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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
AFRAID OF HIS BROOM.
Green Laborer Poked Them about Theil
Cage and Escaped Unha-Taed.

1reen LRborer Poked Them About Their
Cage and Escaped Unha-Tned.
An incident happened at Barnum &
BalIey's show after it took up its winter
quarters at Bridgeport, which shows 10
what danger an ignorant man will ex-
pose himself and how ne may escs al
injury. A few days ago ''Tody" hanil-
ton, the well known and popular press
agent OF the firm. was asked for WORK
by hulking big German named Hans,
and as somebody was wanted TO clean
the cages OF the animal he was en-.
gagged. He was told 10 clean the cages
containing the lions, tigers. etc,
thoroughly. both inside and outside.
The man set to work and AC. Hamilton
went about his business. He came back
sometime afterward and was wondering
what had become of the new hand, for
he was nowhere to be seen. On making
closer search, Mr.. Hamilton was hor-
rified to see the man ms de the cage
with the five lions He was going
about his work in a most methodical
way, sweeping the door vigorously with
his broom which he occasionally
''shooed" into the faces OF the aston
ished lions whenever any of them came
anywhere near him. The animals were
evidently so surprised u the mans
utter Indifference to them that they
kept huddled up in one corner until Hans
wanted to clean out that particular part
of the cage. They were unceremoui-
ously evicted with the help of the broom
and they scampered around utterly for
getful of their proper dignity. Mr.
Hamilton never expected 10 see the
man come out alive, as he felt sure the
animals would attack him as soon as
he started to leave the den. He hastily
got some OF the older hands together and
then he ordered the German to come
out of the cage. The fellow wanted to
finish his job and laughed at the idea
of the animals hurting him, but he fin
ally obeyed orders and got out of the
cage without scratch.
What prevented the animals from
tearing him TO pieces is a mystery, for
nobody dares enter the cage in which
these particular lions are. as they arc
savage. uuruly lot. The GOODNESS of the
deed must have utterly astonished the
lions and his steady use of the broom,
which was poked in their faces every
now and then. must have convinced
them that they had to do with some
new species of animal. and that under
the circumstances discretion was the
better part of valor.
1t was some time before the man
could be convinced of the great danger
he had been in and persuaded to use
the rakes that are always used for
cleaning out the insides of the cages
These are provided with long handles
and the man using them can stand
safely out of all danger while doing his
work N. Y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
THE LEGISLATIVE CONTEST.

The state supreme court having denied
the Populist appeal to have the state
board of canvassers reconvened for the
purpose of issuing certificates of election
10 their Coffey and Haskell county con-
testants for seats in the legislature, there
is nothing in the way of the Republicans
proceeding, legally, to the organization
of the house. If, in the face of the
courts decision, the opposition shall at
tempt to take forcible control of the or
ganization of the house, it will cause
trouble for which the leaders OF that fol-
lowing will be held responsible. The
Republicans have from tue beginning of
the contest insisted that if the Populists
were shown to have a majority they
would be accorded undisputed control,
and there are large numbers of Republi-
cans who heartily wished that the Pop
uists might have both branches of legis-
ture, thus securing to that party full
control of the state government: but
Republicans will not shirk any response
biIity, and it having been decided by the
courts that they the house, they viii
proceed to assume the responsibility and
discharge their duty to the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

dissolve the injunction was not sustained
Is briefly this: BY an amended petition,
covertly introduced. after the motion to
dissolve was made, and nc record of the
amendment made IN that county. Coun-
ty Attorney Naylor had no means of
knowing the altered condition of the
case and Of course having no knowledge
of this part Of it he could not reply to it,
and the court must necessarily act on the
case as presented with the amendment
If this amendment had not been attached
20 petition the motion TO dissolve would
have been sustained. But the move is a
scheme TO gain more time. The delin-
quents hope to effect compromise with
the county, and have already conceded
the correctness of TO per cent of the
assessment.
This suit is of more importance than
may seem at first thought. It involves
the stability of our system Of revenue
collection. And if this suit is sustained
Gray and other counties might as we'll
Ego out of business" and turn the
country over to the land sharks; for
what protection would they have, under
a system or rule which they are seeking
to establish?
The county will make no compromise;
it can make none without great loss and
establishing bad precedent; it will not
have to sustain the character of its or
ganization; and when the lawyers get
their fees, no further fight will be made,
and the wOuld-De regulators viii pay up
their taxes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
SUNFLOWER SILHOUETTES.

