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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

murder at St. Paul, and when asked il he
had anything TO say for himself at the
conclusion of his trial, rose and said in the
Chippewa tongue: White man. the In
dian has been tried for his life by you
whose tongue he cannot speak or under
stand. He has been silent while you have
spoken. He knows not the things that
you nave said, nor things that you viii do.
Is the Indian innocent or guilty OF muir
der in the Judgment of the men who tried
him? This he cannot tell until it is TOO
late for him TO speak in his own defense.
The white brother here says he has spoken
for me. have not heard him. | ask to
speak for myself | stand alone among q
people hostile to my race, of whom can
expect but the whites idea OF justice. |
say TO you now that am innocent OF muir
der IF were guilty | should say to
you: Come, my brothers, | killed this In
dian, cut off my head" The jury sub
sequently brought in verdict of mot
guilty -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
A HumrI1Arr TING SPECTACLE.

The Louisville Courier-Journal says:
cit looks now as if Hill or Cleveland
would be the presidential candidate.
Which one of them it is impossible to
say. 1t would be unfortunate for the
south to obtrude its preferences upon
the factions in New York, or to increase
the friction between rival claims. Let
them settle these among themselves,
and whomever the Democracy of New
York may agree upon will be nominated
and elected"
In other words the great southern
organ would have the southern wing of
the Democratic party to remain what it
has been for the past twenty five years,
the plastic tool of the northern con-
tingent of the party, dominated and
manipulated by Tammany hail. The
truth of the matter is that notwithstand-
ing all of the cry and howl of section
alism raised nd kept up against the Re-
publican party, the Democratic party
has uniformly and continuously ac-
knowledged its extremely sectional bias
ignoring the southern portion of it in be-
slowing its favors exclusively upon
northern members, and the southern
element has emphasized it by its abject
acquiescence in that policy. In national
politics Tammany pulls the strings the
south dances to the measures set for it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The farmers of Kansas are better edu-
Gated than those of any other state. and
for that reason the new swindling schemes
do not flourish to any great extent here
Arkansas City Dispatch (Alliance)
The first part of the foregoing assevera-
ton has long been the boast of Kansans,
and as applied to a large number of
farmers it is unquestionably true. But
the question will be put to a thorough
test by the experiment of the CO. perative
store scheme, which is nothing but a
bare faced swindle of the rankest kind.
The extent to which that fraud is en-
dor5ed and patronized by the farming
community will tell more of the educa-
tional and Intellectual status of that por-
ton of the people than almost any other
test that could be applied. 1t is hoped
that for their own credit as well as for
the welfare of the community this last
swindle will fail for lack of support from
the farmers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
Rrlsf sI~ntlsn.

DR.. Barnes. % Scitusts. had for parish
Toner a rich, but hard. grasping. Senurious
and q1ArrslsonBs man. In cOurss of tina
be died. and A. his funeral the minister
dealt with him 10 10 gentle phrase
Tns next sunday TIE bersaysd Wfdory
came herself - the p4rzOnsge. bringing
the usual mote" ard a. The sane tina
preferriuZ an earnest request that q tbs
minister had already given Der Husband
such = rskIng a. the funeral be would
quietly pass him oTsr IA hls prayer. SUE
sided that her husband bad Al Vars hesa
kind and good 70 her and - lis family.
We'll. well we'll 49, /" aid tie aged Aad
Fsnerated pastor. his curt relief % hiu-
ssif IN DTS prayer was this.
Thou kB0rsst. o Lord. that iby Do
parted servant vss = good proYidsr Tor hls
family. bat Dsyond that bis friends tank
and Ne think the Iess said TIE better" -
Atl4ot.e Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The farmers congress in session at
Sedalia, Mo-. came near being a repiti-
ton of the commercial congress that
met in Kansas City, Mo-, several months
ago, 10y taking on a strong political COM
plexion After the foam was worked
off. however, the meeting took turn
toward practical matters and the first
thing done was the adoption of resolu-
ton of endorsement and thanks to Sec
rotary Rusk for his efforts and success
in behalf of the agricultural interests of
this country. Mr.. Rusk has rendered
the interest he represents greater service
than any one who has ever occupied the
position of chief of the department, and
it is gratifying to see that his labors are
appreciated by those whose immediate
interests they SO greatly concern.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
Hubbrts Lor.Ir Pre.~nt.

