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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

The Chamber of Commerce has taken mod
erately conservative course respecting the in
yestigaton of other city departments by a
legislative committee. 1t has appointed a Com
mittec on Municipal Reform to inquire whether
II is desirable that the LeXow Committee should
be kept on duty during next year with power
to investigate any or all Of the departments.
This committee is composed Of Messrs Charles
s. Smith, Gustav Schwab. A. c. Bcrnheim, j.
Harsen Rhoades and J. Edward Simmons, and
It's action will command public confidence 1t
seems that some people think that better re-
suits will be secured through investigation by
the Grand Jury. In our opinion, the public in
vcstigatlon is first In order: then let indict-
mcnts by the Grand Jury follow in the case OF
all officials who have abused their trust.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

Scharf IL In trouble. j. Thomas Schar.
Chinese inspector at the Custom House. And 1t
looks very much as II his head might drop into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

II looks as If the Democrats in Congress
some of them ut lcast-were trying to achieve
record for economy and carrying the policy
Of chceseparing TO a point which must make
the venerable Mr.. Holman tremble for his
laurels. Fortfcations bill was introduced In
the House yesterday that Is mere travesty. IL
serious attention is TO be given to the subject
OF scacoast defence The estimates OF the
amount needed for this purpose reached total
OF $7.35S, 703 the bill appropriates only $1,S70,
OJ7. Surely reduction Of - per cent is not
called for by any public interest now In sight.
1t would be ridiculous II II did not involve con-
sequences Of real Importance Perhaps 1t Is
not necessary to add that the statesmen re-
sponsible for this proposed appropriation come
from Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and
represent districts having no relations with the
seaboard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

The police are getting a little OF their own
medicine and II seems 10 make a heap OF diiter-
ence whose head gets dubbed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

President Cleveland's interest in Civil Service
reform is truly astonishing considering that he
has Congress on his hands. But then the wild
horses are not as unruly as they were year
ago. and their capacity for mischief has been
materially lessened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
BON. JOHN sPBER's SCHEME.

The state irrigation convention at
Dodge City proved an enthusiastic and
successful affair. 1t was largely at
tended by the farmers of western Kan
sas. The lectures are reported as being
able and full Of practical propositions
and suggestions.
Hon. John Spesr, one of the Oldest
residents of Kansas, with much legisla-
tive experience, now living at Garden
City, where he has studied irrigation
for several years. is a candidate for the
legislature on the platform of state aid
in demonstrating tie urdsrfow of sup.
ply for irrigation. He thinks at least a
dozen wells ought to be provided for by
state appropriations to demonstrate fully
the capacity of the waters under us.
They ought to be distributed as nearly
equally among..localities as possible all
over the state from the Tooth meridian
westward, the localities properly select
ed by competent men. These wells
would lead and direct the people in a
practical manner to successful irriga-
ton. Mr. Speer finds several precedents
for this manner of expenditure, in an
for geological survey and
various seed wheat investments. John
Speer Is a strong man to push an idea of
that sort.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
THE MORTGAGE-LIFTER.

So much has been said and written
about the defaulter and non-payer of
mortgages that the query arises, does
anybody pay? and, if SO, who? Mega
lively we can say, it is not the fellow
who contracts a debt without some
foundation for credit. The adventurer
who, without property or credit, buys
real estate on time, giving his note in
exchange for the legal title, simply re-
duces the prospect for payment to the
chances for a rise in value. If values 90
up he or his grantee will lift the mort
gage; if there is decline, he will as GER
tainly allow it to be foreclosed. Another
class of borrowers who seldom paw, are
those who contract debts loosely and
without definite object in view. 1t is
hazardous proceeding at best, and
should never be attempted save when the
plan and purpose is well matured.
When in doubt don't borrow money, A
very unsafe debtor Is be who gives an
obligation for luxuries-goods not listed
among the actual necessities of life, He
may use his OWN, even for the indulgence
OF profiigate habits rather than revel at
the expense OF his creditor Then there
is the large class of improvident ne'er-
do-wells, whose written obligations
amount TO nothing more than reducing
sheet of some commercial value to that
of waste paper. They hold down the
store boxes, and hold up the butcher and
grocer for credit as il it were their abso-
lutte right. To harangue crowd on a
topic of which they know nothing.
constitutes their idea of employment.
But there is a man who paws his mort
gage, and he is quite numerous. He is
the man who recognizes the binding
force OF moral obligation to Paw. Be.
fore 1t is given he carefully counts the
cost, he figures against contingencies
aud, when once given, regards his sigma
ture the seal of honest intentions. ne
we'll as the full determination TO legally
discharge the debt. He is the man who
lives within his income, no matter how
small. If sickness or unavoidable ca.
lamity comes, he makes an extra draft
upon his resources of mind and muscle
When necessity forces the issue he "a.
lutes her as the mother o. invention. ana
some new device Is put in motion. The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
CAN'T MAKE RAILROAD RATES.

