The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-16
Along the Kansas Nile.

The automobile has reached Arkansas
City.
January was the only month for the
last nine that the receipts at the Kansas
state penitentiary exceeded the expendi-
lures.
Two hundred cars of cotton have been
transferred in the Sante Fe yards al
Newton this year.
The fight between Curtis and Bailey In
the first district has now Isached the
part Of the game where ii is necessary
for each side to hustle for the negro vote.
Senator Baker has come home from
congress to attend the wedding Of a
daughter He will survey the political
situation before he goes back to Wash
ington, however.
Lawrence Journel: Jerry Simpson IS
making speeches advocating single tax
II there is any fool hobby that This bla-
tant demagogue hasn't ridden II Is be-
cause he never heard Of it.
Governor Stanley has received a letter
from g western Kansas man, who says
he has picture Of Stanley taking a drink
in a Leavenworth joint with Former At
torney General Dawes. The fellow threat
ems to put the picture in a collection OF
stereopticon views and show it over the
state.
Lawrence Journal: Up 10 date It looks
as though Charley Scott has straight
away track and a pole lead in the race
for ressman-at-large. There are
are some others mentioned. but were the
convention 10 meet tomorrow they would
not be spoken Of afterwsrd, even tamong
those who also ran"
DR.. W. 2. swan, secretary Of the State
Board Of Health, In his annual report TO
Governor Stanley. gives the following sta
tistics, compiled from reports from nine
ty-five counties Of Kansas for 1922: Mar
risges, TlI5; white, 7.0o9: colored, I05; not
stated. !. Births 1000: white, 1851:
colored, 333 male, 1918; female. s.si5; not
stated. 50. Deaths, 1926; white. 7.1S2. coz
ored. 2lS; not stated, SO; male, ass; fe-
male, $3.50; not stated, IS.
Kansas tramps have adopted a peculiar
method Of protection. In Pratt tramp
went 10 the back door Of a residence and
asked for an old shoe. When ne got 81
he asked for a kettle TO boil the shoe
for soup. working up sympathy by saving
he was hungry enough . eat anything
The proprietor Of the house. seeing that
the vag was getting gay. came out and
said there was a better use for shoes
than boiling them for sogp ard lifted TIE
fellow q hard push under the coattsiIs.
This citizen hasn't been able 70 use his
foot since. and ne doesn't know whether
Il was a brick Or . p,Ogshare the tramp
wore.
A warm congressional fight Is going OF
IN the third district. where q auu5sr g
aspiring patriots are c1atsstinE for me
honor Of leading ths Republicans iais szu
T-ntil recently * vas a fres-f1r-stl race.
bat IN order 20 convince tolks - hs r.
SIN on earth. ex-Corgrss srnsn slrkpat-
rick. WOO has been the nonisee 90 thres
successive campaigns. starred MS ma
crime going iu me interest cf GeurFs
u beat5sv % Cherokee c-u1ty aas Whszs =
ley stock IS nox ap 70 Greer q COW
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co1-fv are also for WEea:iey. ard these
two AVN Esrkpst-ick are framing -
slraue, f5r y asa;leE
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fet la At-alzan ever tee 1aTtla-fZagsss
fzht O. ossearnirE general u she alsgrsct
and JzcEsau eourtT has ss-8ag a nsW
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ter. Wh2 Is sat6 - - unusuaily rresaIs-
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