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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02

to be supplemented in order TO convey an
idea of their domestic arrangements L
drove through severn, villages in what is
called a tarantaSs, square wooden con
trivance without springs or cushions. /
sat on pile of straw. \ yemstchik. or
coachlnan, accompanied me.
A Russian village is always built Of
wood and is not, Is a rule, very striking in
its aspect. Absence of paint causes the
wood to turn black under the weather. and
there is such a tendency IN turn anything
in the way of timber into iirewood that tie
trees hsSe all bccn demolished When the
Tarrsrz dominated the Volga region. they
planted quantities OF fruit trees, but now
these may be sought in vain The ska
WORTH lswailowsl a-p trsditionally cared for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL

TRANSIENT RATES siasa si.25
PEA Otf-
sing { MEALS IS CENTS.
ROOM AND BOARD IS PEA WEEK
TABLE BOARD 81 Per WEEK
LODGING Is sae SOC
Table Unsurpassed.
Corner lain and Second 8.rssts.
A. JOHNSTON. Pr0Drisvss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
SUPPLY OF GOLD
MINT DIRECTOR PRESTON THINKS IT
is ON THE INCREASE.
Product of Various Countries-New Mining
Methods-Use of Gold In the Arts and
For Characterization of the Yellow
Metal to the Demands Of Business.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, May 2s.-Hon. Robert E.
Preston, director of the mint and an OPP
tinlist as to the gold supply, is a gray eyed
blond of the highland south type, tall and
spare, soft spoken and quiet of manner,
but very much in earnest in his views.
He is native of Tennessee, but has been
In the public service here since 1856. l
found him in his Office at the treasury
building surrounded by piles of documents
and reports in manuscript giving the fin
fshing touches to his own report for the
calendar year 1898, which will be revised
rs rapidly as possible and go to congress
MT least as early as the 9Th of June. No
report for many years has been waited for
with as much eagerness as this, and Mr..
Preston is very positive that the latest fig
nres will prove highly encouraging to the
people in general. So far as the report is
free for inspection at present, 1t certainly
appears encourage and if one had moth
ing 20 do but to sit down and study it fer
six weeks or SO he could acquire deal of
information. The most that can be done
IN this brief compass, however, is TO give
the general statements OF the director and
some comparisons with the reports Of pre-
vious years.
The Gold Supply.
In answer 20 the first qUestion-it is the
ell absorbing question with the debaters
on both sides of the financial isSue-is
there prospect of an early increase in the
gold supply, Mr.. Preston answered: There
IS not only prospect but the increase is
now an actual and demonstrated fact.
Colorado's gold supply for 1893 was ST.
500. 900. which was an increase of near 40
per cent over 1882, and for this year her
yield viii be il the neighborhood Of s12,
600. coo, while for 1895 consider it a very
conservative estimate indeed to put it at
SIS, 600, 0O0 California will also increase
her yield from 81, 500, 900 TO 50, GEO, coo,
and there viii be corresponding gains in
Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho
1t is too early 10 form any exact estimate
for this year, because the season for ny
draulic mining has just begun. The noun
tain SHOWS are melting, and the water is
abundant. and the difficulties in dealing
with the debris have been very largely
overcome. AS you viii see by this table
in my forthcoming report, Iplace the total
gold yield of the United St3tes for the year
1898 at $50, 900, coo, which is gain of
about So, 600, 600 over 1892, and think it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02

Pete AI1ste1dzn-M4y offer you .
cigar
NountElO-rss Parke-T hsnk you- bet
II : very seldom shat ] indulge.
Pete zen SMOKE oue %
tse>e aud u xii curs y0u entirely Of
tie habit Ny wife bought De : IS boss
box o. them as birthday preseEt-
Texas S.t.snyA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
s,Infxu.iIe Mistake.

Dorothy who had just been punishe1)
Ma, did that new baby Of ours have
his eyes open when he came:
Mamma-No. Dorothy. he did not.
Dorothy-well. thought he didn't.
II be had. ne wcuid never have come 70
this house In the worid.-Someryille
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
Oar o. the ofher.
Journal.

