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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
MASONS MEET
NEXT WEEK
Semi-Annual Reunion Begins
Monday Evening.
CLASS OF ONE HUNDRED
Expected to Take the %
Degrees.

Beginning rext Monday evening in the
Scottish Ritz temple. rae tnirr,eth semi
annual reunion OF she limo Lodge o.
Perfection No. 9. wichita Chapter Rose
Croix. No. 5 wichita Council knights OF
kadoah 10. and wichita Consistory No.
L. H. r 8. VIII &c Esid. It VIII continue
four days and viii end with grand pan
quet on Thursday evening.
The invitations ana announcernerits oI
the reunion were issues yesterday ane
invitation is in book form. hanasomsiy
frinted ana embossed and beside. glNlns
the program Of the reunion gives the
rame OF every member IN good standiile-
liz is printed IN three colors, red. gold ana
black
This promises to he the largest eJi-ioa
ever held here. \ class OF more than one
hundred candidates aye expected IN be ca
hand 20 take the degrees Ih7 secretary
has received notices which indicate
much larger attendance from members
than heretofore.
The chairman Of each committee 10
Il Ike care OF the work OF tie reunion IS
as follows:
General Reunion Committee = Z T.
BleckIey.
Credentials-Thos. G. Fitch.
Reception l.. Newcomb-
Banquet-CieO. J.. Pratt
H0rels-B. l. Eaton.
3Iusic-Bruce Nj Priddy.
The director OF the work Is Henry Wal
lenstein and the director of the class IS
J. Giles smith
The reunion win begin Monday evening
at 30 with the reception or petitions
and balIotinS upon same in the Limo
odse OF Perfection and the o.saniza-
ton of the class followed ty general
reception to visitors members ard cdndi-
dates.
Thursday the degrees CT the lodge from
| the fourth 20 the fourteenth VIII be az
ruinisteTed. Tuesday and "Wednesday
saorniug the degrees OF the Rose Croix
charters viii be given ana "Wednesday
afternoon the Knishts Of Kodcsh degrees
VIII ne given and Thursd7y afternoon
/ the two degrees OF Wichita CCnsist1ry Il.
/ "a 5. VIII 5e given. whan the candidates
viii then be declared casters Of The
{ ROYAL Secret Thursday evening the ban
quet wiu be given. Geo. L. Pratt UiH ue
n.cster OF ceremonies ard viii propose
] the following toast.
.~rhe Novice william y Morgan.
.-Trusts'-Paul Brown.
The Sacrifice of a Mason '-Thos. Z
/ Dewey.
The Antiquity OF Manonry Fred
| Washbon
There is not Scottish Rite temple
: I'm The west better equipped al the p-ea-
cnt time for putting on the degree work
than the one at Wichita. o1it the pia n
/ have been made and the work VIII begin
I I'm q short time fo- building large atdl-
( ticn TO the norm of tne present auaito-
llum. which viii Sive more room for IN
stage and VIII allow o. even better PEE
/ sentstion of the degrees. II is hoped thd'
Z this addition viii be completed and ready
/ for use lay the time for AclGing the re-
/ union next spfiEg-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06

ing the sad intelligence Of the death at
that place Of his brothers wife, Mrs.
Anna Kilnaird-
Mrs. Kinnaird was formerly Miss Anna
Clark. She resided here for a number OF
wears previous to her marriage and re-
moved to Fert Wayne during several
wears Of which time she vas in the dry
goods store Of Cash Henderson and after
wards with Geo. Innes & Co. She was
an estimable lady. and her many friends
IN wichita win deeply regret 10 learn Of
her untiuey death and sincerely SYM
pathize with the bereayed husband and
ltae girl It IS thought that she viii
b. bnriel It Fort Mayne.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06

oreau s Marnhy rs rsrorned from
Missouri where ae las been visiting
friends and relatives for INC weeks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
CHESTER LONGS MAJORITY
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
Will SHOW PRIZE POULTRY
WIeh5tl Poultry Association 20 TX
hibit .EannarE ts-f7.

