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The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

"Oik lOE StNtIdl lllOhU Eunu
had it all along that sv,.
find an opponent in vle
the person of Judge
who is now on tt: ~
Blackman went dow q. ~
during the session AG
to scan the situatiO
of view. but anSwernaGEST WI
to his candidacy wi
16-year-old madeira
the Judge will run d N
or not he makes up l.
vidential certainty t'a2eel az am
Judge Blackman enjO. '' ''
for extra ordinary polite } L
and he hasn t often been aiind S
fight that didn' t result in HI. y
If he goes into the coming o a
be one of the factors to be
reckOned with. s.
"St. Landry promises to IN
support to Lee Garland, VIII IN,
Of the strongest men in the .
The big southwestern parishior1
rent into factions, but it i II
the leaders who might have
ional aspirations are tos
them in order to land the i
Garland. Mr.. Garland was n u
Rouge during the past week )
it out that he was an active ca
for the nomination. ST. Lam
the largest parish in the distri
its delegation will have po
voice in the convention.
Judge Coco, of Avoyelles
been frequently candidate TO,
greSs in the Sixth district. III fC
has usually pursued him, howeve
as a rule, tie Sixth district fights
brought out favOrite sons in /
every parish, with the result tina
Robertson has generally been al
knock the perSlmmOn. Even at
two years ago, he came very nea
ming. The adviceS from Avoyell,
that Judge Coco is in a state of {
1t would seem scarcely probable
familiar as he is with the ins an,
of a congressional campaign,
forego the opportunity to enter {
race in which he has an excellent C
this fall.
Mr.. a. p. Pujo, an able
lawyer and gentleman of wide
nation and culture, and Senator
banker and capitalist, have bott
mentioned as likely candidates
Calcasieu before the convention.
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

Get your wife a New Home SEWING
Machine from a. f. Bell & Co.
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

The Beers lost 3,7OO m
b, 900 men taken prisoner a
recent war. "'
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

A full and complete repof 44<
fire in the Jennings oil field WV
found on the first page of to-dt-
,JOURNA AL.
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

IRRIGATION hill WEATHER.
reclaim and maRSs7 weather than usual pre-
ly 75,OOO 900 acres G>sections OF the State our
land of the public dol.?ut the departures from
The measure over whi%S%re condition; n IS Were tbe
of this session of congress%S stern IMAM III Une
fiercely the Philppintsthe latter there
ment BILL Seemingly the meaetS from two 10
not have much importance
debates upon it would make it app 'osed very
The bill as passed substantially COZ occurred
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

..'1pon
St. Ian
them are lik,Snit Tree
for the nominate
Polk, of Rapides, d. SD1 y ,
into the race before tt
formed, and he has be
work for several mont
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

)Wer to
ItuDOn
The Rice belt journal., 1902-07-18

lot necessarily much below IN .-. !.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18

students 81 prenatal influence are shs
awfGiest cranks m tie eataioguc. whea
one % them sets the prenatal theory well
soaked snte his head he Grows wld over
u and thinks Re has the whole mystery
OF the causes Ter human escrts solved
There Is a ease in Wichita that rus
King them. A rEinter IN tire Eagle ofsee
was born on the aay % the hattie az
Sedan and all the prenatal influence 81
the memorable struggle that oulminassd
IN y did not effect his after iife BIs
father was a German colder az that tisse
az well az during the var with The Aus-
TRANS four or five years before lie was
an enthusiastic inperiaIsst and a thor
ough soldier. Il would reasonably Be
thought therefore. that the son woala
tend IN that direction. on the contrary.
he Is a thorough hater % Imperialism
and Is an exile from Germany because
he would not serve in the army He Il
bitterly opposed 70 a nonarchssi farm %
government THAI which his father fought
so hard Tor 70 support and sustain. lie
hates everything accomplished or sup
ported by the sword ard almost falls IN
% NJ when ne sees a military uniform
or hears a piece Of martial music played
by the band
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Opposes Use Of conns.

