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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-03
HAVE TO BE SLICK

Peter Ginlan. an undertakor. was veg
terday scored by Deputy Coroner Ham
nond. says the Philadelphia Record. Gin
Ian appeared az Uitness IN the case ~
the death ~ pasquale Schetia - Holmes
burg. who eiet Of injuries received n a
trolley car accident
what is YOUR bus.aesa2' C.n.an was
asked as be took the stand.
r am an undertake. vas The reply.
How long Had voc known scaettsg'
asked Deputy Haram0aG.
About a week ~aio tee v-itnsss.
Then you only knew hlm after be had
been injured p
Yes: that Is tight" declared ths under
taker. Il hear about the sccide1t. ard
l thought tn man usight ole J went ~
20 the hospital thlnkiuE Re might D. "a
customer We became frienfiy. when
be died ] eos TIE fpb - bufy hlm.
Your methods ere bss.uesslise. - cay
the least commented ~ Iianmord
"ob. xeii. VOC Save - BE- sick tAess
days or stsrsei kecp iu coastsat touch
vl,h aII ,hs nospltais.r oonclgcse the To-
dertaEcr
''YoB ere a hgman vuiturs declared
tie deputy coEoasr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-03
i'd AsrRlnE

1 rseil- known amateur r.esr ah3 k1own
tie feu,lrlne pulse p-cg;y ~rg. ssss tnst
after ~elEhlns tAs matter RS gSl
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Wentz and
His Daughter

1t turns out that Wichita has a share
in the famous feat Of Chas. Wentz, the
veteran spoken Of in last Sundays Eagle
as having made wonderful ride on
horseback from Chihauhau. Mexico. to
Fort Leavenworth. Mrs Mamie Mosher.
who lives in the Fletcher block on North
Main street of this city. is Chas. VENTS
daughter.
When seen yesterday. she produced an
article from among her treasures. which
was an obituary OF her father. contain
ing an account of his record-breaking
ride This article gives the starting point
Of his ride. chihuahua. whereas the Kan
sas City Journal made il Mexico City.
The former is moro probable. but. how
ever. even such ride is almost IN
equalied.
Mrs Moeher talks Interestingly II her
father Her mother is still living and
resides at Lincoln. Kansas. Mrs Mosher
says that she had often heard her father
sreak of that ride and with pride. too.
tie was great iorer OF horses. knowing
and approaching their fine QUALITIES. lie
was an expert rider and made a fine ap-
pearance astride one OF his black beau
ties
The Wichita woman also knew Tom
Drum Of Hays City. who was a rider on
tho Pony Express. She speaks OF him IS
Tommy" Drum Indeed. this Wichita
daughter - not without historical value
herself She was the first white child
born AT NanepcIis. which tn those times
was Fort Ha-ser
Tie Hfe-s.cry Of Charles Went-. who
made Z world-renowned record IN the
civil and Mexican wars Is OF more than
passing interest when one comes % icoS
upon his record OF gallant fea;s and IL
Irritable daring. The following is the
article. taken from q paper shortly after
h,s death
.-Cn Friday. February l4tfi. the body OF
Comrade Charles weatx escorted ~
Vance Pest. No > G. a r. with Re-
versei arms ard mu-ied drum. was borne
"a the grave, victim - tiszt stem war
nor. who resps his victories alike e.
peace and war.
''TEe enlisted IN tire army OF the United
States when q youth II seventeen years.
and served as soldier untl he was hon
orally discharged ~ the agr CO fo-ty-
s~e During al this service he only rise
TO tbs rank OF cor5c-ai. bit though 10
epzule. g-acc3 Sis shoulders. he hears II
his grave trIler marks % kEighthord
than straps OF stars ever gave: th> scars
OF battle strokes Throush the kiI4nss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-03
A Wichitar's Bear Story

US. While sat, or rather crouched, there
on my pony viewing the great monster OF
the American Alps, l thought how much
he resenbled an old farmer trying on
new overcoat, as he lets his hands drop
by his sides. l caught my breath for the
second time (my breath on this occasion
was not coming in short pants, for that
would have attracted too much attention.
and my great desire was for quiet) as the
monster quietly winked his right eye and
lowered his body TO all fours, as much as
to say: Il imagine that you prospectorS
will in the future be little more particu-
lar where you stick your noses'-and
needed his admoniticn then, and always
Will
He shambled away, and in one second,
while retreating. he diminished in size
more rapidly than an express train 60
ing at the rate of a hundred miles an
hour. When he had vanished and we
were more than vanishing, and were well
out of the neighborhood. 1 suddenly re-
membered that during the great seance
l was holding across the pommel of my
saddle my trusty Winchester
Hours after retiring from my field of
conquest I found that my hair had taken
on a degree of coarseness which could
not be accounted for by any unkempt
condition. and my whole body was COW
cred by a condition of the skin which is
commonly called goose flesh" The
human body often assumes this condition
just before death by freezing, the skin
resembling in appearance the fowl when
u f~.t<
1 believed then if my skin had been sud
denly removed and hardened it could have
been used in the manufacture of a good
and useful class of nutmeg sraters there
by filing a long-felt want in commerce.
But I will trust to you. in great conf
dence, that then, and before, and now,
l hold no luminosity or i'll feeling against
any bear, and / solemnly swear to you
this night, 1870 p. n. my wife having
gone to bed), that I will never kill, slay
nor pursue with such intent, or banker
for the gore of any polar bear, or any
grizzly or silver-tip, or little black bear.
After relating this secret to you in con-
fdence. do not judge me too harshly and
brand me as a cowardly cur, for I can't
help it. 1 was marked that way before
birth. My mother. good soul, was afraid
of bears.
To say that I admire bear hunter
does not express it. No. l reverence the
man, who, while hunting in the Businesses
Of the great backbone OF this continent.
coming suddenly upon one of these mon
sters OF the forest, with no one near
enough to hear him scream. and his re-
treating path filed with briar and bram-
BILE and boulders that move with touch,
Will deliberately set his Winchester
against a tree and throw his six shooter
on the ground and take his clasp knife
in his right hand. and with his left grasp
the infatuated monster by the throat and
ENDOWED him while he waits. / am that
mans friend, and If he was only mine. 1
would fear no future punishment, for /
would trust him TO whip the devil.
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for governor was reported in last even
ings Journal and confirmed by the morn
ing papers. The Journal regards it as an
act of perfidy, a betrayal of that large
element Of the part which opposed TO the
machine and machine methods, had CEN
tered upon him and placed its reliance
upon him as its leader in the struggle for
reform in our party politics. We prefer
to think that Mr.. Hoch has not been
influenced directly by improper motives,
but has been led to this step by pretended
friends who have or are to have the re-
ward. ! neither case he has shown HIM
self unworthy of trust and unfit for lead
ership.
Clay Center Times: Senator Morrow of
Washington has announced that he will
not be a candidate for reelection, and
William Murdoch of Clifton is being men
toned somewhat. Tom Eaves seems to
have the call, however.
Anthony Republican: An Anthony law
yer in speaking of Judge Pollock's adj
vancement to the United States judgeship
said that Of the twenty-seven appoint
ments made to the Federal bench in the
past year all fell TO men who were or had
been railroad attorneys From this it
might seem that corporations are perni-
courts OF last resort.
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The aahia Daily Eagle: Sunday ornins january 3 1904

the act is committed VIM be fined five
dollars ard costs. 1t is city of statues
some on foot and some on horseback-and
a park-square. circular or triangular
can be seen wherever the eye turns.
1 am going TO the medical museum this
coming week to see the curiosities and
will let you know about them 1 was at
the national museum a day OF two ago
and followed the sights with great rever-
ence until 1 came to a sample Of the an
cient things drawn by a man whose
grandson was the meanest man who ever
lived in Wichita TO my knowledge. and for
some reason, after that. l had less re-
spect for the antiques.
Doctor, take good care. incidentally. Of
my folks while I am gone. If possible.
keep pain out of my household and your
reward Will pe a continuation OF the love
Of one whose life you saved and from
whose heart you have so often-notabiy
in Davy's case-turned the arrow Of grief
that proved almost uncomfortable when you
last had him in your care, although my
confidence in your skill never for mo-
ment weakened.
With best wishes for a very happy New
Year and many of them, remain your
friend, DAVID d. LEAHY.
P S. II this letter isn't long enough,
saw so
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Characteristic Letter From "Dave"

