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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Owing to a pressure in business, G coun-
~ will have only five candidates for dele
gates to the St Louis convention.
One of the funniest things Of Oklahoma
just now is the way the single statehood
papers are bowling for Mckinley.
There is a piano tuner in Oklahoma who,
when there are no pianos in sight, tightens
up barb-wire fences for the farmers.
Frank Greer has taken down the name
Of Mckinley from the head OF mis- columns
and is supporting Thomas Bracket Reed.
The Newkirk Democrat in order 20 save
space. viii this year print the names Of
only those citizens who do not want Of
fee.
Robert Owensby Of Oklahoma City. has
been indicted for cruelty 20 animals. He
stole COW and then butchered the poor
thing.
The Oklahoma delegation should never
vote FOR Mckinley until they have exacted
a promise from him 10 put q protective
tariG on divorce
A candidate in Logan county for probate
judge Is preparing 10 promise in the cam
paign 10 throw in two divorces with every
marriage license.
T'ov-usi,e board No. 5 az Guthrie. Issues
notice 10 delinquent lot contestants that
they must pay UP ortheir lots w.ll-be sod
At public auction.
That old Judge Parker Of Fort Smith Is
fun o. brains. He says that ne western
newspapers are making a school house
out o. every home
Annie Pittmsn has sued her husband.
william Il. Ior divorce ~ Oklahoma c-iy-
They were married IN klrsls1=r IA b.
She charges drunke1Eess
Those au-around sponEeTs- the KioTa
indians. VISITED the Cheyenne Indians lasi
week ard took Gfty ponies as a preselt l.
The Indian is a queer bird
4. this tine Oklahoma CITY LACKS oat
Ss.pp0 OF being On . cash bass TIE Ok
lahoman gives Mayor Blttoa t5e credit
for this condition ot affairs
Joaa O. Maui. of Garfield oouury. has
ben ehucke5 l--5 the i1saue asylum
III XaaIk-s forte = a beautiful -ae q
navy blue assorted profanity
The sapulga railroad ALI 5u-i4 20 Pur-
cell ard All use the aae new sa1ta Fs
bridge across RE CsnaElsn- Ihas - s,-s-
ulated Ia ,hs contract Ea1eF WHicA tie
bridge is erected
Bezsnulrz riEhc roz esery paper - OK
lsho-ss gs1lis talk z5ou- ths E4o-les -
Oklahoma znd keep g, % tll July Lots
y people T. he east za1st coule srezt ih.s
year 20 make lisi1s-
Judge Parker says fnat s1 IL1es as
mary us@z have beea kiilcs - the la'i-aa
Territory Il TIE As. aye yssFa ta@s ssre
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
The a0lieita Daily Eao Sunday sloiue ebruary s. 1895.

ton. His last venture was TO issue
SlOO,OO0,0o0 in bonds at per cent in
terest to run for thirty years. That
means an interest OF S4,000000 annual
". When the bonds mature the gov
eminent viii have paid ia interest
total Of Sl20,010.o00. Ii receives as
premium about s12.OO0.0GO. making
total of $112 100000 as the proceeds of
the sale Of bonds. For this money the
government must pay a total of S220,-
eO0.O00. Such financiering weuld
cause Shylock himself 10 weep.
Among bidders for the bonds il turns
out there We're several sharpers with
out any capital at all who secured an
option ON the bonds, say AT III or 112.
and as the bonds are now quoted az
III they are able to sell their option
and turn a smart profit. without having
run any risk or undertaken any re-
sponsibility. The first payment was
not due till February 10, and no Secur-
ity for good faith was required. One
fellow was allotted over S1.000.000.
which he could not take up if called
upon to do so, but be has been offered
$4,000 for his option.
Mr. Cleveland would do well TO weep
some more.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
THE PRESIDENT IN TEARS.

