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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Their IDEAS Abou, Banks.

Some people have very erroneous IDEAS
about banks They never think that the
principal business of a bank Is 10 loa1
money and sell exchange and that the
aim o. the banker is to always get good
security for HIS loans. There are many
lauEhahle incidents occurring in the
banks every day F. p Russell. assist
ant cashier o. the National Bank Of Gem
1erce told o two incidents yesterday
that viii bear repeating
II viii be remembered that The bank
runs q saving department ard little safes
are Jeff AZ peoples homes whore they
II axe their deposits This Htfle safe is
taken % the bank where The key Is kept
and the money f. counted ard cre,iltee
70 the deposition
About two weeks ago e msn n ire
north part of the CITY concluded that
BE- would open ar account Ire me savings
bank and D. got one q those Illfls safes
= few days later he walked iu;0 the
hank and wrote oar his check for one
dollar ard presented g. r. she cashier
lie was politely informed that he did nor
have any money in that bank which d.
could check
~ke nertheud mar r1ad4 a biz rssF ard
SAID Re Cd have money ir fie hank IT.
Ras So positive ~ the matter that ,hs
cashier m1de secoad examination ain
The saae result as ths first Then Frsrk
Russell calned fhe man treubfe.i nerves
end aske5 h.-n o. tsii how - haaDeneg
q have meHeg n his bank ard SHEER 81
was puf iu WHY said re Indignant
citizen. . have ore ~ es1r safes a. ur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

Conductor Steve Hayden. q the Ms
souri, Pacific. is not the oldest man. but
he Is the oldest conductor that russ into
ard ous cf Wichita lie has been runl
ming Missouri Pacihc passenger trains
into this city for over twenty years and
there are few men in this city known
70 more people than Steve Hayden
All OF the bankers and p-opFieJors 81
big stores in tie city know him and IL
IS surprising how many people think
hs is ar Old resident OF the city and when
they look over the telephone list and md
that ar HAYDEN does not have a phone.
they look al the directory and then roast
the directory makers for leaving our IS
prominent citizen as Afr. Hayden. The
fact is that steve Hayden has lived IN
Fort Scott for many years and never
did live in Wichita
He Is naturally Or a social disposition
and Ehat the politicians eau q coed
mixer. That accounts for SO many peo-
pie here being intimately acquainted
with him. Everybody knows Steve Hay
den and he knows nearly every body else
When Clyde Maddox was convicted OF
murder in the federal court here several
years ago and was cent % the county
Jail 70 await sentence OF death and made
his escape two hours later. there was
naturally great excitement but il was
Steve Hayden who was instrumental IN
returning Cly-e Maddox 70 the county
Jail OF Sedgwick county.
Maddox made his escape Just after
dark and an the railroad uen running
out OF wichita that night were warned
By the United States authorities 20 keep
a lookout for the escaped murderer
When Steve Hayden's train pulled out
of Eldorado that night little man sat
coolly in one OF the seats and passed
the conductor a cash fare instead Of 4
ticket Mr.. Hayden had seen Maddox in
The federal court and ne at once knew
who his passenger was. M Hayden
was as cool as Maddox. He took his
fare and at the next station he teie-
grsphed ahead TO Yates Center and told
the chief OF police that Maddox had IS
capped and was on his train. The officers
boarded the train at Yates Center and
Maddox was returned 10 Wichita
Clyde Maddox came that near making
his escape and Steve Hayden was The
only man or the train that would ever
have been able 10 Identify him Wichita
men who commit shady transactions and
want 10 get away from the city xin for
ever avoid Conductor Haydens train.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Had TIE Buck Fever.

It was said that John Alden was the
only man in the hunting party which
went 10 the southeast part Of the Indian
territory and returned Wednesday. who
old not get the buck fever He was the
Only one who brought in deer. The
other members OF the party all deny
that they saw a deer. The party brought
back other game however which goes To
show that even If they had the buck
fever il did not affect them Oh other
game Henry Schnitzler says that 1T
rained for seven days ard that they were
unable TO get out but three days Of the
two weeks they were in camp
The only good remedy for buck fever.
said one of the members Of the party.
is u keep as lar away from the buck
as possible
DO you refer to the buck passed in
The same in the tent at nighl or The
buck which passes in the DAY time, while
you are hunting was asked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
niz Accent Had,'t chanoed.

