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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
FISHERIES.

A new sect or organization is being at
tempted in this state by ex-State Secre-
tary of the Y NJ c. A. George S. Fisher.
His manifesto gives the new society the
name of "The Gospel Union" and says
that he hopes to be able to cooperate
with other religious organizations. The
circular suggests the name of Fisheries
as more appropriate, as it tells more OF
his proposed movements during the next
year than anything else. There Is as yet
no indication of any great revolution in
religious circles throughout the state.
The move has failed, SO far as can be
ascertained, to touch a sympathetic
chord among the young men of this city
or elsewhere to the extent of making
them at all dissatisfied with the work
and methods of the Young Mems
Christian association, which is constantly
growing and widening its influence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Baptists at Hennessey organized last
week
West Guthrie will soon be all fenced and
! improved.
Saltwater has a mill which will go to
work in day or two
The Rock Island surveyors are now
headed for Fort Worth.
The farmers of Payne county make lots
of money selling wood.
Ex-Governor Smallwood of the Choctaw
nation died last week.
One hunting party from Yukon killed
! five 'possums on one night.
Frank Greer claims he hung up his
stocking and found it full of holes.
Chief Mayes' funeral was the largest
that ever took place in the territory.
Saltwater is gateway" 1t is only
three miles south of the strip line.
Messrs Fillmore and Seaman now run
the Frisco Times, Hamlin Sawyer's paper.
Oklahoma is not going to be a little 2 =
state and the people have begun to see it.
Two building aud loan associations have
been organized at Ell Reno within week
The New Year will be great one for
Oklahoma, probably the creates it has
seen.
The Minco Minstrel believes that the
Wichita reservation will be opened in the
spring.
A man has been arrested at St. Joseph,
No. for outrsging a young woman near
Norman.
Some soldiers and gamblers celebrated
Christmas at Oklahoma City with bois-
ferrous row.
Governor Martin is only acting governor,
rate actor.
Christmas cheer was augmented at Still
water by the music of a travelling patent
medicine band.
The editor of the Henessey Clipper work
ed harder for the opening OF the strip than
any other man in Oklahoma
The prisoners in the Oklahoma City jail
were fed on turkey ana cranberry sauce,
like every body else, Christmas.
One farmer northeast OF Guthrie has
planted 340) apple trees. Ia ten years
those trees will make him rich man.
FL Ingle OF the Norman Transcript
asserts that the flowers are still blooming
on the prairies Of southern Oklahoma
\ spelling school will be held az the
Lynch school house, near Edmond, on the
night Of Dec 81; the best speller to get s.
The Edmond Sun notes that many a calf
which was born in Oklahoma since it
opened. VIII be giving milk the coming
spring.
An old Indian saw a woman with pro
digious hustle at Oklahoma City the other
DAY. aud exclaimed in Astonishmeut
''W oUnaB's back much broke
II IS about time 10 ask who the president
5 going 20 appoint for new secretary oi
the territory. Inc governor before
Martins nsme = evidently going % Re
main there.
The probate Judge ~ Saltwater decided
that he has under the statutes tie same
right 70 a jsiry as the d.stFici court. ard ha
has called cue 10 ne n attendance upon
the probate ceurt the Ara day Of January.
hex
Edmoal Sua- Oklahoma territory. the
coming season. sasnld have a cogtca caEn-
press, and che ol the towns 81 Ehe Santa
Re sEoald exeEt isse!t 10 get il IL wo2l1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
RAILROAD INSURANCE.