The patriot Lincoln has been buried
and embalmed anew in the hearts of
his countrymen once more, and Grover
Cleveland has accepted an invitation
to preside over the great rally in sup
port of home missions, on March 3rd,
with tears in his eyes, as one of the
committee reports, but still the raid on
the peoples treasury keeps up its end
less pace and the country goes on run
ming into debt. On the day that the
people were celebrating Lincoln's birth,
and the day that Cleveland with tears
in his eyes" consented 10 preside over
the rally for home missions, the excess
of expenditures over the government
receipts for that day were exactly
$3T1. .930.S9. The excess since the
beginning of the fiscal year 10
that date. seven months and ten
days. amounts to $40. .s50.47232. The
man in tears seems fated To in
volve his country in one kind of scan
dal or other continuously. Pluming
himself on the success OF a popular
loan, which proves 10 have been both
unsuccessful and unpopular. this man
in tears goes on with his posing while
millions Of gold are being pulled out of
the treasury every day only TO be sold
back 10 the government for interest
bearing bonds which are selling at Il
premium. Instead Of the gold coming
from the savings of the people for the
replenishing Of the treasury. il is sim
ply being pulled by bankers. from the
treasury 10 be manipulated. II is no
longer denied that the bids for bonds
Were opened in advance OF the time
advertised and that the man who got
the bulk Of them was present. in person
or by agent, and knew the result before
submitting his own bid. only ten
minutes before the hour Of closing the
bids Mr.. Morcaa's bid was entered a.
just a shade higher than Stewards.
Under ordinary circumstances. II il
wsS anybody else than Cleveland. this
second syndicate deal would be inves-
Jlg3Jed- As IL Is. II is an open scandal.
The bond issuing schemes Of the man
in tears VIII prove 50 costly that Others
than himself viii weep ere the end j.
reached Already hds he issued a.
amount Of bonds nearly il not quite
equalling the amount redeemed and
cancelled 10y the Harrison administra-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
HOW STRANGE IS KANSAS.

Most Of the peculiarities of Kansas
are mirrored in her newspapers. one
of the strangest peculiaritIeS. brought
out through the instrumentality Of the
newspaper. i the contradictory fact
that physically Kansas is an agricu!-
turaI state. and mentally it i not
OF the many newspapers that come
% the Eagle Office there are some from
Indian. Pennsylvania. Ohio. and sey-
erdl more eastern states. Most OF these
newspapers. published in thriving
towns. reveal their agricultural con
stituency by publishing prominently
much agricultural news. This, how
ever. j not true alone OF the papers
published il towns. On certain days
OF The week the metropolitan dailies
give up some columns 10 agricultural
subjects.
Now The Kansas newspapers - 4
rule do aot publish agricultural news.
Occasionally an editor. new 10 the bus
ineS> and feverish 10 cement his farm
- constituency 10 his paper. VIII run
II few columns on the bes@ food Tor
hogs. OF lie danger thar luFzss n corn
stalks or The front elevation - a COW
she'd Most OF Kansas farmers VIII
pass over this matter glumiy and aul
Aeen delight IN i column OF f0relGl
dispatches The farmer who drops in
10 talk 20 The editor viii kindly lei faIl
the gentle hint that that rot about
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Lord Salisbury has failed Is every
where conceded. He sealed his own
fate in the Venezuela and Turkish epi-
sodes. In each he ignored British in
tefests and weakened his cOuntry's in
huenee and prestige. Had he accept
ed arbitration as suggested by the
United States in the Venezuela affair.
and risen To the occasion of the Ar
menian troubles, Gladstone would have
rested ON his laurels.
But there is another man aspiring TO
Salisbury's place and power, whose ac-
tons and words are watched by the
world. The colonial secretary, Joseph
Chamberlain. Is the most startling
figure in European politics today, and
his ambition is Unreasonable. With
all his daring he is conservative where
he cannot see his way satisfactorily.
Chamberlain has taken advantage Of
every false step made by his superior
and he is not slow In claiming credit
for every clever turn he has made.
Saying the right thing in the right
place he has had the wit to know when
silence was best. If he terminates the
Transvaal trouble satisfactorily he will
be the greatest man in the empire.
1t is true that he may have made a
mistake in permitting his address to
the peoples Of South Africa to become
public before it had reached the grim
old Kruger, that. however, remains to
be seen. Unquestlonably he has
smoothed over all OF the Cecil Rhodes
affair and sent that gentleman back
IN flying colors. Jameson's trial will
come later. So far Mr.. Chamberlain's
ship has sailed most beautifully. But,
as an eastern cotemporary suggests,
the Beers are yet to deal with. True.
But President Kruger is invited TO Eng
land to talk the matter over, and he
consents to come. like the chief OF any
savage African tribe, to be cajoled and
impressed with English greatness. But
he is shrewd enough to demand that
Chamberlain first specify the topics to
be discussed; and this concession will
doubtless be made. 1t was clever in
Chamberlain to remove Jameson's trial
TO England. but to ensnare the head of
an independent state, and state which
has been made the victim Of British
duplicity and outrage, is nothing short
of 4 masterstrOke.
VIII Chamberlain succeed In making
terms with the fly after the fly is in the
spiders web of entertainment and fiat
terry? 1t would surprise US to see the
sturdy and cunning Boer capitulate TO
the wiles of the colonial secretary; but
he may. Then will the victory be COM
plete. A peerage will be within grasp,
and the premiership within view.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
ALONG TIE KArsAs NILE.

