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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
HAS MONEY TO MELT
Treasury Contains More Gold at Present
Than There is Any Use for

Washington. Jan. 2S.-JuSt al the
,resent time the treasury OF the United
States Is enjoying the novel experience
of being in the possession OF more gold
than il knows what TO do with The TO-
tai cash balance in the treasury at the
close of business Wednesday was S22s.-
e30-Sae. and of this amount not less tnan
S43 $50. $50 was in free gold, available Tor
current expenses or TO act as a reserve
TO redeem the outstanding paper money.
The treasury is running behind still
and with only three days yet 10 hear
from in the first month of the year, the
excess of expenditures over receipts Is
s7.29 SIC The deficit for the fiscal year
thus far. A period of nearly seven months
is $40 900. 900.
If the gold in the treasury Is net 10
be paid out for ordinary expenses there
is available $12, $40. sos in silver not COW
cred by certificates. $I9.5l6,S20 in green
backs. S35. 5S2.5lS in treasury notes, and
$i7,339,955 in national bank notes. and
the fractional silver deposits in national
bank funds, outstanding checks and
drafts dsbursing officers balances,
postoffice accounts and other miscellane-
Gus items. II will thus be seen that al
though the treasury is in the possession
of the large nominal cash balance of
$3.50. 600 in round numbers. il has only
sS5090.0e0 With which 10 conduct ardi-
nary transactions, and il the deposits OF
gold should continue, this sum would be
further reduced.
Since the November election. the gold
reserve has. without any bond sales or
unusual assistance. gradually mounted
up 10 the high water mark for this ad-
ADMINISTRATION
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
FACTORY WAGES IN RUSSIA.
Barely snncient to Keep Soul ssa Bosy
Together.

As for the distribution of wages, the
pay of woman amounts 20 three-e nar-
tiers OF that Of a man, that of boy or
girl Of ~ TO II years 20 one-haIf. tina: OF
a child under u years. TO one-thfrd % d
grown mans wages. says the Catholic
World. The advantage arising for the
factories from women's and children s
wages is such that TO humanitarian at
tempts have been as yet able 70 solve
that harassing problem in any civilized
country. But as the wages of working
men In Russia are absolutely reduced %
q minimum and scarcely sufficient 20
keep soul and body together for NOR
than q hours toll II is a cruel and
gross In Justice to cut working vonen's
wages by a third, since the arst neces-
szries OF life are alike IN men and WON
er regardless OF sex The monthly
wages OF an adult Iaborer. man or WON
an. in England are PA fil4-05 per
cent?. II America 4 4-5 f57s-f4 per cent.
times greater than the wages Of a like
laoorer in The Moscow factories since
however. the duration OF working TINE
IN the three countries - different. M.
Dcmeutieif has reduced the cCmpara-
son OF wages per hour and cone 20 The
conclusion that wages IN England are
BY 2s4-s per cent. IN Massachusetts b.
40 per cent higher than tsos. in the
Moscow factories. ]; We make god
allowance for the higher cost % living
III Ane-icz-which. however. IS 20 be
Understood cum grano sails. only tie
the Eeccxsari>s. like meat Hocr. brad.
si5u "a conDxrison caa &c drawn De-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

"A notice has beeh placed at the en-
trance 10 the long walk at Windsor
park. in London, prohibiting moter cars
from passing either up or down the
royal avenue.
A weli-known London horse dealer
not long ago died from worry caused by
bad debts. There is a likelihood OF
something like 6 14,oo0-out of II, 900
being paid TO the widow.
Baroness de Hirsch has signified her
intention 10 erect and endow home for
Jewish consumptives. She has, with
that object, placed under the control Of
her relative, Mrs. Bischofsheim, Sir Ed
ward Sassoon and Frank Lucas a sum
between c 10000 and G $4,000.
The Office Of librarian at the Eng.
lish house of lords will become vacant
IN few weeks by the retirement of Mr..
Pullman, who has held this post for IS
years. The salary is $50 year, with
an excellent official residence. The post
is in the gift of the lord chancellor.
Mrs. Irving, Of Shield Bunrfoot
near Lnngholm, England. visited that
town - discharge some business. She
had just left the shop OF cabinetmaker
when o vaficose vein in her leg burst,
and, though medical aid was at once
sent for, she bled to death in a few
minutes.
AT Bloomsbury county court in Eng
gland before his honor Judge Bacon
there were two plaintiffs in an action
husband and wife When they got into
the box it was found that the wife could
not talk and the husband was deaf.
Judge Bacon's only comment was:
"Dear mel"
The West Australian gold fields
show little difference from the Vic
torian fields of the sos in their extrap-
agance and prodigality. At the banquet
recently given in Kalgoorlie TO cele
brate the opening of the railway cham
payne flowed in miniature torrents"
1000 bottles being consumed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
BREWER WON'T SAY WHETHER
Venezuela Arbitration Not Yet in a Con
dition for Publication.

