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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-17

William Whaley of New York is said to
have gumblcd away fortnEe Of sl25, 900,
raised by inducing his sick wife to sign a
mortgage in blank. Mrs. Whaley is the
daughter of commodore.
Charles Pratt, cashier of the II. Wales
Lines company of Meriden, Conn, has been
arrested for and confessed to the embezzle-
ment of $4,000 Pratt was an officer in
several local organizations treasurer OF the
First Congregationalchurca society and a
city alde-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-17
Doctors Must be Careful.

Reports from he 18th officers in various
sections of the state TO the state board of
of health IRE 10 the effect that some physi-
clans evade the law requiring cases of
typhoid fever 10 be reported by calling
such cases typho-malarial fever. In view
of this fact the state board, at its regular
meeting, resolved that ali cases of so called
typho -malarial fever, and, in fact, all
cases of fever continuing more than seven
days should be reported TO the local health
officer, and precautions taken as in other
diseases dangerous to public health.
Any information as to the whereabouts
of George Wingerton who disappeared
from Cadillac some months ago, will be
gratefully received by Isaac Wingerton,
his brother of White Cloud.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-17

The safe i'm the Lapeer creamery was
blown open the other night, and about $50
stolen.
The state railroad board has approved
the map OF the proposed Marquette, Cham
pion IL Chicago road.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
STANDING IN THEIR OWN LIGHT.

Through the intervention of interested
persons, of which there can be no doubt,
it seems that there is to be another hitch
in the matter of opening other lands in
the territory that it was expected would
be added to the Oklahoma district on
the south and west. But the game Of
bluff on the part of Mayes and the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe chiefs can only serve
them a temporary benefit OF best. The
policy of the government in allotting
lands to the Indians in severalty, while
it may seem arbitrary in one sense, is at
the same time wise and be-
neficent one, if viewed only
from the standpoint of the
Indians best interests. BY that means,
and that alone can they be colonized and
receive fee simple title to land, and in
this way alone can they obviate the dis
agreeable incidents of removals from
place to place by the government. With
the present policy carried into effect it
will be a much easier matter for the
government TO protect the Indians from
encroachmentS by the whites, winch IN
almost every case is the cause of what
ever trouble that occurs between the two
races, than it is with the Indians occu-
pying large tracts of land
with uncertain boundaries and title
as at present. The Indian is
standing in his own light in attempting
to thwart the government in its efforts
to effect final and equitable disposition
of the Indian question, and the sooner he
comes to realize this and acquiesces the
sooner will he cease TO be harrled by the
discussion of an open question and enjoy
the advantages of sitting under his own
vine and fig tree-if he chooses to have
them-with no pale face to modest or
make him afraid.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
SUNFLOWER sOUPCON.

Harper county takes the cake-made
from the first wheat harvested this year.
'Rah for Harper.
4 heavy head of water is coming
down the Arkansas. Heavy rains re-
ported in Colorado.
Three out of five bitches in Finney
county are full of water, and the crops
are in excellent condition. G. Herald.
Good judges place the coming wheat
fcrop in Ellsworth county at 100000
bushels. 1t is to be hoped that their es-
innate is not overdrawn.
A fight over chickens at Wichita re-
suits in a mans death. Prohibit the
chickens. -Kansas City News. No, the
shot man didn't die. Besides, its not
your cackle.
Spring chickens were what a Salina
men expected to have for dinner one
day recently. When several new laid
eggs were discovered in the COOP he was
somewhat mystified. He is wise enough
now to distinguish between old bantamS
and young Plymouth rocks.
We Learn that semi-weekly Demo-
cratic newspaper, to be called The
Kansas Partisan" will be established in
Garden City about August /, by a stock
company, and that John L. Griffith,
now editor of the Lakin Pioneer Demo
crat, will be the editor.-Herald.
The Kinsley Mercury says ''Paul
'Boynton is on deck again with his rub
Der suit on" The last heard of Paul he
was founderlng around in fish pond
at Emporia Glad to know he has got
on deck again-and since the clouds
have rolled by mebbe he'll have fair
sailing for season.
4 proposition to issue bonds in the sum
OF So, 900 for the purpose of buying a
suitable plat of ground in Kingman and
moving the county building thereonto
was carried at an election held for that
purpose Tuesday. The site of the county
seat has been vexed and vexatious
question in that county for some time
and it is hoped it is now settled, for the
good OF all.
Judge Strang, of the circuit court Of
one of the western districts, may have
an ear for music and foot for dancing
but he has a keener for business. The
brass band of a travelling show under
took TO compliment the judge with a
serenade before the court house door in
Kinsley the other day while court was
in session, whereupon the judge ordered
the sheriff to arrest and bring the Of
tenders to the bar of the court, which
done, he delivered caustic reprimand
to the tooters for disturbing the court
and told them to get. They got.
The city marshal of Emporia is having
a dog gone sight of trouble just now.
There are fifty fellows who own dogs in
that town that have been notified to put
up for their CANNES or else get rid of
them. They don't pay and yet there is
not dog gone. He says he is tired of
bounding them about the matter and
gives them a pointer that he has set a
day for them to settle and if they don't
he's going to raise howl at the risk of
mourning their enmity. This should
suffice.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
THE SUM OF TWO LOCALS.

