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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
Too Brutal TO Be Believed.

One day last week. the school chill
dren of the south part of the city had
a mournful afternoon. On South Main
street fine water spaniel dog had been
run over by the Market street car and
killed. His body was lying near the
track where the children had discov-
cred 1t. Not long before this q pug dog
got under the wheels and was crushed
TO death
These two dog deaths have led to a
great deal of talk. BY some. the motor
men are charged with the most savage
actions. They are too brutal 20 be be-
lieved. 1t Is alleged that a motorman.
seeing a dog on the track will run his
car slow. driving the dog in front Of
Linn. Then. II is said. he will throw the
lever clear on and the car starting
forward with a leap will catch the hind
legs of the poor dumb brute.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
BIG Tcnneau Comina.

One of the automobile enthusiasts Of
Wichita has predicted that this summer
will be great year for the machine"
Many are ordered and there Is little
doubt but that some of the big stores of
the city will have them for delivery II
they can get them of the manufacturers.
Schollenberger brothers have gone east
to buy Big Tonneau. 1t will be the
SWEETEST" thing in the automobile line
that Wichita has ever seen. The Big
Tonneau Is a machine which will carry
from eight to ten people. The seats all
face forward and are heavily and richly
cushioned. Another fine machine which
Is to be brought to the city IL If reported.
Is a Winton. These cost g. 500 and have
the power of twenty-five horses. The
average cost OF the autos now In Wichita
Is about $500 each.
An indication that the trade will be
lively is the fact that the firm mentioned
above has now a car of nineteen ma
chimes on the road to Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

was a law. which declared that the
students were under the supervision OF
the schools on Saturday. even-
! One of them met Judge Stanley the
next day and asked for his opinion on the
law, We'll" said he, 1T will be all right
| il you don't throw snowballs at me-"
Help Lay the Mines.
The item in last Sundays Home Gossip
page, concerning the last sign of Herbert
Stimson has brought out many new
signs about this character. A very in
innate acquaintance Of his was w. p.
Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland saw that Slim
son was a queer fellow and he made a
study Of him.
He once told me-" said Mr.. Cleveland,
to an Eagle man, about the time he
laid mines in the Spanish-American war.
He said that the department would take
any one. who was scientific You know.
he posed as a man of science. He said
he'd help lay mines in the harbor OF New
York and also In the Mississippi river.
The last was a good story. From what
he said, l judge. he meant he help lay
mines down at the mouth. Anyway, he
tOfQ me tEdt WnSn the mines were DtlHS
taken up. he was astraddle one and it got
away. He couldn't make the dsconnec-
ton with the battery which would cause
it TO go on and in that precarious con-
dition, he foated around until boat
came after him.
HE was a very slick one. One day he
showed me a complete set of Lombroso's
works on socialism. In the back of
one of his volumes in very neat hand
writing was this inscription '"fo my con-
trary. Herbert Stimson. Signed Lombro-
So Not long after this. / was reading
Max Nordeau, and found where he said
that Lombroso wrote a very insight
ly hand. told Stimson about 1t.
OH he said, Lombroso never
wrote that. His daughter, Rebecca,
wrote it,
Mr.. Cleveland has very finely bound
volume. of excellent workmanship in
printing too. which Stimson gave to
him. 1t is called Meyers Conversational
Lexicon, and is a German Encyclopedia.
1t is the first of set and Mr.. Cleve-
lend believes that some one, probably In
the east. has a set. from which this vol
rme was taken. He declares that he viii
be willing to pay the postage, if the own
er can be found.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

Not much is being said of fine horyes
in Wichita this winter but sale was
made the other day In which wichItsn
was the purchaser that should not go nm
noticed. Oscar Smith bought three-year-
old of the Steadmsns at Valley Center.
She Is PAGER and promises great speed.
The price was below reasonable. being
only 500. She is sired BY Bonnie Stead
man and her dame is Egmont Chief. Mr..
Smith has turned her over 10 a trainer for
a little handling and expects TO drive
her this summer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

