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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

2.25; peddler stock. sOcasl.2o Florida man.
darins, $3.50. Bananas. fancy. scarce and
prices prizes firm, firm shipping HI5a22 IS peddlsr
and B.. S6.5odf0o per barrel. Cape Cod
fancy, se.75QL25 per barrel: S1.75 per bushel
BOX; Jersey, $0oa6.2 25. Malaga grapes, S5Oa
500 kegi Florida pineapples S4.O0 crate or
H.Ba2.oO per dozen. Grape fruit, $3.50 per
oNUTs-Demand fair at unchanged prices.
Quoted: Cocoanuts, $3.50 per 100: small lots,
soc per dozen. Hazelnuts. 2Iac per pound
Pecans, Missouri, 5a6c per pound;
Texas. 5q6c; pecans. polished. 6IlOc. Pea
Kansas. 2isc. Hickory nuts Harge she'll
barkl, 81 per bushel: small Missouri stock,
35tf45c; Native walnuts. SOC per bushei;
Pipon nuts Ice per pound. Butternuts. soc
nuts, l0c.
market lower for them, but quail. wild
geese, mixed ducks and prairie chickens are
scarce and higher under the influence of
strong demand. Quail. trapped and sound.
per dozen: curlew. Sl.J0 per dozen. Salt
water turtles on order. l0c pound Young
81 Mssrde % eozsh r9 pSehs bad ShSaS y * oaGhI'
green wing, S125; blue wing. N5O, and
mixed. 81; rs per dozen. Jackrabbits. sOcd$1;
cottontails drawn 50d6Oc for fresh stock
25G5Oc for damaged stock. Prairie chickens.
800 per dozen; yenison saddles, l0ul2c:
buck carcasses. Sa9c per pound: black tail
game should not forget that official in
spection of game In Kansas City Is very
rigid. and that anything like ON stock
is condemned by the local food inspector.
ETABLES-Cabbage, fancy home
grown, 35c: medium, 30c: culls 20925c per
dozen. i5qftc per pound: Wisconsin and
Iowa stock, fancy jobbing. firm, S5cGs1. %
per 100 pounds; in a small way. s1l06I1 Is;
Flat Dutch. S0a9Oc In bulk: s1.OO6fl. 10 in a
small way; Holland. SlO06110 in bulk:
Sl.25 in a small way. Onions, home
grown, Globe. 55Gs0c fiat: red Weathers-
field. 50a69c; silver skin I5c per bushel:
Wisconsin stock. choice to fancy. 60II0c,
inferior. 40f50c per bushei. Beets. fancy.
25GtS0c per bushel. Turnips. l2l2Q15c per
bu. Carrots. &c bu. California celery active
standard sizel. blue ribben, soc; red rib
bon. soc; white ribbon, 4Oc per bunch;
Michigan, inferior, 15a25c. Pumpkins, 75cd
S1.0O per dozen. Hubbard squash, home
grown, 15c4Sl.00 per 100: Northern stock
1c a pound. Parsnips. 2Od2Oc per bushel.
Lettuce, fresh, $.25 per bushel.
FURs-Demand good for prime stock
small. 25c. Skunk. black, 6ol7Oc; short
striped 4Ga50c; narrow striped 25RSOc;
bread striped, 1oG15c. Mink. large, 606TOc;
medium, +0G5Oc; small. 25c. Opossum. large,
Sc; medium, SC; small, &c; early caught,
worthless. Muskrat. fall SC; winter. &c:
spring. lOc. Civets, prime. 10c. Fox. gray,
40lr50c; red. 60dT5c. Wolf. mountain. $1,000
zoo: prairie. 25G50c. Wildcat. 15d25c. Beav-
er. large. 500; medium. $3.50: small S100I
200. Badger, 1005Oc. Otter. prime. large
$6 00fl7.O0; prime medium. A.06Q450; prime
small, 81. .0662.5o. Bear. $500 and down, as
10 size and quality
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
as Was Hoped For-Exports
and Failures.

