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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

1t remained for Mrs. Plumb to donate
n bust of her husband TO Kansas.
There has been talk of the news
papers of Kansas erecting Il monu-
ment 10 the worthy man built of con-
tributed type-metal. But the plan was
long since forgotten. Not TO place
it TO their credit, the energy which the
Kansas man draws from his blazing
sunshine helps him to forget the softer.
Gentler pleasures of life and renders
him hard and imperyious as a sun
baked mud-puddle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Bill Doolin is now being closed in

Bill DoOlin is now being closed in
upon by a score of deputy marshals.
Doolin is not altogether a bad man.
The people in the vicinity of ingalls,,
oklahoma, know him as a neigbbOr.
They declare that he is not vicious
or small-spirited and they are honest
enough to say they like him. He in
turn has told them that he would like
to give up his lawless life This
repentance is probably the cause of
the new move ON the part of the dep
uty marshals. However, repentant
or not, they will find Bill Doolin, the
only outlaw whom the settlers ever
admired, ready for fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Judging from developments there
can be little doubt that there was a
massacre in Armenia, and it was an
assault of vast extent. The repeated
attempts of the Turkish government
to prevent an investigation and to de-
lay it, and it's recent order placing a
cholera quarantine around the coun-
try is sufficient proof that the charges
of awful brutality We're true. At the
same time the last preteXt of the Turk
ish government-cholera prove a
formidable one and it is not likely
now that the Armenian Outrages will
be Investigated ever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

go into the prairie dog holes and the
flames viii drive the dogs out. Pete
says all you have to do II to SIT by the
hole and when Mr.. Dog comes out kill
him with a club. When the name from
the ball Of cotton goes out the smoke
will drive the terrapin out again, then
you catch him and repeat the dose. Pete.
in all sincerity, says he killed seventy
dogs that way one day, and with the
assistance Of one lonely terrapin- OF
course We don't expect everyone TO take
this as gospel. but then Pete says II Is
so and so II must be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
The Red Man and the Black.

From the Purcell Register.
The negro was thrown out on the world
after years of dependent slavery TO shift
for himself. The Indian has for years
been petted. clothed and fed at govern
ment expense. immense sums yearly ex-
pended for his education. Today the
negro is doing very we'll, succeeding in
making his way in the world to a very
comfortable position, while We are told
the Indian must continue to be treated
as an exotic, from which every rude wind
must be shielded, who is unable, despite
these years of preparation and education.
TO take his place as citizen of the
United States. Which policy has proven
the most successful-that adopted with
the negro or that for years practiced
toward the Indian?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
COMPULSORY VOTING.

A compulsory voting bin has been in
PRODUCED in the Pennsylvania legiSla-
ture. 1t provides that all voters fail
ing to vote at any election are 10 be
show cause why 4 tine of 81 should
hot he imposed upon them Sickness
or absence at the time of the election
are the only causes that viii he ac-
cepted.
This newspaper does not believe in
compulsory voting Of this sort 1t be
lieves that the reason 50 many so
called good citizens do not vote is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

1t is rather startling to read that the
future empress of Russia has worked
in coal pit. But it is presumed that
IT was not for long. 1t was at Ruabon
some years ago, when the Princess Alix
was on a visit to Wales, and went down
a coal pit to see coal cut from seam
500 yards from the bottom of the deep
shaft. A new ''nandril," handsomely
handled, had been provided: and the
princess welding this brought down
several blocks of coal. one Of which
she carried off as a memento OF the oc-
casion. The "Archdruid Morien." who
held the lamp for the princess, secured
the pick, and preserves it among his
treasures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Exciting Hunt for Prairie Dogs.

From the Manchester JourD2L
The latest mode Of killing prairie dogs
has been given by the Caldwell News
by Sol futile, and is in substance as fol-
lows: Make little balls Of mud about the
size OF marbles and while they are vet
cover them with dry cotton. then s2tuTafe
the cotton with chloride OF carbon. drop
them in the dog holes and cover the same
up. II is affirmed that the oior OF carbon
will Immediately kill the dogs. This. II
true IS the best and cheapest exterrniElz-
tor of that pest We have yet heard OF,
with the possible exception OF one given
US by Pete Faulkenburg- Pete says this
is a dead sure thing and is original Catch
a prairie terrapin. tie a bail % cotton 10
his tail saturate the cotton with coal
oil and set fire TO IL The serrs3sn Wiz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Lincoln and Rimetallism.

