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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
MUST GET
400 NAMES
Appraisers for Opening Wich-
ita Street Have a Big Job
EVERY PROPERTY OWNER
Damaged or Benefited Must
be Recorded in Report

The appraisers for the opening of Wich-
tia street from Lewis street TO Lincoln
have completed the assessment of benefits
and the appraisement of damages to prop
erty and are now at work securing the
names of every property owner in both
the damaged and benefited districts. and
they are working on hard proposition,
as they must secure something like four
hundred names of property owners before
they can complete their report 10 the
council.
The appraisers had the report complete
by giving the number of the lots. but a
couple OF days ago they found that the
property owners name must be given. a
well as the number of the lot. AS the ben
eft district covers q wide territory. they
have very large number of names OF
property owners TO secure.
The benefit district begins as the Ar
kansas river and First street and extends
east TO the alley between Main and Mar
ket streets. thence south to English, west
TO Main, south to Lewis. west TO Water
and south TO Lincoln. and all of the ter
ritory between this line and the Arkansas
river is included except the district dam
aged by the opening OF the street With
in this district are some $50 separate
pieces OF property. Each lot must be
enumerated, with the name of the owner.
The appraisers have been working for
several months on the opening of the
street and are not near through with their
work yet. The report when completed,
will make over a hundred typewriter
sheets and viii give complete AID cor
rect description of the property, the
amount of benefit assessed against il or
the amount the property will be damaged.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
FRIENDS TEAM WON.
Emporia College Players Were De-
feated by Score of 9 to o.

The Friends Diversity baseball team
defeated the Emporial college team yes
terday afternoon by score of Q to 0. The
Emporia boys seemed to be off their track
yesterday. They had eight black MARKS
on their side of the sheet when the game
ended. while the Quakers stuck 10 the
ball like glue, and two erorrs were all
they made. The Quakers also had their
batting eye with them and touched Lamer
for eight safe ones which with seven
stolen bases and the eight errors. allowed
them to get nine scores Emroria got
four hits off Davis, but at critical times
the support was perfect and not man
reached third base. In the last inning
Everett slammed the hOrsehide for two
bases and died on Fairs pop-up %
second.
The game started with Emporia at the
bat. The first man up famed. Culberson
cached first on an error by Thompson
but went out on Emorys grass cutter to
third. McCabe hit to short and Emory
was retired. In the Friends half each
man hit the ball. but the visitors handled
the ball fast enough TO prevent a run In
the second Emporia went out in order and
also the Friends. Two men famed and
a grOunder to short put the visitors out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
GRADING
FOR PAVE MENT
Contractor VIII Start Teams
10 Work Next " eek
CURB is COMPLETED
For Two Blocks and Will be
Finished Within Ten Days

