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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
MAJOR WARMERS ACCEPTANCE.
No Little Interest in the Effect 1t Will
Have on Other Appoints
mentS.

Washington, Feb. 14-(SpecialD Major
Warner wired Messrs. Haff and Smith his
acceptance of the presidents offer of the
attorneyship of the Western district of Mis-
souri, in these words:
You know the situation. ! will accept"
The two Missourians carried the telegram
to the president. who expressed his graft
fication, and the nomination Is expected to
go TO the senate in few days. Attorney
General Griggs was present and offered to
make out the nomination at once.
There is little surprise over the ; aG-
lam Warner. 1t is hoped and believed his
appointment will meet with. the approval
Of Republicans generally, and It is tn thought 1i,t
pleased. This statement goes without quail
ification. no matter who should be selected
for the other prominent positions in Mis-
souri,
Major Warner Will be allowed by to-day's
decision of the department to select his as
sistant, and this, it is believed, opens the
way of Mr.. Half to his ambition
Major Warner yesterday morning wired
d. ]. Haff, his representative in Washing
ton, to close the matter of his appointment
as district attorney the way that seemed
best. He added that Mr.. Haff knew the To-
cal situation, and was also informed as to
the conditions existing at the department
and with the administration, and gave him
full authority to conclude matters what
ever way seemed most advantageous. 1t
Haf took the steps he did at Washington.
of the morning. but went home at noon
and remained there during the remainder
of the day. At his office 1t was said he
was Ill and not able TO attend to business
and had gone home to rest. He had many
callers during the time he was at the office
in the morning.
That Major Warner had accepted the ap-
pointment as district attorney was very
generally known among politicians and was
freely discussed. Just what its bearing
would be on the remainder of the appoint
ments was something over which there
was little disagreement. Bets were offered
that the rest of the appointees would be
surveyor of the port and Sam Scott for
postmaster, and that the appointments
week. The selection of Ed Durham for
marshal. as stated in The Journal, sug-
sested the solution of the other appoint
ments.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
TIPPEcAN0E CLUBS REPLY.
Sets Up That Mayor MckissOn and His
Henchmen Have Violated Their
Pledges.

Cleveland, o.. Feb. 1.-THE Tippecanoe
Clubs board of directors filed an answer to-
day to the petition of Mayor McKisson.
Senator Burke and Representative Mason
and Bremley seeking to restrain the club
from eNpeling them as members of the
organization. The club in it's answer says
joining the body. agreed TO sustain the
honor of the organization: that they did not
SO sustain the integrity of the club by con-
sorting with Democrats at the house and
senate cacuses at Columbus. Mayor Nc
Kisson is charged with tempting the other
members to betray their respective duties
as Republicans.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
PAY ROLL PADDING.
Eleven Employees of the New En-
gland Railroad Were Arrested
Yesterday,

Boston, Feb. H.-Eleven employees of the
New England railroad were arrested to-day
as the result of an investigation begun
some two weeks ago. following the arrest of
w. l.. Coyle. time clerk on the road
men taken into custody to-day include four
freight conductors, three passenger brake
men. two freight brakemen, a passenger
with obtaining money by false pretenses
Captain Dugan. of police headquarters,
who has investigated the weekly payroll
of the company from April 10. 1896, to May
2s 1897, has found that the figures are from
81 TO $40 above the proper amount in the
case of each employe Involved. The police
state that Coyle, the time clerk, has con-
fessed that he conceived the idea of get
ting money in this way about three years
ago. He approached the men, one by one
md they agreed to sign the payrolls and
1ivide the amount with the time clerk.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
CONVICT MAKES CHARGES.
+. w. Hamilton Exposes Management
of Northern Indiana PEN
tentiarY.

Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. H.-F. W. Ham,
ilton, an ex-convict, who was released Sat-
urday from the Northern penitentiary at
Michigan City, claims TO have with him
complete data for sensational expose Of
the management of the prison. including
proof of criminal extravaganza and har-
rowing and cruel treatment of prisoners.
The information. when made pubic. will,
he says, startle the state. Hamilton says
that State Senator Culbert, of Michigan
City. will arrive in the city tomorrow and
will accompany him to the governors Of
flee, where the facts will be laid before
the governor.
Hamilton says that he will be able to
produce corroborative testimony of guards
and prisoners II necessary. He was sent
up from Wayne county for two years for
cutting a man in an ARRAY when he was
intoxicated. He is printer and has work.
ed on number of papers in Northern In
diana.
Among other sensational incidents Ham
ilton says that he knows of one prisoner
who was knocked down with heavy
black cane two or three times. He was es-
pecially severe in his criticism of Deputy
Warden Mclaughlin.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Z0ARITES TO DISBAND.
Another Experiment In Religious
Communism Comes to an End
I'm Ohio.

