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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

NOR SALE-or rent-A good room houss:
~ water and trait trees. All an good order.
Apply to DR. McBurnie opposite p o. dssi-st
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27
FOR SALE.

NOR RE, Avery desirable furnished room
l. Csli 4 A Phillips. at wells, Fargo
Express o. c. il.3-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

nor SsTE-Five heautiful lots on Mosely
avenue in Stevens addition 10 Wichita
East fronts: :siNltl Fl For sale very cheap.
Call on E. p Ford. or County clerks ofice
aas;-6;s
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

NOR KENT -onice snd sleeping rooms M
i s;sir>. in the Field building. on Msin stree;
Ruanelt X Rows Hso-u
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

Advertisements iR tia column raj o" 'sGrgfc i2T
q. N, rate Of Fire {. = per line per REX W
aH-ryfisrzn,nf taken fJl "a than - CENTS.
NyANTED-pariner-A young man WIN
w small capital would ike to invest IN
some we'll established business; bakery pre-
ferred in Wichita Address for TWO days.
ds,6-sts tHAS. IIUTroN, Cha ute, Ms
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

NOR SALE-A small frame building. sui,a-
r bic fpr-w are hcuse or store Enquire of the
Wichita Wholesale Grocery Company. 26i-et
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

near the corner Of Douglas and Lawrence ave
in brick block FIRST class for y MUSICIAN :
Office. Millinery any business Inquire oi
Bank OF Commerce d2hS- I'm
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

NOR SALE chiffouier: heating stove; l
u bed and bedding; table and wsshstand.
&C.. See John, 1t Houck Bros, hanfNlte
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

NOR RENT-Furnishedro room and board az Mr.
L r. Hill, on Lawrence ave, corner Third.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-27

nor SALT have for sale nice little home
4 for somebody on Central avenue. in Shu-
man q addition "a Wichita. House with two
rooms, well. lot Ga feet front BY lac feet desp:
price, $751; Call on 4. p Ford, County clerk {
once. dssss-et
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NOR gENr-A large desirable room
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

THE elections which have been held in Eng.
land in consequence of the formation of the new
Ministry indicate that the Gladstone party has
a rather dark prospect of regaIning power be-
fore it. A vacancy in the district Of Wakefield,
which has always been counted on with certain
ty for the Liberal side, was filed by the election
of q Conservative in place OF LIBERAL the late
member. This was clear and unexpected
Conservative gain. Mr. Webster, the Attorney
General in the new Government, was elected In
Launceston, Cornwall which has been strong
Liberal county. A special effort was made to
defeat Lord Randolph Churchill in the Wood
Gtock district all the energies Of the Liberal par
ty were concentrated there, and Churchifs
own brother, the Duke of Marlborough, fought
him bitterly. Lord Randolph himself refused
to enter the contest, and when the situation be-
came critical his gamey American wife. former
ly Jennie Jerome, jumped into the canvass and
won a splendid victory. Even the agricultural
borough OF Eye, which is naturally Conserva-
tive, was black eye for the Liberals, for it gave
Mr. Ashmehd Bartlett an increased majority.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

FREDERICK BILLINGS has already added
S25,OOO to the $4,000 which he originally gave
for the library building for the university of
Vermont, and in letter last week expressing
his inability to be present at the dedicatory ex-
ercises, he enclosed another Slo,OO0, and added !:
at is not improbable, indeed from your late
letters it seems quite certain, that more will be
required before everything is finished. There
is nothing to do but to go straight to the end,
and if you will let me know the deficiency when
l come back from the West, the bills shall all
be paid. In this connection let me say it is not
simply money that put into the building. Ny
love is built into it. If was to be permitted to
do something for my own Alma Mater, nothing
could have been SO agreeable to me as, in the
first place, to add the most valuable twelve
thousand volumes of the late George p Marsh
to the library, which had virtually its begin
nlng in the wonderfully choice selection OF ten
thousand volumes by Professor Torrey, and, in
the second place, TO build fit home for these
precious volumes and the other volumes that
have come in the years gone by and are to
come in the years not yet here
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