There g said 20 b. a vs-y good chance
for jim Simpson 90 Fet sEattsi IL TIE eye
no lr M-Fhe-s1a county this falL
Medicine L.71zs is tse only place 81 Kan
sa- where tse Popsls-s Try - uss -hs
Bible as Popgls, ea=palzu literature.
TIE IRE departments A. Arzanssa CITY
haz ne1 s.-Laz pole. wn.ea VII save
them re trouble a. waking Down Etzl-n.
J. Z. JuaEn o. stsrlaz. bas cone ogt
for El-ick Co.e for appellate judge. which
makes l- 1az1 nous in ths western 1lvl-
son q Karszs-
4 =. s-acey's so1--alasft- career in
Newton Eas f.-l ~ fero-.ty. GreEo-Es ara
rap.5l-y. T. has s-1sL Kgrtz co1flngrs
the pz-er a-one-
A: Coro.n. i1 Szm1e- county. sEuaks
have invaded ths cemetery ard sats1 tae
haraH ara fee- or tae dead Ge1pls 51Fls4
ths--. II th-s ~ ore % .hfi- rr.-ss. theT
deserve tze,r raze.
I.yuz1 sasls or wslzztez. 15esu'i e
v1zat % D. prgaa,e g81zs. Ss1Eie . fhs
only P0pJlst es1ltsr la f.zzsas sas TF.ziz
u-o-e neEz rza- .os.-lrs
TIE p Dorado E@uaait-aa makes tsr
rzasrly. rs1se-1ral azz rEse-.ssss
charge .ha- -,hsre se--ns 20 ts sore 49,
Gshr-ss l1 T15sEa s.satsls
p y smffa. uho ls egz.sr. believes ss
caz bat hls O.. aus-t,szaraan. Isszrts5a
% p uo-asa. for fae appellate r1s-.. n
as car set go Erg8slczz ao-aEna,
G5Fern1r E-ssls q MlzEeapsrr. s-1a
rsAistaizs that NorDsu Ee4r Ezrtsrs sAlrh
iAsy Ls- TAs governor 49, .~.x. = -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
youth. bat fashioa has been 20 RAPID for
I23 and I27 Main Street.

