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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
Southern Kansas Business Men.

A. Graf, the merchant at Wellington,
is running for the council in that city.
Estes & Hawkins, OF Caldwell call
their livery stable THE Two Orphans. "
Why?
At ]. P. Ramseyer's millinery opening
at Newton orange frappe was served 70
| those who called
Rose, the jeweler at Wellington. con-
tends that fine clocks are coming more
and more into use.
Miss Ada Baum, m'lliner at Caldwell
has an opening today which she has ex-
tensively advertised.
At the millinery opening Of McManus'
at Newton, the store was decorated in
blue and burnt orange.
Samuel Brothers. tailors al Newton. an
nounce that they have received their sec
ond spring shipment OF goods.
According TO p. Martin & TO. dry goods,
Hutchinson. the more people learn Of a
stores workings the deeper interested
they become"
"Our drugs Will not last a lifetime. but
when properly administered they make
life last longer
AElOilE llE many SQBA0Efl Kansas UlEF-
chants who are beauJifuying their stores
this spring is Harvey Coverdale. the
ciothier a Wellington.
The Racket store al Caldwell has a reg
ular column in the newspapers which St
retains. calling IL the Racket Column. d"
The idea is 8 good 0na
Ewards & Nichols 81 Spezrville. adve--
tise: We are headquarters for every
thing the farmer needs. from three
penny nail to a threshing machine
Advertisement from Dodge CITY. The
Maine disaster. the gathering var clouds
and the Racket and Novelty store are
engaging thinking nsR and wva.sn tc-
day
II Schnatterly Of Kinsley. in soeatlnE
OF his shoe stock. says: Pc haps Ts
make shos-6aying cia5cuit by having ruch
a large variety. But thu quality won't
confuse you II Is the best Ia every
grade.
This Is from the Bee Hive at Dodge
CITY:
we do not want - fyh'
But, b. i.ngo. Il we %.
We've got the saiPs. we ve 90; the neu
We've got re money. TOO.
But we cont want 20 TAX s5oat war
ours Is raore peaceful subject. We
want you 20 calI and see our elegant Cir
play q piece goods
This i from EzTz-ds < So5Is. II Fr5rs-
icy: This sprsnS tine prom SIS TraEE-
3. and x vii - or r55e-. - secure
81 intelligent Efforts 9ur share q ths Eocd
trade coming The se05s3s cf EEzsfSs
county Know cuT reDs.1t&yr fef fqupre
dealing. SO khy r01. WHEN Il casts 70
more come 81 and sst - save you rsozey
On whatever yea big. Remember, any
thing you get &C Is that Is uoi sass ss
represented. We Ali make Il good
again"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
urBarrie a. RAND Writer

a feat in rapid writing IS reported. OF
which the hero is ]. NJ. Barrie. The one
act play. Plat0nic Friendship" which
he has Just presented 70 Miss winifred
Emery and CyTl MsGde. the hero and he
roine OF the dramatic version OF The
Little Minister" was begun and finished.
says the London correspondent Of the
Liverpool Post. within g few hours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
New Gas Enginefn Germanv.

IN the Diesel gas engine. which Is now
attracting much attention 81 Germany.
The mixture OF air and gas which moves
The piston Is not suddenly exploded when
< takes fire. bat budns slowly enough
10 lmpart more gradual Impulse 10 the
engine 4 l.e1o horsepower motor OF this
type IS promised for The Paris exposition
u 800
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
B.hs~-ia Ala.kn

Alaskan babies are rEsss1 Nth cs1
tightly Toilsd ia A sEla O. e1Erke- pscde6
vs1sh grass ard oezn6 w1sE eeeTkkIa
tAonEz E14ch are lrdDne but azns q DAY
when TIE grass = fTezheneG y ths Ia
By cries. he = bed under water t4I - Il
ktI-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
Maple Syrup whisky,

With the flowing OF the sap. a new in-
eustry VIII open up 20 maple sugar max
eTs in prohibition New England. as il has
been discovered that 8 ane article os
whisky can be distilled from the syrup.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
warships ofthe World.

