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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
The UNITED STATES OF EUROPE.

Men habitually handling large sums Of money dealing
with businesses of international scope like Mr. Carnegie
and Mr. Morgan have their imagination exercised and
stimulated smaller rarely hope to have Kings
and great statesmen consult them aud they become in
way members Of great outer cabinet whose advice is
solicited perfunctory fashion bur because rulers feel
that they must know the views and opinions men who
have-attaned heights Of actual and wdely-extended
power Morgan dimes and talks with the King Of Eng
land explaining that his shipping combine in reality
merging Of Anglosaxon forces on the busiest Of the
and Carnegie enterains royalty and is enter
tanned in turn These considerations give background
TO Mr.. Carneges noteworthy speech as rec
tor Of St Andrews UNIVERSITY which our Geographic
columns have already presented. His warning 10 old
Europe that the young and gigantic Republic Of the West
with its vast resources would seize the trade Of the world
Europe remained each nation apart-in its armed sepa
rateness breathing hostility hostile tariffs was
timely. The Scot who to the United states and
imperial fortune. and who is patriotic
American counseled Europe to unite lest it be
commercially conquered Kaiser and Car viii read
the speech of the Scottish American king q Industry
with interest: member OF the outer cabinet has
spoken said things which n lefty position best
may comprehend
Victor Hugo whodreamed Of the United States
- EuroDe." and the poet is reinforced by emf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
PROBATE JUDGE AN IMPORTANT OFFICE.

Everybody recognizes that the office probate judge
is one of the most important the county. writing
different candidates probate judge in Kansas
of of the papers, whether Republican
or Fusion, start off something like this:
"The office of probate judge is the important in
the county the voters should that only
petent men are elected to it."
And every of the papers so saying is right None
but the should fill the office of probate judge
There not a in the county but who to feel
that when he dies his property will be administered
esy that it will go those to whom is left There
is not in the country but who to that
the widows orphans OF citizens of Sedgwick county
are given administration of the property left
them. This only be accomplished when the who
fills the office is honest when he is above temptation
when he has qualifications Shich fit him for the place so
far as business and law are concerned.
The who is probate judge should have the quaif-
cations first should reputation honesty So
briefly morality should have the confidence of the
people that he is what he claims No other man
should be elected The Republican probate
Judge of Sedgwick county has been weighed and not
found wanting in any particular. Thos. c. Wilson has
proved only of heart as of head but in
such manner has not called forth criticism
Sober conscientious and able discharged his du
ties the widows and orphans in manner deserving Of
the highest praise; also deserving of reelection
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
TOPEKA PREACHERS PRAYING FOR VICTORY.


Topeka seems to a city of idealsts. of dreamers,
who are ever being swayed by the emotions of their
hearts, rather than by the ebuutons of their brains
Many of the newspaper fraternity of the state in the
habit of denominang the holy city, OF the correct
ness Of such estimate not persuaded. When it
comes to wickedness such begoen Of Pharasaical
pretense. there is about much downright wckedness
to the square inch Topeka any municipality of its
dimensions to be found the continent The that
they mix up their religion politics and Illicit traffic Of
various varieties probably st. Peter to take
frer twist the keys to the gates of Paradise The
average town closes up Sunday and to church
Topeka opens wide out with demonstration. To-
viii be Sunday The ministers Of Topeka, at
least number of them have issued a call for all
around prayer meeting for the of the
Independent ticket the regular Repub-
Hcan ticket seemingly utterly obvious the fact that
it's votes prayers which election day Bal
lots petitions throne grace will be what the
election judges viii be scratching around in the ballot
boxes to find count More and better things than
the of the Independent ticket and the defeat of
the Republicans might had from the Lord if those
Topeka people should unite prayer for cleaner hearts
and a mite more of consistency
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

