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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08
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NOTICE OF FINAL ETTLEMENT-.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
others Interested in the estate of Carl
Stremmel, deceased, that l. Henriette
Stremmel. administrative of said estate.
intend to make final settlement thereof
ct the next term of the probate court of
jackson county, to be held at Kansas CITY.
Missouri on the 18th day of February 1897.
AENRIETTE STREMMEL
Scammon, Mead & Stubenrauch
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the directors of the Kansas
City Belt Railway Company will be held
City Missouri. on Tuesday, the 9th day
of March, 1897, at 10 o'clock a. M, for the
purpose of making the annual report TO
the railroad and warehouse commissioners
and for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may legally be brought before the
meeting. EDWARD S. WASHBURN,
President
W. J. FERRY. Secretary.
Kansas Civ February G. 1897
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

Kansas City Northwestern Railroad.
Seneca & Beatrice ex.... 7:45 am 40 pm
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

NOTICE OF FINAL SElIl4EMENI-
Notice Is hereby given to all creditors and
Vantier, deceased. that 1. Mary h. Van
tier, administratrix de bonis non of said
estate, with the will of said decedent an
nexed intend to make Il final settlement
thereof at the next term of the probate
court of Jackson county, to be held at
Kansas City. Missouri; on the 18th day OF
Administratrix de bons non OF said estate
I,,;th the will of said deccdent annexed
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

SiERIFF"S SABE-By virtue and au-
dhorlty of an alias general execution No.
2SZ9S' 2S' issued from the cftice of the clerk of
the circuit court of Jackson county, at
kanSas Sans City, Missouri. returnable to the
April term, 1897, of said court and TO me-
as sheriff, directed and delivered in favor of
NJ. A: SeweIl, and against Christine Klein
and Louis Klein, I have levied upon and
seized al the right. title, interest and es>
tate of said defendants, Christine Klein
and Louis Klein. in and to the following
described real estate. situated in the county
of jackson anG--tate of Missouri to-wit:
Lots fifteen Q5) and sixteen Q6), in block
lcttered d. In harnes and Ess addition to
the City of Kansas, Jackson county, Mis-
souri,; also lot sixteen Q6), in block two (2)
Kansas City. Jackson county. Missouri and
will. on Monday, the lst day of March,
A. D. 1897, between the hours of nine O'Clock
in the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the south front
door of the county court house. in Kansas
City, Jackson cGdnty, state, of Missouri,
and during the. Session of said circuit court
at Kansas City, Missouri, sell at public
Vendue; for cash. to the highest bidder, all
the rigEc, title. interest and estate of the
above named defendants, Christine Klein
and louis Klein, in and to said real estate,
TO satisfy said execution and costs
ROBERT S. STONE, Sheriff.
Kansas CITY Mo. FebrlIarv 4th 1897
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

Wabash Railroad.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
others Interested in the estate of Verlinda
W. Moore, deceased, that L. Luther e. Sla-
vEns administrator of said estate intend to
make a final settlement thereof at the next
term of the probate court of Jackson coun-
ty, to be held at Kansas City. Missouri on
the 18th day OF February, 1885,
l.. c. SLAVENS. Administrator
w. F. Spottswood. 500 N. Y. Life bldg,
Attorney
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08

