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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
Along the Kansas Nile,

There is every indication that the off,
GERS should enforce the herd Hw against
! John Seaton's boom.
Hubbard. of Topeka. formerly president
of the A. P. A. of the state, has been
| sent to Paris to form lodge there.
Fort Scott will try to get the courts TO
decide that the metropolitan police board
is unconstitutional OF course, the town
viii fail down.
OF Cuba Senator Harris says: "She
should be driven from the western hem
| isphere." Fitzhugh Lee is from the grand
old state of Virginia. too.
II. s. Nichols. Topeka shoe man, has
! assigned Since the inauguration of the
| beautiful fast mail. Topeka people have
| been buying their shoes in Kansas City.
Taking them as a whole says Sena-
tor Harris OF Kansas, "the American peo-
pie are the most intelligent in the world"
Yes. more than that. Taking them as
a whole not only, but as a part
Tomorrow Rev. DR.. Embree of Topeka
will preach in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Next week he will return 10 Topeka and
pack up. There will be no tears in his
eyes when he bids that town goodbye.
II will interest all the editors Of Kansas
who have visited the place TO learn that
ment, which will make Il a SUPPORT Of
entry. The Kansas City papers at least
say so.
T. B. Murdock's correspondent to Fl
Dorado Republican from Washington;
'Bennet 3 Cushman, of Wichita IS Sen
ator Bakers private secretary. He was
with Perkins year OF two. To my mind
he is about the most Industrious. as well
as the most useful. man in Washington.
He is always in earnest: and as he stands
for Senator Baker and knows what he
wants, and knows Just where TO get II.
he is as successful as he is popular. While
Senator Baker is doing TIVE mems work.
AR. Cushman is 2 valuable lieutenant in
the departments. Yesterday l went the
rounds with CUshman. We started at zen.
calling first at the postofice department
AS the building covers about an acre OF
ground II took Us half an hour 70 visit
half dozen heads Of departments One
time l went the rounds with Plumb cali
ing OF president, Grant az the end CT the
trip. A. another ;iue / went v.th him
and we closed the day oy calling CT Old
Grover Bristow Is holding the lob Ike
& hero. We found Kansas IL tHs same
division with Nebraska. Colorado and Ms
sissfppL From The postoftlce Se went 20
The interior department.. where Ee net
Thomas Ryan. first assistant Webster
Davis. Of Kansas City. second assistant
We also met First Assistant Pension
Commissioner Mr.. Davenport. After
tramping around this building for an hour
We went 20 the treasury department 20
see the comptroller OF currency. From
here We went 3 nile % the agricultural
department. We made speeches for gar
den SEEDS for Kansas and were successful.
By the time vs got back 70 HzvvsY's,
on Pennsylvania avenue, !, was half past
one We took a peck steamed. ard struck
out for the capitol We had EaIkad te1
miles or hard psvsneEts and store GOors.
ard we were tired Cushrss5 makes his
TIP every DAP. and &c does Il so TIA,
ae can intslAgsntiy answer tbs zzuT
Kansas letters sen: 10 Senator Baker
daily"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
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Daily e Eagle
VI. m. MURDOCH, Editor
REMEMBER THE vIRGINIUs.


