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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
oNE eLEAM q TRIuMPH
Frightened carewcrn Face Of Prophet
WHO Can't Prevent Rain.

The weather man had the blues last
night. Though the people have received
liberal supply of the water cure" for
dry weather croaking. he was unable to
promise them ANYTHING else but the posi-
huiry ~ move cure. lie looked over
the cointry.-that is as far as his vision
was unobstructed by clouds-and an he
could see was high pressure and low
pressure. Tho high pressure was ia the
northwest. The low pressure was Ia the
southwest This means but one thing
according so Tho science of the weather
prophet Il means that the conditions
viii continue showey
Only one consolation could the prophet
get out of his observations and that was
that there VIII probably be no more high
wind Tor the present
Though Observer Johnson was evidently
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
Ell. SPENCER His SON
VIII Of BezaIeeI spencer Is Entered
TO Probate In This City

The VIII of Bezaleel Spencer was en-
tered to probate yesterday in this county.
The deceased is the father of E. 1.
Spencer. OF this city. He was resident
OF Fond de Lac, Wis, and died there,
leaving a fortune of considerable worth.
He owns real estate in Sedgwick county.
and it was therefore necessary that the
viii should be entered 70 probate here.
BY the viii, Mrs. Spencer. his wife. is to
receive an. and az her death it is to be
equally divided among four children. as
follows: f. l. Spencer. Gay A. Spencer.
Winnie L eermand and VIVA Spencer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
ASSIGNS HIS PROFITS
County Auditor Turns Over any Inter
est He has with County.

Mr.. Frank Nighswonger, appointed aud
itor by Judge Dale has filed an assign
Inent Of all his rights to the proceeds Of
any contract made with the county. He
retains his partnership in The business Of
Babb. Ntghswonger & Co, but is not to
share ia the profits of county work done
hy the "Commoner." The assignment IS
dated June r. but does not name any
consideration, nor does it name the as
sienee.
This assignment was made by Nj Nigh
swonger because Of his appointment 10
the Office Of county auditor The law
creating this office says that the auditor
must not be in any way Interested III. any
contract made with the county Of which
he is alldftor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
- 20 oFFIcERs
Organization Chooses its of5rsrs 70
SIX Norths.

The Retail CIeTks Protective assozls-
tfen Iast nighf aie1feG zee seiieEiag Of
fcers for tke ensuing SIX months
C. T. way. presisent. ~ s<s1.4rzs.
FIRST wee president. Hiss 2. stsrs.s. ase-
oud vscs arss.deaf. - NaascT. recording
ser-efary. 1fiss F7oFsrce Wisfsr. 11z-eiAl
Secretary : WsIfs. treas1rsr. flaert
C-ass sad szanze- snlth- Esl@s .
p 50nes ara III Tlzzs .rrrtees
Frank Harris = G Erich an1 y Z.
sAostz. delegates 70 re certsa. I-zsas
nth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
CORN IN TASSEL
TIL. GrfGth saw some In Co~Iey
Csuafy

7. r. Griffith went 70 AEkznsas city
yesterday morning. and returned yestsT-
dag afternoon DE formed favorable
iniuresslon 81 crop conditions az a result
u us trip.
''Most - the harvest between wichita
and -frEanEas CITY. said Ar Griffith. -
completed. Corn $ locking e. ere rs any
have ever seen Essr Winfels 3 a
patch ~ corn which f. 81 tsasei
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
SUIT FOR $4,000 DAMAGE
Man Who was Cut Up by Train Sues
Santa Fe Railroad.

A damage suit for $4,000 has been filed
in the district court against the Santa
Fe railroad by Amos Tyler. It is alleged
in the petition that on the night of Juns
Il, the employees Of the Santa Fe railroad
pushed Mr. Tyler off the train while it
was in motion causing him to fall under
the wheels, thereby causing him to have
his leg so mangled that it had to be am
putated. The trouble is alleged 20 have
taken place between Arkansas City and
Newkirk. o. T. He is now lying i'll IN the
ST Francis hospital. His attorneys are
Matson, Keith q Matson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
|. r. sHERWIN, P. ct. A.
romantic

picturesque atmosphere. roman tic
story, dazzling and unique characters
and unusually pretty music. The mat
inee prices have been fixed at 10 and 20
cents. and a crowded house is anticipat-
ed. In the evening an old and tried COM
edy bill viii be presented. THE Two
Vas3 hOnds''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
ARREsTEo FoR assAuLT
Three Sea are Er~airrec II CT
Ccu~< On Stat. CONSTANT

