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Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
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A CLERICAL ERROR FOUND.
EX-COrNTy CLERK CALDWELL WILL
MAKE 4 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
Accountant Smell Discovers That Tho Ex-
Onicini Is Indebted to the County
-.Rcsult OF the Pocket Mem
ornn,ium system.

County Accountant Smell. VINO has been
checking up the final report OF cx-County
Clerk Thomas Caldwell has found an er-
ror In that officials report for the month
ending December 81. 1891. BY reason of this
error, according TO MIR Smells report, Mr..
Caldwell is in debt to Jackson county s322.
Mr.. Smell stated yesterday that the epror
was found 10y checking up the account Of
Mr. Caldwell with the books in the col
lcctor's Office. The fees received from the
collector were not reported, or at
least were not shown up on the Of
icial report handed to the county court
Mr.. Smell also found another error in the
September report to the amount of si92
Mr. Caldwell. he said, had corrected this
error In his December account by incor-
poratlng the amount, thereby straighten-
ing out the September account, Notwith-
standing the, tact that the September ac-
count showed a shortage of Sig2, the county
court which passed upon the report. APP
proved the same. without as much as re-
ferrinE the same to an accountant. whose
duty It would be to straighten out any
entanElement which might occur In the re-
port Mr. Caldwell, finding the error in the
selr thereby fulfilling the duty which
rightfully belonged to an accountant.
Mr., Smell attributes the error in the ,ac-
system used in keeping the accounts of
jackson county. To-day he. will file with
wherein the mistake occurred in the report.
Mr.. Caldwell stated to the court yesterday
that the error in his account would be
corrected by a supplemental report and u
check. which will straghten out the diff
hcuty. Both reports will be filed with the
county court at to-day's session.
MIR. Caldwell was at Blue Springs yes
terday. and upon his return he gave the
following version of the affair:
The error found in my report Is purely
clerical and was due to an omission upon
the part of one of my clerks in making up
the report of the office. The sum mentioned
Is still in the account of the county clerk
and was never placed in my private ac-
count, as a person would naturally infer.
The money Is in the bank to the credit OF
port the mistake was discovered. Ii was
too late however. to incorporate the cor
rection. and for this reason a supplemental
report was made out. The supplemental
report will be filed with the other report at
to-morrows session. The account of the
county clerk in the bank Is separate from
my private account and in this way the
money of the county has always been in
tact during my administration"
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

yesterday and last evening was attended
by some danger. Down in the ruins were
some tanks OF ammonia. During the after
noon TWO OF them exploded, The iirst one
was heard about O'Clock. 1t was located
down near the south end OF the store room
portion of the wall and hurled masses Of
brick pork. broken pipe and mortar high
in the air. The noise was a heavy muI-
Ned roar and II created a stampede among
the men working nearby. None OF them
was injured In either explosion.
The men climbed UP the slippery plies
OF pork and fought the IRE from every
point whore an advantage could be OBJ
tained. The clearing off of the burnt tim-
bers and other trash allowed the hremen
to push their work closer to the fire and
fight 1t more successfully, and towards
evening their work was becoming effective;
With all the dangers that surrounded
them there was none OF the fremen In
jurcd In any manner Of Importance. Dur
Ing the afternoon Tom Herbert, of No, 2,
Kansas city, kas,. stepped on nail anu
injured his foot slightly, but was able to
continue the work.
To assist IN clearing the debris away, the
firm during the afternoon had Ave are
lamps swung In the yards for the purpose
OF lighting the place for the men on the
night gang. The fire had ruined Its cleo
trio lights and caused u loss of 800 TO tho
Consolidated Electric Light works or Kan
sns city. Kas.
During the work yesterday II was neces-
snry to have some wheclbarrows for use In
handling the meats The firm had but "a
few on hand. but had the framework OF
others in their shops " took the carpcn-
ters in the shop Just forty minutes to put
frtv barruws together and have them
ready for service This Incident shows
how we'll surplled for any emergency the
average packing house Is.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
PERSONAL.

