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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
METHODIST RBsUBMIssIoN1sTs.

A pretty little row was precipitated in
the Methodist conference, at Lawrence,
the other day. The State Temperance
Union had sent the conference a soft
soap circular giving that church the
credit for having made the prohibitorv
taw OF Kansas possible. The question
being up, one of the biggest guns of the
conference, Mr.. Bright of Leavenworth.
squarely announced that he proposed
10 stand for resubmission The declar-
alton, says the Journal. fell like dy-
Mantle bomb, and Mr.. Bright for
brief season found his hands fun of
business. The buzz was as if a bee hive
had been suddenly upset in a runaway
However, the Journal says, he held his
own manfully and told the conference
some very plain facts, and told them in
way that could not be gainsaid. He
declared that under the control Of the
metropolitan boards, prohibition never
could be and never would be enforced,
that instead of making an effort to up
hold the law, the powers used the met
ropolitan police as an instrument for its
violation. He declared the law was not
and could not be enforced in the state
until the voters had an opportunity to
pass upon 1t. 1t must be either. result
mission or an abandonment Of the law.
He did not believe in giving it up, and
therefore was for resubmission. He
believed that if the people had an op-
portunity to vote upon the question
they would carry it, and when they did
1t could be enforced, and not until then
MT Bright might have added that if it
did not carry il would be because the
majority of the voters in the state were
against it. and if they are. the law
should have no place on the statute
books.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
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Iallu . Eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
w. r WHITE DEAD.

In the sudden and unexpected death
of w. F. White, the passenger traffic
manager of the Santa Fe, that road
loses one of the most competnet, con-
scientious and devoted officials ever
connected with that great corporation,
and Kansas a strong friend. White
came to Kansas when the Santa Fe
was but local enterprise, came to To-
peka to fill the position of chief clerk
under NJ L. Sargent, who was the
roads general freight agent and also
general passenger agent: When the
two agencies were separated White be-
came the roads general ticket agent.
Every subsequent promotion was earn
ed and deservedly conferred. He had
for some years been the manager of
ell the passenger and ticket business
Of the entire Santa Fe system from
Chicago to the Pacific ocean and to the
gulf His death will be regretted by
the travelling public as much as by the
management and directory Of the road
Itself. He was the last Of the old re-
gime, the one man left with the Santa
Fe whom the people of Kansas knew
intimately, and knew only to respect
and his friends to love.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
ALL IN a MONTH.

But month Of time has elapsed since
the Maine went down so ingloriously,
I'm treachery, entombing scores of brave
men beneath the waters of Havana, a
month and a day since the shock that
finds no equal in the history Of the
country unless it be in that of Sumpter,
which precipitated the awful war Of
years ago. The suspicion of that day a
month ago has been confirmed as a
truth, and now action is inevitable: One
month ago the army was dreaming out
Its lazy existence in rounds of irksome
post duties, and the ships of our navy
were scattered over the waters of the
world around. Coast defenses with
their unmounted guns stood unnamed
and neglected. There were neither
arms nor ammunition anywhere Of
which the people were aware. But
after that brief month, and as the time
has come for a settlement and under
standing, what a difference. what a
change in the spirit of the nation. There
has been hurried mounting of cannon.
rapid assembling of munitions. quick
notifications, a gathering together of
ships, the assignment of troops and an
all around accounting. Fifty millions
of dollars have been appropriated, ship
builders and gun makers, powder man
utacturers and transportation men
have been summoned and interviewed,
and fuel by the thousands of tons pur-
chased, all against the day on which
the naval court of inquiry should SUBJ
NIT its official findings. And that is not
all Two great men-of-war have been
bought and paid for and every gun fac
tory, powder mill and shipyard in the
land has doubled its force and time
Night and day the preparations have
gone forward, and the land in one brief
month is transformed from the aspect
OF profound peace to one whose front
brlstles with all the paraphernaIia of
war, with seventy-five millions of peo-
pie standing expectant and waiting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
RAILWAY TICKET sCALPING

