Weekly Republican-Traveler from Arkansas City, Kansas • Page 7

7 THURSDAY'S DAILY. A recent action of the county com No, Dr. Mitchell has not been appointed chaplain. The report has become circulated among the doctor's friends that he has been appointed chaplain. They do not know of what institution, but they feel sure that he would make a good chaplain and ought to have been made chaplain.

The doctor is surgeon general on the governor's staff. Fritz Schnitzler, of Wichita, passed through the city yesterday evening on his way home from Oklahoma. Mr. Schwitzler is a man remarkable for his lack cf smallness, as he only weighs 346 pounds and is proportionately large in every way. Mr.

Schnitzler said that Oklahoma was dull, like the rest of the country. Also that Wichita was likewise. Last night' about 9 o'clock the discharge of a shot gun on' Summit street brought a crowd in front of the Border City restaurant. As a reporter rounded the corner of Fifth avenue on a run he saw the crowd and elbowed his way to the center, expecting to see someone breathing their last, hut he saw nothing. The fact was th at Frank Grice was taking a shot gun to the barn, and before he put it in his cab, he snapped the hammer to see if the gun was loaded.

It was. It seems that. the report of the passage of the county seat bill by the Oklahoma? legislature was not true. A gentleman who is posted informed a reporter that at 4 o'clock the house and senate were holding conference on the bill, with no prospect of its passage just yet. Contractor Archer and the building gang are here, ready to commence the TO BU6IXESS MEN.

"Someone has seen fit to ridicule my declaration that it is the daily and weekly city press that builds up the commercial prosperity of the community. I ask a moment's time to convince that one, and others like him, that I was right in that position. I will not reason with a fool, or one whose sapless wisdom leads him to antagonize any and everything that does not tend to build up his self-importance; one who Mr Bowser like does not care whether a city grows or not, provided he can have his own way. But I do want our business men to use the unused power at their command. I am a stranger in your handsome little city and have no interests to subserve in this matter, only 'the desire to see every part of our country prosperous and beautiful.

"The daily and weekly papers of a city are always, and every time, carefully scanned and examined by merchants, manufacturers and others seek, ing a probable desirable locality for investments, plants and industries. "If their eyes see large and all alive papers filled with attractive advertisements of new goods, desirable household and farming articles and instruments, cards of professional and other men and women, it is unmistakable to them that the city is located AN ECLIPSE NEXT SUNDAY. The Mooa? Will Be Totatlly Hidden Next Sunday Night. On the evening of March 10 there will be a total eclipse the moon which will be visible generally over the American continent. As the moon has no inherent light, but shines by reflecting the light of the sun which falls upon it, it suffers eclipse whenever it pluges into the shadow of the earth in its monthly revolution.

Many persons, if asked whether they were ever in the shadow of the earth, will repiy in the negative, though a little reflection will convince them that they repose in its shadow after night. Since the earth is smaller than the'sun, the shadow is cone-shaped, the thick end of it being at the earth and the apex, opposite the sun. The average length of the shadow is 857,000 miles. Since the moon is less than a quarter of a million miles off, the shadow is quite thick at the place where the moon crosses it, being 5,700 miles across. The moon being only 2,193 miles in diameter is thus easily enveloped in the shadow for some time.

The phenomena of the eclipse of March 10 will be as follows: At 6 hours 53 minutes 42 seconds p. m. the moon, which will be nearly due east from us, and a short distance up in the sky, will begin to lose a portion of its outline as it encounters the shadow. The lower edge of it will appear to be eaten away gradually during the next few minutes. The shadow will steadily encroach on the brilliant disc until 7 hours 51 minutes 30 seconds, when the entire moon will be in eclipse.

The middle of the eclipse comes at 8 hours 39 minutes 18 seconds, the totality ends at 9 hours 27 minutes. in a rich territory, tributary to the business spirit of the place, and nine times out of ten the capitalist will plant all or a part of his money in that city. "If you advertise, do so liberally, or not at all; if you would reap golden grain from the seed sown in the reader mind. It is pure push that wins in the competitive struggle to catch the purse of Farmer Jones. Advertise, and then buy up 500 or 1000 of the papers containing your advertisement, and send a blue pencil-marked circle around your advertisement to Farmer Jones, everyone of your patrons, and that of your competitors.

