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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
ARE YOU GOING TO KANSAS CITY?
REMEMBER THE MISSOURI PA.
CIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

is tie ony line that runs a strictly
Wichita-Kansas City train. Leaving
Wichita at sos p. n. arriving at Kan
sas City next morning at 100. This
train is made up at Wichita. and there
fore always leaves On time. Nice chair
cars and Pullman sleepers.
Notice the leaving time, and the next
time you go to Kansas City take the
Missouri Pacific. Always on time.
Never late. Fine equipment. Leaves
Wichita at a reasonable hour and ar
rives at Kansas City neither too late
nor tlo early. Ticket Office ia North
Main street. Depot corner Second and
Wichita streets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
Annual Fair
of the
German Evangelical Church,
OCTOBER 20, FL, Fl, p and "a,
AT PEERLESS HALL.

Doors open every day al p. N.
A larger and better collection of valu-
able and beautiful articles on exhi-
bftion than ever, and one of these is
given away with each season ticket.
Exceptionally interesting programs
Of vocal and instrumental music have
been prepared by Miss Amelia Bis
santz, Mrs. Pattigo, the Child Family,
who, assisted by large number of well
known musicians, promise excellent en-
tertainments
Season ticket, SOC. Single admission,
I0c..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21

WICHITA TO ST. LOUIS FOR s11 go
VIA THE MISSOURI PACIFIC r. r.
On September 18th, END. oath and 18th
October 1st, 18th, 18th. goth and 22nd,
Fast express leaves Wichita a 2:30 D.
m, arrives at st. Louis next morning
at 7:20. City Ticket Office, ia North
Main street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
KANSAS CITY TO CINCINNATI

WITHOUT CHANGE or CARS.
The Wabash railroad is now running
through cars TO Cincinnati on their fast
mail train, leaving Kansas City at $50
every evening, making practically no
change Of cars from Kansas City to
Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, and short
ening the time TO ali above places from
five TO eight hours. The Wabash is the
only line that does this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
DO You Know

That the Frisco Line est. Louis and
San Francisco raiiroad) is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita TO st.
Louis, without change. leaving Wich-
tia at 1925 p. m, and 10:4G =. m, arriv-
ing in ST. Louis at us a. m, and $50
p. m. The equipment of these trains
is first class in every particular. con-
sisting Of elegant reclining chair cars
tseats free) AID Pullman Palace Draw
ing Room Sleepers.
II you are going beyond st. Louis re-
member that nncction with all lines
for the east, northeast and southeast
Is made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station, st. Louis. tie largest
and handsomest passenger station in
the world.
For sleeping car berths and all irfor-
nation relative to rates, routes. etc.
call on or address Ticket Agent, corner
Main and Douglas, or Douglas avenue
sta ton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
CASToR1A.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21

Through tickets, baggage checks
maps. time tables and full informa ton
about the Santa Fe route and Frisco
line can be obtained from their tickle:
office at Douglas avenue alton, which
Is open until 1910 p. m. every day. All
questions cheerfully answered.
W. TORREY. ASent.
INGALLS, SPEECH AT HUTCHIN-
SON, OCT. q. 1895.
ONE AND ONE-THIRD FARE VIA
SANTA FEE.
Tickets on sale Oct q, limited for re-
turn Oct. %. w. TORRET, Agent
GOOD ADVICE
TAKE THE SANTA FEE
for
CRIPPLE CREEK;
1t is the
BEST ROUTE.
Phone 1S9. W. TORREY, Agent.
Office-Douglas Avenue Station.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21

HOMESEEKER'S EXCURSION VIA
SANTA FE ROTJTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
Rivers and Creeks Rising.

