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URGES! M0HS1SG CIRCULATION IS KANSAS CITY
lntllt itlnns,
Washington, March 1. Por Oklahoma
and Indian Tenltory Pair weather;
tt lntllt shifting to west, slightly wanner
Sitiirdav conln'.
1'or Knnsus. Pair; wanner, wind"
shifting to wesleilv
1'or Missouri. I'nlr weathpr; wett wind";
fllKlitly warmer.
GOOD 3IOKNING.
A" n Pllner-tip of the Democratic nic
naRerio Senator William i:. Cliniidlcr Is
without a Ihiii;,' tlul.
folonpl liifrei oll liollevcs that hell
on earth, antl he li not iiiilto sure but
that Hobokn 1h the plnee.
AccortlhiK to the elty eounell the only
Icsal k.is in K.mtas I'lty now Is tlnlltir
K.is but the only ks belns conaumeil Is
Jl.flO Kai.
The countiy has nothlnpr In particular
nRalnat Ml. nis--ell. but It Is Kind to see
him ipiIkh. It N Kl.ul to s-ue any Demo
ciat leslfjii
r The sratlfyliiK ihlnB about the worn
n.nn'M eongres" at WaehliiKton I" that It
'"Is neither an c.spene nor a tllsKiacc to
.o'lic eounii.
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I'JiIf Keii.ttoi Chandler doesn't want to
j-n railed .t "iiu..am lie should quit
--r.!''MnK tit polillcal carcases like Hill
nnn .Martin
The woisl thine that can be said of
the Demi.KT.ttlc llnaiielnl policy i that
It la fullj ,i bad aa the Denfociatlc
t.il Iff iiollej
The statement that I'rc-ltlent Cleve
land is pioutl of liN lecent atioke of
finaiieiei Iiik Is undoubtedly an Invention
ot bis enemle-.
Xetti thi'lps and uotwlthst.intllnf,-,
Penalor Chandlei wits ilht. John Mnr
tln wa.i novel eleetetl United Ktates fcen
atoi tiom Kan-ai'
The tailnK to death ot an ased
couple in I'hlladplphl.i Indicates that
rhaiiiy N as slow as moat other things
In that .sleepy city
The- litest I'lench tluel had a novel
and extiaoirtlnaty emllns: One of the
participant was In some way pierced
1 a weapon and killed.
If .tnv nther member of tho eablnot
has prts"lng jnlvate business, It Is un
tlerst.md Hi.it Colonel Hill Springer
would eheui fully iellee him.
Pcn.itur I'erter may not be a very
gte.it stati small, but ho has never diH
gracctl Ins utalo and hlnihelf by engag
ing In a blackguarding contest.
It may be dllllcult to Induce one of the
old parties to det-laie for free silver, but
It will be much more dllllcult to build up
a new putty to national proportions.
It Is proper fur Secretary Gresham to
remonstrate with Trance, but It is not
likely that he will accomplish anything.
He neer does, foi reasons unnecessary
to explain.
The troublu about building a new
paity on "tho lulus of the dominant
paitles" Is that one of the dominant
parties, hasn't any ruins, and Isn't going
to have any.
"I am not stubborn." nys Mr. Cleve
land. Nobody, we believe, has accused
tho president of being stubborn, though
the opinion Is quite freely cprtssetl that
he Is egotistical and Imlllicadul.
It may be true, as tenoned, that Sec
retary C.tillsle has not tliank a diop of
Intoxicating liquor for two jrar.s, but h
has rlane other things which hae well
nlglt driven tho country to ililul;.
"Tho only membeis of congress who
huio been eulogized this sear are the
dead ones," observes a contemppiaiy.
Certainly, In giving praise t-elect those
who have done something commendable.
Hepreseiuatlve Julian has introduced
a bill In ll a Missouil leglbl.ttuui impos
ing u (.'taduatcd lux on bachelors. Mr.
Julian lb a bachelor himself, and be
lieves that citizens should pay for their
luxuries.
1,'ugeue Debs has not earned reputa
tion as a wise and eonstri.ttlva leader,
but hi declaration that little Is to be
hoped from strikes as a means of le
dresslns labor grievances shows that he
has mastered at least ono great truth.
Kansas City's cattle receipts yester
day were 500 greater than Chicago's, and
1,400 greater than the receipts at Kt
Louis and Omaha together, A load of
fancy steers sold at 5 50, which 5 DO
cents higher than the best price paid in
Chicago.
David II. James, of Ban Francisco, has
hit upon a plan for fietlng the oppressed
West from the control of the Kastern
tariff barons. He pioposes. that the
Western state quietly secde from (he
I'n n and set up a government of their
ru. 11 r. James lull no doubt be tTCatly. j
Mirirlefl when lie lenrn Hint bis IiIpii
in not (trlctly ntlRlmtl and that (hup
expel Irnciitlnjr has alieatlv lit en done In
thu fiountiy iilouir the IIiiph he urrpM.
ali Sihfn he llndit hp has ttmile hlmntlf
unvnablp lo llm laws of the t'tilletl
Slntcii Which tlpflgn.ite lieasnn as n fel
"i. Mr .latneii has itptetal Ihlngs to
Iriini Pt bpslde Hie fact thnt he Is
Oeiipily Iciiofnnt on ili. tnrllt quPMlon,
A Hl'slM.ss I'ltlll'lHI litis.
I'.ir thp past twent) rni Hip people
of S'pttallu luivn been tiylnc to Ki't be
rntp the lotei-! of .MI-oUrl on a prnpn
fltlon to mntf Hip cnpltnl rnun .leffpr
Hon t'lly to Sedalhi. lleiPtofniP the res
ident of the fapllnl haip been ton
Khrewd foi the Sedallnnn and lime 1p
rertted every pffoil In Hint direction.
One tiny Inst week, howpiei. n reiolull'in
wn stllinilttptl lt the geneinl apenibly
hj llie Scilallnns ninl II can led
It wits to be tspeetpil thai Jpurou
Cll would tlo It utino't to have the
tpftoluilon icconslderpil or hninneieil,
Htul .lnce the pnssnup of,thp ipsolullon
much talk lutK bpn ImlulrtPtl In In t lie
filemla of the cnpltal aKitlnst Sedttlla
ami against the piopoipil chauep of pei
maneiit pent of goi eminent. The latf
nii'iil has been mnde that Kpihtlln Ik un
der no obligation to the state, under Hip
ieolutlon. and Hint the state will bo
pul to great expense.
An ln estimation of Hip icsnltltloii will
show Hit' fallncv of "licit statement ut
n glance. Th" capital is not to be mm pi!
until tho buildings arc elected and, with
th giotiud", donated to the tate with
clear title, In addition to this nil ex
penses of lemiHitl, pvi'in In Hit- last dol
lar. Is lo be paid by Sednlln, and thpli,
and not until thru, will the peimanont
sent of got eminent be moved.
In order lli.it the people of Miotui
may be iissuiciI that the state will be at
no epeii"i' In the inattet clll.ens of Sc
dalla will, s months befoie the election,
deposit with the state conunlssloneis a
bond which will amply cover emy ex
pense attached to the fulllllnieiit of the
IpqUlreinetits ot the lesollltlon.
