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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
HER FAvORITE GAME.
Away Makes . Lucky Partner When
Playing Euchre-Great Source
of Amusement.

Playing Euchre-Great Source
of Amusement.
Prom the Chicago Tribune.
The presidents solicitude for 10 comfort
and pleasure of Mrs. Mckinley is known to
every friend and acquaintance in the White
House circle. Not only does the president
look after his wife and her comfort first
at all public gatherings. but he carries out
this iniexible rule at private parties. es-
pecially where card playing Is INDUCED In.
It is a source of great pleasure for Mrs.
Mckinley to be able to participate In
gatherings where euchre is a feature. and
It invariably happens that she comes out
winner
Euchre parties at the White House are
of nightly occurrence except on the occasion
of q state Inner or public reception. and
these gatherings are the source Of great
amusement not only to the president and
his wife. but to those who are invited to
the White House to participate in them. 1t
has become proverbial how lucky Mrs. NC
Kinley is at euchre, and she is always in
demand as a partner when a game is being
made up. These euchre parties are not
continued beyond 10 o'clock. and the finish
is ALWAYS a source of u~nbounded merriment
on the part of the president and his guests.
His parting greetings on such occasions Is
to come over some other evening and try
to overcome the luck, coupled with good
playing, shown by Mrs. Mckinley.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

graceful, a leader in social circles, Miss
Anna Kitchener, when seen in her fathers
drawing room at Canal Dover, O..
is scarcely the type Of young woman one
Notwithstanding this fact she is the real
superintendent Of the Tuscarawas Elec-
trio Street Railway.
Major Kitchener, in the light of past ex-
periences with his daughters capacity for
business affairs, is confident that his road
will be conducted in a thoroughly satisfac-
complaints piled up on his return. During
a recent bad storm of wind n snow the
road was blockaded. and it was thought
standstill. for a few days at least. But
those who s~peculated in this wise were not
counting on an energetic young woman
her fathers railroad. Miss Kitchener did
not intend to let a little thing like a snow
If She could possibly help it. Were the road
mean a heavy loss to the company. to say
patrons Of the road would be subjected.
When this determined young woman
looked out of her chamber window on the
before her, but she did not give up the bat
tie without a trial as many other young
women would have done II placed in her
a duty to perform. and although the OBJ
stacles In her path seemed insurmountable
she bundled herself up in an outfit that
miners, and sailed forth to the fray. She
first employed all the idle men and teams
in the city and the country surrounding.
and then personally directed their atten-
ton to the mountains of snow which COM
pletely buried the line from view. She
remained on duty from dawn until dusk,
and she presented an inspiring sight to the
army Of workers under her direction, as she
made her way from point to point over the
drifts. experimenting the removal Of the
snow piles.
Before nightfall some of the cars were
two towns, although necessarily the regu-
lar schedule was not adhered to, and Miss
Kitchener was being complimented on all
undertaking. Since taking charge of the
road the young woman has won the good
will OF all of her employees. which in itself
speaks volumes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
HARD JOB FOR A WOMAN.
This One Decided That She wouldn,t
Talk During Lent-Promised
n Purse II SuccessfuI

Mrs Caroline Smith. of B~inghamton, N.
Y. is keeping Lent in a manner that few
women have found possible. Mrs. Smith
is a very entertaining conversationalist
but with the beginning of the Lenten sea-
son she announced her Intention of remain
ing dumb for forty days. and 10 far she
has succeeded. She does not even allow
herself The indulgence of exercising her
thoughts on paper. but makes all her wants
known by signs.
hardest test that q woman can be put to
and many side bets lave been made
among her relatives as to her ability to
remain silent for two weeks more. Mrs,
Smiths silence will end on Easter day,
and those who are betting on her ability
to carry out her design have promised her
q purse Of SIS II she succeeds
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
A Good Rule to Go By.

