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Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
THE EAST NO LONGER SCARED
DIR. w. 8. WOODS SAYS BRYANIsM IS
DEAD FOR KEEPS.
East Has Greater Confidence in the
West Than Ever-Easier Feeling,
Money in Better Demand
and Business IL Good.

DR.. W. S. Woods, president of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City.
the largest financial institution west of
Chicago, has just returned from a business
trip of several weeks to New York and
other Eastern cities.
Il find everywhere" said Dr. Woods last
night, IAN easier feeling prevailing. East
ern people are very friendly toward the
West. Contrary to the bowling of the ca
lamityites, there is not the feeling of en-
Populistic stump. The East is learning
that its interests and those of the West
are interdependent. The East is not i'm
without the West. or that either section
can get along without the other. The
Eastern business man is glad to see the
the growing intimacy between the two sec
tions commercially. Money Is in better de-
mand than ever before. and the volume of
times in the West is constantly growing
larger. The Kansas farmer deposits his
surplus in the Kansas City bank; the Kan
Eastern bank. and thus the money is kept
circulating. When the West wants to bor-
row it goes to the East and the money
There's nothing but sound money talk
in the East. The recent victory Of Tam
many in New York city is not regarded rs
~
The East feels that the free silver issue
Is settled for good and its business is being
MAPPED out on that line. Mr.. Bryan had
the best chance to win last year ne will
ever have. 1t will do him good to leave out
the anarchy of the platform. The people
krow him to be an anarchist. anyhow.
IT always voted .the Democratic ticket.
but I have quit being Democrat. There
is no sense in it. am Republican on
the tariff and sound money and that's about
all there Is to it. The Populists have swal-
lowed most Of the Democratic party, and
what Is left has gone over to the Repub-
lican party and sound money. The labor
ing man is learning that what he needs is
dollar that will buy all the necessaries
Of life possible. What does he want with
a dollar that will buy half as much bread
and meat and clothing as it can now?
The election of Mckinley and the tri-
umph of the cause of sound money has
resulted in bringing closer together the
East and the West. The former no longer
cause of reputation and commercial dis
turbarce can never win in this country.
THE East has more confidence In the
West than 1t ever had before. Bryanism
IS dead issue in this country and the
business men of the country are not scared
like they were last fall. Times are better
all around and prosperity has come, evi-
DR.. Woods. while in the East. applied for
$40 600 of the money paid for the Union
Pacific railroad by the reorganization syn
dicate. The comptroller Of the currency
has ordered this $50. 600 900 to be redeposited
in national banks. with government bonds
have adopted a policy OF retaining the
money in the East. all the Eastern banks
which applied having been accommodated
while the Western demands were refused.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
MAY PROVE A MURDER.
One Negro Shoots and Seriousl.
Wounds Another During a Quar-
rel Over n Dusky Female,

Robert Clark, colored. alias Deputy"
was shot and perhaps fatally wounded at
II o'clock last night by Elmer Gordon, also
colored, in front of 1915 Holmes street. TIE
bullet struck Clark in the left groin and
passed transversely through his lower alb
domen, coming out on the right side. His
ihtestines were penetrated by the bullet.
and it is thought at the city hospital where
he was removed after the shooting, that
he cannot recover. He was conscious at a
late hour last night
Gordon escaped after the shooting. He
lives at Nineteenth and Cherry streets with
his mother. and works in nearby feed
store. Clark is a porter. He Is brother
of Blue Clark. one Of ex-Gambler Ed
Findley's henchmen, and Tom Clark, who
on June 4 last shot and killed Mrs. Lizzie
Hatch at SIS Brooklyn avenue, and wound.
ed her daughter, Lizzie Richardson. and
Mrs. Mary Robinson. Tom is now await
ing trial for his crime.
The shooting is said to have been the
result Of a quarrel over negro woman.
Clark, Will Farris and another negro We're
sitting in front of Edwards house singing
when Gordon came up and had some words
with Clark. What the words were Is not
known. Gordon went away, but returned
in a few minutes. and, after saying that
he was going to shoot, pulled a revolver
and fired twice. Only one bullet struck
Clark. He was assisted to Blues" house.
at 314 East Eighteenth street, and from
there removed to the city hospital In the
police ambulance.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
A CHICKEN THIEF SHOT.
II. x nm Unknown German and the
Physician Says His Wounds
Will Prove Fatal.

