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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
4 REVELATION.

From the Marion Record
Our postmaster Captain Fred Lewis.
had some old memories wildly revived
while ~ Wichita last week II seems
that CAPTAIN Lewis was really one of the
first settlers upon what - now the town
site OF Wichita II was somothinn more
than twenty years ago that be and
'tauk Moore. q Tustling pioneer whom
OH orr old settlers refneber. located
claims wh.re Wichita now stands ard
erected the first shaHfy upon the ground
where uoYr stands this wonderful west
eru tltv. There we're no trses there then
and the scene WAS desplste lfde,-d. They
soon tired oi the country. which gave no
sign ot lt- future Creates. and abandoned
the place. Last week Pred wa taken ~
the top u a h.gh buiidiux and shown tbs
remarkable city which Las grown IN
there since tbfa3. OF oouras &c VIA ike !.
dream a. hlm and WA calculated u
make him meditate u(s.n .ygi4t might
have been' had his foresight I'm a.
good ~ his h.ndsigLt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

Representative Peters statement Of
he result Of his recent inquiries of the
governments cash on band and prospect
i've revenues must be something of a
poser to congress at the present iuncture
Judge Peters is to be commended for his
interest and earnestneSs in these matters
Congress cannot afford to act unadvised-
y in legislating upon matters upon
which the maintenance Of the active
operations of the government depends.
Unless there is a corresponding reduc-
tion in the expense Of the government it
Is worse than idle to talk about reducing
the revenues. If congress should under
take to do this it viii find that handling
deficit Is bigger job than handling u
surplus. The universal popular demand
for reduction in the revenues Of the
government comprehends all the involv-
ingS of the idea of economy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

II has been asserted that the system of
jettieS near the mouth of the Mississippi
river is largely responsible for the pres
ent food in the lower portion of that
stream, the theory being that the jetties
serve to dam the river, partially, but suf-
ficiently TO impede the flow of water
through the channel out into the gulf.
This would seem plausible enough but
for the fact that while the channel has
been narrowed somewhat its depth has
been increased by several feet, so that
with the increased velocity of the water
a greater quantity actually escapes in a
gisen time than before the jettieS We're
constructed. Accepting this last theory.
as. has been practically demonstrated,
the jetty and levee system would seem to
afford a practical solution of the problem
how to prevent these periodic and disas-
trous overfiows But it viii require
many years to perfect a system so a. 10
put an end 10 these annual floods of the
delta.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

The very enthusiastic reception given
to Stanley in Belgium indicates that the
project for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the
Congo free state has not been abandoned
by its friends, and that the rescuer of
Emin may be tempted to continue in the
service Of which King Leopold is the
head. The effigy of the little lion Of Bel
GUM may be on the Congo flag, but it
will be the big lion Of England that viii
supply the sinews of war for the strug-
gle with the perils of the dark continent
and for rivalry with the forces of the
German cOlonists. Stanley's prediction
that the day will soon come when Bel
gians would sail from Antwerp to visit
their brethren on the Congo, and his en-
tertainment by members of the great
house of Rothschild, points toward a
continuance of his mission under the old
auspices with greater resources than
have heretofore been at his command.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

Pennsylvania politics are developing a
greater degree of interest this year than
for several past. Encouraged by the
success of that party in Rhode Island in
the recent gubernatorial contest the
Pennsylvania Democrats have bobbed
up in an apparently vigorous manner
and actually planned to enter the con-
test for governor. But the present indi-
cations are that the rivalry between
the Wallace and Delamater factions for
the nomination for their respective
champions will develope into war that
viii become ureconcilable. The Wallace
faction-the supporters of ex-senator
William Wallace-aIso understood to be
Uncompromising Cleveland men. while
the Delamater contingent are Just as
loyal to Governor Hill. of New York. as
presidential candidate. With this con
dition of affairs the Republicans. who
are in do danger in any event, can
afford to quietly look on and enjoy the
fun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
Relative Area Of Cities.

