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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
TIE PENDING STRIP BILL.
ROME, Kan, Jan. %. '99.
To the Editor Of the La..e.

ROME, Kan, Jan. %. '99.
To the Editor Of the Ia-.e.
VIII you please answer me the follow
ing question: I want TO know If I can
take claim In the Cherokee strip as the
bill passed 5he house. I took = pre-emp-
ton n SO and proved il uo and sold it, I
also took humesJead-both in Haskell
county, hsnsas-rehnq it to
the government IN IS. Now the
question Is can take claim in the strip.
1 own no land anywhere and my proDsrty
Will not exceed s. COZ
Please 10 answer through the Daily
EAGLE, and obl-e, !. 4. DAVIS
Either one of your acts: the pre-empt-
ion or demonstrating, exhaust your
right under the Cherokee Strip bill as it
passed the house, The inhibitive provis-
ions Of which are, in brief, that no per
son can make entry who
/. Owns eighty acres Of land or s.. 900
worth # real estate.
= Has had the benefit of homestead,
timber culture, presumption or desert
land laws.
). Has ever set up any claim to lands
IN Oklahoma unless same was lost by
due process Of law.
1. Do-s not 70 in person upon the
tract-iour months for fling.
.. Enters before time fixed in procla-
nation.
'SooneriSm' IS made . misdemeanor
subject To a fine of not less than 500 nor
more than $1,000. Holding down
claims Is subject 10 :, penalty OK not less
than SeJU nor more than s.. 900 and i'm
prlsoument for not less than SIX months.
Townsite spectators Subject g. same
penalty IS last aOove.-ED EAGLE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The young reporter has sprouted Ia
n north Missouri town. His hrst as
signment was wedding. and he de-
scribed the groom as being dressed ia
conventional black, making most
lovely appearance" The supper was
both stylish and beautiful. with nod
ding plumes 81 flowers that added %
the great mounds of sweetness present"
lie said the wedding presents were
valued in the aggregate TO the amount
Of two hundred dollars"
Mrs Elizabeth Preston Brown
Davis, who computes the ephemeris Of
the sun for the Nautical Almanac, has
unusual ability as = mathematician and
astronomer. she invented and copy
righted the WashiBgton-Greenwich
table now used By tins government, and
while she was yet studsat she sur
priscd her instructors BY discovering an
error IN enc Of Ia Places "a blcs, which
had for years resulted ia Inconsistencies
IN astronomical ca culations that bad
puzzled astronomer al over the world
Miss JogzEnagham. who was the
first indOo woman u study nedleius
In England, was for while resident
medical officer ia the Edinburgh hos
p.tsl for women and children, and -
now house physician a. the CANA hos
pitaI ia BOMBAY Inspired by her sues
cess another Hlu1oo woman. Miss Co
rindura juiu. has begun a course IN Sur
geon's square. London She lad been
house surgeon ia the hospital a. NJ
sore. and the Nvsors govsrBneut has
given her two years' st,seaes and bey
expense
The d8ugater % az Italian strs~s
organ proprietor ur@s married a. syutt-
port last week % al Italian organ
grinder, who practices bis arr IA MAJ
chester. under clrcunns taao~- Of -
raar&Sb.s display snd expense Ths
grl has played a barrel orgas "a t4s
streets q sostap0r. s.acs -. ls;s
school SIX carriages took eghfy
quests % aad frol. church. TIE To~a
well dressed IN Raglan style. bot to
women a. zFltteE Hnd Gblzzs vita
silks. Iaocs sd 5suclrT. 20 their ns-
tional testivz. dress A. tts f~As; t-o
roast Eaa-s. twenty chickens and t-ro
rounds - beef were spread. Gud th~-s
were vine, WHISKY su1 other eria<s ia
p-ofus5on Corfset8o1s - s-, tagr~-~d
on tae bride aa4 groom Instead O! IA
czst1-zzry ne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
The Governor Endorsed.


