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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29

stop az the Occidental hotel and swap
stories with the boys there. PHI SheTI-
dan visited Wichita at least twice, stop
ping at the Occidental once and at the
Douglas Avenue once. General 0. O..
Howard and General Dan Sickles were
here and SO were General Macarthur.
General Wood and General Sumner. Two
speakers Of the national house Of repre-
sentatives, John G. Carlisle and Tom
Reed. have met the people OF Wichita
Among the other distinguished Americans
who have visited Wichita were Richard
G. Hoar. Charles Emory Smith. post
master general: r. A. Alger. secretary q
War; Senator Deliver OF Iowa. Thomas
Mast. the c&rtoonist; Richard Harding
Davis, the weliknown writer; Frederick
Remington. the artist: Henry Watterson.
the famous editor; jay Gould. the railroad
king; Rev T. Dewitt Talmage, the wei
known divine; Governor J. Sl0at Fasset
Of New York; Congressman Charles Gros-
venor OF Ohio; Powell Clayton. minister
70 Mexico: William J. Bryan, Governor
Hogg OF Texas; Governor Prince OF New
Mexico; Governor Murphy OF Arizona:
Congressman Richardson OF Tennessee;
Congressman Kahn Of California: Senator
Jones Of Arkansas; Governor Stone Of
Missouri; David r Frances. former cab
met officer; Senator TMman OF South
Carolina; Senator Warner Miller OF New
York; Governor Yates OF Illinois; Con-
gresham Dovener OF West Virginia:
David Starr Jordan Of Leland Stanford
university; 2 BENJAMIN Andrews: Edwin
Booth. the great trsgedian; the Duke OF
Argyle Of Scotland: Gen. Fred. Funston;
Thomas A Edison, Jr.. the inventor:
John l. Sullivan. Jim Corbett and Ed
Smith, the pugilists; General John 3.
Gordon; Senator John J. ingalls,, and
Frank James, the ex-bandit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
BUSY WEEK FOR HACKS.

Every hackman in town is looking for
easy money this week. II they don [
make 800 each they will not count them
selves lucky. That would be making
about 81 day, which is a big sum. The
most of this money will be made after II
o'clock at night, when the legal double
fare takes effect. After that it VIII cost
a man g an hour to ride; and If he
doesn't ride il viii cost him that much
to occupy the hack. The hack drivers get
40 per cent of what they take in. which
win be $40 for the week if their cherished
calculations do not fail them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
PAPER YELLOW WITH AGE.

G. W. Bowers Of 1920 Hendryx avenue,
can go a little ahead of anybody else IN
town in the matter of old newspapers.
lie has an original copy Of the Boston
Gazette and Country Journal" of the
date Of March 2, ITO, and it is safe to
say Il is the Oldest American newspaper
owned in Wichita, if not in the state.
Tt is a curious old relic and is in an
excellent state of preservation. The
paper is yellow with age. but the ink
stands out as black and bold as it did 130
years ago. The paper has descended to
him from his great grandfather, ard has
never been outside Of the family since it
came from the hands Of the printer. The
Gazette was patriotic at the time it was
published Notwithstanding the fact that
Boston was still in the hands Of the
British. 1t protests against the quartering
Of the soldiery in private houses as an act
of violation of the fundamental principles
of liberty. The Gazette also makes
vigorous protest against taxing the people
unjustly, and in another place condemns
his majesty's forces in New England for
acts OF outrage among the people. The
advertisements are quaint announcements
OF goods for sale
Mr. Bowers says that his family pub
fishes its genealogical development every
five years, and that he has his brought
uD-to-date. It covers a period of 200 years
and he says it is a very valuable and in
teresting family possession.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
wIcHITA MANS FTRsT LOVE.


