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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
THE INDIA FAMINE.

It would seem that between English
red tape rule and failure of crops the
inhabitants Of India are having a Woe
full time of it. Lord George Hamilton,
secretary of state for India, has recent
ly made a report upon the famine and
the means for It's relief. 1t is very evil
dent that thousands will starve to death
while waiting relief along the red tape
line of Great Britain. The government
of India is so vast and complicated a
machine. and the attention to details is
made so much of, that when its wheels
are once in motion death from starva-
ton in India would seem TO be entirely
unnecessary. Particularly is this seen
to be true when it Is known that, as the
Toronto Globe puts it, in India the gov
ernment are the owners of the whole
land of that country" If the India M
tive were independent, the responsible
ity of the members OF the government
kould not be 80 great. As it Is, large
part of the revenues Of the government
coming directly from sale of crops and
the natives acting merely as tenants, il
rests with Great Britain TO keep the ma
tives alive in famine. For the object OF
a government is not revenue only, and,
in truth. it appears from Lord Hamil-
tons report that so far as red tape can
keen of famine the natives are safe
Regular reports are made every year
upon the crops. rainfall. etc. and when
a famine is imminent special reports
have TO be made az once upon the pros
poets OF crops, the movements of the
people. the condition Of grain stocks,
the failure of fodder and the mortality
among cattle. Immediately upon the re-
ceipt Of this simple document the COM
missioner has TO propose immediate
measures OF relief. stating the extra ex
Dense TO be incurred. the source from
which il can be betrayed. the remission
of revenue To he made. the advances to
be sanctioned. the number Of test relief
works to be opened and the number Of
additional men that viii be required in
the work o< relief. Then there must lie
more reports. all the time. upon the coz
ditio,. Of tto>e seeking relief, the price
of food the suficieney OF wages. the
regulations f~r-stsrsruBsfer Of workers
from one charity camp 10 another. and
other ilsIrgs-
That Is bow famine is relieved in In
aia II seems .rss>ib.e that the death of
iaose wIso are dead already may BE- IL
part at least. attributable 10 che nicety
Of the g5vsinH1ec; machinery
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
THE END OF THE TRAGEDY.

Ed Howe. the author editor of the
Atchison Globe. who wouldn't restrain
himself from pithily putting thing.
whatever the cost. observes that. as
everybody else hates and despises the
Turks, why send missionaries to save
them? Indeed, why? The entire popu-
lation Of that country being headed in
| the right direction. why not let them go:
The great powers of Europe have stood
aIoof, apparently unconcerned, while
the butchery has gone on uninterrupt-
edly for months, while the sultan assas-
sin has hiSsed on one set Of his subjects
against the other. The spectacle has
been horrible one and of many months
duration 1t is said that two hundred
thousand helpless women and children
are left destitute and starving, their hus-
bands and fathers having been slain
and in the most cold-blooded and afro
cious manner And all this horrible
brutality in the closing hours Of the
nineteenth century. The responsible
parties are England, France and Russia
primarily, with Germany. Austria and
Italy about equally as guilty. Each has
been afraid of some territorial advant-
age that might accrue to the other.
But for a week past the information
has come, almost daily, that the slaugh-
ter is to cease. that the signatories TO
the Berlin treaty have finally concluded
that the bloody chapter must close. A
patient world has been notified that
warships will soon be dispatched to the
Dardanelles. and if the sultan does not
Immediately comply with the demands
of Christendom that his capital will be
bombarded and reduced to ruins. 1t is
indeed time. But while this conclusion
was being reached through concerted
action, thousands upon thousands Of
lives have been sacrificed. While these
diplomats have coolly considered their
jealous interests and respective rights,
millions of values have been wiped out
and Armenia left PROSTATE and desc
late. 1t is to be hoped that the informa-
ton is reliable and that we may hear no
more Of the horrors in Turkey.
But now comes the funny part Of the
whole dire business, and which forces
upon our mind the wisdom of Ed.
Howe's suggestion. Nobody had sup
posed that there was anything in Grow
er Cleveland's late message which
would even so much as call out COM
ment, much less protest from any one.
But there was more in the message
than anybody outside of Turkey dream
ed Of. 1t proves to be an insult to the
sultan of Turkey, whose representative
at Washington is demanding retrac-
ton of Growers suggestion that there
has been an unnecessary amount of
numbering going on. Mustapha Bey
automatically informs the state depart
ment at Washington that His Highness
desires that the president of the United
States would do we'll not only to at
tend to his own business but cease libel
ing other respectable rulers. or other
wise he will be called to answer for his
unnecessarily harsh words.
All this is richness, would be pure
comedy but for the tragedy in the back
ground
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
o3uARomA oUrL1Nss.
1t is said that Hoke Smith was very .
when he heard of Flynns defeat.

