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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Alton improvements.

CHICAGO. July SLSomewhere between
$50, 00O COO and si0.0O0,O00 is to be expended
by the new owners of the Chicago & Alton
road New bridges, engines, stations and
cars will consume the greater part of this
immense sum.
An entire new bridge, to cost 100000, will
be constructed across the Missouri river al
Kansas City, supplanting the present one.
The entire new passenger trains are now
contracted for with the Pullman company.
OF the proceeds of the si0,000.0O0 worth of
bonds that are to be issued by the COM
pany, 000O0 will be used for improve
ments and extensions and for such other
purposes as may be authorized by law. The
value of bonds will be deposited w, h a
responsible trust company and will be used
as needed for the purposes of paying exist
ing Indebtedness. Forty new locomotives
of extra large size and power will eat up
part of the So .ONO
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
THEY CANNOT ESCAPE 1T.
Corporations That Do Business in
Kansas Must File Financial
-. REPORTS.

TOPEKA, July 2S.-(Special) The secre-
tary of state to-day received letter from
Attorney ]. c. Swift, of Kansas City, Mo-,
inquiring about the provisions of the new
anti-corporatien law. Swift said that he
was the attorney for a number of Kansas
corporations, and that If they were re-
quired to send in a financial statement to
be scattered broadcast over the land his
concerns would move their headquarters to
Missouri, where the laws were more lib
eral In reply the secretary of state said
that no matter where the headquarters of
a corporation were, If 1t wanted to do busi-
ness in Kansas 1t would have to file the re-
port. The only way a company can get
out of filing the report is to abandon the
Kansas field entirely.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Partisan Megottiers.

itor to Paris has observed the ragged in
dividuals who perambulate the boulevard
and peer in among the tables and chairs
in front of the cafes in search of cigar and
by means of bent pins on the end of a
stick. The megottiers, as they are called,
are now trying to form a mutual protec-
tion syndicate. Their reason is that the
police interfere with them too much. This
singular trade occupies three classes of
persons-the picker, the cleaner and the
salesman. The purchasers consist chiefly
of masons. who all come from the country
districts of Limousin and Creuse, and are
delighted to get a large packet of tobacco
for I'd. There exist, moreover, real to-
bacco shop keepers who purchase the vile
stuff and mix 1t with good tobacco, the
profits derived therefrom being naturally
considerable.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
HOW HE KEPT HIS WORD.
Being the story of n Pet Dogs Bath
and the TribuiatiOns of
Devoted Husband.


From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He had promised his wife when she went
away that he would wash the dog. He
was in mood at the moment for promis-
ing anything As usual, ne regretted 1t
when too late.
Day by day he saw that once blue-and-
white terrier getting black and blacker-
Day by day he knew that the crucial mo-
ment must soon come. One morning ne
went at it.
He boiled a teakettle full of lake water
on the gas stove. He got out the dog S
small bottle of disinfectant. Then he poured
the water in the tub, and added cold water
and little of the disinfectant. All the
ingredients of the bath were now ready
save the dog and the soap. Then he went
for the dog.
The intelligent creature suspected his
intentions, and hid himself. Finally he
was discovered and chased up and down
the tub. The man put MIN IN the
tub, after much kicking and splashing.
and then went up into the kitchen to LOOK
for the soap. No sooner was his back
turned than the dog jumped from the tub,
and ran up stairs and scooted all over the
house. leaving trail of hot water where
ever he went. Finally he was recaptured
in the middle of the mans wife's bed. Then
the washing commenced in earnest, the
dog making desperate efforts to escape at
every rub. Each time he got his body
freed from the water he would snake tne
mans eyes full of soapsuds. The more he
was soaped the more slippery he got. AT
last he so frantically flung himself against
the mans shirt front that the man stag
gered. To save himself from falling back
ward he caught at the tub, and went down
with q torrent of soapy water pouring
over his legs. The dog, of course, made
another bee line for the upper regions. and
this time the man did not follow him. In
stead of doing he picked himself up,
kicked the tub across the cellar, and went
up stairs leaking a stream of dog favored
water every time he put his foot down.
Just then the door bell rang loud and
long. The man was reckless. He didn't
care for appearance He squished his way
to the front door. A little girl confronted
him.
please, SIR" she said, mamma sent
me over to see If you was murderin' the
dog"
And the poor brute avoids him as If
he were a pestilence.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
CAN'T FORCE a-CENT FARES.
Detroit City Council Holds That May.
$50 OF Maybury Is Making Idle
Threafs