The goose that wouldn't kick for as
good sauce as that enjoyed by the gander
would be no better than pelican. The
recognition of the tonnage of Wichita
by the state board of railway commits
sioners seems to have Weakened Kansas
City up to the fact that st. Louis has
long been enjoying differential rate to
points in southern Kansas not enjoyed
by Kansas City. The Times claims that
the railroad officials can give no reason
for the discrimination, therefore, Kansas
City demands that Wichita shall have no
rate less than the SUM of TWO locals, and
that rate only by way of Kansas City.
While meekly acknowledging ourselves
as unequal to gall-tub, we cannot re-
strain an expansion of our admiration
for tub that seems not only full but
leaking at every joint. Because south
ern Kansas happens to have railroad
or two which are not Missouri river
terminals, and thereby has better
differential on some classes than is af-
forded by certain other lines running
clear 'around Robin Hoods barn" to get
to Wichita, why that fact should con-
stitute a reasonable ground for the de-
mand upon the part of Kansas City that
Wichita must be charged, on all that
she ships in, by whatever route, or from
whatever interstate point, the sum Of
two locals, one of which locals shall be
to Kansas City and the other the rate
between Kansas City and Wichita, con-
stitutes an argument which we don't
propose to even try to understand.
With just as much propriety might
Wichita as a iobbing point claim that
Oklahoma was her exclusive territory
and that therefore Kansas City must
have no rate into Oklahoma that
was not equal to the rate from Oklaho-
ma to Wichita and the rate from Wichi-
ia to Kansas City, or in other words that
Kansas City for Oklahoma trade must
pay the sum of two locals by the way of
Wichita. Bah! Kansas City would
hang-in efigy-the traffic manager
who would propose such a thing; yet
Wichita has better claim as jobbing
point to the territory constituting Okla
homa than does Kansas City have over
any of the territory in Kansas lying
west of the Flint Hills.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
TWO GOOD STORIES.
A Bet on Betting and What Came OF
Swapping Stock.

A bit of bet which took place in q
brokers' Office here recently may be Of in
terest, says Arlo Bates in the Providence
Journal. A man who has investigated
pretty carefully certain lines Of Western
stock was laying down his theories TO a
couple of friends, who laughed at his ideas
and told him good naturedly that he did not
know what he was talking about.
"Ill show you whether know what am
talking about or not. viii bet you so tina:
can clear $3.50 On these stock before the
BOARD closes"
dome" cried the other. 1t lacked only
twenty-five minutes of the time for the
closing Of the board, but Mr. < hastily
scrubbed an order, which he sent Of at
once Then he calculated a moment and
dispatched a second. What he bought
and what he sold DO not KNOW, but in any
case the result Of his twenty-five minutes
transactions was that he gained. over and
above com missions, $3.50 One Of the men
who was present told me the story, and
said TO him in continent:
II am profoundly ignorant Of speculative
transactions, but can you tell me why in the
world, /; Mr.. Z knew how 20 make the
nopey, he didn't do if without the stimulus
of a wagerf
.1Oh, of course he ran bis risks, was the
reply, which, / suppose, must have been
satisfactory, although II did not sound SO,
ian be probably was not sure enough Of
the way things would turn 70 90 IN IA cold
blood"
Ali Of which illustrates the game side CT
stock speculations- Another. stock story
which is mildly diverting relates how Mr.
A, a young lawyer, purchased some mining
stock three or four years siace, ard Il socn
after became worth nothing whatever. At
his club few weeks since he mentioned
the circumstances to Ar. B, doctor CT hls
own class saHarvzrd-
Well was the answer, 81 en- in tie
sane tx O. sor-e r.aE.sct1r5ng stock, and
I'll tel yoa what III do, I'll change yo1 for
luck"
TIE exchange thus !oxingly proposed was
effected, and few days later A tod NJ. c,
q tnird cIassla.e. Of tie transscs13n- Il
was cazgh. the sane wsy CT scrze railroad
bonds" C observed. '-a16 IL yoa Ike II
trade them for ycsr misunderstanding stock T"
Il struck A TIA. there was something
snzsin z IN this exc1s-g &c 81 paper wnAcE p2r-
ported 70 represent % mzce AID was re4l1T
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
JEFF DAVIS ON GENERAL HARVEY.

