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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
THAT WICHITA GIRL is a PEACH.

The Lawrence Gazette not only seems reconced to
the action of the central committee in sending the
convention Wichita, but the whole rather
pleased At least its editor in swiping the committee
and on whacking Wichita it a humorous and con-
ciliatory spirit as follows:
"The state Republican committee met Yesterday and
approved plans the time place for holding the
state convention previously decided upon by
the machine leaders.
1T was very nice, harmonious meeting, and there
jolts jars, when the machine ran over
PROSTATE fellow who tried to kick at it.
and tumbled each other in trying to
get to the resolution endorsing Roosevelt If there is
anything that will Kansas Republican stiflegged
1t is for somebody think that he is RoOse
welt The real danger in the meeting yesterday was that
fight would be started order members might
be given chance show which the most loyal
to him.
There were but points upon which there was
much difference of opinion. The date fixed March g.
agreeable to all but the place, Wichita, did look
good busters. They wanted Topeka but Topeka
lost hands down, and Wichita was triumphant And
thus the Peerless Princess magnifcenty out of
one more shndy with her skirts immaculate and her hat
ON straight She is peach is that girl Wichita
The other scrap that occurred the matter
of representation of the Leavenworth Soldiers Home
the busters off wrong and the machine was
right The soldiers entitled the treatment
others, better, worse The arrangement made is
right proper and any other would have been unjust
There really nothing do. the committee of
had already arranged things they wanted them
and the committee called together just for appear
this suggests the utter useessness of send
ing COS men Wichita nominate candidates. Long
before the 9th arrives the candidates will have
been the Bosses and everything will be set
only thing that army of delegates will be called
upon do when arrives at Wichita viii be to take
drink organize take another drink appoint committees,
take drink endorse what the leaders have done take
another drink adjourn take several drinks, get
bottle filled and hit the road for home.
after arriving home each and every delegate will
be permitted years to sit around and explain to
his admirng constituents how Me and Cy and Mort.
things"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
M THE PlKERS' LAMENT
illl(

SECOND THOUGHT IN THE TOPEKA
CAPITAL: This department. is too con-
scious of its own delinquencies 20 say
anything about the "Pikers' Lament" coll
umn in the Wichita Eagle.
(..)o-ot..)
WILLINGNESS.
ADVERTISEMENT: Will Lewis Me-
Gill. for whom Governor Ferguson has
offered reward of $500. meet me within
a day or two prepared TO go with me to
Jail. II be will. ] hereby pledge my
self scrupulously TO divide the above re-
ward with him. Il
O-O-C-O
A BUM METAPHOR.
Bulgaria is trying TO butt in to the news
columns again. Russia. Japan. Panama,
Colombia and San Domingo have the
stage and Bulgaria will please back into
the dressing room for time
-(o). (ol-
Shakespeare in the Merchant of We
nice. says: "All that slitters is not gold. -
not as usually quoted, ..All is not gold
that glitters"
(?)-f?}-(D
a PROFESSIONAL JOSH.
1t was reported on the street yesterday
that j. w. Shuts NJ. D.. had given up
his practice and was devoting his time
to soliciting subscriptions to Outdoor Life
-:-.-:-
1t is hoped that the members of the
Chamber of Commerce will not get Sec
rotary. Smiths City Developer mixed with
that setting on their wives dressing table
at home.
(O-(?)-f?)
Saith One Piker: THE colored preach
ers in this city are setting an example
that the white brethren may well fol-
low. y member of their congregation Is
fired from the church if he works .,
Sunday under any consideration
Saith Another Piker: The colored
preachers in this city rival the walking
delegates by accommodating the Sab
bath worker. They force them to go
fishing to occupy TIE time. and thus fur
nish the Devil with bait"
C)-t3-tD
DR.. Burton says: Look for more in
lsocrates, Seneca. Plutarch. Epictetus.
etc. and for defect, consult with cheese
treRchcrs and painted cloths"
H.. IL
OF COURSE. it is right to close Che
theaters in Chicago until they are made
safe. but when ii is considered that bus
mess is paralyZe9 and that thousands Of
dollars are lost daily because OF the clos
inS, 1t opens up hard proposition. Is life
worth as much as the money that is being
lost? OF course. YOUR life and NM life
are worth more than thousand dollars,
but we refer 70 the common herd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
Necessity, the tyrant's plea. II

