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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-27
YOUNG MAN MISSING
John Betz Is Reported to Have
Been Drowned.
POOL OF GREAT DEPTH
Later Reports Are That He
Has Run Away

5shn Bets, a young nan about q years
old. IS reported TO have been drowned in
sitter Springs, twelve miles southeast Of
this city. Bets mas been working for
Frank Pray, farmer living IN the VI
entity OF the springs for some time and
this week vas assisting Henry German
II threshing wheat he was driving the
water wagon OF the th-esaing machine,
which had 70 Be flied every other hour
and hs got his supply Of water AZ SETTER
Springs. WE Mast seen he was 5r1vIEg
ne water wagon in the direction Of the
springs. He bad been gone for some
tine and water Yves getting low in the
threskilg engines boiler. when some one
started cur to ind Bets. on reaching
the springs the WAGON was found upset
il the water and the horses had torn
themselves away from the wagon. stand
iIg near By il corn felt satisfying
their hunger. After searching around
fer scue tiue Bets hat was discovered
floating down Spring Creek An alarm
was Instantly given and all hands com
ue1ced searching the creek and the
springs for Bets body. bur It could not
b found TIE springs are ssil % be bot
toEuIess and over go feet " rope with
graphing iron attached, was sunk. bur
without finding any trace 0f the body.
Yesterday morning several ~ the far
r1ers from our there were IN the city
II get fr91 hooks and soma dynamite %
blow up the springs IN hopes OF finding
some trace Of the body.
The men searched until about noon,
v-he nit was learned that Bets clothes
at the home Of Frank Pray we're missing.
Il is now thought that the Young man
has skipped out and taken this method Of
hiding his tracks No one has seen him
and The men have given Up the zeach.
IS II seemed preposrarous that the man
had been drowned and his clothes were
missing. Thes imposed drowning hap
pened between AS and 5.+5 Thursday az
ternoon and the folks az the house ~
Frank Pray say that Bets. clothes we're
II his room at o'clock. They left the
house about o'cIock and did nor return
untE 6. The clothes were not found miss
ing until nearly noon yesterday.
Bets Is g young man and HIS home IS
IN Illinois BE has worked about Selrzer
Springs for several months and was
man of exemplary habits. a few months
ago he went 70 his home On visit and
It Is alleged that he borrowed The money
70 60 on from Frank Pray ana tnlt he
promised TO come oack and work the debt
out lie came back and besaa 10 work
two Or threa weeks ago.
The SETTER Springs are located On eZ-
County Conn missioner Cyrus KTccbs farm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-27
FOR WHIPPING lis BOY


Isanent.
James Brew, the nan who 50 unmerci-
fully whipped bis son. Harry. was lued
SD In police court yesterday The case
had been continued from the day before
IS Il was called to late % complete the
trial the day before. The man was given
the rau extent Of the Law and has ap-
reaied the case 90 the dis1ict court
The little boy showed the marks OF a
hard whipping and the punishment in
dIcted by the court met with universal
satisfaction with the large number OF
spectators. The evidence showed shat
The man had been in the habit Of whip
ping the boy pretty often ard the 3u1ee
told him il would have to stop. II is all
legged that the man tide the boy in the
cid Hydraulic min and Kept him there
for q day and only gave him bread and
water. Another time The man struck the
little fellow wish bridal The boy has
had q terrible siege Of typhoid fever and
has never f-uy recovered from It and
when sent 7ut 70 hehr1 the cows would
sometimes faint Several Of the neigh
nors testified chat when the boy would
ne -he COWS 81 something En- order n
set o1r ~ the heat his father would
vhir him for r.
Tuesday 81 ben the boy vas whipped and
brought BIS father into court. he went t.
the house " a n=ighbor and stayed there.
The folks there found him asleep in 2
buggy AID took him q The house ard
save him O he'd He would not tell them
why ne would nor so home. but said On
the stand that DE- was araid 10 so home
because he Thought his father would
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-27
The Stimulus
of Pure Blood

That is what is required By
every organ of the body, for the
proper performance Gifts functions.
It prevents biliousness, dyspep-
sic, constipation, kidney complaint,
rheumatism, catarrh, nervousness,
wea kness, faintness, pimples,
blotches, and all cutaneous erup-
tons.
It perfects al the vital processes.
". P. Keston, woodstock. Ala. took Hoods
Sarsaparilia 10 make his blood pure. He
writes thac he had not felt vel buc tired for
some tine. Before he had finished the first
Bottle Of this medicine Re felt better and
when he bad taken the second was ike
another man p free from that tired feeling
ard able 20 DO his WORK
Hoods J0rSap0riLlQ
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Accept no substitute
but Get Hoods todav.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
Belton Gilreath and Virginia.