Whether the court of inquiry's report
Ehall have been made ere these words
appear in type, or whether it be made
Today, or tomorrow, or next week, the
minds Of the American people are made
Up Nothing has transpired that fails
CT confirming the people of this coun-
try in the conviction that the sinking of
The Maine was a premeditated diabol-
Ism. But yesterday copies of the car
looms appearing in the Madrid papers
The week previous to the destruction of
he Maine, were received at the Eagle
.ffice. Four out of eight Of the cartoons
we're of the Maine, which was then ly-
ing peacefully at anchor in the harbor
of Havana These cartoons were in
spired by Madrid talk and inside
knowledge. There can be no question
of this. The Maine was viewed as a
menace by the Spanish authorities who
knew that the harbor had been planted
with torpedoes, and which could be
fired by wire from shore. In the absence
# this fact. and many other con1rma-
tory incidents, the dispatches of yester-
Gay morning supply all necessary links
in the chain of evidence. Weyler
planted the mines and torpedoes and
an American prisoner was not only
cOgnizant of the work, but knew of the
amount of dynamite employed. Besides
there is the confirmatory letter of Wey-
Ter, written before the Maine had been
dispatched to the harbor, a copy of
which letter fell into the hands Of an
American newspaper correspondent,
which letter not only declares that he,
Weyler, had prepared the harbor for
such an emergency, but all that was
left to do was for some Spanish hand
bold enough to press the button. If any
other reasons were wanting why the
United States should not back down,
the speech of Senator Proctor. publish
ed in the Eagle yesterday morning,
supplies them in abundance. The truth
is, no one can read that speech and not
be convinced that this government has
been remiss in failing TO act a long time
ago. Cleveland should have recognized
the belligerent rights of the insurgents,
unquestionably. The suffering that such
action would have prevented; the lives
that would have been saved, can now
be numbered by the thousands, not
only lives of men but of innocent wo-
men and helpless children.
If the United States government fails
now to wrench the remnant of that out
ragged people and their country from
the grasp Of pirating parent, and at
the same time to collect full indemnity
for the sailors murdered in the hull of
the Maine. the country of Washington
and Lincoln will stand before the world
I'm the cringing attitude of a self con
fessed coward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
MAY BE 'POSSUMING.

Queen Victoria'S one remaining am
bition is that her remaining reign shall
be a period of peace and prosperity to
England. This wish she has success
fully pressed home on the last two ao-
rninistrations. Salisbury has been
hampered by his queens pleadlngs Ior
peace at any price, in face OF the Esyp-
tan and French, the African, the
Graeco-Arnenian and other late COM
plications, to say nothing of such minor
episodes as the Venezuelan affair. And
so now, in the face of the greatest and
grayest complications which have con-
fronted the entire reign Of Victoria, the
queen goes off to the south Of France,
and the Prince Of Wales physicians in
ordinary have decided that Lord Sails
bury himself is in such precarious
condition that he must let go of the
reigns of government and seek rest in
the same country where his queen has
gone. Mr.. Balfour will the while ad-
minister the affairs of Great Britain
There has arisen a suspicion in Eng
land that Salisbury is not sick, but that
it is the empire which has grown de-
bilitated in the atmosphere of the RUS
sian Franco alliance, in which Germany
is practically joined in the proposed
partition of China. In this unpleasant
situation will be found the secret Of
the other-day proposition that Eng
land tender the United States the use
Of her navy in settling the Cuban af-
fair. Salisbury has got to do something
and nobody understands that fact bet
ter than he. And so it is surmised and
openly limited that Salisbury goes to
the sea shore, not in the search OF
health, but that the opportunity may
be afforded Balfour for a stroke of
statescraft or of war which will save
England's prestige and the premier's
administration. That England must
maintain her hold on Egypt, stand by
her acquisitions in West Africa and be
ready to take a hand in the Chinese di-
vision scheme proposed by Russia,
France and Germany, is seen and I'M
derstood by men other than statesmen
everywhere. England holds open to
the trade of the world a belt across the
Chinese empire which Includes within
its boundaries two hundred and twenty
five millions of people. She must
maintain that hold or suffer immeasur
ably in her commerce. The United
States borders the Pacific, and next to
England is concerned in Chinese traffic.
Salisbury may therefore be 'possuming
for the queens sake, but in reality
getting ready to strike, and to strike
hard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

covered by the bill in question have all
been passed upon by the United States
court of claims and the payment recon-
mended. Some of the leading congress-
men are opposing the bill, not that
the claims may not be just but because
they are thus Jumped in an omnibus
measure. But the chances are that the
bill will pass. And there will be others.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
A Crazy ArkanSawyer.

