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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

VIII Jake Admire belong to the first leg
islature, too?
Edmond wanted TO be a county seat and
it hasn't given up all hopes, yet.
The Guthrie and Reno railway directors
had meeting last week at FL Reno.
Guthrie has gone so far as to ask bids
for the stone for the capitol building.
There is not a daily paper in the strip,
! but they have some mighty good weeklies.
/ Since the acquisition of a street sprinkler
| Kingfisher advertises herself summer
! resort.
Everybody is guessing at the census Of
| Oklahoma and somebody is going TO be
! surprised.
/ Norman is to be counted among those
/ towns which are preparing to celebrate on
the fourth prox.
The first legislature will be elected by
| the people and If Nilt Reynolds doesn't
get there it viii be his own fault.
| Il is expected that the governor expects
| to issue proclamation for the election OF
territorial legislature at an early date
If ANYTHING has borne more fruit than
the mulberry trees down in Oklahoma,
this spring, it has kept mighty quiet about
! it.
The citizens OF Guthrie are talking about
erecting residence, or more elegantly,
mansion for Governor Steele and MS fam
lily.
Only two of the Newspaper boys Of Okla
homA asked Tor anything Al the hands 81
the governor and they both received some
thing.
Under the Nebraska law, marriage with
out license Is a misdeIDeanor- Il IL just
a. wei 70 keep your eye on your marriage
certificate IN Oklahoma a. anywhere else.
The laws OF Nebraska are very strict a.
TO the sanitary condition Of towns This
will help the payers IN their eIhortations
TO the citizens 10 clean up the alleys this
summer
The wheat crop in this immediate vicin-
ftv i about al harvested and s. Ia good
shape and win probably rVturn 3 better
yield than was expected 3 short time since
Norman Transcript
The commission were 70 open nexotia-
tons with the Puttassst0mlf-s at Shawnee
town Monday. These Indians have q rss-
walton thirty miles square which they
hold un6er executive order. The tr5F.
nan bers about 80 nearly al Of whom
are blanket Indians
Territorial Advocate There i eonssd-
cradle discussion among our people on the
question Of Whether Beaver county will
prove 70 De a Republican or a Deusocratie
section. The eDumsraTars Of the terTItor-
Isl osnSus are getting a. the matter A.
nearly as pyossi nle. bslT y vii require al
election involving some party iSszle 70 de-
termiue the matter The Advocate wslI
state. a its oplnsOa- tsIzs ~ the proper
tine Beaver county VII roll up &C over
yhslmlng Republican MAJORITY.
II you XII! Iook real closely. you can see
the STRIPE Of tsree or fo~T county seaa agi-
tz-lnas in Oklahoma ia TIA T4zr1 -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Census enumerators in Pennsylvania
have discovered that thousands of work
erS in that state are without names.
They are known industrially only by
numbers. 1t is inconceivable that such
a condition of things should long be per-
mitted to exist in this country. The
Pennsylvania laborers may be poor, igno-
rant and unfortunate, but they are free
workingmen. The practice of destroy
ing their individuality under the convict
system of numbering deserves the sever
est condemnation. The slavery system
of work in Pennsylvania needs looking
after.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
Come off the Catamaran.

From the Reno, Ok, Press.
Since Commodore Marsh Murdoch was
put on that famous commission he seems
prone to air his nautical culture at every
opportunity. and in the EAGLE of the
18th inst. he dishes up a "capper' of
knots and spices. with minute instruc-
tons, ostensibly for the benefit of the
prints" and ''ordinaries' Just entering
service on the great western 'kanall'
that makes the water front Of his only
love. the Peerless Princess" Now.
Marsh. why did you not go on and give
the boys a breeze on something else
nautical: You told them not that a
knot is ''naught" when made with a
bite" and the bite pulled out. Tell
them how to splice the main brace,
plug the scuffers, and ''scoot the top
ping lift and always take the ''lubber
hole" in a cyclone. Tell them how to
''cockbill the forecastle, box the TRAN
gle" and stick glim in the compass
and set an inverted Jack when the
commodore has jag on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
MISGUIDED ZEAL.

