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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Burnett will have a daily mail after
July 1.
Langston City went Republican by 500
majority.
Maybe President Harrison intends this
delay us II joke
The great exposition at Oklahoma City
is in full blast.
This doesn't seem to be Democratic
year in Oklahoma.
The longer the opening is delayed the
greater the jam will be.
CIV. Cook of Guthrie attempted sui
eide Wednesday night.
Col Prouty of Kingfsher is talked of
for congressional delegate.
Tecumseh expects to be the future
capital of the state of Oklahoma.
Men selling maps of the new country
stand on every corner in kingisher.
Marshal Grimes has just returned from
Nebraska, where be buried his mother.
The striking machine" and "knock-a-
baby" down game men ara holding forth
at Klngfshor.
Robberies are so common on the west
side, that Kingisher and FL Reno have
immense deposits.
The man next to the door at the King
fisher land Office has been offered 500 for
his place in the line
Most of the fellows in the line before the
Kingfsher land Office have umbrellas and
spend their time reading.
The whole Creole and Cripple Creek,
Colorado, gambling gangs and outfits are
at Kingfishsr and FL Reno.
Il tell you,' said man who had just
come back from kingfsher, "it is a circus
day all day and night at Kingisher."
The big Republican victories over Okla
homa should be warning to congress 20
hurry along the ratification of the strip.
A Rock Island railway detective says he
never saw so many sure thing" frauds at
one place as there are now at Kingfsher.
The line of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
country is lined with ents and the ap
pearance at night is said 10 be very pretty.
The Rock Island is putting in another
long switch at Hennessey. They are also
putting in a new track at Enid, in the
Strip. They propose to be ready for the
grand rush when II begins.
All kinds Of games are worked on the
west line. Men promise to circumvent the
government and locate claim for the
sucker. The sucker pays 80 and takes
receipt. That is the last be sees Of the
man or the money. His receipt is Of course
worthless.
Miss Helen p Clark. the alloting agent
for the Poncas and other tribes 10 the terri
tory. Is progressing. rot as rapidly as
possible. IN getting the Poncas 10 their
lands IN allotment. Yesterday White
Eagle. the principal chief. siguihed his IN
teu;ion to take bis land aud become a good
Indian. This will materially assist the
com nais.ioners, who are now negotiating
With them for the surplus land The To-
dian. especially when dealing with white
men. move and act slowly. and in this case
slow Is hardly the right name for il. bat
the commissioners came Tor the purpose q
trading with them and they expect 70
camp on the reservation uniit the trade .
finally closed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
PLAYING a DOUBLE GAME.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
The news from Washington that Simp-
son is playing double with his constitu-
ents and is trying to delay the opening OF
the Cherokee strip Co settlement, despite
the fact that he is committed to It's sup
port, caused some surprise IN Jerry,s dis
trict. though it ought not to. There
have been previous instances IN his lie
of this double dealing, which should have
prepared people for this instance OF in
sincerity. When man starts on the
course of demagogue, he Is pretty sure
to carry it out to the end.
There was a little blowout at the Hol-
lenden house, in Cleveland, during the
fall, which should have been sufficient
notification to the deluded Alliance men
of Kansas that Simpson might bob up
with almost any little game for his own
private ends and to their detriment. On
that occasion he took supper as the guest
of the Democrats whom he had been be-
laboring at the polls. And he INDUCED in
| wine, and he cracked jokes-not so much
of a surplus, perchance, since he Is him
self very much of q joke, but these Jokes
| Were cracked at the expense of the poor
| farmers who though. they were being led
into new promised land, only to lind
| themselves In the end sitting at the flesh
pots of the Democratic Egypt.
Then Jerry went on that famous jaunt
| through the south, in which while max
| ing speeches which his Kansas constitu-
ents thought were to solidfy the Alliance
sentiment north and south aud pave the
way for third party, he knew to be in
aid of the scheme the southerners had to
! hatr tho fnrnar;c the
| Northwest into an annex to the Bourbon
party. Then, though he has posed as
the friend of the third party movement,
he has trained all along with the Demo
Gratis. Jerry evidently knows that he
will get his reward in aid for his re-elec-
| ton.
Character doesn't change from associa-
ton with congressman-at least never for
the better, though there are instances on
record where man has shown marked
deterioration .as the result of his sojourn
in Washington. Why then ought the
friends of the Hon. Jerry Simpson to ex-
pect that he would improve as IA result of
his contact with statesmen? He is simp-
ly following the course his character
naturally marks out. Double in his
dealings from the first, he is still dealing
double. Hyprocritical in his announced
enmity to the old parties, ne is proving
himself hypOcrite to his friends He
pretends to favor the opening of the
strip; in reality he is doing his utmost to
delay it.
The question now sand for him it is a
serious one, whether lie will reap any
benefit from keeping the votes of would
be settlers on the newly opened lands in
his district. Will they not turn on him,
and vote against him: He certainly has
merited such rebuke at their hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
THE MEMPHIS BRIDGE OPENING.