New York. Dec. A.-Bradstreets to-mor-
row will say: The arrival of the holidays
the close of the year and the period of an
nual stock taking have further checked
the volume of wholesale business. Only
filling-in orders are being received and
trade is slow. Retail demand for holiday
goods has been active, but II is for cheaper
grades than in previous years. In other
lines, the distribution of merchandise has
been smaller al number of distributing
centers. Failures of important banking in
stitutions at Northwestern cities teni to
unsettle confidence in commercial and
banking circles. Very few statesmen re-
main on the road, but most of them are
preparing to go out within a fortnight.
The moderate trade revival which followed
the last presidential election has been dis
appointing in that aside from the Christ
mas demand, business has been more un-
satisfactory for a month past than at a
corresponding period in many years.
Exports of wheat (flour included as
wheaD from both coasts of the United
States this week, amount to 2.111, ,7o2 BUSH
els, against 1924, 900 last week, 3,457 900 in
the same week year ago. l4,000 in the
week two years ago. 2,036,000 three years
ago and compared with 2,917,O0o in the
week of 1892. Exports of Indian corn this
week held up well, the total amounting to
last week, 1,s39 900 bushels in the week one
year ago and with very much smaller to-
tails in like weeks in three preceding years.
There are 327 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week, II
less than last week and IL more than in
the corresponding week b year ago.
There are 45 business failures reported
throughout the Dominion of Canada this
week, against 80 last week and 80 in the
week year ago.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade tomorrow will say:
The failure of two important banks, the
second in size of business at Chicago. and
the oldest at st. Paul, with some others de-
pendent on them, closes not favorably a
month which promised to end with only
moderate commercial disasters. 1t does not
lessen the effect of these failures that one
was caused by enormous loans in aid of
an electric railway and other concerns,
and that the other appears to have re-
suited from heavy ventures in unstable
real estate. Since several thousand busi-
ness men and depostors are for the time
embarrassed as much as the spectators
that caused the trouble. the breakdown is
the reverse of hopeful at present, although
1t comes when money markets are well sup
piled and when no serious effect in business
is to be apprehended.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
MISS HELD AS A STREET SINGER
Gathered in $SO3 for Charity With
Her 81 Want Yer, Nah
Honeyv

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. A.-Anna Held, the
beautiful French chateuse who is filling
an engagement at the Grand opera house
with the Evans & Hoey "a Parlor Match
company, introduced for the first time in
America the French Christmas custom OF
street singing for sweet charity's sake.
Her effort was successful beyond expecta-
ton, and LeGrand White. who had the
concert in charge, turned over to the
Humane Society 1903. the proceeds Of the
unique entertainment.
The lower portion of Fifth avenue was
peopled by dense throng when the fair
singer made her appearance, and the sub
stantial applause in the way of bills and
silver given her rendition of 81 Want Yer,
Nah Honey" was generous in the extreme.
The principal clubs were afterwards Wis
tied. where Miss Held, on request auction
ed her photographs, some of them bringing
as high as $40.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Dec. 24-The stock market to-
day DETECTED general disposition to carry
lines over the three days holiday and In
consequence the trading, as rule, lacked
significance, At intervals the stock indi-
Gator was motionless and the fluctuations
recorded were in the main narrow. London
prices for American securities came higher,
but the arbitrage operations were on a
very limited scale. In the specialties some
widS changes were noted. The market
closed firm at slight net gains.
Railway bonds were stagnant, but gen.
orally firm on narrow changes.
Government bonds were extremely dull
but were steady.
Closing quotations on the New York Stock
exchange We're: Atchison. 13h; Adams Ex-
press, 14S; American Express, 109: Chicago
&c Alton, 16O; Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy, T03s: Chicago Gas. 72A; Consolidated
Gas, 14O1z; c., c. C. & St. Louis. 2512: Great
Northern, preferred. 11S; Illinois Central,
81: Kansas & Texas preferred, q; Lake
& Nashville. 47&: Manhattan Consolidated,
S72s; Missouri Pacific, 1912; Northwestern.
102; Northwestern preferred $50; New
York Central, 94i2; New York & New En-
gland, 45; Pacific Mail, 23l2; Pittsburg, 1852;
Pullman Palace, Isl; Reading. 253s; Rio
Grande Western, Is; Rio Grande Western
preferred. 40; Rock Island, 81; st. Paul,
1875; st. Paul preferred 13O; Sugar Re-
finery, 110: United States Express, 40; Wa
bash, st. Louis & Pacific. 6ss; Wabash, St.
Louis & Pacific preferred 1875; Wells-Fargo
Express, 81; Western Union, S2A General
Electric, 3lH; National Linseed. u; Colora-
do Fuel and Iron, 2312; Colorado Fuel and
Iron preferred, 20.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
EEP-Moyements mast "a hours

