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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Chas. H. Bailey Charged With Forg-
ing n Letter of Credit-The
Amount Was $1,000.

Charles H. Bailey, son OF the late Pro-
bate Judge o. P. W. Bailey, of Independ
ence, is under arrest at Central police
station for investigation. 1t is alleged that
Bailey is wanted for cashing forged letter
of credit for $1,000 on the National Live
Stock bank Of Fort Worth, Tex. Nine
hundred dollars We're secured on the letter
from the Metropolitan National bank of
Kansas City and SOO from the Chrsman-
Sawyer bank of Independence. Bailey had
all of the money when arrested, saving
SIS, which ne had spent for a suit of
clothes, a diamond pin and a gold watch.
He was just paying for tEe suit when he
was placed under arrest by Officer Whalen,
of the Central police precinct.
Last Monday. it is alleged. Bailey went
to the Missouri National bank with a let
ter of credit purporting to be signed by
his uncle, ]. P. Edwards, stockman at
Mansfield. Tex. 1t ordered the Live Stock
bank of Fort Worth to pay to C. H. Bailey
81, 600. Bailey was told at the bank that he
could not receive money on the letter un-
less identified. Coroner Bedford knew
Bailey's father and identified him at the
bank. At this juncture Bailey said he
would rather draw the money at Inde-
pendence, where he would purchase cattle
for his uncle, and for convenience sake,
r D. Covington, cashier of the bank, gave
the letter MS Endorsement, saying he did
so on the authority of Coroner T. D. Bed
ford.
Tuesday Bailey drew 500 at the Chris
man-Sawyer bank at Independence on the
Endorsements on the letter. after which he
came directly to Kansas City, where he
presented the letter to Assistant Cashier
W. L. Gaines, of the Metropolitan Ma
tional bank, being identified by George P.
Gates, one of the directors of the bank,
and drew the balance of the money. He
Immediately deposited the money, taking
certificate of deposit and later had this
cashed at the Bank of Westport. He then
returned to Kansas City, made some pur-
chases which he ordered sent to Waxa-
hachie, Tex. While he was preparing TO
leave, the Chrisman-Sawyer bank wired
to Fort Worth about Bailey and his uncle.
The reply came that neither was known
and that the letter was a forgery. In
formation of the letter being forgery was
sent to Inspector FIahive and Bailey's ar
rest followed. He claims the letter is not
a forgery and that it was sent to him by
his uncle. He was reared in Independence
and is 27 years of age. He has a wife liv-
ing in WaXahachie, Tex.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
LEADVILLE MINERS PROTEST.
Used to Break Up Their
Union.

Leadville, Co. Nov 26.-The Cloud City
Miners Union has issued an address to
Governor Mcintyre and the people of Colo
rado, which attempts to show that a con-
spiracy exists among the mine owners to
keep the state troops here until the union
shall be disorganized.. They disclaim re-
sponsibility for the Coronado and other
lawlessnees here, and offer to guard
property and aid in maintaining peace if
the troops are withdrawn.
The address concludes as follows: 1.-The
only practical use to which the troops have
been put SO far has been to act as a body
guard, or escort of honor. to convey the
various invoices of imported lead miners
from the depot to the mines and 10 make
a display of armed force about the mines,
when in fact neither the AIissourians nor
the mines are in any danger whatever
from the Miners Union. The presence of
the militia in Leadville so far will cost
| the people of the state some 500 900. Every
! day that they are here will add something
| over 5000 to such expense. VIII the state
| further lend its aid 10 increase this cost
! to destroy and crush organized labor-to
| assist one class of citizens strong and
| powerful, against another class of citizens
| weak and humble in comparison? Organ
| iZation of workingmen has become a ne
mendable. Ten or twelve men, though
! wealthy and powerful, should not be all
| lowed to crush and destroy it in this new
| Western land. Much less should they be
| aided and encouraged in doing SO.
! THE miners of the union are anxious for
| an amicable settlement of this trouble.
| They opened the field of this immensely
| productive district. They made It possible
| for millionaires to arise from it. They have
! in it the interest of their days pay. bread
| and meat and shelter and clothes for them
! selves and their humble dependents; others
| have in 1t the interest Of rapidly accumu-
| lating fortunes. The miners are ready and
| willing to entertain and consider any rea-
sonable proposition looking toward set
| tlement They VIII meet the operators in
! a spirit of fairness and justice. They can
not. of course, and ought not to, consent to
| the destruction OF the union, for that IS
| the bulwark OF their safety. It stands be-
! tween respectable labor and tramp life.
| Neither can they consent to perform their
hard and exhaustive labor undergo its
constant hardships and face its manifold
| dangers for less wages than will sJIoply
| them with the necessities of life. These
two things are all they demand. The right
for their union to live; the right for them
| selves to live"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
HR IS NOW REPORTER SHY.
HOW THE PRINTING OF A "PERsoN-
ALI CAUSED TROUBLE
The Simple Little Notice Caused a
Real Estate Deal to Fall Through
Broker Now Holds Conference
Before Giving Out News.