The state board of railroad commission
ers have declined to order the Santa Fe to
maintain telegraph Office at Calista,
kingman county.
And now Hutchinson has big combine.
1t is the consolidation of four salt plants
at that place, the consolidation being now
known as the Southwestern Salt company.
The best that can be wished for the baby
boy that was born in an electric car in
Topeka Thursday morning is, perhaps,
that he may not grow up to be fast
young man.
Phillipsburg is now the terminus of sew
enteen postal clerks and has been desig-
mated terminal postoffice. 1t is also the
paying office for all clerks between Phil
lipsburg and Colorado Springs
There is always a scramble for the Office
of probate judge of Marshall county The
scramble last year was between applicants
for marriage licenses. Judge Goodwin
issued during the year 200 licenses to wed.
A Woodson county mans name is
Laughbest. They say he never laughs;
waiting, probably, for everybody else TO
get through, so that he may do what his
name promises according to the old saw
Sleighiug parties in Topeka have To be
chaperoned, noting which the 11-worth
Times raises the point that a sleighing
party without q chap around would be
vain and spiritless affair.
Dickinson county farmers, according to
The Abilene Reflector, during the year
1892 made net reduction in their in
debtedness of a third of million dollars.
And they have stuff enough left to pay
800 cents on the dollar.
Lawrence Burke sold twenty head of
cattle on Monday in Lyons for 4 cents per
pound. They weighed 2I.7l0 pounds, and
brought the neat sum o. 81. los 30. The
average weight was twenty eight pounds
less than /, 400.-Tribuue.
The week Of prayer has been pretty gen.
orally Observed by the praying people of
Kansas this season: more so than usual
This IS a strong auGury for better times
this year Il i writ: THE prayers Of the
righteous avaleth much.
A single letter turned upside down some
times causes writer 20 say something
ridiculous For instance, a poetic Kansas
editor, by the invertion Of ''p" by the
printer, Transformed lot OF bumbs into
a. many dents thus: The beautiful hills
o; Kansas are dimples il the sunlight"
Cimarron New West: Garfield county IS
70 be surveyed, and J. l. Bower and John
\. Maple, county surveyor Of Gray county,
are employed to do the Surveying Il hiss
been said that Garfield county lacked the
constitutional area. and efforts are being
made 70 disorgsniZe the county; hence the
survey Of the county boundary.
The county attorney o! Rice county has
begun proceeding in the name OF the state
against tie Merchants baak OF Ellis, ask
ing thas It's charter De forfeited, alleging
that it has charged various individuals
usurioOs interest, violating the state
banking law. Il will be made 4 test csse,
sud viii be watched with interest zIl ever
the state.
The Atehison Chamuion IS not nsrtie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

The author of America" our national
hymn.
If we can lay any legitimate claim to
possessing national hymn, it is the one
beginning "My Country It's of Thee"
yet very few people know by whom it
was written, or the circumstances that
called it forth.
DR.. S. f. Smith, author of America, :"
was a member of that famous Harvard
class of 90 and is the man of whom his
classmate, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
wrote the well-known line: Fate tried
to conceal him by naming him Smith.
Two generations have sung the hymn,
and the third is now beginning TO lisp it,
but it is Just as new and it rolls out Just
as grandly today as it did years ago
when it was first written. DR.. Smith
lives at New ton. Mass, and there is
scarcely day when his we'll preserved
figure is not seen walking about tie
streets and roads. or climbing on board
the train to visit Boston. He is passing
a serene old age in quiet comfort. He
seldom breaches now, but he has by no
means laid down his pen. The veneer
able poet has in his day been an extern
sive traveller, and has nearly encompass
ed the earth in his jOurneyings. Now
he no longer takes long Journeys. but /
quietly, peacefully and cheerfully
awaiting the day which comes once to
all mankind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
IMMIGRATION AND QUARANTINE.