Receipts .......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SIS
SHipIueltS -.....-.-.---.--.......... oil
.I.UZ
There Were only a handful on sale yes
terday and they were sold early and
brought steady and firm prices, killers TAX
ing what few offering.
REPRESENTA TATIVE SALES
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
STOCKER AND FEEDER BUSINESS
SHOWS NO DECREASE
Though Christmas Is Here, There Is
as Much Buying of Young Cattle
to Go Hack to the Coun-
try ns Ever.

There seems to he no end to the stocker
and feeder business here this year. Here
1t is Christmas. yet there is about Us
much buying of young cattle to go back
to the country as ever. On Wednesday
no less than Il5 cars of stockers and feed
ers went to the country.
a f. True. Of Vira, Kas., was here
with some choice Shorthorns yesterday
There were seventeen of them and they
averaged 1904 pounds and were sold at
A95
The proposition to reinstate rule 9. sec
ton 10. OF the bylaws of the Live Stock
exchange so far as relates to the NUMBER
of solicitors that q commission firm may
employ. was voted upon yesterday ard
carried by a good majority. This leaves
the number the same as heretofore and
kills the proposition that was carried last
spring whereby the number of solicitors
permitted to be employed was limited 10
one
The yards will be closed to-day. save for
receiving feeding and watering stock
John NJ. Payne and wife left yesterday
evening for Plattshurg. Mo-. to spend
Christmas with friends
The Drovers' Telegram yesterday gave
Christmas turkeys to each of its employees,
from the printers devil up.
Chester \. Snider yesterday gave
Christmas dinner at the Transient house
to the employees of the Evans-Snider-Bue
Company at this point. 1t was a very
elaborate affair. The finest meats and
viands were washed down with the richest
wines and everything went merrily.
Jasper Aldrich and Robert Curry. of Da-
viess county, Mo-, were here yesterday with
stockers. They say cattle are short in their
county but an average number of hogs
is in farmers hands. Corn selling at lie.
The Cincinnati Price Current reports 49,
600 hogs packed in the West last week,
against 10000 the same week last year
The Kansas City Stock Yards Horse and
Mule Market has made a new departure.
1t has just closed a contract with VOL
colt, Beers & Co., of Hutchinson, Kas-.
whereby they are to have control Monday
and Thursdays for horse auctions. Irwin.
Grant & Co., formerly of Humboldt. Has,
but now of Fort Scott. kas., take Tues
day and Friday for the same purpose.
1t is said Wednesday and Saturday will
be let to some other well known horse and
muld men.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

Minneapolis stocks of wheat have in
creased about 600 bushels and Duluth
about $50. 900 bushels this week.
To-day and Saturday. all the grain eX-
changes in the country will close. The
Christmas adjournment in Liverpool Will
extend until Tuesday.
port yesterday 1O6, 600 bushels of wheat, $500
packages of -four, $4,000 bushels or corn
and 5000 bushels of oats.
The flour output last week at the three
barrels, against $4,000 barrels year ago
The st. Louis output Was 45,4OO barrels,
against 100 barrels year ago.
P. A. Smith, of Minneapolis, was on
change yesterday. He says all the well
informed grain men in the Northwest are
very bullish on wheat, because they think
there is no more than enough left to supply
the mills.
The official estimate of the Manitoba
wheat crop is l4,500oo0 bushels. The re-
port says that the preparation Tor next
years crop indicates an area much larger
than this years. The area of fall plowed
ground Is sos, $50 acres.
Yesterdays Price Current says: "There
is considera Bile talk of wheat damage from
freezing and from fly, but decidedly favor
able reports largely predominant. Some
lowering of average condition is probable.
evidence of corn product being blended with
-four.
A dispatch from Calcutta to the London
Times, says: The official report of the
prospects IN BendF says the Tdl1lIdll has
had hardly any effect in lowering prices
which are still at famine rates through
out Bengal. The danger has been removed
In South Behar, but there is the gravest
anxiety in many southern districts"
The Chicago Inter-Ocean says: Stocks
of provisions here at the end of the month,
are estimated at $4,000 barrels old pork,
$1,000 new pork. $780, 900 tierces lard. and 16,-
09O,000 pounds ribs. This is an increase over
stocks shown the first of the month.
French Bros. letter to the trade yester
day says: We have had surprisingly firm
wheat market to-day, which is all the more
remarkable when the season of the year
Is taken into consideration. The fact that
mlllers are experiencing very little diff
fculty in disposing of their product abroad
is a circumstance that must not be lost
wheat, and while we do not advise pur-
chases on advances, we certainly believe
that May wheat should be bought at or
under Soc
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Kansas Charters.