THR American railroad companies in Mexi-
CO have themselves to thank, il not for a just
cause at least for strong excuse, for the gov
crnment's reputation of its subsidy contracts.
They have apparently been conducting their
business upon the system of Determinations SO
common in this country. 1t is claimed by the
Mexican newspapers that the railroads charged
much more from points in Mexico to Mexico
City than from New York-a course which
would of course be inimical to Mexican inter-
ests, and which the Mexican government can
not be blamed for not wishing to encourage
with public money. The truth Of the charge
is practically admitted by the Boston officials
who say that they have already compelled the
managers OF the Vera Cruz railroad to reduce
rates. Nevertheless the desperat ate condition Of
the Mexican treasury was doubtless the chief
csfise of the reputation, and the worst OF it is
that the prospect Of any improvement Is SO
slim and 90 remote. The loss to American cap
italists is an enormous one, and there are all
sorts of projects for repairing it. One OF them
takes its head In q call which has been issued
at Denver for msss-meet.ng to urge the sp-
pointment OF commission by the Uoited
States government to 20 to Mexico and oisr to
buy The rich northern states Of chihuahua, So
nora, Durango and Coahui,a 30 As to furnish
ber money 70 relieve her pressing debts.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

THE Montpelier Waterman has been sold
this week, as has long been rumored would be
the case, to ID W Dixon, until lately the editor
of Gov Smiths organ at St lAlbans and in
many directions very accomplished journal
ist. w w Prescott, who leaves the Watchman
to accept the presidency OF the Battle Creek,
Mich, college, has in the past two years made
the watchman one of the abless, most progress
sive and independent papers OF the state and
his retirement will be loss to number of
good causes. The watchman being located at
Montpelier was, perhaps, the representative
among the purely weekly papers OF Republican
ism in Vermont. and its independence has been
very Objectionable to the politicians. They
have for months bemoancd the fact that there
was no Republican organ at Montpelier. 1t is
surmised that Gov Smith is behind the pur-
chase of the paper, to gain mueh-need' d sup
port for his canvass against Edmunds. This
will appear soon when the Waterman begins to
tell about the desecration of Vermsnts being
represented in the senate by s-nfn who was
unfsithful to the Republican party last fall.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

W.IE CHANDLER is out with letter In the
Concord Monitor in which he claims that the
unaggressiye character of the opposition to Sen
ator Blsr's reelection was due solely to love
for the Republican party, and fear after the
experience in Oregon and Illinois that the leg
islature might adjourn without electlng sena-
tor and SO imperil the Republican control or
the senate. But he is careful to show his con-
tempt for Blair; and to the charge that the OPP
position were ready to make statements con-
cerning the senator privately which they would
not make publicly, he says: "Whatever state
,r.nts we're made by me at any time or place con-
cerninr either the public or private acts OF sen
ator Blsir will, If he requests it, De put III VIII
IN, hv mo and furnished him, with autnofl'y "
,,oke them public" Then he points out III
tow caustic sentences, how the Republican par
~ of New Hampshire stultifed itself by pass
ing the resolution on the Trxas Pacific lane
grant, censurng Blair for di;obeying instruc-
tions in voting against Its repeal, and an houl
later reeecting him. But Chandler says thai
he had nothing to do with the Introduction o
this resolution, because he would never hav'
believed that his party would degrade itself by
passing 1t while reelecting Blair. Chandle
seems to be sensitive under the imputatIon
an intent to play independent in politics in the
failure, and clear to himself of suspicion emits
the following
"The issues of t. lture are too important ia
allow Republican 'sension. The national
government is in the hands of party abso-
lutely dominated by rebels who tried to destroy
it by secession and civil war. Every
dog may have his day, but that of the treason
able northern Democracy allied with southern
suppressions of free suffrage by fraud and mur-
der will be a short one. Gen Logan and Sen.
ator Hoar have sounded the call in strong
words. Every true Republican VIII endeayoI
to fight only against the DemocratG parry eu u
hv the confederacy again in the saddle. 1t will
not this time take four ears to unhorse it.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