The outcry of LeweIIing, the Demo
pop governor of Kansas, against such of
fellow-citiZens as ride in Glded car
riage5 with liveried cOacbmen and foot
men" has the hearty sympathy of all
good men. Whenever it has been the
Journals lot to travel in Kansas, it has
been outraged as to the finer feelings of
its nature, by the frequency of the gill
ded carriages and the liveried hunkeys
hanging on behind and trotting along
the sides thereof, on the streets of Achi-
son, Leavenworth, Wichita, where Lew
cling runs a discount shop and loan
shaving business on the curbstone, and
Topeka the capital, where the state
printer and the proprietors of drug stores
dazzle the eve OF the inmates of IN g
poorhouse with their Offering establish
menis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The fact of the matter is that the Bea-
con is the only paper in Kansas that gave
the governors message complete Oh the
day of its delivery.-Beacon.
That was, indeed, a remarkable feat,
displaying a wonderful amount of jour
nalistic enterprise, in view of the fact
that the Beacon was favored q with a
typewriter copy of the pondrous docu-
ment in advance so that it was in type
hours before its delivery and release
by wire. The EAGLES synopsized re-
port was given in its first issue after the
message was promulgated, and contain
ed quite as much of it as a great major
ity Of the people cared to read.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The bank clearings of the past week
show an unusual increase in business for
the country at large, the per cent. being
aboye Is. The commercial and indus
trial interests Of the country are GER
tainly in healthy and prosperous con-
dition, and if no Interference is had in
the way of unwi5e legislation or change
of administrative policy the country will
experience another year Of most crafty
ing prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

the estimated value of Jay Gould es-
tate is 1000 900. 1t is said he paid
taxes on only $50, 900. This is certainly
a mistake. His tax list in New York,
where he held his residence, was posi-
bly, not more than the amount named;
yet his property holdings are largely
outside Of that state and subject to taxa
ton wherever located. His property
values in Sedgwick county, for instance,
amount to considerably more than the
sum named.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The Kansas City Times got piles OF
glory, but the Kansas City Journal has
published three columns of Oklahoma
news to the Times one for ninety days
past. The journal has Harvey Fleming
as its Washington correspondent and is
making a speciality of Oklahoma news; but
the Times special train was the winner
for it.-Guthrie Capital.
All Of which is substantially true. 1t
is also fact that the Wichita EAGLE
has published pages of matter pertaining
to and in the interest of Oklahoma, TO
columns printed by any other paper out
side the territory, which fact, although
recognized and appreciated by the intel
ligent and progressive citizens of the ter
ritory, was yet not sufficient, it seems,
to warrant the esteemed Guthrie con-
temporary in so much as naming this
paper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Some Points For the Pops.

-N1-4~ O-AltI 7 u ILIU 7 OLo.
From the Neodesha Register.
Farmers are complaining of heavy
taxes this year, but if the farmers of
Wilson county had the $21, 600 in taxes
to pay that is levied on the three rail
roads in the county they would have
something to kick about Yet a great
many of them vote with party that
wants the government to own the roads
and dlsfranchise the employees. Do you
know that government property is not
taxed? Do you know that employees do
not want to be disfranchised as are con-
victs in some states? 1t would make
your taxes almost one-half more if the
railroads were not taxed. This is a grave
question, and every farmer should con-
sIder Ii we'll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The anniversary of General Robert Z.
Lees birth was celebrated Throughout
the south last Thursday. The people Of
the north can look with complacency
upon the admiration Of the southerners
for their greatest soldier. This Is espec-
tally so because General Lee as q man
was honest, brave and kind Of heart.
His personal history during the DAYS
that Immediately preceded Appomattox.
as we'll as the months that followed. is
full Of the deepest patbos. lie was q
good man who defended a bad cause.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

Reverend Todd, the Peoples party min
lister ia the Topeka house, tries in his
prayers to make a Populist of the Lord.
He scores the other side in his petitions,
and winds up with a short stump speech
for the Populist cause. When a man
takes politics into his prayers, the people
have n greater contempt for the man and
his party, and less respect for religion
Atchison Globe.
Nevertheless, there are some supposed
ly-good people who insist that men
should vote as they pray" and if that is
. good axiom why not reverse it and
have them pray as they vote? The Globe
is quite right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The United States senate has voted
$29,500 for buoys to be placed along the
water front of Lake Michigan at Chi
cago. With a display of commendable
virtue the News-Record expresses the
hope that none of the money will he
spent for hoarse baritone fog-horns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
q SUGGESTION.
From the Kansas City Star.
attention.