DETROIT, MICH, July 2s.-City Counsel
has given the council committee
on judiciary an opinion saying that the
street railway Companies of the city which
are at present charging 5 cents cannot
be compelled to give 3-cent fares under
their franchises. as is contended by Mayor
Maybury. Th mayor bases his contention
on the fact that the franchises under which
the companies are operating provide that
mot more than cents shall be charged"
but do not fix 5 cents as the legal rate of
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
ENTIRE PARISH TO GO.
Bishop of BeIIevilIe, ILL.,. Diocese to
Excommunicnte All Members of
East st. Louis Parish

BELLEvILLB, ILL, July 2S.-The Right
Rev. John ]. Jansen, of this place, bishop
of the Belleville diocese, is about to ex-
communicate all the members of ST. Pat
ricks parish, in East st. Louis.
1t is expected that next Sunday notice
OF such action will be promulgated. 1t
will be the first instance in the history of
the Roman Catholic church in this country
of the accommodation of an entire
parish.
: Twelve hundred people will be exiled
from the ministrations of the church.
The impending wholesale infiiction of the
church's extreme penalty will be the con-
sequence of three months violent resist
ance to ecclesiastical authority
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
THE MAJOR THOUGHT THUS.
He Was the Editor of u Well Known
Western Paper-Made Every
One Stand Around.
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
Major b. said we'll known Western
journalist, who was the editor of the
Eastern paper on which 1 served my ap-
premiership, was martinez and tyrant
in his office discipline, and the way he made
the boys stand around was a recommends
ton to Caesar. Indeed, We were all dead
afraid of him because he meant business,
and If a man didn't keep right in the line
all the time, the major was sure to let him
go on very short notice and without any
blessing to speak Of One day we were all
very much surprised to learn that the
major who was supposed to be a confirmed
bachelor, had taken unto himself a wife,
and while We We're sorry for her, we hoped
that it might result in an improvement of
the major uOder the alleged humanizing
and genialiZing influence of Heavens best
gift to man.
"What the final effect was I don't know,
because l gave up my position and came
West about four months after he was de-
bachelorized but about three months after
his assumption of the silken ties more
strong than STEEL happened to overhear
a conversation in the sanctum between him
and the only man who was his confidant,
which made me wonder afterwards when
ever I heard the major banging around the
office and making remarks more forcibe
than polite. What the previous conversa-
ton had been leading up to the point where
my ear caught on, can't say, but the 9TH
er man was talking.
but, my dear major he said urgently
and as if somewhat staggered, what is the
matter with you? You have always been
master of the paper and had no difficulty
in having everybody do Just as you pleased,
haven't your
"'Y-Y-Yes,' hesitated the major. in
| tone had never heard from him; .of course
I have; but man, man, editing a newspaper
is very different thing from editing a
woman
Not wishing to become an unwilling lis
tener l got away as soon as 1 could and
lost no time in reporting the scrap of con-
versation to everybody in the office who
loved the MAJOR
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
NEW KIND OF SHOE FASTENER.
Sliding Clasps Invented by n Chicago
Man That Do Away With old
fashioned Laces.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A means OF shoe fastening which will
displace the shoestring and button has
been worked out by George 8. Webber, OF
Chicago, ILL.,, whereby the separable edges
of the shoes are supplied with series
of wire engaging shoulders. forming
for a sliding clasp. Means are provided
for holding the clasp in place when 1t Is
drawn up and also for arresting its mo-
of removing the shoe. The clasps are
very simple in their application and are
they are very yielding to the motion of
the feet.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
rnternntionnI order Of twelve.

