The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-08
THOUSANDS TO AID
GOVERNMENT HAS A BIG JOB ON
ITS HANDS IN INDIA.


r Inhabitants to Look After - Situation
Immensely Relieved by Recent Rains
There'u be no Going Out to Pass the
Hat for Private Charity, Though. In Any
Event, it is Said-Canadian Flour for
Australia-News From London and
Paris-GeneraI Foreign Dispatches.
Calcutta, Jan. AT a meeting OF the
council today, Sir John Woodburn, The
revenue member, said that the timely
rains in November and December had
saved India from the greatest calamity
Of the century, so widespread ana
severe was the drouth. A large area,
sown with the assistance of the No
vember rains, had, he said, been greatly
benefited by the further rains last
week. and an addition to the food stock
was expected in April In spite OF this,
he continued, the present situation was
very grave. Nearly $50. 900 persons were
already in receipt of relief, and the task
of providing for these enormous num-
bers was gigantic. The government had
given. and was giving, unstinted help
in men and money.
The viceroy. the earl Of Elgin, endors-
ed the statement OF Sir John WOODBURY.
and said that il was what the govern
ment was awaiting in order to enable it
10 give better effect TO the proposals
which il would now gladly receive. In
regard to the obligations of the gov
errment, the viceroy emphaticaily de-
clared that it had, and can have, MOTH
ing to do with an appeal TO private char
fly. Its cWn duties were clear, and the
government was determined TO fulfill
them. The funds are ample and il
should never be said that the full re-
sources of the empire had not been used
for relieving the distressed
FLOUR FOR AUSTRALIA.
Montreal. Jan. THE lake of the
Woods Milling company, having branch
es in this city and various places IN the
northwest, recently received large orders
from Australia for -four, and they have
begun shipping at the rate of 5000 tons,
or 800 cars, per month.
AUSTRALIAN HURRICANE.
Melbourne. Jan. IA hurricane has
swept over Palmerston (Port DARWIN,
seaport village of South Australia at the
junction of the overland telegraph with
the ocean cable to Java. The place is
r:cation with it is interrupted.
THE CANADIAN A P. A.
Toronto, Ont, Jan. THE political or
ganization styling itself the Patriotic
Vigilance committee, has distributed
throughout Canada a circular charging
that IAN insidious conspiracy has for
several months been at work Throughout
the Dominion, aiming at the overthrow
Of the authority of our gracious queen,
and the annexation of our beloved coun-
try to the United States. Behind what
is ostensibly a political movement, is
plainly TO be seen the hand of the Ro-
man Catholic church, the ever-watchful
enemy of Protestant liberty" In con-
clusion the circular advises the district
organizations to~rcport the actions of
those suspected Of annexation tenden-
cies.
FREWEN IS SENSATIONAL.
London. Jan. Neither the Bimetal-
lie league or other silver organizations
have any information regarding the Wis
it TO Europe of Senator Wolcott of Col
orado, who sailed from New York on
January 2, on the Cunard line steamer
Campaia. The st. James Gazette says:
Everybody wants to know how far
Mckinley means 10 go in the direction
of doing something for silver. Mr. More
ton Frewen, however, has discovered
exactly what is on foot He has writ
ten to a financial daily paper pointing
out that if Russia means to resume
specie payment she will have to buy
200, 600. 900 ounces of silver, and that tar
If concessions upon the part of the
United States would induce her to do so;
that this operation will easily rehabili-
tate silver on a 15h to 1 basis and
France and Germany will probably join
for similar considerations. So Mckinley
is apparently to end in tariff reductions
and a boom for silver. but Mr.. Frewen is
at a discount as a prophet at present.
A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.
London. Jan. THE Daily News ex-
presses the hope that the report that
John Hay is to succeed Mr.. Bayard as
ambassador at the court OF St James
will prove true. Besides his high abil-
ity." says the News, '.he is an exceed
ingly good fellow
FRANCES POPULATION.
Paris, Jan. THE results OF the last
census, which are just published. shows
that there is no sign of recovery in the |
birth rate. The total increase in the |
population of France since 1891 is or..y
lio,OI1 While the number of foreigners |
in France is decreasing. The large !
towns are growing slightly at the ex-
pense of the smaller towns and the rural |
districts. The inhabitants have incress- |
ed in twenty-four departments and de- |
creased n siXty-three departments. The |
minister of the interior, Nj. Bethou. |
notes an increase of immigration. but |
he Is compelled TO confess to the marked |
'rdel.Cy Of the population to remain |
stationary
THE CHALONS REVIEW.
Paris. Jan. Baron Monrenheim. the
Russian ambassador. went yesterday To
view NJ. Detaille's picture of the Cha
Ions review before the car. which is !
one Of that artists most successful wa
Ter cciors. the subject being the pas
sage OF the car on horseback. and The
,;arin1 ard President Faure in a lam
1au, along the lines of the troops. The
picture Viii be taken to the palace of the
Elysee and will be sent TO the car.
With letter signed by a committee os
French Journalists.
CURING HUNCHBACKS.
Paris. Jan. 7.-Dr Callot has read be-
'ore the Academy of Medicine a re-
narkaole paper, describing experiments
n Strengthening the spineS Of hunch-
BACKS 10y pressure. The novelty consist
I'd OF the means adopted to keep the
SPINE straight for ten months. by which |
lme cure Is effected. No accident had
occurred in thirty cases. DR.. Gallon
says there is no need that anv child
should become hunchback. but ne Is
ioubtfui whether the method viii cure
adults.