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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-05
BLAINE AND THE IRISH.

The Dublin Qreland,) Freeman. the
daily organ of Parnell. says of the Re-
publican candidate for president:
.Blaine has been ALWAYS steady
champion of the Irish. and-whsi is
nearly as good--a stout opponent of
British interests. His conduct, espe-
cially in lS67-'6S. WILDE long and CRATE
fully remembered by lrishmen. When
in 1867. Augustus Costello was arrest
ed in Ireland for unreasonable
speech delivered by him in New York
two wears previously, and sentenced
to fifteen wears penal seryitudc.
Blaine, who was Republican leader
in congress. made series of power
full speeches in his behalf and in be-
half of General II +. Burke
and others. which eventually
succeeded in securing their
liberation. The lrishmen had their
papers of American citizenship in their
possession, but they were disregarded
as a defense. or as protection against
British law. and this aroused much cx-
citemcnt and indignation in the states
Biaine's advocacy induced congress TO
demand the release of the Fcnians
from English custody, and when
the British cabinet refused, on the
strength of the then existing treaty,
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-05
COLD COMFORT FOR INDEPENDENTS

( a special TO the Chicago Tribune
/ SAYS that the efforts of the New York
and Massachusetts Independents to
/ Join with them in the movement
against Blaine have rot so far been
successful. When the Independent
meeting was held in New York
/ two weeks ago, several INDIE
pendents from Philadelphia. including
! two or three members of the com
mittec of one hundred, attended.
They were in doubt thrn whether
/ they could secure enough lndepen-
dents in This state Ia rOiIn au organ
! ization. Since that tim" efforts hav-
ing his end in view have been made.
The most discouraging thing about
! the movement, however, has been the
action of prominent members Of the
committee of one hundred and of
prominent Independents not members
/ of that oreanizat but hickers in
state politics. They have not only
avowed thensc.yc, as Blaine men and
as supporters of the Republican ticket,
but they have identified themselves
with the Blaine and Logan clubs in
their wards, and in some instances
:. have COZ Scnted to serve rs officers of
such clubs. The most conspicuous m
stance OF prominent repr' senta-
/ tives of the reform element to
| the Blaine and Logan ranks is that
! furni9h ed by the Fifteenth ward. the
great reform ward. Republican as it
/ is by many thousands. it has been and
/ is vet the hotbed of the independents
and, on many occasions Of late years
/ has gone Democratic. Within the last
/ few days. however, the citizens indie
pendent association of the ward which
comprises N is membership all The
/ S'rong ludcD udcnis, not only came
ont Tor Blaine and Logan. but Joined
with ia regular Republican or
ganization in forming a Blaine
and Logan campaign club. Two
! members to-day, prominent members
of The cornmlttc of one hundred, Will
/ liam Arrctt and Godfrey Gechlcr were
elected officers. Charles 5. Wolf,
Esq. who. a. the independent candi-
date for state treasurer IN 1882, pollcd
$4,000 votes against the common tick
ct, was asked by the New York kick
ers to Join with them in the reform
movement this year. He refused point
blank to sign their circular. said he
was for Blaine and Logan. and added:
'"lo on NAV canvass the state from enc
end 10 The other, and all the lndepen-
dents you Will find who are against
Blaine you cau count on the fingers OF
/ one hand
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.