There is a ticket agent doing business on
Main street vino is enormously accused Of
belonging to the Society for the Suppress
sion Of News. True, he is reporter shy, as
a horse is car shy or a dog gun shy, but
he will not wilfuIIy suppress news, not If
ne is confident its publication will injure
no one 4 dog is seldom gun shy unless 1t
has been burnt with quail shot at some
time. so Mr.. Roundtrip was asked the 9TH
er day whence mis- peculiar apprehension Of
the gentlemen connected with the press. ="
u was not the man who got burnt 4"
said he He was a. personal friend Of
mine. and ne Goesn't know TO this day that
I was to blame for it. I'm afraid if tell
you, you'll print it and he'll see it, and
then the jig'Il be up"
Upon promise that names would be sup
pressed, Mr.. Roundtrip spoke as follows:
81 have a friend whom We Will call Reg
inald Claveudish, who about ten years ago
ownsd large tract of land near Leaven-
worth, Kas. san5wiched into the tract
'nli[ships vas a quarter section known as
the float which could not be bought for
love or money because it had been willed
to some minor heirs-twins, believe they
HtEE-HG-O GClII IlJl ClSpOS- CL II III III
they had acquired their majority. Claven-
dish wanted the float very much, and SO
did a real estate syndicate in LeavenwOrth.
Both maneuvered and negotiated with the
heirs and their guardians and the admin
istrator and the executrix and other per-
sons interested, but TO no purpose. 1t was
a waiting game.
After the expiration of a year or more
Claverdish came into my Office here and
bought a. ticket to Cincinnati.
"A few minutes afterward a reporter
came in and I gave him the item to use in
mis- personal column.
Two days later Clavendish came in with
a face on him long enough to eat oats out
of a churn.
g Hello said I, have a pleasant visit in
CTEicinnat?
80 'Yes-dem pleasant" said he. I had
the trip for nothing. Those land sharks up
in Leavenw0rth got next the fact that /
had gone some ewhere-ani they closed the
deal by telegraph. When 1 got there ]
found the whole thing settled, and now
they own the float and my property has
deprecated at least s. an acre. l had a
| straight tip that those twins would come
of age at 4:30 O'Clock last Tuesday morn
ing. I swear! I don't see how it hap
! pened.'
Il could have told him, but I didn't. !
| never felt 50 sorry for anything in my life
And that's why 1 usually call a secret con-
| ference of the office employees before Civ.
| ing out a piece of news"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
sEDALIA UNKNOWN IDENTIFIED.
The Man Whose Memory Failed Him
Is Hawkeye.

sedaIia, No, Nov 26.-(Special) Ben
F. Smith," the mysterious patient in the
city hospital, listened this morning to the
reading of a telegram from Des Moines,
Ia. to a ST. Louis newspaper. in which
William H. Flemming, private secretary
TO Governor Drake, recognizes the Sedalia
man as J.F. Smith, or 'Loppy Smith as he
is better known in the Hawkeye capital.
The sick man had the telegram re-read and
then he remarked: Il guess 1 must be
Loppy Smith,
Smiths father was. as he stated, super
intendent of the DeS Moines. Ia, pubic
schools and there is TO doubt that he has
friends at the place named. His condition
is growing critical. vet by careful home
nursing his mind might be fully restored.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Seven New MYSTIC shriners.

Salina, Kas., Nov. 26-(Special) Seven
novices were initiated into the mysteries of
the Mystic Shrine at a ceremonial session
of Isis temple held in this city last even
ing. They We're r. ]. Guthrie, of ST. Louis;
William II. Anderson, Manhattan; Phillip
c. Walton. Anthony. Kas.; C. H. Rafferty,
and E. C. Rafferty,, Sylvan Grove; William
Berg and Charles E. Barber, SaIina- The
session was largely attended by outside
mobiles. Deputy Imperial POtentate A. B.
McGafey, secretary Of state OF Colorado,
was present and assisted in the ceremonies.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
RURAL DELIVERY A SUCCESS.
Experiments So Far Undertaken Re
suIt Satisfactorily.

Washington. Nov 26-Reports showing
the results of the rural free delivery eX-
peiinents by the government are reaching
the fostoffice department from the locali-
ties where the service is on trial. They
are said TO show general satisfaction with
the service and good results of the work
as a whole. The reports will he embodied
in a special report on the scheme and its
feasibility to be forwarded by the post
master general IL congress early in the
session. What recommendations he will
make IS not known. but the immense cost
involved in the general adoption of rural
free delivery VIII be pointed out
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
chnIicothe Constitution Sold.

Chillicothe. No, Nov. 26-CSpeciaI) The
Chilhcothe Constitution. the Oldest news
paper in North Missouri, was to-day sold
by W. l.. Watkins, who has owned il for
the last two years, to f. 4. Leonard. of
the Browning. No. Record. who Will at
once take charge. and continue II as a
Democratic newspaper. The price is un-
dprstnnl tn be & Gll
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
THE NEW COUNTY SURVEYOR
Thomas F. Callahan Takes Possession
of His Vow Office.

Thomas F. Callahan celebrated Thanks
giving yesterday by taking formal posses
sion OF his office of county surveyor. He
went down to the court house about 1O:30
in the forenoon, and received at the hands
of the janitOr the keys to the rooms in
the southeast corner of the first story He
entered looked around and went TO buy
a ticket to the football game. He an
rounces that he Will be ready for business
to-day.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Eight Thousand Dockers Out.

Hamburg Nov. 2G-It is estimated that
about 5000 lockers are now out on the
strike in this port, but steamers are ar
irving with men to replace the strikers
from England and Sweden. Lighters have
joined with the strikers. The lockers of
Kiel have announced their intention Of 60
ing out on Friday morning.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
A Kansas EdItor We'd.

Seneca, Kas., New. 2s-(specialO W. H.
Jordan, OF the Seneca Tribune. was mar
ried to Miss Rose NJ. Wilson. of this city.
at 80 O'Clock this evening at the home
of the brides father, Mr.. J. H Wilson,
Rev. E. Combie Smith. of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Officiating
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Ashcrnft brought Back.

A. S Ashcraft. who was arrested Tues
day at Princeton, Mo, or charge of
selling stolen cattle to n stock yards firm,
for which he received $3.50 in drafts, was
brought to the city last night and will be
arraigued to-day in justice court.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Oklahoma oratoricaI Association.

Guthrie. O.. T, Nov 25.-CSpscial) The
Territorial OratoricaI Association held its
frs. annual business meeting at the Terri
and decided to hold the annual intercolle-
Eiate Oratorical contest at Oklahoma City,
December -.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
milwaukee, Exposition Abandoned

Milwaukee. Wis. Nov. 26-Owing TO the
Lelusai OF me oanheTS 70 contribute, II has
position which was to he held here in 1886
to commemorate the semi-ceutennial of tie
admission osS Wisconsin TO the Union
Some different form Of celebration will be
adopted.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

The best soft coal in the market IS Cher
okee coal. and the place TO buy is of the
Pittsburg Coal and Coke Co. Tel 26s& Of
fee, lois y. Y. Life building.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

Mrs. c. 1. Jones gave an afternoon
party last Friday.
The confectioners' windows are lovely
with Easter expressions. Nests OF fine
spun candy made to initiate yellow.
pink, blue and green hay are fascinat
ing II not realistic. want to send Alice
that duck in sutton and Hollowbush's
that mods its head-I am afraid she
might think thought it a goose. She
would not. il it were filled with candy
The CONNECTION send you is only to re-
mind you OF my regard. Is not Easter
. lovely season? 1t repeats the Christ
mas message to men again
When waken Sunday morning there
will be . bunch OF lilies from Jack. He
10 poetic without being a rhymer and ne
never forgets holiday and the meaning
u il.
Some Of the girls object to my men
tiouing their names in my letter to you.
They cay il makes them conspicuous
American beaufies and Easter lilies are
conspicuous also, whether Eleanor says
anything about them or not.
The girls are really not jealous OF
that Easter lilly OF girls-that spoke
Of last week. Whatever pleasure she
enjoys is incomplete unless she shares
it With the rest Of us. Long may she
reign over Ne.
Nothing, except q few fraternity
parties, to which was not invited, has
occurred to break my solitude this
Next week lent is over and parties
begin again-The Lincoln party will be
gorgeous. Yours
ELEANOR
Lincoln, A. ril 3, 1896
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

Slaughters occupied one Of the boxes
and the Frank Halls bad another. But
the audience wasn't 10 pretty ~ whom
Della Fox presented "Fleur deLis.'
80 by the Omaha papers that Miss
SherN God. Mrs. Lambertson's sister. has
been the recipient Of much attention
during her visit in Omaha. And l
notice by the Excelsior which Jack left
With me the other day that Aias Nc
Clure has been the guest OF the Robert
T. Lincolns in their box at the grand
opera 10 Chicago. Miss Mcclure, -
you doubles remember. 10 Mrs. w. F.
Kelley's sister. She left this city al few
weeks ago to visit the Lincolns in Chi
cago.
Mis wiiia Gather has been down from
Red Cloud I imagine last weeks the
atrical trio. Fox. Russell and Mausficld
called her hither.
The Lincoln club has sent out notices
a IN Easter dance to be given At the
Lincoln hotel April 10. I understand
this will be the Lincoln clubs Last party.
II it is - pretty - the last two given by
this club it will be q mighty pretty
party. There 10 . prospect that lot Of
new gowns viii be worn at this affair.
1t isgetting late for dancing. don't you
think! This il the time Of year when
one likes best Of ill to do nothing, and
usually it requires an effort even to do
that. I would like to spend the summer
in Europe, but Papa says / may consider
myself lucky il I get a far - Crete.
The Ohautauqua assembly 10 % exciting.
1t 10 q lovely substitute tor Paris and
London. Jack says he may rent q
chateau at Crete during the assembly
season. He says he would like to re-
ceive Mamma and me there. He says
the intellectual surroundings would suit
me to q T. Jack has grown dreadfdlly
sarcastic since l told him am Eleanor.
He says Samuel Pepys and Sir John
Evelyn are not in it with me a. social
chrouiclers. never heard OF Mr.. Pepys
or Sir John Evelyn, and don't know ex-
sctly what he means, but know it 10
something mean. Jack told Mamma
that he feared would have brain fever
- the result Of my Intellectual labors.
and this time he seemed to be in earn
ct. don't think these letters are %
very intellectual; do youi Though good
ness knove it is hard enough to write
them. / wouldn't be literary ten hours
day every day for anything in the
world.
You will Lotice that l have stopped
calling the girls by their first names.
Mis MsrshaIl and Miss Nance sounds
formal in . letter, but the editors Of
The CoURIER suggested that the use of
the Nance without the Miss in the pres
vas IN informality that some Of the girls
might resent. and they said the practice
tended to detract from the dignity Of
those whose names are mentioned. Jack
Gays the editors are right. and that
l should Mister all the mon.
He says would obIige him il I could
leave him ont OF the letters altogether.
but il I must drag him in-he says use
him to fill up-I must refer to him ~
Mr.. Jack. How absurd. i guess he can
stand it. and all the rest OF the men, for
that matter. Men are public property.
Mr.. Buckstaf hes rented the old
Gillespie house next door to his resi-
dence ct 18th and G streets. You re-
member he purchased this property
some time ago. and had it remodelled
and brought up to date. He had some
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from now in certain quarters for Il
fusion ticket. A Congressman in
the late canvass was often won't to
say that the Populists were bone
of our bone and flesh of our dssh. ;.
We are getting dangerously near
Populism when we can make such u
humiliating confession. So far as
our knowledge of party principles
extends, there is nothing in Demoe-
raey 10 breed PoDulism The Pop
ulists are mongrcl breed and a mix.
ture between the mule and the ass.
They can claim no honorable lineage
from an honored and respected an
eestry. No Populist ever sprung
from the loins of an honest and
loyal Democrat. They sprung up
from God only knows where, and
having grown up like the sage brush
and brier bush in a sterile field,
they are seeking to run this govern
ment on the intellect of a common
constable OF course, there are no
doubt exceptions to this classified.
ton. but they are simply the eXcep-
tions that prove the rule.
At any rate, there is nothing in
the Populists in Arkansas to war
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18
.hich contests Of this lind in

which contests Of this Kind IN
yariably produce,
a year or more away, anticipa-
ting the election OF the Lower
House Of Congress, aud State
Legislature through which the
Senate may be re-organized, the
praprieiy Of continuing The school
OF education by Mr.. Bryan, would be
OF much less doubtful propriety; in
fact, would dubtless meet the die
tation and necessity Of well ap=
proved policy, but we fear that to
start It no" and keep It up with
any degree of warmth-and it
would be useless without ths-is
rather OVERRIDING the matter
That Mr. Bryan has impressed the
public mind with hiseandof, energy
sagaeltf and ability. equal to any
American OF the eeHIefH, even his
enemies admit, but that impression
IS not ePhemeriaIj il will not die in
a day, nor in year; but the people
must not be harrassed into lmpa-
tlenee. We are not sldia& with that
ei4ss=~ao, treating OF this question
with special reference 10 MI
bryan, quote The ofd MAXIM:
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18
Candidate For Engrossingolerk.

KoUNTz, Tex, Nov ii. K. Suffer
formerly county and district clerk o,
this county, will be a candidate for en-.
grossingclerk OF the next house of rep
resentatives.
IF the use Of wheels were confined
TO the men. says General Lew Wal
lace, "the fad might spend itself in a
season, but when the women take hold
of the bicycle its future is secure. I"
Ladies who ride will be interested to
know that General Wallace is an en-.
thusiastic advocate of the fair cycler,
and that he approves of boomers.
''about which there is nothing immod.
est, it being merely their present oddly
of appearance that now excites com.
mant- Why, in the Tyrol the women
wear skirts coming just below the knee,
and no one, not even an entire stranger,
looks askance Boston Journal.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18

A-sayin Of my oountry2 Well, guess I've
done any sharel
I've tended every meetin that they got up
anywhere,
have helpeu the oratory By remarkiu of
ssHoorayr'
An I've singed my hair an whiskers at the fire
works display.
/ keep a-doin les the best / can,
But it's all fur disappointment tibet l plan,
Fur republics is ongrateful,
An I'm gittin sorter hateful,
Whore l ulster truly love my Teller man.
A-sayin Of my country? Amt sot up late an
talked,
When seed there YVES a prospecls of my party's
getting balzeds
Amt argyed long an earnest fur this land so
psoud an free
An wasn't Asa Billings made postmaster
stead o. met
Yet never fan ter rally round an shout,
Though | think it's somethin to complain
about,
Ihet they don't give any pensions
Fur a-goin ter conventions
An a'yellin till yer lungs is tuckered out.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18
WANT A RACING TRACK.
Two We'll Known Raciugmen Trying to
Make New Circuit.

Two We'll Known Racingmen Trying to
Make New Circuit
CLEVELAND, Nov. 17.-H S. Dargin
of st. Louis. and H. e. Scribe of Hot
Springs, well known racetraek men, are
in Cleveland for the purpose of estab.
hsning running track in this city. A
proposition viii be made to the Cleye-
land Driving Park company to lease
their park for dates that will not conflict
with the grand circuit trotting meet
ings. Il the deal cannot be arranged
new track viii be built second to none
in the country. A circuit has been ar
ranged which viii include Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, and one or two
other cities not yet decided upon. Only
the best horses will be entered. The
new company, which will be affiliated
with the western turf congress will be
formed within a few days
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18

1T LOOKS LIKE OATES.
nc May BE Selected senator From Ala
bama to Succeed Pugh.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 1.-THE
prevailing impression in this city is that
Governor w. G. Oates will be elected
United States senator to succeed Sena-
tor Pugh whose term expires March
/. Senator Pugh is candidate for re-
election, and the other candidates are
Congressman J. B, Bankhead, General
E. N. Pettus and Governor Oates, all
pronounced silver advocates except Gov.
Oates, who voted for Bryan, but is
now, and has been, an ayowed gold
standard Democrat
The election of Clements as speaker
of the house over free silver Democrat
was a great surprise to the free silver
people, but it revealed the strength of
Governor Oates and the gold standard
people,
The Democratic caucus of the general
assembly win decide the matter tonight.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-18

THE wife of millionaire Castle, OF
California, recently arrested in
London for shop lifting, after con
viction of the crime has been re-
leased on the plea of 'kleptomania.
This is the excuse all rich thieves
put up; but when a poor woman
steals a loaf of bread to keep her
self or children from starving she is
guilty of a downright theft, and no
such plea as that which released the
the Castle woman will keep her from
the work house.