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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
POWER FOR RAILWAYS.

The progress that is being made in the
development and application Of cleo
tricity as motive power is accepted by
many as evidence that it will, ere long,
supersede steam in the propulsion of
! railroad locomotives and trains. A
practical test is about to be made near
Baltimore in that line, decision having
been reached by the leading officials of
the Baltimore and Ohio and Belt roads
to accept the proposition of the Thorn
son-Houston Electric company to supply
the entire plant, motive power and APP
paratus necessary to operate trains in
the tunnels of the Belt railroad, pro-
vided the Thomson-Houston COM
pany shall supply such an equipment as
will meet with the approval of the
officials of the company, The terms of
the agreement are:
The Thomson-Houston company pro-
pose to guarantee the transportation of
freight trains of a maximum weight of
1900 tons at the rate of fifteen miles UP
the grade in the tunnel, and passenger
trains of one-half that weight at thirty
miles an hour. The electric motors are
to do the whole work of moving trains
in the tunnel, and the locomotives will
not be used while moving the trains in
the tunnel, so that there will be neither
smoke nor gas to create dis
comfort and annoyance to travellers.
After the motors haul the trains from
Henrietta street to the Mount Royal
avenue exit they will be use to help the
locomotives as far as Huntington
avenue, where the heavy grade ends.
The grade of the tunnel is downward to
the south from Huntington avenue to
Henrietta street, and the motors can be
used TO check the speed of trains, al
though such assistance will hardly be
necessary. There is no grade on the
line from Bay View to Philadelphia
equal to a draw. bar pull of $4,000
pounds. There will be four engines in
the power house Of 700 horsepower
each.
The Thomson-Houston company guar
antee that their plant and system shall
be successfully installed and operated be-
fore it is paid for by the Belt Line COM
pany, after which it will be turned over
to the railroad company's own officials
to operate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
WEATHER FORECASTS,

Prof. Foster, the st. Joe weather.
ologist, gives out the following as to the
weather for the current month:
"My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave due to cross the continent
April q to May and May to May Z,
and the next will reach the Pacific coast
about May 8, cross the western noun
tains by the close of the 9th, the great
central valleys from the 10th to the 18th
and the eastern states about the 18th.
1.-The storm will be at its greatest force
on the 18th or Sth, while on the Alaskan
coast. The cool wave following it will
cross the western mountains about the
18th, the great central valleys about the
18th, and the eastern states about the
18th.
by the middle of May the drouth dis
tricts will be more clearly defined. The
drouth will be irregularly distributed,
but will affect the states of the great CEN
trail valleys and the Atlantic coast more
extensively south of the fortieth parallel
than north Of it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
THE HUrcH1NsoN CONVENTION.

Today the Republicans Of Kansas
meet at Hutchinson to nominate candi-
date for ongressman-at-large, and elect
delegates at large to the Minneapolis
convention.
The candidates for the place in the
lower house of congress, known at this
time to be seeking that honor, are.
George I. Anthony, Ed Greer, General
Caldwell, S. B. Bradford and j. K. Cub
bison. There has been some current
talk that ex-senator ingalls, would be
put in nomination, but as he forbade
any such movement. unqualifiedly, his
candidacy is at best an uncertainty.
j. r. Burton has also been mentioned in
connection with the nomination.
But the edifying feature is not found
alone in the splendid array of aspirants,
so much as the full and redundant re-
presentation of the party present in
Hutchinson today. The attendance is
unusually large and enthusiastic. The
presage of a great Republican year at
the meeting of the state league at To-
peka March the first, will be surpassed
today at Hutchinson.
The convention will make 10 mistake.
The great meeting. the eagerness of
the Republicans all over the state to at
tend the conventions, the assiduity of
the leaders 70 open the fight and face
the enemy for the reconquest of lost
ground in the State of Kansas, is an
edifying sight to all Republicans, and
the figures on the prophetic crystal fore
tell great triumph next November.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The Glove raisers of Zanzibar and
Punba, where four-fifths Of all the cloves
for the world are grown, have been COM
PEELED to diversity their crop and cut
down their production of cloves. Glove
raising has been very renumerative, but
the high profits led to overproduction,
and prices have fallen so low that it does
not pay to raise them. Overproduction
means low prices in all kinds of business,
and a great increase in permanent sup
ply means permanent fall in price.
There Is valuable object lesson in this
to the agriculturists of the west and
south, and to certain manufacturers of
the east as well, if only they would take
time to study it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Two Kinds Of Diam oads.