/ Attorney rat Rohrbaugh believes he
ne. figured out how the burglars are
working Wichita. According to his story,
they are working on system
Saturday night says Mr. Rohrbaugh.
my wife spent the evering away from
home. / went into the library and took
up book. The library is so situated that
you can see. right into it from the street
Shortly after my wife came home, there
was a knock on the door.
Il found man there, standing with
his hat in hand. He was not very well
dressed, but had the appearance of a well
to do man. He was a big fellow He said
to me:
Mister, I'm miner. / haven't got any
money; even not enought to get bed to
sleep in tonight. Won't you give me
dime?'
Il looked at him for a minute. for 1
smelled whiskey on his breath in the first
words he spoke. IN tell you where you
can get bed said. You go down to
the chief of police and he'll give you a
place to sleep.
No, no. he replied with a wave of his
hand. L don't want a sheriff to give me
a bed
Well said l, nor do / want to give
a man a dime whose breath smells Of
whiskey as yours does
When L had finished. he put on his
hat, turned and walked away. He was
very. dignifed.
Now, / think that fellow is one of the
gang of thieves that are robbing the
houses here. They go up to a house as he
did, and while they talk, take in the
situation of the rooms so that they will
know their bearings when they are feel
ing around in the dark.
My wife censured me for not giving
the stranger a dime, declaring that he
might. out of malice alone. come back
and burn the house down. / told her that
he might Go it but that l was satisfied
that had done right and that is enough"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

s7-1uei Ee-nsSor = ar aged cosores man
who Hives IN the nersr raff - wleh.ts
he IL rot laxative scs - j. sborf r@x-
enty years old. bet enoe 70 ~hs5s Re
riysr - tte Ssorv ~ SHIRT sycchs 81 itis
lie that are very Interesting One %
these Is about TIRE tire ptsez he rne1h~.
~ss sid he vas only sboEs three year.
old HI. mothers master near x>ss-
phss had I'D her 30 mar further sossh.
shs carried nursing hasy wber shs
vent 20 l~zTe szmu~l So up an ssfss
howl. which distressed hls rrsoshs. very
much. sh~ hess;ss~d ard then offered
To- raster ths BABY Is zxrs ~ ~
-ouIc allow rs th-e@-re<r-oi boy 20
20 spath with beT. TIE master r~fcs>t
an5 tert sznues fo- he 6idn't fesi IKE
ASSURING th@ tsts%- ef rsssksr % =
eo5orcd bzsy
with tbs master TIA. saruss Herr
daa Sre~ % 60 - r1sn- His Iise zh~n
he assumed fhr 6usiss of manhood sr =
good example q ts~ .ozs.h<rs>rs HES
osh<s ss3e- xhsa the yoBrx rezss. re
daughter &c ;ke house. BECAME & ns<-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
Like Mountain Trout.

There was a tragedy recently enacted
in a store window on North Main street
that few have heard about. In the win
dow of Bleitz and Burbank there In .
globe of gold Ash One morning. not long
ago, the proprietor came down TO work
and found one of the spangicd swimmers
lying on the floor dead. II In thought
that IL Topped out during the night and
was suffocated before he arrived.
one OF the other members Of this tribe
has acted more sensibiy and hasn't tried
any fops 30 he In alive today and enjoy
ing life o. fishes do. lie In very pc
culisr specimen and very handsome. He
has serpentine tail and the way he
uses the Del szrte movement on that
tail leads the spectator TO believe that he
has a pride about H. The tail II silk
like and two inches broad. IL 10 ss long
as the body Of the Ash vhish Ia very
unusual
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
Twenty per Cent Of Funds.

The entrance OF o. p. Hickland upon
the duties of County Poor Commissioner
brings to view the expense created by the
poor of this county. 1t can be stated from
knowledge of the statistics that twenty
per cent of the general or current funds
of the county goes for the support Of the
poor. who claim a living off OF the tax
payers. Mr.. Hickland has started in with
a conservative method and II is to be
hoped he will be able to cut this drain of
to some extent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

