The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
December 20, 1899

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Haslg, WLz&uzs&m Wmnxns, ttmxbtx 20 1893 To be Federal District Attorney for Oklahoma. NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED Career of This Oft-Honored Oklahoman Sketched. Washington, Dec. 19. Horace Speed's name went to the senate today for con firmation as United States district at torney for Oklahoma. This settles the long drawn out contest. Delegate Flynn said of the appoint ment: "This is the iirst time. I was ever in a conflict for a place when I felt kindly towards all candidates. Of course I was for Speed, first and last, but had nothing against the- others. This appoint ment will go far towards harmonizing political affairs in Oklahoma.'.' Speed left for Guthrie tonight. Horace Speed, the new district attor ney, is one of the famous Kentucky fam ily of that name, being a nephew of James Speed, attorney general in Lin coln's oablnet, and of General Conies and General Hawkins. He was born in 1S51 and is consequently' sS years of age. At the age of 35 Mr. Speed entered the United States army as headquarters clerk under his uncle, General Hawkins, fend was stationed three years at Omaha, 2seb., and three years at Detroit, Mich. In 1S72 Mr. Speed resigned his position and entered, at Indianapolis, as a law student .the law office of Benjamin Har rison, later president of the United States. The firm at that time consisted of Benjamin Harrison, Attorney General Miller and Judge Hines. Mr. Speed re mained in the office three years and in 1S74 bgan the practice of law at Indian apolis. He practiced until the winter of 1888-80 with marked success, when he moved to Winfield. Kan., where he had large land interests, and from that place he came to Oklahoma on the memorable April 22, reaohing Guthrie on the fourth train from the north. Mr. Speed was soon after appointed by Secretary of the Interior Noble to the position of secre tary of the Cherokee commission. He was elected a member of the committer to represent Oklahoma at "Washington by the territorial convention of August, 1SSS. Mr. Speed was Oklahoma's first at torney general, serving during the Har rison administration. Since retiring from that position he has been engaged in the practice of law at Guthrie, ranking as one of the most successful and distin guished members of the bar of Okla homa. ENID'S SMALLPOX "EPIDEMIC" !?iramers Down to Two Cases. Jloth Mild and Both Isolated. Enid, O. T., Dec. 19. The renort has been, circulated by enighboring towns. that Enid has a smallsox epidemic and that thetown is strictly quarantined. This report is false. Beliw is given a report of the board of health of the city of Enid, which states the situation exactly as it is: "This Is to certify that there is one. case of smallpox in the city of Enid and one case of varioloid, both of a mild form and out of danger. They are In an isolated part of the city and under strict quarantine. There seems to be no danger of the spread f the disease. "H. E. DIEHL. "J. S. SHOEMAKER, "DR. S. X. MABEREY. "Board of Health, City of Enid. "S. Q. EPLEY. "Chairman Board of County Commis sioners." UP AGAINST OKLAHOMA TALENT Knight P.rrant ITiOvcrctt Worsted h.V X'oviec Wade Parker, at Xormnn Norman. O. T., Dec. 19. Some days ago a traveling life insurance agent named Leverett, arrived in Xorman, with ehecker-blood m his eye, announcng that .he couldn't find anbody in Arkansas Texas or elsewhere who could down him at checkers, and Intimated he would like to know what Xorman talent was going to -do -about it. We have a modest 1S-year-old lad here, named Wade Parker, who can play checkers onie, and in a preliminary bout with the stranger the INTENSE SUFFERING moat DYSrKl'MA AND tkouijki:. STOaiACH Instantly Relieved and Permanently Cured by Stuart's Oyspepsin. Tablets. A .Yew Jiscovery, lint Xot n Patent Sledioitiu. Dr. Redwell relates an interesting ac count of what he considers a remarkable ease of acute stomach trouble and chronic dyspepsia by the use of the new discovery, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. He says: "The patient was a man who had suffered, to my knowledge, for year with dyspepsia. Everything he ate seemed to sour and create gases in the stomach. He had pains like rheumatism in the back, shoulder blades and limbs, fultaxes and distress after eatlnr. poor appetite and loss of flesh; the heart be came affected, causing palpitation and sleeplessness at night. "I gave him powerful nerve tonics and blood remedies, but to no purpose. As an experiment I Anally bought a Stt-cent package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at a drug store and gave them to him. Almost immediate relief was riven, and after he had used four boxes he was to all appearances fully cured. "There was no more acidity or sour, watery risings, no bloating after meals! the appetite was vigorous and he has gained between ten and twelve pounds ia weight of solid, healthy flesh. "AlahoURh" Stuart's Dyspepsia. Tablets advertised and sold in drug stores. I j-ei i comnaer inem a most valuable ad v, .W h"7cumi s nne oi rente- 1 aies. as tbey are perfectly harmless and can be siren to children or invalids or In any condition of the stomach with perfect safety, beamr harmless and con taining nothing but fruit and vegetable essences.- pure pepsin and. Golden Seal. "Without any Question they are the safest, most effective cure for indigestion, biliousness, constipation and all derange ments rf the stomach, however slight or Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are made by j the r. A C..mm. SV.& uiiuii o. n Hurmui. .mips.. and are sold by drncgiscs everywhere a 40 eents aer nekae. Uttle book on tomaefe deaa mailed free. Address Fr A. Staart Co. Marshall, latter won three to one. He at once de manded a "business" game, and yesterday he was accommodated, Parker winning six out of eight games. For one so young, and who rarely plays the game, Parker seems to he something of a phenomenon. FOR NOTHING BUT OKLAHOMA Kind of Statehood "A. Citlsen of Kay County" Want. Nardin, O. T., Dec 19. To the Editor of the Eagle: T am a citizen of Oklahoma and have an abiding faith in her people, resources and future greatness.' Kindly allow me sufficient space to express my views as to "becoming a state whose boun daries are Oklahoma as t is now a terri tory; or paying all taxes ntcessary to maintaining a state in which are the so called five civilized tribes of Indians, own ing all the lands and, by treaty made fay our government, entirely absolved from any taxable obligations whatever. The government now pays all judiciary taxts. As our partners, we shoulder the burden. They have no public institutions. "Who will build and maintain them, and not only these, but many other expenses? The citizen, of Oklahoma, who by his untiring industry and in most cases actual priva tion, has acquired valuable landed prop erty on which to base a tax. He is the only party to the contract, as he is al ready apprised of the fact that hi3 gov ernment has decreed that his noble red brother shall not pay for any part there of. Still, in the face of all 'the facts, our worthy governor could not keep it out of his annual report. He says it will, no doubt, double our tax. This statement. however, made without warrant or proof of fact, is so ably answered by Senator Havens of Garfield county, that It need not be further considered in this article. It is much on the order of that fellow who made the blank statement that the moon was made of green cheese, anyway, to pay much attention to it. At least 35 per cent 3f the citizens of Oklahoma who pay the taxable expenses do not want to mix up with fhe different Indian tribes, all half-civilized, in 'one single common wealth, even if they did pay their propor tion of the necessary tax, and nobody is better aware of this than Governor Barnes. Our newspapers of the territory seem very loth to take issue with the gov ernor, and but few seem to have courage enough to dispense with the few dollars or crumbs from the pie counter, and do bat tle for their convictions, and it seems to the writer, at least, that when we notice a newspaper -handling this subject on the "W". J. Stone straddle-of-the-fence plan, some fellow holding a job has his thumb on him. We need just one carload more Dennis Flynns in Oklahoma. He has done more for Oklahoma than all the carpet-bag, political-job office-holders that ever came to the territory. If our im migrants were from different states we could stand it better. We don't think it's fair to send in a whole colony all from on place. It naturally forms a combine and we don't like trusts. I don't mind seeing a man hold onto a good job, and especially if it is his first good one and knowing there is none at home when he goes back, but we cannot afford, in my opinion, to adopt five half-civilized Indian tribes simply to keep up our carpet-bag contingent. So let us have a glorious state called and meant only Oklahoma. (Signed) A CITIZEN OF KAY COUNTY. BISSIAHCIfS IKO NEttVE Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Elver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25 cents at G. Gehring's drug store. OKLAHOMA CITY VS. NORMAN Victory Perches Upon the Banner of the Xorman Eleven. Oklahoma City, O. T., Dec. 19. Despite the fact that the football season had closed and the men had not practiced for ten days, on receiving a challenge from Oklahoma City, the university got the team together again, practiced last Friday and on Saturday won the game by a score of -IC to 0. The 'Varsity was considerably heavier than their oppo nents, who for the most part relied on speed. The game was played on a wheat field which was very muddy; and the running was not as good as might other wise have been shown. The players' feet an despecially those of the heavy 'Varsity men soon became balled up with mud and throughout the game was characterized by much slipping. .The university won the toss and took the south goal with a moderate wind at their backs. The game was begun at 3:.T2 by Miller kicking off thirty yards for Okla homa City. At the outset it was seen that the university had an easy game; for they started down the field making great gains at every down. Short skirted the end for forty-five yards and C. C. Roberts carried the ball over the line for a touch-down, in three minutes after pkiy began. Miller again kicked off and on lining up C. C. Roberts punted thirty fivo yards. The City was unable to make the distance and surrendered the hall. The 'Varsity made the second touch down by a fluke punt. F. Roberts took the ball and being well guarded by Short, carried it over. J. Hobb?. who had an ankle badly wrenched, was- re placed by Jennings. The third touchdown was made by Clapham. on a double pass. In the rest of this half the uni versity made one more touchdown and a placo kick by Clapham from the thirty yard line. The "Varsity resorted to a kicking game. C. C. Roberts doing some good work, several time? sending the ball spinning down the field for sixty-five or seventv yards. The first half closed with the score standing 2S to 0. The second