Two blocks of the West Douglas avenue
curbing is completed and James Burton.
who has the contract for the grading of
the street, announced yesterday that the
first of next week he would put grad
ing teams 10 work making the excaya-
lions for the paving of the street.
The past few days have been pretty
hard for the West Side people. Douglas
avenue for five blocks was torn up with
the excavations for the curbs The con-
tractor coould DO nothing with laying
the curbs during the wet weather He ex-
pected 10 have the curbs completed by
the middle Of the week and had i force
OF men at work large enough 10 have
accomplished this had not wet weather
interfered. Curling must have four 10
five hours to dry after it is finished before
rain comes or the work viii have 10 be
done over again.
Beginning at the corner of Seneca and
Douglas the curb on the north side of
the street is completed 10 the corner OF
Douglas and Sycamore. a distance Of FIVE
blocks On the south side the curb is
completed 10 the corner Of Douglas and
Handley avenues, and the excavations
are completed two blocks further east.
If fair weather prevails MIR. Burton
announced yesterday he would complete
the curbing and start the teams and men
to work. One side of the street is to be
graded and paved at a time thus leaving
the other side open as a roadway until
the heavy grading begins at either end
OF the big bridge across the Arkansas
river. For one hundred feet on the west
side and two hundred feet on the east
side Of the bridge the entire roadway will
have to be excavated to a depth of ten
feet and filled to make a solid founda-
ton.
The Barber Asphalt company, which
has the contract for the work. wants TO
get through with it as soon IS possible.
and the sub-contractOrs are being urged
to push their part of the work as fast
as possible
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OF business with the willow in the third.
The Enporia boys went 10 sleep and the
QuakeTs became real handy with the
stick. Scott was hit by 2 pitched b3 l.
Howard reached first on an error By
Everett and Davis filled the bass on an
error by Fair. Rowlin could do nothing
but knock an easy grounder 20 first and
Thompson reached the initial bag on gen
eral slow playing. Nelson smashed out
q safe one and two mel. scored. Senter
hit the ball 10 second who got himself
and the ball tangled up long enough to
allow two men to get in. Rich went out
on a pOp-up fowl.
In the fourth. six Emporians went TO
bat. a hit and an error allowed the bases
to be filed but Everett could only con-
meet for a pop-up 70 short and the side
went out. The Friends were BANKED in
their half Two safe hits and an error
gave the friends three runs in the fifth.
The visitors did not have charc 10 get
a run during the balance of the game.
as the men went out IN order. except ii.
the eighth. when Davis gave Emory
pass TO first. and in the ninth. wher
Everett got a two-bagger. IN the Friends
half of the eighth. two safe hits and an
error gave them two more runs.
The game was not az poor one as the
score would indicate. The Quakcrs hit
harder and oftener than their opponents
and their errors were not costly. Davis
did the slab work for the Quakers and
he served M a variety of hot ones that
kept the visitors guessing about the next
course. His arm was good and true He
hit one man and gave a base on halls. but
his work was of such a character that
no one could frd fault
Lamer had some nice little twi ters up
his sleeve. but the bats of the Ouakers
were entirely too large. The game by
innings: =. II f.
Friends ............OO4O 30O2s-9 s ?
Empora 1000 90 ( s
ary-Struck out by Davis. 8:
Iamer I: bases on balls of Davis. !: Hit
by pitched ball. Davis, ]; LameT. ,; two
base hits. Everett.
This afternoon on the Paramount field
the Emporia boys viii try conclusions
-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16

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that want for SUNDAY then
other time but is the opportunity with price accom-
paniment
LACE PINS AND BROOCHES choice selection of fine roll
chaste designs. pearls
turquoise and bant Quality is the best possible except solid
them 75c
80 coors stripes Persian
borders and polka dots worth 4c and Soc These ex
cellent values yard
TuRNovERs Collars lace embroidery For
and 85c price them for this evening
THE from line this at...sc
LADIES' VEsTs-Anoher Jokes just
COME H. ior
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MgNNENs VIOLET TALcuM POWDER new product from the
Mennen factory new this season b0rated powder highly
SILK SKIRTS arrival in PeaT de Sole Unned and full
Six ges edged with silk braid An unusual value
them at s1c98
TAFFETA SILK sRTsA selected
fully trimmed and houneed Stylish and good and worth
Bedf6fd eoFd and linen In pretty styles and in prices D4'
from $500 down to
STOCKING SUPPORTERS
supporters, good
2sc Saturday evening
supporter webbing; usually
Saturday evening
supporters splendid quality; regular
good value This evening
supporter and elastic;
ONLY ONE PAIR OF THESE SUPPORTERS TO A CUSTOMER
TOILET PAPER, good quality plain roll perforated
three rolls for 1oc
MENNEMs TALcuM POWDER old style boaed
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sell old
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Or will sell old style
SHOE Special of baby
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these and for a money saving oppor
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which have been selling per pair They are
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SHOES? We don't know but probably she had foot
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good quality India non peated and hestitched
front and back stock collar with hemsttched
SHIFT ~As of fine India nop Pated all large pearl but
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desirable Many them Saturday
TOILET soAP-The old Dominion quality know soap
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Fresh highly perfumed
for It Saturday evening soap, honey
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
NEGRO PLEAD GUILTY.

