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INTERESTING SAP BEARING OX THE
MOOTED QUESTION.
MR. O'FLAHERTY'S SKETCH
COPT OP THE OFFICIAL SURVEY
MADE IX 1823.
Mile Corners Located by tbe Original
Field States Western Boundary
of Missouri on a, Line Run
ning Dne Sonth of the
Knir River.
Surveyor Daniel O'Flaherty nas In his
possession a sketch of the western boundary
of Missouri as surveyed by J. C. Brown, In
September, 1S23, showing connections made
by subsequent deputy United States sur
veyors on both sides of the line. The
erosions and accretions of both the Kaw
and Missouri rivers during- the last sereaty
flve years ae shown on the sketch which
Is here reproduced.
That the shifting of the Missouri river
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MAP SHOWING ORIGINAL SURVEY IN 1823.
In a southerly direction Is responsible for
the Kansas claim that the state line be
tween Missouri and Kansas has been moved
farther west is firmly maintained by Mr.
O'Flaherty, the oldest surveyor in Jack
son county. In the original survey of 1S23,
this line Intersected the Missouri river at
the mouth of the Kaw. The mouth of the
Kaw is now nearly a mile west and north
of the Intersection of the Etate line with
the south bank of the Missouri river. The
Kaw. it Is contended, has not changed its
bed, but flows precisely where it did in
1S23. In eating its way southward, how
ever, the Missouri river has wiped out
nearly a mile of the state line, so to speak,
and in that way has altered the relative
positions of the Raw's mouth and the
point where the state line Intersects the
southern bank of the Missouri.
In September, 1S23, a survey was made
by Joseph C. Brown, which established
the western boundary of Missouri to be on
a line running due south of the mouth of
the Kaw river.
- Kansas claims the original mouth of the
V Kaw was 6"0 yards east of the present
state line, or near where Santa Fe street
begins. This claim Is based on th rec
ollection of persons who lived ft the
neighborhood at the time the survflk was
made.
"That these claims have no foundation,"
said Surveyor 0"Fiaherty. "is shown by
the following facts, taken from tbe orig
inal field notes of the survey.
"From the report of the subdivision sur
vey of townships and 50. in 1K6, by
John a Sullivan. It Is found that he es
tablished a section corner on the present
line and ran a line south twenty-four and
one-half chains to the original mile corner
of the survey of 1E2.
"Supposing this corner to be correct, and
comparing the present distance from that
corner to the old bed of Turkey creek, we
find it to be forty chains, the same as in
the records of the original survey, and
there Is no other point on Turkey creek
where the line could cross at the seme dis
tance. From the old bed of Turkey creek
to a point on the line a little above where
It now empties into the Kaw. we find it to
be thirty-one chains, corresponding exact
ly with figures in the record of the sur
vey of 1K3.
"From Turkey creek south four chains
we locate the second mile corner. From
this corner south eight chains and wet
ten chains Is the east bank of the Kaw
At this point the bed of the Kaw is the
same as in 163, and the surveyor at that"
time found the river by the same measure
ments. Forty-three chains south of the
second mile corner Is a bluff. This dis
tance has been verified on the preent state
line. The third mile corner still exists
and corroborates the location of the other
mile corners.
"From this corner It Is five chains south
to Turkey creek again. The figures are
the same in the records of 1S23. Wt
from the state line at the third mile cor
ner runs the division line between the
Shawnee and Wyandotte Indian reserves."
ARE PRIVILEGED CHARACTERS.
Thieves and Thugs Protected by Po-
lice, "While Honest Citizens Are
In Terror of Their Lives.
The unusual privileges extended to crim
inals by the authorities of the city do not
increase protection to life and property
and do not conform to the motto. "Make
Kansas City a good place to live in," nor
to the later war cry. "Made in Kansas City.
U. S. A." The business interests as well
as good name of the city are intimately
connected with the incapacity or collusion
of the police and the full line of criminals
that operate at will In the city.
Some people wonder how it is that so
notorious a crook as Disney, with a sang
of criminals at his back, should chase a
man along Main street between Seventh
and Eighth streets shouting indecent lan
guage, displaying guns and threatening
murder, the chase rounding up In a saloon
and private citizens preventing murder:
Disney taken gently to the station by a
friendly official, and given time in which
to "sober up." Disney gets out in a few
hours: no trial, no punishment. And so
with the preferred clats of criminals who
dally receive gentle treatment from the
Dolice.
It is also observed that should someone
who has not yet broken into the preferred
class of police protected criminals, do the
gun act on the street, he might be ar
rested, and would be compelled to give up
money or be punished. In this connection
It is recalled that recently a trio of drunks
turned out a few shots In front of the
Midland hotel, remained there a half hour
executing a war dance In the middle of the
street, then fell into a nearby saloon and
made night hideous for hours, and yet not
an officer appeared. This is sized up as
a case of neglect, preferred criminals or
paid for in advance.
