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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
Daily - eagle
The Death of Rowdy Joe.
VI MURDOCH. Editor.

Lowe "Rowdy joe shot down IN Denver inns
week die The kerosene glare OF ms
Wichita house. vice. wherein he developed
certain leadership generan-chief evil field marshal
TO the devil him to violent death
with boots duly is the fashion Of his kind
nothing heroic in his figure, even from the 10"
level of dime novel dominancy Of the evil
elements with which he himself which he gath
cred to him, attracted, magnet with drawing
movers for everything corrupt admiration and RI
ceves
His life has one lesson, lives by the
sword shall die by sword retribution in
the naked laws prmordiai justice for act
that over and above legislative and interpreted
statute there is supreme Jurisprudence the air. thing
inte nbIe invisible mighty
engine in it's penalties supreme law instruments
widely scattered totally unallied accomplish its ends
It rnarpulates victim justly victim against himself
driving retribuve destruction But it never fails
10 strike, strike to determination
Rowdy Joe was seventy-two years age He had killed
time, his at hand He had led the
life of vagabond added He had been
married seven times commentary in that if
one had time
Age crept brittle mineral into his bones,
his blood slow eyes his vitality low. 1t
but step grave all people who knew him have
listened for nearly thirty years been shot
down that he had himself, boots
There seemed to be a race between natural and
ordered DEATH intangible invisible, but unfaing
justice That justice whatever u.s. did not fail
Natural DEATH which be accounted penalty. plum
dered Of him. He violently ordered.
KimmeI, the man who him. unwtttngly instru
ment not of revenge but Of a warrant
issued against all such as Rowdy joe falling of
due execution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
How WeyIer Stole i'm Cuba.

Persons department have been doing some
figuring the of stolen by Spanish officials
during years instruction prior
the declaration the United States The
apparently good authority during
period about $4,000 army
rolls in Of the actual number in service
that the for that number Of appropriated by
General Weyer a intimates connected
with his immediate establishment pay allowed Spanish
soldiers 50 in gold month Up within
before the blockade by American Spanish gov
eminent attempted to keep its soldiers in Cuba fairly
paid and the army four behind
receiving therefore, appear Weyler
and his combination sSOOOOOO padded
army pay roll.
The Spanish paymaster paid the private 50
silver instead of 50 in gold Cuba
cleared Sc in silver month The allowance pro-
vsiorlng the army, IS soldier month.
outright and the officers made practice taking
from the of the excusng operation by explain
ing that owing government an order
had been issued requiring the soldiers
ssence out of their small stpends be seen
that somewhere between s2OOOOOO and
directly from the and the government under the
Weyler regime in the way also enor
nous stealing appropriated by government for
the purchase of ammunition supplies Millions of
dollars were sent into Cuba, least from the
national treasury at Madrid purpose material for
defenses in Cuba that found odgment the pockets
ciaI thieves in the confidence o the government.
one case has been mentioned by correspond
ents of 100000 having been appropriated ammunition at
Havana which bought stored in the maya
zines but which on Investigation found 70
be purely fictitious actual material having been bought
The money deposited in the pocket the purchasing
agent From what is known of the Cuban situation
eieve that Weyer have suppressed the in
surrecton within sixty ninety any he wanted
The wholesale robberes under his regime expIa
why he did not attempt rebellion weyer
supposed to have cleared than 600 during
his stay Cuba His subordnates associates divided
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
The World of Book-Readers

Many American readers Of books are oppressed by
the hopeieess Of any effort keep touch with all the
new works Of the day worthy Of attention will
be surprised to learn thar in Great Britain and especially
III rance the NUMBER q volumes issued every year
greater than the output Of our own p,bIsair bo y
the difference in population considered the contrasts ara
astonishing.
In 1895 according to the Publishers Weekly 4sss rev
books put market by America, honss = ,.s
the smallest total since 1894 decrease being due No
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From the Syracuse Herald
There's trouble again n A-H1sTais-
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Eouud at Last

Exhibiter-~This. ladies' and gents, tbs
piece % straw : that celebrated as
straw nat broke - c2mefs back
Mrs Hs--1ac-e-'-WesL well. Hiram.
that's Vouterful- I've hee-d tel Of That
Strsw a. ny BE. bue little cd / ever
sxrar- TO So IT,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

-Four years ago the groves Of the south were de
stroyed Monday they destroyed again The temps
ate about the latitude Kansas is the only fit aca
for residence in the world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

The snowstorm caught Washington with coal famine
Ike verftabe LeadviIe up with mountains How
would national capital stand siege in war;
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We don't know what we have done Il weather but
the weather the west 25-belowzero uppercu and
then landed heavily with his right the Atlantic states
and knocked the nation clean out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