r. Webber, New York, is at the Coates.
r. w. Patrick, Omaha. is at the Coates.
j. L. Walter. Chicago. is at the Coates.
j. W. Patterson, Milwaukee. is at the
Coates.
j. w. Gilbert. Dodge City. is at the
Coates.
l.. c. Elson, Boston. is at the Coates.
], NJ Reeves, Chicago. is at the Coates.
A. T. Parker, Trenton. is at the Coates.
II. w. Whitelaw, st. Louis, is at the
Coates.
f. NJ. Sanger, New York. is at the Coates.
H. W. Hall, ST. Louis, is at the Victoria.
S. L. Ridlou, Kansas City. is at the Vic
toria.
James stone, Topeka, Kas., is at the Vic
toria.
Joe Levy. Cincinnati, o.. is at the Vic
toria.
$. W. Vandewint. Kingsley, Kas., is at
the Victoria.
y. Il. Friend. Chicago, is at the Vic
toria,
V. NJ. Hobbs, jefferson City. Mo-. is at
the Victoria.
j. G. Archer and wife. Circleville, Kas.,
are at the Victoria.
Israel Wilson, OF Pittsburg, Kas.. IS al
the New Albany.
w. p. Gilkey. of Columbus Junction, Ia.
is at the New Albany.
C. H. Milliken, of Horton. Kas., was at
the New Albany yesterday.
II. A. Radle, of Chaplin, No., is at the
New Albany.
Thomas c. Cox, of Blackburn, No.. is at
the New Albany.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
IN THE sMoULDERlNG RUINS.

companies, and for that reason are devot-
ing their time to caring for the salvage,
and in this manner reducing their loss TO
the minimum.
The largest amount of the Insurance car
ried by any agency Is that carried by the
organized in this city three years ago, and
Since Sine that lime, The policy carried on
building ID was SSO7 500, which is said to
be the larges! single PSliey eyer made in
change is composed of 100 men in thirty
three different cities, each of them a
millionaire, who band together to carry
their own Insurance. They We're organized
by William Williamson, of this city. who
He was at the fire yesterday and was, IN
specting the loss. ii was the tirst loss
the exchange has been called upon to
pay, and he said It was to be paid and
able TO pay, and then would have saved
considerable on the plan. The company
also carries policies on the other packing
houses, on Emery, Bird, Thayer x Co.'S
and representative houses in other cities.
The plan was one in which the Reid broth
they had great confidence.
The firm carried $4,000 insurance on the
machinery in building X, the engine room
and Arctic department. The large Arctic
engine was not damaged as much as was
expected. The boilers We're tested yester-
day and found to be in good shape, but
the Arctics are damaged beyond repair.
Just south of the engine room were the
ice houses, and the high piles of Ice still
There are hundreds of tons left and 1t will
be saved by enclosing the pile with build
ing;
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

an ocean of water at hand. ihe fire started
in the fertilizer, and in less time than is
required to call the fire department to the
scene, it was in the lard room. and there
had been a terrible explosion of one of the
lard tanks. This threw great quantities of
heated and burning lard all over the build
ing, and caused other tanks to be exploded
in short order, and after that it was with
the tiremen simply desperate fight to
save the smokehouse and office, and that
required the most persistent and deter
mined labors all night long,
The contents OF the buildings were OF the
leaped hundreds of feet into the air. despite
the great quantities of water poured onto
them. The flames were gotten under con-
troll, as was told in the journal, about 10
check since. During the remainder, of the
night there were twenty streams of water
poured on the fire, and all day yesterday
two steamers and ten lines of hose con-
tinued, to flood the. ruins and stay the
the firemen, wearied with the labors of the
night, We're glad to be relieved of their
task during the afternoon, when the fire
men furnished by the company responded.
Chief Hale remained at the fire until an
assistance, and then went home. Chief
Staub remained all night, and was busy
all day yesterday, and remained at his post
until a late hour last evening, before he
fire to others.
The ruins of the buildings contained but
little, except in the main room, in which
was stored 2,,e the large stock Of meats on
and was filled full of salt meats, and the
six floors We're each piled to the ceiling. 1t
was this building the fremen worked so
hard TO save. but failed. 1t contained over
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

