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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
THE OKLAHOMA PROBLEM.

The Washington correspondent of the
Globe-Democrat furnishes that paper
with the following statement of propo-
sition suggested by Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, who is trying to get the COM
mlttee on public lands to adopt:
The senator proposes to kill two birds
with one stone, viz: To dispose of the
Indian Territory and to settle the Greer
county, Texas, dispute His joint reso-
luton to that effect is still in the COM
mittee, where it has been slumbering for
some time. Meanwhile a half dozen
other propositions for the settlement of
these much-vexed questions have been
introduced and are in various conditions
of progress. Senator Morgan's PROPOSE
ton Is to create new state, which shall
be bounded about as follows: On the
north by the state of Kansas; on
the east by that portion of
the Indian Territory lying east of
and adjacent to the Indian
meridian which is 81 deg. and IL min.
west longitude; on the south by that
portion of the Indian territory and the
state of Texas lying south of the third
standard parallel, which runs exactly
east and west through Fort Reno, /. T.,
and on the west by New Mexico. That
portion of the Indian territory lying
south of the third standard parallel and
west of the Indian meridian is to be ced-
ed to Texas in exchange for that portion
of Texas lying north of the same line and
included in the proposed new state. The
new state would thus be about 312 miles
long and 100 miles wide, or nearly 90
100000 acres. 1t would contain No
Mans Land, the Cherokee strip west
ward from point ten miles west of Ar
kansas City, Kan, the old Nez Perces
reservation, the northern half of Okla
homa proper, the greater part of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations,
small portion of the Wichita res
ervation, and the Pan Handle
of Texas. 1t would give to
Texas, all of Greer county. now in dis
pute, the kiowa, Comanche and Apache
reservation, most of the Wichita reser-
walton, a part of the Cheyenne and
Arapaho reservation and the southern
half of Oklahoma. The remaining res
ervations lying to the east of the Indian
meridian and outside the five nations are
to be retained as at present, the unoccu-
pied land to be held in reserve for settle
ment by peaceful Indians Senator Nor
gan thinks this ought to be a satisfactory |
settlement for all concerned, and his |
plan is to authorize the appointment of
commissioner to present the matter
formally to the state of Texas and open
the necessary negotiations. The agree |
ment is to be ratified by the congress of /
the United States and the Legislature of |
the state of Texas.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
KANSAS NOTES.

West Plains. Meade county, has taken
steps to have herself made city Of the
third class.
Voorhees, Woolery. while hunting near
Olaihe, accidentally shot himself in the
breast ana Is not expected to live.
a stage line is TO be established be.
tween West Plains, on the Rock Island
and Santa Fe. Ii is to be daily line
and will carry the mail.
The body of Tom Legate. owner of a
large ranch near kiowa, was found on
the prairie, seven miles from his home
with bullet IN the head.
Obituary in Emporia Republican: "A
girl Ia south Kansas tried arsenic for
piInples and found ii effective. The
pimples left. They went when the girl
did.
The Kansas conference Of the Seventh
Day Adventists will meet at Soden 5
grove near Emporia. May Is, for two
weeks conference.
Mrs, Peters. wife of a farmer living
near Hays City, was fatally burned by
gasoline catching fire while she was
handling IL The fire jumped from the
stove to the oil IN an open. pan ten feet
away.
Syracuse. for the past rear, has had a
female council This spring no, woman
Was Nominated for o!aee .; that Usaes.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
The Louisiana Republicans are making

The Louisiana Republicans are making
gallant fight to carry that state at the
election this month, and have appealed
to the party in other sections for aid in
the shape of speakers and Republican
literature to distribute to voters One
thing should be remembered, both as to
literature and speakers. The people of
the north and those of the south are
very different in education, prejudices
and ways of thinking. Southern speak
ers, going north in the interest of the
Democrats. have always proved of great
benefit to the Republicans on account of
their inability to understand their audi
ences. Something of the same nature
would be almost sure to happen with
northern Republican speakers going
south. The best men to send on such a
mission would be ex-Confederate and
other southern-born Republicans from
Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.
There are plenty such in these and other
southern states of fine oratorical ability,
and they would be much more likely to
do good than speakers from the north.
The difference in sentiment and feeling
between the people of the two sections
is lamentable, but it exists and it is not
good politics to ignore il.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