Let us see what would be the result of such push. It would be this Farmer Jones receives his marked paper and is pleased that the business man of the city thinks of him, and thinks that he is a man of some importance in the community; one whose custom is worth the having and worthy of consideration. Jones is flattered and calls the attention of his wife to the advertisement, and immediately your stock is at par, your reputation held as a sacred trout in that circle. The neighbors are advised to try you, and you have insured yon a yearly revenue by the judicious printer's ink. You have placed money in circulation in your city and attracted thither thrifty capital, and bear in mind every dollar thus brought into circulation isia dollar to be taxed money, reducing by every dollar, the burden of taxation.

missioners has cut the fees of the con stables down in this city. -They passed a resolution ordering all prisoners confined in the jail here until sen tenced or bouud over to the district court. This cuts off a lot milage the county had to pay the constables here as costs in a. case for unneccessary trotting back and forth to, the Winfieid jail with prisoners but which the law permitted. Formerly, if any one was arrested, taken before a justice, trial set for the following day, the prisoner was taken to jail at Winfieid.

Next day the constable went after his man. If the case was continued then the prisoner was returned to the county jail. All of this preliminary running to the county jail has been changed so that the constable seldom draws milage now for more than one trip. It is a little hard on the salary of constables but it is a great saving for taxpayers in the course of one year. Court costs in this section are being materially reduced which is largely due to the efforts of CommissionerUpton and County Attorney Fink.

The officers in. Wichita last night arrested two ung men on the north bound Santa Fe passenger, who answer in every way to the description of the men who robbed the Santa Fe here. Both men were heavily armed and had gold watches, besides considerable money. One of them carried a bunch of skeleton keys. They gave their names as J.

B. Barlow and P. Murphy, but refused to tell I where they came from or give any 'informa-tion regarding themselves. Four of our citizens who had seen the men around here went to Wichita this morning to identify them, if possible. It is supposed that they are the same men who were noticed in Wellington yesterday.

They evidently became suspicious and left Wellington before the officers there received orders from this city to hold them. The men protested against being put in the steel cages in the Wichita jail and demanded better quarters. They may be satisfied with worse before they get through. A good joke is told on a man of the Second ward. He hired a plowman to prepare some ground for garden, and yesterday had an old man working on the plowed ground, fixing it up, laying out beds, sowing seeds and planting vegetables, and fixing things generally.

During the afternoon the old man got a bed fixed for radishes and went to the house for seed to sow. The lady of the house handed out a couple packages of seed and the old man sowed them over the radish bed in the most approved style. Last evening the owner of the garden went out to look at it and was astonished to find that bird seed had been sown on the radish bed. His wife had got the packages mixed and the old gentleman didn't know radish seed from grape shot, so he sowed what was given him. As bird seed won't make a good crop here, that radish bed will have to be replanted.

Yesterday, between noon and 12:20 o'clock, the safe of the Home Lumber company was opened, and the boxes and' drawers containing papers and notes were pried open by burglars. Nothing was taken. The safe is not kept locked during the day time, as no money is ever left in it, and it is used only for the security of papers, books and insurance policies in case of fire. It was a bold attempt to rob the safe in broad daylight. There are evidently some tough characters in town From the country correspondence of the Kildare Journal we take the following society items.

It will be noticed that Mr Getherford is a young man with remarkably good taste: Mr Getherford Sundayed with his best girl in Arkansas City. Jack and his Daisy have returned and will take up their residence with Mr Goodrich. Mr Butterfield is looking rather for lorn now; we suppose it is because he did not get enough oysters to eat. Two" men named Congden and Rogers were arrested today on a warrant sworn out by Best, charged with stealing halters. The trouble arose over a horse trade, the men say ing that the halters went with the horses and refusing to give them up to Best.

