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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
WILLIAMS NAVAL PLANS.
German Emperor Intends to Have Ten
More IrOncIads and Sixteen
Cruisers.

Berlin, June 12.-(Copyrighted) Since the
arrival here of Admiral Tirpitz, chief of the
navy department, Emperor Williams plans
to increase the strength of the German ma
w have been taken up with interest. Ad-
miral TirpitZ is recognized to be the bold
est and most energetic man in the navy.
He is popularity known as the Naval Molt-
ke and his ideas and aims respecting the
further development and reorganization Of
the navy are in thorough accord with those
of Emperor William, who hopes Admiral
Tirpitz will succeed, where Admiral Won
Holmann failed, in inducing the reichstag
to adopt his naval credits The emperor in
tends to have ten big ironclads and sixteen
cruisers built by 1890.
Considerable comment has been aroused
by the fact that the emperor has ordered
the German shipbuilding yard to build the
very cruisers which have been rejected by
the reichstag.
Admiral Tirpitz is now making a tour
of inspection of the naval yards of kiel,
WilhelmshaVen, Stettin, Elbing and Dant-
zig. on his return he will frame a new
naval bill, in which the necessity of put
ting the German navy on an equal foot
ing with the navies of France and Russia
will be forcibly stated.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
MUSICAL FESTIVAL CLOSES.
Programme Better Even
Than That of the Open
ing Day.

Ottawa. Kas.. June 12.-(Special) The
Kansas state musical festival under the
leadership Of Professor Cravens, which
closed here to-day, was undoubtedly the
most successful musical event ever held in
the West. The miscellaneous concert this
morning was well attended and each num-
ber was given hearty encore. The Phil
harmonic orchestra won new laurels in
"Old Folks at Home" Miss Mabella Craw-
ford of Chicago. rendered with much cred
il the aria from Samson and Delilah, and
responded to the encore with happy little
selection that convulsed the audience with
laughter. Francis Walker, his baritone
filling the old tabernacle with sound, sang
Creations Hymn" The programme this
afternoon, perhaps, drew larger crowd
than any before. All the solo artists, in
cluding the orchestra, took part, making
the concert perhaps the best of the festi-
val To-night's rendition of the "Creadon"
drew a larger crowd than that of last
night. The singing was noticeably superior
to that OF last evening.
The contest adjudicator, w. B. Mathews,
gave first prize. S400, to Emporia; second
prize, $500, to Ottawa, and third place TO
Topeka.
Secretary H. J. Alien says the event will
be rpDeated next year,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
WHOLESALE WHITEWASHING
CONVERTING A VAST PACKING
PLANT INTO a WHITE CITY.
Compressed Air Takes the Place of
Brushes-Three Carloads of Lime
and One of Glue to Put
on n Single Coat.

WhitewashinE by wholesale is something
new. but that is just what the Jacob Dold
Packing Company is doing. Instead of the
old-fashioned method of whitewashing with
a brush, the company is using a strictly
fin de steele method at a great saving in
time and added thoroughness of the work.
The new device. which whitewashes with
a spray was designed by David Roberts,
superintendent of the packing plant. 1t
is the principle of Hero's fountain, applied
TO very ingenious apparatus. The ma
chine looks something like a locomotive
model reduced to about one-twentyffth. 1t
consists of a cylinder mounted on wheels
and is about five feet long. Inside the
cylinder are perforated tubes through
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
PRESIDENT CISNER0S NOT DEAD
The Nc1vs Is on the Authority of His
Personal Physician, Mill
Vvaukee Man.

New York, June 12.-Among the passen-
gers who landed in New York to-day was
DR.. W. H. Danforth, of Milwaukee. WIS.,
who, for the past fifteen months mas oeen
the personal physician Of the president OF
the Cuban republic. Salvador Cisneros, the
Marouise of Santa Lucia. The doctor is IN
the United States on six months leave OF
absence. According to Spanish reports,
Cisneros died in February last ana thls
news was semi-ofticially confirmed IN
March last. But DR.. Danforth was with
the president as late as April last and
had in his possession letter, which ne
showed to the representative of the Asso-
ciated Press, dated April p, from the presl-
dent The latter is not only not dead but;
when Dr. Danforth left him. he was full
of quiet enthusiasm and animated by most
confident feeling for the eventual success
Of the Cuban cause.
Questioned as to the seat of the govern
ment of the Cuban republic, DR.. Danforth
said II was at Agura, province OF Puerto
Principe. where the insurgents have erect
ed a capitol. The president, however, is
not now at Agura. but is in the province OF
Santiago de Cuba.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
INDIAN TERRITORY MURDER.
Man Named CheIOm, Who Was Pay
ing Attentions to Mrs. Matt YO-
cum, Assassinated.