Jefferson Davis wrote ten years ago
his recollections of old General Harvey,
who has just died, and whom he knew
in 1929. He was then, said Davis,
physically the finest man l ever saw.
Tall, straight, muscular, hroad-chested
and gaunt-waisted, he was one OF the
class which Trelawney described as
natures noblemen, against whom the
plague in the east never made an attack.
Had he lived in the time of Homer he
would have robbed Achilles OF his sobri-
duen of swift-footed, for he would run
faster than a white man, farther than
an Indian, and in both showed that
man was organized TO be master OF the
beast. To elucidate the last clause of
the preceding paragraph required the
recital of an anecdote. Captain Harvey
carefully attended to his companys gar
den. which on the frontier was neces-
sary for the comfort as well as
the health of the men. The beds
had been actually spaded and roped,
when one OF the numerous,
a half grown mongrel hound, came
walking across the carefully prepared
ground, and the captain, storming at
him in tones and language not suited TO
the pulpit, frightened the dog so that
instead of going out BY the walk he ran
across the bed toward gap IN the fence.
The captain started in full run after the
dog, which had TO jump on the fence
ana then off it-fataI disparity to the
dog,-for the captsin cleared the fence
at bound, which brought him jump
nearer TO the dog. and then he began An
even run up the long slope which led to
the fort. before reaching which Harvey
mastered the dog and Rover suffered In
proportion to the length OF the chase
Captain Harvey was also oo.o horse
man. fond OF the chase. a good boasman
and skillful in the use OF the spear rs a
fisherman. Neither drinking or gaming:
he was clear Of those rocks and shoals OF
life in a frontier garrison, and IS no
doubt indebted TO this abstinence Tor
much OF the vigor be has possessed TO
his present advanced age,
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
ABOUT THE OLD SOLDIERS COLONY
WICHITA, May 81. 4. D., 1889.

WICHITA, May 81. \, D., 1889.
To tho L;itor of the Eagle
Reports are received here by such
members of the Old Soldiers Colony as
are now in Wichita that their organiza-
ton has been broken up and that they
have abandoned their townsite company
and reports are to the effect that other
companies are claiming that the soldiers
have consolidated with them and that
capital with the public is being made
out OF these statements.
No, the undersigned, officers Of theOld
Soldiers Oklahoma colony, desire to say
through your paper that such statements
are untrue; that said organization still
exists in good shape, and that as soon IS
the members here can so arrange their
business matters they intend returning
10 their lands on the North Canadian
and not only settle upon and develop
their homesteads, but also to build up
the town heretofore contemplated on the
lands filed on by them for that purpose.
and which filings are now before the in
terror department at Washington City.
The name given to their town is Veteran
City.
Any persons or company locating on
said lands will do so subject to anv rights
said soldiers colony may have in the
same. B. N. HALL. President.
7. W. WEBBING, Sec. Protein,
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
THE RAILROAD REVOLUTION.

