The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-06

| Postum. can be given 10 small children
regularly for coffee at breakfast and is
nourishing and fattens their bodies. Ii
is liquid food made from the grains the
Creator intended for mans subsistence.
Manufactured by the Postum Cereal Co.,
Linn, Battle Creek, Mich.
Gust as good as Postum Cereal are
words used TO defraud the public.
1t is stated on what appears to be good
authority, that Paul Newman, who re-
Gently went TO Guatemala, was engaged
in a secret protest for the annexation OF
large island 1000 miles off the coast OF
Guatemala. He found that this island
was unclaimed and George D. Freeth,
formerly governor OF Laysan Island,
chartered vessel in San Francisco and
set sail for the unclaimed Island, where
he will raise the Hawaiian flag.
c. 4. Spreckeys, son of Claus Spreckels
today announced himself in favor of an
nexaton to the United States. Claus
Spreckels is bitterly opposed 10 anneXa
ton.
AGRARIANS IN THE SADDLE. .
Washington, Feb 5-A picture of what
the United States might have come to
had the anti-op;ion bill became a law
is presented by United States Consul
General DeKay at Berlin in report 10
the state department announcing the
closing of the Berlin produce exchange
on the last day OF 1896. He says that in
closing, the merchants and brokers of
Berlin only followed the example Of
those of Halle, Stettin, Konigsburg, PO-
sen, Msdgeburg and other towns. Even
in Austria this campaign OF the Agra
fians has been waged and the Hugar-
ian exchange at Buda Pest is in similar
straits In Berlin the merchants regard
the attempt of the government TO con-
troll their organization by the appoint
ment Of managers as likely TO result in
tampering with the price lists. SO they
dissolved the exchange and proceeded TO
form free union. The Agrarians do
not regard themselves as beaten by these
tactics but hope 10 see other merchants
supply the places OF the secessionists;
they wish, according to the council gen.
eTal, to obtain, through pressure of di-
rectors appointed by the government,
prices for produce at which farming in
Germany viii pay. Their next move viii
be against the treaty with Russia and
they will let no microscope rust which
will find for them bacteria that will
serve to keep out American produce.
Just now certain papers are against the
fine fruit that comes from America and
the others do not dare to point out their
superiority to European fruit. It has al
ready been suggested that this fruit
might bring in some beetle or moth
whose worm might eventually play hav
oc with German-bOrn apples and that
suggestions may still be elaborated TO
the satisfaction of the Agrarian papers
by some microscopic who is ambitious
OF preferment. The consul general says:
Tho sharp proceedings against the ex-
changes of Prussia seem part of gem
e~ai movement here by which all the
places worth having are gradually
brought into the power Of the titled and
land-owning classes. The state treasury
s likely 10 lose in revenue by closing the
exchanges from loss of taxes. Apart
from tae fact that the government has
dealt one class of Germans direct blow
by Placing members OF another class as
watchers and inspectors over them, the
entira development to superintendent ex-
changes and hedge the public from the
dagger OF iuying doubtful bonds or get
ting caught in grain transactions seems
to differ from a radical disease. II the
government undertakes 20 make the pub
lie safe when dealing on the exchanges
j, might also expect that the public will
look 10 il for compensation If anything
goeS wrong
PORT DARWIN DESTROYED.
Victoria r. G.. Feb. Port Darwin,
a small but important town in South
Australia. was almost entirely wiped out
by one OF those fearful hurricanes which
periodically strike the coast OF Austria
LA destroying property and very often
life. Luckily in this case. no lives were
lost but from the meagre reports which
had been received in Sidney previously
10 the sailing of the steamer Wartime.
which has just arrived here. the loss Of
property must have been very large. The
wind was accompanied by 2 heavy rain.
which ruined furniture in residences and
goods IN stores which had been deprived
% their roofs. The residents had 10 seek
shelter as best they could. II was a mi
racla that no one was killed The tele-
graph wires were demoraIzed by the
storm. and consequently news from the
scene Of the disaster IS far from full.
The rain and lightning started Monday,
January 4, and rain was pouring down
on the following Thursday. when the
barometer began 10 fall and the wind 10
howl The wind was at its height early
Thursday morning and kept it up all
day. Among the few dispatches receiv-
ed from Sidney was one from the post
master in which the following paragraph
appears: The town o. Darwin is prac;i-
caliy destroyed; all buildings being either
n heaps of ruins o. very badly damaged.
TIE rainfall between Monday and Wed
nesGay evenings was 4.SS inches. on
Thursday. one inch was recorded"
ROW IN THE DEPUTIES.
Paris. Feb 5.-The chamber Of daou-
ties has adopted the sugar bill. after
scene arising from the discussion OF NJ.
BoisSerin's amendment that only REIN
ecs employing 20 PEI cent OF Frenchmen
should receive bounties. N. Meline. the
premier, ii opposing the amendment.
condemned Socialism. approaching the
socialists with pursuing the work OF
Gre destruction The premier was re-
pea.etiy and violently interrupted by the
SOCIALIST deputies. bat The amendmen:
Was nnally rejected By vote OF 1S1 20
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