A feature in railroad management
that is just now attracting most atten-
ton among the employees and operatives
of railroads in the west is a system of
life insurance. The Burlington took the
initiative in the move in the west two
and half years ago. Four eastern COM
panies, the Pennsylvania, the Pennsyl-
vania lines, the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Reading, have similar departments
in the east. The Burlington relief de-
partment was organized under peculiar
circumstances. The company had just
passed through the throes of an exllaus-
tive contest with its trainmen. The new
employees had not the insurance advan-
tages afforded by the brotherhoods, and
it was largely to supply this deficiency
that the department was organized.
General managers of other railroads
looked on and held their peace Lately
they have been making inquiries, and
several are seriously considering the
advisability of adopting a similar de-
partment on their roads.
Such arrangements are expensive. The
Burlington during two and half years
to Oct. 81 received in assessments from
the members $4,000 and paid out in
death and disability premiums $406, 600.
The deficit of $50, zoe came from the
Burlington treasury. Moreover, there
were $12, 400 of unpaid assessments Oct.
II, making the total, deficit $42, 600. The
general expenses of the department have
amounted to $4,000, all of which also
comes from the treasury Of the railroad
company. The membership has ad-
vanced from sos July 81. to 10,4l6 at
present, which is about 40 per cent. of
the total number of employees on the
road, and many members are applying
for a higher class of insurance. The rate
of insurance was established with the ex-
pectation that assessments would fully
cover payments, the railroad company
meeting all general expenses, and the
deficit is due to an unpectediy large
number of death and disability
benefits. The advantage of the depart
ment, however, are believed by some
managing officials to be a sufficient re-
compence for the probable cost.
But while expensive to the railroad
to maintain the system by meeting its
operating expenses, it is no doubt less
expensive to the road than the old man
ner of adjusting claims for damages to
employees through the courts. But
whether the road actually saves money
by this system. it certainly does by the
confidence and sympathy it EFFORTS
from its employees, which insures better
and more faithful service. In some
respects the system is preferable to the
profit sharing plan that is being adop ted
by few railroad Arrangements.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
Egyptian Statues Unearthed.

The correspondent of the London
Times at Alexandria, Egypt, states that
three colossal statues, ten feet high. of
rose granite, nave just been found at
Aboukir few feet below the surface.
The discovery was made from indica-
tons furnished TO the government by a
local investigator, Daninos Pasha. The
first two represent in one group Rameses
II and Queen Hentmara seated on the
same throne. This is unique among
Egyptian statues.
The third statue represents Rameses
standing upright in military attire, q
scepter III his hand and crown upon
his head. Both bear hleroglyphio in
scriptions, and both have been thrown
from their pedestals face downward.
Their site is on the ancient Cape Zephyr
ium, near the remains of the temple of
Venus and Arsinoe. Relics of the early
Christians have been found in the same
locality
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

be the only compress in the two territories.
as the one at Ardmore was burned.
Ira y Terrill, Slayer of George En-
bree and member OF the Oklahoma
legislature, was advertised TO lecture at
Saltwater on Tuesday night. Just two
people appeared at the hall and paid their
admission. After waiting long aud pa
tiently for an audience the would-be lee
turer refunded the money TO the two and
footed it eleven miles TO his home, near
Perkins.
Kingfsher Free Press: A great deal of
inquiry has been made the past week or
two in reference to the different tax levieS
of the county. Deputy county Treasurer
Adams supplies US this week with the
necessary information. The whole levy
runs from g. % to 4 20 cents on the dollar
and is divided as follows: General terri
torial levy, ~ mills; county revenue, g
mills; county sinking fund, ) mills; county
school fund. 10 mills; separate school fund,
l mill; county roads and bridge fund, 8
mills; city, county or village mills.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
The Czar in Plain Clothes.

