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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
C0MMIssI0N To Rule.
Present System of Government in
Samoa IL to Be Entirely
Supplanted.

WASHINGTON, April 2-(Special.) The
Associated Press account of the proposed
appointment of commission of three by
the government OF the United States Ger
many and England to determine the ques-
tions at issue regarding the administration
of the Samoan Islands. is, in general terms,
correct The object Of the appointment of
the commission is not, however, to settle
the question: that have grown out of the
latest bloody intermezzo in the islands, but
of a much more comprehensive character
than the adjustment of subordinate prob
lens involving the rights of two rival kings
and the employment Of force to make good
Admiral Kautz' ultimatum. The purpose
Is to arrive at some satisfactory solution
of the complications which have been reg
ular incidents of the past joint administra-
tion Of the islands through complex ju-
dicial, consular and municipal system, in
conjunction with the native dynastic sys-
TEN.
The commission, as stated, will not be
approved as a temporary makeshift to de-
termine who was right and who was
wrong, but will be given full power to
govern the islands, to the exclusion of any
recognized rights of the native kings. In
other words, it is proposed to abolish the
unsatisfactory judicial and consular syS-
| TEN, and at the same time do away with
| the native kingships as factor in the
government of the islands. This plan has
| been fully discussed among the diplomatic
representatives of the United States, Great
| Britain and Germany, and has received the
| sanction Of the United States and the gov
| ernment Of Germany. 1t requires only the
formal assent of the British government
to make 1t binding agreement.
| The complete details of how the agree
| ment is to be carried into effect are still
| undiscussed. In general terms. however
| 1t Is proposed to ignore the pretenSions of
| the native population to any share in the
| sovereignty over the Islands. as the only
| means of averting the continuous recur-
| renee of bloody feuds among the factions
! which has rendered a stable government
| out of the question through many genera.
| tions.
No consuls will be appointed and no chief
Justice will administer the judiciary as in
will be absolutely In the hands of the
three commissioners who will be men Of
| attes.ed character and experience, under
| whose joint jurisdiction the minor details
| of the government will be administered,
but special provision will be made for q
system of arbitration, which will finally
| determine all matters that may outgrow
the anticipated limits Of their authority.
In this connection King Oscar, of Sweden
| and Norway is under consideration as the
arbitrator to whom all such questions.
not the purpose to ignore the recent
| events. They will be among the more i'm
| portant questions which the coming COM
mission will be called upon to settle. and
it is now thought certain that no steps
will be taken to. adjust them until the
| proposed commission has been appointed
and is ready to embark upon its duties.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
First Game of Dominoes.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
Two monks, who had been committed to
a lengthy seclusion. contrived to beguile
the dreary hours of their confinement
without breaking the rule of silence which
had been imposed on them by showing
each other small fiat stones marked with
black dots. BY a preconcerted arrange
ment the winner would inform the other
player Of his victory by repeating in an
undertone the first line of the vesper
nrayer. In process of time the two monks
managed to complete the set Of stones and
to perfect the rules Of the game, so that
when the term of incarceration had ex-
nired the game was so interesting that 1t
was generally adopted by all the inmates
of the monastery as lawful pastime. It
very soon spread from town to town and
became popular throughout Italy; and the
first line Of the vespers was reduced to
the single word domino" by which name
the game has ever since been known.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
Ro..er,. Appreciation of Cuba.

From the BALTIMORE Bun.
General Thomas L. Rosser who is now
in Cuba. writes to friends in Virginia that
he is buying large section Of the best
Rio. to be resold to the tobacco growers
Of Virginia in small farms; He says that
which to make a living, and that If the
island were now as it was when Column
bus found 1t. he would advise everybody to
20 there. While the miserable Spaniards
have poisoned its harbors, the interior is
still fresh and uncontaminated. Every
thing one wants of the soil is given, no
fertilizer is needed, and two crops of to-
bacco raised on the same land annually
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
A Good Thing.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Jones I want your signature to petit
tion praying for the passage of a certain
bill l am going to get introduced
What does the bill provide for?"
"For the municipal ownership Of saloons"
why. the idea! What in the world do
you expect to secure by the passage of
such a bill?''
"The ONCE Of sampling Inspector"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
GUNNERY OF DEWEY'S FLEET.
Report Made Upon the Number of
Shots 1t Took to Destroy
Spanish Fleet.

WASHINGTON. April 2-Lieutenant
John NJ. Elliott. the intelligence officer OF
the Baltimore. has forwarded to the navy
department a report on the effects OF the
gun fire of Deweys fleet upon the Spanish
war vessels in the battle Of Manila. The
report Is based upon a personal examina-
ton of all the vessels, personal conversa-
ton with officers aboard and extracts from
Admiral Montojo's official report. 1t de-
scribes lin detail the effect of every shot
from the American fleet and proves that
Montojo's vessels were riddled by perfect
storm of shot and shell from the Ameri-
can guns. There was a much larger per-
centage of hits at Manila than at Santa
go. This is accounted for by the fact that
| Dewey's fleet made a deliberate attack.
| with most OF the enemy's ships at rest.
| while the appearance OF Cervera's fleet at
| Santiago was unexpected and 1t was
| running fight. Lieutenant Elliott makes
| the following summary of tho number ana
| size of the shots which struck each Of the
! Spanish vessels:
| Christina. five S-inch, five 5-inch and thir-
| teen other large shell: seven 6-pounders
and nine other projectiles.
| Castla. two 6-inch, twelve 5-inch, four
other large shell: three 6-pounders and
sixteen other small shell. Survivors also
| tell of three S-inch shells which burst on
| the orlop deck forward, amidships and aft,
causing fires that could not be controlled.
Don Antonio de Ulloa. four S-inch, three
| 6-inch, one 5-incn and fourteen other large
shell; ten 6-pounders and one other small
| shell.
| Don Juan de Austria. two 6-inch or S-inch,
four 5-inch, five 6-pounders and two 9TH
| er small shell.
Isa de Luzon, three hits before she re-
| tired behind the arsenal and was sunk by
| her own crew. .h-
Isla de Cuba, to which Montojo transferred
his flag after the Christina was abandoned,
four 6-pounders and one of unknown cali
ber. She, too, was sunk by the Span
| iards.
Marquis del Duero, one S-inch. one 6-inch
and three 6-pounders.
Velasco took no part in the action but
was hit by a stray shell and was sunk by
| the Spaniards.
General Lazo took no part in the engage.
ment and was exploded by the Spaniards
The Argos was also out Of the fight but
was struck by a large shell and was scut-
tied by the Spaniards. The total number OF
hits observable was 14l, but there were
doubtless many others, especially of small
caliber through the rigging and burned su.
perstructure Of the ships. After painstak.
ing inquiry, Lieutenant Elliott makes the
following report of casualties: =
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03

officers they will be Efficient soldiers, and
that there will be no trouble. because an
the iCubans have a great respect Tor the
power and fairness of the United States.
And whatever may have been the Demo-
cratic policy toward Cuba in the past. MI
Lewis believes that all parties will have TO
face practical solution of the Cuban ques>
ton, and agree that annexation is the only
way to give stability to government III
Cula
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
OKLAHOMA TELEPHONES.
pect of Extensi0ns and Inn
movements.

GUTHRIE, o. T., April 2-(special) Peo-
pie in the territory are highly pleased over
the rumor that the Missouri and Kansas
Telephone Company contemplates extensive
improvements Of it's service in Oklahoma.
The line from Guthrie to Arkansas City.
Kas., was begun last month. and it is ex-
pected that it will be completed by June 1,
at the latest.
dered for a line between Ell Reno and
Kingfsher, and it is probable that this line
will be extended to Caldwell, Kas. Poles
a line from Norman to Purcell and Lexing-
ton, and from Oklahoma City to Shawnee
and Tecumseh. 1t is said that the gap be-
tween Newton and Emporia, Kas., will be
closed this summer, giving Oklahoma direct
telephone communication with Eastern
Kansas and Missouri cities.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03

When a subinspector was hearing a class
Of London Irish boys repeat Macaulay's
ders would be likely nowadays to hold
bridge against a whole army. Would three
EngIishmen. for examp1e?" he said. mo,
men?" They again dissented would three
Irishmen?" please, SIR shouted an ex-
citable little fellow. lone Irishman would
do itr' -.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
.The bible in Tagalos.

One OF the most important results of
Dewey's victory will be Bible printed in
Tagaiog. 1t will be for the use of the mis-
sionaries who will follow the American flag
in the Philippines. and who will try to
make converts among the wild and UNTIL
tored Tagalogs. The translation is now un-
der way in England.
among the Tagals, the strange tribe of be-
ings whom Admiral Dewey the other day
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03

The wonderful progress made
by Tesla. Edison and others
in electrical appliances has
challenged the admiration Of
the world. but Mr.. A. A. Pear
son. of 1905 Main ST.. now has
on display in his windows
something that caps the cli-
max in electrical and mechan-
ical beauty. A. A Pearson. al
ways alert for something new.
placed the Dancing Doll in his
window as soon as perfected
by Edison. While importing
from Paris some Ladies' Hats
he had brought from same
place baby's first step. and
had executed by the B. G r.
Electric Co.. of Kansas City.
the wonderful incubator. run
by electricity. 1t Is in egg
shape. nearly 4 feet high and
s feet in circumference. Don't
miss seeing this wonder. It Is
one of the pleasing sights Of
Kansas City. The enterprise Of
Mr.. Pearson In getting the
latest novelties in the MILL
merry line from all over the
world is well known. Never
before have such elegant and
beautiful Millinery Novelties
been shown in this city. and.
what Is more astounding. the
prices are made at . regular
legitimate margin.
Ladies, See This Beautiful
Millinery Before You Boy.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
GRAIN.O BRINGS RELIEF

a universally INDUCED in and almost universally
Injurious Have you tried Grano. II Ia almost like
cofee but the effects are Just the opposite Coffee
upsets the stomach. ruins the digestion. affects the
heart and dsturhs the whole system. Grain-O
tones up the stomach aids digestion and strengthens
the nerves There is nothing but nourishment In
Grsin-o. II can't be otherwise. 15c and $50 per
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
A Rich wife. Rebuke.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
when we were poor didn't know had
a stomach"
"Yes, and you can thank me for rescuins
you from such labyrinth Of vulgar igno-
rance"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
A Discourasins Season.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There's been one pleasing feature about
this abominable spring." said the copy
reader.
Name It," said the horse editor.
mo spring poet has had gall enough to
climb the editorial stairs.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
Time to Stop.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ar see that Governor Roosevelt has
written a hand-to-hand description of the
fight on San Juan hull.
"Weli. hope he'll stop before he gets to
the single handed style.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
A Careful witness,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"And you say his wife drove him to
drink?"
mo, 1 didn't say that. The place was
lust around the corner. He walked"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
No Mystery to the Victims.

From Puck.
Juddock-"It's mystery to me how No
coin lives"
Haddock-"would you really like to
know?"
Juddock-"Yes. I would"
Haddock-"Open a grocery store In his
neighborhood."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03

The following points in connection with
emphasized by Lieutenant Elliott:
The sides of iron and steel built cruisers
do not arrest proiectiles enough to explode
them.
The incendiary effect of bursting eight
inch shells is great, and far greater than
would seem proportionate to that Of lower
calibers.
At ranges over $500 yards. the gun shields
of cruisers are in no sense a protection, but
insure the annihilation of the guns crews
ard the disabling of the guns struck by
a large proiectile.
Warships of the present day will general
ly be placed hors de combat by conf1agra-
tion and the destruction of their personnel
before they are sunk by gun fire. ..---
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
Biting Sarcasm.
From the Chicago Post

From the Chicago Post. -.t-
"Why have you been fighting, little
boy?" asked the kind lady.
Fer exercise" was the answer. DO
look big enough to be a professional fight
in fer purse2'' :----
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
That's Right.


