davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The advocate., 1890-10-22

maintain an influence with the people
that will neutralize all the vile calum-
nies that can be invented and put In
circulation by the Capital and all the
hosts OF its allied calumniatoB.
The character Of the paragraph
attached 10 the letter OF Colonel Polk
and its absolute irelevancy TO the
subject matter OF that letter was suf-
fcient TO satisfy any man who WAS
not mRve or a fool that IL never
emanated from the pen OF Colonel
Polk Judging il from its harmony
with the theory Of the republican
press that the alliance was a rebel
scheme TO disrupt the republican
party, we at once branded IL AZ a for
gerry and 20 published il. The Ma
tional Economist gives the following
explanation of IL:
In the Econ0mtt Of October was published
letter from President Polk under the caption
Looking Toward Union" on tho aam6 page
was nm editorial comment reproducing q para
graph from the New Orleans Ttmes- DsmOadt,
tO point moral. AZ the request OF q clerk IN
Colonel Polk's oilice the letter was printed on
slip, thO type being lifted by the printer from the
dead page for thoprpOse. With II was unluckily
lifted the paragraph on the Louisiana campaign.
These slips were printed and mailed out ~ the
papers, and Notwithstanding that any Intelligent
person could see the "bull" No q glance, already
some Of Colonel POks North Carolina critics
Are announcing his conversion 10 the fotloh Of
sectional hate Corrected slips have been nont
10 the papers since, and notice ls here called 30
the matter as 0rst published In the EooNOmtsi.
Does the Capital accept this e1plA-
nation7 Not by any means. Like
the perverse moral reprobate chat Il
has demonstrated itself TO be, il now
sei2es with renewed energy this hon
orable statement Of the Economist
assuming the entire responsibility Of
the blunder, and undertakes tOpoTvoFt
it to its own corrupt purposes Suoh
moral turpitude has no parallel in
the history OF American journalism.
There are two facts which are suf8-
cient 10 demonstrate to any one
except an uncomfortable knave Che
absolute falsehood Of the Capitals
claim.
First The manner in which the
letter OF Colonel Polk and the para
graph attached to il first appeared in
the Economist. Colonel PolRs letter
is in the first and second columns Of
the editorial page. The extract from
the New Orleans Times Democrat ia
in the third column of the same page
but in Che same type, with an adverse
editorial criticism.
Second Mr.. Blanchard, in Whose
interest the paragraph of the Timcs-
Democrat is written, is the demo-
cratic candidate for congress in that
district TO whose election both Colonel
Polk and the Louisiana alliance are
opposed; and it will not for a moment
be suspected and is not pretended by
any honest man that Colonel Polk
would be guilty Of the absurdity chat
his authorship of this circular would
indicate. Colonel Polk said TO us
when here that there is yet come
thing connected with the matter that
is not satisfactorily explained TO bis
mind, but that he would learn the
facts on his return to Washington
and make them public, He does not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
A COMPROMISING FINALE.

The Pan-American conference that has
been in session in Washington for months
and concerning which-its purposes and
actions, as far as known-so much has
been said, and from which so much of
good to all concerned was expected, pass
ed out Of public view in an unsatisfac-
tory manner, to say the least. The fail
ure of the foreign members of the con-
gress to join in the last planned and ar
ranged tour as the governments guests
after accepting the governments invita-
ton, under the circumstances, can not
but be construed as a sort Of Snub. And
although the southern communities that
had prepared to receive and entertain
their expected guests will feel the disap-
pointment most keenly for the moment
the whole country experiences a sense of
semi-disgust at the child's play finale to
the imposing performance. There is
some compensation for all this, however,
in the very pointed rebuke contained in
Secretary Blaine's prompt action in call
ing the empty excursion train back to
as soon as he learned of the
and thus putting an end to the
brilliant fiasco.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
A FAST RUN STORY.
From the Railway Age.