w. l.. Baldwin, who lives near the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway depot in lndepend-
ence heard someone in his chicken coop
at o'clock this morning. seizing his
shotgun he sailed forth. AS he approach
ed the coop he saw a man come out OF 1t
and run away. He commanded the man
10 stop and when he did not obey. fired.
bringing him down to the ground. The
shot aroused some of the neighbors and
they came out of their homes to ascertain
the cause of the trouble. They found Bald
win bending over the man whom he had
shot
They assisted Baldwin in taking him into
a house and in summoning a physician,
who said after examination of the wounds
of the invader of the chicken cook that he
could not recover.
The man shot is an unknown German.
He refused to give his name and all he
would say was that he was poor and
hungry and thought it better to steal
chickens than to starve Mr.. Baldwin is a
chicken fancier and some of his birds are
valued at from SIS to $50 each.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Rounded Up After Many Days.

Nearly year ago Tony Green and Scott
Mitchell. colored. and William Spellman,
alias Billy Slim" broke into Swifts pack
ing house in Kansas and stole large
number OF pay checks. which they filled in
with fictitious names and passed upon
merchants in the city. Mitchell escaped
into the Indian Territory with his ill-got-
ten gains Green and Specimen were found
in a North end saloon, but while Detective
O'Hare was arresting the former. Slim"
escaped through rear door and made his
way TO St Louis He returned to Kansas
City Friday and last night was arrested
in a saloon at Third ard Walnut streets
by Officers Daley and Joe Stewart He
was held at Central police station and Will
he taken before the next grand jury Green
received five years in the penitentiary at
the February term of the criminal court
and is now serving in that institution.
Mitchell was arrested in the territory. but
1T was found. when an effort was made
10 bring him back to Kansas City. that he
was wanted there for murder and horse
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
THE 'es HANDsHAKE.
It Has Succeeded the McAllister
Idea and Ii Not Harder

The Ward McAllister handshake has gore
out. This consisted Of grasping the hand
and lifting 1t quickly with snap to a
level with the eyebrows.
The new handshake is quite different, and
We are told 1t is to be the fashionable one
for the season of 81 and '9S growing more
popular as the new year comes in.
Tc accomplish this new handshake you
extend the hand with the fingers out
stretched. AS the other hand approaches
yours, you touch the two first fingers ever
so lightly and give them a little pressure
with your thumb and two fingers. You
then perform hardly perceptibie shake,
after which you gently lower the hand un-
til the fingers part.
is thing that can be accomplished the
first time trying. 1t must be practiced at
hcme until you get it perfect. The old
shake required fully weeks rehearsal,
hut this can be learned in three days.
The knack consists in grasping the fin
gers lightly without dropping them and in
giving the shake at the right moment. The
woman is the one to perform the shake,
and the man simply extends a willing hand.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Watch the Smoke.
From London Tid-Rits

From London Tid-Bts.
If a man smokes his cigar only long
erCugh to keep 1t lighted and relishes TAX
ing 1t from his mouth to cast a look at the
cur of the smoke in the air. set him down
as an easy-going man. Beware of the man
who never releases his grip on his cigar,
and Is Indifferent whether II burns or not:
he is cool. calculating and exacting.
The man that smokes n bit, rests a bit
lily affected by circumstances. II the cigar
goes out frequently: the smoker has a
we'll met with lively brain, glib
tongue and generally a fine fund of anec-
dotes.
great deal is sort of popinjay among men.
Holding the cigar constantly between the
teeth. chewing 1t occasionally and not car
istics of men who have tenacity of bull
dogs. The fob stands his cigar on end.
and an experienced smoker points II
straight ahead. or almost at right angles
with his course
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
A MISREPRESENTATION.

