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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
CLEMENS BILL KILLED.
Populist Effort to Pass 1t by Calling
In Absent Senator's Fails of
Good Results.

TOPEKA, Jan. 7.-(Special.) The Pop
effort to call in the absent senator's for
the purpose of bringing up the Clemens
supplemental railroad bill and passing it
to-day ended in ignominious failure. -Four
of the senators who were summoned to re-
turn to Topeka-Stocks, Coleman, House
holder and Lewelling-reached the city this
morning. Two of these are Republicans.
At no time did the friends of the measure
have enough votes to make even a respect
able showing and they gave up the fight
early in the day.
The last effort to call up the bill was
made soon after the senate convened this
morning. King moved the suspension of
the rules and the placing of the measure
on the third reading. This was defeated.
16' to II. on a rising vote. 1t was a test Of
the strength of the friends Of the bill, and
it resulted unfavorably to them. After
that, no effort was made looking toward
the adoption of the measure or the placing
The Pops themselves were thoroughly
Disguised with the turn affairs had taken
and ashamed. of their own actions. Last
night they boasted that they We're making
a clever play in calling in the absentees,
but to-day the laugh was on them.
Senator Householder. who was one of the
senator's brought back from home, arose in
his seat this morning after several hours
had been wasted and said:
Mr.. President, were the absent senators
called in to do some work. or just to in
crease the expense ACCOUNT
Just to increase the expense account
Hessin volunteered In answer, and even
King, who claims the credit for the CLEVER
play." was silent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
A Man Who Was.
Erom coi,ier,s Weekly

From Golfers Weekly.
John Ortiz. forgotten to-day and long
since officially recognized as dead. Is be.
coming alive. Some time ago an archduke
disappeared. not into a tradesman. as the
Duke of Portland is alleged to nave done.
but into a sailor. What his reasons were
have been Surmised but never known. Dis
appearances are deceptive. Here was a
mortal occupying a position quite as ideal
as that of a young god of old Greece. a be-
Ing to whom wishes were spaniels, who
had but to motion and they crouched at
his feet, and who suddenly, without any
motive more apparent than of an anxiety
for contrast put rank behind and vanished.
Subsequently. from remote seas his death
was reported. officially accepted and gen.
orally disbelieved. Stories were corcocted
by the yard, by the acre even. He was
said to be raising hexameters in Terra
del Fuego. He was said to have developed
into the japanese general Yamagata. There
were people who had an uncle whose
nephew was intimately acquainted with a
man who had heard that the archduke
was fomerting revolutions In Bolivia un-
less he happened to be running a lift in
New York. As these stories could not all
be true, it is possible that all were false.
In any event. there died the other day Mt
Gmunden a princess of the imperial family
who by a recent codicil to her will left the
archduke a third of her fortune. The lady
must have known what she was about;
can't give to the dead, and She must have
added that codicil in preparation of the
temperance of the living. Meanwhile.
should this meet the eye of John Orth he
may learn of her executors something to
his advantage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
C0NLEY RECEIVES A PARDON.
Man Under Death Penalty Relenxed
by Governor Leedy-Sweethenrt
of John Collins Mother.

TOPEKA, Jan. 7.-(Special.) Governor
Leedy to-day issued a pardon to c. C.
Conley. who is in the penitentiary under
the death penalty, sent there from Linn
county in 1885.
On July 4. 1894. it is alleged that James
Mapes and his brotho John, cornered
Conley, who was a rival in business in
the town of Goodrich. in the western part
of Linn county, and threatened to kill
him. In the alteration which followed
James MapeS was the one who was killed,
but Conley was also seriously wounded.
Conley was arrested for murder. He
was poor and without money, and through
some misunderstanding about his attorney,
it seems that his case was not properly
worked up. but almost went by default,
and he was convicted of murder in the
first degree. The presiding judge VINO sem
fenced him was Judge j.. S. West, whom
pointed to be his assistant.
Several months ago Rev. MIR. Setliff, a
Christian minister of Pleasanton, became
interested in the case Il worked up the
tirely through the efforts of Rev. Mr.. Set
lift that the pardon was secured.
1t is a peculiar coincidence that in his
youth Conley and the first wife of J.. s.
Collins. the real mother Of John Collins,
married. They both lived at P~leasan.on.
and there are people now living in To
peka. who were then residents of Pleas
anton. who well remember tue incident.
Mrs. Collins name was then Miss Mollie
Sampson, and she ran a millinery store at
Pleasanton. In some way or other the
romance was brought to an end and the
lives of the two drifted apart to becorle
tangled in two notorious murder cases.
first born. though many years after her
own death.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
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G TO ALL WHO WRITE.