youth. bat fashion has been % rapid for
him
Harry Bone was IN Wellington tbs other
day seeing = The fellows who "remsmbsr-
81 him when hs was Just 20 high" Mil
zee that De goes - s.. Louis g. a dele
gate.
Congressman Kirkpatrick before lsas-
'ng congress f0r Kansas. sssplzlnee 70 ~
house thai Re would not vote o. tas free
coinage measure. bat n be could BE- would
vote against g.
The Arkansas City toln'lsfs say hey are
giad 20 close ~ as they have been max
irz nothing lately. THIS tale has sssa
tod for many a day. Karsas - flu %
jointlsts who are making 70 moaey.'
Jgsre J. =. sfoCyeTsrfv ~ Fort sco,t.
would probably bo ere sez tsSEs % ~
Southern Kansas stvs.0n ~ ias unne4
States court q 8, were created MeCgex-
erry carr4es Is; - bra.a 1naer ia hat.
T.slto- HsI 90 The Kio1a Ravi-z. .ay.
TgrnlnT a rssrsg paper 81 a fo1-ksss-. Yoa
rg1. lor.z Ut-.s and over = iat q ~sur.rr
a1i Eae1 yeu ge; ere f2z. you Tst rnlshty
Itti@- fa- ts.rk q TIE :4a ehasi.z h,--
a.-A - a-+rs1' 'H.asa.# f.AM Err=n
ps<a ~ -nm~i-stsiT b-ecsnsss a isa6~r.
alt ~ae- a@ go horas hs 6ais 80 May
o'5er lesfsss that tssss = q axa; fsrth-
w. E--l-r Is tAs scrapy3sE, coszsy %
Es=zas
Aas rse - zee gayrafhs:lcsT fsfryroxa-
tio- q has ben t-5.p-@d IN Esnsas. Oes
uHze kslEFnan s1lsor referred 20 a -
-yw bsirx a. fo.ioEs. He - is 80 .
r~esi-so-a.s1 90 s44s O. 20 bs sure o..
a4i kll.e1 g.
Ihsre L. hardly county ia sosthzra
ka-aas wa. Eas set 10 ~ Lzaz aTs Teass
h11 iss fezfs .- "tas taak tkzt bzrst~
u f1osg cases 80 naonsy has keea r~-
E-la-l. ~ li EflTs ~ tfoabis fsf oouaty
ro1a-llsslo1ers.
vlaa@.4 30 asked sas Fa4road cer.-
RI rsgarTe 20 s~cuTs the-a nsH e9osss.
TIE rz-igsz9 ce-n-a sFsssaern WASTED Wa
ls.f aaa Bad fhe eo-nslalnzs a-s frea-
lsea - - sszzs-AlrE - H1aaess has say d.
f.asslsa lalstlea tae Commissioners w11
s-----. sss< s@@S. 49,. -.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
WICHITA SENTENCED.

The official organ of the state and of
Governor Morrilrs administration, the
Kansas Mail and Breeze, declares, in
it's last issue, that ''if Wichita simply
wants to wink at the prohibitory law,
people outside would consider 1t not 50
much of their business
There you have it, straight and Of
ficially. Wichita is not going to be per
mitted to live, simply because her peo-
pie will not consent 10 the hypocriieal
role played by Topeka
The official organ further says that
"the people Of Kansas are behind the
fight and ''that Wichita had better lay
down or there won't be enough Of the
town left TO start n eounty-seat fight
over The Eagle hopes that the long
suffering people Of Wichita will not
fail Of letting the above authorized OBJ
servations and declarations sink down
into their hearts and memories. The
gang which couples their hypOcritical
recommenda ton with a threat. are on
top today, headed by the weakling
Morrill,. and the brassy blackguard
Dawes, but within ten years, it may be
within five. things will be different.
OF course Wichita is IN the depths but
what town. In these distressing times,
wouldn't be, with all the political pow
ers and many Of the great corporate in
tereSts OF the state seeking to crush it.
While never asking or even desiring
greater immunities from the provisions
and penalties of the prohibitOry law
than those accorded other cities Of the
state, how, in the meantime, have we
struggled to hold our own as people
against other adverse circumstances,
what sacrifices have we, as city,
made TO preserve our foothOld. God
knows. The only wonder is that our
powerful enemies do not stand aghast
over the ruin they have wrought this
people who meant no harm, people
proud Of their city and state, and loyal
to fault. While it is admitted, for it
is true, that hundreds have been ruined
and driven away, many of them bright
and enterpriSing men, whose love for
Kansas was only second to their ac-
tivity for the city, still it was hoped,
vainly hoped, by those who in spite of
the adversely which had been forced
upon them unlimited and all so un-
expected, that in the election of Nor
ril and through the kindly influences
of a friendly administration, brighter
days would succeed, in which losses
might be regained. The sequel to ii
all is known. Radical prohibition edi-
tors and leaders who stood by the war
on Wichita for months were compelled
in the end to cry out 'for shame"
Even the principal instrument chosen
by Morrill, and Dawes and their cOterie
OF Topeka hypocrites, and upheld and
hisSed on by their organs, standing
abashed at his own work. and in re
GREETING denOunces the insincerity and
the rOttenneS of it all.
If Wichita, in appealing to the people |
of the state for simple justice, has
brought trouble to the administration,
SO defended by its organ, such appeal
was made with no intention Of harming
the state, or Of destroying the admin
istratiOn. 1t was but an effort for self
preservation by a people who held no
grudge. A worm that would not turn
would be less than even worm.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
IT WAS NO SNAP.

