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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
FOR THE NEW COURTS.
Governor Leedy VIII Name Them
This Week-Some of the
Candidates.

Topeka, Kas., March 2I.-CSpeciaL) Gov
ernor Leedy will appoint judges OF the two
new city courts established in Kansas City,
Kas., by an act OF the recent legislature,
the latter part of the week. Applicants
for the jobs are as thick as vultures around
a carrion. The four most favorabIy men
toned are Attorneys J. W. Baldwin, w. A.
Shook, L. L. Fisher and ]. W. jenkins.
Jenkins was the author of the two courts
bill. In fact. IL was a scheme he adopted
10 get an office. He has been trying for
these many years to stick his whiskers in
the crib containing the political crumbs,
but for some reason which he can't un-
derstand the people never entertained such
an exalted opinion of his great worth as
TO elect him TO a public Office of any kind
By some political manipulation, which has
already proven costly, Governor Leedy ap-
pointed jenkins as A member of the pres
ent Kansas City. kas.. police board. Jen-
kns would have stood good show for
appointment as one of the judges of the
new courts had he kept off the police
board. but the operations of the board
during the brief period the new commits
sioners have been in charge has disgusted
Ieedy with the whole outfit, and for that
reason Jenkins chances are extremely
doubtful, according to expressions around
the state house.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
GIVING ID. O. rCRAY AN OFFICE
SETS HIM WILD.
JUDICIAL DIGNITY FORGOTTEN.
WILLING To DO ANYTHING TO DE-
FEAT THE APPOINTMENT.
He VIII Bring the Strongest Possible
Pressure TO Bear 10 Induce Lee
dy 30 Change His Mind, but
He Will Probably
Fail.

Topeka. Eas., March 21.-(SpeciaD Some
more inside history concerning the appoint
ment of text book commissioners came 10
The surface to-day. 1t appears that Chief
Justice Doster has taken a deeper interest
in the matter than propriety would war
rant in a person occupying high station.
The action of the governor in appointing
u. o. McC,ray as one OF the members
made Doster even moro furious than WAS
State Superintendent Stryker. Doster re-
ceiyed a tip before the names We're sent 10
the senate for confirmation that McCray
was one of the Republican members named
lie went to Lieutenant Governor Harvey
and said that the appointment was an out
rage Harvey, being Populist. shared in
The opinion.
We'll. il must be stopped" declared Dos
fhcr. The appointment is very unwise-
What's the matter with Leedy. anyhow
Il think il could he spiked in the senate,
replied Harvey.
IF there is any doubt of if, Ill so TO the
governors office and get the list Of appoint
ments and strike off McCrays name" said
Doster. - am willing TO take the RESPONSE
bility. Leedy can't afford TO ruin the party
by any such an appointment.
The lieutenant governor again expressed
the belief that the senate could right the
wrong"
With this assurance Doster said he would
not take the step contemplated, and he left
it with Harvey TO arrange.
From all indications Harvey did not fix
things. He. together with Doster. Stryker
and number of other leading Popuiists,
will hold conference with the governor
Tuesday. upon his return from the South.
and read him the rict act. They will insist
that Leedy refuse to recognize McCray as
a member of the board and appoint some
one else to fill the place.
McCray's friends say that Leedy has got
too much backbone to permit Doster or any
other Popuiist TO dictate as 10 who he
should appoint 10 any Office That is pre-
rogative that he has by virtue of his posi-
tion. and they insist that inasmuch as he
appointed McCray among the first he will
not turn him down now.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
WHAT FOLKS TALK ABOUT.
Takes Notes of the Words
Most Commonly Used.

From the Cleveland Leader.
A certain physician of this city who
never neglects an opportunity to study the
traits of the people among whom his bust-
ness takes him has been making some OBJ
servationS recently that may serve as a
basis for estimating the character of the
average modern American.
Il have to travel on street cars a good
deal" the physician said, in explaining his
course of procedure, "and hear all kinds
l would keep a record of the words most
frequently used within my hearing by peo-
pie OF all classes.
Il omit names. profanity. and vulgarity,
one weeks street car conversation, is ab-
solutely correct. Here, then, is a summary
of what married men talk about:
Dollars mentioned within my hearing,
40I times: business, 2e5: money, a6; dollar,
194; stocks. 16i: bonds. 152; job, 81; son. s.;
daughter. IL; wife, 4; literature. 0; music, 0;
Married women: She, 4Os; party, 326;
dress, 32i; splendid. 316: dollars, 2Sl: trim
ming. 1SI; cards. Isl: prize, Isl; society. 100;
lovely, 20: perfectly awful, 4e; doctor. i3;
medicine, "a: music. S; literature, 0; art. 0.
Young men, unmarried: Corker, i0e;
daisy, i6I: girl. 4l6; beaut, 391; fairy, 306;
dance. 1oi; party, 81; old man, So; fight. -;
money, q; dollars. 80; no good.42; cigarette.
81: college, /: literature. 0: music. o: art. 0.
Young women. unmarried: Lovely, 509:
Observation-Disclosures. 491: horrid. 476; gor
geous, 463: fellow, 4o9; engaged. Ss7; dress.
81: stunning, 352; love 2e5; party, 2s1; wear,
2S4; she. POS; opera. los; ring. 81: mamma.
2S; papa, 10; music. 3; mother, l; picture,
l; poem. l. art, o.
Il intend the doctor concluded. Ito pur
sue this subject further. and may some
day be able to give additional figures that
will be interesting"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
RIVER RISING AT OMAHA.
Very Bad Reports Are Received From
South Dakota Points and the
VermfIIiOn River

