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The record-union., 1897-02-11

THE Mother Lode is the title Of a
new weekly paper at Jamestown, Tuol-
umne Countay. 1t is published by
Luddy & Sayre. The initial numbers
present promising, newsy appearance
and evidences of ability to conduct a
thoroughly good local paper.
The record-union., 1897-02-11
wise will remain idle?

Greece thinks the time is at hand
when she can force Turkey to relax
her hold upon Crete. She has therefore
commenced military concentration at
the island and expects, of course, that
she will not be interfered with by the
powers. In this Greece mistakes. Rus
sia has special reasons just now for
forbidding any further Gripping of the
Porte, and will warn the Grecians to
stay their purpose. And when Russia
commands, Greece must obey, where
Turkish partition is involved
The record-union., 1897-02-11
How many hap

How many hap
py marriage ties
are daily cut asun
der by the grim
destroyer, death.
How many women
so radiantly to the
altar, only to pass
va few short months
>of agony and pain,
and then go down
to early graves.
There &c ONE rof1sa
The record-union., 1897-02-11

Rio Vista, February 0, 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
A CAVE in NEW YORK STATE.
L. Thought to BE of Great
Extent.

The limestone formation of Onondaga
county, N Y, has been known for years
to abound in fissures and small caves, but
a few days ago a cavern that Is believed
to be of great extent was discovered In tie
town of Lafayette, few miles from SYRIA
cuse Several years ago farm laborer.
while raking hay in a field on the historic
Danforth farm, fell with his horse into a
Dit about twelve feet deep. by the giving
way of the earth. The ..cave-in" was st
that time believed to indicate simply the
presence of a waShout.
Recently two men with picks and shoyels
removed the surface earth and found tEs
opening of what is believed TO be cavern
OF great extent. By means of ropes they
descended nearly vertically for moe than
a hundred feet through a jagged passage
way. with plenty of room for two or three
men to pass abreast. On the way through
this tortuous passage chere are side rock.
cts or rooms with stalactite ceilings. Al
the bottom of the shaft are may open.
ings, through which the vaulted roofs OF
capacious chambers are visible. These
chambers are hung with stalactites OF
pearly whiteness-
A brisk current of air at all times passei
through the chambers, sufficient in voiumt
to extinguish lighted candles The ex.
p,orers found 1t necessary to use lanternt
that shielded the flame from the draught
This is thought to indicate that the cavt
is OF great extent
The local geologists will investigate th'
cave fully.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
A TRAGEDY THAT DIDN'T OCCUR.
How the Slayer of Senator Morrfssey
Was Not Shot Down in
Her Cell.

Jefferson City, Mo-. Oct. 13.-(Special.)
During the extra session of the legislature
in 1895, State Senator Peter r. Morrissey
was killed in st. Louis by Maude Lewis in
her home there. Subsequently the mur-
deress was convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary for twenty years for murder
In the second degree. She is now in the
penitentiary serving her sentence.
1t has just become known here that an
attempt was made to kill Maude Lewis last
Sunday. A close female relative of Senator
Morrissey came to the penitentiary and
asked to see Maude. Usher W. ]. Nc,
Guilty., whose duty 1t is to show visitors
about the penitentiary. started to show the
woman to the cell where Maude was, but
on the way he inquired of the woman If
she was a relative of the Lewis woman.
The woman became much excited. and
stated that she was here to see that Maude
Lewis never left that institution and that
Governor Stephens was going to pardon
her on Monday. The usher then remem-
bered who the woman was ard refused to
let her see Maude Lewis.
She became almost wild, and declared
that Maude had been turned loose and that
they were trying to deceive her. 1t was
ali that Mr.. McQutty and the prison ma
tron, Miss Belle MCGEE, could do to per-
suade her that Maude was still in the peni-
tentiary- Not until she had called upon
Mrs. Stephens. who convinced her that
| assurance of Governor Stephens that he
would not pardon the murderess during his
| term of office, was she induced to leave the
city.
Usher McQuitty states that the visitor
kept one hand in her dress pocket at her
side, and he is satisfied that, IL she had
seen Maude Lewis. she would have drawn
pistol and shot her at once. He is very
happy man just now that he did not take
the woman to Maudes cell, because he be-
lieves a tragedy would have been enacted.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
FRIENDS OF THE INDIAN.
hOnk Lake, N. Y.-OklnhOmn
Indian NIntterN