CFron he chleara Caro1IcIs-l

frreE the Aa-f ia L1To1icte-1
Justice fTciHes. son ~ THE merry doc
tor ara n8errier poet. ir his address Feif-
Getting the laH scheai n tse y Northwestern
university said that l. e better the iaw
shah Sc commonplace Ehsr that il should
b. eccentric
There IS wholesome - vel zs profound
Truth IN TIRE observation K Is eccentric
Il y which inspires diszr-ss C free l1etf-
tu7ions n uozarchies the sovereign =
V51 IS supreme. To the constitution - a
fSes STAKE The citizens lock Ter Impartial
isv. uniformity and caln1ess II rhe Id
grfnsrt-a rscn % 5ugt.ce
When Judges So up @.ceutric stansar3s
81 their 0HE. wher xhc fur.iaraertzl pre-
scrintion Is izzcTed ecce c1rfcsfg hays
strange antics o. f1c b@-ch-
Eshea re magistrates ask Uhrr - ~
decisions -~lu have uror fAcir resf ~
ira lnary popularity irstead - ask.aS.
What does the corztstsstioz ssy ESan MS ?
srcenrrsclfE 4slstErhs ne co1lnu1sty zEc
arprerezssoa xgppianfs pGbfsc coud6er-@
Ear bert<r that the sa- s.zssf - xRt4
commonplace n TIE coET1uzifT thar tat
& sAzu = >=ce=--ic q the bench
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
WE MUST HOLD ONTO MANILA.

The Pacific Coast has much at stake in the develop
ment of China The aggressive position the question
is outlined follows by the Portland Oregonian: ITO
developed, awakened freely trading Orient the Pacific
COAT must look for its remunerative markets When
China webbed with railways she is TO be some
day. when naval and military becomes clearly
understood through observation the Asiatcs that
the nations who trade with know that protect
our commerce and commercial allies faithfully as
does Great Britain shall least equal Great Britain
absorber OF the Chinese trade if after having
cur soldiers and ships of Manila for say years.
should withdraw them suddenly on sentimental
grounds there would be commercial future for US in
the Orient We should drop back TO where were the
day before Deweys guns destroyed the Spanish fleet be-
fore Manila And this is what the antimperasts OF the
extreme East gravey expect that shall do or
late. If do it will be the first time within cen
turtles that great people sacrificed grand opportunity
Of national expansion obedience the counses of po
htical sentimentaliss and homilec Missionaries. Cues
lions of this sort always settled by the broad plea Of
national sefinterest, by which, in the widest view all
great questions have been settled by great peoples
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
naisr,e. g aoLs
cRApDocK FALLS DOWN AT HOME.
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.


Craddock, who started cut his campaign with
pointing with pride" his record mayor OF Kansas
City and then with the warcry do right" has made
pretty mess Of it. His record which he pointed with
so much assurance and pride has proved his undoing
rather than his promises abolish the tagaherer
and run the commonwealth without cost to the people.
His boast would carry his home county and
city By an Overwhelming majority will not only not be
realized but wyandotte county, including the city, viii
snow him under by 1000 or majority. His record"
as business involves court scandal His record as
mayor Of Kansas City proves be astounding His ad
ninstraon by the books, cost the taxpayers
of his town $4,000 more than under his predecessor
Brass and gall have been Mr. Craddocks chief campaign
reliances AS business pronounced crooked
by the court as mayor he extravagant as poll
tician blatant His talk only has been smooth and
straight all else crooked He has been the clown OF his
campaign and his campaign is but farce Expecting
to run as the head of two or three tickets he not
worthy Of being the tail Of either.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
TO DISTRIBUTE IRON AND STEEL

It is reported, says the American Metal Market Of
New York that the American Steel and Wire company
has just closed negotiations for the purchase thirty
acres Of land having river frontage Of 2200 feet New
Orleans La The price paid for the property stated
100000 Immense docks and warehouses are to be
built this ana New Orleans is 70 be made great
distributing point for the products Of all the constituent
companies Of the United States Steel corporation Pro
ducts VIII be transported by from the mills OF the
company the Pittsburgh district these warehouses
From this point shipments viii follow 70 countries in
South America and it is probable with the completion OF
the Isthnian canal this viii be distributing
point for shipments to the oriental countries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
AEouR LIP. AND apurs.n

in a victory for the Lawrence team by -four up. But
only few people in Lawrence Topeka, Wichita Norton
Atchison and perhaps two other Kansas towns,
know what -four up" means.-Topeka Capital.
That is the why golfers are superior race.
There only few of them and yet they separate
apart from other inhabitants of this sphere They
look upon man who doesn't know what puts" and
-four up and things ike that mean. as creature far
inferior to them mentally well physically The only
man to whom the golfer is the center rush of
champion football The golfer is willing admit
that the center rush may yet develop into being fit TO
associate with golfers And people who do play golf
are perfectly willing let those who do play assume this
superior manner return they all the golf play
ing-Lawrence Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
mleHr COPY LIE NEeRo