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the free sample will enable them to see
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package, SO that its recipient need have no
fear of embarrassment or publicity. Read
ers are requested to write without delay.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
THE E%x-C0NsUL's STORY.
He Tells How He Cured the Queen of
Zanzibar of bathing Beneath
His Window.
Washington Correspondence.

Washington Correspondence.
The ~"iudge"-no one knows how he
earned the title-is one of W~ashington'5
oldest characters. He Is a man who has
nearly reached the three-score-and-ten
limit, has a martial bearing, and. some
way or another, has a little political pull.
He is always on the lookout for a tender
expression ip the national capital-and
is never more happy that when telling
some greatly ~exasserated yarn. Tn judge
stories down the line. but here Is a story
that is absolutely true:
Several years ago the judge was ap-
pointed consul to Zanzibar. where the in
habitants weren't more than half civilized.
The judge was happy in his new employ
ment. His office and the official residence
was built along the coast and commanded a
spot. He could enjoy himself to his hearts
content-that is what he thought the first
day on shore.
But the natives were not up to the STAN
dard in social etiquette, and paid no heed
to the judge when he demonstrated because
they made a swimming pond of the water
| beneath his window. He went to the queen
and told her that the practice must cease.
but the next day her royal highness wan
dered down to the sea shore; a few min
utes later was enjoying the sport with her
dusky subjects.
Then the judge was hot. His official
dignity had been wounded. and h wanted
| redress. Into the house he ran, grabbed
an old shotgun. loaded 1t with buckshot.
and sailed forth. The queen was large OF
stature and made a good target. The judge
took careful aim and fired. There was a
yell from those in the water. but the bath.
ing stopped then and there. 1t caused con-
siderable trouble for the state department,
the judge was recalled. but he cared very
| little.
I'VE CAD. sah." he exclaimed. "They
made a swimming pond beneath the win.
dows of the United States consulate. sab
1t was an outrage, sab: and, by the gads
sab. 1 would not stand 1t, sab. No Vir.
ginian would. sab. So I let her have a
charge of shot, sab. 1t hurt. sab, I can tell
you, sab: but it was a good lesson, sab;
and I would do it over again, sab. Bear
that in mind. sah."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
ALL APPOINTMENTS SENT IN.
Governo Leedy Asks the Senate to
Anchor a Large Number of
POps I'm ONCE.