Claremore, 1. T.. Jure 12.-(Special) A
man by the name of Chelom was shot by an
unknown assailant and inst5ntly killed at
OOlagah. ChelOm had been calling on Mrs.
Yocum. widow of Matt Yocum. who was
shot through the window Of his own house
some three or four month since, at the
same place, and was returning to his own
home about 10 or II o'clock at night. when
he was fired upon from out of the darkness
and instantly killed. His body was not
found until the following morning. Chelom
had been very attentive to Mrs. Yocum for
some time, and the similarity of the circum-
stances attending his death and those of
her late husband is causing no little COM
ment.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
SUICIDE IN A CHURCH.
Unknown Woman Rctires to the yes-
tibuIe and Puts n Bullet Through
Her Brnin,

New York, June 12.-While services were
being held in Calvary church this after
noon an unknown woman walked into the
vestibule and killed herself by firing bull
let into her right temple. Death was in
stantaneOus. A number of persons were
in the church at the time, most of them be-
ing women. Much excitement ensued, the
services were stopped. Some of the women
tainted. The suicide was apparently about
80 years of age. with white hair and a deli
cate. refined face. She was five feet six
inches tall and weighed about 40 pounds.
She wore black brocaded skirt. brown
veVet waist, low shoes, almost new, and
fancy black stockings with white clocks.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13


an atomiZer.
The whitewash is poured into the cylin-
der through a funnel at one end and is
converted into spray by the compressed
air and is forced through rubber tube to
which is attached a nozzle. This. in brief,
is the working of the device. Its practical
operation is exceedingly interesting. With
this apparatus a man stands on platform
holding the hose something like a fireman.
He points the nozzle at the walls or ceiling
twenty feet away, and the compressed air
does the rest. The whitewashing Is done
better than by hand, for every crevice,
crack and crany is permeated with the
fluid by the force of the air.
Twice every year the Dold buildings now
ten in number, are whitewashed. 1t Is no
small job TO go over this immense eXpanse
of wall and ceiling, and 1t has heretofore
taken six men two months. With the new
device used for the first time yesterday,
two men will do the same work in one
month, and do II better. II is not claimed
that the device lessons the cost Of the
work, excepting in the matter OF labor, but
what it makes up in saving of labor 1t
adds to the cost by using more whitewdsh.
The compressed air is conducted from
the engine room to the whitewashing ma
chine, which is portable and can be con-
veyed to any distance from the source OF
power supply. Valves and shut-ons pro-
vide for a perfect regulation OF the aPpa-
ratus, with whose workings Mr.. c. II. Dold
expressed himself yesterday as being de-
lighted.
Some idea of the immensity of the job
of whitewashng the ten buildings of the
plant may be gathered when 1t is stated
that there are 100000 square yards of sur
face to be gone over. 1t takes three car
loads of quick lime and one carload of glue
to make the 10000 gallons, or about 1000
barrels of whitewash used. and its costs
about $4,000 to do the two semi-annual
house cleaningS.
Mr. Dold explained yesterday that white
paint was not used for the reason that the
white lead entering into its composition
united with the sulphurous and carbonic
fumes arising from the packing houses
and formed an oxide which soon turned 70
a dark blue-gray. The superior coatings
given by Mr.. Roberts apparatus will con-
vert the ten huge buildings into n veritable
white city, whose appearance will be made
neat and attractive than might be expect
ed of packing house.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
DIED FOR CUBA'S CAUSE.
DIR. +. II. Winn, of st. Louis, Killed
While Defending a Hospital
in Havana Province

