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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
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9ailn Eagle
NJ. NJ MURDOCH, Editor
KANSAS ALL RIGHT.

In spite of Pop perfidy and calamity
twaddle, it is becoming pretty gener-
ally understood in the east, as it has
heen known to its more thoughtful cit
liens all along, that Kansas is all right.
But nothing said in the way of explain
atoms or offered as assurances 10 that
effect, by speech makers or magazine
writer's, has carried the conviction OF
the statement compiled by the Topeka
Capital from the official records. show
Ing that Kansas has in comparatively
short time reduced her mortgage indebt-
edness full 40 per cent, or by an agsre-
gate of S1O5, 100000. These figures call
for no comment. Times have been hard,
and hard everywhere, and Kansas was
caught by the reaction in period of
the greatest prosperity. The result
seemed more disastrously marked, and
indeed may have been, but the fact re-
mains that with her half developed re-
sources she will be among the first 10
get back on the track, and that she Will
take the lead from the word ''go,"
which a Republican administration is to
pronounce
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
a MARKED DIFFERENCR

Cleveland was controlled by the in
stincts Of an aristecTat There was
nothing u cnmnnn NTH him and the
common peoP8e- he nerer walked alone
abroad as an American citizen He
surrounded the White House with SEN
tinel boxes and no unauthorized Wis
lrnr, except as he WAS accompanied by
an individual voucher, could gain bis
presence
Mckinley Is Cleveland's opposite In
everything. One Of his first orders was
30 remove the obnoxious sentinel boxes,
SO repulsiye 10 the average citizen, rs
also all detectives and guards Nc
hinley was soldier, Cleveland hired a
substitute Cleveland went about in a
close carriage or guarded. Even his
private home ct BuZzard's Bay was in
accessible because OF its sentrieS Nc
hinley is neither too timid or too arts
tocratic TO move around among the peo-
pie afoot and alone, and the people like
him all the better for it. respect him
the more. One will be close to the peo-
pie; the other dreaded and feared them.
Mckinley is one of the people; Cleve-
land never was. is not now, and never
viii be- Everything around the White
House, which is now thrown open 10
the public, is simple, informal and IN
Clevelandlike. In short. we have an
American administration now, which
we did not have under the swell head
of the stuffed prophet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
M'KINLEY'S POLICY

There seems TO be no doubt that the
Mckinley idea viii go through with lit
tie or no opposition. If the new tariff
law can be put into effect by May II
Will cut of millions of importations
and the current expenses of Tie govern
n.eEt Will no longer run behind. The
protective tariff idea is gaining a foot
kolc permanently in every party. Ser
atcrs MeEnery, Gallery, Smith and sew
eral others on the Democratic side of
the senate are likely 10 support the Re
publican tariff measure Populists Kyle.
Heitfeid and one or two others of that
party are, II is understood. likely to vote
for protection. OF the Silver Republi-
cans, practically all are in principle
protectionists. Thus the great principle
of the Republican party. that which has
been The leading thought in its declara-
items since its existence, is coming TO be
gradually recognized and accepted by
members Of al parties
Great Britain has another evidence
Of the distress OF free trade in the ex-
oerience of one Of her children. Aus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
ABOUT RIMETALLISM.

The return of Senator Wolcott,
coupled with President Mckinley s
ringing utterances in favor of an inter
national bimetallic conference. gives
great encoura cement to the friends of
that sentiment Senator Wolcott re-
ports unusual interest in this subject on
the continent, and even in England,
and is hopeful of results. President
McKinley's clear. terse utterances on
this subject leave no doubt as to his in
tentions, and there is reason to believe
that within a few weeks definite steps
will be taken TO bring about confer
ence of the leading nations and to cause
this conference to be held during the
year 1897.
The silver politicians are alarmed.
They begin to fear that they are going
to lose their occupation. They have
talked themselves into public promin-
ence and public positions on the silver
question, and they are now scared lest
the proposed International silver con-
ference will take that subject out of
politics. They recognize the fact that
ii the bimetaliic conference agrees upon
a plan and it is adopted by the various
nations. the silver question will go out
of politics in the United States and
they will be out of job. They also
recognize the fact that if the nations
fail 10 agree upon a system for an in
creased use Of silver, it would be folly
for the United States alone to under
take it, hence they would be, under
those circumstances, out Of job. So,
it is not surprising that such men as
Dubois, Teller, Stewart and other al
legged friends of silver sheer at the pro-
posed bimetallic conference and are do
ing all in their power to prevent its sue
cess or even its consideration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
WIND AND TEARS.

