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10 THE BC11LINUTON, VT. FT? RE PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 18R7 TWELVE PAGES. WILL FERRY FIGHT? fcODL.VNOP.U II as ciiAM.UNar.n Tiir. i:x.i'iii:MiKit. All I'nrU Akk ntid AVI Id with Ilxolto- mcnt Army Ititmls Prohibited from , 1'liiyliiR HoulnnKlst Aim ly Gciit l'crroii. Paius, July 30. Gen. BoulaiiKcr lins cbal tmgod M. Julos Ferry on account of the ox jhrpmier's speech at Eplual on Monday. This I the news which has set Paris wild. OCX. HOULANGE11. Boulanger's seconds nro two of his stanch st friends, Count Dillon and Gen. Faverot. They were called to Clermont-Ferrand, whero Uoulanger is "In exile," on Tuesday, and today they loft for Paris, bringing the challenge to M. Furry, Uoulanger applied for permission to challengo tho ex-premier, rhich is understood to havo been granted, and this formality required in tho army ac counts for tho ox-war minister's delay in cull ing his iusulters to the Held of honor. M. JULES rEIlUT. Tho question now is, will Ferry fightt Host Jpcoplo think he cannot honorably re fuse, and ignore tho challenge is out of tho question. Friends of 31. Ferry declare that ho will not accept Gen. lloulangcr's chal lenge in consideration of tho fact that ho holds that in his remarks at Epinal he did not exceed tho right which ono politician has to criticiso another. Tho army bands hnvn been playing Bou langist airs with such efloet thnt On. Perron, tha war minister, found it necessary to issuo an order prohibiting tho military bands from further playing Iioulangisl music. Later Gen. Boulanger's seconds had an interview with ex-Premier Ferry today, who referred them to two gentlemen willing to act for him in tho iniending duel. The friends of M. Ferry nro now urging him to fight. Is'cv roiitullautl J'lsliln;; Season. Halii-ax, July ::0. Tho Newfoundland fishery this season has been very discourag ing so far, but there is still ample timo to securo a good catch, and for curing the weather has afforded overy advantage. It is stated that tho fish taken this year havo been cured in such a suierior manner that their value will be considerably enhanced. Another Letter from OiaiiiliTlalii. London, July U0, Mr. Chamberlain, in another letter concerning The Hound Tnblo controversy, eon tends that the Unionists havo nothing in the way of assurance beyond tho opinion of .Sir William Harcourt that tho cardinal points of ditfeienco betwoeu tho Unionists and Gladstonians might bo put in a fair wuy of settlement. Appeal to I'ulitlc Opinion. AVilkksiiaup.k, Pa., July HO. Tho miners of this section ill hold public meetings the second week in August to protect against tho action of the coal companies in not observing the law providing for semi-monthly pay ments. Follow ing tho instructions of Master Workman Powderly tho men will appeal to public opinion. Death of William Ilallcy Lung. New Youk, July SO. William Bailey Lang died yesterday at his homo in Ccnrs tlale, aged b years. Ho was well known in the iron trade in this city, having been Virtually tho lifo long ngont of tho Lowmoor Iron company and for Charles Cnmmell & Co., limited, of Sheffield, England. " Murdcittr Lyons Arraigned. New Youk, July 30. Daniel Lyons was arraigned in tho Tombs polico court yoster doy afternoon charged with tho murder of tho athlete, Quinn. By tho advieo of his counsel, Mr. Blake, ho waived examination, and was committed to await tho action of the grand jury. It. L. Stevenson in Again. London, July SO. H. L. Stevenson is again seriously ill. This, following upon his prolonged and alarming illness while staying with Professor Calvin here, emphasizes tho painful apprehensions with which many of his admirers regard his proposed American visit. The ItuUru Silver Ccrtillcati'H. New Youk, July SO, Tho utllciaU at tho United States sub-treasury havo recoivod in structions to keep a sharp lookout for tho $3 silver certificates which havo !eeu raised to $10. Tne raising is done by pasting now figures and lettering. Largo Criijis of Small Trulls. Hudson, N. Y., July SO. Largo shipments of apples ure being nuilo from Columbia county. All varieties