Mrs. winks-I notice MIR WInks rare
l. ever spends az eveEIng a~ay froua
home. Ds1a't yoa cali thai devotion:
M-. winSs-Ne eli. II Is either that. oE
his wife mas bought him a 10, Of n.w
4sS.-CaicaSo Ip.ey 0nasA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02

ably the gold supply is increasing not only
here, but all over the world"
lis it possible to get the returns so exact
as to insure reasonable certainty as to the
AMOUNT
How the Facts Are Secured.
1--WE get as near the exact facts, think,
rs the government does any of the general
tables of the census, and under the system
now pursued there are two or three meth
DDS of determining the same question, and
SO every detail is verified twice over. When
b man brings ore to government assay
office, he is required to give the source of
1t, and of course we know the amount be-
fore we pay him. We also issue instruc-
lions to the private refineries, and they
make minute returns to us The import
pf foreign ores and the export Of our own
crude ores are of course kept with the
came exactness as other imports and ex-
ports, and the amount in each lot is deter
mined by assaying. Tt is the Same also
with all domestic bullion deposited at our
minis and assay offices. There are in the
United States 10 private rctincries, but all
the figures sent III by them are confidential,
and we can only give the general sum
mary. Among the large and noted ones
are the Consolidated Omaha and Grant,
which is at Omaha; the Boston and Colo
RADIO, the Consolidated Kansas and the
Chicago and Aurora. OF course each re-
fnery has its amount of work recorded
down to a cent. You may say that we now
have the amount for 1898 with great
Hxactness, and that from the amounts al
ready brought in for 1894 we know that
the increase VIII be very great, but there
Is 10 be a still greater increase from the
hydraulic mining, which has Just begun
In spite of repeated publications to the
contrary, there is still a popular impression
that the mines of California produced enor-
mously till 1850 or thereabouts and then
suddenly gave out, and that statement has
been repeatedly made in congress and else
where as proof that whatever prosperity
there was in those times was due to the
great gold supply. As a matter Of fact, the
gold yield only decreased temporarily dur
ing the war and then increased for many
years, and the increase OF silver far more
than maze up for the subsequent decrease,
so that from 1870 to 1880 there was n great
Heal more money turned out of our mines
than from 1850 to 1850. You remember
That hydraulic miningwas stopped by law
In California because the debris overlooked
the fields and shoaled up the rivers Pro
vision has been made for impounding the
debris, and this will allow great revival
Of that kind OF mining"
But is it possible 10 bring up the gold
yield 10 the old California figuresy"
Where Coed Ore Is Found
"Oh, beyond question, and l think it
will be done in two or three years Why,
the best year we had in the fiftics the sold
yield was only sos, 600, 600 and we havo
several times since the war got pretty well
UP toward that. Unless you have made 2
special study of il you have no idea of tho
sItent 10 which modern improvements
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
IN VOLGA'S VALLEY
LIFE ON THE BANKS OF RUSSiA's
GREAT WATERWAY.
Journey Through . Desolate ReSion-In-
teresting characteristics Of tho People.
Their Homes, Their Life aud Occupa-
tions-Patient, Laborious and Simple.
Especial Correspondence.1

AsTRAKHAN, May 15.-H you make the
voyage of the Volga river from Mini Nov
gorod to the Caspian sea- you will come in
contact with many striking incidents.
This was just what 1 did very recently, and
that was my own experience. The day I
dined in the city of Astrakhan, after leav-
ing the river steamer, and felt that I had
reached the end of my journey, wps able
to look back upon brief period of genuine
pleasure and profit. had finished my dish
of botvinya-a mixture of berries, cucum-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02


treason ina. daring u-s~@r the yr.ys
were far TO oonspseEosa The slssze.
ter among tie ,rsosa Of grHys wzs
much larger .s&s II :ssse Of ssrses
co5s~z
Percheroa horses are mach ase1 q
the western s.s,es vhsr. they are
highly essesnsd- being sropg active
and intelligent Thry are rivals -sss
the Shire and Gydssd.is bres6s tes
poDzisr favor. ~ y. World
s-~--------~--sas
rhaf Ee:p,~ ~
Es-Thsy met ~ tbs ssastde- Thss
commenced an sequsan;snos MAI
~ou1d sooa have ric>Dcd into 1--we.
but
6he-Bst whss7
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02
Tie Conclusion.