"In selecting a wife" said a man whose
success in such selection has been conspicu-
Gus. always go by the mother OF the girl.
rs a good rule and I've never yet known
it to fail. There's a good long stretch of
their minds to get married, and for a con-
siderable proportion of that stretch the girl
will be much more like her mother like
herself. It's easy enough to choose a wife
so far as the present is concerned. but
II you want TO know something of your wife
for the future you hould take her mother
into account. When you see a truly charm
ing mother you may be pretty sure that her
daughter is to be depended upon when she
reaches the same age. Long before I was
moro than aware of the existence of my
wife thought her mother was ono of the
loveliest women in the world. I was only
q little chap and she. q brilliant young ma
tron, was. Of course. awa Of my devo-
ton, but my allegiance never lost Its hold,
and when I grew up I promptly fell in love
with the daughter Of the woman whom I
had 50 long admired l have great faith.
calls mothers warnings"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
SUPERInTENDS A RAILWAY,
MISS ANNA KITCHENER MANAGES
AN ELECTRIC ROAD g
She Il an Ohio. Girl and Her Father
Il Owner and Builder of the Line
Between Canal Dover and
Urichsvflle.

The honor Of possessing the only lady
railroad superintendent in the country is
claimed by New Philadelphia, o. She may
be seen almost any day riding on the line Of
the Tuscarawas Electric railway. which
runs between Canal Dover and Urichville,
thirteen miles south. The young woman
in question is Miss Anna Kitchener. the
accomplished daughter Of Major c. E.
Kitchener. the owner and builder of the
line. Major Kitchener is now in the West
in the interest of mines he owns there,
and in his absence he handed over to his
daughter, at her request. the entire man
agement of the line. Tall. handsome and
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
His Qualification.


. " AASWCfA
I an reminded Of the little boy who ap-
piled for a Job at a squire's house. where
he could earn 5 shillings a week by making
himself generally useful,
Squire-"Can you clean silver"
Boy-"Yes, sir"
Can you cook and light fires and sinr
and dust old china and make beds?'
oh. yes. SIR"
Can you clean bicycles and repair pune
tured tires and tune pianos?"
Certainly. sir"
"Can you mend electric bells and do
plumbing and gasfitting. teach modern and
ancient languages. geography and the use
of the Hlobes?"
IT can. and also do anything else that is
required"
''Then I think you will do"
Boy-"Thank you. sir. By the way. In
you house built on q clay soil?"
Squir-"Wel. 1t happens that 1t Is. But
what has that to do with it,"
We'll. I thought you would like me to
oil up my spare time by making bricks"
He was not engaged for his i~nsolence.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

only q thorough student of oratory as ap-
Piled to the law. but her talents for the
drama nave won her q name as an imper-
senator and a most clever delineator Of
character on the stage.
Miss Higgins Speaks of Her Work.
In speaking Of the unusual honor ON
ferred upon her. Miss Higgins said to a cor
respondent OF the Philadelphia Times:
-"Of course. my position is really a novel
one. but I have been thinking about 1t for
such a long time that 1t does not seem SO
and 1 do not want to be classed as such.
but l do want to make the assertion. which
Is one I have always strictly adhered to.
self mans equal in each and every aspect.
NOW. I know that men have the idea
a fSsn ahs W snas she and ar / S SsTy % 9o sSm smarter 1bss
their accomplishments in the past entitle
them to think that way. But this is all
as every other risht-minded woman should
wrong impression Of the so-called sentIer
sex to-day is because the women OF the
past have been content to accept that de-
Sislon ss fnai and in consequence they
taxi their own course. And quite natur-
ally everything went the way OF the men,
who have always been striving to grasp
the opportunities.
Women and the Law.
"A9 to myself, I have not very much to
say. although If by relating my experience
I can start some other young woman in the
right road 1t will be a source of satisfaction
to me-. / believe there is a great field In the
law for the energetic woman. / am a ma
women I am a lineal descendant of the
state. and her advancement interests me
greatly, especially when it deals with her
women I am a lenieal descendant of the
Vermont. In Francesville. this state. where
! was born, I commenced my life at school
at an early age. When I was 6 years old I
had advanced quite rapidly and was able to
read fluently in both the English and Ger
man languages. II one Is successful at an
early g in such things 1 believe it acts as
and the mere fact that 1 easily mastered
these languages made me a very close stu
dent
the graded school at Wanatah. Ind. When
q child / possessed a fondness for e%locution
and things dramatic. and 1t was my desire
tngly I took a course in e%iocution at the
valparaiso Normal school, graduating in
It when l was d years of age. In this
ture. At the age Of IA I completed the
course Of the same Institution TAX
ing the degree of B. s. I then studied at
Kayser, Anna Morgan and Edward Dvorak.
and at the Conway School Of Acting also.
AT the age Of Is I assisted in a series Of
The largest in Valparaiso. I rave also lee
tured a number of times in the absence Of
pastor Rev. J: H. O. Smith. now Of
chair Of elocution and rhetoric at the Nor
NAL college at Valparaiso. The same year
! completed n, the four years, course Chau-
for the same. I have now accepted the chair
Of oratory in the Northern Indiana College
.siduousiy to this particuiar branch se Of in-
in the future"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
The Force of Imagination.

