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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

oils, manufactured tobacco, and wood
and manufactures of. This increase was
in the following articles: Breadstuffs,
S31 ,049, 266; provisions, $50, 142 ,069; cat
tie and hogs, SIS, 1876, 1872; and raw cotton,
S13, 1913, 522; total of S91 ,591, 349.
In our total trade with Europe the ex-
cess of exports over imports was S233,
149, 131.
Our commerce in merchandise with
North America, including Mexico, Cen
trail America. and West Indies, amount
ed to S242, 469, 116. of which the value of
the imports was S14S, 1868, 706, and of the
exports. S94, 100, 410, an access of inn
ports of S54 ,26S, 1896
Our total trade with South America in
merchandise amounted to 1928, 1853, 1872,
of which the value of the imports was
$50, 006, IA, and of the exports, S3S, 752,-
648, an excess of imports of $51, 253, 496.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

The Frisco Herald publishes list of the
| names of the people who seek relief from
the Relief board. \ good portion OF them
are woman. Men as rule are good deal
prouder than women, when it comes to
the scratch.
Oklahoma City Journal: Judge Ham
mer yesterday performed the ceremony
which united Alfred NJ Barckley and
Anna Perry in the holy bonds of matri-
mony. Both are lately from Arkansas,
and are now az Choctaw City awaiting
the opening of the new territory east OF US.
Arkansas City Dispatch: The soldiers
are now securing the country to see
whether all the cattle have been removed
from the strip. So far as we have learned
the presidents proclamation has been
generally complied with. Cattle and other
property found in the strip after II o'clock
last night Is to be eonfiscated-
Oklahoma Journal: 1t is probable that
we will soon have another election. A bill
providing for the election of county Off
GERS will soon be passed by both houses
Everybody seems anxious to have such an
election. The bill will probably provide
for an election in January so that the Off
GERS elected can go into office by the first
of February.
Oklahoma City Journal: The failure of
the electric lights Friday night was owing
TO break In the canal at the upper hume,
which will require three or four days TO
repair. The breaks such as the one that
occurred night before last are not unex-
pected, and the managers have been care
full about turning in full head of water
just yet, but they were so anxious to fur
nish light for the play that their actions
ran counter to their judgment The banks
will have to be carefully watched for
month or two until they have been thor
ourgly tested and the weak places
strengthened
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

The present retail prices in Wichita
wouldn't seem to be very discouraging
TO farmers: Corn from fifty TO fifty-five
cents; oats fifty cents; hay from six to
seven dollars per ton; chop feed one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per hundred,
and so on. If these prices hold, which
now seems likely, and wheat reaches the
same standard it won't be but very
short time before the farmers of Kansas
as a class will be more prosperous than
any other. And with the reaction from
so unusual and strong depression farm
lands will go up, and away up, within
the next two or three years, not only in
the west but throughout the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
MORE MONEY WANTED.

The report of the secretary of the
treasury contains a tabulated statement
of the amount of currency outstanding
at different dates. Accompanying this
is declaration by the secretary that
mot only is the currency not contract
ing, either actually or in propol ton to
population, but that it is rapidly expand
ing in each particular; that the actual
increase has been equal to 100000 a
month" for several years. The secre-
tary's statement may be, doubtless is,
correct as to the amount of currency
brought into existence, but that it has
not come into actual circulation is equal
ly as true. And despite the secretary's
statements, the country wants more
money. It's no use to coin money to
pile up in treasury vaults, or to issue GER
tificates in such large denominations as
to render them practically valueless for
circulation, and issue them in payment
of bullion or other obligations of the
government. Such line of policy as
that is as far from satisfying the demands
of the people in that line as to raise the
schedule of import duties and call it re-
forming the tariff.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
A HEAVY DRAIN ON OUR CUR
RENCY.

