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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

A'i 80 Vii IlOlIt|N-
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

times of the past five or six years that
she proved to the world that she was able
TO advance. while many of her sister
cities west cf the Mississippi river were
retrogradirg The census OF 1880 showed
Kansas City, Mo, to have A pnnuiation Of
1S3. 600 Since then, Notwithstanding seven
years Of unparalleled inactivity has been
experienced by the country In general she
has added very handsome increase to
this showing Let the doubter take the
census statistics Of other Western cities
and compare them with the above, and he
will see that if increase In population S Il
criterion Of prosperity and growth Kan
sas CITY is far In the lead Of them all
Kansas CITY has mora people within
her manufacturing district than any other
city on the Missouri river IT is the larg-
est city next 70 st. Louis, west of the
Mississippi river and east of San Fran
cisco II has the tenth place in bank
cIearings Kansas Citys bank clearinrs
ir, 1906 were S5nS, ,792 a0a moro than two and
ore-fnurtF times greater than those Of any
other city on the Missouri river. II has
the eleventh place in value of business
transacted. the nineteenth place in value
~ rlrcducts manufactured, and the twenty
third place in population of the cities Of
the tinted States. Kansas CITY Is pr@c-
tfcaIIy the geoeraphfcai center Of ehe
tinted State$-hIaska omitted n has
$50 employees in stock wards and packing
houses, n has the lowest death rate Of
any city Of equal population in the United
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
orr library nnd schoois.

'Kansas city has just completed new
public library ri 3 cost Of more than
300 Ofn It has thirty eight school build
inrs with so rooms. valued at 1850 mn
n is now building Manual Training
school at an expense OF sl@mN II has
2 $50 pupils attending high school. It has
iht tearhers and 1885 pupils enrolled in
public schools.
''Kansas City has seventeen systems and
twenty-six lines nj railway with total
T1iTeaee of 20 5S5 miles 1t has 39S rriies Of
switctIne track and f.5tf switches within its
manufacturing district.
Kansas City has 1W miles Of paved
streets and expended for street paving in
1896 1897 eos 0f.
"Kansas city has seventy-one firms an
gagged In the grain business. Fr has trihu-
+ary 10 II more than y per cent of the
wheat raised in the United States in m
average year Kansas City territory pro
tluced in 1895 more than = prr cent Of the
c.crp raised In the United States. II has
tributary tc, II 81 per cent rf the oats raised
in the tinted states Il has nineteen grain
elevators with 4 storage capacity Of ; $50
no bushels. and a daily receiving and dis
has seven Touring mills, with capacity Of
no barrels per day.
IN iS9s Kansas CITY received 2t6i756
bushels Of grain. manufactured 52f1S3 bar
rals Of -four and 231. .375 barrels of curnneaI.
"Eansas CITY has the greatest live stock
exchange building in the world. II has the
second live stock market in the world
valua OF receipts in 1896 sf62. i02, PCS. It has
eighty-nine firms engaged in the live stock
wards cover f77H acres of ground and have
400 loading and unloading chutes. It has
the largest horse and mule sale stables in
the world
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
Smiling Faces
Sweet Greetings that
Keep the Home
Happy.
It Is Hard TO Smile When fhs
Body Is Racked With
Pain.

:, IT'S hard to smile when the back is aching,
the head throbbing. and the body is full 81
pam The thing to do is to rid yourself of the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
Missouri'a Third CITY.

