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The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

The following definition of bucket
shop is given: An establishment con-
Quoted nominally and ostensibly for
the transaction of a grain or stock ex-
change business, but the proprietor
takes one side of every deal that is
made in his place, while the patron
takes the other side-no article being
bought or sold in any public market.
The margins deposited with the buck
ct shop" proprietor by the patron are
nothing but the patrons stakes to the
wager and are appropriated by the pro
prietor when the fluctuations of price
reach the limit of the deposit-one par
ty the proprietor) to the bet acting
as stakeholder. The commissions
charged by the 'bucket-shop" are odds
in its favor. and necessary in order to
maintain the pretense of being legiti-
mate brokers actually making the
transaction on public exchange. The
bucket shop" proprietor is ready to
take all deals offered on any ommodity
that fiuctuates in price, he may call
himself commission merchant or dis
guise his business under the form of
a corporation enterprise, or exchange,
hut he is still common gambler. The
interest of a proprietor of a bucket
shop is at all times opposed to that of
his patrons, as the profits of the shop
ere measured by the loss of the pa-
irons. Bucket shops" are condemned
es criminal and pernicious by statute
in almost every state in the union. They
should not be confounded with the
great public markets of the world,
where buyer and seller, producer and
consumer, investor and speculator meet
in legitimate trade, for, the pretended
buying of millions of bushels of grain
in bucket shops" will not add a frac-
ton of a cent to the price of the pro-
duct Of the farm; nor will the pretend
ed selling OF as much increase the sup
plies OF the consumer or lessen the cost
OF his loaf by farthing
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
big Telcphoue War

Chicago. May 2T.-Nearly one hun
dred representatives of Independent
telephone companies throughout the
central and western states arrived in
Chicago to-day for the purpose of par
ticipating in n convention called for the
announced purpose of forming an or
gnnizution to fight the Bell Telephone
Company. This purpose of the CON
vention is to effect Il national organi-
zation of all the independent tele-
phone companies in the United States
to combat the Bell Telephone Com
pany and to protect the smaller en-
changes against any action that might
be taken in the courts by the Bell Com
pany i'll reference to the recent Berlnel'
decision by the United States Supreme
Court.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
Work of prcsbytcri,r

Eagle Lake. Ind. May 2S.-The Pres
byterian General Assembly to-day set
tied two important questiors. The first
was to not sell its building in New
York. and the second to have only one
secretary of home missions. The latest
echo of the controversy over Dr.
Briggs and the Union Seminary came
up in the report of the judicia' com
mittee, which extended to all PreSby-
tcries the order to exclude students of
that seminary from their care. 1t was
apparent that few commissioners knew
what they We're voting upon, as the
matter came up on appeal from some
unnamed action of the synod of New
York. the name of the case alone be.
ing given.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

The Connecticut legislator who pro-
posed that the acts of the general as
sembly should be translated into for
eign languages for the benefit of those
who cannot read English. forgot that
one of the first duties of every citizen
and every resident of this republic is
to acquire knowledge of the English
tongue. There could be no objection,
however to provision that the en-
actments of the Connecticut legisla-
turc and of the legislatures of all the
other states should be translated into
good and unmistakable English.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

mint for making bogus silver dol
lars has been unearthed at Benton Har-
Dor. Mich, after successful operation
OF several years. The man who oper
ated 1t was known about town as
gentleman OF leisure, and his dollars
appeared to be just as good as any 9TH
er mans. He finally made fatal error
when he went to Chicago and paid
eight OF them to one man. The best
OF money makers, it secmS. will occa-
sionally make mistakes.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
Army Officers Promoted.

Washington, May 21.-rhe President
to-day sent the following nominations
TO the Senate:
War-Colonel James +. Wade. Fifth
cavalry. to be brigadier general; Colo
mel John X. Miner, Tenth cavalry, to
be brigadier general: Colonel William
NJ. Graham. Fifth artillery, to be br1ga-
dler general.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
Gets Oh

Washington, May 2S.-Ju.!-c E',G-
ley yesterday ordered Henry o. ,1.vr
meyer dismissed after the prosecution
had submitted its case.
Practically he did so upon the single
ground that the question calling for
data as to state and local contribu-
tons, demanded information rot with
in the knowledge of the witness.
which he had testified he had no per-
sonal knowledge of. and which. if Civ
en- Mt ALL must have been procured
from books and of which books them
selves We're the best testimony.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

