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foe fCatt IF YOU WANT TO SELL ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND A BUYER THROUGH THE JOURNAL. IF YOU WANT TO BUY ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND A BARGAIN IN THE JOURNAL. VOLUME XLU. NO. 182. SATURDAY. KANSAS CITY, DECEMBER 9. 1899 TEN PAGES. SATURDAY. PRICE TWO CENTS- THE PRESENT CONGRESS SEEMS MORE INTERESTED IN LEGISLATION THAN IN CAMPAIGN ORATORY itif Jjmnml m$ WORK TO BE DONE KAXSAS CITY SIEST H STO LAND THE COAVE . " n KANSAS IS FOF-fHIS CITY STATE EXECtrnV COMSIITTEE HELD A MEETUC ltiTERDAV. Indorsed the Action of National Com mitteeman Johnson la Worklns for This City Milwaukee and JCeiv York Active Some Valuable Pointers. Roolrtfi, That Ue-'necoUre committee ol the Dt&ocratlc atau central committee of Kassat lndone the actions of our national committeeman, Hon. J. C. Johnson, in his efforte In trying to secure tbe Demo cratic national convention in Kaniaa Cltr In JSUO. This resolution was unanimously adopted at a conference held at the Hotel Balti more yesterday afternoon between the member of the Kansas central committee and Judge Johncon, of Peabody, national Democratic committeeman from that state. Judge Johnson Is chairman of the execu tive board of the national committee and stands next to Chairman Jones In that body. All but two member of the Kanas cen tral committee attended the meeting, those present being J. Slack Love, Arkansas City, chairman: W. P. Dlltard. W. F. Sapp, Galena; C. W. Brandenburg, Frank fort: Frank S. Thomas, Topeka; J. G. Johnson, Peabody: George P. Locke, "Wichita; W. 11. H. Pepperell, Concordia. The absentees were C. A. Black, of Uajs City, and E. E. Murphy, of Leaenworth. The purpose In holding- the meeting- In Kansas City was to enable the members of the committee to visit Convention hall, and to listen to the arguments of Kansas City people in favor of this city as thej place lor holding the national Democratic contention. Among those who presented the claims of Kansas City were: Fred W. Fleming, J. A. Reed, John Sullivan. J. D. SIcCue, Jay L. Carlisle, chairman Demo cratic committee of Wyandotte county; Judge E. L. Fischer and W. C. Perry, ex TJnlted States attorney for Kansas. National Committeeman Johnson urged the necessity for action. If Kansas City wants the convention. He said: 'Milwaukee Is very actively engaged In the effort to secure It. Let me state that I am for Kansas City, first, last and all the time, and I will leave no stone unturn ed to get the convention here, but the na tional Democratic committee Is large and it takes a big tote to swing it. In order that you can work more Intelligently It will be well that you learn the line of ar gument which Is being pursued, by the enemy. " "Kansas City must get out and hustle If she wants the plum, for besides argument Milwaukee Is putting up a strong per sonal fight. Men are being sent out to visit the members of the national commit tee In all parts of the country and make them pledge themselves to vote for that city. Kansas City has not as jet done a great deal of that kind of work. Milwau kee is pushing this policy, especially In the South, and a great deal of money is being spent In the effort." ctv York In Active. "New York's effort to get the conven tion," said Mr. Johnson, "Is not a pretense, and something is to be feared from that city, although the majority of the national committee members are undoubtedly f a or able to a Western city. The convention city is to be named at the next meeting, to be held either in January or February, In "U ashington. "Anything that is done, said Mr. John son, "must oe done berore that time, and it behooves Kansas City to put forth every effort between now and then." Members of the Kansas committee stat ed after the meeting that they gathered from Mr. Johnson's remarks thai money -would not enter Into consideration as ex tensively as current report Indicated. Kan sas City was the first city to offer a bonus for the convention, and the national com mittee wouldnot be so Inconsiderate, they thought, as to pelect another city that of fered a larger amount, provided that was the only point 01 superiority. Regarding political propects In Kansas for the coming jear. a member of the com mittee said that In his opinion fusion would be effected, but that undoubtedly two conventions would be held David Overmjer, he said, would probably be the candidate for governor Among other notables -who attended the conference were General James B Weaver, presidential candidate on the Populist ticket in 1892. and Willis J. Abbott, of the New York World, who holds a proxy In the national Democratic committee Kansas has brpn one of the most lojal friends Kansas City has had In Its fight for the Democratic convention, and Kan sas Democrats have put forth the most strenuous efforts In behalf of this city. That New York is making an active cam paign for the convention Is apparent from the expresions of some of the leading citizens who attended a recent meeting of the Municipal Asembl, called for the purpose of considering that question May or Van Wvck. the Tnmmany leader. lgned the resolution v.hich was adopted and de clared that he was In favor of holding the convention In New York cltr HI Indorse ment practically nnke3 It a Tammany Hall move Thomas C. Plott has also given his rupport to the movement. F. B Thurber, who attended the meeting, gave the New Yorkers a few hints as to what Is being done by Kansas City and other Western cities . . "Western cities." he said, "do not hesi tate to guarantee JWUKX) and New York should be prepared to guarantee a like amount " Judge Johnson told several members of the Kansas committee that he had received communications from New York In whlca It was stated that the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Club were to be for warded .o the national committee. New York claims to be the pivotal state In a presidential campaign and suggestions from prominent members of the parly In that state usually have considerable weight with members of the national committee. IS HUSTLING FOR CASH. Philadelphia Pats "solicitors to Work on the Republican National Contention Pniul. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 8 Solicitors were sent out to-day by the Citizens' Republican Convention Association to get pledges lo the campaign fund of $100,000. which Is be lnr raised to secure for Philadelphia the national convention of IV). It is proposed bV the executive committee to have the fund as large as possible before this week's end. so tnal tne wont in oenait vi me movement may be started In other direc tions. . . No definite plans have jet been formed concerning the general committee, which will represent Philadelphia and urge her selection by the national committee at Washington. It Is probable, however, that 100 or more citizens, representing every commercial, trade and political Interest, will go there prepared to urge the selec tion of this city. After Republican Convention. 6T. LOUIS. Dec. S A. delegation of prominent St. loula cltlxcns have been selected to I o to Waahlngtsa next weel. In an endeavor to secure the next national Republican convention The CuIIzeum. which taIII feat about 10,000 person, will be tendered to th national committee for the use of the convention. RAY WINS HIS SUIT. Bank Cane Wlileh Will Establish n Precedent Damages for Mall clous Prosecntlon. In the federal court jesterday. In the suit of Smith D. Ray against the Bank of Law son (Mo ), for malicious prosecution and false Imprisonment, In which the plaintiff claims he was damaged to the extent of $10,000, a verdict was brought In for the plaintiff for the entire amount asked and for the cost of the suit, the whole amount of the verdict against the bank being $11,100. This is one of the most Interesting cases ever tried In this city, and it also estab lishes a precedent that will be considered In all tbe banks of the country when the question of forcing collections Is consid ered. A little over a tear aco Mr. Ray borrowed between J1.600 and $1,700 from the a-awson bank. Mr. Rav lives In Lane county, Kas , but his business transactions were with a Missouri bank. In making ap- Ellcatlon for the loan, he says, he gave tho ank several references that were consid ered by the bank before the loan was ic- warunabie "to pay iTand the bank tad him arrested on the ground that he had secured the loan under false pretenses. Tho bank. Mr. Ray says, said that he had made false statements of his condition and prop erty. After Mr. Ray shook off the indict ment he brought suit for false imDrison- ment with the above result. STEELE'S "INDIANA VILLAGE" The Pnlntlnc Wax Purchased 1) tbe Pnint CInb for the Art As sociation. The Paint Club at its meeting yesterday afternoon purchased T. C. Steele's "Indiana Village." This painting was selected from those shown at'the club's exhibition as the one to be retained In Kansas City. It is the intention of the club to each jear buy one of the paintings shown at the exhibi tion and to give It In trust to the Art As sociation for a city art gallerj. The picture will be hung for the present in the library. The "Indiana Village" is the work of T. C. Steele, of Indianapolis. He Is the presi dent of the Society of Western Artists and is recognized as one of the strongest of Western nrtlsts and as alvvavs striving for what Is true and best In art. Mr. Steele studied at Munich under Von Pillaty and Ludnlg v. Loefftz. The painting is a good example of American art. admirable In treatment and technique, and thoroughly representative of the work of a conscien tious artist. It is an autumn scene lines of dark tree trunks, fallen leaves strewing a deserted steet and brownish gras plots In front of rows of small, gray houses details that go to make a fall day in a quiet Middle West village. The club voted, too, to change the name from the Paint Club to the Art Club. ONE FARE RATE SECURED. Large Attcndnnce at the Convention of tbe Western Retnll Implement mid Vehicle Dealer Assured. The executive committee of the Western Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers' As sociation met at the Coates House jester day for the purpose of discussing th rate question. Those present were A. L L. ScovlUe, of Seneca, Kas., -president; H. J.. Hodge, of Abilene, secretary, and J. N. Cunningham, of Norborne. Mo. Secretary I lng that a on fare rate would be secured 'to thr- convention, to be held In Kansas City, Januarj 17 and 18, the rate to be in effect an entire week Tickets will be placed on sale Januarj 11, good to return Januarj' ') "This," said Mr. Hodge, "will give the dealers one whole week In Kansas City and will, of course, be beneficial to the city. Besides attending the convention the dealers will have ample opportunitj' to makes purchases. Usually cheap rates are made to be effective only during the actual session of tho convention and we consider ourselves Very fortunate In securing this concession." INSPECTORS CLASH. Netv Turn In the Trouble Between State nnd Federal Sanitary Officers In Kansas. COFFEYVILLE, KAS, Dec. S (Spe cial.) The clash between the United States live stock Inspector and the local Inspector of the Kansas live stock sanltarj board took a new turn here to-day, when F. II. Chamberlain, of the state board, called upon the sheriff of this county to hold all cattle entering Kansas here, on which the state inspection fee of 3 cents per head levied by the state board had not been paid The government lsues an Inspection permit releasing the cattle from all re strictions except tnose Imposed at the point of destination. The state board is trjlng to collect the Inspection fee whether or not the cattle are billed to Kansas points. Most of the cattle originate in tho