Arrangements are being made at
Memphis for the formal opening of the
great railroad bridge at that place, on
the 18th of May, and the event promises
to be celebrated with great eclat. The
occasion promises to be one of unusual
Importance. On the 10th of May the
deep water convention will be held there
when representatives from Nebraska,
Minnesota and the Intermissouri valley
will be present, On the 18th the bridge
will be formally dedicated by the gov
errors of Arkansas, Missouri. Tennessee,
Alabama and the mayor of Memphis.
In the afternoon Senator Voorhees,
will deliver the grafton. At night a
grand banquet will be given and long
list Of senators, representatives and
other uotables of the country will re-
spond to appropriate toats.
The opening of the bridge closes gap
in the principal route of transportation
from the west to the southeast and the
south Atlantic seaboard, and for that
reason the event is Of no little interest to
Kansas.
The site of the Memphis end of the
bridge is the spot where De Soto is sup
posed to have camped when he first
reached that point in his exploring tour
of the west. This belief is borne out by
the discovery of Spanish halberds that
had been buried where the excava-
ton for the foundation of the bridge
was made. 1t was here that Crlhoun
made his prophetic speech in 1S45, and
this bridge is its fuifilmeut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
The aa1ieita naily Eaee Saturday 1loruig Apr y 1882

The condition of distress among range
cattle extends from the Cherokee strip
south to the Rio Grande. Heavy losses
have been sustained through starvation.
1t was thought that the unusually mild,
open winter would bring the cattle
through in good condition, but the pres
ent trouble seems to be occasioned by
the backward spring which has retarded
the growth of vegetation. The losses of
cattle in the quarter mentioned have
been heavy enough to affect the prices of
live stock on the markets and sharp
advance may be looked for in short
shOrt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

The respectable people of this country
are getting weary of John L. Sullivan.
1t is enough for the big, whiskysoaked
bruiser to haunt city saloons, but as that
is his natural element, no objection has
been raised. But when he stalks about
the country, bullying citizens, resisting
police, bull-dozing conductors and inn
posing on everybody, the better class of
citizens demand a cessation. This
country is decidedly hayward in good
many things, but the dedication of a
brute is piece of idolatry we are not
prepared for.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

Senator PETER is quite adroit, not to say
demagogical, in his methods. He stated
in the senate, Thursday, that he was
personally opposed to the appropriation
Of So, 900 asked for from the govern
ment for the entertainment Of the ma
tional encampment of the G. A. r., but
that should he vote for it it would be in
response to the pressure brought to bear
upon him from those behind him. This
is meant only as bid for petitions to be
sent to him from the q. 4. R., people of
Kansas, while in point of fact they are
not concerned in the matter any more
than any other citizen OF the country.
Washington City bid for the encamp-
ment and offered to entertain it, and now
lei it do it. 1t Is getting 10 be too much
the fashion to run to the government for
help in matters in which the govern
ment nor the eople are in any way obli-
gated TO render assistance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

refined sugar advanced from 4 to a
cents. This advance was made possible,
by the present duty OF half a cent on
each pound of refined sugar coming from
abroad. The import Of this Is that a
combination of less than twenty sugar
refneries who control this special bust
ness throughout the entire country can
tax sixty millions of American people
from one half to a. cent pound on every
pound of refined sugar they consume.
There can be no question that the duty
on refined sugar. which simply operates
70 the advantage of this greedy monop-
oily and to the disadvantage of all the
millions of consumers in the country,
should be speedily repealed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
The WAY it is Done.