There are various developments of
the stamp craze" The Queen of the
Netherlands, who is only sixteen years
of age, is reported to have said: Il
should like very much. my dear min
lister, new series of stamps which VIII
show me to my people just as l am
at present" Her own face does not
appear in her large collection. The
engraving on official papers will not be
changed, it is said. until her marriage.
Even royalty has its disappointments,
and, like other stamp collectors, the
queen has ungratified desires.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

An Atlanta cashier named Harry
Cassin cut too wide swath and final
ly got in front of the reaper himself.
His father-in-law tried to save him.
but he was not equal to the emergency.
and poor Harry was finally thrown into
prison. He spent thousands of other
peoples money and was called good
fellow while it was going. Now it's
different. The best plan is to let every
person spend his own surplus.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
The Denver June Races.

June 9th to 10Th inclusive will be n
gala week in Denver, and there will be
some of the finest racing ever given in
the West The railroads all give re-
duced rates and the attendance prom
ises to be larger than ever before.
Denver is one of the most beautiful of
cities and has several attractions for
both the ladies and gentlemen.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

An interesting dietary experiment is
being made in the woman's department
OF the University of Chicago. The
women who served with food similar
to that served to mems athletic teams
when in regular training All the food
is carefully weighed and analysed be-
lore 1t Is served. and the viands ar
ranged according to their relative val
ne as muscle strengtheners. Each girl
must eat the precise amount of fat and
OF albumen each day, which has been
found by careful study to be needed by
the human system, and eating too
much is an evil which is especially
guarded against.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
swindlers have been caught sellil

Swindlers have been caught selling
imaginary windows for the queens dia-
mond jubilee procession in London al.
big prices. The result is that window
prices have dropped to low notch.
and almost everybody who expects to
be there has decided to take his
chances on the street. cheaper plan
yet is to remain away and read about
it. That's what We are going to do.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

revenue the stamp tax on bank checks
might be restored. But the commit
tee was stubborn. and it was not until
he got the matter into Il caucus that
Mr. Hanna was able to make an i'm
preston. There he made II speech
which convinced II majority of the Re
publican senators, and, although no
formal action has been taken. 1t is
practically settled that the tax on beer
will remain ms Ii is
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

Paris. May 2S.-There We're 800 dele
gates present at the annual meeting of
the National Mimetallc League. Dep
uty Fougoirol presided. Mr.. Therey.,
secretary of the league. read the report
1t set forth that the leading event of
the year was the election of President
Mckinley. which gave great satisfac-
ton 10 bimetallists. He dwelt upon the
necessity of bringing the movement to
Il deiiuite issue before the expiration of
PreSldent McKinley's term of office
The French government had done ex-
cellent work, the international negotia-
tons would reveal. 1t had persevered
in seeking the cooperation of Great
Britain t.rnu use the latter's participa-
ton wou'c disarm the worst opponents
and give International bimetallism a
permanent and solid basis.
The report added: THE English hOri-
zon is less dark than asserted. The
presence of the American delegates in
Paris may greatly hasten solution OF
the question. France and America
could easily come to an agreement if
England was inclined to n serious eff
fort in favor of silver. and Germany
would follow her example. 1t is upon
this that the question of international
bimetallism therefore depends for its
practical solution"
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

The demand for organ music in this
country outside of churches seems to be
quite limited. Bostons great organ.
once regarded as a wonder, has been
stored in Z shed for thirteen years. and
will soon be sold at auction 1t was
built in Germany at a cost of s6C, 900.
One trouble about a great organ is that
it is not easy to keep it supplied with
a great orEanist.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

New York's last quarterly death rate
of 20.Sl per 1000 is the lowest in its
history. The improvement is attrib-
uted to clean streets.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

We may have to annex Hawaii for
the sugar there is in 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04
PREMIER MELINE AND SILVER.
Favorable Sentiment Expressed at u
Banquet to the American Com missioncrs.

