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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
THAT INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

In the way of a governmental func-
ton the interstate commission is the
most prodigious farce. 1t never accom-
plished anything in the way OF relief
for shippers and never proved OF ad-
vantage to the railroads. Perfunctory
should be written across all Of its rec
ords and upon every finding ever made
by il. Its latest fall down is the in
quiry into alleged rate-cutting on
grain. They couldn't find out anything
to substantiate that which every traffic
manager knows. Having announced
that they could procure no evidence,
they adjourned their Chicago meeting
and went back to Washington to take
up their game Of cribbage or poker
where they left off. Wichita and other
cities Of the west have brought dead
oren-and-shut cases. before them over
and again with the same result They
never know anything, never can hnd
out anything, never decide anything.
The commission was originally created
in the interest of the railroads, of course
created under a false pretense, but II
they have ever done anything for or
against the roads it has never been
heard Of. Possibly by obstruction they
may have defeated schemes in the con-
suming of time, but even that is doubt
full. The people are tired Of that com
mission and it is hoped that the rail-
roads will take steps TO abolish it so
that the way may be left open for the
doing of something of some efficiency.
In the meantime it should not be for
gotten that the supreme court declared
of this commission but a few days ago:
Under the interstate commerce act the
commission has no power to prescribe
the tariff rates which shall control in
the future; and, therefore, cannot in
woke a judgment in mandamus from
the courts to force any such tariff by
it prescribed"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
M'KlNLEY WILL FIGHT.

That President Mckinley is only wait
Ing for. the final disposition of the tariff
bill TO take prompt action in both the
Cuban and Hawaiian complications
seems certain. Such was the dilatory
policy Of the outgoing administration
that Spain had come 10 the conclusion
that the United States is afraid 10
voice its convictions and interests as TO
Cuba, while the japanese have been led
TO believe that this government cares
little for the fate of Hawaii, one way
or the other. Our London DISPATCHES
OF yesterday morning, announce that
Spain Is very Indignant over the dis
cnarSe of the United States filibuster
ing vessel, DauRtless, and bitterly re-
sents any proposed Interference upon
Inc part of the United States. declaring
mat the concensus of Madrid opinion
is that any movement here will mean
a united Spain and a gigantic war. All
1ills scareS nobody. The interference is
inevitable. Commissioner Calhoun'S re-
port substituted by that of Consul
General Lee, point 10 but one thing and
That OF decisive steps upon the part of
sne United States. Mr. Calhoun is en-
phatic in his statement that the war
now in progress means the utter waste
ef Cuba. Spain says there is no war
IN Cuoa- The issue is simple. Spain's
light has become one of determination
IN Cuba. The condition of the Island
poth Calhoun and Lee agree, is pitiful
III the extreme. with starvation. deSola-
ton and destruction everywhere. all
heightened by the horror of relentless
murder All this information is for the
benefit of Mckinley. all of it has reach
ea tne ears and hearts of the people
OF this country There is no longer any
question that the president will act.
Upon the heels of the Cuban expose
comes a Dispatch, yesterday morning,
under Washington date 10 the effect
that the details OF movement to annex
Hawaii are practically concluded and
that AT all early day will he presented
TO congress. Hawaii is TO hold a CON
vention for the purpose of becoming n
territory of the United States. cedin-
eli ports and crown-lands in EXCHANGE
for the protection of, the United States.
this government to assume Hawaii's
Indebtedness. which is but A small af
fair. That President Mckinley is IA
vorable 10 the policy there seems the
best Of authority.
There is. therefore, the prospect Of
two problems confronting this country
both in a way grave, If viewed from
the outside, to-wit: strained relations"
with Spain upon the one hand. and
with an Asiatic power upon the other.
Mckinley Is an old soldier His war
record and his governor record Of Ohio
abundantly prove thar he will fight for
the right. unhesitatingly. Neither ia
pan and China on the one hand. or the
threatening attitude OF an old and
effete power ON the other, will deter
him from a plainly conceived duty for
one moment. That the next ninety
days are potent OF portentious results
there can be little nuestion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
PATENT SWINDLING

