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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1899.
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ROBERTS OF UTAH
THE
MORMON' CHAMriOX AXD
TOXENT OP POLYGAMY.
ex-
CHURCHMAN AND JOURNALIST
FACTS
ABOUT A 3ICCH-DISCESSED
AND ItEVILED MAX.
Despite the Opposition to IIIb Taklns
IIIk vent Iu Coueremt us TJtnli'a
Jtriircsentutlve lie I Com-
placeiit mid Confident
a to Future.
The Ministers Alliance of this city Trill
meet to-morrow and formulate plans for
the most effective manner of expressing
Its opposition to Brigham H. Koberts, who
expects to represent the state of Utah in
the house of representatives and -who Is
preparing to take his seat in that august
body next December. The crusade against
Koberts Is being waged In every hamlet,
town and city in tho country. Ministers
have denounced him. legislatures have
adopted resolutions censuring him, mono
gamous wives are, circulating petitions and
the lawmakers of the nation are being
almost overwhelmed with letters in which
th demand is made that the polygamous
TJtahn be not permitted to take his seat.
The attempt of the Mormons to Intro
duce a polygamlst into congress is de
nounced by all as an act of political per
fidy as a menace to civilization and as
a direct attack upon the sanctity of the
Christian home.
The election of Roberts to congress is
viewed as a part of a deep-laid plan, which
had its birth almost ten years ago when.
In a single night, a powerful local political
organization was dissolved and its parti
sans announced their readiness to there
after ally themselves with the national par
ties. For over a quarter of a century
a bitter political war has been waged
against the- polygamy tenet of the church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, con
gress had passed stringent laws against
unlawful cohabitation, many of the church
leaders had suffered imprisonment, valur
able church property had been escheated to
the government and the boon of statehood
had thrice been denied because of it.
In 1SS0. in order' to stem the tide of aa
vee pu'blic opinion, te then president ol
.. fhiirrh. the late Wllford oodrun, is
sued a manifesto suspending the Pjacuco
of polygamy, but it was not until ASM. ..hat
ihe Mormons apparently surrendered, and
under the aegis of the nag of truce, lmroe
cJatlly began to plan for the attainment of
statehood, in this they were aided by 3en
Ule political tricksters, whose palms Itched
Jor the oil of office; sincere men who oe
lleved in the protestations of good faith the
Mormons' freely Indulged in. and. finally,
by tbemajorlty of Gentiles, who had tired
of the strife and who affected to believe
that the obliteration of the old contentions
would xesult In an influx of settlers and an
era of prosperity that would soon cause the
bitter past to be forgotten.
So President Harrison was prevailed upon
to issue an amnesty to all who had offended
against the laws of the land as set forth In
the Edmunds-Tucker law, an act to enable
Utah to assume the garb of statehood was
-;.. .., nOT in Jnlv. not and a con
vention called for the purpose of adopting
n constitution for ratlncauonjor rejection
at the polls at the same time -tne question
of statehood was to be voted upon.
Roberta Was Alwny In the Lead.
In every movement leading up to statehood
Brlgham H. 'Roberts was a leading factor.
From a lowly blacksmith and exhorter In
the farming village of Centerville. only a
few miles from Zion, he nad become a
powerln the church., He is to-day the most
eloquent speaker tne church has on its
payroll: he Is an ardent student, a brilliant
writer and as a diplomat (a term whlun
means much to churchmen) he has 10..
equals In the country. Whether he is de
livering philllplcs irom a pulpit or from a
political stump bf Is magnetic; he has the
power to sway his hearers at will: he is
always logical, apparently honest, and has
the reputation of having the courage of h s
convictions. But he Is a fanatic He is
wedded to his church, and to its somewhat
peculiar tenets. The will of the leaders is
his law. No task is too difficult, too "diplo
matic" or too hazardous for him to under
take If bv doing it he can subserve the
Interests of his religion.
In the fight for statehood he was a power.
As editor of the Salt Lake Herald he did
cood service for his masters, and as a
member or the constitutional convention
which met In March. 1SS3, he won the con
fidence or the Gentiles. He was looked
upon as the mouthpiece of his church and
when as editor he promised that his people
were acting in good faith many of the
sturdy men ana women wnu mi iweuu
five vears had fought for the supremacy
of American principles In Utah believed In
him. He was then living In polygamy; still
teaching its principles In church circles.
His paper offered a silver cup for the first
babe born' on the day that statehood was
assured for Utah, and early on that now
historic morning a child was born unto one
ot his households in Centerville. but the
proud parent never put in a claim for th
prize. His church doctrines finally clashed
with the Gentile opinions of the controlling
owner of the Herald and he was relieved
from editorial work. -
He soon became a political power. He
accepted the Democratic nomination for
' congress-without first obtaining tho consent
of his church superiors, and as a result
was defeated at the polls and "disciplined"
for his overt act of independence. He then
devoted his time and talents to church
work, and was soon again In the good
trrarpn nf his ecclesiastical sunerlors.
For almost three years Roberts was not
much in the public eye. He was sent on
several missions to the Eastern states, oc
casionally delivered a sermon in the great
Mormon tabernacle and has edited a mag
azine which is the organ of the Young
A magnificent ex
ample of what
care of health
will do for a
man is pre
sented in the
life of Mr.
Gladstone, the
greatest states
man of the
century. This
"Grand Ultt
Man" at
eighty-six
years of age,
retained his
intellectual
vigor unabat
ed, and had
not lost the
sinewjj grip
witlnvhich he
fastened upon any subject that interested
him.
