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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
GRAND RALLY AT WICHITA.
L. L. Polk, Jerry Simpson, Mrs. M. T.
Lease and W. H. Utley
Sept. IS and l6.

From the Kansas Commoner.
Senator PETER and each Alliance con-
gressmen have been invited to be pres
ent. We learn from the reform papers
and other sources, that the Alliance
camp meetings in the south are calling
together some of the largest gatherings
ever known in the southern states and
that our speakers of the north are being
received with open arms by our brothers
there. 1t is we'll that we, the Alliance
men and women of Kansas, begin to
prepare ourselves for the great two
DAYS meeting 1T Wichita, Sept. ID and
IS. which is to be addressed by our
brothers from the south. We want to
show them that we too are IN earnest,
and that our Alliance plcnlcs of
last wear were but fore-runners of the
outpouring of the people who viii attend
the eight great campmeetings to be held
in Kansas this year. 1t said that Wichita
had the largest meeting in the state, last
year. As we are to represent the eight
congressional districts at large, we eX-
pect to have a much larger one this
wear. The committee has secured one
and one-third rates for all points within
fifty miles of Wichita, on all roads en-.
tering the city; they are working hard
to secure a one fare rate for the entire
state. While we do not expect to have
a parade as we did last year, each sub
Alliance will use their own judgment
about coming in body. Let each ALI
ance man wear his badge, bring all your
song books, come prepared to stay the
TWO days, Riverside park is delightful
place to camp.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

As between the alien land law and the
scalp bounty act passed by the late
Texas legislature, that states financial
interests seem to be in a fair way to be-
come seriously jeopardized if the views
and opinions of the press of the state are
to be relied upon. The alien land law
threatens TO drive ever dollar Of foreign
capital-that is, every dollar that is the
property of a nonresident of the state
from the state, while the scalp
law bids fair to deplete the
treasures of many of the counties be
sides exhausting the $50. 900 appropriated
from the state treasury for the payment
of scalp bounties. \ number of papers
in the state are now calling upon the
governor to convene the legislature IN
extra session to repeal or modify these
laws before they shall work the harm &c
the state which it is declared must ensue
if permitted to remain in force.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
Safety OF Ocean Travel

Prom re Ne~ York Marn3rz a Advertiser.
The twentieth annual meeting Of the
national board Of steam navigation was
held yesterday II the gentlemen. psTior
Of the Fifth Avenue hotel Chairman
y. y. c. Mink. q the executive commit
tee. after reporting ora the work done
during the past year, '"nE up TIE con-
paratireiv safety Of travel 81 water. and
showed that On iSSis 500 go $50 rs.sse myers
carried bv vessels on American waters
aud from American ports during last
wear. but sixty-frs lives were lo@t. q
one life for every 4.bs-.,sJ1 people car
ried- He dedei ans other mode a
transportation 10 snow such an aFeraEe-
Mr. Mink stated that trans pcTtatgon had
become a science. and shlpbuildlng .
l-re,l. 1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Scientific research and experimentation
brings to light almost every day some
new fact or discovery for the benefit of
the human race. A process has been
discovered by which wood may be
moulded in convenient shape, as brick,
for building purposes, and rendered IN
destructable by fire, insects of the ele-
ments. \ hotel building has just been
constructed in Hamburg. Germany. OF
this material that is pronounced Also
lutely proof against destruction by any
of the common destroying agents. Il
will. indeed, be God-send if the dis
covery is all that is claimed for 1t, as II
will in time supplant the other materials
of which large business and tenement
houses are now constructed TO become II
short time but so many death traps &c
those who occupy them. By reason of
their being constructed of UNFIT materials
and in a faulty manner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
A Kansan Wins.