half began at 4:26. Wingate kicked off for forty-five vnrds against the wind. McCIure. who throughout the game made good tackles and most of the city's short and few gains, carried it-back fifteen yards. The play of this half was much like that of the first, ex cept that both teams played more for wind. Time 'was taken out several times for It. Hobbs. who was somewhat bruised and alo short of wind. The 'Varsity made two more touchdowns and time was called with the ball on Okla homa City's forty-yard line. Clapham kicked six out of sev.en goals. V L. Tor rington was referee; J. A. Williams, um pire, and Boland. lineman. CAUGHT TRy1nGTQ BREAK IN Xisht-Prowler Landed in .Inil by Two of Shavviipes Fintst." Guthrie, O. T, Dec. 19. The Shawnee Democrat says: This morning about 2 o'clock as Policeman George Hughes aad Jim Barker were coming down Main street they espied a suspicious character at the side door oi Sam Harris saloon. southeast corner of Main and Bell streef?, and stopped and watahed him. When b was seen to try to effect an entn. c f wann oc ine screen both eotocrs "nailed" hlra, hat the would-be burjtUr i a .1 whtco rocnr ana 5xXTa in "fcr .i him 1 In his inside coat pocket. Then :h 1 p- i also showed sight and the -i "l prowier wm tea to as wee n, Wdj j treat ai ine jail ne save the n-mc T. E. Holies. (J Frank Greenfield Writes Most Entertainingly OF THE BEASTS AND BIRDS Which Inhabit the Tangle of a Tropical Forest- Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 19. In its last issue the Cleveland Triangle published another of Frank Greenfield's interesting letters from South America. The letter seems to be of a date previous to the one last published in the Eagle, reproduced, as the one 'below, from the Triangle, since in the present letter he seems to be still hopeful of finding alive his brother, to seek whom In the wilds of Brazil was the object of his journey, while in the letter last previously published he had appar ently given his up for dead murdered by Indians. Following is the letter: St. Rio Verda, Rio San Lorenza, Estada de Matto Grasso, Brazil, jiept. 7, 1899. Dear Brotner and all I last wrote to you in Assuncion, but when I reached Curumba I wrote home and told themto send my letter down to you. I was com pelled to stay In Curumba for seven or eight days waiting for this steamer, Rio Yenla, which is a small side wheel boat and makes about four- miles an hour against the current. After leaving Cu rumba we ran up the Paraguay river for a day and a half and then came Into a branch stream, the San Lorenza, upon whiah we now are. All this country Is low-lying and overflows during the wet season. The scenery is not of the choicest sort from a landscape point of view, but the vegetation is something immense. The trees are not tall, or even very large, but the undergrowth is one vast tangled mass, all sorts of vines and creepers in terwoven In indiscriminate confusion. At this time of the year the flowers are not so abundant, "but even is it is thev aro in such profusion as to give the woods a very bright and pleasing aspect. And the birds! I can't begin to tell you anything near so beautirui as taint; ui. them are, and in suoh number?, too. They are not so given to song as some of our home birds. It's more of a chat ter than anything else, but that is moie than counter-balanced by the volume. And their plumage is something inde scribable. This Is the iome of the dif ferent sorts of .water fowls, the white heron, or gardes, from which come those egrets, the 'delight of a woman and the nlaeue of man. They are of two or three different kinds. s The most valuable are a. pure white with a tuft of feathers grow ing out of the neck. One bird will yield about forty feathers, which are sold here at about $175 a kilogram (21-5 pounds), and as It takes more than 10,000 feathers to make a kilogram, a hunter is some time In getting that amount. Then the thous and and ono other sorts, namnmoea, storks, cranes, fish-hawks and a kind of flamingo called ooryuyin. (Don't think you can find the name as it is spelled, in the dictionary.) This la the largest water bird that I have ever seen. It is a great white bird with biack, or dark, head, and a very long beak with pocket underneath like the pelican, and then there is another curiosity In the shape of a red duck, not to -say blood red, but of a peculiar shade like the petal of a rose. I suppose now next In order would be the 'animals. We don't see any great variety, tho most common are the capa vares, a sort of water hog, or cros3 be tween a muskrat and a grizzly bear and of about a hundred weight. It i ssald that they are not good to eat, but I don't doubt but what they would be equally as good as the beef wo get on board. Next comes the "monks" and I'll let you draw upon your imagination about them. There Is no difference in the monkey. He's "de monk" wherever you find him. We see Immense numbers of alligators, of which there are thousands on all these rivers. The shores are lined with them, lying with their mouths open panting in the sun. We are out of meat and they have just stopped the steamer to put off a charge of dynamite so we may get a supply of fish. Oh, these people! I wonder some times that my hair is not white. Time 13 no object to them. Why, here is a sam ple. After doing our fishing we ran up the river a short distance and stopped the rest of the day, so that the priest, who was on board, could go and baptize a lot of children. We all had a very en joyable time, I can assure you, lying thero in die -hot sun. The woret of it was, a couple came to get married, negroes, the bride with a ehaplet of flowers and ber ries on her head; but the priest wouldn't perform the ceremony. I suppose he had had enough of babies that day and didn't care to encourage their propagation. The priest is a power in the land. I some times wish I had been a priest. Later: I was compelled through stress of circumstances to delay this letter un til now. I am in Cuyaba at last and get ting here would be history in itself. After a day or more running up the Cuyaba river we ran onto a snag In the river and stove a hole in the boat. Then there was a scramble. We had a chato, or barge, alongside and the way miscellaneous ar t'cles mixed up with all classes of human ity tumbled into it was a circus. There was no real danger, as the boat had ro!id bulkheads separating the engine room and other sections, but the people gen erally didn't stop to consider that. Fi nally they lightened her prow and get it up so they could stop the hole, and after a day we proceeded on our journey. In another twenty-four hours we came to a bar of sand and that stopped further pro gress, so we transferred into a barge, aad a little rattle-shackle boat fitted up with a teakettle for a boiler started to tow us up to Cuyaba. which was now about thirty miles distant. After that hell opened and we bad a reign of confusion until we got in last night, taking forty hours to make less than thirty miles. I am nearly woi oat and am glad that I j am through, having heen more than two months enroute. What t have --een of Cuyaba appears the. same as it did when I was test Here, j The an donk .i z-g !n the trct i th. 'r .rs hap j'ppl?'g- the fli-i ac p ats on t- ir fhanr tin Thincs dont chaiwre moeh in different, th? irs .w..- ..-.j. ru u'J cii! 'rm runtime .p ana grvr Out t r -r. 1 w i a- i eats, and It is oaiy a transfer a taese j COUGH SYJ Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. vjs sum 4i folTj Pith curi Dyspepsia. Trial Sofoi-sC parts; If a tree fairs in the path the path diverges; the tree is not cut out. So it Is with everything else here. The old adage is changed" to "Sut toff for tomor row that which can be done today." Oh, well, the end is the same after all. Quien Sabe. Later: I am hearing some very dis tressing rumors about Alfred and party; in fact, it is of such nature that I fear very much for their safety. I was at the home of the colonel commanding the federal forces here and he gave me to understand that their fate was very doubtful. He will immediately start an investigation on foot to find out the truth of all the rumors circulating. However, there is already another expe dition of twenty-eight men upon the Xingu river. They left here last March but as no intelligence has yet been re ceived of them, their fate Is also uncer tain. It als.o appears that the Indians are more hostile than formerly believed. I still ihope for the best, and believe that much may be expected from the expe dition of Dr. Meyers, which left last March for the same section that our boys were going, and If they are still alive, but stranded there, this party will aid them. The Dr. Meyers party are ex pected through Para by November at the latest. It is a very sad affair, as all the other men in the pary had families de pendent upon them. Poor Alfred. In hoping to better his condition I fear he has lost his life. It will likely be a month before I can get another letter out, but by that time I will know the truth as near as it can be learned and will write full particulars. Please send this letter up home and break it to the old man easy. If you (have heard noth ing of them by the time you get this let ter, give up hope. As ever, your broth er. FRANK. FRED M'KINLEY GIVES IT UP Ambition to be n Governor's Secretary Shifts to a Court Clerkship. Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 19. That Hon. Fred E. McKinley, receiver of the Guthrie land office, has abandoned whatever nxpec tatinn he may have cherished of Governor Barnes' removal, is evident from the fact he is an active applicant for the court clerkship for the Northern district of the Indian territory under the newly appoint ed judgo Gill. Mr. McKinley has been dissatisfied all along with his present posi tion, Inasmuch as at no period since his appointment has the office paid more than $1,200, and he has held on only because of the assurance from his distinguished cousin, the. president, that he would even tually be provided with something more commensurate with his ability. The op portune moment for this promotion seemed to have arrived when every pass ing breezo.f rom Washington or Oklahoma City carried the rumor of Governor Barnes' removal, and although Secretary Jenkins sofely denied that he would ac cept the governorship even if tendered him upon a.silver platter, it was generally .agreed among the observant ones that a tacit understanding existed between en kins and McKinley whereby the former secretary of io territory. But Governor Barnes has not been removed and Re ceiver McKinley evidently realizes that he will not be disturbed, hence his activity in another direction for a better paying position. The report that he is after the place in the Indian territory is confirmed by the' following dispatch from Muscogee: "Fred E. McKinley, a cousin of the pres ident and receiver, of the United States land office at Guthrie, is a candidate for the court clerkship for the Northern dis trict of the Indian territory, under the newly-appointed Judge Gill. McICinley is making a still hunt campaign, and has confided the fact of his candidacy to not a few persons. lit was in this city yes terday "examining his fences." Pliny L. Soper, at present "United States attorney for this district, is also a candidate for tho clerkship, and will resign his present position, it is said. The position of clerk pays $5,000 per year. STORT OF A ST,AVE To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work." This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervous ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine Is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed- Only 50 cents. Sold by G. Gehring, druggist. PITCHED INTO THE PRESIDENT Tastorat Perkins Calls Him n Wine Ilibhrr and Is Called Down. Guthrie, O. T., Dec. A At a temper ance meeting of general moment in Per kins last week Reverend Ross pastor of the First Methodist church In Perkins, In an address attacked President McKin ley, declaring he was a wine-drinker an had disgraced the nation. In view of Mc Kinley's strict temperance principles the address proved very unpopular, aad the local papor, the Perkins Journal, road a lesson to the minister. Sears ifcu si ?w N3T3 ttffiajS BsfgS "5 OiLyMi KANSAS CITY GANG OUT AGAIN 3II-onri Paciilr Train Itoanlod and I'annenscrs Bobbed. Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 13. Passengers on the Missouri Padflc'3 Omaha and braska City passenger train which left here at 9.15 tonight were robbed by masked men who boarded the train In Kansas City, Kan. They lerled the'r forced contribution after the train started, holding np the passengers in the Puil- man coach. The conductor was among j t.A M.te.... .A.WaJ 1 T 1 V.. 1 MA. MUtCT UUl W4. UK UIJ w5 u wnoi np Cor the station and the bandits dropped off and disappeared The bty seetirid fire gold No vetch- i ab-ut n T.-- shots were fired and no one was Injured. The telegraphic report made by ?he csn dnctor of tb train to the Missouri Pa- cilc official her star tha: Jhre wr t r t&'"s. Two men. w -j r"3k i-i the pMncrs a- m .vx. a f -.t r pi j h. a. 'v. '1 rootper. wao "xor aa i? euUerted: th" bivity San F--tr- 1J f .i" n s eag Tip n r-f- c -tra- ram One of the Strangest Incidents in Indian Life. SURROUNDED BY WHITES Yet Never Adopting One of the White Man's Ways, Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 19. Up to a short time ago few people in Oklahoma knew there was a Sac and Fox Indian tribe in Iowa. A week or two ago the news papers contained dispatches of various lengths ifrom Tama, la., describing a state of unrest closely bordering on insurrec- j tion among the Sacs and Foxes on ac- j count of an Indian girl who had been con- i fined in a government school against the protests of her family. Reports from the agent in charge of Ihe tribe Indicate, that these stories, if not made actually out of I whole cloth, were at least so garbled and exaggerated a to make it hard to sift the facts from the great mass of fiction which surrounded them. Thus much may be said, however, that any threat on the part of the Indians of assaulting the whites or making war upon the govern ment had no better origin than tht im agination of some romantic reporter. The Sacs and Foxes of Iowa are as .peace ful today as they ever were, and their record for friendly relations with tho whites is unsulitd. The question which arose over the Indian schoolgirl ia in the courts on its way to a perfectly pacific andi satisfactory solution. Meanwhile, the news that a body of In dians large enough to be formidable was settled in the peaceful farming state ef Iowa came with almost a shock of sur prist to the great body of newspaper read ers in the east. The history of the Iowa Sacs and Foxes is perhaps unique in the annals of the 400 years' struggle between the white and the red men in this coun try. The Sacs and Foxes went west with the other Indians in the early days. The bulk of them settled in the Indian Ter ritory, and others in Kansas; but in 1S52 a letter was received in Washington from Lieutenant Armistead at Fort Dodge, la., saying that a party of Sacs and Foxes, numbering about 100, had returned from Kansas to Iowa in the midst of winter, and in so destitute a condition as to win the sympathy of the white settlers. They expressed a wish to remain in Iowa and (buy a little land for themselves, saying that the reserve-set apart for them far ther west was unsulted to their needs; and, as the settlers were willing to have them stay, the government gave its per mission. In 1S5G the legislature oi jou. on petition of the inhabitants, enacted a. law permitting these Indians, and no others, to remain in the state. They had brought with them SSC0 saved out of their annuities, and eight horses; and with these they purchased a tract of farming land, which was turned over to the gov ernor of tho state to hold as trustee for them. In 1867 the band had Increased so as to number 264, of whom SI were men and 41 boys. Since then they have kept up pretty well in their ratio of increase with their white neighbors. They have been thrifty enough, also, to lay aside more money and add to their resdrve till they have now nearly 3,000 acres of land on the Iowa river bottom about two and a hair miles from Tama, and back five mils from Toledo, the county seat. The line which Is drawn around' the reservation is nothing mort. In a material sense, than one of the fences common in all the farm ing country near Tama, yet in a moral sense it is more nearly impassable than the Chinese wall In the days when it was built to repl invasion. On one side of the road which skirts It art the houses of in telligent white farmers, observing all the ordinary amenities of our Caucasian civ ilization. On the other sloe, peeping up here and there through the brus, are the cabins of tho red men, clapboarded In the ordinary way as far as the bottoms of the gables, and above that filled In with old matting and bark and odd, bits of wood of various shapes and, sizes. The Indian houses are even without windows, except for a movable clapboards in each, rudely hinged so as to be lifted for the admis sion of light and air. This contrast la not merely typical of the two civilizations brought elbow to el bow, but on the, part of the Indians It is a deliberate and significant protest, of the most vigorous ?ort a peaceable tribe is capable of making against white men's ways, associated In their minds with white mtn's vices. AVhen it came to build ing their houses, the antipathy of these Indians far everything which fainted at making the red man over into a vhlte found expression in their unwillingness to use the white man's saw to cut the end j r. of the gable boards, or to pierce the walls l for windows which would have to be set with white men's sasbes ar.d white men's glass. The strength of their purpose to resist white influence is howa further In the fact that, although missionaries nave lived among these people, or as near to them aa was permit fed. ever since tl res orvntinn was foourht. yet there ta not a Christian, so far an 5 knowa. In tfce wbol tribe. It may be irtquin why Indian who taos reltwe to imitate the wWt maa-f rT, ia matters neeeesarv to afe and I beeJth and clvillaation were TrtlBng aad even desirous of lea-riag the farther west ern country, peopled with thalr own race. to tahe hj tnetr aeooe on in sag a white town. The answer Is found in the act that these Indiana were anxious to live at peace with the whites, and feared that en the frontier they might be drawn into some of tbeb lody quarrels wheh occurred there from time to tin-. The 3Iodcrn Jlother Has foaad thai her little ones are Im proved more by the pleasant Symp 0 Pigs, when In need of the Uxsttv efiect of a eeatJe remedy, than by aay other Children enjoy tt ad U benefit them. I 1W ma m mA V CTwY-m ntf tMEL Is BMSS. T to Srrmi c 1 l5 J TT 9 MARINA ADMITS HF'S WHIPPED f Bnt Jlant learned That Whipped People- Won't MetateTfrni j Manila, Dp. p m Ma'-jlsi. J formerly a mesnber at rhe FfWptoo cob, net. and considered Jfce stra-G and j mort tmeUecrao! at th teeojfjoeta. sail j a a c r. nt 9? tho Aseo-r4Ste4 Pr a Ma. Ii 'vjyt Th fUtwr j r- v P". r 7 de-pends entirety u$K?a ivrm wf jErrameat th Aomtt ipans tas'th We are ras-t-iP3 ha- 1 -a-! .clsl fo tA mrftS-"- -PO j -rr-t 1 1 t iwc J -C.i"-. ytJSSi, 1 GOOD HEALTH Gomes to Those Who Wear Dr, McLaughlin's Electric Belt. gflKE you sick? Ave you nervous, weak and debili- tated, have you pains in your back and limbs There is a cure for you, a remedy which never fails to give quick aud permanent results. It pours an invigo rating stream of electricity into the afflicted parts for hours while you sleep. "Electricity is Life," and it never fails when applied right. Dr. m. p. Mclaughlin, 704 s ?7th- 130 North Main Street WW' ...The China. Hall It was a pretty place before it put on its Holiday Attire now it is a glittering, dazzling palace of beauty, filled with, things useful and ornamental. These goods were bought to sell. I am not figuring on how HIGH I can mark each article and sell it, but how near cost I can afford to sell it. I can't enumerate, but there are a million or more pieces in the room. I J. E CALDWELL, 130 N. Main. .sVOOO3-' O HS hS -KH-5 O That The Is Prepared to Do On Short Notice. Do it S '-5h'20-'2''30 th cm Us fact ion aad eoatetttraat of th people wtH rnK and thre wflJ b tratfbt. If It U otherwise, th people wtft. be diMattoOetf an4 wMI aid rwy meat wbicii ntreijr wilt oeear immt er later. Without the peopte'fl eoppect movement k$ impoaaSMe. Srrtta d- pends on what the Asaertesmi do. The i RObseonent nsrruh wsriare wm be en-1 tty terminated If tho people d not snp- j part St, which they wCi not do If fhsyl are sensible- Othenrfss; It w fcs possi- hie to protons; It todssnttsf?. I fcHleire the Fmptaos should be etmsnJted as to the ntre and details rf bs sjoesmssen to be estsbHsbed If the war rasntaf fa I mXrt ..a A ii.nnT.i tm h 1)11111111 it wi3 not hse be In vain." JCabfai spoke oaoflfcrUily, xprsnNos; only his own opUs-m. 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lailij l&gle; WUttmsfec.ffltmtim, Ifccemfer 20. 1899 gBc 31. 37. 3IURDOCR. Editor. This Age Not One of Censorship. The people of no country are any longer children. Its general Intelligence Is greater than that of any individual. There is no crowned head that knows as much as numbers of lts3individual subjects. England has made a.grave mis take in withholding from her own people the news of tha doings in Africa. If the men who must supply the sinews of war and those who must win English victories if they are to be won, had been kept posted, had not been denied the knowledge to which they are entitled, the situation would not look so black for Great Britain as it does now. When the Salisbury government declared war against the Boers of South Africa they asserted without hesitancy that they expected reverses, not victories, on the start. So ithe de tails of the reverses when they actually occurred would not 2iave so discouraged- the people at home. Instead, they have treated the British public as if they were but little chil dren. The good judgment and intelligence of the people Ihave been trifled with by their rulers, and this narrow pol 4ry is going to prove a 'costly one. Otis tried the same i-hort-sighted policy with the American people, and but that Die abandoned it they would have forced the administration to recall him. The aggregated wisdom of an entire people as immeasurably ahove that of a guild or coterie, however v.ise and experienced. The news of defeats withheld are now viewed as irreparable disasters and in so much prove he greater discouragement. They Could Defy the Earth. The European powers have been figuring for several 3 ears how they might proceed to partition China and divide i..s hundreds of millions of people among themselves, the a.ieanwhile each of said nations taking a slice here and 1 lere of what they denominate spheres of influence. China 2 is from three to four hundred millions of people. If these o illions of Chinamen were constituted with some of the 1'Shting vim of the Boer a united world could not partition .r parcel her domains out, much less whip her. If the vast hinese empire had a few hundred thousand fighting men like the South African Boers all Europe would treat that ancient country with profound deference, and it would be in eio danger of attack by any power whatever. That is the difference which is made in the standing of a nation by the alor or cowardice and the skill or inefficiency of its people in the use of arms. There could be no more striking evi dence of the enormous part played by mere strength in war a.i adjusting international relations and limiting the privi leges and possessions of the various divisions of the human family