The piopo-dtlon Is so fall, so open, and
so piolltnlile lo the state that there can
be no question as to the advisability of
moving the capital fiom Ihe piesent
oul-of-the-way town to a live antl glow
ing city cav of access fiom all put Is of
the state. Tho imposition gives the
state new buildings and grounds and
leaves It the old buildings In ,leifei"ou
City to be sold as Junk The state has
evetv thing to gain and nothing to loe
b tho change.
ruiri.i.Nc. mi rii ii:ci:m'y.
The O'Meata bill does not pioposc a
solution of the election question. It of
feis no i i lief fiom the outrageous
wrongs so bltteily complained of by the
people of the l.tige cities of the state. If
it should become a law the power ot
gang itile would be Immeasurably
strengthened
It l not In the line of reform, but a
ictiogresslon
Instead of putting a check upon the
nuthoiitv of ihe i reorder of voleis, a
ptlit'lj p.iitisnn olllcl.il, It really In
ci eases the scope of his dictation The
substitution of the single ballot foi the
form now in use is u prnpo-ed change
for a pin pose that will not bear Hip
light of day. The same thing was tiled
ill New Yotk and found fiultful of such
Inn in. In connection with the portion of
the so-called Austtallan sjstem retained,
that the present session of the leglsla
tuie of Hint state restoietl the blanket
ballot almost without oppo'itiuu
It Is too late foi Missouri to lake
backward step", and the Join mil Is glad
to be nblc to assiiie Its readers that
theie Is little dnngei that this bill will
evei reach the governoi's hands for his
signature
The honest people of Kansas Ci'y
have asked for a refoim ot its election
laws. The matter ot paitisan polities
was wholly left out of the bill piepaied
to remedy the evils complained of Many
changes fiom the piusont laws were de
sired width were not asked for because
of the fear that they would engender
opposition to any ehnnge at all The
gubeiuatoiial control of the elections
through the leeoider of voters was not
objected to In the bill for obvious ip.i
sonf, but not on principle. It was not
even proposed to take away from the
party in power in the state at large the
lefiulutlon of legislration. In every vv,t
the bill was so drawn as to challenge
the support of honest men In the Dem
ocratic senate and secute the counten
ance of the governor.
The Journal has appealed to the legls
latuie to give Kansas City any change
In lis election laws that would remove
the pilneipal weaUnefses of the present
laws. The O'Mc.ira bill does not propose
to do this. It was not framed for that
purpose If it should by nay chance be
come a law it will then bo In order for
the people of Kansas City to take ad
vantage of the recent decision of the su
preme court In the park board case and
abolish the tecorder ot voters In local
elections. That can be done, anil a
huso majority ot the people will se,e
that It Is done.
Let us have no more trilting with de
cency. mwci: 'in i; ti ai.i. .vr onci:.
It Is now proposed to unite the Seventh
ward election with mi election to amend
the chartei In order that we may bavo a
park system at once notwithstanding
the fact that the supiemo court declined
the law under which work was being
done unconstitutional.
That is a good idea and it can bo sup
plemented. W art) badly In need of
other ehartor amendments and we can
vote on halt u douii as cheaply as op
one. Lot us set the ball tolling that will
knock out the Metropolitan pollen ss
tern. It Is ueeossniy to amend the char
ter Imioie we can get ild of the liuiibus
uf a lio.tid of police cuinmUsioneia ap
pointed by the fiauinur.
We want to extend the limits Why
not begin moving that vn now b vot
ing on a chattel uineiidmeut looking to
that i ml'.' It will tost no more to vote
for three amendments than one. Why
not gel these thief befoio tie peoph .'
mop -i jii; iui.m'o ti.wir.
The lobby that Is walking for the
Hates crowd has succeeded in gelling
Us bill hurried thiough the senate. The
bridge that was not strong enough to
hold up a free vvagonvvay la declared
by the senate (o bo good and sound so
far as a toll bildgo U concetned
The house will now be asked In ratify
the scheme which has lobbed Clay couq
(y funnel h of their light In order that
the eiileipilsliiB manipulator represent
ing n.utern capitalists may eatn his
money for getting the free clause elim
inated and a toll brldfc-e established,
It Is simply a bunco game played by
Hasten! capitalists on -Mlssouil funnel s,
and should not be allowed to become a
law. The house must not bear the
odium of having uch an Important
pialtrr mehed thiough without luvstl
gallon, Ths bridge j'eonlo got their
propptt.v foi a. nntt Make them ktp
Hip I'bliK illnns with Mls".tul firm t
or do tvltlioui n wag iiiiviij
M'liAK I.Mll.s,
TIk morn we Ihllik of th- matf-i th"
in. up wp nre pleased with Ihe ilecWi'ii
of the Ml. I,0l! JuiIrp who Pit) it he will
ttfuft" lo llaUirall.p foreign"!-, who do
not posses an Intelligent knowlpdae of
Hip KtmIKh InllgtlnRP. If thcip In otic
fairlcal fOHlure In Hip method'of gov
eminent In this country It Is nlTordpd by
our ii.itiliallssnlloti laws. Thp ballot Is
Hip blrtlilRht id Ihp American tillnnii
and It Is Ihe prlvllpgp of the foi'tlgUMf
who hill an Intelligent nppieelalloii of
What It means, nml who cerelesi It with
patilollsm and loviiltj llul the foreign
rr who tines not know how to ask tor
his ballot In Hngllsh ban no business
with utiy b.illtil. The Idea In too plevn
lent thai when a foreigner buys his
ticket In Ihe oltl country he buys along
with It Hip light lo partlelptte In the
tilTali's of the countiy to which becomes.
It Is for Hi" American people themselves
to sny who "ball have a voice In the
election of the mr it who shall ntlmlnl"
tpr their itlTiilr, and the people of this
countiy have Jut nt much tight lo bo
piotetiPd against nn Ignorant mid therp
ftut' Inn niful pattlelp.itloii In their affairs
as thev have fur protection ngalnt any
other kind of foreign Invasion. The for
eigner who dors not care enough for the
light of suffrage to team to speak the
language I" not lit to exert Isp the light
and If he Is too Ignorant to lenrn the
language thp uecesiy fur their exclu
sion from p.'irlltipittlou In the itiTnlis of
the countiy Is all the moii' apparent.
Then- Is no countiy on the face of the
earth where forelgneis are gi anted such
nhnle'.llc privileges its here, and It Is
high time that some curtailment was
effected We only vvlh that cveiy votet
hntl to possess an Intelligent Knowledge
of the Institutions of this country and
to show thit he bus some conception of
the dlgnltj ami th" higher meaning of
the elective franchise. Hut the St l.ouls
Judge has taken it step 111 the right dl
lectlon, and we hope to ee a tnoie gtn
eial application of the doctrine.
it;: i.()si mis in:.vi.
