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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
OUR INSURANCE FRIENDS.

The EAGLES editorial, of few DAYS
since, on insurance companies, has been
the means of enlightening us on several
points, not the least important Of which
is multiplied written and oral evidence
that insurance men are pretty numerous,
quite lively and that they all, from the
Lakes to the Gulf, appear to be attentive
readers of the EAGLE. The principal of
insurance was not attacked in our edi-
torial only the methods Of their officers
and representatives. While Commits
sioner Wilder was attempting to rid the
state of bogus concerns, we were in the
possession of no evidence which went to
show that shaking up Of the remaining
companies might not be a good thing in
a general way for the state at large.
However that may be, the shaking up"
process for thoroughness has only been
equalled by Wilder'S wedding out pro-
ceedure, two things being quite parallel,
Wilder's qualification and our own aston
ishment.
The most temperate, reasonable and
withaI honest letter received in reply
was written by W. J. Modes, of the in
surance firm of Kinney, Modes & Crit
tenden, Kansas City, which we repro
duce elsewhere, and which we hope will
be read by those who perused our edi-
torial, as we don't know whether we are
through or not.
The EAGLE is, or was, paying, when
that article was written, one thousand
dollars per annum insurance, an amount
almost equalling its state, county and
municipal taxes, paying that in addition
to watchman's wages,-paying it against
the chances of a fire from our neighbors,
and we told but the simple truth when
we said that the companies had been in
creasing their rates from time to time.
But we don't pay so much now. Some
Of the thin-skinned companies cancelled
their policies on reading our views. We
shall endeavor to find profitable employ
ment for the money they thus refuse.
These cancelling fellows are however,
Informed that the only way they can
beat the EAGLE out Of an expression of
its honest views would be to burn it out,
taking their chances of the pennitentiary
on the one side and their losses on adj
joining buildings on the other side. That
a company which should cancel a policy
because Of an expression of an honest
conviction would be equal to other and
further dirt, does not admit of CUES
ton.
If there should happen to be any agent
in the west who failed to send for a copy
of the EAGLE containing our editorial
this is to say that the edition is exhaust
ed and that in the event of our failing to
write another one that they should
never fail to bear in mind the precept
of that long since deeply buried chest
nut that she who lives in a glass house !
should pull down the blinds"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Those Kansas editors are in Oklahoma
tomorrow.
Guthrie society has not yet been in
formed as 10 the color of Governor Steele's
necktie.
Bv-the-way. has anybody heard any
thing of the Democratic party III Oklaho
ma, lately
The Kansas fellows in Oklahoma who
were disappointed may say To one another
"Wait awhile
The Oklahoma editors will not take
their lunch with them. Purcell VIII tend
to the yiCtuals.
Some Of the people of Guthrie want t.
name their county Springer IN honor OF
the congress man.
The Oklahoma territory Will put its
mama, Indian territory, 10 blush, shortly,
il it hasn't already.
The Indian commission viii leave Guth-
RE TO-DAY or tomorrow 70 20 to the Iowa,
Sac and kickapoo lands,
The present weather was probably got
ten up for the benefit OF the follows who
have become warm the last few day..
Van B. Jolly. editor Of the Noble Courier
is q married man with family. This Is
more than several of the Oklahoma editors
can say.
An Oklahoma editor who had an Indian
exchange tried TO read the "pi," but
couldn't make 1t out 1t struck him after
wards that it was Indian.
Guthrie is 10 have another prize fight.
The cause Of puUli-m is not 90 be-
neglected in Guthrie, u 10 Il the midst
of a gUberUatOrial reception.
Frank Greer, Of the Guthrie Capital. is
the ouiy editor ia Oklahoma who defended
Harrison for the appointments he made.
Now, what does Frank want
The Oklahoma papers have so much
news since the territorial government az
rived that they don pay any attention 10
a common scrap without pistols
1T may be- found the part Of wisdom ia
the election Of the first legislature and del
egate TO congress 70 give politics tie 20 bye
and elect men. says Mi.t Reynolds.
The ire departments in Oklahoma have
less 10 do than auy similar organization ia
the country There probably coultu be
enough interest stirred up ~ give touru-
ameut
The Guthrie Capital thiuk-that c1uEre-s
can Ill the Oklahoma peoples cup ~ graf
ituae If they wi.l o1ig pz-- la" compel
ling the attendance ot witnesses IN contest
cases before le land Office.
Where is the mania for stealing horsea
that j. always prevalent ~ q pioneer
couBtrys The fact Of the case j. that Ok
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
HOW TO DO 1T.

