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, 1898-06-22
No 81 4.

No 81 a. Kongensgade,
according t. the Taxlist belonging to
CORNELIUS SIMMONS and others.
IS, Auction WEDNESDAY the 18Th July
1898.
2ul Auction WEDNESDAY the 9th July
1898.
8rd Auction WEDNESDAY the 10th August
lA9S
each day at . O'Clock P. M.
AIT the Auctions will be held at the undor-
signed Vendue Office. when the Levy pro-
ceedings, conditions for sale, Nppraisements
etc. may be seen from the LIST Auction.
This advertisement serves also for the
information Of the mortgage holders and
others concerned in accol dance with said
Placarl Of 22ud April 1877.
Frclcrikstra's venduo Office, St. Croix,
18th June l-9S.
WELLEJUS,
ksE.
, 1898-06-22
No. p kongensgade,

according to the taxlist belonging to
ADELAIDE UEWSON.
LIST Auction WEDNESDAY the 18th July
1898.
2nd Auction WEDNESDAY the 9Th Luly
1898.
Ord Auction WEDNESDAY the 10th August
1898.
eacL lay al | o'clock p. m.
, 1898-06-22
Trans alton.
A u 7 N.
mHE Ncndae Director makes known that at
/ The request Of the Sheriff according to
Older iiom Government The aforementioned
Properties

Situated in Fgederikstcds Jurisdiction, on
which levy has been elected for taxes to tho
Colonial Treasury Of 81. Oloix, will be offereI
for sale at 3 public Auctions TO be held in
accordance with The rules in the Plocard
da'cd 22nd April 1917.
, 1898-06-22

j G. HANSEN.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

matter what may come. These direct min
istrations will inevitably strengthen the
bond of sympathy that has existed since
the breaking out of the instruction, and
must. too, hasten the day when war shall
be no more.
1t is significant, furthermore. that one
hears but little of the suggestion to annex
Cuba to the United States. The plea is one
of humanity, not one of acquisition. The
people want the government, at the prop
er time. formally to recognize the insur-
gents, whether this be a recognition of bel
ligerency or a recognition of independence.
The Spanish press, and, IT may readily be
believed, the major portion of the Spanish
people, are convinced that the ultimate OBJ
ject of our interference in the Cuban af-
fair is a desire and purpose to annex the
island. One of the wisest u~tterances of
Senator Proctor's now celebrated address
was that in which he declared emphatically
against the idea of annexation. The Anglo
Saxon people have been accused of being
Unsuitable in the acquisition of territory.
The present attitude of this country toward
Cuba. which is one of charitable mediation
and not one of forcible ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
must appeal to all nations. 1t is an atti-
tude upon which we challenge the respect
and enlist the moral support of every civ
ilized power,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
CODURN IN THE RACE.

In a letter to the Colby Tribune, Mr.. F.
D.. Coburn announces that if the Repub-
lioans of Kansas nominate him for governor
he will make the race. This places Mr..
Coburn before the party as one of its
strongest candidates. Such an announce
ment would not mean much. coming from
a recognized office seeker-in fact would
excite no attention. But in this case it
means a great deal. Some months ago Mr..
Coburn took occasion to say publicly that
he was not n candidate for governor and
didr't want the office. This expressed his
personal feelings. but it was not satisfac-
tory TO a very large element in the party
who believed that Mr.. Coburn would not
only be the strongest candidate, but hat,
when elected. he would be an unusually
strong executive. This element, which in
cludes many of the most influential Repub-
licans of the state, have taken occasion
to impress Mr.. Coburn with these convic-
tons and their labors are bearing fruit.
He reasserts that he will make no light for
the nomination, but says that if it comes
to him he will not decline it. Coburn is
very much in the race.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL

The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel.
And the former called the latter Little prig":
Bun replied.
You are doubtless very big.
But all sorts Of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year.
And a sphere.
And l think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
II I'm not as large as you.
You are not so small as l..
And not half 50 spry:
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ: all is we'll and wisely put;
II / cannot carry forests on my back.
Neither can you crack a nut"
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
HUMANITY IS THE PLEA,

