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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
ELECTRIC CURRENTS.
From the Electrical World.

From the Electrical World
The electrician who knows the theOret-
zeal part Of his science only rs he studied
it five or ten years ago finds his kuowl-
/ edge sadly at fault when heiS confronted
with the ideas and theories of TODAY,
Not that any great and radical changes
have revOlutiOnized electrical theory IN
these last few years. but there have been
great additions to our knowledge of GER
tain occult phenomena. and theory has
advanced CorrespOndingiy. We were
accustomed to look at the electric cur
rent as something that flowed in or along
a wire. aud too many students grew to
think of it almost a> a fluid. To those
wont to depend slavishlv on hvdro-dv-
namiCanalOgies it Is rather a rude shock
10 realize that in very many cases we
should pay far less attention to electric
disturbances in the conductor than to
the extraordinary pulsauons of energy
that surround it. We must today think
Of a wire carrying a current not as a
tube in which a certain mysterious flow
Is taking place but as a mere linear nu-
Cleus along and around which there IS a
Cea>eIess flow of energy capable of pro
Quoting tremendous effects even far
away from the wire We must think Of
the conductor not as a thin line of wire,
but As the center Of q far reaching cleo
tro-dynamic disturbance.
To take an extreme case, an alter
mating current of very short period. ca
pable Of producing enormous inductve
effects and transferring immense me
chanlcal power. might penetrate the aC-
CompanvInE conductor scarcely more
than skin deep. What would go on
within the wire We might almost neglect
it would be only q we neared and
passed Its surface that electrical energy
would manifest itself And further. II
Is a surprise 10 realize that. electro-mac-
netlc induction has suddenly fallen into
line with other forms Of radiant energy
that the light and warmth Of a sum
mers sun differ from the solar waves of
induction that produce magnetic storms
only N deEree-thaJ q -as fame Is Just
a. truly an eXhih.tIonot electromagnetic
energy ~ an eledUric light. But ali TINS.
which may sound 50 revolutionary. Is
not new; IL has gradually been uufoldei
during htteen years Of splendid theoTet.-
cal investigation. and has waited. as the
law OF GrayIlatIon waited more than
two centuries ago. for the connecting
INK Of experiment In bind firmly to-
eether the brilliant hypothesis and
recouolte mathematics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The weather bureau has been notorious
for its misses in the last year or two.
Either the office Is not so skillfullv con-
Quoted as formerly, which Is not likely.
or else we have had exceptional weather
IN the time mentioned. 1t may be that
some important permanent changes are
taking place in our meteorological con-
ditions and that new weather reckonings
viii have 10 be considered. 1t is but
Just to remark in this connection that
lrl Hicks forecasts for this wear have
been verified almost to day 50 far by
the occurrence of the disturbances as pre-
dicinl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

\ Wichita clairvoyant was robbed of
several hundred dollars by burglars, few
nights ago. She didn't trust to second
sight TO recover the money. not she She
called in the police And She is the sew
enth daughter of a seventh daughter, too.
Topeka journal.
All the same she "held them with her
glttering eve" When it comes to house
breakers the hyPtonizing process is con
sidered a little slow and tame in these
parts. A detail OF police, with Judge
who appreciates that of all criminals the
housebreaker is the worst, in that he Is
not only thief, but a robber and muir
derer, and sends. him for a term long
enough to cover all three offenses accord
ingly, is found to work the best in
Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
That Champ.on Deal.

