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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
Valuable Real Estate.

The prodigious increase In the value Of
Fifth avenue property Is indicated by
the terms in which a part of the land al
the southwest corner of Fifth avenue
and Thirtieth street, upon which the
new hotel, the Holland house, stands, has
been leased by Mrs. Mary J. Van Doren,
the builder and owner Of that imposing
edifice. 1t is understood that Mrs. Van
Doren was able to buy outright three
fourths of the land necessary for the site
but that for the corner part of it she was
compelled to pay the almost incredible
ground rent of $4,000 year clear, she
agreeing to pay the taxes.
1t is understood also that the lease Is
for 100 years. Hence the owner OF this
land and the heirs viii enjoy an income
of $4,000 per year, free of all burden or
expenses. for the next 100 years. Thin
of it! Thirteen hundred thousand dol
lars merely for the use Of piece Of
land on a Fifth avenue corner, without
the owner being obliged TO spend one
cent for Improvements, taxes or any
other form Of outlay. Fortunate, in
deed, are tho possessors and inheritors of
Fifth avenue corner lots.-New York
Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

There are some secrets Of the football
field that if known 10 the papas and
manmas Of the boys who play the game
would cause CONSERVATION. at il 50
dangerous" say these affeCtionate par
ents, and they tell their Willie or John
or James that he must not think Of be
ing a candidate for the eleven. But !,
sometimes happens that tbs aforesaid
son is not a. obedient as he might b.
and under the Disguise of q name not
his own-Snlith or Jones or Brownie
PLAYS "for al he's worth" for gore and
glory. The printed roll of a college
team hailiEg from point not far from
Philadelphia contained last fall not less
than four bogus names They were p
blind 70 the parental eye and proved
most efectiye-Ph Philadelphia Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
SHALL IT BE PEACE OR WARP

From the Chicago News.
Naturally the peace-loving American
asks: Why cannot this trouble with
Chill be settled by arbitration?
To this two answers Immediately sug-
gest themselves.
Chill is the one South American re-
public that rejected the principle OF arbi-
tration in the Pan-American conference.
An offer on her part to arbitrate the pres
eDt quarrel is unlikely.
Again there might be serious difficulty
in inducing the Washington authorities
to believe that n national Insult is suScepti-
bic of arbitration. At best, the afbitra-
ZION, if ordered, would probably be con-
fined to questions of fact IN the conflict
ing stories in the Baltimore affair.
But, while arbitration is not likely TO
be proposed by either Chill or the Uuited
States, there is strong possibility that
some neutral nation may intervene in
behalf of peace, if war becomes appar-
emily inevitable. 1t Is considered IN
likely that any European nation would
venture to interfere. But some South
American republic, like Brazil,
that is friendly 10 both countries,
may propose arbitration. In that
SNSll1 tHC pOSltiOu u thC
United States will indeed be delicate.
and the highest order Of PATRIOTISM would
be needed to make the nations answer
worthy the American people.
Doubtless the authorities at Washing
ton are sufficiently alive to the prevail
ing American sentiment for peace. They
cannot but be aware that the eagerness
of bureau officials OF naval officers for
chances of distinction and possible pro-
motion is very far from rejecting the
sober ju lgment of our people as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of war. They should
also be aware that the most earnest ad-
vocates of peace at this juncture would
be the most loyal supporters of the adj
ministration if war should prove newt
able
If the United States can be said to have
a distinctively national policy, surely
the principle of arbitration would come
under that head. There are good reas-
ons for believing, therefore, that the par
amount duty of this government is TO ac-
cept war with Chill as last recourse
only, and after every possible means of
settlement, consistent with national hon
or has failed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
The Cave Craze,


