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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
some UGLY RUAORS
In Circulation at Guthrie of
More Investigation.
BUT BY THE GRAND JURY
.
Legislators Themselves Being
Objects of-lnquiry.
BUT BY THE GRAND JURY

Guthrie o. T. March 14-(SDecial)-The
governors veto OF the county weigher's
bill nipped in the bud a measure that
would have placed the farmers at the
mercy Of the county weighers. As it
reached the governors desk, the bill con-
tanned a clause making it compulsory to
weigh on the scales Of the county weigh
ers, which, it is claimed, was surreptitious-
ly inserted in the bill. The governor in
vestigated the matter and learned that
the clause had never passed the council,
but was inserted in some mysterious way
during the closing hours Of the session.
This is the same clause for the passage
OF which $500 was alleged TO have been
paid-S300 in the house and $500 for two
senators. The amendment passed the
house but failed in the council.
While on the subject Of Doodle, it may
BE- added that it is rumored that the leg
islature viii experience the sensation of
being investigated; that certain members
may be called before the Logan county
grand jury, now in session, to tell what
they know; that in the event of their re-
fusal to testify, committee Of Guthrie
saloon keepers VIII be summoned to tell
how much they, as alleged, paid to pass
q law permitting screens in saloons, and
that a well-known citizen OF Enid may be
called upon tell what senators he paid
$3.50 to defeat the woman's suffrage bill
1t will be remembered that the county
attorney, Edgar Jones. is the same indi-
vidual whom the legislative investigating
committee investigated and one can i'm
agine the grim satisfaction he viii feel
upon its coming his time 10 play investi-
paf6r
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best singing is A thrashy chorus and tho
leading airs are attempted by those with
Jess than a relic ~ a voice 20 a play With
p.ot-"A Southern Gentleman" Mr.
Cement has given us An ideal OK the south
in this clean and intellectual yet powerfui
drama. whose leading motive IS the
noblesse ooliEe. not Of birth but ~ char
acter. which was once considered the SUE
preme note Of southern conduct The
author has attained remarkable fidelity 20
southern association the play is aim0s'
striklnrIv original. daring'y 30. Tor on This
southern her1's character be has euRraf o.
81 the fItratsons Of the Germsn phLoe1-
pliers IN forming his pleasing port-alture7
n southern -.fe. II W. quite e novelty BOW
adays for playwright % Suspect that the
audience ever read or think. o. that D.
possesses brains 90 appreciate anything
above stage '5rs.HesE
OF ,niuk q Sc sehoper1asr who ralt.
The sort u phrosooay re ca7ose depends
or The sort NJ people re are f5- paHo-
sopa.-aI system s. not q dead piece - f3--
r.ture. & draws its afa from the s51i o.
t4s man who IA. Sc
The motive injected into 'hiz pay e.
that the philosophy vhl-a counts m a.
:-uls-i- se-ns5ress ar the natter native
- human z-tr1- It ir 0-e ~ th- TEX
plays i1 q decade tsat zEI ar-eal t7 ST.
-eHec.la, rroa.a. E-s.der that lhe-a are
some charming BITS n n-Fr1 rath1s a-e
ur1y. iu wH3cH p Villains as Hsr-
n.hs1 ard Gertrude C.Harey as Nanny
Llrdv. were simply inf-taa-e A. t1a
LEADING rharlr.r ~ Clement az. .ssr-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
BIG BOOM IN A NEW PLACE
southwestern OIzIahOma's Good Time
Has Come Now.

oakdale, Washita County. o. T., March
L--(Special) -Southwester o klahoma IS
on a boom Notwithstanding the severe
winter weather farmers are all Blowing
for spring crops. \ trip from El Reno
west through Blaine. Dewey, Custer,
Roger Nils and Washita counties will
convince the most casual observer that q
larger area OF cotton. corn and other
spring crops win be planted than ever be-
fore. The country is filled with home
seekers and claims have more than
doubled in value within the last few
months. The boom started with the ex-
tension of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf railroad from IL Reno TO weather
ford. Towns are built up all along the
line in an incredibly short time.
Weatherford. city Of $500, was built
Up in less than three months. Large
brick and stone blocks. with hundreds Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
EXECUTIVE ACTION ON BILLS
Governor Barnes VIII Dispose Of
Woods County Division To-day.

