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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

! From the Philadelphia Record.
Rumors come from Berlin to the effect
that Germany is about to make an effort
to force England into closer relations
with the triple Alliance by bringing to a
head the differences between that
country and France in Egypt and Africa.
So far as Egypt is concerned it is difficult
to see in what way Germany could
foment trouble. There is, of course, a
constant discussion by the European
press, especially by that of France, as to
whether the time has arrived for the
British evacuation of Egypt, and much
is being said in reference to Great
Britain's solemn promise to leave Egypt
to the Egyptians at the earliest possible
moment. But it must Rot be forgotten
that to this pledge there was added the
provision. cor when the British govern
ment shall deem it expedient;' and it
that the earliest possible moment
cation of Egyptian affairs shall have
reached such point that its movement
might reasonably be expected to go for
ward and not backward, and the Egypt
ian army be sufficiently strong to guar
siht00 eilo PiO5IeSo al uuoioluI ueu
course.
The Egyptian army of today is nine
years old, and its fighting strength is
12,OOO-the largest portion being engaged
in guarding the southern frontier That
1t Is effective has been proven on sew
eral occasions; but it has also been adj
mitted that when the Egyptian soldier
has won in fight it has been because his
British officers would not let him lose.
All competent authorities are agreed in
saying that the Egyptian army is a
pyramid resting Oh its apex, that apex
being its British officers. They have
created it, they alone can keep it; and if
their authority or personality should be
removed, or even weakened, the army
would become practically worthless
within six months.
There is only one quarter from which
Egypt is at present threatened, and
against which the British army
alone stands guard: and that is the
Soudan. Three-fifths of the inhabitants
of the Soudan have been destroyed since
1882 by disease, famine and war, and the
tribes are torn by internal dissensions.
The reconquest of that country now
would be comparatively easy; and it
would ultimately be of great value and
assistance to all the other European in
terests in Africa. There is still a sum of
81, 100000 in the Egyptian treasury,
awaiting the consent of the French gov
eminent to be spent in increasing the
Egyptian army. The French at present
obstruct this movement. and everything
else, for distractions sake. If they
should Withdraw their factious opposi-
ton a step could be taken toward secur-
ing the national integrity Of Egypt, and
soon no more expenditure would be
needed for anti-slavery work on the
Red sea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| a dry goods store at Guthrie is called
! THE Rush.
Oklahoma has only one score on her
! cyclone tally sheet.
| The corps Of Choctaw railway surveyors
are nearing Tecumseh.
Judge Joel Hollis funeral was the
/ largest ever seen in Beloit, Kansas.
/ c. J. Wightman OF Tecumseh heads the
! Democratic delegation from county b.
4 gang of men suspected of counterfeit
| ing have been arrested at Oklahoma City.
I The Santa Fe railroad i said 10 have
purchased 100 acres just north Of Guthrie
/ There are thousands of cattle grazing on
/ the strip, regar e OF the governments
orders.
/ Oklahoma people have been known to
come north TO Kansas to spend the hot
/ summer months
4 dead quail was picked up in the track
I of tie Kingfisher cyclone that was stripped
/ OF eli It's feathers.
/ Charles b Miller OF the Salvation Army
/ Of Oklahoma City tried to xiii his bride
Wednesday. Miller Is insane
The Shawnees are moving over into the
creek country 10 i've 1hey are not
+ pleased wisb their new white neighbors-
a large uumber OF c'ntests are being
/ fled in the OklahomA City land Office
! against soouers in the vicinity Of L@xing-
. ton
+ William Hines OF Oklahoma C.ty was
+ killed in the Fl. Madison wreck aud ". b.
Barnes CT the same place was seriously il
jared.
/ While Harry Dixon was digging well
near Mulhall Last week the sides c4ved IN
( Oh him aud ae was inferred five feet he
was dead when rescued
/ Thomas T. BsaIiwOol, clerk Of Beaver
/ county, has resigned Poor pay and
difference with the county commissioners
WAS the cause OF his resignation.
| Township Trustee ShaItz reports tbs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