Half a dozen of our lads have lately
had the cave craze. They have been
reading dime literature and became the
slaves of an intense desire to become
robbers and live in caves. One day q
few weeks since they took shovels, picks
and hoes and went into piece of woods
near the city, and without even think
ing whose the property might be, began
to dig cave. A hole four feet square
and seven feet deep was dug. At the
bottom the hole was widened to nearly
eight feet. Over this was placed old
planks and brush and leaves, SO that the
"'caye" was completely hidden. Here
they crawled into their wild abode
and imagined al sorts of terrible things
of themselves.
About week ago the owner of the
woods happened to be going by the spot
and noticed smoke rising from the
ground. He poked around in the leaves
and discovered the boys smoking ciga
rettes. What are you doing down
there" he called. I'VE are robbers and
wen cut your throat" said one youthful
voice. mo we amt either, said anothe,
rather frightened boy; were only boys
and we won't hurt you. This is oui
cave"
The owner of the land made the BOYS
get up out of the pit, and while they
were crawling up cut brace of birches.
But when six lads in knee pants stood
before him he relented and punished
them by making them Immediately take
shovels and fill up the hole, into which
some of his cattle might have fallen and
broken their necks.-Lewiston Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
THE LEADING CANDIDATE.

From the Lawrence Daily Record.
And so Marsh Murdoch really is going
to run for governor. His nomination and
election would mean a new era in politics.
For a quarter of century he has been
hitting telling blows right aud left for
Kansas Ii any man can be said to have
earned the governorship, that man is
Mnrsh Murdoch. OF untiring energy and
indomitahle courage he has never failed
10 take decided stand on every important
question. Naturally enough he has made
enemies but in all his newspaper fights he
has been fair and never took a mean adj
vantage.
1t is getting about time to put men of
decided opinions in the governors chair.
This wishy-washy trucking to every tea
pot tempest is decidedly monetonous
Marsh Murdoch would be governor of
Kansas if elected to that position. A
hater of shams and pretences he would at
all times stand for what he believed to be
right. 1t would be refreshing to have n
governor once more who has the moral
stamina to take decided stand regardless
of personal conquences.
1t is yet too early to form any forecast
of what will be done by the next conven-
ton, but it is safe to say that Marsh Muir
dock viii be the leading candidate from
this time forward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Professor David Swing delivered lee
ture before the Oakland club of Chicago
Tuesday evening, on Novels. " Litter
ature," he said, sis the beautifier of
thought and language as an art is the
beautifer of color and form, or music of
natures sounds. The novel is that form
of literature into which the elements of
romance and love are woven. The great
novel is that in which a great truth is
set forth. The novels of George Mac
Donald set forth great religious truths;
SCOTS, great historical truths; George
Eliot's, great moral truths. Novels
should form part of every mans Ii
brary and enter into his life, as they tend
to broaden, to impart conceptions of the
ideal, to diversity and add to the lingual
stock of the business man, the lawyer,
the broker"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

For chicken croq1ettes use one sold pint
OF finely chopped cooked ehieks1 one table
spoonful Of salt, one-half tea poousrl Il
pepper. one teGeupf1i 4 cream O. q chick
On stock. one tablespoonful . -four. fcfIT
egg, one teaSpo0uful % CHOPPED parsley.
one easDo0uf1l q onion juice, one table
spoonful q lcTnCn Iuice. Olc p5rt n bread
crumbs AID three table so11t41a d tE4ttsr
Put the cream * s5ock Ga % so.l. usiI
fosr and batter and SIR ist0 the cream,
add chicken and aeas0-lng- B0l Tan
MINUTES ard add two q tie eggs sell
beaten Take iran Tire FIRE ir1naesia.niy
When Grid. ulold. coTsr with szg sIi bread
crumbs and fEy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"Laurel Leaves" is the title of a very
charming and attractive volume issued
by C. B. Beach & Co., Lakeside Build
ing, Chicago. 1t is a symposium con-
sisting of stories, essays and poems by
the most noted authors of the day, in
Guiding such names as Whittier. Holmes,
Lowell, j. T. Trowbridg, r. III. Stoddard,
Charles Dudley Warner and others, with
an autograph introduction by Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
This noted addition to the choice
literature of the day, with its beauty of
illustration and binding must prove i'm
menSely popular. 1t is sold only by SUBJ
scription, and the publishers wish to
secure the services of an intelligent lady
or gentleman in every town to represent
the work. They may be addressed as
above
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Three cheers and whole cage of tigers
for the clear-headed, brave judge in Phil
adelphia, Gordon, who peremptorily
denied the right of citizenehip to num-
Der of ignorant foreigners who petitioned
him for such distinguished privilege. OF
course the judge based his action upon
the spirit as well as the letter of the
naturalization laws of the government,
but he might if he had chosen to do so,
like many others do, have some con-
venient pretext for qualifying the appli-
cants. II all new corners could be passed
in review before Judge Gordon our pres
ent laws would afford ample protection
to our institutions and the privileges of
citizenship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

