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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
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HANGING OF IRA SEXTON.
Murderer of Nathan Stark E..,u.,
ut Princeton. Mo-. Yesterday
Forenoon.

PRINCETON, MO. Dec. 2S-CSnec;,I ,
Ira Sexton was hanged here to-day rnr
numbering Nathan Stark while attemntin-
20 rob MN on the night Of October y. 1897
FROM the salIows Sexton harancueJ Tho
people who had assembled 10 witness hi.
execution. protesting his innocence anJ
'ondemning those who furnished the TT
mony for his conviction. The ira, ~.
sprung al eighteen minutes past II n'.io"l5
ANA DIS. Thompson and iiouSer pronoiIrnlf
nm ne5d IN nine minutes. His neck was
Sexton was Indicted by a grand i,rry- NJ
an adjourned term of the Mercer coiInIv
circuit. court. held last February, ana in
q irlaI lasting one week he was foun,i
guilty OF murder in the first degree ~
appeal was taken to The supreme co,Trt
"hlch al!ilmed the Judgment OF the lower
court and fixed December Is as the DIV
ior his execution.
The principal evidence against Sexton
WIS furnished by his victim. Nathan Stark
VINO lNtd 10 tell the story of the crime
As Stark was passing along the highyyav
near his house, about dusk, on the evening
oi october =. 1885,, he was stopped by Ira
sexton. whom he had known for some
ilm". and cautiored that some parties Were
lying IN wait to rob him. further down tho
ROAD. lie asked Stark if he was armed and
helnS informed that he was nor. drew a
pistol from his pocket and trained il an
Stark. At the same time demanding his
money stark. being within reach of Sex
ION $ pistol, grabbed IL with his hand
when Sexton attempted TO wrench il from
ms grasp and pulled Stark OF his Wagon.
When Stark fell from the wagon. he lost
ll"id on the pistol. and, seeing that Sexton
h@d IN" advantage Of hin he started 10
run away. Sexton ran after him, shoot
ing at his fleeing victim. Stark ESCAPED
from sexton and ran TO the h8uSa al q
friend nearby and. when examined if WIS
found that he was fatally shot through
llt bowels. the shot having entered the
small OF the back He lived thirty-siS
hours and made an ante-mortem state
Hnent substantially as aEc-e.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
SULTAN AND THE BABY.
An Incident Which Shows Abdul
Hamid in n New
Light

The Frankfurter Zeitung hears of an ex-
traordinary incident which occurred imme-
diately after the emperor's departure from
C~onstantinople. When the sultan was re-
turning after bidding farewell to his guests.
in spite of the lines of troops and the es-
cort surrounding his carriage Il man sue
ceeded in placing a large linen bundle ut
the frightened monarch's feet. The car
rage was stopped, and Prince Abdel RAIDER.
who WAS with the sultan. stood UP and
cried in a loud voice. THEY are going 10
murder my father" Excitement prevailed
for some minutes. till Il courageous aide-de-
camp lifted the bundle out of the carriage.
AT this moment the mass of lines began To
move. and instead OF explosives "A CRYING
baby proved TO be the contents of the. par
Gel. The man who wished by this original
demonstration to acquaint the sultan with
his misery gave himself up at once 10 tho
police, and stated that he was an Official
and had not had any salary for months,
lie was no longer in a position TO maintain
himself and the child. and by this step he
wished nj least to save the latter. The
sultan. who was at once acquainted with
all tins. gave orders for the man to be paid
The same evening the sum owing To hin,
The child. by order OF the sultan. was nd.
mitted into the household of Prince Abdel
kader.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
JUDGE ANTHONY HONORED.
banquet rendered Him by Nodnway
County Bnr on Occnsion of
His retirement