MT Belton Gilreath has returned from happy visit to Richmond, where he was delightfully."- entertained by A. B. Williams, editor of the Richmond Times, and by other representatives of the high CT and brighter side of the most charm ing Virginian society, a society that re- mains unique in its envable distinct on of worldwide fame. Concerning MT. Gill reath the Richmond Times said:
 "One of the guests of the Jefferson Is Belton Gilreath of Birmingham, Ala, president and manager of ths Gilreath Coal and Iron Company, one of the most extensive and successful mining compan- ies in that region. MT. Gilrcath is yet a young man, but has had an exciting ca reer since he went to Alabama from South Carolina twelve years ago. He got in on the Birmingham boom and made a fortune, and was then caught in the slump. He Is one of the few men who held out through the years of hard tim es and paid dollar for dollar. Now he is earning his reward with one of the best paying mining properties In north Ala bama. His mines are models, he never has labor troubles and sells all the coal he can dig. The railroads are among his largest customers"
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
ABOUT THE AGE-HERALD.

From the Oakman News.
 We copy with much pleasure and en- dorse fully the following editorial from that wide-awake leading State journal the Age-Herald. The Age-Herald is an independent, outspoken friend of the com mon people of Alabama. The Age-Herald is not only honest but fearless in express ing it's convictions on great moral ques- tions and public issues. The Age-Herald Is a friend to public school education a friend to the great mass of people, a friend to the little children who need the fostering care of the State to provide a uniform series of textbooks and a sys- tenn of public schools that will aid them in becoming useful anl intelligent men and women.
 We endorse the Age-Herald. It should be the welcome visitor in every humble home in Alabama. It deserves and should receive a liberal patronage. The Age Herald is not afraid of trusts, lobbies and monopoiies. The present Senate of Alabama has in a large measure been controlled by a lobby It will be known in history as the Hobby Senate" It has been tanned on the school book question: the question which was of more vital im- portance than any other to the poor lit tie children of Alabama. This Senate is a sad commentary upon the Democratic party, a sad reflection upon a party which claims to be the friend of the great common people.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
Cotton Present and Euture

Cotton seems to be headed for eight cents, after selling in the home mar kets at ten cents. This is due to the shutting down of mills, because of the light demand for cotton goods. The closing of the Chinese market has been an important factor in this mat ter, and the opening of that great mar ket is still far in the future, and this government is doing nothing, so far as can be ascertained, to hasten the negotiation of a commercial treaty with that country. If China be opened to trade next fall it will be better luck than now seems to be in store for us. The administration, it should be re- membered, does not grow cotton, and it is thinking more of other subjects raised in Pekin than it is of cotton and cotton goods.
 The cotton year has been a peculiar one. The producers got the big prices as a rule, and the middlemen the lesser prices. Thus things have been evened up for while. Rarely indeed does the farmer receive the best price of the season. He is expected by the commercial world to take the small end. He took this year the big end, and some thing that he has become forehanded enough to insist upon the big end in the next cotton year.
 He can get the big end in any year by raising his own supplies-his own | food crops and forage crops-his own bread and meat-his own corn and hogs and cattle. This is what he should do this year. When the next cotton year comes he can then hold his cotton until he is fully ready to sell it. No farmer whose cribs and smokehouses are full can we'll miss the best prices for cotton of the sea. son. He is under no pressure, and he can wait. The mills cannot. The mid dlemen will become fidgety, but the man who has enough to eat and enough to feed his animals will not He will go right on waiting until the market suits him, or at least until he becomes satisfied that the top of it has been reached. This is the situation in every cotton year.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
NED BRACE ON STATE AFFAIRS AND
 QUALITIES WHICH MAKE MEN SUCCESSFUL

The men to select delegates to the con- stitutional convention have been elected. The men chosen yesterday are to meet in convention in the respective counties of the State on "wednesday next and se- lect the men who are to make Alabama's new constitution. There will be grave re- responsibilities upon the shoulders of these men. There are many important matters to be considered In making the new con stitution The most important is the fran ehise question, to provide n means to eliminate the ignorant negro from ballot privileges within the State. This Is a delicate question to be handled under the constitution of the United States. It must be done without conflict with that instrument.
 There are, however, other important matters to be considered and acted upon. There will be advocacy of and opposi- ton to the plan to make certain offices in Alabama constitutional offices. There will also be an effort made to provide that all state and county officers shall be paid salaries instead of fees. This undoubted- ly should be adopted Provision should likewise be made to do away with the practice of state and county officers hav- ing their salaries increased during their terms of office; also of the practice of creating new offices for political friends of ruling politicians. There are too many men in Alabama with bulls" who are constantly using the same to further their own interests at the expense of the taxpayers of the State The pull in politics has been used to excess In Ala bama. There was too much of 1t hover ing about the late Legislature. There has been too much of feeling on the part of the politicians that the State owes them something. In this .connec- tion it Is not amiss to remember that though the constitution of the State only provides for a fifty-day session of the Legislature, the last Legislature paid itself for more than fifty days, and the legislators, if reports be correct, had no hesistancy in drawing salaries for days of junkets in Pensacola and Mobile. However. that's their business, not mine. The State doubtless can anord 1t and men, of course. are entitled to recreation with pay. They recreated they got their pay. So it's all over.
 The clerks, however, were left without any pay and local banks in Montgomery had to. advance them the money and take chances of getting it two years hence, when the next Legislature meets
 The banks of Montgomery are liberal They evidently like having the capital
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
TIE oAlY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAm,
Home Rule for Schools.