From the Kansas City Star.
Governor Lewelling Of Kansas should
take day off, go down to Wichita, out
to Paramount place, sit down in front Of
his COSY fire in his modest little cottage
and pull himself together. The excite
ment of the capital has unbalanced him.
This is natural; it Is even excuSable for
the first time or so, but when it can be
rsmedied it should be. For instance, to
talk about the Republicans in the lower
house of the legislature being ''in open
rebellion" to the laws and the constitu-
ton Of the state is virtually to confess
to a severe case of brain fog The popu-
lists and the Republicans in the lower
house have combined to make a spec
tacular donkey out of that legislative
branch of the Kansas government; but
to discriminate so unjustly between the
foreiegs and those that have the
natural right aud propensity to kick is
an indication that the discriminator' s
vision is askew. The Republicans have
the best of it from the standpoint of lit
eral law and the written constitution.
But as the courts are TO decide that-it
is neither here nor there. But for Mr.
Lewelling, the new governor, to put
himself on record at once as AZ violent
partisan is unfair to the friends who
have hoped he would not lose his head.
Mr.. Lewelling, the commission man of
Wichita, was not that sort of man. Mr..
Lewelling, the gubernatorial candidate,
was a fair man and just, and Mr.. Lew
cling, the governor elect, was inclined
to be above party considerations in look
ing ahead at his duties. Governor Lew
cling has been worried and nagged into
estate of mind" He should withdraw
from Topeka and take look at his dis
heveled appearance. Then he and his
friends can smile at the scuffie, and
when be pulls himself together he can
so at the matter sensibly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
The FIrinr FIa-.r.

On. Of the strangest of the many Odd
creatures that inhAbii the wiias o.
southern Asia and India Is N "Syins
flower" a small, brilliABt~huea iizars
Of the order Of bracovoluz On ths
wing these curious speci@s Of sauriaS
resemble richly tinted insect When
a. rest he ca-arares fzv0rab-z win
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The quarterly payment Of pensions at
the Topeka agency begins February 4.
There are over 100, 600 pensions upon the
roll. When Pension Agent Kelly took
charge there were $4,000. The increase
during the four years has been nearly
200 per cent. II will not be so large the
next four wears.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
The original American rar.r1l

The original American flag, made
of English bunting, at Philadelphia,
under the direction Of John Brown,
secretary OF the United States marine
committee, bY the patriotic women OF
the city, IS now n possession of Mrs
Harriet 2 P. Stafford, OF Cottage City,
Mass 1t was first presented BIZ the
Philadelphia ladies % Paul Jones, who
placed (. a. the masthead OF q small
boat which he sailed I'D and down the
SchuvlkiIl river, and was designed TO
show the people OF the country what
their future national ensign should be.
The original banner contains but
twelve stars. as Georgia had not then
Joined the coufe6eracy. Several bullet
holes indicate that i saw service 10 the
revolutionary conflict, and nearly two
yards OF is length have been CIT away
by an bt;ious reIic-hlntera
Three Of the frst four presidents of
the United States married widows The
wife Of John Quincy Adams, who re-
ce.vcd her education N England ere
ated a great sensation II the nations
capital The wife Of Martin Van
Buren,, Hannah Hoes, lived but a short
time after her marriage, dying about
seventeca years before her husbands
election % the presidency. President
Ty.er's second wife was an ardent Eo-
nan Catholic, ard Mrs. Polk a calm
hammered Pres bTteri4n Mrs Willard
Fillmore had been . scbDo. teacher,
ard the eourtsai2 was carried on under
CsEzrlties. as the lover could rarel = ~
t5-1 the expense OF . toaraeT 20 y.si;
bis sancee. Mrs F-aukiia Pierce was
tie cevgot dazvate- q a clergyman
zDd made the #hitr house Il certer -.
e-4zrltz ole and e.lgious enterprises
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

A Democratic member Of the Okla
homa legislature Is accused Of selling his
vote for $1,000 The st. Joe Herald
pertinently observes that the surprising
thing Is not that he sold his vote. bur
that he got so much for it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The settlers q the Cheyenne and Arapa-
Aoe country have formed an association
SCowa a. Tie Chegspue and Arzp4hoe
Protective association. The object OF tas
association l. 10 .aauc- c5ggrss> 30 extend
70 their land the same avs - those ai
Oklahoma gropes. Iae5r request = r1a-
soa2o4e AID c-a-ress should ..sas H.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The election of United States senator
Is pending IN several states and no pro-
greSs has been made Tor week. In
this respect Kansas is in no worse fix.
with lis duplex elliptic house, than the
ofhars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
An Important Decision.


