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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
A BRITISH CRUISER BURNS a SLAYER

Letters received from the East Indies
station give particulars of the narrow
escape Of some British seamen while at
tempting to capture a slave dhow
crowded with slaves, says the London
Standard. The cruiser Cossack, Com
mander John VI. McQuahe, arrived at
Muscat on May s. and reported that on
the previous morning she sighted a large
dhow. whose movements were so sus-
picious that the COSsack stood in toward
her with the intention of intercepting
and boarding her
Seeing that she could not get away the
chow turned toward the shore. and just
north of Ras Gumeila she Jumped the
reef that runs along the coast about 100
yards from the shore and anchored in
the surf close in. Then she begun 10
land her human cargo as rapidly as
possible. and seeing the COssack steamed
in towards her, and anchoring some
distance off in consequence of the danger
Gus nature of the ground. she dispatched
a gig, manned and armed, In charge of
Lieutenant RavenhilL When the gig ar
rived within about 100 yards Of the
dhow the crew of the latter jumped
overheard, and, running up the beach.
took up positions behind ridge of sand
and opened fire upon Lieut.. Ravenhill
and his men.
The bullets few over the boats. FORUM
ately without hitting any of the crew.
and Lieut.. Ravenhill and two of his men
returned the fire while the others pulled
the gig out Of range Of the Arabs fire.
Seeing that it was useless to attempt 70
board the dhow on account Of the heavy
Sr1rf tho C<f5rsr a-5 his crayr rsat11r, 81 u
the ship in the gig. Meanwhile the Cos
sack had been discharging her Hotchkiss
guns at the Arabs. and when the gig had
returned she opened fire with her six
inch guns with such excellent effect that
she set the dhow on fire and reduced her
To a complete wreck.
She was large vessel, manned BY
crew Of over fifty Arabs. who were well
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The constitutional provision for female
suffrage is not a sufficient reason for OBJ
lection to the Wyoming bill If Wyoming
wants its women to vote, what's the differ
encyclopedia Democrat.
The constitutional provision in thepro-
posed constitution Of the proposed state,
referred to, is an all sufficient reason for
its rejection by congress, because, in the
absence of any such provision in the fed
eral constitution or laws its approval by
the government will be to set precedent
that will be hard for congress to disre-
gard, when it shall be pressed to take di-
rect action on that question as applied to
the whole country as it will be again as
soon as it shall set up such precedent.
When the territory shall have become a
state, it will be competent for it to engraft
the equal suffrage fad upon its constitu-
ton or statutory laws if it so desires, but
as a territory seeking admission as
state it has no right to ask congress to en-
dorse an idiom, in the endorsement of
which the government will be committed
tO II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
PROSPECTS OF SURPRISING PROMISE

The wheat harvest in southern Kansas
is now about over, and the general esti-
innate is that 1t Is the best in quality and
approximately as large in quantity as
any this section has ever produced. The
weather has been as fine for harvesting
as could be, and the crop is now prac-
tically saved in perfect condition. bar
ring unavoidable accidents. The same
is found to be true in the main in regard
TO the cat crop, the quality of the grain
of which is surprisingly fine, in view of
the unusually short straw, in some in
stances beng almost too short to be har-
vested. The growing corn crop gives as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

According to Democratic estimates
and notions Secretary Blaine is just now
engaged in breaking up the Republican
party by reciprocity schemes. With the
Democrats the wish is only father to the
thought. They forget or ignore the fact,
abundantly proven by its history, that
the Republican party is party of pro
gress, and without abandoning any of
the fundamental principles upon which
it is founded and built, on all the great
economic questions its adapts its policy
to the requirements of the times 1t not
only aims to subserve the best interests
of the people for the time being but has
foresight and forethought enough to
anticipate as far as it may be done the
needs and wants of the country for the
future. That is the sort of Republican
Mr.. Blaine is and his party delights to
recognize him as such.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

in sight Of Wichita on his return from
Annapolis he was standing on the pinnacle
of the screw steel battle ship Santa Fe.
He Immediately gave orders 20 throw
the painter over the jib poop. 10 reef the
main yard arm, To double STAY the gang
way in the foremost, and 10 set the try
sail 70 rs 10 catch the trade winds. All
of which orders were obcyed with com
mendable promptness, bringing the gal
liant Santa Fe' galley west and crooked
up 10 the government wharf by Blacks
livery stable. The admiral was sur
rounded toy an enthusiastic crowd Of his
fellow citizens who at once helped him
To splice the main brace in fashion
that would do credit to Nelson or Far
ragut>
When last heard from they were all
singing the time hOnOred lyric from the
Psalms of David:
"Buggar my eyesl the ship is sinkingi
Buggar my eyes well All be drowned
Buggar my eyrs we'll 90 10 the bottom,
Buggar my eyesl wen never be foundl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
The sioux-ner. me Better.

