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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
wANAMAKER's EULoGY ON COX

Postmaster General Wanamaker has
never been known as a speechmaker,
but on the occasion of the presentation
of set of resolutions to Mrs. S. S. Cox
by the Railway Mail Service Benefit as
ISOLATION in Washington, recently, Mr..
Wanamaker delivered quite an address
in which he paid high tribute to the
late S. S. Cox, whom the fraternity
mentioned cherished as their especial
champion and benefactor while III life.
The following paragraphs from the adj
dress, for unostentatious expression of
sentiment and true eloguence are rarely
surpassed by the famed orators of the
land:
Some of us are familiar with the fact
that after men pass out of sight their
voices are not heard in public place; that
they are very soon forgotten, and that
reputation comes to be less and less.
But there are illustrious examples to the
contrary. / had the privilege on
Wednesday last of being one of a great
company who stood around the tomb of
General Grant at Riverside Park, to do
honor to his memory. l think if we had
all been there we would have been likely
to have said that we never beheld a
greater company of people.
never saw so many. There
was no military pageant; very
little music. It was all attention to the
eloquent addresses; a simple, silent res
pectful tribute to the memory of a great
soldier. AS people think and recall what
he was and what he did, he seems to be
greater as the years so on. And SO it is
with many people.
Il think this is brought to us today
more as | sit here and think of the only
man whom | can recall who seemed to
carry in his heart the postal service and
stand for it and for these heroes who are
giving their nerve and strength in the
heroic work that is going on on the rails
day and night, bringing to us our news
papers and our letters day after day.
And so | feel for them, and that they
still have the inspiration Of what Mr..
Cox did. While it is written in resolu-
lions of the Railway Mail Service asso-
citation, it is also written upon the records
of congress, and more and better than
that, it is written upon the hearts of
men who have SAID: Where shall we
find another such friend as the one we
have LOST
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Henri Watterson, who has been laying
low, so to speak, for some time, has
bobbed up serenely and takes foremost
position at once as a manipulation of ma
tional politics in his party, and as a gen.
eral arbiter of affairs personal. He
waves asides candidates with their vault
ing ambitions as nonchalantly as he
commands the peace between two bibu-
lous congressional combatants. OF a
truth, with all his vagaries and idiosyn-
crasies, Henry Watterson has been the
most successful leader the Democracy
has had for quarter of a century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Robert Fullerton. % ths Old Crrozity
Shop IN New York city claims 20 hare the
pipe Of pesce tbat ~as hzusisd 70 Colurr bus
when h fra -. foot 60 Ansriezn soll
after leaving Toe gesd skss Santa Maria
The pipe - I1sde Szt q 3 peculiar kind Il
bamboo very common ia san Salvador.
TIE bowl - sarY large, SLOWING tha. ia
those days re people rE.nst have L4-ea grsz1
smokers, q. rAtAar, psEhags that u Wa =
tsie PIPE. AID contained soougs s0baoos
for whole aremblzZe 20 sra0ks. Ths
stem surrSounting tie bsyI is faahion.S
cut n q pscui1ax red. sBa Is gssinssJ
CARED with holes cu fhs s.ds. sks use q
which = inoo-apTsksas s-s. IL faixht apssy
- called a Auts PIPE. for u shs Esern vsrs
taken out ~ the bowl and che r1outkpssoe
plugged = oogid bs pasd - . fstA-Col>
lect0r.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Efforts are being made in England to
raise memorial fund in honor OF the
memory of the great preacher, Sturgeon.
TO be devoted to the aid of institutions in
which he took special interest; TO place
fit memorial over his grave, and to
erect a worthy monument on the
grounds of the orphanage established by
hum. Contributions are solicited in the
United States, and they may be sent to
Thomas H. olney, ESQ. treasurer Met
tropolitan Tabernacle church, Newing-
ton Butts, London, S. L.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
WATER TRANSPORTATION.