JEFFERSON CITY. July 2s-(Special.)
its session here to-day, The following cf-
fieers were elected: Joe HEREFORD. c. G.
NJ, Chillicothe: Kittie lockwood, c. G. p,
NJ. Alice Shrapschire, v. G. p, Palmyra;
j. g. Hayes. c. G. s., Mexico; Effie B.
Fisher. c. G. r., Independence; W. z.
Thirkles, c. G. o., Lexington; j. Fannie
Watts. c. G P, Glasgow: A r. Chinn,
c. G. T. Glasgow; Matte B. Russell, 6. /.
s.. Jefferson City; Willis Williams, G. d.
M St Joseph
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Found Dead on n Brake Beam.

TOPEKA. July 2s.IE(Special) When a
in here to-day, the fnangled remains Of a
colored man supposed to be Frank Nelson,
of Lawrence. were found dangling from
the trucks of one of the cars. The body
had been dragged for several miles. A
tramp on the train said that it was Nelson
and that he HAD been at work in the vicin-
ity of Abilene and was beating his way
home on the brakebeam
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
A Colony of Silent Women.

From the fokohama Mall.
There is a community of female recluses
at place called Yunakawa, about seven
miles from Hakodate. A matron of some
so years .presides and her instructions
are implicitly obeyed. The women are all
young, ranging from 16 to q, and some of
them are described as very beautiful. The
building stands in a farm of some $50 acres
But the women do not engage in any ag-
ricultural work. They spend most of their
time indoors, reading the Bible, and they
appear to observe strict rule of silence
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Threaten to Retnliate.

TOPEKA, July 2S.-(SpeciaL) John
Boyer, a .Klondike" jointist, In letter
over his signature, says that of Governor
Stanley closes up the "Klondike'' joints
he must also close them up in Leaven-
worth The 'Klondike'' jointists will not
permit the Leavenworth joints to run If
those near the Soldiers home are driven
out Of business.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Chicago Brickmaker. Strike.

CHICAGO. July 2s.-oficials of organized
labor in this city state that the brick
makers strike is likely to precipitate a
general walkout in the city. Committees
from the Brickmakers' Alliance to-day In
vaded buildings in various stages of con-
struction and, where non-union brick was
being used, ordered the union men to
cease work. The employers against whom
the movement is directed preserve a solid
front of indifference.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29

of the messenger boys, after a run of one
week, Is practically over. Neither the
Western Union nor the Postal made any
Most of the strikers applied
for reinstatement to-day. but they are COM
PEELED to take their turns with recent ap-
plicatfons and the recently organized union
will not berecognized by either company.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
A Large Hymnal
From T1t-Bits.

From TIt-BIts.
A minister one Sunday at a children's
service rather surprised the older members
of the congregation by giving out the hymn
as: "Ten thousand times ten thousand, two
hundred and Twenty-Five" He always gave
out the first line of the hymn and then its
number in the book.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Murder mt an NJ. E., Conference.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, July 2s.-As the
was leaving the Methodist
church at the close. of the first days ses-
sion of the Pine Bluff district conference
held in Grant county last night, an un-
into Van H. Williams, infiicting fatal
wounds No cause is known. Mr.. Williams
was an ex-State senator.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Parsons ON the Aggressive.

TOPEKA, July ESPECIALLY The city of
Parsons will soon begin suit in mandamus
TO compel the state board Of charities to
purchase the asylum site selected by the
special legislative committee and to COM
mence the erection OF buildings thereon
The board IS holding OF on account OF the
fight being waged by Clay Center to beat
ParHons out Of the new ASYLUM.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
VIII Be Back by school Time.

TOPEKA, July 2S.-(specialJ According
to a letter received by ]. A. Ramsey, of
Topeka, to-day. from the war department
the Kansas troops will sail from Manila
about August 10. Mr.. Ramsey has a son
with the Twentieth, and he wrote to the
department that he wanted his boy to
department replied that fhe boys would
all be home in time to enter school.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Wild.


