Evening star., 1920-06-20
FIFTY YEARS Ago In
THE STAR.

A slick theft from the Treasury De-
partment which netted the sum Of
| 100000 was reported in
Treasury The Star of June 10. 1870.
-, :. as follows:
AAeit' There was missed from
the United States Treasury on satur-
day (supposed to have been stolen)
a bundle of 1000 new legal tender
notes of the denomination of $40, new
series of 1869. having the head of
Daniel Webster. and numbered as
follows: H353o001 to H3532o00. both
inclusive. amounting to $4,000. The
notes were taken from the office of
the treasurer. The solicitor of the
Treasury Department has satisfied
himself as to how the robbery was
committed. and the detectives are on
the track for the recovery of the
money and arrest of the criminals.
The room of the division of issues,
where the counting and packing of
notes Is conducted. is guarded by
male and female messengers. and it
was in this room the robbery occur
red. On Saturday several ladies were
allowed in the room to witness the
counting by a permit from Gen. Spin
ner. Two men were with them, and
the messengers supposed they were
the companions of the ladies. but sub
sequent developments have shown
that this was not SO and that the men
were the thieves. While the male
messenger preceded the party to show
the various places of. interest. one of
these men dropped behind, and whils
his accomplice successfully covered
him and engaged the other messenger
In conversation. the notes were taken.
hidden under his coat, and the thieves
succeeded in making their escape be-
fore the loss was discovered The
stolen package was IA inches long.
Z inches high and 3k inches wide"
Fifty years ago the wages of women
were much lower than those
Equal of men, even when similar
n work was performed. The
oy' Star Of June 13, 1870. con-
tains letter protesting this condi-
ton. as follows:
1T has been argued by some MEM
bers of Congress that If the salaries
of the women in the departments
were raised to the same sum as mems
when they do the same work It
women, because men. who have votes,
would then come and insist upon hav-
ing the places for themselves. We
regret to see so good a reason as this
presented TO women to make them
discontented with not having the bal
lot. Catherine Beecher has just at
tended woman suffrage convention,
to say to the ladies that all the good
they want they can obtain without
the ballot, by asking men to legislate
fn fhar NJ
thought hers was the true position.
But If this argument made in Con-
gress against raising the salaries of
women is sound, then Miss Beecher's
theory falls to the ground and with
American institutions women cannot
have fair share of the work and
wages of the world without the bal
lot.
No friend of the whole race, no
! friend of justice. can wish to per-
petuate the pecuniary dependence of
wemen. from the cradle to the grave,
upon man. Such dependence is the
cause of nine-tenths Of all the evils
| thaf pertain to 'woman's lot,' that
| are remediable by society. It de-
| grades marriage, by leading women
| to marry for homes; it often destroys
| the happiness of homes afterward,
and it alone makes the social evil'
| ineradicable. When women become
pecuniarily independent of men then
tHts W III be truly eIeEdleQ IN cnar-
acter and destiny, and not till then.
We hope the ballot for all women il
not necessary step to this desirable
end. Do the friends Of women in
Congress think the excellent work
done by excellent women for gov
ernment in the departments here will
be taken from them, if they are just
| ly paid. unless they have vote
wherewith to protect themselves"
The question pending fifty years
ago as to the reward of the men
who were first to
District First defend the capital
to Volunteer. tbe oiv,, 49, ena ,as =.
the following statement in The Star
of June IA, 1870:
LAS the propositions pending in
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