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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
ON ACCOUNT OF THE CzAR.
Perplexing Trials Entaifed by the
Visit of the Emperor.

From the Boston Herald
Connected with the car Visit, qut'e "a d
host of lawsuits, of which the visit OF the
emperor of Russia is the innocent cause,
are now impending. and their nature iS
certainly of most perplexlngiy varied
character. First and foremost, the suf1er-
ers from accidents, which were more or
less inevitable. although happily rare nave
put in claims for heavy damages. lnen
certain ardent patriots, who in their zeal
had made arrangements at a goodly outlay
with contractors for the establishment OF
the facades of their houses and shops. deem
ing that the effect produced was py no
means worthy of the auspiCious occasion,
or of the money which they had put down,
have also elected to fight the matter out
IluminationS. or rather the lack or them,
in different instances will also afford ma
terial for lively litigation; ana last. not
least there is still gnashing of teeth on the
part of travellers who wasted long nours az
the Paris station in the hope of assisting at
the memorable review at Chalons camp.
and who for all the satisfaction which they
much better off reclining on their downy
couches at home. The truth is that the
car without entertaining the slightest
supicion of the fact had put sne ;,i, ra,I%ay
When he started from Versailles late on
the previous evening Nicholas ii. expressed
a wish to have good sleep,as ne was thor
oughly worn out, and when Mezy was
reached his train was stopped. and re-
mained motionless until o'clock in the
morning. blocking the whole line
Thus it came about that number or
trains which would otherwise have left
Paris in the interval crammed with pas
sencers were doomed to inactivity, and that
crowds which were struggling at the sta
ton here were eventually compelled to
make the best of their way back TO their
respective domiciles. 1t was no fault of the
company but some of the disappointed ones
are still in a wrathful and pugnacious
mood, and indulge in figurative express
sions of an alarmingly emphatic character
when they reflect that it was not their en-
yiable lot to be present at the never to be
forgotten military pageant.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED 1T.
Harris Denies That His Remaining in
the Senate Would Have Killed
the Ja0uins Bill.

Topeka, Kas., April 15.-(Special) c. A,
Johnson, of Wellington. in n recent letter,
charged that, had United States Senator
W. a. Harris remained in the state senate,
the stock yards bill would have been de-
feated. Replying to the same, Senator
Harris has written a letter from Washing
ton, in which he says:
81 have been shown a very labored and
lengthy article by C. A. johnson in re-
gard to my action in the state senate. 1
have no desire whatever to engage in any
newspaper controversy, especially where
such reckless statements are made. l will
only call your attention to the statement
in the article that, had I remained in the
state senate, the stock yards bill would
have failed. do this in order to show the
absolute lack of truth and the animus of
the entire article, and = because Colonel
Jaquins was perfectly familiar with my
views upon the stock yards bill and knew
that / favored it and that,h had 1 remained
in Topeka, 1 should have voted for it. 1
had frequent conversation with him on the
subject and he knows my views. What is
alluded to in the article as the corporation
bilr is something that / know nothing
about and never saw. The bill Colonel
Jaquins introduced is the one which
would have favored, and l never supported
or spoke of any other BILL
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
CONCERN OBTAINS $4,000 THROUGH
ALLURING ADS.
s1oo BICYCLES FOR s45.
ONE OF THE sWINDLERS UNDER AR
REST IN NEW YORK.
Missouri Woman Has More Husbands
Than the LAW Allows-PastOr
Richmond Fined-FOunder
of Hill City Convicted
of Swindling.

New York. April 15.-Wiliam s. Thomp-
son, who was indicted in Chicago last Oc-
tober for carrying on swindling operations
through the mails. has been arrested here
and is held in $50 bail for hearing. 1t is
alleged that Thompson sent out letters Of
fering to send bicycles worth 500 upon re-
ceipts of Si5. Persons who sent money
claim that they never heard anything more
from Thompson. Thompson had been ar
rested in Chicago and furnished 81 eco bail.
Walter S. Mayer. postoffice inspector ut
Chicago, who came to this city and caused
the arrest of Thompson, stated that he had
occupied several days in an effort to To-
cate Thompson. The latter had fled from
Chicago after being indicted. The con-
cern of which Thompson was the head
sent out circulars offering a prize to the
person making the greatest number of
words out of the letters in the title EN-
press bicycle" Later on, circular letters
were mailed to those persons who had
failed to win the prize, offering them
500 bicycle for si5. In Chicago, Thompson
was known as William S. Thompson and
in this city as &C. Thompson" Inspector
Mayer said that Thompson and his asso-
ciates had obtained about $4,000 by means
of the swindle.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
RIVER is SLOWLY RISING.
Weather Observer COnnOr Says 1tWili
Probably Become Stationary