William Whitted. the young coioreo
man who was arrested Thursday IN tn
charge OF stealing brass from tie Ms
souri, Pacific. pleaded guilty % the charge
before Judge Alexander yesterday AMI
was sentenced 20 sixty DAYS III ia An
investigation was made eni % Wa foun
that he sold the brass TO Louis t(e & q
junk dealer tie admitted thai he t-ok
the property from the Missouri Fatifc.
but when questioned b. the otacc~s Ia
regard 10 a gang that has been operating
in that part Of the city. he !nsisfe IS that
he vas alone IN the theft ard would al
init nothing that would implicate hers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Mrs. Lucy Strong Passed Away at Her
Home Yesterday,

Mrs. Lucy Strong, mother of Mrs. II.
W. Lewis. died yesterday at l o'clock. at
her daughters home, 305 North Emporia
avenue. About a year ago Mrs Strong
suffered a stroke Of paralysis and this
combined with her age. caused her death
yesterday. She was eighty-five years OF
age. Her son was telegraphed for at
Pine Bluffs. Ark, and will reach this city
today. The funeral arrangements have
not been completed, but it is expected
that the services will be held Sunday.
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DEATH FROM KEMoRRHAeE.
J. w. Diffendai Died at ST. Francis
Ensnital YeSte rdaX.

J. w. Diffendal died early Yesterday
morning at the St. Francis hospital OF
hemorrhage. His home was in Billings.
o. T., and he came 10 this city about
three weeks ago for treatment. He was
45 years of age, and his parents lived in
Smythsburg. Md, where the remains will
be sent this morning for interment.
Some of the farmers in the city yester-
day from the north part of the county
report some damage to wheat from Hes
sian fly.
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with the Paramount lads. This field Is
high and the ground is IN first class shape
for the game. AtcCdbe VIII twirl fee thc
visitors is a Wichita boy. aud his pitching
is said 10 b OF a clean. fast type
Frantz viii oppose him. This game shonld
he a snapv one Emporla played lola. OF
the Missouri Valley League and beat
them with score of : 10 I.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-16
THE PRICE or CRYSTAL WATER.

Distilled and aerated) is $50 for Eve
gallon bottle. OF which we rebate 81 for
the empty bottle Cali us UP FOR trial
order The Holland Yeast Co. Borh
Phones.
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WHEN LONDON WAS STIRRED UP
Riotlng That Resulted From Defeat Of
Reform Bill.

Riotlna That Resulted From Defeat Of
Reform Bill.
Defeat OF the reform bill Of 1881 by
the British house OF lords was the oc.
caslon Of dangerous riotlng In London
Returning from a levee Lord London
derry was hailed with shower OF
stones and only escaped by drawing
his pistol, setting spurs to his horse
and riding for his life through the yell.
ing, menacing crowd that surrounded
him The kings brother, the Duke
of Cumberland, was not so fortunate,
for not only was he stoned but he was
dragged from his horse and probably
would have been torn to pieces II he
had not been rescued by the police.
Such was the feeling of the public at
large against the enemies of reform
that when the mail coach brought the
report to Perth that the Duke of Cum
berland and the Duke Of Wellington
had been shot, It was received with
ringing cheers by the inhabitants, who
applied to the authorities for permits.
sion to illuminate by way of express.
ing their satisfaction. Before night
ended the crowd that had gathered in
st. James park attacked the houses
of the Earl Of Dudley, the Marquis Of
Bristol and the Duke Of Wellington,
leaving them without a pane of glass.
During the remainder OF his life the
latter refused to have his windows
mended and for years the sight Of
smashed glass In Apsley House proved
a reminder Of this reign OF terror. II
was protected from further possible
violence by heavy iron shutters fas.
tened from within; while these were
covered inside by sliding mirrors that
hid them from visitors and inmates.
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London Police system

Josiah Tlynt, whose studies Of the
under world" are SO wei known, has
been devotlng attention 10 the police
system Of London, England. The
most striking facts, from the American
point OF view. that his observations re-
veal are. /. That the force Is com
posed mainly OF honest and conscien.
tious men. 2. That politics IL not al
lowed to play any part In the manage
ment and direction of the organization
3, That London is one of the safest
cities In the world. AS to police cor
ruption In London there is very little
to report. Mr.. Flint found no corrup-
ton which could be compared with the
Matchmaking system for which the
New York police have been 80 long
notorious. Gambling is punished
speedily
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Little Jack