The report of the superintendent of the
money-order system of the postal de-
partment, states that there seems to be
no diminution of the steady flow to-
ward foreign countries of the savings of
new citizens who find in our own land
remunerative fields of labor. AS shown
in the report in question, it was neces-
sary to liquidate balances abroad, by
reason of the excess of orders drawn i'll
this country over those drawn upon us
to the amount of SO, 300, 561. 80. We have
seen no statement of the amount of
money brought to this country by immi-
grants annually, but dare say that it is
not much, if any more than the amount
sent out of this country, as shown above,
which is so much permanently with
drawn for the volume of our circulating
medium.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

Whatever of criticism may lie put upon
the presidents message, as a whole. none
will deny that it contains a number of
valuable suggestions. and to a large num-
Der of laboring people whose daily voca-
ton brings them in constant Jeopardy of
life, none of them more so than the
recommendation that congress inaugu-
rate, by suitable legislation, movement
looking to the uniformity and increased
safety in the use of couplers and brakes
upon freight trains. The sacrifice of
1900 lives and the manning of 1000
young men every year. should have
prompted some such movement long
ago. And since it is evident that the
railroad managers viii not do it of their
own accord they should be prompted to
act without further delay, and congress
Is the only authority competent TO move
in the matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

The value of our foreign commerce
during the last fiscal year, according to
the report Of the secretary Of the treas
ury. was greater than any previous year.
1t amounted to 81, 647, 139, 093. as against
Sl,4s1 ,5S3,G27 during the fiscal year
1889, an increase of S159, 606. 066.
The value of imports of merchandise
also during the last fiscal year was the
largest in the history Of our commerce.
amounting TO S7S9, $40. 400. as against
S145, l3l $50 during the fiscal year 1889.
and increase Of S45.17S, 757. The value
of exports Of merchandise during the
same period was SS57 SOS. 6S4, as against
S142, 40l $50 for the previous year. 1889.
an increase of Sis, 427 ,309. The exports
exceeded the imports of merchandise by
S6S.5lS.295.
The exports of domestic merchandise
were Sis. oil .2l9 in excess of the value
of such exports during the preced-
ing year. The greater portion Of
the increase occurred IN the
following articles. stated IN the
order Of magnitude Of increase: Provi-
sions, 5readstuifs. raw cotton. iron and
steel and manufactures Of vegetables
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
THE GRAND ARMY.
GENERAL ORDER.

Ira T. Collins, commander of the de-
| partment of Kansas, G.. a. R., has just
issued the following general order:
Comrade L. j. Webb, having rendered
his resignation as judge advocate of this
department, on account of press of BUSH
ness as the commander-in-chief of the
! Sons Of Veterans, and the same having
been accepted, COmrade F. j. Close, of
Kennedy post No. 292, of Troy, is hereby
appointed Judge advocate for the unex-
pired term. He will be obeyed and re-
spected accordingly.
Special attention is hereby called TO
paragraph one of general orders No. Z,
from national headquarters, in regard to
representation of this department in the
twenty-fifth national encampment As
our representation will be based upon
| the number of comrades in good stand
| ing, as shown by the reports for thequ
| ter ending December 81, it is urged upon
commanders and other post officers to
use more than ordinary diligence in re-
cruiting and filling up the ranks before
the end of the quarter. New recruits
should be solicited and such comrades as
have been suspended for non-payment of
dues should be induced to become rein
stated. The department commander
would especially urge upon post officers
the necessity of making the next quar-
terly report promptly. Blanks for these
reports will be mailed to the commander
of each post in due time.
During the quarter ending September
30, nine new posts were organized, with
a membership of 146, as follows. viz:
Glen Elder, No. 261, Glen Elder Mitchell
county; Gordon Granger, No. 326, Aurora,
Cloud coutny; Major Collins, No. 392,
Stark, Neosho county; J. NJ. CASTOR, No.
426, Kimball, Neosho county; j. B. Balm,
No. 436, Hoisington, Barton county;
Liberty, No. Al, Liberty, Montgomery
county; p. A. Hackleman, No. 442,
Rago, kngman county; j. W.. Vance,
No. All, Wellsford, Kiowa county; Dahl
green, No. 474, Rush Center, Rush coun-
ty. Two posts surrendered their char
tiers during the quarter. viz: Jackson
Morrow, No. Ala, Monument, Logan
county, and Caldwell, No. 461, Dresden,
Decatur county. We had total mem
bership in good standing, June 80, of 49,
23S. Have gained during the quarter
ending Sept. 30, by organization and
mastering. 443; by transfer, ia; by re-
instatement, 222; total gain, 779. Have
lost by death 81; by honorable discharge,
90; by transfer, 165: by suspension, 466;
by dishonorable discharge, 3; total loss,
702. Net gain, n.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

