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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
THE CONVENTION TODAY.

The Republicans of Sedgwick county.
by their chosen representatives, meet in
convention in this city today to select
candidates for the various county offices
TO be filled at the fall election. The
EAGLE has refrained from taking part
in the campaign thus far for the reason
that it has no favorites that it wishes to
serve in the matter of securing nomina-
tons over others, regarding all the as
pirants for the different positions as its
friends, and having full faith and conf
dence in the wisdom and intelligence of
its party in the county that the best in
terests of the community will be con-
suited and served by whatever action it
may take. The selection of candidates
for the offices to be filed is a most i'm
portant trust that the people of the coun-
ty have reposed in those who shall con-
stitute the convention today, and it is
hoped as it is believed the selections that
part. and people Of the county without
regard to party, can and will heartily
ratify and endorse at the polls. If the
convention is SO guided and shall so act,
there can be no doubt of the result:
Sedgwick, the most populous and
wealthy county in the state, will con-
tinue to be differed by men who will
sustain its reputation for wise and safe
management, as well as reflect credit
upon their party and get honor to them
selves. That these things may SO be is the
EAGLES greatest and only desire.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17


The state of mind the Guthrieites labor
under from the Guthrie Capital: Our cit
liens seem to be excited very easily and at
tho least commotion of any kind that may
chance to happen during the day thousands
flock to the place and anxiously inquire of
one another the cause of the excitement
and why the people have iocked en- masse
to that place. This is now getting to be
an every day occurrence, and there are very
few anxious minds go waiting. On yes
yesterday afternoon the attention of some
people was called to the volume of smoke
arising from the neighborhood of Harri-
son avenue and First street, and in conse-
quence they ran in great excitement to
the SPOT to learn the cause. Upon reach
ing the place they were somewhat sur
prised to find that it WAS. only volume of
smoke arising from the smoke stack of
the electric light engine, the company
having fired the furnace to learn the con-
dition Of the engine and boiler.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Tight-rope performances are rife in Ok
lahoma City.
Guthrie has a city hospital. which was
much needed and which is rapidly filling
up.
homa-Payne. located in section two
township eighteen, range two east.
The city of Guthrie is very quiet al
present; some days there is not single ar
rest made. The city expenses have been
cut down to the low figure of $50 pei
month.
A report which was circulating on the
street last night that squad of soldiets
on the strip had captured wagon load OF
whisky which WAS en- route for Guthrie
stirred up the people Of that town more
than any other happening since the 22ad.
Real estate men and claim agents IN
form that the demand for claims keeps W
and they are busy LOCATING newcomers,
The most desirable claims are taken, but
there are still few very good claims no;
filed or settled upon, and besides these 6
number are being purchased from the
original locaters.
Oklahoma City Journal: The fact tina:
affairs are moving with apparent smooth
ness should not conceal or belittle the real
stress and strain that ape upon the people
Things would not be going so smoothly il
speedy relief were not believed 10 he al
hand We need courts Of recognized juris.
diction. We need county organizations.
We need laws that will give Us schools.
Above all we need laws that will settle the
harass;ng questions of property rights il
the towns. That is 20 say, we need terri
torial organization TO give rs these laws
and we need il Just As soon rs cougres,
can possibly give IL TO Us We cannot az
ford TO await the issue Of . long fight 70,
additional territory.
A murder is reported to have taken
place at a dance given in the Poncs
agency The victim was John Mcdonald
full blooded Posca Indian. and the rlur-
derer is his wife. Come-as-it-rains Nc
Donald had just returned from attending
school at I.awrence, Kan, and WAS at
tending the dance 10 enjoy the tripping OF
the light fantastic. Il seems that there
has been bed blood between Mcdonald
and his wife's mother, aad she threatened
the life Of her daughter il she did Dot so q
the dance aad kali him She armed hersel.
with . butcher knife, and wGns 10 the
cabin, she espied her husband through the
window OF the cabin aud sprang tnto the
room through the window with the knife
in her hand. Before he could see her she
had plunged the knife into MS SIDE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
The Ffchu Bonnet