Guthrie, o. II, March H-CSpecia'.)-
The governor today announced that he
would dispose of the Woods county divi-
sion bill tomorrow. He has signed the
bill 'authorzing the secretary of the terri
tory 70 purchase 500 copies Of ''AIorgan's
Digest" but as the legislature failed to
make an appropriation to pay for the
volumes, the compiler, Dick T. Morgan
will necessarily have TO wait until the next
legislature makes provision before he can
draw his money. Thacker's bill amend
ing the procedure for taking up of stray
animals was signed today; a,so Merten's
bill Isl, relating to cities Of the first class.
and Woods bill, regulating the practice OF
pharmacy. House bill %, by Koch, pro-
viding for the manner Of payment Of
school on township indebtedness, was
vetoed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
UNDERSTANDING IN OKLAHOMA
All the Principal Towns are TO Have
New Communications

Guthrie. O. T.. March H-(SpeciaL)-J
W. Wilson, manager of the Missouri and
Kansas Telephone company. IS in the city
and states that his company has begun TO
string wires from Perry north To Arkansas
city, which VIII place Oklahoma in direct
telephone communication with Wichita
The company has ordered poles and wires
for line from e Reno TO Kingfsher: also
a line from Oklahoma City to Shawnee
and Tecumseh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
ca To1TA.
Bears the a The Kind You Have AlTaT Boggt
'is, a &sNzzzZI
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE NEW EDrcAT1nN.

Mr.. J. Liberty Tadd. who viii lecture a.
the Auditorium Thursday evening. is a
man % exceptional power. He has bright
ideas and excellent methods. AM ais work
has high educational significance.
The love OF nature comes WITH chhd
life and nature study appeals 70 than Nj.
Tadd's idea is that children should become
enraDport with mature IN .hsr various
moods" thus storing UP intelligent energy
for use when energetic, wisely directed &C.
ton IS called for. DR. Halua1. super
intendent OF public instruction in Dayton.
Ohio. says. a most important feature
OF Mr.. Tadd's work is its adaota5il-y %
every condition under waich children are
taught. from the district schools az the
crossing Of the roads "a the elaborate
school system Of an opuient city IN both
& viii stimulate % increased activity AM
lift into clearer light whatever o. latent
o. developed ability they may poesess. II.
Both It will come as 4 hei pe- and friend
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
INSPECTOR AT ANADARKO
Someone Has Been Making Com
nlaints Of Arelt Walker

Fl Reno. Q. 7. March lL-lSpeciall-
Special Agent Jenkins. connected with the
department Of Indian affairs. Is paying
MAJOR V. T. Walker. Indian agent al An
adarko, visit. a number Of reports have
reached the department rejecting u some
extent upon the conduct 81 affairs az the
kiowa and Comanche agency. and Mr..
jenkins has been ordered there 20 irvesti-
gate as 10 their truth or fa}si-v.
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her with averted gaze when she was car
penter's wife are writing her letters Of
encouragement now.
For this you shall die" George Saxton
has paid his penalty. Must Annie George
pay hers?
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medicine It's
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all kinds combined
the only known remedy that for all rundown conditions " the nerves
body amenae to improvement failed In the png take
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
A SOUTHERN GENTLE3lAN. .

