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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13
SUBURBAN STREET EXTENSION.
Meeting of the Highway COmmissio
to Be Held TOmOrrOw.

The District highway commission, COM
posed Of the Secretary Of War, the Secre-
tary of the Interior and General Wilson,
chief Of engineers, viii hold public meet
ing at the War Department tomorrow
morning at $50 o'clock for the benefit Of
citizens who may desire to suggest any
changes in the plan of extensions prepared
by the District Commissioners in what is
known as the third division, being that
portion of the territory of the District out
side of the city limits west of Rock creek
So far only two protests against the
Commissioners plan, have been received.
and one OF these Is more in antagonism to
tensions,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13

Presidential N0minations.
The President has sent the following nom
nations to the Senate:
Postmasters-Frederick o. Prouty, at
Cuba, N. Y; Sumner W. Thompson, Davis.
w, Va
Interior-Samuei A. Young Of Wyoming.
to be receiver OF public moneys at Sum
dance. Wyo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13
FLYING SQUADRON SAILS
Claimed at the Department it is Practice
Cruise.

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. April 13-
The flying so ladron sailed at O'clock this
afternoon under sealed orders for the
south.
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Continued on Ninth, FaSe.)
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
Along the Kansas Nile,

The tenderloin district Of Fort Scott is
known by the delicate appellation of
| Buck Run
Southern Kansas is becoming ancient
Apple orchards are wearing out and have
| to be replaced.
Next Friday the Republicans of Harvey
county will meet at Newton and instruct
for Stanley and Long.
About ten per cent of the men who were
nominated for local positions in Kansas
towns this spring resused to run.
PETER four years ago predicted war. But
he thought it was going to be fight be-
tween Herr Most and Vanderbilt, not be-
tween Uncle Sam and Spain.
'I guess" said the Kansas Populist who
had been reading Of the boy king of Spain
and the Queen regent, that you might
call Ed. Little the governor regent"
The Democrats of the Second district are
for St. John for congress. providing he
will promise not to introduce bill for ma
tional prohibition in congress should he
be elected.
A poor servant girl at Emporia was ac-
cused of taking d shirt waist from a home
where she worked. She committed sui
eide. There is one spawned conscience
in Emporia-
The principal opposition TO ". E. Stanley
so far is on the part OF the Kansas City
Times, q Democratic organ whose pet
Leedy is. The Times is fighting Stanley
because it thinks he is the only man who
can beat Leedy.
Abilene Reflector: AS the Brown Coun-
~ World has contained sixteen columns of
praise OF Broderick each week for
month and the county went for Bailey. it
is in order for Mr.. Herbert to rise and
explain.
At Syracuse, a Kansas man put Of his
marriage week ago because he thought
he would probably go 10 war. Mckinley
delayed so long, however. that he became
impatient day before yesterday and had
the ceremony performed
Kansas should not make much fun Of
diplomacy. The art Of demanding that
the prohibition law be enforced and at
the same time permitting all the joints
70 run Is one OF the greatest fests OF CT
plomacy ever accomplished
Kansas, on the war question. Is getting
more sober every day. while the rest Of
the Union is becoming more del.rious.
Kansas grew mighty tired Of leading the
van and being guyed. and has dropped
TO prominence
Emporia Republicans idea Of the hor-
rors Of war: IF there should be a war
with Spain where would the dudes OF the
east get bath this summer They would
hardly dare go 10 the sea shore Them
biawsted shells might explode ceEcedly
near and rile the water
Lawrence Worlds dreadful parallel case:
The Spanish nation knows * VIII &c;
whipped but IL must fight. TIE local
pressure is 50 strong that the ministry
dare not back down II would be the same
In this country II q cabinet should back
down before any nation o. earth that cab
met would De E1obhed-''
Del Valentine. who IL commander II
chief OF the Co5urn forces. makes this
statement "Coburn TiH - FIRST choice
~ a feS delegates IN the state conven-
ton. second choice Of great many who
VIII osteasibly be supporting 8 dozen can
didates or more Then. IN case OF
zrangle a struggle iozg drawn ogt, Re
may capture tie prize"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
WHAT WILL WAR WIN.