Senator Mai tin was veiy unfortunate
In the selection of the lime, place and
subject mutter foi the pi lnclp.il display
of his abilities as a statesman that he
has made since llrst taking his seat as a
United States senator. It would have
been much better tor his local fame as
well as the estimation of the people of
tho countiy, who will probably never
hear of him again, If he had curbed the
most striking ptocllvitles of Ills diame
ter foi a few mote hours until the gavel
of the vice piesldent should fall upon
the termination of ids political caieer
It will not long piollt any man in pub
lic life to dangle a badge of personnl
honesty If he Is not possessed of sulll
clent mcii.il strength to win or pteerve
a name foi ollltial decency The most
fnvoiable time lo test the true caliber
of an Individual's mind Is when he lo"es
his head. Scnntoi Martin has held on to
the olllee of United States senator by
the lavor of the Democratic majority In
the senate. He at least owed It to those
among them who huvea pioper concep
tion of the exalted position which they
occupy by unquestioned light,' to pre
set ve an outvv trd regard for the pro
piletlts of his position through the few
lemnlnlng davs of his political exalta
tion. Senator Chandler suffered nothing
fiom the exhibition made by the K.tn
san, but, on the lontr.iry, by his quiet
ami dlgnliled demeanor Intensified the
display of folly on the part of Mai tin.
It lias long been a disputed question
In Knns.iR whether Hie state constitu
tion prohibited women fiom voting for
presidential electors. The general sup
position has been that It does, but the
sufti agists have never admitted It. The
leglslatuie now pioposes to give the
women a chance to ascertain their
l iglits In the premises The senate has
passed a bill entpoweiing them to vote
in elections for piesldent and vice pies
ident, and It Is undeislood that the
houe will p.ibs the meusuie also. The
matter will then be taken Into th" coin Is
and Judicially determined Although It
is not piobable that the points will de
cide In their favor, the suffrage leaders
profess to be confident, and It Is Just
possible that their hopes may be re
alised. It would be a rather ileb Joke
on the old girls to find that they have
been voters all these years and didn't
know it.
A California pieaeher recently Illus
trated the latest dancing steps In his
pulpit. Anothor pieaeher In tho same
s"tate has Just decided to go on the stage,
and a third predicts tho end of the
vi oi Id next year. The California minis
try seems to be lamentably short on bal
ance wheels.
A temperance lecturer thinks John I
Sullivan could make a big hit by tiav
ellng with him In the capacity of re
formed ineluitite. When John happened
to be sober he totild lepresent the re
tained Inebilate, and the lest of the
time he could pose as a horrible exam
Pie. Cnliint I Irulu'ri llenl.il.
To the IMItoi nt the Journal
The so-called ltiteivicw with me pub
lished In thu '1 lines of Tluusthiy morning
is su mlsle tiling and so untrue that in
Justice to myself I am compelled to say so
I nevci snld nor Intimated that I would
bu appointed dtltf of police, or that gov
ernor Stone had promised It to uie, nor
that I woull urn ll as a mllltaiy oignnlza
tlon. 1 leel sure that my ti lends did not
recognize the tnteivleiv us un ixpnsslun
of mine. I.. i:. IHWIN.
Kansas Cit), Mo, March 1, 'W.
Vl.llnl tin. siliimln.
Mr. I! I). Welsh, ot TnptKa, a piotiilnent
ilttutui and the pieslileiit of Ihi) niiuol
boanl of that till, was the gqest of Presi
dent It I.. Vftiger lustcrduj. Ml Welsh
visited tho high school in company v.ith
Mr. Yejgir. hiiperlnieiult'iit .1 M. fiieen
wood and Assistant Kuptrliileiideiit Mc
Neill llu was piesciit at the publlu ex
eielses held ut Lhu school ut It o'clock.
The piogiamnie was furnished by tm
Junior t luss of the school ll was panic I
p.i ted in h the high stlmul tiieitestiu.
which was leeeiilly urgauUed, Miss Hiildee
Merger. Miss tialu Jitckm.in Woodman
Muillson, Thoin.is A 1 lirlielillo itlid Miss
Aiinu lleoruu Messrs. Yuauer ninl Welblt
aftetvMiid visited the Huiiilltup and Hum
Inddt schuols
si hi'iiio of the Plumber.
j. cie.lt piuniucrs aie uuiiiiug en a ineas
me to brim? Ihe plumbing onllnanees of tho
ilty up to ante ihe propose to have a
bounl appointed, consisting uf one master
plumber, one Journejniuu plumber, one ar
chitect, and the plumbing Inspector, which
board shall examine ull peuaiis following
the trade at plumber, and liuue licenses to
those who pass the examination, A license
will co-.t i!5, wlili h Is divided unions the
non-salaried members uf the board. The
oidlunnie will also provide that ull houses
must be connected with sevveis where iws
bible. lliii lilllnl in l.'mi lu nunVrlug.
Huiuaiiu Olllecr J, c, Hreeniuan wus
culled at U o'clock yesterday evening to
Westminster, the station where thu licit
II no uitd Dummy Hue tricks cioss cuch
other, to shoot a horse that hud tun upon
the bildgti ut that place, fallen und brokfii
one of lis legs, and vvus cthervvlse lujuied,
It wus u joung nuy liorie, and was hur
liessed It lau upon the budge ut 12 o'iuck
and renmiiHi time ipitli ilr. lir'tmmin
put un cud to Its suiTtiln- The owner of
the kortc la uui Jinuiuu t
FfiOM WASHINGTON,
VMM III. II sltAI.lt ttll.ll CI I I'ssON lit
llll I'lltl'1,1..
Hip sttMiii;in tli'llri'iiii nt ol Sfininr
lintli, or lliegi'ii - lit lib or I'ipiI
lloitgl is 1 he ting ltnUluc
on Hur nurt tlnutc.
ISdllnrl.il t'oiir'pendenrp of Hip Jnutnnl.
Wn.hltigton. IVb. S5. ISI)."..
Aiiollier chnpttt In Ihp siller contest
wits llnlshed hi iirpimii SntuidrtV lllfrht
bv the tlrfent of Senator tMlph. The
spiintor Is one of the foremost men In
the state, of unlnipi'aphetl personal
character, of large abilities, antl Is Jtlut
concluding twelve puis of most accept
able seivlce In the senate. The on ob
Jectloti was bis position on Hie silver
question. Illmsplf a man of wpiilth, at
torney foi ypars of the lallrnnil and
oilier gie.it corporations of that tatp,
ho .seemed to foiget that the HHple
weie vitally Inteiested In the question
of money. When a man with the power
ful mended backing, high personal char
acter and acccplablo and popular ser
vice of Mr. Dolph Is turned down, other
men may take notice that the "liver
people are lu earnest. Had Senator
Dolph voted for silver In the enale not
a vote would have been found against
him lu his own party. And while on
thl subject It may be well to lefer to
another case Senator Caiey, of W.i -omlng
a most popular ami estimable
gentleman, but who like Dolph forgot
the people of bis state In his vote on
silver. At the election of his successor
lu January he did not get a single vote.
The public mav look for anything to
occur In the hoiisp during this week.
