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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
PUBLIC LAND FENCED
Two Complaints Against Cat
tIemen Were Filed.
m MEAD AND HAMILTON co.
R. {. Steel and MillS-Wood
Company Are Defendants

Yesterday two suits were filed in the
district court against two cattlement in
western Kansas charging them with
eminent lands The suits are against
r E Steel, a prominent cattieman of
Mead county and the AIills-Wood cattle
company Of Hamilton county. The evil
dence was secured through A H. Burtis,
special agent Of the general land office.
j. 5. Dean, United States district attor-
ney, is the complainant The special
agents of the land Offices have been work
ing on these cattle cases for the past
year. 1t is alleged that the cattlemen
owning ranches in the western part Of
the state fence a large acreage of gov
eminent lands which they use for pas
lures Some of the cattlemen it is said.
have two or three times the amount OF
land fenced that they really own.
The complain filed yesterday further
alleges that the cattlemen prevent settlers
from aking up lands by not allowing
them to enter their pastures and if
homesteader should appear they are driv-
en- eff.
These are the first of batch of COM
plants which are being prepared against
western cattlemen. 1t has been stated
by government men that about fifteen
cases have been worked up and the evil
dence has been secured 10 present TO the
court at the term which opens here next
month.
It is alleged that eight sections of land
have been fenced by Mr.. Steel in Mead
county. Mr.. Steel owns some land. but
there is a great deal which he has under
fence that has never been homesteaded.
He has something over twnty miles Of
fencing.
In the Mills-Wood case it is charged
that over ten sections of government land
has been inclosed by thirty miles OF fenc-
ing. Benjamin a. Wood, one of the men,
bers of the firm. was the Democratic
representative of Hamilton county in the
Kansas legislature two years ago. All
of the lands in the Mills-Wood case are
situated in Hamilton county.
The complaint asks the court TO grant
a permanent Injunction against the cat
tlemen and that an order be issued for
the marshals to cut and tear away all
of the fences now standing on govern
ment lands that settlers may take their
residences thereon, if they desired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
STRENGTH IN FOOD.
a Woman's Work Made Easy by
Strength and Health.

widow writes; When I began 10
use Grape Nuts / had so much trouble
with ny stomach and was very nervous
ana as 1 make my living by really h. I'd
work / needed all the strength possible
for I have TWO boys 10 support.
y began eating Grape-Nuts simply TO
Try the food but soon noticed that my
trouble was going and my nervousness
was much less so I continued 10 u.s.
Craze Nuts food with the result that I
an now entirely cured. Grape-Nuts
always agreed with ne and when l work
the hardest II seems TO me I enjoy them
and need them the most. They satisfy
me better and seem TO do me more good
than meat
My younger boy who inherits 3 weak
constitution from his father who died OF
consumption has reen greatly benefited
by Grape-Nuts. He makes his breakfast
o. Grape-Nuts and milk and the result
of this diet has been that his stomach Is
much stronger and his appetite increased
and altogether he is like another boy.
I nocice this about Grape-Nuts that
when ! ga; them and go away 70 work
they seem 20 stay by re and sustain ns
better Curing the day than ANYTHING else
I eat" Name given By Postum Co. Bat
tie Creek. Mich.
Send to the company for particulars BY
mali for extension of time on the s7,5eo.o0
socks contest for 7s5 money prizes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
HELD UP In STREET
John Dirkson Knocked Down
by Negro.
AT 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT
Made Fight and Robbers Got
Nothing.

