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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1899.
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GOODS MADE HERE
BOMB PRODUCTS SHOW HAS DEE.V
INAUGURATED.
SPLENDID WINDOW DISPLAYS
ARE A REVEI.ATIOX TO THE PEO
PLE OP ICWSAS CITY.
Kearly Fifty Merchants Will Fit Up
Their Windows Emery, Bird,
Thayer & Co. Will Give a
Whole Week to a, Dis
play ol Their Own.
"Made In Kansas City. U. S. A." No
resident of the town actually knows to
low creat a variety of articles that label
can bo truthfully applied. A few have
a seneral Idea, but very few have a realiz
ing sense of how many things of everyday
use are made right here at home. Tho
knowledge of all on this question promises
to bo considerably enlarged during the
present week by the home products" win
dow shows which are to be given during
the entire week by nearly half a hundred
merchants of the retail districts of the city.
All the stores in the agreement are mak
ing a creditable display for tho week, a
display which promises to be a profitable
object lesson for the people of the city.
In addition to the list already published,
four firms yesterday notified Secretary
'Winsborough that they would unite In the
display. They were:
C. A. Pilgrim. 714 AValnut street.
E. P. Morlarty. 1211 Grand avenue.
DeBord "Wall Paper and Paint Company,
1101 Walnut street.
Weingert i; Bishop, 105 East Twelfth
street.
The Morlarty store will display a bicycle
made In Kansas City. DeBord's an array of
mixed paints, and Weingert & Bishop a
new liquid glue.
The firms aside from these new ones on
the list formerly published are as follows:
Federmiuin & Hallar. 301 Main street.
John S. Clark & Co.. 90C Main street.
J. W. Jenkins' Sons' Music Company, SH
Main street.
Max Well & Co.. Tenth and Main streets.
Jaccard Jewelry Company. 1032 Main
street.
Doggett Dry Goods Company, Eleventh
and Main streets.
F. S. Schmidt. 1119 Main street.
Parisian Cloak Company. 1108 Main street.
Fred Wolferman. 110S Walnut street.
L. B. Austin. 501 Walnut street.
,, J. Well. The Hub Clothing Company,
''Fifth and Main streets.
H. Swltzer. 09 Main street.
M. Quinn. 519 Main street.
Jones Dry Goods Company, Sixth and
Main streets.
N. M. Krellng, 70S Main street.
, J. H. North Furniture and Carpet Com
' pany. 1216 Main street.
H. Thllenius. 515 Main street.
Zahner & Battell, 12 West Tenth street.
D. C Prudden, 1017 Walnut street.
J. P. Stollenwerk, S18 Walnut street.
Physicians' Supply Company, 916 Walnut
street.
H. H. Cassldy, 323 Walnut street.
Bryant & Douglas Bock and Stationery
Company, 1002 Walnut street.
Frank Scott. 1007 Walnut street.
Carl Hoffman. 1012 Walnut street.
Karges & Cartwright. 1109 Main street.
Chapman Cigar Company, 12 West
Twelfth street.
Fred P. Schell Furniture Company, 1321
Grand avenue.
Relnhanlt Bros., 1328 Grand avenue.
John E. Lach Furniture Company, 1216
Grand avenue.
James Dove & Co.. 922 Walnut street.
P. H. Hynds. S02 Main street.
Woolf Bros.. 927 Main street.
E. J. Gump. S21 Main street.
H. J. Brucner Har4ware Company, 910
AValnut street.
F. Weber's Sons.lOM Walnut street.
Harsch Bros., 18 East Eleventh street.
J. R. Mercer. 10 East Eleventh street.
J. F. Lumpkin, 19 East Eleventh street.
Jackson Dithla Springs Company, 1116
RValnut street.
David Cook, 111GVS Walnut street.
Walton &. White, Twelfth and Main
ctreets.
Montgomery & Nelson, 903 Main street.
As an indication of how the merchants
feel about making a display of Kansas
City made goods, it may be stated that the
Emery. Bird. Thayer Company, being un
able to go into the matter this week on
account of arrangements made several
weeks ago, yet stated that they regretted
very much that this should be. and that to
show their feeling In the plan of building
up Kansas City by building up her fac
tories, they will, as soon as they can ar
range it, devote every one of their dozens
of nhow windows for a solid week to a
display of Kansas City made goods. This
will allow of an exhibition which will of
Itself be a big home products show.
It la n. Favorite Idea.
The homo products show Idea Is a fa
vorite one with the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation. It Is doing the manufacturers lots
of good, and they are all eagerly looking
forward to the time when they can have
a permanent home product show, open the
year around. This carries with It the de
sire for permanent quarters of their own,
and R. W. Hllllker voiced the unanimous
sentiment the other evening when he said
In a little address he made before the as
sociation, that he believed an opportunity
would soon present Itself which would place
the association In permanent quarters of its
own, where It could make exhibits at It3
pleasure. Mr. Hllllker, as well as the other
members, see what organized effort Is do
ing for the manufacturers, and what good
it does for a showing of homo products to
be made. Speaking on these two points
In that same address, Mr. Hllllker said:
"As soon as organization was effected of
only a part of the manufacturers of Kan
sas City, see what a short time it re
quired to accomplish much. They got up a
grand exhibit, that proved a success which
touched a popular chord in tho hearts of
the people. It created an enthusiasm
among them such as nothing else had done.
