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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

serted its right to l~egisIate for the good
OF society irrespective Of individual pro-
tests.
In 1893. while the lawsuit was still in
process. tie brewery property WIS trans
f,rred TO August Walrufl and Fritz lsc-
man for the nominal sum of $4,000. though
81 payment OF only s24.ut 80 was made. Since
then il has passed through many hands. In
lkN> il was owned by Mr.. lmboden. from
whom il WAS transferred In 1853 10 the Kan
sas Shoe and Tanning Company. This COM
lany, composed of prominent business
men, with Mr.. Russell, OF Russell q Bow
man. Tor president. lifted il up as Il shoe
fiCtCry. but the enterprise failed and the
place was sold at sheriff : sale in lSsl. Mr..
T. 6. Kidd. into whose hands ii next
passed. held II until 1897. on February )
q. This Year il was transferred to w. \.
Hunt. of Georgia. and on February 10 to
J. l.. Smith and +. 5. Gilmore.
Tie old brewery Is still not altogether
abandoned II is occupied by Mr.. Bird, 4
cofored man. both as n dwelling for him
self and family and a workshop. where he
machinery il thus still utilized. 1t is Il
mati,r us regret to the lovers of the ro-
mantle thai TIE place Is occupied by Il
family, TOR. with its great barren rooms
and dark cellars, il would otherwise he an
excellent habitat FOR ghosts. It's ghouli-h
advantages have been utilized by the
members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity,
who have held limitations there. The
brewery receives many visitors. 1t Is stu
an object OF interest as representing a
stage in the history making Of a historic
city and as n monument 10 the cause of
prohibition.
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T0PPING's WONDERFUL TRIP.
Man Who Drove From Moriches to
New York in Six Hours
Is Dead,

From the New York Herald.
The ocean passenger steamer Franklin
ran ashore IN the south side of Long
Island. opposite Center Moriches. at S
O'Clock on the morning of July s. 49,.
mere WAS Il dense fog prevailing ut tho
time. and the officers OF the vessel lost
ll.ir bearings completely. and did not know
stranded.
tSurfmcn and boats We're not as plentiful
along tho coast line in those days as they
are now. Several hours elapsed before
beats We're secured equal to the task of
making their way through the surf to the
steamer. Until communication was had
with the vessel nothing was known about
iltr- flnt!iy :: boats crew came ashore,
ana ti"- vessels maine and destination were
Iliit'' known. Her commander made ar
engagements with Sidney l.. Topping to 20
to New York and report the strandinG OF
the steamer to the board Of underwriters,
Whose office at that time was in Wall
street.
Mr.. Topping ut once crossed the bay TO
the mainiand and harncsSed up his horse
I" a Light wagon and started for
ldtchoSue, fourteen miles away. 1t WAS
Just noontifne when he stepped into the
wagon. At i'atchogUe he changed horses
and continued his journey to Babylon. An
other change OF horses was made at that
place. and MIR. Topping started for Ja-
in;tica. His horse was pretty well winded
when that place was reached. and he
changed animals and continued on to
brooklyn. and, crossing the ferry. drove
10 the underwriters office in Wall street.
- wa just " ~ III ne tN'Iii!iS "H'l
lie ascended the office steps He had made
the journey of Il little moro than seventy
miles Ill exactly six hours
Having reported the full details of the
wreck to the underwriters. Mr.. Topping
drove around To the office Of a leading
newspaper and gave them the
for publication. He received Il check for
S0 from the paper. and was told that had
h" brought Il foreign newspaper from the
Franklin they would have given him Slto-
Mr.. Topping WIS postmaster in West
hampton during the war. ANA was Z prom
lncnt figure on the east end of Long
Island. He died in Wssthampton on Fri
day, being - years old.
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the diviner was amazed. When seeking to
locate water the stick always turned out
ward from him and pointed down. but only
when standing directly over the Vein OF
water and losing the strange power when
II was crossed. But on this occasion the
peach limb turned both inward and out
ward and on any place within a several
acre tract.
The phenomenon was more than Long
could comprehend; He studied about It
several weeks and finally went to j. H..
Dowell. who is now. as he was then. one
OF the most prominent citizens of Jefferson
City, and inquired what else could be found
in the Garth. Dowell. after enumeratinY
many natural products. stated that in some
parts Of the country oil and gas were also
neiShbors that under their farms lay vast
reservoirs OF gas and oil. So absurd did
this seem that he was laughed at and
suspicious cast upon his sanity He tried
to induce some of his acquaintance to aid
In proving his assertions. but without sue
cess. BY hard work he had secured a little
farm and when confronted by financial diff
fculties he decided ii TO a brother. who sub
sequently refused to deed it back
after 4 stormy interview with his brother
he decided to try his fortunes in another
state. He wen: to Crawford county, D.
OcateS Many Wells.
During. his stay there the county ex-
perienced an oil boom. in which Jake and
ing few who would believe in his strange
power and having no money of his own.
ne gave his services for little or nothing.
He worked hard to accumulate money to
put down a well for himself. but fortune
was reluctant to smile upon him. He
claims now to possess the secret of a pool
of oil three miles wide and a little over
a mile long in the Ohio field. which hs
hopes some time to test and of which he
has told no one the location.
While in Ohio he learned that his predic-
ton made to 4 neighbor in this county
twenty years ago had been verified AMI he
returned here. His predictions since then
have been accurate and precise and he is
now beginning to enjoy the local fame he
has SO long sought.
Long is co years old and a bachelor. Al
though he was born in this country. he can
speak English only brokenly and prefers
German. He admits that aside from being
able to locate oil wells he is the most iC-
norant man in the country. being unable
to read or write and knowing little of the
outside world.
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BONES HIDDEN IN A TREE.
Portion of = Human Skeleton Found
Thirty Feet Above
GrOund..

