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THE KANSAS CITY: JOUENAX, SUNDAY, FEBRTJAkY 12, 1899.
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KANSAS CITY ANNALS
HOW THE TOW.V LOOKED OVER
FOUTV YEARS AGO.
Interesting Pacta Contained In nn Old
nook Recently I'reitcnted to the
Karl)- Settlers' and Illa-
torlcnl Society.
How Kansas City looked forty years ago
with a population of 7.0U0, what Its early
trade was and tho manner in which it was
carried on. where its finest residences and
tallest buildings were, the appearance of its
blurts and ravines, what professional men
were then in the city this, together with
much other quaint and curious informa
tion concerning the babyhood' of the city,
is graphically fet down in a little, old,
weather-beaten book that a. pioneer discov
ered in a corner of his garret tho other
day. The book was written In 1KSS by C. C.
Spalding and was entitled. "Annals of the
City of Kansas and the Great "Western
Plains." It is a sort of prospectus of the
city and contains, besides the reading mat
ter, a half dozen rare pictures or the city's
Interesting points.
The frontispiece is a "View of the Ievce,
Kansas City," showing a tow of old-fashioned
stores and warehouses squatting' be
tween the bluffs and the river.
"HetrojKilItan block, McGce's addition to
EARLY HOME OP
Kansas City," is the most Imposing pic
ture of the lot. It looks like a scene on the
main street of a Kansas village.
Tho book was dedicated by Mr. Spalding
to the following prominent citizens:
E. M. McGee. J. Lykins, J. C. McCoy,
J.C. Ranson, Joseph Guinotte, R. T. Van
Horn, John Campbell, Kersey Coates. T.
H. Swope. R, J. Lawrence. H. B. Bouton.
J. V. Reid. J. W. Tolk, H. II. King and
Samuel II. Woodson.
To IJrinir PnenKer.'Anliore.
In a brief preface the author, an early
member of the Kansas City bar, outlines
his object: "The Idea of writing these
pages," he savs, "first occurred to me In
the fall of 1S57, when my business called
mo frequently to the levee, where boats
were constantly landing. I almost invaria
bly heard passengers who wero emigrating
to this border and the Territory to select
business localities saying to one another,
'Come, let us go ashore and examine the
business resources of this place: thero
seems to be considerable business on the
levee, and it may be to-our advantage to
locate here.'
"It struck me forcibly that the very best
business man could not possibly obtain any-
thing more than a poor estimate of tho
vast commercial resources of Kansas City,
while a boat was discharging her cargo,
and that perhaps with the aid of a book
or pamphlet I might be able to furnish
many an emigrant with information that
would save him expense and trouble in
his examinations, and at the same time bo
Instrumental in securing for our city many
useful, energetic and enterprising men and
families to aid us in the building up of our
city. The work that I proposed to myself
for the accomplishment of this object Is
'new complete, and I offer it to the public
with the assurance that it at least merits
cne credit not always awarded to books
of like Import it is correct."
Early Trappera and Freighter.
After a few introductory pages concern
ing the Great Plains, the, author says of
the early history and trade of Kansas City:
"The location of Kansas City from the
earliest settlement of Western Missouri,
has always been a prominent point for the
business of the plains and mountains. Old
trappers, old mountain traders and freight
ers, have had many a busy transaction
around their camp fires under the bluffs
of the 'ICawMnoutn.' long, lonir before wo
can give any dates or figures. With these
cm mountain men it nas always neen the
point to start from and the point to come
to. to settle up old and make new engage
ments for their mountain commerce.
"Tho principal portion of the land en
siosed byK tho old city limits was originally
FIRST BRICK HOUSE
entered by Gabriel Prudbomme, the father-in-law
of our present mayor, Hon. M. J.
Payne, about the vcar 3S30 and all of the
principal land entries, 'nlwut and adjacent
to the city, were' made botween tho years
1S31 and JoiTj In IKS there was a partial,
survey Dt the then town, but owing to,
Mme nilsunderstandlng among the pro
prietors, -nothing was done more than the
erection of a few cabins. In 3S4G the town
was rcsurveyed by J. C. McCoy, Esq., and
the growth of the- city may be dates! from
that year. Within IS months after the.
first sale of lots In April 1S1G, there; was In'
town a population of 700. Some eighty
perons were proent nt this i-nle and the
property at that time was thought by:
KCme of the old pioneers to have been sold
at very high prices.
(iooda Sold In' I,ir Cnlitn Store.
