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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
PHILIPPINE ISLAND TYPHOON TER.
RIBLY DESTRUCTIVE.
LOSS IS SEVERAL MILLIONS.
FIVE HUNDRED EUROPEANS n SIX
THOUSAND NATIVES KILLED.
Capital of Tacloban DESTROYED In
Half AZ Hour and 500 Persons
Buried In h Ruins-Many
Trading Vessels Were
Wrecked.

San Francisco. Nov. 1.-THE typhooh
which swept over the Philippine islands on
the eth of October was the cause of one
Of the worst disasters that has been re-
ported from the southern coast In many
ton Of the world. Thousands of lives were
lost. including many Europeans. and the
damage to property was something appall-
ing. Telegraphic advices concerning the
calamity have been very meager. The diff
fculty Of getting news from the islands Is
great at any time. and owing to tho re-
moteness Of some Of the provinces visited
~ the hurricane full details Of the storm
did not reach Hong Kong until the LIST Of
Orient to-day. brought letters and papers
which contain accounts Of the ravages of
the tidal and the winds. Several
other towns were swept and blown away.
Fully 800 Europeans were drowned. nd
i. il estimated 600 natives persisted.
The hurricane struck the island at the
Bay Of Santa Paula. in the province of
samar. 1t devastated the entire southern
portion Of the island, and cut on
SeIA0 - ~ ASSe - - oAA wv
days. On the 18th. the hurricane reached
Leyte. and struck the capital Of Tacloban
with great fury. In less than half an hour
the town was q mass Of ruins The ma
lives were panic striker. and tried to make
their way to clear ground Four hundred
OF them were buried beneath the debris Of
wrecked buildings. and I'D corpses Of Euro
peans were recovered from the ruins when
the native authorities instituted a search
for the dead.
Reports from the southern coast were re-
ceived which claimed that a score Of small
trading vessels and WI Sydney traders
were blown ashore and the crews drowned.
sea at Samar swept inland nearly u
mile. destroying property valued at several
million dollars. and causing Wholesale
death among the natives.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

President Rieger, himself and two of the
clerks was formed to protect the stock Of
sale sail i in the an market. When so STOCK X was sa forced
on them they would make a note to the
bank for the amount. signed by one of the
deposit the note and hold the stock in the
nan Of the individual, although there was
a plainly stated understanding. that it was
of stock. was secured by the bank in that
way that was finally sold to H. c. Clark,
son-in-law of Major Hood. of Kansas,
at the time Of the failure. Mr.. Clark was
assistant cashier.
The contention of Major Hood and others
is that the stock was owned by the bank.
That the bank could not legally own Its
stock. and therefore the transfer to him and
be held for the assessment. The syndicate
formed by Major Hood had bought $4,000
worth Of the stock.
voluntarily go to Topeka to give his depo-
sition and relate such information was con-
s:dere6 marvellous by the bankers of the
city. The national banking law expressly
states the purposes for which money may
be used. Banks are not authorized to own
their own stock and the action of the of
considered by many to be outside the limit
Of the law 1t Is altogether probable that
an investment of that character was ore
Ct 9 the things IN to which fHa C1mparolter Eckeis
It Is reported among the bankers OF the
city that the probability of an indictment
has been foreseen by Mr.. Rieger and Mr..
CoviEgton and they have retained attor-
Eeys for their defense II trouble comes.
There was considerable talk of indictment
following the failure of the bank. Bank
Examiner H. A. Forman. who was here
when the bank closed, found matters he
denounced as rookie at that time and laid
certain matters before District Attorney
Walker for Investigation and wanted the
indictments returned then. hnf owing To a
difference of opinion as to the alleged GRIM
inality of the acts recited there was no
action taken by the grand jury at that
receiver had been put in charge and Mr..
Fcrman was no longer connected with the
case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
QUEEN MUST NOT WHEEL.
Grave Dutch COunselors Decide
Against Wilhelmina's
Bicycle.