DR.. Mathew Woodson Cave was looking
out the window Of his office a few days
ago and his eyes balged out as he caught
sisht of a woman driving a spanking
team through the streets. She was Just
about to turn a corner. and he soon lost
/ sight of her. The next day he saw her
! again, bat he lost all interest in her the
j second time. When he first saw her he
would swear that she was country girl
/ he fell IN love with in Missouri when his
! heart first became susceptible to the arch
/ ery Of Cupid. But she wasn't The doc
/ tor then related story to a reporter for
/ the Eagle.
Did You ever fail in love when you
were young?" he asked. IF you did, YOU
! VIII remember that It was a queer feeling.
! But it was a delightful feeling. I was
about is and went down TO the Missouri
river TO fish. I entered a grove and saw
! an opening with a log house in the center
/ of it. At one end of the house I saw a
/ girl securing some pans. Her back was
turned TO me. She had no shoes or stock
/ mss on. and IF I live to be a thousand
years old, I shall never see such a fine
pair OF feet. Michael Angelo himself
couldn't shape such a pair out of the
whitest marble ever Quarried in sunny
italy. Every few minutes she would
straighten up and. with a pair of The
liyeliest bare arms I have ever seen. she
would brush her raven ringlets back from
her forehead. I coughed. She turned
around and blushed. Never did an apple
or a peach grow in Galloway county that
could rival The rosy color or her cheeks.
asked for one. and the hand that drew it
from the wen was the hand of q goddess.
couldn't FISH that day. a whale might
have been on ny line and wouldn't see
st. [ was madiv in love I built air cas-
tiss al day and magnificent structures
they were. Night had come on before
was aware OF il ana instead Of return
ms home. I sousht lodging in tho neigh
borhood. I was told at the first house I
called IT that I would not be accommo-
dated IS there was going 10 g be a dance
there that night. I told them I would a
little sooner stay n horse with a dance
coming on than anywhere else II didn't
care they said they didn't, and I hung up
my FISHING tackle. The thought came into
ms mind thar the charner saw in the
morning mieht come there. and I bcran
so wonder what kind of fellow would
bring her. / hoped he wouldn't be big.
ana that he Was net q desperate. one
thin= I had made up my mind II co. and
i7at was % l-il him Il he vas g0od look
lnE-
-Grest after gliest came The fiddle
started UP. The caller shouted Every
sent get your partner. ana san the cod
rrrr,.. .f---s -.-..- .e..-..-
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RED LINE 10 oxFoRn.

It is not generally known that the re-
cent folders sent out by the Missouri Pa
ciic railway shows the road extended
from this city TO Oxford. Kan. a we'll
known local authority says that it is a
sure sign that this road will be built
soon. He says that he has watched the
methods of the Missouri Pacific for ff-
teen years. and has noticed that when
they run their red lines to a town, it is a
sure sign that they VIII build there. The
red lines are now running to Oxford.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29

1T is ike this with our president He
is like a beloved child N our hearts
While he is well and happy we think CT
him. but We do not think Of him deeply.
We admire him, we are proud OF him.
but We let him go on his way unheeding
providing for his welfare. giving q Ger
tain thought TO him; but not deep
thought. I don't know whether OK
plain clearly what I mean We follow
him with our eyes IS a mother would
follow her child. supposing that. since
he is out OF harms way. &c does not
need our personal and constant care.
But IN danger, hurt. wounded. dying,
Is there ore Of Us who would not hover
over him protectingly. screening his
precious body from the cruelty OF that
deadly hurt2
BLESS his memory.
1--WE stood there last night at the Her
aid Office hours and hours. waiting the
news, then tired out, I came home. knelt
and said a prayer for HIM, then fell
asleep.
= had not slept long, it seemed hardly
any time at all, before I was awakened
by the tolling OF bells.
.Oh, In the dark OF the night the deep
sad tolling OF those bensi
There was a heartache in every note,
q sob in every peal
Il sat up il bed and listened.
"All the bells took up the sound and
walled forth the news. They were Ike
human voices. sobbing.
1T seemed strange that you should
grieve so for one whom you have seen
only through the eyes Of the heart sat
there in the dark, crying as If that heart
would break, ard when the last peal died
away I lay back on my pillow sad as
death ard sleepless, until dawn.
Always your grateful friend.
ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS"
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80 20 KIcK cnMING

Last Monday a man drove east on
Douglas avenue in a prairie schooner on
the canvas of which was painted in rude
letters: Savings of a Lifetime" 1t Is
safe to say that 200 persons watched it
move and said: Poor devi.' we'll
known railroad conductor sat in front OF
the Manhattan pensively. What is that
fellow kicking about?" he asked. "and
why is everybody referring to him as a
poor devn2' His team is worth $50. and
his other possessions about $50. How
many people are there in whose life time
savings amounts to more than his. Mine
don't"
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p1scorNTEp a &c 80.

