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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09

subordinate; and "upon principle, inde-
pendent of the weight OF judicial decis-
ion, it can never be maintained that a
military officer can justify himself for
doing an unlawful act, by producing
the order of his superior. The order
may peiliate, but it cannot justify" We
have never contended that the governor
had any legal power to decide which of
the two houses was the legal one, and 1t
was OH the contrary expressly declared
BY the supreme court of Kansas, that no
such power was vested in the governor.
Under these circumstances the act OF
Colonel Hughes in refusing to obey an
order which he knew TO be iliegrl,
was an act of self-defense in
which he was fnlly justified, and in which
he will be sustained by all sensible men.
The colonel will feel no disgrace in re.
ceiving dishonorable discharge from
such an organization as the Kansas
militia has become under its present
management. When enlistments are
made, not on account of their fitness for
military service, but solely because Of
their adherence TO a crazy political fac
ton that does not even comprehend It's
own legal principles, and when organi
cations are disbanded for the avowed
purpose of replacing them with others
more svbseryient, a dishonorable dis
charge from such an aggregation be-
comes a badge Of honor of which its
recipient should be proud.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
KANSAS PATRoNIzes MISSOURI.

Mrs. Lease was in Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, all day Tuesday. SO the Star an
Tounces, buying dry goods and carpets
and furniture for the eight arlable
state institutions of Kansas which Mol
lie practically runs under the Lewelling
regime. We have those things for sale
in Wichita and presumably in other
Kansas cenier5 of business. A few
thousands OF state moneys expended
among Mollie's home jobbing houses
would no doubt prove acceptable. OF
course we would not admit that our
goods are not just as fine and Just as
cheap as those OF another state, while
the SUCCESSION would not be entertained
that the dealers of Missouri may be
enough more anxious for the trade to
make it az object for the purchaser, not
withstandipg .he average Pop officer has
not always proved proof against the
temptation OF per cent, personal, on
purchases and contracts made for the
public, some Of them being quite bold in
demanding their personal divvy, if COM
mon reports be true. But Mrs. Lease
halls from Wichita and therefore could
not stoop to any such low platform of
commercial politics. 1t being at the
end of the campaign and finding herself
in Kansas City she no doubt found it
more convenient to patronze Missouri,
and not that she doesn't appreciate the
ambitions and aspirations of her own
state dealers. 1t is held moreover that
Kansas owes that Missouri city a fair
support, which if true, some of the
money might just as we'll be paid out of
the state treasury as by the people direct.
Besides, as Mrs. Leases party was put
into power, directly and alphabetically,
over party whose campaign motto
was ''stand up for Kansas" she pre-
sumably accepts that verdict as COM
mand 10 ''stand up for Missouri"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
A vICTonY OF PROMISE.

The election of Tuesday will be fan
reaching. 1t involved the mining and
manufacturing interests, prominently
in Ohio, the Judicial purity in New
York and Chicago, the farmers interest
in Iowa, the distress brought on by
calamity in Kansas and included the
administrations political methods in
Massa chusetts. 1t was victory of
promise, by parts, but one which, if
second TO a national victory, will be
found of national bearing and results.
The election of Tuesday settled the
question Of protection for American in
dustries SO emphatically that the Chica-
go platform can never be carried out;
just as emphatically as it did the fact
that the people of the country realize
the mistake made in putting free-trade,
single gold standard, anti-pension adj
ministration into power; and just
as emphaticaily as it did that MAORI
ty of the people of New York have no
use for election thieves and corporation
courts.
1t is victory of promise for the Re-
publican party and for better times,
glorious victory for Kansas and all her
productive and commercial interests
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS,

THOMAS SLINeLAND, OF Paterson. n.
j., shot himself well-nigh fatally and
then asked for cigarette. He was de-
termined to die.
SENATOR WILLIAM " ALLEN, of Ne
brasl1a, who recently broke the record
for long speeches, is forty-six years
old and is serving his first year in the
senate.
Miss MATTE TODD, niece of Abra-
ham Lincoln, is postmistress at Gym
thians, Ky. She was appointed by
President Hayes and has held her place
ever since.
Mrs. GRANT. widow of Gen. Grant.
has decided upon making Washington
her permanent home. She has spent
some time recently searching for q
suitabl house.
THOMAS MURPHY. the son of Francis
Murphy, has taken up the temperance
work of his father, and recently held a
series of large and successful meetings
in Waterbury, Conn.
HENRY MILLER, of Annville. Pa. has
q plate that is over one hundred years
old. 1t contains on the outer edge the
names of the thirteen original states,
and is highly priced by the owner.
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RAILWAY STATISTICS.

