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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
SPAIN FINANCIALLY,

Spain Is pushed for pesetas more
than for pluck. She is hard up fnan-
cially. She lived off outside or colonial
revenues for centuries and for the past
hundred years on credit or borrowed
money. An English statistician has
just finished a report on the finances
of Spain, which report covers her con-
dition up to the end Of the last fiscal
year and which shows that at that time
the floating debt of the country
amounted to 457, 346, 900 pesetas, while
at the beginning of March it stood at
50S, III, 100 pesetas. The total debt of
Spain (not including Cuba) at present
is the enormous sum Of 81, 425, 395, 900,
which involves an annual payment Of
$53, 015,000 in interest. The Cuban debt,
according to the last official report,
stood at 1851, 100, 900, which demands an
annual interest of $16,SO0,O 600. In the
last three years Cuba has been made
to pay about 10 per cent Of the interest
due, hence giving her credit for that
proportion this year, Spain, with the 80
per cent remaining, together with the
interest on the peninsule's debts, must
be ready to pay SOS, 1876, 900 before the
end of the present fiscal year. The
summary of the report makes it plain
that without taking into account any
extraordinary expenses made neces-
sary by the prospects of war, or to
place Spain on war footing, consider
ing only her regular normal receipts
and expenditures, the Spanish revenues
will fall short 166, 900, 600 pesetas, or S32,-
$1,000, during the current fiscal year.
Senior Sagasta knows this; so do the
leading men in the Spanish ministry
and the cortes. 1t is a poor time for a
bankrupt nation to go to war with the
great republic, whose cash resources,
as well as her material resources, are
bOundleSS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
THE MONITORS STORY

The existence OF the famous Monitor
built by Ericsson was brief but glori-
GUS She was the first ironclad OF her
type or Of revolving turret. After sew
eral rebuffs and refusals of proposed
ironclads the government finally
awarded a contract TO Ericsson for 2
shot-proof craft to cost S215, 600, but it
was specified that il must have addi-
tional masts and rigging. Ericsson did
not heed the contracts requirement
for masts and rigging. He depended
solely on steam. Work was rushed,
and on January so. 1862, after only I01
working days, the Monitor was ready
for service. She had a displacement OF
sS7 tons. Her lower iron hull was j22
feet long and "a feet wide. 1t was
protected by an upper hull 172 feet
long and Al feet wide. In the middle of
this the revolving turret was built. II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

was made of S-inch iron, was feet
high and q feet in diameter. 1t con-
tanned two 11-inch guns, each throwing
a 1S0-pound solid shot. The Merrimac
threw shells. On the trial trip, on
February 49, the Monitor proved dis
NAL failure, but the energetic Ericsson
quickly remedied the defects, and on
March a successful trip was made
She then journeyed to Hampton Roads,
riding a severe storm and nearly foun-
dering. The vessel was flooded, as her
deck was built only one foot above the
water, and for a time the fires were
out She hardly recovered, when on
Sunday, March g. 1862, she met new
foe, the iron monster Merrimac, which
had vanquished the wooden Cumber-
land and the wooden Congress the day
before. They battled for three hours,
each hitting the other about twenty
times Neither was defeated, but the
career of the "invulnerable" Merrimac
was ended. Commander Worden, who
died lately, and two men in the turret
were the only injured of the defenders
crew of fifty-eight. After looking for
scrap at Norfolk and on the James
river, the Monitor left Hampton Roads
to aid in the reduction of Charleston.
but when about twenty miles off Cape
Hatteras she foundered in a storm.
The water washed in under the turret,
and through the hawse pipes, and
early in the morning of December 81,
Il was believed the lower hull had sep
arated from it's upper protection.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
gaiIn g Eagle
NJ. NJ MURDOCH. Editor.
WAR AND BUSINESS.