Easton, Pa., Feb. 6.-Heavy rains and melting snow are causing the rivers and creeks to rise very rapidly, caus- ing considerable damage. The mail on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest ern road was stuck at Bridgevil,e, N. Y. in consequence of a landslide and ,sle Oxford tunnel on the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western is filled with raj road ties and lumber
 Traffic on the Bangor dlld Portland the Easton and Northern and the Le- high and Lackawanna railroads is abandoned on account of wasaouts and other causes resulting from the 'torm
 The bridge crossing Saylor's lake or the Lehigh and Lack1,Ha ma railroad gave way while mixed train was passing over it, but no ole was hurt The Delaware, the Lehign and the Bush kill rivers are all rising very fast. Dams are bursting at different points through. out the country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07

MT Morgan, dem., of Alabama, gave notice of an amendment to MT Quays resolution recommitting the house tar if bill and free coinage substitute to the finance committee.
 The amendment is to further instruct the committee to report a provision that there shall be deducted from the customs duties on articles imported from other countries 10 per cent. of the duties when the imports are made in vessels of the United States or in ves- sels of the country in which the import ed articles are produced; provided that such country shall provide, by law that silver bullion, the product of the United States mines, shall be admitted to coin- age in the hints of that country on equal terms with gold bullion and shall be received without discount or discrim- ination in payment of customs duties or if such imported articles as full legal tender money.
 The resolution proposing the distribu- ton of appropriation bills among the committees having charge of the sub iect matter was then taken up. MT. Allison, rep, of Iowa, chairman Ol the pO1llnlllGG Ol SpPl Opl 4ataoiis, made an elaborate argument against the resolution.
 MT. Hawley, rep, of Connecticut, ar gued in favor of the resolution. He said the senate committee on military af- fairs, for instance, among whose mem- bers were two eX-secretaries of war an several men who had been general off cers in the army, was better qualified to consider and pass upon the appro- priation bill for the support of the army than a subcommittee of the committee on appropriations could possibly be. Mr. George, dem., of Mississippi also argued in favor of the proposed change. MT. Hoar, rep, of Massachusetts, ar gued against thS resolution. He be- | lieved it would be unwise to make such a sudden change and to wrench the pro- ceedings of the senate all aWry. He | thought that the matter ought to go to | the committee on rules.
 l Without acting on the resolution the senate at D. m. adjourned
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
DESTRHCTION IS HEAYY.
Great Damage Done by the storm in
 Pennsylvania.


 Pennsylvania.
 ,Belvidere, N. J., Feb. 6,-Never in the memory of man has there fallen so much rain in five hours as fell in this vicinity between z this morning and noon, during which time the actual amount was three and four-tifths inch es. The snow lay about five inches deep when the rain began, and at Il o'clock not bit remained. The streams have all overflowed their banks. wash ing away road and railway bridges and compelling a complete cessation of travel
 At Manunka Chunk, three miles from here, at the junction of the Pennsylva- nia and Lackawanna railroads, three culverts and half a mile of track are washed away and the large platform at the junction is undermined and falling. The Lehigh and Hudson River railway, which runs between Belvidere and Greycourt has been completely wash ed out altogether, and freight traffic has been abandoned. The loss to the railroads and country in washouts and the destruction of bridges is heavy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
Turner Bridge Cnrrled Away.

Waterbury, Feb. 6,-Turner bridge, away at S:30 o'clock tonight. It was an iron structure, POO feet long, and was one of the principal means of passing
 the river at this point. The new iron
 bridge across Steele brook was also
 washed away by the freshet. There
 has been a great amount of damage
 done in different sections of the town.
 The streets have been torn up and it
 is estimated that it will take $10,000
 to repair the damage which they have suffered. The overflow from Great and
 Little brook has been stupendous. One man who was standing near the rail- road station was caught up in an over flow and carried some distance before he could be rescued.
 The factory of Randolph & Gloves ceased running to-day on account of the high water Several other factories
 along the river temporarily suspended
 work for the same cause, The Nauga- tuck has risen rapidly all day and is tonight a raging torrent.
 The New York train due here at 9 D. m via the Naugautck road is stalled three-quarters of a mile south of Nau- gatuck by washout. The dam at
 Halls big ice pond at Mill Plain has been carried away. A party has gone to rescue J. w. Crawson's family, liv- l ing in a house on Browns Meadows, which are flooded several feet deep.
 Late this evening the section around the Naugatuck baseball field became
 submerged. Men are carrying women
 on their shoulders from the houses in | the flooded districts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
IT IS MISLEADING.
Minister Andrade On the Venezuelan
 Question.