An anxious subscriber is anxious to
know, you know, what, in our opinion
will we win in the event of a victory in
a war with Spain? That is a question
which the president has no doubt been
bordering. 1t cannot be winning war
in the sense that the Japanese won
from China, or the Germans from the
French. There is no indemnity posi-
bilities. You can't get blood out of a
turnip. The fruits of victory, finan-
cially measured, must be nil. It
wouldn't be that kind of a war. There
is the freedom of the Cuban, our COM
prestige and glory of the thing. This
said all is said on that side. We shall
get new taxes, a bigger national debt
and an enlarged pension list, says the
Times-Star of Cincinnati. Yes, and
more cripples and more orphans and a
greater number Of widows. But again
in addition to Cuba, which we don't
want, we would win greater national
unity. From the tone of the Southern
press, our Southern brethren stand
ready to do all the fighting If the
money is but forthcoming. The war
will be, if at all, just the war that this
country demanded that Christian Eu-
rope put up over the Armenian mas
sacres. Greece alone had the pluck,
but she lacked the men and money and
got whaled for her unself1sh interfer-
ence, and would have gone to pieces
but for the Intervention of the coward
ly powers, who wouldn't stand by her
because of the cost and of other con-
siderations or fear of results to them
selves. Glory and honor and prestige
among the powers of the earth, with a
modicum of revenge for the dastardly
deed of sinking the Maine constitute
the principle Iaurels in sight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
A SENSIBLE sPANIARD.

Not every other Spaniard is a Don
Quixote, not four out of five Sancho
Panzas. There are level-headed men
in Spain as we'll as ambitious revolu-
tionists like Weyler. Among the level
headed Dons is Senior Gernaro Alas, a
military author and writer who stands
high in the estimation of the govern
ment if not in that of the people. In
an article on the PROBABILITIES Of war
between his own country and that of
the United States. Alas asks the ques-
ton: 'Will it be a duel in French
style, or until the first blood is shed.
or fight to the death?" Having pro-
pounded this square toed problem he
proceeds TO answer it from the stand
point of reason. He declares that il
his opinion that it would be neither the
one or the other, neither a bloodless
duel or fight to the death. To quote
his exact language; an my opinion if
we are defeated quickly we shall lose
Cuba and probably also Porto Rico. and
and it is very likely that we shall have
a stronger revolt in the Philippines
and serious troubles at home.
But suppose that at the beginning
of the war we sink the whole Yankee
fleet and even lombard with success
two or three Yankee ports. VIII it all
end there? oh, no. The Americans will
not stand it, and the nation that from
1861 to 1865 put In arms more than .
100000 soldiers. raised powerful fleets.
spent $4,000. 600. OO0 and lost nearly the
same amount will make such efforts
then that, in spite Of all my respect
for Spanish patriotism, I cannot be
lieve that Spain will be able TO stand
against it.
IF there are those who believe in in
PREVENTION by European powers in IA
vor Of Spain, do not.
"A fight to the death it will not be.
either, because the Americans cannot
conquer us with so many miles of
ocean between the two countries. We
may lose our colonies, but Spain will
IthdbiN lAeSl ltSSt
Immediately disastrous, would be a
benefit to our sons.
Now, can any men Of sense believe
we can do to the United States what
the Americans cannot do TO US? Is il
not q nonsensical dream TO think of 6
conquest of American territory? I an
not doubling the courage of the Span.
iards, but believe that all nations o.
Europe together are not strong enough
to sever foot Of land from the United
States.
In brief. the United States will no
come TO conquer Us here, neither shall
we go TO conquer them there. The
whole war viii be reduced to this; The
Hankees viii provide the insurgents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
BONNETS VS.. BIBLES.

