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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

Frank DEAN is probably one Of the
best court stenographers in the state
OF Kansas. The attorneys az the Wichita
bar have come to place the utmost conf
dence in his report OF trials whenever
there is any question about what trans
pired In a certain case the attorneys are
always willing to abide by Frank DEAN 5
notes.
when trial IS proceeding Frank seems
70 be absorbed in II and he never appears
TO pay any attention to the side shows.
Some OF the attorneys claim that he
never laid down his pen &c laugh bat
once since ne has been court reporter and
he has been IN that position ever since
Judge Dale has been on ;he bench
That was at the last spring term OF
the district court WHEN The famous han
cases were on trial. Some insurance con-
pany had insured a large number %
farmers IN the western part % The c0ua-
" against loss II their ~hraf from hail
storms They all refused % pay the m
surance fees and the insurance com
paay sued the whole batch Of thsm. The
farmers combined and hired ar attorney
and A test case vas brought n Judge
Dsie's court
william F. Keith. an able Young law
yer Of this city. was conducting the
case fer the insurance company. The
Jury was 10 be selected to tn the case
and Nr. Keith bad the idea thoroughly
in his mind that he did not ~aut any
man to sit on The jury ~ho had ever
had any trouble IN the adjustment 81
an Insurance claim lie never missed AK
inE the jurors when testing their eisgi-
bfity 70 sft n ths case y they bzd srsr
taken out insurance and n they Rad
whether TREY had sustained loss anc rad
trouble n adjusting g.
A German farmer from fhe western
Part Of ne county vss called into tn
jury box when NJ Ksiih ar,d 81 his
line q qsestlsns ~ him Did yea sVsr
take cut any Insurance - he asksf.
Nothing bat I.fs iaszssace.~ answered
The honest German
Wei "a you bzvs srT tropbls ADJUST
izx the cissur~ lske6 M lawyer
Prank Dean ieoksd gr infe 80 face
q the sssrcr g 81 his aasweT m
ssrrner vas rrse~hlfzs an1 wfse fhs ~
a.cuIousness = re ceexfssr aa~rest on
prank Deans Trind - 1ropps1 re res
lauxhssr. Ths attorney ard ne s1ssss
ho-sse Sosns1 and for fsw rs1astes ne
rroree6Iaxs - The epsIrf Nerz <rferTsptssi
Tss ldea % a mar sari-s trpasis zift
sss adjustment - his .uu afs iHs1rsrp-
AS TO urscE for fhez- m assr-zsn
stayed ca sh@ ssTY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

COUNTY treasurer While in this position
be bought an equity in a house for fifty
dollars and this he traded for a half
interest in the UNDERTAKING establishment
"a very poor one. He had 70 idea OF
becoming connected with the business;
his idea was 10 trade his interest OF as
soon as he could. Just about this time
his partner went to Indiana on a visit
and never came back. This forced Mr..
Gill into the Undertaking business ard
he began il with fear and trembling. After
his first funeral he got over the under
tsker fright aud from that day TIL
this-more than ten yczrs-he has been
very successful. He purchaser the build
ing he occupied when he had only $50
in the business for $500 and now he can
sell 1t any old day he wants TO for
$4,000. His friends say he could easily
cash in for $4,000. all of which shows
that man can make a bis success of
business he knew nothing about when he
entered il. When he saw that he was
tangled up in a strange vocation he set
TO work TO learn the details
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

John 7. Stewart of Wellington hates
liquor as old nick does holy water and
yet when he meets Cap. Peters, who has
sold a powerful lot OF it in his time.
ne shakes hands as cordially and is as
glad to see him as any man OF his
acquaintance. There is q strange sort OF
comradeship-iike friendship between
them and it was begun this way When
the Southern hotel was burned about q
years ago John Stewart and Cap. Peters
who were then young men were the first
to it. They worked heroically together
and took dangerous risks to save lives
They unquestionably saved the life OF a
Mrs. Goodrich and in doing so came
very near losing their own II was a ter
rible night and a physician-the late DR..
Furley. by the way-had TO be called
10 attend both OF them. From that night
up to the present they have been fast
friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Decline Of County Seats.

