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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Origin of the Color Line.

To the Editor of The Journal.
The Navajo Indians have a curious ira
dition regarding the white mans origin
and superiority. They say that when the
Great Spirit made the earth He made three
men. ali of whom were of n very fair COM
plexion, and that after making them he led
them to the brink of a great lax and
babe them leap therein.
One Immediately obeyed and came out of
the water purer than before he bathed.
The second did not leap in until the water
had become muddy and when he bathed
he came up copper ColOred. The third did
not leap until the water had become black
with mud and came out its own color.
Then the Great Spirit laid before them
three bundles and bade them choose. Out
of pity for the black man for his misfoH-
tune in color he gave him first choice. He
chose the largest.
The copper color one chose the next
heaviest, leaving to the white man the
lightest. When the packages were opened
the first was found to contain spades. hoes
and other implements of labor.
The second. bows and arrows and fishing
tackle. while the third had surveyors in
struments. charts. pencils and paper.
Hence. the superiority of the white
man. MRS. +. E. 5.
Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Duffy Got an Early Promise.

From the Times Interview of May 16.
1T is said, Mr.. Duffy, that you were ap-
pointed out of Difference to the laboring
element. Is that true?"
1T is absolutely false. The fact of the
matter is that my appointment was de-
layed several weeks solely on account CT
my connection with labor organizations.
The commissioners thought that If LILY
name were placed on the roll soon after
that of Mr.. Vallins the public would think
that / had been selected in order to offset
any i'll feeling that might arise from the
choice of Vallins as chief of police"
on what ground, then, were you ap-
poiHted?'
Il laid before the police commissioners
about fifty letters from some of the most
substantial business men in Kansas City.
These men highly recommended me for the
position, and it was on the strength or
those letters that L secured the place. As
a matter of fact, the commissioners had
told me that they favored me for the
place long before Mr.. Vallins was appoint
ed chief of police"
-The following dates will be of interest
in connection with the last statement
made above:
March 25-Messrs. Scarritt and Gregory
sworn in as police commissioners.
April S-Mr. Vallins appointed chief or
police.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
RESERVOIR SITE SELECTED.
Government Engineer Finds n Favor
able Spot for IA Great Irriga-
tiOn Enterprise.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. May 16.-Lieutenant
Crittenden, the government engineer de-
tailed to choose sites for the proposed gov
ernment reservoirs in Colorado and Wyo-
ming, has inspected and selected the great
natural basin lying near Laramie, Wyo..
as the Wyoming site.
This great basin lies in the heart of the
Rocky mountains, and is ten miles long by
two miles wide. Its maximum depth is 80
feet, and the government engineers esti-
mate that it will hold 20,OoO,OV0,O0O cubic feet
of water. The walls of the basin are per-
feet and without a break. The bottom is
Of rock and is impervious to water. The
Big and Little Laramie rivers Will be tapp-
ed, and it will take between five and six
years to fill the basin.
Enough water can be stored to keep the
entire eastern part of Wyoming and West
ern Nebraska supplied with water during
dry seasons. The water will be collected
in winter and used to flood the Laramie
and Platte rivers in summer
Government engineers have been ordered
to survey the basin and draw up plans for
the feeding bitches.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

