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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-28
Book and Publisher.

There are tricks ia al trades. but do mob
think an author, who has a fin: class put.-
Usher, often sufYers from them. and II hi,
book has in it anything which touche, the
pulse oil the people 1t Is sure To sell more or
less ana make Itself felt IN time. A book
may lie better written AID have in IL moro
thought and care than another, and not sell
haif Is wei because 1t lacks that vitality
winch taxes hold OF the great heart Of tho
public But for this the publisher Is not N
blame. He has pushed jus; as hard. and
harder, too, II may b, than b. has the other
one, bat II II does not sell. Il won't, and n
the other will, It VIII and the pubIisher
should not Be charged with favoritisrn, as no
sometimes Is, or with false statement when
the day Of reckoning comes - Mary J..
Holmes In Sew York Mail and Exprssx.
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PARTLY DlSCREDiISO.

GARDEN CITY, Kan, July 27.-Two
young men, Jack Undertake and Jesse
Dunn, arrived in the city today from the
seat of war in Stevens county. Both Of
them We're eye witnesses of the running
fight between the sheriff and his party
from Woodsdale and the HugOtOn men.
This fight occurred early on Wednesday
morning, and at 10 O clock that morning the
HngotOn party were on their way home.
Cross and seven men went into the strip
Tuesday night and were to return We'd
nesday night, but We're not seen and are
supposed TO have gone through Voorhees,
in the night. These young men put no
truth in the stories of killing and laugh at
the idea or men going to sleep when on
such an errand and being surprised on the
open prairie on clear moonlight night.
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THE OLD THIEF.
Millions of Dollars Worth Of Confederate
Shipping Being Used by England

WASHINGTON, July 21.-AccordinG to a
letter from Mr. Littlepage, lately employed
as an agent of the treasury department, TO
the solicitor of the treasury, dated October
10. 1887, it seems that he was employed TO
assist in the prevention and detection of
frauds upon the customs revenue. Con
tinuing, he says:
After my several conversations with
you l infer that my especial assignment
will be TO recover such properties be-
longing TO the late Confederate states as
have been fraudulently or Improperly di
verified or concealed
In concluding he says:
Above all / desire that my especial as
signment shall be kept a profound sec ret :"
In a letter dated November L. 1851. he
says he went To his home in King William
county, Virginia. to examine his old con-
federate papers made and received while
in Europe under the orders of the then
confederate states government TO obtain
accurate data. He says he found that in
the winter of 1864 he was ordered to the
confederate ship The Texas" (aliaS the
Pampero} This vessel was built at Glas-
gov as No. sloop of war. and was to
have received her armament and equip
ment while lying off the coast OF England
by another vessel. Capt Henry Sinclair.
of the confederates states navy superlp-
tended the construction OF the vessel, her
cost being 81 400, 600. all Of which WAS fully
paid by the confederate government. The
vessel. he SAYS. started to sea, but having
been reported as a confederate cruiser,
was seized. Captain Sinclair, rather than
carry her through the courts, secured her
release by guaranteeing that she should
not go into the hands of the confederacy
until they should be entitled TO have her.
tie then chartered her and when few
months after the confederacy collapsed.
she was sailing under the same charter.
He adds that this vessel was fully paid for
by the confederate government and should
belong to the United States. She is still
valuable and Is now trading between Edir-
burgh and Copenhagen. He adds that
there are several other Clyde built steam
ers constructed by the confederate govern
ment, similarly disposed of by theiI
agents and captains. which should now
belong to the United States. There were
also two powerful rams. built by Bscid
& Noe, on the Mersey, ostensibly for the
Chinese government, but inspected ana
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SOUTHWESTERN TRAFFIC DEMORAL-
zen