Favorable Sentiment Expressed at II
Bsnquet to the American Commissioners.
Paris. May 2S.-A banquet was given
to the delegates of the National Bime-
tallic League nj the Hotel Continental
this evening. Senator Wolcott. former
Vice President Stevenson and General
Charles jackson Paine. the American
Among other guests We're NJ. Meline.
premier: former Premier Ribot. Sena-
tor Emile Loubet. president of the Sen
ate, and Senator Magnln. n director of
the Bank of France. Premier Meline
said that France alone could not settle
the question. The cooperation of the
other powers was necessary. hut the
United States had now brought the
matter before Europe in decisive way
by sending commissioners whose abili-
ty and knowledge of the subject ena-
bled them to speak with authority.
France. under these circumstances"
said he. in conclusion. will support the
efforts of the United States for the sue
cess of Il great cause
Before resuming his seat the premier
gave the toast "The union of France
and the United States and the health
of the most worthy American represen-
tatives.'
NJ. Therey read large number of tel
egrams of congratulations from foreign
bimetallic leagues. None of the Ameri-
cans spoke.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

Spain can make millions of new
friends in America by granting .abso-
lutte freedom to Cuba on reasonable
terms.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

About the only peaceablc people in
the world at the present time are the
savages.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

a man should keep his friendship in
constant repair.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-04

A selfish man. like Noahs dove, can
hnd no rest for the sole of his foot.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

NJ. ]. Gallagher. a Highland Station.
Kas.. merchant, has sold his stock and will
go to the Alaska gold fields.
H. T. Dougherty. of Guthrie, o. T.. has
been elected president Of the Cowboys AS
sociation, which is in convention at Sey-
mour Tex.
George Young, an attorney of Paris. Mo-.
for many years law partner of Congress-
man BOdine. has left for KlOndike. JEFF
Greening and a. F. Calhoon, of Paris. will
leave for Klondike tomorrow.
The barn of Mrs. Martha Brown. near
Conway Springs. Kas.. was set on fire early
yesterday morning. and burned. with NO
bushels of wheat. 100 bushels of corn, har-
ness wagons, bugg1eS and farm machinery.
Kansas Cityans registered in New York
hotels are: +. y. Sewall at the Hoffman;
d. Benjamin, at the Holland; g. S. Cart
wright. at the Broadway Central: J. B.
Grant at the Bartholdi; Mrs. W. A.
Quayle at the Morton.
Mayor Graves. of Nevada, Mo-, has
served notice on the receiver OF the water
works there that unless the city is sup
piled with water in the manner and from
the source provided by ordinance. the mat
ter will be taken into court.
At the annual picnic at Holt, Mo-, 5000
or 1000 people Were addressed by A. NJ.
tj,2e Rochf5gb PSbeyt g NJ McGIeand Job5 DoIe6
erty and Judge W. Z. Fowler. OF Clay
county. candidates for the congressional
burglars entered two houses at Troy.
kas.. and attempted to gain an entrance
to others early yesterday morning. L. S.
Busch. principal of the schools. fired four
shots at one burglar, but he escaped. and
two hour later another house, that of Ross
Sturgis, was robbed.
The grand lodge of colored Odd Fellows
at jefferson City decided to hold it's next
meeting at Sedalia. The following officers
were elected: Grand master. Ell Harris.
of Kansas City; deputy grand master, II.
d. Russell Of Poplar Blum; grand secre-
tary, George r. Temple. of st. Louis; grand
treasurer. August Turner, OF ST. Louis;
grand director, L. E Edmonson, Of Spring
Held.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
ADVERTISING DIDN'T PAY.
1t Brought an Aged Michigan Man n
Wife, hut He Had 10
Shoot Her.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Aug. 6.-H. A. bai-
ley. 4 welI-to-do citizen of Denison. shot ms
wife At midnight This morning he TOOK
poison and died while il charge OF the Oh
iicers. The woman may recover.
DALEY left a note indicating that ne had
contemplated suicide by drowning. A post
script says: ,-. 60
Too many railroad men on my pldte IOi
DALEY had a good farm and considerabl
money and drew. go a month pension loI
the loss of a hand in the war. he was 4
vidower prior 10 his recent marriage. and
had q daughter. Mrs. Taylor OF SEIdIu-
vile. Nothing is known Of Mrs DalieS 81 81
Cept that she has a son IN montreal, ol!S
lived secluded life in Denlson, had le"
friends and no confidants.
Last April DALEY sent letter 10 MAYOR
Swift. Of Chicago, saying ne wsnleG5 r., d d
woman of mature years as VIC. Inc
mayor gave the missive to the newspapers
as a literary curiosity The result was Iho :
Daley received nearly 80 answers Gut OF
the lot DALEY selected Mrs. Hattie Newton.
a Chicago widow. Three months ago they
were married. Daley was 30 years oln .
his bride. A.. Their life was unhappy: Dal-
ley became very jealous when his Wiz re-
turned TO Chicago for long NlSlt- iitE
quarreled bitterly and finally separated
DALEY gave his wife three daNs 10 return
to her allegiance as his wife The tllne was
up last night at midnight. but she refused
to resume wifely relations. He torced ms
way into her bed chamber and SEot her' Ite
charge penetrating her right SIDE. one
STAGGERED from the house in her night
eown. and fell bleeding on the doorstep of
Lyman DenisOns house, where she was
found. DALEY was arrested. and as thefe Is
no Jail in Denison. he remained in the Gus
tody Of officers until morning, when ne was
to be taken 20 Grand Haven.
Before taking the train he was allowed 10
drink several glasses of beer. Al the par
minutes. He had managed 10 slip strych-
nine into the beer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
PRODUCTION OF SPELTER.
Output for the First h"lf OF lso'
shows a Considerable increase
Over Previous Years.

