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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

coin should be of gold or silver. so that
the conference adjourned without reach
| ing a determination IN the matter.
! All the other nations of South and Cen
trail America were in accord on the
subject, and they said that they would
wait until the United States had made
up its mind as to what it wanted. IN
doubleday the dollar will be OF silver,
and the general sentiment Is in favor OF
one that shall be OF the value of the
Mexican dollar, whish is worth SO cents,
whereas ours is only worth IS cents. All
the countries concerned in the agree
ment will coin the new dollar, each one
in quantities proportionate to its popu-
latiOn, and the circulation of the new
piece will be made compulsory by baw
throughout the Americas One face,
bearing the likeness of Columbus, or
whatever other design may be chosen,
will ALWAYS be the same-fOr the United
States. B.izil, and the Argentine Repub-
lie, Chill, Peru, and the rest-but the
diverse will have the name and insignia
of the nation which issues the dollar.
The object of this proposed com Is 10
facilitate commerce among the Amerl-
can republics and to obtain security
against the great fluctuations III the
price Of silver which have hitherto caus-
ed so much financial tronble. As rem
edy for the difficulty Secretary Window
suggested that the United States treas
ury might issue certificates Of deposit IN
exchange for silver bullion deposited,
giving to the certificates the market
value Of the bullion on the day
of its deposit and reducing it at the
market price on the day of its redemp-
ton. Taking into consideration the
varying value Of the commodity in cues
ton such an enterprise would seem TO be
rather Of the nature of a gamble on the
governments part and nembers OF the
Pan-American conference were not IN
clined to approve of the idea. SO
universal American trade dollar Is TO be
established, and it is likely that none
tarv commission viii be created for the
purpose of issuing the coin and establish
ing its circulation. The dollar having
been determined upon a tifty-cent piece
and other subsidiary tokens Of value viii
be added. 1t is expected that these
coins, so distinctively American, VIII
obtain very general recognition and cir
culation abroad also. Silver has been
called the pocket money Of the world,
aud it is expected to be Of the greatest
benefit 10 the commerce which Is be
ginning to develop between the United
States and the southern republic that
there shall be a single standard of value
common among 10000, 600 people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Ralph Flynn, Tancher living st
Wayne, on the Seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern railway, has had a dangerous
encounter with panther and narrowly
escaped the claws Of the beast
FINN started hunting early one morn.
ing, taking with aim WInckest<= rife
of the latest patent, which he had inst
bought and had not learned 20 handle
with skill lie was looking principally
for deer. and had gone about five miles
through a deep thicket when he cane
suddenly upon the partially jeyoured
carcass Of sheep. which had evidently
fallen a prey TO panther Remember.
ing reports Of sheep having been killed
by wild animals in his ueighbOrhoOd
Flynn h3stened on. nervinR himself for
"A tussle with q cougar or some equally
his gun was prepared he cautiously eyed
every nook as no passed. OCCASIONALLY
seeing fresh tracks Of yarminta.
Flynn Travelled on about two miles IA
this manner without success. and gave
up The chase on that line. He had Jusi
turned to retrace his steps when his eye
caught what seemed 10 be q dogs head
paering At him over log. A second
look proved % Flynn that II WA .
panther instead OF dog. Taking do
lIberate aim, Flynn rested ms riffs
against a = 90 and fred at the animals
head. The ball only stunned the brnt~.
which, with crazy leap, made toward
Flynn. Tire !atters delay iu rel1sdlr1
On account Il the new patent DeafiJ
proved fatal b. himself, a. the panthci
was within twenty feet u him when ~
snot IL dead between the eyes TbG
o-ute was between Flynn and the sheepa'
carcass. and had followed him by rs
keen scent for Two mlies-
j; measured nine feet from tip 70 Up,
and Us hide u now trophy highly
przrd b. Flynn SEATTLE Post-lHtsil,
geu-eT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
a NEW SILVER DOLLAR

It is quite likely that the Pan-Amer-
lean monetary conference now being
held in Washington. d. c.. viii create a
new silver dollar, which viii circulate
not merely in the United States, but
throughout all of her eighteen sister re-
puhhcs. What the dollar viii be ike re-
mains 70 be determined by the confer
ence. but there Is very little doubt on
this point In all probability /, VIII r.
semble somewhat the United States sill
Yer dollar, with portrait Of Columbus
to take the place Of the Goddess Of LID
erty or one side, the diverse varying.
The New York Financier discusses the
proposition at some length, from which
We make this extract:
The eighteen republics in question de-
sired 10 establish the coinage OF this
international dollar when their repre-
sentauveS met here a year ago. but the
delegates appointed by THE country
Mr.. Estee of California. and Mr.. T. JET
ferSon Coolidge OF observation-disclosures
over the question as 10 whether the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Simultaneous with the announcement
of the discovery of new salt deposits IN
Kansas and preparations for developing
the same on a larger scale than any other
plant in the west, comes the statement
that the North American Salt company
of New York, the most extensive and
richest salt enterprise in this country,
has decided 10 reduce its capital s., 000.
600, which, of course, means the cutail-
meut of It's operations in like proper
ton. Kansas can furnish large por-
ton Of the human family with its bread
and meat supply and with the very best
Of seasoning m unlimited quantities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
AN INTERESTING DECISION.

