The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13

NAASd5O, LII, boICH
l.. D. Skinner, who was cashier of the
State National bank some fifteen years
ago, is the general auditor of the Central
Trust companys bank, of which W. IT.
wing Osborne is vice president.
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Robert r. Rusch, one of the fastest type
settlers in Wichita before the days of the
linotype, was in Chicago recently. He has
a large hardware business in San Franz
cisco and is dabbaing in politics just for.
fun. -.,.-ao k~rc
Mark Oliver, a brother of Frank Oliver,
is a member of the humber firm of Smith
& Oliver with offices in the Chamber of
Commerce building. They are enjoying
an immense business.
1t was at a Chicago boarding house the
other Sunday. a bunch of Wichitans
were invited to dinner and the landlady
considerably asked the eldest of the party
of visitors TO ask the blessing. Every
body bowed their heads and the young
man said: Hebrews 1873" The diners
waited patiently for few moments ex-
pecu.ng the rest of the blessing but as
no r.ore was forthcoming every one fell
To eating, with a panied silence pervading
the room. After dinner the landlady
suddenly disappeared and when she H.
turned there was very chilly atmosphere
were informed that they could expect no
more invitations IRON chat house
Ernest Colvin, who used to rustic news
for the Eagle is STUDYING hard at North
western University dis professors have
often complimented HIM for his argument
ative writings he reports Evanston
news for the Chicago Chronicle He ex-
poets to finish his education at Harvard.
Every morning and evening paper in
Chicago keeps a black line reading Boil
the Water" on their front pages as per-
sistently as they announce Jap victory
and deny il in the next edition. a new
conner would think Chicago water was
the worst what is Every day come the
health bulletins telling that the lake water
is so full of typhoid and malaria that it
is slushy. 1t is an awful predicament.
1t is enough to give timid persons the
creeps and make the strong drink milk
Most every one asks why Chicagoans
don't drink whskey. but then according
to the Kansas precepts whiskey is almost
as unhealthy as lake water with a double
dose of bugs and quinine. If you believe
the health reports, every man, woman and
child has forty million kicking, squirming !
microbes galavanting around in his giz-
card just aching for a chance TO unload |
their surplus fever on the unwary blood. |
Many times have the hundred Kansans |
wished for some of that good alkaIi water |
from the big slough west Of Wichita to |
mix with the clear lake water and then |
watch those measly little bugs turn up |
their toes Alkal water takes the skin off |
the tongue and hurts awfully but lake wa
ter takes the contents of the pocket book /
and that hurts most as bad. Every morn
ng wagons can be seen along the streets I
bottles of distilled water as reg
Ilarly as the milk wagons come around.
Those who do not buy ready cooked wa
er do the cooking themselves, just like
hey boil pork. and for the same reason,
10 kill the bugs.
Miss Louise LewelIing is one of the soci-
,ty editors of the Chicago American. Her
sister, Mrs. Hall, is one of Chicago's well
Known short story writers.
George Parkinson and his wife, formerly !
Ora Pollard are at Northwestern Uni
-ersity. Mr.. Parkinson will graduate
shortly from the divinity school,
Within the last week the sum of s650O00
las been raised to perpetuate the Chicago
rchestra. This sum will be expended in
building home on Michigan avenue for
theodore Thomas and his sixty world
amous musicians. Every year there has
,een a deficit in the orchestra funds and
hey had no hall exactly suited TO concert
york. The orchestra was to be abandoned
L the close of the season but the music
owing people went down in their pockets
or enough money to insure the work of
he orchestra as long as Theodore Thomas
ives and longer If another man can be
Ound who can lead an orchestra as this
nan has. Things looked dark during the
winter but now the ground has been
purchased and the han will be construct
d before next season. The building will
e used exclusively by the orchestra and
nay be rented to singers for individual
oncerts.
Chicago has the anti-septic fad just ,
ow. There has been such a statute on ,
he statute books for years, but the wo- ,
hen stirred up the powers that rule
nd now better not spit or you'll get
Uiled." Plain clothes men ara lurking ,
round and they are no respecters Of
ersons. one day last week they caught
vice president Of a bank an alderman
nd millionaire merchant splitting on
ne sidewalk or the floor OF q car and /.
ach one paid dollar and costs for their
3rgetfulness.
Last week the treasurer Of the Worlds
olumhisn Exposition made the fnai Pay
tents OF the dividends on the stock The
ividend Wss 80 per cent. The total
mount was $sSs. 46S.f4- Tt IS probable that
Nc affairs OF the exposition viii be wound :
y this year. the eleventh since the fair :
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