The limitations Of storms appear strange. Three DAYS
ago it awful here in Kansas pleasant as could ne
Little Rock Arkansas. Now frgid in Arkansas and
pleasant e here.
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Beverdge, who to his first great speech at
Philadelphia Is snowbound Bad start FOR the
young man. The Eagle had his speech in type.
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There! That IS virtually an admission
that bona-fide Bohemlans are not" mIr-
INJURED Mrs. Grey.
mo" said Mr.. Daring, IT DO not insinu-
ate that, but my onceotion of a Bohenii-
an is, first and foremost, that his profess
sion must not be in the ordinary lines of
trade. for If so, he IS unhappy and :est-
less. and makes but a poor success. An
artist, musician, a poet, a gction writer,
an illustrator, usually develop this quail
ity better. A Bohemian must have little
or no money, though oftentinnes he pos
seSses great genius. lie must spend free
ly, and, as Mrs. Grey says, he must not
worry about paying; he can do so occa-
sionally. If with no serious Inconvenience
10 himself. As to bdthin!. there are DOUBT
less Bohemians and BohemaHs, bat those
have numbered AMI Lowell as my friends
thought as much of their daily tub IS
We Go. We must admit the chafng-dis".
and the happy go-lucky life, also adj the
hospitality. the open-handedness, the o.
ten reckless generosity Of q friend in dis
tress. the love of the 5eaudsul. the keen
" emotional nature. the never planning
ahead, the taking life as X comes, the
CO.." interrupted Mrs. Brown. you have
made them delightful. I shall become one
tomorrow"
But stop" begged Mr.. Daring. before
you join this noble band. are Won IRE
pared 10 totally ignore Mrs. Gr7In3y; 70
DO from day 10 day just as you please.
utterly regardless Of next week; never 20
sacrifice one moment Of hte present 90
secure an advantage IN the future: 20
weep over the past, yet never 70 profit
by its experiences All this and much
more you must both forswear and take
up before you are worthy 10 be ranked
with the true bohemian. Now II. IKE
the Days. you believe that the symptoms
consist in the amusing SIDE only. the
gay, cooking parties. the pTeteDse OF
naughty habits you really don't posses,
and the general acceptance OF new peO-
pie. then By all means become what !
sometimes call a Society Bohemian
pleasant. yet never q dangerous cres-
ton
90" said Miss Leigh, II an sure viii
never Sc the DAYS again without think
ing OF them as pleasant, jet not danger
Gus
Nor l." added Mrs. Brown, and Al
though 7 never heard BoaenianisEn bet
ter described, GOn't think VII become
one yet"
You 90 ne proud ladies' quoted Mr..
Daring. r-sdng and picking Up his hat and
stack. ard after 50 much praise ! shan
rest OF ny laureis ard VIII iod you good
afternoon '-Exchszg
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Day before yesterday ii degrees below zero 81
Ne" Orleans The oranges have probably join the
peaches.
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The elements still In New York Monday
the big stores closed their and ser their clerks 600
as they do in the smallest hamles blizzardy davs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

Monday during the terrible blizzard in New York Dick
a bad, bad
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There 5000 investigation committees
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California has escaped the general blizzard spasm The
California peach with is leather hide wiz stn With Us
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

The Kansas peach crop is gone. This VIII be sore dis
appointment the descendants OF last worms
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

Earthquake shvers felt yesterday IN Ohio. Old
Mother Earth right chilled
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

This year the southern strawberry not coquette With
your Pooketbook. Mondays blizzard wrote is obituary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15

Whtelaw Reid says the Ffipnos viii citizens
CT this country. right about that.
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Colorado has snow We have had
nothing bur the dry piercing cold
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Whom gods would destroy they put IN command
Of the United States army.
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The Office admiral the has been created AID
Dewey Will Just a. Il
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low
would our national capital stand siege in war?
The elements still masters In New York MONDAY,
the big stores closed their doors their clerks nome
as they do in the smallest hamlets bizzardy days.
Beveridge was to make his first great speech 81
Philadelphia IS bound somewhere Bad start FOR the
young man. The Eagle had his speech in type.
<>
Monday during the terrible blizzard in New York Dick
Croker contributed 5000 for the relief poor Yet he
is a bad, bad man.
Day before yesterday it degrees below zero st
New Orleans The oranges probably gone 70 on the
peaches.
There 5000 words investigation committee.
report Words, words words. Words the cause of
il all
California has escaped the general blizzard spas The
California peach with its leather hide viii still with Us
The Kansas peach crop gone. This VIII sore dis
appointment to the descendants Of last
This year southern strawberry viii coquete With
your Pocketbook Mondays blizzard wrote its obituary
whitelaw Reid says the Ffpinos will never be citizens
CT this country. He is right about that.
Earthquake shivers were felt yesterday in Ohio Old
Mother Earth has right to feel chilled
Colorado has and the has We have had
nothing but the dry piercing cold.
Whom the gods would destroy they put command
Of the United States army.
The ofce Of admiral Of the navy has created and
Dewey viii lust r. IL
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

