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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-08-21

For board and lodging, the Bakery
Restaurant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
YOUR MONEY RETURNED
If Hyomei Does Not Cure You CT Go
tarrh, Says Leading Wichita
OruQqists.

In advertising that they viii refund
thu money 10 any orc purchasing Hyo-
mel outfit who can say that it has done
them no good in the treatment Of catarrh,
leading Wichita druggists mean exactly
what the guarantee says
OF course the percentage or cures by
Hyomei Is nearly one hundred or e,~e
they could not AFFORD 10 make this I'M
usual oner. But if the treatment should
not be adapted 10 your case there VIII he
no questions or quibbungs when yon s
70 set your money.
That The beginning Of c5tarrh Is due -
the presence of germs IN the air passages
is now admitted by every physician. Il
stands TO reason that caJarrh cannot b
cured unless these germs are FIRST dc
stroyed The Hyomei treatment kills the
catarrh Germs erea in the minutest air
cells. soothes ard heals the irr tate1
mucous membrane and makes complete
and lasting cures in cases that haVe re-
sisted the usual methods of treatment.
Catarrh cannot De- cursd by medicine
administered Jhrough the stomach. Hy-
omei is the only natural method and L
has made cures that seem Ui-ac2lous.
The outfit costs hut s. 90 and cons IS u
an inhaler which Viii last "a lifetime ard
sufficient Hyomci fo- several weeks
treatment. additional bottles OF Hyo1ei
can b. procured for 5ec
Leading Wichita druggists give their
personal guarantee with eve~y Hyomei
outfit they sell 10 refund the money Il T.
does not cure. There Is 20 risk what
ever 10 the purchaser OF HyoneI.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
old RUINS WILL
BE CLEARED AWAY
Butts Brothers Buy Paint
Building Site.
ON ST FRANCIS AVENUE
Planning Mill May Be Built
Soon.

For a cash price of S2,751 the Butts
Bros Lumber company, situated at the
corner of First street AMI st. Francis
avenue, yesterday purcha sed The fifty
feet of ground Immediately south of their
yards formerly occupied by the two-story
brick building occupied b. the Wichita
Paint and Color company. The building
was burned to the ground some time
back.
1t is understood that Butts Bros viii
commence at once on the work OF clear
ing the ground. When that is finished II
IS said that a substantial brick building
viii be erected to be occupied by an up
to-date planning mill which will employ
between thirty and forty men.
This lumber company has only existed
in Wichita but a short time, although
MANY improvements have been made to
The property purchased by it since pos
session was taken. At the present time
It is one of the most complete businesses
Of its kind in the city Including the
fifty feet of ground bought yesterday,
the company now owns nearly half
block block of some Of the best property
In the city.
When seen last evening. c. r. Dowlin,
who is manager Of the company. neither
denied or affirmed the report. He said
~ have nothing TO give out for the pres
emit Later there may be something new
from the purchase of the two lots. and
We will let you know
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
SUIT is FILED.
William Goebei, kentucky's Governor,
Owned Property Here

Kos and V. Harris and j. II. Stewart,
as attorneys for Hayden Kendall filed
suit in the district court yesterday after
noon against Arthur Goebel as sole leg
atee and deVisee under the will of VIM.
Goebel OF Kentucky, deceased
The petition states that VIM. Goebel OF
Kentucky at the time of his death owned
an undivided half interest or share in lots
1926 122S and 1870 in Bush addition on
Lawrence avenue in this city. The plain
tiff claims that the taxes on this property
were not paid by William Goebel or his
devisee from the year 1857 TO 1913 Inclusive
and that said tax amounting, with inter
sSn.97, was paid by himself and that he is
therefore entitled to lien on said proper
~ for s400.9S. The plaintiff prays the
court TO determine the interest of the par
ties concerned and to appoint three com
missioners to make u partition Of the
same
The suit is against the estate of VIM.
Goebel, who was elected governor OF
Kentucky and who was afterward killed
while attempting to take his position.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
HAVE BOUGHT HOME.
Three Families Are Adder to Wichita's
Growing Population.

