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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
HAD QUIET WEDDING.
G. w. GrindIe and Mrs. Maggie Moore
Married Sunday.

A quiet but impressive wedding took
place at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin McCutcheon, 726 South Main street,
which united Mr.. George w. Grindle and
Mrs. Maggie Moore. Rev. w. A. Ayers,
pastor of the West Side Baptist church,
performed the ceremony. The bride and
groom are both well and favorably
known in this city, having resided here
for a number Of years. Mr.. and Mrs
Grindle will be at home to their friends in
the Whiuock block, where the groom
had a suite of rooms beautifully fur
nished for his bride.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

The sale OF seats for the engagement
Of James X. Hackett at the Crawford
Friday May Is. Will open at Howe's jew
elry store this morning al O'Clock. This
is the crowuing event OF the dramatic
season and as Mr.. Hackett and The
Crisis" are both well and widely known
there will no doubt be large sale. No
one will be allowed to purchase more
than ten tickets, as the usual custom Is.
so il will be well TO be on hand. The
two stories Winston Churchill has
already published in his series OF Ameri-
can novels have both been seen upon the
stage in dramatic form. The hrst.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12

ing at 15o2 South Topeka avenue. died
about O'Clock yesterday morning at his
home He was born in Chic IS years ago
and has made this city his home for many
years About a year ago he retired from
active life and moved to this city. His
death was due to his extreme age The
remains win be taken to Derby this
morning for interlnent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
RAIN DID NOT
DEFER PEOPLE
From Attending Services Over
Remains of Alex. McCIafferty
ISM PROBATE COURT
All of His Property Is to be
Given Masonic Home

The funeral of Alexander McClaferty.
the old soldier who was killed Saturday
afternoon by a street car, was held at 8
clock yesterday morning at the Kansas
Masonic Home. The services were well
attended by Masons and Odd Fellows of
the city and also many friends of Mr..
McCiafferty. The weather was about "a
bad as one could find, but this did NOT
deter the many friends from paying their
respects to one of the truest and noblest
gentlemen who ever resided in Wichita.
who came TO such a horribly and I'M
timely death, eve.l at a ripe old age.
Rev. Sweitzer, of the Dodge Avenue N.
E. church. paid a glowing tribute 10 this
man in his sermon After the services
under the ritual of the Methodist church.
Albert Pike lodge A. F. and A. NJ, took
charge and Rev. Ritchey. of the st.
Johns Episcopal church. conducted these
services.
The easket, as it stood in the large
assembly room of the Home was beauti-
fully draped with flags and the emblems
of Masons and odd Fellows. designed in
laid to rest in Maple Grove cemetery.
The will of Alexander McClafferty has
been filed in the probate court and was
opened yesterday. The proceedings to adj
NIT it to probate will be held shortly.
Mr.. McClaferty drew a pension and
when he entered the Home had a little
ready cash and also some securities. He
owned several bonds of small denomina-
lions. He had no real property. BY the
terms of his will all of his property is to
go to the Home. which had taken care
of him for the past six years. His estate
is valued at $400.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. J. Myers. Of Centralia.
Kan, the daughter. arrived in the city
Sunday morning and attended the fun
eral. They carefully investigated the
cause of Mr. McClafferty's death ard
announced that they would not ask for an
inquest by the coroner. They returned to
their home yesterday afternoon.
AGED FARMER DEAD.
.IoeI Freeman Died of Old Ane Yes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
GA TS IA -.
a.s,b, -1hs Kind Yea gaw lwsys 1ses
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]. NJ Norris arrived IN the city Satur-
day evening from Monmouth. H., and 10
visiting with his daughters, Mrs 3. a.
Hascan OF u3s Larimer avenue. and AIRS.
VIM Leetfgerwood 81 North Main street.
The sun., 1903-12-07
HORSE ON CAR PLATFORM.
Driver Shot Over the Car, but Wasn't Much
Hurt-Passengers Escape.

horse hitched to cab driven by Patrick
Clarke of 228 East Twenty-sixth street.
ran away down Seventh avenue last night.
At Twenty-eighth street an eastbound
horse car had started across the avenue.
Patrick Cahill, the driver, did not see the
runaway, but whipped up his horses when
Policeman Forbes Of the West Thrtieth
street station yelled to him.
Clarke tried to steer the runaway in the
rear of the car, but couldn't. and the horse
bounded upon the back platform with
enough force to derail the car and wreck
the rear Of it. The dashboard was bent
fiat and the horse landed on the platform
with his fore feet in the car.
The conductor turned just in time to
see the horse and his jump left him on his
hands and knees in the front of the car.
The passengers, three men and woma n
were tumbled out of their seats with glass
showering on them. They scrambled out
through the front door as quickly as they
could.
Clarke, the cab driver. went sailing over
the horse and the roof Of the car and was
picked up stunned and with several bad
bruises When it was found that none Of
the four passen gers was hurt II did not take
Policeman Forbes and several Of the rail-
road employees long to free the horse.
He wasn't even scratched, nor was the cab
damaged
The sun., 1903-12-07
BREWER CAUGHT PICKPOCKET.
Frank Ibert Proves That He's Not Tho
Regulation Fat Dutchman."

