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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
OLIVER HOME SOLD
Colonel H. w. Lewis Pur-
chases 1t for $4,000.
Is AN INVESTMENT
Erected by A. w, Oliver Dur
ing the Eighties.

A deal was consummated yesterday
whereby Colonel H. w. Lewis of this
city is made the owner of the beautiful!
Oliver residence on North Emporia ave-
nue., the purchase price being $3.50 Col
onel Lewis buys the property TO make it
his future home and will Immediately
take possession OF It The property on
Topeka where the Lewis have lived for
so long will be leased or sold
The oliver residence is one Of the fin
est in the city and was erected several
years ago by A w. Oliver now OF St
Louis. Mr.. Oliver spared no money in
the construction of the house and the
interior is elegantly fitted out 1t was
owned until yesterday by Mr.. Oliver and
has been uPoccupied for year or more.
The site OF the building is at the corner
Of Second and Emporia. The lots were
purchased by Mr.. Oliver in 1882 at neat
price. The erection Of the building was
a few years after that time Mr.. Oliver
occupied the residence prior to his going
to st. Louis. 1t was one Of the best
known homes in the city.
Just what the building and grounds
cost is not known. but at the present
time the property is valuable as home.
Mr.. Lewis, while he intends TO reside in
the residence, really bought 1t for an in
vestment. He has had an option on the
property and yesterday decided to close
the matter up. This is another evidence
of the demand for good residence prop
erty by Wichita parties and 1t fully in
dicates that Wichita homes for Wichita
people are those in demand. Colonel
Lewis viii take possession OF his new
property within a few days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
SHOWED THE MINISTER
And Got HIM in Line.


an a ministers family in Los Angeles
where I was visiting some time ago
the wife complained Of serious indiges-
tion and dyspepsia. She admitted that she
use5 coffee and said she more than half
believed that vas the trouble. I told
her that 1 knew it was the trouble, for
7 had gone through with the experience
myself and had only been cured when 1
left of coffee and took up Postum Food
Coffee.
..she said she had tried the Postum,
both for herself and her husband. but
they did not Ike 1t. With her permission
I made Postum next morning myse E
and boiled it fun fifteen minutes after the
real boiling OF the pot began. Then when
ft was served, il was a rich, deep brown
color and had the trne favor and food
- he that every Postum maker knows
II il ALI folly TO talk about making Pcs
INN With one or two minutes sleeping
You cant get something good for
,othinr. II must be boiled. boiled boiled
and n keen It from boiling over, use
sr,au hmm of butter. perhaps twice the
size of a pea- That morning the min
lister and his wife liked Postum 50 Wei
that their whole lives were Changed on
the question OF diet and they abandoned
coffee at once and for all time
sNow. after hard DAYS work. they
are comforted. refreshed. and rested by a
cup Of well-made Postum for supper
They are both enthusiastic IN It's praise
The wife has entirely recovered from hef
dyspepsia I will not so into the de'siss
of my own case. except 10 say mat /
wac q desperate sufferer with dyspepsia
and discovered by leaving OF coiIee
that coffee was the cause q IL /
quickly got well when took Up Postum
Food Coffee. I earnestly hope many nioFe
cof4es drinkers may get their eyes open
name and address given BY Postum
csrsal CO., Ltd. Battle Greek, Mich
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
HHannered In a Drug store.

zone day last winter lady came to
my drug store and asked for brand Of
cough medicine that I did not have in
stock" says Mr.. c. r. Grandin, the popu-
lar druggist OF Ontario. Y. Y She was
disappointed and wanted to know Fhat
cough preparation I could recommend.
said to her that could freely recon-
mend Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy and
that she could take bottle Of the rem
edy and after giving it a fair trial IL she
did not find 1t worth the money to bring
back the bottle and I would refund the
price paid In the course Of a day or two
the lady came back in company with
friend in need OF a cough medicine and
advised her to buy bottle Of Chamber
lsin's Cough Remedy. I consider that
very good recommendation for the rem
edy" It is for sale by all druggists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
ASKS $1,000 DAMAGES
City Made Defendent in suit Brought
by James - Campbell