The negroes who live near Dublin. Ga at New i7ovi-
denoe Church village have organized the most unique OF
associations The society is Tor the purpose Of lettering
condition Ct the black people and intoxicating right
principles Of living Members agree II found guilty Of
departing by slight degree from straight moral
psth 10 submit sound thrazhins by the other mem
bers regular court is held ard the accused Is defended
by counsel Husbands had failed provide vel for
their wives been soundy whipped. This society
ought TO be extended TO the white race
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
cHIcAco.s CUTE cocToRs

The Chicago doctors had to do it, the beng strict
So .hey notified Dr. Lorenz the Vienna surgeon
who recently arrived there the dslccated hips Of
little daughter Of n. Armour AMI take $4,000 fee
therefor thai be examined professional
competence They got him quiet room and II half
an hour learned lot they knew before To make
amends the gave great surgeon dinner snd
all vas professional peace and harmnnv,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR CHEAPER PAPER.

The action of the treasury department in enforcing the
law in the matter OF the duty pulp imported from
country which levies export the article
has stirred up considerable of fuss already
are over one hundred protests fled those Directing the
additional duties being Canadian shippers
ted States consumers The matter is before the
United States board Of appraisers and hearing
will be held on November Z. Then the whole question
will be opened up and undoubtedly of interesting
evidence win be presented It though
we were in fair way to get decision to whether
Quebecs rebate is export tax and whether if it is.
it should subject pulp from all parts of the Dominion
the retaliatory tax on the part of oyernment.
Canada is greatly agitated the subject The Do
minion press backed by the manufacturers demand
ing the imposition Of 81 cord export nall Cana
dian wood exported this country but this proposition
apparently does not find favor with the government
straw that points to aht very clearly the that
Tates utterances in favor of Canadian tariff the
lines pointed regarded offensive in official
cles and that he has recently been asked resign
cause of these very utterances
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

Some Of the figures the summary of railroad opera
tons in 1901 published by Poors Manual rather
noteworthy During that year the aggregate capital
this cogntrys railways including both bonds
increased some s51 100000 To appreciate exactly what
this means, it should be added that
during the fhreeear period ending 1900
only $25O00000 During this threeyear period in
crease in capital s2O1 $4,000 in bonded
debt $22416000G the two branches of liabilities fairly
keeping pace with another During 1901 the other
hand the $451OOO000 increase in capital comprised
panson in stock of only s174449COO whereas bonded
debt increased less than s276S7700O This showing
is quite in accordance with the events of the twelvemonth
in railway finance That year will always stand forth
conspicuous in railway history period when the
of capital the basis of stock issues superseded
by the floating of mortgage bonds Similarly 1902 viii be
remembered as time when the process was extended
further outright conversion OF shares into bonds
was the order of the day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

nently practical It is fancy, this of the Republic
the West soon coming to hold 20o00o00o people in
tensely active compelled to employ their and
skin in securing markets the world The "Ameri-
Peril already confronts militarized Europe. bur
dened with taxation the countries for the most part small
and the Of population great And if the United
States is now what viii it be when its popula
ton has than doubled? 1t viii be to Europe what
Mr. Wells fancied invasion of the Martians was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

IFFor1 10 Erlcag7 Irltflnel
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reptiles the dstsrs1tsiet ic.1sirE rFrE1s
.xhas ere rssccziar = fhas Ezrrss wa
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vlue c1tsrsE hs ms ce-3ssl srFrefal
we 7n1st assfsir even frnr1 ~ SrEFsr-
a-e- ~ compromising Nlth taa s-szY
The- Ire Soo1 u1rs- iigtse1 ht- stfie
a1cehai steve ar1 -ade a 60 - Ia sgT
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