MARfFILLE, MO. Dec. 2S.-tSpeciall
The Nodaway county bar gave a banouet
in honor of Judge Cyrus A. Anthony. who
retireS from the bench of the Fourth cir
cult the first OF the year. at the Linville
hotel, tonight. About 100 plates were laid
The following toasts Were RESPONDED IN.
The MaryVille Bar As 1t Used To Be-"
Judge Henry s. Kelly. ST. Joseph: The
Lawyer in Congress- ex-Congressman
Charles Booher. savannah: The LAWYER
in Politics" E. J. Kellogg. Craig; The
World Thinks and | Think So. Too" f. r
McJimsey. editor Maryvilie Tribune; Tn,
circuit ltider' eX-c2ngressman David
Hour Ed +. Aleshire. of Stanberry: the
Press and the Judiciary" James Todd. edi-
tor Nodaway Democrat: The Trials of q
Young Lawyer" j. L. Schooler. Grant
City; our Visitors" Gallatin Craig. of
Maryville; ~judge-eiect Fourth circuit; "A
Lawyer At the Front Captain I. V. Nc
MILAN. Company f. Fourth Missouri; Our
Institutions" Judge Cyrus A. Anthony.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
A DEFICIENCY CONFERENCE.
and Republican Officers Meet
and Agree on n Pro-
tOcOI,

loPkhA. Dec. 2S.-(Special.) a number
OF state officers interested in securing the
passage OF the deficiency appropriation bill
held a conference this morning, TO discuss
ways and means of getting the bill
through. The Pops said their fellows would
pass, the bill providing the Republican
members would not taunt them while the
!Dill was under discussion in each house. 1t
Is q delicate subject with the Pops. They
cut down the appropriations two years ago
ana declared that their officers would fol-
low the spirit of the move and not draw
salaries according 70 law. but according
TO the appropriation. But the officers drew
according to the law and the deficiencies
are the result. Jumper WAS the especial
hampton of the bill reducing appropriate
tons. Later he was placed on the board
S6J0. 05.
The Republicans in the caucus said they
would Try to get the Republicans in the
TO be good when the bill came
Jumper made a special request that
senator Hessin be muzz!ed on the propo-
sltlon- Hessin has a way of putting things
that makes Il Pop uneasy. 1t is probable,
however that he will not say anything on
this question. The humiliation will he
great enough for Jumper to vote for the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
WILL DRAW FULL PAY.
Clerks and Other Employees in the
Senate Are Not Working for
Their Health,

TOPEKA. Dec. 2~S.-(SpecialD The COM
Tittee clerks and other employees OF the
senate are not working for their health
any more than the senators. They do not
propose that the state of Kansas shall beat
them out on any kind of financial deal. and
they have induced the senator's to see that
they get fair compensation TOR their vari-
Gus labors.
Senator Hanna to-day introduced a res
olution providing that the clerks shall be
paid from the start of the present session,
and employees from the date they are
sworn in. The first part of this was all
right. but a storm of opposition met the
reading of the later proposition. Senator
Hanna was the only senator to vote for
the motion as ne made it. Senator Kings
amendment TO pay everybody from early
in the morning of the first day carried
Overwhelmingly.
Not all of the clerks appointed by the
chairmen have been sworn in,
ana some have not even reached the CITY.
There Is no need for them to hurry. now
that their money is assured. There is more
man one Kansas family making a good
thing out of this dying swan" legislature.
and every senator who has a daughter or
a son has trotted him into a nice fat job.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
SHIFTING FOR THEMLVES.
h PopuIist Party l.