Lord Justice Ludlow, whose retirement
from the English bench is announced, was
noted for his gentle manners in court. and
on more than one occasion his amia bflity
IN taking pity on confused witness had
led to unforeseen results. One was being
badgered about a denial of drunkenness,
when the judge addressed him kindly from
the bench. "Did you say I was not drunk,
about you at ALL" was the reply.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
A Live Model in the shop window.

From the New York Times.
A Portland man has taken a new step in
show window advertising. On the opening
day Of the shop. instead Of filling the win
dows with dummies wearing the latest
styles Of wraps. live young woman took
her stand in the window. and upon her the
manager of the cloak department put. one
after another. a variety of outside gar
ments, to the great delight of the crowd
which gathered outside.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Mary E. Schlucter. aged g. died
yesterday a her home, corner of Fortieth
and Oak streets. of pneumonia. The funer-
al services will be held from the house this
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial will be
in Forest Hill cemetery.
Katie Brigham. aged "a, died yesterday at
her home, 1910 East Fifteenth street, from
the shock of a surgical operation. Burial
will be in Elmwood cemetery this after
noon at o'clock.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
TURNED TO STONE.
Finding of . Petrified Man in
washinEton Forest.

A petrified man. leaning up against tree
In the woods near Eatonville. thirty miles
from Tacoma.i is the discovery of Prospector
Lafayette B. Smith of that city. The story
was at first received as a joke. whereupon
Smith said he would prove that he was tell
Eatonville. prepared to bring in the petri-
fled form. He reports the body to have
been petrified standing, with clothes and
boots on and with several traps scattered
smith will have to build a trail a distance
of a mile to get the petritied trapper out Of
the heavy timber and into the turnpike.
He left equipped with axes and other tools
necessary to bring his find to town.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Wanted the Mortgage First.

A Swede came into a lawyers Office one
day and asked: II hare ben lawyers
place." "Yes; I'm a lawyer" We'll. Mais-
ter Lawyer, I tank 1 shall have a paper
made !" What kind of a paper do you
gage. You see buy me a piece Of land
from Nels Petersen, and want a mort
gage on 1t" "Oh. no. You don't want a
mortgage: what you want is a deed" ..No.
master: I tank I want mortgage. You
see, 1 buy me two pieces Of land before,
and got deed for dem. and mother faller
come along with mortgage and take the
time"
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
spain's subatitute for Telephones.

In Spain, where the telephone Is larg "
used in place of the telegraph. an ingenious
application of the phonoGraph to record
the telephone messages has been made.
The receiving operator repeats the mes
sage into q photograph. from which II "a n
ofterward be transcribed at leisure. This
saves the delay caused by writing the mes
sage during its reception and insures grcat-
er accuracy, because the repetition of the
message for the phonograph Is heard stimuli
taneously by the original sender a. the
other end of the line.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Passed by Unanimous Vote.

Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 13.-Representative
Calvin's S resolution authorizing the appoint
ment Of a commission of six to take the
soldiers graves who are now buried in
Northern states passed the house to-day by
a unanimous vote amid great applause.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Found Dead in Bed.

Max Kaumpf, a curbstone real estate
broke from Lexington. Mo-. was found
dead in bed in roonlnE house at 1908
Gran avenue yesterday morning. Cor
onerl Bedford said death was due to apo
plex! after making an examination Of
Kaui npf. The BODY Will be shipped TO Lex
ingtd n. No, for burial. Kaumpf had a
wife fand family there.
Kaislmpf was 30 years old and had only
beent in Kansas City Few months. He
was associated with ]. B. Cameron in an
office in the Hall building.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Iniured An a Collision,

August SEWERS. who lives at Fifty-ifth
street and Troost avenue. while driving
home last evening in farm wagon. collid-
ed with n cable car at Twenty-second and
Troost. He was dumped out of the wagon.
had two teeth knocked out and received
several cuts and bruises.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Convention Hall Committee.

A meeting Of the convention hall COM
mittee will be held at the rooms of the
Commercial Club Monday morning at II
o'clock to consider two questions. one of
raising the hall fund to $4,000. and the
for the hall. There are eighteen propo-
sitions now before the committee for the
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Youth shoots His Father.