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 24.-(Special.) The
secretary of state to-day granted charters
as follows:
Benefit Association. of Kansas City, Kas
capital stock $1CoOO0, divided into $1,000
shares of 81 each. The directors are: H.
NJ. Jackson, A. A. Galloway, ]. ]. PEBBLES,
]. w. Bell, ]. F. Carter. Grant Cornell and
Price Thomas, all of Kansas City, Kas.
The Greenleaf-Baker Grain Company. of
Atchison; capital stock s2OO,O00. This COM
pany proposes to erect an elevator and do
a general grain business. The directors
are: F. NJ. Baker, F. C. Crowell and Rob-
ert Reid, of Atchison; E. S. Greenleaf, of
Jacksonville. Ill.,, and E. L. Greenleaf, of
Kingman, Kas.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Railroad Bonds.

New York, Dec. 24.-Closing quotations on
the New York Stock exchange: -Atchison
As, 1855; Atchison I'd A. AIS; Canada South
ern IDS, 105l6; Central Pacific lists of '95,
1021k; Denver &c Rio Grande Is, 11O; Denver
& Rio Grande As, S91z; Erie DDS, 637s; G., H. &
S. A 6s. 1864; G., Il. & S. A. Is, 95; Hous-
ton & Texas Central 5s, 106; Houston &
Texas Central IS, 1O5: Missouri, Kansas &
Texas 1st As, S0& Missouri, Kansas & Tex
Jersey Central general 5s, lis; Northern Pa
cific lists. lie; Northern Pacific 2ds, 1161a;
Northwest consols, 1892: Northwestern
S. F. debentures. 5s, 110h; Rio Grande
ST. Paul. C. P. w. 5s. ia; st. Louis &
Iron Mountain general 5s, "a: St. Louis &
San Francisco general 6s 11012; Texas Pa
cifc lists, so; Texas Pacific Eds, 20; Union
Pacific lists of &c. 1903: West Shore As, 1O7;
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

New York, Dec 4.-Money on call easy
at i1.q2 last loan IL. closed 112d2: Prime
mercantile paper, 3l2G4l2 per cent. SterlinS
exchange firm with actual business IN
bankers bill at S4.S7A for demand, ana
81. d4.S4 for sixty days; posted rates
81 S4isd4S5. Commercial bills, 4.S2isa4.S S2fi.
London, Dec. 24.-Money, 3l204 per cent
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills, 33s9S24 per cent The rate
of discount in the open market Tor three
months bills, 35sG34.
New York, Dec A.-Clearings, $50, 0,OS6,3li;
Bcston, Dec. 4.-Clearings. s13666 ,254; bal
apces, S1,211, $40.
balances, S3O6 9S9.
Thiladelphia. Dec. 24.-Clearings, $S,6S6,S16;
balances. S1.335. .107.
New York exchange, soc discount. Clear
ings. g, 112,5 $50.
Chicago, Dec. 24.-Clearings, $l4,15l, 747.
Money steady, unchanged. New York ex-
change. par. Foreign exchange, demand,
SASH: sixty days, $4.S35s.
St Louis. Dec. 24.-Clearings, s., S,1S7.297;
balances. S379, ,213. Money sal per cent.
New York exchange, par bid; 25c premium
asked.
Memphis, Dec. 2-New York exchange
selling at $1.OO premium Clearings, S317.-
216; balances, S54,621.
New Orleans, Dec. 24.-Clearings, 81, 1885, 100.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
wheat Quiet, but Firm-COrn Dull and
weaIS-Oats DrnEEy.