| Undoubtedly an outward, persistent
and stubborn adherence to the theory of
prohibition is exhibited by some well
/ known prohibitionists in Kansas, as else
where, who are, in reality, heartily tired
of it. Pride of opinion prompts them to
cling to a cause which all human expert
ence teaches is hopeless. One by one,
however, they are quietly dropping out
and joining hands with the friends of high
license. They have made good fight
| for their idea, but their efforts have only
demonstrated the ..hOpelessness of their
undertaking. AS absolute perfection
can hardly be attained in this world the
friends of the beautiful theory should
not wholly lose heart because it does not
work out in practice. As human nature
is constructed it is not likely that pro-
hibitory laws Will ever be effective I'M
der any form or system of government
likely to exist prior to the advent of the
millennium. Only in sparcely settled
sections can it he said to affect the traffic
it is designed to suppress, and in these
sections it is doubtful if Its effects are
not more injurious than beneficial.
The very existence of a large city is
wholly incompatible with prohibition.
While some are disposed to rebel against
the inevitable the masses are only too
glad to part company with a theory that
causes so much dissention and has fallen
so far short of what was expected of it.
Few, if any, public men of eminence
and of national repute, and no metropol-
itan newspaper, can be induced to longer
champion a cause the public have tired
and found wanting.
The friends of the temperance cause
need fear no evil effects from the aban-
donment of prohibition. Relying solely
upon the law they have RENTED their
old time temperance work which should
again be taken up. The consensus of the
most advanced and rational public judg-
ment upon this question is aptly express
ed by the following editorial in Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of June
Il:
1T is impossible to understand how any
true friend of temperance can oppose high
license legislation, in view of its uniform
success wherever it has been tried Il is
also impossible to understand how any
true friend of te importance can insist on the
enforcement of prohibition policy, when
the absolute failure of that policy has been
demonstrated over and over again. Balti-
more Is just reaping the enjoyment of its
new high-license law. All the dives. dance
and music halls in the city have been
closed, and the proprietors have abandoned
the city. IL nothing but this were &C
complished. it would stand alone as a
monument TO the success Of the high
license principle, but wherever this reform
has been inaugUrated the number of
saloons has been diminished and the dis
reputable liquor resorts have either been
entirely abolished or rendered well nigh
harmless. Ii the friends OF temperance
would rally to the support of high license
everywhere it would not be long before a
widespread temperance sentiment would
lead to the achievements AT which pro
hibitionistS aim-and yet the latter are TOO
blind and too impractical to seethe truth"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Let no one neglect to report any names
within his knowledge, which have been
missed by the census enumerators. to
the proper authorities for entering upon
the lists. We are not advised that there
has been any carelessness on the part of
the enumerators in this city, but with
the utmost care it would be next to i'm
possible for them to secure every name.
And since the count now being made
must stand as basis of all our calcula-
tons for ten years it is of the utmost i'm
portance that the count should be full
and accurate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
ItDon't Fit Wichita.

From the il-worfh sun.
Census enumeratOrs in some cities adj
mt that a good many names were mot
taken on account Of the number Of ques-
tons 70 be- asked and answered and the
small price received for each name
taken. Kansas City will not show up
much more than 100, 900 people, owing
20 the Carple5sness al the enumeratorz,
50 the papers down there affirm. Lsav-
the amount Of people contained
bring tbe number up % the usual esti-
mate, while those towns which have
been Growing viii have 20 do "A good
deal of kicking before they get rid II
their disappointment. Poor Topeka and
Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Sioux City has already begun to boom
her corn palace that she is going to have
the coming fall The local papers are
printing illustrations of the undertaking
and filling columns descriptive of it, yet
after exhausting the subject apparently,
the Times declares that none but the
pen of a Bulwer could do justice to the
beauties of the Corn Palace" that there
is nothing in literature approaching a
description of its marvellous grandeur
save the Intoxicating inspiration which
produced the vivid imaginative descrip-
ton Of the Egyptian priests banquet of
the Last Days of Pompeii." If the like
of that don't fetch the sight-seers there
is no use in making further effort.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
\ Great Compliment
rom sss Atlanta Coass9tatioa.

