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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
TO PROTECT OLD GLORY.
to Punish Wanton Degrade
tion of the Flag.

Connecticut Daughters of the RevoIu-
ton have prepared the following memorial
to congress:
We the undersigned. appointed to repre-
sent the :.oOo Connecticut members Of the
national society. the Daughters OF the
American Revolution, believing that the
dignity Of our national emblem has been
lowered by its frequent use for advertising
ly insulted do. in their name. earnestly
beg you to do all in your power to bring to
immediate affirmative action the measure
the American in the senate by
Senators Hoar and Hansbrorgh. and in the
house by Mr.. Jenkins. Of Wisconsin thouse
bill No. 5.4sD. or some similar measure
which shall provide these three things:
l. That the national flag or coat Of arms
of the United States shall not be used for
advertising purposes.
2. That no partisan devices or inscr;p-
tions shall be placed upon or attached
thereto.
s. That those who treat it with indignity
or wantonly injure or destroy it shall be
punished.
For these three provisions we earnestly
plead if not in the exact form OF the bill
offered by the Daughters OF the American
Revolution. yet in such form and IN such
detail as shall seem to the congress of the
United States best calculated to secure
reverence and honor to our national SYM
bol
We want the flag protected from all in
sults-not from the injury done, by adver-
tisers alone. We appeal to loyal Americans,
men and women. TO stard by the Daughters
of the American Revolution in this cru
sade We desire congress TO enact a law
providing fitting punishment for the desc
Grafton Of the flag. and we nope soon TO
see the glorious emblem of liberty every
where revered and honored. protected from
desecration and from any commercial. par
tisan or unworthy use
REBEKAH W. p BUCKLEY.
Chairman Flag Committee. Connecticut
Daughters of the American Revolution
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
Titan.
From the sewanee Review.

From the Sewanee Review.
No artist ever had SO prosperous Ca
reer as Titan. Success attended him from
the first and during his ninety-nine years
no cloud dimmed the brightness of his
horizon. To the end of that marvellous
age he retained all his faculties. producing
masterpieces to the last, and dying finally
of the plague. a hale. hearty old man.
The princes and potentates of the earth
chose him to leave their image to poster
ity. and it was the monarch of Austria and
Germany of Spain and the Indies. upon
whose vast domains the sun never set.
who picked up the brush that he had
dropped saying that Titan was worthy
to be served by an emperor.
As n colorist and as an exponent of the
wholesome. strong beauty of this world
he remains forever without rival. Some
critics abuse him because he has not the
religious fervor of Fra Angelica. the di-
vine purity and elevation of Raphael But
it is well that it is so. He could rot have
improved upon them in their spheres while
in his own he is the undisputed master,
revealing to us the beauty of terrestrial
things particularly the loveliness of wom-
en- as no one else has done. 1t Is an art
that appeals chiefly to the mind and the
senses and but little to the soul: but there
is nothing morbid about il. 1t is as
healthy as it is beautiful. and only the
narrcwest minds can blame him because
he painted so well the loveliuess of the
world in which we live.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
COMPANIES WILL REFUND.
Missouri Shippers May Recover the
Money They Have Paid for
ExureAa Stampa.