1t is a notable fact that while the Maine
disaster threw the people of this country
into unusual excitement and was the all
absorbing feature of Spanish-American re-
lations for a short time. popular interest
and sympathy soon returned to the more
familiar but still more appealing cause of
the Cuban sufferers. IT has been for some
time very generally believed that the de-
struction of the Maine was due TO design,
but IL has likewise seemed improbable that
such design could he traced to the Spanish
government. or even TO Spaniards of such
rank as TO involve the nation in other thar
indemnity responsibility. The belief that
the report. when it shall finally be made.
will give no basis for an assessment of ex-
emplary damages. has removed from the
popular mind the impression that the Ha-
belli.
1t is not strange therefore, that so great
a nation as our own should retain more in.
terest in the living reconcentrados than in
the dead sailors. 1t is taken for granted
OF course. that the nation will do all tina,
can be done for the families of the dead
and wounded marines. but compensation
SO far as 1t can be made, must be n matter
of time.
The case of the reconcentrados is urgent
Day after day the most narrowing report:
of starvation and disease. based on goot
authority. have reached our people. TIL,
nation has responded most generously, ant
yet IT has but begun the work Of interna
tional charity that must be carried on fol
months TO come If the Cuban sufferers arr
to be saved and restored to health. Thi
nation must feed the reconcentrados. nj
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Discreditable Journalism.

From the Chicago Tribune.
There appeared in Mondays issue of the
Democratic organ in Chicago a most ex-
aggerated and sensational statement, under
faring head lines, as to the physical and
mental condition of President Mckinley.
1t is broadly asserted in this statement
that the president is in danger of COL
lapse: that he is rapidly breaking down
under mental strain caused by worry over
the growing complications of the Spanish
situation; that his conduct is erratic and
his days are filled with dreadful apprehen-
sions: that he lives in constant terror OF
assassination by Spanish sympathizers or
cranks: and that his house and himself
are continually guarded by a strong force
of detectives.
All this is sensational journalism of the
most reprehensible kind. Newspapers have
always claimed and exercised the light to
state the condition of public men. and par
ticularly of one occupying so high a posi-
ton as the presidency. more fully than they
would the condition of private individuals,
because the health of such men Is a matter
of public interest. while the health of pri-
vate individuals is of concern only to their
families and immediate friends. But no
newspaper is justified in going so far as to
make exaggerated statements and publish
sensational fabrications of the kind con-
tanned in the Chicago Democratic organ.
Its publisher should see to II that his paper
is more carefully edited. Such sensations
hurt a newspaper and weaken its circuit.
Even when it prints genuine news Its read
| ers will not believe it.
So far as the employment OF detectives
| 20 guard the White House and insure the
! safety of the president IL concerned no ex-
| ception can be taken. 1t is not a sign
| that the president is morbid or that he is
| afflicted with monomania Since the close
O. the civil war two presidents have been
assassinated. Mr.. Lincoln by a rebel SYM
pathizer and Mr.. Garfield by an officeseek-
ing crank. 1t is known that there are
Spaniards ready to kill President Mckin-
, lev If they had a chance. Just as there are
| Spaniards ready to blow up another Amer
lean war vessel should the opportunity Of
fer. If the president were asSassinated by
| some Spanish sympathizer or crank, there
would be the same rejoicing in Spain as oc-
| Cured when the news of the disaster to
the Maine reached that country.
So these precautions for personal safe
ty are wise. They are ne evidence that
the president is weakening in mind. nor
is there any evidence at all that he is
threatened with collapse and that he is
breaking down under the mental strain
caused by worry over the complications OF
! the Spanish situation. The president Is in
excellent health and is attending to the
| duties of his office as industriously as ever.
For a newspaper to publish such gross ex-
aggerations and pure sensations as those
contained in the Chicago Democratic organ
Monday is an abuse of the functions Of
Journalism which will not work to its credit
or advantage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
=, WHAT y