London, Nov. ia dispatch to the Daily
Telegram from Amsterdam says that while
Queen Wilhelmina was in Vienna she be-
came passionately fond of bicycling and
brought home a splendid machine Then
her mother was seized with scruples as to
whether it was proper for a queen to ride a
wheel. The young queen laughed at the
idea and declined to relinquish her bike.
The question was. therefore. referred to a
privy. council, which deliberated on the
question very carefully and ~exhaustively
and finally concluded that such recreation
was incompatible with the dignity of the
throne. Wilhelmina pouted, but obeyed,
and accepted a Shetland pony as a consola-
ton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
PLAY 0u, but The Soil of Kansas and Missouri Never Whhhods Its Bounty.

never committed without a motive; and
hence. on the trial of a person charged
win crime 1t is always competent to give
the criminal act. Where the crime is
clearly proved, and the criminal positively
!aentned 1t is not important to prove mo-
c ciyeS; Sut where the case depend upon
ssdnces point to any particular person as
me criminal. the case against him Is much
forufied by proof that he had a motive
Tor the crime. Where the motive appears,
the probabilities created by the other evil
dence are much strengthened. This evil
dsnce n to prove that the motive
desire to possess Withey's wife; that his
passion for her was SO absorbing that he
was determined to overcome all obstacles
standing in the way. One obstacle was the
husband, and he was murdered. That such
proof Is competent, even If 1t tends to prove
another crime, has frequently been decid-
The Iowa supreme court decided In
the case OF Hinkle. who was con-
victed for numbering his wife, and w.,
erred in admitting evidence Of his intimacy
with another woman:
Such evidence was admissible If 1t tend.
of proof. 1t is frequently material to snow
the intent or motive of a party and evil
dence of this intent and motive is always
admissible aesdiis assn So, IN this case. It can be
establish the fact that an improper init
macy existed between the prisoner and the
girl F1ske. the jury could see a motive for
the commission Of the ofense charged. The
testimony would tend to show that the af-
%fecticns Of the husband were alienated
from the wife and that he would, there
fore. be more likely to desire her DEATH"
In the case of Edward Lawlor the su-
preire court of Minnesota decided:
when 1t Is shown that a crime has been
committed and the circumstances point to
the accused as guilty, proof of a motive
to commit the ~offense, though weak and
lnccncIusive evidence, is nevertheless adj
These are only a few of the declarations
OF higher courts which will be placed be-
fore Judge Longan, and they are SO clear
ly in point against Judge Longan's former
pected by the prosecutor hat Judge Lon
gan will reverse his former ruling In the
matter.
Prosecutor Lowe says he has strong evil
aenee that Or. Goddard and Mrs. Jackson
this point is introduced 1t would make the
trial full OF sensations.
Lowe also claims to nave strong evidence
that Dr: Goddard had gotten mold of a great
part of Jackson's property through Mrs.
jackson: that Jackson had gathered EVIL
dence consulted lawyers about bring
Ing a suit against Mrs. Jackson and DR..
Goddard to expose them and recover his
property. The state contends that to es-
one of the motives that led Goddard to kill
jackson. Lowe will try to get this evidence
IN at the trial and he has supreme court
decisions which declare:
Evidence of threats to expose criminal
acts, and threats to begin suit to recover
property. is admissible to. show a motive
All these decisions Mr.. Lowe might have
had he been competent and properly pre-
pared his case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
AFRAID OF A TARIFF WAR.
German Papers See That the United
States Would Have the
Best of It.

Berlin. Nov. 27.-The appeal of the Aus
t~ro-Hungarian minister for foreign affairs,
Count Goluchowski. asking Europe to unite
against American competition, is %variously
commented upon here. The Liberal and
Radical newspapers condemn such a step.
The Volks Zeitung says:
1T is easily seen who would have tolpay
the bill when all the European ~agrarians
are united. The people of Europe who alb
solutely need for their daily bread the
cereals of America, India n Australia
would ave to sacrifice untold millions at
the altar of International agrarianism. That
is the meaning of it."
The Vorwaerts says: "a tariff war be-
gun by the United States or Europe would
be answered by closing the markets of the
United States of America. The first meas
ure of the powerful, big republic across the
ocean would be the embracing of all Amer
lean countries, including perhaps the En-
glish colonies there, into q pan-American
tariff union. by which the United States
would create large and assured fields for
supply and sale, mo would narrow the ex-
ports of their adversaries still further"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
BONUS WILL BE RAISED.
] timOre Avenue Confident of
Convention Hall Site,

