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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

The EAGLE declares that $4,000 of Wich-
ita's population went to Oklahoma to live.
The rest of the $1,000 people of that terri
tory went from other portions of Kansas
and from other states.-Emporia Repub-
lican.
The EAGLE declared that ZOO of
Kansas population went TO Oklahoma,
or tried to SO declare. Wichita could
hardly have lost $4,000 without making
a serious hole in her last springs census.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Topeka is to have that long sought
Kansas river bridge after all the see
saving over it-that is, if the bonds are
voted as provided by the city council
Wednesday night. And it is not going
TO be any of your cheap John pontoon
affairs. but a high toned $250,0OO span
ner. 'Rah for Topeka.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
KANSAS FAIRS.

Emporia Republican.
Oh this is the time of the Kansas fair,
We find them here, we find them there,
For crops are all fine beyond compare
And this is a Kansas year.
The wheat and the corn and the rye and oats,
The horses and cattle and sheep and shoats,
The apples and peaches and pears and grapes,
The wonderful pumpkins CT wondrous shapes,
The turnips. potatoes and great big yams,
The buffers and Jellies, preserves and jams.
The riding and driving, the start and ''go"
The always inevitable baby show,
Yes. this is the time OF the Kansas fair.
They all turn out the fun TO share,
The women and children VIII all be there,
For times are prosprou here.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
Chinese Division of Human Life.

The age of 10 is called the opening de-
gree; ~. youth expired; 80. strength and
marriage: -, officially apt; 80. error
knowing: 60, cycle closing: %, rare bird
OF age: 50. rusty old age; 90, delayed
100, ages extremity. tlouren's Is more
scientific: Lilo years, infancy; 1920.
adolescence; 20-30. first youth; 800.
second youth: BOSS. first manhood: 30
20, second manhood; 1875, first old age;
81 To 100 second old age.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
RAINFALL CYCLES.

From scientific observations one of the
government geological survey officials pre-
diets that period of wet seasons has be
gun IN all the country between the Ms
souri, river and the Rockies. Looking
back on the cycles of wet and dry seasons
he is induced to believe that the period of
plentiful rain will extend over ten or
twelve yearS-kansas City Times.
The editor of the EAGLE in talk with
General Greeley. chief of the signal ser
vice, last winter year, expressed the
hope that the region lying west of the
Missouri river might have a more abund-
ant rainfall for the summer OF 1888 to
make up for the shortage of the two
years previous. Gen. Greeley answered
that he hoped so. too, but that he didn't
believe that the hope would be realIzed.
When we asked him for the reasons
which led him to the conclusion he said
that he had been looking up and giving
the "cycle theory" some considerable at
tention and that there appeared to be some
thing in it as shown by the statistical
records. According to that theory and
the records, he proceeded to say the sum
mer of 1888 would be full dryer than 81.
but that commencing with 1883 all
a series of abundant years: that
while 1899 would show an abundant
precipitation, floods might be looked for
1890, followed by four or five good years,
grading down gradually until the oppo-
site extreme was again reached, and SO
on with another recurring cycle. Gen
eral Greeley did not say that he was
convinced himself of the theory entirely
but that it looked TO him as if the theory
involved a fact and a law on which ii
rested. His predictions for 1888 and 1889
have been exactly fulfilled.
The Times. above quoted, goes on to
say:
1t is true that in the west good and
poor seasons seem to come in cycles OF
more or less duration. The three plen-
tiful years in Kansas of 1882, 1888 and
1884 were followed by three unfavorable
years. Back further the alterations
ran IN much the same fashion. Some
times 1t was two, sometimes three. some
times four years. If the averages drawn
from experience are to be trusted Kan
sas Is good ior at least another year of
marvellous fruitfulnesS. The winter
wheat crop of next year has the start OF
favorable planting conditions and in
every way the state has reason to look
complaicently at the neXt season. BY
the time 1891 rolls around the Indian
territory will be largely under cultiva.
ton. No-Man' stand will he open tc
the homesteader and the Texas Panhan-
die will be overspread with 4 farming
population. Every field of growing
crops and losened soil south of Kansas
lessons the power of hot winds.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

The Finney county jailor might be
accused of inhuman or cruel treatment
of a prisoner he has in solitary confine-
ment, before conviction and sentence, If
he had another prisoner 10 keep INN
company and refused him that prlvl-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
lege.