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21

pected that many prominent Masons
from throughout the state viii be pres
ent-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
4 DULL PARAGRAPH,
Yet not without the Sold y tof LnstruC
tinn Wrauped NiInAn IL.

ton Wrapped Nitn,H It.
7 will write dull but instructive para
graph. 1t begins with list of bad things,
to wit: rheumatism, govt, bronchitis, liver
complaint, kidney complaint, affections of
the skin, asthma, all forms of nervous nil
ments, pneumonia, epilepsy, insanity
well, that will do. The question is, what
is the real cause of these ailments? AS the
children say, what 'naahes" them? The
answer is, Poisons manufactured in the di-
gestive system. Cure the indigestion and
you cure the fruits of it. That is the
truth, and it is common sense also. Fail
to cure the cause and you may doctor
any of its consequences through pain-
cursed lifetime, always in vain. All con-
tagious or infectious diseases select their
victims from people weakened Ivy bad
digestion, or by insufficient nutrition.
If You don't believe me ask the plague
and cholera experts. At present the lead
ing medicine for Indigestion, chronic dys-
pepsia, sluggish liver, incompetent kid
neys and slow cell Transportation is Calcura
Solvent, discovery from the medical
workshop of DR.. David Kennedy, of Kings
ton, N. Y. 1t is tremendous fighter of
disease, and usually conquers. 1t is one OF
the ne,o things that make men wonder.
The sick praise it with open mouth and
thankful hearts. Tell the druggist to give
you bottle of Calcura Solvent. DR.. Ken
nedy's new medicine-nothing else.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19

The estimated est of evacuatinG
Martinique will be 100000
A woman, 66 years old, was convict,
ed of witchcraft in Cumberland coun-
ty, Pa, Thursday. Sentence was sus
pended Testimony showed that Mrs.
Mcbride, the accused. told fortunes
and practised necromancy. People
paid her money Ito have witches re-
moved. -
Rev Francis +. Clark, d, D., pres
ident of the worlds Christian Endeav
or union, has just returned from an
eight months Christian Endeayor tour
of Europe, and will report the condi-
ton of European societies, He has
visited 20 countries. travelled %. 600
miles and attended 200 meetings speak
ing, through Interpreters, to audi
ences of 10 different tongues.
lone eyed Connolly, a sporting
character known to the entire country
/ for - years, died Friday at the Bride
we'll, Chicago. His nickname origin
ated in the loss of an eye in a rough
and tumble fight in Boston in 1880
Connolly has seen every big fight in
the last u years. His funny stories
carried him over the country. The
sports liked to hear them and paid the
fare.
Cuban merchants will bring suit
against the United States to recover
duties collected on goods shipped to or
received from the United States dur
ing the term of American occupation
of that island. If the move is success
full the United States will probably be
compelled to pay out about $50, 900, 90.
The money received at the time by
American officials was used to defray
expenses of the Cuban government.
Mrs. William NJ Stewart, wife of
the senior United States senator from
Nevada, was killed Friday while rid !
ing in an automobile which ran into a
telegraph pole, against which Mrs. /.
Stewart was thrown and so seriously .
injured that death soon followed. Sen ,
ator Stewart at present Is at The Hague .
in connection with the Plus fund ar
bitration. The case involves title to
large amount of money claimed by the
Catholic church of lower California, to
be held for it by the government of
Mexico.
William j., infant son Of Dennis G..
Martin. of Bryn Mawr. Pa, chewed the
colored paper back of picture book.
swallowing a small portion. He was
taken suddenly i'll and died of child's
paralysis, superinduced by intestinal
poisoning. due to the coloring in the
paper The father of the child was
of the famous Custer brigade.
and the child's death occurred in the
building which was once the Old Buck
Tavern of Lancaster Pike and Buck
Road, one of Washington's stopping
places while in camp at Valley Forge
and then owned by Dennis Kelley,
grandfather of the present owner, Den
lis c. Martin.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
The Unhappy Burden B,
Must Make Choice,
Paiue's Cele,
COMPOUND
Takes Away the Load Of Dlss,.
and Leads to New Life
Health and Happiness

Tho unhannv virtin. .eE
s,far;ng whp Eas in.t 4 r, ',., .'Issa a
~ ~ s ,n7 " and wbn - --'p 'li
w. ~, - snFarin,, and aIn, Ay@ Faci-
aen n 49," nai,a ~ "'m, ia{a
Mit IN natbs Or i i"'i'' ''':r c-
=, III. W. ia ava corta;n % Ja y lae'sas
t to, re I;fa baal,b arJ J ba, .a7 '
~ ~ Ten 49, - PAN" 70, Cai nai y lar'A
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- " I'LL neth IA ln, "a raa no ''e n IN
III neaitn "Nr a .Ds 'le'.a,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19

