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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR FLANK SIDE
walks on Independence Road-Board OF Public Works.
Department OF Engineering. Kansas City, Mo-. No
yember Is, 1898. Sealed proposals will be received
BY the undersigned at this office until II o'clock a.
m. Of November IS, 1888 lat which time bids will be
opened. for furnishing all the materials aad doing
all the work necessary TO complete the following city
Improvements. viz: Constructing five t) feet plank
sidewalks on both sides Of Independence road from
Independence avenue to Blue river, as provided By
ordinance No. 1879.
Plans and specifications may be seen, and all insor.
nation relative to the work obtained. at this onice.
Payment FOR the work 20 be made In special IA.
bills.
No proposals from any contractor in default with
the city on any previous contract will be considered
or that does not conform strictly TO specifications.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied
BY a bond OF two hundred (20Ol dollars with two ~,
good and sufficient securities ito be approved by the
city comptroiier). conditioned that the bidder will en-
ter into contract at the prices stated, and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion of the work,
The right Is reserved 30 reject any or all proposalS
HENRY A. WISE, City Engineer.
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xor1cE TO CONTRACTORS FOE HExAGoN

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOE HEXAGoN
piocE Sidewalk on 10th S~treet-Board c. Public
Sorrs Depsrtment OF Engineering. Kansas City, No.,
November 10. 1898. Sealed proposals VIII be Re,
.s;r.d BIZ the undersigned at this ONCE until II
e-.roct n m of November %. 1855 lat which time
bids will be opensdl. for furnishing all the materials
80 doing ali the work necessary TO complete tie
,a'I,xinr city improvements. viz: Constructing
bsYsron block sidewalk on the north side q Tenth
non street between Charlotte street and Campo-.i
,tT..t as provided by ordinance No. ioseo.
Plan. and specifications may be seen. and ali inior-
m,tion relative to the work obtained. at this once.
payment for the work TO be made in special tax
bills. ,. ~,
No proposals from any contractor in defaut WI
a : that does not conform strictly to specifications.
M proposal will be considered unless accompanied
nv a bond Q; two hundred coo, dollars with two ~
eood and ~suahcIent securities ito be approved BY tbs
eitv comptrollerl. conditioned that the BIDDER VIII en-
TER into contract at the prices stated. and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion Of the work;
HENRY A. WISE. City Engineer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR PLANK SIDE
walks on St. John Av~enue-Board OF Public Works,
Department OF Engineering. Kansas City, No., No.
vember Is, 1855. Sealed proposals viii te received
NV the undersigned at this office until Il O'clock q.
m. OF November IS. 1888 lat which time bids will be
opened. for furnishing All the materials and doing
All the work necessary to complete the following city
improvements. viz: Constructing five t) feet plank
sidewalk on north side o. St. John avenue from
Jackson avenue to Hardesty avenue. as provided by
ordinance No. 1926.
Plans and specifications may be seen. and all infor-
msticl relative to the work obtained. at this once.
Payment for the work to be made in special tax
bills.
No proposals from any contractor IN default with
the city on any previous contract will be considered,
or that does not conform strictly to Specifications.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied
by a bond Of two hundred t2oO, dollars with two C2I
good and sufficient securities Ito be approved BIZ the
CITY comptroller. conditioned that the bidder will en-
ter into contract at the prices stated, and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion Of the work.
The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals.
HENRY A. WISE. CITY Engineer
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City Clerk of Kansas City. Missouri

IN the circuit court Of Jackson county. Missouri.
sitting IT Kansas city. October term. lsss. Barrier
kienc. Ludwig ". kiene. Mrs. Ludwig ". kiene;
Miss Willie kiene. Husel kieae, bertha AeEkei
formerly Bertha Kiene). julius Merkel cher hus-
bandl, Emma DANIEL formerly Emma kiene), Eirh-
ard Dancll Qler husband. Minnie kienc and Edith
Ross J. Prai!. deceased: Frank F. Rozzelie. Flor
enee NJ. Cotton. ". w. McEnt!re. trustee for v. J.
Elliott: W. J. Elliott and Clarke Hopkins, DEFEND
ants. No. 23ls4. order OF Publication. Now on this
18th dag Of November. 1895. comes the plaintiff, by
the plaintiff, fled with the petition herein. 10 the
satisfaction OF the court tina, the defendants. Emma
Kiene. are non-residents OF the state OF Missouri and
cannot be served with process in said state in the
ticle four a.. q the Revised Statutes Of Missouri.