Prom ths Atlanta Co1sstit1tio1-
The presence Of the delegates 70 the
International Typographical union in the
procession which greeted the rifles yes
terday was one Of the greatest compIi-
nlents paid that company on lis return
home.
These delegates represent every state
n the union. the territories and Canada.
and no military company returning
home, proud and victorious, has ever
yet received such a welcome.
The presence OF the union printers in
the procession was noticed BY quite a
number OF prominent citizens and com
nlented upon IL was neat compli-
nleHt. and the rifles and the citizens Of
Afianta duly znurscl2Es il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The bank clearings Tor last week show
continued improvement in the CONNER
cisl transactions of the country. Only a
few points show per cent of decrease
from the volume OF business done for the
same period last year, and these only in
small amounts. The majority Of the
points on the increase side Of the roster
show large gains, running from 10 10 $50
per cent Such a showing at this time
OF the year is next TO phenomenal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
Wine in High Places.


The terrible fact comes out that Presi-
dent Harrison and Vice President Nor
ton sometimes drink wine; that cham
payne and claret are unknown at white
house dinners, and that the vice presi-
dent ventures to place seven wine glasses
before his guests and fills them all. The
more alarming fact Is that Mr.. Wanna
maker Is the only public man Of the
highest range of importance in the ser
vice of his country who does not drink
wine, or, as they say in the regions
where the people dwell in moral sub
Unity, press the bottle TO his neighbor's
Iirna
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
Wichita's Pride.
From me whitewater Tribaus.

From ne whitewater TriBaus-
Among the thousand and one things
Of which Wichita has % be- proud are
her printing and newspaper establish
ments; and among the greatest II these
Is the EAGLE. In 80 The EAGLE occupied
two rooms m tho Eagle block, II WA
seven or eight column weekly. and an
@ exceedingly good paper Tor those days.
Today q requires a three story building
70 contain the plant that brings forth the
eight-paEe daily and weekly EAgfE An
immou-e psrfecting press that take
the blank paper from a huge roll, and
prints and folds "a perfect paper. and
some three other large power press that
ara ueed FIR htbographug. are on the
frs floor. the -ecJnd do0r b. occupied ~
the Iob, binding and hthOgraplunR de-
partmr1t- and ia tie third story are thu
composing room. stefeotypiug aud eds
torial offices. Altogether tins s. probably
tine largest estahlls1msut in the sIate ard
undoubtedly the EAGIE has the lararss
cIr-Ula tiou d any Kansas paper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
The Accident Of Birth.

In some preliminary remarks 70 his
last reading Of his Lincoln lecture, Wait
Whitman said: for my own part, /
hope and intend till nv own dying day,
whenever the 18th or 10Th II April
comes. To annually gather a few friends
and hold its tragic TeminizceBce. No
narrow or sectional remIuiscence. II
belongs 20 these states IN their entirety
not the north only, but the south
perhaps belongs most teuderly and de
vOutly 10 the south. 81 all; for there
really this mans birth-stOck; there and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

come, some of the Oklahoma towns that
are promising now will then have dwindied
down TO hamlets. and other towns Unheard
of and unmportant enough now, viii first
become rivals and afterwards their Superi-
ors. OF course this may or may not hap
pen, and it depends something on town ;
location and its citizens. But such changes
do occur in new countries like Oklahoma.
1t was so in an early day in Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The Kansas City Times announces
that Superintendent Porter has notified
the enumerators in that city to continue
their work until a full and compile emu
meration of the population is had. This
is not only practicable but practical and
common sense, and it is reasonable to
suppose that the same instructions have
been or will be given to the enumerators
throughout the country. Accuracy Of
data is what is wanted and if that can
not be obtained within the time specified
there is no reason why the time should
not be extended sufficiently for the work
to be completed, but ample reason why it
should be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

