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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
SENT EN- TO SCHOOL
Two Little Girls Taken From
Their Mother
BY A HUMANE OFFICER
One of Them talks Back" TO
the Court.
BY A HUMANE OFFICER

Perhaps one OF the most pathetic and
sensational scenes ever enacted in the
probate court Of this county was witness
ed yesterday when the three little Fergu-
son girls. Mile. Is years; Irene, l3 and
Myrtle, 10 years of age were arraigned Tor
trial on charges that were brought for the
purpose Of committing Item all to the IN
dustri2l school for girls at Beloit.
The court room was crowded with peo-
PIE waiting TO hear whether the horrible
stories told by Mr.. stratton. the district
president Of the Chndren's Home society.
would be proven true When the time for
the hearing came the crowo was sur
prised when Judge Wilson told them that
under the law on the parties accused,
their friends, the officers of the law and
chndrens home officers were allowed to
be present and he fled into the private
rooms Of the probate court followed by
those who had a right 70 be present.
Deputy County Attorney Henry HUT
man was there for the purpose Of bringing
out the information and Mrs. Laura
wood, the mother Of the children secured
John Adams 10 look out for the interests
Of herself and children. The attorneys
held a consultation ana came 10 an IN
Outstanding that Judge Wilson should
sentence all the children TO the Industrial
school and that the sentence Of the
youngest should be suspended and give
the mother one more chance to take care
Of her. Judge Wilson refused to have
the matter settled in this way even on
the consent Of the mother and demanded
that some evidence be submitted to jus
tify the sentence. Mr. Stratton. district
president of the Kansas ChHdren's Home
society and Officer James Mercer were
put on the stand and told a story about
the depreciation of these children that
would not look pretty in print
The story about this little girl of only
ten wears. and a mere baby in appearance
showed that there We're some grown men
IN this city who take about the same view
of the rights Of little girls as one would
expect a dog to entertain. Deputy Coun-
~ Attorney henry Huffman said there
were other cases like this IN this city and
he told q reporter for the Eagle that they
were hunting up the evidence and when
they had It compl eted County Attorney
Comfy would swell the population in the
penetentiary with about the loveliest
crowd that was ever sent I'D from any
nne town in America. There were two
women present who were brought as wit
nesses. but they were not called to the
stand. one Of these, however, talked
and told a worse story to some Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
BIG elcYcLE RAcEs.
Five Prizes 70 Be Competed For at the
Fair Grounds.


Fair Grounds.
Wichita IS to have the best bicycle
races tomorrow afternoon since the days
Of the L. A. -. circuit races. The races
wAl be run by local bicychsts and this
makes them all the more interesting.
The prizes are well worth competing for
and the best amateur riders viii will
take part say that these viii be worth
seeing. The races viii take place at the
fair grounds and Manager Toler promises
20 have the track in good condition for
speed. The principal feature will be the
twenty-fve-rnile race between Cox and
Litson. Cox is the f2vorite thus far, due
TO his long and systematic training, while
Litson viii enter the race with practi-
caHy no training, but promises Cox a
race for the money. Iitson has host
OF friends and the Cox men that show
their money have 10 trouble to tina ready
takers. IAtson won the road race with
Cox a few weeks ago and is confident Of
winning the track race. khe race is for
a $500 side bet and division of the gate
receipts.
The first race win be a two-nnile race
for boys under 16 years Of age. Prizes:
First, pair sl2 racing tires; second, s.
umbrella.
One-mile race-First, IS pair OF golf
sticks; second. pair cycle hose and 81
straw hat
Five-mile race-Ffrst. SIS wheel; second,
s12 pair racing tires.
he fourth race viii be a speed race
for two miles. First mile paced by tan
oem, second by quad.
The fifth race Is a one-fourth mile
sprint. First prize. S12 mandolin; second,
- bamboo nshing rod
The last race viii be the twenty-five
mile race between Cox and Litson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03