Washington, Jan. 2S-Justice Brewer
declined today to either confirm or deny
the report that he and Chief Justice
Fuller had been appointed on the Vene-
Zuelan arbitration commission. Il am
not at liberty" he said. Ito say whether
1t is true and l cannot say now"
1t was understood that the treaty was
not yet signed and no formal appoint-
ment of arbitrators could be made until
that act had been performed but It is
said TO be practically certain that the
chief justice and Mr.. Brewer have been
decided upon as members when the
document is fully completed
Washington. Jan. 2S.-Senor Andrade.
the Venezuelan minister. was in confer
ence with Secretary Olney for a half
hour today. 1t is understood that the
treaty between Venezuela and Great
Britain, drawn up under the heads agreed
upon by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote, is almost completed and
probably will be signed and sent to Ven
eZuela for the action Of the Venezuelan
congress on the next mail steamer.
which leaves New York in a week.
time. While there are small points vet
to he arranged. none of them is of i'm
portance save that relating 20 the per-
sonnet Of the commercial commission. Ii
was not intended al first 10 name the ar
3itrators in the treaty, but TO provide
generally for selection OF them among
distinguished jurists of the United States
and Great Britain. leaving to the SUI
preme courts OF the two countries the
designations of the individuals. but sub
sequently il was found desirable to name
them. Such delay as has occurred in
completing the last stages Of the nego-
tiations is due. il is gathered from Off
cal sources, TO the difficulty in selecting
the British arhiJrators. From the as
pect Of the matter today, however. there
! every reason 10 believe that this Will
be amended in the course of a very few
days and that no other obstacle of i'm
portance will be encountered in conclud-
ing the treaty. The Venezuelan congress
has been called 10 meet in regular ses-
sion on February IS. II may be readily
advanced. if necessary. 10 meet any time
between that date and February l. but
as the treaty can hardly arrive al Cas-
Caras much before the middle OF the
month. the government : not likely 20
take advantage Of the permissiory law
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29

trade, and the socialist press. with an
entire parliamentary Left fighting the
double standard which they represent as
a means of enabling debtors 10 repay
gold mortgages with deprecated silver,
and so illegitimately enriching American
mine owners. But the Left neither con-
trolls parliament nor the government.
And" continues DR.. Arendt, should
a conference be summoned, the German
parliament can be relied upon TO be its
strongest supporters.
Lord Alderman, who is a director Of
the Bank of England. devotes much
space to refuting the arguments of the
Gold Standard Defense association.
which declared that Senator Wolcott was
unable 10 answer the first questions ask
ed by English bankers and traders. His
lOrdship thinks that the month of March
will enable Mr.. Mckinley to carry out
the st. Louis program in regard 10 BIZ
metallism, and concludes by remarking:
There is no doubt that France and the
United States by agreeing together could
themselves maintain a bimetallic law;
but for greater certainty and confidence
it. would be reasonable that they should
ask for England and Germany's Coop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
BIMETALLIC SITUATION
As IL Exists in Europe, Reviewed by f or
eign journal.

