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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Brakeman Loses Both Legs,

CHANUTE. KAS., May ESPECIAL
Hugh Boner. a brakeman running out OF
this city, had both legs cut off at Longton
to-day. He was putting on brakes when
the rod broke, precipitating him between
the cars. The injury will probably prove
fatal. He was taken through to Topeka
on a special tonight.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Thousands VIII sing.

1.-THE Hope of Youth IS the title of a
song written by Roman Kramer, a pupil
which will be sung at the cornerstone lay
ing at the new high school building on
May 49, It will be sung in the tune of
1.-The Star Spangled Banner" and by a
chorus OF many thousands of voices. The
committee on arrangements proposes to
have at least 0,000 copies of the song print
ed and every person In attendance at the
dedication exercises will be provided with
a CODY and invited to sing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Cornell Graduate Chosen.

GUTHRIE, o. T. May 5.-(Special.) The
board of regents of the Langston Industrial
college concluded its meeting to-day after
electing Professor ]. c. S. Tucker to the
chair of natural sciences. He is a grad
uate of Cornell university, and is at pres
ent principal of the negro public school
in this CITY
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
south Greenaeld Min Burn.d.

SOUTH GREENFIELD. MO-. May g.
Especially The Gavin Touring mill at this
place burned to the ground at clock this
morning. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The mill was one of the best pay-
ing properties in this section Of the state
and was valued at about $4,000.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Dead From a Catbite.

CLEVELAND. o., May 5-Joseph A.
Hackman, well known contractor Of this
city, died in terrible agony to-day as the
result of a catbite. Last Monday he was
bitten on the thumb by a pet cat. Little
attention was paid to the matter at the
lockiaw set in.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Labor Notes.

A conference with view to settling the
difficulty between the Woodworkers' union
and the employers is being arranged for
Tuesday As the bricklayers acted as
mediators in the hodcarriers' strike, so will
the carpenters in this.
The fining OF the Painters union for re-
fusing to obey the order for a sympathy
strike on the Keith building. as recon-
mended by the board of business agents.
was confirmed last night by the Building
Trades Council.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
pany Arrested for Killing Ed
ward King I'm 1895.

man who has been working at the
Armour packing house under an assumed
name was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Detective Addison, of the Kansas City,
Kas., police force, on suspicion of being
Alexander Martin, wanted at Fort Smith,
Ark, for the murder of Edward King. He
denies that he Is the man wanted.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Several New Town. Going Up.

DURANGO, COL. May 5.-Buiding on
several new townsites In the Ute lands
is going forward with all possible speed.
The filings at the land ONCE up to noon
to-day numbered eighty. There is no way
of estimating the number of actual set
tiers They are in no hurry to file
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
aeon" Men Arrested.

Detective Johnson and Officer keenan,
arrested two confidence men last night on
the Rock Island train at the Union depot
who were fast getting into the good graces
of an old man from Indiana, who gave his
name as 8. W. warmsley. He was on his
way to Kingfsher. o. T. The Con men
were working the banker racket, prepara-
tory to selling. the old fellow some bogus
express money orders They were taken to
police station No. 2.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

General Manager Dickinson and party
of the Union Pacific came in yesterday
from a tour of inspection. The party left
for Omaha last night.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

A. M. Davis, of Colony, Kas., is in the
city attending to some business matters.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Small Fires Yestcrdax.

AS D. m, at 1924 Norton street. a one
story frame dwelling, owned and occupied
by +. D. Brown: loss on the building was
Si50 and $50 on the contents, caused by the
explosion Of coaloil lamp.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Dan Ainsworth. of Newton, manager OF
a gold mining company in Arizona, is In
the city on business.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

NJ. Coulter, of Girard, Kas., is a business
visitor in Kansas City for few days.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Judge William c. Hook. of the United
States federal court, came down from To-
peka yesterday and left for his home in
Leavenworth last night.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

]. c. Houghton and w. P. DilIington. OF
Montpelier. Vt. representing an insurance
company, are in the city.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

