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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
Along the Kansas Nile.

The inspection OF ex-Coal Oil Inspector
| Taylor has been dropped.
| 1t will be noticed that the PopuIst paper.
are no more talking about honest Jerry
| Simpson
| r. T. Simmons of Caldwell was in Wash
| irgton at the Inauguration. He is after the
| postoffice.
| The heaviest SHOWS in Kansas this year
was in the southwest corner. Snow still
| fingers there.
| Ed Little deserves a good deal OF syrpa-
| thy. He has a hard governor to keep on
| the right road.
The Kansas Legislature will soon make
public manifesto showing what the leg
| islatuIe has done.
Senator PETER has already assumed his
editorial position on the Topeka Advocate.
PETER is not a brilliant editor.
The cattle in Stanton county-that Is some
of them-are inducing pleasant dreams
and death by eating loco.
Lewelling can not be removed from the
railroad commission by Governor Leedy.
The petitions against him will have no ef-
feet.
As the joints at Topeka are 70 be run out.
Leavenworth should persuade Leeoy TO
take some stock in a good local bank
quick.
Kansas is making her usual mistake. Al
though she is a close state the other states
are in Washington and win get all the
piUms.
The railroads OF Kansas have feared their
last legislature. They were terribly frigh-
tened two months ago. Today they are
serene.
No one has ever correctly answered
What is the matter with Kansas There
are three mysteries on earth: LIE. women
and Kansas.
Governor Leedy has begun war on the
joints az Topeka. This Is very good. Tope-
ka has lever nae real good taste OF pro
hibit,on birthstone
Morrill, the other day disposed o. the
bonds in that Leavenworth bank which a
year ago made the Wichita people so mand
when they thought of IT,
It may be true that John J. ingalls, c1-
poets an appointment and gets up in r.,
stocking feet TO see IL Opportunity Is knock
ing az his door. but we doubt IL
Lewening now says that be did believe in
a maximum freight rate Law %. bUt now
Is 20 allow the commission 20 fix Il
The most vulgar thing that has appeared
in Kansas paper for many year was an
article last week IN the Garden City Herald
in regard 20 a young bride WHO swallowed
a p!nt OF kerosene
?. Z. Montgomery II Ksnsas City Jour
nal: A revival has beer IN progress for sew
eTzl weeks in town Esiga5or 70 Abilene.
ana the young bachelor preacher Sno =
conducting II has encouraged he converts
20 believe that the Lord make Himself
known % them IN personsl way Las;
Wednesday uiKht a young woman arose -
give n" her experience SIC related a
wonderful vision which she kzd beer favor
- VIII and conclu3@t By saying that = was
revealed 10 her thzt she vas % n1ArTy ire
young prszcheT- he SAYS &c n already 81
gagged 20 another young woman. ard TIA;
&c fears :; wasn't he Lore TIE yol-g CO..
vert was holding searee Elth-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
TAYLoR's DEFENSE OF KANSAS.

Edwin Taylor in his Defense Of Kan
saS' in the March North American,
says: I'm nearly every newspaper that
comes to us from our old homes we find
this sentiment put forward with appar-
ent sincerity: That our adopted state Of
Kansas has fallen into political idiocy
and that we who were once the neigh
bors of those writer's have renowned
common honesty and have forfeited all
claims TO their respect" Mr.. Taylor's
defense is an attempt to show that the
above is not true; that Populist Kansas
is peopled neither by political idiots nor
common scoundrelS. He points out at
considerable length and detail the eli
matic condition Of the state, lack of
rainfall as you proceed from the east
four hundred miles 10 the west, dry
winds, booms in real estate and conse-
quent collapse of price of all kinds Of
property, Of trials, failed crops and dis
appointments; in fact, sad picture. the
result of INSTRUMENTATION in the face OF
conditions that could not be cured. nor
always endured lie does not neglect
the agent of the eastern investor who
worked for commissions, purely. in
placing his principals money in loan in
vestments ON inflated property. on So
called farms which were in fact arid
land The eastern investor is therefore
10 blame. 1t was his fault that his
claims are built upon lattice work" and
''the frailties Of lattice work are written
in the chronicles Of all countries and
all times" The Story OF Western
Kansas is one Of the SaddeSt in history
uncOnnected with war. East and west
have suffered together bur not equally.
for while the fasteners have lost some
money, the westerner has lost his all.
The eastern SPECTATORS should hot vent
their wrath upon their subscriptions
Ieutenants in the west who put up the
job placing loans to get commissions.
Very much is true in what Mr.. Taylor
has written The country and its out
come Was oFer-estimated; an unreason-
able boom had its reaction; the consry
and municipal Indebtedness inat came
OF extrayagant notions of tie future
was enormous and has proved a mill
stone on the neckS of some communi-
ties; in fact the whole condition of Kan
sas, its prosperity and adversely. is SO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
M'KINLEY AND CUBA.