Al old gentleman came up from Cres-
wei township. Cowlsy county the other
dav-Hu1ser was his naus-aHd began
hunting for former neishbor n hs1
known n nHnois II ISs- He Rad forgot
ter his nsua and wouldn't know hiu =
n had seen hin II I could ever SET
Within hearing distance Of him. n said
Z would snow hin. FOR he has an Irish
accent that shan never forget Fer
hale DAY he wandered about and finally
dropped into Pat Heaiys ozce
He entered iaro canvsrsatloa with sew
era uen there ard was making himself
al hone Pat Who vas busy writing ~
ally tur-es Fl his offce cAai- ara asze-i
some ore a question. Il ~. Hunter had
discovered the fouuta.r ~ yoath ~ ~
philosophers stone OF the q1asrats-s ~
tie circle CT perpetual motion r. e01ll
not have been moEe dsllghtsd PAT rs
the nan r. was looking for and fh4t
accent % his vas the sane m Mr. ETa--
tiers ears as Il was thirty-lhree ysa-s
ago
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
New Club ORGANIZED.

The Misuetoe Club has been organized
By the men who went 6shing in the ter
ritory last week They found lots 4
mistletoe, hut when they came home they
had none although they left the terri
tors with great quantities Of IT, Il IS said
that they allowed their supply 70 BE- taken
because they feared something would hap
pen. Charles Bertholf. Who vas one 4
the party. denies that he started ho-.
with move than would be required at
hcme- The temporary organization q
TIE club VII be continued urtn next
January. when they may perfect 2 per-
u.aneut organization At least that is
the plan now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Il Injured the soaln-

1t may have been notice by those who
have attended the many cases Of the city
court that Judge Harvey has q thin
growth OF hair on the top OF his think
dome. And considering that he is a
young man. this has caused some COM
ment by great many people. The matter
would be understood II the people who
have watched the Judge and considered
the mater OF premature badness while
a case was being heard BY him, nad
been informed as TO his pranks in boy
hood.
A man. who was & boy with Judge
Harvey and VINO has watched the top
Of his head while he was diving across
the Walnut sad. The hair that IS not
there is caused by Judge Harvey sliding
down A straw-stack on his head while
youth Near the house where the
Judge lived was a field on which wheat
had been planted The wheat had been
threshed and the straw put in stacks The
man who owned the field was cranky and
would not allow the boys TO play on the
stacks. and for this reason the boys play
ed on them Judge Harvey was among
the number. In fact. he was one OF the
regulars and requested other boys TO
go and slide down the stacks he sue
ceeded in getting the boys TO do 50 and
they had great time. but one day the
man who owned the field came out and
saw them. Judge Harvey was the last
boy TO get ont % the stack and he sid
down on his head. This. said the
man. is the real reason his hair il
falling cut. The friction affected the
roots
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Pony IN 4 Pumn S.

Mr.. c. II. West who runs me r-,r-,,,
shop on South Main street had a verv
exciting tine a few DAYS ago. Stanley
& Liggett. the tfverynlen. received a
bunch Of wild range horses. not one Of
The animals ever having had a bride or
saddle on The uverymen got cowboy
from cut west 70 break some Of those
oronchos for them and one day Mr. Cow
boy set 0Gt INTO the alley back OF the
barn with a pretty little bay mare who
did not seem TO be- OF q very bad TEN
per but who proved 10 - a holy terror.
Mr. Cowboy landed in the saddle an
right and gave the pony d touch of The
spurs when that pony turned into 4
veritable cyclone in the swiftness Of her
movements She jumped Up and down
stin-legged, danced around on her rear
reaE feet, tried 70 stand on her head turn
somersallts backwards and bowed Up her
back and just tucked, in fact thar pony
Old everything in the broncho category
without moving oUt OF a space larger
than . bed quilt
The cowboy got her moving finally and
the pony ran under the shed back OF
Mr. Vests shop and began her antics
sgain- She damned the head OF The COW
hoy through the roof and bumped him I'D
against the side of the building and as
last resort laid down and Mr. Cowboy
set o hand the pony got up and made
& dash for liberty. The way she entered
was blocked by half dozen men. but
the door to the pump shop was partly
open and into the shop she dashed.
The thoroughly frightened animal first
ran ia 70 q rack OF pump rods and these
came tumbling down Mr. West was at
his desk and did not know what was
going on until about half a ton Of iron
rcds came rumbiiug 10 the floor The
pony, scared By The rumpus she was max
ing turned suddenly and reared upon the
work bench p the back Of The shop and
got her foot caught IL some OF the tools
Mr.. West had decided that this was
tcO warm a place 70. min. so he made
Tor the doo- and the pony seeing @ man
moving about on foot was frightened
al the more and began making frantic
efforts 70 get OF the bench She upset
the bench as the men came running in
the back door. and vas soon captured.
but not until some more pumps. tools ard
repairs had been thrown down and some
parts broken
Mr.. West went TO work ard straight
ened up his shop and decided that ne
did not need the aid Of a wild broncho in
his shop He could tear down all that
was necessary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE
TALK OF
THE TOWN