They seem to employ the proper test for
determining the quality of pudding al
Syracuse.
Ali the Kansas state guards are TO bt
uniformed, the state military board
having agreed to procure new regulation
uniforms for the entire force from the
quartermaster general of the United
States.
4 grand daddy legged dude Of SYRIA
cuse, named Schrimplin, was publicly
whipped Thursday, by Mrs. Banbury
wife of the Stanton county clerk. The
little dapper will keep his filthy tongue
collared hereafter.
The body Of man was found about
seven miles west Of this city yesterday
by man herding cattle, partly buried.
Rumor saws he was a tallow merchant
from the Territory. From papers found
on his person his name is Ellis Broom
kiowa Herald.
Further experiments this week develop
the fact that gold does exist IN Timber
Canon, Scott county, near the new town
Of Pence. Mr.. Jonah Harris. on whose
place the Gold was first discovered, has
brought many specimens To town, and
all have been found to contain gold. o.
D. johnson, our jeweler, saws there is no
question but that il is the pure stuff. 1t
has been tried and not found wanting
and there Is no telling what great results
may arise from this find.--Scott City
Herald.
The following amounts were paid out
the United States pension Office al
Topeka during the month Of March:
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
A Practical JokeT's Victim

SondeScrilt-
An Italian sculptor in Naples has sent
to a friend in New York marble bust
of Mrs. Cleveland, as he supposed, which
he wishes the president TO purchase.
The bust has no resemblance to the
presidents wife, and it seems the
sculptor is the victim Of an American
practical Joker. who gave him photo
graph, telling him it was the presidents
wife. and If a good marble bust were
made it would be purchased at hand
some figure. The sculptor spent much
time on the work. and sent TO America a
beautiful portrait in marble Of an I'M
known. His friend is sharply scanning
the faces of New York ladies TO find
some one il looks enough ike to make
sale profitable, and in a fashionable
restaurant the beautiful unknown at
tracts much attention and admiration.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
THE RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.

The first state election in the campaign
OF 1883, will be held in Rhode Island to-
day. A full state ticket will be
chosen, also members of the legislature
who are to elect successor to United
States Senator Chace. For this reason
the election will have more than local
interest. A year ago the Democrats car
ried the state. electing governor and 9TH
er state officers and one branch of the
legislature. Their success was not due
to their own strength, but to local troub-
les inside the Republican party. Differ
ent factions have wrought their deadly
work, leaving the way open for Demo-
cratic triumph through the gates Of Re-
publican dissension. One year of Demo
cratic rule was all the magnet needed to
draw the Republicans into harmony and
close up the breaches. The party is now
united and enthusiastic, and has nomi-
mated the best ticket it could find in the
state. 1t is in good shape to redeem
Rhode Island and put it back once more
in the column of old reliables. A Mug
wump Free Trade paper that has pre-
tended tosbe the leading Republican pa
per of that state, but has betrayed the
party repeatedly, has insulted every Re-
publican by scratching portion of the
ticket which it agreed to support. The
result, however, has been to unite the
party still more strongly, and create an
enthusiasm to win in spite of its opposi
ton which makes success certain. The
prospects therefore are very bright for
an old fashioned victory when Rhode
Island will open the campaign for Re-
publican president by putting its own
political household in the best of order.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Total number Of pensioners, d<.&t';
number Of pensioners aided during the
month EOS: total pensioners lost, s.;
number on roll at close Of month, %, 81.
State Journal
We hope that many Of our farmers
will experiment with cotton this year
Ia ai Joining counties il has been tested
enough to show good prospects as sta
pie crop Let them make thsiT test prsc-
ticalIy on q small piece Of ground. l. j.
a crop that viii do the bet with very
little rain and VIII b the surezt money
crop that could be raised. /: would rai.s
the value Of every acre Of land IN this
county and with our splendid water
power viii make this the banner county
of the state.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