Dealers in real estate will be interested
in a decision that has just been rendered
by the New York court of appeals at
/ Albany.
A piece Of property was sold at auction
and a memorandum of the sale was
made and signed by the auctioneer as
usual The bidder subsequently refused
or failed to take the property, whereupon
/ he was notified that ii would be resOld
on his abcount and that he would be
held for any deficiency I'm the price real
IL d. 1t was accordingly resold for Sl6,-
900 less than his bid, and on refusal to
pay this amount suit was brought against
him for recovery.
The plaintiff obtained a judgment, and
it was affirmed by the common pleas,
general term. This Is now set aside by
the court of appeals, which holds that
the auctioneer's memorandum was not
binding for the reason that it did not
name or describe the seller of the prop
ertv. 1.-The memorandum saws the
court, "failed to state the name of the
vendor or to give any description by
which he or she could be identified, and
this omission was fatal"
An agreement of this kind to be valid
and binding must giva 1.-The subject
matter of the sale, the terms. and the
name Of a description Of the parties
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
a VIGOROUS COMPLAINT AND PRO-
TEST FROM KINGFISEER.
KNG7TsHER. .. T., Jan. s. Is9

KNGFTsHER, o. T., Jan. 8, 1891
10 the Editor o, the Eagls-
II has been sometime since the writer
has inflicted the readers Of the EAGLE
with any correspondence from the ''capi-
tai city Oklahoma. therefore, tonight.
the task Is undertaken. not with a view
Of getting notorietv or fame, but with
aim to place matters properly before the
people, and particularly the thousands
Of readers Of the best paper published
between Kansas City and Denver. Okla
homa, unfortunately, has been misrep-
sent-d, by the press, more than any other
new country ever before thrown open 70
settlement For WHY, we have been una
be TO understand Il Is Cooi country
"a beautiful climate and settled IN the
man. by poor. but honest. energetic
citizens. We see no reason for this ter
rible roasting received on every hand by
the press OF every state and territory.
To De sure. Oklahoma Ike AT new
countries had many obstacles 10 Overcome
which have served a. stumulIng blocks
10 rapid progress in many thing PROB
ably the greatest 81 al Is the manner IN
which u Mas openai for settlement a.
everyone knows without law. let
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

A Pennsylvania railroad has just filed
mortgage at Pittsburg, Pa, for seven
ty-five millions of dollars. These great
debts are never fully paid, but hang like
"A milestone around the necks of the cor
porations forever. IL that were all il
would not make much difference, but il
isn't. In order TO declare dividends on
the aggregate capitalization, that same
railroad will proceed to increase its rates
of charges and squeeze down on its oper-
atinE expenses, SO that the public and its
employees will have the burden 10 bear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

The Turner letter to Chairman Nc
Grath, given in yesterdays dispatches,
indicates a state of case similar in some
respects TO that developed in Georgia
on the eve of the senatorial election by
the legislature of that state, and which
led to the defeat Of the Alliance candi-
date for senator and also called for an
Investigation by the Ocala convention of
The part played by some of the up-up
officials of the Alliance in that state
There are more things going on than the
nnsophisticated Alliance laymen wot Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Governor Hill SAYS this i his last year
in the governorship. The Globe-Demo-
crat observes that If this he true the Re
publicans have 4 fair chance of carrying
New York next November; that with
any other man than Hill at the head of
their ticket that's an exceedingly doubt
FL. state for the Democrats. This viii
be construed 10y the Hill boomers rs
applicable TO the presidential chances in
that state. but that is by no means GER
tain. Ii Mr.. Hin wants 10 remain in
public Office and Is wise be viii permit
his supporters in the Empire state 20
keen INN where he is, or place HIM in
the L. 5. senate while they have a
chance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
KEANs COMPLICATIONS.