The changed form of the Kansas City
Star, from four to eight pages, is no less
pleasing to. the Journalistic eye than 1t Is
evidence of business prosperity. Always
first-class, in its present shape 1t is I'M
surpassed by any afternoon paper in the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Senator Fair, of California, has given
orders to have the monument to Broder-
ick. who was killed by the late Judge
Terry, renovated and cleaned. The
monument is Of marble. twenty feet
high, and stands on the highest point of
Laurel Hill cemetery, overlooking the
Golden Gate. Senator Fair was an init
mate friend of Broderick and life OBJ
ponent of Terry. So much for the La
throp incident, but for which the sena-
tor would no doubt have permitted the
tomb of his erstwhile friend to remain
in its state of neglect.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Some long-haired newspaper man sug-
gests Mrs. General John y. Logan for
commissioner Of pensions. The sugges-
ton may have been meant as a compli-
ment to the estimable lady, but if so it
is of doubtful sort. The appointment
of woman to that position would be as
great mistake as the removal of Tan
ner therefrom.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

The judges and clerks of election in
Minnesota unite in the declaration that
the Australian system Of voting works
well. They had not the slightest trouble.
This seems to be the universal verdict
wherever the system has been tired.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Even Boston Democrats are more as-
thetic than Engiishmen. Would-be
Congressman Sullivan refused to meet
TIE colored pugilist upon the tistic field,
but all the same the colored slugger is
receiving as marked consideration at
the hands of the Britishers as that &C
corded to John L. when he was amongst
+bapo
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Circulars are out announcing forth
coming book about the YOUNGSTOWN flood.
The book is said to be a work of charity,
the proceeds going to the widows and
orphans of those lost in the flood. The
chances are that the benticiaries named
are the author of the book and his de-
pendants. There is no demand for such
a book: the newspapers have given the
particulars of that calamitous incident
to the minutest detail and there is moth
ing now left untold. Besides, the unex-
pended million dollars and upwards of
the funds raised for the benefit of the
flood sufferers that is proposed to be dis
tributed among the survivors.
VIII be something like 800 apiece. OF
course it is idle to talk about compensat-
ing fully with money for losses sustained:
no amount of money would make good
the loss of loved oness or the: frightful
experiences during the hours of indie
scribable horror-no human agency can
supplant these-and it does seem to us
that the generosity Of the public has
been taxed as far as justice or reason de-
mands III that behalf, under whatever
guise.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

THE best way to build up city Is to
provide rapid transit TO Its outskirts
signs the editor of the Fort Scott Monitor
as he arrives from his office after a two
mile walk from his suburban residence.
Lawrence Tribune.
You are off, there, for sure; he had
reference, beyond doubt, to the rapid
transit line across the line six miles
away. In this case rapid transit line
wourl be equivalent to pontoon.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

1t is stated that the total value Of the
fruit crop in California this year is es-
timated, as nearly as possible, at So. :
600, 600. We have seen no estimate of
the value of the fruit crop of Kansas this
year, though there is little doubt that if
the crop could be turned TO account it
would equal in value that of California,
with its famed cirous fruits and fruit
products. There has been put up for
private use IN Sedgwick county not less
than twenty-five thousand bushels.
which. AT a value of 81 per buShel when
canned. represents q value of 100000,
TO say nothing OF that consumed and
marketed IN green state, and that
iapples} to be gaInered for winter use.
The fruit and vegetable crops of Kansas
represent value 10 the people Of the
state well along towards that of the field
crops. But unfortunately a large PEI
cent OF both the first named go to waste
from lack of enterprise in not taking
care of it. Canning establishments ana
evaporators now In operation ought TO be
| increased in number dozen TO one.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