\ youth was demonstrating his ideas on
sparkling" TO some of the young lady
members of the Ship Alloy company at
the Crawford. Tuesday night. and fire
was narrowly averted
I'D
Could a man desire more at his death
than in his obituary il may he sincerely
said: THE truth can be written of his
life
90:
Don't count your eggs before they re
laid.
1t must be dreadfully combining TO be a
president in Hayti.S San Domingo and other
small republics in the West Indies Let
the president leave the capital for trip
TO the country and some leader seeks 10
steal his crown.
90. 90
The stork paid two visits to one Wichita
family in 1893. Fortunately, Kansas City
and the Interstate Commerce Commission
have no control over this line of trans
portation.
That coroner at Helena who stepped be-
tween two attorneys and prevented a
scrap. hasn't a particle of humor. Usually
the attorneys abuse witnesses shamefully
and when they do get at each other. in
the cause of suffering humanity they
should be allowed 10 fight il out. In
fact, they should be encouraged. rather
than hampered.
There is deal of giamor about royalty,
princes, dukes. etc. until some cash is in
yolved, and they cannot pay their debts.
Then they rank with the commonest sort
of bankrupts NO TITLE is BIG
ENOUGH TO COVER POVERTY.
-(o). To-
Small favors are like pins to a woman
of inestimable value on occasions.
(-)....t-)
There is a man in Oregon who called
himself Holy Roller and he eloped with
girl. In this section we call EN- High
Rollers.
..i-..'-
Rice and salt fish comprise Japanese ra
tions. What DELIGHTFUL THIRST
those heathens must possess,
f-)-...Cj
Isn't it getting about time for Prof
Langley to give another exhibition of
high diving?
One dare not brag on this perfect
weather for fear of the tickle jade.
o-O..O-o
The latest from the seat OF war is that
war is inevitable and peace assured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Here are new troubles in the way o
, Oklahoma getting statehood: 1t is report
ed from Ell Reno that Jim Duffy is nov
trying to hitch Ireland onto Mcclure.
bill.
Everett Purcell is threatening a kid
mapping at Enid. Everett. however, i!
simply reporting the matter, ii is only
fair To state.
Ell Reno's expenditures are just {
little greater than its receipts. The city
council is trying to devise means OF
moving the difference to the other sid.
of the ledger.
Sheriff Oates went TO Lansing peniten
tiary Yesterday and now Oklahoma car
credit Woods county with almost a hun
dred years board bill. Oates took sever
prisoners. with sentences ranging from
one year to life.
Henry Lassen's home at FL Reno wa.
burned Tuesday. Children with matches
are thought TO have caused the fire.
\ male beauty contest IS the latest in
Oklahoma Judge CARRIER. Of Enid, is the
first TO enter.
Every day people leave the new country
but they never get out of Oklahoma.
Enid Eiks will turn over their hall Il
the ladies every THURSDAY for their so
cial benefit. The Enid fellows are diplo-
mats.
heterogeneous is baker at Pond Greek
.fr,sv 81 rhrr - ON
talk OF paving three streets OF that city
s. 500 Da worth of cotton was raised in
Greer county the past season. u won;
be long before Oklahoma Will be springine
cotton king on the country
More wood has been sold al Poncs City
this winter thar any time in the history
of the town. Coal IS only used on state
occasions.
less cross. killed at Prescott. Arkansas.
in a duet with VIII Monerief, lived at
Shawnee few years ago II is denied.
however. that h, acquired his shooting
propensities in Pott county
Maud has now gotten bold OF Shawnee 5
apron strings \ telephone line serves
the purpose.
The Enid Wave bIames Dennis Flynn
with the school land scrap IL IS hard 70
leave Dennis ont OF the consideration q
any proposition in Oklahoma. M matter
how distsntIy connected he is Nth it.
\ fourteen-year-oid girl wsS aTTeassed
Al Enid Tuesday for pslferfng 'he ho1s-
Of A woman for whom she vas working.
Her folks are probably Socialists. and she
has been taught that a share 81 other
ueouls-s goods rightfnly belongs Il her
A csttie-rsen-s convention q u - held
AT Oklsh orna Cisy next month Ths
United States Is invited announces the
Okla honsn-
The OkIshonsan attacks Roosevelt :
NESS &c. declaring il "a coila;sca % sx-
cvses and ruaning apology The Okla
ho-uzo has gotten 50 Up-to-dste that ~
editorials even savor Of the e1ete eass-
" r DsnEaick. co-nrrisssoner q Okla
hona county. died Wesiae-as - jones
CITY. his home. he came L. tie terri
tory a; the opening
KIss rsaaer EseS. ~ his IA aa-si g.
~ Lid. Mc-iGzy lie xss an t--i sstEtzT
u Garfield county
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The Eagle, the other day, edtori-
'"~~ ~ ally ayerred the conviction that q
large per cent of the unprecedented
S1n1-@So"|o0 railway disasters Of the past year
due careessness, carelessness upon
the part of employees which careessness probably
out laborunion independence of their
ton managers response the said Of
victon local railway INDUCED in somewhat
lengthy criticism through letter directed this
The protestant held in his communication, that the dis
asters we're more traceabe ncompetency TO the
ployment CT cheap non-union men, and The pro-
test replied to. The answer swift from
home, right here in Kansas An awful slaughter
took place the Rock Island within two days there
after in which twenty people slaughtered and all
by and through carelessness engineer He
intending eopardze his life and the lives of
Others grown careless from other, he
dashes of innocent people to their death AS
practically all carelessness raceable independence
Of nonresponsbilty Others the inference drawn
by the Eagle the editorial referred to had least
strong warranty The jurys verdict in the Rock
Island case is "carelessness."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