London, Jan. 2S.-The February num-
Der or the National Review will contain
an important review Of the bimetaIlics sit
uation IN Europe. by the leaders Of the
movement IN England. France and Ger
many. and arranged specially in view Of
the visit 10 Europe of Senator Wolcott Of
Colorado. wro is now in Paris
Edmund a. Arters, secretary Of the
French Bimetahc league. contributes a
careful article on the situation and the
steady growth OF the movement in
France. In II he declares that there Is
no doubt that the French government,
and a greaz majority OF the French mar
Lament are in favor Of bimetallisn. add
ing:
Our hopes today are greater than
ever. because We believe that the Amer
lean election has revealed 70 Europe gen
orally. and 10 England especially. the
impasse blind alleyl into which gold
monome. allism has led the world. Ii
has been shown ccnclusively that inter-
nationalists are far more logical porti-
sans of sound money than monomesa al
lists"
Dr.. Otto Arendt. member OF he reich
stag and OF the Prussiau diet, honorary
secretary Of the German Bimetallic lea
que, declares that only England blocks
the way.
Germany, he adds. will participate
in conference called by any other pow
er, but Dr.. Arendt explains. will not
as in 1892. be represented by fanatic
gold men but viii contribute by raising
and fixing the price Of silver. liberal free
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
SAYS MORTON HAS WHEELS
De Almond OF Missouri Gets After CIevs
lands Farmer With q sharp Stick.

Washington. Jan 2S-The house pass
ed the Indian appropriation bill today.
and entered upon the consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill, but
all interest in these two measures was
over-shadcwed - two very remarkable
speeches. one made by Mr.. Grosvenor of
Ohio, attacking Ex-Governor Altgeld Of
Illinois. ard the other by Mr.. De Ar
mond OF Missouri, heaping ridicule on
Secretary Moron for the recent issue Of
a pamphlet entitled THE Farmers In
terest in Finance"
Mr.. Grosvenor's observations on the
governor OF illinois were called forth by
the latter's speech last week, in which
he charged tha. Mr.. Bryan had been de-
feated by fraud and based his charges
particularly on the enormous increase
of the vote of Ohio. where. he alleges,
80, 900 votes were illegally cast. Mr.. Gros-
venor was very personal in mis- illusions
to Mr.. Altged. laying at his door much
grave lespons billy for the result Of the
election He de clared that an appeal on
the stump against Altgeldism never fail
ed to arouse the populace where all else
failed He then analysed the Ohio vote
and explained the cause OF the increa Sc,
calling attention to the fact that the
Democratic vote in the state had increas-
FL proper ihtN4i man
Republican.
Mr.. De Almond replied very briefly to
Mr.. Grosvenor but ii was his subse-
quent attack on Secretary Morton which
created the sensation. Mr.. De Almond
is a Democrat, an ardent advocate of
silver, and therefore his attack on a
Democratic cabinet official who had been
most active on the gold side of the con-
t-oversy excited less surprise than IL
otherwise would have done
In conclusion. Mr.. De Almond again
commended 10 the prayerful cOusidera-
ton Of the Republicans this curiosity
Of modern political life" whose pecu-
liarity was that ne talked when he was
not writing and wrote when ne was not
talking and did both when he was rot
thinking
Full many a whim OF purest ray serene.
The dark unfathomed dreams OF Nor
ton bear:
Fun many a wheel is formed 70 whirr
unseen
And waste its feetness meath J.
Sterling's hair"
(C,~ea- auch-z- ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
WANTED A WIFE.
Alehough He Needed One He Was Par
ticular About Quality.

A prominent attorney preserves the
following document as one of the chief
curios of his office
1t bears arecent date and was written
from one of the Missouri river towns.
The young woman referred to is the
presiding genius of the kitchen IN the
lawyers home:
Dear Sir: I got acquainted with
Miss - through our corresponding
with each other. She wants 10 marry
ma Should she suit. will not want
her for three or four months yet.
Please find ont through your wife and
let me know by return mail if she IS
orthy Of a good husband.
us her character good? How about
her honesty and integrity? Does she
seem to like children? Is she neat and
clean? Is she tasty about her dress :?
Is she gay or frivolous. or what you
call sullen?
rs she wasteful in her cooking aad
thinks she is saving or not? Is sh-
strong and healthy? Can sic hear snd
talk good? Is she homely ~ pretty?
Is she snaTt7 To make il short, would
she make q good man a good wife?
81 am a cooper b. trade, widoV-sr
with FIVE children, and ] need a woman
that's good cook and TO look after
my children. She has been working
for your vie three weeks. You o1sht
to know her pretty good by this time.
Anything you may say she won't know
~ II isn't good, unless you tell her your
self.
rs she stylish? Has she begun 20
break or show edge? Is she steady and
does she know how 20 pleased
'You can do me- a great favor II you
tako five minutes Of yonr valuable time
20 answer these few questions.
Please write az once I want 70
know quick Your obedient scr.&nt
Ioui. Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
ALL GOT THE GRIP
CONTINUED from First Page.)

