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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
THE JAYHAW<ER OF SUNFLO WERDOM

the makeup, of the dancers. All these
| little things are grist for the reportorial
mill, you must know, and yet all this
wealth of turgid imagery. to meet the
! requirements Of a Metropolitan daily's
Sunday special, must be embellished with
| photographs.
So George unlimbered his kodak and
made ready to snap the works" Right
here ii must be remembered that only
painted braves were dancing some sew
! enty in all, while the squaws were en-
thusiastic onlookers and whilom protec-
tors. Kodaks are inhibited by the In
dams at these exhibitions, and George
knew he was taking long chances, but
he must have that picture so he focused
the camera carefully at an opportune
moment and made ready for the expos
ure
George pressed the button and-well
it was a squaw standing just behind him
who done the rest" Hardly had the
click Of the shutter echoed down the
ambient atmosphere before the persistent
photo-taker realized that his act had been
observed. A swarthy arm made as
though to encircle his neck in a snug
embrace, and his precious kodak came
near being lost in the shuttle. Quickly
realizing that it was the camera, and not
him. the buXom squaw was after. George
wheeled instanter and commenced max
ing tracks for the tall timber. the Calico
robed fairy OF coppery hue in close pur-
suit. George ran and ran, breathless but
exultant, ever and anon turning to see
a pursuing form close upon his heels,
and with the sound Of swishing drapery
in his ears.
But George out-distanced his vengeful
pursuer, and that he safely escaped may
be best proven by his presence on the
streets today. He got the picture too,
ard his praphic report of the dance in
the Kansas City and ST. Louis papers
will be fully embelished with handsome
views taken by our special artist" and
il was most fortunate that Georeg took
his notes before he made the pictures else
his splendid efforts would have gone
for naught, since he did not dare go back.
Glad are we beyond expression that
our good friend, Roberts, turned a
seeming tragedy into splendid victory.
and was spared TO return to his many
friends flushed but happy, little ont
of breath. but righteously exultant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Pi,ssburq Coal Regions.

A fact that Is surprising 10 the ordinary
man who - no; connected with railroad
work is told by the Fort scott Monitor.
The Frisco loaded daily during the mosth
or MAY. In the coal regions Of PistsburE.
the following.
Coal cars. $500: box cars. s.S.5. stock
cars. 10. Miscellaneous. so. which make
"a total of Nos
This is certainly a good showing when
Dispatcher Harry Gabriel SAYS May was
the highest In the past year During this
period it was almost incesantly raining
and many % the mines did not work az
all on account % high water preventing.
The above does not include the main line
business but only the branch with which
Mr.. Gabriel has 10 deal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Death Of an indian Chief.

During an alteration between Robert
Reaubodieux. an Iowa Indian. and Dan
lei Tohee. the chief of the Iowa tribe.
on the Iatters allotment. about seven
miles southwest Of Ripley. ReaUbOdieuK
inflicted an ugly wound with a garden
hoe on chief Tohee's head and face. from
the effects q which he died. relates the
Times
Il f. impossible 20 learn the facts from
the indians. as the are averse q talk
ing anything about the affair. Reports
say the trouble VS. regarding sor1e AZ
f8Irs IN the tribe which has been brew
ing FOR some time over the management
o, certain matters u Esay have been
caused a. % who should look after the
crops.
ReaubodieuK has been arrested and viii
Dc taken % Chandler
Dan Tohee vas a popular chief with
his tribe and also had The respects q
;he whites in his community. Sic vas
about 60 years Cd
u t. not kaoWu who Vii succeed To
bee. avt che In1iana az IKE Prank
Kanp ard ~ doubt a. their next con
clave he viu be selected a. ehlst q the
IoWas. Eho n9w number about ssgh;y
Z Indiana
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Up to Neck in Snow.

