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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
ghe aiehta Billy gae grday gaoruug neesmber 1896

Eagle = -ntained ts.s telegraph an
nouncezsent that ths bodies Of these
two w<re found de&6 IN Miss Collins
room at Z hotel. The door was locked.
There was a half-empty whisky bottle
on a table. The gas had been turned
on and the two had died of asphyxia-
ton
Death from asphy yxiation by gas Ia
hotels is not infrequent- Men and wo-
men not married sometimes die to-
gether in the same room in some hotel.
But it is not often that leaders in some
great movement which is claimed TO be
better than Christianity are found dead
together under such circumstances. We
don't know that outside of Boston there
is enough Of Free Thought to be injur-
ed, but should there be then it and its
followers got a stunning blow in the
death of its president and leading lee
turer, all alone in that hotel room, with
the girl whom he had induced TO ac-
company him and afterwards persuad-
ed to test all by Joining him in shut
fling off the mortal coil"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

age law passed in all the consenting
states. The ratio would be uniform
\ throughout the nations. Instead Of free
coinage in one nation it would be free
coinage among nations, that is, a uni
form free coinage among nations. If
| free coinage by one nation could by
any possibility be successful, when re-
inforced by other commercial nations
| it would be enduring.
And If the worst should come-war
among the nations of the union, it need
not necessarily break up the monetary
system. Whatever the cause of dis
pute, the nations would be mutually In
terested to preserve their monetary sys-
tenn, and il free coinage would have
the effect the bimetallists hope, would
restore the parity Of the metals, the in
ternational agreement would be simply
nominal in its force, the actual coinage
by the nations of the union being the
controlling factor in the maintenance
Of the relative value Of the metals. The
consenting nations once committed to
bimetallism by an International none
tary union would never depart from 1t
unless the whole plan should prove
delusion-unless the theory would
prove failure, to depart from which
would be an act of wisdom.
1t may be conceded that there are
doubts that International bimetallism
may ever be realized, but they are no
greater than the doubts that if this
nation will ever undertake the expert
ment of free coinage alone. There is
no use to conceal the fact that the
hope of independent free coinage 16 to
1 is very dim There could hardly have
been a more conspicuous union OF sill
yer forces than in the late campaign.
The leader lost no time in emphasizing
the issue and threw himself into the
fight like a hero. a gladiator. There
seems to be no likelihood that these
forces can be so well gotten together
again and the best that may be said is
that ''the first battle" has ended in a
decisive defeat and there is no immedi-
ate reason to expect a different result
in another contest. The fact Is when
you take map and find where silver
won-in the silver mining states and in
the extreme southern states, where for
reasons well known, no Republican
party has existed for years. the silver
cause looks intensely sectional and
hopeless. If the Republican party is re-
vivified in many of the southern states
with southern leaders the chances are
that the silver Democrats will lose
other southern states. With the right
kind of leadership Virginia, Tennessee
and North Carolina may be added to
the list of anti-silver states. And in
contest so apparently hopeless Kansas
Nebraska and South Dakota would al
most surely go Republican. Nobody
would be bold enough to say that Kan
sas would have gone as she did this
campaign but in the hope of Bryan's
1t was Kansas Republicans
voting for silver-not for Democracy.
The most may be made Of it, but there
is as much hope in international bimet-
allism as independent free coinage at
16 to by this nation alone.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
A DEMOCRATIC BATTLE-sHIP