of small fiuits now ripening will yield largo crops, Thobummor of 1887 will bo known for tho greatest fruit yield in a decade. l'ori'st I'lres Vur Athens. Athens, July SO. Tho woods behind Jlount Pentelicus aro on Hi o. A hurricane is blowing enormous voliiiu'-s of unoko far over tho sea. A detachment of troops has been sent to arrest tho progress of tho lUunes. Irish Linen In (ooil Shape, Belfast, July SO, At tho annual mooting of the flax societies hero it was announced that trade was now in tho most favorable condition since 1831, mi IlKVIKW or TItAIJi:, Showing for tho l'ust Week lis lteportcil by Dun & C". New Youk, July SO. Tho business fall ares during tho last seven dnys number for tho United Slutos 1(12, and for Canada "2, or n total of 181, as compared with a total of 172 lost week and 1711 tho week previous to tho last and litt for tho corresponding week of last j'oar, when tho figures were: United States, 170; Canada, 22. Foreign commerce is still unsatisfactory, wlrilo in domostlo trado tho usual summer dullness is Increased by a variety of causes, Itailroad earnings, siuco tho interstate law aifected rates, afford no reliable indication of the volumo of traf fic, and publication of tonnago statistics has been to a largo extent suspended which hns significance. Low prices dolay movement of wheat, and injury to com, hay and somo minor crops produces uncertainty. Wheat, corn, oats, oil, beef and hog9 are lower than a week ago. Corn at 4.1 cents at New York, and oats at S3 cents, and beef at nn averago of S-1.S5, k not encourage farmers to buy largely of tho products of other Industries. Sugar rises a littlo witli tho publication of bullish statistics; spico dealers complain that consumers do not como to timo, mid tho handlers of rico aro not overworked. Oil fell to tyiX cents, but has i ecovorod n little. Coal ugents nnnouneo an advance of 10 cents for August 1, and that trado is supported by an increasing demand. Interior reports nearly all nolo existing dullness, with hopes of largo trado hereafter. JUonoy is in only fair douianil, with no nolo worthy change in rates, aud collections fair, with improvement nt ono or two points. Tho Ejaculation in tobacco begins to advanco prices, and tho rubber combination slowly progresses toward completeness. Stocks havo been deprossed, with signs of weariness on tho part of holders. Tho recent decisions of tho interstato commission havo not cleared up tho more embarrassing questions regard ing rates on competitive freight, and charges of rate cutting on trunk lines indicate want of agreement in construction of tho law, with somo disappointment as to tho volumo of traffic. Ilurnoil In Sight of His Parents. West Bend, Wis., July SO. A farmer of Gcrmantown, named Arnold, was awakened from his after dinner nap yesterday nfter noon by his littlo daughter, who told him tho barn was burning. Ho rushed out of tho houso'ofind his littlo son hanging over tho lower half of tho barn door. Tho littlo fel low was crying for his "mamma" to help him, and tho flames were rolling out of the halt open door. So intense was tho heat that no ono could rescue tho boy, and tho parents saw tho flames enwrap the littlo fel low and then si him suddenly fall back into the fire. Steamer with a Carffo of To NEW York, July SO. Tho steamer Glen shiol, from Japan, with Uio first cargo of new crop tc, arrived at quarantine this morning. She sailed from Yokohama May 31, a day or two ahead of tho steamer Monmouthshiie, in araco for this port, and great interest has been felt anil largo sums of money placed on tho result. Tho Glenshiel passed Gibraltar July 10 and tho Monmouthshire ono day later. Killed by an KIcmiIoi- Accident. St. Locis, July SO. A small elovator in tho Bremen canning works, in which sown girls and one man wero crowded, fell a dis tance of forty feet last night. Alexander 31. Farrar, president of tho company, hud his skull fractured, and Annie Mornn, u girl of lb; was mangled in a terrible manner. Both will die. Several of tho other unfortunate-, aro in a critical condition. dreclcd with tho "Itoguo's aJnrch." Council Bluffs, Iowa, July SO. II. Ifc Carbor, drum