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The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-15
NINE. LUCCA'S BURGLAR.


M E. PAULINE
Lucca usually re-
sides in the Vic
t o r Ia Strasse,
b Q Ii n. Last
spring, however,
she oc 3u pi Q d
t e m porari1y
at some distance
outside the city
a country house
consisting o only
of one spacious
rambling story,
surrounded by a
veranda.
One n / q h {
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-15

SHE RAisED HER EYES TO THE GLAsA
Ants including the gardener and coach.
man, had been granted permission "a
attend friends wedding, some few
miles OF, and we're not to return until
the next day.
1t flashed across her mind that the
man, who, as she knew, had been loiter.
ing about the neighborhood for two or
three days, had learned that she would
DO alone. and meant to rob the house
and perhaps murder her IL his project
OF robbery could not be executed with
out the perpetration of the greater
crime.
What was to be done? Again she
glanced toward the mirror. The eyes
were still there, glaring at her through
tne gloom All At once she remembered
thst = revolver belonging to her hus-
Ef'tlts - y = al
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-15

He-Have you met the Langstones?
See-No, have no desire TO- UNDER
stand they have no grandparents.
He (practical)-O, but they have.
The old mans in the oyster business on
Long Island. .-Munsey's Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-15

Poor Dumley is dead. He has paid
his debts to nature" II wish he had
been SO considerate to me.'-Munsey's
Weekly
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
SOMEWHAT OvERDRAWN.

MARION. Kan, March >, $780,
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
l notice in a report sent from Marion
that a Resubmission club Of 6, 600 was or
ganized. The report IS untrue and the
EAGLE should make a correction, as a
correction. as false reuort-sent posi-
bly, IN a spirit Of jest-will be used as a
club by Prohibitions The court house
was crowded to hear Mr. Payne and
Clements speak. Ir. PaYne's argument
was admitted to be very strong even 10y
some who were on the other side of the
fence Mr.. Clements made some very
good points ami the meeting, We think,
has opened the eyes Of some who sup
posed that it was only drinking men and
salooonist who wished for TesubmissioD.
There has been quite general discus
sion on resubmissiOn on the street cor
ners since and it can easily be seen that
1t viii figure largely in politics here this
year. 4 large club could be organized
here ne doubt.
Mr.. EhrIich, whose body was said 20 Be
found Sunday, under strange circum-
stances, came to his death By beng
thrown from his horse, which fact Il
known by every one, who lives in Marion.
d. ". ".
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.

If all the congressman were Of the
same way of thinking as Representative
Turner Of the Sixth district of this state
the question of a scarcity of money
/ would De settled in short order. Writ
/ ing to Editor Caldwell. of the Beloit
Courier, Mr.. Turner says: eff we can
( pass this bill the service disability pen
sion bill which will bring $l2, 800, 600
/ per annum more into the state, apd pass
the free coming of silver bill. which will
increase our currency about 10000, 900
per annum, and issue for present relief
| about $3.50, 600, 900 greenbacks to take
the place OF the bank notes being re-
tired, giving US about 500. 1900 Of
greenbacks, which can be secured by the
treasury reserve of 800, GOO, 900 in gold,
our people Will receive their first share
OF advantage in national legislation.
This much we will demand for the west,
and it will come during this session of
congress. We must be patient, but it
VIII come before the session end"
However sincere Mr. Turner may be
in his endeavor to accomplish all that he
outlines, it is safe to say not one-half of
it will be accomplished. Nor Is it clear
that the best interests of the country
would be served If it should be. The
country needs more money in active CIR
culation, but it isn't so bad off as Mr..
Turner's schemes as q whole would seem
to imply. There are schemes and
schemes
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED WEST
WARD

The people east are becoming so impa-
tienu to come west, to Kansas, that the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad have taken
the initiative and is advertising that
it will begin series of personally
conducted" excursions over Its lines be-
ginning at once and to be run everv
Tuesday until the middle of April, and
as much longer as may be necessary.
The first one viii leave Hagerston, Nd,
at 11:30 next Tuesday morning. The B.
& o. has directed its agents at different
points on its lines in Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and other states traversed to assist
IN getting up these excursion parties,
from which the imparitive necessity of
the State Bureau getting its advertising
matter out and into hands east with the
utmost expedition, SO that the home
seekers may be enabled to decide as far
as possible before arriving the county
and portion of the state they prefer to
locate in. 1t will require quick work to
prepare for the tide by the time it begins
to pour III upon us.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Philadelphia is making n move that
will cause her TO be shining light to
other large cities. 1t is proposed TO put
railway tracks entering the city below
the surface of the ground. They will
probably afford New York a solution of
her elevated railway problem. Instead
of eleyatng another track above the one
already Oh stills il may be found practia-
able 10 put the whole business under
ground. Ii would cost but little more to
construct a tunnel than to build the
truss above ground, and the under
ground route would be less liable to ac-
cideCts. while il could be rendered as ex-
peditious and comfortable in every
respect as any other. The greatest ad-
vantage OF all, though. would be the re-
moval Of danger to other travel above
ground. This caused the demand for
the removal OF overhead electric wires in
some parts Of New York and other
cities.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
Along with the Inauguration of Iowa's

