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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-13

Washington. Jan. ic.-An amendment 70
the sundry civil appropriation bill IpDec-
priatng 10000 for The inv, stgat.on Of
the mining interests Of the ceuntry by
the geological survey. was introduced to-
day by Senator Perkins.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-13

London. Jar IA dispatch g. the
Daily Mali from Shanghai says iana-
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sul;ing IN ths drowning q 20 chinsrnsu.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-13

Madrid. Jan. liking Alfonso will 20
to Lisbon soon TO return the visit of
King Carlos Of Portugal 10 Spain.
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New York. Jan. i2.-The total number
IF entries received up 10 date for the
Suburban Handicap is ~
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now In this country cannot be blamed for
wanting to bring their relatives here. The
cultivation Of the Irish language as
spoken tongue and the cultivation of native
music, dances, pastimes and customs sounds
very well from sentimental point of view,
but 1t Is a poor substitute for the better
ment of the condition of the Irish people.
And if this cannot be accomplished in any
other way it had better be done by emf
grafton to the United States. There is no
law against keeping up Irish music and
dances in this country-provided they do
not degenerate into Donnybrook fair-and
the cultivation of the English language will
pay much better than that of the Gaelic.
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TO STOP IRISH EMIGRATION.

The executive committee of the Gaelic
new cause for discouragng emigration
from Ireland. Considering how much has
been said and written concerning the wrongs
and woes of Ireland and the impossibility
of the people prospecting under British rule
one might think the best thing that could
be done for the Irish people would be to
depopulate the island by emigration, espe-
cially to a country whose Castle Garden
gates always swing inward. and where the
way to prosperity and happiness is wide
open.
But the Gaelic League thinks differently.
1t has issued circular urging the cultiva-
ton and spread of the Irish language as a
spoken tongue, the teaching of Irish his
tory to Irish-American children, and the
cultivation OF native music, art, dances,
pastimes and customs. and also the stopping
as far as possible of all further emigration
from Ireland. IF the Irish race is to re-
main predominant in Ireland" says the
circular. emigration must be stopped and
of this end is sacred duty which devolves
on all Irishmen at home and abroad"
Persons In this country who send passage
money to their relatives and friends In
ireland to assist them in coming to the
United States are branded as TRAITORS to
their country and their race. as this deplor-
able practice is the greatest inducement
held out to the Irish people to forsake their
native land
The Journal ventures to differ from the
views of the Gaelic League on this question
and to express the opinion that it is giving
the Irish people poor advice. Irish immi-
grafton to the United States is not nearly as
large as IL once was. but there is still room
here for those who wish to come. and those
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28

The advent OF the first real cold weather
since the total failure OF natural gas re-
wives popular interest IN the coal question
The question Is not as important for ordi-
nary consumers as 1t is for manufacturers,
with whom II lasts the year round The
present high freight rates on coal impose
q heavy burden on manufacturers and are
q great detrirnent to the city. The railroads
that traverse the coal fields are merciIess in
their treatment Of local manufacturers and
their discrimination in favor of other points
II exasperating- The city should have had
. coal road years ago, and will not be inde-
pendent OF oppression until IL gets one.
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Daniel webster's wit.

When lad Daniel Webster one day called
up by the teacher for punishment. His hands
happened to be very dirty. Knowing this he wet
the palm OF his right hand, wiping it of on the
side of his pantaloons.
"Give me your hand" said the tea cher. very
sternly.
Out went the right hand. partially cleansed.
The teacher looked at 1t a moment and said:
Daniel. IL you will find another hand in
this soiled as that I will let you OF
this time
Instantly came from behind his back his left
hand.
Here 1t is was the ready reply.
THAT will de-" said the teacher For this
time you can take your seat, sir."-Boston
Herald.
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THE EAST AGAIN.

