The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-17

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OF the city.
The heat has not been so intense to-
! day There has been d good breeze and
the water supply has been good all day.
! The streets have been vel sprinkled and
( the dust has not been blowing in the
main part Of the city to amount to any
/ thing. Tomorrow VIII be the big day here
/ for registration The clerks anticipate
/ that they VIII break the record made
/ yesterday. The harvest excursions come
in or both the Rock Island and Choctaw
and this means that large crowds VIII
come fronm the east.
FL Reno, o. T.. July 1s.Before four
o'clock this morning people were in line
IN front Of a number of booths waiting
for the government CLERKS to open up for
registration. These people came in on
I the night trains. They did not go to
hotels OF rooming houses. but instead
walked around on the streets or occupied
chairs IN the hotel corridors until time
ii line up for registration. The Rock
Island and Choctaw poured hundreds Of
people into FL Reno, but the crowd this
morning was not as large as yesterday.
The clerks predicted that unless the af-
ternoon trains were crowded that they
would be able to handle the people cas-
1y before o'clock. Many Of the notarfes
public were up al night and this morn
ing before daylight strings Of people
were forming before their desks in or
der TO have registration papers made
out. With a very few exceptions the no.
taries are charging 25 cents. Those who
charge 90 cents are forced to buy their
own blanks and there is not much profit
connected with the registration IN that
way.
People slept everywhere last night. The
walks were lined with worn-out men.
Stairways were utilized and every place
next to building where a man could
sleep was occupied. The registration this
morning began before 9 o'clock and a
large number Of people were registered
before noon. At some of the booths
the lines were wen cleared up at the
noon hour. although people were arriv-
ing at all hours of the morning.
Governor Richards received a telegram
this morning from Iawton stating that
$40 people were registered at that place
yesterday. This broAe the record at Law
ton and makes a total of i, ,17O registered
there IN five days. After receiveing the
telegram form Lawton, Governor Rich
ards sent the following telegram to Sec
retary Hitchcock at Washington: Law
ton registered 1870 on Monday. Total
there and here up to last night, 42,184"
Secretary Hitchcock is very anxious to
hear every day Of the progress being
made in the registration and usually
wires back his congratulations on the
trouble connected with the registration.
This morning ats O'Clock a fire alarm
was turned in from the Kerfoot hotel.
For time that portion of the city was
in a panic, for FL Reno people remember
ed the fire at Enid on Sunday morning.
The blaze was caused by the explosion
of Q gasoline stove in the kitchen Many
of the guests Of the hotel were at the
tables and it was with difficulty that they
were retained N the room. One of the
men connected with registration booth
took charge Of things and quieted the
people. The fire was soon put out but
not before the kitchen was badly scorch-
ed. It was a very fortunate thing that
the explosion did not occur at night for
the hotel is crowded and during the ex-
citement some of the guests might have
bee injured. The fire department was
called out late yesterday afternoon to
Gerrer's bakery on Rock Island avenue.
A gasoline stove which had been used ali
day exploded and it seemed for a few
minutes as II the whole bakery was IN
flames. One OF the employees of the bak-
cry promptly threw the stove out into
the alley and the danger was over. Hun
dreds of people rushed into the street
It was with difficulty that the fire wa
gons could get through the street, ow-
Ing to the congested condition caused
by registration booth near there. The
pressure is better than it has
been for some weeks. This is accounted
for by the repairing Of the engines last
week The water in the stand pipe is
above the average amount kept there
turing the past week and the fire depart
nent would have plenty Of water TO
lght any con1agratioh which might oc-
'ur at this time. The city Of Fl Reno
has been very fortunate. however, Tor
40 serious fires or accidents have oc-
surred since the large crowds began to
arrive here.
Receiver Tom B. Reid and Register
Frank c. Sickles have charge Of a booth
opened especially for the old soldiers.
Governor Richards arranged for this
oooth last night. It viii give the clerks
much more time to attend to the regular
'egistraton. The old soldiers or their
agents can register at the booth in
'harge Of the receiver an dthe regis
er and this VIII be much more conve-
lient than the present system. The plan
II having a separate woman's booth
5 the best that has yet been inaugurated
" Governor Richards. No men can reg
ster at this booth and the women have
un rights there. They stand IN line and
'rganize their companies Just like the
nen and have no trouble whatever ia
esisterlng. There were more women
han usual today lined Up IN front OF the
'ooth. This would indicate that the
women ike the registration system for
drawing. They have equal chances
WITH the men for getting homes and do
lot need 10 suffer n q hard run which
would have been the case had the coun-
n opened as the others opened.
The removing Of the booth from the
acEet building was a wise move on the
an CT Governor Richards There are two
- - -- "---eA tiiN S1JLA COli0 De enter
o and the impression seemed TO be that
Z enc poid the doodkeeper a dollar or so
e could get n at the back door. This
light have been done. but It could not
e ascertained by Governor Richards
-hethe- It was or not The moving OF
be booth stops all such talk and every
laa VIII have 2 fair chance 10 register
< the school house where the booth is
ow located. The Women's b0olh has