major of tho Fifth Regiment band, drew several checks on banks ho had money in, collected money belonging to tho band and left tho town. Ho was arrested and will be brought back to-morrow. Tho band will meet him nt the train and play the "Hoguo's March" as ho is taken up the street. Chicago Cur and Uridyl Works llurned. Chicago, July SO. The car and bridge works of the Wells & French company were burned this morning. Tho buildings de stroyed comprised tho engine room, two planing mills, tho saw nrtll, tho blacksmith shop, tho brass foundry, tho wagon shop and several minor structures. Ths loss will ag gregate $200,000. Cincinnati' Centennial. Cincinnati, July SO. Tiio mooting of the exposition commissioner and citizens' com mitteo yesterday was transformed into a jollification by tho report that notes for $1, 02(5,000 for the next year's centennial expo sition guarantee fund had been executed. Tho woik of erecting buildings will now pro coed at once. Italian Cabinet Chances. Home, July SO. Owing to tho death of Signer Depretis, tho prime minister, the other members of tho cabinet havo tendered their lesiL-nations. Sicrnur Crisnl minium. of tho intern, will form a iuiw cabinet, which will bo composed of tho members of tho present ministry. International Arbitration Council. London, July 30. David Dudley Field presided at a conference of jurists and pub licists held last night. Mr. 'ield has decided to submit his project for nn international arbitration council to a small committee of European an American jurists. Warrants for Major and Council, WlLLlAMSroivr, Pa., July 30, Warrants havo been issued for tho arrest of Mayor Jones and tho members of tho city council to answer to u chargo of neglecting, for sov oral years past, to koep East Third btreot in proper repair. Demand for Men on 1'aruis. New York, July 80. Tho superintendent of tho Castle Garden labor bureau said to day: "Wo aro having an excellent demand for men to work' on farms. Tho market for nearly all kinds of bkilled mechanical labor Is good." Strikers Itettirn to YVorlc, New Youk, July 30, About 200 of tho longshoremen who wero out on a strike at National Lino pier returned to work this morning at tho old rafts. Superintendent Andrews discharged tho colored non-union nien. l.aehliio St. Lawrence Uridine. Montkeal, July SO. Tho first passenger enr and englno crossed tho now Canadian Pacific railway bridge over tho St. Lawronce river at Lachiuo at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Maiy lliil'ulai li-i I'ui pot rated. West Point, July SO. Many burglaries continue to bo perpetrated aloig tho lower Hudson. Property owners lietween thu Point and Nowburg nro tho latest victims. Hudson Wants Letter Carrier. Hudson, N. Y., July SO. Arrangement aro being mado to introduce tho lettor car ricr dolivcry sfctern here. Hudson has tl requisite population. EADS SHIP RAILWAY. 1NNIJAI, MliKTINO OV STOCICIIOI.I- i:its AT NUW YOUK. Estimated Cot of 11m Undertaking to ho About S(IO,ono,tim The Cum pany to Ho Incorporated in Now York State. New Yontc, July 30. Tho annual meeting 3f tho stockholders of tho Tehuuntepec Ship tlallroad company was held this afternoon it tho office of tho company, on Hudson ttreet, Jersey City. But littlo business of tuportanco was douo beyond tho election of ilrcctors for tho ensuing year. CltADLE FOll CAlttlVJNO SHIPS. It was given out today that the net esti mated cost of the railroad would bo JliO.OOO, D00, on tho basis of i capacity for carrying n vessel of 0,000 tons, actual weight. This would 1x3 about as big n vessel us tho Anchor llnostcamship Furnessia. Tho Alaska, loaded, would perhaps weigh 7,000 tons, but no ves sels as large as that aro at presont used in tho iVsiutic trade. Tho toll for transporting a ship would bo from $l.fi0 to $2 a ton, accord ing to present estimates. Do Lesseps lias already spent 8200,000,000 on his canal, and only a fifth part of it is done, and that tho easiest part. Theoriginal climate was 5120,000,000. Tiio projectors of tho railroad say there is no possibility for their enterprise to exceed estimates in this manner. Tho now company will probably bn incorporated