A SAVAGE commercial war between Canada
and Newfoundland is averted by the complete
back down of the Dominion government in
suspendng its resolution which went into effect
this week, imposing duty on imported fish
and oils. The Newfoundland authorities, when
they found that their protests against cutting off
their -honored privileges were unheeded by
the Mcdonald government. promptly met the
rebuff by adding 81 barrel to their duty on flour
and 81 on pork from Canada, and number of
loaded steamers had to put back from the New
founiland ports to Montreal creating sort of
panic in the board of trade there. The argu-
ment OF trade and of dolars,in the present de-
preston of Canadas business, was one the gov
ernment couldn't resist, and the surrender
promptly followed.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

THE Indiana supreme court has just render
ed an interesting decision, in which a glucose
company is allowed 100000 damages from q
railroad, for the burning of its factory by
sparks from the railroad engines. There was
no question that the railroad company had
failed to exercise proper care for the protection
OF the property along its line, but it defended in
this case on the ground that the glucose factory
was fully insured, and its proprietors had al
ready recovered for its loss. The court holds
that this had nothing to do with the railroads
liability. that the glucose company was sup
posed to have paid for its insurance and that
1t alone entitled to the benefit of it, without
reference TO its rights in any other direction or
asaips: anybody else. The result is that the
glucose company now has money enough to
build two factories in place Of the one ihst was
burned.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

AFrER the most protracted and bitter contest
ever known in Canada, tie parliament has pass
ed uniform franchise bill applicable to all gen.
eral elections. The measure is important max
ing as it does an assumption OF federal author
ity over the provincial pariiaments upon this
subject. The government bill broadens the rule
of the franchise in some provinces and narrows
it in others. In Prince Edward Island and
British Columbia, for example. where imam
hood suffrage" IS the rule, and in the great
commonwealth of Ontario and the growing
province of Manitoba, where tie property quail
ificatious are small, tie dominion bill is very
unpopular. The Indians in the older provinces
are given the ballot il fsother.ise qualified, the
sup rln,endent-general Of Indian affairs teinS
the judge as to the value of their holdings. The
most unpopular phase os the bill is the system
Of revising officers appointed by the govern.
by many French conservatives were unable TO
nrpvput
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

ner Logan can gyrate in bad grammar be-
o., "a Tho Norfolk club of Boston, about the sad
ipsincerlty of the administration on the ques-
tion ~ civil service reform. But he has too
much rugged good sense to take any stock in
his own assertion. This is shown in an nter-
view which he held with President Manning
last week and which is reported as follows
cen Logan called upon Secretary Manning
before ieavine Washington Few days ago.
H. wanted to know II the revenue collectors at
Onincy and Cairo, Ill, both OF whom were
friends of his, were to be retained Or dismissed.
"Mind," said he, ~ am not asking their retsn-
tion, l only desire Information On inc subject,
in oide that they may Arrange lnelr plans for
the future"
Mr. Manning replied in his usual direct fash
ion "They will both be DISMISSED as soon as
suitable men can be found to MI their places.
may as we'll tell you it is my purpose to make
changes in all the collection districts just as
rapidly as can bring them agol!. 20
.''I have no tault to find VIII 'nai al al, re-
snonded Gen Logan; at is only right that men
filing responsible positions should be in full
sympatby with the administration. III we're a
Repnblican secretary of the treasury, and
fonnd these important places filled with Demo-
Gratis, you may be sure would remove every
one Of them. >,
~ shonld like to ask you another question" !"
said Gen Logan. 81 received great many let
ters from old soldiers throughout the country
asking me to protest against the dismissal OF
other ex. soldiers employed as watchmen and
messengers in the departments here. What
shall say in response to these inquiries I"
"You can simply say that these people are IN
every case dismissed for cause, You may add
if you like, that their places are invariably fill
ed with veterans OF the late war, the only diff
ference being that Republican soldier is re-
placed by Democratic soldier, The first
named have been carefully looked after for
nearly quarter Of century. think it time
to give the others chance.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

