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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
KANSAS SILK.

Many Of our farmers, says the Newton
/ Republican, are bringing in their cocoons
! for shipment. Although the silk season
! has just begun enough is known to enable
W. to say that the crop this year will be
| % per cent larger than that of last year,
and the quality finer and better than ever.
| IN fact there has never been a skip or
! break in the business in the Newton silk
! district. The silk worm in this district is
perfectly free from disease, which can
| scarcely be said of any other silk raising
/ locality in the world. People call France
! the country Of the vine and the silk worm,
! but in that country both the grape and
the cocoon have almost been destroyed i'll
| localities, while both are perfectly healthy
| here Kansas hat is now stuck so full Of
feathers that she looks like the grand mar
shall on the Fourth Of July, but you can
just put in another big plume and call it
siik.-Abilene Reflector.
Yes. and in spite of the lack of encour-
agenlent the industry is clearly entitled
to on its merits. There has been a show
of encouragement from the state and
general government, it is true, but it is
only a show as far as practical benefit
is concerned Instead of encouraging
the production Of eggs here that would
be free from disease and consequently re-
suit in securing healthy worms and in
turn the very best quality of silk, thus
getting the very best results while
at the same time retaining at home
thousands of dollars that are sent abroad
every year for foreign eggs that are in
variably inferior in every respect to
those produced here, no such encourage
ment is afforded, thousands of dollars
of the peoples money is sent away an
nuaLy for an inferior grade of eggs
with the reverse Of results above indi-
Gated.
And not only is the best interests of
the important industry thus initiated
against by the mistaken policy indicated,
but the industry has been and the pres
ent prospect is that it will continue to be
still further handicapped by withhold
ing a reasonable amount of protection to
the raw silk, when in point Of fact it is
as much entitled to and needs more
protection than the manufactures there
of. The principal hindrance to the
proper care of the silk industry on the
part of the department that has it in
charge, or more strictly speaking the
bureau of the department, is that it
seems to think it is of more Importance
to develop machine for reeling the silk
from the cocoons than it is to improve
the quality and develop the production
Of the raw material. The loose way in
which the silk industry is managed dis
courages both the producers and the
government in extending the substantial
aid that its Importance entities it to and
which it would receive, no doubt, were
a better showing made of what is done,
which ought to be done and would be,
unquestionabIy, with proper manage
ment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

| Speed, while in Kingfsher, met and inter
| viewed a nuDsOer Of cowboys who were do
/ ing work on the strip roundup. They in
/ formed him that spring calves were being
marketed by the thousand and that tho
/ immense sales were depicting the range Of
steers while breeding cows would be mar
/ keted as soon As fat This shows no hOps
that the strip will furnish grazing ground
for another season.
Purcell Register: Uncle Johnathan
/ Morris. Of White Bead Hill was here yes
| terday and paid his respects ~ the Regis
ter. Mr.. Morris has probably been "a resi-
dent Of this nation longer than anyone ia
u, a. be claims 20 have come here ia 1876.
As "A consequence he il familiar with
every phase Of frontier life, and can enter
tain one with many amusing anecdotes
and incidents in connection with the past
and present history Of this country. Mr..
Morris is n typical fronticrsmRn and a
genuine relic and no mistake.
The Beaver City Advocate SAYS: There
is not the amount 81 immigration 20 this
section that there should b. ar that the
country deserves Many are doubtless -
the opinion, from IT, location. That This is
"A barren region. destitute o. streams and
vegetation. and with little or no rainfall
But this not zine case. On the contrary.
No Mans Lind. the seventh county q
Oklahoma. i- one u the very best wutere1
sections 20 he found anywhere iu the vest
The Beaver or North Canadian river,
whose fertile valley e. the pride - eastern
Oklahoma and the Ind su territory. flows
the entire length IC7 Miles, 81 this i'm
mcu.e county, from west 20 east rising ia
the mountains Of New Mexico perhaps
thirty miles west % tie west line 81 our
county This river drains the entire couu-
Is. being ied from the north and south a.
intervals OF q few miles by sparkling
spring streams varying IN length from ave
20 twenty miles he valley q
the Beaver iz wide and fertile,
Furnishing hundreds ~ tons - finest Wild
hay. and when converted into farms pro-
ducing cool crops u grain. v-zrfabiss.
tame grass. etc The same Is true 81 tie
valleys q the smaller streams while ths
upland IL everywhrre covered with buffalo
grass and biuestem. when placed uudrr
cultivation. rho upland rivals tbs valleys
ia the production 90 crops. the
soil beng a. bIark ~ I'D sandy loan,
very deep. rich and This county
l~ best Geecr!bed a. an immense basin
much lower than the country on ? ne norm
aud -oIth, and better wafered than any
other section n like area between the 9sth
and s1stn usrsl .1us.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

