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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-01
HIT AND HEPBURN


That caliph. abdul Hamid. the
damned" whom Watson describes as
, the brightest Of helrs aureOles. sJI-
preme and Immortality consigned TO its
hottest hole. having signfied his Will
ingness TO pay over 5000, 900 as an in
dennity TO the United States, there
might be some leniency shown him.
Clara Barton'S intentions are above
question or criticism. But that il will
be impossible for her TO reach Armenia
without the help of the sultan is just
as we'll known. However. Congress
man Hepburn of Iowa. is not 10 be con
ciliated. He demands that the Turk
iSh minister at Washington be given
his passports. that diplomatic relations
with the sultan be cut off. leaving the
Americans in that country TO shift for
themselves Mr.. Hit, the chairman
of the foreign affairs committee, who
is a man of sense as well as of diplO-
matte experience. points out the folly
of a course which would bring no help
To the prosecuted Armenians. and deny
TO our own citizens the good offices of
a representative at COnstantinOple.
Monday was Armenia's day in con-
gresS, and if only words We're deeds,
what was said in the house of repre-
sentatives, experimenting the previous
action and utterances in the senate.
would Signalize at least a beginning of
deliverance for the Christian subjects
of the Turk. After an imprisoned
debate of four hours the house adopted,
by a practically unanimous vote, the
Cullom resolutions passed by the sen
ate last week.
While no doubt the resolutions as
adopted We're on the whole just and
most judiciOuS. those presented by Mr..
Hepburn of Iowa and eloquently urged
by him, We're so straight to the point.
as expressing the universal American
conviction and sentiments, it is well
that they were offered, and that they
have been given the widest publicity.
Still and however, Hit of Illinois.
has proved a strong and wise man i'll
his craftsmanship Of the committee on
foreign affairs The discussion of the
question of the duty of the United
States in relation TO Turkish affairs
made conspicuous the value of this pO
SitiOn. He is man who not only sees
the point of great question, but sees
the bearing of things all around it
Often the first part of wisdom is 10
see what not TO do.
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CHINA OPENS TO COMMERCE.

Among the Chinese ports newly open
ed to foreign trade by the terms of the
treaty of Shimoneseki two are of pre-
eminent mpOrtance-namely, Hang
chow and Chungking. Hangchow, now
merely the provincial capital Of Che
kiang. was the capital of the Chinese
empire under the later menarchs Of the
Sung dynasty, and its magnificence
was described in glowing colors by
Marco Polo. The city was sacked and
burned by the Taipings, and at the
close of the rebellion all that remained
Of its former glOries was a heap Of
shapeleSS ruins. owing 70 its situa-
ton. however. HangchOw is place q
the first importance commercially. The
city lies On the banks Of the Tsienanc
river. an afiluent Of the NangtsekianE.
and in 3 northern suburb Of the eown
is an irregular basin which forms the
southern extremity Of the Grand canal
Between the TsientanG river and the
basin OF the Grand canal there j 10
" AAf- NtLllLulAC1-p4s eAAA liz ~ ~ tt-l>'.
therefore. brought by sea into the river
from the southwark. As well as what
ever may come from the lakes and
rivers Of the Provinces az Chekiang
and Fuhkien. must be- landed az this
city for reSlipment northward through
the canal-a circumstance which rem
ders Hangchcw the general emporium
Of trade between Northern and South
ern China
ChunEkinc. which i situated on the
Upper YanEtSekiaBg. about l-sso
miles from Shanghai X the outPoTt q
Szechuen. tire most popuious and
wealthy Province 81 the Middle King
dom. The YanctsekiAng : supposed
% navisabIe by steamers only a lar s.
Ichsng. four hundred miles below
Chungkinc: but a careful SURVEY q
thar mighty JTeacberous stream nay
prove mat the whole distance from
Shanghai ., IN. emporium % >zeclsDen
j. practicable for the passage - Slssain-
boats. notwithstanding the Bgnisr0us
rapids. Tie prospect Of opening pro
vince containing 13o.oeo,os'o iaAabi
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A MATTER OF MEMORY.

