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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

To the public: We beg to call your spe-
cial attention to our advertisement in to-
days paper Our buyer In New York
purchased stock OF goods from trus-
tees sale at hts own prices. We are
going 10 give our customers the benefit
Of the same. Now Is the time 70 avail
yourself OF the opportunity. We have
put on an extra force OF clerks AMI can
wait On you promptly. This e. the treat
est sale Of groceries ever offered to tee
Richmond public and every one should
avcil themselves Ct the opportunity We
have put on extra wagons so as ~ give
prompt delivery Both stores open ell
the year around. every day. \. NJ. and
close 1880, except Saturdays We close at
J. ]. Vi.
s. ULLMAN's son.
5oi east Marshall street. Old AMI New
Phones 43.
Down town stores. 1S2o-ls22 east Main
street-Old Phone BIG: New Phone 80.
We present to-day the annual state
ment Of the Thames apd Mersey Insu--
ance Company, Of Liverpool London ard
Manchester, England. The headquarters
in this country is in New York. under 'he
management Of the well-known under
writer, Mr. a. ]. Macdonald. II has
agents all over the world and certificates
are issued by its agents payable at any
foreign point that the assured may Jes-
ignate. The profit and loan accom-, o:
this company last year showed a bal
ance OF 9s2.532. ISIS. ID 1t IS one OF, 4
not the largest marine company IN the
world and Is represented in this city by
Mr.. b. c. Wherry. who will be glad 10
issue THIS company's certificates 10 any
domestic or foreign port upon terms as
low as any other hrist-class marine COM
pany doing business In this country T. Is
company also insures money. drafts, etc
by mail and express at very low terms.
and all information regarding this In
surance can be had by calling upon MI.
Wherry, No. l0l5 east Main street.
BEECHAMS PILLS-No equal fer Con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
4 Bows Shoe sale-sizes Eleven to Five
Wine Color and Tan Color-Ior Eeghty-
.f,,If l..ufa

In the shoe department at Meyers big
dry goous store. corner Sixth and Bro n
streets. there viii be sold all this week
boys solid leather wine or garnet col'r
and tan color solid leather shoes FOR IS
cents "a pair Sizes for boys from three
TO fifteen years Of age and for men who
car wear boys large sizes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

5o6 east Marshall street, OLD an1 New
Phones 43.
Down town stores. lS2o-lS22 east Main
street-Old Phone BIG; New Phone 30.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
SIXTEEN NEW CELLS.
No More Jail Deliveries After Next
ApriI-COunty COmmis-
sioners Act

The county commissioners are determined
to prevent any more jail deliveries, and
yesterday they took the first step to this
end. The board decided to appropriate S10.-
200 to be used in repairing the county Jail
and building sixteen new steel cells. The
contract was let TO the PauIey Jail Build
ing and Manufacturing Company. of S..
Louis. The work is to be commenced at
once and is to be completed by April.
From the number of Jail deliveries that
have occurred at the county Jail during
the past eighteen months. it is quite evil
dent that the present condition of the
county prison is not safe. About three
months ago the board had all the windows
on the ground floor of the jail walled up
with brick and it was then thought that
this would make the place safe. However.
this work had scarcely been completed
when one of the largest Jail deliveries that
has ever occurred in this county took
place. Thirteen prisoners made their
escape. They accomplished it by saving
through the iron bars over n second story
window in the east side of the Jail. Six of
these prisoners have since been recaptured
but the remainder are still at large.
The jail was built about seven years ago
at a cost TO the county of about $4,000. 1t
was then considered one of the most secure
prisons in the state. However. this proved
{. mistake, as five or six deliveries have
since occurred. The commissioners plans
for the remodeling provide for the con-
struction of sixteen new steel cells. The
Jail at present only contains four cells and
big bull pen" The stockade. or bull
ren," occupies the greater portion of the
jail and less desperate criminals are gen.
orally placed in there. The four steel cells
are used for murderers and other desperate
prisoners. In every instance where a de-
hVery has occurred it was the work of
prisoners confined in the bull pen" The
commissioners propose to take this stock
ade out and put in steel cells.
County Clerk Daniels, at the request of
the board, has been in communication with
the Pauley company for some time and yes
terday when the matter came up Mr.
Joseph Pauley, member of the firm, was
present and it required only few minutes
to reach a satisfactory agreement.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
BRIEF CAREER AS BANDIT.
'DANIEL MAY" HOLDS Up a SMALL
Roy AND STREET CAR.
Caught After n Lively Chase and Is
Now in JniI-ThouGht by the PO-
lice to BE IrresponsibIe-Had
an UnIOnIed Revolver.