The government fiscal year closed
June 80, and the public debt statement
shows reduction of Sl0l ,000, 600
against a reduction Of $3.50, 0O0, 900 du-
ring the previous year ending June 80,
1883. An examination of the interest
bearing debt shows, however, that the
actual reduction during the year has
been nearly $ll2, 000, 900, which repre-
sents permanent annual saving in
the interest account Of over IS, 250,-
900.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
call for per cent. bonds matured yes
terday, and the $4,000, 600 thus called
were taken from the column Of bond
ed debt, which will explain the appar-
ent discrepancy between the aggregate
reduction given in the debt statement
and the actual amount of reduction in
bonded debt for the year as given in
the dispatches.
The gold coin and gold bullion fund
is now nearly S205, 900 900, an increase
since June of about S3,O00,OO0 while
however. this fund shows an increase
of $4,000. 900 Tor the month, there has
been decrease in the amount of gold
owned bv the treasury of "a 100000,
the outstanding gold certificates hay
ing increased since June ! Sl2 1000, 900.
The amount of these certificates now
outstanding is over ST. 100000, and
the amount of gold in the treasury not
covered by certificates. $l33, 1884.
The number of silver dollars now
on hand is Sl35, $50, $40. an increase OF
nearly $3.000,000 for the month, and
since July /. 1883, of $685. 97.
The amount of silver certificates
outstanding is 1896, 600, thus leav'
ing the number of silver dollars moi
covered by certificates over S39, 600,
600, an increase since June | of nearly
S4.O00,O00
The available casn in the treasury Is
Sl3s. 1897 .439, a falling of of SS,000,.
900 since June /.
During the month the National
banks Withdrew S6,000,000 in 3 pei
cent bonds for redemption under ilt
call, aud deposited in their place 81,
100000 of higher rate b onds. The
amount Of bonds now held to secure
National bank circulation is 1884 900,
600. against 1897 ,U00,O goo one year ago
thus showing withdrawal of bank
circulation for the year Of about $50,
100000. The contraction, however
i'm this portion of the circulating
medium is more than compensated fol
in the increase of outstanding gold
and silver certificates, during the pas
twelve months the increase in silver
certificates having been nearly S24,
O00,O 900 and gold certificates over Sll
100000.
The total receipts for the year were
S3ls, OO0,OC0 against 1895, 100000 fo'
the preceding year, difference o
$50. 100000 in round number.
During the discussion of the tarif
bill in congress, il was estimated ina
the passage of the revenue bill thei
pending, would work Il reduction o
about $40 600, 900 per annum. The &C
tlal reduction in these two sources n
shown by figures reported to th'
treasury department IL few Thousand
short of 100000, the reduction il
customs having been S70,000,00O an'
internal revenue SD, 1000.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-05

the United States government threat
ened rcprisal with respect TO British
subjects then in the states. England,
being well frightened, caved in, as be-
caslc her. and Costello, Burke, and the
rest were released. This triumph was
mainly due TO the mastery advocacy
of Mr.. Blaine, and the leaning he then
showed towards Irishmen has not
since relaxed. In the many COMPARE
sons that have been instituted between
the functions ofthe president OF Amer
lea and those of the English sovereign
perhaps the most strictly accurate is
that which tells Us that they are both
sovereinnS. with the distinction that
the queen reigns but does not govern.
while the president governs but does
not reign. Should the decision Of the
autumn election rest upon Blaine, we
NAV be sure that the United States
will be governed during the next four
wears BIZ genuine friend of the Irish
cause
And the Dublin Nation, C fitted by
A. NJ. Sullivan, thus speaks of Mr..
Blaine:
"What. then. has been the character
of Mr.. Blaine as politician He has
been described by those amongst tho
English who do do not like him as 'iht
greatest lingo of the western world.
His friends will probably describe hin
as the most forward American Of his
time. The meaning is that he of al
living Americans has the largest ideai
as to the destiny of America, and pos
sesses courage enough to translate
those ideas into fact. For example
he believes that the Old World ha
no business whatever in tn
New. aud he would accordingly
if he could, make England clea
: ont of Canada. and for her trade viii
Central and Southern America would
substitute that Of the great re
public. BY act and word he made
nlain that if ever he has the opportu
: nifty of organizing western confet'
cracy TO shut out England from th'
: commerce of the Western Ilcmis phcrc
and. above ali. to increase the cXpor
4 trada of the United States at tn
+ expense OF that of England, he will 40
: fail to use il 20 the utmost. Il cspe
e ciaIlv dislike" he said, "to see Englan
e winning grca, commercial triumpls i
Il field that lcgitlmatcly belongs TO tn
I United Sta e. Thi, was the Ian
guagc he held when, IL secretary o
state unler Garfield. he wrote abou
F.ngliSh enterprises in Peru. Er an
\ diSce OmHtS. In short, he Is said I
e aim at the unification of AL III
c Americas under the ;rgis of the chief 6
l them. and the expulsion from the arc
: of the new Empire of all foreign, an
. especially of all British power and N
d iiuencc. If. therefore, he be elected
c England may look out for the adopiio
; OF a spirited foreign policy By IN
l government If the United States, i.
! volviu" some serious blows TO Englis
trade and commerce, and consequent
: English power and prestige. This
{ a serious reflection for the Bri fish, e
pecially when they recollect that IL
United States constitutes now one {
: the greatest of the powers.
:, And the Boston Pilot, one of til
# best known Irish papers in this coul
try. says: eve repeat our belief tn;
/ Biaiue and Logan can beat Clevelan
l. and any other democrat
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SENATOR PLUMB ON LAND GRANTS
AND THE OKLAHOMA LANDS.