Dec. 2S.-(Special. Che Dem
ocratlc state committee is nopinS busI-
ness IN Its Wifes name any e. 1t has
passed through the court of nkruptcy.
wiped out its old debts, and rmed busi-
ness in its own name.
This was evidenced to-day. wi the COM
mlttee met, swept aside the Pcwho have
been managing 1t Tor the pasour years,
ana TOOK steps to r~eOrganize tDemocrat-
&c party OF Kansas. Some of tPop mem
hers of the committee. incllg David
Overmyer, planned some tlm,go to call
the committee together and e Barney
Sheridan because he refused tupporI the
Pops. during the recent cahiSn. The
meeting was called for the roop hotel
hand ready for business. were the
members who did not get anys attorney
fees out of the Pops. The Ter seemed
quiet poll. II found his cSd in the
minority.
When the time arrived for t!committee
to meet, j. Mack Love, the cirman' did
TO be selected. Tom McCueof Norton,
Just to rub il in. moved that rney Sher-
idan be made chairman pro L. Inc mo-
ton was duly seconded and IT, 1t car
ried almost unanimously.
sheridan. in taking the c~haitnanked the
members for honorlng him VII the posi-
tlon. He said he understood zen he came
committee bodily. His selecn as char
man came. therefore, as a easant sur
prise. n irony of this relrk cut the
overmyerites to the quick. Ty took their
medicine though.
Charles Sawyer, of NortoIin order to
find out the sentiment of e committee
CONCERNING fusion in the fdre said ne
would like to hear the meSers EXPRESS
themselves. Almost all of the present de
that they had had en.sh OF fusion
this.
Overmyer saw the drift If sentiment
among the Democratic leadS and he got
his feet on the ground %paially by de-
caring that the Democratssh9uld s"al-
the Pops after this. mead of being
swallowed by them. The ~st,ightout mem
berS We're surprised to Sc him change
front. However. they view his remarks
suspicion, and will takelim back only
on probation.
1t was finally agreed that he Democrats
Of the state should beginshaping tEeir
affairs politically so as TO o business in
heir own name in all campgns in the fu-
-ure.
The executive committee vas instructed
o arrange for Il big Demic,tic banquet in
on Jackson day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
MAC DONALD'S VIEW OF IT.
Thinks Kansans Are Merry in De-
mandinE More Competent Teach
ers at Present Salaries.

TOPEKA. Dec. 2S.-CSpecial.) President
John Macdonald. of the Kansas State
Teachers Association. says that the Kan
sas people have their nerve with them in
wanting more competent school teachers
at the present salaries paid. In discuss
ing the matter before the meeting here to-
day he said: How vociferously We have
been crying these many years for trained
graces and the proprieties; incarnations We
want of all the strong qualities in Socra-
ties. Aristotle. Plato, Arnold and Mark Hon
kins. and for the service of these ideal
creatures, so often sketched in educational
meetings and journals. and elsewhere we
offer 81 a month five months each wear.
FOR that. our state superintendent tells us.
is the average pay of a rural school teach
er in Kansas. Dividing the $50 by twelve,
ana that surely is reasonable as well as
arithmetical, We have $13.1 is per month";"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
JOHN M'CRILLlS TEsTIFIEs.
in Carthage Murder Trial
Tells How He Killed w. j.
GiIfIIau.

CARTHAGE, MO. Dec. -(Spec !
John ID. McCrillis testified on his own be-
half in the McCrillis-GilflIan murder case.
As had been expected. his testimony tend
ed TO show that there had been Improper
relations between the deceased and the de-
lendants wife. Letters Were introduced in
EVIDENCE showing that Gillian and Mrs.
McCfllIlS mad corresponded and the state
inents OF McCriliis We're in Utmost every
instance authenticated.
McCrllliS seemed to have nothing that
he wished TO keep back. He spoke freely
OF MS relations with the man he killed.
ne tod OF his wife's meeting with Gil
itnnssaam IN CaLiornla; and the long expected
iesufnony came when he said that he
learned OF improper relations between the
deceased and his wife the afternoon pre-
ceding the shooting. His story of The
shootlng was substantially the same as
that told by Mrs. GilfilIan, with the one
exception that he denied saying. He had
shot TO kill" ~
HIS statement makes his act one of self
oeiense; After Mrs. Gilhllan had left The
room. McCrillis said he noticed a Strange
t i49k TN IN Gilaiian,s face. McCrfIlis claimed
you. Mrs. McCrillis has been telling YOU
ABOUT her and me. You don't dare 10 do
,r III th ~ about II, as you know your family
VIII De dlSSraced. McCrillis said he was
approached by Gilfllan, and, fearing he
aniSht nave a weapon. pulled his revolver
ana shot him. He positively denied say
ing he shot him and shot TO kill. To Gil
mans wife he did say. Your husband
EaNe my wife a diamond and he also Sc
"A letter introduced as evidence. purport-
ing TO be from the deceased. and found
~ AIGCrllils in his wife's possession, reads
MY Darling:-I cannot express to vol
LOW bad your last letter made me feel,
gu nave been worried and impatient, and
lorSlEe You. i have thought of YOU al
most every hour of every day, and what
.ould be done. | have received no reply
rum my last letter TO you, and the reason
) have not written fully is of the great
aahSer To both Of us. My affairs here are
IN bad shape and causing me very much
'tou9ie' which you know nothing of. You
,Whgltlon OF main. so | could act hare
NSll soon see YOU and explain all and
iiedse 90 not Judge me wrong, as YOU did
IN your last. Write AT once to ]. X. How
again" ~ sec YOU
Western railroad train. ~
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
BIG CATTLE DEALER FAILS.
Walter VI. Clark. of Sullivan County,
Is in the Hole for
100000.