E. G. Robertson and F. W. Robertson
of the Hartford Land company made the
following real estate deals this week:
S s. Kiehlc, carpenter who has re-
Gently moved To the city from Jetmore,
bought fifty-one lots in Logans addi-
ton for $3.50, where he Will erect a home.
J. II. Cameron purchased a five-room
cottage and fifty feet of ground at 1851
St. Francis for consideration OF sl.G15.
Mr. Cameron was a rOminent farmer of
near Kechi and has recently moved to
this city. He and his family Will occupy
the cottage just purchased.
Q. p Harnish has bought the two-story.
seven-room house at AS South Water
for s., coo cash. Mr.. and Mrs. Harnish
have charge of the Western School OF
Music and Orstory in the Sedgwick
block. They nave moved into their new
home al AS South Water.
a five-room house ut 11l2 North Wichita
was sold TO benjamin Morris for con-
sideration of $500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
is EXPECTED HOME.
A. E. StilweII Is Expected to Arrive
From Mexico Next Week.

News reached here yesterday that a. Z.
Stillwell president Of the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient railroad, will return
from Mexico next week. Mr.. Stillwell
was called to Mexico from England by
a cable message from President Diaz to
the effect that the Mexican government
was ready to increase its subsidies to the
Orient Railroad company. The Mexican
government is anxious for the construc-
tion of the line across the Sierra Madre
mountains. from Minaca 10 Boeoyna. 1t
was promised that when the Orient was
ready to begin construction further con-
cessions should be given. 1t was in pur-
suance to this pledge that President Diaz
summoned Mr.. Stilwell TO Mexico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
WILL BE COOLER.
But Blizzard for North Won't Reach
Wichita

For Wichita and Vicinity-Fair weather
ard cooler Thursday; for Kansas-Gen-
orally far weather and cooler Thursday.
The local weather man says that at
the present time warm weather prevails
over northern Canada and that it is
warmer there than in Kansas. but he
predicts a cold wave to sweep as far
south as the Dakotas and Nebraska. but
predicts that it viii not reach Wichita.
This cold wave will cause a decided drop
in the temperature over the former ter
ritory and Will be some Of the coolest
weather experienced this winter.
Clear weather is generally shown over
the plateau region and eastern Rocky
mountain slope, but elsewhere cloudy,
threatening weather prevails. The pre-
cipitation in the past twenty-four hours
has been widely scattered and unimpor-
tant. The minimum temperature in
Wichita during the past twenty-four
hours was u degrees; the maximum, %
degrees.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
THIEF SNATCHES
GIRLS POCkETBOOK
Miss Lindsay the Victim of a
Bold RObber.
ON SOUTH MAIN STREE I
Man Runs and Disappears
Immediately.

! One of the boldest and most daring rob-
berries ever committed in this city oc-
cured Tuesday evening at clio o'clock in
the third block on South Main street.
when Miss Grace Lindsey. who was oa
her way home to supper, was approached
from behind by a man who snatched a
purse off her arm containing s. and es-
capped by running east on Waterman
/ street
Several persons who We're on Water
man street at the time of the robbery
saw man answering the description
/ given to the police by Miss Lindsey, run
| ming east. The last seen Of him was in
! front of the German Lutheran church.
where he disappeared.
/ The police have been working on the
case, but as yet they have failed 70 find
/ the man.
At the time of the robbery South Main
| street was filled with people going home
from work
Miss Lindsey is employed as a stenog-
rapher at the office of Whine and Whine
and has lived in Wichita since last
July
! Her home is in Atchison. She boards
/ with her sister. Mrs. Edgar Houston. at
/ 555 South Main street. She said
! Il left the Whine Office Tuesday even
/ ing at about 10 minutes of o'clock and
walked west on Douglas to Main.
noticed a poorly dressed man standing on
! the corner who watched me closely as
I rl,a "a I4r, /
( ton hotel / happened to look back and
saw the man following me. I did not
! think at that time of any danger, as
there were a number of people on the
street. and it was not dark The man
| continued to follow me until I was in
| front of 333 South Main street. He rushed
up TO me and grabbed The pocket book,
which hung suspended from my right arm
| by means of chain. He pulled it off,
and turning. ran.
! Miss Lindsey was very much frightened
when the man rushed up 10 her. She ran
screaming across tho street and was so
overcome with fright that she fell in Il
swoon, and for some time was unable to
walk
\ cab was called and the frightened
young woman was taken 10 her home.
She can only give a meager description
OF the man for the reason that she was
so badly frightened and it WAS done so
quickly. She described him as being a
man of medium height He wore a derby
hat and light suit. which was consid-
erably the worse for wear.
The pocket book was a large-sized one
with d chain attached and contained S.
in money and couple OF personal lei
lers.
In addition to the robbery on Tuesday
night an attempt at two others has oc-
Cured in that vicinity during the past
two weeks. Several days go an attempt
was made To hold up Leo Morgan. clerk
at Greenfield Bros Instead Of hating
and throwing up his hands he was
ordered TO do. Morgan ran and got away
About ten. days ago some one was heard
in the cellar of the house at S33 South
Main street occupied by the Dennis fam
lily Whoever the persons were they were
frightened away before any booty was
secured.
Misses Globe and Hattie Harmon. Of
Sun City. Barber county. have returned
home after visit with their uncle. Joe
Harmon. and wife. They came to attend
the teachers meeting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
CHE HIT ME-"
can Knocked Some of Ma Teeth Out,
Saws Plaintiff

