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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-02

Wilson Dill Is Ignored.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 2--The business
men of Westerville. an old college town and
a suburb of Columbus. have started move
ment which they expect to be general
throughout the country. They are each
pledging S25 to be paid into the national
treasury on the condition that the Senate
adjourns without passing the Wilson bill or
changing the Mckinley law. They hold
that the business men of the country would
almost unanimously contribute to sucn a
fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-02
The President'a Letter.

The following Is the letter of the Presi-
dent transmitting the Hawaiian CORE
spondence:
ITO Congress: / hereby transmit a COM
munication from the Secretary. of State,
accompanied by a dispatch received a few
days ago from our minister to Hawaii.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
The message. with accompanying COM
munications was referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
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The Executive Approved.

The President has approved the act au-
thorizng the Secretary of the Interior to
reserve from sale certain land in the aban-
doned Fort Cummings military reservation.
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ANOTHER HAWAIIAN MESSAGE.
But President Dole's Reply is Not In.
cluded in the Letters Sent.

The President today transmitted to Con.
gress the dispatch received from Minister
Willis on last Saturday. The letter OF
President Dole is not included from lack
of time to transcribe it after Mr.. Willis
received it. Dispatches %, 26 and %, which
are withheld. are merely statements of ac-
counts, legation reQuisitions. &c. The dis.
patch of Minister Willis Is as follows:
(Confidential)
No. 27>1-2.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES
HONOLULU, H. l., Jan. IL, 1894.
Hon. w. Q. Gresham,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
On yesterday at G:3O pm. 1 received the
Hon. s. B. Dole's answer to my letter OF
January l, requesting him ''at his earliest
convenience to give me the specifications
contained in a prior letter His answer
is about fifty pages Of closely written off,
cial paper, and has been delivered to ms
too late to either copy or reply to in time
for the steamer leaving at 2 pm. today.
There Is one extract, however, to which
think your attention should be called
wherein 1t Is stated this government has
been, and now Is, subjected to the neces-
sity o. increased watchfulness. and a large
additional expense. which, but for such at.
titude. would have been unnecessary" The
emphasis above Is mine. In previous let
ter Of December q, Minister Dole had
stated, "the government offices have been
placed and still continue In a condition OF
defense and preparation for siege, and the
community has been put into a state Of
mind bordering on terrorism" The empha-
sis above Is mine. Some portions of the
letters from which these extracts are meds
confirm the above statements, while others
seem to negative them. With this exp,a.
nation, submit them for your considera-
tion. ,ss
The next steamer leaves here February
5, which would place you in possession cf
Mr.. Dole's letter and my purposed reply
thereto, about February 1S.
Very respectfully.
ALBERT s. WILLIS
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COMMISSIONER PARKER.
Everything Now Points 10 a speeds
and Full Rccovery

The physicians and family OF Commits
sioner Parker are delighted with the results
of the treatment which he is now undergo
ing. Within a day two his health has
taken a notable change for the better. His
stomach and nerves are coming under con-
troll, he sleeps we'll eats we'll. assimi,atas
his food, and is gaining flesh. and eyery-
thing now points to his speedy and fun re-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
AN ODD STU ALTON.

The Cherokees are having hard time
of it getting rid of the bonds of the
government issued in payment of their
strip claim. Half dozen deals have
been made with them, each one being
declared off almost as soon as agreed
upon. 1t is difficult to understand why
this should be the case when every
other species of Uncle Sans promises to
pay are taken with avidity, the demand
for certain kind being so great at this
moment that strong pressure is brought
to bear upon the governm ent to issue a
large volume of them. The Cherokee
bonds are just as good as any the gov
ernment has issued, and they bear as
high rate of interest as any now in ex-
istence. They would afford ready and
handy way out for about $1,000, 600 of
the eighty odd millions of idle dollars
held by the New York banks in excess
of their requirements, and which are
said to be fairly aching TO get loose.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

