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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-09

tial facts required to show the state Of
Europe at the time Leo XIII. was elected.
AS a whole the luecture was intenseluy
interesting, because it showed Leo XIII.
in a light entirely new to the thoughts
of many, and because it pointed that the
houy father had always been for peace
and had invariably useds his great inffu-
ence to that end. He did not touch upon
dogmatic questions.
And after the lecture Mr.. Crawford was
very pleasantly entertained by the Cath
Ollie club For an hour a public reception
was held during which time many society
people called and met the lecturer and
novelist. Mayor Coe ard President c. J.
Danaher presented the guests. Many Of
the ladies who called took the opportunity
to secure Mr.. Crawford's autograph and
he was kept busy writing for some time.
4 number of members of the Thursday
Morning club called and congratulated
him.
During the reception the club orchestra
rendered a number of pleasing selections
and the reception committee showed the
visitors over the club house.
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CITY IN BRIEF.

The registration books will close on
Saturday, March %
Mr.. F. A. Mcclure of Hutchinson. was
a business visitor who was here yester-
day.
Mr.. Fred Bentley returned home yester-
day morning from a several days trip to
Pratt.
Mr.. Thomas A. Sullivan returned yes
terady morning from a legal trip to st.
Marks.
Col. R. T. Bean returned yesterday from
a short business trip into the Oklahoma
country.
George westgate and Jim Conley, Jr..
were initiated into the Delgalnero club
last night.
Representative C. NJ Irwin went to To-
reka yesterday to be present at the gath
ering of the clans.
Mt. E. B. Jewett left yesterday morning
for Topeka, to attend the state central
committee meeting.
Col. H. ". Lewis left over the Santa
Fe yesterday morning for Topeka, where
he Will attend the state central commit
tee meeting.
Hon Amos NJ. Thayer, United States
circuit judge of ST. Louis, is n the city
and will hold court today. in the United
States court room.
Mr. W S. Mitchell has been quite sick
az MS home, luo6 North Emporia, but his
friends viii be glad 10 learn that he viii
be out IN a few days
Mr. T. H Griffith, W. o. Sternberg.
Fred Robinson and John Moore went 10
Gaatz's mill. on the Wichita and Western.
duck hunting yesterday.
Regular melting OF Elizabeth Rebekah
Lodge No. . this evening. Work in the
degree. Every member OF the staff is
expected 70 he present.
Mr. Dick Hauowell left yesterday morn
ing over the Rock Island for Topeka.
where he VIII be detained several days
attending 10 some business matters
Messrs. Frank Burt. Charley Mossbach-
er and Gerald Volk returned home yes:er-
day morning from q three days duck
hunt in the western part OF the state.
SIR. 2 T. Dolan. superintendent OF the
oklahoma division OF the Santa Fe Re-
turned home yesterday morning from To-
peka, where he had been on official 0Cs-
mess
J. II .McEntlre. receiver OF the Wichita
and Western railway. was called 70 s.
Louis yesterday b. the sudden Illness
OF his mother. Re lefs at la ?. Il over
the Frisco.
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LIKE THF VEGFTABLE PARTY
Only Different. - the Later Freak OF
the 400

New York. March Its a very dun
evening indeed even FOR the Lentcn sea
son. when tho Misses Hewitt can't get ~,
an entertainment with a dash of original
fly ia il. Their vegetables party recently
was one ~ the events - the ae->on. a-f
now ever body ls talking about the I'm
prDnpta tahleaux yivants. With music ana
reoitations. with shlea they amused their
friends at their home. 3 Lexington ave
nue.
Just before the pictures we shown
hrs. George T. Rivee. aceornpanyirz her
seN on tHe guitar. sang some rarr- IN
spanish. She Vas followed BY Mrs. Fra,-
Gle Mc$"iH Bacon. j.. formerly lf.ss
Lena Poet n Paris. In an eE sedlrrly
clever rnon0l1gge in French "r-re Pre-
seDisii9n.' delivered with wonderful
grace and dirti1n
After the preliminary part the fatfsaHn
viFantH were shoaa ia rapid n3,-eas.e1.
the subjects posing hea.1G q hH' frame
aTtiHtlraiiy arranged ora the stag-. g1rst
came Miss Ives as "ftalg ,hra Mr-
John I-resz Kane. fra gown trimmed
win EaFlaf-ssz - Gs141Hs ard Lar-. a.
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tf-i - TIE rnaur fnafroaz 70 Sew York
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surrounded wl-t sumner ssid eoFe-z s..o-
pses ard daisies sn1 faeu NJ C~1r-.
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LAWRENCE HOLMES COMPANY.