MILAN. Mo, Dec. 2S.-tspeciaI.> Walter
NJ. Clark. one of the heaviest cattle dealers
in this section of the state. made an as
signment yesterday. The liabilities are
over 10000. and the assets are not known.
The records Of this county show unsatis-
fled over $500 of mortgages on cattle
alone, while deeds Of trust on his big
farms and individual Indebtedness will swell
the total to over $4,000 OF the sS3. o.. half
of the paper is held by the Chicago Live
Stock Commission Company. the balance
by the J. c. Bohacd Commission Company.
of ST. Joseph. Mo: NJ. \. Burwelf. of
Kansas City; the First National bank of
this city. and Moorehead X Sandifur. of
this county. The first intimation of Clark's
failing was two weeks ago. when his
check for ST. was net houored by the
banks here. 1t is rumorer that Clark lost
heavily of late in playing elections. When
he came here. sixteen years ago. he had
several thousand dollars and 1000 acres of
unincumbered land.
The failure of Clark will have no effect
upon Kansas City firms, as was stated
yesterday afternoon. II is understood that
most of his paper was handled in chicago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
SORE HANDS
FOR EIGHT YEARS
Pain So Intense Would Nearly
Twist Fingers from Sockets.
Pulled Up Like a Toad.
Water Ran Through Bandages to
Floor. Had to Walk the Floor
Until Mould Fall Asleep.
Fingers Peeled Like an Onion.
Doctors Gould Not Cure,
Cured By C~uticura,


Ahout eight years ago / got sore hands. fc
commenced with q kiud of a burning sensa-
ton on my fingers and on top of the hand.
When l commenced 10 rub them. you could
see little white Pimples on the skin. 1 rubbed
more and more, until l felt like twisting my
fingers out of their sockets. 1 had high
fever, and cold chills ran over me, and so I
kept II going until was tired out. Nights,I
had To walk the iioOr until 1 fell asleep.
My hands peeled like IN onion, the finger
nails got loose in the roots. and the water ran
out, and wherever there was a little pimple,
there the burning fire was, and I tell you and
can prove 10 you, that happened at least ten
times. During the day. l had to attend TO my
business, for am running a blacksmith shop,
horseshoeing, and l would rot shut up the
shop for nybody, but it was hari. My hands
pulled up worse than i toad When / drove
horse nails, the water from nv hands ran
through the bandage. on to the floor. My
customers refused to look ut my hands. Ihad
a friend to take me to the doctor: he gave .
solution of something 10 battle my hands
with. L was working every day, and did not
know what 20 do so 1 went to another doctor,
j think for = year. 1 foUnd your advertise
ment in a Utica newspaper. anil | got the Gu
TIcURARE>OLvENrand CCTICTRiSoAr The
nails hardened up and peeled OF and 1 don't
believe there is one of the first nails left On
my hands. What have told Won is true. I
do this for your benefit and hUmanity's sake.
would not suffer any more as l did, for the
whole country CASPER DlETSCHLER,
Feb. - IS. Pembroke. Geresee Co, Y. Y.
Sold ,hrouxhoutth the world. PorrEz Dare AND CHIN.
Corr. Props. Boston. How to CGre Every Hamor. free.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
Dropped In to Put nn End to Judge
Mckny's Scheme to
control.