There was no possible way of escape
for the administration from the misera-
bic attitude it had placed itself and the
country before the eyes of the world by
its skullduggery in the Hawaiian affair:
it was bound TO come out, indeed, was
already understood by the reading pub
lie. Nor will she McCreary resolution
in the house calling for the official COR
respondence and executive orders fore
stall the expose or public opinion there
on, as was its evident intent. Such an
inquiry would have been made whether
the Democrats agreed to it or not. This
is one instance at least wherein the pub
lie have looked to the minority report
for the truth. and the public has not
been disappointed. 1t is not expected
that this report will influence the action
of congress, but it puts the case before
the country, officially, and just as it is.
And disgusting, exasperatIng piece of
business the whole proceeding since the
4th of last March it has been.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Hicks forecast for January makes a
clever hit ON the start. He said the
month would open with cool, clearing
weather in all central and western parts.
He predicts all sorts of weather for the
month-warmer by the third; storms on
the evening of the fourth; change to
warmer during the next three days, with
rain, storms, snow and blizzards follow
ing and intense cold by the eighth con-
tinuing to the middle of the month,
with storms of rain aud snow. The last
half of the month, the professor says,
will be repetition. in the main, of the
first half, a general cold wave prevailing
at the close.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
MISSOURI GALL.

s'The Kansas newspapers are again
complaining" says the Springfield Lead
er, that Kansas City is u big Missouri
town which has no right to Kansas
trade" In the
absence of more important things an
idea has got into their craniums that
Kansas City is depriving them of some
thing, instead of bringing to their very
doors the most favorable market in the
worId.-Kansas City Times.
All that Kansas City is or has is Kan
sas. The town never had anything
from Missouri and never will have.
Kansas City did not bring markets or
anything else to Kansas. Upon the
other hand. Kansas brought everything
TO kanias City including her railroads
and live stock and grain markets. Be-
ing beyond the jurisdiction of Kansas
and her laws we are not only deprived
of any chance of calling down your
market robbers but are unable to tax
the wealth which you have absorbed of
of our productive industries ard COM
mercial enterprises. In the absence of
one or more great commercial cities in
Kansas the state can never hope to rank
among the frst-class commonwealths in
wealth, in population or in anything
else. The only chances Kan
sas has today for eminence in
the lines indicated are in the
advantages held respectively by Kansas
City, Kansas, and by Wichita. As for
Wichita, she is asking no odds, nor is
she making any demands save for such
equitable freight rates as her tonnage
and location entitle her to. From what
we hear and observe of the other COM
mercial hopes Of the state, Kansas City,
Kansas. is not only rapidly pulling the
things material which belong to us back
over on the right side OF the state line,
but it will not be long before the cliff
dwellers will be found in persona proper
travelling in the light of the star
which is said to have westward swoop.
The Times, being sui geners institu-
ton, can stick to its roost in the Shi
Hills or proceed TO expire, it matters
little to Kansas which, if we except the
decimated and scattered squad of Demo-
Gratis who still hold Grover Cleveland to
be statesman; and, we might re-
mark that they are becoming remark
ably scarce in this vicinity. If this is
another advertisement of Kansas City"
it will be followed by no bill Of charges
from the EAGLE.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
THE THINNESS OF 1T.

The female suffragists have gotten out
circular which estimates the states
and territories III which women can
vote, by square miles. Thus spread out
the thing looks mighty big, but it also
discloses the fact that woman suffrage
only obtains in sparsely settled and in
inaccessible lands. Female suffrage is
unknown to the great centers of learn
Ing, wealth, power and of progress, In
sparsely settled mountain lands and in
far away insignificant islands where
civilization is weak and lonely alone has
female suffrage been suffered. These
lands and islands measured in square
miles amount to considerable but in no
other way, hence the circular which
insults intelligence.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

\ roster of employees in the various
departments Of the government at Wash
ington shows that two hundred and
seventeen of them are from Kansas.
Thirty-seyen Of them are employed III
the treasury, twenty five in the war de-
partment, four in the navy, ten in TIE
postoffice, eighty-nine in the interior de-
partment, eight in the agricultural de-
partment, and forty-four in the bureau
of printing and engraving. If this
battalion were all new appointees under
the present administration it would in.
dicate that somebody had a pretty
strong pull on the patronage string. The
major PARTON of them, however, are
hold-overs vino secured places when the
states representatives had the respect
and were in sympathy with the ad-
ministration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
MICE RUN MACHINERY.
Gentleman in Scotland UtiIizes Their Tiny
Power.

