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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
OUR WAR FOOTING.

While war with Spain is only one of the
remotest possibilities, 1t is nevertheless in
teresting to consider in what shape the
United States would find herself IL such a
conflict were to be precipitated A special
dispatch from Washington. which is pred
icated upon alleged interviews with army
and navy officials, starts out with the
statement that the United States is not
prepared for war and could only go into
one with the certain prospect of receiving
enormous injuries at the start. While this
is no doubt true in the abstract, 1t is also
true that Spain is in even worse condition,
for she already has all of her available
war resources in full employment in Cuba
and the Philippines and even If she were
free there, her war appliances would not
equal those of the United States.
I'VE now have" says this special dis
patch, "a better navy than Spain. We have
four of the finest of battleships, equal in
every respect to anything that floats. while
Spain has but one, which is neither so
large nor so well armed as the Massachu-
sets, Indiana, Oregon or Iowa. She has
two second class battleships that are bet>
ter than ours of the same grade, but she
has no seacoast defenders. while we have
six monsters that are equal to anything of
their class in the world. She has four ar
mored cruisers, while she has but two, but
we have ten protected cruisers where she
has but two. In partially protected
cruisers the two nations are about
even in tonnage and guns.
In gunboats we are superior in number
.l,z
Spanish navy is very much superior to
ours. If the two nations should meet at
sea and fight it out, there is no question of
final victory for the United States, all
though Spain might win the first few bat
ties. or course we could raise a larger
army and the United States is wealthy
nation, while Spain is poor. Our credit Is
strong. while hers is weak, and has been
exhausted in the money centers of the
world. 1t would be impossible for Spain to
make loan of any large amount with for
eign bankers. Her last attempt was fail
ure and she was compelled to appeal to her
own people, who responded promptly and
generously. Their resources are limited
| and st would not be possible for them TO
| duplicate the money they have already
given TO suppress the instruction in
! Cuba"
The weak point in our condition, how
| ever, lies I'm the fact that we have so many
cities upon our seacoast undefended
There is not one on tho Atlantic coast,
from Eastport to Galveston" continues
the dispatch, that could resist or protect
itself from destruction If it were visited by
| a Spanish fleet and single gunboat in a
single day could do more damage to the
United States and destroy more property
than the Spanish army has destroyed in
| Cuba since the revolution began. 1t is also
an important fact that our army and navy
both lack ammunition, which cannot be
furnished in a moment. 1t IS humiliating,
but nevertheless true, that all the ammu-
milton in possession of the navy OF the
United States is stored In magazines of the
| ships that are floating to-day. and our
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
Has Europe Threatened Us.

To the sensible American there is moth
ing extraordinary in the course of the pres
ent administration with reference to Cuba
requiring special and peculiar explanation.
He will. therefore. be inclined to doubt the
report of the Paris correspondent of the
London Times that the United States gov
ernment has been informally warned
against active support of the Cuban insurg-
ents and given to understand that Europe
would not remain passive in the event of
American interference. The theory that
this warning accounts for the attitude of
the president and the state department to-
ward the struggle seems to be improbable
and unreasonable. In the first place. there
is absolutely no ground for the belief that
Mr.. Cleveland would have acted differently
If there had been no European protest,
and in the second place such an intimation
as the powers are alleged TO have conveyed
to the United States would be so imperti-
nent and gratuitous that the state depart
ment could not fail, consistently with self
respect, to resent it vigorously and
promptly.
The United States government needs no
reminders and warnings from Europe TO
keep it within limits of international law
and usage. 1t knows when interference Is
proper and when 1t would be preeIpitate
and unjustifiable. The position taken in
President Cleveland's messages could have
left no doubt as to the motives and inten-
tions of the United States, and European
diplomacy is too shrewd and cautious to
indulge in superfiuous and offensive threats,
yelled or direct.
Moreover, there is some internal evil
dence in the story that 1t is the offspring
of the inventiveness of an imaginative
newspaper diplomat Two details are add
ed to the substance of the report which be-
tray its fishy character. Germany is said
to be quite ready even now to place her
self at Spains side should the United
States manifest disposition to encourage
the Cuban rebels. The notion that Ger
many would deliberately threaten to go to
war with the United States is simply pre-
posterous. There has, it is true, been some
friction between the two countries, but in
these days of the Franco-Russian union
and the instability of the triple alliance,
Germany would not cripple herself and
confer SO great and dangerous an advan
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