Great preparations are being made al
ready Tor the twelfth annual show OF
the wichita Poultry and Pet STOCK asso-
citation, which is 10 be given January p
u. g.
This association has been organized for
twelve years and is becoming q strong
orgarizatio1. known all over the state n
poultry circles. It now has fifty mem
bers. The officers gre: A j. Waddell,
president H W Sch3ul secretary; r.
p. AIIep- treasurer; Otte Weiss. chair
man of cornrliLtees.
The exhibition given last year was a
success. and the indications are that
this years show VIII be a decided i'm
provemeut Secretary 5chcpl said yest5r-
Day that the association expects TO have
III least 900 choice birds on exhibition.
Valuable premiums VIII be given fer
prize stock H. T. Savage Of Bolton.
Texas. viii act as poultry judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
FOOTBALL GAME TODAY
lewis Academy ard Business college
Team VIII Contest

This afternoon az 4 O'Clock the team
from Lewis academy ard Wichita Eusi-
ness college meet ON TIE Fai-mount grid-
i-cr to settle the football question Quite
q crowd is expected to witness the cea-
test as It has been arangod- at tiae
when business men aud clerks can ser
out. Both teams have been working hard
NJ practice and It IS expected lhat there
vHl 6a some records broken = well IS
seine arms and heads Iha llne-pp 81
the academy,
r. f.. Hayden; r. T. Reece; r. g.,
CantroI. O.. sloan. T. c.. ForiFce j. p,
TAYLOR: f. Il. 3. Fo0ty, Il. f. D.. hat
rela: j.. b.. Veach: S. B.- S-ilsor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
ESTABLISH A CHURCH
Univer>aIiSts Establish Church IN
Ninhita.

Rev c. ". f. Gass0w, tho Universal
ist minister. who came here from Seneca.
kan. a short time ago. has succeeded
in establishing a Jniversallst church IL
Wichita. At present the membership i
small. bat Rev. Gassow thinks that ia
two years tsrle ii will be possible for
That sect to huld good, substantial
church building.
A Sunday school and Yong Peoples so
ciety have been organized and are show
ing good results Regllsr church ser
vices are held every sabbath az $3.50 p. II.
IN he 4. q. I. y. han Is Solth Main
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-06
USUAL DIVORCE CASE
Fred sEostcIIer seeks One From
Eelah

Fred AIostellcr yesterday through his
attorney. r a. Suilvau. tld O pefi-- ?
iu the district court asking -ar divorce
rrcm his wife. Leah Noste--er ney
were married Noyerl5cr I. lss. ara 1HEee
Children were bern g. them the CUSTODY
~ winch the rlaln-lt ael1s
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
Washington Notes.

Residence of the Chinese minister has
been transformed Into an ideal oriental
home by Mime. WI.
The Senate committee has reported ia
vorably on the proposition to grant pen
sion of $1,000 a year to the widow of
President Mckinley.
Subcommittee Of the House banking
and currency committee have been APP
pointed To consider what financial legisla-
ton is necessary at this session of Con-
gress. Asset banking currency is Ut
likely to be favored.
Investigation of attempt to secure con
troll Of mineral lands in the Uiatah In
dian reservation may result in retirement
of some government officials.
Dairy men hope TO get into harmonious
action ca an oleomargarine bill. but de-
fecticus from their ranks have thrown
them into state Of confusion.
Representative Crumpacker OF Indiana
has introduced bill for the punishment
Of persons taking part in the lynchiug
of an alien. Those who couspire in such
lynching are made subject TO death or
life Imprisonment. while meeting to or
ganize such lynchiag is made felony.
The federal courts are given jurisdiction
Of such offenses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
COULDN'T BEAR DEFEAT.
William II. Hoffmeister Kills Himself
in St. Louis Hotel.

William H. Hoffmeister of St. Louis,
ex-supreme recorder Of the Legion OF
Honor, committed suicide at the Plant
ers' Hotel in that city, by shooting him
self with a revolver. The only witness
to the suicide was George NJ. Ackley Of
Kansas City. Mr.. Hoffmeister was de-
feated for reelection as supreme recorder
of the Legion Of Honor by G. Il. L.
White, and an entirely new supreme
council was elected after a sensational
contest. One feature Of the struggle was
the arrest of Otto A. Overlook, candi-
date for supreme chancellor the highest
officer in the order. leadeR of fhe oppo-
sition TO the administration. Mr.. Over
beck was arrested by detective as he
was entering the Holland building on his
way to the meeting where the election
was TO be held. At the Four Courts a
complaint was lodged against Mr.. Over
beck for carrying concealed weapon.
Friends Of the Overlook ticket, however,
procured Mr.. Overbeck's release on bond
and hurried with him to the meeting hall,
where they arrived in time to vote, his
one vote being necessary to win,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
SAVE FoRrY.FouR FROM WRECK
Pere Marquette Railway Steamer Is
Ashore at Lndington, Mich.