One OF the oldest places of burial for the
bones of Il human being has recently been
discovered near Deep Hollow. Pa. \ party
of lumbermen cut down a large ash tree.
1t made two saw logs. each fourteen fee.
long. The logs are skidded where they
will remain until spring.
on top of these. thirty feet from the
ground, Undecided in the solid timber. was
found the thigh bone of an adult human
being. presumably. Il mans.
When discovered one of the men struck
into it with a point of the az. The ak
broke and the piece is still firmly imhed-
ded in the bone. The timber around il was
green and solid.
Speculation is rife as to the mysterious
circumstances. and stories are told of u
murder committed many years ago. where
ali the parts of the body were found except
the head and one thigh bone.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
ORIENTAL MAID SERVANTS.
As Picturesque as Bric-n-Brac and
Quite as Fashion,

The Chinese or japanese maid servants
is becoming fashionable on account of her
picturesque possibilities. If she wears her
native dress she is as attractive as a sl.5O1
vase or Il rare piece of bric-a-brac. so the
fashionable assert. Visitors like to look
at her. and consequently the pretttier and
more graceful the girl the higher wages
she can anna Long. narrow eyes.
thin black brows and a clear complexion
are the things desired.
An Oriental girls hair is always shiny
and well arranged. and everything about
her IS invariably neat. \ part of her duties
is attendance at the door. After the ring
of the electric bell dies away there is a
pattering of slippered feet. or the clack
Of the little japanese wooden stills. and
brilliant figure Win a card tray concealed
in the depths of her kimono sleeve. 1t
IS all very fetching
Another function that the maiden from
over the seas is expected to perform is
serving ) o'clock tea. This is peculiarly
appropriate. and is supposed to lend an
additional aroma to the beverage.
The fad started in New York. and has
naturally reached its height in San Fran
cisco. where the missions are not able to
supply the people who call upon them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
JACOB LONG, OIL WIZARD.
REMARK ABLE FINDS CREDITED TO
JEFFERSON CITY, IND, MAN.
FOrkcd Stick Predictions said To BE
Invariably ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Wells Located by Old Mans
Diyinin. Powers.

Jacob Long. the Indiana oil wizard. twen-
ty years ago. when yet In his prime. was
sought after far and near. He was known
as L water witch and whenever a saw mill
or place of residence was selected it was
then that Long was called upon TO see IL
nature had made a provision for water BY
means of q forked stick. one prong OF
which he held in each hand. and the single
prong pointing upward. Long would begin
his search for the vein of water AS he
passed over the Vein the foTked stick would
turn in his hands and point downward
So unerringly did Long perform his work
that no one thought Of putting down a well
in his vicinity unless the water witch was
nnrEnlfnl
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
CITIES POPULATION CENTERS
Boston Newspaper Makes Some Inter-
csting Comparisons of the Numhcr
of People Within Fifty Miles.

