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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
VALUABLE RATS NEST.
The Government to Pay 500 and
Interest for Thirty Years
for IL.

Washington Special 10 Cincinnati Enquirer.
An interesting story about five United
States treasury notes thai were found by
John Neeley, Il carpenter. more than thirty
| years ago, in an Old boXcdr in Louisville.
Ky, was revived to-day when a bill for
his relief. which had been pending IL con-
grcss for years, and which had already
passed the senate. passed the house. 1t
thus becomes a law and Neeley Will get
good American dollars, TO the amount OF
50" and interest from Uncle sam. The bill
was called up by Representative Zefor. of
Indiana. 1t was first introduced in the
senate during the Fifty-tirs; consress, on
April -. 1880. and referred 10 the commit
tee on claims. Senator Turpie secured its
passage in the upper house. May l.. 1884.
II is in the reports of the committee on
claims that the story of the treasury notes
Is told. According 10 these reports John
Neeiey was, on september -. lSS. EN-
ployed in Louisville. Ky. as a carpenter
GE lne L.onisyliie 4 Nashville Raiiroadd
of an old box car which was under repair,
he found five United States treasury notes.
Were somewhat mutilated and appeared
10 have formed part OF a rats nest. but
There seems I" hay" been no difficulty In
determining their character, their denomi-
| nation and date and the issue and series TO
which each belonged. Neeiey took the notes
to the Louisville custom house and they
were forwarded TO the treasury department.
Tor redemption, hut the department refused
TO redeem them, and with the approval OF
! Nilf = Ai'S - ~ ii-iii -
February, 1868. He then sold them to one
julius Weliman. Il broker. FOR 500.
In March. 1862. Wellmas sent them again
to the treasury department, and the matter
was referred 10 the first comptroller. who
decided that they should neither be re-
deemed nor returned 10 Wellman. Well
man then made "A demand upon Veeley for
the return of the purchase money. and it
is alleged that an officer was sent to intlm-
idate him and force Il settlement. Eetley
had in the meantime disposed of the 800,
and. being dependent on his daily labor. il
was not easy to refund the money. but he
at length did 50 by instaliments. and what
ever rights We're acquired by the original
findings were revived in him by the repay
mont.
Veelsy subsequently renewed his efforts
TO secure payment from the treasury de-
partn.enr. but The request was denied. and
the notes stll remained in the hands of the
treasurer.
Senator. Turpir's bill. as amended by the
senate committee on claims. directs the
secretary Of the treasury 10 pay NeeIey
the value of the five treasury notes found
by him.
The bill was favorably reported by the
committee on March 81. 1897. and was
passed OF May Il. 1897. It was introduced
In the house three days later, and final
action was taken to-day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
GAS PIPE LINE BURSTS.
Gas station at Red Key. Ind. De-
%Stroyed by Fire Following
an EyDIOsiOn.

PORTLAND. IND. Dec. with a roar
which was heard fifteen miles away. fol-
lowed by a flash of fire which rose Il hun
dred feet and lighted the entire country for
miles. a twelve-inch line leading from the
Ohio and Indiana Pipe Line Company's
immense gas station. one mile out Of Red
Key. burst to-day. y Few seconds later,
the entire structure WAS IN flames and the
fire ragged until the building was destroyed.
The pumping station compressed the gas
which went through the lines TO Lima.
Piqua, Dayton and Il number of other ONO
towns and cities, as We'll as Il Few N ln-
diana. and WAS erected at Il heavy eN-
pense. being equipped with powerful bat,
teries of boilers and immense engines and
compressors. II was one of the most COM
pletc of its kind in existence.
Three Years ago the same station was
wrecked by an explosion of natural gas,
WHEN TWO men We're killed and the loss was
ing station caused great Inconvenience and
suffering along the pipe line.
o., Dec. 5l-There is great suffer
ing here and III the other towns supplied
with natural gas from the Red Key. Ind.
pump station, which was destroyed by an
explosion this morning. Wapakoneta. ST.
Mays, Ceiina. Coldwatrr. Fort Recovery,
HuLae and Il number of other towns are on
the line and are probably worse off than
this city, as their source of reserve fuel
supply is not as great as here. The mer-
curry Is lowering near zero and the gas is
out in nearly every instance. and only
burning a blaze as large as Il candle light.
Few consumers had prepared for a sud
den Ahutoff, and the demand on coal and
wood Yards and every availa BILE team is
such that all cannot be served until to-
morrow, even with the teams and wagons
running all night. as will be the case. Hun.
dreds of families have not had a warm
meal since breakfast, and there is no like
lihood OF being able to get better gas be-
fore Monday evening.
The natural gas company received word
from Red hey tonight that part of the
pumps would be running by Monday even
ing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
SOME POINTS ON TAKING COLD.
1t Is Due Often to an Overnlert Ner-
vOus System-SinpIe SUCCESS
tiDns About