STOCKHOLDERS MEETtNG-Notice is
hereby given that the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Troost Avenue
Cemetery Co.. corporation of Missouri.
will be held at the office of the company,
4O5 New York Life bldg. in Kansas City,
No. on Tuesday, March End, 1897 at 9
o'clock a. m, for the election of directors
and the transaction of such business as
may be legally brought before the meeting
HOMER REED, President.
GEO LAW. Secretary.
Iata
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE circuit court of Jackson county,
missouri, at Kansas City. Malinda a. En-
siehart,, plaintiff, VS.. William Luther En-
giehart, defendant. No 2SSSg. Div. 3. Now,
at this 23rd day of January, A. d. 1887,
pearlng to the satisfaction of the court that
Is nonresident of. this state and cannot
be summoned in this action. it is ordered
by the court that publication be made no.
tifying said defendant that an action has
been commenced against him by plaintiff
by petition in the circuit court of Jackson
county. Missouri. which action is brought
by plaintiff TO obtain divorce from de-
fendant, on the grounds: 1st. that defend
ant has been addicted TO habitual drunken
ness for the space of one year; End that
defendant has been guilty of such conduct
as to constitute him a vagrant within the
meaning of the law respecting Vagrants
That unless the said defendant be and ap-
pear at the next term of this court to be
holden at the court house in Kansas CITY
jackson county, Missouri, on the 18th day
of April, 1897, and on or before the third
day thereof. judgment will be rendered
against defendant, in accordance with the
prayer of the petition filed in this action.
1t IS further ordered that a copy hereof be
published in the Kansas CITY Journal a
newspaper published in the county of Jack
son, fer four weeks successively. the last
insertion 10 be at least fifteen DAYS before
the commencement of the next term of
court
a true copy. Attest:
II. NJ. STONESTREET. Circuit Clerk.
BY w. 4. CURRY. d. c,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08
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Thursday and Sunday.
xX-Daily except Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12

Rss-sbioo@ Had started . Panic Among Pee
pie AsIe-o on Tenement Roofs

Morris ROsenblooTl. who IS said by the police
70 be 4 d" roof litter. = thief who picks the pock-
cts OF people sleeping on The roofs OF cenemeuts
on warm nights. was captured shortly after /
o'clock yesterday morning. after he had started
a panic on the roofs Of the block Of
on the northeast corner OF Hester and Norfolk
streets.
Rosenbioom reached the roots by climbing mp
the Are escape IN the rear OF - Norfolk street
Moro than a hundred men. women. and cnilt rem
were asleep N the roots ~ the time. R0sen-
hlnum nluye,. around among hem Tor a While
without being discovered. bar finally stepped on
the ortstrerch-! hand OF Mrs. Lena Morris OF
Is Norfolk 'trret. she began 20 scream. ft0sen-
bloom started TO rum away and tel! over
another woman. In an instant all the -.eepers
were awake and screaming and rus ing about.
Their cries we're heard by others OF adjoining
roots, and they added their screams TO tie gem
e-L. GprORT.
Roscnhloom managed 70 reach one Of the
yards below, where he almost fell into rhc arms
OF a policeman 81 the kltTItge street station.
who arrested him. He refused 10 give his adj
Dress. He was held AT the E-seN Market Court
on a charge OF attrmptr! robbery. The police
say he has served ak months imprisonment for
a similar offence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
nEssEyeER AVID $500 COVE
Messenger Seem sInss In Vow Clothes. with .
Sold watch and Chain.

Detectives are looking for Peter Coughlin. .
Messenger boy in the service OF the Bankers
and Brokers' Messenger Company OF 46 New
street. He disappeared on Friday with about
5000 N cash, which had been intrusted 70 him
by the stock Exchange brokerage drm Of Kohn
&Cn. Of III Broadway TO pay commission bills.
he left the office Of tho frm at IL o'clock, and
did not return. He is known to have telephoned
70 his home. at 3s4 Sackett street, Brooklyn,
where he lived with two married sisters, that
ne would be detained at the MESSENGER COM
panyi Office until Q o'clock. The detectives
learned thar he had been seen in Brooklyn on
Friday night dressed in new clothes. and wear
ms patent leather shoes and a new gold watch
aai chain.
The company" said Mr.. Smart. will, OF
course, stand any loss. and ib Is willing 10 spend
twice ~ mlch in enGeavOring TO have the boy
arrested. There are 100 messenger boys in our
employ. They have handled millions OF dollars
since the company was organized. nearly hve
gears lgio; ana there has never been a loss OF
his klnd before
Young COuyhlin's parents arc dead. His
mother, who died recently. IL said to have left
cohslinrahie property 10 the boy and his two
MARIE! sisters. The pay Of the messenger boys
S,the Bankers and Brokers Company Is between
" anG ~ a week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
suary C~aIIahan,s VIII.

