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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

| breadth between 500 souls and the great
unknown; but we beat the Tom Swan.
Went down the river on the Wetump-
ka, with old Captain Shaw, she was a
| new boat, built at CINCINNATI for the
Alabama river trade and drew too much
water for the up river country. The
old man was to make a paying down
river trip, loaded with whisky and
little giant corn mills, then filled in all the
chinks with loose furniture. Arriving at
Louisville drawing two feet more water
than IN the canal bottom which is soft
mud, the old man thought he could suck
her through without tightening, if he
could get this permit. The writer, being
the youngest of the crew, was sent TO
Shipping port for the permit, with in
structlons. When asked what water we
drew said, don't know" 4 steamboat
man never prevaricates unless well paid
for 1t. Got the permit and the driver
an extra fee for showing the speed of his
team, signaled the boat as soon as in
sight, and the Wetumpka followed her
nose IN the canal promptly, struck three
days. company furnished lighters or
would have awaited the next raise. That
clerk made many personal remarks, but
as he was the largest took them as jokes.
Went ashore at Vicksburg and labored
with the yellow fever, after conquering
which shipped on the General Stokes and
went tree pulling up the Yazoo and trib-
utaries. Not delightful country in mid
summer. Crane soup may be healthy
but IS not invigorating. Quit and went
above the raft on Red river. Lots of
amusement there if you are constructed
to enjoy that kind. The natives were
not of a religious turn and prohibition
had not been invented yet, but times
have changed since my young days.
GEO. WASH. GAY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
Quay and "IronqulIL"

Washington letter % Globe Drr-oerat
Senator Plumb hsd q copy ~ the
Poems of "IrouquilI' az the senate
chamber ono dav. and Senator QUAY got
hold Of 1t IN an idle hour The Peansyl-
yaniau rad and smiled and read and
smiled a-.au When he returned tho
volume BE- told Senator Plumb that he
must certainly have copy. Senator
Plumb transmitted the request o. Nr.
Eugene +. Ware. ~ Fort SOFT Sena-
tor QUAY has received the desired vol
uHe. and ON q AF-is-tf appears the fol-
lowing autograph dedication.
IGF rsEN0wE P0fT
He wac a genius. Through the H1idnight
GLOOM
lie a-esa Ais mind 10 uufsrnltfing toll
And oiI mach midnight oil did be con-
-Husr.
Bat be got lef,s the oil was fussl OIL
To senator - s Quay, ws.slaston,
ID E
There Is one poem IN the book which
Senator quay has pronounced the bet
talas ~ TnYuls 1e ever read. lt b..
~ AGzEED srATENEST oY FAcrs
As r. tps Admiration Of ST. He JONES e
tic I4fat Greek Bar d Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
White House Of Times & Ross.

