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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

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TO The Journal correspondent to-day:
Clyde is in Oklahoma He has a lot of
cst,Ie there that he is feeding He wrote
-. -. -. -. - 80
heii'e n iasl "eeh. "ii'is rom uut'.tie' anu
said he was going to make lot OF money
on the herd Since then We have not heard
from him hu, We think he is st.yip.r hv
bis own herds He has sner, , good deal
ms o"h HeIuS. ne has spent soou uea'
OF time In Utah and Nevada this summer
and may have gone back there"
The Ren,IbIicans of the county are CON-
,ratr,,.tt,,, ,hnr,soI,,o. ,ho. ,to,. ,;a ~.
s. si"'uta. .hs Themselves INA. 'aes uiu iioe
nominate dlIlett LOT the legislature last
fall, position to which he aspired. Three
wears ago he wanted IN rIln for sheriff
bur soT. - nm a., oooovr+ of b,s nrofits
' e"'e IL UP oii ACCOUNT VI MS Pioi''0
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
ARE PAID "BY THE PIECE"
How Compensation of Kansas Clerks
and Judges of Election
Is Fixed.

TOPEKA. Nov. 29.-tSpecial) The
judges and clerks of the recent election
will be paid for their services on the basis
laid down by the amended election law.
The old law provides that election officers
should receive 81 day. In most places
sixteen to eighteen hours per day Some
counties counted this two days ard paid
the officers 81 each. Other counties claimed
that the law meant 81 for the entire work
In order to make it uniform the law was
so amended that judges and clerks are to
be paid 81 for the first $50 votes cast, and
81 for each additional 100 votes or major
fraction thereof. The attention of the va
rious county clerks has been called TO the
new provision, and the officers of the re-
cent election will be paid on that basis
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
TOPEKA REPLEvIN CASES.
Creditors Seize Some of the Gillett
Cattle Claimed by Dake d heeler
and n Fight Is On.

TOPEKA. Nov. 29.-(Special) Two suits
involving property value of $4,000 and
growing out of the Gillett failure have
been filed in the United States court In
this city. The suits are replevin cases to
recover some OF the alleged mueam9rt 1ne
was brought by the Continental National
bank, of ST. Louis. against Dake d Keel
ney, and involves $50 head of 8 and 4-year
old Oregon steers. and the other IS TO sat
isfy claim of $4,000 held by Elmore &
Cooper. 1t is directed against Thomas
kinneyhan. John Doe and Richard Roe and
is to replevin 100 cows and 800 calves.
Attorney j. X. Cubbison. of Kansas City,
cattlemen, tonight appeared in the federal
court and gave a redelivery bond in the
case brought by the Continental National
bank Of st. Louis. The bond was in the
sum of $S5Oo0. and was signed by Kirk
b. Armour. Lewellyn james and President
Roberts of the Interstate National bank.
A few minutes later the st, Joseph Saw
ings bank, of st. Joseph. Mo. filed an
other suit against Dake & keeler to re-
replevin 400 head of cattle.
Some of the attorneys for the commits
sion men now holding the bag claim TO
lave discovered still a new method by
that, in making drives through the coun-
try. when Gillett found bunch of cattle
ON ranch some distance from the ranch
house he would examine the marks and
brands on them.
Then he would go to a friend and get
him TO sign chattel mortgage in blank,
on the plea that he CGilletp was loaded
up TO the guards and was afraid TO tax
his credit any heavier. Gillett would then
fill in the blank mortgage. describing the
cattle on the ranch, giving the marks and
brands and location by section and range.
The commission men would then be noti-
fled that a loan was wanted. They would
send out an agent to investigate. He would
find the record clear as to the chattel
mortgages of the signer. He would also
drive 10 the ranch. which was always re-
mote from the house, and there find the
cattle as described in the mortgage. The
mortgage was then accepted. Endorsed and
sold to Eastern investors. When the crash
came the holders of the paper discovered
that the mortgagor did not own the cat
tie described in the mortgage. but that
thew belonged to somebody else
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
ALTON, ILL.,, NEGROES LOSE.
Circuit Court Jury Refuses to Permit
COlOred Children to Attend
White Schools

