Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-21
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Not long ago a Pntsburg life insurance City
agent persuaded a Chinaman to take out . YER cl
policy of s 900. The latter had NO clear idea tumn
of the transaction, but understood that on >
paying the premiums promptly he would
be entitled to 5000 some time. He began %
bothering the agent for the money after . "
couple of weeks had passed. and the agent ri
tried to explain to him that he would have VI
to die before he could get 1t. Tho China
man fell down a cellarway on Grant street., ~
and was badly hurt. His friends tried to a1S
attend to him without calling i'd q doctor. TO
When they did call one in two days later
the doctor was angry. Why didn't you
call me sooner?' he asked. This man p d; !
half dead now" Next day the injured
mans brother was at the Insurance ONCE 10
with a claim for $500. You're mot en- u
titled to anything on this" said the M fur
surance agent. until the man 10 dead" q v
'.Doctol say him half died." answered the y 70
brother. ''Why he no glet lat half?'
Major John Demeritt. Of General Otis Iolo,
stan. who had to return from Manila In or i Nee
der to recuperate after a spell Of fever, 49,.
said in Washington the other day: NO iSuid r
body who has seen the Philippines couldls owne
ever be in favor Of surrendering them. EIyai ca
am satisfied that 1t Is to the best nterest&-
of this country to keep them. for their re- klan
sources are varied and valuable. and the3i No.,
will eventually be a source Of profit to our Neathe
people. 1t Is not going to take a verznary
great while to completely reduce the In mile:
surgent Filipinos to subsection. Sooner siS' "a n 70 70
later they will have to give In or stArnte. l7 e
there is no other alternative. They -: p
the craziest lot Of fanatics on earth. ~ ung
mad as they are. hunger Is a question that 10
will convince them that II Is useless to a
longer resist. The more enlightened and yine
well-to-dO class of mixed Spanish blood ara
quite willing that this government should snness
establish its sovereignty in the archipel-
ago" seiini
Four months ago one Of the leading op-s4 to 1
araS 6ru In Wall ctraot aoil 4 n ltcfoP 0um1Vh u ~ TO
OF the fIess: sugar Is a SAFE. It WI! emile; p,
dividend. II 1t should 1t will be the lastelsl. 20
one. The end Of the Sugar trust IL y 100 IN
sight" He was selling the stock short S,,us.. :,
IL. 113. III and us. He.has the reputation, 4 TO /
of making as few mistakes as any MANI. ! t.
in the market. Sugar walked right up TO y u
10, 40. 10. 16O and, ON Thursday, touched
40 for 500 shares! II anyone knew anything ~.
about Wall street matters he could make a.
million q minute. Nobody knows. And that netwt
Is what makes the great game 10 fascinat 6rupsv
Ing i crowd
Gomez" according to Fred Remins vii siI1 b the =,
has a curious head-a very Interests reserve,
head. It IL fierce and warlike, and brA pition OF
and mustached and goateed, and altogte ne ai'
er Spanish-American. which does not mScted TO n
white man. His profile is a triangle. u
the Jaw as the base. From his :ooheehess ~
should say his was not a great brtveen Ma,
SO far as we know he Is a man OF and scyn
idea-which happens In his case to be9 pitch
good one: and there is the force in t.. Nv ~,
base Of that triangle which has carried th,nd they
one idea as far as the blood and iron am unIes,
| horsefiesh Of Cuba could carry It," II their
The New York Times replies Courteous bars
to a correspondent who finds fault witch 20
one of its headlines: "A headline is one OF ciun
the most battling OF finite things witE and
which the conductors of a newspaper haxeefers
to deal. As a miserable and despairiu ID for
compromise words are sometimes used ths Cse,es
describe. but do not define. You can't &C. INC
a chapter OF international law into a hal
lire, you know. Nor is 1t always pr~actic0efeat
BILE to assemble a'congress Of lexicogrr.... N
piers to decide upon the right word"
Speaking Of the new president OF welIes
lev. the Boston Transcript says: .sfIs.
Hazard 1. no, herself . college bred woman
in the strict sense of the term. but to Nv
In the shadow OF a university. to have
father who Is a member OF the corporatiof
and to receive ten years instruction in ft-.
erature. history and art from such q md
as Professor ]. l. Dlman Is to make one
oollege-loving woman In the widest set
q the term"
An International congress for commefN
education. which Will meet In Venice a
May 4 TO May 8. will discuss the
methods Of promoting trade and CONNIE
with especial reference to organi1
schools. In which instructions In FORE
m shall be given.
Ex-Mayo Strong told the Credit MeR
Association Of New York the other day ~
that he had lost less money in dealing with
firms which were not worth anything than
with those which were reported to have
largo capital. an
Captain C. Roth. who had chafgeeof the
execution Of the four Lincoln eoasplEatorsOO
In 1855. Is At present q railway post0 clerk
At Jackson. Mich.