under tho laws of tho state of Now lork, and will hn,vo its headquarters in this city. Tho actual length of tho railroad is to bo 130 miles, and it will run from Jlim- titlan, twenty milos up tho Coatzicoalcos river, across to tho Laguna Superior, a few miles from tho Pacific ocean. Minitltlan is straight acros tho Gulf of Jiexfoo, in a lino with what would bo n continuation of tho Mississippi river. l'osso Senroliln fur Murderers. HoCKl'OiiT, Miss., July SO. Deputy Sherilf Anthony De Long, William Bostwiek nn 1 G. (1. Bostwiek attempted yesterday to arrest Con and Charley Franklin, twohorso thieves, who escaped from jail in Holt eomty. Tho do?ierndoes were in a farmhouse. No sooner had tho officers drawn up m front of tho house than tho Franklins appeared and opened lire. Do Long was shot dmd, and Bostwiek fatally wounded. A posso is in pursuit. Ilnm Dances I'npular with ttelles. Newhuho, N. Y., July SO. Barn dances aro popular with city belles who aro spend ing tho summer in Orange and Sullivan counties. Tho big barns aro lit up with many wax candles; the dancors dress in fan tastic costumes; the fun is noisy and unre strained and the elfect is picturesiiuo to a degree. TccincrN Chnllrucn to Haubtti Accepted. ToitONTO, July 30. Teciner's challenge to Haitian to low n three milo rnco for $1,000 a side lias been accepted. Toronto bay is se lected as the place for tho contest and August 12 or 13 as the date. After this race, proba bly on August 15, Haulan sails for Australia, where ho is to row a match with Beach. Mr. Sheuhan's Nephew Arrested. Dublin, July 30. Daniel Sheehan, a nephew of Mr. Sheehan, member of parlia ment for Kerry, lias been arrested at Killar ney under tho crimes act. Ho is charged with assaulting uailills. lliisshin Intrigue in IlulK.irla. LONDON. Julv 30. The renort that Russian agents uro fostering a republican movement in Bulgaria is confirmed by reliablo advices. Tho anxieties of tho Bulgarian government aro consequently increased. Old Colony Station llurned. Boston, July 30. Tho Old Colony railroad station, at Braintree, was burnod to tha ground this morning. Tho damage will amount to about t',1,000; insurance, $1,900. lntlLT MENTION. C. Heninger, of Brooklyn, committed sui cide Friday, wliilo insane, by bhooting him self through the head. Tho Littlo Rolling mill, tho largest industry in E ist St. Louis, has closed down, owing to u striko among tho stokers. Whilo tho tug Koyser was on her way from Tampa to Mobile, Ala., Capt. William Collins was washed overboard and Rst. Tho thermometer reached 102 in tho shade at Lincoln, His., on Thursday. Jluny pros trations from bent aro reported from central Illinois. Tho Missouri river continues to cut the bank in front of Sioux City, Iowa, and sev eral hundred foot of valuable property have gone out of existence. Tho list of fatalities by tho wreck on tho Chicago and Alton railroad, near Blooming ton, Ills., foots up ten, aud three more aro expected to die. Tho consul at Gibraltar reports tho arrival on July 4 of tho St. Mary sehoolship, aud that bho would soou start ou her homeward voyage. Tho accounts of Georgo W. Evans, finan cial and disbursing olllcer of tho interior de partment, havo been found correct. During tho past two years ho handled $21,751,303.13. Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Thompson and General Superintendent Kim ball, of the lifo saving service, aro in Butfulo insjiectlng tho custom house and lifo saving station. Robert A. Pinkerton says that tho bill for his men recently employed in tho coko re gions will be paid by tho Connellsvillo Coke and Iron company and that no bill will be presented to Fayetto county. In llrlef, nutl to Tho I'oint. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. IndiKCbtlon is a foo to cood nut uro. Tho human dlrestlvo apiwratus is ono of tho most complicated aud wonderlul things ill ox Isteuco. It Is easily put out of order. (iiensy lood, tough food, sloppy load, bad cookery, mental worry. Into hour?, irregular habits, and muny other things which ought not to bo, havo mado tho American people a nation ot dyspeptics. Hut Green's August Flower lias done a won dcrtul work in lel'onnlng tills sail business and making the American pooplo so healthy that they can enjoy their meal. and bo happy Itoniember :No happiness without health. Hut Ui ecu's August Flower brings health and happiness to tho dyspeptic. Ask your drug gist for a bottle. Seventv-tlvo cents, , AUVJUKTO MOTIMiKS Mns. Winsi.ow's Sootiii.no Svm'i' should mraya bo moi lor children teething. It euotlics tho child, nottcus the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, imd Is tho best remedy for Ularrhtca. Twenty-live cents a bottlo. Ui,m,wi f&wly THE BOOMING WEST. 1 t HOW WICHITA MADE AND LOST IN REAL ESTATE. Some Schemes of Kntei-prlslng Specu lators Which Will be of luterrst. How n "Straw" Railroad Man Made SoO.OOO. Special Correspondence.! Wichita, July 27. In my last letter I told you tho story of the wonderful growth of 1 his town of Wichita; how in sixteen j'ears it has become a city of 31,000 people and how its development In thu past year has surpassed that of any other town in the country. In this letter 1 wish to describe somo of the curious phases of its growth and to give you some of the methods by which the immense amount of prairie sur rounding It lias been sold as city lots. In tho first place, tho town went crazy over real estate. Its actnalgrowlh was discounted 1,00(1 per cent, by tho hopes of Its citizens, nnil both tho incomers and tho residents wero ready to accept nny theory ot its great fu ture, Such of them as had the sense to see that this em of speculative values could not last hoped to get out beforo tho boom sub sided, and property was bought today with thosolo expectation of selling at an advance to-morrow. Tho result of the whole has been that tho farm lands within a rango of four in lies of the center of tho town nro laid out in lots, hundreds of new ndditions have been added to tho old city limits nnd tho city has taken in tho whole six miles squaro of its township into ils boundaries. Real cstnle sijus grow llko crops in widely distant fields, and the whole country is cut up into a net woik of projected motor lines which all lead toAVirhila. I met last night ono of tho influential men of icliitn, n man who is ns well posted on what is going ou as any man in it, and it is from his conversation that I give the follow ing incidents of its boom. There is no doubt of the truth ot his statements, which wero ghenmo on condition that his name should not bo connected with them. "t havo been here," said he, "for two years, and havo made money. I havo kept my eyes open, and there is littlo thnt has gone on that 1 havo not seen. Wo havo had a wonderful growth, but we have been crazy during the pa-t year, mid all of the world seems to have ru-hed ill to help us. We have had people here from ecry country of Europe nnd every part of the Vniied Slates, The craze com nn'ii -nil tho middle of last November and ex tended to the 1st of April, nnd during the killer part of it the real estate transfers ran ns high ns $2.(t)0,000 a week. Wo gave out Pi.'! licenses to real estate ngeuls, and sold farm lauds in lots at from $3,000 to $5,k)ii per acre. Tho craze is now over, and tin ci izeus sny they havo stopped buying and gone to building. There is much building g"ing on, but we will do well if we build up our present limits in a decade. Much prop el ty has been bought on credit, and the reck oning day is yet to come." 'How was it possible to create such a boom!'' "I don't know. Our growth, which has jumped from 10,000 to about 32.000 in two years, started it, and the ardorof the specula tive American helped it on. Some of tin. .schemes by which lots were sold are worth telling. Vo had projected motor lines in every direction, and any farmer who wanted to sell his farm, two or throe inilcs away, had only to got up a straw company, pay $1 50 Tor a charter to the city, buy a few ties and '.Mils and advertise it as a new addition. Tho ""I'l'i'nrs would ru-h (or it. and his land ould jump up lrom less than i iO to several thousand dollars nil acre. 