1t is said that Hoke Smith was very glad
when he heard of Flynns defeat.
On January Il Guthrie viii give bail and
banquet to the Oklahoma legislators
They say in washington that Flynn will
undoubtedly be governor of the territory
| 1t is understood that Jim Dent has been
unanimously elected to the basement at
Guthrie, again.
{ New Mexico has given up her fight for
statehood Oklahoma viii probably keep
| right on persevering-
| The Oklahoma City council and the eiec-
| tric Eight company are in dispute as 70 rates
and a lawsuit viii follow.
| 1t is reported that ex-Chief Justice Green
will go into law partnership with his broth
| CT Amos at Oklahoma City.
The Enid Eagle gives with subscriptions
| complete directory of the homesteaders
and towns in Garfield county.
The ball that killed Skeeter Dick near
Newkirk went through his body and killed
cow 80 feet on the other side
George v,ckers ere the only three Republi-
can members OF the new legislature
Dennis Flynn writes home that many sem
ators whose friendship for the free homes
bill he had counted on are openly opposing
1t.
The FL Reno Star is in receipt Of informa-
ton which leads II TO believe that the
spring.
Fire Chief Marranan of Oklahoma City
has served notice that the defective nue
ordinance in that town will hereafter be Wig
orously enforced.
1t is said that Galatians Methodist neigh
bors in Kingfisher county are offended be-
cause Callahan's reception at Guthrie ended
up with big dance.
Frank Greer infers from close reading
of Grover Clevelands message wherein 1t
deals with public land that he will veto the
free homes bill should it reach him.
Dennis Flynn. it is reported. is against
giving Nelson, the delegate from the Indian
Territory a seat in the house Whether or
not Dennis is against him. the house viii
not seat him.
Amos b. Fits of Georgia has been sued
on his bond for large amount by the gov
eminent which it charges he received as
land agent in the Cherokee Strip but did
not pa into the United States treasury. The
suit is against his bondsmen, who are good.
The American Economist, an important
journal in New York City. has an article
complimenting William Grimes and his
committee for the important work they did
in Oklahoma in the last campaign. The
article is the leader on the editorial page OF
the Economist.
Here is something new in the way OF
'card of thanks in the Newkirk Republi-
can: II take this public manner to an
nounce to my friends that the Sec. of In
terror has decided the contest case OF
Thompson and Hart VS.. Wares in my favor
and / also express my gratitude to w. II.
Smart, my attorney. at Newkirk. for his
faithful work in my behalf. as ii is TO him I
owe my success. / also express my grati-
tude to those of my friends who assisted
me and family when / did not know where
the next meal was to come from. ]. G.
Wares, Dale Township, Dec. !, 1896"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
ghe ahita gaiIy gag sunday grnius I5 1895.

whether 1t be the tariff, international
commissions or what not. Prices of all
kinds. values Of every character are
congested. Money itself is So There
was hardly any other issue discernable
in the late campaign All the talk of
protected industries. OF low prices and
hard times now existing, and OF conf
dent expressions of better times ahead.
all drifted into the money question
Whether of idle factories or failing firms
railway receiverships or farm products
and mortgages. everything linked on to
the money problem. And 1t is the money
question which the new Republican ad-
ministraticn will have to meet and. If
possible, satisfactorily solve That
question is. and will he. urgent. for it
embraces that of the tariff. of return
of confidence, of solid prosperity and all
nfSo
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
FRANCE FOR SILVER.