Washington correspondents announce
that the supreme court of the United
States has decided that neither legis-
latures nor commissions created by them
can make rates for railroads. The fact
that prices cannot be fixed by law is
well understood, the state having no
constitutional power to say whatthe in
dividual may charge for his product or
for his services. But railroad COM
panies being corporations and their
roads in sense public highways. we do
not understand the grounds of the de-
cision, the dispatches failing to mention
them. Ii was the case of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern against the
attorney general and state railway COM
missioners of Texas. In this case the
Texas commissioners fixed rates for the
railways to charge, ard the railway
companies declared them Improbable
and unreasonable. The supreme court
sustains this, declaring that the rates
fixed were too low. The United States
supreme cours has ruled that it is not
within the province of legislatures to fix
railroad rates, and also that the railway
commissioners cannot cOnstitutionally
fix such rates.
If this news is true local districts and
interior communities and their interests
will be left at a disadvantage and made
to suffer or rather contribute to the
growth and importance of terminal
pooling and basing line points.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

They met-'twas the Foreign Missions
While just within their sight,
Qf il hadn't been strained for the heather
Ch!nee)
woman lay starving that night.
Each of them knew her. she washed 80
Cheap
The money thereby they gained;
Was piously sent to the heather Chinee,
And the washwoman never complained.
And, when she came for the work no more,
Instead of going TO see:
They hired another. for all their time
Belonged to the heather Chinee.
They met, this Foreign Mission,
In a home on an elegant street,
While. just around back in the alley,
Where death and poverty m Get.
The washwoman lay, all still and cold,
And her sup ferless babies moaned;
But nobody blamed the Mission
With its time to heathens loaned.
All the cranks cry out: There are those
who starve.
In sight of our home each year;
Instead of using n microscope,
There's loom for Missions here.
II we just relieve the suffering,
OF all the anguish we see,
Why, God in His infinite mercy. perhaps,
VIII teach the heather Chinee
-BrTH
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
A DARING BOOK.

"Sophos, or the Kidnapping of the
Kings" is the startling title of Albert
Alberg's latest book, which clearly shows
how the socialists can effect the ends for
which they are striving, by the wholesale
capture and transportation Of all the mon
archs of Europe No publisher in Berlin,
London or Paris could be found bold
enough to print it. Boston and New York
houses declared it too revolutionary. As
'Sophos" reveals an intimate acquaintance
with the various political intrigues now in
progress at the various courts of Europe,
1t is not surprising that several foreign
emissaries have been secretly sent to
this country for the purpose of preventing
the publication of this volume. The pub
fishers. however, have steadily declined
all overtures, among which was one from
the Anti-Socialist society of Berlin, of
which it is we'll known that the young
Emperor William. the Gar and Signor
Crispi are active members. The book will
be issued in n few days by the Bow-Knot
Publishing company Of Chicago, with a
portrait and biography of its daring au-
thor,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
THEY sWoRE OFF.

