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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.

The report of the eleventh census has
been foreshadowed by an interesting es-
innate of the population of the principal
cities of the Union as estimated by the
supervisors and telegraphed to different
papers. By this table, New York stands,
of course, at the heed, with population
of ,627 ,227, while Chicago comes second
having caught up and passed Brooklyn
and Philadelphia, both Chicago and Phil
adelphia having over 1000, 900 inhabi-
tants.
Brooklyn, then, comes fourth on the
list. with 500, 900 inhabitants and over.
Baltimore comes fifth, having passed both
Boston and ST. Louis. which follow in
inverse order to the above; and the eighth
city is Cincinnati, the ninth San Francis
co. and the tenth New Orleans
OF all the cities, Chicago has made the
greatest gain, having added to her popu-
lation, in the last ten years, $50, SIS adj
ditional inhabitants.
The greatest gain in percentage. how
ever, is the city of Duluth, which has in
creased from 3,640 in 1880 to sc. 1000 in
1890. This surpasses Wichita's per cent
Of increase perhaps, slightly, for the
period named, though if the parallel be
run back to 1870 Wichita stands without
a rival or equal in the worlds history,
and it is not certain but that the official
figures of the present count will place
her in the lead in the per cent of increase.
If all that Wichita is legitimately en-
titled to. including considerable num-
Der who are temporarily residing in
other states and territories. We're given
to her there would be no question
about it.
In the list of cities mentioned by the
press appear the two southern cities of
Atlanta and Chattanooga, and while the
former has the greater number of inhab-
itants. the latter has the greater increase.
Ii is new thing to note southern cities
in the list of those rapidly growing. and
vet it is strange not to notice among
those the name of Memphis in the met
ropolitan district of which. according to
the Memphis Commercial, there are a
million inhabitants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
GIVE US STRAIGHT FACTS.

From the Kinslev Mercury.
In a special to the Topeka Capital from
Garden City, we find the following:
1t has been rumored for several days that
an original package house was about to be
opened here, but it does not yet make It's
appearance, at least not openly The pub
lie sentiment is strongly against anything
of the kind, and should one be opened il is
likely that the person running the same
would find rough road to travel.
1t is such rot af that that makes fell
low tired. 1t causes one to doubt the
sincerity of all the rest of the specials
and newspaper clippings on the o. p.
question so industriously spread before
the Capital readers from day to day.
There has not been a day in the past
three years when whisky and beer was
not as easy procurable in Garden City as
in Kansas City. Mo. Such stuff as the
above special is all ''bosh," sent out for
effect. The object is to make people be-
lieve that condition of affairs exist
there that would frown down the sale of
liquor-would not tolerate it at all
when the fact is just the reverse of this
Is true.
Now we believe that the sentiment of
the people of Kansas is Overwhelmingly
against the sale of liquors, and especially
against the opening up of any form Of
saloon. We have come to the con
clusion, principally from reading the
Topeka Capitals specials from all por-
tons of the state; but if one half Of these
specials have as little foundation in fact
as this one from Garden City, then it Is
Just possible we are mistaken.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

smooth and of such beautiful cherry red
that they will be used for fronts in place
| Of imported pressed brick"
| One of the queer things noticeable in
| the returns from the country districts OF
| the territory is the varieties of small fami-
| lies. Every family constitutes a tribe. lie
Is no uncommon thing 10 see twelve or
| fourteen individuals belonging to one
| family. 1t seems that the Oklahoma
boomer has a Supertiuous number Of
uncleS. auntS, cousins and children. Gov
ernor Steele says on this point that there
| Is no doubt but what the future OF Okla
homa IS assured.
The board of county commissioners Of
Oklahoma county recommends that the
citizens of each township of second county
divide their respective townships into four
equal parts for road purposes, commenc-
ing at the northeast corner of each town
snip to be numbered from right To left and
known as road districts numbeyed l. ,,
md four; and that the citizens Of each re-
spective division shall recommend one OF
their number TO the county commissioners,
To be designated as the road Oyerseer for
such divided districts.
The Oklahoma City Gazette has this en-
fcouraSing note: MIR J. \. IsaakS,a pros
porous farmer living seven miles northeast
of this city, called at the Gazette office
this morning and exhibited a cotton stalk
taken from his field Of eleven acres which
measures twenty-seven inches from root
To top. He stated that IL WAS only "A fair
average Of his crop. and that hundreds Of
stalks in his field would measure several
inches more than the one he brought To
town. Mr.. lsaaks Is an old Texas cotton
grower, and he Is of the opinion that this
country will discount that state when the
wildness Is taken ont OF the lands. Mr..
Isaaks planted his cotton the 81 OF NAV.
He Will be here the Fourth with bouquet
Of cotton blooms, and cotton raisers say
that when cotton is in bloom by the Fourth
Of July that 10 is never failing sign Of "a
good crop and cotton producing country
In less than three weeks Mr. lsaaks will
De in this city with load OF water
melons. He has apples and cherries from
trees planted last fall. and states that one
of his apple trees made growth Of three
feet this year. He has garden truck in
prOfusiOn and endless varieties, and re-
iOIces iii the providence that led his wau-
dering steps toward this happy and pro-
ductive land of cotton and corn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
suNFLowER SKINNER.