The city election in TT. Scott Monday
did not bear out the oft repeated asSever-
ations of the female suffragistS that their
sole object in desiring the ballot for
women is 10 purify the political atmos-
phere, including the official conduct of
public servants. To carry out the idea
1t would be naturally expected that
harmony and unity of action would
prevail, both in the selection of candi-
dates and their support at the polls. But
IN the place mentioned it seems that the
women forgot the principal object of
their mission, as stated, went to pulling
and hauling over candidates, agreed TO
disagree, put out multiplicity of tickets
and engaged in a scramble at the polls.
Just like men. Well, who is surprised.
or disappointed? Didn't the good house
wife warn her ''old man" that the cow
would eat the grindstone:
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
WHAT ARE WE COMING TO?

Out of forty-two cities whose business
is represented by the clearing house re-
ports all but nine showed decrease last
week in business as compared with a
year ago. New York showed decrease
of twenty-three per cent, or nearly one
fourth, Boston twenty-Seven per cent;
Philadelphia thirty-one per cent: San
Francisco eighteen per cent; Baltimore
twenty-one per cent; Cincinnati twenty
six per cent: New Orleans twenty per
cent; Louisville thirty per cent and so
on. Probably at no time in the history
of the country except during some great
financial crash has such a shrinkage in
business occurred. The papers are say
ing but little about it, but it is an in
disputable fact that in one year the
business of the country has shrunk
twenty-six per cent.
Our yesterday mornings dispatches
show upwards of five hundred millions
of dollars, or about eight dollars for
every man, woman and child in the
country, one hundred and fifty millions
of which is an overplus for which there
can be found no use so far as the future
dlscloses.
In the name of sixty million people
what does this administration propose?
And how long will the people submit?
OF course, where the real estate trans
actions of year ago were million
week more than this year, the decrease
of clearings in Wichita can readily be
accounted for, but how about the great
money centers, where the total decrease
in dollars last week being, not counting
ing New York City, two hundred and
seventy-three millions, five hundred and
three thousand, one hundred and sixty
four dollars.
1t Is probably not the province of a
western daily to offer advice touching so
great matter. but unless that surplus is
unloaded and the proper steps taken by
Mr.. Cleveland's administration to stop
the inflow, before the next president can
be inaugurated this country will be in
the midst of financial crash which will
send all values down to the destructive
point and cause untold suffering and
disaster.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
Mission of the Grand ARMY.

senator Hawley.
There comes to my mind as I use
those words a picture. Last autumn at
home l looked out of my window, hear
ing the sound of one muff1ed drum.
saw passing up the streets thirty old SOL
diers with the old blouse and cap and
one drum and hearse-no carriages. no
persons in civilian dress. no women or
children. A soldier without relatives
without other friends and without
money was being taken to the grave by
thirty comrades and buried with the
help of the $50 that the state always
gives under those circumstances. That
is one of thousands of cases, and is a
simple illustration OF the unobtrusive
and most honorable charity and frater-
nity of the order.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
Senator Plumb'S Humor.

Albany Journal.
Senator Plumb wound up little tariff
debate in congress recently with witty
speech. He took up the laet tariff act,
and, in very amusing way, pointed out
how almost every Democratic senator
had quietly voted to keep up the tax on
the articles raised in his own state, while
in general way shouting for reduction.
Mr.. Mcpherson had actually voted to IN
crease the duty on New Jersey pottery
and glassware Dir. Vest. of Missouri,
the most radical of them all, saw to it
that Missouri zinc was kept protected to
the highest notch. Beck and Harris, OF
Tennessee, had taken care that hops
grown in their state were well cared for;
and so it went. In the minds of the
Democratic senators, as in the minds of
General Hancock, the tariff was a local
ISSUE
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