The great majority of men are not
counting on going to war. They do not
expect to do any fighting. They are
calculating on attending strictly to
business. It is not to be war of ar
mics, but a fight between big ironclads,
Erned cruisers, dynamite rams. pro-
5ectiles and the like, out of sight, and
cut Of hearing away out somewhere,
Sobody knows where, on the water.
It won't cost anything to bury the
dead. When a vessel is done for she
will go down and with her mint of
money, but with comparatively few
human beings. The only soldiers re-
quired for such war will be the few
thousands necessary to man the guns
of the seaports, the forts and the sta
tions. Still the talk of war has been af-
fecting business, and the general trade.
Great commercial centers as also great
manufacturing interests are feeling the
effect of the talk. In looking over the
organs We see that mill men are I'M
easy over a diminishing demand for
their products. The export trade at
New Orleans has lately suffered some
what through increased freight and in
surance rates growing out Of the dis
turbed relations with Spain. Marine
insurance rates on West India and
South American business have also ad-
vanced at New York, but taking the
export trade as a whole, it is still so
large that the March exports from New
York alone show an increase of 80 per
cent over those Of last year, and in
spite of an increase of 8 per cent in
the imports there is a liberal balance
in our favor in the European trade, so
that gold is still coming this way. The
total gold imports up to date at At
lantic and Pacific ports is about $45,-
900, 900. There is no likelihood that in
the event Of war the exports of grain
and cotton would be interrupted. I'm
der existing treaties ''the flag covers
the cargo" and American breadstuffs
and cotton, as well as manufactures
not contraband Of war, could easily be
shipped in British, French or German
bottoms, without danger Of legal seiz-
ure by Spanish privateers. About 20
per cent Of the cotton crop of the world
is raised in this country; the world
wants it and would send it's ships here
to get IL and would get it.
The first effects of the war Of the Re
bellion was a decided rise in prices and
an extraordinary expansion in trade.
But producers, by the hundreds of
thousands, of every class, in that war
became consumers. Prices and wages
went up Hundreds would only be need
ed for enlistment now where thousands
were demanded then. In 1861 we had
only $3.50, 900 of gold in this country;
today the figures stand $750, 900 900 to
face a war which would be far less
serious in every way than the civil
strife in, which it was home against
HOlhe' pIOIHer against DTOlner, anu
divided and sundered government.
Still business interests are very uneasy.
Meanwhile railroad earnings are large,
and constantly increasing, the bank
clearings reflect a very large business,
mills and factories are generally busy,
and though rates for money have ad-
Vanced. the business situation ia ken as
a whole, is favorable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Watch the reports from Madrid by Eng
Nsh correspondents. They are funny in
this: The censor is very strict, and in
order 10 get matter out the CORES pond
ents are using English couoqusHsms or
such phrases Is no SpanIard can under
stand thus getting the real news beyond
the censor. Mares nest" '-rcorback'
szd other slang Is plentiful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
Nienna,s wother stream.

The Wien. the little stream from which
Vienna derives its name, has been COW
cred over. and Is DOW no longer visible.
a fate which has befallen innumerable
rivule.s Of London.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
THE END.
WAY SunnIantIndirn

} German firm, Il is reported. has
placed upon the market samples Of pure
ingotin. derived from coal tar which
promises 20 supplRnt the vegetable indigo.
/ as other dyes have been sUpplanted from
/ the same source.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
NeientifIe De6nition ofs,uniai,v

\ distinguished professor says that waat
IS called stupidity Is simply the indica ton
that certain brain area is not properly
nourishe5, or is without comm unicztion
with the nerve fibre
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

erzhis number e sailing vsEas,s sa1 VS.
rs tugs AID smaller crzft hs}gHe 81 esq
lzvy. 5z- 10 tie tuo faDat eTarf 20
branches tsT sa- EPrn ths sfz. ia-sz sF-
ru1red vessels az1 turp-19 crasf. ss "a
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Two funny things have happened during
the war scarce. \ young man got m sp-
poinJment as consul 10 the Canary
Islands. and reached New York. when he
was ordered 10 return home. Fifty Mis-
souri, mules designed for the Spanish army
II Cuba reached New Orleans just in time
10 ind the steamboat plying 20 Havana
discontinued
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
AGiantinHarness-

The steam power Of the world may be
reckoned SIS eQtn F2lent 20 the strength q
+ l. 90. Ca Coz men. which is more Than twice
the number OF workusn existing.
Brine for picking should be made strong
enough 70 bear up an esq. o. . small 20
tzto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
Run their Hind Leg-.