From the Boston Globe
Within fifty miles of Boston's stores and
| theaters and hotels. within an hour and
a half of the center of the city, speaking
generally. there is a larger population than
can be found within fifty miles OF any
other city in the country except New
York. Cpcn this fair basis compare BoS-
ton with tho other cities, which are made
TO outrank her in the census tables:
Within nifty miles of Boston. 2~.592.Sat.
Within nifty miles of Philadelphia, =
2Ss ia.
Within fifty miles of Chicago. J $50.
Within nifty miles OF 81. Louis, ~. ~.
Only half Il dozen sovereign states III the
Inlon can show ~ large Il p"puit,toh
- there IL within fifty miles 81 our state
house. Moreover. and far more iinl,,nft.
ant. these pcOpl" ar" COncr''IlN t!t 49,
educated of any in the world. having "i",f
and better schools ANA more rUnic IL
brarics.
There are comparatively few among Them
Whose mother tongue IS not +ngIISta: LAX
in% Boston itself a. an example; II Is Srrh
that 81 Ter cent oil her forcisn-born popu-
lation cam" from English speaking nation
I1itic%. while only y per cent OF 'nIct-
COS great foreign born population az
knowledge. English as their mother tongue,
and IN New York only ~ per cent. IN
Philadelphia - per cent. and III 81 l.oll@
only 20 per cent, Of the foreign born came
from countries where English Is spoken;
Probably il is safe 10 estimate that a ilIll
fifteenth Of The people of this country who
habituaIly read newspapers printed III Eng
lish live within fifty miles of the Globe
Office.
sin another Unreasonable advantage of
the people here lies in their greater wealth.
Never did the sun shine on another com
muniry 80 well situated tiralcially. EVIL
denc" on this fact ahuundS. The tax val
uatiCn. "a variable in its methods. Is not
a true test of The actual wealth of a city.
but Oh this basis. the only one obtainable.
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Is A FREAK OF NATURE.
Small Piece of Wood Which Bears
Striking Likeness Of Three
Great People.
! Tie Minneapolis Tribune.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
NJ IiauGe is u carpenter who has been
doing some hardwood finishing at the
TeE telephone building. The other day he
WAS planning d piece of maple. when his
plane cut 10 view "A black vein in tn wood.
and he was struck by a peculiar freak in
natures photography. II Was a cross
grained piece. and in a bunch Of black
veins a face was plainly distinguished.
lie WIS afraid to cut deeper Tor tear Of
spelling the image. and he cut out the
section and polished il.
After polishing. the piece showed a com
h~iua;ion of three heads. The whole when
i,ld at Il distance shows a very good Like
r,ss Of Sir Walter Raleigh. When held
nearer. The upper portion is Il clear cut
likeness OF Queen Elizabeth. rUn and all.
ever TO the peculiar smooth dressing OF
the hair AWAY from the forehead. Below
the head Of Elizabeth is the face OF
Shakespeare. quite clear. except that a
portion Of the pointed beard and the uppnr
i"ft temnle are missing. The piece of wood
is Two inches long by t~hrec-quarters of an
iucr wide. and is certainly a remarkable
curiosity.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
SHRIVELED BY A WITCH.
Young BrcndnlI. of Albany. y. ". Ill
Wished From Lustine>s
10 IeOnneSs,

Many erman of Albany. n. Y, firmly
believe that the evil eye" of an old box"
as the Germans call n witch. has blighted
the life of John Brendall. None is more firm
in this belief than the mother of the he
witched young man. although. she thinks
her son is successfully combating the evil
Young Bro 1dall. six months ago. was a
stout aud luSty lad. able to WELD Il sledgc
with the best in the West Albany railroad
shops. Saturday. when his Shopmates
too weak to work. The reason given was
IAN old hex had bewitched him. The lads
mother. a comedy. buxom woman. said:
I think my hoy VIII get better and beat
the witch. Doctors couldn't help hin a hit.
\ strange old man came along and did
something. ! don't know what, and said he
would be better. He is some better alr"ady:
help. The old man didn't use medicine. he
Just cured him"
Mrs. Brendail was apparently afraid to
talk much of tho bewitChing. The neigh
hors. however. said she had accused Mrs.
Larry Diedrich of being II witch. and
witchcraft. This plan was dropped, and.
instead. counteractinc spells We're tried.
The first book of Moses was read back
ward and a knotted stocking and an Oman
stocking to strange the witch and the
knife to cut her TO bits. These spells
failed. hut the strange old man succeeded.
Mrs. ErendaIl was asked if she accused
Mrs. Dicdrich of bewitching the lad. With
4 scared glance around. as if looking for a
witch. she said: Il Tough with her and
called her a witch. There are too many
such folks around here for me to blame her
alone"
Mrs. Diedrich is the widow of = man re-
Gently killed in a street brawl. The house
she occupies was formerly owned by a
Mrs. Schrieber, who cut the throats of
three of her children. and. with two other
children clasped on her breast. laid herself
on a railroad track. and all three were
killed by a train. The bloody history of
the house gives it an eerie reputation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
THE OLD M'KINLEY HOME.
RccOIIcctions of Mother Mcf>iniey's
Nephew. DIR. william &. Moore,
of Lisbon.