TIE total number of railway corpor.
stions on June 80, 1892. was 1872
The total railway mileage OF the
country on june SO. 1882, was III ,s5S. 81
miles
THE freight revenue during the year
ending June SO, 1892. amounted to
$799, 1916, 042.
The total number OF passengers car
ried during the year ending June 50,
1892. was $50. 1852
TIE passenger revenue for the rail
ways of the country during the year
ending June 80, 1892. was Sas6. sos. 7os.
The number of tons of freight re-
ported by the railways as carried dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1892, was
100. $50, All.
The receipts from mail service for
the year ending June so, 1892, were
sa6. SCI, 143. and from the express COM
panies were So, las, 9Ss.
THE total number OF employees in the
service of railways on June so. 1892,
was las. being an increase of ST.
$50 over the previous year.
THE average journey per passenger
for the year ending June 80, 1892, was
1882 miles, and the average number of
passengers per train for each mile run
was AZ.
THE number of passengers carried
per passenger locomotive during the
year ending June so. 1892. was 1899.
and passenger mileage per passenger
locomotive was 1.5l0.273
THE capitalization of the 1911. 1877 so
miles covered by the report was. on
June so. 1892. $40. a26. 74S, 1884, Of this
amount 81 633. los. 1903 were represented
by stocks and S.. o53, 0SS, ESQ by funded
debt.
THE gross earnings from operation
of railways during the year ending
June 80. 1892. were 81, ,40T.343. The
operating expenses were $50. 1897. s96.
From this it appears that the net earn
ings from operation of railways were
$3.50. 400 34T
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TIE ORIENT.

THE Chinese have an academy OF
manners that prescribes etiquette for
the whole empire.
THERE are over six thousand persons
fed three times day at Dolma
Bagtch palace while the sultan OF
Turkey is there.
THE ordinary folding fan is supposed
to have been invented in Japan, in the
seventh century. by a native artist,
who derived the idea from the way in
which the bat closes it's wings.
1T has hitherto been the law in
Japan that If n woman was not married
by a certain age the authorities picked
out a man and compelled him TO marry
her. The mikado has just abolished
this usage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
ODD CUSTOMS OF SIAM.
kite-Fiying the Popular Sport and Black
Teeth Are Fashionable.


To an European eye the good looks,
If they anywhere exist, Of both men
and women in Siam, are irrenedia bly,
destroyed by the universal use of the
betel, which blaclieus and corrodes the
teeth, and causes them to protrude,
which renders the spittoon an indis-
pensab BILE article of furniture. and is re-
sponsible for the great splashes of red
saliva that may be seen everywhere
adjoining the ground, as they have been
elected from the mouths of the passcrs
by Like their fellows in AMMAN. the
Siamese women enjoy great freedom
and influence. Being of a most rner-
camille and managing temperament
they become the sejf-constituted stew
ardesses. treaSurerS and bucksters Of
the home, or shop or store. They may
be seen by the hundred going to
market. each seated alone in her own
canoe with her wares spread out before
her The last king kept BODY guard
of Anazons. with red coats and trous-
ers and small carbines; but the present
sovereign has converted them into a
species OF interior palace police.
The national character Is dociie, in
dolent, ligbt-hearted- gag. The Siam
csc are devoted to the holidzy -Ina1sin2.
and ceremonies. and professions. which
accompany the most importzn; ann.-
versaries or incidents of life. death and
religion, and which cause an infinite
amount az money To be sqsis naered and
time lost They lore games ite-'yiny. .
fighting with cocks. cTicke;s bestles
and f.Sh-tbnggh i is 20 be sGrmised
that the main attraction Of these our-
suits consists in the scope thereby
afforded f0r betting and gambling.
which are the cardinal national
vices A sia mese viii stake Esoneg
on any thing Licensed gambling
houses exist n the cities. AID
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right thing to open the Kickapoo
country late in the fall or in the winter
and by the time spring arrives, in his
opiEion, congress will have approved the
agreement made with the k'owas,
Apaches and Wichitas and this will pre-
sent u condition that will suggest it a
good plan to open all Mt the SAME time. IL
IS understood that the secretary concinded
that this would be the right way to dis
pose OF the whole matter. and that it is
his intention now to hold back the open
ing of the Kickapoo country until spring
at any rate with the expectation that.t
other reservations negotiated Tor by the
Cherokee commission Will be ready to
open by that time and all can De disposed
Of at once.
Euid Enterprise: The grand jury has
returned indictments against many OF the
provisional officers of this city and Enid.
for falsely assuming and pretending TO
be officers" The gentlemen arrested are
leading citizens of the territory. Their
townsmen elected them to office at time
when their adyices were badly needed;
they accepted the trust. and they are
largely responsible for the excellent order
which has prevailed in the twin cities.
The acts of the provisional officers OF the
towns of Oklahoma proper were ali lega.
lien by special enactment, and the same
til ing will be done in these cases. The In.
dictmeut, upon this charge. of such men
as Ed l.. Dunn, w Il. Hamblin. c. L.
Rof, z. B. Weeks, and others Of this city,
ana E. j. Simpson. Abbott Hardee, Percy
Glaze, ]. Medley, K. p. kittreii aud
others of North Enid IS an outrage. No
men in Oklahoma stand higher in public
estimation, and none are more bitterly
opposed to violation of law.
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FOREIGN PERS ONAIS.

PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ of Costa Rica
has beer unsuccessful in his attempt
to borrow 81 900, 600. he will meet with
wide sympathy.
PAUL DE CAssAGNAC is nearly City
years old, but does not look his age.
Some twenty-odd duels have left no
trace on the tall, squerely built figure
and dark imperious face" But then
these were French duels.
MISS JESSIE ACKERMAN, an English
missionary, recently put on a diving
dress and went down sixty feet to the
bed of the ocean on the greatest pearl
ing grounds Of the world, between
Australia and Singapore. where 1900
men are constantly at work.
NINE. RODRIGUEZ, a noted Partisan
dressmaker, died recently in lunatic
asylum. Her fame was great, and she
always refused to make dresses for
women with poor figures. A certain
duchess had often desired to become
one of her patrons, but Nine. Rodri-
guez invariably said: When you have
shoulders / will dress You"
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PUNlSHMENTS FOR CRIME.

OF the 1 400 prisoners in the Illinois
state prison at Joliet, one-third are
reported to be suffering from consump-
ton.
THE Sale law had in ali 343 penal
articles: $50 relating to robbery, "A of
which referred to the stealing of ami
mails; 113 relating to crimes against the
person.
TIE rack, thumbscrew and other
modes of torture were used by Euro
pean courts until 1850, not only as a
punishment, but also as a means of OBJ
tanning evidence.
SOME tribes of North American In
dians punished matricides by hanging
them by their hands to the limbs of a
tree at a height just sufficient 20 per-
NIT the wolves to reach them from
the ground. They were left to be eaten
Sliye
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
EXCHANGE EPITOMES.
Henry Labouchere on the Senate.

Henry Labouchere on the Senate.
From the Chicago Herald.
The late lamented senate has indeed
become Kissing and by-word. al
ready" says Mr.. Labouchere in Truth,
1.-The anti popular newspapers here are
improving the occasion to compare adj
vantageously our doddering lords with
the American senate" Aud they have
a right to do so. The lords at least get
down TO business once IN a while They
made short work of the home rule bill.
They delivered no fourteen hour
speeches. None of them got drunk pub
licly. There were no covert threats of
killing the lord chancellor if he pre-
sumed to discharge his duty. If the
lords are nincompoops they at least be-
haved like gentlemen, and they trans
acted the business before them expedi-
tiously and then went home. In all
these particulars they have the advant-
age of the United States, of which,
thank heaven, we are free tor month
at any rate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS.

