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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
SILVER BEATEN.

Silver is beaten and lies dead is be-
ing choruSed from one side of the CONT
nent to the other by the goldbug papers
Its corpse was inferred by the house
by a majority of enc hundred and TWEEN
Jy-tiye say they. With d majority of
the United States senate for it and
ninety champions in the house of rep
resentativeS silver may be Il corpse but
1t has not been buried, it is not even
dead. Silver is stronger today, both
with the people and in the United
States senate than at any time since
its characterization. There is no use
denying the truth of the assertion, and
the anti-siiver papers do not help their
side but weaken their cause by not ad-
uniting il. That vote in the house was
a foregone conclusion. Nobody ex-
pected anything else. As far as the
senate is concerned silver proved
stronger than was expected To say
the least the senate is as powerful as
the house. while the tenure of its mem
berShip is three times that of the house
The senate will substantially remain
as it is while the house is being re-
newed three times. In the meantime
silver will be made an issue in the cleo
ton of members of the house. There
is but one thing that can possibly rele-
gate the silver question as an issue be
fore the American people. and that one
thing is return Of general prosperity
Ia the country. Many men are con
WINGED that good times under a mono
metallic gold standard is an imposSi-
hilirv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE

FL Little OF Abilene, - IN love with
girl who IS travelling fo- her health IN
Japan
At Garden City when one mar visits an
other. they say he puts Is Feet under
the mans table.
By avoiding Grippe Creek. he average
Kaa1as farmer can take a hoe ard strike
pay dirt in Kansas this year.
IN western Kansas bscycle dealers a.
vertise that tae 'so-a1c-so IRE = TIE on4y
one PROOF against sa-d-buFrs.'
Outside o IRE preachers and college pro-
fess0rs and q corn doctor, there Is not -
man II winfield who wears plug kat
Western Kansas lacks sentiment TIE
Place whore ehat monument. PsSlee
Rock. STOOD u = --oauneut % that f4ct-
The Co.s family = coming NJ FtroRE n
Kansas STATE AE14tor Cole al J2lss
El-sck Cole are both sure q reconciliation
Something quee- = taking pace z some
Kansas newspapers. They tax against
probation II tAelr lo-sl coizzns ard FER
8; et:orlz.iy.
TIE scezsaz n Southern KArsas has ore
hope Two years ago there wa cod
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
ON DEFENDING WALLER.

A number Of Kansas papers are
severely criticizing the administration
for the unsatisfactory manner Of John
Walters release, claiming that he is
entitled to a round indemnity for his
arrest and Imprisonment, especially as
he lost a splendid fortune which he had
secured through his timber concessions.
While we do not believe that the ad-
ministration would have done anything
for Waller but for the unceasing de-
mand of the Republican press and Re-
publican representatives IN congress,
still he got his freedom. If the Assoc
lated Press gave a fair excerpt Of the
papers in the case, Waller was in the
wrong. He had taken advantage Of
his prestige as q former consul to aid
the Hovas and to defeat the French.
This he should not have done. II may
be had he attended strictly to his own
business he would not have been mo-
Tested. If he obtained the timber con-
cession because Of political services to
be afterward rendered he simply took
his chances. AS it is he is released
from a twenty years sentence and is
a free man again with the privilege of
a rehearing if he chooses and with the
right to bring suit for damages done his
his person
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

be removed from the judges bench and
soldiers and the police. There will be
no civil tribunals, apparently, 10 be
bought and sold, but only military tri-
bunals which cannot be sold and
bought because the iron-handed
butcher" viii have firm grip on their
proceedings. Hereafter, domiciliary
visits and the like are not apt to be
carried out in the hope and certainty
Of plundering the household gods Of
reputable Cubans but with the deter
mined purpose Of incarcerating every
soul who is not openly and actively
helping the Spanish cause, and con-
fiscating all their property, without re-
claim, for the benefit Of King Alfonso's
troops.
This Is a system Of moral and legal
garrote which Weyler may be counted
upon to twist more and more closely
as he deems expedient or desirable,
and leaves no hope whatever for the
escape from his pervading and desDer-
ate espionage Of any native Cuban not
naturalized as a citizen Of the United
States. Prison is certain, death is not
improbable, for any and every man in
Havana who does not come out strong
ly for Spain and Weyler. These are
but whettings Of the knife Of the
butcher" to cut the throat Of Cuba If
he NAV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
THE FARMERS LIVESTOCK.