Weather Observer Connor said that yes
terday morning the river stood at H. and
during the day rose to 2l.5. and he eX-
pected this morning it would be up to 2ls
or higher. He was of the opinion there
would be n slight rise during the day but
expected there would be stationary state
of the river reached about Saturday or
Sunday.
The Missouri river has at last gotten
above the danger line and is still coming
up and it is believed 1t will yet reach Il
foot above the line. 1t is running WIN Il
swift current. carrying great quantities or
refuse and driftwoOd and cutting into the
sandy banks in many places above ana pc
low the city. The water has not yet uOne
any particular damage in the city. The
sewers in the West bottoms that would
have allowed the water TO back up and MI
cellars have been plugged and 1t Is believed
that portion CT the city Is safe unless there
should be big rise, and that Is not III
dicated by present outlook.
The Kaw is at n low stage and the water
that fills its banks is back water from the
Missouri. 1t has not yet near reached me
line of the high water of 1881, and While
it has surrounded some of the shanties in
the region of the Sandbars and forced some
of the residents TO move up a rev 1eet,
there has been no actual destruction.
The water now covers all of the accre-
tions back of the packing house over
which the Union Terminal line is built. The
line is on piling and is still six feet boEe
the water level and no danger whatevef Is
situated on the sandy bottoms are under
water and the river rise puts the water a
little farther up on the sides of the houses
each day. The current above them Is not
strong enough to do any harm to the nous
eS yet.
At the foot of Hickory street there is
some cutting of the banks and the banks
across at Harlem are suffering some. Out
in the East bottoms. as told yesterday. the
banks are slowly giving way to the hard
current and the land outside the lines of
railway is generally growing more and
more narrow. The riprapping that has
been done at some points down there ap-
pears to hold well but in other places it is
not availng much.
The danger TO the packing houses is not
such as to cause any immediate alarm.
While the houses are prepared to pump
out cellars if flooded. they do not antici-
pate being called on to do SO.
The river presented an impressive spec
tacle viewed from the top of the county
court house. The rise was at once evident
in the increased width of the stream. and
while details were not easily distinguish
able from that height and distance, yet
the dangerous stage of the river was
clearly perceptible. Enormous quantities
of driftwood were seen floating rapidly
down the river and the increased swiftness
of the current was plainly evident. The
enCroachment of the water upon Harlem
and along the East bottoms could be seen
at a glance.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
RADIcALISM THE THING.
Editor Butler Thinks That Conserv-
atism Is killing the Pop Par
fy in Kansas.

Topeka, Kas., April 15.-(speciaL) James
Butler, who is at the head of a movement
to reorganize the Populist party on more
radical lines, stated to-day that he was
receiving encouragement from every
quarter. The Populist masses he said
felt that they had been betrayed by the
actions of the conservative element, and
unless the radicals took things into their
own hands the party was doomed. Said
he: 1T is no use to tell us that radicals
can't be elected in Kansas. The conserva-
tives can't scare US any more. The cor
porations will have TO act through some
other agency. Look. If you please. at
Leedy and Doster-they were denounced as
radicals. wild-eyed, impractical socialists
of the most dangerous class. yet they re-
ceived more votes than any other candi-
dates on the state ticket. The people of
Kansas love brave, honest men. possessed
of positive convictions, and when a man is
advertised as a radical in the interest of
the masses the people rally to his support
when given the opportunity. 1t is not at
all discouraging that some of the men We
elected have proven unworthy and recre-
ant: this was to be expected from the
frailty of human nature. Conservatives
are found wanting where radical men are
needed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
ROSE TEN INCHES YESTERDAY.
hensiOn at Leavenworth and
No Little Damage.