a Sioux Indian IS practising law in
Dakota His first siOuxt was siOuxn Sc
cured, and when II was ended Mr. Sioux
found himself in the siouxp.-EAGLE.
Astounding that Mr.. Sioux was sioux
perstitious and hard 10 sioUKthe, like his
dusky ancestors. he will probably end
his career and commit siOux-eve sighed
by jumping into the siouxer.-COldwater
Echo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The chief of the cars private police
has been dismissed for failing to detect
recent nihilist plot. This will probably
induce his successor to plant bombs so
SO that he can find them when necessary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The secretaries of the several counties are IN
struct,d TO forward to the undersigned secretary.
at Garden CITY Kan, a certified copy of the
credentials OF their several delegates Immediately
upon the adjournment Of the county conventions.
1t is hereby recommended that the several coun-
ties In said district select their delegates on July y
1880 unless otherwise ordered by the county central
committee.
BY order of the committee, -
JAMES KELLY, Chairman.
JESSE TAYLOR, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The important business to be accom-
plished at the first session of the Okla
homa legislature should impress the
people of the young territory of how
necessary it is that true, staunch, brainy
men should be selected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The cannibals are not the most unwel-
come objects in the southern seas. An
Australian musician has invented from
bone that is played by steam. Its God
Save the Queen" can be heard a distance
of fOur miles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The Worlds Columbian Exposition, as
soon as organized, was confronted with
a series Of perplexities that promise to
cause them and the enterprise serious in
convenience, the chief point of which is
the matter of location for the exposition.
With the extension of the lake front 1000
yards further out into the lake as has
been proposed, that would seem to be
the proper location, as it is unquestiona-
bly, the most accessible and convenient
for all. But the owners of the contigu-
Gus property have taken steps to prevent
that location from being utilized for that
purpose. Since this affair is to be under
the control of and supported largely by
the government, it is but reasonable and
fair that the government, through its
epresentatives-thec ommission-should
consult the public interest rather than
private convenience or benefit, and this
will probably be the case, in the selection
of site as well as in other respects.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The secretaries Of the several county conventions
are instructed to forward to the undersigned
tary at Topeka Kansas certified copy of TIE Gre
dentialS of their several delegates, Immediately
upon the adjournment Of the county convention,
said credentials to be received at Topeka not later
than the evening Of September ,. From these Gre
dentials the Republican state central committee
viii prepare roster Of those entitled to participate
In the preliminary organization of the convention.
By order OF the committee.
HENRY BOOTH, Chairman.
BION 5. HuTCHINS. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

David Bennett Hill does not like
women or their presence, but he had
better take care not to parade that
idoSyncraSy if he wishes to become a
candidate for president of any party, be
cause all parties whatsoever have wives.
sisters and mothers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

There is talk of supplying the absence
of our American bison with Australian
kangaroos. As the kangaroo is a mar
supial, it would be best if Anthony Com
stock were consulted first, perhaps.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

A bill has been introduced in the house
providing for the appointment of COM
missioner to investigate the various forms
of social vice. Henry Watterson and
his penchant for poker will come under
this head.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
Here's Meaness for You.

