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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
AGED WICHITAN DEAD.
L. c. Topping Died Just After Noon
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
l. c Topping OF the Topping Lumber
company dido yesterday afternoon - the
St Francis hospital at 1929. Nj Top
ping was g years OF age and ~, been
feeble for about six months. He had
made his home AT the Carey t0tei for
years. but because Of his extremely poor
health was recently taken 70 th2 St
yesterday.
AR Topping has been one Of the prom
inent business men of Wichita for thir-
teen years having conducted large
wholesale lumber business here for that
length of time. He was Of the old New
England stock and was born in the year
1890 at Chatam. Mass. He married in
that state and in an early day came as
far west as St. Louis. where he engaged
in the wholesale lumber business. Thir-
teen years ago h ecame 10 this city and
established the Topping Lumber company
and until about two months ago took an
active part in the business During the
last few years the only son and Child,
Charles Topping. has been associated
with his father in the lumber business
and recently has practically had change
Of it Until a few months before his
death Mr. Topping wa sstrong for man
Of his age, and few people supposed him
TO be more than 20 years old. He had a
remarkably strong constitution All a
very clear brain and memory. but when
his health finally began to fail IL failed
very rapidly.
The funeral services Will occur al the
Unitarian church at o'clcNS this aft
ernoon. They will be conducted bS-Rev
Vail. The remains will be interr4~ in the
Maple Grove cemetery beside those Of
Mrs. Topping. who died in this city about
@5z-a wars
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
WORRIED BY SMALL BOYS.
Nelson Chaffee Fired Bird Shot and
Hit Logan mcVicker.

Yesterday afternoon Nelson Chaffee-
while driving some boys from his apple
orchard near the Kellogg school house,
fired a shotgun loaded with bird-shot
striking small boy named Logan Nc
Wicker. Only q few shot struck the boy
and they did not penetrate much below
the skin. Logan McVicker is a son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McYic!xer. The
father and son went before tn. county
attorney and swore out warrant for
MIR. Chaffee. charging him with shooting
with intent TO kill and Mr.. Chaffee was
taken TO the city jail.
1t seems that Mr. ChaTee has been
considerably annoyed by small boys every
summer. There is a high board fence be-
tween the orchard and the school house
and the boys hide behind this and watch
MIR. Chaffee- Whenever they could get
an opportunity they would climb over the
fence and worry the old gentleman and.
ii is said. take apples MIR. Chanee had
made complaints TO the police and once
a boy was caught. and arrested but he
got off with a lecture. Mr.. Chafee shot.
but he did it to brighten the boys and
hit no one.
Mr. Chaffee is an old man. and for a
long time has been standard bearer for
the Salvation Army in this city. Last
evening he talked Of the occurrence as
follows: Every summer the small boys
Just worry the life out OF ne l have
never been able 10 get but one OF them
and he got of with a ane. That made
them worse. Yesterday I decided 10 give
them scare. but l did not intend TO
hurt any OF them. loaded my shotgun
with bird shot SO il anyone were hit
they would not be badly hurt. I was
over fifty yards away when I fired and
1t would have been impossible to seri-
ot,eI,- wound or, Of tn bo,-e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
MODEL NEGRO TOWN
Is to Be Established by Sam Small at
Atlanta. Ca.

Mrs. Ella Glenn Shields. police matTon.
has received letter from sam W. SmaA
the famous evangelist II Atlanta. GA.
stating that a company Of Atlanta Peo-
ple are trying 20 build Just outside the
limits Of Atlanta. genuine negro town.
This is more the nature of an experiment
but il is the intention Of the promoters
- have the better class Of negroes own
their homes. govern themselves and de-
velop their capacity for commerce \
stock company has been organized with
a capital Of afty thousand dollars. with
shares Of the par value OF ten dollars
The homes and buildings are 10 be built
and paid for by the negroes IN install
ments.
MIR. Small has requested Mrs Shields
10 interest some Wichita people in this
experiment and get subscribers 10 the
stock. Mr. Small IL viii BE- remembered,
was the man who built the famous or
phans home near Atlanta. where the
work Of the children has become known
throughout the world Mr. Small has
given one thousand dollars 10 the expert
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
OIL ON PARK DRIVES
Commissioners Are Getting
Bids for a Car Load
TO MAKE AN EXPERIMENT
C. P. Mueller Donated 1000
Flowers for Riverside