J ~ -
I lay my finger on Times wrist to score
The forward surging moment as they roll:
Each pulse seems quicker as the one before;
And 10. my days pile up against my soul
As clouds pile up against the golden sun:
Alas. What have l done: What have 1 done,
l never steep the rosy hours in sleep.
Or hide my soul, as in u gloomy crypt:
No Idle hands into my bosom creep:
And yet. as water-drops from housewives drip.
So. yiewless. melt my days. and from me run:
Alas. What have / done VIVA. have 1 done?
l have not missed the fragrance OF the flowers.
Or scorned the music OF the flowing riIls,
Whose numerous liquid tongues sing to the hours:
Yet rise my days behind me. like the hills.
Uns,arred by light Of mighty triunphs won.
Alas. What have / donec What have l done?
Be still, my soul: restrain thy lips from woe.
Cease thy lament, f- life is but the flower:
The fruit comes after death: how csnst thou know
The roundness Of its form. its depth Of power?
Death Is LIES morning. When thy works begun.
Then ask thyseIf-What yet is to be doneI
Lillian Blanche Fearing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

breeders is largely in the Populists' favor.
And yet we are heartily in favor of Mr..
STRIKERS proposition to have more prac-
teal physiology taught in the public schools
and taught to the teacher of the public
schools. VIII Mr.. stryker join us in our
attempts to root out the other evil?
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
THE PEOPLE EXPECT IT..

While it is not known just what course
the administration will pursue in regard
TO Cuba, the country has settled down to
the belief that radical action of some sort
will speedily be taken These brisk war
preparations have convinced it that the
president means 10 make some vigorous
demands, and that these demands will be
promptly acceded to or there will be a
fight. Action of this sort is expected to be
taken when the report of the board Of
inquiry has beer. received and considered.
1t is possible that the people have jumped
to this conclusion too readily. and that
the administration will continue for some
months longer its efforts TO bring about
a peaceful settlement. If so. the people
are going to be very seriously disappointed.
They are tired of slow diplomacy and
want something decisive.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
An Interesting Question.

From the New York ommercisl-Advertise
The curious and interesting proposition
is set forth that in case of war the United
States should propose the international
recognition of all ocean cables as neutral.
No general proposition of this kind can be
laid down in advance of it's practical de-
termination by the test of events. IN case
of war it might become evident that a
cable connecting a ~belligerent with its
navy was an instrument of war. 1t would
be cut if another belligerent could get a
chance to cut 1t. Probably a warShip of Il
belligerent nation which CHANGED to be
steaming over the known location Of a
cable connecting with the home territory
of another belligerent would cut the cable
without concern if opportunity offered.
There has never been a naval war that
could test the question of whether a cable
can be neutralized or not. This. among
other questions. may be settled by the next
naval war.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
ARIsrocRATIc PARK COMMISSIONERS

