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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-27
OF INTEREST TO. STOCKMEN
KANSAS CITY WILL PADDLE ITS
OWN CANOE.
And Will Have n Holiday at the Yards
July 5, Chicago or No Chicago
Notes and Personals From
the Stock Yards.

The action Of the directors Of the Kan
sas City Live Stock exchange in declaring
Monday. July @Fourth of July-a holiday
and the yards closed is being criticised in
some quarters by the more selfish. who
claim that as long as Chicago will not close
Kansas City should also keep open. But
the best of the trade here think tina Kan
sas City has followed Chicago's dictation
long enough. and that the trade here is
plenty big enough. strong enough and rich
enough to paddle its own canoe" and
there Is no better time TO begin than now.
So the yards will be closed on Monday,
July 5, save for the receiving. feeding and
watering of stock.
In common with the rest of the range
country, Nevada is reporting a shortage in
her cattle. There is said to be fewer on
hand than for some years. John Tinnin,
enc of the best known cattle men of that
country, was a visitor at the yards yester-
day. He says there is a shortage of fully
70 per cent in the cattle holdings of Ne
vada, and that cattle are selling s. to 81
per head higher than a year ago. good ones
bringing SIS and some SIS, and even at these
full deliveries, many falling as much as 30
per cent behind.
Good news continues to come from the
just back from Elgin, Kas.. says he never
saw finer ranges in the Usage country and
water is abundant. A good many young
cattle are on hand, but the number OF
beeves being held is the lightest for years.
The Western Union Telegraph office and
the Burlington stock office in the Exchange
building at the yards were suffering by
Friday nights storm, but to no great ex-
tent The loop wire running into the Bur-
liEgton stock office became crossed with
the trolley and feed wires OF the Metro
politan Street Railway Company on Kan
sas avenue in Armourdale and in a short
time electricity was cutting up capers in
the Burlington stock office The telegraph
instrument having been taken out, but the
wires left in place along the Dashboard
half around the room. 1t fired the wood
work and charred it to the depth Of half
an inch before burning out the wires. Tho
current then turned to the Western Union
wires and played havoc to the insulation
in that office. where the lightning arrest
erS were burned out. The wires were TAX
en- out of the switchboard and direct COM
munication made with the and
work was delayed but little. The wall
paper in the office was burned OFF, but
no other or serious damage was done.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-27

Chicago car w wheat. none.
Spring wheat, % cars; contract, II cars.
Corn. $50 cars; contract. 29 cars. Oats, 35
cars: contract. 81 cars.
Estimated for Monday-Wheat, Is cars;
corn, 425 cars; oats, 300 cars.
WHEAT-Cash-No. 2 red, S0dS4c; No. 3
&c.
CoRN-Cash-No. 2 mixed, 25Ba25Ac; No.
2 white, 25Ac.
O~ATS-Cash-No. 2 mixed, 1s5c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-27
LOCAL LIVE STOCK MARKET.
NOTHING DOING IN CATTLE AND
VERY FEW ON SALE.
Free Movement In Hogs, but Prices n
Little LOwer-Packers Good Buy
ers ut h D~ecIine-sheep
Dull and Weak.

$50 cattle and Asa quarters of beef; calves,
receipts, none; NJ trading.
CATTLE-Movements the past "a hours:
Cattle. Calves.
hSCtlptS 80 s'".ss sssss.s.s.s..- 40 II
SHlpiltilS .. 80. ..-.-........-l.oyf 5OJ
DIlNe-OuIS secs. -. .-.........Z,OSI 80
The market yesterday was dull even for
Saturday. There was little or no effort to
trade in anything. The only sale aside
from a few single animals was a lot of 50
common Indian steers, averaging SIS
pounds, that sold at S2.65, which was about
steady. Mich cows in light supply and
steady and firm. Common. S5qlS; medium
to fair, $22H2S; good to choice, $30d40.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-27
Missouri. Kansas I[ustcI