1859. II Is ordered ty the court that publication pc
ard paneli Ner husband, and Minnie kiene. that
an action has been commenced against them. WIFE
ty. Missouri. at Kansas City. which action is founded
on one special tax bill dated the 18th day OF August.
lss;. issued to the SAID plaintiff by the cry ot han n,
sas City for paving Eighteenth uSth) street rom
Grand avenue to Woodland avenue in said city. and
is a suit the object aad general nature o., whieh IS
rate Of 10 per cent Per annum from August Is. lssS'
and to enforce the lien OF said tax bill against the
real estate in said tax bill described and plaintiff 5
petition described as follows. to-wit: East twenty
seven (2p feet OF the west ffty-seyen t5J feet OF lot
one ~, block four IL, Evans addition, in the west
.one-half ga OF the north oue-half GA of the north
west 4 Q; the northeast Il of section eight ~.
township forty mine H9,, range thirty-three $50. in
Kansas City. Jackson county. Missouri. and unlecs
they be and appear at the next January term Of this
court. to be held at the court house in said Kansas
City, Jackson county. Missouri. on the sh day OF
January. 1888. and on or before the third day thereof.
if the term shall so long continue. and II not. then
before the end OF the term. answer the said petition
the same will be taken as confessed and Judgment
will be rendered against them as PRAYED. 1t is further
ordered that a copy hereof shall be published at
least once a week in The Kansas City Daily Journal.
q newspaper published in Kansas City. county OF
Jackson, state Of Missouri, for four a. weeks sue
cessiyely. the last insertion 10 be at least fifteen
rs, days before the commencement of the next Janu-
airy term OF court. A true copy.
Attest: H. NJ. STONESTREET. Clerk.
tSealt By S. n. RAGLaND. Deputy Clerk
Scarritt. Vaughan, Griffith a. Jones. Attorneys Tor
PLAINTIFF
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LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR GRADING Lo-
Gust Street From sith TO 3sth st-B0:r OF Public
w:ori,s Departrnen. RI Engineering. Kansas City.
10. November IL, 1898. Sealed proposals will be re-
ceiyed by the undersigned at this office until IL
oirinrk a IN. @, November IS. 1883 tat which time
bids will be opened. for furnishing all the materials
and doing all the work necessary to complete the fol-
street from sith street to 3Gth street. as provided by
ordinance No. ssi7.
Plans and specifications may be seen, and all infor-
marion relative TO the work obtained. at this oface.
payment for ths work to be made in special tax
bills.
No proposals from any contractor in default with
IN. r,,y on any previous contract will be considered,
or that does not conform strictly to specifications.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied
ROD and sufficient securities ito be approved b. the
civ comp.rollerl. conditioned that the bidder will en-
Ter into contract at the prices stated. and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion Of the work.
The right Is reserved to reject ANY or all proposals.
HENRY A. WISE, City Engineer.
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HENRY STtBENRACCH. Trustee.
Dated November 18th. lssS.

WHEREAS. James r. Burk. and Esteiia Burke, his
wife, by their deed OF trust dated July first. 1880, and
recorded july 9Th, 1890. in book b No. IS, at page
$40. in the Office OF the recorder Of leeds Of Jackson
county, Missouri. at Kansas City. conveyed to me. the
undersigned trustee, the following described real es-
tate in Jackson county, Missouri. to-wit: The east
forty-three feeto lots twenty-one CID and twenty-five
(2.l, block six To-. in Winfield place. an addition 10
Kansas Ci'y, Missouri. in trust to secure the payment
If the proniss3sy note and interest coupons in said
deed of trr:st described; and, whereas, default has
been made in the payment Of said note. and the same
and the interest coupons are past Que and unpaid:
ROW. therefore. notice is hereby given that. at the re-
quest OF the legal holder OF said note, and b. virtue
OF the power in me vested by said deed OF trust. I
will, on Wednesday. the 14th day Of December. 1885.
and between the hours o. ; o'clock in the forenoon
and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, sell the real estate
above described, at public veEdue. TO The highest bid
der, for cash. at the west door OF the United
States postohace building. southeast corner Of Ninth
and Walnut streets. in Kansas City, Jackson county.