Mr.. Chester Snow writes us from
Washington enclosing q bill now pend
ing III congress looking to the punish
ment of patent attorney swindlers.
There is regular system of frauds per-
petrated on green and gullible people
who are persuaded that they have in
vented a fortune-winning device, in
some clumsy and obsolete mechanism.
There is a constant stream of complaint
pouring in upon Hon. Benjamin Butter
worth. commissioner of patents, from
people who have been induced TO pay
a lifteen-dollar government fee and SO
or $50 attorneys fee, for unpalentahle
devices. The dishonest attorney gets
his fee by making the false statement
that the device is paientable, and he
keeps the fee. although the inventor
never gets his patent.
Extraordinary stimulants are employ
ed by these attorneys. They held out
the deceirful hope that i, is easy to in
vent and win wealth in a patent They
offer prizes. distribute medals and write
their correspondents that their inven-
tons % have extraordinary merit, -
great value" etc. Many of Their de
luded victims send not only the money
for the United States patent. but for
European patents as We'll The stories
of many Of these victims are pathetic
indeed. Some of them have borrowed
money on the strength OF the false
promises of these attorneys; Others have
sold farms, homes and abandoned hum
ble but lucrative work, and are now
reduced 10 imminent OF actual beSgary
The remedy must lie in an outraged
public sentiment. which viii appeal TO
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
THE SITUATION.

The eastern question is no nearer So
luton than it was the day the armis-
tice between Greece and Turkey was
agreed upon. The sultan forces occu-
py Thessalay and will continue to do
so. Simply anything short Of general
war Of the powers would fail OF the
necessary number of troops to drive
them out. The war lord Of Germany
is still on his high horse. but he heads
him in SO many direction that his des-
tination or intent Is hard to determine.
He evidently desires to be recognized as
one Of the big factors In the settle
ment of this question and to see Greece
not only humbled but destroyed as q
nationality. In the meantime an alli-
ance between France and Russia seems
practically agreed upon. This still more
complicates the situation, by strength
ening the Turk and weakening Eng
land AS for the rest, authorities say
that Edhem Pasha now has nearly or
quite 100000 men under his command
in Thessaly That force Is enough to
beat four states like Greece at the same
time, and it shows how utterly hope
less the Greek cause was from the
start. provided that Turkey should have
a free hand to deal with the Hellenic
kingdOmA more rash and unequal war
was never begun by the weaker nation
than that which has just ended in the
only way that it could have resulted so
long as the Greeks were given their
wish and allowed to fight the Turks
single-handed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
LEEDY's ROAD AGAIN.

Leedy said in an interview at Kansas
City the other day that sit is mistake
to suppose that a railroad can make
: money on what 1t charges; the money
Is made on the amount it carries. !"
Wonderful Governor Leedy must have
been addressing himself to the marines.
There are very few navigators Of the
rolling prairies of Kansas who do not
know that it's more a matter Of ton
age than of schedule rates which make
paying roads. A coal bank or an ore
mine is of much more importance to
railway than the products OF many
fields and pastures. Big strawberry
and watermelon yields are hailed with
considerable interest, and big wheat
crop with delight, by the traffic man.
ager; but the tonnage which goes by the
carload lot, and moves continuously.
In transactions, day in and out, the
year through, even at small per cent
of the rate per ton per mile that the
paying traffic. 1t may be new to Leedy,
but it is not to the people Of Kansas
that a road through a sparsely settled
country with but one or two trains
day cannot carry freight at the rate
at which it can be proftably transport
ed by roads over which heavy laden
trains move every fifteen minutes or
half hour. A fully equipped modern
hade-up train starting out from a ter
minal with a half-dozen passengers,
even if the fare be six cents a mile, is
not an encouraging sight to the stock
holders of another road the very aisles
of whose coaches are fitted up by pay
Ing passengers, much less to the respon-
sible management of the half-dozen
passenger affair. Governor Leedy will
find that his thousand-mile Gulf line
must be kept up, by sections of five
miles, and must pay taxes upon every
mile whether his road operates one
train day each way or hundred. A
railroad cannot comparatively live car
yying one hundred tons Of freight per
day against a road carrying thousands
of tons. on the same freight-rate sched-
iuie per mile. we care not what the dis
tance, or whether such tonnage be local
Or through hauls. No road in Kansas
is making money, nor is any road run
ming from Kansas TO the Gulf making
money. Leedy nlist know that. If ali
the freight that goes from Kansas to
Galveston could be turned over to Mr..
Leedy his road would not pay. Leedy
knows that. The only hope of our pres
ent Gulf roads is in the growth of the
intervening country, an the future de-
SelOpment of its traffic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

