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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
MAYOR JONES TO THE LEGISLATORS

Mayor Jones' address to the members of
the general assembly of Missouri, relative
to the police department of Kansas City
and the proposed legislation bearing upon
that department, is digniied, unpreju-
diced, forcible and timely statement.
It should carry conviction with it. In
his efforts to correct the abuses of the po-
lice department, Mr.. Jones has shown
praiseworthy purpose and exceptional cour-
age, and 1t is a significant fact that he
has been sustained by the whole Kansas
City press. regardless of political faith.
A plea based upon such incontrovertible
facts, coming from man who has shown
himself worthy of his office-a plea that
represents public sentiment as well as wise
conclusions-should not fail of results. As
a copy of this address has been mailed
to each member of the assembly, no one
can plead ignorance of the obsolete char
acter, hut annoying possibilities. of the
law it is proposed to repeal.
The information furnished by Mayor
Jones. combined with the reports of the
investigating committees, should give the
legislators at Jefferson City an intelligent
understanding of the situation in Kansas
City
Intelligent information should be all that
&c ppeda1
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..Ground Hog" Case.

From the Chicago Post.
. The attorney for a largo packing house
was consulting with the president of the
concern regarding lawsuit resulting over
n certain shipment of sausages.
we must win the case insisted the at
torney, in order to establish a precedent.
We surely must. It's grounding case
And then he wondered why the president
nf the company smiled.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Feb. s.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Increasing cloudiness;
probably local rains Wednesday or Wednes-
day night; southerly winds, shifting to
northerly; colder Wednesday night.
For Missouri: Increasing cloudiness and
snow: colder in northern portion; SOUTH
easteriy winds, becoming variable.
For Kansas: Increasing cloudiness with
snow in eastern portion; colder; winds
shifting 10 northeasterly.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
No Longer Alone.

From the New York Press.
The bog orator sighed heavily and leaned
his brow. sicklied DER with the pale cast
of thought, upon his hand. after all these
months" he murmured brokenly. Ito find
A powerful rival in the field"
lie had just read an account of man
In Middletown, Conn.,. who imagines him
self an entire brass band.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

reference by the United States at pres
ent would be lunwarranted. No reason for
further delay on the part of the senate in
making final disposition of the Cameron
resolution is now apparent
A Nevada man who spent a week in Sc
dalia tells his home paper that the latter
town will be able without question to COM
ply with the requirements and thus secure
the Katy shops and general offices and
an additional wing to the railroad hospital
there
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
Results of Anti-Toxine treatment.

From the New York Tribune.
Testimony to the efficiency of DIR. Behr-
snS's anti-toN!ne as remedy for diphtheria
continues to accumulate. The latest of real
significance comes from Frankfort-on-thc-
Main. In DR.. Christ's hospital for children
the preparation has been administered to
4S} patients All undoubtedly had dipn-
iberia, and about half of them had it in It
severe and malignant form. There were in
all 81 deaths, 10.5 Per cent 4 notably
small proportion. Some of the patients.
however. were actually dying when they
were brought in for treatment, and others
died of other diseases after being cured of
Giphtheria. OF such there were IL De-
Quoting that number from the death roll,
we have left only 81. or 1.05 per cent, in
which the anti-toXine, after a reasonable
test. proved unavailing.
How great Il gain this represents may be
seen by reference to the former death rate
from diphtheria in the same hospital. In
1889 it was 39.4 per cent; in 1890 it was So:
in 1891 it was 32.6; in 1892 it was SIS; in 1893
it was 45.S: and in 1894. down to the date of
the introduction of anti-toxine. it was 36.4.
The death rate is therefore less than one
third as high it used to be. and there
seems to be no possible explanation of the
reduction excepting the use of anti-toXnc.
Such testimony certainly seems highly sig
nificant, and, being repeated and corrobor-
ated in instances almost innumerable, may
be reckoned practically conclusive, SO far
as the power of anti-toxine to cure diph-
iberia is concerned.
The one point now in doubt. and. it must
be confessed, in serious doubt is the effect
of ahti-toXine itself upon the human sys-
TEN. In many cases this has seemed to be
injurious, if not fatal. Patients have been
cured of diphtheria only TO suffer from
declining vitality and a train of grievous
disorders, sometimes battling the physi-
clans skill and ending in death. Are they
caused by the anti-toxine? Not few ex-
perienced practitioners are inclined to think
So while others contend that the fault lies
only in the improper preparation or ad-
ministration of the serum. The truth of
the matter is of vital Importance and must
be fully established before the final stand
ing of anti-toXine in therapeutics is de-
termined. So much has been expected from
and, indeed accomplished blythe new
treatment that its complete vindication will
earnestly be hoped for. 1t would be Il
cruel turn of fate, after getting a cure for
one of the most deadly of maladies. to find
that the remedy is worse than the disease
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
THE NEW POLICE oFFICIaLs.