The very next day after the Republi-
can senatorial caucus had resolved in
favor of an attempt to carry out the
hedge of the st. Louis platform for in
terpational bimetallism NJ. Meline, the
premier of France, explained to the
Chamber of deputies that the remedy
for agricultural depression is 10 be
fCunG in international bimetallism. This
if only a coincidence, is none the less
important. Il is an indicator of the
trend of things. The two great repub-
lies OF the world today are the United
States and france. Both countries are
suffering from 4 very drastic agricul-
tural depression. That country whose
agricultural interests are depressed can
not al the same time be prosperous in
for relief Cor France. We have no
means of knowing whether Meline
knew OF the action of the Republican
caucus of the United States senate Of
that he did not. but that he had in mind
the platform pledge of the party which
Rad Just elected its president. u party
which won by declaring for policy
that will. in securing bimetallism. insure
a parity of value, and which defeated
the parry that demanded an independ-
ent coinage 81 the rigid ratio of 16 To l.
There is another indication TO be found
in Premier Meline's recommendation,
and that is that any effort the McKin-
ley administration may put forth for an
international conference will not fail for
Yant Of interest or through inaction OF
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
ANOTHER woMAN's CONGRESS.

Woman's conventions, political, edu-
cational and moral, are upon the in
crease. There are notices of woman's
considerations, consultations and con-
gregatiOns every where and for the dis
cussion and disposal of almost every
conceivable human public interest. But
at last there has been issued n call for a
national convention to convene in
Washington in February next for the
consideration of interests for which wo-
men are indeed and in fact responsible.
1t may drift into suffrage or a recon-
mendation for the amelioration of the
condition of the HottentOts, but the call
is all right ,as will be the convention if
ii sticks to its text. The assemblage is
to be one of mothers, strictly non-polit-
ical and non-sectarian, the object being
the discussion of systematic methods for
training, rearing and educating chill
dren, bodily, mentally and spiritually.
Clothing, food, care, even down to posi-
BILE prenatal environment, are TO be
gone over. These desiderata may not be
considered new, but the fact of nation
al convention over and about them is.
Owing to home duties and society de-
country will not find ii convenient to be
present and participate but all that is
evolved of a wholesome and really valu-
able nature will not fail of reaching the
mothers of the land. In short, so long
a. mothers get together TO discuss the
baby question there is hope for the sex
despite the abnormal ambitions of the
new woman who is mad because she is
nor n man
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Evey Kansan must feel shamefully
assured on reading the average speech
made ii the seuate these days that In
gals used TO. make speeches the elo-
qtence Of which cold type never killed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

There are indications that Dennis
tlynn is Eow putting in about thirty
seven hours day pointing out TO con-
gressmen thar the national Republican
PLATFORM declares for that free homes
bill now in the senate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

One California man who called on
Fresident-tlect Mckinley, it is said dis
covered 10 his horror. on reaching home
that he had taken Mckinley's umbrella
That California man is now keenlnr
quiet Looping that Mckinley Will sus-
meet some kansas man.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

The new immigration bill. if il be-
come law. will force every one enter
ing me United States 10 write five lines
OF our constitution. And the trusts and
several other people already here ought
to be made TO live up to the whole thing
or be fired out.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

If the sultan is displeased at Grover
Cleveland's message he should be assur-
ed that Cleveland will soon retire. That
will settle that difficulty quick. We
make no charge for this diplomatic sug-
r-aSfinn
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

There is many man in Kansas today
who is wondering what sort of madness
il was that made him irrational enough
sixty days ago to think that Tom Wat
Son would ever be vice president.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