Washington. Aug. "a preliminary state
rnent of the production OF spelter for the
first six months of 1897, made by Agent
Kfrchoff. of the United States geological
survey, shows a total OF ~ rs snort TONS
A. mis- rate the years aggregate will sur
pass that for any Of the past five years ex-
cent 1855 OF the six months total. 1896
tors were produced in the Eastern states
3J5 in the Southern states; losoS IN lIlnois.
remainder in other portions Of the country
Tho. Eastern states show a falling on in
bro1ucfion Of over 500 short tons, but the
pptESr sactions have increased materially
over the FIRST half of 1895. A partial state
rent OF stocks show on hand, az works, in in
on Juiy / last against .45l in the control
Of the same parties January /, 1881.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
HAS SEVEN WIVES.
Be Very Much Married
Individual.

Chicago, Aug 6--Another warrant charg-
ing bigamy has been served on David Ellis
worth Bates, who is in 4 cell II the police
station Il was sworn out by james l..
Mccarthy. who said he was the father of
Mrs RRtee 80. 3. The police say Bates
married at least seven women, all of whom
This makes. the lean and sallow faced little
bGOkkeeper "a polygamist eXtra0rGlndry-
The following women have 50 FAR nied with
the police their claims to Bates:
Mrs. Bates. formerly Miss Julia McCar-
thy. married in, Chicago three years ago.
recognized by the prisoner as his true wife
and dwelling at so West SiXty-hrst street
Mrs Bates formerly Miss Nettie Swain
married February y. 1885,. in Chicago, and
residing at 64O2 Bishop street
Mrs. Bates. formerly Miss Anna +. Har-
bert Plainwen. Mich. a sister of his broth
eT's wife married September II, 1889. and
now in Michigan.
Mrs Bates. formerly Miss Nellie Howard,
OF Kalamazoo. Mich. married in lSS5 and
divorced two years later.
Mrs Bates. formerly Miss Ida Calder
wood. Of Galena. Ill. who dwelt at 5i0l
Dearborn street, where she gave birth to a
baby. Her home is not now known to the
police.
Mrs. Bates whose identity is a mystery.
but known TO have dwelt at Forty-third
and Wallace streets, where a child was
born.
a Wisconsin sheriff believes that Bates
is really Austin O. CrOven. who is under
indictment at Waupaca. Wis. for the alb
duction of pretty l5-year-od Olive Vos-
berg some months ago. Her photograph
was found in his coat. 1t is suggested by
the police that this girl may have been the
wife.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
AS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BOy1e's Deputies Give Notice That
They VIII Help Only Those
Who HeIp ThemsPIycs.