The number of steerage passengers ar
irving at the port of New York last year
was 358, 48G, a falling off of Sc, S04 from
the As, $50 arrivals of the year before.
The immigration for 1892 exceeded that
of the corresponding months of 1891 up
to the last of August, but rapidly de-
clined from that date and this establish
ment Of quarantine regulations. With
the adoption of proper restrictions by
congress, the immigration of the ensu-
ing year will necessarily be reduced in a
much larger proportion. The importance
OF such legislation IS now generally adj
mitted, both GA sanitary and economic
grounds: yet should the tide of immi-
grafton, which would otherwise set for
American ports, be diverted to Canada
and Mexico, the United States, while not
Immediately confronted by danger, would
be thanked upon either side by danger
Gus possibilities. Neither Canada nor
Mexico, however. would he insane
enough to encourage an influx of for
eign immigrants without rigid precau-
lions against arrivals from the cholera
infected ports of Europe. Under exist
ing circumstances, the probability is
that both these countries would cooper
ate with the United States in TIE main
tenance of suitable quarantine regula
tons.
So far as Canada is concerned, Profess
sor Goodwin Smith is reported as saying
at Toronto that while the inhibition of
immigration by the United States would
doubtless assure a large class of new set
tiers for the Dominion, the chances are
that they would not lie of desirable
quality. He had learned while in Eng
land that whatever surplus of farm labor
ers there was there, which was small,
preferred emigrating to Australia and
New Zealand for climatic reasons, and
he did not believe it would be a wise
policy an the part of the dominion gov
eminent to invite indiscriminate immi-
grafton from other countries. The best
policy, in lis opinion, would be to inn
prove the trade conditions of the domin-
ion in such a way as to check the large
outflow of really desirable immigrants
from Canada to the United States.
The problem is grave and complicat-
ed one at best, and all the more grave
and complicated because Of the fact that
unless Canada and Mexico should prac-
tically join with the United States in
quarantine measures, the full purpose of
any legislation that congress may agree
upon is likely to be more or less neutral
lied.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
The dd1iehta Daily Eagle Saturday ornno aauuaru saa
ularly vengeful newspaper but it is SO

ularly vengeful newspaper. but it is so
natural like for it to print this:
'Ehngham is reported all torn up in he
social worla over the arrival of Il child five
months after the marriage of a daughter
OF prominent family. This makes the
third one where the chickens have come
home to roost hat united 60 besmirch the
character and veracity of champion re
porter because he told the truth in GER
tain adultery case. There * another hen
or two that can be scared of easily"
The Lawrence Record must answer for
the following: There is Ipau in our town,
and be is wondrous wise; he boasts no
chuff can get him down, that on him roost
No flies. So when the sun peeps round a
cloud and snow melts to the kaw, he
bHwis in every ear aloud. There's goin'
to be thaw" Aud when the wind next
morning blows. wholesome air and
keen, he rubs the tip-toe off his nose and
squalls, THE coolest day I've seem"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
TRACK AND PADDOCK.

