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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
FOR THE BAPTIST RALLY
Reverand Meredith of Topeka and
Others Arrive.

The First Baptist church people are
vigorously preparing for their two days
meeting to be held Wednesday and Thurs
day. May and 8. Elder e. B. Meredith
is already here from Topeka, and other
prominent pastors of the state will arrive
today
Meeting will be held in their recently
purchased building, corner First and
Market. The first meeting will be held
at 10 a. m. Wednesday, and at 2:3O p. m
E. H. Teal OF Mcpherson viii preach. At
7:3O p. m. Evangelist Edith Hill-Booker
will be the preacher.
Notice of the Thursday meeting viii ap-
pear later.
Chairs sufficient to seat the whole house
will be placed today for the accommoda-
ton of the congregations. Enthusiasm is
almost at war heat among the members
of the church and all are confident OF a
successful issue. Everyone is invited TO
all OF the meetings both day and evening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA
ELM FIN FUNI

FUN! i ~ r GN4
Is what the thester goers want 'OHr
age runs to laughter" said Business Man
ager Cuuigan OF the Georgia University
Students. who appear at thu opera house
next Monday. May 3 3Iy company comes
here 10 crowd as much enjoyment into an
evenings entertainment as minutes and
old Father Time viii allow.
Every feature Is new and positively orig
iual and We promise vsritaole K,pnd.ke
OF bright latest songs, racy humor. music
galore. genteel comedy sketches ard every
feature that could possibly add 70 al IN
eQualled program.
At the Auditorium tbs world famous
Eyers' CoIored Comedians opened % a
full house last night To say they were
good would be drawing < mildly. Tney
sang and danced themselves into great
favor from Start 20 finish Their p.&a-z-
ton scenes we're simply grand. Tonight
they Play plantation fro.lcs- Tie price
% admission Is but % centz a. over TIE
hCasa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
VERY VALUABLE HEIRLOOM
Pair of Revolutionary BuIIet-MOIds
Here in Wichita.

Miss Alice Clark. rs South Empovia. has
q genuine heirloom, the buliet-molGs used
by her great-grezt-grandfat in the
Revolution. She brought them 10 the
Eagle yesterday ard they are now on ex-
hibltion in this ofice. They are OF stone.
Miss Clark's mother writes their history
as follows:
who used them in the Revolutionary war.
was named John Woodruff and lived 70
the age of ninety-three, dying at the
home of my grandfather, Joseph Wood
xut in Andoyer, AIleg heney county, New
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
Special
r Purses. made Of calf skin; worth
Real Estate Transfers.

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract and
Land Company. H NJ Dubois. Abstract
or, Court House Phone 293)
VIM GreiRenstein to Nellie q.
Cairns q. c. d.. lots MS. 1l2O Carlos
avenue, GreifIenstein's 18th add u
James r. Mccoy to Ida Hersley. ".
d.. lots Is. % and 30 Ida avenue,
Kelsch's Ord add ...........-.-...-.. 800
Nathan A. vandusen 20 JernimA Me-
LISA Bowers. ". g., >. NJ. ne or.
and Sc or. nv. or. ssc I-29-2e ...-.. $500
Dora r. Taggart, gdn. 10 L. N.
Mahan, gdn. d, lots !, q 3. : and
St. Mark .....- ...-..-..----.--....- 10
Dora Iaggart 10 L. NJ Mahan ". q.
lots and Main g.. St Mark 30
Helen l. Fees 20 Lacy II Woodland.
W d. n hf lot 7s and s. 1914 f.
lot Is Emporia avenue. Mead's add 90
BENZ T. Smith 70 John G. Haak,
". d. So or. SEQ 1-2s-2w ........-..... I750
Amount OF real estate mortgage TO
4EflLEe9 A51g
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
Chicago, April 30. 1898.