ST Joseph is msgnificently located in
the geographical center of the most fertile
ana productive grain, stock and fruit rais-
ing belt of the great West The coroyner-
ciai supremacy Of St. Joseph rests ON =
toundation as solid as that of the rocL, nj
Gibraltar. Her citizens are noted for their
generosity, their hospitality. their business
thFht. their pride in their city and its ,r,b-
lie ana Commercial Institutions
tter 900 people feel q pride in 81 In
SePh ana its enterprises whicf, is rsrdi,T-
able. for they can amply substantiafe every
claim made
FROM the queens domain on the portb
% the Gulf on the south to the Pacific on
the west and the Father Of Waters On the
east is feit the influence of her wholesale
!nerChants. IN every city. town or harnIat
N al the territory mentioned, the names cf
the Wholesalers of st. Joseph are a h0usa-
hold word, and the goods and wares whieh
they oiter 70 the trade are found in every
locality. Over s60.tSNG01 worth of goods
were sold during the past wear hy me
whoteSale houses of the city. Over Sin mn -
no worth of manufactured articles found
their origin in st. Joseph the past year
and were disposed of to the trade. < : p
significant evidence of the increase In the
commercial Importance OF St 10
sePh, It might be mentioned that
during the past August St Joseph whole
sale dealers and manufacturers disposed of
three times the amount of goods fVer be-
fore sold IN that month during the life of
the city. In September just closed twice
the amount of goods ever sold here in ftna
month were disposed of As q further t.ri-
terion OF the stability of the CITY. II might
be mentioned that business failures are
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

tuV ittptHCt genuine pCIfrl'-
pent strength, capacity and cheerft:lrrss.
It renders the. ordeal of motherhood abso-
iate1y safe and comparatively easy; irsrres
egainst subsequent relapse ard prostratior;
promotes ample and hcalthfu1 nontishrert
for the child and erdows it witt, natural
constitutional vigor
For nearly thirty years Dr. Pierce has been
chiet consulting physician to the Invatifs Hotel
ond Surgical Institute of Buffalo N v kuy v1-
man rTay consult him either personally OF hy
letter free Of charge, and with absoiute assurance
OF receiving sound practical advice from the
htgnest professional authority Rv enclosing
twensy-onc ono cent stamps to pay the eott of
'rriifHs cniy she viii receive ;,ap.r-bouud coby
of Or. Pierce's thousand page illustrated book,
The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser
OF handsome cloth-bound copy for tf,itty-ot,e
stamps.
Mrs. Fred Hunt of Burnt Hills, saratog, Co,
y. Y, says; /" read about Dr. Pierce's Farori,e
Pfsse-iptiyn being 50 good for a worr,at With
ehiii, 50 got two bottles last septcu1bcr, and
beceuoer 18TH, had twelve pound baby giri
When was confined I was rot sick In any way,
dfd not suffer any pain and when the child
was born walked into another room and went
to bed. never had an after pair or any Other
pain This is the eighth child and the iargest
Of them eii.-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
onr Common School system.

The state maintains extensive establish
rnents for the instruction of the deaf and
blind, and also schools for training back
into right habits the seemingly incorrieible
girls and boys Of the state. But best OF ali
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

6; Stewart. Joseph wheless. John r
Meets, Jonn Brown. Frank NJ. Estes
ttaftWeI b Grubbs. Dorsey A. ,Tan4iso0
James Y. Player. Henry Branch. 'c.i,oll 5'oIooai
Lawrence o.. Branch. of my person, !
sIaf John A. Harrison Frank ] Prira
GharIes b StarEe. Isaac Taylor. tTbbrna :: :
II West. Joseph W. Folk and many ,y0e,ij,s ofbs
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17
Packing nrd Jobb,nr.