groes. Greeks, Persians and a Jap or two.
1 doubt if any nationality was unrepre-
sented save, possibly, children of Nor
way and Sweden and the Chinese.
The people, the surroundings, the SER
vices and the music and chanting left
with me an impression that 1 believe 1
/, shall never quite forget.
In going to the forenoon services at the
Negro church, dropped into see Vic, and
Mrs. Murdeck and found them so home
sick that l overstsyed myself with them
We all heartily wished that we were in
Kansas with our friends and folk eating
our own turkeys at our own tables, and
Vic and 1 wishing for a good old-fash-
toned pull at our pipes at our own fire.
sides Vic having seen something of the
ostentatious display Of wealth in his
neighborhood, which is considerably
more fashionable than my chosen abode
expressed some very strong sentiments of
hostility to millionaires, and society
founded on wealth, but a little stunt at
the piano brought him better l1umor and
he was. when / parted with him, half
way willing to concede men who did not
possess more than $50, 900 worth of prop
erty the right 10 live I could not help
thinking that a little Chionanthus, that
which you saved my liver and life with
last year, might do him good, for he has
no reason to feel downhearted Cor any
natural reason.
Well, Doc. this game of running a gov
eminent is an interesting one. Person
ally, L have not much hand in it and
the story goes that, in truth, only few
persons have a ham in It.
One thing has impressed me very much
and that is this: That while immense
moving luminous consultations in the
sky, embracing worlds compared to
which ours is only a speck; immense
mountains towering above the plain: i'm
mense clouds floating in the lighter air.
having elements of fearful destruction in
them and immense ships sailing in the
distance, men look large and loom up
big.
In Kansas we read CT men in the life
OF the nation-men controlling the destin-
les of our new race-and regard them as
giants. 1t is the deception of distance
and the vanity of the human mind.
Quietly have been measuring them near
er-humbly, 1 might say-but / am COM
PEELED, even against my own wishes, to
give them the stature L once did. For
the life Of me 1 can't see any man any
bigger than Col Marsh Murdoch and 1
know him pretty well. In general intel
lectual endowment l doubt whether he
has superior in the senate notwithstand-
ing that there are many there who were
going TO college when he was plowing
ground in Usage and Shawnee counties.
mining in the gulches of Colorado or try
ing to make his daily bread in the from
tier print-shops Of early Kansas.
The standard of intellectual force re-
quired for Giles Smiths stogie club is not
so great, and yet believe there are fifty
men in congress who could not do more
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Dr. J. w Shuts has received the fol-
lowing most interesting letter from his
old friend, Dave Leahy:
Was hington. D. c.. Dec &C.
Ny Dear Doctor: This is the day after
Christmas-the day. believe, that st.
STEPHEN was stoned to death. It is a day
OF headaches and bellyaches. The poor
look like they over-Nrank themselves and
the rich look, and feel. like the over-ate
themselves
Christmas is a great event in Washing
ton. Usually it is great day for the
churches. but yesterday was an excep-
ton. 1t rained and drizzbed and only the
poor and the middling poor could attend
the services.
I planned to have a. very pleasant
Christmas and / succeeded. The basis
Of my plan was to enjoy the day in tenn
perance and humility. l fntended to hear
two masses, in places Of worship where
/ was sure there would be no display
Of wealth-with the monasric fathers, or
rather brothers, OF Saint Francis and at
the negro Catholic church of st. Angus
tins.
At midnight 1 went to the monastry
OF st. sepulchre, at the little town of
Bloomingdale, outside of Washington,
and after a walk Of a quarter of an hour,
througf the wooded hills. I reached the
~ ace IN time to hear the singing Of the
9acred Offices" in which some forty OF
S1ty brown-gowned monks. wearing
hoods and sandals chanted the offices"
IN the real Gregorian manner. 1t was,
TO me Impressive beyond description. Not
one Of the men who served in that sub
lime midnight drama ever touch penny
and doubt if there was a visitor present
who could claim to have ever owned a
thousand dollars. You have no idea how
pleasant it is to worship away from the
influence Of the so-called almighty dol
lar. There was no notwithstanding
was pure religion
The monastry is a duplicate OF, and
connected with, the monastry in the Holy
Land and is one Of the most sacred look
ing places I have ever seen. At mid
night. in solemn procession, with lighted
candles, and an accompaniment of low
and seemingly distant music, OF rare
beauty and harmony, we visited the man.
ger and stable in which there was a rep
resentation OF the chfld-savior. These
apartments are built under ground, and
are a feature of subterranean architec-
ture the like Of which is found nowhere
else ir the United States. For an hour
we marched through a labyrinth of tun-
nefs, representing the catacombs at Beth
lahem, preceded by the monks chanting
in weird solemnity, bursting out now and
then, as notable places in the under
ground Journey, were reached, in voices
OF awful volume. as the organ OF a ca
'thedral bursts forth after the elevation of
the host in pontifcal high mass.
Who were we do you think? There
were people there with strange faces
Americans, Irish, English, Germans Ital-
fans, Spaniards French, Polanders, Ne
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IBSEN'S ODD AILMENT.