After having quieted down TO such an
extent that an open conflict was no longer
regarded as a possibility the situation in
aspect. 1t is apparent that the negotiators
at Toxic are unable to arrive at any kind
of agreement. Japan stands firm in her de-
mands and In this she has the moral back
ing Of England. Mr.. Balfour's recent
speech at Guildhall gave hint of this
position. He alluded to the Japanese as
"our allies" and In effect exhorted them
to stand firm. This from the premier of
England is especially significant. OF course,
japan can expect no aid from Great Brit
ain in event of an attack by Russia, the
alliance being only as against two or more
attempt to encourage Japan's firmness.
If Japan is going to fight Russia it will
be to her immense advantage to strike
without delay. She has the better of her
powerful opponent now, but that will not
be so after Russian reinforcements arrive
in the East. Perhaps in this fact may be
found the reason for Russias delay in
bringing the Toxic conference to an end.
The longer the negotiations are delayed
the more nearly ready the Muscovite will
be to fight. The Russian warships are
steaming with all possible speed toward
Eastern waters. and in few weeks the
Cars naval strength will overshadow the
Mikado's If war be inevitable Japan will
gain by striking at once.
The reported dispatch of Japanese war
vessels to intercept the Russian fleet APP
pears to indicate that Japan is fully alive
to this fact, and the conflict which few
weeks ago seemed so remote now appears
imminent Both nations profess an earnest
desire to avoid fight, yet both are max
ing all possible haste to prepare for a
gigantic struggle. Count Kutsura, the
Japanese prime minister, not long ago de-
livered an address in which he urged the
people to stand together and asserted that
the situation was most critical. Like Pre-
mier Balfour's words, this statement is
important because given from such re-
sponsible source.
If Japan really intercepts the Russian
fleet the question of formal declaration
of war will be unimportant. War will exist
without formalities. The Korean Emperor
has come out of hiding, where he has been
for some months in an apparently comatose
condition, and this, too, is an indication
that he expects the strong support of ia
pan. There seems to be no way of avert
ing an immediate conflict, and hostilities
will probably be precipitated before the
opening Of the Japanese Parliament, on
| Dec. 8.
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work as. soon as elected two Years
ago to have the excise law chssnged
so as TO permit the saloons 10 be oINened
during certain hours on Sunday. In the last
municipal campaign Mr.. Low and his Assoc
ciates overruled him. Mr.. Jerome saps and
said that IL this were not done a mans who
enforced the present law could not BE-. re-
elected. with an excise law which would
permit the saloons to be lawfully oKened
on Sunday. and with Mr.. Jerome a. the
leading candidate, the reformers coulo, car
ry an election on nonpartfsan platform
The thieves. gamblers and beneficiari.s OF
vice are not in a majority"
The dispensers and drinkers of alcohol are
probably necessary TO carry an election In
New York city. Is not that true I'm In-dan-
apolis? Is IL not true In most other csties1
Certainly there are relatively few town. and
cities IN the country where one MAY not
obtain alcohol In q drinkabls form When
one wants IL. On the other hama the
step to better government with the asd OF
alcohol is a very questionable processing.
The result In good government Though
legaliztng the opening of the saloons on
nights and Sundays would be merelys ma
terial. 1t would mem physical degehera-
ton and su fering TO many. IL would. pre-
vent graft nd thus allow a higher clsfs OF
men to obtain office. IL would cut OUT COR
poration graft TO a large extent II Would
reduce taxes. The men OF ability thus
elected would conduct the material Affairs
of the government in a better and snore
satisfactory way so far as they relate ~ the
saving OF money for the few. Do we want
TO trade In alcohol for a government Which
is merely good I'm this way? 1 think nlt.
Having a law on the statute books which
we consciously ignore and laws which we
must ignore is humiliatiDg. IL Is hyp crit
ical- No man as an individual will ADVISE
the breaking OF law. Many OF Us. y We
could, by a turn of the hand would swipe
alcohol in potable form from the fase OF
the earth. IL Is sad. indeed. 20 Think that
the American Sunday can never ts3 put
back on the New York calendar. This ap-
pears TO be the judgment OF those who
think deliberately, coolly and without emo
ton. The real ruler OF Tammany IL King
week The difference between New Hork
city and other cities OF America Is relative.
not absolute. LOUIS H GIBSON.
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What Was the Matter with Him.