Havana, via Key West. June 12-Captain
Foster r. Winn, NJ. D., of St. Louis. a vol
untoer surgeon with the Cuban insurgent
hospital corps in the field. is reported to
have been killed in an attack by govern
troops upon an insurgent hospital near
Quivican. province Of Havana. Upon his
body were found, among other papers of
Importance, letters from Colonel DelGado,
l;rigadier Generel Castillo and General
Alexander Rodriguez. authorizing him to
proceed TO the United States as a special
delegate Of the Cuban army hospital corps
with view to interesting the American
Red Cross Society in the sufferings of the
Cuban insurgents.
DIR. winn had been for months with the
insuTgent forces, acting as chief inspector
Of hospitals for the Havana division. When
attacked. although taken by surprise and
having only a handful of poorly armed men
at his command. DIR. Winn is reported to
have made a most resOlute defense of the
hospital His resistance was not entirely
Ineffective for he held the Spanish troops
at bay until majority OF the sick and
wounded inmates had been borne away in
hammOcks to places of safety. Then he
fell. His coat and shoes were stripped off
by the Spanish guerrillas and placed upon
exhibition at the palace headquarters of
Captain General Weyler's general staff.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
She TOOK A DEADLY POISON.
THEN STARTED OUT, LEADING HER
TWO LITTLE CHILDREN.
Mrs. Anna Watts, a Deserted Wife,
Swallows CarboIic Acid-A Piti-
full Case of a Broken
Home.

Mrs. Anna Watts. the deserted wife of
William Watts, a bartender at Schaenen's
saloon. Eighth and Wall streets. swallowed
10 cents worth of carbolic acid at o'clock
last night at her home. 40 East Sixth
street, and then started out to find her re-
calcitrant husband. He has a room at the
Boston house. Independence avenue and
Oak street. which, II is said. he occupies
with Ella Green. Mrs. Watts knew this
and had often visited her husband there.
She was accompanied by her little daugh-
ter, Blanche, years old, and a younger
son. They had gone but few steps when
she sent the girl back home. With the
ties house, at GA Locust street. Mrs.
Watts fell. Little went out and, thinking
the woman intoxicated, picked her up.
The boy stood crying by her side.
Little smelled carbolic acid on the woman
and asked her IL she had taken II.
Yes, 1 have" she replied. "and want
Little carried the woman to a drug store
at Independence avenue and Holmes streets
and summ9ned S the the police ambulance na e. and G
tral station, where, after some time, she
was revived.
She had written note to her husband
before taking the poison and IL was found
in her clutched hand after she had been
taken TO the station. The note ran:
care of them. Let Ella 60 and help the old
lady. 1 am tired Of trying by myself. DO
rs you should do. Don't let Ella raise
them, for she said she would ruin Blanche
if she could, to spite me. Good-by. Your
wife, ANNA"
Watts heard OF his wife's condition soon
after she had been removed TO the sta
tiOn and went there to see her. He said
they were married in 1889. Her name was
Aana Hill and her home was at Butler,
Mo. Three years ago. while he was en-
ployed by the Badger Lumber Company,
al Wichita, Kas.. he left her and the two
children and came to Kansas City. He
says he could not bear her sharp seedlings.
She followed him to Kansas City but he
refused to support her and she went to
live with her mother. Mrs. Mary Hill, at
623 Oak street. He kept one OF the chill
dren, the girl part of the time, but his
wife objected to the woman. Ella Green,
and he sent the girl back to her.
Through the efforts OF the police ratron
Mrs Watts got work In the hotels, and
was employed for some weeks at the Cor
doVa hotel, Twelfth and Penn streets
Twice she attempted to take her own life
with norphine-once at the RigEle house
near Sixth and Broadway, and once at 623
oak street. Watts saw her on Friday even
ing when she called at the Boston house
with the children. She said nothing then
about taking her own life.
Recently Mrs. Hill opened a rooming
house at 40 East Sixth street, and took
Mrs Watts and the two children to live
with her. She claims Watts was cruel to
his family and would often beat his chill
dren. Mrs. Watts Is % years old.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
SENATOR ALDRICH ILL.
Ordered TO Leave Washington md
May Not Return This
Session.

Washington, June Ex-senator Aldrich
has left the city by order of his physician.
He has been confined to his room at the
Arlington almost all the time since the
first week Of the tariff debate, with an ag-
ErgVated attack of indigestion and dysen-
terry. As he did not improve, his physician
directed that he should go where he would
have absolute rest and be free from pos
sibility Of any consultation with him on
the tariff. II Is considered doubtful about
the senate whether he will return during
the pendancy of the tariff bill.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
"OWNEY" is DEAD AGAIN.
eIer Was Slain by n Toledo
Policeman.