TtnEN
The morning Democratic organ of this
CITY has turned aside from the heavy bur
der OF conducting a foreign war. manufac-
tured by the Chicago Chronicle. to mat
tiers nearer home. Yesterlay it made use
of a three-column cartoon to elucidate one
of its own editorial utterances. which eth
erwise might have escaped attention in the
teeming wealth of the editorial page. A
technical description of this cut is out of
the question, in the temporary absence of
the art critic, but 1t was designed TO en-
phasize an accusation that the present
park board is the most aristocratic insti-
tuition in Kansas City" and that Its air
OF Observation-Disclosures is something oppres-
sive."
The thanks of the public are iue Cor
this important exposure. and all the more
because without IL the average citizen
might never have suspected such a state
OF things. The average citizen is a busy
mar, devoting his days to some kind of
honorable labor. his evenings to recreation.
and his nights to restful sleep. He. i'll his
innocence. has supposed that the business
of the park commissioners was to plan and
bring into being a system of parks that
should beautify the city. with the least
practicable expense and delay. and has
been disposed to try these gentlemen by
the sole standard of their performance of
this task.
1t now appears that this is a very narrow
view. and that the chief function of the
park board has nothing TO do with parks.
The social and convivial side of the insti-
tuition is the principal thing. and here Mr..
Meyer and his associates have signaily
failed. The park board is aristocratic, and
there is in the atmosphere of its office a
conspicuous absence of the aroma of the
free lunch, the original Budweiser, and
other appendages of an unterrified Democ-
racy. 1t is an ultra-exclusive body, and
members of the local push who have
strolled I'm for an exchange of war news
AMI finecut chewing tobacco have departed
without being invited to put their feet
OH the Office furniture and discourse on
international law. In short, as an institution
m!nistering TO the social wants of those
who carry with them an ineradicable preju-
dice against manual and mental labor. the
parl. board has been a conspicuous failure.
This ought not TO he. What boots it
that a system OF parks is being developed
that will make Kansas City the Damascus
OF the West, so long us the weary pam
handler walks the streets. his breast swell
Ing with woes that should he poured into
the bosom OF the park commissioner? Who
cures for economy, when the frigid atnos-
phere of the Office of the park board
causes conviviality to wither. songs TO re-
main unsung and accomplished raconteurs
10 depart with all their good stories still
in them? Parks are altogether a secondary
consideration. but ii is evident TO the most
careless observer that the social functions
OF the park board. by nature so varied and
cNters!ve. should be reused from their pres
ent condition of innocuous desuetude.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Patriotic President.

From the Philadelphia Times.
However people may differ from Presi-
dent Mckinley on economic or other po-
litical issues, all concede that he has main
tanned himself with absolute dignity and
manliness at every stage of the threat
ened disruption of our friendly relations
with Spain: and his last declaration made
on the subject of war will be heartily ap-
plauded by every patriotic citizen of. the
Union. He said: Rather my administra-
ton should be an ignominious failure than
war"
Such is President McKinley's attitude be-
fore the country and before the world. He
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

If elected mayor, Mr.. Sebree would doubt
less give the city as good an administra-
ton as his lack of experience and the con-
troll of the Shannon gang would permit.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Too Heavy.

From the Brooklyn Life.
MY wife cast some bread on the waters
once remarked the young man. reluct-
aEtly.
did it ever return?' asked the other.
NO." was the reply, lit sank"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

1t is becoming palmer every day that the
Republican city ticket is the ticket of the
people. 1t has been perfectly plain from
the start that the Democratic ticket is the
ticket of Joe Shannon.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

is seriously threatened with war without
having directly or indirectly given any just
cause to provoke it. He has hewed to the
line in the observance Of the neutrality
laws, and resolved all Duh in their ia
vor, even to an extent that has been crit
icised by many intelligent and fair minded
citizens, but he did 1t in the interest Of
peace. He did it because the issue of war
is of such grave magnitude that he felt
compelled to err. if he erred at all. to avert
the horrors of war
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

The people of Chicago are enjoying a nov
ell sensation. 1t has been discovered that
there are Two fire proof buildings in that
city which. are proof against fire.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
NOTES.

Let US not be too impatient for that board
of inquiry report. 1t may not be what we
want when it comes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Innovation.