WlSSUulIyhdllSdS q 6AdS IIuSlUu
Seventh and Wyanootte Streets,
KANSAS CITY. MO.
CAPITAL 81, $50, DOC
Surplus and Undivid ed Profits. SLIGO QUO.
&c Wall street. New York city.
900 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Pa
lF9 Washington street, Boston. Mass.
Sandthorquia 2. Hamburg, Germany.
Singel 23S. Amsterdam, Holland.
q Lombard street, London, L. c.. En-
gland.
Dorotheen-Strasse "a, Berlin. Germany.
Is Rue du Louvre, Paris, France.
Arthur f. Sulwell, President. Vice Prest-
dents: LIST, J. Med. Trimble; I'd. Z. L
Martin; Sd. w. S. Taylor; 4th, Jacques T.
N~olthenius.
Arthur c. Robinson, Secretary; W. s.
Taylor. Treasurer; Frank j. Wilcox, Asst
Treasurer; J. J. Cairnes. Asst Secretary:
=. S. Mosher. Asst Secretary; Trimble &
Braley. General Attorneys.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
GRANDDAUGHTER roLLARs.
hhat Her Descendants might Have Had
In Interest From Them.

Awomas recently dicl in ancighbor.
ing town, and besides "a granddaughter
ana her cynical husband she lett n few
relatives and $50 in gold, with Other
things. Tho woman was over 90 when
she died, and the $50 included her wed.
ding presents. Like many persons in
those days, she held fast ID the shining
eagles and had had them for nearly -
years. When she died, of course the
birds were distributed among the hC IRIS
The cynical husband, who was married
to the old lady IS fayorite granddaughter.
unused upon the $50 in gold and strip
ped his thoughts of all sentiment as he
speculated in his mind what might have
been. He is not quite through fgurinc
yet, and his constant query is, il gTaHd
mother had only put that $50 in th
bank when she first got it, what olutcl.
OF golden eagles we would have now
He unused on this as he got ready OF
cold mornings TO go To work, and hi
favorite topic OF thought was suggested
as he jingled nickel and bunch o.
keys looking for his car fare InCH Ii.
began to figure that money ut 6 per cent
double in about years, and ho lC' ,
sleep as he thought how many times ! I
years went into n years. When the
cynical husband finally referred the
question of his losses to bank man. he
learned that in 90 years the $50 in gold
would have amounted to 81, 473. 60.
Without figuring any further on the
problem, the bank man said he would
easily consider that $40, 900 was lost by
saving the $50.
1t is not an unusual thing in some Of
the old banks to have an account doubled
many times over and over again. One
day last week in the Worcester county
institution for savings an account was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

them. Ny impression is that if some
thoughtful plan could be suggested it
would be quite possible TO educate all
the agricultural people Of the country to
understand that man who is thrifty
and honest and sober and prompt can al
ways in some way get some money. 1t
is "A very hard thing--we do not under
stand il at all here because we have so
much money moving among us-but if
every time we went TO store we were
unable to buy anything except on credit,
if we had no money to pay down to en-
able US to reap the advantages of cash
payments, we should begin to be fretful.
do hope, sir, that the thoughtful and
good men of the north and east will be
willing to take up this subject.
1t was brought out at the Indian
apolis convention that after the first sad.
serious mistake made necessary by the
exigencies of the civil war we had gone
ON with makeshifts ever since. One bit
of legislation necessary to bridge us over
particular crisis has been met with
another With every issue of bonds and
of greenbacks, and with every other
form of currency, Legislative enactments
have been made, and they contradict
and overlap each other, and the business
of the treasury is exceedingly hard and
difficult
II came away from indianapolis with
this very firm impression, and l have
only ventured to submit it because feel
it so deeply that unless those of us in
the more favored parts of the country
understand the condition of our brothers
and our fellow citizens in the other
parts of the country, unless we wisely
instruct and educate them and bring
about some wise methods for their re-
lief, when the year 1900 comes we
shall be swamped with an infinitely
more powerful vote against us than dur
ing this last election"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
GRIZZLY WHIPPED BY A COW.
Bossy Reused to Terrible Rage In Defense
of Her Offspring.