Finlay Ross. Mayor. Wichita, Kan
Dear Sir-In connection with my letter
Of yesterday regarding the extension Of
franchise for Wichita railway. would state
We have the following material ready to
ship the minute Messrs. Church & Ellis
assure US the money is ready. The cars
are practically completed. The boilers
are almost completed. as well as the en-
gines. and the material for the steel build
Ing is all gotten out. The generators and
motors are ready TO snip, as is the wire
and other details. In twenty-four hours
from the time the bonds are sold we can
commence shipment 1 trust the letters
TO Mr. Church from the bankers viii prove
satisfactory to you. and we stand ready to
fulhH our contract with the railway COM
pany the minute the bonds are received.
The arc lighting machines and lamps are
ready to ship on twenty-four hours no.
tice
Trusting to hear from you on this mat
ter, We remain, your truly,
J. HOLT GATES co.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03

York. He gave the moles to my father,
Joseph Woodruff, some time before his
death: also the musket he used in the
war. 1 remember the muskst and have
often seen my father run bullets to use
herewith My father died at my home in
Wellington, Sumner county. Kansas, in
May, 1892. in his seventy-seventh year
John Woodruff. Joseph Woodruff and
are the only persons that have ever
owned the molds. With the exception OF
John Woodruff, the Revolutionary soldier
the Woodruffs for several generations
were only sons named Joseph John
Woodruff had one or more brothers l do
not know his birthplace. regiment or COM
pany, nor in what state he enlisted
"Respecrfully,
''NETTIE NJ. CLARK.
s'E1IreLxa Strings Arkansas"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
Death ofGeneraI sfasoa.

St. Paul. MINI. April 9o.-Brevst Briga~
der General Edwin c. Mason. u s. n,
retired, died az hts home in thiS city a.
- so'cIock this afternoon His affection
was acute heart disease. With numerous
complications. The general was 81 years
OF age and hts lie had been chiefly srsat
IN arduous duties In ths military ssrvice.
He was stricken While al church some
weeks siucs. and al the c.rcumSa8ces
have been AKA nst tim
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
DEATH OF BEN HERMES
Funeral Occurs From Pro- Cattle draI
Today.

BENJAMIN Hermes, age 4s years. died
Sunday at 1:2O D. M, at the residence Of
his daughter. Mrs. NJ. Crowley. 129 North
Washington avenue. Mr.. Hermes was for
a number of years one of Wichita's prom
inent citizens, but for the last five years
had resided in the Cheyenne country. The
funeral will be held at p. m. today at
Pro-CathedraL Interment IN Catholic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
Iohn Y-McKnneaFree Man.

Sing s'ng. \. =, April 3o-Joha 7. Nc
Kane. tas former Gar OF coney Island
completed a tsrrn OF fvs years in che
SAFE prison here today. and Is nosE a free
man. HIS brother. Theodore AcKaze ard
= party % friends scco nosnsed sinn home
70 Nsw York McRaae's crime was viola
ton q es.e election laws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
ATHLETIC MEET FRIDAY
High school and Paramount Re- Date
Contest.

The dual meet of the High school and
Paramount athletic associations has been
dated for next Friday afternoon, at the
fair grounds. If tho rains should inter-
fere the events will be pulled off Satur-
day. The banquet will occur Saturday
night
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
KNGMAN TELEPHONE LINE
Manager DuSgan Puts on Force OF
Twenty Men.

Twenty Hen.
Manager L f. Duggan of the telephone
company yesterday put force of twenty
men TO building the Kingman telephone
line under the foremanship of Charles
Dickson. The work began on the West
Side on Seneca street The poles were
all unloaded Friday and Mr.. Duggan says
the hne will be pushed to rapid compile
finn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
SOuR STOMACH

Ard every forra q Eicas1s weakcsss
curss - TIE EsE discovery ETEAKTa
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
.fARY STROBE.

Mr. AND MRS. P. P MASON.
Mr. AND MRS. a c CLARK.
Mr. AND MRS. 9 u. IA PAZ.
AR GEO. r STROBE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
card ofThank-.