In store-Wheat, 475.OS2 bushels; corn.
3.3g5 bushels; oats. $50 4S2 bushels; and rye
W5HEAT1Receipts II fl.1T past "a hours. 5000
Same time last year & sS9 sSS
Yrsterdav being Christmas eve and next
week holiday week there was but little
lie TO the rnsrsS.t. Offerings light and but
fGw good samples on sale. w nat little trad-
ing done was at steady prices. By sample
on track here at Kansas City: No. 2 hard.
2 cars at 7St9c, ] car at 19c. l car. fancy,
sOc: No. 2 spring. 14TfI5c, ] car al doc: NO.
3 hard, ? cars at 75c, car at 14l2c, l car
No. 4 hard, car at Csc, car at sc and
] car at 6Sc: rejected, car at 51c. car at
res al Ghc: No. red. nominal at 92GS3c;
No. 3 red ] car at 9c, car at Slc, l car
yoor at &c. / car mixed at ISc and car
wccviily at S5c; No. red, nominal at
CoRN-Recefpts past "a hours........SOi ieo
Same time last year. "a G10
ShiUmentS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 30 ,zVJ
good deal on sale and market dun and
weak. A good many samples had TO be
carried over unsold at the close. BY sam
ple on track here at Kansas city: No. ?
mixed n cars at 1TiaC and 1 car at 1724c and
car with special billing nj lSc: No. 3
mixed, Is cars at lie. 6 cars at llsc and
I7r car at l6asc: No. white. cars at
iSiEr. No. white. : cars at lSc and l car
at Iasc: No. white, cars at lie and
oNTS-Receipts past "a hours. q. 900
Same time last ear.--....-.-.....-....... 1000
Shlimcnts.- q. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.000
Offerings liberal and market duh and
weak. Some little doing in white, but no
demand for MIXED. BY sample on track
hcic at Kansas City; No. mixed. nominal
at 1G.aHI7iFc: No. mixed. I56i5'qc; No.
4 mixed l4Il1l=c; No. white. ! car at 2Nc
and 2 cars choice old at 23iec: No. 3 mixed
! car nt l5c, car at l7ize and car at I724c;
No 4 white. I5Fl5lHc. ] car at l5isC.
RYE-Rccetpts past q hours. ........... .Gn0
Fame time last year..................-... 900
Shipments --.----. go. --..--..-... ...-...----
very little on sale hut what here being
token M steady prices. BY sample on
tfsck here at Kansas City: No. nominal
n af0asizc; No. g. 3GlI30l2c. and 9 cars at SIC.
pLDI r. Dull but unchanged. Soft
wheat. per 100 pound sack. patents.
g. ftu2 n: extra fancy. s. 25ff225: fancy. 81 10
a. -. choicc Sl.@la2.O %. Hard wheat. per 100
pound sack. patents. S2ONu2l0: straights.
q f1q2 n. bakers grades. S1S0dl-S5; low
itHases - 51frl- -7a Rye, $l-5od155
rDESMEA I.-DraEgy. Quoted at S7GSSc
f+r sat hIllt
coRS 'cTIOP-slow sale. Quoted at 35G
r. per cwt sacked.
TLAEEsED-Sclling fairly at steady
prices. cash and December. 65R64c per
Luarct 4iuun the basis of pure
f,NHTpR f}EANS-ScarCe and firm. Car
iofs. 81 is l,rs. I.05 per bushel.
rEkS-etill dull. Sacked Ssl3gc per cwt.
bfik 2tff32r.
ItAY Receipts past "a hours......lS .lS0 tons
Same time last year. IIe tons
Dui and weak. New prairie, choice, $500
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
LIVE STOCK BY TELEGRAPH.

$500. There was rafting good market to-
day. Prices were strong and there was a
further advance of about 10c. Sales were
on a basis of S3-50GI4.00 for the commonest
lots up to $5.01G5.50 for choice to fancy
grades, with the bulk of the transactions
at A.S0d5.e0. There was a fair stocker and
feeder trade at S2.S5G3S0. Canning cattle
sold at low prices. but good butchering
stuff closed stronger, a few prime heifers
bringing S.15Q4.25.
steady and unchanged, common to prime
droves selling at $S.0elI3.S5; sales We're
largely at So. .l0IT3.15.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1000. There was an
excellent demand for sheep and prices were
stronger to 10c higher. Lambs sold at $3.50
fiocks. Sheep were wanted at 81 2562. so for
very common up to $365 for choice. West
ern fed sheep brought S3.00d35O
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
MONEY, STOCKS And BONDS.
THERE WAS BUT LITTLE TRADING
IN STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Fluctuations Were NarrOw-London
Prices Came Higher and the
MarketH4e Closed n Shade
Lower-Bonds Firm.