The average Democrat Is doubtless a
patriot, but the eternal blunders of his
party borders on the criminal. We are
not alluding now to Cleveland's de-
faulting administration and its terrific
shortages. but to another failure or,
rather, rotten job. Succeeding the
John Roach scandal the Democratic
party went into battle-ship building.
One Of the first vessels ordered they
named after a Democratic state. 1t is
pretty generally conceded that the
great battle-ship Texas will be disman-
tied and destroyed and thrown into the
scrap-heap. This is serious loss to the
country. The Texas was built at the
Norfolk navy yard from plan sub
mitted at competition authorized by
Secretary Whitney in 1885. In spite OF
the fact that American ship-builders
and designers are conceded to be the
best in the world, the board of examin-
ers adopted the plan of an English en-
cineer and awarded him the $4,000
prize over American competitors. The
plans have proven faulty in the ex-
treme-fatally faulty, and the result Is
a complete loss. The work was carried
on under Cleveland's first administra-
ton and completed under Cleveland's
second administration. The vessel was
launched only a few months ago.
Work had not progressed very far
when it was discovered that the plans
were bad, but nothing was done to cure
the defects, and monster of incapac-
ity and worthlessness was completed.
1t has never been anything but a men
ace to the lives of those who had it in
charge, and as an engine Of defense it
has never been worth penny. 1t does
not apper that the failure is the result
of construction, because the Maine, sis
ter ship to the Texas, was built at the
same time at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Whatever the cause, 1t is not pleasant
to the tax payers to reflect that the
Of dollars squandered in build
ing a useless hulk comes out Of their
pockets and is an Indirect tax upon the
labor and productive energies of the
country. Strict inquiry should be made
into the case and those responsible for
the stupendous failure held to strict
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Ex-Champion John L. Sullivan is to
have a benefit and his friends are call
ing on the public TO help make the fel
low comfortable for life. There never
was a more popular pug than Sullivan.
He professed TO be nothing but fighter
but he was an honest fighter. He &C.
cepted and inflicted punishment with
equal equanimity and was never known
to indulge in dishonest tactics. Still,
there are a good many million people
in this country who are more deserving
Of benefits than Is Sullivan.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Judged insane this afternoon IN probate
court. HIS was a peculiar case. He knew
there was some trouble with his mind. but
he imagined that his parents had nesmer~
lied him and 'hindered his mind "a he
put IL. He became frantic over the de-
ius.on and threatened 10 XII his mother.
first with shotgun and then with
butcher knife because he thou1nt she had
given him some drug which had rnssmer-
ized him. He Is about - years OF age and
hale looking. His talk during the trial
was as rational "a might be expected os
any one. TIE jury found him insane and
is secured committing him TO the asylum
The witnesses were his father ard mother
and Daniel Miller. one OF their nesxhbors.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Lord Beaconsfield once said: 'Assas-
slnation never yet changed the history
OF the world" This is an epigram and
ought 10 be true. but it will be we'll
enough to wait and see how Rivera
manages the small army Maceo left.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

-Four country girls from Iowa tried to
appear on the stage in Chicago the other
night but the crowd howled them off.
II would be a good thing if the crowd
should do this with al the young
country girls who try the stage.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Kansas should send somebody 10 the
senate with a few brains. Nebraska.
Colorado, Iowa and Missouri all cut A
prominent figure there. while Kansas.
with its bewhiskered apparltion, is for
gotten
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The Illinois girl who sued for breach
of promise on the grounds that the man
sang 'Oh. Promise Me- 10 her. won her
case. 1t is not safe to sing anything to
a girl, even if you have an awfully poor
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

When PETER pocketed his $4,000 in
salary and did not devote at least half
of-it TO Kansas Populist campaigns he
went into his room, shut down all the
windows and blew out the gas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Evangelist Moody says: II would not
touch the Sunday newspaper any more
than | would touch tar" This nonsen-
steal thing would not have leaked out of
Moody with proper use of tar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Ii comes in poor grace from Demo
Gratis like Vest to growl over what Nc
kinley's election has not done. Vest
first supported Cleveland and the peo-
pie condemned his choice: then he sun
ported Bryan. and the people con-
demned him, too.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The Spanish government may de-
mand in day or two that the United
States government hold down the peo-
pie of Marcus Hook. Pennsylvania and
Silver City, Iowa.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The result of the Leavenworth Sol
diers' Home investigation will be
dampener forever on any attempt to
derive a Kansas man of an unrestrict-
ed appetite
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

1t Is very easy to arise in the United
States senate and talk freedom. II is
q much better and harder thing to sit
there and think out some remedial leg.
islation for the industrial wrongs of this
country. But no senator is willing 10
tackle the latter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Extravaganism is the VESTS greatest
fanlt- A gale in the east becomes a
blizzard in the west. Everybody knows
what gale is but no one can imagine
enough for that awful, sizzling, biting,
western word blizzard"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Irrigation is not tentative. 1t will
make the ground productive. The at
tempt to fertilize aridity with mort
cages failed, and now common sense
suggests water.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