The Pop party, born Of woman, is of
few days and full Of trouble; likewise
is the woman also. 1t cometh forth as
the hoppergrass in full bloom and en-
dureth by calling ''pecavi." One Of the
mothers of calamity has jumped the
ranch, but Annie Diggs, who in fact
never rose above the dignity of its wet
nurse. has turned her fountain loose,
and also her mouth. Such a confusion
of brine and wind has not been heard
in many a day. This peStiferous little
bundle of femininity who followed PEI
fer's WhiSkers and fortunes to Washing
ton turned up the other day in Topeka,
where she preached a sermon to the lost
tangled-haired rams and other stray
goats of the house and senate. 1t was
a scoid which would have consigned her
maternal ancestors TO the duckIng stool
Annie not only blubbered but raved.
She said she could not contain herself,
and sure enough she couldn't. Facing
that crowd of recalcitrant law makers,
she commenced by declaring: "Oh dear,
/ must not talk" But she did. In the
poignancy of her woe and the agony Of
her grief, she put the question fiat:
what have you made Of your oppOrtu-
nities?" We can inform Annie that
some of them made as much as a thou
sand dollare besides their mileage and
per diem AS for Leedy, he got an adj
ditional bonus Of a free ride in a special
car TO Port Arthur and return, for him.
self and friends This little political
schiver then went on TO say that the
people expected relief at the hands of
the Fop legislature. That's where she
IS away of. The people had too much
sense 10 expect any such thing. The
only relief that the Pop party leaders
expected was in the way of Doodle, and
they got it This scrap Of a female,
who, abandoning her woman's sphere,
and who has been working legislatures
for years and uapaslng around the
country, talked of the pledges made by
the Pop party, as if such pledges
amounted 10 more than their principles
Speaking OF a maximum freight rate
bin, Annie said that the time of educa-
ton ended on the 3rd Of November last
This VIII De news TO those who have
never learned that education with the
Pop party had ever begun Politically,
Annie Digs Is q joke, bur very small
which her party is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
Along the Kansas Nile.

| Although he says he will not, Leedy WIN
call a special session for April 5.
There are no daily Democratic papers In
Atchison. Leavenworth or Topeka
VIII White is fighting Tom Rryan- He
accuses him of being a has been VINO never
was.
| Sol Miller is very H. The specialist who
has been called in does not give much
hope.
An engine and a passenger coach win
| soon be put on the Anthony branch from
Arkansas City.
The last Kansas legislature, the one Just
adjourned, bought during the session SO
worth of new cuspldors.
At Arkansas City it costs only 81 and
costs to steal bicycle and plead guilty.
Cheaper than renting one.
Mrs. Conley of Hutchinson was arrested
and tried for kleptomania but the jury
failed TO agree and the case was dismissed.
Mrs. Diggs has discovered that the Popu-
lists have betrayed the people. Mrs. Diggs
found that out two years ago. when she
lost her job.
A deaf and dumb Hutchinson beggar
when hand-cuffed by the police yelled:
Ring off on this. Do you want 10 saw
my wrists o1?'
A Topeka correspondent says that Sena-
tor King OF Cowley county is the sourest
man in the state. He wanted TO be United
States senator.
Governor Morrill, made but one request
of McKinley-that 10 Bristow be made
fourth assistant postmaster general 10
will probably get il.
John ]. ingalls, is out OF politics for good
and he takes keen deiigh, in telling those
people who do not think he should 90 20 a
prizefght to lump it.
Bernard Kelly has been appointed pre-
siding elder of the Independence district OF
the Methodist church and is consequently
a political power again
Jerry Simpson is happy. The Populists
will be so busy roasting the anti-maxirnun
freight rate traitors that he viii have
rest on his vote on anti-oPtion,.
Arthur DINNER showed a 800 bin IN an
Arkansas City restaurant the other night
and then and there the other fellows took
1, away from him playfuily. But they did
not return Il and be has had them ar
rested.
The church attendance az Abilene was
slim last Sunday. The people went down
10 the depot 20 see the Carson City special
go through. But as there were no passen-
gers from Kansas the train went Va Ne
brasks.
Numerous Kansas asp!ran,s who have
written 20 senator's IN other states have
Invariably received the reply: " The mat
ter vii not be referred 20 ne You night
better see Senator Baker Of your own
state"
Congressman Kirkpatrick f. supposed 20
have elnch on the consul ge1sralshiD 2,
Mexico. But he hsSn't. There are more
applicants for that Place % Mckinley
than azy other single foreign appoint
ment- Il viii not 20 10 Kansas
c. c. straugha OF wlnfsl. Is suing The
Frisco because he was notified that twenty
minutes would BE- gwen to- dinner a.
Seo&esha- he ~ezt 10 walking about re
Platform ard 10 one csc TsLtlnx % ezt,
TIE train pulled cut after vat O. sevea
minutes leaving him behind sz1 s@pzras-
ing rim from MS cEllsrs1-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
All, THE POOR FARMER.