u 4 X x X x X x x K x x X x y ;. - !.
present the owners are training their
birds and are quite we'll satisfied with
the results. The fancierS who live in
Oakland and Alameda are the most ac
tive in the work and have been training
for several weeks
The work of training begins by TAX
ing the young birds from their lofts
short distance into the country. Thev
are released and allowed to fy home.
Thls they do with the greatest speed.
never stopping for anything. After a
few weeks e birds were taken on one
of the ferryboats and released in the
middle of the bay This is always
somewhat confusing to the young birds
and for some minutes they ay around
aimlessly before starting home. 1t is
dlfllcult to make calculations on this
KIND OF .ce, as there is no telling
how much time the bird may consume
before making the start
After the birds are we'll trained it is
the intention of the fanciers from this
part of the Site to make a long dis
tance test ne birds will first be taken
to Fresno and released at a certain
time. which will be telcgraphed to the
fanclers who are waiting at the lofts
for the birds to return. This waiting
is very exciting to those interested and
all sorts of bets can be made as to
which bird will como in first
In making the final calculations of
the time occupied by the birds it will
be necessary to make all sorts of meas
urements. A sort of logarithm of the
course will be made and on this will be
based all t rest. Wind will also have
to be considered. If this is against the
birds they will have to be given a time
allowance in accordance with its veloci-
ty. 1t is calculated that the birds will
cover the distance between Fresno and
this city in about an hour and a half
If the race from Fresno proves a sue
cess the birds will be taken farther
south and after a few more trials as
far as Los Angeles or San Diego. The
here. and in few years may rival the
East, as the conditions here are much
more faVorahla.
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flee had she granted all the requests made
for money within period of forty-two
days. She kept all the begging letters re-
ceived during that time. added together
the amounts they asked for. and then dis
covered that had she granted each indi-
vidua1 request for money she would have
disbursed one million six hundred thou =
sand dollars. And this. be it remembered
in short period of six weeks What the
requests would have amounted to for a
year at that rate may easily be imagined.
All her fortune would have been given to
the poor.
Few Of us realize to what extent this
prcmiscuous begging by letter is carried
Everything is asked for-the education Of
children, the building of institutions, tho
purchase of summer clothes a years
study in Europe, a new piano for the par
lOr, or an organ for the Sunday school
Sometimes critical spirit expresses it
self. and certain objections are made to
prevailing fashions or ways of doing
things, as when a certain missionary's s
daughter wrote to say that as green did
not match her parlor she hoped that i
red tablecloth would be sent next time
and also that the flavor of the soap would
be changed.
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he returned to his fathers plantation
with no other ambition than to lead
a planters life, but the yoke of Hayti
was becoming more and more intoler-
able and the native of San Domingo
were beginning to rebel against the
tyranny Of General Boyer, then Presi-
dent Of Hayti. 1t was not long before
the love of justice and ependence in
the lad, then less than 20, were fully
aroused, and July s, 1866, found him in
the f. ranks It the battle Of Sabana
de San Tome.
When San Domingo was annexed
to Spain, General Gomez was a ca. tain
Of the Dominican army, which after
ward became the Reserves" of the
country at the service of the new gov
ernment, and when after the war,
Spain withdrew from San Domingo
to Cuba, it was misunderstanding
General Gomez and the rest of the
Dominican officers on Cuban soil with
out employment. Then Tor thu first
time he began to realize the sufferings
of the Cubans. His pride was out
ragged and his heart consumed with un-
dying passion, and he took an oath to
offer his life in any cause against
Spain.
His opportunity came with the decla-
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altogether proper, so l suppose there
won't be very much fun.
Kate knows she is not pretty, and so
she Is going to try and establish for
herself record as stOry-teller. She
is in the next room buzzing away try
ing to get that story "by heart" Hero
1t is, exactly as she is going to tell it:
He had struck it rich in the gold
fields of Alaska and had returned to
San Francisco after years absence.
Hungry, and determined to get square
meal, he went to a first-class restaurant
and beloved out: Waiter, bring me
f1rst-class meal-just like the Four
Hundred eat Make it swell and darn
the expense" With an obsequious bow
and display of unwonted activity the
waiter began with a plate of excellent
consomme. Parvenue made short work
