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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
THE GOVERNMENT OF me

| 20 the Editor OF the Eagle.
see by late dispatch from Washing
ton published in yesterdays EAGLE, that
the commissioner of pensions his organ
lied board of revision to overhaul the
papers of the old soldiers who are draw
ing a small pittance quarterly, to see if
may be some poor old fellow is not
drawing pension contrary to the law.
| suppose it might be called board OF
construction, for of course they will in
terpret the law in the interest of reform.
This board of twenty three will probably
cost the government $500 day: but,
what of that, if they can succeed in
knocking out few Of the pests who
were so foolish as to take up arms in the
hour of the country's peril and go to her
defense? and this is Democratic re-
form.
No! 1t is not reform! 1t is an innate
hatred of the lnen who dared to roll up
their sleeves and whip the rebels into
submission. That is the truth without
varnish.
Democratic reform! Why, it is enough
to make a horse laugh to hear that party
talk about reform. A party who, by
mismanagement and reckless extrava-
gance bankrupted the country from 1852
to 1861, and as a finish plunged US into
war which cost the government not
only billions OF money but the lives OF
three hundred thousand of the best men
of the nation; and the controlling eie-
ment of that party hate tile survivors OF
the Union army with hatred only
eQualled BIZ their love for JET Davis.
This spirit of hatred to the old soldier is
the spirit that prompts this reform, com
rades. You, that help to place this ele-
ment in power, make a note of this, and
if you are crippled so that you are I'M
able to kick yourself, for Gods sake get
some worthy comrade to do it for you.
You know you ought to be kicked.
A. j. O'NEIL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
THE IDENTICAL REASON,

We really hope that the failure of the
Wichita packing house Will not be
charged to 1.-THE Missouri River Rates. -
Atchison Champion.
Ia his explanation of the failure Mr..
John Whitaker, the head of the firm
named, gives as the principal reason
therefor the fact that by reason of the
arbitrary rates fixed upon the chasing
line set up on the Missouri river, Wich-
ita is so Disseminated against Us to prac-
tically cut off large part of the trade
from every direction that naturally and
legitimately belongs here and would
come here but for the Determinations
fixed in The Missouri River Rates. and
that the business done was so hauli.
capped by the said discrimination as to
rob il of profit. Take the trade south:
Wichita is refused even the same rate 10
that country, although from two to five
hundred miles nearer, that art
given Missouri points rs far III
as Omaha and Sioux City. II
other words, Wichita Is mad,
topay the rate from The Missouri river
points TO the given point in the interior
and the rate from the Missouri river I,
Wichita added. Talk about discrimina
lions! 1t Is simply wholesale robbery
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

have for the heroes who commanded
them They are to them living crea-
lures, and long after they have been
dismantled and broken up their names
are retained in the memory of n CRATE
full country. The British navy has
certain classes in which these names
are invariably given TO new ships
The names are fanciful, but they orig
mated in an age OF poetry. The
Freuchman, the jean Bart, is named
after the Nelson of France, one OF her
earliest and greatest naval captains,
the son of fisherman. The French
system of nomenclature il based on
the design of the ship and that of tho
service for which il is intended. The
Dutch ship Van Speyk is named after
the Dutch admiral who. after many
victories, found himself pursued by the
enemy and blew mp his ship, with
everyone on il, rather than be con-
ouered Italy embalms the memory OF
Giovanni Bausan In the handsome
cruiser which is no stranger to New
York. Italy, Russia and the Neither
lands have followed the English sys-
TEN IN naming their cruisers OF GER
tain class after their admirals. Spain
names after royalty, Brazil after prov
inces, and the Argentine Republic cell
cbrates the 9th of July. 1858, her natal
day, in her first steel cruiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
For the Eagle.
*E'
sElDOLON,