TT0T0 no A''--T-II IaTTI0--
There are three the0ries about the sup
posed or proposed sale of the Champion
TO John \. Reynolds. two Of which are
based upon the idea that the option Is not
an honest one. one theory j, that the
Champion folks want % sell, and take
course to announce the fact Another is
that Senator Ingalls, friends brought
about the negotiation TO effect the valua-
ton of the paper in order that they may
buy it az their price. The third theory
Is that Mr. Reynolds wants the paper. be
leves ne can raise the money % bay and
that he can make it pay. You can take
YOUR choice Of theories.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

namental but useful contrivanceS and
applying ii to his ear. Just then came a
terrific crash, the lightning entering the
office, smashing up the telephone and
nearly knocking senseless Mrs. Main,
who was sitting by window within ten
feet of the scene of destruction. The
listener dropped his ear trumpet, and,
bounding up clear off the floor, shouted,
Il heard it that time!" Investigation
showed that the bolt had entered at the
top of bay window and followed the
main wire of the telephone, melting off
the wire and splintering the machine TO
fragments. 1t passed out by the ground
wire. The damage TO the building was
small, but the escape of Mrs. Main par
ticularly, and of her husband and the
ear-uumpet listener was altogether re-
markable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The river and harbor bill, now await
ing congressional action, arpropriates
the sum of S21.000o0O. This does not
include the special appropriation OF
81, 100000 for the Galveston harbor.
which makes total of S21.2oG. Goethe
largest amount by over S5,0)0.O0) ever
appropriated for that purpose. The To-
calities and sections directly interested
IN these appropriations no doubt consider
them the most important of anything
that the congress viii consider. but the
balance of the country agrees that in the
main it Is little less than reckless extrav-
3g3nCa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB.

The tenth annual meeting of the
Social Science club of Kansas and Mis-
souri, viii be held at Lawrence, Kansas,
May 8th and 9Th and the program is out.
\ kind invitation from the president of
the club, Mrs. j. N. Kelly, to be present
is acknowledged. The program is long
one embracing nine stated papers to be
read and covering subjects social, politi-
cal, scientific aud literary by a number
of the brightest and most thoroughly
educated and mentally trained women
of Kansas,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
WAS HUNG BY THE COURT.
Fl. Elliott. Texas, April %, 1890.

FIT. ELLIOTT, Texas, April %, 1890
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Did the governor of the state of Kansas
sign the death warrant of the man that
was hanged at Wichita by the sentence of
the United States court in the year of our
Lord 1888 or 1889, and oblige
JOHN II. PARKER,
Hospital Corps, L. :. Army.
No, the governor of Kansas has moth
ing to do with the execution of penalties
prescribed or sentences pronounced by
the Federal courts. The man referred to
was tried in the U. S. District court at
Wichita and was executed by the officers
Of that court. Criminals are not hung
under the laws Of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
JuST ONE

There is a tims not far or dear.
When one ~ US vii wait in tears
Beside the couch where silence retyn4
Supreme 10 onet Jlzt one in tearA
just one in vain will call the name
OF one who answers ueFermoro-
Whose ear hears not the loving words
or one Uko calls across tho shore
Just one Alb wEirh orc must 70 bef
That DER tIo Others -subcr bier
Shall FIRST shed pearls 81 love most pure.
Ind cal iu vain for one mosf deari
Just One, my dear must bear tle pain
And anguish OF The parting day
VIII speak 70 can that listen not,
And press one Kiss 81 lass f1r aye.
Clinton Hudson in Chicago Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
WICHITA AT THE CONTINENTAL,
CENTER