From the New York Sun.
Il had read. al illustrations of the forcs
OF the imagination" said Mr.. Billions. 'the
stories about people getting fresh air by
opening a n that really opened into
an adjoining room. and about their get
ting up and breaking a window that thew
discovered in the morning was the window
Of a bookcase. n all tina sort Of thing
I felt a terrible draught the other day II
Z street car. and glancing over my shout
der l saw that a window at my back was
open. 1 didn't want to shut 1t myself. I
didn't want to take the trouble to ask the
conductor to shut it. I Just simply shifted
there l saw that the window that I had
thought was open was in reality closed.
But l was not chagrined by the discovery.
On the contrary, I was amused enough
over IT to smile. and that relieved the fen
sion and dissipated the draught."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
How Lincol. Impressed Hin

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Fred Douglass told me. when he came to
speak. that. with all his long experience,
he never could entirely rid himself of stage
fright. During the first fifteen minutes
when I front an audience" he said, my
knees will knock together" But when he
got fairly going this not uncommon nery-
BUSINESS. which all speakers have sometimes
felt, would pass away. He put his points
was of a high order. His tribute in one
sentence, to Abraham Lincoln, Is an un-
said. lis the only white man into whose
presence I wa ever ushered who did not
make me feel that I was q negro"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

ments., and she undoubtedly would do SO
were the sacrifice required.
Mrs. Luther Kountz is noted especially
5000: All Of Mrs. Kountze's diamonds are
s seautif .s5o.oc They Tb,s Ee PRESENT a vo fS5tua eeu 15
Mrs. II. Mex. Twombley is one of the
most brilliantly dressed women at the OPP
era An especially effective costume which
she has worn several times is of black
velvet The dark background serves as a
most perfect setting for the magnificent
bodice in seem Seeming Mnt eare lies ness Thee The eject
is most dazzling. With this costume Mrs.
Twombley wears a beautiful diamond tiara.
TwombIey. II she cared to do so, could
equip nearly three regiments by tho sale
Of her jewels.
Mrs. Ogden Mills possesses three beauti-
full tiaras. One is of diamonds and is worth
1000: another is of pearls and diamonds,
valued at $500. and the third is OF emer-
Mills owns, also, most beautiful necklaces.
They are worth fully $4,000. With all her
rings, pins and other ornaments Mrs. Mills
property in jewels is estimated at about
100000. Nearly three regiments could go
to war at the cost of these jewels
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont has also a for.
ornaments she has given to her daughter,
the Duchess OF Marlborough. who is said
to have the most valuable collection Of
jewels belonging to any woman in England.
outside of royalty.
Gems Once Marie A~ntoinette's.
Mrs. Belmont still possessest the most BEAU
tiful strings of pearls that are known in
the world. They were once the property of
Marie Antoinette, and one string cost $780,
600. Som of these pearls have been given
to the young duchess.
Mrs. Belmont's diamonds are magnificent.
Everything that can be imagined in the
way Of ornament is represented In this col
lection. which is valued at over $500. 600.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
ONE OF THE Thirteen DIED.
but Two Days After Party He
Expired Suddenly.

