The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
March 30, 1890

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i fcfc"--.. gKAtr KT fc, v .laaafeMh Hfeu f .o a Kans. Historical Society U tol. xn, NO. 115. WICHITA, KANSAS, SUNDAY MOBXEXG. 3IARCH 30, 1890-TWELYE PAGES. WHOLE NO. 1825. lulKf- Ml l if jL -"BaSHap jft MSr 1 tT i GOAL OF GOLDEN GRAIN WICHITA THE GREAT GRAIN MAR KET OF KANSAS. Two Million Bushels of Corn, One Half Million Bushels of "Wheat and a Quarter Million Bush els of Oats in Nine Months. The Demand for Eigger Elevators and Greater Storage Capacity for the Grain Seeking Wichita Markets. Some Facts Prom Wichita Shippers and Of ficial Statistics of Grain Products which will Astonish our Own People Ten Thousand Bushels Per Day Handled in this City. Very few people even in our own city, have any conception of the enormous amount of grain handled on this market. The Eagle this morning presents to its W. COR. many readers some facts and figures which will pro-e astonishing, not only to the people of Wichita but to every person thiouchout the country who may chance to n id the facta contained in this article. f-incc the immense crop of grain grown in th eleven grca lir, .ifctrbcr, Klngmmi pir, Harvey, Pratt, Cowley, Ileno, Sum in r and Sedgwick commenced moving, and nil h mg contiguous 0 il(i Wichita inar kc t, and in fact many of them coming li re with their grain, there has lieeu an urgent demand for larger elevator facili :es tu handle the immense amount of sniiii to uhautage and with despatch. J. W II. wn 5c Co., who have done an enor nicis 1 m-iness since July 1, ISS'J, when the new crop of oat commenced moving, have run the three elevators which have a ro.nbiiu'd capacity of about twenty-five or loads, or 10,(00 bushels, per day, illus tratini's of which are given herewith, to 'lvir fulh t extent, night and day, and ill liae been obliged to hold on an aver fi'Jje of forty car loads a day on track awaiting the elevators for cleaning pur port i tc The total number of car loads cf j. r an which have leen handled on this m.iikot during the past nine months are as follow s- Two thousand nine hundred and thirrvstfven cars of com. S10 cars of wlu it. :547oars of oats which aggregate 1KK 0J0 bi"diels i f corn. 4M),(iO0 bushels of w hi a and ;52!,t0 bushels of oats. Of this large amount of grain J. W. Hawn tc Co. have handled 1,785,,"50 bushels of corn, 211. &0 bushels of oats and 135,000 bushels of Tl e Citv Milk have handled liW.-HX) bush els of wheat, and the Hydraulic Milling c uiipam have used lt53,SOO bushels of w heat. 1:J,000 bushels of corn and :M,S00 bushi Is of oats. A large percentage of the ..ram roivhed at the mills hns been ground t'U i tluur and meal and shipped out in that r-1 l!f ion. In an interview with J. W. Hawn he Mid "We have worked very hard night an 1 day to handle our business during the pnsi mno months and yet many things lu. e 1 1 .mi very unsatisfactory. We could have h trdled four- times the amount of grain with about the same amount of labor and with muck better satisfaction J W. HAWN-'S ELKVATOP. X W. COR. oiM w e have liad the proper elevator facil i What we need and must have it-"n, i- in reason to handle this years t -j" is nn elevator with modern niHchin r. .a w tii a capacity of at least 250,000 .sjcl-. w iiL-h would do very well for the r -it but would probably liave to be en iarjjxd to double the siae within two years. Iixib we must have, and t& oaee. if we ax- 1 1 11 Wgm I 71 WJB 1 c T W. II AWN S ELEVATOR S. pect to control the grain trade of south western Kansas, and the parties who are first in the field with the kind of an eleva tor Wichita requires, are the men who will reap a large profit on such an investment"' Mr. Hawn also said if we had a large ele vator, a shipper or grain merchant could get a sixty-day lay over privilege on all cars loaded, the same as are given in east ern markets, which would enable him to load a train at once to fill an export or any other large order, and the train would go through solid and as an express to destina tion, which would do away with many of the vexatious delays which now occur in shipping three or four cars a day on such large orders. In shipping in small lots the cars are very often side tracked in some out of the way place, and arrive at desti nation too late" to be loaded on the steamer. The time is not far distant when not a bushel of Kansas grain will go east of the Mississippi river. The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe have just issued a new tariff sheet, making the rate on corn from Wich ita to Galveston, for export, 23 cents per hundred, which goes into effect April 1, being a cut of 20 cents per hnndred on the present rate. !Now, if Wichita had a line running to Cherryvale, and controlled by the Kansas City, Memphis Birmingham, so the grain shipper could get one through rate, instead of two locals, which is now the case to Tennessee, Alabama and some of the other southern cities which are not reached by our pres- j ent system of railroad, there would never be any more 12) cent corn in Kansas. If we had railroad connections of that kind TiRST STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE. and proper elevator facilities Wichita would be well lixed to furnish grain to the entire southwest. Dining the past nine months Mr. Hawn has sliipped grain to the following states: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi lor losv, i -r,,;IK, Xew ITamnshire. Massachusetts, t ho loreitinn or tli uuuuuisoi jjuu- -ynrk Pminsvlrftiim. Ohio. Indiana. .-.rnTiKtinrtjitioTi tn ..uuniurcuii, -I""- THinnis? WiM'miRin. Tnv.i Cnlnrniln. TTtah. I t.nc rfeiSI J.W.HAWNJ I A MISSOURI PACIFIC ELEVATOR WEST SIDE. Louisiana, Alabama, North and South Carolina, also to the West India islands and Old Mexico. They have also paid to the railroad com panies of this city for freight during the past niue months $324,000. This includes freight from shipping point to destination FIRST 5TRKET A FIFTH AVENTB. as all grain sold by this concern is de livered freight prepaid. Few of our own citizens appreciate the capacity of the nottring milk- of Wichita nor yet have any idea of tho number of bushels of wheat ground in a year by them, nor the vnlne of the product. Front the fifth annual report of the Kaas bureau of labor it is fouad that -Wichita ronnvr three mills which ground last year 461,500 bushels of wheat, making IS.948,00 pounds of flour which sold for, to gether with other products of the wheat, 142,000. Nearly one-balf million of dollars from an industry in our midst about which little or nothing is said. The com bined mills will use six hundred thousand, bushels of wheat this year. One firm now having stored in their elevator upwards of 100,000 bushels. It may be of interest to our readers to know something relative to the grain yield of the great "county of Sedgwick, which today is attracting so much atten tion abroad on account of its being the county in which Wichita is located. By a careful perusal of the statistics herewitn compiled from the report of the state board of agricultural, it is possible for one to see the causes which are pushing the citv for ward as the metropolis of the soutfiwest and the foremost city of the state: GRAIN CROP OF 1SS9. Bu. Am't. Wheat S64.041 5l8,4sl.G0 Corn 7,923,200 1,427.070.00 Oats l,SM8,0'.Ki 275,803.50 Rj'e 00,240 15,000.00 Barley 275 G3.75 Buckwheat 1,455 S73.00 Making a grand total of 10,092,901 bush els of grain raised in the glorious county of Sedgwick and amounting to 2,237,305.S5 which is a grand showing for the grandest county in the state of Kansas. The markets for the products of this point are east, west and south, and it is es pecially true that the mining regions of the west are becoming more and more de pendent upon this territory as their popu lation increases. Located as Wichita is, 277 miles from Kansas City, 400 miles from Omaha, 500 miles from St. Louis, 500 miles from Den ver and about 700 miles from Chicago and 750 railes,from Galveston, and is on the di rect thoroughfare for the products of Kan sas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and the imme diate territory lying east and west to tide water at Galvestont it certainly occupies, without a rival, a territory comprising an area of about 700 by S00 mile, which is as productive as any country in the United States. The producers of this section are exceedingly anxious for the necessary fa cilities for the storing and rapid handling of their products at this point. Ths railways have for several years al lowed the elevators and mills at Wichita as favorable cleaning and "milling in tran sit" rates as any other grain market in the west, and have done so when the elevators have been insuflicient in capacity, thereby blocking their yaws and putting tLeiu to great inconvenience and lo'.s. The outlook for fall wheat in the eleven counties referopd to has never been better than now. The seeding season was very favorable in all this territory, and there is a large increase in average. Sedgwick county is located as the central of these eleven great grain producing counties and is directly tributary with a line of railroad touching every county seat which i-5 the cen ter of their respective counties. It is a fact that the present shipment of grain from this point now made with small elevator facilities, is constantly increasing, and the only reason that it is at all limited is be cause the facilities are limited. Corn, wheat, oats and rye are the principal products of this great valh-y and sec tion, and not another city in Kansas has necessary means of so completely control principal products as this citv. It is a question whether there is any point in the United States where such au array of figures eau be brought together in the grain business which will compare any where near them. It is not necessary to go further into tho details of every condition and circumstance which govern the handling of grain products. The facts are the grain is here, the railroads are here and that markets are established where this grain must go, and somebody must handle it. Wichita will have the elevators and make this the great grain market of the southwest. PIEEATEUBEKA. Several Offices and the T. M. C- A. Eooms Badly Damaged. EunKKA, Kan., March 29. At 3 o'clock this morning lire was discovered in the building occupied by the Florida shoe store. In a few minute the next room ou the north, occupied by Smith Bailey's drug store, was ablaze, but by this time the firemen were doing work.and bv he roic exertion succeeded in saving the re maining buildings on the block. "The sec ond tory of the burned buildgs comprised J. W. Martiudale" law aud loau office. Dr J. F. Mvcrs- office and the assembly room of the YM.C.A. The First Na tional bank building was damaged ?ome- j wnat, especially tee seconu story, occnpiea x oy ciogstoii cc x uner, lawyers Total los "weredby alKut 540.000. half of which i ov insurance. The buiMinirs were owned bv George A. Hall, who wift rebuild at ouce. CAUGHT BY A DEADLY CAVE-iN. Mahqcetth. Mich.. March 29 Five Finnish miners, names unknown, we re caught by a cave-in at the Prince of Wales mine-last nvtfniiisr. The timbers cave, wav and let down tons of ore anil rock upon them. Two of the victims crawled out and escaped with slight braises-, Irat their three comrades are sail beneath the fallen mas. A larjre force is at work dissin for the men. There is no probability that they ure still alive. A FIRE AT LOUISVILLE. I.onvru.t. Ky., March SX The fnrai- ure manufaeturuiir esrab&shment ot .1. t W. Da4s fc Co. ciiaht tire at S3U o'clock f mis uivciiiuK, aim Biure unwhoguwi be coacroHeii SSu,ixJ Io& wias sustained, eii msurew i AWFUL FIGURES. THE JS'UMER OF THE LOUISVILLE. DEAD AT Eighty-Eight now Piecovered Known to he Buried in the "Wreckage. or Meager but Mournful Eeports from In terior Kentucky Towns in the Track of the Storm. Probably Pifty Killed or Wounded at Web ster The Work of Burial and Belief Eapidly Going on at Louisville Additional ITames of Victims at the Palls City Hall The Casualty Eecord. Louisville, Ky.. March 29. The weath er today is clear, the sun shines brightly and the temperature spring like. The work of recovering the bodies buried un der the debris of Thursday night's tornado goes bravely on with a largely augmented force. There is a slight breeze blowing, but scarcely enough to ruffle the waters of the Ohio, broadened by the flood which, at this writmir. i. Jilionfc at si stand. Tndnv's I developments will in all probability dis close tne ma extent or tne terriole aflliction visited upon this city. The streets in the districts worst damaged aie still picketed but except between Eleventh and Twelfth on Market street the street cars are now running freely and wagons and all but mere sightseers are allowed to pass. Many of those employed at work in the wreckage are paid oy the board of trade committee and whenever help is deserved it is given. At Falls City hall between Eleventh and Twelfth on Market street about sixty men under the direction of Chief of Police Taj lor are still at work. Broken timbers and brick are regularly piled fifteen feet high on etch side of the street for a hundred yards. On the site of the ruined hall there are mounds of brick and mortar and beams and lath in wild con fu-1 sion and men digging at the b:ise of them hunting for the dead. In all sixty-seven bodies have been taken out there. It is now prfclty near a certainty that the entire lo& of life from the tornado in this city will not go much above one hundred, if that number is reached. Up to this writ- inc the total number of killed at all places whose bodies have been recovered aud of the missing, who it is reasonlibl certain are dead, is eighty-eight. In aiMirion to these there are about a dozen so badlv in- juredthnt death may ensue, though fatal results are not anticipated in some cases. MEASUT.ES FOR BELIEF. Tomorrow bejiinniu'' at 10 a. m. thorough system will be put into operation bv which all cases will be attended to The executive committee with a full corps of assistants and clerks under the manage ment of Mr. W. T. Rolph, chairman, wrill be at room 12 board of trade building and remain there all day. All persons who need assistance arc tj vtd to call and report their wants. The relief committee will be gauged by the number of applicants; tor instance if there are 30,000 to distribute and 10,000 length and breadth, and Sharkey and 1s applicants, each will receive $3, attention sauaouana counties are reached, then con bemg paid to the amount of damage, necting with the outpour from the Steple which, of course, will cause some varia- break, overflowing everything in its turn tions. Thenmount of the funds now in until Yazoo river is reached. The damage the lianas ot Treasurer liuckner, except what was used for urgent cases yesterday, is about $32,000. Mayor Jacob said that while he was op posed to calling for outside help if a voluntary contribution were offered .lie would advise its acceptance. Mayor Jacob received many telegrams yesterday from all parts of the country offering lieln and financial assistance. To all of them tliemavor resnonded on behalf 1 of the citizens of Louisville, thanking them j for their kind offers of assistance and stat-j ing that niondy could be used. Many of- fersoffood, clothing, medical attention and nurses were proffered, but Mayor Ja-1 cob felt that Louisville could house and feed her'own wounded and distressed and burv her own dead. All offers of tins na ture were declined. Teft. Wilier Co.. I of New York, and Hon. Geo. E. Tanner. president of the Indianapolis board of trade, authorized Mayor Jacob to draw on them for $1,000 each, which was done. The Simmons Hardware company, of St. Louis, sent a subscription of i'M). The inspection of the legislative committee may result in an appropriation from the legislature and material aid is ixpected from Cincinnati and Indianapolis when their committees return home and tell of the desolation of Louisville. The funeral expenses of those who were unable to bury their dead were met by the relief of agents and in many other instances deserved charity was be stowed. THE PEOPLE HOPEFUL. Said Mayor Jacobs; "I saw many dis tressing caesx but the people are hopeful anu may reiuse aiil wncn onerea to tnern. The men had gone cheerfully to work to repair the great damage done their homes and their w ives and daughters are lending a willing hand to whatever needs done." The remains of Jewell lodge, No. 2, of the Knights and Ladies of" Honor, at a .small meeting of their scattered members today appointed a relief commit- j tee to obtain a correct list of the dead, wounded, living and missing, and to aid tho" members who are suffering from want. I he members of the committee, af ter a diligent search, met today. A motion was then passed to assist in the burial of the dead and to relieve the sufferings of the living. The meeting of the night of the fi&ster was fully discussed, and as far as possible a correct number present was arrived at. The report thac over 1X) per sons, men and women, were present in the lodge room at Fails City hall at' the time of the wreck was not ex aggerated. There were 100 cbairs in the hall, everyone was filled and -several stand ing near the front. Out of the hundred known to Ik present, twenty-three have leen discovered, dead, thirty-one wounded, five known to have escaped unhurt, lea -ing forty-one more stiil missing and unac counted" for. Among thoe drawn from the dibri- and recognLEed were J. M. Stephens. Mr. Belle Patterson. Peter Ful ler, .Mrs. -innie .c, vies, .nmma -uotiswi- f tr .T "Rrf.rvrijir.1ir Tnftmnc "Piirr" Itm!- i f.t 'jjnvan. B. F.'Randohjtt. Mrs- Marv l McLaughlin. Mrs. Bridget Keller. Mrs. j s;ajiv Bishop, John H. Hamilton, "Henry i KiuL'. Mi Cam- Baker. Gas Miller, secretary of Pearl lodce, was present and.! is numbered amons the dead; also F. F. i Barno. of Imperial lodge !No. 1.3K2: Mrs. Kyac. of Hope lodee Xo. 191, was diseovewd dead, and Mrs. O'Connor. The undertakers hare more than they can at- tend to for tomorrow In all there, will be nc T.iLTh?rtA- fnnra!t TERRIBLE EAYOG. Weteiffii TJaioa To-ss. Hz&m aad Osher Places Eniaed. LocisniXK. Ky., iiareh 09. A Morgan field special rs: A terrifitrhoil and wrad stenifvistterf Union Town, Ky., awi Cmon aau U efcter ooantte i tmstej N awm. i in. The wife of W. B. Taylor. soetrf aearj OKBr, owers were wtras: wsc ail Uiixnumi.uamui mam ia .minuuK" ""j'-B." 5 I Zf '"lr T" Jolted octrtgHb. iiousesaant toraoownaca retxna. j-m,moi sa viama uwij iVf&Xty UeSVVCVU XCU IIUEU j BaS WUnitvuu unnnvu. .J- s ture and clothing have been found all along the road from Morganfield to Dick son. The killed and wounded at Webster will number not less than fifty. A Marion, Ky., special says: All day fresh reports have been coming in adding to the sad story of the destructive cyclone that swept through this county west to cast at sunset Thursday. The track of the storm is a quarter of a mile wide and it traveled thirty miles across the country, parallel to and almost in the same track of the storm that occurred in 1832. At this hour four deaths are reported and as many more possibly wounded seriously. Mr. Carenao Moreland and two children are dead. Mrs. Moreland is seriously in jured. Their house was blown down and burned. Berry Kich's wife and child arc mortally wounded and their house was blown to atows. J. H. Robin son's daughter was killed and the house and contents scattered over the country. The wounded will reach fifty-five or more. Residences were totally destroyed. The physician of this place was fatally injured. The citizens worked faithfully all night in our neighborhood, returning" at noon to day, and they report the people in a sad plight. In one room used as a temporary hospital there were nine patients. Today funds were raised and a relief committee sent to provide food and raiment for the destitute and wounded and. deserted. FILES OP WATER Two Mississippi Levees Break and Plood the Yazoo Delta. New Orleans, La.. March 29. A ter rible storm prevailed Thursday night and caused the river to overleap its bounds aud seek a shorter way to the gulf by making two awful gaps in embankments which had kept the water chained for sixty days. But the fury of the storm added to the pressure of the water made the works of earth give way at places where at least expected. The first to give way was the levee known as Easton levee, which is half a mile above Mound Landing, in Bolivar count, and about sixteen miles north of Greenville, the break occurring at 3 o'clock Friday morning. The second was the levee one and one-half miles below Hunt ingdon, on the Timber Lake plantation, about four miles above the Offutt break. This place was also considered safe and secure. The breaks are both very bad ones. The outflow of water from these two places will inundate a large section of country before it reaches the Yazoo river again to join the river, leaving desolation and ruin in these parts, submerging the garden spot of the Yazoo delta and entirely suspending all railroad travel from Leland to Rollingford, on the Louisville, Xew Orleans Texas road. The flow is east of the Huntingdon branch of the Louisville, New Orleans Texa.s railway until Leland is reached, cro-sing the Riverside division of that road four miles south of the break. At Leland it will cross the main line and unless it overflows the wet bank it will flow down Deer creek to the east of the main line, spreading out toward the Bocne Patia. overflowing some of the finest cotton plantations of j the delta of the creek country for about fifty miles along the valley road. Tho water f torn the Huntington break Avill at once join the outpour from the Offutt hrcik, which has filled up all the low places in its course but inundate a very large sec- a tion of country upon its journey. These i waters will swell its volume bearing to the west against Greenville and a portion of iiiu uuuuiry spreuuiuK out, lunam m- iams bayou on the east and no doubt will blend with the waters from Easton break, making a perfect sea of water from here to Bogne Patia and perhaps overflow ing the east bank of that stream. The junction of the waters front tlfese two streams will inundate nearly all the plan tations m asniugtou county in its entire that, this flood will do to the nhintartnns. stock, fences, houses, stores, townsand rail- roads is bevoud calculation. Besides this it Ha getting late in the seson aud thewateis will only recede with the fall of the river. Crops will all be late and in many places it may not be possible to plant at all. An attempt to close these breaks will be of no avail. The latest news from Laston break states I that the break is now GOO feet wide and in cruising rapidly. The water has crossed to the west bank of Williams bayou at Avondale and is two feet deep in the stores at that place. Avondale is five miles south of the crevasse. The water from the Offutt break is now within one mile of this place. Thebreakatlluntingdon.which is oOO feet wide, is hourly growing wider j and threatens to becomean immense break. No stock has been lost, as the people have rather prepared for a disaster ot this kind The break at Skipwith is now between 000 and 700 feet wide and is rapidly increasing. The river at Greenville has fallen three inches, caused by the breaks above. Ths levee between Luna and Columbia Landing, Arkansas, broke at C o'clock Thursday morning but no particulars can he learned. The people are taking the matter philosophically, as they have been in floods like this before. EXAGGEEATED ESTIMATES. The Property Loss Placed Too High Laborers Very Scarce. LonsviLLE, Ky., March 29. A good many of the estimates of damage to prop erty have been very much too high. The actual loss from a financial standpoint will not be so great as supposed at first. The great demand now is for brick layers, and it is hoped thatsurrounding cities will supply all that are needed. Probobly l.o'Xi of these can be given employment and th contractors announce that they will nor thern fi.no a day. It is rumored this morn ing that the local brick layers would de mand $3 a day. President H. A. Hustion, of the Louis ville board of fire underwritter, ireues tho following: "The public is respectfully re quested to exercise unusual care to avoid lire at this particular time. It is -well known that a very large amount of exceed ingly inflamable material is exposed to ignition by the smallest spark, and in the present low supply of water, a large con flagration rnignt happen at any moment. Let everybody consider himself "as person allv requested to do his best to prevent a fire." The river is strewn with floating debris j from the storm from Tenth street to the j waterworks and hundreds of ikifln are plying about, collecting the Wintered act of the Cherokee council aad a rigkl f wookwork. rliefbj the ninth article ot the treaty nt Captain John Hoffman, of Cook, HofT- i 1S6. which we here&j qt in full "The man Co., brought the tng Wcxh Grey 1 Cherokee nation voteaterfly m February, over to the wharf late yesterday evening 13. by an act of the national mnadX W and tried to secure Mtv laborers to era no i ihhed laverr and herebr crrrenaat ami tAtli ffrukf-. frv ttt ntt-mrut ftf rmmrrfmr i ont the larcre number of boatH ami bare i that are anchored there, bet hi t trip proved laborers 25 o nnsaccessfuL He offerw! tyntsanhonr.bat tbev aked J 58 cent-, awl were ootaaxkmsto work at j that. He- finallv succeeded in sectoring eurat men. Captain Jame? T. Duffy ah-o had obk troubk- in .cnrin? help. He hired fuily 3u0 men. and out of toe Jot only who were in tl country at ttoe rxmmenc about eighteen reported for work. nvot of t bu reteilion aad arp aow njdiae 1 JeffenronYilte, while nrt ofuoally Jek-1 therein, or bo may xetrn in mx mouth. 1 in? a-efetasce, can find many place w here t or thr dediu. hll h ail Um aid will be of utmost itnportanc. ricaw of a aastve Cherokee, provide! ifeat j Manv are rendered homeless aad owner of slaves o vmnunfMntl by pearnless. ?oine are thrown from cms- the Cberoke" nxtka shaft wrmt rweie Mrt to povertT. Amon-r these i notabte any eunpe-ioi rnf tor the the efc-tr of Ber. T. s. Boeley. who axs aJL emanenjattsd," tfcwrt&re, be it r There are many others Hke hiia. bet the Kesofred. By tfei cowrctKiaa, that tfce ptople are not di-conractd. They her cooatroedfln siww attd piaewi ape ik jse to work, and this nioraiac; tiBer i msta article vt th tmaty ot txPi to av aad ron.-wns wrane at wwk on nnHierotn warrantwiby it feosatace aad a ktw iav hoetm. The dsmmse m hot, fttmi j netier, to tAfci Cktxmkte AattMU 3 k. wre. r.c, win ir hu-. jiwrr veloped tU all of variott. kiwK Majy FAVORED BY ILL. SOLDIERS EXPRESS THE3ISELVES ON SERVICE PENSIONS. Colonel Hallowell and Hon. Emmett Callahan Address the Veterans of Harper. The Preedmen of the Oherukee Nation Ap peal to the Government to Protect Their Claims. An Interest in the Proceeds of the Strip Demanded Prospectors Viewing the Puture Panning Land South of Kiowa Local Happenings at Oklahoma Oitj General Western Gossip, SpeolSl DIS-utcU to the Dally Eagle. Harper, Kan., March 29. At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon the opera house was crowd ed, the occasion being tho meeting held under tho auspices of the Grand Army post to consider the pension question. There were many farmers in town and tho crowd was one of tho largest of mauy months. Colonel J. R. Hallowell, or Wichita, spoke for one hour on tho pension question and supported strongly service pension, which position was applauded freely. He was followed by a half hour speech from. Colonel Callahan, of Wichita. After the speaking a petition was signed almost unanimously asking tho Kansas congressional delegation to support the service pension bill. OKLAHOMA 0ITY. Items On All Sorts of Topics Prom That Plourishing City. Special Dispatch to the Dally Eagle. Oklahoma Citv, Ok., March 29. Our city has just passed that period where the erection of a few three story brick blocks causes any special mention for that is sim ply an every day affair. A Wichita foun dry man was here lately and contracted to furnish the iron fronts for a few more brick blocks, and will soon lie here again to look after others to lie erected soon. This city has now assumed the proportions of a metropolitan citv. The appointment of the governor of tho t err itory seems to affect us here less than any other city in the territory, Our people prefer an Oklahoma man, but any good, capable, impartial staresman will bu accenfablo and if th wishes of the noonle of this section are con- .sidered the capital will of course be here. But Oklahoma City is not dependent upon tin' capital lor ner tuture. xne uesttny ot Oklahoma City is assured. The government has issued license to all the drug stores in the city for medical Eurposes and it has been received with joy y tho druggist. The newehange of thneim thcSnntarFo road has been received with ple;isure. We now have six trains a day that carry pas- sengers making it a matter of convenienci to the traveling public. Then will be a kick on the mail service, i The change only gives one mail each wav per day We want a ponch mail out of Wichita and Gainesville which in tersects east and west mail. Electric light poles have leen distributed and will lie set next week. The ice plant runs, turning out twelve to fifteen tons per ifay. The canal is receiving the finish fag touches and primary stepd" are taker lngtoucties and primary siejware taKen towards the erection of a 200-barrcl Hour mill. The Henublican club hold election of local officers for the club tonight. Major W. A. Monroe declined re-election as pres ident and Captain A. B. Hammer was chosen as president; G. V. McCIullan, YA. Kixse and Major L. L. Bell, vice presi dents; W. If. Ketcham. secretary; H. W. Sawyer, recording Hecre arv nnd chairman of the executive committee, with L. If. North. S.. II. Scott, II. Allison and L. jI. Keys as com- mitteemen. Our social circles are lively and the churches are getting in their usual share of good work. The church building goes steadih on. A temperance meeting w held and a committee appointed to formu late a call, which tim made for Guthrie next month. Disposition has been shown to make it a political insue. Crops are leing planted, grass i grow ing and in many places the ground Is cov ered with a beautiful green. Garden stuff is up and onions, radishes and pens of oar own raising will soon be on the market. PKEEDMEFS CLAIMS. They Demand aa Literet in the Proceeds of the Cherokee Strip, Tahlequah, I. T., March 29. While the rights of the freedmen of the territory, especially tho-e of the Cherokee nation were being openly difcou!i in tle ros, the freedmen quietly met at Fort Gitteen in convention, and a committee on gnT ance reported the following resolution, w hich were adopted. We, the freedmi'ii of tne Cherokee na tion, hereby adoft and submit to Hon. John Wallace, spe-ial United suites agent, the following report of grievKoea i of which we should be rebeved: j Wherea. We recognize the faet that the j national council of i Cherokee nation t did in 19 enact a law prohibiting us fiotn J sharing a per capita payment ot the S3CW,- COJ appropriated in tbot year, aad J Whereas, The Cherokee nation! council J ha placed a i xm&tructkm upon the trwtty of Vfi relative to thtw lands weri of the nmetj -sixth degree, known a the Chero-' Kee stnp. denying the irecamen aoy right to or in tbo-e lands or may int-m4 ia the proceed derived from the nd. and. Wherww. We hare grievance in tbi sfAB tlul nmpr tTtaltAr uitstl )Jbtii r I or involttntarr jserrfcraic eau-t w tbrtri nation otherwise than in tmxLtliBMMl of crime wbemrf th prtr htm been 4ulr convicted ia accordance with th tew of I the tab". Tby f urtfeer azt that frwd-1 men who hare bee HLeratod totaBtartly by act of tbetr former owner or by l&vr m s wt4L as well ail 1 rwsd colors! jst-oa Ite-olTwi. Thftt John W. Wac W her- j UTVpt BfNat tin lii tmA Snai s-et'kawm -f ioroa. i tac- i inrtil ttfb VI EVSTNS TH uSAUTjFUL STRIP. Special DtsitcSrto Uw CtiUy Eacta. Kiowa, Kan., March iJ: Tko troopa stationed nt this point hSve settled down to business ami are now clearing tbo county east, west and south of Kiowa of settlers. Those who have retained give glowing accounts ot the fiao Tannine; lnqtfs between tho Medicine river and Driftwood and Mule creeks. They report nn nbuini ancc of timber along the streams also numerous springs of pure water. There are many strangers sojourning here who are making excursions over the strip adjp.ccut to Kiowa to enable them to give reliable information to their friends who contemplate making homes- in the Cherokee strip. As they do not intend to make any move towards settling, the cat tle men nave made no objections to their viewing the prairie land, neither have the military considered them as subject to tho order to expel invaders. Fanners who come to town say the wheat prospects are for a larger crop than in iSSO. Peach buds instead of being killed by the cold wave the 1st of March are now in full bloom and all other fruit prospects are good for an abuudant jield. Early vegetables have appeared in the. market and find ready sale. Last night a wind storm commenced from tho southwest, shifting to the north west about sunrise, aud is now sweeping over the prairies with great velocity, tai. iug with it all the loose boxes aud carrels to the Cherokee strip. AUGUSTA NEWS. Sprclal Oarre5poadeaco to tie Dally Eacfe. ACGCSTA, Kan., March 2S, 0. Wheat is looking splendid in this vicinity A largo acreage was shown nnd tho prospects nre excellent for a bountiful harvest. Fanning is in full blast in this part of the county. Much of the ground has been stirred for the corn and oat crops. Soon tho com planters will begin to move. Nothing has yet been heard concernim? Hubert Clarke, tho missing millor. Ills brother hns again returned to this city from Caniula and is making renewed ef forts to find the mussing man. About 1.000 head of steers wcro full fl in tho Walnut valley this winter and many are now ready for the market. The Wal nut valley is nght nt the top whonitcomos to fattening cattle and hogs. Merchants tell us that trade is getting better and money more plentiful. This is good indication that an era of prosperity is lieginnlng to dawn. The Palace hotel is now well patronized by traveling men which is an excellent sign that trade is increasing in all branchos. The Dnily Eagle is well liked by the people of Augusta. It is admired because of its bold stand on the leading questions of the dav; and well liked because of "con taining the latest telegraphic news and reaching the reader far ahead of any other daily published. A WOMAN GRAND ARMY MEMBER. LaCvxge, Kan., March 29. Robort B. Mitchell post No. 170, G. A. It., yesterday presented tho LaCyguo school dlstriot with a flag. The ceremony was performed nt the school house, attended by nuplU and citizens. Addresses wore, made by Selwvn Douglas of Paola, and Ed lv. Smith, of Mound City. In tho evening t-elwyn Douglas was elected post commnndor and Mrs. Robert J J. Mitchell, of Kansas City. .Mo., wiuow of the general for whom the po-a wa named, an honorary member and eomrado of tho post. She isleUovcd to bo tho only woman who has every beon a member of any Grand Army iost. A reception was tendered her. HACKNEY WILL HAVE A DEPOT. Topeka, Kan., March 29. The bonrd of railroad commisedoncrH today rendered a i ricclnon In tlte enVo of tho rldrons ot Beaver and Pleasant Valley towimhlrw, Cowley county, against the Atchison, To peka A: Santa Ye Railroad company. Tbirt action was brought to compel the comjutuy to siippl adequate station fasiUtica at Hackney, situated midway between Ar kansas City nnd WiuUold. The board of cm)inv.imers, after listening to the argu ment of both s(dw. directed J-fco AtcbUuu, Tnpeka Santa Fe to build a depot with full station facilities at the point dcaiml and to have the same completed by July i. OSBORNE COUNTY ALLIANCE. O.HBORXR, Kan., March 9. Today waan gala day for Obornet fully 8,000 people, most of then members of tho alliance, a Mmbled to Iiear ntirring speeches by B. JC. Clarke, prt,ldent of tho state alliance, and W A. Feller, editor of tho Kan&ts Farmer. Hie procession In thp forenoon contained fully 200 wagons filled with farrarra and their families, carrying nppropriato ban ners of every design. Tho county in now thoroughly organizc-d and thefanntini arc presenting a solid and determined front. NEWSPAPER CHANGES AT LAWRENCE LAWKENCK. Kan., Mnrch 29. The Law rence Daily Journal will announce in ibn morning that it will ceom to be published m a rooming iwikt, Init will appear in conjunction with the Tribune an an even ing jjmt, to be callrd the JournaW'ri buae. The name ot Charies fc. Finoh anil V. I. Kellogg will appear ft associate edU tors of the new jm pet THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. 5peM U tit nj Eocki AVjcsta, Kan.. March 2& Judge Will lam Shannon and wife celebrated their fiftieth w-ddlngdayanalreraryhwiteTea? inc. About sixty couples wore presnt and the jude n-cefvei a haodwomu gold headed cane and his timabln vriit a &nn gold watch and cbin. A. vaont enjoyabla time was had. A NEEDED BRIDGE AT LEON. Spsetel IXhu U tmir BMffe Leos, Kan. March The comO,j comn-ioners mt hrrr uyjay sad dul to build a ll.TWJ iron lrHlqe pw tfcs Ltt&ts Walntit riw, a ttufe fOHihMt ef thfe Htt 'IT brfctea in wttch noeried ad tbn j'-jHiefe are much grati&id e- ou(w ig:t GRAND RIVERS, KY., Vr XKED. IUDrAM, Ky., March Stf A l&xt&e n clone auwck ta lit tie town of Grand, ihtrprii. Iwenty nre mik'tof ikiattor. hmI nearly rtKtff- th.pfec awwy. Tm ccioaeoHietfickly nJ wjw tpme hi a few motmiKA iMtt in tiuit time a Mf lKMieM were krreied aad an majry wrwektsd. Mr. MaMk-lW-fc wx hurkd a imnArmi yatiiawl killd M John Etkordwu xxtj, wan crnhed U daath bf a funms kkmt Nbxeen otbrnt were iatrcd, Mt otuj Jrtt K&ooH Mrrkmaiy. Hon- ma Kwept m ktndUn from ewer attire fanv JIW while no uee wm hurt. All Uttacrspk Hue wer dtrowl awl only na xhm nmut itmn Ht from thi pia cuM th fs b lmml At Farwiwjtwi. VmmAJ-Mr miiM Mith. tfcere waw tcnaat daaMc to building frrtat the hum niartn Imt in )m of hU. At Mttfolto. 1JL. therm waa lo ssrmx daxaaqe- Rwmm are Um4 tut; auoM wt dmtrvywl a4 wral Jt. A mbuUI tc Um sacks Umwm tbw aad bne, U Uw aid to hre Leo WQi!i''L TVO KILLED AT EMINENCE. EKnntsKii. Ky M rvfc a?. Tfc cyaioso which Mrodt h frfactf Tknad ti(ht, kUM two psooo wd fatafly larfttrwl U)iw Ijnon Maddox mm! the ttttfe -ter rt Thama Ki-ftt? e th Wmd. awi .fee impunti arc "tUmm Klaae? 4 Mrs. Jnm Kbot May kn hI haran with oih-r mtldktB wre aUo httekj dflcta-wacrf xttd tfcr tmmtrj tc mihnrtymA m tnrwn wjtfc ttwIW--. tu FadacaJt the nc iuiaw m fteawfcoC acrnxfttumm bvs laiafiiipii MwKstwesv Wt Mf Man; in mm mm& tote uAnf, It b Thsht t Mmcj a GALE AT PETESaUKG. PriTWaTKU, Ya.,Jladlt.- jEM--fA Mo-xm he a- rcS-heg mI IKvmtcaMoyirmt tne. lrt au! iitof.a.

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S&e Wefcite gaaJg fgasle: jfcmtfag IPommn, gfcnxfc 30, 1890. JLJLMnuwriTi I R. P. MrnnocK, Editor. Business Manager. M. M. MTJRDOOK BEO. Publishers and Proprietors. Jill letters pertatninc to tho business of the prlnt Jnc department or bindery, or for .idvertiMnc fchnuld bo nddressed to the business manager; all other conimunlcatioiisto the editor. The only lallj- paper Ir Southwestern Kansas or the Arkansas alley recelvme: both the day and nicht Associate Press Reports in full. TEims or sunscniiTiox dailv eagle. la Advance Postage Prepaid. pally, ono copy ono year $5 00 J)afly, one copy, siv months 4 00 Ijally, one copy, three months 2 01 Daily, one copy, o:h? month 75 inreoumesa weeK.any ilasletrert, pery'r 4 m Three Units a w eok, any days desired, six mo... 2 50 Sunday Kdltiou, in paces, one copy, one year. 2 CO Sunday Edition, 16 pages, one copy, sis months. 1 25 WEEKLY EAGLE. One copy, one year i 00 One copy, six months 50 RemiUance mav be made at our ridk either by draft, express, express money order. potoffice order or rpKitered letter. Money sent In any other v. ay Is at the ifckof the person sondinu It. Give post olSce address In fulC luolodinc statt and county. If address is to be changed, give old address a u ell as new. bv cahhiers in- TnE ciTV a vi senenns. TnF Eagle 1 delivered by carriers in Wichita nid all suburbs at 20 cent" a week. Tho paper may be ordered by postal card or by telephone (No. To) and will be s.er ed early and regularly. Irrexulanty of service or chance of address should be reported immediately to Tiie Eagle office. TELtraoxKs. Counting Room No. 7fl Editorial Koom.. No. 35 TO AnVEnTISEHS. Our rates of advertising shall be as low as those of any other paper of equal alue as an adertislng medium. All transient advertisements mibt be paid for in advance. Entered in the postofflce at Wichita as second class matter and enteied for transmission thiough ths malls as such. Eastern oBlce at Room 4S, Trlbnne Building, New Yrfc City and ttJO "Tho Rookery." Chicago, where all contracts for foreign advertising will be made, and where files of the paper can bo seen. S. C. Bckwith, Agent. Hoaden of the Eagle when In Xew York City or Chicago can -ec copies of the paper at the office of our aifent at the address gUen above. All notices for enterw.Inments of any kind in which an admittance fee fa required will be charged at the rale or no cents per line per day; and mu-t be classified and will not be run as puro readlns matter. The Daily Eagle can be found on sale in Kansas City, Mo., at tho look store of B. Gllck. 21 East 5th. The Eagle has the largest circulation of any dally paper in Kansas and covers more territory than any two Kansas dailies combined; reaching 160 towns on the day of publication in Kansas, Indian territory. Panhandle of Texas and eastern Colorado. Tho columns of the EAGLE have been tested and proved to be the bet advertising medium in the Fouthwest. The only daily that readies all tho ter ritory above named on day of publication. As an advertising medium it is unexcelled. PERSONALS. R. C. Frazin, of St. Joe, is at the Metro pole. A. II. Baker will Sunday at the Occi dental. V. F. Ilensey, of Cleveland. O., is at the Occidental. II. A. Smith, of Coldwater, spent yester day in the city. II. C. Elliott, of Chicago, will Sunday at the ZMetropole. Henry Parsons, of Eureka, spent yester day in the city. C. W. "Warton, of Kingman, will Sunday at the Aretropole. T. A. Porter, of Mellsville, Pa., is in the city on a prospecting tour. Mr. Charles Miller, of Peoria, is visiting his friend Mr. Chas. Ballauce. Mr. R. Allen Hall leases today for a short business trip to Chicago. G. G-. Brown, of Rockford, 111., is look ing after some business in the city. Mr. John L. Rinakcr, of Carlinville, 111., is in the city on a piospecting tour. Mrs. H. IT. Morrison leaves this morning for Emporia and Kansas City on a visit. Mr. C. C. Thomas, merchant of Mount Hope, was in the city yesterduy on busi ness. Mr. Dudley B. Hine has returned from a very important business trip down ia Texas. Mr. C. II, Bardshar. of Mount Hope, was in the city yesterday looking up his friends. M. J. Oliver leaves for the south this evening to bring his family back to the Charmed Circle. IL F. Floyd, of the Farmers Manufac turing company, of Omaha and Chicago, is in the city on a business trip. "W. II. Rauch ppent yesterday at Sterling whore he sold twent-four horses for eastern clients. He says there was a 1500 horse among the lot. Girls are wanted at this office to do folding. A job press feeder is wanted in the press room of this office immediately. Dr. Durand reports cattle sold from four farms yesterday amounting to $1-18.10. Tiie clearings- yesterday amounted to SI 19,705.75, against $10t,409.50 the siimc day one your ago. Mr. J. K. Sawyer authorizes the state ment tliHt he has decided not to bo a candi date for member of the school board iu the First ward. The party who lost the small leather pockotbook containing two local Santa Fe railroad checks yesterday can get same by calling at Eagle business office. Mr. Edward Clark has opened a neat rigHr stand at 314 East Douglas avenue. He has a cosy reading room where one can go and pass a half hour pleasantly. The use of the First M. E. church for Mr. Kenrmn's lecture last evening was kindly given to the St. Paul's M. E. church for whose benefit the lecture was given. The Rev. 1?. "V. Kliams, who preached at the St. John's Episcopal church two w eeks ago, will boiegularly railed by the vestry, and it is hoped that ho will be able to respond. II. L. Taylor, editor of the Winona (111.) IndexHccompmucd by his wife, who are visiting Mr. Taylor's brother, Lee Taylor, called t the eyrie last evening to pay their resiMjcts to the editor. Mrs. P. A. Peckham, who has beon pending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. R. Allen Hall, leaves today for her houve in Coldwater, Mich., having received the announcement of her mother's illness. Forty of the school teachers sent in their names ye-terday as members of the Hu mane society which brings the member ship up pretty close to two hundred. The directors say they are going to keep the ball rolling. The friends of Miss Roe Payne will be pained to her that while returning home from her school near Valley Center, her horse became frightened at a large mastiff on North Fourth avenue and threw her, injuring her very seriously on the head. Yesterday was a good day for the farm er; to come to town. Every livery barn in the city was full of fanners horses while the streets bore witness to the fiict tht tho families came in alo. The merchants bad no fault to find with yesterday's busi ness. Mr. George E. Campbell has consented to be a candidate for member of the board of education from the Third ward, to suc ceed Samuel J. Howe who is not a candi date for re-election. Mr. Campell's term of member of the school board from the Third ward expires this spring. The drawing took place Friday evening, March 2S, at the Orphan asylum. The winning numbers are as follows: First prixe, picture, 370; second prize, silver water pitcher, 54; third prize, watch, 825: fourth prize, photograph album, 273: fifth prize, pin cushion. 