J. c. Cashen writes the EAGLE from
Lexington. Oklahoma, in which he
maintains that the practical, industrious
and level-hcaded in Oklahoma are going
TO make a great success, in fact are sue
ceeding now. 1t is the impractical who
went into the territory without means
and with an eye solely to speculation
that are suffering. He says that south
Oklahoma is simply a garden-spot 1t is
his opinion that the Weekly EAGLE
ought TO lie read by all the farmers Of
that section, and that the nurserymen of
southern Kansas ought 10 advertise in
its columns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

An Alliance paper called Fair PLAY,
(Which paper is a travesty upon the
name), published in Cowley county,
quotes the statement that mortgages are
being paid off in Kansas at the rate of
three a day in nearly every county in
the state and adds this comment:
"Cowley county can beat that clear out
of sight; Sheriff Gibson paid of twenty
three farm mortgages in one day. last
week, and twenty-three farmers are now
ready to tramp"
The Arkansas City Traveller called on
the clerk Of the district court to inquire
about this, and the clerk informed him
that it was a villianous lie. 1t is strange
that people will persist in perverting the
truth, even when to do so inures TO their
disadvantage, if not to their actual ma
terial injury, and that, too, when there
is no provocation or excuse therefor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

The stock Of gold and silver in the
United States on November 1, 1890, ac-
cording to the annual report of the sec
rotary of the treasury is estimated to have
been 81, 1S0, 236, IL, of which 1894, S65.-
$50 consisted of gold coin and bullion,
$3.50, 98S, 466 standard silver dollars, ST.
145, 591 of subsidiary silver coin, and S27,-
236, 440 Of silver bullion. The value of
the precious metals used in the United
States in the industrial arts was, for the
calendar year 1899, gold SIG, 697, 900, and
silver, S8.767 zoo, of which SS,6s6. S27.
gold, and S7,297, 1888. silver, were do
mestic bullion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
ORIGINAL PACKAGES AGAIN

From the St Joe Ballot.
When the United States supreme
court rendered its Northumberland
decision some time ago. il was thought
alcoholic liquor was the only commo-
dity covered by it-and the act of con-
greSs known as the Wilson law. named
alcoholic and spirituous liquors. only, as
articles of interstate commerce on which
the states might exercise restrictive and
prohibitory legislation. But Judge Mel
son of the United States circuit court at
ST Paul holds that oleomargerine is en-
titled 10 interstate sanctity also. and
that while Minnesota NAV prohibit the
manufacture of the stuff in that state
and the sale of ii when made in the state.
1t has no authority 10 prohibit
the sale of Chicago oleomargarine
IN Minnesota IN original pack
ages. Minnesota seeks To protect
the dairy interest from counterfeits and
limitations by forbidding the making
and selling of tallow-bUtter: but the
court declares that the law. so far as II
applies 10 oleomarCarIne made IN other
states, Is unconstitutional and void.
The decision then reaches farther than
was at first imagined. IL covers cotton
seed oil ard. huff cheese aud all other
cheap limitations and authorizations.
which it may be lawful to manufacture
IN any one state. even though thew are
prohibited in al others-for. thew ara
articles OF interstate commerce. and this
gives them the right SO he sold in orig
inai packages IN the very state, where n
Is sought 10 prohibit them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

