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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
An Italian Tammany Hall.
From Harper's Weekly.

From HarperS weekly.
of a winter migration to Italy will find a
new show in Rome in the Borgia rooms
in the Vatican, which, according to the
New York Herald. have lately been opened
to the public after being tight closed for
four centuries 1t will be remembered that
the Borgias started a sort of Tammany
Hall at Rome. the father being pope and the
children the rest of the government. Many
"a .ngaa, p shnrtc MUihs WEI" fn g yiS. om rf tne rs
familiar to all readers. The apartments
lately opened were built and decorated for
Lucretia Borgia- There are six rooms, and
the ~frescoes in them by Pinturicchio kept
that artist busy for six years. Caesar
cretiia and Ss! Jn,ia Farnesa f ma. ..Iad Tih ss;nt n9 !"
The pictures were beautiful, but after the
Borgias had all been poisoned off or other
We're not a credit. morally. to the Vatican
and the church. which has its headquarters
there. Now. four centuries later, they have
been opened. on the ground. perhaps, that
they have done penance long enough.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Value of Physical Training.

Tho all round value of physical training
Is thus set forth by one observer: Il have
O friend who takes up every feminine sport
in its season. She rides a wheel, and plays
golf as she onced played tennis. She rows
and swims. and fishes and shoots. She can
man a yacht. She fences at the gymnasi-
UNI. and practices there with the dumb
bells at the horizontal bar. In fact, She
is an athlete as we'll as a fine dancer. a
good walker and a proficient horsewoman.
I see the good of all this in many ways. In
one OF the many it Is shown by her sure,
firm touch. no less than her self-possessed
graceful, easy carriage. I knew no woman
who can walk across a room as well as she.
or who has such a light but true fashion
of even shuff1ing cards. or sticking a hat
pin in her bonnet. She does it all with alb
Solute perfection"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
ANOTHER SANTA FE TRAIN.
Business Necessitates Addi.
tional Passenger Service Between
Kansas City and Albuaueruue.

December u the Santa Fe will establish
an additional train in both directions be-
tween Kansas City and Albuquerque, N. NJ.
The train west bound will be an extension
of the Chicago and Kansas City express
No. II, n is to be established for the
purpose of relieving California train No. l
Of the heavy LOCAL business between Kan
card California train No. / will cav Chi
cage at 10 p. m. instead Of 1880 p. M, ar
irving in Kansas City at i1:2O a: m.
The Chicago and Kansas City express
train now arrives in Kansas City at 2:15
p. m. A coach, tourist sleeper and stand
ard sleeper will be added to the train here
and will leave at 2:25 for Holiday, and
thence over the Emporia branch. being
consolidated at La Junta with the Ell Paso
train, at Albuquerque o~vertaking Cal
ifornia train No. l; There the two trains
will be consolidated for the run to the Cal
ifornia terminus of the line.
East bound, the train will connect at
Kansas City with the Kansas City-Fort
Madison express train No. Is, which now
leaves Kansas City at 9 a.. m.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Santa Fee to Put I'm Low Rates.

Topeka. Kas., Dec. 4-(special3 The
state board of railroad commissioners to-
day received a letter from Paul Morton,
third vice president of the Santa Fe. who
has charge of the freight traffic depart
ment, in which he says that the company
will Immediately put into effect the rates
liked by the state board in 1892 n which
were declared to be reasonable by the
supreme court in the Symns case. The let
ter follows:
I'VE will put such of the rates mentioned
by you as are not already In. effect in
force as early as possible, not later than
This is the rate fixed by the Republican
board in 's2 on sugar. coffee. beans and
canned goods from Missouri river points
west. The board made the rate on sugar
from Atchison. Leavenworth. Kansas City.
Kas.. and Fort Scott, to Salina, Wichita,
Hutchinson and Arkansas City. Is cents
per cwt. On coffee, canned goods and
beans the rate from the four cities along
the Missouri river to Salina. was fixed at
% cents per w.t.; to Hutchinson, Is cents;
to Wichita and to Arkansas City. q cents.
The Symns Grocery Company. of Atchi-
son, enjoined the board from putting the
rates into effect, and the case was decided
in favor Of the board in the supreme
court,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
The Real National Bird,

Do you kno that the bird of Thanks
than the lordly eagle? The eagle is to
be found a native of Europe and Asia as
well as America, but the turkey Is still our
trry after Columbus. They were first seen
in the Carolinas. and when specimens
were carried over to Europe they were
hailed as 1.-The most beautiful present made
by the New world to the Old" 1t is a
curious fact. however. that considerable
fowl. Dr. Samuel johnson graveiy defined
the turkey as a larger domestic fowl,
supposed to be brought from Turkey We
fore 1851, the year the turkey was intro
duced into Europe. They may have had
peacocks. venison steaks and even canary
birds tongues, but what were any of these
as compared with the American turkey?
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Rats ~ Food.