A special from Pine Bluff says that
Mr. Jones now comedies that Michigan
will go against the Republican party in
the year Of Our tand Arkansaw's) Lord,
1o0D
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

John Breidenthal will in all probabil-
ity no sooner get over the trocha until
Lewelling will rush out of ambush and
hit him over the head with a gunny-
sackful of hot mud.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Probably the most daring thing that
Senator Allen Of Nebraska has said is
calling Grover Cleveland a Republican.
Think of Republican returning the
Confederate flags.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

While the Duke of Marlborough is
slowly eating his way into the Wander
bilt millions the Count de Castellane
has burrowed clean out of sight in the
Gould pile and is clean forgotten.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Silver City. Iowa, arose Indignantly
"Wednesday and wiped up the fine allu-
vial soil Of that vicinity with an alleged
efigy of Weyler. Silver City is for free
dom
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

AS the Democratic senators now rise
one by one and grind their heels into
Grover Cleveland, Senator Tillman can
not help thinking that he set the fash
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

A special from Jacksonville to the
Buggville Bugle says that man just
arrived there from Havana says that no
such man as Maceo ever existed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

PETER in a recent speech in the senate
defended Kansas against eastern at
tacks. But he didn't make 'em jump
as ingalls, could have done.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

A large surplus is said to be left in the
national Republican campaign fund.
For this oversight some Republicans
will never forgive Mr.. Hanna
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

1t would be terrible surprise to Ma
jor Mckinley if he had no applicants
from Kansas. 1t would also be ter
rible surprise TO Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

An Italian has invented an apparatus
which enables him to remain under wa
ter eighteen hours. The government
ought to buy one for the Texas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

People can now ride in Chicago street
rars or four cents. But Labrador can
beat this. In Labrador people are froz-
en- to death for nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Maceo is dead. Maceo is not dead,
Dead, not dead. Dead, not dead. That
is right This is Friday, his day to be
dead again.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The Kansas girl who is getting ready
to send her adorer mitten and beau
tifully sculptured heart is inclined to
rub it in.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Mckinley never submits to an inter-
view with a newspaper correspondent.
The interview has broken many
mans neck and Mckinley knows it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The people care no more for what
BRYAN does or does not do than they do
for man who is cultivating a tenor
xnino
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

Tom Anderson can have anything he
wants from Mckinley if he will take the
precaution to want something small
enough.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
Ask
Your Druggist
123 and l27 Main Street.

tor the Dr. j. -.
McLean's Medical Almanac for l3o&
containing the celebrated Storm Proph-
ct Professor Iri r. Hicks weather pre-
d!ctions. furnished free.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
Unusual Cloak Selling

Saturday all the childrens garments will be sold
at just Half the regular marked price. No fool
ishness. $1,000 garments SIS. $500 garments S.
$500 garments ST. This is the way they will go
while they last
Then There Is the Ladies' Jackets
All beauties at $3.50, $500, S200O S22 so and
S25OO. On Saturday take your choice of this lot at
$3.50. This is the house where real worthy bar
gains can be secured.
Feather Boas, new lot just in:
New perfumes, Colgate's triple extracts FL
cents per ounce.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18


Kansas.
Every pair warranted, whether
you pay 81. 90, $r.2s or $r.So. and
tomorrow We viii show a,soo pair
and not a bad pair in the lot.
Foster Paul's kid gloves in the
special brands
WiIliam-Fowler-Tosterina
The Marguerite, which is spe-
cially imported for as, and its
the best $3.50 glove imported.
When you buy a glove here it's
good or your money back.
Tomorrw will be Kid Glove
Day. Three ladies will be At the
counter to it them to your hands.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
Dolls l1ust Go
HandkerChiefS
Fine HandkerchiefS

New Design Handkerchefs
800 dozen of them to go sale here Saturday at
rs cents-s5 and 90 cents is what other people ask
for similar qualities, but going to make one
Supreme Handkerchief effort Saturday.
Beautiful all linen handkerchiefs, dainty cambria
handkerchiefs lovely gift handkerchiefs for ladies
and gentlemen, will go into this great special to-
morrow at Is cents each Supply your wants from
this great offering.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
Sterling Silver Goods