CAPTAIN MOLLY. BY Mary A.. Denison.
Cloth. 81 pages. Price 81. Lee G. Shepard,
Boston.
A CHEQUE FOR THREE THOUSAND.
BY Arthur Henry Veysey. Cloth. 2lS
pages. Price 81. G.. w. Dillingham;
Company. New York. Fred Harvey. Kan
sas City.
THE DAY OF REsIS. BY Lillian Frances
Mentor. Cloth. 39S pages. Price $50. q.
w. Dillingham; Company, New York. Fred
Harvey. Kansas City.
KOHELETH. BY Lewis Austin Storrs.
Cloth, 265 pages. Price 81. Ct. W. Dilling-
ham Company. New York. Fred Harvey.
HORACE EVERETT. BY the Marquise
Clara LAMA. Cloth, 2S pages. Price $l.50.
6. w. Dillingham; Company, New York.
Fred Harvey.
BIBLE READINGS FOR SCHOOLS. BY
Nathan G. Schaeffer. Cloth. 2T7 pages.
Price - cents. American Book Company,
New York and Chicago.
ON. MAMMON. \ SPIRIT SONG. By
Louis NJ. Elshemus. Cloth 1926 pages. gilt
top. Price SIS. East Lewis. New York.
LADY WE'RE. AND OTHER MARIA
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l6 pages, gilt top. Price $l.2J. East
Lewis, New York.
PHYLLIS OF PHILISTIA. BY Frank
Frankfort Moore. Paper. 342 pages. Price
% cents. The Cassell Publishing Com
pany. New York. Osborne & Pitrat, Kan
sas City.
RUTH FARMER. BY Agnes Marchbank
Paper, 80 pages. Price 30 cents. The
Cassell Publishing Company. New York.
osborne q H1trdt, Kansas City.
THE STRANGE ROMANCE OF A PAL
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Kansas City.
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pages. Price 80 cents. q. w. Dillingham;
Company. New York. Fred Harvey, Kan
Sas City.
WARRANTS TOWER. BY Harriet Loretta
Knapp. Paper, go pages. Price SO cents.
G. W. Dillingham; Company. New York.
Fred Harvey. Kansas City.
THE END OF THE JOURNEY. BY Marie
Florence Giles. Paper, PIC pages. G. w.
Dillingham; Company. New York. Fred
Harvey, Kansas City.
CARPENTERS GEOGRAPHICAL READ
Err. Asia. BY Frank @. Carpenter. Cloth.
54 pages. with colored maps and half
tone illustrations. Price 60 cents. Amer
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Cago.
DELILAH OF HARLEM. BY Richard
Henry Savage Paper. 500 pages. Price
p cents. Rand McNally & Co, Chicago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

the organs that make it possible. This is
wrong and need not be. If a woman will
but study the physiology of the organs dis.
tinctly feminine, and learn to take the prop.
er care of her health to take the proper
remedy for weakness and disease peculiar
to her sex, motherhood will become an I'M
alleged pleasure. where now II is dreaded
and avoided for its pains and dangers.
The best medicine for a woman to take
during the period preceding motherhood is
DR.. PieVce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is the
only medicine for this purpose invented by
g regularly graduated. skilled and expert
specialist IN the treatment of the peculiar
diseases of women. Ii cures all weakness
and disease Of the organs that perpetuate
the race. 1t makes them strong and vigor-
Gus. II nd the expectaut period of its
usual discomforts. Il ENSURES baby's health
and makes its coming easy aud almost pain.
less. 1t is the discovery of DR.. K. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician Of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
n. Y. Women who wish 10 know more of the
"Favorite Prescription " should write him.
Frederick Frederick, of No. INA 5. Second St.
Camden, n. J., writes. NV wife is a customer
ofyours She has used Fsvorite Prescription to
prevent miscarriage She had a sickness last
July, and suffered untold misery from a severe
pain. ! repeatedly told her to use your medi-
cines, but she persisted in going to a socalled spe-
cialast. whose treatment only made her more sick
and miserable. Then she used the 'Favorite
Prescription and was cured"
Pleasure. II is a matter of health alone.
Nothing else. A healthy man can't be IN
happy If he wants to. Much sickness is
caused by constipation. DR.. Pierce's Pleas.
eat Pellets cure constipation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

From the Kansas
City Times of April
&c, 1897.
p. E. Duffy, a labor
leader who has been
a delegate in the In
duStrial Council for
years, is still a mem
Der of that body,
He came near being
ousted at yesterdays
meeting. however.
Charges had been
made by other dele
gates in the council
that Duffy was try
ing to use the cen
trail b organiza-
ton TO further his
personal amDlIlOnS,
and that he wanted
to become dictator
of the council with
that end In view.
A committee was
a"DDOinted 10 look
into the charges and
IL made d report
yesterday. ID u If Y.
who is one of the
best speakers in la
boris ranks, defend
ed h / m S elf in d
speech at consider
able length.
The council finally
decided to postpont
action for the pres
ent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
HARRISON TO RIDE A WHEEL.
Ex-President Buys n bicycle Suit and
VIII Begin His Troubles
Mt Once.

