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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
MORE PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA.

What a miserable country Russia must
be to live in. and how long will that UNI
fortunate country be oppressed by the
government which is now installed there?
Eventually the bureaucratic system will
break down, but at present there is no
indication that that time is approaching.
The persecution of the Jews in Russia
was preceded by and is probably accom-
panied by the milder persecution of the
Russian Baptists, who are religiously OPP
posed to the persecution of the Jews, and
i'm that. therefore. are considered not
orthodox.
The man who is said to be responsible
for the persecution of the Jews, Russian
Baptists and German Lutherans is
Pobedonoszetf. whose aim it is to realize
the dream of Katkoff, the proprietor of
the Moscow Gazette, and to establish a
pan-Slavic orthodox empire which shall
dominate Europe.
The Jews are being driven out of the
country, the German Lutherans are
looking TO the young War Lord of the
German empire for succOr, and the
Russian Baptists, who number already
several millions, are passing from the
condition of a religious to political
body of increasing proportions. If
trouble comes then, between Germany
and Russia, in the prosecuted sects the
Germans may find an assistance which
the Russian government Is itself pre-
naTinr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
4e qahita Daily eagle Thursday aorne JANUARY 1891

should be at once purchased with treas
ury notes. non-interest bearing. oaio
outstanding bonds of the L. 5. should be
called for and paid in their regular
order bv series and numbers, and IN
case holders refuse 10 deliver any or all
of said bonds for cancellation,
at the places designated by the secretary
of the United States treasury. any anu
all said bonds so withheld from canoe Ia
ton should cease TO bear interest frG ID
date of the order of the department cah
ing in for payment any and all bonds so
withheld for cancellation. There should
be no more charters for national banks
given, and no more national bank cur
rency issued: but all national bank cur
rencv should be withdrawn from clrcu-
lation as fast as the bonds held by the re-
spective BANKS Ito secure their clrcuia-
tom could be called in by their respect
i've numbers for cancellation. New
charters could be issued in place OF the
old. based upon a sworn pald-up cash
CAPITAL. the amount of which 10 be stated
in the charter; said cash capital TO con-
sist of the circulating medium OF the
United States. viz: Gold coin, silver
coin. gold and silver certificates, and l.
5. treasury notes, nOn-interest bearing.
There should be penalty say lmprls-
onment for life, for defrauding depoS-
itor, or for making sworn false state
ment of the assets and liabilities or tinan-
cial status of any bank doing banking
or brokerage business III the United
States.
The people do not require the redemp,,
ton of any of our paper currency; and
no one-tne bondholder excepted-re-
quires the government to hold any part
of the circulating medium IN reserve 70
make good any other part of the same,
thereby reducing the circulating medium
which shout / find its way into the hands
of the people. This would obviate the
necessity of building more vaults to hold
the silver now being coined, and would
afford relief to the masses by forcing
money out into business channels.
JAMES w. BELLER,
Perth, Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
WICHITA AND RUNNYMEDE.

\ travelling correspondent Of the
EAGLE sent up last night quite an inter-
esting special from Runnymede which
appears elsewhere. There is more than
ordinary solidity and energy marking the
founding, growth and enterprise of that
English settlement. The place is stu
ated in a magnificent county, on the
Chicaski river, some forty miles south
west of this city and both town and
settlement have a future Of undoubted
promise.
Our correspondent alludes 10 the
Wichita and FL Paso railway, line OF
road organized in this city and chartered
the first section Of which is TO link
Wichita and Runnymede. The road Will
traverse a magnificent agricultural
district all the way from Wichita to
Runnvmede and one equally as good
beyond the last named place until the
line Of the Cherokee Strip
is reached through which 1t
will Irun in a southwesterly
direction. Long before the road can
possibly be constructed between Wichita
and Runnymede and on to the line Of the
territory the seven millions of acres
comprising the strip will have been
thrown open to settlement. 1t will be a
good investment and great road, and
what is better than all an independent
road.
Wichita greatly desires this new road
and can well afford to take an interest
in it. The local corporation, under
which it was organized, stand ready to
turn over their franchise to the men who
will construct it, and to lend the enter
prise their best efforts.
IL is our understanding that the town
ships in the vicinity of Runnymede
propose voting local aid to the Wichita
and FL Paso railway. Petitions are out
in this city for an election also. Wichita
must touch every part Of the territory,
and this line will traverse new and I'M
portant agricultural and live stock
districts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
SITTING BULLS SUCCESSOR.