When the emperor of Russia passed
privately through Berlin the other night
he was attired in plain clothes, and ii
was the first time that he had ever ap-
peared in public thus arrayed. The en-
peror's towering figure was not displayed
to advantage in a loose suit Of brown
tweed, especially when contrasted with
the splendid Russian uniform in which
Prince Frederick Leopold appeared, and
his majesty was the only parsonage in
plain clothes. The emperor, who stopped
for nearly an hour ut the Stettin line
station, dined on sandwiches, which he
washed down with several bowls Of tea,
which was made on the spot by his own
servants, with his own caravan tea
London World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
SENATOR PLUMB.
To the Editor Of the EagIe.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
He is gone. But no monument Is
needed to perpetuate his memory. He
will continue to live in the enduring and
widening influence of his words and
work upon the lives of men in succeed
ing generations: and while this nation
endures and men reverence sincerity,
a broad humanity, and faithful devo-
/ ton of genius to duty the name, Preston
B. Plumb, will not be forgotten. His
| well-merited fame is imperlshable.
Few men who have occupied so con-
spicuous a position in the arena
of public life will have departed, and
had more good words and fewer evil
words spoken of them. There is no ex-
travagance, or insincerity manifested in
the praise so universally accorded him. A
knowledge of his life-work commands
the respect of all men. His pre-emi-
nence was in grand average of many
strong and noble qualities. The bent of
his dIsposition was towards the people;
and the people loved him for his sympathy
for them when they were in distress or
laboring under adversely, and respected
him for his industrious application and
distinguished ability.
He has gone.
But no name will stand out more promi-
nently on the pages of Kansas history,
and the memory of no man will linger
longer in the minds of Kansas people. A
synopsis or the life Of Preston B. Plumb
should be read in every school room i'll
Kansas. and at every fireside, as an in
centive and inspiration to possible.
meritorious achievement. The people of
Kansas cannot contemplate his death
without some feeling of remorse, in con-
sequence of inconsiderate demands made
on his time and strength, demands which
ALWAYS met too responsive disposition
to serve; and for this reason his death
may properly be deemed untimely. Too
much work was given to willing hands
and too many burdens laid on ready
shoulders, else he would have served US
longer His worth is also indicated by
the selfishness of our sorrow. Who will
take his place and perform the work he
had in hand and also contemplated?
Worthy men would well hesitate at such
an undertaking.
He has gone.
Not all men will mourn his
departure. Selfish schemes and dis
honest purposes will find encour-
agement to press forward in the
absence of Senator Plumb from the United
States senate. One vigilant mind
and forceful form and voice will never
more be there encountered.
He hasgone.
There is vain striving to find
adequate expression for our high regard
for the noble qualities of heart and mind
he used so well; but the many kind
words of writers and speakers will but
family express that depth and bredth of
silent esteem and grief which on such
occasions as this fails to find expression.
The best praise will be an imitation of
his virtues. G.. S. NJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
TO-DAY.

The ambition of tho Ar
cade is to lead and not to
follow, but circumstances
often occur that prevents
the carrying out the best
laid plans.
Some time ago the Ar
cade ordered a large line Of
Tailor Made Night Shirts,
(for men only specially
adapted for holiday trade,
but the unfortunate circum-
stance occurred and these
beautiful Night Robes ar
rived Christmas eve. too
late for Christmas trade.
The beauty of this lot of
Night Shirts is that they
are all cut the new shapes
and latest style, Y fronts,
v backs, pulled shoulders
and Vatican plaits, and are
guaranteed to bring sweet
dreams and pleasant repose
to the wearer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

ais and Manners" will be discussed by
Mrs. B. S. Coppock of Chilocco.
Arkansas City seems to be revellng IN
prosperity. The stores and streets are
full, the houses are all occupied, and a
general air of good times prevails.
Beautiful for situation" is Arkansas
City, but the city surveyor
seems not to have been
pleased and has tried the leyeling of the
beautifully sloping streets, much to their
disadvantage, and to the destruction of
the fine natural drainage.
Numbers of people are here of course,
awaiting the opening of ''the strip, and
all kinds of arrangements are being
made for ''going in" Particularly are
horses of speed and wind in good de-
mand. Hearing SO much talk of
preparations. makes one almost wish
that ''when John Gilpin rides again, y
she Knight be there to see" NJ. c. t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
au impression.

Before / saw hex / had read Iiss
FIELDS articles and had read OF hea-7
mucn about her public lectures. 50 that
before nesting her / had come 70 regard
her as one Of the zmin1ed wplner
with q highly cultivated literary style
But as she SAT that evening ia large
easy cnair with her arms calmly folded
listening 20 mach irrelevant matter.
while a large. long iaugh larke1 IA Der
eager eyes. ami the COMPRESSED l1ps
sm0-herei some strong rsE1~s, saw
that sh. possessed a virtue noe coIamon
70 the - raIl@3 rrongmInsl@sl-- TAtIeBce
Sne j. IA heroic listener. uut iler replies
contain laar- oE 1e= hammer than the
anvil
Iaouga q cssEaa Fs3iirsa Ersn reason
sEi experiences. sig ~aas3s 1aas nlsn the
bet c4~aaFvs vbe s1fes rs native
cguatTF fz-t al sss- -sy.csHrr-slns
Eueii~a. wa.ca sne blends wiih i1dr.
claSs3cai IsarA-.--. iz-f~ats tae fae. tazs
upon @In~rE-nrles sise regards -21a-rlczu
sang a. the 1noss fsrrsple fsrla q lido
In&rsS E1xllzl- l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
The Old Woman Was Wrong.