Rats have never found favor in this
country as a food. notwithstanding their
and some parts of Jamaica. In the last
named country they were added to the
menu by the slaves. who learned that
they must eat rats or go without food al
together. their masters failing to provide
anything else. There have been Ameri-
cans however, who. on certain occasions.
the explorer, said that next to darkness.
cold = !scurvy, ship rats were the
CURSE OF his Arctic sojourn. Neverthe-
IeSs. the pests came In handy when the
other foods ran short. "I shall add for
myself q few rats chopped up and frozen
into tallow balls" says the explorer at
one place In his diary.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
sL0ssoN IS CHAMPION.
He Defeats Napoleon Ives In the
Closest Game OF, the Tour
nament.

New York, Dec. 4.-By defeating Cham
pion Frank c. Ives tonight, George F.
Slosson won the series in the billiard tour
nament for the championship of the world.
During this series the student" has won
against all of his opponents, taking four
games. T~o-night's game was one of the
finest exhibitions ever given here.
Ives held the lead until the very last in
ming. being within two of the game when
Slosson. far behind, took up his cue. The
Student" by marvellous work. which set
the house wild. ran out and won with 60
points in the forty-first.
Schaefer takes second place. with three
games won. Ives third. DAILY fourth. and
Ives wins the best grand average prize
ard the prize for the highest run which is
the record. 140. The score:
slosson.1. :; 3, 0. "a, So. %, 2. {. !. :. Is,
&c, Q, 81. L, I, Is. 10. 6o-5Oo.
lyes,S' %, 6 2 !; 2 z. ). z. u. / ST. !, ., Q,
&c, 0. 20. "a. :. 81. l6. 6. Q. PISS.
Ayerages-Slosson. 12s-4l: Ives. R6-l.
Highest runs-Slosson, 81; Ives. G.. Time
of game-3.a0.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT
r,fou Pacific Employes Think 1t Will
he Winter, but 1t May Be
Burt.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 4.-Gossip regarding
the presidency of the ~reorganized Union Pa
ciic was very active in Omaha railway cir
cles to-day. Thomas NJ. Orr, assistant sec
rotary of the Union Pacific's executive de-
partment. has been suddenly called to New
York, but the reason for his unexpected
trip cannot be learned here; While at I'm,
that Edwin ". Winter will be the next
president, those who have predicted the
election Of Horace G. Burt had their be
nounced that on his recent visit here he
made application for his former residence
in this city. which he still owns. There is
of the Union Pacific, as it is believed that
the coming of either Winter or Burt as
president will be Immediately followed by
a number of official decapitations.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
RATE TROUBLE NAY SPREAD.
WATERFALL LINES WAR LIKELY
TO EXTEND TO PACIFIC COAST.
Transcontinental Rates May Go the
Way of Colorado Rates Unless
Gulf Route Di6erentials
Dispute Is Settled.

Chicago, Dec. At is possible that in the
near future the transcontinental roads will
be compelled to meet the same trouble that
has caused the roads between Chicago and
Missouri river points to reduce their freight
rates. The arrangements that the steam
skip companies have made between New
York and the Gulf of Mexico ports and
from there to San Francisco with the
Southern. Pacific have proven so satisfac-
that they will send much freight in that
way if they are afforded low rates. Freights
clipped by steamer from New York via
Houston to San Francisco nave been car
ried through in nine and one-half days,
which is fast enough for the average ship
per, and with lower rates this method Of
getting freight to the Pacific coast is bound
to prove a strong competitor Of the all-rail
routes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
THE CHRISTMAS A
Receptacle In which to Conceal Pres
ents From Santa Claus-Half Hour
Work Basket . Desirable Gift.

