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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
JULIAN MAY FIGHT.
THE CHIEF LIKELY TO REFUSE TO
GIVE Up HIS JOB.
HE STILL DECLINES TO TALK.
GAMBLERS PREPARING To DO BUsI.
NESS ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE
All the Indications Point to the Sc.
lection of jaime. n. McGoyyan al
Chief of PoIice-He Is Said q.
to BE In the Lead
for the Place.
All the Indi

Chief Julian Is Stil evidently determined
to remain at the head of the police force
until deposed by the commissioners As
previously stated. he will probably do one
of two things when the board issues the
order of dismissal-either go into court and
ask for an injunction to prevent the car
rying out of the order. or retire and sue
the city for the salary that he would re-
ceive if he served the full time for which
he was commissioned. 1t is said that he
will set forth in his petition. should he ap-
ply for an injunction, that he was ex-
onerated by the senate Lexow committee
and that his removal is part of con-
spiracy upon the part of a number of men
who will be named to oust HIM in order
that they may get absolute control of the
police force. The chief and his friends
claim that the Democrats who brought
about the investigation and the consequent
removal of Commissioners F'yke and John
son and the appointment and confirmation
of Commissioners Scarritt and Gregory are
sound money men masquerading as free
silver men. His petition will be used to
show that the governor has permitted him.
~ I - -. ~ -. .''
pathy with Popocracy.
80, ,ie Ye'ii- u KANSAS Ia oI'S "iio '
are tired of having gamblers protected are
not in sympathy with this or any other
scheme to perpetuate the order of things
that have been condemned. They want the
reforms that have been promised to them
the sunpressiou of the gamblers and the re-
or,.n;za,ion of .ho noI;o. e,rr,- -,
troubles tnat Chief Julian or other mem
berS of the force may have with the bosses
of the anti-Broyn faction of the city and
county Democracv does NOT concsr,, A. In
terest them They will closely watch the
board of police commissioners, and will in
Sist that gamblers he sIrppressed and he
,xant sunnrassad
ihere are many gamblers ana touts still
IN the city. and they are talking as though
they expect to remain and do business. 1t
was az, yezt.-,,o,, tbat tb, ,ro,r;a,o-,
"aS 1.eu sesssioas shal .he piopiie'oiS
OIL one Oh the pooi rooms mad rented rooms
on Eighth street, between Main aud Walnut
streets. with the avowed intention of fitting
them up as a gambling house AS soon
.r IN. @ = nou SUI sol
as ,ns sais ~ ssans' q: ans sanons suoslaes tney
These men are friends of one of the Dsn,o.
- - - - n,. - =. -, .Ae Oeo
cra.io oosses, anu ,hey pehese they nave d
pull that Will enable them to run the busi-
abandon
7. -,
- Va assei'eu Ses'eIuas " lhose on 'no
inside that James b. MCGOWAN was in
("Whig'D Keshlear second. and Colonel
George p Gross third Cart,in ray,;es
wera W;,1;no fo bet that afcfson,ar ,,-c9,,Id ~,
annointad Somm;ssionarS S,sarrs,t o.. te.u %
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
A WEALTHY SUICIDE.
Charles A. Houghton, Worth Half a
Million, Shoots Himself mt
Geneva, n. Y.

Geneva, N. Y. March 30.-Charles "A.
Houghton, principal owner of the Corning
Glass Company, and reputed to be worth
$500, 900, shot and killed himself to-day.
When Mr.. Houghton failed to return to
his home last night his family became anx-
ious. Early in the morning searching par
ties were organized and after several hours
he was found dead in the sand house of
the Corning Glass works, of which concern
empty chambers was found beside him, and
it was evident that he had committed sui
eide. Five years ago, his brother, Freder-
ick Hougton, OF the Buffalo Scale works,
killed himself at Corning.
The only reason assigned for the suicide
is that Mr.. Houghton's mind had become
unbalanced, owing to a severe illness he un-
derwent recently. Charles A. Houghton
was an assembiynian from Steuben county
in 1873 and was always regarded as one of
Corning's most prominent citizens.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
TRIED TO BURN A TOWN.
Firebugs Make a Desperate Effort to
Destroy Altoona, Pa.-Started
=. Enur RlaZes.

