The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-05
Along the Kansas Nile.

II II generally accepted around Topeka
as a fact that 10 Bristow Is candidate
for United States senator.
There is some talk that Fred Collier.
VINO used TO manage the editorial and
local rsrt of the Topeka Journal, will pur-
chase the Atchison Champion.
Most every politician in Kansas has an
idea that II he owned the principal news
paper and principal bank In a town he
would be the local political boss.
William c. Hagan, a prominent railroad
contractor living at Strong City. has dis
aDpeared He was last seen IN Kansas
CITY. a bad place TO be last seen in.
Miss Elizabeth lie Barr, who has been
made stenographer Of the court Of visi-
tation, Is a sister to Mrs. Harbaugh. one
of Governor Stanley's woman investiga-
tors.
Bond. the gallant Leavenworth citizen
who attacked Colonel Anthony, who Is
nearly so years Of age. ought to be able
10 read fine print in the dark by the hgnt
of has blush.
ingalls, may be dead. as the politicians
assert, but IL will be noticed that the pod
t6ians approach him with the same eau
ticn that bot nears a Dig hre-ceacher
which looks like It had gone out.
ingalls, says that some OF Blaine's
friends asked Roscoe Conkling TO make
a speech for Blaine. and Conkling replied
that he had given up criminal practice
Tom Morgan this last week issued a
special illustrated edition of his Eureka
Messenger which had portraits OF lots OF
the brainy and handsome people OK the
town. and cuts OF the large buildings.
There is a tradition that somnambulsts
a, not get hurt. At Arkansas City, sun
day night. while walking in his sleep.
Robert Gilbert fell of a porch. distance
Of fourteen feet, and broke his collar
bone.
Jonah Ruth and Leon Felgar OF Newton
rode out TO Colorado Springs last week,
filled their tires with the atmosphere on
refined Incidence prevailing there, ana re-
turned home, spending In all fifteen Gays
on the trip.
When asked II he were out OF politics
the other day Governor Leedy said: NO,
sir. / am not out Of politics while the
Republican party Is active. / am In poll
| tics to defeat the Republican party so
long as II IS on earth. and do not care
who knows It,"
Lawrence Journal: The Topeka and
Wichita papers are fighting again over the
! fast mail train. Wichita should he more
considerable. How does il think the Kan
sas City. Missouri. papers could exist
without subsidy? Does 70 want to make
them shut up their shops?
A. report got ont the ohter day that
when Warden Tomiinson took charge Of
| the penitentsry and Warden Lands
| stepped out. the prisoners were 20 mu-
tiny, and hearing OF this Tomlinson gave
orders that every mutlnous prisoner
should be shot The whole story - .
| fake.
one OF the stories Coghian told At Win
| field Is q Jewel. Dewey sailed into Ma
~ - . -
cut the cable. The English admiral want
ed 90 help him. but didn't dare. But re
| thought that Dewey might take a hint.
| So the English admiral sailed over %
| Dewey and said: "Ah, ! SEE You have cut
| cable" yes" answered Dewey.
(Which oneF' asked the innocent Eng.isn
admiral And thea Dewey. knoE.sg for
the first time there were two cables. E.:-
tied back. grAppled for the second cable
and cut f.
Atchisoa Giohe: The total revenue
which viii be derived By the city from the
| license which the city has placed upon
Arms doing q Wholesale HquoF business
e 80. u al pay. TIE license has Fes1ii-
! 81 In 4 determi nation On TIE part Of ths
Donfphan vineyards Wine company 20
remove 20 81 Joe. ard great deal q
| al feeling and 6iSSatisfactiOa has rAfs-
rally Arfsea anyzx thoss who dislike %
see any business house isaye iowa Tie
Doniphan company supports fogs femi-
/ lies here. almosf enfise,y o. buG1>ss cote
out town. and VIII 70 doubt enpioy
double that number az peopie within
year o. twa- The compasy has 10 so-
| 5eesion 20 ozTtng rs fair pFopsrfaon Of
the expense OF iocai government. bat CD
tects 20 the amount and Character o. tae
license imposed upon T. Ta.s qsssstsa
suggests Itself 70 the pso7ae- Gar ne az
aafard % drive basiness ogf % t0En ~ :
tax which = UnlsEfui and 1seqEsis
TNoadi Il not Be far Better % est 81 fez
| $50 new Illegally pzkd tae CITY aitcFneT.
ana thus Tel I'd % IA nseesSlfy q Tats-
| lrg another tsee1