Toledo, O., June 12.-"Owney," the IA
nous canine postal tramp, is dead at last.
He was officially executed by order Of
Postmaster Brand, of this city. 'Owney"
attacked Clerk Blankertz here. infiicting
painful wounds in his hand. United States
Marshal Shannan was asked to kill him,
but the dog made rush for the gentle
man and tore his trousers. Postmaster
Brand, seeing that the dog had grown so
loss that IL was dangerous to harbor
him. requested the chief of police to detail
an officer to kill him. and "Owney' met
death within a few minutes. His skin will
be mounted at the expense or the Toledo
clerks. and forwarded TO Washington for
the official museum. The medals were sent
stored.
"0wney" was about II years old, and his
years of travel all over the United States
and around the world have made him the
most noted dog of his time.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
NEW SANITARY MAUSOLEUM.
Gotham Proposes to EntOmb From
10000 to 10000 Bodies In Ce-
ment ReceptacIes.

New York, June 12.-The senitary COM
mittee to the health board has approved
the plans of the new mausOleum company
for the establishment of a sanitary mauso-
leum near High bridge, to have a capacity
of from 10000 to 1900 bodies. 1t is pro-
posed to entomb the dead in cement re-
Ceptables. The bodies are to be exposed
for several month to a current of air made
chemically pure by passing II over sui
Ihuric acid. the air to be purified afterward
by fire. When the body is thoroughly des-
located, the receptacle is to be made air
tight. The sanitary committee believes the
new method is eminently sanitary.
The mausoleum is 10 be go feet long,
seventy-fivc feet deep and three stories
high. The sepulchres will be of solid con-
crete, four inches thick, without seam or
joint. A portion of the proposed mausO-
leum will be arranged for families, with
separate compartments. There will be abb
sOlute security against grave robbers.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
THE REDCAYS CONVICTED.
Pettis County Farmers Who swindIed
SedaIia Banks Sent to
Prison.

Sedalia. Mo-. June 12.-(Special) The
trial of Samuel and Isaac Redcay, two
prominent farmers and stockmen, who last
winter swindled the Citizens National
and Bank of Commerce of this city by
means of forged notes, obtaining $3.50 in
cash, was concluded this evening. The
jury was out only an hour when ii brought
a verdict OF guilty. fixing the punishment
for Samuel Redcay at five years in the
penitentiary and that of Isaac at three
years Two other indictments for forgery
are still hanging over the Redcays.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
wetmore succeeds Eastman.

Topeka, Kas., June 12-(Special) DR.. B.
D. Eastman, superintendent of the Topeka
insane asylum, to-day rendered his resigna-
tiOn to the state board of charities. to
take effect August !. The board appointed
DR.. c. H. Wetmore. of Emporia. to sue
coed DIR. Eastman. The resignation of DR..
Eastman is due to a fight started on him
several weeks ago by the Populist members
of the board.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
AER0NAUTS FALL 5000 FEET.
Their balloon ENpIOdes in Midair, Let
ting the Car Drop TO the
Enn.fh.

Berlin, June 12-Herr Woelfert, an aero
naut. accompanied b. "A machinist named
Knabe, made an experimental ascent in a
sO-caIled steering airship from the Tenn
plehoff CONNER this evening. When the
balloon. which had been filled at the milf
tary bailooning establishment, had reached
a height Of 5000 feet. loud explosion was
was seen 90 be ablaze. The car. which was
also on fire. detached itself from the burn
ing silk and fell with fearful rapidity to the
ground. Both Of the occupants We're found
TO bc dead. Their bodies were horribly
burned.
It appears that the benzine used in the
steering gear motor exploded, causing the
disaster.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Huge Lake Schooner Launched.

Cleveland. O. June l2.-The steel schoon-
er polypSia. sister ship of the Amazon.
which recently took out Of Chicago the
largest grain cargo ever carried on the
lakes. was launched to-day. The Poly
nesia which f. owned by James Corrigan
s. 23S feet in length and has a capacity of
500 tons ON a draft OF sixteen feet.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
RIVERA SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Week Unless Uncle sam
Protests.

New York, June 13.-A dispatch to the
Journal from Havana says: The secret
court-martial of General Rivera and
Colonel Bacallao. the insurgent chiefs cap
tured in Pinar del Rio. was closed at Ca
bana yesterday. The sentences were death
in both cases. and the executions may oc-
cur during the coming week unless Wash
ington reneMs its protest.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
ADestructirc HniI storm.