1t now appears that Maceo made one
o. his men put on his clothes and jewel
~. step ont into view and be killed in
order 10 throw the Spanish of the track.
Heavens, Was it Fred Funston who
was detsiledg
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Tom Reed would not lessen the years
of the presidential term, but he does fa-
vor some scheme whereby man would
not take on more than a months age in
the last sixteen years of his life.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Weyler in speech from a balcony
says: 4 only directed. The army has
hone ALL" The army may have never
suspected il. 1t ought to look around
carefully and see if it really hasn't done
something.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Despite the fact that Wolcott is doing
ell In his power to get an international
agreement. Colorado continues 10 tun-
mel under his senatorial ambition and
prepare the dynamite for blast.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Mrs. Mckinley has taken a trip to
Chicago. But Mckinley still sticks by
Canton. The committee may have
trouble in getting him TO go to Wash
tngton to be inaugurated
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Possibly most of those Havana cor
respondents watch for furry at the
palace" and then imagine the battle as
twenty miles outside the city walls.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

PETER used to believe in the abolition
OF the United States senators. He now
believes that the senate is a good thing
and that the term-siX years-is too
short
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Stephen Crane, who speaks Of yellow
decorations and green thuds in his war
stories, ought to go TO Cuba and let
Weyler use his imagination. 1t would
be q fortune to Snain.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

The principal trouble with Cleveland's
whole administration was the habit of
assuring himself what was right and
then moving rapidly in the opposite di-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Queen Liliouakalani is now in the
United States. She can now see with
her own eyes just how large country
Grover Cleveland displeased for her
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

The sultan doesn't want to get too
fractious or we will go over there and
partition Turkey all by ourselves in two
shakes of rams tail.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Kansas affords some latitude for the
painter. Think of a western Kansas
Christmas painting entitled Bringing
in tie 1ule chips"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

The lesson of the sailors fate is that
rock-bound coast can see marine archl-
lecture improve for a thousand years
more and still not go out of business.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Bryan's book is called ''The First Bat
tie" He will probably draw a compari-
son with Bulls Run. And that will
please the southern Democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

If Mustapha Bey is withdrawn and
the sultan consents, we will fight Tur-
key, not for the missionaries but just for
the excitement of the thing
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Now that Niagara has been harnessed
some one should put a bride on the drop
Cleveland has taken in his party's esti-
nation and utilize it,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Mark Hanna's money was powerless
: to keep Coxey in the Peoples party. He
has given the movement great impetus
by leaving it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

1t has been discovered that 2S31,516
votes properly distributed among TWEEN
fy-six states would have elected Tom
Watson
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

If those purely social calls" continue,
Major Mckinley's furniture will have
nothing to guy the lawn about.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Speaking Of affairs in Cuba, Senator
CulIom says: This condition must
cease" Had Weyler thought of that!
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

Perhaps the same day steamboats, are
pulling under the Douglas avenue
bridge the Nicaragua canal will be run
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13
Maceo'S nhySiciar

Or. -. Maceo's physician, has sur
rendered. DIR. reports Sharkey
much better. DR.. - says Mr.. Wander
bilt is now able to use his left hand.
Names? Doctors object to advertising.
Won know
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

If John Browns soul will pause and
glance around. it will see MaceO's soul
trodding along behind forty years.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

The people should really take more pains
10 conceal what they know.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-27
A Clubbing Offer.


A great many of our readers Linn
county like to take the weekly Oregon
ian. We have made arrangements
whereby we can furnish 1t at reduct-
ion from the regular price to those who
want both the EXPRESS and the
0regonian. The regular price of the
Qregonian is $l.5O per year, and of the
EXPRESS 81 so when in advance. We
will furnish both for %, per year in
advance saving of one dollar to the
subscriber. The Oregoniau gives all
the general news of the country once a
week, and the EXPRESS gives all the
local news once o week, which will
make a most excellent news service
for The moderate sum Of %, per year
Those who are at present subscribers
Of the EXPRESS must pay in all arrear.
ages and one year In advance to obtain
this special price.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-27
o. p. Payments Not Satisfactory