Johnny Gilmore OF Fredonia who was
here the other day in a talk about Kan
sss in which he has lived 80 long. said
that the palmy days OF the equity seat
we're gone. IN the old days the county
seat had every prestige In its locality.
From the furthermost corners o. big
county. the people would come into the
capital to trade, for pleasure and for the
purpose OF meeting friends. paving taxes
and the like Now there are counties
in which citizens never go 70 the county
seat Many have other towns where they
can get their goods. sell their products
PAYS their taxes and meet the people
they wish 70 meet. Neigh5orboodz and
localities have been formed and The
county seat is waning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
The Headache Notion.

Headache may be becoming the nation
al disease if Wichita is any sort OF an
index. All the druggists are prepared
to relieve the man with a thump
ing pain behind his eyes and more
of this kind of man is showing up every
year Ben Aldrich showed the other day
big TIN can of head ache tablets. he
said, made in Philadelphia. When / was
first in business we bought them in 100
tablet cans later we would buy them in 500
tablet sizes; then in 1000; later in 5000
tablet size: few years ago in 10000 tab
let size, and now in this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
TAIN OF
THE TOWN

knew his real condition I'll take SIS Up
to him; / haven't got the money. but
Kohn will loan it to me. Doc has been
a true friend to me an I'd sell my cook
stove rather than to see him int dis
tress he is in
he went across to Kohn's bank II
was nearly closing time Pretty soon he
emerged again with a note in his hand
and darted across 10 the livery stable.
cal. sign it; haven't time to have my
wife sign 1.-THE bank will close inside n
five minutes; Kohn would do anything
for me- but he says it is the rule OF the
bank that every note must have two
signers.''
Cal Ferguson signed the note. but no
sooner had he done so than he became sus-
rieious. He watched his friend go into
the bank and get the money. He shadow
ed him to see what he would do with it,
and 70 his great surprise, he saw him
make for DR.. MeAdams' afice More
than that, he saw DR.. McAdams come
down stairs and saw the man calling him
aside and putting something into his
hand And then his heart melted. for Cal.
as well as everybody else. was proud of
DR.. McAdams
For three minutes Cal Ferguson. with
pity eating at his heart, watched DR.. Nc
Administering his noble pride and
wondering how a man in his condition
could laugh and be gay and seem prosper
Gus. One fine day he got notice from
the bank 20 call and settle that note. The
principal had gone-gone to greener fields
He had to pay IL. He began 10 smell 7
mouse and went TO compare notes with
DR.. McAdams. He ascertained the truth
and ever since then Cal Ferguson has
been practicing at sandbag In hopes of
having the good fortune some day OF meet
ing his friend. the man with the Seady
tear in his eye, and punching his head off.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Steady BY Jerks.

One evening last week a crowded car
coming in from College Hlll stopped just .
block west OF Hydraulic avenue and 4
woman and three children got into the
car There were no seats. so a little fellow
about three years old announced IN a
jcyful voice that he was going 20 stand
up Like many an older person, this
young mans resolutions were sincere, but
osrcumstsnces, or more properly speaking,
the ulotornnan governed his case.
Every time the car stopped. and * did
50 several times. and every time with a
suddenness that Jared every bone In the
body. this little fellow standing in the
aisle went down with thud, but he got
w each time and took another hitch for
ward It IS a question as TO whether he
vas standing OF sitting the greater Por-
ton Of the time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Lusinss Fear Of Horses.