The Wichita EAGLE of last Sunday con.
| tanned three remarkable maps illustrating
''Wichita's Continental Position" witch
| ita's Railway Situation" and Wichita
| the Central Cityof the United States" By
! the use of these maps it is easy to demon
straGe Wichita's inevitable destiny as the
metropolis of the country. We congratu-
late Editor Murdoch upon the possession
of map maker with so glorious an mag
InatiOn.-K. c. Journal
The EAGLE consents to the remarkable
facts delineated by these maps. They
but illustrate facts which the words of
of the EAGLE have for years been en-
deavoring to impress upon the world.
We picked up a card yesterday, just Is
sued by a great New York city firm Of
manufactures, which card bore the names
of New York, Wichita, San Francisco"
one above the other. That card an
nounced a fact that will yet become to
be understood by millions Of people and
it was the same fact illustrated by our
map. New York is the east, San Fran
cisco is the west, but Wichita IS
the center. And the firm referred
to VIII use the three cities nam
ed as permanent distributing points for
their products, their Wichita house to be
established the coming summer or fall
And why not? Does Wichita lack any
thing that Kansas City boasts except
the Missouri river, which is more OF
bore than blessing? We guess not.
Certainly not in the matter of continent
al position and local situation.
If there was anything imaginary about
those maps then is the world but an
unstable bubble and the American CONT
ment myth. Wichita, in truth, is
but very few miles distant from the
exact geographical center of the United
States possessions, and this citys position
on the other maps and with
reference to the territories which
they illustrated, was absolutely correct
or the official maps are wrong. 1t
strikes us that our Kansas City contem-
porary might look over its old school
atlas with profit to itself as wei as to its .
readers,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

So States Attorney Longnecker has
come to the conclusion that the would-bc
intormer. Woodruff. whose confession a
undoubtedly led 10 the arrest and convic-
ton Of the parties supposed TO be impli-
Gated in the murder OF Or. Cronin in
Chicago. Is a liar and scoundrel. and
knew nothing, in fact, about the murder
or who committed 1t. The fellows AT
Joliet who are serving their sentence will
wish he had come 10 that conclusion be
fore he prosecuted the case against them
10 conviction. But their regrets Is about
all that viii come 10 them from this last
episode
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
THUNDER THROUGH AN EAR
TRUMPET.

Prom the Hartford Times
= succession IF lightning flashes. fol
lowed by thunder. varied the customary
pouring RAID Yesterday afternoon One
particularly loud clap occurred Just after
8 o'clock. and tha bolt lit the business
office Of u. y. Main. Ice dealer No.
Huy-hcVe avenue. The ofRoe Is attached
"a Mr. 3zins residence and he was IN
the house cauve~Sin- - the tame with
his br0ther-In-lzw. Mr.. z = Pierce. of
California. Mr.. Main called his atteu-
non 10 thu thunder clap. bu5 }ir. Pierre,
who Is rather hard Il heaTing hadl
heard l.. Then came another. There.
said Mr. Main. didn't Won hear iLa-e
81 saU- the lightning. said Pierce but
didn't hear the thunder. III Irv nv ssr
trumpet, taking out one OF those UnoE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Judge Peters, Of the Seventh district
of Kansas, is not only one of the most
level headed men in congrass, but is the
one of a hundred who has the courage of
his convictions. The EAGLE Is with him in
his declaration that you can't but down
the revenues and keep going upward as
to expenses. Pensions can't be paid in
wind nor in promises, and the outrage
ously eXtrayagant appropriations being
made annually in the interest of the
monied east under one pretense and
another, must be cut off or otherwise the
revenues must be maintained at the pres
ent standard from some source. Peters
predicts deficit within year, and
backs his predictions by undisputed
figures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

A professor in the university of Klaus
enberg claims to have compounded a
solution which completely neutralizes
the poison introduced into the system by
the bite of a mad dog. This solution
consists Of chlorine water, salt brine,
sulphaIrous acid, permanganate of potas-
sum, and eucalyptus oil.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Senator Plumb is thoroughly enrap-
port with the west on the silver and
coinage questions, and does not mean to
let the senate rest until something is
done towards satisfying the popular de-
mands upon those most important mat
ters. The people appreciate such efforts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

There was a wrangle in the house
Wednesday which would never have
taken place unless Mr.. Cothran had had
a son, or unless Mr.. Kelley had had a
son, or Harrison a grandson. This Is
neither oratory or legislation. 1t is
schOOlbOv trash,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The meanest, low downest act on
record recently IS thatTeported from the
flooded. districts Of the south, where per-
sons whose plantations were in danger
rowed noiselessly to the opposite bank of
the foaming river and cut a hole in the
levee there to save their own side. A
man whowould do such thing as that,
what would he not do?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