Frun TIE AfHaisoE Globe
Jim Troutman Is president Of the Kan
sas state temperance union. and MS
daddyIn-law Is proprietor Of one Of the
largest hotels In Topeka. " Whenever
travel Is light. Jim calls prohibition
mass meeting, and fills the Odd man
tavern with guests. jun Is thrifty
dog.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

The Chicago Herald says it is impera-
tive that the United States senate be
In light of the recent free
actions it is thought that the
house of representatives can stand lit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

A man has come up from Lower Cali
fornia who claims to have filled his
pockets with picked up gold. Lower
California should establish home for
the homeless newspaper liars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
EXCHANGE SHOTS
Doo,tTsnn, Old Sol

Oh. re suburbanites, Be wise.
Let not your angry passions rise;
Better a much-belated train
Than in these days heated brain,
Rail not at strikers. yiTago-like.
Lest Sol himself should decide % strike
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

armed with rifles, and the gigs crew
owed their lives to the fact that the
Arabs were such wretched marksmen.
1t is believed that the dhow landed more
than 100 slaves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
RuatIers From Eansas.

The Chicago Tribune Of Saturday con:
taIns cuts and short biographies Of the
world fair commissioners. Recs Proc
and Charlie Holiday, the Kansas com
misiOners are two OF the hand soonest and
most intelligent looking Of the COmmis-
sion, and are the youngest members,
Price being % and Holiday 81. The
Tribune calls them "Rustlers from Kan
sas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
It's AL In The Eve.

From the Lawrence Journal
There can be little doubt that Blaine
actually winked at Senatar Blackburn.
The plumed knight himself Acknowledges
the truth Of a Democratic rumoT. That
Blaine should have allowed himself TO b.
caught in such an act will have a tend
ency 10 lessen the confidence the Ameri-
can people have IN him. but perhaps as
the gentlemen were not near the senate
restaurant at the time. the wink did not
mean as much as some would BE- inclined
10 believe.
The AdmiraPs Return.
From the wichita Arrow
When Admiral Marsh Murdock hove
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION.
DODGE CITY. Kan. June 4. ]

DODGE CITY, Kan, June Z, ISstI.
A delegate convention Of tise Republicans of the
Seventh Congressional district of the state of KAN
sas is hereby called to be held at Dodge City, kao,
on Wed nesday, July So 1890 at 10 O'Clock a. m. for
the purpose of nominating candidate for congress
from said district The basis OF representation to
said convention VIII be delegate al large from
each county in said district, and delegate for
every 200 votes fraction of $50 more v1tes cast
for Hon. s R. Peters in 1888 under which rule dele
rat as follows.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
Somebody VIII, For Sure.

From the Salina Republican.
The Republican orators will feel sort Of
queer going before the people next fall
arguing for higher tariff when all along
the people have been promised "a just
and equitable revision. The moneyed
men of the east saw their danger and
have secured control of the party. This
should not be so. The party viii have TO
suffer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
Wichita the Criterion.
n the Kansas City Gazette.

From the Kansas city Gazette.
The way Wichita is advertising and
the way Kansas City, Kan, is not, Is
wonderful TO behold, About three times
a week the EAGLE gives three or four
columns about some special feature of
that city, accompanied with pictures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
Rusineas h Rusiness.

fl"il TO if'i'f "a a'fiFiiAt
The Emporia Republican publishes a
half column advertisement Of the origi-
nal package saloon in that city. 1t seems
curious that hitherto respectable news
paper viii sacrifice its standing and self
respect for a few dollars" Everybody
was afraid Governor Eskridge was going
to the bad when he began 10 stand in
with the Democrats against Ingalls,
Where are those four missionaries We
allowed 20 start for Africa the other dayf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02

DR.. Brown-Sequard IS coming to the
front again with his elixir He doesn't
claim that it prolongs life, but that it has
restorative and curative powers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02


When Admiral Marsh Murdoch hove
The National tribune., 1890-12-18

mel and removed his coat FL st. and then big
boots Then, clasping the bOlc Of one Of tine pines
with arms aud legs, he went slowly and abori-
onsly shining up as he expressed it. 20 tho
lowest limbs some 90 feet above Between the
Two, three hours tramp on a dark night, end
ing with such a climb for a coon or an opossum,
and equal work in the field by day for a dollar,
white man would not hesitate longer than n
plantation negro. The difference would DO al.
together in the choice; and Of course with
such as Sam, the coon represents moro than tho
dollar
But M this tree there was not even a coon.
After careful peering along each limb aud to-
ward the sky. sam exclaimed, in unmisiakabls
disgust " Drat them dogs tn ain't nothin'
hyar!" and then he came carefully sliding
down
After wiping away the sweat Of his br0ws in
which he was destined to earn his 'pussum,
sam climbed and examined the other tree and
with similar result. He was greatly discour-
aged, tired, aud said words which 10 was we'll
for the dogs they did not understand 10
grumbled third Of the way down, 0minousIy,
and then all at at once pierced the woods with
q cheerful, ringing laugh, ending with. 10.
no 20 leetle Cuss Tha's whar 70 is heh ?
! never sec the lkel 70 tn Lawd. it's n
baby 'p0ssum up tn ash say Cunnel, them's
good dogs, a'ter all" And sure enough, there
The National tribune., 1890-12-18