Daniel Nay" a tall. blonde young man.
who is either silly from drink or partially
demented. attempted to hold up q street
car conductor ut Eighth street and Grand
avenue yesterday morning at o'clock, just
after he had taken Sl.35 from Harvey Dun
can. of Sl1 McGee street, at the corner of
Eighth and McGee streets. He was capt
ured after u somewhat lively race, at
Eighth and Walnut streets.
Duncan stood waiting for an east bound
red car at Eighth and McGee streets yes
terday, when May came up and, present.
ing u revolver. demanded his money. The
boy refused and the highwayman began
to twist the boys right wrist until young
Duncan howled with pain and gladly hand
ed over s1.35, all he had in his pocket.
The robber was then preparing to make
the boy give up his overcoat and hat when
Joe McCaran, who lives at Frank Jones'
house. nearby, and who had been out rath-
er late. came up and interfered. When
the revolver was pointed at him he fled
precipitously and the robber. after order
ing young Duncan to skip out" leaped
on a west bound Troost avenue train. which
was passing. AS the train swung around
the corner of Eighth street and Grand
avenue, Conductor T. p. Newton came for
ward to the gripcar and asked the new
passenger for his fare. He received Il quar-
ter, and in making change displayed 4
handful of small change, which May de-
manded.
Gripman +. II. Chandler grabbed the
highWaymans arm and with 4 jerk wrest-
ed the revolver from him and tossed it to
Conductor Newton. The latter snapped the
revolver several times at the robber, who
had fallen to the ground after being re
leased by the gripman, but Ii refused 10
work A hasty examination proved it was
not loaded and Conductor Newton threw
it or the car and started down Eighth
street toward Walnut street in pursuit of
the robber. who was caught as he was
about to enter Zorns saloon and turned
over to Officers Cassidy and I4illis who
came up in Il patrol wagon.
At police headquarters the fellow gave
the name of Daniel May and said he wus
Il ranchman passing through from Cali
fcrnia to Cuba, where he expected 70 join
the Cuban forces. He had no money and
said he intended only u little fun with
the revolver. ell was taken up before
Justice Krueger and committed to Jail in
default of $500 bail for appearance Satur-
day
While May. who is sometimes called
"James," was being searched in front of
the captains desk at Central station, re
was recognized by several officers as the
man who attempted to enter the court
room during roll call at $50. He was
forcibly elected by Sergeant John Duar In
the main corridor he asked Jailer Morris
when the men at roll call would go on
their beats. About O'clock" was the
rerly.
May then hastily left the station ard
went to Eighth and McGee streets. where
he entered upon his brief but exciting ca
reer as a bandit.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
MINOR MENTION.

The Westport University Extension So
ciety will meet in the high school build
ing Tuesday evening. The lesson will be
on Assyria and Chaldea.
A meeting of the board of education will
be held tonight at the public library build
ing Nothing but routine work is to be
brought before the board.
Fifty members of Kansas City lodge No.
l. knights of Pythias, went in body last
evening to visit Brooklyn lodge at its hall
in Hall building. The secret work was ex-
emplifed by representatives of Brooklyn
lodge.
The fourth in the course of free lectures
by DIR. John Wherrell. given under the
auspices of the Psychic Society. will be
given tonight Mt Ridge hall. Subject, AT
tention. Memory and VIII as Components
of Normal Consciousness and of Other
Psychic States
The George r. Barse Commission Com
pany won a victory Tuesday in the dis
trict court of Wyandotte county. Kas., in
beating the case brought by the National
Rank of St. Joseph 20 recover S1.5OO. Judge
Alder gave the jury instructions to find
the verdict without leaving the box.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
PREPARING FOR CHANGE.
as Much Business as Possible
During Their Last Days

