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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

English church abroad. The council OF
Constance in 1415, after condemning
forty-five articles Of which Nycliffe
was the author, ordered his bones to
be taken from the the consecrated
ground and cast upon dung hill This
was not done until 1928. when the anti
pope. Clement VIII, ordered the SEN
tence to be strictly executed. Wycliffe's
bones were burned and the ashes were
cast into the Avon river. Thence orig
mated the couplet:
Alton 70 the Severn flows, the
Severn 10 the sea,
And Wycliffe's bones to all the
world around shall scattered
be-"
Thus a body first consumed by fire
and it's greatest bulk carried into the
atmosphere in smoke and gases, the
residue Of ashes being cast into the
current Of a river in turn 10 be de-
livered to the ceaseless surge Of the
ocean, would seem TO be scattered be-
yond the grasp of even Talmadge's i'm
aginatiye propensities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
SUICIDE FOR LOVE.

Six young society women, within
very brief period, have committee sui
eide in Washington city. For social
rottenness, the capital city Of this
country is nowhere equalled, not even
by Paris. The gay French capital has
larger per cent of permanent pouia-
ton Washington citizenship and So
ciety is constituted Of corners and
goers, of social adventureers and poh-
teal plungers. 1t IS almost wholly
without a permanent moral subtratum-
There seems no line of social response
biIity. no strictly moral standard which
the society of that city is expected to
respect. The start on the laclVlous
road seems to have been made by the
admission of women into the depart
ments as clerks. This was followed up
by whole sale installation, in position,
of pretty favorites of senators, con-
gressmen and other multitudinous OH
Gals. Added TO this is a host OF army
and navy official idlers, and gay hang
ers-on OF foreign diplomatic corps, all
socially irresponsible, if not adVentur-
ers, until the very atmosphere has be-
come dangerous to innocent girihood.
Succeeding every congressional and ma
tional election, scores Of beautiful and
innocent maidens are added to the local
society life, or to take the place of 9th
ers. The roues of all stations remain.
The victims are numberless. The dis
pair Of disappointment constitute an
every day incident. Young lives are
blasted, either through broken promises
or ruined ambition. Suicide as an es-
cape seems to be exceptional Still We
have the five or six examples alluded
to- Of what the disappointment of
these brilliant young women consisted
can only be guessed at. The fact re-
mains Of the existence Of unusual and
deadly wrong, presumably at the hand
of man.
The incident of suicide upon the part
of men is exceptional in that city. That
men do commit the objectionable act,
and for the love of some woman, is true
enough. But the victims of the mania
are not of the Washington official
stripe and social circle. Suicide by a
man for love is inexcusable. The wo-
man is seldom moved by the sacrifice,
and the world instead of sympathy
with the man never more than pities,
and pity is akin to contempt. a recent
writer on the subject of men commit
| ing suicide as a result of misguided
| love, say that few women are capable
of approaching at its real value the
| compliment of suicide. The charming
women who provoke self-destruc-
/ ton see in the act mild gratitude for
| fattering her vanity; charming good
women, he claims, never fascinate to
| the point of suicide. In other words,
| the women that men die for, are not
even worth living for. To which every
well trained pessimist will answer
amen, unless he happens to be in love
with one of them.
But aside from all these assumed
facts and speculations there is no ques-
ton that the greatest demand for a re-
form in Washington city is that of a
thorough reform of its social life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
BENTLEY MAY BE A CANDIDATE

The friends of Mr.. O. H. Bentley are
talking quite enthusiastically of en-
tering him in the congressional race Of
the Big Seventh. His hackers believe
that he could do up the apostle of ca
lamity. Bentley is an optimist of pro-
uounccd character, looking ever upon
the bright side of things with unbound
"a faith in Kansas and her people. Be
sides he is an enthusiastic stumper and
an interchangeable and untiring worker
While it seems that there has been no
conclusive determination arrived at, it
goes without saying that the Wichita
delegation would be enthusiastic in
heir support Of a home man in the
convention as at the polls. That Mr..
Long has many warm friends and sup
oorters in Wichita. nobody will deny,
and there is a desire upon the part of
many TO see him defeat the man who so
delights in slandering Kansas and pre-
iicting only calamity for the people,
out should Mr.. Bentley be a candidate
luton. and probably passing it by a
IF his home city and county, and this
without any dfuunition Of their respect
and confidence IN Chester Long, who
aext To home man would be their
choice. as the Eagle plainly announced
but two or three days since.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
READY TO FIGHT.