George Gould may be en- addition To
the eastern turf the corrting season.
Sunol is back in New York and viii
be driven on the road all winter by Mr..
Bonner.
India Rubber has been ruled on at
New Orleans owing 10 his peculiar In
understanding.
Mrs. Langtry's stable won for her
Just R7.sls this season. And she owns
some Of Enelanll's gilt edged yeArlinFs.
too
Swamp Fox covered six furlonEs IN
1:13Et at East ST. Louis. II the rseo
was correctly timed swamp Fox is enti-
tied 20 a place among the good aPrtn-
ters.
Byron McClelland has yearling COLI
by Pirate of Penzance-L Leap Frog. pur-
chased foe $500. that went quarter
recently In o:23;l. with I27 pounds up.
on the Lexington track
Twenty-Five races in England won by
eight horses averaged ia value f7.B13
each. Aside from or big events, this
average Of the English race value IS
higher than ours
Young Dulfc. great sPEinter IN bis
day, and winner 81 large pots Of money
for P. J. Finn. died recently Of pneu-
monia at Albany. The Older race goers
remember Young Dukes good work
Bookmalxcr Rose has purchased Gift
ford b. c. 2, by Bran ne Ts1rhess. Tor
g. 900. At Latonia's fsn Meeting Chf-
ford beat field Of ten. going four and
one-half furLongs with lis pounds up in
57A.
Jimmie McTlaugbhn owns two fsFs
vesrlings that he says httls about.
They cost him but 81 800 thin summer,
but their work on an eastern track has
given cAuse for the owners aAcDcs-
They are by Nuseovey out Of Wood
flower and HorindeL Eszs year taeir
time may b> wonderful IN TnesA-
Nov that ss0ntouI has bos-a Eoh for
the ridi~aLyuE sim 81 e3l go. The rev
owners might 10 eoruA-rted BY ths
statement thai the stalfto1 "a 40 pars
gated that be wez-s - - Weights,
and only the light-st Ehaos that can -
practically applied. Theu hs made bis
record Of ROTH the ST. II she's weighed
Just fourteen oUnceH
Byron NcCleilAnd hss one - Efls best
ycarliazs - ne year. aorcsrding % re-
ports from Es1tncsy The colt - tho
brown vorHgrf=r ~ IMP. Pirass If
Perzz nos Lap Frog that - yASS g. .so9
fsr lzst GaT The prospects fJr The
colt - e yes.r-oL1 arr a. plssSing "a
Byron as we're those surTDssseilzZ sails
NeCle.Izad WHEN t9ro yesrs Old VITA
II pounds up tae cot ~sut = su&rser
Il -.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
AN IMPORTANT CASE.

From the Cimarrop New West,
An interesting case came up before
Judge Abbott. district Judge, at Garden
City, on Saturday. The facts are briefly
these; j. w. Ford and others Of Chicago
are the owners of thirty-seven sections
of land in Gray county, which they
bought several years ago. and hoped
to dispose of them iefOre the boom died
out; but IN this their speculation failed.
The owners of these %, ESQ acres. though
wealthy, have neglected and puTpusely
failed to pay taxes on this land for
i've years past. The land has been
sold for taxes and the tax cerufica. es
have been issued; but it Is 10 restrain
the issuing of tax deeds to the certificate
holders that this suit Is taken. The
owners Of the land ask for temporary
injunction or restraining order upon tie
county treasurer 10 compel him TO
withhold the issuing of tax deeds. The
taxes on this land for the wears 1888 So
90 and 81, amount TO SIS, SOC: and costs
and interest viii swell tie amount CON
siderable. The tax for 1872 is not in the
SUIT. Ford was here last week and Of
Tered TO compromise with the county by
the payment OF $4,000 THIS shows his
dishonesty or lack of business sense.
The county has sold this land for delin-
quent taxes, according 10 law, and I'M
der no circumstances can it do otherwise
than protecl that sale. Ford said while
here that II the case was decided against
him ne would carry II 10 The supreme
court, ana lie would rip up Gray
county from top TO bottom Big man.
TINS Ford. County attorney Naylor is
for the county, and Garden City law
yer represents the tax regulators.
Judge Abbott granted the temporary
restraining order to hold until the regu-
lar tenn of court IN April.
The manner by which the motion 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
London. Puxilistic kangaroo.

The greatest pugilist in London is
Jack, the kangaroo, at the London
theater. He was taught to box in Aus
tralia 10y his ceptor Jack Landerman,
and John L. Sullivan was invited while
in that country to stand up before Jack,
but declined. local pugiist at Mel
bourne tried 1t and Jack knocked him
out so that he lay two months in the
hospital Jacks enjoys boxing. He hits
harder than man and is very cltver.
He measures Q feet from the tip Of his
tail to the end Of his nose, Is feet tall.
years and months old, and growing
fast. No pugilist here can stand the
Knockout blows he delivers with his
forepaws encased in gloves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
IowA's FOR Y-slxTa BIRTHDAY.