President CLEVELAND took long con-
templa,ed step upon the Fourth of July, in
closing the doors of the White House against
office seekers, and is determined to devote his
whole time to the duties of broader scope,
its diplomacy, its finances and its home inter-
ests which press upon him. 1t is impossibe e
for him to give his attention to the everlasting
appeals of intriguing factions over the patron
for nothing else. He showed that he realiz
this when he first entered Office by delegating 10
the members of his cabinet the business OF dis
posing OF the offices to be filed in each depart
ment. But the appeals made to him personally
have continued until at last he has been driven
to give notice that he will not listen to them un-
der any circumstances.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

SExAToR CoNGER thinks he has outlined
cunning plan for the Senate to follow in dealing
with the Presidents removals and appoint
ments. It is to consider, first, whether the or
fetal removed laid himself open to the charge
of offensive partisanship" by serving on CAM
pagn committees and SO on; second, If he has
done so, whether the man appointed done the
same for the Democracy. An unfaltering reli-
ance upon public stupidity is indicated in the
reception OF this scheme by Republican news
papers as the one to impale the administration
on. The fact is that there is no such thing as
ssoffensive partisanship," in the sense in which
Cleveland used the term, in private citizen.
In private life q man has the full right to exer'
else his every energy, and spend his every dol
lar, II he please, in honorable political work.
II is only when he becomes compensated civil
servant of the whole people, whose time be-
longs to the government, and as such Is bound
to preserve an attitude of impartiality toward
men of all parties, that mere partisanship is
"offeusiye" to any right thinking man. Cleve-
land has recognized this vital distinction In his
George William Curtis letter, and In repeated
utterances since, and he has pledged himself that
anv Democrat who abuses official position in
the future, as the Republicans have abused 1t
in the past, shall be summarily Tipped out OF
office. Hasn't the country good reason to take
him at bis word The Republican leaders in
the Senate will make a great miscalculation If
failing to take into account the strong conii-
fideuce inl his good faith and good intentions
which the President has won from the Ameri-
can people, il they precipitate wrangle upon
any snch fictitious issue at this.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

TIC Crawford Is an interesting gossiper in II
New York World and he writes letter frt
Rutland to explain the source OF the emniiy
between Blaine and Edmunds. He says 1t
dates way back to the time when Blaine was in
the House and Edmunds used 10 pooh-pooh his
spectacular successes, said more than once that
such antics would not be tolerated in the Sen
ate for q moment, and il fever the Maine states.
man came to be measured in the atmosphere OF
the pitiless logic Of the lawyer Senator'S that ne
would bs made to appear as a very thin, Ill
formed man. This proved to be true on sever
al occasions. But Crawford continues, "Blaine
understood all this, as he had numerous kina
friends who used to run to him win every
caustio remark Of Edmund's. AS the latter
was not at all guarded in his remarks the mis-
cbiefmakers had plenty to carry. When
Blaine entered the Senate 1t was the one amDl-
ton of bis life to have bout with Edmunds.
The sensitive ride OF the newly made Maine
senator chAfed under the suggestion that he
was inferior in point ct argumentatlve ability
to apy of his associates. He disappointed SEN
sational lovers by remaining very quiet Tor
nearly year. He awaited his opportunity.
He thought be had found it the consideration
OF the Geneva award bill. Here was theme
which it was considered only professional law,
yerS COulU pIOpcliy oASCuoo' E'AS
weeks OF his most active intelligence to the
study of the legal aspects of this measure;
Senator Matt Carpenter, one of the greatest and
most brilliant of lawyers, said at the time tnat
Blaine succeeded wonderfully well and that MS
arguments were such as gave him great trouble,
on account of their ingenuity and boldness.
Blaine tried with all his might to draw Ed
mupds into the arena, but the latter was not 10
he tempted, He sat with look OF silent con-
tempt upon his icy face, and by his most con-
temptuous silence refused to concede lhat
Blaine was capable OF presenting legal argu
ment that was worth a moment OF the prielest
attention. Ibis angered Blaine more tnan
would have the most virulent abuse. MS
ancient enmity for Edmunds became thereby
thrice embittered
There may be considerable truth In the ABOVE
though it is probable that the dislike dated much
| further back, and was due to Edmunds dig
cernment of the dishonest and trickey side OF
| Blainc's character. But Mr. Crawford is wholly
wrong when he says that it was the act OF
Blaine's confidential friend, VIM Walter Phelp;
in attacking Edmunds' railroad record last
wear, which set the latter SO sternly against
Blaine and caused him to stubbornly refuse al
appeals to take the stump. The fact Is, Ec
munds was penned where he couldn't move
He was on record with regard to Blaine as
public man, and he knew that bis letters were
where they would surely be given to the pubic
if he opened his mouth. The only thing tha
saved the country from being flooded with la
simllies of them, was his keeping quiet.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10
THE Springfield Republican which has al