John G. Carlisle says that he is not a
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton III a a sense Of seeker for it, but if
Kentucky sees fit to present his name to
the Chicago convention that, is another
matter. The plain Interpretation of this
is that if Cleveland's nomination shall be
deemed lnexpedient and the party de-
cides to come west for its candidate, he
will be at its service. Mr.. Carlisle is not
the sort of a man that his party Outside
of Kentucky desires to elevate In the
first place, the accident of his birth-he
is southern MANS against him, and
then he has no bar'l TO place on tap, for
although be has been in public life and
official position for many years he is
still poor man. Nor does the fact that
he is the originator OF the tariff reform
idea, that Cleveland took up and made
so much out of, serve him any good
purpose. Mr.. Carlisle does not size up
with the crowd of self seekers and
machine manipulators; therefore he is
not in it: albeit he is by odds the ablest
statesman and cleaneSt patriot in that
party today-in fact, he is too good a
man TO be Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

There are said 70 be five counties ia
Missouri and eleven IN Arkansas. cor
prising a strip 81 country l2j miles
square, that have no railroad comnuni.
cation with the outside world. and ara
yet wonderfully rich IN zinc ore. Th1
section Of the country lies south and
west Of the Memphis railroad, north aud
west OF the Iron Mountain. south and
east OF the 81. Louis and san Francisco
and north ef the Arkansas river. The
zinc csrbonates of this region yield 50
per cent. and the Jack ~ per cent. Of
pure zinc orc.
A traveller. Mr.. W f. Winner. %
Kansas City, says that be found in the
mountain cave even larger than the
Mammoth cave. The manner Of life q
the people is extremely primitive. They
live IN log houses without Windows.
Bacon is their main staple Of diet and
tobacco their only solsce. They seldom
work sa long a. they have food and To
bacco IN the house. But they are virtu-
Gus. peaoeaole and kindly disposed 70
the stranger -Pittsburg Dispatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
STATE AND PRIVATE RAILROAD
CONTROL.

The rcadbeds of railways should be
owned, maintained and controlled by the
several state governments. The rolling
stock should be owned and operated by
private individuals A railway IS an I'M
proved highway. a locomotive Is an I'M
proved horse, car is AN improved wagon.
The railway itself should be public prop
erty and it's use by private individuals
owning and operating trains should be
regulated b. public officials. Not feasible?
Visionary? G. p. Huntington, one OF the
most experienced, sagacious and success
fui railway men in the United States, says
in effect that it is the only rational soiu-
ton of the railway problem. Moines
Leader.
1t is is not very surprising that Mr..
Huntington or any one else who is a
large holder of watered railroad stocks
should favor any scheme that would en-
able them to dispose of said stocks at
their fictitious values, and government
ownership comprehends just that idea.
Nor is this all: The scheme proposed
necessarily implies government owner
ship and control of the telegraph lines to
enable it to control the movement of
trains. The government don't want
anything to do with railroad and tele-
graph ownership on its own account,
much less SO in partnership with cor
porations and individuals.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

cracked their tails together, until the
heavens We're sown with fragments as
the air is thick with bullets at battle.
The sun abandoned its accustomed seat
and swirled 10 and fro. sucking the moons
into its red mouth and splitting back
flames that scorched the universe
The stars fell in clouds. and the
bitter winds tossed them about
like foam on the waves of the sea. The
Milky Way turned black, and blood
dripped from the Southern Cross. while
the grooming of the hurricanes which
swept between the planets kept time
with the wreck of creation.
The mountains crumbled away and
the mighty deep vomited up nameless
and shapeless monsters. The solid earth
parted and cities and nations slid into
the assures. The oceans ran dry and
the flames licked the poles, while the
air grew dark with the dust of the uni
verse. As the earth heaved up from the
center and trembled on the edge of its
mighty plunge into the gulf of nothing
ness, a little man, with n high, bald
brow, inkstains on his cuffs and a roll OF
manuscript in his hand, climbed up the
summit of the last crag that still stood
firm. 1t was evident that he was a Re.
publican editor, for he walled in a voice
that could be heard above the shrieking
of the wind and the falling Of the stars
eff we had only kept the high tariff
this wouldn't have happened"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
Will l,;ss1je
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