Pending political appointments are gems
orally attended by numerous rumors, many
of which necessarily have little basis in
fact. Sometimes these rumors are merely
the efforts of Jealous friends to call attcn-
ton to their candidates.
Making reasonable allowance for the un-
certainty of political gossip. it seems COM
paratively certain that, should the nominal
tion of the present commissioners fail in
! confirmation, Mr.. w. c. Scarritt win be
one of the next police commissioners, and
that Mr.. Frank .Sebree will have an op-
portunity to be his associate.
The appointment of Messrs. Scarritt and
Sebree would doubtless meet with very
general approval. They are both men
whose regulations would commend them
for this Office. They have kept themselves
above the disgraceful chickering's of their
party.
But whether these men be chosen or not.
it is unlikely that Governor Stephens will
appoint anyone who has soiIed his hands
in offensive politics. and thus defy the
sweeping protest that has gone up from
this city against the misuse and the cor
ruption of the police department.
If. however. the appointment of Messrs.
Scarritt and Sebree, or any other men, no
matter how worthy in point of record is
conditioned upon the selection of Il chief
of police untitled by experience for that
Office. the public will not be satisfied with
Mr.. Stephens selections.
If the governor wishes. virtually to ap-
point the chief of police as well as the
commissioners, let him choose a man who
has been familiar with police affairs and
who is otherwise competent to handle the
department.
This timely warning is called out by the
suggestion that the office may go to Colo
mel George P. Gross, a man who may be
personally worthy but who is absolutely
unqualified by experience for such place.
Surely Kansas City has had enough Of
incompetency in the police department!
The office of commissioner would be bet
ter filed by those who have had practical
experience in police management, other
qualifications being equal; but as the Office
is largely an advisory one, intelligent men
who go about its duties conscientiously
can give the public very efficient service
without such experience.
There is no excuse, however, for placing
in the active position of chief of police any
other than an experienced man. 1t is an
outrage of the appointive power to select
a man so confessedly ignorant of his duties
as Chief Julian, who had the audacity to
base his claims to fitness in the manage
ment of criminals on the fact that he was
once a pupil in a military academy. and
who is now at jefferson City presumably
lobbying to retain in office the commission
ers who have likewise shown themselves
either incapable or unworthy.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
The Lure of Money.

Once Cupid Of the silken wing
Made simple hearts to leap and sing;
Now men are wiser-hearts are cold
His feetest wings are made of gold
-ChicaSo 3sGarA
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good indication that they will get it before


With nations as with individuals. wom-
an can get what she wants if she tries
hard enough
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Kendall county. Tex. which has large
German population. voted for Mckinley al
most two to one. There are only two chat
tel mortgages on crops in the county. the
total amount of which Is $50. and last year
the county Jail had only sixteen inmates.
Delta county, in the same state, voted for
Bryan by a majority of more than itye to
one, and it had 100 mortgages on crops, the
total amount OF which was $S5,pj).
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

