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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
VACANCIES ON THE FORCE.
Police commissioners Will Appoint
Seven New Men When MIR.
Ward Returns.

on the return of Police Commissioner
Ward the board of police commissioners
will appoint seven new men to the force.
There are seven vacancies on the force
at the present time.
The places made vacant by the dismissal
Of Officers Spears. Jennings and Kelly have
not been filed by the board yet, One rea-
son for this is that the board has been
irving to reduce the Expenses of the de-
partment so that they will not exceed the
appropriation for the year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
Other Deaths and Funerals.

The funeral of Mrs. Beta Levin, who
Thursday at her home, 62l East Four
teenth street. aged 46 years. will take place
at , p. m. to-day at the late residence.
Burial will be at Elmwood.
John Oswald. aged % years. died at his
home. 1909 Oak street. yesterday of con-
sumption. He had lived in Kansas City
one month. The remains will be taken to
his former home. Weston. this morning
for burial
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
RECEPTION TO E. F. ALLEN.
Imperial Potentate of North America
VIII he HOnored Next FRI
day Might.

The committee appointed from nine Ma
sonic lodges in Kansas City to receive
Ethelbert F. Allen. imperial potentate of
the Shrine of North America, on Novem-
Der 25, met at the Scottish Rite cathedral,
a12 Walnut street. last night. Mr.. Allen has
also been elected grand master of the grand
lodge of Missouri. The reception will be
held at Scottish Rite hall November ..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20

Lawyers, spectators. business men of
all grades and ladies from every walk in
life, together sound his praise for the ben
eft they have received. The people of
Kansas City. as we'll as other cities. mar
vel at his powers. All are pleased and
delighted with his marvellous life readings.
Professor Khiron is recognized by the pro-
fession as their leader. His powers excite
the wonder and admiration of even the
most skeptical. Gifted by nature with mar
Vicious cla~irvoyant powers, he is enabled
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
STERN WAS A RUNNER.
victiOn of Is Fined
in Police Court.

Benjamin Stern. a clothing merchant at
1925 Genesee street. was fined so in po-
lice court yesterday morning for solicit
ing business in the vicinity of the stock
yards without a license. Judge Burnham
afterwards granted a stay of execution for
$40 of the amount.
Stern appears to have been prosecuted in
a spirit of revenge by four or five clothing
house runners who We're fined so each in
police court about a week ago. Stern was
the principal witness against them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
Death of Mrs. p. stnubIy.

Mrs. Philopena Staubly. aged 20 years.
died at the Old Ladies' Protestant home
yesterday. where she had lived for the past
five years. She was finely educated. speak
ing several languages fuently. and ner
beautiful DISPOSITION made her many
friends. The funeral will take place from
the home this afternoon.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
SNEAK THIEVES AT WORK.
Jack Cushing and Dan Mccarthy
Overlooked n Point and Are
In the Tolls.

Jack Cushing and Dan Mccarthy were
arrested by Lieutenant Bray and Officer
Daily yesterday on a charge Of stealing a
bolt of cloth from F. a. Schiller. a tailor
engaged in business at 1925 West Ninth
street. Mccarthy engaged the attention of
the proprietor while Gushing stole the
cloth and disappeared. The stolen prop
on a state warrant, as both of them are
believed to be notorious sneak thieves.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
. Secret You Should Know.

HOW TO CONTROL. FASCINATE OR
INFLUENCE ANYONE YOU KNOW,
LOVE. ADMIRE OR MEET. How to be-
come successful and prosperous in BCSI-
NESS. How to gain the heart and hand
of one you love never fails. The true key
to success. health. wealth and happiness.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
or for Good Ronds Convention.

The Kansas City delegates to the good
roads and public improvements convention
in St. Louis will leave over the Missouri
Pacific at 3 o'clock this evening. The par
ty will go in a special car. The convention
will be in session from November q -
November %.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
A Chance for Charity.