A fashionably dressed lady had just
finished making a purchase in a Chest
nut street jewelry store on Saturday when
another lady entered what are you do
ing heret" inquired the latest conner. "Oh.
I've been buying my husband the sweetest
little present" coudded the former lady.
Tomorrow is nv husbands birthday, and
/ am going TO give him such a delightful
surprise. have bought him handsome
new gold watch ia place Of his old ore for
only k150." just then the clerk approached.
shall charge tbsf'' ne inquired, "Of
course" was the reply; ito Mr. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The political portion of the Alliance
are already talking about Judge Doster
date for governor. After his recent ex-
perience in politics of the anarchistic
sort we do not believe the judge would
accept such a nomination, even if the
remnant of the wreck should pull itself
together sufficiently to put state ticket
in the field. He certainly has received
all the notoriety, of the sort, that man
could desire. and there is nothing else
in the candidacy for that following in
this state. Doster is effectually done for
so long as he holds to the views and
notions that have been credited to him
during the past twelve months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
WIN N. nronebo s,oy. suaa-.Iy.

The Indians have developed IL the
brOncbO certain qualities which may not
be Of great service TO white men. but IL Ger
tainly adapts them better 10 life on the
prairie. IL j. said that an Indian viii turn
around on a ten cent piece. and they can
bring their little ponies around % short
that an ordinary rider would be thrown
from their back. When going a. full
speed, the Indian gag bit suddenly brings
the ponies TO halt, and IL is IN this way
that they are taught 70 stop 80 short that
ordinary riders are pitched over their
heads
Under the instructions Of the Indians
they 20 through a series Of evoiutious THAI
are interesting They viii stop short,
jump up on their Launches until they are
almost ~ straight a. tree, wheel around
in very few feet aud dash OF ia another
direction. AZ word orsign from his mas
ter. the well trained brOncho will suddenly
stand a. still As II petuGsd. Altboszh j1zs
prgxiouls 20 tas'yyoFd Of c0rauand he my
have been rushing along &C . breAkneck
speed-New York Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
THE PASSING or The ALLIANCE.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
As the Farmers Alliance is placed
away In the graveyard of political or
CARNATIONS it comes into the presence of
distinguished company. There it finds
the coffined remains of the Masonic
party-the party of Writ and Weed-the
earliest of the minor partisan bodies to
throw down the gage of battle to the
two great organizations. Beside 1t the
Alliance will see the Liberty party, which
was led by James G. Birney, and which,
in making a split in the Wing ranks in
New York, defeated Clay for the presi-
dency, elected Polk, and erected big
landmark In political history. There,
too, is the Free Soil party, a sort of of
shoot or continuation of the Liberty or
ganization, and, like its forerunner,
powerful factor in a presidential canvass,
this party defeating the Democracy by
drawing off enough of its votes to put
the Wings in power. In the same politi-
will encounter, among the corpses
of the Know-Nothing, the LIB
eral Republican, the Greenback,
the Prohibition and other vanished par
tisan bodies, the remains Of the Wing
party, the most powerful and illustrious
of all the defunct political organizations
the party of Webster, Clay, Everett,
Ewing. Bell, Crittenden and Clayton.
The Wing party, however, was not
minor body, but, like the Federal party,
which died in the early days of the gov
eminent, was, in its time, one OF the
country's leading organizations.
But the Alliance will be able to lind
nothing more than the negative consola-
ton of companionship in this gathering.
Neither in the character of its leaders
nor in the quality and figure of its
achievements can it discover anything in
the comparison which this conjunction
suggests which will satisfy Its self-love
Every one of those dead and buried par
ties, with the exception of the Anti
Masonic, the Greenback and the Prohibi-
ton, filed larger place in the affairs
of the times, and left deeper and
broader trace in political history
The Alliance never succeeded IN
obtaining hold on the minds of sensi-
bic men. There never was, from the
opening to the close of its career, SIN
gle valid reason for its being. No man
whose opinion on any question whatever
of national concern would carry weight
with reasonable persons was among its
members or was prominently identified
in any way with it. 1t championed no
worthy policy or project which did not
find ADLER and better championship in
one or the other of the old parties. The
measures which distinguished it from
the great organizations were measures
which could never, and should never,
appeal to the minds or consciences of
men of mental or moral balance. When
the work of the Gibbon who recounts the
rise as well as the decline and fall of the
Farmers Alliance is published to the
world it will tell a strange tale of the an
tics of political quacks and charlatanS,
and of the amazing social follies and in
EQUITIES for which thoughtless, lll-poised
and credulous people sometimes stand
SpODSOr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