Leavenworth, Kas., April 14.-(SpeciaD
Within the last twenty-four hours the river
has risen steadily at this point and the
water is ten inches higher tonight than on
Wednesday. AT 3 o'clock tonight it is COM
ing up slowly at the rate of quarter of an
inch an hour. The rise is expected to con-
tinue until noon tomorrow. when there is
prospect of 4 slight fall. The stage of the
river at this point is now within three feet
and four inches of the highest mark ever
known. That was during the month of
April, 1881
The Missouri Pacific trains ran through
fourteen inches of water at a point below
the Leavenworth junction yesterday.
Should the water get much higher, the
trains of this road will have to come up
from Kansas City over the Wyandotte
track The Missouri Pacific track is also
under water on the government reservation.
just above the city limits. Railroad men
report that the RockIsland will not be able
to do anything with the track washed out
on Wednesday until the flood subsidies.
Water Is oyerrunning most of the bottom
land, and wheat and pasture fields are COW
cred with it. Nearly all the farmers have
moved to the hills.
Thomas Daniels was down from Kicka-
poo to-day and he states that there are
still eight families on kickapoo island. All
of them are trying to get their stock away.
He says that there is much timber on the
island and il is impossible to get near the
threatened houses with fiat boats. Small
things are being removed in skiffs. A
farmer living on the Delaware bar moved
MS TWO nOrSSS ana a COW that were stand
ing in water. to the Kansas shore by tying
them to a skiff and pulling them along.
Ha was carried two miles down stream
before he could land.
There is considerable anxiety felt for the
eastern approach to the new bridge. The
water is up on both sides of the long sand
and shale approach, and is rushing over
the dyke north of it with great force.
Men Were at work yesterday throwing IN
rock and shale and unless It gets much
higher it is thought that it will be safe.
The washing out of the approach would
not damage the bridge proper, but it would
stop all traffic until the water dropped
away down. which might require several
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
SENATOR HANSBROUGH HAS AN IN.
TEREsTING SCHEME.
HAS EMBODIED 1T IN A BILL.
WOULD POPULARIZE OUR FOOD
sTUFFS IN THE ORIENT.
Scheme Provides for an Official Conn
mission to Study Ways and
Means for Inducing Chinese
and Japs to Buy Our
Cereals.

Washington. April Ex-senator Hans
brough, of North Dakota, has introduced
bill authorizing the appointment of COM
mission to introduce and popularize the
bread food of the United States among the
peoples of the Orient. 1t provides that the
commission shall consist of three persons,
to be appointed by the president and con-
firmed by the senate. and to be known as
the bread foods commission of the United
States, and to be under the direction and
control of the secretary of agriculture.
The commission. shall ascertain. and from
time to time report to the secretary of
agriculture, upon the best modes of intro
ducing and popularizing the bread foods
of the United States among the peoples of
Oriental countries. The salary of each OF
said commissioners shall be 5000 year.
The commission is authorized to employ
a secretary at a salary of $780, and 10000
is appropriated to defray the expenses of
said commission in the prosecution OF Its
work Senator Hansbrough says that the
measure Is designed to further the work
of extending the trade of the United States
with China and Japan, and was suggested
by the letter recently sent to him by James
]. Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, on the subject of trade with the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
HAD TWO HUSBANDS AT ONCE.
Didn't Care to Pay S25 or $50 to Get
Rid of Husband Not
Worth d Cenfs..,

Clinton, Mo-. April 15.-(SpeciaD A wom-
ar was put in Jail here to-day charged
with bgamy. She says her name is Blanche
Cotton. and that she came from Western
Iowa last summer to Ladue, this Henry)
county, to marry Jacob Gier, after !. ten
months courtship by letter. She married
Gier on July II. 1896. lived with him a short
time. then moved to Calhoun, this county.
When she was married to Gier she gave
her name as Mrs. Blanche Ellen Gates.
When she arrived in Calhoun. she said her
name was Ellen Detrick. She started
small bakery, and soon married John
Sharp. the Wedding taking place on No
yember Il. 1896. just four months and six
days after her marriage to Gier. She was
asked this morning why she did not get
divorce from Gier before marrying Sharp.
didn't think could afford to pay s25 to $50
to get a divorce from a husband not worth
% cents She will be held in Jail to await
court.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
HE WON'T BE BLUFFED.
Senator John Armstrong Will Pay No
Attention to the Demand That
He RESIGN.