TOPEKA. Jan. 7.-(Special.) Governor
Ieedy. the first thing this afternoon. sent
TO the senate a long list of his appointees
who have not yet been confirmed.
They were all referred to committees.
The governors action took the senate by
surprise, and considerable displeasure is eX-
pressed by members on both sides of the
hall. The appointments will die in the COM
mittee rooms. This method has been
adopted in order to let Leedy down easy.
After the list was read the senate took
q recess until 5:45 this afternoon.
The senate reconyened at the appointed
time, but remained in session only about a
half hour. The resolution adopted at the
afternoon session provided that no business
should be done alter g o'clock, except the
reception of messages from the governor.
ID Titus presented the report of the
a.. on education recommending that the gov
errors appointments to the board of re-
gents of the agricultural college he re-
ferred to the senate. He moved that the
body Their. go into executive session. Sen
ator Hessin arose To speak on the question
and occupied all the time until after 6
o'clock.
Al 6:I5 the senate adjourned to meet
Tagain at 10 o'clock Monday morning. This
was done to give Governor Leedy time to
sign the bills he has not yet disposed of.
Several Of the senator's to-day asked to be
and IL is doubtful If a quorum can be got
together Monday morning.
The communication from the governor
-ITdHsnllliihb bHe appointments READS as
follows:
ITO the Senate-I herewith submit for
your consideration the following appoint
ments. which have not been confirmed:
Board of charities-B. i. Shane. MEM
Der. appointed April ]. 1898. for the term
of three years: II. G. Jumper. member. APP
pointed April l.. 1885. for a term of three
years; W. D.. Street. member. appointed
April 30. 1S9S. vice W. l.. Brown, resigned,
date of expiration April /. 1900.
Board of education-H. n. Gaines, mem
Der appointed May 5, 1898. for the unex-
pired term Of ". ID. Kuhn: expiration OF
term. March =. 1899.
State Industrial reformatory-J. J. Mil
succeed Daniel McTaggart. deceased. who
was appointed to succeed b. F. Wallack,
deceased.
"Penitentiary-C. E. Ellison. director, ap-
pointed April 1. 1895. for term of two
years. expiration April /, 1901: w. H.. l..
Pepperell. appointed July 1. 1898, for the
IncNpircd term OF a. A. Newman, date of
expiration. April ]. 1900.
Live stock sanitary commission-John
Dryden. plember. appointed March &c. 1895,
for term Of two Years, date of expiration,
March %. 1901: J. r. Beal, member, APP
pointed September %. 1898. TO fill the un-
expired term of Frank Weinshank. expi.
ration of term. March %. 1900.
State board, Of health-E. NJ. Hoover
member appointed March 2S. 1898. for tern
Is, 1901, +. Cole. member appointed Jun.
Is. 1887. for term of three years. expiration
of term March y. 1900: NJ. F. Triyyett
member appointed June IL. 1897. for tern
of three years. expiration of term March 90
1850: H. e. Facht, member appointed June
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
KANSAS SUPREME COURT.
Docket Cleared of All Cases Heard
During Justice Aliens In

TOPEKA, Jan. 7.-(Special.) Associate
Justice Allen. of the supreme court. leaves
the bench Monday. In order to clear up the
docket of all cases heard before the court
while he was a member. the supreme court
to-day handed down its opinions. They
follow:
By Chief Justice D~oster-William T. Cor
lett ct al vs.. Mutual Benefit Life Insu-
rance Company. error from Cowley county.
affirmed; City of Kansas City VS.. Grace
File. error from Wyandotte county, af-
firmed; Standard Oil Company ct al vs.. c.
II. Angevine. error from court of appeals,
dismissed: Smith Drug Co. VS.. First Ma
tional Bank of Emporia. error from Lyon
county. reversed.
By Judge Jo~hnston-S. B. John VS.. 1. A.
| Strauss. error from circuit court of Shaw
| nee. reversed: Missouri Pacific Railway
Company VS.. Charles Moffatt ct al. error
from Wyandotte county. affirmed: Jacob
NJ. ct al VS.. Lovina Crawford;
error from Coffey county, reversed; Grand
De Tour Plow Company VS.. Rude Bros.
error from Sedgwick county. reversed: Mis-
souri, Kansas 4 Texas Railway Company
vs.. c. F. Medaris. error from Labette coun-
Chief Justice Doster concurring especially
Mary III. Pierce VS.. Topeka Commercial
nee county. affirmed: First National Bank
of Fort Scott vs.. Charles H. Elliott. error
from Cowley county, afflrIned.
BY Justice Allen.
c: j. Phelps, administrator. VS.. Henry
Lodge, mayor, ct al: original proceeding
in mandamus; Judgment for the plaintiff.
State eX rel VS.. F. NJ. Bilby: original
proceeding in quo warranto; judgment for
plaintiff.
The National Mortgage and Debenture
Company VS.. Ephraim ]. Lash ct al; error
from Reno count; reversed.
T. w. Harrison VS.. Margaret A. Shaffer,
executriX. ct al; error from Shawnee coun-
ty; affirmed.
Per Curiam.
Simon ]. Lonergan VS.. Thomas Lonergan:
error from L~eavenworth county: affirmed.
Patrick Loeb VS.. Sarah Fenaughty; err
ror from Marshall county; reversed.
National Bank of Paola VS.. Lucy y. CAV
lord; error from Miami county: affirmed.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Company VS.. John Beaver; error from
Neosho county: affirmed.
Farmers Alliance Insurance Company
VS.. II. V. Nichols; error from court of APP
peals; affirmed.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Com
pany vs. Ira Steinberger; error from court
Of appeals: affirmed.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Company VS.. William l.. Forkner; error
from Atchison. county; affirmed.
William Docking ct al VS.. A. n. Hale,
error from court of appeals: judgment OF
the court Of appeals affirmed: district cour,
reversed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
GOVERNOR LEEDY is SAVAGE.
House for Failing to Expel
Representative Brown, of Cow
ley County.