After all. the farmers Of the United
States are net the worst off of people
in the world Their total products last
year, according TO the department of
agriculture are valued at 81 SOC, 900, 900.
OF this amount the corn alone is valued
at $5OO,O0O,O 900, the hay at $4O0,00,OO0,
the wheat at $30O,OOO,OOO, the oats at
S130,0O0,O00, and the potatoes S75,OO0,-
coo. These figures are given in round
numbers because they are more easily
remembered, but they are substantially
those of the department Every farmer
will want to remember them and to re-
ember that the farmers of the United
States are, when the country is in its
normal state and condition, the most
prosperous of those of any part of the
world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The Free Silverites Of Oklahoma City
will put a city ticket In the field-
During his service In Congress Flynn
passed forty-five measures for Oklahoma
Two boys at FL Reno have been fined
for rubbing cow-itch on their piaymates-
The sanitary police in al the cities of
Oklahoma are ordering the people to clean
up.
W. T. Judkin Is making hard fight for
the receivership of the Woodward lond Of
fee.
The FL Reno Star notes that the grass
thereabout got green in time for st Pat
rick's day.
All places of illrepute have just been
closed up at Norman and the evil ones
shipped out Of town.
The Nix family is stir IN il In Oklahoma
W. NJ Nix Of Oklahoma City wants 10 Be
elected street commissioner.
The Oklahoma City school board is fac
ing the difficulty of continuing the school
term to the end and piling up e. deficit
Judge Tarsney has made the clerk o,
Oklahoma county pay bill OF 81 10 a doc
tor who attended sick juror during a
trial
Isenberg has written TO Callahan asking
him to pass bill making railroads name
their stations after the Incorporated towns
name.
The ev-Confederates OF the nation hold
a meeting at Nashville in June. The ex-
Confederate post at Oklahoma City Will
send a delegation.
George Thomas, formerly OF Oklahoma.
is on trial at Garrett. Kansas, charged
with killing young woman on whom abor
ton was attempted.
Powell Clayton says the Dawes commits
sion will soon be recognized, but that
none of the new members will come from
the Indian Territory.
a gentlemanly promoter proposed to the
merchants of Purcell to put up COM
press. His offer was accepted but he at
once DISAPPEARED and hasn't been seen since
An FL Reno school teacher told a boy
that when she was his age she knew all
the presidents names by heart. "Huhr'
he said. There weren't so many OF them
then"
At Hennessey Hsten Hasbeer. years
old wasplaying near log house to which
horse was tied. The horse SHE'D. pulled
Tic IoS Jul "HiSu 81 Nm Lie wv o-fA hAA--
ed him.
Some troop playing Faust" was recefv-
ed warmly In several Oklahoma towns.
But when it reached South McAlesser hall
the audience left tne theater in disgust
before the play was half finished.
In the United States district court yes
terday the jury in the case of John Dos
sett charged with the murder OF Sher-
man Long, his rival in the affections OF
Clementine Denoya. an Osgae Indian girl
returned verdict of not guilty. This case
which has been exploited In the Leader
numerous times was highly sensational At
the first trial, in 1884 Dossett was convicted
and sentenced 10 hang March S. 1885, Two
weeks before the day set for the execution
Dossett secured new trial in the supreme
court, through his attorney George Gard
ner. From that time on the case dragged.
Meantime Dossett became Jail trusty and
grew popular. Being a genial fellow he
was liked by all, and sympathy was with
him. In the trial Attorney Hoffman, as
sisted by F. j. Leahy OF Pawhuska, pre-
sented a chain OF circumstant.al evidence
and a volume of testimony was introduced.
Huston, Huston & Lawrence defended Dos
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