ParkorshurE. W. Va, June IA phe-
nomenal hailstorm occurred to-day on the
line Of the Baltimore x Ohio railroad east
Of this city. The storm shOwered chunks
of fee from two to three inches long and an
trees were deuuded as completely as in
mid-wiuter. crops were totally DESTROYED
for many miles and horses. cattle and sheep
fright and pain.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
How He Viewed Ii.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
This is an odd country" said the
Britisher.
lean.
gaol for what they commend in others"
= II don't understand you.''
Haven't they just tried two chaps in
Washington just because they were true
to their trust?"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
G0THAM'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Came Very Near Being Loaded with
the Disgrace of n Lynching
Friday Night.

New York, June ia mob Of over 1900
men tried to take a negro named Charles
West from five policemen last night at
Washington place, for the purpose of lynch
ing him. Clubs and revolvers were drawn,
but the mob was finally beaten back. West
had shot white man because his daugh-
ter, aged IS told him that Hyland attempt
ed to assault her last week. He shot delib-
erately and without explanation. Hyland
is dying
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Talk of a Vigilance Committee.

Cripple Creek, Col, June I2-There Is
talk among the people of this city of form
ing a vigilance committee similar to the
one which has proven so effective at
holdups all ever the camp. It is believed
that the only way TO rid the community
OF the nuisance is by 4 vigilance commit
tee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
John Mclaughlin Arrested.

breckenridge Mo-. June 12.-(Special)
City Marshal Stagner has received notice
from the chief of police of Poplar Bluff,
Butler county, that they have under arrest
John Mclaughlin, who shot and killed John
Miller in this city on May 2. Marshall
Stagner has notified Sheriff Andy Crockett,
who will go at once to Poplar Bluff and
identify Mclaughlin.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Murderer SENTENCED TO Hang.

Deadwood, S. D.. June 12.-Judge Plow-
man to-day sentenced Charles Brown. col
ored to be hanged on July 16 Brown was
convicted of the murded of Mrs. Emma +.
Stone, two weeks ago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Twelve Liquor Indictments.

independence, Kas., June 12.-(Special) At
neon to-day the grand jury returned twelve
indictments, mostly for violation of the
prohibitory law. 1t was for that purpose
teen made, as the jointists seem to have
gotten wind and left for parts unknown.
As soon as they return they will be ar
rested.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Mayor shot by an Editor.

Bunker Hill, H., June 12.-F. Y. Hedley,
editor of the Bunker Hin Gazette, this
afternoon shot and fatally wounded John
G. Richards, mayor of the town. The
shooting occurred over an effort on the
part of the mayor to settle difficulty
which had been pending for some time be-
tween himself and the editor.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
The German Emperor.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Teregraph.
Mr. Northside-''Don't YOU think that the
German emperor is quite old for his age?'
Mr. Shadyside-'I don't know that I
gather your meaning"
Mr.. Northside-"He is Just IS years old
but he acts like CO."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

drinking large dose of carbolic acid. She
had been at the sanitarium for the past
two weeks being treated for nervous pros
tTatiOn and symptoms of sOftening Of the
brain. She died in less than two minutes
after drinking the acid.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Possibly.
EEnm III

From the New York Journal.
Aunt Mehitabel-"What's that big ditch
they're diggin' right in the middle of the
street?"
Uncle Silas-'I reckon II must be that
burrow of Manhattan that we've read so
much about In the city papers,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
English Railway Horror.

London, June 12.-An excursion train,
while on its way from yarmouth to Old
ham. was derailcd at Welshampton, near
Oswestry. at midnight last night Nine
persons were killed and twenty-five were
injured.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Both Ways.

From the Pittsburg News.
Rumpus-"Why is Primpas using such
terrible language2"
Bumpus-"He swore off smoking
RumDus-"Weli?"
Bumpus-'Now he is swearing on again
by cursing himself for being fool enough 70
quit"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Cutting scrape over a Woman.

Webb City, No, June l2-(Special) In an
alteration here to-day over a woman. Will
lam Watson cut Thomas Wisdom in the
arm anduatbdomen. The wounds are serious.
Watson ran away after the cutting and
cannot be located.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

Salina, Kas, June 12.-(Special) Miss
Laura Garten. aged 2, the daughter of a
farmer living near Solomon. committed
suicide at the Salina sanitarium to-day by