THE Springfield Republican which has al
ways been an able advocate of the civil ser, ice
reform principle, makes an admirable answer
to the nonsense of Henry Cabot Lodge, and fel-
lows of his ilk, that Republican office holders
ought generally to be retained, bearuse the gov
srnment business is like bankers, where no
one would think of employing or discharging
subordinates on account of politics. The Re-
publican says:
"rhe reference to private banker is good,
but 10 make the analogy perfect, Mr. Lodge
should have depicted the feelings and express
sions of this banker, il he should arrive at bis
bank some day aud find that his cashier, teliers
and Office boy had gone to Indiana TO run
Republican campaign, or had gone out upon
the street and assured voters that IL one OF the
great parties in which the country Is nearly
equally divided should carry the day, the bank
would fail 1t strikes US that private banker
whose men should conduct in that fashion,
would engage a new lot
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

In the year 1872 there were 26i post-ofices
in the United States, and so light were the
..uties Of postmaster general that Presi=
dent Washington was opposed TO giving him
seat in the cabinet. Now there are nearly 80
600 post offices, and the annual revenues haye
sweiled from $685. ,0o0 to S45, 100000. Ninety
years ago the department looked with uncon-
cealed disfavor on the project of admitting
newspapers to the mails, ard not until the in-
PRODUCTION of railroads did the opposition en-
tirely relax. Nowadays hundreds of tons OF
printed matter are handled and transported
daily. When Thomas Jefferson and Timothy
Pickering endeavored TO expedite the seryie;
between New York aud Washington so as TO
attain a speed of 100 miles In a hours they
came into a collision with stage rights pre-
tension which temporarily defeated the enter
prise, for New Jersey insisted on exacting her
.'stage and tavern" tax of $50 frcm the fed,
eral mail coaches.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

THE country was treated to number Of ju-
bilant editorials few weeks ago over the fact
that Capt Hugh Lewis of Wisconsin, Demo
cratic veteran and door keeper of the house Of
representatives, had come out in letter re-
nouncing the Democratic ticket forever, be-
cause the administration had shown such a
preference fer exconfederates and Union SOL
diers in appointments. Now Lewis is out in
another letter declaring that the first falsified
his sentiments and that he was drunk when be
signed it. The story is that Republican
newspaper reporter filed him up with whis-
key, wrote out the letter and got him to sign it
when he didn't know what he was about.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

IT is very easy and cheap for the organs to
insist without scintila Of evidence, that Cleve-
land intends the newly appointed Collector
Hedden, of the New York custom house, to op-
crate as the political servant of Hubert 0
Thompson but the intelligent and fair minded
public recognizes the appointment as promotiye
of honest and efficient government. Cleveland
says: "Mr Hedden was selected as an intelli-
gent business man to conduct business office.
If he fails to so conduct it, he will be removed"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

ONE appointment has been made by Presl-
dent Cleveland which justly aroused strong
Democratic indignation all over the county
that of Noyes, of Ohio, as government
director Of the Union Pacific railroad. Noyes
was among the foremost of the consplrators in
stealing the electoral vote of Florida in 1876.
1t is said in the presidents behalf that he want
ed to make one Of the directors a Republican,
sand nomirated Moves on Gov Hareley 3 recon-
nendation, without recJhectiug his connection
with the Great Crime Of 1876 6eBnt the storm
became SO strong that Mr. N6yes has weakened
before it and asked the president to withdraw
his nomination