territory and are billed to Kahsas City, St. Louis, St. Joseph or Chicago and do not stop in Kansas. The state board has made several attempts already to stop through cattle trains, but has failed. Now thej have called on the sheriff for help. Cattlemen claim the state board is inter fering with Interstate commerce and many have refused to paj the fees. NOT IN A THRESHER TRUST. Locnl Manufacturers Say They Hate Nut Gone Into a Combine and Do Not Intend to Go Into One. "We are not In any trust, nor have wo any Idea of entering one." This was the statement made to a report er for The Journal jesterday by eight or ten thresher manufacturers In the West bottoms. Among those who declared posl tlvelj that thej were In no waj allied with a trust were: Advance Thresher Compa nj, Minneapolis Threshing Machine Com panj. Reeves & Co. Nichols & Shepaid Companj. Rumlej- & Co , Averj & Co , Aultmau &. Taj lor Machine Company. Min nesota Thresher Manuiacturlng Companj, Gaar, Scott A. Co , and the Geiser Manufac turing Companj. The managers of these concerns stated that the present talk of a thresher trust was all wrong so far as thej were con cerned and said that their firms stood upon the ground that each was In better slupe to handle his own business in the present mode than to turn it over to anjone else. Thej are all preparing themselves for the trade to come in 1S00. and are bending their energies to make It a banner jear. The above firms represent almost the entire output In their line. Vale trust! GOOD TRADE REPORTED. Shipment of Packlne House Products for South America nnd Mule for South Afrlcn Features. Bradstreefs local agencj has the follow ing to saj concerning the business situa tion In Kansas City for the past week: "Jobbers In all lines report excellent trade for the week. In the retail districts the volume of business has exceeded that of last jear by a very large per cent. The special features of the week have been tho big demands for packing house products irom south America anu me great num bers of mules that have been bought for the British government. "Bank clearings, $15 273,071. Snnionns Indifferent. AUCKLAND. N Z . Dec. 8 A dispatch received here from Apia. Samoa, dated November 28. sari that the news of the German annexation of the Isl ands as a result of the Samoan agreement was re ceived by the natives with apparent Indifference. Watch for the "Good Samaritan" of the 20th century In The Journal to-morrow. WINDOW SMASHED 3IORE VIOLATION BY STRIKERS AT BURD A. FLETCHER PLV.NT. A STENOGRAPHER'S ESCAPE TEN POUND ROCK HURLED THROUGH THE PLATE GL VSS. Employes Were Followed Throucu. tbe Street by a Crowd of Strik er and Flnallj Taken to the Police Station for Protection. ,Ather violence on the part of the striking printers was committed about 6 o'clock last night at the office of the Burd Ac Fletcher Printing Companj, LSI West Sixth street. A large crowd of strikers had collected In front of the office about closing time. They were dispersed by the police, but another portion of the crowd, stationed across the street, was not inter fered with. When several of the employes of the firm were placed In a wagon to be escorted to their homes, there was a demonstration on the part of the crowd and a rock weighing ten or twelve pounds was hurled through a big plate glass window, narrow lj missing the stenographer, sitting In the office of the firm. A jagged hole In the window two feet long Is mute evidence of the methods cmplojed In the present struggle. The wagon containing the emplojes was started up Main street, followed bj a hoot ing crowd of strikers, who threatened the men In the wagon with -violence. A police man who happened to be passing was ap pealed to for protection, but washed his hands of the affair by sajlng, "It was not on his beat." Another officer .was appealed to bj Mr. Burd, but the guardian of the peace refused to extend any aid. Officer Anderson was summoned to the aid of the men In the wagon nnd he escorted them to Central police station. They were later sent to their homes. II. R. Ellsworth, the Burd & Fletcher emploje who was slugged Thursdaj night. Is at St. Joseph's hospital. He was paln fully injured. Members of the Firm Talk. B. F. Burd, a member of the firm, said yesterdaj-: The police commissioners do nol seem disposed to protect us. Mr. Gregory told ua when we appeared Lefore the board that he Has In favor ct protecting any citizen of Kansas City who needed protection Mr. Ward was Inclined to think that are were not In need of protection. Mayor Jones was not at tut, meeting. I do not think the public realizes the extent to which the strikers have proceeded A dozen or more non union men have been assaulted In a cowardly manner. We have had to have our eraployea taken home In a wagon and then they have been followed b crowds and threatened with bodily harm." We have suffered a Iocs ot iZJVJl lnaamaKes ro-our-1 property and have had to replace machinery found broken arter the strikers left our employ, both Mr. Fletcher and mytelf have been threatened with vio lence and four of our own employes have been as saulted and received serious Injuries. Mr. W. T. Tletcher said: We are taxpayers and citizens here and we are en titled to the protection which our citizenship should guarantee. M life 1-as been threatened and we have been put to numberless annoyances We claim the right to run our own business We have always been friendly to union labor, which has broken Its agreements with us We had a contract with the Typographical union which does not expire until next August, but because we did not sign the scale demanded by the boys who were pressfeeders, our business has been Interfered with, our property de stroyed, our own lives threatened and cur emploes assaulted We do not believe the public will sanction such actions Some of the men who are most active In this trouble are from Chicago I have