The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-04
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Claims are pending in the Department
o. state against the following American
republics:
Qua ten,aIa. Honduras
Salvador. Colombia
Ecuador. Hayti-
San Domingo.
We have recently had arbitrations with
Mexico. Chile. Venezuela and Salvador
As stated the other day. Salvador de-
clines TO pay the reward Venezuela is
paying in instaIlments- About one-hah
OF the award against her has already
been paid
There are ancient and obsolete claims
against the Argentine Republic and Par
aguay. but they have never been press
ed by our government because they are
rot believed 10 be just There is claim
OF several millions against Peru brought
by a man who claims that he discovered
guano upon the islands along the Peru
Wan coast ard is entitled TO a commission
on the hundreds OF millions dollars which
that nation has realized from that
source Every now and then somebody
comes here TO revive IL Dudley and
Kitchener have it in hand now. II has
been before congress in various forms,
but has never been seriously treated
b. the Department OF State and prob
abIynever will be. Costa Rica. Bolivia,
Uruguay and Brazil have never been on
our list.
James Dixon OF Chicago asks for In
formation concerning Nudes circulat-
ing library. 1t is an institution more
than half q century cid and managed
in a manner similar 10 the Bookloyers'
Library. OF Tabard Inn, which has re-
Gently been introduced into the United
States. There are two enterprises Of
this sort in England. The oldest was
established in q small news and station
cry shop in ls44 by Charles Nude. who
loaned magazines ard other periodicals
for a small fee TO persons who could
rot afford 10 buy them. His success in
this direction suggested similar use OF
the unsold books upon his shelves and
IN five or six years the scheme had be-
come so popular and extended that Mr..
Nude required an entire building for
company was organized with capital OF
$4,000, and TOW has over $4,000 books
constantly in circulation.
The patrons in London or in any part
OF England. upon the payment of an
annual fee of $.25. are entitled 10 the
continuous use of one book. which may
be exchanged as often as desired but
cannot be kept longer than thirty days.
City patrons may have their books ex-
changed by messengers of the company
whose carts may be seen daily in all
parts of London Patrons living in the
country are supplied as desired by parcel
post but are required 10 pay the postage.
Persons desiring more than one book
at 4 tine can take out as many sub
scriptions as they like. each hcosting s5.s5
a year and each entities them to one
book Catalogues of additions 10 the Ii
brary are issued AZ frequent intervals
and mailed to subscribers. who fill up
blank cards with the numbers OF the
book they want and return them TO head
Quarters. The patronage is so large that
the company ships not less than leo
packages of books daily 10 various
places in the United Kingdom and re-
ceives an equal number. Ii has a special
arrangement with the postoffice depart
nent by which il has its own pouches
and receives them from and delivers
them directly to the postal clerks on the
railway trains. as IS done by the daily
newspaper of this country