in the top Of a small ash tree. within reach OF
the pine, was n more than half grown ODOssum.
hidden from sight from below BIZ a conjunction
OF trunk aud branches. Sam shook him down,
and dog caught him as be fell.
Rescued at once from the dog, he appeared TO
be dead, and putting him in the bag quite use
less.
What's the use?" asked the Colonel.
That postum dead exclaimed Sam. with
fine incredibly; dom 20 b'Ieve yo'se'E Pos
sums is mighty cute critters-yo' cant blieva
nothin' they say, no timc.'
That particular animal was fastened securely,
by SAM in box at the farm house lie was
far from dead in the morning. until Sam came
over, killed him . for shore" and carefully
Invested him OF all his hair, and even then the
executiOner took a steady, doubling sidclong
look at the body, as If not satisfied il was not
"playin' pOssum beyond the last breath.
genuine Southern cook knows how to pre-
pare this animal, as a matter Of course. for the
table. 1t was washed, cooled By hanging down in
the well, and afterward slowly parboiled. Then
it was wiped dry and stuffed as a roast pig
would be, placed in a moderately hot oven and
baked until the skin was a golden brown,
basted meanwhile in its own fat. When done
to tenderness 10 was again thoroughly cooled,
and for Christmas dinner was served with
celery, apple sauce and excellent cider and was
crisp. TENDER delicious little wild and
natural from the persimmOns, nuts. berries.
roots and blood Of chickens upon which 10 had
thriyed Sam was By no means forgotten and
as only the Colonel, Of an his family. would
consent % partake Of the rat-taiIed thing"
Sam got nearly the promised half with side
dishes and plate Of turkey added, % make up
for little unavoidable deficiency. Thanks,
C1nuCl, thanks said be as he bore away a
dinner for himself and boy I reckon kin
live on 'pOssum 8 long s that no-sense Jade
kin live on her Niger preacher"
Opossums may be found in the markets
about this time as Gar North as New York,
ranging in price from - 10 so cents. They are
slowly becoming favOrites with some and the
clubmen OF Philadelphia prefer them stuffed
with spanish che8tnuts and favor wine with
them instead Of c.der-white wine Of course.
stuff them with what you viii they are good
20 you like them. You may think while eat
Ing if you viii that the 0Fassum IS the only
m1Fsupial animal known % the new world in
both parts and that DC Is one Of the earliest
animals developed. having now no living rela-
tive except the kangaroo. It's European rela-
tIVes became extinct in the e0Cene periOd-lOng
before mighty glaciers sco0ped out Of rock the
basins Of the Scottish and Irish lakes, or left
their tailiugs Of rounded hills along the valleys
of Vermont and New York. With such q de-
scent the Op0ssum ought to be mighty cute
eritter.'
The National tribune., 1890-12-18