The park commissioners are getting
bids on a car load of crude oil which they
will spread on the drives Of the parks
The commissioners are going 10 expert
ment with crude oil as 4 paving for the
drives and have asked several COMPARES
TO make them offers on car load tanks
Of the crude oil. The commissioners viii
experiment with the oil on section Of
the drives and if it is found SATISFACTORY
and as inexpensive as claimed. arrange
ments will be made 10 keep the drives
in the proper condition. Owing 10 the
length Of the park drives ii VIII be
necessary TO have an oil sprinkler
City Engineer Harding has completed
his surveys for raising the drives along
the river banks and it is expected 10
begin work With ma short time. Ten cars
of crushed rock are now available for use
or the drives with thirty more cars
ready for shipment within short time.
It is believed that the base Of the
crushed rock now on the drives when
sprinkled with crude oil will make the
finest drives to be found in the state. free
from dust, as hard and clean as as
phalt.
70 rthe past few days the park C IN
missiOners have been repairing the iiood
damage. Mr. c. p. Mueller, the florist,
generously donated one thousand plants
Of various kinds to be used in ;hs parks
during the summer. These plants are
being set out in the places Of these E'lled
or washed away by the high water and
Riverside now presents an appearance
as beautiful as it was before the high
water. The grass has been moved and
the trees trimmed. The mud deposited
on the grass has been cleaned away so
that one would hardly know there has
been food in the park except for the
deposits OF sand along the river banks
and this is being cleared away as fast
as possible. The park commissioners
have estimated that the damage 10 the
park and 10 Mr.. Keuchenmeister for flow
ers is between eight hundred and one
thousand dollars on account of the water
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03

things they call batteries, mines, geysers,
devils in a tailor shop. immense wheels.
golden pine trees. saueissons. and other
things with Unintelligible names 10 the
uninitiated, lie all around. and one escapes
with a feeling Of relief that he didn't
bite his tongue while il was in his mouth
amid such a profusion of high explosives.
One large wheel-like affair represents an
expenditure Of $50 and yet it all goes up
IL smoke in about a minute.
Handling fireworks on this large scale
is an exceedingly dangerous occupation.
but il produces the most beautiful mid
summer nights dream IN fire, that ex-
lists Wichita has seldom enjoyed the
privileges that are now hers. and fire
works being so expensive a luxury, their
continuance cannot be positively assured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
GETS A PATENT.
r. r. Hite Perfects His Insect De-
stroyer.

Notice was received here yesterday that
r. R. Hite, of this city, had been granted
a patent on his process TO destroy in
sect life in trees. Mr.. Hite has discoV-
cred, after about thirty years work,
solution of poison that destroys all ami
nal life in trees. The trees are inocu-
lated by boring into the roots half an
inch and pouring from three TO twelve
drops Of the poison into them The
poison does not injure the fruit in the
least, and promotes the growth of the
trees, but the experiments conducted
show that It destroys San Jose scale
borers, cankerworms and all forms OF
bark-beetles The poison will be manu-
featured here by Mr.. Hite, in company
with r S. Bell and J. 2. Cubbon, who
each own a one-third interest in the
patent. The destroyer has been on the
market as an experiment for some
months. and this fall an active campaign
will be made with il throughout the
growing sections Of the country
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
FEED THEM.
The Way to Build Up Wasting Chit
dren.


when babies begin 10 waste away ana
,,u there is but one thing 70 DC and tla'
is find the proper food
PHYSICIANS have never yet found s'oih-
oh young or old that would not oiseS'
~ scientific food Grape-Nuts for GRAPE
o-,,.s is the most perfect food form III
~ uzorlS and will nourish and build up
snv stomach no matter how weak
I-asoipgton lady says; Il had lost
- ob,lsren from marasmus, or wasting
80, before my little boy Maurice came
60 when I found nothing agreed VITA
-, a. The way of food you can imagine
how i felt ,,..,.
..,co food seemed 10 satisfy his little
.,o-,,ch as he would bite his hnSeTs anu
s,ne.red 10 be slowly starving 10 oe4 W.
..--f,e All the time. il was pi'ia"-e ~
-. ana hear him and when he was seven
-,,ns old 7 certainly thought N0u'1
-. .i,,, II was then my sister begged
., Try C;rape-Nuts which l did' usihh
- ..blssnoonfuls covered with max
- - scalded milk and a half pint Of
t-.s.,s water which after s'AnoiiiS
.while was strained and feo from '''e
bottle. -, ,-,,,rove
..y-ron, this time baby began 10 ilniio 90 e
ana he took absolutely no ON ua
III weaaed him from the oo''ie -
.,.,,,d not take milk in any form eAeti''
.srape-Nuts lie is now II
health strong and sturdy anu -
three years old and / am very p'0,-e
deed of my Grspe-Nuts boy So
eiven by Postum Co. Battle cIeeA' -
send for particulars by mail OF e''en-
x,on Of time on the sl,5o9.eS COOKS con
test for 735 prizes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
IN RIVERSIDE PARK.
sanford's Band viii Have Celebration
and Picnic.