The Hon. Jerry Simpson Is n granger
who is quietly demonstrating that he does
not Wear a number six hat Cpon the
question Of dIscrimnationin in grain rates
10y Kansas railroads against tins city and
The western producer he has annouuciated
through the Times some particularly
strong and clear cut views. And when
the Hon Jerry Simpson further saws that
II the railroads do not at once take steps TO
correct existing evils they will some morn
Ing hear something drop. be undoubtedly
means what he says and knows what he is
talking about. The farmer is in the saddle
ana this - not his year 10 be monkeyed
with.-kansas City Times
Doubtless Jerry will turn himself
loose against the railroads in the interest
of Kansas City, but that don't alter the
fact that the Kansas City elevators and
grain jobbers and live stock yard manip-
ulators have robbed Kansas farmers far
more than the railroads ever did: svs-
tematically, and for years outrsgeouslv
robbed them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
THE THIRTEEN CENT CORN.

There will not come another oppOr-
tunity soon in which corn can be bought
at from eleven to thirteen cents a bushel
in this valley, which fact reminds us
that the EAGLE, last fall, declared that
money invested in the then prices would
net one hundred per cent. or more inside
of a year. We didn't estimate half
strong enough. a certain farmer in the
south part Of this county thought the
same thing. He raised nearly five thous-
and bushels of corn on his own farm
which he mortgaged for all the money
he could procure on it and invested it IN
twelve and fifteen cent corn which he
added to what he had raised and which
he cTiDbed up and which he still holds.
He can sell out any day and lift all of
his Indebtedness and have big sum left
to bank, as he bought upwards of twenty
thousand bushels. But he expe IS to get
seventy-five cents for every bushel and
the chances are that he will before next
May. At any rate at the present prices
he has made several thousands Of dollars.
The tens of thousands of bushels Of corn
burned up in this valley last year would
come in good about now. If but half of
the eight million bushels of corn raised
in Sedgwick county last year had been
held over by the farmers, it would have
gone long way now in wiping out in
debtedness and making good times. But
the same chances and experiences have
occurred before since the settlement of
[ his Nallar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Philadelphia Store
POST OFFICE CORNER.

The extreme mild weather for the past month has left us in
very bad shape with all kinds of winter goods We
to carry them for another
to much greater advantage through the summer
We heavily Overstocked with FannelS Dress Goods
Blankets Comforts and all kinds of WOODEN goods usually sold in
mid winter
The knife goes into them Monday morning and one third
the regular price cut off every dollars heavy goods
now In the house We prefer make this sacrifice
the people the goods rather than force after
season is over.
Our stock of Ladies and Chdrens Wraps is unfortunately
for large and this immense reduction third Oft
the regular price think will reduce We pack
any winter goods and going sell them if
prices will do it.
A. kATZ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

"Sockless Simpson" is what the east
ern papers call him, but that doesn t
seem to lessen the loyalty and admlra-
ton his following in this district have
for him, many of whom really believe
that he will develop into a veritable
Davy COOCkett.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

At last the Strip is clear Of cattle, the
first time for years, and the chief obstacle
in the way Of a fair and equitable settle
ment of the long disputed question OF
the claims Of the Cherokees to that coun-
try being removed that matter will no
doubt be speedily adjusted, now, and
the lands be thrown open for settlement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

The Wichita EAGLE thinks just now
that ''hayseed is all right" and we will
not he surprised to learn by and by that
the EAGLES editor has fallen in with ,Ier-
RVS STYLE Of wearing shoes without socks.
Max, in Oxford Mocking Bird.
For fully half the time since the cleo
ton we have gone without either shoes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
John Makes Money.

From the COurier-JournaT
John l.. Sullivan, actor. declares that
his seasons receipts will be $4,000,
which causes no surprise that John J..
Sullivan, pugilist, declares that he will
never enter the prize ring again. The
dollar is bigger than John LIS fists. and
has knocked them out in one round.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
STRENGTH OF DENOMINATIONS.

The subjoined table, made up from the
new religious census returns now being
compiled, shows the relative and aggre-
gate strength of fourteen groups of denom-
nations that are classed as Protestants. in
the United States;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Brides Must Write Invitations.

FROM the Atlanta Constitution.
Society has decided that prospective
brides must write out the invitations of
their weddings. This is an innovation
that calls for a good deal of work on the
part Of the society Young ladies who
are more familiar with the manipulation
Of the fan than they are with the pen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Topeka.