From the Lawrence World.
1t is mighty hard to make a Jaw that
Somebody cannot evade. 1t was thought
that the Australian system of voting. for
Instance. would relieve the purchaser of
votes of his occupation, but 1t does not
The way the law is overcome thl,'
The vote BUYER secures a ticket, marks IL
and hires man TO vote II. Inc man
takes the ticket, enters the voting Dooth,
receives another ticket, votes the marked
one and takes the other back to the vote
buyer and receives his pay. In this way
the law IS overcome and the vote buyer
runs little risk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

The secretaries Of the several county conveu4
lions are instructed TO forward to the UNDER
signed secretary at Hutchinson, Kan, cert:
fed COPY of the credentials of their several
delegates, Immediately upon the adJournmen9
of the county conventions. said credentials
10 be received at Hutchinson not later man
the evening of May 3. From these credentlal5
the Republican state central committee WIZ
prepare a roster of those entitled TO partltlpets
in the preliminary organization OF the conVen-
ton.
By order of the committee. -.
w. !. BUCHAN, Chairman.
JOHN H. SMITH. Secretary.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
delegate convention Of the Republicans Of
Kansas will be held in the city OF Topeka On
Thursday, the thirtieth (30thl day of June,
1892 at The hour of 10 o'clock q. M, for the
nomination of candidates for:
Associate justice Of the supreme court
Governor.
Lieutenant governor,
Secretary of state.
Auditor of state.
Treasurer OF state.
Attorney general.
Superintendent of public instruction.
Delegates 10 the convention mentioned above
shall be elected by county conceptions GUY
called by the several county Republican com.
mittees, under such rules and regulations as
may be by them prescribed. The basis OF APP
oItionment OF delegates TO said state conven-
ton viii be one delegate at-large for each
county of the state and one delegate for every
200 woes, or faction OF l6O or more votes, cass
1or George w. Winans for superintendent OF
public instruction IN the election of 1880, under
which rule delegates are apportioned to the
several counties the same as for the conven-
zion called 10 meet at Hutchinson to choose
delegates 10 the national convention and az
given in the table of apportionment as above.
The secretaries of the several county conven-
lions are instructed TO forward 20 the unders
signed secretary at Topeka, Kan, certified
copy or the credentials of their several delet
gates, Immediately upon the adjournment OF
the county conventions, said credentials to be-
received at Topeka not later than the evening
OF June2S From these credentials the Republi%
can state central committee will prepare q
roster Of those entitled TO participate IN the
preliminary organization OF the convention.
BY order of the committee:
w. J. BUCHAN, Chairpaan.
JOHN II. SMITH, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
An IndIrnant RnrZlar.

On recent morning about o'clock
a burglar visited Johnston's drug STORE.
corner Of Tenth and o streets. and IN
stead Of entering through the regularly
provided doorway after ringing the
night bell. he climbed over fhe trznsom
and was about 70 help himself. when ms
noise aroused the clerk, who threw has
boot at the intruder. You've got a
cheek 70 throw your boot al ne, was
the remark If the burglar. VINO sad
Good night and depaTted.-W ASKING
ton Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

A new caasa has arisen for n lawsuit
A woman IA France was notified by the
authorities # a innate asylum Of her
brothers death. She vent 70 the fu-
neral and ordered . handsome tomb
stone Her mother was 50 gTisved at
her sons death tnat the plaintiff had 70
give up her situation 70 take care Of her
Then shs learned that the directors II
the asylum had made mistake. and
that her brother vas alive. After Tn
successful efforts foT compensation sbs
has gone 20 tie court. claiming heavy
damages for grief and mtury.-Sess
Tork san
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

