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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
THE ISLAND OF CRETE.

Crete, the little island which is now occu-
pying so much space in The newspapers,
has borne a part in the worlds history al
together out OF proportion to the insignif-
canoe Of its dimensions. Some historians
speak Of it as the cradle Of the civilization
which was brought TO Europe by the
PhoeDicians, and tradition names as its
ruler, Minos. the great legislator Mr.
Bullfnch in his mythology relates that the
huge cayerns found in the base of Mount
Ida were the retreat of the Minotaur
In the time of Homer the population of
Crete was Hellenic, and so dense that no
other Mediterranean country could propor-
tionately compare with it. There were
great cities. which have since become but
a memory. The island was visited by the
apostle, Paul. who founded q church, and
during the first century it was the home of
much learning, both in art and science.
even rivaling Rome. of which it was then
q dependency, The troublous history of the
little country may be briefly summarized
as follows: In 6S B. c., conquered by the
Romans; S23, seized by the Saracens: 961
taken by the Greeks; l2Gi, sold to the Vene-
tiaps; 1863. conquered by the Turks after
twenty-four years siege. in which more
than 100000 soldiers perished; 1880, ceded to
the Egyptian pasha; 1853. persecution of
the Christians; 1896 denial OF Turkish au-
thority and declaration of union with
Greece, followed by war. which resulted in
concessions by the sultan; 1861, revolution,
which was again put down by the Turks;
1871. again in revolt. and a year later the
concession Of semi-self- government Sc
cured; 1854. battles between the Christians
and Mahometans, which were continued,
with intervals of peace, down to the pres
ent time.
The recent outbreak. in which 500 Chris
tions were killed and the town of Canea
nearly destroyed, is simply an incident in
the ceaseiess struggle which the Christians
have been making for nearly a century for
alliance with Greece and withdrawal from
Makometan control. 1t must not be sup
posed that the so-calIed Christians are OF
the sort known by that name in Europe
and America. To the Mahometan every
disbeliever in the true faith" is a Chris
tian dog" Among the Crete population
may be found devotees of almost every re-
ligion, though for the greater part they arc
Greek Catholics Naturally tie Greeks are
behind the revolt of the Christians, and q
serious collision between Greece and Tur-
key is therefore TO be expected.
Indeed, it is this prospect which makes
the Crete situation of Worldwide interest
and Importance There is q threat in ii
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

in his lecture that lightning comes up from
the earth often or oftener than 1t comes
down from the sky, and that when man
Is found dead with lightning hole from
the sole of his foot to the crown of his
head, the probabilities are that 1t started
in at the foot. mo such durn rubbish goes
down with me- said a Western Kansas
scientist to Topics yesterday. ~ have
stood out an seed the lightning come dowa
and rip things up too often to have any
kid glove perfessor stand around an tell
me 1t comes up out of the ground Fust
thing ye know he'll be tellin' us that IL
man can't skear off lightning by sittin' in
a feather bed"
AT a meeting of the Topeka Medical As
sociation the other day, DR.. ]. C. McClin-
took, the well known physician and sur
geon, fired hot shot into modern methods
by declaring that 100 years ago the NOR
tality in broncho-pneumonia was so per
cent less than it is at the present time
When the disease fills the lungs and the
blood vessels are closed" said he, there
Is an extended right heart. What did they
do for that 100 years ago? They took away
the pressure from that right heart They
bled the patient. You haven't the courage
to bleed the patient and save it, You let
two die where one used to die"
The old-line Populist papers all over the
state are accusing the legislature of n be-
trayal of its promises because of the de-
feat of the anti-pass bill. The great, COM
mon, honest people will by and by become
convinced that the only way to hold a
reform statesman to his promises is
through the method employed in 1891 dur
ing the canvass for United States senator.
1t Will be remembered that delegations
came to Topeka from every county until
the cheap boarding houses were overrun
like a dock warehouse with rats, and it
was boldly given forth that any Populist
legislator who voted for ingalls, would be
taken out and hanged. Many of the legis-
iators We're followed around by these dele
cations day and night and they could not
speak to q Republican without falling un-
der suspicion. In spite of all these pre-
cautions, however, Sam Wood offered for
$4,000 to change enough Pop members to
elect Ingalls,, and it has always been the
opinion that he could have delivered the
goods.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
MISSOURI POINTS.