Altoona, Pa. March 30.-An attempt was
made late last night and early this morn
ing TO destroy Altoona, four incendiary
fires being kindled in different parts of the
city between tn hours of IL and 1 80 o'clock
Prompt work by the fire department alone
saved the town from possible destruction.
The entire loss, however, will aggregate
between $4,000 and $4,000.
The fires were started in widely separate
directions of the town and, in each case,
among buildings of dangerously infam-
mable character.
The first FIRE was discovered in stable
in the Third ward at 11:20 last night. and
was quickly extinguished with but slight
damage.
At I2:15 a. m. another alarm was turned
in from the First ward in the workshop
Of w. z. Yeats. The blaze was extin-
guished with but slight loss.
While the firemen were returning to their
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The Social Science Federation of Kansas
and Oklahoma will meet in Hutchinson,
Kas., May to I.
The steam tug Ell Rio Rey. chartered by
the st. Louis Republic as n flood relief
boat, sank in forty feet of water in front of
Memphis yesterday morning. No lives
were lost.
Sinking fund gold bonds of the city of
Cincinnati to the amount Of S.654 600 were
sold yesterday at a premium OF 2167 per
cent. The bonds run for forty years and
bear 3.65 per cent interest.
The United States cruiser Yantic, third
class wooden vessel. went ashore at the
mouth of the Uruguay river in South
America. the other day. It is thought that
she can be pulled OF without damage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31

stations. they were called to the Fifth
ward. There the large lumber storage sheds
of NJ. Poets were abiaze. and after a fierce
fight the flames were subdued. The storage
warehouse of Armour & Co. was damaged
to the extent of 81 900. while Mr.. Poets loss
was about $3.50.
AT 1850 O'Clock this morning. the fourth
alarm was turned in from the large plan-
ing mill of William Stokes. Before the fire.
men arrived the mill was doomed. and all
efforts were directed to saving adjoining
shacks, lumber piles and nearby residences.
The mill was totally destroyed. Loss, $50. 900:
insurance. $4,000 No clue to the firebugs
has been obtained -
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
MERRITT GOES TO NEW YORK.
To BE Transferred From the Depart
ment of Missouri to the De-
partment of EaSt,

Washington, March 3O.-In anticipation of
the retirement of Major General Thomas
H. Ruger, commanding the Department of
the East at New York, Friday next, Ma
lor General Wesley Merritt. commanding
the department of the Missouri. at Chica-
go. has been notified by the secretary OF
transfer to that command. Although not
entirely settled, it is more thar probable
that Brigadier General ]. R. Brooks, COM
Paul. will succeed General Merritt in COM
mand of the department of the Missouri.
The retirement of General Ruger will re-
line. from major general down to second
lieutenant. Unless present signs fail Brig
adler General Frank Whelton, command
will get the major gereralsaip. and Colonel
W. r. Shaftor, commanding the First reg
iment of infantry, stationed at San Fran
cisco, will get the brigadier generalship.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
A PLEA FOR BALD KNoBBERs.
Judge w. d. Hubbard Asks for n Par
don for Amos Jones and WILL
lam StanIey.

Springfield, Mo-, March 3o.-Judge w. D..
Hubbard, the trial judge, has written let
ter to Governor Stephens asking for par
don for Amos Jones and William Stanley,
two Bald Knobbers who, In 1855, were. on a
plea of guilty, sentenced to twenty-one
years in the penitentiary for the part they
took in the Green-Baden murder in 1851,
and for which John Mathews and Bill and
Dave Walker we're hanged in Ozark, on
April II. Rev. C. o. Simmons, who, by
making an eloquent plea to the judge. had
his sentence cut to twelve years. will be
released. Judge Hubbard believes now that
Simmons was more guilty than the other
two Knobbers, and that it would be an in
justice to hold them longer than Simmons
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
LEE GETS "NoTICE."
Consul Mt Havana Informed That His
Services VIII Not He Needed
After April IL,

Washington. March Se-General Fltz-
hugh Lee, consul general at Havana, has
been notified by cable that his services
viii not be needed after April Is.
The notice from the state department
comes nominaliy in the form of leave of
absence beginning at that date, but ii Il;
understood, both by him and the depart
ment that his successor will be on the
ground at that time. General Lee ex-
pects to come back to this country at ence,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
California Fruit Damaged.

