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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
THE WAR COLLEGE.

Last IN the new order ard highest in rank OF
all institutions Of military learning in the United
States as well as in the entire world. is the War
College, whose object. as declared in the official
orders is not 10 impart academic instruction.
but 10 make a practical application Of military
knowledge already acquired" The permanent
personnel" must all. with the exception OF the
president, be members of the newly created
General STAFF Of the army. under the supervision
Of whose chief all military education except the
direct management OF the West Point Academy
must henceforth be conducted.
Students Of the War College are TO be select
ed by the chief Of staff and detailed by the Sec
rotary Of War, in such numbers as may be
deemed expedient, for q course of study, begin
ming on November / and ending on May 81.
Oficers thus detailed shall not be above the
rank OF major below that Of captain, pref
erence being given 10 graduates OF the staff col
lege so long any are available, and the Volt
ton OF the officer concerned will be previously
consulted.
The War College scheme in general contem-
plates the highest degree Of military efficiency
possible 10 attain in time OF peace Not only
charged with the duty OF developing higher mill
tary learning its function is 70 direct the lesser
schools and 10 supervise the entire army educa-
viii be held and diploma given the War Col
lege course being essentially one OF applied
knowledge on the part Of capable ana qualined
officers the mere announcement IN orders that
an officer has been selected for this course OF
advanced work is deemed sufficient recognition
OF his professional attainments"
There are, too, other important functions to
be performed by the War College, which, ac
cording 10 Secretary Roots conception. are
calculated to make It the most useful as well
as the most powerful auxiliary to successful
warfare ever devised In this country. In Eu-
rope the general staff of the army has long
been charged with the duty OF accommodating
military data and preparing campaigns Tor pos
siole wars, but in the United states. where IN
1861 a distinguished American soldier-critic de-
clared our officers knew more about the environ
ments OF Paris than they did or the military
geography between Washington and Richmond,
no system, no defined method and no Well or
ganized purpose OF military preparedness was
10 the country his perfested scheme OF general
staff composed OF the most competent and best
equipped officers OF the army 70 study constant
ly the needs for national defence.
Aside from this view Of the improved plan
and military reforms effected since our brief
but victorious OF 1898 with Spain, the ad-
ministratiOn has every reason 70 feel grained
over the correlative reforms OF the national mi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

apart from the mining interess-a gold mine coal ron
whatever it is all you have got there take it
out of the ground; out is OUT you through
whit hope more and more people will grow
derstand that it be with forests; that it
is not Of cutting forest down and then being
through with it; that it is case five to make
lumber interests permanent they should be made,
object mtst be to conserve the forests by wise
have welsomed every opportunity to put the for
esry experts of government into closer touch with
you gentlemen because hope that from their associa
ton with will little furthering of the indis
pensabe process which result in making this indus
try permanent in the country having
one which represents the skimming of quantity
of forest and then moving elsewhere
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
SEEING HIS OWN couN1RY.

When the average Kansas begins to feel a little
easy in financial AFFAIRS he takes arip to York
California When he gets the impression of being rich
he goes to Europe perhaps Japan But there are
exceptions. For example there George Hoover of Bur-
ingame who not only got the impression being rich
but is really So riches go in Kansas Instead how
ever of making trip abroad set out on tour his
country and is at the fair in St Louis after
visiting state and territory Hoover to
sas in 1855 and settled in what Usage county For
thirty-odd years ne the village blacksmith OF Burn-
game He spent some time in Wichita two years ago.
taking in Oklahoma and Texas. He next went to Nome
where he spent several profitable months gold mining
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
CARNEGIE ON HIS HERO FUND.

Mr. Carnegia over in Europe has been talking of his
hero fund and said among other things The Newfoun
landers Canadians United Staers are all Americans
They should act together brothers Ny hero
cudes ali three The Newfoundanders were omitted first
through oversight. That has been remedied for I
have cabled this morning ordering the pluckv little state
to be included l a mperialst. do not believe
in the British kind Of Imperialism. too small Were
newspaper man would consecrate NY pen to the ad-
vocacy united faternal relations between the
Observation-Disclosures and United Staters where all are
Americans. New forms OF heroism have been evolved
with the growth of civilization Heroes the past have
been those who have killed manned their fellow men
The modern forms Of heroism were then unrecognzed
The heroes of the barbarans all had hands We want
the heroes of civilization those who save not kill
those who help hinder. hope the fund will bring
out the best there is in civilization
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
CLASSICAL EDUCATION AT A DISCOUNT

