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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-11
BACK THE OLD RATES.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA meeting of the
joint committee of the Seaboard trunk
lines and their western connections was
held at the Office of Commissioner Fink in
this city today, at which it was resolved to
return to the old system of export tariff
rates. The resolutions as passed reads as
follows:
Resolved, That, taking effect Monday,
February 20 1889. the system now in opera
ton Of making through export tariffs be
discontinued, and that hereafter the rates
on export traffic be the sum of the inland
tariff plus the ocean rates current from
time to time, except that the inland rate
to Boston on export traffic may be the
same as to New York, it being understood
that on grain shipments the elevator
charges at the point of export shall be also
added.
A minute Of this action and the inland
rate will he filed with the interstate COM
merce commission.
The Canadian Pacific today signed the
joint circular referring to the abolishment
of the payment of commissions to agents
selling tickets in trunk line territory The
tickets Of the road will be placed in all the
trunk line offices tomorrow
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Offer to q Vale Professor.

A few days previous to the Thanksgiving
game a young man who wore glasses, and
bore the appearance of being Yale student,
entered local ready made clothing store
and asked for a suit of a fair material and
price. He was quickly fitted. Then came
the fun.
''Shall send the bill to your fatherr' in
qured the salesman. 'Let me See, YOU live
in Buffalo, don't you. I'll fix it-say $40 or
$50. can give YOU the balance in three or
four days anyway; or, if you are hard up, I'll
advance it now
The figures named were double what the
suit cost, and the customer, who is one Of
Yale's youngest professors, asked the eiothier
what he meant.
The clothier explained; 'Oh,r he said, 81
do great deal of that sort of thing now for
the boys, and am willing ia accommodate
you if you want it
The professor thanked him, smiled and said
be thought he'd pay. The merchant was, q.
last accounts, unaware that his customer was
a professor, and not student. The professor
thought the story too good to keep and told
it TO some of mis- friends Its cruel publica-
ton may end clever scheme 10 deplete the
parental pocketbook. Haven News
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SLOW AND INACTIVE.
The Countrys Trade at Staudstill-ln-
creased Canadian Failures.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-R. G. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review of the trade say:
In the general course of business there has
been no perceptible change. The volume,
of payments, including paper maturing
February ], was over ID per cent larger
than last year outside of New York; evi-
IDENTIFY the gain in volume of transactions
is much smaller Railroad tonnage is en-
larged by wars of rates, and the ratio of
expenses to earnings, grows less satisfae-
tory. At nearly all interior points re
porting trade is duh or inactive, though
perceptible improvement within the past
ten days is noted At st. Paul
and Omaha, bit collections are slow
at st. Paul Milwaukee. Detroit and
Cleveland. and the number of failures in
the northwest beyond the Mississippi
seems larger than usual. The cold weather
evidently has retarding influence in
many quarters. A vast(amount of capital
has been stocked mp and vast body of
Indebtedness created in connection with
the real estate, grain and other specula-
tions Of the past year. Indebtedness based
on fictitious valuation of property or
commodities in not few cases will have
to be Gquidated at a loss, On the chance
of war in Europe wheat was suddenly adj
vanced so far that peace prospects involve
disaster to many.
The capacity Of the iron furnaces in
blast February was ~, 406 tons weekly
less than January I. and contrary to ex
pectations much more than half the de
crease was in other than anthracite furna-
ces. The effect of the strike in the coal
regions increase from day to day, but are
not as great as the depression due to
shrinkage in demand. OF the latter u
part is attributable to tariff uncertainties
and part to the excess of railroad building
in the west and the consequent wars Of
rates
Including $4,000 tons deferred from last
year. contracts for steel rails so far reach
about 100000 tons, without any lifting Of
the prices-S3l. ID at the mill. Pig iron is
weaker at Pittsburg. but stiff at the east
for the better grades OH account OF their
scarcity, In manufactured iron a slack
ened demand still causes weakness.
Nearly all the markets are lower; stocks
about 80 cents per share for the week,
wheat about l cent per bashel, corn q cent,
oats X cent, coffee Y cent per pound, and
sugar, both refined and crushed, Is cent,
hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds, and tin a
cent per pOund. .-
Cotton has been held steady by the re-
port of large consumption abroad. The
dry goods trade continues good for cot
tons, which are steady in price, and slight
ly improved for wo0lenS.
In groceries there has been some inn
provement in tone and in distribution; the
tea trade shows more activenesS and hope
fulness, but the demand for butter and
cheese is hardly satisfactory and meats are
very duh and weak.
The business failures during the last
seven DAVIS nun,her. For the -nited States
!37: Canada, u. Total 2S9, compared with
av9 last week, and 2s1 for the correspond
ing week last year. The feature this week
is the unusual number of failures i'm
Canada, being nearly double the usual
weekly average
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FATAL JEALOUSY