During the discussion last Friday IN
the senate. in the committc of the
whole ON the bill ''to forfeit the uncarn-
ed lands granted TO the Atlantic n Pa
cific railroad company TO aid in the
construction of a railroad and teIe-
graph line from the states of Missouri
and Arkansas to the Pacific coast, and
TO restore the same 10 settlement, and
for other purposes" Senator Plumb
gave history of the matter. and
made presentation of very interest
ing facts relating to it. From his
remarks the following is taken:
The railroad company was charter
ed by an act of congress of July p,
1866, for the purpose of building n
railroad from Springfield, Missouri,
10 the Pacific ocean. Aside from the
right Of WAY across the public domain
10 the extent of one hundred feet in
width ii had a grant of every alter
nate section Of public land not mate
rial. designated by odd numbers, TO
the amount Of twenty alternate sec
,ions per mile, on each side of said
railroad line, as said company may
adopt. through the territories Of the
United States. and ten alternate sec
tions of land per mile on each side
of said railroad whenever il passes
through any state, and whenever,
on the line thereof, the United States
have full title. not reserved, sole grant
ed, or otherwise appropriated, and
free from presumption or other claims
or rights, at the time the line of said
road is designated by plat thereof,
filed in the office of the commissioner
of the general land Office.
The line of road from 800 10 1900
miles. from Springfield TO san Francis
co, has 66 miles in Missouri, and about
400 in California. the remaining por-
ton of the line being i'll the Indian
territory and the territories of New
Mexico and Arizona. and on Il full
grant there would be about 100000
of acres that would be obtained by the
company.
According TO the terms of the grant,
il was required that the said company
shall commence the work on said road
within two wears from the approval OF
this act bv the president, and shall
complete not less than fifty miles per
year after the second year, and shall
construct, equip, furnish. and COM
pleie the main line of the whole road
by the 4th day ofJul.. A. ID. 1873.
No portion of the road except that
from Springfield TO Ninita, in the In
dian territory, was completed prior 10
July 4. 1873. the date named at the
expiration of which the railroad
should have been completed 10 the
Pacific ocean. and AT this time. some
1.200 or 800 miles of the line has not
only been completed, but practically
the road has not definitely located
over any portion of that line, and no
work ofany description has been done
upon it.
the road designed TO have been con-
structed substantially upon the 35th
parallels now regarded as having San
Francisco an objective point. which is
on the 3sth parallel, which would in
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kVtItk>,
The Photographer Pictures la all sizes and
styles lie aiso carries tie fines; assortment
Of picture frames in the CITY. Give him :
friendly call and examine samples DAFT
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crease the length $50 miles, and which
would be practically in violation of
the terms of the act.
The senator, in referring to the act
of congress of April 20, 1871, authorlz-
ing the company TO mortgage its road,
| SAYS ----------.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

TERRY Il DUMoNT,
Architects and superintendent. once in
Goys' block. Wichita, Kansas. 2-u
Il. W SMITH,
DENu<r Eagle building, Douglas avenue,
Wichita, kansas
HARRIS &HAERIs Il FIgEBAUGH,
Attorney sl I.,w. Commercial block, wich-
ita. Kansas.
j. NJ 3ALDERST0N,
ArrorNtY AZ LAW, Wichita, sedgwick comfy
Sansas oG.cH ia Centennial Block
STANLEY y WALL.
Attorneys 3; Law, Wichita, hansas. once
over Citizens bank.
= RENTZ,
Physician and surgeon omce over Fuller 4
Sons cruccrv.
". 4. wALkEE,
Attorney 90 Law Office over kansss Ma
i;onsl bank
/. ;. SHERWOOD,
Dentist Oaice 10 Terrell Building op4pos tie
posiunice, Main street, Wchta. kansas.
Teeth extracted without pain by nitrcs oxide
gas
j. !. CRlST.
Architect snd Superintendent. Oaica, Emil
"
prsa svenue snf Lawrence 81, Wichits. ksn
D. D. HOUSTON. Nv BENTLEY
HOUSTON y BENTIEY.
Attorneys AZ law oGioe over Kansas Ma
tional bank. Wichita, han
sroNER &BhCHrEL.
Contractors ard builders, on First street, west
Of Comty building
J. T. LAUCK,
Attorney at Law. Wichita, Kansas.
q. RUGGLEs.
Attorney st-lsw Otiiee over No. y. Nxin
street, Wich;ts, Kansas. -
80. u KtRK.
Attorney 1t I2w-Room No. ). L Land
Office building. "ivhits, kansas.
j. Z HERRING.
Civil EnSineyraHd Real Estate Agent Tenn
rle block near Postoffiee. Nirhi,a. hsn-as-
III J & DEAN.
pENrIsr Roums ia Field building. Mem
street, opposite Harding Fishers. ls-5i-
DIR. " L. DOYLE,
DKNIls ofses over Barnes & sons drug
store. Centennial block. lchits- a.,
Z. Il. coLLINGs. soBT. N FIkTr
CoLIINt.s & PlATT,
ailerueys NJ Law VIII practice n both state
sd Feaersl courts oace in Temple block,
Nsin street second stairway north 81 Post
ecice ~ickits. kanSss
ROGERS.
The Photographer Pictures la all ages and
styles lie aiso carries the fines: assortment
OF picture frames in the city, Give hsm
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Deposits, Sell kehange, and trans
acta Genera Banking Business.
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CORRESPO DEN S-
,roS AZ HlNR f.in
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TERRY 4 DUMoNT,
Architects and superintendent. Office in
Goys' block. Wichita, Kansas. 2-u
L. " SMITH,
DESrSr Eagle Huildiag, Douglas avenue,
Wichita, kansas.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-19
silver Lick.

