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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

their property or they chance to need
little local law to get justice. how soon
they flop over and are ready to praise our
city government.
a Noble poet sings:
Had l the muse of Robert Burns,
Who sang of Scotland's hills aud tarns,
His town beloved torn o. Ayr,
I'd sing of you. my Noble dear,
Although your age is not a year,
An infant baskiug on you crest,
What mighty thoughts Undue thy breast;
No written history or tradition
Give precedent TO your ambition
That ere your half in your teens
You'll beat the Princess of the Plains;
When upwards rearing TO the skies
Your palaces and churches rise.
Your streets and boulevards VIII reach
To Norman town and northward stretch
Where grows the wild vine and the thorn,
Rich villas will your woods adorn.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Virginia has produced more pictur-
esque politicians since the war than any
other state in the union. The result has.
perhaps, been interesting to outsiders
who viewed affairs in the state without
any feeling Of self interest, but 1t has
not been conducive to good government
or the lasting prosperity of the common
wealth. Pyrotechnic statesmen are gov
erned too much by the present and too
little by the future to what is wise.
Ex-senator Rlddleberger, who died
Friday, was man of this
type. He achieved prominence because
he lived in an inchoate community. In
a northern state he would never have
been heard of. He had many manly
qualities, however, that won admiration
where respect was denied him.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
STATE IMMIGRATION MEETINGS AT
WICHITA.

From the Burlington Nonpareil.
In our opinion one of the most i'm
portant meetings eversheld in the state
was the state immigration meetings held
in Wichita recently. This period of de-
preston felt all over the United States,
has peculiarly affected the farming lands
OF Kansas, and reduced the value of real
estate to a lower figure than it will ever
reach again. The enormous crops which
we produced last year have directed the
attention and stimulated inquiry from
all parts of the United States regarding
the price of land, conditions. ETC. The
state board of agriculture are constantly
receiving letters of inquiry in regard to
the same; all parts of the state are
waking up to the necessity of advertising
their advantages, and the times were
never more propitious for the establish
ment of and energetic and efficient bu-
reau of immigration, such as has been
organized at Wichita. The next boom
in Kansas will be in farming lands, and
not in city property. The great need of
Kansas is the settlement and cultivation
of its farming lands. Once that is done,
the towns will take care of themselves.
No city or town can prosper unless it
has good agricultural country to back
it. 1t will grow to certain point and
there it must wait until the country
catches up. 1t therefore behooves the
towns and cities of Kansas to ''get a
move on" and help TO boom this immi-
grafton movement.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
WORSE THAN CHILD'S PLAY.

About the thimest thing offered as an
excuse by an authority empowered to
pass upon question of concern to an
entire community, in which a charge of
discrimination was made, is the alleged
reason set up by Chairman Walker of
the Interstate Railway association for
refusing the petition of the ST. Louis &
San Francisco railway 10 make grain
rate from Kansas points to st. Louis
equal with the rate TO Kansas CITY. The
reason or excuse, after admitting that
such discrimination actually exists, to-
wit: That 1.-The granting of the applica-
ton would establish a lower basis of
through rates upon all lines from the
territory in question which would apply
by way of Kansas City as well as by way
of the direct routes via St. Louis that tran
sit would be applied to the new rates at
Kansas City and the existing difficulty
would be Immediately reproduced, is
no excuse al all, because there could be
nothing TO prevent the removal OF the
difficulty wherever it might appear by
applying the same ruling, that is bv
granting like request whenever and
wherever made.
The fact is, the decision is simply a
cowardly subterfuge, and it looks q good
deal like scheme 10 conciliate Kansas
City, or at least to thwart as far as pos
sib!e the steamboats-on-the-M Missouri
river project inaugurated by that CITY
for the express purpose Of bringing the
railroads TO its terms. This action on
the part of Chairman Walker is the most
fragrant. audacious outrage upon justice
and common decency We have ever seen.
Now lets see what that other interstate
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

The Kansas City Journal attributes the
many uncomplimentary filings made re-
gently by the Courier-Journal, to Ken
tucky's hatred of Kansas. We do not
know whether that is true or not, but it
certainly should not be. From a genealog-
zeal point of view such thing is I'M
natural, for,it be fact that Kansas numbers
among its wide-awake, progressive in
habitants some of Kentucky's brightest
and best former citizens. However, there
is no accounting for the freaks of the
green-eyed monster.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
TIE Kansas Wheat Crop.
From the Ajchison Globe.