There has been some criticism tndnlg
ed in over the presidents inaugural
touching his expressions Or convictions
on international affairs. But Mckinley
Is Republican, as his fault finders will
learn later ON if they don't understand
the fact already, and Republican sym
pathies ara with Cuba. Touching the
affairs OF the insurgents the president
says that General Lee is i'll a position to
know more about the Cuban situation
than the administration, and that if he
asks for war ship he shall have one.
That is sense and patriotism, Mr.. Oiney
to the contrary notwithstanding. One
general acclaim of approval will go up
from the American people tho moment
the order is issued for United States
man-of-war to anchor off Havana. The
American Eagle is on the wing once
more, his eye clear and nothing the
matter with either his throat or talOns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
If LEEDY DOESNTDO IT.

A Kansas City paper edftorially calls
upon the shippers of that city TO boy
colt the railroads which refuse TO dis
criminate in favor of that Missouri
town The paper alluded to declares
that Kansas City's merchants can force
a readjustment of rates by patronHing
only the roads whose homogeneous are
known 10 be friendly to Kansas City
and then goes on to say that such action
would be followed by a wonderful
change In the disposition of the freight
associations. If Ieedy doesn't veto the
Harris bill the screws will be put TO
that Missouri town which. not content
with controlling, tolling and handling
almost the entire tonnage of Kansas has
Systematically locked and robbed the
farmers OF Kansas through their stock
yards steal and elevator combines. The
Harris bill gives the Kansas hoard of
railway commissioners judicial powers
SO far as enforcing their own findings
and mandates. That board. or its ma
jority, has no Use for Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, nor for that crowd which, in
maintaining its stock-yards on this side
Of the line live themselves on the other
side, where they fixed the price of corn
at S1-00 per bushel and hay at $50 per
ION, and tier howled because the Kan
sas legislature provided that they
should hot charge a farmer To exceed
double what they had paid him for the
same feed. Nice outfit, that, for
scratching where they don't itch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
clear in reason that no one need mistake

clear in reason that no one need mistake
the causes. But without arguing
whether the Populists by their calamity
bowling have contributed TO make mat
tiers worse, it is true that they have
persistently refused TO attribute the
present condition TO rational causes.
They have insisted time and again that
the explanation Of our adversely was in
bad legislation; in the robbery of the
people by railroad and other corpora
tons; in the ruinous tribute Of interest
the state was paying these eastern In
vestors; in the high and exorbitant sal
aries paid officials and wanton extrava-
gance IN the administration of state,
county and city affairs; and that these
could be remedied by curative legisla-
ton Freight-rate legislation, lower
rates of interest, reduced salaries and
economy in public expenses would solve
the question from a local standpoint
In view of what has happened in the
Populist legislature, it is perfectly clear
that though Dir. Taylor may have de-
Tended against the charge Of scoundrel-
ism, he has not against that Of political
idiocy. In the main point MI. Taylor's
defense is irrelevant-it in no sense de-
tends the heretofore avowed program
of the Populisfs- Mr.. Taylor's defense
is confession that the Populists are a
calamity party-railiDg against condi-
tons for which no political party is re-
Sponsible-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
RICHARD NOT HIMSELF.