fruit-pits or stones were not fresh. There was
nothing left OF scent to excite the enthusiasm
of the dogs, so the movement was directed to a
place near another piece Of woods half q mile
away, and there the dogs, running through
COrnfcld, became lively, began to sniff briskly
and to whine, and finally broke for the woods
at pace which soon took them some distance
away.
The performances Of the dogs were not salts
factory to Sam, for their dOubling5 among the
corn, along the fence and in the woods, and the
apparently long chase. told story 10 his
educated sense which resulted in an eXcIama-
ton of disappointment. Drat them dogs"
said he, they's clean gone on a coon Just
then their barking was heard deep in the dark
woods and by the scauty light Of the lantern
the hunters hurried and stumbled on toward
the focus Of the sound Between his pitchings
forward Sam INDUCED in explanatory reasons.
IF twas q 'pOssum, now, he'd never run so
long 'thOut treein'. Now, coon is cute. He
goes ways. It'll the dogs kind CT crowd, m
then he climbs a tree little ways, n then he
Jumps off = fur . he kin, N then he runs fur
'nuther tree way head n plays the same trick
& frow tn dogs OfFn his trail n thets tn
way tn blamed erittcr je5' fools them dogs, Til
mebby : like 8 not they clean done los i'm FIR
good N all. Thet's coon. But a postum
he's clean diG7reut's kin be. A 'possum ies' goes
straight fur good tree Zen tn dogs is alter i'm
sure 'nuH-'n' e don't 90 fur n'theF. Them
consumed dogs has got a coon, sure and he
pronounced il shore"
BY this time the aggressive forces had ar
rived where the dogs were together barking
and whining, under two large pines. The soli-
tary light made fne Rembraudtish picture Of
a bit Of the great woods, framed in with gloom
and surrounded by an almost oppressive silence
and only the great pine boughs seemed to be
alive as they moved from time to time in the
itful wind, which carried watts of fine forest
OdOrs 1t struck the Colonel oddly that the
whole weird and almost uneanny scene showed
tremendous opulenee of preparation for its
meager tragedy; but perhaps the victim saw
matters in a different way. Sam shifted the
light from point 10 point, trying to discover the
location of the "pesky eoOn," and the dogs
with less certainty than usual in such business
shifted also from the foot Of one pine to the
other, as if they were puzzled.
Finally, Sam handed the lantern to the Colo
The National tribune., 1890-12-18
GEN. SHERMAN ON INDIANS.
The Distinguished Veteran Says the sIniins's
should be Made 10 Work.
Mem YORK W0rIdl

That grizzled old warrior William Tecumseh
sherman, has very pronounced views upon
Indians generally, and particularly upon the
present excitement among the tribes. Gen.
sherman sat Saturday among his pictures and
books in his "den," in the basement of his
house, No. 70 West Seventy-frst street. and
talked in crisp even Cruf sentences about
Indians-talked with terseness that would do
credit to the most taciturn chief among them.
Gen. sherman calls them "Iniins' with an
accent of mingled detestatOn and contempt.
He settled the problem thus:
"Injins must either work or starve. They
never have worked they won't work now, and
they never will work."
Butt ventured a reporter Of the World,
should not the Government supply them with
enough to keep them from starvation P"
"Why should the Government support
100000 able-bOdied pauperS?" returned the
warhOrse, with a snort. mo Government that
the world has ever seen has done such q
thing"
Who started this story about q Messiah ?"
asked the General, laying down his book
which he had taken an as if in impatence a5
all redskins "Iniins don't look for the coming
Of one Messiah. They look for the coming Of
million Messiahs Each buffalo is a Messiah to
them. They look for the return of the buHa-
loes Then they can eat without working.
But the bufaIoes don't return. They have all
been killed or"
Do you think, General, there will be an IN
dian war this Winter?'
Nonsense calculated the soldier. you'd
have to change the whole face Of nature before
an Injin would go ON the war path in NOyem-
ber'
But. General, it is stated that 10000 troops
have been massed around Pine Ridge Agency
That's mere nonsense. / don't believe
there are 1000 troops there. Another thing:
why DO intelligent men and intelligent news
papers speak, in this connection, of localities
that are, in fact, hundreds, even thousands. Of
miles away from each other as if they were
within a stones throw of each Other2 Is iJ TO
add to the scare? If man raises whoOp say
in Georgia, is there any reason for you to hide
in a cellar in New York;"
do you expect, sir, an Indian uprising in
the Spring2"
a. Uprisingn There'll be down rising.
fthe Iniins rise up they III be thrashed. They're
in good hands,
what DO you think, General of Secretary
Of War ProctOr's plan to raise the army to So
600 men and to enlist two regiments of In
dians?"
after ALL" answered Gen. Sherman, these
things are not my business now. They do not
concern me. / care nothing about them. The
InjiRs, as | said, are in very good hands when
in the hands of Gen. Miles and of the men on
the entire frontier"
Then the leader Of the march to the sea went
back to his book. sublimely Indifferent to all
the "Injins" this side OF the happy hunting
grounds.