We desire 70 extend Cur Eiucere and
heartfelt gratitude % the G. A ?. E q.
Y, L A s. Rev. Fzzsl, trisa1s. yhs
donors 81 ire beautiful Offering, the 6-1n
corps. tie buE,er. ard al tie otasr
other friends for n. help reztsre9 ara
The kind. a1scaonzts expressions % syn
pzthy and condolsnce extended Us e Cur
bereavement n TIE less q cur Husband
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
Weather for Wichita today
Fair. slowly rising temperature
A Large Check

Often makes an attractive coat bat is
DOESN'T take large cheek to buy an at
traetive garment Of the MODEL. Don's
waste money buying 8 Suit until you have
seen our Spring Styles in rsady-to- wear
Clothing. We can 81 you nicely. Prices
moderate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-03
ViCtOry,!

Il perched on the banner % cur eSuneryN
and long may II remain
HaASe's Mariuir;e Herring. ready fsr
the table, .-.-...--..-.---.-...s----. -
Persian Dates per o..................--.. -
Nice Oranges. per peck....--.----.........sea
Cooking Figs. per Eb.............-.........sac
Vermont Maple Sugar, , Fes..-........-..&o
Marshmsiisw Sandwiches. Io..--.........Feo
few words concerning
CHASE s. SANBORN'S CoFFEES.
We are glad to see that other dealers e.
Douglas avenue appreciate the sxesaencs
OF these Coffees and Teas, and are Assist
ing us IN advertising them personally End
through the newspapers. ana we thank FL
such dealers. a. each and ever pound &c
c. & Sc Importattons must pass thrOcgh
eur handA
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Insurance as a Political Question.

All great matters of convenience
which concern human affairs have grown
from small beginnings. The individual
man is the initial figure. The move
ment begins with him out among the
people. Then it spreads and grows until
it affects all the people. To illustrate:
Take the highway. The first roads led
from place to place a short distance
to accommodate individuals and fami-
lies. Men in organized bodies soon
opened ways Of greater length to serve
communities. Finally governments
opened and graded the Kings high
way" Now the public road is univer-
sally opened and maintained by the
people at large. 1t is a public institu
tiOn.
Railroads were first used in hauling
coal from the mines and rock from the
Quarries-purely private arrangements.
When the first locomotive engines were
used ON longer roads and freight was
carried for anybody, the company was
not responsible beyond the end Of its
line Now the railroad is held to be
public highway, and in most of the ma
tiOns they belong to the whole people.
News was first conveyed by persons on
foot and delivered from the lips of the
carriers. Now the government of the
United States is paying about $9O,OOO,OOO
a year for carrying and distributing the
mails. Money and it's exchange and cir
culation were at first purely private
matters; but now they are controlled by
law, and the coinage of money is uni
Yersally regarded as the exercise Of SOW
ereign function So common has this
kind of growth and development come
to be that an economic principle has
been formulated to the effect that when
ever anything in the way OF personal use
or convenience grows TO an extent that
all the people become interested in 1t
SO that It's management in private hands
is big enough to amount to public
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Does the Majority Rulep

In popular government the majority
ought to rule, but it does not do so in
any case where by law a plurality de-
termines the issue. And under our pc
culiar way of choosing the chief magis-
trate Of the republic, a minority Of the
popular vote frequently elects.
A case in point is the municipal cleo
tion in New York city last November
The World recently referred to that
election and analyzed the vote cast for
the several candidates Van Wyck was
Tamanys candidate for Mayor; Gen
eral Tracy was the Republican candi-
date; Mr.. Low represented the Citizens
Union, and Mr.. George stood for the re-
form voters
Van Wyck's plurality over Low was
S2,457, and over Tracy it was 131, 1884,
yet he lacked 56,562 votes of a majority
over all the votes cast. Low and Tracy
combined had 1906 plurality over Van
Wyck. OF the registered voters, 1892
did not vote at all. Counting the George
vote, about 10000, it appears that the
winning candidate fell short Of major
ity of the citys voters about 100000
voters.
Our laws ought to be revised in this
respect. 1t only requires that, in case
like that of New York, a second elec-
ton be had when the leading two candi-
dates only shall be voted for.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