Lawrence Holmes company played 10 a
good sized audience at the Crawford
Grand last night. presenting the melo-
drama, streets Of New York On the
previous night the beautiful scenery was
a strong feature of the performance Last
evening no special scenery was used which
robbed the performance OF its particular
interest. and the play was no better than
Is presented by the average repertoir
company at popular prices. However.
with the exception o. little too much
horse play the piece was quite well rem
Gared and the audience seemed pleased
and were very enthusiastic. The next
attraction viii be Isl Plunkard.'
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FUNDS NOW IN SIGHT
Committee Have Raised Half
of the G, A. R. Money.
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
Expected to be the Largest
EnCampment Ever Held,

Preparations for the 18th annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, which is to be held in this city on
April 20. q and -, are progressing nicely
and there is no longer any question that
this city Will entertain the old soldiers.
The executive committee, composed of
the following well known old soldiers and
citizens is Henry Schad, J. /. Jacobs. l.
Keck. w, c. Hoover, J. & Palmer, J. p.
Allen. \. c. Jobes, c. NJ. Dickson and Z.
3. Jewett. The committee elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President-E. r. Jewett.
Secrotary-George NJ. Dickson.
Treasurer. T. Allen.
Chairman of Finance-A. c. Jobes.
Chairman of Committee on Program
General Murray Myers.
Chairman of Committee on Reception
and Assignments-W. c. Hoover.
Chairman OF Committee on Invitation
J. l. Jacobs
The committee have already raised over
500. being less than half the amount
which is necessary TO defr5y the expenses
Of entertaining the encampment. The gem
uemen who have the subscription in hand
are confident that the amount necessary
will be forthcoming and that the encamp-
ment this year VIII be one of the largest
in point Of attendance ever held in the
state. 1t has been planned that a half
day be set aside by the encamument in
which TO plant a tree in the new River
side Park. 1t Will be known as Liberty
Tree. The different G. A. 4. orders snd
their auxiuiaries IN the city viii have the
care of the tree. That an idea may be
given as TO what the attendance viii be.
st is said that most Of the MONS in the
Carey have already been engaged al this
date for entertainment during the three
Gavs of the erra r77-,r,,ert
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FROM The LAND OF GOLD
Reports of Interest to Klondikers or
Those Contemplating kIondikery.

Washington. March 3.-Two papers con-
tanning important contributions 10 the
gold-besring regions or Alaska, papers
the publication OF which has been awaited
with great interest for nearly year. have
Just issued from the government printing
Office. Thev are both advance chapters
from Par. III q the eighteenth annual
reper. OF the director of t5e United States
geological survey not yet issued TIE
papers give the results q reconnaissance
exam nations by survey experts. made,
respectively in the summers Of Izs5 and
ICES. or shortly before :Ee outbreak Of the
Kiondike gold excitement
Ire paper entitled "Recaan0.ssancs of
the Gold Fields of southern Alaska
pamphlet q s SPACES OF text ard a num-
ber Of maps and other illustrations. rec
ords the result CO observation b. Mr.
George z. Becker. IL lx5. its publication
having besn delayed until tbs time mainly
by reason ~ Dr.. Becke--s absence during
part q lssf. making a study o. tAe god
DEPOSITS o. the Trausvazi
Tae principal developments = tns
coastal region q Alaska have bean MADE
among the fslaass y ghe AIsxander ATca-
ioesaEo ard OF ths e15e5ring shore q tns
pan Hands scrip q southeastern ALASKA
n this rsTson are sae famous ASK
Tresdsxeu and taa -1ez1eaa raiEes-
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AT. deposits on Ire Tnal1.an1 opposite
from Juneau. and the FuE.-rs bsT nrtaes.
OF. Admiralty Island. 20 ;as- norTnSeE-.
are me Berer's bay mines. or ;he eastern
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ina. resemble - z general yay TIE c1uH-
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Rest Of All
MUSIC AND DRAMA
OPERA HOUSE.