NAL schools in one locality is but rep
etition of what has taken place in many
OF the older states. A few years ago we
We're called upon TO make an investsa-
ton of the attendance at the Kansas
Staff Normal at EmpoT'ia. and il was
ascertained that out of an attendance OF
over 1,S00 students they came largely
from, Lyon county and the counties lying
| Immediately adjacent thereto, going 10
show the local tendencies OF these insii-
| tutions. Other states have corrected this
tendency by scattering their institutions
throughout their territory.
The little state OF Massachusetts, has
ten normal schools within her borders,
Pennsylvania twelve. Wisconsin eight,
and our neighboring state OF Missouri
three.
Woods county has now 224 schools in
operation and territory sufficient for the
! organization of twenty-five more, and sos
licensed teachers. yet not one OF this vast
number has ever been benefited by the
Normal at Edmond: and the territory
adjacent 10 Woods county that should
contribute TO the support OF a normal
school located at Alva has SOP schools in
operation, which means at least that
number of teachers without normal in
struction, making a total Of I25 schools,
or more than one-third OF the number OF
schools IN Oklahoma; and in the same
territory We have nearly one-third OF the
total scholastic population of Oklahoma.
And. again, there is an equitable fea-
ture of this question 10 which We would
most respectfully call your attention.
From report just received from the
school land leasing board We find that
the county of Woods has within her lin
its. composed of section l3. set apart for
educational purposes. 49. $50 acres. or 3l6
quarter Sections. and of this number 125
have been leased for the past two years
at an average rental value OF S32 per quar-
ter section. showing that Woods county
has paid into this fund the sum of $4,000.
and as the Norma, fund should receive
one-third of this amount, We have al
in excess OF what we are now asking TO
place our institution on a permanent
footing.
The bill now pending provides that
Alva township shall donate forty acres
of land upon which 20 locate the school.
and $1,000 10 erect suitable building:
and the $1,000 asked for TO defray the ex-
pense for teachers for a period of two
years is s1,l66 less than the county OF
Woods alone has paid out in each of the
past two years for normal purposes.
In other words, We are asking for an
appropr:a ton OF 1880 per year for two
years. while we have been paying out
81. SEE per year for the past two years
for normal instruction without receiving
any benefit therefrOm."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
AN INDIAN LEGEND.
Hsw the Mojaves Explain the Division ~
the Races.

The mystery surrounding the origin
Of the Indian race is greatly enhanced
by listening to some of the quaint leg
ends, says the Los Angeles Herald Here
is one of them. related by the ode,
men of the Mojave tribe:
"At the time of the Mojave, the white
man, the negro, and all other people
lived together with their god, Mule.
velia, whose mother was the earth, and
whose father the heaven.
They were all supplied with food
clothing, and many luxuries. Besides
these they had tools and all kinds of inn
plements and machinery to work with
Everything was manufactured, and
especially matches.
Zone day Mulevelia died, and all the
people, excepting the ejaves, fed. aft
er footing the camps of everything they
could lay their hands On, not even leav.
ing match.
Here was a pretty state Of affairs,
and the dead god awaiting cremation,
There seemed to be no other alterna-
tive than TO dispatch a messenger for
a spark from. one of the brilliant lu-
minaries of the upper region. and a coy
ote was sent to q star for some fire.
AFTER long time he returned with.
out success, and so hungry that he
tried to eat up the dead god.
'Mastanho, the man, sat by rubbing
willow sticks together, and produced
fire. which they used in burning up
Gulevelia-
after the cremation, which took
place somewhere near Fort Mojsve, the
mountains at the foot of the canyon
parted and the Colorado flowed through
and swept the ashes away.
''Mastanho now became chief and d.
vided thu Indians into tribes and gave
them their alletnents of land
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
tween the mode of living Of an Ameri-
can and Russian laborer.
MUsTAcHEs IN FAVOR.
But Few Decades Ago They Were Un-
popular.