Frank Ibert of 1O4i Bushwick avenue,
Brooklyn. wno is the head of the Frank
Ibert Brewing Company. was in the Centre
street police court yesterday as complainant
against a pickpocket who didn't get the
better Of the brewer.
Mr. Ibert and his daughter Ida got in
on New York Central train from Buffalo
on Saturday morning and boa rded an east
bound Forty-second street car. As Mr.
Ibert was pushing his generous frame
through the crowd at the rear door man
with newspaper spread out complain
ingly asked Mr.. Ibert what he WAS doing,
Mr.. lbert said that he was following his
daughter and the man with the newspaper
said that som. folks were in a blasted
hurry.
At that moment man behind Mr.. Ibert
tugged at the brewers diamond stud Mr.
Ibert grabbed the thief's wrist with one
hand and his shoulder with the other and
held tight. The man with the newspaper
got off the car and ran away.
At Lexington avenue the brewer and the
pickpocket were wrestling all over the car.
Policeman Perkins OF the Elizabeth street
station, who had day off was on the front
platform talking to the motorman about
the baseball games in which they used TO
play. He arrested Mr.. 1berts captive.
who turned out to be Jim West, alias David
Weloh alias Frank Williams. He was re-
manded by Magistrate Flammer yesterday
"The fellow has record as long as my
arm" said Mr.. Ibert last night. He ought
to have learned more. He told me he
thought he was up against regulation fat
Dutohman. Well. he wasn't
The sun., 1903-12-07
THREW DICE FOR OFFICE.
Novel Method of Settling . Tie Election
in Utah Declared Legal.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec. 6.--Dice throwing
to decide a tie election is legal under an
opinion given by City Attorney Hentz Of
Provo, to whom was referred the case OF
the chief of police squabble in Fillmore.
The election for chief was hotly contested
and resulted in tie between the Repub-
lican and Democratic candidates They
threw dice to decide which should be
chief. Peter Huntsrnan threw three skies
and his opponent three deuoes.
Huntsman got the job. but became
alarmed as to the legality OF dice throwing
and the case was referred to City Attorney
Hentz.
After a search of the statutes Hentz
decided that the method applied was legal.
The Utah statutes provide that the can
didates may draw lots for the Office. while
on the other hand they prescribe heavy
penalties for throwing dice for drinks or
money. Huntsman began his duties as
chief to-day, His first arrest was made
on gambling charge.
The sun., 1903-12-07
FROsT,S "THOUGHT RECORDER"
Man VINO Interrupted = Carnegie Dinner
Hears From the Patent Ofncc.


PHILADELPHIA, Dec. e-Although a
dinner to Andrew Carnegie in New York
was disturbed and a months incarceration
in an insane asylum followed, the Rev.
w. A. Crawford Frost, who tried to interest
Mr.. Carnegie in his Thought recorder,
is now in possession Of papers from the
Patent Office recording his scheme.
1t was in April, 1901. that Mr. Frost went
to the dinner given to Mr.. Carnegie in New
York by the Society Of American Authors,
He had been working on an appliance for
a typewriter which employed the feet and
legs to move the space. capital and gure
shift keys.
A friend had told him that Mr.. Carnegie
would back the scheme. He took his
friends advice to seek him and raised a
disturbance His election from the banquet
room followed. He went to his room in
the Waldorf Astoria
He was suffering from asthma For
attaches of the hotel smelt the odor and
believing that he was attempting suicide
they took the ether from him.
For a month Mr.. Frost was kept in an
asylum in Baltimore. All the time he was
working on his patent. Now with its COM
pletion he says that typewriters speed
may be increased 10 per cent The arrange
ment is applicable to the multiple tele-
graph and all machines where a keyboard
is used.
At the time of his incarceration Mr..
Frost was the rector of the Memorial Church
Of the Holy Comforter in Baltimore. He
went TO that city from Toronto.
The sun., 1903-12-07
CONDEMNS sWEAT sHoPs.
Cardinal GIBBONS Asks His People Net to
Buy Goods Made I'm Them.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-As IL the custom
on the first Sunday Of every month. Car
dinal Gibbons preached the sermon At
high mass at the Cathedral this morning.
He took occasion to score the use Of sweat
shop" methods in clothing establishments,
calling upon his hearers to discriminate
in making purchases in favor Of employers
who treat their employees with justice
and charity. In conclusion, he recon-
mended the charitable work for oppressed
toilers conducted by the Consumers
League.
The Cardinal said:
After careful investigation. I have
discovered that after laboring for six days,
at ten or twelve hours day. the weekly
compensation of the workers amounts to
SO or IS. And with this pittance they have
to pay for house rent. food and clothing
and other expenses incident to family life.
They are living on starving wages. There
is something radically wrong in our social
and economic condition when the en-
ployer becomes suddenly rich, while the
toler, with the utmost thrift and economy,
can scarcely keep the wolf from the door.
A young woman tainted in the cathedral
about ten minutes before the close Of the
high mass Cardinal Gibbons left his
place in the sanctuary, and, going to the
pew wherein the young woman had been
Sitting, directed that she be carried into
the sacristy. The people were quieted
by Cardinal Gibbons, who told them that
the accident was not serious.
The sun., 1903-12-07
PUBLIC SCHOOL ANARCHY.
Chicago Teacher Says Ideas Of Lawlessness
Sprout in the Class Rooms.

