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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
SORE OVER THE OUTCOME OF THE
RICE COUNTY RATE CASE.
HOPED FOR A CONTROVERSY.
WANTED TO GET SOME RAILROAD
BOOKS INTO COURT.
An Effort VIII Probably he Made
Now to Dig Up Another Com
plaint - Railroad Board
Criticised for Riding
in Special Car.

Topeka. Kas.. Aug. 1s.-tSpecial) TIE
state board of railroad commissioners was
somewhat disappointed over the result OF
the Rice county hearing. The members eN-
pected a long ard bitter fight. and they
hoped to spring some point that would
result in legal controversy between them
and the Santa Fe road. When the Santa
Fe officials learned just exactly what tha
Rice county people complained OF, they
readily saw that, through oversight,
the people were being Disseminated
against and voluntarily agreed to remove
the discrimination. AS matters turned out
it was merely an unimportant case Of dis'
elimination and was speedily remedied -
the company without the commission
doing anything. The discrimination WON
have been removed had the complaint II
detail been filed with the company In tne
first place insre..d of the railroad board.
But the road could not remedy the mat.
ter until It knew what the complaint was
about, and this information was not OBJ
tanned until the people of Rice county told
| it on the witness stand.
An effort will probably be made to get
another complaint somewhere else, so that
| the board can get action on the plan which
| it has mapped out to find out the actual
! cost Of the construction and operation of
| the Kansas roads, and the amount of their
| profit or loss.
The railroad commissioners were SUBJ
| jected to much criticism to-day because
| they saw fit to ride back from Lyons in
special car. The complaint. however. comes
| from the Leedyites around the state house
| and not from the sensible Pops. The Leedy;
! followers claim that in riding in specis T.
cars the commissioners are certain to
| come crosswise with the rank and file
the party, who are demanding maxim
| rate law. The conservatives claim that's
action on the part Of the commissio
should excite no suspicion whatever.
commissioners wanted to get home as
as possible, and did right in acceptiI
invitation to ride in special at the
of sixty miles an hour. Then 1t Is e5a
tended that the Leedyites have no room
to kick, anyhow. for has not Governor
Leedy himself taken several junketin.
trips as the guest of railroads recently? II
| fact is he not riding on free railroad ant
Pullman passes now on his trip to Ohio?
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
DEMOCRATS UNEASY.
Expect to BE Oustcd When Mr.. Leland
Gets Into the Pension
O6iCe,

Topeka, Kas., Aug. 1s.-(SpeciaI) The
Democratic employees of the pension office
are very uneasy. Cyrus Leland will take
charge on September 1 and they look for
him to oust all of them. There are only
three Republicans employed in the Office
Civil service rules did not prevent Mr.
Click from filling the office up with Demo-
Gratis, and ii is predicted that il will not
prevent Mr.. Leland from doing the same
with Republicans. New appointments must
be taken from the classified list and the
pension agent is required to take one name
out of every nine selected. 1t is possible
that he will be able to find one Republican
out of the nine names. 1t is believed that
the indefinite vacation scheme will he
used to get rid of the Democrats
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
ST. LOUIS POLITE PILFERER.
ssBe Perfectly Calm, Madam" He said
"PM Protect You From All
Danger"


"Good evening. madame, you Will pleas,
remain passive while 1 transact the busf
ness which brought me here. Just remain
seated. I will do the rest.
A polite and cultured robber thus adj
dressed Mrs. l.. C. Studt. of 2oA South
Kings Highway, as he appeared on the
rear porch of her residence at $50 O'Clock
Monday night. says the st: Louis POST
Dispatch. Mrs. Studt was alone. The In,
truder, although extremely polite, amazed
her. e,u,, <o,,,a
'cie ~ am here to relieve you Of such
articles as / need. No occasion for any
alarm. you're all alone. Very well. Be
perfectly calm. I'll protect you from al
With a scream Mrs. Studt sprang from
| the porch and fled into the street. The gal
| liant robber then entered the house through
the open door. In remarkably snort tlme
! he found a pocketbook containing 81 In a
| dresser drawer. He took the PocKetpooh'
| leaving everything else undisturbed.
| as the burglar walked away he tipped
! his hat to the crowd of suburban residents
| attracted by Mrs. Studts scream.
| Good evening. ladies'" the polite Pill
| ferer said as he walked away. Nobody
| tried to stop him and he escaped without
| leaving any clue to his identity.
| So far as reported no other house IN thaI
| vicinity was entered. In general appear
| ance, says Mrs. Studt, the burglar resem-
, bied a well-groomed business man: He
| looked like he might have been bank tel
Ter or railroad official.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
BUTTON PRIVILEGES.
Wearers of Admirers aad1es
Several Good Thin = well
Within Sight