popular.
'In the 90 years have lived in New
York" said an octogenarian to a re-
porter of the New York Mail and Ex-
press, .'I have never seen such varia-
ton in the styles of wearing the mus
tache. Why, it seems that everybody
trains and crops them as an advertise
ment for their various professions The
broker, the banker, the sport, the bust
ness man, etc, seem to adops styles OF
their own.
Talking of mustaches reminds OF the
time when Consul Glidon came 10 New
York from Egypt IN 1897 wearing big
black, dropping mustache. He was
looked upon as curiosity, and it was
some years later before the mustache
was generally adopted. When / was 4
boy the mustache was looked upon as
vulgar and mcnstrous and unbeooming
gentleman
II have often heard my father talk
about the introduction of the first mus
tache IN New York. A gentleman re-
turned from Europe, so the story goes,
in 1916. A scrubby-looking mustache
adorned his upper lip. The citizens
were stricken dumb. he was ridiculed,
criticised and spurned. and was finally
compelled TO shave it off in despair"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
FREE AFTER % YEARS
Oldest Prisoner In Jolise In Tine q
Service Il Released


Twenty-seven years and eight months
ago Louis jackson, IS years old. Va
landed at the Joliet penitentiary on .
life sentence. The other noon the man
left the prison after Shaking hands with
the officers, middle-agsd man, with
gray hair and mustache, veritable in
FAINT, so far as the world Is conceRned
He met the street cars, the first he evez
rode on. and nearly fell under tie wheels
as the motorman let so the electricity
The world has been revolu6onixed
since Jackson bads good-by to tho free
air and sunshine on June 1, 1859. Wars
have been fought, the telephone. cleo
trio street cars, electric street Lighting
bicycles and hundreds Of other inven-
tons have been brought into use. jack
sons life term was shortened by Gov.
Altgeld TO IS years and months
His good time brought his term down
10 = years and months. He tooh
the 1898 Chicago & Alton train FOR his
home near Springfield. III.
He was quite disappointed in not bc.
ing met by his relatives upon his 10
lease, but with . sniff of fresh air Aa
was OF like qusrterhorse. When hs
was taken into the prison he could
neither read nor write and had ne
trade. To-day he has good education
and is an expert molder.
Jackson Was sent up from Washing
ton county for shooting BENJAMIN.
Raney.
Jackson was the oldest convict in
prison in term Of years More than IL !.
0G9 convicts have been received since
he went in, many for the second. third,
fourth and fifth times. Not an officer
or prisoner was in the building when
Jackson was received that was there
when he left.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
THREATENED WITH DEATH.
Strange Persecution Which Follows {
Household Reading In Eiwoed-

Strange Pcrsecution Which Follows Q
Household Reading In Eiwoed-
The death of DIR. w. II. Ebert, the
prominent Seventh-Day Adventist, near
Elwood. Ind. and his funeral recall 70
mind some very sensational occurrences
of year ago, and tits believed By many
that the lives of the family left behind
are not safe in that place. Some one
unknown to the family several months
age began to plan to kill them, and sew
erai times the we'll at the house was
poisoned and the family only escaped
death by the most constant watchful-
ness. Stock was killed and poisoned
and at last they found a note under the
door one morning threatening 20 kill
the little granddaughter, who resided
with the aged couple. and saying that
she would be killed IL the house had 10
be burned down over their heads. In
few nights the barn was burned and
the stock narrowly escaped death as a
result. Following that there was an.
other note found threatening all kinds
of desperate things and saying that u
was only question Of time until the
granddaughter would be killed. aud
the whole family with her. The family
took all precautions and got guns.
Neighbors assisted in keeping watch,
and this was kept up for months, until
nothing having occurred, it was grad
ually relaxed, and for some time moth
ing has happened. The family fear
now that the doctor Is dead that their
old enemy viii begin 70 annoy them
again. and their friends are alarmed for
their safety
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
We'll si~l.uG

American wheelu1en travelling alone
in Europe have many queer experience.
A young man who was bicycling in
southern France was pushing bis wheel
ID steep hill when he overlook a
peasant with q donkey cart who WA
rsuidly becoming stalled. though Tho
little doslsev ~as dong his best Tho
benevolent wheelnsn. putting has left
hand against the back Of the cart and
guiding bis ~heeir the other. pushed
So hard that toe DONKEY taking fresh,
courage, pulled bis load up % The top
successfully The ssl,n-ni, reActsee. tbs
peasant burst into thanks 20 hS bene-
factor. 1t vas very god of you. mon
sieur,- be said: i should never 4 "a.
world have got Up -. Ill sith only oss
ooasey."