135. Any person lidd ing the numbers please call at the asylum, 857 Fourth avenue. BAEBEE ASPHALT PLAST. EEPEESENTDIG TWO HUNDRED AUD FIFTY JULES OF PAVEMENT. The Plant at Wichita The Main Street Paving-Four Hundred Hands Em- ployed-The Street Thronged with Business Men and Laborers. lain street, thronged as it was yesterday with laborers and business men, not to mention the hundreds of ladies, was a sight indicative of boom and prosperity. In addition to these for the greater part of the day there were hundreds of farmers and their families in the city doing their weekly shopping and an occasional block- VIEW OF WORKS. ade was not at all a strange occurrence. Although the work of paving by the Barber Asphalt company is progressing rapidly, the company manage so that very little hindrance occurs to traffic. This is particularly fortunate, for Main street could not possibly be dispensed with at this busy season of the year. The Barber Asphalt plant of "Wichita is situated on the island just north of the Douglas avenue bridge and is one of twenty-eight operated by the same com pany in other cities. Mr. T. E. Green, one of the vice presidents, who was in the city several days since, said that this plant was the largest and most complete of auy of them. The Trinidad asphaltum is the base of the pavement and its merits for this pur pose have been frequently discussed and are well understood. The plant s composed of tho factory proper, cement warehouse, offices, and several smaller buildings. Upwards of four hundred hands are constantly em ployed in order to push the work to con clusion as rapidly as possible. Main street will be paved from Lewis to Park, a distance of fourteen blocks, and Market street from English to Pine, with intersections, is already completed. The company hopes to secure further contracts which matter of course lies Avith the city administration. This kind of pavement finds great favor in some cities and up wards of 1,500,000 square yards of other pavement have been taken up and substi tuted with asphaltum. About 4,000.000 square yards or two hundred and fifty miles of streets are at present paved with asphaltum. The following table gives an idea of where it is located and by what cities it is preferred. Since this summary was made up about 400,003 square yards have been laid in other places including Wichita: Washington. D. C Baltimore., Md Philadelphia, I'.v Xe York, X. Y Uoston, Jlass Albany, X. Y ItuflVUo, X. Y bcranton. Pa Wllkeb.trre, Pa Erie. Pa Hamsburg, Pa Iltinkiik.X. Y Youngstown, O Chicago. Ill Omaha, Xeb St. .Joseph, Mo St. Louis. Mo Topeka, Kan Kansas City, Mo Wyandotte. Kan Louisville, Ky Xew Orleans, La SMi.mi 31,138 173 ICTI :a,io J'-7T1 CAS 4.112 ",!iii; Ct.lOO 1149T5 !K") 2H,1T7 77,137 8Vi")l lSi..!7 11,'iU '.',177 S2.2U1 Total 3,iO,H)5 A stieet pavement is, strictly speaking, an engineering construction designed to 1 1 w F CEMEXT HOUSE TJXLOADLXG ASPHALT. carry certain loads and resist wear from blows and abrasion. The same materials are available for this as for auy other form of construction, viz., stone, wood, iron, and brick, and the only questions for con sideration are, first, which of these ma terials is best suited to the requirements of this special kind of construction; and, second, having decided the material, what is the best form in which to use it. The Barber Asphalt company claims that their material answers all these re quirements and for cheapness and dura bility is rivaled by none. A lame number of the asphalt pave ments of Washington were laid by tho firm of A. L. Barber Co., and in the spring of 1SS8 thi firm was incorporated as t he Barber Asphalt Paving company, which began thu introduction of the Wash ington asphalt in other cities. Buffaloand Omaha were the first cities to try it, and in these the asphalt has now reached a development of nearly 1,003.000 yards, or alfout sixty-five mile. From these it has spread to various cities, sixteen in all, in which the total area is now a little over 3,500,000 yard", or 2-J5 miles. Its merits consists in its smooth and uni form surface, which reduces the force of traction and thereby affects an economy in transportation, and at the same time adds to the comfort of every person who rides in a carriage: in its cleanliness, containing no joints to collectstreet filth and give it T'SURFACr:S iLjj' fHhi,n "?XZ$&8&y. &r

t. f: SECTIOX OF PAYEMEXT. off in dust, and no vegetable matter to de cay and poison the air with noxious va pors; in its noiselessness, which relieves the racket and roar of great cities, so try ing to the nerves. These excellent quali ties are not denied by any one. Two de fects have beon alleged against it: first, that it is slippery; and, second, that it is not durable. Neither allegation is founded ,jil S- .rtV ,-SgvVOLp 'I Off wak ?i rawtv 4 ',ypr z TQ on fact. Careful observations by compe tent engineers have established the fact that under the ordinary conditions of weather the number of accidents to horses from falling is less than on other kinds of pavement. The supporters of this pavement sum up the question of its durability and gen eral good qualities about as follows: Assuming each of tho pavements to be excellent of its kind, and the foundation to be solid, so that no ruts and depressions, except those produced by actual wear, can be formed, tough stone blocks will possess the longest life of the three, and wooden blocks the shortest, asphalt lying between the two and very near the stone. As to the first cost, the order of cheap ness is given thus: First, wooden blocks; second, asphalt, and third, stone blocks; and as to cost and maintenance and repair the order is thus placed: Economy of year ly maintenance, inclusive of first cost, good stone stands first, asphalt second, and wood third. In facility of cleaning the order is. first, asphalt: second, stone, and third, wood, whether the cleaning be done by sweeping or washing. Stone is, of course, the noisiest pavement, and the dif ference between the slipperiness of the wooden, asphalt, and stone pavements is not very great, supposing the street to be kept reasonably clean. The deductions of jury are as follows: In respect, therefore to the comfort and convenience of persons using the street, as well as those residing upon it, the order of merit would seem to be asphalt first, wood second, and stone third, for all streets, ex cept such as are habitually crowded with heavy and busy traffic, in which case stone must be placed first and asphalt third. The hygenic objections to a pavement of granite blocks are, first, its constant noise and din, which exert an injurious effect upon persons suffering with nervous dis eases, and especially upon infants and all classes of invalids; and. second, in open joints, which collect and retain the surface liquids, and throw off noxious vapors and filthy and unwholesome dust. Tiie Barber Asphalt company guarantee that nothing but the genuine Trinidad asphalt is used in hiving pavements which is imported from the island of Trinidad, refined and made suitable for use. Imita tions are sometimes used but it is safe to say no satisfactory substitute has yet been found to take its place. THE GIANT OF KANSAS. It is in the Center of the 15.uiner Hon District. From the Albuqurque (X. M.) Live Stock Grower. When a man conies to write about Wich ita his thoughts come faster than he can jot them down. The pencil bears down hard, for Wichita is truly a great place. We were there only about four hours and they told us there that we could see but little of the city in that brief time. True enough, but in the short stay enough was viewed to furnish material to fill half a do.en of the pages of this paper. The New Mexico delegates were piloted to the Carey hotel where a splendid dinner was handled with good working appetites. An escort of fine looking, bright business men then took the wild westerners to the big board of trade rooms. Here the visit ors gazed in wonder at the products of the country tributary to great Wichita, as evi denced by Ihe massive specimens of corn, grain of all kind, big pumpkins and in fact agricultural productions of every de scription. But corn, corn and corn was the star of all. Xeat .showcases and piles of packages showed off Wichita's manu factures to advantage. Crackers, canned goods, hams and bacon were branded "Wichita" and all looked good. The mayor of the city made a nice bti'-i-nes talk to our stockmen and was replied to, on behalf of New Mexico, by Hon. O. A. Hadley. By the substance of the re marks of these two gentlemen it was shown what a powerful combination could be made by the New Mexico people and those of Wichita. They have worlds of cheap corn and the packing houses to handle the cattle, and we have the cheai cattle. After a pleasant visit with the board of trade the party descended to the street and entered elegant carriages in which they were driven through the city to the stock yards. And model stock yards they proved to be. Everything was neat and clean, although the business was there and the capacity for more was evident. Wichita has the location and the progressive citi zens. It is the center of the banner corn district. It may not be today nor tomor row, but the day is not far distant when the Wichita stock yards will be jammed to their utmost capacity. This is not talk, but an apparent fact. Then the part' took in a Wichita hog killing and in Whittaker's and Dold's big packeries saw the fat porkers swing down to death and dismemberment. A thousand hogs inn thousand seconds, or something like that is the way they slid to their doom. It may be of some comfort to these hogs to know that they are killed, scraped and handled by the very latest thing in hog machinery. Everything in the pack ery was new and bright and the expert butchers stabbed, slew, sliced and hacked with the precision of army surgeons. Time is up and our brief stay in the giant of Kansas is drawing to a close. Re entering the carriages we whirl pat lovely homes and elegant residence, through fine streets shaded with magnificent trees past huge business blocks aud noble churches. We are at the car again shak ing hands, parting with regret from our new made friends of Wichita. We are off and the unanimous verdict is that Wich ita was the best of all. 31 K. GEOKGE KKXNAX'S LECTURE. Last evening a large audience assembled at the First M. E. church to listen to the great lecture by George Kennan on Siberia and the condition of the political convict imprisoned there. The audience was the largest that has assembled under similar circumstances here this season. The speaker was introduced by Dr. R. W Ste venson, superintendent of city schools, w ho was formerly Mr. Kennan's teacher. The lecturer has a resonant voice, impressive manner and entertaining style. An ade quate synopsis of the lecture would be im possible, the detaals of composition were so full. One must hear the lecture to feel that interest which his magazine articles convey only a partial idea. His several years' business career and travels- in Euro pean ami Asiatic Russia were presented in a graphic and entertaining style. His journey to the mine- of eastern Siberia, where hundreds of political exiles serve out life sentences and the wretched condition of these hapless peo ple was most graphically set forth. The Russian soldiery and police, the military governors and commanders, the physical features of the country, the climate, the habits of the people, the construction and management of the prisons, the system of detectives, the treatment of persons ac cused of political offenses, ami tho cun ning displayed in evadinc arret for pass ing unlawful letters, all combined ui im press his hearers of the truth of his state ments and the speaker's personal knowl edge of all these facte-. The lecture, of more than two hours in length, was list ened to with the greaeest attention throughout. He illustrated the prisoner dress by wearing one through the last hsK of his lecture. Anecdotes, were related and hitters read forcibly Hhtstratias Ms discourse. METBOPOLITAff SERVICE. WHAT THE WIOHTTA ELE0TEI0 EAILWAY PROMISES THE CITY. Thirty Mile3 of Electric Line to be Con structed and Equipped within Six Months Arrangements Made for Commencing Work thi3 Week. The Wichita Electric Railway company, which is the result of a consolidation of the City Railway and the Riverside Sub urban, will commence work in a few days and the result within four or five months will be a greatly improved service to the city. The capital stock of the company is one million dollars, and it is proposed within the next six months to expend at least $150,000 in improvements. In addi tion to supplying the city with a much bet ter service and making the city in fact and appearance more metropolitan, much of the money expended in making the im provements will go direct to the laboring classes of the city. The labor necessary for making the improvements is of such a class that practically all of it can be done by laborers living in the city, which calls for a large per cent of the amount to be ex pended to remain in the city and possibly go where it may be most needed. Since the franchise was granted, less than a week ago, the company has been quite active iu getting ready to make-a showing of business. The first question to be decided was the electric system to put in and in the face of experience in the city with the Thompson-Houston and the Sprague systems the former was the unan imous choice. It is expected that an agent of that company who will superintend the the construction of the line will reach the city today and tomorrow will commence work. The franchise as passed calls for eight miles to be completed within four months but the company proposes to put down three or four times this mileage just as soon as the work can be completed. While it is optional to have only a few miles additional electric line aud operate the suburban line with horse cars, it is pro posed not to take advantage of that clause for the reason that it decided to be more business like to completely revise, rear range and rebuild the entire line and make practically all if not entirely all of it an electric line. This will cause many "dead end" branches to be cut off without apology or remorse. Only such lines and branches will be built as are known to a certainty that will be profitable. This may cut down the number of miles of track oper ated and increase the dividends. In the rush of construction, resulting from a de mand in many directions, at the same time the city railway system has many sharp corners and turns and often the lines are much longer than they should be and pas sengers go a long distance to get only a few blocks. While this has alwajs de tracted from the efficiency of the service it at the same time has increased operating expenses. The result to the company was more expenses and not so many nickles. In the new it is proposed to jrive careful attention to the new lines with reference to taking the best possible routes to accom modate all the people. While the system will be composed of a less mileage it is proposed to increase tho efficiency of the service to every part of the city, which will be an arrangement and a change most acceptable to the city as well as to the com pany. As outlined at present the new system will include a line from Carey park on the north to the fair ground, on the south along Main street through the center of the city. From College Hill on the east to Garfield university on tiie west occupying Douglas avenue. From Douglas avenue north on Topeka avenue to the packing houses. A line will branch off Douglas to the southeast part of the city but the route as yet has not been determined upon. This is a general outline made 'o far and is 11 fair frame work which will be rounded out as the demand suggests. The company has decided to use the Johnstown rail which is generally referred to as tho best for such purposes. It is proposed this week to put men at work on. Main street and on Topeka avenue and within two weeks probabjiy 200 men will be engaged on track and line and remain at work until the system as outlined has been completed. As to the paving question Mr. J. O. Davidson stated yesterday that the com pany would follow closely tho asphalt on Main street and and the new track com pleted there and paving also completed as soon as possible which would turn the street over to the public. On Douglas in all probability the new tracks would be down before the paving i-. completed and the track would be paved just as soon as the street on either side. The company would endeavor to disponed of the paving question jut as soon as possible. It comes on second-class authority that just as soon as the line on Main street is ready to operate the Water stieet line and tho few blocks on Market, n-td for the old Riverside line, may be abandoned. In such an event the track would be re moved from both and on Market the space now used by the track can be paved with the asphalt, making a solid 'treet. Wheth er this will be done depends on ome mat ters which as yet have not leeu settled but will be determined upon within a few weeks, or by the time it would be possible to make such a change. The Venice, assured, will be such as to make in every respect the most complete system in any city in the west. Vestibule electric cars used in the winter and in summer the open cars. At first thirty motor cars will l)c put into the service each supplied with one trail car to use on extra occasions. Three to five min utes servive will be given on Main and Douglas and fifteen minutes service to the packing houses. It i- estimated that on schedule time as admitted by the franchise the service will enable citizens to go as far in five minutes as they have been accus tomed to travel in fifteen. Some of the citizens interested in the general appearance of the business street have suggested that as the iron poles are to be used in the center of the street b tween double tracks, that an electric light ornament the top of each pole This would place the lights on Douglas and Main about one hundred any twenty feet apart nnd about double the amount of iistht in the business part of the citv. It has been sugi-ted a the clever thin to do for the railway company to furnish some of the light and the city would have the present 1 lights removed to the poles and in this way I the design as suegestcd could be carried 1 out. JOHN E.YTON ABOUT PAYBMKNT. A property ownertr of Douglas avenue wrote to John Extoa to go to St. Pan! and 1 see Colonel Drake and his jasperite pave ment there, ami the following is his an swer: "I have been to St. Paul to see Colonel Drakd'ttad like his pavement Tery much. He promises me that he would take extra pains with Douglas avenue and make it r .u -4. n.... ij j tUm. t' v Lv-il, rM. rial the mo- durable that is known. PAfwwJ n. 1 tknr tkafe diniiiinf t I alrewlv shipfed and he h all ready to goto worc MOZ.ART CONsHKVATOUV or MUSIC. The fourth terra will beeia on Tuesday, Aprils. Students enrolled at toe music rooms at Garfield university aad Lewfe. academy. Those who contemplate attend ingwflldowelltoracister asoarfy in the terra as t ulillil During the past week "we have had a pleasant and profitable experience that has redounded greatly to the credit of the Arcade Dry Goods Store. The Arcade has been insisting on the One Point, that the self same dry goods can be bought at the Arcade for less money than at any other house in Wichita. Two well known ladies de termined to investigate this claim of the Arcade and went to three of the most prominent dry goods houses of the city and got their prices on five specified arti cles of dry goods. First house, price 89.75 Second house, price 9.5S Third house, price 9.