The will OF Mrs. Mary Callahan was flied for
probate in the Surrogate's Court in Brooklyn
yesterday. The estate Ia valued at $25, 600.
The t~estatrix leaves 81, 900 each TO her nephews
and nieces. Thomas, Francis, Elizabeth and
Rosanna Glbney. She also made these chart
table beGuests: To the Missionary Congregation
or 1t. Paul the Apostle, ~, 600; Roman Catholic
Orphan AsYlGm, 81, 900; Mission or the Immac-
ulate Virgin. for the protection Of homeless and
destitute children in New York, 81, . Roman
Catholic Church OF st. Mary Star OF the sea OF
Brooklyn, $500: Roman CaGhOlic Church OF II.
Bernard, Brooklyn, $500; the Passionist Fathers
in HobOken, $500; Roman Catholic Church OF
IT. Joseph. Babylon. L.. l., 300; Little Sisters
OF the Poor. New York, 5000; -t. JoseDh's Home
for the Aged, New York. 5000, and To It. Johns
Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn, 500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
PROPOSED MIX TRUST.
A Syndicate Trying To ContrsI the Sale or MIX
In View York and BrooLIJu.

B~rSGHAMroS, Sept. ia scheme 10 form
4 milk trust tn control the sale and production
OF milk in New York and Brooklyn Ia assum-
ing practical shape. The trust is being pro-
NOTED by a wealthy syndicate in New York.
and is requesting the dealers to give them an
option on their business, thereby hoping to
obtain the support Of the retailers. IL Is aid
that tho control had already been obtained Of
fully 10000 out OF the 25,OOO cans OF milk
that are daily consumed in New York. It is
the object 10 get a controlling interest over at
least lJ,OOO cans, and when this Is obtained
1t Is expected that the trust will hs in 4 posi-
ton 10 dictate prices, and finally establish a
monopoly IA far "A New York and the sur
rounding districts are concerned.
The President Of the Consolidated Milk FIX.
change says that the scheme would benefit
both farmer and consumer. The proposition Is
20 font a corporation with sufficient capital
to buy up a. many milk businesses IA could be
acquired, the owner OF the store OF route 20 be
paid bali in cash and half in stock, and TO agree
that his services shall be retained for at least
three years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
HI 4 REscUER IN HIS SLEEP.
Trouble In Getting . Mig sweds or . Barge
where E1re Was Discovered.

Dick Tobin. the Waterman At the foo: OF Rut-
gers street. saw smoke coming out OF the hatch
ways Of the barge Bella early yesterday morn
ing and sent a boy running to the nearest fire
alarm box He himself Jumped on board the
barge to rouse the crew. He found only Alix
Salem. 4 big Swede. asleep in the cabin. He
dragged him from his cot and came near re-
penting it quickly. The Swede scrambled TO
his feet and went at him hammer and tongs.
His eyes were shut and n- was apparently fast
asleep while he struck wildly riSht and left.
The wItChnhn yelled at him. bus the Sweie
slept on, getting more violent everv moment.
TuoIn law that he was no match for him. and,
r.trett.ng. got two big ongshorrman who were
loungilx on the dock 70 come with him.
They found the Swede snoring ike n steam
boat IN The tn!cken!RE ,nOEe. He had tumoled
INTO hcft AZ in, and II required the united
strength OF the three TO drag him out upon the
decS- Even then he did not wake up TIL they
pLdye the hose on him. Then. At last. be opened
nia 81 - with a shITef, sI* Ike ~. anG the en-.
ginrs. and said:
Ii I'd been q little stronger I would have
been burned TO Goals He would have sept
harder then
The fire was put out with a loss OF 81. 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
ARG ESTIN4 TO REr4EI1rE
Inersaasd Dates Recommended By the Presi-
dent To Meet the DIngiey Rates.