It worked up a public sentiment In favor
of such exhibits. It created a popular wave
that has not yet ceased rolling.
"Where could the man be found to-day
Incredulous enough to doubt, that had the
manufacturers of Kansas City been or
ganized at that time, as they are to-day,
hut what tho association would now be the
possessor of a fine building, built "to their
liking, in which they could have their
headquarters and glvo annual exhibits or
maintain a permanent exhibit if they saw
fit, with room to let to help maintain it?
"This opportunity, however, was lost, for
the time being, to the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation. All for the want of prompt or
ganization. Not so with the Commercial
Club, a powerful. Influential and experi
enced organization. They were quick to
comprehend the situation and grasp the
opportunity thus afforded. In fact, when
they saw tho popular wave which had been
created they jumped upon It with both
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And they are to-day the possessors of and
have the exclusive control of that capa
cious and magnificent building called Con
vention hall."
The importance of Kansas City's manu
facturing interests was also told of by
Mr. Hllllker. This -week when so fine a dis
play is being made of Kansas City products
may not be an inopportune time to recall
what he said:
"The manufacturers of Kansas City have
more capital invested In their business
than any other class of business men.
":'They are the greatest producers of real
wealth in Kansas City.
"They furnish employment to more peo
ple than all other branches of business
combined.
"They pay oftener and better wages ac
cording to the kind of labor employed.
"They are among the heaviest taxpay
ers to tho city and government.
"They are the most liberal donors to all
kinds of legitimate enterprises.
"They are the greatest advertisers of
Kansas City. Their brand Is known In
every land.
"They are our largest exporters (not Im
porters). "They are the greatest patrons of rail
roads, using more curs' than all other
branches of business In Kansas City com
bined. "They gather together the "products from
a vast territory. From the mine, stable
and Held.
"They manufacture this raw material
into many useful and saleable articles, and
export them to the world.
"They make and furnish the largest num
ber of customers to the Kansas City re
tail merchants.
"In fact, were it not for tho manufactur
ers of Kansas City, who employ vast
armies of men, paying them weekly, there
by making dally customers for the Kan
sas City dealers, many of them would be
going to Cuba or Porto Rico looking for a
place to do business.
"And wero it not for the patronage given
the railroads by the manufacturers of
Kansas City, its people could not to-day
boast of having the largest railroad center
in the United States. It was the patronage
of the manufacturers that brought the
most of them here.
"There are but few people in Kansas
City who fully realize the magnitude of
the manufacturing done and the majority
of them look with amazement when you
tell them that we have one manufactur
ing plitnt whose yearly output Is larger
than the annual output of all the anthra
cite and bituminous coal from the great
state of Pennsylvania, a thing that has
a world wide reputation.
"It is only when you couple this with
several other plants nearly as large, and
then add to this more than 400 smaller man
ufacturing establishments, that one can
begin to realize the magnitude of the man
ufacturing done in Kansas City."
DOCTORS WILL CARVE.
Sixth. Annual Banquet of the Acad
emy of Medicine at the the
Midland To-night.
The sixth annual banquet of the Kansas
City Academy of Medicine will be held at
the Midland hotel this evening.
Dr. J. M. Matthews, of Louisville. Ky.,
DR. J. M. MATTHEWS, LOUISVILLE, KY.
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president "of the American Medical Asso
ciation, will be the guest of honorr Dr.
Matthews will deliver a lecture at the pub
lic library at 8 o'clock this evening.
The toasts at the banquet will be as
follows:
Toastmaster. the president. Dr. Hal Fos
ter. Dr. J. M. Matthews. "Tho American Med
ical Association.-"
Dr. C. Lester Hall. "The Academy of
Medicine."
Dr. A. H. Cordler. "Our Guest."
Dr. S. G. Burnett, "Our Profession."
Dr. H. B. Zwart. "The Patient."
Dr. M. P. Sexton. "The Doctor's Wife."
Dr. C. M. Fulton. "The Post Academic"
Dr. G. E. Bellows. "Good Night."
The officers of the academy are: Dr.
Hal Foster, president: Dr. J. W. Kyger.
vico president: Dr. Ralph J.- Brown, secre
tary: Dr. J. Herbert Austin, censor; Dr.
C. Lester Hall, treasurer.
The committee which has had the ban
quet arrangements In charge Is composed
of Drs. Ralph J. Brown, A. H. Cordler and
J. Herbert Austin.
Zlmmerschied's orchestra will furnish the
evening's music.
GREGORY J-0R MAYOR.
This In Believed to Be the Reason for
1I1 Determined Fight for
Reappointment.
Councilman James Pendergast said yes
terday that the friends of Commissioner
Gregory may not visit the governor in his
behalf. Governor Stephens is expected to
reach this city to-morrow and look over
tho situation.
There are rumors to the effect that Mr.
