be distracted.
 When he and Sir Henry Parkes were entering Pekin, bound hand and foot. and lying in the bottom of a cart, after a most agOnizing drive, the streets were thronged and the curious crowds passed close to see the prisoners. Among them were women in chairs. and Parkes suddenly exclaimed: How beautiful!" ''What?' inquired Loch. That woman.' rejoined Parkes. Lord Loch painfully drew his head up to the edge of the cart and beheld one of the loveliest faces he ever saw. but one utterly devoid of feeling or intel lectual expression. n.''-London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
IF BRYAN WERE IN POWER.

We ask those thoughtful citizens who honestly fear imperialistic tendencies in this country, and who are thinking of voting for MT. Bryan in order to check those tendencies to consider care fully the question whether a vote for Mir Bryan will not strengthen them. It would not be fair to say that Mir Bryan las been nominated by the revolutions ists. but they have accepted him as their candidate and they were present in considerable force in the nominating convention. He is the representative of Coker in the east. Tillman in the south. Altgeld in the west. Doubtless he rep resents other and much better men: but the classes whom these men represent are an important element in MT. Bryan's constituency: and no exc cutive in republic is or can be inde- pendent of his constituency. The ques- ton for the voter is not merely does ne wish MT. Bryan to be president It is also, it is even more, does he wish the elements in America which are repre- sCnted by such men as Croker. TiIl.nan and Altgeld to be be, We will not say dominant factors, but even important factors in the government of the na- tion. The danger of imperialism would be far greater from passing the control Of the government into the hands of these men thar from leaving it in the hands of Mckinley. Hay. Root. Gage and Long. A democratic reader may ask. Why not say Hanna? Very we'll The danger of imperialism from MT Hanna at his worst would be nothing comparable to the danger of imperial ism from MT Coker at his best The lesson of history is perfectly plain that the danger to a democracy is always from excessive and uncontrolled indi- Vidualism; the lesson of our times seems to us equally plain, that exces- s:ve and uncontrolled individualsm in America has as it's chosen representa- tive MT. William !. Byran-The Out lDnl<
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17

..Mum-mum. IT. began Phelps weakly. but he never finished
 Give him a good run commanded the physician. and then. as he picked up the bottle and sniffed it. he kicked the patient vigorously.
 Give him thorough run
 'Oh, oh, IT." Phelps tried to say as he was dragged downstairs three steps at q time His answer was another punch at the place where the pump had done the most damage. and after that he was too weak to talk.
 A detail Of police and disinterested citizens were waiting for him on the sidewalk. They formed relays
 Every time he tried to speak some one with. Keep him awake" would take a pleasant jab at the most con- venient place. His clothes hung Imply and precipitation ran in streams. Be fore he had time to talk the run was ended and he was thrown under blank cts into an ambulance. Before he knew was thrown in q cot at the hospital The stomach pump was again brought into play. but had hard work.
 An hour later Phelps recovered enough to say. weakly:
 'I didn't take laudanum. It-it was only a joke. There wasn't anything in that bottle but whisky"
 '.I know it." replied the ambulance surgeon. consolingly.-N. Y. Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17

meekly came from a voice in the cor ner.
 I'll be blamed if he was. He was a disciple" came the curt reply.
 Weren't the disciples and the apos- ties the same thing" inquired the meek voice. getting a shade bolder.
 Bartholomew was suggested and ac- cepted by several.
 What's the matter with Peter?' eX- claimed a modest young member of the diplomatic corps. who had hitherto been silent.
 How many does that make?" some body asked. and they counted up ten for sure, with as many more doubtful.
 Lets look in the Bible." somebody suggested. and the good book was over hauled in vain. Then an enclycopedia was appealed to, but it was not en- tiIely satisfactory. for it included Thomas and Andrew in the list, and the justice of the supreme court and two of the senators Were positive that Andrew was not an apostle. All of which teaches the great usefulness and need of Sunday schools.-Chicago Re cord.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP9

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more sn- were and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular eli mate? Yes, if possible; if n5t possi- ble for you, then in either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung troubles. 'Boschee's German Syrup" It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy eXpectora- tion, gives a good nights rest, and curlS the patient. Try one bottle. Rec commended many years by ar drug gis.s in the world. For sale by dealers in all civilized countries.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
GAMES BRITISH SOLDIERS PLAY

