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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
LAYTON THINKS LIK6SCHURMAN
That Good E'ilipiso- src Not Seeee--
sarIly Dead FiIipfuos

AI8rcle Ind Sept. sat the annaai
meeting % the Delaware County Feter-
ans association today. a letter recently
received bs a uerser ~ the orsa rsizltl.57.
J. " Little f-or General Lazte1. alsis-
ion conmanaer IN che Pa4lpalneF. wa
read. Tire letter IN part sa1s This IS "A
beautiful country. ard The people ~ mg
orinio7. are not haIf 81 has as they are
r-netines pictured Ce-tariss ~ bah
government ana rad treatment have
made them -asgieiosf. AMI &C. wi, ss f1use
tine Before we can pa-s1ste theru fhaf
we are not here ~ the purpose 70 r.a-
blnz them and making them slaves
soon as tncy are a-r4-e1 - oar zaa1 go
and Intentions. and E- are ensHt 90
show tasm rs ezaua.s fhsf We meas
only Ger fse.r Es1s ard rs.sts th.az
We viii end tae Fl.9.7aa 81 za3s Amer
cans a. znT ~ olr farssx1 element
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30

Has been useo for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTEES the
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUNS, ALLAYs
al PAIN. CURES WIND collie and IL
the best remedy Cor DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists !n every part OF the world
Sc sure and ask for Mrs. winsl1w's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind
Twenty-Five cents = hottie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
Exchange Stnhlna

Exchange stables at Orlando and san.
water. Make a speciality OF carrying pas
sengers between these points Also do a
general livery business. Travelling mems
patronage solicited
SHINELY. VAN wYKE & SHIVELY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30

New York, Sept. 2S-The Henry Clay
and Book company, which is the owner
of more than half the cigar factories in
Havana, has declined through President
Book to enter the great tobacco syndicate
organized by Wall Street capitalists for
the control Of the Havan cigar industrv-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
COLLECTED HIS WAGES QUICK
T. , Brswa Elsp~a VITA AsstAsr
Hsa'- y g. asd Thss saiefd~d

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pals = Brvwa Hsa a eersss 30 sss
ga - T7r1sts. caaasa. fhres sseks az
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
Tours in the Rocky Nounta,ns

The Scenic Line of the World" the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad. offers
10 tourists in Colorado Utah and New
Mexico the choicest resorts. and 70 the
rans-continental traveller the grandest
scenery. Two separate and distinct
routes through the Rocky Mountains. all
through tickets via either. The direct line
TO Cripple Greek, the greatest gold camp
on earth Double daily train service with
through Pullman palace and tourist
sleeping cars between Denver. San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. ana Denver and
Portland The hes, line 10 Utah. Idaho
Montana. Oregon and Washington via
the Ogden Gateway" Write s X
Hooper. u. r < 7. A. Denver. Colorado
For illustrated descriptive pamphlets.
Madame Russell. formerly Of Cash
Henderson's. has taken charge of the
dressuaking department Of Morsman &
lines. Us and 10 y Main So. 1la-ls,
i jury OF ravens would not be long IN d.
ci2ing that a iinner could not sinr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
A WONDERFUL CURE
OF DIARRHOEA.
APPOINTMENT VIRGINIA EDITOR

Had Almost Given Cp, but Was
Brought Back 10 Perfect Health
by Chamberlrin's Collie, Cholera
and Dia-rhoea Remedy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30

Chicago. SEPT "a heavy gale Blew "a
the south erd ~ Lake Michigan To-Day arJ
considerable damage wfs done The f1as
acre 90 heavy thas navigation vas rrag-
ti-alIy suspended SCI sels leaving che har-
boy being compelled te return Great
damage Vas dome 10 ihe pier 81; g. tarrp5.
Mich
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30

\ jury OF ravens would not be long IN d
C2ing that a iinneI could not sing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30