A delegate convention Of the Republicans OF
Kansas will be held in the city of Topeka on
Thursday, the thirtieth t30thl day OF Junes
1897. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m, Ior the
nomination Of candidates for:
Associate justice o. the supreme coul@
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 conventions duly
called by tie several county Republican CONS
mittees, under such rules and regulations AS
may be by them prescribed. The basis OF APP
Dol tionment OF delegates to said state conven-
ton will he one delegate-at-larg for each
coul ty Of the state and one delegate for every
20c votes, or faction of 100 or more votes, casa
for George w. Winans for superintendent OF
prblic instruction IN the election of 1880, under
which rule delegates are apportioned 10 the
several counties the same as for the conyen-
tion called 10 meet at Hutchinson 10 choose
delegates TO the national convention and an
given in the table of apportionment as abovet
The secretaries offthe several county conven-
tions are instructed 10 forward TO the under,
signed secretary at Topeka, Kan, certified
copy of the credentials of their several dele,
gates. Immediately upon the adjournment OF
received at Topeka not later than the evening
of June rs. From these credentials the Republi-
can state central committee will prepare
roster of those entitled TO participate n the
preliminary organization OF the convention.
BY order of the committee:
w. J. BUCHAN, ChairplAn.
John Fl. SMITH, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
BIDE THE TIN PLATE LIAR.

Representative Dalzell, in his minority
report for the house ways and means
committee, on the bill to remove the i'm
port duty on tin plate, which minority
report was d protest against such re-
moval, referred to the figures that
have been compiled by Mr.. Aver, special
agent 'of the treasury department, ap-
pointed for that purpose, which statistics
have been published, the following being
only summary:
In the quarter ended September so,
1891, five manufactures reported: Tin
plates, 1872, 4S9 pounds; terne-plates, GA,
433 pounds. making total Of 626, 922
pounds.
For the quarter ended December 81,
1891, eleven manufactures reported:
Tin plates, 1881 pounds; terne-plates,
1885 pounds, a total of 1,409,S21
pounds.
For the quarter ended March 81, 1892,
nineteen manufactures reported: Tin
plates, 1,099,656 pounds; terne-p plates,
1 1904, 431 pounds, a total of 1904, 087
pounds.
These figures do not include the pro-
ductlon of sheet-lron or sheet-steel used
in the manufacture of articles timed or
terne-plated, estimated at two million
pounds. The American manufacturer,
in order TO maintain the duty on tin
plates, after October 1. 1897, must pro-
duce in one of the six years ending at
that date 100000 pounds of terne-
plates weighing lighter than sixty-three
pounds to the square foot. Mr.. Aver
says that the indications are that, under
existing conditions, the production of
the country before the close of the Sec
ond fiscal year will be in excess of an
annual rate of 200, 100000 pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
Lightning and Thunderclouds.

In lecture on "Rainclouds and Light
ming" Henry p. Curtis explained the ex-
treme blackness and grotesque shape Of
thunderclouds as being caused by cleo
trifcation. and said that occasionally light
ming goes upward from ground 10 cloud.
Lightning continues until the thunder
cloud has risen too high above the sub
jacent ground for the tension requisite. AS
the cloud lifts the liRhtning's path be
comes more vertical Thunderheads may
be seen 200 miles.
Window glass has been broken BY heavy
thunder The cumuIi rise to a height Of
some six miles. then slop over and form
haze (thunder haze Lightning will fail
vertically from the extreme limit Of the
haze cloud sometimes. though no rain Is
falling Lightning causes the clouds 70
partially fall 10 the earth in showers, and
so itself causes rain. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

