The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-11

pleted, and then a grand carnival was
held, and Wizards was gay in &C eblat-
1 len OF the event
One Of the first guests to stop at the he
| tel, was the Hon. BENJAMIN Potion. aud a
bill is still preserved which was presea ed
/ to him March S. 1929. Mr.. Patton regu-
| larly stopped at this hotel huringg eve
| ~ subsequent inauguration mil -SS1,
when when he died. He was appointed
United States District Attorney from the
Wes,ern Dis riot of Pennsylvania n 7sS'.
This hotel subsequently bore5h he. name
Of the Queen and the City Hote, and st
the time it was purchased by the vii
lard Brothers it was called Fnller's 10
tel Henry A willard brought the Pen
nsylvania portion OF this property on May
IS 1888. In 1873 the upper portion OF the
grounds was purchased. and the hotel was
remodeled to its present form in lS7S
The front and sides are OF brick with
trimmings of gray stone 1t has a from
tage OF 80 feet on Pennsylvania avenue
and 500 feet on Fourteenth street. II is
SIX stories high. The entrance leads into
a large court. Fronting this is the Office,
with paved floor, and adjoining the Office
is gfrand court or ro.unda, whose gull
ded columns rise to abe TOP Of the dome.
From this dome four persons Tel .'-iI
whole and were killed in its construct IN.
The whole length Of the Fourteenth
street side is occupied by a waiting-room
and the dinning-rooms. One feature of
the ground floor which figures 2rcminen-
t!y is the bar and this has played an i'm
pOrtart part in history and politics.
Many are the important events OF ate
which has been discussed over this coun-
ter. and many a political measure has
been cemenJeI by the drinks set up by
some anxious member with q bill 20 he
passed. As is customary in such places
set of disreputable loung5rs began to
infest the place, much to the disgust OF
the moneyed ha1ituTes. These "olj-tim-
ers" would siileup II the b5r whenev a
party was Gr.nkink. and BY posing as FRI
ends Of some ore in the party would set
their drinks with the rest. Growing tired
al this one smart young man took n @
matter in his hands for remedy. Beau
Hickman was one of these old round
ers," with a curled mustache and fierce
military air. He sided % TO the bar one
day as a party Of patrons Of the house
were drinking, and was served with the
rest. Leaving his glass half finished he
turned to talk 20 s5me one Of the party,
opportunity, put a few drops Of some
drug in his glass. The pocr cid man was
instantly seized with cramps and lor some
time he feared he might die This OLD
man had so many jokes played on him
he got so he did not dare drink with am
one but # he were offered a treat he
would ask for the Is cents and go Of
by himself and buy a glaee where -
knew the people would be friendly to hin
On the second floor Of the hotel arc the
Pres d -nrs rooms. opening over the main
ente~ancc 20 the balcony. from which
Presidents and orators have made their
addresses TO the Pubic and this va
long the fovori,e place AZ presenting
pominent speakers. From this point OF
vantage many Of the an i-clavery sIee-
ches were made II war times Colonel
Michael Corcoran stopped at the Willard
with his Irish regiment from New Yo,k
The Irish anti-slavery feeling ran high
and as he addressed a crowd from the
balcony his reference 70 the "oid gram
flag with "the harp # Erin on Il" drew
more Wild applause than many cultur-
ed and able soe en- by the leading men
of the country.
On the same fo7r are the parl7rs which
cover over 2.259 square fee. The rurni-
ture looks sonc"hat antlcuated but NJ
the timeit was put in-!twas the pride and
CORY Of the city and was as much a show
pace "a was the White House IN the
early days some Il Mr.. 1coah's h1usekecp-
ing utensils we're used. but it was found
necessary to remove these f1r the sac
o. the guests. and today none % TIE
really historic furniture can be found
one incident which had as much % co
wirh its removal as anything happened
in the public re-ior before rs time Of re-
furnishing A Nr West, member % con-
gr-ss Eroa New YORK was staying 20
the hotel lie was short and weighed
over -. and he had Z vile and d1uzbser
built aftsr the same m-5si- Cn@ ulzhs b.
Left the diaains-roon. his vie on oae
arrnarrn. his daughter n tae other They
stloHed down the corr.des. and. stopping
il front o. one = thesz ansleat se.tees.
sat down simultaneously. wish disa1.-
results. f1r the springs gave way under
The 2ondsr51s weight The ale and 5z8-
Ehter wh5 Eers a. the EDS. ID not saf-
Yer as much as did TIRE C1rzra -alaa fe-
n went clean through the middle q the
frame and stuck fas;. MIA ha- feet 30 a
level w.th his head L took tie coz51-
ei Efforts 1s TIE osrie-s AID a h1st -
5eB boTz 70 sxt-l z;e him
The 6~st a4uzaet rsesrs ed- which was
gwen b C1-Eresz tex pace al W.