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, 1896-04-28
ON APATHY.
Canovas Believes Uncle Sam
Will Remain Neutral.
UPON
Another Large supply Of An@unI-
Hen NhippeA-Maee0 l~ndepend-
eat anA Aggressive In
His Position.

New York, April 81 A dispatch
to the World from Madrid says:
1t is now evident that the Spanish
government has determined to avoid
giving otfense to those lingo newspa-
pers of wide circulation which are lead
ing the anti-American campaign, or to
the republicans who are on the lookout
for pretexta and opportunities to at
tack existing institutions and royalty.
The general impression in political
and diplomatic circles is that the gov
eminent will 90 only so far in grant
ing administrative and economical re-
forms in the West Indies as will give
the opposition in the Cortes no chance
to make those reforms an issue against
the conservative cabinet. Premier
Canovas will go no further because he
does not wish to displease General
Weyler and his army. and the Cuban
~reactionary party, as we'll as the major
ity Of the spaniards who prefer to post
pone all of these concessions until Gem
eral weyler crushes the rebellion. or
at least detaches from the i~nsurrection
the white chiefs and their followers. to
enable Spain then to exterminate Ma
Geo and his colored rebels.
NOT A CONCESSION.
No Spanish government Is likely to
grant to the West Indies legislative au>
tonomy or insular council, with any in
itiative in finance or tariff matters that
might clash with the interests of the
mother country.
1t Is useless to indulge In the belief
that the present government will go be-
yond the very slight degree of home
rule embodied in last years bill, which
in no wise implies sven political au-
tonomy.
In oficial quarters 1t is said that
Premier Canovas is more than ever per-
suaded that President Cleveland will
not recognize the belligerency of the
Cubans, nor exercise pressure on the
Madrid government, because the Euro>
pean powers sympathize with Spain in
her resistance to American interior
ence. Emboldened by the present as
pect Of affairs, the Madrid press coolly
asserts that Spain might admit any me
diation. even European, one than
American.
Spain will need considerable imports
~ hrnnAu<u6o nav< autumn no the nro.
Ionged drouth has already hopelessly
injured the crops. causing much dis
tress. and ~diseontent. In the ~agSfcultu-
raj districts prices. are rising rapidly.
, 1896-04-28
EVA BOOTHS

New York, April fiat = largely at
tended meeting tn the Salvation Army
headquarters In West Fourteenth
street last night Commissionse Eva
Booth formally babe farewell to the
army In this country and Incidentally
to the American public. Commander
Booth-Tucker presided. In q few words
Eva Booth told Of her experiences in
New York and Chicago and Of the A.
lection she had for the people OF this
country. Who. she said, had stood by
her in the midst II the trouble and diff
hculties she had encountered. and said
that II va with osnuine grfsf that she
HartsA with tAsm. possibly nsvsr to re-
|tnsn
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, 1896-04-28
a REJECTED eUITOR.

A1rtan, Mich. April 17.-Eusene
|Cambusu,A farmer living near Upton.
was shok anA fatally wounded by Henry
Luce lest night. Iuce then shot him.
self dead. Lnce, who had been paying
attentions to oAmburn's daughter. was
[fafuDed admission to the house last
naGht. He lay in wait for Camburn,
Nd shot him - he was entering the
xD1Ds, md then committed suicide.
, 1896-04-28
AN IDAHO

Boise, Idaho. April 26.-The mystery
surrounding the sudden disappearance
of Dick Thomas and his wife from their
stock farm in Owyhee county is still
enveloped in gloom. Detectives learn
that Thomas secured $1,000 recently
from the sale of some cattle, but have
not learned what part of this sum. If
any, was in the house uI to the time
Thomas and his wife disappeared. Rob-
berry and murder are naturally con-
nected with the theory concerning the
money, still there is absolutely no evil
dence Of any struggle in the house. The
only plausible explanation in the line
of the murder theory is that Thomas
and his wife were lured from home and
then killed. II the murder was COM
mitted it stands as the boldest and
most artistic crime in the history of
the state. Another theory is that
Thomas and his wife left the country
after selling everything they had, to es-
cape their debts, but this is not sup
ported by any showing of Indebtedness
suflcient to cause them to leave behind
such a large amount Of property. The
Officers are completely baf1ed.
, 1896-04-28