Richard Olney was great man In
the eyes Of this country few brief
months since The query is nov: Did
his greatness prove TOO much for him
The great Bostonian Democrat Went
out under a cloud. There is no longer
any question OF his having Quarreled
with his discorereF and master over Lee
in Cuba, and that within twenty-four
hours Of Growers leave-taking that
Ofney placed mis- resignation in the hands
OF the president because Of his refusal
to summarily remove Consul General
Lee. Whatever may be the exact truth,
the bad blood is no longer denied, and
the man who seemed to be the destined
head of the Democratic party went out
under an eclipse His failing to appear
at the Inauguration ceremonies in the
senate chamber, where the other cab
met officers and the diplomatic corps
were assembled, and in failing to take
formal and courteous leave of the out
going president at the White House,
he has been guilty of a breach unprece-
denied and display Of puerile temper
unworthy of Boston and Of a distfn-
guished Bostonian statesman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
Daily ~ Eagle
NJ NJ MURDOCH Editor.
SOME sEDGWICK POPS.

Some seventy Pops have sent a peti-
ton up 10 Governor Leedy and the leg
islature praying for maximum freight
rate bill. These Pops are wasting their
wind. The constitutional time for the
sitting of the legislature has already ex-
pired and the only railroad bin passed,
according to the Eagles Topeka cores
pondent is being threatened with veto
That Pop legislature has consumed
nearly sixty days in wrangling. They
have accomplished practically nothing
beyond giving their wives and relatives
as useless clerks a chance to steal three
dollars a day each of the peoples
money. If, after having fooled away
the constitutional time for legislation,
the governor should convene them in ex-
ira session to do the work that should
have been done IN regular session, these
Pops viii hear something drop. These
Sedgwick county petitioners imagine,
10 doubt, that they have been guilty OF
q smart thing. but they win learn later
on that the people are not fools. Some
of them ara not sure We would Ike
to ask the Pop petitioners what has be
come Of all the other grand measures
of reform that their members were
pledged TO give the people? What has
that Legislature done, anyhow, more
than elect an ex-rebel TO the United
States senate? As the Lawrence jour
nal puts It: What has become Of the
pledge to reduce telegraph and teIe-
phone tolls. Who killed the measure to
bring down the express charges? Why
are we TO continue to pay three dollars
a night for bed on the train? What
became Of the bill to inaugurate the
Populist financial system? Where is
the initiative and referendum? Where
is the list of offices that have been abol
ished because they were useless? What
kind OF usury law has been enacted?
How about the mortgage law? Like
wise the assessment and taxation law
that was to be reformed? Where is the
measure % relieve the lahorer? What
has the legislature done for the farmer?
What for the taxpayer? What for the
business interests Of the state? Where
and what is the antitrust law? How
about the reduction Of expenses? What
has been done toward reforming the
state institutions? In brief, If the pres
ent legislature has done anything that
1t promised TO do, what is that thing?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
Frnnt-Pnrch Changes.

u tuL-I : I-I-aeo 4Nt-O4---F
The Mckinley f7ont-porch receptions a.
Canton have been followed. very appropri-
ately. by a series OF porch-clinhinEs a;
Washington. the performances being under
taken BY the party ofice-seekers-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
DIn.ren,In rnhIn,-

Fron EzzEas city Journzlg
Hr !. Pse-pont Morgan s1zy - qzits a.
important nan IN hiz zzy. bgf - = -ot
likely 20 DO zsush hobaobbtrz ~f,h ~ pres
er; aazfnsst-ztion- PTesi5e1t NcElnley
VII rot -s4s rzks-o, psrtzs-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
RIPANS TABULES

The Tabu compact convenient accurate form OF prescription
universally used by physicians treating digestive troubles The
formula from which Rpns Tabules made daily
hospitals world medical skill
devised for arrangements of the liver
and bowels these kept healthy and active there little
danger of serious sickness Almost illness raceab directly
indigestion and accompanying disorders Rpns Tabues stimulate
the stomach fermentation and make digestion and rapid They
the liver perform functions They
and the bowels that their action
is restored Tabue dose. The frequency the dose
lated by the apparent need
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

Just at present the Oklahoma legislature
gives re-assuring Indications OF returnin s.
TO its normal degree OF insanity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

Me-. Skouzes Is something Of a squeegee.
At any rate his propositions to the powers
Is TO rub the slate Off ana begin over again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

y ION haIlszs Ut SNll III
Some en;srp-ss-rg Washington ceres
pendent vii presently SurE % a seEsstioa
by fn=-nE member of The Cleye-<nd a.
rn.n.s,Ezt.oa who 5 nos going 20 practise
lzw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

Leedy may close the joints at Topeka hui
before he tackles Wichita he should SIT up
at nights and look at Dore's Inferno to pre-
part his mind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
IN, li- wi.i.n Linz.