John Dirkson, living over Goodin's
drug store on Murdoch avenue. was held
up by two negroes in the fourth block on
st. Francis avenue about 10 o'clock last
night He was knocked partially insensi-
bic by a blow over the head with some
blunt instrument but put up a tight
that drove the highwaymen away without
securing any of his money.
Mr. Dirkson was walking along the
west side Of the street about 100 feet
south of the corner, when he was ac-
costed by two negroes, one Of whom
asked him for a match. Mr. Dirkson
> reached into his pocket to accommodate
the fellow, when the other struck him
over the head The blow was a terrific
one. cutting a deep cash over the back
of the head and knocking the man down.
He was on his feet again. only partially
conscious, however Of what he was do
ing. The two men started TO go through
his clothes. searching for money, when
Mr.. Dirkson began fighting. He fought
like a tiger and after a few moments
pounding the men ran away
The whole affair was over in a min
ONC VI wv anu MI lilhSDAis piEthA415
profusely from his wound, walked across
the street TO G. w Meredith's home. At
first he could not tell what had happen
ed and mr. Meredith called DR.. Burns.
who lives next door. After the physician
had dressed the wounds Mr.. Dirkson
was able TO give a partial account Of
what had happened. He was still dazed.
B and was taken TO his home in an ambu-
lance.
The police were notified Immediately
after the robbery, but the officers did not
arrive on the scene until twenty minutes
after the holdup had occurred. The two
negroes ran south on ST. Francis and
had disappeared long before the officers
arrived
The oSt,ers were both young negroes,
of meaiuN height and build. Each
would weigh about $50 pounds, but Mr..
Dirkson was unable TO give a very good
description of the features of either Of
the men. Both wore dark clothing. Mr..
Dirkson says that he can identify both
of the MEG
The robb..y occurred in a rather dark
place, under trees which Swallowed the
walk from the electric light. but Mr..
Dirkson says that he saw both men long
enough before they struck him that
he would know them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
FOUND PRAIRIE DOG.
Little Animal Was Captured in Court
House Yard Yesterday

While tending the flowers of the court
yard yesterday afternoon one of the jani-
tors discovered a prairie dog burrowins
around in the flower bed. The dog is
almost fun grown and is nobody's pet
The crowd that gathered around had
gay time capturing the little animal and
lodging his sharp teeth. He was tied
up pig fashion, with a loop over his hind
foot and the court house crowd has him
on exhibition. Twenty years ago no one
would have wondered how he came TO
be in the court yard but at present with
prairie dogs as few as they are the man
ner in which he reached the heart of the
city is a mystery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
BOTH ARMS GONE.
An Unfortunate Harvester Asks the
County for Aid.

county Tor SIG.
Yesterday afternoon a man walked into
the Office of Poor COMMISSIONS Q. P.
Hicklin with the stubs OF both arms
swathed in cloths and unable 10 use
either Of them. He was seeking aid on
his way 20 his home at Galena bat before
# was granted he told a very sad story
In regard to the accident in which he
lost both arms and was rendered help
less. lie gave his name "a Thomas
Smith and said that he had been har-
vesting in Oklahoma near Enid He left
his family at Galera and al his earn
, mss went to their support. lie secured
a place as a feeder of a threshing ma
chine and was making good wages when
the accident befell him. He was feed rs
the machine when one Of his hands be-
came entangled IN the cylinder and was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
BEGAN LAYING ASPHALT.
Binder Course Was Started on West
Douglas Avenue.

The Barber Asphalt company began
laying the binder course on West Doug
las avenus yesterday afternoon. The
machine was started at noon and couple
of wagon loads of asphalt hauled and
laid. The steam roller went to work and
this piece of asphalt is ready for the
wearing surface.
The West Side people were ready TO
shout yesterday when they saw the
wagon loaded with asphalt going over TO
the West Side. But their JOY was short
lived, for water pipe on Water street
which furnishes water to the plant pop
ped ard the outfit had 10 shut down and
not much asphalt was laid. The COM
pany will get real busy Monday and viii
lay lots of asphalt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
Is A GOOD ANIMAL.
Kent Took Second Money at Daven-
port Races.

