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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
THE NATION AND IT'S NAVY

A navy is a costly defense, costly to
create and expensive to maintain. The
hull, engines, arms and armor-pIate for
a single vessel represent millions of
money. During the civil war s314, no..
| $50 was expended in the naval depart
ment, and since 1882 the expenses of
! our inferior navy have nearly reached
/ 1915, 900, 900. At the beginning of the
civil war the United States owned but
ninety vessels, forty-two of which were
! in commission, and they scattered to
! the four quarters Of the globe. There
were about l, 400 officers and 1900 sea-
men in the service. From this helpless
condition the navy was increased to
GIL vessels, manned by 90, 90 seamen and
about $500 officers. Through the eff
forts of Lincoln's energetic secretary
of the navy, Gideon Welles. the Unit
ed States navy became the mightiest on
the seas before the war closed. But the
decline was rapid. In 1888 the total
number of vessels in the navy was
ninety-six, of which only fifty-two were
in efficient service. The most powerful
navy in the world had dwindled until
it ranked about the twentieth. A nav
al board, appointed to determine the
requirements for a new navy" re-
ported on November Z, 1881, and rec
commended that after eight years build
ing the navy was to consist of twenty
one ironclads, seventy unarmored crui-
sers, twenty torpedo gunboats and five
rams. This was the initial step to-
ward the building of modern navy.
The cruisers Atlanta, Boston and Chi
cago and the dispatch boat Dolphin,
sometimes called the A, B, and D of
the new navy. were authorized to be
built in the naval appropriation act of
March 3, 1885,. Just three years later
the construction of the Newark, Char
lestown, Yorktown and Petrol was au-
thorized. Secretary Whitney recon-
mended more ships in his report of No
vember, 1885, and on August 8, 1886, the
Inflated Maine and the Texas were au-
thorized to be built. Congress, on June
30, 1890, authorized the construction of
the. coast line battIeships Indiana, Mas
sachusetts and Oregon and the power
full sea-going battleship Iowa. It was |
the opinion of Secretary Tracy that !
our navy should consist of 100 vessels, |
namely, twenty battleships, twenty |
coast defense ships and sixty cruisers. |
The Kearsarge and Kentucky, lately |
1895. and in June. 1896, the Alabama,
Illinois and Wisconsin were authorized |
The west has opposed the building
and maintaining of great navy since |
the close of the war, holding that ma
ton whose motto is peace" and hav-
ing no colonial possessions to protect, |
the expense was Unnecessary. OF |
course the seaboard states and cities
have persistently clamored for a great
or navy. The money expended for
building ships and maintaining them
goes almost wholly to seaboard COM
munities. In the light of present in
terests, whether a war with Spain ma
or not the seaboard will
doubtless have its wish and a great
navy will be constructed and hereafter
unless the experience of a
modern naval war should demonstrate
that great warships are unable to hold
their own with the less boats. the tor
peAO engines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Outlines Of Oklahoma