Topeka Kas. Aug. 6.-(SpecialD Major
NJ J.. Drake, of Mcpherson county. mem
Der Of the state penitentiaTy board. walked
into the attorney generals Office to-day
and demanded an explanation why that Of
ficial had not enforced the new antitrust
law He soon found out why. IF you are
desirOus of having this Law enforced" said
one of the deputies. Just make complaint
and see how quickly We will take action.
If you know Of wanton violations OF the
law and refuse to make complaint, don't
come in here and blame this department
for the non-enforcement OF this or any
other law. We are here to prosecute when
complaint is made-not to smell around
and make the complaints ourselves and
then prosecute"
' Drake said he had no personal informa-
tion of the violation Of the law, but ne
knew IL was being violated.
Yes. we all know that was the re-
dence on which we can base a complaint
That's all We Will ask OF you. Go down 10
your home where you know everybody and
make complaint against the doctors there
for belonging 10 trust fixing certain
charges for visits. There's "A clear viola-
attorney TO bring proceedings and we will
render him every assistance 10 convict.
Tackle your tointists for maintaining q uni
form price for drinks; In fact. tackle al
most anything. You are just as Tespon-
sibIe for the enforcement Of the law as the
attorney general. Do something yourself,
before you criticiSe us
The major concluded he had got hold of
the hot end of the poker and dropped the
subject.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
WOULD RETURN TO CONGRESS.
Chester i. Long Wants Another Whack
at His Old TOwnsman, Jer-
ry SimpsOn.

Newton. Kas.. Aug. 6.-(Special) Ex-
Congressman Chester l. Long. who was in
the city to-day to address the Republican
county convention, said to The Journal
correspondent:
There is not an iOta Of truth in the re-
port that l am a candidate for governor.
have never even thought of such thing.
The report that l am candidate for con-
gressman-at-laTge is also untrue. I am
not a candidate for any Office. 1 want to
return 10 congress from this district, but
whether l will be a candidate or not de
pends upon the people of this district l
will not be q candidate unless warranted
by the sentiment of the Republicans of the
district.
Il have been n candidate three times.
The first time i was nominated on the
first ballot: the second and third times by
acclamation. As to whether | shall be a
candidate the third time remains for the
Republicans of this district to say.
This district believes in a protective
tariff. 1t was declared in 1894. when It was
the issue. We were defeated in 1896 be-
cause this district was in favor of free sill
yer. ] am not ready to ccncede that that
decision was final. and 1 believe that when
another opportunity is given this district
will declare in favor of the Republican po-
sitiOn.
Our defeat was not due to the personal
popularity of the Populist candidate, Jerry
Simpson. but to the fact that silver was
the issue. Bryan carried this district by
S,Si2 votes; Simpson by only 2S23 votes"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
Personal.

G. L. Prentiss. Denver. IS at the Coates.
Ernest r. Hall. Chicago. is at the Coates.
IF. Leighton. ST. Louis. is at the Coates.
II. c. Mahrt Dayton. o.. is at the Coates.
]. P. Wiser. Prescott, Ont, is at the
Coates.
W. B. Lowe. Cripple Creek. Col. is 1t the
Coates.
F. NJ. Gettys. Knoxville, Tenn. is at the
Coates.
W. V. Babbitt. Rutland. VT. IS at the
Coates.
Alfred Harper. Rome. Ga, is at the
Coates.
r. Devereaux. Buffalo. n. Y. is at the
Coates.
]. II. Gish. Chicago. Is at the Savoy.
C. p Pfah Chicago. is al the Savoy.
w. d. Collyer. Chicago. is at the Savoy.
E. w. Hahn. st. Louis. is at the Savoy.
c. j. Babcock. New York, is at the Savoy.
w. A. Williams. St. Louis, is at the Sa-
voy
]. B. Amazeen. Milwaukee. is at the Sa-
vOy.
j. S. Wakefield, New York. is at the sa,
Yoy.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
HARVEY COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
Convention for the Nomination of n
County Ticket Held Yesterday
Mr.. Long Speaks.

Newton. Kas., Aug. 6.-(Special) The Re
publican county convention was held here
to-day, and the following ticket nomin-
ated: Sheriff. William Means. OF Sedg-
wick; treasurer. Robert Dougherty, of
Newton: register of deeds, T. r. Oldham OF
Newton; county clerk. s. NJ. Spangler
Hon. Chester /. Long addressed the con-
vention in a short speech. He declared
that his district would be Republican next
year.
When the resolutions were submitted to
the convention, Judge Green. of this city
objected to the section indorsing Judge
Matthew Simpson, of Mcpherson. Green
has an old time grudge against Simpson.
Two years ago. when the judicial conven-
tion met at Hutchinson, he claims that
there was a deal between Judge Martin
who was the nominee and Simpson. He
claimed that the deal was engineered by
Chairman Jim Simpson and that Judge S.
r. Peters, Of this city. knew of il. and was
a party to 1t. Judge Peters denied the
statement and said that Green knew that
the statement was false. After a long
fight, the resolution was adopted.