II n any t0Ea esrins Charlie Luis-xs
campaign reception COMMITTEES Sogid
deem 4 The proper tAiug 20 meet hsz -
tss DEPOT With a carnage ttey rust -
sprs that ssaz q Ealss ara altchs5
e X - tas-r nan Eiii wax. q zElsz.
M Ls.lnx - nor ssrak h.sf ~ ass
hSsT horror - hersez sz4 fe- Effesn
Tsars his r-ost Intimate frsea4 sas Eos
kaexr hiz - r4ia h~hlnd 3 hsrze. BE
= afraid q TIE zas-si asa cat seip H.
aersfd e AtEz - ser-s Fa<n ar a1Fza1 Il
a. elevator shaft : steam eoiseT. eyS.1ae.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

Dennis Flynn Of Okishoms. saws there
Is something about the Kansas atmos-
pierre which noarishes attachment for
a town n mans breast In an early
day IL Kansas Re lived in Kiowa. 7
love the old town still. he said the other
night IN the Eagle ofEee Whenever
% through 81. when I Ind the train ap-
Froaching I have > fut;ErinE sort q
Trids IN Kiows and hope that the passen-
gers sitting around me s1li take rotics
n the town and remark OF ia Eood
qualities = man who hss tied Up TO =
Kansas tovFn never quite ss;z over g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Iust Lookinn for MIS-. Jones.

Doc Worreli was dry goods clerk in
his youth and his mentor was a man
named Brown-a man of wit. One day 4
very active little woman came busting
into the shop and casting her eye on a
bolt Of silk expressed desire to look at
its 1t didn't suit her. Bolt after bolt was
taken down and shown her. She looked
critically at all OF them, but she didn' Z
want any today; she simply dropped in
looking for Mrs. Jones.
Madam" said Mr.. Brown, who was
Doc Worrells mentor, there is one more
bolt left. maybe Mrs. Jones is in that;
I'll take IL down and see
This shot struck home and the active
little woman hustled out OF the shop as
lively as she hustled in, but not in such
good humor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
A CHAR Circumstance.

Last Monday George Dennis concluded
ne would quit smoking. A friend gave
him cigar Dennis took it and few
minutes after gave the cigar to E T. Al
len. Last Sunday E. T. Allen concluded
he would quit smoking for a while. SO he
took the cigar and put it in his pocket.
Pretty soon ne met Mt. Osborn. He
gave him the cigar Mr.. Osborn saw
something familiar about il. Where did
you get this?'' he asked. ~Why?" asked
Mr.. Allen. Because" said Mr.. Osborn,
II gave it to George Dennis not more
than an hour ago"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

The sun used to b. the sutocTat that fixed
dinner tine OF noon bit these modern
times thar central orb s not the only
factor in determining time
In the early days when the country
surveyor came along with his compass
nd was entertained BY some farmer and
the farmers wife got the surveyor %
sight on the door case and make the
noon mark on the a0o7 that settled il
ard the clock was regulated by that
mark.
Now people Dc rot can Il noon when the
sun Is on the meridian. bat some central
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

Charley Tanner was Up a. a Michigan
'sumner resort two weeks ago and vas
Watching 8 golf match. which had gct
retty well along when : woman who vas
long watching the play jumped up. clap
Sed her hands cracked her heels together
nd cried; "pormie. dormie1 Tbs sort
Z paralyzed Tanner. for he didn't know
Hha. dornie meant He hunted up :
stranger and asked him Dormie means
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Mules Merely an Experiment.

After the recent rain mule team was
stalled in the northern part OF the city.
George Spencer came along in his auto
mobile, stopped Il few minutes and re-
marked with infinite sarcasm. Gentle
men. I have come to the conclusion that
mules are impracticshle-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
husband Was a Deacon.

Miss Hattie Elston. one of the Methodist
deaconesses. called on a woman, a few
months ago. who belonged TO another
church. The woman did not understand
her peculiar garb and so Miss Eiston
said:
Il am a deacenness."
oh, your husband is a deacon replied
the other woman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
whsn kub.lIk was unknon,n.

Whea kubsiik agsf came % this eouz-
III. his managers offered % brsng him
70 wichita for ~ He Wa unknown
ard Colsnei Teller woaid1's socept she
o1eV. he would have probabiy lost my
On him- Esbeiik nss cesss 20 a. En-
ea=-nsat, szss and II hard q get 81
shat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

that one player is two holes ahead when
there are yet two holes to play; or three
holes ahead when three holes 10 play are
left. or any number where tie is possible
and nothing more for the fellow behind in
the game
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Short Cut via Wichita.