Along with its other noteworthy achieve
ments Hannibal calls attention to the fact
that it raised" Matt Berry, one of the
present proprietors of the "Corinne'' show
now touring Missouri.
Windsor's postoffice primary election re-
suited in the selection of 'Ty" Harris as
the Republican favorite for the place.
Boonville consoles itself with the reflec-
ton that at any rate its old barn that mas
querades as the local opera house is no
worse than Moberly's.
Henry county judges have won the
hearts of Clinton boys who constitute
Company F of the state militia by tender
ing them theNfree use of a vacant room in
the court house for an armory.
..
With a commendable determination that
it shall thus be made to eclipse any similar
event recorded in history the members of
the Foster brass band have decided to take
part in the Mckinley inaugural parade.
Higginsville will spend $4,000 in paving its
principal street with vitrifed brick this
spring.
Sweet Springs recklessly blows in its
municipal funds at the rate of $40 month
in paying the salary of its night police
man.
A sale of adjacent islands in the Mis-
souri, river for the benefit of the school
fund is to take place in Boonville Friday
under the auspices of the Cooper county
court.
Bunceton demands that the terms of the
Cooper county circuit court be divided be-
tween that town and BoonvilIe threaten
ing to defeat the latter in its effort to vote
bonds for a new court house If it opposes
the scheme.
Ex-Labor Commissioner Meriwether de-
clared in the course of public address in
St. Louis the other night that had the
law concerning the granting of franchises
been strictly complied with that city would
have received from the street railways
alone last year nearly 81. $4,000 instead OF
the sf7.5OO that went into the treasury from
that source.
Besides its new railroad shops, with paw
roll of $4,000 month, Sedalia is said to be
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
The Fountain Head of the Missouri

From the New York Sun
The researches of Mr.. j. V. Brewer. of
Minnesota, at the headwaters of the Mis-
sissippi resulted, several years ago, in the
final determination of the extreme sources
of that river. During the summers of 1898
and 1896 Mr.. Brewer was engaged in sim
liar explorations at the headwaters of the
Missouri. and the complete results of his
labors, together with an excellent chart of
the region on a scale of one inch to the
mile, are first made public in the Bulletin
of the American Geographical Society. just
issued. Two government survey parties in
1872 approached within a few miles cast
and west, of the ultimate sources, but Mr..
Brewer says, they did not explore Culvers
canon, through which the parent stream
flows; and that stream has not heretofore
appeared On any map.
1t might be thought that after reaching
the district 1t would be an easy matter to
locate the fountain head of the river. 1,
was. in fact, the work of weeks. To identi-
fly the headwater branch of the Missouri ii
was necessary, first, to determine the rela-
tive Importance of all the larger upper
branches. This exploration was in progress
for twenty-five days in 1895 before Mr.
Brewer was assured that the stream flow
ing through Culver's canon into Red Rock
creek, which, further down, becomes known
as Beaver Head river, Jefferson Fork, and
the Missouri was the ultimate source OF
the great river. He proved this to be true
by making his way with much difficulty up
the canon, impeded at every step by lodges,
declivities and fallen timber; and last sum-
mer he returned to make the careful sur
vey of the whole district that has enabled
him to produce this map of the towering
mountains that hem in the infant Missouri,
and of the tributary streams that feed it.
Among the excellent pictures which illus
trate his narrative is one of the place
where the stream has its birth, at the
crest of the Rocky mountains, about 5000
feet above the sea level. This crest forms
the boundary between Idaho and Montana,
and the river takes it's rise just within the
southern border of the latter state The
rivulet is only two feet wide and two inches
deep, drawing its waters from the snowy
uplifts that rise a little above it. These
waters, starting for the Gulf of Mexico are
4,221 miles from it. They are 2,945 miles
from the mouth of the Missouri, which ex-
ceeds the distance of the head sources of
the Mississippi from the Gulf by 3a2 miles.
There is every reason to believe that the
stream, starting from that mountain crest,
is the longest unbroken current of running
water in the world.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
PROPOSED ELECTION LAW REyIs-
IONS


