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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

would buy another park and use the
bonds to drill a hole in the ground fo!
oil and gas. employing q man with the
proper machinery-One who knows all
about the business. 1t is much more
practicable to pipe gas and oil out Of
the ground in Wichita than to pipe It
from Howard county. The oil and gas
IS under US
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

would instruct the policemen to invite
the smart alecks who loaf on the prom
inent corners and pose and Try TO Airt
with girls, to move on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

There seems TO be a good deal Of con-
tention and difference of opinion be-
tween grand-daddies. Ship Parks, J. o.
Davidson. N. NJ. Murdoch. II. G. Toler,
George Gehring and DR.. Mccoy, regard
Eng the superior excellence of their re-
Epective grand-kids. L suggest that
public exhibition be given and that the
grand-daddies be dressed a Ia modern
nurse and let the public decide the very
grave and momentous question. proceeds
TO go for the benefit of the Childrcn's
Home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

I would mend the holes or Main street
and bouglas avenue. I'm the pavement.
who're the travel and business OF the city
Is first; and size streets later.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

I would add to the game and fish law:
"a reward of fifty dollars viii be given
20 the informer for the arrest and con
Siction Of any person violating this law"
Somebody said that the best golf player
fvas the one who knocked his BAH ana
found it the same day. This reminds me
of the long distance telephone-if you
can get an answer the same day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

I would have the people who are com
eeiled to build cement sidewalks know
that they have rights that contractors
are bound 10 respect; that the ordinance
signifies the formula; The city engineer
is supposed 10 eest every block laid down.
If it don't come up to the standard. don't
accept il; that's an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

II were selecting man Tor the sec
setaryship of the commercial club.
would take "a man who knows The state.
the city and her people and her railroad
environments and freight rate history.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

I would stop the policemen from in
Penetrating anyone that they arrest for
riding q. bicycle on the sidewalk Put
ting young men or 10 or l2-year-old boys
IN the cooler among criminals is an
outrage ard should not be tolerated for
= single moment BY what kind of a
theory a policeman viii arrest man
and let him go, wheel and an. simply
ordering him 10 report ct police head
quarters, AID arrest a lad. take his
watch. money ana wheel and put him
IN the lookup the people would ike
TO know. Such a policeman is not fit
Tor the place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-27

sec the Choctaw railroad company
has started fo- the sulf; is advertising
in the E2ele for graders. Wichita must
have the Choctaw
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
Vow Kept by n Kentuckian Since
His Slaves Were Set Free.

Vow Kept by n Kentuckian Since
His Slaves Were Set Free.
Down in Nelson county there lives a
man now past 80. who in 40 years has
never set foot upon the ground nor al
lowed the sun to shine upon his head.
He is Basil Hayden, distiller, and he
made the VOW just after President Lin
coins proclamation setting the Negroes
free.
When the war came on Hayden was
one Of the wealthiest men in Kentucky.
Among his other property were great
number of slaves, and these he lost
when President Lincoln issued his
emancipation proclamation. He had
been a strong southern sympathizer,
and when he lost his slaves he went in
to his big house and made vow that
he would never leave his room again,
would never put his foot on the earth
again and that the sun should no more
shine upon his head.
He has hundreds of acres Of land and
much money lent out at interest. He
has one man who attends to the farm
and collects his interest. He will talk
to no one else. He raises much grain
and other produce on his farm; but he
refuses to sell except at prices quoted
in the papers during the war. Conse-
quently he seldom makes a sale and his
goods go to waste or to charity.
He has many horses and mules which
he holds at the prices brought during
the civil war. He does not rent them:
but he lends them to the people of
Washington and Nelson counties. Hun
dreds of these animals are being work.
ed by people who do not pay cent for
their use.
Mr.. Hayden lives entirely in the past.
His only reading Is done in papers pub
lished before and during the civil war.
Louisville, KY, dispatch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
A KENTUCKY BAD MAN.