Springfield. O.. Feb. H.-That odd re-
ligious sect. the Zoarites. living in the viii
lage of Zoar. in Northern Ohio. have be-
gun to disband. At one time they owned
hundreds of acres of land and had half a
million dollars in bank. Now their land is
to be sold for taxes to satisfy mortgage
holders They came to Ohio from Wurtem-
berg. Germany. In 1917. and have practiced
perfect communism. Until his death they
were governed by one Baulemer, their lead
er and afterward by their trustees. They
wore an odd dress and lived wholly within
themselves, having even their own wooien
young people glimpse of the outside world.
Some of the bolder soon broke away from
their restraints. They were followed by
left.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
STEAMBOAT ON A FARM.
The Nisbet Is High and Dry In q Ken.
tucky Cornheld, Opposite Ev-
anSyflle. Ind.

Evansville. Ind, Feb. 1.-THE steamer
Nsbet is high and dry in cornfield on
the Kentucky side below this city. During
the high water a week ago the big boat
became unmanageable. She was carried
far out of the channel and ran aground.
Then the waters receded and now she Is
seventy-five feet from the river.
She is on farm owned by a man by the
name of Rankin. He says he has no objec-
ton to the removal of the boat. but he
will not consent to the cutting down of the
bank for the purpose of constructing ways
on which the boat could be launched \
cut in the bank at this point would result
in serious injury to his farm.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
MURDEREss IS H0RRIFIED.
Mrs. Mobiles Sees Her Guilt Inscribed
on Her Husbands Tomb

Macon. Ga. Feb. I-Mrs. Mobiles. the
aged murderess, who was taken TO Twicgs
county. the scene of her crime yesterday,
TO be for the third time sentenced TO death,
was brought back here during the right
She was driven hurriedly across the coun-
Try and happened to pass by the grave o..
the husband whom she had slain. She was
horrfhed to find n tombstone erected over
81 by her own daughter, on which was the
inscription:
Murdered by His Wife''
This daughter Is very bitter against her
mother. but the latter was wholly unDre-
pared TO read the grewsome charge record
cd upon the slab
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
MAcFARLANE BURIED.
AfternoOn-A st. Louis Man
to Succeed Him.
SALE OPENED YESTERDAY
SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, FEB. 76t

AfternoOn-A St. Louis Man
to Succeed Him.
Mexico, No., Feb. H.-(SpeciaI) This
funeral of Supreme Judge G. B. Macfar-
lane took place in this city at o'clock to-
day at the Presbyterian church. The servi-
ces were conducted by Rev. Mr.. A. A.
Wallace and by the Rev. DR.. Hendy. of
Jefferson City. Governor Stephens and the
state officials attended. The floral offerings
were remarkably fine. The following were
the palibearers: Messrs. Frank Brown,
George Ramsey, Edwin Silver and r. +.
See, of Jefferson City, George Robertson.
D. A. Mcmillan and William Pollock. OF
Mexico, and ]. G. Trimble, of Kansas City.
terry.
Governor Stephens was asked here to-day
whom he would appoint to fill Judge Mac
farlane's place on the supreme bench. He
said: This Is a delicate matter for me to
speak about at this time, and have some
hesitancy in doing SO. OF course, 1t Is
to know who will be the appointee. Real
ly have given the matter no serious con-
sideration. and do not know at this time
feel st. Louis Is entitled to the appoint
ment, and / shall not seriously consider ap-
plications from the country unless our
man whom / think worthy to succeed the
lamented Judge Macfarlane. I will be in
no hurry to make the appointment"
If the governor will consider country
applicant, w. w. Fry. of this city, will ask
Jefferson City. Mo-. Feb. n-(special) AL
the state offices were closed here to-day,
1aspess hs
funeral was held at Mexico to-day. The
judges OF supreme court. all other state of.
city went to Mexico on a special Chicago 6
Alton train and attended the funeral
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
DAVIS MAY BE PROMOTED.
Talk That He May he Made Director
of the Bureau of American
RepUbIics.