recognized two or three ot the ringleaders as men I saw In Chicago They have been Imported here and are the most active participants in these acts of lawlessness. Major Jones and Commissioner Ward have expressed themselves as in favor of enforcing the law, but have urged the Tjpothetae to make use of the courts. An Injunction Is now dragging Its weary way through the circuit court, leaving the em ploying printers In the meantime at the mercy of the strikers Commissioner Greg ory expresses himself as In favor of com nplllntr the sttikers to obev the law and not molest the non-union printers. President Smith's Denial. At labor headquarters last night It was stated that nothing was known of the trouble jesterday evening. President L E. Smith, of the Typographical Union, said: If there was any disturbance, I suppose the same men who have committed the nrevlous assaults are responsible. I am equally suro that none of our men Is Implicated. There are sev eral tenable theories aa to the Identity of the guilty persons. The employers acknowledge that Pinkertnn men are employed and In previous labor troubles It has been shown that thee men would not hesitate to ue such means to retain their employment. There Is al"0 n slight chance that sympathizers outside our union have taken umbrage at the avowed Intention ot the bosses to don all unions and are doing this with a mistaken Idea that they are thereby helping us Perhaps the bcs.es themselves would be willing to suffer some personal loss if they could thereb enlist public sympathy on their aide The reward wc offered still holds good and we will pay JIM foe Information which will lead to the arrest and con viction of the guilty parties I was not In company with Ellsworth, who was assaulted Thursday night. 1 was at labor head quarters when tbe assault took place, as I can prove by many witnesses A Conference Held. A conference was held at the Baltimore hotel yes terday afternoon between the striking printers ond a number of business men In reference to the trou bles of the printers with the Kansas Clt Tpothetae The result of the conference was satisfactory and an early settlement of the difficult Is anticipated. "CUBAN" CHICKEN POX. ejrroen Quarantined In a Ilox Car enr ToiieUn. mill Reported The Lucked Attention. TOPEKA. Dec. S -(Special.) George Hicks came In from Behue. a small town near St. Marjs, to-day, and brought along a story of hardships suffered bv three ne groes quarantined for "Cuban" chicken pox. These men, he sajs, are compelled to sta In an old freight car on the Union Pacific siding and the people do not -supply them with sufficient food. For four das, he sajs, all they had to eat was a quart of milk and one loaf of bread The secretary of the state board of health will go out there to-morrow to Investigate the case It Is freely charged that "Cuban" chick enpox Is nothing more or less than small pox In a mild form. Handcnr Run Bonn. ST. LOUIS, Dm. S A suburban passenasr train on the Burlington road ran down a handcar bearing fire men 100 yards Aest ot the bridge at Alton. Ill . to-day during a fog. killing two men outright and talally injuring to The fifth man escaped Injury by Jumping before the collision came. Mr. GrlKNOin, Retires. Arthur Grlssom has severed his connection with the Independent, his Interest being bought by George Creel, who has been associated with him since the establishment of the paper Mr Grlssom. In his valedictory, says his retirement Is due to private reasons which he dues not care to discuss TIinnLs of Congress for Schley. WASHINGTON', Dec. 8 Representath e Berry, of Kentucky, said to-day that he would use every ef fort to secure early consideration ot his Joint res olution giving the thanks ot congress to Rear Ad miral Schley. HOTEL BALTIMORE, every room an outside one; perfect cuisine: best service. SEAMEN WANT REFORMS. The Will ,AU Cunert'aj to Pass a Bill to Limit Their Hour and Bar Chinese. CHICAGO. Dec. S. The Jbinual conven tion of tho International -Seamen's Union completed the draft of a hO): which will be laid before congress In Jasuary. to better .the condition of American-seamen and im prove tho personnel of themerchant ma rine. The bill prohibits th"jsmplo ment ot Asiatics on American ship's, compels the construction of larger and better quarters for the men, names a scale for manning sailing ships and steamers according to tonnage, and makes regulations for the liberations of Jacks on shore from the boarding house keepers and crimps. Sailors while at sea are to be divided Into two watches, to be kett on deck alternn.it Lly for the jjerformance of the ordinarj vturit inciuenc to tne sawing ana manage ment of the vessel, but this shall In no waj- limit either the authority of the master or other officer Ot the obedience of the sailors, when. In the Judgment of the mister or other officer, the crew is needed for the maneuvering of the vessel or the performance of the work necessarj for the safetj of the vessel or her cargo. While the vessel Is In a safe harbor, no seaman shall be required to do anj un necessary work on Sundays or legal holi dajs, and nine hours, .inclusive of the anchor watch, shall constitute a day's worlc The emplojment of Asiatics is covered as follows. "No Asiatic, Chinese, Japanese, Malay of Lascar shall be employed In any ca pacity on board of any -v easel of the Unit ed States " It Is held that the emplojment of Asiatics Is an unjust disctlmin-jjllon against Ameri can seamen anctVdirectly opposed to the understanding that the merchant, marine should be the nurserj of the naval re serves. The employment of the Asiatics Is a menace to the lives and propertj of travelers and shippers. It is claimed, be cause of their notorious unreliability in times of emergency, n, fact that has al ready been recognized bj other govern ments in-restrictive legislation on the sub ject. ANOTHER COALING STATION. It lit