Bossy Reused to Terrible Rage In Defense
of Her Offspring.
Usually COW does not stand much
chance when she engages in hand to
hand conflict with grizzly BEAR" said
Michael Ayers, a Colorado stockman, to
writer for Dumb Animals, "but several
years ago one of my cows killed one or
these animals and came out of the strug-
gle without scrtch. The COW had re-
Gently given birth to a calf. It being
her firstborn, the mother was exceed
ingly vicious, and it was unsafe for %
stranger to approach her, as her horns
were long and pointed. The cattle shed
had q matched roof and was scooped
out Of the hillside a short distance from
the house.
Zone night bear, having smelled the
presence of q COW and calf, mounted tho
| roof of the shed and proceeded to force
an entrance by scratching through the
| thatch. The COW at the same time de-
| tected the presence of the bear and held
| herself in readiness to receive the In
| truder. The noise of terrible struggle
aroused me, and grabbing lantern L
rushed from the house, and opening the
| shed door found the COW i'll frantic
state, bunting and tossing to and fro
some large object, which evidently had
lost all power of resistance.
"It turned out to be good sized griz-
zly, which had been run through and
through the body by the courageous
mother The little calf was nestled in n
corner, sleeping peacefully, and seemed
unmindful of the maternal struggle. L
suppose that as soon as the bear gained
an entrance through the roof it was
pinned to the ground by the cows horns
before it had time to do any damage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
SCARCITY OF MONEY.
MANY PARTS or SOUTH AND WEST
HAVE NO MONEY.

Business Conducted by Barter-A Remark
able Speech by w. Il. Dodge-Tells New
York Chamber of Commerce What
Caused Bryan's III. vote-A Bad Cur
rency System-Farmers Have Real Griev-
ances-Must BE Attended to Before 1900.
Mr.. w. E. Dodge, one Of New York
most enterprising and philanthropic
business men, was a delegate from the
New York chamber of commerce to the
business mems sound money conven-
ton which met recently at indianapolis.
He was member Of the executive COM
mittee Of the Indianapolis convention.
A short time after he was chairman of
the arbitration committee at Washing
ton. In both capacities he had excellent
opportunities for meeting representa-
tives from different states. The follow
ing is part of his somewhat remark
able speech before the chamber of COM
merce when submitting his report Of the
Indianapolis monetary conventions:
/ was surprised, sir, to find the as
sertion made constantly by men from
the far western states and the south and
southwestern states that it was not Mr..
Bryan and it was not silver that they
were in favor of, but they needed some
change to bring relief from the terrible
condition of poverty and scarcity of
money under which they labored. They
felt that their condition was so extreme
and so painful that any change would
be Of value, and when / came to look
into the matter and to talk in friendly
and kindly way with them they all
confirmed the same feeling, which had
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

found at long conversation in the
treasury department., in Washington,
that the circulation of the country is
quite out Of joint, that the lungs and
heart are congested and that the ex-
tremities of the country are absolutely
without any blood.
IT found that there were great sections
of the southern and western country
where there was absolutely no money at
all, where the most primitive forms OF
barter obtained, where everything was
most disorganized. One gentleman told
me that in his county, which was quite
rich agricultural country, by some
happy accident $50 bank bill had
come down into the county, and that he
had taken horse and buggy and spent
four days in visiting all the towns in
the county striving to get it changed
into smaller bills, but had been unable
to do so, and finally was obliged to send
1t to Richmond. There were senators
who told me that their constituents
never saw q dollar of money from the
beginning of the year to the end, with
the result that they had constantly to go
into debt to tho local storekeepers The
local storekeepers received their pay i'll
kind. In fact, everything was drifting
back to the old times before money was
invented. This was not in one section Of
the country only, but in large sections.
1--WE can quite easilyunderstand that
where there is not sufficient money TO
establish a national bank under the
very onerous laws at present in force
there is nothing else to take the place.
The same difficulty has come up in other
parts of the world In Austria and Hun
gary, in southern Germany and in south
ern France these difficulties Were under
stood and appreciated years ago, and
agricultural banks have been founded
there and they have doubled the value
of real estate, and they have made the
peasantry and the farmers rich and
prosperous.
"The same thing has taken place in
Scotland, as many of our friends know.
Every town in Scotland with over 1 900
people has branch bank of some one OF
thegreat banks Of Edinburgh or Glasgow.
A man of good character who wants to
fit out fishing smack or buy anything
for his farm is able to go there, and If
his credit is good he is able to borrow
money as cheaply as any merchant could.
It has double effect. 1t is not only
giving to those neighborhoods the money
that they actually need, but 1t is edu-
eating the people in thrift and prompt
ness. / have talked with great many
of my banking friends, who say that the
whole thing depends upon the character
of the people; that the people are specu.
lative and that nothing can be done fol
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


