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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
MONTREAL IN DANGER.
Water In st. Lawrence River Has
Touched Record Point and
Is Rising.

Montreal. March 20.-To-day Montreal
stands in imminent danger of a repetition
of the disastrous flood of 1916, when hun
dreds of thousands of dollars damage was
done. For some days past the water in the
St. Lawrence river has been rising steadily.
until tonight it has touched the record
point. Along Commissioners street huge
stone wall shuts out the water. On top OF
this is wooden dyke. and the water Is
now half way up the dyke. 1t is compar-
atively fiimsy structure, and should 1t 20.
all the cellars in the lower part of the city
would be flooded.
Below the city the water has risen above
the level of the road skirting the river and
the houses are filled half way to the CELL
ings of the first story Along Craig street,
near Victoria square. the cellars OF some
of the big wholesale dry goods houses have
been flooded. but the damage there Will
be light, as all goods have been moved out
The two pumping stations of the city are
working at their fun capacity in the hope
of keeping the overladsn sewers from back
ing up and so far with tolerable success.
Along Mill street the first floors of half a
dozen large manufacturing industries are
flooded and 2.0C0 people Will be thrown out
of work until the water subsidies. The
river in front of the harbor is covered with
floating ice. II the jam in the river below
the city gives way all danger of a flood will
be over but at present there is little hope
of this taking place and a disastrous over
flow is generally looked for.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
FOR MAINE MONUMENT FUND.
Over 1000 People Rose and Joined in
Singing the "Stnr SpnnsIed
Banner.o

New York, March 90.-Over 400 people
rose simultaneously tonight in the Metro
politan opera house and Joined with the
chorouses on the stage singing the Star
spangled Banner" with more enthusiasm
than has been exhibited in the opera house
for many months. II was upon the occa-
sion of the performance for the benefit of
the Maine monument fund.
On the great stage stood the well known
opera singer, Camille DArville and behind
her were nassed the combined choruses of
the Broadway theater. the Casino company
and the Whitney and Castle square COM
panies. As background an immense Amer
lean flag waved from tall pole. Each one
of the singers carried small flag and the
moment the patriotic air was started, the
entire audience arose in their places and
Joined in the melody. At the conclusion
there were tremendous cheers and a great
demonstration. Then My Country was
sung.
The entertainment. aside from the sub
scriptions, netted about $1,000. Many of the
best known actors and actresses took part
in the performance and among the specta-
tors was Miss EvapgeIina Cisneros. who
came in for much applause al one time in
the evening. ..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
WELL KNOWN EDUCATOR DEAD.
John c. Zachos, . Turk. Curator OF
Cooper Union for Over
Thirty Years.

New York. March 20.-John C. Zachos.
curator of Cooper Union. died to-day at his
home in this city. He was born in Con-
stantinople. He came to this country at
an early age. He was graduated from Ken
yon college of Ohio. In 1855. he became
professor of English in Antioch college. yell
low Springs. o. In 1862, he entered the
services of the educational commission or
New York. whose purpose was to send
men and women to look after the interests
and education Of the freedmen Of the
South.
The same year he was appointed acting
surgeon in the United States army and
was assigned TO the superintendency OF
and command Of Paris Island. in Beaufort
bay. He resigned from this position two
years later to enter the Unitarian pulpit
at West Newton, Mass. In 1850. he accept
ed the chair of rhetoric in the Meadville
theological school, Pa Five years later
he was invited by Peter Cooper to become
the curator of Cooper Union, which posi-
ton he held up to the time of his death.
He was one of the organizers Of the Ohio
Society of New York. well as one OF
the founders of the Beta Theta Pi Society
which was founded In 1Si2- He was tha
author of several works on teaching.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANADIAN Gus.
FOMS OFFICERS.
WEARING APPAREL MAY PASS.
ARTICLES OF PERSONAL ADoRN.
MENT ALSO ADMITTED FREE
Customs Officers ut Port of Entry Are
to Decide Glass and Quantity of
Such Articles rs Are to
Come Under These
Provisions.