Walter Costigan, of Franklin county,
who is credited with having originally
discovered Leedy and who claims to
have made his nomination possible, has
soured on the situation. The Office Of
that party no longer seeks the man. It
is the worst aggregation of scramblers
for political pie that ever sailed under
a party name. It's leaders will enter
into many combinations, concede
everything thinkable for a chance for
preferment and incidental emoluments.
Everybody recognizes that fact, and
now Costigan himself is convinced of
it. The Franklin county statesman de-
clares that thousands of Populists
know it to be sacrilegious to call
Leedy's administration POpulistic. The
Omaha platform with the Leedy crowd
of hungry place hunters, is as muh out
of place as a Bible on the parlor table
of a house Of questionable character.
Where" he exclaims, ARE our boast
ed promises of usury and railroad leg
lSIGllOu. w mere, lIldC0N- AZ PCOPAG
have instead only heard charges of
Doodle, proofs of corruption and wire
pulling and intriguing. The state house
gang no longer commands the respect,
much less the confidence, of it's own
party. Costigan is therefore not only
troubled, but disgusted; not only mad,
but ready to fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
OUTRAGEOUS ABUSES.

Chairman Loud, of the committee on
postoffices and pOstroads, will be heard
from in a few days when the commit
tees new bill will come up for consider
alton The deficit in that department
is not traceable to legitimate service.
It is not due to the carrying of letters
and newspapers, nor to the distribution
of them, but to the thousands of tons
of ten cent trash and yellow backed lit
erature passing under the head of reg
dies and fast mail trains. If these
abuses are continued, the legitimate
newspapers of the country, in the end,
will have to pay for il, and consequent
ly the people, or the subscribers to
newspapers, by the raising of the rate
on daily, weekly and monthly publica-
tons. The newspapers not only in the
interest of themselves and subscribers,
but in the interest Of the people, should
stand by Mr.. Loud in his effort to
amend the general postal law for the
wiping out OF departmental abuses. 1t
has been the boast of the publishers of
the cheap stuff alluded TO that they are
not only routing out legitimate maya
zines of Il high literary character, but
the newspaper. And is all at the ex-
pense Of the government. is hoped
and expected that Chairman Loud will
be SO armed with the facts and figures
touching the abuses mentioned. that no
congressman. no matter what his rela-
tions, VIII dare oppose the passage OF
the hill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
TIE RESURRECTION

Talmadge, the Very Reverend T. De
Witt. whose sensauonalsm passes all
understanding and who. by the way.
was married for the third time last
week. and 10 q wealthy widow. once. in
describing the final resurrection Of the
body. at the last day under the vibrat-
ing call of Gabriel's trumpet, drew a
mental scene Of a battle field in which
he saw scattered arms and legs and
bodies sailing upward through the air,
and uniting into the original whole
body This called or a Ions stretch of
very vivid imagination. But bodies
have been scattered and their members
and elements far more widely separated
than by the conflicts OF any battlefield.
In cremation, for instance. much the
largest proportion Of the human organ
ism is dispersed in gases beyond the
widest strench OF conception, There
are others:
Last week in san Francisco. the ash
es Of w. z. Wicker, a prominent rail
road man, were scattered into the bay
from a ferry boat in accordance with
Mr.. wicker's viii. Two years ago Mrs.
Wicker died: her body was oremated
and her ashes We're similarly disposed
Of. There is a historical precedent for
throwing the ashes q the dead into the
water. 4 notable case was that OF
John Wycli6e. the English reformer
who died in 1884. Among other things
which he cid was the preparation % q
paper against the right of the pope tc
divert the ecclesiastical revenues Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
VIZ CAROLS Literary style.