of the soup and reached for the bunch
Of celery which had been placed on the
table. He ate the celery with grimace
and the waiter then appeared with
boiled lobster, garnished with lettuce.
He was about to place 1t before the
guest, when the miner waved him
aside and shouted Say, l ordered
swell dinner, and this can't go much
water, ate the bokay, but I'll be
- If I'll eat that bedbug!"
I have not dared to spell the big D
out. She is going to say it out. I Won
der If they will laugh?
Bellies waist is getting smaller every
day. She mustn't wear more than a
No. II now They tell an awful good
story about her. She went to the
theater the other night with Fred, quite
Unexpectedly, and she had a calling
gown on. After the show he insisted
upon some supper. The girls saw her
at the grill room, and would you believe
it, she could not get her fork more than
half way to her mouth. A succulent
bivalve trembled upon it, but it never
reached her pearly teeth. Her dress
was too tight. She told May later that
she always wears a dinner frock" to
the show, and that the dressmaker al
ways allows half-inch in the corsage
Of gown she is supposed to wear and
eat in.
Julia is back from Paris and has
brought with her just the sweetest
frocks. She says In the wicked capital
they are again speaking of Madame
Mackay's row with the late Meissonier
1t was not a question Of money at ALL
He painted her with hands like those
God gave. She wanted hands like a
Queen. Gold couldn't make the brush Of
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ration Of the ten years war and he
seized 1t. He was given a commission
as captain in the Cuban army. Fate
offered a stimulant to his zeal and valor
In the person Of Senorita Bernardo
Toro, with whom he fell deeply in love
and to whom he was married. Peace
declared, General Gomez was made,
with universal appreciation, command
ing general of the Cuban army. His
natural love of home and country
propmted an early return to San Do
mingo, where ideall9 happy, surrounded
by his wife and family, four sons and
two daughters, he lived until the late
and last war, in which, as all the world
knows, he again distinguished himself
He expressed himself as much averse
to any demonstrations Of honor or ap-
plause. He does not care for state,
pomp nor splendor. At the magnificent
but neglected palace known as the
Quinta de los Molinos he lives in the
simplest manner. His one desire Is
Cuban liberty and government.
When that day comes he will go home
He says he is not a statesman nor a.
diplomat, but to the limit of his ability
he will care for the affairs Of the peo-
pie and arrange matters between them
and the people of the United States,
to whom for services and bravery he
sends thanks and CONGRATULATIONS.
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upon me. She does wear well. Kate
says she is really engaged to Fred MIN
ROD, but that they dare not get mar
rled. Fred has a lady friend who owns
a gun and they fear to publish the bans
until she loses that weapon.
Jennie brought her mother with her,
and l tell you l admire that girls cour-
age. She never turned a hair when her
mother told me Of her coming-out party
and how she and the "Cap'ain" had de-
cided to do things right and ordered
champagne. THE first glass i tasted
| felt sure I was bunkoed!" she ex-
plained. II called to Jennie and said:
Tt tickles up your nose, just like sody
water. Is that all right, child" Jennie
said it was and we paid the bill"
Emma and Francis have been asking
after all the girls. Tell them for me,
will you? l am told Frances is never
seen without golf sticks. Gone over to
athletics completely. How do you think
they made their money? But never
mind; it's a dead subject.
am going tomorrow evening to Liz
Zie Brighters for dinner. She still wears
beautiful gowns. but hideous hats.
And you should see Billie. He Is more
shriveled than ever. l really don't
blame her for making friends with the
handsome Baron. Only she shouldn't
drag her sister into it. She Is such a
trace of the cup that cheers and inebri-
ates is beginning to show itself. I hear
that Lizzie's mother wants to marry
Brighter senior. Lizzie favors the plan.
and [ believe they might bring this
about If IT wasn't for a most common
person, my dear-a milliner, who won't
give her consent at ell.
just caught a passing glimpse Of
Walter, looking so stout and fatherly
How he has changed in everything but
his love for horses, There is not much
fun though in being his wife. Cooper
down on the ranch with babies! l Won
der if it is really true that she was in
love with an impecunious army man
and that money conquered?
Kate is going to a dinner tonight
Peter Is to be the host. l wish he had
known | was coming out here; he would
have surely asked me. Say, he has had
the town talking but that won't aston
lsh you. He gave dinner some little
time ago to an off-color theater lady.
All the girls went without chaperons.
A few days after the dinner some old
busybody had to discover that the diva
was a lady with a very interesting
past. Oh, what hot time there was