Secretary Cl%endening. of the convention
hall committee, yesterday deposited in the
1896 received from subscribers to
the fund. This brings the total receipts to
date to s29. ITO. The subscribers were called
upon to pay 80 per cent of the fund by De-
cember ], when the committee expected to
pass finally upon the site. 1t is understood
that the owners of the property at Tenth
and Baltimore. which was conditionally Sc
lected as the site for the proposed hall.
have SO far met with such encouragement
that they expect to secure a sufficiently
large bonus from surrounding property
owners to justify their acceptance of the
offer of the convention hall committee for
the site. 1t is altogether likely this site
will be finally selected, but the decision will
not be reached until the next meeting of
the committee, probably next Wednesday
or possibly Thursday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
COMPTROLLER ECKELs ASKS I'M
MEDIATE ACTION.
JURY TO BE CALLED At ONCE
EXPECTED THAT RIEGER AND COW
INGTON WILL BE CAUGHT.
Acting ON the Report Of His Conf
Dental Agent the Comptroller
Asks . Special Grand Jury
to Investigate the
Failed Bank. 81.

Acting on information contained in the
report Of his confidential representative. E.
P. Moxey, Comptroller Of the Currency Eek
els has asked the department of justice at
Washington to request Judge Philips. of the
federal court here, to call a special grand
jury to Investigate the management of the
defunct Missouri National bank and return
said to have transgressed the law while in
official position.
This information came to Kansas City
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
POPULAR TENET UPSET.
St. Loui" Victim of Hydrophobia
Drinks Water and Remains RAJ
tfonal Until Death.

st. Louis. Nov. 2.-Ernest Eggesiecker, a
farmer, died from h~ydrophobia at the Bap-
fist sanitarium to-day. He was bitten by a
dog in September. His death was in di-
rec. contradiction to the popular impress
sion that death by hydrophobia is always
attended with horrible suferings. The
patient was rational at all times, drank
water freely, did not froth at the mouth
nor bark like a dog and did not suffer.
His ore attendant was more for company
than for medical service. Eggesiecker died
while asleep. His attendant also had gone
to sleep and Eggesiecker had been dead an
hour when the attendant awakened. The
physicians are puzzled over the case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Robert E. Lewis left Washington for
home last night via st. Louis.
The citizens of vinita. I. T.. nave decided
to pegin at once the erection of a city hos
pital.
John E. Moore. of Oklahoma. has
appointed a carpenter at the Fort Apache
agency, Arizona.
tt pope las appointed the Rev. P. I.
Chapelle. bishop of Santa Fe. N. M, to
the archbishopric of New Orleans.
City Clerk jackson. of Sioux City, Ia,
has resigned to escape immediate invests
cation by the council. for alleged official
misconduct.
7. Corning. one of the most respected
citizens of Lyons. Kas.. and a Rice county
pioneer. died of pneumonia at his residence
Friday night.
Two young ladies of Duluth, Mimi.
Misses Louise La Sale and Jennie Sheress,
were drowned in the st. Louis river Friday
night while skating.
The differences between Nicaragua and
the two republics in war. have, it is re-
ported. been amicably adjusted.
Mrs. Hettie NJ. Burtless. of Stotesberry,
No; died in the Union depot at Chicago
Friday while on her way with her husband
to spend the rest of her life with her son.
She was 73 years old.
Burglars entered the Exchange bank at
Tina. Mo-. Friday night. broke open the
vault and blew off the door of the steel
screw-door safe. but were unable to open
the inner safe and SO got no money.
- iiAd ACdSus LAX VI Coroner
Easterbrook, master mechanic of the Union
Pacific railway, has been sentenced at
hays City. has., to five years in the peni-
degree.
A determined effort is being made to Sc
cure a pardon for Maude Lewis. now serv-
Ing a fifteen year sentence in the peniten-
Peter Morrissey in st. Louis, two years
ago.
Arthur Gorham Davis. keeper of the cor
poration accounts and records of Harvard
university, died at his home in Jamaica
81 years. He had a wide acquaintance
among literary and public men.
Villas. 9 wealthy stockman near Perry. o.
T.. shot and killed himself Thursday while
experimenting with an old pistol, with
which he had provided himself, consequent
to a quarrel with a neighbor boy.
James A. Dugan, of Evansville, Ind. has
been suffering twelve weeks with typhoid
fever and was twice pronounced dead by
the attending physician. but is still alive.
The second time he was prepared for bur-
ial before the very faint pulsations of his
heart were noticed.
at Cairo. Egypt, are beating those Of
Brooklyn, in the record of number of peo-
PIE killed. The Egyptian roads have been
W Vae'h Rili e n or Injured 1xsr I b yeI the hne ea ase d RepIRle
the first twelve months.
A non-partisan meeting will be held at
p In1ar, for Sc Securing iii D stsfebeod / for to the discuss ts1r;s
tory and such portions of the Indian coun-
try as congress sees ht to add. The meet
Ing was called by the chairmen of the four
state central committees.
Thomas l. Foster, a Norton county, Kas.,
stockman. has been suffering heavy losses
from blackleg in a herd Of Texans he
lor Riddle. secretary Of the live stock SAN
itary commission, shows that over 8, ZOO
worth Of the cattle were thus diseased.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
HYPN0TIzED HIS PUPILS.
Wis.,, School Board Asked
to Dismiss the Instructor
In Drawing.