It had been generally supposed that priv
ileges granted footpads limited their opera
tions to the streets, robbing and maiming
only those who might be so unlucky as to
come along, but it now seems that this
per cent card allows Invasion of homes and
beating of wives and taking everything in
sight.
This makes it pleasant at home. E-ery
housewife in the city will feel comfort
able in her own home at night, surrounded
by her children, the husband of necessity
downtown looking after affairs. But the
necessity of the husband sitting nt the door
all night and answering the bell with a
gun in hand, may after all be a blessing.
He will be compelled to remain at home
and share fear with his wife. This would
simply necessitate two and three footpads
Joining forces and thus overpower the
whole family. This will be a ready con
clusion for preferred and protected foot
pads. It is comforting to know that the people
of Kansas City are not directly responsible
for the police or criminals now drawing
Falary from the city and robbing the people
on the streets and In their homes. It
comes from the organization that provides
this combined depravity, and Kansas City
has nothing to say In creating It. When
the home rule question was up for vote,
the police, with their band of protected
thieves, were more active than the thought
less decent citizens, hence victory for
thieves. The same they are now enjoying.
They claim they have earned It. Murder
is commiuea ana no one is punished: peo
ple robbed and slugged on the streets, no
one punished: homes Invaded and defense
less women robbed, and everything is love
ly. Thieves stand bv the police, and why
aot police bv thieves? They do. Everyone
says so. and they think they have reason
for so saying.
CABLE RATES REDUCED.
Telesrnph Companies Annonnce a Cat
In Rates to Belgium and
Holland.
The telegraph companies announce that
after March 1 the cable rate to Holland
and Belgium will be 25 cents a word, the
same as to Great Britain, Germany and
France. It Is a material reduction over
the present rate and will affect this city
greatly, especially the packing houses,
which send many messages to these coun
tries. Five Months Old.
The Kansas City Manufacturer issued Its
fifth number yesterday. It Is a handsome
book of twenty-four pages filled with per
tinent matter relative to the Interests it
stands for. Judging from the liberal ad
vertising patronage. the popularity of the
magazine seems decidedly on the increase,
and It bids fair to become the cyclopedia of
Information regarding what is "Made In
Kansas City. U. S. A."
A NEW "ELECTRIC"
FROM TEHMDrCS OF EAST SIDE LIXE
TO INDEPENDENCE.
THE HEIMS WILL BUILD IT
ALSO FIGURING ON USING GRAND
AVENUE TRACKS.
Arrangements Will Be Blade for
Track Privileges and a. Line to
the Union Depot and Stock
Yards Is Contemplated
by the Helms.
A new electric line to Independence over
a much shorter route than that of the one
now In operation Is one of the improvements
on the transportation facilities of Jackson
county, contemplated by the East Side
Electric Railway Company. The course
which the new company proposes to follow
in building this line will save by its direct
ness and the absence of Interruption .from
railway crossings, fully fifteen minutes in
the time required for a trip one way to or
from Independence, and will enable the
company to make more than a proportional
reduction in the fare required.
"Our plan," said Mr. Ferd Helm last
night, "ha1! been to extend our East Side,
when complete, from the present contem
plated terminus at the brewer, east to
Montgall avenue: on Montgall avenue to the
county road, and thence directly east to
Knoche's point near the Pittsburg & Gulf
roundhouse, at Independence. This, how
ever, is to come only after the completion
of the road for which our franchise is al
ready granted. Our present concern Is to
open up a first-class street railway through
the East bottoms.
Of this enterprise, Mr. "W. O. Hands,
manager for the new road, said: "Specifi
cations for the building of the East Side
electric railway are now In the hand of
the bidders. Work on the road will be
begun by March 1 and It Is expected that
two miles of the road, from Helm's brew
ery to Fifth and Main, will be completed
June 1. The equipment of the road will
be of the very best possible material.
Twenty-four-foot cars, with seats running
crosswise, will be operated over the new
line. They are constructed so that the
sides can be taken out for summer use."
"Our power houss will be located near
the brewery, too," said Mr. Hands. "We
have given up the Idea of buying power of
some other company and will put up a
modern plant with capacity for generating
enough electricity to not only run the road
as 'It will be at first, from the brewery to
Fiftn and Main streets, but also to oper
ate trains on all the extensions we will
build in the next three years."
Extensions to the west and south are also
contemplated by the East Side, company
to reach the Union depot; stock yards and
the shopping districts, but- just what the
company will try for in the' way of new
track and transfer privileges .over other
roads has-not yet been determined.
A marked increase In the value of prop
erty In the section of the city opened up
by the Helms' line is predicted. Already
land Is being bousht and leased and pre
liminary arrangements are being made for
several extensive manufactories in the East
bottoms, and in connection with this many
cottages and tenements for the accommo
dation of operatives will be built.
MR. COOPER RETURNS.
San- GIHett In Mexico and Secured In
formation Regarding- Cattle That
Are In Litigation.