"In 1S39 and 1S10 the Indian tribes trad
ing at Kansas City were the Delawares,,
Munsas, Stockbridges. Shawnees, Kansas
(or Kaws). Klckapoos. Osages, Pottawat-i
omles. Wcas and Peorias. We refer now to
that trade which "was the first" dene in'
town uch as wes'for the most part trans-'
acted within the log cabin stores -and gro-'
cerles, before our warehouses were built,'
and our wholesale trade with the interior,
was In an incipient state. The greater por
, tion of this early trade of the city was a.
trade similar to that of ail now towns
4ir.d was what our Yankee brothers would'
consider. In their vernacular, as a 'truck
and dicker trade.' JPonles. pelts, furs, trln-'
kets ana annuity moneys were received by
our earlv traders in exchange for tiowder.
lead, tobacco, sugar, coffee, candles, beads'
ana wmsKy. in aaauion 10 incse articles,
the Indians' bought of our traders calicoes,
blankets, very many saddles, bridles and
ribbons: and rings- costing 10 cents In St.
Louis were frequently sold to .Indians for'
$r or J5. Large profits were made on ev
erything and ns a rule the Indians paid
cat-h. but when they had no' money would
freely pledge anything In their po--sesrion,
s-urh as jwnles. fjlver arm bands, ear orna
ments, etc
"Our fellow citizen, Thomas "A. Smart,
was the first man that opened 'a trading
house in town. This was in 1S39. His stock
In trade consisted of a general assortment
of groceries and Indian goods.
Forcxnnr the Park Knocker.
"Mr. Spalding foretold 40 years in advance
that there would be park knockers in
Kansas City. He was even then making an
argument against the grumbling because
of the outlay required to cut down bluffs
and fill ravines.
"It is very true that the. topographical
view of our city, at first sight, is anything
but inviting to the vision; he admits.
"Blurts, ridges and ravines, seem to be
a poor and costly place to build a city
and to do business or reside upon hillside
grounds, thus broken and uneven, pre
supposes an outlay of too much money,
and also too many unpleasant and tire
some walks. This is all very correct it
Will require a large outlay of money to re
duce our hills and elevate our ravines to
the established grade of streets. Very well,
tho same thing has been done in almost
every city of the Union of any commercial
Importance. New Orleans was tilled up,
St. Louis and Cincinnati were dug down,
Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadel
phia are mostly built on made earth, and
If the statistics of those cities are of any
worth to Kansas City, they show us that
the city built on high and uneven
ground is, in the end, tho most substantial
and economical.
"By correct and systematic management,
the most healthy and beautiful city of the
Union can be made from these hills and
valleys, and this too-at a less expense than
it has cost to build up the great grain
metropolis of the Union the city of
Chicago."
Caravan to New Mexico.
An interesting description of overland
wagon trains Is given:
"In 1543 Messrs. Bent and St. Vraln landed
the first cargo of goods at Kansas City
that was ever shipped from this point to
New Mexico in wagons that went out in
a train. This train consisted of eighteen
WILLIAM, GIL-LISS.
wagons, with five yoke of cattle to the
wagon, and about 0.000 pounds of freight, to
each team. From 1S32 to ISIS our neighbor
city. Independence, had the whole' com
mand of this great trade. Her merchants
amassed fortunes, and the business Bene-;
rated by this prosperous Intercourse built
up Independence into one of the most
flourishing and beautiful towns - of the
West."
Importations from mountain --trade Mr.
Spalding shows to have amounted in
1E.T7 to:
Robes, furs, etc, t:57,:33
Mexican wool , 129.6ft)
Goat skins , i 25.000
Dressed buckskins 62.500
Dry hldts 37,500
Peltries 26.000
The writer says that "a mountain train
en route Is one of the grandest spectacles
our country affords," and furnishes the
following description:
"Train is only another word for cara
van. These caravans consist of from forty
to eighty large canvas covered wagons,
with from 5.000 to 6,500 pounds of freight
to each wagon, also six yoke of oxen or
five span of mules for every wagon, two
men as drivers for every team, besides
supercargoes, wagon masters, etc., who
generally ride on horseback. When under
wav these wagons are nboutlOO feet apart,
and as each wagon and. team occupies a
space of about ninety feet, a train of
eighty wagons would stretch out over a
distance of a trifle over three miles. In
157. 9.SS4 wagons left Kansas City for
New Mexico. If .these wagons were all in
one team, they would make a caravan 223
miles long, with 9S.S40 mules and oxen,
and freighting an amount equal to 59,301,000
pounds."
The trade from Jackson county was then
$300,000 a year and from Clay county J750.
000. "Our ferry is every day crossing and
recrossing families from this countv to
trade with us. They also sell to our mer
chants largely of their home fabrics, farm
products and table supplies."
Clty'a Flrat Homea and Building.
Each addition of the city, as it was sub
divided at that time, is given a chapter to
Itself. Of Colonel E. M. McGee's addition
the following description is given:
"It Is a tract composod of 1C0 acres ex
tending nine blocks south and six blocks
east and west with an eighty-acre tract
adjoining .on the eastward, embracing in
all 240 acres. McGee's addition was subdi
vided into lots In the summer of 1S35. but
this subdivision would have been much
earlier made had not this tract been em
braced among the acres of an undivided es
tate. This addition Is situated on the most
level and unbroken ground In or about the
city.