Very few people now that Wichita IS
short cut from Hutchinson 10 Newton.
Ex-congressman Peters always travels
that way and saves an hour In doing So
He left Hutchinson Monday night. csnse
down TO Wichita. spent an hour or so
here and reached home Jus; an hour and
FIVE minutes earlier than he could have
done by taking the direction which Is
about S miles shorter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

Of a gun that isn't loaded He isn't
afraid to So up in balloon. do q stunt
on q nytng machine speed through space
in an sGEoraoeiie-providinz a woman Ia
not at the steering gear He SAYS that
nature never made more dangerous living
being than woman with = horse &
have known women" he said. who
would run before an express train. TO set
away from a mouse. and ! have known
horse that would Jump on a preci-
pice of I.eoo feet high at the SIGHT Of
frog--shey have not sense at all when they
are excited" have seen woman drive
down Main street and set excited over q
fan n q store window on one side OF
the street and a red waist on the other
side OF the street. with the result thar
both drove right into another and cause
srrash-ep and runaway II the Queen
of England asked me TO ride with her In
dry goods district | wouldn't do IL.
I am naturally lsary OF horses" said
Mr.. LuIIng, ''aud ] can't help IT,"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The names of Rear Admirals William
T. Sampson and Bartlett Cromwell have
been placed on the retired list, on &C
count of their having reached the age
Of SO years.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who is at.
tending school at Groton, Mass, is i'll
with pneumonia, and President and
Mrs. Roosevelt left Washington for
Groton in order to be their son
during his illness.
Rear Admiral Bowles, in advocating
before the house committee on naval
affairs an appropriation of $50, 600 at the
Puget sound navy yard for his bureau,
said that yard would have to be de.
pended upon to do the larger construc-
ton and repair work for the navy on
the Pacific coast. Mare Island was val.
liable for the smaller class Of construc.
ton and repair On account of the large
number of mechanics available, but the
larger vessels, he said, would have to
20 north. Rear Admirals O'Neil. Kenny
and Melville have spoken to the same
effect.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-15

A great fire swept through Paterson.
N. j.. and destroyed property amount
ing to $40. 900. ZOO. The finest structures
devoted to commercial, civic, educa-
tional and religious uses. as well as
scores of houses, are in ruins. Hundreds
are left homeless and thousands with.
out employment.
Burglars entered the store OF w. Err.
lehman, Eighth street and Pacific av.
enue, Tacoma, and stole 81. 800 worth OF
goods. The store is within q block Of
the central police station.
J. o. Mcintosh, a gambler, attacked
with his fists J. T. Riley, q travelling
photographer of San Francisco. in a
saloon at Clifton, A. T., and the beating
Riley received resulted in his death.
The trouble was caused by Riley's ques-
tioning the propriety of McIntosh's wife
dealing at o gambling game. Mcintosh
was held without bail.
A dozen men of the st. Louis fire de-
partment were killed and many more
injured in q fire which broke out in the
seven-story stone and brick building at
314 Chestnut street, occupied by the
American Tent and Awning company.
The building suddenly collapsed and
the men were caught in the crash.
Eleven lives were lost, many per-
sons slightly injured and two build.
ings at 372-374 Twenty-second street,
Chicago, were wrecked by an explosion
Of gas. The gas mains were instantly
ablaze after the explosion, and a success.
sion Of explosions followed, the flames
shooting up through the manholes in
the street. One building collapsed, and
the occupants, with one exception, were
carried with it to the basement.
Two masked men, about 9 o'clock in
the evening, surprised al employee in
charge of the horses at Tubbs Island
farm, ten miles from Sonoma, CAL, and,
presenting a pistol. demanded his cash.
They succeeded in getting $40, and with
this retreated in the darkness. The
men evidently expected to find consid'
cradle money in the bunkhouse so neal
pay time. The unexpected coming home
of the forman, the sound of whose team
startled the robbers, probably saved
others from being held up.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-15
IN II PHILIPPINES.