Tomorrow, in South Riverside park, 2
big celebration viii be held under the
auspices of Sanford's band. During the
morning the band viii play on the
streets and in the afternoon they will as
s:st in the program at the park The
committee has arranged a fine program
for the afternoon. and there viii be
plenty of amusements for young and old
The park has been placed in first-class
condition. and the benches In the other
park have been arranged around the
stage.
It is expected that Wichita will enter
tain many thousands Of people tomorrow
The railroads have granted low rates,
which go into effect today from all points
within two hundred miles. and the roads
are making extra preparations to haul
the people TO this city
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
PICNIC AND FIREWORKS.
Will Make Full Day at Payne's Park
Saturday

IN Payne's park, Saturday. there VIII be
6 picnic and the lines Union hand VIII
nlav AT frequent intervals both morning
and afternoon. Rev. A F. Dubber VIII
deliver the opening prayer followed by
a short address by Mayor Mclean and
also Mr.. John Davis and Judge { &
stanley VIII address the assemblage-
Mr.. Frank Payne is busy setting up the
hir fireworks exhibit. and when smoker
with lighted cheroot chances around
where the explosives are being opened the
hose is promptly turned onto MS shirt
bosom. Large rockets. weighing dozen
mounds and costing nearly as many uol-
49, each. and large as mans heaa'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
MADE 1856 ARRESTS.
Police Department Collected Sass in
Fines ard FcrfeJts

Police Judge Stanley has hled his Re
port Of the work Of the police department
for the month Of June. The report shows
that the Officers made lSs arrests during
fnes and forfeits A part Of this month
Judge stanley was urahle 70 serve OF ac-
count q illness. but Judge Walker did
his work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
HAND WAS MASHED.
Little Agnes Gibson Painfully Injured
Last Night.

Agnes Gibson. the daughter Of f Glib
son. OF &c South Market street. started 10
fold camp chair. when the spring sud
denly closed and both her hands were
caught and partially crushed The pain
was vulnerable. and the little one went
into oouvulsicns- a physician was called
who dressed the wounds. and tie little
one was sleeping at midnight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
sanford's Band Will Give Its Regular
Concert Tonight.
NEW BONDS ARE READY.
handsomely Autographed Bonds and
COUPONS 20 Be Issued.

" OOufJOIIS . II 'N0@Nt
E The new bonds for the issue Of forty
thousand dollars Of funding bonds has
been printed. and are ready for the sig
natures Of Mayor Mclean and City Clerk
Leland. The bonds are handsomely ith-
ographed and each bears forty coupons.
They are twenty-year, ~ per cent bonds.
zach bond is Of the denomination Of one
thousand dollars. and the coupons repre-
sent six months interest Of $50 Inc
bonds are dated July 1, and Will be issued
today
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03
MADE NEW RECORD.
Tom Griffith, Jr., Made 10 Holes in "a
Strokes Yesterday.