Topeka, Kas, April 15.-(Special) Sena-
tor John Armstrong, OF Barton county. was
in the city to-day looking after his boom
for superintendent of the Hutchinson re-
formatory. He believes his chances are
good. despite the fact that he voted to
strike out the maximum schedule in the
that he would vote the same way IL a spe-
Cial session OF the legislature is held. Some
of Armstrong; constituents are clamoring
for him to resign on account of his vote
on the railroad bin. but he says he won't
do it unless he is appointed superintendent
at Hutchinson. Il see TO reason why [
should change my mind on railroad legisla-
ton said he. 1T is an !mpossibilty for Il
legislature to adopt a schedule that would
be satisfactory to the people in all sections
of the state. / would favor a bill which
made maximum schedule 10 per cent low
er than the present schedule and then give
the railroad commissioners power to adjust
determinations. That is as far as l will
60 in the matter
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
JOHN M'CALL ON WEBB M'NALL.
The President of the New York Lie
Discusses the Action of the
Kansas Commissioner.

John A. Mccall, OF New York, president
of the New York Life Insurance Company
was a member of the party OF pleasure
seekers that went through the city last ev-
ening in a special car on the Santa re
with Treasurer Gibbs, of that line. Ihey
came in from the West and went on 10 IIi-
cago. They went through here February 2
on their way West and have spent all of
The time looking over the western portion
of the country and are now on their way
home.
President Mccall said he left the head
quarters prior to the action OF insurance
Commissioner Mccall in shutting them out
of Kansas, and consequently knew nothing
OF it save what he had read. He knew the
legal department of the company was busy
with it and would give it proper attention.
and so was not worrying about it. He de-
clined 10 talk about the action of Commits
sioner McNall but took exceptions to the
statement made by the Kansas czar that
the company made a practice of contest
ing claims.
In the last annual report We found we
had but 1900 of contested claims on our
hands out of n business of more than So
OOe, ,OO0 If that shows much of n practice
in contesting claims. / would like to know
how The company tries to keep out OF
contesting claims. but at the same time
tries to prevent every effort made to swim
ole ii.
The Hillmon case was on the books
when 1 became president" said Mr.. Nc
Call. IT sent a special representative of
the company who knew nothing of the
facts to Kansas TO stay there and investi-
gate the situation. and if there was any
shadow of justice in our paying the policy
to so report. His report made to me was
perfectly frightful and was so strongly
against the payment that L refused to in
terfere and allowed the case to continue.
We claim it to be a swindle and have been
ready to show our case in courts at every
term.
II am delighted with what I see of the
city" said Mr.. Mccall. 1T is understood
in the East that Kansas City is quite pros
porous and has bright prospects. Our build
ing here pays US better than any other
Western building We have. We are well
pleased with it.
That's frightful looking view of the
city" he remarked as he scanned the West
bluff. THE city ought to trim those bluffs
down some and render them less insight
ly. Such a place is quite out of keeping
with the remainder of the city. have al
ways believed the city a very handsome
one and wondered many times why the
bluff was allowed to remain as it was"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
MISSOURI STILL VERY THREATEN
ING At OMAHA.
DYKES SLOWLY GIVING WAY.
RIVER MAY CLAIM ITS OLD CHANNEL
AT ANY MOMENT.
Twenty More Families Driven From
Their Homes in East Omnha-
Flood RecedfnE in the
Mississippi Delta
Country.