Sometimes | imagine that heaven
must be place of surprises. We will
go there, II we are fortunate enough
to 90 at all, with many preconcelved
notions concerning what we shall see
and experience, and just as likely as
not the decided majority Of them will
be shattered. Browne of our set GER.
tainly must be here, we will say. for
ne was such good and proper man In
life; then we will look about us, and
will be greatly astonished to find no
Browne. Muggins of no set in partlcu.
lar cannot be here, we again will re.
mark to ourselves. for he was so
coarse and crude, or even worse; then
we will see the obnoxious Muggins sit
ting pretty we'll forward in a rather
mise pew, and again we will be aston.
ished. Occasionally even fear that
the society in heaven may be some.
what mixed and common, but Of course
] trust and believe that this is a quite
unnecessary fear on my part.
However. these reflections are quite
Rpart from the story, and II really is
time that II were begun.
At the time Of which write the
"enterprlsing City of Sodtown," as the
advertisements OF enthusiastic real es.
tate promoters termed il. was wild and
Western and Of the frontier.
On the whole, we Juveniles partook
largely Of the character OF our sur.
roundings; we were as uncultured as
We were good.hearted. and as rough
as we were care-free. This statement
applies to all Of us, but II you had set
carefully to work to select the widest
young cub-human, you understand
among us all, you certainly would
have selected little Jack without a
moments hesitation.
Probably little Jack had another
name Arguing from the analogles of
the case, consider II likely that he
had, but, II so, nobody in Sodtown had
heard It or knew what II was. His
mother had died long before the child
could remember and his father was
known merely as big Jack, a gentle.
man who followed the more or less
lucrative profession Of cowboy. So
little Jack grew without any hamper
Ing circumstances worthy Of men
ton.
What would you expect Of child Of
such lineage and environments? But
what you would expect really does not
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ly felt that the god of battles and
Justice was on our side.
The snow lay deep on the ground
till late in the spring OF 1881, as resi-
dents OF Dakota at that time will re
member Then the suns rays, which
so long had seemed to lack vigor, OF
a sudden became potent, and the snow
moved of in raging floods OF water.
The Jim" river, ordinarily little moro
than a creek, became a resistless tor.
rent, in some places three or four
miles wide, and the cabin homes of
the settlers scattered along the valley
generally were swept away. To walk
along its banks then was to look upon
gray desolation Of waters. only brok
en- here or there by floating cabins or
barns or the white glitter Of great
cakes OF ice.
Some Of us boys were so walking
one afternoon when a shanty foated
past us. Tossed here and there by
the food, ground among lce.fioes and
beaten by trees set afioat by the wat.
ers. Il was a question of but short
time until II must go to pieces.
"Fellers," suddenly shouted one Of
the boys. amt dat a kid cryin'?"
We listened a moment. Then over
that waste Of waters floated a little
wailing voice that came from the
floating cabin. We looked into one
another's eyes, while the tiny voice
still walled, and hope that God win
preserve me from ever again hearing
sound so pltlful What should be
done? What could be done? | think
the answer of my despalrlng heart to
the latter question was the answer of
every boy there-nothing.
OF every boy save one. While we
stlll stood In awful silence--a silence
on which that thin cry yet beat-llttle
Jack. spoke.
"Youse fellers," he said, stan ready
to pull me in wen me an de kid gifts
back"
And. before we fully realized what
he was about to do, his coat and shoes
we're on, and he was battling with the
cold. cruel waters.
We watched the little black head as
It made its devious way onward, here
lodging a cake Of Ice, there sklrting
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age he fought, swore. lied and-stole,
| was going to say. but the fact had
not been absolutely proved, and per.
haps II Is mere Justice to give him the
benefit Of any possible doubt.
Withal, little Jack was a small ath
lete, and so We boys treated him with
the respect that is due to physical
strength and prowess. We knew that
he would fight though his opponent
we're twice his size, and so we aid not
cross his path except we very strong.
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a boating tree. until At last-.Iiurrahi
He had gained the ahany!
A moment he disappeared from view;
then he appeared at a window with a
wee brown bundle IN his arms. DE ole
folks Is both drowned" we heard him
shout. as We ran along the shore by
the side of the whirllng cabin. Then
he again was In the water, aad we
hardly breathed as he battled shore.
ward. II was a life or death struggle
for evcry foot Of advancement, but his
life had given him hardlhood, II moth
ing else, and slowly--oh, so slowly
he made his way with the burden,
whence came no cry now. AS he
neared the shore we Joined hands.
making a lifeline TO draw him from
the water.
Thank God, he is almost to us now!
He is safe at-No! Yes! A great cake
of Ice, striking an obstruction, whlrled
as 1t were on a pivot and almost
caught him, but we snatched him
away and now at last he was safe.
Not quite, oh, little Jack; not quite
safe, unless, indeed, there be perfect
safety on a bosom of Infinite love and
comprehension after the heroic heart
has ceased to beat and the eyes are
closed In the long sleep.
The great cake OF ice, whlrling by
him, had touched little Jack, and its
touch was death. Even as we lifted
him from the water, some Of It's cold.
ness had entered the brave little heart,
and on his head was a great, jagged,
cruel wound, whence the stream Of
life flowed increasingly.
We held him, and knew not what TO
do One of us sobbed brokenly, but
the rest we're very silent. Then Jack
opened his eyes and feebly whispered:
rs de-kid-safe?"
Yes, oh, yes, little Jack, we told you
that you had saved the babe. and our
whisper was almost as low as yours
as we assured you that this was so.
The little black head sank down.
Ihen, very slowly, the eyes again
opened, and in a faint whisper was
heard:
"Im-damn-glad."
Then, while the food flowed on, the
neglected soul Of little Jack went out
on a deeper and darker food which
no more shall beat carthward for
him.
And this is why say that some.
times think heaven must be a place Of
surprises. But greatest OF all its sur.
prises to me, II ever should reach the
beautiful city Of love, would be to find
no little Jack there. a pupil in such
wonderful school as his life never
knew.-Alfred J. Waterhouse in New
York Times.
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In Quest Of Peace.