The decision of the United States SUI
preme court in the case of James b.
Prather rs. Preston, Kean q Co., Tues
day adds 5000 to the liabilities of the
busted Chicago bank. Pratber was a
banker Of Maryville. Mo-, and in 1882
made a special deposit of $4,000 in
government bonds in what was then
the bank Of Preston, Kean & Co., since
then re-organized as S. A. Kean * Co.
In 1888 Frederick Kerr, cashier of the
bank, absconded with $4,000 worth OF
the assets of the bank, together with Mr..
Prather's bonds, and the case was
fought 10 the United States supreme
court, which Tuesday decided that the
bank is liable for the amount of the
deposit, which with interest amounts to
about $4,000 Bishop Taylor, the Congo
missionary, is also interceding with the
court for a $4,000 balance left with the
Kean concern to the credit of his
missionary work and upon which bal
ance the continuance Of the labor Of
love in the Dark Continent largely
demands
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Despite It's immense banking capital
and solid financial condition it is an open
secret that during the recent money
squeeze throughout the country, and
especially in the east, Chicago found it
Necessary 10 call for Outside assistance,
and odd as it may appear, -. Louis re-
sponded with the Necessary and desired
relief The sleepy old Missouri town
doesn't boast of Its financial prowess.
but it is noticed that there Is less com
plant of s,ringency in money matters.
and consequent depression of COM
mercial and industrial enterprise, from
that place than any Of the money ceuters
Of he country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

How the Topeka gang itches to run
Wichita, and how with certainty and &C.
lerity they are losing to the Republican
party all the larger cities of the state,
and just as surely the state itself. The
Capital in backing up the state house
ring may desire to be half way fair, but
it seems to us that a ter all that has oc-
Cured in Wichita, and especially after
the vote of last fall. that only an I'M
considerable liar could stand up and say
that any considerable number Of business
men, or Of any body else in this city, has
any use for the prohibitOry law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

The Railroad Age, speaking of Iowa,
says: The people of Iowa have them
selves to thank for their one paltry mile
of iron. They have inaugurated a war
on railroads, one that is as unfair as it is
suicidal. There will not be another cent
of capital put into iron in Iowa until the
people Of Iowa learn that idiotic agitation
is not conducive to prosperity
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

There may be no way TO legally com
pel a railroad company to transport, free
of charge, supplies donated for the retief
and benefit Of destitute communities,
but such communities ought to be able
TO ignore such railroad in the transac-
tion of business when good fortune
smiles upon them and brings them a
return Of business and prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

There was a Democratic party before
Grover Cleveland was born, SAYS the To-
peka Democrat. and adds that there
will be a Democratic party long after he
aas passed from the scene of earthly ac-
zion. Man worship is not commendable,
either in an individual or in a party. 80
And the Democrat proceeds TO point its
moral 10y indulging in a column of adu-
alton for its hero, d. b. Hill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Friend n yoa are ~ bad OF Why DON'T
you apply 70 your rcA brother in Bostoa
Tor assistance
Poor Mani did write % him % azaiss
me and what answer 90 you sgppose got
Z have 10 idea
"He wrote me that my letter aking fc-
as. stance had never rrarhsd hln. Tens
Sitting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

81 want TO say" says Secretary Noble,
that all this talk about Indians starving
IS nonsense" If not nonsense II IS some
thing worse. 1t is partisan misrepresenta-
ton. -EmpOria Republican.
II that is true several prominent and
reputable persons who have been IN
position to know have simply lied, that's
all there is of partisanship to it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

At bison Globe: Farmer Mohler has
already begun work on the Kansas crop.
Last year he spent $4,000 of the state
money in printing bulletins and pamph-
lets about it, and the result was q
drouth. It would not be a bad idea TO
start the proposed reform in Farmer
Mothers office
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

What with the national legislature IN
annual disputation for the nations veal,
and the legislatures Of most Of the states
holding their periodic pow-wows, there
is little prospect for a speedy surcease OF
political excitement. But, then, the
public have come to rather like 1t. 1t
would be, indeed awful dull and dry
without If.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

At this early day it is a complete rid
die who will be the next governor OF
Kansas. but it is safe TO say that 1t VIII
be the editor Of the Minneapolis MesSen-
ger, for the simple reason that a. 7.
doesn't want il. At least it is 50 stated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Senator Plumb remarks. with a sar-
castle smile ana half humorous tone:
The people complain because congress
doesn't legislate. Well, congress did
legisIate. l thought they legislated too
much They legIsloted until they burst
up one party, and now we are laying
back. hoping the other party, when it
comes into power IN congress, will do the
same thing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
4 Postchrlstnas TP.

A clever Cirl ID jefferson City hung
one Of her elegant silk stockings on the
front gate. giving q quiet TIP - a conf
dental male friend lie worked the
boys IN great shape Tor her and on Christ
mas morning she found a pair % dla-
moud ear rings, q diamond finger ring.
gold breast pm and a gold bracelet n
that riece Of hoe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

In London idle workmen have been
driven to rioting by hunger. 1t would
not be bad idea for Englishmen to pay
a little more attention to their suffering
fellow countrymen. The might then
have less time in which to crlticiSe the
United States for its Indian policy; to
condemn Russian inhumanity and to de-
nOunce the slave traffic in Africa. Mercy
as well as charity should begin at home.
General Booths propose way out
may be all right theoretically, but it
can't and won't work itself; it must
have substantial backing and needs to
be supplemented by many more prac-
teal endeavOrs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Jerry - = Jlat.ernan.