The base ball fever is now well under
way and catching" rapidly. 1t will do
no harm, however. People who criti-
else the national game and think no
space should be given to it in the news
papers, are taking a decidedly narrow
and selfish view of things. They may
not be interested in the game, but its as
tonishing success proves that it has a
deep hold on the hearts of large num-
Der of their countrymen. Such being
the case a newspaper which failed to
give this class of its readers the news
they wantswould be in danger Of falling
into ''innocuous desuetude. The base
ball column is probably read by more
people during the summer season than
almost any other.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Judge Ross. of the United States dis
trict court at Los Angeles, has been hold
ing court at San Francisco and accord
ing to the Post of that city his manner
of enforcing the Chinese restriction act
was much more in accordance with the
spirit of that enactment than that of the
resident judges. He seems TO have
found means TO separate the fraudulent
applications for admission under the pri-
or residence clause from those that were
genuine and In his hands the law became
in some measure effective in the direc
ton intended by its trainers. The Post
goes so far as to say that If the act had
been in the hands of Judge Ross from the
first, there would have been no de-
mand for further anti-Chinese leg
islation-so far as this port is con-
cerned. at the least. This is a rather
severe reflection upon the rulings of
the other judges, and If correct does not
promise well for the effectiveness of fu-
ture legislation unless the courts can fp
reconstructed as well as the law. If
one act of congress in itself sufficient has
been nullified by judicial construction.
II Is hard 10 see why another NAV not be
rendered unavailing by the same means
What effect the actions of Judge Ross
will have upon pending legislation before
congress cannot be anticipated. though il
VIII Vf.rr hkelH cause the friends of mora
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
A New Story of Lincoln

Richmond Religious Herald.
When Mr.. Lincoln made his visit to
General Grants camp at City Point. Va.
in "a, he was met by the general and his
staff, and, upon being asked how he
was. said: II am not feeling well.
got pretty badly shaken up on the bay
coming down. and am not altogether
over it yet" Let me send for a bottle
of champagne for you, Mr.. President. -
said one of the staff officers: "that is the
best remedy | know of for seasickness. q"
No, no, my young friend" said Mr..
Lincoln; i've seen many man in nv
time seasick ashore from drinking that
very article"
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
A boy that can treat his mother w

A boy that can treat his mother with
a want OF respect can never make a
great ruler. News from Berlin details
the fact, or reported fact, that the crown
prince Of Germany has had an angry in
terview with his uncle, the Prince of
Wales, and that he has treated his
mother with indifference and refused her
his arm, compelling her to walk behind
him. In the event of the death of the
present ruler of Germany this young
man ascends the throne. There is
stormy time ii store for this great
nation.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

The San Francisco Chronicle has a
laughable cartoon representing the
Standard Oil Trust, the Chicago Gas
Trust and the New York Gas Trust
staggering arm in arm with the legend,
eve are not protected. Grover, but we
get there just the same" The notion
that trusts are caused 10y the tariff, or
that they would be destroyed by the re-
peal of the tariff is a fallacy Just now
being extensively promulgated for
political effect.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Minnesota politics are becoming some
what mixed. Hon. Albert Schetfer has
just been selected by the Farmers ALI
ance of the state as their candidate for
governor, and he has accepted the nomi-
nation, at the same time announcing his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for the same. The state papers rep
resent MIR. Scheffer as an exceedingly
popular gentleman, but whether his
action in accepting the nomination OF
the Farmers Alliance will help or injure
his chances for the Republican nomina-
ton is a problem which remains TO be
solved.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

rigid restrictive methods to lose some
thing of their zeal for the cause. The
fact OF the judicial department being an
independent one in the organism OF the
government alone will prevent con-
gressional inquiry into the methods or
rulings eff the resident judges mentioned.
Ii the state of case is as given some
means should be employed to remedy the
evil
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Cincinnati followed the lead of Port
liant, Maine. Monday by electing the en-
tire Republican ticket for city officers.
The aggregate vote cast was small, but
the Republican majority was altogether
satisfactory. The old political aphorism
las goes Mcine SO goes the country" has
been verified SO far in the municipal
elections and will be followed today
undoubtedly, by Rhode Island in her
state election.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
A Model American Jurist.