] c. Lewis and his big company Of
comedians viii positively appear at the
Crawford Grand, Saturday, March 70, in
the great comedy success Isl Piunkard, q"
a rural comedy brim full of funny situa-
tons and laCghable novelties. This is one
of the many successful comedies, and a
money maker for its owners. This season
the comedy has been entirely rewritten
and appears in it's new edition.
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CRIME LAID At JACKS DOOR
Janitsr willow. CsR1s@se- share In
A~F1pa Of Uur1er~

Ch.cAEa. Nara 7.-TEs Dol4es 81 eve
they havs - csssasT fhs raes rsHDsass-
BE gor fhs ssztA y ages Ans.sz Messse.
was Eas fazn5 zaTssFea ans rsb1s9
ah0ut t=a days zxa one u 80 sagassed
r-1r6ers-s = fs~srxt Tzc<a $50 vas A.
rested Es2< 2. =. Arrears sozs a. 9eE
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the faucet in our homes comes from off
the snow capped Rockies and flows
through a thousand miles of white sand
before it sees the light of day.
1t IS almost proverbial, that while peo-
pie leave Wichita they come back again.
Ask them why and they will probably say:
Because they like to live here, they feel
better, and can do just as well, but they
do not seem to think it is our pure water
and delightful climate that makes Wich-
tia such desirable place to live.
Scientists tell US the study and observa-
ton of hygienic laws prOlong life and
while we know this to be true we also
know we must be situated so it is possible
for us to comply with them.
While all three of the foregoing elements
are needed for our health and comfort,
air and water are of the greatest import
ance as they are the purifiers Of our blood
and system.
Mrs. Berer one of our great food au-
thorities says pure water is of greater
Importance than food.
The analysis Of the water furnished by
the Wichita Water company proves it to
be one of the purest supplies in the world.
us uSt lilSui X IiSdIth S4eai4i-4iS99 anu q
saving of money.
For further particulars apply at COM
pany's office. 122 East First street.
Best Of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the SPRING
time comes, use the true and perfect rem
edy. Syrup of Figs. One bottle Will an
swer for all the family and costs only 30
cents. Buy the genuine. Manufactured
b ythe California Fig Syrug Co. only, and
Tor sale by all druggists.
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I4fasens1' Gs-e7al fsaaeera1s. $50
A. kls heas IN cs.sfes-is = sa
lsz1T1ssd. ~; "a paFsesans 49, or
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The evening times., 1898-07-15
A Humilintinr Object Lc..on.

Readers of The Times will remember
how greatly the country was surprised
and mortified by the announcement that
our bureaucratic naval authorities had
determined to allow the sixteen million
dollars worth of new war vessels pro-
vided for by Congress, a maximum
speed of only sixteen knots an hour,
which the contractors might reduce to
fifteen knots under a small penalty.
1t was pointed out at the time that
ships of the motive inferiority intended.
would be behind the standard of pres
ent naval construction by four or five
knots, and would be only fit to class
with war craft turned out as far back
as 1880. 1t appears upon investigation
that all recognized naval authorities
abroad are agreed that current condi-
tions demand a speed of from eighteen
to twenty knots, the latter being the
average expected hereafter.
The determination Of the Bureau of
Construction to make of our new and
costly additions to the navy only ar
mored canal boats, driven by triple ex-
pansion mule power, instead of peers
Of new ships being built in our
own yards for other powers. becomes
the more inexcusable when We see the
The evening times., 1898-07-15
Our Prisouer. of War.