ST. LOUIS. MO. Nov. 29-The celebrated
Alton school case was to-day decided by a
jury In the circuit court at Edwardsville,
ILL.,. which returned verdict against the
coiored people who had protested against
separate schools.
Recently. because of new order issued
by the school authorities of Alton, H..
white and negro children were assigned to
different public schools. The colored people
resented this and refused to send their
children to school.
Finally, Scott Bibbs, colored man,
whose children had been attending school.
brought mandamus proceedings in the su-
preme court of Illinois against the mayor
and school board of Alton to compel them
to admit his children to the Washington
school. assigned to white children which
is nearest and most convenient to his place
of residence. He claimed that colored
children were Disseminated against When
the case came to trial in the Madison
county circuit court. to which it had been
certified. the defense contended that the
colored children in Alton have the same
opportunities for securing an education as
the whites. and that no discrimination had
been practiced
After some deliberation the jury to-day
handed the following verdict to Judge
Hartzell: We the jury. find the issues
for the defendants
The case will now go to the supreme
court
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
Plenty of Money in Kansas.
ATCHISON GLOBE BITTER.
Editorial Comment on GiIIett Fail
ure-Throws Bouquets Mt Itself
Through an Advertiser.

The failure of Grant G. Gillett has caused
widespread and special interest and uni
versal comment among the press. The fol-
lowing editorial in the Atchison Globe of
last Saturday Is caustic TO degree that
will be recognized as distinctive feature
of that paper:
A few years ago during the boom. Kan
sas farmers We're pursued by money lend
ers. Very liberal amounts We're loaned on
the farms. and when the crash came. the
farms would not sell Tor the amount of
the mortgages. The money lenders were
so anxious 10 make loans for the sake Of
the commission: the farmer paid the money
lender 8. 3 or 10 per cent. and the money
lender sold the mortgages to Eastern in
vestors at and per cent The mortgages
were as a rule Guaranteed by the West
ern money lenders. and the Eastern in
veStors in many instances lost their money.
Exactly the same sort of thing has been
going on lately in Western cattle paper.
and the commission men have gone crazy
over the profits. As result. it was possi-
bic for Grant Giilett. of Woodbne. Kas..
10 fail last week for nearly S2.000.G00. East
ern investors will lose certainly Sl,VN.WO.
black eye. TO say nothing of the scorching
the West will get in the East. Four years
ago Gilett was telegraph operator. and
had the reputation Of being dishonest.
having shipped several lots of wheat that
were short. His father had bad repmta.
ton, ton before him. M yet 1 this Grant Sanett Gillett
man was whistlins for a few thousand dol
lars to carry on legitimate enterprises. Any
sane man might have known that Gillett
was rotten; for months before business
man fails. he advertises the fact. There
are failing men in every community, and
they may be picked out by citizens or ordi-
nary sagacity. The latest is that Gilett
has gone to Spain with 10000. Not long
ago he took out lot of life insurance.
and paid UP the premiums in full. These
will pay him a large sum annually in ten
or fifteen years. Gillett mortgaged some of
his cattle from two 10 five times. and will
be sent to the penitentiarv il ever caught.
M
feed. and the lawyers gathering for a
feast on their bones. If GiIetts creditors
get % per cent they will do well. The only
commission firm IN Kansas City that adj
vertises in the Globe. the Barse company,
did net get caught in the failure. The
Barse people evidently have long heads,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
A Rather "Clo.e, KentucIsinn.

From the Nashville Banner
/ heard of Louisville man who was
pretty close. There died preacher VINO
was perhaps the most popular man in
Louisville. His friends undertook to raise
a neat sum of money for his fnmily, and
did raise a goodly sum. Some how they
succeeded in getting a contribution from
this man / am telling you about, but in
ninety days. The committee tried to get
him to pay cash, but he refused. and they
left with the note. There were two or
three other notes, but when the committee
explained to the givers that they would
like to make it a lump cash contribution.
snG pad the had pad
cash except this one they went to him
and explained the situation. He declined
to make 1t cash subscription. ibut finally.
in answer to the committeeIs repeated
appeals. he agreed to pay II in Fash IL the
committee would discount the Hote. This
they did. deducting the bank discount for
the time the note had to run. tHe was
very close man.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
THE STRAIGHT HAIRED GIRL.
Advice to the Young Man Who 1. Said
to Be Inclined Toward
MatrfmOny.

