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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
a STRANGER IN NEW YORK"

a STRANGER IN NEW YORK"
When many of Hoyt's amusing farce
comedies are forgotten, his laughable sat
ire on strangers life in New York City
entitled, A Stranger in New York"
which comes to the Crawford theater next
Thursday, January !. will continue to de-
light theater goers. 1t is one of the best
efforts Of the popular playwright and
those who see A Stranger in New York.
once always want to see 1t again. Tie
humor of the piece is Of such broad
character that il is no exaggeration to
say that it IS one continuous laugh from
beginning TO end. The company this sea-
son is considered the best ever seen in
The play, and includes a number Of people
who created the parts they are SIN play
ms.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30

1er and re severe iniu-y = E1s-'lre-
7 :. SchseG~r. BTakeEn18 Walter e.
Camp and Fireman Fred Trey.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
To = xhtthe Tobacco Trust

san Francisco. Dec. 29.-The Examiner
SAYS that five independent eastern to-
haceo factories have combined 10 f-ht
the tobacco trust and have made ar
rangements FOR an. aggressive campaign
on this coast. The names Of the compan-
les are not given.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
AUDIENCE WAS SMALL
But Prof. Penny's Recital Was q
Musical Treat


The organ recital given by Prof. Geo.
B. Penny at the First NJ z. church last
night was, in regard to good music, a
great success. 1t was certainly worthy
of a much larger audience than was pres
emit The following program was rem
dered:
A Gothic Suite .....................Ba llman
(a) Choral; Cb) Minuet; (c) Prayer
in Notre Dame
Christmas Carol ...... High School Chorus
Invocation Observation-Disclosures. Guilmant
Sampson and Delilah" "a romance.
............ ................... Saint-Saens
Prelude observation-disclosures. WHY
Christmas Carol ..... High School Chorus
March Observation-Disclosures. buSSl
March Of the Magi Dubois
Schubert Military March ...............
All Of the numbers, except the two by
the High School Chorus. were rendered
by Mr.. Penny. His playing was grand.
He showed marvellous technique and
great musical talent.
Although the organ selections were the
main features, the High School Chorus
came in for it's share Of honor. Their
two numbers were given il fine style, and
Mr.. Penny took occasion to say that he
took pleasure in complimenting them on
quality of tone and accuracy. Mr.. Penny
is the dean of the art school Of the State
university He will soon start on six
weeks tour of the European art centers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
Fatal Railway CoIli.Isn In Ohio.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30

Vienna Dec, &.-Miiloecker. the com
poser, Is suffering from paralytic stroke
His condition IS serious.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

| folly to ignore. What, then, in the face
of considerations such as these is to
prevent absolute unity and harmony
among democrats in all sections of the
country? What is to prevent the uni
fcation of the agricultural, the mer-
camille, the commercial the professional
and the laboring classes in support of
principle which so vitality concerns the
character of our government-an issue
which, from it's very nature, Is of para
mount Importance?
Will it be said that the financial ques-
ton stands in the way of that perfect
democratic unity which the situation
demands-that the Chicago platform is
an obstacle? Well, that platform was
made by the people; as their handiwork
it has borne the test of discussion, and
it will stand as the declaration of rem
edies for political evils which are as
potent now as they were in 1896. If
there are those who demand that these
declarations be ignored or repudiated.
there are also those who will urge that
the party go still further in 1900 than
it did in 1896. Between these two ex-
tremes the platform itself stands as
basis of compromise. The party has
no call either to repudiate it or to
amend it in the direction of radicalism.
1t will be necessary next year to do no
more than reaff1rm 1t. To the issues
with which it deals it gives clear and
certain definition. There is no neces-
sity of repeating these definitions and
thereby making cumbrous and unwield-
ly the declarations of 1900, which, in
the nature of things must deal with
and define issues that have arisen since
the Chicago deliverance.
The old issues, which stand in no
need of definition, should be reaf-
firmed in a paragraph and the new
ones clearly and vigorously defined, so
that the democratic position will be in
no danger of doubt or misconstruction.
Mr. Bryan merely recognized existing
conditions when he said in his Iowa
speech that the currency question can
not be made the most conspicuous is
sue next year. Democrats may feel in
their bones, as the saying is that it is
the most important, but circumstances
will prevent it from being the most
conspicuous; and this, no matter what
the party may do in the premises.
Public attention, and therefore public
discussion, will be focused on the newer
issues which have grown out of the re-
pupilcdH party management OF aHalrS.
1t cannot be said of Mr.. Croker that
he is statesman, but he has made
himself the master of politics, and if
his experiences have been confined to
one small corner of the republic they
have been varied enough to enable
him to see what is before his eyes. He
perceives that conditions are such as
to give united and harmonious dem
ocratic party no small hope of tri-
umph next year, and he perceives also
that Mr.. Bryan is the natural leader
of the party, So complete a change
in SO significant a quarter gives us
heart to hope that the gold democrats
of the east, perceiving that nothing can
be done with the currency question at
this time. will not permit a pettish or
fretful disposition to keep them out of
the party ranks.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