out of the So 400 acres of land in Oklahoma
county, 5,344 acres are decided. or about
one-sixth. The valuation foots up s4S. 765
George Payne will, with this week S
issue, discontinue the publication of the
Beaver Advocate, and will By the 18th of
the month begin the publication of u
paper at Watonga-
Oklahoma Times Journal: County L,
Or in other words, the Wichita and Csddo
country, seems to favorabIy impress every
one who has crossed it on their way to and
from county H Probably the fact that
it is forbidden ground had the effect of
making it appear better than it really is
on the principle that forbidden fruits are
always the sweetest.
Hennessey Clipper: A large consign-
ment of Keep off the grass" signs have
been sent cut by the general government
to be placed on the strip line. They read
something like the signs you see in the
grocery. When you walk straight up it
reads Keep off the grass. but If you are
posted and take a side look at one OF these
signs you will see that it reads This does
not apply to cattle barons or Cherokee In
dians"
The territorial Republican central com
mittee, which met in FL Reno yesterday
was but short time in transacting all
the business for which it met TO transact.
The new counties were all represented eX-
cept Z, and all the old ones were repre-
scented either by committeeman or by
proxies. The new counties are represented
as follows, which representation will hold
until county conventions meet: CT j.
Farrar: DR.. E. 1nnis; E-Frauk Terry;
&C T. Gorton; H-W. Z Thrall. 1t
was easy to decide upon postponement.
but considerable discussion occurred be-
fore new date was fixed. July II was
finally decided npon. The counties carved
out of the Cheyenne and Arspahoe coun-
try were given five delegates each, and
kingisher, Canadian, Oklahoma, Cleye-
land, Logan and Payne were given three
additional delegates.
Kingfsher Free Press: Today, just out
side the city of Kingfisher three miles, the
Guthrie stage was held up by two bold
robbers and considerable booty secured
The stage left kingfsher this morning
with five passengers, but when out three
miles two of the passengers pulled their
guns. One covered the driver and the
other commanded the passengers to hold
up their hands, which was done, Of course,
and the robbers proceeded to go through
the pockets of their unsusDecting fellow
passengers. j. Broska, of San Francisco,
was relieved of sos and gold watch and
Julius Baer of New York. was compelled
to hand over S175 and diamond ring. In
a wallet be had several thousand dollars
which was not found by the robbers. After
the plumber was secured the driver was
commanded to drive on, which he did, and
the thieves made their escape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
RETALIATION ON CANADA.
From the Washington Post;

From the Washington Post
As there seems to be no disposition on
the part OF the Canadian government to
abate its Determinations against Amerl-
can commerce passing through the Wei
land and St. Lawrence canals, it may
be we'll enough to try the effect of a re-
taliatory policy on Canadian commerce
passing through the Sault Ste. Mare chan
mel. 1t may not be possible for the
United States to even things up with her
northern neighbor in this way, but the
imposition of tolls in the latter case may
have the effect of bringing Canada 10
Just and reasonable terms. All that this
government desires is fair play, and, if
1t cannot be had by asking for it, the
next and natural plan is to give only as
good as we get by exacting tolls in one
direction as an offset to the tolls we are
compelled to pay in another.
One difficulty in dealing with the Can
adian government is the apparent abb
sence of any responsible head with
which to deal, or sort OF Indifference
on the part of the authorities of the Do
minion as to whether they act in good
faith and in straightforward business
way with the United States or not.
This matter of discrimination has been
presented to them on more than one
occasion, and on one occasion not very
long ago in terms of vigorous protest,
eliciting from the commissioners of Can
ada an assurance that the wrong should
be righted, but that was the end of 1t.
Either the commissioners were here
under false pretenses with no authority
to act one way or the other, Or, having
the authority, they have not had the
case, the presidents only recourse may
be 10 remind these gentlemen that when
it comes to unfriendly and unneighborly
determinations two can play at the same
game
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