Nearly every man has it jn his power to
live to a preen old ape like the great states
man of England. It is simply a matter of
a little daily thought and regard for health.
If, when a man feels that he is a little out
of sorts, he will resort to the right remedy,
he will never have to submit to the more
serious ills of life. Most men, when they
have a headache, feel drowsy during the
dav and are restless during the night, and
find their appetite falling off. pay little or
no heed to these warnings. The inevitable
result is some dangerous and possibly fatal
malady. The doctor may call it contrap
tion, malaria or biliousness, or perhaps
umc blood or skin disease. It makes hut
little difference. These troubles all have
their inception in the same cause im
proper and insufficient nourishment. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovers; corrects
that cause. It makes the appetite keen
and hearty, the digestion perfect, the liver
active and the blood pure and rich. It is
the great blood-maker and flesh-builder.
It facilitates the assimilation of the life-
fiving elements of the food, filling the
lood with the nutriment that makes new
and healthy flesh and nerve tissue. Medi
cine dealers sell it.
"Xst summer," writes Miss Laura Pietsel,
of East Bethlehem. Washington Co., Pa., " I vas
elng Into consumption. Dr. ricrcc's Golden
edical Discovery completely cured me."
A man or woman who neglects constipa
tion, suffers from slow poisoning. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
Oner little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative,
.Bad two a mild cathartic.
Men' Mutual Improvement Association. In
its pages he persistently sets forth the
rightfulness of polygamy as a divine insti
tution. Ho Is also a writer of books
church bookB and in them he upholds the
teachings and doctrines of Joseph Smith,
the prophet, seer and revelator of the
church, who. with his brother, Hyrum.
was killed in tho Carthage. Mo., Jail, be
fore the exodus of his people to Utah,
Era of Greater "Religious" Freedom.
The dawn of statehood was viewed by the
Mormons as the beginning of an era of
greater "religious" freedom. Polygamy's
head again reared Itself In the social fab
ric. Again it was openly advocated and
children were born to plural wives without
being covered with the cloak of secrecy.
City residences were established by men
who berore had kept their plural wives
In out-of-the-way places, both in Utah and
in Idaho. For the sake of peace, which
had been so dearly bought, the Gentiles
kept silent and the storm-tossed political
sea In Utah would probably never have
again been disturbed by a billow of dis
content had not Roberts, the now recog
nized exponent of the polygamous tenet ot
the church, a.-pirod to congress. The Gen
tiles now know thev nrrp tricked into the
walks of political peace and that the push
ing forward of Roberts into the halls ot
congress has been done by the church for
the purpose of testing the mettle of the
American people and of eventually re-establishing
the open practice of polygamy,
with all its heartbreaks, broods of illegiti
mate children and un-American homes.
A Fnttkfnl l'cn Picture.
Roberts has not yet passed the fortieth
milestone on life's jourrey, but he has
been married four times and at the present
time is the head of three households. A
better description of him than the follow
ing from the pen of a newspaper woman it
would be difficult to give:
"Brlgam Roberts, she writes. "Is a
great, strapping, good-looking, virile, in
tensely masculine man, with the persua
.siv: wheedling, coaxing volte of a prose
lyting ecclesiastic. I have seen a dozen
men who are the equal of Brigham Roberts
as far as looks go. You will see them in
every Dig .Michigan or Wisconsin lumber
camp. Great big. good-natured, big-hearted,
hard-headed fellows they are, who can
drink deep and sleep sound, and awaken
after a season of somewhat unconventional
lejolclng and look the morning In the face
with tho limpid blue eyes of a straightfor
ward child. Brigham Roberts is the kind of
man I would like to see standing besido mo
on the deck cf a burning steamer. He has
,the eye of a man who can rise to an emer
gency. He looks as if he loved animals
and children, and as If fee understood peo
ple and had a sort of primitive instinct
which taught him to mold them to his will.
He would make a very interesting opponent
in a debate, ana he is an orator bom. by
every sign and seal of physiognomy. He Is
a man who would shoulder his way into
some kind of prominence somewhere and
somehow In any country where he lived,
by mere force of abounding 'and obstreper
ous vitality and what, for want of a better
name, we caii magnetism.
HU Marital Helpmate.
But with all of his virility, self-assert-iveness
and courage, he will neither admit
nor deny -that he Is living in polygamy.
His first wife is dead, and of his three
living wives the last is the favorite. In
Centerville, Cclla Dibble Roberts and Laura
Smith Roberts live, each with a brood of
children. Their environments are circum
scribed by the quiet village In which they
have spent all their lives. Laura Smith
was his helpmate when he stood over a
forge in the village blacksmith shop and
is credited with having borne him seven
children. After he had become influential
in church circles he was sealed to Cella
Dibble, and lusty twins arc the fruit of
the union.
His third wife is now accounted-the fa
vorite, and her matrimonial venture with
Roberts is the second she has had in polyg
amy. Her maiden name was Maggie Cur
tis and she was sealed to and later divorced
from a polygamlst named Shlpp. She Is a
practicing physician In Salt Lake City and
for years was known as Dr. Shipp. Dur
ing the past year a new sign has been
placed on the porch of her modest resi
dence and it reaas, Dr. smpp Roberts."
At one time she was an ardent woman
suffragist and club woman, but her views
have changed sinco the fact became known
that she Is the plural wife of Roberts and
she now believes that it is a mistake- for
women to push forward into the industrial
field of life or become too active in pollt
lcal'.matters. Says Opposition I by Fanatics.