Said That United Slates 3la Acquire One From Ecuador. WASHINGTON. Dec. S. Senator Lodge called at the state department to-day to talk with Secretarj- Hay about his Gala pagos Islands resolution. As to the basis of his resolution of Inqulrj, he said that all the Information he had as to the re ported attempt of the English government to secure ihe Islands was derived from newspaper sources. The-Jstate department has had no direct information ot any re cent movement looking to the acquisition of the Islands, but will refer the resolution of inqulry.to United Stales Minister Samp son, at Quito, for a response. It would not be at all surprising, it Is said here. If the ultimate result of the broaching of this subject now were the acquisition of a coaling station on these Islands by the United States government. in fact, the navj department has, with in the past jear, been making a quiet Investigation into the facilities there ex isting, with that object In view. Com mander Tanner was dispatched to Gala pagos llsands jut after the conclusion of the war with Spain to make a personal examination of the conditions existing He found that the Ecuadorean government had -some jeais ago abandoned its penal stntlon on Clfarles inland." leaving behind a large number of domestic animals in a half wild state, and these flocks had enormouslj increased Onlj one of the six inlands was inhabited, namelj. Chat ham Island, and that Island had but one Inhabitant, in the person of a Mr. Coboss. He was of Ecuadorian birth, but was a naturalized American citizen. CUT DOWN MISSOURI DEBT. Fund Commissioners IIne Called In $SOl,000 of the Stnte's Bunded Indebtedness. JEFrERSON CITY, Dec. S (Special.) At a meeting ut the state board of fund commissioners to-day, an order was made for the calling In and rrdemption of $S00,000 of the bonded Indebtedness of the state. The bonds will be paid at the American Exchange National bank,. In New York, December J) Tne Doaru succeeueu in se curing the consent of the holdtrs of these bonds, to surrender mem wunour. tne lor mallty of call by publication, thereby sav ing the state several hundred dollars' ex pense on advertising The board also di rected the transfer of $1S7,-H0 from the In terest to the school fund and JJ.'i.lK; 93 from the semlnarj mones to the same fund. State Treasurer Pitts was directed to draw his check for Cins to meet the January Interest on the stitp debt. After the $S00 OuO worth of bonds called for redemption to day are paid, the state debt In round num bers will be $2,S00.C0tf. UNCLE SAITS EXPENSES. Estimate for Next Year Agirregate 97.18,S5.V--JS Which Grentl Hi- ' cci'iin Revenue Estimate-. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 An analytical comparison of the estimates for this jear, the appropriations of last jear, and the various Increases, was Issued to-dav by Messrs. Cleaves and Courts, the clerks of the senate and house appropriation com mittees, resjjectively. It shows total es timates this year of $73S,S03,J4S, against JC94.000.4S9 last vear. The estimates this ear are $114,293,578 more than the amount actually appropriated last jear. The chief Increases are: Armj, J47.LS1 f?t; formica tions, $6,819,03.",; navy, $26.145 539. postoffflce. $5.14!.CC1: sundry civil, $J1.CSC,777. The total estimates for thl3 jear exceed the total estimated revenue for 1901 bv $71,0S1,9'I4, but, counting the sinking fund, this ex cess is reduced to $1S.0S1,994. GOT A DOLLAR DAMAGES. Mexico, Mo., l'eoiile tlunrrel About Street Fiilr I'rlze and Court Aivurds Dnmaires. MEXICO. MO . Dec. 8 (Special.) At the Mexico street fair, Mrs Bettie Sims, wife of a prominent Audrain county farmer, won the prize for the best display of farm product. Alter llif iair. vv. n. xripieti. who won second prize, brought suit against Mrs. Sims for $70 damages, claiming she won the premium irauuuieiiiij. naving gathered her disnlay from over the coun trj instead of raising it on her own farm, as teciuired by the fair association. The case was tried in tne justice oi mi- peace court and the erdict gave Trlplett $1. It attracted wide attention on account of the prominence ot the parties and the issues in the case It came near causing a riot dur ing the trial at the court house here, the feeling Lelng so bitter. A Texas Home for Bryan. AUSTIN. TE . Dec. 8 When V. J. Bryan re turns to Austin from his duck hunt he will be ten dered one of the handsomest residences In the city for the use ot himself and family as long as they dslre to remain in the ilty. county Judge E s Walker, a warm admirer ot Mr. Jinan, Is donor. the BRIEF BITS OF E1VS. The postofflce at Bacon, Lincoln county, Kas , has been discontinued Mall to Glen. Thomas F. Hutchlngs has been appointed a sub stitute letter carrier at Sprlngfleld. Mo The postofflce at Sedgwick, Kas , will become pres idential on January 1; salary of postmaster. J1.000 Frank Morton. ho was In Jail at Springfield. Mo , on the charge of horse stealing, committed suicide yesterday by taking morphine. Tom Crawford, ot Cookston. I. T., in a communica tion to the Springfield Republican, suggests that the difficulties attending expansion are shown by the situation in the Indian Territory. Lucy Carbon and her child In arms were killed at Adalrsvllle. Ga , yesterday, by Jim Mayneia Vvasalf Til -? sbpb st silaTra Wtf-,11 rtA sii-l Tha maasl -Ca-tfrss ttt the woman's house and quarreled. Mayfield escaped SHE KEPT A DIARY DALUIITEIt FIRMSIIED PETER SELLS HIS DIVORCE EVIDENCE. HAS LIST OF NAMES AND DATES TWO CORESPONDENTS ARE N VMED I.N MR. SELLS' PETITION. He Hns Sued One of Them for 925,000 Daninees Mrs. Sells Was a. Kan sas Girl unci Slurried Peter Sells at Canton, 311s sourl, In 1S7S. COLUMBUS, O., Dec. S -Every effort to compromise the marital troubles of Peter Sells, the noted circus man, and his wife having failed, Mr. Sells has filed, through his attornejs, the most sensational