From the Mississippi to the Pacific,
from the Lakes to the Gulf the prairies
of every state and territory, the can
yons of every mountain, boast their
live stock. Live stock is the dominant
interest of one-half of the entire ter
ritory Of the nation. According to the
report OF the agricultural department
Just issued, the value of the country's
live stock under the depressed prices
on January 1st, 1896, was, in round
figures, as follows: Horses, $500, no.,
600; mules, sos, 100000; mich cows,
1894, OOO, 900; oxen and other cattle,
S5OS,000,00O; swine, $1S6,000,00O; and
sheep, S65,O00,000. 1t appears from
this report that the total decline in the
value of the live stock Of the country
last year was in exact figures sol 90
900. This enormous shrinkage fell
principally upon the people of the ter
ritory defined above. The causes Of
the decline are two, one silver the other
tariff. The agricultural departments
report gives the decline in the value Of
live stock in 1895 as follows: Horses,
1913 per cent; mules, per cent; sheep,
2.3 per cent; and swine, 10 per cent.
The decline in the value Of sheep was
upward of S1,500,O00.
With a fair and equitable tariff on
wool and hides the producers of the
vast region named by US, comprising
eighteen states and four territories.
would be greatly benefited and the
value of their live stock products in
creased by from S3OO,OOO,OO0 to $780,
100000 annually instead of the fright
full decrease registered for the past two
wears
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
WEYLER THE RIrrCHER

That Is rather a startling tale which
the Associated Press brings from Spain
in which the admission is made that
CampoS was not recalled from Cuba
because of any failure 20 prosecute
the war, but rather for the reason that
under present conditions the ruling
house of Spain could trust no other
general 10 command the homo army
However. Weyler. il seems. is going To
attempt 10 maintain his record as =
butcher. His first act on arriving in
Cuba was 10 sharpen his knife and is
sue two military pr0clamalions. both
Of sanguinary sound The New York
Mall and Express says thar there VIII
no longer be even a pretenSe Of civil
justice in Cuba. Even the calculabla
element Of bribery and corruption will
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

taiued 15s pages advertising matter TO 11S
pages reading matter. The estimated
value OF the revenue derived from the
advertising IN one Issue OF this publ;ca-
;ioa was 81. 5000 The advertising rev.
enUe derived from single issue OF some
other publications amounted to $500. 90:
$40 Ok. %; S50.5o0.00; s5s,ooo.oo; So. 272.co.
These publications are al being carried
by the postal department a. en actual loss
Of S7iz per cent; and consequently, one
publication. according 10 rs claimed cir
culation, may entail an annual direct loss
TO the department OF S2S3 5000; others
$222, ia ~; SO. s72.00; slsS. Aa.eO. ari SO or
An illustration OF how unimportant
factor the rate OF postage IS IN 6etermin-
ing the price Of these publications TO the
subscriber. IS shown n the case OF two
publications OF 81 and 80 pages. respect
lively. which are listed at 500 per year;
two others OF 40 and "a pages, respective
ly, at $50; and three others OF 20. $50 and
rs pages. at $1.o0 per year.
Regarding the abuses connected with the
ranking privilege. actual illustrations are
given OF the free mailing OF trees. pots,
kettles. picks. camping outfits. army sup
plies, etc, the cost OF which q now charg-
ed TO the postal department, entaining an
artificial expense OF many millions OF dol
lars annually.
The following are the recommendations
made by this committee:
1st. Provide one cent letter postage for
each half ounce.
End. Restrict second-class matter, at the
rat Of m a. h-ov-
flde daily. tri-weekly, sem!-weekly and
weekly newspapers.
3D.. Charge all other second-cIass mat
ter. together with books. pamphlets ard
all printed matter at cost rate. estimated
TO be cents g. pound. The new rate on
second-class matter not TO 90 into effect
until one year after the passage OF the
bill
4th. Merge the third ard fourth-classes.
exclusive of books, pamphlets. printed
matter, into one class, to be charged a.
cost rate, estimated to be 10 cents or 12
cents per pound.
9th. Charge 20 every department OF the
government now using the franking priv
iIege, the actual cost Of sad service. there
by relieving the postal department of
many million dollars OF fictitious expenses.
Congress generally responds 10 the real
wish Of the people provided this wish is
clearly and generally expressed II the
above recommendations appeal 90 the JUS
tee and good Judgment OF the reader. we
advise them to promptly write to their
seDa tors and congressman, also TO Hon. Z.
F. Loud, chairman, committee on poStof-
fee and post roads. asking for the enact
ment of one cent letter postage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