| The principal nations o. the world have
@.Z9l Sarships. mounting ~ guns, most
| ~ OF very heavy c4li6er.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

England is keeping mighty still. Per-
haps Spain has whispered to her: Look
at Canada. Your turn next"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

The people Of Cuba want bread, but they
want freedom more. This country should
sail in and give it to them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

The disaster to the Maine could not be
made out an accident. Neither can it be
made an incident.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

Secretary Long held out until the last
that it was an accident. He should now
go away somewhere and hide himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

If the man who insisted it was spon-
taneous combustion has anything to say
let him speak now. or forever after hold
his peace.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

In our present trouble with Spain, Spain
is one battleship ahead. For Spain blew
up the Maine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

a president Of the United States never
leads his people into war. he IS led into
it by the people. This was the rule fol-
lowed by Lincoln. No president will ever
depart from it. Il Is no idle. meaningless
piautUde that THE people rule" The
people, not congress nor the president, de-
clare war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
There will be war with Spain.

1t would be interesting to know how
long we are going 10 play restaurant to
Cuba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

The report is in Washington. Tomor-
row President Mckinley sends through
Minister Woodford. the pith Of the report
10 the Spanish government. Congress
VIII have the report Monday. And Spain
might better have her reply. definite and
straightforward. by that time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

DR.. Schenok. the prenatal expert. took
the Countess Of Warwick in charge and
she gave birth to son. She wanted a
son, Providence is probably encouraging
Schenck with the idea of breaking his
neck for him a. a later trial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

It now turns out that the Maine disas-
ter was only an incident. Webster does
not give "a hostile act' as definition for
an incident
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

If congress wants to be sadly mistaken
there is no surer way than for it to i'm
aGine that the people regard the Maine ex-
plosion as merely an incident.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

A dwarf took Ratchet and knocked in
three ribs OF a giant. But 1 mustn't
touch him." said the giant, for the world
would say it was vengeance"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

It appears that the surgeons have met
a conspiracy among the people TO retain
their stomachs, as the operations to re-
move them have ceased.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

Spain either has right to be on this
continent or has none. If she has the
right TO keep Cuba, she has the right 10
send all the fiotillas she wants over here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26

Every worshipper Of freedom and every
recipient Of its benefits hopes that no
arrangement viii be made with Spain
whereby Cuba's practical independence is
secured by paying a perpetual annuity TO
Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26