The ate Herbert Spencer had little reverence for the
conventional classical education and could see no sense
In giving boys time to mastering the language two
extinct peoples, the Greeks and the Iatns Here Mr.
Spencer's indictment of the "Iiad:"
my feeling well shown when, twenty years ago.
took up translation liad' for the purpose of
studying the superstons OF the early Greeks after
reading six books felt task it would be to go
onfelt that woulr rather give large sum than read to
the end Passing its tedious details
OF dresses and arms of charots and horses of blows
given and received filing page after page-saying moth
ing of the boysh practice of repeating descriptive names
such well greaved Greeks long haired Achaeans horse
breaking Trojans and forth (ephes which when not
relevant to the issue nuiOus passing over the
many absurdtes, such giving the generalogy of a
horse While in the midst of BATTLE and oRjectg that
the subject matter appeals continually brutal PASSIONS
and the instincts of the sayaget suces say
the ceaseless repeons of battles and speeches is
ntoerabe Even did the ideas presented raise pleasur-
able feelings lack of sufficiently broad contrast in
ter and manner would repel me-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

1t is now reported that the Japs have
completely and effectually bottled" Port
Arthur. Wouldn't that cork" you?
C)-(O)-t:n
PARAGRAPHS.
A Wichita woman. who moved into a
fat. and found it already Inhabited with
little brown fellows suddenly thought
of an economical expedient to rid the
rooms of the pests. During several years
of various sick spells INDUCED in by the
family. a number of half-used bottles OF
medicine had accumulated. She poured
them all into a tin can, and filling the
can with water. applied the mixture 10
the haunts of the enemy. With one ac-
cord each stood upon his head. in ac-
Acknowledgement of the telling qualities of
the combined forces. and then each
promptly died. They died in real earn
est, too. And NOW she wishes she had
not lost all the prescriptions. and knew
the formulas of ali the patent medicines
in the mixture she made. She says If
she only knew. she would make a for
tune on a patent that would be sure to
sell.
Did ii ever occur to you how much out
of place the term "saleslady'' really isl
Who ever heard of a sales-gentheman?
The true American woman does not have
to label herself lady TO be known as
SUCH mus IL is tndt IdOS, Carried 100
far, in fact, become a reproach, without
intent by the participants.
You can always tell the really neat
woman by the ease with which she car
ries her neatness. The woman who is
immaculate only when in public is stiff
and constrained, as if fearing to get one
hair out of place.
Wichita woman, who thought her
husband might not be as true as she
coul,- wish. put on a new dress, new
hat. and a veil rather thicker than she
commonly wore. and sailed forth to
make a conquest of the man she adored.
She saw him coming. but averting her
face so that he might not see her too
plainly. she gave him half bow as she
passed him, and was driven furiously
angry to find that he stopped. finally
turned, and followed her. He walked by
her side, and she knew that he was try
ing to see her face plainly. But she kept
her head averted. and sailed on, thinking
of the blessing he would get when she
got him home. He followed her all the
way. keeping step, until they had ar
rived AT her own gate. Then she turned.
with a, face white with scorn and looked
with startled eyes-into the face af a
strange man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
KANSAyCURIENTS