Grand Duke Boris left Newport OF
his way to Europe Wednesday, HI
went to New York on the Cherokee,
the steam yacht recently bought by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and sailed fol
Europe yesterday.
Judge Coytrans has handed down a
decision in the circuit court at Chica
90 which, if sustained by the highe r
court, Will forever render corners in
grain practically impossible. The
most important ruling is that the Chi
cago board of trades loses power to
pass on property rights where margins
are involved, denying its authority to
discipline members for refusing TO put
up called margins.
Historical oldChrist Episcopa church
in Shrewsbury. \. j., celebrated
Thursday the 20Oth anniversary of its
organization. The church was prob
ably built in lSl5 and has been little
altered. Its exterior is simple and the
iron crown on its steeple bears marks
of bullets fired by American patriots
during the Revolution, when the SOL
diers used the church as a barracks
In the church are several valuable rel
les and in the cemetery adjoining it
are graves of persons buried nearly POO
years ago.
Score airy of the Treasury Shaw has
released $4,000. 600 of treasury holdings
and will also anticipate the October in
terest on bonds, amounting to about
81, 200, 900, for the relief of the money
market. Armour Il Co., Chicago. have
sent $1,000. 900 to New York. to loan
until January l to ease the money
stringency. Secretary Shaw is said to
be contemplating one of the most radi-
cal steps ever taken by any secretary of
the treasury. This is the acceptance
of state, municipal and other bonds by
the treasury department, as security
for the deposit of government funds in /
national banks
Lieut. John X. Morris, L. S. NJ. 81 /
years of age. shot himself in his quar-
tiers on the Olympia in Boston harbor
No reason can be given for
the act. He was one of the few sur
vivors of the battleship Maine blown
up in Havana harbor and his friends
say he has never been the same since
Lieut. Morris is the second officer of
Dewey's historic flagship to commit
suicide within five days. Chaplain
William F. Morrison. L. S. N. shot
himself while in the naval hospital at
Chelsea Thursday. Chaplain Morrison {
had been i'll for some time. and had {
asked to be allowed TO resign. He was /
rery much depressed mentally. 4
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
AUTUMN IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.


SCptcuApCA AL AhtdA 4hOulA AOl d tlsll,
OF late years it has been the custom
for number of people to choose fol
their vacation period that portion OF
the early fall when nature in her kind
ness has dispelled the sultry heat. but
kept in their choice array the fields
and foliage and impaired to the at
mosphere a priceless endowment in the
shape of cool, brisk and invigorating
ozone.
During September the forests and
fields retain their green mantle which
summer has given them, but as Octo-
Der lengthens the variegated colors of
autumn give a most beautiful and
charming appearance; especially is
this noticeable in the White Mount
aims where the long deep ravines wall
ed on both sides by monster rocks over
which a growth of vines and MOSES
give delightful picture and beauti-
full appearance, then the beautiful val
leys so fresh and fertile looking. guard
ed over by the towering mountains
with whole forests of woodlands on
their backs, and away up reaching
towards the heavens, at times appear
ing outlined against the clear sky. and
then again enshrouded in the clouds. is
the lofty peak of Mt. Washington.
AT this season of the year the land
of Evangeline and the beauties of an
Indian summer along the Ohio river
lack the wild grandeur and pleasing
of the white Mount
aims. -
The trips to the summit of Mt.
Washington to the beautiful and ia
nous Franconia Notch; to the numer-
Gus visiting points, Bethlehem. Ma
plewood, Bartlett, jefferson, ETC.. are
always features of fall visit to the
In order to accommodate the large
number who yearly wend their way to
this unexcelled elysium, the Boston 4
Maine railroad offers reduced rate
for the fall excursions.
Tickets will be good going Sept Is |
10 Oct. 1, returning not after Oct 6,
md will be on sale at this station and .
principal stations on the Boston 4 |
Maine railroad.
For full information in regard to
ates, etc, inquire of your Boston &
Maine ticket agent, or send TO the
general passenger department, Boston
/ Maine railroad, Boston.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19