The retiring county officials are making
preparations 10 step down and out of Of
iicc The change viii take place Monday
st high noon. Mrs. Fannie Reid-Slusscr
will be succeeded by Miss Melinda Clark as
superintendent of public instruction: Major
L. $ ". Drought will turn the office of
county commissioner from the Third dis
trict over TO Mr.. G. p. Denison; T. 7. Hoff-
man will surrender the office of clerk of
the district court to =. ]. O'Neil and Pro-
late Judge J. =. Angle will retire in favor
OF II. NJ. Herr.
The old officials were busy all day yester-
day cleaning up their desks and getting
their personal effects ready for removal.
The retiring officers are trying to do as
much business as possible during their last
days Probate Judge Angle has decided
10 offer some inducements to young people
contemplating matrimony. From to-day on
marriage licenses and ceremonies VIII be
sold at cut rate prices The sale will contn-
ue until Monday.
Probate Judge-elect Herr IS 4 German
and has not as yet got the English Ian
guage down fine enough to speak Il flu
entity Realizing this defect, the members
Of the Wyandotte county bar are attending
night school and taking lessons in Ger
man. Attorney Al Berger has the inside
track on The other members OF the bar.
being able 10 speak German fully as we'll
as the new Judge
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
A BULLET IN HIS BACK.
Frank Stewart Says He Was Shot and
Robbed by Two Men Last
Monday Evening,

Frank Stewart was brought to this city
yesterday by A. Schmidt living about five
miles west of this city, on the Northwest
ern road, with a bullet in his back. Ac-
cording TO Stewards statement he was
shot and robbed by two men Monday even
ing, while walking along the railroad
tracks, en- route to this city. He was TAX
en- to police headquarters, where Police
Surgeon Mason removed the bullet and
sent him to Bethany hospital. The ball
was that of a 3S-caliber revolver.
According 20 the story told by young
Stewart, he left Leavenworth Monday
morning for his home at Ottawa While
farm he was approached by two men, who
he refused to do and offered a strong re-
sistance. whereupon they opened fire upon
him. bullet struck him in the back. He
fell to the ground and his pockets We're
rified by his assailants, who secured the
$64 which he had in an inside pocket of his
coat.
Stewart claims he lay on the ground for
fully an hour before he recovered strength
to walk to the farm house of Schmidt.
He remained there until yesterday. Stew
art claims he showed the money in a sa-
loon at Leavenworth just before he left
town, and believes that the robbers were
there at the time and rode 10 the scene of
the holdup on a freight train and lay in
ambush for him. He is in a very weak
condition. and owing TO the poor medical
attendance given him at the farm it is
feared that blood poisoning may set in.
His parents at Ottawa have been notified.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING.
Evidence Being Heard Against the
Men Arrested for the Last
Blue Cut Robbery,

The grand jury. which is in session at
the criminal court building. yesterday took
up the cases of Kennedy. Flynn and Bow
lin, the three men who are under arrest
charged with holding up and robbing the
Chicago & Alton passenger train at Blue
cut on the, night of December %. Special
Agent W. S. Cain. of the Alton road: Spe-
cial Agent John Byrne. of the United States
Express Company; City Marshal Mel
Hulse, of Independence; Deputy Marshal
Joe Potts, and ex-Deputy Marshal j. B.
Ross. all of whom We're instrumental in
causing the arrest of Kennedy Flynn and
Bowlin. went before the grand jury for
the purpose of testifying. 1t is said their
testimony is very strong and will result in
indictments being found against the al
legged train robbers.
The officers claim they have strong evil
dence against Andy" Ryan, the fireman.
who is suspected of being in the robbery
of December q. but would give no details.
They still refuse to say anything regard
ing the identity of the policeman against
whom they claim to have evidence impIi-
eating him in the last holdup
1t has been ascertained from n reliable
standpoint that the amount secured from
the express company on the occasion of the
last robbery was $4,000. instead of $1,000
as has been stated. Ii is said that Kenne-
the money and has it buried. intending to
use it for the purpose of defending himself
when on trial. His attorneys are Blake L.
Woodson and James Cole.
On the night following the last robbery,
Kennedy appeared in Kansas City and
made himself prominent IN n disreputable
house near Third and Main streets. He
was partially intoxicated and is said to
have made the statement that he robbed
the train. Deputy Marshal Wing Kesh-
lear. who was shadowing him, entered the
house after he was gone and took the
dispositions of several of the women as to
what Kennedy had said. They win be used
against him at the trial.
on Thanksgiving day Kennedy borrowed
Il revolver from his brother near Independ-
ence and has not returned it yet. The
cartridges taken from his satchel, which
was found at Andy" Ryan's house, fit the
revolver, 1t being Il 45-caliber. Kennedy
also borrowed S2 from mis- brother on
Thanksgiving day, saying he was dead
broke"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Justice Hughes VIII Say TO-dny
Whether Attorneys Must Take
Out a License 10 Practice,

