The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-25
AN OHIO CAPITALISTS VIEWS.
He Says Kansas Lands Beat the World Bu
That tile Railroads Are Kobbing the People.

Captain Schoefield and his son-fn-law,
| J. Rockefeller, of Cleveland, Ohio, are at
| the Carey. Mr. Schoefield was for years
the general manager, or president, Of the
Excelsior Oil company, while Mr.. Rocka-
! Teller is at present the manager Of the
Standard Oil company's interests at
Cleveland, and brother to the well
known millionaire who has been giving
money SO literally recently to sectarian
colleges.
Both gentlemen are very wealthy. Cap
tain Schoefield has 5000 acres of land in
Kiowa county, while his son-in-law has
about 5000 acres. They like their invest
ment and have added to it recently.
In conversation with reporter
for the EAGLE last night Cap
tain Schnefeld said that Kiowa
county has within its borders land that is
as good as can be found anywhere in the
world for the raising of wheat. and that
what is true of Kiowa county is true Of
Kansas generally. He has several hun
bred acres under cultivation and has con-
tracted for the cultivation of 400 acres
more this year.
He was very much interested in the
story of the legislative troubles at Topeka
and thinks it a shame that such things
should occur in state whose reputation
has so much to do with its prosperity. He
says the greatest trouble with Kansas is
the robbery of the railroads. and he
demonstrated to the reporter that it costs
as much to ship freight from Wichita to
Kiowa county as the same class of freight
VorI-
which is about six times the distance.
CHANCELLOR SHOWS LECTURE.
Professor T. II. H. Snow, chancellor of
the State university, lectured last night
on the Doctrine of Evolution" before an
appreciative audience at the board of
trade hall, under the auspices of the Unity
club.
The lecturer began with the statement
that the doctrine of evolution is today &C
cepted in one form or another by all botan-
lists, biologists, biologists-the whole
scientific world in short-and by a few
theologiAns. The evolutionary hypothesis
has so established itself in the thinking of
the day that it is no longer to be consid-
cred a theory, but an established
law DUL tHeTe IS HcSlLauCy
on the part of many in
universally applying the principles of evo
luton. All serious thinkers agree that
this earth has been countless centuries in
process of making and admit the sbsurdity
of the six days creation theory, but many
are 10th to believe that man himself is a
product of nature evolved from lower
forms. The facts of physiology, however
especially the presence of rudimentary or
gans, and the facts of embryology lead
irresistably to the conclusion that the
body of man as well as the earth is the re-
suit of a slow unfolding Of nature aud is
not the spoken word Of an exter-
nal anthro- pomorphic Creator. The
mind # man, too, including even
the moral nature or conscience has GER
tainly been evolved, not thrust into the !
body at certain period. The steps of the
lecturers argument cannot here be given. |
Suffice it to say that the conclusions were
not hastily reached nor dogmatically in |
sisted upon.
The lecturer, in conclusion, made very |
suggestive and thoughtful application of |
evolution to religion. He said that the |
discovery of the processes employed by |
nature or the steps in the development of |
life does not by any means negative or de-
stroy the idea of an intelligent First |
Cause, nor does it necessarily undermine |
faith and other religious emotions. 1t |
only goes to show the more intimate con-
nection between God and the universe.
The lecture was evidently the product Of |
personal investigation and study |
as well as wide reading All who attended |
felt amply repaid. The chancellor can |
rest assured that mis- visit in Wichita has |
resulted in increasing the circle of his
personal friends and supporters of the |
state university.