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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
A 100000 STEEL ORDER.
Australian Government Sends to the
United States TO Buy
Water Pine.

CHICAGO. Dec. 21-One-half the largest
foreign orders for finished steel ever sent
to this country has been offered the Illinois
Steel Company, of this city. The order
amounts to 10000. and is for water pipes
to be used by the Australian government.
The Carnegie company. of Pittsburg Will
supply half the amount. The Chicago firm
may contribute the balance, the only OBJ
stacle being that the output of many de-
partments Of the plant for months TO come
has been sold. 1t is intimated the order
will be taken.
The Australian governments order is for
ei0oo tons of steel sheets, twenty Eight feet
long. to be rolled into pipe nine feet in di-
ameter. They are to be used to supply Wa
ter to the Coolgardie mining district.
- PlTTSBCRG. PA, Dec. 2I.-Robert CT.
Wells. connected with the Nicopol-Mar.o-
pol Mining and MetaIurgical Company. of
Mariopol, Russia. is in Pittsburg, to place
orders for machinery aggregating $4,000
for mammoth mills TO be erected at Mario
pol, on the sea of AZof. The plans have
been prepared for the big plant by Julian
Kennedy, of Pittsburg. and contracts tor
the construction OF the mills will be under
his direction. The new plant is to be
built in connection with the great steel
mills at Mariopol, and will cover many
acres.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
DOUBTS ITS LEGALITY.
Judge King Thinks That the Extra
Session of Legislature Is I'M
constitutional.

If the POpulist and Democratic members
of the Kansas legislature felt as does Judge
:. s. King. commissioner of elections in
Kansas City, Has, Very little work would
be done at the extra session of the legis-
iature. called by Governor Leedy. Judge
King stated yesterday that he would gam
HE what little he had OF this worlds goods,
coupled with his prospects for the future.
that not single act passed at the extra
session would be held constitutional if car
ried to the supreme court.
This was Judge Kings opinion before
Mr. Leedy decided to call an extra session
and he holds that the party has suffered
by virtue of the governors action Judge
King and Governor Leedy are not fast
friends. They Were, until the former wrote
bitter letter to the Populist state central
committee condemning the conduct of GER
tain members OF the Leedy administration.
Since then the Leedy element of the Pop
party has looked upon King as traitor.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS MEET
Twentieth Annual Convention of the
Western Association Begins
nj ST Louis,

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-The twentieth an
nual meeting OF the Western Commercial
Travellers Association is in session here
with many delegates present OF the bus
mess transacted to-day. the election OF Of
fcers was the most important. There were
selected: President. William y. McConklin.
St. Louis: first vice president. Gustave j.
Meyer St. Louis: second vice president.
Thomas J. Chewing, ST. Louis: third
vice president, Alfred Dieckman.. San An
tonic. Ten: fourth vice president. H.
Field San Francisco. Cal; fifth vice pres
dent, ]. W. Byler. Batesville. Ark; sixth
vice president. 7. c. Henkle. Springfield.
H.
The important part of the meeting to
come Is the vote on the proposition to
amend the constitution and bylaws as 10
assessments for death benefits.
According TO the report of tine finance
committee. there was balance on hand
December l.. 1898, of S6S. .S:. In the acci-
dent division there remained on hand Ss.i.
The report of the trustees of the reserve
fund showed Il balance December 1898, Of
$3.50 and interest amounting TO S.. 2.2S7.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
KANSAS HoRTICULTURlsTs.
Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the
State Association in Prog
ress ut Topeka.

TOPEKA. Dec. 2i.-tSpecial.( The thirty
second annual meeting of the Kansas
State Horticultural Society began this af-
ternoon in its rooms in the state house.
About sixty attended the opening session.
Ex-Mayor T. W. Harrison. of Topeka. made
the opening address this afternoon. Rep
reSentative \. L. Brooke, of Topeka, read
a report of the committee on orchard treat
ment: W. L. Hall. Manhattan. on new
fruits: Z. j. Holman. of Leavenworth, on
novelties in the nursery trade; W. D. Gel
lar. Edwa.dsville. on handling fruits. and
Frank Holsinger. Rosedaie. on keeping
fruits and vegetables.
Papers were. read tonight as follows:
Growing Apples In the Short Grass Re-
cion." S. s. Dickinson. Larned: Cross
Fyertiiization;; 4, +. crilman. Corning. Ia:
Professor E. E. Farille. state agricultural
college, Some Thoughts About Western
Orchardins." II. Z. Van Deman. founder
OF the division of pomology. United States
department of agriculture. and Potatoes
in Kansas: Culture and Marketing" Char
enCe j. Norton. Norantown
The meeting Will continue tomorrow and
Thursday
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
MILLIONS TO WED MILLIONS.
Mrs. Seville Pickands. Sister of SEM
RtOr Hanna, Will Marry
Jay 4. Morse.