Mohonk Lake, n. Y, Oct. 13.-The fif-
teenth annual session of the Mohonk con-
ference, Friends of the Indian began here
to-day with large attendance. Philip c.
Garrett. of Philadelphia, presided. AT the
morning session a review of the situation
of Indian work was presented by General
w. E. Whittsiey. Appropriations by con-
gress this year for Indian education, he
said. are s26a1.OOO. and about 100000 more
will be paid under treaty provisions. The
enrolment of Indian pupils in all classes
last year was 22.19O. an increase in govern
ment schools. a decrease in the others. AL
lotments of land have continued there have
now been made about 60,000 allotments.
1rrigating systems have been provided for
on many reservations under the law of the
m Of se
ing liquor to the Indians. Vigorous efforts
in behalf of the Indian. he said, are still
Eeeded Encouraging progress, however.
F. E. Loupp. of Washington. described
recent visits to the Indian reservations at
under Geronimo are still held as prisoners.
and are In charge of Captain Scott. who Is
doing excellent work in training them IN
agriculture and generally improving their
Major A. E. woodson, U: S. A., acting
agent at It the Cheyenne al and Arapahoe r agen, Ino
1873: The lands were allotted on this reser-
walton in 1891. but until Major Woodson in
Indians to take possession. Three-fourths
OF the whole number are now on their land,
and are living alongside the whites in
peace.
At the evening session addresses were de.
livered by DIR. w. N: Hailman; United
States superintendent of Indian schools. on
Current Achievements and Fresh Hopes of
the Indian Education; ex-senator Henry
L. Dawes. of Massachusetts. on The Work
Bishop H. B. Whipple. of Minnesota. also
referred to the various phases of Indian
work coming under his observation.
The conference will continue tomorrow
and Friday
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.
Buffalo To-morrOw-Mnny Not
ubIes VIII Attend.

Buffalo. n. Y. Oct. 13.-Delegates to the
international convention of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew are arriving in large
numbers. Seldom II ever, has this city en-
tertained a gathering of men of such high
reputation. Canon Gore. of Westminster,
the lord bishop of Rochester. Bishop H.
c. Potter, of New York. and Bishop II. Y.
Satterlee. of Washington, are among the
most distinguished of those who will at
tend. From Canada comes N. Farrar Dav-
idson.. of Toronto. and r. Vashan Rogers.
of Kingston. president and vice president,
resnectiyely. of the Canadian brotherhood.
THE lord bishop of Huron. Bishop Leonard.
Of Utah: Bishop Tuttle. of Missouri: DIR.
Stureis. Professor ]. Mcmahon. of Ithaca
Edmund Billings of Boston. head of the
Wells Institute for Workingmen: John NJ.
Locke of Chicago: Palmer Cox. Hector
Baxter, of Minneapolis; Bishop Doane of
Albany: Bishop Gaylor, OF Tennessee:
archbishop of the West Indies: Enos Nut
tai and Jacob A. Reis.th New York sociol-
ogist will also attend the convention and
some of them will be heard on the plat
FORM
This convention marks the beginning of
the brotherhood's international growth. At
present, nineteen-twentieths of its mem
hcrship is in this country. Henceforth IL
is exnected that the growth on English
soil will be more rapid than here The
brotherhood there Is at present in its in
fancy and the field there is also larger on
account of the greater number of church
parishes and communicates
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
HUNTING THE GIRAFFE.
A Great Sport hut II Has It's Hard
ships-The Animals Pccu-
liar Gait.
From Harper's Weekly.