Now that there must be in every school district five months of free school, free in every way from fees pr supplement of any kind whatsoever now that free schools are estab- lished in Alabama, as they have long been in the other States, the question of the proper support of such schools becomes all-important and interesting.
 The pay system is dead and buried, and the State is giving every dollar to the schools she can give more perhaps that she should give. At any rate the State cannot well do more. A maximum in that direction has been reached.
 And yet in many districts there is not money enough sent by the State to properly remunerate the teacher or teachers, and to maintain a good school. Why then should not such districts be permitted, as they are in Louisiana and in the advanced States, to supplement the States money by local taxes? Is there any known ob- jeetion to this? Not compulsory local taxation, but voluntary local taxation.
 In other States communities are urged to promote public education. In this State communities are forbidden to promote public education. In other States it would create horse-laugh if any one should say community would overtax itself for school pur- poses. They will not do any such thing. They could not if they should try and they will not try. No com munity ever overtaxed itself for any thing, least of all for better schools. Idany have overloaded themselves, but no case of overtaxation exists, pr ever will exist
 The teachers of the State should urge local taxation for school pur- poses. It is the natural corallry of the public schools which have been established in this State after long and painful struggle. The people of the State who desire better schools should stand behind the teachers. Every patriot, every good citzen, every man who desires to lessen the Hitter acy of the State, should favor local taxation for school purposes. The Louisiana provision is exactly what Alabama needs.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
Those Front Fences Anain,

In these spring days when yard and garden work invite the lover of nature in all her moods, it would seem as if the scratchety front fence would dis appear like the morning mists, but it does not. It fingers here and there, rendered doubly hideous ly the ab- sence of it's former companions. The obstinate front fence owner is like the juryman who stands out against the eleven hard-headed members that desire to bring in verdict.
 The obstinate owner of front fence has plenty of object lessons, and still he insists upon deforming his own street and neighborhood and injuring the reputation of his town. He should see a progressive modern town. That would make him ashamed of his ob- stinacy and unreason and lack of aesthetic perceptions.
 But really there is no use in argu- ing with the man who deadlocks the jury. It is born in him. He brides himself on his obstinacy, his inde- pendence, his mulishness. The best way is to leave him alone in the glory of hideousness. Tear away the fences on each side of him, letting his pro trude to the disgust of all passers-by. He will tire in the long run of the showing he makes. He will come into line quicker in that way than through an appeal to his sense of beauty, for he has none. Let him alone. Give him season of isolation and assertive- ness, and he will come out of it bet ter citizen and more reasonable neighbor He will not set up his un- trained will against all his neighbors so freely and spontaneously. He will accept anything that goes to make the town more attractive, more desirable and more popular.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
l,eJ5atzza~

as best it might the supreme truths of life which good women are most power ful under God to teach!
 Wheresoever there be good women gathered together, there is the spirit of truth as embodied in the fair forms of loveliness and purity charity and gra- ciousness the fulfillment of that splendid glory that women were last at the Cross and first at the Tomb.
 There is one thing that God has given us as the highest exemplification of good ness and sweetness and light and faith. gladness and joy and heaven-re -resounding glory in this world, and that is the moth- CTS tears of happiness over the virtues of the daughter. That should move the hardest heart to the Hail Mary of the faith
 Love is Lord and King of every worthy soul in this world, my beloved
 It is pure love in some form that is the handspring of human existence. It may be, as it is always in respect to the very young, the love of the parental spirit. or the love of others, men or women; but whatever the personal object, Love IS regnant in every honest human heart
 Fools do scoff, the idle do jeer, and tha wicked prove their vice by sneering at holy things, holy impulses, holy pur- poses; but the mass of mankind, the Hopes and Faiths and Charities of the world. love on in the sight and the bless. ings of God.
 A deeper voice sounds across every storm it is triune voice of Hope and Faith and Charity.
 It comes to us in days of merriment and in days of Lenten penance.
 Every heart-throb is a lesson of divine truth, keeping afresh in every soul the sacred dew of youth
 Believe it, my beloved; believe that Love is Lord and King!
 And in the light of the divine truth prays THE MURMURER.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
Rivers and Harbors.

Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee and Mark Hanna both live in Cleveland, and they have never been friendly. Early in the ses- sion MT. Burton declared his opposi- tion to the subsidy bill, and it was then that threats were heard in in- fuential quarters against any rivers and harbors bill that might be pre- pared.
 When the bill did go to the Senate it was held up and used as a club to pass the subsidy bill and the army bill. It was held back by administra- tion Senators of the inner circle to the last days of the session, and it was loaded up by them with items that do not pertain to navigation-items relating to arid lands, the Potomac flats and the like. The throwing out of these items aroused the ire of MT Carter and MT. Wellington. How much r adopted by the Hannatic influences and by the railroad lobby will never be known, but it Is known that the precious pair were given an oppor- tunity to talk the bill to death by the postponing of it to the last hours of the session. In one way and another Mark Hannas big coarse hand was in this underground piece of business.
 The rivers and harbors bill should not be taken up at the short session. It belongs in the first or long session. Political cowardice on the part of an extravagant billion-and-a-half party led to it's going over to the short ses- sion. They had voted away so much money that they were ready to sacri- fee yhe commercial interests of the country before election in order to lessen the aggregate of their extrav- agance. This cowardice, coupled with Mark Hanna's desire for revenge or at least for his subsidy bill, accom- plished the defeat of the bill. The rivers and harbors that had been par tially dredged out will now be refilled.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
A Famuos IrIehman Here.

One of the most famous leaders of the Irish Land League movement of twenty years ago, and likewise one of the most eminent priests of Ireland, is in Birm- ingham in the distinguished person of Rev. Eugene Sheehy parish priest of Limerick
 Nineteen years ago Father Sheehy, Tim Healey and T. P. OConnor made their celebrated tour of the United States in the interest of the Land League which was powerful to emancipate the tenant farmers of Ireland. as they stand today declared Father Sheehy yesterday.
 Hundreds of thousands of Americans still remember the brilliant, daring and unexampled work of those three sun bursts of Ireland' as they sped from city to city and aroused the spirits of Irish Americans as they had never been aroused before. Father Sheehy, joining those two militant and restless young leaders of the Irish race, Tim Healy and T. P. O'Connor became himself a great leader in the material strife, as he had been and as he remains a beloved spirit ual guide and counsellor.
 Father sheehy was the first priest to be imprisoned under Gladstone's anti Land League coercion act of 1881.
 The Land League served it's purpose of freeing the tenant farmers of Ireland from the blight of landlordism in it's worst form; and now Father Sheehy, no longer wearing his fighting clothes, comes upon mission of religious peacefulness. He has undertaken to build a new and greatly-needed church in a poor parish of the CountyLmerick, and he is in this country raising a part of the money re- quired for the new building.
 To this pious end Father Sheehy will next Sunday night. St. Patrick's night represent at the Jefferson Theatre, in this city remarkably Illustrated tour of Ireland. He has an unsurpassed col lection of photographs of Irish scenery, natural and artistic, and these he will by means of a stereopticon of extraordinary power throw on to canvas in the theatre, and so realistic will be the views that the seeing of them will almost equal a prolonged personal tour of Ireland. As the pictures are displayed Father Sheehy, who is man of renowned eloquence, will deliver a running lecture that is sure to be profoundly interesting.
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
THE ENDURING.

By James Whitcomb Riley. A misty memory-faint, far away And vague and dim as chldhoods long
 lost day Of awe and wonder indefinable: A grimy old engraving tackled upon A shoeshop wall. An ancient temple,
 drawn Of crumbling granite, sagging portico. And gray, forbiddng gateway. grim as And OCT the portal, cut in antique line The words-cut likewise in this brain of
 mine 'Wouldst have a friend d?-wouldst know
 what friend is best? Have God thy friend; He passeth all the
 rest" Again the old shoemaker pounds and
 pounds Essentially, as the loud laugh resounds And the coarse jest is handled round the
 throng That smokes about the smouldering stove;
 and long, Tempestuous disputes arise, and then Even as all like discords--die again; The while barefoot boy more grayely
 needs The quaint old picture. and tiptoAng
 reads There in the rainy gloom and legend Yer The lowering portal Of the old chuch
 door "Wouldst havo friend?-wouldst xIow
 what friend Is best? Have God thy friend; He passcth all he
 rest. So older-older-older year by year, The boy has grown, that now, an sd
 man here, He seems a part of Allegory, where He stands before life as the old prht
 there Still awed, and marvclling what ligt
 must be Hid by the door that bars futurity; Though, ever clearer than with eyes If
 youth, He reads with his old eyes-ard ears fc- sooth- ''Wouldst have 0 friend?-wouldst kpns
 what friend is best? ill Have God, thy friend; He passeth all thA