The great question remains, allowing
Tor loss abrasion, the arts and ornaments.
how much Of the world 5 annual gold yield
Is added TO its money suppiys The answer
Is e2Sy-nobody knows. Neither is il pos
slole Tor anybody TO determine it with any
approach 10 eXactneSs. Some of the gold
bugs Inquire 1t Is high rs $50. 0oo, 00o per
year, and some Of the silver bugs figure il
down TO nothing or "a minus quantity. 1
do not presume that my opinion * of CON
sequence but such as il Is | give il. Two
points are 70 ny mind clearly proved:
First, that Tie annua. addition 70 the
worlds gold lnoneF bears 10 satisfactory
relation ~ tie sncIv1se az business. and,
second, that unless there Is 4 very great
increase in the world gold yield. ana that
right speedily, the gold basis cannot lie
maintained threc wears longer in this
country. 1t Is a simple mathematical i'm
possibiD.- 7 = p.H--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-02

nE ORIGINAL MINT IN PHILADELPHIA.
Eals 10 say that the yield for this year will
reach S45, 600, GOO In fact, I consider that
o very conservative estimate. Unquestion-
ably the gold supply is increasing not only
here but all over the world
lis it possible to get the returns so exact
rs to insure reasonable certainty as to the
AMOUNT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
PrOSperitY In Nevada.

We would advise the chronic kicker
who thinks Nevada fit only for horned
toads and rattlesnakes to take a trip
through the country and try to find a
better place, The farmers ON the True
kee meadows live and dress better than
in any other section of the country, have
more of the pleasures and comforts of
life than any of the farmers in any part
of California; they live in better houses,
get better prices for their produce and
are in every way better off. We hear
glowing accounts of the country about
Los Angeles, the beautiful orange groves,
the immense yield of the land devoted to
the cultivation of prunes, but distance
lends enchantment to the view. Nevada
is just now undergoing a business de-
preston, owing no doubt to the unsettled
condition of the financial question, but
we are better off here and have less to
growl about than the people in San Fran
cisco. Let those who think they have a
hard row to hoe dig up their sack and
take trip to other sections of the coast,
and we venture the assertion that they
will return home better satisfied with
themselves and this portion of the world
at large.-Reno New Gazette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
Nearly Drowned by tail,,o,.e.,


G. Stanley Hurlbut, the well know,
oarsman, had thrilling experience ON
the Schuylllill river during the terrific
storm GU Wednesday night and had to
swim for his life.
Mr.. Hurlbut is a member of the Malta
Boat club, and after Office hours on
Wednesday started up the river in sim
gle shell to the race course. Here the
storm overlook him, and the hailstones
perforated the covering of his shell. The
craft began to fill with water and settle.
1t was only by skillful handling that
Mr.. Hurlbut kept right side up, all the
while the hail pelting him in q fusillade.
AT one time he was in imminent dam
ger of losing his life by being run down
by the four cared shell of the Pennsyl-
vania Barge club, which bore down
upon him, appearing suddenly through
the veil caused by the storm, not 10
yards away. A blow from the sharp
PROV of the shell would have been fatal
to the oarsman, and Mr.. Hurlbut, realiz-
ing his peril succeeded by a powerful
left hand stroke in throwing his shell
out of the line.
The boat shot by like flash and left
the oarsman fighting with the waves,
which rolled over his boat, causing it to
settle at least one foot. He succeeded in
getting to the shelter of pier at Co.
lumbia bridge, when the shell turned,
leaving him in the water. With the
craft in tow Mr.. Hurlbut started to
swim to Belmont landing, where he was
assisted by several young men who had
witnessed his exciting struggle. The
shell is a wreck.-Philadelphia Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03

Mems Worsted Pants, that
were $3.50, now $4.S5, at
l 3 st WOLFsoN's.
Special inducements in our
clothing department.
| st l.. WOLFSON.
"A meeting of the official board
of Trinity church, presided over by
Rev. Mclaughlin, was held last
night, and routine business was
transacted.
300 Mems Cashmere Suits re-
duced from $3.50 to 1885.
1856 l.. WoLFsON.
Next Monday night a plume
drill will be given by the Belknap
Rifles at their armOry, it being the
first drill of the new year, and the
first drill under the command of
the new officers.
1000 assorted colors satin cover
ed sailor hats sold everywhere for
75c and $1OO, our price 45c.
| 8 st The MOke Millinery Co
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
CITY NEWS.