'I lie same was done by real estate ngents, nnd of courso in the majority of cases tho Hues wero stopped building after tho sales were made. As an instance of this the follow ing aro some of the motor lines that have been projected: 1. Wichita and Valley Center line of eight miles in length, along t lie extent of which lots wero so'.d. 2. The Vicliila anil Suburban. 3. The Jlusci.t iiiutor line, t, T'io Garfield muter line. 5. T'io John liriiht motor hue. 0. Tie Hapiil Transit motor line. 7. The First street aud Central avenue motor line. S. The Richmond motor line. 9. The Fainnount Addition moton line. "All of these lines," tho Wichita man went on, "wero from three to eight miles in length. Their ordinances provided that they should havo a noiseless motor through tho city, and lor this they might have u-ed a dumb mule. They wero stocked all tho way from f 250,000 tc. C-l,0u0,0OO, nnd tho spirit of speculation was sii'li that of thoso who went into them tho majority expected to mako by selling out wliilo tho boom lasted. Of all these lines tho rails havo been laid for ono only, nMd three fourths of them will never be built." "How could they get charters, and do they not havo to give bonds in such cases!" "No. Charters nro the cheapest things in Wicbita, nnd there aro more charters granted in theso Kansas tow us in a year than in all tho rest of tho United States. They merely paid their 51.50, which is tho fee, and they got them." "Tho street car lines of Wichita are mulo lines with tho old T rail, and tho company which runs them is making money. Its stock is worth 5. '50 a share, and in its (barter it h strictly specified ly the city that no other than tho T rail shall bo used. This charter was ranted about three years ago, and the council did not then know that tho T rail was tho cheapest and meanest rail made. The car company took them in, but they have pro vided for other styles of rails in tho charters granted to other companies." "I suppose theru was bomoswindling during tho real estate craze! ' "it could not bo otherw ise. But thoso taken in ns a rule smiled over it, and what they lost todav expected to gain to-morrow. One set of fellows, and nico men they were, came hero from Pontine, Mich. A real estate agent showed them thlrty-iivo acres of land ou the northeast iilgo of tho town, which was partly built up. Tho agent claimed ho had tho land for sale nnd tho Pontine men bought it of him for J1,5U0 nu acre, or $52,500 cash. The deeds wero mado out and tho Michigan men went home. They returned soon und started to plot tho land. They wero running their first street through it when a white haired old man came out aud warned them to stop. Ho asked them what th.y meant; said tho land was his nnd that ho had not sold it. Upon looking up tho deed tho men found that tho proportyllescrilied was not tho property that had leen bold them, but that it was another pieco lying more than six miles away from tho city and good only for fanning pur poses. They looked for tho real estate agent, but ho bail skipped tho country and hnd tnkeu their fifty odd thousand dollars with him. Tho Pontine men went back to their' Michigan homo," "The railroad depot schemes that wero played dining tho cinze," tho Wichita man v. nt on, "were prolltablo and full of guile. Wo havo bad u number of new roads come into Wiehitn, and u number wero in prosjioet which never materialized. Tho selection of u point ns tho deMt for any of these toads was sure to raise the prices of property fcoveral nniWil per wit. in that vicinity, und tho now spapors located them In all parts of tho town ono after tho other, each to bo changed for somo unforeseen (I) hindrance. Both tho railroad men nnd somo of tho real estate agents were ill thoso schemes. Tho railways tried to get as much money ns they could out of the people to help them build their depots, and tho real estate men profited by the sales of property. "The Rock Island railroad wanted, for In stance, to locate its depot on Douglass street, which Is, you know, ono of tho two chief business streets of the town, nnd was the best placo for n depot. Tho property holders would not, however, give tho $50,000 asked for it, and tho railroad then proposed to build tho depot three-quarters ot n mile nwny on Oak street. This