Several years aga CHANGED to stop
| at the same hotel ia Dallas, where Alvin
Joslin did, ," remarked an actor now ILL
ing an engagement in Chicago, and 1
was astounded by his ostentatious parad-
ing of his diamonds. There were q
number Of la,iies sitting upon the hotel
yerauda, and he seemed to take especial
delight IN dazzling their eyes with his
jewels. After strutting past them sew
eral times he suddenly stepped. made
bow 70 the coterie. and said yery
brusquely: An, see that you admire
my diamonds. Permit me This one il
worth s. go This cost me G., 800
This cluster pin l value at 5000.
have with me diamonds worth so 900,
and | own so 100 worth which / have
stored for safe keeping in Chicago
bank
None Of the ladies tainted or fsd OF
went into ecstasies over the display. and
not a word was vouchsafed in reply.
That evening when Davis entered
the hotel dining room he was seated AZ
a table in the middle az the room and
alone. 4 few Minutes later a half
dozen Young men in full dress entered
the dining room in body and sat down
a. the same table. In the center Of each
immaculate shirt front sh0ne 5at Of
plate glass rs large as q marble, while
brass rings bearing great settings Of
glass fairly loaded down the hands Of
the newcomers. Davis glanced about
the table and his Jaw dropped from sheer
establishment Before he co1ld recover
himself. one Of tue Young men arose and,
walking around the table ts AlviE's sat.
said in a tone that was distinctly audible
throughca: the room All. sc you sd-
mire r1y diamonds. Perrnis Ens. This
one Il worth eight cents pound, retail
] ais cost rne q nickel. Just 80 IL ia This
che value a. a dime. have with ms
seventy cents worfa u gengs, and / s~rn
81 interest Ia gisss works ~ Chiczgo
oeSidss'
Before that speech was ended Tia -
diamond Jos!in either lost his ape
ate O. finished BIS supper. for be hastily
aross and left ths room. followed by =
lively chorus os ahs ard Ci-s. Chicago
NAL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
A Judges Jocoss Retort.

az think the late Judge Devens," said
Mr.. Arthur Macy TO me the other day,
twas the greatest after dinner speaker
ever heard. / remember striking in
stance Of his readiness in jocose retort.
He made FIVE minute speech at club
dinner, and in the course of his remarks
he established his claim TO his place at
the dinner by instancing his authorship
of large volume that was made up Of
tragedy and comedy and of many start
hing phases-sone dramatic, some ludi-
crous, some pathetic-of human life and
nature.
''The book was the I42d volume OF
Massachusetts laws Immediately a
member was on his feet and thanking
the judge. He had been on jury once.
and the justice who was trying the case
said tina: verdict should BE rendered
unhesitstingly in accordance with DE-
cision that was contained in that very
volume Of which the judge had Just
spoken. The verdict was rendered i'm,
me1iately and the jUvyman secured a
good nights rest, for which he was
thankful 70 Judge Devsns and his book.
Without a moments hesitation,
Judge Deveus replied, IF the gentle
man VIII initiate the example Of the jus
tice Of whom be speaks. and pe-1se the
entire volume that / have spoken Of.
assure him that he viii secars many
good nights rest Boston Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

From the estimates made up of the
delegates already chosen to the Mime
spolis convention that are under instruc-
tons or known to be for President Har-
rison for the nomination i. is evident
that he Is the choice of large majority
of the party extant, which is the
essential point for strong candidate.
Still, casual analysis of the delegations
by states shows that they come mainly
from nineteen states that have heretofore
cast their electoral votes for the Demo-
cratic candidate. In this respect. how
ever, Harrison is no worse of than his
leading opponent. Cleveland: the bulk
of his strength so far manifested in the
appointment of delegates comes from
states that are safely Republican. Verify
here axe .uGn5 ouegitIeS in politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The third party craze has broken out
away down in Maine. With the ex-
ception of the question of governmental
control of the railroads and telegraph
lines, and demand for universal suff-
rage the declaration of principles given
out by the state convention at Gardiner.
Tuesday, differs very little from that of
the two old parties, which shows that
the movement in that state, as in the
others, is the work of disgruntled has
beens from the other parties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The majority in the house of repre-
sentatives are not helping their party by
cutting down the meagre salaries in our
counsular and diplomatic service,
and reducing the number of min
listers and consuls, or by cutting
down appropriations for railway mail
service. The consular and diplomatic
service costs the government very little,
being nearly self-sustaining, and its
efficiency is very important to our COM
MERGE. The railway mail service, par
ticularly in the growing west, is most
important to the people, and should be
extended, rather than curtailed. The
old axiom of ''penny wise and pound
foolish" clings to the Fifty-second
congress like sick kitten to a warm
brick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Speaking of the failure of the Demo
cratic state convention to elect Editor
Mcintyre delegate to their national
convention, the Ottawa Journal says:
The Democratic politicians are not all
fools. We have been telling them for
some time that the Democratic Editorial
association was nothing but a Republican
aid society, and it looks as though the
fact is getting to be pretty well under
stood.
1t is true that the Democratic brethren
of the press arc alive to the best interests
OF the state, as they are affected by these
latter-day demands and declarations for
reforms(), but aside from this idea of
common defense the Republicans do not
realize that the Democratic Editorial
association is a society organized or run
IN the especial interest Of the Republican
party. Certainly not when it urges
cooperation with our friends, the com.
mon enemy, to defeat US,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS
DELEGATES AND ELECTORS CONVENTION.