congress to pass the Hansbrough bill.
A further remedy will be for the thou
sands who have been deceived to write
to Hon. Benjamin Butterworth. CON-
missioner Of patents. with brief state
ment Of the facts. II Is humiliating
to every American citizen to know that
our own is the only country In which
these outrages can be perpetrated. In
France, England or Germany, the per-
petrators would soon be serving time.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
Along the Kansas Nile.

Tom Anderson merely announces, In the
atrical style. an entire change OF program
Mrs. Lease VAL answer Kipiings THE
Vampire" ct the request OF great New
York daily paper.
Mckinley really made several reares;s
Of Senator Baker which Bskss refused 10
grant stIsisht-out
Convalescent 10 Q very pretty word ana
the most frequently used IN Kansss whsn
getting weH' or any other synonym might
apply.
John seatcn. the non-cspticus. 10 sis;y-
three years Of age ana hs viii ortlas' his
name In tho iron steps OF the State capitol
even now.
pizzse Mosaer 10 q ntiie girl ., Leavsxs-
worth who tells the police thai her parents
often whip her when she y net suceessfai
~ begging,
A paper IN Maine announces snat u sny
one assassnsfss Thomas Red thai paper
win blame Terry Simpson for workips up
the passions Of men,
Mfr. Schumacher Of Butler county hss
called Governor Leedy To sccourt for par-
donlng man from Jan without consult
ing the county attorney.
Dewosf Hopper. ,ne gentlemen Who ansD
the idlouc song about wight who had "a
elephant on his HANDS. wanted a GUARANTEES
of $50 70 p,ay In Aschscn. He didH't GET
IT,
IN. scheme 70 nonfnsfe Brown 81 Pratt
over Jerry ssnpscn the nsx' time WIN vors.
Ther. /. no question thss Terry 10 more
popular everywhere than IN hss eva dis-
trict-
When a broken leg has actually hexun 20
mend ;he dorfor ssvs n y Knitting sas ~
,sis tine the people Of K.nsss sno~ ts>s
LsweHsns 10 knit 10 ta.s railroad oSnnS-
ssonershsp.
WAN. ne Car, are rolling oa. Lat Crsm
.. s,tu citing On fhs oznk wen<ss,frg
xh.,s-- ne rasrrhalshsp n sur rssoitns
a. h,s hook o. u IL 10 Just tss wfssS shaking
his bobbsr-
x.nsaz mas recently WROTE inGsiis Q
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
A DASTARDLy OUTRAGE

That was-a dastardly attempt on the
life of Governor Smith of the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth. reported in our
yesterday morning dispatches. Even
were ali things ever charged against
Governor Smith true there could be
found no excuse for surh Il Nihilistic
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
Kansas BOYS and Their Ways.