From the AtChisOn Champion
There were no 'discOuraCing things
with the Wichita EAGLE and the Kansas
CITY Times when they were building up
those cities. Everything was ''encour-
aged" and everything Is encouraging
now They looked with an eve single 10
the bright future and entirely Ignnred
little detailed happenings that might be
-'disCOuraClng" to a Croaker or, II mem
toned at all, they were skiilfuIiv turned
to an advantage instead of disadvantage,
as thoughtless, ilI-tempered illusions
might have made them. No ore VIII
DENY but that those papers were the
great factors in the UpbuildIng of those
cities. and the wisdom Of their course i,
BIZ their grand success. fully verified. 4
newspaper cannot do too much boom
ing" If il tells the truth, and keeping
before the public the advantages
OF the place makes reasoua-
bic predictions. Confidence and antIci-
ration are two essentials IN building cit
les. and he who DESTROYS the one. and *
noreS the other, works directly against
MS own interest. a. wei as those 81 the
city Of his adopted home. No one but q
fool would predict that city IN Kansas
would grow In two years from $500 -
100 900 inhabitants, il would - fool
ish~ and disgusting. } - reasonable
predictions borne ont by the facts q the
situation are in good taste, and serve
better yJIrp1se than 'dLscouraElng' enter
prise or abusing anv class Il persons.
whether citizens OF visitors tscaTse yre
Go not Ike their appearance OF because
their methods OF booming are differ
eDt from ours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
THE KANSAS HORSE.

From the Newton Republican
The horse sales in various parts of the
country are becoming an important
feature in our economic history. There
were never so many blooded horses Of
all kinds. draft, trotting and running.
bred as there are now. says the Wichita
EAGLE. vet never before were such high
prices pain for them. The horse breed
ing industry IS very promising. The
principal sales are made in Kentucky
and New York. with a good number in
Tennessee. The animals offered st the
great sales are chiefly yearllnEs and two
year olds. Kentucky breeds upon her
soil most Of the horses she dispoSes of.
California Is running Kentucky a close
race IN the production of fast horses,
with the chances in favor Of the Pacific
state. Illinois Is the great breeder Of
the magnificent draft Clydes and Per
cherons.
Thus far Kansas has not taken as high
rank IN the quality Of her horses as IN
her cattle and hogs. In the latter she
undoubtedly equals the leading states.
and II Is not claiming too much TO state
that within a very few years her horses
VIII rival the most noted in the country
in any and all the points Of excellence.
Stock men have learned that the Condi-
tons here are as favorable for producing
the highest type Of horses, in all points.
as anywhere on the continent; that II
costs no more TO rise a fine animal than
it does a scrub. and that the best always
commands the best prices. and always
find a ready market. Kentucky NAV
hold her reputation for producing the
best liquor. bot Kansas viii contest her
claim 70 superiority on the turf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Prof. f. D. Cope, of the University of
Pennsylvania has collection Of paleon-
toloEical vertebrates gathered while in
the government service and on which he
says he has expended $4,000 of his own
money. Secretary Noble has ordered
him to hand the collection over 10 Uncle
sam. bat he refuses to do 50. Professor
Cope, being in his service, should have
seen that he served Uncle sam the best.
But what a howl would have gone up if
an appropriation Of $3.50 for paleonto-
logical yertebrates had been asked. Be
sides. what does Uncle Sem want with
archaeological vertehrates. If we are
To believe gossip-monsers, there are
several Legislators in Washington who
possess several. snatched from q life Of
hatteued toes, abbreviated shirts, paint
bedecked cheeks and footlghts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Proposed changes in the army service
of France are significant and may lead
to important results. The French army
corps have been independent organiza-
tons, answerable only to the secretary of
war. Now a council of war, whose
members are generals, has been consti-
tuted, and one of their number, General
de Miribel, has been made chief Of the
general staff and the head of the entire
French army. The French military
force will be made more readily con-
trolled under the new arrangement.
Couple this with the fact that the mill
tary effective Of France is at present the
largest Of any power in the world and
the innovation appears, indeed, insigniti-
cant. 1t unquestionably means a strong
consolidated power will soon be ready to
meet attack q whenever and by whom
SOever made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