Your Uncle Jerry Rusk finds this a
good time to assert himself, and so de-
clares that the farmer is on top, from a
financial standpoint. The farmer knew
that without being told, but when he
finds that Uncle Jerry is ready to back
him up he will not be so backward about
claiming his own. 1t should not be for
cotton that the tariff is responsible for
very much of the prosperity, though the
Democratic and Alliance members of the
Farmers congress at Sedalia, Mo-, tried
hard to make it appear that the tariff
was responsible for ali the ills the farm
ers of the country have suffered, in
Guiding drouth and crop failures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

In one day the following articles were re-
ceived among the unaddressed packages:
Wall paper, watch cases, a fat piece Of
wood. wheels, wells, 4 view Of the Giants
Causeway, a ladys shoe upper, type,
thread, pipe, six samples Of tea, silk
tie, tidy, skein Of red twist, five sksins
Of thread. a sheepskin, samples Of satin,
spectacle case. pair of screws. pair OF
black sleeve links, a steel peg, a wooden
roller, ribbon, a steel rod, q copper rivet,
four finger rings, two papers Of needles,
napkin ring a manuscript sermon, meas
ure, pair Of mittens, lozenges. four keys,
two knives, baby's jacket, a lady's hat,
dozen watch hands. a pair Of hinges a cast
iron hook and pair Of gloves.
Still to the days finds must Be added
white fchu, four electrotypes, package
Of ultramarine blue, thirteen cbromos,
iron castings, china cover, ii3 Christmas
cards, three watch chains, two collar but
tons, visiting cards, plush basket, braces.
white satin bow, package Of postage
stamps, a photograph album, two rszors, a
ehild's shirt. toy books. calico. buttons.
sugar. coffee, butter. pills. hairp.os, pin
cushion, gold lead pencil, three gold pens,
ladies photographs. an alligator skin peck
etoook, brszstpin, a brass card plate, n
meersohznm pipe, penholdsr, a style
graphic pen and ball OF white worzted -
London TIt-BiSs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

John l. Mines. forlorne inebriate
who was permanently cured by the bi-
chloride of gold TT atmenJ and who in
the exaltation of Sood fortune published
an article on The subject in one of the
ma aziues, died after protracted spree
IN New York City the other day of .. T.
THIS may have The effect of causing the
relapse Of many Of the permanently
cured" patients, but they should 60
right on in the true principle of the cure,
tie element of viii, which is after all
the most potent whisky cure. Bichloride
OF determination in large and frequently
repeated doses will accomplish a great
deal with the saving of railroad fare to
Dwight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

State Printer E. II. Show calls the
Democrats ''prostituted band of fodder
hunters" And the Manhattan Republic,
Alliance, adds: THAT is our experience
with them in this county. And they
didn't get the fodder, either" Quoting
these expressions, the Kansas City
Gazette makes the pertinent suggestion
that the Democrats probably know by
this time how keener than a serpent's
tooth it is to have a thankless child.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

1t has been admitted all along by the
Democrats that Campbelrs personal I'M
popularity in Cincinnati, on account OF
some of his official actions towards Ger.
tain prominent members of the party
and public officials in that city, caused
his defeat in Hamilton county, but the
official count of the vote shows that
Campbell run long ways ahead of the
balance of the ticket. The explanation
of this, that is, that in using the new
form of ballot many voters simply check.
ed the first name on the ticket surprising
that that would be understood to apply
TO the whole ticket, it is no doubt cor
rect, but that does not indicate that
Campbell was less popular than the bal.
ance of the ticket. The explanation OF
the matter is found only in the fact that
about six thousand more voters desired
the success of the Republican ticket and
cause than did the Democratic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
The New Army Tactics.