Washington. March a0.-The department
of state is informed by the United States;
consul general at Ottawa, Ontario, that the
same duties are imposed on goods destined
for the Klondike region as are imposed on
goods imported into any other part of Can
ada The instructions to the Canadian Gus
toms officers touching on this matter are as
follows:
wearing apparel, articles of personal
adornment, toilet articles and similar per-
soma, effects of persons arriving in Canada
may be passed free. without entry at GUS
toms tariff, but this provision shall only
include such articles as actually accom-
pany and are in the Use of and as are
necessary and appropriate for the wear
and use of such persons for the immediate
purpose of the journey and present COM
fort and convenience and shall not be
held to apply to merchandise or articles
intended for other persons or for sale"
In the absence OF rulings by the board of
customs as to articles included in the
foregoing regulation, customs officers at
the port of entry are to decide the class and
quantity of the wearing apparel and like
articles in use entitled to be passed free,
under the above provision. having due re-
gard to the length of the journey and To
the reasonable requirements of the travel
er for his comfort and convenience on the
journey
Articles of personal adornment. however.
may he held to include one watch and the
jewelry ordinarily in use by the traveller
For a traveller to the klondike region d
pair of blankets and fur robe and
changes OF apparel for use on the Jour-
ney may be passed free.
Miners gold pans are free under tarin
item No. 80 SeparatOrS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
MAssING POWERFUL FLEET.
British Government Said to Have
Thirty or Forty Warships on
the China Station,

Tacoma, Wash, March 20.-Oficers of the
Northern Pacific steamship Victoria. which
arrived last night from China and Japan.
report that the British government is
massing a very powerful fleet of warships
in Chinese waters and that the British are
buying all the coal coming TO those waters
for their men-of-war and so anxious are
they to get 1t that they send vessels to
sea and there hail the colors and bargain
for their cargoes. paying gilt-edge prices
if necessary The British are said to be
buying all the available coal from the
Suez canal TO the northern coast of ST.
IBERIA as they do not want TO use the
Japanese coal.
Purser Mcdonald says there are now
thirty forty British warships on the
China station and the feet has been con-
siderably augmented during the last few
weeks. Among the latest arrivals was the
marine fighter Powerful. one of the most
destructive vessels afioat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21

Maxine Gomez is perhaps the foremost
OF the four men who are now prominent in
the affairs of Cuba. Gomez is "A years,
and most of his long life has been spent
on fields Of battle or in intrigues for revo-
luton and the overthrow of tyrannical gov
ernments. He Is native OF San Domingo
and fought with the Spaniards against his
own land long before he took up Mms for
the cause OF free Cuba. He was literally
rewarded by the Spanish army. and in the
days before 1870 he knew General Weyler
well. When Cuba rose in lsss Gomez Of
fered his services 10 Spain. They were re-
fused. and the Dominican, being a. natural
fighter. Joined the revolutionists. rather
than remain Idle when war was in the air.
His experience OF Spanish cruelty during
the ten years of strife made him a Cuban.
heart and soul. After peace. Gomez took
part In several of the wars In Latin Amer
lea and when Maceo brought up the pres
ent revolution. Conner was offered the COM
mand of the army of liberation and accept
ed IL. He has been eminently successful
In that capacity ever since he entered the
field. The old general has steadfastly
ciunE to the independence or death" idea
and hates autonomy.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
ASSESSORS DO NOT AGREE.
Great Discrepancies in Values a,
Shown by Reports of different
Counties.

Topeka, kas.. March 20.-(Special) The
official papers of the various counties in
the state in their last issues published the
basis of assessment agreed upon by the as
SCISSORS of each county. The basis on all
kinds of property is different in each coun-
ty. and it simply furnishes additional proof
of the necessity of a revision of the Kansas
laws governing assessment and taxation.
As an Illustration of the inequality Of the
assessment. a few cases are cited.
The board of assessors of Crawford coun-
ty agreed to assess horses at $40 a head
In Russell county the price is to range
from $50 to $40. The assessors of Cove
county will assess ordinary horses at 50 and
fancy ones at 81. In Cheyenne horses will
be assessed at from S6 to Sl2.
Three-year-old steers in Russell county
be :: assessed s at from s to 50. and in chey;
assess them at about $40.
Mules will be assessed for SEQ in Craw-
ford. $40 in Russell. and from s. to Slo in
Cheyenne.
Sheep will be assessed for s. in Crawford.
s. in Russell and 81 in Cheyenne.
Hogs will be assessed for cents a pound
in Russell, liz cents pound in Cheyenne
and S. a head in Crawford.
In Russell wheat will be assessed 60 cents
a bushel, in Crawford 20 cents.
Oats will be assessed Is cents in Russell
and 20 cents in Crawford.
In russell SOIG WdtcneS are 10 De Ndiueu
at from $40 to $780, in Crawford: from SO
to $50; in Cheyenne. from S TO $50.
The greatest variation probably Is in the
valuation of pianos In Russell they will
be assessed at from $50 to 800; in Cheyenne
at from s. to $50; in Crawford at from so
to 500.
These figures are fair sample of the diff
ferences which exist in the basis of assess
ment in all of the counties of the state.
No two counties fixed the same basis. As a
result there is no uniformity whatever. and
each county does not bear its proportion
OF the state tax.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21