Mystical lands in the far away ether.
Where treasured up all our lost hopes lie.
Old loves and old purposes, all which nave
failed us,
Dwell in this Eidolon. never to die.
Each wave of the hand affects the whole
universe,
Until the wave beats reach the uttermost
star,
Each thought and each action travel infinitely,
Telling to other worlds what VIC each arc.
So the old mystics, dreaming of physics,
Tell US these deeds and these thoughts of
ours
Are treasured for US in some golden Eidoion,
Some mystical haven, where no storm cloud
lowers.
There We shall find again all lost endeavors,
And. in the light OF experience earned,
Live them anew to glorious fruition,
Finding a failure TO bright success turned.
There we shall meet again all of our failures.
There find again the plans that were lost,
Waiting for us in the light of Eidolon,
Glorious ending for ideals time tossed.
@, mystical Eidolon. home OF our lost hopes!
Still kept before US in some distant sphere
When shall we enter thy fairy-like portals,
And find what we longed for but never found
here,
And yet, o mystical, far away dreamland,
Bordered on all sides by limitless space,
I shall be hopeless still. weary, unhappy,
If in its fair lands, find not one face.
C. c. HAHN.
'The mystics tell us Of an Eidolon where all
our hopes and loves dwell and where we may
meet them again and bring them 10 fruition
If in the Ii ght or past endeavor We are able so
TO do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
Identification of Signature.

The growing fashion Of giving girl
children but one name, as Helen or
katherine" so that when, IL they
marry. they may retain, with their
new signature, their full maiden name.
is part Of this subject of Identification
OF signature, writes Frances r. LAM
gan IN the May Ladies' Home Journsl.
"Mollic Irene Brown" is not as eupho-
Nous nor as sensible as "Noilie Gar
field Brown or Nellie Grant Sartoris. q"
This custom has the further advantage
of securing the woIuan's immediate
recognition not only as her husband 8
wife, but also as her fathers daughter.
Mrs. Brown or Mrs. Sarforis signifies
but little, but Mrs. Garfield Brown or
Mrs. Grant Sartoris tells its own story.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
LOOK TIE BANKS OF KANSAS.

According to the report of the comp
troller the national banks of this state
had at the close of business on the 4th OF
May. 1898, a reserve of 1897 per cent.
This is the largest reserve held by any
state in the Union and is considerably
more than double the amount demanded
by the national banking law, as the re-
quirement is only ID per cent. Banks ln
what are known as reserve cities are re-
quired to keep % per cent. The reserve
cities are New York, Boston, Chicago,
St. Louis, Omaha and San Francisco.
The individual deposits in the national
banks of Kansas are 500, 5SS, $40. So or an
average of over $4,000 for the 14O
national banks in the state. This is a
remarkable showing when we consider
that for the past two years real estate
mortgages have been reduced at the
rate of 81, 500,0 600 per month, making
some $50, 600, 600 mortgages which have
been paid off. The past two years have
been prosperous ones for the state, and
yet the howlers have the cheek to pro-
claim to the world that this great state
is busted and cannot pay her
indebtedness. The above facts and
figures relate only to national
banks The banks which are cow SUBJ
ject to very similar control and laws
that the national banks are have about
the same deposits and at least make as
FAVORABLE showing as 10 their reserves.
Every dollar of this money is the pro-
duct of the soil, much of which is
farmed in primative way that would
not produce anything in many of the
states. The standard of the prosperity
of this country is the condition of her
finances, measured by her reserves and
the total of her weekly clearings. And
the same rule applied to Kansas makes
showing which should smooth the
wrinkles and stiffen the spine of every
loyal Kansau.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
a SERIOUS SITUATION.