Editor Welsh OF Perry warns Cuba to
avoid freedom IL it means carpet-bagg@rs.
! AlonSo A Byers OF Newkirk VIII run Tor
the council branch Of the legislature next
fail
Whether war goes on or not. Oklahoma
should continue right along building .ail-
roads.
/ Jake Admire says: The railroads had
pointment"
burn down the Blaine county court house
A. WatonEa.
( Only so people registered At Guthrie and
only 10 OF these voted. Okiahoma is
I tired OF politics.
The Guthrie Leader is one OF the Okla
homa papers which weeps no moisture
over the death CT Brann.
/ Harry Thompson saws the Enid story
T that he accused Flynn Of being traitor
I TO free homes IS a bald-faced lie.
/ Out in Roger Mis- county the au;hori-
( ties have ordered ali fences down and the
/ ring-necked woollies tfsrmersl are hot
Il is not true that the Dawes commits
sioners' salaries suspend during war talk
/ The brook isn't in It with that Dawes
/ commission.
Enid has risen 10 the dignity OF young
mems prayer meetings The local papers
do not say whether they are largely at
tended or not.
Il is believed that had Spain adopted
deputy marshal tactics A. the beginning
OF The rebellion she could have wiped cut
the insurgents.
The girls in Oklahoma ire getting thu
Z fn1 In ~
class al r. Reno this year there are three
girls and two boys.
Out OF $50 Otoes only $50 have been Induc-
ed to take allotments and the inducing plan
Of holding a job has been goiRg on now
for about two years.
Il is said that the most popu,a~ song
just before taking Up a collection in the
churches in southern Oklahoma is one en-
tJled: Cast thy bread upon ths waters A"
The Perry Enterprise registered a nice.
brilliantly colored Kick AZ Governor
Barnes for ignoring the strip in appoint
ing regents To- the Normal school al I'D
mond
The work OF excavating for he base
ment OF the Normal building az AIva was
started last Friday afternoon. ana Eix
10 fifteen men and teams have since been
moving the dirt. r. NJ Davis has the con-
tract
Nearly all Populist papers IN oklahoma
have 4 hard time OF Il. while the Demo-
cratic papers are signally prosperous. Fn-
sion in Oklahoma does not mean what IL
did - Kansas-the observation q tho
Democrats
The jefferson Rustler refers % war 5
run" as follows. 1T Is stated that SpEia
has made her last concession President
Mckinley viii send his message 10 con-
sress Monday and then u Spain won't
yield the fun Will begin.
Ben Coats OF Payne county came into
Saltwater tho other day with a face that
looked as though II had been put through
a corn-sheIler. He explained that he vRs
unmarried and had 20 cut his own wood.
The ak struck a knot and large section
of timber bis CountenhnCe-
Out az ArApahoe Judge Tarsney ate his
breakfast in bed. This demonstration q
plutocracy excited the town AMI a moo
was gathering when "a learned that
= cup OF coffee bad upset. p0urel out on
the bed and account lated IN a hollow In
which Judge Tarsncy sat- scaldlrS the
freckies or him. This appeased tbs peo-
pEe and they dispersed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Southern Kansas Business Men.

/ In the establishment Of credulitY. after
having lost u, there are three requisites
! % Seriousness. 20 more seriousness. %
/ still more seriousness.
I A point should not BE changed 70 ~ =
phrase. A plain phrase with an import
! ant announcement Is much more effective
/ than a f1nciful phrase signifying moth
( Ing.
/ II a store makes grand pretsnssona. Il
must be forever rejecting evidence % It's
greatness. One grand splurgs and com
plete recession yin not convincs The pub
+ lie. Things must be on a grand scale. and
I enthusiastic endeavor % maintain ths
standard At al times present
The most valuable article on The mar
/ ket Is accommodation. II costs nothing
IN money: 81 - more highly sficAcioua
Z than ouy other ware. Il - In harmony
with any surroundings for a merchant
keeping a store Ia dug-out can gain
custom by being accommodating
The accumulativs power - effort Il
wonderful thing 50 strong is So. that 20
people seeing a merchant striving % m
prove his store a. once give their active
sympathy and therein help him. Almost
uncousc. Dusty people lend thsir support
% the man " no Isl struggling 20 40 better,
no matter in what line he IL enEsEeL
Edward Everett, Hale says The pub
lie doe NOT undsrs, ard today shy one
paper u.s. successful and why another grad
uauy runs beh.na-har6 7 believe my
eeIf that ne success Of a great Journal
may a1vayH be measured by ifa skin IN
600. narration o. facts This sEil r. an
important function be- these eFsnif1l
times. And the people ike facts ia tha
adss~tlrsuenfs- facts vhich fhrir luez-
mem r~f'- them are f4cts-j4af aa much
o. they llae accuracy in the rens.
IRE necessity ~ PERSISTENT advertising
is largely q creature ~ enc times Ths
ea.lg papers contain 20 ularl. that pe9-
bic - once Y-lfrQHlsh iboaE1f ~ ail they
hasa read the morning before vren they
elsft il on another morflnzs Fsprr. II
but ono paper year uaa ifsIef an 60
Y-rtie~rnert iu thst paper w7Iid create
an impression iastnF she urois year
-a1rI Eal b would gov mor1fonoas
a1G oafFsde general s'fe~f. Ike riga
ENSURES. would become iHarr-f lat
~ 20 merchant charged bic advertise
n1srf. ~ rGelsrKsa advert FrrrsHf nun
riag seek after week u eHf BE- e~rrfivs.
ia q measure Baf vf~r other Merchants
a. ehaare ara ore daer 500. fhe rr-e1-
ife- become DEED eTarf H1u0trny -
saForfe = mafhe- r1lz aer BABY 20
slrep tF rsgfs TX esff md User aEals
luta1F. PES people can rrrt s.r~5
br01Ent nr ht frs ss-K 70 ere wHrrs
Eai~ ff4vei-S ~ yoH N4rf fa flf g98r
rralers % Sleep 80 tnr rev- 20 Fra- rf1Ts
rratntz5a aa 4aca sagsc seFsf. .aerafat-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
gallY Eagle
NJ. M. MURDOCH. Editor.
THE TRUTH AT LAST.