Missouri, TO pay said note and interest. and the costs
of executing this trust.
HENRY S~TuBENRAUCH. Trustee.
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q NOTICES.



VACATION NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that a petition has been
Missouri, embodyins a recommendation BY the board
Of park commissioners to the common council Of
parkway. known as :.iDacpenaen an A Piaza' n in RuG the
North Park district. in Kansas City. Missouri, lying
and a line one hundred and eighteen Uls) fee, north
OF and Parallel with the north line OF Independence
RESOLUTION so. 1905.
a resolution recommending TO the common council
Plaza. in the North Park district. in Kansas CITY.
.nce boulevard and a line one hundred and eighteen
ulS feet north Of and parallel with the north line
Whereas. Under the terms Of ordinance No. CO. Of
the common council Of Kansas City. Missouri. ap-
Tor the public park known as .independence Plaza
in the North Park district, and.
crosses the land so taken. from the north line Of In
dependence boulevard TO a line one hundred and
north line O; independence boulevard. the Zee title
to which was originally in the prc priet0rs Of Forest
sas City. Missouri, and Marty's woodland addition.
an addition to the City Of Kansas. now Kansas City.
Whereas, Kansas City. Missouri. has now acquired
title in Zee TO all lands on both sides Of said alley
Therefore. Be it resolved b. the board Of park
commissioners 9i kansas City. Missouri;
City, Missouri. be. and the same IL hereby petit
TONED, to yacate that part Of the alley in ,tInde-
ItiNl'INt IldEd PARK lying between tn1 norm liIe
Of Independence boulevard and II line one hundred
and eighteen ulol feet nor,h OF anu parallel with
the north line Of Independence boulevard. in accord
ance with the provisions Of the charter Of kansas
City. Missouri, and that the title 10 said alley revert
to Kansas City as the owner of all the land adioin-
ing on both sides thereof, and become a part Of said
public park known as Independence Plaza
Section >. The board Of BARK commissioners hereby
recommends TO the common council that said alley
above described be vacated As aforesaid;
Section J. That Il certified copy OF this resolution
be delivered to each house OF the common council as
notice OF the action and recommendation Of said
board.
Said petition and recommendation being made by
the board OF park commissioners Of Kansas City.
Missouri. Kansas City being the owner OF the ground
vacated BY this petition, and OF all Of the front feet
Of the real property fronting on the property pro
posed to be vacated, and IL no opposition be made to
such petition within twenty te0t days from this date.
to-wit, this 18th day Of November. 1895. the common
council may, by ordinance. vacate the property men
toned, with such restrictions as it may deem for the
public good. A true copy.
(SeaD C. 6. CURRY
civ rl.rL, ~ Lsap.aS ci,y Missouri.
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NOTICE TO FOR GRADING

NOTICE To CONTRACTORS FOR GRADING
Bellefontaine Ave. From s5rd TO 18th St.-Board o:
Public Works. Department Of Engineering. Kansas
City. Mo-, November l3. 1893. Sealed proposals will
be received by the undersigned at this Office until II
o'clock a. m. OF November IS, 1898 lat which time
bids will be opened, for furnishing all the materials
and doing ali the work necessary TO complete the fol-
lowing city improvement. viz: Grading Bellefon-
tsine avenue from the south line of 2sri street to the
north line Of e4th street. As provided by ordinance
No. 1855.
Plans and specifications may be seen, and all infcr.
nation relative TO the work obtained. at this ONCE.
Payment for the work to be made in special tax
bills.
No proposals from any contractor in default with
the city on any previous contract Will be considered,
or that does not conform strictly to specifications.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied
by a bond Of two hundred t20oD dollars with two (2l
good and ~suficient securities tn be approved by the
city comptroller, conditioned that the bidder will en-
ter into contract at the prices stated. and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion of the work.
The right is reserved TO reject any or all proposals.
A. WISE. City Engineer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

IN the circuit court Of Jackson county. Missouri.
sitting at Kansas City. october term. 1s9i. The
Conover. Alice L. C6novsr his viiey. Samuel II.