now: there is blood that flows like water;
fruit of woe fair Cuba plucks; there's a
most inhuman slaughter. and our Growers
shooting ducks. We have passed some reso-
lutions of a very bitter kind; we've referred
to Spain's pollutions: we have freely eased
our mind; we have cursed the cruel vam-
pire that at Cuba's lifeblood sucks. eased
our grief with verbal campfire, and our
| Growers shooting ducks Listen children;
you shall hear it: From the Southland
sounds a gun. Shall We hiss its noise or
cheer it? Blessed if l can say, my son:
for perchance it soundeth over grave of
Cuban hope and pluck. and perchance il
means that Grover has secured another
duck. Oh, ye Cubans. let the slaughter of
your bravest still go on. Let your blood
outpour like water. Let your daughters
mourning don! Yet subdue your grievous
wailinS for your woes, unceasinS fux, lest
the birds show signs of failing and you
scare our Growers ducks"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
MISSOURI POINTS.

A Holt county paper chronicles among its
Mound City personal items a statement
that Frank Zachary returned this week
from Nebraska with another fine hog"
Corn which is being held by farmers and
others in Holt county has been damaged
fully 10 per cent, local statisticians say,
through the ravages of the corn worm,
and many horses and some cattle in that
locality have died as a result of having
eaten the infected corn.
The management of the MaryvilIe SEM
mary is engaged in determined effort to
rid the institution of a debt of $4,000 that
has hung over it some time. handsome
endowment fund is to become available
when the school is freed from incumbrance
A Charlton county paper makes the en-
couraging announcement that one of it's
temporarily suspended contemporaries has
been ''recussitated."
The project for the erection of Benton
monument in Kansas City is heartily in
dorsed by the Maryville Tribune, which de-
clares that every Missourian who COM
bines love for his state with admiration
for genius will gladly give, not only his ap-
proval, but assistance as far as possible.
An aggregate of 1903 bushels in five and
one-half days is corn-husking record of
which Willie and Alva Jones, of Nodaway
county, are boasting.
A syndicate of Maryville men, in which
John ii. Whedbee is the moving spirit,
owns a piece of gold mining property in
Larimer county. Col, on which mineral
assaying s6S ton has been found.
Ranchman Bilby, of Quitman, has erect
ed a packing house there which is COM
pletely equipped with all modern appli-
ances and has hog-slaughtering capacity
of go day.
Evangelist Joe Jones, a brother of the
noted Sam, will begin a protracted effort
in the way of snatching brands from the
burning in Maitland early in the new year.
For the Christmas dinner furnished the
convicts at the penitentiary by Warden
Pace there were required 3.245 pounds of
turkey, five barrels of cranberries, four bar
rels of -four. forty-five dozen eggs, etc. For
dessert 25o0 squares of gingerbread were
distributed. The holiday spread cost the
state more than $500.
Mrs. Maggie A. Bowman has become a
'moulder Of public opinion" having pur-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

tubular boilers. developing 26OO0 horse pow
er. have been worked for thirty hours at
stretch. with good results. In an adverse
sea the Powerful maintained an average
speed of 2l.S nautical miles an hour. In
smooth water it is estimated that she could
maintain 22-5 knots. and is without a rival
in the royal navy. except her sister ship.
not yet completed But this is hardly a
triumph. She could not overhaul the
Brooklyn, Columbia or Minneapolis or
make ground upon the st. Louis or St.
Paul. She was built to beat them; she is
barely their equal
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

tage upon her watchful and alert rival
France. Not only would Germany take no
such step as is imputed to her. but no 9TH
er single European power would venture
upon it. \ warning to the United States
could only come from the European con-
cert in an extreme emergency. and it is
certainly absurd TO ailege that any emer-
gency has arisen. The powers may not
relish the broad construction of the Mon
roe doctrine enforced b. President Cleve-
land. but they would not go TO the length
of entering formal or informal protest
unless absolutely compelled to do so.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
4 BeInted Tribute,

From the Chicago Record.
1t may seem queer. but get the most
Of my holiday Joy the day after Christ
mas"
"Hows that?"
I'm so glad to be alive after eating 90
much dinner the day before"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
Oyerdid 1t.

