The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-15
Along the Kansas Nile.

In all, the Hillmon case has consumed
about 200 days in court. 1t will proba-
bly, reach the 364 before 1t is ended
1t is said at lola that Fred Funston
IS worrying for fear the insuTrection will
collapse before he gets back to Manila
While the royalties from his later books
netted Major Inman something like 81 900
he was greatly in debt and died a poor
man.
The Atchison Globe notifies Dewey that
the nation expects him to do as well as
Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison
have done
If John w. Hillmon Is dead. there must
be great rivalry in heaven between him
and the Jarndyce family over the ques-
ton Of who is to hold the record.
General Fred Funston says that the
! stories Of his robbing Catholic churches
originated with an infamous BLACKBOARD
| who was put under arrest By me at Ma
loos for footing a church."
1t Is said that because Of the purchs Sc
of the Hutchinson Southern by the Santa
/ Fe the people Of Hutchinson are thinking
OF falling out with that railroad. They
will find that that VIII not pay.
In a short story Bret Harte says Of a
/ character that he had, according 70 the
vocabulary of his class, found grace at
| the age Of sixteen. while still in The state
+ of original sin and the political one CT
] Missouri"
! 50 long as they are on battles the Kan
/ sas hero of 90 holds his father. the Kan
! sas hero az SO, level but as mother cuts
/ the pie ard the old man rings in Ander-
/ sonville, the hero OF % locates his hat
and slides out the back door
I Speaking Of meteors. IL Kansas man
I had made the world be would have fixed
/ II so that meteors would last long enough
for a man 70 jab his friend into seeing
one, or have omitted them altogether
from the makeup OF the universe.
Perhaps it was an impression from on
! " casual views, but Major Inman in the
lobby Of the Copeland al Topeka always
seemed 20 the chance visitor there the
only man K Kansas whom circumstances
had tanned, whom adversely had domesii-
Gated.
Ell Snow. a prominent PopuIist. once
state printer. says. IF the Republican
newspapers and orators would qul; abug
Ing the Popuiists The Populist party
would be dead 81 two years The rank
and file Of ihe party gee &c future FOR
f. and are anxious 10 get back n tie two
Old parties again"
Major Inmaa was q gentle soul. Ore
day n the tire % hIs shabhiness four
OF FIVE years ago. he wandered fufo the
State house leading a litt.e boz by tie
hand He hailed the elevator operator.
bue the latter. noting the poverty q re
man, deliberately sid the 6oor shut =
his face and went Up zltheat hin ga
ior Tnma1 turned q ire little boy a. rs
Ede and said IN clear. sxest voice.
Come ws wii. wax And Re eraegss
himself up tie long. dark stairs.
Atchison Globe: The following tsse-
graphs correspondence Was INDUCED 81
Ire night % The Atchsson Corn Carnival.
Atchlson. Kan. sep. =
Mrs. Mamie Jones. Topeka. Kansas.
Co-z Carnival q great success WIZ not
h home III morning
SAMUEL JOEEs
Topeka Kan. sept. -
Mr. Samuel Jones Aseaisou. Kansas
Do1-t forget AJAX yos hare a family.
MAMIE JONES'
Atchison. kan SET g
Mrs.. Mamie Joaes Topeka EaEsass
IogE message came too ate.
SAMUEL JONES.