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RLECTIoNB ~ PoRTO RICO.
The First Step Toward Civil Government
About to BE Taken.
s,.ra, Gable Ds,pateA to ruu SUE.

Spssial Cable Deipateh to TEE SUE.
BAN JUAN DE PORTO Rico. Sept. 30.-Gov-
ernor-General Davis Issued an order to-day
prescribing rules for the holding OF municipal
elections. These elections are to take place In
sixty nine towns on the island
Army officers. taxpayers and members Of
the liberal professions are eligible for ONCE.
There are also educational and property quail
iflcations. and penalties are provided for fraud
ulent registration or voting. Intimidation
and bribery OF voters arc also made offences.
Tho Australian system OF voting 10 to be used
and tho officers elected will hold office until
November. 1900. Tho elections will begin on
Oct. 90
Governor General Davis stated to-day:
This is the first stop to demonstrate the
ability OF these people In the direction OF civil
government l have no doubt that it will
result successfully. No one desires to SEQ
civil government established in Porto Rico
moro than do"
Col. Hon. President OF the Board OF Charities.
has made an offer to the planters to furnish
food for the poems on condition that the
planters shall build houses and allot small
plots OF ground to the poems. Many OF the
planters have accepted the proposition. The
distribution OF supplies will cease In tho dis
trcts OF San Juan and Guyana tomorrow.
In the coast dstricts they will be shut OF In
two weeks.
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The Market Depressed and About 2,OCO
Bales Withdrawn.
Special Gable Dusa;ch to TEE sux.

BuleB NlthufnWH.
Special Gable DsEsaich TO TEE suN.
LONDON Sept. 30-The wool market rem aims
depressed. Prices at days sales wore very
fiat in all departments except for extra tine
merinos and the best crossbreds. which con-
tinue firm. At the opening prices for all
scoursds were from I'D to Id. down. Lower
grades OF crossbreds fell another t4d. to iad.
The decline was attributed to the Bradford
operators. who first manipulated the mark ct
for a rise and are now holding aloof.
The following were submitted for shipment
to-day $50 bales Of Victoria wool. 1915 bales
from NeT~South Wales. SO5 from Queensland.
1925 from New Zealand and SS from the Caps
and Natal. This included 500 bales OF the
Queensland new clip. The latter did not
realize more han current prices, About 1900
bales. chiefly OF low crossbreds. were with
drawn because the prices offered were not VI
to the reserve That is the bids did not reach
the price at which these lots were held.
Since the opening OF tho wool saleshabout
1000 bales have been bought for American
account. The statement in THE suns cable
dispatches to London this morning that Boston
wool operators were shipping Australians 10
England had considerable effect In weak en-
ing the market. This was felt particularly az
It had been stated already that shipments from
Spain. Italy and Canada were on the way. II
is anticipated. however. that the Boston con-
signmsnt will be disposed Of at private sale.
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garded az an aggravated offence and CORE
spends to the action Of the French court In
The approval BY the President OF the sentence
Of Capt. Carter does not close the entire Carter
incident. The War Department 70 now con.
the contractors who were involved with Capt.
Carter In the construction work at Savannah
and who ara now under contract to supply ma
terial and continue work for the Govern ment.
1t was learned at the War Department to-
day that further proceedings are not improba-
BILE. The War Department can take no
action against the contractors. however. and
must await the action OF another branch OF the
Government, the Attorney Generals ONCE.
What action may be instituted has not
been indicated. but should steps be taken TO
convict the contractors OF consplring with capt
would cancel existing contracts with the firms
involved. This may be done at once. however.
on the ground that the military court. In con.
yictlng Capt. Carter OF conspiracy. i'm plicated
the contractors.
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FARMER LORD MURDERED.
Farm Hand Cleaves His Skull with an
A1e-The Murderer Captured.

Troy. Sept 3O-Mevllle B. Lord. a wealthy
farmer. was murdered yesterday at his homo
in Nassau. and boy employed by Mr.. Lord was
80 badly injured that he will die. The crime
was committed by Archie Null. a farm hand
who was to-day captured in North Adams.
Mass. Robbery was the motive for the crime.
as Mr.. Lord always carried large sum OF
money on his person. Null secured an axe.
and coming upon Lord and the boy in the field
struck the farmer ON the head. cleaving the
skull and knocking out ono eye. Tho boy
tainted at the sight. and while he was uncon-
scious the murderer struck him on the head.
crushing his skull. The lad regained con-
ciousness long enough to say: Yes. Archie
did it: he came up behind me and Melville
and hit him with axe" The little fellow then
rslapsed into Inconsistencies The murder
is the second that has been committed in
Rensselaer, county within a week.
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BRYAN's MEMORY NOT GOOD.
Nebraska Republicans to Reproduce Let
tor Showing Inconsistency on His Part.