Schcie"Ah III y
Power.
a gentleman in Scotland has trained
couple Of mice, and invented ma
chinery for enabling them TO spin
yarn The work Is done on the tread
mill principle. II is so constructed,
says London Tid-Bits, that the corn-
mon house mouse is enabled to make
atonement 20 society for past offenses
By twisting and reeling from 100 TO 10
threads day. To complete il the lit
tie pedestrian has 20 run ten and one
half miles This journey It performs
every day with ease An ordinary
mouse weighs only half an ounce. 4
halfpenny worth Of oatmeal at "a Cd
the peck serves enc OF these treadnili
culprits for the long period Of FIVE
weeks. In that time i, makes 10
threads q day, being an average Of
3, $50 threads Of IS inches, which IS
nearly nine lengths Of the reel a PEN
ny Is paid 20 women for every cut in
the ordinary way. Al this rate
mouse earns ed every ays weeks,
which IS farthing per dsy. or = Cd
per annara- Take Cd os for board, and
IS for machinery. there viii arise es
clear profit from every mouse YearlT
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Tie advocates of government owner
ship of railroads cite the circumstance
that something like seventy roads passed
into the hands of receivers last year as
an argument in favor of their hobby, as
serting that if The roads had been under
government control they would not
have failed. They would not have been
placed in receivers hands. perhaps, but
the government would be compelled to
make good the roads shortages directly,
the burden ultimately falling on the
people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Ex-President Harrison, in an inter-
view, Saturday, on the income tax, said:
Taxing incomes is an old measure. and
has always been much discussed oues-
tion. Being :; direct tax it is a force
that is, of course, more keenIy felt, and
therefore moro vigorously opposed. 1t
has always been urged against this sys-
tenn of taxation that it does not benefit
the people at large other than assisting
in defraying heexpenses of government,
and it is on that account inferior TO other
systems of taxation. There are many
other objections also, but l do not care
70 90 into the matter at greater length. :"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
CLIFF JEWELLERS COME DOWN.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
The great packing firms, with the ex-
ception of one, are all in Kansas City,
Kan, and any business they do should
be credited to this city, whether in postal
matters, manufacturing, stock, railroad
figures. or clearing house statements.
If the statistics representing the indus
tries located in Kansas City, Kan, were
taken from Kansas City, Mo-, the latter
place would not be so far ahead of
Wichita, leaving the Kansas City in
Kansas the great commercial and indus
trial point after all, as it really is. As we
grow in strength on the west side of the
state line, and assert ourselves as we
ought to and as we will in commercial
circles. the honest figures must be placed
to our credit, and the glory of the Sni
Hills, which worries so much the gentle
manly EAGLE of the Arkansas Valley,
will beam from the hills of Wyandotte
and Argentine. Postmaster Nofsinger
need not worry over the DRIFT Indicated
in the decreased portal figures. West
ward the star of empire takes its way.
And growth is upstream aud westward.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
The Capital in a panbynamby defense

The Capital in a panbynamby defense
of Douglass finds its opportunity TO mis-
represent the EAGLE. As misrepresenta-
ton by implication is such delightful
thin., hadn't the Capital better, also, re-
publish that law and order league COM
munication? The EAGLE don't mind
such little things farther than to say
that its possible vapid appreciation of
fairness and of the amenities is such
that it would have shown more consid-
Grafton for the yellow dog that kennels
under the back stairway of its consider
ate cotemporary's press room.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

the government spends millions Of
dollars annually to protect the lands ad-
jacent TO the principal rivers from inun-
dations, and little protest is raised from
any quarter. II one-hah the sum were
expended in constructing dams and res
ervoirs and lakes farther up those
streams and their tributaries to store a
portion of the water that causes the
floods, the southland would be saved and
much of the northern and western areas
redeemed for profitable agriculture. But
It seems hard TO convince the country 5
statesmen of the fact that is apparent TO
everybody else
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

A trial jury of the Marion district
court last week, after hearing the evil
dence-wholly ciIcumstantial-and ar
gument in a murder case rendered YER
diet of not guilty. The Times says if the
jury had expressed their real sentiments
in the verdict it would have read.
Guilty, though not proven" and that
the community would have endorsed it
unanimously. Such occurrences as tha,
stimulate the mob spirit, though possi-
bly, it was unavoidable N the above in
stance.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
COMING SOON
TIT
LITTLE GEMS.