Omaha, Neb.. April 15.-When the sun
went down tonight, his last light fell on
a vast waste of water, whose yellow
waves, tossed high by n strong breeze from
the north all day, rolled over what, last
week. were fields and gardens and door
yards. All day the torrents poured from
the Missouri across North Omahas gar
Gens into Florence and Cut OF lakes. The
former has lost its identity in the general
flood and the latter may soon. Tonight
il is seven feet higher than it was on
Tuesday morning, and is surely cutting
away the dykes that hold it back from
sweeping to join the Missouri and turn
the long abandoned course of that stream
again into q race.
When the sun went down the wind died
away to great extent, but it is still blow
ing a steady breeze. The streams running
into Cut Off lake from the north had
been increased in volume, but no longer
had bank to tumble over. The water in
the lake had risen to the level of the
water above and the whole flood was
spending itself against the first of the
dykes at the foot of the lake. This Is
still: two feet above the surface of the
water. but the waves have cut it terribly
during the day and it may give way before
morning. Three or four hundred yards
below is the second big dyke.
The basin between these has filled rapid
ly, but the water is still three or four feet
below the level of the lake. Below this
second dyke, the flood would find but little
to obstruct its way to the river. except
buildings and railroad tracks. Everything
is being done possible to prevent the break
The engineer at the pumping station at
Florence reports at o'clock rise of one
inch since morning.
The houses surrounded by water are still
standing, but many are being slowly under
mined and must soon fall. There is little
smelter is still above water and the rail-
roads have their threatened tracks well
protected.
Twenty more families have been driven
from their houses in East omaha by the
encroaching waters of Cut OF lake. The
houses stood on what was considered high
ground. but are now surrounded. The big
ice houses of Swift & Co.. packers, to save
which a desperate fight has been made all
week, are surrounded by swift running
water.
The situation downtown is unchanged
The river is rushing by at a fifteen mile
gait, its yellow bosom covered with all
plants along the bank are all protected
beyond any possible rise. The Burlington
road has dumped several trainloadS of
stone into the place where its tracks We're
undermined. and 4 further cut there is i'm
possible. The Union Pacific has also pro-
tected its tracks from further encroach-
ments. A special from Vermillion. s. D.,
souri, river at that point. There have been
no lives lost so far as is known. but the
damage to farm property and live stock
has been enormous.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897.

but it is protected by sacks and dirt. The
Mcguire and Concordia levees below town
are being worked upon. The river Is rising
hours and stands A feet on the gauge. just
four-te below the highest water.
New Orleans. April 15.-The closest atten-
ton is being paid to the river gauge and
its lamentations are noted by interested
parties. Tonight it ranges from lS.i TO
lS.9. according to the condition of the wind.
While there is no uneasiness felt locally by
reason of the present high water, yet much
Inconvenience commercially is being ex-
perienced on the river front. merchandise
of all descriptions calling for protection
against damage by water. The local Ter
ries are also in straits to maintain their
service and the situation altogether may
b" pronounced not alarming but seriously
perplexing. The authorities are doing
eyeiythlng in their power to relieve the
present emergency strain, but 1t Is thor
oushly comprehended that there is little to
be done except to wait for further devei-
opments and be ready to cope with any
trouble that may possibly arise.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
New York Broker Meets Death While
Cleaning Revolver in
His Office.

New York, April 15.-Wells Finch. q flour
broker and member of the Produce ex-
change. accidentally shot and killed himself
this afternoon while apparently cleaning a
revolver in his office in the Produce Ex-
change building. The body was seated in
a chair at a desk, one hand clutching a
revolver, of which one chamber had been
enptied On the desk was screw driver
and bottle of oil. and the dead man had
evidently been tinkering with the revolver.
The bullet penetrated the left eye and en-
tered the brain. Between the teeth of the
corpse was a cigarholder containing par
member of the Produce exchange for more
than thirty years.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-16
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
American Ship Snmarin, Coni Laden,
Supposed to Have Sunk With
All Her Crew.

San Francisco. April 15-The impression
that the American ship Samaria, from Sc
attic to San Francisco. coal laden, has
gone to the bottom grows stronger day
by day as no tidings come from the over
due vessel. The Alcade, which left Seattle
simultaneously with the Samaria, arrived
in this port April 2. The Aieada's master
says that on March y he encountered Il
terrible southeast gale and. after being in
company with the Samaria four days, the
vessels unintentionaily separated. The AL
cade took in her sails. but the Sanaria did
not reef her canvas. The Samaria was
laden so deep in the water that the seas
the trough of the sea. The Alcade had
hard work in saving herself and only es-
capped from the fury of the storm by
throwing out oil bags, which moderated
the force of the sea Immediately about her.