The FL Reno Herald says several rival
svndicates are begging the privilege Of
putting in street railways, electric lights
and water power"
One Oklahoma farmer intends 10 plant
200 pounds of watermelon seed this season
and expects to raise the luscious fruit by
the car load.-Norman Transcript.
Polly Young has left Reno City and
gone on visit. II is hoped the town Will
get along all right while she Is gone. Polly
Young IS the best known lady III Okla
homa
The new Fl Reno expects to have a hotel
IN thirty days. This u not very inviting
to fne-haired capitalists from the east %
invest right away, unless they do it by
proxy.
Governor Steele, it Is said. received 20
900 letters from various candidates for
Office in Oklahoma yesterday" SAYS the
hingisher World, but the World is letting
its imagination work it..
Under the Nebraska laws a county must
have population of .c00 before il can
have a register of deeds. The county
clerk Is ex Ofticio register Of deeds until
the county has that population.
Purcell Topic: Our brethren Of the press
are cordially invited TO be with Us on Tues
day, Nav 3hth, for the purpose Of organic
ing an Editorial association The people
OF Purcell will be glad 10 see you aud do
their best TO treat you Hospitality. We con
hdently expect - good turnout judging
from the number who have expressed
themselves as favOriug the move. IL Is
one Of importance and we have DELAYED or
ganizing TOO long already. Arrangements
can be made for the trip 10 the gulf, u al
sufficient numb viii 20 10 make D. in
interesting Notice has been sent % All the
newspapers and il depends upon their re-
plies whether we 20 or not In any event
we viii try and make you feel at home
while here and DO not think you win lack
for entertainment
Chicago Tribune. tom" Needles. the
United States marsha! who became ~ well
known a. the opening Of Oklahoma ar
rived at the Grand Pacific Yesterday. Life
among the boomers seems 70 have aged
him since be left the quiet old Illinois
town 81 Nashville bis hair aud muztache
are gTayer. and he has tie complexion OF
an Indian chief
Now that Oklahoma Is % have terri
tOriai government be has no power Ina that
section, and bis time Is give 20 the affairs
Of the five nations
LESS than 4 year ago" he sad. boom Z
ers were crowdiuZ into Oklahoma. and
chaos would not describe the condition n
that country Now Guthrie and Okla (
homa City are model towns. or tozHs bv
magic. Just think 81 big towns " II
street cars. electric lights. good eia~scs OF
citizens. and au modern Improvements On
spots that were nothing bat wlia prairie
stretches jess thau dozen. months ago
Strangers can believe the history 0f those
cities. and 81 j. a perfect Illustration q tue (
p!uCkv. euteTprls3nE spirit II the Amer .
can. Now the government - ue~Ct ,atiEg
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

A new complication in negotiating
with the Cherokee Indians for relinquish-
ing their claim upon the strip or outlet is
likely to arise if settlement is not eff
fected at once. There is a remnant of
that nation, something ike 200 in num-
Der, in North Carolina who, it is said, are
planning to move to the territory and
join their brethren in permanently occu-
pying the lands held and claimed by
them. There are not enough of the
North Carolina contingent to cut much
of figure in occupying the Cherokee
lands in the territory, but there are
enough to make considerable bother if
they and those in the territory should
take it into their heads to do so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
PLUME ON MEXICAN ORE.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
In the Denver Republican of Saturday
is dispatch from Washington saying
that the delegation from Colorado, work
ing in behalf of the tax on Mexican lead
ore, are greatly discouraged. They give
the Kansas delegation, and particularly
Senator Plumb, credit for splendid work
against the tax. They think the subject
will be reached Wednesday. They count
only four of a majority in the house in
favor of sustaining the action of the
the ways and means committee in put
ting on a duty of Il cents per pound,
and they are fearful Of losing their game
from absentees. The dry ore miners are
getting up fight in their rear, which,
added to three-fourths of the smelters
now at Washington, makes the fight very
strong against the Colorado fellows.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
oKLAHoMA oUTLINEs

Reno city has the only jail in the west
evn land district
The editorial convention should call On
the new governor.
The old soldiers Of z Reno organized a
g. A r post the 5rd inst.
The Oklahoma papers would Ike 70
know what the Frisco Herald Is olushing
about.
The editors Of Oklahoma ara now all
anxious 70 see who VIII get the nrst roast
ing ear.
The Oklahoma papers parallel Kansas
crop items TO show h5TF mach Oklahoma
Is ahead.
Mr. Ollie probably can now Sc why
land Office business - better than the gov
eTnorship
II the Officers had come a yeaF $50 they
would have slept on TIE ground Hair
mattresses and springs were luxury then.
To the Frisco Herald: Thsnk ron fo-
the republication q the corrected poem.
The one we published was two. TOO, We
believe
Prlsoo had its hrSt general con ventfon.
SATURDAY. Is pgzrT-ose gzs 10 recommend
persons Tor appointment 20 tfae Temporary
county of5ce-
The Masonic Grand Lodge q the Indian
territory l. 10 meet a. JAeseqaah ga sIAy
II. fer the purpose q dS6leAi&ng new
masonic hail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