CHICAGO, Dec. e.-The public schools are
breeding place for Anarchists, according
to the statement Of Principal w. Fl. Camp
bell of the Wentworth School. at a meeting
yesterday of the George Rowland Club.
.There are coming out of the public schools
to-day, a great mass Of Anarchists. he
declared to the astonshment of the teachers.
He was interrupted and asked to explain.
Mr.. Campbell said:
Pupils in many Of the schools in Chicago.
and in my own school, hoot at the teachers
when they pass by. I have even known
them to follow the teachers to their board
ing houses. When a body OF pupils are
permitted to 60 into school and say that
one Of their teachers must mot ride on street
cars run by non-union carmen during
strike, and be sustained in their demand.
/ say that is anarchy. ! do not say that
anarchy is taught in the schools, but one
thing we must do is to seek a remedy. We
have a parental school. and it is full and II
that were enlarged 1t would be filled up
lust as quickly
The sun., 1903-12-07
MGR. OCONNELL ESCAPES DEATH.
A Cab In which He Was Seated Is DE.
niOlished by an Electric Car.

nlOllshed by an Electric car.
WASHINGTON Dec. e.-Mgr. OConnell,
rector of the Catholic University. mar
rowly escaped death this evening. An
electric car struck cab in which he was
seated, demolishing the vehicle. hurting
the horse backward to the bottom Of an
open sewer thirty feet deep and leaving the
priest unharmed on the brink OF the exca-
vation. The accident occurred few
hundred yards from the entrance gate Of
the university. The horse miraculously
escaped injury, but was 80 tightly wedged
into the pit of the sewer on its back, that
it could not be raised without the aid Of a
derrick.
Mgr. O'Connell, after satisfying him.
self that his driver was safe. looked over
the edge Of the deep sewer.
Its an act of merciful Providence.
There is God in Israel" he said tearfully
and reverently. Il do not understand how
l escaped with my life. or why the disaster
was not an appalling one. It will always
be a mystery to me, and nothing but the
mercy Of an Almighty God saved me, pro-
tected my driver and preserved the life
OF the faithful horse"
The cabman, Dan Callahan, who 1t was
thought was killed. escaped with sprained
arm.
The sun., 1903-12-07
BLAMES YELLOW NEWSPAPERS.
Ex.d;ov. Hamilton Says They Are RespOn-
sible for the Spread OF Crime In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-"Socialism which is
but one step from anarchy, is rampant in
every section Of Chicago and it breeds
unrest. disorder and contempt for the law.
The city is under reign Of terrorism and
crime"
Former Governor John NJ. Hamilt on made
this st tatement yesterday in the parlors
of the Hamilton Club, where 100 lawyers
and business men we're assembled in me-
mortal session for James A. Fullenwider.
attorney and clubman, who was killed by
highwaymen.
II believe the real cause of all The trouble
is corrupt, venal, yellow journalism" con-
tinued Mr.. Hamilton. by this l mean
those newspapers which issue extra edi-
tions hours before the time they are sup
posed to be published. They have flaming
headlines, magnifying crime and attempt
ing to make sensations out of everything
that occurs. The tendency is to excite
the public mind and present thieves, high
waymen and bandits as heroes, and many
boys and weak minded men are influenced
10 disrespect law and frown upon deoency.
these are the real causes for the carnival
Of crime which is lowering over our city
to-day. / do not refer to the newspapers,
and we have them in Chicago, which are
content with publishing truthful news and
working for the moral and physical i'm
provement of the city and it's people,
The sun., 1903-12-07
RODE IN on THE COWCATCHER.
Farmer. Whose Horses Were Killed, Thought
He Was SulI Driving His Team.