r. C. Banta of the Ottawa Herald is
touring Colorado in a covered wagon,
making an invoice of the states scenery.
He writes to the Herald that he is sit
ting somewhere between sunrise and sun
set, with a mountain for a back rest
and a canon to dangle his feet in.
Mr.. Banta assumes that there will be
some question about the facts In his let
ter, and he forestalls any such criticism
by saying frankly that he knows no.
body will believe him. The following Is
his statement about Pipes Peak. 1t will
be known as the first fairy tale of Sche-
herezade. liar extraordinary TO the king.
Speaking of snow and queer phenom-
ena. l had an experience Tuesday that
beats any summer experience 1 ever had.
We climbed Pixies Peak. That was
nothing / have done the same thing
before But I hate TO tell you my ex-
periences. for you won't believe them
until / get back and show you kodak pic
lures to verify the things / could tell.
We started for the Peak In the morning.
The sun shone bright at the start of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28

wsuk0rnis has catered M cosfesf for
ihs state eapi;oi - Okahoua n locat-
TX the capital various eonrf1eFa;ions
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forth ftsse cIslrnz fGr VFsusor.is. fTsE-
kaais = - feet shere tze sss. hcF pa
fural drziz - perfect ~stsr a. q fna
parest and g. ireHha sstgsis. Sc s. ths
exact center ~ poEsIsfl1z - S9sld
drive 8 - ir ~ r~Htsr q caEi1l Bin
sat tart f.xl7h bra IN @hlfl her egu-
anss Houif l11k Ire zFesf cfrris q
vsrtage add Herfat srisat1f rr--eirirx
s-suai distsrcs freq ths e~aisr -,
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peae;rafes ard razicss every Fuartsr -
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Eternal Town Row.

The Emporia town row, which is now
on in full blast started in the summer
of 1889. Plumb. Eskridge, stotIer, Proc
TOR, Bancroft, Brundrem, Hill, Cooper
and others were unmarried and were the
Emporia hot-stuff, explains the editor of
the FL Dorado Republican. a dance was
given at Phillips place, on Duck creek,
that summer and although it was a dozen
or fifteen miles away all the Emporia
young men went. There was a blooming
widow in Emporia-she was not exactly
a widow. but her husband didn't count
and each young man sent an invita-
ton TO the widow TO the dance. and the
vendetta was on. Plumb won out and
on the evening of the dance they all went
over TO Duck Creek on horseback Some
with girls and some without-girls were
mighty scarce those days Well. when
they got to dancing, all the other En-
pOria boys agreed to boycott Plunb's
girl and not one of them danced with
her during the evening; and the war was
on; and is on TO this day. During the
civil war sort of peace was declared
Plumb was in the army, while Eskridge
was at home running things his way
1t was in 1866, if &c remember. that
Eskridge was out for the legislature
The soldiers had returned home and they
Immediately trotted out Plumb, who
was elected; and this revived the town
row About this time H c. Cross landed
IL Emporia. He was an Ohio stock man,
and had a bunch Of sheep. Failing with
sheep he studied law. and, although he
mad no money. he soon started bank in
opposition 10 the Plumb bank. and from
then on il was pull Dick, pull Devil.
But Plumb won out as United States
Senator, but in all his fights he had to
'placate' the Cross crowd. Later on.
when the Ottawa road was built. Plumb
took the Cross crowd into the construc-
zion company. Plumb was away and
Cross managed the job, got the money
but did not dizzy up. As a matter of
fact. a large sum was due the Plumb
crowd, about $40, O0o if we remember.
but Cross never spoke of it to Plumb
afterwards Although Cross and Plumb
and nearly all the other original partici-
pants in the Emporia town row. are
dead. the row goes merIily on and it be-
gias>~to look like it would go on forever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
With His Tail Cut Short


The Blackwell News observes that
Don Christy, of Blackwell. has fine
bird dog pup. but thereby hangs no tail.
During the high water. when so many
people were watching the Frisco rail-
road bridge with the expectation Of see
ing ii go out, the curiosity of Don's pup
led him TO the bridge likewise. But the
pup was not satisfied with standing upon
the bank of the river and viewing the
bridge. so he walked out upon il
When the pup had reached the middle
of the bridge an engine came along. It
was a case Of either dog or engine get
ting out of the way of the other. The
dog looked at the approaching engine.
then towards the far end of the lond
bridge. and then down into the turbulent
river. and hesitated. But the engine did
not hesitate. and that's where the trou-
bic arose.
The dog perched himself out on the
end Of the tie. evidently with the in
tention of giving the engine right-of-way.
But in a thoughtless moment. he forgot
70 take in his tail. but left IL lying
cCross the rail. Probably had the en-
pjneer noticed it he might have jumped
.Ae engine over the dogs tail. but evi-
IDENTIFY he didn |, FOR there was sudden
yelp and the pup shot into the air and
down into the stream below. and when
he carae out he had no more tail than
e rabbit.
Don took his dog into Billy Adams sa-
loon 10 have him retailed but Billy
sand that under the law he couldn't DO
II. owing to the fact that his license re-
stricted hiu4 wholly 10 retailing spirits,
vhereupon he seized an ice pick anu
chased Don and his pup through the
sNrecn door
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Girls Given Searching Advice.