Gregory's persistent fight for reappoint
ment Is not solely with tho desire of being
vindicated, but to retain the power he
holds as police commissioner, that it may
be used in furthering his candidacy for
mayor next year. It will be remembered
that ho got out of the way very gracefullv
last spring and allowed the honor to fail
upon Mr. Sebree. Mr. Reed Is taken care
of. Mr. Sebree is ditto, and there are those
who declare that Mr. Gregory stands a
good show of securing the nomination for
the office once held by his father.
Jim' Pendergast said yesterday: "We do
not teel worried" In the least about Mr.
Gregory's chances for his reappointment.
Wo are taking matters very quietly Elnce
the members of the opposition made their
protest.to the governor, and wo have every
reason for believing that the governor will
appoint Gregory regardless of the protests
which have been Hied. At present there
does not seem to be any necessity for any
of us to visit the capital in behalf of our
candidate."
FEW TICKETS LEFT.
Demand for Admissions to the Soma
Concert and Ball Continues
Steady.
Yesterday showed no change in the
strong demand for Sousa concert and ball
tickets. The indications are that all of the
tickets for both afternoon and evening con
certs will be gone by the middle of the
week. No tickets for the evening concert
are on sale. There will be comparatively
few for the roof garden when the arrange
ments for that are completed, but all the
rest are gone. For the afternoon concert
some reserved scats are left and many of
the 23 cent tickets admitting to the arena
and to the balcony, but they are selling
very fast.
The ball tickets proper are also going
fast. They are selling at J6 per couple for
concert and ball both or $3 for the ball
alone. The prospects are that the demand
for these tickets will be far beyond the ca
pacity of the arena and that manv who
get their applications in late will be"dlsap
polnted. ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Judge Burnhani Given Charles Noland
100 Days In the City Work-
honne.
Charles Noland was sentenced to 100
days In the workhouse by Judge Burnham
yesterday morning. Noland was arrested
along with Walter Crosby and R. W. Hlles
by Officers Daly and Morrison of the West
port police station. They were booked for
investigation and HIlcs and Crosby were
released because the police had no charges
on which they could be held. Noland was
arrested not long ago by Lieutenant Bray
for an alleged robbery committed In the
West bottoms. The case against him was
not prosecuted because the complaining
witness lives in a neighboring town and
could not be here to attend the trial. Judge
Burnham gave Noland 1W days at the
workhouse on general principles.
JENNINGS-MURPHY
POLICE ACKNOWLEDGE IDENTITY
OF MEMPHIS TRAIN ROBBER.
JENNINGS IS NOT BILL RYAN
TRUTH OF THE JOURNAL'S IDENTI
FICATION CONCEDED.
Recent Development In Regard to
JcnnInss-3Iurphy-Evnna-Ryau
Indicate That Train Rob
"ber la Not the Not
ed Bandit.
Evidence accumulates, as the days go by,
against the supposition entertained by the
police and the PInkertons that the man,
William Jennings, who Is confined In the
Springfield Jail on a charge of' complicity
In the holdup of the Memphis train at Ma
comb, is Bill Ryan, member of the old Jesse
James gang. It Is almost an assured fact
that he is the Evans who was concerned
In the Leeds holdup on the Missouri Pa
cific last September, and The Journal over
a week ago called the attention of the po
lice to the fact that he was John Murphy,
a burglar who was badly shot by W. H.
Jackson, a negro porter, at 621 East Sixth
street, last May. But that he Is Bill Ryan,
the noted bandit, is a hastily arrived at con
clusion that Is not borne out by the weight
of testimony.
Jennings has been Identified as Ryan by
Whig Keshlear and George Bryant, men
whose connection with the real Ryan places
them in a position to be good judges and
whose Identification carries weight with it.
But there are dozens of people who knew
Ryan as well and even better than these
two men, who say just as positively that
Jennings Is not Ryan. And now since the
police and the Pinkertons have acknowl
edged that Jennings and Murphy are one
and the same there,Is much more additional
testimony that the identification arrived at
is a mistaken one.
Jennings, or Murphy, was confined In the
county jail for three months. Here he was
dally seen" by Jailor Lum Wilson and the
different, deputies of the marshal, many ot
whom know BUI Ryan. They unite In say
ing that the identification of Jennings as
Ryan is erroneous. Marshal Chiles, who is
also acquainted with Bill Ryan, although
not perhaps as intimately as others, says
that Murphy Is not Ryan. On the very face
of It, it would seem next to Impossible for
BUI Ryan to be in the Jackson county
jail for so long a time without his being
recognized or even called upon by some
of his friends.
"Now Superintendent George W. Agee, of
the Southern Express Company, the man
to whom more than any other single person
is due the corraling of the Macomb robbers,
says that he Is also satisfied that Jennings
is not Ryan. Mr. Agee has been indefa
tigable in his efforts In working up a case
against the prisoners at Springfield, and he
has Information that has led him to ex
press his doubts as to the Identification
which at one time he considered perfect.
The warden of the Missouri penitentiary,
who saw Bill Ryan every day for seven
years, also states most positively that tho
man Jennings is not the one whom he had
charge of for so long.