Frank Cooper, of the firm of Elmore &
Cooper, one of the creditors of Grant G.
Gillett, returned yesterday from Chihua
hua, Mex., where he went to see the cattle
plunger.
"There Is absolutely no Information I can
give," said Mr. Cooper. "I went down to
see Mr. Gillett to secure Information re
garding the specific bunches of cattle which
are in litigation. I cannot divulge this in
formation, which is, in fact, of no public
Interest. Jly trip was purely on private
business, and I aid not In any sense repre
sent the other creditors. I saw Mr. Gillett
and secured the information I went for.
"Gillett is willing, I will not say anxious,
to come back and assist in straightening
out matters. I have frequently expressed
myself as of the opinion that it would be
best for all concerned if he would come
back, for he can do more good by personal
supervision of the settlement of his affairs
than by meeting with any punishment
which could be visited upon him. We want
results and not convictions.
"The power of attorney which Mr. Ar
nold secured is not in any sense a victory
of one creditor over another. Gillett has
turned all his property over to his credit
ors, and Mr. Arnold's power of attorney
will be used for the benefit of all."
MAY MAKEHIM RICH.
Dr. IV. H. Klmberlln of This City Sold
Have a Good Thins; In His
Isabella Holdings.
The recent big strike In the Isabella
mine, at Cripple Creek, Col., put money
Into the pockets of Dr. W. H. Klmberlln,
of this city. Dr. Klmberlln was interested
in the mine to the extent of about 10,000
shares. All last year the mine paid prac
tically nothing and the stock sold very low.
Last December pay ore was struck In large
quantities, the assay averaging forty to
fifty ouncas in gold to the ton, and some
running as high as 4,500 ounces. The stock
jumped up and is now selling at about 51.05.
When the stock made Its big jump Dr.
Klmberlln sold considerable of his hold
ings, but nevertheless still holds quite a
block of stock. He has been quite promi
nent In the company, it being du& to his
efforts that the present manager, George
D. Kilborn, was appointed.
Among other prominent Missourlans who
will profit by the strike are Senator Mor
ton and Mr. Dougherty, of Richmond:
Colonel Vincent Marmaduke, of Saline
county; Colonel John Elliott, of Boonvllle,
and Mr. Harris, of St. Louis.
UTAH MORMONS COMING.
Annual Conference of the Mississippi
Valley Missionaries Begins To
morrow NiKht.
The annual conference of the Mississippi
valley missionaries of the Utah Mormon
church will convene In Independence to
morrow night. For the past three years the
followers of Brlgham Young, from the
states adjacent to Missouri have journeyed
to Independence, exchanged experiences, of
fered prayer and then gone their way re
joicing, to their respective fields of labor.
The time is taken up in the recital of ex
periences and the telling of conversions
made and the joy they feel in being In In
dependence, tho Zlon of the saints.
The advance guard will arrive to-morrow
noon Among them will be relatives of
Brigham Young. A few weeks ago some
of Brigham Young's offspring journeyed to
this city and pressed their feet to the
frosty sod on Temple lot. which is known
as the haven of the saints. This ground is
revered in the minds of eery Mormon,
and the Temple lot will not be passed by
when the delegation arrives to-morrow.
The conference will be held In Music hall
and will last three days.
SLAIN BY A GAMBLER.
Oscar Strand, Missouri Pacific Engi
neer, Shot by L. E. Hlndmau
at Sedalin.
SEDALIA. MO.. Feb. 2. (Special.) L. E.
Hindman, a 21-year-old gambler, better
known as the "Honey Grove Kid." shot
and mortally wounded Oscar Strand, a
Missouri Pacific engineer, at midnight last
night, in the lobby of the Hotel Huckins.
Strand died this aTternoon, and Hindman,
who fled after the shooting, has not been
captured, and it is believed he left Sedalia
on one of the night trains. During the
evening, according to Strand's ante-mortem
statement, the engineer was swindled out
of JS5 by Hindman. The latter promised
to return the money if Strand would ac
company him to the Hotel Huckins, where
the gambler said he would get the money
from the night clerk. Upon arriving at the
hotel Hindman tried to bluff Strand out
of the money, and the engineer started to
ward the gambler, but not in a threaten
ing manner. Hindman warned him to stop
or he would shoot. The engineer thought
this was another bluff and kept advancing,
when Hindman drew a revolver and shot,
the ball entering the left breast Just over
the heart. Strand then grappled with
Hindman and wrested the gun from him,
throwing It away, but immediately fell to
the floor.
Engineer Strand has-been thirteen years
In the employ of the Missouri Pacific. He
was promoted from fireman to engineer in
1SS7, while running between Sedalia and
Kansas City. For the past eight years he
has been running between Pueblo and Hor
ace. He had a tine J record, had a big
bank account in Pueblo and was the owner
of fourteen valuable mining properties in
Colorado. He was about -10 years old and
unmarried.