Wichita he's a well known man who IS
opposed 10 the use OF coins and he In
tends that he shall not be enclosed IN
one himself when he dies. lie thinks f.
is a great sin against nature 10 deny
her the elements OF which man is com
posed after ne Is dead He also thinks
IT is a crime against man. because q
coffin prevents. for some years, the eie-
rnents in his body from ming!ing with
Kindred clements lie says the physical
elements are as anxious to reJoin their
kindred as the soul or spirit Is 20 join
its kindred He says the man who IS
inveRtiug the cement coffin is crimi-
nal against whom nature cries IN iudig-
nation. He viii be buried uncofHned
and. II practicable. unshrouded In the
earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18

Until he seemed toe weak 20 stand I'D.
When asked BY a reporter FOR TIA
Eagle what was TIE matter esth hin. ne
explained that he Wa walking along
the street and pulled CIT Ms watch 10
see the time o. daS. There vas Z nan
n front az one % tsc nftssp-ce-s rvs-
sanrants in that seosior thas rua cav
and night vigorouslt r1zssn= a ffansr
bell
4 farmer that happened % b. passing
stepped up aid asked Mr. Purcell he
time OF day AFTER he had arSt taken
survey OF ne heavens. NJ was tasd
that il was af,een rnirutes Is Twelve
o'clock Then lcokiax a, "Ks Purcell.
as the boSs aoosr tcwa cali hsn,. n the
face he said With rsueh earnessncsz. Il
thought sast fellow wos ringing his seil
sstle early When K srsdualiy dawn
81 on Pdrcelrs nsina that ire farrler
always had dinner rromrtiy a. rsoa sad
that people al the restaurants were eat
inS az every hour of the day and nlxkt
tho reply ~ tie farmer struck aim as
mast Ridiculous ard he VAS iaugssax
about Il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Harry Stewart Wins Again.

Harry ~. Stewart has made another
gallant fight for life. BeEinning vith
thc winter what was feared te b. Z very
serious attack came upon him. ous Ills
week b had Il 90 far conquered that
he was able 20 be out al least % sii on
his porch and enjoy the sunshine ard
the fresh ar II Riverside. This II tbs
second winning Nr. Stewart bad made
against ni health q SERIOUS aspect ard
9, IL now believed that BE- e On the read
L. permanent recovery. lie cannot. acw.
over. come over during the coming ~sek
70 the Democratic convention and & viii
De tic first ono BE- ~lE bsgc Missed 10
nearly twenty ycars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

city; the shipping city, the Insurance.
city; IN short everything on earth may
De purchased there Suppose I wanted
70 buy some real estate Il Wichita IN
Londoa. I have no doubt that / could
md il for sale in London. Now the man
who is gathering news FOR q newspaper
in London has the names OF few men
in every interest who are authorities.
When an item touching an interest Is
. found. the item can be verified. obtained
in detail and calculated By one Of re
men il authority. here comes 10 the
use OF the interview.
But the interview. Air. Byles says. IS
Dot used TO the extent that Il Is IN the
American newspapers. We don't inter-
view a man unless il Is or a current Is
sue in which he is recognized as an au-
thority
What about the earls and dukese'
Mr.. Byies laughed and SAID: Oh. there
are SO many OF them. So many you
couldn't keep track OF them. And We
wouldn't surely interview an earl or a
duke simply because he was one. II he
knew something on the subject in hand.
II he were an authority. then an inter
view might be worth something. but rot
otherwise. Sir. Bylss says that one %
the most interesting men 60 interview
IL London is Henry Lahcuchere. All
the newspaper men ike Labouchere. he
gives his newspaper caller the raost Won
derfui items OF news and then cautions
him not 10 use what he Il telling him.
but before the interviewer departs he
always digs up some sort Of a story that
IS printable and valuable. and tells the
newspaper man that ne can print that u
he viii keep hts nsbouckere'sl name cut
OF IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18