Peoria Transcript.
The supreme court is the one barrier
that stands between the people and fac
tons, knowing no north, no south, nc
east, no west-nothing but our common
country, recognizing no law higher than
the Federal compact that binds us to-
gether as people. AS model and ex-
ample of this high type of American
jurists, Chief Justice Waite had nc
superior
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

There are people in the world who be-
lieve in the transmigration of souls.
They claim that when a man dies his
soul wanders around over the world I'M
til child is born and then finds an abode
in the newborn infant If this be true.
it must be that George Francis Train,
. now figuring in Maine, was born in a
healthy time, and grew up entirely with
out soul. 1t is dreadful to think that
anything immortal could become so
yila
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Senator Stanford is erecting tomb
for himself and wife and son that will
surpass anything in that line in the
United States 1t is to be completed the
coming summer. Senator Stanford and
his noble wife have never ceased to
grieve for their only son who died few
years since in Italy. They will all sleep
together at last in the new tomb in
which no others will be admitted.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
Columbus, or Eric the Red?

A queer request comes to this country
from Manitoba. An historical society Of
that country has petitioned congress Ito
take some steps to ascertain whether or
not Columbus was actually the first dis
aoverer of America" Popular opinion
seems to be in favor of Columbus, but
the facts of history seem to give the
weight of testimony in favor of Eric, the
Red. If the petition gets before con,
gress it will be interested to see how that
body will attempt to settle the vexed
question of discovery.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

The supreme court of the United
States has rendered a decision in the
case of Maxwell, the murderer Of Preller,
denying the prayer for a new hearing.
Unless the governor of Missouri inter
poses his authority to commute the SEN
tence Maxwell will be hanged at the
time fixed by the court.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

Sir George Pullman, the happy owner
of the neatest and most profitable little
monopoly on the planet, is a wise man.
He has the wisdom of the Indian. who
never carries off stove when it is red
hot. He put his hand out in Iowa the
other day to take away from the people
of that state the So, 900 of taxes that the
executive council had levied on his prop
erty IN Iowa. When he saw that the
Legislature was about to cut the hand off
he withdrew it, and gave up the So. 0G0.
He prohphly made money by doing So
For, If the situation had been left open.
the Iowa legislature would doubtless
have done what it ought to have done
long ago. enacted legislation TO control
and regulate this luxurious monopoly in
its dealings with the Iowa people.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

The Missouri Pacific has leased the
third rail of the Denver & Rio Grande
between Pueblo and Denver, formerly
operated by the Santa Fe and will COM
mence running solid trains this week
from st. Louis to Denver.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

1t seems the late fight instituted in the
New York courts against Jay Gould and
Russell Sage, in which they were charged
with wrongfully manipulating the affairs
of the Union Pacific railway, was the
work of the New York Herald. Gould
having come out on top, now writes a
letter telling some very unpleasant things
about Gordon Bennett,
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
The Line to Fight it Out on.

Emporia Republican.
The Dodge City Times and one or two
other western papers are demanding
that the state be divided. The state di-
vision scheme and the capitol removal
scheme should have their tails tied to-
gether and be slung over a clothes line
to fight il out
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
All Sin Was His Name.

The Chinese treaty does not give any
better satisfaction than that with Great
Britain and the Canadian provinces.
People on the Pacific coast, who are most
interested, says it has more holes IN it
than a skinner, and that its approval
would be followed by largely increased
oriental immigration. ''Ah Sin was his
name. Can it be possible that the
heather run in cold deck in the game
of diplomacy with Mr. Bayard.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
An Acrobatic Feat.

Durango Herald.
1t will be observed that many of the
Democratic journals which Indignantly
opposed the abolition of the tax on to-
bacco when suggested by Blaine now
give the proposition a sort OF sneaklng,
surreptitious support, when it is advo-
Gated by Mills. This enforced change OF
attitude is not very pleasing to the jour
mails referred to, but it produces much
msrriment among the people.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04

After the lapse Of about the proper
length of time since his public declara-
ton in favor of Cleveland for president
Henry George now declares himself as
opposed to the Union Labor party
making any nomination. That was to
be expected, though the influence of the
erstwhile labor-anti-poverty champion
with that following is an unknown guam
tity since the ruction between he and
Father McGlynn. The latter gentleman,
it may be remarked is rather ambitious
sort of person and it is suspected that he
will want all the credit there is to be had
from organizing and conducting a
national campaign. It's politics, you
know, and the ex-priest has been devot-
ing himself to that calling quite assidu-
ously for some months.