George r. Peck calls Kansas ''the his
toric, fruitful and now peaceful fields of
our first civic strife"
The lola Register is not running col
umn of complimentary notices of Farmer
Funston's congressional candidacy.
The fellows down at Harper call the
young editress of the paper there, Miss
Graphic And she doesn't dislike it,
Senator Berry, of Marshall county, it is
said, has declared himself against our SEN
Tor senator. What is he sour about?
The prohibitionists of n braska are cit
ing Walt Mason as a plea for their cause.
Walt Mason came from prohibition Kan
sas.
1t may be a fact of interest TO Tom
Moonlight that the full moon doesn't come
till the Goth of November, some three
weeks after the election.
The Atchison Champion and the EN-
poria paper are the only publications in
Kansas that are able TO see the defeat of
ingalls, in the Rush-light.
Forsooth, it appears that the whole of
the Second district will be Ware. Mr..
Funston can put two constructions on
A bright paper called ''Vim" published
at Mcpherson came to the EAGLE this
week in wrapper with Don't look in
side'' written on it. OF course we did.
An eastern paper refers to the Atchison
Champion as the head of the anti-Ingalls
crowd in Kansas. This must tempt the
Emporia Republican sorely to give up the
fight.
Eastern papers, it will be noticed do not
take up the Plumb boom for president at
all. There is too much reality in a western
man for that position to be made joke of,
just now.
We have not seen United States Marshal
Dick Walkers opinion of the original
package, but he would probably suggest
an addition of syrup absinthe, sugar and
pinch of lemon rind.
Webb MeNall is Grating at Alliance pic
MICS. Three children died and one hundred
people fell i'll at one Alliance picnic recent
ly. In justice to him, however, we will
say that this did not occur in Webb Nc
Nails district
Milt Reynolds thinks that if all the
Kansas congressman, Bishop Perkins is by
far the abIest and the best. As Milt is
running for the legislature in Oklahoma
just at present. he probably has some very
good ideas of what a representative Of the
people should be.
Florence Finch-Kelley, formerly of Kan
sas, the writer of stories whose chief char
acteristic is an inclination to describe
something that should not be described,
has moved from New York to San Fran
cisco. But Kansas is not Directing San
Francisco is as far away as New York.
The AtchisOn Globe Howe observed on
the day before the Fourth: There are three
ways of being patriotic. One is the FOOLS
way of getting in front of everything that
goes off; another way is to do the hard
work of firing off everything, and the third
way is to sit on the porch and watch some
other fellow. We intend to observe the
Fourth the last way" Yet it is not only
probable but beyond doubt that the man
with such resolution will always fire off
as many crackers and rockets as anybody
else. The Fourth of July is bad time to
resolve.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
Wichita Significant Center for Future
Commerce.
From the Cincinnati Price Current.