JEFFERSON CITY. July n.-(SpeciaD
None of the express companies doing busi-
ness in this state had personal repre-
sentative here to-day to answer the COM
plaint of Secretary Vaniandingham, of the
st. Louis traffic bureau, before the board
of railroad and warehouse commissioners,
that they were collecting 1 cent for each
bill of lading on account of the stamp law,
in violation of the state law. All the COM
panies sent letters. stating that suit had
been brought by the Merchants Associa-
ton, in New York, to test the right of
the companies to collect the 1 cent from
the shipper for each bill of lading, and
they desired no action taken here until
this case was decided. Each stated that,
if that case were decided against .hem,
they would refund the money paid by
the shippers for stamps. The board de-
cided to defer taking action in the matter
until the test case is decided. Secretary
Vanlandingham was present at the meet
ing to-day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
PENSIONS.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE following pensions
have been granted:
Orsinai-Tmothy Long. Topeka. SO; John r. Gil
christ Valley Center. Sc Abel c. Fike Chetopa. Slo
Additional-James X. Clear. Seneca. IS to s1z.
Supplemental-John ". Wiley. Chetopa. $40.
Restoration and reissue-John ". Kelly, dead
Well lingtcn $12
Increase-Benjamin F. Peterson, Arcadia, IS to SO:
Cy Taylor. Leavenworth. Sl2 to s3o Edwin A. Thrift.
Lyons. So to IS; George d. Kelsey. Baxter Springs.
sS TO IS; John NJ. Weaver Pretty Prairie. 80 :" w.
John W Wiley. Chetopa. IS to 81.
Reissue-Henry B. Smith. Humboldt. Sl.
Original, widows, etc.-Phoebe Allen. Fort Dodge,
S. Nancy Spencer, Burr Oak. IS; Katharine Miller.
Junction City. 81: supplemental. Harriet Reagan
lola, 81: Elizabeth Van Boskirk, Frederick. IS; re-
ISSUE Margaret Kelly Wellington, $1e.
MISSOURI.
Original-james Tomahock. Seneca. 80: William
Bierman. st. Louis. $40: William C. ONeali. Nor
borne IS: George ". Jones, La Belle. IS: James
Patton, kannas City IS: William H. Smiley. Long
wood. IS: James T. Hewitt. Davisvtlle. Ss: James
A. Henderson, ArcoIa. s.
Restoration and fncrease-MIIes L. skillman. dead
Fayette. IS to sis.
Restoration and reissue-Charies Osborn. dead.
CarthaGe s1a: William Mllsap. Tina. A7-
Renewal and reissue-Thomas A McCracken. Elk
ton, IS; August Mehl. Shotwell. Sc
1ncrease-Christopher Gross California. $S to SIC;
James x. Shaw. Corso, IS to s.; Charles vele Al
bany, - to $l2.
Original, widows. ete.-sarah NJ. Briggs. Green
City. S; Harriet Wells. Siigo S. Frances E. Mill
INDIAN TERRITORY
circumstances p Bobo Lodi, So: Andrew Har-
rold Needmore. Sc.
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
originaEJoseph H. We're. saltwater. $40.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
Some of Illinois, Great Things.

From the Omaha World Herald.
Illinois can boast of many big things.
Unit. the federal government began the
policy Of building its own prisons, the Illi-
nois penitentiary ct Joliet was the largest
in the United States and the second larg-
est in the world. This was because the
federal government quartered most of its
prisoners there.
The biggest distillery in the world is at
Peoria. ~ q =,
The biggest river in the United States
flowing Its entire length in one state is
the Illinois river
The biggest packing houses in the world
are In Illinois. though Omaha is crowIing
the Suckers for first place.
And the biggest joint debate upon po-
fticai questions that ever stirred the pco-
nation was fought out in Illinois be-
tween Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
FOURTH PHILIPPINES EXPEDITION
ABOUT TO SAIL.
TO START IN TWO SECTIONS
FIRST SECTION WILL RAISE THE
FLAG OVER HAWAII.
Will Wait at HonOIuIu for the Second
section-Troops Which Are to
Go Not Yet Fully Selected
Fifth Expedition
to Wait.

SAN FRANCISCO, July u.-This week
viii see another exodus of the Manila
forces. Thursday morning the Peru. carry
ing Major General E. S. Otis and staff.
six troops of the Fourth United States
cavalry, under command OF Colonel Kel-
logg. and two batteries Of the Sixth United
States artillery, under command of Major
Grugan, and the City Of Puebla, with the
Fourteenth infantry detachment, will steam
out of the harbor.
Major General Otis has decided not to
wait for the New York volunteers. bu
will proceed at once to Honolulu 10 assist.
according to his ORDERS. in the ceremonies
Sixth artillery and Fourteenth infantr.
will have the privilege Of taking part in
the ceremonies. They will remain in Hon
oiulu until the other three vessels of the
fleet of five destined for the fourth expe-
dition come On. Then the whole force of
troops, with Major General E. S. Otis and
Brigadier General H. G. Otis. will proceed
to Manila. The troops for the Rio Janeiro
and ST. Paul have not yet been selected
The Fifth and probably last expedition
to the Philippines viii await the return OF
transports of the first expedition the Aus
tralia, City Of Sydney and Pekfng-
The question of transports Is still some
what of a yexed one. Some means of
transporting the First New York yolun-
teers. which have been ordered to garrison
Honolulu, will have to be secured within
the next few days and the problem is now
before the quartermaster's department.
None Of the vessels Of the Manila fleet will
be detached for this purpose, and it is
thought that one or more small vessels
adaptable for the short trip can be char
tered. The question Will probably be set
tied before the New York regiment arrives
on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, July n.-Secretary Al
ger to-day issued orders attaching the
Hawaiian islands to the military depart
ment of California. The First New York
volunteers, Colonel Barber commanding.
will be assigned for the time being. to
the garrison at Honolulu. Colonel Barber
Is considered an especially good officer for
the coast. General Otis has charge of
the transportation Of the troops TO the
island and hopes by the 18th or a little
later to secure four coast vessels with
capacity Of 1.a0 men.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
A Happy ROYAL Fn nmfly.