TOPEKA. Dec. %.-(special) Congress
man Jerry Simpson came in to-day from
lis home at Medicine Lodge. TO put a
quietus on Judge Mckay's scheme 10 con-
test the election OF Judge Press Gillett.
The sockleSs statesman mingled with a
number of Populist senators VINO are his
personal friends durins the afternoon and
f".night announces IL Nv Gutes,u MI
Il don't believe Mckay will contest said
lie to The Journal correspondent Tonight,
as one of those broad srinS spread over his
face. we had a middling honest election
down our WAY. There are no big towns in
the judicial district. and the farmers did
not perpetrate any frauds. OF course. they
perpetrated a huge joke ON all of Us by
voting against Us. but THAT is not a crime.
Besides. il would be hard to convince q
troIled by honest old Populists would ON
nit any fraud in order 70 help elect 3
Republican judge. II looks to me As II
and Mckay will certainly not contest
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
REPUBLICkNISM SQUELCHED.
journal Clerks of the Scnnte Find M
Room for Anything but
PopuIism.

TOPEKA. Dec. 2S.-(Special) The journal
clerks OF the senate, under the direction of
the statesmen themselves. have adopted
peculiar methods in the making up of the
daily journal. Republican measures which
are odtous 10 POpulists. receive only pass
ing nouee. while resolutions conceived by
the reSpfmers are treated to a full and
complete record.
Senatoy Hessiu Tuesday offered a correc-
ton of Mondays journal and made his mo-
ton in writing. The journal barely record
ed the fact that he had made a motion, not
referring in any WAY to the contents. I'm
mediately below this was printed in fun a
motion OF Senator Farrelly for the secIr-
ing Of a certain kind of typewriter for the
Use of one of the clerks.
Occasionally. members OF the minority
party make statements and embody in
motions and resolutions ideas which are
not designed to make particularly interest
ing reading for a POpuiist family. MI. So
and-SO spoke regarding a certain matter
l. the record made in the journal. II was
not of vital Importance To the world to
know the exact wording of Senator Kings
motion 10 purchase a new flag. but the
clerks were careful to copy il just as he
spoke, not emitting the all-important feat
IRE that the flag was to he ''of the same
purity and honor as that which will float
over Moro castle
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
EVERY EFFORT TO BE MADE To
SAVE YOUNG COLLINS.
NEW EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
COLLINS ATTORNEYS CLAIM 1T Is
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCING.
Report That Two Negroes Promise to
Tell Something Is Denied by Mr.
Godnrd-i Texan Who Of
fcred to Swear to
Anything.