Chicago, May 16.-General Harrison found
time between law and the baby TO go out
shopping for himself during a part of yes
terday. He bought a bicycle suit. 1t is n
gray Scotch check, with stockings of tho
clans. The former president of the United
States has not yet learned to ride. but he
proposes to begin the ordeal of beginning
as soon as he gets back to Indiana, where
the roads are not so hard. The general and
Mrs. Harrison accepted an invitation for
dinner this evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
George NJ. Pullman and a small company
of friends. This Is the third invitation OF
the kline the baby has permitted to be ac-
cepted and it is probably the last. The
present intention is to leave for ~IndianapO-
lis tomorrow.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
AN INDIAN WAR ENDED.
Eight Braves Make Pencs
With Mexico, After Twelve
Years strife.

Guaymas. Mex. May 16.-With all the
pomp and circumstance of war, 800 Indian
warriors, veterans of twelve years strife
with Mexico. marched into the little town
of Ortiz to make peace. A treaty of peace,
the main points of which were agreed upon
some time ago by Juan MaldonadO. Chief
Tetabiates. Civilized Name and Colonel
Peinado. of the Mexican army. was ratified
with much ceremony and peace was deClar-
ed. The cessation of hostilities is hailed
with joy by everyone in this vicinity, and
especially a syndicate of New York capt.
taIists, who are constructing. with Indian
labor, an immense canal in the Rio Gaqui
valley. to irrigate a millionaire concession
secured from the Mexican government.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
WILD DOGS PLAYING HAVOC.
killing sheep, Hogs and Young Cattle
in a lumber of Nebraska
Counties.

O'Neill. Neb., May 16.-Wild dogs have
been creating havoc for some time with
sheep, swine and Dung cattle in Holt,
Boyd and adjoining Nebraska counties.
Several years ago wolves were very trou-
blesome in the locality. and many farm
ers purchased sheep dogs to protect their
fiocks. As the wolves grew fewer the dogs
received less and less attention. In many
cases they were insufficiently fed. until
they finally returned practically to the
wild state. They have multiplied apidly
and are now a yeritable pest all over the
north central counties. They are stronger
than the wolves and work infinitely more
mischief.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
DID The Times ERR?
or That Paper Seems TO
Have shade n Mistake"

4 From an interview
with T. F.. Duffy In
the Kansas City
| Times of May Ii,
1897
ut is said, Mr..
Duffy, that there
were charges brought
by the Industrial
| Council against you
I'm connection with
Armour strike
That is a lie out
/ of whole cloth. These
men here can tell you
so" said he. turning
to NJ. G. Byrne, a
member of the griev-
ance committee of
the Industrial Coun-
ell, and w. II. Max
well. also a member
of the council.
Mr.. Byrne and Mr..
Maxwell c~orroborat-
ed Mr.. Duffy's state
ment on this point,
as well as on all
others which con-
'cerned the Industrial
Council.
How about the
statement that you
were recently tried
by the council for
~disloyalty?"
IF a l $ e, a ! S o. A
short time ago there
was a personal mat
ter between another
member of the coun-
ell and myself. The
committee which was
appointed to investi-
gate the question
made a report which,
by a vote of the
council, was laid on
the table. The mem
Der with whom | had
the difficulty left the
council soon after
ward. No charges of
.~disloyalty or any kin
bred offenSe were
ever brought before
the council against
me-"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Rig Picnic at Lake View.

Lawrence, Kas.. May 16.-(Special) The
Lake View Hunting and Fishing Associa-
ton, which has members from Lawrence,
Topeka and Kansas City, will give a big
picnic at the club house and grounds FIVE
miles west of Lawrence. or Decoration
day. The member will invite a few friends
and the event will be made one of the most
notable in the history of the club.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Missouri University Contest,

Columbia, Mo-. May 1~6.-(Special) In the
annual intersociety contest at the Mis-
souri, university last night Daisy Gordon.
of Columbia, won the essay medal. ].
H. Shouse. of Mexico. the declamatio
medal. AMI W. F. Bland, of Gentry county,
the oratory medal
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Had 10 Dress for 1t.