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fserersEe-41h. nstatrr. Crsr Jazz azz
had e auarrei f1s esser day ard wrets
cas- told hirn nsTsT - Sars sEs~x - re
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
And I had 70 admit that It looked likar

And I had 70 admit that It looked likely
enough But we didn't know what 20 do
] was for going back n get held for
the chief warrant and running Gillespie
in. hut Moran thought that we'd better
g. after Porter first Tou see. Re thought
that Porter had murdered his employer
and that the twin brother stood in 50
We put matters or I'll the next day. and
Moran went down 10 the office ~ usual 10
work. Put his boss didnf show that he
had csshed out All his funds. ard We
neve- sew nor heard ~ him aftarwa.d
We might have landed one or both o.
thsu1-Pcrter and Giliesn3e-hrt when
went over the case with the chief he
grinned al me and said. Mac. you're
getting uutty-
However. Tn sure that both the ras-
csuy hookkeeper ard the unnaturaI
brother ixed up both ;he fraud and the
murder. ard it's : ctnch they went sent
free as many Ike then have done-Joha
Il Raftcry
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

Il don't think it's Gillespie. at ALL" ex-
planned Moran And then. more mysti-
fed than ever. we began 10 further prove
that this Mark Gillespie, for whom Moran
was now clerking. was the same person
who had lodged the information against
tho dead OF missing Porter We proved it
in a hundred ways and then I had the
laugh on Moran. But how about those
letters? Could Gillespie be writing letters
To himself? or was Porter alivc2 And il
= fugitive, why did he write 70 the man
whom he had robbed2 We puzzled over
that for weeks, and Moran watched like
a hawk for a glance at the contents Of
one Of those mysterious letters. Finally
almost distracted with the problem, ne
opened one and found it written IN some
uninteiligible code made up of incoher-
ent English words and unsigned. He had
searched every drawer, shelf. closet and
receptacle in the place for evidence. and
a. last there was nothing left but 70
search Gillespie himself This was easy
provided We had the nerve 20 Go it. be-
cause the man was in the habit Of visiting
the office at all hours Of the night 70 get
money out of his safe. We'll we did We
worked the burglar act on him. Masks.
sand-bag and chloroforn I'D it, and we
stretched HIM out on his sofa in the back
private office. ard took everything except
hts money. we even took his watch. hop
ing that photoErap-- INSIDE might help
Us.
And it did on the inside OF the I'D we
found a photograph miniature Of boy
twins: an old picture in which the two
Gillespies appeared Ike young immigrants
just landed a Castle Garden.
He's a Gillespie all right, Cap said
Moran. when we got safely into M room
and examined the photograph. But he's
not Mark Gillespie. He's Marks twini
Il was Mark IN the lime kim
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01
A vIcARIous SUICIDE.

When they had told a number Of stories
Illustrative Of the ease with which great
criminals sometimes cheat the law. Cap
tain McCarty. who was never a Sherlock
Holmes. and secuted all such impossible
characters. told this one:
1t is true that a great many criminals
cheat the Law after their crimes are
known; it is also true that 4 great many
horrible crimes are committed that are
never heard OF by the authorities. We
had a little fellow down in Boston one
time who did & nice bit OF detective work
that never came to anything. It was a
case Of forgery and the complainant, a
man named Mark Gillespie. was a pretty
Itch man. It seems that his bOokkeeper.
q fellow named Porter. had forged and
cashed enough checks before ne was dis
covered TO nearly bankrupt Gillespie.
The latter was sort CT real estate OPP
ton spectator. and for many years had
f1ourished without the aid OF a clerk.
The young detective. think his name
was Moran, did the outside trimmings,
such as looking for the missing book
Keepers in out-of-the-vay places [ found
oat that he had been very chummy with
Porter, and by ciligent inquiry 1 discov-
cred that the employers habits were no
better than those OF the embezzler and
forger- II fact for man who attended
to business so well during the day, 1 could
not quite understand how he kept up the
all-night pace, 100. In the course OF my
Investigations I found out that the hand
writings OF Gillespie and his bookkeepeT
were almost Identical. so much 80 that
it was hard matter to tell by the set
OF books which they kept where the en-
plcyeTS writing left and the bookkeepers
commenced. When = commented on this,
Gillespie told me that this similarity OF
handwriting was simply a coincidence.
that he and Porter had often commented
uFon it. and that the latter had never
made any secret Of mis- ability 10 write
exactly like Gillespie
Of course. I discussed the different
phases of the case with young Moran
and he began to take an almost feverish
interest in IL that I couldn't quite ex-
plain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-01