Wearers of convention hasI buttons win
be given free temperance drinks, snch as
ice cream soda and special sonvention hall
punch, at A. Brunert's druL store, Four
teenth and Grand avenue, Saturday. MT.
Brunert is removing a showcase to make
room for the Admirers who vr;st to arali
themselves of this privilege.
DR.. Wright. veterinary Surgeon at ioll
Grand avenue. announces thu he will pre-
scribe and doctor free all horses brought
to him Saturday by wearers nf convention
hall buttons.
John Bryant Knox was entered yesterday
as the first contestant for the nrize offered
to the person selling the greatest number
oi convention hall buttons in Independence
Fnty uoilars was charged tG his account |
for buttons, and 1t was promi.ed that none
Wouia pc returned. Master Eno1 ID }u-
aeniis i, anl WIN depend on M, parents oF
tons. 'o
Miss Virgie Hubbell ordered - saAttional
twenty-five buttons yesterxly. She has
now taken 9o, and leads by Gleast twenty
i've MISS Jennie Wood in u, contest for
the prizes offered to youngsaomen. Earl
Miller. of the Observation-Disclosures en-
tered Inc contest for the boz prizes yes
terday.
W. NJ. Miller buyer for the fnith- McCord
Dry Goods company. sent Check for ten
buttons yesterday He says 40 travelling
salesman VIII ne allowed t0.aIk to him
WITHOUT HTSt Delng proVidedsyith a con-
EeHliol nan putton. Chariess. Finlay or
youngest Kansas City Admire
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
SILVER CONTINUES TO FALL.
York Yesterdny-Creates a Sem
satiOn In Mexico.

New York, Aug. 1s.-Silver made a new
low record to-day, selling down to 521s cents
an ounce. At this rate, Mexican dollars
are worth Il cents and the metal in Amer
lean silver dollars, 40.13 cents.
Mexico City. Aug. 1S.-The premium On
New York exchange to-day rose to 40,
responding to the renewed decline in sill
yer, the news of which created a seasa-
ton. Talk of the gold standard Is heard in
banking circles, but one argument raised
against it is the injury to result to local
manufacturers, as the government could
not raise tariff sufficiently to compensate
them for loss of that measure of support
now afforded by cheap silver without i'm
periling the revenue. The government now
anticipates continued fall in silver until
1t reaches the average cost of production
although some large miners now contend
it has already gone below that. Opinions
differ as to the cost of production, but
here, on the silver basis. the cost is un-
even lower than present quotations
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
PENSIONS.

Washington. Aug. s.-The following penI
ions have been granted:
MISSOURI
Original[Oliver w. Bacon. st. I.ou,.!
Frederick III. Hilsabeck. Psrnell; John "
3uckner. Auxvasse; William Lutte Re-.
ier; James X. P. Gibson. Wet Glaize
Restoration and reissue-Philip Oueat.
deceased. Brookfield
Increase-John G. Strobe. Kansas citv !
Reissue-William T. Chips. Spirkari.N
lille.
Original, widow, etc.-Anna z. Coon.,l
Roscoe.
KANSAS.
lOrigiHal-Royal II. CIemons, Manhatt,n,
tephen b. Claggett. Stockton.
Increase-Clement F. s. Aimes. Russell
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
1ncrease-Squire Bradley Guthrie.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Increase-Bencamin s. Brandon. Recx
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