There Ii a good story being told ~ The
court house on Rank Watt of Clearwater.
Mr.. Watt was sheriff Of this county and
the story forms lie plot during this per-
Tod. Sheriff wat; was very fond az pea
nuts and always had q sack In his pocket
which he generously divided with hts
friends One time be took q prisoner
TO Lansing or sofne other psi-oa and
when returning ssepp~l ont On the plat
forM Of the train. II was IN Harvey
county that the train vss msk;as spee6
and sheriff Watts stepped out 20 get
breath Of fresh air look 81 the cofInsrY
and est peanuts. The frsfs xas go4nR
along a; a good rate. rus TIRE track vas
smooth. As o. pasysd another passen-
ger train ca siding - the ssory goes.
Sheriff Watt IOokef at IL ard shfzslnx
that IL was going md his own train staE6-
ms Re sfeoped on enso TIE ground The
story stops here With this foot note. 4
row Of peanut plants stretching from Bar-
tey county 90 wichita srrarg 10 shorsfy
after the Occurrence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
TALK OF
THE TOWN
Talked With Burglars.

thousand dollars, which is sf-c@a ~ che
books.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
One Cigar for Two Cents.

Some men have queer ways of living
and they are often misjudged for a lit
tie eccentrieity. Such was the case the
other day when man stepped into a
cigar store on East Douglas avenue ana
bought one there for Ave cents and threw
down five-dollar bill on the counter
from which the clerk took out two cents
to pay for the cigar A bystander tn
quired as to this particular man aad IL
was found that he always buys
just one three-for-a-nickkle cigar and
pays his two cents. He never takes the
three. His idea in doing this IL a fnys-
terry. II cannot be economy for three
cigars for a nickie IL cheaper than two
cents piece. Economy Is the first ex-
PLANTATION that comes to the mind. but
this IL easily disproved. On the other
hand. he may buy only one for the rea-
son that he cannot carry them In his
pocket because they get crushed. This In
a poor one though and the matter must
remain a queer unanswered p,ixsie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

There was one thing which was SIM
ply appalling to me. when / visited To-
peka last week to see the Legislature at
work. remarked yermiiiion Harris to
some friends. land that was the number
OF employees that the legislature has on
ITS pay roll and in the Hobbies. saw
several eoiored men from Wichita up
there and running across Jim Oldham.
said
We'll. what are you doisg UP here?"
DRAWN three dcIiahs a day"
What are you working at!'
'Nothin.''
What are you pretending to dor
'Nothin." and the colofed man walked
away with a grin.
Ny" I remarked to one Of our repre-
sentatives. ''whet in the world are you
doing with all these employer
We'll. they have got TO have Jobs
That's all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
Ran for HE LIE.

Il will never forget the anarchist troub-
les and the Haymarket riot In Chicago. .
said Charles Darrigrand the other day.
Il was working in the siiverhorn pack
ing house at the time he continued.
Il was the frst man TO take the news OF
the not 10 the Chicseo Tribune ONCE.
I went In and asked the city editor what
the shooting was about. Reporters jumped
into q wagon and started on the dead
run for the scene OF the trouble That
was the frrt they had heard Of IL
Il have occasion to remember the day
the anarchists were hung I walked
the cutting room q the packing house.
A big German was at work In that de-
partment and knew he vss sn anarchist
when / PASSED him said the anarchists
are hung and all Of them ought to b.
hung
That German picked up q big meat
knife and came nj me like q demon. A
look at his eyes we enough ard vent
down through that packing house 30 fass
you might have rolled . Billiard bali on
nv coat tail sxn Into tire killing room
one big FELLOW saw the danger was IN
and he downed the big anarchist With an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

There must be some stop put to this. -
said an oficial at the court house yes;er-
day. as two women went out the door
with his half-dollsr in their pocketbook.
They had persuaded him to buy a ticket
TO something or other; he doesn't know
what and doesn't care. He simply feels
that because he holds once he has got
TO buy ticket for every church social
and amateur production that is pulled
of. II the railroad pass evil over which
the legislature has been u,cditating needs
fixing surely this does also. The same
Official quoted above continues:
Why. / haven't received a half dollar
since I began my term Of Office and
have spent more than 500 for expenses
of the office. 50 I really do not feel like
1 can give out anything 20 charity. II
would be a blessing to have a stop put
TO 1t and I believe the ofhcers gould
effect II by standing together and re-
fusing to have their legs pulled So"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