CLEE ELAND. o. Dec. 21.-Local news
papers announce the engagement of Mrs.
Seville Pickands. widow of the late Colonel
James Pickands. and sister of Senator VI.
\. Hanna. to Mr. Jay c. Morse. Of Chi
caso. former president of the Illinois Steel
Company. The date for the wedding has
not been definitely determined upon. but
II * said that it will take place within the
next three weeks.
The late Colonel Pickands died in 1886.
leaving a fortune variouSly estimated at
from S5.0".cp 10 $5,G@Vu. Mr.. Morse was
closely associated with Colonel Pickand>,
in business. being named as one of th.. eN-
ecutors Of the Iatter's will
The Pickands interests and those of the
Illinois Steel Company have been recently
consolidated by the Federal Steel COMPANY
and il has been estimated that the hold
luSs of Morse and Mrs. Pickands in this
big steel trust will amount to $1,000 900
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
STUCK HIS HEAD IN THE STOVE.
Iniaue Method of Suicide Adopted
by an Aged Man at
Chicago.

CHICAGO Dec. 2I.-Louis Slick. of 1904
North Narshfield avenue, choose a unique
and horrible method to-day to end his life.
He lifted a lid from the stove and held
his head against the glowing Goals until he
was burned so severely that he was
rendered unconscious. He was found Il
few minutes later by his wife. and eight
hours later he died without regaining con-
sciuusness. Slick was GS years of age, ana
was formerly a harneSsmaEer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
For Stealing an Overcoat.

4 young nan giving his name as Harry
RAYMOND was arrested last night by officer
Kreshen. a dealer in secondhand goods at
. East Third street. Raymond stole the
garment from shelf in kreshens place
and then went few doors farther down
the street and tried to sell it to a brother
of the man from whom he had stolen it.
Kreshen rushed off to police headquarters.
was entering another store to dispose of
the coat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28

TOPEKA Dec. 21.-,Special) In order to
bring the railroads To time and compel
shipper with every carload of stock a bill.
prepared by the Pop caucus was intro
duced in the house to-day. II provides
that where IL railroad refuses TO give a
shipper :; round trip ticket with ono car
of stock 1t shall be liable for amy damage
sustained TO the stock in transit.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
DR.. HimOe Fined $IJ.

DR.. S. o. Himoe. arrested for failure TO
report a case of diphtheria at 1916 Cliff
street. was fined SO in police court yester-
day. He admitted that the disease was
d!phtheria. but stated ne had hardly had
time TO report 1t before the health depart
ment took charge of the case. The evil
denCe showed that he had had at least five
hours in which 20 report the case after
the time when he concluded it was diph-
iberia.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Police Pickings.

Daniel Barlow. Il porter in Leary's sa-
loon at Fourteenth and Walnut streets was
arrested yesterday by Detectives O'Hars
and SINNERS on suspicion OF having stolen
So of his employers money
Eugene Wilson was fined s15 by Judge
Burnham in police court yesterday for an
moving two little white girls. The court
intimated TO the youth that ii would be
much the worse for him If he ever cana
before him a like charge again.
Detectives Ennis and Boyle raided Ben
McRay's crap joint near Eighth and Inde-
pendence avenue. last night. and arrested
McRay and three players. All of them
gave bond for their appearance in police
court this morning.
Elsie Treadway and Pearl Roberts. in
mates Mt 25i West Fourth street. got into
4 drunken row last night and Pearl slash
ed Elsie across the face and shoulders
with 4 razor The injuries were not Sc
riOus, and were fixed up at the police sta
ton
Charles Ferguson and James Maupin are
two young negroes who celebrated Christ
mas by attempting to carry off showcase
from in front OF A Youngreen's store, 1i3S
East Eighteenth street. They will ceie-
brate the next few months in the work
house. for they were fined $50 each in
police court yesterday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Police Board Meeting To-day

Applications on the part OF 90 or so ss-
loonkeeperS for the renewal OF licenses will
be made to the board of police commission
ers to-day The licenses of all but about 4.
dozen of the $50 dramshops in Kansas City
will expire on January !. 1883. The board
may conclude TO weed out several dram
shops in the downtown shopping districts
Three or four applicants engaged in bust
ness near Twelfth and Main and Twelfth
and Walnut may he refused licenses. Pro-
tests have been filed in a number of in
stances. and the board will hear all COM
plants next week or the week following.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Mrs. Ewing Must Stay in Jail.

