The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-26

J. r. Burton beIIeves that Bryan IA
$40 win be beaten by ever 2.9oA0oo votes.
/ II wish.. said the Kansas farmer. who
was pulling roasting ears in his neid. II
had that man Jeffries' reach
The fan eare,,aign In the Kansas .eOen-
ties begins the first Of August ana the
/ FIST man who cries apathy Is beaten.
| Speeches at Atchison's corn carnival
viii be prohibited The idea Is TO make
the people who attend as happy as posi-
BILE
WIN white has been IN Chicago going
| the rounds Of the dime museums trying
to secure attractions for the Emporia
street fair.
Leland won the organization in Bour-
| bon county. Grant Hornaday, Governor
6tanIey's appointed. engineered the thing
| for Leland.
There is one corn stalk In Atehison
which has I'VE ears Of corn on II. The
present corn crop is the greatest the state
has ever had.
Newt Ury has been offered the position
| of revenue stamp collector at Topeka The
| place pays only $500 a year, and Ury
doesn't want 1t.
Despite stories to the contrary. It is
said that the organization OF the Topeka
Capital as 1t now stands is directly
against ]. r. Burton for senator.
! II war comes with Canada, the north
line Of Kansas. which at present is lost
| in corn-fields and sunflower patches, Will
have to be chalked on and guarded.
When Alger was finally let out Cover
nor Leedy did not get his place. At one
time Leedy actually believed that Nc
Kinley was considering him for secretary
| of war.
Governor Stanley says II President Nc
Kinley should order another regiment
from Kansas he will guarantee to have
II mustered IN within ten days after re-
| ceiving the order.
II Joe Hudson will make the Topeka
Capitals politics secondary to its news
he will make the thing pay. The Null
vane bank had one note for $4,000 against
the paper. It IS said.
ingalls, has quit writing his weekly let
tiers for the New York Journal. II
part of his re-entry into politics Is TO
be caution. Ingalls, will not be half 30
interesting as he was.
Seaton Of Atchison Is very angry with
Leland. He now says that he wishes he
had fought him sixteen months ago, when
he was running for governor. instead Of
waiting on his excellency's dispost-
TONS
Cy Leland says that the regular army
officers want war, not peace, and will
keep the war going, and that the thing
to do to get peace Is to send lot OF
professional politicians to Luzon and let
them treat with the natives.
The free thinkers OF Kansas have al
ways adored Bob Ingersoil. But they
should be careful about expressing their
admiration for him now. There Is talk
Of building him a monument and Kan
sas will be expected to contribute.
George z. Lowman. a Great Bend boy
with the Montana regiment at Caloocan,
was struck by bullet which entered just
under the skin on his abdomen and crawl
ed several inches across his stomach. He
says the wound resembled the welt raised
by whip.
Cloyd Grimes, Is years old, son Of Dam
Tel K. Grimes. and a nephew Of State
Treasurer Frank E. Grimes. was drowned
Monday afternoon while swimming In the
Kansas river above Topeka He became
exhausted and was carried by the strong
current into deep water. The body was
recovered.
Abilene Reflector: An exchange tells the
story on ex-senator PETER that on one
occasion he tainted while on his way to
the capitol. OF course, q crowd gathered.
Among the number was an Englishman
who dropped his his, who shouted Give
Tim more hair" More hair, you dom
fool" said an Irishman standing by,
''Shure an can't yer see that it'S-the
ungodly bunch Of hair that he's got on
his face now that's a smotherin' him?"