Is it not an extraordinary irony OF fate
that man whose life has been spent in
the precise use of words, in giving eacn
its exact significance and uniting them in
the mastery combinations which have
furnished the world with a new Iitera-
ture Of the stage, should now be pow
erless in speaking to find the appropriate
word to convey the simplest idea-impot-
ent to discriminate in the employment OF
terms which children use in the kinder
garten? The mental infrrnity which has
come upon 1bsen is one OF the most curl
Gus known TO medical science
\ little nerve somewhere is out Of work
ing order a tiny brain area has deteri-
GRATED, and though the words come when
the pen calls them they refuse the sum
mons Of the voice. The cells Which bold
a vocs bGlary acquired curing a lifetime.
swarming hives OF vo-ds respond % the
minds request through the fingers hold
ing the pen but hold back their response
to the vocal chords. Why Go they thus
discriminate?
Tie strictly exact term for Isben's sffiic-
ton is amnesia rather than apha-
STA. The latter denotes loss of speech. de-
flciezcy of articulation. Ansaes.a is 9
failure TO call the right word into use OF
to substitute words other than those want
ed for the occasion. The victim may
SPEAK Of a COW as a kettledrum or refer TO
a carriage as a crank
Various cases OF this mental deteriora-
ton have been reported in the news coli
umns: enough TO show that the disease
is only relatively rare. Il e a result of
the growth Of the language and The more
general habit OF reading by Which the
average vocabulary Is 50 largely increas-
ed over that OF yha last century. 10 the
impairment OF the verbal cej.s Il mem
ory2
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or Rev. skillinser, who preached the fun
eral sermon, we are atae to gre syuop-
sis of his record as a soldier
He first enlisted az New York. Noverl-
Der Z. 1S5S. in Company j. - s1men-
Dragons for FIVE years He was dis
charged on September 9. 1915. at Fort Dcs
. Moines. He enlisted on the same day
in the same company for five years more
Discharged July ?. 1s4s. at chihuahua.
Mexico. he at once enlisted in COMPANY
F Of the same regiment Discharged
July 2. 1885. at Fort Union. New Mexico.
he re-enlis;ed the same day for I'VE years
more. There is 10 record OF his discharge
from this enlistment, but he re-ealis.ed
July .. 1858 which is the day his dis
charge would occur 1T Fort Buchanan.
New Mexico His last enlistment was
on August 5. 1sse. for three years in Com
pany c. First Regiment Cavalry. from
which he was honorably discharged Aug
ust 5, 1866. He was not quite seventy
years old at his death. as was shown by
the records. but his ar6uous services had
so weakened his strength that he had lost
the use OF his faculties To some extent
Few ever were here long before they saw.
ai4N thr H4SNO4E " Niistlt- t-4t@-
At the close of the Mexican war he was
sent from Chihuahua. with dispatches for
Fort LeavenwoTth. a distance OF 1900
miles, which was reported 10 have been
covered in nineteen days. the. two com
panions who started with him, having
been killed on the road. Il IS said that
when Sheridan received his commission as
General. Charlie was the first man to
pack up his camp equippase on the re-
ception of which, General Sheridan said:
The man who did that was soldier.
And so he was. All honor to the man
who gave his youth and his manhood 10
the patient, humble, yet honorable service
OF the Republic, voluntarily, without ex-
pectation OF honor. or hope OF reward"
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The Crust and It's Coating