So good an authority as the Official
Guide makes the assertion that special
tralu running over the Pennsylvania
railroad, March 10, between Washington
and New York, made a distance of
three and One-tenth miles in two min
uteS, or at the rate OF. tri9e over ninety
miles per hour" This is very ''fast
run" story, and we are free to say that
we doubt its accuracy. The Guide pub
fishes the detailed time-card of the entire
run, from which it appears that the time
Of the train at Aberdeen was 1922 a. M,
and that at PeTTyman' s-three and one
tenth miles distant-was 1924, which
certainly appears to indicnte that only
two minutes were spent in making the
run. But the time-card ignores the tee
onds, and it is quite easy to imagine that
the train may have reached Aberdeen
some seconds before 1922 and Perry
mans some seconds-perhaps nearly a
minute-after 1924, so that the run of
81 miles may have really occupied three
minutes or more. The seconds may
make wonderful difference in the rate
per hour IN a run between two consecu-
tive stations, and better proof than the
tlme-card referred to is needed to estab-
lish the fact that the incredible rate of
lover ninety miles per hour" was actu-
ally accomplished
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
STEWARDS MILLIONS.

A. T. Stewart at the time of his death,
was supposed to be worth sixty millions
of dollars, He was the representative
rich man Of this country for the few
years which preceded his demise, and,
with the inexpensive taste of his wife,
the property left to her should have in
creased to a considerable extent.
Yet, when forced by the court to &C
count, the executor and the advisor of
this great estate submits total Of little
over eight millions of dollars,
Was there ever such a shrinkage?
In the meantime the executor, Judge
Hilton has become one Of the wealthy
men Of the country, although in spite of
this fact, in appears to have been absO-
lutely necessary to institute costly legal
proceedings to force him to settlement
Of the trust estate, the balance of
Stewards fortune.
In the light of all the facts which have
been disclosed, it is impossible to retain
any belief in the integrity Of this cOun-
sellor, who emerges from the wreck of
this colossal fortune swollen with the
immense riches which he seems to have
attracted to himself by some wonderful
personal magnetism, and in spite of his
great wealth his position is not enviable.
His connection with the estate from the
very first has been a continuous series of
scandals
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
REPUBLICANS AND RECIPROCITY.

| From the Globe Democrat.
a resolution which has Just been intro
| duced in the house of representatives by
| Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, is the first formal
| movement in congress in the direction of
! reciprocity in trade between the United
| States and the other nations of the con-
tinent. The resolution pledges the favor
of the house to any project looking to-
! ward the modification of duties by each
! of the different countries of the hemis-
! phere on the peculiar products of the
other countries, with the object of
widening the markets and increasing the
| profits of all of them. This utterance is
in line with the resolution previously re-
ported from the foreign affairs COM
| mittee, of which the Illinois statesman is
the head, advocating reciprocity with
the Dominion Of Canada.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Hit and his COM
mittee do not stand alone among Re-
publicans on this question. He evidently
had consulted with the leaders of
the party before taking this
step. The views of the presi-
dent, the secretary of state, the
speaker of the house and the chairman
of the ways and means committee on
this matter must have been obtained and
the matter thoroughly discussed in all its
bearings in advance Of this action. The
opinions of the secretary of state on this
subject are already well known, and
those of the other dignitaries referred to
are probably in harmony with his. In
fact, the party has long been convinced
of the necessity of reaching out for new
customers for our products. The home
market, of course, must still be our main
reliance, but the time has come when
the home market is no longer adequate
to our needs in this direction. If the
Republicans in congress intelligently
and vigorously push the project for com
mercial reciprocity with our neighbors
of the continent they will have an issue
in the congressional canvass next fall on
which they will sweep the country,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
BEGGING THE QUESTION.

An investigation carefully conducted
has shown that the number of persons
who did not vote in the election of 1880
was 1878, CAB. A Democratic exchange
makes an analysis of these figures and
finds, according to It's reckoning, that of
the number stated 1 1888, 243 Were from
northern Republican states, and ,484 800
from Democratic states, or 400, 433 more
suppressed" votes north than south. 1t
further says that in 1888 the suppressed
votes numbered 4,774, 487, OF these
1920, 343 were in Republican states, and
1 ,S54, IA in Democratic states, showing
that the Republican states suppressed
more votes than the south suppressed :"
The admission that there were any votes
suppressed in Democratic states, coming
from Democratic source, is a matter
Of surprise: but the admission does not
warrant the conclusion that the unpolled
vote in Republican states were also sup
pressed" The number of voters in Re-
publican states that did not exercise the
elective franchise may have been cor
rectly ascertained and stated, but that
they were destramed from voting by the
same cause that is admitted in the Dem
ocratic or southern states is not true,
and such assertion is only begging the
question. 1t will not be denied, how
ever that such remissness of public duty
on the part Of citizens anywhere is repre-
hensible, to say the least.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
Gen. Crook. Romantic ooar,.aip.