From Puck.
All. my dear. of course you did not
have your sewing circle to-day when 1t
was so stormy"
Oh. yes! Edwin, dearest. We had it
by telephone"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

However it may appear on the surface,
We shall be slow to accept the theory that
President Mckinley is holding off until
Editor Medill has so weakened Spain that
she will be an easy victim.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
weather Forecast for Wednesday

Washington. March ce-For Oklahoma. Indian Ter
ritory and Kansas: Continued fair and cold weather:
northerly winds.
For Missouri: Fair and colder in eastern portion;
northwesrerly winds.
For Nebraska: Fair: warmer in northwest portion;
northwesterly. shifting 10 southwesterly, winds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

Judge Spencer's decision that the truth
Of a disparaging newspaper article justi-
fies it's publication is in strict accord with
good sense and fairness. although the po-
sition has not always been regarded as
Canl laN
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Natural Allie. and Natural Foes.

natural Allies ana natural tOcS.
From the Philadelphia Press.
European sympathy with Spain and En-
glish sympathy with America grow palmer
every day.
Active, overt action by any European
country in aid of Spain is grossly improb-
able. But in all the more powerful coun-
tries of Europe the governments-not the
people-are plainly opposed to the Unit
ed States, to its growth, to its influence
and its expansion. either in territory or in
power. France. our natural ally, as a re-
public. is swayed by the tremendous finan-
cial stake represented by holdings of Span
ish bonds. Spanish collapse would mean a
panic in Paris. Austria is attracted to
Spain by dyEastic considerations, and its
premier last autumn went so far as to pro-
pose Il league against the United States.
The German government has long had an
unfriendly commercial policy toward this
country, and there has been more than one
sign Of a hostile policy of a wider range.
Italy has never assumed full friendly reia-
lions since the New Orleans riots. Russia
is the natural friend and ally of the United
States: but its newspapers have made at
tacks on the United States at the present
juncture which may mean nothing but
which also are unusual.
England. meanwhile. is unanimous and
AA - - AtB
From the Prince of Wales down, the
United States is treated as an ally. Lord
Charles Beresford. the most popular naval
officer in England, speaks decidedly in its
favor. Both nations at this moment. when
both find the sympathies of Europe oppos-
ing them. realize that they are of one
| blood, one law and one liberty. Bob have
refused to bow the knee to the modern
Baal of militarism; both cherish a civil
structure of society. and both are a stand
ing and visible protest to all Europe
| against the military burdens and military
DULLES of the day, from the German en-
peror down.
A formal alliance is altogether out of the
question on the lines of our foreign policy
and our traditions; but the past month
has done more to bring these two great
nations into sympathetic relations ,han any
in their entire history. If both are wise,
neither can ever come into collision with
the other. and each stands closer to the
other than to any other nation on earth.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Our Strong Financial Situation.

From the Chicago Post.
Come what may of the Cuban situation.
the United States faces it in splendid finan-
cial condition. The gold in the treasury,
including the reserve and that held for
the redemption of outstanding gold GER
tificates, yesterday was S206. 80. +43. The
total available cash balance. including the
gold reserve but excluding that held for
the redemption of gold certificates, was
S22I. 919. 1874.
The revenue of the government for the
first sixteen days of March was slI.2i2.-
or: showing that the Dingley bill is still
producing sufficient peace revenue.
Our leading exports of breadstuffs. cot
ton. mineral oils and provisions for Feb
ruary were s6l. 6S4. O91. against $40, 219. $50 for
February. 1897. The exports of the same
articles for the eight months to February
% were 1851 .076, 594. against s473. ga. $50 for
the same months ending February. 1897.
1856. s63. 932 for 1896. and sSSs. $751; s1 for 1895.
AS a corollary to these figures. the in
fluX of gold shows no signs of abatement.
Since February 25 the engagements in En-
rope for the United States have aggre-
gated about s2S. &C., 900. and Australia has
sent s2.5o0.Go. The production of our own
gold mines averaged over 1000. 900 a week.
Sc there has been an increase in our stock
of gold of nearly $50, 600, 900 In three weeks.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23
Another Blow ut silver.

From the Washington Post.
The Kansas farmers are perforating Mr..
Bryan's calamity talks by sending money
and supplies to Cuba.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-23

If it is true, as Governor Leedy says. that
the war movement is all for the purpose
of creating a big standing army to coerce
labor, how are the Populist congressman to
set themselves right with their constituents
for voting for that fifty million appropria-
tiOn2