Jarvis. trustee for Jacob L. piss,ons jacob L. Dies
and John Conover, defendants. No. S3l7l. Order Of
Publication. Now on this 10th day of November.
appearing from tie affidavit for the plaintiff. nled
with the petition herein. to the satisfaction OF the
court that the DEF de i A.oa ,ns Samuel sJsSa, NJ /. 'a Piis;o trustee ss
non-residents of tie state OF Missouri and cannot be
served with process in said state IN the manner
ia, Of the Revised Statutes OF Missouri. 1859. 1t is
ordered by the court that publication be made mott
flying said defendants, Samuel ~ Jarvis, trustee for
Jacob L. Disstou. and Jacob l.. Disston. that an
action has been commenced Against them. with 9TH
ers, BY petition in the circuit court OF Jackson
county. Missouri. at Kansas City. which action is
founded on two Cl certain special tax bills dated
the s3ri day OF August. 1888, issued to the said
pIalntir by the city of Kansas City TOR paving Wal
nut street from the south line of Nineteenth nsth)
street to the north line Of Sixteenth Gsth) street in
said city, and is a suit the object and general nature
OF which is to recover the sum OF s9Ssss. with in
per annum and to enforce the lien OF said tax bills
against the real estate in said tax bills respectively
described and plaintiffs petition described as fol-
Gees addition. in Kansas City. Jackson county.
Missouri. and let y. block twenty.three (ssl. Nc
souri,. and unless they be and appear at the next
January term Of this court, to be held at the court
on the 9Th day OF January. 1899. and on or before
the third day thereof. il the term shall SO long con-
tiuue. and II not, then before the end CT the term,
answer the said petition the same will be taken
as confessed and Judgment will be rendered against
them as prayed. 1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof shall he published at least once a week In
The Kansas City Daily Journal. a newspaper pub
I,shed in Kansas City, county Of Jackson. state Of
Missouri, for four a. weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the last
Insertion 10 he at least fifteen uO days before the
commencement c, the next January term of court.
A true copy.
Attest: II. NJ. SIONESIREET- Clerk.
fSean By W. b. VIM. Deputy.
scarritt. Vaughan. Griffith & Jones. Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
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NOTICE is hereby given that letter. OF admins
traticn on the estate OF Jennie Walker, deceased.
were granted to the undersigned by the probate
court OF the county of Jackson, state CT Missouri, at
Kansas City, on the 10th day Of November. 1895. All
r,ersons having claims against said estate are re-
auired to exhibit the same to the undersigned for
allowance. within one year after the date o. said
Iett,rs. or they may be precluded from any benefit
of said estate, and II such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date Ct this publication
they will be forever barred.
~ W. F. STINE. Administrator,
Dated this 10th Gay OF November. 1898.
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ALL persons holding claims against the estate Of;
Frank Is. Lewis are hereby notified TO present tbs
same to the undersigned assignee for allowance. at
roam number so7, Hest building. in Kansas City.
Missouri. on Monday. December 18th, 1895. at the
hour OF . O'Clock a. m. at which time and place 7
will adjust and allow all proper demands against the
estate OF said assigno-- DtSTOS ADAMS,
Assignee OF Estate Of Frank 3. Lewis.
Kansas City, No, Nov. 18th. 1895
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX BILLS-BOard OF Pub
lie Works. Department OF Engineering. Kansas Cits,
Mo-. Nov. 25. 1895. Public notice is hereby given
that special tax bills amounting to S7s1.6T were is
sued from this Office on the 22ud day Of Nov, 1898. to
n. Scho0nmaker, contractor, for completing the fol-
lowing public Improvements. viz: Constructing gran
itoid sidewalks on east side of Brooklyn avenue from
Twenty-ffth i25thD street 10 Twentr-slNth t25tht
street. as provided by ordinance No. i6423.
II said tax bills are not paid on or before the 22nd
day OF Dec, lS3s, they will bear Interest at the rate
Of 10 per centum per annum irOm date OF issue. Nov.
~. IS. Bills may be found at S&S An. Bank bldg,
with H. c. Abel.
After payment, the bills must be presented at city
treasurer's Office TO he satisfied Of record.
HENRY 4. WISE, City Engineer.
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the state authority finally dissolved the
county government existing on the islands.
and annexed them to a county on the
mainland. There Were no lawsuits and no
criminals. The sheriff had a s~inecure ana
the hinges fell off the. jail door. after
We're once called, passed into history.
Popular opinion credits the indians with
being a cruel race. Nothing could be fur
Their from the truth, says Bishop Mrak.