Among ths Dewest and most gracgful mod
sls in millinery Is the Bchu bonnet A very
original eIGrnpls u this Kind is corapesed If
three fIIets-tss ArEt u scarlet velvet. the
sssond Of cut -. With crezoeat in ths cen.
ter. and The third Of black is,se scarf. dray~t
u1ant1ila f4AAisn, brougrt round IN front and
fastened With knot q scaIist baby ribio1
at thu ~aIst. from themes il fails 70 tbs fest,
where II Is finished With aaotksr bow An
othH- scsu bOnnst Is Of q rzrlaii disden s.lsF~,
the front consisting Of folds II black velvet
and a wreath o. pink ten rows, bait rasnilsd
freu behind By the graceful black lace scaTf,
which In this case i caught ~ tss fhro@t ard
lem by clusters - tss sane reaa-L
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

70 take the chair Of political economy and
finance. When be left Brown it was with
the great regret Of his friends He had jus,
finished the first year Of his professorship at
Cornell when he was invited to return 70 his
alma mater as her president Older and
more conservative men have been proposed
for the position, but Professor Arnirews was
the choice Of the younger msmbers Of the
alumni. and his election Is believed 10 prom
ise much for tho future OF Brown During
the past year he published in The Quarterly
Journal Of Economics a paper on Trusts,
According 20 Official investigations, which
was widely discussed sad liked
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
Ncrr Hresitlant of Brown.

Prosessor E. b. Andrews, the new presi-
dent OF Brown university, who succeeds
President Robinson, Is n man in the prime of
life being under 10 years of age. He was
graduated from Brown university IN 1870,
and has since that time devoted his time TO
educational matters When he completed
his course at Brown he went to Newton
Theological seminary and was prepared for
the ministry. There is a law at Brown max
ing it necessary for the president to be 4
Baptist minister Professor Andrews enter
ed the ministry Of that denomination and for
a time preached. Oneof TIE degrees lie has
received is that of doctor Of divinity. Several
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

The predictions so freely INDUCED in
by the critiques in their criticisms of the
pension policy of the administration,
that it would absorb the surplus and de-
plete the treasury in a short time do not
seem to be verified by the logic of facts.
Instead of being reduced, the treasury
statement shows the surplus to be larger
at the present time that at any period
during the past ten months. No, there
is 10 danger of our Uncle Samuel bank
rupting himself by his generosity to the
ex-soldiers and their DEFENDANTS.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
Dangers Of the New Discovery.

From the Washington Post.
The imagination cannot readily grasp
the transformation bound to ensue. Vic
tory over death settles theology and
medicine. 1t closes the church, bank
rupts undertakers, marble cutters and
druggists, and turns vast army of
preachers and doctors afloat, who must
either engage in politics orwork. Robert
Ingersoll and Robert Elsmere would
have no constituency, and there would
soon be a scarcity of patent medicine
millionheiresses, who could give them
selves away to foreign princes. The ap
palling increase of population, with the
stationary measurement on the ground
floor, is no more problem than the pen
sion business.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
One OF the Cases Bel,

Sumner County Pres
Ii should be remembered that little
strip of country sixty miles long. en-
bracing Topeka and Emporia, has a
United States senator. the pension agent,
the United States marshal, the secretary
of state. the encouragement. the state
printer. the state agent at Washington,
the chief Justice three state institutions
that distribute about SEQ. 600 month.
and probably goo people in subordinate
positions. That is more patronage in
two counties than all the rest OF the
state has Hogtowu has been moved.
Let that rebellion 20 ahead.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

From the expressions of the speak
nrs and sentiments of the resolutions
adopted by the two picnicking parties
at Chicago Thursday, characterized
respectively as the friends and enemies
of the late DIR. Crofin, it would seem
that the murderers, whoever they are,
have no sympathizers or moral support
in any quarter. What effect this will
have upon the cases on trial, if any, re-
mains to be seen.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