The Thir'y-hrst general assembly q,
arkansas came to close by limitation
at noon Thursday, after sixty days'
session.
heV. Dr. Simon j. Mcpherson of CT
cago has been elected To the board NJ
trustees of Princeton university
Albert Mott of Baltimore has accented
the chairmanship Of the racing board of
the l.. "A. W., vice Gideon.
William Grimes, aged g. hanged bio-
self In a log house near Howard. md
He married his second wife two weal,s
ago.
All the negro institutions in North
carolina. such as the asylums for the
insane the blind, ard the deaf mutes.
ana the normal schccls, will hereafter
DE managed exclusively by negroes.
The stock farm Larr CT j. Il. Cr.Gln at
Atlantic, Ia, burned, together with six
teen head Of cattle, five blocded horses
a span of mules, nine hcEs with pedi-
gree. over SEQ BUSHELS CT cats. hay ard
farm implements valued at 5000.
Peter ok, a farmer near Hartford.
Mich, committed suicide ~ saoctn~.
i M2S
caught under fall Of three tons e
coal in a mine ard crushed to death
Willie Steinhart. aged IS. Ct Clinton.
Ills, while climbing on freight train.
fell under the wheels. Re is dying.
The woman teacher Ct physical GU
ture In Louisville, Ky. resigned rather
than lecture to colored teachers.
The 2-year-old child of Jacob Schrier
of Moline, Ills. was fatally burned while
playing around a stove. Mrs. Schrier
was seriously burned while trying to
save her child.
The total income Of the London hos
pitfalls is close upon 100000 a year.
A Buffalo firm is now turning out
what Is claimed to be an absolutely fire.
proof wood. 1t is red birch treated by
some secret process.
The young men Of Larned, Kan, have
banded together Under "a "@,emn oath
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
Like n Scotch Verdict.

Chancellor Henry Bathurst was held
i'm low esteem by the bar on account az
his ignorance. AT the close of the trial
of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy
he gravely addressed her grace in tho
following terms: Madam, the lords
have considered the charge and evidence
brought against and have likewise cou-
sidered of everything which you have
alleged in your defense, and upon the
whole matter their lordships have found
you not guilty of the felony wherewith
you stand charged, but on dismissing
you their lordships earnestly exhort you
not to commit the same crime a second
time. Green Bag.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
Too Considerable.

Pat Hooligan, while stating the roof
of one of our highest buildings, lost
his footing and fell.
Over and over he went until within
% feet of the pavement, when he struck
a telegraph wire and managed to grasp
it, first with one hand, then with both
''Hang OH for your life, PATTI shout
ed his fellow workmen, and the bystand-
ers rushed to the nearest dwelling for
mattress.
Pat held on for few seconds, when
suddenly, with cry of "Sthand from
undher!" he dropped and lay senseless
in the street.
Whisky was used, and Pat finally
came TO.
When asked why he didn't hold ont
longer, he feebly replied:
"Oi wuz afraid the wired breakp>
He recovered. New York Dispatch
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
BULWER'S ODDITIES.
The Fight That He Made Against All
Signs of Old Age.

Rulver's appearance was decidedly
what is generally understood by "aris-
tocratic, " or what the French call dis
tingue." Tall, slim, with finely cut fea-
tures. prominent among which was q
long aouiline nose, with on abundant
crop of curly brown hair and a full
heard. tho first impression he produced,
aided by q careful toilet, was one OF
ease and elegance At dinner table,
where ko liked to speak, and, il posi-
Bile. to speak alone, he was certainly
useful as well as ornamental, with his
large blue ribbon and star OF the ORDER
of the Bath. There was certain mai
vete. strange as that word may sound
when applied to SO confirmed "a man OF
the world. in his vain and very appar-
emf struggle against the Irresistible en-
croachments Of age. He did not give III
with that philosophical resignation
which might have been expected OF one
en- clover and i'll some respects so WISE
He foupht against it tooth and nail.
Lord Lytton's hair seemed dyed, ana
his face looked as if art had been called
in 70 reiuvenate it. A quack in Paris
had pretended to cure his growing deaf
ness. constant source OF legitimate
Grief to him. He was radiant one au-
tumn on his return to town because he
thought he was cured, but not for long.
The copious use of snuff was no doubt
mart of tho attempted cure, OF which
the most palpable results were large
dark red OF blue pocket handkerchiefs,
unite out of harmony with his other
wise elegant toilet. His expressions OF
regret at his impaired digestive organs
had something ludicrous about 1t. he
would point with a sigh to rosy cheek !.
ed American apple and say, ITO think
that there are people who can eat thatr
One of his physical intrmities-his
deafness--proved a bar to his ambition:
He was sorely disappointed when Lord
Beaconsfield, instead Of including him in
his last cabinet, kicked him up stairs
into the house Of lords, principally be-
oause he could not follow the debate
Rudolph Lehman's 'Recollections."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
DINNtR A LA Russo.
Food Served FIR I'm Side Table-Flowers
and Conversation.