Kansas is in fair way to produce a
tremendous crop of wheat next season:
in no other state in the union are the
chances equally great. Over the
greater portion Of the state the ground Is
well covered with snow, and before the
snow fell the ground was moistened 10y
a heavy ram The other great wheat
states have no snow. Wheat. however,
is never injured at this time OF the year
and the Kansas crop is by no means q
certainty: the chances are simply better
than elsewhere. The acreage Is said 10
lie larger than ever before.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

One member Of the Ohio legislature is
charged by the New York World with
having received from Colonel Brice $500
for himself and $500 for a church i'll his
town. Politics in Ohio recently have
been unutterably despicable, and to cap
the climax must the church be intro
dpcad
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Hutchinson, the Chicago board of trade
man, is the latest victim of absconding
clerks. From numerous like affairs of
late, it would indicate that the subor-
dinates have profited by the Canadian
tours of myriad cashiers and see posi-
bility of betterment of their condition.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
KANSAS CAPABILITIES.
Discussing this subject the Lawrence

Discussing this subject the Lawrence
Journal says:
The ability of Kansas soil to raise any
thing from long, golden ears of maize
and plump kenrels of A 1 wheat to poi
sonous jimson weeds and (anti-) re
submissionists, is matter to be thought
of when we get to talking of hard times.
OF course, FOR corn, and wheat, and po-
tatoes, and prize pumpkins and squashes.
and big, overgrown sweet potatoes and
beets. in fact, for all the staple agricul-
tural and horticultural products which
have been heretofore produced IN the
state. Kansas has an enviable reputation.
But most audacious tendency TO make
this state the botanic garden of the
country is plainly visible. We are going
to make more sugar than Louisiana,
raise more broom-corn than Connecti-
cut. more sugar beets than California.
more cotton than Texas, and breed more
silk worms than France; at least we Will
do all this if you can believe the Kansas
newspaper. And man out in AlcPher-
son counny who has announced that
cotton is the future staple of Kansas may
not be lunatic; nor the lady in juno
ton City whose silk worms are making
her see visions of golden ca giles entan
gled IN tilmy silken webs. Kansas Is
cosmopolitan If anything. When the
Touring mills of Decatur county, where
ten years ago prairie dogs and screech
owls We're the sole product, contract 10
furnish Georgia 500, 600 pounds of -four,
1t can be no surprise to read in some
future geography that bananas, dia-
monds and polar bears are the staple ex-
ports of Kansas.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
The Kansas Standpoint.
.rru-a the Aroaisoa Champion.

f-n-n the AJehisoa Champion.
The race question III the south Is
doubtless an important problem, but the
farmers of Kansas are Just now more
deeply interested in the destruction Of
the beef combine and otner equally hos
tile combinations, IN the increase Of the
money supply of the country, and IL the
question OF railway freight rates. How
would II DO for Senator Plumb TO make
these matters the text Of a speech. and
for the senior senator and our entire
congressional delegation to devise some
means OF securing congressional relief
from the evils W hlch Kansas and all
western farmers justly complain of.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

The Topeka Capital wants the state
board of railroad commissioners to tackle
the Missouri Pacific branch from Topeka
to Fort Scott, and compel more adequate
passenger service on that line. The
Atchison Champion thinks the Capital
sis asking too much of a board whose
policy appears to be not to antagonize
anything the railroads do" The EAGLE
thinks the Champions structures upon
the board is-well, not borne out by its
actions in settling issues joined between
the railroads of the state and the various
points in the state on controverted points.
Our observation is that the board has not
only acted with commendable prompti-
tude upon all questions brought before it
for adjudication, but that its rulings
have been satisfactory IN the main, TO
the complainants. We have vet to note
the first case where even seeming MUS
tice has been done any interest involved.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Life is full of fortunes and misfortunes,
mostly the latter. Forty years ago
man who now lives in Warren county,
Illinois, bought eighty acres Of land for
$500. A few days later he became dis
satisfied with his purchase and gave the
real estate agent $40 to rue back. The
value of the land today is almost in
calculable. In its center stands the new
Chicago board of trade building.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

There are cotton gins in operation in
Montgomery and Chautanqua counties
and all through that section. Senator
ID. W. McTaggart, who has been en-
gagged in farming near Cherryvale for
many years, Is quite enthusiastic over
the prospects for Kansas becoming some
thing OF cotton state. He has just re-
ceived returns from three bales of cotton
grown on his farm. The three bales in
question was his toll from nine acres
Of ground rented TO col9red tenants, his
share being one-third the Weld. The
three bales sold on the St. Louis market
for S1f2 net, and was classed high
grade. This represents a rental Of near
ly $40 per acre for his land, which is
more than either Of the staple cereal
crops would yield at anything like pres
ent prices. As an auxiliary crop cotton
can be made profitable to the farmers of
many of the counties in southern Kan
sas, but it should never be adopted AS the
main dependence of the farmer in anv
section, as 1t probably never viii be in
this state.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

