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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The project Of underground railroads
Is again up, in Boston. and application
has been made to the state legislature.
and is being earnestly pressed, for au-
thority to build them in the counties of
Suffolk and MiddleSeN. New York and
London have both tried the underground
system. bat in neither has it proved en-
tirely satisfactory, at leas, to the travel
ing public; less 50, perhaps. than the
elevated railway, though the under
ground way Is less in the way and less
liable to accidents. The principal objec-
ton to it seems 10 De on account OF
improper ventilation aud slowness Of
trims.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
a Correct Sizing Up.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
We venture to say that three-fourths
of the lenders of money in Kansas
couldn't be induced to take the properly
pledged; all they want Is the interest.
We haven't heard of five cases Of in
justice in the foreclosure of mortgages
in twenty years. We have heard great
deal OF squealing on the part of fellows
who got IN debt--we have done some of
il ourselves; but we notice we ALWAYS
got through. and We borrowed more
trouble on account OF 1t a dozen times
over than ali our creditors ever gave L..
So II Is with eight men of ten. Keep
stiff upper lip. quit gripping and whining.
because you viii get through. For goo -
ness sake don't build political party TO
run a government on individual loans
and discounts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

1t is stated that ever since the compile
ton of the new World building with its
towering tower, Editor Pulitzer has been
trying to induce Editor Dana to 20 up
in the dome and view the metropolis.
But thus far Editor Dana has declined
the honor and it is getting to be sus-
pected that the latter associates the pro-
posed affair with the incident of the in
teryiew between the Savior and Satan
no on the pinnacle of the temple, and
fears that his host might attempt to do
by force what Beelzebub tried to do by
persuasion. The higher people get up in
the world the more suspicious, and sus-
peCted they become.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
Sound Arguments.

From the Kansas City star.
Upon the whole, it does not appear
tina the women of Kansas desire an en-
largement of their civil privileges. and
it Is exceedingly doubtful whether the
condition of the sex would be improved
by the enactment of a law which would
encourage a greater familiarity with pol
itics on the part of the women in Kan
sas. Whatever Speaker Elders motives
may be in opposing the ill which passed
against it Were sound and teuable, and
they showed better judgment than was
to have been expected of man who
favors the taxation of mortgages and
other Kansas securities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
AS TO THE STRIP.

BELLE PLANE, Kan, Feb. IS, 81.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
What right or title have the Ponca and
TOnkawa Indians TO the land in the
Cherokee strip now occupied by them? If
the strip is opened for settlement will the
reservations be opened?
Your truly, j. II. NJ
The tribes named have no right
or little to the lands they occupy.
They were settled there by the govern
ment under the terms of the treaty with
the Cherokees which gave them access
to and temporary control of the strip
bearing their name, The lands referred
will probably not be opened to settle
ment simultaneous with the balance of
the strip, but will be as soon as DISPOSE
ton of the occupants-the two tribes
named-can be made.-Ed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

