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JCSrEXTKA CARs AND lUiiSISKKS. WICHITii PETE II Handles all kinds THE BEVOLVEB BOAD. Suicide of Jacob Bitter; or, a Shot From a Revolver Accidentally Discharged. He was a good fellow, is the general verdict of the community in speaking of Jake Ritter. He was a jolly, whole-souled, generous-hearted fellow who was ever ready to assist his fellow man.

Jacob Ritter was born on the const of Baden thirty-seven years ago. He came to the United States in 1866 and to Wichita in 1872. He was married to Annie Rudolph Snitzler in July, 1876. He leaves a wife and three children. Buried this afternoon from the family residence at 3 o'clock.

There are many who mourn his untimely death, but no one to speak a word against his memory. The following is the testimony given to tho jury summoned by Coroner J. W. Wingard: STATE OF KANSAS, County op Sedgwick, At an inquisition holdeu at AVichita, county and state as aforesaid, this 12th day of July, 1883, on the dead body of Jacob Ritter here lying dead, Anna R. Ritter, being duly sworn, testifies as follows, to-wit: I am the wife of the deceased and live on Lawrence avenue, between 1st and 2nd streets, in Baid city of AVichita.

My husband came home to his dinner about 2 oclock today; I set up his dinner warm and nice. He sat down and eat. He then got his pistol; said he wanted to clean it; asked me for the oil; told him I would bring it in a minute. I was cutting out some 6hirts for my little boy. I told him I could not find his oil can.

Asked him if the machino can would do. He said it would. I then hoard the pistol go off. I ran out and he had fallen down and could not speak. I screamed for help.

No one came. I then cried, Oh, my papa, and some of the neighbors came. I don't know why he should do this on purpose, for he lived happily with his children and me. He sometimes come a little full, but I never minded that. He had but very little in him today.

Mas. Anna R. Rittle. AY. Bear, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I live on Market street, 3 doors north of 2nd street, in AVichita, Sedgwick county, Am 52 years old.

I was at home this afternoon ly ing down. I heard the report of what I suppose to be a revolver; in connection I heard a scream or some one halloo. I immediately ran to the place I supposed the sounds to come from, somewhere on Lawrence avenue between 1st and 2nd streets. On the street I met D. AA'.

Jones I asked him to go with me as 1 supposed somebody was hurt. AA'e went to the resi deuce of Jacob Ritter and found him lying dead under the grape arbor behind tlu home. His head was lying west mid a revolver at his left foot. This looks to bo the same revolver spoken of. It is Kmilh AA'e-sou.

8 inch. lT. S. No. 45 calibre; five chambers of said revolver weie loaded and one discharged.

John AY. Ruui. Fritz Snitzler being duly sworn, testifies as follows: My nemo is Fritz Snitzler. I live in AVichita. Sedgwick county, Kansas, and am 48 years old.

I know Jacob Kitter. lie was a son-in-law of mine. I saw Jake to-day at my place of business between II and 12 o'clock, lie was friendly n.id talked as usual. Did not see him after that till I saw him ly ing dead at his place. After washing him off, found the bullet had entered the left side of and directly in the mouth, cutting the upper lip a little, went nearly straight through, possibly inclined up a little, mid out at the back part of the head.

AYheu I saw him to-day he was not full think ho was all right when I saw him. Never knew of his making any threats to kill himself. Never was any trouble between him and his family. Thought a good deal of his family. I do believe -the way it looks to me -it was au accident.

Fanz Snitzler. State of Kansas, Sedgwick Co. 1 s. To the sheriff or constablo of said comity: AA hereas. information has been given me.

J. AY. AYingard, Coroner of said county, that the dead body of Jacob Ritter now-lying dead on Lawrence avenue, between 2nd mid 3rd street, AVichita. Kansas, in the county and State aforesaid, supposed to have come to his death by shooting himself. You are therefore commanded to summon the following named persons, residents of said county, and having the qualifications of electors: B.

D. Hammond, D. AA'. Jones. D.

X. AYillimns, Robt. Forrester, A. AVagnor. J.

C. Coats, to appear forthwith before me at the place above described, whore tho dead body is now lying, to enquire, mid true presentment make, ns to the manner, and by what means, or by whom, the deceased came to his death. Of this writ you will make lcgnl service and due return according to law. Given under my hand, this 12th day of July, 1883. J.

AV. AVinuaud, Coroner. Office and Salesroom Corner of Main and Second Sts. TELEPHONE. O.

B. STOCKER, POWER OF PURPOSE. Rev. Dr. Keyes, of Parsons, lectured in the Presbyterian church last night to a small nudience.

The lecture was well enough advertised Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but the people will not attend lectures this time of the year. The evenings are too short and the days work is full of fatigue. The lecture was just one hundred years behind time. It was good teaching a hundred years ago when tho first primers and spelling books were published for the guidance and inspiration of American youth. But the whole world has taken a step forward in the march of life.