From the New York Journal.
Each year in medical textbooks is a ten
dency to restrict the influence of taking
cold as a cause of disease. This is owing
to the steadily increasing belief in the germ
theory. and also to the knowledge that
many acute attacks are but the result of
antecedent disease. Patients insist that
they took cold on this day or that, asslm-
ing this TO be the cause OF their ailment,
whatever it may be. In point of fact, many
disorders imputed TO colds are not more
frequent in cold seasons and in high aiti-
tudes than at other times and elsewhere.
There is a mental phase of this subject that
Is lhtereStinS ana easily explained. Few per-
sons really take cold who are not self-con-
Sciously careful. or fearful of the conse-
quences of exposure. Whoever got a cold
from plunging into the water to save a
life, or escaping scantily clad from a house
on fire? Try to find records of such cases.
Ordinarily. wien the mind is diverted there
is no SuCh thing as taking cold. This in
sane. living in an unreal world and think
ing unreal thoughts, do not take cold as
others do, and escape many other adverse
influences that affect normal persons; They
are thinking about other things. The IN
tiuenCe of cC!d falls on the nervous syS-
TEN. The representative take cold in the
mind, so to speak. and manifest 1t phys
ically.
An oversensitive organization keeps The
nervous system alert for impressions Of
disaster. And thus a panic is created among
the nerve centerS. even when a slight con-
of these sensations from which the hyper
sensitive suffer have, no external cause.
This brings US back to the nervous system
again. How are YOU living" Too much to-
baCco. stimulant. overwork. and too little
Sleep Nature is no Sentimentalist. She
demands a strict account and pay for every
indiscretion. DO you get enough fresh air
in office. workroom. f;lctory? There is a
food in il. Oxygen. that will do more for
nerves than anything under heaven. The
daily morning bath helps the skin throw
off poisons and helps to prevent any sudden
chilling of the surface. Warm clothes and
fresh linen are a necessity. Black is not
/ Vya rm in winter or cool in summer. In cold
| countries mature protects animals by giving
them coats OF pure white. Buy medium col
ored clothes 10 help avoid colds. since
white il impracticable. Gray. drab. medi-
UNI. inConspicuouS blue. mixed goods. and
soft browns are all warmer than deadly
black.
The American habit of overheatins
houses Is another cause of colds, and this
uverheating is probably due to American
nervousness. To avoid colds keep the nerv-
Gus system in as normal a condition as en-
vironment will permit. Taking Thought
about This rhaSe of the subject will bring
strength. resistance, and immunity that is
truly surprising.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