Convinced that the United States
would be found at a disadvantage, IN
the eyes and in the estimation Of the
world, in a war involving dollars and
cents, President Mckinley, in a states
manlike way. and by masterful diplo-
macy, shifted the issue from the Maine
disaster to the broader one of human
ity. Had America gone to war over
the loss of two million dollar ship
and the lives which the destruction of
the vessel involved, without being able
to prove that the dastardIy work was
the Official act of Spain, the world
would have looked upon the war as one
waged partly for vengeance and partly
for gain. The conflict now, if not
averted, will be for and in the name of
humanity, yet one in which the Maine
and her crew, lying buried in the mud
of Havana harbor, will never be forgot
ten or lost sight of for a moment.
But in fact there is no longer any
question touching the treachery which
Eent the Maine to the bottom Of the
sea, and which so ruthlessly blotted
out the lives Of her patriot sailors. Her
destruction is no longer considered an
accident" nor will it be treated as an
incident" The conclusive findings of
the court of inquiry aside, evidence
accumulates daily. going to prove that
she was not only blown up by sub
marine mine Of terrific force, but that
the Mine could only have been explod-
ed by official instigation and direction.
In addition and confrmatory of the
mass of accommodating evidence all
pointing in the one direction, comes
the unsolicited affirmation Of Joseph
Powell Gibbons, the London electrician
who has for thirty years been supply
ing Spain with submarine mines. Glib
bons declares that whatever Weyler
and the ministry of Spain may assert to
the contrary, that he constructed the
mines for Havana and Ferrol, and that
he shipped these destructive engines in
Spanish ships for their destination
with the necessary appliances to plant |
and fire them by electrical shore |
connections, and that they could be eX- !
ploded in no other way, and that he /
has not the slightest hesitation in af- |
firming the conviction that the Maine |
was deliberately destroyed by a 500 |
pound ground mine invented and sup |
piled the Spanish government by him
self and which was exploded by closing /
h shore circuit, the connecting appa-
Patus of which was under lock, the key
being in official Spanish possession.
Mckinley has proved the man for the
place and hour. Later, on last Mon
day, his entire cabinet was against
him. urging him to send in his mes
page, declaring that Lee would get
out safely and that the action would
save the president in the estimation of
the American people. Mckinley repl-
ed that it was not question as to
what should become of him, either as a
man or as president, and that he would
BOT send in his message until Lee and
other Americans in Cuba were safely
off the island
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Along the Kansas Nile.

Coburn says: I have no headouarterS
no manager, no bureau 70 barrel. ~
badge or glee clubs" This NAY be com
pleted later ~ the addition Of no nomIna-
;ion."
OJher towns vsinlv Try - be uo-ta.d ate
like Wichita, bat fail Rfsht ~ IRE midst
81 he present excitement Wichita elect
20 Mr.. Cuban 10 the council uIthoa. op-
position.
As the Eagle predicted. sseree. he ear
didste for mayor ~ Kansas CHv. fhs
fefio. ziih q deubIs in Hir rarne. va
beaten. TIE 90 Is q hoo1oo IRIS year
Leedy Sc Included
The fseline IN Kansas seems - bs ,hst
r. IS perfectly legitimate - Re fsr va
ard = the z1rst comes 70 tee W8~st I'd
adiea 20 al yo1. beat friends as t-ey
put asaT ~ ere front
The sasri@ 70 s5zzuss eo-7rty re s-ss-
DAY ewocrre f~v- or fhrse toirfff.s at
poured that- Hauor fnto ire streets Cee-
tstious or she market - Tarexs trsx
store stock a. oocs arose tSe goirfs
Charley Goo1~fa - Lyons ~ skaKsay
Alaska wTlteH bore ;ha- O. - very Or
ard ssyE. Tol w8 hardly knew ~.
have whfssers SIX ircrRs soax 81 ae~a
would PETERS beard % 10. II ne sscul1
HTs BIZ Alzak4 8 WslsT
The Erup9rss Cazstt@ ri 5ssss -hst
11an J. IrTaEs psg@5 ~ 80 grfe-shIrt
re 1ther ntEas sn5 psuslrz eefSse rnir-
ror Cox q rraeasent ss4cslats9 e 1nn-t
ses ny rre EoFsr1ausuf - rsssiuz sscf
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the-e sre seca - 81 bone
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Tsr5 80 rad Torks1 ~ e1r RI Teoeza
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fhag @3'h Ea5sa 2 Goefss . Jsaesz. f.s
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Handlnc % Perfeetion.