Mr. Roberts, according to late advices
from Utah, is not permitting the war which
is being waged against him to ruffle his
complacency. He Is quoted as saying:
"There Is no law which can unseat a man
who goes to Washington as a represent
ative from a sovereign state. Just because
he has been guilty of what the laws of
that state make a misdemeanor. Polyg
amy Is not bigamy. There is a grPat dif
ference. JusUthe important difference that
there is between a -felony and a misde
meanor." .
He said also that there was nothing per
manent "about this sudden storm of re
ligious fanaticism" which Is attacking
him. "It will soon be over," said he.
"There is the sea serpent to think about.
"When they get to telling fine tales' about
him, Roberts and his hideous crimes
against humanity will be forgotten."
Speaking, in the same interview, in a
more serious vein, he said:
"There Is no use trying to get people to
believe the truth about our religion or
about us. No matter what we say. It Is
misconstrued and ridiculed. Our people
have been persecuted, as all tho saints
havo been persecuted since the world be
gan. These attacks upon me are being
made by those whose minds are dark with
the clouds of superstition and there is
nothing personal in them. These people
nave noimng against me as a man; tney
do not know me. It Is my religion they
hate. Therefore. I bear them neither mal
ice nor anger. I can stand persecution for
the truth's sake."
History Repeating Itself.
The opposition to Roberts is only history
repeating Itself. In the '70s George Q.
Cannon, the .recognized power behind the
Mormon theocracy, was elected as a dele
gate to congress and because of his being
u polygamlst he was opposed so vigorous
ly that his expulsion followed. But that
happened in the days of territorial vassal
age. Now Utah Is a sovereign state, and
although its constitution prohlbts polyg
amy forever, and for the adoption of
which Roberts voted aye. polygamy will
soon again be a congressional issue and
Roberts, the sturdiest fighter in all Mor-
mondom. the grandest orator In tho church.
will pose as its persecuted champion and
exponent.
Early In January an apostlo of the
church, noted for his disregard for politi
cal promises and his fanaticism In religious
matters, asked: "What Is congress going
to do about it?"
The question has been answered from the
hearthstones of thousands of American
homes, from almost every pulpit, and In
the editorial columns of every self-respecting
newspaper In the land. Each recurring
day the opposition to Roberts Is growing
stronger and by the time he presents him
self at the bar of the house in December
next tho demand for his expulsion will be
so great that few. If any, of the repre
sentatives will dare to vote to uphold the
polygamlst at the expense of the pur
ity of American homes in which one queen
mother reigns supreme.
DANGEROUS SURGERY.
Mrs. LonRShore-Potts Dlscnsses Some
of the Fads Which Have Ob
tained Credence.
Mrs. D. Longshore-Potts, in her lecture
at the Academy of Music, yesterday re
ferred to many of the prevalent fads and
Incongruous Ideas of health.
She contended that such untenable ideas
as are often advanced for the euro of
physical aliments would not obtain cre
dence, were the masses of the people as
well informed of practical physiology as
they are ot mathematics. This Ignorance
causes the death of thousands each year
and the illness of a vastly larger number.
Surgeiy. which with chemistry and anat
omv comes nearest In her jirofesslon to
bring an exact science. Is coming to be
largelv used for false ends, she said. One
operation performed on both sexes became
almost an epidemic In England and Franco
a few years ago that for appendicUs.
The mania died out there after awhile, but
still affects this country, and is stronger
In Detroit than in New York. She, of
nmiKo rrro-rnized the high honor of the
members of her profession, considered as
a class, nevertheless she thought the dan
cer from a too free use of the knife by some
surgeons real and great. The last free
lecture will be delivered to-morrow. The
series will close on Tuesday with a spe
cial addres on "Maternity." which Is said
to be her best effort. To this a very nom
inal admission will be charged.
Tlieosophlcal Meetings.
'The following are the subjects for the
theosophlcal meetings this week led by
Mrs. Luclen Scott: .,,,.
Mondav evening. February 6 8 o'clock,
room 31Q"Pepper building "The Forgiveness
Wednesdav afternoon. 3 o'clock, room 310
"The Heavenly World and Their Inhabi
tants;" 4 o'clock, by Invitation of the
Athenaeum. "Thought Formj."
Prldav afternoon. 3 o clock. Athenaeum
room Reincarnation."
EATING HIS WORDS
CHIEF HAYES DENIES HE SAID JEN
NINGS WAS HYAN.
SAYS JENNINGS IS MURPHY
BUT IS
NOT THE FAMOUS
GANG BANDIT.
JAMES
Murphy Issues a Statement From the
ltecessen of His Cell In the
Springfield Jail Defying
John to Do His Very
Worst.
There no longer exists the slightest doubt
as to the identity of William Jennings,
alias Evans, who is in the Greene county
Jail at Springfield awaiting trial In the dis
trict court of Wright county for being
implicated in the robbery o a Kansas City.
Fort Scott & Memphis passenger train
near Macomb oh the night of January 3,
As told exclusively in The Journal a few
days ago, Jennings is believed to be John
Murphy, the man who was shot on the
morning of May 20, 1S0S, while in the act
of burglarizing the dwelling house of C.
E. Reynolds, at 612 East Sixth street, in
this city. Chief of Police Hayes says that
Jennings Is Murphy and that he has known
that they are one and the same person
ever since he went to Mansfield to take a
look at him, immediately following his
arrest for the Macomb robbery.
"I have never said at any time that
Jennings was Bill Ryan," said Chief Hayes
to a reporter for The Journal yesterday.
"The newspapers started the story that
Jennings Is Ryan and It was published' to
the world without any statement coming
from me. All I know is that Jennings and
Evans are names assumed by Murphy In
the two holdups he had a hand In. He has
been positively identilied as Evans by a
half dozen officers."