Superstition to the effect that II thirteen
persons sit down at a table together one
will die within a year is strengthened by
the death of John Tracey. manager Of the
~Poughkeepsie On. y gas works, who died
suddenly Saturday morning.
Mr.. Tracey and his wife attended a pro-
g~ressive euchre party at the home of their
%neighbors. Mr.. and Mrs James Maher.
two evenings before his death. There were
just thirteen persons in the party. Mr..
and Mrs. Tracey were the first to take their
places In the game. Mr.. Tracey remarking
tina he never paid any attention to the
thirteen.
"Why, TO-" said Mrs. Tracey, last sum-
mer we boarded in the country. and every
day there were Just thirteen persons at
yet"
"Ah. yes" said another member Of the
party. but the year Is not up yet. Some
of us may die before next summer"
Mr.. Tracey, who was a robust. jovial
man. laughed heartily at the talk. and the
game proceeded. Two days later he was
dead. His wife was awakened at midnight
by his death struggles. and he expired be
fore aid could reach him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Sorry He Spoke.-He-"There are at
least a dozen women who would be glad
to get me IL you were to die" She-"T
don't doubt It. They know I have got you
pretty well trained. Indianapolis Journal.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

The Elder so you want to marry my
daughter. Ell? I like your nerve" The
Younger-"You ought to, sir, I've been
three months working IL up."-BrookIyn
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Mrs. Thomas B. Wallace. wife of a Ia
coma, WASH. banker, now the guest Of her
parents in Lexington. KY, is preparing for
a trip to the Klondike. Mrs. wallace's hus-
band. Thomas B. Wallace, is now at Dyea,
whore he is looking after the interests of
the Chilkoot Railway and Transport Com
in the aerial tramway over Chilkoot
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

pass, Just completed. Mr.. Wallace is ono Of
the promoters of the aerial tramway, and
writes his wife that the enterprise is a
grand success. Mrs. Wallace was formerly
Miss Bessie Darnall. of Lexington. dauEh-
ter OF Judge George w. Darnall. one of
Kcntucky's leading legal lights. She is a
over her proposed trip. She will AXE with
her her little girl.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

only a thorough student of oratory as ap-
piled to the law, but her talents for the
senator and a most clever delineator Of
character on the stage.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-02

placed them with half castles, negroes
and other races, but the first lesson
taught them was their inferiority to a
Spaniard, and every law and every Gus
tom was an enforcement of this principle
OF inferiority. Ignorance, superstition
and want of ambition characterized the
great bulk of the population, and the
policy of Spain has been to keep them so.
Under any possible circumstances or
change of government that can now
occur, these people will have at least
tasted of the fruits and possibilities of
liberty and enlightenment, with the finan-
cial, social and educational advantages.
That it will take time to develop these
ideas, even under the tuition of this
great republic and its people, is certain,
but that it can and will be done is
just as certain, and for humanitv's sake
the results will be so grand that history
will record no greater at so small a cost.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-02
A BOARD OF INQUIRY.

The public press is now discussing the
great bungles and mismanagement ap.
parent in the commisary and medical de.
partments as shown in the care of the
soldiers. There are all grades of criti.
cism, from actual charges of incom.
petence and financial and political dis.
honesty and favoritism, down to milder
criticisms of mistakes. Secretary ofWar
Alger comes in for the strongest share OF
blame, though red tape forms and sub
ordinate incompetency comes in for a
good portion.
Undoubtedly in the raising, equipplng
and handling large army in so brief a
time, many mistakes must necessarily
occur, but there seems to have been a
series OF errors which involved the sani-
tary condition and health of our soldiers
that ought not to have occurred.
1t seems to us that when site for a
great camp for thousands of soldiers was
selected, that the supply of good drink.
ing water ought naturally to have been
one of the first considerations. 1t would
also seem that good drainage and other
similar conditions should have been
thought necessity by almost any well
informed man. And yet, the long list Of
typhoid patients at the camps in Georgia,
Florida and other home rendezvous
prove that somebody blundered. From
Tampa to Santiago and back to Montauk,
it was and is similar series of errors
and want of system and judgment which,
has cost hundreds of precious lives. AS
we said, undoubtedly some of this
wret ched work was unavoidable, but on
the other hand much of it is plainly Grim.
inal incompetency.
We should have board of INQUIRY,
We may not succeed in fixing the re.
sponsibility on anybody in particular, but
at least we may learn how to prevent
such bungling in the future.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-02
FILLED THE BLANKS.
ard Forks Herald