Uses to shift the financial center of the
world to New York within the next
generation.
There will be war with Spain.
1t would be interesting to know how
long we are going TO play restaurant to
Cuba
In our present trouble with Spain, Spain
is one battleship ahead. For Spain blew
up the Maine.
The disaster to the Maine could not be
made out an accident. Neither can it be
made an incident.
The people Of Cuba want bread but they
want freedom more. This country should
sail in and give it to them.
England is keeping mighty still. Per-
haps Spain has whispered to her: Look
at Canada. Your turn next"
Secretary Long held out until the last
that it was an accident. He should now
go away somewhere and hide himself.
If the man who insisted it was spon-
taneous combustion has anything to say,
let him speak now, or forever after hold
his peace.
It now turns out that the Maine disas-
ter was only an incident. Webster does
not give "a hostile act'' as a definition for
an incident.
It appears that the surgeons have met
a conspiracy among the people to retain
their stomachs, as the operations to re-
move them have ceased.
A dwarf took hatchet and knocked in
three ribs of a giant. But I mustn't
touch him." said the giant, for the world
would say it was vengeance"
If congress wants to be sadly mistaken
there is no surer way than for it to i'm
agine that the people regard the Maine ex-
plosion as merely an incident.
Spain either has a right to be on this
continent or has none. If she has the
right TO keep Cuba, she has the right 10
send all the fiotillas she wants over here.
Every worshipper Of freedom and every
recipient Of its benefits hopes that no
arrangement viii be made with Spain
whereby Cuba's practical independence is
secured by paying a perpetual annuity to
Spain.
DR.. Schenck. the prenatal expert. took
the Countess Of Warwick in charge and
she gave birth to son. She wanted a
son. Providence is probably encouraging
Schenck with the idea of breaking his
neck for him a. later trial
The report is in Washington. Tomor-
row President Mckinley sends through
Minister Woodford. the pith Of the report
10 the Spanish government. Congress
viii have the report Monday. And Spain
might better have her reply. definite and
straightforward. by that time.
A president Of the United States never
leads his people into war. He is led into
il by the people. This was the rule fol-
lowed by Lincoln. No president will ever
depart from it. L is no idle. meaningless
plautude that THE people rule The
people, not congress nor the president, de-
clare war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Major G. w. Burge has been elected
chaplain Of Lincoln post for life.
c. d. Purdon has been given a permit
to build a residence on Topeka avenue
to cost 81, 900.
Charles NIaus has been appointed
postmaster at Whitfield, between To-
peka and Auburn.
Frank Stahl who will vacate the office
of county treasurer this fall, will return
to his farm near Auburn.
The GrOcers and Butchers will meet
tonight at APO Kansas avenue and a
large attendance is expected.
E. W. Tatman of the state insurance
department has returned from a trip to
Illinois on private business.
The chandelier is being placed in the
state house dome. 1t contains 40 gas
lights and nearly 100 incandescent
lights.
Hardware company, is at StOrmOnt
hospital He is recovering from a sur
gical operation.
The state house. gardener is one of
the most accommodating men in To-
peka- Every day he makes a tour of
the state house distributing flowers.
The flower committee meeting We'd
nesday afternoon at O'Clock. All la
dies of the city are invited to meet
with this committee at their rooms.
Rev. J. NJ. Harrington, state house
guide, who used to attend every ball
game in the city, has not attended a
he is sick
The work of manufacturing paper
flowers for the Fall Festival Floral pa
rade is well underway. Ladies who
can make flowers are asked to notify
Mrs. E. B. Meredith and help the cause
along.
Lois Houston, daughter of H. R.
Houston, OF 1921 Kansas avenue, was
run over last evening by a, horse and
buggy and severely bruised. 1t was
dark and the driver could not see the
child crossing the street
John Waters was out camping at Ma
pie Hill last week, and he says that in
the big rain Saturday the creek chang
ed it's course and ran through their tent.
The party put on their bathing suits
and swan in the turbulent waters.
The Rev. John w. Sykes of Grace Ca
thedraI, has secured the services of
Rev NJ J. Bywater, well known mus
zeal director He will train the Cathe-
dral choir and assist the dean. He will
arrive September 1.
The Free Silver Republicans of Shaw
nee county will hold a convention in
slider the advisa biity of placing a coun-
ty ticket in the field. They will meet at
the office of D. @. Tillotson and go to a
hall.
r. B. Kepley has sued the board Of
county commissioners for $751.50 claim
ing it is due him for attendance on pro-
bate court during his term of office.
The law allows the sheriff $3.50 day
for attending probate court. Kepley
asks it for every week day during his
term of office, from January, 1886, to
January. 1898. This will bring up a
technicality which will test the mean
ing of the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
THE l.. A. w. MEET.
National League Assemblies at In
dianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 9-The ma
tional meet of the League of American
Wheelmen began in this city today.
Bicyclists have been coming in for sew
eral days but the arrivals increase in
numbers as the time for the start for
the more active part of the meet ap-
proaches. Today was given up largely
to preliminaries and registration at
Tomlinson hall where members of the
league received credentials, emitting
them to special privileges. Tonight will
be devoted to sociability in form of re-
ceptions. The first of the races will
take place tomorrow.
There are three events on the pro-
gramme for tonight. Governor Mount
will give a reception at the state house,
beginning at o'clock. A reception at
the Marion club will be held at the
Marion club house at the same time.
The press banquet will occur at the
Grand hotel at $3.50 p. m.
The programme tomorrow morning
will begin at o'clock with a century
run to Dublin, Ind.
At o'clock there will be a twenty
mile run to Franklin, Ind, and return.
At o'clock occurs the run to Broad
Ripple and return over the cycle path.
At o'clock there will trial heats at
the new Byoval track for the afternoon
races.
The championship races take place at
the new ByOVaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
NEVER WAS A FAILURE.
Secretary Coburn's Crop Figures for
the Last 20 Years.