The Spanish prisoners now confined
some very Interesting experiences in the
immediate future. They will have a
chance to study the character of their
captors quite thoroughly, and will dis
cover some things which they never
would have known had they remained
in their own country.
The scene which took place when
these men parted from their officers
was most touching. 1t looks very much
as if the best blood of Spain were in
her navy. The conduct of Admiral Ger
vera and some of the other Spanish
naval officers has certainly furnished a
marked contrast to that of Blanco.
Ter, being a land pirate, with all the
unpleasant characteristics of the an
cient buccaneer, it was not unreason-
able to suppose that Admiral Cervera
would prove to be sea pirate. But
he is nothing of the kind. The Span
ish naval officers seem to have won the
devotion and respect of their men.
of Captain Morou, of the Colon, and
his crew. The grief of the men in part
ing from their commander, and his
emotion as he heard their EXPIRE ssions
of affection and sorrow. were accentu-
ated by the fact that all believed the
parting to be final.
The men certainly thought that they
t,o ,11 he "a
were better informed than some ether
prisoners Of rank whom We have taken
they probably shared the same appre-
hension. The idea that comfortable
quarters would be provided for them
all until such time as peace should be
declared, seems never to have entered
their heads. and when the captives at
Seavey's Island found that they were
actually given a decent place to sleep.
and new blankets to wrap around them.
and enough food to satisfy their hun.
ger, their astonishment was both COM
ical and pathetic. The unreasonable
weather of the past week may have
caused them to feel that they were in
the Arctic zone. and If they were just
little more ignorant they might have
supposed that they were being fatten-
ed for cannibal purposes. But. on the
whole, they must be as nearly contented
as 1t is possible for men to be in a
state Of captivity. They have been led
to suppose that they would be tor
tured and killed IL caught by the ter
rible Americanos. They have been told
more ghost stories about this coun-
try than can be found In any book Of
horrors printed in English. When it be-
came certain, on the eventful day Of
their capture, that their proud ships
were absolutely destroyed, and they
themselves in the hands Of the enemy,
without hope Of escape. they must have
The evening times., 1898-07-15

achievements of American builders In
producing results even above the STAN
'dard 81 excellence acquired by prevail
ing conditions.
The Japanese cruiser Kasagi is case
in point. On her second trial trip from
Portsmouth, on Tuesday. over a twenty
mile course, and notwithstanding q
heavy wind and sea. this vessel is re-
ported to have averaged "a speed Of
twenty-five and seven-ten'h his knots.
Over fur miles Of the distance. under
forced draught. the speed shown was
twenty-six knots.
In these determinations there Is a les
son and warning to the ''conserva-
tive" barnacles of the CONSTRUCTION Bu-
reau. The American people want a
navy fully as great as that Of the first
naval power of today, or any day. They
are willing to pay for it, but they must
have the most powerful and swiftest
ships that can be built. To insult them
with obsolete types is sin which the
sinners will be called upon to repent,
when the full meaning of the Offense
is realized by the public.
The evening times., 1898-07-15


The medical department has discovered
the lack of surgeons and hospfraf appli-
ances with the army at Santiago and a
number of doctors will be sent down at
once. Charges of the neglect or wounded
and sick soldiers have been made by cor
respondents, and there are many reports
of the failure to apply sanitary regula-
tions to the temporary camps. The lack
of available lighters to land sre-enforce-
ments and supplies was noted by army
officers. but there seems to be no good
reason why transports for-~surgeons
nurses and hospital supplies should not
have been secured in time. Also 1t is
charged that there were norsenough. IL
any. stretcher-bearers to remove the
wounded from the field. Our correspond
ents describe the wounded and sick as
crawling along the roads unaided. wound
ed soldiers carrying more severely wound
ed officers. -
The evening times., 1898-07-15
FRIDAY, JULY Is. 1898.
The Santiago Campaign.