The Corvallis Times says there is
likely to be spirited contest over the
confirmation of Referee Woodccok 3
report next Tuesday, when Judge Full
leFton will sit In special session to hear
arguments pro and con Of the several
attorneys interested. Objections to
the report have been filed by Nash
and Booth, as attorneys for VIM. M.
Hoag, Geo. 4, Coe, trustee. T. o. Hogg
and w. H. Buns, ct all Johnson 4
Hutord and Snow 4 McCamant for
insurance companies, who claim pri-
ority Of payment on their receivers
certificates; and L. Finn for d. B.
Montaith, John A. Crawford, W, L.
Vance, First National Bank of Alba
ny, and L Finn, Wilson and Huf'
ford ask for confirmation Of that
portion Of the report relating to Benton
copptyls tax claim. J. N. Duncan,
attorney for Linn eolnty's tux claim,
and John Burnett and .. b. Wilson,
representing the claim ofschool district
No. Q, also ask that the report be con
iirned. Weatherford & Wyatt ask to
have the report modified so as to allow
Lincoln county ss,ss4 claimed as taxes
for the year 1899.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-27

A telegraphic dispatch from Provi-
dence, r. l., dated Feb. q, reads as
follows: "Fire was discovered in the
big brick passenger station of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
at a. M, and it spread : rapidly that
in Is minutes the building was doomed.
The train dispatchers and many en-
ployes in the Office had barely time to
escape, and all records Of the road
were destroyed. The building was
leveled within an hour, and many fire.
men had narrow escapes when the
walls fell. The loss Is unknown, but
will exceed $2OO,OOO.n This depot was
aunion depot, and there is no other
depot of any size in that city.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-27
Highest Of all in Leavenng PoweLates u Govt Report
&H!A!:!!!! q! RRskiaRs Rs*assE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Note and Comment.


William Waldorf Astor, proprietor
ofthe Pail Mall Gazette, London, has
dismissed his editor for sneering at
America, and proposes to procure the
services Of an American for that posi-
tion.
Chicago druggists have formed a
syndicate to fight the manufacturers
Of proprietary medicines OH account
Of cut rates IN department stores, and
propose to duplicate everything in the
patent medicine line with equally
good and less expensive preparations
Of their own.
Not content with papering the in
side of the trolley cars with advertise.
ments, the enterprising advertiser now
charters a car complete, and covers the
outside with posters and streamers H.
Illustrating any particular class Of goods.
They carry no passengers, but a band
Of music serves the purpose Of attract
ing particular attention to the car and
its advertising legends. This practice
has been popular in Philadelphia for
some time.
In England tomato plants have been
grated on potato plants, giving a crop
OF tomatoes above ground and potatoes
below. Potatoes grated on tomatoes
have produced flowers, tomatoes and a
few tubers. An experiment in this
direction was made during the past
season In Wisconsin. Two tubers were
planted in separate pots in March, and
when about 5 inches high the plant
was cut off half an inch from the level
OF the soil and graft of a tomato In
trOduced. The result was that the
potato, nourished by the tomato plant
above ground, produced crop of po-
tatoes In the pot, and also the tomato
plant above ground produced fairly
good crop Of tomatoes, nourished by
the potato roots In the pot.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-27
The Surety Company and its Spoilers

The following Is taken from the Ash.
land Tidingsi 1.-THE dismissal Of Con-
ductors W. H. Jameson and Jack
Andrews from the service Of the
6. P. Co. has been considerably
discussed in railroad circles the past
week. The Kansas City surety COM
pany, which furnishes bonds for all
the s. P. conductors, is said to be the
cause Of the trouble, with which the
railroad company itself is not interest
ed. The surety compsny is an srbi-
trary cold-blooded association, and one
Of it's 'spotters' checked up Jamieson's
train and reported two fares from
Roseburg and one from Phoenix ia
Ashland short. The surety company
withdrew from his bond and of course
the railroad company could not retain
according to Its rules conductor who
could not furnish bonds, although
Iamisson's numerous friends maintain
that If he were given o hearing he
could easily vindicate himself. Con-
ductor Andrews was desirous of retir.
ing from railroading, anyway, and the
loss of his position will not inconven-
him, It ia said.n