An employee at a certain Philadelphia club
takes a great deal of interest in the welfare OF
his patrons and also has fondness for large
words. In the former case he always tells one
customer all he has learned about the preceding
ones and in the second he proves that he has a
Leather Stockings" ear for mouth-flling ut
terances which he likes in proportion to their
size.
The other day one customer was taken slightly
III while being waited on, and 1t was found nee
essary to send for doctor. The event immense
ly excited and interested the waiter. who told
about 1t to all the customers following
Mr.. Blank was here to-day he said, land
he had a bad turn. We had to send for a doctor
and the doctor had to send for Epidemic %
Philadelphia Press.
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gree. We elect a good man for mayor and
then we practically abandon him. We may
say that we sympathze with him or that
we wish to help him. but that thought does
not expand even into the family circle.
Generally speaking. the typical mayor Is
influenced by the expressed VIII OF the hep peo
low do not count for much. We say that
ours is republican form of government
for the people and by the people. AS a
general fact, the closer a government gets
to the people and the more IL is by the
people" the worse 1t is. The highest type of
government that we have. and that OF
government. The lowest type Of govern
ment which we have, and that of which we
have the least reason 20 be proud, Is the
ment deals with broad questions. 1t deals
with general questions as related TO the
mass of the people. 1t is further removed
from the individual and on that account
is better than municipal govern. ent. Mu-
nicipal government deals with the individ-
ual-what shall he eat and what shall he
drink. 1t tells the individual what he shall
not do, and ii is here that government is
lowest. Generally speaking, state govern
ment Is better than municipal. and IL Is not
conducted along such high planes as our
national government State government is
q step between national government and
municipal. Municipal government expresses
the typical character of the community, and
one man who incidentally is mayor is not
very influential for any great length OF
time Generally speaking, this is true OF all
municipal offices. The mayor OF a great
civ may not open a side door on Sunday
because he as an individual wants to. No
mayor would do that an Individual. Not
Mcclellan, of New York, nor Mlrphy. his
boss. IL is the people who open the side
door and not the Individual. The people
want the front door closed and Ii is closed.
The nonenforcement OF law makes graft
possible Tammany in power does not want
Sunday opening, nor all-night opening. le-
Eaiixed Tammany does not want vice le
ealized. II il were there could be no graft.
| af, g.
formers OF New York fell was the obliga-
tien which they felt to enforce the laws
which stood on the books. Mr.. Jerome, the
district attorney Of New York went to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28
Great Game OF Touch .

j. Hobart Moore. lately returned fr I'm a fish,
ing trip in Canada, says that he founa the devo-
ton of the French-Canadians to Canada and
things Canadian quite touching
cit was this way" he says. when 1 struck
Montreal Canadian friend OF mine told me
that could easily get guide for 81 per day
for the month. He had done it often and he
recommended Pierre Lorrison. who lived at
Ste. Rose. interviewed Lorrison and asked
him what lie would charge for the job.
Where you come from? said he.
Chicago said I.
- For be your guide take "a a day. said he
II demonstrated. but IL was no go. / found
that the guides who would take 81 per day from
a Canadian wanted 81 to Sc from Americans.
49, you see. l was touched by the patriotism
of these peopie-touched for about s. per day!''
New York Times.
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Song of the Native Born.