A delegate convention of the Republicans OF
Kansas will be held in the city OF Hutchinson
on Thursday, May 8, at the hour OF II O'Clock
a. m. for the nomination Of one congressman
at large and three presidential electors; ais9
for the election of six delegates at large anu
six alternates TO the national RepubIican CON
yention at Minneapolis, Mimi, June T.
Delegates to the convention mentioned a9oge
shall be elected by county conventions. duly
sniffees. under such rules and regulations
ms may be by them prescribed. The basis OF
apportionment of delegates 10 SAID state con-
vention will be one delegate at large Ior eacn
200 votes OF fraction of 100 or more votes cast
for George w. Winans for superintendent OF
public instruction in the election OF 1871. uncer
which rule delegates are apporuoneu 10 Inc
several counties as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

What the plain, unsophisticated mem
bers of the Democratic party will want
to know, no boubt and reasonably is.
who authorized Johnny Mclean, Don
Dickinson, Billy Villas and one or two
others TO declare what shall be the policy
OF the national party and who its can
didate for president. The first thing
they know Henry WattersUn will be
calling out his hundred thousand I'M
armed hentucktans TO see that there is
fair deal and no cheatin'.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The statement that Mr.. Cleveland has
tacitly consented to abdicate the Demo
cratic nomination in favor of Chief JUS
tice Fuller, if true, is enough to lose to
the ex-president the respect of even his
most enthusiastic supporters. 1t shows
that he is willing participant in the
policy of reward and punishment adop-
ted by the factions of that party. There
isn't much doubt that the outcome of
the contest on that side will be regular
Kilkenny cat fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
TORNADO DESTROYERs.

81 have long believed that some prac-
teal means will be discovered BY which
tornadoes will be dismantled--robbed of
their destructive energies-but l have
not yet ventured to discuss the cues
tion. The Los Angeles Times, the lead
ing daily of Southern California, and
whose editor is an able advocate Of
electro planetary meteorology, published
April carefully written editorial on
the subject. 1t is well worthy of consid
Grafton. The following is an extract
from the article:
This suggests tie very device which
we believe might be employed 1t is a
tornado tower. Il might be constructed
something after the manner of the Eiffel
tower, entirely of metal, and from its
base there should be many lines of wire
buried in the ground and radiating to
distant points on every side. This would
serve to collect ground currents from
any quarter and the accumulated CHARGE
would be given an easy passage up
through the metal tower to point high
above the surface of the earth. No nos
sible harm could come from the positive
and negative charges which would come
together and neutralize each other at the
top of the tower. A number of such
towers scattered through a country at
distances of ten or twenty miles would
be sufficient protection from damaging
vlSltatlons of tornadoes.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Baron de MARRIOTT. an aid-de-camp Of

Baron de Marriott, an aid-de-camp of
Napoleon Bonaparte, in his memoirs
recently published has much to say
about his favorite mare Lisette, whose
savage disposition on more than one oc-
casion stood her master in good stead.
a Russian grenadier who, in the battle
Of Eylau, was attacking Marriott, STUN
bled and drove his bayonet into Lisette'S
thighs. Her ferocious instincts being
aroused by the pain she sprang at the
Russian, and at one mouthful tore off his
nose, lips, eyebrows and all the skin of
his face, making of him a living deaths
head, dripping with blood. Then, hurl
ing herself with fury among the COM
batants, kicking and biting, Lisette up
set everything that she met on the road.
The officer who had made so many at
tempts to strike Marriott tried to hold her
by the bride. She seized him by his
belly. and, carrying him off with ease,
she bore him out of the crush to the foot
of the hillock, where, having torn out
his entrails and mashed his body under
her feet, she left him dying in the snow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The current receipts of the govern
ment are now just about sufficient to
meet its expenses. The Globe Dem
ocrat wants to know how, then, can the
Democrats expect to reduce the tariff
without causing deficiency? They
will probably try to hedge on their claim
that to reduce the tariff VIII increase
the revenues from imports, by reason of
the increase in the volume. 1t might
have that effect. but what would become
of our home manufacturing interests,
meantime?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
The Family Doctor.