One of the most formidable objections to Topeka as
convention town inordinate supply of drug store
whisky under the influence of which the bosses find 1t
almost impossible to handle the machine delegates in
satisfactory way That Topeka drug whisky is
resented as something awfuly demoralizng breeding
Buster Machines and political discomfort generally.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The Topeka Herald says had the convention been
called for Topeka hundreds Of people would have gone
to Topeka that won't go to Wichita. You bet And thou
sands of people Wichita that would not have
gone to Topeka. You know that Wichita is peculiarly
composed and advantageously constructed popular
venton town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The Topeka Herald estimates that the leaders of the
Republican party Kansas who chose Wichita the
most accessible convention point depending largely
on the popularity President Roosevelt. AS to that
charge be acknowledged President Rcose
welt is mighty popular in the Wichita region.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Among the objections urged by the Prohibition dele
gates Of Topeka Wichita convention city is that
they the Democrats of the Peerless Princess entirely
too liberal in their socabeness with the result that by
the time the convention called order they find them
selves too full of Democratic inspiration catch Cys
eye promptly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
KANSAS CURRENTS

towiey county's attorney will soon have
TO have new worlds 10 conquer The
last place he raided was an express
office.
block of new guttering has been nut
in at Wellington. The old one was
rotted' out, no doubt from the amount
of bad whisky the sheriff has been pouring
into it.
Mrs. Frank Carpenter. of Caldwell. was
arraigned in a Wellington justice court
the other day for ASA uiting a Rock Is
land colored porter. The latter. looking
Tor lodging place. knocked at her door
and she Knocked him down.
The board of education OF Wellington
has decided to light the auditorium with
electric lights Has the fire n1arshars
consent been obtained yet?
Good roads this summer means cooper
alton on the part OF the farmers rieht
now
Dalton is the name Of town in sum
ner county Which suggests the question
mas kansas town named OuantreH?
For weeks the Hessiaa ay has been
making rarases in the wheat but has
not even stirred up newspaper comment.
Cowiey county's poor cost the taxpayer
si2s less in 1893 than in 1879.
Everett Rideexay. the young man shot
by Crazy Twigg. an Winfield has been
set NO in business by The citizens OF the
CoHley county city. He VIII open res
falITaDt in A few DAYS
SaIfaa had an organization called the
Philharmonic. u got in the same FIX. the
Republican Philharmonic Is and finally
.Usted.
Bloomington. H.. capitalists are propos-
ing TO build a car line at Hutchinson.
ard capitalists from the same place are
proposing to pipe natural gas 20 Wichita
It's scandalous the way these Illinois
fellows mash the old gifts Of Kansas.
Az Arkansas City preacher says he
lives on 500 q year and gives the rest q
charity For the sake or the cougre9s-
tion. Ne suppose. The rest Il not stated
A discussion Is on between southern
Kansas editors ard northern Oklahoma
scribes about the shanks % school
:n&TfnS- IL = n very irv-stCS1 affair
The Citizens state Bank Of Arkansas
City has declared dividend cf p,sr csst
i has been organized only eleven months
The Atchiscn Globe calls the boss
busters The Beat AurSoekS i Il try
irz 70 create = rrvcit wi;r.n a revolt
benjamin Franklin Busis. Evangelist
= The name Under . black spot ~ NJ
Hufcbsnson Bee. II i9cks Hse The work
81 the devil
JUS, tSe gaining % that Republican
state Convention wss good thing fcr
wichita The Peerless Prsneess hzss't
received as many Newspaper notices since
Cresceus tSotted biz rniie
u = NJ. thought that thers i sry dzn-
ger q Kansas Socialists sos1lrr re A.
rscu1turaI Socialists % rhe east That
- yriesifurzf savorr Ok zork-
Miss Edith Garland las CLOSED CO.,
tract with the arpertcan Lyeenm bnr~an
for a twenty-xee,ls' engagement SAe =
: pianist o. Wellington
= Do-sso Il on she same PIP Ire -
natural gas that wscAsis is 10 xas
stoves have ben y9t sn-sss- h0weTe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Hoch who wouldn't divide up his Marion county dele
CATION at the Wichita convention with Dom Cy, now
seems to have in for Cy because he didn't divide up
the Donphan county delegation when il eecting
state printer And is all there is the Hoch
didacy and the buster powwows.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The Topeka papers talk of Wichita being side
of the state Let's see Wichita is within forty miles of
the center of population the state Topeka is distant
from the line Of the state $40 miles: Wichita but
240 Topeka is nearly miles northeast of the
of population of the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