Hopkins Tells of Fourteen Trials,
Seven of Them For Murder.
Some Of the testimony in the trial of
Caleb Powers for the alleged murder of
William Goebel was picturesque. That
of Ike Hopkins, who was one Of the
Commemorative witnesses, was espe-
cially interesting.
Hopkins came down from the noun
tains with a reputation as a bad man,
and the Commonwealth wanted to
bring that out before the defence got
at the witness. When he was put on
the stand, Commonwealth's Attorney
Bob Franklin asked him II he had ever
been in any trouble.
mo, not to say trouble" replied Hop
kins.
"Well, were you ever arrested, he
was then asked.
Eyes, have been arrested" answer
ed the witness. reminiscently.
What did you do to be arrested?"
II didn't do anything to be arrested"
"Well, why did they arrest you
then?",
II shot man."
did the man die?"
mo, the man didn't die, that is, he
didn't die until o'clock that after
noon."
What made you shoot the man."
HE was just pesterin' around all the
time. He dragged my wife up the road
by the hair"
What did they do after that?"
"They didn't treat me right about
that thing. A lot Of them took me out
to q high tree and tied a rope around
my neck and then threw the rope
around a limb. Then they went away.
Some one came along and cut the rope.
I laid there for three or four hours
Then they arrested me. They give me
a trial and wanted to hang me again;
but I got another trial. They tried to
hang me in the second trial; but got
out of it. Had four trials about that
thing; but I went shut Of it all right"
Ibid you ever have any other trou-
ble?"
"Well, 1t didn't amount to much.
They didn't ever prove anything agin
me-"
well, what was it?"
"They found two dead men in my
back yard one morning. Some people
didn't like me on account of that first
matter and they blamed me because
the men were in my yard"
did they arrest you for that, too?"
Eyes, they arrested me for that, too,
but got out Of it all right"
How did you get out Of it?"
"Well, you see had three trials
about that. They tried to hang me for
that; but they couldn't prove anything,
so ! got shut Of that too.
Hopkins then related other little ex-
periences that he has had since he went
to the mountains to live. In all he has
stood trial fourteen times, seven times
for his life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
ExTERMINATING THE BOERs.
The Terrible Fate That Il Befalline
the Old Inhabitants of the Trans

The Terrible Fate That II Befalling
the Old Inhabitants of the Trans
vaal.
Lord Miner, his Majesty's High Com
missioner in South Africa, said In a
speech at Durham, Natal, on last Mon
day, that it was useless to wait until
the war was over to begin the repopu-
lation of the conquered territory. The
war, he declared, might never be over.
though it was burning itself out and
"we ought to show ourselves masters
in the house we have taken by rebuild
ing 1t and beginning to live in It," The
same despatch says: "The imperial au-
thorities have reached the conclusion
that the early reopening Of the Trans
vaal and Orange River colonies is ad-
visable, so that the normal industrial
and agricultural life Of the colonies
may be resumed"
The British now talk Of repeopling
the conquered territory, because they
know that there can be no development
unless colonists in large numbers are
brought into the country. The Beers
are gone. This is an awful fact, but it
Is true. Many thousands Of them are
dead, many thousands have been sent
into exile, many thousands Of women
and children are prisoners in the hands
of their enemies, living in guarded
stockades in Natal and Cape Colony.
The Beers have been swept out Of the
countries they made. President Kruger
said before the war began that the
Beers would fight till the last man fell
in his tracks in defence Of their homes.
Who believed it possible that this ter
rible prediction would almost literally
be realized? Who believed three years
ago that the prosperous Boer farmers
and herders Of millions Of sheep and
cattle, would today be swept out of
their country, root and branch, the two
Republics turned into wilderness, and
new blood, new immigration impera-
lively necessary to prevent the Boer
plateau from reverting to it's original
state of barbarism.
No small war ever before involved
such terrible sacrifices. No war ever
before was the cause of so much suffer-
ing in proportion to the number Of peo-
pie engaged in it. Three years ago TO-
900 Boer farmers were living on the
Transvaal plateau tending their herds
of cattle. Their humble farmhouses,
the outbuildings in which their hired
black labor lived, the hamlets here and
there containing the chapels in which
the Beers gathered for worship. reliev-
ed the monotony of the fiat plains.
They are now either tenantless, save as
wild beasts invade them or have been
leveled to the ground by the torch ap-
piled by the British soldiers. Desola-
ton reigns everywhere supreme, show
ing even more direful in the towns than
in the country. Nearly all Of Johannes
burg, three years ago the largest city
in South Africa, is now without inhab-
itants. Ninety thousand Of the popula-
tion have deserted 1t. Only a scant TO-
! 900 people remain in the once prosper
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
GUS city; and even they have difficulty
in keeping food In their mouths.