Thomas Estrada Palma, the head of the
Cuban junta in America. has been a con-
spicuous figure in the affairs of Cuba since
the last rebellion began. He was proclaim
ed president of the revolutionary party
when the flame broke out three years ago.
In 1877 Palma was chosen as president Of
the Cuban republic. He fought valiantly in
the ten years war, and at the restoration
of peace was offered pardon and restitu-
ton Of his fine Cuban estates II he would
swear allegiance to Spain. The offer was
rejected. and Palma became an exile. first
to Honduras. and then, in 1888 TO the United
States. He established in Orange county.
n. Y. an institute for the teaching of lam
guages. and TO this school hundreds of the
children of wealthy Cubans were sent for
their education. Senior Palma was born in
Cuba. but he Is descendant of one of
those ancient families of CASTLE. celebrated
in the songs of the country. His father was
a rich planter. at whose death Estrada was
studying law in Seville. On his return to
Cuba young Palma determined that he
would do all in his power to strike the
shackles from the Pearl of the Antilles,
and he has kept his promise.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
ASSIGNMENTS OF ELDERS.
EynnselicaI Conference Names Pre-
siding Elder~-Next Annual Con-
ference at LeOnardville.

Holton, Kas., March 20.-(Special0 The
delegates to the Evangelical conference
here have assigned presiding elders as fol-
lows: ]. ]. kliphardt. to Holton district;
A Brunner, to Kansas City district, and ].
II. Tobias, to Abilene district.
Rev. Mr. O. Radinsky, Of the Platte river
conference was received into this confer
ence Rev. Mr.. ]. T. Cox. of the NJ. E.
church. was received as a local elder, and
K. c. Herold. Richard Thomas and Charles
Keller were voted licenses TO PREACH on
probation. F. Harder r. r. Brand, E.
Drummer and ]. Nuffer remain in the itir-
erancy without work.
The missionary auxiliary reported that
s1O.500 had been raised for missionary
work during the year.
p. H. Hobbs. statistical secretary. sub
mitted his report which showed an in
crease in the membership Of the association
within the boundaries Of the conference
of 5a3 during the year. 1t was decided to
hold the next annual conference at Leon
ardville, Riley county. Kas.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
NO PROGRAMME FOR SENATE.
Course of Events Liable to Be In
huenced Largely by Develop
ments From the Outside.

Washington, March 29.-No' programme
has been prepared for; the senate for the
present week, and the course of events is
liable to be Influenced largely by develop
ments from the outside.
The quarantine bill is the unfinished
business on the senate calendar, and If op-
portunity offers Senator Pettigrew will get
up his public land bill. 1t is expected that
the sundry civil appropriation bill will be
reported Wednesday or Thursday, and If it
should be it may be taken up later in the
week. The senate committee is making
many changes in this BILL and it will con-
sumo several days of the time of the sem
ate when considered. II is also understood
TO be Senator Davis intention to bring up
the Hawaiian treaty in order to get a vote
on the Bacon amendment. II is still Mr.
Davis intention to move 10 lay the amend
ment on the table soon as Senator Ba-
con concludes his speech in its support.
All these plans are liable to be changed
81 the report of the court of inquiry into
the Maine disaster should be received. The
receipt of this document would inevitably
have the effect of springing Cuban de-
bate which would sidetrack all other Ques-
tionS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
MAY BREAK A PRECEDENT.
Provides for Nomination of
Governor First.