S%heboygan, Wis. Nov. 27.-Professor Cow
Ferguson, instructor of drawing in the pub
lie schools. is charged with taking eight or
ten pupils from one of the ward schools
ard using them as subjects for a hypnotic
exhibition. Mr.. Ferguson does not deny
the charge, but asserts in his own defense
that no injury was done to the children
and that he did not imagine there would
be any objection on the part of the parents.
The school board has been asked to dis
miss the professor, and a special meeting
will be held to hear the case Of Monday
next. Professor Ferguson has been in She
bcygan several years. He is an artist of
unCsual talent and spent some time in
Paris in pursuing his art studies.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
RECORDS FURNISH PROOF.
Special Examiner M0xey Says the In.
dictments VIII BE Found.

Special Examine Edward P. Moxey, who
Is conducting the investigation into the
records Of the bank. was seen last night at
the Hotel Savoy and told of the news re-
ceived from Washington. Concerning the
affair he said:
TT statement that the w%rongdoing of
the banks officers is to be legally investi-
gated and that indictments will be returned
against President Rieger and Cashier Cow
ington is correct, The facts on which the
indictments will be founded are contained
in the records Of the bank. The national
bank law expressly prohibits any bank from
owning any Of its own stock. 1t cannot
even make a loan on 1t or acquire 1t in any
way except to secure a debt previously con-
tracted.. and then 1t must be disposed of
inside of six months or the comptroller may
appoint a receiver and close the bank. The
punishment for such violations is not less
than five nor more than ten years impris-
onment.
so far as the special grand jury Is con-
cerned. I have talked with the district at
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
STANDARD WINS IN GERMANY.
Oil Monopoly Seems to Have
Failed

Berlin, Nov. N.-In spite of the action of
the South German dealers, after the an
nouncement that the Mannheim Pure OIL
Company. a competitor of the Standard
OF Company, had purchased an island in
the Rhine, on which it is proposed to build
gigantic tanks, to p%atronize exclusively the
Mannheim Pure Oil Company. the impress
sion prevails in commercial circles that
the German representatives Of the Stand
ard Oil Company have won the fight and
will crush all competition. The vossische
Zeitung says:
'Evidently, in accordance with an agree
ment with the Standard Oil Company, the
Russian petroleum dealers have withdrawn
from competition in the German market"
OF the petroleum import of the current
year, America furnished 1884, 42 tons, and
Bremen and Hamburg show the Standard
Oil Company is now virtually alone in the
field.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
es St I'd sot the temperatdsas were as fol-
Postman's UNIQUE Call.

The letter carrier who delivers the mail
to the people on East Fourteenth street
from Oak to Ttoost. has a very CHEEKY
so many sorts of whistles used by deliv-
cry wagons. street fakirs. cyclists and 9TH
ers that he had trouble attracting atten-
adopted the call of the quail and began
using it. No other owner of a whistle can
get anywhere near him on his call of Bob
White" as he makes his trips each day.
All the people along his route have learned
his call and Bob White" as he gives it
causes all doors to open for him each day'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
FIFTY YEARS. OF WE0Lock.
General and Mrs. JohnA.R Rice to Gel
citrate TheariGolden Wedding
Next Wednesday.