campaign ended one of the most protracted
and interesting contests in the history of
iowa politics. Almost a dozen active can
didates for the gubernatorial nomination
were I'm the field when delegates began to
arrive yesterday. but most Of them dropped
out one by one. Shaw gaining On each with
drawal until four ballots had been taken,
when the nomination was made unani-
nous.
There were spirited but short lived con-
tests over the other offices, and after the
adoption without dissenting vote of the
report of the committee on resolutions, the
convention adjourned sine die, shortly
after p. m.
Charles NJ. HarI, of Council Bluffs, was
temporary chairman of the convention, and
Major Samuel 1dahon. of WapelIo county,
permanent chairman. No nominating
speeches were permitted. Seven candidates
were placed in the field for governor, as
follows: James Harlan, Perry county:
Matt Parrot, Blackhawk county; W. z.
Fuller, Fayette county; Thomas B. Harsh,
Union county; A. IT Flickinger. Potta-
watomie county; L. n. Shaw, Crawford
county; A. B. Funk, Dickinson county.
Speaker Byers withdrew from the contest
last night, and John CJwnie. of Iowa coun-
ty. this morning.
The informal ballot developed what had
been expected. Parrot led with 333 votes:
Funk was second with 238, and Shaw third
with III. Harsh, Fuller, Harlan and Flick
niger followed in the order named.
There was little change in the first and
second formal ballots from the informal
ballot, although Shaw gained slightly on
both. On the second formal ballot, Flick
fnger withdrew from the race. This start
ed things and Shaw gained rapidly on the
third formal ballot, and before the end was
reached IL was evident that he would be
nominated. 1t was just 4:30 when Wood
tury county cast her forty-two votes for
Shaw.
This was all that was necessary to give
Shaw the nomination, and before any an
nouncement could be made the great tent
was ringing with shouts. The 6,Oc0 peo-
pie went wild and cheered for several
minutes. AS soon as order could be re-
stored, counties began changing their
votes The chairman of the Blackhawk
delegation. the home of Matt Parrot, who
had led up to that time, announced the
withdrawal of Mr.. Parrott and moved the
nomination of Mr.. Shaw by acclamation.
This was carried unanimously. and an
other enthusiastic demonstration followed.
Mr.. Shaw made a brief but happy speech
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
DECIDEDLY ABRUPT.
Man Chases a hoy Into n strangS
House Where a Young Woman
Ii DangerOusly Ill.

Is Dangerously Ill.
A boy, apparently about 10 or Il yearA
Id, chased by a man with a large whip
arted into the basement of 709 Oak street.
| he home of Mr.. Samuel w. Knight. q
Western Union telegraph operator. abou9
! o'clock last evening. In a room just
back of the parlor on the first floor, ~
Mae Miller, the 1S-year-old daugn1on rs
Mrs Knifht ia1a was svs1 lying sick e
Eiih ith her ara,tfi at the time an. Knight was was
fhe aeA young i Iady's auD Miss Eva Adrain.
Eay The boy was aT TruesdaIe i lne hall, nal.
man was and Oak streets. and tho
1 driver Isharles Stockwell. employed as
Eloseixny an undertaking firm. Being
Eopursued. the boy darted upstairs
f.rh Stockwell only n few yards behind
1i;im The boy ran from room to room. with
btockweli In close pursuit. Mrs. knight
Eame out Of her daughters room and, TAX.
ing In the situation at a glance. pushed the
boy into room and closed the door.
stockwell tried to pass her and enter the
house. He left. muttering that he would
yet give the boy a good licking"
MISS Miller % took prominent part in the
auditorium two months ago. At the recen{
convention of the Western Association of
photographers. two OF her photographs.
Exhibited by Leavenworth photographer.
Sere awarded first prize. Recently at tbs
convention OF the photographers of Mis-.
touri. two of her pictures were in a Ioe
six exhibited by Photographer q. W
irst prize. She visited her grandparents
p Leavenworth last week and while therS
PAS taken down with malarial fever. She
eturned on Saturday and has since been
Under the care of DR. Il, r Lewis T,Sn
tbrupt advent of young TruesdaIe az
Rockwell threw her into "A spasm. ana
he Is IN very precarious condition
! In justification of his unusual and NM
warranted act. Stockwell says the boy haI
leen stealing from Stine's barn and fba(
le had repeatedly warned him to keey
WAY. When he chased the boy out of ths
tarn yesterday. the boy returned ana
hrew stones. He gave chase.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

gates will be present, and several delega-
tions have already arrived. 1t seems. 10
be generally conceded that Hon. Charles A.
Lloyd, of Muscatine, who will be presented
by the Second district, will be the nominee
for congress from his district in the last
campaign and is very popular. Abe Stein
berger, Of Girard, kas:, will be in attend
ance. Chairman Weeks will not accept
nomination for any position at the hands
of the convention
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

has received word
from her former
home in Cleburne,
Tex. that she is to
receive $40, 900 as the
resHi;. y Of litislss;..c1 ils;.c1
over pr6p1i,y be-
queathcd her by her
Incle.
The title has been
in dispute a number
Of years. She does not
care to talk about
her good fortune or
to tell anything about
her relatives.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Married Mt the Midland.