Hayes told every paper in town that
Jennings was Ryan, In his opinion.
Chief Hayes was shown a special dis
patch to The Journal from Springfield
which states that Jennings has made a
statement to the effect that he is neither
Ryan nor the burglar Murphy. In this
statement Jennings says Chief Hayes has
known him for several years while he was
employed In some capacity at the city hall.
He sajs that he was at police headquar
ters when Murphy was brought in and held
tho horses attached to the ambulance while
Murphy was carried Into the surgical
ward. He claims Chief Hayes wants to
prejudice the public against him by saylnc
he Is Ryan, alias Murphy. He furUier
says he will have Chief Hayes put on the
witness stand when his case comes to trial
and make him acknowledge his true iden
tity. Hayes Says It Is Buncomue.
In discussing this statement Chief Hayes
says it is all buncombe. He says there
is no doubt about Jennings aim .umyuj
being one and the same peison. Lowe posi
tively identilied Jennings as Lvaiis wncn at
Manalieid. Chief Hales says lurpny mace
tnu acquaintance oi jonn iieiintuy wnile
tney Weie ill me county jail nere. Murpny
attempttxl to burglarize the resiuente oi ..
K. Rcjnoias on me morning ot Aiay d.
and was shot twice by Vtiiihtm Jackson, a
boarder at the home of Reynolds. He was
taken to police headquarters where his
wounds were dressed by Dr. Pierce, and ho
was atterward sent to the city hospital.
As soon as he recovered trom nis wounds
ha was removed to the county Jaii and 'was
locked up on a warrant chaigmg him with
burglary. Kennedy was in jail at the timo
and Chief Hayes says that Murphy and
he became fast friends. The granu Jury
failed to find a bill against Murphy and
he was discharged on September 13 ten
days before the Leeds robbery. Kennedy
was released on bond In the meantime, and
the two men met irequenuy at uppuimeu
places abouL town.
inninp.' stnrv ahout having been around
the city hall for .several days sounds fishy
to Chief Hayes. He says there is no truth
in it. Neither was Jennings at the- polico
station when Murphy was taken there after
being wounded. It was 12:30 a. m. when
the shooting occurred, and there was no
body around the station excepting the offi
cers on duty. Murphy at the time gave
his place of residence as New York city,
and said he was an Iron molder. He told
tho officers at that time that ho had been in
town only three or four days. The police
have since learned that ho had been here
for several weeks, and that he came hero
from Sioux City, la. Tho day following
the night he was shot by Jackson at
Reynolds' home. Chief Hayes sent Detective
Schulz out to the city hospital to le-irn
snmethlnc of the wounded man's record.
Murphy told Schulz that he had been em
ployed for eight months In the Plante-s'
house, in Sioux City, and had come to
Kansas City only a few days before he got
into trouble there.
Chief Hayes then wrote to Sioux City for
Murphy's record there, but was unable to
find out verv much about him. Murphy is
E4 years old, five feet, ten and one-half
inches tall, has a high forehead, sunken
eyes, sandy mustache, light hair, turning to
gray, neavy eyeDrows. uesiues me gun
shot wounds he received while trying to rob
Reynolds' house. Murphy's left thumb was
missing, and he was scarred from head to
foot with gunshot and knife wounds. This
is the description taken by the police alter
he had been sent to the city hospital hero
and It answers in every way the descrip
tion of the man now in Jail at Springfield.
In fact. Chief Hayes says that Jennings
is the E-ans of the Leeds robbery and the
burglar Murphy who was released from the
county Jail on September 13. He Is not
Bill Ryan, In the opinion of the chief.
Murnhv has bv his own statements given
to tho press helped the police in many ways
to forge a strong chain of ex'idence about
himself and Kennedy. If Jennings and
Murphy are one and the same person as
Chief Hayes says they are then John
Kennedy knows more about the Leeds hold
up than tho police have had reason to sus
pect. The following Is the special dispatch to
The Journal:
SPRINGFIELD, MO.. Feb. 4.-SpeciaU
William Jennings issuprt a ""limed statement
to-night, stating that Chief Hayes has been
acquainted with him for vears and knows
he is not Ryan or the burglar Murphy.
Jennines snys he was about thn city hall
every dav for several vears and rememhert
when Murphy was broupht to tho hall
wounded. Jennings held the horp while
Murphy was bpinr carrlPrt In thp hall. Tie
claims that Chief Havps wants to prejudice
the public nsralnot him by saying ho Is
Rvan. alias Murnhy
"It is the ambition of mv life." wrote the
allered train robber, "to Rt Chief Hayes
nn the. witness tand whpn T nm triPd, and
T will make Mm acknowledge mv true
identity, and nls some other things, un-
le he pprlures himself."
"The tntPm""t mnde bv Mnrphv th.it T
fcave known him for vpars." raid Chief
Havp". in dlwuin"T Murphy's record, "is
absolutely filrp. T nevpr ir the -man
but once. The dm- lip w.i; removed from
the citv hosnltil tr the rountv jail he wn
brought to rwille headq"arter for a tnlk
with Tr"nector ITilnln. T T"Pf b'm In TIil
TMn'fl offire and cot it irno'l lnnk At hm.
Tie wt ten tMp :tv! thin bv rpnsnn of the
fact that ne h"! uffe-ert ronid"Mp from
his wrmnrt"" WTipn T wnt to- Mip'IpH T
repocnlred In Jennl"trs the bur-lnr Murnhv
whom I met In Halpln's office several
months before."
"Can It b poIWe that Murnhv Is some
TCansa C'tv er"ok whom von had met
before?' Chief Haves was nckpd.