The onion born in Egypt.
The potato in far Peru,
Celery came from Germany,
AS few other good things do;
Cabbage first grew in Liberia.
The radish in quaint Japan.
And the cucumber got its colicky start
AT the hands OF the Ifndoo man.
The garden cress is from Egypt,
And some more of the far-off East,
And we judge from the things they've beer
raising
South America first planted yeast;
The parsnip first grew in Arabia,
The tobacco in own land,
Sardinia first raised the parsley plant
And America corned beef canned.
Sunset Magazine.
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An apparently inspired lispatob from $

An apparently inspired dispatch from st.
Petersburg says that the attitude of the
United States in connection with the "open
door" policy in the East is believed to be
encouraging Japan to rash course. and
causes some resentment in Russian official
circles. 1t is possible the United States has
pressed its Eastern trade interests some
what too strongly. There is no reason to
believe that Russia would interfere with
those interests. and certainly the United
States ought not to interfere with Russia S
political plans. Russia has given strong
assurances OF fair dealing towards Ameri-
can interests and they should be accepted
at their face value
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INDIANA,s JUNIOR SENATOR.

Senator Beveridge's brief visit home dur
ing the Thanksgiving season will bring him
a change of work rather than period Of
leisure, as he is scheduled to deliver the
principal address at the Inauguration Of
President Hughes. at De Pauw University,
on Dec. 8. That institution is fortunate in
having secured the services of one of the
most popular orators in the country for
the occasion, and the fact that he is an
alumnus of the institution will be an added
element of interest.
The senator's retention on all of the
committees on which he served during the
last Congress shows that his colleagues
recognize his capacity for work. Between
the craftsmanship of the committee on Ter
ritories and membership of six other COM
mittees he will have abundant opportunity
to sustain his reputation as one of the
most Industrious members of the Senate.
AS a member of the committee privf-
leges and elections he will have q voice in
the settlement of the Smoot case, which is
attracting wide attention; as a member of
the committee on postoffices and post roads
he will be able to assist in improving that
important branch of the public service,
and as a member of the Philippines COM
mittee he can draw upon his large fund Of
personal information concerning those
islands and American interests in the East
But even these important duties and the
making Of political and literary addresses
do not exhaust Senator Beveridge's
pacity for and love Of work, for he has
written book on the Russo-Japanese situ-
alton which will be published in few days.
and which will undoubtedly add to his
fame as a clear thinker and masterful
handler of large questions. The Repub-
licans of Indiana will unite in wishing the
senator a pleasant vacation and safe re-
turn to his duties in Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28

The account OF the proceedings at yester-
days meeting of the directors of the Con-
sumers' Gas Trust, appearing on the last
page of this issue of the Journal, effectu-
ally disposes of the absurd report that the
had acted otherwise than upon strict
business lines in the matter of declining to
recognize the authority of the newly
elected treasurer to draw on the funds of
the company. The Journal regrets that it,
with other newspapers. published mis-
statement of the facts.
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Cat Drove Him to Drink.

"It was the cat!''
That is what Frank B. Hunnewell. Of Newton
Center. solemnly assured Judge Kennedy in the
Newton Municipal Court yesterday WAS the cause
Of his downfall.
THE cat drove me to drink. your Honor. she 8
such frisky cat, with such terrible untics that
1 just couldn't stand 'em and had to take in a
few drinks for consolation" Hunnewell told the
Judge.
MY wife owns that cat your Honor. and she 9
terror: not my wife. but the cat" he added.
with apprehensive glance his wife, who
sat In the courtroom. why, judge, you don't
know what things that frisky feline will do''-
Judge Kennedy m n pathetic
and original story Of his downfall, delivering q
severe temperance lecture and closing HIS re-
marks with some good advice to Mrs. Hunnewell
about getting rid Of the cat for the sake Of her
husba and .-Roston Journal.
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The Democratic newspapers of the coun-
try are apparently suffering intense agony
these days in anticipation of a Republican
Welt. OF course it is necessary for Demo-
cratic newspapers to print misstatements
and myths, but it does seem that they might
ind 1t the part of wisdom to select stories
less silly and absurd than the present Oft
repeated tales OF Indiana opposition to the
Prosfdaut
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1t is pleasant to find that a man who has
been in politics for fifty years is genuinely
optimistic concerning the future welfare of
his country. Calamity howlers are request
ed to read the following words of the VEN
cradle George Frisbie Hoar, senator from
Massachusetts,:
The lesson which / have learned in life,
which is impressed on me daily, and more
deeply as i grow old, is the lesson of good
will and good hope. 1 believe that to-day
is better than yesterday and that to-mor-
row will be better than to-day. 1 believe
that in spite of so many errors and wrongs,
and even crimes. my countrymen of all
classes desire what is good, and not what is
evil.
Here is an old man who does not lament
''the good old times as being somehow
better and more honest than the present
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Two Originals.