Secretary COburn of the state board
of agriculture has just had published
a document which he calls Twenty
Years of Kansas Agriculture" which is
designed for the purpose of showing the
people who do not know much about
the wonderful resources of Kansas the
states prosperity.
The data is published in tabuIated
form so that it may be hung up over
desk as a reminder that Kansas has
never had a total crop failure and that
the value of the agricultural products
of Kansas in any single year in the
past twenty represents several i'm
nnense fortunes.
Mr.. Coburn begins with the year 1873
when the total value of the products
CT Kansas was S63, 275, 1874. That year
20 SIS, 955 bushels of winter wheat were
raised and the value of the crop was
S15,65S, 466. The same year the corn
crop amounted to S9,324,911 bushels with
a value of $17 01S, 96S. People do not re-
gard potatoes as cutting much figure
in the staple productions of Kansas
and still as early as 1878 over 1000, 900
bushels of potatoes were raised Broom
corn also figured in the products to the
extent of Is, COO 900 pounds.
From 1878 to 1884 the report shows
gradual increase in the value of the
farm products of Kansas. In 1879 the
value was $72, 52S,062, the next year SIS
484,3S6, in 1881 S115,993, 9S5. The next
year the figures moved up to $13S, O60,
z65, and in 1888 the report shows the
value to have been S142. 21O.31S. Then
comes the year 1884 which was a red
letter one in Kansas when the value of
the products amounted to $141, 374, 613,
and exceedingly low prices prevailed.
This gradual increase in the value
was due more to the increase in the
yield of corn than wheat In the seven
years the wheat yield increased from
&c, SIS, $50 bushels to 46, 6S1, 321 bushels,
while the corn yield increased from So
324,91 bushels in 1878 to 190,S70,6 86 in
1884.
In 1885 the wheat yield took a drop to
9,7S4, 395 bushels and the corn yield al
most held its own, the yield being III
$50, 703 The next year wheat went up
5000. 900 bushels, while corn dropped 50 -
O00,00O In 1887 it is evident that the
year was a bad one for Kansas, for the
yield of wheat was but s, 616, PA bushels
while there was but 1871, 454 bushels Of
corn produced. The total value of the
product was $114, 923, 7S2.
The report of Secretary COburn con
tinues the story on through the years
to the close of 1897. It shows that the
greatest value of the products of Kan
sas in any year during the period was
in 1891 when the value was $3.50 80, $50.
That year the wheat yield was S., no.
694, and the corn crop aggregated 49,,
600 900 bushels.
In 1897 the value of the products of
Kansas amounted to S136, 335, 268. and
the wheat crop was sc, O40, 374 bushels
valued at S33, 79S, 612, while the corn crop
value of $2S- 800, 293.
Secretly COburn also shows the value
of the dairy products for the past ten
years, which shows a steady increase.
An immense amount of labor was ex-
pended on the statement. The figures
are accurate and they show better than
words the progress of Kansas during
the past 20 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
WANTS PORTO RICO.
Spain Willing to Give the Phil
ippines For It.

New York, Aug. "a Paris dispatch
printed here this afternoon says:
A dispatch received here from Ma
drid, via Biarritz, says that the Spanish
reply to the United States, expressed
the hope that the American govern
ment will not hand Cuba over to the
insurgents but will retain control of
the government of the island in order
that the interests of Spanish property
owners may be respected.
Spain also intimates her preference
for the retention of Porto Rico, surren-
dering any of her Pacific possessions to
the Americans instead.
The Spanish government is satisfied
with the appointment of mixed COM
mission to settle the question of the
disposition of the Philippines and sug-
gests that the meeting of the commits
sion be held in Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
MONUMENT TO KEY.
Author of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner'' is Honored.