During the week the weather has been
especially favorable throughout the corn
belt. Cutting corn is in progress, and a
large percentage Of an excellent crop is
now safe from frost. Recent rains
placed the ground in favorable condi-
ton for blowing in the states of the Mis-
sissippi valley, but 1t is said that fall
farm work is delayed in Michigan. Ohio
and Indiana, owing to the absence of
rain
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Citizens of Cuba, with the co-opera-
ton of Spanish officials, are said to be
aiding the Chinese to evade our immi-
grafton restriction act. and scores of the
Acknowledged heather sare landed in New
York every day. They are Struggled in
as tourists, but their tour ends at Mott
street. and that celestial colony threatens
TO oumumber san Francisco's China
town before The invasion can be stopped.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Hon. Chauncy Depew is credited with
saving that New York must raise $780,,
000.00O if it would secure the Worlds
Fair. If verbal promises would answer
they might raise fifty millions just as
easy, but New Works performances,
when it comes to putting uD the cash, is
quite another thing, as Uncle Sam will
discover if he permits that city to walk
away with the prize.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
Queer Twins.

Hartford Post.
Mrs. Mary Jones. OF Bridgeport, and
the twins to whom she gave birth on
Wednesday of this week, are objects of
great interest among many residents of
the Fourth ward. The popularity about
the infants is the startling contrast in
their complexions. One Is as fair as the
ordinary infant born of full African
parents. but the other Is as white as the
clearest skinned representative Of the
Caucasian race. Mrs. Jones is the
mother of nine other children, but in
none of them is there any indications of
white blood. The new white twin child
Is the fayoTite with the mother and other
members OF the family. The doctors are
wondering how ii Is that two children of
the same parents can be so dissimilar.
DIR. Downs. medical examiner for the
CITY, has taken q small lock OF hair from
each chlId's head and also very minute
piece OF cuticle 10 make examination I'M
der the microscope. IL he finds the haiT
Of the white child woody anu also color
ing matter IN the skin. IT Will prove that
the twins are both colored, otherwls the
white child Is Just what he looks 70 be.
According to Congressman Funston
the reason Kansas gets nothing from the
administration is because the Kansas
delegation can't agree on Candidate
What sci of loggerheads our Kansas
statesmen must be. But Nlr. Funston Is
probably right. Even Senator Plumb
cam agree on postmaster FOX EApor.a-
-Emporia Republican
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
A GLORIOUS REUNION.

Everything points to the 2Sd National
Encampment being the greatest and most
satisfactory in the history of the Order
The people of Milwaukee and Wisconsin
are doing their share splendidly, and have
prepared q superb reception for the com
rades, who are going there by tens of thou
sands.
1t is Believed that the only disturbing
feature-the obdurate and unfair course of
the railroads-is now being removed by q
general cutting OF rates to the just terms
asked for. How much better it would have
been if this had been done months ago and
the matter settled on business-like basis
at the outsetl
Let us all gather by the shores of Lake
Michigan, in the beautiful and hospitable
city of Milwaukee, and have glorious
Reunion.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22

ABOUT Omaha it is the general opinion
that lot of very fresh young officers have
gotten themselves into deep and good
sized hole In their efforts to drive Lieut.
Col. Joshua s. Fletcher out of the Army. 1t
looks very much as if their own commissions
were in danger if the accused turns upon
them. The worst that has been shown
against him is that he is lacking in the de-
cision that commanding officer should have
in allowing himself to be assaulted in his
own quarters by Captain and an exceed
ingly previous young contract Surgeon. He
would have been justified in shooting his
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
GOOD EInnANnE.