Ell PASO, Tex, July 21.-The recent re-
duction OF freight rates on the Southern
Pacific railroad from Los Angeles and san
Francisco TO FL Paso has had an uneN-
pectedly serious effect on southwestern
traffic, and will, without doubt, reopen the
old freight rate war in more violent form
as soon as the present one months arms
tice under Commissioner Waldos arbitra-
ton is over. The new Southern Pacific
rates make it possible to ship sugar, wines,
canned goods, dried fruits and other staple
articles from the Pacific coast to FL I2aso at
less cost than from the east or New Or
leans. One effect this reduction has
been already to shut the Texas and Pacific
line out from handling sugar from New
Orleans as Ell Paso can be supplied from
san Francisco now under existing tariff
rates at lie a pound less than from New
Orleans for the same brand of sugar As
soon as the thirty days armistice of Com
missioner Waldo is over, the Texas and
Pacific people intend to retaliate in a most
effective manner. 1t is also understood
thai the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad campanY will, on the 23d of Au-
gust, take hand i'll the scramble, and for
the nrst time in its history Will make such
a seuetal reduction in its freight rates to
Ia Paso that it will have more than an
even chance with the two rivals the
Southern Pacific and the Texas
Pacific lines. Heretofore freight
rates out from San Francisco
to FL Paso have been generally higher
than to the Atlantic or Mexican gulf sea-
board, 1900 miles further. and also from
the Atlantic Seaboard or New Orleans to
III Paso they have been higher than to San
Francisco, although FL Paso is only half
way. This anomalous state OF affairs has
been only partially remedied by the inter
state commerce bill. The big railroad
corporations that pass through FL Paso
its provisions The uncertain condition Of
the railroad situation keeps the commerce
OF Fl Paso and of Northern Mexico in an
unsettled and feverish state of mind. for
the wholesale merchants and jobbers don't
know whether to look for their source of
supplies to the east or to the west.
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FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 27-In the senate to-
day MIR. Cullom's resolution as to the
Canadian Pacific railway went over till
Monday next without action.
Mr.. Sherman gave notice that as soon as
the sundry civil appropriations bill should
be disposed Of he would insist on getting
the fisheries treaty out of the way, and he
hoped to do so early next week.
The senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the fisheries treaty in open ex-
ecutive session ana was addressed by Mr..
Salisbury in favor Of it's ratification.
Democratic senator's. he said. had not oD-
posed the open executive session from any
apprehension that the public discussion of
the treaty would injure the administration
or the Democratic party. On the contrary
they believed that full understanding Of
it would commend it to the favorable
judgment of the country as a wise and
just settlement of a controversy which
had at times threatened the har-
mony and peace of the country.
He declared that the president could have
made no settlement Of the question that
would have met the approval of the ma
jority of the Republican senator's They
would have agreed to no settlement that
nifty of appealing to the prejudices of
class of voters against England. 1t was
votes that they wanted. not a settlement
Of the controversy.
AT the close OF Mr.. Saulsburys speech, the
fisheries treaty went over without action
and the senate proceeded to the considera-
ton Of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
An amendment to strike out of the
item for the bureau of engraving and
printing the proviso that there shall not
be any Increase IN the number of steam
plate printing machines in that bureau,
was opposed by Mr.. Blair who, in the
course of his remarks, sent to the clerks
desk and had read an editorial from the
New York Mail and Express, stating that
the first most effectual step to the aboii-
ton of the fourishing business of counter
feiting national bank notes would be the
abolition OF the now wretchedly managed
bureau of engraving and printing. which
has become scandal to the government"
That, said Mr. Blair, is not the accusation
of the Knights of Labor or of the labor Or
ganiZation, but is charge from a reputa-
bic public journal in its editorial columns.
The discussion was continued by Sena-
tors HaWley, Blair and Beck (the latter
being in favor oil the amendment. On the
vote Mr. Beck called for division, but as
there was no quorum present, he Withdrew
the cali and let the matter 90 by default.
so the amendment was rejected and the
proviso retained.
Among other amen lments reported and
agreed to We're the following: Inserting al
item of $50, 900 for the expenses of collect
ing revenue from customs for 1889 in adj
dltion to the permanent appropriation.
Inserting an item OF S, coo for a fish cul-
ture station at Neosho. Mo, and of 5000
for the maintenance of the same Insert
ing an item of 500, 600 for the survey and
relocation OF the boundary line between
the United States and Mexico, west of the
Rio Grande.
Adjourned.
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launching In London Theatres.