LINCOLN. NEB.. Sept. 3o.-Ths Republican
Central Committee 10 preparing to prove that
Mr.. Bryan's memory is treacherous. He re-
Gently denied in an Interview that he had ever
said he wanted office for the money there was
in 1t and not for the honor or glory. The com
mittre has secured q fac-simile Of letter that
states the contrary. 1t was written In 1879.
shortly after Mr., Bryans arrival in Nebraska,
md viii o he was endeavoring To- secure 5000
portation The letter lie understood to have
been in the ping OF J. Sterling Morton. MIR.
Clevelald's be cretary OF Agriculture.
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LYONS. N. Y. Sept. 30.-The Wayne Demo-
cratic County Nominating Convention was
held this afternoon In the town hall at Clyde.
Resolutions were offered eulogistio OF Dewey.
These nominations were made: Member OF
Assembly. Myron Charles Taylor OF Lyons;
myra; County Clerk. Edmund W. Sours OF
Huron Coroners. DR.. Harry F. Seaman. OF AL
ton and DR.. Frederick A. Lewis OF Waworth:
School Com IN ssioner. eastern district. Jacob
Sherman OF Molcott
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HYOMEI ANTISEPTIC SKIN SOAP


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all its BIO
Csndref
II yourd druggist
dono keep
wImailFRE
R. T. CO.. Ithaca, N. y.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
TEA CARAVANS FROM CHINA.
The Enormous Business Done on the
Caravan Route Through
Siberia.

The newspaper published at TOmsh.
called the Siberian Latest News, gives
some curious details about Russian tea
caravans that transport thousands of tons
of tea from China and distribute it in va
rloUs parts of Siberia ana Russia. Durini;
tht. first twenty days of January last 1900
sleighs laden with tea passed through the
city of Tomsk. The ordinary size OF these
tea caravans is from nifty 10 seventy
slei@hs though sometimes from 200 10 %ea
arr, included in one caravan. The average
load is five bales. each weighing from sew
enty to l2o pounds.
Five sledges are fastened together drawn
by one horse. and one man attends 10 the
detachment. To the rear sledse of each
group are tied bundle of hay and n meas
ure of oats so that the horses may feed
during the march. This facilitates prog
ress for the caravan does not need to halt
for the purpose of batting the horses. As
the horse in front. however. does not have
anything to eat before him his place In
the caravan must be changed occasionally
TO give him an opportunity to eat his
lunch.
The caravans travel night and day. The
only hats during the twentyfour hours
are in the villages where the weary horses
are exchanged for fresh animals. The
drivers sleep on the sleGges. while travel
ing. in spite of the severe cold.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
TWENTY YEARS OF LABOR.
Rise of the Big Business Conducted
by Lawrence VI. and j.
Logan Jones.

There goes the result OF years hard
labor" remarked J. Logan Jones. vice
president of the Jones Dry Goods Com
pany. My brother. l.. NJ. Jones. and I
came West from Illinois to Kansas in 1919.
We storted a small store in Stafford, Kas.
and removed to Kansas City, kas., nine
years ago. After conducting a successful
business in Kansas City, Eas., We came TO
Kansas City, Mo, four years ago.
VIII you re-engase in buSinesS?" was
asked.
The Jones Dry Goods Company has a
reputation for being stayers." Mr.. Jones
replied. 1T is too early 10 say Just what
We Will do, but you may state that We dc
not intend to quit. l cannot say how much
insurance we carried but We conducted our
business on business principles
How much do you think the loss will
be-
Roughly estimating I should say that
we had $3C06G0 worth of goods alone. We
had filled the building 20 overfiowing to
prepare for the holiday trade | feel sorry
for our employees. We employed from i0t
to 600 and our payroll exceeded Sl5j 900 pei
year,
We We're anticipating a good holiday
trade and felt so We'll satisfied with our
| location at Sixth and Main streets that
was negotiating with the owner. Mr.. Lob
| enstine, for an extension Of the lease that
/ expires next August"
| Mr.. Jones had Just arrived at his resi-
/ dence. Ais Prospect avenue. when the tele-
| phone rang and he was informed that the
| store was on fire. He took carriage and
! drove 1T once 10 the store. He WIS calm
and collected all during the exciting scenes
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
WIND CARRIED SPARKS.
Spread Destruction Along Walnut
street, From Sixth TO Mis-
souri, Ayeuue,