Visit our cloak department.
The most astounding bargains are
being offered this week.
3 st l.. WOLFsON.
There is a big drop in clothing
prices this week at WolfsOn's.
1886
-$l,6 to loan.-Apply at once.
J. A. DAUGHERTY, 1O4 East Com
merce st. 1230 If, no. 1O.)
Bargains are what the people
are after and l.. WolfsOn has them
this week. st
Jack McDavid has been APP
pointed night engineer at the City
hall, at a salary of $50 per month.
Prices lower than ever at
33t l.. WOLFsoN's.
"A supper was given at st.
Marks cathedral last night, for the
benefit of st. Marks Sunday school.
Remnants, Remnants at
1-3-3t l.. WOLFsON's.
Gents underwear at genuine
bargains.
3 st l.. WoLFsON.
"A lady tainted at Joske Bros,
store yesterday, and DIR. McDaniels
was called in and the lady was
sent to her home in a hack.
Ladies' and Misses underwear,
Hosiery, Gloves etc. at New York
cost.
1856 The Moke Millinery Co.
The San Antonio Cycling club
meet in their rooms tonight.
Trimmed hats, boas, childrens'
jackets, cloaks and dresses, at any
price to close.
133t The Moke Millinery Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
Water "A Necessity In Kentucky.
Our guests will observe that, notwith

Because a young man holds a
good job he should not allow his
head to swell too much, or become
too witty at the expense of his
boss.
Silk flat top sailor hats 45r.
133t The Moke Millinery Co.
Mr.. G. A. Showers, president of
the Showers Furniture company,
on Commerce street, has returned
from a business and pleasure trip
to Alabama.
Remember l.. Wolfson is max
ing some tempting offers in house
furnishings this week. Is st
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
A Pitiful Scene at a Railroad Acoiden,

A Pittful scene at Railroad Accident.
In the recent railroad accident at New
burg, N. Y, one woman-Mrs. Elber-
son of Setauket, N. Y.-who was severe
ly injured, was taken from the wreck
Historically crying for her baby. She
had been travelling with her husband
who was also injured, and Addie, her
3-year-old child. For few minutes nc
one could tell her what had become OF
the little girl. Then the child's dead
body was found in the wreck, and Rugged
closely in her arms was doll. Mr.. Ell
berson heard his child was dead, but he
cautioned the men not to tell his wife.
Mrs. Elberson, although badly in,
jured, refused to go to the hospital until
she found the child. Then one of the
men, counting on her hysterical condi
ton, placed in her arms the doll that haC
been found locked in the childs EN-
brace. Mrs. Elberson took the doll anC
went to the hospital, believing that she
had her child.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
An Omission Not an Error.

In the list of"Happy New Year."
wishes, in yesterdays LIGHT, the
name of the Harmony club was in
cluded in the copy sent in, but by
on optical illusion of the compost
tor was overlooked in Setting up"
The Harmony club has too warm
a place in the affections of the
LIGHT to be Intentionally neg
lected.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
The Scientific American, nom
partisan, one of the best conducted
and ablest edited papers in the
world, in an editorial, has the fol-
lowing to say on Free Trade and
Protection:
Free trade in it's unlimited sense,
such free trade as is preached by
the most VOCiferOus of its advo-
Gates, means dependence upon for
eign sources for everything that
can be produced abroad cheaper
than it can be made at home. 1t
means death to the manufacturing
aud mechanical interests of the
country, and the conversion of the
enterprising mechanics, who now
add so much to the industrial
wealth of the nation, into agricul-
turists. 1t means glut in the
market of all agricultural products,
and consequent low prices and dis
.cOuragements to those engaged
in agricultural. 1t means eX-
posture to sudden deprivation of
those necessaries of life for which
we rely upon foreign sources, at
any time our foreign relations be-
come disturbed, consequent and
large advance in their price, and
distress resulting from diminished
supply.
Protection, on the contrary, does
not imply prohibition, as it's OPP
ponents, many of them, unfairly
claim. 1t means only the proper
adjustment of tariffs, so that we
can compete with foreign producers
in all those industries, which may.
with moderate encouragement
thrive here, and for which we
possess equal natural advan,
tages with foreign competitors. II
means protection to labor against
forced competition with the cheaL
labor of Europe. 1t means oppor
tunity for those whose natural
genius leads them into other fields
of industry than agriculture, tC
develop that genius and thus ado
to the mental wealth of the cOun
try as well as to its material re
sources.
All cannot be successful farmer!
or merchants, and any policy which
tends to confine the abilities O
men to any one channel, hOweve
broad that channel may be, is ;
bad policy.
We hear great deal about the
distinction between a revenue
tariff and a protective tariff, as
though these were and ought tx
be considered separately; we de
not believe in this distinction. w,
hold that the best revenue tariff
will be the one hat protects tn,
industries of a commonwealth
the sourcesfrom which all revenu,
must come, Notwithstanding tn,
sophistry by which it is attempt
ed to disguise this important anC
fundamental truth.
No more fatal error has eve
found adherents in the politica
history of our country than tn
doctrine of "free trade" Whel
mankind becomes one nation, on
brotherhood; when oil produC
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
DO NOT MAKE A MISTAKE.