New York Recorder: Unlike Grover
Cleveland. Abraham Lincoln, whose
memory we have Just been celebraf-
ing, never dreamed Of making war up
on one Of the two money metals estab-
lished by the constitution. He was a
bimetallist, and regarded silver as the
inseparable partner Of gold in the de-
velopment of American prosperity.
Shortly before he died Mr. Lincoln
delivered himself very clearly to this
effect, in the following message. which
he sent to the miners Of Colorado,
through Vice President Colfax:
II have very large ideas Of the miner
al wealth Of our nation. l believe 1t
practically inexhaustible- 1t abounds
all over the western country, from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific, and its
development has scarcely commenced.
During the war, when We were add
ing couple of millions Of dollars every
day to our national debt, I did not care
about encouraging The increase OF the
volume Of our precious metals. We
had the country to save first. But now
that the rebellion is Overthrown, and
we know pretty nearly the amount of
our national debt, the more gold and
silver we mine makes the payment of
that debt SO much the easier.
Now, / am going to encourage that
in every possible way. We shall have
hundreds of thousands of disbanded
soldiers, and many have feared that
their return home in such great num-
bers might paralyZe industry by furn-
ishing suddenly a greater supply OF
labor than there will be ademand for. j
am going to try to attract them TO the
hidden wealth of our mountain ranges,
where there is room enough for all.
Immigration, which even the war
has not stopped, will land upon our
shores hundreds of thousands more per
year from overcrowded Europe. / in
tend to point them to the gold and silver
which waits for them in the west.
''Tell the miners, from me, that
shall promote their interests to the ut
most of my ability, because their pros
perity is the prosperity OF the nation
and We shall prove, in a very few years,
that we are, indeed, the treasury Of the
world
Grover Cleveland, thirty years later
signalized his coming into the chair
once filed by Abraham Lincoln by
forcing through congress a bill that
closed up all the silver mines in the
western states, turned thousands OF
sturdy miners adrift without employ
ment, and struck the business of the
country blow frim which it is still
Keeling.
These patriotic declarations Of Lin
coin should have been heard again al
the banquet tables last Tuesday night
But if they had been many of the gold
standard worshippers who sat around
them in this city would have had their
enthusiasm for Lincoln's memory
Snoilod
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

The fate of Hughes is something
akin to the death chronicled in a
French song:
The captain of police is dead,
Through having lost his life.
Some time before the good man died,
The Iuckless wretch was still alive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

The charge that the Oklahoma coun-
ell was under the hypnotic influence
of one, Doctor Furlong, is ridiculous
on its face. 1t is commonly under
sood that Governor Renfrow has the
council hypnotized and no man can
serve to two hypnotists at the same
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Hearty sslufation.

There is to hand an amusing anec-
dote about Mr.. Trees little 1o-year-old
daughter. Viola, who was recently act
ing before the queen OF Balmoral. Her
majesty gave the child lovely pearl
and ruby brooch as a souvenir. and.
pleased with Viola's dainty grace. held
out her hand for the girl TO kiss. Viola.
all unsuspecting. grasped the queen $
hand and shook 1t heartily, and there
was much amusement among those
decentralization Lady.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

A man who has made study Of IL
called the Tribune reporters sfie7l-
ton to what he said was a fact tAaf
women can stand more cold in their
feet than men. He said that where
dozen men would be found wearing
arctic oyershoes more than three times
that number women would lie found
cornforta bic with ordinary rubssers. and
that most Of the best dressed women
who shop down town wear no overshoes
~ any s.-r-Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

1t is said that the boilers under the
state house are liable to explode at
any time And the legislature has
only about 4 weeks session left, how
ever, it is not well for us TO raise our
hopes too high.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Protest From the Neighbors

From the Norman Transcript
In all seriousness, it is little short OF an
outrage upon the sacred name of art. and
a crime against the students of music
TO provide such a jangling, discordant
thing as the so-called piano in the Uni
versity chapel for their instruction and
practice. The result can only be ruin
to both ear and voice, by training them
to false and unmusical tones.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Written nv the Foreman.

From the Alva Republican.
The editor of this paper is still at Guth-
RE, but as he hasn't written us any
thing for publication we take il that he
doesn't yet know exactly which to do,
roast the legislature or feed it taffy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Strangely enough Count Castellane
is not marrying Anna Gould for her
money And more strangely still Anna
is not marrying him for his title. Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Congress and Thumb-Naiis.

From the Oklahoma City Times-Journal.
We have all the congressional records
one could hold in his arms. the proceed
ings of this last session of congress.
What a waste Of time and incapacity
they record One could write on his
thumb nail what they have accomplished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
The Criminal and the Pure.

From the Guthrie Leader.
Bill Cook will be obliged to work in the
iron-moulding department of the Albany
penitentiary. This is hard, cold fate
to hold up to an outlaw, but still Bill will
get a chance to rest on his ores.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

There. There! John! In that
dreadful condition again. L suppose
you have been attending another
lodge meeting!" You're wrongsh hic,
madam; senatorial banquet thish time,
hic''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
A Kansas Man.