Omaha, Neb., March 21.-The Missouri
river here was thirteen feet above normal
at dark this evening, a rise of three feet
since yesterday. 1t was running clear of
ice and rising slowly. The river is now
clear of ice as far north as Yankton, where
there are two immense gorges. Both of
these hold firm, and show no signs of
breaking. A telegram from there says the
largest is just above the town at the foot
of Ambrose island. Here the ice is piled
up twelve feet high, and the water is
backed up for miles. The James river is
running at flood tide and pouring its
volume into the Missouri above this gorge.
A dispatch from HurUn says the James
river is four miles wide at that point and
has done much damage. The railroad
service is entirely cut off by washouts and
Geographic communication is badly inter-
rupted- AT Yankton there is danger of n
famine, coal is already short. the SUNNY
at the state hospital for the insane being
exhausted. Vermillion reports that bot.
toms for four miles On either side of the
river are under four to six feet of water
Dynamite is being used tonight to break
up gorges in the Eermillion river in hopes
of saving the only bridge that remains
Rock Rapids. Ia. reports the flood on the
Rock river receding. Only one bridge is
left in the county and it is badly damaged
DeS Moines reports the flood in the Des
Moines river on the increase Over :J0
buildings have been abandoned on account
of the overflow.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
Words Twenty Feet Long.

An instrument was recently exhibited at
the Royal Society of Edinburgh by which
the minute marks on a photograph cylin-
der produced by music or speech were null
tiplied about 1000 times, so that the form
of each vibration and the number of vi
brations for any given sound could be seen.
Little waves. each wave being vibration,
were recorded on n long ribbon of paper
The inventor accomplished this by taking
advantage of the principle of Lord Kel-
wins siphon recorder. In making an OBJ
servation the phonograph cylinder was
moved about 1000 times slower than when
it gave out the sound, and the vibrations
occurring along a ribbon of paper twenty
feet in length: thus each vibration could
be seen. With regard to human speech, an
inspection of one of these curves proves
that word such as ''Constantinople." or.
indeed, any other word. was simply a col
lection of musical or other sounds running
rapidly into each other. The musical
sounds of the vowels predominated, but
the so-called consonants. We're also often
musical sounds more or less distinct. The
word above mentioned contained 90 or 900
vibrations. according to the time that dweIt
on each tone. Each vowel had its own
pitch. 1t would be impossible by looking
at the curves to read off the word. as the
tracings of the same word would rarely. If
ever. he alike. because ii was almost i'm
possible to speak a word twice with exact
ly the same quality of tone and emphasis.
st. Louis Globe-DemoCrat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
Oldest Piano in the Country.

From the Portsmouth OD Times
Landlord Carey ]. King. of the Hotel
Stafford, has on exhibition at the hotel of
flee quite a curiosity in the way of an old
piano. Mr.. King says that il is probably
the oldest piano in this country. 1t is the
property of his Wife and came into the
possession of her family away back in the
closing years OF the eighteenth century:
Governor John Sewer. of Tennessee, for
the great-grandmotner of Mrs. King. The
piano was made for Governor Sewer by ].
Stewart, of Baltimore. the governor pre-
senting 1t to his wife. Ii is quaint old
instrument finely finished Off in mahOg-
any. and doubtless could tell many a ro-
mantle tale of the olden times if perchance
il were gifted with the power of speech.
The piano Is very low. ard has seven legs
The keyboard is smaller than that of the
pianos of to-day. only five octaves.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
WILL TRY TO RIDE DOUBLE.
senator's Who Have Other jobs Under
Lecdy VIII Try TO Hold ON
to Both.