1t is announced that Claus Spreckles,
the sugar king of the Pacific coast, has
joined the worlds sugar trust. 1t were
a matter of surprise that he hasn't joined
the sugar trust before now, only every
body knew he was waiting for bigger
thing. He gave it out that he was going
to ''beet'' the trust, but it is clear now
that he only meant to make the balance
of the world SO mad that it would raise
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

For clean cut, forcible and explicit
declaration of Republican principles
commend us to the Republicans of Iowa.
The platform adopted by the state con-
vention at Des Moines Thursday is the
most unique because of the clearest and
most pertinent and forcible declaration
of true Republican principles we have
seen enumerated for long time. They
commend themselves to every lover of
his country and kind whether in Iowa
Or Kansas or elsewhere. Every Repub-
lican would do well to commit them to
memory
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

Ii is doubtful if the effort that is being
made to induce the state department of
this government to interfere in behalf of
Mrs. Mayhrick, under sentence of death
In England. will avail anything. The
simple fact that the condemned woman
is native of the United States can have
no bearing ii the case, since she severed
her allegiance to this government and
forfeited Its protection when she became
the wife of an English subject. If the
overwhelming popular movement in her
behalf in the United Kingdom fails to
effect repTieve or communication of
sentence the poor woman Will have to
suffer the penalty imposed, although
guiltless, as she protests and many be
heve, of the crime for which she stands
condemned
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

The action of the Missouri river cities
In making united protest against what
they claim TO be discrimination in the
matter of freight rates against those
points and in favor of cities on the Mis-
sissippi river by the railroads reaching
and passing both, while reasonable
enough, and but natural if the state of
case alleged really exists. must be a
most pleasant reminder to first mention
ed cities of their attitude towards Wich-
ita when it was engaged single-handed
and alone in the same sort of contest a
few short months ago. Truly fellow
feeling makes US wondrous kind.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
Mr.. Lincoln's Presentiment.

From the Boston Herald.
Mr.. Lincoln had a presentiment just
before his death, but what it foreboded
he could not tell. 1t is related that when
the members of his cabinet met on the
afternoon of the night of his assassina-
ton they wondered at the peculiar
change which had come over him. He
sat silently with his head on his breast
and refrained from INDUCING in any of
the quaint stories as was his habit on
such occasions. Rousing himself, he
said very gravely: Gentlemen some
thing extraordinary is going to happen,
and that very SOON" Something good
sir, hope" observed the attorney gen
eral. The reply came: Il don't know.
/ don't know; but it will happen, and
shortly too. And come 1t did, for that
night he was shot.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

There seems to DE no possibility of down
ing 1.-THE old crowd" in Kansas. The 'old
crowd is the ms" Whenever man gets
into Office he gets into the "old crowd. I"
When he drops out or is kicked out, he be-
comes one of tue ''young mem who Ought
10 have chance" Men may come and
men may go, but tue "old crowd" goes on
foreyer.-Emporia Republican.
That the foregoing statement is in the
main true cannot be denied and it forms
the basis, largely, of the current revolt.
But all things earthly must have an end,
and that regime will be the very next
thing in this state that will have the
word ''tinis" written after. II is appear
ing in the last scene of the last act before
the curtain goes down on the serio-
comic drama.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
EXCHANGE SHOTS
A Fitting Finale.

From the K. c. News.
1t was in the very act of a brutal as
sault upon venerable jurist that Terry
was shot dead. That the assault would
have ended in the murder of Judge Field
save for the timely interference of Of
ficer Nagle there is little reason to doubt.
The speedy retribution that befel this
most notorious of DULLES will go far
toward Kidding the Pacific coast of the
rabble of professional bad men" with
which it is cursed.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
The Universal Verdict.