AAe all know the power of purpose, but it is the purity of purpose that should engage our attention. Tho doctor in a very forcible manner discoursed on the power of a fixed purpose. His illustrations wore from Napoleon Bonaparte, John Jacob Astor. AA'm. Lloyd Garrison and other celebrated men.

The 'teaching throughout the lecture was to the effect that there was no such a thing as genius, but that every young man could climb the heights of groatness provided he had a fixed purpose. The teaching is erroneous and should not he taught to either youth or age. It is the fallacy of our fathers, and this same abominable doctrine is the seed from whence the harvest of political intrigue, fraud and corruption has been gathered. The idea of success being measured by notoriety, or the accumulation of either knowledge or money is the slimy serpent which has poisoned our political and social life. The mans success iu life is not to be measured by his knowledge, or money but by the use of his mind and property.

This old heresy of pointing young men to mere political, financial, or oven spiritual grealuess is the devil's own method of feeding the innate selfishness and vanity of the human heart. This kind of lecture always points the young man away from the ordinary drudgery of life to a pinnacle above tho masses. The hewers of wood and drawers of water are not great, and therefore not a success. If these common day laboieis hud understood the power of purpose they could lmve been far above the piano of the dray man. hod carrier and gardener.

This is tho fallacy of the philosophy. AYc must have heweisof wood and dinners of water, because tbo water must Uiawn and the wood must be hewn. The mau who does life's work faithfully and well is a success, no matter whether lie is a hod earlier or Presbyterian preacher. The one calling is as honorable as the other. It is the bn-iiu-ss of the public teacher, not only to tell us the way to success hut to define tho elements of success.

Napoleon liouapaitu was not a success. His life was miserable failure, and we do not want our boy taught to look up to him ns un cxnmplnr. If he lmd devoted his mighty talent to the rais-ing of nil improved potato, the cultivation of truck itoh.liewould have been of more use to tho woild. The whole race of warriors, with few exceptions, are ambitious murderers ho made tho dead hocus of the common people the pedestals of their personal prominence. John Jacob Astor was not a siicct'S.

lie gave lmnself. soul mid body, to tic worship of Mammon, and at sixty-five years of ago ho died leaving behind him tho mass of material wealth which ho had accumulated It is true that Astor founded a public libraiy iuXew York but heaven cannot be cheated by this kind of monument. But wliat is the use to go over the list of greatness. AAe had much rather our boy would imitate the man who goes quietly along the pathway of life than to have his head and licait filled with the unholy fire of selfishness. Dr.

Keyes gave that old illustration about the boy who remained up fivo nights in the week to study liis lessons. The doctor ns a modern teacher should have stopped right there and informed the young men in his audience tlmt tho night was made for red and the day for labor, uud no one was guiltless who transgressed the laws of his physical being. That boy should have been in bed. The burning of the midnight oil means tho destruction of the man and bringing on premature old nge. AAe should judge from the doctors appeal mice that he has bem a victim of his own philosophy.

Ilis had throat and feeble health is a warning that a little more loafing, eating beef-steak, going n-ii'liing. and a little less ambition would have put new blood into tho veins. AVe have been there and know how it is. The same stuff wns preached to us when wo were a boy with a big head aud small stomach. AVo swallowed books when we should have been swallowing beef tea.

The head soon got away with the stomach, aud to-day with chronic sore throat, Blender limbs and a fiat breast, we curse tho power of a fixed purpose directed in the wrong clmnnel. There is no remedy for us, but our boy shall he taught to feed the midnight oil to the pig and use the power of purpose in building up legs, stomach, brain, the whole man. He shall be taught that rest and recreation should be tho maximum and labor the minumutn of life. AVe shall point him to Napoleon, Jesse James, John Jacob Astor and other pirates and sharks ns examples of the evil effects of personal selfishness and ambition. It is wicked to wear ones life out struggling to reach a certain fixod point in tho worlds standard of grentness.

Blessed nro the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the mock: for they shall inherit tho earth. Subscription Bates. Daily Times, One Month, 50 Weekly Times, One Year, 00 J. C.

RICHEY, Manages. ASTRONOMICAL. With a Few Bashes of Something Decidedly Earthly in Character. Mr. Mulkittle and his son sat on the front steps.

The sun had gone down in his usual successful manner, but a warm air that seemed to be blowing from the great heap of red coals he had left in the sky made the evening damp with perspiration. The boy sat for a time gazing upward. He wore an expression of deep anxiety, a look of troubled conoern which seems to stand out with more definition on the face of a child than on the face of a man. Pa, he at length said, whats up there? pointing upward. Air, replied Mr.

Mulkittle. How far up is it to the top? There is no top, my son. Is it an always that aint got any end? Yes, I suppose so. But there must be some stoppin place. Suppose something was to go up and up, and keep on going up, where would it stop? It would go above the earths attraction and 6top.