The general opinion of the police and the
detectives who are working on the case is
that Jennings, or Murphy, is what is called
I a "boxcar thief." They think that It is a
very ordinary man who has created all this
commotion and that he has been given very
much unwarranted notoriety.
Chief of Police Hayes and detectives in
the employ of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Memphis railroad are still engaged in
looking up the record of Murphy. Chief
Hayes now says he is convinced that Jen
nings is none other than the burglar, Mur
phy. "I havo been misquoted by the news
papers In the information given out con
cerning Murphy." said Chief Hayes to a
reporter for The Journal yesterday. "I did
not say that I had known all along that
Jennings was Murphy. The first informa
tion that I received that Jennings is Mur
phy came through Tho Journal. When the
story was published In The Journal a
week ago that Jennings was the burglar
Murphy. I at once called up Superintendent
Schumacher, of the Pinkerton detective
agency, and asked him whether there was
any truth In the story. He told me it was
all true, and that he had known for two
weeks that Jennings was Murphy. Since
then wo have been trying to get hold of his
record. I never saw the man but once In
my life, and I know he never worked about
the city hall. But I know now that he is
Murphy, and I havo The Journal to thank
for the information. I never said at any
time that he was BUI Ryan, for I did not
know who he was. I know' now that he is
Murphy, the burglar, and Jennings and
Evans, the train robber."
Al Hurley, the bartender, to whom is
due the identification of Jennings as John
Murphy, denies that he was on intimate
terms with the man in the Springfield jail,
and that he had divulged the matter to
Chief Hayes, as had been charged. The
head of the police acknowledges that Hur
ley has told him nothing, and also dis
avows all knowledge of Hurley being under
police espionage. Hurley Imparted his sus
picions to a reporter for The Journal, and
Chief Hayes received his first information
on this point from the columns of this
paper. Hurley stafed most positively last
night that Jennings was not Bill Ryan, and
that he would prove It conclusively in a
few days.
Summing the whole matter up with all
of the evidence considered impartially, to
gether with tho opinions at the present
time of men who nre In position to know
what they are talking about. It may be
stated authoritatively that William Jen
nings Is not "Weary Willie," nor "One
Eyed Tim," nor "BUI the Brute," nor
"O'HoolIhan," nor "BUI Sykes," as some
people have contended, but that he ls none
other than John Murphy, who received his
scars in Kansas City at the hands of a
negro porter, the full account of which will
be found In The Journal ot Sunday. Jan
uary 29. And It may be further stated that
the preponderance of the evidence Is
against the statement that "he has been
Identified as Bill Ryan."
Excursion Ratca to Portland
And all points West. The Union Pacific is
the shortest line and makes quickest time.
Only 71 hours to Portland. No other line
does It. Offices, 1000 Main street, 103S Union
avenue and Union station. Telephone 1109.
La Grippe
kept atJtjtf by
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Liver Ills
Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, consti
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Tue-irfUy Pill to take with Hood's Sarsaparllla.
DID N01C0ME UP.
President Graham'i Morgue Ordi
nance Not Reached in the
Upper House.
President Graham, of tho board ot public
works, is In favor of the establishment of
a public morgue, but prior to the estab
lishment of that much needed institution
wants the business of burying pauper dead
taken out ot the hands of a contractor and
placed with the health department. With
this in view he has prepared an ordinance
appropriating MOO with which to lit up a
room at tho city hospital where the dead
may be kept for a period of ten days or
longer If necessary, to be turned over to
the State Anatomical Society only when
every effort to find friends or relatives has
failed. In case such are found and they
are too poor to pay for a funeral, the city
is to 'provide a decent burial. The ordi
nance did not come up at last night's meet
ing of the council as it was not reached
until an adjournment was taken.
"The cost pf burying pauper dead last
year would havo amounted to not more
than $700. and that is not very much for a
city llko this." said Mr. Graham. "It is not
my Idea to have this take the place of a
morgue, but I want to do away with this
half cent burial business. Under the law
we have tg let the contract to the lowest
bidder, and by doing away -with the con
tract system and letting the health de
partment manage It we not only accomp
lish that end but also make it impossible
for anyone to sell or otherwise dispose of
a body except by giving It decent burial."
A LAST LONG KISS.
Charlea Polk, Accuaed of Train Rob
bery, Takes a Farewell ot
Ilia Dying; Wile.
There was an affecting scene at the resi
dence of Charles Polk, the man who was
indicted for complicity In the robbery of
the Missouri Pacific train at Leeds. His
wife ls dying at 1712 Harrison street and
as it was certain she could not live until
morning he was permitted to go to the
house in company with Deputy Marshal
Tom Leahy, to take a last farewell.
The alleged train robber broke down and
cried bitterly when brought Into the pres
ence of his wife, realizing that it was the
last look he would ever have at her living
face. There were a few words of mutual
comfort spoken on either side, a last long
kiss and embrace, and then Polk went
back to his prison cell and the loving wife
calmly awaited the coming of death, a
death made bitter from me fact that she
left behind her a loved one whose fate
only the future could foretell.