The Old Folks and Orphans Home for
Colored People. 1924 Michigan avene, Is
very much in need Of a healing. stove. 1t
i. hoped that some generous minded per-
sor will remember this fact when Thanks
giving CONES around.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
cover her whereabouts. Ezzell, in his let.

ter. says:
Il have been in the Spanish-American
war and have just been discharged. / was
wounded In two places and 1 tell you we
had 4 redhot time. 1 had an experience
! don't care to go through again. / was
In the signal service in front most of the
line, l feel like | lave lived 100 years.
wife, as 1 am now alone in the world.
and need the tender care of a good woman,
such as my wife had been"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
Sensitive About Her Age.

Minnie Graves and Sadie Fields. two
negro women of unsavory reputation,
Quarreled las. night because the latter cir
culated stories about the former, the mat
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20

ter of age figuring in the trouble. The
fight occurred at the home of the Fields
woman. at SO Belvidede street.
In the melee Minnie Graves slashed her
adversary with a razor several times.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20

Cupid is US
ually pictured
as a frolick-
some, playful
little fellow, al
ways smiling or
laughing, but
with just a trace
of malice in his
max
This is the
artists ideal.
In reality, Gu
pid in these
days is a mat
ter-of-fact little
He is
beginning to
learn that life
is not all a
summer holi-
day. He is fast
learning that
sick men and
wom-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
Life ON a channel Island.

Max O'Rell, in North American Review.
The land of Jersey is in the hands of a
frugal and industrious people, worthy de-
scendants of the rural populations of Nor
mandy and Brittany. Not a square inch of
ground that does not produce potato or
a cabbage. Prosperity reigns on all sides.
Not one dilapidated house. In this bee hive
of an island everything speaks aloud of
cleanliness comfort, and even of riches, TO
those who can understand that real wealth
does not consist in the quantity of things
we possess, but in those that we can do
without, If need be. Jersey is a kitchen
garden OF about seventy square miles, pic
turesque, healthy, fertile, strewn with cot
tages that are wrapped in roses, and when
l have told you that the cultivation of
the potato alone brings in from twelve to
fourteen million of francs annually, that is
to say about three millions of dollars, i
shall have no trouble in convincing you
that poverty is practically unknown in
Jersey. Happy Jersey Add to this that,
with the exception of wine and liquors,
which pay light duty all kinds of mer-
chandiSe enter Jersey untaxed, that living
is consequently very cheap: that the in
come tax collector is unknown; that
crowd of tourists visit the isle during four
months of the year; that activity reigns
everywhere, not the feverish activity of
the Americans. but the regular uniform,
soil is so fertile that flowers and fruits
seem TO spring from 1T as by enchantment;
that the landscape is most picturesque and
varied; that the climate is delicious, and
you will conclude that Jersey is probably
the Eldorado of the world, and the Jersey
folk. as 1 said before, the richest and nap
piest people on the surface of the gicoe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
Acquired Under Dinlculties.
Prof. Fabian Franklin, in North America
Review

Only those of us who are very young have
any need of historical research to assure
ourselves that up to an extremely recent
cate tnere was not one person in a hum
dred OF either sex who did not look upon
q really learned woman as a monStrosity
And yet 1t is instructive to take an occa-
Slondl glance farther back and find, for in
stance that when in the sixteenth century
Francoise de Saintanges wished to establish
girls schools in France she was hooted at
in the streets and her father called together
four doctors learned in the law to decide
whether she was not possessed by the devil
10 think OF educating women (pour
S'aSSurer Qu'inStruire DIES femmeS n'etait
pas un oeuvre du demon') or that Fenelon
held virgin delicacy to be almost as incom-
patible with learning as with vice; or that
Or. Gregory in his book "A Legacy to His
Daughters which seems to have been re-
garded as a standard work on female pro-
priety at the end of the eighteenth century
utters such warning as this: BE cautious
even in displaying your good sense; it will
be thought you assume a superiority over
the rest of the company. But if you have
any learning keep it a profound secret, es-
pecially from the men, who generally look
with jealous and malignant eye on a
woman OF great parts and q cultivated I'M
derstanding." Every one knows that the
two women who in our century have won
most distinction by their mathematical
work had to acquire the elements of the
science Surreptitiously and in the face of
belonged to families of culture and high
social standing. No one fails to see that
this was getting knowledge under difficult
ties; but few realize the more important
lesson that it teaches. For who shall say
how many girls may have had mathemat
ical powers greater than Mrs. SomervitIe's
or Madame Kovalewski's without possess
ing those other qualities which braced these
been steadily taught from infancy to re-
gard as right and becoming in a woman?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06