"Sixty acres of the tract are covered with
IN JACKSON COUNTY.
a thrifty growth of young shade trees, not
growing in a forest, but standing in an
open woodland, in scattered rows and
groves. The residence of the proprietor.
E. M. McGee. Esq., one small btlck and
two frame buildings were all the improve
ments In this addition 'In the spring of
the year 1S37.
"The improvements since made make it
a town of some Importance. Thirty-eight
brick buildings and seventy-nine frame
buildings, all of good proportion, have been
erected the pat season, and the popula
tion cf the addition now amounts to up
wards of 700. A good portion of this popu
lation is composed of German merchants.
Industrious artisans and family grocery
dealers.
Turnpike to Wcatnort.
"The turnpike road from the city to
Westport. now being graded and macadam
ized, passes through Grand avenue, the
principal street of this addition, and on
which are already erected forty-seven build
ings, twenty-three of which are large and
substantial brick buildings, and eighteen
of thee brick buildings are in one ollrt
block, having been erected since July,
1S57. at a cost of about SGO.OOO.
"Grand avenue Is decidedly one of the
handsomest streets in the state and is evi
dently destined to become one of the prin
cipal business streets of the city. All mall
routes, either to the Territory or to East
ern. Western or Southern Missouri, are
through this addition. Again, all'thc great
New Mexico travel, which consisted last'
year of over 9.C00 wagons, passes through
Grand avenue." i
Forty-one Years latter.
Table showing the amount of merchandise
sold, for the year 1S37:
Dry goods I 3M.M7 CT
Hoots and bbocs
146. S01 64
I Hats and caps
I Clothing -
nooks and ttattoncry
Hardware, iron, steel, nails, etc..
Powder. lead tnfl hol.
t Glass and glassware
21.JV.0 00
S6.7U SO
C.lsl 90
147.2M 17
20,231 54
Woodenware, brooms, etc 8.SS0 15
Stores, tin and nohow ware .- S3.3S1.36
Plows 2,733 00
Wagons and carriages 4t,800 00
Groceries 472,005 80
Flour and meal 383,400 00
Bacon and lard 101,545:7
Foreign and domestic liquors 135.915 ;o
Cigars and tobacco 47,483 85
Robes, furs, etc 267,153 03
Hides 58.580 96
Salt 20,575 00
Sundries (embracing articles not enume
rated) 105.791 86
Drugs, medicines and oils 62,198 20
Soap, candles, etc 27,705 00
Confectionery 6,090 00
Crackers and pilot bread 18,176 41
Furniture . .'. 34.603 00
Saddle, leather and harness 81,287 90
Lumber, shingles, sash,, etc 394,965 49
Total 13.183,502 31
In 1S9S:
Coal 2.500.000
Oil 3.500,000
Produce, per montb 1,000.000
Dry goods 12.000.000
Implements 18,000.000
Hardware 6.000,000
Drugs and cigars 8,000.000
Liquors 12.000.000
Furniture 8,500.01)0
Hour, meal, etc 10,000,000
Millinery 1.730,000
Cattle. 957.573 head: hoes. 3.444.793 head. Keaulr-
Ing labor of over 10,000 people, drawing wages of
33,000,000 annually.
"It is but a little over a year since the
dry goods trade of this city received par
ticular attention. Population was both
.spare and poor, and our grocer- dealers
were content to lay In a small stock of
calico and the plainer articles of dress ma
terial, while their heaviest investments
were in blankets, red shirts, soldier cloth'
and the wear familiar to the prairies. This
was done in order to draw the trade and
the Indian custom. The idea with jour
trades then was, that in order to secure
custom, they must have a barrel of -whisky
to a pair of wooden combs. Theresuit
was that the showcase and the fish barrel
stood side by side. But a change has come
over our trade and there is but one or
two of the old descriptions left.
"In the first place Kansas City Is the de
pot of tho Sante Fe and Mexican trade and
consequently the best market for oxen. It
is also the nearest river point to the stock
growing regions of Arkansas, Texas and
the Cherokee country, and the first place
they strike the Missouri river on their trip
north to California, Salt Sake and United
States for forts and trading posts north of
the Platte. It is the nearest and most ac
cessible river town to southwest Missouri,
and over two thirds of the territory of
Kansas at which emigrants and others
can land and outfit- It is also the best
starting point for stock direct to Cali
fornia, Utah and Fort Larlmle. as grass
Is from two to three weeks earlier by the
Kansas than by the Plate, water more
abundant and less liability to Indian dep
redations. These facts all conspiring here
for the past few years made this the point
cf salo and exchange for stock raisers and
stock drovers and it is here stock buyers
come to see the droves and make their
purchases.