1t would be interesting to know who the
lobbyists were for the several election bills
that were so unceremoniously passed by
the senate at jefferson City, Tuesday.
Some phases of these proposed modifica-
tions of the elections laws Of Missouri are
suspicious, TO say the least.
This legislation will be surprise to most
of the voters of the state, for it had been
pretty generally conceded that Missouri
had perfected very reliable system for
the casting and protection of the peoples
ballots. The last general election showed
that the early closing of the polls did not
noticeably affect the size of the vote, The
vote of the state was $4,000 more than
in 1892. That election was and is regarded
state.
The plea that O'Clock closing is too
early for the labor vote, especially that of
st. Louis. and the passage of a bill to make
the closing of the polls at o'clock in
stead. is rather ridiculous in the face of
the fact that on the, same day the same
body passed bill making it obligatory
upon every employer TO allow the qualified
voters in his employ two hours vacation
on election day without any reduction in
wages.
1t is significant that this bin was passed
by strict party vote-every Republican in
the senate voting against tand every DEM
ocrat voting for it.
II is both pertinent and sufficient to recall
sf.N
frauds committed in st. Louis and Kansas
City by the Democrats were perpetrated
during the late hours of the old system and
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

during the confusion of a count that was
of necessity rushed.
As for the blanket ballot-which is not
entirely satisfactory, it must be admitted
it is difficult to see wherein the proposed
amendment would be an actual improve
ment. In every election a number OF bal
lots are lost through ignorance of the vot-
ers. This, it might as well be conceded,
has always initiated more against the
Democratic than the Republican party; but
even under the proposed system of ballots
illiteracy would in many instances be equiv
alent to disfranchisement.
The existing election law of this state was
discussed at great length before it was en-
acted. 1t is the result of the advice of men
of wisdom and integrity in both parties.
Any modification of that law should be
made only after equal deliberation and
equally reliable counsel.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
Get 1t All Before He Goes.

From the Chicago Post.
The consensus of intelligent opinion In
Missouri is that Arthur Duestrow will not
depart this life February 16 the date
amicably agreed upon by the judge, the
jury and the governor of the state 1t is
not disputed that Mr.. Duestrow, who was
a fiery gentleman somewhat addicted to
liquor, murdered his wife in particularly
ungentlemanly and unpleasant manner. 1t
is also conceded by parties who made Mr..
Duestrow's case a special study that he
was of sound and disposing mind at the
time. But it has been developed within
the last few weeks that Mr.. Duestrow who
has been rated millionaire, Is still in
possession of large slice of his fortune,
and it is contrary to legal precedent to
hang man until his earthly possessions
have been absorbed by the bar. We are,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
Jones Says 1t May Go On.