4 recent discovery L that many lizards.
Z n running rapidly. take an erecI posture
I and uze the hind legs oaly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Blue butter IS MADE from lie Ea.4k SIP
Piled ~ he native Cow CO Ia6l&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Gold is a terrible coward. It is being
shipped out Of Havana to New York by
the bushel Gold is an awful coward.
General Lee is also cutting tracks for
home. But General Lee isn't q coward.
Gold is the only thing that is q coward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

The dispatches from Madrid read a good
deal like the efforts of a cross-eyed man
to untangle a knot of silk thread.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

In The important iius q torpe5o cTsft
TIE Spanish navy Is far better sas45I,sd
than ours Unless hy very recent pl--
chase. Ne have no torpe10-5oar destroy
e-s. while Spain has two q ice largest
size, qu5;s new. Eizh q speed q 20 kugfz
the Audaz and Cszda-aad Iar-e Cta-
ers scarcely less 6znEsTSus-the Fur0r
Terror. and Pluto SAa aas also several
very large for.e6o boats. - feet lol=
SEith & speed q = knots o wafch sae
Artste ard EaaEo. - ths HoisIz g ca -
verde. are samples her ertaye l5-gss1o
oats. includes ta3rty-esE1t u the first
cIass-th4t IS IL fael IoEg y Ea5ae- and
many smaller ones. wh5ca ars ~; aEeiy
% cross thl ocean IN any case oar loF-
Fsss0 Sect consists q tWelty-fs1 ssstA
u all barring asad.t.ons 5,zst fDsGs. 2l1
r.ole q thsu eozz.4-s n ztzs sn3 power
w.t5 re best 6. tie S.zz-s1- Il cSzss1-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

In case of peace we will continue to
have good times. 1t was not war which
doomed the price of wheat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

If we were vociferous. like the French,
our soldiers would sweep the Spanish out
of Cuba crying: Remember Columbus
in chains"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Sex RdaIterafisn ln Flour.
Z zs~ z1zlteszsloz = e9-E = = :. s.ss-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
There will be war with Spain.

It may be purely the English languages
fault but that word inevitable is being
cruelty overworked.
General Lee should understand that the
boy stood on the burning deck entirely
too long for his health.
In case of peace we will continue to
have good times. 1t was not war which
doomed the price of wheat.
The dispatches from Madrid read good
deal like the efforts of a cross-eyed man
to untangle a knot of silk thread.
If we were vociferous, like the French,
our soldiers would sweep the Spanish out
of Cuba crying: Remember Columbus
in chains"
A free silver paper in Missouri viciously
remarks that Consul General Lee is the
greatest man in the United States, or Ne
braska either.
A president can do almost anything.
Two weeks ago Mckinley started in to
make the issue inhumanity, in lieu of the
Maine. He has succeeded in doing it.
Public instinct is a wonderful thing. The
feeling that an election is going one way
often carries the election that way. Pub
lie instinct, against public judgment, now
says that there will be no war with Spain.
After a tremendous lot of Justification
about Spaniards, one charge remains true
they are treacherous. Our American In
! dams character along that line was
moulded from early contact with the
! Spaniards.
For years the cry has been that war
would boom wheat. Now war IS close and
wheat is scared out Of its boots It is
as difficult to tell what agrees with the
/ price of wheat as to determine what will
suit a dyspepuc.
We viii conclude no war with Spain
! without meeting Weyler. and Weyler viii
/ give US a hard brush. All good generals
axe cruel. and WeyIer is q good general.
Uninterrupted he would have suppressed
! the Insurgents in Cuba.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