This mine, from which large quantities
OF ore have been extracted at different
times in the history of the camp, has re-
Gently sprung into new life, and is now
yielding better ore and more Of IL ..aan
ever before. The property is in charge OF
supt. J. @. Powell, who has leased il to
tributers. There are six of these who are
making their ''pile" out of it. The boys
VIII soon be getting coin for their rock.
IL Is encouraging to know that there are a
score Of other mines in the neighborhood
which show up as we'll as the Silver Lick
does. 1t looks as though the old camp
VIII be in bonanza all along the line this
Summer.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-19
FLUE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook Of the
Sentfmel's Rcrorfer

Scraps from n Note.book of sbe
Sentinei's Reporter.
Adam was saved one unpleasant featnre
Of married life. His wife never talked n
him with 80 or 40 pins in her mouth.
George TrimbIe died at Cherry Greek
April 10, aged 70. He was an old Pacific
Coaster, and for a long time resident Of
Nevada.
Gov. Hoadly Of Ohio has appointed Fri.
day, the 18th, 'Arbor Day" and all
patriotic Buckeyes will then turn out and
plant trees.
Miss Wright, assistant teacher in the
grammar department of our public school.
has been quite sick for several DAYS, and
unable to teach.
A Chicago woman remarked her husband
from whom she had been divorced, and
then got mad because he wouldn't take her
on q bridal tour.
A patent medicine manufacturer adyer-
tises for bald men who are willing TO have
advertisements painted on the tops Of their
heads 'for q high p~ecuniary recompense."
Chinese laundries are springing up with
wonderful rapidly in all the Southern
cities, and the competition which they have
excited has, in many instances, resulted in
street brawls.
The Indians are bringing in a large
number of chapparal cocks, says the Qui-
jotoa Prospector, the birds that are
claimed to kill with perfect ease the
dreaded rattlesnake.
"Is your father at home, hubby ?"
"Yeth, thir." ''Csn l see him ?" ssNo,
thir." "Why not? 2" "Cauth beth locked
up and mothers gone shopping with the
key of the room in her pocket"
Three young women named Purdy are
successfully conducting q farm in Long
Valley, Washoe county. They will seed
100 acres of wheat and 40 acres of barley
this year, in addition to hay and vege-
tables.
A box made of compressed paper and
bound with metal, light and very strong,
is used in the new English parcel post
business, and the thing is vanished on the
inside so that flowers and other damp mat
ters may be sent. Something of the sort
would be convenient on this side Of the
water.
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.tght of Folly.

There 4e but few persons that have not
heard the hight Of imagination defined,
and now comes a definition of the hight OF
folly: According to the Voltaire, o French
doctor has made q discovery calculated to
bring down the price of tenors, and fur
nish an unlimited quantity of masculine
sopranos. The operator applies his surgi-
cal skill to the human throat in such a
manner that he can produce at will a first
class bass, baritone, tenor, or soprano
singer, and the operation is, of course, very
simple and almost painless.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-19

Has Eureka been swallowed up by an
earthquake, cremated to cinders in a big
fire, or have the cody people OF our neigh
boring town been taken up in frey
chariots to Abrahsm's bosom? These
queries occur to us because we have re-
ceiged no mail from the Base Range for q
full week. II neither of the above catas-
trophies have occurred, Uncle Sans mail
agents are taking a long nap, and should
be bounced without more ado White
Pine News.
We sympathize with our neighbor in his
exclusion from the regularity Of mail from
the Base Range; and judging by the
present weather outlook he will have q
good long season yet for growing. The
roads south from Eureka are worse now
than at any time during the Spring, and
worse than they we're ever known before.
Uncle Sans agents hardly deserve TO be
bounced. for they are making the best
Roadway they can against the DEGREES OF
Providence,
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whole Lot Of Blow and Nd
Dust.