gold fields Of the Kloniiks. Nissou-ill. IL 81
disposed. have made the most magnihCeluwing IN
the agricultural building. and Vet II iisHced bv
Oklahoma and Kansas in the variety quality Oi
It's products %! the soil. For the frs; :. months
after the exposition opened. the space aid - Mis-
soGTi in the agricultural building Caei Of i
pyramid ~ -four sacks and a receptrDOm for
stray M!sS5urisns. This moaear evhibaS fnally
reinforced ty 4 collection Of cereals. 1t is far
from Crcd8table-
What Is the matter With Missouri. Ia question
heard on all sides In the exposition grs. ami IL
seems strange that the Missouri commits which Is
NOR. numerous than the commissions ny seven
not yet realized the discredi, which attach 10
Its failure TO have the resources Of thFeat state
properly advertised.
Just here the report b~ecomronical.
and refers to 81. Louis as the "copolis"
of Missouri. The beautiful reh glides
along as follows:
inexplIeabls Indifference shown by theroPolis Of
that state in falling 10 avail itself lie oppor-
tunities afforded by the exposition 10 rste and
extend its trade relations. While taerchants
and manufacturers Of s.. Louis are plg an in
vasl0n Into Porto Rico. Chicago Is orjng bust
ness mems excursions TO Omaha and ttsrt Of the
corn belt. which consumes and buyss factory
products and merchandise in one mithan the
poverty stricken. Iazy, shiftless people orto Rico
and Cuba cUnsum. and purchase in a vrNut only
have the mercantile classes Of Chicag,ght onto
the fact that the trans Mississippi expn affords
an unrivsled opportunity for eNpaadueir com
merce. hut the social and political such az
the Union League, Athletic. Marquette ~IrCquois.
All are "rGaniziae palace 'ar .Ncursior Chicago
da-. And vet. 81. Louis j. eighty y nearer
Omaha than Chicago BY the shortest rUud twenty
mile BY the longest route.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
MORAL WAVE IN LOUISVILLE.
Gambling of Every Kind Ended
Through Action of the
Grand Jury.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 3l.-The De-
ccmber grand jury. which created such a
sensation last Saturday by ordering Il raid
81 the poolroomS of the city. the frs time
they had been disturbed curing The twenty
years ol their existence. to-day returned =
searching report III which Mayor Charles
L. Weaver i taken severely TO task for
lis Inactivity IN tie matter of gambling in
louisville. The report also calls for the
resignation of certain members Of the board
OF public safety. which body has direct
control Of the police force OF the city. say
ing that th"E not only hinder and obstruct
thu chief ri police i'll the discharge of his
duty. hut thai they should make way for
meu who would enforce the law.
Gambling OF every kind Is ut an md, and
the Kentucky lottery and the poolrooms
aye closed. Priz., lighting. which fourished
here for q time. has also been stopped.
However. q merry-go-round race track will
he constructed here within the next thirty
daNs and pools VIII l. sold there.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
ITALY TO HONOR VOLTA.
Grand Continental Electrical EXPOSE.
ton To he Held ut the Scien-
tist's Birthplace.
Frnm The New YORK Herald.

| From the New York Herald.
! AIussandro Volta, inventor OF the voltaic
pile. and on whose discoveries rests the
superstructure of modern electrical science,
is to be honored 10y his native country
Italy. Early next year. in Como-his birth
place-there will be held an elaborate cleo
trical exposition to the memory of the
| great scientist. VINO IN his original re-
that he made =. journey to Italy to learn
what he could of electricity from the sue
ccSsful Italian eXperimenter.
| Al the exposition, which is 10 be the prln-
| cipal feature of II grand Volta centennial
in commcmoration of his signal discovery.
all that most intimately concerns electric
ity will be treated under twelve general
! divisions. prolonged by a clasSa donore,
illustrating Nolta's discoveries through the
Instruments and appliances he used. and
with manuscript studies written III his own
| hand.
This classa d'onore including as it does
the articles Volta used and studied will
bring his personality home TO the student.
In the central group will be the favorite
books he studied. several important auto
graph letters. portraits taken at interest
ing periods of the scientists life, medals
| coined in his honor. and various favorite
articles OF personal property.
The contury's story of electricity Will be
told hy important electrical documents.
publications, and manuscripts. models, APP
plinuceS, and Instruments.
There will be dyrarnoS. alternators,
transformers. electric motors. and their APP
plication to, operative machinery, cleo
| Illtdl, dtIldi, SiIbb'i ~ ant bht
water conductors and their accessories. APP
parntus for isolation and security from
danger. and way and means for prevent
! ing personal injury.
In class seven viii he electric illumina-
ton, are and incandesc'nt amps. compile
mcntary apparatus and appliances. lamps
carving their own ~ucCUmulators. portable
lamps. retrctors protective apparatus. aud
bcaconS. followed by electrical appliances
and applications for traction and prurul-
sion. electricity as applied To the tele-
graph ana telephone, oscillation, electric
currents. metnllurgy. therapeutics, and
general experiments.
The committee in charge has supple
other. illustrating the chief Industry of
| Como and the north of Italy. especially
OF the sections devoted to silk raising.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
SIX FINNISH MINERS KILLED.
They Fell Out of a Cage Down a Five
Hundred Foot Shaft in
Michigan.

