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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
CHANGE IN PASSENGER SERVICE.
Affects Carthage. CarterviIIc, webb
city and JopIin.

Webb CITY. Mo. Dee 16.-(Special) A
50 ohcme Is on foot looking to a change of
tho passenger service between mere and
Gnlcna. The Journal correspondent has it
upon good authority that a junction will
bc made Al Galcna by the Southwest Mis-
souri, electric railway and the Kansas City.
Fort Scott x Memphis railroad. by which
they Will tnterchanEeahly transfer paSsen-
gers to and from Carthage, CarterVille.
Webb CITY and Joplin.
Tho Memphis company is TO build a new
depot on Eighth street. In Galena. and
discontinue 80 passenger service 10 this
city. and the electric company will extend
it's line to the Memphis depot, there con-
Meeting with the Memphis passenger trains.
n is thought this would be profitable Ia
both companies and be a great convenience
10 the travelling Public. This arrangement
would in 10 way affect the running OF
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Illinois Central East Trains.

Chicago. Dec. 16.-Beginuing next Sun.
day the Illinois Centrars Chicago anu
New Orleans limited train will leave Chi
cagO at p. m. and arrive in New Orleans
at 6:25 the following afternoon. making
the run in twenty-siX hours and twenty.
five minutes. a reduction of two hours
and thirty-five minutes from the present
schedule The time of the north bound
limited train is also reduced two hours ana
five minutes. change will he made ~
the starting time for the Diamond Specia
for st. Louis. which will leave this city
ten minutes later than before.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17

Princeton. y. J., Dec. 16.-The unfinished
events of the indoor handicap games held
last Wednesday were completed to-day with
the following results:
Pole vault. won by Tyler. 81, scratch
feet IGE inches: second, Trainer, 81. 3
inches, feet inches.
High jump. won by Carroll. 1900, 1 inch.
actual jump feet Sh inches: second
Wheeler, 1900. inches, actual jump feet
5h inches.
Hop. skip and jump won by Jarvis 1870
second. Craig, seminary. 4 inches, actual
distance, q feet ~ inches.
Standing broad jump, won by Herndon.
%. 8 inches, actual jump > feet inches:
second. Garrett, '9I, scratch, feet dia
inches.
Three standing jumps. won by Garrett
81. scratch, % feet. inches; Herndon. 8
inches, second. Is feet inches.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
JOHNSON INSTEAD OF KENYON.
Northwestern Official Will Go to the
Wisconsin CentraI

Milwaukee. Was, Dec. 16.-Burton John
son, an assistant general freight agent OF
the Chicago &c Northwestern Railroad
Company, will become general freight
agent of the Wisconsin Central lines on
January to succeed ]. c. Macinnon, re.
signed.
Mr. Johnson, who grew up on the North.
western, is about 3S years of age. He was
for years an assistant general freight
agent of the Northwestern, in full charge
of the freight business on the northern
end of the system in Wisconsin and Mich
iean. Subsequently he had charge of the
Iowa lines of the road. 1t is believed the
office of traffic manager of the Wisconsin
Central road will be abandoned and that
Mr.: Johnson will have full charge of the
freight traffic
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Reading Reorganization.

Harrisburg Pa. Dec. I6-Attorney Gen.
eral Mccormick gave private hearing al
his office on Capitol Hill this evening &c
Company. The purpose of the hearing wa.
TO allow the railroad people TO explain tbs
status of the National Company. from
which the Reading gets its charter to op.
crate the Reading Coal and Iron Company
At the close the attorney general stated
he would hold the matter under advisement
Hnd notify counsel in a short time wheth o.
in his judgment the Reading had a right
to reorganize under the charter of the
National concern.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE.
Denial of the Report
ThRt the Galveston Service VIII
Re Withdrawn

\ telegram was received in this city yes
To-day containing an authoritative denial
Of the report dat the Hamburg American
steamship line had withdrawn its Calves
ton service. No steamer left this month on
account of the strike of the dock hands in
llamEurg. but the service will be renewed
In january and continued as usual. The re-
port that the North German Lloyd Steam
sh'pCcmpany had withdrawn its sGalveston
steamers is understood 10 have been cor
rect, hut IL Is believed that the Hamburg
American line service viii measurably pro
tcCt the Galveston business.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17

B. Brown appearing for the railroad and
Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for
MinGus. The case is brought to test the
validity of the land grant made to the At
lantic & Pacific company in 1866 and after
wards in 1856 forfeited by an act of con-
gtess. This grant included many millions
of acres of land, all of which is more or
less involved in the present litigation. The
action was begun in the territorial courts;
of New Mexico. where the decisions We're
adverse to the railroad claim. Mr. Phelps
in his argument contended that the legal
title to the land in question could not be
divested by mere legislative action.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
JOINT TRAFFIC MEETING.
DifferentiaIs via Baltimore and PhiIa-
deIphia to BE Considered

deIphia to Be Considered.
For several months the chamber of COM
merce of New York has been laboring with
the board of managers of the Joint Traffic
Association to induce them to take up the
matter of dfferential rates on export bust
ness via Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
board of control of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation will meet in New York Tomorrow
when this question will be discussed and
possibly some action taken. Twelve or tif-
teen years ago. when the seaboard cities
were diSputing for supremacy, the Wander
hilt system, the Pennsylvania system and
the Baltimore & Ohio were engaged in a
rate war; which was disastrous TO the rail-
roads. Finally the question of tariffs was
LEFT TO committee composed of citizens of
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, and
Baltimore was given a differential of 3
cents and Philadelphia cents Eastern
railroad managers are of the opinion that
the Baltimore & Ohio is receiving more
than its natural proportion of traffic II
the Baltimore differential is not done away
I with altogether ii is not unlikely that ii
VIII he reduced in proportion to the reduc-
| feet.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Rancho Del Paxo Yenrrins. Sold.

San Francisco, Dec. lS.-The annual sale
OF the Rancho del Paso yearlngs began
last evening at the Mechanics pavilion
AMI will be continued tonight. Most of
the prominent horsemen now here were
in attendance. and twenty-nine head were
disposed of for $6,110, average of $40
or these nine were colts. whose average
price was 1906. the fillies in most cases
going cheap
The notable feature of the sale was the
small price the Salvador youngsters
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
PADDY PURTELL AND WEST.
tied Round Go mt New York
EnrIy Next Month.

Paddy Purtell, of Kansas City. the we'll
known local fighter who is justly entitled
TO claim the title of champion welterweight
of the West and who has several times
demonstrated his ability to hold his own
with the top notches at his weight, has
been matched to box twenty rounds with
Tommy West who last week made sucn a
good showing in his contest with Joe Wal
Cott at New York. which was declared a
draw after fighting twenty rounds. West
proved in that go that he was good one
and the go between this pair. which will
take place early in January. should be one
of the most hotly contested and evenly
matched yet brought off by any OF the New
York clubs.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Railroad NoteS.

James H. Jagoe travelling passenger
agent of the West Shore, with head
quarters at Chicago, was in the city yes
terday.
The 500 has made a rate on -four of s
cents to Mackinaw from Duluth. which
rate, added to the rate from Mackinaw to
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
INCREASE IN WORKING HOURS.
Missouri Pacific Shops VIII Operate
Nine Hours n DAY,

Sedalia. Mo. Dec. 16-CSpecial) To-mor-
row the working hours at the Missouri
Pacific shops will be increased from eight
TO nine hours per day.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Princeton Football Profits.

Princeton, n. j., Dec. 16-Athletic Treas
urer J. J. Elliott made a statement to-dav
of the Princeton football. showing receipts
of $I.IS1: expenses, SlTOis; balance S14 no
PTinceton's share of the Harvard Eame
profits were s10.2I7; Yale game, Sn,156.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Green-Needham Fight Abandoned.

San Francisco. Dec. 16-The Green-Need-
ham contest has been abandoned by the
National Athletic Club. 1t was to have
beenNheld in the latter part of this month
put Green is troubled with "A cold and the
National Athletic Club is not over-anxious
TO try its popularity just at the present
time.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
KANSAS CITY LINES.
General Passenger Agents May Hold a
Meeting Here Next Tuesday.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-(SpeciaI.) Chairman
Caldwell, of the Western Passenger As
sociation, has sent letters of inquiry to the
various lines centering at Kansas City,
asking if they would be represented at a
meeting of general passenger agents to be
held in Kansas City next Tuesday.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
MAPLE LEAF WILL SETTLE.
Agrees to Pay Part of the Losses
Caused by Fire.

Dubuque. Ia, Dec. 16.-The Chicago Great
Western Railway Company has effected Il
settlement with the insurance companies
and lumber firms of this city which were
burned out over two years ago. The claims
to pay 25 per cent of loss. 1t was alleged
that a spark from an engine caused the
fire.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Highest Team Scores.
Highest Individual Scores.
The Game This Evening.