From the Kansas City Times.
Mrs. Nellie johnson, who said the
world would come to an end Christmas
day, is lying at her home on Nebraska
avenue in much Frustrated condition
caused by disappointment over the fail
ure of the fultillment of her prophecy.
She is in a critical condition, and unless
a change for the better is noticed by her
relatives this morning a physician Will
be called in to attend her. She sat up
Christmas night watching and praying,
and when morning came yesterday and
the world kept moving her nerves be-
came unstrung and she was completely
overcome. She was put to bed, where
she still remains and is likely to be for
some days. Her husband, who believed
in the revelations previous to Christmas
afternoon, has decided that they were
all buncombe. He says "the old woman
was wrong
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

Ii the only thing needful TO secure the
Democratic nomination were ability to
carry the state of New York, the ques-
ton of candidate for that party might
he regarded as settled now. Not that
Hill can carry the state by fair means
everybody knows that he cannot-but
that he has the quality of procuring
majorities whether they are secured
through the ballot box or not. And TO do
this he has the needed band of confed-
crates that he holds together by a system
of rewards and pledges of immunity
from the penalties of the violated law.
IL proof of this last, two hours after the
conviction and sentence of the culprit
who stole and spirited away the ballot
box in one Of the Syracuse assembly dis
trlcts that gave a Republican majority
at the recent election, Hill had issued an
unconditional pardon. Republicans only
wish that Hill may be the Democratic
nominee for president. There isn't much
doubt that he viii carry New York
state, but he cannot employ his rascallv
tactics outside of that state. and New
York cannot alone elect a president
ksank Godl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
A sleep Walkers Fearful Lean.

James S. Clsque, a stock raiser Of
Greeley, Colo, walked into the police sta
ton at Burlington, Ia, recently, hatless,
coatless and generally bruised up, and
told a remarkable story. He said be had
left his home to visit friends in Galva.
Ills, and had taken a sleeper at Denver.
The last thing he remembers was retir-
ing to his coach. When he awoke he
was lying in the ditch at the side of the
track not far from Burlington, badly
bruised and half frozen. He walked to
the police station from there. His theory
was that he bad jumped from the train
while asleep when 1t was running full
speed. An investigation by railroad
authorities proves the truth of the mans
assertion. He is now in the hospital
quite i'll from his terrible exposure
Cor. st. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
"woRTa A GUINEA a BOX. +"
From Fame, London Newspaper.

From Fame London Newspaper.
Mr. s., chemist of Liverpool. re-
ceived bill for the amount of 2Ss- from
Thomas Beecham, st. Helens. Mr. s.,
being at the time in pecuniary diff
culties, pondered for a considerable
time how to meet the demand. AT last
bright idea flashed across hts mind,
and he said, joyfully:
Yes, [ Will send Beecham box of
his own pills-he says himself they are
worth guinea box-and seven shlll-
ings in cash"
This he did. In the course of few
DAYS great was the surprise of Mr.. s
to find that Beecham had forwarded the
receipt attached 10 which were the
words, Cash only in future. Thomas
Beecham.
In the United States Beecham's Pills
are also advertised as universally
acknowledged to be worth a guinea a
box'-but that they are for sale by all
druggists at p cents.
Beecham evidently thinks it best TO
hedge against such bright fellows as the
Liverpool druggist turning up on this
side of the water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
Books in Russia.