DR.. Jacques Loeb of Chicago is il
San Francisco. where he will carry or
his Investigations in relation to the
chemistry of life. Ii is believed that
he will accept a chair at Berkeley and
make California his home.
The L. S. cruiser Brooklyn will have
to go into dry dock for three months
owing to damage done by the recent
accident to her port side during the
naval manoeuvres on the New England
coast. The repairs will cost $40, 500.
The king of Italy is engaged in an
extensive work on numismatology con-
tanning thousands of illustrations of
rare specimens in his coin collection.
said TO be the greatest and finest in
the world, not even excepting that of
the Vatican.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
n. r. BROWNS
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE,

Tally-hOs Four in hands Coaches
Hacks, Surrys, Buckboards. Single and icles
teams. Stable open night and day.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19

The estimated - of evacuating
Martinique will be $500. coo.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
@MA~r~

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Q uinine Tablets
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
Lost Hair

My hair came out badly.
and was fast turning gray. |
tried Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t
stopped the hair from COM
ing out and restored the
color. y Mrs. VI. D. Crav.
No. Salem, Mass.
o. All druggists. c. AVER CO., Lowell. Mass,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold,

Laxative Bronco Quinine Tablets cure a cold
in one day. No cure, no Pay. Price 25 cents.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-16

retical musical form. The predominant lotCe l13,o7
and poetical import of the greatest synlpho
MES astonish even the trained musician, hUT h1
ever eminent. How they appeal to and strlN0
the ordinary listener cannot be measured
His whole account of the modern movement
in music is one that will profoundly STIR 'he
thoughtful reader-in one way If not IN an
other. The upshot of it all is that it's not ne"
and that it is not convincing" 1t does not
'loiter about the soul"
The fine scholarship and thematic treatment
which distinguished the works of the gfeal
German masters. and make their various SCORES
SO interesting TO the reflective. disappear III lLiS
up to date art. Tremendous unisonaI s"eeP
Of full orchestra, varied with thunderlfS con.
cussions of instrumental force, yet WIN an
almost entire disregard Of contra puhtal
source and play, cannot constitute hiSlIe:I ::
musical art 1t may all be effective ana II -
rer1arka ple tone colorngs. but 1t Is only d re re
turn to the JOYOUS, brilliant rhythmic siHle u
the .'Cuillaume Tell overture.
Think of that shades Of Brahms and IScha'-
l,ovskv and Wagner; and Richard strauss
though MI Crowest does rot name Eou' "e
sees that you in your almost entire d}sresaiu
Of contrapuntaI art have been returning u
Fossini, You cannot conceal it longer MI
Crowest has spoken.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
NEW FRENCH BOOKS.
TWO POPULAR NOVELS BY NM VAL
DAGNE AND DENZELE-A STUDY OF
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
SOCIETY.

Paris August &
A book which is having a particularly So
sale during the present holiday season Is an
emotional novel called the 'Confession ue
Nicaise." by Pierre Valdagne. pubilshed las'
week bv OIIendorff This somewhat naive pro-
ducton is read with curiosity by all the women
who feel Obliged to provide themselves with
Fashionable .firts" and sedately baiahce"
women like to obtain glmpses of the thoughts
and feelings of their more frivolous sisters anu
Frenchmen are always glad to read what 'hei
wives sisters or sweethearts are reading II
seems likely that NJ. Valdagne's highly modern
and advanced confessions-WhiCh are TO lhose
Of lean JACQUES Rousseau very much as "o
sinthe is to cder-wilI have something H'o'e
than the evanescent success of a mere Watering
place romance
Nicaise Partisan woman Of Twenty-Five
married TO a worthy middle aged business man.
whom she welded in compliance with the WISHES
of bar narents feels Obliged to engage in sue
cessive firtatons; first. with wealthy ana III
teuectual man of the world; secondly. with d
Young and fashionable physician, VINO Wits "e
affections almost ImpercepubIy 10y initiating
bar into the modern idea that emotional love
&c ouit. as much out of fashion as Stendhai'
thirdly with gallant general, and, fourl"l'' :
with a great banker Of sixty-ive summers ""o'e
costly gifts are accepted at the psychoioe'cai
moment when her husband. owing TO excessive
snaculation is financially ruined. There is some
thing detestable in all this but the reasons anu
axcuses supplied by Nicaise and the sell
ora,vsis of her impressions Of social customs
and pastirnes. are highly amusing
Ouite another story is that told by NJ Jean
TenzAl. In La Maison Vide" just published oy
Perrin. Here we have a pure minded eInotoiai
narrative Of a young husband. with an afecuon-
o+a ,,ira and SON who is suffering from an III
cura BILE disease that gives him only three years
10 live He becomes almost an INTRUDER a'''-s ,
the living. and resolves TO impart the pest o'
bts o,vn existence into that OF his SON Iheie
O. ,othinp morbid about this strange STORY
u,r,cb NJ CASTOR Deschamps the literary crl''c
-, .7,ba Tarnps.' considers One of the most
s,,rri,,-, recitals that he has read for long
time ,...
NJ. Victor de Bled, in his volume La 9oo'e'e
ou XVIIIe steele" published by Ferrlh s'te'
,ic+,,raso,ie cl.npses OF the doings or the olPio
,,at{ets the grand ladies'. the courtesans anu Tue
ro,,orites I'm the days of the Fronde. The periou
-, tho .Dictatorship Of the Fan" IS related IN d
,iebt sI,etchy vein. supported nevertheless VIII"
r,orderous documentary evidence The author
NC collected fresh anecdotes about Noltalre'
Mime de Pompadour and other famous hsu'eS-
--nere are letters written by Noltaire IN repS
., Cardinal Fleury and by the Comte de 9eSu[
st,,r pis mission to the Court of Catherine
~ =, do Rleds conclusions are that by far the
49,. a,,lon,a1ists of those days were women
oe9' c. l. b.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
MUSICAL HUSH.
FEW LADLEFULs FROM MR.. cRowEsT