That hail played thunder yesterday.
There won't be any fishing for a week.
Jim Totty, of Pratt county. has a COW
that is said to produce enough butter-fat
to make two pounds of butter a day. Let
Pratt multiply this breed and its citizens
will be forever immune from oil fever
and like diseases.
Pratt county has a man who is the
exemplification of Mark Hannas motto:
Let well enough alone" His name is
Goodenough.
Fifty fishermen have formed an Isaac
Walton club at newton. The Newton
papers are expected to pick up again now
in sensational local news.
The six prisoners in the Harvey county
Jail were set to roofing out dandelons
in the Jail yard one day this week, and
before dusk had pulled up three wagon
loads Harvey doesn't seem TO care
whether she has regular boarders or not
1t is charged that the eight congress
men from Kansas are candidates for Bur
ton place. but the Lawrence Gazette de-
clares that it can prove an alih for at
least two. Does the Gazette think this
a better one than AIMS age?
John Hartzler. a Saina attorney. has
been arrested OF an indictment returned
by the grand jury at Fort Scott. result
ing from a charge of fraudulent use OF the
mails He says he received two gentle
mems money for certain business mems
addresses but became negligent and
never got the list t. the purchasers.
Ed Howe criticises Ed. Hoch for max
ing spring addresses to graduating
classes. Howe saould subside. there's
plenty Of room on the Kansas lecture
platform for both OratoricaE Eds.
John T. Stewart. of Wellington, was
Incorporated with a new hank AT Alva,
O. T. last week. He is director.
The young people Of Conway Springs
are already taking dips in Slate creek
A. almost always in such cases with
Kansas folks. IT was an accident
The farmers Of one township In Sumner
county planted 400 black locust trees
Fey Kansans viii De more considerable
OF Weary Willie this summer.
~ thing OF beauty is a Joy forever"
as a truth is doomed 10 discrsiIt a. Con-
way Springs. Judging from the following
Item from that place in the Wellington
Monitor Press: Joe Besz has the pref
test garden that can be found in Con-
XTay Springs zi this writing. ditto a mule
colt.
An Oxford man Was arrested AT .Arkan-
Sas City Tuesday on suspicion 81 his Sau-
ity be wanted 90 buy a ticke, 70 Can
ada.
The Arkansas City Traveller glanced
over tire police court records TIRE other
cav and found a delinquent subscriber
had been fired Eve dollars for being
drunk. OF course the editor ~as mad IN
thus being cheated out Q: the results %
his latso-S-
Przr, i being oTerrun xith t-zrurs-
The tro-snle l. that Pratt has not tn
vested IN = sufficient number u s1tr~,
mobiles
Tn. Pratt Citizen suspended publication
last week This leaves t.e Republican
and tie Union - cover tie county
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

y rabid dog struck Pond Creek Tues
day night. Since then the curfew ha
| been found a useless institution.
Brann. of Iconoclast fame. is being me
moralized in the Ell Reno papers.
Latest war bulletin from FL Reno: Thu
American has moved to the building OF
the corner south of the land office. The
Democrat still holds its position at tbs
mouth Nof the harbor. and it looks like
another case of bottling.
One FL Reno paper charges Tom Hens
ley with the declaration that he would
vote the Republican ticket this fall. There
| is probably not another man in the ter
ritory who receives as many compliment
tary notices by the press as Ar. Hens
ley.
A ". McGregor, the Capital Hotel man
of FL Reno. died Wednesday. He had
walked down town and back an hour be
fore his death.
The Blackwell News comes out fat
footed for the Russians. The News IS
also for Parker.
A Blackwell man lodged a stranger the
ing for breakfast he got TO trying on
some OF his hosts clothes. pair Of
pants which he entirely overlooked. and
putting on his own over them. he rode
of on his bicycle. Not until he was no.
tilted by the deputy sheriff. moreover. did
he realize his oversight.
When old Chief Standing Elk went
up against Governor Ferguson TO ask
Val
bHnt. his Heap Bigness must have saf-
fered z sudden shrinkage. The governor
is as used TO the redTuen as he e TO the
white folks
The Perry Republican * rushing ;hings
a little BIT Il is already publishing OF
Notes"
There IS only one quarter section Of
school land IN Noble county that is not
covered b. a lease Tsis fan will -
power Il the election
Onsr Benedict denies that he IS Eore
over the action of the Republican cor
veniion "a turning him down for Bs-
tionaI delegate. Bird McSuires friends
are The ones to be sore on this ocezsion-
stringent immigration izSs
Las. week. shortly after ore % Cell
irSs< pro-nine1. ci3tfzens Rad EFT faT ;hs
81 Louis fair. Il WAS found that he ovess
everybody. had given checks on az sc-
count which ne rad not a76 before efrrl-
luz 20 Ceiling had EDert iNo terms 81 ffse
p4ufssrtisry. once FOR eorse stealing sS6
the ether <DT forgery
Alfred Siecxe - ID Cor burglary ~
Ki-sssher. Alfred Is cosored. last ~
preser. very blue
TIE Se-- Rer1biscsn "a rnsr3rg hecaase
the city caunei. a EeAzrr has pzzssd Al
o-dirzanee proFfSl1g zo~ a superintendent
- water ScFks wESu SCH 81 efftcfS
WORT he ree5et for fve saoztAE gst. Ia
Fery1hssczn doesn't 1871 70 -esize that
TIE council E.zy ~ Ezzhs~ Il ssczsre
man 81 szseTt cztice and ss-skrs fnsSrt-1g
sse esty against this important Office go
LIZ Uzazle1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