petition for divorce In the historj of the Franklin countj court, especlallj when the previous high standing of all the parties to It Is considered. Mr. Sells charges his wife with unfaith- MRS. PETER SELLS. Formerly Miss Mamie. I.uker. of Kansas, Defendant in a Famous Divorce Cdho fulness to her vows, and names as core spondent, William D. Bott, one of the best known bonlfaces in the citj, and one of tho Joint proprietors of Bott Bros.' wholesale and retail liquor establishment. Mr, Bott is also largely interested in the manufacture of saloon and billiard goods. and Is reputed to be worth manj thousands of dollars. Harris D. Ljons, one of the best known railroad men in the state, is also named as a corespondent. Ljons was until the last few dajs the purchasing agent for the Pennsjlvanla. Railroad Companj, in this citj, and in this capacitj is knov.n far and wide. Gossip l,as connected his name with Mrs. Sells since the trouble became com mon knowledge. The divorce petition makes no mention of the manner In which the matters com plained of came to Mr. Sells' knowledge. On good authorltj It maj be stated, how ever, that Miss riorence Sells, the daugh ter of the warring couple, was her father's Informant. It Is stated that Miss Sells used every ef fort to conceal the trouble for her mother's sake, but when that failed she is said to have kept a dlarj in which the names of her mother's visitors and the dates of their visits were set down. Mr. Sells charges his wife with entertain ing her visitors at the magnlilcent Sells mansion on Dennison avenue, as well as In various hotels in this citj and elsewhere. He alleges that she has been unfaithful to her vows for a period of more than six teen j ears, and alleges that other men be side those named in the petition have been recipients of her favors. No other names are given, however. The Information is that Mrs. Sells was first Informed of her husband's alleged PETER SELLS. The Millionaire Showman, Who Has Filed Suit for Divorce. knowledge of guilt last Saturdaj. It is said that when he first returned with the shows he did not allow her to suspect that he had been apprised of anj thing de rogatorj to her name. Saturdaj, how ever, after he had t-ecured an opportunitj to arrange some of his affairs In good con dition for the divorce suit, he confronted her with his Information. The accusation against the wife bj- the husband was made under most dramatic circumstances. Ul)on some pretext he took her to the home of his mother. Mrs Hanna Sells, at 217 South Third street. There, like a boy who was telling his troubles at his mother's knee, he made known to Jils wife the knowledge he believed he possessed against her. A tragic scene ensued, Mrs Sells denjlng everj thing. Her husband, however, was nrm and she was unable to shake his belief that the Information against her was true. She was finally sent back to the Sells mansion, and Mr. Sells himself went to the home of his brother. Lewis, where he and his daughter are now located. Mr. and Mrs. Sells were married about twenty-one jears ago at Canton. Mo. She was a Miss Mamie Luker, daughter of a hotel proprietor in Kansas. Mr. Sells first met her while the circus and menagerie ot which he and his brother Lewis are the proprietors was showing at her home town. She is said to have been a girl of most bewitching beaut j-, and her appear ance to-dav demonstrates that time has dealt very kindly with her charms since her young girlhood Her mother and brother, Joseph Luker, who Is the purchasing agent for the show, are now with her at the Sells home. There is no more elegant residence in the citj than the homestead that Peter Sells pro- vided for his wife and daughter. It la ex- illtf SllliiP'--ISsiilpli fflSF a ceptionallv spaciou". and furnished more elaborated and handsomelj than any other House at tne capital Not onlv Is .Mrs. sens one of the bt t ilre--ed women In the citj. but her diamonds are something superb. As to just, what line of defense the wife will present there is now some doubt. It Is understood, however, thai she will enter a general denial of all the accusations and endeavor to explain awaj- occurrences that would seem to compromise her. One ex planation to be made with regard to the High street boniface who called at her home In the absence of Mr. Sella Is that, the house of which he is one of the pro prietors put In the billiard tables at the Sells mansion and that he went there oc caslonalij to repair them. It Is said that manj other plausible statements will be made In explanation. The array of legal talent which has been engaged on either vide Injures one of the greatest battles in the courts that has occurred in jears. Miss norer.ee Sells Is In receipt ot an anonjmous letter, warning her not to tcs tifj against her mother. It does not make .inj threats explicitlj. but savs she had better not take the witness stand against Mrs. Sell. The friends ot Mrs. Sells dis claim all knowledge of the epistle. Mr. Sells filed an additional petition In which he asks Jil.tWi damages from Will iam Bott, one of the corespondents men tioned in his suit for divorce. The dam ages are asked upon the ground that Mr. Bott alienated the affections of Mrs. Sells. A NEW KENTUCKY ROW. Marseille Hurninjc Leads to a Warm Exchunfic Iletneen Tarvln and Urndlcy. FRANKFORT, KY., Dec. S Governor Bradley to-day &ae out his first public utterance on the burning of the negro, Dick Coleman, at MasHIe. This came In reply to an Interview by Judge James P. Tarvln, of CoUngton, criticising the state authorities and holding- them responsible for the MaysWlle mob. The governor this afternoon wired TarWn asking him If he had correctly reported, and received the following reply: The penalty glTen Coleman max be considered Just, Imt the failure ot the state authorities to pro tect him after he was In custody Is wrone. and any citizen hat & right to criticise It. The