\ good stiff breeze from the west sprang
ZIP as the flames shot through the roof
al the south side Of the building As the
upper part of the structure gave way and
FELL in. the entire building became a huge
chimney, throwing sparks high into the
air and the wind carried them blocks
away, these to fall on roofs and sheds
and kindle innumerable other fires. Al
most the first building to catch from the
main fire was the rear of the Hotel Wal
nut, used as roominS house. Despite
the fact that the huge furnace roaring
I'm the Jones building was only the width
Of an alley away. the iircmen managed to
50 drench the Hotel Walnut that its safety
WAS finally assured. As the flames mount
ed higher they reached over and. licking
the cornice around the Hotel Clifton and
the big three-stoTy brick occupied by the
Walnut Street Auction and Storage Com
pany. soon had the roofs of these build
ings ablaze. The storage house was
packed from basement TO roof with costly
furniture. stored there by different fam
flies. and had it burned the loss would
have mounted up into the hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. Quick work on the
part of the iiremen stationed in the alley
saved both buildings.
Just north OF the Auction house is an
empty lot filled with empty dry goods
boxes and refuse Sparks from The orig
inal fire dropping into this lot set boxes
and refuse on fire This lire added SUI
more sparks To countless myriads in the
air and threatened by firing Il small biacl.
smith shop nu the north side of the lot /,
destroy the entire block. 1t was simply
good luck and not good work that saved
the other houses in the vicinity.
Huge flakes Of burning cloth waited from
the Jones building lit on The old Hotel St
James. and in an instant the roof and In,
high, old-faShioned dome windows were OF
fire in a half dozen places. An effort Wa.
made 20 got a stream oi water on the roof
but there seemed 10 he \ lack of prassur.
and The effoI; was 4 failure
The strong current Of air carried burnra,
cloth, bits Of board ami huge sparks ove
adjoining buildings, across Walnut street
and 10 the rear of +. + Recess whnlesal,
produce store n lbs East Missouri avenue
They liz in pile Of rubbish back of III,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
THEY BECAME FRANTIC.
Great Excitement Among the 0ccu
pants of the Buildings in the
Nci.hbOrhOOd.

When the big buildings in the vicinity OF
the Jones dry goods store caught tire there
was great excitement among the OCcu-
pants, many of whom Were women. There
were several narrow escapes. and one
woman became frantic and attempted 10
rush back into the flames.
Fortunately, however. the occupants of
these buildings had time to make their
escape They scattered throughout the
buildings in the vicinity and several OF
them were taken in charge by officers.
City Electrician j. l.. Morgan had i crew
of men at work cutting wires 10 prevent
accident as far as possible. Live wires
were dangling about the streets and espe-
cially in the alleys, 10 the imminent peril
of the Ircmen. but no accidents from this
source occurred.
The Westport fire department was sum
mOned and responded with all possible
speed It was assigned to the defense Of
the WaterwOrks building at Sixth and
Walnut streets.
During the progress of the fire Mrs
Thaycr created considerable excite nent
by forcing her way past officer Levers.
and entering her house which was at
the time aflame in the rear Mrs. Thayer
conducts a lodging house on Sixth street.
near Walnut. in the same building as the
Walnut hotel She was standing on the
sidewalk in front of her place. watching
the progress of the flames, when her part
of the building caught. the flames spread
ing rapidly on the third floor. Mrs. Thay-
| er rushed past Officer Levers. and before
| the policeman was enabled Ia stop her
she gained the third floor. where her rooms
are situated, which was then filled with
smoke. officer Levers followed the wonl-
am and succeeded in dragging her TO the
street. but not without a violent strugglt
on the part of the frantic woman. Officer
| Levers had her conducted to the Central
| station. where she was detained
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
MINERS ATTACK A TOWN.
Fifty Men Heavily Armed Intimiiate
City From Spirit of
R.xeurr