operation of a mortgage the security
must fall to the mortgage in such man
ner that under eventual development
it will greatly increase in value, he. as
well as the mortgagor, would be ruined
to the extent of the transaction.
The eastern man is crying for and get
ting without reciprocation. raw material
at the expense of the south and west.
Last spring a western man wearing an
eight dollar pair of shoes and thirty cent
socks had eighty-three bushels of Kansas
corn on his feet; eight dollar pants and
one dollar drawers, ninety bushels on his
hips and legs; two dollar undershirt, two
and half dollar white shirt, forty BUSH
els on his arms and body; five dollar vest
and twenty-five dollar coat, three hun
dred bushels; fifty cent necktie, five
bushels; four dollar hat, forty bushels;
twenty dollar overcoat, two hundred;
pair of overshoes, ten bushels; hand
kerchief, four bushels, making total of
732 bushels of Kansas corn for fair suit
of gentlemen's clothes. A product of
twenty-five acres of land for one season,
to say nothing of interest, labor and
waste. If worse showing can be made
under free trade for the Kansas corn
raiser, in its worst aspect, cannot con-
ceive Of it. w. E. HUTCHINSON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
First Trial by Jury.


, From ar Exchange.
Bret Harte Is now living in a quiet cot
tage in Grove End Road. near st. Johns
Wood. in England. He Is getting Old
and his hair Is white. bat the novelist
still retains ali his own fire. His books
sell immensely in England-more than
those of any other American writer. Nr.
Harte's family is not with him. and the
general impression in London is that he
Is a widower. No American is invited
into the best English society more than
Bret Harte His American stories warm
the English heart. They never tire OF
the novelist's story about the first Jury
trial IN California. and this Is the way he
told it the other night:
1t was over il the Mariposs guIch in
80. They had never had a iurv trial
there. If q man stole a horse thew ivnch-
ed him. and that settled il. But the peo-
pie. many Of whom came from Nas-a-
ChuSetts. began 10 tire Of lynch law and
sigh for the good old Jury trial of the
east. So one dav. when Bill Stevens had
jumped a poor man claim. the Nassa-
Chusetts fellows resolved ~ give hIm a
good old fashioned jury trial. They took
him into the back end of the board post
office. selscted jury. and the trial com
ueuCed. Dozens Of wines. were call
Ell. and finally the jury retired % agree
on a vedict- When ;hev had about con
Guided that Jim was innocent, the boss
outside came hanging az the door.
What DO you fellows want asked
the foreman through the kevhole.
We want to know II you n amt about
agreed on rhe verdict If you h'aint.
you il have 70 get out We want tLls
room TO "a our the corpse IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

Mississippi justice has satisfied itself
by fining the prize fighting companions
of Sullivan and Kilrain-S250 for Null
doom. and 500 each for Cleary and Don
ovan. Kilrain can mediate upon the
eccentricities of the law that let off the
man who whipped him and that cham
pion's associates with moderate fines,
while he, who was worsted in the battle,
was sentenced to two months imprison-
ment But all the parties evidently feel
that they got off easily. Experiences
with the Mississippi authorities have not
dampeued the ardor of Kilrain, at least,
who has challenged Sullivan to fight in
Texas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

