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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

siding has tily down a waterspout Ole
Sleuth disappeared IN the nssht.
CHAPTER ~.
'Ah ha.~ Grief Beefv Ben the Bandit.
Anon he changed the respective positions
OF the aSpirants. "Ha. al. he then said.
Old Sleuth. turning quickly around.
gazed with an eagle eye up 60 the bar
rsls Of two sevsn-shoote-s-
Beefy Sen scowIed devccly
ola Slcuth stood ssanch
The aisht was very 6ara.
They are dem-dum bullets" explained
Ben. kindly.
1T makes 10 difference. coldiy remark
cd cd Sleush
why note- snarled Bccfy Benjamin.
why not Ia ike 20 know
Because your guns viii fash ia the
pan calmly replied the famous deteC-
tive. with a majestic attitude ~ derision.
'sDevn.' Kissed the baadis. lowering his
rnurderous weapons
with a naughty stride old sleuth turn
Ell or his heel
CHAPTER V.
III try it anyhow" mct;ercd Beery
Ben 20 himself. hoarscy. lie aimed bath
revolvers 90 the inquire 81 the retrcaslns
detective
Dunn dun" spoke the GUNS
Dam. dam spoke oid S.euth acuseiv
identifying himself az ths injured party.
The ambulance ansbied along soue tWo
hours cr later and the surgeon promptly
diagnosed 5he case ne alcoholism.
]; was nor untu IA " proceeded 90 Nft
old Sieuth's rccumhrnt form into she
waiting wagon that the doctor discovered
from TIE tremendous weight of the erdv
That the man was stsned With Lead AZ
every pore.
CHAPTER Nj
Nfter decent interval the ambulance
driver turned his horses into the hosaitsi
courtyard The doctors gathered around
ana examined the wounded mar within.
'lIa har- they cried in giee to the ari-
hulauee SURGEON. Hes dad one- The
drinks are GA YOU
Walking the hospital is verify thirsty
work
The surgeon. ulth a gasp ~ disgust.
swallowed Dis clearette
He was clearly discounted with cha.
grin.
Pooled agaiur he exclaimed bitterly.
"But by whom
The dead man slowly ana inpressiveiy
raised his head Hy 0a s'euih th~ detsc.
tive he replied in sepuithral tones
Under the heading Couldn't Beat
Even Dead Man the Beuevilie. Kan.
-olescope gives en- account ~ m
circumstance of the election in Republic
county The republicans 81 FalrFieW
had nominated y Rundus Tor constable.
a few DAYS later Mr. Rundus ives killed
~ lightning The local committee mex
lec;ea - put sp another man FOR the
Office. however. and the name of the dead
man appeared on the oficiai ballot The
republicans ~ Fairview SAYS The Teiss-
cope aye stslwarts and they dsiu
propose to take ans chances They pre-
ferrcd 20 vote FOR dead republican
rather than live democra, and 80 thsy
elected the dead man by majority q
twenty-four.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
WalIeed il Ante Roonn

Going up to Garfield Hall week ago
a couple Of ladies made a peculiar mis-
take and one that caused Charlie Hun
te-'a eyes % stick out ike saucers. IN
stead Of going up the stairway leading to
GARFIELD Hail they climbed the one lead
ing to the Masonic lodge and walked
risht into the ante-room without giving
the proper knocks and signs. Charlie
Hunter happened TO be the tyler and not
being overwatchful they very nearly got
into where the goat is kept before he sue
ceeded in persuading them. Mrs. Lease
to the contrary. that women are barred
from the mysteries Of masonry. When
the ladies' found where they were there
was sure enough alarm at the door and
they rctreated III short order
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Il subdued His snirit.

Not long ago one of the members Of a
bum theatrical company was sitting in
a Wichita restaurant. He was particular
/ y sore on the town. Wichita " he ex-
claimed in disgust. It's a tank, that :
all it is. It's tank and a pile Of ties.
It's bum ali the way. through and
through. No decent company would play
the place twice and III be happy when
m far enough away TO forget that
was ever here" Every Wichitan in the
place felt properly cowed and crushed
al these words. i newsboy came in with
Eagles The actor bought one. He fell
to reading and became sad and subdued
and when he had finished and gone away
with deep gloom depicted or his counte-
nance. some one took the paper and read
the theatrical news. The Eagle had
roasted the theatrical company merciless-
ly ard this actor in particular.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
pecIine Of surnrise Party.