importance of one state above all others
with the probable exception OF New
York.
That state, you would note, is Kansas.
One day, a man named Simpson, from
Kansas, brings the house down by his
quick repartee. On another day, there
Is quarrel over the doctrines OF another
man, John J. Ingalls,, who also turns
out to be from this self same Kansas.
|! The next day the principal feature OF the
houses business, is lively bout be-
tween two members-both from Kan
sas. The next day, man. named
Davis, also from Kansas, outpeurs a
wonderful deluge Of tabuiated enigmas
and labyrinthine statements upon awe
stricken galleries. The next is taken up
with the pronunciation of high eulogies
en- great statesman, deceased-a repre-
sentative of Kansas too. In quick sue
cession, speech follow speech. One
day, a man named Baker, from
Kansas, fires half column
poem at the speaker head; another day.
he who was only a lowly dairyman,
twelve months back, rebukes one of the
two great parties of the nation IN a
mastery speech against free wool-Mr
Ot;s-and from Kansas.
A few nights thereafter great dis
cussion was in progress which was pro-
longed far into the night. Amid breath
less excitement the vote was finally taken.
The suspense was terrible. The result
tie. One more vote and a great victory
might have been won. 4 few minutes
later he, who by his absence had lost
that victory, came III with red-eyes and
dazed air. He had been asleep upon a
sofa all unconscious of the emergent
opportunity. His name was Clover and
he, too, is from Kansas.
The next day there is great uproar
in the house, for member has been
accused of tippling liquor, and he is on
his feet denying the calumny and de-
nouncing with merciless rigor his
calumniators. What is this? A member
stopping the great legislative machinery
of a great nation. to deny in anger that
uG ever LUZ ~ ~ eNh-
right, he is from Kansas.
In the senate at the same time that the
house galleries were given over to ap-
plauSe and Kisses, tall senator is eX-
planning that he will someday announce
what his thoughts are on a m after that
he has no thoughts on, but will think Of
later! This from PETER, and he from
| this wonderful state of Kansas.
Still retaining the suppositious as
sumption that you are Enghlishman, you
would undoubtedly be greatly impressed
with the greatness of state, which was
SO often mentioned and produced so much
garrulity. You would seek an atlas, ex-
pecting to find Kansas large eastern
domain, full of large cities and naviga-
BILE streams with long coast line and
superior harbors. But along the coast
you find it not. Away to the inland it
lies, without coast or nayigable streams,
treeless domain of undulating prairie.
Always in high fever over something,
the men, its climate and society eEgen-
ders, will always talk to be heard. States
to the north, west, south and east have
larger delegations in Washington than
Kansas, but none not one, better known
ones Days, yes, sessions of congress
pass without some states being mention
ed on the floor, but day without Kan
sas, never.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
1t is stated chat on Saturday night

1t is stated that on Saturday night at
Providence. r. l., during the course of a
speech by ex-Speaker Reed, lie men
toned the name of Cleveland, when all
over the audience the deafening applause
broke forth, and the astonished Maine
man was obliged to pause for several
moments until the enthusiasm subsidized.
1t must have produced novel sensation
in the speaker; but the result OF the
election no doubt more than compen-
stated him for the momentary embarrass-
ment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09

At the town meeting in Sharon this
much discussed question whether sunday
or Sabbath was the proper term TO uss
was decided and the matter Is no longer
in doubt. A motion that the constable,
be authorized 90 enforce the laws against
hunting and ishiBg on the Sabbath WAS
made, and an amendment was mads
that the word SUNDAY should b. substi-
tuted for sabbath. Tnis caused heated
discussion Of nearly an hour. Ia which
many took part. The amendment WAS
carried by small majority and the WORT
Sabbath was changed 10 Sunday. and
the motion a amended was carried. 49,
Boston Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
A Wonderful Prophecy Fulfilled.

On the It'll day Of MAY, 1856, Theodore
Parker. speaking to the people OF Ne"
York City, said; 100,
In the wear Of our Lord 1900, there
will be 900 900 people IN Kansas, with
cities like Providence and Worcester
perhaps like Chicago and Cincinnati;
Che viii have more miles OF railroad
than Maryland, Virginia and both
Carolinas can now boast Her land viii
be worth $50 an acre, and her total
worth will I've $500, 0eo, 900. Six hundred
thousand children will learn in her
schools. What schools, newspapers,
Libraries and meeting -bouses! Yes,
what families Of educated, happy and
religions men and women. There viii
be a song of freedom all around the
slave states, and in time slavery itsel
xIy;Il die y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
A Strained SimiIe.
From the Kansas City star.