fFron kassss Cify JoGrazIg
TIE rev secretary C "a azsS sssras %
he setting sEoug al 8sh; - fzr lie h2s
rog yet said anything 250zg tAe Teas BE-
~ SOD s1ls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

That a new president is n the Chair Is
Incidentally called to mind by the fact that
an old soldier has just received a federal
appointment az Detroit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

Any one who has seen his grandmother
take a wooden paddle and work the milk
out OF butter has a pretty good idea as to
just how prize9ghter Is trained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

So besieged IS Re during the day that the
chances are that Mckinley is outlining his
Cuban policy with the sed-clothes pulled
I'D 70 his chin and the lights out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10
S.nate and the FInrse.
&c. go, Recori.l

ttroTn thicaSo FtcOfu-I
The Republican party VII have control
OF the house. While the senate. apparently.
VIII have ecasroI Of the Republican party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

L Viii not be possible for Harper county
10 remove LewelEng from the railroad com
MISSION. Once put LeNelling inje a snap
and he becomes part Of IL II woull be as
dangerous 20 cut him of IS 1t would be :
n.oie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

A railroad man says: The election OF a
PopuliSt legislature was God-send 10 The
railroads Il has taken from the minds OF
railroad men the awful fear Of a maximum
freight rate Law"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

II we believe both sides. it Is almost Ger
tan that az the end OF the third round both
u,en viii be carried from the ring and the
sud-ence VIII mob the referee in order 10
satisfy their thirst for blood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

What tfle people Of Karsas want IS an
extra session OF that legislature. Why mol
keep 1t in perpetual session? Il Is so en-
tCyabls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

The Kaiseril Augusta is stTn nostng
around Crete. Some OF these fine days a
Gresian boat VII hit her with a cold bis
cut and Wilhelm VIII be ont another war
shin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

After allowing his dinner ID settle, Estz
thought he would 90 some I'd work" l.
IS ST right for his dinner TO settle and 20 do
road work but the public refuses to believe
that Fltz thought"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

The fact Is that Fitz has a punch that no
man can escape and Curbet- has dodge
that no punch can reach.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

We fear that Captain Eeistaud was I,
that crowd before the White House Non
day which vas turned sway with the word
thai the president would hold a pablo re-
cepEon at O'clock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

Pa" said the Kansas farmer boy. 81
can't get ali this hay IN before dark" My
son." said the farmer Just imagine that
hay is the legislature, take your fork and
jump in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

And you discovered ~
"Let us net be TOO hasty n our tuiG
ment. I'll grant you thai musicians ars
difficult subjects"
They are not al affected. Doctor
mo None but the gea.Uses-'
You watched him very closely, doctorT'
Yes He IS very nervous could tell
but I VIII no; bother you with analysis,
have had wide experience, you know"
u know that. doctor"
- VIII say that lie symptoms that"
sHe must give up mCs.c Or
Not necessarily
'-O- he VIII 90 mad
The Doctor reserved his shaft he whiried
tie charm on his watch chan ard Grawlei:
II should say
Doctor exclaimed tie woman
THAT he is mad"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

~ SIS good printing that's vanted--
the best-oD. needs mus, use exuaordfnAxx
caution-for IA the great city OF wichita
the good printers can be counted
with one Of tho smallest figures In the ban,
while the poor printers are known
by the fosens- Specimens of our vorh
prove that We belong With The Hzinoravs
The good printsrs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-14
II. STACHELBERG'S HOUSE ROBBED.
A QUANTITY OF JEwELRy TAKEN BY SOUTH
THIEVES