Marsh Murdoch, who was in the Guam
trell raid, in a notice of General Thomas
Ewing, contributes an incident of that
awful massacre not generally known. He
says: His Imprisonment of the guerrilla
Anderson's sister and a Miss Rice as spies
in an unsafe building in Kansas City,
whose walls fell killing them. mad much
to do with the fiendishness evInced by An
derson and Yeagher subsequently,, in
QuantrelPs raid on Lawrence Anderson
and YeaSher, who each had a command
in the raiders, both referred to the Ewing
order on the morning of the massacre.
Trask and Griswold were shot down by
Yeagher, as we remember. kansas City
Gazette
We simply incidently alluded TO the
episode as a memory, recurring on the
announcement Of the death Of General
Ewing. Anderson and Yeagher COM
manded each a company in Quantrelrs
force, which consisted of his own and
of the two companies named. number
ing all told two hundred ard niaty-siX
murdererS. 1t was hot QuantrelTS in
tention 10 kill white men, but TO loot
and to burn. Trask, with his young
wife. whom he had just married. cling
ing TO him. stood in the front yard with
the other occupants of the house, all
unarmed. begging for his and their
lives and protesting in the name of
innocence. Geagher sneeringly re-
torted that no mercy was shown TO
the girls in the Kansas City prison re-
ferred To, then pulling the Teins of his
trained horse, the animal stood up on
its hind feet. and the final fatal reply
was from smoking revolver. the
horse at the same instant coming IL
his feet again wheeled slightly, front
ing the next man, rearing again as be
fore, then another shot. and so on to the
end of the awful pantomime OF a pos
ing horse. his mercileSS rider and the
dcUnatiOnS OF 4 murderouS weapon.
until the women were left standing
alone. stricken with horror and terror.
over the gasping forms OF their dying
lovers. husbands and companions.
The Rice family were KanSans. and
lived on Dragon creek. Usage county.
AT the crossing of the old Lawrence
and Emporia stage road, two miles
south Of the old Santa Fe trail and of
Burling3me. Their home was a gen
eral stopping place for travellers. The
writer stayed over night with them.
in the winner of 1861, a short time be-
fore the family fed To Missouri. An
dcrSon, who was a cousin Of the fam
lily. was stopping there at the time.
Old man Rice was inoffenSive and kind.
His wife was intense in her hatred of
northern people. There were TWO girls
and TWO boys. The girls were both
young, handsome and bright The
oldest allied herself 10 a band Of Mis-
souri, buShwhackerS and being cap
tured was imprisoned, if We remember
correctly. AZ above stated. in an unsafe
building by Ewing. The Rice farm in
Kansas was afterwards confiscated by
the federal government and sold by
Tom Osborn. Who was al the time [. :.
marshal for Kansas.
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TILLAIAN'S TALK.

Very diverse are the editorial expires
sionS of opinion touching TIlman's
tempeSoouS. not 10 say telling speech.
in the senate. on Wednesday. The gold
bug organs, Republican and Demo
cratic alike. refer u the South Caro-
linan'S roast As being iIl-bred and
wanting in respect. Upon the other
hand the smile that spread over the
faces Of the great body OF the people
was unmiSrabaly one Of satisfaction.
The truths were hOmeIy and he 80 put
them The facts are unc0ntrev ertible.
and plain Angle-SaNon rather than the
Language of the trained statesman was
employed in dealing them out 10 the
senate and 10 the public II rough. the
barbS Of an enforced condition are DO
less sharp and painful. ON The prom
i>e that II he WAS sent 10 the senate he
would lay bare the hyT,ocTiSies and pre-
fences. the conSPiracieS and outraCes
Of the Cleveland administers ION be WIS
chosen by The people Of South Carol ma
The right Of q state 10 be heard IN the
United States senate none VIII ques-
ton Souta Carolina : one q forty
i've composing the Union. The senti-
menjS Of her people are a. least known.
But whatever of adverse criticism may
De brought cut the fact remains that
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prove coura geouS in its enunciatiOns-
Honest respect will be commanded
even in the absence of agreement. The
most difficult thing, probably. is 10 be
perfectly fair with those who oppose.
Reform of any public character is out
Of the question in the absence Of the
newspaper which stands out boldly for
the right Few successful daily news
papers can be muZZled by party obli-
cations, or into being, simply mouth
organs. The public journal worthy of
the name. no longer sneezes whenever
the party leaders take snuff, nor can
it apologize for the blunders and cover
up the crimes of party or politicians
only al its own cost.
These facts were brought out in
very bright light, and forcible way. at
the meeting of the National Editorial
association, recently held at St August
inc, Florida. The successful newspa-
per of today. while supporting the gen
eral policies Of one or the other of the
great parties. claim the right 10 criti-
else and condemn unworthy men and
measures. There is no doubt that the
general tone of political life is pitched
on u higher plane because Of the fear
less independence of the leading news
papers of the country. President
Hayes epigram, HE serves his party
best who serves his country best" ap-
plies very strongly TO newspapers.
when they point out its errors and con-
denim its unworthy policies. The news
paper whose fearless criticism is
prompted by conscientious and sincere
Will have an influence far eX-
ceeding that of the mere party organ.
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TIE HOUSE OF STATES.

