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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
SIGSBEE'S VICTORY.

Ever since the Maine went down its
captain has failed of being himself
Sigsbee is no longer Sigsbee. He has
not failed Of a single duty, but he has
physically failed day by day, and the
old time light of his eyes is gone. 1t
must be that he in some way feels that
the American people hold him in some
degree responsible >jr the loss of the
great battleship. They surely do not
Nor has he failed in the discharge of
any duty since. In doing up the Span
ish torpedo boat destroyer Terror,
Captain Sigsbee has rendered his coun-
try most important service. Samp-
sons fleet no longer breads an attack
IN the rear on some dark night by that
vicious little craft. Sigsbee demon
Btrated that the right man in COM
mand of an auxiliary cruiser can take
care of himself in the same sea with
boats Of the Terror stamp. The tor
pedo gunbOat was an untried quantity
in naval warfare up to this time.
Swifter than a torpedo boat, sea-
worthy, and possessed of the arma-
ment Of which the torpedo boat is void,
the torpedo gunboat has been a terror
In Imagination to all naval men. The
o. presence Of such a Spanish gunboat,
the Temerario, in the River Platte, in
the pathway Of the Oregon in her cruise
eral weeks a cause for great anxiety
at the navy department. Now Captain
Sigsbos has shown that with an I'M
armored cruiser, armed with only five
Inch guns. the torpedo gunboats are
not feared, at least, not in daylight.
The Terror is Of English build, having
been turned out at Clydebank in 1896.
She is a low-lying steel craft with steel
tunnels, is of $40 tons. 22O feet long, -
feet beam, and 5 feet inches draft
The boat is filled with engines and
boilers, her horse power being 5000
capable of driving her at a speed Of %
knots with Norman boilers. While the
ordinary torpedo boat carries only a
little one-pounder gun, the torpedo gun
boat is armed with a formidable bat
terry for vessel Of her size. consisting
of two l4-pounders, two siX-pounders,
and two one-pounders, all quick firing,
and having 14-inch torpedo tubes on
deck.
Everybody will be glad to know that
Captain Sigsbee has had an opportuni-
~ 10 distinguish himself. Instead of
being against him, the sympathies Of
the American people have been unques-
tionably with him. There has been a
feeling that Sigsbee should have had
better ship than an auxiliary cruiser.
But there being no other battleship
without a command he was given the
st. Paul, the best ship in sight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
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HIS observation-disclosures.

Kaiser Wilhelm, the rooster of Ho-
henzollern, who demands continents for
strutting places and oceans in which TO
splash, has completed the tenth year
Of his divine reign. He came to the
throne desolate youth from the army
announcing to an amazed world that
he and God Almighty would undertake
to run things. For some time past ne
has ignored his sacrilegious and self
constituted partnership. and has os-
tentatiOusly assumed the responsibility
Of the entire situation so far as this
little globe is concerned. He not only
swells, but he talks too much with his
mouth. Just now he thinks he is hun
cry and he is sticking his nose into
other peoples preserves. He is trying
to take in the Philippines at one bite.
and what next he will be up TO heaven
only knows. He put on airs over his
grandmother, Queen Victoria, snubbed
his imperial mother and insulted Great
Britain by patting Dom Paul on the
back. He writes waltzes and composes
songs. He has bullied the Reichstag
into voting him an enlarged navy, has
sailed his own private yacht to the
North Cape and now threatens to in
wade Jerusalem. He told the stage
last week that the theater was insti-
tuted solely for the amusement Of such
royal "nibs" as himself, and the next
thing he will be telling the rest Of US
hoping sinners that he has concluded to
pre-empt the mansions in the skies"
tie paints in water cOlors, makes
speeches, drinks brandy straight, and
then informs the laboring classes of
Germany that if they kick he will
crush them with his army. As re-
suit of all this masquerading and high
cock-a-lorem style the SociaIistic party
Of his empire polled, last week, 2,OO0,-
900 votes, or nearly three times as
many as under his sensible fathers
rule. Hohenzollern mugES better haul
In his horns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
YELLING TIME.