The census bulletin just issued on the
subject of transportation by water in the
United States does not cover the traffic
on canals nor by craft not of American
ownership and registered, and it deals
only with the operations for the year end
ing Dec. 81, 1889. Nevertheless, despite
these limitations the returns show with
measurable exactness the condition of
the water transportation interest. Thus,
it appears by the figures, which are
grouped in three sets of tables, that the
transportation fleet of the United States
on the date given numbered $3.50
steamers, sailing vessels and unrigged
craft, whose gross tonnage was
1886 tons, and whose esti-
mated commercial value was $685.
O69, 296; that during the year the
freight movement by the whole
operating American mercantile
fleet amounted to 172, 110,423 tons of all
commodities; and that the number of
persons of all classes making up the
ordinary operating crews of this fleet,
exclusive of pleasure craft on the Allan
tic and gulf coasts, number LOG, 436,
whose wages amounted to $50, 1851, 3O5.
1t is a noteworthy fact revealed by
the statistics that there is considerable
parity between the freight traffic of the
steamers and sailing vessels, the for
mer amounting TO 66,502,71S tons and
the latter to 81, 707,70 When it is re-
membered that this is exclusive of craft
engaged in the fishing industry it will be
seen that the United States can boast a
fairly creditable lake, coastwise and
inland mercantile navy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

1t is still being asserted that but for
Jerry Simpsons opposition the Cherokee
strip would in all probability have been
opened to settlement before now. That
Simpson is opposed to the opening there
is little doubt, but to say his opposition
cuts any figure in the matter is to mag
Nifty his Importance and accord to him
influence that it is absurd to imagine.
The statement is of Democratic origin
and was made for the double purpose of
shielding their own recreancy and of
enlarging Simpsons importance as a
factor in matters of legislation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
The Status of the Counties.

From the Winfield Courier.
In the state Republican convention
Shawnee comes first with 81 delegates
and Cowley and Wyandotte follow with
II each. Sedgwick and Douglas each
have Il, and Atchison, Bourbon, Craw-
ford, Montgomery, Reno and Sumner
follow with Is each. There are 90 coun-
ties with a representation of only each,
and Is with only each. Seven coun-
ties have each, with and with 6.
The remainder range from to IL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
TOwanda,
From the Herald.


The citizens Of Towanda met near
Main street Saturday afternoon by COM
mon consent and discussed the affairs of
the townslte and other affairs of special
interest. A vote of thanks was given to
the general relief committee for the able
and impartial manner they had dispens-
ed the provisions, clothing and other
necessities, also for their general good
management. Upon motion it vas
decided to serd four representatives east
to solicit aid for the citizens of Towanda.
The following gentlemen were selected:
j. w. Robson, r. B. Mcclure, j. Straw
and Joshua Shriver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

The signal victory achieved by the Re
publicans of st. Paul in the local cleo
ton Tuesday, will put the party there
and in the twin city across the river
heartily enrapporte with the great ma
tional convention that meets in Mime
apolis next month. 1t was indeed a
felicitous prelude to the grand drama to
be enacted in the naming of the next
president of the United States and the
proclamation of the principles and policy
that shall continue to prevail in the
management of the nations affairs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

st. Louis and San Antonio are close
rivals for the ascendency for the sensa-
tional in the line of female freaks. In
the first named city girl not yet ID
years old took the palm for being
married, divorced and remarked; while
in the latter place a girl just u eclipsed
that escapade by committing suicide
over a love affair.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

The free coinage idea having been
practically done for in this congress, and
in view of the hope entertained by its
champions that it will fare better at the
next session, the Democratic Philadel-
phia Record suggests that during the
summer vacation it would be a whole
some movement to charter q steamboat
and send load Of cheap money con-
gressmen a trip to Argentina. A study
of the situation in that cheap money
country might give them advanced ideas
upon the subject"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
THE BAsrERS MAJ IN OKLAHOMA.