For time the persistent effort of the
Mckinley boosters was to make it ap-
pear that never, no, never, would the
president make another confession of
failure by letting anybody step in
ahead of Otis: at least 1t was given
out by those who pretended TO speak
by the card that Otis was to have full
swing for the autumn campaign. 1t is
clear enough now-the official world at
Washington confesses it-that the cabi-
net circle has been seriously consider
ing the choice of successor to Otis; it
was found to be altogether out of the
question for the administration to be
needless of the testimony brought home
by the returning volunteers-they were
practically unanimous in declaring Otis
a failure
For that matter, President Mckinley
will still be able to have, in large meas
ure, his own stubborn way. BY all ac-
counts there will be campaigning in
October, so that no officer now at
Washington can be up and off in time
to arrive at Manila in advance of the
season which, it is supposed, will wit
ness the renewal of hostilities. In de-
Gliding upon a change of generals, the
Guiding to send an adequate force of
soldiers to the Philippines.
Manifestly, for the command at Ma
Mia, Miles is the first choice of the
American public. His appointment
would be, perhaps, a greater humilia-
ton than the president could bear; only
a few months ago the administration
started out to crush Miles because he
told what proved to be the truth in re-
gard to incompetency and rascality in
the management of Cuba campaigns
Miles would be down and out to-day if
to defy public opinion.
Under the circumstances and in view
of the official favoritism that gave
Shafter- and Otis ponderosity to the
country, the proposed selection of Mer-
rift for the Philippine command may
pass as sort of gracious concession
to the people on the part of the presi-
dent. Merritt is second choice. The fact
is that Miles, the recognized head Of
the army, ought to be sent, since we are
engrossed in the largest foreign war
that ever engaged the United States.
But it may be set down as certainty
that Miles will be sent only as a last,
desperate resort; Merritt will be a COM
promise between confessed incompe-
tency, represented by Otis on the one
hand, and, on the other hand, the best
available generalship this country has,
impersonated in General Miles. We
shall not get the best; the signs are that
the president, very late in the day, will
send the peoples second choice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
CORNER IN THE GIRAFFE MARKET.
This Accounts for the Absence of the An
finals From the Circus.