-JL5 Arcade, price S.52 You can save money by buying your dry goods at the Arcade, no matter what the advertisements of our competitors. A GROWING FACTORY. A 4,000 Job Shipped to l'ucbjo, Colorado, Yesterday. The manufacturers of Wichita arereach g out more numerouslv and farther with their articles every month. A number of them go beyond the field covered by our wholesalers. The Eagle cornice works in this city is keeping fully up with the iron and wood and leather manufacturer. It is the biggest factory of the kind in the state, and their work and designs give tho utmost satisfaction wherever xi-ed. Orders are not infrequent from Colorado and western Texa-, while their ork can be seen in every city and in southern Kansas. This linn did the work on the government building and on tho county building, which work speaks for itself. Mr. Caswell in forms us that the firm shipped yesterduy a J,0X)iob to Pueblo, Colorado, which was a fine piece of work. Order from Oklaho ma City have been received covering 2150 lineal feet. From her location and railway facilities Wichita's fame as a manufactur ing center is bound to be as great and as successful as a wholesaling, grain and packing center. A XOIII'E WOKK Or WOJIEN. Some two years airo a band of women started or founded what they denominated a "Woman's Exchange," which has run smoothly ever since, accomplishing a vat amount of good and atrordmg much relief. The idea was to enable women who could not leave home and babies, but who de sired to do something in the way of help ing along with home expenses, to send t he product of their home lnlor to the Ex change, where it is disponed of for a slight commission. Those home products iu- i...i...i i. i i ..'.t' -i .L uiimt'u Kieuus, jues aim uiiiit hiliuics ui food. Mrs. Col. Weitzel and Mrs. McCabe, who have had the affairs of the Exchange ...,.i. of i.M ,i, f...,. very much at heart, the former giving ery much of her time tor two years, called yesterday to say that they were going to move into new quarters in the Sedgwick block, the room next to the Western Union Telegraph office, entering on First Mi-pet. The-e ladies say that the Exchange has proved a great bleeding to a numler of women. The Exchange has a numhrr of regular boarders, furnifching thirty or forty people every clay with dinner, and serving a ten cent lunch at all hour. In their new quarters a fine toilet room will be fitted up so that ladies shopping from a distance can refresh themselves and get a good dinner. THK GOVERNMENT HCILDING. Mr. Valentine Jobst, of Peoria. III., jov ernmeat building contractor, spent yester duy in the city looking after busines mat ters. He says the job will be completed me. far as his contract call-, for within three or four weeks. Everything is getting along nicely aud he r quite glad be ha nothing to do with putting in the heating appa ratus. He left last night for Omaha to look after some IwiHiiess there. Some fays ago Mr. Sternberg, superin tendent of the government building, re ceived a letter from the department at Washington stating that he would be re lieved on the first of next month, and Mr. Frank Smith. postmaHer. would be made custodian of the building. There is yet con-skierabie work to be done along the line of finishing touches, and Mr. Smith not knowing anything about that busi ness has insisted on Mr. Sternberg being held ae ttuperiatendeat for a month or two yet. It is not known rbat will be don ia the matter final. Mr. J. E. Flowers who ha the contract for approaches, is rushing the work along quite lively. Three or fonr weefcs will nftd fcfc work completed. 11 ypatta haI'I'Y. Yesterday afternoon the EouTf erye wa taken by storm a very gentle atorm, mind you. A aeJegauon from Hypatia. consisting of Mesdame H. G. Tofer. Ktta a. Shield-, Win Hull. T Bennett. Peatn Foster and Mrs. Cox, had called on Mr Kennan at the Carey aad they detissted ns with their own delight over the cordial reception extended them by the renowned Kumian traveler who entertained them for ILJJIZJrZL sta n Drobablf- will never be heard from the platform. Hypatia hare been studying all j rWi .-wfetn- W mWamn.invakavBr nnnrifmu t mm the "cxar and his mJnlkt." np for 1 mow time, and to thua aae their im- aginations imvnred and idea lemoned by a personal contact with the man who ha set all the world to talking about tan land of Peter and Catherine wa indeed a treat, 1 ton Indie rennwrtaUwss above anatlwuri I oadncfar that he aaonhi W rminl-wfca fa beqnefc. MORE New Dress Goods! Xew ines Just opened by the Arcade. m BARGAM THIS BAEGAEf SO. 1. AT 45C A Glove Fitting Summer Corset, with ex tention bust, worth ?5c, but the Arcade gives you a bargain at 45c. BARGAIN" W. 3. 20 Pieces new sateens, full width and fast cold's, us ual price 15 cents but we want your business and offer them at only 12 c. BAMAM jSt0. 5. 25 newr capes, new styles, pinked and plaited, only 81.75. It pays to sell goods cheap. It pays to be busy always. Small prolits will down tho old timers. And keep the Arcade in the lead. THE ARCADE GKAXI) i:NTKUT.VINMKNT AT (JAKI'IKM CNIYKitMTY. Xext Tuesday evening an onterUinment will be given by the musical and literary talent of Garlleld University. The pro gram promises to be one of great merit and if the sanguine expectations of tho participants are fulfilled tho literary as well as the musical portion of the evening will excel anything ever presented at the University. In combining the literary talents of the school with those of themtis- ical department it is hoped that tho enter tainment may become of more intereot to a greater number of people, and that the friends of both the University and of the participants will heartily respond to tho invitation extended to them to be present at thi-. feast of knowledKennd art. Among tho.e who will participate in the performance are Messrs. S Ploughe, J. II. White, J. K. Dychc, T. W. Butcher, L. Betts, D. II. Case, Ben Pannley, II. il. Everest, F. F. Williams, A. WUmmi, H. A. McGinnis, F. C. Poutet, Rev. Jones, Prof. Carlton and (i. II. Iaughltu, Misses Gertie Mnrgunrt, Xora English, Eftlo Baraett. Blanche Brown and Vergelfnc Lucy. The render only needs to see the above wIl known names to know wliat to expect. The program will commence at S p. m. Cars will leave the corner of Main and Douglas at 7:20 and 7:40. JOSKl'Il COOK'S tiKCTCHK. Joseph Cook is now a household name in England and America. Xumerou invita tions to take a lecturing tour around the globe reached him. In 1HH0 he set out on a mis-ion, which lasted for two yean- and seventy-seven day. Wheraver he lec- tured. large and influent ml ltU1llrtt ml liihinni flocked to hear him. In Great Britain he made one hundred and thirty-nve public nonea ranees. Heoocned hn camoniifn at int mretiuK m inr uiiKrKKi lunm union j i Birnimgnam The whole aawmbly row ml fp-tI him with loud and cheering, and a torm of applause followed Uje coulltoioIl of lh In Soath vai(S( Bradford. I,twK and Nrwcartlc lm awoke great entbmdaMn. lie had, in Edinburgh, audiewe that crowded the largest halls. Within a week he gave no h-w than fte lectures. In the I'nUed Presbyterian hall, hundred failed to eain admutMion. Glasgow received blui with open doors, and listened eagerly to the me-tsage be bore. Headers know that hi ttcce was of a kind rarely experienced by viaitont from beyond the ea. The Christian, London, June 3, 1. ANOTllltlt CINCINNATI. Mr. Joel S. XcGill, of Cincinnati, to in tending to be ia Wichita the early part of next month, and contemplate the erection of a building for reahfence flat on hi property at the corner of North Emporia and Centra arenne. While .Mr McOil! ha the unfiaJ attachment acquired by loo residence for the Queen City at Ohio, he b a firm beiterer in the Peerlea Prince, and a that a country bedded a tbi i with immense tratnma of rock lt near the surface, and incalculable corn wealth above, are suggeative enough of what Wichita i aad surely will be, in the pork line alone, and that It require as exceed ingly dull intellect and barren Imagination not to understand her buine future. A rTKK :aSM NI KOOK IMCTCKI BS. Prom the Okjfa Draawr. An nghh yndicate now comes to the front with a desire to purchaae the tending sash and door factories ta taia eoaotry. Enumerated in the deal are three of the principal lactone in Ht. Looia. Beaidea theae there are other men and door con cern at Wichita, Kan., Kaaaaa City. Mo., and two in low. An agent of the Knglten men who ha been in tne city for the last few dar aavl taat rrrnlnar 'if I can siecure theae ix factorie tor a reaaonaMei fijrure I wiiJ give the owner t be ean fori them immediately They have t4lnA to ell out their interest for ti ,309.190 bat in my opinion they will be ciad to accept i.iwu.tw before a direct retaaat le green on the properties." MKTM XwiWKlCtC? CHRISTIAN CHCCH. There will be am eanwtainmrnt at the South Lawren'e ChrhaJeci churea an Men day evening. March It The following program will be ruanuwt: Invocation. Mmnc Graham onarlerte. Rerttation Maw Brwwa. Mnaic Harry Fetltfce. Becitatiott Mr. Lawrence, Solo... MhwClam In nick. Hecfeatkai Lome PhilMp. Mocee Graham anwrt'gte. Recitation Mr. ;Veat arni Dnet Wamtle.1 .Seine McPlMrsnnj, Mia ft T ante. Recitation Blanadm Marda. Clarionet nolo, MrTllatfcmaw. Recitation Mr. Pontet. xa&khk srirs Ta fbat Matnndiat K&MDant an ex tended an iavitation to the Mottat Off Conuaanafery tbedn If net tt rrkm n nV chnith on Easter Bamsaj. tttt teft tfon nan neai ijnntiatBiBy aananea ay tent CM96Sian4n,3r NEW GOODS I Dress Trimmings! New Sat- WEEK! BARGAIN NO. 2. AT 2SC-10 pieces Brilliant ines hi all the new colors. "We could ijet 35c for theso but a small profit pays best. Only 2Sc. BAEGAIN NO. 4. 10 Ladies' full regular hae, fast black, no seams. These goods are only 25 cents. (Nothing thrown in,) BAEGAIN IsO. 6. Tailor made Jackets $-1,25. 12 new jackets of the new pale lot length. Tailor cuti and tailor made worth $6, but cut them to &L25. Mr J. F Powell lw completd a wat h the result of his owu labor awl tleltrt watch made in the ftate It i stru tlv ;i lmml made watch an Jar at tiie works are conceniod, ami is iiMHtriuK tima cor rectly. He has been offered f3QQ for u, but says money don't get it Tho first annual meeting of the Kansas Princiialfi' aMDodathMi will 1k held at Lawrence, April t ami 5. On the program are noticed City Superintendent It M. StevuiH-ou; subject. "What ghottid tint public school be, awl what it no4ikl do Prof. U. P. Shull. "IMUicnltica in the .r of ruqufaritu preparation for college in th& ancient languages." Albert Porter, white, 32 ywj ohl, brought in from the poor farm Utht after noon craay ami Iodised inih county jail. He suddenly lHaine cmaed aad tleapcratu and tried to kill several person. It requir ed four men to overpower him and bring him to the city. InrnnoihK him frrm the wagon to tho prison he bit Sheriff Conn on tho arm, altnoMt taking a mouthful of fieah out. .Air. A. P. Mmmmi, who lire eight m'b-i nortbeaat, wa la the city jeatenfaiy and reported that on Thnraday morning aitout daylight be found that hia barn wa mi fire. Four horae. nix oowa and SOD butt iU of wheat were oosucuhmmI br the name, in addition to om wagon, farm math" ery; making the total lorn abont !6&K Hi say he has no insurance aad that be r tainly think the fire b the work of an iu cendiary. The Fort Worth Uaaettr of the mfe In', had three-fourth of a column under a Hah head which tat that A M Gray, who fr some time lived in Wichita, had tm ar reated "on pnaperioH that hm wan coonw d with an attempted "boW up" m the prt ingpartof that utwo Me carried wjih hun a card of a detective agency In tU city and for some time wwanngad in thnt ciaaa of work here. Ha inahtten, neeonin 4 to the article refered to. that V U -t guilty and hia many friend net wc.ii' I be much aarprtMtd to find on that he L n attempted muca work. Mr Frank Rector, pontmaater at Dowr Ok haa been a ecmpJa of 4ny in the n- Mr Jtrctor (taya that the grent tr..u' ,y down in hi w turn thi apring will t 1 want of need and unrn like ftuppJica. 'I Mttlers could not makanerop after geitu powxeaaion laat year, except in the wny t garden truck, and that now. alter nh or ton month expmx. many wfU h u able to vend away to obtain need corn. tatoen, etc. Xo doubt many of the tier are hard punned ton for proW"i. who. after thw year, will nnv an abunt ance. Mr. K. D Bocnrt of the Cfcwagn Hr 1 few in the city He namm nown to Kan looking np pokttcal and other pn eapeciaily in toe line of woman autf alliance and renuhmi ion and he bad wt, been ia the atnte long nafor a fcoai convinced that if n would know It ail mut come to the nintrop&U of the u -The law of htm ha wa ttrti 3 down ktreet vHfc J D Hewitt tm one H of him aad A. W Otieer on the other a l we concluded that in jot one half hour u wonld be a fit aabjnsl tor the nayltun t Oeaawactonue MXTMKWnTKJI Mf4)nH (3K.MEUK. The following atodeat enrolled at t 1 Southwestern buataea coUeg laat ww t lleee Haadten. Bradford. fVaairlvf. Lney Kefi. Attfea. Kan,: ttmnv Harry. Vr- wJch, Kan.: Own Dtaanwf. IHmmnrc, nan., uevege w. Bryan ana mum anusnaj, Sedan, Kao. Sp-vlal averting of Wichita Ledge Xo. im. KaJght of PytaJa. Men any eeaaing at 739 nharn, at t hall f WarwVk Loan Xe, M. Week ia the third agr O tt. &rf. C C CfcUa. M. Tmaucmzn, WimtiLJts. tatted Brethren werrkee today United Pnebrtnrten eawrca, Ofeio av&'M and JPfan atseat. bnefcnia acaani a ii p. m. Free ra tag a J p. m. by Rev. J, W. Ktary, TVflce wfB W fjr; priiia)aa t tb Tnmqr hwll. Wimdmy evening, Aarfi T. AS JUaUaX foag. jVa "Widen any tmmm, &eeatni earn mda were dattgawd wiill tan he hag. Can't wa make the awst an aettrrr Let natirj. Qjflweit wd arendly nnnJUi4 n ho wr Tint at IM a'akt at piaawity. K.T.g3tuaae.Adataat.