At a dinner given in New York CITY
Secently to a detachment of the "4OO'
marrow-bones were served rs one of the
courses, each bone being tied with rib
bon held in place by an cnameled pin,
with a diamond in the center. This is
the nearest explanation we have ever
seen of that old rhyme commencing,
"Taffy was a Welchman, Taffy was a
ibiaF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

According to the laws of Italy, fathers
are responsible for their sons return
when they leave the country, and should
they not return to do the military duty
required of them, are put in prison. A
young Italian, who had been living in
WaldeborO, Me-, returned to his native
land last week to save his father from a
term of Imprisonment. 1t is an unjust
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

1t looks like another epidemic of dis
asters involving heavy losses of human
lives is about to break upon the country.
Forty lives lost Wednesday in the Wyo-
ming mine explosion; and a number
killed Thursday by the burning of a silk
mill in Pennsylvania causes a feeling of
apprehension for other calamities to fol-
low
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
HYPNOTiC EXPERInTFNs.

Paris Correspondence London News.
This morning the medical staff of the
Hotel Dieu-one of the largest and best
organized hospitals Of Paris-invited
Prof Bernheim, of Nancy, to demon
strate in their presence some of the pine
nOmena Of hypnOtism. The professor by
conclusive experiments upon subjects
who were awake and upon others who
wer hypnOtized proved that what is here
called Ia suggestion" Is the starting
point of all these phenomena. To the
surprise Of every one, with marvellous
facility the operator showed that in a
large number Of persons they could be
made by suggestion" to perform Ordi-
nary acts or even abnormal ones. In
particular, the patients bore false witness
in a most remarkable Wav-a fact which
some Of the students Of theory or CRIME
were not slow to notice. The company
who witnessed the experiments included
NJ. Alexandra Dumas, DR.. CharCOt and
MN. COutOurier, GuiIlot and DOppfer,
JUICES a instruction. The last asked for
detailed report upon the question as
II may concern the commission Of crime.
IN the hope probably that it might tend
to elucIdate recent mysteries. the theory
being that the criminal might be the il
responsible agent of another mind.
During the proceedings NJ. Alexandra
Dumas was asked whether he was not
tempted to dramatise the phenomena
of suggestion lie replied that it was
nearly impossible to put on the stage an
actor who would demonstrate the sue
Cessive mental changes from the natural
state to the condition of suggestion" I'M
less the artist was himself hypnotised.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

We print in full an editorial from the
Emporia Republican on the Pan-Ameri-
can congress for the reason that we en-
dorse in-the main the views entertained
by that paper which has mistaken the
spirit of the EAGLES criticisms of that
body. 1t was some of the methods
rather than the objects and results which
were unfavorable commented upon by
Tho i, ACTr,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The silver quotation, which was 965
about ten days ago, and which went up
to 1O2 SIX days later, is down to 9St
now. This is the greStest fuctuation
seen in a short space Of time in many
years in the white metal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The Bohemian Girl has been a source
of profit to many, and yet the composer
of the opera is in distress by reason Of
poverty. Genius, outside Of politics, has
some hard lines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The latest doom-5ealer, predicting the
worlds destruction, comes from Indiana
President Harrison is not to blame for
this. There IS not enough consular ap-
pointments to supply everybody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Shortly after Chauucv Depew's south
ern trip "a mermaid came 10 the surface
on the Florida coast and gave herself up.
content 10 dwell on land. Mr. Depew Is
a pretty smooth man, but II was hardly
reasonable 10 believe that he would win
the affections of "a mermaid and over
come her tabled attachment for water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
QUICKER TIME AROUND TIE WORLD

\ writer IN The Railway Age has been
investigating travelling facilities. 20 find
the shortest actual time in which 2 trim
could he made around the world. He
gives an instance OF how a COPY Of the
London Times made the circuit II the
globe three wears ago in sixtv-uiue davS.
In Japan the Marquis of Huutlev NJ
ceiyed a copy Of the Times On the day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
There's Nothing in a Name.