That hotly Is about through with the
apiuopiiatlon bills and might adjourn
nny day was the senate irmly. Under
the hotiQ rules the last ten dais of a
session aie open to motions to suspend
the tides on any piopoltlon It Is tho
time for local bills and Jobs. Combina
tions me often made by which bills aie
IU"hed thtougli. As theie Is nothing to
do except wait foi conference reports,
the ittteudanee consists inalnlv of thoe
membeis who have, to them, Impor
tant measures to look after, and by an
undeistandlng of you help me and I'll
help you the rules can be suspended
with great ease. And vvoilt can be done
veiy inpldly, as the motion 1" a single
one- "To suspend the inks and pas
the bill." This moilnn cnirled, the bill
Is passed without anv fiuthei action.
The party leadeis n the lloor, or those
ipsponslble for the legislation of a sis.
slon, look with tit end on the last ten
days as measures may be passed that
will cnii"e seilous embar.issment. Then,
again, the lilies of the house me so m
innged that the speaker, the ways and
means and appropilatlons committees
pincticnlly monopolize legislation, antl
an average member has no chance to
get his bills consldeied, unless bv their
giace, except on these suspension days.
For these reasons tliete-pronilses to be
lively times in tin house foi the present
w eek.
t
As I wilt" this the funeral obsequies
of Uiedeiiek Douglass ate lu progtes,
and will be ttansteued this afternoon to
New Yotk, vtheie he body will lie 111
"tale at the city hall pi lor lo its being
taken to Kochester lor burial The lite
of this man, II" death, mid all together
constitute an epic, such ns stand" alone
in hlstoiy. rivdetlck Douglass was not
the only able or giu.it man of the col
ored lace, but his life and Its vicissi
tudes coveied the t utile condition of
that I ace lu this country, from the place
of a slave to equal honois In life and lu
death with tile most noted and lllus
ti ions cltl7.ens That all this could occur
in the pet son of one man shows the tre
mendous changes of Diet last generation.
Douglass ilbd at 77, yet he was a slave
when a man jriovvn, und purchased his
fteedom. In the shoit peiiod this vvun
deiful change has occurred. In no other
countiy totild It have happened, be
cause In no other laud are the laws
matte or changed by the will of the peo
ple. I may u.-e u l.tmlllar expiession in
connection vviUi him: In the nnti-slav-eiy
'lg'latlon wheie f eedont foi itu be
cause he I" n human being was the leal
l"sue and l-'reileilck Douglass was an
"object lesson" to the American people
for all the ve.n.s of that agitation. If so
flue a specimen of a mail, physically and
Intellectually, could come of the black
nice, suiely they weie entitled to own
themselves. This wns one of the uses of
Douglass in tie anti-slavery ctusade.
Hut the man grew and broadened until
ho stood a peer among the peerage. The
honors paid him, living ninl dead, show
the American people equal to do Justlco
aild honor to high qualities, ti tie" great
ness and unsflllsh devotion to duty.
even though It comes through a once
proscribed race and from the most ser
vile position that a human being can
occupy an owned slave.
I did want W enlarge upon one fact al
luded to lu this notice, but it hits nut
giown Its limit: That would have been
to emphnsl.e the statement that this
revolution ot ivhlch Douglass was an il
lustration coUd have occurred now bete
else than hero where the people m.llco
or change laws. No class of men need
despair when they look at him from a
slave to what he was In tho adult yeais
of one life any change Is possible. All
that Is wanted is tho same tinselllsh de
votiun to a great principle, the self-de.
nlul and the political wisdom that char
acterised the niul-slaveiy movement.
Tho labor Interests of this countiy, es
pecially, enn heto learn a pracilcal les
son The obstacles between them and
success are as nothing compared to
those thut blood III the way of Douglass
and his race They did not even hav a
voir, while labor Is armed to the last
man with the ballot. All that is needed
Is to quit dcmagoglus, ote Intelligently
and persistently, givo a wide beith to
selfishness and thu spirit of lawlessness.
If In thirty years, from a half dozen
men and women, slavery could be abol
ished and a race emancipated, without
power lu themselves to muve a grain of
tho mou.italn before them, what may
not the majority of voters In thU time
do If they will only be true to them
selves. In a government of the people
there Is no excuse for a bad law or an
oppressive order of things to obtain, ex
cept from the Incapacity of the major
ity to devise a practical lenicdy. This
lesson Is one of the many the story of
Kiedelick Douglas!, tells.
I have Jtut leeelved the Journal with
the account of the raising of the na
tion's Hag over the court house "for the
111 st time since It was built." What u
story the fact tells. ThU banishment of
the Hag has been a mere piece of dema
goglsm, by men mainly who stayed at
home, in ilefcmiee to what they as
bumed to be Confederate preju.lj.c.e.
Aiiil. all t"tin- ted vvith this Mas nils,
mi' tli it pienses me l that It was done
at the liistanip of an ex-Coiifetteratc
si. i Itidgi utolip nntl that a Union
ami n Conft dtrille "oldler Jointly pulled
Hit hntvnids ih.tt pit (lid (il'Ty to lift
plate This fnlsernblp spirit nf derail
uifcciv l thus ipliikPil by the veiy
men It un thought to ppti"P We are
fat getting to be n uiiltfd American
tiHrehshlp once inoie, nlul tho letutii of
this fitttprnnl fpillitg has not come a
day loo soon. Their lierrr wits u Hipp
when Hip spirit of American patriotism
vv inoie nepiled (hail now. livery lovrr
of his country Is glml to see such Ihtiigs.
V. II.
at iiu: i m:ir.its.
The Provident Association netted more
than l,8t! from thp benefit given at the
tlrmid opera houi"' yesteiday aftpinoon by
the Ftier.il theatrical t,oinp.itili plnvlnn Hi
the city. There was Just four hours of en
tertnlnnifiit. beginning lit Ii." and ending
at 0.1f. lh" lngtli of the programme whs
Its only fniilt.ntul that can Iinrdly le rnlleil
n fault when the great variety of Hie feat
tires Is taken Into consbbintlon. The be"l
eildMi"p of the stitlftfitclltni Klven wh that
only a veiy few left the theater before the
curluln cunt" down on the hist specialty.
The lrnngpst feature attending the bent
tit was that time vvns not a disappoint
nient, every peifotmer nnnoiinerd coining
lu his assigned place on the proKmminr
Malinger Hudson & .liul.ih. or the Hrnnd
opera house, who proi.is.d the benefit, di -solve
great credit for the wits the event
was innnaged nntl rspetinllv for tlielr dona
tion of the theater and Its i-ervlie.
The programme, which was under the
general dlieetlon of Mr. l'rtd Udvvnrd". of
Hie American Tiavesty Coinpiiiv, with I.v.
man Dul'tty. of the Coutes theater a stage
imiiiiigcr. was one of the best of Its kind
tver given In this city. The featutes will
lie taken In programme ordpr. The first
vvus the ovprture to "William Tell," well
piny rii by a laigo oielieslrn. made up of
the several theiter oreheliiis ot the elty
There was a very laughable three round
glove contest between Joseph Doner nml
Mntrr Ohii-les Sweeney of the Am. titan
Trave-stv Company, teuelitt and pupil re
spectively, In which the boy showed con
siderable tklll with the glove"; mid while
the tin n was not In the nature of a btu
lenuc, It w is given a bin Usque nnlh In
which the little fellow knot kid out his
teacher, to the delight of the atidlent e. He
was made a fuvorlte at oiipp and was lion
ized In a box Intel on when Chairman
l'nxon, of the Provident Association, called
attention to him.