GUS CITY, ana even tney nave uiincuily
in keeping food in their mouths.
There is scarcely an bodied Boer
yet remaining in the broad territory OF
the two republics save those who have
arms in their hands and are still resist
ing the invader. Every able-bodied
male Boer 16 years old and upward, was
mustered into service. Many hundreds
Of them were killed or died Of their
wounds or of disease. In the long run
thousands Of them were taken prison
ers and in no other way have the van
quished prisoners been SO widely scat
tered by their enemies. Cronje's SOL
diers were landed on the island Of st.
Helena In April, 1900.
Seven hundred men Of the Boer army,
captured In Portuguese East Africa,
are now confined in two ports Of Portu-
gal, whittier they were sent at the ex-
pense Of the British government, which
Is now paying the cost Of their main
tenance. Nearly thousand more pris-
oners were carried across the Indian
ocean to Bombay. whence they were ta-
ken inland about 100 miles to Ahmed
nagar. They are closely confined in a
town which the Manchester Guardian
has called "a hot, waterless, pestilent
hole" Two other large parties Of pris-
oners have been exiled to Bermuda, and
last week a dispatch to the London
Times from Kingston, Jamaica, said
that the military authorities had been
instructed to prepare to receive party
of Boer prisoners. Thus thousands of
the Boer soldiers have been transported
over the seas to five widely separated
parts Of the world, as thoroughly re-
moved from all possibility of returning
to their homes as Napoleon was on St.
Helena.
1t is difficult to see how devastation
and desolation could be carried much
farther. Not only the Boer republics
but the men, women and children who
made them, have been wiped out. If
they have not actually been killed or
died they have been carried far away
from their country and there Is not the
slightest likelihood that they will ever
again be a factor in its fortunes. The
homes the Beers made for themselves
in the wilderness, are in ruins and the
country must be rebuilt, If at all, by
British immigration.-New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09

that of 1901. Standard dollars were
given for gold in New Orleans to help
move the crops, to the amount Of $2,-
25O, ,OOO, and for deposits in New York
they were shipped to Southern points
for s2,515,7 700. The standard dollars pre-
sented at the treasury in Washington
for exchange were 81 per cent. in excess
Of such transactions in the preceding
year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09

sT You know Philadelphia means
'brotherly love-" said the man who
always wants to tell you something.
"Yes, but it was named long before
Mr.. Wannamaker and Mr.. Quay got to
doing business in that neighborhood."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09

radiance of our King and prove the in
finite and eternal greatness Of his sal
walton. j. B. MACK.
Fort Mill, S. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
WILL NEVER SURRENDER.

TO BE CONTINUED.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
VALUE OF OUR HARVESTS.
Governor Stanley Finds Them Many
and Weighty.
HIS REASONS HERE GIVEN.

Topeka, Nov. il.-Governor Stanley
introduces the formal portion of his
thanksgiving proclamation thus:
Once more our annual harvests have
been gathered, in some respects, the
most bountiful the state has ever pro-
iuced. Prices for the products of our
farms, mines and workshops have been
satisfactory Our bank deposits have
shown large gain. Our population is
increasing. There has been a satisfac-
tory growth in attendance in our uni
versities, colleges, academies and com
mon schools. Nearly half a million
dollars have been set apart for the
erection of new school buildings, New
homes are springing up all over the
state. Churches and Sunday schools
are in fourishing condition. The peo-
pie are interested as never before in
the cause of benevolence and charity.
We have been free from plague and
pestilence. The Great Ruler has been
merciful in his dealings with us and
lavish with his bounties. For the bles-
sings of another year the people of the
state have great cause for thanksgiv-
inc
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
ASK RECEIVER FOR A FARM.
Old Story 0fAged People Deciding
Farm To Children.
ARGUED IN SUPREME COURT.