IneTt NOLuIII8 III q 4FFtIHHs
From the -. Joe Gazette.
Mrs Nudd, the wife of the Maryland
member of the national house OF repre-
sentauves, is one of the most beautiful
women in Washington. and was, it Is
said, belle Of Prince George county,
Maryland. before her marriage. There
is no doubt of IL. She must have been
woman of mettle 10 dare the fate that
lowers upon her husbands name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

They seem to be having hard time of
it raising the wind for the Worlds fair
in Chicago, considering the breeziness Of
that CITY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

The Irish railway porters are striking
not the ''tip'-stricken travellers this
time, but the railway companies-for
higher salaries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

A Boston paper dominates Bill Nye for
mayor Of New York. Mr.. Nye has an
opportunity to surprise the country-not
to decline it in a humorous article.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Kansas VIII this year get the hest ad-
veru~lnE Il ever had through the state
immigration bureau. and the results If
this systematic advertising VIII appear
IN a large increase Of population III the
near future, -Atchlnson Champion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

True courage is perhaps the most ad-
mirable Characteristic one can possess,
and its possessor never fails to enjoy the
respect Of all whose good opinions are of
any worth. But true courage and fool
hardness are radically different attri-
butes, though some people seem unable
to distinguish between them, or at least
they confound them. This observation
is suggested by the action of the Iowa's
Republican state central committee in
announcing in advance what the plat
form of the party viii be in regard to
prohibition in that state. The said COM
mittee will do well to bear in mind that
discretion Is the better part of valor, in
view Of the results Of the recent state
and municipal elections in that state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

Reports come from the European coun-
tries, from France and Germany in par
ticular, Of serious apprehension on the
part Of those governments of serious in
jury to their exporting business to and
with the United States if the Mckinley
bill shall become a law. This may be
taken as a compliment.to the protective
features Of the bill, and if it should have
the effect of prompting those countries
to adopt more vigorous restrictive meas
ures, even to the point of absolutely pro-
hibitng our goods, it will be only a tenn
porary inconvenience to our people as
the trade reciprocity that is sure to be
established with the South American
countries will more than make good to
us what may be lost on the other side.
Besides, our European friends will dis
cover thatwe are as independents of them
as they are Of us in matters of CONNER
Cial intercourse, that in the arrangement
Of our financial affairs we are actuated
by the same motive that prompts them
TO action on those matters, i. e., the best
interests Of our people and government.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25

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NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

All the Oklahoma bill wants now is
the presidents signature, and he will not
be long with that.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-25
INNES G.: Ross,
Special Sale for Three Days!
THURSDAY,
FRIDAY A ND
SATURDAY.
so pieces bge challes at 14 fancy stripe dress
goods all wool chae in checks and stripes, Soc well
worth 50c satine value viii be sold at luc
We showing dress goods IN BriliantineS
Bengaline Striped MOnneS many fabrics be OBJ
tanned elsewhere
New wash fabrics in French and Scotch Gnghams Zephyr
Toie du Noirs and everything in desirable wash goods
Fast black organizes checks and stripes at 10 Soc per
yard, best values offered for the money.
White goods sc and to the finest silk mus
assortment at prices that will make you liberal saving
GREAT BARGAINS AT THE
White House Of InnGS & Ross.
GREAT BARGAINS AT THE
White House Of InnGS & Ross.
PHILADELPHIA =. STORE.
s.w. CORNER DOUGLAS AVE. AND MARKET ST.

Silk Sun Umbrellas with solid gold and Silver handles at
81. 25 to 50 80. These special values.
Real French Sateens y cents yard including line
of solid colOrs.
We have no hesitation in saying that millinery depart
ment is the very best in the city.
We have the artistic mmers in the city your
hat without charge, while you wait for it.
Our speaks for ITSELF inspection of this department
IS cordially requested.