Mr. TicHcnlck, of the American Travesty
Company , ".uiff his lnte"t eomlc tong,
"Cnn't Change It," and foi nil encore gave
a pirody on "A Prtty Cilrl, a Hummer
Nlc,ht," both solids taking linir.ii"clj.
Miss Stetvnrt, of the American Ttavesty
Compam, who has a very pretty voice,
sang "Voices of the Night."
A veiv Impressive fentiue was the third
at t of "Alabama," given by the members
af Clement llalnbrldge-'s company. The net
Is the most beautiful of the play and one
of the mo"t poetic to be found In the mod
ern dt.tm.t. The beauty of the tnge set
ting and the t xi ellence ot the titling mide
the stene a veiv effective one, and It w is
w. itt lied with unvarying Interest bv Ihe
large audience. This net enlisted neaily all
tho iiiimbeis of the eompuny, Including
Ml Hangs,, the Colonel Preston, Mi. .Vlllltr,
the Colonel Moberlv ; Mi. Ilalnbrldge, the
Captain D.ivcnpoil, Mr Pales the Mi.
Aunstiong. Ml. Mats, the Duatur, Miss
Know lion, tile Mis. Page, and Miss Irving,
the Curie lifston.
Miss Douglass, unotliPi interesting infin
ite! of the American Travesty Company,
s.tng Sunshine After Italn." Soli Altai
abi, of the anie company performed his
vvontbrful equlllbiNtle feais vvlilth nre "(en
tllgbtlv In "OtT th- Haiti! ' Mile Mol.llldo,
the premie t d.inseusp of the Amrlenn
Tiavesty Companv. roiitrlUittd a verv at
tlstu and taking feature In her dtinee,"Pas
Sen I "
'Ihe biggest hit of the nflcinoou was
made by IMdie I'oy. the stai of "HIT the
ISi'tli." who gtve.sonie of hi" Inimitable
monologues and songs and was retailed a
half dozen tlm-. Theie was n good deal
uf Inlet.st on the pin of the audience to
see IMdie- out of Ills makeup, antl it was
discovered that he is very funny without
tiimmltie's The fcatuies of Ibis toirp.r'y
win. glv r. Willi mu-lc.il u t jiiipatil'i'i nts
tinder the tllrettliin of Mr l'rtd Uustloe,
the eoiiipaiiv'h din t tor
ihe iieethov.n oti'heslia played the Mas
senet suite, "S. ones Pittun-sqiie," 111 four
mov. meiits. This was the nuuibei Hint
made such a hit at n iccent Iteethoven eon
ee.it, and w.i" very tffeetlve yesterday,
especially In the "Augelus" mid "l'ete Jlo
n ir.e" movenients
The thlid net of "The I'nnuok," given by
Jlr MeKce Haiiklu antl Ills eomp.tiiv,
showed that auillenee a bit of c.inndluu life
Willi much li'irard for local eoloilng, and
fitovetl a ple.ising noveltv The east In
t ludetl Mt ltankln, Mr. Harry N. Kuller,
Mi Uinist VV.ileot. Mr, .1. ,T William",
Ml-s lioienre Knislil and Miss Isabella
Lincoln. .Ml. Williams introduced sonic
vt rv Hiking songs
The last lcuture on the piogramme was
nn nit fiom "Two old Cicnles," In which
Mr John Wills unci Mr. Charles Giapewln
gave ludicrous 'ii laities ami Carlotui.thf
dancer, dlsphiie-el hi r veiy uitlstic attutn
nic nts. iheie were seveial "lieciallles by
other members of the company, among
vvhe m weie Hurt Hurt, William T. Keiini -dv.
Miss Muv Chevalier, Miss Ada Chev.il
lei. MlssHuz.el Wells. .Miss Maud HiizllI,
Miss Ilaymotul anil Mls Coin Itay iiinml,
while Mr Pall Collins was the musical di
rector. '
-Mayor D.ivls Introduced Piesldent I'axon,
mid the latter thanked the entci lulneis
Ihe theater managers, the in Intel", the
newspapers, the managers of the seveial
companies and the public, saying that all
the itiulpmeit. service and advertising had
been given without cost and that eveiy dol
1 u recilieiltwas a fiee gift lo the Provi
dent Association.
Mr Call It'neltcn. of lloston, head of the
New Uiuiland eoilsei vaioi v ol music, made
his llrst nppeirnnce In ilils city at .Vluslc
hall Inst evening. Although the fntno of
Mr Uncltcn has made him will known and
well understood lu strictly musical circles
even in cities where he has never present
ed himself ns u pianist, ho has had little
personal acquaintance with the musical
pul'llo of the West, ami therefore It was
p.q haps not surprising that h had a eom
paratlvcly smull uiidli nee last evening. He
annoiiiices that this Is only the first of a
seiles of annual concerts to be given In
this city nml It Is therefore probable that
the future will do him Justlpe,
.Mr I'licltc'ii Is one of the very best of
resident American pianists Soon after his
mrlial in tills toimlry, more than a iloz.eu
yems ugo, he established himself us a high
ly gifted and studiously trained musician
In spite of his arduous duties us a teacher
and us the business cuunsel of n large In
stitution, and lompai.itlvely limited public
wuik, he has maliiialmd that standing, ami
plays with us much skill and fervor to-day
as ho ever did before. I.ast night's pio.
gramme was well chosen for Introduetory
purposes. It was rl.uslc, but Included a
siittlcteiit amount of lamlllar miislo to give
nil a chance to measuic his powers Tln-ic
me no eccentricities to distinguish this
piayer ins personal ami musical style aie
unteral. He Is thoiotifhly orthodox, but U
llkewlxo thoroughly trained and absojule.
ly const bullous He does not possess ihe
stieiigih ol musical Individuality thut at
tne)ies to several of the distinguished p.
aiilsts now before the Aniei1c.ui public., but
he po.ti'soes what sonio of llm others do
not-gie.it veis.itlllly. He has lqinuikuble
lone powcr,especally In his left hand work.
Tho tnno giovvth displayed lu the peeull.ii.
ly lonstiueiid Chopin prelude, for exam
ple eould haully be exctilled In smoothness
of accumulation or siiength of climax. In
hnih coneeplluu nml execution this vvus
one of the best numbers on his progiamine.
The Mendelssohn I! minor scherzo guve u
fpluitllJ illiistiatluii of hi tfcchnlxul facil
ity, and was executed with such remark
uble teniio and such refined grace thut the
audience would not be eutislled without its
repetition.
There Is perhaps no ono else In this coun
tiy who can play the second polonaise of
Chopin better than Mr. I'm lien plays It,
and certainly no ono ele has ever made
so much capital uf Ihe number In conceit
wuik This number shows all of this plan.
i"ts best points, and it Involves no dllll
cult)es that he does not meet v.lth linprvs.
sue co3e and complete elf- t. .Mi I'uelttn
is not elUtlnctively poetic, ami wus there
foie less sutlsiaotoiy In Mendelssohn's
"Song Without Words" und Schumann's
" h T" Although his tee hide readies u
hlkh plane or vlrtnuslie'. It Is not remaik
nbl. for vlaiilv of cuuii atl-iii II it Mi
I'.i'ilt-u Is a fitut pluulst whom It will
always be u pi?. is in o to welcome and a
privilege to hear.