MARYVILLE. Mo. Dec. 21.-CSpecialD
Judge Cyrus A. Anthony, of the Noda
way county circuit court. decided to-day
and against the retention OF Mrs. George
Ewing, charged with having murdered her
sister. This means that Mrs. Ewing must
remain in the county jail until after her
trial, which viii probably occur at the
February term.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28

Congressman Suzer says that shortly
been engaged. What's your name?" he
said. addressing the first boy on the bench.
julie simpson," replied the lad. Not
July-Julius" said the teacher. solemuly.
You should not cut words short ir that
way" Then. addressing the next boy he
asked: What is your name?" bilious
Simpson. sir The next thing the
teacher had to DO was TO rap for order.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
INJUNCTION STANDS.
BnGnIo Typographical Union StilI Re.
strained From Boycotting
the Express

BUFFALO, y. Y, Dec z5.-Justice Spring
has denied the motion 10 vacate the In
junction granted by Justice Childs. re-
straining the members or Typographical
Union No. from boycotting the Express
or its advertisers. Justice Spring in his
opinion holds that the action of the union
men was unwarrauted and inimiCal to the
interests of breadwinners.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Charged With Illegal Liquor Selling.

A city warrant was issued yesterday for
the arrest OF the managers of the Twin
City Club. charging them with selling
liquor without a license. The police learned
after the warrant had been issued that the
club had closed its doors at 80 Wyandotte
street when the fate OF the Elms Club be
came known. The police have orders to
raid all clubs where they have positive
proof that gambling is permitted. The cases
of the two other clubs raided by the police
a few nights will be tried in police
court to-day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Big Strike In Washington

TACOMA, WASH. Dec. 2I.-News that a
Per mine has just reached Tacoma Several
days ago a solid fve-foot vein of ore was
opened just few feet below the surface
which runs % per cent pure copper and
also carries twenty ounces of silver and
paying quantity of gold to the ton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Every Piece of Baggage stolen.

DELAWARE. o. Dec. 27.-Thieves loot
ed every piece of baggage in the Hooking
Valley depot this morning. When Bag
gage Master William TleIy appeared on
the scene three men who We're doing the
work leveled guns At him and compelled
him TO retreat TIL. loss will reach s. go
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Threw officer Through Window.

Mamie Thomas met Officer Wilson Mon
day night ard in the fight that snsued she
managed to Jam the policeman through the
window OF 4 saloon. Then she was landed
in a cell at police headquarters. Her fun
cost her so in police court yesterday
morning.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

ANNUCNIENENTS FOR TO-DAY.
COates-Frank Daniels in The IDOLS Eye 8
p H.
Grnnd-Edward Girard in Natural Gas" ,. m.
Orpheum-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Milton Royis and
other vaudeville features. SIS p. m.
Gilliss-"The White Slave" ESQ and Sis p. m.
COMING NEXT WEEK.
COntes-All week. Frawley Stock Company in rep
ertory.
Grand-An week "A Stranger in New York"
Orpheum-Au week. vaudeville.
GIiIiss-Au week, Darkest Russia"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28
Frank Daniels had another big house

the Coates last night when The Idols
Eye was repeated. The engagement will
close with to-night'S performance of The
Wizard OF the Nile which was popular
two seasons ago, and which will be used
with The IdoIs Eye" when Mr.. Daniels
goes to the Pacific coast. where he has
not appeared since he was with Hoyt's
shows
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28

Mr.. James Kingston, assisted by Mrs. W.
C. Goffe. will give Il song recital at Lyceum
hall Friday evening of this week. Mr..
Kingston is the tenor soloist for the First
Congregational church and is one of the
best known vocaIists in this city. where
he has been singing since 1879. Several
years ago he took an extended course of
study in New York He is singing better
this season than ever before, and his
Forthcoming recital will be an event OF
Importance on the local concert stage. The
programme will be as follows:
(ai ''PreIsed' ('Die Meisiersinger'p twaguerl,
(hl Die Rose" lSpohrl. (c) Die Taube-"
''Nymphs and Fauns'' (Bemberg,. Mrs ". c.
Gone.
"a, When We Are Parted iBumeuthalp. tbJ
Across the Hills tChsdw!ckl, tc, In the Thorn
bush Franz.
Lullaby tGodard). Mrs. Cote.
Iai The Fountain Mngies With the River
(Gouaodi. tbl Who Is sylvia ,Schuberu, "ei
with the Wine on the Rhine (Riesl.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-28