Tacoma Daily Ledger.
Seattle, with the proposed additions,
will be - miles in length and will con-
tain about 1870 square miles, and be
largest in area of any city in the United
States. unless it be Philadelphia, which
has 1924 square miles. The next in size
is Peoria, H., which has an even 100.
st. Louis follows next with Git square
miles. New Orleans comes next with 60.
St. Paul has 81, Minneapolis 80, Buffalo
~, San Francisco All, New York Il,
Brooklyn 40, Los Angeles 40, Chicago 40.
Boston gets along with 81 square miles
Of territory. CINCINNATI supports a pOpu-
lation of $4,000 on 81 square miles.
Brooklv minds room for $4,000 on PSI
square miles and Milwaukee accommodates
1900 on 49, square miles. The small
est of large cities in the United States Is
Birmingham. Ala. which has one square
mile and 10000 people; Hoboken Is a
fourth of a mile larger and has 10000
more people. Memphis crowds 1900
into a space Of three square miles. Rich
mond. Va, has five square miles
and $1,000 people. Louisville with q
population of 10000, covers only -
square miles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
The Way % Succeed.
N The Pittsburg d .natch.

4 =
Edison Is a count. a millionaire and
the most famous living inventor. His
present wealth. which amounts To many
millions, Is as nothing compared 10 what
il viii be IN the next few years: but he
still works away in his laboratory and
comes forward 10 greet you IN just
such a suit Of clothes as he wore twenty
years ago. As compared with Edison
dIngy little snop Of twenty years ago out
IN MenIo park. In which he used TO eat
his bread and cheese seated on an old
packing box talking over the work II
hand with his two or three woTkmen.
the present surroundings are fabulously
luxurious. Everything shows uao0unded
means. which NAV BE- the case when We
remember THAI this famous laboratory
costs 500 go q year T. maintain Bat
the master mind Is stII the same.
" hen be works L means work for the
men. Ia the old DAYS al Menl0 park Il
was no uncommon thing for hum - -
main az the bench for foTgy-eight hours
az stretch. sending che OF the BOYS for
crackers and cheese whenever BE- felt
hungry and not giving mp until MS
assistants had actually fallen asleep
standing UP. Today lie Is Just Is in
terested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

The board of trade at FL Paso. Tex,
earnestly protests against the proposed
duty on MEXICAN ores in the Mckinley
1ariff bill. The Kansas City Star thinks
it is "a significant and encouraging
spectacle to see the Lone Star state with
its $4,000 Democratic majority and the
6unhower state with its $4,000 Republi-
can majority pulling together on the
tariff question" There's nothing strange
about that. Self interest is the first and
strongest impulse of nature. As the
poet expresses it "a fellow feeling makes
us wOndrOus kind"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

A financial crises is reported at Mel
bourne. Wild speculation in twelve
months ago has been followed by many
failures. Banks of issue, which are le-
gally empowered to advance on real es-
tate, have been severely hurt, and not a
few general financial institutions are still
laboring in the storm. The annual yield
of the gold mines of the colony has been
gradually diminishing for many years,
and exports showed a decrease of 81, 867,
361 as compared with 1888.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

BY a singular, not to say remarkable,
coincidence Henry NJ. Stanley, the great
explorer of Africa, was received with
great demonstrations at Brussels in
honor Of his achievements, on the same
day Qast Saturday that General John c.
Fremont, the great American explorer,
more Familiarity known as the path
finder, was placed on the retired list of
the army of the United States by an act
congress; recognition in part of his
services to this country in the line that
made Stanley world famous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

The goldite papers and orators are con
tinually holding up the case Of the Ar
gentine Republic as an argument against
a large volume of currency. They APP
pear to argne that the United States can
not float larger volume of money per
capita than can the South American
states. The revenue collected by the
government arhounts to 10000, 900
every year. and 50 long as this money
will pay dues to- the government it viii
float at par, even if the amount in cirCu-
lation should be doubled. Besides this,
all money issued by the government will
settle all dues to the states and between
individuals, and so long as this is con-
tinued our money cannot depreciate. To
argue that our money will 90 down
argues that our government Is weak and
its life uncertain. Money in actual cir
culation is below $50 per capita, and no
honest, well informed man has said or
viii say that $50 per capita would en-
danger the value Of our circulating me-
dunn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

A Milwaukee woman is preparing to
marry a foreign count who IS several
years younger than herself. This is a
case where it is eminently improper to
charge the woman with Anglo-maniac-
ism. She is probably a patriotic individ
ual and VIII manage the count in true
democratic stvIe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Only the Finest Goes Here.

From the Kingman Democrat.
The Wichita EAGLE of Wednesday
contained an ''epitome of reliable infor-
nation and statistic data" of Sedgwick
county. In design and execution it is
one of the finest specimens of newspaper
type-setting we have ever seen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

Senator Stanford is said to regard his
presidential boom seriously. If some
men in former years had been as wise as
Stanford they never would have been
,Iofoa+oJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
Correctly Estimated.
From, tho 7 a,t-r-aroo Journal

Fritz Schnitzler, the fat and good
natured Wichita alderman, is first
cousin to Emin Bey, the African ex-
plorer. This will in a measure account
for the nerve possessed by the Wichita
gentleman. 1t seems that blood tells
here as elsewhere, and there is no man
in Kansas who will take as many chances
on anything or stay longer with what he
undertakes than will Fritz.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

A Brooklyn couple were excommuni-
Gated for marrying during Lent As the
church forbids divorce they can not I'M
marry, so their trouble seems irremedi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

The car of Russia will not listen to the
petitions from America and England.
The descendant of Caesar knows the voice
of the people and its strength, but he
hasn't the discretion or sense to give it a
hearing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
One-Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers

furniture store, one ieveler. three grocer.
les, one commission merchant. three -four
and fe"d stores. two coal dealsTs one shoe
shop, four contractor and builders. two
baEbcr shops. A leazt the Herald says 90.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

President Carnot, of France, in his trip
is visited by vast crowds, like on a SINH
lar tour GIr. Cleveland was viewed; and
NJ. Carnot hasn't a beautiful young wife
along, either.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
That's Right,

From the Emporia Republican.
An Omaha paper declares that Kansas
-four is as good as any other -four, no
matter where it may come from. When
a Nebraska paper makes an admission of
this sort, it may be set down that the
editor regards Kansas flour as better
than any other -four, no matter where it
may come from. And he is not far
wrong, no matter where he may come
from,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

1t now appears that the telegraph COM
panies will have to increase their facili-
ties. or some of the numerous base ball
leagues have their scores remain I'm
unfinished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
A Prophet Not Without Honor.
From the Atchison Globe.

An Atchison man named Ingalls,, has
become so prominent in the nation that
the New York World devoted four pages
to an interview with him, illustrated the
interview with twenty-seven pictures
engraved from instantaneous photo
graphs. Yet in Atchison you will oc-
casionally find little old man who SAYS
that Ingalls, does not amount to any
thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
MGflIf Eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

General AIger has denied that there
are no politics in his trip so much that
great many people have begun to suspect
him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

being Swallowed, and it is hoped it will
not be long before he viii be caught and
put where he will cease from troubling
honest and genteel people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
Don't Fool Yourself with that idea

DoA o7Ol olrss-T WIN IEst Idea-
Prom the -, Joe News.
The employees Of the Atchison post
office recently presented the retiring
postmaster with q cut glass wine set and
Bohemian ezg-nogg SCI. Living in
prohibition Kansas, the ex-official doesn {
know whether 10 regard tho gift as
token Of respect or rich Joke.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
IT WASN'T LOADED.
But it Vent O if and Took Piece of Finger
 W Nit!I it.
Tombstone Prospector.