Topeka. Kas. March co.-(specialJ II
the committee on order of business at the
Republican state convention follows the
call issued by the state committee the old
established precedent Of nominating as
sociate justice first will be broken. The
call provides for the nomination Of gov
ernor first. The committee put that at the
top because the members claim that the
contest for governor is the most important
and that politics all over the state is shap-
ing up, on THAI office. Foe that reason it
was decided to have that fight come first.
1t is not certain. however. that the con-
vention will follow the order as fixed by
the state committee. 1t may follow the
established precedent and nominate an as
Sociate Justice first
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
IS BRICE IN THE DEAL?
New York Electrical Review Connects
His Name With Proposed
Electric Line.

Topeka, Kas.. March ao-(Special) The
New York Electrical Review imparts this
information concerning the proposed cleo
trio railway between Kansas City and To-
peka:
Ex-senator Calvin S. Brice is said to
be interested in a scheme to run an elec-
tric read up the kaw valley, from Kan
sas City to Topeka. a distance Of fully sixty
miles.
According to an exchange, 1t is pro-
posed to change the valley from a con-
tinuous cornfield. yielding annually from
SO to so an acre, to vegetable and fruit
growing region, which will return from
500 to 500 per acre per year.
BY means of the proposed roads these
products can be delivered into Kansas City
market in from ten to fifty minutes from
the time they are gathered.
by cutting the present immense tracts
of land, some of them over 1000 acres in
extent, into five, ten and twenty acre
tracts. 1t is expected that great increase
to the population of the kaw valley will
follow. and that it will become the great
est garden in the world"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
HONOR BRILLIANT WRITER.
Funeral of Franklyn Warner Lee
Poet, Novelist and Dramatist.
Largely Attended.

ST. Paul. MIMI. March ao.-A special
train of st. Paul newspaper men. Masous,
EIkS. etc. went to Rush City. Minn., to-
day to attend the funeral Of the well
known poet. novelist and dramatist. Frank
lia Warner Lee. formerly of this city, and
at the time Of his death editor of the Rush
City Post.
Mr. Lee was most widely known as the
author of the farce The Star-Gazer.
which Joe OFT played for two seasons. and
also from the fact that he rewrote the
eNtravaganza. 'An Baba," for Manager
David Henderson. of Chicago. The funeral
services were conducted jointly by the
MGSCns and the ST. Paul Press Club, the
officiating clergyman being Rev. Mr..
Streeter. Episcopal. Of White Bear Lake:
Flags were at half-mast at Rush City and
the funeral was one of the largest and
mcst remarkable of the kind ever seen
in Minnesota outside the larger cities The
intcrment was at RuShSeba cemetery.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
Gonzales de v ouesada is the representa-.

Gonzales de Quesada is the representa-
tive of the Cuban republic at Washington.
The secretary of the unrecognized legation
Is social lion in Washington. and is the
especial favorite of the ladies who live in
the capital-wives of senators, congressman
and cabinet officers. The young senior is
sada, of Venezuela. and is one of the most
ardent of the Cuban patriots. Quesada has
not wasted his time since he has lived in
Washington. He is a close friend of the
senators of the committee on foreign rela-
tions, and of other senators. too. The senor
has an interesting personality. aside from
the intense sympathy his cause wins for
him on all hands He is a son of fine old
Spanish family. One of his ancestors. Con
zaleS Quesada, was the governor of Porto
Rico. The Quesadas held large estates in
Cuba. and not long ago were among the
rich families of the island. At present they
have nothing. Young Quesada has worked
day and night to recognize Cuba, and 1t is
said that the strong pro-Cuban sentiment
in the senate is due to his labors. WASH
ington society has feasted, teaed. dined and
received him as 1t has no other foreign Dip
lomat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
FUNERAL OF MRS. THURsIoN.
Tremendous Concolrse of People Fol-
lowed the Body to the
Grave.

Omaha, Neb., March a.-The body OF the
late Mrs John NJ. Thurston was followed
to the grave by tremendous concourse OK
people this afternoon. All Omaha was out
and many from Nebraska and other states
were in attendance. The body was brought
from Washington in q special car this
morning.
At the house private services were held.
after which the cas<et was removed to Al9
Saints church. The Rev. DR.. Thomas j.
Mackey presided over the rendition OF
the Protestant Episcopal ritual for the
burial of the dead. In his sermon the min
lister referred feelingly to the mission OF
Mrs. Thurston to Cuba. which cost her
life. He paid high tribute to her charac-
ter as a woman and to the intense patriot
ism and human Inspiration that led her
to accompany her husband on the trip,
from which he returned to bury her.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
HOLD BACK APPOINTMENTS.
Postmasters in Large Towns Will Be
Named After Congregational
Conventions.