The first prize of $3.50, offered by the
New York Tribune for the best account
Of a battle in the war Of the rebellion
written by private soldier. was awarded
to Judge Leander Stilwell tor his &C
count of the battle of Shiloh. DE lives
at Erie, but is judge of a district com
posed Of Allen, Woodson and Wilson
counties. He is very popular man and
was reelected without opposition. Judge
Stilwell at the time of the battle was a
boy of only IS, and a private IN the
Sixtv-frst Illinois Y, .unteer infantry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
The Solitary Fly.
From the Boston transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
1t is a solitary fly that annoys. Where
there are swarIns Of flies they have their
time and attention partly occupied in
mutual conversation. playing tag and
other fly diversions, but get INTO room
with a solitary fly and he viii give you
his undivided attention. He will buzz in
your ear, tickle your head and perform
all sorts Of maddening impertlnences,
and when you strike at him he IS away
off at the other end Of the room describ-
ing circles in the air and laughing most
artlesslv It Is the solitary fly that makes
Life q burden.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The latest idiom with the Alliance,
and one that bids fair to supercede the
sub-treasury and government-control-of-
railroad schemes, is the cooperative
store scheme. There IS nothing new
about IL. aud FROM the experience of
scores AMI hundreds OF honest bat
deluded farmers Ia the same line several
years ago, during the reign of the
grange. 1t would seem that there could
not be found enough simpletons with
money TO put it in operation. But II Is
one Of the pecuI' arities Of the human
race not TO heed the advice founded upon
experience from Others. but 10 insist
upon having personal experience. Tbs
current move can have but one ending
failure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The impression prevails that the i'm
poverished condition of Russia and Ger
many in the matter of food supplies
practically determines the peace Of Eu-
rope for twelve-month at least The
situation in those countries may have
such effect upon them. but 1t would
seem to afford other countries not so
situated, and which might have grew
ance against either of the two named,
a favorable opportunity to get even. "
War and famine are usually companion
evils, but they usually proceed in the
order named-one consequent upon the
other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Rev. Leavell of Chicago inveighs
strongly against Sunday bicycle riding,
declaring that those who employ that
means of locomotion on the Lords day
measure the distance travelled straight
toward hades. The extreme Sabbatarian
says nothing, however, about the en-
ploymeut of the dumb beasts for Sunday
recreation and amusement, although
there is a direct, positive command that
these, together men servants and maid
servants should observe the Sabbath
day to keep it holy and abstrain from
labor on that day, while no allusion is
made in the divine inhibition to mere
inanimate machines. He also seems to
forget that in cities many people who
reside at distance from the house of
worship and who ride on the wheel
could not attend the services if they had
to walk. And above all he loses sig ht OF
the declaration of the Son of Man that
the Sabbath was made for man, and not
man for the Sabbath.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
A Pointer for Sol miller.

From the Chicago &ews.
The Milwaukee Sentinel does not hest
tate to reveal the awful fact that 30,000
pies are designed, baked. and consumed
in that CITY every day. The Sentinel ad-
vises Milwaukee business men 10 estab-
lish PIE stories in every block TO meet
the growing CRY for pie. Even the babies
Of the town yearn for It. aud il Is be
lieved that Mr. Horace Rub.ee gets the
inspiration for bis brilliant editorials IN
secret debauches Of pie. However, bad
as tins habit mas be, u reveals a pew
trait IN Milwaukee character and eiIec-
lively disproves The charges that thai
town is wanting ID AmerIcsnlsnl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
1T SHOULD NOT SUCCEED.

The act of the legislature Of 1886 con-
solidating the three towns of Wyandotte,
Armourdale and Kansas City, Kan,
into one city to be called Kansas City,
was considered a great achievement for
George Martin who took an active part
in bringing about the contamination,
and who has been a ready champion Of
defense for the aggregation on all occa-
sions since it took place. But IN spite of
his ceaseless and untiring efforts to build
UP a great city at the Kaw's mouth on
Kansas soil it is about to be brought
to naught. From the local
press we see that suit Is
now in preparation and will probably be
fled in short time, the purpose OF
which is to have declared invalid the act
whereby the three cities We're united and
incorporated into one. Whatever the
outcome Of the matter may be, it can
not bat be annoying to the EAGLES good
friend, the editor of the Gazette, this at
tempt to render abortive his efforts In
the matter mentioned above. And not
only so, but if successful the attempt to
disrupt the city as it now is and has been
since SO can not fail to initiate against
the material interests of the community
as whole, while the resulting benefits
of such dissolution, if any, can only be
partial and temporary. 1t is the writer's
| Judgment that the promoters of the pro-
posed scheme are making a serious mis-
take, and one they will regret ere long
| if it should prove successful.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