Columbia county claims the honor of be-
ing the birthplace OF Mother Mckinney. who
WAS born in a log house four miles north OF
Lisbon. o.. then known as New Lisbon.
Her father. Abncr Allison. was u thrifty
and highly respected pioneer of Center
township. coming in his early days from
Pennsylvania. The family had sturdy
Scotch blood in its veins and the members
were noted for their thrift and honesty.
When asked to give his recollections OF
the early days of Nancy Allison Mckinley
her nephew. Or. William Il. Moore, the
oldest practitioner in Lisbon. said:
Nancy WAS -: conscientious girl, striving
to do right always and never firing Of
kind acts toward her pllymatcs and school
friends. The family lived i'll their modest
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a point. IN it at its base are two openings
and these appear 10 he the only doors.
There seems TO he no receptacle for ashes.
and one is left to speculate upon how our
diSni!led George started the fire n The
morning when the weather was cold. au,!
how, II the thing did not draw" dii he
vent his i'll humor at its c0ntrar!ncss. when
there were no doors 10 slam nor TO kick
shut.
Above the taperiuE. square part IS n
corrugated column, a foot high. and upon
This the eaSte. with outStrctched wings.
Each side OF the stove is artjstically dec
GRATED with the figure of a woman in iron
and raised from the stove, as in cameo
effect.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
AN ECCENTRIC KLONDIKER.
Wilt Dix Uses Il Wagon for a Long
Journey to the Land of Gold
and PriyutiOu.

NIilt Dix is a queer frontier character
with Gypsy blood in his veins and a no.
mad's foudness for travelling. Twenty
years ago he drove into North Platte, Neb.,
then a mere camp. i'll Il queer box-like house
mounted on wheels and drawn by three
big horses. h~riugin with him Il wife
and five children. Dix left his family in
North Platte while he journeyed about the
country. always in the same kind of a
wagon. When one wore out he would man
age to secure another built on the same
lines.
Now he has started for the Klondlil;e in
one of these queer house wagons. He has
another young wife and several little chill
dren, all of whom he is carrying with him.
he Is probahIy ID years OF age, though a
Mila kNOWlclge of the world. having read
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the four cities mike the following exhib.,

the four cities make the following exhibit:
Boston. s9Sl 5s.9l3.
Philadelphia. SOL, U2S.552.
St. Louis. $3il. 2Jf. so.
Chicago. s2i3. i.6. ~.
There can be no doubt that if the true
wealth of the tifty-mile belt around Bos-
ton should be aggregated we could buy ana
sell at least two such poor relations as
Chicago and ST. Louis and everything with
in fifty miles of each of them. The census
gives nearly Il twentieth of the total
wealth of the nation 10 this neighbOrhood
Surely there could be no better test of
a city'S business than is afforded 10y the
statement OF its bank Clearings. and in
this respect Boston compares thus favor
ably with the three other cities in queS-
ton:
Boston, A.55i, 1l6.l0a.
Chicago, SHE'S. E5. SS2.
Philadelphia. $3.@S3. 90. S0i.
st. Louis. Si.iS2. 5.liG.
Here. again. if Boston should make a
comparison on the basis of fifty mile limit
she would completely distance all others.
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1 Noble Life.