INDIANAPOLIS Feb 10-At Mechanics
bury, Boone county last night. John But
mother, Mrs. NJ A. Buttery where he
found Frank Moore and his tButterys
step-sister, Eta McMullen. He at once
opened fire with his revolver, killing
Moore and seriously wounding Miss Nc
Mullen Buttery then turned the revolver
on himself and sent q bullet through his
head, dying Instantly Moore and Miss
McMullen were to have been married
within mouth. Buttery was deeply in
love with the girl, and his act. was
prompted by jealousy anu revenge. Miss
McMullen's injuries are not fatal.
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kESsINGTON PLACE.
Ashlara kanaaa

One hundred and sixty acres of the most
beautiful suburban residence property to
he found in any city in Kansas. Divided
into five, ten or twenty acre tracts 20 suit.
And for the first time offered Al the very
low price OF 5000 per acre until eighty
acres have been sold This figure is less
than half its value, but owing 20 the fact
that we owe money which must be paid,
we propose to sacrifice this property. II
You desire such property in the beautiful
city Of Ashland. come and examine ~
Seeing is believing Don't take our word
for il hut come and see for yourselves,
Call on or address J. BLANCHARD,
1O-tf Ashland, Kan.
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Big Cuts We're Made to Southern,
Southwestern and North
western Points.
The Seaboard Trunk Lines Decided to Re-
turn to the Old System Of Export
Tariff Rates.
President Corbin Still Refuses to Meet a
Delegation from the Knights of
Laber-Other Railroad Notes.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Feb. IA renewal
of the reduction in freight rates occurred
today The Kansas City, Fit Scott & Gulf
road made the following rates on packing
house products: To Galveston and Hous-
ton, 40 cents; to Memphis. IA cents; to
Memphis. when destined for ''Green line
points, II cents: to New Orleans, Mobile
and Vicksburg, "a cents. Sugar from New
Orleans to Kansas City, II cents The
Santa Fe joined in the above rates
to Texas points. The Chicago, Mil
waukee & St Paul made the following
rates: Packing house products, to st.
Paul and Minnesota l. cents; to Duluth
and Ashland 30 cents: dressed beef to ST
Paul and Minneapolis 20 cents: to Duluth
and Ashland 80 cents. Rates to Chicago
on the following articles We're quoted by
all lines as follows: Packing house pro-
ducts IL cents: dressed beef ~ cents: cattle
hogs and sheep, S35 per car. reduction of
$3.50
CHICAGO, Feb. 1O;-The Milwaukee & St.
Paul today reduced live stock rates from
Omaha and Council Bluffs to Chicago from
$3.50 to $50 carload, total reduction
since the fight began of Sa5 Car load. The
latest cut rs serious one rs II brings the
rates to a point where they cat the live
stock rates all through Iowa. and
make necessary a reduction from
all points in the state All compel
ing lines met the rates. This was followed
by a reduction in classes B, c, ID and +,
which includes carload lots. 4 drop being
made from Is to IA cents. Then came re
duetion in hard coal rates from Chicago to
Des Noines, from s.. Is ton to $50 The
Rock Island made the cut and all of the
De Moines lines met it, Packing house
products from Missouri river points
were reduced from Is cents to 49,
cents, all lines again participating.
The Wabash Western, which had agreed
with other st. Louis roads not to fail be-
low the rates made by the first cut last
week, found it was losing all Of it's lumber
business, and today reduced the lumber
rates from st. Louis to southwestern Mis-
souri, river points from 81 to 5 cents per
hundred. To-day was rounded up with
another big slash at through rates be-
tween Chicago, Council Bluffs, Oma-
ha, Kansas City and Missouri river
points, the st. Paul making reduction of
cents hundred on the first four classes.
This makes the rates at present: First
class, 30la cents a hundred; second, 25
cents; third, 10 cents, and fourth, I5lS
cents. The reduction made on freight
rates since a week ago today average is
per cent off. So far passenger rates have
not been involved in the war.
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PROVED TO BE WANTED.