Kansas Breeze: The story has leak
ed out that Annie Gould is to marry an
Italian with some such heatheniSh
name as Compile de Gasalene. This Is
not exactly the way it is given in the
dispatches but it is near enough to
suit us. We don't care for Italian
names anyway. Anna can do just as
she has a mind to. OF course this is
not our funeral Anna can do just as
she has a mind to. She can throw her
self away on an Italian if she is bound
to but she mustn't say we didn't want
her. Annie has the reputation of being
a right nice sort of a girl. not the equal
OF Helen, but fair to middling. and We
are sorry 70 see her go on in this way.
She might have done better. If she
had let us know she wanted to marry
we could have hustled her a Kansas
ing and of more intrinsic value than a
ten acre lot full of Comte de Gasalene's
and he wouldn't have cost Annie cent,
while this Italian will probably cost her
a million at least. So far as property
is concerned the Kansas man would
have let Annie hold all her property in
her own name and his too. He could
have talked to her without an inter-
prefer. With the financial assistance
that Annie could have given him he
would have been able to go into politics
and knock the persimmons with aneaSe
that would have made his wife proud OF
him. He might have been governor.
United States senator or president.
while the count is simply a count and
nothing more. Counts don't count any
more. They are as common as bed bugs
in an Oklahoma hotel. Many Italian
counts are running barber shops in
various parts of the United States, and
could be picked up in job lots at less
than 500 each. We confess to preju-
dice against them. We have something
OF the feeling OF the Irishman who met
a friend and asked for the welfare OF
his family. The friend answered with
a deep sigh that luck was bad indeed.
He said he had gone home the night
before and found that his wife had
been attacked by cerebral spinal men
nights. The Irishman was overcome
with Indignation and said: Il was just
teIiin' Bridget this evyr bltssid rnornin
that no mans family wuz safe wild
thin domed Ayetalians a runnin' loose
in this country"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

side vest pocket. u am opposed to .
member Of the legislature accepting
railroad pass. but when the railroad
just forces 1t on you, you know. why.
that's differenr"-Chtcago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Anna Gould is banking on titles be-
ing worth something some day in
France with a credulity that would
have chagrined and mortified her
ShreWd father.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Cleveland is rather large, it is true,
but Mr.. Villas should be impressed
with the fact that cuckoo's estimate
Of the president is not necessarily a
bird's-oye view.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

A prohibition spasm, purporting to
DE a newspaper, announces the BAN
uuet at Leavenworth was a stag affair
at first, but became stagger later in
the evening
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

The Delaware senatorial deadlock
ought TO satisfy the world that Kansas
is not the only state where office
seeking is a species of desperation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

name six animals of the polar re-
eions." said the teacher. six seals
and six polar BEARS" answered the
smart kid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Cherokee Bill has now been found
guilty of robbery five times with his
boots on. The law should not be rapa-
cioIlS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

President Cleveland is developing a
great deal of influence and power over
the executive department of the ma
tional government
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

The horrible charge is made that the
irrigation promoters at Topeka are
trying to carry water on both Shout
derS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Look" cried the imprisoned actor.
rsLook what irrigation has done for
Venice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Time and Tide await no man, but
wait till the new woman tries hef
powers of command.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

He was first in war, first in peace,
and last in the hearts of the English
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
rc,,a..t Helm Hiu.seaf.

--Oa principle" said the honorable
rnesnber from the 'Steenth district
placing something in his T'ccSesoSoS
and putting the letter back II his IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Our cron of rainbows would no
doubt be largely increased by niue
malicious celestial irrigation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Not only must the theater hat go,
but Kansas is not allowed TO nave
Hood i'm the United States senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

The state legislature has quit mon
keying and got down TO buslness-has
been demonkeyized, as it were.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
We OKLAHOMA EDITORIAL.
Ha! IA. Fate Overthrown.

From the Arapahoe Bee
There is one consolation in this nasty
spell of weather-the oldest inhabitant"
is Cheyenne who can't savy English.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Chester Long is in Washington tax
ing in the sights of the capitol-amonS
them Jerry Simpson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

He-"Oh, you may talk, but you would
have been mad enough had married
anybody else" She-"Yes, anybody
! cared anything about. "-Boston Sran-
script.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

In a way the world was color bind
in regard to Frederick Douglass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

''Can you tell me what is good for A
cold?" asked the individual with a frog
in his thrat. Il have tried many things
replied the trifier, but don't know as
there is anything more sure than sit
ting with wet feet with the temperature
in the neighborhood of zero"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Miss StruclSsome-"Did you think
there are any openings for girl on the
stage?" Mr.. Bithair-"You bet there
are. AS rule, it's fun of traps. New
York World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

All the gold in the world can be
put in % cubic feet of space and Eng
land has the space.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Current Topics.