Another Big Man Gone Wrong. It 'is announced that the president of the "Wellsley Col lege has made the same mistake that was made by Kaiser VHHam and -the Pope, respectively, as to the time when Ihe new century begins. The Eagle made its explanation uway last spring before the subject had come to be dis cussed and has therefore taken little or no part in the late unending speculations. The problem is one of the simplest, l"ery century begins with "one." The first day of. the year j umbered "one" begins every century. A new century can rot begin until the old century has completed its full 100 ears. Only ninety-nine years will have transpired next 2Cew Year's Day since the present century began. Count the years on your fingers and be convinced. Ninety-nine does not nrnke a hundred. It lacks one of being a hundred. Neither does A. D. 1S99 constitute 1S00. The fulfillment or completion of 1SD9 starts in 1300, which must be lived out before the new, or twentieth, century begins. The "naught" must become "one" at the end of the Qate line before there can be any starting point for any new century. Naught or naughts indicate only the end, never the beginning. So ID and two naughts stand for the end of the 19th century, aud not the beginning of the 20th. constituted of office-holders, or its delegates otherwise are controlled by them. It is too frequently the case that the conventions of all parties are made up of the agents of the machine, clique pr ring, respectively, which procured their selection as such delegates. However, so faras the next national Republican convention is concerned, federal office holders, have practically been given notice that the most acceptable partyfservice will he for them to stay at home and attend to the" duties of their office. They are farther assured that neither the fortunes of their party nor fts nominee will be in the least endangered. The Old Bullets the Worse. There is much speculation as to the relative value of the firearms employed in modern warfare. There is the old leaden bullet, the steel-clad ilauser, the dum-dum, and so forth. The modern steel bullet seems to be proving the most merciful. The Americans in fighting with the Span iards and the Tagalos in the Philippine Islands, have used the old Hemington rifle with soft bullets, and pitted against them -were Mauser rifles, one of the best of the modern military arms. This has been the cause of much complaint on the part of American army officers because of the su periority of the Mauser rifles on the score of long range and smokeless powder. Tet -when all Is said and done, the American bullets have undoubtedly worked more havoc than those of the Spaniards and Filipinos. Some curious instances of the slight effects of Mauser bullet wounds have been afforded in the Philippine Islands. A soldier was hit by a Mauser bullet, which passed through his hand, his forearm, his biceps, and his side. "Within two weeks he was fighting on the firing line. If it had been a Remington bullet amputation of his arm would probably have been necessary. A bullet struck a soldier in the shoulder, while he was" stooping, passing through his body and emerging at the pit of the tetomach. He soon recovered. Another man was wounded in the side. He bandaged the wound himself and never reported the occurrence to the surgeons until it had healed. Still another soldier was shot through the head, from side to side. After a few weeks in the hos pital he was fighting again. The same is true of a musician who was shot in the thigh, the bullet coming out of his back. It would seem that-in some respects the American sol diers should not be sorry that Mauser rifles are pitted against them. -b- A Manly Alan All the Same. No doubt General Wood is the man to regulate Cuban affairs and set that island on the right road, but there Is no doubt that there is a manly ring in General Brooke's indignant denial that he had protested against the presi dent's order relieving him from command In Cuba. He said: "I am a soldier, and obey orders. I would direct the arrest of any officer who protested against my orders, and would always render to a superior authority the respect which I would exact from a subordinate." General Brooke may have lacked some requisite for a military governor, but he evidently lacks no element of a true gentleman. Their Stomachs are Turned. Mr. Bryan has "troubles of his own. His belated appeal for the appointment of Populist Allen to the Nebraska sen. atorship has stirred the tempers and turned the stomachs of Candidate Hitchcock and the other Democrats of the state, until Mr. Bryan begins to realize what is meant by the cry of "peace, peace," when "there is no peace." There is nothing more humiliating to a self-respecting man than to accuse him of being an ingrate, and it is this charge that Mr. Hitchcock and his friends are hurling at Bryan with the force of a native cyclone. It is now up to hm to make reply. Chester Long on Ways and fleans. The most distinctive honor conferred by Speaker Hen derson upon any member of the Kansas delegation in con gress was awarded the member from the Big Seventh. Ways and means is not only the most Important and most lo tent committee in congress, but its labors exceed that of my other. The members of this committee are men of rec i gnized superior ability and, as a rule, men of long con gressional service and experience. The work of this com mittee is so exacting and continuous that its few members ha.ve little time for anything else. Speaker Henderson hav ing served with Chester I. Long in a former congress, knows of his penchant for painstaking and conscientious w ork, and therefore so placed him. The member of the Big Seventh Is to be congratulated upon being honored with a position of such great responsibility and power. Unexpected Trust Defenders. Because of the popularity of the cry, politicians and demagogues mar be expected to be. loud in the denuncia tions of trusts. But of late it Is finding some unexpected apologists, not to say defenders. The Engineering News contains along and labored editorial defending the trusts, ind later comes Samuel Gompers, president of the American Foderattoii of Labor, In his address read before the annual meeting of that organisation, and says that he is convinced that the state Is not capable of preventing the natural con lentration of Industry, and that propositions to do it would iause more injury to working people than to the trusts. Perhaps tury attempt at legislating against the trusts would result that way. Rhodes and Jameson to Blame. The pratical raid which Dr. Jameson led into the terri tory of the Transvaal Republic is proving very costly in British blood. If the Boers had not been aroused by that sudden and utterly indefensible attack they might never have been prepared for war in any such way as they were found ready when the present conflict was forced upon them. Their artillery is proving a great feature in the campaigns in Natal and in Cape Colony, near Kimberley, and it never would have been developed to its present strength and efficiency if the Jameson raid had not taken place. Already Sick of the Act. Ambassador Choate said at the Thanksgiving dinner in London that those American women in London "who had fitted out a hospital ship had done a deed that would live for all time as a blessing to common humanity." We read, on the contrary, that some of the American ladies wisn they had never entered into the hospital ship project. For getting for tthe moment that a ship cannot climb the heights into the South African Republic, the ladies were induced to subscribe on the understanding that the hospital ship was for the wounded of both armies, Boer and British. Now that the ladies realize that the ship can be of use only to the latter, they feel that the gift takes on too one-sided on aspect. 4& Great Britain does not let a general make more than one blunder. This makes his successor desperate and un trustworthy, and is not a good plan. If we were all licked for our blunders none of us would last long. Professor Brown of Chicago announces that a great in ternational war ll follow England's success over the Transvaal. How in the world does Professor Brown of Chicago get all his inside information? 1 Lord Roberts of Kandahar and Lord Kitchener of Egypt have left for South Africa. The Boers will hand them out a warmer load than Dervish or Hindu ever had in his pos. session. -O- If Great Britain is whaled in South Africa there is going to be a London panic Threadneedle street in dropping the money scepter of the world is sure to have a spasm. Office Holders Not Wanted. It Is asserted that President McKInley k opposed to ronetUtuthe next national Republican convention of his own appointees, or, otherwise, that no federal jtliee holder should be made a. delegate, or have a voice la natntagr the candidates. It cannot be urged ttmt this ralgtoi endanger his own nomination, for It Is conceded that hie nomination Vy acdafaMtton te already secured. From a mere political of even selfish viewpoint his opposition ie wise, fiw the reason thai a boss-named nominee is not as strong a candi date with the people as the candidate nominated by dele gates who have no personal Interests to conserve. Upon the other hand, a convention o entirely fresh delegates may mean an additional number of new puBs for ptaoe Stilt the average convention, national, state and county. L Wheat went up the other day because of t)he war in South Africa, merely to keep alive the old legend that war has to do with the price of cereals. e The markets are ail getting frisky. Cotton, having nothing to do, turned a double back somersault day before yesterday and 1ft in a low place.