/ The story of tue cogrtsaip II G-H. Crook "a
/ romantic. Early ia the var Crook then a
/ captain. was stopping at tBs Queen C.ty
/ hotel. Cumberland. No. he VA thers assist
/ ~ Gen. Kelly IN organizing regiment aEd
I defending tie stale q Wssl FlrRr4lA from
/ invasion. Gen. Kelly VA "a; ~ sgzus hotel
( The proprietor ~ Tue souss ssss J Loan Daily,
who wt4a al-3 proprietor ~ Gla4e. lstai a.
Oakland. BID, famous Teasrf Mr. Daily
hzd two daughter tie eldest - whom, Mia
May. war a charming a1d pretty girl she
Dad sgufaerr syuIuatDiss fg- h-r mother vsas
a member ~ G EoLaH.e eli virginia family
who lived az HGorls.l
During Croa4s STAY % tas r1tsl - va
much atfra~.sI by To yos1Hg HzGr. hut sta
Wa a SPIRITED y.-l ard refase8 ts - syrarsgtis
- TIE aa@ea. alta9uKa a. nezTt sas liked
hIru
TIE e.dass - Llri{a1s Da.lg's csiiirsn was
q son jams. VIC uas leso1s9 = tho causs
q tss C1ufsieraey. I'a ia1k egszss a. to
T@rs4zteu, and ops1 att~E onz q Csask e his
gsaD-, a=-1 1Lai.Y Of zasisa4 hard Y a1oat
lftF }-4lg saa d1FilE sprits ike hir1ss.f
arI cave t.zs ta~T wee aas rzeCntss ar4
arsne.E tteez ersrgts-a- vas rrs14y a11.t
dorm r. UailYr t4a- r4e1' tszo ~ n1-sl
sfesT r1s1usrhf s~iS~d GER keav sad Cast
Crook, EagEes4 l1rza. ard "a = ssu r.emerta
hey were as ~ tz<sr sssy % El-tr uo-z Tas
FadsrA4 lines ere paEsd psl1osss efssetafs.
ard enc F--sszasrs were sa.slF Ia1crs 81 -
Cquie'I=-zis caP-isL Af.szssgd taey zee
sx~narEsa
troak vest I-lo arflvs ~rr.es aEd zAs
badly w018eszL IL va szs4t 70 Oaxisrd
VIA Ger Wognesd 49, aod siugzka-iy
ssosZs w. glsTfsrsf 8. 6 ssras hotei. Gzza
AsrT fsea a-Eswed ~ tr1s f.=oerr. sd
hur7r1 ~ tTa,-e-a 49, -zp.trs t-rvuZa
wf-af a. aFHa flzas "a tasssEal q - fstsl
L4tsaA. fees - r-Crv-Tu1 b. EeoTa-sd 10
> - retasss 10y sais-asal s-Egaz-- tsilf t-sszz
fl 80 E-r~zesEs TsS- afts~ tzsf ~ ca
7fsr1T a Ce-rsz sEsG fs~res1rzrs sstsrEssl -
fzsr f9vsrszz. I'D e. So b zz-r-Esssrs4 -
ssosral 80 assa BzpVy = 81 zs&EEas. Ia
CCg. CE4zaE9 TraEara
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

denied, and whatever will induce moist
ure will certainly tend to destroy the
force of. the winds or prevent their dam
aging effects by preventing them from
becoming surcharged with heat by the
suns rays reflected from the FURNISHED
surface of the ground. If the entire face
Of the country throughout the western
and southwestern parts of the state could
be ploughed up and the sod turned
under, even if it We're not planted to any
kind of crop but left to grow up afresh
in native grass and weeds, it would I'M
questionably have wonderfully molli-
flying effect upon the climatic condi-
tons, including precipitation, and this
would be largely augmented by the
planting Of trees. These things must
and viii take place, and the sooner the
people Immediately concerned take hold
and carry them into practical operation
the better for them and the country.
The possibilities of western and south
western Kansas are almost beyond con-
ception when they shall have had fair
chance at development.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

Advices from Mexico state that among
the industries which are rapidly coming
to the front is coffee growing, and the
country is now experiencing the benefit
of the good price maintained in the prin-
cipai markets of the world. AT Jalapa
and Cordova coffee now brings 20 cents
per pound. A few years ago the price of
the Mexican product declined to cents,
but the revolution in Brazil, in connec-
ton with other circumstances, has put
the price up again, and the Mexican
planters are theoretically taking advan-
tage of the rise to enlarge their planta-
tons, in the expectation of being able to
permanently compete with their southern
rivals
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
THE HUNGARIAN ZONE SYSTEM.