From the Chicago Record.
Mamma, you just ought to see Annie
Easley's new waterproof, rubbers, umbreI-
la. furs and mittens."
why, what does she want with such
things at this time of the year?"
Don't you know she was our queen of
the Mayo"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

From the Chicago Record.
My sweet peas were all trampled down
this morning
Did the cat do it?'
"No. We think the airship fell on them"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Why don't you try Carter's little Liver
Pills? They are a positive cure for sick
headache and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

All admit that the dining car service on
the Santa Fe Route between Kansas City
and Chicago is the finest in the country.
Try 1t when you 60 East.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Inadvertently the name of Miss Helen
Curtis was omitted among those who de-
served honorable mention in this years
graduating class at the Central high
school. Miss Curtis was one of the most
faithful students. her average standing be-
ing $685. per cent,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

II o want the finest coffee grown, ask
for White House Java and Mocha, put up
by leading jobbers and retail dealers from
ocean to ocean,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Many persons keep Carriers Little Liv-
er Pills on hand 20 prevent bilious attacks,
sick headache. dizziness, and find them Just
what they need.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Missouri, Kansas Texas Trustee.

Seventh and Wyandotte Streets,
KANSAS CITY. NO.
CAPITAL 81. 35O,
Surplus and Undivided Profits. 81, 15O, 900
S. Wall street, New York city.
40 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
149 Washington street. Boston, Mass.
~SandthorQuia 2. Hamburg. Germany.
SIngel 23S. Amsterdam, Holland
81 Lombard street, London, Z. C., En-
gland.
Icrotheen-Strasse 81, Berlin, Germany.
Is Rue du Louvre, Paris. France.
Arthur E. Stilwell, President, Vice Presi-
dents; LIST, j.. Med. Trimble; End. E. l.
Martin; Sd. w. S. Taylor; 4th. Jacques T.
Nolthenius.
Arthur G.. Robinson, Secretary; W. s.
Taylor, Treasurer; Frank B. Wilcox. Asst
Treasurer: j.. ]. Cairnes, Asst Secretary.
z. s. Mosher. Asst Secretary; Trimble &c
Braley, General Attorneys.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
Save Many Hours

BY Taking
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
for
PUGET SOUND POINTS,
Tacoma, Seattle. Victoria.
1t Is several hundred miles the shortest
route from Kansas City. via Billings, Mont
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
Insurance in Kansas.

To the Editor of The Journal.
1 notice in your editorial this morning,
commenting upon the statements of super
intendent of insurance of Kansas, as to
the amount of money taken from the state,
you say:
The insurance department of Kansas
has issued no report as yet for the year
1896, but the report for the year ending
January /, 1896. is before us, and from it
we gather the following summary of in
surance business transacted during the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

SNAB AbS e ~
Being only about 40 of l per cent of the
total premiums taken
The reserve. under the present law. is
subject to withdrawal by the policy holder
at any time. or he can purchase paid up in
surance, which is equal to about the total
premium paid; in other words, the re-
serve of 30 per cent would purchase for the
policy holder insurance to the full amount
of all premiums paid. payable at death,
and. in most cases, participating in the
earnings of the company in the mean
time. As most of the companies doing
business in Kansas are purely mutual,
whatever surplus earnings the companies
show belongs to the ~policyhOlders and is
distributed to them annually. There has
never been a time that the large insurance
companies have not had loaned in the state
of Kansas millions of dollars in excess of
every dollar of premiums taken in the
state; consequently. there was no period
of time I'm which money. strictly speaking.
paid by the policyholders in the state of
Kansas had gone outside of the state, and
as the loans made by the insurance COM
panies to the Kansas people has always
been from 2 to 3 per cent below the cur
rent rate of interest in Kansas, the in
surance companies have been largely to
the benefit of the farmer and business men
who had occasion to borrow money. Very
respectfully, WILLARD r. WINNER.
Lansing, Kas., May IL. 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

The course of study for the new Manual
Training school, which will soon be issued
by the board of education, is in theh hands
of the printers.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Visitors to Miss Sanford's primary room
at the Washington school may hear count
ing in six different languages; French, En-
gliSh, German. Italian, Hebrew and
Syrian. Blue pills and blue-back spoilers
have not found place in the class. Cen
orally, only such English words as the
child can be made to comprehend by some
object, or action. or is likely to use on this
earth, are forced upon him..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

THE BURLINGTON ROUTES
Splendid New Train Between
KANSAS CITY
and
CHICAGO.
Leaves $40 + NJ.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

DIR. p. H. Jesse. of the Missouri State uni
versity. will address the students of the
Central high school text Thursday morn
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