The city of Wichita has been sued for
$1,000. James S. Campbell filed a petition
asking for that amount in the district
court yesterday. 1t is stated as cause
of this action that the city has built and
maintained a dam across Chisholm creek,
thereby damaging Mr.. Campbells land.
The land referred TO is the Garland
Brook addition northeast OF the citX, The
plaintiff alleges that during certain sea-
sons of the year the land is flooded by
reason of the dam, which raises the sur
face of the creek five feet above the
natural level. He states that the land
has always been used for gardening pur-
poses but by the overflows has been rem
dered too swampy for cultivation.
The dam was built across Chisholm
creek In 1892 Mr.. Campbell states that
he has had the matter before the council
but that body has not been willing to
make any adjustment with him. d. B.
Crewson is attorney for plaintiff.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
KNOWS WICHITA MEN
Have Peculiar Traits Learned in No
Other Place

A travelling man. speaking yesterday Of
the traits and characteristics OF the
Wichita man, said he always recognizes
a Wichita man wherever he happens 70
run across him one sign IS he always.
when II any town. steps to the curling
TO expeesorate. and II he happens 10 be
on a country road he will Dc seen max
ing for the hedge or gutter when MS
mouth S fun u tobacco and splitting be
cores > necessity
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
WERE MOI MARRIED
License. Unused. Returned to Judge
Haymaker for Cancellation.

Mr.. y s. Glascoek and Miss Maggie
Sears, both of Kansas City were granted
marriage license at the probate court in
this city on October the 9th. Yesterday
Judge Haymaker received letter from
Mr.. Glascock stating that they had
changed their minds about getting mar
ried The license was returned with the
request that 1t be cancelled. 1t was
Mr.. Glasoock's desire to have the cere-
mony performed before leaving Wichita,
but Miss Sears would not consent 10 il.
This is the second time during the past
four years that a marriage license has
been returned TO Judge Haymaker IN
used When a couple goes into the pro-
gate judges Office and obtains a license
10 wed it IS a most unusual thing for
them to then change their minds and not
get married
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25

For sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing so good as ChamberlaIns
Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by all drug
Eists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25

Today and tomorrow is the
last time that you will have a
chance to register. The regis
tration books close tomorrow
night, and if your name is not
on the books, you will be
barred from voting in Novem-
Der. Attend to the matter
this morning and then it will
not be overlooked.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

trated, flew around the explorers heads and
even dashed blindly into the flame of the
torches.
The men were compelled to fight fiercely
against the horde of small! things. They
were wOrsted. too, in the fight, for the best
they could do was to stand their ground.
If they attempted to venture into the pas
sages they could see opening further along
they would awaken new hordes Of the
winged things and their foes would be null
tiplied twofold and sometimes tenfold.
They were fairly stided by the onslaught.
Their torches were several times entin-
guished and they had to grope their way
to the light, and they feared to venture into
the depths of the caves lest they should be
left without means to guide them back into
the stream.
Doctor Var Vleet was greatly impressed
by this spectacle of millions of the winged
ones setting at defiance the efforts of his
party. and he made a study of the bats. He
remained several nights in the canyon to
| observe what they would do. While day
light lasted there were no signs of life in
the depths of the gorge. 1t was only when
one fiared a torch against the fantastic
sides and roofs of the caves that there was
any indication Of the life that lay in the
canyon.
then the canyon showed its people. With
the shadows would come solitary bats wing
ing out of the caverns, like scouts in the
fore of an army. They would wheel IN
among the rocks and dow again, weirdly
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
Important Positions of De-
Tense We're Held Only
by Greatest Na!or.
COSSACkS SAVED THE CITY.
Held the Key to Defense
Against Repeated Attacks
Americans Bravery.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. 25.-NIr. Seymour Hankin.
an American resident Of Tien-Ts.n. who IS
in business there and who fought with the
allies. sends to the Journal this account OF
the siege and bombardment OF the city:
Il doubt if Americans at home" writes
Mir. Hankin. could form any idea of the
horrors of the siege and Commandment Of
TIen-Tsin from the meager cable dispatches
at the time.
During the six days awful siege there
was no respite from the fire day or night,
except for a few hours occasionally, when
the Chinese took up a new position.
II counted seventeen fires burning at once
in different parts of the city. That was a
result of the bomhardment.
Many women and children were sheltered
in the cellars of the Town Hall. Gordon
Hall.
The Chinese knew this, and they furious
ly bombarded the building.
an the hall was most of the noncon-
blatant part of the population-wonen scared
: and pale; children weeping-wh6 all feared
the next shell would strike them.
AMERICAN Troop
IN THICK OF FRAY.
Never can ] forget the dreadful scene.
Every one knew AS well as that the sun
shone there could be no escape from and no
surrender 20 these horats of d~evils-only a
fight to the end.
.'Of the courage OF the United States
troops. which excited the admiration of all
their fellows in arms, their countrymen at
home may we'll be proud.
The attack on the railway station was
splendid. After its capture. the Americans
did their full share to hold It, at night. with
the Welsh Fusiliers, the English marines
and the Russians. Once. in the early morn
ins--the Chinese desperatelx- charged down
the tracks and were driven back only after
an actual hand-to-hand fight.
During the fight at the station the en-
gine-house was riddled with shell. Directly
a shell! went through the wall. sand bags.
bags of wool. rice. anything, were stuffed
in the hole. After the fight the wall wassa
wall of bags. Bullets made sleeves of the
engines and coaches. The British armored
train, with its guns. dynamo and search
light, wa destroyed.
RUSSIAN COSSACKS
SAVED TlEN-TSIN.
Here. too. as II to emphasize the fact
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