Religion is responsible for all sorts of
things and its wide-reaching influence
Tor good is unreasonable, but perhaps
the last thing one would expect it to do
would be to form sort of animal trust,
as 1t We're, and corner the giraffe mar
ket, This is what it has done and this
is what accounts for the extreme scar
city of these long-necked quadrupeds.
Years ago the troop of giraffes was
one of the most popular show features
in the circus. The hippopotamus, on
account of his proportions, got more
space in the stands of fence advertis-
ing. He could be drawn to fence height
and his length could be we'll drawn out
along the fence. Then another strong
point for the hippo" was the fact that
he was labeled the "Behemoth of the
Holy Writ" which fetched a good many
people who wanted to come to the show
but did not know whether it was just
exactly right
OF course it would be all right to see
the scriptural animal, and the few Incl
dental features of bareback riding, ac-
robatic feats, and the side show did
TOT amount to much. While the giraffe
was not of much value for the prelim-
mary advertising, it was always huge
drawing card in the parade before the
afternoon performance. and when pair
or these imposing animals We're har-
ped off with a light, graceful pace they
created more of a sensation than the
herd of elephants. That, however, was
in the days before the revolt in the
Soudan, when Hagenback and Jamrach
had docile pacing CRATES that they
could furnish on a moments notice to
any Snowman who was anxious to Gre
ate a sensation with pair of broken
and gated girffes.
The days of giraffes have passed for
the time being, as it is long since any
one has seen a herd of these animals,
and only the richest and largest cir
cuses can afford a pair. 1t is all be-
cause the home of giraffes has been
closed to hunters, and the power which
closed 1t has been a revival of
the Mohammedan religion. The histor-
ieal and political aspects of this revival
are generally familiar. Gordon was It's
martyr Kitchener it's hero and Ell Nah
di its prophet.
When the Mad Mullah unfurled the
standard of the prophet and plunged
the Soudan into blood and wars dread
horrors he closed the door to the giraffe
region. Ever since the fall of Khar-
toum and the death of Gordon it has
been impossible to enter the country
and come out alive.
Since Kitchener the hero of the
Soudan, has finished his remarkable
campaign. eliminating in the crushing
defeat and almost total humiliation
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

But those who are now in office are
men chosen by the people; they ask
for the public schools simply and sub
stantially the support that in all re-
have cheerfully voted. If the request
submitted to the people is voted down
to-day, that simply means that the
schools can run just about one-half of
the school year or that they must be
run at just about fifty per cent. of their
present efficiency. The Standard does
not believe it to be the Judgment of
the citizens of Anaconda that this dras-
tic policy is warranted or that insult
men in the school board who. so far
as any word We ever heard, are GER
tainly not under suspicion of official
turpitude, or that, to crafty the griev-
ances of a few individuals, the dis
graceful imputation should be put upon
this city that its people have no con-
fidence in their public schools.
In view of the fact that this import
ant matter, which has evoked no contro-
versy in former years, Is now made the
subject of contest, the Standard urges
all of its public-spirited townsmen to
pay attention to this election. The
polls are open, at the high-school build
ing, from s o'clock this morning until
6 o'clock tonight. Let the vote be rep
resentative in its total so that, il the
public-school system is to be sustained,
the verdict will be of reputable proper
tons, and, on the other hand, to the
end that, if the city's school system is
to be voted into disgrace, everybody
will know that the thing was deliber-
ately done
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

tripe seller of La Vilette, which explains
why he had a lot of butchers with him.
He is a "gaillard' of 80 or so, solidly
built, great crony of M. Drumont's, and
received his political education with the
Marquis de Mores. He was one of the
band who signed themselves ''The Friends
of Mores." After the death of the mar
quis, NJ. Guerin took the lead of the anti
Semites and, always spelling for fight,
he has been in every street demonstration
which the anti-Semites have gotten up in
Paris for the last 10 years. He always
carries about him huge knotted stick,
as big as small tree. and wears big
felt hat.
Sir Frederick William Forester Fores-
tier-Walker. the new British commander
in-chief at the Cape, has had a distin-
guished career and has seen not a little
active service in. South Africa. 1t was
there. indeed. that he made his military
reputation. He served as assistant MILL
tary secretary to Lieutenant General Sir
Arthur Conyngham during the Kaffir war
of 1878, was employed on special service
throughout the Zulu war of 1879 and com
manded the troops in Egypt from 1890 to
1895. The general also acted as military
secretary to Sir Bartle Frere, at the Cape.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Men and Women.