From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II see that Mr.. Kipling has just reached
the stage in his recovery where he can sit
say, bis doctors know their business"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03
BLAIR & KAUFMAN
HOTEL BALTIMORE
neh and Baltimoro Ave.

Kansas City's New Fire Proof Hotel to
be opened about May /. by the Ewins-Dean
Hotel Company. proprietors Of the Hotel
Savoy. Kansas City: Hotel Metropole. st.
Joseph Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-03

Having gone to Cuba with a sentimental
idea. that we ought TO withdraw our army
and allow the Cubans to organize repub-
lie Mr.. Lewis. after studying the conditions
in Cuba at close range. meeting the people
and discussing their affairs with them. re-
turns convinced that the United States
must keep its hand on the island and give
it stable government until the people
there unite in asking for annexation.
He believes that General Brooke will
soon restore order and prosperity and that
the people Of each faction prefer to have
the United States In control rather than
the onposing faction.
He thinks that n much smaller army un-
der American officers, even with native
troops, will keep order there than under
Cuban republic. He believes we can en-
list the Cubans, and that under American
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-12
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES.
Their Superiority Over English and Con-
tinental Engines.

A representative of an American
locomotive works, speaking of the
heavy locomotive orders that have
been placed in this country recently,
says: "The American locomotive is
holding its own wherever it comes in
to competition with English or CONT
mental locomotives. The superiority
of one locomotive over another is a
technical question. Other manufac-
turers-that is, the manufacturers of
other countries-believe their loco
motives to be the best, just as we be-
lieve ours to be. | am not prepared
to criticise the English locomotives.
The manufacturers of locomotives in
America build on the principle that
it is unwise to spend a dollar in con-
struction that is not necessary. In
England there is greater capital, the
same return for investment is perhaps
not expected, and so money is expend-
ed in such ways in the making of To-
comotives to degree that we of
America would not consider neces-
sary. The American locomotive will
cost on an average $40, 900. The Eng
lish locomotive costs good deal
more. We can buy the material for
locomotive and construct the ma
chine in about six weeks. The Eng
lish machine is built somewhat diff
ferently and a longer time is con-
sumed in the task. Our material is
cheaper, much cheaper, but we be-
lieve we gain as good results from it
as could. be desired. Our labor costs
us 80 per cent. more than the Eng
lish manufacturer pays, but we be-
heve we get much better results from
that payment. Our locomotives are
heavier than the English, but our rea-
son for building them of the present
weight is to gain increased speed and
traction power Thirty years ago our
locomotives weighed from 25 to 40
tons; they now average go tons and
give a power of endurance which the
lighter locomotives would not pos |
sess. We do not arbitrarily fix the |
weight Of the locomotives we build |
for our patrons; they designate that, !
and we I'll the orders. st. Louis |
Globe Democrat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-12
BKEvITIEs OF FUN.

Suppose / tell you, dearest, that
my father has lost all his money.
What will you do?" "Get out and see
if the story can be verified. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben,
"yo' finds man dat spends SO much
time learnin' high-fown language dat
he clean fohgits to pick up any Jacks
wuf usin' it on. Washington Star.
NO. he said, refectively, "this
isn't like mothers pie" sand why
not?1 she waspishly asked. "Be-
cause he mildly explained, ''moth-
er's pie always had ants in it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr.. C.-"My wife always says the
right thing at the right time" Mr..
Y-"What now" C.-@Why, Tread
in the paper the other night that
Krupp, the German manufacturer,
had made 10000 cannon" Y.-"And
what did she say?" &C Great
gunsp "-Yonkers Statesman.
II have come, sir" said the for
eigner of title to the American Of
wealth, "to ask for the hand Of your
daughter" (Which one?" asked the
millionaire. II have three" at is
immaterial," answered the nobleman,
magnanimously. "They might draw
lots for me. - Chicago Evening Post.
whats become of little Tommy
Traddles? That bushy-headed boy
with the wonderful talent for music.
Did his taste develop into anything
practically" ''Yes, indeed. Isaw him
in the city few days ago. He was
ringing big bell in front of an auc-
ton store" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs P.-"John Pepper, you see
here! I've found you out. / have
been told that before our marriage
you sowed the wind" Mr.. p
"There's no denying it, my dear; and,
what's more, ! reaped the whirlwind
when ! married you" Then there
was breezy time and no mistake
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Savage Bachelor.-'I cannot
understand" said the Young Sweet
Thing, ''what Kipling meant by half
devil and half child" "Nor ], said
the Savage Bachelor, "when both
phrases mean essentially the same
thing" In the meanwhile the small
boy boarder continued to play that
the hall was a railroad and he was
freight train.-Indianapolis Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-12
RATS In THE PACIFIC.
They Generally Disappear Before the
l Brown Rat of Europe.

7 IIhe native rat of the Pacific is
laHds has great enemy. When
brought into competition with the
brown rat of Europe, introduced by
ships throughout the world, it usually
disappears-an example Of the evils
of the influx of aliens. The depreda-
tons Of the latter are such that in
Ful6futi the indigenous breed has
been driven from the village, and, in
deed, almost exterminated upon the
main islet by the foreign. rat; in many
OF the islands it has been completely
rooted out. Even more deadly on
slaught has been carried on against it
by the domestic cats, which, original
'ly brought over by missionaries and
afterward migrating to the bush, have
proved of service in destroying the
rats. In the old days, when unchecked,
rats literally overran most of the is
lands of the Pacific.
On moonlight nights hundreds
have been often seen gathered to-
gether round the native quarters,
feeding upon waste rice or bread
thrown out. A large bottle-shaped
hole was dug in the earth in Man
gala and baited with candle nuts, of
which rats are excessively fond. and
when the hole was pretty well filed
with rats two men would go down
with knobbed sticks and kill them.
A hole which would contain two men
you'd hold goodly number Of rats.
But rat killing under these conditions
would seem anything but an en-
yiable task. Keeping the rats with
In 2nds was a matter of such i'm
portance with the inhabitants that in
Funafuti, by law, each individual was
at times obliged to catch and destroy
certain number, for which purpose
an ingenious trap was employed.
The natives destroy rats with an.
other object-shooting them for
sport. Fanna gooma, or rat shooting,
as practiced on Hoonga, in the Tonga
gRp, apparently was an amusement
reserved for chiefs, and was under
taken with much ceremony. Attract
=
fed by bait previously distributed, the
rats were shot with formidable un-
feathered arrows six feet long. The
game was not an individual but par
ty affair, the side first killing ten rats
being accounted the winners, and if
the rats we're plentiful three OF four
gameswere generally played. Cham
bers' Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-12

Take dose of PRIoKLY ASH Bit.
TIERS at night when you go to bed
and you will feel bright and vigorous
next morning. 1t will insure you a
copious and healthy passage of the
bowels, improved appetite and diges.
ton and increased energy of body
and brain.
1t beats stimulating drinks because
its reviving infuenc 9 is natural, hence
permanent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-12
No Relief For go Years

| have been troubled for the last
twenty years with bronchial affection,
and at times have been bedfast
Have tried great many cough RENE
dies but found no relief until | tried
Foley's Honey and Tar. l can hon.
estly recommend Foley's Honey and
Tar as a quick relief, reliable, pleas
ant to take and sure cure for dis
eases OF the throat and lungs.
Minerva Smith, 4l4Washington Ave,
Danville, Ill.
For sale by Anderson & Fowler.