The United States senate represents
the states in their individual capacity
as independent members Of the federal
union. The lower house represents the
people of the states collectively, being.
however, elected by districts within
the states. The Washington Post
makes a very pertinent reply to GER
tain newspapers that are always howl
ing about the great power that certain
small states have in the United States
senate. The Post reminds them that
the trainers Of the constitution never
intended that a mere majority of all the
people in all the states should be su-
preme. II may be added that the cry
SO often heard against the damnable
outrage Of giving n little state like
Rhode Island equal power in the sen
ate with New York is futile, and there
fore silly. 1t is protest against a
vital principle of our constitution and
one that cannot be changed. No state
can be deprived of its equal representa-
ton in the senate, and therefore Il
would require the concurrence Of all
the states to change the constitution in
this particular. This makes any such
change impossible, and therefore 1t is
folly to be always bowling about It
The equality Of the states is represent
ed in the senate. 1t is In that body
that New York and Tennessee and Ne
vada speak in virtue Of their character
as political communities without re-
spect TO any disparity in population.
This feature Of our system of govern
ment was a necessary condition of the
Union, without which it never could
have been formed II was intended
to protect the numerically weaker sec
tons against the selfish tyranny Of
majorities representing diverse and
interests. The senate,
therefore, is the house of the states,
and it stands as a rock in the fabric
of our government which nothing but
revolution can displace.
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tantS 10 the trade of the world would
make 1t worth great effort 10 estab-
hsh direct communication between
ChUngking and the sea. At the pres
ent time the native junkS require from
five 10 six weeks to cover the four
hundred miles from Chungking 10
Ichang. Our Mississippi and ST Law
renee river pilots could probably give
the prospective navigatOrs of the
YanStSekiang some valuable points
While the freedom of the two Chi
neSe ports above referred to would
open 10 the worlds trade ali of the
northern and central interior provinces
of China. the great southern Provinces
of KwangSi and Yunnan have hitherto
remained practically sealed 10 foreign
intercourse The French have access
10 this southern fringe Of China 10y way
of TOnquin; but they have jealOuSly
guarded this door against the mer-
chants OF other nations by an insur-
mOuntable tariff wall The reported
agreement between China and Great
Britain by which the West river i 10
be thrown open 10 navigation would
throw down the barriers which Chi
neSe conservatism and French selfish
ness have erected in the path OF COM
merce. The West river flows through
the richest and most iensely populated
part of Southern China, including the
tea districts of Yunnan ard Kwangsi.
the closure of which 10 foreigners has
until now been most strenOusly insist
ed upon by the Chinese government.
The new AnglO-ChineSe agreement
would counterfeit the efforts of the
French 10 divert the commerce of
Southern China 10 TOnquin. and Can
ton and Hongkong would consequently
cOntiue 10 be the entrepOts and the
West river the natural channel for the
South China trade. Great Britain has
apparently achieved a diplomatic vic
tory which viii more than Offset the
shOrt-lived triumph of Franct over the
success of her negotiations with China
and Great Britain whereby the MekOng
river route 10 Yunnan was practically
abandoned 10 French control
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ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