feet security. In short, the management
of the exposition, backed by the business
men of Wichita and the people of the
city generally, invite one hundred
thousand people to visit the Southern
Kansas Fair, confident that they will
have the greatest agricultural show ever
seen in the state and that they can take
care of, interest, and make comfortable
everybody who may come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
Wants the Prize.

From the New York Tribune.
A western paper is said to be offering
a prize for a scientific and picturesque
definition Of the animal man, to consist
of not more thon twenty-five words.
That is an easy one. Man is an organ
ism composed of few billion proto
plasmic germs floating about in from
fifty to 100 quarts of water. We would
prefer the prize in the form of green
booIyc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Bushvhead maintains that Chief
Maves secured his election as chief in
the Cherokee nation by the expenditure
Of $50. 600. Probably not in such John
sonian English. but the publication of
politics among the aborigineS seems to
be an iridesccnt dream.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

4 var palm grows n Brazil TIE
voyng leaves are Gated with vax, which
i de.4ci.s1 cy szz<inz them. and melted.
70 l. finally ruu into cakes X Il harder
than b<ezzzz and - utilized for candles.
Ths upper part q tas yoang ssssa q ials
trs-s Yields = kInd q s4go.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Ex-Congressman Morrill, Is lying very
low with his hasty ambition to be gov
ernor of Kansas. 1t is still diplomatic
for the man who was indiscreet enough
10 ask the pen that signed the Mckinley
bill Of the president, to study the veer-
ings of the wind IN silence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The Oklahoma boomers, IN would
seem, have had sufficient sight of the
evils of soonerism to keep them out OF
the new lands at this time. But they
are said to be in there, thick as bees.
The settler who wants to spend as much
time the next year on his farm as IN the
land office, will heed the general warn
ing and remain out of the land until the
proper proclamation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
There's a Light in the window.
.,.o.,,, 10 IL, rnrio Rannhl ican.

From the tmporia Republican.
The Marion Times says many Alliance
men of that county have gone back to
the Republican party. The same KIND
of report comes from good many
counties. There is something of that
sort going on in this county. a former
sub-Alliance president sat as delegate
in the Republican county convention
here Saturday, and we have heard
number of other Lyon county Alliance
men who are going to vote the Republl-
can ticket
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The Alliance store managers at En-
poria are up stump. There wasn't
man in the crowd smart enough to re-
member the combination of the safe, and
they can MT get to their money and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

At San Diego incandescent electric
lights are lowered into the water at
night, and large net Is lowered below
them. The fish are attracted by the
light and are plainly visible. When
sufficiently numerous the nets are hauled
up. The catches are enormous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The ST. Joe weather prophet goes right
on predicting awful storms and cyclones
and hot weather. andsolorth, Just as
though we had not had anything of the
sort for a decade. The next thing he
knows Uncle Jerry Rush will be getting
out an injunction against him to prevent
his interference with his rain making ex-
,1prinopntS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
EXCHANGE SHOTS
a FenoW-feeling.

From the Lawrence Journal.
Dispatches from the north say that
''the frost did but little damage" That
would have sounded very funny to Kan
sas a week ago, but after her experience
of the past few days and nights she does
not feel like laughing about 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Jerry Simpson and PETER were a fat
failure in Pennsylvania. Jerry SAID that
&. o. p. used to mean grand old party,
but now it stands for great on promises,
and the staunch old farmers didn't take
10 such oratorv bit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
How Old Is Patti?