Topeka, Nov. 1.-THE supreme court
was asked to appoint receiver for b
farm in Harper county, This is an
unusual proceeding, as receivers are
almost always appointed by district
courts. William and Mary Reimer
two old people of Harper county, be-
came feeble, and told their daughter.
Emma Myers, that if she and her hus-
band would come from Illinois and live
with them during the rest of their lives
they would give them (the Myers
their farm. The Myers came and in
due time induced the old folks to deed
the farm to them. Shortly afterwards
they refused to live longer with the
Reimers. This left the old people
without farm or home. They brought
suit in the district court against the
Myers to cancel the deed to the prop
erty. The jury returned verdict
declaring the conveyance void. The
Myers appealed the case to the SUI
prcmc court and asked for receiver
to take charge and manage the farm
while the case was pending. The mo-
ton for receiver was argued and the
court took the matter under advise
mpnt
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
| Is CONNCTS GET AWAY.
Were at Work on the New United
States Prison.
ROBBING FARMERS ENROUTE.

Leavcnworth, Kan, Nov. 0.-One
man was killed, three others danger
ously wounded and twenty-six desper-
ate con victs are at large as the result
of mrtiny at the site of the new Uni
ted States prison, where 400 prisoners
from the federal prison, in charge of
thirty armed guards, were at work.
When the trouble began the rebel
lious prisoners had only two revolvers.
These revolvers had been secreted in
one of the walls of the building.
Gus Parker, of ArdmoreI II. T., one of
the ringleaders of the mutiny, under
pretense of "A necessity, walked to the
corner of the stoclade, where the re-
volvers were concealed and under cover
of some weeds secured them without
being detected He returned to the
gang and passed one of the revolvers to
Frank Thompson, a negro from South
McAlester, |. r., who secreted it about
his person.
Arthur Trelford. an armed guard,
who is in charge of all the convicts,
resisted the convicts and was shot twice
but not dangerously wounded. c. Il.
Burrows was shot twice in the neck, re-
ceiving serious wounds. Burrows was
twice chief of police of Wichita. An
drew Leonard, a guard, is in the hos
pital with broken leg. He was hurt
as the prisoners were escaping through
the main entrance of the stockade.
j. p. Waldrupe guard, shot and
killed Ford Quinn, from Ryan, |. Z.
The prisoners then made grand rush
for the main entrance and twenty-six
of them succeeded in escaping. Most
of the escaped men are from Indian
Territory.
The men went in the direction of
Easton, Kansas, and it is reported that
they have held up many farmers, taking
horses and clothes en- route.
Forty armed guards from the federal
prison are in pursuit of the fugitives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15

Topeka. kans., Nov. THE Union
Pacific railroad company has with
drawn from the market several thou
sand acres of land in Ellis and Trego
counties, this state, as result of the
recent excitement over the alleged dis
coveries of gold in that section, The
railroad land is full of shale which it
is claimed, carries from So to Sl2 of
gold to the ton. The Union Pacific
has sent experts to the gold fields to
make an investigation. This action
has awakened additional interest in
the gold excitement.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
Labor Union Mayor.

San Francisco, Nov. S.-Mayor- Elect
schmidt, elected on the Labor Union
ticket, has issued the following state
ment:
Il wish to say to the merchants and
financiers of the city that they need
entertain no fears whatever of any
actions upon my part tending to in
augurate radical revolutionary policy
of municipal government Invested
capital will be given the consideration
it deserves and it will be my aim to see
that business interests suffer nothing.
/ will consider all classes and try to
harmonic all interests which stand
for the upbuilding of San Francisco.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
No New TrlnI For Carter.

Washington, Nov. 11.-Captain ODER
lin Carter will not be given a new
trial, as has been enormously reported.
The government attached $l50,000 of
Carriers property and the hearing by
Judge Kohlstaat is in relation only to
that property, or the title therein.
Attorney General Knox said with the
$500 which the government will
soon recover the total amount restored
half million dollars. incidentally,
however, the quettion of Captain Car
ier's trial by a military court will be
raised
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
Mall Pouch Thief.