As no evidence was brought to show any intention of theft, the men were dismissed. The safe of the Snodgrass Strong Lumber company, at Kildare, was blown open night before last. The thieves took out what they supposed was the money box, carried it up the railroad a mile and battered it open. They got nothing, as the company keep nothing in the safe excepting the books and valuable papers. Last night an Iowa Central car, containing General Manager Ackert and other officials of that road, went south on the Santa Fe.

The gentlemen were on a tour of inspection. very voter no desires to exercise the right of suffrage this spring at the city election had better see that his name is registered with the city clerk immediately Many will be pleased to learn that iiev a a. manon wia remain ss pastor of the First Baptist church, Pry service this evening at 7 The first of every 3 ear the law compels you to register if you desirt- to vote. IT'S EASY TO GET Jtfl where there's a sluggish liver, for any of the! germs 01 disease mat surround you. if your; uver were active ana it would keep them out of your blood.

You'll have to watch your fiver for self-protection. Just as soon as you see the first symptoms that it's wrong (eruptions on the skin, or a dull and worn-out feeling) you ought to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. That will start your liver into a healthy, natural action, purify your blood, too: it will brace up your Whole system. and cival ou screngin ana coior, ana put on needed esh-not af but wholesome.

netHsary flesh, Dr. It. V. Pierce: Dear Sir I heartily recommend your "Discovery" to any person' Buffering from gentral dfliiHty the best thing they can take fcr it. A fur taking the "Discovery" I am happy to eay I nevtuci The New Gladtntonc- Houl." It is with considerable pleasure that the Traveler notes the recognition that the New Gladstone has gained.

We have never seen a hotel that has come out of the kinks like the New Gladstone. Until Mine Host Rhodes took charge of it, it was considered a back number, but now it is recognized by every one as the leading hotel of Southern Kansas. As a landlord Mr. Rhodes has made a success. When he went into the Gladstone the future of that institution was anything but bright lie ha steadily pushed to the front, overcoming all obstacles until he has made the Gladstone rank at the front of the precession.

Mr. Rhodes is popular with the trave)-ing men and he is popular with op people, especially our business mei He buys everything that is posibl-here and keeps his money at home. Ho is interested in the welfare of our city, not some other town. When a traveling man asks him to buy of him his wares he always asks him what merchants handle his goods. Upon learning he tells the drummer sell your goods to the merchant and I will buy of him, and he keeps his promise too.

In this way everyone feels kindly toward Mr Rhodes. There are other ways he subserve the interests of our business men and for these reasons he has made the Gladstone a popular place. The hotel is frequently filled to overflowing with guests. Landlord Rhodes is the right man in the right place and we hope he will stay there. His name should be Eli, not because of the color of his hair but because he gets there.

Cyrus Cowan, who shot the two men. near Newkirk, as described in yesterday's paper formerly resided here. He is in jail at Newkirk and it is probable that he may not get welL The fight was witness by John Mays and his father, who lived on a claim adjoining Cowan and it is said that their testimony will be to the effect that the assault on Cowan was unprovoked and that his action was iu self defense. Both Mays and his father were former residents of this city. We understand that Cowan's chances for recovery are very poor, as his skull was fractured and he was injured internally.

He shot the two Colemans after his skull was fractured and after he had been severely beaten. It is very possible that the claim over which the trouble occurred will cost three lives. What an awful price. Grairo, from the distant Island of Ceylon, was in the city yesterday. Mr Grairo is a Creole and an extensive planter in the isle of purple distances.

He is in this country partially for pleasure and partially to dispose by wholesale of coffee and other products of his plantation. Varney and wife came up from Cross yesterday. Mrs Varney will visit friends here for some time, but Mr Varney returned today. His suit against the anta Fe Railroad company for injuries received about a year ago, has been compromised. Judge Anderson is a candidate for the office of justice of peace.

The iudere has, held the office but a few months and has made an excellent justice, He has many friends here who are urging his nomination. Judge Christian is reported very feeble. In fact he is helpless and is confined to his bed all of the time. His many friends will regret very much to hear of his enfeebled condition. Stokey Overstreet a small boot black, deposits 1 1 every day in the Farmer's National bank, and draws nothing out Very few men can do as much at present Many farmers are bringing in the report that their wheat is all killed.