The amount Of eating and drinking done
in first class London theatre would astonish
en- American manager. People come straight
t. the theatres from their dinners and inn
mcdiately begin ordering ices, cakes, coffee
and sweets. The privilege Of furnishing re-
freShments to d theatre is paid for iii largo
sums by restaurant proprietors. The refresh
ment room is one Of the largest sources u
revenue Of a theatre management
Waiting maids during the evening 60 about
throughout the theatre knocking Mt the box
ioors hawking refreshments. Between the
acts people eat and drink constantly 10 fiji liz
the time. Programmes also arc charged for
in nearly all the theatres The average price
Of a programme Is sixpence IL an Aneri-
can audience in any theatre in the United
States should be called on TO pay twelve cents
for the programme there would be riot.
American managers say that it would be inn
possible to introduce the feature OF asking
even one cent fof programmes. London
Letter.
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Not VERY sncouy,giuv
TYRANNY, whar Won cwinof'

tyranny, whar you gwineW
The speaker was poor. puny little pickn-
ninny, black as the ace # spades. who
uudged YEARLY along. almost bowed doubl,
beneath the weight Of an immense bundle Of
soiled clothes for the wash
GRANNY" an immense body, with sahle
visage, Pouting lower Ii p and savage aspect,
turned sharply round and confronted the
widows mite
"Whar ! gwine' Whar rwine' / aint
gwine 70 tell you whar cwlnei You aI'ays
AKIN, 'Whar g gwinef Nhar . gwineF [
gwine whar | gwine-dat's whar / swine.
Whar e gwinel Whar e gwinef al'ays AKIN
'Whar e gwinel Whar q gwineF | amt
gwine tell = har gwine'
1t II needless % Gay that no further infor-
nation was elected, or IN fact desired
narper's Magazine.
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AOI 81

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Mr. Matson, of
Indiana, asked consent that the order as
signing tonight's session for the consider
alton of private pension bills be SO modi--
fed as to admit of the consideration of
general pension legislation, but objection
was made.
Mr. Townsend of Illinois. from the com
mittee on military affairs, reported back
ate's amendments, and it was reported to
the committee.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole CIR. Dockery in the chair on
the private calendar business.
The house at its evening session passed
thirty six pension bills and at 1880 ad-
journed
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ACQUISITION OF CLASSIFICATION.

WASHINGTON, July 27-The inter state
commerce commission has decided the case
of Frank l.. Hurlbut against the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railway
company and the Pennsylvania railroad
company The opinion is by Chairman
Cooley. and decided an important point.
The complaint is that hub blocks were put
in the fifth class of freight. They are
blocks which are roughly turned to take
off the bark, hole bored in them to pre-
vent checking, and the ends dipped in
rosin and sawed off to about the length
of hub. These the defendants claimed
should 60 into the fifth class with
wagon material, unfiDished,' and not
with lumber" in the sixth class. The
railroads claimed that a hub block is
simply a stick of small elm timber or the
logs used in making hubs and that the
article furnished by the complainant was
not hub block but to all intents hub.
The commission, however did not agree
with this contention, but decided that they
are unSeasoned raw material on the way
to the hands of the manufacturer, and
must. therefore, be considered as properly
classed with lumber, and not as they were
classed by the roads.
In speaking of the classification in use
by the railroads, the commission says that
it is supposed to be expressed in plain
terms, so that the ordinary business man
can understand 1t, and, in connection with
the rate sheets, can determine for himself
what he can be lawfully charged for trans
portation: and that the committee who
prepare the classification, after they have
given it 10 the public. have no more
authority to construe its meaning than
anybody else, but they must leave the doc
ument TO speak for itself.
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Men with rrnbrsiIza

Men with umbrellas are bigger uu.sanccs
than women. In going up the stairs Of tho
elevated stations they always sdtus. the
umbrella under their arm at such an sngI.
that they viii b sure 10 hi; tho man behind
In tbs eye; and nins times out II Too they
wax wra,ny when they ars reconstructed
with Then notice how a row Of men viii
stand in front II "a elevated news s,And.
each one with his umbrella tucked und.r hi.
arm at rign. angles, entirely oblivious u IL,
rights Of people WHO wish 20 paz Could
anything De more ax.Eines-Ssu York Tn.
flffr
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LIE w CT Ill