make for the Indian Territory and Texas
and Wichita was on the trail he wocId
usually get track OF the stolen horses
about Wichita
In the summer Of 1870 he followed
z man who had stolen two me horses At
Saiina and had brought them 10 Wich-
tia another deputy was with aim and
they trailed the horses 10 the Ninnescah
somewhere southwest OF this city. They
came 10 a place where The tran forked
each one going to a crossing on the
Minnesota He took ore and the deputy
the other. When he reached the river
he heard shooting on the upper TRAN and
fastened across il and met nis comrade
coming back, leading the two horses.
The deputy told him 70 come on. that
he did not have any occasion for gcing
down 10 the river where the horse-thief
had camped- EIr Garrett says little
time later they heard that a man vas
found dead al the NInnescah crossing
and some Of the Wichita fellows said il
vas the same man the SaIina deputy
sheriffs were trailing II vas The talk
OF the town Of SaIina for some tine that
the Sedgwick county authorities intended
for murder but nothing ever came Of
IL Al THAT Mr.. Garrett claims 10 know
about this is that he did not shoot the
horsethief- He says he never had 70 hold
up his hands but once. He went TO the
town OF Abilene one day when Wild BIZ
was marshall Of that town and Wild Bill
met him az the train and mistook him
for another man He stuck revolver
under CARROTS nose and told him TO
hold Up his hands. while he dlsarned him.
he Saiina man held up his hands but ne
vas net armed and after little time
Wild BIZ confessed he had made q mis-
take.
Col Garrett is a dignihed man Of fifty
years and a sample Of the Kentucky gen
deman- To see him now no one would
ever suspect that he was one Of the i'm
portant actors in the stirring scenes of
frontier life here over thirty years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
New Game Of Pina-Pona.

The story goes that a farmer living in
the outskirts of this city has invented
a new game called Improved Ping-pong. g"
According 10 his theory it is TO be played
il the fall OF the year on the farm.
The player arises al o'clock in the
morning. milks the cows. feeds the hogs
and horses, eats breakfast and then
bitches a team 70 the wagon and starts
for the cornheld- Here is where the
ring-pong comes in. The player grabs
a Dig ear OF corn in one hand and with
Contraption Of some sort yanks the
sAucks OF and throws the ear AZ the
wagon When the ear Of corn strikes
the throw board il goes ping, and when
it hits the bottom it sounds pong The
inventor says it makes a very interesting
q me NJ the rate Of or cents a bushel,
but We doubt she popularity OF the game
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Death on the srarrows.

There is a cat in this city which can
catch more English sDarrows than any
Zen Cats in the city put together This
cat has great reputation for raising
family Of kittens and when these is
litter TO take care Of she brings in any
number Of birds The cat lives in the alley
between Main ana Market streets most
OF the time She viii get behind a door
OF the coal bin, which is in the alley and
when the sparrows aHght and begin to
PICK % their daily bread she VIII pounce
upon them.
The peculiar part IS that the sparrows
not caught VIII come back to The same
old trap The cat has been working her
scheme for year and seems 70 ind it
easier than hunting for rats and mice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Vas : Eos. pr-scher

cha-eh 81 his city isnt II rhs rlniztrv
any norr. He s wealthy nan 1sTs-g
CT ths fas % TIE Lamb b Ilauois re
hs6 Ittie r-st sss II = - vher tse
boom ssrsck Wichita ard caaghr the
speculative fever - har5 tha- ans -
Rs roek shersht * bsttsT % h-v- aa-
ether mL-istsr he huczsd shs reom wlth
his res ard -as1sss Is vtfz q i1e-sef
bis lizzie 49, egg ezaessy fwHary fola-
- F1 ~ pi1re6 TIE moasT - interest
ard watched The heoz 70 on-txs a cT-
clone Re Vas 3 ra.Ehly foxy preacher
ard vhsn aIHsost evsrveo6v else zAs
barzt be had mc1sy sa0sgh % keep Ala-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
An Awful Story.