| "Pa, what is a precocious child?''
| "A precocious child. my son. is a kid
whom his mother has given up trying 10
| silence"
o"O-O.-o
HELP,
| Oh. say. did you see that carnival ad.
| in yesterdays issue of the Eagle? ALI
| iterations? No, only a sort of rip-roar-
| ing, rampant, rampa ging, rolicking, racy,
ramifying, radiative. raging, rancescent.
rapturouS. raspy, reiterating. re-incarnat-
ing, really rather rebounding, rankly
richly and roundy with reciprocal repiti-
ton, reaching the rare, rapturous rounds
of all peoples hearts. Read. thou retic-
ent renegade. and reap rye straw.
..ol. o..
In a recent headline a Topeka paper
referred to radhIm as being a mineral
used to cure incurable diseases.
3-(O)-C)
IN POLICE COURT.
Judge Ito prisoner)-"You are charged
with being drunk. How do you plead?'
Prisoner-"Not guilty, your honor"
Judge Ito police officer)-'Didn't you
arrest this man, knowing that he was
drunk?'
Police Officer-"Not exactly, your hon
or, 1 only suspicioned it"
Judge" Suspicioned it? What do you
mean?
Police Officer-"Well. you see, judge, he
had railroad ticket from Topeka in his
pocket"
-I:l..l:l-
Iowa Democrats are for Hearst, but
Iowa is for Roosevelt. good and hearty.
o..O-O..O
After Japan had whipped China, some
years ago, Russia wouldn't permit Japan
to take Manchuria as indemnity. Russia
now controls Manchuria, and Japan is
naturally sore to have Russia grab Jap
ans legitimate grabbings.
.-o-- iol''
when Elihu Root speaks at the Ma
tional Republican convention he will get
at the root of things said the Piker's
palsied punster yesterday, but he blushed
to the root of his hair as he observed
that a note was made of the remark
10. 20
Diogenes, the Piker, roared again last
night
What is it now?" he was asked
Did you notice that the japanese ma
rines quit wine apd tobacco for a whole
day, to show their grief for the death of
Makaroff. whom they had slain by means
of a mine? They also blew up GOO Rus
sian sailors Wine and tobacco WOULD
taste rather thin after drinking all that
human blood.
Q..l--i..D
Miss ]. is ugly and horrid,' she said.
she dresses in bad taste said she.
(diss ]. enters).
''Ha, 1 heard the rustling of your
wings he said.
What were they saying?" asked Miss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
A MORE uP.TopATE CAR.

The present Car is the first cf his recognize
the legitimate claims of the press At the outbreak of the
present he granted interview to Melville Stone
general of the Associated Press Soon there
after he received depuation of ST. Petersburg
paper men, and week ago. he gave audience
English journalist Henry Norman NJ P the last named
by the way did not find his majesty phys
ca weakling he has been described often Instead
Nicholas seemed to be in the best of health and presented
his views Oriental questions in clear and strong
fashion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
UNCLE SANS PENSION ARMY

Figures compiled by R. l. O'Brien for the Worlds
Work exhibit in striking manner the great increase of
the American army of pensioners One million names
are on the federal pension roll All the employees Of all
American railroads. from their presidents down the
track walkers. number but few The annual pay
roll of the railroads $4,000 600 year. the pension
payments s1S7 100000 fully oneffth as much The
pensioners of all other combined including the
Spanish and Philippine could occupy city of 600 The
civil pensioners would make city of $4,000 Our
pension system a monument the tremendousness Of
the struggle over secession.
The pension payments from July l. 1865. 10 June So
of last year. have amounted 10 the total of
s292417S145s$; the cost Of administering the law for
the same period has been $9t6479S47 making the
expenditure thus far pension than three
billion and thrtyseven million dollars or expressed in
figures, s.. 0S7. SOC, 0S0.68
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
EX-GOVERNOR FRANCIS
FOR PRESIDENT.