and Conversation.
Dinner la Russe-although for the
matter of that it might be dinner Pan
glais, pItalien, with just as good
reason-in spite of its rather fashion
able name, is really very simple per
Torrance 1t merely means that, instead
of having the various dishes composing
the repast all put upon the table at once,
they are placed on q side table and
served from there by the servant. who
passes each in turn. This affords
chance for some decoration upon the ia
BILE. There is usually some sort of en-
broidered centerpiece. The chances are
that it was achieved by one of the love-
ly daughters or even by the lady of the
house herself and it is always wise to
remark upon the elaborateness of the
stitch or the beauty of the design If You
are a guest ell famille That not only
calls out tho history Of the centerplece
and makes conversation, but lays up
treasures for you in heaven and estab-
fishes your reputation for good taste and
appreciation of the truly beautiful.
On this centerpiece a bowl of flowers
is commonly placed. In establishments
where money is no object orchids. ala
mandas, rare ferns and the newest, cost
Hest roses appear and are changed from
day to day. But daisies and clover can
be arranged just as effectively and cost
nothing but the trouble of gathering
them, while in the winter there are Jar.
dinieres of pierced silver, which can be
filled with maidenhair or some other
delicate fern, and with little care kept
green and thrifty for weeks. The old
fashioned coasters used as stands for dc
canters are often utilized in this way,
for any tinsmith can make lining for
them in which plants will grow like a
green bay tree. The effect of flowers on
the table can hardly be calculated. They
have more charms than music to soothe
the savage breast, and any sentimental
list of your acquaintance can tell OF in
stances where glass bowl of nas.ur-
tiums tastefully arranged before him has
so wrought on the feelings Of paterfa-
milias that he has said not word about
the overdone mutton or the soggy under
crust of his apple pie.
If your table be dream OF beauty,
you will not require half such hearty
meal The entire company will be so
wrapped up in admiring the scheme of
color and the originality Of your COM
binations that no one will be aware OF
the smallness Of the portions you serve.
Fully half the expense Of your posies
WI thus be saved at the outset. so that
they commend themselves to economists
/, as we'll as to aesthetics. Boston Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
TWO mAscuLlnx GIRLS.
specHlations About Them by the other
Passengers In the Car.

Passengers In the Car.
1t was their brief, uncrinolined dress
skirts that drew the eyes of tho up to-
date girl. A messenger boy tried TO fig
ure out how their hair staid mp with
nothing so feminine as hairpins in evil
dence. The manlike cuffs peeping above
the dogskin gloves attracted the atten-
tion of business man, while a dude
started as he caught sight OF their we'll
built boots. Even the conductor stared
hard at them.
One of the girls was not so far gone
in her masculinity as the other. The
twist of velvet in her hat showed lin
gering leaning toward the feminine, but
the eyeglasses, the umbrella and the
armful of books were common to both
All unconscious of the interest they in
spired, the two buried themselves I'm
their notebooks The more masculine
planted her feet we'll apart and used her
knees as an umbrella rack. This didn't
enhance the grace of her abbreviated
dress skirt Every now and then she
fiourished liberal handkerchief that
was in curious contrast to the lacy shred
tucked into the up to date girls card
case. "Who and what were they any
way?" the passengers asked themselves
Women suffragists, thought the
business man.
"Some of those dreadfully strong
minded creatures that want to vote,
said the up to date girl to herself.
'Jingo! All they need is trousers"
was the mental remark Of the messenger
boy, while the dudes feeble brain regis
tered some such impressions as these:
"Aw-I've heard of such-aw-women,
dontcherknow-but, thank goodness,
I've never-aw-never WEAKLY seen one
-aw-met''-
Just here the more masculine girl
looked up from her notebook.
"Do you think disintegration in
typhus possible?" she asked her compan-
| ion in loud, clear tones.
"Why, yes" replied the other. III
we accept the globular theory, you
know"
The mystery was solved. They were
| medical students. All the other passen-
gers drew sigh of relief, except the
dude He had vanished into thin air
New York Sun.