kansas CITY packers hege ,s daily kIliag 5
sheep, and employ 7.i5o hands.
"Eansas City is the greatest market for
| feeder cattle in the world. Its cattle re-
| ceipts in 1896 were the largest in the history
Of the market It's sheep receipts in 1896
| exceeded any previous. year by 5000. It's
receipts of horses in 1896 exceeded any pre-
yious year by 500. It received i0S,s1 car
| loads OF live stock in 1896. being greater
than any previous year.
| Kansas City has 1856 miles of street rail
one street car, system with 9 mileage Of
| sixty-seven and q half miles. Kansas City
expended nearly Sl.00o.o6e in street railway
Improvement in 1896
Kansas City has the largest agricultural
| Inrlernent iobbing trade Of any city In the
| world 4 has s3i, ,595 100 invested and en-
mess With @ - 30 total tap saIes adsi4s is 1ii Dis
| tributive mercantile trade in 1896 was Sls9,-
Kansas City has over $50 telephones.
| being the largest telephone exchange per
capita in 10 the Tinted States It has. hotels
department has few equals. no silperiors.
| Kansas City has a banking capital of
s; ;l55 oeo. and deposits, December IT, 1886. Of
iS9s aggreea ting ss25 17S IT'S s'aI,esf6f nestd N
| receipts in 1896 amounted to s5i6. 4is.56. and
oaunring on that year, the office handled 1850
In 1896 it issued 17G3 building permits.
and the cost OF buildings exceeded 81 26i 02D
-. i the practical head Of navigation on
~ has the largest coal fields within 2
radius Of 100 miles Of any city west of the
Mississippi river. It has the lowest prices
for manufacturers coal of any city OF over
river.
ut has the largest Southern lumber Job
Eing business Of any city in the United
STATES. II has room for and needs more
jobbers, manufacturers and dealers in an
lines Of trade, and is more advantages
iocated TO Do successful jobbing and manu-
iacttGing business than any other city in
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

has 1W miles Of paved
for street paving in
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
NEWS OF PHILIPPINE REBELLION
Said That Spanish Lost 4,7OO Men
Killed and Wounded.

Tacoma. Wash. June 2G.-Advices re-
ceived 10y steamer Victoria. which arrived
yesterday. brings the following news of
the Philippine rebellion:
"A large. band of Insurgents who left
CavItc have reached the noghborhood of
Manila. and on May Sth were within an
hours drive of thu capital This afternoon
Commandrr-in-C Chief Rivers had published
his latest proclamation declaring the re-
bcllion ended ana offering pardon to the
insurgents.
Late YokOhoma papers. received today,
print "A letter written from the rebel camp
az BalinkuDsang near Manila on May 18th.
The writer asserts that during the cam
paign Just ended the Spanish have lost no
less than AGO men killed ana mortally
wounded
THE rebels started with but nine eff
cient guns while now they have nearly
10000 captured Mauser and Remington ri
nes Three important towns had just risen
i'm rebellion. one III Tambales, another in
TavabaS ana one in the Isle de NcSros.
MANY cases of gross malversation have
recently been reported i'm japanese official
circles the largest being the mysterious
dis,ppearance of about 100000 yen from
The funds Of the Osaka Alkali Manufac-
turing Company.
The share holders will be compelled TO
make good the companys indebtedness
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
Riordan & Co.'S Cotton Letter.

New York June % Especial, The
stCng statistical poStJica has grown
stronger, the large SpO. sales ia Liverpool
and the good spot de mand here have 'on-
tfnued and there has been uo change IN the
cheerful business outlook during this week.
vet cotton has almost exactly reversed its
course Of the week previous. and the great
Improvement IN crop prospects. thea *
uoIed has outweighea as an influence upon
tho, market these factors. which We're Ia"
uIl-iuuortant contributors 10 the advance
k>as sim present early in the week. but The
GOVERNMENTS splendid crop bulletin of Lass
'Tups,iay. followed toy Tho weakness eli Lily
erpool when that market rc-Opened after
th,, Jubilee, holidays. took all heart ont
Of the bulls. and prices have surely but
slowly re,.edsd. The Chronicles report on
tba .rop was good hut some complaints of
too much dry Weatler were noted. our
market opened To points higher Good
rains We're reported in the dry sections and
prices cascd again. August opened at : %
advanced TO : y. declined to 1.23 and closed
at : - to 7.2i with the tone of the market
steady. Tho trading during the week has
been very light and largely local. In spite
of this and tie loss in values the bullish
sentiment here continues undated. The
fear Of "a repetition Of last seasons drought
is ever present 10 better short selling. Tne
lesson taught To- those who sold tho market
on magnificent June prospects ny the great
rise last summer Is not easily forgotten.
The exceeding slimDeSs a1d rauid pimiua-
ton On stocks everywhere. tho certainty
that no fresh supplies of moment can he
received at early dates and the posi- iiitv
of crop scares or real crop damage. COW
pied with the reasonable price at which
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT
IT Is Favorable In as Far as the Ex-
mansion of Loans Is Concerned.