The girl in the small town has hard
lines to follow. Only last week the
Brown County World attacks them thus:
We DO wish the pretty little girls Of
this town would be as modest as they
are pretty, II they would avoid the de-
pot and keep off the streets and quit
chasing the boys they'd be just all right.
Everybody would love them and no one
would talk about them. You can't
tell anything about them They could
fool the devil himself. Recently girl
who is both sweet and shy-a model Of
good conduct-became as bold as the
boldest and regularly goes 10 the depot
to meet scamp traveller who hasn't
even the grace to show her any prefer
ence in public. The q 10 IS year-old
young women who have younger sisters
Is to IS should he with them more. The
younger girls are so pretty that the men
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Scientific Jail Breaking.

Every man finds science of use TO him.
but If was left to a jaiIbird at Fredonia
to make practical use of it in close quar-
tiers. James Sankton took the hose pipe
and slipped it over the gas pipe and heat
ed the bars red hot and then threw cold
water on them; after this was repeated
few times it was an easy matter to
bend and break the bars. He then took
the bars and dug through the stone wall
and escaped The other prisoner. who is
charged with DEMONSTRATING, pounded on
the doors and honered that he had got
away, but no attention was paid. He had
been working on the bars for three
nights. Sonkton was captured at Pitts
burg. Kan. Monday. and taken back
to Fredonia Monday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Truly Good Roads Advocate.

We were mistaken in stating the other
says the lola Record. He likes the town
and says he will stay awhile. He has
secured position bossing a gang of Ia
borers who are doing time on the streets
for various misdemeanors. incidentally
he is doing little himself. He says that
his gang is a wrong font and it requires
ali his time to keep them from being pied.
Being a good printer, he will not work
anywhere for less than 81 a day. but the
city here needs work on the streets and
they are not able to pay such wages. and
as a result he is wiling to help them out
by accepting payment Of 81, to be credited
on a little sum they claim is due them
because of Reds" being rather fuller
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Veneer Wears Away Rapidly.

The Globe tells Of s woman Sho came
TO Atchison lately. and announced that
she was from Boston she was dread
fully superior al first. but after a tirne
It developed that she was from Iowa. and.
as her veneer wore OF. and people came
10 know her better they liked her very
well But she was heartily disiiked sew
eral months. simply because she thought
she was moving into crude western
community whereas she was no better
than the people here. and In many cases
not 50 good This is the siiliest mistake
people make: 90 announce that they come
from Boston. or Chicago or Connecticut
and then find fault with everything IL
you are superior people will End u out tn
spite Of modesty. Really superior peo-
pie are never impudent. impolite or lack
Ing in rnodesty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
The Distress of . Boy.

The Chickasha Express relates a story
OF interest to boys and girls. as follows:
Walter Fame was in distress several
days last week Friday his fine water
spaniel Tony" disappeared. and he
thought he had been stolen. All that
day and the next he roamed the streets.
looking for Tony and whistling and call
ing. AS no trace OF him could be fou~d
Saturday night. he thought the dog was
sone-for good. Sunday morning Tony
scratched on the door of his master $
room and was joyfully admitted Tony
had been of on a little iaunt Of his own.
and returned Of his own accord when
he got ready.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28

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= Sfrsareszzs eessfgs - ccerf 81 siFsssi-
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f1sexsEnae. - as7fasase iszai sssFratkA
80 - caEa - hsstssg a. > E4teA creek
czzze cc1sess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28

entire Tonkawa reservation and thou
sands of head of cattle in charge. Mr..
Hill was formerly one of the cattle kings
of the west. He made his home for
ten years at Yellow Bull Crossing on
the Salt Fork, and. by the way. Yellow
Bull Crossing is named after a Nez
Perces Indian chief Prior to the occu-
pancy of the Tonkawas. the Nez Perces
Indians occupied the reservation. Mr..
Hill could hardly grasp the changes that
had taken place and especially the beau
tiful college which stands on the spot
Of the bull whackers triumphs and trib-
ulations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Is "outocracy" Our Doom?