A prominent young man Of the city
has been an inveterate cigarette
smoker for several years past, and he
INDUCED in the habit to such an ex-
tent that it was injuring his health.
says the indianapolis Sentinel He has
q gill of whom he thinks all the world,
and it's . case of vice versa. This
young lady has . very good complex
ion, but has an inordinate love for the
use of powder, which habit the young
man detests as heartily as she does his
cigarette habit. They finally agreed
that each would swear off--the one
from using powder and the other from
emoking cigarettes
twas hard work for the young man,
but every time he hungered for q wadi
of nicotine his mind pictured the form
of his fair one paradiag down the street
with her face looking like . pan Of
dough, aad he desisted. This went on
for several weeks AID each was re-
marking upon how much better the
other Was looking; but the old craving
for the coffin nail came upon tie young
man once more. and one DAY last week
he broke over. He thought no one
would ever find IL ou.- But be WAS
seen. the news was carried 20 the girl,
and she prepared 70 get even.
They were TO GO TO the sheater and
the young man called with the cab
The young lady was AZ The door. her
face closely muf.ied. and q her hand
she bouquet that cost him five Arrived
at the opera house, they were enter
ing the door when the Young man
turned to speak TO she fair one By his
side. On. that face She had szeared
it with powder until IL had been neces-
sary 90 CIT eye holes II WAS frisht.ul
he stopped Are yoa going IN ioox-
ing like THAR
just as you say was The quiet re-
sponse-
We'll. say no An nc. travelling
With freaks noS. Veil 20 taex
home"
And they did I: eos; h.=a tee. .aere
were Two vscs-5 sSx.s r. he op.-e
Eo=se. sEs the yczaS s=. sas nS.
smoked ak c.-sxss-as 500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
A FRONTIER HERO.

Brackets battalion was ordered ia
the frontier in 1864 to aid in suppress
ing the Sioux. who had risen against
the whites in 1862, and against whom
an ineffectual expedition had been sent
in 1868.
During the march across the plains
George acted as correspondent of the
81 Paul Press newspaper, and, as re-
member them, his letters were written
in English of great purity and vigor,
and the account of the march was en-
iivened by Indian legends and in
cidents OF adventure suggested by the
cainping-places. He had always a no
ton that he should lose his life in a
charge, and when the battle of Tah-
pah-o-ku-tah drew on he gave several
little articles to another correspond.
ent. saying: ''Send these home. and
write my obituary when am desd.s
Perhaps it was only his old deep-seatei
melancholy. But the Indians in from:
were his old foes, the Yanktons and
Tetons, to whom he was well known,
and he had good reason to fear that
they would seek to put out of the way
one who understood their country so
well.
Once in the battle. he dashed out far
in front of his company and began to
say something to the Indians in their
own language. Did he court death,
and was he upbraiding them for thei.
cruelties? Or did he hope to secure Q
parley and so to make peace? No ono
knows m he Il. l,,,t 1z
ognized him. and determined to slay
the handcart man. The wild Indians
OF the plains who had no guns shot at
him with arrows. George had a six.
teen-shooter, and Brig. -Gen. Miner
Thomas told me that he saw three
Indians fall under his rapid fire. l
doubt not that every shot took effect
But at last. pierced by three arrows,
Northrup fell dead. The Indians tried
to secure the body. that they might
it according to their custom,
but Maj. Bracket ordered a corporal
to recover it '.if it costs the life of every
man in your squad"
They buried him, and trod the ground !
down with their horses feet that the |
enemy might not discover his grave. |
Many of the soldiers of the battalion |
we're accustomed long afterward to |
larry his photograph with them, and
,he corporal who recovered the BODY |
showed me soiled picture that he had |
,arried in his breast pocket for a long
lime. have seen hardened and |
frontiersmen who could
,ct speak of him without tears-Ed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

portions Of the globe. however. that
are frequently, and Others only occa-
sionally, deluged with water. On tbs
southern slopes of the Himalaya noun
tains, at at altitude Of $500 feet, 6l0
inches Of rainfall have been registered
in q single year. of which amount 1T
inches dc feet 5 inches) fell in tho
month Of June. At q meteorological
station in latitude is degrees. near the
western boundary of Hindoostan. the
average rainfall for the iifteen ycars
ending with 1898 was s5% inches. In
the northwestern part of England. at an
altitude of 1900 feet. the average an
,n1al rainfall is 146 inches, Ill inches in
excess of the mean for St. Louis, which
Is but 81 inches and fraction.
+ The wonderful record given above is
still more phenomenal when we con,
slider the fact that all the moisture the
atmosphere is capable of holding at
any one time would cover the entire
surface of the globe TO n depth of less
than = inches should i. all be instantly
precipitated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