The women of the country are going
millinery mad. Husbands and fathers
are being dismayed, and pastors are
becoming alarmed, In New York City
the preachers are protesting against
the proposed display of headgear on
next Easter Sunday. The women are
going to church, on that day, not to
hear the gospel but to note the prom
ised display of hats. The smart set
call them creations. The choirs will
prove more absorbing than the pulpit,
the bonnet than the Bible. The in
clination of feminine choristers to keep
time with Easter carols by a toss of
the head, thus showing to better advan-
tage the fiowery kingdom, hearse
plumage and unreasonable yards
of bright-hued ribbons, has a
diverting effect upon the congregation
as an entirety. The members of one
of the church choirs have consented to
lay aside their eccentric headdress
Easter Sunday and wear subdued vel
vet toques, while at another church the
choir singers viii wear somber mortar
boards in lieu of the usual extravagant
headgear. With these restrictions
placed upon dangerous counter attrac-
tons, the pastors hope to secure the
attention of their auditors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

with arms, ammunition, blockade the
ports of Cuba, and starve to death our
army there, that subsists now exclu-
sively on imported food.
What will be the role Of our navy
To break the blockade in order to pro-
vision our army and in order TO get
coal for itself; because I suppose that
our ships will not come back to coal
in Spain.
"That will be all. At the start the
Yankees may destroy our whole navy
or we may destroy theirs. but in the
long run they will get the advantage,
All other things will be mere episodes
of the war The privateers on either
side will amount to nothing in decid-
ing where victory shall rest"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

This Institute IA authorized by and
under the supervision Of DR.. Leslie T.
Kelley Treatment Identical with tat
administered at Dwight. Six years sue
cessful adm nistrasion % Or. KeeIey's
God Remedies. which are employed ex-
ciusive.y. One OF the best equipped aud
most successful Of al the great systems
Of Kelley Institutes. Patronlrsd by
nearly ali railroads and large in-titu-
tons throughout the great SOUTHWEST
country tributary % Kansas CITY. FIJI
teen minutes ride from Union Depot
Take Cable or Il" car going wes;)
In connection with our new instiiU,s Is
a vel equipped iotei. afTording patients
good accommodations al very reasonable
rates. This treatment can be secured
at no oyaer plsce ia Kansas. Beware
Or worthless limitations.
Flu. particulars on application.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
One and Two Liners.

There are nearly $500 Gipsies in Eng
land
In Persia cutting the hair is a sign of
mourning
London contains 80 piano factories.
Doctors say that pure alcohol is the best
Gisinfectant for the hands.
The great German gun manufactures.
Krupp. employs g 90 men.
Anthills In West Africa sometimes reach
the height OF Is feet.
In a cubic metre OF limestone 1901, 600 :
oOc seashells have been found.
A pelieans pouch is large enough 70
contain seven or eight quarts Of water.
There is Chinese flower which Is red
in the sunlight and white in the moon
light.
In Turkey policemen are paid at the
rate of twelve-snd-sixpenc a day.
The first large iron bridge On the world
was built over the Severn in III.
More than a third Of the French crown
jewels have been bought by Americans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
.I.oYe-in-IdIeness.~

z l0lu -IrNLltIl 3 Alll -Aly-T
A correspondent from Haverford Col
lege. Pa, inquiries what IS the plant refer
red TO by Shakespeare as ''L0ve-in-Idle-
neSs2" Johnny-jump-up Is another com
mon name The origin OF those names is
unknown PanSy is simply the French
name pensee pat into an English form. Il
has similar meaning 10 foTget-me-not.
or think OF me- ana IS pretty and sppro-
or:ata
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
Where the Cucumber First Grew

Cucumbers are natives Of the East In
dies, and are grown in Cashmere, China
and Persia. They are common in Egypt,
where a drink is prepared from them
when they are ripe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

There is a large contingent who are in
favor Of putting all the American news
paper men in one ship, sn the Spanish
editors in another ship. setting them out
in a lake a mile square and making them
fight il out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

The gun is leyeled and it is going to be
q dangerous job for Europe to try to
knock the barrel up.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

Our national motto comes mighty near
being: Talk fast and go slow"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

1t is now congress turn to sit down on
a hunk OF ice and deliberate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

1t is never too late to holler nuff and it
is to be hoped that Spain will open up her
vocal organ and do 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

President Mckinley is the first president
for some years who is emphatically bigger
than his cabinet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06
There will be war with Spain.