Richard Harding D4vs II HAroeT's weshlT.
The west is always full of hope 70 the
old man AS well as to the young one.
and the temptation 10 own your own
home and 10 gam 100 acres OF Land for
The asking + very great But the eastern
man should consider the question veTy
carefully. There IS facing the passenger
Who arrives on the New York train az
Sedalia large back an3 white sjga on
which some philantlsroplst has had
PAINTED Go East, Young Man. CO
tAsi Oae might write pages and lot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
REPUBLIC CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION.

A delegate convention of the Republicans OK
The Seventh congressional district OF me sIiato
nf Kansas is hereby called 10 meet IN the Guy,
Of Kingman Oh Wednesday, June 10, lo9@, az
10 a. m. for the purpose Of nominating a eau
didate for congress in the Seventh congres
sional district of Kansas, and also 10 hoIllnaVo
one presidential elcctor. =, -
The basis of representation in said conveh1
zion shall be one delegate at large Tor eScn
cocb 6o1 votes. and the major fraction thereof,
cast for Hon. J. r. Halloweil for congress IN
1890. provided 10 county 10 have less than two
delegates, under which rule delegates are ap.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

"How Georgia stands TO date" &C
cording to the vote compiled by the At
lanta Constitution, of counties that have
so far acted, is as follows: Hill or
Western man." 76!; Cleveland, 391.
The Atlanta Journals compilation is
This: Cleveland. 6S4; Hill, 374. The
"Western man" clause will probably ac-
count for the difference; but either and
both dissipate the claim made by the
friends of each of the states solidity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Jerry Simpson expresses the opinion
that the silver men will succeed in get
ling the free coinage bill before the
house again this session. So they may,
but that will be about as far as they will
be able to get it. The majority party in
the house is not half as anxious for free
coinage as theys are to have Cleveland
their candidate for president, and they
know thew cannot have both.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Kind of Bait,

The Kind of Bait.
what bait do you use" said the saint 20 the
the devil,
"When you fish where the souls of men
abound?"
well, for special tastes" said the King OF
Evil,
"Gold and Fame are the best I've found
But for common use" asked the saint? "Ah
Them
Said the demon, II angle for man, not men,
And thing | hate
rs TO change my bait,
And fish with a woman the whole year
round"
The Recluse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Tammany Hall has contributed $1,000
to the New York Grant Monument fund,
which moves the Washington Post to
suggest that if the proposed shaft were
turned over to Tammany its chances for
completion would be materially inn
proved. This is an unwarranted slap at
General Porter, whose promp and vigor
Gus management of the undertaking
gives assurance of its speedy completion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

in favor of the proposition, and if the
declaration Of Bishop Foster on the
suffrage question can be taken as an
index to the sentiment of the conference,
there is little doubt that the body will
take the necessary action to qualify
women to serve as delegates, and thus
settle the long agitated proposition.
This done, and long stride will have
been made in the direction of woman's
political enfranchisement, for obvious
PpaeoDG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Phe first Buddhist cremation in this

The first Buddhist cremation in this
country took place at Los Angeles, Cal. 4,
on Saturday, the remains being those Of
San advanced Theosophist. " As each
new whimsy of advanced thought is apt
TO find following, it is only just that
the influx of moon-eyed lepers" should
not be charged-or crediled-with this
new mortuary function.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Europe breathes freer now that May
Day is over. The workingmen who
made their demonstrations on that day
were not Anarchists, and the Anarchists
kept quiet The Paris incident of few
DAYS before no doubt had restraining
influence upon the latter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

1t looks to the Montgomery Advev-
tiser rs if Alabama, which is first on the
roll call of states. would call the turn in
both national conventions. It says:
The Mosely wing OF the Republicans
have instructed for Harrison, while the
Long wing Endorsed his administration.
This makes il pretty certain that the Al
ALBANIA delegation at Minneapolis will
vote for Harrison. And who doubts
that the Democratic delegation at Chi
Cago will vote for Cleveland:'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
A Hint to Congress.
From the Washington Post,