Season tickets 75c, at the Hooking drug
store and J. z. Aliens drug store. Sin
gle admission 25c.
The times., 1899-08-12
THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.
The GoebeI Forces VIII Begin the
Fight Today.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 11.-Extensive ar
rangements have been made for the open
ing OF the Goebel campaign at Mayfield to-
morrow. Accommodations for 5000 people
have been made, and special trains will be
run from all over the First district. Sena-
tor Goebel and former Senator Blackburn
viii fire the opening guns, assisted by
Judge Redwine and C. Breck Hill, candi-
date for Secretary of State.
At the same time that the campaign IS
begun in western Kentucky by Goebel and
Blackburn, Breckenridge and Settle will
open in Bowling Green, bolter's hotbec.
Tomorrow night the same men viii speak
at Franklin. On the following Monday the
State from end to end will resound with the
voices of the Goebei orators.
Six more counties have issued calls fo-
mass meetings TO appoint delegates TO the
boilers convention at Lexington next
week. Meetings will be held tomorrow in
Owensboro and Bedford. Monday the boz
tiers in Lincoln, Bath. and Todd counties
Will hold meetings. Today at Jackson, KY,
the home of Chairman Redwine, a big
meeting was held and delegates instructed
for John Young Brown were selected. In
all, over eighty counties out of 119 have
called meetings. The indications are that
the convention at Lexington viii be fully
as large as the one held in this city.
The times., 1899-08-12
A NEW YUKON SCANDAL.
Miners Say That officials Collect
Bribes Instead of Royalties.

Victoria, B. C., Aug. 11.-There is new
scandal threatened in connection with the
administration of the Yukon that promises
to eclipse in magnitude all that has gone
before. Dawsonites arriving here tell
about it with, caution. as they do not want
to affect their own interests injuriously,
but their stories tally on all the essential
details. i
The scandal hinges upon the collection
of royalty. and is to the effect that certain
officials have found in this collection the
richest graft in this country of squeeze
pidgin. J"
One representative Dawsonite makes this
statement: 1T is not likely that royalty
will be collected on one-third or at most
one-half of the output of this season. If
royalty is paid or $40 000, 900 it will mean
an actual production Of more than double
this amount, for, while some very few will
pay in full the majority will evade and
have evaded the obligation by one process
or another. Some conceal the extent of
their gold harvest effectively, others take
bolder course, and there is where the
graft comes in.
Il have seen ii worked myself and
know il to have been done in dozens of
instances. Supposing that claim owner
owes the Government Sz5, 900 or $35 coo, or
perhaps $4,000, on his output, according
to the regulation scale, he goes quietly to
the right official and lays down his check
for $40, coo, or $4,000, and then planks
down few THOUSAND dollar bills in a little
pile, say $1,000. That is all that's re-
CURED. He gets permit TO move his gold
instanter, and a complete discharge of his
liability to the Government. This scheme
as it has been worked this season. is bet
ter than any claim in the district
The times., 1899-08-12
HoRsELEss MAIL WAGONS.
The Postoffice Department Not
Ready to Adopt the Automobile.

The Postoffice Department Not
Ready to Adopt the Automobile.
1t is very unlikely the Postofiice Depart
ment viii authorize the use OF automo-
biIes at any postoffice within the next two
or three months at least Applications
have come to the department from all
parts of the country, from postmasters de-
string to introduce the automobiles and
from firms desiring TO furnish them and
Offering the use of different machines fer
experimental purposes. While the depart
ment has a fund out of which it pays for
horse hire and allowances, which, IL is be-
lieved, might be diverted to paying for
the automobiles, il would not so very far at
the prices now asked for these machines.
At from $500 to 600 for each machine,
the fund would be quickly exhausted.
They might be rented, however, If the
department could save money and improve
the service by doing So Yet 1t is realized
that the automobile has not yet passed be-
yond its experimental stage. Whether it
would withstand the steady work entailed
ON the horses and wagons used by the de-
paTtment remains to be seen, and while the
department is willing 10 cooperate with
the manufacturers in testing the value of
the vehicles for postal purposes, it will go
slow on ordering them Tor the use OF the
1liu IlItic a
turer has received the permission OF the de-
partment to make test of his vehicle by
carrying letter carrier aroand with him
in the regular route of the carrier, and
making collections al the boxes.
Such tests have not been official. however.
and much more will be required before the
department is willing TO adopt any partic-
ular machine The special agent in charge
of the investigation into the advisability
of using automobiles has been authorized
to make an Indiana manufacturer an offer
to use his vehicle in experimenting in an
Indiana town where free delivery is soon TO
be established and it is probable the prop
osition will be accepted. If the machines
prove satisfactory they may then be pur-
chased by the department and continued in
use. There are no prospects that any au-
tomobiles will be placed in the postal serv-
ice. except in the Indiana town as stated,
for quite a while 10 come.
The times., 1899-08-12
Not "A Cause for War.

