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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
Web Wilder on NfcNaIl.

D. ". Wilder formerly state insurance
superintendent, now editor of the Insurance
! Magazine OF Chicago, expresses himself as
| follows concerning the Hillmon case and
| Webb McNail, the present state superin-
| tendent:
| "McNall has been in the business himself,
and more than once. He is a fraternal order
man of lofty rank and lawyer. man
| named Johnson, society brother of Nc
Nails, left his coat and hat on the bank OF
| creek and disappeared. The widow
| Johnson appeared before the A. z. 1. o. L.
and demanded money on her dead hus-
bands certificate. Not much said Broth
el McNall, produce the body Lawyer Nc
Nall fought the widow in the courts. An
act of brotherly love in an assessment So
citey becomes a crime in a life insurance
| company. The vowels sill do business in
Kansas Were the companies right in re-
fusing TO pay the DR.. Fraker claims, the
claims of the thief Fraker, alleged to be
drowned in the Missouri? No, said the
court and the jury; they must pay; they'
are rich corporations. And the thief Fra
ber was found.
''Hillmon was worse man than Frakerl
He was a thief and murderer. He KILLED
Frederick A. Walters and then ran away.
| Hillmon's accomplices buried Walters on
the plains, calling the body Hiilmon's They
| did not take the body to Mrs. Hillmon-
When the body was dug up and taken TO
Lawrence the coroner's jury gave a verdict
that this body was not the body OF John
W. Hillmon. Mrs. Hillmon, who ought to
| have been stricken with grief, waited three
days before going TO see the body. The
whole family of the Walters testified that
he hod, o< Wol- UaT-
| ters. who was with Hillmon on the plains
Walters, who was murdered; Walters, who
has never since been seen or heard of.
John H. Brown, Hillulon's companion at
the time of the murder, made confession
of the whole transaction. Mrs. Hillmon
confessed the fraud and crime. signed re-
leases of her interest in the policies and
went to her lawyer and demanded the sur
render of the policies to her. He refused
to give them up for less than $1,000.
'It has long been understood that the
lawyers own the policies: that Mrs Hill
| mon has not penny's innterest in them.
The murder was committed in 1879 Why is
the case stin in court? Be cause the defend
ants are rich corporations. Had this been
a controversy between citizens il would
have been settled long ago Once all the
jurymen except one voted for the COM
panies. The ordinary jury decides against
rich corporations or fails 10 agree. The case
has become political. Ii is brought into
campaign speeches. Public opinion is
against corporations and for Hillmon. II Is
a distinction TO have been a Hillnlon jury
man. The superintendent Of Insurance Is
playing 10 the grand stand. Around n.
murderer / draw the awful circle OF the
state "
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
Daily Ea9le
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
TOO MANY COOKS.

Another Pop bill has gone wrong. Inc
Capital asserts that the new banking
bill. over which Breidenthal and the
committee rowed so much. as publlsned
is not as passed. A very important
clause has been dropped out, whether
ii is the one that Breidenthal objected
-. or the one inserted while the Dill
was under discussion, the Capital does
rot state. This leaves no supposed
measure OF Importance standing as
passed unless the bills appropriadihS {
money for the mileage and per diem oil
the members should be held to be En-
nortant. The session seems 10 nave
been one of incompetency upon the part
of the senate, careiessnesS upon lne part
ue the house. laZiness upon the part cI
committees and their clerks. and yen9i-
;ty all around Ncihinc ike tie denior-
alization OF that legislative body was
witnessed outside of Arkansas. The
bills desired by the people were nope
Iessly crippled somewhere in the grlhd
before they became laws, and the meas
ures which embodied the campaign
promises Of the Pop politicians were
one and all killed. not one Of them ever
seeing daylight except the railroad Dill,
and that Leedy vetoed. Too many
cooking clerks and too many corruption
fixers proved too much for the all
round worthlessness of the reform aG-
gregation, and the people are lelt 10
hold the bag.
But the average Pop will never know
ANYTHING of these humiliations ana out
RACES. They will know little even OF
the disclosures of the investigation now
in progress, and being conducted by
their own leaders. They will not read
anything but Pop papers, and Pop pa
pers are practically mum. The legisla-
.ture was their own. the committee of
investigation is their own. and all the
damaging testimony is that OF Pop
witnesses. but the Pop papers which
they read will ignore the facts or pro-
nounce them Republican lies.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
SAVE THE SEALS.