Fr7-- - i-as-sz-s 5l--rl-s-
The eastern papers Etil continue %
talk about jerry oirnEi=0u' ta;terei ci0th-
ing and sockle-s shIus. The eastern pa
pers are a. least two months behind the
rme,- The election j. over long azO and
nova jerry dress ~ q style that would
make Ward McAlllster stare. jerry u
may y remarked, Is gentleman wLo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
To Increase lie Currencr.

Fr1-7 .. halsas IIFJ 'IIEl-f'
The idea Of fractional paper currency
has again been brought 10 the front by
Representative KELLEY. Of Kansas. who
has introduced a bin IN the house direct
ing the secretary II the treasury % print
SO. 900 900 Of it in bills q s. l0, - and
- cents. the same 70 b. legal tender for
debts for anv sum not exceeding SO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
The ART OF Advertising.
.Nn T-r.1rruvvr

Board fence advertising has is numor-
Gus side. a sign was painted on one
panel: Try Tut s Pills Two boards
below a religious crank had painted:
Prepare to meet your God. 4 wag on
the middle board lettered the word and
in large black letters, which produced
the startling legend, Try TUFTS pills
and prepare 10 meet your God.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

What viii Oklahoma do next 10 keep
II before the ooUntrys-Wichita EAGLE.
Il vii follow UP IL line of pro-res-
sion and live down the many slanirrou-
tales II now has 20 contend with-Nor-
man Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Prom the GlObe-DemOCrat.
Some authorities doubt the wisdom of
the proposition TO put the Indians in
charge of the war department, but no.
body doubts that any change from the
present system would be an improve
ment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

To the citizen of the United States
individual liberty is everything, there
fore legislative regulation is to be avoid
cd as far as may be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Two solid columns of twaddle about
The duties" of citizenship, and not one
word about their needs This Is Grover
Clevelands idea Of pure Democracy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
EXCHANGE SHOTS.

The Lark is Too Fly for That.
From the Clay Center Times.
The Morning Voice IS the name of n
new Alliance paper at Wellington. Why
not save time and type by calling it the
Rooster
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Everybody Would Wear Diamonds.

Everybody Would Wear Diamonds.
From he Atchi-ou Patriot.
If the Kansas people supported, advo-
Gated. defended and stood by the Kan
sas newspapers with half the vim and
loyalty that the newspapers support, adj
vocate. defend and stand bv Kansas then
Kansas would become the best state iu
the Union and the Kansas newspapers
the best newspapers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

The menacing danger of the Republic
is the professional politician. See L. j.
Turner's letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
ILLUSIONS OF THE MIND.

From the Newton Republican.
What a mystery is the human mind:
Senator ingalls, would not begin mis-
Journey to Washington on Friday. The
sixth day of the week Emma Abbott be-
lieved to be the luckiest of all, and her
important ventures We're projected on
on Friday. Much as this gilded and en-
lightened age jests at supervision, the
ancient who said that no mau is without
at least one superstition probably spoke
correctly for all time And speaking
about peculiarities of the mind. the aliu-
sion brings up the recent formal recog-
milton of monachism by the church of
England. church which was founded
on the ruins of monasteries. That de
sire Of the recluse which passes defini-
ton. has often asserted itself against
opposition which seemed 10 be uncon-
querable. MonoChism is a creation of
ante-christian times transplanted TO our
own. Christianity adopted it, reforms
alb lished it, what was called educated
civilization sCoffed at it; but it reappears
in the metropolis of the entire world and
Is received by the religion which pros
pered on its fall Verify thine conse-
crates, and what is gray becomes relig-
ion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
A Plausible Explanation.

From the EmpOria Republican.
The slight earthquake reported from
Indiana last week Is easily accounted for.
News had Just reached that state of the
appointment of a Michigan man To the
supreme bench.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Americans are prone to worship the
appliances Of liberty rather than liberty
Itself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

There is no intrinsic virtue in ballot;
IL should be but a means TO an end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Rivals Wichita's Famous Case
From the Atchson Patriot.
A JOINT keeper in Vermont has just
been fined S7.1jO and sentenced to the
house of correction for fifty-nine years.
He is undecided about opening up again
when he gets out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

adapts himself to circumstances, and,
so far in life, has never allowed cIrcum-
stances to get the better Of him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
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