The New Years week attractions are not
sensationaly great, but they are all inter
eSting. At the Coates the Frawley stock
company will be seen in four plays. all
recent successes. but new to Kansas City.
At the Grand the original company will be
seen in "A Stranger in New York At
the Orpheum u good line OF specialties will
be offered. and at the Giliiss Darkest
Russia" the popular spectacular me!o-
drama will run for the week.
The times., 1898-01-21
Sir Thomas Lipton's Title.

Thomas ]. Upton, the provision mer-
chant of London who made a tour OF
America not very long ago, and gave
a quarter of a million of dollars to the
Princess OF Wales for dinner to poor
children at about the same time, mas
been granted the privilege of tacklng
Sir on the front of his name. ol
course. various American newspapers
are calling out 'snob.' and none louder
than some of the newspapers Which
supported the gold standard last year
But really. why is Upton a snob? Why
is it any worse to buy title by dollars
especially, dollars given to feed poor
people. than to buy it by killing
great many people in medieval war
or by even more questionable means? +?
Why. for that matter, should it be con-
sidered so very honorable to inherit
privileges for which one has not work
ed? If Upton wants to write Sir be-
fore his name, and can stand it, and the
English nobility can stand it, there does
not seem to be any need for Americans
TO make a fuss.
And on the whole. Lipton's method of
getting a title is decidedly respectable.
Contrast the gift of a quarter of mil
lion of dollars to feed the poor with the
methods employed in our last campaign
to win the title Of Senator. or Governor,
or President. Upton did not
threaten all the employees in
an his stores with loss of employment
if they did not vote for him. He did
not tell them that unless he was made
a knight they need not expect TO come
to work next morning. He took the
ground that if he wanted to be a knight
he could pay for it, and it is not re-
corded that he docked any Of the people
in his employ to make up the price Of
his spurs. In some respects it is more
respectable to be a knight than to be
a boss.
The times., 1898-01-21
Administration Jingoism.

If Senator Morgan or Representative
De Almond had made the speech which
Mr.. Hit, the megaphone of the Ad-
ministration, delivered in the House
OF Representatives on Wednesday, it
would be said of him that he was
guilty at once of jingoism and of EN-
barrassing Nh. McKinley's administra-
ton.
Coming from Mr.. McKinley's mouth
piece on the floor of the House, the
remarks of Mr.. Hit must be taken as
the most extreme jingoism. That it
was honest, pregnant American war
talk nobody who knows the environing
influences of the President or Mr. Hit
for a moment will imagine. But that
it was chrome war talk nobody will
doubt
In all the fight which The Times has
made for recognition of the Cuban Re
public. we have seldom had to say
more bitter things of Spain, of Weyler
and of the abject cowardice and in
fanny of our government than Mr.. Hit
said. His purpose is not obscure. 1t
is, of course. to gain little more time
for the Spanish-Cuban bondholders
and the Sugar Trust by pretending
that there is something in the wind,
and that the fleet assembled at the
Dry Tortugas means something more
| than a demonstration to placate Amer
lean sentiment
OF one thing his speech is signifi-
cantly illustrative. 1t shows that the
Administration recognizes the dilemma
in which the righteous rage of all true
Americans has placed it. On the one
side it has its contract obligations to
the people who put it in power, some
of whom are interested in the per-
petuation of Spanish rule in Cuba. On
the other it has the evaporation of our
whole citizenship to contend with. Be-
tween these two stools Mr. Hit at
tempts to sit, and the cause he repre-
sents comes to the ground.
There never has been a time since
the outbreak of the revolution in Cuba
in 1895, when it has not been the bound
en- duty of this government to grant
belligerent rights to the reyolutionfsts.
either under the distinct and accepted
canons of international law or in be-
half of civilization and humanity. Such
recognition would not have been an
unfriendly act to Spain. That country
recognized the belligerency of the Con-
federate Government within ninety
days after Fort Sumter was fired on.
The act of recognition would have
saved thousands Of prisoners from
butchery. It would have compelled
The times., 1898-01-21
That Spanish Dog.
(From the Chicago Tribune.l }