The people in the neighborhood of Cummings book store on Allen street were startled this morning by hearing a pistol shot.
 A rush was made for the store where a scene was being enacted which should have been photographed. Jesse Lowry was i'll the act of disrobing, while Tom Bates stood with the blood streaming from the index finger of his left hand. A search was made for a bullet hole in the
 body of the supposed victim, while Tom my hurried across to Baron's barber shop where he washed off the blood.
 You sec said the frightened young man. Il went into the store this morning and Jess was cleaning a pistol, l took it apart and took out all of the cartridges. as l supposed, put the cylinder back and stood pointing the thing at Jesse's stomach,
 and within a couple of feet of him, when | bang she went. 1 knew that l was hurt, and Jesse thought he was killed. He be- gan pulling off his clothes and asked me to find the hole. He said that he had heard that man didn't feel a bullet till five minutes after he had been hit and he wanted to find 1t before he felt 1t. It hit my finger first and glanced off just graz ing Jesses side and flattened itself against the wall, here it Is, said he as he produc- ed flat piece of lead. The pistol was a g. cahbre and the narrow escape from
 serious consequences was almost mira
 culous.
 l The young man went at once to Dr 1 Willis where the finger was dressed and the wound pronounced only flesh one 1 The lesson was a rather forcible one but
 will not be lost on the two students.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
Mohave Mining Notes.
Miner.


 With silver at the present price Mo- have County mines will be largely in- creased ln output.
 J. E. Jamison is in town looking after the working of car load of ore from the Rip Van Wrinkle mine.
 o. F. Kuencer will next week put a force of men at work on the Esmeralda mine. There Is lots of good ore to work on.
 Conkey < Branden are in town with a lot of ore from the Tuckaho mine The mine Is looking well, and they expect to ship good many carloads before the year closes.
 Tyler & Rouis, who have a lease on a portion of the C. O. D., have about two car loads of ore on the way to this place They have good showing, and are talk ing out about seventy sacks of ore each day.
 l.. l.. Bequette returned from his trip to Denver on Monday. He thoroughly investigated the McArthur-F crest pro- cess of extracting ores. On ore from the Dean mine the result was entirely satis- factory. He ordered the additional ma chinsry required, and will as soon as 1t arrives give the process a more thorough test, when we will have more to say in regard to it.
 The gold properties in the vicinity of Cerbat Wash are now lively. The Flores company are working their property with a day and night shift. Little and Maher are working gold claim just north of Flores. Twiggs and Kelley are at work on the Robert Emmett. " B. Camp i bell is working a claim across the wash from the Flores. A. James IS at work on claims near the adobe cabin, and has 8 force of men building offices, and other buildings. Next week force of men will be at work on the EsmeTalda-
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
Was a Tombstone Man.

John NJ. Chenoweth, who shot R. T. Carroll and then shielded in San Fran cisco. on August 2Sth, was a former resi- dent of Arizona. The Examiner gives the following sketch of his life in this Territory:
 He first came into public notice about thirteen years ago through an atfray over a woman in Oakland, which ended by Chenoweth cutting his antagonist in a dozen places. Then he went down to Tombstone and worked as barkeeper for the late M. Joyce of the Cafe Royal, who at that time was an Alderman of Tombstone aud one of the principal sa- loon keepers there. Sometime atterward Chenoweth went into business for him self and became quite prominent through siding with the Clantons as against the famous Earp brothers. who had ven detta against the cowboys on account of some of the Clantons' men charging that .Doc" Holiday, the partner of the Earps. had committed robbery ill the Territory. Chenoweth became the proprietor of a newspaper in Tombstone, acting as fight ing editor of the concern-nO light task i'll the disturbed state of the country.
 While ill Tombstone Chenoweth met and afterwards married young woman named Permalee Peters, the daughter of keeper of the house where he lived. They had not been married long before he became jealous of her, but they settled their troubles for a time and lived to- gether until last year, when the wife was given divorce, after trial that was Hull of rather exciting incidents.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
i FORTUNE IN SIGHT.
1 A Story of Responsibilities But True as Gospel.
Prospector.