tain day in wheat or corn or both, as
may, at the time, best suit his cOnVe-
nlence, and when the day comes he de-.
clines corn. Black refuses to receive the
corn because its market price has fallen
below that OF wheat since the day the
contract was made. Has Brown acted
in good faith? Mr. HOar would answer
YES; he has done just what he prOm-
ised to do, and Black has no just ground
for obiecting."
But, when 1t comes to treating our
public creditors that way, Mr.. Hoar OBJ
jeCts and says that we must pay not as
we agreed to pay, not according TO the
contract, but according to the wishes Of
our creditors. He says that changes In
conditions work changes in contracts,
and when the market price Of silver
falls, we must pay In gold.
This violates the law, and allows the
creditor to make and enforce a contract
to which the people are not a party. We
promised to pay our debts In coin and
the law has clearly and specifically pro-
Wded just such cases by fixing In the
statute what coins shall constitute dol
lars; but here come these wise men and
insist on throwing aside one kind and
paying with another, though It be
greatly to our inconvenience and loss.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
UnuuestiOned and UnassaiIable.n .

The President of the United States
following in the order of precedents set
by his late predecessor, availed himself
of a recent meeting of business men in
New York city to emphasize the decla-
ratiOns in his inaugural address and in
his messages relating to the financial
policy OF the administration. He said:
''he money Of the United States is and
must forever be unassailable.'
Strange, indeed, that the President
of the United States is so hampered by
his surroundings that he does not recog-
nize the trust when ne sees 1t. He, him
self, his Secretary of the Treasury, ev-
cry member of his Cabinet and great
many of his voting friends scattered all
over the country have been engaged,
ever since in the early months Of 1893,
in questioning and assailing two-thirds
Of the money Of the country. He and
they have been proclaiming from the
housetops, they have said officially and
unOfficially, publicly and privately
orally and in writing, that our silver
coin, though of full weight and OF stand
ard fineness, is worth only half it's
face, and that all our paper money,
though legal tender, must be redeemed
in gold, in face of the fact that the law
does not so provide. He appointed
commission to foreign countries to ne
gotiate an International monetary con-
ference for the purpose OF putting hun
dred per cent more fiat in our silver;
he recommends the work of the Indian
apoIis commission providing for the re-
tirement of one-third of our money, and
he, for himself urges that the legal ten
ders be housed in the treasury and paid
out only for gold, while Secretary Gage
prepares a bill to more thoroughly
commit the country to the gold stand
ard"
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Gross
assets.
Name OF Company.

These are Ave out of twenty-eight OF
the principal life insurance companies
of the United States, and the amount Of
insurance they have out is 1881 ,2SS,S1S
The assessed valuation OF all the taxa
bic property in the United States in
1890, as reported by the Census bureau,
was $25, ,473, ,173,41S, only seven times as
much as this vast volume Of insurance.
The taxable property of all the six New
England States with New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania added, was val
ued at $2262 ,3S0,Il3, nearly thousand
million less than the insurance held by
five Of the great companies. And this is
saying nothing about fire insurance, ex-
Cept that the aggregate losses by fire
in the United States in twenty-three
years beginning with 1875, as reported
to insurance companies, amounted to
$2,426, 237, ,91l.
Investigations by impartial agencies
have shown that life insurance, on the
general average costs about SO year
on the thousand dollars insured. That
is about one-half what 1t costs in the
best mutual companies, and from one
third to one-fourth the cost in the old
line companies.
These great corporations erect costly
buildings on high-priced land, where
the business is transacted in splendid
apartments by men receiving high SAL
aries The profits are enormous and 1t,
of course, comes out of the earnings Of
the insured.
These facts are stated for the purpose
of attracting attention of Legislators and
students of reform in taxation. Ii the
Legislature of Kansas has not now the
necessary authority TO establish, in our
insurance department, system OF State
insurance on life and property, the mat
ter ought to be submitted to the voters
Insurance has grown big enough to be
made public question, and under the
operation of State system wisely man
aged the cost to the insured would be
less than one-half present rates, and
then the work would be honestly done
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
A Sample Of Good FinanCiering,