In some portions of Kansas are class
OF negro brutes who assault defenseleSs
women. Is it possible that lynch law is
to become general? If there eyer IS a
time when such Il measure Is Justified 1t is
when bury negro brute assails d white
woman. Such fiendish deeds are becom-
ing far too common IN Kansas, and pun
ishment swift and sure is bound to follow
-AtchiSon Champion.
The foregoing, while strongly put,
states situation that is getting more
serious every day; one that is not pecr-
liar to any locality or section. For a
lime such occurrences were confined
almost exclusively to the south, but
with the migration of the negroes into
northern communities and the augmen-
tation of their numbers such acts
of brutality have occurred, and with
increasing frequency. Aud while the
great majority of negroes throughout
the country condemn and denounce such
acts, frequently taking part with the
whites and on their own motion in visit
ing summary punishment upon such
offenders from their own race, yet the
bOhhiAilSo pei DNtt .tlAOh VI tiNoS mann
less outrages despite these fearful warn
ings, is rapidly dissipating the feeling of
COMMUNICATION felt by the white com
munity in the northern states, even in
the crueltIes that are no doubt often
practiced towards the negroes in the
sections where they are placed at a dis
advantage by force of circumstances for
which they are not primarily responsible.
This is not a pleasant subject to con-
template, but the facts plainly stated it
is hoped will serve to bring the negroes
to realize the attitude of their race, and
to appreciate that they must put a stop
to the barbarities perpetrated upon their
own race by stopping the brutalities
practiced by members of it. This will
do it, and nothing else viii. 1t is idle to
talk about law In such cases: the senti-
ment of a community is stronger and
more potential than the written law
where the two come in conflict or where
the latter operates tardily or its penalties
are deemed inadequate for the occasion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

The density Of population 70 The
square mile varies greatly N different
countries. being greatest IL Belgium
The number CT persons % Tie square
mile IS IN Europe. rs; Asia. -; Africa,
Il; America. E. Australia, IL: Belgium
$50: England. 40: IN TIE Netherlands.
So; Crest Britain and ireland, 2i@i
I;s,y. 172; German empire, z5o; Empire
Ct Japan, 81; China. &c; india. iss;
Switzerland. IL. France, Isl: Aastro-
Hungary. 10; Denmark. 80; Portugal
~. Spain, -; European Russia So
sxesieGl. g; United States, =; Mexico.
=; Canada. 2 4 large }-rt q tie
world "a net erowced yet Tie entire
popyI 1907. Of tie weird eould staEa o1
u are4 q ahsost @se square miles, AID
cou.d - compressed attAin The limits
c. he CITY u Chseaxa. waica sIcsrles
rfs0 - ee1a-e miles. arss Ezs e pop-lz-
tion- e sbo5t :. sse per square zai4c-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
FASHION CAN'T BE FORCED.
style In Costume Generally tho R~sais Of
Accident or Incident.

Accident Incident.
From the first beginnings Of the his
tory of dress. which date from the gar
den OF Eden. there f. no instance %
the deliberate adoption % a costume.
No person or body of persons has ever
said $50 TO. we viii now make q
fashion" ana has made 81. The bis
tory Of dress is the history Of the aeci-
dental and the incidental II does noe
require a very long memory 20 look
back over the futile efforts To force
fashions, supported by the most unan-
swerable arguments. on the unoSend-
ing women Of this country. The New
York Evening sun instances bloofncr
coetunse. which vas organized and pro-
noted bY Mrs. Amelia Bioorprr. now y
hard working woman in long skirts
out west few years ago the divided
skirt. which Lady Barberton has for
twenty years tried 20 coax English
women into. va. busiiy taken Gp and
eloquentiy promulgated in this coun-
try. A number Of outwardiy veilelad
women were really persuaded To pu, b.
on. II proved 70 be not only ugly. bEs
n nuisance, and the same women nos
only discarded il. bat put On tigh.<. ).
is easy % go down hall The pro
meters cf the divided skirt rox CAL
themselves q national coo1cii. ssf
have pnt forth another s<isSsrse Of dress
for women. National Il iAr9. s~crd-
II e pretty safe 20 say tia. unha- rs
national ooeneil i hacked up sy .ss
ar-xy ane assy s.esze - very lstsis hop1
t..st ts.gir cos.uzzrs. s5en thcss sn-
qzs.l.sse3.y ssIrES-S>t - ressoa Rac
asss5fsr .lsTili be a1sf.ss sy re vo-s-
ca II tAe cs1ntxy. .S..th-r r~.~cs Ess
.as.ca.y hiss eT.r EsG sascE 70 60 10
snie-eiaz .sss.ior-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