From the Kansas City star.
The declaration of the brilliant young
Kansas woman that she will marry
"only for love" recalls the story of the
Maine bride who wept at her marriage
ceremony, because she was to live on the
bank of roaring river, and was fearful
that her child would tumble in and be
drowned. THAT" the historian naiyely
adds, twas fifty years ago and she has
never had a child"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Presidents and high officials are

Presidents and high officials are fire.
quently bothered TO death by curious
ISIS and champion sluggers have de-
Tense AT little Illinois town a crowd
rushed into John l. Sullivan's car TO see
him, aud one of Sullivan's companions
being Jostled, knocked one man down
twice. People who cannot drown a de-
graded curiosity to see bruiser. should
remember this and at least let their fear
restrain them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
The Force of Personal influence.

FFOln INe AILIIlouLt NINI'Vs
Two men recently spent an evening
together. One had put in an Application
for divorce from his wife. and the
other expected to be married soon.
Neither one would possibly admit that
the other had any influence on him, but
the next dav the man who expected to
be married broke his engagement and
the one who had put in an application
for a divorce Withdrew it and made up
with his wife.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
Coming around Gracefully.

From the Arkansas City Dispatch
While the Dispatch is opposed to what
is popularity termed fusion, 1t does not
believe that the Peoples party should
hunt for candidates who are particularly
offensive to the Democrats. On the con-
trary. if men are found who believe IN
the cardinal principles of the St. LOUIS
platform, but who at the same time
have the support of the Democrats,
the Peoples party should consider their
names carefully when its nominating
conventions are held, There are times
when il is best for new party rot TO
nut up its most radical men as candi
dates
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
JOHN II. SMITH. Secretary.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTIOE.

A delegate convention of the Republicans o..
Tie Seventh congressional district Oh 'ne 9ee.1
NJ Kansas il hereby called to meet IN the CITY,
If Kingman or "Wednesday, June 10, lSs-, az
10 n, m. for the purpose OF nominating a can
didate for congress in the Seventh cohEres
.ionsl district of Kansas, and also 10 nol1ih"'o
one presidential elector. II, ,,,o,-
The basis of representation IN said conVeI1iI'
.ion shall be one delegate at large Tor eacn
"onntv in the district and one delegate LOT
oob si1o votes and the major fraction thereof,
Tast for Hon. J. r. Hallowell for congress IN
fsqn. provided no county to have less than WI
delegates under which rule delegates are ap
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
ALL FROM KANSAS.

Suppose you were an Englishmau and
didn't know much about the country. and
decided to read the congressional pro.
ceedings day after day to acquire some
idea of the nation, politically and
otherwise.
After month or two. careful peril
sal of the prolix and often boorish pro-
ceedirgs of the chief legislative body OF
this country would gradually and
certainly Impress you with the I'M
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTIONS
DELEGATES AND ELECTORS CONVENTION.

DELEGATES AND EIlbCIUFh OU-s' I-'1
A delegate convention of the Repn ollcan Lle OF
Kansas will be held in the city or hpIehlhnsOiit
on Thursday. May ), at the hour OF II coen
a M for the nomination of one congressman .
at Iar roe and three presidential electors; slSg
for the election of six DELEGATES az iarse alu
SIX alternates TO the national Hepuohcan %"
venfion at Minneapolis, Mimi. June q
neiegates to the convention mentioned above
shall be elected by county convehIiionS' auIy
called by the several county Re2uGncSh IONS
~ 49, he nv them prescribed. The basis OF
aDporiionment Of delegates to said state con,
vention will be delegate at lsr9e for $50
county of the state and one de.eee xi aot aa
sor George w Winans for superintendent ..
,nbS;c irstruction in the election OF IS.o uhdet
which rule delegates are apportohed u tne
several counties as follows;