The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

anticipate that they VIII have no difficulty
in esta blishing new town in the prom
ised land" There are other toEusite
companies pushing enterprises The
AIlastoa townsits company has circulars
o nthe streets. advertising town lots for
500. Many people have been interested
n the enterprise Theer ere other en-
terprises OF = similar nature which have
not been given ont 20 TIE public, bs.t I'M
mediately after the opening Of the land
on August 9th, there viii D. plenty II OPP
portunities OF buying good lots ln tbs rev
country.
Seneca. Kansas sent big delegation Of
people in here. They arrived just in
time 10 see q good rain and muddy
streets. This was such a difference from
the drought OF Kansas. mat a number OF
them have maoe up .--e.r minds that they
VIII stay where it VIII rain al least once
during the summer. The rain az Thurs
day was a great relief 70 the people Of
this city and those who have gathered
here The streets wer very muddy and
the night was mucn cooler than any
which Fl Reno has had for some time.
The police department Of the CITY found
a man yesterday. who was demented.
The only thing that De knew. was that
he formerly lived at Perry. he was
placed in the city prison and has kept up
continued talk about being robbed. fires.
murder. etc The man came here -,ith
the intention OF registering for ne nai his
papers in his pocket He has some mon y
but the police are anxious 20 know " ho
he is and what 70 do with him. He is
under medical care.
1t is the opinion OF the police officers
that moro Kansas men are roped in bv the
takers than from any other state. one
man lost so in a few minutes and then
appealed TO a policeman. lie told his
troubles and the officer askeu him how
he happened TO play the sure thing game.
he replied that he never saw anything
like it before and that other people were
making money and he did not see WHY
he could not. He was asked where he
was from and he said he lived In Kansas.
He had some money left and after the
policeman refused TO do anything for him
left ''sadder and wiser man" The
grafters have not been working as open-
~ as they did before the orders Of the
mayor. There are CRAFTS in the fun sense
of the word 10 be sure. but one has
some little chance now where he did not
a week ago. One can never win ANYTHING
playing a sure thing game. but il is re-
markable the number of people who are
willing to be taken in on something new.
A woman appeared on the street this
morning with a wheel and o plltfoy1n.
She had ali of the small trinke.s -hat a
woman could think Of. from pcrfuncry
down to collar buttons. she asked 10
cents for a chance at a fortune" and the
men were taking chances as fast as they
could get up to the platform. It was
something new and the men hkeI the
novelty One man. a citizen Of this city
started to get into other peoples BUSH
ness here yesterday with three EraCters
The men kicked him away from their
place OF. business and he then vert down
TO the police station. He told his story
in such manner that the officers refused
to have anything to do WITH him Die
insulted one or two OF the men and they
In turn kicked him ont Of the ofiee. iTe
is now looking for higher authodty ana
has sworn vengeance or the police dc-
partment of the city and the graftsrs as
well
There have been few ruaawa,-s in rho
city. one would expect more from the
number Of teams there are m The city
The first runaway Of the cily occurred
this morning when a grocery delivery
wagon team started up the etrect The
wagon was overturned and things scat
tered for blocks. No one was hurt The
runaway occurred near one OF The booths
and people got excited for time.
The plan OF having captains FOR the
has been changed The men
are Row Eiven numbers FRI THO une and
these numbers are recognized at the
dcc-. However II a man com g up tn tire
llae without a number the do0rkecpcr Il
the booth lets him in Just the SANE Some
Of these doorkecpers are fearless fellows
and do not hesitate 70 use their FISTS when
necessary. one man this morning forced
the door and entered 90 register The
asked him after he entered
the booth what he was there for The
man replied that he was there 70 register
Of crowds or doorkeepers The
doorkeeper promptly took him under tic
chin and knocked him DOR the door IL
he registered at that booth. he was very
quiet about 90 or ne would have received 1
the same dose. once in a while come /
man who thinks that be ought % b. req /
stered whether DE is eligible 20 or not T.
After bic papers have been turned down I
II some booth. he consults a lawyer ana
he lawyer calls on Governor RIchar8s /
He states his case ard Governor Richards f
gives hts decision 10 usually coin- ses .
Tith the statement made bv the CLERK
ara then the lawyer wants % appeal O.
Hitchcock Governor Richards
hen ia{orms him that the secretary win .
inly throw his papers fn THE wnste haz.
get, and Governor Richards has fsu
lower here.
The demands have been so heavy for
pa th rooms fri - Reno that a number n F.
houses have started ep q bathing scheme
They rent their bathing tubs fer G coats
bath. ore man near fhr Eerforf Eri-'
,ets - cents per arc makes coed fhlre
.ut ~ his enterprise The 1lst ara waru
heather make baths necessity ana
engs for any Cd k.o5 ~ q $50 81 fre
b ldard price
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