On the approach of the holiday season,
knowing and provident ones who ''haye
been there BEFORE" adopt the Christmas
drawer, or its equivalent, a shelf or trunk.
The novel "half hour work basket" is
also a wonderful help towards accom-
plishing a good deal without missing the
time spent, and thus getting the drawer
filled with a supply Of pretty gifts with
little exertion.
This is new. and forms in itself a most
desirable gift for a lady skilled in ever
SO slight a degree with need1e-hook,- or
knitting pins. 1t is simply a pretty bas-
ket of medium size, lined and covered
either by its own lid or a. loose embroid-
cred DOYLE, the basket being fitted with
pin-cushion. needle-boOk. scissors. thimble,
and about three soft handkerchiefs. Each
handkerchief Is intended to hold a piece
of work arranged with its materials.
The basket is as pretty as possible. and
is intended to stand on a convenient table
with a low sewing chair near in u good
light. Each piece of work is complete in
its own handkerchief. which lies in the
lap while one is working. Any bundle can
be picked up or put away in a moment.
and serves to fill one of the many half
hours Of waiting which fall to the lot of
most women, while the variety of bundles
allows of a change of work.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
In corbett a Back Number,

.'Corbett's days as a fighter" a the
New York Evening Sun. ARE over. He
wants to keep In the swim for the notoriety
he gets, but wild horses couldn't drag him
in the ring against Fftz. Maher or Shar-
key. OF course, he ought to be made to
fight Maher and Sharkey II he persists in
weight championship. Corbett's work
against Sullivan and Mitchell was OF an In
ferior grade. Either Fftz or Maher could
than Corbett required, SO it is plain that
he no longer classes with the leaders in the
heavyweight DIVISION Nothing would
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
W. F. GRIFFlTTS PROMOTED.
Department of the Still
we'll Roads.

W. F. Grifitts, formerly chief rate clerk
in the passenger department Of the Pitts
burg & Gulf, has been appointed chief clerk
in the passenger department of both that
line and the Omaha, Kansas City & East
ern. Mr.. Griffitts became chief rate clerk
in the Pittsburg & Gulf passenger depart
ment when Walter w. Avery. now assistant
general passenger agent, was made chief
clerk of the department. His promotion.
while in line, is q recognition Of decided
ability. Mr.. Grifiitts left last night for
Houston, Tex, where he Will meet repre-
sentatives of the Southern Pacific passen-
ger department, for the purpose of recheck-
ing the rates. from stations between Beau
mont and Lake Charles on the Southern
Pacific to northern, eastern and north
western DOintS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
REVIEWS HIS CHALLENGE.
Governor Stephens Again Denies
That He Cribbed His Thanks
giving Proclamation.

Jefferson City, NO., Dec. 4.-(Special.)
Two weeks or more have passed, and yet
the secretary Of the state of Michigan has
not produced the Thanksgiving proclama-
ton he claims he wrote for Ex-Governor
Rich. and which he accuses Governor Ste
phens of ~'cribbing." Governor Stephens
was asked again to-day concerning the
matter. He said:
MY Thanksgiving proclamation was is
sued November l. 1t appeared in the met
ropolitan papers that afternoon and the
following morning. AS soon as it was pre-
scented I sent a copy to each Of our gov
errors. About the 18th of November, I re-
ceived a copy of Governor Pingree's
Thanksgiving proclamation. 1t was issued
November S. four days after mine. Very
evidently I could not have 'cribbed' from
him. 1 noticed at the time that he used three
or four sentences of my proclamation. I
nothing to anyone. excepting my private
secretary.
when Governor Pingree's attention was
called to it, he is reported as having admit
ted that he did not write his, but left the
preparation of it with the secretary of
state. l was surprised to find the secretary
OF state. to whom Governor Pingree as
signed the task of getting up his proclama-
ton. Is reported to have charged me with
prepared for Ex-Governor Rich, of Michi-
gan Every proclamation of Ex-Governor
Rich Is on file in the secretary of states
office. The secretary can turn to them and
produce them at any time in one minute.
He should do it and end this controversy
and vindicate himself.
Il make, as my friends know, no pre-
lenses to being either a writer or a speaker.
1t is simply my desire always to be plain,
practical and conservative. both in my let
tiers and speeches. In the preparation of
all my state papers I consult with those in
whose Judgment AMI loyalty ! have conf
I do not pretend to know it all. but 1 am
learning every day. I confer with friends
at every point, but 1 want to assure my
constituents hat I ave not gone to the
Republican governor of Michigan for a
Thanksgiving proclamation. and, more than
that, l never will"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Have You Examined the
home COMFORT
At oI4 Walnut Street Yeta
Personal.