The Deering Machine company. whose
agencyis in this city secured evidence our
ing the week that Kansas is able 20 keep
wLile longer. Thor agent az Harper is
John BaumstarS, and De did some bush
ness during the past year. He concluded
the other day % take the benefit % dis
counts and piaHked Gown $4,000 IA Geld
cash IN settlement for tho fun's goods
handled. Il IS said that Nr. Baumstarls
pocketed from thai branch o. bis business
alone something Ike S5.00
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
APPOINTED BY ROOSEVELT.

Only one man IN Wichita ever got an
appointment from Theodore Roosevelt
This was OrvnIe Boyle. He vas in the
postoTice when the civil service law went
inot effect and Orviile was made exam
leer here in Wichita. His commission was
signed 10y Roosevelt, then at the head Of
the civil service commission
ROOSEVELT CALLED HIM A JOSHER.
Giles smith thinks President Roosevelt
IS simply I'll usht. but lie is a little wor-
RED about what the president thinks of
him. He is rather afraid that he isn't in
good standing 1T the White house, not
withstandisg his admiration for its occu-
pant il an came about this way; When
Mr. Roosevelt visited this city last year.
Governor Stanley EIayor Ross. Dave null
vane and others accompanied him into
the city. Giles smith. with other dis
tinguishe5 Democrats. went down 10 the
depot to take D look at and size UP the
candidate Tor vice president they were
s Hts4e nlo5est abort partici pabaE IL the
i8s demonstration. so they Went up to
the water tank-a queer place for Demo-
Gratis 10 ass emhlc- to look at him from
there The train stopped TO take water.
and Giles. seeing Tinlay Ross. Governor
Stanley. John Davis. Dave Mulvane and
man whom ne didn't know. bat sap
posed TO be some Topeka politician. hol-
lowed our: ''You heavyweight suys viii
crush that train. sure
The Unknown man happened 10 be
Theodore Roosevelt. who turned around
- Mayor ROSS and said; "hIe is 5osher,
tsa't he2
after the train left Mayor Ross hunted
mp Mr smith aud leetured him about The
freedom --nd ushnsss az his REMARKS
tenine him that tie man whom be SUPP
posed ~ De 81 Top So politician. was rome
other thaa The caudidats lor vice fresi-
Gent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29

I CAN'T GET AHEAD or DRUMMERs
The other day on the train returning
from the jubilee az yelling a group
OF Wichita girls were trying 90 nave a
good time and % while away the drag
rirr eunui of travel by worrying The
other passengers with fake attempts 70
snap them with their little diukev cam
era. They would level che business end
at travelling men. and others and frirhtcn
them into Mysteries. Finally. one lonely
solemn looking man with y. n @. A.
face and a sichiy camp-meetinr sort ~
a wan thin. smile. settled himsen down
II his pew 20 read and feel 81 home To
add % his Yankee comfort. he threw ono
leg iHsolently ovs- The seat arm ard
stretched his shape out Just % get the
most enjoyment out ~ his posture. This
p,lt into the perspective his rlght foot.
which was shaped ike a lie and uicht
have covered rart % a t0Rn-sife. This
caught tha eye O. ths camera ferd- who
promptly iercied her uachi-e 20 the vni-
urlino1s foot ~ the commercial man lie
saw the operation ard was ratfleS and
rnade 2 frantic cGort 60 at-aiEhtsn up
ara in doing So r-rte rzed ~ fave har
bis hand badly. Now as Sc hapr-1ef
oa. 20 the ladies' On ths parry vas q Tc-
known trained neTse Z this ritT- IRE
nsn tied hls Handkerchief looay at
h.z supposed inls-s1 E1it ard deliberately
ke5 un 20 the stranger slrl of fae
1n1sIng Fame. and asked y -he wd
please baadaEe g. VIVA her professional
Interest aroused ard hcr sk1i 1-rlett -
aear sire wfat ~ 80 i- bls-ness-ise
Handkerchief aa-t wt 80 ~
wa tss enrr-. aec was faTt alort 81 z.re
it the a-ishlre talrass nhea fha rzrs
5slaed 10 srueEe u=a slowed o.
st71iehtez cut ara ~ RE dnfa-res1
a-f5 shuerf 90 ths -urse. t1e rlnaee
dropped 81 al iE-r-e7 sid o- ff
eorr azl re fhoa-s ~ 'zuetr- ~ ite
-sst 90 th@ car tt- ds@oi1re - ttc
lrtlst--erss arf thr rfhr-r
fslurh ~ ts -ez Hlfs 80 tls f
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
WICHITA is A SWEET TOWN.