There was nothing new in the local money
little doing save over the counter. De
mand for money was light and generaliy
for small amounts. Rates steady at IIo
per cent, But little currency going TO the
country. Bank clearings, s., ,0399 99S, against
S, $50, ,46l same time last year; an increase
of SlS6. .597 a gain of 10 per cent.
Eastern exchange in good demand ana
fiImer. -,
Houston, Fible & Co.. exchange brokers,
quote it as follows; New York, 5ec pre-
MUM; Chicaso, par; St. Louis. par:
Gold reserve Yesterday, SlS4. l2o, ISl.
The banks will all be closed to-day
The Bank of England 5 reserve is now
4S3S per cent against 52.sl per cent last
week. Rate of discount still per cent.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
"HE LOAFs ELSEWHERE,
Topeka Attorney in Trouble for Writ
ing This on an Envelope.

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 24.-(speciaL) John
C. Waters son of Captain ]. G. Waters. is
in trouble with the United States authori-
ties over an inscription said to have been
placed by him upon letter addressed to
another person. A letter was received at
the Waters law office addressed to a for
mer habitue, who had been ordered to
move on. 1t was indorsed: He loafs else
where" and returned to the postoffice For
this. Mr.. Waters is being investigated by
postoffice inspectors.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
State and Governmept Bonds.

New York. Dec. 24.-CIosing quotations on
the New York Stock exchange: United
States as. registered. 1181a; United States
5s. coupon. 113la: United States As. regis
tered, 109%; United States new As, regis
tered, u9l5; United States As. coupon. 1l0&:
States IS, registered, 95; Pacific 6s of '95,
991s: Alabama, class A, 104; Alabama, class
B. 104; Alabama, class c, 90; Alabama cur
rency 92; louisiana new consols, As, 96l2
Missouri 6s, 100: North Carolina IS. 120:
North Carolina As, 102l2; South Carolina non
fund, Il; Tennessee new settlement 6s, so;
Tennessee new settlement 5s, 105; Tennes-
see old settlement 6s 60.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
ST. JOSEPH uNDERTAxERs CLASH.
All Because of the Coroner's Attempt
to Place Buxinesx

st. Joseph. Mo-, Dec. 24.-(Special) For
some time there has been bitter feeling
among undertakers of this city over the
methods adopted by one of them in getting
business. There came near being open war
to-day when C. E. Heaton went after a
body that was in possession of Sidenfaden
& Son, who were not authorized by rela-
tives of the dead person to take the re-
mains. AS death had come from an acci-
dent Coroner Richmond undertook to say
who would have the job. Heaton openly
charged the coroner with standing in with
the Sidenfadens, who get bodies for a di-
vision of profits. Heaton says he himself
was asked TO make a bid to secure the
coroner's business.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
GARNETT GIRLS SAD DEATH.
A Victim of Medicine Given to Her by
the Man Who Betrayed

Garnett, Kas., Dec. 4.-(Special) Miss
Gertie Baird, an estimable young lady.
aged about II, died at her mothers home in
this city at o'clock this afternoon under
peculiarly sad circumstances. She was re-
Gently betrayed under promise of mar
riage, by George II. Thomas. a restaurant
keeper of this city. Upon her condition be-
coming delicate, he gave her medicine,
which is now believed to have contained
poison, and death followed to-day. The
girls mother, some days since caused a
warrant to issue for Thomas, and also at
tached his property, but he eluded the Off
GERS and has not been apprehended. AS
popular feeling is running very high, it is
feared lynching may result if he is
captured.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
MISSED THEIR HALF HOLIDAY.
Government Employees Had to Labor
Yesterday Afternoon,

Washington, Dec. A.-For the first time
for many years, the executive departments
of the government were not closed at noon
to-day, in accordance with the custom of
giving employees half holiday on the day
before Christmas. The decision to keep the
departments open to business is the result
of an act passed by congress on March s.
1893, and attention was first drawn to its
provisions at Il cabinet meeting last sum-
mer and considered at a recent meeting
This statute requires all employees to work
not less than seven hours each day except
Sundays and actual holidays