tralia New South Wales recently en-
tered upon a new experiment in low tar
if, and the result has been extreme dis
tress. An official report of the New
South Wales Chamber of Manufactures
shows the effect of the low tariff to
have been reductions in wages, work
men discharged, works closed, and in
dustries abandoned, which had taken
expenditure of many years Of effort
and much capital to establish" This is
very much like our own experiences
with low tariff.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Chickasha Express: Heretofore the en-
tire attention of the Indian Territory press
has been giving all their time and energy
on the doing of congress and throwing out
crums of comfort to the people. Now that
congress is adjourned for a few days We
can once more come down TO common bus.
ness and once more dig out gold in the
Wichita mountains. II that region IS not
rich in the yellow metal Ii is beyond doub.
the most prolific source Of liars on earth.
Every man who returns from there sinks
around and occasionally takes a sly peep
at some specimens he has brought back.
OF course his mysterious actions soon draw
a crlfvd ana he very reluctantly confesses
that the region is full of yellow ore and
that he has staked one of the richest
claims there. Now, inasmuch as no syn
dictate OF spectators owns any land there,
no townsite boomers having any lots TO
sell, or any miner a sailed claim 10 palm
of On tenderfoot we cannot understand
all this fuss unless there is something be.
hind II. There is no doubt that many have
staked out claims and also worked them.
OF course no smelter can operate there at
present as no one can make a legal claim
TO any OF the land for any purpose what
ever. The stories told that gold hunters
have been driven away by soldiers are
untrue. The probabilities are that the In
dian police have made a few raids but no
one has been frightened by that There Is
a steady influx into that region and there
will soon be too many TO drive out. then
VIII come the climax. That is what we
want. The Indian Territory needs ell
max Of some kind at attract attention II
the reservation is thrown open there will
soon be tens OF thousands of people in the
Wichita mountains digging. 1t may be
that this will be the entering wedge TO
open the fair region TO settlement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Ell Reno Star: The Wichita opening
ought not to be very far of. The aIlotins
agents are appointed and viii be here n a
few days 10 proceed with their work. This
will not need TO be long. Major Baldwin
has IN his office the roll OF members OF al
tribes 70 be allotted and almost al OF these
Indians have already made choice oil lands
and tie agents Office has the numbers OF
the lands on record In most cases all the
agents need Is 10 confirm the choice al
ready made. As each Indian is TO receive
G certain allotment there viii need 10 be
very little discussion for there IL super
abundance Of land from which TO select
Enid Wave: when hen lays az egg Il
has been observed by naturalists that she
Immediately kicks out one leg as Il 10
give official validity 10 the procedure. Ac-
ting upon that known custom OF the hen,
Joseph r. Johnston, OF this city. has per-
fscted a device by means OF which the
kick registers the date upon every egg
laid, so thai they may tel their OWE story
in TIE market The instrument : rather
complicated. lis mechanism acting upon
an electric disc. al ink pa3 ard rubber
stamp with an automatic arrangement FOR
he succession OF dates. and can Be worked
~ any Ordinary hen without imposing any
burisnsome responsibility upon her or con-
fnsing her WIKI a lot Of unnecessary ts-
tails
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Charles c. shaw, ex-tEeasurer OF Blai-e
county. Is being tried a. z Reno CT q
change OF venue he as charged wiz IN
bezzlenea; and has been ;Eice before sc-
quilted. His Pea this tine Is former az
ctf-csl''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