A popular sport among British sol diers in India is rent pegging. A wood en stake about foot long and three inches wide is driven into hard clay until the top is about six inches above ground. The soldier mounts a horse and, with a long lance in his hand, rides at the stake at full speed. He must carry the lance point high until within adoZen yards of the peg. and then try to stick it into the wood. If he touches the peg he is credited with two points, if he loosens it he gets four and if he carries the peg off on the lance point he makes six.
 Another British army pastime is the Victoria Cross race" A number of soldiers with guns in their hands start together and run toward two hedges which are few yards apart. Each man jumps over the first hedge. fires his gun over the second. picks up a dummy soldier and carries it back 10 the starting point. The idea is that the dummies are wounded English sol diers hard pressed by the enemy, and the runners are rescuers who save their lives and get the queens reward for bravery.-The Little Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
PHELPS JOKE
 WAS ON HIMSELF

C. Beauregard Phelps up to yesterday bring his wife to terms after d quarrel over how much of his weekly stipend she could spend for furbelows and how much he for whisky. Now he can nor alize upon practical joking and the tell ing of the white lie.
 The worst part of 1t for Phelps is that the woman of his bosom has been made aware of his predilection for blulfing and can "call" him in the fu ture without fear of his holding d royal flush
 The matter in grist is that Phelps thought to scare his wife by feignng suicide. Filling a bottle with a dark liquid. he labled it laudanum, and at a critical moment while her recrimina- tiOns were most violent, he acclaimed upon the vanity of existence when the one he had given home and heart to had turned against him. he raised it to his lips and drained it off.
 ''PCison!' gasped Phelps, dropping back upon a couch and assuming an at titude and cast of features suggesting quick dissolution.
 You'll be sorry when I'm gone. Send my old clothes to the missionaries. And he apparently expired.
 So far, so good. His first object Was attained. Mrs. Phelps was thoroughly frightened. She sped to the Adams street police station-she lives at 125 Livingston street. Brooklyn. and sobbed and shrieked her story.
 An ambulance and several policemen rushed to the rescue
 Phelps was reclining where he had fallen, shaking hands with imsalf His smile changed to a look Of horror when he Was rudely grabbed, his head thrown back and stomach pump large enough to save ship was violently pushed into his mouth and set working double time. He kicked and struggled until a fat policeman sat on his legs and an other started punching him at various points to keep him from an opium sleep.
 After the pump had made Phelps look like collapsed bicycle tire and the pu- gilistic policeman had thoroughly bruised every part of his body the ap- paratus was removed from his mouth and Phelps was jerked to his feet.
 Run him around the block four or five times commanded the physician.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-17

a fine cf $50 and serve 50 days in the county jail in Prescott. Yester- day, while in jail he threatened to set the place on fire if not released and in the afternoon made his threat good by starting the fire. Smoke was seen is- suing from the door and window of the jail and a crowd soon gathered. Mar shal Roberts was at dinner and no one else had a key to the jail and the lock could not be opened. Harry Crane se- cured a hammer and smashed the lock and got the door open. Roberts arrived on the scene just before the lock waa knocked off. but as it had been struck several blows with an axe the key would not turn. AS soon as the door was opened, Bob walked out the cool est man in the crowd. The fire was ex- tinguished and the prisoner put back in. Tomorrow he goes to Prescott
 Dolph Becker received a letter from his father. J. J. Becker. from Nome this week. in which he gives a cheerful account of the place. He writes that he is in partnership in the saloon business with Frank Kuchler and another party and that they are taking in over $100 day. He says the camp will be all right when lot of the people get out and business settles down to a normal condition. He says that some 5000 peo- pie have applied to the government to be taken out this summer.
 w. s. Adams of the Mining News went to Prt scot; this morning on business. to be gone a couple of days.
 Deputy Sheriff Miller went to Phoe- nix yesterday on business connected with his duties as peace officer
 ]. M. Sullivan is in town this morn- ing collt cting his monthly installments from purchasers of Singer sewing ma chimes.
 Geo. Cook, the well known jeweler came in yesterday to remain over pay day. He will be satisfied with the town from a monetary standpoint. Mrs. l.. L. Bell returned from Phoa- nix yesterday.
 Recently q petition was circulated for pardon for James O'COnnel better known as Pipe line Jimmie, in prison at Yuma. The petition was generally signed and note made of the matter in the Phoenix Republican. He wrote that he had authorized no person to circulate such petition and that ke did not want his friends to sign such a paper. He
 says he is getting along all right and | that he will soon be out anyway. He was quite indignant that such peti- tiOn had ever been circulated. Jimmie
 was sent to prison from Jerome for swatting a Chinaman in the neck with a large bread knife.
 Mrs. C. H. Gahan is in Prescott visit ing her sisters.
 H. C. Campbell, the artist, leaves to- day for Williams and Flagstaff. to de- | liver some work he has finished for parties living there.
 D. D. MCDONALD.