If you are looking for real bargains in
Real Estate or want home, now is the
time, call on John 7. Hambleton & Co.,
who will be pleased to show you their list
of fine properties, consisting of city lots,
improved city property, farms, ranches,
etc. Office Daily LIGHT building. 3 ct
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03

Labouchere's View of the Seal Question.
l have always been at one with the
United States in respect to the seal con-
troversy. By international law we are
right, by common sense they are
right, and when the former conflicts
with the latter am on the side Of the
latter. Seals are ferB natur8, and the
United States government weakens its
argument by contesting this. Their
habitat is the open sea, and once year
they betaze themselves to American
territory in order to bring their progeny
into existence. If slaughtered on the
way, they would be exterminated in a
few years. No one wants this, but if
killed in undue numbers when on the
territory of the United States this ex-
termination would equally be the result.
Common sense therefore says that they
ought to be protected while in the sea,
as well as protected from excessive de-
struction while on land.-London Truth.
Water "A Necessity In Kentucky.
Our guests will observe that, notwith-
standing SANDERS to the contrary, there
is an abundance of water in Kentucky.
Mint doesn't flourish without plenty of
water.-LOuisville Courier-JOurnal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS,

Cards, Envelopes, and all kinds Of Com
mercial Printing done at the LIGHT Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-03
SHOW PRINTING

For Posters and all kinds Of Show
Printing call at the LIGHT office.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-09

Special Dispatch.
Longview, Tex, May s.-The Mulkey
meeting last night was great sue
cess His great sermon on "Inven-
tory" proved a great hit, as everybody
was remarking this morning that they
had taken an Inventory" and knew
just how they stood with God When
the call for penitents was made a great
many readily came up and several
claimed the promises OF God"
The sermon this morning was from
Joshua. Choose ye this day whom ye
will serve.
The public school children marched to
the tabernacle several hundred strong,
the principals having promised to al
low tho school children to attend the
meeting during the hour of 1890 a. m
to 1880 .. m. All the business houses
and saloons promptly closed. and every.
body assembled to listen to the great
revive.ist. The subject of tonlghts dis.
course will be continuation of his
famous sermon Sunday night, MY ex.
perience as business man"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-09

special Dispatch.
Terrell Tex May S,-The day was
celebrated by j. Il, b. Stuart camp of
United Confederate Veterans as Decor
alton day. Including veterans, blue
ana gray, school children and persons
IN carriages, there was procession of
several hundred. Tic services at the
Guy cemetery consisted of a speech by
Hon, I'm H. Allen, which was received
by all present as a splendid production
The old soldiers and others were alike
attentive and at times were moved 10
tears. though the address lasted hut n
few minutes.
After this the old soldiers decorated
the graves in the city cemetery. and
afterwards those in the old cemetery.
and this ended the exercises. Flowers
We're IN great abundance and the graves
We're Wen supplied with them.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-09

he was in an unconscious condition,
apparently dead. but after workihg
with him while, he began breathing,
but had not ragalned consciousness at
12 o'clock yesterday,
Yesterday morning, near Stubs,
about eight niles from Kemp, as Mr..
Tom Burrell was galloping across the
prairie his pony stepped into hole,
falling instantly. In the fall the
pony's neck was broken. and Mr.. Bur-
relrs leg.
Ae Tolosa, i've miles south OF Kemp,
a boy was thrown from a horse and
his arm broken.