II has been great misfortune TO the conn |
try that the bullet from Deputy Marshal
Nagle's pistol which penetrated David S.
Terry's heart did not find a Judgement there
at least 40 years ago. Terry's long life has
been that many years of inaiction to right
minded, rigbt-acting people.
Terry WIS q specimen Of the class Of men
who have peryaded and dominated tho
South, TO its great detriment and the injury
Of the whole country. In the Middle Ages
in Europe he would have been swash-
buclzler,n or "ruilier,s class which the lit
erature OF the day holds up 10 deserved cx-
ecration, and which gradually disappeared
from the surface Of society rs civilization
advanced. He was above all things n swng-
gerer and bully, in politics, the practice
of the law, business, and ali the relations Of
life. He tried TO get what he wanted by
browbeating and intimidation, and was
never troubled about any rights that might
stand In the way of his desirea. lie had the
usual skill of his class with deadly weapons,
and more than their ordinary cunning. 1t
was always loaded dice with him, and who
ever opposed him was at a terrible disad-
vantage. The half-a-dozen or more men
whom he killed in fights were all taken ad-
vantage of in one way or another.
Terry was born in Kentucky and devel-
opt in Texas. He went TO California with
the gold-seekers, aud was in q copgeniai
| atmosphere among those turbulent men.
He rose 10 be Chief Justice Of the State,
and prostituted that high Office TO protect
| the robbers and murderers to whom he owed
his elevation, and upon whose breaking-dowD
the right-minded people were determined,
and which they accomplished by means OF
the Vigilance Committee.
! In the division of the Democratic party
over the slavery issue he and Senator David
They were both good representatives oil
their classes. Terry represented the AFRO
giant, INSCRIPTIONS, swashbuckling slave
lords of the Southern wing. Broderick, who
though born in the South, had been trained
as q mechanic, represented the farmers
workingmen and artisans Of the Democrat,
party, who followed the lead of Stephen A
Douglas. Terry goaded Broderick into 4
duel, and killed him.
/ The crime aroused the greatest indigna
, ton throughout the Northern part Of th,
, country. 1t was the first time Senator O
, the United States had been killed in duel
J California society was then 10 years ava,
: from the turbulent days of 1s49. and human
|, life was beginning to be held in respect
( Terry was driven from official life, and wa
! never able 10 regain foothold. Thirty-on
) years after the duel he succeeded in forcin
| himself place among the Hancock Eiector
? from the State of California, but while al
0 the rest upon the ticket were elected, he wa
6 defeated by q conclusive majority, and hi
8 Garfield opponent chosen. This ended hi
: political aspirations. At the breaking on
of the war Terry was one of the conspirator
: with Gwinn and Albert Sidney Johnston i
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY a.

tunity to do justice to its soldiers that that
of the Unied States now has. Its Treasury
is OVERLOOKING. 1t has q system of taxation
which bears so lightly that no one is con-
scious of being taxed, and the taxation con-
tributes directly to the improvement of the
country and the highest development of its
prosperity. To distribute the money re-
ceived from these sources to its veterans is
not only to pay off its just debts to them,
but to minister most effectively toward the
maintenance of the prosperity of the people.
Why shall there be any interference with SO
desirable condition.
The veterans have waited more than
quarter of century for The payment OF
what is due them. They have borne I'M
complainingly vastly higher and more oner-
Gus taxation than thepresent until themoney-
lenders have been paid MORE THAN FOUR
THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS. They
who actually gare to the country in wage
value of services rendered several times as
much as the monoy-Ienders Tent, have not
received in pensions one-fifth of the amount
that has been paid back to the money-lend-
ers. Justice, fair-dealihg-to say nothing
ofcommon gratitude-requires that the pres
ent revenue system be maintained until
they have been properly requited for their
services and sacrifices, in accordance with
the agreement made with them when they
fossook everything TO rescue their imperiled
country.
1t is imperatively necessary that the Ma
tional Encampment, voicing the earnest
wishes Of the great mass of soldiers, shall
| firmly demand that Congress shall consider
pension Legislation before any other general
legislation, and that the passage of measures
embodying the recommendations of the Ma
tional GAR Pension Committee and of the
Encampment itself shall take precedence oi
those looking TO the cutting down of the
tariff or the diminution of other sources Of
| National revenue. 1t must insist, in words
! that have no uncertain sound, that the inn
mediate payment Of the debts. due the vet
Grams and their dependent ones, is an obliga'
tion Of honor as binding ut least rs that o.
paying the debts due the money-lenders, and
| that 10 is dishonorable-even criminal-tC
cripple the Governments ability TO pay
those debts before their payment is fall5
| provided for This is the first and high
est work of the Encampment, and nothing
must be allowed to interfere with the dis
charge of this solemn duty. The welfare o
the veterans, and the entire hope Of relic
for the destitute comrades, their widows
orphans and dependent parents rest upor
this decisive stand being taken by this Ma
tional Encampment, and ii must be taker
whatever else is done.
Let IL be strongly insisted that The rctcrda
shall hare their day in court.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22