1t is unjust TO impute TO all the OPP
ponents Of Hawaiian annexation sin
lister and selfish motives. Doubtless
few Of them are opposed to annexation
from conscientious convictions. But
the great truth is that their conscien-
tious convictions are antagonized by
the conscience and intelligent desires
of an overwhelming majority of the
people. whom they are supposed to
represent.
1t is the Will and conscience Of the
people that ought to find express on
in the action Of the senate and rot the
whims. caprices or consciences II the
Individual members Of that body. What
the people want is annexation and il
doesn't make any difference what the
individual senator may want.
Senator Mason has given voice TO
sentiment and formed a resolution that
ought TO be established among the gov
erning rules Of that ancient and honor
able body. He says that IL is his func-
ton as a legislator to represent the
people, and notwithstanding he Is per-
sonally opposed to the annexation OF
Hawaii. he will vote for il because the
people demand that he vote for il.
II the annexing Of Hawaii prove 10
be a mistake, it will be a mistake by
the people. The people rarely make
mistakes. The history OF this country
IS not written on the mistakes OF the
people. but rather upon the ignorant
impuIsiys blunders OF hot-headed and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
YOuR Soy ALL BIGHT


The doting parents Of many blue
coated lad in some military camp sits
today with a heavy heart, selicitous
for the physical and spiritual welfare Of
his or her son. The reports as to the
conditions in camps have been so con-
ficung that scarcely an intelligent
opinion is formed No matter how
honest or fair q correspondent may de-
sire 10 be. he unconsclously permits
himself 70 be biased in his conclusion
FOR or against the soldier side Of camp
life. Rev. Henry II. Wharton. an ex-
Confederate soldier and a minister Of
the gospel has written letter that
viii be comforting 10 many heart
heavy mothers and fathers. Writing
from his personal observation at No
bile and Tampa, and able to Judge by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

egotistic legislators. who. presuming tc
represent the people, have misrepre-
scented them.
The weak and puny little hostility 70
Hawaiian annexation is put up by men
who are strong willed and who aver
age in intelligence and patriotism with
the common run Of successful busi-
ness men. They are not gifted with
clairvoyant powers to read the future
and they do not know more about the
destiny of the republic than the hod-
carrier or plowboy.
Still they may be and doubtless are
quite conscientious. although their at
titude has become insufferably ridicu-
lous to the people Of the country. who
with one voice are yelling time" and
demand that the referee put them out
of the ring.
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reason Of his having been a soldier
himself. Rev. Wharton says:

reason Of his having been a soldier
himself. Rev. Wharton says:
Let me say another thing. The men
are well fed. well sheltered, we'll wa
tered. I speak advisedly. Their reli-
gious interests are looked after, too. by
the resident ministers and chapIains,
but by far the most effective work is
done by the Army Christian commits
sion. large and thorough organization
Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton They have men preaching at ev-
cry rendezvous. and are giving away
hundreds and thousands of Bibles and
Testaments. and pages of literature
without number, besides providing ev-
cry brigade with reading and writing
tents. with stationery in abundance"
The numerous war rumors that start
from no one knows whence. and which
are SO industriously circulated by the
yellow papers. should. if possible. be
suppressed if for no other reason than
the sake of the families of those who
have immediate relatives at the seat of
action. The anxiety of the families of
soldiers and sailors is keen enough
without being aggravated by the har-
rowing reports that are particularly
horrifying in order to attract attention.
Let it be said that a ship has been
struck by Spanish shell, and the navy
department is besieged with anxious
inquirers who are concerned for some
one on that ship. These rumors may
make papers sell, but they are heart
less and cruel when one considers this
effect which they have.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

He-'I would give the world FOR yor.
She-''Ts that aus Why. you offered thzt
much before the war raised prices. in
6Iaaapolis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

TIE forts al Santiago have been g.
le1ced - afssu that theY asust now &c
sorry they ever spoks--New oE.ezEA Pc
syGns-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
THE REAL HEROES.

History is principally made up of the
records of the leaders of bloody con-
| fiicts. The men who died in them
! counted for nothing. and even their
names went unrecorded. But the
world advances and hereafter until
wars shall be impossible the man who
| does the fighting no less than he who
| commands must be credited. The
| senate's action in t,ndering the thanks
of congress to common seamen, spe-
cially naming them in the resolution,
will meet with the hearty approval of
all patriotic Americans The action
was unprecedented so far as any one
has any recollection, but the circum-
also decidedly unusual, and the SEN
ate has established a most agreeable
precedent.
The common seaman has performed
in every naval engagement heroic &C
ton, but it has apparently been con-
sldered that he has only performed the
duty for which he was paid a compare
lively small salary. The resolution Of
the senate and the patriotic addresses
which preceded its passage shows a.
most commendable change in the di-
rection of more perfect democracy.
By this time Dewey is feeling a great
relief that that man Shafter isn't in the
navy.
We can all understand now how II came
that the Cuban insurgents never captured
a seaport.
1t is now necessary to affix a two-cent
revenue stamp to your bank check. But
first get your bank check
Lillian Russell is to get another divorce.
Her mistake in life mas been in not get
ting bunch at a time and save paying
retail prices.
Old fatty Shafter, bless his soul is in
clined to first fight battle before at
tempting a description of il for the bene-
fit of Washington.
AtiC StNGL LAiLiElaN viii not let Mics OF
Coppinger go 10 Cuba to interfere with
shafter. Mckinley thinks more Of ability
than he does of rank.
There is a good deal Of the bayonet in
warfare yet, and great, big absence Of
the long-distance lighting We heard about
before the war begun.
It was at this stage Of the war that
General Weyler was expected TO rush
wildly across the Atlantic and slap the
whole American army.
It a grand. a noble thing 20 die in the
name Of liberty, because OF al things in
selfish world there IS no faint of self
isilness in such a marJyrdom-
In modern warfare there is a good deal
OF feeling the enemy" The correct way
20 feel the enemy - with al artificial
hand or the end OF fishing pole.
Il may be OF interest to the people Of
Havana 70 learn that their grave anxiety
two months ago that Havana would be
the center Of this var was groundless.
Shaf.er began his attack On the first Of
the month 50 did Dewey Dewey
stopped for breakfast. Shaf;er stopped for
a whole nights rest. Dewey's slll ahead.
Shafte- is using a balloon. Otherwise
Il is with the Spanish tia; s; IS ali up
IN order 10 save himself THIS fan Jerry
Simpson may have 10 run up 4 Red Cross
flag
We often get our 1swS-eyes focused
wrong During ali the FIRST days storm
lug Of Santiago we DID TO- receive a
word from CerverA. the old duck IN whom
we are NEST Interested
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