was to bring tho Douglass street men to time, and they gave $25,000 moro than was originally asked, or $75,000, to have It put whore the road really wanted it. The president of tho road took their money after much urging, saying ho would lose money by it, but ho would to oblige them." "One of tho biggest depot schemes," the Wichita man went on, "was played by a set of property owners upon a few roil estate speculators. In these days speculators nro closely watched here, and the new capitalist who comes in may bo n gold mine to the town. Ono dny last winter a grave looking. substantial, plug hatted stranger arrived here. Ho looked like a millionaire and ho had the aspects of a good buiness man. He spent several days in going about the town and priced various properties, talking of tho prospects of iehita and its grow th. At last, when curiosity had become great among the real estate men, lie confided to several of them that ho was connected with tho Pennsylvania Central Railroad company and that that com pany proposed to extend its western terminus from Chicago to Wichita and he thought they would build a big depot here. This ho tol i them in strict confidence nnd they lumped the scheme. They looked upon him as one of tho grand mogulsof the load and offered him $25,000 cash to tell them where ho was going to locate the depot. IIu took it and fixed the placo on Main street near Orme. The land was low, and was apparently a bad place lor a depot. However, the real estate men were too big w ith their schemo to consider this, nnd they at onco began to buy tho property surrounding this point. Strange to them, tho prices asked wero lather high nnd tho owners of the property wanted more than had ever been asked before. Thev bought, nevertheless, nnd paid cash. Some of them wero connected with tho Wichita and Western railway, whose track came in near tl.o proposed spot. After thev had bought several blocks it leaked out that tho whole matter was n put up job, that the clever ping hatted Toimsvlvania railroad' man had been paid to piny his part and that ho had gotten a greater amount from tho property holders for doing it than from tho real estate men. Ho has not been seen in Wichita since ho got his last $25,000, and tho real estate men still hold their surprisingly high priced depot property. Tiio outlines of tho fraud wero published in the papers hero, but tho men taken in begged the reporters to keep it qui t." .; "Has thero been anything of this kind in business property!" "Yes. Tiio Fourth avenue business schema look in a hordo of real estate agents. It was operated by several of tho property holders, incl uni' il ny Uio new.-papors m part. Fourth avenue is a side sheet, half a mile oil' from Main. It lies parallel with the rail wa v track. and tho scheme in part was to mako it a whoWilo street, with the backs of the stoics lacing the trad;. It cuts Douglas; street, which is tho other business street. Ono "V ojjicsdny morning in last Febrr""'''"s on this street were worth from $1,200 to $3,000 npiece. They were not very de-iruble for residence, nnd no ono thought of them being good business lots, except at tho junc tion with Douglass. Ono Thursday morning it was announced that tho Wichitaand .South western Hardware company had been organ ized with .". capital of $250,000 and that a charter had been taken out for the same. Tho building was to bo erected on tins avenuo nnd work was to begin at onco. It was also announced that the new .Matt liewsou Acad emy of Music was to lio located here, nnd a number of tho property owners along the street, specified by name, stated that they in tended to erect three anil five story buildings for wholesale houses, and the paper ventured the prediction that this might mean the begin ning of the great wholesale street of tho town. Tho day that this was published Fourth avenue swarmed with real estate agents and property jumped from the former figures to as high as $7,000 per lot of 25x150 ieet. By 10 n. m. there wero not enough hitching posts to tie tho horses of tho real estate buyers. The sales of Thursday, published in Friday's papers, made the matter worse, and the crazo lasted till Sunday, when tho people got timo to think and tho prices begnn to fall. In tho meantime tho older residents hod sold out, and tho property was almost all iu tho hands of new purchasers. 