Prom The KANSAS CITY STAR.
Old volunteer soldiers may be inter-
ested In knowing that the new tactics
Just adopted for the use of the United
States army are greatly changed from
old "Hardee" movements. The manual
of arms has been cut down, so that right
shoulder, carry, order, present and port
are all that are left. Instead of the
general command "aim," some object
will be designated to aim at. In COM
pany line the men stand at intervals Of
about six to ten inches The new regu-
lations follow the tactics Of the German
army in a general way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
Cleanliness 81 Cooking.

Says Chinese writer q the Eighteenth
century; Dou't cut bamboo shoots ere
Cniuese equivalent # asparagus With al
o1io1y knife. Il good eook Frequently
wipes rs knife. freQEestly changes hLs
cloth, frequently scraps his board and frs-
qnen-ly wastes h.s hands II srocke or
ashes fFem Ms p.pe. pssDirxtio1 Grops
from his nsad IEsec1s from TIE -xaII, o.
smut from tie ssareBa8 gets mixed uo
81 tas food. snougn ne we're a very eEet
1szsons chef. yes ~o4i1 nazn hold thess
8oses a1e dee.i-e.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
THE ROOSTER BUSINESS.

The rooster business is as unsatisfacto-
ry as joint debate. 1t is understood
that the victorious party organ is to pub
lish the picture of a long-legged fowl
with his throat in the action of long
crow. A great deal of worry is under
gone before the election by the various
owners of this inanimate inarticulate
but significant stock Of poultry. This is
invariably the case. The doubt as to
whether the feathered creature shall be
used this year or not permeates the at
mosphere of the whole printing Office
and casts gloom of uncertainty from
the embarrassing devil to the pencil
pushing editor. But the rooster is al
ways used. The Democratic party may
be crushed into mangled mas of hope
less minority or the Republican party
downed by an overwhelming avalanche
of popular suffrage, it is of no considera-
bic moment which, so far as the ROSTERS
are concerned. They all come out just
the same, their feathered throats strain
ed to the last degree of vocal possibility.
So the last week. The Republican pa
per's rooster was on hand and was in the
clarion business for Kansas and Ohio.
But he was not alone; the Democratic
cock eked out a victory in New York
and Iowa. And softlp the Alliance or
gans come with their battered fronts
picturing brave chicken shrilly in the
actor ten counties that went Alliance.
The rooster business is no wonderful
thermometer of popular feeling, but it
floats in the empyrean as the foremost
symbol of the editors unbounded re-
sources and his indomitable spirit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
An Kasr Animal 70 r..a.

Ia an ostrich's stomach I found whaf
had been small coil Of wire. with the
metal eaten entirely through ia plaoez-
When / took the ostriches 70 the fairs
allowed = crowd 70 gather about On the
first day, and then threw IN 8 few water
melon rlndss potatoes. carrots aad ether
Vegetable After that I bad DO more
bother about food fortbe birds-tbe visitors
keps them gorzed.-fnterTieE IN -. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12


The report of Warden Case OF the state
penitentary shows that during the
month of October the current expenses
of that institution amounted to SIS.
1921 The receipts for the same period
were S9.4+955. Heavy purchases of
clothing were made. and the item OF
clothing and shoes Is one of the largest
in the expense account. being S4.Sl0. 20.
For boarding, the amount expended was
S2,4l7.79. and for salaries, the amount
paid was S5,S24.2A In the receipts. the
cash from coal sales is the largest, being
S., 225, 80. and convict labor comes next
with SS,5lL05. The amount of coal dis
posed OF during the month was enor-
nous. The state institutions was sup
piled with 54.455 bushels. while cash
was received from the sale Of O.. l07
bushels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The general opinion seems to be that
the temporary respite OF Benson, the
Leavenworth murderer, will be made
permanent. The feeling against capital
punishment in Kansas, whether right or
wrong, seems to extend its influence
over the rulings of the higher courts and
add TO the list many a case of freedom
from patibulary punishment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