more solid than that above, on a great floor
way of rock.
Ii the waters could not 20 deeper. how
ever. they could 20 sidewise through the
gypsum, and this they did. Floods that came
down In the years eddied against the side
walls and tore out new places for them
selves. Gradually the gypsum was worn
away until the creek had made for itself
fantastic channels in darkness far outside
it's bed.
The waters fairly sported in this work.
When they cut away the supports of masses
OF gypsum these fell below, only to be
washed away or to form pillars In passages
around which the waters might swirl. Tow
ers and minarets Of curious design were left
on the walls of the gorge. making it beauti-
, full as we'll as wonderful.
Doctor Van Vleet's party explored these
caves so far as they could. In some places
the entrances were so low that 1t was diff
ficult to crawl into them. but once inside
| great chambers opened up and the torches
used by the party could not give a view of
the roof. Sometimes the course of a cav
ern could be followed for miles along the
creek, with large and small openings CIV
ing opportunity to see the wonders within.
But exploration of their depth was found
impossible. When the party ventured into
| any of these caverns with torches they dis
| turbed inhabitants that had never before
| had such visitations and resented it. Great
| swarms of bats, winged and furry things,
| swooped down from the roofs and in from
] the passages into which the light pene-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

Like a story of wonderland is the tale
Of caves told by members OF the Oklahoma
Geological Survey, which has penetrated
into the wild lands not long delivered from
the sway of the Indian tribes. Immense
caverns extending beneath level valley
lands, in whose weird depths are sheltered
millions Of bats. are among the wonders
they ave recorded.
Hints Of strange things to be found in the
western part of the new Territory have
come at times to those who have been ac-
quainted with the Indians. But the red men
were jealous guardians of their lands while
they held them, and few. except those who
were members of the tribes by blood or
marriage, were permitted to venture into
the hill country.
Rumors OF immense mineral deposits, of
strange waters and of curious fantasies of
nature led to the organization of an expe-
dition, led by Doctor A. H. Van vleet. and
fits explorations, just reported to the State
authorities, have given new interest to
what was believed to be merely another
prairie territory.
It was in the valley of Salt Creek that
Doctor Van Vleet found the phenomena that
interested him most. A few OF those who
had rushed into the Territory when it was
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