This evenings game will be between the
Owls, the leaders in the race. and the
Pastlmes, who, though tailenders. promise
to be very much in the game tonight.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17

affords heretofore unparalleled
whether the article bought be novelty staple The
entire Naumburg for
prices heretofore unhead of qualities
goods department pay
trend of this stock There's
in looking it makes buying certain.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Wanted for Forgery.

The police last night received a telegram
from the authorities at Garden City, Mo-
to arrest Michael Mullen. who is wanted
there on the charge of forging a check fol
$3.50
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC LANDS.
Suit TO Test Validity of Grant to Man,
Millions of Acres

Washington, Dec. 16.-The United States
supreme court to-day heard case of Robert
MinGus against the Atlantic & Pacific Rail-
road Company, Hon. E. j. Phelps and A
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
Reelected President of the b. & O.

Baltimore Dec. l6.-The directors of the
Baltimore & Ohio railway met to-day and
unanimously reelected John h. Gowen
president
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
co S5Iz / ED CO

brC ught, but one of them bringing over
$50
II. Eugene Leigh bought the pick of the
sale. Il strapping chestnut colt by imp
Islington, brother of Isinglass. for $500 and
MT. Gray. a well known English cross
country rider, paid $3.50 for a handsome bay
colt by MISUNDERSTANDING. +. Corrigau,
Colonel ID. NJ. Burns. ''DaggIe'' Smith and
Pat Duie were among the other buyers.
The herald., 1896-12-29
AT SAN PEDRO.

Herald.) The storm started a. 6: 80 a. M,
SAN PEDRO, Dec. 2S.-(Special to The
wind heavy from the southeast, blowing
about twenty miles an hour at 8 o'clock.
The rain came down in torrents. The
wind abated and shifted to the west
The water in the outer harbor was al
most smooth. There was no damage to
shipping in the inner harbor vessels
lying perfectly quiet during the entire
storm. At IL o'clock the harbor commits
sioners arrived on a Southern Pacific
special train in j. A. Muir's private car
They were conducted at once to the
high ground at the bluff The commits
sioners walked along the bluff under
umbrellas. They surveyed the ocean for
over an hour One of the commissioners
remarked to a railroad official that he
was disappointed, for he expected to see
great sea on, but the fact was quite
the contrary. Then the commissioners.
with the exception of Admiral Walker,
walked on to the lighthouse. They as
cended to the tower of the lighthouse.
At that time a west and southwest gale
was blowing. the sea running high
while to the east and over the proposed
deep sea harbor it was quite smooth
The commissioners were here two hours
and left for Santa Monica.
The herald., 1896-12-29
CLEVER ANSWERS PAID WELL
Instances in Which They Won Promo
ton in Civil and Military Life.

A long list might be given Of men who
have owed their advancement in life
to clever answer given at the right
moment. An account of how two OF
them managed it may be appropriately
given ust now. One of Napoleons vet
Grams who survived his master many
wears was wont to recount with great
glee how he once picked up the empe-
ror's cooked hat at review, when the
latter. without noticing that he was a
private said carelessly. Thank you,
captain" "In what regiment. sire?"
instantly inquired the quick witted SOL
dier. Napoleon, perceiving his stake,
answered, with a smile. "In my guards.
for I see you know how to be prompt"
The newly made officer received his
commission next morning.
A somewhat similar anecdote Is re-
lated of Marshal Suwaroff, who, when
receiving dispatch from the hands of
a Russian sergeant who had greatly
distinguished himself on the Danube.
attempted to confuse the messenger
by series of whimsical questions but
found him fully equal to the occasion.
How many fish are there in the sea-"
asked Suwaroff. "All that are not caught
yet" was the answer. How far IS it
to the moon?" 1.-TWO of your excellen-
cys forced marches" What would you
do If you saw your men giving way in
battle?" Il would tell them that there
was plenty of whisky behind the enc
my's line" Baffied at all points, the
marshal ended with, What is the diff
ference between your colonel and my
self?" my colonel cannot make me a
lieutenant, but your excellency has only
to say the word" Il say 1t now" an
swered Suwaroff. "and q right good Of
ficer you will be-"
The herald., 1896-12-29