Emma Wiley was granted a divorce
from c. r. Whitley yesterday by Judge
Dale The principals are both colored
and were married April 8. 1903. At the
hearing held Yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing amusing incident Of their short
honeymoon came out in the trial:
"A little morn week aftah we was
married if ] rememba. right SAID the
plaintiff, we got in a argument bout
whose place twould be TO discipln the
chiliin. eff we had eny. He says il would
be his right an l says twOuld be mine
bein Ise their mother. Then he gets very
mad and hit me in the mouth, lZnockin
out some of ma teeth Attain that he
treated me mean mos of the time and l
couldn't stan him no longer"
She was given a separation on grounds
of extreme cruelty and her maiden name
OF Emma Bentley was restrode.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

Walden states that on the second day or
December, 1888. one T. E. Preston made
ertaip alterations. additions and repairs
on and to the inside of the building known
as 1l9 North Market street, and did then
and there build and caused to be built a
certain frame or wooden partition in and
to said building without having first OBJ
tanned a permit so to do as required by
ordinance $50 of the city OF Wichita.
Chief Walden in speaking of the matter
said this ordinance would he rightly en-
forced and every one desiring to build
must first obtain the permit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
HAS GONE AWAY.
Carey Coss Took Position Win Rail
road at Yates Center.

carey Goss. who has been in The en-
ploy Of the santa Pc freight department
at this place for some time. left yes
terday for Yates Center where he has
taken = position with the Missouri Pa
cldc. lie viii assume the duties OF car
clerk with the company immediately up
on hss arrival AT Yates Center.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
A. w. LoWTHER Is ARRESTED.
Santa re News Agent Taken in Charee
Aiva

Harry Pyle. an Eagle man who return
ed last night from "Trip through Okla
honia reports the arrest o. 4. W Low
Their news agent at Alva Yesterday
morning. Lowther is well known in this
city. and has = run on the Santa Fe
through Wichita between Newton ana
Woodward His home is at Waynoka.
O. T AccordiEg 10 NJ. Pyle report
Iowther's arrest * shroudod in mystery.
No one seems TO know why he VS. ar
rested. and the officer. who was from
Wynoka. refused 10 tell
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
A FACT PROVEN.
Should Convince Even the Most Skep-
teal of It's Truth

If there is the slightest doubt in the
minds of any that Dandruff germs do not
exist their BELIEF Is compelled by the
fact that a rabbit innoculated with the
germs became bald in six weeks time.
It must he apparent to any person
therefore that the only prevention OF
badness is the destruction Of the germ
which act is successfully accomplished
in one hundred per cent or cases by the
application of NewbIos Herpicide.
Daudruf Is caused by the same germ
which causes baldre~s and can be pre-
vented with the same remedy Newbro 5
Herpicide
Accept no substitute Destroy the
cause YOU remove the effect
Sold by LEADING druggists. Send lee in
stamps lor saT.ple TO The Herpicids co.
Detroit. Mich Moore Drug CO, special
agents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
DIDN'T GET PERMIT.
Consequently 7. E. Preston Was Ar.
rested Yesterday

T. +. Preston was arrested yesterday
on Il warrant issued at the instance Of an
affidavit filed by g. VI. Walden. fire mar
shall. charging him with building a Darti-
ton in his place Of business at 1ls North
Market without first having obtained 4
building permit. He was released yester-
day upon his own reoognizance TO appear
in police court Saturday morning.
The affidavit filed by Fire Chief c. W.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
SOMETHING ABOUT CARMEN.
Catholic School VIII Be Built at That
Place

n Z. Waltrus of the Carmen, Woods
county, News. was a Wichita visitor yes
terday en- route to St. Louis on business
MIR. Waltrus said: Carmen is growing
rapidly since the cyclone which nearly
wiped out the town. In fact there are
very few remains of that disaster which
can be seen at all. The Arkansas Valley
& Western, which is a branch of the
Frisco. is being built rapidly and it won t
be long until Carmen Will have another
railroad
\ portion of Mr.. Waltrus' business at
St Louis will be a conference with a
Catholic philanthropisJ who is going TO
build school at Carmen. When erected
St will be the only Catholic institution in
oklahoma, excepting the Sacred Heart
school at Guthrie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
Public Meeting.