MAY sTH. 9TH. nth and ETH
SiI.50-Louisville, KY, and return-siI.H
via
CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD.
Connections In Union Station. st. Lou3A
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Charles Campbell has returned from Chi
huahua, where he met Grant Gillett, the
ex-Kansas cattle plunger. He declares that
the latter has sold his hotel and is not en-
gagged in any business at present.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

II. A. Roster of Platte City. Mo-, is in
the city on business for couple Of days.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

e. ]. Westgate. a business man Of Gar.
den City, Kas., is in the city on business.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. X. C. klingman, of Efting-
ham, Kas., were in the city last night.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
DoGGETT D.G.CO.
A PARASOL EVENT

With the advent
of hot weather
everything that
will add comfort
and GOODNESS will
be eagerly sought
for. Our special
prices willattract
you in our direc-
ton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
Bishop Atwin to Occupy st. Georges

The pulpit of ST. Georges Episcopal
church will be filed Sunday by Bishop
Atwill, both morning and evening, In the
absence of its former rector. the Rev
Mr. p Gavan Duffy, who has resigned and
returns to England.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Ex-Congressman A. NJ. Dockery was in
the city yesterday to meet his wife, who is
visiting Mrs. H c. Orr. He left last night
for the South. accompanied by his wife for
a short pleasure trip.
Mr. Dockery declined to discuss his cam
didacy for the governorship. II am out of
will stick to my resolution not to talk It's
little early to start on campaign There
is plenty of time, My visit has no politics
in It whatever. "'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

Mrs. Charles f. LobdeIl, Of Lawrence,
was in the city yesterday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

150 White JAP
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white enameled frame and stick, spe-
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AZ Fine White China Silk Parasols,
with one ruffie. enameled frame and
stick, great bargain at. 49,. IA
sc Fine White China Silk Parasols.
with two deep ruffles, enameled frame
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"A Fine White China Silk Parasols,
with three ruffles, enameled frame and
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80 Fine China Silk Canopy Top Para
soils, in large variety of plain colors,
Congo wood handles and silver plated
frame, your choice. SO as
Our line of Fan
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best to be found G9cESA
in the city ando our HZkAAS
prices are on [2AMN
small profit basis. zA SsS
We have them in SE0ksUN
exclusive styles NHII4
for S3.9SS4.98,S5.50, ONNl3
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

w. c. Edwards. of Topeka, ex-secretary
of state, returned yesterday from a busi-
ness trip through the South. Every place
Funston and the daring Kansans that fol-
low him. said he. "A Jayhawker who gets
away from home now-a days does not keep
quiet about where he comes from. He Is
received with congratulations and favored
with attentions because he is Kansan.
Men whom I have met from the East are
about the personality of the men in the
Kansas regiment. Funston is national
hero and when he returns he will find
Kansas as ready to offer him her best
as New York was when Roosevelt was
placed in the gubernatorial chair. Fun
ston's record has been far more brilliant
in every respect than was Rooseyelt's."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06

John O'Shea, of Oklahoma City, is q
business visitor in the city.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-06
ABOUT SOME PEOPLE.

Dr. A. H. :Hepler, of Fort Scott, is in the
city on business.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
THE HEADsMAN.
He Used the Sword and MOI the Az
Prior to lash.

He Used the Sword and Not the Az
Prior to lisa.
1 am inclined to think that prior to
1888 the sword and not the ak was
usually employed as the Weapon for
Judicial decapitation and that a block
was dispensed with, the victims receiv-
ing their doom ''meekly kneeling upon
their knees, - and in this opinion l am
fortified by the concurrence of an emil
nent clerical historian. This learned
writer agreed with me that the ak did
not become the regulation" lethal inn
plement until after the rough and ready
heading of Lord Hastings on the
Tower green, when he was summarily
dispatched by order of the protector,
Gloucester.
In this instance, according to the
chroniclers, the victims neck was
stretched upon a piece of timber then
in use for the repair of the adjacent
church of St. Peter ad Vincula, prob
ably a ''putlog," part Of the scaffold-
ing which. we read, conveniently lay
In the way" Contemporary accounts
seem to indicate that the executioner
straddled over the prone body. and from
this position l infer that the decapita-
ton was effected by the tool known as
an ADJ, the cutting edge of which is
at a right angle to and not in a plane
with the haft.
may add that the only contempt
rary reference / have come across of the
use, or proposed use, of an ak and
block for inficting capital punishment
prior to this tragedy is in one of the
PASTOR series of letters describing the
peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack
Cade's rebels "a. D. 1867. a generation
before Lord Hastings was SO clumsily
hacked to death. Notes and Queries.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
Force of Habit.