VIII Little claims that tin can be mined
In Cleveland and Noble county.
The next meeting of the Masonic grand
lodge Of Oklahoma will be held in Nor
man.
]. s. Guinea of Porca City. has paid up
his subscription TO the Ponca City Courier
for fifty-two years.
Tom Lowry OF Hamilton. Ontario. Can
ada, is in Oklahoma City swallowing a
dose Of the ninety day treatment.
The Guthrie Leader claims that an edi-
tor now In Oklahoma fed Chicago be-
cause he was implicated in the Haymar-
ket riots.
Chief Justice Dale was among those
who babe Dick PIurkett a long and sad
farewell when he left Oklahoma for the
prizefight
The bond-jumping business IN Oklahoma
is being carried to an extreme. Too much
OF it may mean another Washington in
vestigation.
The Oklahoma City Republican calls all
those Republicans in Oklahoma who are
in favor OF Mckinley. but who are sup
porting Reed. ''cross-eyed."
The general landoffice has given the
TOWNSHIP of northeast Perry to the heirs
of John Malone. The settlers Will appeal
to the secretary Of the interior.
If Sly Oberlander wants to roll in wealth
he should paint his face a shade darker
in red and get an appointment on one OF
the Washington Indian Hobbies.
Mr. Stone, manager of the Associated
Press. passed through Oklahoma the other
day and the correspondent at Perry fed
the town and hid in the bushes for two
days.
Captain Jackson of Oklahoma City, had
about completed a rotary irrigation pump
when 10, and behold, he discovered that
New York man had just patented the same
thing.
Before that fight comes of it may be
necessary to have special session Of the
legislature for the purpose OF passing an
appropriation to enable Dick Plunkett TO
pay his board bill.
The country correspondents OF that
great religious paper. the Kildare Journal.
all have a penchant for quoting Ben
Franklin. Don't they know that Ben was
fearfully immoral?
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal triple
leads its remarks 10 the effect that as
Mr. Thomas Reed has been standing BY
Oklahoma, the thing for Oklahoma TO co
is TO stand by Reed.
The Choctaw shops are located at Shaw
nee on an understanding that the people
of that city buy $1,000 OF real estate be-
longing to the railroad. That looks some
thing Ike a hold-up.
Judge Flood Of Texas attorney for the
Waggoner Cattle company, IS in Okla
homa looking after the Injunction suit
which was fled at Fl Reno 20 enioiu the
collection OF 5000 in taxes.
The Guthrie Leader is now engaged in
hunting for the scalp OF Harry Woods. |
Of Sumner county, Kansas, because Mr.. |
Woods saiE come unkind things OF The |
supreme court Of the TERRITORY.
Two KickapOo Indians have fallen IN |
love with Miss White Rose. Who = not /
only q rose but daisy. They met Al her /
house last THURSDAY and began shooting I
al each other. They were both arrested. /
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
FLOATING FEATHERS.

Or. Jaraezoa - said 20 hzys done an I'm
r.snse ar19unt q Ez~sli'ggs prac.se.
angnE tsa TrsHEyaai nfs@rs. AID IA.
f.argurhe zas % ~ rs-n 4rfvlnx raeis7~
Through the sfre~ts 81 Johannesburg =. al
hourz - ,aa Gag ard nlShs. vvh-a ~.
ca charrs. hoNeTer. hsa Tees us-s U-o-
port.1ost ssy E4sh.
Vler01teEae Ho4ssaye. ztoss rzis- n
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ferzr.eFly an Americas siri. A.ss I.ltfsr q
CzHt9-u-A-
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El4s fzrzflsea y lst@r.
p .
Ers- Herna $50 IL SOTO E9z~z. vie q
fhs res ulssssssf1,l sens.o-. % = t-ur@sr.
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Eastr sn1 ~Tes % s,ssozs a purple Ia. So
u a vonaan u co1ss8sE41is Eterary ,ass.t
as1 = r.eYer lalkeF.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

discovery Frustrated both. but they gtiu
live together. Tyler refuses 70 give names
Great Caesars ghost Listen % these.
The last weeks Ingalls, Union says. "Jlm
AIorigbrs wife has left him orscs more ....
A R.chiaa1 towashlp Elan whipped A.s
wife 80 she VAS unable % be out f0r
feE dsys.-..W william 3iacksy bad tEsaty-
ave bushels u waea; stolen lsst vask-.-.
Philip MILLER had fifty pognds q meat
stolen th~ fore part ~ last wesk Weeks
bad a Izprobc stolen Toezaay a.zbf.. 4.
W. Han ore stormy aigst last week turned
BIS son John QUE % doors 20 eek shelter
and care e.seEh here Joba 10 faf zoEas
with c0usuuD tlea a1d cant I've sSzET
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
THE WORD WITH THE BARK ON.