RESULT 0FTH RAIDS.
Gamblers Fined in Police Court and
Immediately Appeal to the
Criminal Court.
Charles Owens was fined $23 in police
court yesterday morning for running a
gambling house, and five playere who were
arrested when the police raided his place
at the corner of Independence and Char
lotte street at an early hour Sunday morn
ing, were assessed S3 each. The fines were
paid.
The police also raided R. H. Berry's pool
hall and barber shop at 160S East Eigh
teenth street Sunday morning and arrested
the proprietor and fifteen players. Berry
was fined $23 In police court yesterday
morning and the frequenters were fined $3
each. All of the cases were appealed to
the criminal court. Tbe police charge that
Berry has been running a crap game and
he contends that, he has refused to permit
gambling In his place. Berry gave bond
In appeal for all of the players arrested
in his place.
MRS. POTTS LECTURE.
She Will DIacuaa "Maternity" at the
Academy of Maalc Thla
Afternoon.
Mrs. Longshore-Potts, M. D., addressed
another large audience of women at the
Academy of Music yesterday afternoon.
The last of the course will be delivered
to-day. when the subject will be "Materni
ty." This is said to be her best effort.
It has perhaps contributed more than any
thing else to the wide celebrity she en
joys. Mrs. Dr. Potts believes crime and Im
morality are largely questions of heredity
and that women by purity of thought and
conduct have the moral condition of fu
ture generations largely within their con
trol. For this lecture a large number of
views have been especially prepared under
Dr. Potts' personal supervision. Mrs.
Potts has displayed a rich elegance In the
matter of he- toilettes. She will remain at
the Coates House until Sunday, when she
goes to Topeka.
SAYS HE'S RELATED TO GRANT
George Grant, Who Claims Dlatln
rnlabed Connectlona, In Po
lice Court.
George Grant, the old man who claims
to be a distant relative of the late Ulyses
S. Grant, was sentenced to thirty days in
the workhouse by Judge Burnham yester
day morning. Grant has been in police
court a great many times for minor of
fenses and has served several short terms
in the workhouse. He was in police court
Wednesday on a charge of vagrancy and
Judge Burnham gave him an hour to leave
town. He promised to get out If given
time to do so. but he was picked up by
the police Sunday night and again booked
for vagrancy. His only plea when ar
raigned yesterday was that he did not have
time to get out of town. Judge Burnham
would not consent to hear his stereotyped
plea for leniency and he was given thirty
days in the workhouse.
ABOU1 SOME PEOPLE.
Ex-Attorney General L. C. Boyle, of
Kansas, was In the city yesterday morning
on legal business.
John E. Searles, secretary of the sugar
trust, passed through the city Sunday
night In his private car, Iolanthe. He came
in from San Francisco and left over tho
Memphis for the South.
Justice George L. Walls will start to
Springfield, Mo., to attend the state con
vention of tho Missouri Modern Woodmen
of America. Justice Walls was chosen as
a delegate from Jackson county by the
convention held at Independence in Decem
ber. Lieutenant H. M. Hodges, navigator of
the Detroit during the bombardment of
San Juan, passed through the city yes
terday on his way to San Francisco, where
he will await the fitting out of the Ranger
for a deep sea sounding expedition." The
soundings are for the cable between Hon
olulu and the Philippine islands. Sound
ings have been tnken between San Fran
cisco and the Sandwich islands. The
Ranger. In command of Captain Belknap,
will leave within a month.
Lieutenant Hodges was in Havana until
two weeks ago. He says everything is as
quiet and free from street brawls there as
'In any city of equal size In this country.
The people are not used to such a reign
of peace. Hostility to the military govern
ment of the Americans occasions no de
monstrations and the Spaniards are on the
whole friendly In a resigned way.
CITY NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
A number or high school boys will give a
dance at the Casino next Friday night.
Rev. Dr. II. D. Jenkins, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian church, will speak
at the Roberts mission Tuesday evening.
H. L. Patt, who had a narrow escape
from death in a fire at his home, 2108 For
est avenue, yesterday sent three boxes of
cigars to the fire company at Eleventh and
Troost.
Rev. Dr. J. O'B. Dowry, of Calvary Bap
tist church, will be tendered a reception by
the ladles of the church some time this
week in honor of the eighteenth anniversa
ry of his pastorate.
The Daughters of Rebekah will serve din
ners in the- Heist building at Eighth and
Delaware to-morrow. Contributors are re
quested to take their donations to the hall
to-morrow morales.
NOT OF ONE MIND
MANY PEOPLE THINK AMERICA
SHOULD CRUSH FILIPINOS.
OTHERS SIDE WITH ISLANDERS
STILL OTHERS TAKE A MIDDLE AND
CONSERVATIVE VIEW.
Mayor Jones Thinks the Late Attnck
Upon American Troops Glvea Ua
a Juat Excuae for Gather
ing In All of the
Islands.