From the all but universal howl that
Is going up from the cities throughout
the country it would seem that the cen
sus enumeration that Is being taken by
the government is going to be anything
but satisfactory on account Of its in
completeness and the generally loose
manner in which the work has been
done. In order 10 cure the defects Of
the enumeration Of the people several
cities have already taken steps 10 have
the work done over again al the city ;
expense. The presumption is, or was
until it has been demonstrated other
wise, that the work of numbering or
counting the people being done by the
government 1t would be done accurately
and in manner satisfactory To the PEG
pie. Inasmuch As the enumeration Is 10
stand for ten years. cities where the
work has not been done with the utmost
painstaking and accuracy are fully war
rented in having supplemental count
made for their own protection.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The Austrian sculptor, Frederick Beer.
has discovered a process for making mar
BILE fluid and molding it as bronze in
molds. The new process is compare
lively inexpensive. II the new material
shall prove as durable, the question of
expense, if not of fashion, will tend TO
stimulate the American predisposition to
build monuments 10 the dead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

then his autecedent stamp. Why should
not say that thence his manifest traits,
his universally. his Canny easy WAYS
and words upon tho surfaCc-his in
flexible determination at hearts Have
YOU ever realized it. my friends. that
Lincoln. though grated on the west, Is
essentially in personnel and character a
southern contribution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Kansas Great Newspaper.

From the Abilene Reflector.
The Wichita EAGLE has made arrange
ments for its being carried to Abilene on
the 1884 p. III. Rock Island train, thus
reaching here in advance of any other
morning paper published. The move
will be welcomed by our business men
and Will give the EAGLE a substantial
boom. 1t is one of the most wIde-awake
papers in the west and contains full As
ISOLATED Press dispatches. 1t is well
illustrated and is in every respect a
metropolitan journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

a copy of the evidence of General
Comstock, of the Mississippi river COM
mission and other expert civil engineers
and river men, taken before the COM
mittee on commerce of the senate on the
18th and 14th ultimo, has been received
at this Office. We think that this testi-
mony is conclusive as to the condemna-
ton of the ''outlet theory" and in favor
of the control of the high flood waters by
Ievees, and this Is fully indorsed by so
per cent. of the entire population of the
river valley proper, who have actual eX-
perieuce of the value and efficacy of the
levy system. In view of the great value
of this river to the whole country, and in
view of the proper control of its naviga-
ton and flood waters, the subject is one
of real interest to the whole country and
particularly to the great central basin,
the portion that supplies this country
with its indispensable food supplies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The remarkable feat of riding 5,4O0
miles on the same horse has just been
successfully accomplished by a Siberian
cossack, Dmetree Pieshkoff. He started
from eastern Siberia on November :.
and rode to st. Petersburg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Rhode Island has two capitals, and
holds a session of the legislature in each
one of them once a year. Other states
get along very well indeed with an an
nual session of the legislature, while
many are even satisfied with biennial
meetings, The smallest state in the
union seems to need more legislation
than any one of her sisters. Her nearest
neighbor ON the west, for many years
was in the same condition, but discarded
one of its capitals and now has one, with
biennial session like most of the states.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

What in the world has Prof. Garfield
done to the Leavenworth Sun that it
should attempt to make him appear
ridiculous by naming him as a successor
10 Senator ingalls,. Personal dislike
ought TO draw the line before it reaches
a point such as that.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The Atlanta Constitution thinks that
the Georgia watermelon will finally heal
the wounds of the nation. And in might
have added properly that the first place
TO apply ii is the mouth and in large
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