New York. June 26-The Financier says;
this week: The statement OF the ASsoclat"d
Ranks of New York for the week ending
lime 2Gth is favorable. in as FAR rs the
rxpansion in loans is concerned, but despite
he drain of cash TO Europe and the en-
,,lnvment Of funds in other directions lille
money IS sim accumulating in New York
The total surplus cash Is now close 10
$4,000 coo. an increase of about HVOaWJ III
The last month. Within the same time
loans have expanded no less than $lI@o~0.
while deposits have increased nearly $l1,~
0oa coo. This is an extraordinary movement
That there is some relief In store for this
congested condition the statement clearly
indicates by the increase of @l@@O'in
loans reported. The gain was made by
no less than fOrty-twO of the siXty-six
banks and deposit increases We're evenly
distributed. Two Of the banks the West
.rn National aud the Fourth National, APP
pear To have been responsible for one-half
of the increase in loans, but the remainder
has gone uniformly to swell the totals OF
the Other banks. An encouraging feature
of the situation. as shown in the state
lnent is the fact that the banks are doing
a steadily increasing business In CONNER
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
NOMINATIONS SENT TO SENATE
The President Makes Some Important
Appointing Monday.

Washington, June 2i.--The president to-
day sent to the senate the following nomi-
nation $:
State, John c. Foster. of Vermont. to be
consul general at Halifax, Nova Scotia;
William II. Dickey, of Louisiana, to be
consul at Calao, Peru.
Justice, Albert c. Thompson, of Ohio;
Alexander G. Botkin. of Montana, and Da-
vd i. Cuberson, of Texas, to be the COM
miSsioncrs to revise and codify the Grim
inal ana penal laws of the United States, as
provided for by act of congress approved
June f. 1897
Postmastcrs-South Carolina, Joshua T.
Ensor. Columbia.
Virginia. Jacob w. Dudley, East Radford.
The commission to codify the penal laws
OF the United States appointed today, Will
each draw salary of $1,000 during the
time they are engaged on the work. The
commission is composed of two republicans
and one democrat. Mr.. Thompson is we'll
known eX-member of congress, from Ports
mouth, O., district. and has been active In
republican conventions for years before.
Mr.. Botkin was u member of the repub-
lican national committee from Montana
for four years and refused to bolt the
party i'm The last campaign.
Mr.. CulbcrSon was a member of congress,
having represented his district continuous
~ for twenty-five years up To the fourth
He was recognized as one Of the leading
lawyers of that body and when the demo-
Gratis were in the majority ne was chairman
of the judiciary committee.
Washington. June 25.-Thc president to-
day sent the following numna tons to the
senate.
TO he consuls-Frank G. Donison, of Yer
mont. at Woodstock New Brunswick;
Frank Dillingham;. Of California, at Auck-
land New Zealand
The senate in executive session confirmed
the following nominations:
Albert c. Thompson, OF Ohio: Alexander
c. Botkin. of Montana. and David b. Cul-
bcrson. of Texas. to be the commissioners
to revise and codify the criminal and penal
laws of the United States as provided for
by the act of congress approved June 4.
1897.
To be United States marshals-Charles i.
Hitch. Of the Southern district of Illinois;
Walter r. Johnson, from the northern dis
trict of Georgia; Addison Davis James. for
the district of Kentucky; also a number of
cOnsuls.
Washington. June 3-(Special)-Among
the postoflce appointments made today
.ro:
DISQUALIFICATION. Echols county. J. l..
English; Spilo, Union county, Laura own
by.
Northumberland. Bibb county. Ade-
laidc Mahan, Union Grove. Marshal coun-
~. T.. A. Collier; New Hope. Madison
county $ J. Dckey. Woulvile. Jackson
county Emmett oWodal
North CarOlina-Dunn. Hamett county,
A. r. Wilson: Kings Mountain. Cleveland
son county. G. NJ. Hoover; Center Village,
Delaware county. IL. ". Lawrence.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
BRADsTREET's BUSINESS REVIEW
Compared with Last Year, Business
Shows No Material Improvement.