The Cronin murderers were on Satur-
day put in solitary confinement. money
having been found upon the persons Of
all of them. From the letters discov-
cred it Is said to be evident that the pris-
ouers have powerful friends outside. One
of the foremen has been discharged, and
another has been suspended. This dis
covery. following close upon the heels of
the refusal of the county commissioners
TO pay the lawyers who assisted the
state, has an ugly look, and may lead to
the implication of some parties outside.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
TIE WICHITA COURT.

From the State Journal
Senator Plumb's bill dividing the state
into TWO districts for holding the federal
courts has passed the senate. The
second division will include the counties
Of Sedgwick, Cowley Butler, Harvey,
Mcpherson, Rice. Ellsworth, Barton,
Rush, Ness, Lane, Wichita, Greeley,
Hamilton, Kearney, Finney, Garfield,
Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford, Reno.
Kingman, Pratt, Kiowa. Edwards, Ford,
Gray, Haskell Grant, Stanton, Morton,
Stevens, Seward, Meade, Clark, CO.
manche Harper, Barber, and Sumner
and a term of the circuit and district
courts shall be held in Wichita on the
first Monday of March and the first Mon
day of September of each year. The re-
manning counties embraced in the dis
trict are to constitute the first division
and the terms of the circuit and district
court are 10 be held at the time and
places prescribed by law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
A. KATZ.

lahoma Is not a pioneer country. 10 was
civilized right from the start.
The Guthrie men who will meet the new
governor at the train are. John l. Ollie,
W. = Hackney. q. r. HcFriott, J. " Me
Neal. u. NJ Ross. II. J. Whitley, ! NJ
Bugsdale c. = Spinning, W = Thompson,
III. Greer
Guthrie News, Wednesday: The town
site bill has a~ Yet not been vetoed or
signed by the president. The latter seems
, 20 be taking advantage of all the time
allowed him in which 10 consider IL. a. To-
morrow the ten days limit expires II the
president does not sign it tomorrow night
the bill viii become law without his
signature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

From present crop prospects in gen
eral, particularly as 10 wheat, it occurs
to us that it would be a wise thing for
Kansas farmers TO let up on selling their
surplus grain as far as they can without
mourning debts. Kansas leads all the
states in the present condition of her
wheat and general crop prospects, but
even should the present conditions and
prospects be maintained until harvest
the chances are that prices wiz be mate
rally higher. while it Is hardly possible
for them TO be lower ut any time within
the next twelve months. Besides, our
present hattering prospects may not be
sustained. in which event a portion of
the surplus now on hand would proba-
bly, be required for home consumption.
The prudent husbandman always man
ages to keep a surplus of products in re
serve as a guard against and emergency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
AN IMPORTANT PAPER.

Sunday mornings EAGLE will contain
a very comprehensive and statistically
exhaustive paper from the pen of c.
Wood Davis on the deficit of the worlds
supply Of bread and the consequent in
crease of prices to follow in the near
future. Mr.. Davis Forum articles have
commanded wide spread attention. If
the money loaners of the east would take
these articles and print them for broad
cast circulation, the distrust which has
been weighing the country down would
disappear as if by magic. Mr.. Davis
has also prepared a paper which COM
pletely refutes the statements made by
General Butler, the other day in Boston,
which refutation in connection with the
article we print Sunday morning would
make a taking immigration literature.
The article for Sunday morning is
worthy the attention and consideration
of statesmen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

A report has come that King Leopold,
of Belgium. may soon visit the United
States. with view to securing financial
support for the development of his
Congo dominion. There Is an abundance
OF capital in this country ready for any
promising investments, and that it
might be willing 10 become interested in
African enterprises Is not improbable.
The suggestion of the plan shows how
completely the conquestof Africa is be-
coming avowedly commercial rather
than Philanthropic, as it has nomiually
been heretofore.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
sENAToRPLUMB TAKES THE PAPERS
From the Plttsburg Commercial.