at Charleston, Jefferson county, Virginia.
1t has now been over forty years. but If
my memory serves me right John Brown
and two sons were in and around Harpers
Ferry sometime before the raid pretend
ing 10 be prospecting for the minerals
John Brown went under an assumed
name of Captain John Smith. He was
well equipped with Sharp's rides. shoveis.
picks and spears placed in handle sim
liar 10 common fork handle. These were
supposed TO be intended TO be placed
in the hands Of the colored people. to
assist in his work John Browns trial
began October Is. 1889 and by his request
he was tried first and alone. He was
defended by an attorney named Hoyt
from Massachusetts, and l think by Griss-
well of Ohio and Chiffon of Washington
City. Cook Was defended by Voorhees,
OF Indiana. Brown was hung December
21s5s. Sometime after Stevens Haskell
and Copeland and Green. the latter two
colored. were hung on the same day and
Cook and Cappie succeeded in escaping
out of jail by working q hole through the
brick wall under a window. They reached
the top OF the wall under the Jail yard
but on account of the guard below failed
to escape. I think 1 can truthfuily say
that from the time John Brown surren-
dered at Harpers Ferry there was no diff
ference in treatment than would have
been with a citizen Of that county had
he committed murder. Ills trial was
conducted strictly according to law and
in all fairness. What disposition was
made of him at night while i'll jail / am
not able to say. but from my own per-
sonal knowledge during tie day he had
comfortable room to sit in with chairs.
table. books and papers and after being
hung his body was turned over to his
family The only surviving member of
the John Brown family is W. A. Martin,
now of Fauquier county, Va, aged 2
years
The scaffold on which John Brown was
hung was brought from the country by
Col John Coyle of Charleston and used
in the construction of a pcrtico to his
house. and was afterwards sold 10 parties
in Washington City and I suppose was
made up into souvenirs of the great raid.
During the civil war the house of George
Turner who was killed at Harpers Ferry
was raided by some Ohio troops. The
family Bible was taken and afterwar--
was returned from some place In Ohio.
I was a grown man at the time and
lived in Harpers Ferry. attended .
trial OF the prisoners and was then ac-
quainted with every detail Of the incident
excitement. Brown. in my opinion Sc
lected that season of the year for his
raid. taking advantage Of the fact that.
it being chestnutting season, the slaves
could get away from the plantations
Wifhnuf susnicion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Child Has an idea.

Hubert Chif hzs a plan - Eolfs tas
moisture problem He is frrn believer
iu the rain making theory whleh CeorFf
Matthews hss followed - lasor.5ssi7
during TIE PAS; Ein ~ aeven Eesrs ar
chns thfnks taat shat IS nessses in iAs
varkinE ~ ~ rain - Tsnsfai co-cgerf-
tic1 lie thirks shst 1o.lsrs rarfh rs
tire and scil ir every toarz-tr 81 tfr
state % - soaked info enc stmesIf here
O. TIE ssrse DAG. would pro1r-s 81 efif-
lrai tires farr rr are zli,ea ea.lsrs
worth - fafD - ths vrrF lszfs raiceia-
tion- He does rot believe fhat fbs az
q acsd in rra place ran ascarsrsiEo ang
Sod - isseif as the afr rsarof aasora
safrcl~nt - 81 - csaE trecf1its sser
NJ ChGa co-arfrats1 a1ts ~ Aat-
fssaa vhfn ths faesrg y klrF
- rse-lceis vas erst eriNraf<s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Wichita Was Scared.