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gtxx lailtj gaglc: uxxlay gHoriimg, Xnxclx 30, 1890, f "i ORMTAl YESeEMCE. HtAVTHE CHINAMAN HAS PAID bh DEBT TO THE CAUCASIAN. He Was Forced to Kuy Opium, and He Has Taught the White 3Iau to Smoke It A Terrible and Constantly Spreading Vice. Nearly half a century ago the Chinese were induced, by ube of the cannon argu ment and the slaughter of uncounted thou sands of their brethren to permit the impor tation of opium from the East Indies. In thus "opening a market for trade," civiliza tion forced a terrible vice upon a vast people and reajd an apjarent profit in hard cash from the bloody transaction. Bu the outcome of the business demon strates that the profit was far more ap parent than real. A baflled Oriental does not limit his dreams of vengeance D3r the boundaries of a lifetime. He makes his hatred hereditary, and bequeaths to his an the accomplishment of the plans he has Slj'n unable to carry oat. Sooner or later patient, persistent, unrelenting hate will curve some way to its appointed goal and stand grinning in ghastly -glee above the corpse of the victim. A civilized natian compelled China to use opium. China in return has presented the whole world with a pipe for use in smoking the drug, and introduced an almost incurabla vice among the Caucasian race. Her majes ty's Indian empire no longer grow3 the poppy for Mongolian consumption a'one, for slaves of the narcotic exist everywhere at the pres ent day. Uot long since a gentleman who has spent several years as a merchant at Canton said: "Abstractly China doe not care for the emigration of her citizens. They are allowed to go abroad for the purpose of bettering their condition, but I think I am in a position to state it as a-fact that when they depart they are given to undsrstand that one of their duties is to spread the hubit of opium smoking. To my mind they are made the agents of a fiendish Oriental revenge for past injustice and injury." At any rate, it is from the Chinese that the habit is acquired, and it is by them that the implements for sell destruction are furnished. These latter are cheap or costly, according to the means of the purchaser, and consist of a pipe, a bowl, a lamp, a traj, a bottle of oil, a yin hoc or bodUin, and a toy or box for holding the prepared opium. The pipe is of bamboo, and is tipped at either end with bono, ivory, silver, gold or mother of pparl. The lowest price of a new pipe is $1.2;, but tho same stem when thoroughly seasoned icri ''tk 1 "fAy scn:;n in a den. with opium is valued at ?2.. JTcar ono end, niountal about with brass, is tho aperture into which the- bowl is inserted. The bowk are of thr3 grades. Those of red china clay cost eight cents each the second grade, of dark gray or slate color, are alued at thirty five cents, and the highest quility, the black, brings fifty cents. Tho lamp can be pur chased for sixty cents; but if it is caged with East" Indian silver filagree work it may bo held at as hirli a sum as $100. Tho tray is simply an ordinary tea tray for holding tho various utensils. The oil ui-ed is either olivo or p-anut, and the yin hoc i- a bodkin of steel pointed at one end and flattened at the other. The toy is an air tight box, in winch the supply of prepared opium is kept It nw.y le of bone, worth only forty cents, or of solid gold or silver and diamond studded. The opium is of four grades, and is sold in packages of live taels. Tlie cheapest variety is worth 7.50 a can Hnd the costliest $11. ."i0. Those are tho materials and hero is tho manlier in which the keeper of an opium "joint"' utilizes them in serving his custom ers: First he cleans out tho bowl and damp ens the top .vith a SjXHige, Then he takes the cover from the ia. tups in the sharp end of tho bodkin and lringt out a bit of iiaaty opium tie siise of a pen Ho holds this half an inch from the flaun of the lamp until it dwells to the dlmen.-i us of a small walnut, awl the original color changes from that of black ni .lapses to a Vandyke brown. The bheziiug globule is next withdrawn from tlw fire, carof miy railed about on the bowl of tlie pipe and gain subjected to tho fiune. After a t.urd and final cookiug it is defUy deposited m tho center of tho bowL "One long wuuT of twenty seconds' duration and the pill is gone. The process of cooking occupies about two minutes. Five pills will make an amateur drowsy and eight will put him to sleep, but a '"fieudV dniiy ration is forty pills and up a ards. So many d!u- ikies and dangers hedge abonttheacquireaio.it of the habit that it iBewis wondrful ioat any one persists in smoking the deadly drug after the fir.t tx perimetit If even the slightest breath of nir enters the mouth when the smoke is in baled the devo;ee is certain to suffer from an acute attack of wind colic, for which the 53 nceiess UUUIUCLS A YEU'S CIIKKKY PECTORAL lvt rcnunlv for Croun. tlie "Whooping Cough, Hoarseness, and all the sudden Throat and Limp Troubles t.o which young jieople are subject. Koep this medicine in the house. Hon. f? Edwards LeMer, late U. S. Consul to Italy, and author of various popular V orks, writes "With all sorts of exposure, in all ports of climates. I have never, to this day, had any cold tior any affection of tbe throat or lungs which did not yield to Ayer"s Cherry Pectoral -within 14 hours. Of course r have never allowed myself to be without this remedy in all iny voyages ami travels. Under niy own observation, it has given relief to a vast number of persons lule in acute cages of pulisonary inflammation, such croup and diphtheria uf clnblren. life ln been preserved through its effects. I recommend its ust iu light and fre quent doses. Properly administered, in accordance with your directions, it is e priceless blessing in any house." heriy Pectoral

rHEIUKEU BT Dr. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Bcd by all Irgits. Trice il eix botllcj, Hi. t ---t lK l I -Z2i I I Iyer's G only specific is a slice of lemon covered with burnt opiurri. A curious thing about the prepared drug is that it hardens if erposed to the air, but the atmospheric effect on a cooked pill is to soften it to its original semi liquidity. Opium smoking is no longer confined to the back rooms of Chinese laundries. It has gone beyond that now, and finds its home and its white patrons in more luxurious quarters. Probably no large city in the United States is without at least two or three lavishly ap pointed resorts where the unhappy victims of the Wee meet to indulge in their suicidal pro pensities. They are arranged in series of apartments abounding in rugs and couches, and it is the custom of the regular patrons to group themselves in parties of four, gener ally two men and two women, who recline about the little flickering lamp and pass the deadly pipe from hand to hand, tho most ex pert of the quartet attending to ths cooking of the pills. In Ji'w York city several "joints" lie within a stone's throw of Sixth avenue and TwenSy-eighth street. Near this corner is a fruit store which is open day and ni;;ht. The clerk en duty after dark is on expert mando lin player, and tho place is a favorite resort for the sated "fiends,"' who.it hour after hour dreamily listening to sweet strains of music and indulging in reveries born of poisoned blood and semi-pa, 'aiy zed brains. As they muse and ponder tVe hours slip away and tho dawn comes on apace. Tiie mandolin tinkles out the "Sweet By and By" and the pale faced relics of lost manhood and womanhood glide out to seek fresh distraction or the mer ciful oblivion of sleep. These are the ''Yenshee quas," tho "opium devils," to whom tho Chinaman points de risively as they totter by his laundry door. Fred C. Dayton. A BIT OF ENGLISH FOUTICS. How Joseph Cliainbnrlain and tho Caucus Were Defeated. Special Correspondence. BiHinrfGliAM, Eng., March 10. It is moral ly certain that et ery guide book, ktorical cr other description of Birmingham refers to tho town somewhere as the "birthplace" or "homo of the caucus.'' Englishmen do not seem to know that the caucus is of American origin. Perhaps they have forgotten that it 'vas in vogue iu Boston before the Revolu tion, and that one Samuel Adams was a con troling figure m it. From its successful operations have arhen the political conven tions of America, the secret work of the cau cus proper havit bee.i extended to public discussions. The ucus in England has al ways been privat-, and today it can hardly be said to exKt at all. In JoseplChamW rlain's youth it was iu its tfory, and he made it the direct stepping tone to high position. Through the caucu3 he ruled the town, for Lib-'ralism was mora prevalent in Birni'. 'irun then than now. Not an office was file i before the caucus had quietly decided who shou'd be the successful candidate, and no measure of reform or im provement was passed without its assent. The Conservatives, or Tories, naturally felt rebellious, but they could not help themselves for many years. Or.o of the earliest blows struck successful ly at tbe power of the caucus was delivered by a gntlmau w has been during his whole business car r an employe of tho United States government. This is Jlr. J. F. Brame, United States vice consul at Birming ham. Mr. Brame entered tlie service of tho American consi.l as clerk nearly thirty years ago, and gradu dly ros to his present posi tion, the burliest he can hold under the United States govt rum i,rr iimees ho should change his allegiance and become an American citi zen. He had neither fortune ncr family to assist him m m .kin a place for himself, and he was a Conservative in a Liberal commu nity. One day he waked up with the idea that he would like to be a magistrate. Tho estima tion in which a judge is held in America is no criterion for judging, of a similar officer hero. An English magistrate is a very im portant, highly respected and influential mem ber of tho community. Mr. Brame had to admit that the case was well nigh hopeless, but ho went to work, nevertheless, to secure the prize. Magistrates are appointed by tho lord chancellor, generally upon the recom mendation of resident of the town under consideration. There was no vacancy in tho board, but that didn't matter if the lord chancellor could be persuaded to make an appointment. Mr. Brame told bis friends what he wanted, and together the-went to work to get up a petition asking for his ap pointment. It was circulated quietly, and so well was the candidate esteemed that mauy members of the caucus itself appended their signatures. They did so, doubtless, with tho conviction that; they would thereby mako Mr. Bramo feel well, without supposing for an instant that he could tecuro tho appoint ment. After several mouths the petition was ready, signed by nearly nil the prominent men of the town. Mr. Brame then took it directly to Joseph Chamberlain, offering to permit the local "boss to put it through tho machmerv caucus if ho should wish to. Mr. Chamberlain was astonished at finding I so many names of his followers on the list, I and it is said that he let looio his well known j temper w itli a vengeance at the caucus meet ing. Some of his colleagues were disposed to the plan of strengthening tho caucus by fa- j thering Mr. Branie's petition, but Chamber-1 lain knew better. Mr. Bramo and men liko him should be taught a lesson not to interfere j with Birmingham governmert unless they were asked to by the presiding powers. Chamberlain's will was law. and tho caucus refused to sanction the petition. It was accordingly returned to Mr. Brame, and there everybody except tho candidato supposed the matter was done with. Even ho was nine-tenths iu doubt, but he dispatched his petition to tho lord chancellor and pa tiently awaited the result. About two weeks passed when a tremendous Suttei was occasioned in the town hall by a note from the lord chancellor demanding that tho town charter be sent to him. What could he waut with it J The question was answered iu a few days when the document came Iwiek from London and the town clerk saw that tne board of magistrates had been inerea.ed by one, and that ono was Mr. Brame. It was a sensation locally and a most damaging blow to Mr. Chamberlain's influence. Frederick R. Bcrtox. A Mcirot' IJuotrt. For a wealthy heiress Mrs. Henry Glad strtce didn't go iu alarmingly for boots and shoes to complete her wedding trousseau. She had about eight pairs for outdoor wear, and a doeeu for indoor. There were several jwirs of satiu shoes to match her different gowns, two or three of quilted satin for bed room wear, and a good many plaiu shoes. But this is not considered "going in" for boots aud shoes. New Yori: Commercial Advertiser. Tlie lJum of Corl:l flnx. From a scientific standpoint cocked hat i as far superior to tenpins as a gams of base ball is to one-old-cat. It calls for greater control of tbe ball, a surer estimato of dis tance and a steadier nerve on tbe part of tbe player. That element of luck which is in volved in the spotUng of the pins in the ten- piu game is so far done away with as to form no important factor in too player success. Tlwre are onl v three pins and only three spots on which to place tliem, and the pin boys are pretty sure to spot them correctly vrhn they bhve o little to da To make a strike, tbe j oean pm must do sstuck oy tne ru at swn the cobwebs, ohi docks and toe cayiy uiubm an anple that the pin will fly off to ouo comer Dated heraldic documents scattered eTery while the ball glances off to the other. A J where. small ball mut necessarily be ussl, and the j "Not at aH.' wfaioed the old roan; T can exertion is therefore much less tlian is reqm- J show you Scriprore for it. Uttcy racord I site in rolling tbe larger