In 4 letter published in the Ottawa Re
publican, George 7. Anthony says that
the supreme court has never decided
that the board of railroad commissioners
have no power 10 enforce their decisions,
nor has it ever had that or any kindred
question before it for consideration. He
says the Kansas railroad commission
has stood the test for nearly ten years.
Its rulings and decisions are numbered
by hundreds, resulting in reduction OF
freight rates more than 81 per cent. and
by a single order it reduced the cost of
fuel consumed by private families more
than half million dollars year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
In the Oklahoma opening. there we.

In the Oklahoma opening, there were
many injUstices worked TO honest set
tiers. The honest settler, carrying q
family and its effects with him, makes
slow progress in competition with the
INSCRIPTIONS land grabbers. in free
for-all race. This is what Bishop New
man in his scheme for drawing lots for
land hopes to obviate. Which is proper
enough, when we do not think what a
howl would be raised against the charac-
ter of the judges of the drawing by the
fellows who got the blanks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Preparations for a ball of an inter-
national character have been under
taken by the worlds fair committee on
dedicatory ceremonies at Chicago. The
ball is to be given the night Of Oct. -,
1892, as tie wind-up feature of the
dedicatory ceremonies in connection
with the completion of the exposition
buildings. After the great structures
have been formally rendered to Presi-
dent Harrison of the United States, and
all the preliminary ceremonies have
been gone through with the festivities
will end with this ball at the auditorium.
It may be well to state, for the informa-
ton of the picayune majority in con-
gress that this is purely social feature
and does not comprehend any part of
the governments appropriation for the
fair
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
Their Hypocrisy Exposed.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
The union employees of the American
Nonconformist, the national organ of the
Peoples party, published at In annapolis,
Ind, have been discharged without no.
tice, and the establishment will here
after be run as rat concern. The Vim
cent brothers, formerly of Winfield, in
this state, are the proprietors, and they
claim that they could not run a union
Office with profit. The paper has large
circulation and has big book business.
and the employees claim that the move
is not on account of financial embasrass-
ment, but that the Vincents are non
union from principle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
a Vicious Hawk.

An AC6aFn business man and a friend
were our hunting the other day. A big
hawk few over their heads and they
blazed away at him. The shot broke
the birds wing and he came 10 the
ground, alighting on his back He was
unable TO turn over and get upon his
feet, but was lively just the same, as ths
Auburn hunters found before they sue
ceeded in killing him.
The business man placed the ramroo
CT his gun IN the hawks. big, graspine
claws, all Of which straightswsy closed
like the jaws of an enraged mud turtle
swapping at stick in the hands of mis-
Chievous boy. With the claws thu
taken care of the business mans friend
proceeded to wiring the birds neck Il
the earlier stages of the operation thu
harder the friend worked the tighter
would the hawk grasp the iron ramroG
and flap its wings.
All this was fun for the hunters, wht
after long struggle declared them.
selves winners of the scrap. They had
hardly so proclaimed when the bird got
his wind, and leaving the ramrod vi.
ciously attacked his prosecutors.
As fate would have it, the business
mans friend. being nearest, was the first
to catch it. The hawk lighted on hi.
wrist, and the way he stuck there was 6
caution. One claw sunk deep into the
hunters wrist, and he called loud anu
long for mercy.
The business man, seeing that some
thing must be done at the risk of his
life, finally went to his friends rescue.
He got good hold on the sunken claw
braced his feet against rock, and was
successful in pulling it ont. As the
claw came out, the hawk fell back ana
In a moment was still in death. They
found that the birds wings measured
three feet and ten inches from tip to TIP.
Maine Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
The First Of The Season
SPECIAL SALE TODAY
-OF-
EMBROIDERIES
O-AND-O
ENGLISH LONGCLOTH