The queen of Hanover. who celebrated
her soth birthday last month. is considered
one of the youngest-hearted among the
white-haired royalties of Europe.
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. and widow Of
King George ILL.,. is both mentally and
physically almost as young as she was
thirty years ago One of her daily occu-
pations Is a long walk. which she likes to
take in the company of some of her grand
children, in the beautiful grounds of Castle
Cumberland. near Gmunden. in Austria,
where she has made her home with her
son and daughter, Princess Mary. Here her
second daughter. Princess Frederick, Ba-
roness Won Pavel-Rammingen. pays fire.
quent visits. and the eX-queen, who has
always been devoted to her family, lives
a happy and contented life. surrounded
by many of those nearest and dearest to
her.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
SLOW TO CRITICISE.
Officers of the Grecian Have Little to
Say Concerning La BOur.
gOgne Disaster.

PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-THE Allan
line steamship Grecian, Captain Nunan,
from Glasgow. the vessel which fell in
with and towed to Halifax the British ship
Cromartyshire, after she had collided with
and sunk the French liner La Bourgogne,
arrived here to-day. Like the majority OF
sailors, the brave men on board the Gre
clan take no credit for the part they played
in rescuing the survivors of the terrible
catastrophe. The officers of the Grecian
were quite averse to criticising the actions
of officers and crew of the Bourgogne.
One of the officers. however. ventured the
remark that the catastrophe was made all
the more horrible when the fact that so
many more might have been saved is taken
into consideration"
1T is hard" he said "for Britisher to
understand how so per cent of the crew
were saved and only 10 per cent of the pas
sengers. The fact that only one woman
was rescued will go down in history as q
brand of fire on the cowardly crew"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
UNFAIR WARFARE ALLEGED.
Wounded Americans Accuse Span
lafds of Using Explosive Bullets
and ignoring Red Cross Flags.

ana Ignoring He0 CfOnS FlaSS.
ATLANTA, GA, July 1.-two hundred
and thirty-five sick and wounded soldiers
reached the general hospital at Fort Nc
Pherson to-day from Tampa. Among them
are several of the rough riders and many
members Of the Seventy.first New York.
The most seriously wounded are Captain
Ducat and Lieutenant Lyons, of the
Twenty-fourth infantry, whose families are
now at Salt Lake. U. The doctors are
much encouraged by the condition of the
men tonight, and say they will recover.
Many of the injured men give thrilling ac-
counts of the fight Of July ], and from
several sources unsolicited comes the in
formation that the Spaniards use explosive
and brass bullets.
Dwight Galoup, chaplain Of the Twenty
fourth infantry, of Newark, n. J., is suf-
fering from internal hemorrhage, but he
will recover. He told story Of the utter
disregard Of the Spaniards for the Red
Cross flag. "On the afternoon of the Sd"
said the chaplain, Il was visiting the
wounded in the hospital tent near the place
where the fight was the hottest. A lieu
tenant. whose name I do not know, was
in the other end of the tent. looking after
through the tent and exploded. That Of
ficer was torn into shreds. I was hurled
fully fifty feet and injured as you see, and
every man in the tent thrown from his
cot.
THE Spaniards took especial delight in
firing upon our field hospital. We had to
move it seven times on that account. One
of the surgeons was killed while dressing
the wound of a soldier. In the haSty re-
treat which the enemy's fire made neces-
sary from the first hospital. a lot of OUT
wounded were left behind and all of them
were killed.
Several of the new arrivals say the re-
ported suffering of Spanish soldiers is
greatly exaggerated.
1.-The Spanish soldiers get better food
than ours do" said one of the men. 'The
children of Santiago are suffering. but the
soldiers are getting the fat of the land.
They are hard fighters he continued,
but very treacherous. Once during the
early part of the battle a white flag was
thrown up on one of their batteries Our
men approached. as matter of course, but
were shot down when they came near
Johnny" Bigelow. of the Ninth infantry,
a brother of Poultney Bigelow. is wounded
in four places-a part Of his jaw being ;orn
away.
All the wounded are bitter in their de-
nunciation of explosive bullets
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
EX-SENATOR coNeER DEAD.
Passed Away Mt Ocean City. Nd, Yes
terday-Went to the Senate
From Michigan.