1t appears from the organ Of the Rus
sian Association of Booksellers and Pub.
fishers that the number of works pub
lished in that country last year was
1853 and that the total number Of copies
sold was not far short Of 1900, 900
TRANSACTIONS from foreign languages
counted for only o. PER cent. OF these
little more than one-third were from
the French. OF one work by lola 2 500
copies were sold. Next came Gaboriau,
Daudet, Hugo. Jules Verne, Moliere,
Flaubert. Dumas An edition OF para
disc Lost sold 5000 and one Of Ham
let" 10, 600. -London News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
ARKANSAS CITY NOTES.
Dec. %. 1891.

bECs 4CJls
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Today is being held in the High school
Of this town the first annual convention
IN the interest of the Indian schools in
the Fourth district, comprising Kansas,
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. By
the way. the new High school building
is itself a model of neatness and elegance.
Built of the beautiful limestone SO
abundant in this part of the state, it is a
monument not only to the good taste of
the architect, but TO the good sense OF
the superintendent, Professor Boyd
One peculiar refreshing thing Is
the fountain which pours its cool
waters into the trimming basin
in the large front hall The
ocffie of the superintendent Is beautiful
" carpeted and curtaIned, as Is also that
of the board of education. Ii Is intend
Ell to make an exhibit during the con
vention of the work done by the Indian
children in the way Of industrial train
Ing.
Every school IN The district viii con-
tribute something 10 this exhibition
Their work wall be samples of drawings,
examination papers, products from the
farms and gardens and anything that
win show advancement n training. On
Wednesday evening the entertainment
will be in the hands of pupils from Has
keH. Chilocco. Pawnee, Otoe and Ponies
schools. This evening wlll be given an
address Of welcome by Professor Boyd.
which VIII lie followed los addresses
from Professor Mzserye of Haskell ana
superintendent Coppcck ot tm!occo-
The matroYs Of the different schools are
here. and VIII occupy Tuesday afternoon
representing kiova. Cheyenne, Arapa-
hoe. Usage and Nlcllils agencies The
topic. Hos 10 Teach Indian Guls Aor-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

The situation in South America, as be-
ween Chill and Peru, is quite like that
in Europe in the case Of Germany and
france. in both cases the first named
has lost a considerable portion of its ter
ritory TO the latter by conquest, and each
is anxiously awaiting an opportunity to
regain the loss. War between the
United States and Chilli would afford the
Peruvians the long desired opportunity
for reclamation, and conflict in Europe
involving Prussia and not France would
almost certainly be sliced upon as the
occasion 10y the latter to recover Alsace
and Lorraine, lost to Germany by the
war of 1871.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
The First Thanksgiving.

On Nov. 9, 1920, the weary wave tossed
pilgrims on board the brave little May
flower caught their first glimpse Of the
New England coast. a year later Gov
ernor Bradford issued the first Thanks
giving proclamation, thus instituting a
festival which, after being confined for
more than 200 years TO New England, at
length became national in It's character,
and is now observed on the last Thurs
day of each Eovem Der throughout the
length and breadth Of our land.-Kirk
Muuroe in Harper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

The Wichita EAGLE boasts that Kansas
paid ont S2l, sos. u to run her charitable
Institutions during the month of Novem-
Der, the greater portion of which went to
sustain her lunatic asylums. Further
comment dnring a season of peace on earth,
good will to men, would be uncharitable.
Springfield Democrat.
The season of peace notwithstanding,
truth prompts us TO remark that Kansas
is able to provide for her citizens who
are of the unfortunate class referred to
without transferring the major portion
of her population to asylum surveillance;
conditions that cannot be boosted by
every state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

The Kansas grain inspector is being
hauled over the Goals for grading wheat
lower than the facts warrant TO the detri-
ment Of the farmers.-Atchison Champion.
The inspector at Kansas City is the one
referred TO, of course; but is it a fact that
his grading is faulty? Isn't all this hue
and cry the result of trick on the part
of spectators over the line to induce
the shipment of grain to the Missouri
city instead of to the Kansas side? In
any event, producers and shippers of
Kansas may of a certainty avoid any
chances Of loss from improper inspection
by sending their grain to Wichita, where
it will receive the true Kansas grade.
Wheat bearing the Kansas grade, Wichi-
IA inspection, is at a premium, every
where and at all times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29

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charitable as she Is wealthy. snd how
wealthy she Is may - guessed from the
staseusc1t taae besides havlaz n bank &C
ooaut that is insKh&usti BE in - resources.
she has q collection q jewels vhich no
queen czn match Ter b-AstT. sizs. rarity
sad bril..ascy.
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