Hindman comes from an old and highly
respected Texas family and is a genuine
"black sheep." His grandfather was Gen
eral Hindman, of Confederate fame, and
his father is a promin'ent Dallas merchant.
ST. LOUIS, MO.. Feb. 2. Lee Hindman.
better known as "Honey Grove." an al
leged gambler who la; known throughout
the West, South and In Mexico, and who
belongs to one of the most prominent fami
lies in Texas, as well as the South, was
arrested as he stepped from a Missouri
Pacific train to-night, for the murder of
Oscar Strand, an engineer on the Missouri
Pacific railroad, whom he shot last Wednes
day night In the corridor of Hotel Huckens
at Sedalia. Mo.
Hindman was disguised as a rough lum
berman when he reached here, but admit
ted his identity at the.police. station. Ho
said he shot Strand in self-defense. He was
going to Mexico. Hindman's father Is at
present a prominent merchant In Dallas,
Tex. The prisoner Is22 years old and was
born at a place called Honey Grove. Tex.,
whence he obtains his sobriquet. He Is a
grandson of General Hindman, of Confed
erate army fame.
ACCEPTED FEES'WHILE JUDGE.
State Senator Burke Gives Very Dam
aging Testimony Against
Dellenbaugh.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2. The most im
portant witness In the trial of Judge F.
E. Dellenbaugh, in the' circuit court, was
on the stand nearly all of to-day. He was
State Senator Vernon , H. Burke, whose
statements to two judges of the common
pleas bench led to the investigation which
preceded the formal charges. He again
told the story of the Manning case, where
in Mrs. Manning obtained a decree of di
vorce from her husband and $10,000 in cash
by way of a settlement from an unnamed
woman who was accused of alienating her
husband's affections.
Burke said Dellenbaugh turned the case
over to him upon being appointed to the
bench, but continued tn Ink nn 1ntprpt in
it, giving advice to.Mrx Manning. JudceJ
lUeiienDaugn, ne testinea, granted the di
vorce decree to Mrs. Manning.' He further
testified that he divided the heavy fees in
the case with the judge while the latter
was on the bench. A rigid cross-examination
failed to shake Burke's testimony.
DEAD SHOTJHOT DEAD.
Saloonkeepers at San Antonio Fight
a Duel With Gratifying
Resnlts.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Feb. 2. Bob
Marks, a noted sporting character and
typical dead shot Texan, was killed in a
duel to-day with John W. Bennett, pro
prietor of the Texas Silver King saloon and
gambling house. Marks had been drinking
and announced, as he left his own saloon,
that he was going to die with his boots
on. He entered the Silver King saloon and
threatened to shoot out the lights. Words
were passed and guns were drawn. Marks
emptied five chambers of his revolver,
shooting Bennett through the abdomen.
Stretched on the floor, mortally wounded.
Bennett fired three shots at Marks. The
later was shot though the body and died
with his gun still in his hands. Bennett
died to-night.
THEY R0BBEDjREIGHT CARS.
Indiana Gang Accused of Systematic
Theft Arrested at Terre Hante '
Yesterday.
TERRE HAUTE. IND., Feb. 2.-Detec-tlves
to-day arrested William Long, an ex
convict; Albert Johnson, his half-brother,
and Josph Johnson, his brother-in-law
charged with systematic robbing of freight
cars. Their practice, it Is charged, was
to break Into a car at Indianapolis and
when near this city such valuable freight
as was In the car would be thrown out
and afterward secreted. Several hundred
dollars' worth of silk was recovered
among other things.
Alleged Italian Counterfeiters.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2. When the steam
er Spartan Prince from Genoa reached
quarantine to-day, secret service agents
boarded her and arretted four members of
an alleged gang of Italian counterfeiters.
All the prisoners have their families with
them. The agents of the secret service
have been looking for this gang for some
time.
Missouri Farmer a Suicide.
COLUMBIA. MO.. Feb. 2.-(Special.)
Charles Cuffkey. of Cedar township, Boone
county, committed suicide this morning by
taking strchnine. Mr. Cuffkey had been
in ill health for some weeks, and this is
believed to have brought about the suicide
He was a farmer, 43 years old, and leaves
a wife and two children. .
Escaped Prisoners Retaken.
WICHITA, KAS., Feb. 2.-(Special.) Al
bert Adams, government prisoner, and Jim
Robinson, outlaw, who escaped Wednes
day morning from the county .jail in the
Bill Tackett breakout, have been captured
and brought back to-night. Adams, was
caught in Augusta, Kas., and Robinson in
Newton, Kas.
HAYWARDJ3AINS TWO.
New Adherents to the Cause of the
Leader In Nebraska's Sena
torial Contest.
LINCOLN. NEB.. Feb. 2. Three of L.
M. Hayward's pledged supporters were ab
sent when the Senatorial ballot was taken
to-day. but he gained two new adherents,.
D. E. Thompson also gained one vote. To
day's ballot:
Allen, fusion, 7; Hayward. Republican.