In speaking Of the action of the rail-
way commissioners in the case of Wichi-
ia, some fool, who as a railway man has
been airing himself through a Kansas
City paper, and who is quoted at length
by one or two Kansas papers, declares
that there is q revolution iminent in
railway traffic and charges. He practi-
cally says that tonnage and distance
should cut no figure other than one OF
equal ratio in fixing the rates. In other
words that pound should go mile for
the same rate that ton goes thousand
miles, thereby eliminating the long ''car
haul and ''car load" feature of traffic
rules. The fellow is fool He might
as well maintain that retailer shouldn't t
charge any greater per cent of
profit than a wholesaler. Such a
declaration strikes at the fundamental
law of commercial life and there is
no practical wisdom in it, although the
author is set out as "a railway man of
prominence at Topeka, Kansas" 1t is
within the comprehension of every boy
of the land that the large buyer, the
large consumer, the large seller, the
large shipper, all must demand and sub
NIT to the minimum margin. 1t costs a
railroad as much, practically, to set a
car out, load it. close it, make it up in a
train and run it half mile and side
track and unload it as it would to han
die the same car in the same way but,
in the mean time, carry it ten or fifty
miles instead of half mile. 1t costs a
railroad as much to open and place in a
car a ten pound package and carry
it to the next station ten miles distant,
and open the car and take the package out
and deliver it, practically, as to
carry the same package five hundred
or thousand miles: and, the railroad
which would charge the owner at the
end of that ten thousand miles as much
per mile as it charged the ten mile man,
or that charged the ten mile man but
one hundredth as much as the thousand
mile man, couldn't do business in a civ
ilized community. The farmer who
wouldn't sell and deliver to single
customer his entire bunch" of thous-
and hogs cheaper than he would sell and
deliver one each to thousand different
customers would only be fit to live in
southwest Missouri or northwest Arkan-
saw. Revolutions don't go backward
and when railroad man talks of that
kind of revolution he talks of the i'm
possible.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

worthless. lie made a second exchange III
the same spirit as that in which he made
the first. The odd sequel Of the tale is that
since this took place, early in the winter,
both the manufacturing stock and the
mining stock have appeared above the sur
face, and, although they are not at any very
lofty figure, they are yet far better than
nothing, while the railroad bonds which
got on his second exchange are still OF no
appreciate value whatever. A declares
that he is particularly marked out by fate
for misfortune, and of course there has
been a good deal Of f1n over the matter.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

Some entirely too previous Democratic
newspapers are already beginning to
howl because there has not descended
upon the country an era of good times
such as some ford orators presumed to
promise as the immediate and direct re-
suit of the election Of a protective adj
minlstration. They seem to forget that
it is but two months since the Inaugural
ton of the present policy, and that
neither time nor opportunity has been
permitted for changes in this policy, If
such are even desirable. This admins
tration made successful fight to perpet-
uate a protective tariff policy, such as
had heretofore existed. If "good times
fail to follow, it is hard to see why such
failure can be tackled upon the Republi-
can party. Had different policy sue
ceeded, and the radical changes, such as
the free traders wanted, been instituted.
doubtless some very marked differences
would be discernible time enough TO
realize their future bad import. We ad-
wise these papers TO give this administra-
ton chance and not begin throwing
mud to impede its progress toward the
good end marked out.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
WICHITA.
Dedicated to the Wichita EAGLE by ". L. Gentry
Joliet, H. May 90 1SSa.

Dedicated to the Wichita EAGLE by W. L. Gentry
Joliet, Ill, May 20, 1SSa.
stood in the balmy breezes.
In the land of freedom and law.
And looked on beautiful city,
The city Of Wichita.
And exclaimed, Oh. beautiful daughter,
Of THIS unions most loyal state,
Thou hast budded and blossomed In this valley,
SO famed. so llustirous and great.
The east may boas. Of It's spendor;
California be proud OF her gold;
But thou, Oh! beautiful valley,
hast riches no poet hath tod.
Thy soil shall be sacred in story,
While the banner of justice is law;
And time shall but add 10 thy glory,
Fair, beautiful Wichita.
Thy mother. fair city was freedom;
Thy sire the cause OF the JUST
Thy robes are untarnished ana spotiessI
And shall never be traiIed in the dust.
Fair France may mingle her eagles
With freedoms bright birds of the crags;
But prouder one still is the EAGLE,
OF which charming Wichita brags.
This symbol was great Ceaser's banner.
When his legions were led Ger the heidi
But Troys brightest trophies are tainted
And her palm must 10 Wichita yield.
Arkansas bright waters are LAYING
Her feet with her life giving waves;
And Egypt may boast OF the Niles sacred HOOD,
These waters are all that she Graves
Her schools are her temples of knowledge,
Her churches by purity best
She's wonderful proud little city.
che Queen of the South and the West.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
PENITENTIARY COAL CONTRACT.
Kansas City Gazette.