II is n good thinE TO die with the bless
ed Consciousness of never having taken ad-
vantage of anothCr's intirmity. or poverty.
or ignorance. 10 die able To say that one
has not extended the empire of evil on the
earth by ones hairs breath: hut that. on
the other hand. one has enlarged the sacred
borders of that which Is good that on.
has expended mind. years. fortune and
strength on behalf Of tn" kingdom OF truth
and justice. Surely this is ii true conSol4-
lion. n real stay amid the closing shadows
OF coming death.-Henri Perrcyve.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
Hi JAYVILLE GUESTS.
some Queer Things That Happen in
st. Louis HOteIs-Invitcd to Take
II Ride and Had to Pay.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Tit clerks at several of the hotels are
telling amusing stories about some of tho
guests who have come in from rural dis
tricts to the fall festivities and fair. An
aged couple came into the Moser on Tues
day night and wanted a room. When in
that there was none the woman
turned to the man and snapped out:
1T serves us right. We will have to
walk the streets Tonight
When asked for an explanation the man
said they had arrived that morning and
paid for Il room at some house in advance
for the week. He said they forgot to take
the number and street. and had looked
given 1t up. They had not the slightest
idea where the place was.
y man from Arkansas told the house
out and might not he back TO supper, but
she need not wait for him.
Another man came into the st. James
vertisement on the blotter of the register.
headed: IA friend in need is u friend
indeed" asked for the address.
That's the man I've been looking for"
he said. Il was robbed last night. and l
want to borrow money to get home on"
y man at the RoZier apoiogized TO the
o'clock. He said he hadn't noticed how
late it was.
\ well dressed man at the ST. Nicholas
told the clerk that there was no oil in his
lamp. II wouldn't light. y bell boy went
up and turned on the ncandescent. and
told the guest that he had forgotten to
turn up the wick. He acknowledged that
he had.
4 man and woman were registering at
the Moser on Wednesday evening. when
II hacknan came in and asked them for
his money for hauling them up from the
Union station.
Why, you amt going to charge us. are
YOU" asked the man.
Sure" cried the haCkman.
DIDN'T y0u ask us if we wanted to
ride" demanded the man.
The haCkman said he had.
We'll, then" exclaimed the man. what
do You want us to pay for"
The clerk explained matters. and the Wis
itor to the city paid the bill. He re-
marked that that was the first time he
had ever known of any one being invited
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
GEORGE WASHiNGTON'S STOVE.
4 NOvclt Now rs 1t Doubtless Wa
a Hundred Years
Ago.

In a store on the West side, says the
Chicago News, is a curious old stove, said
TO have belonged to George Washington
and afterward presented to Christ's church
in Alexandria. Va. 1t is Il solidly built ar
rancement. about six feet high, capped by
AN American eagle cast in iron. The Ioun-
dation i square and massive. with four
stout legs. rather faucifully wrought. The
stove is square. Slantin. onward almost to
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and Travelled to much advantage, though
in this queer manner.
The top of the queer vehicle is of tin,
painted white. The running gear differs
somewhat from the ordinary two-horse
wagon, as it has six wheels-two in the
center. In this manner Dix says he can
carry double the load that can be carried
in the ordinary way and be in no danger
of breaking down. Then, too. if one of the
wheels and operate his vehicle as a two
horse affair until repairs can he made.
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New Flag of the Crctans.

The Cretan assembly recently met at
MeIidoni and drew up u formal acc"ptancH
of the autonomous regime promised by the
powers. The new flag and seal of the
island were also adopted. The flag is Il black
cross upon Il white ground. synbollCal OF
the mourning of Crete for the continued
postpouemcrt of her national aspirations"
In the upper left-hand quarterinC the
Crock coIorS are displayed. The assembly
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adjourned to the famous monastery of
Arkadi for the formal conscQration of the
new flag on that spot: which Witnessed
the most heroic deed of the great Cretan
revolt of lsG6-the blowing up of the forth
monastery by the gallant defenders;
u desperate resistance against an
overwhelming Turkish force. which tinall.
the place and was blown up with
garrison.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

The legal prodigy. Byron Fl. Gilbert. aged
Z years. who WAS given a certificate OF adj
mission to the bar by Judge Martin. clerk
of the Kansas supreme court. last Monday.
is the son of W. D.. Gilbert. ex-district
judge of AtchisOn county and Il prominent
attorney of .Atchison at the present time.
Contrary TO the general run of those chill
dren whose minds run TO one particular
thing, he is not deficient in other things.
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His Troublesome XaX.

From the Chicago Record.
Our next door ~ueighbors seem to be
diSpleascd with each other"
Yes: he broke his leg and she has an
idea that he did it on purpose"
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Accepted.

From the Detroit Free Press.
I'm sure that | recognize my own
faults" she muruurod with downcaSt eyes.
OF course you do he replied confident
ly. there are 80 few Of them"
Then she realized beyond all haunting
Quits that he was the most desirable
among the many who sought her hand.
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He-"Yes. 1 loved a girl once. aud shs
made a fool of me-" S~he-"Some girls do
make a lasting impression. don't they
Judge.