From the Chicago Tribune.
1T was too bad about Shykes He went
away from that fancy dress party and got
bowling drunk"
What was the trouble?"
He got himself up to personate Santa
Claus. and everybody took him for a Pop
uist senator"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Dec 2S.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory-Partly cloudy weather,
probably showers in east portions; south
winds. ..---A.-E 80
For Missouri-Light local showers, fol-
winds.
For Kansas-Fair, probably preceded by
showers in southeast portion; south winds.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Curtis, the free silver champion, slumped
moro than two thousand?
1t will be interesting to compare Calder
heads vote with that of all the congress
sional candidates. The following shows
the gains made by the opposition to Repub-
licanism in each OF the seven districts as
compared with the combined vote of 1894:
First district ...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5l
Second district ............3.6if u
Thlrd district --... .-'-.---.---.-.".-..'. ."''91
Fourth district -..--. ...--,...-..'-.......-'5on
FiTth district ..-..---'..--..'-'''''.. ~
Sixth district ....-............ 4o0
Seventh district .-.....-....-...-l, ,SOl
1t would seem from these figures that
unless there was something besides the
financial question operating against Repub-
licanism in Kansas the losses were not
caused by the free silver sentiment within
that party. On the contrary, those con-
gressmen who were tainted with free sill
yer, or were openly on record in its favor,
sustained the greater disaster. and the sin
gle congressman who had always been an
outspoken advocate of the gold standard
carried his party with hardly any loss at all.
In fact, it may be read from these figures
that IL all of the nominees had, like Con-
gressman Calderhead, been fearless and
outspoken advocates of the Republican ma
tionaI platform, Kansas would now have
five instead of two Republican congress-
men, for if the opposition had made no
greater gains in other districts than they
did in CaIderhead's. the Republicans would
have carried five of the seven districts.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

The lead and zinc district contributed an
output of s63, 73S worth of ore last week.
the Christmas holiday cutting down the
production somewhat. The total value for
the year of the mineral product of the
interstate territory was s.. S07 142.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

The Journal does not pre-
tend to know the number Of
copies printed by its con-
temporaries. Printing papers
is easy II publisher has
n, presses and can get hold OF
Circulation sSs sas. 2 RsSs SAr4f R$s tss gssR jout
nj nal does know. There are two
IfdI classes Of circulation-one
PAID, the other FREE. one
Pays as4i'9a more PA5P u sss s5sse:s3
Advertisers s; IS45Dsi + i E6ESg4 SESsg4ts9 SIs j:
1ation. Its growth Is steady,
reasona bic, reliable.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Missouri.
County Of Jackson.
H. Gaylord. business manager Of The
Kansas City Journal, being duly sworn,
Gays that the actual number OF full and
complete copies OF the Kansas City Jour
nal, Daily and Sunday. printed during the
month OF November. 1896. was as follows;
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

chased and assumed editorial charge of the
King City Democrat, of which c. NJ Bro
sius was formerly the proprietor.
Colonel Lingle, editor of the Sedalia SEN
tinel, declares that the chief clerkship of
the house will hayS TO develop hitherto
unsuspected sprintins qualifications if it es-
capes the vigorous chase he purposes Civ
ing IL. -.----
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

State of Missouri, County OF Jackson. SIS.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in
my presence this 3Oth day Of November.
1896.
ny commission expires November sth, 1887.
ISeaD LIONEL NOISE.
Notary Public.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

In the Christmas day football fight be-
tween the Joplin and Carthage teams. the
slusgers from the former town won by a
score OF to Q.
1t is the strenuously asserted belief Of
the Herald, of that town. that Sweet
Springs by all odds should be ''rehabited"
as a health resort.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