There are a many good people in this
city. even among the older settlers who
do not know that the first railroad line
surveyed in Sedgwick county south OF
Newton missed Wichita. When the town
Of Newton was laid out il was IN Sedg-
wick county but portion OF the county
was after taken 10 form the new county
OF Harvey.
II was in 1871 that w. B. Hutchinson
had q line surveyed from the main line
of the Santa Fe down through Augusta
to the town Of Derby, then called FL
Paso. "Old Hutch" as the boys used to
call him was at that time publishing and
editing the first paper in Wichita. called
the Wichita Vidette He had been calling
the attention of the people OF Wichita
to the necessity Of looking out for z rail-
road, but they were more interested in
holding the cattle trade than in railroads
and paid no attention to old Hutch
j. Hout Minnich. John Hufbauer, 2.
A. Neeley and Farmer Doolittle were
then at Ell Paso and they told Hutch that
he. ought to survey his road TO that place
because they had the only rocky ford
in the Arkansas river where a railroad
could cross the river. He got out his
surveyors and surveyed the line and had
the Wichita town-boomers all standing
on their heads and people began TO talk
that FL Paso would become the big town
of the lower Arkansas Valley. Wichita
was excited and when the Santa Fe got
TO Newton they voted enough bonds on
the county to build the road from Newton
to Wichita and FL Paso subsidized.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
aslt Down. Glass Men.v

Some Of the four hundred IN this
town. said young lady employed IN
one cf the banks u this city the other
day. are sadly deficient in goed breed
inr They Interrupt the pleasure of PEG
pie who pay their good money a. -
performances al The theatre
Wheu a reporter for the Eagle asked
her what Was ,he ground 81 her com
plaint she went on 10 relate that when
sonle 81 these people went 10 the thea
ter. that when the last a & was nearly
completed they would stand up and be-
gia 20 put en- their wraps ard crowd
out in the Rassosc Way and oAstguct the
view oT those hchiad them. She declared
that x vas ar insgi; 70 the people who
wanted 60 zee the last act rs wei as %
the sectors and that Roho6y vho had
been We'll raised would ~ guilty OF such
q ttins- She ssid that II an audience
was composed entirely II men and some
ip IRE front would stand up and obscure
the view y those behind tAey would be
bomb3rsied 6s such wells as Sit down
you siaSS-man." we cant see through
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Reok Of Eucho May.

''Eocha Moy" how many know what
these two words represent IL is the
pen name OF a Wichita man and win
soon appear on the title page OF book
soon 10 be issued and his friends believe
that IL viii be one Of the greatest works
Of the age. The author Is Wichita
man. but strange 20 say. he has horror
Of seeing his name in print The book
will. as a matter OF fact. deal with the
ages and viii give keys and solutions 70
things mystic. or commonly regarded as
mystic II viii throw much light on the
recent volcanic disturbances although IL
was completed long before the Martins
que disaster The man doesn't want
fame; he seeks only 20 give light.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18

Wichita plutocTats are frequently the
stiHgiest givers 10 a public enterprise.
This was found by Eugene Reese and
others who cid the solicitation for funds
20 take care Of the conventions The
men who gave and wouldn't give and
those who gave an over OF under proper
ton Of their income were a revelation
20 the committee. They ran across three
OF four business men who actually said
we don't want any more b1sfress than
VIC have That was the Ereafest jar
the committee got vers feR men under
stand the logic Of giving 10 enterprise
they look ~ Il from the standpoint 81
direct interest. which Is a great foily
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
g. Causa commotion.