35; Webster, Republican, 10; Thompson, Re
publican. 9; Field, Republican. 4; Weston,
Republican, 4: Rose, Republican, 1; Foss,
Republican, 1; Hinshaw.. Republican, 1;
Van Duen, Republican. l:.Lambertson. Re
publican. 1; Adams, Republican, 1; Cornish,
Republican, 1.
Quay Still Needs Thirteen Votes.
HARRISBURG, PA., Feb. 2.-Senator
Quay was again thirteen votes, short of the
number necessary to elect to-day.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.
Rudyard Kipling arrived In New York
yesterday on board the steamer Majestic
from Liverpool.
A postoffice has been established at Santi
ago. Benton county. Mo., and Haywood
Cooke appointed postmaster.
POLICY OUTLINED
HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAUCUS OX FI
NANCIAL LEGISLATION.
NO ACTION AT THIS SESSION
COMMITTED TO BE NAMED TO PRE
SENT A BILL NEXT WINTER.
Vote on This Plan Was Almost Unan
imousMr. Cannon Expressed
Doubt an to the Wisdom of
Attempting Financial
Legislation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Tne Republican
members of the house of representatives
met in caucus at S o'clock to-night to de
termine upon a course of action In regard
to framing financial legislation. The meet
ing was well attended, most of the promi
nent figures on the Republican side of the
chamber being present. Theso Included
Chairman Payne, of the ways and means
committee, and Messrs. Grosvenor. Hend
erson, Hopkins. Steele, Cannon, Walker,
Brosius, Stone, Hepburn, Xawney, Grout,
Evans, Hill, Prince, Corliss, Bennett and the
rank and file of the Republican membership.
Speaker Reed did not attend, having pre
viously made another ""engagement.
General Grosvenor, chairman of the cau
cus, presided, and Mr. Bennett, of New
York, was chosen secretary to succeed Mr.
Hooker, resigned. Representative Hender
son, of Iowa, presented the following reso
lution, which served as a text for all the
discussion of the evening:
"Resolved. That a committee of eleven
members of the present house of repre
sentatives, who are members of the Fifty
sixth congress, shall be appointed by the
chairman of this caucus for the purpose
of considering monetary legislation, and
submitting their recommendations to a Re
publican caucus at the first session of the
Fifty-sixth congress, with authority to con
fer with a like committee from the sen
ate." The discussion on this resolution pro
ceeded with much animation for more than
an hour. Those who spoke were Messrs.
Henderson, Tawney, Cannon, Walker,
Payne and Hepburn. There was but little
difference of opinion on the main point,
that It would be futile to attempt financial
legislation at this late day In the present
session. Mr. Henderson made a strong
speech in support of the plan embodied in
his resolution, and pointed out the advan
tage of having this Important subject com
mitted to a Lody serving both in this con
gress and the next, and representing the
various sections of the country, and, as
far as possible. Its diverse business and
economic interests.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, questioned the
wisdom of the resolution, although he said
hettrould not--oppose It with his vote. He
expressed the strong belief, however, that
the present prosperity of the country made
it inexpedient to enter'upon financial Ms?
cussions. He particularly referred to the
enormous exports within recent 'months,
and the great money balance in our favor.
This, he thought, showed such a healthy
economic condition that it should be left
alone.
Mr. Cannon said he did not think any
financial legislation could be carried
through until after the next presidential
election.
Mr. Payne, the recently appointed chair
man of the ways and means committee,
did not coincide with Mr. Cannon's ob
jections, and strongly favored the proposed
plan of committing the entire financial
subject to a caucus committee. It would
permit careful consideration. of the ques
tion during the coming months, and the
preparation of such a well matured plan
as would commend itself on all bands.
Mr. Payne expressed the belief that such
a measure, 'conservative and Intelligent,
could be passed very early In the next
session of congress, and probably during
the winter months.
The other speeches were substantially
along tho same lines, general adherence
being given to the plan for a caucus com
mittee representing all sections and in
terests. This, it was pointed out. would
be no reflection on the regular house com
mittee which deals with banking and cur
rency and with coinage, as such commit
tees end with the session, while the cau
cus committee, being made up or re-elected
members,, could pursue its labors witnout
reference to the close of the session. More
over It was shown that the subject would
be relieved from such embarrassments as
arise between the several house commit
tees having cognizance of different
branches of the financial question.
When the vote was taken. It was little
short of unanimous, viz.: yeas, S2; nays,
4 The chairman announced that the names
of the members of the new finance com
mittee would not be announced at pres
ent as some time would be required to
learn the wishes of members concerning
tne hard work likely to be involved in 'this
service and also to make up a strong or
eanization. thoroughly representative in
character. At 10 o'clock the caucus ad,
journed.
BUFFALO'S QUICK TRIP.