but of the narrow confines Of EfiSz
wells into the free. fresh. uucircum.
scribed domains Of nature. TIE old rs
well rs the young feel this impulse. but
the latter have q surplus capital OF
strength and spirits that must find q
vent in exercises requiring skill and
bodily activity.
There was q time when Americana
devoted too little attention to physical
development, but we arc fortunately
now coming to understand that such
eecreations are essential to sound ma
tional health. and that every form of
sport which takes and keeps people in
the open air as much as possible is.
when conducted under proper and
reasonable restrictions. valuable and
important Oxygen and exercise are
as important factors in national
greatness as universities and col
leges- The vast quantities Of
fresh air and the immense amount
of exercise which Englishmen have
been in the habit of taking from time
immemorial have had as much to do
with England's greatness as any other
cause. 1t has not been a triumph Of
mind over matter, but of matter and
mind combined. Every good thing 10
liable to abuse, and so are all the out
of-door recreations which begin with
the advent of warm weather There
Is such thing as taking too much ex-
ercise, and oevoting more time and
money to sports than one has a right
to devote. But, in the main their iu-
fuence is good, not only on those who
participate in them, bat on the COM
munity in general They create an in
terest in physical powers and skill
which takes thousands OF people out
OF doors as spectators who would other
wise remain at home. and helps to re-
5uvenate and freshen the elderly and
the middle-aged Baseball, cricket,
rowing and every kind of athletic exer-
else serve valuable purpose. not only
as agencies for the building up of the
rising generation, but as innocent and
wholesome am1sements for the multi
tudes who witness them. Baseball is
peculiarly the national game. and from
now until cool weather the baseball
crank will be very much in evidence.
Let us not discourage him He is help
Ing the nation to grow strong and
healthy men for times when it may
need them. Young and old American
stands on the tip-toe of expectation
eagerly waiting the command-play
ball! Everybody feels perfectly happy
except the umpires, and oven they are
not greatly disturbed at thought of the
epithets which they know are shortly
70 Be launched at their devoted heads
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
COMMERCIAL HIGHWAYS.
From the Electrical Review.

From the Electrical review.
Relatively to its area, Europe IS much
better furnished with railway facilities
than any other of the worlds conti-
nents, and even in Europe, whore the
railway system had its origin, and
where it attained to its vigorous ado
lescence at a much earlier period than
elsewhere, unless we except the United
States, the rate of growth during the
last decade has been considerable. If
the whole of Europe were to be sup
piled with railways to the same extent,
relatively to area and population, as
the United kingdom, the railway sys-
tenn of this old continent would still
appear to be only in its infancy. The
British isles have an area of 12l, lis
square miles, and as the mileage of
railways opened is now close ON 20, 600
miles. there is, roughly, one mile of
railway to six miles of area.
If the same relationship Of railway
mileage of area were to be established
in Europe generally. the total railway
mileage, instead of being only 1856, $40
miles, would be raised to about $50, 900
miles, or nearly five times as much a.
it is at the present time Europe, how.
ever, although it has nearly one-third
of the total railway mileage Of the
world, has only about one-fourteenth
of the worlds known land surface, 50
that if the density of railway mileage
were as great throughout the land
surface of the globe as in the British
isles, the ultimate railway mileage,
instead of being only about $40. 600
miles as in 1890, would rise to 8, $3.50, 900
miles, or nearly thirty times as much.
This. of course, is an impossible figure,
and is only interesting as showing
what still remains to be done in the
way of extending the existing network
Of the arteries of commerce and travel
A large part of the land surface of
the globe is uninhabite owing to its
aridity or to the rigors of the climate.
No one would dream of constructing
railways in 'Greenland's icy noun
tains," although a good deal has Al
ready been done, and much more re-
mains to be achieved in "India's coral
strand. "-Fortnightly Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
REPUBLICAN, CALL.
For the State Convention to be Held at
Topeka June g.

