The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-20
AIono the Kansas Nile.

Nature has begun to tie knots in thu
Kansas climate again.
| The ice in Kansas this year seems 4
have formed on the clouds instead of OF
the ponds.
| One Topeka firm while the volunteer
were all in Topeka sold them IS, 900 worth
OF groceries.
| Chase Dostsr. son of Chief Justice Dos
| ter, is major of the Kansas Twenty-sec
! ond volunteers.
Col. Johnston. prominent politician Of
| Newton, is liable to contest Sam Peters
inclination for the Newton postoffiee.
The state treasurer paid out $1,000 &c
feed and equip the volunteers while al
Topeka The national government REIN
| burses the state.
Farmer Smith is sore clear to the mar
row. He insists that Long can not -
elected, and that Jerry Simpson will
be.
The Twenty-second Kansas volunteers
now at Topeka expect TO go to Washing
ton, but their assignment may be chang
ed TO Manila
1t Is said that Major ]. X. Hudson's po-
iitical enemies have made such fight on
him that President Mckinney will not ap-
point him brigsdier general
There is one regiment left at Topeka,
and somebody poisoned the well at which
they drink tho other day. What a dear.
old hospfable city Topeka is.
Judge Mckay has been renomInated
Mckay has been ouespoken ana there
IS a whole pitch-fork brigade under Jerry
Simpsons orders ready to punch him to
pieces.
OF the 5000 volunteers in the Kansas
regiment, every one can write his own
name. But Colonel Fitch is the only man
in the crowd who can write his own name
on a check.
Bailey has announced that he is In the
fight for oongre -at-isrge. This
means hat both Hoods and Seaton's can
didacies will be weakened. and strength
ems Stanley.
A bundle Of American flags with one
Spanish flag among them were in q Fort
Scott garrett. Mice got into them. ate the
Spanish flag. but did not touch the stars
and stripes
Jerry Simpson has been renominztsd by
the Popuhsts. There II no question bur
that Il IS the last nomination he will ever
secure from the Popuist party. Simpson
has always been interesting and his strug-
giles with a smotherinx Fate will De the
most interesting spectacle in Kansas poll
tics this fail
Letter from a Kansas volunteer - tire
editor os the Hutchinson News: wen.
we're hot stuff. Euxtabls and I touche1
the y. NJ c. A for this paper ard are
81 Sergeant Lawson's tent Vaughn, Tot
ten and myself were assigned % company
+ OF KinEnzn and ! drank ~ arzt CT
Zee last H!Ehc. TIE stuff Is vile. but re
remainder Of The menu Is as good as .
Midland hotel lunch Were EeEftnE "a.
BOB Rsa Is n TIE Great Bead company
and "Aliegza" Is a Wellington member.
We vii &c mustered u today CT iosssus-
row. and VII be irnnae5.aEsiy DEBATED foF
band duty. We have been sssr-s8 TAFT
=. Vii &c; trsnsp 1rts.ioa fss1ca . IS
70 1Ea1ysd ard Manila bath. bag ne chaue.
IS are that re w5.l SPEND tie sufnTas- az
LczS Brzreh o. the Isle ps Corey we
can g anywhere Ee Elsh- - Captain
Thonpsoz q a grez; tzvDrite. he has
4 stack g cvatlo-s several feet hiEn
which - hss reoe1Fet E.-cs coming hare
TIE Ernp5r1s b-oTs found . ta.ef zraa-z
ihslr ners5s-s ;ccAy. lie had zxty-ssxe en-
ksrcAieis T. IA pCsE~sssoa- lie > ~resf-
ing" n "a grad aouss. sea- IS a 49,
Harry soosi. cc9p- ~ K seesr1 Eegl-
n~at"