BeTe Marquette Railway steamer Is
Ashore at Lndington, Mich.
The Pere Marquette Railway Com
panys steamer No. 3 struck the bar at
the mouth of the harbor at Huntington.
Mich. while attempting 10 enter Ia a
high southwest gale and was scuttied IN
aine feet OF water. The nine passengers
and the crew of thirty-fiye were taken
off the wrecked craft by the life-saving
crew with their breaches buoy apparatus.
The accident occurred before daylight.
Passengers and crew were rudeiy awas'
ened by the succession OF shocks as the
steamer pounded on the bar. Signals OF
distress were Immediately blown and the
life-saying crew quickly responded. Run
ming their mortar out on the pier the llfe-
savers sent line to the wreck. A heavier
rope was then hauled aboard. and when
day broke there was a line 200 feet long
stretched from the pier to the No 3 and
the breeehes buoy apparatus was ready
for use. Over this line nine passengers.
four OF whom were women, and the crew
OF thirty were safely taken in the
breeches buoy in two hours. 1t was
thrilling rescue AS the people were
drawn along the rope the great waves
broke over them, and all were drenched
by the icy water when they arrived on
the pier. The boat was loaded with 20
600 bushels of barley aud 200 tons Of
merchandise
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
PooLRooMs WIN A VICTORY.
Kansas City Court Decides Betting ON
Horse Races Not "a "Chance."

Kansas City Court Decides Betting ON
Horse Races Not "Chance."
Charles Oldham. the proprietor of a
pool room, was acquitted at Kansas City
OF the charge of Conducting a gambling
device" The decision was prepared by
Police Judge Brumbeck and declares that
betting on a horse race cannot, in view
Of the decision Of the Missouri Supreme
Court, be held to be betting on a game
Of chance, because if the race is honestly
run it is only a question OF endurance
and speed and If dishonesty conducted
is a swindle in which chance takes no
part. Judge Brumbeck could render
no other decision with the evidence at
hand said Chief Hays. when the
question first arose the Mayor wrote to
Manager Woods OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company TO discover if the
pool rooms actually telegraphed the
money to Louisville or other cities to be
placed as bets ON horse races. | found
that the keepers of the room actually sent
the money to be placed in Louisville. The
decision will have the effect of allowing
any number OF pool rooms to open in
Kansas o. -"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
Rl5rl9EE75RS

Chicago-CattIe, common to prime.
$3.50 to $40; hogs. shipping grades,
S4.25 TO $G.40; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $4.65; wheat, No. red. Sic TO SIC;
corn, No. 2, G0c to Gle; oats. No. ,. roc
to 46e; rye, No ., G0c to Gle; hay. tim
othy. 5000 to $50; prairie. $3.50 to
$3.50: butter choice creamery, zoe to
23c; eggs, fresh, pic to 2lc; potatoes,
75c to soc per bushel.
Indianapolis Gait, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs. choics sht, $500 to $500;
sheep, common 70 ..me, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. .. Sic to SSc; corn. No. 2
white. new. 63c to 64c; oats. No. . white.
4Sc to 49c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to SG,25; hogs,
$500 to 5000; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. >, Sic to SSc; corn. No. 2,
G2c to G3c; oats. No. ,, Acc to 4Tc; rye,
No. ., zoe 10 66c
Cincianati-Cattle, $500 to S5.I5; hogs,
$500 to SG4o; sheep 1925 TO 1913:
wheat, No. >, Soc to soc; corn. No
mixed, G3c TO 64c; oats. No. . mixed,
4Sc to 49c; rye, No. .. &c to Csc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 10 $500;
wheat. No. >, SIC to SSc; corn. No. j
yellow. 62c to CSC; oats. No, = white,
4Sc to 49c; rye. G4c to 65c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. , mixed. sec to
sSc; corn. No. mixed, Gle to &c; oats,
No. mixed. 4Gc to 4Tc; rye, No. 2, 52e
TO Csc; clover seed. prime, $5.93.
Observation-Disclosures. No. ? northern,
4 to 76c corn. No. :, soc to G0e; oats,
= white, 4Cc to 4-e; rye. No. l. G3c
64c; barley, No. >. Csc to 64c; pork.
sss. $16.45
Buffalo-Cattie choice shipping steers,
S.. 90 to 1913; hogs. fair to prime, $500
20 SCI sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to
81 so: lambs. common TO choice, 1919 TO
5000
New York-Cattle, 1919 to $500: hogs.
s.. 90 TO $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to $40;
wheat. No. . red, SIC to SSc; corn. No. =.
6Tc to Csc; oats. No. , white, 52c to 53c;
butter. creamery. DC to De; eggs. west
ern, 2Se to SOC.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
SUICIDES SHORTAGE $40, 500.
Experts Report on Accounts of Former
Treasurer of Louisville, Ky.