The Arcade" has selected
about 200 pieces extra fine En-
broideries, suitable for ladies I'M
derwear, and will offer them at
special sale prices tomorrow morn
ing. There Is no low grades in
this lot, but fine work fine at
common prices.
20 pieces, full yard wide. gen.
uine English Shrunk Longeloth.
usually sold for about Is TO 20
cts. but they viii be sold in tins
sale for only ii cents yard.
Ladies often complain that
common muslin is too heavy. and
cambria too thin for underwear,
and indeed there is some plausi-
bility in their objections, the
Arcade" selected this lot of
English Shrunk Longcloth, and
believe, it is the most elegant
cloth ever offered to the ladies of
Wichita for less than 20 cents per
yard but the sale prices will be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

The Atlanta Constitution, alleged Hill
champion. coins new name for the op-
ponents of its man. Here is the very
delicate way it puts it:
+. 1t is a pity that such a man as Cleve-
land should he sacrificed TO the cranks OF
the featherheads who imagine that they
are doing him a service. Ii is a pity that
he should be made the victim Of such q
tatuouS policy. he deserves a better fate
He made good president. aud he is a
man whom the people admire for his hon
ssty. coHscicntiousness and courage. His
misfortune is that he has won the idoia-
trOus admiration Of the featherheads, who
carry on his campaign with abuSS and
Islander.
The only objection Republicans could
have to such chaste and scholarly ex-
pressioHs, if they were allowed an OBJ
lection, would be the irresistably draw
ing-together effect they must have upon
the alienated followings of Cleveland
aud Hill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Speaking of coalition between the ALI
ance and Democrats the Lawrence Jour-
nal says:
1--WE had a little of that last fall, and
would not mind trying it again. Here
In Douglas. for instance, we had an av-
erage majority over both of nearly a
thousand, and next year we will make it
800 with the same kind of ticket.
Douglas county Democrats refuse TO
have calamity Crammed down their
.hroats."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
ONLY By INVITATION.

From the Kansas City Star.
NJ NJ Murdoch, the editor of the Wich-
tia EAGLE, win contest for the Republican
nomination for the Kansas governorship.
Murdoch is in the race by invitation, and
will cali to his support strong local follow
ing. The patriots of Sedgwick county are
divided on the subject of prohibition, but
they fight it out within the party, and
when they go to Topeka they are united
as one man. Murdoch may not get the
nomination, but he is certainly an i'm
provement on A. w. Smith, the ''Drofes-
sional farmer" who halls from the same
section of the state, and is a standing can
didate for governor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
FRIENDLY, BUT NOT ENTHUSIASTIC.

From the Lawrence Daily Journal.
Colonel NJ NJ Murdoch, editor of the
Wichita EAGLE, has announced himself as
q candidate for the Republican nomination
for governor Those who have known the
colonel for the years he has been in Kan
sas can find great many good things to
say of him, and many reasons can be given
to show that he should have the office, and
that he would fill it with honor and dig
nifty. On the other hand, while his enemies
can say much against him, 1t will have to
be conceded that there is no serious charge
to be brought. lie has been honest, hon
orable, plain spoken, upright. both in pol
itics and business. His private character
is above reproach, and even in these degen-
crate days that is matter that no party
can ignore with safety. That Colonel
Murdoch is very popular in his own part
of the state there is no doubt, and he will
come into the convention with a strong
following OF course it is impossible at
this distance to make any predictions, but
the chances are that he will not be nomi
mated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Lawrence Journal: Brennan, the
slayer of Sam Wood, IS to be liberated
in a short time. When he gets out of
the Hutchison jail it will be very bad
form to ask him if lie is going back to
Stevens county to live. Ii might be adj
missible, however, to ask him if be is
going back there TO die" Our guess is
that he viii do neither, unless some one
down there gets the drop on him.
Brennan viii not die in Stevens county
If he can help it; but will continue TO
live in-some other locality.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Beginning today, Jan. 20, new fast
mail will be established over the Penn
Sylvania road from New York, by way
of Pittsburg, Columbus and Indianapolis
TO ST. Louis. It will leave New York
e:15 every morning, arriving at Indian
npolis at 700 o'clock the next morning.
making close connection with outgoing
trains at that point, and arriving at ST.
Louis at o'clock the same evening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
They Elan together