The LeavenwOrth Times in reproduc-
ing the Wichita dispatch detailing the
Eagles interview with Judge Camp
bell. wherein he said he had called the
attention of Governor Morrill, TO the
open violation of the prohibitory law
in other cities Of Kansas, coupled with
the suggestion that the people of
Wichita were not fools and that the
state must evince some sincerity before
he tCampbelD could secure convictions.
etc. the Times says: Morrill, and
Leland have marked out policy and
cannot change it If they should at
tempt 10 change il. and should treat
Leavenworth as they have done Wich-
ita. il would not be very pleasant for
either of them TO step again within the
city limits. Either they or any COM
misSioners they might appoint who at
tempted 10 stir up strife and exrsva-
gance here would be unceremoniously
kicked ont"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Policies is cruel If the Pops We're
right two years ago Lewelling should
have a second term. If he deserved
a second term then he deserves a nom
inauon now. But the great party AZ
pure reform groyelS in the gutter. Ike
any other party, hunting for "exned-
iency."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

We have had many strange ministers
in Kansas, but no one has ever appear
ed who could show up the prismatic
conscience that Rev. Dougherty of
Kansas City can.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

General Weyler acts a great deal as
II he were preparing 10 announce to the
insurgents that they must lay down
their arms, or he viii go and take 'em
from them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

A man writes to the Eagle to tell it
to let the Rontgen ray alone-that it
is too deep for this paper He posi-
bly wants TO rule us out of talking
about out gas well. too.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

When the Cincinnati police are
through laundering. Mr.. Holmes of
Philadelphia would like to say word.
He believes he can prove an alibi. and
that he did not murder Pearl Bryan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Mrs. Lease has been known as Col"
Now it is Rev" When Mrs Lease
gets tired of this she will Try some
scheme on the cathode ray and tack on
prof"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

IL New England doesn't behave itself
the west VIII read it out Of the Re
publican party. The United States
senate is all right 1t will remain for
free silver and viii remain Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

No one in Kansas appears to be dar-
Ing enough TO see if Bernard Kelly
would. under a test, declare that he
did mot care to be q candidate against
Governor Morrill,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The Populists are giving none of
the conventions to Wichita. The Pop
ulistS of Kansas want 40 be only ais
family acquainted with Lewelling, ap-
1narnntlr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Mr.. Lease was one of the few men in
Wichita who did not attend his wife'S
sermon Men have quit attending
church. and all reports 10 the contrary
notwithstanding, Mr.. Lease is a man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Succintly stated, John Waller has
simply exchanged a valuable rubber
plantation in Madagascar for lot Of
line advertising.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

hansen will never be forgiven by
whole lot of other explorers who want
ed him TO sit down on big hunk of
ice and wait till they could rescue him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The official report of the worlds fair
will soon be out No one wants 10 see
Ii or seeing it would care to read it.
The country could lop of i good deal
of expense along this line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Mrs. Leases sermon was a success.
There was some misgivings as to mix
ing the sockdolager and the doxology,
but it came out ali right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

If one town in oklahoma were named
Reed and another Mckinley ana both
were fighting for the county-seat the
feeling could hardly be higher.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

When the telepathists get time they
should try to figure out why no muir
der can be committed without a white
horse appearing in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The British lion is to be bearded in
his den and the Guthrie Leader an
uounces that Paul Kruger will fur
niSh the beard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

When hansen returns it will be set
tied at last whether a man may, by
une step, walk from midnight 10 high
noon at the North Pole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

If he had known there was TO be so
much bidding on the popular loan, Mr..
johnson of Topeka would have asked
to be made auctioneer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The days are six months long up
there. Dyche should rush up and see
the North Pole quick and declare he
disco it the same day hansen did.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

In the desperate McKinley-Reedf fight
now in progress in oklahoma it will be
useless to ask Mr. Allison Of Iowa TO
take sides.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

What we want in Kansas this year
Ia mud. even if the women have to roll
ND their boomers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The highest north ever reached was
81 degrees, twenty-four mlnutes-and
then the clock stopped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

II was quite natural for Tiger Bill
to ask Governor Morrill, to enforce the
law at Leavenworth, but did he not
know that it was unkind?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

No matter what the railroads do, the
smart Kansas farmer who can will con-
tinue to hold his corn at any rate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Ed Hoch's friends defend him, but
they also regard Morrill, as A No. 1
man, while Hoch classes him as about
" No. 9.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Professor Dyche should not despair.
Even if hansen has discovered the
North Pole. Dyche can probably pur-
chase it's skin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

The thing for John Waller 70 do is to
get back TO America at once and lock
himself in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Was it the Inotype's error when Cy
Leland was credited with speaking OF
Colonel Damn Anthony"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Hutchinson should have the state Re
publican convention. All Southern and
ssSie-a Kansas wants her to have II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
-z=..EzES>>\AliLSs1ss
gali1J & Gd9AS
NJ NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

We shall not believe he has, until Dr..
hansen himself gives ii out cold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18

Until Mrs. Lease appeared, John
Wanamaker Of Philadelphia was easily
the greatest advertiser IN America.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

Laundry Registers
Loan Registers,
Remittance Records,
Notary Records,
Poll Books.
line Of Blanks and
City, Justice Of tia
officers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
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