Last August the government of Hun
gary adopted on all the railroads owned
or controlled by the state the system for
carrying passengers that are employed
fer carrying letters and papers. At least
passenger rates are established that are
not based upon the cost of service, upon
what traffic will bear, or upon the mile
age. The rates are regulated according
to the zone system" and are based
upon the theory that there are two classes
of passengers that can be greatly increas-
ed-thOse going but a short distance and
those going a very long one, The point
is made in favor of this system that
when cars are not occupied to their full
capacity an increase of traffic requires
only a nominal increase of expense. The
cars must be hauled, if half the seats in
them are unoccupied. In the accom-
mediation of suburban travel special
trains are required, and it is acknowl-
edged that it costs only an infinesimal
increase of the expense to, carry pas
sengers the entire distance instead of a
half or fourth Of it. To persons who do
business in a city. and live from five to
thirty miles from it. and ride on special
trains, tickets are sold at very low rates.
llt I'llNts IlON q utto iitlt ptilAl tll-
tirely on the number of miles Travelled.
Beyond the towns that are tributary to a
city the country is divided into zones"
and tickets are sold good for passage over
a certain number of them. A zone" is
ten miles wide. but a ticket good for
fourteen zones enables the purchaser
to ride the entire length of the road
without additional cost.
\ most favorable report on the work
ing of this system has recently been made
by the minister of commerce to the
Hungarian parliament. Although pas
senger rates have been reduced about 30
per cent the roads pay much better than
they ever did before. Some private rail
way companies have adopted the new
system, which bids fair to extend
throughout all the countries on the CON
tinent Of Europe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
THE GOULD,s IN MEXICO.

The Mexican reporters displayed I'M
usual activity in trying to find ont all
about the business Of the Goulds while
down there. Their efforts. however.
were mrewarded as far as Jay Gould
himself was concerned. as his son. George.
did all the talking. The latter in speak
inc to a New York Tribune reporter last
week, said that he left his father in the
City of Mexico about a week ago and
came directly through to New York.
His father IS enjoying the trip and is not
certain when he viii return. He was
impressed most by the richness and fer
tilitv of the country. 1t produces
everything that is needed, he remarked.
cotton, sugar. coffee and all the neces-
saries of life. GuadaIaiara, where he
stayed for a few DAYS, is at the head
of Il valley in which three crops are
raised every year. Straw berries are in
season there the wear round. The coun-
try Is entirely safe and capital Is amply
protected. Ny father has no interest in
Mexican railroads, but I am sure that
after this trip he is as willing to own
railroad property in Mexico as in the
United States. The railroads are not
harassed and ANNOYED there bv laws I'M
der which they cannot live. We are
surprised also at the mineral wealth of
the country. Although mining has
been carried on for three hundred years
at looks as if the surface of the earth had
merely been scratched. Improved
methods Of mining probably VIII disclose
untold riches"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE.

\ Jetmore man argues that the great
impeachment 10 successful farming and
growing of crops in tar western Kansas
has been the yearly prairie fires In his
opinion these fires sap a great deal of
moisture from the surface, which Is al
most impenetrable and which causes
the greater part of the rainfall To seek
the draws instead of being absorbed by
the soil as it should be. If every farmer
and owner of lands throughout South
western Kansas would see 10 1t that a
good. wide fregUard Is placed around
every foot OF his possessions for the next
two years, thereby preventing these
yearly fires, the thick buffalo grass would
in that length of time form a sort Of
mulchinE for the ground. hold the nlois-
ture and by causing evaporation. aid
materially in bringing about more ram
fall which would make Western and
Southwestern Kansas the most produc-
tive country on earth.
There Is no longer much room to doubt
the correctness Of this idea. If there ever
was That the absence OF moisture Is
the prime cause Of hot winds cannot be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
That Interview.
n she Fort Scott News