Senator Tapp, was asked a few days ago
how much sugar he thought was used in
Wichita every month. aud upon the fig
ures he gave the mathematics reporter OF
the Easlo hgured tha- if it was all piled
up in dollar packages it would make a
shaft fifty feet square and 100 feet high.
This does not Include the sugar sold for
consumption outside of Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
POINTS IN NEW PAIr.or LAW.

The new election law watch VIII be "a
effect al the coming election for county
/ commission win make several sedgwick
county yoterr scratch their heads. il
I provides that every ballot shall Doe wholly
void and no vote thereon can he couns a
I II a cross X mark shall o. found thereon
outside Of circle or voting square o.
II any mark shall be formed thereon
other than the cross X marks. or
/ II a cross X mark shall be- found IN =
circle az the head 0f q f'ckct aud also
( IN one or more voting squares on that
or any other voting tieket unless the
cross X mark shah he in the circle at
the head OK a ticket and also in each snd
every voting square after a nzrne on the
same ticket. or
II q cross X mark shan be found IN two
or more circles at the head Of different
tickets; or
il name or names - written thereon
other than the name OF some person
whose name IS not printed on the ballot
Tor whom the voter has voted 81 the
blank column; or
II more candidates have been marked
than there are persons 20 be elected 70 an
office; or
II the ballo; has been oefaced or torn
By the voter. or
II There has been erased frcn the bal
lot any device. emblem. figure. letter -
word. or
If the ballot has been written upon or
marked with anything except a pencil
having black lead.
IT. making ths cross X nnark. oue IRE
--rra.rr another at any arrfn witefn \
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/ ZIMWERLY CAUSED A SENSATION.
This talk about the right-of-way for
tho Orient road recalls very exciting
time to my mind" said o. H Bentley
the other day. 1T was when the st.
Louis Fort Scott and Wichita railway
was built into this town. II is now the
Missouri Pacific railway, and occupies
Wichita street. Wichita street az that
time was one OF the good residence
streets Of the city. Application was made
by the railway company for a right-cf-
way down Wichita street. The railway
company could. by the asking at that
time. have been granted most anything.
even to the town itself The counsel as
sembled with Uncle Billy Grinenstein. as
mayor in the chair. Judge sluss and
were there representing certain OF our
clients who owned property and resided
upon Wichita street. Fred Sewers was
there, and many men who seriously OBJ
pected 70 the railway coming down Wich-
tia street The lawyers made their
speeches and the people protested. Fran
els Tiernan. the president Of the railway
company. was there urging the granting
OF the right-of-way and the passage Of
the ordinance Then came the vote on
the passage and Fred Scattner. the city
clerk. called the roll The name Of Nike
Zimmerly. who represented the First
ward was called. Zimmerly rose IN his
seat and said 10 the president Of the rsl-
road. Herman. let me see you. and AT
the same time mOti0ning hin toward the
side room. Tierrsn arose and. with o
very rcd face. followed the First ward
councilman into the private room. They
remained out about I'VE minutes. and in
ed. They shortly returned 10 the council
room and zimme-ly resumed his seat aud
had his name called again, whereupon he
voted aye.
Sensation and excitement were pic
tured IN every face. but Mike Zimmeriy's.
for in those days IS now. people were
but too willing 70 suspect their public
servants
That the boldest thing 7 ever saw
ore councilman whispered 70 another
q. That's Mixes way said Uncle Frly
GriFenstein. III wager ny head against
30 cents that there vas nothing wrong ia
the transaction
"It developed later that when nike
Zirlmerly called Tlerua1 INTO the SIDE
room ne simply placed e psper Before him
which was IN agreement that the Ms
souri, Pac.f, should no- cross Eouelas
avenue into the First wari. 'ssa that
and III veto for the ordnance zai6 Zi--
merly. Refuse 20 sign II. aad III Defeat
it,
"Tlornan siercd tle contrast ard that
IS whv tee Missouri Faci6c matts sslrr
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river to drown himself. It devolved upon
me to take the young lady home. Hand
/ in hand. we walked through the woods
| talking love and nonsense, and finally We
wound I'D at her home. Love, especially
young love. does not make much noise
and we entered the house silently. She
/ stirred up the FIRE a little and incident
ally awakened her mother.
Ma she said TO the old lady who
was in an adjoining room. ard who didn [
know that her daughter had a strange
escort. I am going TO another dane TO-
morrow night
." You can't the old lady said, grufly,
" But I must. ma" the daughter said.
g Well. then the old woman piped
if you dc. you must 90 barefooted; I don
propose TO loan you my shoes any more
to 90 galvanting around in
This exposure heightened the bloom
on my first sweetheart's cheek. and as
her temper was getting kind Of high, too,
considered it about time for me TO re-
tire from what seemed TO be approaching
civil war in the household.
Y never saw that girl since I wonder
would she appear to be row as pretty as
WONDERFUL WORKS OF NATURE
". S. Cooper OF this city, has Travelled
in foreign lands more, perhaps. than any
man in Kansas. He thought when he
came back from Alaska that he had seen
all the really great wonders Of nature, but
during the recent eight weeks trip
through the northeastern part Of the
United States and Canada he saw things
whose beauty and grandeur equalled any
thing he had ever seen before. These
were those two immense promontories in
the SankUenay river. near the Gulf OF
81. Lawrence. They are known rs '1tern-
ity' and Trinity rocks, and they rise
above $50 fathoms Of water to q height
Of 1000 feet.
They rise PERPENDICULAR, said Mr..
Cooper, and you have to throw your
head back on your shoulders in order
to see the top Of them. When a man sees
these he cannot help having a more ex-
allied idea of the works of nature. We
steamed our three-decker boat in between
these two mountains of rock, and while
there I could not help rejecting on the
smallness OF man and his work compared
with those Of God. In that little bay our
steam whistle aroused seven distinct
echoes, six seconds elapsing between the
first and last one. They were beautiful,
and are ringing in my ears yet.
"Onc thing have demonstrated TO my
self at least" said Mr. Cooper, "and
that is that no money brings a higher
rate Of interest than money spent in see
ing the world and the wonderful things it
exhibits
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ANIMALS Know ABOUT SUNDAY
Farmer naol-de las been studying
animal 1879 and 1amal hsbi-s with tae
result that he mss il plainly demonstrated
e. his own satisfaction that dog Is not
or.IE walking chronometer. but that il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
sUGGEsTs pEvIcE FoR So