tFrOm the chicago Tribune
About two weeks ago the Spanish min
lister lost his pretty little spaniel, Punch,
rear gate of the royal lega ton. Adyer
tisernents were promptly inherited in the
local pa pers offering a liberal reward for
the return OF the dog. They came TO the
eye of Hugh Langdon. a poor man, who
had picked up fIiendless dog, which he
believed was the spanish PEE. He called
at the lega ton, and, after waiting an
hour or two was ushered into the pres
enee of the minister. senior de LONE
recognized the dog at once, and was gra-
ciously thankful for its return. Thereupon
Mr.. Langdon ed timidIy to refer tothe
promised re ward. The minister was virtu-
ously indignant at being compelled TO pay
for his own property. The dispute wa1ed
warm and the servants Were called TO
show Langdon the door.
NO ward, no dog was his watchword,
and, in spite of all efforts to restrain him,
LangdOn marched off with the spaniel and
q new idea the subject of American
claims gainst Spain Yesterday the car
riage OF the Spanish Iega tion was drawn
up at the police station. The minister in
sisted on his right a foreign minister to
the full protection of the laws and threat
ened toreport the police 20 tn. Presiden iiiI-
less his dog was restored to him insta nter
The existing Cuban policy being pretty well
understood at the police station detectiv es
Were sent out, and they soon found { he dog.
They represented to Langdon that the
spaniel was q Spaniard and belonged Tn
the minister, while the reward was m ere
promise TO pay and also Spanish. Langdon
saw the point and now Punch is once
more reconcentra do at the Spanish lega-
tion, where he is exhibited as another
triumph of Castilian diplomacy over the
literal-ninded Americans who fancy that
promises of rewards or autonomy are in
tended TO be kept.
The times., 1898-01-21
Senor Pie and Mr.. Dana.

(From the Chicago Inter ocean,
Soon af5er Fl. H. Kohlsaat bought his
first newspaper he set out for New York
city to associate with other great editors.
He went to the office of the 8 un, ma de his
way to the little corner room of Charles
Dana, and introduced himself as a col.
league in the profession.
Mr. Dana did not understand his visitors
name He looked Mr.. Kohlsaat over ca re-
fully and concluded that he must be James
Whitcomb Riley. He learned his mistake
after about ten minutes, however for Mfr.
Kohlsaat fastened to unfold his conception
of newspapers, newspaper work, and other
subjects.
Mr.. Kohlsaat's call lasted half an hour.
When he went Mr.. Dana called friend
from the next room and asked:
who wa S that?''
THAT was H. II. Kohlsaat, of Chica go.
was the reply. HE made some money
as baker nd has bought ne wspaper.''
Mr.. Dana thought moment, and then
remarked, with a chuckle, as he settled
back in his chair
Funny little man-funny little man; he
is going to lose all his money:
The times., 1898-01-21

cent of the sin of bribery as he is of
that
But. being as clear of any suspicion
of irregularity. not to say crime, as his
henehmen announce him, ii does seem
little bit queer that the people in his
interest in Columbus should conduct
their defense in the way they are do
ing. One would suppose that. on the
theory of innocence, the widest investi-
cation would not only be welcomed,
but demanded. The reports are evil
dence that it is not that way. The ma
terial witnesses refuse to answer, and
the learned counsel engaged for the
defense are said to be getting up a
case for the courts, to show that the
legislature is without legal power to
compel witnesses to testify.
Here again is another Illustration of
the triumph of good politics" which
Attorney General McKenna tele-
graphed Mr. Hanna were exemplified in
his election. If there is anything in
the Republican system of organization
more effective than the cash purchase
of votes or the intimidation of voters,
it is the suppression of evidence.
We are impelled to laugh and jeer
at the forces in Ohio which would
overturn Republican principles and ex-
pect to arrive at the truth, when wit
nesses can be subjected to the sound
business methods that led to the orig
inal success. In such an emergency it
should be plain to the investigating
force that the question is one of pur-
chasing power. If the legislature Of
Ohio were able and willing to make an
adequate appropriation for the purpose
of arriving at the truth, it is possible
that the bucket might come up from
the bottom OF the well with something
in it.
Under existing conditions there is
nothing in it. But it all goes to show
that the expense account of that sena-
torial election has not been closed yet
not by several check books.