The following letter was written % II
Clement by q former veteran drama.
critic. now II retirement, Mr. Z A stew
e-s:
As amuseusre seekers re tu-n with
relief from a surTeic - cheap vaa6svi 2
performance and. By a stretch q cog--s-
sy. so-czIIed opera conpsE.ss.' when ere
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15

The Ohio Fire ExtinguiSaer IS the best.
quickest working. simplest 70 manage
most effective. most durable, and the
best safeguard against fires both to bush
ness houses and residences that has ever
been offered - the public
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The
Extinguisher

IS 50 constructed that 1t can be charged
and discharged twelve 70 fifteen times in
thirty minutes. which cannot De done wit1
any ether machine.
The Wichita Eagle ofice has them IN
their building and can recommend them
r n. TUCKER.
General Agent. Hutchinson. Kan.
J. F. kINSEY.
~ South Main s.. Wichita. Kan
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14
CORP'L JESSE H. HAMPSHIRE.
Our Correspondent in the Philippines.

they kept right on, and the General said
There go American soldiers; all hill
can't stop them. won't swear to the
accuracy of this assertion, as it comes
only from hearsay, but | will say that
General King is as good general as he
is an author, and is capable OF useing
emphatic us well as expressive language
All of the soldiers here show that Amer
leans do not need to drill all their lives
in order to know how to fight. The
regulars here did good work, but not a
bit better than the volunteers There is
no rivalry between the regulars and vol
unteers that have been here for several
months These new regulars that are
just arriving have some of the old preju-
dice, but about one battle alongside of
the volunteers will cure all that. The
greatest of harmony exists between the
various commands = The best of good
will is felt by the men toward one anoth-
er. 1t don't make any difference whether
you go among the Montana, Nebraska,
Iowa or Minnesota boys, or among the
23d, 14th or 18th regulars, or the Utah
battery boys or the Bird artillery boys.
you are one Of them; you are an Ameri-
can soldier You might expect much
rivalry or jealousy in such a mix-up,
but | don't hear of any. MOI am sure
it does not exist Each does its part
and all take pride in what they do,
and in what the other regiments do, too
To-day is "pay-day' for us. Our com
pany was paid just before noon. We
got two months wages. Everybody is
feeling rich now, and lots of money is
being sent home. You would
be surprised to see how much of their
wages some of the boys manage to send
home. Last payday our regiment
sent home, or deposited with the pay
master, more money than any other reg,
imcnt here. | think they are likely to do
Just as we'll this time. Our regiment also
sends and receives more mail than any
other regiment.
How do you think you would like
! camping out" this way: We have to
leep in our trenches. During t he day
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14
MORE PROSPERITY.

From statement IN the Chicago Record the
net earnings OIL ~ 900 miles of railroad, for
year of 1893, is s373,ooo,ooo. From this
statement it is fair to assume that most OF our
railroad companies have been faify prosperous.
In response &c this prosper ty, stocks and bonds
had advanced, in some cases as Wuch as 80 psr
cent. This year we expect more prosperity Tor
the railroads than last year. Why not? Their:
is no power in America exercised in res;ia mt OF
railroad charges, and if railroad companies can
charge for carrying freight TO the limit OF their
own sweet wills, there will be prosperity for at
least favored few.
Forty-three trls were formed i'll January
and February Of this year; capital stock, one
billion dollars; bonds S57,ooo 900. All the
trusts thus formed have advanced prices of their
product to consumers, or ale iii a position to Go
so. Trusts are prosperouS--very prosperous
Two of the tru~is advanced wages of employees,
but, at the same time, advanced the product OF
their manufactures. The consumer pays the
advance in wages. Five thousand men, all
told, of the aborng people, have been made
happy by Mckinley prosperity. Seventy NIL
lion people arc bed to feed trusts controlled by
a thousond men, 'Rah for Mckinley and &. o..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