Oh thou, so weary OF thy self-denlals,
And so impatient OF thy little cross,
Is II so hard TO bear thy daily trials.
TO count all earthly things a gainful
loss7
Poor wandering SOUL know that thou
art seeking
Some easier way, as all have sought be-
fore,
To silence the reprOachful inward speak
Ing.
Some landward path unto an island
shore,
The cross is heavy in thy human meas
ure,
The way too narrow for thy inward
pride;
Thou canst not lay thine intellectual
treasure
At the low f1otstool Of the Crucihed.
In meek obedience TO the heavenly
Teacher,
Thy weary soul can only find It's peace;
Seeking no aid from any human creature
Looking to God alone for his release
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GREAT VALUE or TIME.
Eager and Costly Search for one-slS-
teenth Of a Second

teenth OF q Second.
II one grain of sand on the shore OF
the ocean were lost and scientists were
TO spend years In trying to find II they
would be attempting task resembling
that to which the leading astronomers
OF England and France are now devot-
ing themselves. says London cable
gram to the Chicago Chronicle One
sixteenth OF a second is missing and
no one can tell where II has gone. Be-
tween the suns time as recorded at
Greenwich and as understood at Paris
there is that brief and seemingly unim-
portant discrepancy.
No expense is being spared 10 trace
the missing fraction. A special build
ing has been erected at Paris costly
instruments installed, corps Of math-
ematicians engaged and a process
that may take years to complete
has been commenced. The inaccuTacy
is more important than will appear 10
the lay mind. Longitude is calculated
on the basis Of Greenwich time. II de-
termines the boundaries Of many cOun-
tries. A slight variation OF time may
change the nationality OF thousands Of
people. The pursuit OF the missing frac-
ton OF second Is therefore OF world
wide Importance. When II rs found
not a grain Of the sands Of time will be
missing.
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She Received the Invitation.

"And when you marry" she softly
said, Il hope you'll remember to invite
me to the ceremony"
He looked thoughtful.
1T will be awIully crowded, no
doubt" he said, but think | can ring
you In somehow"
And a moment or two later she de.
slared the ring an astonishingly good
II.