The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-29
WICmTANS IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO
Arrangements Being Made for
Republican Convention.
BUCKSKlN BILL SHOWS
R. C. BaiIey's Picture Found
in Raid by Police.
BUCKSKlN BILL SHOWS

William z. Stone, Sergeant-at-arms OF
the Republican national convention ar
rived in Chicago the first of the week anC
has engaged a large force of men making
the arrangements for the convention
which meets the q of next month. Al
present the headquarters are in the Audi
torium annex, but "a soon as offices car
be fitted up in the Coliseum, the head
quarters will be moved Each COMMITTEES
will have separate rooms in the Coliseum
annex, with rooms and Offices for the
members of the national committee. The
big hall has been turned over to the SER
geant and it will require three weeks to
get it in shape for the convention There
will be seats for $3.50 persons in the hall
with $500 on the main floor and 2,561 in
the balconies.
Fred Hall, a son of a former pastor OF
the Congregational church at Wichita is
in the university of Chicago. Fred is an
athlete and holds the worlds record for
the two-mile run.
The leaves have appeared on a few
leaves look a little ''skairt'' about COM
ing out. There has been enough rain to
fill I'D the mudpuddles and the skeeters
have announced their appearance with a
little song. The Chicago skeeter Is diff
erent from the Wichita brand, ne Is
larger and more industrious. His bill Is
like a red hot gimiet He is as active as
a Jananese torpedo boat. They can bore
through a brick wall in three seconds and
tho CRITTERS" are as thick as snowflakes
in a blizzard. The woods are full OF
them. After the Chicago skeeter sings
his little song and takes a bite or two
red and angry swelling appears After
fifteen minutes lounging around the parks
a fellow has a whole range of miniature
mountains of misery on his face ana the
victim cannot shave for week Inc
sweethearts at the Chicago university are
hoping that the Standard Oil company
will pour a ''leetle' oil on the lagoons
and puddles in and around Chicago parks
instead of soaking it all in the Kerosene
university
J. B. Gardiner. one Of Wichita's own,
has a good position in the Commercial
National bank. Mr.. Gardiner is away on
his vacation, visiting friends and relatives
in Wichita.
Miss Earnestine Pollard is visiting her
sister. Mrs F. NJ. Williams at LaGrange.
Buckskn Bills wild west show came
into Chicago in pieces week or so ago.
The outfit looked like it had been through
a Kansas cyclone. They got Strengthened
he of ha uook and showed at
Evanston and then came down town.
Some of the fellows got funny and
thought they had a bunch of suckers in
crowd of elderly street urchins. 1t
didn't work and the show looked like it
had been through a threshing machine
before the boys were through. That show
is hooded
Clarence Reed. a graduate of Lewis
academy and later a student at North
western, has a good position down town.
John D. Rockefeller has gone into the
newspaper business. The Chicago Journal
has just changed hands and Mr.. Rookie
feller is credited with backing the new
owners, one OF which is Mont Hollawell,
who studied law at K U. and practiced
in Wichita for a time. He came to Chi
cago soon after his father died and rose
to rather lucrative position on the edit
orial price of the Tribune. He is now one
of the editors of the Journal.
Miss Lottie Mussleman, who used to
call Hello" in the Wichita telephone ex-
change is an operator in the Chicago ex-
change. She reports that the girls have
less work. shorter hours and receive more
money in the telephone exchanges in this
city than in Wichita. Her sister, Lillian,
and her husband. c. G. Evans. have a
fine home on the west side.
Chicago is a great drink town, but beer
is the favorite. Tney even have brew
ing institute on the north side. where
those who wish to get rich In short order
may attend and learn the theoretical and
practical part of brewing beer and dis
tilling whiskey. The name given this
academy in the category of schools is
'Zymotisnic Institute
The police made a raid on a joke matri-
monial bureau a short time ago. and the
picture of R c. Bailey. OF Wichita. Kan.
was found. The newspapers published a
number of the pictures to give the people
a chance if the bureau didn't
Ex-Governor Frank 5 Black will nom
mate Roosevelt at the Republican con-
vention. and number OF delegates will
make seconding speeches. one being Harry
StitiveR Edwards, the author and editor
of Macon Ga.
" i'll Meyer. manager of Mahan's supply
house was a Chicago visitor last week