We often get our 1sws-eyes focused
wrong During ali the first days storm
Ing O. Santiago we did TO- receive a
word from CeryerA the old duck IN whom
We are m0St Interested
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

The government Will not let Miles or
Coppnger go 10 Cuba to interfere with
Shafter. Mckinley thinks more OF ability
than he does of rank
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

1t is now necessary to af1x a two-cent
revenue stamp to your bank check. But
first get your bank check
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Old fatty Shafter, bless his soul. is in
chned to first fight a battle before at
tempting a description of il for the bene-
fit of Washington.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Lillian Russell is to get another divorce.
Her mistake in life mas been in not get
ting bunch at a time and save paying
retail prices.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

BY this time Dewey is feeling a great
relief that that man Shafter isn't in the
navy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

We can all understand now how It came
that the Cuban insurgents never captured
a seaport.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Pratt Republican:Jerry Simpson thought
he was riding his bike" along the ram
parts Of glory when he made that blum
about wanting TO go 10 war-as a colo
nel-but since the Republican state con-
vention his bike has been punctuE1d and
the panic has struck Jerry. Stanley for
governor means dead sure thing that
Long will take Jerry's place in congress.
Stanley and Long are lnynCible, and
when aided by two other STATE candi-
dates-Grimes and Nelson. from the big
Seventh. there is no longer any question
as to how this district will go in Novem-
Der.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

There is a good deal OF the bayonet in
warfare yet. and great, big absence Of
the long-distance fighting We heard about
before the war begun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Shafter is using a balloon. Otherwise
4 Is with the Spanish thai 8, IS al up.
IN order 10 save himself this fan Jerry
Simpson may have 10 ru1 up a Red Cross
flag
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Council Grove Republican: The Popu-
lists are mighty consistent this year.
They endorse Governor Leedy and then
smite him for his course on the railroad
question and the metropolitan police
business. They condemn the issue OF
bonds to carry on the war and then fuse
with the only part ythat has ever issued
bonds in time OF peace. and Boyle says:
I'VE are all Democratic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

It was at this stage Of the war that
General Weyler was expected TO rush
wildly across the Atlantic and slap the
whole American army.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Shaf,er began his attack On the first OF
the month 50 did Dewey. Dewey
stopped for breakfast. Shaf;er stopped for
a whole nights rest. Dewey's still ahead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

1t a grand. a noble thing 20 die in the
name Of liberty. because OF all things in
a selfish world there IS no faint Of self
ishaess in such a martyriom-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Anthony Republican: The military ed
itor OF the Wichita Eagle mislaid his his
tory last Sunday and then wrote that II
Skaters land forces captured the Span
ish feet IN Santiago harbor Il would be
without a parallel IN history. Does the
distinguished gentleman forget the cap
ture OF a Spanish feet BY Napoleoa's
cavalry?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

II may be OF interest to the people OF
Havana to learn that their grave anxiety
TWO months ago that Havana would be
the center Of this var was groundIess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

In modern warfare there Is good deal
OF feeling the enemy" The correct way
20 feel the enemy - with al artificial
hand or the end OF fishing pole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Anthony Republican: Prot. r. sfanIsy
OF Lawrence was elected president u
the rev University Of Friends at Wichita
This seems 10 ,. a good year for stan
Ieys. ard Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03

Marion Record: Every Republican pa
per IN Kansas IS cordially supporting
Stanley. while a whole lot OF opposition
papers are playing the yssuyius act f7T
Leedy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-24