A native of Camden, Ark, D. F. Jeffus,
by name. who does not like the way things
arc being run at the White House. has
announced his intention Of becoming the
next president OF the United States Mr..
Jertus IS at present a farmer. q poet and
n unorGained Methods; minister. He pro-
poses 70 attend college for five years az
ter his election and before assuming his
official duties
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
MedfOrd Patriot

Medford Patriot: Some assert that
cross roads hurt town. They should see
Medford and note its growth since II. &
S. built on to Blackwell. Since the road
was completed and even before 1t is bal
lasted. over 1900 pounds of merchandise
and 30 cars of lumber and building ma
terial have been transferred here from
the Rock Island to that road for Deer
Creek and Blackwell. o. yes, ii may hurt
a town to increase the business at a rail-
road station, but few could be induced
to believe it who observed the increased
labor necessary to care for the service.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
American shoes Abroad.

Nearly % per cent Of the shoes import
ed by the British colonies are OF Ameri-
can make. and American shoes have. on
account ot their moderate price and fin
ish. become so popular in Great Britain
that a number OF factories are 70 be esta0-
ushed in Scotland for thu expressly stat
ed purpose Of competing with American
shoes. which are 20 be initiated as FAR as
possible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
UbataIat He Has Gained.


(Fron he Cleveland Lsaaer-|
After ell. there IS such = thing as hay
ing too much good sense.
How 30 you make that out-'
Why. II he had been wise. compare
lively few people would today be aware
OF the fact that there is = CONGRESSMAN
named Bling CHAM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
Detectives and osAer..

fFg1El fhe <eW 4o-k FTsfat
Ire =o--6 = 14vs6cd la;o t~o KIDS e
fasks. tzose Eho tk5zs trey are DassTv-
TX other people. and those Eno tElzk
oshs- ,so,.s a-s observing tain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

Wars have been waged to settle boun-
dries, 10 satisfy ambitions. 10 decide dis
putes OF political origin. \ war mas been
T3ged for sweet charity sake Europe
was offered the opportunity b. Armenia
Uncle sam has the same chance in Cuba
VIII he back down? Not much.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
And They're Mighty Useful Habits.

u 4U.ll &c NV uIA tEess-F
After 4 man has been married about
six months be takes 10 carrying q little
more OF string 81 EIs pocket and wears
pins under the bottom edge OF his vest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

The Spanish threaten TO blow up Laredo,
Texas. Thank heaven, BiggviIle, Bolts
county, Nevada, is still safe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

SO far as the state department is con-
cerned it seems to be all Day with Sher-
man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

How much sympathy would we have for
the Cubans had they rebelled because
Spain taxed their tea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

General Miles says: Matters look SER
ious." And they are going to continue to
look serious until Cuba is free.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

There are too many men II the United
States who after short reyuision Of feel
ing would settle eontenteGly down under
a monarchy. The country wants a lesson
in fidelity 10 freedom and II can be given
it by the liberation OF the Cubans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

In accordance with Spanish demands
the squadron at Key West is being re-
duced- II Spain likes. We will avacuate
New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

The Austrian minister at Washington
has sassed Judge Day and came mighty
near being recalled. The chances are that
We Will not have Spain alone to fight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

You can thank your stars that you were
not elected president year before last.
Il Is OWNS 70 the fact that you are Just
now getting about eight hours night
more sleep than Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

A war in favor of liberation Of Cuba
would be the noolest, most unselfish war
ever waged. The Samaritan VINO will take
OF his coat and fight in the name OF
charity is doubly good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

When the Key West squadron was re-
duced the American people groaned. But
they Will all be back in good health again
when that report is submitted to congress
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

The country does not want Cuba. It has
no racial spite against the Spaniards I,
has nothing 20 gain materially in war.
Its demand is simply one in the interest Of
humanity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

We owe either no help to Cuba in the
least or we owe her our entire assistance
And under the Monroe doctrine we come
mighty near owing her our entire assist
ance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19
There will be war with Spain.