 David Stout, an old timer in Cochise county, Is fortunate in possessing a pat ent on a cable car gripping lever which will make him wealthy.
 He patented the invention in 1881. It was after this time that the cable car service came into general use At the time this patent was granted the demand for grip for a cable car was not worth the cost of getting 1t, but change soon took place. and fortunes were made of of little devices for perfecting the cable car system Stout was not aware of the i'm portance attached to his patent until a few weeks ago.
 He had been prospecting through the country little dreaming that his patent right was being used all over the country and he receiving no benefit from it. He returned to Cochise county and is at pres ent at Turquois. c. w. Swain knew of the patent and knew that 1t was being in fringed upon. Letters had come to Tombstone from all quarters during the past years asking for the whereabouts Of David Stout. His invention was desir- able one and purchasers were plentiful, but the inventor was not to be found. In Judgements upon the patent were freely used all over the United States.
 G. w. Swain lost no time in getting to the ear of Stoat when he found his where abouts and entered into an agreement whereby he (Swain) was to receive 20 pel cent of any money to be made out of the invention. Letters have already been re ceived offering 10 settle with the owner ot the patent for the infringement or to pur- chase at big figure outright. Promi nent attorneys of San Francisco have in- terested themselves in the matter and predict a speedy and satisfactory settle ment with Stout as far as San Francisco is concerned. Offers from St, Louis haEs also been received and the prospective millionaire will no doubt soon realize from his invention.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
The Best Cyclopedia.

The twenty third volume of Alden's from McCook to Memorial Among the articles we notice the biographies ofmany eminent men and women of early times as well as those of the present day, also excellent descriptions of many large cit les and towns. The volume treats very satisfactorily three states: Maine, Mary land and Massachusetts; and of foreign countries there are Madagascar, Madeira, Malta and Manitoba. Interesting sub jects in other lines are: Machine Gun Magic; Magma Charta: Magnetism, 19 pages; Mammalia, 10 pages; Man, 6 pages; MangelWurzel; Manure, pages; Mar ble; Marriage, 6 pages; and MaSons (F'ree) about pages. These are named only as samples of what the volume contains. The articles are brought down very near ly to date, many of them are illustrated, the style and arrangement are excellent, and the printing and binding entirely sat isfactory. The one thing about 1t which Is difficult to comprehend Is how so valu- able work can be sold for so low price. For farmers. mechanics, teachers, stu dents, and the great mass of general readers, the Manifold is. far superior to any other cyclopedia. Specimen pages will be sent free on application to the publishers. A specimen volume in cloth binding will be mailed for 50 cents or in half morocco for 75 cents, and the money returned if the volume Is returned within ten days. Agents are wanted in all un- occupied territory. GARRETsoN, Cox & O., Publishers, New York, Chicago and | Atlanta.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
Sized him up.

A Santa Barbara innocent who was compelled to spend short season in Casa Grande during the recent washouts, evi- dently sought a companionship that was congenlal to his tastes, if his own words be true, or else some of the fun-loving boys" of the town sized him up" ac- cOrding to his merits. He gave his eX- perience in the following language:
 This Is one of the hardest towns l ever struck l am writing this in a room where two faro tables, and four poker games are running. Just now I see $l000 in sight but l dare not reach out and take 1t for six shooters are far too close at hand A moment ago my hair stood straight on my head. A long haired fellow raked in the pot and one of the players claimed foul and down went their hands into their hil pockets like a flash. About twenty minutes ago a fellow bet with another fellow that I weighed 300 lbs. They ask ed me to go out and be weighed. stopped writing and went to the only scale in town to test my weight. I was only afraid of one thing-that the fellow would put enough lead into me to brins my weight up to 300 lbs. But the fellow paid the bet and said that 1 weighed jus 100 pounds more than he did, but that h. could lick any ''gringo" tEat would talk i sure thing bet" So they went t, ! fighting and 1 resumed my writing witt a steady hand. l have been called ia i twice, though 1 have not spoken wort in the house, but 1 did not get mad,
 only sat still and kept on sweating