Sentiment in Kansas City is apparently
divided on tho question as to whether the
Filipinos are waging a war for Independ
ence against .the United States, which is
charged by the opposition with trying to
subjugate a people struggling for freedom;
or whether the Filipinos, at least those who
are fighting the United States, area pestif
erous lot of politicians. Many persons ex
pressed the opinion yesterday that the
United States should give the Filipinos a
sound thrashing; others affected to believe
that the United States was trying to cram
tyranny down their throats at the point of
the bayonet. Still others took the middle
ground that the masses of the Filipinos are
not with Aguinaldo; and that the latter ls
a rantankcrous politician and that the great
majority of the Filipinos want America to
control the Philippines until a stable gov
ernment can be set up in the Islands.
What Mayor Jonea Thinks.
"If ever an excuse was wanting for the
United States to take possession of the Isl
ands that excuse exists now." said Mayor
Jones. "The Filipinos are unfit to govern
them. What they need is a sound thrash
ing and then be given to understand that
but one flag shall fly over the islands, and
that is the stars and stripes."
"I am not in favor of taking permanent
possession of the islands even now," said
H. M. Beardsley. "The United States
should treat the Filipinos as a young child
ls treated. They should first be taught how
to govern, and then be permitted to govern
themselves."
"I am not In favor of giving up the con
trol of the Islands to the crowd of politi
cians who are trying to get possession of
them," said J. Ed Jewell. "The masses are
not with Aguinaldo and If the United States
were to withdraw there would be no hope
for Independence. He would at once set up
a dictatorship. If the United States insists
on retaining possession of the Islands,1 the
Filipinos will in time be given an independ
ent government and that is what I am in
favor of."
John L. Peak "The peace treaty having
been ratified, there is nothing for us to do
but pacify the islands. Aside from all con
stitutional questions, I think that we
should give the Filipinos their own country
to govern. It ls foolishness for us to try
to govern 10,000,000 Asiatics and we will find
that we have our hands full If we attempt
it."
Judere F. M. Black "It ls all a piece of
Irobbery. It is poor policy for.this country
to aeny maepenaence to tne n uipinos wnen
that is what we fought for In 1776. It is
too big a task for us to undertake to govern
the, Philippines, and. after we have tried
it for a while, I think that we will be glad
enough to give It up."
John Thlnka We Are Tyranta.
John Sullivan "The United States en
tered Into the war In keeping with Its sen
timent of being the land of the free and
the home of the brave, to rescue a down
trodden people from the bayonets and hoofs
of a tyrannical government. In keeping
with the spirit and ideas ot government
under which our literature, lawa and songs
are written, the breasts of the American
people warmed toward the downtrodden
Cuban, and we entered Into a war which
meant the expenditure of much money and
loss of much good, brave American blood
to the end that the American Idea of gov
ernment of. for and by the people should
prevail. The turning of American guns
upon the poor, ignorant Filipino yesterday
under the conditions in which we entered
upon this war is certainly a sorry com
mentary upon the American system of
government, and its people."
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TO-DAY.
Coates Edwin Mayo, In "Pudd'nhead Wilson," S
p. m.
Auditorium Woodward stock company. In "Cr-
raao de BerEcrac," S p. m.
Grand "Brown'a In Town." 8 p. m.
Orplienm Vaudeville. 2:15 and 8:15 p. m.
Gllllsa "Alone In Greater New York," 8:15 p. m.
COMING NDXT WEEK.
Contea All week, MacLean, Hanford and Trier,
In Shakespearean repertory.
Auditorium All week, "Cyrano de Berjerae."
continued.
Grand All week, "The Prisoner of Zends."
Gllllaa The Dorothy Morton opera company, in
repertory.
"Pudd'nhead Wilson." with a good cast
Including a number of players who have
been seen In the comedy before, returned
to the Coates opera house last night for
a brief engagement. Although thi3 play
was produced with much heralding, and
although It was a very agreeable surprise
and an astonishing success, there was
nothing accidental about Its popular qual
ity. It Is a masterpiece in quaint
comedy, and its intrinsic worth eas
ily accounts for its remarkable pop
ularity and should make It a profitable
piece of theatrical property for some years
to come. There are few plays that bear
repetition so well, for there is something
about the humor and pathos of the story,
the dramatic value of the situations and
the peculiar eccentricities of the characters
that makes the work unique among plays.
Mr. Mayo has been seen In the title
part of the play In this city. He has a
line appreciation of the subtle character
istics of the part, -and plays It with lazy
deliberation that seems to suit the atmos
phere of the time and place of the pray.
He was greatly handicapped last night
with a cold, and It was with difficulty that
he could be heard: but he Is under treat
ment and will probably be much Improved
before he will have given another per
formance. Among the other members of the
company none ls more Inportant than MIs
Ada Dwyer. whose Roxy is a most ad
mirable characterization. The Tom Dris
coll of Mr. Frank Campeau is also a
capital impersonation. Miss D. Delaro, the
new Patsy, and Miss Mirabel Seymour, the
new Rowey, are competent, and the re
mainder ot the cast is all "that could be
desired.
nomeseekers Excurslona.
On February 7 and 21 and March 7 and
21. the Chicago Great Western railway will
sell round trip homeseekcrs' excursion
tickets to points in following states at
one fare plus $2.W for the round trip: Iowa.