Topeka, Kas., March 20.-(Special) Mof
fit Fulton. postofice inspector for the
Southern Kansas district, stated to-day
that fully 10 per cent Of the changes in
Kansas postmasters had been made by
Axman Bristow already. Among the
changes yet to be made are a number of
large ones. including Lawrence, Atchison.
Seneca and Wichita The postmasters OF
these large offices will not be named until
after the congressional conventions. The
congressman and defeated congressman
who are candidates for denomination in
their respective districts and who have
been permitted to name the postmasters are
reasons.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21

General Bartolome Masso. the president
OF the Cuban republic. has his life long been
a stanch fighter for the Independence of
his country. Masso is one of three brothers.
who imbibed from their father an undyfng
hatred for Spain and the Spanish. These
three received their first lessons in warfare
during the ten years war. Masso is part
Spaniard and part negro. His father was
fuilblooded Spaniard. but Masso hated
Spain with a fierceness SO uncompromising
that he won the rank of major general by
the incredible boldness OF his fighting
When peace was restored the Massos took
the oath of allegiance to Spain only to
break it shortly and Join Garcia in. in his is
the mountains of Santiago de Cuba when
the present revolution came. Masso IS a
naturalized American citizen. He secured
his papers while working for Colonel De
Figuerado at Tampa few years ago. He
had little education, but has acquired
vast amount of knowledge through con,
versation. and is most polished. brave and
worthy man.. He Is married to white
American woman whom he found at Key
West. Masso is idolized by Cubans, as was
Antonio Maceo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
TROOPS TO GUARD COAST.
New Jersey National Guard Omceri
Preparing for Defense in Case
of Necessity.

New York, March 2O.-The commanding
officers of the regiments of the New Jer-
sey National Guard held meeting at di-
vision headquarters of General ]. w.
Plume. at Newark, to-day. There were
present Colonel Campbell. Newark; Col
oncl Hines, Paterson; Colonel Lee, Eliza
beth; T. S. Chambers. of Trenton, and
General p. d. Wapser. commanding the
first brigade. were also present.
The general condition of the troops was
considered and all reported satisfactory. 1t
was the sense of the meeting that, as
New Jersey has no coast defense between
Sandy Hook and Cape May, except a
four-gun battery at Sea Girt, n. j., In
case of war she would have TO take care
of her. coast with her troops the minute
hostilities were begun between the United
States and Spain. While. osefical. order
was given every man was quietly Informed
TO be in readiness in case an emergency
should arise.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
INDEPENDENCE REPUBLICANS.
They Nominate u Municipal Ticket,
the Election of Which Ii Prac-
ticaIIy Assured.

independence, Kas.. March 2o.-tSpeciaD
The Republicans of this city held their con-
vention last night and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Clerk J. B. Underhill; mar
shall. E b. White; street commissioner.
Joseph Morrison; councilmen, W. L. Wheel
er F. c. Moses. \. NJ. Horstick. y. c.
Whitman. d. Painter: members of school
board. William Sewer. E. w. Stout. y. G.
Harper, G. c. Cheney: y. W. Hole. The
opposition under the guise of citizens
convention, will meet tomorrow and place
a ticket in the field. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the Republicans will carry the
city this year as they generally do.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21

Phoenix, A. T., March IA meeting was
held here under the auspices OF the cham
ber of commerce. to devise means for Civ
ing Arizona a representation at the Omaha
exposition. Among those present and urg-
ing an exhibit were ex-senator Manderson.
of Nebraska and s. X Llewellyn, of the
exposition department OF promotion and
publicity. 1t was agreed that the governor
be asked to name three commissioners, and
that the business men Of the territory be
called on to advance about S,OOc. with the
would be refunded by the legislature that
will sit next January.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
Troop. From Fort Ethan Allen.

burlington. VI. March 20.-orders which
the officers do not make public were received
at Fort Ethan Allen yesterday from Wash
fncton and prenarafions for movement
were begun. All day yesterday and to-
day every one has been hustling shoeing
horses securing camp equippage and re-
pairing tents. The rushing of work through
Sunday indicates very urgent orders. There
are four troops OF cavalry here.