Sailed From New York to Manila In
Fifty-four Days, With Men
and Supplies.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The Buffalo ar
rived at Manila to-day. having made a record-breaking
iun from New York to Manila
in fifty-four days. She has aboard about
700 sailors to relieve men in Dewey's fleet
whose time has expired. She will be used
as a regular transport for men and naval
stores, making regular trips between Man
ila and San Francisco every three months.
MANILV. Feb. 2. The United States
transport Buffalo, having on board sailors
to relieve men in Rear Admiral Dewey's
fleet arriel here to-day. The United
matr. transport Pennsylvania has arrived
here from Hollo with the Fifty-first Iowa.
Theso troops are being disembarked at Ca-
The United States transport City of Pueb
la has sailed for Nagasaki. Japan.
Major General Otis has published an or
der requiring the inhabitants of Manila to
Drocure official certificates of identity,
which will cost 20 cents each, after Feb
ruary 23. I
The British battleship Centurion, flagship
of Vice Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour,
and the British second class cruiser Bona
venture, have sailed for Hong Kong.
To Be Put Out of Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The navy de
partment has ordered that all of the ships
of the navy now held In reserve shall be
put out of commission at once. There are
a number of these shlos and the govern
ment will effect a considerable saving, be
sides making available the services of a
number of sailors for use In the active
ships.
Monitor Wyandotte Sold.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2. The old single
turreted monitor Wyandotte, which was
put up for sale by the government three
months ago, has been sold to Charles G.
Davis, of this city, for $12,631. The Wyan
dotte was the second and highest priced
monitor of those constructed under the act
of Anrll 17, 1S62, the original cost being
$633,327.
BURIED BY SNOW.
SnoiTsllde In Colorado Catches a
Work Train-Five Men Killed,
Many Hurt.
DENVER. COL.. Feb. 2. Information
has been received here by Superintendent
Ridgeway, of the Denver & Rio Grande
road, that a snowslido on its line, nine
milo east of Glenwood Springs, to-day,
came down on top of a work train, wreck
ing the engine and cars and killing live
of the crew and injuring several others.
The known dead are: John McMahon.
roadmaster Denver &. Rio Grande. Glen
wood Springs. Colo.; J. Dempsey. section
man. Spruce Creek. Col., and J. MuUihill,
section man. Red Cliff. Col.
v The injured are: Charles Hackett. en
gineer, Grand Junction Col., head and back
injured; T. H. Carr, fireman. Grand Junc
tion, head injured; R. B. Steele, engineer.
Grand Junction, hand burned: A. Diveit.
brakeman. Grand Junction, back hurt; G.
H. Berry, car repairer, Minturn, Col., head
hurt; B. Bernard, section man, Gypsum,
Col., hurt Internally.
AH are emplojeu by the Denver & Rio
Grande, and were assisting in clearing the
track at the time of the slide.
The Kio Grande road is in worse shape
now than before. Snow is piled on th
track at some places twentv teet high. It
will take hours to open the blockade.
At 11:30 o'clock this afternoon the gigantic
avalanche shot down thi mountainside in
the canon of the Grand river, on the west
ern slope of Colorado and carried the en
tire train crew and working gang, thirty
three men in all, Into the bottom of the
abyss.
Special trans were sent to the spot as
soon as intelligence reached the headquar
ters of the Denver & Rio Grande road.
In the meantime, more than a hundred
men were using every possible attempt to
rescue their fellow beings who were im
prisoned in the s.now.
The slide was only about 300 feet In
width, but thousands of tons of ice and
snow blocked the railway and made it
Impassable Tor trains until a road could
be shoveled through the obstruction.
Telegrams were at first delayed on ac
count of the carrying away of the wires
when the elide came down. One of the
rescue train had a telegrapher with an
emergency Instrument aboard, and he soon
established communication with the out
side world.
It was the impression at headquarters
of the railway In this city that the slide
is one of the most destructive that has
been known for many years in the Rocky
mountains.
The engine, caboose and flange were car
ried down before the slide and all the
shovelers, who were scattered along the
track at work, were swept before the
mighty weight. Trees, rocks and large
blocks of ice which had been formed on
the side of the mountain during the win
ter, added to the weight of the avalanche.
Cliffs rise at the side of the railway track
100 or 200 feet, while the side of the moun
tain at the point where the accident oc
curred rises 2,000 feet almost perpendicu
larly. WHISKY IS GOING" UP.
Formation of New Distillery Combine
Has) Effect of Booming
Prices.
LOUISVILLE. KY., Feb. 2. The forma
tion of the combination of Kentucky dis
tilleries has already had 'the effect of ad
vancing the prices of whiskies. To-day was
an active day in the trade. Buyers from
New York. Chicago and Cincinnati are In
Louisville, and are making big investments
in whisky. It is estimated that between
5,000 and 10,000 barrels were sold in lots
ranging from 200 to 1.000 barrels. Brokers
received many orders which they were un
able to till. Many out-of-town distillers
were In the city. Numerous conferences
were held und the combination was thor
oughly discussed. They seemed to be of
the opinion that the combine will work
wonders for tho distillers of the state.