Former City Treasurer Stuart r.
Young's shortage is placed at S40,520 by
the experts who examined the books at
Louisville. Young committed suicide in
November. when news of his shortage
was published. The report says Young's
method was to make out a check for a
large amount to himself and record on
the stub of the check book the name of
another man and smaller amount, or
leave a blank and make the amount
nominal The first money appropriated
was by check dated Oct Is, 1899. The
receipts of the office during Young's in
cumbency were S10,332. 900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29

OMAHA NEwsBoYs IN a RIOT.
Union and Nonunion Forces Argue
with Fists and Brickbats.

~
with Fists and Brickbats.
A riot occurred at Fifteenth and Far
nam streets, Omaha. between union and
non-union vendors of newspapers. IN
which sixty newsboys were engaged. The
fight was being desperately waged and
many small combatants showed cuts and
bruises when the patrol wagon arrived.
All who could not escape were taken TO
the station. The fray was brought on
by a placard on which a newsboy had
daubed in shoe backing a request that
certain papers be boycotted. The union S
dispeasure was directed toward st.
Louis and Chicago paper, which had
raised the newsboys' price from 312 TO
! cents copy. The small standard bear
or excited the ire of +. G. Smith, % years
old, captain of the non-union clan, ana
the row started. ''Mogy" Bernstein.
known as the king of the newsbcys."
appeared just as his unionist followers
were being overcome by their oppo1
with the bulky Smith at their head.
Mogy soon turned the tide of battle, and
each union lad was sitting astride of his
foe when the police arrived,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29

G. L. Huckleberrv, photographer Of
Odessa, Mo, and his mother, Mrs. w. b.
Huckleberry were whipped with raw
hides the other night by about seventy
five of the leading men and women Of tie
town. Huekleberry is about 20 years Of
age and was married recently to young
woman connected with one Of the best
known families OF Johnston County, Mo.
lie is reported 10 have abused his wife,
and his mother, it is charged, has several
times taken part in the rows. Finally
Huckleberry threatened his wife's life,
which caused one of the neighbors -
swear ont a warrant for his arrest. Two
policemen were taking Huckleberry be
fore a justice Of the peace, his father and
mother accompanying them, when the
officers were oyerpowered by the mob.
The young man was stripped to his shirt,
and the lash was laid on his back about
fifty times His mother was punished
with similar chastisement
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
Commer,.ial Notes.

Corn IS worth zoe q bushel in Iowa,
young hogs are over half gone and the
average weieSt of those selling now IS
around 140 pounds.
Ia cattle receipts for tie year the rec
ord is the largest ssuce 1898 and the
third largest in the history of the trade
Hogs are among the big records. though
around 600000 short OF the banner rec
ord OF 1S9S; sheep approximate AGO.
600, and beat the former big record by
more than 3000n and total cars of all
kinds Of live stock resolved 295, 600. " III
be about $1,000 short of the banner year
Of 1890
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
New York.

New York far this year shows a mod
/ -------J crate gain over the CORE
spending period of last year Net earn
ings of ffty-two roads for the first week
in January increased GAG per cent over
the corresponding week OF last year. and
the showing by hank clearings is almost
equally good.
One of the best evidences of solid
condition of business is the soundness of
banking communities generally. The trou-
bles of the Everett-Moore syndicate and
the Crude Rubber Company are causing
bankers everywhere to scan more closely
the character Of the securities on which
they make loans. so as TO guard against
disaster.
Less complaint is heard regarding ear
shortage, aud the railroads probably are
beginning to catch up on business Of
fered The reports from the various
branches of the iron and steel industry
fulfill the expectations of thriving bnsi-
ness, and it is singular TO see that for
eign steel and iron in fair quantities have
been imported for Eastern consumers.
German steel biIlets have been delivered
at Youngstown at a cost to the purchas-
ers of $3.50 a ton. This illustrates not
merely the inability of the American
manufacturers to supply Immediately all
kinds of steel which are needed. but also
the readiness of the German steel men
to accept low price for their product.
The duty paid on these billets was SG.I2
a ton.
As anticipated, the American Steel
and Wire Company made an agreement
with the independent manufacturers, and
the result is an advance of 81 a ton in
the price of wire. while wire nails have
been put up to 81 % key. The price
of pig iron. the demand for which is
maintained firmly. has not been changed.
Southern as well as Northern producers
are conservative. Stocks at the furnaces
are being reduced, and the output, which
was 29S,400 tons on Jan. l, probably is
increasing
4 different story is told in copper, TWO
cuts reducing the trust quotation Cor lake
to 111s cents pound. while Sales are re-
ported at 1 cents. This is a great reduc-
ton from II cents. at which the Amalga-
mated company's selling agency endeav-
ored to support this metal. Foreign de-
mand, however. is at last stimulated.
and exports during the first half of this
month improved considerably.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
LYNcHED FOR HORSE STEALING.
Sioux Indian, Fresh from JTiI. Hanged
for Swapping Amin