There will be war with Spain.
1t is now congress turn to sit down on
a hunk Of ice and deliberate.
Our national motto comes mighty near
being: Talk fast and go slow"
President Mckinley is the first president
for some years who is emphatically bigger
than his cabinet.
The gun is leyeled and ii is going to be
a dangerous job for Europe to try to
knock the barrel up.
1t is never too late to holler huff and it
is to be hoped that Spain will open up her
vocal organ and do it.
In the course of human events we are
going to have some sky-blue fun with
those woody insurgents.
The chances are that General Gomez
will camp not very far from the back
door of Havana tonight.
What a rip-snorting howl there will be.
my countrymen, If Cuba should be taken
without the firing of a shot.
Along with war in Cuba we are liable
TO have yellow fever. brought over by
soldiers and fleeing citizens.
Spain could afford to kill congressman
just now 10 get congress today to adjourn
out Of respect for his memory.
The president Will make a scathing ar
rsignment of Spain today. The next step
will be few remarks by an iron-elad.
When We once light into Spain. we are
in the midst Of the flock and Spain is not
the only rooster in the monarchiaI coop.
When war has actually begun, 1t will
behoove every nine men out OF ten TO
confess that they never did believe war
would come.
Beginning today the news from Havana
viii suddenly cease. The American news
paper men. in the interest Of their scalps,
have withdrawn.
The first movement VIII be the depar-
ture of the Key West fleet for Havana.
For ten hours all that the public will be
expected TO do viii be 10 hold its breath.
The government will not accept for en-
listment men who smoke cigarettes, &C
! cording to G Kansas paper. About half
the men in the army smoke cigarettes
Just the same.
TherA Il ra-ra eor-f--.,-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

In the course of human events we are
going TO have some sky-blue fun with
those woody insurgents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

The chances are that General Gomez
will camp not very far from the back
door of Havana tonight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

What a rip-snorting howl there will be,
my countrymen, If Cuba should be taken
without the firing of a shot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

hstment men who smoke cigarettes, &C
cording to Kansas paper. About half
the men IN the army smoke Cigarettes
just the same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

Along with war in Cuba we are liable
TO have yellow fever. brought over by
soldiers and fleeing citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

Spain could afford to kill congressman
just now TO get congress today to adjourn
out Of respect for his memory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

The first movement VIII be the depar-
ture of the Key West feet for Havana.
For ten hours all that the public will be
expected TO do viii be 10 hold its breath.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

The president Will make scathing ar
rsignment of Spain today. The next step
will be few remarks by an iron-clad.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-06

Beginning today the news from Havana
Will suddenly cease. The American news
paper men. in the interest Of their scalps.
have withdrawn.
The herald., 1898-03-25
New York Journal.

We have been todnde told twotha Pes
will
aEvening March 4organ Patriotism
The herald., 1898-03-25
STATE NOTES

The peach crop of Sonoma county was
greatly damaged by the recent frost. April
cots and cherries were also injured.
The st. Bernard club OF California has re-
fused to join with the Pacific Mastin club
In a movement to have all Pacific coast dog
organizations secede from the American
Kennel club.
DR.. ]. H. A. Shepherd, rector emeritus of
the Church of the Incarnation of Santa
Rosa, is believed to be dying. He is one of
the oldest and best known Episcopal cler.
gymen on the Pacific coast.
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco has ap-
pointed a committee Of fifteen to devise a
plan for an international exposition to cell
ebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of California into the Union.
Charles Bailey, pioneer settler of Tu-
lare county. was found dead this morning
at his house ten miles west of Visalia,
where he lived alone. He had been dead
for three or four days. At time the de-
ceased was wealthy.
John Budworth, aged %, employed at the
Tesla coal mine near Livermore, was In
stantly killed yesterday. He fell from a
high trestle while riding down a loaded coal
car near the mine. His mangled remains
were buried under tons Of coal and wreck
age.
The herald., 1898-03-25
SIGSBEE EXPLAINS
He Never Intended to Destroy the
Wreck