faRmef, WnOee ftOFefS WSre huISu, huOuBue
He Was sun Driving His Team.
HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 0.-Charles Stahl-
bohm. proprietor Of q road house near this
city, was driving home last night from
Dyer. where he had been buying stock.
He had met too many friends in Dyer and
as he neared the Monon Railway, fifteen
miles south Of here, he did not notice q
fast freight train until II was upon him.
The train killed both horses and made
kirdling wood of the wagon.
Stahlbohm Jared mirsculously. He was
thrown on the engine pilot and 80 tightly
had he grasped his reins that he still held
parts of them, as we'll a. the whip. when the
train pulled into Hammond. There he was
found by the engineer, who did not know
of the collision.
Stahlbohm evidently thought he was still
driving, for he was seated upright with the
blanket around his knees and the rem
nants of the reins still outstretched in his
hands. When Engineer Bellinger shook
him out of his stupor he accused the train
men of stealing his cap and his horses and
had to be held from fighting them. He
was unin jured.
The sun., 1903-12-07
STOLE REGISTERED LETTERS.
re exIstry Clerk at Fffth Avenue Branch
Post once Arrested.

About six months ago a registered letter
to a Fifth avenue book firm went to Post
Office Branch o. at Fifth avenue and Seven
teenth street, but didn't reach the book
company. As Max Kahn, registry clerk.
had receipted for the letter last he was
compelled to make good, For time no
OF her letters went astray, but within the
last three weeks about one hundred COM
plants abou, los. registered letters have
Leen made. Post Office Inspectors Meyer
and Juco bs followed Kahn from the branch
to his home at 81 Wes, Eighth street at noon
Yesterday and arrest ed him as he was going
in the door On him they found twenty
one letters, all but two OF which had been
opened. Kahn had number of bank bills
in his pocket.
According to the inspectors, Kahn con-
fessed the theft of a number OF letters and
said he had stolen because his wife had
lost s25 and sickness in his family had made
his expenses greater. The inspectors think
he got away with s., 600. He was detained
at the Tenderlnin police station.
After Kahn had been locked up he sent
for his wife, requesting her to bring their
baby boy along. She went to the police
station. but didn't take the baby. She
became hysterical when she learned kahn's
plight.
The sun., 1903-12-07
HOW GATES KILLED THE BEAR.
A Moment OF Mutual Alarm" and Then
Two Well Directed Shots,

MATAooRDA, Tex, Dec. 8.-Louis Merden
who has arrived here from the canebrakes
near the mouth Of the Colorado River
which were the scene of the hunting ex-
perience Of John w. Gates and party two
days ago, tells story OF Mr.. Gates's en-
counters with two bears Mr. Gates killed
one Of the bears, but the other one got sway
from him after 1t had been cornered.
Mr.. Merden says that Mr.. Gates was sep
arated from the rest Of the hunting party
when he came across the first black bear.
The dogs were on the trail and Mr.. Gates
was plunging through the dense canebrake
in an effort to keep up with the chase, when
he came face to face with the bear. The
animal had doubled on his tracks and
was making for the denser thicket OF the
river bottom.
The trail was 30 narrow that the
bear and Mr.. Gates could not pass, and
for an instant they stood facing each other
in mutual alarm. The bear then rose on
its hind legs ready for a charge. Mr.. Gates
saved his life by bringing his gun to his
shoulder, and with quick aim sending bullet
into the chest Of the bear. 1t was death
wound. but Mr.. Gates fired bullet into
the brain OF the animal to make sure. He
was within ten feet Of the bear when he
fired.
The bear was magnificent specimen
and weighed 800 pounds, The hide was
taken of and will be taken North by Mr..
Gates as souvenir Of the encounter.
The following day Mr.. Gates was hunting
in the canebrake when the dogs routed
another big bear. 1t was chased int o
close quarters at bend in the river. MIR.
Gates was just ready to take a shot at the
animal when 1t was tumbled of the bank
by the dogs and fell into the river. 1t
disappeared in some mysterious manner
and is supposed to have found refuge in
the dense underground bordering the
stream. The dogs lost the trail completely.
Mr.. Gates was the only member of the
party to kill bear. He is very proud Of
his exploit. He says that he will return
to this place next season with large hunt
ing party.
The sun., 1903-12-07
NO REVIvALS IN ZION CITY.
Receivers Refuse Permission for Outside
RELIGIOUS People 10 Invade the Place.