Along with the Inauguration of Iowa's
new Democratic governor the Omaha
Republican recalls the fact that the
Democratic vote which elected him was
but 224 votes more than at the national
election in 1888. On the other hand the
Republican vote was IS, 600 less-that
many Republicans presumably not going
to the polls. There Is precious little con-
ISOLATION in the explanation, however.
The question that it naturally provokes
is, why did the $4,000 Republicans stay
away from the polls? It certainly was
not because they were dissatisfied with
the methods and policy of the opposite
party, for it had never been in control.
The esteemed Republican seems to have
lost sight of the fact that failure to vote
the party ticket is half vote for the op-
position, and upon this theory Governor
Boies was really elected by Republicans.
And Iowa is not the only state where
just that thing has occurred. Still, for
calling attention to these things the
EAGLE has been mercilesslv criticised by
some who in feeble way ape the hardi-
hood of Nero
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
MAKES HIM TIRED.
BLUFF CITY. Kan. March J. IS

BLUFF CITY, Kan, March +, 1880.
Colonel NJ ". NlunIcck, Wichita.
DEAR SIR: Pardon me for this per-
sonal letter, but you are recognized by
all as a power i'll the land. and deserv-
ingly so. When | read in the EAGLE
the very sensible resolutions passed by
the Valley Grove Alliance the thought
came to me, why is it that the leading
papers have not pointed out the absurd
and unjust action of those king bee agi-
tators. 1t Is d rare evidence of good
sense and honest purpose in those Valley
Grove people that they should be brave
enough to reprove their order and de-
nounce its foul action.
The farmers have cause to plead,
no doubt. but some of it is exaggerated.
some wrongly attributed, and all of it
sought to be won by any means, even at
the expense Of others. and by untried,
strange and perhaps injurious methods.
1t Is becoming a fad to denOunce every
body as a brigand that earns living off
of farm. And some papers are playing
it SO disgustingiy thin that one nearly
wishes there were no papers to spread
the mania. With their free trade, their
sub-treasury. warehouses, county loan
agents, | per cent. money, and all laws
made for the comfort and protection of
farmers only, "what would the harvest
be" to the rest of mankind:
Let the EAGLE 'call halt" 1t did it
once etfectually and TO a good purpose.
Very truly, J. G..
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
EDUCATION AND POLITICS.

The Associated Press report occasion
ally reminds US that the Blair education
al bill is still pending in the senate. In
fact, it brought the relieving announce
ment the other day that Mr.. Blair had
finally finished his serial speech in its
support. Other senators are now talking
on it little. Mr. Plumb took tilt at it
Wednesday. He was not favorable TO it.
He denied the claim of its author that
the Republican party was pledged to its
support. He said that such bill ought
never to be or to become a party meas
ure. In that he was correct But with
the natural instincts and the traditional
tendencies of the Democratic party it is
almost impossible to prevent an educa-
tional bill from becoming party meas
ure. The Republican party in spirit and
general purpose has ever been the party
of education and enlightenment. But
for that reason it is not necessarily COM
mitted to every educational bill that may
be proposed. It regards in educational
bills. as in other proposed measures,
sense, propriety and constitutional limi-
tations. There has never been a strict
party division on the Blair bill. Follow
ing their respective natural and histori-
cal tendencies the Republicans have gen
orally favored and the Democrats gener-
ally opposed it. But several Republican
senators have questioned its policy and
constitutionality, and the longer the dis
cussion has continued the stronger and
the more numerous have become the OBJ
jections on these grounds.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
WHO PAYS TIE BILLS.