Michigan. Minnesota, North and South Da
kota andWisconsin. These tickets are lim
ited for return twenty-one days (21) from
date of sale with stopover privileges on
going trip at any point within homescek
ers' territory. Any agent Chicago Great
Western railway will give you full infor
mation as to routes, rates and time ot
trains, as will also E. S. Hltchins, agent.
7 West Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo.
May Be Advanced on Docket.
The city vs. Stagmuller, a suit now in
the supreme court, ls to be advanced on
the docket If the city counselor can so
arrange It, in order to as soon ns possible
settle the question as to the legality of
the annexation of Westport. At the time
of the annexation, Julius Stagmuller was
treasurer of Westport and had in his pos
session $500 belonging to that village. In
order to compel a friendly suit to settle
the annexation question, he refused to turn
this money over to the city treasurer. The
case was decided for the city In Judge
Gates' court and was appealed by Stag
muller to the supreme court.
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment.
The T. M. C. A. has secured the Chicago
lady quartette to take the place of the
Schubert Glee Club that failed to appear
January 27. They will give a concert Feb
ruary 23. Reserved tickets No. S are good
for this entertainment. Dr. A. A. Willits
will lecture to-night at Academy of Music,
being the seventh number In the Star Ly
ceum course. His subject will be. "Sunshine."
ARE DOING MUCH GOOD.
Public Library Sab-Stations Arc Be-
Inir Largely Patronized Help
to Keep Children at Home.
Tho library substations which are located
In live of the ward schools this year are
proving to be of benefit to teacher, pupil
and parent. They are situated in the
schools that are the farthest away from
the -public library and where pupils do not
have time or opportunity to come Into the
city. The teachers from the Clay. Jack
son, Martin, Lowell and Oakley schools
report that very few of the library books
that are sent to them remain upon the
shelves and that pupils and their parents
take great pleasure in them.
When Mrs. Mary E. Griffin went to the
Lowell school as Its principal six years ago,
she asked the pupils to write upon slips
of paper the names of the books thev had
read. The result showed that the children
in this district had read almost nothing
of good literature.
In order to start the reading habit among
them Mrs. Griffin got old books from the
library and set them in circulation. The
Lowell school obtained quite a library in
this way and for several years used this
only. Last year, when the public library
substution movement was started, the
Lowell was one of the schools to have
one. All of the 150 books which were sent
put every two weeks were kept in circu
lation and none of them lost. This year
the lot sent out is 2U0 and they are kept
for six weeks. Mrs. Griilin says that if
she could have 2M they would all be
called for. The books are drawn out by the
parents as well as by the pupils. There
has also been an improvement in the kind
of books that are read.
In the Oakley school the books are used
to a great extent in composition and sup
plementary reading work. In the former
the pupil is permitted to write a review of
the book he has just been reading Instead
of writing from an assigned topic. Mrs.
Ida Reese, principal ot the school, esti
mates that as many as 500 books are cir
culated during the month.
At the Martin school there is an old li
brary as well as the substation. It was
purchased seven years ago and consists ot
300 volumes. Both the old and the new
books are circulated. Parents in this vi
cinity claim that it is easier to keep their
boys in at night since they have been able
to have good stories to read. Louisa All
cott and Susan Coolldce seem to be the
favorite authors among the girls and the
Zigzag tales and Henty's stories are de
manded oftenest by the boys.
At the Clay and Jackson schools the
value of having books right at hand is
inestimable. Situated as are these schools,
the pupils would otherwise have to dis
pense with reading. With the library at
hand they have the same advantages' as
children nearer the city and they have not
been slow In availing themselves of these
In the two years since the establishment
of the substation.
Central Art Club Meeting.
An interesting session of the Central Art
Club, which was recently formed by Cen
tral high school pupils, was held yester
day afternoon. The club ls studying the
different periods of art. A comparison of
Egyptian with modern art was made by
Madge Eliot. Pen and Ink in modern art
was discussed by Walter Bronson. and
Taylor Duncan read an original story tell
ing of the experiences of an art student.
The musical part of the programme was
furnished by Mildred Brown, who gave a
mandolin solo, and by Madge Eliot and JJe
renlce Pike, who played piano solos.
The following are the officers of the
Central Art Club: President. Winifred
Held; vice president. Taylor Duncan; sec
retary, Margaret Tyler; treasurer. Anna
Rourke, and critic, Madge Eliot.
School Notea.
The library book committee met last night
in the board of education rooms to consider
the purchase of new books.
The Inventory of all the books In the
public library, which the librarian has been
making, was completed yesterday.
The Platonian Society of the Central
high school has changed the date of Its
open session entertainment from March 4
to March 11.
Pupils at the Manual Training high school
who fail to make a good record in the class
room will not be allowed to become mem
bers of the athletic association.
The entomological collection at the public
library museum was Increased yesterday
by three framed cases of mounted bugs and
butterflies, given by Will T. CoSgrove.
A conference of the principals of the
schools was held last night in the board
of education rooms. This meeting ls held
occasionally for the purpose of discussing
matters of mutual interest.