II was women7s missionary society
where the members, both young and old.
Piled their tongues as they did their
needles and The subject OF conversation
last week happened 70 be that OF q shift
less family who had been helped By the
society The man of the house was the
trifing one. while the woman was in-
dustrious but was hampered by an ex-
oeedingly large family, They very SCI
dom had enough 10 eat and never thought
Of paying thei- rent and on their ac-
count they were forced 10 move about
every two months. Yes. said ore OF
the elderly matrons. who got the floor,
ard OF account Of her size and the volume
OF her voice always commanded silence
II not respect. that family is on the
move 50 much that when the chickens
see the family. picking Up they all run out
into the back yard and pile Up with their
legs crossed waiting to be tied up. on.
they are a shiftless lot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
A Cues. Of Rocseyelt.


When the c. A. r reunion came OF
az Washington this fail. J. Robinson. an
old soldier living rear here. became in
take advantage Of il ard see soma Of
his old comrades, and. as he expressed Il.
he might get 10 see the president. At
any rate he took in the reunion and he
Ike all other cid veterans, was taken
around and shown the White House AZ
ter getting 50 near he concluded he would
not leave washington without seeing and
talking with Roosevelt. 50 he secretly
left his party and made his way To .
private door OF the presidential mansion.
Here he raped and a loud voice rang
cut Come in" Mr. Robinson entered
and beheld Roosevelt with his surgeon
lending over him examining the wound
he received il the trolley accident SIR.
Roosevelt talked with the old gentleman
few moments and then Invited him TO
step into the next room where the family
vas just eating dinner He entered ard
Was introduced 70 Mrs. Roosevelt and
the family. after which he was asked 10
take a place AZ the table. Before doing
this however. he took OF his coat and
left It on a chair When he sat down
at the table he says he could hardly
believe LIS eyes; they served bread. meat.
potatoes and coffee in abundance and
the old soldier says he did not see one
of the daintles he suppose presidents
dined upon. When leaving ne missed his
coat and asked for IT. When it was
brought 10 him he did not recognize it.
for Mrs Roosevelt had completely cover
Cd 1t with r.5bons and G. A P. badges
When he left she also presented him
with beautiful bouquet Of flowers which
he prizes very highly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

Or. Essslsr who knows al about this
part Of Kansas II early days. says that
the story which Is being published in
che eastern magazines tha- SAT Master
son killed Irdians IS rank acticu- ~ have
silied IS many irdi-ns Is he did he
said II he had caught siEht ~ al In
disn Who had the appearance u wanting
bicod the red man wculd have q have
made great raee for it-that is II -
wanted the blood Of Sat Masterson- OF
urse. h. ~as mt a coward. but vhea
he Us here the Indians we're rot O. the
ar path
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Had Respeet fer the Word.

Pat Healy Is willing u 50 or record as
SAYING that Silas RutledSe. Popuiist
leader in The west district. Is as much
q nan Of his word as any man in the
state. During the abnormal fever Of the
boom Mr.. Rutiedge drove in from his
farm and began To feel about for q snap
N real estate He ran acrcss a lot o
nile OF so from Main street. down near
the kellogg street school house. and
the price on 1t was 500. Silas pulled OUT
his purse and planAea down Se5oo, SAYING
he would put Up the remaining Ss5g9
later on. II TIE meantime the boom
burst and the let ran down to ga. The
owner e 1t died. hut that made 10 Gif-
ference 70 Sllas. His word was out that
he would take that lot az $50 and enc
cay he looked ~ the widow and % her
great establishment and joy he handed
her TWENTY-FIVE crisp one hundred dollar
bills NJ Rutledge sin owns the lot
i has climbed Up a few hundred dollars
recently and Pat Healy IS praying that
il VIII get up so high that Mr.. Rutledge
VIII come out even on IT,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
wichita cemoera:s Loaasd There.