Minister Andrade On the Venezuelan
 Question.
 Washington, Feb. 6.-Senor Andrade. the Venezuelan minister, was amused to-day by the claim set forth by Con- mander Markham, president of the Roy al Geographical society, to England s so-called indisputable right to all the Essequibo basin to the westward or the abandoned Schomburgk line. The min ister says the article is misleading in it's conclusions, which are reached from ut terly false premises. By the treaty of Munster of 164S between Spain and Hol- land, Spain's right up to the Essequibo was recognized and by the treaty of 17l3 with Spain Great Britain obligated her. self to defend Spain's provinces as fixed by the Munster convention. With this understanding Commander Markham s reference to the treaty of 1874 takes a new light directly opposite to his claim That treaty was between Great Britain and the Netherlands by which the latter surrendered to the former "the Cape of Good Hope and the establishments of Demarara, Essequibo and Berbice
 Commander Markham's claim that the establishment of Essequibo in this treaty included all waters draining into the Essequibo river was the British con- tention until Schomburgk threw out part of it and Lords Granville and Rosebery abandoned most of the re- mainder.
 It only rests with Venezuela to prove before arbitrators or to the Venezuelan rrtn ip+n Inv Hpr Cleveland that "the establishments of Demarara, Essequibo and Berbice were small groups of Dutch plantations at the mouths of rivers of those names, not extending back from the coast and not even occupied as late as 1889. The eX- act limits and ownership of all these plantations are matters of record by which Venezuela is confident that Brit ish aggressions which never succeeded until by force in the past fifteen years Will be proven warranted. Senor An drade and all the Venezuelan officials have repeatedly called attention to the fact that, while England has put forth all sorts of claims, no valid evidence of right in their support has ever been shown. Venezuela has sought to have the matter investigated by an impar- tial tribunal
 Senor Andrade this morning received from English sources a copy of the re- port of Governor Light in 1889, accom- panied by map of the crown surveyor showing the exact extent of all British possessions on the South American mainland at that time. The settlers of Essequibo did not extend over twenty miles above the mouth of that river and were confined exclusively to it's eastern bank in territory which Venezuela nev- CT has disputed. Some Dutch p1anta- tions, most of them abandoned, are shown on the Guiana coast between the Essequibo and Pouraron, but these were confessedly of doubtful legality at the time. The preparation of Venezuelan evidence for the use of the commission appointed by President Cleveland is nearly completed and it will be present ed in about ten days.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
SHOULD PROCEED SLOWLY
CONGRESSMAN ADAMS GIVES AD- YICE ON THE CUBAN QUESTION.

He Defined the Legal Status of the United States With Reference to Spain-He Was Questioned by Other Members of the Committee.
 Washington, Feb. 6.-The question of recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents was freely discussed
 at the meeting to-day ot the house com mittee on foreign affairs. Mr Pearson
 of North Carolina precipitated the de- bate by suggesting that the house
 should formulate a resolution recogniz- ing the belligerency of the Cubans without waiting further for the data from the state department which the committee called for weeks ago. At this
 time the general subject was referred
 to a subcommittee of which MT. Adams
 of Pennsylvania is chairman. When
 MT. Pearson had finished MT. Adams
 was asked what ought to be the atti-
 tude of this government with reference to Cuban recognition.
 MT. Adams replied that he thought
 the United States ought to proceed slowly in the matter. He said he had inquired among the larger business
 houses of Philadelphia as to the condi- jtions in Cuba and that the replies had not been satisfactory. He defined the legal status of the United States with
 reference to Spain, with whom we have treaties of amity and commerce and with whom also friendly relations exist. | Other members of the committee ques- | toned Mr Adams upon other phases of | the situation and the suggestion was advanced by MT. McCreary of Kentucky | that recognition of this character were | purely an executive function.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
IT IS M'KINLEY'S GAIN
so SAID GOVERNOR BUSHNELL AT
 HIR1FORD.

