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The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
SPIRITS TOLD HIM
Pat Healy Thinks There Is Gas il
This CITY.

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Pat Healy is one citizen in Wichita who
still clings TO the idea that there is gas
to be found in this vicinity. Among
other reasons for making such asser-
tions, Mr. Healy cites the following:
In the year 1874 a man by the name
of McCampbell, who, by the way. was a
spiritualist, had the spirits to tell him
that there was coal on his farm near
here in Minneha township. He imme-
diately procured the necessary machin-
cry and commenced to sink a shaft. He
sunk that shaft 464 feet and did not
strike any coal, but he was forced to
abandon his work. IT is true that he
struck a strong stream of salt water
and 1t was a great hindrance. out this
was not the cause of his having TO quit
the work There was such a large
amount of gas in that hole that the men
could not possibly stand it to work. and.
therefore, had to abandon it.
From that day to this there has been
very little done toward developing the
resources of that hole. with the excep-
ton of a company that tried To make
the thing a salt works Now. l am going
to stick TO existing facts and declare
that in that very place if some one should
drill down 10 a depth of several thou
sand feet there would be gas found ih
plenteous quantities
Mr.. Healy also stated that the city
could lease gas land in Wilson county
sufficient 10 supply Wichita for years.
Pertaining TO this he said:
The gas district around Fredonia Is
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
EASY WAY TO CURE cATARRH
Breathe Hyomei and Kill All Catarrhal
Germs. Money Back if II Fails"
Say Leading Wichita Druggists.

There Is no dangerous stomach drug
gins when using Hyomei The healing
and aromatic balsams which compose
this wonderful treatment are breathed
Through neat pocket inhaler that comes
with every 81 outfit
In this way the serm killing and health
giving Hyomei penetrates to the most
remote cells OF the lungs. II searches out
and kills disease germs i'm the air passages
OF the head. threat and nose. Soothes and
heals the irritated mucous membrane
and absolutely drives catarrh from the
system.
Such remarkable results have followed
the use OF Hyomt by the hes; people i'm
Wichita that reading Wichita druggists
have the greatest confidence in its power
To cure cdtarrh. They believe in it 80
thoroughly that they Will give their per-
sonal guarantee Ia refund the money If il
does moi cure, the purchaser TO be sole
judge
This is an unusual offer and the first
time that any medicine OF treatment for
the cure of catarrh has been sold in this
way. II it cures. the expense Is tritiiag.
while II it fails. the cost is absolutely
nothing
If you are fortunate enough not TO be
troubled with catarrh tell your friends
of this offer and get them to take advan-
tsge of il
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
ANOTHER DIAMOND FOUND
One of Mrs. ArnoH's Jewels Was at
Oklahoma CITY.

The mystery which short time ago
surrounded the Arnold diamond robbery
will soon be entirely cleared. Besides the
two diamonds recovered in Perry one has
been found in oklahoma City and the
officers were in Guthrie yesterday where
they are certain another was sold. One
week ago man named Smith and his
wife together with Mr.. and Mrs Orvin
Day, were arrested at Perry on a charge Of
larceny. They quarreled among them
selves and Smith made a confession charg-
ing Mrs. Day with stealing the Arnold
diamonds. and told where some of them
were in Perry. Sheriff McGehee notified
the officers here and Harry Sutton was
sent to Perry at once. The woman finally
confessed to taking the diamonds. Charles
Smith is also charged with completely in
the robbery and Chief of Police Reynolds
of Guthrie believes that he is the man
who was attempting to dispose of a dia-
mond there few weeks prior to the ar
rest in Perry. Chief Reynolds of Guthrie
and Harry Sutton are confident that one
of the diamonds was sold in Guthrie and
they are making great effort to locate it.
Tom Arnold of this city is with them for
the purpose of identifying the diamonds.
A telegram received from Guthrie early
this morning states that another of the
Arnold jewels was found last evening.
1t had been pawned for 500 by the man
named Smith All but one of the dia-
monds missing have now been accounted
for
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
LELAND is ELECTED
He Will Now Be First Lieutenant OF
Battery A.