From the Albany Argus.
While Mr.. Springer has no authority
to speak upon the subject, his assertion
that no free coinage bill viii pass at the
present session of congress will be re-aS-
surfing to the country. The position taken
by Mr. Mills that no free co. mage bill
should be passed was used to his disad-
vantage IN the speakership contest, and
it is satisfactory to find so eminent a
supporter of his successful rival as the
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee now taking the same stand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

The New York Financial and Mining
Record has published table of divi-
dends paid by mining companies, show
ing an aggregate of $1,521, 200 paid
during the month of December, with a
total of ST, $3.50, $3.50 for the twelve
months ending Dec. 81, 1891, making a
monthly average of nearly one and half
million dollars. The mining interest,
alongside with every other interest in
the country has been stimulated and
greatly benefited by the wise legislation
of the Fifty first congress. The continu-
ance of the era of prosperity will depend
largely upon the action or non-action of
the Fifty-second congress now in session.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
One More Shot For David.

From tlIe Inter Ocean.
Senator Dave Hill is so insignificant
at Washington that his friends find it
necessary to get up another banquet in
New York to keep his name before the
public. They have arranged for this
affair to be given in New York city on
Jan. 26, and David will again try his
little elocution sling on the Democratic
Goliath. who did not fall when the peb-
bles hurled from Elmira and Albany by
this modern David hit him. It Is three
times and out. and Hill must get IN
center shot on Goliath Cleveland at this
New York banquet or acknowledge that
his name does not fit him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Senator Perkins is Presbyterian,
Plumb was a Congregationalist, Ingalls,
and Funston Episcopalians, Otis is a
Methodist, Clover a United Brethren,
Jerry Simpson an Agnostic, Baker a
Campbellite preacher and John Davis a
Literal. The statement that John j.
ingalls, is an Episcopalian is given with
out authority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
ANon-Partisan ~ View.

+ rom the Kansas CITY star.
Tammany doesn't ask for the Demo
cratic convention because if it goes to
New York sit is more than likely that
tine downtown business men and hosts
OF others will turn out to make a great
demonstration in favor of Mr.. Cleve
land" No matter where it goes it is
likely to run up against Cleveland
demonstration. That is one of the popu-
lar eXuberances that cannot be repressed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

Mr.. Clover's bill introduced, in con-
gress Monday, providing for the loaning
of money to cities by the government
upon bonds of the government deposited
with the treasury, is the shrewdest
money loaning scheme that has so far
been proposed. 1t simply gives cities
the privileges of the national banking
laws. II enacted into law it would be
the entering wedge to opening the treas
ury to all the sub-treasurv and money
loaning schemes that could be invented.
But it is safe to say 1t viii never find a
place on the statute books.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
He DONE Believe the Story.

From the Medicine Lodge Cresset.
A sensational story was telegraphed
from Pratt to the Wichita EAGLE Satur-
day, to the effect that the killing of
Sheriff Dunn in Seward county was not
accidental, but was the vengeance of q
farmer in another county who claims to
have been insulted by Dunn. All who
knew Samuel Dunn can brand the story
as false in every particular without in
yeStigatiOn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20
The Ruling Force IN Egypt.

From the New York Advertiser.
Young Abbas, the new khedive of
Egypt, is said to have Circassian
strain. As he came through the Cairo
harem, that is probably true, and he is
doubtless all the better for it. The
Egyptian stock can be improved by
almost any admixture; but the ruling
force in Egypt for the next century wall
be English diluted with German.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

John G. Whittier says. IF were q
young man ! should ally my self with some
high and, at present, unpopular cause
and devote my every effort to accom-
plishing its success" The difficult thing
which Whittier fails to mention is a
right selection of cause.