England has handicapped the United
States seal fishing industry in the Ber-
ing sea by a game of bluff. This gov
ernment purchased Alaska with partic-
uIar reference to it's seal and other fish
cries. Until the seal proved a vast
source of national revenue no one
thought of disputing the right of this
country to that sea. But England did,
finally and successfully, since which
time the seal has been disappearing
rapidly and soon will be extinct.
Ii is high time that some concerted
effort to protect the Bering sea seals
should be made, if it is anything of an
object TO save them from determination.
The wisdom of appointing a special
commission TO arrange another agree
ment. if possible, with Great Britain in
the interest of saving the fur seal from
extinction will scarcely be denied.
In choosing Gen. John W. Foster of
Indiana and Charles S. Hamlin of Mas
sachusetts as commissioners for this
country. President Mckinley has Sc
lected men who are familiar with the
seal situation and who are abundantiy
able to set forth and maintain the inter
ests of the United States in this matter.
The sooner the commission can agree
upon rigid regulations and provide eff
cient means of enforcing them, the bet
ter for both the great EnglishSpeaklng
peoples.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

all, in reality, in the hands Of England
| Their future will be dictated from Lon
| don. Russia and Germany and France
are great only with England left out
When the English feet passed the Dar-
daneIles in 1877 the Russian march TO-
ward Constantinople was instantly
stopped. The treaty of Berlin was the
work of Disraeli Almost without eX-
ception Englands voice has been decls-
| i've in the settlement of international
questions, of a broad and serious char
acter, from that day to this In the
complications growing out of the Greek
uprising against Turkey, the old story
of London dictation is likely TO be re-
peated. The continental governments
are divided on the old line Russia and
France are on one side. Germany, Aus
| tria and Italy on the other Whatever
course of action the Salisbury govern
ment may conclude TO take, with the
sanction of the house of commons, VIII
doubtless become in the end 1.-The con-
CpfI OF EUROPE. HO,O ti-Ats
warships in the Mediterranean are
tremendous argument in support of any
nolicy Premier Salisbury may adopt.
If he saws, Hands off-let Greece ana
Turkey fight it out" there viii be no
interference. If he decides that the
Greeks should abate their warlike az
dor and that Turkey should cede Crete
TO Greece, we may confidently expect
this adjustment of the trouble to quick
ly follow. 1t is apparent that in the
present situation whatever England
may say wiz go"
The word must soon be spoken. With
Gladstone laundering forth public SEN
timent against the Turk, answered only
by the misapplied taunt of lingo" the
tension has become too great TO per-
nit of continued hesitation or temper
izing delay. The premier will hear from
parliament this week. Meanwhile, the
ewes of the nations rest upon that
mighty squadron lying at anchor IN the
Mediterranean.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
ENGLANpS SUPREMACY.

England is the arbiter in all the great
er national affairs of the world. Even
the entire northern boundary of the
United States is defined by British POS
sessions The tight little island die
tates 10 the globe and dominates in The
Orient. in Africa, in Egypt and IN the
richest domain of Asia. She is now
getting ready TO move On the republic
of South Africa, which government
must yield or otherwise he obiiteraied
Austria, Italy. Spain and Portugal have
declined, as have most of the smaller
powers. Russia. Germany and France
only have advanced. But these three
will not overtake England. They muSt
continue 10 yield the palm TO the Eng
Lshman. Greece, Crete and Turkey are
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

A Du;chmsu who had lived mean ana
nigsardly life il South Africa, died. and
was buried. A large concourse OF his coua-
trymen attended tAe funeral And first ole
and then another tried his hand at euiogy,
bat broke down. for no ore recollected a
single good point about him; til a. last
an old fellow spoke is follows Vel.
heopies may say vat dey yin about Hsrs
bn, he wash seot schmoker. House
hold Words
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

A well-know vicar gives curious expe-
risnce. ID wzs his custom 70 point rs
sermons with ef.he-. Dearly beloved
brethren" OF Now. my brotasrs'' uni.
ose day a lady member of hiz oongregz-
ION took exception 10 this and asked him
why he always preached 20 Ire gentlemen
and Esvsr TO the lsd,es Ny dear lady -
aid sae beznsrz vicar. .'o1s embraces ne
other" Bur 70; n IRE church" ~ss ths
1spg .. he aston.ae5 .1cy.-TE-Bsts.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
someEconnmx There
From the Detroit Free Pres,

From the Detroit Free PressD
BY sending John y. Foster 10 Constan-
tinople with our bill for damages against
Abdul Hamid the administration viii ac-
complish the saving Of postage stamp.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
Follows the Ruie.