clerk OF the district court, thought he
would disturb the force down in the
county clerks Office, so he sent down an
order of Judge Dale's, which was 10 the
effect that he. Judge Dale, considered
that more than twelve jurors were re-
qufred for the September term OF the
district court. and he ordered them to
draw Sc names from the jury box. The
law requires that the county clerk. the
sheriff. and two justices OF the peace shall
conduct the drawing. Sheriff Simmons
and County Clerk Chain secured the aid
Of Justices Ash and Dunkin and they
lounged over TO the table and wormed out
the required number Of names. After the
drawing it was discovered that just one
half Of them were from the city and
the other half from the country. Ex-
County Clerk A II. Denny says this is
the first time he ever knew that 10 happen
anywhere. When asked why Judge Dale
ordered the jury for the September term
Of the court TO be drawn SO early Deputy
County Clerk Frank Ford said he guessed
the Judge was afraid he would go out
fishing and forget it, and be would just
do il while he thought Of IL Following are
the names drawn:
C. J. Andrews, City; John sinnehur.
Alton; II. Firman, City; Henry Rohens,
Waco: O. X Stewart, City; Jonas Fry,
Valley Center; NJ. r. Diner, City; Joseph
Meyer, Attica; z. D. Kimball, City; John
Thompson, Salem; Christ Dold, Union; Q.
J. Martin. Park; c. J. Pierpont, City; Geo.
Murphy, City; J. 3. Taylor. Delsno; o.
Martinson. Delano; Henry Frauck. City;
VIM. Booth. Salem; A. Wise, City; D.
c. Deross, City; George Stephens, Kechi:
". II. Yarzel. City; r. c. Bird. Erie; Geo
R. Fultz, City; o. w. Little, Viola; n
II. Rudolph, City; James Bridenstein,
City; c. A Paxton, City; J. J. Jones,
City, Martin Ketzner, Sherman; Elmer
Davis, Grant; H. o. Harris, Greeley; ].
F. Honiner. City; Gus Miller, City; Ralph
Smith CITY: John NJ. Rice. Delano.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
Al RIVERSIDE PARK
Old Soldiers Expect 10 Have a Good
Time tomorrow.

The old soldiers are planning to have
a great time at Riverside Park tomorrow.
There is no better place in the country to
have a picnic The committee have ar
ranged q fine program and Sanford's band
VIII be there to discourse sweet music to
all. The park is convenient BY street cars
and even 10 walk. All your neighbors
viii be there and at no time of the year
is there such an opportunity 70 have
good social time with your friends and
hear a fine program by one of the best
bands in the state
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
JURORS ARE Drawn
Judge Dale Preparing for the septem-
her EaESu,


With the exception OF = little stir in the
probate court. business was dun in the
county building yesteraay.
The principal thing done was trying TO
keep cool Judge Dale was absent from
the district court room ana the stenogra-
pher, Frank Dean, was in his Once leis-
urely writing some extra work with his
typewriter. Tom Voss. Fred Williams.
VIII Ayers ana Judge Milton sat in tie
city court room with their feeS on the
table telling stories Under Sheriff Sim
mons was holding down the sheriff 5 Of
fee. John Chain was running up down
the halls % ne court house honSng for
some body to answer the tai spdo1a. The
county clerk hS> q telephone and when
anybody down tsEn wants % talk -
someone On the lower foor theycall up TIE
clerk and ask him t. bring them IN Sust
about TIE time that John Chain gets
half way down q big column o. fg1rss
the pho1s VA mig ike there was house
on FIRE ard when he drors ais pen and
answers somebo5y VII ask him 70 g
down 70 the county superintendent of1cs
or 70 the register OF deeds 81 20 some
other once and eel someone 10 came %
the phone Almost snybodT eSl6 cone
pretty near guessing what 4 zsn VOID
DO under such circumstance. Al OF the
boys OF the lower or Basement 5oor W>-e
In the coronerss rem listening % Cor
tinued story which VAS beng related -
that fSznezs rseeuteuE, II u. AoCoiirzter,
VINO TSuid hss- maze = bit as = dsscSsr-
i've winter 4 - s~d Times kis attention
IN thzS direction Instead - sowzcc psis-
tics TIE people in tee register Of sesSs
otiscs wsst she saiy psoPls A1eEt re
court hezss tsst seemed e BE busy. Ths
citizens q TizAl-A ard sedswicS s6s-SsT
kesr right 1ioSx s1slzx sak ss5Ff-E real
estate ard canoeing mortgages. Thst1e-
the weather Is het 81 esd
AIcng hAssre LINER tiEae Ersa TnAarns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03

tuTy fund The proposition IS % rzise
the fund. when f. % - permanently ~
vested ard the ircoua ussd czly fer Tnl-
yeraalist chufch extension f. A-serloz-
The Twenriech Century fund OMEN
plates a permanent uzive-zal-st cazT-.
TIE general Convention has ALREADY fu-as
amounting % 80 ga Ths p-oposed
1'-sntisth Century t1nd vii - 1855 %
lais ard 4 is hopea EiI sTinx TIE amount
% 2 halt rzL-oz- TEts f9-rsTe nno-7e-
net O. tbs zene-zl oolTcEt@os ~ ~
SIX tn ere estz ilssrrsut q s permanent
church ir tas clry q Wichlfa- ~. Dr.
r = Rc1fc-1 zll FtA-z re h-Lti-K
faad so- th-s Wichita church - = asc&Grs
&c q sn-ozD--d IEts-. = " stz<cA
a. gunctlon Cstv vi vfEi. Tsnaitz T. ths
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
NEW LAW FIRM
James COnIey. Ir-. and Henry Eutt
mar EOrn Partnership.