The American merchants in Manila
complain of the action of the insular
purchasing agent in making the major.
ity of his purchases at Honkong, where
materials are cheaper on account Of
Hongkong's being a free port.
Reports of the proceedings of the
Philippine military commissions show
that present conditions in that part of
our new possessions are far from salts
factory. Crime of every kind is ram.
pant throughout all the islands occupied
by the Americans. Armed resistance
against the forces of the United States,
however, is constantly diminishing.
Many natives in different parts of the
archipelago have been convicted of MUIR
der and hanged. The Preside de Ia
Manila is overcrowded with prisoners,
IS are also the less important prisons.
Edmund A. Du Bose and Lewis Rus
sell, deserters from the Ninth (colored)
cavalry, were hanged at Guinobatan,
province of Albay, Luzon. When they
left they took with them arms and am
munition and handed them over to Col
onel Toledo, who was then operating
against the Americans in Albay. The
men received commissions as lieuten.
ants in the insurgent army, and through
their agency the American forces sui.
fered considerable injury in minor en-.
counters.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-15
Delinquent Sale Notice.

DRosPECr MOUNTAIN TUNNEL CoMpANY
i Location Of principal place Of business
Eureka. Eureka county. Nevada. Location d
Nevada.
Notice-There are delinquent upon the follow
Ing described stock. on account Of sssessmeui
NO. "a, levied on the Sd day OF December. 1901
the several amounts set opposite the names d
the respective Shareholder, as follows:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-15
FlFry-seyeNrH CONGRESS.


Iueeuay.
The senate, by q vote Of 3s to 81,
passed the bill providing for a 25 per
cent increase in the salaries Of United
States judges. During the discussion OF
the urgent deficiency bill Hansborough
Of North Dakota defended Judge Arthur
r.. Noyes Of the district court of Alaska
and Alexander Mckenzie, upon whom
Tillman made an attack the previous
day.
In the house the debate on the oleo-
margarine bill was continued.
Wednesday.
The senate passed the urgent def.
cheney bill substantially in the shape in
which it was reported to the senate by
the committee. McCumber of North
Dakota spoke in defense of Judge Noyes
and Mckenzie, incidentally criticising
the circuit court of appeals of San Fran
cisco for permitting itself to be infu.
tnced by prejudice. Stewart condemned
Judge Noyes's methods Of conducting
his office.
The debate on the ol~eomargarine bill
was continued in the house without any
special incident.
Thursday.
In the senate the Philippine tariff bill
was under discussion, and the measure
was completed 30 far as the Philippine
| commission Is concerned. The sedition
laws enacted by the Philippine commits
sion were read, and drew the fire Of the
opponents of the governments Philip
pine policy, Hoar, Foraker. Tillman and
others participating in q very inter-
| esting debate. After q speech by Scott
of West Virginia in favor Of the adoption
of the San Bias route for an isthmian
waterway, marlborough of North Da-
kota spoke on the bill introduced by
him, which has for its object the con-
struction of irrigation works for the
reclamation of arid lands.
The house spent the day on the legis-
lative, executive and judicial a~ppropria-
ton bill.
The senate passed the pension appro-
priation bill. When the Philippine rev.
enue bill was called up Turner of
Washington attacked the Philippine
policy of the government, which he
charged with concealment and duplicity.
He had not concluded his speech when
the bill was set aside for the day. After
q short executive session the senate ad.
journed till Monday.
The house passed the Legislative, ex.
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill.
Smith of Arizona assailed the appropri'
atoms committee for discriminating
against Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa aud in favor of Hawaii in the
matter of salaries for executive and
judicial officers.
Saturday.
The house, after some routine bust
ness, paid tribute to the memory of the
late Representative Robert E. Burke o.
Texas.
Monday.
In the senate Turner of Washington
concluded his speech on the Philippine
tariff bill, and argued that the United
States had no right to the islands
Teller gave notice Of an amendmen
that it Is not intended by the govern
ment of the United States permanent.
to annex the Philippine islands as al
integral part of the United States.
The debate in the house on the oleo
margarine bill was closed. The friendI
of the bill will offer an amendment t.
make the 10 cents tax apply to oleomar
garine imitation of butter "of any shad'
Of yellow"