Cash Henderson yesterday received a
telegram from John BTidenfield saying
that Kent sorrel trotter trained and
owned in Wichita. took off second money
in a race at Davenport during the after
noon Kent was second in the three heats
and each one made the mile in better
than PIP. Kent is well known in Wichita
but for a long time was the laughing
stock of the horsemen Of this city. He
is owned by Claud Donely. The animal
acts Ike the famous trotter Dexter. and
promises to equal in speed this famous
horse. During the winter John Bidenfield
got Kent in good working order and
when he started on the circuit IN the
spring great things were expected Of
him. He took second money from a
course Of one thousand dollars and IS en-
tered in a race at Indianapolis where a
purse OF five thousand dollars is hung up
T. o. Steinrod. cashier Of the State Bank
at Andale accompanied by his wife,
visited in the city yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
TO HEAT POOR-HOUSE.
Two Heating Plants Will Be Installed
There Soon.

At a meeting of the county commits
sioners yesterday it was finally decided
to fit the county poor-house out with
new heating facilities throughout. The
poor-house contains twenty-five rooms,
and it will require two plants 10 heat it
perfectly. The two plants Will be in
stalled al a cost of $s25. The commission
ers have long been contemplating put
ting in new heating plant and it is
thought now that the two plants will be
more economical in the end than stoves,
which were formerly used.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16

torn off just above the wrist In at
tempting to pull the hand from the cyl
inder the other hand was caught and
partially torn off He had only a few
dollars at the time and after spending
several weeks in the hospital at Enid
he left it without a dollar and with q
pair OF useless arms Friends sent him
as far as this city and Mr. Hicklin fur
nished him with transportation as far
oS Nenda sla
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
ON TUESDAY EVENING
Ladies of the Maccabees Will Give a
Social,

The Ladies' of the Macca bees will give
. social on the lawn of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mihaubt, 1Ol5 South Water street,
or Tuesday evening. The social is given
for the benefit of an unfortunate mem
Der of the lodge and a good attendance
is desired. A pleasant time is assured
those who attend and ice cream and
cake will be served. Those who wish
to fathom the future and what it may
have in store, may do so, since Madame
de Parsonsa. direct from Paris. will be
present in state and read the palms of
those desiring TO have their fortune told.
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
CHARGES ABANDONMENT.
Maggie McAdams Asks Court for Alb
soIute Divorce.

Maggie McAdams says that her hus
band, w. E. McAdams. has deserted her
and in petition fled in the district
court yesterday afternoon asks the court
to annul the marriage re .tions existing
between them. She states in her petition
that she was married to the defendant
in this city August T. 1897, and that with
out any just cause he abandoned her
October l, 1900 She asks that she be
granted divorce. her maiden name Of
Maggie Plynel. the household goods
and tax title to lot IS on fremont ave-
me.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
NO HOPES FOR RECOVERY.
Chas- K. Freeman Has Been uncon.
scious Almost 48 Hours.

Chas. X Freeman is lingering near
deaths door from Brights Disease al
his home or Seneca avenue on the " est
Side. His physicians have given up hopes
for his recovery and have been expect
ing him 70 pass away az any moment
for the last forcy-eight hours. All day
Friday and during the night he was
unconscious and it was thought that
the end was near AZ hand
Mr. Freeman has shown wonderful vi
tally. Yesterday morning he rallied and
regained consciousness He summoned
his family and relatives 70 his bed
side, bidding them goodbye and tell
ing them that he realized his hours were
numbered. He soon lapsed into uacen-
seriousness again. and has been slowly
sinking since that time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
BOUGHT IMPLEMENT STOCK.
Wichita Men Invest in Belle Plaine
Property

W. W. Parkinson and s. B. Lands
of this city have purchased an imple-
ment stock at Belle PLANE and will take
possession Of it about October !. The
stock it that of S. r. Price & Son. The
stock is already a large one but ths
Wichita buyers expect to add TO the
stock and make one of the largest i'm
pIement houses in that part of the coun-
try. Mr. Parkinson and Mr.. Lands re-
turned from Belle PLANE the first Of the
week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
ASKS FOR DIVORCE.
Thomas White Charges Wife With
InfideIty.