Superintendent J. M. Greenwood has sent
notices to all the principals of tho ward
schools calling their attention to the meet
ings of the Greenwood Club every Friday
night and giving them and their teach-jrs a
special invitation to attend.
The music pupils of Francois Boucher
furnished the programme at the Manual
Training' high school yesterday morning.
The following took part: Misses Pruzen,
Gladys Ealdwin. Marian Gage. Laura Reed.
Margaret Fowler and Olive Whitely.
The following substitute teachers were
sent out yesterday morning from the board
of education rooms, Lillian .Sebree to the
Longfellow. Mabel Cunningham and Mary
Bone to the Garlleld. Olive Lawrence to
the Emerson and Anna Lauchlan to the
Karnes.
Old Officers Re-elected.
The annual meeting of the Long-Bell
Lumber Company was held yesterday. The
old officers were re-elected as follows: Pres
ident. R. A. Long; secretary. S. H. Wilson:
directors. R. A. Long, Victor B. Bell, C. J.
White and S. II. Wilson.
The annual meeting ot the managers ot
the branches of the company will not be
held this year.
Blrtha Reported.
Ramsey. David and Alice; 404 Westport
avenue: February 4: girl.
Jalser, August and Dora; 1413 Llnwood;
February 4; girl.
Nolan. George A. and Katie; 2011 Madison;
January 28; girl.
Howe. A. L. and Alice; 1024 Jefferson;
February 4; girl.
Meyer. Joseph and Sarah; 1S0S McGee;
February 3: boy.
Smith. Sam and Annie: 25 McClure place;
February 1: boy.
Ryle. C. E. and Dora; 220S Bacon court:
February 3: Iwy.
Delaney. Cornelius and Hattle; 2o36 South
west boulevard; February 2: boy.
Lowe. J. W. and Emma; 407 Locust; Feb
ruary 3; girl.
Dentba Reported.
Lock. Noah: German hospital; February
5; M years: rheumatic fever.
McLaughlin. : 573 Harrison; February
3: 23 years: la grippe.
Moody. Beverly; southwest corner Thirty
fourth street and Highland avenue; Febru
ary 3; 4 years: pneumonia.
Harper. J. P.; 316 West Fortieth; Febru
ary 3: 60 years: brain softening.
Redding. Joseph: D2G Falrvlew; February
4; 3 years; spasms.
Carlson, Andrew J.: 1S26 Terrace; Febru
ary 3; 51 years: gastritis.
Johnson. Archie rear 1211 East Ninth;
February 2; 62 years; pneumonia.
Wayland, Jeremiah; 1900 East Nineteenth;
February 3; 63 years: grip.
Flannelly. A.; 614 Main; February 3; 42
years; morphine. ...
Garrett. Edward; 921 Central; February
3: 52 years: grip.
St. Jonn. Bertha; 271. East Eleventh; Feb
ruary 2; 11 years: peritonitis.
Mulkey. Edward R.: 413 East Eleventh:
February 3; 63 years; valvular Insufficiency.
New Warneke's 177S Bread. Try It.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
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8ignature of
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By the California Limited. Santa Fe Route.
21-6 days Kansas City to Los Anrjeles.
New features this season.
Moat Not Exhibit Devlcea.
An order which Postmaster Scott yester
dav received prohibits the government
buildings from being used as places in
which to exhibit mechanical devices of any
kind. It is the custom In many cities to
permit owners or machines, such as are
used to facilitate the rapid cancellation of
stamps, to place their wares In the build
ings which are government property.
DRINK GRAIN-0
After jou have concluded that you ought not to drink
coSee. It Is not a medicine, but doctors order tt. be
cauw it is healthful. Invigorating and appetizing. It
Is made from pore grains and has that rich teal
brown color and tastes Uaa the finest grades of coffee
and costs about U as much. Children like It and
thrlre on It because It is a genuine food drink con
taining nothing but nourishment. Ask your grocer
tor Grala-O, the new toed drink. 15c gad 25c
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Sunday's ad. is good for to-day.
Amongst the many big bargains you
will find:
21 lbs line Granulated Sugar, on
orders 1.00
16 bars Silverman's Laundry Soap SSo
20-lb pall J.jiy S3c
Gallon cans Pears tSc
Bronson Sugar Corn, can 5c
12Jc Hams. for. lb To
13c Breakfast Bacon, lb To
Pink Salmon, can 5c
Standard Catsup, bottle So
Fine Java Blend Coffee, lb 13o
20-lb pail Cudahy's Ivory Lard st.oo
Harvest Queen Flour, cwt a.23
Pride of Denver, cwt Q2.W
Baker's Patent, cwt ffljtt
S lbs pure Buckwheat !J5o
12 lbs Navy Beans SSc
10 packages Pearline SS
C lbs California Prunes SSo
fi lbi California Peaches -3c
Choice Cranberries, quart 5o
30c Navel Oranges for 13o
Walnut Block Goal, Ton- -$2.75
Out-ol-lown orders tilled from this ad far 5 dais.
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Sussex county hospital, in this week's
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