DR.. W. 3. Tunnel Of Dover, o. T, sug-
gests a device for the seal Of the anti
anarchist association recently organized
in this city, in a letter TO the editor Of
the Eagle which says:
Seeing in today's Wichita Eagle that
an association had been formed in your
beautiful city for the suppression Of an
archy IN the United States, we beg leave
to say that this is proper step in a
worthy cause. and hope that The organi-
cation VIII at once become national in
its scope. We suggest the following de-
vice for the seal: The figure OF Presi-
dent Mckinley leaning a little forward,
in the attitude Of shaking hands with the
assassin, and showing the pistol being
discharged from the right hand Of the
assassin as II IS swaddled in the hand
kerchief. Between them a harp. resting
on the horn Of plenty. and around the
outer edge Of the circle the following
words: President William Mckinley, L.
S., assassinated by Leon T. Czolgosz, at
Bunayo. n. z, Sept. 6, 1901"
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knows when Sunday comes. His dog.
"Shep." he says, knows to the second
when it IS z O'Clock, noon. and is around
at the kitchen door awaiting his din
ner. He has discovered that Colonel
Lewis dog abstains from all unseemly
conduct on the Sabbath day. and does
down and sits near the church door,
where his master worships. rain or shine.
and regardless Of whether his master is
there or not. He knows dog at the
stock yards that knows when every train
is due and is at the chutes ready to help
in unloading hogs or cattle in case any
arrive. On Sundays, where there is no
market, this stock yards dog never fol-
lows out his week day program. He
knows it is the Sabbath day, seeks a
quiet place and sleeps from morning TIL
night. When Farmer actually farmed he
had yoke Of oxen that went to the creek
to drink at exactly ten minutes before
o clock every morning. never missing
that point Of time enc second.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-21
The Weather.

Fair tonight and probably
Sunday; warmer.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At z a. M. .
above; at $50 p. M, 10.