It's Just ~ easy to try One Minute
Cough Cure ~ anything else. It's
easier to cure . sevsse cough OF cold
with It. Let your next purchase for .
cough be One Minute Cough Cure.
Better medicine; better result: better
try It. Chas. N. Setta1o.
, 1896-04-28

Furnished housekeeping rooms for
rent. Sayer Hansen, ISL 9Th street
, 1896-04-28

Good for man, an and
child, the Ralston Health -four
for sale at TRAININGS.
, 1896-04-28
MAcEo's CONFIDENCE.

Havana, April 77.-Gsneral Weyler's
offer Of pardon to all insursent leaders
who surrender with their arms in Pinar
del Rio within twenty days was pub
lished in the hope Of weakening Cen
eral Maceo. But the rebel commander
knows his brother Jose IL on the other
side Of the Trocha with 5000 men. He
also knows that General Gomez and
General Calixto Garcia are organizing
commands in Puerto Principe to re-
lieve him. General Maceo will never
surrender. He sends word to Havana
that he will cross the Trocha when he
ID ready and that the immense Spanish
army massed along the barrier cannot
compel him to make the assault until
the right day arrives.
It IL said that General Naceo ID delib-
erately waiting in Pinar del Rio in or
der to kssp one-third OF the whole
Spanish army Idle At the western ex-
tremity Of Cuba while Comes, Calixto
Garcia and other commanders organize
an army and thoroughly drill their
commands In tho central and eastern
provinces.
Alnzxs town in the east has been taken
ut ranurs ase abundant and trast-
~eEtAy faots ~ Searce. II b esetain.
hevsssr, ~ TIE psWsr of IT, tnnf>
- g. A-RG-H
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MINORITY REPORT.
Pacific Railroads Again Up in the
House.

Washington. D. c., April 27.-Th'
minority report on the Pacific railroad
bill was submitted to the house today
1t dealt exclusively with the tinancia.
conditions of the companies concerned
in the proposed funding plan. 1t ar
CUES that the majority bills should not
be adopted for three reasons:
First. The committee has not learn
ed enough Of the affairs Of the debtor
companies to be able to tell the house
what is best to do.
Second. The companies made offers
before the committee and are undoubt-
eddy ready to concede terms very much
better for the government than those
embodied in the bill.
Third. The propositions in the bill
are neither good nor safe for the gov
eminent.
Under the first head it is commended
that most Of the parties who appeared
before the committee were interested
in the railroads. That evey disinter-
ested voice advocated foreclosure pro-
ceedings not with the view that govern
ment should operate the roads, but to
protect the government as a prelimi-
nary step. The report declares hal
there is no assurance that the bill will
be carried out. because both companies
are insolvent and their undertakings
idle; hat SO far as the Union Pacific is
concerned, it is an option to the COM
pany's successors, unlimited in time
and binding on the government. In
regard to the Central Pacific it says:
at was advanced before the commit
tee Is an open secret that the Central
is saved from default only by purchase
of its subsidy bonds by friends who
carry them without Interest to prevent
their presentation to the government
for payment. pending this settlement"
The report holds that for the protec-
ton Of the interests of the government
these conditions are necessary to any
bill:
First. The main lines Of the Cen
trail and Union Pacific should be united
for the support Of the common security
which the government must take on
both.
Second. The United States should
never again rely upon a junior incum>
brance.
Third. The bill which purports to
constitute contracts by the United
States without parties should deal with
the foundation titles and the holders OF
them.
There is an exhaustive contention OF
the government lien on the subsidized
part of the Kansas Pacific division. II
is held that with this lien established
and the Central Pacific freed from the
lease Of the Southern Pacific, the roads
could be restored to their old prosperity
and their ability to satisfy the govern
ment's claim would be assured. In con-
nection with the Southern Pacific of
Kentucky 1t is held that the business
into which some states have fallen of
selling charters for extra territorial
| operation is a manifest evil" Add
tional arguments were made against
the committee bill that it is in conflict
with the principles of the antitrust law
and will create two Of the greatest rail-
road monopolies in the country.
, 1896-04-28