A QUANTITY OF JEwELRY TAKEN BY scUrTLE
THIEVES.
Burglars entered the house of NJ s,achelberg
No 1,cd Fifth-ave.. last Thursday evening and
got away with about 200 worth OF icwery Mr..
Stachelberg is member Of the firm of NJ. Stachel-
berg Co.. wholesale cigar and tobacco dealers at
No 3S West Broadway. The robbers made their
entrance by way of the scuttle the roof between
6 and o'clock in the evening. while the family
was at dinner and the servants were engaged
downstairs. They ransacked every room above the
parlor floor. carrying OF all the valuables they
could lay their hands on. They then made their
escape by way of the scuttle. and IN doing set
off a burglar alarm. The police were at in
formed. and Captain O'Bren set several of his
men to work the
The burglars supposed to have got into Mr..
Stachelbergs house from vacant house which
adjons il on one side The house the other side
is occupied by General Coils the Commissioner OF
Public Works. Mr.. Stachelberg furnished the po-
lice with list OF the stolen articles, which con-
sisted almost entirely of jewelry. 1t is follows:
One gold rose: ring set with diamonds with a
pin attachment one pear-shaped scarfpin, with
pearls and diamonds: pair Of onyx cuf-but-
tons. with diamonds In the links one gold charm
cigar-cutter, with three diamonds In IT: and with
the initials "E. J. s. on 1t; one pair OF gold cuff
buttons: one ladies' gold stem-wndlng watch No:
~ on one SIDE of Which were the Initials eoS rp
with forget-me-not setting in turquoise and dla-
monds; pair of link seeve-buttons, set WIN
diamonds and rubies; two white enamelled shirt,
studs with diamonds IN the centre; one gilded
savpr tS % Of anSs
was chain set with pearls.
Mr. Stachelberg estimates the waite o. the stolen
property at about $1,000
Detectives Fraz.e and McNea. OF the Central
Once on Monday arrested two sneak thieves who
are supposed TO have had a hand in the theft.
They were captured in a Thrty-foUrth-st cross
town car al Broadway. They are John Mitchell.
thirty-on- years old. bartender, Of No 429 West
Forty-f:th-st., and Michael Lndery. twenty years
old a cgarmaker. of No $50 West Thirty eghth-st:
They are said to be well-known scutte thieves and
were arrested in this city last September and sent
to Brooklyn for a lot of scutte jobs there. They
were in prison there but succeeded in securing
their release in a couple of months by establish
ing alibis. Buck" Smith. who was arrested with
Them AT that time was convicted and got a ten
years sentence. Mitchell and I-indery wer@ ar
raicned in the jefferson Market Police Court yes
terday afternoon, and remanded 10 the custody OF
he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-14
DIDN'T THINK MUCH or THE BIBLE.

Lillian Miller. fashionably dressed woman. was
brought before Justice Beekman. in the Supreme
Court. yesterday summons to compel her TO
present herself for examination in supplementary
proceedings upon judgment obtained against her
by her dressmaker Jacob Marks counsel for the
plaintiff applied 70 have the woman sworn, but
che tossed her head disdainfully and refused 10
touch the Bible when 4 offered TO her by the
clerk of the court
II don't believe in the Bible" she remarked; Its
not worth bag Of beans. anyhow.
Justice Beekman looked angry but permitted the
woman 10 affirm.
Under examination afterward she said she lived
In West Sixty-hfth-st. and kept boarders. she had
recently sold or pawned her jewery, and was now
wearing Jevelry belonging 10 friends. and she was
utterly unable 10 pay the amount Of the judgment,
against her. The examination was adjourned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-14

White, who is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
said yesterday that he expected to sail for Ger
many about the latter part OF May to assume his
official duties From here he will so to Washing
ton In order to confer with the Secretary of state
When asked II he thought any complications might
arise between this country and Germany. owing TO
the tariff he said that he could forcsee none, nut
admitted that he might have some work to DO
when / was Minister Russia" he said, Il
found that questions abont American imports and
the duties them came up frequently. and were
often perpexing but just now there is nothing TO
say, as | really know of no friction" Mr.. White
said that he Judged local causes had much 10 40
with the results In the recent municipal elections
growers of hay In the Northwest. was here yester-
day attending some business. Referring to tie
Dingley BILL he sad THE tariff should put
larger duty on hay. | would like to see duty OF
from 81 to So a ton on hay. This would help Doth
the East and the West and would keep Canadian
hay out Of the country. Good hay can be bought
in New-York State for from sl2 to 81 a ton at re-
tail. This is owing the fact that large quantities
of hay imported from Canada. Each year
thousands OF tons OF hay rot on the ground In the
West This is sweet prairie hay. and Is good Tor
horses. II a tariff imposed on hay. the cana
dian article would he barred out and Western nay
would be utilized. Thus both East and West would
be benefted-the East getting better hay TOT the
same money and the West a chance to garner
crop that otherwise would not be saable