Justice OF the Peace C. NJ Hughes will
hand down an important decision to-day
On Tuesday the case of William Needles,
an attorney, against S. c. McGonigal to
recover $3.50 as attorneys fees was tried
I'm Hughes court. Mr.. McGonigal set up
as a defense that the plaintiff had not
taken out a license to practice law and
therefore his claim was void. Justice
Hughes took the case under advisement
and will render a decision to-day
The decision is looked upon by the legal
fraternity as very important one owing
10 the fact that very few lawyers in this
city have taken out city licenses. A year
or so ago the city license inspector made
an attempt to force the lawyers TO pay
their licenses, but he made a dismal fail
ure. Nearly all of them bluffed him by
stating that they would not pay any IL
cense to practice law and defied arrest
They alleged that the ordinance was in
valid and that If put to a contest the city
would he beaten and would consequently
lose what little revenue il was receiving
from this source.
There are n few of the law firms that
pay their city license each year rather
than go into litigation with the city. but
tho greater number of lawyers defy the
law and have neglected to pay any license
Judge Hughes stated to n Journal reporter
yesterday that the law was waterproof
and that no lawyer could collect an at
tcrEey's Zee in court If the plaintiff did
not possess n city license to practice 1t
is understood that Needles and McGonIgaI
will compromise the claim and the plain
tif will confess Judgment. However, il the
decision Is rendered on this section of the
law it is thought that Attorney Needles
claim Will be cut out. Needles has no H.
c,nsc and should the decision be against
him 1t will put the other members of the
har that have not taken out city licenses
In bad position TO collect fees in court
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
METROPOLIS MISCELLANY.

Desk room to rent. Journal office. Room
E.. Hustled building.
James D. Hustled left last night for ST.
Louis on a business trip.
]. f. jaeger, lett last night for Ohio.
where he was called on account of the
sickness of his mother.
The George r. Barse Live Stock Commits
sion Company was given judgment in the
district court Tuesday against the National
Bank of st. Joseph for $3.50. Yesterdays
papers stated that the bank had been CIV
en- the Judgment.
Burnside post. No. 2S. and Woman's Re
lief Corps No. 1, will hold a public install
lation of officers tonight in Odd Fellows
hall, corner Sixth street and Minnesota
avenue. A cordial invitation has been ex-
tended to all old soldiers and their wives.
The county commissioners yesterday re-
scinded their former action in ordering the
clerks of the various courts to keep daily
record of all witnesses in attendance. This
will relieve the clerks of considerable extra
work, as they will now only have to issue
certificates of witness attendance at the
conclusion of each case.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
FRIEND OF GOVERNOR-ELECT LEE
DY ANNOUNCES THE NAMES.
PRATHER, CRADD0CK, POWERS.
FIRST A POP, SECOND A DEMOCRAT,
POWERS A REPUBLICAN.
An Important Decision by Justice
Hughes TO-day-City Wants
New Trial in the File Case
George ID. Watson
Breaks n Leg.

Topeka, Kas. Jan. 6-CSpecial.) A friend
of Governor-elect Leedy, who has been
here some days arranging Wyandotte coun-
ty matters, announced police commission
for Kansas City, Kas.. as follows: Populist
V. B. Prather; Democrat, Bruce Craddock;
Republican, DR.. Powers.
The Toothaker faction of the Wyandotte
county Populist executive committee, seven
strong, arrived to-day and held a confer
ence this evening with Governor-elect
Leedy. They urged him to appoint a police
board for Kansas City, Kas.. that would
permit the joints to do a wide open busi-
ness, claiming that this was the only way
the anti-Republican forces could hope to
carry the county in future elections. They
submitted the names of NJ. ]. Manning J.
c. Horton and ]. w. Jenkins for appoint
ment on the board and asserted that they
would do the right thing with the Joints"
This crowd is attempting to override Sem
atOr-elect thinner, in the matter of dish
ing out pie for that county.
After listening to their tale of woe the
governor-elect told them that he would not
make any appointments for Kansas City.
Kas.. until he had consulted Zimmer This
declaration almost broke their hearts. 1t
developed that beside wanting to name the
police board they each wanted office. Be
fore leaving Mr.. Leedy's room each one
filed with him an application for some Of
flee and upon investigation 1t was discov-
cred that the members of the party had
formed a sort of n mutual admiration soci-
ETY. and had indorsed each others applica-
tions.
Senator-eect thinner, Frank p Sarick-
land and w. A. Shook, representing anoth-
er faction of the fusion crowd. are also
here looking on. so they say, but 1t is sus-
pected that after the Toothaker crowd de-
parts they will get the ear of Mr. Leedy
and have something to say themselves
about the makeup of the police board.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
miscellaneous.