At an election held by the members of
the Second light artillery, Battery A,
of this city, Percy S. Leland was elected
first lieutenant to serve under Captain
George Downing. Lloyd c. Brown was
elected second lieutenant in Leland's
place
Although second lieutenant of the bat
terry for some time, Leland's commits
sion was issued by Governor Bailey but
yesterday. He now has another forth
coming for the position of first lieu
tenant.
Both Lieutenants Leland and Brown
have seen active service in the regular
army. Leland was in the battle at San
Juan Hill. He has had much experience
The Wichita militia is said TO be one
of the best in the state.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
TODAY WILL BE WARM
Todd Says There Will Be No Cold
Weather

Forecast for Wichita and vicinity to-
day: Fair weather and warmer For
Kansas; Generally fair.
Mr.. Todd says today will be another
warm and pleasant day. According to
the conditions in other sections of the
country" said the Observer, there is
little fear that there will be any cold
weather. 1 do not look for any more
bad weather during the remainder of
this month"
Clear weather is general this morning
except over the Western Gulf and north
ern half of the Pacific coasts. portions
of Missouri, South Dakota, Utah. Mon
tana and Illinois. The precipitation in
the past "A hours has been unimportant
There has been decided fan in tempera-
ture over the Ohio Valley and portions
ef Missouri, Arkansas and Montana. but
elsewhere the changes have been slight
A Pacific northwest disturbance is max
ing its appearance over Oregon this
morning. The pressure continues high
est over the Dakotas
The minimum temperature for the last
p hours is 20 degrees; the maximus,
s. degrees.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
THE MICROSCOPE
Proves That Parasites Cause Hair
Less.

Sine-fenshs - Tho diseases II ths scaip
and hair are cauEe5 b. parasitic Eerlns.
The importance q this discovery b. Pro-
fesSsr Enna- of she Charity Hospital
HambarE. Germans. ear not - ese-es-
iin5alee- IL explains WAY ordinary hair
preparations even = the TDost szperzivs
character faH ts cure dsnarur. t<raase
they Do rot and fhey ran not kiH ihs
sandrsia germ EHs ufly kzT prspzrafioa
r. TIE world ftaf positively destroys fhs
6sndrua parasite tnaf bsFre~ 50 ne
scaip into zczfas called scsEf or daalTEs.
= Sevbuas Her.icsoe II a51E;ion - iis
destroying shs 6andr7f1 germ Hsrsaesas
j. also = eeiishffui hsir 6rrsssaE- Soss
- leading 1rsgEiSfs send &c sn stsrzsss
Tor Sample % IRE Eerpicsde Co Dssrols.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
INDIANA COMPANY
INVESTS IN GROUND
Contracts Will Be Let Today
by Agent
FOR LARGE BUILDINGS
RumIey Firm Ready for Busi-
ness in Spring.

&c. S. Sherwood, local agent of the n.
Rumley Threshing Machine company, of
La Porte. Ind. yesterday closed a deal
with ]. w. Clendenin & Co., real estate
dealers, whereby his company becomes
the owners of ground on Meade avenue
between First and Second streets. 1t
consists of 1S3 feet fronting on Meade
avenue and extends $50 feet TO the rear.
The price paid was $1,000.
Plans have already been made and
the contracts will be let by Mr.. Sher-
wood today for the erection of a store
house and machine shops. The main
building will be fifty feet wide by one
hundred and fifty feet long. In addition,
there viii be an office building and a re-
pair shop built.
Mr. Sherwood says that the work of
erecting the buildings will be pushed
from the start 1t is his intention TO
have all completed and ready for use
within two months in time for the
spring trade.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
SIMMONS BARN BURNED
Fire Department Responded g Two
Alarms Yesterday

The fire department vas called to the
rear OF so North Market street ~ --I
yesterday afternoon. when barn BE-
longing to Charlie simmons wss discov-
cred in flames.
The upper part OF the barn. which was
flied with hap, ard tire euiire roof vas
destroyed.
The cause OF tae ars IS unknown Il
seems 70 have originated n the hay loft
About noon tho department. vss called
20 - North Main street. whese Q ieax Y
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
1O43 SOUTH LAWRENCE.
Leading Grocery of the South Side.
PHONE 1859.

practically undeveIoped think | know
Of eight townships that We could lease
and do il without any bother. That
would give us over one hundred and
seventv-fve thousand acres of land.
don't believe tbs policy to go out Of the
limits Of the state to get gas. II an ef-
fort were nut forth we could get gas right
here near wichita. One thing sure,
wichita will never get gas through diia-
tory actions on the part OF its property
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY REPORTED
Proprietor of Grocery Store Said to
Have Been Attacked.