1t is announced that Jay Gould has
purchased the Kansas City, Wyandotte
& Northwestern for S650,O0O. Just
what that means as to the extension Of
the line IN this direction is not very clear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Somebody says he knows of new lit
erary star soon to appear. The literary
stars like the cyclones, that are predicted
are not half so big generally as the ones
that come unannOunced.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
lagoingi

Thirty years ago Senator Hearst was
working on farm and slept in bare
attic room. Today heis havinga seventy
room house built in Washington and has
already spent $4,000 on it. Thus it Is
that our national capital Is gradually.
but not very slowly. becoming the dwell
ing place of aristoCratic lords.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Harrison Kelly" says the Wichita
EAGLE, lit Is said, has a chance To go
back" General Kelly not only has q
chance to go back but has all the chances
10 go back. Furthermore he Is going
back-Emporia Republican.
But you don't elucidate the propo-
sition. The question is back where, is
L. cvOirpY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The secretaries of the several counties are IN
sfr11c Il 10 forward TO The undersigned secretary
at Garden City. Kan, "A CertlHed copy OF tie
credentials of their several delegates Immediately
IIDon the adjourn nent OF the county conventions
is hereby recommended that the several couIi-
ties in said district select their delegates on July y
$50 unless otherwise ordered by the county central
committee.
D' io'- JAMES KELLY, Chairman.
JESSE TAYLOR, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

If all the people in Wichita are count
sd she is pretty sure to stand at the head
of the list Of Kansas cities in point of
population, as she always does in enter
prise and business progress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

Little Lionel Burnett, the original Lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy, is dying of con-
sumption in Philadelphia. A child who
has been loved on both sides the sea,
taught to the people by the portrayal of
his youthful lovliness by his own mother
will at this moment awaken by his death
a sorrow and sympathy throughout the
country almost equalling that manifested
at the demise Of our national characters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

A stone coffin in tomb at Canterbury
cathedral on being opened was found to
contain the the body of an archbishop,
fully vested. 1t is thought to be that of
Cardinal Stephen Langton, who sided
with the barons in extorting Magma
Charta from King John. Although
buried six centuries ago the features
were still perfect and the yestments
nliIe nerfnct
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18

The secretaries of the several county conventions
instructed to forward TO the undersigned secre-
tary at Topeka, Kansas certified copy Of the 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 S. HUTCHINS, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
Hong Kong.

Upon the left end of the front of the
large envelope the following directions
were written:
POSTMASTER general at Hong Kong: If
this letter has not already been called for
please send Immediately to Liverpool, Eng
and p. III. will please forward immediately
to Glasco, Kan, u. S. A, if not called for
upon arrival. (See other side)."
Upon the other side, or back of the en-
velope, this message was pinned:
81 am bound around the world and want
to go west via Hong Kong, China, and all
parties or persons handling me will confer
favor on my sender by seeing that | get
the fastest neutrality-suspicious.. Iwant
to compete with Nelly Bly,. Clerks han
ding me may stamp their name on my
back as an autograph"
The letter left Hays City February IS,
reached San Francisco the 22d OF that
month, from whence it landed in Hong
Kong on March %. Liverpool and Lon
don were both visited the same day. April
28. arrived in New York May Z, at Glasco.
Kan. MAY and Hays City the 10th of
that month. Owing to the loss of a day in
time by making the tour in a westerly di-
rection actual time of the journey was sew
enty-nine days The back of the envelope
bears the autographs and postmarks of
nearly all the postmasters through whose
hands it had passed One thing we are
happy to state, viz: That this envelope
will not inflict suffering public with a
series of lectures or write continued stories
upon the strength of its remarkable trip
around the world, as Nelly Bly, has been
doing. and unless Charley Wood takes it
into his head to start lecturing all will be
sprnnn