From HarperS Weekly.
The pleasure of Il giraffe hunt is indis-
putable, but it Is one that no real sportsman
will repeat more than twice. A hard spur
and sjambok gallop through bush and
thorn. with more than an even chance
of your nag putting his foot in n jackals
earth, a gradual overhauling of the giant
mammals that are sailing without appar-
emf exertion in front of you, hasty dis
mount unless you are lucky enough to be
able to shoot from horseback, n bullet
planted just above the tail and penetrating
through the tough skin into the heart and
lungs and with crash your game comes
to earth. and you are standing dripping
with perspiration after your two-mile run,
and outrageously scratched with haak-
dcCrn, over the body of what is surely the
strangest animal that even South Africa
can produce. The trouble is that beyond
the chance of being thrown or of coming
in contact with a tree there is not much
danger in the pursuit of the giraffe. No
animal could be more gentle or defenseeSs-
You have the thrilling excitement of a
twenty minutes burst but you miss what
should be the spice of big game hunting
the risk. All that you need in giraffe hunt
ing is good nag; IL possible one that has
been used in the business. 1t is hard to
keep an experienced horse from boring to
one side when the disagreeable smell of an
old giraffe bull comes down the wind. With
that and solid Martini-Henry bullet-the
hollow express ones are not firm enough
to get far beyond the inch or inch and n
half of braZen hide that encases these mon-
sters-success is almost certain. Giraffes
do not put out their fullest speed unless
very hard pressed. They start off at an
easy, ambling gait moving the legs on one
side simultaneously, like an American
PAGER. Their black, bushy tails corkscrew
over the backs. and their immense necks
bob backwards and forwards at each stride.
They do not appear to be going very fast,
but you will find you will have to be we'll
mounted to get within shooting distance
of them If not run down in the first two
miles they stand a good chance of getting
clean away. When going their hardest
they change their gait into an extraordi-
nary sort of gallop, their hind legs being
we'll straddled out and brought forward, ,one
on each side, In front of the forelegs. 1t
is a jerky, cOnvulsive. awkward movement.
but wonderfully effective as 4 means OF
getting over the ground.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
LEAVENWORTH REUNION.
Veterans Favored With Fine Weather
Yesterdny-FlOwerP Parade
Very Fine.


Leavenworth Kas., Oct. 13--(Special) AS
far as weather was concerned, there could
have been nothing more perfect than that
of to-day which had every semblance of
an ideal autumn day.
In Camp Alger. the day was one of re-
unions, the time being spent by the Kan
sans in hunting each other up and In re-
newing ante-bellum friendships. The en-
tire day in the camp was devoted to the
renewing of social ties and od-time friend
ships.
Campfires were held in both paviions, the
principal speeches taking place during the
forenoon in the McGregor pavilion. In
this tent Colonel ID. r. Anthony of the
old Seventh Kansas, presided. and many
were the stories told of the old days. when
the present generation followed the flag.
Nothing occurred to mar either the pleas
ure or the prearranged programme for the
day, and many We're the social gatherings
on the camp grounds. The speeches were
nearly all of an informal character. the
speakers being called for from the au-
dience.
The afternoon was entirely given over TO
the Flower parade. which was the finest
ever given in Leavenworth, and was wit
messed by many thousands.
Fridays programme Is follows:
800 a. MAT the Hanback, pavilion, by
DIR. Henry Plumb presiding. Ali army sur
victims. should be present -+'s
Second-At. the McGregor pavilion, by
the army chaplainS and eX-chaplains, and
the ex-prisoners of war association. Rev.
Mr. B. F: Pugh. chaplain of Kansas G. A.
r.. presiding.
2p. m.-Grand Apple Carnival and trades
parade on grand scale, III which all the
industries and business houses of Leaven-
worth will participate. and after which
| compartments, and fun and froic will pre-
vail.
Campfres in the pavilions by all those
who do not like fun, or do not feel like
/ leaving camp.
7:90 p. m.-Grand outdoor carnival. fire.
works. flambeau parade. concerts. etc.
In the evening. carnival will be turned
loose. and until 1880 everyone will be al
lowed to do as they please.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
WARSAW BLOCK BURNED.
County Seat of Benton County, Mo.
Suffers LOSS of 100000
by Fire.

Sedalia. Mo-, Oct. 13.-(Special) The most
disastrous conflagration in the history OF
Warsaw visited the county seat Of Ben
ton county last night. Fire broke out at
II o'clock, in the center of frame block
of twelve business buildings in the heart
of the town. Fortunately, there was no
wind and the flames were confined TO the
block in which they started. The losses
are estimated at over $4,000 and the insur-
ance at $780, The losses are distributed as
follows: r. A. Stephens, druggist. s. 600;
insurance. $1,000: J. +: Davis. grocer. 81 500.
insurance 1890: DIR. S: *. Crawford. once
Gragg. saloon. $500. insurance 500: W.
Hirsh & Bros. meat market. 500; DR.. H. c.
taurant. 500: DR.. II. C. Rowe and William
Cobb, $500 each on buildings: George A.
Hart, grocery $500: John Kost. bakery sd
siOO insurance 500: Holly estate, $iOO;
Dyson Freeburn. building $500; w. j. Shell
ton shoe store, $500.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
BARNES NEWEST CANDIDATE.
Is Backing c. H. Thompson, of Enid,
for the Oklahoma Mar
shalkhip.