From Tit-Bits.
"Halloa. old man, had any luck shoot
ing?"
II should say did. Shot seventeen ducks
in one day
Were they wild?"
well. no-net exactly, but the farmer
who owned them was
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
From Tit-Bits


Master-"Tombs, this is an example in
subtraction Seven boys went down to
pond to- bathe, but two of them had been
told not to go In the water. Now, can you
tell me how many went in?'
Tombs-"Yes, sir; seven"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
A Remarkable Uncle.

From the Chicago Record.
MY uncle grows Strawberries so big that
six will fill a quart box.">
"I'd be ashamed to have an uncle who
would use that kind of quart boxes"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
vancouver BrickIayers Strike.

VANCOUVER. B. C., July 2s.-Nearly all
the bricklayers employed in the city went
the employment by contractors Of Chinese
labor
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29

From the Yonkers Statesman.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Bacon-'I see Cuban radish grown this
year near Manacas weighed eight pounds"
Egbert-"I knew something would hap
pen as soon as We got foothold On Cuban
sell"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Good Rain mt Atchison,

ATcHIsoN. KAs., July 2s.-(Special.) A
continuous rain prevailed here tonight,
hpd reports come In that 1t Is general east,
west, north and south
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
REDUCED PRICES ON HOT
WEATHER SHOES.

All Shoes in this list are
new and strictly up-to-date
styles. No job lots or fire
goods.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-29
Speaking from Experience.


Mexican war survivors dncrease)-Samuel
logic, Featherston. IS to S12.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-22
A Very Successful Vermonter.

About once in six months the
CALIFORNIAN is pleased to make note
of the business and literary successes
of Col. George B. M. Harvey of New
York and by his latest move he has
almost reached the top Of the ladder
of fame. He has been made president
of the great publishing house of Har-
per & Brothers and is large stock
holder in the company. This means
that he will be manager of the con-
Germ and he also announces that he
will continue as editor and proprie-
tor of the North American Review,
which monthly has doubled in circu-
lation since he bought it about six
months ago.
Our readers are so familiar with
the career of this Peacham boy that
we will not give an extended bio
graphy again. He is only 35 years
old and it is a matter of especial
pride to us that his first newspaper
work was when he was reporter on
the CALIFORNIAN. From here he
went to the Springfield Republican,
then the Chicago News and lastly
the New York World where he was
managing editor of that great journ-
al when only 26 years old. Compel
led to leave newspaper work because
of close confinement he formed a
business connection with William {.
Whitney, which continued two years.
At the end of that time he began the
development of electric roads on
Staten Island and the Atlantic Coast
Electric Railroad, in Long Branch
and Asbury Park.
He was president of the Asbury
Park and Sea Grit Railroad com
pany, treasurer of the Staten Island
Ferry company and vice president o.
the National Salt company. HI
bought the North American Review
in February of the present year, ane
assumed editorial direction last May
He formed what was popularity
known as the Harvey syndicate TO
the purchase of street railroads il
Havana and other Cuban properties
and devoted large amount OF tim
to the development of enterprise
there.
His Caledonia county friends ant
the CALIFORNIAN are proud of his re
markably successful career and ten
der him their hearty congratulations
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-22

may meet again. am the Arch
bishop of Trinidad; who are you"
After realizing that [ had enjoyed
the fellowship of one Of the greatest
church dignitaries in South America
it did not seem as il / was much OF
anybody. Our most distinguished
passenger on the homeward trip was
Prof. Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins,
Americas greatest chemist, and 1t
was my good fortune to have a seat
at his table and hear his interesting
stories and experiences OF many
European trips. Perhaps the one
whose name is more familiar to my
readers was Frederick Pabst OF Mil.
waukee, the richest brewer in Amer
lea. A distinguished foreigner was
Prof. Arthur Ferraris, the French
portrait painter who is coming to
America to paint portraits tor $lI-
900 apiece. Besides these there were
two Germans who own the largest
coffee plantations in Guatemala, the
president of big sugar company in
Mexico, a German attache to the
Japanese embassy at Toxic, and a
lot Of other good fellows from all
parts of the world. We landed in
New York a day late, having made
the trip in seven days, and there was
not one of the 2s9 passengers but
what was glad to land-even in Ho-
boken. ARTHUR f. STONE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-22
Second District Politics.