Tom Griffith. junior, played two of the
best rounds Of golf that has ever been
PLAYED on the Wichita Country club :
links. yesterday He made the rounds IN
4s and Il. or IS holes in 81 strokes. During
the two rounds he made seven scratch
puts. This is one Of the lowest scores
that has been made on these grounds.
and taking into consideration the high
wind and the fast greens. this is the
best golf that has ever been played on
the links The greens were very hard
and the high wind made it almost impos-
sihle 10 keep the bah on them
The game was one Of the series OF the
tournament for the c. L. Davidson's boys
cup. and Toms opponent was Paul Hyde
Paul had handicaps on the second. sixth
and eighth holes. The scores were;
E-i-s- rofruG-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-03

Mrs. r. NJ. Sweeney left last night
over the Missouri Pacific for several
points in Colorado on \ pleasure rip-
She expects 20 be absent q month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15
GRAND JURY ROUNDS UP
SEVEN ALLEGED BURGLARS
Some of the Expert Cracksmen Whom the
Police Have CoIIared Will Have
Chance to Face Jury.

the
hills The whole of
will
answ next week a
Samuel Lee Thomas
burglary
in
Agafns indictments
of
lamar 9th
dollars which of the Hawaiian Tram
of
of whiskey and
robbery
alleged to carries dollars at
OF December
also alleged have been committed during December
alleged Christopher
o
is
injury
Kauu sodoy Antoine
All
ohn Gorin I. NJ
Ilealoha NJ
n w toninson for John Brown A Lindsay for Snow Taylor
r. a Long; for Grant Snow, Attorney Clemens
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15
For License
Against License

and shall be marked by the voter in
the manner now required by law.
If the majority of the votes cast at
such election shall be against license,
then, from and after thirty days from
the date of said election and for a
period of two years, and thereafter I'M
til new election shall have been held
under this section, it shall be unlawful
to sell intoxicating liquor as a beverage
within such limits. and no license to sell
the same shall be issued within the
limits of such county, district, ward or
precinct.
Any licensee under the liquor laws of
the territory shall be entitled to a re-
fund of such a part of the fee paid by
him for his license as is proportionate
to the unexpired term of his license
when the same is made imperative by
any election under this act, and the
county treasurer shall refund the same.
DR.. Westervelt said that the amend
ment was presented without any argu-
ment but he and Mr.. Muckley were
present to answer questions. Senator
McCandless brought up the question
that there was no provision to limit the
number of elections. DIR. Westeryelt
said that it was all for two years and
that during that period there could be
no other election Mr.. ChillineWOrth
said there could be no taking away of
a vested right and that it would take
a separate act to pay back any portion
OF license fees. Mr.. WesterveIt said
that If there was any fairer method of
bringing together liquor men and tenn
perance people he would adopt it and
work along those lines. The amend
ment as offered by the Anti-Saloon
League was received and placed on file
against the protest of Senator Isenberg
who said there was no precedent for
such action.
Mr.. Harris then called attention to a
provision of the county law which eives
control of certain contracts to the
supervisors, if the county surveyor
thinks it possible to do the work at low
er figures.
j. H. Craig said that the Droposa1
would place premium on dishonesty
as there was temptation in the wav
II the county surveyor could Suggest
that a contract could be performed al
a cheaper rate he might have bids
thrown out and by a stroke of the pen
could make changes meaning thousands
OF dollars. To Senator McCandIess
craig said that dishonesty could he
used to the extent of $4,000 on a $50 600
building He said also that he did not
consider that a surveyor was a proner
person TO superintend buildings.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15
LEGISLATORS LISTEN TO THE
ARGUMENTS OF MERCHANTS