Topeka. k9ls.. March 21.-(SpeciaI) 1t IS
given out in Populist political circles to-
day that those senators. who by virtue of
their influence and votes in the senate. OBJ
tained appointments under the Leedy ad-
ministration. propose TO hold onto both
jobs. They claim that they can do so.
This is doubted. however, by those who
believe that one Office is enough for any
man. They cite the HiIiker case I'm Kan
sas City. kaa., where II was held that he
could not hii the position of councilman
ana member OF the police board at the
same time. They say II is "A violation of
the spirit of the constitution as il con-
rentrates two branches of the government
~ one person. In case any person at
tempts TO hold two positions at the same
time; the question will have TO be settled
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
MORE FIGHTING IN CUBA.
General Garcia Has Won n Victory
Over Jiguani, Defeating Him
With Heavy LOSSES

New York, March H.-An Havana cable
says: There is great activity among the
troops and the warships that are guard
ing the northern coast, and all the ports
there have been reinforced with the object
of capturing an expected expedition. The
insurgents are very effective in the east,
west and north. There has been hot fight
ing in Santiago. Matanzas and Pinar del
Rio. General Garcia attacked Jiguani with
two rapid firing guns, knocking over the
forts and killing d major, captain and
many privates. The Cuban loss was four
teen.
1t is reported that an expedition has
larded on the west end of the island.
General Gomez is reported to be on the
west side of Moron trocha.
Railroad travel is very unsafe. Trains
out of Havana are frequently fired on.
The feeling in Havana against paper
money is increasing. The Spanish mer-
chants are growing louder in their COM
plants and confidence in the governments
ability or intention to redeem the paper is
lessening. Five dollars in gold is worth
IS 30 in the paper. This state of affairs
worries the palace more than fighting.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
CUBA's PRESIDENT is DEAD.
BnrtoIOme Masse Has Succeeded
Him-Gen. WeyIer's Throat.

Havana. March 21.-CVia Key West) 1t
is reported from Camaguey that Salvador
CispeIos. president of the Cuban republic,
is dead; that Vice President Bartolome
Masso succeeds him as president, and that
DR.. Capott, eS-professor of Havana uni
versity. will be appointed vice president.
General Quintin Bandera has returned to
Camaguey.
A large body of insurgents is concentrat-
ed near Sancti Spritus and a combined
movement of Spanish troops against them
is expected.
For the last few days Captain General
Weyler has been greatly annoyed by a
serious affection of the throat, with sup
puration of the glands of the esophagus.
On Wednesday, after a consultation of his
ply siciaEs, ii was decided that for time
the patient must have absolute rest. AS
he suffered severely from dysentery when
last in the field. his medical advisors will
not allow him to return there for some
time, on that account also.
In addition to the lad Nelson. several
other American boys have arrived at Ha-
vana within the last few days, with the in
tertion of joining the insurgent army, but
the advice given them is to return to the
United States.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
THOUGHT HE WAS A MANIAC.
Plight of a Woman Who Thought Her
self Confronted by n Madmnn.

From the New York Sun.
1t was perfectly obvious that the man in
the corner was crazy AT least. IL was per-
fectly obvious to the nervous looking wom-
an VINO sat Just opposite him in the cable
car 1t was not so much the mystical series
OF WlgWag signals which he was making
with his handkerchief as the amazing con-
tortions of his face. In the intervals OF
these contortions he stared intently in the
direction of his nervous vis-a-vis, but at
nothing in the world. vague was his
look. Then he would tap the bridge of his
nose with his hnSer. grimace, and screw
his features into horrible expressions of
malignant madness.
The poor woman didn't know what to do.
Her alarm was so apparent that all the
others in the car noticed il. even the man
himself in one OF his lucid intervals, and
thereafter his performances became more
violent than ever. Every physician knows
that maniacs delight in playing upon the
terrors of those who exhibit fear of them.
Perhaps the woman herself knew it: at any
rate, her feelings finally reached an inten-
sity such that when the man half rose
from his seat she shrank into her corner
with stified squeak. which brought from
him a glance of triumph, or perhaps it was
surprise. But he only sank back again,
with an expression of disappointment. as
if his time had not yet come. which indeed
it hadn't. Thereafter she held herself gath
cred close, with every muscle strained.
ready to spring and flee. She didn't have
The man looked toward her with that ter
rible, unseeing glare. His fists clenched.
The handkerchief clenched in one of them
jerked in short. sharp oscillations His
eyes began to bulge out. His face became
purple. Beneath his curling lips could be
seen his teeth, bare to the gums. He leaned
forward toward the horror struck woman,
his face protruding almost into hers. His
sharp, hot breath was on her cheek, and
just as his arms went up to clutch she
made one bound from her seat that took
her half way down the car.
Two more leaps landed her on the plat
form. Thence with mad yell she launched
herself FORTH despite the restraining grasp
of the alarmed conductor, and was fortu-
nately caught by policeman, who escort
From behind she heard a mad, gasping
roar of baffled rage, but the maniac did not
follow.
He didn't want to. He sank back into his
seat again and wiped his fearful eyes. Then
he took out a newspaper and began to
read. 1t had been hard struggle. but it
had ended in victory. He had got that
SneeZa ont
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
CUMBERLAND RIVER FALLING.
Situation at Nashville Is Better, but
Communication With Memphi.
Is Still Cut on,