Judge Webb yesterday rendered an
important decision in the case Of Hippie
against Blair. Justice Shifflett and Con-
stable Starr, holding that man has not
the power 10 waive the exemption law
SO far as his wages and personal property
necessary for the support of bis family
are concerned. The case grew out Of
the attachment OF Nipples household
goods FOR rent, he having waived The
exemption law when be made the CON
tract with the owner Of the property.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

The tide of catastrophe seems to have
set in again. Several days in succession
have brought reports of serious disasters
upon the rail, IN the mine and where.
not. The last one, at Peru, Ind, was
perhaps the most disastrous, the number
of persons on the train considered. The
per cent. of killed was large and not one
present escaped. The disaster developed
a real hero, nevertheless. Fireman Neff,
although seriously injured in the wreck
pulled himself out and with remarkable
presence of mind and fortitude FASTENED
back a sufficient distance to warn
another oncoming train Of the danger
ahead, thereby saving the lives of many
who, no doubt, would have gone down
10 death in the fearful plunge the sue
ceeding train must have made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

Ninety -five-''S say Blanks. have you
read Romeo and Juliet?" 'Ninety-sIx-
1--WE read Romeo, and intend taking
up Juliet soon. Princeton Tiger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

What? Gone into bankruptcy
Yes. lie was crack wheelmau. you
know. lie won ever 50 many pianos.
clocks, bicycles, gold watches. and sets
of furniture by his fast racing Ito
couldn't sell them without forfeitlng
his amateur standing, and the taxes on
'eru broke him up"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
Better Yet.

Fred Diz-When grow up I'm going
10 be 4 pirate
Dick Hicks-Put 'er there; I'm going
20 be a sleeping car porter.-Jury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

Oklahoma county gets S2.IgG75 Of the
territorial school fund
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

They were talking about the vanity
Of women. and one of the few ladies
present undertooS defense ''Of
course" she said. II admit that women
are vain and men arc not Why" she
added, with n glance around, "the
necktie of the kandsomest man IN tho
room is even now up the back Of his
collar" And then she smiled-for every
man present had put his hand up behind
his neclI,-Drake's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22

others of the lizard tribe, with the excep-
tion that he has extraordinary protu.
berances on both sides OF the body.
These are the wings" which are
formed by n cutaneous flap. wing-liks
in shape, supported by series Of falss
ribs In color these flying lizards are
blue and gray, with intermediate tints
Of various kinds aud shades. The tail
Of this creature IS very long and slender.
as well as very snake Ike in appear
ance A large pouch, fast to the under
jaw and extending 20 some three inches
below the mouth, adds - the ferocious
aspect of the good -natured. harmless
creature. The wings are not what a
scientist would call true wings" but
are used mainly as parachutcs- When
the lizard leaps from a limb Of treo
into the air the contact brings out its
cutaneous flaps and enables the posses
sor to soar away at an angle 10 a great.
er or lesser distance, depending alto
gether on the height Of the starting
point -Philadelphia Press
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-04-15
GOLD COIN GIVEN AWAY,
The Weekly Courier-Journal
Awards Its Sl4,4OO to Lucky Est,-
majors,

The Weekly Courier. Journal OF
Louisville, Ky, offered as prizes Sl4.
0OO in gold coin $1,000 to go to the
person who came nearest to estimating
or guessing the exact official vote that
would be cast for all candidates for
President in all States in the Noycm.
Der. 1892 election, aud 500 for the
nearest guess in each State. The
complete list OF awards has just been
announced. The total official vote in
the Uuited States was IL, l36, 592. Mr.,
James E. Strong, Of Guruce, Shelby
county, Ala. came closest, his guess
OF l2,lS6,blO winning for him the
grand prize of $10O, 600.
The forty four hundred dollar prize
were secured by GA persons, there be.
ing ties in Il number of States. The
lucky estimators were divided among
seventeen States; Kentucky has ii
luck gucsscrs; Texas aud Mississippi,
8 each; Tennessee and Arkansas, I
each; Missouri, 5; Virginia, 4. Ala.
bama (not counting the $4,000 prize).
Kansas. Louisiana and Illinois, Q each.
Iowa, Florida. Georgia, Indiana, West
Virginia and Nebraska / each.
The Weekly Courier.Journal added
$4,000 names to its subscription list
through this great offer. So success.
fui was it that the paper cnntemplatcs
getting up another plan that will he
on as grand a scale as this M The
details will be announced shortly.
The Weekly Courier. Journal is the
beet and biggest Democratic paper
published in the United States, at 81
a year. You can get a sample copy
free by sending a postal card.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-04-15
The War is Over.