Kansas City Gazette: The change Of
the Emporia Republican from a morning
to an evening edition has caused consid-
cradle discussion of the merits of the
morning paper. The great mass of the
people haven't time to read a paper in
the morning, while the morning paper is
the one that gives the news, because two
thirds of the happenings of the world
come between noon and midnight So
we don't know how to straddle the differ
ence. A morning newspaper man, how
ever, is a slave, while an evening paper
man may be a gentleman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

Seventy-one thousand negroes have left
North Carolina in the last fifteen months
The negroes are learning to emigrate as
we'll as their white brethren. and il will
not be many years before they are pretty
well distributed over the United States
Topeka Journal
The number stated in the foregoing
paragraph is probably exaggerated some
what. but that aside the statement may
contain the key to the solution of the
race problem. If the negroes of the
south could get their consent to break
away from their old associations and
dispense themselves throughout the coun-
try generally it would no doubt speedily
remove the race from politics as a dis
turbing factor. But there is little hope
that such thing VIII occur in the near
future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

It has leaked out that the congressional
investigating committee that went to
Arkansas to investigate the Breckenridge
Clayton contested election case came
near having a serious row on their leav-
ing that state after closing the investiga-
ton. 1t is stated that but for the cour-
ageous interference of Mr.. Breckenridge,
one of the contestants, who was present,
the difficulty would have resulted Sc
riously, and probably fatally. Without
commenting on the affair-the immediate
provoking cause is not stated-we are led
to remark the conduct of Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, not only in this instance, but
throughout the this whole controversy.
He il was who called for the investiga-
ton, and since it begun he is reported as
aiding in every way in his power the
fullest information concerning the in
Quiries. So that, whether he Is rightfully
entitled TO the seat or not. 1t can not be
said that he has attempted to hold it by
dishonorsble means.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

In a recent speech at a banquet in San
Francisco the Hon. NJ NJ. Estee stated
that with American steamers plying be-
between the principal ports of North and
South America, and with arbitration as
the universal rule on the western CONT
nents. the civilized world will recognize
the All-American congress las the most
splendid achievement Of the age. Mr..
Estee is a gentleman of sanguine tenn
permanent. We can only trust his expec-
tations may be realized so that the en-
deavors of the body named may not have
been put forth in vain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

This Atlanta Constitution in double
loaded editorials IS crying out for an
elephant for the public park of that city,
and is endeavOrirg to raise funds to DUR
chase a pachyderm and hall him into
town to the accompaniment of brass
bands and red lemonade. An elephant
is not an essential to municipal greatness
or happiness, and there are many cities
that have elephants on their hands that
they would be glad to dispose of. Proba-
bly,, however, those are not the kind
that Atlanta pines for.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
NO TIPS TO ENUMERATORs.

Superintendent Porter has sent the fol-
lowing important order to all supervisors
of census:
1t has been brought to the attention
of the superintendent of the census that
several city councils and boards of trade
have appropriated sums of money TO aid
their census supervisors in the enumera-
ton OF the population. While it may be
urged by some that such a proceeding Is
legitimate and merely intended to help
the government obtain a fair and full
enumeration. I am compelled TO look up
on it as an almost irresistible temptation
TO fraud and as consequently endangeT-
ing a fair and honest count OF the people.
If tolerated by this Office it would have a
tendency to bring the whole census into
diSrepute. You are therefore positively
instructed not to receive any such COM
penSation yourself. nor to countenance
the payment of any money whatever. by
municipalities. corporations or per
sons 10 enumerators. Any super
visor of census who Is not con-
tent with the remuneration allowed by
law (which is double the amount paid in
1880 should at once resign. The elev-
enth census must and shall be above
suspicion
TO tolerate any action on the part Of
municipalities, associations, organizations
or individuals. no matter how powerful
they may be. which has for It's purpose
the dehauching. or which would even
throw the slightest faint upon the truth
fulneSS OF the returns would, in my
opinion, be nothing short of a crime
against the people OF the United States.
This whole matter. together with the
facts IN possession Of this Office. has been
laid before the honorable secretary Of the
interior. and the action Of the superin-
tendent Of census IN placing every le.yit-
innate obstacle at his command IN the
way Of distribution Of local funds for
this purpose meets with the secretary's
approval.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