"N" he is not." was the reply. "T never
saw him before and we knew nothing con
cerning the man nt that time. We have
been unable to find out much concerning
him oher than th"t he served a term In
the Minnesota nenifentiarv for burelnrv.
T am ntllPd fiat he- ha n bad record.
T believe him o he an Eastern product, al
though It Is barelv poih!e that he has
operated in the Wet. we met .Tack Ken
nedy white he was in jail and they became
fast friends. It would be of no advantage
to me In the prosecution of tho Leeds case
to trv and make it appear that Murphy is
Bill Ryan. I know that Evans was In both
the Leeds and-Macomb holdups and that
is all I want to know. If the man In jail
Is not Rvan or Murphy, as he denies he
Is. he hadn't ought to be ashamed to give
his true name. All of these statements
given out by Murphy and Kennedy 'cut
no ice," Tho authorities or Wright county
know who they are."
The Bnrltnsrton Route, SS3 Main St.
Finest playing cards at lowest price. A
40-cent deck of cards far 15 cents, at the
ticket office of the Burlington route.
SEATS GOING RAPIDLY.
Persons Desiring; to Attend the Sonsa
Concerts Would Better Secure
Seats Very Soon.
People have begun to realize what a
treat the Convention hall committee is fur
nishing in its 25-cent tickets to the great
Sousa concerts at the opening of Conven
tion hall, and these tickets arc going with
a rush. Especially Is this true in regard to
the arena floor tickets for the afternoon
concert. 'With the elevated stage the band
will be just as easily seen from the rear
as from the front row of chairs In the
arena. Indeed, one seat In the arena Is Just
as good,as another, and any Is as good as
any In -the house, so It is not strange that
these seats are going rapidly.
For the evening concert nothing remains
to be sold except the 23-cent seats for the
root garden. The arrangements for seat--ing
the roof garden have not yet been
made, and these seats cannot be placed
on sale until after that is done, which whl
probably be early in the week.
About two-thirds of the reserved seats
have been sold for the afternoon concert,
and probably half of the general admission
or 23-cent tickets. People intending to go
will be compelled to cot their tickets very
soon or they will tlnd themselves too late.
The work of completing Convcnuon hall
for the opening concerts is going rapidly
forward. The opera chairs are being put In
I'lace iu the arena balcony, and platforms
for the chairs in raised tiers in the balcony
are going up. The box office and check
rooms are being properly fitted up, the
great stage Is done, the grand box is
finished and the sounding board back of
the stage has Its framework done.
Foe. the concerts the building will be
lighted by 1,000 ordinary incandescent lights
and by thirty or forty incandescent arcs,
lights with almost the same pdwer as the
regular alternating arcs. The 1,000 incan
descents will be furnished by the Kansas
City Electric Light Company; the incan
descent arcs by tho Metropolitan Street
Railway Companv. There is no doubt but
that the place will bo thoroughly well
lighted.
Arrangements are proceeding for the dec
orating of the building for the opening.
There will be many draped flags and bunt
ing, while whole forests of palms and other
plants will be used in the decoration work.
Flagstaffs will be erected at each end of
the building, from which on Washington's
birthday, the day of the formal opening,
there will float proudly beautirul speci
mens of "Old Glorv" and a banner inscribed
"Convention Hall."
A NEW WEEKLY PAPER.
Will De Started Before March 1, and
Will Be Edited by Arthur Grls-
om and George E. Creel.
Before the 1st of March Kansas City Is
to have a new weekly paper, to be called
"The Independent." Its editor will be
Arthur Grissom, and associated with him
wllKbe George E. Creel, formerly of Kan
sas City, but for the 'past two years of the
New York Journal, and a capable staff.
The paper will be Independent In politics,
and will be designed to circulate not only in
the homes of Kansas City, but of the cities
and towns of adjacent states. It will have
society, literary and various other depart
ments of general Interest, together with
certain features of especial Interest to
women.
"Kansas City is the only important town
In the country without an established
weekly publication somewhat on the order
of the one we contemplate," said Mr. Gris
som yesterday, "and it appears to be pret
ty generally conceded tnat tne nem nere
is a most promising one. A careful investi
gation of the matter has been made, and
all the condltlomThre propitious for start
ing at this time. We shall manufacture a
paper of the kind that has never before
been sold for less than 10 cents, and sell it
at a price surprisingly low. Our facili
ties will be of the best, and In all respects
the paper will be high-class. Nothing of an
offensive character will be"' tolerated. We
shall have contributions from men and
women of local and national reputation,
and some illustrations from well known
artlstsu There will be no attempt at com
petition with the dally papers in the mat
ter of telegraphic news;-we shall'depend for
our Interest on special features and depart
ments of an original character."
WELL.REMEMBEREDHERE.
William Grimy,3 Who Committed Sui
cide' In Dallas) Was' Connected
With LoealJBradstreet's;
William Grlffirithe Bradstreet superin
tendent who committed suicide in Dallas
last week, Is favorably remembered In Kan
sas City. He commenced his more than
15 years' continuous service with the
agency In the Kansas City office, begin
ning as counter boy, -and by merit and in
dustry gradually working his way up to
the position of chief .clerk. Four years ago
he was promoted to the position of super,
intendent of the Duluth office of the
agency. Not being of a very robust con
stitution, the cold weather was too severe
for him and the 'company transferred him
to Texas, where he became superintendent
of the Dallas office, tho position he held
at the time of his death. He was a ver
competent man and was well liked by his
superiors and by the business men who
had dealings with the agency.