/ The Arkansas city Traveller threatens 70
/ expose III Greer II no gets too gay.
/ Judge Bashore. the Populist, has pur-
! chased the Alliance Gazette OF Hutchin-
son
Joe Ady. formerly OF Newton. is now
/ treasurer Of a Cripple Greek mining com
pauy
/ Car loads Of Butler county eECs are reg
ularly shipped 20 New York cry from
/ Il Dorado
! The residence or Sam Shafer. a. psicICsr-
! son. one OF the finest Ia western Kansas,
burned the other night.
l. - fact that A q. Stacey has rub
I bed up against more l-bel quits than any
I other editor "a Kansas
The Garden city Sentinel. In oompli-
rncut 90 The new woman. has fired Its
! devil and hired a deviisne.
The Huiohl1ron News says The pE-s-ut
- the eighth annual tour % ths Tim NC
Carthy FIbernatorisl boom
The Hutchinson News favors a sDecszI
session ~ che legislature % pull the fires
% tie fseieht-rate Juzssraaut-
4 chair fa--ory 81 for yale al ArEanSas
city The man who buys - Will nnd
sure cure Tor that tired fsoling.
7. r Junk.n - now president % 30
Kansas Dag club J. - FalG thzt Hr.
Jlnifln wants % 20 % congress.
A citizen = Arkansas Csty has a claim
10 ths great BogarGus estate % Ssw
York City. - tich - - HtiEatloa-
sam CHER. formerly q Gusda Springs.
was assaulted in Oklahoma ihs Other cay.
BE hsls l17. ths alEht q one ~y~
a EcFHc-aca preacher recently hung .
sermon around ne aus: a sDoonfsI ~
Hsl-fre' Teaspoon or tablsapo9a1
Ee@E,u.so VII Aavs an oppo1-rt for ths
nomination far c0nrr.zpnnan-st-iarx~. ~
Blue to~Sr'- nm lis oypo-~rt WI TrOs-
ably fa L<gaeel
Ore Morris asks shs people 90 coriribUss
q Itra-Y % 'ae H1fra.ar1a rrforz.A<s-y.
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FORCE THE FREIGHT ISSUE.

The Kansas railroads have been bulIied
into imposing an unjust an exorbitaut
rate on corn which has virtually shut the
market and made II ruinous 20 sell.
The people OF Kansas and Texas to-
gether with their railroads should stand
together and force the issue until justice
is done and a fair freight race on corn
established The interstate commerce
commission can be set in motion 10 ad-
just the matter.
And let It be remembered that the author
Of the deed OF shame BY which Kansas
farmers have been thus robbed Il Kansas
City, Missourl.-LeavenwOrt Times.
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in and protect she ignorant full-bloodS by
allodng them lands.
A man usually comes out all right By
doing right. AlcAtee jumped on 20 Nix
and today be is one Of the most popular
men in the territory.
The Guthrie Capital charges that Gov
ernor Reufrow has rented under a ncti-
tious name. n township Of school land Ia
the kickapOo country.
The Guthrie Capital wants che govern
ment 10 investigate and md out why the
lawyers OF oklahoma are AFRAID 10 make
motions 20 retax court costs.
The oklahoma city Republican claims
that that portrait 10 published OF Bil
Doolin was taken after tbs ovation at
Guthrie, when BIZ was tired
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ABOUT PARTY ORGANS.

The Eagle had occasion Yesterday 70
refer. briefly. IA the duty of the news
paper, and the necessity Of independ-
ence Of the So-called party organ. The
relation Of the newspaper 10 political
parties il undergoing y change. rapid
and marked. This = more especially
true Of leading associated press dailies.
II a newspaper would command in
huence through the respect of It's read
erS for lis opinions. il must not only
stand for what Is deemed right but
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RATTLESNAKE WIRE.