of Lee General Sheridan captured some
dispatchcs. from which he learned that
Lee had ordered his supplies 70 n certain
place. I was on tie other side OF he
river. whore he could get no commune
cation from ne Until the next morning.
General Sheridan pushed on al once with
out orders got to the place fifteen min
utes before the rebels and captured The
supplies After the surrender WAS con-
Guided. the hrSt thing General Lee asked
me for was raii1ns for his men. issued
10 them the same provisions which Sher-
idan had capt1rcd Now. 81 Sheridan. rs
most men worla have done. had waited
for orders from me. Lee would have got
of" listened with wonder at TIC gen
erous modesty which. before that brilliant
company. could remove ono of the bright
est laurels from h's brow and place &, On
the brow II SheTi5an.
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than reach it under a critical, impartial,
non-partisan examination. And as for
patriotism ard proposals Of measures and
means calculated to add glory and lustre
to the American name, / know of no
crowd that could obscure our beloved
hct-air club at a full Sunday night meet
ing in Paul Eaton's tobacco shop.
For Washington / viii say that IT is a
beautiful city. Its generai plan was con-
ceived by a man who had the French
revolution in the brain. 1t IS sort OF
adult Wichita IL general outline. 1t is the
cleanest city have ever seen and I doubt
if such cranks on sanitation as you AID
Mrs. Carter, to say nothing CT the CITY
Regulator" could find fault with it.
There are no cows, pigs or geese allowed
within the city limits, and TO show you
how they treat chickens-an industry 50
well protected in Wichta-it is sufficient
to say that if a cock is heard TO crow
in the district the man on whose premises
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SHERIDAN $ JUDGMENT.

Senator Bear contributes the stoET -
General Grast. tha Ocsslen bring iEa-
liant SIansr. AZ xhsch were preset nam
distinguishes rsea- Commodore A3sea bad
remarked there Vas nothing ~ disHkea
nee than a suh-5rliuaie wks ai~sys
o5aYes ORDERS.
WIZ. + that ycE are ssy.rS. roFs-
-poao-~ sad Prezlass< GRAFT sr-pss
the tztfs TIE commodore reyezissf ~hat
Il Rad EsI5 There = a 80. aeaf ot
sru.h = xiaat ycu xay. ssh General
Grant. .0ze % the virtues q GsnEr-.
Sheridan vas ihat ~ knew zhsn 20 act
-Ssthost orders. JErf before tke surs.-ss.. r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-03
PAeANrxrs IDEA OF THE sABBArH

An fncideur in the life Of Pagan.ni
comes 10 ms from Liverpool Tnc great
violinlst was visiting f-;e-ss in the So
burbs OF that city. q. the hose q lady
whose religious IDEAS we're sevaFeiy
strained By her guest vsursTing 80 Play
on the Sabbath day. says the Loado1
News
Wy asked the musician, -eef e Sab
al Trss b. 80 holie that noTirg rro7 ~
done 90 ar. ~ does Froves1enee permit
e leetei bids TO s-aS O. c1f daT. and e
leaves q e forszt 70 cap zere hsDes f1v
IL. making ze rusuirs music. and ze
waters og " great deep "a sound ger
mysterious haruon.csz
PaesHinfs stay AZ that boise. ws are
tod. was hrs-f