WASHINGTON. sept 1.-The Argentine Gov
eminent has Initiated its threatened retaliation
against the United States on account OF the in
creased rates Of duty provided by the Dingley
bill. \ long cahlegram received at the state
Department to-day from Mr.. Buchanan, the
United States Minister AT Bueuos Ayres, report
ed that the President Of Argentina had sent the
tariff FOR next year To the Congress OF the repuh-
lie. He IN view OF the United
States tariff. the following increases IN duties:
on yellow pine, 81 per cent; on farm wagons,
l2J per cent; on pIOuShA, harrows. kerosene,
and agricultural machinery not specially men
toned. 100 per cent. Mr.. Buchanan says the
President also a maximum ant
minimum clause. according To which the PRIEST
dent can apply at will a so per cent. discriminat-
ing duty IN addition TO the regular duty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
M,
Broadway & 9th st.
DIR. PErERsEx,s ADVENTURE.
Wayisid ut WIGHT In williamsburg by S1en
who Acted Like foetpnds-

DR.. VI. Z. Petersen Of 1913 Hamburg avenue.
Williamsburg. was summoned to the house of
George Haubel, at knickerbocker avenue and
Woodbine street, late onlFriday night, to attend
a six-year.old girl who had broken her coll -
bone and five ribs while sliding down a stir
banister. On the way to the house DR.. Peter
SEP saw a rough-looking man following him
While he was talking TO a brother OF Haubel at
the front door an hour later he noticed the
same man standing in the shadow Of a tree on
the opposite side OF the street with three other
men.
DR.. Petersen suspected that the men intended
to rob him, and when he left the house he
Hamburg avenue. Three OF the men followed
him. When about half way TO Hamburg avenue
the hrst man that he had noticed staggered up
to him and asked what time il was and at
tempted to take hold OF his arms. Or. Petersen
gave the man a blow in the face which sent him
into the gutter. Then the other men ran up,
but the Doctor started on a run and outdi~
tanced them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
JUMPED FROM 4 FERRrBoAr
Header wouldn't s-isr n Life Pr-server. hut
Was Dragged Dat by Two Msu,

George Bender. n baker. Of 2346 First avenue.
tried To commit suicide yesterday morning by
jumping from an Astoria ferryboat. The deck.
hands threw life preservers 10 him. but he
made no effort TO seize them. and would have
drowned had it not been for two members ot
the Volunteer Life saving Corns. They put out
in a boat, and after resCUlnG Bender tgrned MIN
over to the Long Island City police. The NE
savers were Henry rimberrrr and John Conn
merfDrd.
Bender told the police that he was n years
old and had a wife and one child. He said ne
employed three men IN his bakesh0p and that
he was doing a good business, He wLs well
dressed. He decIinrd 10 tell the police why ne
held him for cxamination on TUESDAY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
TRACTION FIGHTS D. P. W.
POLICE REsERTEs CALL ED TO FIFTH
Avenue CROSSING.