Ex-President Harrisons Letter of With
 drawal Strengthened the Chances of
 Ohio's Son--An the Visitors Corroborate
 Their Chiefs Statement.
 Hartford, Feb. 6-This morning Gov ernor Bushnell of Ohio said in relation to the feeling of Ohio in regard to Me- kinley's candidacy for the presidency:
 'Ohio is solid for the nomination of William Mckinley for the presidency. All the reports to the contrary are given out by the opposition press, who fear his candidacy and by those who favor the nomination of some other candi- date. But Ohio is a unit for her favor ite son and the delegation will go to the republican convention at St. Louis to remain there first. last and all the time for Mckinley. General Harrison's letter declining to be candidate has strength. All along Mckinley has been Indiana's choice after Harrison. The two states are neighbors and their i1- tereSts and inclinationS are identical. I think when the ballots are taken at St. Louis that the Indiana delegation will be for Mckinley. Harrison's great following in the southern states will also be for Mckinley and his prospects are growing brighter every day. I wish emphatically to state again that Ohio is solid for Mckinley and no other can- didate for the nomination to the presl- dency will be considered by the delega- tion from our state. All the republican leaders are for Mckinley and he will go before the association with the full backing of Ohio. In Illinois also the sentiment is strongly in favor of Me Kinley.'
 Others of the Ohio men expressed sin- liar views to those of Governor Bush- nell
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
Leased for Another Year,

Meriden, Feb. 6.-Manager James IT. Griffiths will conduct affairs at Hano- yer park for another year at least.
 He has a years lease of the park which expires April 1, with the privilege of renewing it for five years, provided he gave the electric road people, the owners of the park, sixty days notice before the expiration of the lease,
 He has so notified the railroad folks, stating that lie will lease the park at least another year, so those who wish to do business at the park will have to do it through MT. Grifhths or his rep resentative, who will probably be his brother-in-law. J. H. Challen.
 MT. Griffiths is at his home near Phil aldelphia but is expected on here soon when it will be definitely known what plans the enterprising manager has in view for the pretty pleasure resort for '96.
 The terms of Manager Griffiths' lease are the same as last year it is said.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
NEW HAVEN MIN ELECTED.
Joseph Whittelsey is Secretary of the
 Tennis Association.

New York, Feb. 6.-At the annual meeting of the United States Lawn Ten- his association tonight these officers were elected:
 Dr. James Dwight, president; Joseph S. Clarke, vice president; V. G. Hall treasurer; J. T. Whittelsey, secretary; executive committee, F. H. Hovey, o. S. Campbell R. D. Wrenn, Richard Ste- phens and H. N. Slocum. ...
 J. Parmly Psret of the Lenox Tennis club introduced a series of resolutions providing for a new system of handi- capping; the formal recognition of ham, dicapping tennis next season by the na- tional body, and the holding of three handicap tournaments, two for men and one for women, this year.
 There was considerable discussion over this and Vice President Clarke in- troduced an amendment that the asso- citation encourage the holding of han dicap tournaments by the various clubs.
 The report of the treasurer showed a balance of $1, POP in favor of the associa- ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
CLASSIFYING THE BIDS.
How the Bonds AIe Expected to be Di tributed-Their Ultimate Destination.