So far as the state department is con-
cerned it seems to be all Day with Sher-
man.
How much sympathy would we have for
the Cubans had they rebelled because
Spain taxed their tea
The Spanish threaten to blow up Laredo.
Texas. Thank heaven, BiggviIle, Bolts
county. Nevada, is still safe.
General Miles says: Matters look SER
ious." And they are going to continue to
look serious until Cuba is free.
In accordance with Spanish demands
the squadron at Key West is being re-
duced- II Spain likes. we will avacuate
New York.
The Austrian minister at Washington
has sassed Judge Day and came mighty
near being recalled. The chances are that
We Will not have Spain alone to fight.
When the Key West squadron was re-
duced the American people groaned. But
they viii all be back in good health again
when that report is submitted to congress.
We owe either no help to Cuba in the
least or we owe her our entire assistance.
And under the Monroe doctrine we. come
mighty near owing her our entire assist
ance.
The country does. not want Cuba. II has
no racial spite against the Span.ards I,
has nothing % gain materially in war.
Its demand is simply one in the interest Of
humanity.
A war in favor of liberation Of Cuba
would be the nJhlest, most unselfish war
ever waged. The Samaritan VINO will take
of his coat and fight in the name OF
charity is doubly good.
You can thank your stars that YOU were
not elected president year before last.
Il is owing 70 the fact that You are lust
now getting about eight hours night
more sleep than Mckinley.
There are too many men II the United
States who after short reyuision Of feel
ing would settle coatenteGly down under
monarchy. The country wants a lesson
in fidelity 10 freedom and IL can be given
a. 49, 81 }.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-10
AGE OF MONOPOLY.

In almost every line of industry i'm
mense combinations control produc-
tion and the small independent pro-
ducer is vanishing before the advance
of the powerful corporation. There is
good cause for alarm at the enormous
economic and political power welded
by great combinations of capital. and
antimonopoly laws have been enacted
for the purpose of curbing this power;
but thus far, they have utterly failed
and monopolies are growing apace.
Monopoly frequently means exorbi-
tant prices, uncivil treatment and in
sulting defiance of public rights. OPP
position to monopoly will doubtless be
a significant factor in the next politi-
cal campaign and will exert potent
influence in the framing of platforms
of all political parties.
Before the introduction of the steam
engine and improved machinery, goods
were made by hand in small shops.
Each workman learned the use of the
simple tools of his trade and was able
to turn out the completed product.
But when steam was utilized and ap-
piled to machinery, it produced an
industrial revolution. The introduc
tion of steam was followed by marve
lous imprOvements..in machinery and
machine made goods being cheapest,
the hand worker was forced to close
his little shop and go into the factory.
Then followed the railroad, steamship
and telegraph, making the uttermost
parts of the earth easily accessible.
The cheapness of large production,
combined with. the constantly improv-
ing methods of communication and
transportation. melted manufacturers
to larger and larger combinations of
capital and finally to the forming of
trusts or mOnopolies.
Monopoly frequently puts goods into
the hands of the user at a lower price
than he could get them if they were
made by large number of independ-
ent producers, but while monopoly
may sometimes be an agent in Cheap
production, it has many undesirable
features. 1t puts almost iIlimitable
power into the hands of few great
industrial leaders, making them a
menace to honest competition and to
the rights of the people.
Public servants are perverted in Or
der to secure special privileges, and the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-10
TERMS $l.OO per year. in advanc
Six Months 50 cents.