A report from San Diego states that
there was fine rain there, and news
from all over the coast is to the same
effect. The forecast by the weather
bureau yesterday was as follows:
Rain this afternoon. tonight and in
the south portion Tuesday; cooler in the
western portion tonight, except station
ary temperature at Los Angeles: warm
er in extreme eastern portion tonight;
high southeasterly winds, shifting to
westerly and diminishing in force"
The downpour for time somewhat de-
moralized the street car service. At
Bellevue on Buena Vista street a Uni
versity car ran off the track because of
the four inches of mud that had been
washed over the rails. Santa Monica
cars could not pass. and for hours gang
of men were kept busy shoveling the
mud away from the tracks At Alpine
street the water was backed up and COW
cred the middle of the road for two
blocks. Under the bridge on Ord street
the water was two feet deep. At First
and Broadway fully a half ton of MUD
was washed own and out on Broadway.
All over the city trarsportat ton was at
tended with difficulty and the telephone
and telegraphic companies found the
transactSn of business distinctly in
commoded. Numerous pools of water
ornamented street corners, a pool at the
corner Of First and Pearl streets stretch
ing several blocks.
The herald., 1896-12-29
NO STORM AT EITHER PORT
Dut Supt, Muir's Private Car Was q
Port in The Storm
The ceumissloners Emulated til, Forces Of
the King Of France
Marched Up to the Top of Hill and
Then Marched Down Again-Hoods
Harbor Was for Once Quite
Calm and Peaceful

The rain poured down yesterday
morning with the sullen persistency
characteristic of a California storm, at
the hour for the opening of the second
weeks hearing by the harbor board.
This did not deter the usual number of
interested spectators, damp and drip
ping, assembling in the chamber Of
commerce to hear further testimony on
up-shore currents, waves, swells, or the
absence of them at San Pedro. The
crowd stood around discussing the bene-
Mt Of the rain on the crops and the prob
able duration Of the storm, looking al
ternately at the hour hand of the big
clock creeping on close to 10, and the
vacant seats around long table where
the honorable members of the board
have their accustomed seats. The clock
lacked two or three minutes to 10 when
Policeman Heacock relieved the sus-
pense by announcing that the board had
other business to occupy its attention,
and the session would stand adjourned
until 10 o'clock today.
1t transpired that the board had Slip
ped off quietly on Superintendent Muir's
private car at 10 o'clock, on the Southern
Pacific railroad, to see for themselves
the sou'wester driving vessels ashore
at San Pedro; then to take a run to Mr..
The herald., 1896-12-29
DEALS IN AQUATIC MONSTERS.
Capt. Mullett Captures Any Kind of a
Sea Animal While You Wait.

Capt. James r. Mullett claims the
whole world as his home. He is equally
familiar with the icebergs of the polar
seas and the burning sun of the tropics.
His sea life had given him close ac-
quaintance with all those strange Great
ures which nautical novelists love to
describe and tell about, and he resolved
to go into the business of bringing them
into closer contact with the civiliZed
world. His business here is to try to
sell some strange sea animals to the di-
rectors of the new aquarium. He isn't
particular about what kind he sells
them; anything that swims in the sea is
in his line, but he has a stock of fine,
healthy sea lions on hand, and these he
would like to see in the new aquarium
If he can get an order for anything else
however, he will be satisfied. He has a
little vessel on the Pacific coast named
Jennie Griffin, and with her under his
feet. says he can go anywhere and
weather gales that would strain an At
lantic liner.
The captain Is a modest man where
his personal achievements are concerne ed
and is loath to talk of them. He is proud
of his profession and glories in the fact
that he has it all to himself.
"Of course" he said, there are other
fishermen and hunters. I'm a hunter
LOO, yOu hLOW, dS WCll do a IStiCI
but they are bunglers. There's Du
Chaillu and GoGdon Cumming, both
mighty hunters, but. in my opinion, cow
ardly ones. They hide behind tree an6
shoot lions and tigers and bring home
the skins. Now, 1 never brought home a
skin in my life. I match my cunning
against that of wild animals, and bring
them to civilization, to instruct and
amuse people.
80 1t is with marine animals I dea
in. always catch them alive. Sea lions
sharks, do,phins porpoises, even whales
I have caught. All these things are ir
demand from one end of the year to the
other, and I supply them for aquariums
in this country and throughout Europe.
Capt. Mullett's wife accompanies hin
on all his trips and is as good sailor a:
ever trod a ships deck. Both of then
will shortly start on one of their regular
trips, and before they return they Will
have encircled the world and filled or
ders from geological gardens and aquari
ums in all parts of the world.-Chicast
Chronicle
The herald., 1896-12-29
THE ADMIRAL WAS WET