From the Pittsburg Commercial.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas. receives
more mail than any other member of
congress. He is a subscriber to more
than 200 papers, nearly all Of which are
published in his state.
Some one asked him the other day if
he ever read these papers. Indeed
do" he asked. 1T is by means of these
publications that am kept in constant
touch with the people of my state, and
am better prepared, knowing their sentI-
ments expressed through the papers. to
serve my constituency"
Besides these papers he receives hun
dreds of others. Nothing is ever thrown
from his desk unnoticed, and when he is
not engaged in pouring hot shot into the
enemy's camp across the chamber he Is
upto his eyes in the correspondence on
his desk.
His postage account, outside of the
matter on which he is authorized to Use
the government frank, amounts to SO
and $50 every month.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

The maggots in the defunct carcass of
Resubmission will move upon the COVER
nor, on the 23d of this month, to try to
persuade him to call an extra session of the
legislature for the purpose of resubmitting
the prohibitory amendment.-Troy Chief.
That is about the meanest, stinkingest
fling at honorable gentlemen made by an
honorable gentleman that we remember
to have seen. But come to think of it
the appellation is perhaps not altogether
inapropos. Maggots feed upon dead
bodies and as prohibition is the deadest
thing handy it is but natural that they
should prey upon it. Howbeit, neither
the conference above referred to, nor yet
the thing for which it is to be held seem
at all necessary, inasmuch as the life has
been knocked out of the last mentioned
by the supreme court.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
Modern Moab.

Prom tte Chicago TrlHlar
4 colony b being formed ON the reser-
v1tiou about twenty miles southeast u
Pierra. = b.. Us new and fauaticsd
religious aest They are under the lead
ship 81 a woman aud hold thesr property
20 common. The woman b. rather hand
some and d commanding Prs4ence and
rule over rho colony 81 about co ia q
ds-potlc mauqer. Their religion seems
90 haa cross between Norm0uism and
the Jewish customs ~ biblical fimas.
Insv offer buTat offerings - calves. etc.
TAev have called thr5r toau Moab.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
For indian Agents

Fru-z TIE Brooklyz CHA
One Of the real Indians n psIerile paint
and feather. who listenes1 20 the story q
Jesus IN New York SUNDAY school sun
dav Afternoon remarked; Like 70 have
him for agent Of osIr reservation TheTe
i a good deal OF timely phllosgpT n tins
remark. and perhaps christianity oufhi
20 - preached - the reservation agents
firsg. At al events the Indians observa-
ton might Be printed and sent 70 al the
agents 10 paste n their hats
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Henry S. Ives, the young Napoleon of
finance, whose gigantic operations in
railroad schemes has set the wise old
heads of Wall street to thinking about
what an inscriptions and daring swim
dler could do if he tried, is again at work
in an Office in Temple Court, New York
city. The Star says his long incarcera-
ton in Ludlow street Jail has not made
him appear any older. He has still the
boyish, smooth face, surmounted by
wavy dark hair, and his brown eyes still
retain their cold, shrewd expression be-
hind his gold trimmed spectacles. He is
in appearance an ideal student of some
theological college.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Sol Miller: We are gratified to an
nounce that the international copyright
bill has been defeated in congress. We
have no objection to the principle of it,
but we like to see those big free trade
publishers, like the HarperS, and the
syndicate of free trade dudes, like
George William Curtis, Charles Dudley
Warner, William d. HowelIs, Mark
Twain, James Russell Lowells, and their
crowd, treated to a dose of their own
medicine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Somebody ought to send a tracer after
the state immigration association. The
thing must not be allowed to sleep too
long.-Saliua Republican.
The Immigration Bureau has done and
is doing faithful and efficient work in
that interest. What are you and your
people doing in an auxiliary way to assist
the Bureau:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