fact that he was a negro, hardlr above a brute. Is only the more reason for protecting him. If your telegram meana fight. I have the choice of weapons and choose can- non. you to stay at i-ranstort ana l at uoTingtoo. Please don't send the mil It la. The goernor, commenting on the above, said: This d I 'patch Is characteristic or the man. If the penalty given Coleman by the people was Just, why should Tarvln object' As to his proposition to re ixala In Covington aid fight a gentleman In Prank fort, persons who know him will be astonished to learn he is willing to fight, even at that distance. The goernor closes his statement by saving: As governor, I have done everything In my power to protect human life and enforce the law. If I had known, as Judge Tarvln knew, that this man was about to be taken to his death at the hands of a mob. X would not have kept a cowardly silence, as he did. but would have protected him. Ever since Judge Tarvln was seized with the Idea that he was vice presidential timber, his friends have kept con stant watch on him. This latest effusion Is addl tional evidence that he Is Irresponsible. CUBAN NEGROES DISPLEASED. Take Part In a Violent Antl-Amerl- can Demonstration at Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Dec. 8. A meet ing held at the Antonio Maceo Club last night to celebrate the annlversarj of the death of Maceo developed a violent, pa triotic demonstration against the Ameri cans. This club represents the National party and is composed of colored people. of whom there were a thousand present, One prominent colored politician said dur ing the proceedings that the time was nearlv ripe for the spirit of free Cuba to leap from the grave of Maceo and to drive the Intruders from the Island. All criticised President McKinley's Cu ban policj. although General Qulenten Ba diera disappointed his hearers with a speech In which he advised patience until the American policy had been fullj de fined. In the course of an Interview Badlera said he feared the Cubans would finally ac cept annexation, although thev had fought long j ears for Independence and not to be come an appendage of the United Stated. The local press violently criticises Pres ident McKlnlej's message. Americans and foreigners are hoping that the prominence given to the color question in Insular pol tlcs will lead ultlmatelj to annexation. HABEAS CORPUS FOR REESE. JudKe Thayer, of St. Louis, Releases Him, Pending a Hearlntr, Under Jf't,0OO Bond. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 8 Judge Thayer, In the United States court, to-day, granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of John Reese, one of the members of the executive coun cil ot the United Mine Workers' Associa tion, of Iowa, who Is now in Jail In Fort Scott, Kas , for contempt of court. The writ was made returnable December 27. when arguments as to the jurisdiction of Judge Williams will be heard. Bail was fixed at $3,000 Reese Is a walking delegate of the Mine Workers Association who went to Bourbon county, Kas, where a coal miners' strike was in progress, and, con trarj to the injunction of the federal court, held meetings. He was arrested and sen tenced to three months' imprisonment for contempt or court. The attornejs of Reee apiiealed to the United States appellate court, claiming that the federal circuit court has no Jurisdiction In this case. PRIESTS OPPOSE A STRIKE Adilse Shamokin, Pa., Miners Asalnst Coins; Ont In Sjinpntliy With Anntlcoke Strikers. SHAMOKIN, PA., Dec. 8. The Catholic priests of this place to-day addressed 2.O0O mine workers belonging to the congrega tion, advKing them to attend a miners' meeting, called for to-night, and vote against a Nanticoke sjmpathj strike. President John tanej, 01 tne unueu -wine Workers, this afternoon, issued notice that thfre would be no meeting to-night. He said the officials decided to await the out come of the business men's attempt to settlo the strike before the Shamokin men were asked to go out. The belief Is freely expressed here to-night that the union feared the men would not respond to or ders for a strike after the action of the priests. TAX REFORM IN TEXAS. Leslslnture to Be Convened In Spe cial Session to Establish a ew S j stem. AUSTIN. TEX.. Dec. S It was decided to-day that the Texas legislature should be convened In special session next month for the consideration of a taxation bill that will completelj revolutionize the pres ent taxation sjstem ot this state. The eact data has not been settled. For three months tho state tax commission, created bv the last legislature, has been prepar ing a bill which remodels all taxation laws of the state, and this bill Is the one the special session will be called to act on. The bill will, from all reports, cause the corporations of the state no little con cern. Lieutenant Brnmhy Critically III. WASHINGTON". Dec. 8 Lieutenant T. M Brumby. the flae secretary to Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila, la lying critically III at the Garfield hoa- nital in this city, lie la suffering rrora a lever con tiacted as a result of his long stay In the tropics and has been at the hospital for about two weeks. The physicians express th. belief that he will re cover. Veteran Manatrer to Retire. BALTIMORE. Dec. 8 The drop of the curtain to morrow night at the Lyceum theater will signalize the permanent retirement from the stage of John W. Albaugb. Sr . the veteran actor-manager. He has been connected with the stage as an actor or manager for forty years. FOR CARTER STEAL three: cotractors indicted bt FEDERAL Git AND JURY. CONSPIRACY IS THE CHARGE STEAL IS VARIOUSLY ESTIMATED ATJ 91,000,000 TO 92,200,000. Men Under Indictment Have Xot Yet Been Arrested Captain Cuter Has Not et Begun tu Serve Ills Penltentlar-r Sentence. SAVANNAH. GA., Dec. S--The Morning News will saj- to-morrow morning that tha grand Jury ot the. United