The treatment of their domestic animals.
the dogs and ponies, was always kind.
The Indians lived largely upon the spells
and trappers, but animal life was taken
only when required for some practical use,
never for sport or from a wanton de ire
to Kill. The birds were rarely molested.
Speaks Several Dialects.
Bishop Mrak lived for years with the
Chippewas, as well As with the Ottawas
and speaks the language of both with
fluency. The name of the Chippewas. as
pronounced by themselves. is ~O-ch,b-way.
corrupted b. the whites into OjibWay and
Indian names the venerable missionary
possesses a vast fund of information. The
old Chippewa name of the famous island
on the straits between Lakes Michigan and
| Huron was Michilimackinac. which was
adopted by the whites. but proving too
cumbersome was reduced to the less eu-
of Mackinac. The Chippewa and allied
languages Of the great Algonquin family
are agglutinive, which may be roughly
translated into plain English as meaning
that many short words are strung together
10 make u name or describe a place. The
beautiful aboriginal names OF the North
west have been sadly mutilated in trans
latien at times. but even shorn of their
original proportions and badly twisted as
they, often are. must be Infinitely preferred
to the fiat Level of bulgs. villes, creeks
and crossings which seem to mark the
limit of English nomenclature upon Amer
lean soil. Where the Indian village of
" n SennI rlnny- a. We no -@-,
stands the great city of Milwaukee. Do
Nau-gor has become Ontonaeon: Ce-dar-
nong is Sidnaw-but preferable far. ever
in such ragged Chippewa. to Smithville or
Innash1lnnr
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Encourage Home Industries.

ing car. Kansas City, is supplied with the
finest table ware and supplies by Kansas
City firms.
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NOTICE OF FINAL sErrLEMENr-Notios 10 hsrs.
BY given to all creditors and ofhen intsrssfsd in tho
estate Of Martha ]. Holmes. deceassd. that +, Ed-
ward z. Holmes. executor Of aid essaes. intend %
make q frai settlement thereof 1t the next term Of
the probate court Of jackson eounty, to be held %
Kansas City, Missouri. on the 18th 3ay OF February
1Ssy. EDWAR0 e BoL4E2, EHooutaA
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HENRY STUBENRACCH. Trustee.
Dated November 18th. 1855.

NOTICE Of ST.ECIAL A BILLS-Boari Of Plb-
lie Works. Department OF Engineering. Kansas City.
Mo-, Nov. %. 1895. Public notice l., hereby given
that special tax bills amounting TO $l,1ol-4i were Is
sued from this ONCE on the I'D day OF Nov. 1855, 20
The Robt. J. Boyd Paving and Construction Co., con-
tractor, Tor completing the following public improve
ments, viz: Paving alley in blocks % and 81.
Turner & Co.'S addition. between Tenth U1thi street
and Eleventh 9th, street from Mulberry street to
Union Pacific Railroad compauy's land, in compli-
ance with ordinance No. I9l1I.
IL said tax bills are not paid on or before the I'D
day OF Dec. ISsS, they will bear interest at the rate
OF Z per centum per annum from date Ok issue, Nov.
o., 'es. Bills may b. found with The R. J. Boyd
Paving and Construction Co.
After payment. tie bills must be presented At city
treasurer's Office to be satisfied OF record
HENRY A. WISE, City Englleer.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR CEN.
trail From 18th ST. to Hanover PlRce-Board OF Pub
lie Works, Department OF Engineering. Kansas City.
No., November IL. 1898. Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived by the undersigned at this omc- until IL
O'Clock n. N. Of November Is. 1885 lat which time
bids will be opened. for furnishing ali the materials
and doing all the work necessary TO complete the fol-
lowing city improvements. viz: Grading Central
street from :5th street 10 the south HE Of Hanover
place, as provided by ordinance No. 1884.
Plans and specifications may be seen. and all infor-
nation relative TO the wori. obtained. at this once.
Payment for the work to be made in special tax
bills.
the city Oh any previous contract Will be considered,
or that does not conform strictly To specifications.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied
by u bond Of two hundred te9ei dollars with two t2J
good and sufficient securities ito be approved by the
city comptroller. conditioned that the bidder will en-
ter into contract AZ the prices stated, and furnish
satisfactory security for the completion OF the work.
The right is reserved TO reject any or all proposals.
y A. WISE. City Engineer.