Some months since the
4 Eagle essayed Missouri
showdown, in the interest
of the national party
r. Francis of Louis president Louisiana
position was the available man for that party to
nominate for its candidate for president time
The Eagle estimated that he only the avail
able but the who could command the united
support of section of the country and of all
tions the OF Wall of the unerrfed
the and south; the enthusiasm conservative
Cevelande and that of the optimistic Bryanite alike
Tammany has little for Parker than it has for
Bryan but for entirely different Francis is
western man. but he acceptable cabinet officer
for the Cleveland administration closely as he
is with the agricultural of the middle west and
of the SOUTH he has, banker packer and capitalist
close relations with Yorks money center While his
Democracy has questioned either as the gov
of his of Cleveand's political
family, he has been in close touch with many of the
tenets advocated by the Bryan wing of his party AS
president OF the Louisiana Exposition his name
is not only familiar the people of his own
country representative peoples of all countries
Now the interesting intmaton from a number
of Democratic organs and west unexpected
Information from Democratic
David R. Francis president of the great exposition is
being seriously considered by party maghates and
west the available compromise candidate yet
mentioned in such connection fact it in
quarters that Parkets candidacy is but blind or
but temporary bridge threatening chasm Demo
cratic leaders who being interviewed everywhere
offer dissent generally hearty endorsement. The Bos
Advertiser recognized eastern organ of the Demo
cratic party in analyzng the situation, consents to
strong Francis undercurrent in the party That
agree the ex-governor who will much in the pub
lie eye in the months to entirely satisfactory
to the Democratic leaders of New England New York
Pennsylvania and Maryland OF course the members of
that party in the south be unit for Fran
els He is liked well Cleveland in the east as well
as Bryan in the west well German in the south
The Boston referred concludes its analysis with
the significant expression:
"The political movements of Ex-Governor Francis and
bis friends between the time of the St Louis
convention will be instructive The nomination is to
made in his home city With well conducted campaign
in his behalf it will not be hard stampede the conven
ton Bryans nomination in 1896 shows how this can be
done"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
The RUSSIAN A GO.

The London correspondent of the New York Evening
Post declares that the floating of Russian of
100000 600 in Paris is certainty Only remain
be arranged 1t is likely that Russia will pay
high price for this financial accommodation, but Paris
could hardly refuse the money desired French investors
have ventured much in lending Russia that they
must keep in order prevent disastrous break
the market for securities upon which they staked
hundred million dollars. sefdeense they must
farther along the road they hitherto travelled
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06
BUT A SPECIES OF SLAVERY.

The Introduction of cooe labor into the Transvaa is
making end of trouble the British ministry which
is mercilessly scored by the opposition Sensational
charges against the morality of foreign repre-
sentatives in the West Coast of Africa have been made
by Liberian MISSIONARY. The fight between champions
and critics of King Leopods Congo Free State still
nues in spite of the that the author the
charges against the Belgian administrators has
been heavily mulcted in a libel suit in British
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

Why SO little heed to Bryan in his Commoner and
much given to his speeches? like the difference
tween the of rooster at midday when attention
is paid it, and the impressive chanticeer of the
rooster at midnight dog bayng the the silence
of the night is solemn thing his barking by day but
yelp and a nuisance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

Parker to suit the Republican party best as
Democratic candidate against Roosevelt AS nothing can
be said against Parkers Democracy his private life,
why this Republican preference? Confident of winning,
they presumably desire to whip a of character.
There would be glory in flooring Hearst.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

The Journal that there talk Of offering
Carrie Nation the marshashp of Topeka. Carrie is
successful smashe but her appreciation of the value of
money will hardly permit her renquish $500 week
salary a freak for 500 month and the little
glory had of running in drug DRINKS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

Sam Parks who so bullied the national labor union
meeting Kansas City last year and who later
Sing Sing from New York City having been convicted
extortion and haekmai died in the penitentary of
consumption on Wednesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-06

Ed. Hoch candidate for governor, made a heart-to-
heart talk the Woman's Federation of Clubs
Emporia Wednesday Think of calling aggregation of
club ''dears sweets" and the like But when it
is remembered that every club who has
husband Hoch did the bright thing.