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Nd, July o.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union in convention here today elected
the following officers to serve for the en-
suing year: President, Mrs c. Buell., of
Chicago: one vice-president from each
state: secretary, Mrs. Jennie McCluckin
and treasurer, Mrs J. Il. Harrison.
Of Pennsylvania. The most important ad-
dress % the day was made by Chairman
Dickie, O. the Prohibition campaign COM
mlttee in which he warmly endorsed the
tariff plank IN the Democratic platform.
lie was followed by General Clinton B.
Fisk. who DEPRECATED the free trade ten
dence, Of Mr. Dickie The convention
tonight adjourned sine die.
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INJUNCTION GRANTED ON THE RUN

GARDEN CITY, Kan, July 27-An
election for the county seat Of kearney
county was held last Saturday and the vote
was TO have been gone over by the canvass
ing board at Lakin today, but Judge Alb
bolt early this morning granted an order
restraining the count until August :, in
order that charges OF fraud and irregU
larities in the tickets might be investi-
gated. Judge Abbott held court on q
Santa Fe tram between here and Pierce
vile at l o'clock a. ~. while returning
from the Topeka convention when the
order was granted.
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SIX DESPERADOES CAUGHT.

ST. LOUIS, July 27.-Adyices from Gaines
vile, Tex, state that United States Mar
shall c. NJ Carr passed through that place
this morning en- route to Fort Smith. Ark,
where he was taking six of the most des
perate outlaws in the Indian Territory,
where they were captured recently. Among
the number was George Thorn, whose
home is in St. Louis Thorn is charged
with robbing train near Muskogee 1. few
days ago, at which time Texas cattleman
Ei!tad
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so you think you caa dress show
window so ;hss tie ladies viii all stop
and look at Il, % you" asked tie man
sSer Of dry goods store O. al applicant
for work
Yes, sir. do
''Well. sir, VIVA. Is the first thing you
would do'''
I'D put q big mirror in tie window
ard"-
That's enough. young man; We dog,
want Won as an enpioye. Wen take yc1
In Is partner "-Ea .rago Tines
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RaVICHEO Az 4 NEGRO

TOPEKA, Kan, July 25.-About O'Clock
this afternoon a negro called at the resi-
dence OF a. J. White, wealty farmer
seven miles south OF the city, and finding
Whites Il year-old daughter alone with
her baby brother. brutaiiy rayished her
Officers are now out guarding all roads
leading to the city ia hopes of capturing
the ravsber. whose description his victim
was able 10 give.
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JOHN STEAllNG IN

MINNEAPoLIS, July PA special from
Ellenburg, W. T., says: News has reached
here of continued flow of Cinnamon into
the United States across the border from
British Columbia. The steamers of the
Canadian Pacific between China and Van
couver bring hundreds OF Mongolians
every two weeks. After landing they go
eastward INTO British Columbia. They
work their way across from Ozoois lake
down the Okaneat river and then down
the Columbia river through a number of
placer mines that are monopoiized by Chi
nese, and eventually md their way to the
settlement OF the whites.
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Spain has isasse sta1eps every yeay ~
ofteDsr FOR tAirty ysars On the app~arnnos
Of each new issos the ons presiding /. de-
elarsd Of Nc vsi5a Tns szcae given 20,
this = that u = 70 AVOID covut>yses61rv Pa
II always hspisrs tea. subjects of the tshy
king have seis On tseay bsnds xsaay thu
sands Of doiiars worth O: WORTHLESS s,as,,a
AID tbs go"esn.lsrt rsaps sa< tsE1s,-gsv
York Eyeninx World
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RANDALL GOES TO THE COUNTRY.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Mr. Randall con
tinues to improve rapidly. According to
the present arrangement he will leave for
Wynee Postoffice, near Philadelphia, to-
morrow morning at o'clock where he will
take up his residence at the house of Mrs
j. Ballangee. Either DR.. Martin or Dr.
Mattan will accompany the party which
Will include Mrs Randall and her daugh-
ter a private car has been placed at
their disposal by the Pennsylvania railway
company.
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MOI In CANADA.