With the death of Sitting Bull, Chief
Gall is said to be by far the most infiu-
entail chieftain among the Sioux. He is
said to have planned the campaign of &c
but To have become convinced from Its
result that it was useless to contend with
the government, and to have since de-
voted himself to the furtherance of a
peace policy. He is also said to be well
educated and to be an accomplished ag-
riculturist.
If this be true, why does not the gov
eminent use him as its agent in dealing
with Sioux Indians and make arrange
ment by which they shall be allotted to
lands where they could support them
selves in time and educate their children:
The nation has been disgraced by its
treatment of the Indians, and it could
well afford to expend some thought upon
a change.
Since it seems 10 be the determined
policy of the government TO exterminate
that branch of its aboriginal proteges
now that it has begun that work, it is
probably waste of time to offer sugges-
tions as TO their treatment and manage
mpnt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
REPRESENTATION AND JUSTICE.

To the Edror O. TIRE EaS.e-
The theory Of the constitution of the
United States Is, that the people rule and
the legislators are sent direct from the
people 10 look after their interests. and
properly represent them. always OF
course within the limits Of the consti-
tuition.
Another theory Is that the legislators,
president, and all offi cials are the serv-
ants Of the people. not their masters.
Well. what are the actual facts:
The farmers are by all odds the larg-
ct class in the United States. for this Is
pre-eminentlv az agricultural country.
and the ts.sis Of all wealth aud proper
itv i the products Of the soil. both on
lis surface aud IN the bowels Of the earth.
The writer claims that among this class
should he named the farmers, who RAISE
grain and live stock; the planters who
raise cotton. fax. rice. sugar. hemD. to-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
AN OPEN LETTER

TO senator 2. 3 Pllzb.
Why not at once pass the free coinage
measure. and have il take effect July J.
1891, and in the.interim have the gov
eminent purchase ali the silver bullion
Mt for coinage. IN the hands Of the Amer
ican holders. paying for the same n
silver certificates OF L. :. treasury note.
non-iHterest bearlng. in Denominations
from one 70 twenty dollar bills. and rin
the minis a. their full capacity until
July /. 1891. and call in the bonds out
standing a. the L. : deb,l a fast a.
the silver dollars could b coined, pay
ing for the bonds with the silver now on
hand in the treasury and that beng
coined. All L. : bonds outstanding
July /. 1891, not having beer pssa C.
with the silver coin herein provided.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

Ii is an old saw that mistakes will
happen in the hes regulated news
papers" but that does not prevent them
from making the one thus compromised
appear less SO, nor lessen the exaspera-
ton he may feel in consequece of. In
speaking. in yesterdays issue. Of the case
of heresy in Cleveland, O.. in the con
Guiding paragraph. the inadvertent omis-
sion of the word mot made the writer
say Just the contrary Of what he meant
TO say. The true spirit Of Christianity,
rs we understand it. is both critical and
liberal. but neither of these nor both Of
them imply heresy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
Jus.lcs Brown 4 ne South