the regiment did not owe the water works
company dollar. but that he supposed
the company knew the state was going TO
let the military go broke,' and so did not
propose to let a bill run up.
At the armory last night about sixty
men We're drilling under Captains Wagar
and Lechtman, but there was no water for
them to drink until the armorer got a tin
boiler full from a neighboring store. The
of the members of the regiment had
dropped in besides those whose drill night
it was They We're attracted there in anticl-
patton that there might be further devel:.
opments in the process of disarmament Of
the state troops. the beginning of which
Is generally looked for any time now. 1t
was reported yesterday that Captain w.
NJ. Alternately. of Battery b. had resigned,
with Lieutenants Clingman and Forbes,
bur II was learned that he had not vet
sent in his resignation.
At the armory last night It was the gem
Battery h would have their designations in
within the next week and that the battery
would 20 to pieces with the infantry troops
A feature of the situation brought out in
discussion among the officers and men
effect the act of disbandlng the state
troops of Missouri would have in throwing
all the arms now held by the state back
BY an act of congress. passed several years
ago, the federal government issued to each
state a supply of arms for Its troops TO
use and these arms We're in turn issued
by the state to the officers of the various
regiments ana companies, 80 lNit lHtIt
are now four regiments and several de-
tached companies of infantry in the state
under arms. and two batteries. one of the
latter is Battery II, of Kansas City, and
the other Battery A, of St. Louis. Battery
y in, this city has two cannon no5 and a
a minute while the Third regiment has
about 800 stands OF arms-all Springfield
rifles. These arms will be turned In to the
state authorities II is stated, when the
regiment dlsbands. and In turn the state
will cover them back to the federal war
department when it ceases to have use for
them.
Colonel Smonds and the other members
of the committee, recently appointed at
ways and means for keeping the regiment
will report tonight at IL meeting
was learned last night from a member of
the committee that there was nothing for
them to report, as the legislature had,
acted finally upon the appropriation and re-
organization bills
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
can be secured at Armour's sufficient

Ice can be secured at Armour's sufficient
to enable the firm to go ahead.
The companys wagons went out yester-
day morning with the orders for the city
went out the same as though there had
been no fire at the house. The beef beds
are all right, and soon as the cold
blast can be run from Swift's the killing
for the trade can be resumed. The fire
will cause but little If any delay in the
beef department of the firm.
There was some talk last evening that
the Reds would take possession of the
Allcutt packing house out in the western
part of Armourdale, and continue their
buildings were erected. Mr.. William J.
Reid was asked concerning this report,
and stated that no arrangements had been
concluded for that plan as yet, but II had
been one of the matters under discussion
and was still being considered: 1t is un-
plant is in bad shape. and would require
some repairs to put it in running order.
The plant was as well insured as pack
ing house could be, but even that Is FAR
enough below the real value of the prop
erty to allow the firm to sustain a consid-
erable loss even on the stock on hand in
addition to the loss in the interruption OF
business.
The company had insurance on the large
store room, which was known as building
d. as follows:
on building Observation-Disclosures. GgVo
on stock ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l6juOO
In the aggregate the firm estimates its
loss at 81 10000, and the probable amount
of insurance at near Sl.OI0,0O0. The sched-
ule of the many policies in force was not
Mr.. Spence, who is in charge of that de-
partment was i'll during the afternoon.
The members of the firm are in no manner
apprehensive of trouble with the insurance
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

II, 900, 900 pounds of meats held ready. for
market. The firm had been killing from
1000 to 800 hogs per day Tor a long time,
and storing the meat, IN anticipation OF an
advance In the price; Ihe rhise f ma na wo,nid Sod
have realized enormously on their venture
had the fire not taken place.
Yesterday, after the walls had fallen, the
huge piles of pork still remained; II was
twenty feet high and covered the entire
area Of the building, which was 2OONl2O feet
1t was in this building where the great loss
was experienced. The meat was valued at
about $500, 900. and this Is why the iremen
worked so hard to save 1t from the flames
Ali day long yesterday the firemen con-
tinued TO pour water on the smoking pile
OF meat and by nightfall 1t was pretty well
free from fire, although there We're some
smouldering places, from whlch great vol
umes OF smoke rose as the water Was
The work of securing the salvage from
the ruins began during the day, and IN the
afternoon there We're hfty teams ana ioc
age the remains of the fire; Wagon after
wagon loaded with brick and stone. twisted
and broken pipe, and dlsmantled machin.
cry, was h,auled away. and large force OF
meat. ~.rhe burned and scorched meat was
loaded into the cars as rapidly as possible
and hauled to ArInour's, where II was put
In the tank.
there is believed TO be large amounts that
will be damaged but little. and much or II
not at all. In falling, the floors formed
shed that prevented the fire from touch
Ing the meat In many places, and " Was
damased simply BY water and that, that but but
west side yesterday the firemen and la
borers discovered that 1t was simply the
outside tier that was burned. The same
condition was found on the east side when
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
JEFFRIEs UNDER ARREST.
Henry stoncst rect Quickly Comes to the Aid
OF the Prisoner.