It Is part Of every Kansas boys belief
that the cons Of preachers are fnordinaaely
vicious
An boys hold smali-featured women beau
tiful Regularity ef feature does not ap-
peal to them.
Some boys have been found who believed
their own older sisters were sood-look:ng. 6.
but they ere regarded a weak BY other
boys.
In fishing boys spit on their bait ~
hgiously. They also use when they have
the money. redolent liquid which they
believe attracts the fsh.
When q boy b tiuid abcut getting In ct
the swimming hole. the other boys mud
dy' him so that he can not get back into
his clothes without washing.
No boy IS graduated from oaoyhcod until
he has had hts clothes tied He leaves them
on the bank when swimming and the con-
spirators tie them In knots IL takes hrn
hours TO undo.
Most boys get into long trousers IN July
This is done advisedly. BY the time schooi
opens (September> they are used TO the
change from short pantaloons and are no'
30 easily "guyed."
The hardest struggle a boy has Is Q con-
test between his appetite and his temper
II irritated at the table. he viii throw his
knife and fork down and declare he viii
not eat. He means H. But in three min
utes he will take up his knife and fork
sheepishiy and proceed.
In marbles. there are values as sacred as
those OF the government coin. First IL the
kimmie. clay marble. which Is the stand
ard Of value. chiny cwhfte) Is worth Two
kiinmies; . cloudy. three; q classy, four
a pottery. FIVE: oolar. seven: a Kansas
City agate, ten; a ofteen-po;tery. fifteen.
and real sgstes. from twenty UP to one
hundred.
The most sacred marble with all boys /.
the agate One boy may have several ou,
amcng them IS a king taw which Is named
such as Old Cloudy. Old Smoky. Old Moony
the "old'' being used as q term OF eardear-
ment. The presence Of glass IN any par,
OF an agate lowers ks commercial value
When an agate is struck with another a
crescent fracture results. This Is called a
moon" Agates In time are covered with
them and II Is a widespread belief among
boys that moons may be removed by soak
ing the agate overnight IN cream.
To the boy Of eight years there ID one
Individual Of more moment than any other
living soul. This is the delivery man.
He Is the gentleman who takes orders foi
groceries and afterward delivers the goods.
He Is familiar with all housewives and
servant girls. "A boy with ''stand-in''
will go his rounds with him and hold his
horse" an acton entirely unnecessary by
the by. The exhilaration OF this position
beside the delivery man" Is augmented
usually by the elevation Of the seat. with
neither back nor sides and a Dizzy foot
board only for bracing. A boy viii spend
whole day with a delivery man" In per-
feet content. taking q piece of cheese and
few crackers and not going home TO din
ner "a general falling of all boys) and
catching the milk-man In the evening and
winding In and out along his route. until
ne Is landed at home again at twilight
With a confused idea OF what nearly every
body In town has In their larder that
night
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13
Seen Through . Dirty window.
(From Atchison Globe)

(From Atchison Globe)
A good time is as hard TO find as tru,
love.
There Is no such thing as having no,hin,
10 do.
When a woman gets after a man he 4
only safe when IN his bath tub.
A church quarrel Is a good deal NOR,
brutal and disgraceful than a prize-fght.
Z Every school teacher claims she wac tn,
hest scholar in her class when she went tC
school.
The trouble with people 10 that they hav.
too many friends whom they label as "con-
fidential.''
Most every man knows he talks too much
but lie doesn't know what to take for his
trouble.
II girls are miserable this weather II II
the fault of the collars they wear. They
would kill men.
Before woman marries. her father sup
ports her. but after she gets married the
COW gets the credit.
We would rather have anything that Is
lost stay lest forever than have IL found
by a uethodical man.
A man viii work harder 20 get the be.,
OF a petty quarrel with a ns.Ehbor than
for anything else on earth
The greatest drawback 10 q pleasant Oh
age Is that a man has no future 20 dream
OF. and can't sleep nights II be digs up the
past
dream pho wears shirt waist We are
strawb berries
Every day we put papers aside 20 read
carefully when ve have the time. and then
complain when we have the time that We
can't find anything 70 read
Fven n. mos, proud and naughty az
times wish they had souae dear friend %
comb IN. Sardrur ou; Of their heads and
never tel how bad they found H.
We slrays steer clear of a giri musician
When ., is said Of her that she can make .
utsro ",aL" Tat 10 the great trouble IL
this ucrIs: there are too many lAAxs t2lk-
Ing already.
Two A.rhtoo women who have beer
.rlcn5s fo- Year, 70 longer spssk N
seems thaf ore Q. the s0-Tsea bad BEEN sell
nz coiored nsn her husbands ot clothes
Tor years. and the other woman yesterday
sold him a FJi,. woman rexastss Srf
~ clothes customers a. hixhly a. SIC -
za-ds her milk customers
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Talmage says that one need not lose his
dignity III riding a bicycle. This Is true.
About the only thing he gives up IL skin.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

