Show COL COla MURDOCK PASSES Editor Postmaster and Republican Politician No More Wichita Kan ICan Jan Tan 2 The sleep if f everlasting peace gently closed the lif hf of ot M M Murdock editor and an owner 0 the Wichita Eagle and pst post postmaster I st master of Wichita at 1250 this morn morning m rn ing Irig Death came to him while he He had been unconscious unon since ricce nc Monday and his son C gr mn Victor Murdock who arrived In this city from Washington did not n t arrive in time to speak to his father before the end Colonel Murdock undoubtedly was vas the most noted man in Kansas during the I past ast years ears His powerful pen shaped the destiny of the Republican can party on many occasions Be lIe fig ilg figured figured in some of ot the exciting cones cenes of If t the early history o of the state notably raid on Lawrence |