Hair Brushes. Baby Brushes. Hat
es. Velvet Whisks. whisk Brooms. Nail
Brushes. Tooth Brushes. Dressing
Combs. Gentlegnen's Combs. Pocket
COMBS. Baby Combs. Nail Flies. Nail
Knives. Nail Cuticles. Paper Knives.
Knife Erssers. Glove Hooks. Buttoa
Hooks. Orange knives. Fruit Knives.
Pocket Knives. Bon Bon spoons. Olive
spoons. Mustard Spoons. After Din
ner Chocolate spoons, Pickle Forks.
Rattles, Call Bells, Tea Strain
ers. Pun Boxes. Powder Boxes.
whiskey Flssks. Match Safes. Pin Cush-
ions. Emeries. yinagrettes. Darninz
Eggs. Photo Frames. Game Counters.
Thimbles, Salts and Peppers. ChilSren's
Mugs. and many other Novelties.
Ali of the above articles and
hundreds of others you can buy
here and save money.
Perfumes
The finest in the land, put up in
dainty bottles, or you can get IL
by the ounce and we furnish the
bottles. Look at the stock.
Baskets
The newest things, just In from
New York.
Rugs and Curtains
A fine new collection for the
Holidays.
BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOkSl
For children and grown-up folks.
f92 and t27 Main CfreAf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18
Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves

Not another stock like it in ell
Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-18

The great Slaughter will go on
in the Dress Goods Department.
Priestley's famous black goods are
being cut to cost and less. Fine
novelties at about half. Cost is dis
regarded at present.
Immense Inducements
For Saturday.
Dolls r1uSt Go
And They Will Go Saturday.
Dolls worth up to 50 cents go at 5 cents.
Dolls worth up to so cents go at 10 cents.
Dolls worth up to $100 will go at Is cents.
All the others will go, too, at Big Reductions.
This is great opportunity to buy good Dolls with
handsome faces at very small price
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28
MASONIC.
Opposed to Screened Singers In the Chap
tnr-Erom Yarioua Ouarriea.

Opposed to Screened Singers In the Chap
ter-From Various ouarries'
We believe In Royal Arch Masons only
assisting In the comforting OF the Royal
Arch degree. Lot them al sing VINO wish
to ut the proper time ana place. we uon
want anybody hired TO 90 our singing Just
because they happen to DO able TO READ the
notes raster 'na i, wo aru, ny n'Av ot sm,ns
we know we VIII po n"slns sv,no p .,n Nv
Oh elocutioh einpioyeu W uoi l. wy, -, ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

An earnest effort is being made to push
the work in Manitoba so that n grand
commandery may be instituted before
1897.
Mount Horeb commandery, Altoona,
has membership In good standing of BAG.
Priory No. of the Sublime Order of the
Great Cross of Malta was Instituted In
Malta temple Worcester, Mass, recently
with 100 members. This Is the order
which was imported some six months
since from Scotland by Past Imperial
Grand Master Robert c. Stewart, who
was given authority to take in select Red
Cross knights of Malta in America. The
supreme priory is located at Worcester.
Wisconsin knights are going to celebrate
St. Johns day, June "a, at La Crosse with
elaborate ceremonies.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

At the close Of Its first year of life Qs79)
New York council had a membership Of
40. At the close Of 1895 it numbered 2, 00G
The combination of 81, 800 and $1,000
benefit In the Royal Arcanum and $1,000
and Sc, 900 benefit in the loyal additional
is good thing to mention to prospective
candidates. Minnesota made a net gain
Of S46 members last year; total member
ship, 800.
There are 81 councils in Connecticut
with q total membership Of over 8,70O.
New York grand council made a net
gain OF 1891 members last year.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