II there Is anything that makes a Kan
san blush for the shame OF his state il Is
the presence OF Jerre Simpson at Washing
ton.-Salina Republican.
Blush for what; envy? From the
marked consideration shown him on the
floor of the house. il would seem tnat
The honorable representatives from the
states do not feel it a disgrace TO recoy-
nlze him nor compromising of their
dignity TO associate with him. The fact
of the business is. some Of JERKS critics
in Kansas are doing a great deal more
towards compromising the good name
OF the state than he is likely TO do IN the
two years he remains a member OF con
gress. And NOT only SO. but every III
natured slap at Jerry Simpson hits a
majority OF the voters of the Seventh
district square in the ce.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Or. Medley, Of Lssveuworth. gave ss his
reason tor voiIuE az inst the wonsn's
sufiwgr bin that his wIie aud daughter
told him to do 50. Advice from that source
is generally great deal better 20 follow
than are the dictates Of an Alliance can
cus.-lawrence Journal
You are und niably correct; but it has
leen limited that the Alliance members
who supported the measure were under
Instructions from both sources. II Is
stated with some positiveness that many,
# not most of the wives of the Alliance
men favor the suffrage idiom; most Of
them belong 10 the Alliance. II is ap-
parent, therefore, If these thing are true.
That the members Of the house who voted
FOR the suffrage bin did not act wholly
upon their own Judgment. but were
prompted 10y more potent power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Bulletin No. 30 issued from the census
bureau is devoted exclusively to data
pertaining TO Alaska, principally to its
population. The enumeration is not quite
complete but there have been numbered
21,929. 1t is estimated that there are
5000 more, which win bring the popula-
ton up to 10000. The population is
made up Of whites, negroes. Chinese,
Esquimaux, and Indians. There are
/ 700 persons Of school age, between five
and seventeen years. The number of
voters in the districts of Alaska, covering
an area of over 100000 square miles, is
set down at between five and six
thousand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Poor Bismarck! Not only is he ousted
from Office, but now he is TO be prose-
cuted for being garrulous. The kaiser
is bright young man, almost bright
enough to write for the magazines, but
we think he makes a mistake in ms
treatment Of his grandfather's maker
and G,rmany's creator. If Bismarck
had been found wanting when he was
weighed in the balance Wilhelm would
today have been lucky TO be able to call
himself king of Prussia. All the war
rior-like genius of Wilhelm ], combined
with the statesmanlike qualities of the
lamented Frederick. would have failed
utterly TO produce the German empire as
it Is today had 1t not been for Bismarck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
Kansas on.

Prom the Leavenworta Times
Il IS not generally known that Kansas
IS an oil producing state but it - true.
At Paola. Kan. and IN that section Of
the state is produced great deal Of min
eral oil and what Is more. the oil cf
Paola is a very fine lubricant for which
purpose oniy the highest quality Of min
erai oil Is used. The PaOla Oil. Gas and
Mining com paBy have control Of a large
amount OF oil producing territory and
have put upon the market the fines,
lubricating oils produced. Their OF -
verv black and in the backing they
claim Is IT, virtue Experts have declared
before being satisfied 70 the contrary
that DO such natural oil could b pro
duced from the ground. as y wss Tar
superior 20 the famous Franklin oli. ami
the highest gTade- OF West Virginia or
In time Kansas viii BE- more motel Tor
her oil than Pennsylvania l. now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

A legal statistician announces that
over four thousand wills were contested
in this country during 1890, and 60 per-
cent of them were broken. The max
ing of wills will soon come to be regard
ed as the most uncertain of human pur-
suits. Gen. Greely's predictions of biz
yards and sunhine are not more unrelia-
bic than conjectuIes as to the result of
the simplest probate case. Curiously
enough, the more eminent the legal abili-
ties of the testator, the more impossible
he appears to find the task of making a
testament that will stay made. Easy as
it is to give away money, no one can tell
where it will strike when the gift takes
the form of bequest. If this state of
things continues, we are beginning to
think that wills will have to be sup
pressed. They certainly appear to come
under the provisions of the federal law
against lotteries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
The Sugar King.