Representatives of Bradstreet's here say
that no difficulty in his dealings with the
company had anything to do with his sui
cide. Others who knew him say his act
was probably the result of domestic
troubles, it being now said that even when
he was living in this city his life was sad
dened by difficulties of this character.
CONVICTED BY HIS SHOES.
Frank Jackson, Whom Officer Hants
man Tracked Throuirh the
Snow, Gets 200 Days.
Frank Jackson, the negro whom Officer
Huntsman tracked through the snow Fri
day morning from Eighteenth and Holly
streets to 401 Broadway, .was sentenced to
200 days In the workhouse by Judge Burn
ham yesterday morning. John Clark, an
other negro who lives In the same house
with Jackson, and who was arrested at the
same time, was discharged. Clark was not
with Jackson when the latter was followed
to his home by -officers.
A thief attempted to effect an entrance to
A. M. McG-owan's dwelling house at 1KJ3
Holly street, about 1 o'clock Friday morn
ing, but was frightened away before he
accomplished his purpose. A light snow
had fallen earlier In the night, and Officer
Huntsman haS no trouble In tracking tho
thief to his home. In police court yester
day morning. Huntsman told how he
shadowed Jackson from Eighteenth and
Holly streets to 404 Broadway. Then after
he had arrested him he took one of his
shoes and found that It fit the imprints in
tho snow that led to his home. Jackson de
clared that he did not leave home during
the night, but Judge Burnham did not be
lieve his story.
HORSE THIEVES RAMPANT.
Lee's Summit and Many Other Small
Towns in the Vicinity Give
Tribute.
Horso thieves are at work In the neigh
borhood of Lee's Summit. The city mar
shal of that town telephoned the police In
this city yesterday morning that three
horses were stolen from parties there Fri
day night. It Is believed that the thieves
rode or drove the animals to Kansas City
and sold them. Many other mal! towns
near Kansas City are troubled with horse
thieves and the protective associations in
rural communities are having their hands
full in trying to run down the guilty per
sons. ,
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL
Joseph Dlfco and Antonio Santoro,
Principals In a Bloody Duel,
Are Convalescent.
Joseph Dlfeo and Antonio Santoro, the
Italian fruit dealers, who fought a bloody
duel at the city hall market house one
week ago last night, are still at the city
hospital. Santoro, who was literally hacked
to pieces with a broken razor in the hands
of Difeo, is not yet out of danger, but tho
attending surgeon says 'the chances are
favorable for his recovery. Dlfeo, al
though severely cut in the face, never
was in any danger. It is not probable that
either one of the men will be prosecuted
Bhould Santoro recover.
Throuxn Pnllman Tourist Sleeper to
California via Burlington Route.
Personally conducted. leaves Kansas City
every Thursday, 10:40 a. m.. via Denver and
Salt Lake, through -the beautiful moun
tain scenery of Colorado. Ticket office,
823 Main street.
ISOLATION IS FAVORED
LOCAL .PHYSICIANS ON TREATMENT
OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Action of the New York Senate In
Hecommendlne Special Hospi
tals' Has Excited Much
Interest Here.
The action of the special commission of
the New York senate In reporting that
consumption was contagious and recom- I
mending that the state establish specially
located hospitals for the Isolation and
treatment or patients has excited great in- t
terest among Uocal physicians. ' j
While nearly all phjsicians agree on tho '
advisability of separating tuberculous per
sons from those not affected, so far as Is
practicable, there Is considerable dlfferencu
of opinion regarding the practicability ot
that method. Only one physician. Dr.
David R. Porter, questioned the need of so
extreme a method.
"It is not entirely settled.1' he said, "that
consumption Is contagious, and, anjhow.
the harm that would arise from discontent
and grief at being taken .may from friends
and familiar scenes would more thau
counterbalance the benefits to be derived
from the Isolation. I mink u would bo
going to an, extreme not warranted by the
exigencies of the occasion."
"I admit," said Dr. M. A. Bogle, "that
consumption is contagious, through the
drying up of the sputum and the uisseml
natlon of the crerms contained tnereln
through the atmosphere. If.all persons and
animals giving oit these germs could bo
kept away from those not Infected without
too much inconvenience, it would be a good
thing for the healthy ones, but I doubt if I
neramg the diseased ones together wouiu
be beneficial to them. Their sanitariums
would be great disease centers. Instead, I
think it would be much better to enforce
such sanitary precautions in all communi
ties as study and experience have taught
us to be advisable. Tne talked of isolation,
I believe, would be very unpopular and
enormously expensive to the state. We can
much better taite the ever j day care against
disease and ill health of every kind. Gen
eral care of the health is equally import
ant in stamping out consumption, with the
destruction and removal of the germs. As
is generally known, not only tuberculosis
germs, but others that are injurious are
always present and enter the system every I
uay, Dut are tnrown on except wnere some
other disorder has rendered the person sus
ceptible to their attacks.
Dr. Mosher Fators Isolation.
"It has been my Idea all along," said Dr.
George C. Mosher, "that some such step
as this would have to be taken. The prev
alence of tuDercuiosis is a serious matter,
and isolation and every otner precaution
snould be resorted to as far as practicable.
My practice in hospitals has niw)s been
to have tuberculosis patients separated
irom tna otiiers as muuii as possible, and
the step toward total isolatluu is only a
more perfect carrying our of the same
idea. The tact that tne rew York senate
has taken hold of this matter shows that
its seriousness is finally commanding at
tention, -mere are many means wnicn
should be resorted to in the ettort to stamp
out tuberculosis. To one of them, the reg
ulation of the spitting habit, some attention
has been given, but much more Is needed.
