The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-21
Along the Kansas Nile.

There was a fight in the council cham
Der Of Leavenworth night before last. A
contractor tried 10 whip an alderman.
| All Populists in the Third district con-
fess right out without any hesitation that
Leedy will run far behind the candidate
for congress- Ridgiey.
There Is a sensible set OF Populists at
Emporia- They have turned in to fight
Leedy and defend Wetmore. with the
hope Of getting their county ticket elected
George Orr. who went 10 the peniten-
tiary for life in 1884 from Miami county.
having committed murder in the first
degree. has been pardoned by Governor
Leedy.
Jerry Simpson stiIl holds to his opin-
ion that Mckinley is weak After he Is
beaten Simpson could make money with
a lecture entitled, What 1 consider a
strong man"
According to Webster II Is not possible
to pack an empty trunk with one mustard
seed. But all the halls in Kansas at
political meetings. according TO the news
papers. are packed"
At one OF Boyle's meetings In eastern
Kansas kind old lady walked up to the
stage with hot fatiron in a blanket
and handing II 20 the chairman. said:
Tell Mr.. Boyle to put It next his feet"
There are pitchforks in the political
ozone Wednesday az Leavenwprth Leedy
was speaking TO the volunteers and sud
denly the crowd began 10 cheer for Stan
ley and kept IL Up. This is the report.
If II is true. Leedy knows he Is beaten.
Four hundred years ago the Mckay
Simpson quarrel in Harper and Barber
would have become feudal and Jerry
Simpson would have Mckay IN his cas-
tie starving him 70 death. Kansas has
never seen more bitter quarrel than
that.
II is a characteristic OF Kanszns that
every voter who puts his ballot IN for
n congressman, believes that he would
make a better congressman than either
ot the candidates. himself. The candi-
dates do not realize this. but II Is the
case.
The political predictions are row get
ting 20 be Of some worth There Is not
q prominent public man IN Kansas who
Up 70 date has given the figures % Lee
dy's majority which he alleges indefinite
y. Briedenthsl says he Is beaten today.
but IS gaining.
John NJ Price OF Atchison. who came
Il Kansas in lSS Is dead He has a.
ways been prominent IL the state. HIS
son-.n-ia1 is Fred VzndeErifL A. ore
time NJ. Price carried IN life insurance
81. 100 This had 3wineled from various
causes TO Eip0 az the tine Of hls
death.
James BCrk o. James Foster hss beer
arrested f. AfChisoa .-itef his clothes fuil
q Brazilian money. One Brazilian BIZ
amounts 20 100 He SAYS hs Is broom
maker from Sterling. Kansas. and von
me money 81 A crap game n 81 Jo--
There s. romance IN MS ran TIE
a,chison papers should cig Z ou:
? . Cobarn5 Kansas u corn o.
chad parked with grasses. SoEhers
else 30 corn ard grass Er0E n greater
opaierc-. II such region. wlfa such a.
environment. ire hoE and h-s colleage- the
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slfh - hur TIE Setter hs1sss. s5ted
lands iur1ry isfs1re ard iov-.
r-swrsnr. Journal: Ta@ Tichitz Pare
SAYS L@etv fa'Ies - governor not -
cause Re larseE nerve art ~ prEET
ard mental ard rSFsrai P1vs-. ~ b.
csuse - Furr1uzEsf 1.-sef gl.1 q 80
@ ro-f-fcsl buns Who Hrsdv -nsst~rri
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hin The Esxl. VANS &c failure rcrsr-
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uzas Is -r.-e .. hfz saE 500 rrtss 81 a
measure o. s-erF EoFeraeT Kansas has
eve sa1. zstA ths possible e1os2t-os .: