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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

l1.os or 1s.ss tons proceeding q Z spssA a
moro h twenty knots an hour would
probably tear to pieces almost any umbrel-
la-shaped brake that was thrown over for
tho purpose Of stopping progress. Certain
ly. after one trial. the brake would have
little value. except for old metal. and 81
might be doubted. unless the device was Of
considerable size and very strongly made.
whether II would prove effective. II II had
these two qualities-size and strength-it
would form quite an obstruction when laced
up along the side Of tho ship. In fact. It
is doubtful whether any trace Of II would
be found after q severe storm.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
MsaasATsoHAL ARBITRATION.

A8DIT0AT1ON.
4AaU = NOM han an animation that
- Soal sA6eek Of the coming worlds CON-
- - b held At The Hague 10 to secure
arPeoosnt spang Tie powers a. to In
MetSeaAl aEbstsatisa. rather than. an
1Don4 % sU6U0s the military and naval
4nDo e The several nations that viii be
sNpssDnesd IN the congress.
4AeeN hAs been. since the first announce
Uant g tie esar's disarmament scheme, a
1eee & sees general feeling that. however
syno00 ~ Wisr Of Ruais may be in his
Weposnl. there Is something vision
~0 IL hsps that 1t may succeed. The
aoUseacA e the disarmament congress has
sgkta116 AaA NO effect upon the activities
- eRsasive and defensive establish
- - Europe. On the contrary, En-
1ooa1 anA France. At least. have been out
Ag 1Aegsr naval schemes than they have
0R40aAtaissd before.
Ss4Ae1 WOald seem to BE- much greater
1872 peaoosal Z bring about inter-
nQnaf; aEattEattoa. Several OF the Eu-
100 aa1sas are committed to the prin-
49, - aShltration, 10 Is the United
1UansA fer b present. at least. through
- Reservations q President Mckinley in
f11AaOasal addrssa. The discussion OF
AisaFDanent proposal has promoted
jo1sn fisnnss hsse ~caleulatea 10 respond TO
~ 49, Of . great international treaty.
- same considerations chat would make
auQasure ef disarmament Desirable would
49, Aaka lntefDafjonAl arbttration des,r-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
TAlRY srOnY.

This Is what . fairy heard:
Listening beside Q aream.-
Water talking In Its dream.
That II what I call absurd.
This IL what the water said:
When I grow up big TIL -
Like the river or The seaL
And the fairy shook her hssd-
Then she went upon her way
Far seross the hills and vats
And she heard . many tales
She forgot the dream one DAY.
But. At last, spread out % visW
Lay the ocean: then. once more.
She heard water On tbs shore
Whisper: ! remember you
Once I vas . tiny drop
Dreaming In a meadow brook.
was little then: but look
Now I've grown enough 10 stop!
Prank Dempsssf SAss'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
nm CREDIT OF sHoDDY BUILD.

sXeueerday's New York dispatche. place
- Number Of the victim. Of tho Windsor
n., A,...r. no. r,.rv ,...o,. ,o- Tho,
2 = Ser4ioo NJ m. human rac. x,ho .ome-
.er l..rn NV .rner,ence On. ,e.,on ia
.1slfv irnor-.nt 10 K.n,a. c,tv ,,,st
- to-vtt: that shoddv. unlnteltrent
onseSscs,on n stre tn he avenged nm soc,.
-,et,na- .v.r ,hou~h =, v,,t ,on.
= hoe., ,,ka ,hous.ra. ~ o.h..
III. /. Amer,ee- m, no hunt =. 10 n.
- --...
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
SILENCE.

Some quiet pool unfretted By . breeze.
Wherein the heavens eooIly lie. wherein.
The treetops never make the sound Of Leaves .
And stirring stir not. Shannon BtEef
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
weather F.-<c..t for Friday.
Wsrnorecr soBnERs AND WHOLE.
6ALERS.

0seater Mathews. bill in relation to the
- s1nte of Missouri will soon come up
- coaAderation. 1t Is designed to give
Doeo1e pgotection to jobbers and wholesal-
IN. nd n il is evident that better pro-
sQpct1oa = needed. the object OF the meas
- nsnmends itself at once. It is esti-
o6tts4 that Kansas City alone has los.
UeED than 100000 In the past five years
Z steaeon Of fraudulent purchases and
49, q stock. and as such transactions
- ~ suGnciently hampered by the laws
- H. state. b Mathews bill should be
Gnnc1o1.. II provides that when q stock, or
spDan1eEable portion of, a stock. is to be
5ponnDessed. such transfer must be ac-
.nDanted by . verified bill OF sale and
AeQdavit that such goods have been paid
- ~ the party making the sale. or in
- b stock II incumbered the bill of
- must be accompanied by an itemized
sG1o1e9ent Of all claims against the owner.
Unnnas to comply with this law shall be
GDen1ed . fraud against any or all cred
0osS q b seller. Sales by executors or
~ H. courts. In regular form. are, of
SNpan. exempt fom the penalties Of the
-.
H. hl has received the Enforcement
- ~ DRsiness Mems League and the
gq6o1l& Mems Association. Of 81. Louis. and
- hesn Enthusiastically indorsed by the
4naias City Association OF Credit Men.
- = eannot b shown wherein the opera
- g such Q law would work 4 hardship
pnas1hoss with honest Intentions, 1t seems
i1y chat the bill viii be passed by q big
6a)sFsty. =,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

William Mckinley may not be as big a
man as George Washington. but he is pres
ident Of q much bigger country.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

1t may be proper to explain that Kansas
City's pure food movement is not Intended
as the inauguration Of a Billy Mason pres
idential boom.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

There is much more water in the world
than land. Consequently LAND is the more
aluable. Yet there are persons in this
town SO unreasonable as to complain at
the real estate in their drinking water.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Recipe for drinking Kansas City hydrant
water: Think OF the promised Is per cent
reduction in rates, shut your eyes. trust
In Providence and gulp 1t down. If 1t won't
go down. try beer or milk.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

At the beginning Of the war everybody
was remembering the Maine. but now the
main thing remembered seems to. be thu
beef.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

The Hon. William ]. Bryan wants the
people to have cheap money and eat cheap
dinners. But tho people are prosperous
now n they don't like no cheap man."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
A BIT of Con.olatio..

From the Chicago Record.
Philosophical people will do we'll to con-
slider that at least there Is nothing about
the present spring to encourage the per-
nicious activity of the spring poet.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Among her other evidences Of fitness for
statehood. Oklahoma can point to the fact
that she has q Doodle legislature and a
rank scandal.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

The prophet who announces that the end
Of the world is near at hand may n v
been impressed by the fact that Mrs.
Leases voice is no longer heard in the
land.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
Lonnie Isn't the Whole Thing.

From the Washington Post.
Hon. Champ Ciark's hold on fame is Sc
cure. He appears as the hero of a patent
medicine advertisement.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

It is not at all certain that Thomas JEFF
ferson. II he were alive. would accept an
invitation to either of those New York JEFF
ferson dinners.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

II 1t is true. as reported. that Andrew
Carnegie is strongly opposed TO the renom-
nation of President Mckinley. It may be-
come necessary for the Republican party
to call a convention and do the nominating
itself,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

The correspondent who writes that our
forces charged up the hill "under a calling
fire from the Filipinos." with the result
that one American was killed and six
wounded. is evidently not afraid of giving
the boys plenty of credit for heroism.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
THE KANSAS CRY JOURNAL FRIDAY d 100.

OF playful humor. A ct. Joseph man wants
q divorce from his wife because she Jerks
handfuls Of hair of his head.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

After settling for his wife's Easter bonnet
the average man may give more respectful
attention to Mr.. Bryan's claim that pros
perity is q sham.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Mr.. Bryan's expressed preference for
cheap dinners is merely a bit Of cheap DEM
ogu
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

From the Washington Post.
Jerry Simpson has resumed lis position
OF most distinguished Medicine Lodger.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Mr.. Walls. Populist member Of the Okla
homa legislature, Is in trouble. It Is 4 bad
year for Populist walls.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

General Lew Wallace has been granted
the special privilege Of smoking In court
;0rdinaEily the practice b to make the Wit
ssssso- - de- ,sDsAing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

oens psspas seem to have no Appreciation
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
Good Place for . "Do.,t."

From the Boston Herald.
1t is announced that Jerry Simpson is
going to write u book on life in Washing
ton. Somebody should remind Jerry of
Mr.. Punch's advice to the man contemplate
ing matrimony.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

As Claus Spreckles. the sugar king.
coming out Of his San Francisco ONCE "A
other day, a runaway horse attached toI
light wagon came tearing down the stre{
Mr.. Spreckeis, at his own risk. stopped ii
animal and probably saved the man ad
chiid who were In the wagon from sevsi
injury OF death.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
NOTES

EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr.. Bryan's expressed preference for
cheap dinners is merely a bit of cheap DEM
Mr.. Walls. Populist member Of the Okla
homa legislature. is in trouble. 1t is 4 bad
year for Populist walls.
William Mckinley may o be as big a
man as George Washington. but he is pres
ident Of a much bigger country
At the beginning of the war everybody
was remembering the Maine, but now the
main thing remembered seems to. be the
beef.
Among her other evidences of fitness for
statehood. Oklahoma can point to the fact
that she has 4 Doodle legislature and a
rank scandal.
1t may be proper to explain that Kansas
City's pure food movement is not intended
as the inauguration Of a Billy Mason pres
idential boom.
1t is not at all certain that Thomas JEFF
~ferson. II he were alive, would accept a
invitation to either of those New York JEFF
ferson dinners.
After settling for his wtfe's Easter bonnet
the average man may give more respectful
attention to Mr.. Bryan's claim that pros
perity is q sham.
General Lew Wallace has been granted
the special privilege OF smoking In court
;OrdinaEily the practice b to make the Wit
sssss.- - ths ,sosking.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
RIBBONS,

THERE ire some bewndering beauties 10 the fall ribbon list, and you can
~see them all At this store. The demand is wide In Ibis line and we carry
a stock that will admit OF providing every want and satisfying every taste.
Some exquisite conceits In new shades and blendings will be we'll worth your
attention. and you can have no idea OF their price lttleness until you have
compared the values With those Of previous years. Our stock comes direct
from the most artistic mOulders Of styles, and ribbons are a essential so
tasteful and delicate, that you should always be careful to secure the trust
worthy kind Ne keep and no other.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
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.>or- recd a trw lrin, dress every fall. You will think you never wanted
" nm. rrca ard ntp 'nau rh> season, when : Il see "h'l W law III !"
wov If fresh new lat ,itt, ti,t Ntlt tii' d tcI' "u Wy NV y
W" .uuu, ami .auf. They are !" cheat. they wear :" welt tGG"y
~, M Sc nicely, The, at. ~, ur gina and exclusive -th"nt we nave vs. "une "
=, ,m ~ stork -,lr,t SO, feel we are putting a good deal OF brightness NO cm'
cnla,lnn in in, PRODUCING this particular rare ana ranlahl " Dy d Pr" '
M mr. minis They are iaL some, economical and tuey suit the pfellieS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

Rn0O 4 0MGnv FASHIONS Drt4tcr fort hsF N. and Winter sr,sona are In acror-
WII I. dznrr with wi Is "WrMlyr tcoshzcd astheh highest md most
's.1.sss|.". ,.a..a, nss Mss nA.Mosp spends part Of each seasan
Earth TM, department Is ~knuin2a md wldcninye each season as the demandh greater
and create, Mm ih. .,YuAt" n..tss whhh adds much othe make po of lovely women
sns as veil as tm"o 81 domestic productions, We are In touch within the snnn Cash-0n-
Delivery Manufacturer sd m it- oui Osn cprtrt"s Jhya After a careful and exhaustive
compason. hui line is un Of New Ideas" ~ shapes never before offered special at
te,ttn has bees vMn e y. A. nmsh. and ,km,nshi OF each garment price from up
silk shoulder cae At 5Ac
COlLIREJ1S nj Ump,rm~nt he eve novelties In CoNarntte. with anima Ibr
dcrsIN sn lass u-. large animal neck scNfs hnimh neat .art. Cinenr srarN with
out head. t"slinntl clnn'rC nt.rmh. H. = r, rrr a. wrnl long Tab, Comb.
rarm"nt' are ~.onlns nor y'nnisr every day. v. Rave 9 tyelyl linz. Oxford Gray
ihark ar Navy .inRlrh breasted ~ fent ja,uct, Tatr- made Mnh jukct; ned through
YIN rh.ns.bhsr = 1m.d .MEn irm = g ~ :. neGr,l" cloth honsh rhs
and vuNesf from 3 20 $50
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

GUA-L-I z
=. cnon or,ain Is yoed far both side. and the inside secret of our sue
II css !. ne Il the fact that we consider quality hrst, msI ana al tc
- tn or usl rival .hrr ion-. A good, square dollars worth OF quahy
m uns .th .v.rv article we olr, and our leading features attract as ne uo
hocou.e thev repv.ent the best. our principle Is to MAINTAIN " agFeeu
o 0~ nn ,1urd., If a genuine merit. 1t is everywhere known 10 N pur'
nhnr ,f mi. vicinity that this store st inis for PERFECTION IN eAcei'
wv, orn,,,di,a and lpu every article Ieivin! our establishment IS aoo-
N t' n'r,,,..l II, he tut what it is represented To be. Cheaper made
,,nds inferior grade talrr-. Il I'd 40 Il mr space htre
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10
GLOVES

CLIO -
1hOY always want q gove that fits. You always get such here. no mat
" ter what your preference ~ to style, coors and price may be, naturally
you like u see all the grades. You see them all here. You see them, here
tor, in an assortment that Is entirely comprehensive, at price. that are fair,
square and attractive Some people call this the bargain sore~no because
we announce distressing sacrifices or wholesale slaughter OF shoddy goods,
but because we sell the chcaleS. In the long run. A little price, but best
superiority u ex eience is on motto and 1t wins We apply the principle
to Or gloves n a way that will crafty you.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

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The record-union., 1899-08-21

kroner for Anna Helga- The then
Swedish Crown Prince, afterward King
Oscar T., instructed Professor Tornos to
liberate Anna Helga, and the latter
remained since then and until the death
of her protector, July s, 1859, unmol-
ested in Stockholm and part of the time
in Finland Charles XIV, the success
sor of Charles XIV, also paid Anna
Helga her pension until he fell sick in
1870 when the payments ceased.
Since then Swedish publicists and
politicians began to make war on Anna
Helga and declared her to be a swind-
Ter who was secretly protected by Rus
sia for sinister purposes. The Russian
Minister, Daschkow. demanded of the
Swedish Government the restitution of
the two donations, damages for the in
suits offered Anna Helga, and he main
tanned complete system of espionage
over the unfortunate woman. In these
days began the public discussion of the
Anna Helga treaty with Russia Two
members of the Swedish Legislature,
Mankalt and Venr who are still liv-
ing, compiled a memorial which, in
1866 was submitted to Count Wacht-
meister, then Minister of Foreign At
fairs in Sweden. The latter declared
the fact stated in the memorial, which
have here been given in substance, to
be correct, but there the matter ended
for the time.
Swedish politicians conclude from all
this that the foreign policy Of the
kingdom has been brought into con-
dition of dependence to Russia, which
is certainly injurious and probably dan
gerous to the neutrality and to the
interests of Sweden But subsequently,
the matter was discussed more partic-
ularly
The Swedish paper, "Faederneslan-
det'' (Fatherland), printed on February
2, 1884, the sensational statement that
the Swedish Government had delivered
to Russia important maps and charts
relating to the Swedish national de-
fenses, and that a proposed railroad
traversing the northern part of Sweden
was in reality nothing else but to give
Russia military highway into Nor
way. The debates in Parliament at
that time went SO far as to propose in
tervention by foreign Powers. Certain
it is that Germany at this time recall
ed it's somewhat superannuated Minis
ter to Sweden and replaced him by a
serve disintegrating influences in Swed-
ish policy.
If the historical facts advanced are
true, and most Of them are not dis
puted while other have been admit
ted to be correct by the Swedish Gov
ernment. then the demand Of the Nor
wegians, who see their liberty threat
ened, for autonomy in their foreign pol
icy and for separate representation in
diplomatic and consular services, seems
to be well grounded. and many things
in Norwegian interior policy which
have heretofore been incomprehensible
become quite clear.
Anna Helga de la Brache died on
January IL, 1885. in Stockholm, &c
years of age. Personally she never par
ticipated publicly in the quarrels
caused by the accident Of her BIRTH
Chicago Tribune.
The record-union., 1899-08-21
A Big Trout.