James Comfy, the younger nephew Of
County Attorney James F. Comfy, and as
sistant County Attorney Henry Huffman
formed 6 law partnership yesterday
morning which IS nov the youngest law
firm IN Wichita. Sir Huffman has been
at the bar while Mr.. Comfy graduated re-
Gently with the honor Of LII D. Both,
as everybody knows. are bright young
men who were reared In Wichita and as
they have the deserved confidence OF the
people their future as lawyers Is assured.
If your brain won't work right, and you
miss the snap, vim ana energy that was
once yours. you shoald take PRICKLY
ASH BITTERS. Il cleanses the system
and invizorates both body anu brain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
FOURTH AT VALLEY CENTER.
Preparations Being Made For Warm
Time There.

Valley. Center people are making great
proposition fer some big doings on the
Fourth Of Ju Glorious
There viii be a big picnic at the grove
half mile west of the town, and Profess
scr Fishers Wichita military band VIII
be in attendance. Good speakers VIII sd
dress the people. and it is the intention OF
the mana cement to spring something new
and novel in the way OF program. The
cid stereotyped 4th of July program viii
be cut out and something especially novel
IS promised.
Sam Timmous, editor OF the Index. is
one Of the prime movers IN the affair and
SAYS that Valley Center viii be as nice q
plsce to spend the Fourth as anywhere
in this vicinity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03

officers than what they related on the wit
ness stand.
In pronouncing sentence of the children
Judge Wilson told the mother that il
some Of these stories were true and it
was with her knowledge she was no more
fit to have little girls TO raise than an
animal. He said some Of the pen con-
nected with this affair would polute a
penitentiary. John Adams reminded the
court that the mother Of these children
had a hard time. she had earned their
living at the Washtub and since had Sc
cured a divorce from her husband he had
tried to take these children away from
her and she had been twice In court on
habeas corpus proceedings and every time
she had held the children and there had
never been anything bad proved against
her.
Judge Wilson said he appreciated all
that, but these children had rights and
one of these rights was TO be kept out Of
such company as the evidence showed
they were exposed to. He said that he
would suspend judgment in the case of
this little girl, which he considered a mere
baby and he warned the mother that
whenever il was made TO appear to him
that she was being neglected he would
take her away. He toll her TO keep this
little girl with her all the time and if it
was necessary for her to go away from
home TO work to take the little girl with
her
When Judge Wilson had pronounced
sentence, Mile, the older Of the girls,
gave the court a piece OF her mind. She
had been gathering a head Of steam from
the time that Mr. Stratton stated on the
stand that she was q morphine eater,
totally demoralized and that she was
leading her sisters wrong and when the
steam did blow OF it just whistledi you
can send me and 7 don't care" she said,
'fbut you rave no right TO send my sister.
She has a good homo with out aunt and
she will show you about this" The little
miss fairly Kissed the words through her
teeth and when Deputy Sheriff Dick Dodd
started with them TO the jail, Miles
voice could be heard GOWN the big hall
firing volleys back at the probate court
and everybody connected with It.
There are several other young girls that
1Ir. Stratton is looking after. he has
not yet filed any charges. It was whis-
pered about the court house yesterday
that some sensational proceedings would
be brought IN the court in q few days It
was understood that County Attorney
Comfy IS figuring in the matter and that
he is backing Mr.. Stratton IN his work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
It pazzIes the World.

No discovery in medicine has ever Gre
ated one quarter of the excitement that
has been caused by Dr.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. 1tsseverest tests
have been on hopeless victims Of Con-
sumption, Pneumonia, Hemorrhage,
Pleurisy and Bronchitis, thousands Of
whom it has restored to perfect health.
For Coughs. Colds. Asthma, Group. Hay.
Fever, Hoarseness and Whoopins Cough
it is the quickest, surest cure in the
world. It IS sold by Behring's pharmacy
who guarantee satisfaction or refund
money Large bottles SOC and 81. Trial
bottles free.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
1T is NO PIPE.
John Knobiauch's Fishing Story Is a
Fact.