With Hoch's son in a good place in Washington. with
Hochs brothernlaw the bench and both by the
of the machine isn't it crowding the mourners little
this demand OF that the remainder of the
Hoch family not in Office shall be made governor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
KANSAS HISTORY REVEALS THAT


to
sordere
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

This is serious Colonel Marsh Murdoch has not
roasted Wos Gil for long time-Topeka Herald. The
machine seems TO have the wos Oils leaving
nothing 20 roast
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Charley Finch the editor Of the Lawrence Gazette
says: she 5 a peach that girl Wichita And she is
royal duck a princess OF the peerless breed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

For nonexpert Will White is attempting a great
number wing shots Get good rest for Bill
and pull at them while the squat if you see
them duck their heads
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The wos Gil powvow held AT Topeka prorogued
until sorehead who will kerfunk before
being nailed the cross, is found.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The gallant General Chafees cousin still marches in
the ranks of Wichitas Salvation Army the inspiring
music Of lis bass drum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

the racket Of talk is kept much longer between
big Russia little Japan. look ont for rise in the
price of Kansas corn and Missouri mules.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The United States now has 10000 miles OF railway
yet parts the country that
dreds Of miles from a railway
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

General Wood sin draws brigadiers salary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

IN NJ. Cromwell
special
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Il : NJ. thought that there = sny dan
ger q Kansas Socialists sos-lnr re A.
rseulsursI Socialists % rhe east That
- -rsrsiifurzi savors Ok xorx-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Bs
University Seminary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

gust TIE gaining % that Republican
state Convention wss good thing for
wichita The Peerless PrsHSess hzs8't
received as many newspaper notices sine
Cresceus ;Sotted bis rnle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Miss Edith Garland las closed COL
tract with the arnsrtcar Lycesn bsr~zn
for 4 twenfy-xee.sf engagement SAe =
pianist q wellington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

benjamin Fra ri,lin Butts. Evangelist
= th@ name Under . black spot ~ the
Hutchinson Bee. II iecks Hike The work
- the devil
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

A discussion is on between southern
Kansas editors ard northern Oklahoma
scribeS about the shsnks % school
:narrns. Its n very i0v-toSn affair
The Citizens state Bank Of Arkansas
City has declared ? dividend 81 Z p,er csst
y has been organized only eleven months
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

ToDAY:-coagressnan r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Bloomington. H.. capitalists are propos-
ing 10 build a car line at Huic hinson
ard capitalists from the same place ara
proposing 70 pipe natural gas 20 Wichita
It's scaEdalOus the way these Illinois
fellows mash the old girls Of Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

- Ds-as0 - ~ the sane PIP Ire -
natural gas that NscAsI4 is 10 xas
ss5Tes have he~s pit tnssss- howsTe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

busters The Beat Aurdoeks i Il frr-
ing 70 create 4 revcl, x3;-sa q revolt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Az Arkansas City preacher says nc
lives on 800 year and gives the rest q
charity. For the sake OF the congre9s-
tion. Ne suppose. the rest Il not stated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

IN 1894. TEN YEARS ToDAY:-A fraud issued by
Investment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

Here are new troubles in the way of
Oklahoma getting statehood: 1t is report
ed from Ell Reno that Jim Duffy is now
trying to hitch Ireland onto Mcclure S
bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

SsIiaa had m organization called the
u got in the same FIX the
Republican Philharmonic Is and finally
.Usted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

o
o tn
hold till stpuacns carried that
wish Sled
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The OxIshonsan attacks Roosevelt :
mess &c. declaring il a c0ilatica % sx-
cuseS and running apology The Okla
honzo ha. gotten 50 Up-to-iste that IL
editorials even saror Of the e1efe eass-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Everett Purcell is threatening kid
mapping at Enid. Everett however, is
simply reporting the matter, ii is only
fair To state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

Kgss rsaner E.e. a. his : IA aa-;l g.
~ lid. Mca6zy lie xss an ,ssi sstgtsT
u Garfield county
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

FL Reno's expenditures are just a
little greater than its receipts. The city
council is trying to devise means OF
moving the difference to the other side
of the ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

" r Dsnlaick. corrrzissso1er q Okla
hon,a county. died "Wednesday - jones
CITY. his home. lie came t. TIE terri
tory AZ the opening
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

\ cattie-ren's convention q q - held
at Oklahoma Cisy next month h.
United States Is invited" announces the
okla honsn-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

The latest from the seat OF war is tina
war is inevitable and peace assured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-08

towiey county's attorney will soon have
10 nave new worlds 10 conquer The
last place he raided was an express
office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

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