AS your statement has a tendency to
show that the excess of premiums is APP
parently a profit taken from Kansas. I
take the liberty of readjusting your figures
to show the actual profit on the insurance
business of the state, as near as the same
can be estimated:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Carpenters Geographical Reader. Asia.
BY Frank G. Carpenter. In the interest
of its subject matter. as well as in its lit
erary and mechanical execution. this new
geographical reader is probably the most
attractive book of its kind. The author,
who is an experienced traveller and writer,
has here given the results OF his recent ex-
tended journeys through the different COun-
tries of Asia. together with personal OBJ
scrvations of their native peoples, just as
they are found to-day in their homes and
at their work.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

The competitors for the Winants gold
medal in the senior English literature class
of the Central high school lave handed in
their essays to the examining committee
to be graded. There are thirteen contest
ants and as many subjects. Professor +.
d. Phillips. who is conducting the contest,
will not disclose the name Of the winner Of
the medal until commencement night.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Expense of adjusting. >
per cent on losses paid. 2S,240
Allowing ~one-fourth of
the premiums, $3.50, AS, as
now business, on which
the companies pay so per
cent commission ........ $50. 224
~ per cent commission on
balance, $1.0S0,S 47 ........ Sl,O64
40 per cent of premiums
to reserve fund.-. 5l6, 800
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

Miss Annie Woolfrom, of the Yeager
school,, will resign her position at the next
meeting of the board of education At the
close of school she is going to Paris, where
her younger brother is studying art. Miss
Woolfrom has spent one year in Paris and
while there conducted a large private class
in English studies.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17

CAPTAIN MOLLY. BY Mary A. Denison.
Cloth. 81 pages. Price 81. Lee & Shepard,
Boston.
Evening star., 1897-01-02
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,

Schedule In effect Dec emper l. 1896
All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania pas
500 A-M.--Day.-Local for DarvIne Charlotte
burg a.d % at Manassas Tor Stras
Sunday. and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
western, daily, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio
l1;15 A.M.-Dally.-TH UNITED STATES FAST
MAIL; M carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers. New York
bury with Pullman Sleeper for AsheriIie % and i' Hot
Springs, n. c.; Knoxville and Chatt anooga Tenn,
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Washington to Galveston.
Texas. via Montgomery. New Orleans and Houston,
and Pullman % Sleeper New York to Atlanta. Solid
Sunset Personally Conducted Tourist Excursion
Through Sleeper on this train every Saturday 20
Harrisonburg. daily. except Sunday.
io4s fHE sSp sSirH
WESTERN yESTiBULED LIMITED. composed Of
Pullman vestibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars and Day
Vile and Hot Springs, n C.; New York to Tampa.
via Charlotte. Columbia. Savannah and Jackson.
New York to New Orleans. Vim Atlanta and Mont.
gomery. vestibuled Day Coach washington to At
ianta Southern Railway Dining Car Greensboro to
TRAINS oN wAsHH;GToN AND OHIO prvrs-
ION leaye saye washington s:ol an. daily and 4:45
only for Round Hill: 4:s2 pm. daily, except sun
day, for Leesbnrg, and 6:25 daily for Herndon.
pm daily from Round Hill. 7.O6 am daily. ex-
cept Sunday. from Herndon. S:34 IN. daily except
Through trains from the south arrive at WASH
inSton. 6;42 a m, 20 pm. and $40 p. IN. daily.
das and daS from aag e,Ge2t Sun
Tickets. Sleeping Car reservation and informa-
ton furnished at Offices 51l and 1890 Pennsylvanla
station.
". Fl. GREEN. General supt
J. NJ. CTLP. Tranfc Manager
W. A TURK. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. s. BROWN. Gen Agent Pass. Dept.
Evening star., 1897-01-02

Islands. The great bulk of the product of
his hemisphere however, comes from the
United States and as l have said. the in
dicaticnS are that our resources have not
yet been touched.
A Good Iron Business Means Good
Times.
1t is said that good iron business means
good times. and that prosperity and the re-
verse in the United States rise and fall
with the prices of steel rails. If this is so,
We are on the eve Of good times, for the
iron industries of the country are picking
up. The foundries of Pittsburg and Cleve-
land have taken back. their men, and the
mines of iron and coal are being worked
along Lake Superior as well as in the
south. A report was published last week,
stating that the Carnegie and Rockefeller
iron and steel interests have united, and