TRADING Coml Co., the
only house in the city
buying and selling ranch
products.
, 1896-04-28

OruereQ n slaughter OF fOrty-Eeven
prisoners who were taken from the
fields where they were at work. In
Melquizo's territory the peaople are
f'ocking to Havana to escape him.
ARGENTINA's BOUNDARY.
Buenos Ayres. April 27.-The Gillian
protocol formulating the terms of the
boundary dispute has been signed. A
meeting Of the cabinet was held at the
presidents palace Immediately after
the adjournment Of which the presi-
dent and the minister of foreign affairs
affixed their signatures to the docu-
ment. A message was at once sent to
Santiago de Chilli by telegraph inform
ing President Mont Of the action of the
ministry Of Argentine. A courier
leaves for the Gillian capital today
with a duplicate of the protocol to OBJ
tain the signatures of President Mont
and the Gillian minister of foreign at
fairs. Senior Guerrero.
The cabinet in its deliberations upon
the protocol consulted freely Senator
Bernardo ~Irigoyen, who drew up the
treaty Of 1881, determining the bound
airy between the two countries. Full
details will be given to the public ON
Thursday after the exchange of pro-
tocols.
Despite the pacific notice already
published in the Nacion many Of the
Argentina papers declare that the pres
ent action will not settle the question
between Chilli and Argentina. The feel
ing in military circles Is not favorable
to the action Of the government and
there IL sure to be a sharp debate In
congress I'VE the measures taken in
which 1t is said the president will be
summarily arraigned for his decision.
, 1896-04-28

Daily Republican CO. pr month.
, 1896-04-28

Get your baled hay
while only SOC per 100
at TRAININGS.
, 1896-04-28
SPANS BUTCHER.

Key West, Fla, April q (by mail
from Havana April 25).-While Delga-
do, the American, is slowly GONZALES
cling from wounds inflicted on him by
Spanish soldiers under General Mel
quizo's bidding several weeks ago the
brutal Spanish officer is still butcher
ing people in Havana province. AL
though official investigation shows that
Melquizo is guilty of all the charges
against him, he has not been suspend
ed from his command. He is said to
possess enough influence in Madrid to
make 1t exceedingly uncomfortable for
any superior officer who might endeav-
or to bring him to punishment.
News received here tells of his con-
duct during the past two weeks. Near
Campo Florido, SO the information
runs. Melquizo arrested nine p~eaceable
countrymen. and by his orders they
were killed. At Minos nineteen "pacif-
icos" fell into his clutches and were
shot. and near Ainoa he RACED ten
farms and gathered in forty laborers,
who were killed in cold blood.
The most horrible phase Of the last
butchery is the fact that women and
children were among those massacred.
In the vicinity of Jaruco. Melquizo has
ordered the slaughter Of forty-seven
prisoners who were taken from the
fields where they were at work. In
Melquizo's territory the peaople are
GockinR to Havana to escane him.
, 1896-04-28

Daily Republican Soc per month.
, 1896-04-28

neiiy napabalean Soc per month.
, 1896-04-28
Field peas and extra I'm.
seed wheat at
TRAININGS.

DAILY Republican r. - s.oath.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06
KANSAS RAILWAY HISTORY.

The editor of the Kansas City Ga
zette in referring 10 the death of James
F. Joy recalls the names Of some men
and facts connected with the early
railroad history of Kansas, which
many Of Us wildly remember, names
and facts which fixed the destinies OF
towns and largely that of the state.
Martin says that the death OF James +.
Joy. the great railroad builder has not
attracted the attention his operations
in this region we think warrants. He
built the Fort Scott and Gulf, now the
Memphis, and at that time il was
known as the jog road. He desired at
first TO make Leavenworth the point
for traffic 10 cross the Missouri river,
but Leavenworth Snubbed him. and
he came down stream and built the
Hannibal bridge at Kansas City. which
absolutely fixed the destiny Of the great
metropolis at the hawsmouth. The
government offered the right of way
through the Indian Territory 10 the
first line that would reach the south
erB line OF Kansas at the crossing OF
the Neosho At that time some local
men We're trying To build the Union
Pacific Southern Branch from Junction
City south. Robert :. Stevens. who
had been land lawyer in Lecompton
in territorial days and the first free
state mayor OF thst town. came along
with ample backing aud assumed the
construction Of the Southern Branch
He engaged in the most rapidly rail-
xoad building known IN tie state. and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06
IN THE SOUDAN.