Thomas White filed petition in the
district court yesterday afternoon. in
which he asks the court to grant him a
divorce from the defendant, Mary NJ
White, to whom he alleges he was mar
ried in Shawnee county April IA. 1865. He
states in his petition that she has proved
unfaithful to him. He simply asks that
the court grant him an absolute divorce.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
ARE AT EUREKA SPRINGS.
lines Band viii Give Concerts at Re-
sort in Ozarks.

The Innes Union Band left last evening
over the Frisco for Eureka Springs where
they viii give concerts for few days
this week. Consequently there VIII be no
concert given in this city by the lines
band tomorrow. Director Hobbs said last
nisht that he would return with the band
either Tuesday or Wednesday morning,
and that the regular mid-week concert
would be given Wednesday evening.
Hamilton park has been secured for this
concert and the public will be given an
opportunity TO attend a concert in park
centrally located. Twenty-Five Of the
band boys. including two players. Arden
Douglas. slide. and Geo. Benson. cornet-
from e Dorado. left on the Eureka
Springs excursion last evening
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
TO BAILEY AVENUE.
Empcria Avenue Car Line Is Being
Extended

The Street Car company has begun
work on the extension Of the Emporia
avenue line from Lincoln street to Bai-
ley. When the line was built the school
board resented having the loop placed in
front OF the Lincoln school house and
the Street Car company then decided to
extend the line TO Bailey where there
is plenty Of room for a loop and no
schools 10 interfere At present the En-
poria avenue cars run 10 Lincoln street
and return without turning and viii con-
tinue in this manner until the loop is
completed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16

4 B. Sykes returned from nse-~eeks
sisit az Butter. Pa. where be ~as called
20 the bedside q his Sex mother she
improved in health after hs reached But
ssr ard after spending ssssTsi weeks Win
Ter, be listed other eastern points
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
CONCERT THIS AFTERNOON.
Sanford's Band VIII Play in NORTH
Riverside Park.

Sanford's Union band will give their
regular concert this afternoon in North
Riverside park, commencing at AIS. Fol-
lowing is the program:
March 'ReliSisso" .............. Chambers
Medley-Overture Sunny Tennessee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Boetger
Pleasant Memories .-............ Farmhouse
Dixie Land ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aines
Down On the Farm. .....Von Fifteen
The Darkies' Patrol ............... Lansing
America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26
PERSONAL.

DR.. Gay was in st. Louis Tues
day.
Earnest Nagel is home from st
Louis.
A.. Winkler was in town from
Poplar this week.
Ad. Reese, of Annapolis, was 6
caller at this Office Monday.
Mrs. III. Welch, of O'Fallon, Ills.
is visiting relatives in Ironton.
L. G. Chambers and family were
here from st. Louis the past week
Mrs. Blemel is visiting a brother
who is living in Havana, Arkansas
Mr.. and Mrs. Bond are attending
a~wedding in Poplar Bluff thi'
week.
Mrs. H. O'Brien visited he.
daughter, Miss Leah, in Oran thi'
week.
Miss Anthony, of Fredericktown
is the guest of her cousin, Mis-
Irene Goulding.
Mrs. S. w. Andrews, of st
Louis, is the guest of w. A
Fletcher and family in Arcadia.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Phelan viii
close their summer home here fol
the season and return to st. Louis
next Monday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26