The way the Union Pacific railroad
foreclosure case was managed by the
government was creditable to all the
parties concerned, but especially to the
Attorney General the President and the
Secretary of the Treasury.
1t was feared by many that the pay
ment of so large a sum Of money ($5S,-
600 OOO) would derange the business OF
the country and occasion losses in some
quarters. But the work was done through
the banks in connection with the treas
ury of the United States in manner so
smooth and practicable that not ripple
was seen on the trade surface.
And the country had lesson in
finance in that transaction. 1t taught
us how to use public credit in place Of
coined money 1t taught, also, that
banking institutions, in their legitimate
sphere, when well managed, are essen
TALLY useful agencies in handling credit.
1t taught still another lesson and that
of supreme importance-that the gov
ernment OF the United States is compe-
tent to transact business relating to pri-
vate matters as well as those of a pub
lie nature.
Banks ought to be made public in
stead of private institutions, and then
everybody would be and feel secure in
his dealings with them. When check
was drawn against deposits 1t would be
honored; when savings were called for
they would be forthcoming. Panics
would cease their troubling, and all
dollars would be sound ones.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Their Wisdom is POolishness.

"Mr. Hoar replied to Mr.. Teller in
speech, in which he deplored the re-
markabe effort of the Colorado Sena-
tor He contended that the question
was not one Of legal power, but of honor
and good faith"
The question under discussion was
whether payment Of our national obll-
cations in silver coin would be in viO-
latiOn of public faith. Mr.. Teller had
the negative and Mr.. HOar the afIirma-
tive. Mr.. HOar is one OF the wise men.
He halls from the East. He is, prob
ably the best type Of the New England
I'uritan now in public life. He is learned
in law and Is member Of several asso
Citations of learned men and women OF
a high order. He is an honest, sincere
man. And yet he and such as he stand
before the people and tell them that
what is honest among them as indivldu-
ais is dishonest in their dealing with
public creditors.
Let this statement be submitted to
Senator Hoar: A and B enter into an
agreement by the terms Of which A
promises to pay to b, on certain day,
one hundred bushels of wheat. When
the day Of payment arrives tenders
the wheat, according to agreement, and
B refuses to receive it because, since
the date of the agreement, the market
price of wheat has declined. Query: Has
A performed his part faithfully and hon
estly? Mr.. Hoar would answer Yes
without the least hesitation. He would
say: "The law has determined what
a bushel of wheat is--sixty pounds of
merchantable wheat, and A promised to
deliver one hundred such; having done
just what he agreed to do, he has hon
estly fulfilled his promise"
Again: Suppose that Mr.. Brown
agrees with Mr.. Black that he, Brown,
will pay to Black debt due on GER
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
CURRENT DISCUSSION.
By EX-SENATOR PEFFER.

dollar have come to be in great demand,
and the treasury, lacking new or full
weight coins is compelled to pay out
the old worn pieces. Is that honest?
Is the Treasurer practising a fraud?
Would he pay out these worn coins to
Mr.. Morgan for a few millions as In
terest on bonds? Or II Mr. Sage should
present a thousand dollars worth OF
greenbacks for redemption, would these
worn silver coins be handed out to him?
Answering our own question, there
is no fraud in this putting into circula-
tion the worn coins. Nobody Is cheated.
Who but bond broker or money dealer
would think about the weight Of a half
dollar, quarter or dime? Bankers and
merchants want their subsidiary coin
to make change with, and the matter
of their weight is Of no consequence to
them. People receive them honestly and
without question, and they pay them out
to other persons with whom they deal.
Merchants and bankers receive them,
and they are to all intents and purposes
money. But there is fraud in teaching
the people that coins like these are not
good money and at the same time pay
ing them out as such.