Chief Engineer BirdssIi. whs nae Held ~
ths Cars to Lay = srctIoa Of water Waits.
Yankee OF n Car-Grtpusen and Departments
Men In Hostile Array for = rev NEInaten.
There came near being a pitched battle be-
tween employees OF the Department Of Public
Works and the Metropolitan Compnny's cable
car motormen and conductors in front Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel at ) o'clock last evening.
The ID. Z. W. men, who are laying the new
water mains in Fifth avenue, are working I'M
der the cable car tracks. Chief Engineer
George w. Bir1san decided that they could lay
4 section Of pipesunder the car tracks in front
of the hotel without delay ng traffic more than
ten or fifteen minutes. Accordingly he held
up the cars, and his men got to work on a big
derrick which they we're going to set between
the tracks. One OF tho cable car men 'phoned
up to the Fiftieth street offices OF the company,
and in a few minutes Frederick G~reenwnld,
the ruadmaster, and James Parker, the chief
Inspector. came rafting down in a light wagon.
The cars on the down track were stalled fer
half n dozen blocks by the time they arrived.
Chief Engineer Birdsall was still holding up
the cars and having ar animated conversation
with the notOrnen and conductors, who were
lining up stronger every minute.
The u. L. W. men were lined up behind their
chief. He had one foot on the bumper Of the
cable car and one on the ground. Parker and
Greenwald Joined in the argument when they
hrTlVeu. ana they grabbed Chlef Engineer Bird
sail and yanked him away from the car. The
Sergeant at the West Thirtieth street station
says that Chief Inspector Parker told the d. +.
W.. men ne would not stop the cars Or be re-
spOnsible II they stood on the tracks.
Somebody teiephoned. to the West Thirtieth
street station house, and Capt. Chapman came
lying out OF the station house and down Broad
way with the OF platoon OF reserves. b. the
time the Captain arrived. however. the OH.
Gals had cool'd down and Mr.. Bridal had
agreed to postDone operations until Monday
morning. Inspector Parker complained that
Mr.. Birdsall was blocking traffic on the road
during its busiest hours. Capt. Chapman
stroked his whiskers when the question was
settled. and then returned to the station house
with his suite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
GEN. LEE IN WASHINGTON.
He Way Aid tho President During the yeGstin,
tons TO BE Conducted BY Cen. Moodrord.

WAsuINGroS, Sep. ll.-Gen. Fitzhush Lee
arrived in Washington from New York tonight
and went To n hotel. where he declined to reg
lister. He told The SCS reporter that he was
tired out and was going 10 bed. He would not
talk about Cuban affairs. nor say how long he
expected to be here. II was learned elsewhere
that Gen. Lee will remain in Washington un.
I'll After the return Of President Mckinley be-
fore going To his home in Virginia. Much
interest is attached to his visit here at the time
Minis er Woodford will begin to carry out his
instruG, ions Ut Madrid.
1t is understood that Gen. Lee has offered
his services as an adviser TO the President IN
Cuban matters during the negotiations to b..
conducted by Gen. WootfOrd. Claims that
Will De made by the Spanish Government CON
corning the condition OF affairs In Cuba must
necessarily be investigated by the State De-
pnrtment before they can be replied to. and
considerable time would be- lost by sending 10
Havana for the information needed. With
Gen. Lee available for personal explanations
there would be no such delay. and quick an
swers could be made with reference o Cuban
affairs. based on the thorough knowledge OF
Gen. Lee OF the condition OF things in the
island,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
81: LOUIS ED1sox coMPAxT SOLD.
An Its ProDsrty and Hranchiaes Bought ~
the Rs0rERniEati0n Committss.

ST. Louis, Sept 1.-The foreclosure sale Of
the properly and plants OF the Edison ulGmi-
nhting Companysot ST. Louis was held at noon
to-day at the east door OF the Court House. The
interests represented by 81, 900 900 in stocks
and bonds were closed out To A. D.. Brown OF the
reorganization for 4s14,OOO. Joseph
T. Brown, Second Vice President Of the EnIck.
arb0cker Trust Company OF New York, was
present to represent the bOndhoiders and COM
ply with the law requiring a chartered officer
OF a trust company To conduct q foreclosure
sale.
The property sold consists Of two lots and a
one-stOry brick building on GratiOt street, pur-
chased for 50. 900; the old ..rhompson- Heisler
plant at Seventeenth and Walnut streets,
bought for 81, 900; $500 shares of Missouri
Electric stock, bought at $50 a share; the Edi-
son plant on GrltinC street, the municipal
plant on Twentieth and Locust streets, and
poles, wires, conduits, and franchises. The sale
was the largest or its kind ever conducted in
ct. Louis, and the reorganization was the most
speedy and successful on record. The Missouri
Edison Electric Company will be Incorporated
in a few days, with n capital stock or $1,000
BOO, To succeed the old concern.