prom Caldwell A9vancsl
The Wichita Eagle got Ctt - issus
Monday morning tn order 70 sccoUu otats
S. thousands Of readers who we're an1-
ious 70 learn more about tire prospective
y ~ between Uncle sam ard Spain TIE
Eagle Is handing 1he war nsvss 70 psrtsc-
siou. ard y being several hours earlier
than any other paper makes g the leading
daily for southern Kansas and Oklsa bona
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
TIER East. Our WEST

Balfour is England's greatest states
man. notwithstanding the fact that the
premiership is held b. his uncle. Lord
Salisbury Balfour is the man who IN
spired the English aspiration for a
Pan-AnglU- American alliance. ana he
who encouraged the open expression OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
ate Bit

Fro-. .he Atchisoa El5oe-
The New YORK Jozruai loses So bet
there VII be 70 war. TIE y .ch-tz Eagis
Z 20 r-isse-s tss guesE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Lizzie T-slzseszzaA. tas sbs.laats o.
=e-s-ase y51zz Z seea q Hoard. ps.o tas
rstass5 - -zp.t sarosa->sea. as-g a eoSsa
prlncss ots@~s1 % nsr - coasse-z. nss =
usw rsega2zae- :. = Her Eery Ds.sE-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
Rainy Season in Cuba.

The coming OF the rainy season is the
prospect which has most worried the ad-
vocates OF hasty action in Cuba The ter
rors 10 Northern people of Cuban rainy
season have never been half told An
American who has spent many years on
the island. and whose trustwortbiness
can not be questioned. thus describes
them:
The mud is something that we know
nothing of; if you attempt TO ride horse
back, on any of the roads outside the
city, the first thing you know your horse
will sink down into q hole so that his
legs will disappear completely from view.
Nothing short of yoke of oxen can get
the horse out, and II requires dexterous
management so to locate the oxen that
by the time the horse is raised TO TIE
surface they viii not be out of sight in
their turn In short, travelling is practi-
cally out Of the question during the rainy
season But these inconvenience of get
ting about are not the worst part of it,
The rainfall each day is almost torrential
and the northerner who once gets thor
oughly wet is sure TO come down with
yellow fever"
Why could not our soldiers protect
themselves against getting wet by ruboe-
clothing?" he was asked.
When the sun comes out between the
showers" he answered. the thermome-
ter stands al 10, and the mugginess Is
beyond description. The rains are almost
downfalls of warm water, and rubber
garments in these circumstances would be
very oppressive. II will be almost i'm
possible for northern soldiery to escape
yellow fever. and the percentage of deaths
could not but be enormous. 1t is a dis
ease that must be taken in the first TWEEN
tyfour hours or the case is hopeless. Our
boys would drop down like sheep, and
the prospect is horrible to contemplate.
The great mortality of the Spanish troops
has not been due to the arms of the in
surgents, bur TO the ravages of the fever.
Comparatively few Spaniards have been
wounded by the rebels. This is proved by
the fact that Spain has continued 10 kill
as bandits all insurgents whom she has
captured under arms. This policy would
not have been possible had the insurgents
been capturing Spaniards, too. for the kill
ing of prisoners-of-wa always stops
when it becomes two-sided. In Havana
and the fortified towns during the rainy
season, the mud is, Of course. not so dis
turbing an element, but the filth is some
thing awful to behold, and for purposes
of health, foreign soldiers might Just as
well be in the country districts as in the
cities"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Il Is humilitaung thing. but politics
IS above patriotism. TIE ab-se o. PRES
dent IS rot new With Mckinley. Al dur
ing re civil war. T4accia was opposed
by q formidable parry IN toe north. VIA
ala everything 20 eIae1Eass and annoy ard
defeat hln
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Hoon.hine and .tammerinz.

Moonstzns azs neaa found % have a
marked e1sc< o. s.z-lEce-Lns- PeoP-s 50
a1l.caed stauu1e- r1osT 81 f1I EIoca-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
wh.tth. Brfti.h xavYfs Worth.