IET fortune DO her wcrs.. whatever
she makes us lose. - long - she nsves
makes rs lose our honesty and our Ia.
dependence
liz that does no: inov these things
.ba. are Of use and rec-ssitJ 20 kpo,
IS bat az ignorant man. whatever bs
may know beside
4 SECRET Is Ike silence-you cannot
talk sbou. !: and keep IL. I. IL Ike
rnoney-whsn once yon know there IL
any concealed. IL is asif discovered
III yoa hate yesr enemies. Tou xfii
contract kEeh . vicious habis of Mad
as by degrees viii break oct upon
tbose who are your friends or isose
who are Indifferent 20 yoa-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
Should be shown No Quarter.

7 .uIN Iilt hltI4>lAs Nt.y Sf-E-
noujaa, the crank who sent threaten
ing letters to Vice President Stevenson
ana Senator Mills, is in jail at Washing
ton, under bond. pending the action OF
the grand jury. In holding the prisoner
the police judge took it upon himself to
say that the time had come 10 bring
these people-whether Anarchists or So
ciaiists or general cranks-up with =
round turn. either in jail or at The rope s
end" That sentiment is largely pTeva-
lent among the people, aud If the courts
of justice adhere 70 tins policy III dealing
with homicidal crauks, the suppression
Of the cranks will Ue speedy and effect
i've They should be shown no quarter
anywhere, and least of all at the seat Of
government
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
HUMOROUS.

The truth q bad man hates is the
truth that hits him in the face. Hams
Horn.
--He-ssTt women do not lore ne,
why do nearly all women rnar-v9@ She
For revenge Brooklyn Life
Didn't Miss Hzrx;ns lcos1 bloom
ing last night?" said Chappie- Yes A
little too blooming for . bud :
you thinles-' insinuztcd EtaeL-Har-
rers Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

The Kansas City, Kansas, Daily
Gazette appears in New Years edition
CT twenty-four pages The Gazette truth.
fully remarks that were Kansas City
its industries and enterprises subtracted
from the clearings Of Kansas City, Mis-
souri,. the latter town would have
little if anything to brag ever the south
western metropolis, Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
For the Eagle.
IF SHE KNEW

year and day
Since went away,
can hardly believe it true.
Free again; II she knew
The charge was false, was free.
| know she would come to me.
Her pale face saw in the court room,
and as the judge pronounced my doom.
She gave one glance as she paused at the door:
Twas her farewell. l saw her no more,
And now am free!
Happy moment it ought to be,
Happy indeed, if she were only here,
Ny innocence and proof to hear.
| cling to the thought that maybe.
Somewhere she is waiting for mo
And praying and longing for me to come,
So I'll seek her; God grant it won't be long.
THOMAS GETTo MAYN.
Conway Springs. Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

A homily on past delinquencies and |

A homily on past delinquencies and
new resolutions might be considered ad-
missable, with the turning of the new
leaf of time, but it would be loves labor
lost, in the main. Therefore, with the
admonition to all to indulge in retro
spection simply and only as traveller
consults the guide post at the parting of
the wavs, using the mistakes and short
comings Of the past as a spring board to
thrust you ahead in the right, we bid
you God speed into and through the
glad new year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
Miles OF Apple Trees.

In the Sandwich islands the annIs
has become wild and forests o: NAM
acres are found in various parts Of the
country They extend from The level
OF the sea far up into IN. mountain
sides II Is said miles of these aupls
forests can occasionally na sAAr-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

The only recreation Corbett has when
ne is in training is to play the banjo.
The American people like Corbett, but
there is a strong undercurrent in favor
of killing off the man who plays the
plunkety-plunk tune that the COW died
on
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

After all it was too much to expect
Governor Lewelling to do two such
meritorious things in close succession az
| the removal of Mrs. Lease and Commits
sioner Todd. He not only did not re-
move Todd for his murderous assault
upon citizen but publicly applauds the
act
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
Seriously Considered.