In New Mexico, a country naturally tntire
ly freo from consumptives, a state law had
to be enacted-to protect tne native popula
tion from infection from tho diseased peo
ple who came there for their health. Tho
spread of the disease from the source in
dicated was becoming alarming when the
legislature passed a law requiring sanitary
spittoons in all public places. Insurance
companies also recognize the true nature
and seriousness of the disease, 'and In their
lists It is no longer classed as hereditary,
but as infectious. There will be opposition
to any attempt at isolating consumptives
just as thero is lack of observation of our
anti-splttlng laws, and Its enforcement can
be only partial at first. It will be with this
as with every other progressive movement;
it must come slowly and through the educa
tion of public sentiment."
"I think the idea a good one so far as it
can be catrled out," said Dr. E. W. Schauf
tier. "Of course. It is a great undertaking:
the per cent of tuberculous persons Is much
larger than most people suspect, and there
may be important difficulties beside the ex
pense. sut even a partial execution of the
plan would be beneficial. Such a thing
has often been discussed but the difficulties
have deterred legislative bodies from ac
tion, aometmng or the sort has been dono
In Germany, In fact, many of the health
resorts where the climate Is considered
especially beneficial to consumptives havo
some or the character or the proposed sani
tariums. Thev lack the feature, however,
which will no doubt be present in any resort
established by the government, of having a
strict enforcement of sanitary regulations
mhoikt the patients. With this feature per
fected, the isolation will not need to be so
complete as many no doubt think, and the
danger to attendants and visitors. If thev
are otherwise healthy, will be minimized.
I believe the plans, at least some I have
heard discussed. Include a certain amount
of camp life for the patients, a treatment
which in certain dry localities has proven
verv beneficial."
"The plan is eminently impracticable in
my estimation." said Dr. W. S. Wheeler.
"I find no fault with the theory: there is
no question as to the Infectiousness of the
disease, but I am of the opinion that some
other way will have to be taken to stamp It
out. The prevalence of tuberculosis Is so
great that It would bo like dividing our
population in two. The cost or carrying out
a scheme whereby those affected with the
disease can be separated from thoe who
are not can hardly be conceived. I think
the legislature would much better turn
their attention to devising and enforcing
ordinary sanitary measures, such as call
for comnaratlvelv small expense and can to
observed bv everybodv. the rich and poor
and the sick and well alike."
DOING GOOD WORK.
Rev. Mr. CJ. A. I. Dylce nere In the
Intevent'Of the Slnxon Industrial
School at Mnxkoiree.
Rev. Mr. C A. X. Dykes. In charjre of the
Sisson Industrial school at Muskosee, I. T.,
Is In the city In the Interests of his school.
The Institution Is accomplishing a great
deal of good among the people of that vi
cinity and Is lrt urgent need of nearly
J1000. These are 140 Inmate" of the chooI
and onlv three teachers. The institution
Is supported entirely by voluntary contri
butions. Advertise your houses for Kile or to let
In The Journal if you want to eecure a
purchaser or tenant.
Hancock Case Postponed.
S. F. Hancock, of Jhe late Planters'
bank, was to have had his preliminary
hearlng beforo Justice Spitz yesterday on
a charge 'or receiving deposits when he
knew his "hank" to be In an Insolvent
condition. The hearing was continued till
Monday, however, and In the meantime
Hancock expects to secure his release on
bond. .
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Strictly In It In Silk Selling
Plenty of New Goods to show and we would
like to show you how impossible it is to match
these values. HERE'S A FEW PRICES PICK
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10 Inch all Silk Satin Rhadames and Sarahs in dark: shades for
lining-. Kegular T5c and S1.00 values, in our Annual Sale
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19 Inch Fancy Brocade Taffetas in all the popular colors and hand
some designs, worth and sold regularlyfrom S1.25 to SL50, our r
special price in this Annual Sale will be... OC
19 Inch all Silk Black Satin Duchess, tig value at 6Sc our
special price for one week only 55
19 Inch Handsome Bright Plaid Taffetas for fancy shirt CT
waists. Regular 89c values, in this Annual Sale for OQC
20 Inch Plaid Taffetas in all the latest shades and pleasing combi
nations of New Designs in Fancy Stripes, bought specially for this
Annual Sale and marked at the remarkably low d gg
price of - .- PIUU
21 Inch Brocaded Satins evening shades only Pink. XileJ Light
Blue, Green and Lavender, sold elsewhere at 75c; our price -Q
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FIRE REC0RDF0R WEEK.
IiOsnca on. Buildings Amounted to
91,245, and on Contents ?2,02t
a. Total of ?3,2U5.
The most destructive fire of the week
occurred at, 700-2 Delaware in the building
owned by Alex Fraser. The loss on the
building did not amount to a largo sum,
but considerable damage was done to the
contents.
During the week tnere were fourteen
fires at which a loss ocurred. The loss on
buildings amounted to $1,215. and on con
tents to $2,020.
The following is a list of the fire losses
for the past week:
5207 East Twelfth, one and one-half story
frame stable; loss on building $Ta, loss on
contents $100; covered by Insurance.
rmd v.nat Tnrpifth nnf and hone-half story
frame stable; loss on building $75, loss on
contents $10; covered by Insurance.
600-2-4 Southwest boulevard, one-story
frame: loss on building $125; occupied by
Joseph Goldberg, meat market; loss on
contents $250, covered by Insurance; occu
niort hv .T Mlllor. hakerv.-loos on contents
$5; occupied by J. H. Anderson, loss on
contents $10; no Insurance.
Westport avenue and Main street, one
story brick; loss on contents $10.