Ex-Governor Hogg. OF Texas. the reformed
octopus hunter who now Is an oil octopus him.
self. met ex-Representative Patrick Henry, of
Mississippi.
II presume" ponderously said Hoyg as be-
fitted his 400 pounds. that you are the original
Patrick Henry"
Certainly" said Henry; 'and L pr ssume you
the original Hogg.'
Through the active interference OF friends hos
tilities were averted.-New York World.
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The bishop of Stepney told striking story
when addressing the Federation of Working
mems Clubs the other day. He described the
confusion and noise at Liverpool-street Station
one night when the suburban trains, working
mems trains and number of excursion trains
were being rapidly dispatched one after another.
In the midst Of the noise and rush there stood
a porter calm, good-tempered and helpful as
to be remarkable. At last the bishop went up to
him and said MY friend. how can you do 1t ?'
ard the man replied: why, sir, you ought to
know The grace Of God"-London Mail.
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A Boston scientist says there is enough
radium under the soil of the State of Con-
necticut TO make or unmake the United
States. No one is likely to be satisfied, how
ever until Connecticut has proved that its
supply is the genuine article and not a card
board imitation. The public remembers
the shoe-peg oats, the wooden nutmegs, the
Havana" cigars and the turnip hoFserad-
-
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Hon William l.. Penheld. solicitor OF the
State Department known In Indiana as
Judge Penheld. has just returned from a
second important mission OF representing
the United States before The Hague tri-
ounaI. wher he was appointed solicitor OF
the State Department. In 1897 some WASH
fngton people wondered II an unknown
Western LAWYER would be equal TO the legal
and diplomatic requirements of the posi-
ton. Judge Penheld has answered the ques-
ton to their entire satisfaction By the able
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28

When a man plays the fool there is no escape
from the consequences The only thing he can
do Is to take his medicine and endure It, The
same is true Of a nation. The Columbian Senate
played the fool" and, like the dog in the fable
lost everything by being too greedy. Panama
played smart. and seceded-and secession is AL
ways right-when it succeeds. Richmond Times
oh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28

Men who go in for out-of-door sports entirely
ignore the physiological benefit of walking
Many of them will ride for miles to enjoy an
hours exercise at golf tennis. They would
acquire more robust calves. stronger lungs and
fresher compilations IL they would merely walk
the scene Of their accustomed activity and
then walk back again without touching a golf
sti a racouet City Star
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An Ambitiou. woman.

MY grandmother was an awful ambitious
woman" said a native of a well-known island
of the coast of Maine. and when she was dying
and the doctor had told her she had only about
hour to live she asked her daughter to bring
her some green apples. She sat UP in bed and
pared two panfuls of them, and then lay back
with satisfied sigh WELL" said she, I'm
determined that the folks that come to my flu
neral shall have enough arple-sass for once In
their lives.'-A. v. Spencer. in December Lip
pincott's
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Attempted Too Much.

1.-THE disguise of that woman pckpocket
who wore a masculine attire was absolutely
perfect. How did the detectives happen to
spot her?'
81 believe they noticed a certain awkward
ness in her attempt to strike a match man
fashion. Chicago Tribune.
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His Test of Greatness.

"Ah," she sighed. 1.-The great are all
dead"
But the beautiful women are not" he
swered
Then she looked soulfully up into his eyes
and told him she had said 1t just to be con-
trary and not because she thought it for q
moment.-Household Ledger.