DR.. r. F. Summers, of Harrisonville, and
united in marriage at the Midland hotel
parlors last evening at I o'clock, by Rev.
c. NJ. Hawkins. It was reported the affair
was an elopement, but DIR. Summers said
it was not,as the parents of the bride knew
of the marriage and had given 1t their ap-
proval. DIR. and Mrs. Summers left last
evening for Harrisonville. where they will
make their home.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
IOWA POPS MEET TO-DAY.
Ex-senator PETER and Abc Steinberg-
err. of Kansas. VIII he In
Attendance

Des Moines. Ia. Aug. ls.-The Populst
stats convention will meet here tomorrow
10 nominate a full state ticket. A n.
Kicker. of Iowa City. will preside as tenn
porary chairman. Ex-senator PETER. Of
kapras. will address the convention. II is
expected that between 2uo and 300 dele
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
KANSAS TOWN SCORCHED.
Seven of the Eight business Houses in
Milford Burned-Religious Fa-
natfc SusDected.

Junction City, Kas., Aug. 1s.-(Special.l
AT 10 O'Clock last night. the little town of
Milford, twelve miles north of Junction
City. lost seven business houses. by fire,
leaving but one. Tha fire started In the
basement OF a restaurant, in the middle of
the business block and II spread both wavs
The loss will reach nearly $4,000, and not
dollar of insurance was carried. The fire
Is supposed TO have Leen started by a re-
ligious fanatic. The town has had four
fires and each Is now thought to have orig
mated from the same source
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Veteran Company A Drills.

Captain II. ]. Taylor. of Veteran Compa-
ny A. yesterday announced that the regu-
lar weekly company drills would be re-
sumed the first Saturday night in Sep
tember. On that night the company will
give ball AT the armory. the first of the
season. The company discontinued its
drills on returning from camp at Excelsior
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
SENIOR SAGAsTA TALKS.
Says He Is Ready to Accept Office
Would Apply Reforms to
CuIla.

Madrid. Aug. 1s.-Senor Sagasta, the Lib
eral leader. is quoted as saying in an in
terview to-day. Even during Canoyas'
time, dissensions existed in the cabinet,
and If they are continued General Azcar-
raga will be Obliged to decline to hold Of
flee. In any case, his cabinet is certain to
be only temporary one. / am ready 10
accept office. and. should j do so. l would
apply reforms to Cuba in the widest
sense
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Knnsnn Drowned in Alaska.

Newton, Kas., Aug. 1s.-tspecial) Word
was received here to-day from Seattle, Of
this city. near Dyca, Alaska. He was on
his way to the Klondike, and while crossing
the Skaguay river on a log fell off and
drowned. Fowler had been in Alaska be-
fore and knew the country quite well.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.
EXPLODED AN HOUR TOO LATE.
GREAT EXCITEMENT ATTENDS THE
DEPARTURE FOR RUSSIA.
Author of the Explosion Probably the
Man Who Caused Other Recent
ExpIosiOns-PresideE Faurc
VIII Reach Russia
Next Monday.

Paris, Aug. 1s.-The departure of Presi-
dent Faure on his visit to the car at st.
Petersburg to-day was marked by a scene
of greatest excitement. accompanied by the
circulation of the widest kind of rumors.
After his departure. bomb exploded along
the route the president had followed, and
although no damage was done and in spite
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

Springfield. o.. Aug. B-The twelfth IA
Union opened here this morning The at
tendance was smaller than expected, which
the national officers charge to the failure
of the railroads to keep their agreement as
to reduced rates. Several New England
delegations turned back after they reached
nElE
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Forest Fires in Washington.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 1s.-The annual tim
Der fires on the Lower Columbia river
have set in, and on the Washington side
the fires are raging furiously from points
in the interior between Kalama and Van
couver to Calumet and Skagow. The dam
age SO far as reported is not great
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Live. with Her Neck Broken

Golden City Mo-. Aug. 1S.-(SpeciaI)
Betty. the 1G-year-old daughter OF Rev.
J. 7. Davidson, South Methodist preach
er. who lives five miles north of this city,
fell down a flight of stairs this morning
and broke her neck. The young lady is un,
conscious, but not dead.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Illinois Trains Collide.