San Francisco, March 30.-Dispatches
from the various fruit sections of the state
are to the effect that during the last two
nights killing frosts have seriously dam
aged the fruit crop. Prunes and apples
are not sufficiently advanced to receive
so much harm as apricots and almonds
which in many sections have been totally
destroyed, while peach trees and vines have
also been injured, though In less degree.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
400 Gallons.

The Morrin-Powers Mercantile Company
are fitting up splendid storage room, for
wines, in the basement of their new build
ing at 704 Delaware street. They have just
received some very large casks of various
foreign wines and ten casks of California
wine, each cask containing 400 gallons.
These large casks will be used for the bet
ter storage of wines and enable the Nor
rin-Powers Mercantile Company to keep
these goods in the best possible condition.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Montana Legislative Scandal,

Helena, Mont, March 30.-Secretary of
the Senate John Bloor was to-day indicted
by the grand jury for falsifying the public
records. His alleged offense is the losing
of bill the night the last legislative ses-
sion expired. Bail has been fixd at SO, 900.
Martin Buckley, an ex-state representative
was also indicted for bribery. Both are un-
der arrest. ...-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31

,,,ssI White Hal IN n. y, X March so-John o,sui.
Canal Company, at .Comstock, n. Y, and
William Huyick. storekeeper. were
drowned in Wood creek last night near
Wooden lock. The men were on their way
home in a carriage. and 1t is supposed that
the team became unmanageable and ran
into the creek.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
SEVEN NEW HOUSES.
Being Built on the MctcnIf Tracts ON
Forest and Troost Avenues
Nearly All Sold Already,

Hovey G. Brown are experimenting the
erection of seven houses on Forest and
Troost avenues on the Metcalf tract OF
ground. Four of the houses are on Forest
will cost from 5000 to 5000 each. They
will be built of stone and brick, and are for
purchasers, and not to rent.
The other two houses are on Troost ave-
nue. between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth. They will be of brick and stone and
will cost from 5000 to $500 each. Nearly
all OF the seven houses have been sold, and
none of them will be for rent by the
builders.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
ST. JOSEPH INDICTMENTS.

true bllls FOunu Against rour VI.
fenderx-Two of the Cases
Disposed OF lN~-.s
. st. Joseph, Mo-, March S0.-tSpecial) The
federal grand jury made its first. report this
afternoon. Four true bills were returned
and one marked not a true bill. John T.
Mckinley was indicted for perjury and his
case set for trial tomorrow. Robert NJ.
Harvey was indicted for retailing liquor
without a license. He was fined $40. James
Cavanaugh was indicted for running a sa-
loon without government license. Joseph
McHenry, a boy implicated in the robbery
of the postofice at Denver, Mo-, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to twelve months
in the reform school, The grand jury
failed to iniict Joseph Paul. who was held
by Commissioner Pollock for depositing an
improper postal card in the mails.
In the civil department a case against
Eugene Ayers, pension agent, charged
with obtaining an exorbitant fee in PEN
sion case, was on trial and went to the
iury.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Run Through with a Butcher Knife.

Lawrenceburg. Ind. March 3O.-Joseph
Enyske was stabbed to death last night
being thrust through his body until the
point protruded through his breast bone.
Royce was arrested. Both men had been
dissipating and had quarreled earlier in
the. evening. Royce claims self-defense.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Escaped in Another Man. Clothes.

st. Joseph, Mo-. March 3o-(special) Carl
Newsome, sentenced to the -penftentiary
from the county jail to-day by Disgusting
himself in another mans clothes. He was
let out of the jail for William Bards, a
q sentence of thirty days.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Laura Edwards slashed.

Laura Edwards. colored, living at 5s7
TrcCSt avenue, was assaulted in front of
her home last night by a colored man, who
cut her twice on the right arm with a
knife. He escaped. The police surgeon
dressed the wounds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
BELL TELEPHONE PROFITS.
Net Earnings Last Year Were $685.
$50, ON a Capital stock of Less
Than $4,000 OOO

New York. March S0.-The report of the
Bell Telephone Company for, the year end
ing December 81, 1886, shows: Gross earn
ings 5,5i7, ,029. increase 422,4T; expenses
S2.1ee.S4S, increase S251,245; net earnings
S.3$2, $50, increase $l69,S29: surplus after
dividends, So SAT; total surplus, s.. Isl oil.
The old board of directors was reelected,
and the stockholders authorized an increase
in the capital stock of 10 per cent, bringing
the aggregate amount up to $500 900.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
ILLINOIS BANKS ROBBED.
Institutions at Oneida and Brisxsvill'
Looted-Unsuccessfu Attempts
at Other Towns.