(From the Detroit SeWs)
Greece may eventually realize that IN
these days Of organization. even WAY is con
trollsd by a union.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
Now for Important Eaters.

Now that the spring elections are over
the public can settle down 70 the serious
business of LIE and decide what make %
bicycle il viii buy this year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17
The Ks,d They Enjoy.

CFrom the Atca.son Globe.l
The vomen's i5ea OF real satisfactory
Death scene Is one where the person about
10 depart leaves lot OF farewell messages
and instructions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Old Dick Thompson OF Indiana. who
makes a specially OF attending funerals o.
men who were born forty and fifty years
after him. was a paIl-bearer az the ia,e
Dan VOORHEES, funeral
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Chester Long writes to Emporia that he
is practically assured of the nomination Of
governor. Why then go TO the trouble OF
eiecting delegates.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

II congress had gone PopuIist there
would have been no free silver law. This
is an honest, emphatic statement FopJ-
ism had preached maximum freigh; rate.
longer than free silver.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Bob IngersoIl has been very popular but
the people are getting tired of him. The
people are beginning 10 become religious
again just for spite.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

John L. Sullivan, whose principle fear
seems to be that ne will die natural death,
is insisting on making match with Fitz-
siommons.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

"Malindy," said the Kansas Pop. I've
looked at conservatism in the dictionary
and is doesn't say word about Doodle"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Evidence is accommodating that Kansas
college professor can be removed, and the
state still survive. in a pdny sort OF fashion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Mckinley "Wednesday was called upon
self 10 visitors. This is regarded by the
Populists all over the country as strictly
unconstitutional.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Temptation acts on a Populist legislator
ike magnet does on a steel needle close
up TO 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Mrs. Beecher preceded Mrs. Tilton into
the shadow of the valley of death two
weeks Did they really meet Beecher some
where, and what took place?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

As to Kansas, it seems to be Ad Air-ship
per Aspera.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

If Bryan is elected president in 1862 there
will be no more monkeying about civil ser
vice He will fire every Republican in Of
fee in the first six months.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Baron Won Turkheim. who fooled San
Francisco. is somewhere in this nesshbor-
hood. having dropped off the train in Ne
braska. Maybe he Is the airship. He
Was very fy
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

Senator Vest says that he would rather
see Indians Roman Catholics than savsges.
When Vest runs for president he viii have
the A P A after him as Mckinley did. B
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

1t does not take much acumen to detect
that a mighty effort Is being made TO CEN
ter all the rottenness and vice of the Popu-
list party in the single person OF Lewelhng
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

With an inperious gesture she said:
Go Running Bun, 1 am white I canno:
be your wife. You are su Indian"
Cunning giittsred n his eyes he said.
slowly
Misty Dawn not white"
No, whte?"
Sixteenth
What Is sixteenth"
Negro
She remembered Tire word and staggered
back against the vaa. FAINT. blind with
sudden anguish. She recovered ass.n AMI
said.
Where is your proof
Running B2l rrove- Come"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-17

He stood there studying. Then he began:
MANY sleeps ago. Black Wolf's lodge
go far away. Broken Trees papoose died
Broken Trees wife heap sad. Black Wolf
see white mans house. Broken Tree crawl
to house. He come back with papoose and
give wife. II is sixteenth
We'll, well,'' Misty Dawn cried, impet-
uously.
You sixteenth
He smiled the broad, unmeaning smile
OF the Indian.
But that was Broken Trees capture?'
Broken Tree keep papoose, one cold and
one heat. Beffers papoose. Misty Dawn.
die. Annuity go for good. Running Bull
buy Broken Trees baby and bring her
here-bring you, Misty Dawn. here
A great JOY filed the woman. She had
been kidnapped She was not. then. In
dan, She could fairly love Running Bun
POW for the message he had brought Shs
had been stolent Where, then. was her
morher-her white mother and her father
her white fsther-the father too good 70
marry an Indian-anG the white young
man from The sistes-couid he know that
she was white An, what a iOad vas taken
from her heart.
The sun., 1897-11-07
AQUATICs.