we are out and around, when the Goo
COOS are not shooting At Us, but at
nights Ne ali hustle for our "Gug outs.
For bed vc have Iiltle stray nr hav
throWn down or the ground. over wlict
W. throw our "poncho" We use our
sheitr tent for a cover and our haver-
sack luIl "i cartridges for pillow; sleep
w'lI' too most of the time. It's quite
cool nufing the night so we have our
ninc shirts along, which we nut on.
We put them and the poncho and shelter
tent on the baggage train when we have
to fight. Al night when the baggage
comes up, we gct them, and so are quite
comfortable dnring the long, chilly night
We have this advantage over the insur-
gents; they don't nave any baggage
train and are more thinlv clad than we
are, and consequently suffer good deal.
they have to build fires to keep warm.
TINS is the dry season; if it were not, |
am afraid we would not get along SO
well. hope the war will be over before
the rainy season sets in.
It's nicer out here than in Manila.
This country, from what can see, IL
composed of hills and valleys cut up by
small streams and swamps. with tringes
of timber along the edges of the streams
and swamps. You can't see over two
miles in any one place, on the level. You
can see mountains so miles away, or far
ther. The tillablc land il all covered
with little dykes to hold water. They
raise rice around here. | am told that
the country is very fertile on farther to
the interior.
You will see that with these dykes and
aiiis aud li'inges of timber, that this
country has all manner of natural forti-
tcations. If these natives we've able to
resist us at all, it would be here These
dykes furnish us good place to start a
brcast-work, the land being dry at this
time of year. don't know for sure,
that it is ever covered with water, but
should judge so, from the dykes, and
this being the rice district It's pretty
high up here though, and if it stands full
of water, it must be from rain, as there
is no river by which to irrigate it. 1t
looks much like country that is irri-
gated.
The Montana boys, who join our reg,
iment on the east, found some gold in a
little stream near them. It's about ha f
a mile beyond the lines, but the out
posts are stationed out there, and while
they are not on guard, they spend the
time washing gold. One man made Sc
the day he was on guard and did guard
duty too. They seem to think that
there is considerable gold here; they
ought to know for they are old miners.
Must close. Your friend
CoRp'L. Jesse HAMPSHIRE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

THE National Sound Money League has de-
clared in favor of an act of congress making
all bonds, notes or obligations payable in the
gold dollar. The Sound Money Leage is one
wing of the Republican party, and whatever it
demands will be acceded to, since the Repub-
lican politician is tool The manufacturers
wanted tariff under which they could COM
plete their combinations of greed. They cot
what they want ed, and prosperity is soaring
When the bond-holders have all obligations
made payable in gold, or its equivalent, there
will be another great wave yf prosperity, leav-
np in its trail long line of despoiled homes
and plundered mortgagors and taxpayers
Step bv Step, the Hanna crowd climbe to the
top, and, strange to say, not one man in ten
Thousand who voted for Mckinley will receive
anv benefit from anything done or proposed
Surely, most of the men who voted for Nc
Kinley expected different results.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

WE have all heard of the man who attempt
ed to live on the interests of what he owed.
Well, that is just what the bankers all over this
great and expanding republic of ours are doing
at this moment. There is usually about ST.
900, 900 900 in the United States, and the banks
and mortgage companies have just five times
that sum loaned out to til. people. In other
words, they are collecting interest OH $4,000
ooo, 900 which they do not possess. But they
are not satisfied with this, and the McClary bill
was introduced for the purpose of adding sever
al billions more to their loanng capacity. We
have the greatest financial system in the world!
Coming Nation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

THE w. C. T. u, of the District OF Columbia,
wished to confer with Mckinley regarding the
armv canteen, and sent word to him to that ct
fect Mckinley refused to see the ladies', say
inc he was too busy. In the meantime, how
ever he was preparing for a junketng trip to
the west-a purely political trip. Further
more, for weeks he has had time to run about
the country, drinking wine and preparing to
oorture the. nomination next year. The fact is,
Mckinley is the rankest fraud that ever occu-
MED the White House. not excepting Grover
Cleveland.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14
THE FARMER.