Washington. Feb. 14.-tSpecial.) There is
weird story going the rounds that Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior Davis is to
be given charge of the bureau of Ameri-
can republics. which position was held by
the late Joseph Smith. This comes as
something of Il surprise. as Mr.. Davis is
very well pleased with his present position,
and, what is more. no trouble has fallen
TO the administration by reason of his rul-
ings on pension matters. The administra-
tion is very anxious to arouse as little an
and Mr.. Davis. in playing this role. has
been sinSularly successful rs compared
with his predecessors in the last twelve
years.
But il is natural for a nan here In office
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
DAUGHTERS STOP WEDDING.
Thereupon an Ohio Woman Sues a
Septungennrian for $1O,-

Anderson, Ind, Feb. 4.-Miss Ida Fergu-
son. aged 80. of Bethel. O.. has come here
and begun suit against Francis Watkins.
aged 20. a pioneer and retired farmer. for
$4,000 for breach of promise.
1t is alleged that they were to meet in In
dianapolis January is to be married. but
that Mr.. Watkins daughters. learning Of
the plan, beat him to the city and got his
bride-elect out of the way. 1t is alleged
that they managed to separate them, and
that since they have kept guard over him.
They are as old as the brde-elect.
1t is claimed that his letters to the plain
tiff would do justice to a lovelorn youth of
16 Mr.. Watkins is one of the most prom
inent men of the country. and well
known member of the Eastern Indiana
Methodist conference.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
DEAD BODY IDENTIFIED.
James Moore. of Dallas. Tex. Charged
With killing His Young
Wife.

Dallas, Tex. Feb. 1.-THE dead woman
found in a sack floating in Trinity river last
night was to-day identified as Hetty Moore.
% years old. wife OF James Moore, 80 years
old. The couple had been married less than
a year and separated about two months
ago.
Moore was arrested to-day on n charge
of wife murder. lie declared he is not
guilty. The dead woman's head is crushed
in four places as if large hammer head
had been driven into the brain. There are
also a half dozen knife wounds in the body.
Mrs. Moore had been missing for three
weeks. but her friends believed she had
left the city on 4 visit. The body is badly
dccomposed and the hair dropped from the
head demonstrating that the body had
been long in the water.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
FOR A HAvksA ORPHAN ASYLUM
Christian Herald Agrees to Pay All
the Expenses of an Institution
for n Year.

New York. Feb. IA letter was received
to-day by the Christian Herald from Con-
sui General Fitzhugh Lee in Havana rela-
tive TO the foundation of an orphan asylum
in Cuba. General Lee said: Il have con-
sidered the advisability of renting a large
and suitable building for the purpose of
founding a destitute orphan asylum where
the little starving children who have no
parents or relatives TO watch over and
protect them can be placed and where they
will be fed and cared for. and perhaps
later given some sort of education. l find
that i can rent q most commodious estab-
lishment. with a large bath and all con-
veniences. as well ground which the
children can use for air exercise. | would
through humane agents collect these little
ones and have them transferred TO the es-
tablishment. where they could be in charge
of nurses and other suitable attendants
The Christian Herald in reply cabled that
II would pay the rent of the proposed asy-
lum for year and furnish all supplies
and guarantee TO raise all other expenses
for the istitution.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
PENSIONS.

Washington Feb. 1.-THE following pensions have
been issued:
KANSAS.
Or;ginal-fIendersou Blair. Parsons, -. Alois Bic
ber LaCrcsse, So hsbury Brown. Scranton, ss. Rob-
ert S. Askey. Lincoln 81: Campbell A Howke. Cha
mute So: Thomas n. Wilson. Leavenvorth. $40: Da-
yid Van Blarcom, Nickers0n. S.
Restoration and reissue-Daniel W. Ballard fde-
ceased) Weber. Sl2: Edwin R. Collins tdeccasedJ.
Ellis. IS.
Reissue-Richard Peck. Greenleaf s4.
Reissue and increase-Georse c. Clark, ReedsriIle.
"a to sl:.
Original widows etc-Ruth P Fem. White
Cloud Ss Mary E. Ross. LeayenvoEth. ss minors Of
Joseph A. Woodtord. Cunningham. SIS: restoration
and reissue, Susan z. Shelman. Cunningham. S12.
MISSOURI.
Original-John Maxwell. Weatherby. So: joseph
Briggs weatherby. So John Arnold. Kansas Cits.
Sc: James McGruder. IaGranse. S.: Patrick Lyons.
Kansas City. Sc: George ". Spiese. Kansas City,
IS: John Price Webb City. IS: special February ,.
Joseph E. Manley. Hilsboru. ss.
Lncrease-specai. February ,. George W. Williams.
Eidoyado Springs. IS to IS.
Original widows etc.-SaviIla A. Bridges. olden.
IS: reissue Katharine Reichmann, Antonia. S12.
Mexican war srrvivors-Increase. David Schreijak.
Upton IS Sl2 reissue and increase Franz Fischer
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
ARMS STARTED FOR CUBA.
TugbOat Gets Charge of 500 Rifles and
100000 Cartridges Near Will
mingtOn, Del,