FROM the New York Sun.
Some one of the oracles whose mission
is to advise young women how to select a
husband. and to warn young men against
feminine wiles, has recently set up a new
guide post for masculine wayfarers on the
road to matrimony.
Marry a girl with straight hair" SAYS
the oracle. THE chances are that her ways
are as straight as her locks. while the heart
of the curly headed girl is as full Of twists
and Quirks as her hair
The theory is eXpounded at some length.
If all men will but be guided by this sibyl-
inc voice. the day OF the straight-haired
girl Is close at hand. She needs compensa-
ton. For years she has fought an unequal
fight against her sister of the curly locks
and her temper has been worn threadbare.
all on acco,lnt of her hair What choice
has straight-haired girl on a windy day.
Her hair is struggling in frantic wispS over
her collar and her ears. She looks untidy,
disreputable: and all the time the curly
haired girl IS becoming more and more be-
witching. Her stray locks crisp and curl
and fiutter f1uffily round her face. and she
smiles in serene consciousness that the
wind is quite powerless against her. When
rainy days come the straight-haired girl
sighs dolefully and looks limp and defect
ed, in spite of swell clothes. Hot days have
have the same depressing effect upon her
hair and spirits. Sea bathing has no
charms for her. Even golf can't be to ner
what II is to the champion with curly hair.
But, If straight hair is to be a certificate
of eligibility for matrimcny, there will be
balm for all these wounds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
BANKER UP FOR CONTEMPT.
Who Made fraudulent Assess-
meut Returns.

CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 29.-Thomas Will
son. cashier of the First National bank of
this. city, was cited to appear before the
United States circuit court for contempt to-
day. for refusing to answer a question put
to him by Attorney General Monet in the
bank tax hearing.
Several bank cashiers were summoned to
appear before Special Examiner Belford.
the object being to compel the bankers to
explain the variation of the figures given
in their reports to the comptroller of the
currency and their returns to the auditor of
the county for taxation. While Mr.. Wilson
was being examined by Attorney General
Monett, he made the statement that there
was not taxpayer in the county that re-
turned his property for taxation at more
than 60 per cent of its true value.
Can you name one person who makes
his tax return at 80 per cent of the true
value of his property" asked Mr.. Mo-
nett. Il can. but do not wish to be the
cause of other people being involved in this
matter. and l refuse to mention any
names" replied the witness.
Mr.. Monett then had Mr.. Wilson certified
to the United States court for contempt.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
cHoATE MAY SUCCEED HAY.
Rumors Revived That He Will BE
Made Ambassador to Great
Britain.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Among the
visitors at the White House to-day were Mr..
Joseph Choate, of New York. who is in
Washington on business before the United
States supreme court. Mr.. Choate called
to pay his respects to the president and re-
mained only a few minutes. His presence
here. however. has revived the rumor that
he will be appointed ambassador to Lon
don to succeed Mr.. Hay, the present sec
retary of state. Nothing conclusive, how
ever could be learned as to the presidents s
intention with regard to the matter.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
BARNUM's WIDOW TO WED.
VIII Take as Her Third Husband n
Prominent Member of the
French PeeraCe,

A New Haven fConn.) Special.
Once more the widow of P. T. Barnum
will wed. The bridegroom is a French
noble. The wedding will be in Paris. The
great showman's widow took for her sec
ond husband Demetrius Callias Bey. a
Greek who died in September. 1885, in Con-
stantinople. after a welded life of a year.
Nine. Callias has been in Paris for more
than two years. 1t is said that the Bey
made a big hole in the fortune of the
American Snowman.
The Barnum country place, Marina, at
Seaside Park. near Bridgeport, has been
sold to strangers. The widows interest in
the landed property in which he invested
his enormous profits is rapidly diminishing,
as the executors are turning it all into
cash. The widow still has a $4,000 an
nuity from the estate.
While travelling in Egypt to assuage her
grief she met CaIlias Bey. They were
married in this city. The Bey would have
gone TO Marina to live only that bronze
statue of Mr.. Barnum. of heroic size, stood
in the park in front of the house. This
could not be moved, as 1t belonged to the
city of Bridgeport.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
A GREATER SUGAR TRUST.
1t Is Proposed to Consolidate Present
Trust and All Independent
ReaneFies.