ISHPEMING. MICH. Dec. Sl.-This
morning Al 6 o'clock, while nine Finnish
We're coming TO the surface in
one of the shafts of the Lake Superior
Iron Company. the cage met some obstruc-
ton in the shaft which inclined the floor
so as TO let six men slide off. They fell
800 feet to the bottom, being instantly
killed. Tho three others chung 10 the cage
and were slightly injured.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

juvenile garments
and 4 small. hut
loudly protesting.
piece of humanity
ard meek.y obeyod
the command.
That Kansas City
is a good place 10
live in i 4 PROPOSE
ton that sometimes
5 .r.eyous
d g. BITS in Sans
mind: but he does
live here ana H. IS
Il party to just such
Il cheerful domestic
scene every day in
the year. He has cue
thing 10 be thankful
fur-hc is not a dis
ciplc OF Brigham
Young.
Hes not even
much good rround
the house" said Mrs.
Isigley. I've sup
ported the family
ever since he lost all
his MONEY III TN"
panic several years
ago. II he'd Just
sweep Il little now
and then or carry up
water for the wash
ing I'd not be 50 put
out TO have him ont
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

From the New York Sun.
Three weeks before election day a we'll
known citizen Of a small town up the state
wrote as follows to the Republican candi-
detc for governor:
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay,
l.. +.
Sir:-I like 10 think of you sitting in
Your library hrooding over your ineirable
defeat. -.
this reply:
Sir:-inevitable is spelled with a w. not
with an f. Very truly yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The correspondence then closed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Mos, Flowers Have No Odor.

Most people viii be surprised TO learn
fume whatever An Austrian chemist. who
has been making researches into the sub
jec,. declared that out of 4.llU varieties
known and cultivated in Europe. scarcely
it have any odor: and of these nearly
nifty have an od"r which is. If anything.
diSaGrpeable.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Farmer Killed While Hunting.

GUTHRIE. O. r. Dec. Sl.-,Speclll,
David ~I'effenbaueh. a well known farmer
living n-r Homestead. was found dead AT
the roadside. While hunting in a cart his
gun fell 10 the ground and was discharged
the load tearing off his left arm. and lie
bled 10 death before he could get 10 -
SistanCe.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Why She Didn't Get n Divorce.

He could get work right now on some
gas wells that are being dug on his moth
er's farm. but he won't do that kind of
work. His mother is a wealthy woman.
so. when she dies he'll be- able To pay me
back Tor all my trouble. That's why |
don't get a divorce from him. II / did get
a divorce. though Ia never take the chill
dreu away from him just ON that account.
Ina "a good mother to my children and I'm
great ON looking out for them. That would
just suit him fire 10 get his money and
then he relieved of his family. That's what
II lazy man wants. Most people think ca
pability, or the lack OF it, are Unborn traits.
l think there's a good deal Of l~aztness mix
ed up with their bones. II they had any
minds to make up and would practice on
them a little. ] think they could do just
as we'll az the rest Of us
AT this i~uncture the exemplifcation of
iaztness stroiled in and reported to the
head of the household that he had been
10 several places looking for work. hut
there didn't seem to be anything going on.
'Of course the president of the company
didn't run TO meet You with arms out
stretched" sighed his better half. Why
don't you fasten the baby's shoes and take.
him down s~tairs?' and with that parting
order she reminded herself of the numerous
duties which lay before her and decided
TO continue the story In her next.
\ A VI
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
struck by an Electric Chr.

GALENA. KAS.. Dec. ~Sl.-lSpecial.)
William johnson attempted to cross the
electric line this forenoon and was struck
by a car. lie is lying at the point of death
tonight. H. i about Il years of age and
has Il large family.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Fatal Gasoline Explosion.

ST. JOSEPH. NO. Dec. S~l-(special,
While Maud Smith. Il years old.
10 ligft a gasoline stove at the home of
her parents In South park to-day. there
was an explosion. Although her body was
burned almost TO a crisp. she lived several
hours.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

good for is TO keep people from carrying
of the furniture in the house.
foolish enough to marry him. Ee didn't
think ! knew anything about business
then and he wouldn't listen 10 my ad-
~t.rfere, even, now" she added, with Il
suggestive shade OF the head.
"Oh. | wouldn't marry if had ii to do
over again. The idea of a woman lik"
me fooling with a man like him she
sen, a look OF scorn after the departing
baby tender. but he had taken the pre-
caution to'shut the door. The door with
cred instantly.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

WICHITA. KAS.. Dec. 51.-tSpeciai.,
The Towanda creamery was DESTROYED lev
fire this morning. The building and the
machinery Were valued at S5.C1o. Ii WIS
insured for sl.5a. The origin of the fire
is unknown. There was a quantity of
fire 4 fierce one.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
The Cause.
From Puck,

From Puck,
ASkiuS-"What has caused the change in
Major Stitf's appearance of late? He used
10 look like one born to command"
Grimshaw-"I!e i married now. and has
made the discovery that he wasn't born FOR
any such purpose
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Blacks Returns From His Books.