There is no doubt that both Mrs. Corbett
and Mrs Ftzsimmons would like to get
az each other now Tor about one round.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Shall we be ruled wholly by the kineto-
scope? Some day they will be postponins
the Inauguration until the sun shines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Fener Is greatly offended at Senator In
gals attendance on the prizefght
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Governor Leedy has taken an excursion
to Port Arthur. The special car habit has
an awful hold on Populist governors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

II is too bad we can not lend the second
hand bed of Arkansaw to Memphis just at
this time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

All the Powers are reunited again and
there is nothing for Greece TO do but to
lower herself from the perch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

As a matter Of plain fact that arena of
Rome wasn't In Ii with Carson City.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Greece Is getting ready to strike back
whether II happens to be sunshiney day
or not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

FL Dorado, which is a very I'D town. Is
mourning that It had not soul at the
Bradley-Martin ball or at the Carson fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Columbus still leads the pugilists on &C
count OF having landed once.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

The knetoscope can only make hay while
the sun shines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Fred Nancegrift in Kansas City Star:
J. H. Calderhesd, a brother Of ex-Congress
man Calderhead, has been appointed com
missioner Of the bureau OF agriculture, la
Dor and industry OF Montana. He formerly
lived at Beloit and once was in the Kan
sas legislature as a Democrat He is now
Fopulist and until the great a. r L.
strike he was employed by the Northern
Pacific AZ Butte he went o1t with others
Ct that section. and for violating an order
OF court he was thrown into Jail He was
al the St Louis convention and an un-
compromising middle-of-the-road man Hs
says he ana his brother OF kansas always
have been on opposite SIDES OF politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Fitzsimmons before the figh: said he
fought as his instincts tell him. Fstz Il.
improving. He might have said intel
lect"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

TO CJKE \ COLD II tNE DAY
Take Laxative Brouro Quiniue Tzo.eta
AL druggists refund the money Il q
tails 10 cure &c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

The power of the people is not MI in a
monarchy by long shot. King George
would back out but his people viii not let
him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

The Great American people are in dan
ger Of becoming the slaves to one frail
little question. which is always uppermost:
Which VIII beat?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

John Sherman is figuring on taking Cen
trail America upder his wing. Before Nc
Kinley is out both Cuba ard the Central
American republics may be states.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

Fighters after ali are brutes. Both Cor
beit ana FItzsimmons in the ring were
more nervous than Mckinley ard Cleve-
land were IN the inaugural parade a.
though both the latter were in danger Of
aSsassins.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

ingalls, didn't say much until the fight
was over Then getting out OF the fight
ers' reach he probably wrote something
that seorched the freckles of both them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-11

In sight of the Erie tracks, between
Susquehanna and Great Bend, are the
Red rocks, red cliff standing above
the Susquehama river. Near them can
be seen traces Of the grave of beauti.
full Indian maiden, the daughter of a
famous chief She was betrothed to q
young brave, a member Of her father q
tribe then encamped near here Her IA
Their desired her to marry the son of the
chief of the ncighboring tribe, and the
wish of the paternal ancestor usually
counted for something.
In consequence she resolved to fly to
the "happy hunting grounds, " and one
night she stole noiselessly from her wig
wan, and, with the death song upon
her lips, flung herself from the high
cliff, her life's blood staining the rocks
below. And to this day they have retain
ed the reddish hue which the rains and
foods of century have failed to efface.
When the maiden's lover saw her
mangled corpse, he retired to cave in
the mountains and never again was seen
alive. Forty years later his petrified
body was found in the cave by wan,
dering remnant of the tribe. Under his
body were found the long raven tresses
Of the old chiefs daughter. New York
Press.