The anthracite coal consumption of
the United States for the year 1889 shows
a decrease of 5000, 900 tons as compared
with the record of 1888, owing to the
mild winter, and the coal dealers have
great deal less to say of late about the
supply Of coal giving out.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Two East river tunnel schemes are
now in the field. The Gravity, or ''To-
boggan Slide" corporation has just filed
its certificate. The proposed transit
from Broome street, New York, to South
Seventh street, Brooklyn, is only three
fifths of mile, the trip is to be accom-
plished in minute, and passengers are
to be carried to the extent of $1,000 an
hour. Whether this vision of flying
travel is to end in mere flight of the
imagination time will tell. The Roy
Stone prospect for a subterranean road
under the East river and beneath the
city to the Hudson is again revived.
The Star says that if successful, it may
connect with the North river tunnel as
part of a great underground freightage
and travel system between three metro
politan cities. If Gotham We're as
felicitious in executing as it is planning
big schemes it would eclipse any city on
earth today in size as well as the mag
nlticence of its appointments.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

1t hardly becomes Oklahoma, if the
report be true, after such a glorious and
commendable beginning to fall back on
vigilant committees, a measure OF DIS
graceful western barbarism that 1t had
so far fortunately escaped.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

commerce body, known as the Com
merce Commission, will do with this
case, for it will certainly be brought be-
fore it. And while it us considering it,
let it also take under its serious consid-
sideration another matter germane to
this, and one involving most fragrant
violation of the long and
short haul clause of the inter-
state commerce law. We refer
to the discrimination against Kansas IN
freight rates on grain to the Atlantic
seaboard The rate from. st. Louis to
say Baltimore, over 1000 miles, is 90
cents per hundred pounds, while from
Wichita to st. Louis, less than half the
distance, the rate is 81 cents, and from
points in the state further west as high
as 90 cents.
The 'Frisco's petition referred to above
was no doubt meant to correct, in part
at least, this palpable discrimination and
injustice, and the existence of these con-
ditions offers ready explanation of the
difference IN rates on grain from Iowa
and Nebraska and from Kansas: for
those states the Missouri is made the
basing point, while for Kansas it is vir-
tually made at the Mississippi. This
question, though, in reverse form, was
the one involved IN the issue
raised by Wichita some months
ago before the state board of
railway commissioners when it asked for
Missouri river rates on west bound
freight, and which question the board
promptly decided in the petitioners
favor
Our own notion is and always has
been that the interstate commerce law is
wrong, if not in principle at least in
effect. since it destroys or prevents the
very thing it undertakes to accomplish,
that of equitable rates to all. 1t prevents
this because it nullfies the principle of
competition which is recognized as the
life of trade. If the law, or the commits
sion acting under it, could create
markets, SO that the question of supply
and demand could find play, then the
rigid, inflexible terms of the law might
accomplish its purpose. But all this
aside, if the law is to be enforced in one
case and in one line of traffic let it be
applied to all. If iu is good for west
bound dry goods, clothing, hardware
and what not, it ought to be good for
east bound corn, and wheat, and hogs
and cattle and their products.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

The green 2-cent stamp Will soon be
replaced by one of different design, size
and color. Philatelists are happy. John
Wanamaker is we'll posted on colors. lie
uses them in his business.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

The Pan-American delegates have
again been rescued from oblivion and
were rendered another banquet. There
is one thing settled, they will not go
home hungry.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Justice Lamar says Justice Matthews
died of overwork. 1t is not likely that
Justice Lamar will die of the same
malady, but then there is some fear for
our "Dave Brewer"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
It Meant Every Word Of It.

From the Atchisou Champion
The Wichita EAGLE reads the riot &c:
to Secretary Window for his failure TO
discover a reason for making Wichita a
port of entry. The EAGLE says the
right thing on this subject.
Impossible TO Ezaggerate About Kansas
Prom the Kansas City Gazette.
At the Wichita immigration cOnven-
ton there was considerable goOdnatured
chatting about real estate and newspa-
per men lying 50 about Kansas, and sew
eral pleas made that they should tell the
truth. Judge Anderson, Of Pratt. stated,
that Joking aside. the newspapers Of
Kansas had never reached the real truth
about Kansas. and lie believed II was
impossible for them 70 be too extrava-
CANT in their statements. The most ex-
aggerated romancer ten years ago never
dreamed of 800 feet Of solid salt 2lt0 miles
square existing under western Kansas.
Five years ago the liar did not exist who
would dare assert that Kansas would
some day beat the world on sugar, and
vet this fact Il almost assured. Judge
Anderson had faith that Kansas had
other surprises stored away, and that 10
was quite impossible TO he about her
resources,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

Secretary Tracy of the navy has for
tune of just half a million. Some men
would have us believe that he is just
half way to the senate.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-28

There j. many ksusan who has passed
it over without even dreaming OF LsEL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02
Room for Suspicion.