The late Mr.. William Black. the novelist.
leaves Il widow. a son and two daughters.
All the family are well provided for. Mr..
Black made "a large income out of his many
novels.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
MRS, RIGLEY TALKS OUT
SHE TELLS HOW SHE MANAGES TO
let ALONG so WELL.
New Woman With Progressive
Ideas on Making Money. Raising
Children and Taking Care
of IL Husband.

sam Rigley, haven't You pu; that
child's clothes on yet"
The past grand mistress of the American
Society of the New Woman WAS merely adj
ministering q gentle rebuke to her care
less spouse. sam was properly named. He
looked decidedly "wrigsly.' With one fell
swoop he gathered together Il heap Of
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

Optimism said the sorry fool. is see
ing the green side of a s. bill" "And whas
is pessimism?I asked his friend. Seeing
neither side of Il s. bin. New York Com
mcrCial Advertiser.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
d. STINE & son
UNDERTAKES, t T%rsslsspss e sss

Dear me. George. why don't van
smoke?' u thought I promised YOU I
never would You did: but | saw some
of the cutest little boxes in a downtoyn
window to-day, and hey were marked Sniv
81 cents for twenty-five real cicarsr"Ss
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
The firm will 20 n the trade

hotel and I'll have To
pay some besides. but
] can do il. You can't
keep me from making
money any way you
takS / always go
up-never back. I'm
Christian Scientist TO
the extent of believ-
ing you can do just
whats in your mind
to do. I've made up
my mind TO be pretty
Well off before I get
old. so you can expect
to hear from me. If
| just had 5000 there
wouldn't be a chance
10 stop me Id go to
work so quick. I'd
have some one build
n great big building
with about 60 little
rooms just large
enough for two per-
sons TO occupy. Their
I'd have an office, :
barber shop.a restau-
rant and plenty o:
bath rooms. The
rooms would rent for
Il dollar a week. THAI
would be $500 for the
rooms. TIL. arrange
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
PRINCIPALLY APPEALS
SUBSTANCE OF MISSOURI COMNIS-
SION'S REPORT.
Calls st. Louis the Metropolis of the
state and Rebukcs Missouri for
Not Milking Better Showing
at Omaha Exposition.
President E. NJ. sterrett. of the Missouri

President F. NJ. Sterrett. of the Missouri
state commission. has submitted his re-
port. The subheads In the pamphlet at-
tract attention. for they run: Appeal for
Funds Appeal for More Funds More
Appeals Al Appeal to the Press of the
STATE" More Appeals What Is the
Matter With Missouri
In part the report says:
1. seems incompFehensible why the state Of Mis-
souri, il not more in evidence al the trans Mississippi
exposition. The empire state of the trans MississippI
region could fill every foot Of space Of the mines
building with the products OF it's iron. zinc. lead and
coal mines. Its building stone from grant. 10
Limestone is ia itself a source Of wealth greater than
the argentiferous deposits Of Colorado or the tabled
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

m"nts would more He knows better than
than pay for them 10 Interfere"
selves. ana Their. you'd b., But guess the
hotel Will be more apt to matcrialiZe. My
father and mother wanted me to come
back home. bur not |, | can make enough
/" support my family. SO why should I
burden them? | let two of my children
stay with them because | don't think a
rooming house is a good place to bring
them up in. They go to school. but my
eldest daughter. who is Il, earns 81 u week
and pays her own way"
Shes easy. Elma is" said Ruby. the
younger girl. who was at home. for a visit.
shes like pa. and you can cheat her right
before her eyes. But We amt neither OF us
ever a-going to marry. We guess we can
support ourselves. but We don't want no
lazy men 10 keep"
Yes said the mother. I've brought
my girls NJ right. What does anyone marry
for. I'd like 10 know? Is it for trouble?
II II is you get all you marry for. ! Just
glory IN the independence of these bach
elor girls they talk about. Ii Sam tri"d 10
boss me now. Ia see that the whole earth
stretched between MS. But he knows that
have a better head Than he has. 50 he
doesn't interfere. He got over his stub
born WAYS under nv treatment.