tFrom the chicago 1rlDuhe-)
Some of the Angiophobe Paris editors may
shrek because one Of the crew lof French
fishing smack has been killed by shot from
British torpedo beat. But if the facts have
been reported correctly the affair is not ene that
will call for demands for explanation or repara-
tion on the part Of the French Government The
French boat fishing too near the English
coast in forbidden waters. When blank shot
was fired it did not heave to, but sought to
escape. Then another shot was fired in earnest,
which disabled the vessel and killed the helms
man. Had British boat behaved in the same
way in French waters it would have been fired
on, but the aim might not have been so accurate
and the consequences so serious Generally
when policemen on land fire at runa-
way burglars or boats they display bad marks
manship. Perhaps it was only by accident that
the English torpedo boat fired a shot which
hit the mark and the commander OF that boat
may half regret his success.
The times., 1899-08-12
THE SARATOGA CONFERENCE.
Former Senator German Joins the
Van Wyck Forces There.

Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. n.-Former Sem
ator Arthur P. German of Maryland regis
tered this evening at the United States
Hotel. The first thing he did after dinner
was to accept the escort of Freeman Rasin
and Col. T. Lanahan. of Baltimore, to the
apartments of Judge Augustus Van Wyck,
at the Grand Union. At the informal con-
ference which followed they met Judge
Ralph Walker of Missouri, Fleming S.
Dubignion of Georgia, Gen. ". II. Jackson
of Tennessee, Col. NJ. J. OBrien of the
Southern Express Company, and number
of others. The conference is supposed to
have been concerned with the Van Wyck
movement. 1t was alleged that Mr.. Cor
man approved what was in progress. He
declared, it is said, that he was familiar
with the situation through the public
press, and thought that Van Wyck would
be a winning candidate.
When Judge Willett, of Alabama, arrives
on Monday night formal Van Wyck con-
ference will convene at the Grand Union
Hotel. The Southerners and Westerners
renew their refusals to go into the con-
ference with Richard Croker.
Former Senator Murphy is expected here
tomorrow Former Secretary w. C. Whit
ney. may also come, but ii will be con-
trary to any present hotel arrangements.
The Young Democracy of Saratoga county,
ordinarily neutral to convention Pres
idential aspirations, has. under the lead
ership OF Corporation Counsel Joseph P.
brennan, expressed cordial support of
Judge Van Wyck's boom
The times., 1899-08-12

bacco, and coffee, their chief reliance in
the past, they have been compelled to sub
sist exclusively on fruits and vegetables.
The storm has uprooted every tree and dug
up and scattered every garden in its path,
and the country today. as far as We can
learn. is. from end to end, a foodless waste.
Since the Porto Rican people were first
reduced TO a condition where they had to
ely upon the wild fruits of nature for
sustenance. by American tariff inhumanity,
their present plight appeals all the more
directly to our citizenship. Unless there is
p very speedy and liberal response to the
circular of Secretary Root, most appalling
famine will occur in our new West Indian
possession. The War Department viii do
what il can. Our news columns tell of
the liberal orders which have been given
for the purchase and distribution of rice
and beans and the arrangements made
by the Secretary for the transportation of
relief supplies. But the General Govern
ment can do little compared with what the
occasion demands, in the absence of Con-
gressional appropriations. The charitable
among our people at large will have to see
TO it that the Porto Ricans do not starve.
The times., 1899-08-12
A POLITICAL ENQUIRY.
Cuban Sentiment 10 BE Ascertained
by the Census