CHICAGO, Nov. 29-The Daily News to-
day says: IAN attempt is being made to
consolidate the American Sugar Refining
Company. the Doscher sugar plant, the
Arbuckle concern and all of the other in
dependent refineries. and the Glucose Su-
gar Refining Company. of Chicago A syn
dicate has been formed to undertake the
enterprise. and the chief members are the
Rockefelers and j. Pierpont Morgan.
Whether the scheme will succeed depends
ests in the glucose company. 1t Is stated
authoritatively that all the independent re-
finers and the minority stockholders in the
glucose company are favorable to the pro-
5ect It is proposed to capitalize the or
ganization at $50 0OO.0OO half preferred and
half common stock.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
VOTE ON GOVERNOR IN KANSAS
Stanley's Plurality Was I5.5:,5-Ex-
Senator PETER Got Only
aO1h; Votes,

TOPEKA. Nov. 29.-(Special) Complete
returns from every county in the state
show that the total vote on governor at
the recent election was 2S.aS4. as against
3S3JJ coo in 1896. w. Z. Stanley tRepD re-
ceived LAB: ]. W. Leedy CPop.D, l33. a0s:
W. A. PETER Prohibl. 40e6. and Caleb
Lipscomb lSocialist, G2!. Stanleys plur-
ity over all was 1892. These totals do not
include the vote of the Kansas volunteers
in the field. That will swell Stanley's ma
ioriry aporIt 400
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
WANT TO BE MUSTERED.
Kansas Soldiers in Cuba and the Phil,
ippines Are Weary of
Army Life.

TOPEKA, Nov. 29.-ISpecal) Tie pri-
Yates in the Twentieth Kansas at Manila
and also the privates in the Kansas coll
ored regiment in Cuba want to return
home. The Republican state committee
has received letters from number Of
them in each regiment. asking it to use
its influence to have the regiments re-
called. In these letters the privates say
that all but the officers want TO be mus
fered oIit
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
Great-Grand.on of Old Chief keokuk.

a heokuk tia.J SpecIal
The city Is entertaining a noted visitor
the great-grandson of old Chief Keokuk. for
whom this city was named. John Earle
Keokuk arrived here Tuesday and Is being
entertained at the homes of the leading
newspaper men, city officials and mer-
chants. He Is a son of Charles Keokuk.
now residing at the Sac and Fox agency in
Oklahoma. His grandfather, Moses keo-
kuk is chief of the tribe. John left the
reservation in July and has been at Tama
since that time. prior to his arrival her.
He was educated in the common schools
and at the institution in Lawrence, Kas.
On the outbreak of the war he went East.
to Norfolk Va. and tried to enter the naval
service, but was not accepted on account
of bad health. He then went to League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia. but was
again refused. While in the East. and along
the coast, he was stopped by secret service
lief that he was a Spaniard. He expects to
live here permanently and is being hos
pitably treated by the citizens.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
Gnlett Cattle Attached in Omaha.

OMAHA. NEB., Nov. 29.-At the stock
yards to-day the sheriff attached $50 head
of Gillett cattle at the instance of the ].
c. Bohart Commission Company. of Chi
cago. The cattle were shipped here by
signed to Clay, Robinson & Co. The Bo-
hart company has two mortgages aggre-
eating $4,000 on the cattle. The papers
were served just in time To prevent the
sale of the steers to Armour.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
oBERLIN's NEW PRESIDENT.
Rev. MT. John Henry Barrows, of Chi
caEO, Elected, and Will Ac-
rent the Place.

oBERLIN. O.. Nov. 2s.-The trustees of
Oberlin college today elected Rev. John
Henry Barrows. Of Chicago. as president Of
that institution. 1t Is understood he will
accept and assume the position on January
4 1898 when the winter term begins
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
Mrs. Botkin witnesses. start.

DOVER DEL. Nov. 2s.-The witnesses
who will testify against Mrs. Cordelia Bot
kin. whose trial for the murder of Mrs. J.
p. Dunning and her sister. Mrs. J. d.
Deane. will begin in San Francisco next
week. left for California this afternoon. The
party expects to arrive in san Francisco
early Sunday morning.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
GILLETT A SCHEMER.
While n student He Projected a Type
writer Trust and "a College

SEDALIA. MO-. Nov 2s-(Special.) Grant
G. Giliett, the Woodbine, Kas.. cattle king
who is now probably on his way to Spain,
was student at Central business college
here several years ago. He was then Wis
for acouirtng rres, f'hoI oi Se S
effort to interest Sedaliars in a typewriter
trust which would control the markets of
the world; AZ another time he proposed TO
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
STRONG STATEMENTS.
Three Women Relieved Of Female
Troubles by Mrs. Pinkham.

