The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-10
NEWS OF WICH|TANS
Doings of Peerless Princess
Folks in Chicago.
CLUB WOMENS TROUBLE
HOweS Tells of War on ANA
tuer Operas.
Chica go, April g.

Chicago. April 9.
Roy Scudder landed in Chicago few
days ago and is now installed at the uni
Versity Of Chicago. He enters the medical
school. Mr.. Scudder was the crack high
Jumper and vauIter of the Friends uni
versity and after a work out az the mi
Fersity it was announced that he had an
eXceilent chance 70 make the track team.
A Few Gays ago a lease was signed by
the trustees of Zion City and the direc-
tors OF the Chicago and Milwaukee cleo
ulc railway which will expire in 1900 A
u. Ihls IS the longest term ever written
IN any lease, being for 1895 years. Zion
lily Is suburb of Chicago and the home
OF Dr. John Alexander Dowie. II is
against the principles of the sect to sell
the property of God. so a long time
lease was made TO enable the railroad
company to construct their line through
the town
Engene Wallace. son of the Wichita i'm
plement dealer is doing medical work
st the Chicago college OF PHYSICIANS and
surgeons.
East Douglas five OF six wears ago is
handIing Chicago real estate. He has
been very prosperous during the past
Few years and is enjoying an immense
business at present.
Chlca goans are anxiously awaiting the
days of the subway under the business
center OF the city, when the street car
tracks viii give way to asphalt pave
ments. This is now probability as con-
gress had ordered the tunnels under the
Chicago river TO be lowered and the street
car company is having plans made to do
this work and the city is figuring on con-
structing the subways. When lake nayi-
cation is open hardly a day passes but
some OF the large teams are stranded
On one of the tunnels and il is said that
millions of dollars are lost each year TO
Shippers because they cannot have their
goods handled by water. The lowering
OF the tunnels Will cost three million
dollars and 10 construct the subways will
necessltate the expenditure of an equal
amount. The use of the subways would
do away with all car lines in the con-
gested section OF the city. The govern
ment is helping this along by making con-
tracts 70 transport the mails from the
depots 70 the new postoffice through un-
deTground tubes.
Miss Ella Williams a sister of Prof
Williams, formerly al the head of the
science department of Friends university,
is studying music at the Chicago musical
college.
TWO Of the Chicago womens clubs are
threatened with disruption because of a
~ Ter,
for their support OF amatuer theatricals
1t is claimed by the anti-amatuers that
the plays given by the young people of
the clubs are simply an opportunity for
love-making. that they are u menace 10
society and young womanhood. In sup
port OF this it is claimed that eight homes
in one section of the city have been
broken up through amatuer theatricals.
Miss Gladys Hathaway. who has spent
the winter studying in the columbian
school of oratory, has returned TO
wichita Miss Hathaway has made spe-
cial preparation for teaching and has had
several positions offered
The Chicago night schools have closed
their winter season. Seven schools have
been in operation during the winter and
were attended by 6140 foreigners and 6Sl
Americans. There We're Il different ma
tionalities represented In the schools. Of
which the Italians had the largest num-
Der. with the Bohemians a close second
and Swedish next. There are a large
number of Russian Jews and some six
hundred Germans who are learning the
English language and American ways OF
business and life.
Prof A H Life. who was assistant
professor Of sciences in the Wichita high
school some six years ago is in the uni
versity % Chicago He has lately re-
turned from Earlham college at Rich
nlond Ind where he had charge Of the
science department
Ringing Bros circus is spending a
month at the Coliseum. Every year the
circus comes TO Chicago and gets in trim
for the summer season. The delight of
the small boy is not the lot of the Chi
cago urchin for the glorious. glittering
pageant of marvellously carved and
beautifully painted cars and chariots
never appears on the Chicago streets
lhis is an imposition on the small boy
and he never gets a chance 10 creep in
under the canvas
Miss Oldham. who taught in q number
Of Wichita schools some years ago. is
teaching in the Chicago schools now. Miss
Oldham was one of the Wichita teachers
during the Ward boodling case in the
early nineties. There are several Wichita
school teachers here. All Of them would
like TO return 10 Sunny Kansas. but they
say they can get more money as a teacher
here than they could as a principal in
= Wichita.
The Chicago Kansas club held its
monthly meeting in Lexington hail OF
the university Of Chicago last week. It
was an Easter party. The hail was dec
grated in sunfowers. The club is COM
posed OF Kansans throughout the city.
bat those living or the South Side are
most faithful in attendance Financially
the club i 4 typical Kansas organiza-
Hon an Overlooking treasury. and the
meetings are most pleasant II is
nal pleasure to talk 70 people who viii
speak OF the good points Of ones state
without everlasting roasting one because
II fictitious cyclones drouths and visits
Of pests. Many OF the members Of the
Sub have been here a number Of years
and new conner with lots Of news is
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