John Willis charcterizes Leedy's admin
istration as "MongrA half-breed that vii
disgrace the state" Those who are posted
infer from this that Mr.. Willis dislikes Go,
ernOr Leedy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

wannamaker speaks of prosperity AZ "the
vanished bird Of beautiful plumage." Tha,
simply shows that while she is gadding
around some plain old rooster will get on:
early and secure the worm.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

From the many brutal notices made OF
Amelie Rivers. authoress Of "The Quick
the Dead the suspicion arises that many
newspape writers were misled into mar.
riage by the sketch.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

The WOMAN who eafersafns tie most . tie
las, o,e 20 be entertained An A,ca.sor
woman ~ao has Averaged a gsef - one
meal Gag for Eve yeArs. says sae aAs
never been invited out In A. ihaf i11a=-
and lad the e2y set"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

1t viii take ten million photographs {
second to give a veriscopic reproduction o.
Populist's flight through the air when pub
lie opinion explodes beneath 1t next fall
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

While trifle late the suggestion that per-
haps the manipulation Of the recent mysteri-
Gus airship was trying to examine Miss
Yaw's highest notes. may be OF service.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Just row the Virginia reel in Ohio politics
is beautiful. Mark Hanna gracefully pass
ins beneath McKinley's and Foraker's arch
ed arms. but the floor committee is already
in the cloak room rubbing of their razors
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Thomas Reed hasn't been in the White
House since the Inauguration. He should
keep away. Mckinley might catch his In
fammatory inactivity. 80"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Angered beyond all patience the Chicago
papers are wishing Altgeld was governor
of Illinois again. 1t is different in Kan
sas. Norrilrs greatest friends do not wish
him governor again.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Ten Thousand people attended the Maher-
Sharkey fight in New York. The report
says also that 5000 eyes were turned on
Naher when he entered. Think OF IL,
There wasn't a one-eyed man in the crowd.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

With the North and South trying to be
nice to each other at Nashville, there Is
nothing for the bloody shirt to do but to
fold itself up like the Arabs tent and sneak
for the laundry
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

One reason Queen Victoria has served
so long is because she didn't have any po-
lice commissions to appoint.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Narrower and narrower grew the canyon
AID a. last. among the towering shafts OF
volcanic fury. the towers Q: Natures own
rearing. the gigantic walls OF . prinordiz,
co1vulsiou. he stopped and on the isatei .:
cave read: Abandon hope. al ye wis
enter here" He spst t~sce and walked
n. /; Was 7. Anderson
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Owing 70 ne poverty of the English Ian
saase We lind it necessary TO say that yoa
can never have pun with DR.. Shuitz. new
fsh missioner. that viii be big enough
pun to keep hin from pulling you for pull
Ing The fish this time OF year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Without any attempt at frivolity, we
might say that confidence is nearly at hand
ali that is wanting being the restoration
of prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Poor Schlatter is really dead-of a disease
that the laying on Of the hands could not
cure. All he needed was biscuit poul-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

The result of the agricultural depart
menrs recent shipment to London is not
yet known. but if London knows which
side her bread is buttered on she will but
ter it with Kansas butter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

Lewelling appears to have convinced the
state of his honesty. This Is good. II is
to be hoped that the next time he will not
be so surreptitiously honest as to excite
tae suspicious of Senator Titus.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-13

AL prize-fghters secretly revei in draw.
About the seventh round OF every prize
fight. each pugilist has an idea that he Is
going In the Maher-Sharkey fight q, the
seventh round each man had been knocked
fiat