IF the person of any one official ought
to be held particularly sacred, it is that of
Judge Our whole social fabric rests upon
the dignity and independence of the judi
ciary. The executive branches may be
safely left to take care of themselves They
have always sufficient force at their COM
mand to meet any force that may be brought
against them. 1t is the same with the legis-
lative branches. But a Judges position
must be maintained by the respect and SEN
timent of the community. If every opinion
and decision must be rendered under the
stress of bodily fear, then is barbarism come
again, and our judges viii have to be Mill
tary officers Within the past few years q
number of outrages upon the Judiciary have
disgraced the country. In Kentucky q
scoundrel, who belonged to " one of the first
families" assassinated, in the most eowardly
manner, Judge who rendered decision
against him, and, through family and pOliti-
cal influence, escaped with no other punish
ment than a short detention in an insane
asylum. Another scoundrel, in the same
State, fell upon Judge and cowhided him
publicly, humiliating the high-strung man
so that he committed suicide. And almost
at the same time that Terry assaulted Justics
Field, another disappointed suitor shot and
badly wounded the Judge who decided
against him. This sort of thing must stop
at once, and the general approval of the
Deputy Marshal's fatal resentment of tia
assault upon the person of a Justice of thu
Supreme Court VIII so far toward stopping
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
AnENp SECTION r1n4.

Comrades attending the Encampment
must bear in mind the necessity of having
the Eneanpment take strong ground in
favor of amending Section 1854, Revised
Statutes, which now reads:
Persons henorably discharged from the military
and naval service by Of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in tho line of
dnsy, shall be- preferred for appointments TO civil
oficea provided they found 20 possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper dis
charge Of the duties Of such Offices.
This is now defective: ]. Because II ex-
cludes men who were discharged because of
expiration Of term Of service or the close OF
the war. 2. Because it has no penal clause
punishing a disregard of its provisions.
1t should be amended so as 10 make the
preference absolute for all hoaorably discharged
soldiers, and provide proper punishment fol
any appointing officer who disobeys it.
This will be Of great benefit TO thousands
of veterans who are seeking public employ.
ment
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22

The "FIrst Heavies" add their endorsement 70
fhs policy 81 Commissioner Tanner. says the Law
renee American. Az tie Heayies" IOafed In
Notifications during the greater par Of the war, Il
h naiuFai they shouid.-ReU Rork Herald
4 mean fling at 3 gallant regiment which
did more fighting in few months than any
English regiment has in a century. The LIST
Mass. H. A. had 100 men killed on the field
Of battle on the Fredericksburg pike, May
Is. 1854; II had 1872 more severely wounded
and q missing. In the fighting that en-
saed between there and the James River it
LOST q more killed. In the terrible assaults
On Petersburg jane 1918, 1854. il lost 81
killed and 129 wounded, and in the subse-
quent fighting around Petersburg it had "a
killed OF the 2,529 men whose names APP
pear on its rolls 722. OF nearly one-third
were killed and wounded, and 243 died OF
disease or in rebel prisons, IO2 having
been starved TO death in AndersonviIle aud
elsewhere. That ia the way il IOafed In
Notifications"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22

THE HagwumP papers have been shout-
ing that ColW.W. Dudley would be arrested
on charges growing out of his management
Of the Indiana campaign If he dared TO go 10
the National Encampmeut, and that terrible
punishment would he meted ont 10 him.
This clanor did not affect Col. Dudley the
least in his determination TO be with his
comrades Lie knew how groundIess were
al the allegations against him. Now the
District Attorney al indianapolis announces:
Al Tie cases against Col. Dudley instituted be-
fore the Grand Jury and the United States Com
missioner have been thoroughly investigated. II
haa been fOuac that there IL nothing ia them
either in fact fn lsy. Therefore the Grand Jnry
die mot any indictment and the cases before
the Commissioner have been dismissed. More
over. there IL NO warrant against him. nor VIII
ftere be any, bcoEuse there IL nothing upon Which
a make case.