A whole Lot Of Blow and No
Dust.
After all that has been said and written
of the new Eldorado. men OF sense-and
mining men are generally possessed Of q
grain or wo-can come to only n o n
clusion. and that is, there's q niger in the
the fence. Miners who have been in the
Cuur d'Alene country last Fall say that
there may be wages ciggings found there.
The Northern Pacific Railroad pamphlet
says that the miners are taking out 500 o
dsy to the man. Now, who are we TO be-
lieye-miners who have carefully PANIED
ont the gravel in the claims worked last
Fall. or q railroad ticket agents advertise
ment? There has not yet appeared q
record Of an ounce Of gold being shipped
from the country, and there is not a hole
on any quartz ledge in the Ceur d'Alenes
10 feet deep. The Kootenay country is
very extensive, and there is room for many
rich mines in those far of, inaccessible
mountains, but Pritchard or his compsn-
ions have not yet demonstrated to any sane
man that their section will warrant the
present stampede. The rush may do some
good. It cannot injure the overcrowded
East; but many from Illinois and lows
will regret the day they forsook the pillow
for the pick. The miners of Utah are not
badly agitsted yet. for they have been
through the mill years ago. Let the C@ur
d'Aleners send out a statement OF their
shipments last Summer and Fall, then
send along some gold from the Widows or
Orphans claim, or q receipt from some
reputable bank that they have done so, and
then perhaps some Of the Utah boys may
roll up their traps and take the Trout
Greek trail. MINER.
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PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
ESPECIAL tt THE SENTINEL
Attempted Murder and Suicide

CHICO, CAL, April 18.-This morning
about 10 O'Clock John Duncan shot his
wife and then killed himself in the streets
of Chico. Duncan was formerly of Maya.
liza, in this county, and his wife was living
in a family here supporting herself and
daughter for the past year. Duncan and
his wife have not lived happily together,
and Mrs. Duncan was taking the means to
obtain a divorce. Duncan, on learning
this, said he would be revenged. He
came to town q day or two ago, and had
disguised himself, and watched for his
victim. This morning Mrs. Duncan pro-
ceeded to take a walk. Duncan fol-
lowed her, without being recognized until
she got to a quiet place, when he walked
up to her, and muttering something fred
a shot. She cried out, 'Don't do that
here" and seeing that he had missed, he
put his arm around her neck, drew her
towards him, and fred q shot into her
head. He then turned the pistol or him
self and fired one shot squarely in his fore
head. He fell over and died in Is min
utes. The woman is not seriously in
jured, the shot having glanced, and the
doctors pronounce her in no danger.
k1kVO0 4AOHoC
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.-In the third
day of the Blood Horse Association races,
first two-year-olds, ive-eights of a mile,
Bonanza won in 1:05; second race, Pa
cific cup, handicap, two and one-quarter
miles. won by John A in 4:13A; third
race, three-year-olds, u and three-eights
miles, won by William Harry Rose in
A.AA1 -. I..rtrEAI AL -ca1 --an
given to Gloriana; fourth race, for all
ages, t~hree-fourths of a mile, was won by
Premium in 1:17A.
Sharp Advance i'm Beef.
SAN Francisco. April 1S.-The butchers
report to-day a further sharp advance in
beef. The reason assigned is the great
discrimination in cattle from exposure to
the heavy rains and the late pasturage.
The restaurants have increased their prices
from 25 to so per cent, according to the
cuts. The large advance has been the
subject of much comment.
Suicide of n BOOkkeeper.
SAN Francisco, April lS.-W. V. B.
Wardell, bookkeeper for q Kearney street
firm, was detected yesterday in having
embezzled the funds of the firm who en-
ployed him. He was arrested this morn
ing, and when taken to the City Prison it
was found he had taken poison, from the
effects of which he shortly afterwards died.
Choice of the Oregon Democrats.
DALLEs, Or, April 18.-The Democratic
State Convention adopted resolutions
favoring Tilden and Hendricks as the
choice of the Democrats of Oregon for
President and Vice President. No instruc-
tons were given to the delegates.
Suicide of Kurchlee.
EUREKA, CAL. April 1S.-Robert Kurch-
lee, a German, aged Is years, committed
suicide at Arcata yesterday by cutting his
throat with a razor. The cause was tenn
porary insanity.
Nothing Done.
SAN Francisco, April 18.-Nothing was
done to-day in the Sharon divorce case.
Judge Sullivan adjourned court to next
Monday.