The recent uafavorable decision . The
Interstate cora7nerCe commission in tie
Wichita grain rate case Is inJurlnS this
mart OF Kansas 10 the extent ~ threaten
ms anihflatio.a 70 some % the most i'm
rnrtant industries and realize that
measures 81 some kind should b. adopted
to protect our citizens from aaSHcial loss
I hereby call meeting ~ interested citi-
ze9s al Garfield hall Thursday e.enif-.
7;so O'Clock. December srd. 10 discuss
WAYS and means to obtain relief
3. +. MCLEAN. Mayor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
BOUGHT TWO LOTS.
r. 9. DyaI Invests in Wichita Resi-
denCe Property.

f. b. Dyal has purchased lots l21-l25 on
Ida avenue in Hunters addition Of Alex
Glass for 81 400. Mr. Dyal. who is MEM
her OF the firm Of s. +. Dyal & CO.,
bought the property as an investment Mr.
Glass disposed of it for the purpose
of using the money TO increase the capac-
lty of machine shops which he conducts
OF North Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
LOST HER POCKET BOOK.
Belle PLANE Misses Six Dollars anc
Ticket

\ woman who did not give her name,
but who said that she was from Belle
Piaine. reported to the Santa F'e ticket
clerks yesterday morning that she lost
a pocketbook at the station. containing
about six dollars in silver and the re
naming portion of a round trip ticket
from Belle Plaine 20 Wichita. \ search
OF the building failed to lind the missing
= "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03
ELECTION WAS Reid.
c. A. r. Pest Selected Officers for An
ether Year

At the annual election q Offices OF
Garfield pest No = e 4 Il yesterday
afteraooa. the following officers we're
elected for tn ensuing year J 3. Fish
hack post COMMANDER; ". T B@rkneT
senior vice eommanler; c a Clayton
junior vlce eouu.ander J. F. Little. q'sar-
ternaster, l. " Critxes sgrge9a, y z
Harmon. chaplain, ITvin Beach- oSlcer
- the day. Benjamin JscSsoa- of<ice~
guard. y n Carr. II < Rrchs>Ile. aat
Henry Schad. trustees. Il Butter. Gee
Y BTis1ew delegates u u Carr and
y. .. Curtis alterastes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

. W Muan siStrict fFsiShs aEeut fo-
lhe Santa Re At Tog~ka. was = Wants
y-eS,ersizy. o. business ard vsz.fsag Ssh
Coz l. Il Delaney. local agent for sszt
company.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

Mr. Louis cohn. she Eeprcsentatirs
salesman % The STEIN BIoeh olothins MI
| b with tbs Golden Eagle December ?.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-03

Misses Globe and Hattie Harmon. OF
Sun City Barber county, have returned
home after a visit with their uncle. Joe
Harmon. and wife. They came to attend
the teachers meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
TROUBLES COME TOO THICK
Arapahoe Woman Ends Domestic
Difficulties by Morphine
Route.

ARAPAHoE, Neb. June 17.-Cspecial Tel
egram. Mrs. N. Chesbro. a woman So
years of age, committed suicide via the
morphine route at noon today. The cir
cumstances were as follows Mrs Chesbro
is an old resident of Gosper county, living
some ten miles northwest of here with her
husband, and up TO some three years ago
very. happily situated. but about that time
came domestic troubles and she left her
husband and. as is supposed set fire to
their frame residence on leaving. 1t was
burned to the ground on that day and Mrs.
Chesbro was the only person there. Later
a reconciliation was effected until about
two months ago. when. discord again ap-
peared. and she attempted suicide with
morphine, but unsuccessfully. She then
left home. going TO relatives in the eastern
part of the state, returning here on last
evenings train. and after leaving with one
Of our merchants ss5 in money TO be called
for. went to an unoccupied house west Of
town and passed the night. At noon today
she appeared at the doorway and attracted
the attention OF some parties passing, and
as soon as her condition was ascertained
was taken TO the nearest house, but died
before medical aid could be secured. A
coroner's inquest was deemed unnecessary
as she stated Ehe had taken poison with
suicidal intent as she wished to die and
had nothing to live for. Her remains were
taken care of by local citizens and Tela-
tives notified, and will be bruied as they
may direct. probably in the Arapahoe cem-
etery tomorrow. II is presumed she was
laboring under temporary insanity. caused
by her domestic troubles.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
DETAILS Of EANK MERGER
Plans. for the Consolidation of Two
Leading Concerns of New
York City.