When the Nile expedition was start
ed for Dongola the Eagle made the
prediction that Great Britain was
looking to central and southern Africa.
Dongola is occupied but General
Kitchner has sent brigade further up
the Nile to ccupy positions as far as
Merawi. He will thus secure the
points where the route across the Bay
uda desert from Metemmele reaches
the banks of the Nile. Whether he
proposes TO utilize this route himself
for a present advance on Khartoum is
uncertain. The uncertainty is increas
ed by the fact that the regiment OF
the backbone of his force, has been
English which has accomplished Gin
eral Kitchner TO Dongola and formed
and VIII, it is said, continue on thence
to Cairo. What does this mean? Var
ious explanations are at hand. One is
that the derviSh power is believed to
can be CARRIED or without the aid of
the British regiment. Another theory
is that there are to be no further oper-
atoms at present, or none on a large
scale. A third view is that it is a
movement dictated by economy. Pro
visions are scarce in Dongola, the only
supplies there available being dates.
Dates will do very well for Soudanese
and Egyptians, but English soldiers
are unaccustomed to that diet The
latter accordingly return to Kosheh,
on the railroad, where they can be east
ly provisioned. Still another explana-
ton is that England's relations with
the continental powers are at present
severely strained OH account Of the Ar
menian atrocities, and it is convenient
TO have all her troops in easy reach.
1t was a similar situation that prevent
ed Wolseley from trying to smash
the Mahdf' in 1885. There was dan
ger of war then with Russia over the
Feujedh affair, and so Wellesley was
recalled from the Soudan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06
GETTING A MOVE ON"

The country is already getting a
move on it. from Bangor to the Golden
Gate. It's in the air that Mckinley Is
going 10 be elected and with him are
coming a return of confidence, reyi-
val of business. Kansas has COM
menced TO feel the general movement.
and where a month ago the stat was
set down for Leedy and Bryan, it is to-
day for Morrill, and Mckinley.
How often a physician tells a person
in poor health that he does not need
medicine 50 much as ne does exercise.
He saws TO the man Of sluggish blood
You would be all right if you would
take more exercise. You should do
some kind of physical labor every day.
You should at least walk several miles
every day to stir UP your blood and
tone up your system That will do
you more good than any amount of
medicine"
The present financial condition Of the
country is one that calls for exercise
more than for medicine. We hear a
great deal about financial Ills The
way 10 cure them is 10 give the work
ingmen Of this country more exercise.
They have been Idle 100 long. A vaca-
ton under proper conditions is accept
able. But an enforced vacation Is de-
bilitating. The werkingnsn who has
been idle for weeks and months has
nothing TO do but brood over his mis-
fortune Let him have work and the
specaer Of hard times VIII fade out Of
sight.
II il worthy Of note that whenevcr
the country Is prosperous there - no
complaint about the money standard
This free silver agitation spranx M
when the mills began TO close. when
the Democratic party threatened free
trade, when the control cf the gov
eminent passed into the bands Of ths
Democratic party In The years Of
prosperity that preceded who cared 10
discuss the money question: Who Was
rssa e0ousa 70 AK men 10 lsten @
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06
DUKE DE VERAGUA.