The railroad might be said to be. inst
now, strongly in evidence SO far as con-
Eress is concerned. The report Of the
interstate commerce commission and its
demand for enlarged powers: the rate
making power and the wisdom or non
wisdom Of pooling and kindred cues
lions are involved in the discussions Of
late. Suu later come two supreme
court decisions. one of them against
the constitutionality of maximum rate
legislation. and the other against the
railways touching guarantee regula-
tons. The last congressional move
ment is in bill which proposes to wipe
out the business of ticket scalping.
which has demoralized the business of
the railroads, and without question
proved an injury to the travelling pub
lie at large. AS unreasoning prejudice
melted by unusual conditions give way
20 the demands Of reason and exueri-
ence, and railway arrangements come
10 understand that they are not the
autocrats of the nations commerce. The
relations between the public and the
railroads are becoming better under
stood. more human-like and reasonable
The end will be that the railroad Will
disappear from politics and find 3tS
proper place in the business world as a
purely business interest, whoa discrim-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
Southern Kansas Business Men,

| You can not exploit new goods in an old
| fashioned advertisement.
Mr.. w. H Pottle of Arkansas City
| speaks of his enchanting array of fine
| fabrics"
| Speaking of bank advertisements. is
| there a bank on earth that doesn't do "a
general banking business?'
| The mistake some merchants make is
to advertise bargains on articles that peo-
| pie do not want at any price.
| A tailor says: AN ugly man neatly
| attired makes a better impression than
| a handsome man shabbily dressed"
The Curtis Mercantile company Of Wei
| lington says that its trade in dress goods
this spring has already far surpassed its
anticipations.
The II. G. Waltner Mercantile company
of Kiowa kindly says: I'VE have no de-
sire to urge you TO purchase anything
you do not need"
Irvan & Brown of Hutchinson say: 1--WE
have many living ads-a host Of pleased
customers" Pleased customers are en-
phatically good advertisements.
Always remember In writing an adver-
tisement with a deception in it that the
greater part OF the reading public will
see the deceit as plainly as you do
]. S. Bardwel, tailor at Arkansas City.
says: Every one likes to look nice. You
never see men wearing stylish suits that
do not represent a nice appearance"
II you must be pyrotechnic. remember
that twenty ten-cent rockets will attract
more attention than one 81 rocket. but that
ten twenty-cent rockets viii attract more
attention than either.
For about two months Mr. Records OF
Kiowa has been running an advertisement
reading: My store is q display adver-
tisement." 1t is TO be hoped that Records
goods change ofteneT than does has ad-
vertisement.
You can scream at the public TO come
TO your store and have the effect killed
eTectually by q fresh clerk who IS not
accommodating and who should be bounc-
ed on the first personal evidence you have
of boorishness.
This is pointed. 1t is from Williams,
the tailor a. Arkansas City: We are not
through with you when we have sold you
one suit. II you are not satisfied. Ne arc
not We want also to sell Jour friends
suits and couldn't DO 50 Il We did not sat-
isfy you.
T. NcAnister OF Kiows says this Gun
ninEiy: "Ons thing Is certain The more
YOU know about goods the batter you viii
appreciate our prices They aTs prooa-
bly much lower than you have been pay
!nC. but don't Iet thRt worry you. fer Ee
guarantee the quality
THIS Is logic with q vezzs2nce. from
George 3. Dean q Wellington. "Bzylzg
shoes Il a serious matter. g. yo1 haven
money 20 burn. u pays % ic0k around
and end the best place 81 buying saoez-
Some ore shoe dealer must nave ostteT
shoes. better styles aid better prices lie
Is ne mar yoa wazf. look AroUzd NAIL
ven er.1 ain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
Along the Kansas Nile.

Rev. DR.. Embree of Topeka will soon
go to Connecticut. The people there have
| agreed to accept him.
The residence of John J. ingalls, of
Atchison was entered by burglars Monday
evening. They secured pair of trousers,
an American flag and pair of boxing
gloves.
Eugene Ware holds that Kansas is not
state. but a university, and that I'VE
educate fellows to go into other states
and take things" A former Kansas poll
itician, Slower. has just been appointed
postmaster al Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The John Seaton men now claim that on
the first ballot Seaton will have the larg-
est vote, but being unable to gain more
will select the man he thinks would make
the best race, and throw his whole fol-
lowing to w. E. Stanley.
If John Seaton lived in the first ward in
Wichita and Hessin in the Second ward
and Billy Edwards in the Third ward and
Calvin Hood in the Fourth and Funston
in the Fifth and Coburn in the Sixth, they
would all be bowling Stanley men.
AS an index Of how the poets feel about
the Maine disaster. the following from
Claude WooIlomes IN the Kiowa Review
is given:
Lightly. the vessel at anchor rides
On the silent and placid bay:
The watchman walks with regular strides.
And longs for the break of day.
A gentle breeze is tapping the sails.
So silent. deserted and bare;
With keenest delight, the Waterman halls
The cooling rush OF the air.
The waves, which seemed so soundly
asleep,
Are beginning TO move and stir;
On The outmost edge Of the briny deep,
The moon has sank in a blur.
Oh. Cuba's a fair. and a lovely isle.
So thinks the watch of the Maine:
He stops TO drink the air for awhile,
And catches the wild refrain
OF the petrei's cry as she sweeps the sea
IN search OF her midnight meal.
But Re hears q sound. on the vessels lee,
That causes his brain 10 reel.
He knows It's not the plash Of the shark.
or the casual hop Of the fish;
He's heard that sound before IN the dark.
It's the deadly to-pedos swish
alarm
And rurs for the Captains BUNK;
The sailors hear. and hasten % arm,
Although they thiak re IS drunk.
They see a wave Of ripping iiEtt.
Ali something has struck ,he chip;
A boom. a crash. fash II the nlght.
The sky 70 earth seemed 20 dip.
With 9 sickenlng crunch her aVraoE gave,
The ttr1bers few high II the air.
TIE vessel went down. 20 vsteTy grave.
With the Touz6ed's c-y q despair.
Lying there. in the hastlaShip's haI.
Are ule- who we're rusty and triad;
Their suuke1 eyes are CLASSY 61d dull,
But s nation veeps that they d.e6
Their bodies lie on the Cuban shore.
Bu, their spirits are crying aloud.
Fog revenge On the villains who opened
the door
Aad gave them TIE sea for = sarcud-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18