Philadelphia Times.
One of the hardships that commercial
jewelers. have to contend with is the super
stitions that affect the sale of certain artiI
Giles. Some people will not buy nor wear
topaz unless they were born in November
and others cannot be induced to buy rubies
unless they were born in July. 1t doesn' I
concern many people about rubies because
their price Is too high for many people to
wear them. There are not two hundred good
rubies of any size worth speaking of in
Philadelphia, but the topaz is abundant and
Is not dear. Then there is the superstitious
objection to opals. which are regarded as
unlucky all the year round, and have no
saving natal month to lift their opprobrium.
They do not need the superstition to make
them Objectionable, however, because while
they are very beautiful they are also very
fragile and should be very cheap. Out in
Australia you can go out with a pick and
dig a wheelbarrow load in an hour Their
cutting and polishing gives them some val
Ne. but it is something like that bestowed
upon cut glass. Still they rank as jewels
and when they are sold IL is for price II
however. you want TO find their value offer
one 10 your jeweler either for a cash sum
or IL exchange. You will then learn what
they are intrinsically worth-or something
near IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
Kittie,s Idea.
New York Commercial Advertiser.


Kittie aged ten, is very backward in
arithmetic. She was deep in natural his
tory the other day when suddenly she
looked up from her book and sighed. IT
wish, oh, ! wish was an Australian rab-
bit, she said.
Kittie's family is accustomed to her
vagaries snd one of them asked without
emotion, "Why?'
Because this book says they multiply
with ex-traw-nary rapidity," said Kittie
ehviously.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
WEALTH FROM KLONDIKE
A BELIEF THAT THE SPRING CLEAN
UP WILL YIELD s14,OOO,OOO.
Conservatism Not a Characteristic of
Mining RegiOns-ROutine of
Daily Life at Circle City.

Special Correspondence of the Journal
CIRCLE CITY, Alaska, Jan. ia con-
sentative estimate of the spring cleanup
on the various gold diggings along the Yu-
kon and its tributaries places the total at
81 600 600 This is distributed as follows:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11
WAR RUMORS.
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION AND
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS.
INVASION OF CUBA AND AN AGGRES-
sIVE CAMPAIGN SEEM NEAR
TROOPS TO BE SENT
TO DEWEY.
LATE WAR BULLETINS

Boston, May ia special to The Globe
from Cadiz dated last Saturday, May 7,
states that the following ships are in the
harbor, all ready for sea except the
Pelayo:
Victoria, Carlos T., Pelayo, AImirante
Oquendo, Vizcaya, Infanta Maria Teresa
Cristobel Colon, Alfonzo XIII, Pluton,
Proserpina, Osada Audaz, Furor, Terror,
several torpedo boats and transports.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11
DREDGING UNION RIVER.

! Work Begins To-day-Start at Shep-
ards Wharf-S15, 900 to be expended.
1t was not a Spanish flotilla that silently
sailed up Union river bay last Saturday
night, startling the in abitants of Oak
Point and Newbury Neck; it was only
the dredging outfit Oh its way to begin
the work of clearing out Stockings and
sawdust that never ought to have been
there.
The sum of $4,000 has been appropri-
ated by the government for beginning the
work. Moore & Wright, of Portland, are
the sub contractors of the Eastern Dredg
ing Co., of Boston. John E. Dickinson is
experimenting the work.
The outfit consists of one tow boat, the
"Mary J. Finn, Capt. E. H. Lam bert,
one dredge, the "Freeport", fitted out
with all the modern appliances for the
work in hand, and two dump-scows,
specially built for this job, at cost Of
81 200 each. Both dredge and tow-boat
| have an electric light plant, so that work
can be sarried on day and night il need be.
The government engineer, w. F. Rob-
inson, arrived in Ellsworth yesterday,
and began laying out the work. Opera
tions will begin to-day. The first strike
will be made in the river about opposite
Shepard's wharf, and will be continued
up river so long as the appropriation
| holds out.
| The crew of he dredge nun bers ten men,
men. Each crew lives aboard it's re-
/ spective craft.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11
COMING EVENTS.