The other numbers on last evening's pro
gijimuc were Handel's variations la D mi
ner Heelhoieu'h "Sonata Churaileifs
Ho' a Schumann novelette and Chonln's
ballade lu A flat awj vubtj lu A Hat major,!
TEMPiiST IN A TEAPOT.
M.Wlllll PvltKPIt .It MPs l Ttl rill!
"Pllllss tlAMt" VI ItHMSH .
Ililntcs lip llleeotpri'il 'I tlpep, llirk I tin
plriiy to vt-il tlipsintp 1 1 ti i t- lur
iiltnip, VVIilib I Hint llln
soul With ViigulMi.
Tijprkei. Kii-. Match I (Hppelil ) ihe
SPtitP pnsspcl but one bill timing the entire'
inoinlnit session. II wns too busy with
gravel matters When Ilulvver I.ytton
wiol" "Thp pen Is mightier thiin the sword"
he Utile drpmupcl Hint away mil on the
plain of Knnsits It would be ilpmonntrnlnl
that iipivspapp'r wtltcrs were mlfihtlpr than
bills on thlid rrn cl In 7, but such l, npvor
thelt'ss tlipeiise. Shortly uflpr the eoilVen
lug uf th senate, Senator l.etily Introduced
the following ipsohitloii:
"Wherrns. I'. I'. Monlgonieiy. of the
Kansas City Jotirnnl, Chirles Itlakesley. of
the Topeku Jnurnnl, George tiavvford, of
the Topikn Capital, W. J. Cotlgnli, of the
Ottawa Journal, mid W. II. Nelson, of the
Kansas t'ilv Stai, hnve dnv by day wurkic!
wllh this body as reporters of the dully
press, and,
"WhereHs, It his long been the custom
to retiiRiilfe Hip newspaper boys lu this
mniiuii, therefore, be II
"HpsoIvpiI, Thai thp sergeant-nt-arms be
Instructed to presput each of the nbovp
nnuipd Keiitleuien with the t hair which he
has or. iipleil dining this ssn"oii "
Seniloi .lumper, th Populist member,
who, curlier In the session, moved to do
ll lie 10 In cash to pnch senator. Instead
of MO lu postnje stamp", nppn-e'1 the mens,
uie un tin- groiiiid that the senate had no
rl lit to vote away Hip people's propel ly.
Senator Thin her called the senator down
by suggesting tltnl In supplying himself
with postage tanip", and 111 voting away
n givel to l.letitPti int Governor Daniel", he
had done Just that suit af thing
Senatoi Parker then took the lloor and
m uie a gr.indstiii'l speech as lo the con
scientious motives which "liottld govern
senator" In an eloquent iiminei he de
scribed how the slate's ftfiiltme had been
carried on In years uone bv and finally as
serted Hint a plot was now lu pioces of
accomplishment to nib tin senate thum
per of Its valuable belonging" The matter
imdei discussion being the chair lesoln-
lion, nnd ns the word" "tob and "stem
s.emed to apply to the newspapei men, they
took pxceptlons to the sentlor'" remurks,
and foi warded the following privileged
communication to the piesldent of tho sen
ate, who, upon motion of Senator l.eedy,
cuused ll to be lead'
"Whereas, Senutoi Pukpr, in lilsspeich
upon the floor or the senate this motnlng,
stated that he hid reason to believe that a
plot was on foot to tob the state house of
Us furultiiic, ninl Included the lesolutlon
to vote the undet signed lepoiteis eeituln
Limb", ns part of this plut to "leal, an
Insult anil ludlgnilv to the reporteis which
we do not believe Is vv an anted by any ac
tion of otiis, therfore. vie request this
senate to defeat the lesolutlon In question,
und at tile same lime lie desire to extend
the thanks of the press table for the many
courtesies which we lutv e leeelved at the
hand" of the m ijorltv of this boilv
"CHAltldSS Ill.AKUSI.r.Y.
"VV. .1 COSTIGAN.
"VV H. NKl.SON.
"onoHoi: cit.wvroiiD
V. C MONTGOMUItV "
Senator Parker then lose nml hurled a
hot thnllenge of defiance ut the press table
He sild the noAisp.ipei men might under
stand that they couldn't run iny bluff on
him. The document Just read was the
most gi lev oils Insult ever offered to a sen
ator on the floor He knew the employers
of these reporteis would not indorse any
stub mi attack upon him, and Jhut If the
pnpet" did go after him. he didn't cue,
anyway.
The senate v .t" tlearlv'wlth the news
paper men Sennior Paikei's upfffal fiom
the decision ol tin piesldent. who held tint
the chair re"0lutln wa" in order, vvas
voted down bv n V cfl of Jn lo (,, much lo
the ch.igilu of the gentleman Horn Jnluisoii
countv
At the ipquest of the lievvspiper men
the lesolutlon was wlthdiavvn In the In
tel esis of that i-polte.l conscientiousness
which will penult u "enator lo vote him
self flu woiih of postage stamps and i
private cleik at M.V) for the session. Inn
which icbels at the voting away of a 75
cent chair.
lo Control thp llrldees.
A house bill passed the senate this moi it
lug which appeals to be Intended for the
tellef of a tangle In Knits is city. Kits,
where the city appeal" lo have gone into
piitneiplilp with a tallroad to maintain
cet tain bildges. The bill as pissed pro
vides that where a city goes Into pnt
tiershln with n rornoi.itlon to build a
bridge It shall be the light of the mivor
and council to grant the use of said luldge
to coipoiullons other thut Its p ti met
upon complimice wllh ceit.tia conditions.
Senator That bet endeavored to have
Lavviente . xemptetl fiom the provisions
of the net nuthniiz.lng titles of the second
class to pint base, procure, provide, con
tract for and eonstiutt w.ttei vvoiks,
electili lighl und gas plants, and to Issue
bonds for the Indebtedness theieby clo
uted, but the senate refused and the bill
p i"sed
An act was passed lequlrlng the payment
of eertnln premiums to the Hie depart
ments of Incoi porn ted cities by Uie Insur
ance eonip inies doing business In this
suite for the pin pose of cientlng a fund
for the benefit of the members of the Hie
depai tments of such titles, und providing
for tho collection tine) tllstt llmtlon ot the
s,i me.
se a tie Noli .
The sennte receded from Its dun in 1 for
JIO.Uki to build a domestic science hall for
the uurlcultiiial college and the bill then
passed
Senator Sheatet's lolul res-olutlon, whleh
provided lor the "Initiative and refei
endiiin" system of legislation was voted
down to-day.