Emporia Republican.
Senator ingalls, declares the published
Pat Coney letter is a shameless and inn
pudent forgery" seasoned with mali
cious omissions and interpretations. y
Very probably this is ,rue-it comedies
with the popular opinion of Mr. Ingalls,
honesty and shrewdness. But it seems
not to have occurred TO the senator that
the best possible way of making this
clearly apparent was to furnish for pub
LEGATION the original letter itself There
is no better way to expose forged paper
than to compare it with the original.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
A joke Well Done.

BuSSinxs-Xrz Grgot-, tAts steak IL rare
LArd.Ady-wsI, deas ua1s~stzni bow
Il oouh b %. NJ Bzggiags. .. was S-1cssn,
time On tbs era
That Kky b, xrx Grubbe-. but strange
20 xsy. it b QrsA tender, sa1 .srter s,1ak2
yoa know, are very ra<s "a ,ais Ar1sa"-
Texas Slttt-zx
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
As Others See Her.

American WOoa Reporter
Kansas this year outstrips its agricul-
tural record Never in the history of
the state has the present wheat crop,
just harvested, been surpassed. The
quality enormous. Farmers that were
lucky enough to put out wheat crop
last year will make spec, though the
price should be low. Oats were never
better, good quality and heavy yield.
Potatoes surpass all former attempts and
corn is more than promising. Verify
Kansas is booming,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17


years ago be was
cared 10 Brown as
a professor, taking
the chair Of pollti-
cal economy. In
this chair at Brown
be made a distinct
hit, and the value
OF his work soon
became known at
other colleges. es-
pecialy at Cornell,
where about a year
avo ha WAS c2llofi
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
Torxetfut.

The emptiness Of our common every day
salutatioas was never more neatly illustrated,
perhaps, tina, In this httis dialogue:
Brown-Have you seen Robinson lately.
Dumleyi ! bear be has bean sick.
Dunley-Yes, saw him this morning.
Brown-How Is hsi
DurnleT-Well, ! declared l forgot % ask
him. Just said "Hov are you, Old rnan~
and uasas-i nn.-T oath. Companion
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
Just the Size oft.

JEFF Davis is going TO law with his
publishers because they have failed to
make his book on the lost cause sell as
well Grants memoirs. The few people
who have attempted to peruse Mr.. Davis
ponderous tones will readily agree that
in trying to sell the book the publishers
undertook as hopeless task 50 Old JEFF
himself In 1861.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
The Belgium People.

Gath il the Enquirer.
like the Belgium people specifically;
they are the New Englanders of Europe,
and have as neat country as France,
are like the American face in feature
and complexion, and are voluptuous as
the French without being nasty. /
heard in the small town of Spa a chorus
society sing welcome to the shah and
other things which made me think how
many males in Saratoga can sing to note
like that?
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
TheWickedest and Best

HUWdrN IN tIt INtW TUT Ltos
1t is said that New York is the wick
eldest city in the country. 1t is the larg-
est, and vice thrives in crowded COM
munities. Yet if it is the wickedest city
ii is also the best on the continent. If 1t
contains thousands Of the worst men and
women in our land, it contains also
thousands of the brightest and best of
Christians. In point of morality it will
compare favorably with any city n the
world.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

The primary election for selecting deegsLes 70 tne
rouDty and commissioner convention VIII DC heid at
the usual voting precincts on
THURSDAY AUGUST IL, 1889.
The polls will be open from to- D; H. nthe Guy
and from to .. m. IN the country.
The. c will also be held in the city or Cheeny on
Friday August lG, at =. H.. delegate convention
sioner district The delegates to be chosen at the
ibecounty convention. The meInbeTsO Of the county
central committee In tie various wards and pre-
will be eligible 10 such position but known Repuh,
cans who will agree support the nominees OF said
convention The several primary election boards
are hereby instructed permit TO vote al the
election under their charge unless the voter Is he
pub lean known TO some ember of the board, or
who can establish the fact of his being Repu blican
81 creditable witness. The members OF the prlm-
a election boards also requested TO forward 10
u chairman of the central committee list OF the
d e gaes so selected at their earliest convenience
b. H. DOWNING, Chairman.
s NJ JOHNS, Secretary.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

stick by the farm. boys" is a maxim
at which an Osksloosa boy turned up his
nose. lie went to Guthrie and took a lot
bought another for $40 aud got $3.50 cash
Tor the two. This is more than he would
have made by sticking to the farm ali
summer, although 1t is a red letter year
Tor farming.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
UNJUsTIFIABLE PROCEEDING.