iron gambrel when he came past him.
There is no doubt that would not be
here to tell this story If that anarchist
had caught me.
The next morning l was on my way
to the packing house. 1t was very early
and I ran to catch q street car. spe-
cial policeman ordered me to halt IL
1 had stopped would have missed my
car. % I refused to halt. The special
policeman fired his gun and the ball
whiEsed close e my ear.
Then. you bet, / stopped. A regular
policeman saw what had happened and
told the special to let me go.
People outside Of Chicago can not
imagine the terrible situation in the city
at that time. They were expecting every
minute to be shot or blown to pieces
with dynamite. have heard people
say that the anarchists did not have a
fair trial. but I tell you the people. of
Chicago were not at that time bothering
Themselves about fair trials for anar-
chists.''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
He Set Them Riqht.

Last week. there was occossioned quite
up town office, where he keeps his safe.
The safe did not look as though IL had
been tempered with. but on trying TO un-
lock 1t the combination wouldn't work.
He was about TO call the police and sher-
ills force. when Judge NeCsnless urged
that he try again as the combination
Right have TUNED beyond the figures.
He did and 1t opened. Everything was
all right. Then the inquest over the
curious little steel instrument was be-
gun. Everybody nearly In the building
had been shown it and all had given up
when the colored janitor happened along
and looking at it said Ugh, that's a
punch, man"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
She Made Tea Of It.


There 10 an old coiored woman in the
north part flown who is just recovering
from q severe illness and life has never
seemed SO precious to her as during this
time. She is a good-hearted soul and for
many years worked for the Sargeants
Like many of her own color and as
many of the white people. she is both
cred with asthma. In fact. she suffers
with it. Gypsum weed is a great relief
FOR this trouble. but il depends on the
way II is taken, which old nanny"
found out In most sorrowful way.
The way ii Is taken for such relief is
by smoking IL In a pipe. Nanny" had
done this for many years and 1t always
caused the desired effect until recently.
when the asthma conquered the gypsum
weed
IT was a sorrowful day.
Nanny determined that she would
take the gypsum In a stronger dose and
bring relief. There was only one way
she thought of doing this. so she did IL
that way. She made tea of the gyp-
sum and drank IL.
That night four doctors were called in
and by their quick action. the old col
ored woman was saved. Gypsum is poison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

sometimes the motorman win run his car
with jerks Intentionally. - when an old
maid has taken her time about getting on
the car; he starts the car with a sud-
denness that sets her down with Jolt
The other class of motorman or the
Skilled motornesr has probably been less
noticed than the first He starts his car
so the passengers hardly knew they have
commenced to move and when he stops.
Instead Of leaving the brake set. he
takes 1t OF just as the car comes to rest
and IL ceases 10 move as though u md
been allowed to drift 70 state OF inertia
The notormen declare that Il Is not
always within the power % the men TO
run the car smoothly as the motor itself
Is often so badly worn that the car will
start in only one way-with Jerk.
Sentenced to BE Hung.
A public building Inspector by the name
OF Condor was in the city two days
last week looking ever the government
property He made many friends and
proved himself TO be very Interesting
man.
In the first place. he Is irish. and this
alone would make him interesting. How
ever. this is not the most interesting part
of his tale. when the Irish In 81 were
having such q hard time with tire mother
country. Condor with several others Of
the league" went TO ireland 10 help
their brothers out In q riot. a number
were killed and four of the league were
taken prisoners. Condor was among
the last. All four were sentenced To be
hung. Three were hung up but Con-
don appealed TO the United States gov
eminent and the president secured his
pardon on condition that he would not
set foot in the United Kingdom for nf-
teen years. He has never been back.
but is very DESTROYS Of returning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15

Touches 81 Quarters OF His Land.
Judge Thomas n. Wall paid a visit to
the western part Of the district recently
and he comes back with the news that
that rumor. TO the effect that the Santa
Fe Ia going 10 build from Dodge 10 Liberal
has a foundation.
Judge Wall viii be greatly benefited by
such an event. as Il would make 500
acres of land which he has out there
double In value. The road. n built. would
touch something like thirty quar-
ter OF this 5000 acres
The Bourbon news., 1903-09-11
LIVE STOCK, CROP, ETC.