Guthrie. o. T., Oct. 13.-(Special) C. Fl.
Thompson, of Enid. who is so prominent
In the fight for the United States marshall
ship. arrived here this afternoon, accom-
panied by delegation of the leading citi-
zens of Enid and Garfield county. Mr..
Thompson, who is a large ranch owner of
Garfield county, one of the leading Repub-
lican workers of Western Oklahoma and
an old-time Kansas Republican leader, Is
being indorsed by Republicans of all fac
tions as the best man to settle upon, stop
the factional fight and unite the party of
the territory.
He has received practically the unani-
nous Endorsement of all the Republican
federal appointees in the territory, includ-
ing Governor Barnes and Secretary Jen-
kins, all of the territorial officials, Chair
man Grimes of the territorial central COM
nfttee. National Committeeman Asp, the
city officials OF this and other cities, and
leading members of territorial and county
central committees The impression here
is that his appointment is sure. although
NJ. c. Hart has favorable news and his
friends believe he will get the plum.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
KANSAS GRAND LODGE, |. o. 0. F,
Question of Maintaining n State Home
Made u Special Order for
TO-lHY.

Topeka, Kas., Oct. 13-(Special) The
annual meeting of the Kansas grand lodge
cf Odd Fellows opened here to-day. The
newly elected grand officers were installed
into Office and considerable business of a
routine nature was disposed of The ques-
ton of maintaining an odd Fellows. home
II. Kansas has been set as special order
hot fight and 1t will last all day, The sup
porters of the DeBoissierre home Will in
sist on the grand lodge keeping that insti-
tuition. Its opponents will favor the es
tablishment of "A home somewhere else. To-
peka, Mcpherson and Wichita have all
made propositions 10 secure the home.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
STATE AID TO ROADS.
1t Is nn Important Element in the
Crusade for Better High

WuyB.
In an address delivered before the Farm
ers' congress. St Paul. Mimi, Otto Darner
chairman of the national committee for
highway improvement, League Of American
Wheelmen. said: 10
state aid to wagon roads is an important
element in the crusade for better high
| ways because it meets the objection gen.
orally made by farmers that we cannot
! have nacadam roads throughout the coun-
| try unless We saddle the farming popula-
tion with enormous burdens of taxes. The
| farmer is not to be blamed for having as
sumed such an attitude. From the days
of the pioneers it has been left to him
| to see to the building of wagon roads and
their maintenance. and 1t has likewise
| been left. to him alone to pay for their
construction and Improvement The aver
| age farmer. therefore. when we speak of
| improving the roads in his vicinity. con-
| ciudes. and very properly. too, that this
| He has never known road taxes to be paid
| by others than himself and his fellow
| farmers.
/ THE country road has been much neg
| lected. When we began TO build railroads
| in this country, state and county taxes
We're levied that bonuses might be given to
| railroad prospectors. Cities made large APP
| preparations and. not content with this.
| went heavily into debt to aid in railroad
construction; Congress subsidized most of
| our large railroad systems by large grants
| of public lands. Canals have been similarly
| encouraged by city, county, state and ma
| tion. 1t is customary to subsidiZr almost
| every new steamboat line. Yet nothing of
| the sort has been done for the common
public road. 1t has been the step-child of
| a great nation. Equally important in its
way with the railroad. it has been left to
| shift for itself. while the steel highway,
| which spans the country from ocean 10
ocean. has been petted and pampered until
| it has grown fat at public expense. 1t is
| this injustice to the common road that the
League of American Wheelmen is trying &c
| remedy. and TO this effect it looks Tor as
sistance from those who are most directly
interested in the subiect-the farmers If the
United States. Farmers are beginning tC
| appreciate this and hence II Is that oul
| work for state aid is continually gaining
| support among them. ! am confident that
| the combined efforts of on organization
| and of the agricultural societies ant
| oranges will, in a few years. bring about
state aid to roads in the greater part Of
the United States"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
PENSIONS.