On May 1893, a swarm Of bees came 10
the residence of II. n. Grafton. at the
corner of Lawrence and Murdoch ave
nues. and entered the walls Of the build
ing Immediately under the pantry win
dow Within this wall the hoes made
honey FOR "a year. and though there are
a good many children in the neishbor-
hood. no orc was ever stung.
One afternoon. two years ago, while
Mr.. Grafton was preparing to come down
town. he heard noise under the pam
try window and boxing out, he saw
that the bees were swarming There
Were several billions of bees. at least
It seemed to the chairman of the library
committee Of the board OF education, who
does not profess TO be an expert bee
cultnrer or bee enumerator.
What should he done with the swarm
ING bees was the question which caused
the Fourth ward educator 10 mop his
forehead The neishbors We're attracted
h. the humming of bees and rushed to
see what was the cause of the excite
ment Each one brought with BIN a
pocket fun of advice. one advised that
beating en- dish pan would quiet the
bees.
Accordingly N'yaima Grafton. the six
teen-year-old daughter of ar. Grafton.
rushed into the house and soon emerged
carrying a big dishpan which she pound
ed with as much visor as "a salvation
Army lsSsie pounds the tamhourine. The
bees finally settled or The limbs of a
tree. A tree-climber who happened along
clmhed TO the top Of the tree and saw
ell the limb of. After much work tho
bees were finally placed I'm a hive and
Mr. Grafton went on his way Rejoicing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Found an Honest Man.

! have had an experience of forty
one years and
You must take a drink 10 brace your
self up for this spring story.
Yes said Doc Kessler, Il have had
an experience of forty-one years and
six months behind bar and / saw some
thing today that I have never before
seen in a saloon. / saw a man stoop
down, pick up a silver dollar and hand
il TO me
1t isn't mine" l said.
1T isn't mine" he said.
THAT man, said Mr.. Kessler. had
a conscience so delicateiy balanced that
he could not keep that dollar although
nobody claimed it. 1 wish / had learned
his name. I would keep it enshrined in
my memory as long as live-Diogenes
would have sacrificed his life to know
him"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18


Mrs. VIII Nash or Fairmount enter
tanned the College Hill Whist Club she
was assisted oy Mr. and Mrs. A. 8
Parks
Isaac y. Hsycraft AGED s. years. dicd
az the home n HIS son "a this city.
I'd. Van was appointed ny Fresi6a.lf
Harrison on the board OK visitors to The
Annapolis Naval academy
Miss Beatrice Thomas went 10 fnlnof-
on a visit Of several months
The Wichita Nutshell Club was Organised
with Mrs. r. 4, Garst president. Mias
Icida Mills. secretary. asiss Eta Masoz.
treasurer. IArs. William Granger. uhrar-
tan and Miss Jessie CLARK. pianist
There was small cyclone az Auenstk
in Butler county.
/ Charles ConSlin Of this city. an Old
soldier received three cents from the gov
ernmont which had been coming % him
owing 10 . mistake sor thirty Year,
Colonel Nicholas Bird wrote e scaths
Ing letter 70 Governor Humphrey becauss
the later had nor answered q letter Bird
had written him
The story was ont over the state that
the thisties were taking Wieaiis one
Kansas paper said shat thistiss we're a
sure sign ~ anished town. that cog
fenncl followed thisiies add death fol-
lowed dog fennsL
Mr and AIRS " +. Frazier enter.
tanned. Their guests were afr aad Mira
O L. Pratt Mr and Mrs T. y gsrss.
Air and Mrs Newt Gzrst. SIR ard Ma
n. T.. Gordon. sfiss scott % nsriinatoz.
Iowa. Miss Naod Pratt. Hlss Nae Yasns.
Miss Teiia Tusch. aiza Maud struhie.
3is, Gertic LaucS. silse virFaune Lucy.
Mss El~a walker Miss Jessie Ksnfle.
Mss Meiva Wainwright AMI q Shape
=. Narcourt. George Bsmmon. Va T.
Osborne. " 3. snifb III Csmphen.
Sherman Skinner wui casnpseu. o g.
stockcr and I. . Tseam.
Mrs. 81 r FRAZIER sac snfrriaiains
Mics Marie wells. ~ Des Holnes. lo~a
The committees ~ The harnsns seeiesy
we're az follows, On naanre. - Cor
h-ff = r. Powell. l. a pesf. on as~fa-
hership. , 81 Lose. Nrs. 81 q RlsKifs.
Mrs. Clara 5gUksrman. en- lfserntsr@.
s. 81 Jones J 81 Tihen. Mr 4. r
Csrtef IN ch8iren aH5 fhslr care. Mr.
- T.. Carer 81 r afaaiey Nrs. -. r.
Bscknsri on aaiuais. Refsrsn6 Eegsns
Shipper. ~ q Teisr and pr PnHars
Mrs - r. Nash eaterfslnea f7-r
sussts we're NJ ard 8s a psrks.
.ir saa Mrn Rag oliver. Hr sn1 Ms
W D. stout ar end Erz 3 Csu~-
belt SIR and Mrs. - HDfrtirEs. NJ
snd Mrs 2 ? HesaEteu @rs 3 cosr.
Irs e Hnmoie Nrs Daeis ans Nss-
srf r. Coss. . Sssh - reafs
Big preparations fer ere 3. a re-
ulioa wers n gfcgrssz aaa - f5lssiax
rr.-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
20 ID kaneas Cvc,one.