From Mrs A. W. SMITH, SO Summer
St., Biddeford, Me-:
"For several years / suffered with
various diseases peculiar to my sex.
Was troubled with burning sensation
across the small Of my back, that all
gone feeling, was Respondent, fretful
and discouraged; the least exertion
tired me. / tried several doctors but
received little benefit. At last / de-
cided to give your Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial. The eff
feet of the first bottle was magical.
Those symptoms of weakness that I
was afflicted with, vanished like vapor
before the sun. / cannot speak too
highly of your valuable remedy. 1t Is
truly boon to woman"
From Mrs. MELISSA PHILLIPS, Lex
ington, Ind, to Mrs. Pinkham:
"Beiore began taking your medicine
I had suffered for two years with that
tired feeling, headache, backache, noap-
petite, and q rundown condition of the
system. could not walk across the
room. I have taken four bottles of the
Vegetable Compound, one box of Liver
Pills and used one package of Sanative
Wash. and now feel like new woman,
and am able to do my work"
From Mrs. MoLLIE E. HERREL, Pow
ell Station, Tenn:
"Fort three years suffered with such q
weakness of the back, l could not
perform my household duties. 1 also
had falling of the womb, terrible bear
ing-down pains and headache have
taken two bottles of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and feel
like q new woman. I recommend your
medicine to every woman / know"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

Notice is hereby given that the Firemen's
ball will take place at the Casino and
Music hall on "Wednesday evening, Nov. 80.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

lege to form a syndicate of all the small
colleges in the West. Owing 70 his youth
Giilett received no substantial encourage
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

Has Mr.. Bilden good memory"
Well replied the discreet friend: II must
say it depends somewhat on whether he's
owing or collecting. .'-Washington Star
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-28
Christian EndeaVOr.

Services were held in the Presbyter-
ian church at Spicer on Sunday by
Mr.. Scotton. In the morning his sub
ject was Saving Religion" spiritual
in its nature. In the evening he was
assisted in organizing a young peo-
ple's society of Christian Endeavor by
Messrs. Otos and Sperry of Willmar.
Mr.. Otos has just been elected presi-
dent of this q. E. district and feels
deeply interested in the organization
of new societies. He spoke on ''The
Aim and Object Of the G. E. Society, )"
and Mr.. Sperry on "Why have a c..
e. Society,"" Miss Rillah Parsons
was elected president; Miss Clara
Orred, vice president; Miss Sadie Par
sons, secretary and treasurer.
The Lookout, Prayer Meeting and
Social committees were appointed and
will be confirmed at business meet
ing Friday evening. All interested in
making this society one of the best in
this district are invited to be present
at this meeting.
Lookout Committee-Mrs. John Henderson.
MISS Annie Schollin and Miss Maud Howard.
Prayer Meeting Committee-Miss Rillah Par
sons, Miss Della Courtright, Miss Alma Samuel
son. =
Social Committee Mr.. John Henderson.
Miss Maud HOwar Miss Emma Wilson
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-28
CITY GLEANINGS,
Items Gathered by the Special
Reporter of the Tribune.

Mrs. Al. Palm is entertaining Mrs.
Austin and children of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Sam Stoner, of Lakota, N. D.,
formerly of Willmar, is visiting
friends here
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccarthy. of
Shakopee, attended the Haley-Tait
wedding last week.
Mrs. Thos. Olson of Edwards spent
several days as the guest of Mrs.
John Williams.
Mrs. J. G. Kulzer aud children re-
turned last week from their visit with
relatives at Albany.
c. 81. Zealand enjoyed visit from
his brother, Theo. Zealand, of Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. o. G. Huffman and Miss Emma
Malloy left for Martell, Wis.,, for a
visit with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. johnson visited
their son and family at Renville a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crosby of Mer-
riam Park have been visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. w. P. Ismond returned last
"ecA 1iOA uof VlS1b WlGu w lSCODSlQ
relatives.
Mrs. S. NJ. Wilcox returned Satur-
day from her visit with relatives in
St. Paul and Chicago.
Laurence N. Booth leaves tonight
for Wallahalla, N. D., to accept an
Episcopal mission in that town.
Mrs. Roach and Miss Roach, of
Graceville, visited friends here last
week.
Mrs. VIM. Gilger and daughter,
Miss Stella, attended the Segus-Lam-
brecht wedding at St. Paul last week.
Miss Katherine Mossberg left on
Monday for St. Paul, where she has
accepted position in DR.. McDavitt's
Office.
Miss Anna Lambrecht and Charles
E. Segus were married Thursday eve
ming. June 10th, at the residence of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Lambrecht, on Park avenue, St. Paul,
Rev. Dr.. Meldrum oficiating Mr..
and Mrs. Segus will be at home after
July 18th, at 81 East Aurora Ave-, St..
Paul.