Wayne McVeigh, according to the New
York Press, received more than $4,000 as
a retainer in the Carter case and his fee
will be five times that much,
Edward H. R. Green, the son of Hetty
Green, will soon return to his home in
Texas, where is chairman of the repub-
lican state committee. He denied the re-
port that he intended living in the East
to take charge of his mothers affairs, but
acknowledged that he had agreed to give
them more attention in the future.
There are at least three candidates to
succeed the Bishop of Havana, who, it Is
believed, will soon resign. They are Dr.
Manuel Dobal, DR.. Luis Mustelier Ga
Ian and DR.. Ricardo Arteaga Montejo
Dr. Dobal and DIR. Mustelier until recently
held responsible ecclesiastical positions in
Mexico. DIR. Arteaga has been a canon of
the Cathedral of Caracas, Venezuela. DR..
Mustelier is an intimate friend of Count
Camille Pecci, the nephew of the pope.
The car of Russia, was, as a boy, very
fond of cycling. He has now grown tired
of pedaling his own machine and has had
record-b breaking petroleum tricycle.
made for him in Paris. A wicker work
car is being made which will be tackled on
to the end of the machine for the en-
press. Another distinguished cyclist-who
still uses his own legs-is A. j. Balfour.
He stated not very long back that in his
opinion of the cycle is the most civilizng
invention of this generation.
Lord Wimborne's new golf course at
Broadstone, in Dorsetshire, England, is
one of the finest in the world. The course
has round as long as can be found at
st. Andrews. Adam tombstone is custo-
dian OF the course, and the charge for
playing is Is pence per day. Lord VIM
borne hopes that the laying out of the
course will give an impetus to building
operations at Broadstone, where there are
picturesque heaths and pine woods. He
Is the landlord Of the whole district.
Senior Pi y Margal, who surprised the
Spanish cortes by holding up the United
States as an example to be followed by
SPAIN is one of the leading authorities on
United States history. He has written a
history of the United States in two large
volumes, and his library, which is perhaps
the finest in Madrid, consists largely of
works on the same subject For 10 years
he has read little except documents and
books dealing with the early history of
the American continent. 1t is his ambition
to write the standard work on this sub
iect.
The merging of the Suffolk Chronicle
into the Suffolk Times and Mercury, says
the Boston Transcript, serves to recall
an interesting incident in the life of
Charles Dickens. 1t was the Suffolk
Chronicle which, 60 years ago, brought
Dickens to Ipswich for the purpose of
assisting in reporting a county election
But for this fact we should probably
never have had Pickwiek's nocturnal ad-
ventures at the Great White Horse, nor
would we have heard of the Eatanswill
Gazette and the Eatanswill Independent"
Jules Guerin, the self-constituted prison
er of the Anti-Semite club, is retired
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
In the Best of Humor.

Jane has face that draws your atten-
ton
Yes. it's plain to be een."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Ah, but, count" she cried, do you love
me for myself alone?"
Yes" he replied, you are your faz-
aires only child. Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
These" playfully remarked the swind-
Ter, as he filled the conventional tin box
with green goods, ARE what you might
call trap rocks."-Puck.
"Just now" said the sweet young Bos-
ton thing, II overheard some men speak
ing with evident relish of opening a jack
pot. and I've been wondering If they
meant bean pot."-Detrot Journal.
Cholly-Do you suppose that your fathah
would seriously object to me-aw-mar-
rying you?
Miss Pert-well, if he's anything like me
he would-Philadelph Record.
The Gentleman from Chicago-Stranger
can you tell me where there is a good
place to stop at?
The Citizen of Boston-Just before the
TAT" Good-day' sir.--Indianapols Jour-
nal.
John has wrote a sketch" said the old
man, IAN he's had IL printed in the pa
pers."
Going to be a literary man, is hep"
Yes; but reckon he's one already, fer
he's just drawed on me for fifty dollars"
Atlanta Constitution.
Policeman-Say. mister, have you got
wild woman concealed on the second floor
of your house?
No, sir-thats my wife" said the man.
looking up figure in the front window.
shes drying her hair by an electric fam"
Detroit Free Press
Jack-fhe ingenuity of woman is be-
yond the comprehension of man.
Tom-Whats wrong now?
Jaek-Young Blanks fiancee sent him
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