TOPEKA. Dec. ESPECIALLY The attor-
neys for John EeHry Collins claim that
they have secured evidence of such a con-
vincing nature that. in the event of a re-
hearing Of the murder case. they Will he
able 10 convince the court that the jurys
verdict at the trial WAS unjust. They give
this as one OF their reasons for claiming
a new trial. They refuse 10 divulge Inc
nature of the evidence. hui they assert that
it may throw a new light on the whole
case.
1t is reported that. on Christmas morning,
two negroes, who said they had come from
the Big 400 Club. The dive in which John
IS alleged TO have plotted with the negroes
for the murder of his father, called on
GODDARD and Hayden, Johns attorneys, ana
asked them 10 call that DAY at their Club
house" They promised that there they
would divulse evidence which would be Of
great advantage TO the cause of their
client. Mr. Hayden, the story goes on 10
say, suspected dishonest intentions on the
part Of the intormants and refused to make
the call.
This story is denied by Mr.. GODDARD, but
1t has been learned from good authority
thai the negroes, if they did not actually
talk with members of the firm. suggested
the plan to men who stand close to the
defendant.
"A case of this kind brings to light all
classes of human nature" says Mr.. Cod
ard. Soon after We took the case we
received a letter from a man in Texas
who offered to come TO Topeka and swear
10 any story We chose TO put in his
mouth. OF course this accommodating i'll
dividual would have given his testimony
for "A consideration"
The attorneys for the defense censure
county Attorney Jetmore for the arrest Of
mrs. Mary burnett for perjury. II. L.
kalenune, of the firm of Valentine. GODDARD
~ valentine, d~ecounces Il as "A rank Out-
rage. Policeman Dave Close had trou-
blt with Mrs Burnett" he says, 'anq
mas 1t in for her. That is why she was |
arrested There Were witnesses for the
prosecution who might also nave been ar
them"
All OF this is p~ost-mortem talk. The at |
iorneys Tor Collins viii eXpend every effort
10 secure a new trial. Failing in this. the
case VIII be appealed 10 the supreme court |
anu II Inc verdict there is not satisfactory |
!hSy mint that they may carry the case 10
me United States supreme court.
~ any event, IL is very probable that |
Jolh Henry Collins will he given a sight of |
INC pe~hlttntlary. at least pending the de-
new trial. ~
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
VERY BRIEF HOUSE SESSION,
Body Had Scarcely Convened Before
1t Was Adjourned by
the POPS.

TOPEKA. Dec. ~2S.-CSpeciaID The house
was in session less than ten minutes to-
day. After the roll call and correction of
the journal. Lewis. of Rawlins in accord
anCe with the caucus action. moved to au-
journ.
kecfer. of Leavenworth. asked that the
motion be withheld long enough to permit
him. As chairman Of the special committee
on telegraph and telephones, 10 file a re-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
R%ESUBMISSION RESOLUTION
senator Ryan Would Let Kansas Vote
Again on the Prohibition
Question.

Dec. 2S.-(Special.) The ques-
ton of resubmission was brought un i,
the senate this morning. Senator RYAN
introduced a joint resolution providing for
me SUBMISSION 10 the people of a consti.
lutlonal amendment. to read as follows.
may be necessary TO regulate the MANI
faGture and sale of Intoxicating liquors."
me resolution provides that this prom
osltlon be submitted to the people in IgS0.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
INV0L UNTARY BANKRUPTCY.
Merchants of Peabody Procccdipc
Against J. w. GiIlett, the Cattle
Brother.

TOPEKA, Dec. eS.-|SpecialD Appiica-
ton has been made in the federal court by
Irwin Bros, merchant of Peabody. 10 force
bankruptcy under the new bankruptGv H,f0
Gillett is a brother OF Grant Glictt' ana
was the owner of the Woodhiu, Hard
ware Company's store at W0o4nins ON
lett owed the Peabody firm S.3S FOR hard
ware. In the application it is rlajmaC
that Gllett gave a Sa0,e0 trust deed 10 l..
g Ellis. of Kansas City. recently. and
that il covers all of his property: thar M
owes more than $4,000 and. for the pro,ec-
tIon OF all the creditors. the court is asked
TO declare him a bankrupt and divide tho
assets among the creditors pro rata. Tho
compliments want the trust deed sci aside
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
CUTS PASSENGER RATES..
Senator Titus Introduces n Bill Limit
ing Fares To = Cents a
Mile.

TOPEKA, Dec. ~2S-tSpecial.) A bill in
troduced by Mr.. Titus in the senate this
morning amends the chapter laws of 1889
in reference to railroads so as to reduce
the cost of transportation from : to . cents
per mile for persons over IL years of age
and to l cent for children under 70. III
also provides that railroads shall furnish
Tree transportation only to employees en-
gagged actively in the operation of trains
and any state officer using free Transports
ton shall, on conviction, forfeit his Office
ana be subject to Il fine of 500. ANY com
pany furnishing free transportation is made
subject to Il tine not exceeding 500 for