Last lecture in course at Congregational
church, May l2-"The Laureate of en
Empire (Rudyard kipling1 Prof Emery,
of Bowdoin. The lecture will begin
promptly at s, and will be given in the
church. Admission, 20 cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

LONDON, May 11-Lieut. Caldwell, naval
attache at London, wires that he is by no
means certain that the Spanish squadron
is at Cadz.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Up to II o'clock
no news from Sampson had been received
at the navy department.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

AUGUSTA, May 11-At a special meeting
OF the executive council this forenoon it
of the legislature. An order for S27 227
out of the military appropriation has
general.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

New YORK, May 11-A copyrighted
special from Hong Kong says the rebel
chief Of the insurgents at Manila has
issued proclamation to the insurgents
to obey orders OF Dewey and Consul
Williams.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

KEY WEST, May 11.-If the report is
true that the Spanish fleet is at Cadiz, an
active movement against Cuba may occur
within forty-eight hours.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

BosToN, May IA despatch from Ber-
lin says the German government will pro-
test against our occupying the Philip
pines. Trouble is feared from this source.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

at the navy department.
The past week has been devoid of de =
cisive events, though army and navy
movements have taken place which may
be productive of great results before
many days, perhaps many hours, roll by.
Chief interest at present centres in the
movements of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet,
and the problematical movements of the
Spanish feet of irouclads which sailed
from Cape Verde islands April 90, pre-
sumabiy for western waters. Incident
ally, the movements OF the L. S. battle
ship ''Oregon'', bound up the coast OF
South America to join SIMPSONS fleet,
must be taken into consideration in
OF the near future.
On Wednesday the most formida BILE
portion of the Atlantic squadron was
detached from the Cuban blockadihg
fleet, and sailed away westward. 1t is
this fleet which is now referred to as
SIMPSONS fleet. 1t is powerful enough
to cope successfully with any Spanish
fleet it is likely to meet.
The destination and object of the fleet
were not made public. 1t is doubtful il
even Admiral Sampson, when he sailed
from Key West, could have told, as the
movements of the feet doubtless de-
pended largely upon subsequent devel-
opments.
To attempt any answer to the question
u, Il
it is necessary to venture few guesses as
to the movements CT the Spanish fleet.
There is no doubt that the Spanish fleet
left Cape Verde Islands April 20. Did it
continue westward to Porto Rico? Did it
go further south to intercept the "Ore-
gon"? Did it, as is remotely possible, sail
for the north Atlantic coast? Did it re-
turn to Spain, as Is now reported?
II the fleet sailed for Porto Rico or to
intercept the "Oregon", we have mo
tive for the dispatch of SIMPSONS fleet
from Key West-either to meet and give
battle to the Spanish fleet at Porto Rico,
or to aid the "Oregon'', though he could
not reach he ''Oregon" before she reached
the area of danger from Spanish attack.
On the other hand SIMPSONS fleet may
have sailed for the express purpose of
taking Porto Rico and depriving Spain of
a base of operations on this side of the
Atlantic.
SIMPSONS feet passed Cape Haytien,
Hayti, Sunday. At the rate they were
moving they would not reach San Juan,
Porto Rico, before to-day, which would
account for no news of an attack on
Continued on page /.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

Steamer "Golden Rod" of the Island Steam
boat Co., will go on her route between South
west Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Sc Il Harbor,
Bar Harbor and SomesvilIe, June 6, 1898, max
ing her regular two trips Il day during the sea-
son.-Adrt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11
Havana.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE Charles
ton, which is fitting out here, has been
ordered to sail at once for Manila, not
waiting for transport ships.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS wEEk. |