NEW YORK. June I7.-Details OF the
deal by which II is proposed to merge the
Western National bank of the United
States in New York into the National Bank
of Commerce were made public today.
Under the consolidation the capital stock
of the Bank of Commerce will be increased
from S1O.OO0.oOO to SOS, 900 by the issuance
OF 10000 additional shares. 125,OOO OF which
will be used to acquire the Western Ma
tional after that bank has Increased it's
capital 10 S12,5OO.OO0.
Following the acquisition OF the Western
National a dividend Of at least 80 per cent
will be paid to holders of Bank of Com
merce stock. Twenty-Five thousand shares
of the new stock will be offered to Bank OF
Commerce shareholders to the extent Of q
per cent of their holdings on the date
named at $40 per share.
The directory of the consolidated bank
will be increased so as to embrace the d.
rectors now on the boards of both Institu.
tions. 1t is understood that Valentine r
Snyder. president of the Western National
bank, will be selected for the presidency OF
the consolidated bank.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
METROPOLITAN LOSES MONEY
witness Tells IN Court of the Earn
InEs of street Railway
system.

NEW YORK. June 17-Jacob II. Schii.
Of Kuhn. Loeb & Co, testified today before
Justice Scott Of the supreme court in the
suit OF Isador wormser, r., 10 break the
lease OF its properties and system executed
by the Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany TO the Interurban Railway company,
that Kuhn, Loeb & Co. were paid for un-
derwritng the Interurban scheme 81 500, 600.
Mr.. Stickeny. counsel for wormser, asked
II the Metropolitan company had shared
in the profits Of the transaction. naming
Thomas F. Ryan. Mr. Whitney. Mr.. Wild
ener. Mr.. Ellins and the Morton Trust COM
pany.
Mr.. schin replied that every member OF
the underwriting syndicate prohted in pro-
portion to the amount he subscribed.
When Mr.. Vreeland took the stand he
said, in response to questions by Mr.. Guth-
rie counsel for the defense. that the result
Of the operations Of the Metropolitan sys-
tenn in 1901 was a deficit of more than tSi.
OOo. and in 1902 Of about S215,OOO
This was exclusive of interest on the
floating Indebtedness or allowance for the
franchise tax. Mr.. Vreeland said that the
amount of the interest and tax would be
nearly $500. 900. Mr. vreeland said he had nc
| interest in the syndicate described by Mr
SchifT and to the best OF his knowledge
none OF the directors of the metropolitan
syndicate or the Metropolitan Securities
company.
Mr.. Vreeland said his estimates Of the
earnings Of the Metropolitan system were
not realized in 1901 nor I'm 1902. and he does
not believe from present indications that
the estimates for 1893 will be realized. They
have not been realized so far.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
ST. LOUIS STARTS SONG FEAST
Fifteen Thousand Persons Attend
Opening Concert of National
SaenEerfest.

ST. LOUIS, June IA great musical
festival vas inaugurated tonight In the
Liberal Arts building at the Worlds fair
grounds. when Is, 900 listened to the opening
concert of the Thirty-frst National Saen-
gerfest given under the auspices OF the
North American Saengerbund. The pro-
gram included famous vocal soloists, a
mixed chorus of 5000 voices and one of the
largest orchestras ever assembled in Amer
lea
The doors OF the building were thrown
open at I, when 5000 people were waiting
for admission. The first part of the struc-
ture to fill was the amphitheatre occupied
by the chorus and orchestra. The main
floor then began filling steadily as hun
dreds came streaming through the dozen
entrances for two hours.
The Saengerfest was officially opened by
President Otto F. Stifel. David r. Francis
gave the Saengerfest welcome to the
Worlds fair and Mayor Rola Wells ac-
corded welcome to st. Louis President
Deiler OF the North American Saengerbund
concluded by formally presenting the flag
of the thirtieth Saengsrfest held in Buff
falo to the thirty-first Saengerfest.