However it is hoped that the reports are not so bad as they would seem to indicate. Engineer Dimmers is figuring on going to work March 19. Mr Dimmers has been unable to work because of being struck by lightning some months ago. All of the men who are not running1 for office are- making Some are doing both. Mrs Samuels, the mother of Clyde Mattox, was in the city last evening.

She was returning to Oklahoma City after a visit with her son in Wichita. BROWN LEGHORNS Exclusively. A fine yard, headed by a 94 point male, mated to first-class 10-: malea Eggs 1 per 15 eggs. miles north of Arkansas City. Eliza FOR SALE Married Yesterday by Judge I.

H. Bonsall at 2 o'clock p. Albert A. Bass, of this city, and Miss Georgia Gupton, of Topeka. groom is a brother of E.

G. Bass, of this city. The ceremony was attended by many of the colored friends of the contracting parties and numerous presents were given. Mr. and Mrs.

Bass will reside in the south. This morning John Neill and family left for their new home in Blooming- ton, III. Mr. Neill has secured a run on the A. as basrsrasreman.

We wish him unbounded success in his new home. Johnnie is a splendid young man and is deserving of pros perity. Last evening- Will and Harry Squiers went east to make purchases of stock for their stores. They intend laying in a large stock of seasonable goods for each of their stores. We have no doubt but their intentions will be ful filled, as they are very shrewd, and careful buyers.

Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Will Purdy were serenaded by the mandolin and Philharmonic clubs. After the serenade the clubs were invited into the house, fine refreshments were served and the evening was pleasantly spent in social enjoyment. W.

D. Jordan, who formerly ran a grocery store here, is now at Shawnee, a new town east of Oklahoma Cit3 He writes to a friend here that the town is booming and that real estate there is commanding fabulous prices. A Santa Fe employe named Birch, who worked in the round house, fell from a water tank Wednesday evening and broke his leg in two places. He was taken to the company's hospital in Ottawa, Kan. last night It is rather an odd custom, that of a band playing quicksteps on the return from a funeral and probably one the origin of which would be plain, but which is time inflexible.

hard to ex-honored and These times and weather make a man feel like the average garden patch all broke up. SATURDAY'S DAILY Last night, Tony Buzzi, at his home six miles southeast of the city entertained the eleventh grade pupils or "Junior class" of the high school. Several boys were invited besides those in the class, as the young ladies of the class outnumber the gentlemen about four to one. The merry party filled up the two picnic wagons to overflowing, fifteen couples being in attendance. After arriving at Mr Buzzi's, dancing and games of various kinds were indulged in until a late hour.

Died Yesterday, at her home in Sumner county, Mrs. Mary Gallagher. The burial takes place tomorrow in Winfieid. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. Jacob Smith, formerly of this city, but now a resident of Winfieid.

OBITUARY. William Penn Wolfe was born in Janesville, May 2, 1854, and died at Arkansas City, Kan. March 5, 1895, at the age of 40 years, 9 months and 27 days. He was married to Hattie Moroe, November 28, 1875, in Washington township, Wisconsin, and moved to Arkansas City in the spring of 1876 and has lived here over" since. They have had eight children born to them, two having died in childhood, six now liv ing four girls and two boys.

The old est, Emmett Wolfe, is 18 years old; the youngest, Florence May Wolfe, 4 years old. He lived all his married life in Arkan sas City. He belonged to the A lodge and aU its branches and also to the Crescent Lodge, He held the position of councilman of this city for two years and had a large circle of friends. He was an energetic business man, honest, upright and industrious, and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his friends and the public at large. His family have the warmest sympathy of the citizens of his late home.

The funeral was held at the Congregational church, presided over by Bev De Long, its pastor, "assisted by Rev Hoytand Bev Stewart His remains were followed to the grave by the A lodge, led by the Select Knights in full uniform with their band, followed by the ladies of the Degree of Honor and a large delegation of friends and citizens. He was buried in Riverview cemetery on his family lot by the A OUW ceremony. So passed away one of our oldest and best citizens. May he rest in peace. erection of the new office in the Santa Fe yards.