of the mahdrs army at Omdurman,
where the fighting dervishes were now
ed down like sheep before the slaugh-
ter, the hopes of giraffe hunters have
been revived and they are all hoping to
be the first to enter the hitherto closed
region and bring out a herd of these
docile animals that will make their
fortunes.
Il could make my everlast fortune
if ! could only bring out Just one of
the troops of giraffes which I have
brought down the Nile" said an old
animal man.
"Giraffes are quoted now at $4,000
apiece, and the first man to bring out
troop will make himself rich. You
might go round now with $4,000 in
your hand ready to pay it right out,
and even then you wouldn't get any
giraffes. for they're not to be had. And
you can't go in where they live and
get a new supply, because giraffes grow
on the great steppes of Central Africa
All those pictures of them grazing off
the tops of tall timbers are only for
fence purposes. So long as the wild
Arabs of the desert up that way in the
Soudan kept to being no more than
ordinary savage rascals it was easy
enough to get along with them, and a
handful of backsheesh judiciously scat
tered among the sheiks allowed you
the free range of the country.
THAT is to say, of course IL your
party was well armed in addition to
having enough beads and brass wire
and kept their eyes well peeled to
watch OUT for some crafty, treacher-
Gus midnight attacks. If you were
we'll supplied with those commodities
they'd serve in your caravan all right
and help fight as well as do the hard
work of the trip"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Not q White Mans Country.

From the Buffalo Express.
Whom will the United States benefit by
governing, developing and 'tcivilizing" a
land where a white man cannot toll and
where coole labor must be depended on
for such wealth and prosperity as may be
built up? Is the conquest of such a land
to be compared with that of our own
great West, where our own hardy citizens
have built homes for themselves? In at
tempting such task are we not in dan
ger of taking a step backward toward
the system of forced labor from which
we released our country at the cost of so
much bloodshed?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
DEMOCRACrS OPPORTUNITY
IN THE CAMPAIGN Of 1900
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Let it be said, however that so far
as the Filipino war is concerned. we
do not protest against it's prosecution.
1t could and would have been avoided
by a clear and positive declaration of
policy in accordance with American
Ideas, but now that it has been pre-
cipitated it should be carried vigor-
ously to a conclusion.
Let 1t never be forgotten that if our
nag means freedom for us it means
freedom for all men wherever its in
fiuence goes. The Filipinos, ignorant of
this, attacked 1t: will it be anything
less than an attack on it-nay, will 1t
not be in the nature of a subversion of
our government-if the party in power,
as 1t now promises to do, ignores the
fact that the flag is symbol of free
dom. This promise of the republican
party is clear call to unity and har-
mong among those who believe in DEM
ocratic institutions, who desire to pre-
serve the flag as the symbol of free
dom and who would not have 1t STAIN
ed by blood shed in conquest. While
the Filipinos continue their attacks on
the flag the war should be prosecuted
with energy and vigor and with the de-
termined purpose to bring it to a
speedy conclusion. But what thought
full spectator of the awful scene will
deny that a useless sacrifice of blood
and treasure is taking place daily as
the result of the refusal of the repub-
lican administration to declare Its
policy.
hnH 1x, h, fn1.
Aguinaldo. His intelligence increases
his responsibility. With a fair knowl
edge, as 1t is reported, of the American
constitution. he has committed the aw-
full folly of attacking the flag which
represents the purpose and purport of
that constitution. His ambition has
led him into a fatal form of mischief
and he has dragged after him the in
nocent and ignorant islanders who have
confidence in his superior understand
ing. But Aguinaldo could have been
disposed of long ago, he can be dis
posed of now by a plain declaration of
policy which the people will finally
compel their government to make in
any event
Why should not the democratic party,
which stands for the people and for
popular government in more intimate
way than any other political organiza-
tion-why should not the democratic
party make this declaration, embody
it in its platform and challenge the re-
publican schemers to oppose or deny
it? And when embodied in the plat
form, what incentive to democratic har-
mony more patriotic or more popular
could be found? All democrats can
unite on policy which, giving pledges
Of independence to the inhabitants of
the Philippines, commits our govern
ment to the faithful discharge of the
obligations and responsibilities which it
owes to civilization as a result of it's
providential occupation of the islands
of the archipelago. We consider that
the situation as 1t stands is not only
call to democratic unity and harmony,
but presents an opportunity for vic
tory which it would be the EXTREMIST