4 couple at saltwater who have been
married fifteen years have just been pre-
scented with their first baby. To show
how little they appreciate him, the father
is already talking about calling him Free
Silver"
A big railroad company saw Governor
Barnes boom message on Oklahoma and
didn't believe it. They sent out a man
to investigate the facts. The report he
made corroborated what was in the gov
errors message.
Hail insurance is being advertised extern
sively in Oklahoma. The man who in
sures and is not struck with hail feels
that he has lost something, while the man
who doesn't insure and is struck by hail
certainly loses something.
Oklahoma City Times-J journal: Judge
Burwell is receiving congratulations from
every quarter of the territory and from
Connecticut to Utah. His appointment
gives universal satisfaction in the terri
tory, and positive joy in the Third judi
cial district.
Guthrie Leader: Judge Frank Dale and
Judge A. G. c. Bierer, late members of
the supreme bench, yesterday formed a
co-partnership for the practice of law.
They have rented the front rooms of the
new Anderson building, now in course
of construction on Oklahoma avenue. In
the meantime. Judge Dale will office in
Attorney ScothOrn's rooms in the Lyon
block. This is undoubtedly one of the
strongest legal firms ever formed in the
territory. Both Judges Dale and Bierer
are we'll and favorably known all over the
territory, and the signal ability shown
by them while on the bench will rebound
to their benefit as practitioners.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
Tribute to Consul General Lee.
From the Salt Lake Herald.l

In the event of hostilities and a call for
volunteers the whole people would be glad
to see Consul General Lee given a high
command. His abilities and experience
would warrant it; as for his loyalty and
patriotism, there isn't person in all the
United States who doubts it for a single
moment. Today he is as much honored
in the north as in the south; and today
there is no north and no south, except
for commercial purposes and an exchange
of the products of each for those of the
Their
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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stationed a. Ala1r!t. eg.tsatsy aat8ci9zt-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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dents tAat Il &zy q them are arrested
bAresf fer. they xii De requires to give
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
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An Unpopular Remedy.

A Frerchuan has discovered that the
poison OF the hornet renders one Immune
70 that % the viper" People however.
will be slow 20 accept the conclusion that
the hornet sting offers any particular ad-
ysntageS over other more agreeable and
anae-honoTed remedies for snake bite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
Good For Atlanta.

(From the New York Press)
Students in the High School in Atlanta,
Ga. yesterday decided to purchase an
American flag and fly it from the build
ing The idea took like vaccine, and the
stars and stripes, for the first time in
the history of that city, now waves from
every public school-house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
There will be war with Spain.

For a country generally supposed to be
cowardly, Spain throws a good many
stones at can supposed to contain dyna-
mite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

Canton, Ohio, has organized a company
of soldiers to be called The Presidents
Own" This is taken after an English
troop: 1.-THE Queens Own" Bah!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

war. 1t is possible that in the Maine the
library was located next to the powder
magazine and copy of Elias poems were
on board.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