The bright little daughter of Repre-
sentative Sweet of Idaho recently visited
the house. As might be expected, she
did not find the proceedings especially
interesting. She stood it as long as she
could and then said:
"Well, I'm tired of this preachin'. If
there isn't going to- DO any singing l
guess I'll go home"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
In Anthropology.
From the Philadelphia Record.

from INC PhIIadeIpllIa FecOru
Anthropology has been enriched by
DR.. Brinton with work on The Ameri-
can Race" the gist of which, as respects
the races origin, is that the ancestors of
American aborigines came across the
Atlantic from the Old World, not in
ships, but along great ridge of land
that once stretched across the North At
lantic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

II is recommended that the several counties
IN said congressional district select their dele
gates and aiternates TO said convention on
April 30, 1892. unless otherwise ordered by the
county central committee.
By order of the Seventh congressional dis
trict central committee.
S, J. SHAW, Chairman.
II. L. GORDON, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
OTHER LOCALITIES

In connection with the relation that
can be said 10 exist between excessive
evaporation aud great altitude it can be
sand TO the STRIPS credit that her points
of Ponca, Willow Springs and Red Rock
are all nearer the seas level than is To-
peka, KEnses.
Will T. LITTLE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
-n,.rIr Inilre-rns.

RrrGS-S-ea S-.sksT~ anywhere,
B~aays-Eo Whist APP
B-sZgz-I ,sg.l.essgas3 t-st - has beef
talking anozt rss ira1t - .sfsa aiE1 AID
let hias ks.ou- tA@t his -ssasgks are = ma
Ter Of absolute in1i1eresce 70 re I've
been hunting hiEa az A.ssrEcca-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

The test vote, as announced before the
general conference at Omaha Wedues-
day, on the question of admitting female
delegates to the conference was largely
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Tote Fair With the Girls.
From the Atchison Globe.

The people are never fair enough,
when an engagement Is broken off, to
say that the girl changed her mind.
They invariably say the man went back
on her. This is an additional reason
why girl should hesitate before making
one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Judge-As i has teen clearly EhozH
thai you are not identical with the persSe
elares that you are acgg.g I'D There bal
been an unfortunate mistake. bit be care
fzl sor the future. mind Next tine you
wen : get OF 70 ezs.iT. -Do-ftsar BIER
The morning call., 1892-02-04

felt The county also needs a good man
AID the board has 1t under consideration to
furnish one. The roads and Drid ses in the
county are in good condition. As a farmer
in Petaluma Township some thirtv-two
years l will say that / have never seen
season when the prospects for the farmer
were brighter than right now"
j. IN. BOWeS is making fine improvements
in the grounds surrounding his handsome
new residence on the corner Of d and Fourth
streets. A fine lawn has been marked off
and artificial stone walks laid.
There was large attendance at the fair
and entertainment given by the little
scholars of Mrs. kirkpatrick 5 Kindergarten.
Friday afternoon. The salable articles
were the work of the little ones entirely. and
the demand far exceeded the supply. Four-
teen or fifteen dollars was netted from the
affair. which will be expended for the
bene1t of the San Francisco little cripples
Singing. defamation and a spelling match
formed part OF the entertainment. The pro-
fciency of the little ones aud their good
work reflected great credit upon their
teacher.
The bridges of the township have all been
repaired since the last rain, and ROadmaster
FairclO is now fixing the bad places in the
roads.
NJ. O'Reilly, a merchant of East Peta-
luna. Is making some very extensive i'm
prOvements t. his property, at the corner of
Washington and Napa streets, East Peta-
luna.
The Board of Supervisors have concluded
to reScind their $4,000 contract for a county
map. which was let last week without com
petition. They have adopted specifications
and Will receive new bids when the County
Assessor, the Surveyor and two members Of
the board will pass upon the bids.
HtfulUH4Q. Ftb. J.. 1892 ZAcrrrrr-e
The morning call., 1892-02-04