The Republicans Of the Seventh district,
outside Of SedGwick and possibly one or
two other counties. are as earnest temper
ance people a. can be found IN the state
Emporia Republican
That is true as to the entire state, and
no portion Of it more so than in the Coun-
ties intended to be aspersed by the para
graph quoted. And because Of that
earnest purpose. and equally earnest pro
test against shammery and hypocrisy in
a pretended effort to enforce extreme
and impracticabIe measures in the name
of temperance Is not to be interpreted as
indicating an adverse sentiment, no diff
ference what the anti shammers may
assert.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

A Tennessee white man was hanged a
few days ago for the brutal murder Of
his wife. The dispatches stated that he
objected to going on the gallows with
three colored men who were to be hanged
at the same time, and that the authori-
ties so far respected his prejudices as to
swing off the negroes first, and then gave
him separate hanging. There is grim
humor in the sight of a low criminal who
can complacently cut his wife's throat
and then shrink from swinging on the
gallows in company with colored COM
panions in crime. Such extraordinary
sensitiveness almost merited the consid-
Grafton that was accorded it, purely on
account of its utter absurdity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

B. P. Hutchinson of Chicago, popu-
larly known as "Old Hutch" finds time
in the midst of his enormous business to
devote considerable attention to litera-
ture. He is an admirer of Mr.. Lathrop's
latest novel, "'Would You Kill him?' and
recently expressed great surprise at the
truthful representation in that volume of
the methods pursued in the speculative
wheat business. ''You got it almost ex-
actly right, said he to Mr.. Lathrop, land
while 1 was reading that part, wonder
ed how in the world you learned so much
about it. But when l came to the place
where you describe Michigan avenue
and the old feet of grain ships, said to
myself: why, he's been therep Curl
ously enough, however, Mr.. Lathrop had
never been in Chicago when he wrote the
book.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
Kansas City has PLAYED the hahr 2

Kansas City has played the baby act
successfully; it has kept up its whine
until it secured q recount Of its people by
the census enumerators. There Is no
more reason for recountng Kansas City.
Mo. than there Is for recounung Kan
sas City. Kan, OF any and every other
city in the west or in the country. Such
chiid's play cannot but throw suspicion
upon the entire census work of the coun-
try. There is something radically wrong
somewhere IN connection wi5h this cen
sus business, as far as it pertains to the
enumeration of the people, and if it is to
be as faulty and unreliable IN every
other respect as it seems TO be in this. it
viii be 50 much labor and expense in
CURED for naught
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
The Tribe of Moab.

From an Exchange
a new colony of strange people are
farming southeast of Pierre, S. ID. They
are under the leadership of a woman and
hold their property all IN one common
lot. The woman israther handsome and
of commanding presence, and rules over
the colony of about 200 in a rather des-
potic manner. Their religion savors
somewhat of the Mormon and old Jewish
religion and on Saturday last they offered
burnt offerings in the way Of calves. etc.
They positively refuse to allow strangers,
who will not be one of them. in their
midst, and all attempts to gain any IN
formation from them by the ordinary
means have failed. They have called
their town Moab.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
A Delusion and a Snare.
From the Fl Dorado Republican,

FrOm Inc Fl DoradO KepubIican,
The Mckinley tariff bill, which re-
Gently passed the house, can't pass the
senate. 1t is a sin and a snare; a fraud
and deIusion; an oppressive measure
to fleece the poor people. 1t puts up
the duties on all the articles of general
consumption, not heretofore highly pro-
tected. 1t puts up the duty on cheap
cotton cloth, cheap carpets, cheap knives,
cheap guns, cheap glass, cheap pictures,
binding Irvine, etc. The Mckinley tariff
bill was gotten up by the close corpora
tions which run this country, and if a
Republican congress passes itor enacts it
into law, the party viii go out Of
power never to return again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

There are great possibilities for trade
with Mexico that we have as yet scarcely
begun to develop. There is much to be
gained, in a purely business way, by
maintaining the closest and most cordial
relations with our sister republic. The
provision of the Mckinley crazy-quilt
tariff bill, placing a heavy tax on imports
from Mexico, is a serious meanCe to the
important and growing trade relations
of the two countries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