Nashville. Tenn. March 21.-At O'Clock
tonight the Cumberland river marks IS
feet on the gauge and is falling RAPIDLY. the
fall being now over a foot since 6 O'clock
a. m. 1t will be several days before thu,
mills and manufactures on the east side
Will be able to resume operations even III
there is no more rain. but the cessation of
the rise saves the lumber yards. which
We're greatly endangered.
. On two or three streets, street car travel
IS still suspended. but tomorrow cars will
be able 10 resume operations. The damage
done in this city is chiefly from back water
and it is not thought there has been any
great losses to manufacturing plants. al
though they have shut down.
This city is cut off from railroad COM
munication with Memphis In North Ala
bama abroad communication is still badly
dfsorSanized. Tonight is clear, though the
day has been very warm, causing fear of
more rain.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
HEAVY SNOW IN THE WEST.
Railroad Traffic Greatly DELAYED
Throughout Western Kansas
and Colorado.

Denver. Col, March 21.-Snow has been
falling here continuously since > o'clock
yesterday and shows no signs of abate-
ment. The fall has not been heavy how
ever and much that has fallen has melt
ed so that it now lies at a depth of about
three inches. Dispatches from all parts
OF the state indicate that the storm has
been general in Colorado. The heaviest
fall has been in Eastern Colorado and
western Kansas and Nebraska.
AT Akron, Col, fourteen inches is report
ed, and heavy fall is reported on the line
of the Kansas Pacific between Cheyenne
Wells and Ellis. kas. Trains on all lines
have been somewhat delayed but no seri-
Gus blockades have occurred The noun
tain roads in Southern Colorado are hav-
ing difficulty in keeping their tracks clear.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
JUDGE VANDIVERT'S BILL.
Next Kansas Legislature VIII Have to
Provide the Money to
Paw IT

Topeka, Kas.. March 21.-CSpeciaL) The
legislature two years hence will have,
among other deficiencies TO provide for. a
claim of $1,2O of Judge S. w. Vandivert
OF Kinsley. Judge Vandiverts district was
abolished by law in the early part of the
session, but the act contained a provision
that he should receive full pay until the
end of the term for which he was elected
His term does not expire until next jan
uary. When the executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill was up for consideration
Jumper. of Usage. had Nandiverts salary
for the coming year reduced to l.25O. lust
cut square In two While the Judge will
only receive that amount now. yet the state
is duty bound by reason of the general
statutes, as well as the law 'abolishing his
district. to pay his salary in full, and. in
stead of reducing expenses. Jumper only
succeeded In enacting one more deficiency
that must he made up later
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
DISASTROUS FIRE AT PEORIA.
One Big Business Block Destroyed
and Ten Others Badly Damaged,
With Heavy LOSS.

Peoria Ill.,. March 2l.-At ) o'clock this
morning the. Conigsky block. on North Ad-
ans street, was discovered in flames. end
some twenty people, who occupied the sec
ond and third floors, were rescued with
much difficulty. The building was prac-
tically destroyed with all its contents. while
the Murphy and Farrell blocks adjoining
We're beth badly damaged
Jacob and Sias Conigsky estimate .heir
loss on building at $4,000. on which there
is insurance of S165O0. Gumbiner &; Co..
who conducted a dry goods store on the
first floor, were the heaviest losers. and es-
innate their loss on stock at 5000 on
which there is insurance of $4,000. J. e.
Meek, dry goods, $1,000: Seth Richards cs-
tate. $4,000; office tenants, $4,000.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-22
Iron Made wentherproof.

From Industries and Irou-
Countless attempts have been made to
deal with the rust problem in iron struct-
ures. new process has been suggested
which consists in treating the iron with a
solution of ferro-cyanide. This forms a
coating of cyanide of iron that is stated to
he uniform and impermeable and of such
Il nature as to effectively protect the iron
so covered. The solution is mixed with n
faxseed varnish TO which has been added
a little turpentine or benZol. so as TO cause
a very homogeneous emulsion which can
be applied without difficulty. The evan
grafton of the alcohol leaves the faxsead
varnish. which forms a coat and protects
the cyanide of iron which is deposited upon
the metal. The iron requires no prepara-
ton for this treatment beyond removing
any rust that may already have formed
and which may be too thick to admit of
the action of the ferro-cyanide