! Republican senators and representa-
tives spent two hours yesterday after
noon listening to suggestions from bust
ness men and others, as to amend
ments in the county law which will
make for the benefit of the community
at large. There was apparent wide diff
ference of opinion when the matter of
the license tax was considered, but
there was nothing done finally, for the
fact remains that the caucus is hardly
more than an advisory body. and the
members of the various houses will act
as they see fit later.
The caucus adjourned to meet again
on Monday evening, and the outlook
is that the session viii be an executive
one. and that there will be action as
to the officials of the House, whose or
ganization takes place on Wednesday.
There are several candidates in the
field for Speaker. ChflIingworth is in
the lead perhaps, but Kumalae has
been securing some strength among
the incoming members, and there is a
deal of. quiet talk that John Gandall,
as man who has had experience in
matters legislative would make good
chairman of what promises to be an
exceptionally important session of the
body. For the other places there are
a host of applicants, and the feeling
is that without an executive session
there would be consumed too much time
in getting over the ground.
There was no presen ton of the
views of the liquor men, though the
temperance people gave out their local
option measure. which was properly
introduced as an amendment to the bill
in its place and with its number. The
only incident other than of purely ar
gumentative presentation, was when J.
II. Craig, who had been asked to give
an opinion, prefaced his remarks by
saying that he considered all men dis
honest until they were proven honest,
to which remark Chillingworth took
hot exception. and called down the
speaker, saying that there should be
reasons and not opinions given. Other
wise the afternoon passed off without
incident.
George w. Smith said that he ap-
peared as representa- tive of the Mer-
chants Association. AS member of
the commission which framed the
County law he would say that that
body did not feel that it could legisIate
simply copied the provisions of existing
law The provision as to taxes was
one to which the Merchants Associa-
ton was opposed on general principles.
F. w. Macfarlane said that the prop
ositicn was one of combating the in
roads Of drummeTs. With all the taxes
and a license added it meant simply
that the merchants We're at a disadvan-
tage as against the drummers. The
merchants would not oppose paying a
license were IL not for the fact that
drummers were compelled to pay a Ii
cense as well. One firm of San Fran
cisco did $500, 600 business in this Ter
ritory last year and all the expense was
the hiring of a room in a hotel and that
would have to be done at any event. !
Mr.. Macfarlane said that it might be
possible to reach the drummers by a !
provision OF the income tax but that
was a matter for legal minds.
Mr.. Chillingworth suggested that he
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15
DELAY IN
WIRELESS
Yesterdays News ir
the Circuit
Court.

The trial of the Marconi case went
over yesterday until tomorrow morn
ing. II was the intention to finish the
trial last night, but the Illness of Court
Reporter Jones made this impossible,
and a postponement was necessary.
There are about a dozen witnesses from
Hawaii awaiting the trial of case
which has been specially set for Mon
day, but they will have TO wait over
another steamer.
Yesterday morning was taken up
with the cross-examinaJion of f. j.
Cross. There is little prospect of the
case being ended before Tuesday.
FLINT DIVORCE CASE.
The trial of the divorce case of Cap
tain II. w. Flint against Nina Flint was
commenced before Judge De Bolt yes
terday morning Flint was on the
stand nearly all the morning, and tes-
tilted that his wife became intoxicated
on occasions. On cross-examination
that he had been told by his wife that
the doctor had prescribed bottle OF
stout a day for her. The trial was not
concluded yesterday. Lorrin Andrews
is attorney for Flint and ]. w. Cathcart
for his wife
COURT NOTES.
Judge De Bolt granted a divorce to
Valberg Power from John Power on
the ground of non-support.
A motion was filed yesterday asking
for an immediate trial of the case of
Charles Gay VS.. F. w. Hayselden and
]. F. Colburn, or else that it go over
TO next term. An affidavit is filed by
Colburn in which he says he must leave
for San Francisco not later than Feb
ruary IS and remain until April /.
Tom Taylor, one of the burglars in
dicted by the grand jury, pleaded guilty
to the robbery of twenty-five dollars
and a bottle of whiskey, and will be
Monday. He pleaded not
guilty to the other charges.
Aka pleaded guilty to the larceny
of a twenty dollar bicycle from Kan
Moon, and was sentenced to Oahu
prison at hard labor for the term OF
six months.
X X Xxx X NIX X X x X X X X X
proposed in duplicate for the benefit of
Senators and Representatives.
The Rev. W. d. Westervelt then pro-
posed the local option law which will
have the support of the temperance /
people. 1t takes the form of a new
section of the county bill and is as
follows:
Sec 373a. On receipt of petition sign
ed by 200 of the qualified voters of any /
district, ward or precinct that |
an election shall be held to determine /
intoxicating liquors shall or !
shall not be sold as a beverage therein, /
the governor shall order an election to |
be held under the existing regulations |
not less than thirty nor more than /
forty days thereafter at which such |
question shall be submitted to the vot- /
ers of such county, district, ward or
precinct.
The register of voters of the last pre- I
vious election shall be used and the
election boards of same act except in
cases where the election is held at the
same time as the regular election.
The ballot shall be as follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15

Observation-Disclosures some Of the Nv
products of petroleum." Shaggv-bair-
ed young man-"Universities .p-Chicaqo
Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15
REMOVAL NOTICE.

A. r. ROWAT, d. V. S. HAS
taken the premies on the corner Of Pen u
sacola street and Wilder avenue. Tel.
Blue 2126.