One of the latest devices for running a
sewing machine or other light machinery
In a series of gear wheels in a casing, a
steel spring being coiled on the shaft of
the largest wheel. the winding being done
by means of lever extending in front of
the machine on the end of which is a
seat for the operator. the action of rising
and sitting down winding the spring. the
mechanism being controlled by a brake on
the fYWheel.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Is it wrong to laugh In church? Is hu-
NOR out of place In the pulpit? The Rev.
DIR. Abbott says no to both propositions.
In this respect he seems to be following in
the path of his distinguished predecessor
in the Plymouth church pulpit. Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, who used to make his con-
gregation smile oftener than he made them
weep.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

The journal Company, Publishers.
journal Building, Tenth and Walnut.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

The annual report of Secretary of Agri-
culture Morton, just issued, gives the
name of every individual to whom the
100000 pounds of garden and flower seeds
distributed during the year were sent. This
enormous amount of seed the secretary
ssys, would require seventy-nve mail cars
to carry it, and it has cost the postoffice
department no less than 100000 to trans
port it to the thousands of citizens to whom
II was sent.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The national civil service commission has
ment of self-praise.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Nine. Patti lives in deadly terror of burg
lars. and her Craig-y-nos castle is fitted
out with complex network of burglar
alarms which guard every conceivable ell
trance.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

The Green Bag tells this story of Judge
Wilson, of Ohio: Several lawyers gath
cred in Judge Wilson's room after ADJOURN
ment of court and were discussing TIE re-
tirement of a member of the Tar. Among
them was one whose practice is worth S25.-
900 a year. He said: I have been practic-
ing several years and am well fixed. / have
thought 1 should like to retire and devote
my remaining years to studies have reg
lected.' Study law said Judge Wilson"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Arkansas should not be severely criti-
cised for shutting out Missouri mules. The
election returns clearly show that Ar
kansas has all the long-eared animals any
state could reasonably want.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

The Cycle Club OF Brooklyn has a unique
class in what might be called hygienic cy-
cling. The pupils are given all the infor-
nation necessary to the health Of a woman
cycIist-the best position to assume, the
best clothing to wear and the best nour-
ishment to take. Mrs. Paula Croy. of the
Royal gymnasium, Copenhagen, is the in
structor.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Professor Moses Colt Tyler. of Cornell.
said the other evening in a lecture that
while Washington's reputation as a SOL
der and statesman was safe. he was in
real danger from the humorists of the tut
ure This was owing to the fact that
Washington. the real man, had never been
very well known, and is now almost for
gotten. having been replaced in the pop
lar mind by a myth type almost equally
compounded of the heroic, the priggish and
the statuesque
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Single copies
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

1t is designed in restoring the old home
of John and Abigail Adams. at Quincy,
Mass. TO preserve for future generations
good example OF the New England cot
tage OF the last century. The house is a
little less than 200 years old. and in it more
than century ago John Adams and his
bride began their housekeeping. John
Quincy Adams was born there in 1861
Everything in the house that was not there
originally has been removed as far as prac-
ucable, revealing the old smoke Drowned
joists, floor boarding etc
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

An Ohio man, in the course of family
quarrel. was shot dead by his wife. The
old woman with her broomstick was some-
what preferable to the new woman with
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Secretary Searlcs. of the sugar trust,
comes out frankly and admits that the
trust has been a good thing for the peo-
Daily camera., 1897-01-26