WASHINGTON. July ia private dis
patch received in this city tonight an
nounced the death of former United States
Senator o. j. Conger. of Michigan. which
occurred at Ocean City at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Omar D. Conger was born in
New York state in 1918 and became a resi-
dent of Michigan in 1si5 He was identified
with public life in mat state from 1852.
He was Republican in politics and was
years. He had previously represented the
state in the house of representatiyes for
was once postmaster of Washington, ana
still resides here Another son lives IN Og-
densburg. n. Y. and a daughter lives IN
this city.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
A Spanish Idea of IL.

From the Atlanta Journal
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
of the rough riders. has become famous in
Spain as well as in America A leading
Spanish newspaper says of him:
THE commander-in-chief Of the Ameri-
can army is one Ted Roosevelt formerly
a New York politician He was born
near Haarlem. in Holland. and em.gratsd
to America when young. He WAS educat-
ed at Harvard academy. commercial
leges in America. He has as body guard
a regiment that is attingly called rough
rioters"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
Coal Miners strike Fails.

PITTSBURG. PA. July 1.-THE strike of
the coal miners in the third pool ia prac-
ucally broken. and most of the men have
returned to their work without obtaining
the district price. The men say they were
compelled to resume work, as their fam
lilies were without means Of subsistence.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12

From Ell Manana, Barcelona Journal.
From the Criterion.
Famine has already laid its claw-naiied
fingers on their vitals-or on what serve
as vitals for such inhuman foes, The
prices in New York demanded for food in
the public eating houses are beyond any
thing ever heard Of in Barcelona.
The tremendous scarcity OF vegetables,
as indicated by the prices charged at the
inns. leads me to believe that the interior
of the country has been overrun by our
troops to much greater extent than has
generally been supposed. Indeed. / have
a suspicion that our brave soldiers have
almost completely devastated certain sec
tions of the provinces near the seaeoast.
Alas such Is war. Eighty cents pesetas
at the Holland house inn-kept by
Dutchman of COURSE pesetas is the price
At Delmonico' conducted by an italian.
one of that blessed Latin race to which
we belong-one pays S-ten pesetas:-for 4
beefsteak- Incredible. Is 1t not? In our
own beloved Barcelona I have bought a
beefsteak for one peseta. and even for half
that. And here, in time OF peace. l am told
one may buy a piece of meat for almost
as little. But the presence OF our fleet at
Santiago under the matchless Cervera has
practically blockaded the once proud har-
bor of New York. Delmonico's supplies
cannot last forever. When they are ex-
hausted, what then.
Even now there are many VINO must go
elsewhere for their food. A plate OF soup
costs 80 cents-2E pesetas. In Barcelona
you would not hesitate TO give plate of
soup to a friend: here one pays 2i2 pesetas
for it. For a little fish-a mouthful-a
trout so small It can only live in a brook
the charge is SIS pesetas. In Spain you
would feed fish of such size to your cat
and expect no especial reward from heav-
en- Here the cost is pesetas! Our ships
have scared all the fish far out into the
sea, and the people. dreading the deadly
gunners of our men-of-war. do not dare to
go out after them
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
Arrested In Atlanta, He Says the
Negroes Hound