1t was reported at an early hour this
morning that the owner of a grocery
store at the corner of Lawrence and
Murdock avenues had been attacked and
injured by men, who afterward went
through his clothes in the hopes OF Sc
curing money 1t is said that the roh-
bers secured little booty.
The man who was attacked had just
closed his store and stepped in front of
the building. A man approached him
and under some pretext stepped up close
enough TO strike his victim.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
WILL BE WORK OF ART
Souvenir Program for Benevolent Pro
tectiHe Order OF Elks

The job department Of this Office has
placed q special order for material for
souvenir program for the Order OF EsIks
entertainment. II viii be printed in three
coiored cover and special brand Of en-
ameled paper in high grade inks. The
matter for the program viii be placed in
artistic designs. in types and borders. By
up-to-dafe iob printers and viii be cred
liable alike 70 both the Office and the
Order OF Ells
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
AMENDMENT is FILED
Ernest Burleigh Files Answer and a
Cross Petition.

Ernest Burleigh filed an amended an
swer and cross-petition yesterday in the
case of F'ent W. Burleigh for divorce and
alimony. On January 18th a motion was
sustained by Judge Wilson, whereby he
was ordered to strike out certain clauses
in the original answer and also to sepa-
rately state and number his pretended
causes for action"
While the form of the answer is changed
the substance remains about the same,
alleging conspiracy, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT
January Was Most Pleasant Month in
Sixteen Years.

Observer Todd has just issued his
monthly weather report for January The
report is a very satisfactory one in that
It shows that January. which in most
climates is an extremely cold month. has
been mild throughout
There were seventeen clear DAYS on
which the sun shone with almost a sum
mers warmth; and nine days were partly
cloudy, and moderately warm: hvc were
cloudy and two We're rainy. during
which .ol inch or more rain fell
The mean temperature for the month
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
SIX WILL WE'D
Three Marriage Licenses Were Issued
AZ Court House.

Three marriage licenses were granted By
Judge Enoch yesterday at the court
house. Those to whom permits were
issued are:
Peter Edwin Rishel. aged y. % Larnei-
and Florence A CLARK. aged -. II
Wichita: Thomas ". Rush. aged .. Of
Colvieh. and Enie May Clark. aged p
OF Colvich: Rollin b. Hoyie. aged z. Of
Msnneha. and Mary NJ Nafziger. aged y.
OF Minnehs-
The last named couple were married
By Judge Enoch yesterday afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04

Curious ceremonies are witnessed IN
Siam when one % the sacred white ele-
plants dies. u IS given a funeral grander
than that accorded TO princes of royal
blood Buddhist priests ofaeiste ard
thousands % aevout ssanese rnen ard
woTnen follow the deceased animal e.
the grave Jewels ard offerings represent
ing s5ne thousands q pounds are buried
with The elephant.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04
DIED AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Mary Abbott Passed Away Last
Eveninu

Mrs Mary Abbott died last evening
about : O'Clock at the 81. Francis hospital
She had ben III six DAYS. She was the
wife of FL Abbott The time % the
funeral VIII be announced later.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-04

a gasoline stove caused some excite
ment- No damage resulted
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
CO.
AFFAIRS IN TRUST

There was a called meeting of the
Honolulu Investment Company yester-
day afternoon to receive q report from
the committee of investigation appoint
ed at the annual meeting. The commit
tee was to consider, as part of its work,
along with the directors proposition
to hand over the business of the COM
pany, in trust for term of years, to
the Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.
A few days ago the directors trans
ferred the capital stock of the Homo
lulu Investment Co. to the Fidelity
Insurance Co. The committee recon-
mended that the entire business be
placed in the hands of the Waterhouse
company as trustees for the term of
three years. Pie transfer of stock was
ratified by the meeting and the com
mittee's recommendation of placing the
business in trust was adopted. Much
of the time of the meeting was occu-
pied with mutual recriminations be-
tween Emmett May, secretary, and
Theo. F. Lansing, one of the organic
ers of the company.
1t is hoped that the economy of hav-
ing the business, both real estate and
insurance. of the Honolulu Investment
Co. done on commission, saving office
expenses and salaries, will make the
stock of some value to its holders.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
Death Of Mrs. weight.