to meet him-to tell of Floyd's return,
and to plan with him for their joint
escape, for Floyd had told her that it
would be folly to attempt to remain
in hiding there. Already certain ne
groes of the neighborhood had seen
him, and it could lot be long before the
military authorities were informed.
Walton was all helpfulness and sym
pathy. His brother, the conductor, had
planned to send his horse to the Wal
ton barn at ten that night, and "WaP'
was to ride cross country to friends
in Barksdale county, leave the horse
there, and be at the point where the rail
way crossed the country road at 11:30,
when the "Owl" would stop and take
him on the baggage car-unless some
of Parmelee's spies or deputies were
aboard. There would be no trouble at
the capital, where the Owl often waited
an hour for the express. The engi-
neer would slow up just east of town.
Walton would drop off in the darkness
and make his way around to the west
by brisk tramp of couple of miles,
and there be taken on again about 1:30
a. m. and jostled away to the river. Once
there, all the sneriT's posses in the
south couldn't find him. Walton
promptly urged that Floyd go with him.
Rasmus was routed out from slumber
in the barn and sent away with mes
sages to Col Scroggs and Cousin Bart"
and then the voice of Kate was heard,
calling for her sister. Instead of be-
ing asleep, Mrs. Walton was painfully
awake and planning diplomatic let
ter to be sent to Capt. Close. For hours
the only refuge they could offer Esther's
husband was the cellar. for Mrs. Walton
had insisted on being up and dressed
to meet Cousin Bart, whom now she
desired to send for and consult.
The letter which had so bewildcred
the company commander was brief
enough. 1t bore neither date nor
place, but went straightto business
(Te be ContiIued.)
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ing ~ the bedside of her sleeping boy,
became suddenly aware OF "a scutiie GO
ing on Underneath the. window. and.
noiseleesiF descending the stairs. un-
fastened the side door and cai.5e ae once
upon the intruders, with the result al
ready known, Not until avoused hy
the screams of Elinor anu his sister
Kate did Floyd know anything If the
affair. Half asleep, and bewildercd, he
had jumped into boots and trousers
and rushed to the rescue. One glance
explained the whole thing, but it was
Esther who in desperation seized and
held him back when he would have
sprung to release his mother from
Riggs drunken grasp--Esther who,
hearing the coming rush of Lambert's
footsteps, realized that what meant in
slant rescue for her mother meant
equally instant peril for hinl-Esther
who actually ordered his hurried re-
treat at Lambert's appearance. Not
until the following day did it occur
to her mother to ask how it was or
WI IL SIC was anu tiOooNu at
that hour of the night. AT any other
time, perhaps, she would have found ii
far more difficult to frame plausible
excuse, but almost anything would an
swer now. For hours she had been
listening for the tap upon her window
that should tell her Walton had not
been spirited away to place of safety
until he had come to bless and com
fort her with his love-words and ca
resses. To her., at least, despite the
wild oats of his earlier days, her cousin
husband was all that was true and
tender and fond. For him she had
dared her mothers wrath, her younger
sisters indignation, and Floyd alone
was her supporter in the secret mar
riage that took place during her brief
visit to thf Claytons in the early spring
With the dawn Of Sunday, his sig
nal at last was heard. and abe stole out
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CAPTAIN CHARLES KTWGGs3@ss - asA
Copyright ,ss4. by J. B. Llppineoa coup.ny,l