Galesburg, ILL.,, March 3o.-The Oneida,
State bank was robbed last night. Entrance
was made through the front door. The
safe was wrecked with nitro-glycerine. The
amount is between 5000 and s5,oOO The
men escaped on handcar. It Is evidently
the work of professionals. The bank was
insured against loss.
It developed late this afternoon that a
series of bank robberies was attempted
in this vicinity last night. Besides the
Oneida affair, the bank at Briggsville was
robbed of s40O. Banks at Kenwanee and
Alton were also visited, but no money OBJ
tanned. Galesburg officials have arrested
four men, presumably from Chicago. and
have them in Jail.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Horsewhipped by a woman.

Chicago, March S0-L. E. Bailey. clerk
at the Great Northern hotel. of this city,
Stafford a former employe of the hotel
The woman accused Bailey of causing her
discharge and, following him into the hotel
lobby She belabored him over the head
with blacksnake.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
CONN ACQUITTED.
Stick Against the Ex-Con-
eressman-Edftor.

Washington, March Congressman
Charles Conn, of Elkhart, Ind. formerly
at the head of the Washington Times Com
pany, of this city, was acquitted of GRIM
inal libel to-day by Justice Bradley, on an
Indictment sworn out by District Commits
sioner TruesdelT.s 2, The court held that the
Indictment seemed to charge every ingre-
Mr.. Conn's connection or association with
the Evening Times. All the allegations of
the indictment, Ethe judge said. had not
Conn was president or general manager of
the company. it could not be assumed that
he had such knowledge of the libelous mat
ter as would make him criminally RESPONSE.
BILE.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
TRENToN's MURDER MYSTERY.
COroner's Jury Works for Five Days
on the Case, but Apparently
tn N0 Purn0se.

Trenton, NO., March 3O.-(special) The
mystery surrounding the murder of s. G..
Wilson last Thursday night is still un-
solved. Mr.. Wilson was proprietor of the
Bon Ton restaurant of this place, and was
one of the best known men of the city.
He was called from his restaurant at II
o'clock and at 11:20 he was found MUIR
dered in the bathroom of his residence,
twenty feet away. His head was beaten
with an ak, which was found in the yard,
covered with blood. The coroner's jury,
which was impaneled Friday morning, ad-
journed to-day, after session of five days.
During the past four days. witnesses We're
examined behind closed doors. There is
evidently clue to the murderer, and it is
said that detectives are at work. The Jury
returned verdict that Mr.. Wilson came
to his death at the hands of some unknown
person.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
KANSAS sTABBING AFFRAY.
missioner, Receives a Probably
Fatal Wound,

Topeka, Kas., March 3O-iSpecial) Sec
retary Turner, of the board of railroad
commissioners, returned to-day from Man.
kato. He brought along story of fight
which occurred there last Friday night, in
which E. A. Ensign, one of the Jewell coun-
ty commissioners. received probably fatal
injuries. Ensign and Asa Davis. a prom
inent farmer of that county, had some
trouble over a division of the rental of a
farm, when Davis whipped out knife
and stabbed Ensign. The blade pierced the
right lung. Ensign turned in and gave
Davis good thrashing and then drove
home He almost bled to death before a
physician could reach him, and is still in
a dangerous condition. Upon his request, no
warrant has yet been issued for the arrest
of Davis.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
As.nulted and sIurdered.

Columbus. O.. March 30.-The nude body
of Mrs John w. Miller, farmers wife,
at Black Lick. this county, was found to-
day, having been outraged and murdered
porary absence of her husband. The tramp
has gone.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
j. H. Rymelr. House Entered.

J. H. Rymell. of the stock yards. living
at 1900 Montgall street. reported to the po-
lice last night that while his family was
absent, burglars entered the house by
means of skeleton key and stole two
pairs of opera glasses, one chain bracelet.
six silver spoons and a silver tray.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Topeka Wire. to Go Under Ground.