Prices of many brands of the product ad
vanced from 5 to 10 cents per gallon.
RATHER CHILLYAT DAWSON.
Mercury Stood at 30 Degrees Below
Zero When the Last Party
Left There.
VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 2. The steamer
Dierigo arrived here from Skaguay to-day
with late arrivals from Dawson City. They
report the temperature at 59 degrees below
zero when they left the Klondike capital.
W. C. AVatrous. one of the proprietors of
the Klondike Nugget, says wages are
not so high this year as last, but a good
deal of work Is being done, especially on
Hunker, Dominion and Sulphur creeks.
William Fox, another passenger from
Dawson, is authority for the statement
that the output next year will be no great
er than this, although men are working in
new territory. Men are being paid $5 per
day and board, although Anderson, on the
Eldorado, still pays $1.50 per hour. Hunker
and Dominion creeks promise well.
STOCK WATER IS SCARCE.
Sonth Dakota Water Holes Are Dry
and Cattle Are Suffer
ing. BELLE FOURCHE, S. D., Feb. 2,-DIs-couragtng
reports are coming in from the
cattle range because of -lack of water for
stock. At no time has there been more
than three inches of snow on the ground,
and all the water holes, which have rarely
before been dry. are now empty. In sever
al localities cattle are actually suffering
for water. On the Slim Butte range wolves
have become very bold and numerous
bodies of dead cattle w hlch they have killed
He about promiscuously.
These conditions, tnken In connection
with the present seere weather, make the
outlook rather serious for the ranchers.
TO SUCCEED CLEMENS.
T. E. Dewey, of Abilene, Was Elected
Supreme Court Reporter
Yesterday.
TOPEKA. Feb. 2. (Special.) The su
preme court to-day elected T. E. Dewey,
of Abilene, to be supreme court reporter,
succeeding G. C. Clemens, who has held
the place for two years. Mr. Dewey was
supreme court reporter for a short time
prior to Mr. Clemens' term. He is a well
known literary man, although never prom
inent as a politician. He is a lawyer by
profession.
Central District Medical Society.
SEDALIA. MO., Feb. 2.-(SpeciaI.) The
regular meeting of the Central District
Medical Society was poorly attended to
day on account of the prevalence of grip
throughout the country. Papers were read
by Dr. W. C. Overstreet, Dr. W. O. Dun
lap and Dr. W. J. Ferguson, all of Se
dalia. At the afternoon session. Dr. C. F.
Walnwrlght, of Kansas City, delivered the
lecture.
Garcla's Body to Be Taken to Cuba.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-CoIonel Garcia,
son of the late Cuban leader, is in Wash
ington making arrangements for the re
moval to 'Cuba of the remains of his
father. He will take the body in a sealed
casket to-morrow night direct to Norfolk,
where it will be taken on board tho Nash
ville and conveyed io Cuba".
A DimlnntlTe Indiana Infant.
MISHAWAKA. IND.. Feb. 2. There was
born to the wife of Noble Austin, in this
city, the smallest infant ever reported in
Northern Indiana. The child is about the
size of an incandescent electric light globe
and weighs one pound. The physician, an
old practitioner, says it will live.
Missouri Postmaster Dead.
COLUMBIA. MO.. Feb. 2.-(SpeciaI.)
Jasper N. Roberts, postmaster at Halls
vllle. Boone county, died this morning, aged
4S years. He was the oldest son or Judge
W. F. Roberts, and leaves a wife and sev
eral children.
Another Regiment OS for Manila.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2. The United States
transport. Sherman, with the Third regular
infantry and the Second battalion of tho
Seventeenth infantry on board, sailed from
Brooklyn at 5 p. m. to-day for Manila via
the Suez canal.
FILIPINOS' SLATE
IT IS HEADED BY DAVID A. BALL
FOR GOVERNOR.
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
STONE, WHITECOTTON AND KNEIS
LEY OUTLINE A PLAN.
Met In Schlel's Saloon Last Night and
Arranged Things Filipinos Are
Really for Stone for Presi
dent Selbert's Attitude
Yet in Doubt.
JEFFERSON CITY. MO.. Feb. 2. (Spe
cial.) The Filipinos hae seleoted their
slata for state officers. It will be presented
to the Democratic state convention In 1300.
and is as follows:
For governor David A. Ball, of Louisi
ana. For secretary of state John Knott, of
Hannibal.
For attorney general Morton Jourdan. of
St. Louis.
The selections for state auditor and treas
urer have not yet been made. It Is under
stood that Russell Knelsley. of Carroll, will
be a candidate for congress In the Second
district, and hat James Whitecotton will
be a candidate for state senator from Mon
roe county.
More Important still, the Filipinos are at
heart for William Joe! Stone for president
in place of William Jennings Bryan.
This slate is the result of a secret meet
ing held here to-night In Schlel's saloon.