Mrs. Isabella Askew Weight. widow
of the late William Weight. for forty
years a resident of Hawaii, died sud
denly at noon yesterday. She was
stricken with apoplexy earlier in the
morning, her advanced age precluding
any chance of recovery.
Mrs. Weight was born in Humeside,
County of Northumberland, England,
on November Is, 1881. She came to the
islands in 1863 and was away from Ha-
wall only once during her forty years
residence. The deceased was a member
of Central Union church and her death
will be sincerely mourned by scores of
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Weight is survived by five
children: William and Edward of Hilo,
George who is a resident of Wailuku,
and Charles and Miss Belle Weight OF
this city. Funeral services will be held
at the family residence. 1888 Beretania
street, at four, O'Clock this afternoon.
Six grandsons of the deceased will act
as pallbearers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
A FRESNO MAN TELLS ALL
ABOUT PACIFIC PARADISE
lie Says the Latest People He Ever Saw Live
in EionoIuIu---The Hack Habit.
Poi Not palatable.

A native dinner was one of the
things that Parker remembers particu-
larly well 1t started off with sliced
tomatoes and raw fish. This was fol-
lowed by pig, roasted by being buried
in the ground and having a fire built
over it. The entrails We're fried and
also placed on the table, but Parker
asserts that was one item of the bill
of fare that he overlooked. The staple
poi was also served. 1t was made
from the taro root, a bulb resembling
an onion and growing under water.
Served in bowls, it is a good deal like
mush, but Parker says if he ate it for
hundred years he believes he would
still make faces at the taste of it. At
first. he thought it was new tangled
breakfast food. Another dish, though.
that he found much more agreeable,
was the papaias, much resembling the
muskmelon, though growing like the
cocoanut The native bananas, too,
were considerably of a surprise to Mr..
Lyon, being very small compared with
the banana commonly seen in Califor-
MIA but being much sweeter.
THE Islands have been called the
Paradise of the Pacific said Parker,
"'and the name aptly describes them. I
never saw such beautiful plants and
foliage. 1t is past describing. But I
would not like to five in Honolulu.
There is a sort of sickening odor,
closeness in the atmosphere that seems
to come from the flowers, that is more
than a man can stand for very long.
The White people who have gone there
seem to have grown incident; the at
mosphere seems ID breathe laziness.
'They are having a spell of hard
times there now. We have no cause
whatever to complain here. for we are
remarkably prosperous compared with
the people of Honolulu. They are hav-
ing a hard time, or most of them are.
to make both ends meet.
But they have one thing in Homo
lulu they could well spare us, and that
is rain. People go out just the same
during a rainstorm as they do when
the sun is shining. Besides, it is apt
to rain and clear up twice while man
is going a block 1t will be raining
on one side of the street while the
sun is shining on the other. A man
gets wet on one side of the street and
then crosses over to the other and dries
out again. Last year they had over
thirty-eight inches of rain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
CLAUS sPREcKELs, DESERTED MANSION.

For more than a decade now one of
the handsomest residences in Honolulu
has been without tenant 1t is about
eleven years since Claus Spreckels left
Hawaii vowing not to return until Ii
liuokalani was seated upon the throne.
and his beautiful horfS on Punahou
street has been unoccupied since, ex-
cepting for a brief period when John D.
Spreckels visited the islands some
years ago.
The house is unoccupied but it is not
allowed to fall into disrepair, although
it is reported that the elaborate furni-
ture, with which the residence was
beautified during Spreckels' stay in Ho-
noluiu has been almost destroyed By
the ravages of wood borers and other
insect pests. The grounds are kept in
fine shape and nearly every year the
large, square mansion is treated to a
new coat OF white paint. When Spreck-
els left the country he had just planted
hundreds of small palms and other slow
growing plants. Now the house is al
most hidden by the towering palms
and tall cocoanut trees. while dense
foliage conceals all but the top of the
three-story structure. Although Spreck-
els has deserted his house and Hawaii.
he does not allow the property to be-
come neglected This residence by the
way is said to be the only property still
owned by Mr.. Spreckels in Hawaii, and
which was not included In The division
he made of his Hawaiian estate 1T the
| time of his desertion of the islands
The residence includes tract of land
of several acres, and the whole is as
sessed at about 100000 Servants are
left in care of the grounds and they
enjoy an income from the produce OF
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
The Fresno Republican says:


What. Run an automobile in Ho-
nolulu2 s-Weil, 1 guess not" said w.
Parker Lyon yesterday Mr.. Lyon ar
Eyed home yesterday morning from
Honolulu, having gone there for the
benefit of his health. He was away
from Fresno just four weeks, two of
which were spent en- route, and the
other two in Honolulu. He returns
feeling much better and ehock full of
stories about Hawaii. He was seen
yesterday by a Republican reporter and
the conversation of course quickly
drifted to the subject of automobiles.
at never touched an automobile all
the time I was away. They've got
nothing but little runabouts there that
go altogether too slow for me. But /
posed as an expert there; wrote a col
umn on automobiling for one of the
papers don't see why there are not
more machines in the islands, for the
roads are fine and it would be great
place for them.
Besides, they need 'em. I never
saw such lazy people in my life as
live in Honolulu. A native of stand
ing, and good many of the white peo-
pie, will pay Is cents to ride two
blocks to buy Is cents worth of fish,
ana VIII pay announcer 20 GEMS " rue
back again. There are over 200 hacks
-or rather surreys-there and they are
all busy. I'd like to turn loose there
with my auto for a while"
Referring to his journey, Mr.. Lyon
states that the trip both going and
coming was very enjoyable. Among
the passengers on the trip out was Jack
London the well-known writer, who
was en- route to the Orient. Parker
made the acquaintance of a number of
congenial gentlemen bound for Homo
lulu on a sightseeing tour. and they
formed a party that stayed together
during the entire time of his stay there.
They put up at first at the Alexander
Young hotel, a structure that cost
81, 100000 and is superb in every detail.
1t is, of course, of immense size, but
when he was there less than 100 guests
were stopping in it. Afterward they
were at the Hotel Moana, another mag
nificent structure up to the standard of
any tourist hotel in California, but con-
tanning at that time less than thirty
GUSTS. He went on dove hunting trip
six1y-five miles to Waialua, though
where Waialua. was, Parker says he
was unable to discover, there being
nothing at the place but a hotel, the
EIaleiwa. The railroad owns the hotel
and maintains it simply to induce trav-
I'll to the point. When his party was at
the place, they were the only guests in
the hotel, yet many servants We're to
be seen and an electric light plant was
kept running during their entire stay.
This hotel is a big building, containing
at least sixty rooms, and is beautifully
yet it is undoubtedly main
tanned at a big financial loss.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03
ELKS' NEW HERD
OF OFFICIALS

The local lodge of Elks heldan initia-
ton ceremony on Friday evening at
which the following officers were in
stalled for the ensuing year:
j. H. Fisher. Exalted Ruler; George
n. Angus. Esteemed Leading knight;
Harry E. Murray, Esteemed Loyal
knight; E. NJ Watson. Esteemed Lee
turing knight; H. H simpson. secre-
tary; John A. Hughes. treasurer; F. E.
Thompson. trustee; F. L. Winter, In
ner Guard; e. E. Hartman, Tyler; Rev.
Alex Macintosh. chaplain; H. Berger,
organist.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03

A weI-known actor was telling his
sixteen-year-old son, whom he con-
siders very immature and young for his
age, that he ought to be doing some
thing for his glory and his country.
why, when George Washington was
your age, my son, he was surveying
the estate of Lord Fairfax The boy
thought a moment, then he replied,
quietly: Well, whenshe was as old as
you, pa, he was President of the United
.Stafes'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03

Are you at all familiar with Plato?''
asked Mrs. Oldcastle. mo. that's one
thing Josiah always blames me for. He
says 1 never make real close friends
with anybody. ''-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-03

the place. as we'll as their regular
wages. The house is one of the land
marks of Honolulu but it is not a
place which tourists visit very fire.
quently. Around the grounds is a high
iron fence with sharp pickets. Two or
three strands of barbed wire are
stretched along the top. The. gates are
padlocked and access is practically inn
possible. The servants do not encourag e
the visits of sightseers.
1t was because of a pl;icara hung on
one of the now padlocked iron gates,
that Spreckels left Hawaii for good.
Claus Spreckels was advocating the
restoration of the monarchy, after the
formation of the Provisional Govern
ment in 1888. He was a warm Royal
list, and some one suggested in a joking
manner that it would help the cause
if Spreckels was put out of the way
The sugar magnate heard the story and
became alarmed at the threat. His
alarm was intensified a few days later
when, coming out of the gate of his
Punahou street residence, he found a
warming signal staring him in the face.
The placard was ornamented with a
skull and cross bones. and across its
face in blood Cor red ink) was written;