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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-11
JOHNSON DENOUNCED
Indignation Of His Late Baseball
Partners.
a FIGHT TO THE BITTER END.

The American Association Will Re-
sist the Transfer Of the Cincinnati
Club 10 tho League and II Neces-
snry Place New Club in That
City.
UNcINsATI. March 1l.-At yesterday
afternoons session of the American
association the special committee re-
ported rs follows;
"The committee appointed by you to
fnvcstigetc the present status in refer
ence to the vacancy in the American
association respectfully report that
Rfter u careful examination they are led
70 seriously question the validity of the
alleged transfer of the Cincinnati base
ball club to the league owners. They
rcconIuend that the president and the
attorney Of the association be EN-
powered to institute or cause to be in
stitnted such proceedings in law or
equity i'll CINCINNATI courts or else
wEefe, as MAY he deemed most advis-
able under all circumstances. They
further re eomlnt nd that it is 70 the
best interests Of the association to at
once establish and cause to be located
club here to be in operation at the
opening of the playing season.
"They beg to report that they are in
formed that because of the practices
lately INDUCED in by the National
League, the sense of the Cincinnati
public is favorable to the American as
sociation and to twenty-five cent ball.
They believe under all circumstan ces
that this is the proper course to pur-
src." Signed by Lonis Kramer, presi-
dent; Zach. Phelps, Emmit Tom
tins, j. b. Hart, William Barnie.
An Emergency Fund.
The following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, In view of the existing base ball
controversy, 1t is essential that there should
be Ru ilcient fund raise to meet all emer-
gencies BE It, therefore
Resolved. That each club member be re-
quired 10 deposit the president of the asso-
ciation within fifteen days from this date tho
sum OF 5000 10 be held by him and used as
may be directed by the board OF directors of
tho American association.
The sentiment among. the delegates
is TO fight the league to the bitter end.
Steps will be taken immediately TO or
gRnizc club under the management of
Kelly, Ground has been offered at Gin
cinnati, Covington and Oakley. The
hitter is the property of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company, and is on
the line OF that road.
CharlesA. Prince telegraphs President
Kramer as follows:
.'Haye just learned Of Johnson's ac-
tion. He occupied the position of trus-
too for the other owners of the stock in
the Cincinnati club. He could not dis
pose OF his own interest, having ac-
oepted the position adversely to the
trust. An injunction should be served
upon him at once. Hold the grounds
at all event Authorize you to do so
In MY behalf, as paid an installment
Of rent Am owner and have an inter
est in the trust. The matter must be
fought out in Cincinnati. Do not ap..
prove Of trying any other city and it
VIII end in financial support from here
and contribute players
kilograms We're received from George
Wagner. H. r. Vonderhorst and John
.. ONeil in the same tenor.
Secretary Proctor's Southern Trip.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-11
THE MARKETS.

Quotations from tho Philadelphia
and New York Exchanges.
PHiLApELPnIA,M March l0.--The market was
steady. There was no activity aud the mar
ket was featureless. Pennsylvania was dull
and firm. Lehigh Valley aud Lehigh Navi-
CATION wore steady. Reading declined this
morning, but afterward recovered a portion
Of the loss. The general mortgage "a and the
preference income bonds were firm.
Following were the closing bids:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