Thames anglers are somewhat exer-
cised concerning the reported capture
of a Thames trout said to weigh IL
pounds ounces, or over PIG pounds
heavier than the fish which has hither-
to held the record Zone of IA pounds 91a
ounces, killed in 1870 at Chertsey
'Weir). The fortunate captor is a
workingman, who modestly withholds
his name from an envious world and
he caught his prize at Radcot, near Ok
ford, May 30th A Thames trout of ex-
actly the same weight was caught near
Kingston in 1897 and, having been
carefully weighed, was returned alive
to the water by the self-denying angler.
Such a stroke of luck rarely falls to the
lot Of a Thames trout, or any other
desirable fish for that matter.
The record-union., 1899-08-21

letters oftener than fortnightly; they
can receive visits only every six weeks
and they eat in the dining-room. Pris-
oners of the third grade are not allowed
to write letters at all or to receive Wis
it's, and their food is served to them
only in their cells. nor can they receive
any outside information in the form CT
papers or circulars or otherwise ex-
cept in rare cases when the Wardens
think it advisable to relax the rules a
little. The system works well and the
prison officials are thoroughly satisfied
with it and it's good results are testi-
fed to daily among the convicts them
selves.
The record-union., 1899-08-21

of the people of the South are on that
side. This latter statement is corro-
borated by travellers in tIe South, who
find expansion sentiments predominant
ing, Mr.. Bryan's recent speeches in that
section to the contrary nOtwithStand-
ing.
FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS.
San Jose Mercury: A member of the
Department of Agriculture has learned
by means of inquiry and investigation,
that whereas it costs the European
farmer less than Z cents to haul ton
Of produce one mile with his team, the
cost to the American farmer for haul
ing one ton a mile is % cents. These
two figures are averages, and they rep
resent the difference between European
and American roads. In Europe good
roads are the rule, but in America they
are the exception. Not only that, but
much of the money that Is expended
on American roads every year is simply
wasted. 1t is estimated that the an
nual cost of road repairing in this
country is $4,000, 600, yet at the end
of the year the roads are in no better
condition than they were before being
repaired.
OF course this is tremendous
waste of money, and the farmers, who
would be the most directly benefited by
good roads, are taxed to maintain this
waste. Yet, as the San Diego Union
remarks, although the farmer is the
one that receives the greatest good
from modern, improved highways, the
strongest opposition that the good
roads movement encounters comes
from those who are engaged in agri-
culture, many of them seeing in the
agitation for improved highways only
scheme for the benefit of bicycle rid
ers or town people who drive in carri-
ages.
PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY.
Riverside Press: The hosts of De-
mocracy in New York recently suffered
a severe shock from the following
statement made by Hon. VIM. e. Grace,
formerly Mayor of New York City, and
one of the most prominent and highly
respected Democrats in that State. Mr.
Grace said:
II myself within the past year, have
changed my views completely, and I
say to you that I am now convinced
that the prosperity and stupendous
growth Of this country is due in no
small measure to the principle which is
at the bottom Of our policy of protec-
ton"
The Democrats could not believe that
he actually made such a statement;
they stamped it as a Republican cam
paign lie and rushed to Mr.. Grace for
denial and this was his reply:
Il was never ashamed Of my convic-
tions when they were in perfect SYM
pathy with the tariff views expressed
by Cleveland in his famous message
and with those held by the great body
of the Democratic party, and I am not
ashamed now to say that in the light
of recent events I have completely
changed those views and now see, as
believe, clearly that the amazing
growth in all that makes for perma-
nently prosperous conditions and in all
influences that have SO recently estab-
lished the United States as a first Pow
er among the nations of the world, not
only politically but financially and
commercially, is due in great measure
to the policy of protection I never
dreamed that the time would come
when I should be willing to make an
admission of this kind"
The record-union., 1899-08-21
I he,
Weekly
Union

Is a f2-pagc family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
sum of St its subscribers receive no
less than ga pages of choice read
ing and news matter IN a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people IN
these times of stringency the fullest
opportunity to have the Weekly