AS one single little proof of the EAGLES
oftdeclaration that the earning of all the
great west pours out in steady stream
into the Golfers of the opulent east, we
have but to mention that the July inter-
est and dividend disbursements in Bos-
ton will aggregate SD, 636, 1876, as against
S13,638, 942 in January. OF this amount
the Atchison people pay $1,000, 900 on
their general mortgage As. The July in
terest payments in New York are estima-
ted at 800. 00O. 900.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
Pertinent ifNot Personal.

The "capons and epicineso will neg
lect no opportunity to get in their work
on Senator ingalls, this heat.-Atchison
Champion.
No; we have noticed that two or
three of them have improved all the OPP
portunities that have been presented for
several months. But is their warfare
carried on just because Senator Ingalls,
classified them in natural history? We
hope the Champion is not giving itself
away.-Newton Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

Transactions in the New York Stock
exchange last week We're less than for
the corresponding period last year. Stocks
were traded in to the extent of 1,022 $50
shares, against 1907, 019 in 1899; state
and railroad bonds aggregated So, 42S, 800,
against s., 907 900, and Pipe Line certifi-
Gates 361 900 barrels, against 1893, 900.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

The address of Hon. George R. Peck,
delivered at indianapolis yesterday,
which appears in our Geographic col
ums this morning, is one of the finest
forensic efforts Of the present era. Ele-
giant in diction, lofty in sentiment, it is
at once a contamination of the true ora
tors most perfect ideal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

1t looks like Judge Foster viii have
to make his restraining order, laid upon
County Attorney WEIGH of Topeka, of
general application throughout the state
From the demand that exists for the con-
tents of original packages" Kansas pre-
sents a most inviting field of labor for
true temperance missionaries, don't you
fh;ply2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

In London the edition de luxe of Stan
ley In Darkest Africa. published at
$50, is already selling at a premium. and
the book is not Yet published. Copies
cannot now he had for less than SO. and
the price Is likely to advance to 500 by
the time the book is before the public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

So far rs can be aScertained. the Phila-
delphia satisfied the terms of the contract
with her builders, and proved herself a
speedy and seaworthy boat. She Is one
of the most imposing of our cruisers, and
should prove 10 be a splendid addition 10
the new navy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

The Philadelphia Press says that Walt
Whitman has chosen the place in which
he wishes to be buried. 1t is Harleish
cemetery, about mile from Camden-a
natural mound, beneath fine, large trees.
About two hundred feet below it a stream
of water flows over a precipice from an
artificial lake. \ driveway from the
woods winds within a few feet of the
spot,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
DEL.


The secretaries Of the several counties are in
m Ga den civ KAN ccrtdel copy OF the
credentials OF their several delegates Immediately
upon the a. tournament ~ the county conventions.
II is hereby recommended that the several coun-
ties in sa ID district select their delegates on july o.
7s3 unless otherwise ordered 'y the county central
committee.
JAMES KELLY, Chairman
JESSE TAYLOR. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

The secretaries OF the several county conventions
instructed to forward to the undersigned seCre-
Iary at Topeka Kansas, a certified copy Of the ere
dentiRls CT their several delegates, Immediately
upon the adjournment Of the county convention
said credentials to be received at Topeka not later
than the evening of September. From these ere.
dentials the Repuhlical state central committee
will prepare s-T-JI those entitled TO participate
In the preliminary Organization of the convention.
BY order Of the committee.
HENRY BOOTH, Chairman.
BION S. HUTCHINS Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
An Able Man,

VIII Stotler in Wellington Press
A young German swan through East
river one day last week with his hands
and feet tied. He would make a good
candidate for congress in Kansas this
year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

The chairman 0f each Republican Re~pbmissiop
County Central Commute Will forward credentials
TO The undersigned secretary at Topeka. kansas.
Sail Cre.al, AS must hr received before september
s, lStl. Fy order OF committee,
BEkCEEk NrERNE \. L. ALLEN.
N..INtlEN. Chairman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION
DODGE CITY. Kan. June l. 1sor