Wichita Democrats Lodged There.
The Lincoln Hotel il Chicago. which
was burned q few days ago and with il
fourteen or fifteen persons. IS known
10 Wichita as The Morgue~ ard there
are a. least half a dozen people here
who are only surprised that everybody
IT. It the other night was not burned 10
death. When delegation or Wichita
Democrats went TO The National Demo
cratic convention 1T Chicago ia 1892 they
Tut ~ - Il temporarily and II was either
the late Harry Stewart or John Farrell.
who named il the Morgue.' owing TO its
supposed likeness 10 the public reception
toon Of the dead. Z E Fitzpatrick
was the only Wichita nan in the deIega-
ton who did not lodge there the first
night; for he hunted Up the Tammany
tiger when he struck town and welded
Morpheus Ia his lair. John de Mott eaus-
cd eomm0tion in the hotel for he is
great snorer and as the partitions
were thin and the roon.s o- rather com
partments had no roof 10 them-they
BEING built ike stalls or brooks in big
ger room-he kept the whole house awake
TIL morning John Farrell had the mis-
fortune OF having his spending money
stolen from him. but Rufe Cone-now the
laundry prince-who was then sheriff.
stsked him. For I'VE or six years the
Wichita patrons Of the Lincoln hotel
on that memora bic occasion used 70 de-
light in exchanging "reminiscences OF their
one night in the Enorgue-a name more
significant row than then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

worth considerable money tae a-st q
next MAY. OF ,hat i might 20 down ard
eas up all rs option money. be saw ~
Ioint he weat hack home sas So
Two hundred dollars worth % his whest
and made rs margin secure- I-ass week
when wheat jumped mp re got ogg with
* nice lttis proat. bat that = no roasca
that All the farmers ouxhs % become
SPECTATORS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Secretary cortelyou's First 8oots.


Few people knew that Mr- CoFteiyou
secretar. % the PRESIDENT owes his pro-
molten and prominence 70 q Kansas man.
When John J. InsaIls was Omitted States
Senator Sr Cortelycu was a common
every day mafI carrier. ingalls, WAS ua
the District Of Columbia committee -
had a llrge vosce II al the Affairs q
Washington Re happened 10 know Cor
telyou AID when q special man carrier
WAS wanted Ter the Whlte House. the
distinguished Ha-sau suggested that Ar.
C1-te.gou bs retained zhe susges-icr
VAS approved. and from that moment
Corteiyou continued 70 Use lie INST g5t
promotion % sart ~ uaI clerk
ship in the white HOUSE. then he was
promoted 20 ar ryship ard
went up step by step until President SIC
Klnlev-s first secretary died Corteiyoa
vas promoted % the place ard that act
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

VS. probably the beginning CT the end
Of political private secretaries or. as TIE
otHce IS now called. secretaries to the
president Ben Cushman, % this city,
rs the private secretary o. 1enators Per
kins and Baker. knew alr- Cortelyou ven
and knew the circumstances OF his mo
notion a. the suggestion Of Senator IN
gals.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

seif comfortably ca the interest which he
IS now doing a Wichita man net hin
recently in s. Louis and learned that
his good luck was sticking 10 hir,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07

used a druggists last resort and asked
Ger what she used II for Why. she
said, papa mixes ii with hog feed "Ch.
yes. exclaimed the relieved clerk. you
mean 'copperas'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-08
RECEPTION
10 Mr.. AND
J MRS. ATwATER

The parishloners Of Rev. A. E. At.
water turned out in large numbers at
the farewell reception given him and
Mrs. Atwater at the Hedding M. E.
church last evening. The chapel was
crowded while the reception was in
progress and the auditorium was well
filled at the program given after.
wards Mrs. G. W. Huntington had
general charge Of the affair.
Rev. and Mrs. Atwater were assist.
ed in1receiving the members Of the
parish by MRS. C. H. Kenerson and
Mrs. G. W. Huntington.
The Misses Flossie Morse and Luella
Noyes, Robert Nelson ard Arthur
Jackson acted as uShers and presented
the people.
The chapel where the reception was
held was decorated with potted and
Towering plants and red and white,
the colors of the Epworth Leagu:.
After the reception was over short
but pleasing program was given In
the church auditorium with A. A.
Boyce as chairman 1t was opened by
prayer by Rev. J. A. Sherburn, fol-
lowed 10y selection by a Quartette
composed Of Nicholas Veale, Mrs.
Richard Bradley, Mis- Priscilla White
and ..Wm. oliver. Next came re-
marks by DR.. Il. W. Hanson and
duet by Mrs. e. N. Wheeler and Clar.
ence Vaughn after which came re-
marks by Richard Moyle on behalf of
the Epworth League and Rev. Effie
X. M. Jones: on behalf Of the other
churches in The city. A solo by Mrs.
M. D..Lamb closed the program. Mrs.
Lamb sang by request "Within Mile
OF Edinboro Town."
Rev. and Mrs. Atwater will Cleave
tomorrow morning for their new
home.