Mrs. Sweeny, an old woman Of Coates
vile, Pa, died of joy last week when
she heard that she was to get $4,000 pen
sion money for which sheFhad been watt
ing ten years. There is a great difference
in the people of various communities,
though but few hundred miles distant,
and in their temperaments. There is,
for instance, a single case wanting where
a Hoosier collapsed from the bliss at
tendant on anything the government
may have given him. President Harri-
son may have noticed this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
JURORS AND MURDERERs.
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
Experience shows that there is no
form of crime at this period which is so
likely to escape punishment as murder.
Juries fight against conviction even in
the face Of evidence pointing irresistibly
to guilt" To fortify this statement it
cites a table showing in six years 1858
murders, 578 legal executions, and 951
lynchings In this country, therefore,
during the last six years murder was
legally punished in only one case out of
about twenty-five, while in about one
case out of thirteen it was revenged out
side the law, and that in II 1923 cases it
went without capital punishment. The
Chicago Tribune thinks the difficulty lies
with quibbling lawyers and obstructing
courts, while the Sun puts the blame on
the iuries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

The action of congress Monday upon
Dir. Anderson's amendment to the pend
ing tariff bill, authorizing the president
to suspend the rate of duties on any arti-
cles of imports when in bis judgment
the production, manufacture or sale of
such article is monopolized by any trust
or combination, was odd, to say the
least The amendment was adopted,
but when the house was called and the
members went on record, it was rejected.
Such dallying as that with so important
a measure is not calculated to inspire, to
a very high degree, public confidence IN
the earnestness of purpose of the peoples
representatives.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
A GREAT YEAR FOR KANSAS.

From the Kansas Financier.
Our eastern friends often speak of the
Cuisines depression of the west" They
seem not to realize that this depression
has been felt all over the country-in
New York. New England, and, in fact,
in every state in the union. But they
should know that Kansas is today in bet
ter condition than any state in the Mis-
sissippi valley. This is fully and truth
fully shown by the records, and they
will stand unchallenged by any magma
ton, no matter how biased or preju-
diced. The records of the auditor of
Kansas show that nearly 70 per cent of
the taxes of the state for 1889 have been
paid, and another pleasing fact is that
more than half the investments being left
with the register of deeds in Kansas, now
are relinquished of mortgage. In every
avenue of commerce or business, money
is easier, and bankers and business men
tell us that collections are better. and
that people are fast paying their debts.
Other evidences of prosperity are the
limited number of failures in the state
during the past year. Then again there
was never such a bright prospect for all
kinds of crops as now. The acreage of
growing wheat is much larger than any
preceding year, and it promises a mag
nifcent yield. The corn crop this year
will be a marvel to our eastern friends
who cultivate it in a primitive way on
the sterile hills Of New England. SO far
we have been blessed with glorious rains.
the men who till the soil are hopeful and
happy. business men are encouraged by
the splendid prospects, and the people
generally are jubiant over the prosperity
for our state already assured.
To be brief. Kansas is not heaven, but
the honest, industrious citizen viii find
here as much of happiness and as little
of worry and disappointment as is the
lot of the most favored of earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

1t is shown by reliable statistics that
deaths from suicides are more numerous
than those from small pox. dysentery,
diptheria. Observation-Disclosures rail
road accidents. Inflammation of the bow
els or brain. Wen. when all these agen-
cies supplemented by murder and assas-
sination fail to remove the population
fast enough 10 prevent an undue in
crease, and there being no wars TO de-
populate, suicide is about the only thing
left to do the work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

The aggregate appropriations made by
the New York legislature during its ses-
sion which ended last Saturday amount
to S12, 147, 600, while the revenues pro-
vided for amount to S8,617, 600. They
are already talking about an extra session
to provide for the prospective deficiency
before it occurs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