The surprise party as an institution has
about disappeared. It was a rank fake.
No one was, in the memory Of anybody
living. really surprised. The harmless
fiction however was kept up. Tho guests
gathered at somebody's house and then
went en- masse to the house OF the hos
tess who was to be surprised s She all
ways acted surprised, but proved later
that she was not by putting ~ great
spread for the company. She had usually
worked week beforehand on the said
spread.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Nothinn Sc p,ain DIM

ed. Fitzpatrick. when the well was be-
ing drilled on North Lawrence measured
the well and bottled the find daily. He
says that the well reached a depth of
1622 feet. There IS no doubt about this.
He said the other evening that in all that
depth the drill did not strike rock once.
1t was just gumbo. salt water, hard pan
shale over and over again. The drill got
away below sea level and Fitzpatrick
believes they could have drilled nile
further and rover found a thing. On one
or two occasions pieces OF coal were
found. but he thinks that somebody slip
ped them into the hole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Was an Ontioal lllusion-

In Guyer's restaurant there is a fan
which has caused groat deal OF worry
among philosophers. IT makes three
thousand revolutions minute but it does
not look more than 100 More than that
it appears to he revolving in the opposite
direction to what il H. For nearly four
weei-s Farmer Doolitte has been figuring
out the phenomena Of its eccentric mo-
ton. 4 few nights ago the lights acct
dentally went out and the fan went like
mad. This circumstance solved the prob
lem The action Of the bright light on thc
fan had produced an optical illusion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
An Exciting Recital.

Madame Bloomfeld-Zeisler. whom so
many WichitaEs know had an exciting
time in Paris week ago. She play
cd in certain hall where no foreigner
had ever appeared before. An anti-for-
eign demonstration took place and II was
necessary to call in the police. They
quoted things Then Mrs. Zeisler played
so we'll that the crowd was won over
and encored and encored. The applause
was led by the composer Moszkowski.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

not propose to give occasion for people
TO charge him with going off half
cooked"
II everybody were as distinterested and
as patriotic as the President, it would
be better for the country. and he q hav-
ing a good many Illustrations of human
selfshness and provincialism. He dis
covers that everybody is in favor of reci-
procity provided it does no unfavorably
affect their own personal interests. They
do not care q rap Tor thS interests Of
anybody else And scarcely anybody
would objec; to the revision of the tariff
il they could select the paragraphs to
be revised With this divergence of views
and conflict OF interests the President is
having great difficulty in finding his own
path of duty For example. Senator
Lodge told him Saturday that he would
fight the Newfoundland treaty but would
give Cuban reciprocity his earnest sup
port. while Senator Burrows promised TO
use his best efforts to secure The ratifica-
tion of the Newfoundland treaty. but he
~ ould have TO look over the Cuban treaty
very carefully before ne could agree TO
support it.
The democratic ways of the President
are never-endins source Of amazement
to Americans Is wei IS foreigners who
cone 70 Washington. There was nevcr
a President Ike him We had a period
Of Jofersonian simplicity a century ago.
which did not compare with that which
now prevails. for President Roosevelt
puts on no more airs than college
student. and IS accessible n everybody.
old and young poor and rich small and
great Instead of inviting his callers into
his office rs President Mckinney and his
predecessors used 70 dc IN almost every
ease and giving them private interviews.
President Roosevelt reserves that privi-
Iege for senators and few representa-
tives only. He allows the rest az his vis-
itors to accumulate in an auteroom until
il is filed and then lie secs ont and cir
culates among them, shsking hands
wi,h everybody. and answering questions
and saying what he has 70 say ia a tone
of voice that can be heard by everybody
n the neighborhood as II De had no Sc
crets and d.d nos propose 30 be rcposi-
tory for the secrets OF others.
Tho hearty candor IS usually q ntas
confusing 20 his guests ana souesiaes
embarrassing hgt sr-r 81 ths resident
He is perfectly Wiling tbat everybody
shan Eear a., DE- has r. say. Cne day
q wel3-dressed gentlemen of nvsteric-s
appearance. onleayore5 % whisper 4 .ev
words into Tie Presi1eets ear. The lat-
ter drew sway frem him and said sharp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