TOPEKA. Jan. 7.-(Special.) Governor
Leedy is red hot over the refusal of the
house to punish Brown, of Cowley for max
ing charges against the executive depart
ment of boodling In connection with the
granting Of a requisition and the failure to
pardon a convict dying of consumption.
This afternoon the governor sent to the
house this singing message:
T the House of Representatives:-In
sending a message to the house of repre-
sentatives yesterday concerning statements
made by Representative Brown. 1 did not
deem 1t necessary to deny his statements
nor to suggest to the house of representa-
tives that the constitutional right giving
to members the privilege of saying what
they chose, without being questioned else
where, placed in the hands of the legisla-
ture the delicate and sacred duty of see
ing that statements made by its members
privilege of replying should be true, and /
am surprised at the action of the house OF
representatives in the matter OF Repre-
sentative Brown, after he had proved him.
self to be a b%ackbiter, a BLACKBOARD, a liar
and a sneak. l am about to retire from the
office Of governor, but l have yet an abid-
ing interest as a citizen in the good name
| of the state. as well as in my own, and I
wish to say that the liberation of the pres
ence of such scoundrels as Representative
Brown does much to give color to the crit
icism in the public press and to engender
in the minds of the people the feeling that
strabismus that they are unable to see the
| defend. j.. W. LEEDY,
Governor of Kansas"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION.
George w. Hanna. enato From
CIay-Dfckinson District, Will Not
Vote AGAINST His Judgment.

TOPEKA, Jan. 7.-(Special.) George w.
Hanna, senator from the Clay-Dickinson
district, announced to-day that he had re-
signed his chair. He made a trip to Clay
Center last night. after sending a tele-
gram announcing that he would resign.
Senator Hanna did not feel justified in
voting for the supplementary railroad bill.
as requested by several of the most prom
inent Populists of his district. and for this
reason voluntarily resigned his place in
the senate.
Yesterday he received the following tele-
gram from Clay Center:
George W. Hanna. Topeka.
B al means ms support the supplement
"Glaee, Janson, Scrader; Hemphill; Vim
Kerby. Mckee Randall; Miller"
| Senator Hanna Immediately wired reply
Notify parties interested. will be home.
| Rock Island, tonight VIII give them my
resignation as sspa5fr; W. HANNA"
All of the men who signed the petition
are prominent Populists of Clay county.
One of the Hemphills is chairman of the
| Glace is a member. Jellum is clerk of the
district court; Cowell is county clerk; Nc
Kee. county treasurer; Randall. county
Hemphill. deputy register of deeds. and
Kerby deputy county clerk. The Vincents
are brothers Of the Fifth district congress
man.
Hanna met with these men last night
and explained his position. He could not,
he told them. consent to having the max
imum rate law forced down his throat. The
bill was not a caucus measure. he was not
pledged to support 1t, and he could not
co~nscientiously do so. Senator Hanna left
his resignation in the hands of the district
senatorial committee.
1t is generally believed that John W.
Breidenthal wired to the Clay count Pop
ulists and irduced them to nudge Hanna
Here at Topeka, Glenn FairchiId went after
him in person. When the supplemental
bill came up In the senate Friday, Hanna
voted against it. That night Fairchild took
him in hand and attempted to persuade
him to change his position, but Intellectual.
ly. Senator Hanna is one of the mos
popular members Of the senate.
The district which Hanna represents gave
a Republican majority at the November
election and he will be succeeded by q
Republican If a special election Is called
The resignation has not been handed t.
the governor and it is probable that the
senatorial committee in Clay county viii
not now present the resignation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
RAVENScRAFT FAcETI0US.
tentiOn TO Bailey WaEEener's
Worth as n