Farmer Smith, of Kansas, spoke an
encouraging word in behalf of the i'm
provement of the Missouri river at the
Agricultural congress. This bears I'M
mistakable marks of diplomatic stroke
to wheel the Kansas City papers into his
line of hackers for gubernatorial honorS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

lie condemnation" So 'Itis mel
oncholy thought that the pure purposes
and principles of the Farmers Alliance
should lie thus abused by selfish pol
itlcians, who have Ct ept into its secret
coUnSels. sit was powerful
organization for political resistance to
to political wrongs and injustice.
eff it is destroyed by misplaced con-
fidence in its political leaders its failure
will result in weakening of an iafiu-
ence that would otherwise have blessed
the country" NJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

c. Crousey. the railroad editor and
member of the railway employees COM
mittee, says: 1--WE have no grievance
against the farmer who works the farm,
but we have against what Mitchell calls
the 'agriculturist who works the farmer. ,
We have it in for the John Davises, the
Kentons, the Elders, Shows, Simpsons,
Leases, and all that stripe"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

1t is now exploited with some show of
enthusiasm, that Governor Boies will
soon be given a banquet at Leavenworth
by the Democrats of that city. Leaven-
worth was the one city in Kansas that
went Democratic. Governor Boies tri-
umphaI prandial conquests, accordingly,
in Kansas will be limited to the one city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

And now Canada, in mighty effort
for incr, ased immigration, is to send
government agents TO Kansas t. induce
our farmers to move to Canada. Which
is a very well-sounding theory, but
which viii be knocked into cooked hat
when the agent l. confronted with the
argument that one of Canada's COM
monest citizens, Jerry Simpson, came
down TO Kansas and was elected to con-
rrrtSS
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Consolidation.

The question of the legality of the con-
solidation of the cities Of Wyandotte,
Armourdale and old Kansas City, Kan
sas, has been settled once more in the
case recently taken to the supreme court
concerning the action of a justice of the
peace elected by vote of the people of
the three cities. We suppose now that
the cranks and kickers will let up, and
that the consolidated city of Kansas City.
Kansas, will be permitted to move on
uninterrupted until the valley and hills
are covered, and Muncie, Argentine and
Rosedale absorbed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The eighth annual meeting of the
Kansas equal suffrage association will
be held in Topeka, in the hall of the
house of representatives On November
IS, 10, and 20, 1891, beginning at 7:3O p.
m. on "Wednesday. Nov. IS. When will
this nonsense end =?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

If emigration agents from Canada
should come into the states to ply their
vocation they don't want to fool away
any time or waste any effort in Kansas.
They want to go into Democratic states
and address themselves TO the officers of
finance where their efforts will find
appreciation and more probably be pro-
ductive of results.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
The General Desire.

From the Emporia Republican.
All good citizens of Kansas desire that
Murderer Brennan shall he properly pun
ished for his brutal crime. If Attorney
General Ives can find way to bring
him to justice, it is to be hoped that he
will push the case with unremitting
vigor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

President Harrison's delay in appoint
ing a new governor for Oklahoma sug-
gests that he is in doubt as to whether it
shall be an outside man or home
selection. If President Harrison is
rightly informed as to the intensified en-
bitterment of carpet-bags in Oklahoma,
there is no doubt as to his ultimate
choice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12

The Alliance leaders were not smart
when they thought of building perpet-
uity and numbers on a calamity howl.
And they see it now. Laugh. and the
world laughs with you; weep and you
,,-oa,, alma a"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-12
Proceeds to DoIt.

From the Kansas star,
This campaign has developed one thing
to the satisfaction certainly of the crowd.
When the EAGLE wants the Republican
county ticket elected, it proceeds to do
it. When it don't, it says nothing. Who
says a strong newspaper has no influence?