1.-THE wife of prominent Newton city
Official says the Kansan, used to be the
sweetheart of Noble L. Prentis when they
were young together. Noble was so ugly
she says, that L was ashamed to go out
with him during the daytime. He was sc
good natured and jolly, however. that the
girls couldn't help liking him.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Mrs. Nancy Nolan is the name of re-
fined and intelligent woman who was last
week conveyed to the insane asylum from
Pleasanton. OF all the delusions ever born
in the brain of insanity she possesses one
of the most horrible. She believes that she
has the heart and liver of her husband In
a glass jar and that all of her neighbors
are conspiring to take them from her.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

The Wichita Eagle says the report that
Mrs. Lease has permanently located in
relate, however, what the good woman will
do for living besides raising less corn.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Mrs. James Lee is the name of an Atchi-
son woman to whom the glad Christmas
season brings nothing but sadness. Dur
ing the past five years she has buried her
husband and four children and each of
them died during the holidays.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

A boom has been started for Sam Peters
for that new United States judgeship in
Southern Kansas. but it will never make
much headway until the Hon. Sam explains
the true inwardness of his remarkable can
didacy for governor last fall.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Tom Cordry, who manipulates the Minne-
apolis Messenger while Governor Riddle
holds down his state house Job. contributes
the following stanzas to the Cuban situa-
ton: There's a fracas down in Cuba;
there's most internal row, for old Mars
has blown his tuba. and he blowing of it
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Rev. Miss Brant, of Crawford county, has
made application for the position of chap
lain of the Hutchinson reform school, She
is an ordained minister of the Universalist
church, though she started out in life as
an artist. She will represent to the board
of directors that woman's influence is
needed and that she believes she can do a
world of good to the young men inmates
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

The Wichita Eagle declares that some
day John j. ingalls, will become governor
of Kansas through a spontaneous upris-
ing of the people.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

Colonel Tom Doran. of Topeka, who COM
plains that a bottle of wine was his only
Christmas present. appears to have over
looked the headache.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

A Holt county paper chronicles among its
Mound City personal items statement
that Frank Zachary returned this week
from Nebraska with another fine hog"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

In evidence of the good health which
prevails among the children in the Soldiers
Orphans home at Atchison, the Globe re-
lates that six years ago Superintendent
Faulkner set apart a building for hos
pital and placed kindling In the stove ready
to be lighted when a patient should be re-
ceived. The kindling is still there and has
never been lighted.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-29

The marriage of Miss Hub at Atchisol
suggests the hilarious thought that whel
she stood up for her felloe and the preach
er spoke. one wheel or matrimony wa
ready to turn-at least until it was tired.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-09-30
GRAIN TRADE AND CROPS.
The Cincinnati Price. Current Of

The Cincinnati Price Current Of
Thursday says
The week has experienced rains IN
various localities. as also killing frosts;
10 faet hard freezing in the Northwest.
| Ine Injury 10 crops. however, has
been unimportant. The corn crop has
been practically aobarmeil, the belat
ed proportion not being large, and not
in condition to have resulted favora-
bly, even with more OF time for matur-
ing.
The current information in regard
to the corn crop is not suggestive of
notable change in the general indiea-
tions as to yield, and does not appear
to furnish ground for charging the
estimates of the total production.
Weather conditions have generally
favored the autumn seeding opera
ticns, which are well advanced, and
IL many places the wheat plant is al
ready in good growing condition. IN
some instances seeding has been defer
red in fear of the fly, which usually
;iu.is development in the early grow til.
The area will probably not be less thas.
last year-some regions manifesting q
disposition to reduce the acreage. and
others to enlarge it.
The interior supplies of wheat are
now being offered in ii more restricted
way, partly hecaIse tue poorer lots
have been largely disposed of, and
partly from growing confidence in
prices. The evidence is nnmistakab)e
that the milling interest in the winter
grain belt is unable to provide itself in
a desirable manner with wheat for
milling operations.
There has been manifestly more than
usual of the corn crop cut and put in
shocks, indicating that there will be
ample resource tor coarse fodder for
animals where hay may be deficient.
From Southern Illinois comes an
intimation that wevil are infesting the
cribbed corn, and, that consequently
some of the holdings are being moved
to market on this account. 1t is hard
ly likely, however, that such condi-
lions can prevail with reference to this
grain to an important extent.
The wheat market has assumed a
positively strong position, and has
made decided advance in prices.
This upward movement while some
what striking has not been spasmodic,
and due to special speculative opera
lions of a temporary nature. but ap-
pears 10 udV0 OG6H d NATURAL ana IN
eyitable shaping of the market under
the general understanding as to the
lessened supplies for the worlds re-
quirements for the year.
Corn has made fair advance, part
ly under influence of the tendency in
wheat. Oats also have made some
thing of an upward move. These
grains are certainly on low basis of
values.
December wheat at Chicago closed
&c below the highest point of the week.
4sc above the lowest point, and 4Sc
higher than a week ago.
Corn at Chicago for December closed
at the highest point of the week, &c
above the lowest point of the week,
and sc higher than week ago.
Wheat receipts at primary markets
were 6.S57.000 bushels for the week.
against 6, 1906, 900 the preceding week.
and 6.S7S.000 last year
Corn receipts were 100000 bushels,
against 3,119,00O the preceding week,
and z, 1903, 600 last year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-09-30
Speaking In Amherst.