TOPEKA. Jan. 7.-(Special.) Representa-
tive Ravenscraft. approaching the ability
Of Bailey Waggener as a lobbyist. intro
duced a resolution in the house urging the
Missouri Pacific attorney to become a lobby
list for the people after this. instead of for
bloated corporations.
The resolution was the result of Mr.. WaS-
gener's efforts in having the two senate
bills. providing for the collection of taxes
from the Missouri river bridge companies.
passed. He framed the bills. and worked
for their passage. The resolution as in
troduced reads:
"Whereas. Senate bills Nos. 2 and IS have
passed this house with virtually no oppo-
sition. and
Whereas. Said bills are in the interest
of the people and against corporations.
| compelling them to bear their just burdens.
and
Whereas, The success of said bills was
entirely due to the efforts TO one Bailey
WaEgener. who appeared for the first time
on the side of the people and against grind
ing monopoly.
| future may be directed in the interests Of
the people. and that the corporate monopo-
lies may be deprived Of his valuable sery-
ices. and that when the people desire rail-
road legislation there may be no one to
modest them. or make them afraid, and
that the said Bailey Waggener may be en-
abled to follow his natural inclinations to
| work for the cause that needs, assistance,
and oppose the wrongs that need resistance,
therefore. be it
Resolved. HI the state of Kansas en-
ploy the said Bailey W~aggener,. to receive
no less compensation than that he now re-
ceives from the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company. to the end that all needed legis-
lation in the interests of the people may be
secured and all adverse legislation defeat-
ed: and be it further
Resolved. That our chaplain be request
ed to offer thanks to the Oliver Of All Good
that the aforesaid Bailey Waggener was.
and by reason of solemn pledges signed,
and the iron rule of King Caucus, prevent
ed from practicing his wiles and power
Of persuasion upon the members of this
honorable body. for otherwise. as reviewed
in the light of later events. there would
have been no court of visitation, as 1t
would have gone the way of the supple
mental railroad BILL"
The resolution died on the calendar.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
Bills Leedy Has Signed.

Governor Leedy has signed the ioiio"ihs
bills up to date:
To vacate a part of the city of kinsley.
To amend the stock yards law so as TO
require the stock yards company to base
it's charges for feed on the wholesale mar
ket price instead of the retail price.
To legalize the records of kearney
county.
To permit George Irwin and w. P.
Humphrey, of Syracuse. to avail them
selves of the provisions of the pharmacy
To provide for the improvement Of public
roads in Phillips county.
To reduce the tolls or telegraph com-
To perpetuate the state school book COM
70 determine ties in elections in cities Of
To repeal the law creating the board of
railroad commissioners:
To place certain small sums OF money IN
the general revenue fund Of the state.
To provide for the election or city attor-
ney and city assessor in cities OIL the sec
ond class.
To place express companies under the
control Of the court of visitation.
To place certain small sums OF money In
the general revenue fund OF the state:
To reduce the fees of the state printer.
To provide for a fire and police commls-
sion for Kansas City. Kas: .nnronria.
To provide for the election of the super
10 APPROPRIATE Sc, 900 for legislative pur-
| poses.
! To tax foreign insurance par = per
cent on Kansas premiums ard American
companies not organized under the Kansas
laws 2 per cent on Kansas premiums.
To repeal the metropolitan police, law.
To create a court of common pleas 1or
| Crawford and Cherokee counties
Appropriating 5000 for legislative e*-
To require annual settlements to be made
by township treasurerss with township
dustry with a secretary who shall perform
| the duties now devolving upon the state
labor commissioner.
To require the clerk of the Shawnee coun-
ty district court to pay to the county
| treasurer the stenographer's fees.
o provide for the future maintenance OF
the 81 s smsng segnty, 81 c hshsel; 50, statutes
of 1889. which establishes a code OF civil
To create a state society of mines, with
a secretary, who shall perform the duties
now devolving upon the state mine In
To iegalize certain tax sales in Seward
10 provide for the assessment and col
lection of taxes.
TO provide for the organization Of asso.
Citations for the purpose of insuring grow.
from hall.
To require that 500 members shall be nee.
essary to secure a charter for a grand lodge
place all such societies under the control
Of the state superintendent of insurance.
To fix the fees of the official county pa.
perS of Rawlins, Cheyenne, Barton and
Norton counties.
Creating a charter board for considera,
ton of applications for charters by private
corporations.
Relating to the manner of printing cleo.
ton tickets on the ballot.