II has been determined to push the Gu
ban census as rapidly as possible and to
have it completed by January /, 1899.
While the census is to be taken under the
direction of the War Department, Gen.
Joseph P. Sanger, of the Inspector Gener-
ais office, having been detailed to have
general supervision of it, the work of tab
ulating the returns will be done by the
Census Office
The Cubans who have been appointed su-
peryisors of the census have been in the
city for several days. going over the sched-
ules with Or. Wines. Acting Director OF
the Census. Aside from the usual stats
tics as to the number of inhabitants. the
crops, etc, this census is designed TO as
certain, If possible. the attitude OF the
population toward the idea Of Cuban Re-
pubic. 1t is designed that a question
shall be asked the sense of which is:
DO you intend to become a citizen OF the
Cuban Republic or do you intend to claim
Spanish citizenship while continuing to re-
side in Cuba" This question is of such
a delicate character that the officials are
having hard time TO put ii into suitable
Spanish 1t is feared it will be very hard
at the best TO secure answers to such a
question and it is being framed with great
care.
A meeting of the supervisors with DR..
Wines was held Thursday night. and anoth-
er yesterday morning. after which the
schedules were sent TO the printing office.
Proofs are expected tomorrow, when thsy
will be laid before Secretary Root for his
approval. In making the translation into
Spanish it was found there were no equiva-
lent words in that language for some OF
the words used in the English draft, and ths
form had to be changed in several instan
ces.
The Cubans called on Secretary Root
yesterday afternoon and will call again to-
day. They expect to leave for Cuba as
soon as the work on the schedules Is COM
pleted, and arrange for the collection OF the
statistics.
There are three schedules. one for popu-
lation. one for agricultural statistics, and
one dealing with statistics concerning ed
ucation and the schools From these the
President hopes TO secure general idea
as to the wealth and resources OF the ISL
and, as we'll as concerning the education
and political tendencies OF the people 1t
is feared the Cubans will decline to com
NIT themselves politically until they are
sure what the United States intends to
do in the case of the government OF the
island
The times., 1899-08-12
Eicnrinr on Yachts.
1Erom the Boston Glohe.l


The Yachting experts on the other side Of the
water are figuring for all they are worth from
yoluminors reports gathered from the records OF
former trial races. Going back TO the Britain
MAS matches with the Yigilant they assume to
find a basis for estimating the comparative speed
between the Britannia and the Columbia, and
figure that the latter is nine minutes faster than
the former in thirty miles. Then figuring from
what the Shamrock has done with the Britannia
they make it clear to themselves that the Co
lumbia has thus far done nothing to show that
she can hold the pace with her British antag-
onist now on the way over here
Reasoning by analogy the results OF yacht
race is among the most inexact OF methods.
Nevertheless, the Defender sticks TO the heels oi
the Columbia with n persistency that gives no
small cause for anxiety. But it will not take
long TO clear up uncertainties as soon as the
Shamrock gets ON her racing rig on this side OF
the water, provided her skipper is not forbidden
to 'let her OUT before she is let out in the de
Gliding contests.
The times., 1899-08-12
Considered JustiaabIe.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
s'Ye-e-es, there's some little risk about it,
admitted boiler inspector, speaking of his voca-
ton ''When fellow is inside a boiler that is
coupled up TO another full of live steam,
there's always a chance that some medding fool
will come along and turn valve and reduce him
to a fricasee before he can get to the manhole
Has such thing ever happened, did'y ask?
Well, yes, it has. The worst case ever heard of
occurred over in Alabama, It was like this: An
engineer and helper went inside a large boiler
at factory TO make some repairs The man
hole was unusually small and difficult to wriggle
through and it was located at the end opposite
TO where they were working. While they were
hamrnering away the engineer heard steps outside
and then a peculiar click. and he knew instantly
that a connection had been opened that would
food them with scalding steam. he had sledge
,.praised at the time to strike punch which the
helper was holding and without moments hes
itation he brought it down the negro's head
and dashed out his brains. Then ne sprang for
the rnanhole and drew himself through, while
clouds of white, hot vapor streamed out all
around him He was hideously scaided from the
waist down, but he survived. After the steam
was shut OF and the boiler cleared they took out
s,mc1hirg that had once been the helper. d.
I think the killing justihabieY OF course
do If both had tried to escape they would have
choked the ,nanhoIe and died like trapped rats"
The times., 1899-08-12
SOLD CLAIMS FOR WHISKY.
kIondike Manager Discharged for
His Costly B1under.


