Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-04

President Ewing has called a meeting of
| the executive board of the Missouri Press
| Association at Jefferson City to-day for
the purpose of making arrangements as to
the time and place of the annual gathering
| of that organization.
More seats were sold for the St. Joe en-
gaGemenr of Yvette Guilbert which was
| cancelled than for the one in st. Louis
which was tilled, whereat the first named
| art center grins in ghoulsh glee.
The relative values are such now in Wcs-
ton that the traders swap haltcrs and
throw in the horses to which they happen
to be attached.
A tramp who had been refused hot coffee
by IL servant at the residence of ID. Fl.
Wilson, in Rich Hill, Sunday, returned the
next day and set fire to the house, which
only through the most vigorous effort was
saved from destruction. There is a re-
puted place where the fire, if not the
| coffee is kept hot all the time, to which
transportation should be secured for the
fellow If captured.
Another campaign is on in Bates county,
where Democratic primaries have been
called for the 9th of this, s,month for elect
ing delegates 10 a convention to be held
Il few days later
The extent of the feeling of friendliness
that exists between the people of Warrens-
burg and those of Sedalia may be inferred
from the fact that the former have in
timated Il willingness to permit home
talent company from the latter town to
visit Warrensburg with the declared pur-
pose of giving performance of THE Lit
tie Tycoon.
Joplin's advanced women, they of the
Century Club for instance, enjoy a feast
of reason and flow of soul at periodical
intervals when they devote several hours
to Rossetti or any other "old master" upon
whom they see fit to bestow their atten-
ton. but the dear girls invariably get back
to earth in time to do justice before adj
journment to a lunch that would test the
capacity of n hired man.
The Madeline Pollard" is one of the
most productive and valuable claims in
the Jasper county mineral district
The variety theater at Galena. the ex-
istence of which was largely dependent
upon its attendance from Joplin, has given
up the ghost. Various reasons are assign
ed by the papers for its failure to draw,
but the one given by Editor weldy. that
t4iS bV'AbA iiitiS wore 100 many CtOtneS,'
seems as plausible as any.
Carrollton has the measles to such an
extent that the schools are almost depop-
ulated, 50 per cent of the pupils being alb
sent from some of the rooms.
Prosecuting Attorney Bresnahan of Linn
county. who conducted the case for the state
when the Taylors were convicted saws in a
recent letter TO Il Carroilton man. that Lane
cannot possibly he mistaken in his identifica-
ton of George Taylor. no matter how much
the latter may be changed or disguised;
that If the prisoner is not the much-sought
murderer Lane has deliberately lied. Tay-
lor. Mr.. Bresnahan adds, was born within
seventy-tive miles of the place where he
is reported to have been captured The
description of the man in custody is re-
garded in Carrollton as fitting Taylor to a
dot with the possible exception of the
height and upon that point no two of
those best acquainted with him seem to
exactly agree.
Thomas Ryan. who committed suicide by
shooting himself in Clinton Monday night.
was well known all over the state having
Travelled it for years in the interest of the
Ennis publishing house. in ST. Louis which
failed some time ago. He had been a Con-
federate soldier and was o. years old ILL.,
ness and poverty are thought to have
brought about the tragedy