From the New York Sun.
The Hon. Jim Jones, of Arkansas, became
an ircurable victim of the bulletin habit in
the canvass which he managed with so
much wisdom, discretion and deXterity last
year. and he now counts that day lost
whose low. descending sun sees from his
lips no proclamation run. 1t would be un-
grateful to say that greatness can make
itself too common. but the admiring fellow
citizens of Jones have come TO accept his
uttcrances as part of the inevitable process
es of nature, matter for neither surprise
nor criticism. There are days, however.
when Jones outjGnes himself, and then
thrills of wonder ripple through the midrin
of mankind. OF all days in the year, Fri
day of last week was such day, white
day for Jones and the rest of US. Jones
has been restive and choleric since the
election, but on Friday he breathed peace,
and consequently there is peace.
On Friday Jones solemnly declared that
he would permit the government of the
United States to continue after March 4.
THE tariff BILL" said Jones to the awe
struck reporters. will be debated in the
regular way. No obstruction will be put
in its path. We recognize the fact that the
responsibility is with the Republicans, but
we are not freed from all responsibility"
If it is surprising to learn that Jones re-
CARDS himself as partially responsible, it is
thoroughly satisfactory to be assured by
him that he will allow the government to
so on, and that he doesn't mean to block
thu wheels of government with his own
head or any other obstacle. wooden or sill
vern. AS Jones is still tumultuous with the
theory that every state which he carried
for the Popocrats, in his series of counts
before the election. was wrested from him
by fraud, his magnanimity in not vetoing a
Republican tariff bill is sublime. II he con-
sents to stand aside. it will not be without
due pointing of finger and waving or
tongue. I'VE have very decided objection y
he says ito revision of the tariff on high
protection lines. and when that is attempt
ed we shall not only object, but will feel
called upon to give all the reasons why we
object" Now the only reason why the
Hon. Jim Jones' one of the main makers of
the present tariff of much protection and
little revenue, should object to an honest,
effective, money-producing protective tariff.
must be that, like his esteemed colleagues
in the art of eating words and spiriting
away platforms, the Arkansas statesman
holds that a true tariff for revenue only is
a protective tariff for deficiency.
Eut let us not bother ourselves about
what else Jones objects to, so long as he
clothes himself with mercy and does not
object TO the government raising the money
to keep itself going.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
How 1t Came to Pass.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
"Old Shilark says he is the man who
started you on the road TO fortune"
''The old villain tells the truth. All
had when was young man was a fifty
acre farm and he cheated me out of that.
Then / had to come to town to get some
thing to do. and got into business and got
rich"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The Pittsburg man who proposes to give
advance notice of earthquakes is not a
pioneer in the field. General Grosvenor
and other Republicans did considerable
work of that sort last fall
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
All Styles Supplied.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
II want poster got out" said the COM
merciaI gentleman.
Certainly" said the artist. ST get them
up on three systems: the opium. the lob
ster-and-ice-cream supper and the Welsh
rarehit. Which will YOU haye?"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

Washington, Feb 1O.--For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Rain or snow; non
Finds; colder.
For Missouri: Increasing cloudiness;
probably rain in southeast and snow in
northwest portions; colder in southwest
portion: north winds.
For Kansas: Snow, followed by clearing
weather; warmer in western portion; north
winds shifting to south.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The attempt to establish connection
between Mckinley and the sugar trust
shows that the Democratic party is not too
dead to be devilish.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

1t is said that Z large majority of the
people of Kansas City, Kas., are opposed
to the park bill before the legislature. The
people of other towns affected are also
said to be against it. If that is true the
bill should not pass. If the people don't
want it the legislature would certainly not
be justified in inficting it upon them. The
objections, in all probability, are to the
character of the bill, not to the subject
matter. However much in favor of parks
and boulevards citizen might be he would
naturally object to a park bill if the bill
seemed to him faulty and bad. 1t is unde-
niably true, as The Journal has before re-
marked, that the time to acquire property
for park purposes is when real estate is
low, and the enterprising residents of
Kansas City, Kas., cannot be unaware of
this fact. If they are not in favor of pub
lie improvements according to the plan in
the pending bill. they are probably in favor
of them in accordance with some other
better plan.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

President Cleveland does not like the
senate's treaty amendments. That is too
bad-when the senate has been striving so
hard to please him, too.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
ANOTHER STEP IN SCIENCE.