Another one OF the Second ward election
Judges who was indicted by the grand jury
at its last report, but who has been NUM-
bered among the missing for II long time,
returned to Kansas city yesterday and
gave himself up. This was II. G. Jcffries.
who served as a Judge in Precinct ., and
who, according to all reports, was the
mainstay of Kruger and the gang In pill
ing up the phenomenal vote alleged to have
been cast in that precinct
When Jeffries showed up yesterday morn
ing he surrendered to Marshal Stewart and
was at once arraigned before Judge Wof-
ford. ne entered the usual plea of not
guilty and his bond was fixed in the sum
of 500, which he furnished with Circuit
Clerk Henry Stonestreet and w. i. Hay
den as sureties. AS is the case with most
of the indicted Second ward election OF
fcials, one of the Democratic county oiii-
GERS who proiited most by their dirty
work is on the bond.
Icffries is the man with whom Bradbury
had intimate relations. 1t was Jeffries
who told bradbury the night before the
election that there were 500 ballots al
ready prepared for the straight Democratic
ticket with the exception that they were
marked for Krueger and Brennan and dis
tributed in the ballot box,.s of the Second
word.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

A meeting of the military committee hav-
ing in charge the escort duty on the occa-
sion of the visit of General j. b. Gordon.
of Georgia, TO this city, was held in the
club rooms of the Coates House l2st night.
The committee will arrange for the recep-
ton of the Georgia senator at the depot
and for escort at the Auditorium on the
night of the lecture AT the meeting last
night IL was decided that Company \, of
the Third regiment, with an equal mum
ber of ex-Confederates. the latter in citi-
zens' dress. shall meet General Gordon at
the Union depot on his arrival on the eyen-
an escort and attend the general to the
Coates House, where he VIII be entertain IN,
lecture the two bodies will form lines at
the Auditorium entrance, through which
General Gordon will pass on his way to the
stage. The escort Will then take seats on
the stage: The committee Is composed Gf
ment; Major b. l.. Woodson, Captain c. w.
Whitehead, John G, Hope and John b,
Stone The escort Will assemble at the
headquarters of Company and march to
the depot and Auditorium.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
tho debris was cleared away from that

the debris was cleared away from that
part of the ruins.
AT o'clock last evening the day force
of men was sent home. and fully 900 others
took their places and continued the work
of clearing away the debris. The work
was done yesterday under the supervision
Il was continued under the direction OF
Mr. George Blnney, for many Years the
VIII not stop. by day or night until the
entire pile OF debris is cleared off and
eeyerything that can he saved Is cared for FOR;
the packing house men present that the
salvage was certain TO- he quite large. The
parics holding policies ON the plant were
loud In their praise of the energetic maii-
ner In which the ilrm was pushing things ,sls
loo barrels OF lard were scoopcd out of the
river at the foot of the firms private
men men who WORKED at the job .' were we'll Ell paid
for their labors by the firm. Some of the
men who worked hard earned as much as
$40. Even with the care exercised tn gath
crinE the lard there was considerable
quantity escaped. and during the day
as the mouth OF the Kaw. The fishermen
In their boats followed IL down the river,
and even as far down as the James street
eddies were formed. 1t was easter than
fishing. and far more lucrative TO them,
and they willingly gave the fish day of
rest.
After inspecting the ruins by daylight
Mr.. Robert Reid yesterday morning sent
a cablegram to the home office of the firm
at Belfast. ireland. informing them of the
loss. The directors will meet there in a
few days. and he expects then TO he au..
thorizcd to go ahead with the work of
rebuilding. without waiting for advices
from the home office he said yesterday that
the house was to be rebuilt, and that as
soon possible.
The firm was offered very promptly yes
terday such assistance from Swifts and
Armour's as Will enable Il to open its beef
houses soon, and continue business in n
small way at least until better arrange
ments can he made. A cold air pipe can
be run from Swift's. and refrigerator scrv-
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
ONLY A FEW WILL BE LEFT
REMOVAL or TuE INSANE Will DE-
POPULATE THE POOR FARM
out of Two Hundred Inmates onc Hun
drcd and seventy Must. Under the
New Law, Ec Sent to
Nsylums.