Captain Jacob Balderston. one Of the
shrewdest observers Who went through
the Civil war says that ideal cavalry o.
GceTs. are rare. lie says that the requi-
vas dash Most OF them wouldn't jump
their horses and al the head Of their mea
sail in with spirit and eclat When ore
was found he was loved by his men
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
a Palnter's So.

The other day on East Douglas avenue
a very neat cottage was completed and
the painter had put on the last coat en-
the front porch when he concluded TO
paint a sign ana hang it across the front
steps. He painted the word Please, "
and started TO print stay" but ne got
it Say lie had intended 10 paint
please stay Out But finding he had
Please Say" he added 20. TX and hung
il III
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Making a Bio Hit.

Young Hochnann, the pianist who
comes 20 the auditorium this week. is
evidently destined to great career. On
November 1, that IS the first Of this month
he scored q great triumph in Berlin. he
is now in this country ana the Chicago
papers give him great write-up He is
young. very handsome and is Of Hebrew
ancestry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Frark Daniels Here Ear;v.

Years and years ago M. and Mrs. Nor
ris Ct Chicago put Mikado on The STAGE
here with local talent. It was a great
success and they tried another with THE
Electric Doll which was not SO great
a success. They brought here for the
comedy part a young actor. named Frank
Daniels This Frank Daniels is now the
leading comedian Of the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
John Has : Grievance.

John swaine in Paul Eatons news and
tobacco store. has passed the half century
mark, and FOR more than forty years has
carried a grievance, and sore one.
against an unknown ncwspapcr CORES
rondent Of a church paper. When John
was lad he was Of pious disposition
and went TO Sunday school. one day he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
was Lona ca TIE v az.


James ". Moffat of this city. now is to
be called Major Mohat President John
son issued Mr. Moffat a commission as
brevet major Of volunteers on June Z.
SOC ard sent it to him IN care Of the
governor Of Ohio. but he just received
on the 11th day Of this month, more than
thirty-six years after it was mailed.
Mr.. Mohat was captain Of Company E.
126th Chic Infantry He was with Sheri-
dan in the Shenandoah valley from Win
chester TO Lynchburg. The commission
states that it was issued by the President
with the consent of the senate for gal
liant and meritorious conduct before Pet
ersburg. In the history Of the Ohio vol
unteers Whiteiaw Reed gives an account
Of the gallantry OF Major Monat and Of
his recognition by the president and sen
ate Like all other brave men Major
Moffat is modest and few If any here
ever knew that ne had ever performed
conspicuous service for his country.
The first question any one would natur-
ally ask is how the commission came
TO be so long on the way At the time
it was served it was sent TO the gov
ernor of Ohio at Columbus. The envelope
showed the contents and the governor
had stricken out Columbus and written
under Canal Dover, at which place Major
Moffat lived at the time. At that time
q man who was not Mr.. Momats
friend. was postmaster at Canal Dover
and Mr. Moffat accused him OF having
held Up his commission. an OF which he
denied This man died Of heart disease a
short time ago and the envelope and
contents just rs it had been sent. were
found among his papers. except that it
had been opened.
A brother-in-.aw Of this postmas-
ter who is now in the government
service ct Washington found the docu-
ment among the dead mans papers and
sent it 70 Major MoGat Major Mofat
says he and the postmaster were not
on very friendly terms and al The ex-
PLANTATION that he can fix up in his own
mind is that postmaster opened the envel-
ope and was afraid TO either give it to
him or DESTROY It. The government of the
United States had undertaken 20 carry
that envelope and ita contents 10 Major
Afoffat and it finally did it If it did take
thirty-six years to DO il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