Present at the conference were ex-Governor
Stone. James Whitecotton and Russell
Knelsley. State Auditor Seibert was pres
ent during a part of the time, but it Is
said that he has not yet decided to throw
over Dockery and the excise commissioner
ship of St. Louis. He will at least wait:
and see If the Tubbs bUl passes, cutting;
down the princely .fees to a paltry $3,000 a
year. But there Is Uttle doubt about the sen
timents of the other parties to the confer
ence. The Filipinos openly declare that they aro
for Bryan for president, but the declaration
is made in a half-hearted way. and one cf
the FUipinos Is said to have declared at
the conference? "In case Bryan make9 any
moro fool breaks, then we will come out for
Bill Stone, and we'll run him on an ex
pansion platform."
This statement met the approval of tha
conferees, and they are all waiting- In at
titudes of expectancy for Bryan to make
his "fool breaks." The new Idea of a
greater America seems to have dawned
alike upon Tammany of New York and
the Filipinos ot Missouri.
And lest'the state ticket be forgotten in,
the enthusiasm of the 'anti-Stephens Demo
crats for their national ticket. Dave Ball
will come In to-morrow from Louisiana.
Just to keep the ball a-rollrag. A tele
gram received to-night-announces) this sig
nificant fact.
A peculiar feature vof the caucus of tho
Filipino leaders to-night Is that they had
so many visitors during their deliberations
on the affairs of state. 'Schlel's saloon
seemed to be a congregating place forpollti
cians of all degrees of faith. During the
evening. Judge Hawthorne. Homer Mann
and James Kiskaddon dropped In to repre
sent the Republicans; and O. M. Burnett
and F. E. Luckett represented the admin
istration. Senator Ben Anderson was also
present for a while. The visitors wero
the only people who experienced any em
barrassment at espying the congregation of
Filipino leaders. Ex-Governor Stone,
Knelsley and Whitecotton told good stories,
while the laugh went round as though there
were never an office In the world to ba
dealt out to the brave men who fight the
present chief executive of Missouri.
INDIANS ON .THE WARPATH, '
Slwashea In Alaska Become Obstrep
erous and Four of Them
Are Killed.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 2. Indians ara
on the warpath in Alaska. One battle has
taken place and more fighting Is Immi
nent. Four Indians were killed and several
wounded In the fight which has already
taken place. Four American 'deputy mar
shals were wounded. The Indians are
drunk, and there may be a general up
rising. The steamer Cutch brings the news of
the battle at Juneau. An Indian was killed
by United States Marshal McGulre in self
defense. Fearing the dead man's death,
would be avenged by his friends, a vigi
lance committee was formed, which acted
promptly, captured the malcontents and
took them to prison. On promising good
behavior they were liberated next day, but
the revengeful nature of the savages de
manded blood for blood.
The pretended acquiescence was a ruse.
Plying themselves with liquor, the blood
thirsty Alaskans deliberately planned the
murder of every member of the vigilance
committee. The attack was made at night.
A friendly Indian warned the whites of the
contemplated treachery, and as the Si
washes advanced on the town with drunk
en yells the officers warned them back.
They still came forward.- opening lire,
which the whites promptly returned.
The United States marshal and his fol
lowers, having the advantage of position,
were able to pour In a deadly fire. After
the first fusillade, the savages stampeded
hurriedly into the darkness. leaving their
dead and four wounded comrades on tha
ground.
CANFIELD FOR LIBRARIAN.
Name of the Formerly of Kansas Ed
ucator Suggested to the
President.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2. It Is announced
here, on what appears to be good author
ity, that the name of Dr. James H. Can
field, president of the Ohio State univers
ity, was to-day presented to the president
for appointment as librarian of congress.,
It Is also said that Dr. Canfleld, while
not in the usual sense a candidate for tha
appointment, has been suggested for it.
and will be strongly supported by leading
educators, librarians and public men.
Dr. Canfleld is about 50 years of age a
graduate of Williams college and has for
many ears had a national reputation as
an educator. He has served successively
as professor of history and political econ
omy in Kansas state university, chancellor
of Nebraska university and president of
Ohio state university. In 1S00 he was pres
ident of the National Educational Associa
tion. Wealthy Farmer Drops Dead.
Lewis Trexler, a wealthy farmer livlng'ln
Caney, Kas., dropped dead in his attor
ney's office to-day. He came to the city
to pay off an $K mortgage. At the cor
oner's inquest It was determined that Trex-
In st9 flAfi nf hanvt r1fsrAAs.h l--. -m&
by a recent attack of the grip.
Kansas Mas Got It.
ARDMORE. I. T.. Feb..2-(SpecIal.) The
appointment ot S. B. Johnson, of Kansas
townslte appraiser to act in mnliinniin
with West Burney. Chickasaw appraiser.
cicaicu iv. scumuuii iigic. a strong ugat
was made for a home man. Mr. Johnson
it is said was backed by Congressmart
Curtis, of Kansas.
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