An act to give the Lincoln Soldiers' and
Sallois' Monument Association Ihe pilv
llege of placing a monument at the nlace
allotted to Kansas In Statuary hull, Wash
ington, has passed the sennte
Senator Morgan asset ted lu a speech on
the floor of the senate this morning th it
the leilsion committee had not left one
bill upon the cnlendir which was v.-iuthy
of consldeiallou. No one coiif'sted his
statement and It Is probably true
Senator Parker enme around to the press
table dining the noon recess and stated
that he had no Intention of placing the
newspaper conespondents nniong tho con
spirators who went piopurlng to loot the
furnltuio of the senate chamber, ills apol
ogy was accepted.
A Kieat many bills were hurried nui
from the liousn to.duy, and to-monoiv the
senile will most likely mouse fiom Us
llstle-ssiiess nntl pass a great many bills
Hut there Is a general feeling that II c
work of the session Is over and such bills
as become laws will not be tie bated ur
amended.
The senate voted mi appropriation ot
lloo.us) last night to remuneiute the dlffei
lit counties who have been compallcd to
c.ue for their own Insane.
During discussion of u question nf inly
ilege raited by Senator Dumbauld last
night Senators Dennlsou, True, Cooke,
Taylor und Dumbauld asserted that they
did not ride on rallioad passes.
Iloute,
1 he general fee und salary bill having
been laid III Its grave, thu houe has taken
up and passed a large number of local
fee and salary bills unplyluu- to the ltd
lowing i amities. Neosho, Wlbon, Smith,
Oiage, Haskell, Montgomery, Sumner, Mur.
ion. Ulcklnxiii, Miami, limit-), Greenwood,
Douglas, Kilt, liail., Scott, Morris, Cu
inaiiche, Chautauqua, ltlley, Wallace! and
Hooks, Of theo bllU the oils ill legard to
tiurk raises the fees above those ptld uiir
der the old law
This morning, alter a few- minutes spent
In lOlltlllH business, ihe house went lulu
eoinniltlee cit the whole, with Colonel
Wale, of Shawnee. In tho ch.ili. ami urn.
ceeeled wllh general orders. House bill No
SIS, which confers tho power on titles of
the second class to levy additional tuxes foi
the purposu of putting lu light plants and
water woiks, which was llrst considered,
vwis bitterly attacked by Miller, of jloril.
who said It simply meant that additional
taxes would be piled on the taxpayers of
these cities. Colonel Warner, of Cherokee,
defended the bill and said thut the house
hail already passed a bill granting these
titles Hi., rleht to put In these improve,
mnits. This bill simply granted the power
to pay for them. Alter some wrangling
the whole, bill was ref.rred to ihe commit,
tee on titles of the second cla u see if
they could get together.
Alter this was out of Ihe way the com
mittee waded into the congressional ap
poiilonmeiit bill. The lllalr bill, which is
known as the shoestring bill.' was set
aside and thu Prater bill vvj substituted
for it und udopted with a few amendments.
As finally llxt-d up and passed, the districts
are u follows.
Klrst dlstrlct-nonlphan Hrcntn, Nemaha
Pottawatomie. Jjckion, Auhltan. I.caien
worth and Jefferson
Sccoud district-Vj undone, Johnson,
Hound lmtnt, Urnnklln. Anderson, Al
Pn and I, Inn . ..
Talrl dl'irlt t- ltoiirbon Crawford Ne
she. Wilson, liiernkp- l.ibette Monlgoni
eis ISIk nipt tiiniiinuipia
Pmirth illiricl-Shawiipp Wiiobaunp ,
l)mre, I.yon, Morrl. Mirion (hasp, Cof
fp), Woodson tind Gmtiivool .
Plflh tlltrlct-Mrh.ill. Washington. He
public Cloud, tutnwa liny. Itllr), Geary,
Dleklnsoti nnd S lllne ..,,,
Slxih illslMet Jewell. Smllh Phillip,
Noltem. llPPiitur Havvllns Cheypiun,
Sherman. Thomn Sheridan. flr.ihnni,
Hooks tlsbortip, Mitchell Lincoln. I.ll
worth. Hills. Itifspli, Trpgo, Gove, Logan
ninl Wallace ... , , , ,, .
S"VPnth district Hnrvr), Sedgwick, llul.
hr, McPherson, Prnlt Kliiglnnli Harber,
L.o ley, ciiiiiiic-i mm iiii'rci ...
nighih dlslrlpf IIIcp, Marion. Huh. "i
nighih district Mice, Ititrton. itiijn. ?.,
I.nnp. Scolt, Wichita llleele-y, Hnmllton,
Kearney, Pltpiey. Hodgeman P.iwne.
Stafford, lteno. Udward". Klown, P ird,
Grav, H'askPlI, Gl.i'it. Stanton, .Morton, Si.
I,n flecvnsil Vlpn.tp. I'tlfle llll I fotlinnihp.
As rnnstltilfptl by tills bill, the Set ond
dlstrltt has two congiessnuii within its
border. Dick lllue. ronsrpssmnli-.it-lnrcp,
who Hvps In r .1 it ti cotiniy ninl Judge Mill
ir. of W)ninlottP, Hip present rotigrcssinoli
from Hip Second district . ,
As linrber county Is thrown with the
counties In the Pilt. thp iipvv ISIghtb ill
tiki Is left without a congressman, ninl
Is IpH ns a rrt'P Ibid for tilnblllniis stntps
meii who hip wilting in teive llielr eouii
try ns members of i musics
Hikslpln, of Sedgwick, utulettook to.ilnv'
to get a iceonsldetallon of the vote by
which hi tun ninl school bill wits killed yes
Iprday Ur mnde a good liutuied spect ll
III support of his motion, which tins n
eclvecl with shouts of laughter and ap
plause. Iloblusoit. of Jackson snld, after tin
touching uppeul of the gentleman from
Sedgwick, he vvus In favor of the pasiigi
of u lesolutlon extending lo him the sy lu
ll tthv or the house, but he wasn't In favnr
of passing the bill tin lull cull by a vote
of is! lo M, the house killed the bill the se. -ond
time
The calm ruttent of passing pvpiiIs was
slightly disunited this afternoon bv a lit
tle postage lulvveen Colonel Veitle. nt
Shawnee, anil Speaker Pin Tern Cubblon,
lu legard to senate bill Hi, known ns tho
grain hill, which relntcs to the Inspection
of ginln at Kansas eitv. Kits At present
the fees or the grain Inspct mis go Into tho
bauds nr the Oruln exchange The seimto
bill, which lui passed the senate, provides
tint Ihe gialn Inspeciois shall be appointed
by the boiid of mill ond lomnilssloneii'.
nnd Hint Inspection fees, which are said lo
amount to Si.tmu per yeal, shall be pnld
Into the tato ttrusmv Colonel Veal a
moved that the bill be placed on third rend
ing, fin Ihe vote Speaker Cubblson dt
cldPtl thnt tho motion wits lost, but Colonel
VpiiIc claimed that he was unjustly count
ed out ninl deinuiidtd a u count Th
speiikei disclaimed unv Intention to be un
fuli, mid nt deled n recount, which showed
n mnjoiltv In favor of pulling the bill on
thlid l catling,
Th" appellate rouit bill camp back to tho
house with a "light amendment In nvnul
lo the maimer of appointment of Judges,
which wusnsieeil to by the house
The house then went Inlo committee nf
tho whole, with Dtovvu, of Piatt, 111 the
chair, to consider house iippiopilullou bill",
w tilth occupied the time of the commute o
until time lor uillotiiniiicnt. Tho impro
priation for Dip Wlnflcld nyium occupied
the attention of the committee until supper
lime.