The bill which recently passed the house
and senate making 1t obligatory upon the
part of county courts to COntlnc insane peo-
pie in state institutions instead OF ct the
poor houses. will have the effect OF de-
populatng the poor farm Of Jackson coun-
ty. Yesterday Superintendent Gentry, OF
the poor farm, was present at the session
OF the county court at Independence. and
In reply to question as TO how many in
sane people would he taken from the poor
farm, replied that out of 30 inmates now
being cared for by the county at the farm
1T0 are insane and would probably come
within the law. When the exodus from the
poor farm to the insane asylums takes
place there will be only thirty paupers lett
at the farm.
In order to comply with the law thc GU
tire building known as the insane asylum
of jackson county Will he vacated This
will leave a $4,000 monument which u
county court erected some years ago, IN
the interests Of economy The old build
ings are more than ample enough TO FUR
nish apartments for the few remaining
paupers who Will remain The big build
ing, with its expensive fittings, VIII VIZ
tually be deserted. and the farm itself VIII
suffer to "a considerable extent by the
change. As II now is the greater portion
of the work done on the farm is performed
by harmless insane men. According to the
statistics a genuine paupor will not work
at manual labor. For years the work of
the farm has been carried on by insane
men with oversCcrs to keep them out OF
danger Incident to insane motives. The
taking of the insane away will be a saving
in the way of u reduction in the number of
assistants.
Judge Stone stated that as soon as the
law became operative the change would be
made with all possible speed. Some. of the
insane will be sent to st. Joseph, others to
Nevada, and others to Fulton, Mo.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
HUNDREDS OF MEN AT WORK upoN
THE PACKING HOUSE RUINS.
SALVAGE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE C
COMPANY WILL At ONCE BEGIN THE
ERECTION OF A NEW PLANT.
Meanwhile II Will Conduct Business on u
Necessarily Limited Scale - May
Move Into the Aiicutt Build
Ing Temporarily.

A smoulderlng, sizzling heap OF ruins,
that threw out great clouds of yellow
smoke and steam. was all that remained of
Fix of the eight large buildings of the Reid
Bros. packing house. in Armourdale when
daylight dawncd in that city yesterday.
The fire. that was discovered in the fer
tilizer department at O'Clock sunday even
sng, had done its work in n terrible manner,
and six of the buildings that constituted the
plant had gone down in ruins before its
fierce fury was stayed. This. too, in the
face of one of the most desperate and gal
liant battles ever made by the firemen Of
the two Kansas Ctys. With the one dis
advantage of lack of proper water pres
sure. the battle was all that could be asked,
but 1t is doubtful IL the result would have
been very much otherwise, had there been
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26
Clrcnit Court KcCOrd.

Division No. 3-Judge Henry, presiding.
22s6g. W. T.. Brandenhurgh vs.. G. X.
Bowen ct al: motion for order to pay.
l95Ol. Richard Murray vs.. Metropolitan
Street Railway Company; damages; mo-
ton for change of Venue sustained ana to
Cass county.
7lO0. Cherokee Live Stock Association vs..
John X StOller; account; dismissed.
$3.50 Cherokee Live Stock Association VS..
William Hall ct nj; contract; same.
5O23. EuuCe G. Edwards VS.. James {.
Evans ct al: damages; same.
5O2i. Anna Maria Tolz VS.. James c,
Evans ct al, same.
5025 Caroline Bennett VS.. James c.
Evans ct al; same.
5O26. p. C. Hail VS.. James C. Evans;
from division 1; same.
10000 Nathan Brothers ct al VS.. Manhat-
tan Clothing Company; same.
12iS3. South Missouri Lumber Company
VS.. George NJ. Byers: account; Judgment
for plaintiff.
12Gl3 Lewis Paint Company vs. l.. +.
Sans ct. al; appeal; judgment and me-
1895. state ex rel ]. *. Burnham ct al
VS.. W. T. Hickman; bond; amended an
swer and reply: dismissed as to l.. f.. VIII
son: Judgment for defendants.
S625 Charles T.. Force vs.. !NonZo Van
Patten ct al; motion to quash ovcrruled;
25SS5, Assignment of D. r. Rice Feed
and Coal Company; order of sale.
237S9. Il. -. Robertson VS.. II. Z. Shep-
herd: restraining order granted.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-03-26

In the sui. OF the state of Missouri ex
rel James X. Burnham Thomas Il. Hanna
Fred c, stoepel Albert n 4; A., Munger and
man. Luke L. Wilson, Ed l.. Martin and
Henry c. Schwitzgebel, which was yester-
day tried before Judge Henry. there We're
three ex-sheriffs and sheriff summoned
as witnesses, all testifying in quick sue
cession. First was John c. Hope then
ton. and John r. O'Neill. The suit is on
bond, and has been in the circuit court
for about five years. The court rendered
Judgment Tor the defendants