Having met with the highest sue
cess in the manufacture and sale of
the excellent liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup Of Figs, 1t has become import
ant TO all to have knowledge of the
Company and it, products. The
great value OF the remedy as II medi-
cinal agent, and of the Cumpany's
efforts, is atiGstcd by the sule of
millions ot b .Iilcs annually and 10y
the high approval of most eminent
physicians.
The California Fig Syrup Co. was
organized more than twelve years
ago, for the special purpose OF
manufacturing aud selling II laxative
remedy, which would be more
pleasant to the taste and more bcne-
fetal in its effects than any other
known. In the process of manu'act-
uring, figs are uscd Ms they ara
pleasant to The taste, and healthful
in their tendencies, but the medicinal
proj critics OF the remedy are obtained
from an excellent combination OF
| plants known to he incidentally lax
ative, and to act most heTCiicially.
II in the enjoyment OF good health,
aud the system is regular, then
| laxative or other remedies are not
needed. II afflicted with any actual
disease one may toe commended to
the most skilliul physicians, but il
in need Of II laxative, then one
should have the best and with the
| wcll-inlOrmCd everywhere, Syrup oi
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

Acoa temple, Richmond, will celebrate
Its tenth anniversary on May 90 with IA
parade and general jollifioation.
Pyramid temple, Bridgeport, has do,
cided not to remove to Hartford, but has
given Its consent for the formation of IA
temple In the latter city
Medinah temple of Chicago has 2,2s2
members. Three hundred and seventy five
were received during the year. Their 10.
oeipts were s84, 02s.20; disbursement,
sSs. 800. 55. They meet In their own build
Ing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28
KNIGHTS OF PYTHiAS.
Cheap Insurance In the Endowment Rank.
Spear Points.


Spear Points.
The insurance branch Of the knights OF
Pythias has been reduced to II strict bust
ness basis, and so administered. lnsur-
ance In the endowment rank can now be
obtained for nearly one-third the cost OF
indemnity by regular insurance companies,
and no member of the order who Is eligible
to membership in the rank should now
hesitate for moment to ally himself
with it.-Sword and Helmet.
The members of New Brunswick lodge
No. /, enjoy the proud distinction of being
the first lodge outside Of the United States
Castle halls should be so situated and
protected that eavesdroppers cannot view
the work
Ohio elects her grand officers in Decem
Der by the vote of all the past chancellor
In the state.
The indications are that there will b
enough encampments held in various sec
tions of the supreme domain to keep III
the interest in the uniform rank.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

The grand lodge of Maryland adopted
the 81 200 certificate ut its recent session.
The beneficial commission of the s,l-
preme lodge recently held most impor'
tant meeting The report of its findings
to the supreme lodge next June will lie
received with interest by the order.
Many members Of the order are Of tic
opinion that the level assessment plan is
the best.
One earnest man can start o boom fol
the order in the town in which his LODI
is located.
During march s59 applications were IT,
ceived at the Massachusetts grand lodge
nff1oa
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

The order Is founded on what may be
termed the cardinal American principles
liberty, unity, benevolence and concord
There are no funds at the disposal of the
order to enable 1t to send out paid organ
izers and 1t Ia questionable If tho best re-
suits could be obtained In such a manner.
Balance in court funds Jan. /, 1916, Ssi;
net increase Of funds last year, $e7, 229.
The expense of managing the order is
very much lower than that of any other
order based on similar principles.
Total amount paid for funerals, sickness
and benevolence last year, 5000, 429.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

The work on new councils under way In
New York state Is in very promising con.
dition.
Illinois is warming up, and when she
gets fairly started there is no stopping her.
The Hudson river valley will witness
the Institution of 30 councils this summer.
Grand Recorder Wallis of California ro-
ports many new councils instituted and
under way,
Friend F. H. Foote, organizer for Mary
land, Is doing excellent work.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28
Whooping Cough.

There is no danger from this disease
when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
freely given. 1t liquefies the tough
mucus and aids itsexpectoration. 1t also
lessons the severity and frequency Of
the remedy to children or babies, as if
contains no injurious substance. For
sale by all Druggists and Dealers-BEf-
SON, SMITH & Co., Agents for II. |.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-28

Have you a leaky gutterf II you
have, make it perfectly clean and dry,
apply good coat of No. 8 P. and b.
Paint over the leaky spots; then take .
piece of stout Manila paper, or piec Q
OF common cotton cloth, paint it yell on
both sides; lay it over the first coat, Civ
ing the whole final coat, and there
will be no more leak there. Or IL the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply paste of P. &lB. Paint
and Portland Cement