The announcement in the Montpe-
lier Waterman that ex-Gov. Dllling.
ham would not be a candidate for
the House was Immediately followed
by long editorial in the Burlington
Free Press endorsing him as candi
date for the Senate. This leaves the
field unchanged as far as candidates
for the House are concerned, and the
three candidates are Col. Kittredge
Haskins of Brattleboro, Hon. Frank
Plumley of Mortified, and Hon.
Wendell P. Stafford ofSt. Johnsbury.
Not since the days of the brilliant
and able Judge Poland hasSt. Johns
bury had representative in the
House, and it is a matter of local
pride that we have in M. Stafford
one who is in every way worthy Of
the honor and who would be a credit
to his state in Congress. OF the
three candidates it is universally con-
coded that he is the best orator, ana
good speech from a brainy speaker
counts on the floor OF Congress more
than anywhere else. The increase oil
social, industrial and territorial
problems has created greater de.
mand for the scholar in politics and
in Mr.. Stafford we have just such a
man-not theorist or idealist, but
one who has made a close study O
all these problems and who has puri
fed politics whenever he has entered
the arena.
Mr.. Stafford has not announced
his candidacy with any flourish o
trumpets; he will not make fac
to face" canvass; he is a very bus,
lawyer and is tending strictly to hi
legal business, but as the time for tn
convention draws nearer it is graf
flying to his many friends Throughout
the second district to see the sent
ment growing among the voters fo
the choice of this young republica
whose professional, literary and put
lie career has been so successful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-22
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Some National and State Questions Dis
cussed by our Exchnnges.

1t has been again suggested that
Mr.. Dillingham; be elected to the
House of Representatives from the
second district. The suggestion
seems to lack the quality OF entire
disinterestedness 1t is mans
privilege to be or not to be a candl'
date for this public office or that, but
Mr.. Dillingham; is not wholly at
liberty to choose for himself between
the office OF Senator and that OF Rep
resentative. People of Vermont of
all ranks and conditions long ago
discerned in him the man endowed
by nature, qualified by experience
and association to bear the States
commission in the national Senate
He is candidate for the senatorship
in answer to the summons OF large
and influential body of his fellow
citizens, in all parts of the state.
Moreover he could not now-and
there has not been a time in the re-
cent past when he could if he would
ENTER the canvass in the second dis
trict without just complaint on the
part of the worthy men who have
already announced their candidacy,
on the we'll understood determine
ton of Mr.. Dillingham; in this mat
ter. It this is not clear, without
elucidation, to the disinterested gen.
tlemen who desire to sidetrack Mr..
Dillingham's senatorial candidacy,
elaboration Of the reasons would be
in vain.-[Montpelier Journal.
Whether Vermont has license or no
license, there is one thing which is do
ing more to down the liquor business
than all other things combined and
that is the impossibility for drink
ing man to obtain position of re-
sponsibility. No railroad wants a
man in It's employ who is addicted to
the habit and it is getting harder
each year for man to get into any
position, when it is known that he is
a drinking man. The time was when
it made but little difference whether
a man drank or not about his getting
a good position with a good salary,
provided he knew how to do the
work, but at the present time when
there are so many men for each posi-
ton who are capable Of filing 1t the
choice almost invariably goes to the
man who does not indulge Ben
nington Banner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-22
December Magazines.

McClure's Magazine for December
contains the Introductory chapters of
"The Life of the Master" by DIR. John
Watson Ian Maclaren"), which is
to be a leading feature of the Maya
zine for some months to come; also
the first part of a new story by the
author of "The Gentleman from In
diana" Everybody who has read
the latter will be eager for some
thing more from Mr.. Tarkington's
pen. James Barnes, now the recog-
nized authority on all the heroic
phases of American history, has writ
ten for this number the romantic
story OF Colonel John Laurens's spec
ial mission to France in 1881. 1t is
story that has almost never been
told; yet Laurens's mission is be-
lived to have been the one thing that
saved the cause Of American indie