Topeka, Kas., March 3O-(SpeciaI) Pres
i6ent John r. Mulvane. of the Missouri and
Kansas Telephone Company, announced to-
day that the company would put all tele-
phone wires under ground in Topeka as
soon as. the work is completed in Kansas
City. He estimates the cost at $4,000.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31

thousands in this condition. would dsappnnts
at would
following
power Of the Compound n
From the
with weakness of the kidneys terrible pains when monthly
periods Pinkhams
Compound and relieved After married the doctor said
would able living child,
consttuionaly months
next
the period full time
lived to be three
months old and healthy hearty could
wi thankful that medicine for the
health
Compound suffering
George St., E. SomerviIe,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Fire at junction city, Kns.

Junction City, Kas., March SO-(Special.3
The Frey restaurant was Quilted by Are last
night and protection by the fire department
saved q row of business houses. The build
ing was fully insured, as was the stock.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Four Negroes Drowned,

st. Charles. Ark, March So.-This morn
G.; ing Iour ~, negroes @ were drowned while
boat one mile south of this place. Their
names are Ned Stillums. Frank StilIums.
Charley Dcumas, Ed Doumas. The high
water lacks only about two feet of being
up to the mark of 1890, and is still rising.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
Motherhood.

mother who is in good physical condition transmits
to her children the blessings Of good constitution.
The child fairly drinks :. health from its mothers
robust constitution before sirth, and from healthy
mothers milk after.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31
A FAKE CALL TO ARMS,
The Citfzens' League. Which Is Com
posed of Two Members. Issues
Handful of Alarm.

About IS cents worth of handbills headed
Citizens Alarm were surreptitiousIy
scattered over a portion of Kansas CITY.
kas., Monday night. The bills asked .bis
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31

Fined for Making Disturbance.
Swan A. Swanson. who raised a disturb
ance in Stevens saloon. at 1902 Grand ave-
nue., was fined IS in police court yesterday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-31

uhttIuiGy1
Do you know the meaning of what
is popularity called those "long-
ings," or cravings, which beset so
many women during pregnancy
There is something lacking in the
mothers blood. Nature cries ont
and win be satisfied at all hazards.
One woman wants sour things,
another wants sweets, another
wants salt things, and SO on.
The real need all the time is to
enrich the blood SO as to supply
nourishment for another life, and
to build up the entire generative
system, SO that the birth may be
possible and successful.
If expectant mothers would fort
ify themselves with Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, which
for twenty years has sustained
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31

The population of the largest cities
of the world, counting those only with
1000, 900 residents or more is given as
follows: London, 5000, 600; New York
tgreater), $500, 900; Paris, 2,50o,0 900
Chicago, 1,s2o,000; Berlin, 1850, 600
Vienna. 1,4o0, 900; Philadelphia, 1900
900; st. Petersburg, 100000; Canton
China, has an estimated population Of
!, 900, 900, and Pekin, l 900, 900.
The Salt Lake Tribune's "Fifty- Y eai
Ago. sketches has been compiled and
republished in handsome book form
with Illuminated cover. Twenty cents
by mail, 10 cents at The Tribune office
Salt Lake.
What is said to be the largest indi
vidual body of timber now untouched
in the United States, occupies a larg'
area in Latah and Shoshone counties
| in Idaho. about 100 miles southwest o
Spokane. The group is estimated G
contain, approximately. two billion
feet of the finest white pine, and ia tn
neighborhood Of five billion feet Q
other timber, including yellow pine
tamarack, red and white fir and cedar
Boise Democrat
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31

ments 10 the committees for their sue
cessful management Of the days meet
ing.
MIR. and Mrs. Bryan were highly
pleased with the "Silver Song" sang
by Miss Yarnell OF Idaho Falls, and
the chorus OF Blackfoot ladies and sent
message OF thanks to the young lady
for the honor she intended them by the
song.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31
Another One Gone.

General Lafayette McLaws, the
oldest Confederate General but one,
died last week and was buried at Saw
anna, Georgia, Saturday.
soon the roll will be called with no
one to answer. Nearly every one OF the
old leaders are sleeping in the bivouac
of the dead. General McLaws was
brave soldier and greatly beloved by
his followers.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31
Like Old Times.

The State Board Of Examiners passed
upon the Asylum bills for July, and is
sued the warrants in single weeks
time. That looks like doing business
as business should be done. Why could
that not have been done in January and
April, yes, whyy
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31

Extra fruit jar rubbers and tops at
John G. Browns.
You may hunt the world overland you
will not find another medicine equal to
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera aud Diar-
rhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. |,
is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale
by Ben II, Fernish.