We take great pleasure in announcing
to our readers the early publication of a
work interesting and valuable TO all,
1.-The Parliament of Religions" at the
Columbian exposition. 1t will be issued
complete in one large, octave volume,
and will be careful compilation of ali
OF the proceedings-at once fascinating
story and book of universal value. A
narrative of the grandest achievement
III modern religious history. The book
contains the origin of the parliament of
religions; proceedings of every meeting
of the parliament; speeches delivered
and papers read at every session of the
noted gathering; the beliefs of the vari-
Gus religious denominations; opinions of
eminent divines in regard to the parlia-
ment: influence of the parliament upon
the religious thought of the world. Pub
lished by F. I. Neeley, Chicago. 800
pages. Price: Cloth, So so; Full Sheep,
$500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
NOVEL HAND DECORATIONS.
White Glove. and Little Finger Rings ars
Now the Rage.

White gloves and little finger rings
set with large soiit4ircs are now tho
rage. Few gloves Of any sort have
been wcrn during the 10, weather
After the mysterious way of fashion
the fad for little finger rings material
lied. and considerable busineSs ensued
Many rings were purchassd from tho
regular stock and many more wern
made 70 order. the stone being .ou-
venir Of more CT less intrinsic vals-.
4 few shirt studs have been sacrificed
FOR the solitaire pearl or diamond. and
coral. spinal ruby. csrbaBcie. amethyst.
cats eye and the fatal opal have been
selected for the band and snake rinys
These little finger rings arc conpar-
ativeiy hard 70 year Two clements
are needed 70 make tls.fn eHecsiTe-A
hand that il pretty aud one that {.
small On snv Other hand TIE iftti-y
ring "a aggressive ans. inArtissie
he white glove ~ also Dependents
upon deiieacy for effect An authority
on s1eb matters sayE NO. c in Tia.
limited size for white gioTes. and ~-en
then The hand would Ioo.< a. b4y a. a
No ca gIoyed IN ec-ue or tan All
the nsss shi:e gloves are raaae Of IN.
dressed kid. dog. or chamois stitched
and topped with black. and fastened
with pearl buttons MAJ. an inca w.s;s.
e nicS 20 Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
TWO MUSICAL DOGS.
Curious stories Told of Critical Canine
Ear~.


A wonderful story of French mu-
steal critic is related by persons who
profess 10 have been acquainted with
him, and who have seen HIM in attend
ance on musical performances He was
a dog. and his name in public was Ia
radc: whether he had "A different name
at home was never known At the be-
ginning of the French revolution he
went every day 10 the military parade
in front OF the Tuiieries palace. lie
marched with the musicians, halted
with them. listened knowingly to
their performances, and after the pa
rade disappeared. 10 return promptly at
parade time the next day. Gradually
the musicians became attached 20 this
devoted listener They named him
Parade. and one or another of them AZ
ways invited him To dinner. lie ac-
cepted the invitation. and was pleas
ant guest. IL was discovered that
after dinner he always attended the
theater where he seated himself calmly
in the corner of the orchestra and
listened critically 10 the music. II n
stantiy, and paved the striciest atten-
ton. II the piece had fine. melodions
passages he showed his JOY TO the bcss
of doggisa ability: but II the piece were
ordinary and unintcresting he yawncd,
stared about the theater, and unmis-
takably expressed his disapproval.
Another very curious story Of ca
nine musical ear is told of n London
organ-grindcr's dog The organ-Vrind-
err was blind and aged, and the dog
used To lead him about One night.
after a hard days work. the old man
and his faithful companion lay down
to sleep with the organ beside them
They slept soundly. and when they
awokc the organ was gone They were
in despair Their means Of earning
n living was gone But the dog led ths
old man through the streets where
he had been accustomed to play.
and persons who had given him aims
before continued to befriend him,
SO that the loss of the organ proved
not so bad after all. Weeks went by
One day the old man heard a hand organ
played a few feet from him. II reminded
him OF his lost instrument but he paid
no special attention to IT, Hand organs
were common in London and h. hear,
them often. Not so the dog lie showed
signs of great excitement. barked vic-
lently and led his master in the direc-
ton of the organ He sprang at .he
robberss throat, dragged him away
from the stolen organ and led hIS mas
ter eagerly up IN it with expressions oe
recognition and delight Mancheste.
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
iKPERSONAl eREViTfES.