Work was begun yesterday on boat
house on the Raritan River for Rutgers
College. The building will be so feet by
rs feet. 1t will not be an elaborate al
fair, but as it is close to the gymnasium,
which is thoroughly equipped, it will
make a convenient place for keeping the
shells. There are at present two six
cared barges as a nucleus for navy, and
as soon as the house is finished there will
be several additions. d. d. Williamson,
an alumnus, drew the plans for the
house, and all the money has been sub
scribed. Among the contributors was
Vice President Hobart, who is an alum
nus and trustee.
McCluny OF Iehigh and Dashiell Of
Annapolis have been selected to act as
referee and umpire, respectively, at the
Harvard-Yalc game They are the most
competent officials available, and have
rendered nothing but satisfaction in
many games Of the past. Dashiell is
one of the trainers of the present rules,
and knows how to enforce them better
than any umpire in the country. They
will probably act in IA similar capacity at
the Yalc-P Princeton game.
The sun., 1897-11-07
FOOT BALL.

The Indians came down from Carlisle
to scalp the Pennsylvania boys. Al
though they were themselves alped
they played good ball and must have
given the L. of p. team good scare
when they had them beat in the first
half by the score OF 10 s. Hudson's
two goals from the field were peaches.
The playing in the second half was very
hot, Pennsylvania scoring two touch
downs to the Indians nothing. The
final score was: L. Of p 20, Indians TO-.
Princeton didn't do thing to Lafay-
cite yesterday but beat them by the score
of 81 too.
At New Haven yesterday Yale won
from the Chicago A. c. by the score Of
l6to6.
Harvard Freshmen, 50; Pennsylvania
Freshmen, 0.
There will be a warm time at River
view next Thursday when the Indc-
pendents and Ariel teams play for the
l35-pound championship of the State.
Both teams are in fine shape and Il hot
time is expected.
At Creston, yesterday afternoon, the
Valley Social foot tball team defeated the
Orange A. c. by the score OF I too.
The Park Jr., and Bandywne ,Jr.,
played Il to game in the morning at
CrestOn.
At Chester-Upland first s; second 0.
At West Chester-Active A. A., 81
Chester High School, 0.
At MISUNDERSTANDING College,
10; Baltimore City College, 0.
At lthaca-Cornell, 45; Pennsylvania
State College, 0.
At West Point--United States Military
Academy, 4s; Lchigh, &.
Williams, 6; Amherst, I.
West Point, 20; Lhigh, 0.
Swarthmorr, 20; st. Johns, 0.
Brown q; Newton, 0.
The sun., 1897-11-07
Georgetown.

GEORGETOWN, Nov. 6.-fiX Recorder of
Deeds and Mrs. J. Morris expect at the
end Of the year to return to Milton,
their former home.
Louder T. Hearn has returned from
the Nashville exposition.
Mrs. John Morris, of near here, left
yesterday for Philadelphia, where she
will undergo treatment in a hospital.
Register of Wills W. F. Causey has
granted letters testamentary upon the
estate of Edward +. Sammons, deceased,
late of Nanticoke hundred; to William
NJ. Sammons, and letters of administra
ton upon the estate of Josiah p. Marvel,
deceased, late of Georgetown hundred,
to Harriet A. Marvel.
Superintendent of Schools Roman
Tammany, wife and son are visiting Mrs.
Tammany's parents, at Lewes.
Mr.. James L. Burtnctt, chief clerk at
the p, W. & B. Railroad station is ly-
ing very i'll at his home S26 Washington
street.
The sun., 1897-11-07
LOCATION OF ROADS.
Highways Should Follow Easy Grades
Even at the Expense Of Distance.