81 never believed The stories ~ Kansas
cyclones said Dr. Levi Hornor to a
reporter for the Easle "untl the eycloae
at Niiiamstowh. Douglas county in the
early nincties
THE storm struck the town in the
early evening. and soon n messenger
came 10 Lawreace where lived asking
me 70 SO 20 the scene Of the disaster 20
care for am injured man. arrived there
about midnight and went 90 a house
where a number 90 dead and dying had
been taken The FIRST person I saw was
woman whose lower limb had been torn
som the 5ody. other recple were man
Eled in an imagin4blc WAYS. found
one man who did nos have q bruiso On
or a broken bone. bat every inch Of cut-
Gle OF his body had been torn Of He
was as red as q beet.
Il worked with the wounded untn day
light and then started cut u look az
she destruction wrought h {he storm
found q hedge fence whsch had been
STRIPPED of al its hark on the hedge
& wagon tire had caush7 and had then
been stretched out hy the wind until it
was fattened. on examinaticn fanna
that the wagon tire was now orc. ana
later learned that it wes q part of
wager which has been purchased in
Lawrence the day before
An along the road : found chickens
with their feathcrs tor2 or I PASSED
one house which had been tern dovn by
the cyclone and q person who dia not
know otherwise would have Thought that
the ruins before him Wee the result 81
FIRE and had afterwards been covered
with dust round many trees vith the
bark torn OF
While J WAS surveying The remains of
another house. All the iraatss u which
A't one child had been killed, heard
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Tauaht sonas 10 elInd Boone.

Felix McNeal. q prominent vocalist Of
this city. owned a music store in Fort
Scott five years ago and at that time
he became acquainted with Blind Boone.
he taught Blind Boone several negro
songs.
When the famous pianist was in the
city this spring. Mr.. McNeal called on
him As soon as he had spoken TO the
blind musician and before he had an
noLnced his name. Blind Boone began
TO sing a negro melody Mr.. AIcNcal had
taught him, and then called his name.
The memory Of Blind Boone is remark
able
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Larae Number Of transfers.

One piece of Wichita property has been
transferred eighty-fve times since March
g. ISL From that date 10 the present
Is thirty-ono years. IL would take three
transfers for each Of twenty-three years
and two for each Of sixteen years to
make eighty-dve transfers in thirty-one
years. That is remarkably large num-
Der of transfers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
TALK OF
THE TOWN

a moan short distance away. went in
the direction where the sound came and
suddenly my feet touched something in
the grass I looked down and found
dead child. I again heard the moan and
finding the place whence it came, found
it came from a dying pig. The moaning
of that pig had led to the finding of the
dead child
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
Carnations or pelenatss.

Otto Ecks:ein has novel idea with
reference 10 entertaining convention
and making the delegates feel good. He
would have the ladies Of Wichita rln
carnation on the lapel o. each delegate
coat. This will probably be done. Car
notion boutoniers can be bought in large
lots for SO per thousand and SO would
bedeck every delegate 20 both coEvsD-
tfons