Well, the whole thing seemed to come to
al end when some laborers away out on
Putnam street found in a lime kiln near
q new building the dead body OF the
missing bookkeeper. There was no doubt
about the Identity in spite of tbs fact that
the lime had eaten away most of the
flesh. for the usual good-by letter OF sui
Goes was found in a leather pccketbcok
Inside Of the clothing. 1t was duly signed
Porter and included fun confession
o. the forgeries, with an itemiZed state
ment of the amounts taken. Gillespie,
of course, dropped the case then and the
police passed 1t up as soon as the coro-
ner's verdict was announced. But I didn' t
know for nearly a week later that young
Moran hadn't dropped it. I found out
that ne had quit the force but I saw him
on the street one day and traced him TO
Giilespies own office I laid Tor him
that night, and he admitted that he had
hired himself out as PoTter's successor.
He was now keeping Gillespie's books
When I swore that I'd keep mum and help
him all l could without betraying our ac-
Quaintance ne told me that he was quite
sure that the body in the kiln was not
Pcrter'S at all. Letters had been coming
almost every day TO Gillespie, marked
personal" but IN that same peculiar
handwriting thar we both knew as char
acteristic of both Gillespie and the mis-
sing forger. 1t wasn't likely that three
different men could always write thus in
exact triplicate, and 1 had 10 admit that
it looked queer
The next odd discovery of young Moran
was that Gillespie himself had abandoned
hie old style of handwriting and now used
a square labored kind of back-hand. That
he had transferred all his money. or what
was left of it. from his old bank and
opened a new deposit against which he
1 was so puzzled by this that I dropped in
casually at Gillespies office to make sure
that my friend Moran wasn't mistaken
IN his employers Identity. He wasn't.
L was Gillespie. albright. / was sure pc
cause I had come to know him we'll
passed Moran without noticing him, of
course but that night he told me that
Gillespie didn't seem 10 be a very good
business man, kept bad hours. left every
thing 20 his clerk and acted like a raw
hand at the simplest business transac-
tons.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-20
BIBLE WORK IN CHINA.
Rev. j. II. Hykes Submits Renort
On the Same.

New York, May 2O.--Rev. John II.
Hykes, ID, agent for the American
Bible society in Shanghai, China, has
submitted a report to the society on
conditions and the outlook In China.
Or. Hykes says the question of a re-
currence OF the recent troubles In Chi
ma depends on whether the government
OF the empire wants another outbreak.
II II does, the uprising will take place.
and In the manner prescribed, accord
ing to DIR. Hykes. As a result OF an
edict directing that the sons OF Man
chus and Mongols shall be chosen TO 60
abroad and study there has been an
unheard OF demand for foreign books.
Scriptures included. One government
college has applied for a grant for 50
Bibles for the use OF its students and
old scholars are scattered over the
world In the government service In the
capacity of translators, interpreters
and teachers Of English. zone Of the
signs of the times" SAYS DR.. Hykes,
lis a remarkable movement on the pert
Of some Of the highest officials In tho
land to make retransatlon or revis-
ion of the Bible with the view of put
ting II into what they consider a more
worthy literary form: and this work is
now in progress With imperial sanction.
'The officials hope thus TO acquaint
the official class with the contents OF
the Bible and remove their prejudice
against II, and thereby against Chris
tlans and Christianity,
I'VE issued more mandarin Bibles in
the last three months Of this year"
said Dr. Hykes, than would have
been considered ample stock for eight
years a decade ago"