~ = nap. Some of he oerks knew him
and wanted TO take MIN home, but all at
once he seemed to be inspired with hate
for government servants ard when one OF
them would approach him &c would show
his teeth threateningly. The b-avest mon
in Uncle Sans service quailed before
him and the result was that without &C.
ing through the formaity cf q civil ser
vice examination he held down his posi-
ton in the postofice until the next morn
ing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

Mention was made the other day in the
Eagle Of the fact that Mrs. VIII Bracken
had become the soloist Of the Apollo club
Mr.. and Mrs Bracioen live in Chicago.
Both are singers, but VIII in later years
has drifted away from vocalism and hes
been studying medicine. He IS now a full
fedged physician
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Her Feet Ache.

\ little girl in this town. while at the
table. insists that some one get her a
glass of water No amount OF persuasion
or argument can get her to wait upon
herself The other day she came home
from school besming anc SAID:
4 passed the water bucket today at
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
be slept il Postotfioe.

Charlie Symthe's new So dog succeeded
IN some way in getting his trolleys cross
FL Wednesday night and instead of going
home, rs a new dog in town ought to
%. he trotted through the rear door Of
he postoffice and laid down in a corner
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Like a New Dollar.

The Carey Hotel is now certainly a
thing OF beauty. L has been entirely
repainted both the brick and stone parts.
The fifth story has been entirely changed
and q new cornice added II is as hand
some a structure as can be found any
where.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Didn't Think Much of Il

The discovery of gas at Winfield re-
ainds Fred Richter Of this circumstance.
twenty years ago he and other CONNER
-ial travellers would occasionally make
lola for Sunday. After breakfast they
would wander about town. Near the CEN
ter of the little place was a small artcsian
well furnishing a mincraT water. They
would drink of this and then as matter
of curiosity. strike match to some Of
the bubbiing water 1t would at once
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
Gas West of Flint Fills

For long time it has 3een a tradition
in those parts that gas would never be
found west of the Flint Hills. The man
who started this tradition has disappear
cd Gas has been found west OF the Flint
Hills and he has taken fight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

scnCcl.
It was explained 10 her at length that
she wouldn't ser her own drink II home
and yet al school she seemed 10 take
great delight in passing the bucket She
was asked TO explain the discrepancy.
We'll. here at home. she explained.
My feet Just naturally ache"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

-zrite. no ore thought q 1t IS nattsras
gas. The town knew nothing and cared
nothing fo- natural gas. Years after they
vent after ard got one Of the biggest
flows on earth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
MarshalFs GLORY Paesed AWAY


q recall" said @. II. Bentley. that at
one time there was a place in this county
on the Minnesota river called Marshall.
Bill Hays ran a mill there propelled by
water power The place hourished for a
time. John Cader and Fritz Kohl were
the business men at the p lace. and Lafe
Jones was notary public and all-round
business man.
on the 18th Of July, 1881, was induced
in an ungua1ded moment to agree to
make speech al Marshall. / drove out
there the night before. The broad expanse
Of the prairie rolled around us At that
time there was no GocGard or Garden
Plain, no Wichita and Western railway
was constructed. Ny wife and myself
rode into Marshall under the hill just on
the banks of the Ninnescah on the eve
ming Of the 3rd Of July. Next day a coun-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