If stealing poetry were a crime. Oscar
Wilde would be in jail again for stealing
that poem published in yesterdays Eagle,
from Coleridge's Ancient Mariner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Bob Lowery. the mild-eyed statesman of
Saltwater, proved up his claim this week
You can buy an Oklahoma farm with
what il costs to get 10 kion6ike and
back.
Last week there were three jail breaks,
one at Saltwater, one at Chandler and
one at Perry.
Waukomis is expecting to get the divis-
ion headquarters Of the Rock Island away
from Caldwell
If all the Oklahoma roads are built
to the people on Mars Oklahoma will look
like big waffle-iron.
The Guthrie Leader is agitating for a
system of sewerage for the city. II
would be an easy town to drain
While drilling at Enid the ranks of the
local militia were horribly decimated by
the explosion of road scraper.
The free silver forces. Populists and
Democrats, viii act together at Oklahoma
City in nominating a city ticket.
There is less interest in the city cleo
tions in Oklahoma this year than ever
before. People are tired of politics.
The Enid Sun says that wheat in that
part of Oklahoma viii grow nicely from
now on TO May l without any more rain.
MIS-. General 1NSE1lSN OF SullElc was
in New York the day the Maine sailed
for Havana and saw the big boat steam
away.
Governor Barnes son is liable to be
transferred to the battleship Montgomery.
And he is glad of il. II is nearer the
smoke of battle.
The Kingfisher Free Press says the peo-
pie Of that town must contribute more
literally TO the Kingdsher College. L.
needs more money.
Brown of the Oklahoma City Times
Journal is at last getting his revenge on
Judge Scott. He is exposing all SCOTS
high-handed actions.
When polygamy is abolished in a tribe
of Indians and a buck is told to choose
one of his three or four wives it is said
that he invariably chooses the oldest
squaw. The Indian is a queer bird.
Single men must go to war before mar
ried men. In this connection 1t will please
his many friends to hear that Billy Bolton
will this week be married TO Miss Katha-
rine Wogram of Pettyville, Missouri.
o. A. Mitscher. who is in Alaska, writes
back to Oklahoma that he is away be-
hind in the news. All he knows about
now is the second trial OF L. etgert. He
hasn't heard yet of the blowing up of the
Maine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

lFro-n the CnIczgo Tines EssEzlal
s2zia as a natls. kzoSs ysry G:tle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

In the matter of diplomacy Spain is ex-
ceiling this country. After blowing one of
our ships TO kingdom come. she grows
serious and asks US what we are getting
mad about.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

When the nations get through with
making fun Of Emperor William they VIII
discover his spuuk- II a German xarshlp
had been blown up on the Chinese coast
Emperor William would have smashed
China, although he would have had Eng
land. France and Russian or his back.
Billy may be bombastic. but he IS 8
fighter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

What a lot Of idlorc norkeydoo6les
diplomacy INDUCES IN When Spain wants
20 communicate TO this country so that
the country cannot take ofense at what
she says, Spain makes Representations.
When one man calls another .ar. he
should make representations that the
other fellow is lar and avoid a aeht.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

Spain IS working things for fight. she
hrst kicked on The Name going 10 Ha-
vana- and then blew her up. she wanted
60 irritate the country by demanding the
recall OF Lee. She is now playing with
US III demanding TO know why nc have
massed our ships near Cuba.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

The fourth auditor of the treasury says
there Will be no war How did the gov
eminent ever come to sQuander $50 900. 600
without consulting the fourth auditor of
the treasury?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

Kansas is getting more sensible every
day. The gubernatorial campaign has
now been on for three months and John
Seaton is the only asp!rant whose legs are
OF different length
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

John L. Sullivan says: Spain must be
licked" Such an expression from a
usually conservative man leaves The pub
lie the resource Of but one conjecture.
Mr.. Sullivan must have been drinking.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

a member of the board of INQUIRY after
securing pledge that his name would
not be used. said: Il have no hesitancy
in telling you that this morning the board
ate breakfast"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-04-08
A NEW DESTROYER.

The implements Of war contin
ne to grow in point Of destructive
ness. Hudson Maxim, a brother
Of Hiram Maxim, the inventor oil
the famous Maxim rapid fire gun
mas Just invented q gun that in i.s
awful destructive force goes faI
beyond that of his distinguished
brother, called the Maxim aerial
torpedo, and 10 desi2ned for coast
defense and naval work. AS its
name implies, the torpedo 10 fred
into the air, instead Of being shot
along tho surface Of the water
In fact, II lie used the same as any
cannon or mortar. The gun from
which it is fred has q bore OF &c
inches. II will throw q ton OF dy.
Mantle q distance Of five miles,
and IL the torpedo strikes any.
where within 200 feet Of a warship
it will SILVER 1t to atoms. Mr.,
Maxim has also invented a smoke.
less powder to use with the tor.
pedO, and this adds to the powers
Of the weapon to demolish the
great terrors Of the seas and TO
human life. The resOnrc.
20 OF men to kill men are mani.
fold.