]. A. Vail. st. Louis. is at the Coates.
s. S. Hunter. Boston. is at the Coates.
II. Skillman. Cincinnati. is at the Coates.
NJ. A. Sullivan, Chicago. Is at the Coates.
j. r. Hogan. New York., is at the
Coates.
Herbert W. Weed. Chicago, is at the
Coates.
S. F. Dillon. Jr., Denver, is at the
Coates. +.
E. X. Thomas. Jr.. New York. is at the
Coates.
John A. Fuller, New York. is at the
Coates.
cS Gaerl Won Bergen. New York. is at the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Railroad Notes.

J.. O.. Thomas. chief rate clerk of the
Santa Fe general freight Office. Topeka,
was in Kansas City yesterday.
Gross earnings of seventy-nine roads for
the month of November were S9.118,Oo6 an
increase Of a trifie over Is per cent over
the aggregate earnings of the same roads
for the same mont of last year.
George w. Hagenbuch. city passenger
and ticket agent Of the Santa. Fe, and F.. B.
Montgomery. general agent of the Santa
Fe freight department. will leave this
evening for Chicago to attend the meeting
Of Santa Fe officials: REPRESENTATIVES. from
all parts of the system VIII gather In Chi
GERS this week.
East bound freight shipments for the
week ending December 2 amounted to
s2,s2S tons. Compared with 1861 tons last
week. and 72.166 tons the corresponding
week last year. Divided among the differ
emit roads as follows: Michigan Central.
4.6a2 tons: Wabash. LA: L. 8. & II. g.,
6.9O6: p, Fort w. & c.. 10.604: p, C. c. &
St. Louis. sos: b. & O.. 1904: c. & O.. r,
4.0e5: Nickel Plate. 3.522: Erie. 4.426: Big
Four. 2,4T. The lake lines carried 1s5, 100
tons,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Field Trials at Amoret.

Mr.. p. T. Madison, Of Indianapolis. pre-
siding Judge of the field trials to be held AT
Amoret Monday. will be at Hotel Victoria
to-day, There will be 4 meeting of the
board of governors and members of the
club at II a. m, to which all members are
urged to he present, as exact Information
as to condition of grounds will be on hand.
Mr.. c. W. Baker. who has just returned
from Amoret, reports that there was not
nearly as much snow there as here and
that IL no more snow falls n the weather
modei ates the trials can be successfully
run of. Should il be known to-day that
weather conditions are ~unfavorable to trials
tina fact will be posted at the Kansas City,
Pittsburg G. Gulf railroad ticket office and
MT the depot,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Fillmore Talks to a Point.

San Francisco, Dec. 4.-Manager ]. A.
Fillmore, of the Southern Pacific, declares
road will not try to make up time lost by
Eastern connections. He says that sew
eral of the roads running put of Chicago
that his trains nave to wait from two to
three hours in Ogden for the late train
and then nav to make up the lost time
between Ogden and the coast. He says
that he will force the connecting
Eastern roads to change their time
tables. or else he will hereafter pull west
bound passenger trains out of Ogden on
schedule time and leave the belated trains
of other roads to wait in Ogden and take
the full and deserved blame for their In
ability to make their runs from Chicago
on advertised time.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
The Gloucester Death List.
rom Harper's Weekly

From Harper'S Weekly.
The ancient ballad that appeals to gen.
tlemen who live at home at ease without
rejecting on the dangers of the seafaring
life in its unromantic conditions especially.
is suggested very forcibly by the annual
death list of Gloucester. Mass. fishermen.
For the year which ended September SO
last the towns record states eleven vessels
and ~fifty-nine lives as lost. Out Of
this roll eighteen fishermen were
swept overheard from their craft by
high seas. fifteen were drowned in capized
smacks. five fell overheard, four died in
Of eicbteem were never Tu bearI from sn aPter
their s~ailing-the crew of the smack Lizzie
j. Greenleaf.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Honor for George F. Anderson.

George F. Anderson. rate clerk in the
been appointed a membe of the advisory
board Of the Burlington voluntary relief
department of division No. 6. comprising
He succeeds H. L. Reed. a train dispatcher
at B%rookfield. whose term had expired. The
advisory committee meets quarterly at
Chicago. Its next meeting will be held
February s. 1888. General Manager W. c.
Brown, of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy system, Is ex-oficio chairman of
the committee Al questions of Importance
relating to the voluntary relief department
of the lines are passed upon by this COM
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Accepts MichaeI's Challenge.