Governor George w. Click thinks, that
Is to say he says he does, it would be a
terrible mistake to again entrust the
control of the states affairs 20 the Popu-
lists alone, but that with good sprink-
ding of Democrats among the state Off
GERS to kind o leayen the lump it would
be all right, The present outfit in con-
troll were good enough Democrats for
the state convention of that party to
formally endorse, and there is no assur-
ance or probability that any improve
ment would be made in a second deal.
Click, ct al, know and understand this
perfectly well, which fact makes it clear
that they are simply paving the way for
another miscegenation, even If they
have 10 commit rape upon the Popu-
list party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

A wicked exchange says that if Moses
is the author, as DR.. Briggs says he was
not, of his own story, VINO was it that
told about the sudden disappearance of
Moses? DIR. Briggs says Moses did not
write the story of his own death. The
Presbyterian tribunal said Briggs was
wrong. The only way to settle the con-
troversv to the satisfaction of each in
dividual viii he to so and ask Moses.
This requires special preparation, and on
this vital point both the doctor and the
churches-all the orthodox churches are
agreed,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

The Populists. or the "money per
capita" party, broke its neck last winter
to make John Martin of Topeka United
States senator. Well, Senator John is
in Topeka, and no later than Monday
said: Il am in favor of the repeal of
the Sherman silver law and the substi-
tuition of something that in y measure
eliminates that feature which compels
the treasury to redeem silver notes with
gold" Cleveland and Wall street has
got him as everybody said they would;
and thissis the way Senator John and the
Pops are to reform the earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

Whether the responsibility for the
terrible catastrophe in Washington City,
Friday, is ever accurately located OF
not, certain it is that The government
will be held responsible for the lives of
its employees that were murderously
sacrificed and for the injuries sustained
by the scores of others. And while il
can never recompense those who have
sustained these irreparabIe losses, it car
provide for the temporal wants of the
bereaved and distressed. This it should
not hesitate to do, and if it does it will
be required to perform such obligation
that has been imposed upon it through
the negligence of its agents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
WHO IS TO BL AME.
From the Ell Dorado Republican.

From the Ell Dorado Republican.
Rotten banks are busting. Business
enterprises, hoated on cheek and ind,
are going to- the Bottom. Men who
mortgaged their property to beat work
are going into bankruptcy. Corpora
tons without brains, business or money
are being wiped out.
This country has banks without
money, business enterprises without
merit and stores without customers, and
and they are going to the bottom. Men
have bought more than they can pay for.
have gone in debt deliberately, reckless
ly, premeditatedly They have specu-
lated in everything IN the sky, on the
earth and beneath it. Lands, farms,
homes and every other tangible thing
has been mOrtgaged; everything of value
in foreign lands has been bought and
shipped to this country. Pictures, books,
bulls, stud horses. mummies of the
Pharaohs, Cleopatra's needle, Chinese
stink pots, japanese tom-foolery,
Irish setter dogs, parrots, snakes,
monkeys. English bull pups, Koch's
cures, cholera baccilli, Italian hand
organs, paupers by the shipload, impe-
cunious dukes, wine, whisky and cigars,
and every other known thing under the
sun, so that today we find every where
in the land store-houses of foreign trum-
perry, foreign articles in every house,
with an Unsuitable appetite for more and
mortgage Indebtedness for much OF
it. A whole nation of people who will
not live within their means must expect
rotten banks to break, mortgages to be
foreclosed, and financial distress among
thC.,a who must nav the fiddler
Banks with. money and brains will
not suffer; men out of debt will not be
caught Legitimate business will go
right along, while everybody will look
on with regret or sorrow while the wind
and the water is being squeezed out of
these bankrupt concerns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

Some of the stale officers are tearing
their shirts because the railroads are not
making a low rate to the worlds fair.
The twins are suspicious so that each OF
those dressed in little brief authority
announces to an awe-stricken people that
a cog has slipped The major general
proposes to withhold his troops unless
xhe rates are made satisfactory. What
the great state of Kansas is interested in
is low rates to bring people to Kansas
and not 70 carry them out Of the state.
Where will everybody go after the
worlds fair closes. They are all invited
10 come to Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
The Great Reformers.
From the Topeka Capital