1329 Grand avenue, three-story brick,
owned by Joe Lorle, loss on building $la0;
occupied by Oscar Marold. meat market,
loss on contents $50; occupied by Kitty
Kerney, rooming house, loss on contents
$5, covered by Insurance.
Adjoining 1327 Grand avenue, two-story
brick owned by Louis Robidoux; loss on
building $5. .
2507 Main street, oce-story frame owned
by Ella Reece: loss on building $23; loss on
contents $25.
1723 Forest avenue, one-story frame; loss
on building $5; no insurance.
2106 Vine, one-story frame owned by Mrs.
Ninas: loss on building $10; insurance $1,000;
occupied by Henry O'Neill; loss on con
tents $10; Insurance $500.
?4m RmnVivn avenue, two-storv frame
owned by James Scanlon; loss on building
$100; loss on contents $10.
1327 Bales avenue, two-story frame owned
by S. T. Forsee; loss on building $25; Insur
ance $1,300: loss on contents $15.
205-7 West Tenth street, three-story brick;
loss on building $400; occupied by Charles
Miller: loss on contents $200; insurance $500.
M7.19 tVvandotte street, two-storv brick
owned by William Reed; loss on building
WJ; occupied Dy J. a. uergneiu, lunur buuu.
loss on contents $50; occupied by Nellie
Kerr, rooming house, loss on contents $10;
817 occupied by H. A. Mayer, typewriter
exchange. loss on contents $10.
7M-2 Delaware street, two-storv brick
owned by Alex Fraser; loss on building
$200; occupied by W. D. Thornburrow.
hardware. loss on contents $200; occupied
bv B. Haas & Co., cigars, loss on contents,
$50; occupied by Bell & Teasdale, cloak
makers, loss on contents $50. Adjoining
building, 704 Delaware street, two-story
brick owned by James Burns and occupied
by Morrin-Powers Mercantile Company:
loss on contents $200. All losses in these
buildings were covered by insurance
Insurance Xoten.
The school insurance bill of Senator Ti
tus. Populist member from Harper county,
Kas., has been passed by the senate.
The Insurance committee of the Kansas
house has reported a bill for passage for
hall insurance. A similar law was passed
at tho extra session of the legislature, but
to hedge against the possibility of the extra
session being declared illegal, the bill will
be pushed through the regular session.
Father Calmer' Lecture.
Some neekn ago the church committee
of St. Aloyslus parish effected an arrange
ment with the Rev. Father II. M. Calmer,
S'. J., of the St. Louis university, to give a
public lecture here In the Interests of the
church. The lecture will be given next
Wednesday evening In the Academy of Mu
sic. 1221 McGee street, on the subject, "The
Bulwark of the Nation." Admission to the
lecture will be 50 cents. A very select pro
gramme of music has been arranged.
Father Calmer Is regarded as a man of
rare natural gifts and scholarly attain
ments. He Is at present giving a course
of Sunday evening lectures In the new
Jesuit church, o St. Louis, which are re
ceiving marked attention.
The following Is the programme of music
advertised with the lecture:
Quartette Messrs. George Muehlbacb, J.
Johnson, J. F. Snow. Fred C. Dahn.
Piano solo Mrs. William T. Johnson.
Soprano solo Mrs. B. T. Hollenback.
Contralto sole Miss Llla Johnson.
Tenor solo Mr. Ben T. Hollenback.
Soprano solo Miss Jessie Cole.
Mr. Kimball's Lecture.
Edward A. Kimball, C. S. D.. of Chicago.
will deliver a lecture on "unnstian acience
in the Coates opera house on Thursday
evening. February 9th. The admission Is
free. Mr. Kimball is a member of the
board of lectureship of the mother church
In Boston, Mass.. and. It will be remember
d .loiK'orpri n Ipptnro in this cltv before
a large and appreciative audience on June
21st last. He is also first reader in First
Church of Christ. Scientist. of Chicago. 111.
The lecture will be delivered under the
auspices of Second Church of Christ.
Scientist, which Is having the auditorium
In the Pepper building, northwest corner or
Ninth and Locust streets, especially fitted
up for Its use, and will move Into Its new
quarters Sunday. February 12.
Mrs. Amanda J. Balrd. C. S. D.. Is first
reader and Mr. W. E. Benson (secretary of
the board of education), second reader.
Valentine Ball.
The United Garment Workers of Amer
ica, local union No. 47. will give a grand
Valentine ball at 1117 Walnut street Thur-;-.io
.fcntni. TTciVtrtinrv 9 All union neonlo
and their friends are cordially Invited. The
proceeds will be applied to me nenenciary
lunu ana reiresnmenu wm uv acivcu.
Tickets 30 cents, ladies tret.
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SILK SALE
Black Silk Sale!
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A London Doctor Says We
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Current.
TJONDON, Jan. 2L Do we age more slow
ly than our forefathers? The question ls
asked by Dr. W. A. Hollls. physician at the
Sussex county hospital. In this week's
Lancet and answered by himself In the af
firmative. -He quotes statistics Jn support ,
of his argument, and refers to many cases
of famous veterans In Europe who con
tinue to uphold their early reputations for
longevity, which ho says Is one of th
most striking features of the present age.
Apropos of the above Dr. J. Althlns dis
cusses the question how to prevent old age.
and says the only way is to use the gal
vanic current which he has studied and ex
perimented upon over forty years. He lays
the charge against doctors for having far
too long neglected electricity in cases or de
bility and exhaustion. He has known men
prematurely aged to look ten years young
er after treatment, be restored In temper,
take fresh Interest In life and have quicker
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