North Vernon Ind, Nov. 13.-This morn
ing about daylight. at Scipio. six miles
north of this city. Charles kieffer shot
and killed his father, using shotgun.
The two had been quarreling. Young Kief-
fer is about 10 years old. He is still at
large.
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Ship. for Jnpanese Red Cross,

The Japanese Red Cross Society is going
to build two vessels of 20OO tons each for
the use of patients in time Of war
Kansas City journal., 1897-11-14
Bad All Round.

From tho Detroit Free Press.
rs there anything worse that an old
infdeI?''
"Yss; young infidsl''
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17

can be raised in this locality that will
bring as good returns for the same ex-
penditure of capital and energy as the
cultivation of small fruits.
A friend of mine some years since
preached a sermon against the use OF
tobacco. A devotee of the weed was
asked by friend of his what he thought
of the sermon, to which he replied that in
his opinion it would take a good many
such sermons to convert a SOUL" If the
same objection should be made against
the sermon of this morning will only say
that if the talk of this morning shall in
ever so small measure contribute to the
betterment of the conditions of life, ma
terial, intellectual, and spiritual, under
which we live, l shall be grateful that
for once have been led to turn aside from
the routine of thought which is usual in
| the pulpit to present to your attention a
topic of such practical interest to the well
fare of individuals among us, as we'll as
to the welfare of the whole community,
and of every interest which exists among
us, the spiritual as well as the material !;
the churches as we'll as the business
houses; the souls as well as the bodies of
men; the interests of eternity as well as
interests of time
In several respects, in hills, valleys,
climate and products this region of coun-
try is not unlike the land of Palestine
and with the blessing of God upon our
best endeavors is it not possible to make
this become like that, land FLOWING
with milk and honey?'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17
The Function OF the Public Library

The public owns its public library. This
fact sheds much light on the question of
public library management. 1t means that
the public library must be fitted to public
needs. 1t must suit its community. 1t
must do the maximum of work at the mini
mum of expense. 1t must be an economi-
cal educational machine. 1t must give
pleasure, for only where pleasure is is any
profit taken. 1t must change in its man
ner of administration with the new time,
the new relations of books to men and of
men to books. 1t need not altogether for
get the bookworm or the belated historian,
and it can take note here and there of the
lover of the dodos and the freaks among
printed things. But its prime purpose is
to place the right books in the proper
hands, to get more joyful and wise
thoughts into the minds of its owners.
The means of its support are taken by
force from the pockets of the competent
and provident; this fact should never be
lost sight of. 1t lives in a measure by the
sword. 1t can Justify itself in this man
ner OF securing its support only by put
ting into practice the familiar theory that
the State would it insure its own coutinu-
ance, must see that all its citizens have
access to the stores, in books, of knowl-
edge and wisdom. 1t must be open to it's
public; it FAUST invite its public; it must
please its publc-all to the end that it
may educate its public. From The Pub
lie and its Public Library, by John Cot
ton Dana, in Appletous' Popular Science
Monthly for June.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17
Cruelty to Animals.
The Maine Law For It's Prevention.

EVERY person who over loads, over
drives, OF over works, who torments,
fortunes, mains, wounds, or deprives of
necessary sustenance, or who cruelty beats,
mutilates or kills any horse or other an
imal, or causes the same to he done or
having the charge OF custody thereof, as
owner or otherwise, unnecessarily fails to
provide such animal with proper food
drink, shelter and protection from the
weather; every person, owning or having
the charge OF custody of any animal, who
knowingly and willfully authorizes or
permits the same to suffer fortunes or
cruelty; and every owner, driver, posses
sor or person having the custody of an
old, manned, disabled or diseas ed animal,
who cruelty works the same when unfit
for labor, or who cruelty abandons such
animal; and every person who carries or
causes to be carried, or has the care of, in
or upon car or vehicle or otherwise, any
animal in a cruel or inhuman manner,
shall for every such otfense be punished
by Imprisonment in Jail not exceeding one
year, or by fine not less than five dollars
and not exceeding two hundred dollars,
or both. "-R. S., Chap. 124, Sect. 20.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17
Housekeeping Leakages.
The Old Story of Little Drops of Water and Little
trains Of sand.