The formal call for the Republican state
convention has been issued. signed by the Oh
ficers of the state central comI-:ittee, as fol'
lows: -,
Kansas will convene in the city OF Topeka,
Wednesday. the 9th day Of June, 1874, at ~
o'clock. m. for the nomination OF candoa.es
fer ASSOCIATE Justice of the supreme court:
governor, lieutenant governor. secretary OF
state, auditor OF state. treasurer OF sta,e, a.-
to-ney general. superintendent oil pubic IN
etrucfion, Said convention Will also non1in-
ste a candidate for congressman at large
Delegates to this convention shall De 1iecteu
by county conventions duly called by the ssy-
Crsi county Republican comm tees unoer
snch rules and regulations as may be by them
prescribed. The basis of appointment OF oele-
gates to said state convention VIII De Que
SeJevate-af-large for each county OF the state
onJ one deIee ate for every 200 votes. or frac-
ton of IOo or more votes, cast for W. Z. tos
wards for secretary OF state in the election OF
1882. no county to have less than Two deie-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

farmer of this class plows deeper, earlier
and later than his indolent neighoor.
He utilities the waste and stops the leaks;
he saves the dimes and treasures the dol
lars. The products of the dairy, garden
and poultry yard are as carefully saved
as the staple and more valuable crop.
Time and expedient are factors no less
valuable than cash capital. The date
and maturity of his obligation is the
mile post which he must pass in safety.
and ali energies concentrate upon his
unfaltering purpose to do it. These and
some others are our mortgage lifters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

Mr.. Cleveland's administration in adj.
dition to all the other woes brought to
the people is steadily running the conn.,
try into debt. The deficit in the treasury
now amounts to more than seventy mil
lion dollars, including the fifty million
bond Issue made to cover current ex-
penses. It's another issue of gold bear
ing bonds or treasury as badly bank
rupted as 1t was under old Buchanan.
Stu there are people who believe in
Cleveland and who will vote the Demo
cratic ticket every opportunity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
ONLY y KANSAS

The women of New York don't take
to the female suffrage craze and the
club womsn who have been trying to
force the thing on the home women
change tactics. They had a canvass
made of business house where 500
women and girls are employed and nine
signatures were obtained for a petite n
for equal rights. The Evening Post, put.
ting tie number of eligible voting
women n the state at one and one-haIf
million, declares that not over 8. 600 are
IN the least interested in the movement.
The question would seem to be therefore
not how shall the women vote, but how
shall they be made TO vote if the amend
ment prevails:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
ATHLETIC SPORTS

II is row. for poetic purposes. the
young mans fancy still lightly turns
10 thoughts OF love. gu. actually and
for prose purposes It turns 10 thoughts
of baseball and other out-of-doo- sports
For the same mysterious influence that
sends the life-givinE sap upward into
the trees and brings leaves buds zzd
blossoms out from their winter hiding
places awakeDs 10 more active move
men. the sluggish blood OF human De-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31
ABREAST TIE TINES.

From the Caldwell News.
Last Sunday morning marked an era in
the history of the Wichita Daily EAGLE.
1t was the tenth anniversary of its exist
ence. As a newspaper the EAGLE has at
tanned marvellous success and stands to-
day in the front rank of western journal
ism. 1t has improved from time to time,
always keeping abreast of the times, aud
advocating its views with an Independence
worthy of commentator. May the EAGLE
continue to grow in power and influence
is the wish of its legions of friends and
patrons.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

Marsh Murdoch has awakened to the fa~r
that Kansas l. cursed With crzsaks sad IA :,.rF.
the cracks are b-ins cursed b Marsh he savs,
The world az right I.sintiei people dreasl al.
forms OF fsnsticism. ia. great srrSiast.ir.,
conservation ~ land which nlsks4s or--.aix-5:
society with all IL blessings. t-esslhie. fears >
community II crank az whatever cha-.c-
ter" MursfoSk wieids a faciie pen and AZ
times he iScS> very uiti. q; being sais-
fieS.-es DcmocrSt-at least lie breaches some
very good ocrscy.-oklahonAn.