New York June 25.-Bradstrect VIII say
the persistent Misrepresentation OF the
state of trade throughout the country thc
past month i'm an apparent endedNor -
make the prospective Improvement III pu7-
i,,.ss appcar 10 be better than its present
conditions demand an examination as TO the
fact that Bradstrect presents condenser
results Of interviews with representative
manufacturers ana merchants az more IMAM
ffty important commercial and INDUSTRIAL
centcrs east of the Rocky mountains. me
demand except IN "a few lines ~ less pro-
nounced than il Was two months ago thtie
is no material increase in the volume MS
tributed compared with n year ago anu
prices for many staples are lower. But
there has been impToVe mcnt compared with
the situation prior to the presldch'lal ti'c-
ton of 1896. and as contrastcd with ia9t
June. Iany of the larger merchants anu
manufacturers charactcrZc the business
record for the first half of 1897 as a dlsap-
pointment in contrast with ant'cipations III
December 1896. OF the great manufactur-
mo Industries iron and steel cotton and
vooleus the first shows relatively most
Improvement and woolens next aithoush
tariff delays have taken the edge OH the
demand of late and permitted importers 10
stock up with nearly two years supply
cotton goods still suffer from cut prices
excessive competition and over production.
There. is "a better demand for silks, MUM
cry ana confectionery, which aside from lhe
prosperity of the bicycle Industry consu-
into exceptions High prices for leading
cereals for meats ami Havana tobdcSo
are noteworthy and reflects respectively
unusually small supplies of wheat the
strength of the control of the market sup
ply and existing conditions in CUBA
Exports of wheat Giour included '3
vheaD from both coasts Of thr thlI'u
states and from Montreal this week
amounts to . 1856 .2i6 bushels. compared WIN
. ~ 0oo bushels last week. 2.S3L000 bushels
in the week one year ago. l,9i6Vo busheis
two years ago f711oo0 bushels SIX years
ago and as contrastcd with 3.93lWO busheis
IN me Ike week of 1898 Exports OF lhdlan
Germ amount to PSI. SCI bushels TINS week
as q ,.npared with 1.92itU0 bushels last Week.
/ 73f 600 bushels in the week q year ago
~ m.n bushels two years ago. $4,000 bush
els tbrtr wears ago and 1,0930OO bushels in
the like week of 1893.
There are 2l5 business failures reported
throughout the United States THIS week
compared with 226 last week, 2lS in the
week a year ago. 2l5 two years ago, anu
II, i'm the like week of June 1874. only II
busincss failures are reported ffom the
canadian Dominion this week against -
last week ~ in the week year ago ana
y two years ago.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-06-28
Reply to Japan's Protest.
ENGLAND TO WATCH ITS RIGHTS
Secretary Curzon Replies To Questions
Touching Hawaiian Annexation.

London. June ei-In the house or com
mons today the parliamentary secretary
r,r tho foreign Office. Mr. Curzon, replied
a. a., question of Mr. Bcckctts couserva-
+t,-.. REGARDING Hawaiian annexation.
A. rockctt's question was whether the
,,.,-crumcnt was aware that queen Liliuo-
l,.i,ni had been doposed by small body
If Americans. who without right or title.
nv, assumed "A sovereignty over Hawaii.
,,,a pov- 90 save themselves from the re-
continent of the people have requested the
American government 10 annex Hawaii,
ANA whether the British government pro-
poses 10 allow this most important coal
ing station 20 pass into the hands of the
United States without protest
ar Curzou said her maiesty's govern
m.ut did not feel called to express an
opinion in relation TO the circumstances out
of which the present situation I'm Hawaii
had arisen The government was aware
that "a proposal 20 annex Hawaii 10 the
United States had beeu submitted by the
president for the consideration OF the SEN
ATE. but as yet no decision had been
reached.
Mr. Curzon admitted that Il was the OBJ
irct Of her maiesty's government to see
Chat whatever rights. according 70 in
tctnati,uaI law. belonged To Great Brit
ain and to British subjects, are fully main
tanned