Washington. Oct. 13-The following PEN
sions have been granted:
KANSAS.
Original-Scott Ellington. Hickman;
John w o. Casey, National Military home,
Leavenworth.
AdditIonal-Larkin Geary. Frontenac
Restoration and increase-Robert Coop
err Burlington: Scion True. Codeli.
Increase-Joseph Marshall. Sanordville:
Jacob L. Girton. Columbus; John w. Rush,
Augusta.
Original, widow. etc.-Susan Kirby, Fort
Scott: Emma LaCost. Sharon Springs:
Frances A. Scranton. Lacrosse; Mary J.
Kempton, Granville.
MISSOURI
Original-Thomas Hereld, Fair Dealing.
Edward Gemmil, Elmwood.
Increase-John Broad. ScheiI City: Will
lam A. Hunt, Mountain Grove; Hiram M
Rush. Mansfield.
Original, widow, etc.-Minors of Hilary
Tohrn, Poplar Bluff.
OKLAHOMA. TERRITORY.
Additionai-Louis Roller. Kingfisher.
Reissue and increase-Ssmuel n. Trimbla.
FL Reno.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
THE TRAGEDY OF A LIFE.
Beautiful St.-Louis- Suicide Proves to
BE the Waywnrd Daughter of
n Wealthy Californian.

ST. Louis, Oct. 13-Nellie Norman. tho
pretty 23-year-old girl who committed sui
eide here yesterday by taking a dose of
carbolic acid, was Nellie Anderson a form
er belle of Fresno, Cal, whose father Is
one of the wealthiest men living there.
Several years ago she ran away with. and
married against the wishes of her parents,
Matt MitvOwich, one of her fathers gar
deners They went to Stockton, where her
father found them. He took the blow as
pbiIosophically as possible and set his SON.
in-law up in business. Two weeks later
he heard that his daughter had left her
husband and gone East.
1t became known afterward from a letter
sent by Nellie 10 her mother that she had
gone TO Chicago, where she got employ
nsent in n cloak house. This she left some
time afterward because of an insult offered
by an employer. She then became an
artist model and as such she was In great
demand because of her beauty. 1t was
while posing for artists that the girl main
tanned she was ruined. Then she changed
her name to Nellie Norman. Boyle the
great sculptor. whose works of art on the
transportation building of the worlds fair
are well remembered, had been searching
in vain for a suitable model for one of the
figures in his group, Navigation" He
finally selected Nellie Norman" who be-
came famous a model. Her Bohemian
life, however was too much for her, and
in six months the form over which artists
had raved was gone and her beauty faded
and then there was but one course left
open 10 her. She followed it. Some time
after the worlds fair closed Nellie Nor
man came here and applied for aid at the
Hephzibah home. where she was received
on promise to reform. She became Ill
and was taken TO the city hospital. where
she wrote to her father in California for
help. The reply she received said her
mother was dead. and that, because of the
life she was living. the father could not
have his daughter return to his roof. Nellie
drifted again into her fast life. anu be-
coming sick and discouraged. finally de-
cided to end the struggle by death.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
WOULD SHE PARDON L0Ns
Jefferson City People Wondering
What Mrs. Stephens Would Do
With the Governor.

jefferson City. Mo-, Oct. 13.-tSpecial)
The following dispatch appeared in the
New York World. of Monday.
Jefferson City. Mo-, Oct. 10.
To the Editor of the Worlo.
No true man with the pardoning power
would allow his wife to remain in prison
unless he was anxious to get rid of her.
LON V. STEPHENS. Governor.
When the paper reached here to-day,
there was no little amusement among citi-
Zens generally and especially among state
house officials. The question on all hands
was asked: Would Mrs. Stephens pardon
Lon IL he should be conyicted?
The message was called out by query
from the World asking the governor if he
would pardon his wife If she should be
convicted of perjury. the grounds for the
query being found in the case against the
wife of the governor OF West Virginia.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-14
A $4,000 PACKAGE MISSING.
Has Been Lost in the Mails Some
where Between Omaha and
Denver,

Chicago. Oct 13-Somewhere between
Omaha and Denver. a package contai ling
$4,000 has been lost. The money was sent
by registered package by bank in Chi
cago TO a financial institution in the West
Inspector James z. Stuart of the postoffice
department and his men have been hard
at work on the case several days, but their
endeayors can trace the money westw lrd
from Chicago only as far as Omaha A.
that point. all records of the small fortune
are lost. The authorities refuse to give
either the name of the bank sending the
money or the one TO which the package is
consigned.