at s. a Iamenta5le thing" writes mar
20 mis- paper that NJ. Carroll, the au-
thor OF Alice IN Wonderland IS dead
nut stiu - Is fortunate that he never
lived in Kansas he could have never
overcome the popular belief and report
that he was chrouiczi}y drunk For ne
might have handled TIE inEsils-Ls!and
matter in this style,
Tbs s.uck-tp Ingalls, took bis snee
sDd siibbered a roIieTy ueuce-
r4a -fnoe-ed the Leland optigosh
Ard hung . on The fence
And upon reading Ar. Lelsnd's reply.
va can easily imagine this
Ana Leland ne sW0re bT ihe huEEerbGn
Ard rippered Johns Te1owu.
ne sq-za wished Il along the fence.
A-E the1 the fence broke down
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
LIE DocToRs 80 FAIra HEALERs

The menuculturists and Christian
scientists are evidently gaining ground.
1t is not known that the regular medi-
sal profession are alarmed, but men,
bers of The fraternity are studying the
senets of the cure by faith as a scien-
life proposition. Establishments where
much faith. more prayer and plenty TO
there could be no question IF the loyalty
sat are 10 be found.and spriuging up all
.ime of ridfcule must give way for q
season of honest investigation. Dr.
Albert II. Burr Of Chicago essays a de-
tense in the Medical Record, so far as
The proposition Of the possibility Of cur
Ing 10y faith Is concerned. lie holds
that It is NOT creditable 10 the intelli-
gence OF scientific physicians 10 dis
credit the cures Of faith healers, as
many Of them are doubtless genuine.
The relation Of mind 10 morbid pro-
cesses IS Undenlable. The influence Of
suggestion upon the mind is all power
ful The kiss Of the mother cures the
hurt OF The child, instantly. Even lay
men know that mans physical condi-
ton and feelings can be readily affected
by the comments q his friends. Many
OF the troubles Of the body are amen
liable to the convictions Of the mind
Faith viii not menda broken leg. but d
morbidness that proloDss the lameness
may enable the crippled one 10 waIB
where he thought impossible. There is
undoubtedly, much cant and hypocrisy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

as well as ignorance mixed up with So
called Christian science, but unques-
tionably there is scientific basis for
the cures and many Of the claims OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

FFrO-r LTIN " Fiji u I-tal-I
TIE usual conviction that ever z7yp-o-
,,-se.ga7 which GOES not directly p-uzna's
-,s~xn-ai popularity a. home = sai15ifss1s
Z aJ~@srfy beginning % form ~ The n1ln1a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

T,- Tzinaaze says that thiTry years sEc
- used 20 reckon that = cigars Esads one
~a-r,r- recoruirg nervous. r. cropps1
- habit ard has teen making rs ser-
---~r- without tobacco toF tEsuty-sogr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
Cheapest. Lee,.ing Thing.

fFror, the YoBkers stzteSa5Gzl-9
Fauenca-.'yyf1zt = the cheapeSS-iooElTZs
rssre son ever saw about bargain e0u--
ter-'' Pat.!ce-A husband waiting se-
his vile
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30
f.Im. EII. Martial ~pfrIf

4F-gs-a % 3 l.sfsre foa FusLl
naxt-g gore . tae fTeGsle AID sxgsaEsss
q meeting 50 Dany Else EsoFie @1Tna4
/. i rat strange that Gsaersl aaes
sssesa.t ssz1 a&e turning - ard lsns.zg
thea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

The tears of Teller which started as
grief at the lash turned into those of
JOY by the time they reached the end of
his nose
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

A large feet of the United States navy
lies 100 miles from Havana. If the Maine
should pull the plug out of the dixie of
peace, she would have plenty Of help.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Nations are not like men. No water
melon ever survived as China simply be-
cause everybody in the crowd was afraid
the other fellow would grab the heart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Mark Hanna has found it necessary
again to come out and deny the report
that he will live at the White House
Or, as ingalls, once said-not now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Bobby Burns anniversary passed in
Kansas with only one town celebrating
Topeka-which regards the OCCASION as an
illegal holiday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