It will be but a lort time now3 until the building is finished and ready for occupancy. It isn't a first class epitaph for a dead man whenj his friends say that he was "his own "worst enemy," but its a whole lot better than it would be to say that he "was his own best friend." The Santa Fe has just received two new engines lor tnis division, lney came from Wellinton. Jack Eagan gets 729 and Fred Frey 735. It is reported that the populists will put a ticket in the field at the spring election. P.

A. Miller, the Fourth ward leader, denies the report. FRIDAY'S DAILY. Here is a full grown horse on I French. A few days since he was asked by an acquaintance to come up town and get his the acquaintances horse and buggy and bring it to a certain place at a given time.

Always ready to accommodate, Irv came on the errand. He went to where he supposed the horse was hitched and seeing a rig which he thought looked like his friend's he took it and drove away. A few moments later two ladies reported to the officers that their rig- had been stolen. They were terribly excited over the matter and urged the officers to hasten and get after the thief. Constable Gray had the matter in charge.

He tried to calm the ladies by assuring them that some one had probable taken their horse by mistake but he was unsuccessful. He was just making ready to start after the supposed thief when Irv. hove in sight. He was coming in full sail. On his arrival at the place where he was to meet his friend he was told that he had brought the wrong horse.

He was dumbfounded at his mistake but told his friend to go on and use the rig and that he would return to the city and find the owner and square it with him. Irv arrived upon the scene just in time and his apologies and explain ations soon re- ieved the ladies of all anxiety. Paul Murphy and John Barton, the two young men who were brought down from Wichita last nisrht were taken before Judge Anderson this morning and bound over in the sum of $500 each to await trial in the district court. The prisoners are mere boys and are grood looking- in a reckless way. When they came off the train they appeared unconcerned under the eyes of the curious crowd, and swag gered defiantly down the platform, re turning stare for stare.

They were positively- identified by Schaffer and JN Hi liritt as the men who were seen around the depot the dav of the robbery. The men would say little. Thev made no denial of having been here and owned up to being here two or three days ago. When asked what they were doing, the reply was: "Oh, playing poker." They would say nothing more, rjThey were taken to Winfieid this morning. Something over $70 was found on them, as well as two or three hand fulls trinkets, keys, rings, jewelry, matcn Doxes, and miscellaneous collection of odds and ends of all sorts.

Wednesday night a very pleasant surprise party was given at the home of Miss Opal Tempel in the Thrd ward. The time was passed in playing games. The surprise was a success, and every one present enjoyed the evening very much. Those present were: Dolly Pile, Sadie Pile, Grace Martin, Bert Martin, Harry Schemmerhorn, Harry Fountain, Bessie Fountain, Dent John son, Sammie Fowler and others. The crowd retired at a late hour all happy as when they went.

Don Liawneaa and weir wero in the city yesterday from Newkirk. Mr Lawhead is the genial register deeds for Kay county and Mr Weir is county attorney. Mr Lawhead is one of the most prominent young: rennb- licans in Oklahoma and is an able rep resentative of the "young crowd." He reports that the count seat removal is the absorbing theme of conversation in Newkirk and the excitement there is intense. Last night the Santa Fe ticket office at Derby wes entered and ransacked by burglars. The door on the west side was forced and the ticket case and money drawer were broken open, but nothing was taken.

Some express packages, of unknown value, are miss ing, Speak gently, it is better far Your temper not to tax; Speak gently once or twice, and then Wade in, and take an ax. Killing Ntar Newkirk. This morning at 11 o'clock seven miles east of Newkirk there was a killing. Two brothers by the name of Coleman and a man by the name of Cowan have been disputing over a small tract of land. This morning Cowan commenced plowing on the land when the Coleman boys came after him.