Philadelphia. Feb. 4.-It was announced
to-day in Cuban circles in this city, that
a cargo of arms and ammunition was sue
cessfully shipped on a tugboat late Saturday
night from point on the Delaware river
below Wilmington. Del. The cargo is re-
ported 10 have consisted of 10000 rounds
of cartridges and about 500 rifles. The tug
boat is said TO have, been one of seven sent
out on the night from various points along
the coast with orders to rendezvous at a
point off the Atlantic coast beyond the
Jurisdiction of the United States govern
ment and there to transfer their cargoes to
a steamer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
CONTEMPT CASE SETTLED.
NIT Levy of Water Works
Taxes.

Topeka. Kas., Feb. 14.-(Special) The
contempt proceedings against j. Mack
Love and several other citizens of Arkan-
sas City for interfering in the carrying
out of an order of the federal court in re-
gard 10 the water works litigation of that
city, were settled to-day by Judge Will
Jams in short order; Nobody was sent to
Jail. Love was discharged because it was
shown that he had nothing whatever to do
with the case. The others promised to
step aside and let the order of the court
be carried out. After securing this prom
ise. Judge Williams ordered them all dis
charged. The water works judgment tax
Will now be levied.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
RELIEF EXPEDITION NEWS.
Message From the Bear. Sent to sue
cor Ice Bound Whalers in
tho Arctic.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE secretary OF
the treasury received the following tele-
gram. dated Seattle, yesterday. from Cap
tain Tuttle, commanding the Bear, which
left Seattle in November with an eNped:-
ton for the relief of the icebound whalers
in the Arctic: THE Bear arrived at IN
alaska at noon. December g. coaled and
watered ship and sailed for the North at
lbs a. m. the 11th. Arrived off Southeast
cape, ST. Lawrence island, at p. m. the
18th. where ice was met. At GAO a. m,
December II, ice was making rapidly.
Cape Nome was ninety-six miles distant.
Concluded the vessel would be frozen in
long before the cape could be reached.
therefore turned and steamed southwark
for Cape Vancouver, which was reached
at $3.50 p. m. the 18th, too late to make a
landing.
Berthoff. DIR. Call and Mr.. koltc..off.
with their outfits and mails. for ST. Mich
ael and the North, were landed on the
Tunnuak. Cape Vancouver. Lieutenant
Jarvis made arrangements with the trader
of the village to guide and assist his party
to st. Michael. which place the trader said
could be reached in ten days. On account
Of bad weather and running ice, tie Bear
could not remain to see the party started
overland. Sailed from Cape Vancouver at
on the Goth and 2lst. All well there. Ar
rived at Unalaska December o. All well.
The branded seals are returning to st.
Paul island.
Captain Shoemaker. chief of the revenue
cutter service, said that, owing to the ad-
yanced season of the year. the Bear
landing of the expedition was effected at
about the time ard place anticipated by
him and that he feels that, owing to the
indomitable courage of Jarvis and
Berthoff, its success is practically assured.
They probably reached st. Michaers. he
said, on December 26: a week thereafter
they probably reached the Teller reindeer
station, on the north shore of Norton
sound, and are now well on the road to
Point Hope, by way of Kolzebue sound.
line route to Point Barrow, making such
arrangements at stopping places en- route
as may be possible for the care of the
whalemen who may have left their ships,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
COULDN'T USE A GUN.
Cleveland Negro Woman Tries Re-
voIver Instead of a Razor and
Is Killed.

Cleveland. O.. Feb. 1i.-Minnie Ridgely,
better known as Minnie Chew, notorious
colored woman entered a saloon at. the
corner of Noble and Bright streets with a
drawn revolver late last night and fired a
fusillade fo shots at George Leach. col
ored gambler who was in the place. The
shots all went wild and Leach quickly
pulled a revolver and fired one shot. the
bullet lodging just below the woman's
heart. She will probably die.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
BLOODsTAIN ON A COAT.
mt Burlington, H., May Con-
yfct Him.