then another loop and the other
needle. Now you go right along
6 knits straight, 7 bias, and 3 extra
to full the width; or, if you like
the diadem figure better, 8, 5, and
Railways being careful to ply
your needles so as not to fray the
yarn. You knit 1886 rounds in
this way, paying, however, due
attention to the form the garment
is intended to fit, drawing in and
fulling out where necessary-but
you understand that. Then when
the collar is to be done, you take
81 knits-"
"Seventy-one!" interposed HUI
dey-"71 is my way, my dear
Helen, and"
"Now, really" put in Hiawatha,
81 think you're both wrong; my
rule is 81, and"
Hostess - I'VE to be sure,
there is no cast iron rule-it's
largely a matter of taste, | sup
pose; but say ST."
Huldy-"'7l!"
Hiawatha-''91!"
And then they argue the ques-
ton back and forth until the caller,
under the plea of headache, ex-
cuses herself and loses the re-
mainder of the lesson. But the
differences are soon amicably set
tied or ignored or compromised,
the needles fly back and forth in
the usual way, and the print of
complex thought is on the brow.
The foregoing, taken from life,
will of course be received with a
proper regard to the limitations of
the masculine intellect; but in the
main it's strict subservience to
truthfulness will be readily recog-
nized. For one hour and thirty
minutes | sat in a far-off-corner in
respectful silence and listened to
sweater talk; perhaps if l had
made an earlier exit my ideas
would have been less confused.
Still, I flatter myself the unin-
structed fair reader will find in the
technique of this item sufficient re-
liable guidance to start her fairly
on the road to sweaterdom. As to
colors, the choice is not limited
blue, red, black, yellow, green,
Whitehall are good, for it's the
sweater, not it's shade, that counts,
Only, | cannot conscientiously
recommend white, as it fades toe
much in the handling. In this
particular black requires the least
care, and is therefore best for neo-
phytes. Contributions from eX-
perts on this absorbing topic will
be gratefully received and valu-
able information requited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26

Remember we are still closing
out our stock Of dry goods and
shoes. III. Farmhouse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19

and In 1861 enlisted in the Confederate
army. After varied service in the field ne
became commander of blockade runner.
and. being captured. was. for five months
a prisoner at Point Lookout. After the war
he taught school in Alabama, practiced law
in Macon and lectured on English litera-
ture. being retained in the latter work at
Johns Hopkins University In the summer
of ISL he camped in the mountains OF
North Carolina, dying OF consumption. Sept
I, at Lynn. His published writings include
much notably fine verse.
Can you tell me the meaning Of the word
Maru, as "Hong-Kong Maru." etc. what
are the particulars of Lord Rosebery
wife's tragic death?-T. p. G.
1t is a Japanese word meaning round
and is used in connection with the names
of ships. though its applicability is not quite
clear. In fact, the origin of the word Is
obscure. Formerly it was applied to other
things, as castles "Maru,' and 1t is thought
that some fancied resemblance OF ships TO
castles may have led 10 the transfer OF
the word. Another theory is that the word
originally applied to ships was marc"
term of endearment and that it finally
evolved into 'maru." 2. Lady Rosebery' s
death resulted from an attack of typhoid
fever and we do not know of any tragedy
in connection with it further than it's
untimeliness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19
The Octopus in Literature.

Golfers Weekly.
Still another octopus has begun to emerge
into the light. This time 1t is the small
publisher who seems TO be doomed. OF the
hundred and odd former combinations,
most OF which have been born in the last
few years, only one had &c do with any
thing outside of industry. This movement
toward the concentration of the book trade
is. therefore. the second in the domain OF
art and thought. The small publisher dis
covers new writer. This new writer be-
comes famous. The big publisher imme-
diately comes along and says, Il will pay
you more than the little man can possibly
pay you" In former times this was
against the etiquette of the business, but
now II is the regular procedure. The au-
thor naturally accepts. Often the pub
Usher is willing to meet an actual loss In
order to secure the advertisement or a
name which has probably happened more
than once in the of Mr.. kpling
books. Thus the famous author gains Dy
combination The beginner loses, In the
case of plays, because the cost of produc-
ton is so great that the business men at
the head of the trust do not care for eX-
periments The literary octopus threatens
no such calamity, because the risk on a
single book is small. and, II new author
succeeds, the publisher makes far more
than he can possibly make out or the writ
ing of well-knOwn man.