A book of the proceedings of the nine
teenth annual meeting of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture, reaches us
and IL glancing over its one hundred and
sixty-eight pages, printed by the state
printer, in the highest style of the art, the
question suggests itself to Us, what is this
board who controls it and in what inter-
est and who pays its expenses of officers,
Of Office rents and of printing. etc? 1t
seems at the bottom simply to be a
private corporation and a close one, at
that, answerable to no power, run prin-
cipally by one Mohler and all its ex-
penses paid by the state. But the state
seems to have little or nothing
TO say about the management of
its affairs, even if the state
pays its bills and we guess it does. If it
is not private barnicle fastened to the
public teat, and is Of any real value to
the people, wouldn't it be well for the
state to take charge of 1t. There are
some good things sent out from the So
ciety at the expense Of the people, but
also heap of trash. The society seems
powerful and dictatorail in some direc-
tions, and with its bills cared for regu-
larly, very independent. The people
who foot the bills want light, not only
on the inpertinent() question here sug-
gested, but touching the general make
up and powers of that society which
uses the states, name and money. With
these questions answered we viii be
ready with some that are more serious
and pertinent. touching the inside man
agement and personnel of that private
corporation,
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The president has approved the agree
ments with the Chippewa Indians, by
which four million acres of land will
eventually be thrown open TO settlement.
As with the Sioux reservation the rush
for land here viii not approach that at
the opening of oklahoma. The lands of
the cold north are not so desirable. 1t
is the wonderful Kansas climate that
makes Oklahoma such an attractive
SPOT for home.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The scientist who has a penchant for
discovering organisms and microbes,
and who by announcing that there is an
ice-worm, which lives upon ice, and gets
its nourishment therefrom, thought to
injure the ice trade in this country next
summer, has no idea to what degree the
people of the United States are attached
tc lemonade and ice water.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
From The Le4vea~or,h Tines


The Democratic party combined with
the whisky lointists and their allies. the
resubulisslon nugwumps, elected their
candidates for mayor ard council last
spring bv 80 ma joriiy: they elected their
county ticket last fall by 80 ma jcTIty-
AMI now, with the powers that run tie
city and county of Leavenworth. with
The aid OF the Kansas City Times they
have succeeded ia removing the depaTt-
u4ent headquarters OF the United States
army from Fort IeaTenwor;h 70 -
LOUIS. Who SAYS this combination Is
not ! bowling success
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Ihe wichita EAGLE must be accumulat-
lrg good supply OF resubnission reserve
t2lk about its premises; at least it is not
saying, at present, any thing about the re-
SUBMISSION movement III the Peerless
Princess. s.--Leavenworth sun.
The fact of the matter il but little TO
say, further than to repeat what has been
said hundred times, that is. that the
movement has possessed the Peerless
Princess about as wholly and completely
as it is possible for movement of senti-
ment to do. As 10 its growth in other
parts of the state. we refer our t. e. TO
the proceedings of meeting reported al
most daily in the dispatches.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Some of the Canadians in Montreal
who want Independence have begun an
agitation to bring this about in 1892, but
they have started i'll very bad way.
They have formed a league which is to
be a secret society, and all the actions of
its supreme council are TO be in the dark.
That fact will deprive them OF the SYM
pathy and assistance they seem to expect
in the United States.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Boston reports thar the semi-annual
dividend payments due there last month
amount TO 50, 10S, ,749. an increase of
sl3G,910 over last year. That much
money added to the circulation ought TO
help matters about the Hub quite bit
But TO us away out here in the west the
satisfaction 1t impArts is of the sort ex-
perienced by the discarded suitor as he
sat on the fence and watched his adored
as she passed by. or words to that effect.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The ground proposed to be occupied BY
the worlds fair at Chicago contains
twenty acres more than the tract in
Paramount park where the Centennial
Exposition was held Room will be pro-
yided for INDECENT and late corners who
may get themselves u blanket and wish
TO roll up on the ground, for Chicago ia
November is cold.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The jackasses at large in this country
will be interested to learn that the
courts have determined their social
status. 1t recently cost citizen Of
Maine 81 200 for calling a neighbor a
''jackass," the court holding that the man
had been damaged to that amount.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The house committee on coinage took
up the Window silver bill Wednesday,
and will likely amend it SO as TO make 1t
somewhat difficult of recognition by its
astute author. It Will have TO If they
hope to make it popular.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Poor Mormons! Nobody wants them
and some of them don't want themselves.
Canada won't have them, and now Sena-
tor Chandler has prepared an immigra-
tion bill which classes along with idiots,
lunatics, paupers and convicted crimi-
mails. "DolYgamists
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

France is reported rs intending TO an
mex the kingdom of Dahomey to her
pean powers may, however. have some
thing to say on the subject. The thing
regarding which the European powers
watch each other with the EXTREMIST
jealousy is the acquisition of territory
IN Asia or Africa. The attempt on the
bart of any one to appropriate any por-
tion Of the desert of Sahara would ex-
cite the others to war.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The senate is puzzled greatly to know
how the correspondents of newspapers
get the news of their executive sessions.
1t is the senate's business to keep the
work of the session secret; it is the cor
respondents duty to get hold of it if
possible and the newspaper man usually
knows his business
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The Australian wheat yield has been
disappointing. The returns are expected
TO show decrease of at least four bushels
per acre on account of rust. 1t is calcu
lated that the injury in Victoria will
reach e15O. 600 TO the farmers.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