From the Cincinnati Price Current.
| The distance from Wichita, Kan, to
Chicago and Galveston are practically the
same, and upon this fact hang conse-
! quences of great concern to the whole
western territory. Recently the Atchison,
| Topeka g. Santa Fe railway sent cargo
of grain to Liverpool by the way of Gal
weston. The movement is very significant,
and it would be worse than useless to at
tempt to underestimate its Importance
The beginning having been made, more
grain will follow thenewly-marked route.
And especially so as Galveston has promise
of gaining greatly by the act of congress
in apppropriating a sufficient sum Of
money to make a deep-water harbor there.
a shipload of western grain has gone over
the bar at Galveston, even when half of it
had to be lightered. The time is not dis
tant, we may believe, when ocean-going
vessels will be able to load and unload at
the wharves of Galveston. Then the
stream, of which the recent shipload is but
the beginning, will become torrent, pour
ing down over the railways and out at the
harbor Southern Kansas is as near the
Gulf of Mexico as it is to Chicago; but
when Kansas grain has been hauled to
Chicago. it is still thousand miles from
tide water. This being the case, the Gal
weston route will draw from South Da-
kOta. The Atchison will work the south
ern route for all there is in it. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas may find it to its
interest to haul grain south. The Texas
Panhandle, backed by the Union Pacific,
will haul grain that way. All these fac
tors must be taken into the estimate in the
problem of export grain movements in fu-
ture, therefore Wichita's Importance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
700 Much for The Justice.

8 roE7 tse Hrfruiss.ltaa.
That was strange case uhicb came
up before the justice II a Ness York po-
lice court recently, Iu which a coal black
negro prisoner when asked his name -
piled - that and al other questions IA
fiuen1 (,eTfnau-curiogisl enough the on
Is language he knew TIE odd char
arter'- naffre b. Joerph Stalnmetz. and -
his lived all hls life "a Berlin. - which
place BE- was brought - kls parents
straight from the Congo region stein
Iaetz caTus % this country lat few
weeks ago. and falling 10 Hiih u6Its
cognrudes bi5ulgIav inclined. and speak
ing the tongue q the fafheriond. q grand
caYol,iuK expedition Ma 4aaugur1ted
which lasted for many days finally end
ing Ia z police court Tts justice tszf0rs
whom tho Germar-spetk negro Nas
arraigued was ~ completely dumfOs1nd-
81 that le instantly disfn lassd the m
oougr0us offender. ard. with ne aid 4
the court Interpreter. administered only
a mid rpbuke. TIE case e declared ~
lawyers % - unigas in polics cart al
Izs8s q GOTHAM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

Mr.. Pittijohn, register of deeds for
Stevens county, passed through the city
yesterday en- route home from Paris,
Texas. where he has been in attendance
upon the Cross trial as a witness. His
impression was that the argument would
be concluded and the case given to the
jury Yesterday. He also stated that the
consensus of opinion down there was
that the trial would result in an acguit-
tai or a hung jury. Mr. Pettiiohn SAYS
the weather down there has been oppres-
sively hot and that everybody Is com
pletely tired out and VIII be glad to get
away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

That which amuses us greatly, in fact
which is nightly amusing even in the
abstract, are the Republican papers of
Kansas, who, three months ago, were
wump," free trader" and other naughty
names, because we denounced the Nc
Kinley bill and demanded free coinage
and resubmission that Kansas might be
saved, are now pretty much all astraddle
the fence or entirely Topped over.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
THE LIVE STOCK CENSUS.
Wichita Officially Recognized by the
Government as in the Center of
That Great Industry.

HE gre at live
stock producing
section of TIL e
United States lies
between the base
of TIL e r ky
mountains and the
Mississippi river
and between the
southern line of
Dakota and the
Gulf. The grain
and grass of the
vast dis trio t
named are pro-
.ducing now, and
will in a much
larger sense pro-
.duce in the near
future, the cat
tie, the hogs, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

A singular illustration of the proverb
about 1.-The bitter bit" is the trial of DR..
Pierce, a druggist in Illinois, for selling
liquor without a license. The accused
was a year ago elected mayor Of his town
on the Prohibition ticket. and officially
he has been very active in prosecuting.
or prosecuting, the liquor sellers Of
Hoopeston, while it seems he was en-
gagged in the same traffic, conducted on
"the prescription plan"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
4 Good % Cent Investment

Ladies extra quality Jersey ribbed vest 3 for Csc
worth 40 cents every time.
A Good Investment-A ladies muslin night dress
We make the price 75c worth S1.25
10 dozen ladies chenise at SOC worth Soc
Corset Covers, all sizes. 23c worth 40c. 4Sc worth
65c 73c worth 100c
Ladies Muslin Skirts. soc worth 75c 75c worth
81 CSC worth 1925 Bargains up to $3.50
A Good 4Sc mvestment-48c unlanndried shirt
This is the best shirt in the world for the price
Sale on Ribbons still continues Gros grain satin
edge No. II at 15c. No Is at 20c just half price
Do you want lace dress, founce or drapery. Bar
gains are awaiting you.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
WHERE OUR GREATEST WEALTH IS.