California officials must have queer
ideas of the equities of the law to take
the course they have toward Justice
Field and Marshal Nagle in connection
with the killing of Terry. The marshal
in shooting Terry acted strictly in ac-
cordance with the instructions as to the
duty he was specially detailed to per-
form, i. e. to protect the person of Judge
Field from violence at the hands Of
Terry. As to Judge Field, he was no
more responsible for the shooting, fur
Their than the mere circumstance of his
presence at the place where it occurred,
being there in pursuance Of his official
duties, than the man in the moon. OF
course nothing will come of the trial of
either, if they should be brought to trial
of the charges upon which they were
arrested and held, but the proceed
ings is an unwarranted indignity to the
persons arraigned and to the cause of
common justice. The case, as to the
slain man, has many peculiar coinci-
dents, not the least OF which is that be-
ing the slayer of U, S. senator, (Brod-
erick) was himself slain in the outcome
to him-of an imbroglio with U. S.
senator (Sharan). 80
1t were a pity that the community
should be afflicted by the presence of
such characters as Terry, and no less a
pity that their career-which almost in
variably eliminates in tragedy-can-
not be sooner ended. if "the woman in
the case" don't round up notorious
career in some such notorious way it
will be more matter of disappointment
than such an ending would be surprise.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION

WICHITA, Kan, July Is. 1889.
A delegate convention OF the Republicans OF Sedgg-
wick county is hereby called 10 meet at uafIeiu
Hall In the city Of Wichita, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1885,
Attic O'Clock a. m, to nominate Republican ticket
TO be voted for at the ensuing election as 1oAo"s;
One County Treasurer,
One County Sheriff.
One County Register of Deeds,
One County Clerk,
One County Coroner.
Surveyor -, - - s.u.,,
One delegate and one alternate from eacA Wal 9
and precinct for every Twenty-Five votes Cst, a S
Timothy Mccarthy for secretary OF STAKE a, tIle
eral election in 1854 and one delegate al iaise iof
zach voting precinct 49,. I'll, 10 or.i,,od
The various wards and precincts VIII De entitied
20 the following delegates, VIZ:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

GREAT CUT ON BLACK DRESS
GOODS-You make no mistake in buy
ing black dress goods Black VIII be
worn more than any other color this
season.
We have line OF black canvas
Su1tfngS that are very popular We Will
close at 81 cents, worth 80 cents.
3 pieces fancy check at sec, worth
oOc. pieces fancy check, extra fine,
CSC, worth S1.0O. l piece only, plain
back albatroS 4Sc, regular CSC. A mag
nificent line OF PrieStiy'S henriettaS and
all the fancy weavsS.
Fine imported lace stripe ginghamS
at 80 cents, worth 90 cents
Fine Scotch zephyrs at Is cents,
regular 20 cent goods.
We will close out entire line OF boys
STAR SHIRT WAISTS at less than cost.
An elegant line at csc, 75c, eOc and
S1.25 for the best grade, linen waist and
fancy Cuffs.
GENTS NECK y EAR SAIE-Regu-
lar 75c and $1.O0 ScartS TOR so cents.
Gents Fine Star Iaundrted Shirt at
Thite House is the only place TO buy the
Ns. Ala. = ~.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

The Marion young man that likened a
Young lady friend 70 an ostrich. has met
her since and be himself is not fsr in ap-
pearances from dissipeted aneeater.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

Only place you can buy the
Centimerri kid glove.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

We are the only agents for the
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children and gentlemen.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

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