wholly incompetent to do. Nor could
such jury be influenced by the petit
Jogging of judge if disposed to turn
the scale of justice in the wrong direc-
tion. In these respects our jury sys-
tenn is not sound and the sense of good
men has, for years, demanded its
abrogation, but reformation.
Just why jury, as soon as accepted
and qualified should be placed under
the guard of court officer and not al
lowed to communicate with anyone
until discharged by the court should
be so treated any more than the Judge
i'll the case, is not altogether clear to
the writer. He may read as much
as he likes and form as many
different opinions as come to him and
no questions are asked. But, it may
be urged, the mantle of justice falling
from his shoulders is a shield of dig
nifty which no one would dare approach
with view to influencing his actions
in case tried before him. And that
again, no one would think of trying to
buy dozen men. as it would be quite
out of the question of probabilities.
But it is not necessary to bribe judge
nor to buy a whole jury as one is
enough to cause a disagreement and,
in some cases, defeat the ends of
justice.
The law governing the selection of
jurors needs modifying enough to al
low the admission of intelligent men
into the jury box. Then. again, a ma
jority, or at least two-t thirds vote should
be the law and as binding as unani-
nous vote is now. These propositions
ought to appear plain enough to almost
anyone. because of the senseless COM
plexity of many of the laws which
lumber up the statute books of every
state in the Union.
Every law should be so clear and
concise in it's wording that anyone of
ordinary understanding and knowing
the meaning of ordinary words
could interpret it with as much GER
tainty as the most learned Judge.
Place such laws on the statute books
and technicalities-wh are the cause
of defeating justice in SO many cases
and befogging the minds of intelligent
jurors-will be entirely avoided, and
with modification of the law
governing the selection of jurors,
justice will be better conserved
Lake City Graphic Sentinel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-10
Written for The Prison Mirror
PRISONERS DECALOGUE.

|. Thou shalt join the union of
Manhood and with all thy power hold
thereto.
ii. Thou shalt not permit any evil
motives to come before thee, nor blame
thy brother man. Thou shalt show
thy purpose to be upright, and man
will be merciful.
III. Thou shalt not take mans
name to deride: for man will not hold
him guiltless that taketh his name thus.
". Thou shalt use thy spare mo-
ments to good advantages; to educate
thyself and study thy faults that you
will be better prepared to join the
union of Manhood.
V. Honor thy folks and thy true
friends, that thy days be most
pleasant.
vi. Thou shalt ever carry thyself
in manly demeanor, that you be not
stunned.
VII. Thou shalt not live in hOvel,
nor feed on the husk that the swine
doth eat. Take thou no aims from the
unrighteous, lest it bemean thee.
VIII. Honor the female sex, for on
this rock rests the future welfare of man.
TX. Waste not thy years affecting
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-10
A JAIL EXPERT.

OF the many methods of achieving
fame-or nOtoriety-that of Count
Rocco Diamovitch is surely among the
strangest. The Count has made the
getting into prison the chief business
OF his life for thirty-fOur of the forty
seven years he has lived, for the pur-
pose of gathering information for a
book he is anxious to write on the sub
ject At thirteen he left his home and
went into Prussia. where he was ar
rested for trespassing and sent to
prison for three months. working at
chairmaking. From that time to this"
he adds, Il have never been free from
the desire From thirteen until he
was twenty he was in and out of more
than twenty prisons in Belgium, Prus-
sia, Poland and Russia. His first ex-
perience of Jail life was in England in
Liverpool, which he says was one of the
worst he was ever in. filled with
drunken sailors from all over the world
He stayed there six days, when he paid
his fine and got out-the first time he
failed to serve his sentence. Then he
went to Ireland, France, Italy, Greece
and Turkey; then to Egypt, "where the
jails are the worst in the world, except
Australia" and then to India and
Japan, and to America, where he has
been for more than year, spending
most of his time in jails and peniten-
tiaries. According to his views, the
best jail in America is in Denver; and
that in St. Louis, where he spent
week, is very bad, for "the prisoners
run the place." and "it was impossible
to find any peace or comfort in the
place. Chicago Inter Ocean.