$4,000 converts have been slain, the most
Industrious of the Chinese poorer classes.
WONDERFUL FREAKS
OF SCREECHING SHELLS.
Every hail stone has not it's billet. SO.
when shells are falling like hailstones there
are some curious hits and misses.
o two nights running shells passed
through the English Naval Barracks. Each
shell killed two men and wounded three.
"A friend of mine. Mr.. Kleine, and his
family had taken refuge in their cellar.
Within five minutes two shells landed in
his dining-room.
THE officers of the Royal Artillery were
at dinner. A shell pierced the wall. passed
between two officers. smashed the soup
tureen to bits, upset the table, broke the
crockery and went out. No one hurt.
"A Russian officer was talking to a friend
outside the club. His friend, with arm out
stretched. leaned against a tree. y shell
passed under his friends arm and took off
the Russians arm.
"a laughing. swearing English bluejacket
was on the water front experimenting the
loading of a boat.
"A shell hit him and he disappeared alb
%solutely. The INA of his body could
not be found.
"A little japanese soldier stood against a
tree outside my own gate. y small shell
struck him in the chest. His body, sup
ported by the tree, did not fail.
one of the photographs, which will be-
come historic. shows the return of the
American marines. under Major Waller,
from a fight In which they, the small, brave.
fighting Japs and the British captured an
arsenal without Tien-Tsin.
WALLER's- TROOPS
SECURED 4 SOUVENIR.
There is n much larger arsenal-the Pei
Yang, on the west side, than which only
two in the world are bigger. But the United
States troops, the English and the Russians
had already captured that one. The arse
nal. whose ruins are burning in the dis
lance, was the key to the allies attack on
the city.
The Americans were the first in the arse
nal, closely followed by the japanese. Cen
erai fukushima, commanding the attacking
force. was so pleased by the Americans
bravery. that he presented to them one of
the captured Chinese cannon. Admiral Sey-
mour wrote to Major Waller complimenting
him on his mems courage and discipline"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

opened have found their way to the valley,
and there are some farms and ranches on
what is practically a broad plain.
Apparently the valley stretches unbroken
for miles, with no hint of any wonder of
nature concealed within it. But one who at
tempts to ride across 1t, as members of the
survey party did, will find his way barred
in almost the center by a great chasm.
from 300 to 400 feet deep. whose sides are
formed of great bluffs of red clay and rock
and gypsum.
In the bottom of this flows Salt Creek,
1t well deserves its name, for its waters
have a strong flavor of brine. 1t is a small
stream in summer, and in winter, but in the
spring, when the floods come. it sweeps over
the bottom of the canon and becomes al
most a river.
The gorge 1t has formed gives abundant
evidence Of its past power. Hundreds Of
years ago it found its channel through the
valley and cut a deep way for itself through
the red clay on the surface. Its progress
downward was stayed by a ledge of rock
on which the clay had formed, but this. too,
yielded to the wash of the waters. and then
the stream found a yielding substance al
most as soft as the clay.
Underneath the rocks was a great deposit
Of gypsum, extending for miles. Through
this in flood after flood the waters of the
stream cut, until at length they found a bed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
WALLER'S TROOPS
SECURED 4
NEW SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.
University of New York Adds ;
Department.

New York. Aug. 25-Chancellor Henry NJ.
McCracken has announced the founding of
a new department in the University of New
York, to be opened October l. 1t will be
known as the school of accounts
and finance, and will be for the improve
ment of the standard of business education
and for furnishing a complete course for the
higher professional accountants.
The work of the school is to be carried on
at the ney; university building in Washing
ton. square. Two years of study are to be
required for the completion OF a course. at
the end of which a degree. likely that of
Bachelor of Commercial Science, will be
granted.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
HORRORS OF SIEGE OF TIEN-TSIN.
F||FEFF. FFFF T|FFEFT|FE EsF":sEF9FEF"s
BRAVERY OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

"n the fight at the station me shell killed fur Americans m three fi-
GERS n wounded eleven men. 1t smashed to a pulp a United States soldiers
elbow Captain Johnson. in command of that's ompan Of fusleers, who had
himself n narrow scape told me he watched the American whose arm vas so
horribly wounded.
He never uttered a groan. said Captain johnson. admrfngk. He never
even swore, the Captain added, much amazed. Then johnson said:
THE consummate bravery and indifference Of the Americans We're superb
The shen fire as-wa hell; that's the only nam for it. Not a square yard
hat was nt hit And Jet you men hd to lay ot here night afr night md
hold the ground Ad hold it the die. 1t was one of the finest bits of defense
in modern warfare"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
G.. A. r., Chicago, Angus. 2S-2a

For quick Daylight run to Chicago lake
Illinois Central G.. A. r. Specials. August
18th, 18th and 9th, leaving Union Station
at s a. m, and Daylight and Diamond
Specials, leaving Union Station daily, l2;30
noon and $40 p. m. Parlor Cars, Pullman
Library Cars and Dining Cars.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

that all the world is fighting barbaric chi
ma, Is a photograph of a troop Of Cossacks,
the oughest riders on earth. The COS
sacks are passing through a street In Iien-
Tsin and seem strangely out OF place In
what must ordinarily be 4 calm and Ieace-
ful theroughfare. At their head rides their
Captain, Nichevailendorf.
THE rough, unkempt, half-saVaSe 1iders
| of the steppes are the terror of the Chinese
soldier, for they loot, burn, slay and spare
moi.
Yet they are brave men.
1T was the Russians, and they alone, who
| saved Tien-Tsin during the siege.
Despite their desperate losses-2O In a
~day-they held their position near the rail-
way station against fearful shell fire and
desperate attacks.
The Chinese tried day after day to take
] the Russian position, whence their macHlne
gun fire would have swept Tien-Tsin anu
made it untenable. which, in truth. 1t very
nearly became.
Men of all nations composed the Tell
Tsin volunteers. who ably helped to defend
the city. One of the pictures here shows 4
group of the volunteers at a barricade on
the water front which they defended.
Toward the left of the picture, the most
| prominent figure in it. stands Lieutenant
Buck, in command at the barricade. The
second figure from the left is myself. The
1 AlAaai. ~ AA.'N sN"t>A 49,
tographer, J. r. Wamsley.
DEVASTATION WROUGHT
BY CANNONADING.
1.-The Chinese often got within a few hun
! bred yards of our outposts at night. They
planted a heavy gun only 500 yards. We
| placed MaXims on the roof of the German
bank. and whenever the Chinese ran out to
fire their guns we blazcd away
They could not stand the foreign hell
gum as they called it, so they removed their
| gun at night.
1.-The Chinese had many Maxims. but
somehow they did not use them. because
| they did not know how 10 put them to-
| gether. 1 think.
BIT they had fifty modern cannon, large
| and small. which were quite enough for us
for they concealed their batteries with in
/ finite cunning, and besides they had smoke
less powder.
"On of the small and one OF the large
photographs illustrate some of the effects OF
the Chinese gunnery in Tien-Tsin. Amer
leans may be somewhat surprised by the
! solidity of the buildings in the foreign con-
cesSions. But, of course. their structure
better withstood the bombardment.
Having been SO long. under fire l was
I able to smile ct Cannon shells. The small
picture here shows where a 'nontonic iron
peer entered the house of a ~well-kuown req
ident.
The large picture shows part of the ruins
in the French concession.
Any one picture can give an idea only CT
a fraction OF the damage done.
There are acres and acres of such ruins,
miles and miles of such scenes. Thousands
of people have lost everything they had in
| the world.
THE monetary value Of what has been
| destroyed will never be. known.
| las to lives, it is estimated that already
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03

sands of dollars have already been
spent in developing that property. the
success of which will be initial to the
thorough development of the entire ad-
Jacent mineral region.
Soon after the purchase of the Ana.
cenda mine and smelter by the Am
algamated Copper Company, certain
holders of mining property in Arizona,
notably, G. w. Bull, made offers to
the Standard oil people of various cop.
per mines, but the pool replied that it
was not at that time prepared to enter
the field. 1t is surmised that it did
not wish to antagonize w. A. Clark.
the multi-millionaire owner of the
great United Verde mine at Jerome.
who always has discouraged the advent
OF capital in his immediate vicinity.
But whatever may have withheld the
Amalgamated in its purpose year
ago, evidently has given away, as the
trust is now eager to secure valuable
holdings, or even mere locations and
prospects that give good Indications
Jerome Mining News.