John knohiauch's Fishing Story Is 2
Fact.
John Knoblauch. the night clerk at the
police station. says that the channel cat
--sh, the small, slender white fellow. with
the pretty black specks all over him. is
as game a fsh, If not gamer, than the
black bass. Mr.. Knoblauch caught
four-pound specimen Of the channel cat
one day last week IN the Little river and
the fish had him out in the river before
he knew where he was at But the en-
thusiastic fisherman succeeded IN found
ering around~in the water and firing the
big cat fish out and hoated MIN to link.
Mr.. Knoblauch has a certificate Of facts
that he IS going to have signed by Gus
Saur and Joe Baer, two disciples Of Wal
ton, VINO are considered authority. and
this will be sprung on any joshing slxep
tic who thinks the hsh story is q pipe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
- sToNE al oxFoRO.
Mr.. johnson Of That Place Has
One

One.
Soms inquiry has been made lately
sbout p maidstone and it has been pub
nshed IL Tie Eagle that there e not one
in the city at ira present time Fester-
day OIcer A. II Sutton told a reporter
fer the Eaeie that JACK johnson. who
formerly lived hare and who e nov liv-
ing at OXFORD. Kan. has a maidstone and
hat anyone who wanted 20 Use Il Tor the
bite OF rabid dog could get It 1y WIT
t1x 70 arr. Johnson AZ oxford Or going
there In -e-sou-
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a roor Millionaire

Lately starved 81 London because he
could not digest his food- Early use q
Dr. Kings S.w LIE Pts woIld have
saved hiu1- They strengthen the stor1-
sch. ed digestion. promote assimilation
improve appetite Prics- Z5c. Money
hack Il not satisfied sod by Geh-ag's
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03

Company A, Second regiment, K. N. G.,
viii spend the Fourth at the rife range on
the California section, SIX miles south
east Of the city, at target practice. A de-
tail OF six men will go TO the range
this evening and erect the tents and tar
gets. and the rest Of the company will go
down tomorrow. Those who do not 90
by any other conveyance will find trans
portation at the armory at s a. m. sharp.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
ELEVATOR WAS INSURED
T. l.. Elevator winch burned sunday

T. H. Elevator Which Burned sunday
Morning. Covered BY Insurance
The 7. J.. elevator on the Rock Island
tracks which was owned By II. T. Lig-
gett and which was totally destroyed by
Ere last Sunday morning was insured
poiicy for & 80 was carried b. the
o,xner covering the building and mRchn-
srv AMI the Insurance was ca-riad
through the Bon Dursnt agency Of this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
FEEDING to Fit

is the problem with infants. The grow
ing child has ever changing needs. but
perfect milk can never go amiss. Bor-
den's Eagle Brand Condensed MIX is the
acme OF substitute feeding. Send l0c for
'.Raby's Diary Y Hudson St, n. 7.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-03
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CITY

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MUSIC AND pRbkA-

sKAEzz CoSCERT CO.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-26
LOCAL BREvlTlEs.

DIR. Carmichael has succeeded DR..
Kinyoun as quarantine officer at San
Francisco.
lin Lloyd, vice captain and coach OF
the Healani Boat Club, has been sick
for the past few days.
Healani minstrel rehearsals have
been changed from Monday and Thurs
day to Tuesday and Friday evenings.
The Hawaiian bonds will be paid OF
an May l by Treasury Agents Mac
Lehman and w. w. Ludlow, VINO ar
rived on the China. The funds are de-
nosited in the First National Bank.
Reports brought by the steamer
Hanalei, which arrived yesterday from
Kauai. confirmed the news or a small
nox case at Lihue plantation. r. D
Mead and J. NJ. Coulson, who were al
the plantation, made a hurried depar-
ture, fearing they would be quaran-
tined
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-26

PUBLIC moonlight concert will
q be given this evening at 1880
o'clock, at Makee Island, Kapio-
LAM Park, by the Hawaiian Band. The
following program will be rendered:
PART I.
Overture, Kings Lieutenant" 80. It'll
Selection, Rose of Castillo" ....Balfe
Cornet Solo. "Old Folks at Home
Mr. Charles Kreuter
(a9 'Kapilina," % "waianuenue,"
Miss /. Keliiaa.
(e) Aloha no Wau," CD 'Moani Ike
Ala
Mrs N Alapai.
PART II.
Selection, The French Maid.
slaughter
serenade, Love in Idleness" (by
requesO ..............-...... Macbeth
Fantasia, I'm Switzerland" by re-
wa att Loves Old Sweet Song. -.
............ ......-.... Bucalossi
THE Star Spangled Banner