They ordered him to stop, but he refused. They then attacked him with a pick handle and rocks. They broke his skull and then Cowan commenced shooting. He killed the younger Coleman instantlv and the other is mortally wounded. Cowan is in the Newkirk jail and his chance of recovery is aouDtiui.

xne uoiemans beat up Cowan in this city a short time mce. Good News. Under orders from General Manager Frey, the Santa Fe railway shopmen at Topeka begin today to work ten hours per day and six days in the week. The order affects every shop on the Santa Fe, but in all others except the general shops at Topeka the in crease is to nine hours per day. The increase is indicative of increased busi ness and is likely to prove permanent.

A good story is told on a young man who got married here some time ago althousrk whether the best ioke is on him or on the reverend father who per formed the ceremony, we leave the reader to decide. The young man was in love with a maiden and the wedding day approached. She was a Catholic and desired to have a priest perform the marriage ceremony. The young man offered no objection to this, as his main anxiety was to call her his wife as soon as possible, and it was immaterial to him who tied the knot, so that it was tied quickly and securely. Acting under instructions from his soon-to-be better half, he secured the services of a certain priest to perform the ceremony.

After the solemn words had been spoken which united two loving hearts forever, the young man, as is usual, approached the reverend father and inquired how much his fee was. Following the custom in such cases, the father said: "Oh, I make no charge for weddings." "Well, that's clever," said the young man, as his face lighted up with a smile, "I'm ever so much obliged to you. Take a cigar, anyway," and evidently not wishing to be outdone in generosity, he took a cigar from his pcoket and forced it pone tne some what astonished priest, the size of bis fee. And that was While in the east Will Squiers wiU purchase an elegant stock of millinery and upon its arrival here he will open up a millinery department in connection with his splendid dry goods store. He promises the ladies something elegant In cases of justices of the peace and constable they must have their nomi nations in at least twenty days before the election.

Candidates for these offices are circulating petitions, as they have not time to secure nominations by caucusses. John Dunn is a candidate for the office of justice of the peace. A great many candidates are developing as the day of election draws nearer. DIED. DIED.

Yesterdav. at His nome the strip, of la grippe, Hester Merrick, afld 75 years. The funeral was held in this city this afternoon, from the home of Koss Merrick, on North Eigth and the burial wai in Riverview ceme- terv. The deceased was the father of Boss Merrick, of this city. "There are many, very many other arguments that we could use to prove to a reasoning man the golden value of advertising freely, often continuously.

The great capitalists of the world in the most of instances were made such by liberal advertising. But our friends of the press will object to our occupying too much of their space, and so with one other reason I will cease to argue the point. This, however, is the most important of all we could adduce in support of our sition. "Everybody loves a polished, elegant tongue and pities a weak and uneducated one. True, but remember that your press is the tongue of the intelligence of your city and that its voice gives utterance to language precisely showing just what that intelligence is to the world.

If it is pleasing in tone and what one loves to see, then is refinement and wealth owning families attracted to the state of society shown to exist in your city. "To make your press breathe such a spiiit to the outside world and become a preacher and leader in pure home circles, you must place that "press above the fear of failure, out of the atmosphere of partisan patronage, hate and temptation. Toaav tne aauv ana weeiuv Dress is lexico, bible, messenger and king in the business man's the home circle, the detective and officer, the lifter up and the caster-down of every human influence, and the man who sees this and for God, home and country tries to strengthen it in every possible way, with every cent that he can spare in patronage of its advertising columns, is building, wiser than he knows, his children's home when he shall be no more on earth. Isaac 6 Lec Last evening at the home of Dr and Mrs Sparks a most successful surprise party was given in honor of the doctor's birthday. Not often are surprise parties successful, from the fact that the one surprised has in some unaccountable manner been informed before the appointed time, but truly this was an exception, for after the doctor had made a professional visit in the I country, he returned expecting to find and quiet, but found instead this crowd ready to make the evening merry, inrs spares, latcing advantage of the doctor's' absence, had prepared a bountiful supper, which was follow- ed by Progressive High Five and danc- ing.

The doctor was presented with a a very handsome rocking chair and ot- toman by the guests. Those present were Messrs and Mesdames Hay, Bon- sail, Sinnott, Thurston, Miller, Dohrer, liaxwell, Moff att, Mason, Klopf, Mrs Oohs and Mis3 Sbawhan. f-fioe 1 I 1 I i.