The sold standard doesu't last long in
the United States senate There is posi-
lively 10 hope for financial legislation az
present. \ tariff bin has been passed.
What q wonderful stroke e genius il
woEld be for congress 10 pass TIE free
homes Bill for Oklahoma ard 80 Eone,
and give the people rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

His own mules are picking out the solar
pleXus of the Kansas farmer who regards
81 wheat as his Just dues and re-
fuses to rejoice, and are preparing TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Russia holds a first mortgage for $142,-
600, 900 against Turkey. 1t looks as though
the sultan would have to put in crop
of wheat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Yale college is now two hundred years
old. When it has reached 204 years it
should then be old enough to know how
to treat a presidential candidate respect
fully.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Imprisoned in bastions of ice and para
pets of snow the hlondiker. as he
munches his piece of dog steak, has one
keen JOY. He is safe from the bologna
Joke.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

In the Hawaiian army, which will soon
be ours. chairs are provided for sentries
while on duty. This is clever protec-
ton to the soldiers. a folding bed would
be dangerous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Mr.. Leland merely denies Mr.. ingalls,
political existence. He recognizes Mr..
ingalls, ability to take an idea and up
holster it with the English language, as
much as anybody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

One of the solemn thoughts about the
ice-bound north is the regret that the
polar bear who took care OF Mr.. Andree
will never know how distinguished a part
in the world he really played.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Mayor Van Wyck of New York the
other day, got mad because somebody
called him Your Honor" He says it is
un-American. We know that. But we
didn't think it was un-New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Let the south 60" said Horace Gree
ley. The fields Of New England VIII be
Just as green" But the south didn't go.
II remained and has gone TO manufsctur-
ing cotton goods. And things look blue
in New England.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

II you should move your hand back
and forth 10o9 times . second, 4 friend
in front Of you would hear musical
note. II you should wave it s1'.a9e 9oo,-
085.s15 a second. he would see red light
But don't do it. You might sp-ain your
wrist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Senator Allison of Iowa is one of the
men who does not understand the finan-
cial question. He refused 10 vote in the
senate. he is sensible. There is not a
man on earth who knows the truth OF the
financial matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

The winter is going fast. very fast in
uninterrupted mildness. Early in June
the artificial ice men viii take possession
OF the earth and all they have TOW 10 de-
eide Is whether they VIII have q board
or a barb-wire fence around II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-30

Recently Mr.. Moody preached to New
York. 20. ye rich. put the sick into your
carriages instead OF the dogs" The dogs
are an right Why pot put the sick into
their carriages instead OF some OF their
dude sons and weak-minded daughters
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02
MOST SIGNIFICANT MOVE.
General Miles and staff Leave Washing
= ton For TAI ilil.

General Miles and staff Leave Washing .
ton For Tampa
WASHINGTON, June Major Gen
sral Nelson A. Miles, commanding the
United States army, accompanied by
the members of his family and his per-
sonal and official staff, lett at IL o'clock
for Tampa, Fla,
The party, comprising ga persons,
occupied special train on the South
ern railway consisting of one Pullman
sleeping car, one special car, one COM
bination baggage and day coach and
one baggage car. Secretary and Mrs.
Alger were at the Sixth street station
to see the PARTY OF, as We're also about
100 other persons, friends and relatives
of the officers. No demonstration of
any kind occurred as the distinguished
party took its leave.
General Miles will proceed directly
to Tampa, where he will establish. tenn.
porarily the headquarters OF the army.
He will personally direct the move.
ments of the troops aud the invasion OF
Cuba.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02
DISPOSITION OF TROOPS.
Chief Reliance at the Outset Placed ol
... the Regulars.