Two TTFTEEy-YEAR-oLD girls hare
passed The entrance examination "a
Yale college.
BOYS at Racine. Wis. Rv kite ten
feet high by seven wide, which carries
tail eighty feet long.
THg last iineal descendant Of the au-
thor Of Robinson Crusoe" IS a pauper,
seventy years of age, nearly blind, and
in receipt OF outdoor relief
AyTER riding on a carTousef a. Alex
andria, La. recently, al aged colored
we.nan dropped dead. Physicians pro-
sleUG
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NOTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

RosE-LEAF jam is common dish In
Roumania. where roses are grown by
the million.
MANITOBA Is encouraging the emf
grafton TO its own borders of farmers
from Iceland.
THE roofs Of Egyptian temples are
composed of huge blocks of stone laid
from column to column.
THE smallest republic in the world
Is Franceville. one OF the islands OF
the New Hebrides. The inhs bits q IS
consist Of forty Europeans and five
hundred black vvoramen employed by
a French COMPANY
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TUESDAYS election in Chicago demon

Tuesdays election in Chicago demon
strats that a goodIy majority of the citi-
zens of that place have no sympathy
with anarchy or its promoters. The
election of Judge Gary, In whose court
the Haymarket aSSassns were convicted,
and under whose sentence the penalties
assessed against them We're enforced,
was fitting endorsement of that honest
ana courageous officer as it was fitting
rebuke to Governor Altgeld for his I'M
warranted and outrageous interference
IN their behalf, restoring those that were
incarcerated in the states prison 10 liz
erty and citizenship. The whole coun-
try congratulates Chicago upon that ex-
preston.
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Populist Requirements Satisfied.

Although the Populists are perhaps
somewhat premature in fixing up a
presidential slate for 1896, 1t cannot be
denied that III choosing Mr.. Allen of
Nebraska to head the ticket they have
shown the courage of their convictions.
Mr.. Allen has shown that he can talk
ionger-and say less-than any other
American citizen on record. He is a
vast, hoLtomless, sideiess, topless reser-
voir of wind and words. He is the in
carnation of bloviation-the typical Pop
uIist-and he is entitled to the leader
ship. In one respect only is he lacking
-to-wit: Whiskers. He Is clean. shaven.
This defect. however, may be easily
remedied. He may tarry in Nebraska
till his beard is grown, or the difficulty
may he overcome by putting up PETER
for vice president. PETER has whiskers
enough for both. Happy combination
Allen and Petfer-wind and whiskers.
On platform of free silver, government
loans, no socks and no soap. the ticket
ought to sweep the country like a prairie
fire.
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The evening Star that lights up the
caves of the Cliff Dwellers scintillates
for the space of half column in a weak
attempt to prove that Major Mckinley
isn't comparatively as big as he might
be, and IN congfatulaung the country
that Cleveland, who is at the head of
the government, will long ere the dawn
of '96 settle the tariff question wisely
and satisfactorily. Such nerve should
not 60 unrewarded. The language OF
sarcasm becomes insignificant and the
facts of history less important than ro-
nance in the presence of such blind
craftsmanship
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When Judas Iscariot discovered what
the result of his perfidy would be he
didn't wait for the final contamination
but.went out and hanged himself at once.
But there is no danger of his modern i'm
itators who have "crucItied the Savior
afresh and put Him to open shame" by
dragging HIM down to their miserable
level, following Iscariots example to
the end: they haven't even that moietv
of manhood that impelled their proto-
type TO do the one right thing at last.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09

Nobody in Kansas expects real estate
boom, such as we bad in 1867. but if
indications count for anything we are
going to have a lively revival in realty
transactions from now on. There is
more outside inquiries about farm lands
in Kansas right now than there has
beer for several years. They come from
the north, in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
the Dakotas principally. although many
ere received from Indiana. Illinois and
Chic. That the effect of Tuesdays elect
lou Will be 10 greatly augment these in
quiries and facilitate that line of trans
actions need only 10 be stated to be ac-
cepted By all. Its long lane that has
NO turn in il.
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One explanation of the result of Teus-
davis election. particularly in the indus
trial states of the north and east, if in
deed any explanations were necessary,
is the fact that the great mass of the
voters felt that the incompetency of the
Democratic congress and administration
deserved rebuke, and were anxious for a
return of industrial prosperity: it had its
effect in Kansas, tho it was less potent
factor, perhaps, than local and state in
forests