Colonel Richard :. Hinton IN the Forum.
In the region beyond the 9Sth meridian
of longitude west OF Greenwich, the in
itial point being st. Paul. and its final one
North Platte, Neb., while on the south it
extends eastward to Fort Worth. Tex,
eighteen states and four territories were
visited and traversed. The contrast Of
fered by it to the solitudes of 1855 were
almost amazing. West of the meridian
named there are now at least p 900 miles
of railroad, and of telegraph wires not
less than 100, 900 miles. OF telephone
and electric light cables, in proportion to
population, there are more miles IN use
than elsewhere within the United States.
There Il today more property owned per
capita than anywhere on the continent.
Two-tifthS Of the national domain +
found west Of the line given. and certain
" the remaining three-fifths of the pub
lie lands of the United States must lie
sought for IN the same region: and that.
too, without considering Alaska. J It
how few persons are cognizant of the
fact that. east and west. the geOgraph
ical center Of the union Is somewhere in
the bay Of San Francisco; for with the
Alutan islanders fiying our flag within
fifty miles of the Siberian coast OF Asia,
our domain extends. on a northwestern
and southeastern line. some 5000 miles
beyond the Golden Gate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

Indications point to speedy reawak-
ening of the eight hour movement. John
Burns, the great London labor reformer,
is reaching the working men of this
country through the newspapers and peri
odicals, and the country may soon ex-
pect an agitation over this subject that
will extend from Maine to California.
The eight hour question will be settled
in the next two years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSION WORK.

For the quarter ending May 31st last,
the missionaries OF the American Sun
day School Uuion have organized is this,
the Rocky mountain district, fifty-twO
new Sunday schools in new settlements
or neglected communities, and induced
200 teachers and LIP scholars to become
members thereof. They also aided by
visits and otherwise 10 other schools,
having 592 teachers and 7,02S scholars:
Made 346 gospel and Sunday school adj
dresses, distributed 81 bibles and tesla
ments, and $493 worth of religious liter
ature, and travelled q 1923 miles. This
data is furnished us by w. L. DETROIT
superintendent for the district
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
A II TIL E
White House Of InneS & Ross.

depressed and its purchasing capacity
diminished for no purpose except the
perpetuation in power of q set of poll
ticianS.
The EAGLE has begun to think straight
about commerce and the trade interests
of Kansas 1t should think out the
whole subject,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
Kansas Farmers and Ingalls,
From t.a sterling Champion.

FROM tfH Ster4iEE Cham Piau-
For the hfe-of u5 we cannot inmazins
what the farmers Of Kansas have against
Hon. j. J. Ingalls,, and why they allow
the silly resolutions prepared by Demo
cratic politicians and o. be read In their
meeting. There Is not another man 80
Kansas today who has tho national
reputation that J. J. ingalls, has. and
there j. none who has been a better
friend 70 the massss Of our people.
When the time comes for work we r.
leve the great majority 81 the Alliance
men viii support Senator ingalls, and
send ham hack again. The softer second
thought il ever the Dest. and We have
sufficient faith IN the Republican farmers
Of Kansas 10 believe that they VIII not
allow Themselves 81 " hoodwinked into
any scheme looking towards his defea3.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
PROHIBITION VS.. HIGH LICENSE.