The Medical Record rakes up the fol
lowing curious story: Benjamin GOOch
in his Medical and Surgical ObServa-
tons" published in III, gives a sum
mary Of different ancient therapeutic
methods based on the use of animal
poisons One of his observations re-
lates to a case of severe pain. spasms,
etc, OF long duration. GoOch says,
ings: Not to appear inhuman 10 so
wretched being, after telling him
could do nothing l sent him bottle
of rattlesnake wine, to take a glass Of
Indies drank as the highest cordial.
Three nights after, the patient walked
in. Sir said he, you cannot be 50
much amazed as am, nor half so much
pleased; | am come to thank you, and
if not criminal To worship you 4"
GOOch'S account of how he learned the
virtues of rattlesnake wine is as fol-
lows: "A very wealthy old gentleman
in the West Indias had long been af-
fiicted with leprosy TO a high degree,
which was deemed incurable by his
physicians. Apparently in a dying
state he made his will, leaving large
legacy TO a female servant who had
lived with him many years. This cir
cumstance being known to the ser
want, she and her paramour studied
and cOntrived how to make away with
him in such q manner as to raise the
least suspicion. They put the heads
of rattlesnakes into the wine he drank,
thinking it would prove an infallible
poison; on the contrary, he grew bet
ter, and the criminals, imagining the
poison was not strong enough, added
more snake venom, whereby the gen.
tleman was restored to perfect health.
Conscience finally put this servant up
on her knees before her master, con-
Tossing her crime Forgiveness was
granted, and the old gentleman gave
her sum of money, ordering her to de-
part and never see him more"
At first this appears ridiculous to
the well-advised reader, who is forti-
fed with wisdom. But if he will think
again this legend of the rattleSnake
wine viii neither appear IudicrOus nor
remote. In fact in Kansas when the
impulse to enforce the prohibitOry law
was new and the law was in a mea-
rnf, 4 81 IL
more properly whisky, became very
common. 1t is true that the usual
method was not 10 duck the heads of
the buttOned reptiles into the liquor,
but to first take 4 dose Of rattleSnake
and add the liquor at pleasure in the
succeeding hours. OF course the law
abiding druggist after time came to
doubt his customers, and many and
many 4 time suspected that the rattle
snake portion of this wonderful mixed
remedy had not been taken. But it is
not worth while to weigh the suspi-
cionS and doubts Of any druggist.
When a man rusheS wildly into a drug
store, poisoned with the deadly toxine
of a rattlesnake it is not a druggists
place to put the sufferer off or prolong
his misery by foolish and idle ques-
lions. That the druggists of Kansas
shook off any suspicious they may have
had, is amply atteSted by the hundreds
of dusty probate court applications for
liquor wherein Mr.. So-and-So subscrib-
ed 10 the fact that he wanted liquor
for himself for ''rartlesnake bite" So
it is that legend, science and romance
meet.
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not been consulted. peremptorily declined
10 receive the wreath or acknowledge the
promoter of the enterprise.
The operation Of renewing a sreel silver
from a mans eye'by magnetism was sue
cessfuny performed at Anderson, Ind. a
few days ago. John Carter, workman
in the wire nail works. had a steel silver
three-fourths OF an inch buried in his eye
ball. The piece Of steel could not b. seen.
a very hiGh-power magnet was placed
over the eyebau and the silver was thus
drawn out The sight OF the eye was de-
stroyed-
The grave OF Gilbert Stuart, the famous
painter, whose portrait OF Washington Is
the one most familiar 20 the world. has
been found. The figures mo. 81" alone
incised on the upper surface OF the iron
fence curbstone which separates the OLD
Central burying ground from the Bolystoa
street walk in Boston Common, are the
only marks above his resting place. which
has been lost sight Of for more than half a
century. Stuart died. neglected and poor.
al the age Of -.
Mr.. Depew never takes anything strong
er than a glass OF champagne. and that
only after a long and exhaustInE speech.
In former years he smoked necessarily
Five years age ne came 20 the conclusion
that cigars were a tax upon the stomach,
and he quit them. He viii SIT al a din
ner. and. when the time comes, roll a
cigar between his lips. but he never lights
Il. a public speech TO him S. the most
iuvigorating tonic OCCASIONALLY he has
prepared his speeches. but il is the tesu-
mOny Of the majority Of his friends that
be never sficks 20 thu text
Thomas Curtis Clarke, the new president
OF the American Society o. Civil Enr4-
neers. built the second railway bridge
across the Mississippi rivor-tae ore a.
Quincy, ILL., This bridge il a mile Ioug. I
but 60 was completed within fifteen
months and Is sdu an excellent example /
Of architecture. T. was one q the fret
structure Of the kind 30 this country ia /
which concrete was used for f3unI1-ionE /
NI-. C1args ls a brother o. -hs celebrated 4
Boston clergy man James Freeman Clarke. /
who died some years ago
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There is an indication that Lorenzo
Lewelling thinks, that, having been
renovated, he would make a very ac-
cepCfble candidate for governor with
The use Of a little cologne.
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Without intending to exasserate, il
may he said that when the governor OF
Oklahoma PUSHES of Ia Washington I'M
announced. things are getting in bad
shape for the administration Demo
Gratis in oklahoma.