Earl Ferguson sold % horses Mon
day at from $28 to $65.
WIN. w. Gay & Co., of Clark
county, sold 448 cattle at from 81. 40 to
$4.65.
John Tarr sold Monday, to Jesse
Turney, his farm of 100 acres at $12O
an acre, cash.
Mrs. Mamie Pinnell rented her
farm of "a acres to Geo. W. Redmon,
at $6 so per acre.
The drought continues. Its effects
are being felt to a greater or less extent
in all parts of the county.
Robert Meteer sold to Claude Spears
so tons of baled hay at $lS per ton, de-
livered at Hutchinson.
Mcintyre & McClintock have ship
ped $1,000 sheep this season, about
1000 being shipped from Millersburg
W. M Layson sold to Jack Sullivan,
% head l ,450-lb. steers. at $4 70, to Mr..
Shanklin, Is l ,400-lb, at same price, to
Mr.. Kemper 20 ], ,435.lb at same price.
There Is general complaint of u
scarcity of turkeys, not only locally, but
in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and other
States. This will make prices high for
Thanksgiving.
Francis Trevelyan, the Eastern rae
ing critic. tosses the following bouquet
at "Wood" Clay, the young Kentucky
turfman. who is racing his horses in the
East this season for the first time:
"Among owners, WoOdfOrd Clay has
flashed to the front almost as suddenly
as Higgins among the jockeys. There
is no question that in Flying Ship the
young Kentuckian has three-vear-old
filly of very high class-quite!possibly as
good mare as has been seen in years.
"Before the Saratoga meeting opened
Mr.. Clay said to me: Il think l have q
good filly. I don't know for certain till
/ have tried her on here, but think
that she will hold her own
''This was truly modest way to ad-
vance the claims of one that has already
proved herself so good as the daughter
of Flying Dutchman. Her race recently,
seven furlongs in 1.25 3-5, with 119
pounds up, was grand performance,
especially as size was running right into
the teeth of quite respectable breeze.
"And in Lady Amelia Mr.. Clay evil
IDENTIFY has a filly of some qualitv.i OF
course. in the Dash Stakes she Gid not
in any sense prove herself, for she was
carrying but little weight, but she did
all that was asked of her handsomely
and brought off brace of victories fol-
her owner. It must not be forgotten
also that she showed a rare turn OF
speed in the Futurity, when the going
did not suit her, and made her tire.
| 'Mr, Claws success is DarticularlT
pleasing in that these days we see toe
little of the old Kentucky families al
active proprietors of racing stock
They are even falling out to great ex
tent as breeders, and young Mr. Clay
represents name that is very welcome
on thesturf. +"
The Bourbon news., 1903-09-11
CHURCH CHIMES.

Elder J. S. Sweeney will preach
Sunday morning at the Christian church
Rev. "Uncle" Joe Hopper, DIR. E.
81. Rutherford and Rev. A. D. Tad.
lock will begin protracted meeting at
Glen Kenney (Houston school house J
on Sunday, Sept. Goth.
-Cynthiana will hardly recover from
entertaining the Kentucky conference
before the Southern Presby terian synod
will demand its attention. The BODY
meets there next Sunday.
There will be Christian Endeavor
Social in the parlors of the Christian
church. Friday evening at s o'clock. All
the Endeavorers are expected to be
present and their friends are cordially
invited to be present Admission free.
The Bourbon news., 1903-09-11

SPLENDID FARM For RENT.-Atten.
ton is directed to the advertisement of
the public renting, on September 16, of
the desirable 547 acre farm of George
q. White. There are 215 acres for
corn; 20 acres for hemp or corn 80 acres
for wheat; Is acres for oats; balance in
grass. Read the ad for terms and full
description. etc. I'd
The Bourbon news., 1903-09-11

CLOTHING CLEANED. - This is the
time of year when you are wondering
what you are going to wear this Fall
Hunt up that old last Winters suit and
bring it to me and will make a new
one out of it. My shop is over Turney s
saloon. Clothing cleaned, dyed and
pressed in good style.
st SAM RULE.