Wt0iuS VI Cauus
The old adage that "a woman can throw
out of the window with a teaspoon more
than man can bring in on a shovel con-
tains more truth than poetry. A large in
come can be wasted with surprising celeri-
ty by the continuance of little leaks that
seem too insignificant to be noticed indi-
vidually. Many a woman is ignorantly
participant in rearing and protecting these
little foxes that spoil the household vine.
A very partial list of some of these little
wastes are:
Wearing rubbers over new shoes, there
by making the leather dry and hard and
easily cracked.
Pieces of lace and ribbons thrown away.
Making the sewing woman wait in the
house idle or doing fancy work because
you have neglected to get materials before
her arrival.
Buying articles because they are cheap
and will come in handy some time.
Allowing whalebones to rub through
the waist, thereby running an elegant
gown.
Wearing the same clothing each week
as it comes from the wash
Leaving a silk umbrella in a case, there
by causing it to split in the folds.
Turning skirts wrong side out when
hanging them up.
Placing brushes with the bristle side up.
Failing to sew glove buttons on before
wearing, OF mending them before clean
ing.
Sweeping the house in the usual morn
ing dress with head uncovered.
e
and mold, then thrown away.
Failing to dry box of soap for several
days before using it.
Dried fruits left uncovered and conse-
quently allowed to become wormy
Dish towels used for holders.
Sheets used for ironing table.
Napkins used for dish towels.
| Towels used for wash rags.
| The face of tiatirons used to crack nuts
| on.
Cold potatoes allowed to sour
Sour milk thrown away.
| The kerosene can left open to evaporate.
Cold fish thrown away.
Cheese permitted to mold.
| Lemons left to dry.
| Fat put in earthern Dishes
The mustard cruise remaining open to
dry.
| canned goods lett exposed in cans.
Bread pan left with dough sticking to it.
Leftover vegetables thrown away
Rice and sugar wasted in the handling.
Too much starch made and thrown
away.
Pals and washtubs left dry to fall to
pieces.
The cogs of the eggbeater allowed to
get wet.
Silver spoons and forks used in the
kitchen.
Tin dishes improperly dried when wash
ed.
Mops and brooms not hung up.
Tea and coffee pots neglected.
Corks left out of vinegar and molasses
jugs.
Spices exposed to the air
Preserves opened, forgotten and left to
| sour.
Soap left in dishpans to dissolve and
waste.
Orange peel thrown away (save them
for kindling)
Bits OF meat thrown away.
Carpet brooms used to scrub with.
Throwing away tea leaves (save them
for sweeping dark carpets; coarse table
salt should be used for light carpets.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17
Superintendent r. D. Mckeen.

There has been contest for the Office
of school superintendent in Haverhill,
Mass, and Waldo county man was the
winner The Haverhill Evening Gazette
publishes the following sketch of the new
superintendent, in connection with large
number of letters from educators testify
ing to his efficiency, ability and high
character:
Mr.. Roscoe D. Mckeen, the new super
intendent, was born in Swanville, Waldo
county, Maine, Jan. S, 1866 He was left
fatherless at the age of four years and was
next to the youngest of a family of four
children.
He was educated in the Castine (Me. }
State Normal school and the Maine Cen
trail Institute. He entered the former in
stitution two years younger than the re-
quirements tor admission to normal
schools He was obliged to educate him
self and pay his way through school by
teaching during his vacations in the rural
schools, studying at the same time to keep
up with his classes. He has had several
years experience in teaching in the Gram
mar and High schools of Maine. He was
for two years principal of tie High school
and superintendent of schools in Dan
forth, Me-, and for three years was prin-
cipal of the High school at Phillips, Me.
The latter school fits pupils for two
Maine colleges on certificate.
Mr.. Mckeen has had five years expert
ence as superintendent of schools in the
East Bridgewater district and two years
in his present district, Bradford and Mer-
rimac. He was strongly recommended
for the Bradford district by an agent of
the State board of education and has re-
Gently received the endorsement of all the
agents of the State board.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-17
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