Justice Brown. the late sppofntes -
the supreme beuch. formerly lived ia
Memphis. and the Commercial says q
him. "A Kspabllcau IA politics. Dc has
never. thai we have beard II. been
su-aysd ~ partisan feeling CT sWervsd
from q Just and fair exposition q tie
laws He = a MAJ q unbleruzshsd rep
utatlgn and lawyer q unusual ability
Jealous q his professional stafdlnZ ard
reputation. AID zs7lotls 20 MAINTAIN the
judiciary Up 70 the highest siAndards .
Ia. been carried hv his distinguished
r,r.s.tascaaarlrA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

far az the editor Of the Champion IL con
cerneA j. way off In the above allusIon.
80 office within tbs gift q ingalls, or any
other politician was ever thought q or
would have been accepted had IL been
rendered. The editor d the Champion.
- rot a rnspdicant. not an ofics seeker.
be has 10 ambition 81 that sJTt aad
could not have been tempted "a year
ago nor even now ~ stuitify himself in
any such way a. above iniimatsd He
altitude on tie senatorial controversy
rests upon higher and worthier grounds
the mere cousiderafion q oaiCs-holdiEg.
-At1hi50B Champion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

Considerable comment has been caused
I'm collegiate circles in Germany by the
ease of Walter May, student, who has
been expelled from Leipzig university
Cor circulating the docu ne of Socialism
among the students. His operations
were not confined TO the university. as
be frequently made fiery speeches before
large audiences Of workingmen, who
would congregate at the noon heuT 20
listen to him, and among whom his in
fuence is said to have been great The
college student has long been the alleged
chief cause Of trouble, of socialistic
character, 10 the German government
and it is probable that the emperor, IN
s;s recent speech in which he inveighed
against the idea of a higher education
among the people of his empire, had just
such incidents as that mentioned in his
sasnd,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
limitation Of Christ. -

George Eliot.
The small, old-faShioned book Thomas
aKempis) for which you need pay only
sixpence at book stall. works miracles
to this dav, turning bitter waters TO
sweetness. while expensive sermons and
treatises. newly issued. leave all things
as they were before. 1t was written
down by hand that waited for the
hearts prompting; 1t Is a chronicle Of
solitary hidden anguish, struggle, trust
and triumph-nOt written on velvet
cushions 10 teach endurance 10 those
who are treading with bleeding feet
upon the stones. And 50 it remains 10
all time a lasting record of human needs
and human consultations. The voice of a
brother who ages ago felt and suffered
and renounCed-in the cloister. perhaps.
with serge gown and tonsured head, with
much chanting and long faSts, and with
fashion of speech different from ours
but under the silent, far-off heavens,
and with the same passionate desires, the
same strivings, the same failures and the
same WEAKNESS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
Douglass Election Bill.

From the Atchison Champion.
1t is understood that Hon. George l.
Douglass, member-elect of the Kansas
legislature from Sedgwick county, has
substantially embodied in bill just pre-
pared by himself, the amendment re-
Gently suggested by the Champion to
his ELECTION BILL" 10 prohibit bribery
and corruption in the legislature. Mr.;
Douglass bill is very opportune and
should become a law. 1t Is unfortunate,
however, that it cannot be passed in time
10 interfere with the plans Of the ingalls,
fixers at the approaching session.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The editor of a Georgia country news
paper announces that he will discontinue
the publication of theatrical advertise
ments because he has experienced relig-
ion. We cannot imagine that that re
uunciation viii require a great deal Of
iirmness down in the woods of Georgia.
or that the editor will be often tempted
TO break his good resolutions. Ii might
be a different matter altogether if his
conscience should urge him to shut off
on the church-rafiie advertising.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

Frr-l ~ sew Tors ~la.
There are two Eays u looking a. this
remarkable savage. he was pest or q
patriot according % the point q view.
4 treacberou= murdsrous. merCIle-s
outlaw. an enemy a. prDZre-s and
civilization. Sitting Bull was one - those
Indians v~ho are good Indians only when
thev ara dead Indiana WHY 81 q dIyiO-
rnstjst. fercs a. a berserker. patient and
inplaczbls a. Hannibal. born leader u
men. he wzs the last great champion II
al. own people against an aggressor and
oppressor whom in MS philosophy = VA
honor TO deceive and glory 81 DESTROY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