House Note s.
Shortlv before midnight the 1ioiip In thu
committee of the whole adopted the stato
printer bill ami leeonimciuUd lis pissuge.
The s,(p house nppiopi Intlon bill wai
pissed to-night It e.irili's JjitHO lo be used
on the wink of construction at once and
provides a tux levy which will l.ilse $17i.i"sl
in two years The hoiisp spent the night
session upon appropriation bill"
The itpoit was cuiient III the house this
afternoon thnt one of the appellate' Judge
ships was likely to go to the blight young;
member fiom Cl.uk Harry .1 Hone. Mr.
Hone Is a native of Illinois, ill ytais old.
and has been engaged in the piactlco o
low foi neni ly ten years
Dining Hie prog! ess of nffnlis this after
noon tho committee lose foi live minutes
mil passed n motion to grant the pilvlltges
of the llooi to Hon IM Iloeh, ex-speuker
pio tern. Mr Hocb was Lcotttd lo tho
chair nnd gave the bouse n thite minute
talk. He ".ild the house had done some
good thing", at Rust Ibcv had not ilono
any hum lie expic"etl his gratification
at being able to look Into tbeli fnces us
leglslatot". Ho probablv would never bavo
the oppoituultv to look on many of them
In thut cupnclty again
Captain ltemlngton who Is now .ilIIiut
ns chut! man of the committee on wuys .utI
mean", mnde the controlling stutcmeiit this
nfteinoon thai the- tax Invv foi stateai'm
pn"es would not be any lnigei .than tho
levy of two veals ugo Iln fuither stntcil
that the touil iipprnpil.itlons tecommcntleil
this ynr would be le.5s than the appropria
tions nindo two yeais ago
I'liitiiulan l.lte'rarv s()lelt.
The Platonlan I.lleiary Kocletv last night
gave Its ninth open session at the high,
school nttdlioi linn. The ptogtamme was;
original in its plan anil the scenery top.
icMnted an old mountain cave to which
the boys had retlietl lo escape the "degen
eintlon ' of the world Those who took:
put lu the progianime weie elicsscd a-t
monks
Stanley New house opened the exercises;
with "The Seicnade" and rteuben C Citnti
bell gave n lultf nddicss entitled "Pop
Oui Past Sins" in which he expressed
penance foi the bad habit of the society in
smoking i ignis ami di Inking imitation
wlms W.iueu Mullet tend a paper en
titled "A Dcjeneiatliig VVoild" Charlo-f
C Shcphenl iltllvcretl an oiailon. Uie sub
Jei t of which vvas "The Golden Year" A,
fane ilmini was ptayitl, entitled "Itomeo
and Juliet." by Musuti Pcteis as Itomoo
and Dudley II Mimgei ns Juliet
In part si coiul. Itobeit D Mnglll tie.
claimed "The Soul cif the Violin " Genrgo
IS Simpson und the society piper entitled
"Pandemonium " "Scene tie Pallet." a rep.
resentailon of ballet dancing, was given hyi
P. G Wllhlte, Lain Johnson. A. II Mosher
and P T Hall The dunceis weie dressed
It) lepiesent ballet girls The mandolin
club, composed nf G IS Simpson, Ilnny
McDinlel-, 1' It Hoover, Stanley New.
house, A II Mpsher and Itupert Giout,
executed some uitlstic music, which vvas
encored many times
MINOIt MHVIiOV.
ImpoitatioiiK received at the custom1
house yisierdav conslsttd of hi') biles of
tobacco 1 1 am Havana and tluce cars uf
bullion fiom Mexico
The Kansas City College of Dental
Surgeiy held Its commencement eiercises)
at Pythian hall yestcieluy afternoon.
Twenty-six diplomas were awarded,
John Huiley, alias li.ink Young, was;
committed to the county Jail bv Justlco
Joyce yesterday on a ciiaige of forging1
Die name of David Pulton lu a check fur
S7.G0.
Mis. Di II. T.llntor. of No li.n Wash,
ltlgton stieet. was lined $10 by Police Judgo
Jopcs yesterday on a charge nf practicing
mcilltliin without a eciiliicato Horn tho
bo. lid of health
John Smith, chained with btirghulziiig
the residence of e.x-Muyor Hen Holmes and
stealing W worth of goods, was cnmmlttPil
lo the county Jail by Justice Joyce yestei.
day to await the action ot the grand Juiy,
Ofiiter James Pope, of ihe sanitary lorcc,
served notices yesterday on a number ot
families occupying a tenement liousn at
13iw Llbeiiy stieei. He said Die placet was.
the filthiest lie had evci seen hi all liU
ofllclitl nieuudeiliigs,
The tn.tiugcr ot the Midland hotel yester
day equipped the house with a system of
hoii.u udenhones toniiectlng the office, thu
pilvato oillie, tho store loom, thu engluei
room und linen room so tint t Information
may bu sent and iccelvcd without the uso
of messengers
Minor cuses disposed nf bv justices yes.
tenia)' were: lly Kiueger. J. A. Williams,
petty larceny. Dility diiys; William Tay
loi, petty laiceny, four months; Albeit
Illileiitiui. petty laiceny, five days. Ily
Walls, Piank Cork peiiv larceny, tlxtyj
days; W, Hiennun, sixty days,
ISilwanl Kennedy and .Morton Hundley
weie analKiit'd before Justice Kiueger
vestenluy on .1 tbaiau of bitrglarUrng
Ititssell Pros eairlagn shop Tho case
weie continued until this morning. Ken.
nedy vvus leleased on a bond feigned by
Theodoiu Kennedy.
Chief Speeis leeelved yesterday a lotler
from the Milwaukee chief of police, in
which he was asked about the nasr titslmt
of Dan Lyons, now under arrest In Milwau
kee. The thief replied that Lyons had
served three terms In the Illinois penlten.
tlary and had once sem-d a teun In this
city for vagrancy,
A Hag-raising was held yesterday after
noon at the franklin school, of which J,
31. Shelton Is principal. The school chil
dren, who number about W0, purchased
the flag The programme was a very
simple one. The thllJren save three
cheeris and a tiger foi the Hag, and sang
"Aimjrlca," aflei which bupirliilviident
J M Greenwood made a short speech.
The llui. Is u very handsome on;
Jots Dafel. ot 1W Grand avenue, vvas
severely Injured about 5:.i0 o'clock last
evoiiint; ut State Line and Ninth street.
lie was riding to the tity un a cable ear
and while standing on the-'side steps at
the gilp tar was stiuck by nue ot the lion
plllais of the "L", load He received a
long cut on the side of his head and It
was thought that iheie wus a slight Irae
tuie of the skull The wounds weia
dressed b) Dr Slenien. the tuinpjiiy'
mrgeon in Kansas City, Ks. und the lit.
Juicd mau was taken to his buine,
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