Frederick, Md, Aug. 9-Francis Scott
Key, the author of THE Star Spangled
Banner was hOnored today in this,
his native city, by the dedication of
handsome monument erected to his
memory.
The preliminary cerem6nies included
a parade in which military and civic
organizations from all parts of the state
took part and which was witnessed by
thousands of residents and visitors The
buildings along the line of march were
gaily decorated with the national colors.
When the procession reached the foot
of the monument the order of exercises
was proceeded with. This included
prayer, vocal and instrumental music,
an Grafton by Henry WattersOn OF Ken
lucky, an address by Mrs. Donald NC
Lean of New York, and an ode by Fol-
ger McKinsey of Baltimore.
The cord which released the drapery
uncovering the monument was then
drawn by Miss Julia McHenry Howard,
granddaughter of Francis Scott Key.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDER.
Well Known Leavenworth Man Meets
Death on a Railroad Track.

Leavenworth, Aug. 9.-Andrew B.
Reilly. aged about 80, whose home was
at 1O11 Olive street, and who was an
employee at the Santa Fe freight house,
was picked up dead and shockingly
crushed on the railroad track, 500 feet
north of Spruce street crossing at 3
o'clock this morning after he had been
struck by Maple Leaf freight train.
Brakemen J. E. Magirl and L. E.
Ballard were riding on the pilot at the
time for the purpose of turning a switch
half a mile from Spruce street. Magirl
in his report to the company says
Reilly's body was lying on the track
between the rails motionless when the
bottom of the pilot struck it. They did
not see him until the second before the
pilot passed over his body.
A theory advanced by the train crew
is that Reilly was dead before the en-
CINE struck him and that it is possible
that he might have been murdered and
his body placed on the track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
MACK LOVE SULKS.
Is Doing Up the Populists in Cowley
County It is Said.

A gentleman from Cowley county who
was in Topeka Monday says that J.
Mack Love, the Democratic leader, is
sulking in his tent and that there is
liable to be trouble as a result. In fact
Love has already opened the ball by
securing the nomination of a Democrat
for representative in the southern Cow
ley county district. The PopuIists nom
mated Ed Green but Mr.. Love engineer
ed the Democratic convention and not
only refused to endorse Green but nom
mated a Democrat by the name Of
Sinett. This will practically assure the
election of the Republican whose name
is Abrahams.
The cause of Mr.. Loves detection is
what he claims is a. total disregard of
promises made to the Democrats at the
AtchisOn convention. He says that
there was a distinct understanding that
the Democrats were to be given the
majority of the county Offices as the
price Of fusion on the state ticket. This
has not been done.
When Mr.. Love asked the POpulists
of his county to keep the promises made
by their leaders they laughed IN his
face and nominated a straight POpulist
ticket with the exception of one place
on the ticket which was given to
Democrat.
Mr.. Loves protests were of no aVall
and he nursed his wrath until Satur-
day when he showed the POpulists that
he is still alive by fixing up scheme
which will probably defeat the POpu-
lists and secure the election Of a Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
THE SAME OLD STORY.
a Little More Elaborated Turns Out
to Be Fact.

State Superintendent Vim. Stryker,
who has lust returned from a tour of
western Kansas, says he found a re-
lnarka BILE condition in a district in Ford
county.
There are four voters in the school
district a farmer, his wife, son and
daughter. The daughter, son and ia
Their constitute the school board and
they employ the mother to teach nine
months school at $40 a month. AS the
school house is in poor condition the
school board rents a room in the house
which is used as a school room. When
the mother has washed the breakfast
dishes she leads the way to the school
room and there instructs the three
scholars, who make up the school pop
uIatiOn of the district.
There was a scarcity OF water and
the school board decided that the pu-
pills could not do without water so
well was ordered to be dug on the
school house property adjacent to the
property of the school teacher 1t was
necessary to dig a deep well and after
it had been completed it, was decided
that the children could not draw water
from a well of such depth and wind
mill was purchased by the school board.
The water had to run some place so the
farmer put a trough near the fence and
the water from the we'll was allowed
to run into it and of course there was
nothing to prevent his cattle from
drinking from the trough.
Mr.. Stryker says that the railroad
company pays nearly all the tax in the
school district so there is no one to
complain,