balls in the tenpin sand out bears this verse: eabsrs, cb&pr ganie. I'racttce tviil develop tie pJayex's i ii, verse 2: 'Every man of tks children of sKill in properly curving tbe small balk, and Israel shall pitch by bis Own standard, with this very practice cannot tail to be of benefit i in the regular tenpin gams. Once the player beootnes profjeteotia cooked bat be will no care to give it ujj. Xew York "YorKL SHADY AMS1 The Perils of Hunting1 Up Back Number Family History. A ROGUE SOMETIMES EEYEALED Queer Discoveries Sometimes Made by an Old 3Ian TVlio Is Engaged in Freparins Pedigrees for Rich Americans Hand some Actors and the Girls Who Adoro Them. Copyright, 1830. New York, March 20. Do you cherish the arcadian idea that the wealthy classes of this glorious metropolis snap their fingers at mo narchical pride in blue blood? I can fancy you whoever you are saying "yes," with all the folds of tbe Star Spangled Banner flut tering proudly iu your voice. Then permit mo to shake my head pityingly and solemnly at you, for I was of the same opinion until one fine morning about a week since, when T strayed into a little shop in a. forgotten cor ner of the city. On tho spot I wrote myself "egregiously on ass," as Shakespeare so aptly puts it. LOOKING UP ANCESTORS. Now what do you suppose I stumbled on to so upset my preconceived theory? Nothing less than a very small, very old man who makes his living by unearthing grandpapas and grandmammas for ambitious Americans at so much per head. My illusions took to their heels, and I felt my rampant democra cy shrivel before tho proofs of American bhoddiness contained in his ten thousand records. He was such an old, tiny man, and his gaze was so terribly retrospective it almost seemed as if ho had known Adam intimately. IIo sat in a maze of cobwebs and old clocks, a ghoul among his dog eared tomes, a bright eyed specter, with fingers hooked from much turn ing of leaves, and lips dry and shrunken, as if nothing more substantial than book dust had ever crossed them. Records smelling of age were piled around him or packed in chests over three hundred years old; he sat on a stool covered with fad ed tapestry from which tho figures had long been blurred, and his antiquated hat and coat were hanging on ono of the branches of a candelabrum, v. hich looked as if it might have held candles during Washington's toddling days. Altogether ho was a queer old man, living in a verv queer shop, a character round whom Dicicens could have woven an admirable charm of mystery and romance. The services of this genealogical scout are constantly required by Mr. and 3Irs. Newly Rich. Say that those good people, having garnered in dollars by tue ton, having bought a house on Madison square, engaged an Eng lish flunky, a French maid, and sent their sou to Yale, are anxious to usher tneir daugh ter into the cream of metropolitan society. No "arf and arf splendor will suit them. Their longing eyes are unalteriugly fixed on that ap:areiitly unattainable height where tho golden edged 403 staud in a state of peren nial condescension to the masses stumbling and clambering as best they may far, far below. But McAllister is proof against the seduc tive chink of their silver dollars. "Who was your grandfather?" he asks with an uncompromising stare through his mono cle. "Did ho havo anything to do with sign ing the Declaration of Iudependence? Was ho oue of that small body known as the Pil grim Fathers, whose reputed numbers keep increasing yearly? Perhaps some distant relative took Lady Washington down to din ner at some time or another, or some little thing liko thatl Almost anything will do, you know." After this suggestion Mr. and Mrs. Newly Rich go forth in search of n ancestor and I sooner or later they find themselves iD thr i dusty littlo shop where my illusions camp toppling about my cars. Given tho names of the families on both sides and as much of their history as possible, the old man proceeds to trace Ins patron.-.' family backward. If necessary he is sent tp England or Franco, as the caso may be, t" continue the search there, and woe to their ambitious hopes if he comes back without tidings of one progenitor worth speaking of 1 3 53 I AL.VARV IX 7HK HAXD3 OF HIS ADXIRERS. This sometunes happens, and it becomeshis 'paiuf ul duty to make the fact known. What long forgotten skeletons his palsied finders draft from their cupboards' How he rattles the bones before the horrified eyes of the would bo aristocrat bofore relegating them again to the cobwebs of the past: What stories oi hate, aisappointnwat ana crime nes naie, uisappo nrmen. ua crmw rt out bristling with all their early horror on his worm etea tomes star: from Young Mr. Mr.aev Bags ranted to sink Into his patent leathers when he found that his earliest known progenitor hsd languished in Newgate for helping himself from another man's tiiL An1 Miss Crcesns, who put on great airs because her prc5k was said to re eembte the Princess of Walas, had sudden re course to her vinaigrette wnen told beyond a doubt that an ancestor of hecs had been han jd in Hertfordsaire for the cotatoa-d of- iimses of horso stealiac and wife beatinc In the early part of the Eighteenth rentury. "Bat isn't this all verv shoddvP I issietl. vith a coniprebeosive glance, which took in th ensign of their father's boose: far 2 ;i tl MW raw I WyMM 9M about tbe tabernacle ol sbaH they pits J kaA Tl fj-j X 1 till tbe caagragatkm slve. To me It was a trifle vague, bat prot obly to Mrs. Newly-Rich, happy iu the pos session of a brand new grandfather, it would read like a direct message from heaven. Why, I wonder, do so many girls under 20 fall in love with our handsome actors? It is a problem for a psychologist to solve. Per haps it's the luster cf the footlights, or the lines which another man's brain pats in their mouths, or tho romance, the color, b'ght, tho poses, the fictitious, attractive environment. It may bo any one of these or all together. It is always tho actor, however, who makes the impression, and never the man the be powdered, bewigged gallant or the brigand in a dare devil slouch bat, and not the languid modern "dude" who lolls against the Moorish portico of the Hoffman honso cafe. Eyrie Bellew used to have his throngs of wgrshiping damsels waiting for him in the mud outside Wallack's. Max Alvary wa3 openly kissed ia the street and peltell with roses by a throng of enthusiastic women after his farewell appearance at the opera last season. Herbert Kelcey's portrayal of the handsome young divine in "The Charity Ball," at the Lyceum, has brought many re cruits to the standing army of girls, who swear by tho curl of his mustache and the classical cut of his nose. As for Maurice Barrymore, with his musical drawl aud his magnetic eyes, which be some how manages to make look blue over the footlights, he stands pro-eminent as the re cipient of more "mash" notes than any man on the metropolitan stage. How many ar dent expressions and exclamations on scented paper have gone to light his cigarettes as ha lolls in his dressing room between the acts! For, besides being married, his tastes run only to boxing and bulldogs instead of romance. The girls know this, and still the notes, niono grammed and otherwise, pour in. Henry Miiier aud young Sothcrn have done their share toward lacerating girlish hearts ns well as hearts old enough to know better across the line of lights which separates tho real from the mimic world. The former is married and is the domesticated papa of a small family, and the latter "s indifference to women is well known; but do you suppose that makes any difference? Dear ins, no! Enthusiastic maidens in Redfeni gowns rava and write just tho same, and experience a thrill when they encounter either on Broad way. During the long run of "The Mikado" here, when the since famous Courtice Pounds, as Nanki-Poo, sent his melodious tenor notes pulsating among tho forest of ropes far up in the flies, there was one young woman whose infatuation for him was so great she uncon sciously mado herself conspicuous to all the attaches cf tho theatre. I'll tell you about it. Having watched her idol from the remote ness of a dollar seat for nineteen consecutive times, sho decided on tho luxury of a closer view yea, and on tho very front seat. Jl THEIR HAXDS UPON' THEIR HEARTS, The ticket seller gave a slight cough and twitched his eyebrow as ho saw her loom up for the twentieth tuuf, but he did not smile who ever saw a ticket seller smile? "I want a seat in the front row of the or chestra for next Saturday's matinee," said she of tho bounding heart aud blonde tresses. "All gone. Will three rows back doP "No. I'll tako it for a week from Satur day." "All gone, too." "Two weeks then." "Gone." "Three weelrs," came promptly, and th light of battle was in her eye. She'd see her Nanki-Poo from a front row seat, or knew the reason why. "Those tickets are not printed yet. You can have ono reserved if you like to take so much trouble." Sho did like and flashed a calcium light glance of indignation on him. "Will you be sure," sho asked, with im-1 pressive earnestness, "to save me one right next tho stage i" The ticket seller looked grave and sad. "I'm sorry,"' said he, "that the musicians have to come first. I don't believe this could be altered, but perhaps if you saw tho man ager" She did not wait to hoar tho rest pf th sentence, and a diabolical gleam of satisfac tion overspread the ticket seller's face. "That's one on her!'' said he tersely before he subsided into his normal state of petrifac tion. Well, the long looked for matinee arrived, and so did this young woman, having first tent a note to tho fascinating tenor that she'd be there with an enormous bunch of violets on her left shoulder. She also made tho modest request that ia singing "Tii" Flowers That Bloom in the Spring" he would lay his hand upon his heart as a sign to show that ha appreciated her admiration. Oh, what burning humiliation was crowd ed into the hours that followed One after the other as the players appeared their amused glances sought out the young woman with t he violets on the front row. Courtice peeped at her behind his fan, but eo did Ko-Ko, the chorus and the man who played the big violin. Courtice laid his hand on his heart with tbe rhythmical regularity of a mechanical toy, but so did Ko-Ko and did the chorus, while the man with tlie big vaolin hid his head behind it in a convulsion of laughter. Ridiculous asides w"-e put into the original text solely for her benefit. The whole company ogled her from tho wings, and Poo-Ban went so far as to wink at her. Perfidy! She had been betrayed. Her cheeks flamed hotter and hotter. She was so r-io to the footlights t&elr radianc was full upon her face and her suffering was plainly visible to her tormentors. Hard American 'znt"' made her at tbe rJav out without even removing the violate, but one incipient frtotiight romance aied and w&a buneJ that day under a front ror- orchestra hair. J Etxlts. A Trcttr rjeert Pistachio nuts salted are to expensive an item and such a picturesque addition to th table that they ought to be prepared at borne, Tafee a of shdled nus y thaa. aQd Mr reiaoriap: t ,.kin j. ia a ubfe I c-"-fwvrT! r! en? w3 fl TAAMvuirnl rf Ail T thenats j'for fcOf an y Then wit them in the oven to become crisp, but aot to brown. A few chopped ptet&caio scanered thicklv over a charlotte rnsw edd to tbe ao- poaraace and flavor of tbe dessert. Salted vistachio not. should b ierred ia tinted por- t-i- -L ;,t .1 t ceiain, uimi. iu mru-Y Cp oj. esBKUcotor of the ants. Tfav are nVo prrtiy ow 21a- prea bonbon dobesof frosud .4iver. Kew C-,,. TKn I iorlrntjaoe. I I A Chlea otrl. The other day a bule 5-rer-old pir! called at a Broadwav sovrtore aad Ud if tfcer had anv Mtle doik for a at. A preay Ik- tie U. U oaaad liui girl too it in ber tioy baadc, gaatd iau tbe doB fa as If arftafe-tag i beassy, j sod tbea, raising it to bar hp. gave 1; a far- vent ld. "I je wanted to khr litUedollT- dat sail I waajedf and ae aaarfwi lb Ustie oaojra boek to tac a loianhed jabeaac and trirped BgbiT at P taa baay ntt with J a beansitg sstSs cf sa.eaSo. CaaUe y rii, Fjittj i, ii i jmuTTTMjm J j Of Pure Cod Liver Oil with j nypopnospnites Cf Lime and Soda. There are emulsions and emulsions. 1 and there is stilt much skimmed tnilk j j they xcill iiiauu manufacturers cannot dtsffisise their cod licer oil as to make J j it palatable to sensitiee siomaelut. Seatt's I Emulsion of FUSE XOinrEGZAX COD j LIJ'EJi OIL, combined with Hypopho I phites is almost as palatable as milk, i'or this reason as icell as for the fact i of the stimulating qualities of thr ltpo- phosphites, Physicians frequently pre- i serine if tn eases of CONSUMPTION, SCKOrn.A. HIloyCUITIS and j CHRQX1C COUGJI or SEVERE COCD. j All Druggists sell it, but be sure you get I tits gen nine, as there are poor imitations. CUT WITH THE KMI'li And .Knocked Out on the Very First Kound. The Missouri Pacific railway knocked them all billy when it announced cut rates to rit. Lottie and Pueblo. Remember, commencing March 7th, cheap rate.- will go into effect to St. Louis and points, beyond, also to Pueblo, Denver and other wes'tcrn points via the Missouri Pacific railway. If you are "going: east, west, north or south, buy your ticks via tho Missouri Pacific railway. It is the shortest line to St. Louis by 4S utiles and over two hours the quickest. Elegant new reclining chair cars just re ceived from the Pullman Co., ou all trains. These chairs are free to all patorons of tlie Missouri Pacific railway. Come and get our rates. We are here to stay. City ticket office 137 North Maiu street. Depot corner Second and Wichita streets. E. E. Blecklev, Passenger and Ticket Agent, 137 North Main street. "Frisco I.lne" to St. Ixmlsand the East. The best, quickest and most direct line from Wichita to St. Ixmis and all princi pal eastern, southeastern and northern cities. The Frisco line runs two daily express trains from Wichita to St. Louis without chnnge, equipped with Pullman palace sleepers and free reclining chair cars. No other line does it. Cloe connection in St. Louis union depot with solid vestibule ex press trains, without change, to Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland. Pitts burg, Philadelphia. New York and Boston. The popularity of this line being uni versally acknowledged by all competitors, all passenger trains of other railway lines entering Wichita from the north, south and west arrive in time to connect with the Frisco line fast express trains to the east. If you cannot purchase through tickets reading via Frisco line from your starting point, it will pay you to purchase to Wich ita in order to eclire the advantages and comforts of this line. For further information regarding rates, time, connections and through reservation of sleeping car accommodations call upon or address W. D. Murdock, ticket agent, 12J North Main street, or Oak street union depot. D. AVisHAitT, Gen. Pass. Agent, d56-tf St. Louis, Mo. The Missouri 1'aclHc Kallway has inaugerated another cut to Colorado pointb. "Only a few dollars are needed to go to Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Den ver via the Missouri Pacific railway the shortest line to Colorado. If you content- nlnt laViiifii trin c.'ist. nr vist. rpnipniber i Vou can snvemoiiHvhvrjillitiL'at i:$7 N'orth Main street. llu-Ct Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, nlluys all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-fivecents a bottle. d04 tf 4titi. Now is the Time to Go Kast or West. Read the following cut rates via the "Great Rock Island Route:" To Chicago ?14.10, first clas To Chicago $11.10. second ilas To Denver Hs.iio, first class j To Colorado Springs s.25, first class To i'libblo o., lirst class Corresponding low rates to intermediate j points and points ueyoiui. licKet oince, 100 Enst Douglas avenue, corner Main streut, and at Passenger station. 110 tf Window glass, plate glass, colored glass, bent show case glass, enameled glass, mir ror plate both German and American, at J. A. Bishops, 150 N. Market st. 105 12 Don't forget the low rates to Chicago, St. Louis, .Denver, Pueblo and Colorado Springs' via the Great Rock Island. 110 tf For wall paper go to 150 N. Market st. J. A. Bishop has the finest line of samples in the southwest. Iu5 12 ICfcp This for Future inference. Tlie Fort Scott, Wichita Western rail way "Missouri Pacific Route" is the only line running solid trains through from Wichita to "Kansas City and St. Ixui-. Leaving Wichita at 0:15 p. in. you arrive at Kansas cit- next morning at 7 o'clock. Pullman jmlaco sleeping and free reclin ing chair cars through to Kansas City and St. Louis without change. Remember if you go via the Fort Scott Routw you are hot dependent on main line connections at Junction Point, but yon go right through on solid trains. This is the only route whose main line runs through Wichita. All trains are made up here ami run through solid to Kansas City to St. LouR It is the shortest hue by forty-eight mile and two hours the quickest. Two trains daily to St. Louis and all jKrint eaM. Ticket office 137 North Main street. Iepot corner Second and Wichita streets PI E. liUECKLKT. Passeuger and Ticket Agent, 187 North Main street, Wichita, Ivan. II. C. TOWXSKXD. G. P. T. A., St. Louis, Mo. Cut Kates via the "Great Jrpfc Island RoHte." Commencing March S tbe Rock Island Route will sell ticket from Wichita at the following rte: Chicago, first clasg, 14.15; second class, $11.15. St. Ivmis. first claw, S1L15. Commencing March 10: Denver, Poeblo and Colorado Spiincs.. 110.75. Remember the Rock Lland is tbe only line running through Ywaifoule reclining chair cars free. Trains leave Wichita at 7:40 a. m. ami S-55 p. m If you are goiiur north. .raith, mt or wa call at tbe city ticket office, 1C0 Et Dou rlas avenue, and t"t the lowest tut rate C. A. KtrrmEWORn, 97 tf Ticket Agent. KarizrMton t tHf W. II vom nave friend in the esu who con template coining -west, or if yon are gr-s r aat, reraember yon can vv tim a. money. UkevrLm toot friend, by 'ov ticket over the Mbeoorf Pacific rat a tbe shortest Hne between St. Jn.- t- the nnieka time. Thi bt th o-,y eiviuir von cbic; of to rooU, r- V t;.. t- iiiiae -nj in I'm .ii. x-mwi n-clinins cJiair ran bKwent Wk h ta TV. lis r? Kys" Kbfuu wrtbrtut chaniw at ear, l'n.. mui afcww on nmi. B -or that toot ticket- rtad vfe. tbe Mbnri Padflr railway and than mve tmnofnnc U daimsHK car and mannnMT delaj Ktaatsnlwr aln ihmx so mrm are mad SU2i??flJf IZZJZ.JPZZ Solcl Z. tf llTy j r)F jfcroaa amessns. Thtj mn hjr to at u-nd to taewaatA of tbe tr-l ini-nuhfk- Cy utkH. tflkc, VSItmih Mtam ttU Wkhlta. Ka. E. K. Busruunr. PwauMjpr aad Tlekat Afft if, f. 1iWMCE0, Geaaesxt Paaeansar xm TaVkat Asaa, ScLoeii, i! M I Tarnish in large and- small cans at J. A. Bishop's, 150 North Marketstreet. 105 12t Announcement. J. A. Bishop has bought out the Wiohita Paint and Glass Co at 150 North Market street, and will continue the business at the same place with a full stock of paints, oils, varnish, glass and wall paper. 105 12 Mirror plates at J. A. Bishop?s, IM X. Market st, 105 13 Why use poor coffee when you can buv the best just as cheap? iuller'ss fresh roast can not beat. 202 East Douglas. 97t 'otlce. Those in correspondence with friends in the east who contemplate visiting Wichita on business or pleasure in the near future, should be advised of the series of homo seekers excursions to be run by the popu lar Frisco line from St, Louis to Wichita on April 23, Mav 20. September 9, Septem ber 23 and October 14. 1SD0. These tickets are good to return thirty days from date of sale and are sold at the extremely low rate of one fare for the round trip. Tho Frisco lino is the only lino running two dailv .express trains between St. Louis and "Wichita without change. D. WlSHART. General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. dlOOtf Three hours the .quickest to St. Louis Missouri Pacific, railway. 124 tf Tlie City l'lnnibinjj Company. No. 116 South Lawrence avenue, is still at the front with better facilities than ever for doing all kinds of plumbing, gas fitting and sewer connecting, promptly and in the best manner. dlOO tf For Salo or Tra5c Three hundred and twenty acres good land three miles west of Valley Center at $15 per acre. Only 1,000 cash required, or will trade. Fine residence ou Waco street between Third and Central, enst front, at a very low figure, small cash payment. Fifty leet and ten room house on Kmporiu avenue, one and n half blocks south of Douglas avenue; small cash payment. Fif ty feet and ten room house and stable on New York avenue between First and Sec ond streets, for snle very cheap on easy payments. Northwest corner Fourth ave nue and Central,. 75x140 feet for snle cheap. The Suepaisd Chapman Moktgaok Co., Wtf 203 Sedgwick Buldiiiig. IiA'I OFFfcKBLANKS. We have a full line of land office blanks of all descriptions. Orders wiH'be filled and sent by return express. See list of blanks on another page. This office is prepared to furnish all the blanks which are used in connection with proving up homesteads in Oklahoma. We use Coop s blanks, which are the only blanks printed that have been approved by the land commissioner at Washington. 123tf Free Itecllnlnc Chair Car SorvUe to Denver and Keturn, ri.i the sant i ituutr. The Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe arc now running daily free reclining chair cars on their night train to Denver. Passen gers leaving Wichita at -1:30 p. m., will arrive at Pueblo for breakfast the next morning, Colorado Springs at 10:30 a. m., and Denver for dinner. In addition to free reclining chair car service Pullman reser vation may be had upon application at union ticket office and union depot. W. D. MrjinocK, dlOl tf Pass, and ticket agunt. Old papers for sale at this office 25 cents per hundred. 23tf 'otlc. We are aware that we are becoming very conspicuous from the advertising that we having latelv from several quarters. We are much obliged for the same, but we are willing to give ?100 reward to find the party or parties that write the anonymous letters signed "Shipper" and mail them to the patrons of this market 99 tf VAMllVEK UP.YAJf. Stanton's Anaoricnn PENNYROYAL PILLS In.urn rrfraUrllj ntijr to)vitintcM Er rtf ldlr i rl f I.tM -g I. m a nrSini fa ill reeuoa u. find I r f 4 lfinhl. G yl Hj a r 8U pr rpai iirBHrinir :v t t i ll l Jh rt IjlHOItlieiJ umriwin. Mn.tno rlnu l'Brrojll till r GKF.rt in! r. n nor!) born, ilir witti r& TrM Hi tl. Iu Ipjuieiilwi, 1 t. Specific Mediclno Co., I JBggnSMg fM3I&3 ri ferea n- rh .3 E7I&:y'd as&sas n rum use 0fner. t iad iteryous debility flTTTJ "7? WeaiuiMi of Eodjand Uin&: Etfestr J SJ XVAI of Errcror.Ei'-?ei'-i01dor Ywniit, Itubttt. Vohl, HiMMNIf) 'alii K-irt4 llo I rlrr ut 3lrrtb-alTKi:,! lrTSLO!'Fll URfillS TXKXHtl BODI t.ljlll B.f.lltri Iiv.aK TRFtT".T-."-.l. I itj Bee tttfj fms 4 i Mftfe. T mlr fte4 Fripi Catri. Wa ran writ tbm. Rk. ftvfc-UiiftUt. b4 rf malt iw. 4o. 3U eJicU C3., UF f AIO, IJ. I f Anthracite. C-noo City. C-n Coal! I 3iCAiierir. ruiied Coka. rf ltv. 'nlattt. Umdeo. Prlrfmont SmltMn'. Yard. Ul Wrtt Daaclm. Branch office 137 North Mala. Telrphoae 1M. Amu SCHWARTZ jmos. T TrPTTA i GRAPHED and Prtntrrl l,rf II fails. ;ote Urailn Envelope. Isil I I Ml I nCnl. WwMliiriuHl Purtr Irt I I I 11U tniioat, i alitor CartW. Luwdmn tara. llenn., siortgacM. (.cMincalrs orftocTc.etc. Kaasa. at tbe Wichita. Eaele cKca. Wkbka, NOW IS THE TIME TO LIST YOUR FARM! TI Immigration Committoe I" hard at work and enquiries for Kanmu) Lands are coinmc in from all m1q. Send full description of your far hi with price to Smithson 200 E. BouglwAva. Wichita, Eao. TIIE CRYSTAL Kli COMPACT. imrmh4ytnm91yall wiabiaw trtr Pre IMMffi. rt "Talr k. at rnal prtmi U0 mmt ftxtmtr I Cor. OMum aiI Ptarl Mravta. W MWk. OeHev I fkHtV W Pm m Km IottfMA.a4Mt mxmrr.tml H I or moaoa aa4 Ntr dill H9fTCT. Malces I rices to Suit the Ti iiiifcwl ralan Oarwwrx m ntAJOc wrujuMn lA Mfb MaM) IMrt TJ3fca ibaaa. lTmtum$.ittm-. ITHElfWANT AmUm.f3T Sctd sd lirxrAtt fc QcWmt (VkmkX I j?MyjM&TF' &ZnZ SCo. ti f! -r mtfis. M i S I lea a n i liartil I E.R Powrut, President. R.T.BKJLX. WPres. P. W. Wazxbr, Jr.. Cashier. Fourth National Bank. iriCIUTA, KAXSAS. PAID UP CAPITAL, -SURPLUS,

$200,000 1C.0OO niRECTOJiS: R-T.Boan.K.B.PowelLO.D. Patsim. U R. Cola, Amos I. Hoot,!, w. Wilier, G. V, Larrimer. Joa. Jlorse, B. a Oravts. CITT MAT. A handotsp litbocrapfe jnap of this cttr, ccntaln lsctheiMuiifSof atftko strret5pGrksi, cHlPOft l puttJlc boIIdlasH. bolels. do. A complete map, tvo br fiftet lacbfx, n lines paper, caa be had. at this osiee far 10 cents eociu i it. E. Lawbeccz. Pr-s. a MArarssox, v p. m J. A. D AVI30X. Cuhlar ast Side NationalBank CAPITAL Paid Up, $100,090. DZRECTOBS: K. E. Latrreace. O. Marttasoa. H. I. Sotthxaa. HI Hatfield. M. Siactoa. C V. CeTesiaa, C B. CaapT bell. L. Slsapoa. J. A.Dariaa. PreJdeat. J. P. AUN. Vlco I'tfsldenU Caahlfr. r7".n. Z.mxnrw. Anhtaat CaAMtn. v State National Bank. OF WICHITA, KA2i CAPITAL SUKPLUS. $100,000 80.000 DIRECTORS: John B. CfT. Oeorse W. 'Walter. TT. T, Orvtaj J.P AIlrtuKo.Jlarrlij.M.AHea.K V.iW. l iAmiWrd. Jr, Peter Gotta, L. D. SWaner, Jaasr Lombard. J.O.l)AVlli.O,Pt-s. C, A WALXIU.Y I. Joux PcjUJT. Caahlrr. CITIZENS' BANK. PAID UP CAPITAL, A JG00,00 JJTOCKirD'ltS' LlACILlTTri,K0.0f 0 Larse5t Pakl Cp Capital sf nay Bank la th But of Eaaaa. DIRECTORS: C H. MIHrr. A. W. Illttlnr. M. &Uwart, IT. O.L. 8. L. DarMMHj. W. K. Staaley. J. O. DanrfMO, Johi T. Ou-inxrtor. Do a general baaVtne bcMnrML TTntUd Rtat Btatniy bOQJftlt tJwmt; Qtr. lowBswp tiau snuuatpaj jiobiU aad M. "W. LcvT.Preii. A.W.OLrrra,V.P. L. A. WAZ.TOX, Cajshlrr. Wichita National Bank. PAID W CAPITAL -SUKPLUS.

$250,000 50.000 JJIItnCTOItS: S. II. KfthB. A. W II. Kohn. A. W. Qttvar.M. W. Larr. Li, WaJ. S. T Td1. X F .VtoderlajMler. W. IL faekw. u iMrkdMW. J. C. RlMAav inn, Juhu Do a General Hanking, ColfixHntj and Brokerage Basincsf. Eastern and Foroijrn Jxchanf bouplit and nohl. United fltataa Utaidu of all denomination!! bought and acid Oonnty, Townahlp ajid Munlclphl bonds bought. IF YOU Witt money Wast a cook YVaat a partner v.'imt a HUaattsa. tTaiA afcrvaiit tlrl, Waot Ui aell a farm. Waal to Mil tMwt;. Want to boy aB utocfc. Waut a Itof-d V"rd'(f Usajft. Want toptl awau or craia. Want U ell friwwh r Arvft Want to !t h'i-tkl rarailvm Wxot to tnik, k. rm.rm rm i Want U ael or triHla lot aaytalttr. WaBt to find enjiUmrrt tor a&rUtla, READ ASH AUVUmMZ IS OU rou'xy AdrertlitaK otttalnt ueir cnitowra, AdverUnlac f-P M corunc, AdTcrMoUgMWatty alwar AdvrrtMae iak "r. AdTertular ei cofc&aonee. A4veruaias u procx 9 Adi Itrruua? esMUU f AdnrrUxt&r taeaM A4Tti bae4tatrlr. Ad.-tl- notMiaattf, A4rtl rrelrtr, AdvfrUM atwari. ADVJtHTISt AT QfC HO WI DAVIDSON CASE John Davidson, Pioneer Lumbermaa of Sedgwick County, ESTABLISHED TN 1870. A Comjl?lo Stork of PIbb Lnrabrr, SkittlfM. Jatb l)00rs, Sah, ote alwaj'B mi kuuMl. OSc d re Xx4 Vti fjwl. fta&a yaria at fMj. u T. Mmm m rr UM CKy aat VkU J. P. ALLEN, Druggist. EwyHii Kept a Uste Bng Ste? 10 EAST lOUOLAS ATU. WICHITA, RA.. OLIVER BROS., -ttfULElUt IX xJah WICHITA. KJ3C&.K. V.iraa .vt WleMuu Uriiai. KbIii. iam. nrwr( Attica. Ctewi iu.. f AMbmy, a rfeiaiiai CHy smtm audi iivm. TW CENT T'-"-1 TTMyTB nmpTif y k a jya lp- 5"1

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