President Harrison simply proposes to
stand by the previous policy of his ad-
ADMINISTRATION as made Of record by the
first session Of the present congress. Our
generals spine is equal to any emer-
Cency conceivable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
No. OF No. OF

The Protestant accord to the Roman
Catholics s0l2,970 and TO the Greek Catho-
lies 10000 The Roman Catholics claim for
themselves 10. 100000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Relies Upon The Eaele,s Judgment

From the Mount Hope Mentor.
The EAGLE would like for the Alliance
to put forward the name of the Hon.
Frank Doster, of Marion county. for
United States senator. We are not ac-
quaintad with the man but are willing
to risk good deal on the Judgment Of
the EAGLE in the matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
A Good Verse for an Album.

A very good verse to write in an al.
bum, l think, would be sOmethink Like
the following:
Go, little booklet. go.
Bearing each honored name,
Till everywhere that you have went
They's glad that you have come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

What has become of the Wichita EAGLE S
bright column of "Sunfiower Simmer!
1t IS greatly missed from that excellent
Standardization Champion.
It took the Son-hower who shimmers
about two days to get over his Thanks
irving
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
That Explains Il

From the Coldwater Enterprise
The front page of the Wichita EAGLE
Of last Thursday is dated Wednesday,
November 26, while the remaining pages
bear the date Thursday, November q.
As the EAGLE goes to press about 3
o'clock in the morning, the natural in
ference is that the boys began their
Thanksgiving festivities early in the day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

1t is a very dull day in Peoples party
circles that some new name Is not
mentioned as a senatorial possibility.
The last is that of Judge John Martin Of
ToDeka
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03
Wl1IiIll sa9le
NJ. NJ MURDOCH. Editor.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

This Hill Cleveland contest is getting
serious for his fatulency. The Peters
burg Index is added to the Hill plat on.
This makes nine papers and spokesman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-03

Formerly at Douglas and Fourth Avenues has resumed
business at the old Diamond Front
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-18

Two or three men trOd on my painting
body as they drew water, but they were
evidently used to this sort of thing, and
had no time to waste upon me. The stu
alton was humiliating. Gunga Dass, in
deed, when he had banked the embers of
his fire with sand, was at some pains to
throw half a cupful of fetid water over my
head, an attention for which could have
fallen on my knees and thanked him, but
he was laughing all the while in the same
mirthless, wheezy key that greeted me on
my first attempt to force the shoals. And
so, in a semi -comatose condition, 1 lay till
noon.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-18
The Red Scale.

The red scale is as dangerous and in
fictitious to fruit interests as small pox is
among human beings. If any one wants
to know what an awful thing it is, let him
come down in this vicinity and visit
Orange. 1t is pitiful sight to see what
ruin has been caused by careless indiffer-
ence of the people when this pest first
came into this valley. When I first saw
Orange, in the fall of 1884, thought it the
garden spot of America. / never shall
forget the luxuriance of the acres OF
orange orchards and the prosperous-look-
ing places. There were then shipments OF
many carloads of oranges from Orange
station every spring, and there.were dozens
of men who got from $1,000 to $4,000 q
year for their orange crops. The red scale
came there in the spring of 1885. People
talked some about it, and few said the pest
would be serious unless stamped out at
once. Their fears were ridiculed, and
every one went on in an easy, indifferent
way, while the little red scale bug multi
piled, spread and devoured, till at last the
people saw acre after acre of orange trees
dead and dying. Go to Orange to-day.
Where there were hundreds of fine
orchards five years ago, the land is now
covered with the decaying stumps Of
orange and lemon trees, while in tho
majority of cases barley and q few vege-
tables are now grown where the orange
orchards used to flourish. The men who
enjoyed an income of $1,000 and $4,000
annually from their orange crops are now
as poor as church mice and are bewailing
their fate Come here some day and see
for yourself what the awful red scale has
done for us.-T. M. Roly, in Pomona
ProgreSs.