The general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church viii meet a Saratoga to-
morrow, and the question of revision
viii then come up for discussion. When
the reports of the action of the different
Presbyteries shall have been submitted.
a committee viii doubtless be appointed
TO consider the matter and report to the
assembly of 1891. Then the real argu-
ment viii begin; and if the heaven of
liberalism shall continue to work the &c
clesiastical condition of the church Will
undergo a great change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

An elm tree, about POS years old, in
West Medford, Mass, has Just been cut
down, and the people there are highly
indignant in consequence. 1t was a
beautiful tree, over 100 feet high, with
graceful limbs extending across the
street. 1t was ordered felled by the road
commissioners because its trunk en-
croached upon the street a trifie. Man
is the superior creature, bat 1t seems that
q road commissioner with a little ak
should be guarded just as much as a
tree that has been living for over two
centuries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

When President Harrison speaks of
''true and tried Republicans" it is prob
able that he has reference principally to
the Indiana contingent. as they have
had most of the trying" However, he
may have the Kansas $4,000 in mind;
they are undoubtedly true, and every
body knows that they have ''tried" quite
enough to entitle them to the appella-
tio,,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
SOUTHERN KANSAS AND THE EAGLE.

From the Winfield Daily Courier.
The Wichita EAGLE has always been the
representative journal of southern Kansas,
but of late that excellent paper has far
outrun its former excellence and is now
undoubtedly the leading daily west of the
Missouri river. Kansas is proud of its
brilliant and versatile editor, Colonel NJ
NJ Murdoch, and the southwest has
learned to look to the EAGLE TO take care
of its interests
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

Irl Hicks, tie weather prognosticator,
who has hit the weather phenomena to a
dot so far this year, says there is likely
to be earthquakes in divers places on or
about the 18th and 18th insts. next Sun
day and Monday. We simply mention
this to prevent our readers from being
surprised when the quakes come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

On Arbor Day in New York the school
children voted on the national flower
and elected the daisy by large major
ity. This national flower business should
be settled once for all and for the sun
flower, as we have all agreed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

"Eestakewhatl' is the proper pronun-
citation of the Mexican volcano, Izztacci-
hault, which Professor Hell prin has
climbed and found to be II, 150feet high.
BY the by, the country at large, Mr..
Blaine, would like to know if the Pam
American congress did anything towards
the repricOcity Of pronunciation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

Bill Nye was announced, quite recent
". to deliver one Of his sacred lectures
on Sunday evening at st. Cloud, Mimi,
but the clergy arranged such excellent
programs as proved effective counter-at-
fractions, and Nye was completely
knocked out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14
he Has SUCH Winning Ways.

Prom the Kansas C.ty htar.
a dispatch from Frankfort. XIV. saws
that Governor McCreary has a famous
reputation as 2 mixer. and Possesses that
almost priceless faculty Of winning tho
friendship ~ almost every person hs
meets" Naturally; a man with a Teputa-
ton a. a mixer has no trouble in max
ing friends IN Kentucky. II is an ac-
complishmeut or rather a touch that Is
supposed 10 make the whole state kin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

However lonesome the EAGLE may
have seemed to be by the Republicans of
Kansas in denouncing trusts, option
dealers, combines. the police commission
law, etc, it is now said that, logically.
George Martin VIII have to vote the
Democratic ticket next fall. 1t does
look a little streaked, just now, for Mar
tin, but for the EAGLE, 1t finds that the
Republican party is making an encour-
aging stagger to get on our platform.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

1t seems that wrangling between rail
roads is not confined to the west. Bos-
ton advices are that unless all the signs
fail. one of the most serious rate wars
for many year is developing between
the Old Colony and New York & New
England roads. Matters generally be
tween the two companies are not tend
ing toward harmony, and the only per-
manent solution for the difficulty lies in
consolidation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-14

A congressional convention called in
May, with congress in session, to nomi-
nate a candidate to be elected in Novem-
Der, is political chicanery on its face, and
unjust to any honest representative who
may be trying to do his duty.