The famous two headed boy has curious
experiences outside the museum as well a.
in il.
When be vas travelling from Philadsl-
phia 10 Chicago with his father snd man
ager. the conductor. seeing two heads and
receiving but one ticket. asked for an
other The father. wac does not speak
English well. said
''No-oue.'
The csod actor insisted and finally
threatened 10 pax one d the boys of unless
he received another fare.
Thereupon the manager. who waz IL the
next sat enjoying the loke. stepped back
and unb1tfoaed the little feilow coat. 70
marking. All right. pgt E.m u Which
one sha.l u be-"
The c0nd rotor passed On 80 Boston Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

The returns of the municipal cleo
tons held in France on Sunday last show
continued increase in the number of
Republican candidates elected. The
hearts of the French people undoubtedly
beat warmly for the republic: and while
reyolutionists and monarchists may still
be found sowing the seeds OF strife, the
common sense OF Frenchmen may be re-
lied upon to prevent any serious reaction
toward older methods that have been
wisely abandoned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

Prince Khilkoff, Russian 'fStundist'
or dissenter, who distributed his large
estates among poor peasants and led a
life of poverty and toll for ten years in
the government of Khorkoff, has been
arrested and banished to Transcaucasia.
without trial or inquiry, by order of the
minister of the interior on the suggestion
of N. Pobiedonestseff. His offense is
that during public discussion between a
Russian priest and some peasant nom
conformists he took the part of the latter,
replying to the priests objections by
quoting texts from the gospels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

A few of the southern Democratic pa
pers still insist upon Hills nomination
for president, solely upon the idea Of
expediency. They seem to think he
would be able to apply the methods to
the national contest that have proved
successful for him in New York state,
but in this they will discover that the
reckoning has been without the hosts.
Nevertheless, the Republican party could
desire nothing better to insure their
partys success than the nomination of
d. B. Hill by the Democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
Ed Eowe's Philosophy.

From the Atchison Globe.
Poor boy, With every penny he has
given him he gets q dollars worth Of
advice about spending it.
The Lord love never seems 50 unds-
srab.e 10 a man as when you tell him
that the Lord loves cheerful giver.
Boil down almost any mans prayers
into tive words and you viii find them
to be: Reward me. Punish my
enemy
l. y sometimes hard TO tell the differ
ence between the man who IS too good
to Sight back and the man TOO cowardlv
IL must he great shock - q man 20
contrast has Insigniflcance IN heaven
with the epilaph on his tombstone on
earth.
There Is something the matter With
vour disposition II your ireckles and pug
nose are not forgotten by those who
have known yot a month.
T.4e average boy can spend more time
with ms n0se IL lis grammar and knos
less when he ge,s through than any
other creature OF earth.
When a man goes hunting and pulls
the gun through tie fence after bim,
that Is h.s way OF assisting tie PEorI-
dence tina: protects tlss blrds.
4 father i a man who has the priv
iIege Of SAYING he Is right and whose
children dare hcE contradict ham, al
though they might prove he IS wroas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

The printers are getting themselves
well provided for. Their union in Wash,
ington City Tuesday, in the presence OF
the president of the United States and
other distinguished officials, dedicated
the finest building ever erected by a
single chapter of a labor organization;
while near Denver, Col. on the 18th inst,
will be dedicated with appropriate cere-
monies the Childs-Drexel Home for dis
abled union printers, an imposing build
ing fitted up in style of palatial SPLEEN
dor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
Churches of the Seventeenth Century.


During the reign of George II there were
100 parish churches in London and West
minister. At A of these there was daily
service-surcly a recognized indication of
religious activity. At one Of these there
were three daily services; at all of them
the whole iG9-there were services every
Wednesday and Friday and on all holy
days and saints days There were endow-
ments for occasional sermons in nearly
every church SO much of the Puritan
spirit remained that the sermon was still
considered the most important part OF
church service. In other words, sound
doctrine being held TO be essential TO saliva
ton, instruction in doctrine was considered
of far greater importance than prayer or
praise fact which quite sufficiently &C
counts for the character Of church services
down to thirty or forty years ago. The
singing was deplorable, bat the sermons
were sound.-Walter Besant in Harper's.