Highways Should Follow Easy Grades
Even at the Expense Of Distance.
A serious drawback to the improve
ment Of many roads is found in their
location. Originally they were not laid
out at all, but were formed by follow
ing settlers paths from cabin to cabin,
or by running along farm lines regard
less of other considerations, says The
L. A. W. Bulletin. As towns grew up
along them and travel increased their
disadvantages became more apparent.
Working them was almost useless, and
the time and energy wasted in hauling
loads over them on account Of poor sur
face and steep grades amounted to i'm
mense sums
In northern New Jersey Morris coun-
ty is an excellent illustration of this.
Before the work of nlacadamizing was
begun there General Stone addressed the
freeholders on the subject He found
that many Of the roads ran over hill
after hill, when often they could have
followed the valleys and skirted the
hills with saving of both distance and
grade. One principal road connecting
village with the county seat, seven
miles distant, and in the same valley,
runs over four great hills.
This township alone he figured "at
the low estimate Of half a ton per acre
carried annually, out and in, and at
the rate Of 81 per ton extra for the
hills, pays hill tax of $1,000 per year
on its IA, 900 acres. At the same rate
for the other hill townships the total
tax is over 800, 600 per year..
In such cases the most important
thing to do il to alter the course of the
roads or lay out new ones under scien-
tific direction. Opposition to such
changes may be expected at the outset,
but the result will satisfy the most
critical.
When points at higher elevation must
be reached, the most economical method
is to approach them gradually, even at
the expense of considerably lengthcnins
the distance. A grade Of one in ten is
the greatest that should ever be used.
Railroads are carried up steep inclines,
but not by attempting to scale them.
By serpentine lines they travel miles to
reach higher elevation, though ad-
vancing but a mere trifle. The same
policy should be employed in building
highways
The sun., 1897-11-07
GOLF.

The putting competition which was
played for by the women golfers Of the
Westchester County Club every Wednes-
day during October for silver cup
given by Mrs. O. H. Sands was won by
Mrs. A. V. II. Ellis, who scored I!
points.
The big event in the golting world
next week will be the open tournament
OF the Wcstchcstcr Country Club, which
will last four days, beginning Wednes-
day and continuing through Saturday.
The contest on the first day will be a 36
hole qualifying round, the best sixteen
to play for the Country Club cup and
the second sixteen competing for a con-
ISOLATION cup. If more than forty cards
are handed in a pewter cup will be offer
cd for competition among the other
players. The hole play rounds for these
trophies will continue Thursday and
Friday, the finals coming Friday after
noon. The team match idea has also
lent-itself favorably to the club, and the
closing event on Saturday will be team
contest, teams to consist Of four men
each, eighteen holes, medal play. A
silver cup goes to the club having the
winning team, and each member Of it
will receive Il special prize. A prize will
also 60 to the players making the lowest
individual score. The WestcheSter
Country Club links are popular with
golfers, and as the club knows how to
manage events Of this sort, large entry
list Of able golfers is sure to turn out.
Last year forty-four players finished the
qualifying round.
The sun., 1897-11-07
DIAMOND DUST.

President F. De Haas Robinson, Of
Cleveland, will propose new scheme at
the coming annual meeting Of the Nation
al League. 1t is that the filming Of play
ers by the umpires be done away with,
and that the umpire be fined $50 for
every case in which he fails to enforce
the rules. Every time player breaks Il
rule, especially those regarding personal
conduct towards the umpire, the umpire
must put him out of the game. When
enough players are put out of the game
to make it impossible to proceed, the
The sun., 1897-11-07
TURF TALK.

Charles d. Fair, son of the late Senator
J. q. Fair, has announced his retirement
from the turf. Mr.. Fair has been Il
liberal patron of racing for several years,
but has met with nothing but hard luck.
All his horses will be sold.
On October 26 G. A. Nelson and Ted
James, the English professionals, rode
against the 1OO-mile tandem record at
the Crystal Palace track, London, and
created new worlds figures from 81 to
100 miles.
The sun., 1897-11-07
MISCELLANY.

The corn-husking match which was to
have taken place yesterday between
Frank Pierce and James Primrose has
been postponed owing to sore finger
which handicaps Pierce to such an ex-
tent that the match would not be a fair
one. When the finger is well, the match
will probably be worked off, as the stakes
S25 side, are posted. The corn will be
furnished out OF this wears crop on the
farm of Frank Chapman, near Christiana.