How the Bonds AIe Expected to be DIS-
 tributed-Their Ultimate Destination.
 Washington, Feb. 6-The work of scheduling and classifying the bids opened yesterday for the new loan was resumed this morning by a force of treasury clerks, and until that task is completed no information of an exact and definite character can be obtained as to the amounts bid for at each of the several rates or as to how low a rate will be accepted. The bid of J. F. Morgan and his associates undoubtedly will be accepted to a large amount, va- riously estimated at from $45.000,000 to $55,00o,000. In any event it can be stat ed that all legitimate bids at rate above that submitted by MT. Morgan (s110.6S7O will be accepted, and that all bids below that rate will be rejected.
 It was expected by the treasury off, cials that the secretary would be able to exercise some discretion in the ac- ceptance of bids, and therefore would be in a position to give the preference to parties who would agree to obtain their gold from abroad. The fact, how ever, that all bids higher than that made by MT. Morgan must be accepted precludes the possibility of his making any discrimination whatever, except in rare cases where the bidder shows that he has foreign gold on the way here and asks for a slight extension of time in which to make his deposit. Tn cases of this character it is believed the sec- retary would grant the requests.
 The treasury officials are especially gratified at the success of the popular subscription feature of the loan, and state that while the schedules of the bidders undoubtedly will show very large percentage of banks and monied institutions, it is indisputably true that in very many cases, and possibly in a majority of them, the banks act as the agents of private individuals who are the real purchasers. This is shown to be true by an instance cited at the time of the last subscription issue. A New York firm bid in $1,00OO00 of the bonds and the treasury officials took sufficient interest in the matter to follow them to their final destinations. It was found that the firm acted for four large interior banks, and each of them in turn acted in part for a number of coun- try banks, and they for individual cus- toners, so that the bonds were finally distributed among several hundred pri- vate parties. This will be the result, it is believed, in very large number of cases of bids for the present issue.
 It is also believed that the certainty that no bid can be accepted at a rate lower than 1106S77, will have the effect of immediately releasing large quafti- ties of gold which have been accumu- lated by unsuccessful bidders. Having no further use for their surplus hold ings, it is argued that a large propor- ton of it will find it's way into the sub- treasuries.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
All May be Drowned.

Patchogue, L. l., Feb. 6.-There are now fourteen men on the stranded steamer bennington, and it looks as though all would be washed overheard and drowned before morning. The ship is going to pieces. There are seven Of the Merritt wrecl1ers on board the steamer. There are also on board Cap tain Duff, the firss mate, three engin~ eers and two other men, thought to have been put on from the tug Lucken- bach.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
HOW THE BIDs WERE OPENED.

 ImpossibiIity of Sharp pPractices-Incidents
 at the Treasury Department Yesterday.
 Washington, Feb. 6.-Secretary Car- lisle refused this morning to make any statement concerning the charges of collision and inpropriety on the part of the treasury department officials, made by some ofthemorning papers in connec- tion with the bond sale of yesterdava He said he would not be drawa into any controversy, but that, as there was nothing to conceal, he authorized :hs fullest and freest statement in response to questions put by your correspondent to the various officials of the depnrt- ment who were concerned in yeEtcr- days proceedings.
 It appears that the bids which were in the treasury at that time were ope.1- ed on Monday morning last and records ed as rapidly as possible from that tims until 12 o'clock yesterday. The opening and recording was done in closely guarded room under the immediate per- sonal supervision of the committee which the secretary had appointed to take charge of the whole work. This committee consisted of Comptroller Eckels Treasurer Morgan and M. Hunt ington, chief of the loans division of the secretary's office. These persons had to assist them six men chosen from eaclt of their respective offices and pledged to absolute secrecy.
 Not any of the bids opened prior to l2 o'clock yesterday were of any consider able size Or of importance.
 Early yesterday morning it became apparent that the number of bids was would be swamped unless more clerical assistance was called in. More clerks were therefore added to those already there, and they recorded the bids as Treasurer Morgan opened them and called them off.
 The treasurer took his place in the room yesterday morning at 9 o'clock and neither left it nor sat down until after o'clock in the afternoon. The other members of the committee joined him soon after his arrival, and not one of them nor any of the clerks left that room until all business was completed.
 The room had only three doors, one of which communicated with Assistant Secretary Curtis room, and that was not only fastened, but had large articles of furniture against it on both sides. The second door opened into the corri- dor. but was locked and nobody inside the room knew where the key was; so
 lContinued on Eighth Page.l
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
William R, Jones Dead.

Bridgeport, Feb. Civilian R. Jones of Fairfield died suddenly of heart dis ease shortly before [ o'clock this morn- ing at his residence in that town. He was about seventy years old. Yester- day MT. Jones was in his usual good health, and retired at an early hour in the evening. A few minutes after mid- night he called for aid, and a servant who hurried to his room found him gasping for breath. Efforts were made to relieve him, but they failed, and shortly after his first call for assist ance he died. The physician who was called gave certificate of death from heart disease.