DODGE CITY Kan. June l. 1890.
A delegate convention of tise Republicans OF the
sas is hereby called to be held at Dodge City. Kao.,
on Wednesday. July 30 1890 at 10 o'clock m. for
the purpose OF nominating candidate for congress
from said district The basis Of representation TO
Haid convention viii be one delegate at large from
each county in said district. and one delegate for
every 800 votes or fraction OF $50 vites cast
for Hon. :. r. Peters in 1885 under which rule dele
Patesa are apportioned as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
Members of the Anti-Ingalls Crowd.

Members Of the Anti-Ingalls Crowd.
From the Lawrence Journal.
Another Kansas Republican has been
found who does not want Senator ingalls,
to go back to the senate. His name is
Rush, he lives in Pawnee county and is
supposed to represent large part of Kan
sas IN the state senate. This makes three,
now, and Governor Eskridge and DR..
Challis can claim they have a "crowd. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

Governor Hill was greeted with much
enthusiasm in the western towns through
which he passed on his way to Indianap-
oils
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05

6atsr.s CAPITA. D-striet Attorney
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-06-21
New System or Building.

A very favorable account is given III
the French papers of the new system
Of building houses Of iron and steel
plates, introduced into France by NJ
Danly, manager of the Societe des
Forges de Chatelneau, who has sci
forth its various advantages with much
practical detail, attracting considerable
attention to the method. It has been
satisfactorily ascertained, It seems, that
corrugated sheets of such metal, ol
more than millimeter IN thickness
are sufficiently strong for building
houses several stories high, and the
material, of course, allows of consid-
cradle variety of architectural orna-
mentation.
The plates thus employed are Of the
finest quality, and as they are galvan-
ized after having been cut TO the sizes
and shapes required no portion is left
exposed to the atmosphere In addi-
tion to this II Is asserted that houses
constructed In such manner are very
sanitary, and that all ventilation and
heating arrangements can readily be
carried out. In England this system
of building has found much favor, the
superiority of the new over the old
system consisting in the method Of
corrugating and galvanizing the metal.
Record.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-06-21
fhe Queeresl IIOgel IN Ihe KorId.

~The queerest hotel in the world is
In Guatemala City, Central America. y
said an English tourist who is stopping
at the Rlchelieu. ~While there few
weeks ago stopped at the biggest
hostelry and met with more surprises
than | have previously encountered IN
my trip around the world. The house
is built only one story high on account
Of the earthquakes. 1t Is constructed
in the form of q hollow square, and the
interior court is made beautiful with
trees and flowers. The exterior pre-
sents the appearance of prison.
After pounding high knocker on the
outer door you are ushered into a scene
Of verdant beauty. The hotel was
formerly the private residence of one
the richest families of Central America,
but the owner was banished by Presi-
dent Barrios for an alleged conspiracy
against the government. Around the
Interior were balconies overlooking a
garden filed with orange and peach
trees, palms, and beautiful flowers.
The fare was good, and we had our
choice of pancakes with honey, fish,
poultry, fruits. and coffee and choco-
late. You can't eat there If you are
in hurry though. Only one thing
is served at time, and you can't get
a cup of coffee until everything else
has been served. The hotel furnishes
candles, but matches are extra. Then
there is system Of calling the guests
which entities the hotel to the name of
the queerest ono on the earth. You
are called by flies. The flies down
there are nearly as large as an English
sparrow and they sting like q hornet,
though the bite is not poisonous. They
never kill them, but brush them away.
The halls Of the hotel are filed with
these pests in the morning. Over each
door Is transom. Now, II you leave
a call for 7 o'clock your transom is
opened at z and the flies 20 in. Do
they wake you? l should say so. The
sensation is like that of being sand
bagged. In five minutes from the
time your transom Is opened you are
down stairs looking for the proprietor
II doesn't do any good to kick, though,
for that system has been the custom
for years.-Chicago Tribune.