Much has been said in the papers of
late of the snap judgment taken on
Cy Leland in calling the nominating
convention for the First Kansas con-
gressional district on the day preced-
ing the state convention at Wichita.
OF course it is a matter in which this
section of the state has little interest
outside OF Its bearings on a fight be-
tween Johnson of Topeka and Leland
for place on the national Republican
committee. Ad the people of this sec
ton Of Kansas have refused, SO far, to
take sides even in that But now
comes Colonel Anthony through an edi-
torial in the Leavenworth Times, say
ing that there are eight committeeman
in the district and that seven Of the
eight were present at the Holton meet
ing, either in person or by proxy. He
himself held proxy, and was present.
When the hour for meeting had arrived
three Of the members refused to meet.
After waiting an hour and a half for
the eighth man the four committeeman
participating, and who constituted a
majority of those present, fixed the
time Of the convention. That all seems
fair. Leland has not been heard from
but it is supposed that he would have
preferred a different date for the con-
vention, because of a fight in the First
district in which he is interested, in
volving the denomination of Congress
man BrOderick.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

hogs in last weeks paper Is the laugh
ing stock of the neighbOrhOOd. The
editor. OF course. drops il.
He finds that the farmers OF Kansas.
and particularly those farmers who
read his paper, are intensely interested
in what is going ON in the world. And
what is most strange. they are as much
interested in the news OF Europe a.
they are in that of America and as in
tensely attentive TO the political con
dition of affairs in the next state and
in the next county and in the next
township, as they are 10 that in their
own.
This is only true Of the Kansas farm
er. 1t is not true Of the farmer in
other states. Judging from the In
diana and Illinois papers that reach
this office there farmer there is pro
foundly Interested in the successes and
failures and experiments of his brother
farmers. also the condition of the
health of his brother armer's wife; also
in the circumstances that she has &
new dress.
Interested in this the Kansas farmer
Is not. He does not pay half so much
attention to the prices Of agricultural
products as he does TO the alleged econ
omic causes of those prices. He does
not apparently care so much for the
state of his brother farmers wife's
health. as he does for the news in re-
gard 10 q new remedy which may per
haps cure her of the ailment. He does
not exercise himself over the fact that
his neighbor's wife has a new dress so
much as he exults over the fact that q
certain economic principle has made
that particular dress textile cheaper 90
per cent than il was twenty years ago.
To such an extent Is this true that
the average Kansas farmer watches n
bird with interest among his fields, not
because It has value to him in de
stroying obnoxious bugs. but because
in its wings it has concealed the secret
of flying.
There are thousands Of farmers in
eastern United States who know moth
ing about the ROntgen ray, or Kruger's
trouble with England, or the status Of
the Venezuela matter, or the progress
of Miss Barton in Turkey, but 1t would
be hard TO find a Kansas farmer who
has not read upon all these matters
and with profound interest. Knowing
their interest in these matters and haY-
ing demonstrated the success of 1t, the
newspapers dish up a great deal Of II
TO their readers, even 10 the sacrifice
of what is known as "local news"
To return TO the original statement
that the newspaper mirrors the pecul-
iarities of Kansas, an item may be
taken from two newspapers from diff
ferent parts of the United States. One
of these items is In q Kansas news
paper; the other In a Pennsylvania
newspaper. The papers are Of the
same size and in their communities
occupy the same position of import
ance, in all likelihood. The items
quoted occur in the same part Of the
t~O papers.
The Kansas newspaper apprises Its
readers:
parliament opens today"
The Pennsylvania journal has:
Farmer Jim Boggs built hog pen
yesterday"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
For the Eagle.
PURPOSE.