Z IS calculated szsz ere czg-tal "a - q
~ B-..ssa nay q s-- F-szezs -zs eE-
eesss So. ags gc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Many Americans have come so near to
war that they suddenly realized that some
body was apt to get killed, and are now
protesting against it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

General Lee will not be the Democratic
candidate for president. lie will refuse to
run. He is too good an American to abuse
President Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

tion were held IN Kansas tomorrow for or
against war and every man who voted for
war was also obliged to enlist Kansas
would vote against war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

The Spanish nation is not afraid Of US.
This is irritating. If lit5le hy-speck like
Spain isn't afraid of US what must Ger
manys or Russia opinion of US be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Early tomorrow morning Spain can save
herself lot of unnecessary trouble by
dropping a line 10 President Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

If Spain saves her honor this time she
should put it behind a combination lock
and bride burglars to let it alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

The men in this country who have been
praying that tor political reasons the
president Of the United states mighy make
gr4eyous mistake II dealing with spain.
SchouId take thesr a-s!us out ard examine
the.n 20. the microbes % treachery
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

In order TO please some politicians. what
the nation wants is a president, who will
rush blindly, idioucally and angrily into
war at the first drop of the hat. and get
ingloriously damned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

A. Key West at American naval Official
looked az three monitors and said. Those
Etrle things could Ack ehe whole Spanish
navy" Pat him in chains and send him
10 a E2d-house- This nation wants 10
foo.s IN its navy al This junctuTe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

People, newspapers and nations usually
get excited over the wrong things. What
a row there was over the yellow fever
scare. Yet last year dlphtheria carried of
more people in Michigan than yellow
fever did in the whole south.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

Teaching geography by news is not a
success. Everybody knows now where
Matanzas, Cape Verde and St. Thomas
are, but who remembers the location of
Dokomo, PharsaIa and VeleStiuo?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10

The United States VII have something
10 say about the government Of Cuba
when Il - conquered. Mark Hanna IS
strictly correcs when ne says eilak tbs
country owes nothing 90 c1e Cuban junta
and is -moutaed .oafe-s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-10
There will be war with Spain.

There viii be war with Spain
If Spain saves her honor this time she
should put it behind combination lock
and bride burglars to let it alone.
Early tomorrow morning Spain can save
herself a lot of unnecessary trouble by
dropping a line 10 President Mckinley.
General Lee will not be the Democratic
candidate for president. lie will refuse to
run. He is too good an American to abuse
President Mckinley.
Many Americans have come so near to
war that they suddenly realized that some
body was apt to get killed. and are now
protesting against it.
The Spanish nation is not afraid Of US.
This is irritating. If little fy-speck like
Spain isn't afraid of US what must Ger
uIany's or Russia's opinion of US be.
1t is different in the east. but II an cleo
tion were held IN Kansas tomorrow for or
against war and every man who voted for
war was also obliged to enlist Kansas
would vote against war.
In order TO please some politicians. w4lat
the nation wants is a president, who will
rush blndly. idioucally and angrily into
war at the first drop of the hat. and get
inglorously damned.
Teaching geography by news is not a
success. Everybody knows now where
Matanzas. Cape Verde and St. Thomas
are, but who remembers the location of
Dokomo, Pharsala and VeJestino?
People, newspapers and nations usually
get excited over the wrong things. What
row there was over the yellow fever
scare. Yet last year dlphtheria carried of
more people in Michigan than yellow
fever did in the whole south.
The United States VIII have something
10 say about the government Of Cuba
when II ~ conquered. Mark Hanna IS
strictly correc; when ne says elak tbs
country owes nothing 90 a1e Cuban junta
and is foul INQUIRED .oafe-s
A. Key West at American naval Official
looked at three monitors and said. ''Thoss
litrle things could Ack ehe whole Spanish
navy" Pat him in chains and send him
10 a rn2d-house- This nation wants 10
zoos IN It's navy al This JU1cture.
The men in this country who have been
praying that tor political reasons the
president Of the United states H1ighy make
q gr.eyous mistake II dealing with spain.
schouId take their a-a!us out ard examine
the.n foc the microbes % eachs-y
Il Is a humiiitaung thing. but politics
IS above patriotism TIE ab-se o. a PRES
dent IS lot new NTH Mckinley. AL eur-
ing ne civil war. T.iacci3 was opposed
Nv : srr-rriief he 49, IN Ne .,.n-.N -