Acting q. P. A.. L. F. Poscy, of the
NJ. 4 O. K. r., received n letter from
a member of the g. a. r., w. II. Mar.
s,on, Of ST. Joseph, Mich, who asked
if Union soldiers could get desirable
lands down here, and how they nn'l
their families would be created. As
this letter was written shortly after
the last political campaign, the writer's
mind was probably influenced by the
many campsign lies with which his
section vas flooded. aud he very natu-
rally was inclined TO regard the mas
of tue Southern people, or at least the
| old veterans. es untricndly to his class.
As an answer, not only to Mr..
Marston, but 20 all in the Northern
Ststcs who contemplated moving to
this sunny cline, Col. rosey answered
him very fully himself, aud supple.
nlehted his statements by a letter from
the commander of the e. A. r. post at
Mobile and also by one from the IA
rhael Semmes Camp of c. V. at Mo
bile, through their Adju,aut, VIM. E.
Mickle.
1t Mr.. Mars.on, or any one else de-
sires any further evidence of the
friendly feeling of the Southern pco
pie towards Union soldiers or other
Northern citizens, we can furnish
them, upon application, with the
names of several Northern men who
have settled with their families 10 our |
county. and they will give them ali
the Information they desire, not only
in regard to the feeling of the people
towards home seekers from the North.
but also rs TO the fertility of the soil,
and the general adaptability of our
lands for farming purposes.
The concluding paragraph ofComdr
Thornton of the &. A. r. at Mobile
covers the the whole ground:
We say to Comrsde Marston. and
TO all other members OF the e. A r.
posts, that they will find the South
aud the people of the South all that
they caD desire, aud so far as tie nc.
tions of the Southerncrs are concerned
you would never know that there had
been a waf. Tuey would be
to haye such settlers as they
know they can depend upon to make
This country what it should bc-the
most fruitful and prosperous Oh the
tace Of the globe.
Acting G. P. Az Z. Poscy is q very
active agent in advertising the rcsour
res OF the South, and has done much
attract immigration to East Miss.
The result of his efforts in this lircc.
ion wifi soon develop our waste
ands. and greatly benefit this section
generally.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-04-15
See the Worlds Fair for Fifteen
Cents.

Upon receipt of your address and
fifteen cents in postage stamps, we
will mail you prepaid, our Souvenir
Portfolio OF the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, the regular price is fifty
cents. but as we want you to have one
We make the price nominal. You will
find 1t a work of art and a thing to be
priced. 1t contains full page views OF
the great buildings, with descriptions
OF same, aud is executed in the high.
est style of art. Ii not satisfied with
1t. after you get it, we will refund the
stamps and let you keep the book.
Z. Ii. BUCKLEN & co,
Chicago, Ill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-04-15

The raisiug OF pecans is becoming of
large interest in the South. and there
Is certainly none that will pay better
after the trees become larle enough to
bear There is now in the vicinity Of
Mobile pecan trees Welding the soft
shell variety, which yield the owners
as high as $500 per year, and after the
hrs I few Years the cost is nothing.
The Kind o! pecan planted Is no guar
an.ec a. TO the kind tho tree will pro
duce, but as it is a superior tree to
graft, you can have slips grated on
them when young from trees which
have given q superior nut. The best
way TO plant is to put these nuts near
together, and after they come up, leave
only the strong one, as they do not do
well to transplant, owing to tie Tor.
nation of the root. which goes into
the ground perpendicularlv, and of
equal length with the yonng tree.
During the first few years cultiyating
with other crops between the trees,
will give a return from the ground
taken, but as soon as they develope
fully this cannot be donc.--Mobilc
Commercial.