From the Des Mones state Register.
Iowa became a state forty-six years
ago Dec. %, and just 100 years ago the
territory including the state was coded
by France to the United States. The
coded territory mad at that time less
than 100000 people, and bare moiety
of this population spoke the English Ian
guage. The largest town within its
borders had less than Is, 600 population
a dozen states, each as large as terri
torif.! France, have been carved out of
1t. The cities of about 5000 people
ulatIon reaches into the millions.
The first permanent white set
tier of Iowa was Julien Dubuque, who
obtained a grant Of land and settled up
on it in 1888 and resided on it until his
death, i'll 1910. III 1884 Iowa by act of
congress became part of Michigan ter
ritory, IN 1886 a part of the territory of
Wisconsin, in 1888 it was constructed
into the territory OF Iowa.
The original lines included both the
Dakotas and most of Minnesota. Bur-
hngton was made the seat OF govern
ment, continuing so for one year, when
the capital was removed to Iowa City.
After two trials the territory became
state, with its present boundaries,
in 1916, and in the following year
Iowa City became the capital. At
that time, in 1912. the total population
was In round numbers 1872, 600, ten years
later it exceeded 800, 900, and ten years
later 1000, 600. Today it is 10000
There are no traces of the pioneer DAYS
remaining in Iowa. Indiana, Ohio, both
the Virginias. Missouri, and other states
have plenty of log school houses; Iowa
has none, but it has less illteracy than
any other state; more schools in proper
ton to population, and more churches.
After having been constituent part of
two Kingdoms, two empires, and one re-
public, Iowa has become one Of the
largest commemorative i'll the largest
republic and most powerful nation
known to history. 1t Is worth some
thing to be a Hawkeye, and to know
that the marvellous history of the state
has been written during forty-six years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

When Justice Lamar left Washington
n short time ago Tor his present home at
Macon, Ga, 1t was understood among
his intimate friends that he had gone
from the national capital for good aud
that, on account of his failing health
and advanced age. he would. as soon as
Mr. Cleveland Is inaugurated president.
tender his resignation from the supreme
bench. That impression prevails in Mis-
sissippi and the scramble for his place is
already begun in that state. Cleveland
may recognize the Mississippi cinch on
the place, but that is uncertain. II he
does it is asserted chat the new Justice
will be Judge J. \. 2. Campbell of Jack
son, who ranks with the foremost and
Is first among peers, as the State Ledger
puts It.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

Marsh Murdock has come out for Gov
ernor. elect Lewelling for United States
senator, and follows up his endorsement
with the most complimentary statements
of the ability of the newly discovered
statesman. The EAGLES position looks
like An attempt TO soft soap Lewelling into
selecting railroad commissioner from
of the state.-Atcbison Globe
The EAGLE had no such thought. 1t
suggested Governor Lewelling for senator
in perfect good faith as. in Its judgment,
the proper thing for his party to do from
every point of consideration. As to the
railway commission, being citizen OF
Wichita. engaged il commercial pursuits
and presumably understanding the stu
alton, the EAGLE is perfectly willing 10
leave that matter TO the governors judg-
ment and sense Of fairness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

There was held in Salina. Wednesday,
q meeting of grain dealers and elevator
men, the purpose being 10 organize into
an association 50 that concert of action
may be had in securing needed legisla,
ton in the interest of correct weighing
and equitable rates in the shipment OF
grain IN this state The meeting was
composed of about fifty grain men from
different points through central Kansas.
In referring 10 the meeting the Republi-
can says:
They claim that If the necessity OF fig
urlng on shortage Is removed the shipper
viii ne enabled 90 pay from one half cent
u one cent more per bushel TO the farmers
for their grain. The meeting proposes TO
prepare a blk requiring every railway com
pauy TO put IN car scales al all the ship
ping points aud the railway company will
Toe held responsible for any shortage that
may occur al the destination. This the
grain dealers declare Will bring about
needed reform IN ths condition OF the cars
turned over TO the use of the grain COM
panies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
a Matter of Discretion.

The Wichita EAGLES plea for LEVEL
ing for United States senator is not well
taken. The Republicans have no part or
parcel in that affair. 1t is matter
wholly for the opposition, and Repub-
licans should keep their hands off
Why should Republican vote for Lew
eIling for senator? Did he not defeat
the regular Republican nominee for gov
ernor: That is enough to make him the
eternal enemy of our party. There is
no use talking, we cannot afford to be
carnally mixed up with these critters.