From 1ho Fort scott News
We do not remember 10 have ever be
fore perUscd such a tumble Of wisdom
and nonsense, comment and criticism,
facts and fancy. and statistics and con-
lecture. As are contained II these columns
of newspaper interview. The reporter
must have found the senator IN an ex-
ceedincly amiabIe mood. and Mr. ingalls,
must have felt a strong desire to PLAY
upon the susceptibilities of a reporter. 10
have given vent TO such an encyclopedia
cal outpouung Of information upon
politics and religion, finance and trans
portation, domestic and foreign policy.
and one would naturally think that the
senator's mind had been running upon
most comprehensive presidents message.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

KsErlesfsfa = nslaif4 brsser tAzz sfasns.
nuna, 81 az tzas ezzz~ sazas as-z-r. Esrs~r
ard t0azas< Ata1asTs1srSo fasa-zna l. s.a<zss
- Ezsza - EuAsga~slssa SD A4zszzuzzz. IT,
Saiss ssza.issz. ssse1 ssaEsa<ssa 90 ns1z. a.
lax aszHaEasEa -1zazaassvsssy n-arnsz4zrn h
~ z1ss-iz4 - MA A@E%s2zsa b serks-4
lzso sejerAs k&slaZ szsa-p s-czz. srTsss. &C..
ssa-s fsA1l-T aas wsts Ss1azr rs.zlsa "a
tzEss k+sse ps4lz1, b rsaziAfy kEzrsa1s-sss A.
rt.Azi. eza - sssrssi - rfsssss Ike "a fszs
49, snare- b 8 ai prs@~ls zncet easests
cEHassr Eaz- azEzz ASA Eaasrssl Eanr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

Last weeks clearing house bulletin
was the most encouraging business show
ing, taken as whole, that the country
has had for many month if, indeed, it
has ever been equaled since the establish
ment of that business barometer. There
are some who still keep up the cry of
hard times, but if the bank clearings are
to be taken as trustworthy evidence of
the condition Of business generally
throughout the country, such croaking
is clearly the result of habit. Only four
points in this country showed decrease
Of business as compared to the even date
Of last year, and those four report only
a very slight decrease, while the increase
side shows many surprising figures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

For two centuries the Turks have for
hidden the celebration of Palm Sunday
in the Holy Land. In the days of the
crusades the guardian of the Holy Land.
with religious orders andall the Catholics
Of Jerusalem, went in the morning to
Bethphage, where, taking palms in their
hands, they entered the city in a great
procession and proceeded to the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher and there carried
out the ritual.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
An Erroneous Notion.

From the Reno City Capital.
We noticed in Wednesdays Wichita
EAGLE a set of resolutions passed BY a
meeting held at Seward and were led TO
wonder what manner of men they were
who endorse those resolutions. He must
be peculiar man who would advocate
the continuance Of this progressive ter
ritoTy in the chaotic state it now in.
That or else he belongs to the class which
he 50 much fears viii gain control of
our local government. 1t Is certainly an
erroneous idea to hold that the way To
get rid of sooners lawlessneSs and dead
beats Is to have an entire absence of any
government. That Is just what those
people want. The way 10 get rid Of all
such Is TO have a government and have
it quick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23
Electricity as a Refrigerator.

FTTFN ~" Nv I"T" "TIT-
What viii they go next with electricity,
In one Of the greatest hotels. not far from
Murray Hill. they employ the current %
drive "a powerful dynamo. which IN turn
supplies its motion and force % "A couple
Of ice machines. The result b that the
refrigerator- are colder than ever. and
are as dry and clean As rock The new
idea Is expensive. bat the proprietor SASS
that IT. saves so much time. space. trouble
and discomfort thar be would paw gladly
five times the present cost rather than do
without it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

The pet names Of the four baby states
are as follows: North Dakota is the
"Fhcker-tail state" South Dakota is the
'Swinge Cat state" Washington is the
Chinook state, and Montana IS the
STUDIED Toe state" Westward the
star of empire takes it way. but the
English language in its efforts to keep
up, reminds one of a small boy dragging
his little sister to see dog-fght She
may get there, but she is in a dreadful
plight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-23

Judge Ray, of Wellington, has deemed
it necessary to give jury 100 pages of type
written instructions in reference to the
prohibitory law A man who needs that
much ''instructing" in reference to the
prOhibitory law in this state is not compe-
tent to sit on jury.-Lawrence Tribune
And yet, it is doubtful whether the
judge more than half covered the law, it
is so wobbly. If the judges and lawyers
find it necessary to use 50 much verbosity
in treating the law, plain straightaway
citizen on july ought to be allowed a
little latitude to cover accidents of YER
diets, don't you think?