During the past week or ten days
complaints have been made by COM
petent observers of unnecessary delays
on the part of the Americans before
Santiago, chiefly because of the indis-
position of the naval commander to af-
ford the assistance the army requested
and had right to expect. Still, in sp te
of any excess of courtesy toward an
enemy who was apparently seeking only
to gain time in the hope of aid from un-
favorable climatic conditions the CAM
paign will compare favorably in its re-
suits with any in modern history in
volving the same conditions.
o. The Spanish army was composed al
most entirely of regulars of more or
less experience. who were well armed
and until near the end well supplied
: with the means of subsistence. The
Spaniards chose their own positions and
had ample time to fortify them. Be
sides the usual armament of the works
they We're able to draw guns from Ger
vera's fleet that formed a very i'm
portant element in the defense of the
place. More than half the
American soldiers were volunteers,
wholly without experience in actual
war and unused to the oppressive heat
of Cuban Summer. These troops
were enlisted and equipped hurriedly,
and two months ago the first detach-
ment effected a landing with great diff
ficulty in a rough sea on a virtually
unknown coast. Without the aid of
the heaviest artillery, they drove back
an enemy of superior numbers, display
ing courage and fortitude that won
for them the enthusiastic praises Of
foreign military observers. The Span
ish fleet, whose arrival had been well
coined by the Spanish army as an
important increase of strength in the
defense, was utterly destroyed, and
after days of idleness the enemy sur
rendered under conditions satisfactory
to the Americans.
The Spaniards, on their own ground
and with larger force during the
period of action. protected by intrench-
ments of their own construction, lost
fleet of modern warships, some thou
sands of men in killed, wounded and
prisoners, and the most important
stronghold Of Cuba, besides an army
of some 10000 men withdrawn from fur
ther action in this war. The cost to the
Americans in killed was $50 men, and
in wounded about 1.4O0. The campaign
has demonstrated the fortitude and au-
dacity of our soldiers and the efficiency
of our navy in conflict.
The evening times., 1898-07-15
A Foreigner. Tribute.

An experienced army surgeon, who
has inspected the military forces of
every European nation, recently assert
ed that the American volunteer is in
comparable in physical strength and
agility and in intelligence. This was
his conclusion after weeks among the
soldiers at Chickamauga. 1t is certain
that in the examinations for enlistment,
the surgeons have been more exacting
than they were at any time In the Civil
War. Then, at the best, an occasional
applicant was rejected because he
lacked inches, but before the close of
the conflict he was accepted. AS a re-
suit of the care exercised in the selec-
ton of men for the Spanish war, the
United States has an army that for
health and endurance is without an
equal.
That 1t Is also without rival in re-
spect of courage and all fighting char
acteristics is the voluntary testimony
of military attache of the French
embassy, Major De Grandprey. This
officer, who was selected by his govern
ment because of his qualities as an OBJ
server. has just returned from the head
quarters of Gen. Shafter, where 1t was
his official duty to study the operations,
from the landing of the troops to the
assault on the Spanish intrenchments.
His tribute to the fighting ability of our
soldiers is ardent enough to satisfy the
proudest American. He says they are
a superb body, individually and as an
army, and he does not think there is
such another splendid lot of fighting
men in the world. They are aggress-
i've. eager for action. never needing the
voice of an officer to push them fer
ward" They are self-reliant. having
that quality of Initiative" which. Ma
jor De Grandfrey afirms. is almost un-
known in European armies. That this
is an American trait was shown at Mis-
sionary Ridge. when. being directed TO
carry the works at the foot of the hill,
GERS. scaled the heights and drove the
enemy from the summit.
Another thing that won the French
officers admiration and splayed the
intelligence and adaptability of our
troops, was the insignificant loss Of men
and animals when landing at Baiquiri.
He regards this as an exceptionally
good showing. judged by the best mill
tary standards. The efficiency with
which the American troops and sup
plies were started on the expedition and
debarked in Cuba, in the brief time al
lowed, concerned the military obs sarv-
ers more than the actual operations in
the field.
This testimony of a disinterested Eu-
ropean observer is valuable, because it
will aid. in removing an error that has
been grievous to the Spaniards. to
whom it may not be confined. 1t was
the popular opinion in Spain that the
people of this country were made up Of
Immigrants from all parts of the world.
without patriotism. and entirely mer-
cenary, in war as in peace.