HAVANA, March 24.-Two of the eight
torpedoes carried by the Maine have been
recovered Regarding the use of dynamite
by the contracting wreckers, Captain Sigs-
bee said today:
More has been made out of the matter
than was warranted by the facts, which
are these: The contractors asked my per-
mission to use dynamite in small quanti-
ties and also asked leave to us0 dynamite
tape to blow off protuberances, angles,
etc. where the wreckage Is so entangled
that it is very difficult to hoist. There
never was any intention to use the ex-
plosive in large enough quantities to de-
stroy the wreck. submitted the request
of the contractors to Consul General Lee,
for him to ask permission of the Spanish
authorities, and / also asked for orders
from the United States navy department.
Both our own and the Spanish authori-
ties refused the necessary permission.
That is all there was to the matter
On the same subject Consul General Lee
said: II transmitted Captain Sigsbee's re-
quest, made on the part of the contractors,
to Captain General Blanco, and received
a reply that the matter was too important
to be settled without reference to Madrid
General bIdncO also lHllHdleu tndt the
United States court of inquiry, havhlg sat
in judgment on the disaster to the Maine,
it would be unwise to destroy by the Use
of dynamite the wreck upon which judg-
ment was formed. Last evening l had
word from Captain Sigsbee that the United
States navy department forbade the use
of dynamite on or about the wreck The
papers here today say Madrid has sus-
tained General Blancos prohibition
against the use of dynamite on the wreck.
The result will naturally delay the work
in removing the debris, and also, it is pos
sble, necessitate the use of more hoisting
apparatus. 1t is probable that the wreck
ers wished most to use dynamite tape to
get the top off the wreck, so that the ten
inch guns could be hoisted out.'
The herald., 1898-03-25
FOREIGN FLASHES

Chas b. Wright, one Of the best known
railroad men and f1nanciers of the city.
died yesterday at Philadelphia. aged 7s
years.
Rev. DR.. o. H. Emerson. one Of the best
known clergymen Of the Universalist de-
nomination. died at Salem, Mass, yester-
day, aged rs years.
Sir Chih Chen, the Chinese minister,
paid hurried visit to the English foreign
Office last evening and remained there
three quarters of an hour.
The executive council Of the American
Bankers association has decided to hold
the next annual convention at Denver, the
date to be as near September 1st as con-
venient.
The Italian chamber Of deputies has ac-
cepted Signor francesca Crispi's resigna-
ton of his seat, rendered after the adoption
of the committees report recommending
political censure'' for his connection with
the Bank Of Naples scandals during his
premiership.
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of the
London Daily Telegraph says: All ofhsses
Of the Russian army reserve hays been
warned to hold themselves in readiness to
be summoned for service and on account
of the difficulties in Corea it has been de-
cided to dispatch to East Asia corps of
1000 men of the first line of reserves.
Sixty Japanese lborers arrived at San
Francisco yesterday on the City of PueblA
from Victoria. B. c. They all had certifl-
Gates from the United States commissioner
Of immigration at that port emitting them
to land In this country. but investigation
by Commissioner North and his deputies
showed that these immigrants are Of the
same class as those recently deported from
San Francisco. For this reason he decides
to detain the japanese ana wired 70 Wa11p
ingtonl for instxuctions< =
The herald., 1898-03-25

brother officers expect to leave for the
north by the steamer Olivete on Saturday.
The Associated Press correspondent read
the naval orders bulletin of the Associated
Press to the officers on the Ferns quarter
deck tonight. Deep interest is felt and
much enthusiasm was expressed among
the correspondents on shore over the
orders affecting Captain Sampson and
Captain Evans, while every one expressed
the hope that Captain Sigsbee would be
given an important command.
Two bodies were found today. One, a
Japanese ward room boy, the other white
man, which may be the body of ma
chinist.
The Cuban railroads make liberal con-
cessions to the relief trains carrying sup
plies to the interior towns. The roads
from Cienfuegos supplying fifteen towns
and from Cardenas supplying fifty towns
carry the supplies free, while the roads
east and west from Havana city make a
IS per cent reduction on third-class rates.
1t is expected that the other lines will
make similar concessions.
The mail steamer from Barcelona arrived
tonight with 400 Spanish regulars.