undoubtedly, reach the enormou:
amount of 1000, 900 bushels, and there
can be no doubt that the price will bt
maintained at good figure, at least
seventy-five cents per bushel, which item
alone would bring to the farmers II
these ten counties the magnificent sum
of $12, 100000 OF course other products
cannot be considered at this time, but
this in itself is grand showing; greater.
it may be said, than any like area
in the country will be able to compete
with. Our two large packing houses
are increasing their output, and the mar
ket is growing every day, while quota
tons are higher. In New York the sur
plus bank reserve has increased in one
month from 81 900, 900 to s19, 900, 600, as
Stunning such large proportions to cause a
decided decline In rates, and with the
market there strengthened, and the
treasurer's monthly purchase of 4.500,-
600 ounces of silver, together with the
large amount of interest paid out at the
beginning of the wear, which has been
mostly held awaiting a visible outcome
of the panicky feeling at the close of
1890, better times are certainly
in sight. With this combi-
nation of circumstances money Is
much easier and will in tine next sixty
days be plentiful and cheap, whether
the free coinage bill becomes a law or
not. Should this bill pass the house and
be vetoed by President Harrison, his ac-
ton rings out in unmistakable tones the
death knell of the Republican party in
1892, which will have fewer electoral
votes than ever recorded in our histo Y
the peoples verdict of an unwise and
monopoilStic support. Capital will come
from its retirement and recent events
have demonstrated the uncertainty Of
railroad stocks as an investment, at
least by wise and conservative people.
Indeed this condition of things is not TO
be wondered at, for railroad stocks
are without intrinsic value and poor
inheritance for the widow and orphan,
well-intended provision, perhaps, which
may vanish in a nights time at the die
tation of the INSCRIPTIONS manipulation.
Conservative capitalists and investors
will look more than ever before TO the
acknowledged basis of values-real es-
tate-and we may confidently look for
much activity in this line in desirable
properties having legitimate and sub
stantial value, but people will be rather
shy of anything of wildcat nature for
some time to come, and schemers will
not rest on howery beds of ease in the
immediate future. Capital thus coming
into active channels again must natural
~ find It's way to the undevelOped though
developing west, for in the over-crowded
east the few opportunities presented can
not absorb the vast unemployed capital.
Many portions of Kansas afford as
good opportunities for investment as any
other section of the country, and money
properly placed is destined to prove both
safe and remunerative.
That spring will open up with better
times. and the feeling of di5truSt and fear
be succeeded by buoyancy and hopeful
ness, there can be no doubt. MAC.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
Is STANLEY A PIRATEP

Mr.. Z. L. Godkin, in the February
number of The Forum, undertakes to
prove that the expedition to relieve Emin
was clearly a piratical undertaking,
since it had the sanction of no govern
ment and its leader was responsible to no
power. In the course OF the argument
Mr.. Godkin shows that the sympathy
for Emin which caused the expedition to
be undertaken was a sentiment born of
the Gordon myth, and he points out the
curious fact that the people of Africa,
owing to the slave trade, have always
been regarded as fit spoil for pirates even
by civilized nations who hold no such
notions even about any other savages.
Mr.. Godkin expresses the highest admir-
alton for Stanley's courage and endur-
ance, and approves of his conduct of the
expedition. 1t is its legal character only
that he criticises. Other articles that
will appear in the February Forum are:
"The Vanishing Surplus" by Senator
Carlisle; ''The Farmers Changed Condi-
tion," by Prof. Rodney WEIGH; 1.-The
Government and the Indians" by Hiram
Price; a biographical essay by Prof.
Gildersleeve, of the John Hopkins uni
versity, and half a dozen other essays.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
SENATOR INGALLS, SPEECH

To the Editor Of tho Eagle.
No where in history can we find any
thing equal TO Senator Ingalls, recent
mastery speech.
That of Demosthenes and Cicero
among the ancientS and their counte-
parts in modern times Webster and Clay
are combined in one. The demon
strative wisdom Of Demosthenes and
Webster and the patriotic eloquence of
Cicero and Clay unite TO make the Kan
sas-American orator. That speech oblit-
crates both old political parties from
which must arise the new Peoples
party Gncluding the sectional Farmers
Alliance This new party VIII he for
every American citizen who earns his
bread and clothes by the sweat of his
brow. in opposition to the Spectator who
now gets ony.-half of il before he gets il
TO his mouth or on his back. This new
party will be elected directly by the
people and stop the speculation in Office
This party will make a new tariff bill
exclusively for the people and new
currency better than gold or silver.
My eyes are getting dim, but can see
this on the political sky as plain as a B
{. II. T.. BIDwELL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
What's in a Name?