There Is one thing certain the United States doesn't leok longer at Wall street to determine whether the country te prosperous or not. About the hardest jot in the United States is to name he committees of the house satisfactorily. Henderson ap pears o have done it. Congress seems inclined to be sensible and get down to I work. The house has passed a currency bill with only a week's debate. g Queen Victoria -will not iiv to see the end o the Boer war. and the king who follows her wta never rale over iae Transvaal.

Kitchener Is taking a nice, brferitt little reputation sown to Sooth Africa. lie will ret it broken for Mia. O Wall street and the Populists are at last agreed on one thing. Both are against the trusts. Cnr oor time, w hlle Kitchener and Roberts ace easy in South Africa, to ar.nex Canada.

Stories of ihe Boer War, H. H. Paris, postmaster at Dundee, Natal, writes to the London Daily News from Haritzburg of how real war looks to a civilian. He saw General Penn Sy mons brought in mortally wounded. "He was suffering intense agony' says 31r. Paris, "but his first words were: 'O, tell me, have they taken the hill yet? That was at 10:20 a. m., and the hill was not taken for hours later. After the doctors had injected morphia his pain was easier, and he said he would be wun the column on the following day. Instead of that he was under the sod. "On the following' afternoon I went up the hill with the burial party and saw our dead. There were eight officers awaiting burial lying side by side In an outhouse on the farm, including Lieutenant oClo nel Gunning, Lieutenant Colonel Shers ton, Captain Pechell, and others; and In the next outhouse were twenty-two m?n, jexhibiting- the most frightful wounds. In one house on the other side of the hill about eighty wounded Boers were lying with only one doctor to attend to them. They were down-hearted, and said they had no Idea our artillery fire was so ter rible. "On the evening of the 21st we received orders to leave the town and proceed to the south African collieries. My staff nnd I were about the last to leave, and we got off on a three miles' walk. It was a pitch dark night, and no lights were allowed. About half way we were stop ped by our outposts, who demanded the password. I replied that I did not know it, but that I was the postmaster. The password was given to us, and further on we were again stopped. Here I asked to see the officer in charge, and was led into a dirty colliery store, where I found him with his head bandaged up, drying his tisers before a wood fire. It ap peared 'that he had fallen down a well in the dark. I told him I was willing to go back and work the Instruments if they thougnt It was safe, but he advised mo to go forward Instead of back. Journeying through slush and mud and a pitilessly cold rain, we came to the machinery shed of the collieries. We were ordered up a steep ladder to a room alone. Here we stumbled over sleeping bodies, because no lights were allowed, and, finally, we wedged ourselves In, ly ing on the bare floor on a night that seemed to wither one's marrow. At 3:30 a. m. wo were again ordered to get up, and we made the best of our way to the new camp, which was at Rowan's farm house, about a mile away. When we ar rived there was nothing to eat, and we found hundreds of civilians huddled to gether, shivering. When daylight came they broke open the cupboards in search of food, and a little tinned fish was found." Postmaster Paris was sent by General Yule to Ladysmith to ask for reinforce ments and describes his journey as fol lows: "As I rode in the Boers were shell ing the town with two forty-pounders. The shell went whizzing over the office, and you may be certain I got the mes sages sent as soon as possmle. "I also ascertained that no reliefs were being sent, which surprised General Yule very much. Previous to starting I was given a biscuit and some corned beef, which I ravenously ate as I rode along. Altogether we were at the office four dif ferent times during the day, having to travel the distance in full view of those forty-pounders. "At 7 p. m. the General asked me to go In with another telegram, adding that he wished us to destroy all military mes sages that had been sent. I replied that my staff and myself would go in, but I pointed out that we did not desire to be abandoned, and I asked him if he could let us know when they were retreating to Ladysmith. He said that he quite un derstood the position, and that if they de cided to leave Dundee he would send a mounted orderly to inform us. "As we could not get horses we walked into the town, and we did as requested, whilst we also kept up telegraphic com munication with Pletermaritzburg. The Postmaster General wired congratulating us on sticking to our posts to the labt. The camp field telegraph staff had bolted the dav before. "At 11:30 p. m. a friend,who is a gu'de to the military, rode up excitedly, saying he had come to inform us that the troops had gone and that their last wagon was then moving down the street. The Gen eral had forgotten all about us! "Needless to say, we soon had our lights out, and after cramming the regis tered letters into the safe, and sarrying away what office cash and stamps we could, amounting to 200, wo soon caught up to thelast wagon and walked throughout the 'night, tolling, through slush, mud and "rain, over a bad, hilly road. "We caught up to the camp a mile and a half past Belth, where the artillery had drawn up into position to cover u-s. Some of the men of the Royai Irish Pusileers shared their rations with us, and we were grateful to them. "Wo traveled mostly at dead of night, so that the Boers should not see us. They were endeavoring to cut us off. but this move was frustrated by a column from Ladysmith sent out to our relief. We had little ammunition, and towards the end of the journey the men were put on half rations. "I shall not dilate further on the mis eries and discomforts of that W&s journey. Suffice it to say that I hope never to have such another experience; yet I would not have missed seeing the battie for anything." Writing from Orange River, under date of November 6, a correspondent of the iLondon Daily News relates some exciting incidents connected with dispatch riding. He snrs: "One of the most remarkable Instances !of self-possesIon on record is accredited to a gentleman who arrived here so late as October 29. lie rode a bicycle, and hlG dispatches "were made up in a brown, paper parcel, which he carried In his coat pocket, so that if he saw trouble ahead he could commend the safety of his par cel to the open veldt, fie wm riding swiftly, and on turning f treacherous corner found himself face to face with a puny of about twenty Boers, who had been looting, or, in their more charitable phraseology, commandeering. He atace dismounted and said: "Good day,' and as his 'get up" was excellent one of the Boers shook hands with nun. "This gave "Outlines of Oklahoma. Harry Gilstrap thinks that statehood agitation will hurt free homes. But it will not necessarily. The mysterious disease in Oklahoma does not seem to be smallpox, but to the man who is scared it is. It is likely that the new Socialist party in Oklahoma will draw somewhat from the strength of the Populists. If Flynn is to be succeeded, the man who succeeds him will not be asked to wear his life away on free homes. It is said that a rough canvas of the present congress shows that Oklahoma will not this session get statehood. Harry Gilstrap wants Dennis Flynn to put statehood in cold storage for the present. Flynn will hardly do that. There is a newspaper war out in Paw nee county again, and a tine grade of alluvial soil, nicely moistened, is flying. Governor Barnes has never been asked to stay a hanging, but he will be given an opportunity in the Taylor Kirk case. If Horace Speed gets to be United States district attorney. Indiana will have Its first winning In Oklahoma for a long time. That contingent of the Kickapoos who go to Mexico to spend the winter are Sybarites. This country can not afford to nourish aristocrats, even red ones. On the ways and means committee of the house there are three mighty good friends to free homes Dolilver of Iowa, Steele of Indiana, and Long of Kansas. Federal office holders wero not exclud ed from going as delegates to the na tional editorial association. Jake Admire and F. T. Cook of Cloud Chief were se lected. The many friends along the Hutchinson Southern have presented C. B. Hart, now with' the (Choctaw, formerly with the Hutchinson Southern, with a fine set of cut glass. It looks as though soma strange things were happening down in Washington, and that Dennis Flynn doesn't have to stand over the register to keep warm in the White House any longer. President McKinley assured Marshal Thompson that Horace Speed would be appointed United States district attor ney. The president must be wanting to make Dennis a Christmas present. Evidently Dr. Billings was murdered last month out in Custer county. If he had not traveled alone his murder might have been known earlier and the murder ers detected. Now that is nardly a possi bility. There Is a dispute as to whether the average age of Oklahoma brides is 22 or 18. The chances are that a tffhole lot of the girls who are fifteen when they give in their ages to probate judges make It as high as twenty. Shawnee Democrat: NeW3 comes of a killing from Holder, where it is reported that Chas. Holder, a nephew of George Holder, was shot and killed by a negro woman. It Is reported that Holder and some others were raiding the negro's turkey roos to have some fun with the above result. Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The beautiful mistletoe which has alwas j been so plentiful at this time of the jear was nearly all frozen out, last winter, j and is very scarce; the boys who have i waited all year to catch their sweethearts under tho mistletoe oougn are out ot luck, but the girls (who say itls a shame there is none) claim that you do not need to catch them under the mistletoe bough this year, any old bougrh will do. Oklahoma City Times-Journal. A Hen nessey gentleman has received word that he had drawn a prize at Vienna. He pur chased some bonds of the city of Vienna about thirty year" ago, and instead of drawing Interest they are paid in priz.-. The one he has is for 100 florins, and wi 1 draw anywhere from 200 to 200,000 florin-!. He has sent his bond to the bank ther, and Is now anxiously awaiting thf re turns. We hope It is the large prize, or as near it as possible. Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The traveling men who so often stopped with Colonel Barr, who had charge of the Grand Avenue hotel several years ago. nnd who died some time ago at Norman. are making up a. suitable monu man's grave at Humboldt, Kansas. Mr, Joe McEachin, of this city, is one of the principal movers In the work, and he reports that already over J20Q has been raised. The traveling men held Colonel Barr in great esteem. "5SSSH0 J -0Y&A &ZJZf2S2jZ4 CJ fciJf .a ifr I' Free Vitascope Exhibition This display of moving pictures runs continuously 3 from 2 to 6 every afternoon, and -will evenings of the last three days of this -week. Christmas shoppers will find here a good place to rest and be highly ea- tertained at the same time. Friday, Handkerchief Day 9 To relieve the crush Saturday we propose to offer extra inducements Friday. Ladies Laundered and unlaundered initial, laundered lace edges and embroidered corners, choice 5c. Good lace and embroidered edges and linen hem stitched, choice 10c. Swiss Handkerchief with open work and heavy Swiss edging, choice 12 l-2c. All-linen, hemstitched and embroidered, choice 25c. The above prices represent big cuts many of them worth double. Gentlemen Will find their interests well looked after here. Large-size, hemstitched, with one-quarter inch colored borders, choice 5c; initial embroidered, choice 10c. All-linen, hemstitched, fine, 15c or two for 25c. All-linen, wide border, embroidered initials, choice 25c. The above represent only a few of the Handker chief bargains offered for Friday. Doll Day Today All Dolls at 25 per CentOff Don't Forget That in our present quarters ws to take care of Christmas trade fact better, as every article is strictly up-to-date. Our buyer is still in New York, sending us only the late goods. are as well prepared as ever before. In new and fresh and Store open evenings Thursday, Friday and Saturday. &-&K4?-&ooGGioo c 00'oo'eoe' H "Strike While the 1 4 Iron is Hot" j "Make Hay While the Sun Shines"? v i f Gems Am Nee a TV N UNEQUALED GATHERING of handsome novelties Band Bows, Strine Ties, Tecks, Puffs, new De Joinville O k M T 1 Lj A LJ M1fft V A I A V J V 4 tU W ?viu in., o a-, j ojh.jis, J-Uipci ja.1 ruurm-iiauus j an cicam vautkv uj. Kite 'A meV"ortTdChga;ntie";n latest English styles, Jaspers. Roman Stripe, and Plaid., Jv C1.11U. CU11WV.I UJIUUiUdklUUJ i.1 J WCfc. UUUlVWitll i a T chiefs and Mufflers. Along tho Kansas Nile. Oklahoma cotton is now passing through Kansas on its way to Japan. Chester Long made a big winning when he got on the Ways and Means commit tee. The only Kansas congressman twho se cured the chairmanship of a committee was Charles Curtis. The trial of William JIartlndale Is now in progress in Emporia. The civil suits are those in progress. Chester Long's committee appointment is said to be the most important Kansas has had since the death of Plumb. Up at Leavenworth Dan Anthony calls Dr. Neely a "combination of whiskers and gall," and Neely speaKS of Dan' as "Anthony and his long-legged kid.' Chester Long's place on the committee of Ways and 'Means, means, by the way, that he is in the circle which does things in Washington, a mighty hard circle to get into. A negro at Fort Scott, who had a ays tern, recently .won $209 from the skt ma chines there. This Is iid to be a fact. not an advertisement for the slot ma chine manufacturer?. Taylor Riddle thinks that the Populist will hold but one state convention next Yar. at which the state tlcXet will b i nominated and delegate to the national convention wm t aeiecxea. It is hard to josh the Kaaaas boy. A nun antered a store t loia and asked the boy for cacXleberries. The boy had never heard of them before, but he thought a while and then tgare the man eggs. j. w. Weatherd, candidate for county commissioner In Kingman county, says In his statsment that he spent anions his llttl respite and enabled i election expenses 35 cents for ctajtrs and Oi 46 i FV 40 Everything New in Neckwear that is to be had, at the a .H AA.A il HOLIDAY i iv tv llllMii5ia5K II 'J, vun v I1 ,m I'rwfB him mini iawu i Great Clothing Slaughter Olvtti g. 4. Tjti.ji. Everything in nice S$p&i3v &fcn, ba found here. Our pnem him to collect himself. 'Ye.' he said, he was coming from KJwiberley and was looking for work. Ke preferred looking for work to taking up arms. Before the Boers nought to search hlni he sn-ourht out two hsrd boiled csgs, which he offer ed theaa. Ther refused, and then he HM ior artatas. It hi a penitenuary ai fense to tell this truth. Tha beatftlfwl aoaslr-over Issued by the Atchison Globe for the Corn Carafral was taken from a palatini! ana which Is said to hT bean th art of a Wichita man. wnoever ma k. it in am 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50... produced his brown paper packet of dts- n corn ever made in Kansas. patches, and said he bad two madartche i jn tne xew Eoarland papers a dispatch which theF cr.uld hava. Mis seeming ta 0ac tb. ravBam ited Atcslson, which kindness was his salvation, and the Boers ao, that Kansas is particularly daft were satisfied. They him plenty of Mrart. The New EnrUnd papers are very orach shocked. The dispatch Is not true, of course, and it does seem that vw KnzUnd. no far as Kansas ht con- Get bomei-bin.g nice km &b& cliMran in Slippers. UNiBCf, fttr4rimmscl Baby Shoes. At.. a career, ha fwt-si a hsr -aiSecfEtas far Chris.' teas. advice, and told Mm to keen his sand wiches, as they had a urteeny of biltong. "Two other dispatch rwers. who are t members of the Cape paiie, had the mis fortune at nlsht Uxa to ride amongst a lot of Boer knee-halter d horses "They dismounted, and a thoigh heav ily laden with buw!V-? et Cap? pd--rs. which they were taking Into the bestowed town, they crept on all fours for a ml and a half. They were within earshot of the commando and coovd catch orwi of the Boti conersatl,n. Tfev two laJ in the end t wa'.k fittecn mi'.et t r-ich their geaL 'HV r'dtrs were cy--S. bu they bid lr. th jh succes?u. tr,d though the system of conuatt&lcatkm has been K'nr on tor close en a month, it is a worthy record to the cJevns of colonial horsemen and cyHtets that on:y two men. who were rMlns In cofflpny. fe i ate the fecm' hand? The crr.mi r:rttton of aews through Renter axn ey to Kimberley has ben wnm(a.i accomplished, and th coaspaey has Wis: its organisation to private inAMvtdus'-s xt a sinprVe meittsge. a far a -'ws up to the present has rr a'tray T ta. howrer. Is surroseacert w,v ti -t-.sr smauttt af d&ager. "1 Boers are ssohdlUfnE la the vrir.l-y of t h town ia al3 dlrectlcss." eerned. Is entirely too creflusous ana iso willing to believe that Kan U gote to his most Motten Majesty Satan. XcPhrson Bepublicaa: On iniaaeiUMf tk Matthews Jury, a funny incident or two occurred. Mr EberJe. when aad a to ht fanai'y he had. said I JBt mari, t 2 s many girts, aad S .n Wff "Great G-T" said one ef the t;-rr5 "that's all any mac Ss avowed 1 u, '.n-- 'n this country. j'Sd ltY M-. LTee. a maimnM spec- t m-.T. .5 5 -w what Ufa I occupation wa Re sid tt had bea a fy f 8toa"aBs"f a now?" ,ths.-. "Ar- y-i uina; work" -Vo tr" 'StrJt Xo, sir." Hw o fr -t happ rrtc asje ytm are r. t -iti-mf" i rjm Cord H." i Rtir4 f"'3 -str.w ls, ssk. Hw is J-.-J ii A -sr UsmV T m ntijlnt" Bead anything shauft UB "N"' r Take sr.j paper f I CrPers3C-.' Nrt ir "7 y jr-y pP' -y W( t T"ir..t T k'5d i wzz; I zxa a Ixrrwyp WHPmHBaPBBBBar ''1 mwm&. 126 NORTH MAIN STREET. y.t'.'0t'4-".-faoy!" -vfUfr-?.. CLEANLINESS IS NAE PHJDE. DIRTS NAE HO ESTY." COMMON SENSE DICTATES THE USE OF SAPOLIO M