"Of course you can't imagine what
curious experiences we have with sick
people, confided a trained nurse. Il
have just come from a very interesting
case-a dear old lady, lovely in every
way, but utterly unmanageable and un-
reasonable on the subject Of early rising.
The dear woman cannot turn over In
her bed O put her hand to her head
she is fatally i'll. poor creature-but she
wakes me every morning at 8 o'clock to
have her face and hands bathed and
her cap changed. oh, l groan, it is
only 5 O'Clock, Mrs. Lorrimer; that il
too early for sick people to get awake
Let us have another little nap.
"'No. no. she always answers; my
father reared me to get up at 5 o'clock.
/ can't disobey my training You must
make my toilet. l mustn't sleep any
longer
$50 l have to get awake, prepare the
dear old lady for the day-60 years ole
she is, and weak and sick-just because
she was reared by a father with abnor
NAL ideas of rising time. "-Indianapo
lis Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
ADDERs FOND OF EGGS.
Little Reptiles with Remarkable,
Swallowing Ability.

Little Reptiles with Remarkable
Swallowing Ability.
Among a lot of very interesting speci-
mems Of prepared animals sent to the
Museum of Natural History at Paris by
Father Guilleme, a missionary in the
upper Kongo country, there is one group
Of native adders. in the act of swallow
ing eggs, which excited uncommon in
terest. The most remarkable part Of it
is the relative size of this snake and it's
common food. This adder is rather
small it is seldom longer than 20 inch
es, and Its thickness never exceeds an
inch. Yet 1t feeds regularly on duck
eggs, the smaller diameter of which is
almost two inches.
How the snake can get such an egg
into its mouth is difficult to understand.
and the aspect Of these reptiles while
swallowing the eggs is most strange
The only way to account for this Pc
culiar manner. of swallowing whole
eggs Is the presence in the neck, Just
back Of the head, of a series If pointed
bones slanted backward and piercing
the esophagus. These not only assist
to hold the egg in place. but act like a
saw When the egg has advanced far
enough, their pressure wiz cut the egg;
it's contents will continue into the stom-
ach, while the empty shell is crushed
afterward and thrown out through the
mouth.
While in the act of swallowing the
egg the snake is easily caught, for it is
then almost in a state Of complete In
ertia; it then looks very much like the
bulb as used by photographers for open
ing their shutters.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16

The digestive power of the heron is
remarkable, as well as it's capacity and
ability to swallow large fish, says For
est and Stream. The neck seems to ex-
pand as if made of india rubber-the
fish slips down, and the bird is ready for
another. In eating beef, large bones are
swallowed intact. On one or two occa-
sions after feeding beef this way, great
alarm was felt, as the birds showed
signs of great distress, but the uneasi-
ness was soon Gained when the bird
threw up a large bone, clean and white,
the meat having been thoroughly digest
ed.
In eating catfish they instinctively
pierce it with their strong beaks, until
there is no question in their simple
minds but that it is harmless. II in
their hurry to swallow their food, II
goes down the throat covered with sand
or trash. they Immediately eject it,
carry it to the water and, having rinsed
it we'll swallow it again.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
MaddeninE.