War seems 70 have broken out be-
tween PING. Wanamaker and the civil
service commission; but, though the
commission may have the best of 1T as
to the records and facts, very large
share of public sympathy-that is to
say, the sympathy of large portion OF
the public-will be with the p. IN. 6.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

A letter comes directed TO the Liars
Department" of the EAGLE, in which the
big Oklahoma cabbage story is some
what cynically handled. Truth compels
It's to acknowledge that, unfortunately,
or otherwise, the EACLE is the only paper
that we know of that is unequipped with
such an annex. However, there was no
necessity for sending the letter more
than block or two distant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The electoral college Of 1888 contained
401 votes; that for 1892 will contain 42O,
although the new apportionment VIII
not be in effect until 1898, the increase
of nineteen being the number Of senators
from the six new states recently adj
Ynifta1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

There are few faithful Republicans
in the senate: faithful TO their party,
their constituents and to the country.
and they faithfully warn their confreres
day after day of the results that will
follow the dillatory policy that is still
pursued by the majority party in the
matter of enacting some relief legisla-
sion. But these warnings seem TO have
no effect, are 80 much OF loves labor
lost. Changing the personal pronoun in
the old Scotch couplet We would quote
il as on invocation. thus:
Oh, wad some power the Ciftie sic EN-.
TO see themselS as ithers see EN-.
The ma lorIty, we mean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Difference Of a Dollar.

The Difference Of Dollar.
From the Emporia Republican
The old soldier in Kansas who draws
pension of SIS a month is not as FORUM
ate as the one who draws 81. Any dis
abled and INDECENT soldier whose pension
does not exceed 81 may be admitted to
the Soldiers Home at Fort Leavenworth,
where all his wants will be provided for
at public expense. If he draws SIS or
over per month he cannot enter the
home
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
Tho Weakness of the Law.

David Dudley Field SAYS that the DIFF
ficulty in the way of Furnishing crime l.
the abundance of lawvers-they make
the laws for punishment OF otfenses,
make them SO obscure and difficult TO be
understood by the common people that
their evasion Is an easy matter. Their
occupation depends upon thus construct
ing laws, he SAYS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

1t is said that the Emperor William
proposes to visit Paris, but it is added
that he will not make himself known
while there. We are inclined to think
that the young Kaiser will be very wise
if he adheres closely to the latter proviso.
The French, that is the Partisan portion
Of them, have had it in for the Germans
ever since Billie's father took in their
pretty city in 1871.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

dav. It's necessary 20 procure a permit
from the Indian agent % be allowed 20
witness this "long-born Staying ~ mod
ern times by the Indians.
a strange outburst in the Perkins 'iu1e-
peudeut--Ths balm % consistency -
found anywhere along The great valley 81
the Cimarron and the bone u contention
nav be found still and dying cot ia the
unopened Indian lauds bod speed The
governmental stamp tBafi'hc same nAY pe
crushed into atoms-lnfuitsslmal partI-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The removal OF the restrictions that
have long existed in Italy against the
American hog, and the free admission Of
American corn into Mexico again, both
of which are now promised, ought to
serve as "a sort of spring board to our
forcing traffic in our farm products. And
IFS no difference what YOU call tit is
what we want. and lots of it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The treasury department has made a
ruling which excludes potatoes from the
customs warehouses. What effect this
will have upon the price Of that neces-
sary article of food remains to be deter
mined, but it is sockdolager to the Al
lance government warehouse scheme.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
THE NEW YEAR.