Burlington, Ia. Feb. 4.-When A. D.
Storms left his duck coat rolled up in a
bundle under his cot in the police sta
ton, where he was confined after being
arrested for the murder of Mrs. Rathburn
and her daughter. he left the state the
best evidence possible of his guilt. The
state has had the dark stains on the coat
examined by experts. who pronounce them
human blood. Pieces of the bedspread
and sections of the bloody floor from the
house where the murder was committed
We're also examined with the same results.
Data are also secured showing that the
crime was committed at 8 o'clock Sunday
night, January 23
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Big Shipments of Coal.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 14.-Fourteen tow
water stage in the Ohio and started for the
South. loaded with a total of seyenty-nine
coal boats. seventeen barges and seventeen
flats. The rise is expected to continue sew
eral days, and it Is estimated that over
5000, 900 bushels of coal will be shipped.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
A CHINESE KILLING.
Girl With a TweIve-Inch High
binders Knife.

San Francisco, Feb I-Yit Sing, a Chi
nese girl, was murdered at her house, at
the corner of Bartlett alley and Pacific
street. this morning shortly before l o'clock
by Charles Dean. a half-breed Chinese. He
had disguised himself as negro and when
she opened the door in answer to his knock
he stabbed her to death with twelve-inch
highbinder's knife. He made his escape.
but later surrendered himself to the police.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Bryan Invited to Speak.

New Orleans. La, Feb 1.-THE consti-
tutional convention adopted n resolution to-
day inviting William Jennings Bryan to
make AN address before its members. Dur
ing the rest of the week the convention will
do little active work beyond the introduc-
tion of bills. The suffrage committee dscid-
ed to-day that all its hearings shall be in
public.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Eight MIcro.copi.t. Appointed.

Margaret Burke. Nellie B. Crowley. Anna
NJ. Comstock and Jessie A. Rogers. of Kan
sas City. Mo-: Miss Marie Hancock. of St;
Joseph Mo-; Miss Jennie B. Whenele and
Miss Annie Armstrong. of Kansas City,
Kas.. and Maude f. Rowes. of Topeka,
Kas have been appointed assistant micro
scopists at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Penfr. to Take Charge March i.

Lawrence. Kas., Feb. 14.-(SpecialD Mr.
H. 3. Peairs. the newly appointed super
Lawrence to-day from Washington, d. C.,
where he was called to consult the depart,
ment regarding his new work. He will
take charge of the school on March i, as
Superintendent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Robert LindbIom Named.

Chicago, Feb. 1i-Mayor Harrison to-
night appointed Robert Lindblom a well
known board of trade man, to succeed
Adolph Kraus as president of the city civil
yer Democrat and has been prominent in
local noliticS for wears.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
OhLAtbhA 6fsfsl ioni-
Origlnal-John Erwin. Ingram. IS

Bookstore salesman-''What can show
you, madam" Mrs. Ritch-"I want to or
works of-there. I've forgotten againI
know its either Wordsworth or South
worth but can't remember which. About
the same thing, amt they?'-Chicago Trib-
une.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Out Of the Month. of BABES.

Rev Mr. Iongnecker-'T wish could
think of some way TO make the congreea-
ton keep their eyes on me during the
Sermon"
Little Tommy-"Pa. you want to put tho
clock right behind the pulpit"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Sailed Under Cipher Orders.

Kingston, Jamaica (via Galveston, Tex),
Fen. 1.-THE United States cruiser Mont
soniery sailed from Port au Prince late last
night under cipher orders received from
Washington. 1t is believed that her desti-
nation is Havana.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15

to take kindly to the idea of promotion.
The position charged to him is information.
al, and to a large degree, a confidential
one to the president. The pay is better.
but expenses are more: the expense ac-
count fund also Is larger.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15

Springfield, ILL.,. Feb. 1.-THE supreme
court to-day sustained the sentence of eX-
penitentiary. He was convicted of embeZ-
Zling bonds of the University of Illinois.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15

burglary, was caught last evening in the
act of saving off the bars of his cell. He
had succeeded in saving off two bars. and
was working on the third. Hahn was re-
Gently dismissed from the penitentiary at
lansing and is a hardened criminal.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-15
Named After the States,

Atlanta has hotel in which the rooms
are designated by the names of states, The
Office is the District Of Columbia.