Kansas City Gazette.
4 contract has been made between G.
F. Williams, of this city, and the state
of Kansas, whereby Mr.. Williams agrees
to take all the surplus output of the Kan
sas state penitentiary coal mine. from
supply the state institutions and retail
wagon trade from the PRISON after June
l, 1889, to May 80, 1890: except for
months of April and May 1890, during
which months he agrees to take not less
than $4,000 bushels.
The coal is TO De furnished 50 pounds
per bnshel, weighed on the penitentiary
scales and delivered ON cars at the mine
swithes of the {. P, A, 7. & s. F., or
X. c., w. & y. ". railroad. or on
wagons to be furnished by him. screened
over the screens now in use at the mine
in the following grades: Lump, CRATE.
nut and peal coal at 1-2 cents, 1 and
cents, and slack cent per bushel. Pay
ment is to be paid the Eth of each month.
A failure to pay promptly forfeits the
contract. Also failure TO remove the
coal every day viii result in fine of $50.
Further, the purchaser enters into con-
contract 10 furnish good and sufficient
bond for $50, coo. guaranteeing the faith
ful performance of this contract.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
NOTED MEMS DOUBLES.
People Who Are the Countcrparts of Ven
Famous in Public Life.

Famous in Public Life.
A clean-shaved gentleman with a face
that would be generally described as classic
In its mold stood in the Hoffman House the
other day, SAYS a New York letter TO the
Baltimore American, and began TO watch
the work Of the man who makes silhouettes
while you wait. Properly attired he might
have been mistaken for priest, an actor or
a great statesman.
Booth doesn't look bad" said one by
stander to another as the classic face got
closer to the silhouette map.
NO. said the other, she looks wei, and
even ruddier than one would expect"
The conversation was then turned, and the
classic-faced gentleman afterward went his
way. The owner Of the face was Senator
John ". Daniel, who occupies Democratic
seat in the upper house of Congress from
the State Of Virginia. He was looking at
the sights, while Edwin Booth was probably
IN his apartments at the Players Club. The
resemblance between the faces of the Vir-
GINA orator and the American actor is very
striking and the Mistake made by the by
stauGer was natural one. Senator Dan
lei, however, would not be mistaken for the
actor except sitting or standing still Ia
this case it was only TIE face Of the Senator
that could be seen By those who stood some
distance away. Had they seen the Senator
in motion the mistake would 10, have been
made.
Even more striking in social resemblance
than Booth and Daniel is the likeness Of
Colonel Calvin s. Brice 70 the pictures OF
General Boulanger. Those who have had
the honor Of meeting both OK these distin-
guished gentlemen say that the chairman
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
ghe auifhta naiy eagle Saturday gorniu mau IS 1883.

where you will be in position not only to
get your share of the long haul on the
products of our great and growing
markets, but where you will be in posi-
ton to handle your share of all that will
be demanded by Oklahoma in the next
few years, of which Wichita is des-
tined to be the great entrepot and sup
ply point.
What, upon the whole, are your con-
illusions, Mr. Chappell?
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

The published reports concerning the
scandals in connection with the Cook
county asylum show clearly that GRIM
inal responsibility does pot rest exclu-
sively with those Immediately connected
with the management of the institution,
but that those whose duty it is to look
after such management, who hold posi-
tions, under pay, for that express purpose
are equally culpable for neglect of duty
and should be held equally responsible.
Sins of omis ion are oftimes as harmful
in their effects as those of commission,
a truism that will not be gainsaid.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
An Aggravating Woman.

texas Billings
Brown-You seem to have the blues?
Robinson-No wonder. Every day
that woman bothers the life out OF me
for more money.
Il don't understand why she needs so
much money when you live SO cheaply.
What does she do with the money!"
"What does she do with the money?
She don't do anything with the money.
1 don't give her any,;
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

By direction of the city council OF
Lawrence the ordinance committee OF
that body has prepared an ordinance
granting the right of way through thae
CITY to the Kansas City, Lawrence q
Wichita railway. There are other
evidences that active operations Will be
begun in construction Of that line to this
CITY forthwith,
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
WIN Break the Combination.

From the Peabody Gazette
The Missouri river wholesale grocers
are said to have combined to control tho
price of sugar. coffee and other staples
The merchants of Kansas will break that
combination by buying of the wholesale
dealers II Topeka or Wichita.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

The fight for control of the oregon
Transcontinental that resulted IN an APP
parent victory for Henry Willard, also
boosted that stock which was rated at
s37 in the morning. 1t went up to 64 IL
in the excitement of the fight and 5O,Ooc
shares changed hands.