Sedalia, NO., Nov. N.-(special.) General
John H. Rice. the veteran editor of the
Sedalia Capital, n his wife left this
morning for Fort Scott. Kas., where on
next Wednesday a reception will be ten
dered them on the occasion Of the fiftieth
anniversary Of their wedding. at the resi-
Mr.. and Mrs. Rice were married at Cass-
vile, Ga. December /, 1S47. and are now
ty-five years their junior. A number Of
Sedalians will go to Fort Scott to attend
the reception.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Hunting a Home for May Carr.

Sedalia, No.. Nov. N.-(Special) Rev. f.
A.. Powell arrived here to-day from Lib
erty, Mo-, with May Carr. the 5-year-old
sentence of death at Liberty. for the muir
der Of Mays 3-year-old sister, Belle. Mr..
Powell is trying to find a home here for
he will place her in the st. Louis orphans
home.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
The City Decides Smoke Consum...
Not Necessary

Where semi-anthracite smokeless coal 70
used. Bolen Coal Co. has all gradesIlump'
binary bituminous coal in old-fashioned
freboxes. No changes of apparatus neces-
sary. Best coal; prompt service.
In Wyandotte St, n. W. cor. 9th st.
Tells. 54 and 2764.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WON'T RETIRE SHERMAN.
Reports Of the President. Intention
to Do So Are Without
Foundation.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Those close to
President Mckinley said to-day that all
hands had become somewhat annoyed at
reports constantly circulated to the effect
that John Sherman, secretary of state. is
to bs retired. The best information OBJ
uation is that the president has not the
slightest notion of taking any step that
would lead to the retirement of Mr.. Sher-
man. Most Of the talk concerning Mr..
Sherman. it was added, wa started by
certain persons in the confidence of White
lay Reid, editor of the New York Tribune,
who has desired very much to succeed Mr..
Sherman as secretary of state. Straight.
information from the White House is that
all stories concerning the alleged proposed
retirement of Mr.. Sherman have never had
the slightest foundation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
In an Armour building.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. lone man was
killed and three others seriously wonded by
the collapse Of three floors of the building
occupied by the Armour company as a beef
packing establishment In this city this aft
ernoon. The building was Quilted by fire
q few days ago and the men were employed
in repairing It..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Five Klondikers Drowned.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 2Z..The collector Of
customs at Tagtsh Lake. In a letter. says
five lives have been lost In the lakes and
others on the route to Dawson within the
last few weeks. With the exception of
Frank Anthony, he does not know the
have been wrecked in the rapids.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
women stop Cour.inx Match.

st. Louis, Nov. 27.-The South Side Cours-
Ing Association opened the season here at
South Side park yesterday, but were COM
PEELED to stop by the Women's Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ben
lamin O'Keefe. Peter Rohan and Emile
Miller, officers of the association, were ar
rested. but were later released on bail.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
1T MAY SNOW TO-DAY.
ConnOr, and If He Doesn't
Know, Who DoesG

The temperature got down to II degrees
early yesterday morning. The sun sue
ceeded in raising 1t barely above the freez-
ing point by 8 p. m. ThJAindications are
that to-day will be warm with increas-
Eve may lave some tomorrow"
said Colonel Conner, the Nather observer.
That is, it is possible will have, a
furry of the beautiful" h added, in order
not 10 be too positive.
Yesterday the Temperatures were as fol-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Internal Revenue Receipt. LARGE.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE records of the
Internal revenue bureau show that the re-
fiscal year will exceed those for the same
period last year by about 8. 0OO. OQO.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Child Killed i'm . Runaway.

Winfield, Kas., Nov. 27.-tSpecial.) A
child of C. X. Harmon, a prominent farm
er living near Tisdale. in this county. was
killed here to-day in a runaway accident
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WASHINGTON GETS IT.
BE Held In b Capital City,
July ola.

Chicago. Nov. 2-At a meeting Of tic
executive committee Of the National Edu.
c~ational Association to-day. 1t was decided
to hold the next annual convention of the
organization in Washington. d. C.. Juiy
9 to Il. 1895. Los Angeles. Omaha and Kan.
sas City were competitors Of Washington
in the effort to secure the convention.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Bear salts for the North.

Seattle, WASH. Nov. 27.-The United
States revenue cutter Bear sailed Tonight
for Alaska to rescue the imprisoned whaI-
ing fleet In the Arctic ocean.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Deep SNOW m Mehis

Crystal Falls. Mich, Nov. E.-Eirht
inches of snow fell here last night and to-
day: The thetrnosneter registered tl d..