A free silver paper in Missouri viciously
remarks that Consul General Lee is the
greatest man in the United States, or Ne
braska either.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

There IS now q storm OF cross purposes.
disappointment and passion bat II few
days order viii come out 0f chaos Mea
xii see that patriotism does not consist
OF delunciatIon OF the president nor %
efforts - thwart his policies The presI-
dent viii rise % the emergency AID make
himself the leader of the great American
movement. which IS 70 pur al sudto Span
ish rule aadSpau.sa cruelty IL The Isl2E6
OF Cuba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

1t may be purely the English language
fault but that word inevitable" is being
cruelty overworked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

The presidents message will place the
executive where he should be. At the head
Of the procession. Congress viii pruba-
bly, follow him Between now and Mon
day the patriotic good sense Of men OF
both parties Will rally TO the support Of
the president, determined 70 avert the
disaster OF a divided government in the
face Of an enemy. The only question at
issue between the president and congress
at this time is q TO the immediate recOg-
milton OF the independence If Cuba, which
means setting up the insurgent govern
nj. Every one knows, however. that
the first problem is % get the Spanish
out. and that then the United States may
be trusted 20 see 10 it that d free and
stable government IS established That
congress VIII agree TO this sensible and
practical method of procedure despite the
sentiment which clings about the word
independence and the natural efforts Of
the junta leaders 20 make sure CT every
thing while the tide IS running their way
is the belief OF the best observers n
Washington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

boy stood on the burning deck entirely
too long for his health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

a president can do almost anything.
Two weeks ago Mckinley started in to
make the issue inhumanity, in lieu of the
Maine. He has succeeded in doing it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09
Caps for lien, Boys
land Girls

We are showing a hne and com
plete line of Frank z. Held & Co 5
latest style Caps for men. boys and
girls. We are proud Of them. They
are easily the handsomest lot ever
shown IN the city-or state. for that
matter.
Gents Shawknit Half Hose. sold
else where regularly at % cents; our
price, 2 pair for % cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Public instinct is wonderful thing. The
feeling that an election is going one way
often carries the election that way. Pub
lie instinct, against public judgment. now
says that there will be no war with Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

After a tremendous lot of Justification
about Spanards, one charge remains true
they are treacherous. Our American In
dams character along that line was
moulded from early contact with the
l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

Complex and uncomfortable as the stu
alton Is IL IS believed the storm will soon
pass. The president is right, and he is
courageous. With a day or two for re-
Election the men who are now talking dis
loyalty to the administration will perceive
where their duty lies. With the message
of the president appears, as it will as
soon as General Lee and the other Amer
leans are safely out of Cuba, it will be
seen that the president is VIGOROUS
American and the friend OF liberty that
he is driving straight toward the end
which the people demand. and that he IS
70 be trusted and supported by all good
citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-09