From the Kansas City star
The family Bible says that she was
born in 1847. The American and John
sons cyclopaedia put the date at April
9, 1843, and Appleton's Cyclop@dia of
Biography at Feb. 10, 1S43. The proba-
bilities are the cyclopadias are nearer
the truth than the Bible record. Patti Is
in her forty ninth year, and considering
her beauty and her remarkable voice,
ought to be proud of her age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The schemers who are going to prevent
PETER from taking his seat, can avoid a
great amount of circumvention If they
will hire the senate pages to put bent
pins in the senatorial receptacle OF seden-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26
WITTY salD5le
M. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republicans Of Sedgwick county VIII
- IN delegate convention at the GarfeId
b.Il in tbe civ of Wichita, on SATURDAY. sep
+o,,1her fhe 81 b. 1891 at 10 O'Clock a. n' lot lue
nnrnose OF placing in nomination cahuI TIIl;
~ ne office of Judge OF the Eighteenth judi
n;a1 DistTict This convention will be compos-
ID Of the same number of delegates ana seleCI-
- in tbe same manner as that OF the county
Convention. as hereinafter provided. A Anu ol
Sbe same day at the same place, AT II CIo.h
a. m the Republicans VII NEE 6f +ba foIIoyying
county officers. tOwit: Sheriff, county NI1I n
ToeeJiefer of Deeds, Coroner. county SuIN ! :,
CoTnnissioner of the Second conn LII
District. and County Treasurer LOT INC 9lioi
and long term. IT,. :: 41o two con-
,-anfions shall be one delegate for each VNeii y
five votes and one delegate TOT ear ID u a.
fractional part thereof cast Tor James n 81
lowell at the last general election anu ON IN
ecate-at-large for each Jo"hsLllP "H0
The CITY of Wichita. ,oo+od ona
for each convention. Said delegates shall 20
selected bv majority OF the hep upliOd5 :. - ~
cast al the primaries, which shalI nc nelI III ~
several townships and wards on IIiurSua!' mi
-, IA - c1terper 1891 Said primaries VIII
~ 1 ia in The townships at the regular place
of voting therein, beginning az cLo.H 90 "a
closing at < o'clock D. m, and IN the " &C.
,riInaries shall begin at O'Clock ana CIo9U az
O'Clock D. m. and be held at the loiio'4-7
places in said wards; ,...o,lo
second ward-StOner's livery staoIe'
Third ward-Huey's livery stable -
Tgourtb warll-Corner Oak Street ana Law
renee avenue. Ill,
Sivtb yvard-Corner Douglas and Ida ave ;
The several townships and wards uhoer Cil9
caji shall he entitled TO the following hummer
az DELEGATES IN each convention, IoWIl'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Yra.a ths I-os.-sv.IEe CaazvEe - f.ss-
The total vote IN kentBcky a. the late
gu beroatorial election Wg:h tne three
counties 81 Flogd. CaFrzrsi. and heEtoa
estimated the same - fOg9F year, ago.
stands ~ follows, BFOwn. ~ 81:
Wool, IIe. -; Erwin, 1872. ard
Harris. -. The total vote - Si,sIs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Queen Victoria Is unfortunate in her
old age: also in her relatives. Her grand
son William has epileptic it~ TO say the
least, and the latest Battenberg baby,
Leopold. her grandson also, has fits.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
If it is subject 10 epilepsy. Better 4 crust
and 4 dollar a day than throne, ban
ouets and titS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

When the dispatch reached Atchison
that ex-senator ingalls, had gone to
Europe. he was seen at that moment
navigating the principal street on an old
gray mare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Jerry Simpson used to be tar, but
now he has feathered his nest The
combination in this case Is not as bad as
it might be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The greatest benefciaries OF the CO.
operative store plan will be the officers
of the institution. 1t will remove
difficulty in the lives of great many OF
them-grocery bills.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

There is a good deal of get-up-and-
push at an Alliance picnic, but most of
the latter is behind the tat girl in the
s,rinn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