DIR w Haynes-Bicycle for sale.
Rockland, Bluehill Il Ellsworth Steamboat Co
Spring schedule.
Robert Il Holmes-Furniture.
A w Cushman Il Son-Furniture.
Walsh-Shoe store.
EAST LAMoINE:
Dyer Young-Logs found.
MT DESERT:
John w Somes, Robert L Grindle-Notice of
foreclosure.
TRENTON:
l. Young-Farm for sale.
PORTLAND:
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

o dewey was the morning
Upon the first of May,
And Dewey was the admiral
Down in Manila bay.
And dewey were the Regents eyes.
Them orbs of royal blue;
And dewey feel discouraged?
| dew not think we dew.
Kansas War Poet.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-11

KEY WEST, May 1.-The transport
Gussie which sailed from Tampa yes
terday, has landed rations and ammuni-
tion for the Cubans, and two companies
of L. S. infantry within fifty miles of
Hoyopo
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
SCENE CUTTING CABLES MAY

what she called furniture medicine"
There were tins of different colors of
paints and enamel, brushes of several
sizes, a bottle Of liquid gilt. some good
glue, and remnants OF all the different
kinds of wall paper. A handsome six
leaved Japanese screen had been bad
ly mutilated by a careless housemaid,
so that two Of its panels were insight
ly. She patched the gashes carefully
with court plaster, and with a box of
water colors and the liquid gilt so con-
cealed the patches that it was as good
as new. A somewhat top-heavy but
sturdy little boy made a seat of the
handsome Chinese porcelain umbrel-
la Jar, when down came both boy and
jar, the latter in a dozen pieces. 1t
was not therefor discarded, but piecing
1t with the greatest care with cement,
a brush was dipped in liquid gilt and
covered all the cracks, which. from
their zig-zag directions, really added to
its oriental appearance.-Short Skits.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

tected by the terrific return fire OF the
warships, work was COO tinued and the
cable cut.
The Spaniards had by this time suf-
fered severe loss. Their shots from
the lighthouse struck the warships sew
erai times, and, although they did not
do much damage, the fire aroused the
determination of the American officers
to exterminate the fort. Thereafter,
for the moment, the fire OF the war
ships was concentrated upoa the light
house and the improvised fort was
blown to pieces. AS there were great
numbers of Spaniards in and behind
the fort at the time there is no doubt
that many of them were killed. The
Marblehead and the Nashville used
their heaviest guns, as well as their
small rapid-fire guns. and hundreds of
shots were thrown into the Spanish
troops.
The Marblehead was struck scores OF
times by bullets from machine guns
and the Nashville suffered to about the
same extent. The Window also had
many marks of the fray. Her shell
blowing up the lighthouse and scatter
ing the Spaniards in all directions end
ed the battle.
The cable which was cut at Cienfue-
COS extended from that city to Santiago
de Cuba. It does not sever cable COM
munication with Cuba, as there is an
other line in operation between San
tiago de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica.
The severed cable is owned by the Gu
ba Submarine company. The one OPP
Grating to Kingston is owned by the
West India Panama company. The lat
ter is the only line not in control of
the United States government. The
cable from Havana to Key West is
controlled by United States officials. 1t
was shot from the four-inch gun of
the Window which knocked over the
lighthouse. In command of that gun
division was Lieutenant Crisp, and
Cooper was the gunner who fired the
shot. The Spanish loss is estimated at
400.
The lighthouse was demolished, the
arsenal destroyed and the batteries on
shore silenced. The town was set on
fire by shells from the American fleet.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Pressure of tho Sea.

There are spots in the ocean where
the water is five miles deep. If it is
true that the pressure of the water on
any body in the water is one pound
to the square inch for every two feet
of the depth anything at the bottom of
one of the "five-mile holes" would
have a pressure about it of 1920 feet
to every square inch. There is nothing
Of human manufacture that would re-
sist such pressure. That it exists
there Is no doubt. 1t is known that
the pressure on a well-corked glass
bottle at the depth of 800 feet is so
great that the water will force its way
through the pores Of the glass. II Is
also said that pieces Of wood have been
weighted and sunk in the sea to such
depth that the tissues have become
so condensed that the wood has lost
its buoyaney and would never float
again. 1t could not be even made to
burn when dry.