The Medford Star asks: Are We drift
ing as a nation toward an Outocracy
The action Of Eugene Ware. pension
commissioner. in forbidding the clerks
in his department from contributing 10
the Kansas food sufferers. would look
like IL what right has Mr. Ware or
even the President 20 say to an emplqye
OF the government what he shall do with
his money. so long as he uses II hon
estly. We rather think that Eugene
Ware as hard ware or wear and tear can
not stop the average American from Civ
ing away money IL he chooses TO-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Correct spelIer at Four.

Payne county has produced preco-
c.ous youth. who Is an extraordinary
speller. His name is Fred Bradley. son
OF John W. Bradley. He is only four
Years old and does not know his letters.
Yet can spell the longest words 10 be
found in the language He began TO 90
this while listening 10 his older brothers
rehearse their lessons at home. explains
the Advocate His father took notice Of
this and soon began TO teach him how
10 spell the long. hard words found in
the books. by spelling them a time or
two FOR the youngster. He spells only
The words he has been taught 70 spell
and never makes an error. He spells
such words as these without any diff
Guilty whatever: BlagevestchensS. incom-
prehepsibisty. uncompromisingly. Mar
las des Cygnes. !rrefrag ableness. tirtin-
nabulatlon Chevaux de Frise cher d
oeuvre, Bots d arc Popocatapel.
He also spells sentences as he would
iE each were a single word: thus:
Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu. capital
Theodorse Roosevelt. President.
The lad is one of family. OF six chill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Garden City Zoo.

Garden City is going TO have zoo
Clerk Nc. d. Rowan has two antelopes in
the park which were secured from W. A.
Custer of Colusia. Kans. They are ex-
celent speciments. but need a good appli-
cation OF Ayers Hair Restorer." declares
the Imprint.
This paper says further that Commits
sioner Holmes is negotiating with Roose-
welt and c. J. Jones for a mountain lion.
Chalfant promises to secure an elk; Trea-
surer Ford a badger; Reeve a prairie
dog: Ellis-wel we saw him along the
ditch. Sunday, after church-gUess he
will furnish a whale. Supt. Covert. who
is fond of music viii doubtless furnish
a pair of hooking birds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
The Chinese Included.

Chas. Wong a Chinaman. who lives IN
Chickasha. refused 10 work the streets
recently and officers gathered him IN
The Express gives the following account
or the afair: In pidgin English the chick
endesvored TO explain TO Judge Haight
that he wasn't citizen OF the country.
and didn't have TO work the streets.
Judge Haight though different. however.
and fined him according 70 Hoyle and
the statoots- The Chinee paid the fine
and the street tax Of 81 additional but
he dida't appreciate the proceedings one
bit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Contest in Radish Weights.

The Frederick Enterprise relates with
pride how II. P Tandy OF that city.
brough In a radish which weighed two
pounds and was fifteen inches in length.
On another day W. S. McCurdy brought
in a turnip which tipped the beam AZ
FIVE pounds. Both OF these vegetable
giants are on exhibition at the Office
The Apache Review tries its hand az
follows: That's a pretty good iUruip.
brother. for southern Comanche county
20 produce, but il would not excite any
comment in this neighbOrhood- a fern
er living north Of town last year raised
a turnip which weighed eight pounds
and radishes which resembled the large
trees which our Biographies tel Us grow
in California II you want 20 see garden
truck grow 70 a size that would b. ap-
propriste TO serve On the tables q Gull
Ifvers giants. come 20 Apache
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28

bles forth from the soil. He de-
scribes the effects thus: y semi-tuupor
came over me, gaudy colored butterflies
few about. birds sang all the late and
popular airs while the hooking birds
whistled obl!gatos. and a feeling of in
finite joy possessed me. Into my will
ing hand delinquent subscribers thrust
silver dollars and rare compliments were
paid to the worth Of the Headlight
The mayor of Cleo stepped up and
thanked me for visiting his city and
asked me to drink to the health Of the
Headlight in champagne. AS the glasses
were raised and the lips separated to
here the sepll was broken and the spring
gurgled at my comfiture from it's recess
in the bank and seem TO say; Water
such as this is good enough for you"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
A DEAD Beat ou.ud.,ed.

