The morning call., 1895-02-08
AROUND THE coRR1poRs.

In no other State in the Union would 1T De
possible to find similar condition OF affairs
such as exist In Kansas regarding boom towns
which once were populous and known to every
Dody, but which are now deserted and ripe with
decay" said NJ. A. Lodge, a Kansas City real
estate man, who was at the Palace yesterday.
There is bill now before the Legislature OF
tnat State for the vacation of at least four Oh
such places-Frisco, in Morton County; Wen
dell, in Kiowa County; Kamopolis, in the CEN
trail portion of the State, and Runnymede, in
Harper County. OF the four l am only familiar
with the history of Kamopolis. Its founders
embraced among their number j. warren
hener, ex-Congressman, and F. NJ. BookWalter'
one OF the most wealthy and prominent men In
Central Ohio, and number of other prominent
citizens OF Springfield in that State. The town
was said to be located in the exact geographic
cal center OF the State, and was doomed as
the future capital. Immense buildings were
erected, but every drop of water consumed by
the 5000 inhabitants was hauled from the
Smoky Hill River, some distance away. The
town was the most widely advertised OF all the
boom towns OF the State, and was possessed OF
newspapers, banks, projected streetcar lines
ana eleetrie-hght plants, wooden ana nour
mills, carriage and wagon factories and numer-
Gus other enterprises. Hundreds of thousands
OF dollars were lost in this town venture, and
now the bats and coyotes are about the only
evidences OF life to be seen on its streets"
Joseph I. Lynch, an old-time railroad man,
who for many years was in the employ OF the
New YORK Central Company, but who has now
settled down on a comfortable ranch In the
southern part of the State, was at the Lick
yesterday. He is full of "reminiscences of early
day railroadlng, and among other things told
OF the first clearinghouse of any consequence
established in the interior of New York. at
was the idea OF man named Lauman," said he,
"who had won about $50, 900 on the election
ofFranklin Pierce to the Presidency in 1862.
1t was his plan to build place for feeding pas
sengers which was to outrank anything OF the
kind in the United States. The house was es-
tablished at Warsaw, on what is now the
Buffalo division of the Lake Erie and Western
road, and it was arranged for the first time in
that State that passengers could telegraph
ahead to that point for their meals. The build
ing was regal in all It's appointments, but it did
not prove paying venture. People in those
days were not yet prepared to appreciate the
eating house, and when travelling long dis
lance in the cars they took their meals along
with them"
James Creelman, the newspaper CORE
spondent who recently arrived here from the
seat of war in China, says that there appears to
be mistaken impression in many countries
regarding the financial condition of Japan, and
belief that long war would exhaust her
more than many othereountries He says that
Japan, in fact is rapidly getting in condition
to supply all her own wants, and has therefore
little to fear from threatened exhaustion. She
has, he says, sufficient money to meet all re-
quirements, light taxes which supply revenues
large enough to leave surplus every year, and
imports which about balance her exports,
neither of which are materially suffering from
the war; The experience the country has had
in raising the necessary revenues for carrying
on the war is pointed out as an indication of
the country's financial soundness and great
resources. Two loans-one of 10000, 900 and
the other of $4,000, 0o0-have been raised
without any apparent difficulty and without
causing any appreciate effect upon Govern
ment credit.