From the New York Con inent
One of the recent guests at the Hoff-
man was Claus Spreckels, the sugar
king. Perhaps the most striking thing
about Mr.. Spreckel5' appearance is the
patriotic combination Of colors presented
by his face Hi cheeks are red his hair
is white and his ewes are blue. And vet
he is a German. Mr.. Spreckels has
made his own way up from a very small
beginning He has plantations in Cali
fOrnia and the Sandwich islands, ocean
steamships on the Pacific and refineries
in Philadelphia. He Is 60 and in eX-
cellent health. He looks upo health as
one of the secrets OF his wonderful
success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
A PROTECT4ONIST.
To The Editor Of the Eagle.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Grand Master Powderly at Topeka the
10th inst, said che was a protectioniSt,
but not for high tariff This is a con
tradictiOn of terms. Protection means a
high enough tariff to permit the produc-
ton of an article in this country and
Just a fraction more 10 exclude those
foreign products This is TO cover the
difference between American and for
eign labor. which of course Mr. Pow
DERBY IS in favor Of. as well as the Farm
ers' Alliance. Revenue and protection
are contrary in effect; high revenue
means no protection; high protection,
no revenue. II. +. BIDWEL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The Alliance made a formal contest
for congressman in eleven states and one
territory last year, and this is the aggre-
gate vote cast by that party in each:
Colorado, 1907; Illinois, G,699; Indiana,
4,649; Iowa, 4,720, Kansas, 63,924; Ken
lucky, 10,053; Louisiana, 954; Michigan,
S,513; Minnesota. ~, $40; Nebraska, "A. =
S91; South Dakota, 1922; Oklahoma
territory, Il delegate to congress) ,529;
The total vote polled by the Alliance was
thus 230,3l3. In Kansas and Minnesota
there was a sort of coalition in some dis
tricts between the Democrats and ALI
ance, which polled 1854 votes in Kan
sas and 20, 1906 in Minnesota.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The Galveston News does not come
out and declare for Cleveland. despite
his anti-siiver convictions, but il does 50
infereutial!y and in the strongest wav
when 1t declares that THE issue Of issues
IN tie political life of this country Is.
whether great men of convictions and
courage or oowardly and tricky trim
mers and party demagogues are 10 lead.
Inc times have never wanted strong
hearted men more sorely than al the
present Nine out OF ten OF our public
men are sfraid Of the people. They are
afraid 10 tell the truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

A most outrageous case of wlte-beat-
ing is interesting In people Of Balti-
more. The husband has beaten seven
wives in six months. They are after him
in a well organized squad, and if they
can catch him they will beat him. That
IS one offense for which the whipping
post affords the only adequate punish
ment, even according to the forms of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

There appears TO be a misunderstood
ing as to which was the first national
bank organized in the United States.
The News, of Davenport, Ia, claims that
the First National of that city should
have the distinction. The News is in
error. The Bank of North Amer ca in
Philadelphia was the first national bank
in the United States. 1t was organized
by a special act of congress on Dec. 81,
1881, and is the only national bank not
compelled to use the word national"
either before or after its title.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Ho Xes by means Of bottle papers are
frequent. A small tin canister inclosiuz
a paper on which was written. The screw
steamer Great Britain fodndercd on tho
Western islands. wss found boating At
The mouth The Mersey iu January. i~0
This message naturally caused intense
anxiety o. all interested. and her agent
pacarded the Liverpool walls with bills
Offering a rewart. Df 100 for Else discovery
OF the base perpgtratOr Of tho hoax
Chambers journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Speaker Elders protest against the
woman suffrage bill that passed the
house Wednesday may not be mod led
after the Chesterfeldian fashion-may
not be as elegant in diction as the ameni-
ties of the case would suggest, but it IS
certainly not lacking in force and direct
ness. Upon the whole it is a very effect
i've saving clause to his generally erratic
career and antecedents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The house in st. Joseph in which Jesse
James was killed by Bob Ford has been
purchased for 81, 900 by man who will
remove it to Chicago and set it up in the
Libby prison war museum. And the
Missouri papers are wondering if that is
all the state will have there on exhibit
ton. There is nothing else it could send
that is as notorious, and if notoriety is
what it wants, that is surely enough.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

OF waterspout. which carried the spray
from the Great Salt Lake and deposited
1t IN CONCEALED form in the path of the
storm. Samples of the salt which fell
here will be sent east TO be snalyzed,
and if the analysis should be Identical
with the water of Great Salt Lake this
theory will doubtless be accepted as cor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The Sultan Of Turkey. l. seens. bAs Ia
his service a marshal who i IL yszrz Old.
having been born n rs Re = The 0idest
soldier living A. one can well believe
Moreover, nc has ts~o oolr1des whose
uaifei Aees amount - tsSo naadg~d and
tpEe1tg-oue wear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

If the law prohibiting boys from
smoking cigarettes can be rlgidly en-
forced there will be more men to kill
their fool selves by the silly habit in a
few years. sort Of putting off the evil
day, since the adult users Of the vile
little health and life destroyers are only
grown ND bows.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Leave Us the Roman "R."