There is only one Indian leftin Illinois,
and even he is left without the hope OF
allotment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

ingalls, is not going to England. He
is still able to sail into that country with
out boarding a ship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

In acreage Of corn Sedgwick county
has to Weld to three other counties IN
the state, but she feels her oats, never
tLnless
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

The still hunt for congressman at
large in Kansas just at present IS
model in quietude.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

Friday is the twenty-eighth anniver-
sary OF the Quantrell raid on Lawrence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-26

In Kansas nothing succeeds like failure
in EnrOne.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-30

to do 80, but have said could not until
the survey Of the mile square was COM
pleted. have not made an allotment to
any one Of the LaPlants. Please say this
for me: that am trying to do my duty
ard the work am sent here to do, fairly
and honestly, with due respect to the
rights Of all, hut as am sent to allot the
lands to the Indians must make them as
I find them. but no Indian who failed to
file his declaration prior to or on Feb. %
has been allotted land by me. My yinstruc-
tions are plain and l shall follow them,
but any man-white or Indian-who feels
that have not properly regarded his
claims has the right to contest before the
register Of the land Office. 1t is no part
Of my duty or right to decide the question
of prior claim"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-30
A Big scheme.

The following document was recently
filed with the register of deeds of Hughes
county, and explains itself, in the nature
of an enterprise to irrigate vast section
of country west of the river, and render
it valuable for every purpose:
Know all men by these presents: That
we, Fred NJ. Brown, Levi McGee, Samuel
Smith and Edwin Smith, citizens of the
United State: and residents OF the State
Of South Dakota, over the age of2 years.
and all of whose postoffice address is
Rapid City, South Dakota, have this day,
under and by virtue OF the laws of the
United States and of the State OF South
Dakota, located and appropriated 10000
miners inches of the water of the Big
Cheyenne river, commencing at point on
said river, where this notice Is posted,
about one-fourth of a mile below the con-
hnence Of the said Cheyenne river and
the Belle Fourche river and extending in
a anortheastcrly direction on the east side
of said Cheyenne river and parallel with
said Cheyenne river through the un-
organized counties OF Zicbach, Nowlin,
Sterling and Stanley, in the said state of
South Dakota; the said water so
appropriated to be conveyed by ditch,
canal and tlumc over and across the said
counties OF Ziebach, Nowlin, Sterling and
Stanley, on the most feasible anc practi-
cable route. as may be determined by said
appropriations; said water so appropriated
to be used for milling, manufacturing,
irrigatinR, agricultural and domestic
purposes, and shall be known as the
Reservation Irrigating Ditch" aud we
intend to develop and work the same in
accordance with the laws OF the United
States and Of the State Of South Dakota
and utilize the waters so appropriated
as aforesaid for milling, manufactur ring
irriRating and agricultural purposes.
Located sed dated on the ground this ais,
day Of March, 1881.
FREDERICK BROWN,
LEVI MCGEE,
SAN SMITH,
EDMUND SMITH,
In presence Of j. NJ. H1DGsoN.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-30
not He'd Of Roses.

Lead Herald: The Pierre FREE PRESS
chronicles "a few of the experiences that
fell to the lot of reporter in search for
news" His path was not bed of roses,
and yet he did not tackle a Hiawatha
Park, either. The honest faber- pushers,
who live and labor for the good of the
people and the glory of the country, are
subject to much unjust criticism aud get
many hard knocks, but their hearts are
brave, their hides tough and they press
manfully on.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-30
An Old.finler.

Bismarck Tribune, 10: Tom Gotham,
we'll known in Bismarck back in the
eighties, has just come up from Pierre
where he has been in business the past
year. Mr.. Gotham was one of the leading
mariners of the Missouri river at the
time when river traffic was large and
Bismarck had her boom.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-30
A Floating Paragraph

The proposed railway from Aberdeen to
Pierre and thence to tho Black Hills
is cnlisting the best efforts of the people
OF Pierre who feel sanguine that the
project will be carried through. 1t would
give st. Paul control of the Black Hills
trade as one result.