The Enid Eagle tells boz 3 zsil-ouiif
7ue specimen q physical sirszgfh arr
endurance ws-E Into tie corapos.nE To7-n
of thar o1ce the other day SID ~strrscs
shs foreman for tob q fgy-s-settias or
distribution q carr enopzh Wifh -hs-h
70 90 = s7sar~ real Tk@ fo-e1ar
;o,t hin ~ cossta -ih-ow up a tsw
iyp. TeR-E tie foreman ihaS h Eolis
- back II a fe~ ri-uf-s. ne IA BIZ
scar h-os-labor left That va ths iasf
sen % hin he Eas = esz1Aesi q fse
ary- water; o.s o. those aesS.e@e.e tsl-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
> LIFE IN LAND OF THE FAIR GOD =

lows who think that the world owos
them living. and they are golng TO
have it without dampenlng the earth
with the sweat OF their brow. lie had
thought 10 hear from the foreman that
he had no work for him. and the next
move would have been 10 ask him for
quarter to get a meal within reality.
20 get liquor with. True Il IS that 1T
takes all kinds OF people % make a
world"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Ahus> of Home ToAn.

Some unthinksnz individuals q many
Okla bona towns far 70 appreciate their
good fortune 81 having a chance 20 help
their towns ard nan their letters o.
the train. The Headlight oornplsi1s b.
cause about ore-thira - fhe Garner mail
Eoes or; this way. Mary forrth-cisss
postoaacrs have been running more iha1
their allowance IN cancellation ard IN
less this abuse becomes too serious rranT
WI become third-ciass thirt-class
postoeIoe speaks vel foT the bushes
Of a town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
A Model Home.

Western Life of Leavenworth has dis
covered a model home. The writer while
out on a walk for pleasure became inter
ested in a beautiful little cottage in the
suburbs of the city. He describes it as
follows: 1t was house of three rooms.
everything about the place was neat and
clean. The front yard was model, the
flowers in the beds were in fun bloom,
and in the rear OF the yard was the family
kitchen garden, and here was a little Of
everything, not much of each. but suffi-
cient for family use; potatoes. tomatoes,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28

Judge B1rra rsosafiT pfseata ~
Payns oe1snfg. har Fsfuras2 ffsn rssif
70 hls cd bone - Sew For1. Efieh -
ieff IL ~ he gsare brarasf tark
a sword Nhifh - fasH1 ihfe~ r -
aoefh - Fressrfezsasrx "a ~ So
isth a. Aurusf. laes Sc carried s. hoses
ussh sa sd 49, - stsrfss Essf ia
- - - 10 suorf zr3 hsf ~ ~ =
,. antg an fsfs-o g. tFe ~ years
lafsr. se-isfss gbe stTanos Ths sw1rs;
i saarEe1 -~ aus 49, - srrr-
sfty % ceassss7a;s e-rss. YnrfasF
sAas thls - Aston = znksasa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Lost His Wife.

The losses in the recent floods differ in
as many ways as there are cases. West
ern Life tells Of one Gus Ehram, Of Law
renee, who went to Leavenworth 70 look
for his wife whom he had not seen since
the flood. He thought she must be there
or in Tonganoxie or perhaps with some
relatives several miles north of Lawrence
He was not in the least worried about
her and he is sure she is safe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
Sour Grapes.

Oxford was 70 have played ball at Well
ington with Il Reno ore Sunday, but
were not allowed 70 pun the game OF
On account OF a Sunday law. The Belie
PIaine Defender declares that some q
the boys said thcir maHrnas didn want
them 70 pIsy or sunday. anyway. Il
seems that Wellington. ike Belle PLANE,
would rathe- b a good little town than
a wicked Dig city
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-28
victor's opponents' Finances.

The Carrier Monitor criticizes the
Eagles assertion that the candidate with
a barrel of money IL growing more
powerful and therefore more dangerous
20 the liberties Of the people as fol-
lows
Who ever il vas that run against
Victor Murdock at the election must
have been poor indeed.