Nothing 50 good for tired eyes has yet
been discovered as bathing them in hot
water. and neuralgia IN nine cases ont OF
ten will yield to applications OF cloths
wrung out in water n WHICH the hand
cannot b. borne.
In sick room heated By furnace a
grateful relief Is gwen, especially IN
fevers. and where breathing Is difficult.
bv hanging towels wrume from clean,
cold water near tlae register
For stomach CRAMPS. ginger ale CT a
half ss.aspoonfEI Of the tIncture q ginger
IN half a glass 0f yater. 10 which half >
teaspoonful Of soda Las been dlssosYeI
wil give relief.
Slza. swe4ts E1ay 6e Arrested bs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Department Commander Greene of the
G. A. R., of Kansas, has issued his gen.
eral orders No. 2, calling attention to the
custom established quarter of CEN
fury ago of observing May 80 as
Memorial Day, and inviting all who
honor the memory of the country's
heroic dead to participate in the exer-
cises of the occasion to be conducted
under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic, wherever it has local
organization.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

sponging the body at night with
very hot water. 1t is a great help
also toward toning up the skin to rub
the body briskly in the morning with
bathing towel wrung out of salt water.
The salt enters the pores and stimulates
the skin to healthy action.
To make a mustard plaster for young
children, mix one teaspoonful of mustard
and three of wheat -four with water to
the consistency of a stiff batter, and APP
ply between soft muslin cloths. For
adults, one part OF mustard to two OF
-four.
Tramp-Madam, l have faith to be-
lieve that you will take pity on me and
give me nice, warm breakfast.
Madam-Yes; but you must remember
that faith without works is dead. There's
the woodpile at your service.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

I. Jefferson Coolidge, the new minis
ter to France has no less parsonage for
grandfather than Thomas jefferson.
We may not be building up an aristoc-
racy of families, but when our present
president is the grandson of president
and he in turn appoints grandson of
president to one of the foremost diplo-
matte posts, it is expected that the
alarmist will sound the tocsin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Nashville now crowds forward with a
case of strange infatuation between two
women. one shooting herself because the
other was leaving her. If this female
love will obtain and result in tragical
arrangement it is greatly more de-
slrable that the possessed one kill her.
self, as in this case, than to murder the
object of her affection, as at Memphis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

w. NJ. Glenn and J. U. Brown, two
young Republicans from Greeley county,
were at the Kinsley convention, Tues
day last, getting in some good work for
the west end of the district. They got
one of their delegates, o. B. Hultguist,
on the committee on order of business,
and probably did more than any other
two persons in electing S. l. Hall of
Rush county as delegate to the Mime
apolis convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

An eastern Hill organ heads an article
in its champions favor, Always a
Friend of Lator." No doubt of it. He
has labored hard to get and keep tie
laborer where he could work him to the
best advantage
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The gubernatorial contest in Illinois
this year promises to be strictly private
affair. Private John Altgeld is the
Democratic candidate, and Private Joe
Fifer has the scinch on the Republican
nomination. The race thus made up
cannot fail to enlist public interest in
full measure, though.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Since the nomination of Major War
ner for governor by the Republicans of
Missouri the Democrats of that state
realize that they will require their best
man, and they are trying to bring them
selves together in support of Judge Glib
son as their candidate. A contest be-
tween Warner and Gibson would be
battle OF giants, SO to speak; but it
would be conducted on high plane and
clean, withal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Harness makers will be represented at
the worlds fair not only by trade exhi-
bit, but also by collection of harness,
trappings and cognate things showing
the evolution of the harness industry
from early times to the present In this
collection there will be saddle that was
used by Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

Of the members of the jury who tried
Woodruff. the defaulting treasurer of
Arkansas. eleven did not read newspa-
peri and had never heard Of the case.
and one had read little something
about it in paper printed outside the
state but had paid no attention to the
account. The accused no doubt thanks
the liberality and business of the pre-
scribed qualifications for jury service.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

At Hutchinson today will commence
the gigantic process Of sitting out the can
didates from the aspirants. As they are
all good men. there is no danger to the
party that the convention sieve Will do
good work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Senator PETER now announces that he

Senator PETER now announces that he
is in favor of Mr.. ingalls, return to the
senate if chat gentleman will align him
self with the advancing economic thought
of the day" Ingalls, is not in the align
ing business, just at present. He is,
however, figuring closely on aiigning
himself with Senator PETERS seat in the
senate, at the proper time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

This seems to be cyclone year for
Kansas. 1t may not be courageous, and
at first glance appear trihe ridiculous,
but cellar underground away from the
house is the best protection from the
tortuous twist of the twirling tempest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
1t is stated that Wall street has settled

1t is stated that Wall street has settled
on about 100000. 900 as the amount that
will be required to meet the expenses of
Americans European jauntings this
year. With such profiigacy as this it
will require something more certain and
effective than free coinage of silver to
keep up the volume of currency in this
country to normal business equilib-
rum,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

The Kansas habit of hugging unin-
structed delegates makes the situation
fraught with our good fortune in not
having presidential candidate in view
that Wyoming will send female dele
gates