anything corresponding to it. she has
nothing between 1900 and 100 tons. while
the United States has the cruiser Bart
ford, $3.50 tons; the harbor-defense ram
Katahdin, 2,155; the unprotected cruisers
Detroit, Montgomery and Marblehead. OF
2.0Ss tons each, and the single -turrec Iionl-
tors Ajax, Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhat-
tan and Wyandotte. OF 21e0. The InoHI-
tors are slow, but carry two 15-tach suns
each. The cruisers have a hign-spee1 ca
pacity and a good armament OF 10 6
guns and smaller. Spain has a few Cru's-
ers of a little over 600 tons-t1e Nel'sco,
I,l52; the Condo de Venadito. Don Anto-
Mo de Ulioa, Don Juan de Austria, In
fnta Isabel and Isabel II, of i.l39 each.
and the Isla de Cuba, Isl2 de LoIz1n ard
Marques &c Ia Ensenda, Of 1.JJ each.
These tsye q speed OF j. 10 IS knots AID
thier heaviest guns are a inch Hnntor.as.
Within the range OF displacement nom
800 tons down TO los. the United States
navy has nine cruisers: Marion and Mo
hica. l 800 tons; Adams. Alliance, Essex
and Enterprise. 1875 each; Thetls, I259;
Alert and Ranger. loo. eight sinEic-;ur-
rem monitors OF ! KS each. the Commands.
Catskin. Jason. Lehlgh. Montauk, Ma
hant, Nantucket. and Passaic; three gun
boats of 10 each. the Bennington. Cen
cord and Yorktown. the dispatch II AZ
Dolphin, J, So tons, two hght-draught gan
boats OF Izs2 the Wilmington and He
ena; two ot the same q LII tons. the
Nashville and MOnocacY; TAO II7-fo1
gun boats. the Castina and AacEsas. and
I'VE Lection composite EunboAts. the Ar
napolis, VicksburE. Wheeling. A2cctca,
and Newport. The monitors IN fais Hst
carry two big I5-Inen smooth bores AM
the cruisers mostly six OF eight !cch
rapid-fre guns ana some smaller pieces.
including machine guns The suuboats
carry mostly s-lnca guns.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

On c big, liberal, l0Uish scale like eUe7y- tbine else tue Big Kearny- street Store does.
 W'e haUe token ou 5i6 third floor, 1k,7OO square feet, o7ad stocked U to the ceiling wjth only tue best, tue most re- ZiabJe, tue reol things, the good things, t1at one should haU8 taat's going to tue
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
Refuses to Compromise With the Broadway
 Gable Company.
Determined to Compel the Issu- ance of Emergency
 Transfers.
Having Won a Preliminary Victory He Will Continue to Sue for
 Big Damages.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Eugene L. Les zynski is by no means discouraged by the result of his preliminary skirmish with the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. Although Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court di- rected the jury to find a verdict for the company, LeszynSki of San Francisco, a commercial man, insists he achieved a substantial victory, as the judge found that he had acted within his le- gal rights in refusing to pay a second fare and in insisting upon riding on the car. Leszynski said to-day that he would appeal from the verdict, and would. in addition, bring one or more suits against the company to recover $3O.OO0 damages upon grounds suggest ed by Judge Lacombe. The judge said: For any action of the conductor in re- fusing to carry the plaintiff, if he did not pay the further sum of , cents and ejecting him from the car for such re- fusal, with any additional damages for harshness or roughness of treatment which he received, or the measure of ridicule to which he was exposed in be- ing thrust from the car, the company in a suit against them for negligence. would be liable, and the amount of damages would be wholly within the discretion of the jury, within. of course. reasonable bounds"
 LesZynski boarded a Broadway cable car on April 3. 1896. Soon after he had paid his fare the car came to a stop. He kept his seat for nearly half an hour, and then he left the car telling the conductor that he would board one of the cars that he could see were being switched from a down track to an up track at Houston street. He walked to Houston street, got on a car, and re- fused to pay an extra fare He was thrown from the car and then arrested on charge of disorderly conduct
 T am fighting this case for principle not for the money involved" remarked Leszynski, and l am now satisfied that the battle is won. If 100 men will assert their manhood and make a firm stand whenever occasion arises the company will soon be forced to issue transfers in such cases, as it Is bound to do as the law now stands. In all other large cities in this country the companies have been compelled to issue emergency transfers. Before my case came to trial l was offered $50O0 to dis continue my action. I positively re- fused to take the money, but I said I would compromise if the companv would agree to issue transfers. but these terms were declined I called to- day on my lawyers, Hoadly, Lauter- bach G Johnson, and I was asked if I would still consent to stop proceedings on the same terms. I said: No. as believe that the fight is won'"