"There is always q remedy for q heavy
heart" writes Ruth Ashmore in the
March Ladies Home Journal. ut may
be in work--it oftenest is. 1t may be
10 thinking out the joys that have been
given to you, and the SORROWS from which
you have been saved. 1t may be 10
helping Others BY sympathy, or in whats
ever way help is most needed. But the
heavy heart can always be made light
If self is forgotten, and the needs Of 9th.
ers are remembered, and, as far as pos
sible. relieved. Not one OF us can learn
to become light>hearted IN 4 day, or a
week, or a month, or a year, for it is the
lesson Of life, this knowing how to lift
our hearts up and give from them help
unto those who are 10 need. It is a
good ight-this one against allowing ones
self to be submerged in personal griefs-
it is a good fight, and out Of it you can
come conqueror If you will.
"Do YOU intend to give up the fight
and fall by the wayside overcome by a
heavy beart, or to 70 along through life
as q brave woman should? You must de-
eide this early in your life. And you will,
| feel sure, decide to do that which is
right, aud then your heart will never be
heavy nor your concience disturbed,
unless you fall. And when you fall,
thank God. you can always rise again il
you keep up a brave heart"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-24
Gate Gossip.

[Received too late for last week
We realize that March 10 here in full blast
the last few days.
Some Of tho farmers have begun to stir
their old ground.
A light snow fell here on Saturday morn
ing last week, but was oil gone BY noon.
Sam Kcrns and Clay Murphy dehornsi
their cattle on Monday last.
Rev. Jones preached Ut willew Springs
school house on Sunday last. II was his
farewell sermon, providing he is net sent
back here.
W. I. Drummond passed through these
parts on the Cannon Ball. one day last
week, with D. N. Overton as engineer.
Dorothy. the infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
}. NJ. Kerns, has been quite sick with .
cold, but Is improving at this writing.
Now is the time to hide out, for IL the as
SCISSOR comes across you be will DO question:
ing you abou, how much you are worth.
You Know.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-24
NEWS IN LETTERS.
Alpine A%ugurInys.

Messrs. McCool and Evans returned from
lower Oklahoma Tuesday, where they had
been TO bny cattle Whether they purchased
or not We can't say
Monday nights cold wave killed all carly
peaches and apricots. Joe Csrier's apricot
and early peach trees were out in full bloom,
his trees. Small fruit and Wild plums are
all right so far.
Saturday evening last Prof Neyn lectured
10 quite a large and appreciative audience at
tho Carter school heuse.
Tom Judy Is having lumber hauled from
Eugiewood TO build an addition TO his dwell
ing house. John Marshall went up Monday
10 Englewool and returned Tuesday, but
without n load, so he will have 10 make an
other trip
Me,srs. Putnam, Ewing and Black. en-.
route to Klows, csmped at Carter's Monday
night, and when the storm cam up they
nhu " usreft tneir Chmp nuu wv ihto nv
house for shelter.
Rough feed is getting distressinely short
in this neighborhood. Some have fed out,
while others have not more than enough to
run q week or ten days.
Rev. Baesley aud Prof. Mcyu entertained
the Sabbath school Sunday with some good
wholesome talk. There was quite . crowd
out 10 hear them,
Fred Taintor wss down Sunday aud Mon-
day looking over the range. He returns to
Kansas City this eek for o few days. He
will not bring Mrs. Taintor to the ranch
until about June.
Jake Miles, wife aud children we're visit.
ing Mrs. niles father and mother, MT. and
MIS-. maple. Sunday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-24
Buffalo Notes.
Received too late for last week. I

Received too late for last week.
Buffalo has been favored with all varieties
Of weather inside of As h~ours-frst Q little
shower Friday, snow Saturday morning,
followed BY a lovely warm dsy Saturday,
Sunday high winds peculiar to March,
Cattle all doing we'll, and calves plenty in
this part Of the world
The County Superintendent was listing In
this part Of the county and attended the
dinner given by Mr.. Henderson and wife on
Saturday for Miss Arnold. who has now gone
to Shade to teach q spring term of school.
lit occurred to me the ether day that a
teacher could be a very potent fac,er in edu-
eating the young mind in lessons Of p~airioi-
ism, II the teacher would once q week read
from q nOn-partisan paper q summary Of
current events and encourage the pupils to
discuss them. IL would be a help In altar
year. when the boys and girls Of the pres.
ent age become The thinking men and women
OF the future. Not like . man ! asked not
long since, ''what news from the Maine
disasterg' lie was just from the railroad,
but answered.: IL never heard anything
about it-what is it!" Oh. what a blank tina,
mans mind must be- Early education is
more than just 10 read and write, but to ed
ucaie all the faculties oad teach US how to
think. BUFFALO.