The Rev. Sampson Doolittle lives In
the suburbs. The other evening he met
Brother Reachup in back street, stroll
ing carelessly along with an empty bag
on his shoulder
"Hi, Brer Reachup," said the Rev. Mr..
Doohttle, ''wha' yo' gwan so sly wild dat
bag dis houh in de eberninT"
Il hopes yo' don spec Use after chick
ems, Brer Doolittler' exclaimed Brother
Reachup Indignantly.
"Shoy" replied the Rev. Doolittle.
"Did says l specs yo' OBJ dat? But
got jes' hyuh to say, Brer Reachup, an
dat is, eff draps into yo' house t'mah' to
dinnah an axes yo' fo' a wing an q
piece Oh de bress' an de piece dat goes
ober de fence las, wild plenty OBJ gravy,
an yo' says yo' hain't got no chicken, I'll
spec yo' OBJ p'varicatin', Brer Reachup,
dat's wat will."-Chicago Special
Press Bureau.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02
Cures in fifteen min utes; Preston



Yong man, do not leave it to future
day, but do it now. Man of middle age,
you have a vivid sense of the rapidity
with which your years have gone, but
they will go just as rapidly in the future
as in the past. Man of old age, you
have TO make haste-you have no time
to lose.
The ancient law said concerning the
sale of an estate, According to the
number of years, thou shalt diminish the
price" The nearer they were to the
Jubilee year the cheaper they were to
sell the land. So the nearer you come
to the end of your days you ought to
hold earthly things more loosely, and
prizeheavenly things more highly. When
your business is drawing to close you
hasten to conclude your work, dispatch
ing sometimes in an hour more than all
that went the day before.
When Napoleon went on the field Of
Marengo it was late in the afternoon,
and he saw that the battle was really
lost, but looking at the western sun he
said, There is just time to recover the
dayl" and giving out his orders with
rapid and characteristic energy, he turn
ed defeat into victory. So although your
sun is near to setting there is time to re-
cover the day. Avail yourself of the
eventide, lest your life end in eternal
failure.-William N. Taylor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02
Accommodating. A

Visiting southerners-at least those
from Texas-are not at all pleased with
the rush of northern railroads, if we may
believe Maj. Martin, of that state. They
are used to very different sort of do
ings. By way of illustration the major
tells this story:
l remember that a woman one evening
asked the conductor of train in my
state to stay at a certain place all night
She wanted to spend the night with
some friends, she said, and if he didD t
oblige her she should have to wait twen-
ty-four hours for train.
The conductor said he hated to be dis
obliging to lady, but he didn't like to
delay the other passengers. Finally he
agreed to talk it over with them. and
we decided that if her friends would
give us lodging and breakfast we
wouldn't mind an extra day spent on
the way.
The train waited half an hour while
she got off and consulted with her
friends, and just as we were about to
leave the place she came and told US
that they had agreed to the terms. The
fires in the engine were banked. and the
train left on the track. Next morn ing,
after comfortable night spent in the
farm house, we left the place twelve
hours late Talk about accommodating
railroads!-New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02

..,u ,cu minutes later Iour or nve OF Ine
gang of twenty came directly up to the
shed and leaned against it as they in
spected the house.
"An sound asleep" whispered one.
1--WE are dead shore of him." added a
second.
There's to be no let up, boysl" eau
toned third.
1--WE must switch him tin he gives in.
We've had enough foolingT
'What OF the wife: whispered the
first.
'Blast her! She's as bad as he isl
Let's give her taste of the CAD, tool"
"Agreed!"
One of them went away to call up the
crowd, and in a few minutes all were
assembled. Then | cleaned from their
whispers that John Hungerford was to
be whipped to death, and that his wife
was to receive less merciful treatment
They even planned to fire the house, and
wipe out the whole family root and
branch. At signal all advanced, and
five or six men jumped against the door.
1t was barred. Then a voice called:
"Open, John Hungerfordl We've
come for ye, and we are bound to
have vel"
The words were answered by a shot
from the house, and then the shotgun
roared from the smoke house. l ele-
waited the muzzle Of my revolver and
fired six shots over the confused and flying
crowd, and next moment all who could
get away were gone. Hungerford came
out with lantern, and by its light we
saw two dead men and three wounded.
The wife had also shot TO kill. One Of
the wounded was past speaking. The
other two, who were strangers to the
family and belonged in distant village,
begged for mercy and promised all sorts
of reformation in the future.
In the morning, as l was ready to go
on, there were three dead outside the
door and the two wounded were groan-
ing with pain. The nearest doctor was
five miles away, and l was to stop and
leave word for him. AS left the house
Mrs. Hungerford said:
"Thankee, stranger, and we won't for
git It."
And the husband said:
1t wasn't your fuss, of course, but
what a shame to have wasted all them
bulletsl
"Good-by, and God bless ye|-M.
Quad in Detroit Free Press