From the Newton Kansan.
Topeka has enjoyed many advantages
IN the shape of institutions affOrding en-
PIGMENT to people; has had the general
offices of the Santa Fe company, the car
shops of the same company; has had an
immense income from all parts of the
state from people visiting on public bust
ness or attending the very numerous pub
Inc gatherings almost constantly in ses-
sion, and has had prohibition to assist in
her upbuilding, yet we find that in 1880
she had 15,452 inhabitants, and that to-
day she has 81 900, increase 15.j4S, a
slight excess over 100 per cent. Lincoln,
Nebraska, is also a state capital, but is
not the headquarters of so large a COM
pany as the Snata Fe. it has shops back
ed by so much capital, and lacks many
other things that Topeka enjoys, and in
place of prohibition it has high license.
LincOln's population in 1880 was Is, COB.
while in 1890 it has %, 600; an increase of
36.997, or more than 800 per cent.
The people Of Lincoln are undoubtedly
as moral, fully as well educated. certain
~ as happy and prosperous as Topeka.
the city has as good churches and schools
as well sustained, without greater taxa
ton, as can be found be found in Topeka
The state of Nebraska does not pour as
much of her wealth into Lincoln, as
Kansas pours into Topeka; the soil of
Nebraska is 10 better, if so good, as that
of Kansas; in fact one may make any
sort Of a comparison regarding the ma
terial things which assists in building up
cities and states, and Topeka and Kansas
will always come out ahead of Lincoln
and Nebraska, and yet we find Topeka
only again as large as large as it was in
1850, while Lincoln is nearly four times
as large as in 1880. here is certainly "A
reason for this, and uuti better one Is
found The Kansan will hold that high IL
ceuse is more valuable to a city than
prohibition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
KANSAS.
written by Dan B. Brummitt and sung in Baker
University Baldwin, by the students.)

Written by Dan B. Brummitt and sung in Bal
University, Baldwin, by the students.)
NY Kansas, It's of thee,
Sweet land of hOmifIy,
OF thee / sing
Land of the classic kaw
Fair land without a flaw
From Leayenworth to Wichita
Thy praises ring.
In all thy vast extent
No child by parent sent
Can whisky get.
TOperS are mad as hops,
Closed all their liquor shops,
But when 1t comes to crops,
Kansas goes wet.
In all the growing west
Kansas is first and best
At growing stuff.
Great crops of corn and shOats,
Great crops Of wheat and oats.
And eighty thousand votes
More than enough.
Corn's grown most out of sight
We thought it grew one night
Almost foot.
We worked and helped IL grow,
We've a right to crow;
The boys at home, you know,
Have it to cut.
SO let US sing again,
Shouting the glad refrain,
Queen Kansas reigns.
Reigns DER the prairies wide
Which smile on every SIDE.
Kansas, Columbia's pride,
Queen Of the plains.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

a Philadelphia paper being elated be-
cause the Philadelphia is the fastest war
ship in the world. says: There Is no
reason why Philadelphia should not put
on more steam and become the first city
in the country. No reason at all why
she should not: but wouldn't it be advis-
able first to get up enough steam to beat
Chicago out OF second place. and perhaps
widen the distance from Brooklyn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
TIE Right sors q Courage

Fraz ~ Es-lEszr-s EessE1-zssa-
When (isnersi Kelley vas appealed 20
~ stand By sp@sker Reed ID his oousztrt1o-
t.ou 81 the rules b. Is reported - hags
said. D--u thu rules. krzgH usy pas-
r.s- a-ant free coinage - solver. ARD I ara
gang ~ Do al ln Ely power q gst i Tor
them. rules Gr $40 rules. The exprs-s-
sson Is . trlfie emphatic. iut the ssnti-
ulent i highly conmen1able.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

From the New York Telegram.
Gentlemen whose wives are out II
town should carefully inspect the ''por-
sonaT columns of newspapers they send
Star recently contained "a personal
stating that "A gentleman whose vito
was away for the summer wished 10
company him Ia places of amusement.
The result was the sudden return Of at
least five Washington ladies whose hus-
bands had been left behind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

The secretaries of tho several county conventions
are instructed to forward TO the undersigned SeCre
Jary al Topeka Kansas certified copy OF the Gre
dentialS of 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 Gre
Centials the Republican state central committee
viii prepare roster of those entitled TO participate
in the preliminary organization of the convention.
By order of the committee.
HENRY BOOTH Chairman.
BION s. HLTCHINS, secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

The secretaries Of the several counties are in
Etruct-d tc forward to the undersigned secretary.
at Garden City. Kan, r certified copy OF me
credentials of their several delegales nninedauelg
upor the ad jOurnment Of the county conventions.
Ii is hereby recommended that the several coun-
ties in said district their delegates on July %
1890 unless otherwise ordered 10y the county central
committee.
BY order Of the committee, -
JESSE TAYLOR. Secretary.