McLeansboro. ILL.,. Aug. 1S.-Two freight
trains on the Louisville G. Nashville rail-
road came together near Dahlgren at a.
m. The trainmen escaped unhurt. Both en-
gines were completely demolished. and five
cars of corn ditched, delaying trains four
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Farmer Killed by Dynamite.

Rockmart, Ga., Aug. 1S.-w. B. L. Davis.
n wealthy farmer living near here. was
killed this morning and his house wrecked
by the explosion of seventeen dynamite
cartridges he had placed under the -kitch
en- stove for drying. He was 20 years old.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Remembered n. n Lexower.

Senator James Orchard. of West PIaI,,
'as at the Midland yesterday. He was =
iember of the senatorial Lexow commit.
ae that sat here last winter and stufiied
iachine methods in politics. He say. How
u county and all of South Missouri Is en-.
wing fine crops and Is feeling very pros.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
semi-AnthracIte ConL.

For the next thirty days We have some
special prices for your winters coal for
furnace use. You can save from 10 to %
per cent by buying now. Call on us, 1l2s
West Twelfth. Tel. 26S5
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
Pension ExnmininR surreop.

Washington. Aug. 1s-(Special) Drs. M.
c. Porter. c. c. Morgan and j. r. Scott
have been appointed pension examining
surgeons at Clay Center, Kas., and Drs'
B. II. Knowles and G. II. Vallbaker at Te-
cumseh o, T.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

by a 5O0-pound rock that fell upon her ant
For over half an hour Miss Roeder wa.
ninioned about four feet from the surface
Of the water by the boulder, which hao
fallen in such a way as to make 1t I'M
possible to extricate her. The rock war
finally pried off by man, who had come
to the assistance of her brother, ana sne
was lifted out of the water.
During this time she had to be held Sc
that her nose and mouth were above the
surface. This got to be a difficult matter
after a while, as the tide was coming IN
rapidly, and nothing but the girIs pluck
and the untiring efforts Of those who went
to her rescue saved her life.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
ln.., ,,,.,, ~,.,,o.i.SDesree..

Ye nday was anothe 0l day i'm. in kans ,ai,s
20 The maximun 81 The inIica-
,1on ~ and minimum. ;nued fair and
cnni to-day are for
e''1 eher.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
THE COURAGE OF MISS RoEDER.
u.,d nowp in Water by a Rock on
Her Broken Leg, With waves
Sweeping Over Her Face.
Sweeping

Lillian Roeder. an athletic young woman
and the daughter of a prominent resident
of Bayonne, N. J., fell into the water at
Jersey CITY Sunday, and was pinned down
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
GOING TO TEXAS FOR A FORTUNE
Miss Sadie stones Claim Is S4O,OO-
She Il Not Talking About
Her Relatives.

Miss Sadie Stone, stenographer for
Stern Bros. No. 1879 Fifth avenue. Chicago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19

Cedar Rapids. Ia, Aug. lS.-The nominal
tion this afternoon of the Hon. l.. N. Shaw.
of Crawford county, as the standard bearer
of the Hawkeye Republicans in the coming
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-19
IOWA REPUBLICASS NOMINATE A
STATE TICKET.
INTERESTING CONTEST ENDED.
A DOZEN AsPIBANTS FOR THE
GUBERSAToRIAL NOMINATION.
Shaw Won on the Fourth Ba1Iot-Con-
tests Over the Other Offices
Spirited but Brief-Resolu-
tions Adopted without
Dissenting Vote.

For governor-L. N. Shaw. of Crawford
county.
For lieutenant governor-J. c. Milliman,
Of Harrison county.
For supreme judge-Judge Waterman, of
Sioux county.
For railroad comptroller-C. L. Davidson,
of Sioux county.
For superintendent of instruction-H. II.
Barrett, OF Mitchell county.