CHICAGO, Feb l0.-Chas- w. Benedict,
the young man caught Wednesday night
with lot Of burglar tools in his posses
sion, and who WAS thought to have had
something TO do with the Smell murder Is
wanted at Marshalltown, Ia, where his
father is proprietor of a mill, and is worth
$4,000. A dispatch was received from
that town last night to hold Benedict, aud
today the sheriff arrived and took the
Young man into custody. Ii appears that
Benedict was a member of gang of bur
glars who have been working Marshall
town.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
OF Excursion Rates for the Annual State En-
eampment L., A. X,

For the benefit of tine Garfield post and
their friends wishing To attend the annual
g. A. X. encampment at Winfield. Kansas,
February II, - and %, the Atchison, 10
peka X Santa Fe railway will sell round
trip tickets at one fare for the round trip,
ST 15. The final limit Of the tickets will
he made February - returning, and sale
commence on the 3uth inst.
Special coaches will be placed in the ser
vice To accommodate this travel, and every
thing necessary will be done 10 make the
trip pleasant one. Tickets will be sold
at l3a North Main street, at Douglas av-
enue station and union depot.
II l0t w. ID. NrRDotK, Agents
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INCREASSpIIS STOCK.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. lo.-The stockholders
of the Kansas City g. Sabine Pass railroad
company, at meeting here today, re-
solved to increase the capital stock from
&, 5o0,e to SS,Ooo0ll aud the bonded in
debtedness from -, 900 to $500, 900.
Contracts for liz miles of the road from
Kansas City to Pierce City, Mo-, were let
and work will begin as soon as the weather
moderates.
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The Kansas Midland j. the new line 10
California from Wichita i. pow ou--Y for
bushes. The ksn-sf~ Midland IN GOMEZ
ton wi'h the I gJoa Pacific Ry. offer
round THO six + n1oAi ils excursion, ,ie .sts
10 California points wi'h s:02cTe- priv
.seEesy erEuy.fs- lOing and coming 80 uJ
for the round Trip FshsuSTy @xeur,iou
VIII leave W lcritA on the 18th inst Re
the inter the price 80 q. FOR the r,ssius ,rtp
d.. Isl ". ID. McgD<>cE. Agent.
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, lis a. m.-For
Missouri: Fair weather; slight rise in
temperature; light to fresh northeasterly
winds, becoming variable
For Kansas: Fair weather. followed by
light local SHOWS: slightly warmer: light
to fresh variable winds, generally shifting
10 Southerly
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GuAHdiantN SalA.

For sale the north half Of the east half
of the southwest quarter Of section 3, in
township %, range east.
The above described land belongs to the
estate of G. c. Alliston, and will be on sale
for few days. This land is near the To-
cation Of the Congregational college.
s6-tf f. B. JEwETr
Guardian for the heirs. Office Temple block
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A'Rare Business Chance.

On account of poor health will sell my
very complete stock of hardware, tinware,
and timers tools, in the bright new city of
Ashland. Kansas. Will sell the building
and lot with stock if desired or will rent
bui1diny cheap, an Immediate buyer will
get very liberal terms Address
A. J. kINNEAR,
0-l2t Ashland Tan,
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COLD FACTS VS.. WARM FACTS.