It is reported that Thomas Edison has
made another discovery which will realize
every possibility suggested on the an
nouncement of the X ray by Professor
Roentgen. He has found a crystal, it
seems, by which the light discovered by
the Wurtzburg scientist will disclose to the
eye of the surgeon organs and tissues that
have hitherto been seen only in the dis
secting room and on the operating table.
By the aid of this crystal, it is said, the
slightest arrangement of the human sys-
tenn will be subjected to the physicians
scrutiny.
The public was prepared for such an an
nouncement. When it was found that the
body and other hitherto Opaque substances
could be seen through darkly with the
help of the Y rays, the public made up its
mind that the time would not be long un-
til such vision would be clear and accur-
ate. And the fact that the wizard of
Menlo park is the reputed author of this
later discovery doesn't lessen the proba-
biIity of the report in the least. Edison
has made some 'discoveries' that failed
to materialize, but the number and value
of his genuine ones are sufficient to give
credence to any reasonable story regarding
his achievements.
The Importance of such a discovery need
not be descanted on. When diagnosis of
disease may be made by ocular inspec-
ton of the internal organs affected, the
guesswork in medical practice Will be
largely eliminated. 1t is quite possible that
too hos for Mr.
sons new crystal just as was done in the
case of the X ray itself. But it is quite
reasonable to hope that another important
step has been made in the direction indi
Gated, and that by a series of such ad-
vances the desired end will finally be at
tanned
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

Postmaster Hesing, of Chicago. is quot
ed as saying that wives send more men to
the penitentiary than drink does. It is to
be hoped that Mr.. Hesing knows more
about postal affairs than domestic affairs.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

AS Mr.. Cleveland returns from that trip
around the world he will be surprised to
find how much of the United States there
is west of the state of New York.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
pnngerou.Iy Ear, NOW.

From the Chicago Record.
"Are you in favor of 1-cent postage. Bar
clay?"
''Yes. except on love letters; don't think
courting ought to be made any cheaper"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The bill to abolish the metropolitan po-
lice boards of Kansas might not inaptly be
entitled an act to take the governor out of
hot v-otar
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

Notwithstanding the trouble which led
to the withdrawal from the Salvation
Army of Mr.. and Mrs. Ballington Booth
and the consequent Inauguration of the
Volunteer movement, the army announces
that it lost a hundred fewer officers last
year than in the year before.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The journal Company, Publishers.
journal Building, Tenth and Walnut.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

A. W. Jones. of Augusta, Me-. has a val
liable coin in his possession over LEO years
old II is of black bronze. and in its fine
state of preservation shows the figure of
Emperor Lucius Caesar. in whose reign the
coin was made.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The most recent estimate of geologists as
to the age of Niagara Falls is 9.0e0 years.
1t was formerly calculated at 1000.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
single copies
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Daily and Sunday, 10 cents per week;
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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

There is wailing and gnashing of teeth
among the manufacturers of walking canes
because for some unexplained reason the
carrying of canes has gone suddenly and
completely out of fashion. Men of tha
smart set are now never seen to carry
canes. except on occasional walking ex-
pedItions.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
THE WEATHER.

Entered at the Postofice at Kansas City,
Mo-, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

Eastern once.
.. 81 and % Tribune Building. New York
Chicago office........:..1S2O Masonic Temple
J. +. Van Doren, Special Agency.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

''Ye that are weary be seated" is the
inscription that decorates benches that a
philanthropic merchant in Morristown,
n. J., has placed long the front of his
building, where the heat arises through
iron gratings from the boilers in the cell
lar. He did it because he noticed so many
homeless wanderers gathering there for the
sake of the warmth. but the spirit of
perversity'' seems to have visited them, for
the benches seldom are occupied.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11

The Pail Mall Gazette says of ex-British
BlcEde Emily Soldene's memoirs: Critics
cannot say that the book is not amusing
For very amusing it is, partly from it's
unshrinking revelations of a life unlike
any other, partly from what some people
would call surprising absence of female
delicacy here and there. Yes, but SO sur
prising that we can hardly think it that.
1t must be something else; and that some
thing else must be some form OF innocence.
because there is no other explanation of
it,