HOODS harbor, quiet as a mill pond,
sheltered from sou casters by friendly
mountains at convenient locations, in
Santa Monica bay. The visit, however,
was barren of results, for while the rains
poured in steady sheets of water, there
was little or no wind. The sea at Santa
Monica was all that Mr.. Hood had de-
scribed it in the fury of the stoutest
storm that blows. neither did the break
ing waves dash high at San Pedro. No
vessels were dashed against the big rock
at the entrance to the inner harbor nor
driven ashore by the treacherous swells
at Timms' Point. In short, it very much
resembled the noted journey of the king
of France with 10000 men, who marched
up the hill and then marched down
again. The temperature of Superin-
terdent Muir's car was comfortable and
the party reached their hotel safely in
time for dinner
The herald., 1896-12-29
SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How time flies from the date on which
a man distinguishes himeslf.-Wash-
ington Post.
The real purpose Of arbitration Is to
show that the other fellow is wrong.
Il. a. W. Bulletin.
You can make lots of headway some
times by admitting that you are wrong
when you are not.-Life.
Perhaps more good might be accom-
plished by ringing curfew for grown
people.-New York Press.
We say that the good die young. AS
q matter of fact, it is the young that
die good.-Boston Transcript.
The best conversationaiist is the one
that can listen the longest without be-
traying his annoyance.-Puck.
People expect too much credit for
behaving themselvs properly, when in
fact it is really debt they owe to So
ciety.-Milwaukee Journal.
Some young men would get along
better If they had less point to their
shoes and more to their conversation.
Springfield Qll.) Register.
Oars so many hills on de road to
heaven dat some folks misses de place
entirely by buildin' a railroad round
'em.-Atlanta Constitution.
The herald., 1896-12-29
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.
Wonderful Mechanical Effects of a Lo-
comotive Running a Mile Minute.


At sixty miles an hour the resistance
of a. train is four times as great as it is
at thirty miles-that is, the fuel must
be four times as great in the one case
as the other. But at sixty miles an hour
this fuel must be exerted for a given
distance in half the time that it is at
thirty miles, so that the amount of power
eXerted and steam generated in given
period of time must be eight times as
great at the faster speed This means
that the capacity of the boiler, cylinders
and the other parts must be greater with
a corresponding addition to the weight
of the machine. Obviously. therefore, if
the weight per wheel on account of the
limit of weight that the rails will carry,
is limited. we soon reach point where
the driving wheels and other parts
cannot be further enlarged, and then
we reach the maximum speed. The nice
adjustment necessary of the various
parts of these immense engines may
be indicated by some figures as to the
work performed by these parts when the
locomotive is working at high speed.
Take a passenger engine on any of the
big railroads. At sixty miles an hour a
driving wheel five and one-half feet in
diameter revolves five times every Sec
ond. Now, the reciprocating parts of
each cylinder. including one piston, pis-
ton rod, cross head and connecting rod
weighing about $50 pounds. must move
back and forth distance equal to the
stroke. usually two feet, every time the
wheel revolves or in fifth of a second.
1t starts from state of rest at the end
OF each stroke of the piston, and must
acquire velocity of thirty two feet per
second in one-twentieth of a second and
must be brought to state of rest in
the same period of time.
A piston IS inches in diameter has an
area of 2541a square icnseh. Steam of
150 pounds pressure per square inch
would, therefore. exert a force on the
piston equal to 3S.175 pounds. This force
Is applied alternately on each side Of
the piston ten times in second.-Troy
Budget.
The herald., 1896-12-29
SMALL CASE IN COURT.
Mrs. Nay Highland Wants J. S. Gibson
To Pay Her $3.50.

An interesting civil suit was on trial
before Justice Rossiter, sitting for Judge
Morrisons yesterday afternoon. in which
Mrs. May b. Highlands sues car con-
ductor named J. S. Gibson for $3.50.
alleged TO be due for money loaned and
q board bill. Several letters were put
In exhibit by plaintiff in which Gibson.
after calling her darling" and other
pet names. asks for the loan of 81 in
one instance and for her to buy him his
uniform cap in another. He plaintively
tells her that he had been told by the
Dupef9ntem1ent that unless he had a
eapSbr the Mext morning he would be
The herald., 1896-12-29
AT SANTA MONICA

SANTA MONICA. Dec. 2S.-(Special
to The Herald.) The harbor commits
sioners arrived here this afternoon, but
the storm that they had looked for had
entirely abated. 1t was still raining hard
and after a brief survey of the sad sea
waves the commissioners returned to
Los Angeles.