VIII some one please inform the farmers
Of Kansas what timber inspector is for
II looks as if he is like good many Others,
pat on the rolls to draw pay for services
rendered The Republicans have TO pay
entirely too high for campaign work
Salina Republican
That's a funny sort of question for so
well informed paper as the Republican
TO ask. Know'st not that timber Is need
full in constructing fences? and that
various and sundry fences in the state
are in dilapidated condition: In truth
there seems to be need not only for the
sinecure named but for a number of as
siStantS Yea. verify.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

The dispatches say that conductors
convention is being carried on with the
greatest secrecy. The secret workings
of men who are known to frequently
knock down" in public with impunity,
must be something horrible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Nellie BLY,, as the original globe circler
created a mOmentary notoriety, but who
can tell where Nellie is now or what she IS
ng-LeavenwOrth sun.
Rumor says that Nellie got so stuck
mp over her earth-circling achievement
that she imagined she owned the World
and had to be fired. Poor girl, she is
now-but its no matter; the lesson is
Dlain enough
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Mr.. Vaux, who has been nominated by
the Democrats to succeed Sam Randall,
has the distinction of being the only
American who ever danced with Queen
Victoria, not, however, in Nauxhall.
This probably accounts for his prefer
ment. More anglO-maniacism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Richard Croker, the great Tammany
sachem, is at Weisbaden, Germany, and
is reported to be in a dying condition.
The New York Star says it is certain he
will never return to New York to re-en-
ter political life. Who viii succeed him
as leader of that organization is, there
fore, question that is being seriously
discussed by the most prominent mem
bers of the lodge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

William IFS appeal to the reichstag for
an increase in the armed forces of Ger
many is not in harmony with the pre-
viously published statement that he and
Leo XIII had entered into a crusade look
ing to a genetaI reduction Of the standing
armies of the Euronean states.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

The costumes Of forty-eight ballet girls
were seized by the custom house officials
the other day. The owner and the
bearer of them is indignant, but SNUG
gler who is so green as to carry his goods
in his vest pocket does not deserve pity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
A Sermon in Brief

From the Choryya.e Republican.
The farmers in this vicinity who have
Uumougaged farms. and whore checks
are as good as gold, raise their crops on
the farm. and not on the store steps aud
curb stones They sored seed iu good
soil. not diszou-iou ami Dissatisfaction ia
the ranks Of men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16
THAT STRAW BINDER.

Lyons, Kan, May Il, 1890.
To the Editor of tho Eagle.
4. near the bottom Of first column, il
speaks of machine for harvesting and
binding with straw by an IllinOian. l am
acquainted with the inventor and would
be pleased for further information. The
machine was never brought into use pub
hCly. Truly, HERBERT SMITH.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

There is said to be a labor. strike in
China which viii make the supply of
fire-crackers short. But it is safe to ex-
pect the usual amount OF noise next
Fourth Of July, just the same. The
fourth Of July in this country is about
the only day that commences at six
o'clock the evening before and lasts till
six o'clock the morning after
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

PROM the Fu91F-a i.ep-hilrsn.
The supreme court of Kansas has de-
cided that q bicycle is vehicle and has
the same right on public thoronghfars
that other vehicles have. Hereafter
teams which insist on soaring az bicycirs
and their lauk Skinned riders must un-
der-taud that they do IL az their own
risk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

Since the opening of lake navigation
exporters at Philadelphia complain that
the receipts of corn have fallen off one
half in volume. Grain men are anxious
10 know why it Is that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. which could furnish
ample accommodation for the al-rail
haul from Chicago and points west Of
that city, Is now unable TO supply suffi-
cient equipment to bring the grain from
lake Erie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

However good and bright a man Webb
McNall may be, and he is both, no repre-
sentative will feel like pluming himself
or congratulating Webb over his victory.
The whole thing is both scary and
Streaked