Silent and white
Thro' the dim night
Fell the soft snow.
Now fast, now SLOW,
Making the posts
Like sheeted ghosts
Robing the woods
In finer goods
Than ever were spun by mortal skill.
And bleached on the sunny side the hlll'
Where frippes are woven by weavers,
Where the warp is mist, and the wool
is air: The world is dressed like a bride
in white, although the poor old year
died last night Drop not a tear
On the cold bier
OF the brave year
Whose corse is here
His work is done,
And battles won
And he will be
Named with free
Thro' future time
For deeds sublime.
We welcome here
The new born year.
The snow that falls
From the gray walls
OF the thick clouds
j. not for shrouds
For the days fed,
Or for wears dead.
lis the white fleece
Emblem of peace
sent down TO cheer
The soft young year
May no red vein
Make a red stain
On the robe white
Move last night.
So ring the soft,
Sweet bells alofr,
Ring the true chime
OF the good time,
Ring loud and clear
For this new year.
-Yule Tide Visitor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

According to the collector Of the port
of New York duty on goods in bond at
present amounts TO s., 236, 900, of which
81, 900, 900 is on goods Of recent arrival,
not subject to withdrawal on February
/, leaving the amount Of duty likely to
be paid on goods Withdrawn on that
J,ta cG 02G OOO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The journey of the young CzarewItch
Nicholas, around the world, which was
to last year, has been brought to a
sudden end. This step has been taken
10y the car chiefly because the czarina
has been much disturbed by fears Of as
sassination, and apprehends that her son
will not be allowed to reach home in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The trouble that has for some time eX-
listed in the baseball fraternity it is said,
is now TO be practically settled. With
this out Of the way and the Indian war
at an end, the country can look into the
face of the new year with degree Of
hopeful assurance that it has not expert
enced-for well, not since the November
,IpbaaVol
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
Ohiact for Special Prayer.

The ministerial union Of Topeka has
adopted the following resolution:
We venture TO suggest that Sunday,
January 4, 1891, being the first day OF
the week of prayer, be observed by all
Christian churches in Kansas as a day OF
special private and public prayer for the
power of the Holy Spirit upon all
churches; that reviving influences may
visit them; that their membership may
be aroused to holy living and earnest
efforts; that many may be led to the
SaviOr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
Young Simpson is IA Years Old.

PA" said Jerry Jimpson,s little. boy
the other day, as he picked up letter
directed to his father, what does that
Hon mean before your manner and
the sockless sage replied: "Honest, my
son.-Wichita EAGLE.
The esteemed EAGLE should explain to
the unsophisticated reader how man
whose wife is childless can talk that way
to his son.-Newton Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The New York Sun now calls the adj
mirers of Grover Cleveland by the new
name of sactomantimaniacs. As a sam
ple case Of true sactomantimanla or
mugwump's disease, the Sun itself takes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
NI1Iiif Eagle
u NJ MURDOCH. Editor.

That this new year may be a joyous
and prosperous-ioyous because prosper
ous-to all and singular Of the EAGLE 5
family of readers and patrons Is Its
sincere and best wish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

4 rear a-o ingalls, could have nipT@i
TIE light azzinsi hip In TIE bud - The
gifi Il three ofsBces-cns - Father ksk-
Tifxe. ons ~ Luther Chaliiss and Oue -
Gen R5ce. ~ lrhalA EAGiN
Our highly cKas@@-=4 reteEaE'o-4rJs -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The medical fraternity scout the idea
that la grippe will again vivate this
country in the near future, but If 1t lsn
already here something else that has
stolen its livery and effects, is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
The snider and Flr ACT.

From the Topeka Denpcrs,.
The Democrats and ex-Democrats in
the coming legislature, if they are wise.
by prudent action. can be power and
scare victory both in the election OF
state printer and United States senator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01

The value of imports into the United
states for November was S73,910, S43,
sgainst 1894, 7S4 last year. Exports
during the same month were $50, 49, l9,
AGAINST 500, ia. S26 in 1889.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
He Writes Better Than He Speaks.

From the Leavenworth Times.
In none of the western cities where
Mr.. Stanley has lectured do the news
papers manifest any particular enthus-
iasm over him as a lecturer. Inc St'
Louis Globe Democrat says he was us
tened to with patience rather than with
interest and that with all his achieve
ments the great explorer has not ac-
ouired the art of saying things well In
deed the chief satisfaction which his
hearers derive is the qualification of their
curiosity to see the man.