New York, Dec. ARTHUR A. Chase. the
London bicycle crack, last years middle
of the worlds 100 mile record on the road,
and Of the worlds one mile indoor record
and other honors. who has accepted Mich
Campania to-day. He was accompanied by
his younger brother. F. w. Chase, who.
with him., holds all the tandems, from one
to fifty miles, and Perry Wheelock. Own,
the fifty mile worlds record. was also on
the steamer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

Although the brain is perpetually active.
the whole of it is never active ut one time.
The two hemispheres OF halves do not op-
crate simultaneously, but alternate in ac-
tion-now 1t is the one half. then the other.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
Preserving the Peace.

The sexton Of a certain Scotch country
perish was lately much exercised at the
appearance of a strange old gentleman.
VINO. when the sermon was about to begin
took an ear trumpet in two parts. out OF
his pocket. and began screwing them to-
gether.
The sexton watched him until the pro-
cess was completed, and then, going
stealthily up. whispered:
mie mauna play that here. II ye dae,
I'll turn we oot."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
please me better than to see the Naval Ca
Diet fighting Maher or Sharkey to a finish"
BALD AND MICHAEL.
Race, Best Two in Three, for
q Side Bet.

New York. Dec. 4.-Bald, the short dis
lance bicycle champion, and Michael. the
middle distance star. may meet in a
match at a mile. best two out of three
heats. Bald has signed his name to an
agreement to race Michael providing a
Bald is also willing to make a side bet
of 1000. Manager Shafer accepted the
terms for Michael. and it now looks as
though the contest would be booked for
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
auitman, No., Man Wanted to Die.

John Bridges. 50 years of age. attempted
to commit suicide early this morning by
taking morphine. but was discovered and
taken to the police station. where he was
man. Mo-. with his wife about a week ago
ard stopped at the st. Charles hotel. $4
Central street. They occupied room II.
About 2 o'clock this morning Mrs. Bridges
was awakened by the heavy breathing OF
her husband. She attempted to arouse him.
and failed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
MISSOURI LUMBER INTERESTS.
From the Report of the Blu
reau Of Labor.

reau of
Jefferson City, Mo. Dec. 4.-(Special) The
nineteenth annual report of the bureau OF
labor, compiled by Labor Commissioner
Rozelle. contains the following concerning
the lumber interests Of Missouri:
by the citizens of her sister states Mis-
souri, has generally been regarded as pre-
eminently an agricultural state, but ref
erence to the excerpts from the bureaus
annual surplus shipment may will convince
anyone that our lumber and mining inter-
ests are of vast proportions. From the
summary Of the states aggregate surplus
shipments in 1886, the following figures re-
lating to the lumber and timber, actually
marketed. are taken:
Lumber. 1s9. Ass. 800 feet, marketed by IS
counties
Wagon timber, 5S5, 600 feet, marketed by 6
counties.
Logs, 1882. 600 feet. marketed by 4s coun-
ties.
Piling. 4,S5l,Wo feet, marketed by IS
counties.
Railroad ties. 2,75s.s7s feet. marketed by
Posts. 3s cars, marketed by eighteen
counties
.Cooperage, 1884 cars. marketed by sixty
six counties.
Cord wood. 71.s1s cords. marketed by
eigh1y,eight counties o.,,
AAS LII ia NAS q . w.
production of timber. computed at prevails
ing current prices. will approximate $500
OcO, in the production Of which over 5000
persons were employed.
Almost every county in the state pro-
dIced a sufficient amount of native or
hardwood lumber for local use and a ma
lority of the seventy counties south of the
Missouri river each produced a large sur
plus:
are mostly located on the south slopes of
the Ozark mountains, embrlc.cE-in the
counties Of Carter. Wayne, Pemiscott.
Stoddard. Shannon. Dunklin, Mississippi.
New Madrid. Iron, Butler. Texas. Madison.
keted over loo. 900 feet of lumber. Many
other counties in that part of the state
have large forests Of pine not yet being
milled.
leading mill operators place the states
total production of yellow pine for 1886 at
"Missouri's yellow pine differs from that
the variety known as 'shortleaf pine" 1t
is lighter in weight and color than the pine
for interior finish and fine work of all kinds
and finds ready markets in the, states Of
Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois and Ken
lucky.
available supply of pine will employ the
mills now in operation for twenty-five
years.
The counties mentioned also produce
large quantities of wagon timber, slaves
and cooperage and there are splendid OPEN
ings for such factories throughout all that
part of the state.
THE following are the principal lumber
producing counties of South Missouri, the
greater portion of their output being pine:
Carter county Is E 81 ooo
Wayne county q $4,000
Pemiscott county q .S7 900