New York. Aug 11-Browne w. Webb
way from Dawson City to London to re-
port to the officers of the Pioneer Trading
Company Of Klondike. Limited, who sent
them thither. They will sail for Europe
tomorrow. With ten other men they left
London in February, 1898, carrying fifty
tons of outfit.
They heard of the discovery of gold in
the Atlin district. and took up eighteen
claims on Pine and Spruce creeks, which
promised we'll. But their objective point
was Dawson City. and the manager would
not let them wait to have the claims re-
corded. He sold three Of the claims for
a bottle of whisky. they said, and the 9TH
ers as cheaply. They have since proved
the richest in that whole region. For this
blunder the manager was dismissed by the
London officers.
They staked twelve claims on the
Bonanza and Post Chance creeks, and also
acquired property along the other principal
streams. They have not done much min
ing, but Webb and Wallis say the property
acquired for the company is as valuable
as any in the Klondike.
Four ether men left London soon after
the main party. intending TO join them in
Dawson City. They have not been heard
of since they started. by the Edmonton
route, over the Rocky Mountains, and it is
supposed all perished. Webb and Wallis
say they expect to return to Dawson City,
starting in February or March next.
There is great dissatisfaction in Daw-
son City oyersthe apparent lack of method
in the way the Government conducts its
business Mr.. wallis said today. 1t is
almost impossible TO get claim recorded
in the gold commissioners Office, and
there IS streng evidence that those in
charge of the. Office are not fair in their
treatment of the miners. I do not think
this condition OF affairs is known in Otta-
wa Affairs in Dawson City are practically
at a standstiiI on account OF this"
The times., 1899-08-12
ATKINSON PERSISTENT.
He Purposes Sending His Pamphlets
to Returning Officers.

Secretary Gage received yesterday after
noon circular from Edward Atkinson, of
Boston, which. according to a type written
statement across the top is being sent by
him to every commissioned and noncommis-
stoned officer returning from the Philip
pines. The circular states that Mr.. Atkin-
son had attempted 10 send copies of his
seditious pamphlets to the offcers while
they were in the Philippines, but was pre-
vented from doing so by the United States
postal authorities.
Copies sent 10 Admiral Dewey and others
were held up in the San Francisco post
Office. Mr.. Atkinson announces his inten
tion to send TO the returned officers copies
OF these pamphlets, and asks for them
theireareful consideration. He says he will
print other copies OF this circular. which is
entitled the "Ant-Imperialist." and in tbs
later editions he viii print selections from
replies sent by the officers. whether ap-
proving or condsTnning his stand. No at
tempt by the postal authorities to prevent
Atkinson from sending these pamphlets
to the returned officers is expected, although
none will be permitted to go to Manila
The times., 1899-08-12
BARNETT DECLINES.
He Asks That No One Be Appointed
to Succeed Colonel Hawkins.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug IA letter re-
ceiyed by Governor Stone from Lieutenant
Colonel Barnett, now at San Francisco, de-
clining the coloneicy of the Tenth Penn
sylvania Regiment, which recently returned
night Governor Stone had rendered the
appointment to Lieutenant Colonel Barnett
soon after the death of Colonel Hawkins,
which occurred al sea while the regiment
was homeward bound. Colonel Barnett
says: Colonel Hawkins had been colonel
OF this regiment for twenty years. 1t was
the pride of his heart A veteran OF the Civ
II War. when the summons OF his country
again came, he led his men as gaiiy forth
to battle as 10 parade, and under his lead
ership the Tenth Pennsylvania became
known not only to the Union, but to the
whole civilized world -i-
when his health began to fail he still
kept UP like the stern old Roman that he
was His iron viii served him right roy
ally and he fought through the campaign
of Malolos magnifcentiy, when an ordi-
nary man would have been on his death
bed. Compelled at last to retire from ac-
tive duty, he fought for his life, inch by
inch, facing the grim destroyer with de-
termination as intense as his own, until at
last the unequal struggle ended on the
tossing waves OF the Pacific, and in death
as in life he was with the boys he loved so
well.
'I would be proud to hold a commission
as colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania, and
did have that ambition; but under the cir
cumstanees il seems to me. as TO those
officers who would benefit by my promotion
and to all the officers and men in this com
mand, that the least we can do is TO allow
the name of Alexander L. Hawkins to be
associated with the regiment during its
entire time Of United States service, the
crowning period of its achievements, as lis
sole and only colonel.
Il therefore respectfully request that no
appointment be made to the coionelcy Of
the Tenth Pennsylvania, United States
Volunteers. but that the same be allowed
to stand vacant in honor of the memory OF
Colonel Hawkins"