Los ANGELES, CAL, July "a last
evenings paper says reporter who for
merry occupied position on the STAFF OF
she d. Louis Post-Disparch. while stand
lng al 'he Santa F'e depo: yesterday sax a
man and woman on north bound TRAIN
whom he identified as Editor II. ". Moor
and Mrs John ". Norton, the runaway
couple from Topeka n
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SAD BLOOD AND WORSE WHISKY

RlCAFIELp, Kan, July a7-Considerable
excitement Is created here by tie repeated
calls for arms and men TO help the town of
Wocdsdale which Hugotou is claimed 10
about destroy. The reports are DOUBTLESS
exaggerated. bur four have been killed in
co-o blood, and others will be unless help is
had soon. The bad blood and worse
whisky defies all Law OF humanity.
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Nsy MSxfezusa Ya<.xx

Leon, shs Greatest IsAnssa~suri,s torn n
Ee- Hsrios, Las 10 large fae.orsss Nearly
al tbs work = dS1s 10 Tia homes q ,ha
tsAxera 1eers - weekly proauc.aoe Il
10 500 adde's. 900 ordinary tlsnss.s, TO-
700 fr's tsAsksss, q. 900 p4srs a Mas .so...
300 pair of roas~zs sto>s. saA 70 30
pain Of cSildresp s1<<~ - y1,,sra f~s,t<-
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MRS. DEVAaNEY RELEASED

PARIS, July "a Nine. Devarney, the
American lady who was recently arrested
and imprisoned on the false charge OF be
ing a pickpocket. viii be liberated tomor-
row at the request Of Mr. NcLane, the
United States minister.
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CosTE.lo,s AssAILANTs CAUGHT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. july 2s.-Aleck and
Gardner VIM, the parties who shot Cor
nelius Costello. the Frisco brakeman, AT
Marshfield yesterday, were captured today
by the sheriff OF Webster county and posse
about ten miles north of Marshfiel6 and
locked up in Webster county jail Young
Costello Is ssia alive but no hopes are en-
tertaineS for his recovery.
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worse Tor the sea OF aiconoi IN which ne mas
been floating himself these many years He
is, l believe, man CT large means inherited
from his father, and has never been known
to lead any other than the degraded, selfish
and useless life which first attracted my at
tention TO him.-Alfred Trumble in New
York News
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a NEW SON.

BERLIN. July 2!.-The empress was
safely delivered OF son az l359 O'Clock
this morning at the royal palace al Pots
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GENERAL souLANGER OUT.

PARIS, July 21.-General Boulanger drove
in the Bots du Boulogne today for the first
time since he was wounded.
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The Collapse of the Western Iron
Association Sets Nearly All
Mills at Work.
Domestic Trade Uniformly Encouraging,
Though Dullness is Yet Feit-Stocks
Have Risen $1.40 Per Share
A Little Investigation Shows That England
is Using Millions of Dollars Worth OF
Confederate Shipping Which Be
longs to the United States.
WEATHER BULLETINS.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WICHITA, Kan, July
H.-[The temperatures herein gwen are
those of thermometers in the shade and
free from the influences of any radlated,
reflected or conducted heat. THE highest
temperature was 99o; the lowest 10,
mean S3o.
Gentle breeze, generally southerly, and
warm, fair weather.
Maximum velocity Of wind southerly,
Is miles per hour at 400 p. N.
Mean humidity 60 per cent.
I
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l am y candidate for county attorney. am Re
pu0ilertn a q stand sQuarely on the Republican
platform or Kansas. and taus standing specially
ask OF the Republicans OF Scdgwick county for
nomination for county attorney. l. p CAMPBELL
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De man whit has DC mos pleasan' quaint
ances mighty often has do iew,r real Il ien a
TIag Ter.
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SHERIDAN ALL RIGHT.
A Valuable Man.

NEw BEDFORD. Mas. July T.-Geu-
/ Sberidar-s condition unchanged.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. c.
July 27.-The indications for thirty-six
hours, commencing Saturday, July Is, At
z H. m. are as follows:
For Missouri and Kansas: Fair, slight
ly warmer, except stationary temperature
in southern Kansas, variable winds.