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pe WicMia Haife gggfe WLtSLntsfavs, IPtamittg, geeem 20. 1899. 6 FOfi TWENTY YEARS New Light Franchise Is in Effect July 1st. CITY MAKES CONTRACT For Lighting for Five Years Commercial Lighting. The franchise for lighting granted by the city to W. B. McKinley and his asso ciates gives McKinley the privilege of the streets for city and commercial light ing for twenty years beginning in July. Thfio contract for city lighting under this ordinance is for five years. The fran chise in full follows: An ordinance granting to "W. B. McKin ley, his associates, successors and as signs, the right to construct, operate and maintain a system for the produc tion of electric light and power, and for the transmission of the same for public and private use in the city of Wichita, and granting the right to use the streets, alleys and public ground of said city for such purpose. Be it ordained by the mayor and coun cilmen of the city of Wichita, Kan.: Section L The right is hereby granted to W. B. McKinley, his associates, suc cessors and assigns, to erect, maintain and operate a system for the production of electric light and power for' public and private use, and for the transmission of motive power in the city of Wichita, Kansas,- for the period of twenty years from the date of the publication of this ordinance: Provided, that the said W. B. McKinley, -his associates, successors and assigns shall, on or before July 1, 1000, erect and equip an electric light plant in said city with at least two one hundred and twenty-five 2,000 nominal candle- power light dynamos "with sufficient boiler and engine capacity, and wires to carry the electric current to the arc lamps used for lighting the streets and public buildings and grounds of said city at such points as the mayor and council of said city may designate. Sec 2. The paid W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns, shall have the rljht to erect and maintain poles along the streets and public grounds of said city, and stretch wires thereon for the transmission of an elec tric current for the purpose of furnishing electric light and electric motive power, and to use and maintain a system of electric lights within said city for the period above mentioned, both for public and private purposes: Provided, that such poles shall, where it is possible, be placed in alleys, and all poles placed on the public streets within a radius of one tnile from the intersection of Market street and Central avenue shall be kept properly painted; and all such poles ehall be so situated and placed and the wires so strung thereon as not to injure persons cr property, or obstruct the travel on any such street or alley of said city, and provided, further, that the poles and wires shall be so constructed and maintained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Board of Firo Underwriters, under the direc tion of the fire marshal of said city. Sec 3. That the said W. B. McKinley, Ids associates, successors and assigns, thall protect and save the city harmless againt all actions and obligations for in juries from the negligence of said grantee or his associates, successors and aligns, in erecting, operating and main taining said system of electric lighting and supplying motive power by elec tricity, and may defend all suits that sray be brought against the city for the iecoery of any such damages. Sec. i. That the said W. B. McKin lcv, his associates, successors and as h'gns, in consideration of the rights and privileges herein granted, shall furnish said city -with street lights at such points a may be designated by the mayor and c mncilmen, and shall make such charge therefor as shall be agreed upan, and shall furnish electric lights to private mourners t such clwrges as may be .it.reed upon, not "xceeding the following prees where lamps are contracted for bj the month or j ear. viz.: For incandes cent are lamp of 1300 nominal candle Pur. SS.00 per month per lamp for-12 oMick service; $7.00 per month per lamp f r 12 o'clock service where lamps are iiitracted for by the er, and $6 00 per nunth per lamp for W o'clock service t r five nights ml until 12 o'clock on Saturday night of each week. For incan-flt'-oent lamps of 1 nominal candle power 73 per month per lamp for all night service; $1.25 per mouth per lamp for 13 i lck service; on meter, three-fourths vf a cent per ampere hour; all service to be for continuous current. Se. 5. That said W. B. McKinley, his a-.rciates, successors and assigns shall nn be guilty of extortion or of eharging more than the maximum prices specified li rein for lights. Section 6. That the sale of mortgage "bonds upon the system of electric iight and, power, hereby authorised to be con structed ami operated by the said W. B. McKinley. his associates, successors and aligns. sfcll not exceed the cost of con s. ruction and equipment of said system and extensions and the cost of the prop erty required for the complete and tull operation of said system of electric lights and power. Sec. 7. That to prevent the destruction of shade tree along the streets and highways of said city it is provided that The said V. B. McKinley, Ids associates, successors and assigns are hereby pro hibited from cutting or trimming trees except under the direction of the city en gineer, or some person duly authorized in the council to do so. Sec S. That tins said W. B. McKin ley. hte associates, successors and as signs stmll replace all pavements and sidewalks that may be removed in order to place their poles, to the satisfaction of the mayor. Sec. 8. That the business oflicc, power plant and repair shops of said electric 1'ght and power system shall e kept in the city of Wichita. Sec M. That In case the said "W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns shall fail to properly construct, maintain and operate said electric light ing and motive power system as provided herein, or shall fall to substantially com ply with any of the conditions of this ordinance, Jiie city f Wichita shall have the right by ordinance duly passed therefor to forfeit oil the rights and priv ileges herein granted to the said grantee. his associates, successors and assigns: Provided, that the said city of Wichita shall give to the said W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns ninety days' notice in yritlng, specifying the conditions claimed to 'be violated be fore passing any such ordinance of for feiture, which notice shall be signed by the city clerk tinder the, seal'Of the city, after being iproperly authorized- by the mayor and council of said city: Provided, further, that if the said W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns shall, within ninety days after receiving such notice fully comply with the condi tions of this ordinance, then the said city shall not have the right to forfeit this franchise on account of the violation specified in said notice. Sec. 11. That the said W. B. McKinley, his associates, succesors and assigns shall pay the said city of Wichita the cost of the publication of this ordinance. Sec. 12. That the said W. B. McKinley, his associate, successors and assigns shall accept the provisions of this ordin ance within thirty days after its publica tion, which acceptance shall "be in -writ ing and filed with the city cleric of the city of Wichita. Sec. 12. This ordinance shall take ef fect and be in full force after the publi cation thereof in the Wichita Dally Eagle, a newspaper published and in gen eral circulation In the city of Wichita, Kansas. CITY CONTRACT. An ordinance to provide for entering into a contract -with W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns for electric lights. Be It ordained by the mayor and the council of the city of Wichita: Section 1. That the city of Wichita en ter into a contract with W. B. McKinley, his associates, successors and assigns for furnishing electric light to the city of Wichita, which contract shall be as fol lows: This agreement made and entered into this day of 1899, between W. B. McKinley, his associates, succes sors and assigns, party of the first part, and the city of Wichita, of the second part, Wifcnesseth, That the said party of the first part hereby agiees to light the streets, City building and the public grounds of the city of Wichita for a period of five years from and after July 1, 1900, upon the following terms, viz.: That the said party of the first part shall furnish 179 arc lights of 2000 nom inal candle power each, which lights are to be lighted at dusk and to be extin guished at 1 a. m., and to furnish cur rent for forty lC-candle power incandes cent lights for lighting all parts of the City building used by the city during said period of five yea!rs. One hundred and fifty of the said arc lights snail be placed by the party of the first part at the points heretofore designated by the mayor and the council of the said city for the establishment of a new system of electric lighting for the streets and public grounds of said city. Twenty-five of said arc lights shall be placed by the said party of the first part at such points as the mayor and the council shall here after designate, such designation to be made within ninety days from the date of this contract: Provided that twelve of said arc lights to be designated by the mayor and the council shall not be lighted to exceed eight months of the year, said months to be designated by tho mayor and the council, and four of said arc lights shall be placed in the City building where designated toy the mayor and the council. Tho party of the second part shall pay to the said party of the first part for said services the sum of $12,000 per annum for the said period of five years, to be paid in equal monthly installments of 51,000 each. Any arc lights in addition to the 179 arc lights provided herein which may be required by tho said party of the second part, shall be furnished by said party of the first part on request of said party of the second part at the rate of $5.50 per month per light; and the said party of tho second part may deduct from tho price to become due to the said party of the first part under this contract a sum equal to four cents per hour per light per each hour that the said party of the first part shall fail to keep said arc lights burning as specified in this con tract: Provided, that said city shall no tify said party of the first part each day of all lights claimed to be out on the previous night: Provided, further, that if said city order a change or re-location of any of such lamps after the same have once been located and placed by the said party of the first part under the direc tion of the said party of the second part, tho said city shall pay the said party of the first part the cost of making such change. Sec 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its pub lication in .the Wichita Daily Eagle. The Apollo club meets this evening at the rooms in the city building. Golds tandtfs REFUL CHRISTMAS g "What an easy thing to find a suitable present for a man in this store. Everywhere are valuable suggestions to anyone who has a man to make happy on Christmas. Fur Driving Gloves Of Otter. Beaver, Coney and Water Mink, any would he an elegant present to a man who dmes, and the comfort of them wou.d make him remember this Christmas several years. House Coats The best of all Christmas presents ti give a man. The comfort of an evening at home is not complete without a House Coat. Look today, as the assortment grows smaller daily. $4 to $10. Pajamas The sleeping garment that every nun wants but sellom buys hlmseif. Fancy Sate-n, Flanne! and Flannelette. SI.ji U J2.3Q. GOLDSTANDT The Men's Outfitter. ATTEMPT! HORDE Poison Put in Sugar Bowl in Cupboard. WHILE FAMILY WAS AWAY Mr, and Mrs, Eckles Leave Harper County for Safety, An unusual attempt to soison comes from Harper county. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Eckles, country people near Fox, in Harper county, and Samuel eatty, a school teacher, were concerned and the Harper Sentinel tells this story of the affair: "On Sunday, October 22, they left their home about 9 o'clock in the morning for church at Pleasant Hill, in the south part of Kingman county, and spent the afternoon with Mrs. Eckles' relatives. They returned home about sundown. Mrs. Eckles prepared supper, and Mr. Eckles' youngest brother, Johnnie Eckles, and Mr. Samuel Beatty, who teaches school In that neighborhood, and was boarding with Mr .and Mrs. Eckles, sat down at the table to take supper with them. One of the supper dishes was a dish of sweet potatoes of which Mr. and Mrs. Eckles and flr. Beatty flrst partook. Mr. Beatty noticed at once tlrtrt the po tatoes were very bitter and stopped eat ing them, but did not mention the un pleasant taste. Mrs. Eckles, however, naturally spoke of it as soon as she no ticed that something was wrong and they began investigating. The salt and other ingredients used in the cooking of the potatoes were tested, but nothinz was noticed until they tested the sugar, which they found extremely bitter. Uaon in vestigating more closely, they noticed grains of some substance which was not sugar .syid began to pick them out, and secured about one-sixteenth of an ounce. The next day Mr. 'Eckles brought the substance to town, and Dr. Winbigier and Mr. Eisler, the druggist, analyzed it and declared it to be strychnine. Sugar out of the same bowl had been used in the coffee In the morning and the poison was undoubtedly placed there during the family's absence. The doors were unlocked, so that anyone could enter. Mr. and Mrs. Eckles think that it was done by some person acquainted with the premises, and by one who knew they were not at home, though they have had no trouble with anyone that would lead them to commit such a crime. Enough strychnine was found to kill sixty people, and if the sugar had been placed in coffee and drank by the family death would have been certain. As it was no serious results followed, other than a severe fright. "The enighborhood is considerably worked up about it and many theories are given about the deed and its fiendish perpetrators. No clue has been discov ered and the identity of the (would-be criminal is only a matter of conjecture. (Continued on Third Page.) Special for Today 200 Pounds Finest Country Butter, per lb., 1 6c. Fine Chocolate Drops, per lb., ioc. Detrick Grocery ny, 'Phone 406. 405 E. DOUGLAS. At Fuller's Christmas Candles in abundance. We are prepared to furnish our trade with fancy groceries of all kinds, bought especially for the holiday trade.. Don't fail to look over our stock when I laying in your supplies for that Christmas din- Pure Food Grocer. 202 E. Douglas. 'Phone 355 Wednesday Dec. 20 Reminders Perrin's Kid Gloves. Fine Linen Handkerchiefs. Manhattan Shirts. Travelers Toilet Cases. Traveling Bags. Suit Cases. Silk Umbrellas. Walking Sticks. Nobby Cuff Links. New Scarf Pins. Rich Neckwear. Neckwear for wonwn. Full Dress Mufflers. Fancy SHk Mufflers. Silk 5u5roaders. SHk Haadkerehiets. Silk-lined Gloves. Made by the million for the The enormous demand for Uneeda BsSCUSt keeps many large factories all over the country constantly em ployed. Hundreds of skilled biscuit bakers are giving tneir wnoie time making them better making them more crisp, more tempting. The -more we viake the better we make them. the better you'll like them. tTf00 Uneeda winter trtea uuqa. air-usm doz as National tSiscuit Company SBsasagasas; mm WmGmt j. 1 verybody Visits The Spot Cash Grocery of the City. You can always find what you want and at just a little less money than others get for the same goods. We have sold lots of Candies hut still have enough for all. See our candy display and store decorations in general. Five Thousand Pounds Assorted Buttercups, Regular Price 40c Our Price 10 Cents Don't Fail to Try Those Those Fine Dates at 6 140 Pound Can't be Beat Anywhere. Best Baltimore Oysters, per quart.. Fancy Navel Oranges, sweet and good, per doz., IS, 22, 28 and Good Rice, per lb Best Bananas, per doz Cocoanuts Country Butter Fresh Eggs Good home grown Apples, per peck, 15, 20 and Try Hanlin's "White Rose Flour, finest flour made, per sack Sweet Navel Oranges, per doz.... Finest Malaga Grapes, per lb Finest Chocolate and Creams, regu lar 33, 40, 50 and 60c goods, at per lb Regular 25c Mixed Chocolates and Creams, in 1-lb boxes, at each.... Fine Gum Drops, per lb Hand made Chocolates, per lb Sleeper's Cold Water Starch, AH 10 cent Cigars, per Plenty of help to wait on you promptly. Extra wagons for prompt delivery. Any errors cheerfully corrected. Store open every night from today on. J. F. ETSTER. THE LEADING SPOT Telephone 14. A I For "Loneliness" (That Dread Halady) a first-class magazine as a spec ific cannot be surpassed. Don't buy them A one at a time. Through the National Subscription Agency the following S dollar publications can be obtained. Mailed to one or different ad- v dresses. i Cosmopolitan Leslies' McClure's Puritan Leslies' $2.65 $1.85 Regularly these cost $1 00 per year each. National Subscription Agency, F. L. Pajne, Box 913, Wichita, Kan. ee-? eg-e-E- o Going to Have Company for Christmas Dinner? Of course you want nothing but the best and risht here is where we come to your, as sistance, for we handle no other grades of Groceries, Candies, Nuts of all kinds in fact everything vou would expect to find in a first class grocery store. "While our goods are first-class, our prices compare favorably with those asked by others for inferior goods. Consult these prices and leave your order here, and we guarantee satisfaction and prompt de-liverv: Baby Pimolas, per bottle S .Tnrdxn Almonds. H Sbelled Pectaa. K? Sbelled En Irtish W&ltntte, 8.. Glucose, quirt Ji Bat Dates, 2 lbs Flsrs. n -IS OiuvdieJ Cherries. R Cfcadted Pineapple. K. (S LONGSDORF SPOT CASH I.EADEHS OF Telephone ISZ. WEEKLY EAGLE: MW millions The more you eat, Waufer a dainty euqr. J packed la ibe Uneeda Biscuit s Elegant ioc Oranges. Fine hand made Cream Mixed Can dies, per lb, 12, 15 and 20 Broken Stick Taffies, per lb 10 Holiday Mixed Candles, per lb 10 Broken Stick Mixed, per lb 10 Fine Caramels, per lb 07 Elegant French Creams, per lb 10 Cheap Mixed, per lb 05 Jelly Beans, per lb 15 Peanut Candles, fresh and pure, per lb 15 Mixed Nuts, per lb 11 Pecans, per lb 11 English "Walnuts, per lb 12Vs Brazil Nuts, :per lb OS Almonds, ier lb 17 Malaga Grapes, per lb 17 See our Orances at 10 Electric Starch, 3 pkgs for 27 (With a handsome souvenir card free with every 3 packaces.) 3 packages for 10 cents. box of 50, each 53. r Manager. CASH GROCERS. 203 East Douglas. riunsey's HcCIure's Leslies' McCiure's flunsey's $1.85 s-y ?)og-3-gg-g-s Facy Xtxed Hvtm. 2 Brazil Xuta. a Pecans. H K Almonds, B J9 Snrtixb Wnlnnta. C JS W bve nieatr oi Vfbtt Ptan GgflfT. frMh Raltimor Orates, 'bat QKvct, Sweet and Soar Ptefctoe. STURGEON, GROCSBS. 1XV( PRICES SS 3Crtit Mais. 50c PER YEAR. I FURNITURE BARGAINS You will never again have the op portunity of buying Furniture as cheap as you can now at Nichols Ouit-B 403 Holiday Goods,.. Do not forget those that are dearest on Smas. A durable present is more suitable than just something merely for the eye, -which lasts only for the holidays and is soon forgotten. A fine line of Toilet Sets, Leather Novelties. Toy Trunks. Toy Trunks. Toy Trunks. Wichita Trunk Factory, 401 East Douglas Avenue. I Books for Gifts...

a "A good B00X is the best of Friends." 0 4 "We have cut prices on Books in sets, viz: Dickens, 15 vols., cloth, $3.35; Thackery, 10 vols., $2.25 George Eliot, 6 vols., $1.98; Macaulcy's His tory of England, 5 vols., 98c, Scott'3 Waverly Novels, 12 vols., $5.75, and many others. Five Hundred Volumes of nicely Bound Books, cut to 16c; another lot at I8c. All the nevr popular Books, such as "David Kanim," "James Meredith," "Richard Carvel," "In Hi Step," "Father Goose," Calendars, Booklets, Christmas Cards, etc., 5c to $1. QO J O percent, discount on all of Eastman's well-known Kodaks. TANNER'S BOOK STORE, 122 North Main. Coal Wood Cobs. WOOD Cut all sizes and styles for all kiinds jst stoves and baking furnaces. COBS All the cobs you want COAL Handle all kinds of coal. Orders promptly attended to. Give mc a trifcil. J. E. Woltz, Phono 202. England.., Slfu la tBtr-t-o tjrlM ml TUtowk reel from SheSMl. am mm Xflts ml Rsor-SBarfcatl ttli i tig iat mmms aomX&ms. Thmm pfe MNgs nrta tram me t aft Mfc. Wftlft.T Aaerfcaa Kntvm a Jr Mr mttt to ftifi of 6 a gf j i ynccciUAM RDAC 4 iYIUOi-i-iTiMl Ulj)., Bedric SoppSa. Sptrrtmg Good, feat. AaunowUotu Bcydci, Typcwnttnr u 4 209 N. Main St. Wichita. 'Phone 444 J ''frO' Eiily i?e. csrrUr, t-U I on usiness Sale East Douglas Avenue. All Styles of Trunks i Alligator Grips Buffalo Grips Grain Leather Grips Alligator Suit Cases Grain Leather Suit Cases Pocketbooks, Card Cases and Yards 1001 W. Doaglsa. ThU Razor onty 51.50. Th Knife in hnnt pcaei 51-75 a tr. Xi2r by CArrler, 1 (ti 1 "p1 i 1 T M

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