81 happen to have a dress coat, :" said
a man about town, ssthat was made by
Poole, the famous London tailor, and
I've preserved it with a good deal of
care. To tell the truth, I attached less
value to the garment itself than I did
to the sign manual of the house, en-
blazoned on a strip of white silk and
stitched inside the collar. 1t was a trife
snobbish, | dare say, but if so I've re-
ceiyed my punishment.
"a few weeks ago l took the coat
along with me on a trip to Florida, and
while at a small coast resort l noticed
the buttons were getting worn. The
only tailor in town was a Chinaman,
and l gave him the coat with instruc-
tions to repair the damages, which he
did very neatly. I had forgotten all
about the incident, and one evening
during carnival was at the club chat
ting with some visitors from Detroit
when somehow or other the conversa-
ton turned on high art tailoring.
zone of the strangers sang the
praises Of u chap at his home, and I,
like a fool, couldn't resist the tempta-
ton of remarking that my suit was
made by Poole. T~hereupon the other
fellow expressed curiosity as to how the
English tailors inserted the shoulder re-
endorsements Of dress coats, and I oblig-
ingly slipped mine off to allow him to
examine it. He looked 1t over. and
when he handed it back l noticed that
he wore a peculiar smile. 1t was nc
wonder, for. by Jove, in place of the
signed silk strip below the collar was 6
great hideous pink tab bearing the
legend. Charley One Lung, Merchant
Tailor. Wayback. Fla. + New Or.
leans Times-D Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
THE MODERN ENGLlsHMAN.
An Incident Which APPLY illustrates
His Deliberateness.

An Incident Which APPLY illustrates
His Deliberateness.
To illustrate the d~eliberateness of the
modern Englishman let me tell of a hat
which blew off a mechanics head on
the top of a bus.crossing Albert bridge.
A stiff breeze blew up the Thames, and
the hat was whirled against the side of
the bridge and then went spinning
down the footway in the opposite di-
rection from that which the omnibus
pursued. 81 say" said the mechanic,
reaching over and touching the driver
on the shoulder s'me ats blowed off. "
The driver fdgeted a moment at this
sudden interruption, then took a tight
er grasp of the reins and clucked to the
horses to quicken their pace. The hat
and the vehicle spun along in opposite
ways. "Isay, driver, said the mechan-
ic; 'sme ats blowed off" The driver
idgeted again. but now his mind grasp
ed the situation, though most unwill-
ingly.
at as, as it2'' he said, turning to
the man. "Well, then, that'll teach
you to buy ats to fit your cad. / 'ad a
ole lot of ats blow off before I made
up me mind to get 'em to fit me cad.
After that l 'ad no more trouble"
The hat was still bowling along and
vas now at the farther end of the
bridge. The mechanic looked at it
DULY. l was in a fever of gratuitous
impotence for the bus to stop or for
the mar to climb down. The driver
turned back to his work and clucked to
his horses. who quickened their gait.
Just then a vagrant stopped the flight
of the hat and ran and caught the bus
and got a penny for his pains. So every
one was happy, even Julian Ralph
in Harper's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
WASHINGTON IRVING.
He Was an Utter Failure ms an After
Dinner Speaker.

hA& w D6 49, OAASA as s%A SAAG04
Dinner Speaker.
Washington Irving was not a ready
after dinner speaker. The author Of
American Bookmen' says that he
summed public appearances. Yet when
Dickens came to New York, in 1912,
Irving could not escape presiding at
the great dinner in his honor. They
had already become friends through
correspondence, for Irving's delight in
Little Nell had to be expressed in a
letter to the author. and Dickens, in
his enthusiastic response, had said:
'Diedrich Knickerbocker' I have
worn to death in my pocket. and yet /
should show you his mutilated carcass
with a joy beyond expression.
The night of the public dinner came,
and Irving's dread of the Introductory
speech kept him murmuring throughout
the repast. 81 shall certainly break
down"
At the proper time he rose to his
feet, began bravely, but could only ut
ter a few sentences, and ended by TAX
ing refuge in the announcement of the
toast
"Charles Dickens. the guest of the
nation"
The applause was generous, and If
wing took his seat.
"Therer' he said. 81 told you
should break down. and 1 have done it'll
Later, while on his way to Madrid,
he found himself called upon at the
dinner of the Literary fund in London
to respond to the toast, "Washingtor
Irving and American literature" AL
he could say in acknowledgment Of an
enthusiastic reception was:
81 beg to return you my very sincere
thanks.
One Englishman at the table was
heard to make the laconic comment,
"Briefl'
eyes, said another beside him,
''but you can tell the gentleman in the
very tone of his voice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners
Guests Carry Away craps

Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners
Guests Carry Away Scraps.
At the close of formal dinners in ia.
pan the guests are presented with any
portion of the meal they may fail tc
eat. However great or small the amount
they may fail to eat, it is carefully
wrapped up for them and they are ex-
pected to take it home with them. The
unique custom was followed at of1cia.
dinners until a short time ago, when il
was discontinued, but the Withdrawal.
of government example has not materi-
ally affected the practice. The plan has
been followed for many years and it is
difficult to place its origin.
Peculiar as the custom is, it is not
without it's attractive features. The
husband who stays out late at night
can pave the way to wifely pardon with
the neat and tempting parcel under his
arm. The i~mpecunious o. temporarily
embarrassed can hold out enough to tide
them over several hungry days. The in
dulgent father or mother can pass the
sweets and carry them home to their
children. Half a dozen satisfactory com
binations can be worked on the plan.
There may be all kinds of elaborate
courses at a dinner that one does not
care for, but the mental struggle of say
ing no is not half SO hard when you
know you will get a chance to carry the
food off and either give it to your chill
dren. feed it to your dogs and cats on
distribute it among your friends. The
Japanese practice is all that could be
expected. Each kind of food is kept in
a separate parcel. and at the close Of
the dinner the share Of each guest is
made up in a neat and artistic bundle.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
THE SAD STORY IT TOLD.
Cuzzi's First Glance In "A Looking
Glass In Fifteen Years.

Cuzzf's First Glance In "A Looking
Glass In Fifteen Years.
Shortly after Cuzzi's rescue by Gem
eral Kitchener, when the latter entered
Omdurmap, the long suffering man said
During my 10 years imprisonment
l never saw a mirror, and gradually all
interest in my personal appearance
faded completely away. When it be-
came sure that an expedition was on
its way to Omdurman, l began to live
again. When at last the cannon began
to thunder and the wild cries of the
battle penetrated the city, 1 laid my
sword ready, determined. should this
last hope be destroyed, to put an end
to my life. When finally the noise Of
the cannon ceased and the victor Kitch-
ener stood before me, CT graduating
me on my release, I thou ut / should
suffocate with emotion.
1.-THE next day / made my toilet in
an officer tent and held in my hand
the first looking glass l had seen for 10
years. l looked curiously at my rehec-
ton in it and started back l had gone
out into the world a young, active
strong man. and the image which now
stared at me was that of a sick, hollow
eyed, wrinkled, broken man. Never did
all that I had suffered enter my mind
with such strength as at this moment,
and l wept, wept like a child-the first
tears In 10 years.
1.-THE day after I was made a prisoner
l saw my wife die, but my grief was
too great for the relief of tears My
child was torn from me and died Of
starvation far away, and l could not
weep. 1 suffered de~privations and i'll
treatment without a sign of weakness.
but now, before this small looking
glass. l was overwhelmed. The pain of
all that 1 had lost seemed concentrated
in the grief stricken features reflected
in the mirror. At one glance / saw the
story Of my sufferings."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16

Law court stories were especially at
tractive to Hicks, and he told many OF
them. His great story. which was al
most a dramatic sketch, was of the &C
quittal of a Cornish doctor who was
charged with the murder of his mother
in-law by mixing arsenic with a dish OF
rabbits and onions, which he gave her
for supper. The setting of the court,
the swearing Of the jury, the speeches
of counsel, and the judges charge were
all related by Hicks with marvellous hu-
NOR.
The climax to the fun was the con
~fabulation of the jury as to the verdict
they should give. and their individual
reasons for returning a verdict of ac-
quittal-from the juryman who "didn't
hold with old oman eating rabbits and
onions for supper to the juryman who
declared that sit wasn't a ha'po'th Of
odds to him, and twas but an old ON
an. "-Cornhin Magazine.