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 3O.-The demo-
cratic and independent fusion committee
met here to-day to fill out the vacancies
in state ticket arising from the withdraw
al of the nominees for auditor, attorney
general and superintendent of public in
struction. The committee organized,
electing F. ]. Thompson of Fargo, and
E. c. Carruth of Grand Forks, as secre-
taries. The committee hunted nearly
all day for candidates to fill the vacan-
cies, before succeeding. The vacancy
caused by the withdrawal of Charles
Bade for auditor was filled by substitut-
ing the name of Gus Leiber, late deputy
collector of internal revenue. The va
cancy caused by the resignation of S. S.
Bartlett of Casselton, as the nominee for
attorney general, was filled by substitut-
ing the name of M. A. Hildreth of Fargo,
lieutenant Of Company B, North Dakota
battalion, now in Manila. 1t is expect
ed that Lieut.. Hildreth will return in
time to qualify if elected. The name of
Prof c. B. Schafer Of the Valley City
Normal school was substituted for that
of MIR. Schmidt of Jamestown, for super
intendent of public instruction. Fargo
will be made the headquarters during
the campaign, and the following CAM
paign committee was selected: Thos.
Kleinogel, FL. Thompson, E. c. Car
ruth, E. LaRue, w. c. Leistikow. A. w.
Porter, Chas. A. Bade and Walter Muir.
Thos. Kleinogel was elected chairman
and E. {. Carruth and F. ]. Thompson
secretaries. The committee desire to
have short campaign, providing the re-
publicans will do likewise.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-02

in states where the caucus and convefi
ton system is practised.

in states where the caucus and conveh.
ton system is practised.
Fourth. The Australian ballot has
proven in this state of no advantage to
the intelligent voter, and no system can
supply intelligence to the ignorant voter.
Fifth. The restrictions and regulations
about the polling places brought in with
the Australian ballot are mostly good,
but could be applied to any other system
of balloting.
Sixth. The Australian ballot does not
fit in with our system of caucus and cor
vention. We should either repeal tile
form of the Australian ballot or pass
laws for nominations to be made in a
similar form as in the English colonies,
which is somewhat similar to the primary
election laws proposed by some papers,
though the Herald says ''that is not the
kind that the people of North Dakota
want"
Seventh. For the purposes of discus
sion would it nofbe clearer, if the Herald
would indicate at t'least the general out
line of its proposed primary law, which
it says Jud LaNloure and others don't
want?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-02

But when man says he believes that
the government should make and execute
certain laws and carry out certain poll
cies, and then votes for men to hold off
ice who believe just the opposite, he is
either a fool or is not honest in his belief.
The republican voter may say ooh, he
is good man even if he is democrat
or pop" Grant that to be true, grant
that he may fill the office to which he is
elected with ability and honesty, and yet
that officer is partizan and rank par
tizan, who will use all his official pres
itige to assist and build up the party to
which he afiliates. The voter thus not
only gives up his own party preferences,
but he puts a weapon and power in the
hands of the man he votes for and who
will do all he can to defeat the party to
which the voter belongs.
If the s'good" man of the other party
would drop his partizanship then the
voter might drop his party principles and
vote for him; but the fact is, that the can
didate don't and won't. A party candi-
date is the representative of certain poll
tical principles, and the voter in casting
his vote for the candidate, also per force
casts his vote for the political principles
represented by that candidate. The
PIONEER EXPRESS is partizan enough to
believe and practice the idea, that the
best way to carry out republican princi-
pies is to elect republicans to office.