BEVIER. MO. Nov. 4-(SpecialD This
afternoon about forty or fifty OF the non
union men white and black, from mine
No. 81, OF the Kansas ana Texas Coal
Company, came out heavily armed and
stopped al mine No. :. just half : mile
West of the city. Their mission vas to
attack the town, to revenge the treatment
some Of their number received in the
morning at this point. They kept up their
tuS!!iadt, shooting with their Winchest-
tiS at everybody that passed along the
highway ana ScEera! citizens had narrow
escapes. George h;dmmcr, Il farmer liv
luE near the scene OT hoStiiiJ!es. had u
close call, bullets passing through his coat
\ man ana wife from Ihg. country re-
turning from the town In 1t buggy. were
hred dpoM. The ball striking the buggy
Wh"e.. In" citizens diu not resist this at
ij'ch o. return the fire. except 20 arm
themselves and iortify the town in case of
Il rush upon the city by the negroes
Sheriff Glenn and his deputies arrived In
aLCe OF Superintendent Ed Vail. OF -ire
Kansas and Texas Coal Company. and the
i"ca! police officers. gut the iEturiated mob
10 return to their reHu-ZVuus at mine No
81 The town tonight Is IL a great fever
Of excitement. everybody discussing The
bold attempt OF the non union men to take
the town. Sheriff Glenn says he thinks il
lnike.y there Will be any more tTOub!e. as
,he officials OF the Goa. company have
promised him that they would Use their
best endeavoGs 70 keep their men within
:i:- iuc!osure. thus insuring no further
trouble
W. Z. Roberts member oc the executive
board Of miuewOrker=. says the union is
not responsible for the trouble to-day, a.
the policy OF the union wherever there are
strikes. is 10 avoid harsh measures and he
said he was sorry they had occurred. \
settlement OF the strike situation seems 10
be at an end as the officers Q: the union
haVe been hard at work all week patch Ing
uD differences 50 that No. mine would re
sumo work Monday under lease 10 w. K.
Murlin. who has granted all concessions
and signed the Moberly scale.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
WkTCHMAN REPORTED MISSING
John Dillon. the Night Watrhnian.
Was Reported Missing. and May
Have LOST His Life.

John Dillon the night waJchmsl. Wis
reported missing. ana may have lost his
lif,- About midnight ". / Alien. assist
ant treasurer of the Jones company. who
resides Al l4IS Garfield avenue. WAS aroused
BY the frantic riuiHg oi the telephone.
Splingng OUT OF bed. Mr.. Alien answered.
It WAS Night WatcIInun Dillon tclephOn-
ing.
The buildings afire" announced Dillon
over the wire. I'm phoning from the
fourth floor. You had better hurry down.
Mr. Allen had 40 opportunity to question
Dillon. a. the latter then hastily hung up
the receiver.
Long before assistant Treasurer Allen
arrived upon the scene the building was
one mass of flames. and though. aided bg'
several men 10 whom Dillon WAS well
known Mr.. Allen searched for the night
watchman AL night. Up to an early hour
this morning no trace of him could be
found. nor was there anyone who had seen
the watchman since carly in the evening.
Mr Allen thinks that Dillon. anxious to
perform what he considered his plain duty
10 the end, had hesitated in the building
a moment too long in order to notify his
employers of the holocaust threatening
their plant and. when he eudraVorcd To
gain the sidewalk and safety his retreat
WAS cut off by the fierce flames. which had
eaten their way over the building with re-
markable rapidity.
Il am afraid the watchman has perished
in the flames said Mr Allen this morn
ing. "as / am sure otherwise he would
have been about awaiting my arrival 10 in
form ME of the origin of the fire. Then
too. as he telephOned from the fourth floor
stating that already the building was il
flames. it is more than probable that ht
III 1,. l.,
make his escape from the building ant
incinerated -
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
JONES DRY GOODS CO.. WHOSE COMPLETELY

building. and in an instant fire was
started that shortly threatened to destroy
the whole square. which Is built up entirely
OF one and two-stoTy frame shdntes. The
handsome Temple block. just across the
street. was also threatened. For tine the
fire burned unchecked. the fire department
being too busy elsewhere 10 give II atter-
ton waile a crowd hustled vegetables and
other goods from the store. In a few mo-
metts the flames had communicated 10 the
adjoining building occupied br $. Veg
S.-in a. a saloon. BY the time the firemen
arrived the flames Were so we'll under way
that both buildings. with most OF their
contents were destroyed. The loss wia
reach about S250G on buildings and co.,
tents.
While the -iremen We're at work here
fire wagon dashed by and one Of the men
on the ground begged for an AK 10 break
in the front door of small building next
to RecSeS place In order to get at the
flames raging inside. The men on the
wagon shook their heads and kept on.
They were on their way 10 half dozen
fires clear out at Third and Holmes streets
and had little enough equipment as it
was 10 fight with ont in the neighbor
hood dying sparks from Sixth and Main
streets had set fire TO the roof of half
dozen houses. but all the fires We're eN-
ringuished before much damage had been
done
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05