From the Providence Telegram.
Some people who want to be always
reforming something, are suggesting
the dropping of the letter ''r'' from the
alphabet, on the ground that it is a sort
of half vowel in a large class Of words,
and is often n silent letter i'll pronuncia
ton. Without the terrible rolling of
their cts" what would the heavy TRACE
dian do: What could they substitute for
''tr-r-r-r-r-r-aitor-r-rF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Preference Is given By NOS. people 70
huckaback towels. The material eonsss b
the yard in excellent quality and IN widths
exceeding that Of the ready MADE frinzed
towels The ends are bemmed below al
inch wide line Of drawn w0rk. or they may
oe simply heDstitc5ed ard needle der
Grafton added with white or coiOre1 linen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Many Of the children brought up away
from the citie- iu Mexico never 81 ~
school. and never learn to read nr vrifs.
On the great fa~1s co. "nacIeBsiu-. tIaa
lands Of children are born grow OH aad
die without seeing or knowing anything ~
the great OUTSIDE Horid some ~ these
farms are larger than crrtsIu whole cpun-
ties in the United -tate4. and some ~
them have hundred oi .snorrrs. all ~
whom, from father 10 soH. ars born. Bvs
and die on the same farm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

The Society o. Friends % the United
Kingdom say that the, have l5,1Oo mem
bers, and that their annual deash rate ~ IN
comparabiy lOw-about 70 5-i0 per LOO
or ~ deaths ia thrive years 81 per cent.
were upward ~ 90 year - axe Only -
deaths u children uH'ir- . YEARS occurred
during the year lssg This may be- account
81 for partially By fart thar The Cuskers
have comparatively few Children.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Gr0te wrote the larger part ~ tie "Hi-
tory 81 Greecc'' between tbe sQss ~ y and
~. aud Italian occupied nearly The sanns
period ~ bis life with biz "latrodu~t iou 20
the Literature ~ Er0Ie The ta0 works
b. whlrh Tbogn, Hood has survived the
grave. The Bridge % Slkhs" aDd The
song 81 tne -Hirt. were compo.e1 wsen
be VA ~. and froln d sex I'D froaH vbsoh
b. never RS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

OF a. big citsss Berlin probably gs-s the
met vezet Ab4es from = c-ziaDce Tier Via
Ter canLfsswers come from Italy AID Hol.
land, her lew potatoes fru<s MElfz Ter
besrs from BcFrh l.aly. be~ pleki>s from
Holland bsr S2lDns frozn Russia. Hungary
szc EEypI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Jay Gould's trip through the south is
no longer a mystery. The Galveston
News says be was simply looking up
some novelties in spring railroads.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

William Iaroes. The brfisl2nt writer oe
psychological suD3~cts. ~ a brother q
Henry Jane, the Rov-.i-s. aud b0th Ass
TIE zsns - Henri JzDss. tie 5~e-enbor-
gian ss-AyisE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

Much rs Cleveland is criticised and
abused by his party men, the party
would be a pitiable cripple without him
and his paTtisans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

There is one thing that can be said in
Senator PETERS favor; he is not shaw
or. This no doubt accounts for his pop
MARTY with his party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21

CeilUiOid in solution - no7r being ssten-
sively ussd - Lacquer foT al kinds -
bns metal work All a. q -sDi Yarnish
with results ~ are sad - " saSsrior -
she old fnetEada
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
WlIIiiI .aale
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

Reciprocity is the noblest Roman Of
them all. Let 'er Roam.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-21
The Causes of Failures.

Bradstreet's gives the following causes
for the 1868 failures in the United
States i'm 1890.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-17
MRS. sLAlNe's DIVORCE.
Testimony Now Being Taken to Use i
 the Dakota Courts.


 NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-As a prelude to what will doubtless prove to be one the most sensational and interesting divorce suits ever tried in this country, testimony is being taken before Daniel Lord, jr., who has been appointed referee, in his office in the Equitable Building. The parties interested are Mir. and Mrs. James G. Blaine, jr., the son and daughter-in-law of the Secretary of State.
 The trial will take place in the Sout tn Dakota courts in February, and it is pos- sible that the taking of testimony will last into January.
 Few, if any, who have seen these two persons visiting the Equitable Building every day have known their identity. Young Blaine iS always fashionably dressed, and his pretty wife, who seeks the divorce on the ground of abandon msnt and non-supDort, has come on from Deadwood, s. D., where she has made her home expressly for this pur . pose.
 She Is always heavily yelled and very pretty, although pain and trouble have somewhat marred her features. Her lawyers are Hoadley, Lauterbaoh & Johnson, her husbands legal advisers being Goodrich, Deadly 6 Goodrich.
 
 been made public but it Is understood that the abandoned wife has established . case sufficiently clear to secure a ver- dict in her favor.
 MT. Johnson said this morning that when Mrs. Blaine secures her divorce, and he has no doubt whatever but that it will be given her, 1t will be perfectly legal and good in this State and France, from the fact that her husband has made an answer.
 Had he not done so the divorce would not be recognized in this country. In regard to the temporary slimony and counsel fees amounting to $500, grant, sd to Mrs. Blaine on Monday, MT. Johnson said that this amount must be paid in order that the husband may g. on with the contest. If not paid with in 30 days she will secure her divorce and young Blaine can make no efence. Young Blaine is making every effort to prevent the divorce being granted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-17
M. Desohanol,s mission. wtrrm

PARIS, Dec. 17.-The mission on which M. Deschansl, the distinguished pu blic- Ist, is going to the United States has several objects. M. Deschanel proposes to investigate the working of the volun- tary religious system of America, es- pecially in it's bearings on the welfare of the Roman Catholic Church. He will confer with Cardinal Gibbons and other prominent ecclesiastics as to their views upon the voluntary system, and will also consult Henry George and other werl-known leaders of thought. The result of these interviews cannot fail to have an importauS effect on the question of the State and Church in France.
 M. Deschanel will also investigate the labor movement, and its relations to politics in the United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-17
Clara Barton.s Efforts for Russia.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.'-Clara Barton, President of the RaI Cross Society of America, has for some time past been negotiating with the proper authorities in the matter of transporting grain which may be donated in the United States to the suffering peasants of Rus- sia. Miss Barton has been in communi- cation with the Department of State and the Russian Legation. and whil @ she cannot prudently at this time make public 1he result of her efforts, she hopes to be able to do so within a day or two. The movement under her quiet direction has assu med large proportions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-17
Dr. Rhifnaxin rrnnhla

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-Dr. F. w. Whit ney, who, on October 25, withdrew from the presidency of the My stic Seven and Golden Circle. and went to New York, where he is managing the Equit able Building aul Loan Association, with rooms at 151 Broadway, is in custody here in def tult of a bond for $6, 00U, with suitable sureties, to satisfy a claim of &, 106 set up by Dr. Gould, receiver for the Golden Circle. Sons time ago Dr. Whitney came to live in Somerville @, Mass, from Sherburne, N, Y. He brought letters from Sherburne Con gregational Church. He is graduate of Dartmouth Colie g ln phy sici An in good stan ling
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-17
CuIborson Declines the Position.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IT. 7-Rep ore SC Il ta tive Culbersou, of Texas, has infor'ne Id President Harrison that hs would not accept the positian of Inter Stat' Csn missioner, which had been tentlere him, and which ha once before been declined. It is uudersto that Mr
 Culbersor intauis to return to Texa. and contest with Mir. Mills, the election for United States Senator to succeed Chi ton. who is serving out the term 0
 ex-Senator Began. Represen tative CuI person was desirous of appoin tment a'
 tla T,.1 2, ,E