Of Useful Stories9 BY Frederick J. Crowest.
l6rno. PIP 1@a D Appleton & Co.
Mr.. Crowest has before this shown himself
20 be one of the most inept and i'll prepared Of
English writers upon musical subjects: and in
his little book he has done nothing 10 change
critical opinion. He has undertaken to show the
great general reading public" how the beau
dful art Of music has grown up around us"
Beginning with the origin of music and it's
practice by the Egyptians Hebrews and As
syrians. he attempts 10 trace its development
7own TO the recent productions of modern COM
2osers Much originality could scarcely be ex-
oected in a treatment confined within limits
so narrow as those set before himself by Mr.
crowest; but clear and well balanced narra-
i've Of accuracy and point. with apt and sug-
gestive comment. could have made such a treat
nent interesting and valuable The authors
critical contributions. however are those of
,ne often quite in the dark as TO the real
significance Of things, especially in modern
music His knowledge OF musical history is
frequently at fault, and ne quite ignores the
results OF modern study on many points
Thus s.. Gregory formed the authentic and
plagad scales from the Greek tetrachords. we
are told. though il is known that Gregory
aad nothing to do with the adoption of the
Church modes. The ancient and thoroughly ex-
eloded "Palestrina myth appears in its full
7igor. The Council of Trent we are told. in
1862 was determined TO Danish music from the
Church service. The Pope commissioned Pales-
Tina TO compose three model masses upon which
he council would pass judgment. Music as
represented by Palestrina triumphed and he
Sas commissioned to compose masses for the
Vatican services. Thus music saved in the
Roman Church'-or at least Mr. Crowest
ftiI believes and would have his readers be-
aeve. His opinions are sometimes as queer
his ideas of history.
Unlike opera, action is forbidden in oratorio-
trnotion, expression and dramatic effect being
secured by a dependence upon orchestral in
Tentton and combination. with the culture and
intelligence of the soloists and chorus Thus the
,ratorio is a much higher form of musical art
We cannot resist quoting this gem of thought
which is the climax of Mr.. Crowest's discus
non Of the symphony:
The symphony is, indeed a great reality-
wonderful realization OF the steady growth of
Instrumental addenda and treatment of tbeo
New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
DTTEPSEONS OF PRIME MINISTER'S.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
It is odd to note how many Of the Prime MIN
listers of our days have found time to write
things outside politics political interests. Mr..
Baifour all know, has written a portly
volume on The Foundation of Belief" which
has gone to the eighth edition To take Queen
Victoria's premiers the first, Lord Melbourne
wrote a comedy called The Fashionable
Friends" His successor, Sir Robert Peel. did
nothing outside politics but Lord John Russell
wrote a tragedy called Don Carlos and essays
everything and anything. OF Mr. Gladstone
one only say that he wrote everything except
a tragedy or comedy.
Lord Derby published a translation of the
niad which was successful enough 10 bring in
the funds necessary 10 found prize at yelling
ton College. Mr. Disraeli's novels are not yet
dead "Coningsby" and "Lothair" still pay book
sellers to have their shelves while Lord
Rosebery's Napoleon" as a book, the
comet Of the season Neither Salisbury nor
Palmerston has written any book outside poll
tics. but II we could gather Lord Salisbury S
articles from The Saturday Review, when
ne and Vernon Ha arcourt and FitzJanes stephen
wrote for that paper. they would make a volume
Wen worth the reading.