From the Atlanta Constitution.
A strange looking man was locked up at
police barracks yesterday afternoon who
says he has Travelled through Brazil, Port
ugal, France. Cuba and Spain. He claims
to know all about the Spanish people. and
states that there is not one foot of soil IN
Cuba with which he is not familiar.
Upon the state docket the mans name Is
written Ed Davies. but he is known around
the city as Portuguese or Portugee. name
which he received on account Of his pecu-
liar accent and the claim he makes of trar-
cling about the worio.
The prisoner. while dark compIexioned.
does not look like negro. He is small and
stocky. and his complexion is a saffron hue
He talks like dago.
Davies tells about his travels without any
Intention to boast Last night he was seen
in his cell by several officers, and he said
to them:
IF can get out of here will go back to
Spain or France: where fellow has some
had me arrested, and it is all on account Of
spite because I will not associate with
them. l lived in Spain three years and in
I never had any trouble at ALL Ii Brazil
I was respected as long as l behaved my
/ got into trouble. and it wasn't due 1o bad
treatment by the white people, either, but
these niggers brought it all about.
Niger had me arrested because / wouldn't
buy an old coat which he wished to sell.
This time niger had accused me OF
breaking mirror, and when it was found
broken they tried to say that 1 stole it
Davies. or Portuguese. stated that he
went to Madrid when he was in Spain. and
he found the Spaniards good enough people
when they were poor and had to work for
a living.
But when you struck the rich Spaniard." ;"
he said, You found as mean a lot Of folk
AS any on the globe. And it IS the rich
people who did all the meanness in Cuba.
II you give a Spaniard little money he
thinks all poor folk are dogs"
About his experience in Cuba, he said:
Il was in Cuba about six years ago.
had been to Atlanta before that, and
left here and went to Cuba. I soon found
that fellow had to take care of No. I.
for he was liable to be attacked at any time
he was alone, day or night. This was on
account of the feeling which has resulted
in the uprising of the native Cubans. They
were always suffering under the Spanish
yoke. and believing they were unJustly
treated made them suspicious and danger
Gus. The Spaniards knew this. and they
were ready to kill anybody whom they did
not like. I knew then that IL wouldn't be
long before there would be war"
Portugee thinks Brazil the greatest coun-
try on the globe. He said it didn't make
any difference down there what color a
mans skin was.
He is quite well educated. as he went to
school in Brazil and France. He speaks
| a sort of gumbo French, and can talk in
Spanish.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-12
QUEER FELLOW FROM SPAIN.

All the wounded are bitter in their de-
nunciation of explosive bullets"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-16
MCINTOSH AND HAMMOND.

o casual observer it wou,d seen, that in the cases of Benjamin w. Mcintosh and Edgar B.
 Raymond, attorneys and counselors-at-law the Bar Association of this city has an opportunity to render the community signal service. The first named of these young men is associate counsel for Albert HoH, the assassin of Mrs Mary Cute; the other IS his friend According to statements made by them and the murderer himself they have at tempted to sell confession" of the crime to the local papers for $2ooo Although the admissions of Hoft and the two attorneys are now contradictory there IS no doubt of the fact last stated
 Aside rom any question to whether Hoff has actually confessed, or whether Mcintosh author ized to sell his confession or whether Haymond who offered the document for sale was acting for Mcintosh, the glaring fact remains conspicuous that these men have been trafcking in the life of human being. In so doing Mcintosh especially has been guilty ot an unpardonable ofense for which he should be disbarred and prosecuted Certainly his conduct cannot be defended on any rational theory regulating the relations of attorney and client un less be established that it is the duty of coun sel employed to defend criminal to dvulge his se- crets and send him to the gaows.
 It IS important that attorneys who betray their clients should be severely disciplined If Mcintosh and Raymond guilty in this case disbarment is too good for them. The law from motives of public policy protects attorney maintaining the secrets or all persons by whom he IS employed and there fore the worst crime lawyer can commit is the be- trayal of his client to the enemy The question of HoHs guilt cuts no figure in the case. The prin- ciple at stake IS vital If Mcintosh and Raymond can betray monster like Hof for fee they can put rope around the neck of an innocent man from the Same motive. In fact there is no limit to the mis- chief they can do.
 The community naturally looks to the Bar Associ- atlon for action in like this That body can pre- sent attorneys for disbarment with some prospect of success tor its motives be assailed It is com posed of the honorable members of the profession and 1t must have dspassionate interest Tn maintain ing the character of the bar Within the past month one attorney i'll this city has been arrested for ob tainlng money by false pretenses, another for em- bezzling the funds of client and a third has been convicted of larceny The Bar Association has not in either case attempted to deprive the cuprts of their licenses to practice
 Can it be possible that the associations commit tee on professional conduct of members of the bar or whatever the committee may be called will over look the cases of Mcintosh and Raymond ? If it does overlook them what is 1t good for?