States supreme court for the Southern division of Georgia. In session here, has found indictments against John Gajnor. B. D. Greene and E. F. Gajnor, of New York, co-partners in the Atlantic Construction Companj, and, others, for conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment. This Is an outcome of the con vlction of O. M. Carter, late captain o engineers of the armj. Messrs. Greene and Gajnor are alleged to have been In conspiracj with Carter to defraud the government in the improve ment works in Savannah river and harbor and Cumberland sound, and to have wrong fully collected from the government sums of raonej- varlouslj- estimated to amount to from $1,000,000 to $2.X.0OO. The indictments have not been made pub lic, as It is the custom of the federal courts to have Its defendants In custodj- or under bond before publishing the Indictments. During the week the grand Jury has ex amined various witnesses in respect to the matter, among them several armj- and war department officials from Washington, and a mass of documentarj. ev ldence. In cluding drafts amounting to more than a $1,000,000, drawn bj- Carter and many papers respecting the work on Savannah river and harbor and Cumberland sound. Col onel Gaj nor and Captain Greene are under stood to be In New York. Captain Carter was tried by court-martial, found guilty and sentenced to dis missal from the armj-. to pay a tine of $j.Uuo and to serve a term In the penlten tlarj. After long consideration bj Attorney General Griggs, the verdict was approved by President McKInley. and Captain Car ter was ordered taken to the Fort Leaven worth foderal prison to serve his sentence. Carter's uttornejs took the case Into tha civil courts, and up to the present tlma have succeeded In preventing Captain Car ter's removal from New York, where he Is in custody, to Fort Leavenworth. BOARD OF TRADE REFORM. Chicago Organization to Remodel Its Rules on Jew York Stock Exchange Lines. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Reform of the board of trade without sacrifice of the special charter from the state was decided on to-daj- when the committee on revision of rules formulated a statement for submis sion to the directors next Tuesday. Tha plan contemplates the conforming ot the board as nearlj to the model of the New York Stock exchange as Is possible under the charter. Stringent rules against bucket shops and ngalnat anj- suspicious connections of board members with bucket shops will be Inserted. An Important noint to ho Insist ed on imthe report Is the establishment of minimum penalties for violations of board rule3 and the making of these mandatory. COLOMBIA WANTS REVENGE Slay Attack Forces of Venezuelan. Revolutionist 'Who Assisted Colombian Rebels. WASHINGTON. Dec S. The cruiser De troit has sailed from Carthagena for Colon, where she will await orders from the naw department. the revolutlonar j- movement In Colombia being regarded as at an end. The captain ot the Detroit reports, how ever, that the Colombia government la massing troops on the Venezuelan border and the understanding Is that they are about to attack General Castro's forces. In revenge for the assistance which tha general is supposed to have extended to the Colombian revolutionists. TO FIGHT TOBACCO TRUST. Colonel Moses O. Wetmore at Head of a $1,250,000 Company at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Dec. S. The M. C. Wetmora Tobacco Companj, with a capital stock: of $1,250,000, has been formed to run Inde pendently of the tobacco trust, and will be Incorporated In a few days. The stock: holders are: Colonel Moses C. Wetmore, Phil J. Heuer. W. S. Logan. H. D. Barry. George H. McCann, Festus J. Wade and Judge George A. Madlll. An extensive plant has ben fitted up In this citj- and will be In operation soon, with several hundred emplojes. NO PROHIBITION IN GEORGIA. Wllllnghnm Bill, Which Passed tho House, Defeated In the Sen ate, 14 to 2.-. ATLANTA. GA.. Dec 8. By a vote of 23 to 14, the Willlngham bill, which provides for the annihilation of the whisky trafllo In Georgia, was defeated this afternoon Irs the senate. The bill reached the senate last week with a small majority from tha house. TI1I3 disposes of the attempt to se cure the enactment of a prohibition bill In the present leglslature. IllK Cut In Window Glass. PITTSBURG. Dec 8. Tha Chronicle-Telegraph aaya this afternoon. The American Window Glass Company Is reported to have made a cut of 33 1 2 per cent In the price of all window glass, effective last Wednesday, ana to have ordered fires lighted in all ita factories, tha purposti being to resume operations about January 1 Thls move la considered a declaration of war on tha. Independent manufactured. Prominent Omaha Attorney Dead. BEA1 ER DAM. WIS . Dec. S- A. P. Smith. S prominent attorney of Omaha. Neb died here to day, aged 73 years. Mr. Smith was brought hers from Omaha ten days ago In a special car. He was attorney ot the Union Pacific railway with head quarters at Omaha for aeveral years. Ills old home waa Beaver Dam. and during nU residence here hs held many offices ot trust, Oklahoma Bankers' Association. SHAWNEE. O T., Dec 8 (Special.) The Okla homa Bankers' Association, before Its adjournment, elected the following officers: Otto B. Shutte. El Reno, prealdent: O B. Smith. Newklrk. first tics president: S. W. K'yser. Stillwater, second vies president: E. It Hogan. Yukon, secretary: J. II. Wheeler. Oklahoma City, delegate to the national association convention. Harvey County Poultry Show. NEWTON". KAS.. Dec "-(Special ) The fourth annual show of the Harvey County Poultry Associa tion, which will close Saturday night. Is the best la the history of the organization. Eighty different fanciers, mostly from this county, have entered 1.3d blrda. representing nearly every breed known to th West. To save $T0 on a fine piano, buy from Story & Clark. 911 Walnut street-