From the Arkansas City Traveller.
Governor Lewelling is TO be commend
ed for the removal of Mrs. Lease from
the state board of charities. Though
she seldom attended its meetings, she
has tried to control every appointment
made and then assumed to direct the
minutest details of their official duties.
She has at last received we'll merited
rebuke.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
OF Course No.

From the Minneapolis Messenger.
1t was the institution for the deaf and
dumb. at Olathe, where Mrs. Lease had
her son employed at 5000 per yea r as
bookkeeper for the superintende Mt.
When Mr.. Walker had charge under Re
publican rule they didn't need superin-
tendeut. We hear that every member
of the sttte board OF charities, except
one, has secured a position for rela Eve
i'll that institution. No wonder it has
been going to the dogs.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

a computation of the votes castin the
several congressional districts last No
vember shows Republican plurality in
the state of 32,S00, and that had the
election been for congressman n solid
Republican delegation would have been
CHOSEN. Barring mistakes the patty
has an open road to success next fall.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Hoke Smith has now sent aa Indian
inspector by the name of Tom Smith out
10 Oklahoma, whose mission IS under
stood TO be the opposition OF statehood.
There seems TO be conspiracy on the
par, of the present administration 20
make the name of ''Smith" unpopular
IL the terrItorr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
Mary Ellen Dldwell.

From the Abilene Reflector.
Even the Pops coSld not stand Mrs.
Lease, and she has been removed from
the state board of charities to make
room for favorite of Governor Level
ling. No more pass on the railroads,
no more gallivanting at the states ex-
pense. Mary Ellen. Verify you did we'll
to eat out of lunch basket and lay up
your salary against an office-less day.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

A Justice in Holland has decided that
kissing All unwilling maid in the street
is no offense. He says that kiss is
mark of sympathy and cannot be an
pffense. For the benefit of our male
readers we will state that the next
steamer TO Holland leaves New York
next SATURDAY..
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Notwithstanding the superabundance
Of money in the cou ntry-millioas of il
lying idle and begging to be employed
the green goods sharpers are flooding
the country with circulars offering &c
supply suckers with any amount de
sired and as good as the genuine. Ol
course they are liars, and only the fool.
ish viii be deceived by them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

For ten years the state of Kansas rails
ed on an average one bushel of corn per
acre more than Illinois and two bushels
per acre more than Missouri. Last year,
dry as it was one farmer in the central
part of the state gathered from So acres
2,300 bushels, or about 10 bushels to the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
Mugwumps or Judases(7)


Democrats are trying to determine
which Is "tbe older Democrat" Gresh-
am or MacFeagh. 1t is hne thing for
democracy that they can occasionally
get piece of Republican timber when a
difficult job is on hand. Boise, Camp
tell, Palmer, Gresham and MacVeagh
are illustrations of it, When brainy
Republican steps up to the trough the
old Democratic wheelers have to take a
step or two backward and give him
room.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

That weekly idio,ic spasm, the Topeka
Hurykai in its first issue has the fol-
lowing words: "PSudo," "pettycoat,"
"wealthh," "polygomist. ''restord."
This ought to satisfy even Jerry Simp-
son.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

The Astors are after the Cherokee
bonds. This is not the first time the
Astors have had dealings with the In
dams. Old John Jacob got his start
buying pelts of them, and made it posi-
BILE for his descendants to negotiate
hn,Ir
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

Mrs. Lease says more corrupt crowd
of politicians never disgraced the state
of Kansas than the present Pop ad-
ministration. The first Peoples party
government on earth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02

The new steel bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Leavenworth will be for
mally opened to traffic today. Its con-
struction is great achievement for the
road and its opening an important event
TO Leayenworth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
What Will You Do About It?

From the Lawrence World.
The Republican party is being injured
regularly once week, or oftener, by
fixers gathering in Topeka and revising
their lists. Of course the main work has
been done, but it requires good deal of
effort even at this early date to keep it
intact. Changes are forced occasionally
in the shape of amendments to the pro-
gram. And this is Republicanism.