Chief Reliance at the Outset Placed
.. the Reg ulars.
WASHINGTON, June 1t is said at
the war department that chief reliance
would be plac ed at the outset on the
United States regulars, most OF whom
are conferred in Florida, and in such
volunteer regiments as are thoroughly
equipped and reasonably we'll seasoned
Tor service. Although the officials will
not state how many troops are avail.
able for active SERVICE 1t is roughly
estimated that there are abont %, 900
regulars and $4,000 volunteersi at
Tampa. These include II regiments of
regular infantry and ID regiments of
volunteer infantry, IL batralions of
artillery and regiments Of regular
cavalry. How many of these have
been or will be dispatched to any given
point or to several points is not dis
closed, as that is part OF
The Secret Campaign Plans
of the government. Back # this force
are other available regiments at Mobile,
New Orleans and other points easily
accessible to Tampa. Still further
back is the large volunteer camp at
Chickamauga, comprising about 10000
infantry, 1000 cavalry, and regiments
of artillery. It is understood to be the
plan-although as to this there is no
precise official statement-to have the
troops at Cnickamauga take the place
of those at Florida ports as fast as the
latter leave for active service, thus
keeping large fierce always ready for
EN- barkation from i iorlda. Aside from
the troops already specified, there are
the 1884, 600 men at Camp Alger, near
Washington, and lesser bodies of
troops on Long Island and i'll various
states
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02
WAR FEVER Is ABATING.

Spain Awaking to the Hopelessness of the
struggle-Want One More Whipping.
NEW YORK, May 30.-The Evening
POSTS London correspondent tele.
graphs: The following, which is find.
ing its way into print in various
forms, represents the opinion formed
IN we'll posted quarters here upon the
latest Madrid dispatches:
Private letters from Madrid suggest
that the queen regent and her minis
tiers would be only too glad of any op-
portunity to escape from the present
lntolerable situation. The war fever is
steadily abating among the
Spanish Educated Classes
and the commercial class especially.
All that seems necessary to induce
Spain to invite the good offices of
France and other powers to bring the
war to close is a good opening.
This, in the view of diplomatists, is
likely to be supplied by the wrecking
of the Spanish fleet now supposed to be
in Cuban waters. In a word. the
Spaniards are awake to the hopeless.
ness Of the struggle, but Spanish pride
demands that force majare be demon
strated by another great naval dis
aster
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02
THAT INCOME TAX DECISION.
Senator German Denounces 1t IN a Nota.
BILE Speech.

Senator German Denounces 1t IN Nota-
BILE Speech.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-A notable
speech on the war revenue measure
was delivered in the senate during the
afternoon by Mr.. German (Dem., Md. J.
In the course of an argument in sup
port of tax on corporations he de-
nounced as infamous the decision of
the supreme court declaring the in
come tax law of 1894 as unconstitu-
tional. The warning sounded by some
senators that if a tax were
placed upon corporations it would be
pronounced unconstitutional by the
supreme court had, he said, no effect
upon him. A decision against such an
enactment would not destroy our tinan.
cial structure, but it would destroy the
court which should hand it down. Mr..
German took decided issue with the
majority of his fellow Democrats upon
the propositions to coin the, silver
seigniorage and to issue leg al tender
notes, and made powerful argument
in favor of the issuance of bonds to
raise funds with which to prosecute
the war
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02

from 1000 to 5000 men at Magyar,
Tanamo and Baracoa on the, north
coast and at Guantanamo. Santiago
and Manzanillo on the south coast
These points are said to be the only
ones held by the Spanish, for Santiago
is the one province overrun throug hout
the interior by the insurgents. The
Cuban commander, General Garcia.
has his headquarters at Baya-
mo. rs miles west of Santi-
ago. The reports brought by Gen.
eral Collazo and Lieutenant Rowan
indicate that Garcia has about 5000
men under his immediate command,
and about 5000 scattered in the bands
around Holguin, Vitoria de Las Tunis,
Jiguaal, Meron and other points. Aside
from their offensive strength, the
Cuban forces are looked npon as valua-
bic in that they hold the interior roads
and passes, and keep the Spanish gar
risons penned up in the six or
seven seaport towns. For this reason.
it is said to be impossible for General
Pando to move his forces from Holguin
down to Santiago de Cuba, as Garcia's
bands as we'll as his main body of
troops are in the way. These forces
are said to be in considerable number
within q few miles of Santiago de
Cuba. General Garcia's two staff of
6cers, who have recently been in Wash
lngton, arranging plau of co-opera.
ton with General Miles, left with him
and there is thorough understanding
as to the part the CubaDs are to take IN
The aggressive movements about to