It wouldn't stop if it kep on But it could not keep on going. Suppose it could. Suppose a gun that would shoot all the miles in the world was to be shot up, what would the ball stop against? It would not go above the earth's attraction, I tell you. But if it could it could, couldn't it Impossible, I tell you. Why couldnt it go beyond the tractions? Because the earth would draw it down, I suppose.

But suppose the earth couldn't com mence to draw it down till it got a million million miles? I want you to hush now. Wait until you are old enough to study astronomyand you will find out all about it, Did you ever study stronomy Yes. Why dont you know all about it. then? Because that is, you wouldnt know if I were to tell you. What's stronomy It's a book that tells us about the heavenly bodies.

Abont the angels No. about the stars. Ain't angels heavenly bodies No. What are they, then? They are good peoplo that have lived on the earth. They are away up, ain't they? "Yes.

Why don't the earth pull em down? Didn't I tell you to hush? Yes. sir, but yon keep on talking to me. "Well, I'll and I want you to do likewise. After a few moments silence the minister said: "Who was it that denied the Savionr? Judas. No.

leter. Was thHt when the rooster crowed? Yes. Who made him crow? The Lord. Does the Lord make our old rooster crow I dont know. But He dont keep him from crov.in, does He No, I suppose not.

Yes, He does, for we eat him for dinner today. Didn't I tell you to hush? Yes, but you keep on talkin. I was hushed, an was goin to stay hushed, but you talked. You think you are very smart. You said I was.

You told Mr. Potson, when he was here, that I was the smartest boy in town. I didnt mean it, if I did. Then, you told a story, didn't you? Go into the house. Its time you were in bed.

Go on. I want to set up a little while longer. Go on. I tell you. I'm going around to see if the back gate is shut, and if you are not gone by the time I come back I shall punish you." I And the minister arose an walked away.

In a few moments he rriturued to his seat. Didnt I toll you Id punish you if I found you here when I came back? No answer. Get up this minute. Wliat are you scouring around on the step for? Get up, I tell you. No answer.

If you dont answer me, I'll box your ears until they ring. Get up from there. Do you hear? No answer, and Mr. Mulkittle hauled off and slapped a calf that stood at the foot of the steps, licking the smooth Btone. Oh, Lord! howled the good man, Fetoh a light here quick! Mrs.

Mulkittle hurried to the scene with a lamp, Rnd excitedly asked the cause of the outcry. Oh, it's that infernal calf! said the minister, writhing, and Ive mashed my hand with his devilish horns! Get away from here! And he kicked at the cnlf and fell on the scraper; and the calf, thinking his time had come, churned Mr. Mulkittle a time or two before he could regain his feet. Mrs. Mulkittle flew to his assistance and drew him into the house.

The boy. who appeared in his night clothes.and saw a part of the performance, remarked, after the rescue: Mussent fool with the fatted calf! Arkansaw Traveler. 1 A kSfef WICHITA, KANSAS. DIRECTORS: M. BLOCH, A.

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DAVIDSON, secretary. Culls the attention of the Ladies of AVich ita to her newly purchased stock of Millinery. Notions, nnd Hair goods. This stock of splendid goods has been selected from tho best Eastern maikets mul will not be undersold by any establishment iu tho city. The very latest styles nnd the finest quality in every line of her goods at the Ladies Bazar.

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28 South Main Strut. THE BOSS JEWELRY House of AVichita. Queensware, Glassware, Lamp Goods, Plated Ware, Cutlery, EtOv, Etc. 2 4 BlU 1 i B. K.

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40 BZCetixi Street. wit' cho- ma; GEO. E.ZEC A-IEtlR IS ICE FSZIHSrOI STATE OF KANSAS, ss County of Sedgwick, To the Sheriff or nuy Constable of said County: You are therefore commanded to summons J. AA. Bear, Fritz Snitzler and Mrs.

Ritter ns witnesses, to appear forthwith boforo mo, J. AV. AYingard. Coroner of said county, at tho court house in' AVichita, Kansas, to give evidence of a Coroner's Inquest on the dead body of Jacob Ritter now lying dead at the place above described. And of this writ you will make legal service and due return according to law.

Givenuudermy hand, this 12 day of July, 1883. J. AV. AVingabd, Coroner. STATE OF KANSAS, SuDGwtcK County.

An inquisition holden at AVichita in said County aud Stato on the 12th day of July1 1383 before me, J. AV. AVingard, coroner of Sedgwick County, on the dead body of Jucob Ritter there lying dead, by tho jurors whoso names are hereunto subscribed. The jurors, upon their oaths, do say tlmt from the testimony given, the deceased came to Ms death from a pistol shot wound iu tho head inflicted by a pistol ball fired by his own hand at about 11 o'clock, p. of this 13th day of July.

A.D., 1883. Juki: B. D. llammoud, Robert Forrester. D.

AV. Jones, C. AVagner, L. 0. Cook, D.

X. AVilliams. In testimony whereof. The said jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and year above written. Attest: J.

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