Religious PeOpie 10 snNAue TIC fIace'
CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-Application for per-
mission to invade Zion City with religious
and charity workers and to hold revival
and mission services and meetings there
to convert the followers of Dowie has been
made to the receivers and their attorneys.
Clergymen of various denominations de-
clare that the people OF Zion City need in
struction upon the distinction between
religion and ma terialism, and that if per-
mission ia given to establish missions and to
hold services there the condition Of the
people of Zion City could be improved.
1t is urged that the people of Zion City
at this time are in receptive frame of
mind
.The receivers are handling the CONNER
cial and business proposition and have no
right to mix in with the religious affairs Of
the people of Zion City, said Messrs. Blount
and Currier. @The receivers cannot be
the Judges whether the people Of Zion City
have the proper religious training, and they
cannot pass upon the question of whether
revival meetings and house to house visits
OF missionaries and charity workers are
proper in Zion City"
The sun., 1903-12-07
IN THE WRONG FLAT.

Six Policemen Come on the Run on the
Heels OF MIR. Pauls Mistake.
John NJ. Paul, who boards at l07 West
Fortieth street, got little confused last
night and went into the house at los, which
looks just like that at iO7. He lives on the
fourth floor at l07, and he went to the
fourth floor at lo5 and got into a vacant
fat
People heard him moving about there.
The janitor said that the man must be a
burglar. and telephoned to the police.
Four detectives and two patrolmen ran up
from the Tenderloin station. They found
the wanderer sitting unconcernedly in the
fiat. The tenants of the house looked him
over, still sure that he was burglar. Then
his landlady came and identified him.
They let him go.
The sun., 1903-12-07
dumped on a owcatchcr.

Samuel Allen, 25 years old, steam filter
of 70 jackson street, Brooklyn, got in the
way of Long Island Railroad train at Grand
street. Maspeth, yesterday afternoon. He
made a jump and landed sprawling, face
down, on the cowcatcher. He was unable
to keep his place, however, and was thrown
into the ditch beside the track He Ia in
st. Johns Hospital with bad wound on
the head
The sun., 1903-12-07
KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF.
DOUBLE CRIME At A WILLIAMS
BURG HOTEL THIS MORNING.
An Actress. Aroused by Sounds Of . Quar-.
rel. Looks Through the keyhole and
Sees the Shooting Done-Resis.
try Lester &. Fitzgerald and WIFE,"

try "Lester &. Fitzgerald and WIFE,"
man and a woman for whom the man
registered as Lester C. Fitzgerald and
wife" went to the Hotel Galavan at briggs
avenue and Broadway Williamsburg, last
night. At 1880 o'clock this morning both
were found dead in Room 10.
The woman had been shot through the
right temple. The man, who was found
lying across the woman's body on the floor.
had also been shot through the head.
woman whose name the police had not
learned when THE Sun went to press
and who is said to be member Of the Ten
derfoot" Theatrical Company, now at
the Amphion Theatre in Williamsburg.
says that she saw the man shoot the woman
and then kill himself.
She occupied an adjoining room. She
says she heard them quarrelling and looked
through the keyhole. She saw the man
draw a revolver from his pocket and do
the shooting.
Her screams of horror started the alarm.
The police were soon on the scene.
Proprietor Gaavan says that Lester G.
Fitzgerald is the mans right name and that
he was glass manufacturer at A Murray
street, this city.
The Fitzgeralds. according to Galavan,
separated about six months ago, and met
by appointment made in letter at Broad
way and Cooper street last night.
An attempt was made, Galavan says,
to effect a reconciliation. He thinks that
in order to carry out this idea they went to
the hotel room.
The police found $500 on Fitzgerald.
The sun., 1903-12-07
HUNT ROCKEFELLER PANTHER.
Parties Out All Night Securing Buttermilk
Mountain.

TARRYTowN. Dec GA hunting party
spent tonight tramping over the 5000
acre estate Of John d. Rockefeller at
Pocantico Hills in search OF panther
which 1t is believed has it's lair on But
termilk Mountain and which has been
causing alarm among the villagers,
Mr.. Rockefeller believes the reports
about the panther are true and he ordered
large number Of traps set. each one baited
with raw meat
The hunting party was headed by Abram
Clear, who is gamekeeper for Mr.. Rookie
feller, and among the hunters were Thomas
Carey, James Shute. Edward Kent and
Charles Kent.
What success the hunters have will not
be known until morning. as Mr.. Clear said
the hunt would be kept up all night.