The case of Lewis Maupin, charged with
selling liquors at Atherton, was continued
yesterday until the 14th inst. in Justice
Millard's court.
Thomas Arnold was arraigned yesterday
on the charge of malicious mischief. He
was discharged and sent to his home in
Gentry county.
Samuel Burnham slipped and fell on an
icy street ten days ago, and now proposes
to compromise the case with the city for
$1,000 The city fathers have taken the
matter under advisement.
The funeral of Mrs. Hugh Reese will be
held this morning at 10 o'clock from the
Christian church. Rev. Proctor will con-
duct the service.
court house wedding. Andrew ]. Russell
and Miss Ida Shippy We're the contracting
parties.
Lille Foster filed suit for divorce yester-
day from her husband. K. W. Foster.
Drunkenness and vagrancy was charged by
the plaintiff.
The Commercial Club will hold a meeting
this evening in the club rooms.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
ST. MARGARET's HOSPITAL.
Report for the Past Yenr-Consu1tants
and Assistants Chosen for
the Year ISO7

The annual meeting of the visiting staff
of st. Margaret's hospital was held yester-
day. The reports showed the number of
patients in the hospital during the past
year to be the largest in its history-nearly
1900. Some 500 operations We're performed.
The visiting staff is as follows: Surgeons,
Drs. George NJ Gray and John w. Per-
kins; physicians, Drs. A. Talbot, S. S.
Glasscock. Thomas l.. 3. Bennett and II.
NJ. Downs: oculists. Drs George Z. Bel
lows and w. c. Tyree
The following Consultants and assistants
were chosen for the coming year: Con-
sultants, Drs. George HALEY, Jacob Block
H. c. Crowell. Hal Foster. B. F. Fryer and
c. F. Wainwright: assistant surgeons, Drs.
Lowman, Cornell. Richards and Fairbanks:
assistant physicians, Drs. Zwart J. A
Mitchell, Lewis and Miller. DIR. Gray was
elected president of the staff, DIR. Bellows
secretary and treasurer and DR.. Bennett
registrar.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
ARMOTRDALE.

J. /. Klein is visiting friends in Tongan-
oNie, Kas.
a case of diphtheria was reported to the
police in the family of ]. Young. S36 South
Pyle.
Gem council No. 43O. National Union. will
have its installation of officers at A. o. L.
w. hall January 1.
Another periodical effort to get this city
divorced from Kansas City, Kas.. will be
made at mass meeting to be held Satur-
day night at Clafiins han. Numerous at
tempts have been made since the consolida-
ton, but all have failed.
Justice of the Peace Sims issued warrants
yesterday for l.. Maldonado and Ed Fraker
on the charge of highway robbery. They
have been identified as the two men who
shot and attempted to hold up Grocer ].
F. Koch in his store at the corner of
Fourth street and Shawnee avenue about
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
DESERTER SURRENDERs.
Tired of Liberty Whose Enjoyment
Was Mnrred by the Constant
Fenr of Being Arrested.

Harry Anderson. a young man about %
years of age. called at the office of Sheriff
Longfellow yesterday and surrendered him
self. He stated that he was deserter
from the regular United States army and
was tired of being fugitive. He was TAX
en- to the county Jail and locked up.
Anderson says he enlisted in the army at
Fort Riley over three years ago. He served
about a year and, becoming dissatisfied
with that kind of a life. he planned his
escape. Anderson says he has been all
over the Western country since he escaped.
but has not enjoyed his liberty on account
of being in constant fear of arrest. He
decided TO give himself up and hope for
mercy. The army officials will be notified
to-day.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
THE NEWS AT LEAvENW0RTH.
Jury Disagrees in the Ensign Do.ids
Case-SheriR ROthenberger
After Gamb ers.

The time of the district court was occu-
pied yesterday in the trial of Ensign ]. w.
Dodds. of the Salvation Army. on the
charge of assault and battery and disturb
ance of the peace. An unusually large
crowd was in the court room to hear the
case and the army was on hand in full
force Some time ago Ensign Dodds was
arrested and arraigned in the police court
for assauIting Colonel4D. r. Anthony and
was fined $50. Thinking this fine excessive
he appealed the case to the district court
At o'clock p. m. the case was given into
the hands of the jury and at p. m. 1t re-
ported that it was unable to agree upon a
verdict The foreman reported that the
Jury was evenly divided. whereupon the
jury was discharged. If the case is again
tried. it will be at some other term of the
court