According to table published in the Chicago
Record. American exports for the year OF 1890
amounted, in value, to $1,000, 900, ooo' ro'
the year of 1897, our exports brought us ~
oa2, ooo, 900. One half our exports were the
products of farms 1t would seem that farm
ers ought to be wonderfully prosperous, put'
unfortunately, the profits of the dealers ana
TRANSFORMATION companies cit the farmers share
down.to about the cost OF production. Inc
wears 'o7 and '9S were exceptional years III lhe
va1ue of exported merchandise. -Four hundred
million dollars in our favor IS not um 10 oe
ieered at but it must be considered that only
few men are benefited i'll the exports OF mer-
cbardise. and that these few men unloaded
surplus below prices charged to nome consuir,
ers, while the profits tof the farm were shared
with the dealers and transportation companies
and what was left was distributed among some
forty million people.
To put it in other words, farmers feed the
whole outfit, including tramps, and instead OF
trying to tighten his burden so as to nave
leisure for study, or recreation, he just simply
buys another labor-saving nachlne-generaIly
goes in debt for it-hitches on his extra team,
lenpthens out his day another hour, and tries TO
nroduce twice as much this year as last. Proud
r. feed and clothe the world he bends his back
RI the burden. But, if Europe did not want
his surplus, it would rot on his farm, ana MS
land would be sold for taxes, or mortgage
company would reach out and grasp HIS oroao
acres. and lo he would become a tenant. The
farmer never dreams of limiting production,
nor orowls when prices do not cover outlay.
When the papers, big and little, start the re-
mort that the farmer has a big bank eccouht
he is the first man to believe the wholesale ly-
ing if it is election time.
No agricultural paper teaches farmer the
art of saving Ii is make, make, make-ail
make. kill more weeds; irrigate the deserts;
keep off the goods boxes; breed up your STOCK
that is the burden of the agricultural papers.
If farmers organize a society, it is treason to
90 into politics. The agricultural paper and
his booming prosperity, goad OH the farmer to
bigger Yields. The political papers keep him
ont Of politics. And so, the farmer has no other
occunation but to over-feed the world; no high
er destiny than to work sixteen hours day;
M orcatsr ambition than to nave the fellows
who live off his earnings pat him on the back
and call him "bully boy"
Farmers might go into combination, same
as the steel and oil fellows, and demand COM
pensation of society for his services, but they
won't Farmers might shift some OF their tax
e, were it not that if he paid less tax, he would
have more money. Farmers might have horn
OF their own and foot it, too. Then the other
fellows would have to toot their own horn.
--T"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

The Topeka Advocate is one Of the best e.
form papers that we know of Besides contain
ing all of the political news, it contains an i'm
mense amount of state and national news,
stories etc. Every Populist should take the
Advocate We will send you the AGlTAToR
and Advocate for one yea for $3.50
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

DEATH removed ex-justice Stephen ]. Field,
of The United States supreme court, from earth
last Sunday. He had contracted cold, which
caused the ailment which carried him off. He
was appointed to the supreme bench by Abra
ham Lincoln, and retained his responsible po-
siton till December, 1897. His was ve'y
euentful career.
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FOR SALE

A nice farm of I2O acres,
all fenCed---4O or so acres
in cuItivatiOn---plenty of
timber, and abundant stock
water, good house 3 rooms,
barn, chicken house, fruit
trees, etc. About 3 miles
east of Mont Ida, farm fOrm-
erly owned by Robert Burus,
very cheapat $l2 per acre,
Write to me at Olathe, Kas.,
or see J. II. SIiCer, Garrett.
JOHN p. St. JOHN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

A RIOT occurred among the miners at Pana,
II, the first of the week, and seven persons
mon women and children-were shot and Kill
ed, and sevclal wounded the trouble was
caused by one of the negro miners shipped from
Alabama by the company, to take the places OF
the striking miners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

GOVERNOR STANLEY visited Warden Lands
at the penitentiary, and he says lands is fine
mana perfect genteman-and he don't know
that he shall ask Lands to resign at all. He
WILL though for Cy will make him do it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

THE Topeka CAPITAL says the title of briga-
der general would fit Fred Funston as snugly
as the cream fits mi,k.-Exchange.
Cream is of no use until it is separated from
the milk. In fact, degeneration or marasmus
has set in Let the good work go on
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

OLD Connecticut is getting gay, and wants
to leeislate against Kansas bonds. We're will
mo She has some rotten old insurance COM
paries, and we don't have to palonize them.
Our advice to our readers is to let those compan-
les SEVERELY alone.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

THE Topeka Advocate is a 16-page weekly
reform paper and should be i'll every home in
Kensas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14

TROUBLE continues IN the Philippines, but
no battles of any consequence have been fought
for several days.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-14
EX-SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado, is dead.

BRYAN is striking the combines pretty hard
nowadays.