Wichita, Nov. Some days since
mail pouch was missed from the train
between Enid and Lahoma, o. L.
Postoffice Inspector Hosford, of Wich-
tia, took the trail and ran down the
thief as he was about to leave Chicka-
sha, |. T.. for New Orleans with his
plumber. He had disposed of certain
checks and money orders, The pouch
contained in drafts, checks and money
orders about $4,000 The thief is a
brakeman named George O'Brien, who
lives in Caldwell The evidence against
him is conclusive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
DIR. Fisk at Waahhnrn.

Topeka, Nov. CIR. ID. NJ. Fisk,
pastor of the First Congregational
church, has accepted the position of
field secretary at Washburn college
He will also occupy the chair of SO
GEOLOGY The salary of the new posi-
tion is $1,000 year. DIR. Fisk has
been pastor of the Congregational
church here for two years. Under the
terms of his employment by the college
he will work over the state, raising
money and soliciting students in addi-
tion to his work as professor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
El.veu OF the Escaped ConvIct,.

Leavenworth, Nov. 11.-Five of the
&c escaped convicts were fonnd in d
barn at Nortonville. Two of them
were killed, two were wounded and
seven captured. The killed are JAS.
Hoffman and j. j. Poffenholtz; the
wounded are John Green and Willard
Drake Two unarmed convicts were
found hiding in a ravine on farm
near Jarbolo, and they surrendered
without resistance. The sheriff of
Douglas county captured two convicts
at Lawrence. Two were caught by the
police in North Topeka, Nearly all of
the 26 came from the two territories.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
Curtis Favor. single Statehood.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. s.-Congressman
Charles Curtis is in favor of making
one state out of oklahoma and Indian
Territory, He believes that President
Roosevelt will make recommendation
to that effect, if he takes the subject up
at all.
THAT would make one of the great
est states in the union" said Mr.. Curtis.
1.-The two territories are rich in min
eral and agriculture, and they would
start out as state with million peo-
pie. | believe that majority of the
people of the two territories are in
favor of single statehood"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15

Pelxin, Nov. s.-Li Hung Chang died
at IL o'clock a. IN. of the eth. At Q
o'clock p m. of the 9th, Earl Ii was
still breathing and displaying unex-
pected vitality. The physicians, how
ever, thought he would probably die in
the morning hours. The burial clothes
had already been put on. The court
yard of yamen was filed with life-size
paper horses and chairs. with coolie
bearers. which his friends, in accord
ance with Chinese customs. to be burn
ed in trder to carry his soul to Heaven.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
Reos.s Appointments stop.

Washington, Nov. 1l.-President
Roosevelt has decided not to make any
more appointments of Importance until
congress meets All recess appoint
ments must be reappointed upon the
assembling of congress and the presi-
dent thinks that all the larger appoint
ments should be held up until he can
send the names directly to the senate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-15
KANSAS CROPS AS SHOWN
by Onicial Tables of the U. $. Agricui-
turnl Department

Topeka, Nov. 5.-Secretary Coburn
has compiled some interesting tables
from the official report of the U. 5. de-
partment of agriculture, of which Il
summary is here given.
The first table gives the total com
bined value of the wheat and corn
crops in the ranking fifteen states, dur.
ing the five years beginning with 1896
and ending with 1900. In this list
Kansas ranks first with total value of
S37S, 1879, 347.
Another table gives the value of
wheat and corn of the fifteen highest
states, of the crop of 1900; and Kansas
is at the head of the list.
Another table gives Kansas fifth
place in the value of the corn crop of
Is of the best corn states ~for the year
1900; and Kansas stands at the head for
value of it wheat crop of 1900, the figure
being SIS, 3Gs, 76O. This is about Sl3,-
600, 900 over the next highest state,
Minnesota.
In these reports Kansas takes second
place in value of the wheat and corn
for each inhabitant, of the crop of 1900,
the per capita value being given at
S66 II