The Oklahoma bill, like the territory,
is in an advantageous position. Except
ing the appropriation bills and the con-
tested election cases it is the first
measure that can be reached when the
house gees into committee Of the whole.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Mrs. Grover Cleveland, when asked if
her. husband would again be a candidate
for president, was non-committaI. With
most women there would have been an
impulse to say something. Mr.. Cleve-
land is perhaps more than ever convinced
that marriage is not a failure.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Benjamin Harrison has reigned one
wear. Two great feats have been ac-
complished in that time-the circumven-
ton of the world in seventy odd days
and the shooting of the Niagara rapids.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

When Minister Pendleton's body is
brought home Senator Sherman will
pronounce the eulogy. Though they
never worked together in politics they
were always good personal friends.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

Subscriptions to the Washington me-
mortal arch IN New York reached a
total of ST. ,913.12 Saturday night, a fact
noted at length by the metropolitan
press. General Grant has been dead almost
five years, and the monument COM
mittee which started out to raise one
million dollars has collected Just Sl45,-
593. But the metropolitan press did not
mention this at length.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

At meeting of the Socialistic Labor
party in Cooper Union, New York City,
it was decided to demand from the car
Of Russia an explanation Of the outrages
in Siberia. The czar had better look out
Dr. the Socialistic Labor party will pass
resolutions denouncing and deposing
him
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07
= Clever specula.or.


&ozs3esrrsge.
Grover Cleveland s q good EpscUlstor.
lie buys Washington raj estate under 4
Democrztsc administration AID sells i
under Republican administration, and
clears 500. .o3s).
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-07

From the punctuality with which the
new weatherologist, Irl Hicks's fore
casts have been verified we are led 10
conclude that he has a corner, so to
speak, on that scientific information.
The changes Of weather since the first of
January, as set down in his storm calen-
dar, have come to day. Il he were
only as clever in controlling the atmos-
pheric phenomena as he is in predicting
it, and should exercise that power with
greater discrimination in favor of the
comfort of the denizens of this portion
of the sphere, lie would be greater
man than St. Patrick in the affections
of the people. But small favors are
thankful lly received; he promises US a
week. surcease after today.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Only Rumors and Stories to Liven Up the
General Dizziness.

Only Runners and Stories to Liven Up the
General Dullness.
The report that O'Neil & Co., the large coal
operators. were contemplating going out Of the
business, could not be confirmed at the office of
the company yesterday. Mr.. O'Neil was at his
home in Elizabeth, and his son stated that he
was not at liberty to confirm the report or deny
it. He STATED, however, that the firm had lost
considerable money In the Southern market
during the past year and half, but he could
not say whether his father would quit the busi-
ness.
1t is generally conceded by river operators
that if any of them could dispose of their inter-
est at reasonable price they would not be slow
in being counted among the former coal
operators. The business Is so overcrowded
chat there Is little profit in 1t at present. There
are certain coal operators in this city who. to
dispose Of large fleets of coal in the lower mar
kets. sell under the established rates rather
than leave it remain there for a long period.
This is supposed to be one of the reasons why
M Co are assy s ansS SS
the statement which he is credited
with having made to the effect
that the company had all us
towboats now for sale. He told q DISPATCH
reporter that the whole thing was mere iaO,
rication, and had originated with some rival
operators, who gave It out for publication with
view to injuring their business. as 1t would
nave no OIQeI eueCC. " N6ll O W. are CAdoocu
among the largest coal operators here. The
company owns vast tracts Of coal lands which
have not yet been worked, and ceal tipples and
a number of towboats. The value of the whole
cannot be estimated, but it is very large. A
prominent operator, speaking of the condition
of the coal business yesterday, said: Inere
isn't one firm in the business that would not
gladly get out of IL il 1t could get price that
would let it out even. There was an English
syndicate here some time ago trying 20 pur-
chase river coal mines, but il was unwilling TO
pay the prices demanded"
Another man. who is reported as having lost
S3l, 900 in the past few months, said: Il have
no intention of selling out my interest in
the business, as consider the present condi-
ton only temporary lull The coming fall
will develop better times for the coal trade.
The report that our firm has lost money is un-
founded. as the price of coal is fair at Cincin-
mai There is enough there to last them until
the opening of navigation In the fall, and the
present prices will be maintained. You can
count on that"
Outside the excitement caused by the an.
nouncement of ONeil q Co.'s intention OF
retiring from business, nothing transpired
about the levee of any note. Up-river packets
arrived and departed on time. The water
gauge showed feet 10 last night, with pros
poets for a slight rise. At Davis Island the
mark registered feet 9 at z p. M.
Arrivals-Adam Jacobs. Germania and Eliza
beth. Departed-8 A. M, Adam Jacobs; 3 P.
NJ, Germania and Elizabeth.