Mr.. Casebeer. former proprietor of the
Hotel Metropole Of Wichita, was in the
city Sunday NJ. Casebeer Is looking
for a location.-Anthony Enterprise. lie
ought to 90 to Kiowa. If he would
telegraph down, a committee would be
appointed to find an opening for him
and to meet him at the train. There :
something some times in some names in
some towns.-Hazelton Express. No
inducements here; we're supplied.
Better side track him at Hazelton, then
You fellows wouldn't need TO come
down here for the TO YOU nsce-saries Of
life. Your "home demand is amply
sufficient for several OF hinL-kiowa
Journal. Can't get HIM now. IL went
to Harper and he was taken in-as land
lord of the Patterson house. -Express.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

George Cole, of Fairhaven, Wash,
who has had charge of a Port Townsend
southern party of engineers for some
time past. was in the city the other day,
and talked freely OF the experiences tn
boys" had had with big game in that
wild region. One of the stories which
he relates is as follows:
During the summer we had IA pet
bear-one that we caught when 1t was
only few weeks old, and kept until it
got to be a nuisance. We had trained
it down 10 a fine point. You have heard
Of the educated hog that could readl
Well, Ruby couldn't do that exactly, but
he could play cards, and when it came
TO bluff at poker he simply couldn't be
beaten. He was sublime.
I've seen him when there was n pot Of
fifty or more humps of sugar-we al
ways played for sugar when Ruby was
in it-bluff the entire gang and rake IN
the stakes when it proved he had moth
ing better than pair of twos. No, he
couldn't talk; but he'd wag his head if
he wanted to pass, and his eye stood
him in good stead when it came to any
thing else Wonderful eye had Ruby,
and l don't suppose we would have
killed him if we hadn't caught him one
day, after he had won nearly all the
sugar in the outfit, scratching his ear
and pulling out an extra ace from one Of
the big wrinkles in his neck Alas, poor
Ruby! He was thoroughbred, but too
smart for this country, and we had part
of him for dinner that day Forest and
StrPam
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

The dead body OF Rhoda Mitchell was
discovered on Sept. 10 IN her barn, chop
ped % pieces with ana Three months
Of diGgent investigation has failed TO
throw any light on the affair. Rhodia
Mitchell was a singular character.
Eight years ago she lived in Montgom-
cry, o. Her lover Tilted her on Ter
wedding day and married another wo-
man. Then she came 10 Indiana and
purchased farm seven miles sass Of
North vernon, in Jennings eoanty. She
lived alone for eight years, managing
her farm. and never allowed a man To
enter her house. Once some female
neighbors called, but were so coolly re-
ceived that the visit was never repeated.
She soon became known % "the he--
nit" and her premises were Stunned
except by those who had business with
her. The interior Of her house was
nnely finished. In her wardrobe were
over 100 fine dresses, many Of the finest
texture.
+ a number Of choice literary publica-
tions were also found ia her rooms. To-
gether with two bushel basket fun Of
clippings from newspapers that seemed
to- have taken her fancy. She kept -
diary, noting the events Of each day.
The Last entry was dated Sept. TO- and ~
her body was not found until the 10th.
it is thought she was murdered on the
evening of the 10th. Her hatred Of men
being well known by the neighbors az
counts for the body not being discovered
sooner. On "a farm in Tennessee she has
sister living IN exactly the same cir
cumstauces. The remains were taken
in charge by brother in Ohio.
The house was open and a gold watch
and chain with some money were found
undisturbed, which indicates that rob
berry was not the motive Of the murder
II is believed that she went 10 the barn
on the evening Of the 10Th and found a
tramp there. Being entirely fearless.
she probably attacked him and he killed
ter in the struggle. -Ma=yiusville lind
l0r Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
MUCH MOUTH AND MORE GALL.


Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has one
grave fault. He is possessed of an inOr-
dinate desire to hear himself talk. Al
though a man Of ability he has spoken so
often and at such length in the senate as
to have destroyed, in great measure,
his influence He went out of his way
the other day to intimate, at the end of
long and tiresome speech, that the
people should, or would, dispense here
after with the services of those who dis
agreed with him concerning the cur
rency. 1t was an uncalled for remark
and in bad taste
At the same time it appears that he,
with John Sherman, of Ohio, and Sena-
tor Payne, and others, had just recon-
mended that the United States govern
ment should guarantee the principal and
interest of the bonds of single business
enterprise to the amount of S100,0 600.
If Senators Morgan. Sherman, Payne,
and the rest of the senate committee on
foreign relations, can show any plausible
reason for this gift Of $1,000 coo, the
sooner they do so the better, for the
economical reasons assigned in their
report are farcical, and even if the bill
should pass the senate and the house,
which is extremely unlikely, the presi-
dent would be in duty bound to veto it.
An effort, however, it appears, is to be
made wherein the administration is 10 be
placed under an obligation to this Mica
ragua Canal committee, if possible, for
Senator Morgan of the committee on
foreign relations and the Nicaragua
Canal company endorsement, has intro
duced resolution in which, after many
whereases, it is declared ''that the action
of the imperial government of Great
Britain in authorizing and approving the
presentation OF the aforementioned
information or suggestion to thesupreme
court" j. e., the application of Mr.
Choate, sis without precedent and is
prejudicial to the comfy of nations and
to the usual and amicable conduct of in
ternational relations, and is not in con-
sonance with the dignity of the govern
ment and people of the United States
and the respect that is due to the presi-
dent of the United States" and that the
president be requested TO communicate
a copy of this resolution to the govern
ment of her Brittanic majesty, etc.
The elaborate and warlike resolution
has been referred to the same committee
which unanimously reported in favor of
guaranteeing the Nicaragua Canal com
pany bonds to the extent Of 500, 600 .000,
as Senator Sherman said, in the interert
of economy"
The ridiculous part of the business is,
that, according to the New York Heard.
the UtteranceS of which are believed to
be inspired by the state department,
there is yet considerable doubt on the
part of the administration, as to whether
the wisest plan in this Boring sea matter
might not be TO accept the situation and
settle the matter on the basis of right
and justice and common sense, without
any apologies from anybody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

| With such qualities, we need not wonder
that he carried through successfully the
public business committed to his care.
dis public life was untarnished and his
private life without blemish. His loss
to his city, his county, his family and
friends Is irreparable, but out of his
grave springs hope that dies not. He
IS not dead, but sleepeth.
When Senator Swearingen paused for
an instant and looked back, just prior to
the fatal shot, the sword of one more
surely fated than Damocle5 was sus-
pended above him, its point at his very
heart. He saw the parting of the single
hair. he knew that it must fall. For
an instant only did he hesitate. AT such
time
''Why shrinks the soul back on itself
And startles at destruction?
It's the ivinity that stirs within us. J."
For one moment reason asserted itself,
the next, insanity drove reason from its
throne. No man who deliberately sui
cides can be sane, and this Is the weight
of medical authority The conclusion is
irresistible that when Senator Swearlngen
took his own life he was mentally and
morally irresponsible for the act. His
friends refer with kindly words to his
long and continuous residence in Cloud
county. To him Cloud county was the
banner county of Kansas, and no
valley so fertile as the valley OF
the Republican. Other localities
might engage him for time. but no
spot in Kansas was so dear to his heart
as that peaceful valley skirting the banks
of the softly flowing river. For years
his kindly presence and correct business
methods will be sOrely missed in the city
he helped to build and The county he
aided In developing.
Senator Swearinger was truly one OF
the pioneers of Cloud county and of the
little city of Concordia. Years hence,
when he is dust and we who gather here
are gone, the children of today will wan
der along the alluvial bottoms and valley
of the Republican and view the spot In
Pleasant Hill cemetery in that city
Where heaved the turf in many mould
ering heap.
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

Until the shop assistants OF our sex are
better looked after our English girls with
a taste for trade viii not lie eager TO fol
low the example OF their smart" Amer
can cousins, aud seek their knowledge of
shcpkeeping behind. the counters Of vel
known drspery establishments. 50 far ~
training goes, the lady shoF1eeper does
not appear to need much Apprenticeship.
She generally manages % take care Of her
self very successfully. But when the pub
lie have grown quite accustomed 70 count
esses As milliaers. Gucbesses ~ milk sell
ers, and danes Of other high degrees "a
dressmakers and house decorators, per
haps the idea OF serving customer over
other trzdesmsn's counters may commend
itself as a suitable occupation TO ladies Of
title.-Lady's Pictorial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
Ensland's Fruits in tho Middle Ages.