gain control over the fire, the building was
soon wrapped in j mass OF flames, and
within couple OF hours the front walls
fell in The loss is estimated at fully $!o,-
90. covered by insurance.
The TWO smaller buildings intervening
between the Acoma building and the Jones
building. at 5i9 and J5I Main, were occu-
pied by the VI. Quinn Grocery Company.
The stock and fixtures OF the Quinn COM
pany, suffered much damage, chiefly from
water. The Acoma building suffered Dut
little, though the stocks OF X IL N!lIiathS'
wholesale grocer, ana me fIaNth shoe
Company. the Snodgrass Drug Company
ana the II. Thie!e:itus Sadd!eS Company
Were more or less damaged.
Al 1:l5 a. N. the ola .. James H",e'
caught fire at the southeast corner OF 'i!e
roof. and slowly nut SWiuy the '''e 80 :.
10 eat us way INTO he ""''"'!.7
HAZE sent l"ui "tldtHlhtHtS "a al is'''--' ~
'il'9 I'e" D.'pI s"h an" IA 49, ~ -,
''eS !''' IN '.'T - - - r.
80 "' - - ,5,, .-,aI1, - ti,o
IN ..,' rI,--I.,t,,s
.rba I,Ifr,l, -, ,,.as ,1a,,aosd N the
-, ,f 80 G.n ;,,I,,,Ii,,.. .f,t n iIe .,r-
-. ~ =; ,,,..,,aTod ~. Nrrs y
Cohia Who af,.ss as her los. s. 90 fully
;s,,rad IT. r,,;II;,c :, Z, 10 Eerds of
-ro lT.'rc,,as,er p,.,I I-.t.,te Germany and
il damaped ,n IN. cvraut az s. 90 fully
insured
Tre Walnut hotel furniture was danag-
ad "a the ax,ert of s=n This b.;IId;np W..
sirso.l,. in tho year n the Ione- building
and though more greatly exro-ed to tie
fire tb.n any ofher suffered very lttle
consi6erina the no.Ition il occup.ed. Out
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
HE STAYED OUT O. NIGHTS.
Wife of Gene Latimer, n Prominent
Kansas P0pulis;- Sues for
Divorce in Omaha.

OMAHA, Nov. 4.-CSpecialD Mrs. Edith
Latimer has filed divorce proceedings
against Eugene f.. I.atimer, prominent
Kdnsan. Mrs. Latimer is recent arrival
in omaha, having been here just long
enough to comply with the legal require
ment as to residence.
staying out late OF nights is one OF the
principal allegations mentioned in the petit
ton. The plaintiff alleges that ii was her
husbands habit To remain away from home
unity gray dawn. or whereabouts. and he
would never explain TO her. she declares,
the reason for keeping such hours.
Women have way of finding things in
their husbands pockets. and Mrs. Lat!mer
was no exception for in some manner, she
alleges. she found affeCtionate letters ad-
dressed to her husband. bearing the sigma
ture Rosa. She was not acquainted with
Rosa" and the discovery Of the letters
aroused such suspicion that a statutory
allegation is included among the charges.
Mrs. Latimer recteS that her husband is
wealthy; that he owns valuable real estate
in and about PleaSanton. kas. that he has
a printing office and other property which
she is unable 10 describe She prays the
court TO grant such alimony as may be
deemed proper.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
NOT ALL DRUNKARDS.
Many Moderate Drinkers Are in Need
So ofva Treatment.

Every drinking mans nervous system has
been impaired to a more or less extent
by the alcoholic stimulants he has drunk.
The diseased condition OF these nerves can
not be reached by ordinary tonicS. hut re-
quire d special and systematic treatment.
The Bartlett Cure furnishes a tonic that
takes the place of alcohol and goes to the
seat Of The trouble, curing the diseased con-
Gition resulting from the use OF Stlmulants.
and also cures the terrible craving. IL fact,
1t completely and permanently restores
health TO the patient, removes both need
and desire for alcohol All correspondence
Is strictly confidential Write Iog book on
the cause. effect and cure of alcoholism,
mailed free iii a plain envelope.
THE. BARTLETT CURE CO,
$40 Arlington Building. Tenth and Wal
nat streets. Kansas city. Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-05
ILLINOIS FLAG LAW VOID.
Chicago Judge Holds That Inforyucr's
Fee Clause Conflicts With
Constitutions

CHICAGO. Nov. THE Illinois flag law,
which has provoked litigation since its
passage last winter by the legislature and
has led to numerous arrests. was to-day de-
clared unconstitutional by Judge Gibbons;
IN the circuit court. in lengthy opinion
deciding the habeas corpus proceedings
brought by j. j. Hartisan, proprietor of the
Glasgow wcolen mills. Gibbons declares
that the informe"s fee clause in the flag
act is against the spirit of American law
as tending to provoke strife and i'll will
between man and man. The decision turns
on this point. the court holding that the
power granted by the constitution 10 the
governor of the state to pardon Offenders
and remit fines and penalties is in conflict
with the statute which guarantees to the
informer Il share OF the fire.