John Yellow Wolf. a Sioux Ino.an who
was released from the Deadwood, s. D.,
Jail recently. was lynched for horse steal
ing while on the way to his home on the
T.oscbad reservation. When Yellow Wolf
started for the agency he was given a
worthless old horse and saddle. Below
RAPID City he turned the old horse loose
and caught a young horse out of a pas
ture on which to complete the journey,
He was overtaken by a number of men,
and was later found dangling to a cotton
wood tree near White River. Yellow
Wolf had served several terms in the
Deadwood Jail for various offenses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
FOUR BIG BUILDINGS FALL.
Detroit Wholesale Houses Lose $780,
600 by Strange Collapse.

Four buildings. each four stories high,
in the heart of the wholesale district of
Detroit. collapsed at $40 o'clock Sunday
night, without any apparent cause. All
that now remains of them is smolder-
ing heap of ruins. The buildings were
occupied by five concerns. The loss on
stocks is estimated at 1852 800; on build
ings. $50,500. The buildings Joined each
other at Jefferson avenue and Shelby
street. Experts from the Detroit Gas
Company's office made an examination OF
the ruins, but were unable to find evil
dences Of gas explosion. Had the wreck
occurred during business hours the loss
of life must have been appalling, as 200
persons were employed by the various
firms. Furnaces in the buildings set the
ruins on fire and the wooden work was
burned. There were no watchmen about
the premises, consequently no one was
injured or killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
KILLED IN BATHHOUSE.
st. Louis Millionaire Murdered After
Being Robbed.

A. Dean Cooper, the millionaire treas
urer ot the Graham Paper Company, died
in St Louis as the result of an assault,
In which his skull was Treasured while he
was in the cooling roomGof the Vista
Turkish bathhouse. William Strother.
the negro attendant at the bathhouse.
who was ON duty and who informed Mr..
Coopers family of the assault, is held as
a prisoner at the Dayton street police
station. A diamond ring valued at ST.
500 and a diamond pin worn by Mr..
Cooper when he entered the bath were
found in the basement of the bathhouse.
They had been concealed under the floor
ing IN crevice above the top Of a joist
A sledse hammer bearing fresh blood
stains was found in the basement soon
after the police had been summoned.
The negro declares his innocence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
Powder Package ExpIodes.

j. w. Martin, Knoxville. Tenn.
postotiict clerk. was injured by the ex-
plosion Of a package of powder or an in
fernal machine. He was stamping let
tiers and packages. when a package ad-
dressed to a hardware house exploded as
he struck it with the stamp Examina-
ton showed on It the name of New
York smokeiess powder concern.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29

In Kansas City the Court of Appeals
decided Ia the case of Fannie Brassfield
VS. The knights of the Macca bees that
fraternal insurance orders must operate
under the laws OF Missouri. The State
law provides that il shall be no defense
that the insured committed suicide
Brassdeld committed suicide and the
Maccabees refused to pay the policy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
FARMER AND NIECE KILLED.
Robbers Murder Couple at GreenIeaf,
KAN, and Loot House.

Carl +. Holt. aged %, and his niece,
Miss HiIda Peterson, aged 80, his house
keeper, were discovered murdered at the
Holt home. three miles from Greenleaf.
Kan. The people had been missing sew
eral days and The other morning a search
ing party went TO learn the cause. The
old man was found in the kitchen with
two bullet holes in his head. The wom-
an was lying on a back porch with one
bullet hole through her head and one
through her neck The house had been
rifled.