'ow tho great hardware storo has failed to materialize, the Academy of Music finds a defect in tiio title to tho land it was about to buy, and Fourth avenuo is destined to remain as it was before, a second class residences street." Another way in which Wichita lias in cieased its availablo building space has been by its colleges, and these schemes are nlo founded upon real estate speculation. When tho town was mad tho lead ing churches of Wichita advertised that they wero going to establish great colleges iu the new city and asked bids in land nnd money for tho location of tho site. Tho property holders responded liberally, and big buildings nro either projected or are going up in a half dozen different parts of tho country surrounding. Of courso tiio property about theo colleges has become desirablo reiideuco property and tho colleges havo gotten a nico endowment fund from the salo of tho lots which they hao laid out. Tho farmers who gave tho laud havo made fortunes from tho increase iu the valuo of tho properly they had left, and it is all a great scheme which seems to make everybody richer and to Inn t no one. The first of theso colleges was Garfield uni versity, founded by tho Christian church. It has a big brick building half up and has re ceived, 1 understand, an additional endow ment of $100,000 from tho church outside of Wichita, it was given hero about 300 acres of land, it reserved somo for itself and plotted tho rest. It has sold over .'00,000 worth of lots and has' yet three-fifths of its land lett. Tho German Reformed church was iu this same wuv given $200,000 worth of land. Tho Baptist church got $:;50,I00 w orth of hind for tho location of tho J udson uni versity and they havo already begun to build. Tho Presbyterians got $300,000 worth of land for a university which they propo-o to build east of tho city, and the Quakers received $150,000 worth for the John Bright university iu tho western part of tho town. Then there is an institution being built which is. it is hoped, to bo tho Vassal- of tho west, aud all told this new town has enough educational waste laud cut to educate nil tho west. All of theso institutions havo sold lots and all havo acquired nice endowments in money from their tale. These aro great bchemes, aren't thev I But this is a great country und Wichita is booming (own! Fhank 0. Cakpenter. GO TO -thi:- CARPET HALL. OPEBA. HOUSE BLOCK The Great CARPET EMPORIUM. TST' Tho largest and be3t selected stock north ef Troy. All kinds of Carpets in stock at tho lowest CASH PRICES. VST White and Fancy Mattings. t37 Soroo fine patterns in Fancy Mattings, 39 OllCloths at 25 cents and upwards. 139 Lnco Curtains and 1'ortlercs. v3? New Patterns lust opened. i37 If you would llko tho best Carpet Sweeper with tho latest improvements, buy the LADIES' CHOICE. BEE HIVE" CARPET HALT,, DPeclc JS.votlie r.s. 162,t.tl,si:w MIDSUMMER CUBING Sill ! AT man & Allen's, llemuants of "Wash Dress Goods, regular price 12 1-2 to 25 cts., to be closed at G 1-4 cts. One case more Domestic Satines to close at S cents a yard, -worth 12 1-2. Seersuckers in great va riety, much below usual prices. SUMMER MESS GOODS ! Entire balance to be sold regardless of cost. 25 pieces 40 to 45 inches wide, formerly 50 to 75 cts. a yd., price to-day 25 cts. Lot No. 2. Forty cents a yard, regular 75 cents to S1.00 goods. Lot No. 3 will astonish you, $1.25, $1.00 and 75 cents formerly now mark ed at FIFTY cents. Several bargains for this week equally as interesting. IW USEK KI2PIXG JtEPAliT 31 EXT: J la tid some display of Table JAnewn, Xapldns, etc. Spectal attention is called to some handsome 3Iatched Sets, Lunch mid J)inev Cloths ttnd Xapkins, at Lyman & Allen's. JfO.CAwtf PURE WHITE LEAD, LEAD PIPE and SHEET LEAD, Our manufactures nro fully warranted, and are unsurpassed by any in the market. Lowest iuarkv' prices lor goods of equal quality. SALEM LEAD COMPANY, F. A.. IiltOWN Troas. SALEM .MASS 21,d&wl)