were talking to President Roosevelt IN
low voices. when to their establishment
and that of every other person in the
room, the President exclaimed:
What Is that scOundrel in Office yet?
I got onto his tricks when l was Civil
Service Commissioner and tried to have
him fired but your influence was too
strong for me. It's up to me now. III
not reappoint him under any circum-
stances or for any other reasons. Nothing
YOU can say viii persuade me, because
I know him to be a bad man. ard I'll
fire him tomorrow. CSrtelyou, he yelled
to his secretary across the room. make
a note To the Attorney General TO have
So-and-so removed immediately"
1t appears that a congressional delega-
ton had called 70 secure the reappoint.
ment Of certain United States marshal
in a western state whose term had about
expired; and that was the result CT their
visit.
a newspaper correspondent happened to
enter the anteIoon at the white House
one day whne the President was talking
to a group of strangers Colonel Roose-
velt's eye caught him. and ne waved his
arm in recognition as one sohool5oy
might 90 to another Calling across the
room ne said:
Jones. ] want TO see you Don't go
away until ! have finished with these
gentlemen. The correspondent sat down
to wal.. and the President having dis
missed the last Of his callers. said. Look.
here Jones. saw what you said in your
paper about the promotion of So-and-So.
and / want 10 explain to you that I don't
think much more of him than YOU DO.
J sympathize entirely with your criticism.
but you must remember that be is an cid
man. lie has been in the service long
lime IL his early days. when he was in
his prime ne was "a very valuable and
competent Officer. He goes on The re-
tired list in three months. and ] thought
it was only justice 10 him that should
n ze some recognition OF his early rec
ord. Now. wouldn't you have done that
YOURSELF lis time is out IN December.
and then am goins to promote one Of
The two men you mentioned as more COM
petent
which onee" asked The correspondent
Z am In favor NJ SLAMS. replied Prsi-
den. Roosevelt Roo1 wants the other
man. bug Roet hiss set 90 sire in to RE
tnis tine
No ether President eve- talked 50
akly IS thst aooa- Official aa..lt-
.ner-s
And The informal wax in which The
President secs about things S eeea more
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

Two EnsiIshmen. one q shen a men
Der of the hause Of Commons. ard the
title were stoprins ~ the Arlington hotel
! resident OF Washington who had re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-13
MAY VOTE AT PRIMARY
AND SIGN PETITIONS
Attorney General Douglas Recalls
Opinion of Assistant and Says
There Is No Prohibtory Law.

A voter has the right to sign petit
| ton for the nomination of an indie
| pendent candidate for Office even
| though he has participated in the pri-
mary election before the petition is
signed.
Attorney General Douglas has re-
called an opinion recently sent out
from his office regarding the rights of
a voter to take part in the nomination
of an Independent candidate for an
Office after the voter has taken part in
a primary election.
One of the assistants in the office
some days ago informed the secretary
of Republican club in Itasca county
that voter who had participated in
the primary election was not entitled
to sign the petition of a candidate for
the same office after the primary cleo
ton.
Attorney General Douglas says that
the law of 1898 authorizes a person to
sign petitions for nominations and only
prohibits him from signing more than
one petition for the same office. This
law is silent on the right of the voter
to do so after taking part in the eau
Gus or convention which was then the
manner of making nominations.
The primary election law superseded
the law of 1898 as to nominations, and
the law is silent as to the rights of the
voter to sign petitions after voting at
the primary election. This leaves the
question under the law of 1893, and in
the absence of any statutory provision
the attorney general rules that a voter
is not prohibited from signing petit
ton for an independent candidate even
if he has taken part in the primary
election.
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pect Mrs. Kennedy, but were expect
ing Hattie Hine, who was thought to
have set the other five fires that orig
mated in the building within the past
week. The Hine woman was before
Judge Bazille yesterday charged with
setting fire to the fiat. She was ac-
cused of insanity by her neighbors,
and ii was she who was suspected of
the incendiarism. She was adjudged
sane, but the police decided to have
her watched.
Deliberately Fires House.
But while in wait for Mrs. Hine the
committee of women discovered the
real culprit. Mrs. Kennedy stole quietly
from her apartment on the second
floor carrying a cup of kerosene and a
handful of matches. Carefully she sat-
urated paper with the oil, and then
wet the floor with the remainder of the
fluid.
Deliberately the woman struck a
match on her shoe. She applied it to
the oil-soaked paper and in a second
the corridor of the building was il
Illuminated by the flame.
Matron Cummings, of the central po-
lice station, was one of those lying in
wait for the incendiary. She says that
when the blaze leaped from the paper
to the woodwork Mrs. Kennedy clapped
her hands in glee. But her happiness
was that of a moment. From every
door a woman ran forward. Some
with blankets to smother the flames,
others carrying water.
The woman who set the fire made no
Continued on Fourth Pace.