y door hastily opened within--the
door leading to the room to the left
Of the entrance, the room at whose
window Close and Parmalec could swear
they saw the dim figure of a man peer
ing forth as they entered the gate. \
heavy football resounded through the
hall. \ light streamed forth from the
open room, and a woman's wailing,
shuddering cry followed the tall power
full form tnat came striGing TO the
front. With a look of horror in her
eyes, Mrs. Walton staggered, would
have fallen, but for the clasping arm
of her son, upon whose breast she now
leaned, pant 'ng for breath and glaring
at the newcomer, 10 whose side now
sprang Esther, her long black hair
streaming down the white wrapper in
which her tall figure was encyclopedias
ther, who strove to drag the stranger
back from before her mothers eyes.
'You here? You?" was Mrs. Wal
toms gaspiDg cry. "And in--that
room?"
''Mother!" walled the elder daughter.
throwing herself upon her knees be-
fore the fainting form-''mother, lis
ten. Oh, make her hear me, Floyd!
Mother, I am Waltons wife,
But the words fell on senseless ears.
The lady OF Walton hall slipped swoon-
ing, till they caught and bore her with
in the open doorway.
well" said Close, a moment later,
what do You want done with your,
man-Walton Scrogcs? Ones enough
for this night, I suppose"
"One's enough for me. as things have
turned out. Now. what are you going
to do with the other?"
leave him here, with his mother,
where he ought to be- of course. You've
got no cause to arrest him.
"But you have, anyhow"
81! What, I'd like to know?"
Because he's deserter from the
United States army
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1T reckon, enNsmeu, Tn the man you want
officer who often prolonged his visit
until late in the evening. Mr.. Isaac
Newton Lambert, though occupying his
tent in camp, had become otherwise an
inmate of the Walton establishment,
for, unknown to the beloved invalid,
her daughters were actually taking
boarders.
Another boarder, who had come and
moved modest bachelor kit into one
of the upstairs rooms facing the east
and overlooking the little camp, was Mr..
Barton Potts, better known to all the
inmates as "Cousin Bart" Indeed, it
was due in great measure to his advice
and influence that Mr. Lambert was ad-
mitted. Impoverished as were the Wal
tons-in dire need, as it turned out,
now that the resolute woman who so
many years had managed the family
affairs was stricken down-nothing but
prompt action and the helping hands
Of kinsfolk and friends stood between
them and starvation. Squire Potts
s.Old Man Potts." as he was generally
calIed--had urged on Mrs. Walton in
November the propriety of her abandon
ing the place entirely and taking shell
ter for herself and her daughters under
his roof. Even though in desperate
need, she had declined-for one reason,
because that would bring Esther and
Walton Scroggs together again; for an
other, because she could not bear to
tAiak Of the old home becoming the
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Kill.

The Christmas holidays were coming
on at Walton Hall, where, sore stricken,
it's mistress lay lowering between life
and death. Two weeks had passed since
the eventful night Of the arrests, and,
though no change had come over the
landscape, and days of sunshine were
few and far between, some odd altera-
tions had taken place in and around
the old homestead. OF these the most
remarkable was the appearance three
times day of a young officer in Yankee
uniform at the family board-a young
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complaint against the man, as he in
deed knew more than she supposed.
And then, in reply to her mothers de-
mand. Esther brokenly admitted that
she had already heard of Floyds en-
listment and desertion through this
very soldier. He had been at the house
before. What she did not tell her
mother was, that the news first reached
her through Walton Scroggs.
And then, without warning, Floyd
suddenly came home. So troubled had
he been by the condition of his mothers
health and affairs as confded in Esther's
letters (sent under cover to an old FAM
lily friend now serving as surgeon in
the Juarez army that, having earned
little money in Vera Cruz, he FASTENED
back and appeared there late at even
ing, worn and weary, before those low
ing yet terrified eyes. He had ridden
miles on horseback that day. as he
feared recognition by officers or soldiers
still at Quitman if he came by rail that
way, or by federal deputies if he came
the other. Esther alone had received
him on his arrival, for she, poor girl.
was watching at the old arbor near
the south fence for the coming of her
lover-husband, that day released from
the clutches of the law. Then, after
hearing her recital of their needs and
SORROWS, he had sent old Rasmus with
a message into camp, while she had
gone to prepare her mother for his
coming.
Late that night, Mrs. Walton, kneel-
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Record.
nirltt End Up.

A boy in a Brooklyn Sunday school
when asked from the catechism: what
is the chief end of n,an?" said: "The
chief end of man is the end with the
head on."-N. Y. Tribune.
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Conservative.

Brown-I wouldn't have that doctor
for sick dog, would you?
Jones-It would depend on how
much cared for the dog.-Town Top
les,
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(Te be ContiIued.)
A Matter of Course.

Mr.. Hardman-I haven't had mo-
ment's comfort since l bought those
last shoes of you.
Mr. Shuman-Of course not. Those
were your wedding shoes, weren't they?
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Defined.

"Uncle Simon, what is the luxury of
woe?"
Luxury of woe? Why, it's the dia-
monds a widow buys when her husband
has been dead two months Chicago
Record.
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Hardly Ever.

"Folks dat is allus ookin' fob trouble" !"
said Uncle Eben. 'hab jes' one ting ter
brag about. Dey don hahdly eber git
disappointed. d."-Washipgton Star.