Novera
the egood
was % I I @ we hope
n sV cut m
nsn s s
Iea so0
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So Much q Foot

A Frenon,er recovered S, tso damages for
losing his feet by freezing Wben hs was
dunk A man in Fremont IS worth Just
about the sane as business property IN LIN
>oln-Si,ap a foo.-L:ncosx tSeaj Dem
,.crNA
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BURIED DYNAMITE,

CINCINNATI. Feb. l0.-Two. men We're
digging up some dynamite which had been
buried to protect it until wanted for use in
gas we'll near Bellevue, O., when one OF
them struck the explosive material with
his pick. The explosion instantly killed
the two men, and caused such shock as
to suggest an earthquake at Tffin, San
dusky, put-in-Bay and other points in that
locality
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A Timely warning.

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chr yb derGicafunam sloog eht yub
dellecxe eb tonnae ynnonOcedns yslii earud,
yluaeb ruf taht stuiap tIlaw hoy dnA
.lneht tHisp OF evan liiw uny sguidIiuo
wen dna do Tuoy yfisuaeb dBa eyrvserp
OF nehN raen onward - nosaes eht dts.-,f
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Tor Sale. st \ Bargain.

DeSira BILE college Hill residence property,
lots IL the north end of the city. VIII
trade for farms, unincunbered western
land merchandise, improved residences
property, or with contractors. Address or
call, room 8, Eagle block. 4bt
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Will CONSOLIDATE

r KANSAS CITY, Feb. lo.-The stockholders
of the Kansas City, Springfield * Mem
phis railroad. extending from Springfield,
Mo-. tn Memphis, met to-day and resolved
To consolidate with the Kansas City, Fort
Scott X Gulf railroad
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purr.>pFlpHIA .Julv % Isss

Wichita EAGLE Wichita. Kan
Geutiemen:-We have seen one Of your
Mortgage Loan Registers at the office of
the Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust Co,
this city. and shall be Obliged IL YOU will
send this company one similar ia all re
sp.-ctS at Your Earliest convenience. and re-
main RESPECTFULLY yours,
THEODORE FEoTHINGHsG.
6S-tft 20 SECRETARY
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PICTURE MEN FAN

CINCINNATI, Feb. sla-Winiam Don
aldson n Co, dealers in pictures and
frames No III Main street, assigned this
afternoon 10 Howard Douglass. Liabili-
ties. $4,000, assets, $4,000.
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FREE reclining char cars are now running
on all trsin- on the c. K & y. railway,
Rock Island Route between Wichita,
Topeka Kansas City, St Joseph, Chic~So,
st Louis. 9tf
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that any person,
persons or company manufacturing Hot
Air Furnaces under the patents of stephen
Il. Bryce, OF Dayton, Ohio, are hereby noti-
fled that | am the owner OF one fourth "
said patents. and will claim my proportion.
of royalty on all furnaces made under
said patents. c. E. ARNOLD,
59-A* Dayton, Ohio
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Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., r. s y. railway,
Rock Island Route, between, Wichita,
Topeka. Kansas City, st. Joseph, Chicago,
st. Louis eft
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PICTURE OF JAMES W. RILEY.
The Indiana Poet Talks About His Ar
and His Method Of Work.