BIG TIME AND A BIG VICTORY FOR
DEMOCRACY.
There was a great crowd at Amherst
Court House yesterday. attracted by
the annual meeting of the County In
surance Company, county court, and
political speaking.
Just before IL O'Clock, Hon. James
Bumgardner, the elector of the Palmer
ticket from the Tenth district, mount
ed a dry goods box in the street and
attracted quite 8 crowd around him.
AS soon as the crowd found out that
Capt. Bumgardner had bolted his par
ty and had become member of the
aid society of the Republican party,
they began shouting fer Bryan The
crowd had been crying Bryan and
Flood for at least ten minutes. when
Mr.. Allen mounted the box and asked
that the Captain be given a hearing.
The crowd was not to be pacified.
Captain Robert H. Mays. one of Am
herst's largest farmers, mounted a
horse block. which was near by, and
urged Caps. Bumgardner to desist,
saying that he was betraying his peo-
pie who had stood by him and sup
ported him when he was candidate
for their suffrages, This was probably
the first speech ever made by Capt.
Mays, and it showed that this is truly
a campaign in which the farmers are
determined to have hand.
At this time the Hon. FL. d. Flood
was introduced by County Chairman
Harrison inside the conrt-green. As
Mr.. Floods clear voice rang out over
the green the crowd surged around
him, and in less than five minutes Capt.
Bumgardner was left with about TWEEN
ty-five whites and seventyfive negroes
for an audiences
When Capt. Bumgardner finished
his TRADE against the Chicago nomi-
nees, Jake Falwell, a negro Repnbli
can, succeeded him and spoke to the
same crowd.-Lynchburg News, S2nd
inst.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-09-30
Is Vanderbilt Taking q Handy


RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 21-The visit
here yesterday Of Mr.. William z Van
derbilt, and his reception by President
Ingalls,, followed today by conferences
between Vice President Axtell and the
republican campaign managers, has
attracted considerable attention. Mr.
ingalls, is stumpiug The State for Nc.
Kinley, and using every effort to carry
it for the republican ticket. The visit
here at this time Of Mr.. Vanderbilt
WHO, with Others associated with him,
controls the Chesapeake & Ohio road
of which Mr. Ingalls, is President, is
regarded as significant. It is well
Understood that this gentleman heart
lily seconds and approves of the active
efforts Of Mr. ingalls, to induce the
employees Of that line to taboo Bryan
ard free silver.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-09-30

The New York World, a plutocratic
organ, has a special correspondent in
Pennsylvania, enquiring about the
probable result of the approaching
election in that State. In his yester-
days letter this correspondent says it
is impossible for the State to do other
wise than give Mckinley an immense
majority, as the Philadelphia Savings
Fund Institution has subscribed $25,
600 to the Mckinley fund, as the Fidel
ity Company, of the same city, has
given 100000, and q large number of
other banking institutions in Philadel-
phia have subscribed $4,000 each. He
concludes by saying there will be ST.
100000 contributed il the State of
Pennsylvania, and that all the railways
in that State are in politics, all the
horse and electric car lines. and almost
all the capitalistic organizations are
arrayed against the resumption of sill
yer coinage.