only little. but a great deal older than
Miss SparklPs He had always admired
this bright yiyaciOus, clever little girl, with
her ready wit aud uniting helpfulness, ner
good humOT, general ability, Keen percep,-
lions and perspicacity. lie had admired
and loved her, and in some sort enyied ms
neighbOr, Mrs Grahame for the possession
of such a pleasant little singing bird LOT
whom he. too, would have been IAN 10
find suitable cage. But 1t never oc-
Cured to him to disturb the existing
arrangements, and he kept himself
too tightly in hand to allow himseI
TO regret, 10 desire, to plan When,
however, the pretty girl was dispos-
sessed. and so unfairly and so nnceremoni-
ously treated, he TpcOusldered his own posi-
ton and hers, and thought 1t over within
himself, wondering If it would be possible
If it would be Wse-if it would be right
But, nothing venture, nothing win, and al
least he might sound Miss Sparkles herself,
and hear what she thought about the matter
Would she? Could she? He was thlrty-nYe
years older than she, but ne was hale ana
hearty, and at 80 he matched here's with not
too bad a grace. At all events he loved her
and was willing to give her his name and ms
fortune, il so be that she could love MIN ana
content herself as his wife.
And when lie asked her, the little girl,
bruised and sore and desUlate as she was
unprotected, friendleSs, homeless, turned to
him with that gratitude which, when mixed
with respect and personal liking, makes no
III substitute for love, and said: Yes, she
loved him well enough % be his good and
faithful wife, and she would spend all her
strength and energy in making him happy
SO that lie should never regret the trust he
mad placed in her"
And thus as is often ia life, her trouble
became her wellspring Of joy, and her fall
was the platform on which she found her
prosperity. The marriage turned out well
in all respects Grandiy well. Miss Sparl.es,
with her brightness and vivacltY brought
the sunshine of youth and Rayety into her
husbands eTstwbile gloomy house. Loving
no one else, she loved him with her whole
heart, and never knew the moment when
she regretted her marriage. Nothing could
be more harmonious than her life, nothing
more prosperous, nothing more perfect. II
was a round Of pleasantness aud an unin-
terrupted flood Of sunshine; while poor
Mrs Grahame, between Annie and her
niece, was as gTist between the upper and
the neither milstOne-iTOn between the
hammer and the anvil, and could no more
call her very soul her own. And her beau
tiiul store Of linen dwindled strangely and
rapidly, and what was left went into decay,
and was left 20 ruin unrepalred. This was
her punishment for listening to malev0-
leuCe, ana being weak enough to believe
evil reports Unsubotantiated by facts or
Dr0nfs
The morning call., 1892-02-04
BLOWN Up.
a Painful Accident Caused by a Prema-
ture Explosion.

a Painful Accident Caused by a Prema-
ture Explosion.
Charley Wilson. a resident of Berryessa
Valley and a member Of the G. A. r, met
with very ser ious accident by the prema-
ture explosion of a giant-pO WIDER cartridge
says correspondent Of the Napa Register.
1t appears that Mr.. Wilson was engaged by
Q. e. Councilman in extracting stumps
with the use Of giant powder. He had been
successful heretofore, and Tuesday morn
ing, January 18Th, he bored a 90 nch hole
with al q inch augeT, aud commenced charg-
ing by inserting a cartridge (he intended 10
use three, and was in the act Of pressing it
home with a tamping-stick, when it ex-
ploded. Luckily the hole was bored at an
angle Of a. degrees, which threw tie bulk
Of the charge athwart his face Still 1t
looks as II enough went Into his eyes to de-
priye him entirely OF his sight The flesh
on lis hands was also lacerated. The sup
position is that the pOw WIDER was frozen and
the heat enaendered by the friction Of Dor
ing caused the powder to thaw too abruptly,
hence the explosion. Doctor Demsey, a
Monticello physician, Is attending him.
An electrical stop-watch has been tested
in bicycle race, where it determined the
winner, although it was only one-hundredth
Of a second ahead.