From the topeka Capital
Attorney General Little has not
throttled trust for . week, Assistant
Attorney General Noah Allen has issued
no ''opinion" for as long period and
little Secretary Osborn's mouth has APP
pareutly been closed for repairs ever
since has hearing in the e. Leland case.
The reformers hereafter will take shifts
on and of, ins tead Of all talking al once.
At present Governor Leweiiing as a
walking delegate In the coal miners
strike and Lieutenant Gorernor MAJOR
General Daniels in his boycott OF the
worlds far are keeping up the dema-
eogue racket while the other retcrn1era
ST
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

John P. St. John writes from Chicago
that he is not permanently located III
that city. lie says that at the close OF
the fair he will return TO his home,
OIathe, Kansas, and that he will continue
to take a lively interest in politics. La
all reverence we would ask, is not the
humiliation and suffering the state has
already endured on account of political
yagaries inculcated by such as st. John
enough to atone for past offenses, with
out another visitation from such a polltl-
cal plague?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

she is nevertheless the most prosperous
state in the Union to-day, and the most
conservative and safe. Our values have
lost their humidity. We have been to
the captains Office and have settled, and
we are ALL right, no matter who is wrong.
And as we believe that truth cannot
be hidden, we are contented in being all
right, and satisfied that soon it will be
the fashion to praise our state for
what she is, rather than follow the fash
ion now passing away of blaming her
for what she is not
K;,nsas is all right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
None Like Il.

From John J. Ingalls,
Kansas is the best state in the most
glorious country on the finest planet OF
the solar system, its soil the richest, Its
climate the most salubrious, its meu the
most enterprislng, It's women the most
beautiful, its children the most docile,
its horses the fastest, its cattle the
largest, its sheep the woolieSt, It's hogs
the latest, its grassnopp2rs the most
beneficent, its blIZZards the warmest, its
cyclones the mildest, its drouths the
wettest, its hot winds the coolest, It's
past the most glorious and its destiny
the most sublime.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

The antitrust convention ended IN
row and split and the Populist cranks,
headed by L. Donnelly, fiocking off by
themselves when beaten in the conven-
ton. One delegate raised whoop from
the cranks by proposing d resolution that
the government should establish 5,ooO
banks and loan money at 4 per cent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

The new fusion postmaster at Topeka
has announced by authority of Fusion
Senator Martin that all the Republican
employees of the postoffice would be
summary bounced. Decency Is next to
cleanliness and cleanliness is next to
Goodness. but none of these things are
found in the Demo-Pop. hierarchy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
Value OF Prairie Hay.
j Dorado Repa ei.csu.

"What shall we do with the prairie
grass Is no longe- problem 10 solve.
Sir. Frazier. who has q contract 70. T.
coo or l4.U09 tons Of prairie hay. 70 be
delivered in nanSss City, during the
year, viii dispose OF some Of il, while
tue cattle being shipped IN will get away
with the remainder. There l. money IL
prairie grass after all, and 4 wsa 10
longer be burned a. get Tid Of 4. ssTs.Ss
makes beeg and beei arinss monsy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

Life without an office to the average
Kansas Democrat is burden. Aud yet,
for the moment, he will no doubt feel
glad that John Martin couldn't get him
a place in the departments at Washing
tor. in view of the slaughter of govern
ment employees IN the collapsed building
Friday
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
;5gle
NJ Al uIrRDOCK Editor.

Did you see it? The report OF the
comptroller, covering the condition OF
the national banks, just issued and
based on late examinations, shows that
the national banks of Kansas have a
greater per cent of reserve than the
national banks of any other state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
Nothing. WhateYer

From the Newton Republican
The fact that the first Populist gov
erlor in the world came from Wichita
had nothing whatever to do with the
failure of one of that city'S big packing
houses Tuesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
EXCHANGE EPIroMEs.

IT'S painted not in words nor pictured in
rhyme,
Two souis meeting each other on the bosom of
time:
UnteL in heart and Joined in hand
Commandment of God-Obedience OF man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
Kailsas is all right,

Abilene Reflector: The Kansas editor
Chicago the use of $4,000 type setting
machines has the work of his own Office
done by two girls at So a week each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

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