Gngianu FRUITS IN inc -uluule ages
1t is a curious fact that in the Middle
Ages England was horticulturally much
behind the continent of Europe. In
Chaucer's time the English larder was
very meagerly supplied with vegetables,
and but indifferently with fruits. Onions,
Ieeks, nettles, peas and mustard were the
only articles that then figured in the
short catalogue of English vegetable
supplies There Is no trace Of the exist
cnce of cabbage in England at this
period. In the contemporary accounts
OF orchards there is no allusion 70 plums,
only once to damsons. The pears were
poor. but the apples We're good. Itisques-
tionable whether cherries, raspberries
and strawberries had crossed the Chan
mel.
The cherry gardens OF Kent were first
planted by a servant Of Henry VIII Be
fore the close OF the Sixteenth century.
the turnip had reached England; 50 had
the cauhhower and the ounce, for both
are mentioned by Gerarde Ia his Her
bal" Carrots, when Gerarde wrote,
were still foreign vegetable, though
their naturalization in England was not
far off. In 1912 we hear Of the peach.
the almond and the flbert among the
products OF an English orchard, and in
1920 the apricot was trausplanted from
Norocco.-New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
Onto Ills Racket

Prom The Hazle;oa Express
If any man calls at your farm home
and wants TO leave a plow. harrow, bale
Of goods or article whatever, just as an
accommodation till he can call Tor It, and
wants YOU 10 sign a receipt 80 that he
can show his employer where Il Is and
that it is in safe hands. put your hnggr
TO your eve and pull down the under Id
and ask him il he sees anything green
there: He viii take the hint and hight
out. II he doesn't. get down your shot
gun and tell him you viii give him ms
seven minutes 10 GET off the place. W ny
should YOU give him a receipt III NJ
can't trust has goods in your POSSESSION
without q receipt, tell him TO take them
away. lt i no accommodation 10 YOU To
have them left, and the man who tries
the dodge Is always swindler.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
Rn.ainn Snnrr-fition.

The widow Of q church beadle died in
q village in the government OF Penza
having expressed the desire that her re-
mains be put by those CT her husband.
When the grave Of the Latter was opened
the coffin was not found On iDvestiga-
ton it was discovered that the peasants
OF the village had stolen the body Of tho
dead beadle and sunk II IN a swamp.
There had been a drought n that dis
trict last year, and the peasants believe
that if they sunk the body d q righteous
man in water rain would cOue. This
superstition Is said :" be prevalent
among the common people n that
region. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

devoted TO her cbildren tls&n Mrs.. W. h.
Vanderbilt. The nursery j. the most per-
fectIy appoints room in tlse house, ansi
Mother Goose melodiss. With other quAias
quotations. are ioscri ed On ths walls al
over the room
over the handsomely tilsa fireplace 9
painted. Mary. Mar, quite contrary. how
does your garden groNff with hsr sardsa
fuil of cookie shells. silver bells ADD
pretty nnzi,ls al "a rosgH The dslica.s
colOring u The tiny iaoss is clearly brought
out azG3nsz a back ground q steal blue. -
New YORK Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

Friends Of T. l.. Harper, the convicted
president of the Fidelity bank of Cincin-
matt, are again actively urging his petit
ton for pardon, but have met a SEEM
ingly insurmountable obstacle in Attor-
ney General Miller. The papers filed are
said to be more voluminous than any
ever submitted in such a case before. 1t
is stated that short time ago the pardon
clerk az Washington went to Mr.. Miller's
office and told the attorney general that
unless he soon took up the case and gave
it consideration, or did something to re-
lieve him of the papers, he would have
to get an additional room in which to
store them. So many letters come to
Ohio congressman at Washington solicit
ing their interest that 1t appears as if
there was a bureau at work for Harper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22

One Of the phunny phazes Of the In
gals fight is the attitudes, respectively,
Of the Topeka Capital, which after be-
lifting Ingalls, ever since it had an
existence now desires to be viewed as
his special champion, and of the A:chi-
son Champion, which for twenty years
has stood for Ingalls,, but which is now
the most bitter opponent 10 be found
among all the Republican papers Of the
state. In the Champions case its old
editor is dead. but as for the Capital, its
old editor still lives.