The uses OF sorrow comprehend
Better and better at each years end.
Deeper and deeper 1 seem TO see
Why and wherefore II has to be.
Only after the dark. wet days
Do we fully rejoice in the suns bright
rays.
Sweeter the crust tastes. after the fast,
Than the stated gourmand's finest repast.
To the actor who once has heard a hiss.
And one who has dwelt with his grief
alone
Hears all the music in friendships tone.
So, better and better comprehend
How sorrow would ever be our friend.
EDITH VI. EDICK
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

killed in the continental army that wash
ing.on Jed 20 victory.
What does Editor Harter q the New
kirk Democrat 90 this week but roast the
complexion or Leslie NlOlack- is this
treason or not2 Leslie isn't responsl ole Tor
all the evils of Oklahoma Democracy.
County correspondence IN Perry Enter
prise. The school II district No 55 has
closed. on account % a young lady set
ting into trouble with the teacher" This
item may mean something and than again
j. may -gt.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
THE BIGGEST MAN N EURopE

The grand old man. Gladstone. de-
spite his years and 4 brilliant record
which can now hardly De added TO-
announces his determination 10 return
10 the house o. commons AMI TO active
public life. This. England thinks. i
an intimation that he again expects 10
be the premier of The emuire. Thar
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Nearly all the profit Of the prizefght
IS 10 come out Of the kinetoscope to be
displayed through the country. People
who would be shocked at a prizeight
can see it reproduced in a mirror and
be GuiltlesS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

The virtue Of a prizefisht is that Il is
a fight. There was no way for the
kaleidoscope people to know beforehand
that the oklahoma City statehood con
yenrion would turn out as il did or
they would have been on hand.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

While the Rontgen ray has found
needle in a woman's foot in Canada.
what a number of bachelors are inter-
ested in knowing i whether the ray
would be able TO discover the eye in
the needle
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Strange things happen in politics, but
nothing strange enough can happen to
make Levi Morton more than Kan
sas' seventh choice for president.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

As the etheric vibrations cannot be
seen. how do we know but a whole
bucketful has been brought up by the
drill at the Wichita well: Everything
else has been discovered.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

For unScientitic minds it may be said
that the nearest thing 10 an etheric Vi
bration in actual life is when teacher
gets ahold of the nape of a boys neck
and shakes the enamel of his teeth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Mr.. and Hon. William Campbell. Es-
quire. says he will quit if Morrill,
doesn't enforce the law at Leaven-
worth. Mr.. Hon, etc, esquire, will
omit
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

oklahoma is for Reed, although it
understands that Mckinley will have
Il large majority of the st. Louis hotel
rooms ON the first ballot
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

The Mckinley advocates in Okla
homa are becoming so excited that tEey
may yet accuse the Reed boom of
breaking over the line before noon and
hiding in the bushes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

1t is not difficult to see how Harrison
could win Mrs. Dimmick, but how in
The world did he ever gain John c.
News consent?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

All the Republicans in Kansas are
for the denomination of State Auditor
Cole. If Mr.. Cole is smart. he VIII up
and die before anyone changes his
mind
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

1t is really believed over the country
that when Mrs. Lease today picks up
the Bible to find her text, Mr.. Lease,
on back seat, will dodge.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Troubles never come singly If Nor
rill should abolish the commission to-
morrow the chances are that the Jersey
COW will 90 dry Tuesday.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

If Or. Fridjof Nansen has reached
the northern axis Of The earth it will
be At least settled whether the aurora
Dorealis is the reelection Of a hot-box.