The Indiana Poet Talks About His Art
and His Method Of Work.
James Whitcomb Riley, the western poet
and hunorist, took the intellectual audience
by storm the other afternoon at ChickeFing
hall when he rec1ted his quaint lines entitled,
when the Frost Is on the Punkin.n Even
James Russell Lowell could not repress a
smile, and Bunner, Eggleston, Cable and
Richard Henry Stoddard laughed aloud.
Those who have read Mr.. Rileys poetry
would almost instantly recognize the poet, if
it were possible for ideas to picture in TIE
minds eye their creator. Riley is quaint and
almost homely, until he speaks Then the veil
is lifted and nlirth and humor illumine his
features. He has a large, strong, smooth
shaven. mobile face. 1t is humorous face
that retreats fore and aft: in other words, it
curves from forehead to chin. His large Ro-
man nose plays a strong part in the ensemble
OF features. Large blue eyes, rather sunken,
give beaming expression TO thin, radiating
wrinkles. When he smiles these lines fairly
glow His hair is so thin and close cropped
that 1t is not easy to distinguish its color 1t
looks pale sandy. He is snugly built, Of
medium height, and has great suppleness in
the shoulders.
Mr.. Riley is q ready composer. Naj. Pond
asked him for an autogI aph, when he sat
down and Immediately wrote these lines:
II hain't no use to grumble and complain,
It's jes' as cheap and easy to rejoice;
When God sorts out the weather and sends rain
Wy, rains my choice.
After he signed his name, q large, bold
handwriting, some other person desired his
autograph, and this Is the verse he iInmeGi-
ately wrote:
We say and we say and we say,
~, we promise, engage and declare,
III year II ON TO morrow is Yesterday
Ana yesterday is - wheres
A reporter asked him how be worked and
how he went about selecting something SUI
able for his particular style He replied: Vi
have no trouble whatever to find something
TO write about. | cannot throw a stone but
that hit subject. They are everywhere
about, wherever CO. and take them as |
hnd them have no special system to work
by. l always write as feel, and that per-
haps is the only system have 1t is useless
to force anything; it must come forth with
natural feelings and then it win strike the
right chord. A writer cannot tell every
time how he selects theme to write about,
at least cannot. Nature is spread out be-
fore us, and somehow stumble over things
that awaken within me the instinct and feel
ing to write. That is finding a subject
In writing your dialectic poetry do You
put it in good English and then translate it.
so to speak"
NO, l do not. | imagine that the old
farmer is talking, and l for the time am the
old farmer, writing down the thoughts that
come to me IN homely. easy way. The
spelling and all, rs the old farmer would do
1t, so do |, and find it satisfactory as to re-
suits. New York Mail and Express.
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Special to Township Trustees.

We have a complete line of books and
blanks a. required by the township trus-
tees. township treasurer, justice Of the
peace, constable and read overseer. Orders
promptly hlled. Correspondence solicited.
The WICHITA EAGLE,
dl09tf Wichita, Kansas
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II you want 20 buy, rent. trade CT have
reEs;rs-! a sewing Taaehinv call ON or ad
dress Harry Manning - Dougiz- sSenue
90 d
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Robinson e. Champion.

A bargain-Just one piano and organ 70
sale at a great sacrifice, both new. Samuel
Scott, 22I East Douglas avenue d62-tf
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The popular line tor California, Oregon.
Washington territory and all Pacific coast
points is the Missouri Pacific, FIT. Scott
Route" 143tf
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social philosopher foresees the day when
the primary school desks will be Supplied
with type writers instead Of writing bookA
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joe the Halter IL iirsf IN the field With
osIfnHRs celebrated New York derby
hat, spFInx l>s- s,vis esti
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Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the c., X. & y, railway,
Rock Island Route" between Wichita,
Topeka. Kansas City, ST, Joseph, Chicago,
ST. Louis 9tf
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TIue shjrs sads 70 order.

Gentlemen wishing white or fancy shirts
made leave orders with MIR. HUI al Robs
Jacks GET
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Money u IloAH

On inside improved city property centrally
lncs;e-i, by the = L.. davidson Mar gage
coapany. Office ia rear OF Citizen bank
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-11

The best white shirt in lAmeriea. only 80
a; il-tf ". j. WILSON & Co.
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\ piano and organ for sale at malt prie~
Samuel Scos. - East Douglas ave ti,Es
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-.founlaus' spring So Deroy Just open
! 81 ~ Joe ID Halter. e-.i
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Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the G., h. g. y. railway,
Rock Island Route, between Wichita.
Topeka, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Chicago,
St Louis Oft
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Take the new short line, c. n. g. ",
Rock Island route, 10 Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Chicago and ST. Louis li<sf
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Robinson & Champion.
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These lands are what Il known state lands ami
All pHrF hasers receive patents from the siaie Of
Colorado.
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The Finest Water in the World

i obta ned from 10 20 4 feet below ~ surface
from % 70 - te.t the aues; Ariesisu wells are -rc
e.. All lands thoroughly irrigated ~ gs fier. y
0dvaGce 20 purchasers, = desired. wir@ he a = ;
and such other material AZ may be resdsd f0F
and accle house,
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