Many people of this country will re-
member the duke Of Veragua and his
worlds fair episode at Chicago, and
remember him and his suite more IN
disgust than with pleasure. He and
the infanta both made fools of them
selves, the one as the representative OF
Spain, who at one time owned the big
gest portion of this continent, and the
other as the direct descendant of the
man who discovered America. They
were both dead beats. Eulaia will be
taken care of by Spain, but some may
pity the plight of the duke of Veragua,
who finds himself depending upon the
fall of Cuba independence for his con-
tinued prosperity. Ever since the val
ue Of the discovery of Christopher Col
umbus began to be seen, his descend
ants have been secure in the posses
sion of a pension big enough 10 have
made the poor discoyerer' mouth wa
ter. The duke Of Veragua is a direct
descendant of Columbus, and for that
virtue he gets E., 200 q year. This re-
membrance is secured by the Cuban
revenues, and if Cuba wins these reve-
nues will be cut OF, and then the duke
will be confronted by the nauseating
necessity of earning his own living.
Just why the Cubans should be forced
to support in affiuence the descendants
of Columbus it is rather hard to see.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06
THE CARS POTENCY.

The greatest absolute ruler and con-
uoller of the destinies Of men is the
car of Russia. While his power does
not wane, his country wakes. No 9th
er country at this time Is making the
strides in internal improvements that
are being made by this nation which
within the life time of the present gen.
Grafton consisted of mobiles and serfs.
Some day she will command the Medi-
teranian in a larger sense than 1t Is
controlled by England, and CONSTANT
nople will be her capital In the
meantime she is reaching for both the
Atlantic and the Pacific seas. The
railway being now constructed across
Siberia to the Pacific ocean is the
wonder of the world Soon that ma
ton will have the freedom Of the At
lantic, the Artic and the Pacific oceans.
Russian persistency in seeking ports
which shall not be located either on
the shores of inclosed seas connected
with the ocean by narrow straits or
on an icebound coast receives another
;llustra ton by the undertaking Of the
construction Of a city and harbor at
Ekatrinograd, on the Thurman coast,
in Northern Lapland. The Russian
port Archangel, on the White Sea, lies
more southerly; but it is closed by ice
for many months in the year. The in
fuence Of the Gulf stream, however,
which keeps the Norwegian port Of
Hammerfest, located within the Are
tic circle, open to navigation through
out the winter, is also felt in the bays
Of the treeless tunda of Lapland- 1t is
the desire to obtain an ice free port,
open to direct communication with the
Atlantic, which has determined Russia
to build a railway to her back northern
coast and caused the government to try
to emulate Peter the Great, who built
his capital on the swampy Neva and
peopled it by imperial decree. Wheth-
er the will Of the car be still as potent
as in the days of the great Peter re-
mains to be seen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-06

ALONG THE KANSAS NILE

No one seems 70 know what part Der
nard Kelly is taking in the present cam
paign.
Cy Leland Joined the travelling generals
at Independence Saturday and completed
the trip with them.
During the festivities at Tapeka last
week girl blew horn 80 hard she feA
forward and rammed the tin thing down
her throat.
During the festivities a gambling outfit
ran in Topeka unmolested- Draw poker,
craps, faro and everything else was play
ed with big limits.
The generals do not understand how
any one can put Kansas down as doubt
ful Last week the biggest crowds OF
their trip greeted them in Kansas.
In some towns in Kansas the financial
question has become SO hot that groups
gather on the streets on Sunday Tbs
has never happened in Kansas before.
The Topeka Capital prints as a feature
Of the carnival there. a picture Of a
drunken man For such things a. these
the Capital wanted Wichita wiped out
Of existence a year ago.
Great heavens, How innocent the To-
peka Journal is, II speaks OF the Esme-
ling fraternity in Topeka playing 'hiron-
linus" SOMEBODY ought 20 XII that re-
porter for the benefit % humanity.
All meetings IN Kansas sre largely az
tended this year. The politicians do not
understand il Everybody appears 10 De
enthasizstlc Neither side up 70 eate has
discovered sps thy in its audiences
Aschisoa eIooe. George Wash .nEtoa
White, who died at Musootah YESTERDAY.
was the s7vth in lIn-ai descent from Re
solved White. who vas born IN Esilsra
in 1si4. and who came 10 America o, the
'sItayfever" George Washing 81 on
White hzt ben a justice OF the peace a.
Nuscotah for many years snd bad q most
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been the lzsI survivor % the FLORIDA wa
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command zxs Afterwards seat 20 Yer
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