Some extraordinary captures of Arc
tic and other rare birds have been made
in the Cambridgeshire fens. a speci-
men of the Arctic bird Brunnich's
guillemot was found near Wisbech, ST.
Mary's, not far from the frozen waters
of the river Meme 1t is stated that
probably this is the first specimen Of
this bird ever captured in Great Brit
ain.-London Telegraph.
In the biennial report of the California
fish commissioners lit is stated that shad
are now so plentiful in the rivers of the
state which flow into the Pacific ocean
that the fishermen are obliged to re-
strict the catch in order to maintain
prices at profitable level.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Wise and Otherwise.

Suitor-'That's all right ! may be
poor, but 1 am certainly deserving. ."
Miss Couldshoulder-''Tha why you
are poor. It's the Undeserving who get
all there is in this world. New York
World.
Watts-"Did you ever know OF anyone
dying for love-" Potts-"Once /
knew a fellow who starved to death
after being refused by an heiress."-
indianapolis Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
THE LEAGUES RECORD
IT'S MANY CHANGES SINCE oRGANI-
EATON IN 1870.
A Bloomer Club Has Been Organized
by Young Women-Notcs of Gem
ernI Sporting Events.

=
Now that the bicycle season has fully
opened it will be of interest to know rec
ords of the best time made on a wheel. The
fastest mile ever ridden was made by j.. S.
Johnson, of Minneapolis, over a straight
away course, the Tonawanda boulevard
Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. %, 1894. The course
was level, ordinary brick pavement. The
time by quarters was: ene-quarter mile,
:21 rs; one-half mile, 46 2-5; three quarters
of a mile. Ill 4-5; mile, 1875 rs. Johnson
had pacemakers, and. although the time was
unofficial. it has never been questioned. He
was timed by several men and the time of
all was the same 1t is not accepted as
record because it was not run for a record
under L. A. w. saction. He beat the fast
est mile made by a running horse, which
was made by Salvador, at Monmouth Park,
on straight course, Aug. %. $780, in 1:351a.
Following are the best records:
Standing Start
One-quarter Mile-:2s, J. S. Johnson, In
ae oeethifd Miles, Mi oss ss' Johnson Chill
lieothe, @, Nov. s. 1894.
Two-thirds Milel:1S Is, J. s. johnson,
Louisville, Nov. %. 1894
Three-quarters Mile-1:25, J. S. Johnson,
Louisville, Nov. %. 1894.
One Mile--l:52 is, J. S. Johnson. Louis
vile, KY. Nov. Il, 1884 " ODs' 1o''s
Three Miles-6:0s, ]; S. Johnson, Louis
-Four Miles-s:1e Is. J. S. johnson. Louis
Five Miles-iO:22 3-5. j. S. johnson, Louis
Ten Miies-22: 40, F. J. Titus. Springfield
Mass, Sept. Is, 1894
Springfield, Mass, Sept is, 1894.
Twenty I, m miles go, F Fso, J. Titus.
TWENTY-FIVE miles-56 04. r T. Titus
springfield. Mass, Sept. Is, 1894.
Thirty miles, ~; Il Sc Is; L. S. Meintjes.
Forty miles, ALI As. L. S. Meintjes,
Chicago, Aug. 3D., 1893.
sey.snty,ye milesas: ;sc As. A. J. Hard
One hundred miles, :37 :56 As, A. J. Hard
Two hundred miies-n:4 lsss; Louis Girum,
Three hundred miles-1s:2s 80. Louis
Girum. Cleveland, Oct. Is, 1894.
Flying Start
One-quarter mile-:23, ]. S. Johnson, Chill
One-third mile-:S2 %, s. ]. johnson, Chill
licothe, O., Nov. 2, 1894
e oashs q MIS- Nav i 2s J. s. Johnson Chill
W TWo-thirds mile.l II a,5, J; S. Johnson,
One mile.1:47 s-5. J: S. Johnson. Louis
VILE KY, Nov. q, 1894.
Time Record
One hour-26 miles, 1889 yards. F. J.
Titus. Springfield, Mass, Sept. Is, 1894.
Two hours-45 miles. 1,530 yards, L. S.
Meintjes, Chicago, Aug 49, 1893
Six hours.1os miles, no yards. F. Ed
Twelve hours-203 miles, 440 yards, F. Ed
Spooner, Chicago, July 3, 1892
Eighteen hours-292 miles, 44O yards, F.
Ed Spooner, Chicago, July 8. 1892.
Twenty-four hours-3S1 miles, 174S yards,
3. w. Twyman, Louisville, Nov. 80 and