"We have known as high as Ij.OOO head
of stock sold here in one week during the
season. This, large as It may seem, Is but
the beginning of what Is to come.
"The professions are fully represented as
a. matter of course, for whoever lived in
a fast and growing town where there were
not lawyers, doctors, ministers, etc.. to
minister to our spiritual, temporal and le
gal wants. Dr. B. Troost was the first
physician In town: he practiced here alone
for years, gaining for himself a high rep
utation as a physician and enlisting the
affections and good opinion of the people
In all the relation of life. But now we
have young men and old; graduates of the
first institutions of our own country and
Europe, who are ever ready to be pro
fessionally engaged. We also have a full
complement of legal gentlemen, most of
whom possess the power and ability to com
pletely upset the law and evidence in any
suit they undertake.
Coates' addition is part and parcel of the
old Choteau tract, purchased of Madame
Choteau In June. ISoj, for $60 an acre. In
June. ISM, an undivided one-third was sold
to Dr. Hopkins for $220 per acre. In the
winter of 1S3G-7 an undivided interest was
purchased by O. F. Short, Esq., for $2,000
per acre.
"In his purchase of June. 1833; Mr.
Coates bought the whole of the Chauteau
tract, the same being 120 acres and ex
tending toithe Missouri river in the bottom
above the levee bluff. But thirty-two acres
only are laid off in this addition, fronting
one-quarter of a mile on Broadway. This
addition being on an "elevated, beautiful
and healthy location. Mr. Coates Intends to
use his whole Influence to make it one of
the most desirable locations in the city
for residences and fancy retail, furnish
ing and dry goods stores. On the corner
of Lexington avenue and Broadway, a com
pany is now engaged' in building a hotel
calculated to equal any In St. Loui.s. This
hotel Is to be 100 feet front by 1421feqt deep,
and flve.stories high, exclusive of.cellar and
attic, and to cost $100,000.
A Home for Nothing.
In order to build up the addition that was
named after him, Mr. Ranson furnished
homeseekers with what they sought, free
of charge. That is, he let them have the
ground and the material with which to
build, without requiring any payment In
advance. The land and building material
were Daid for afterwards on easy terms.
Illustrated bv the writer of the book in this'
way: 1
"For example A buys a lot for $ . Ho,
makes no payment; all the ready money.
In his possession he needs to use outside,
or his nomesieau. iur. rtanson men tur
nlshes A with a lot and the lumber or brick
to build with, and if he builds a house that
shall cost Jl.QOO he takes his notes', drawing,
10 per cent Interest; If he builds one cost-.
cent Interest, and if he builds a house cost
ing $5,000. he takes his notes drawing no In
terest. All of these notes are given for
the lot and the building material no money
is required at all. unless the party purchas
ing prefers to make a payment. Such is
the magnanimous and liberal policy of
Mr. Ranson, which we feel confident will
speedily build up his addition. Mr. Ran
son can be seen at. his warehouse on the
levee."
Mr. Spalding tells of the survey of this
addition, now covered with some of the
most elegant residences of the city, and
describes the work done by a steam saw'
mill Just set up In the addition to make its'
forest ol trees into lumoer.
"Clearing; Off" Douton's Addition.
Clearing off the trees of what Is now
Bouton's addition, and building the first
rude fences that surround Its half dozen of
homes, are told of in the next page or two
of the old book. This addition lay be
tween Holmes and Troost street, east and
west, and Twentieth and Twenty-third,
north and south. It was on the extreme
confines of what was then the city. It
first comprised forty acres subdivided into
blocks and acre lots, no lot in the addi
tion containing less than an acre, and
there were three or four of these, only. In
a block.
So new was this addition to thfe city that
the writer speaks of it as follows:
"Not till August last was the survey of
this addition made and already several
houses have gone up, while others who
have but recently purchased, are clearing
up. fencing, etc.. Intending either to build
this fall, or to be rendy for building early
In the summer. The whole tract is as- yet
thickly timbered, and at the Judge has
as yet had no clearing done, except In the
streets, all purchasers will secure- an
abundant of fuel and can leave as many
trees standing upon their lots as they
please."
On this addition, which was then a wild
forest of trees and tangled undergrowth,
there are now hundreds of home?. No
vestige of the wooded tract It once was1,
new remains. It Is the northern edge of
the finest residence region of the South
side.
Three Saw Mill In Lykln' Addition.
Dr. Lykins, iho bought seventeen acres
of ground In the northwestern corner of
what Is now Kansas City, in 1S3S, foresaw
that a great city would some day he
"built on the great bend of the Missouri
river."
"Within a halt, mile of this addition."
remarks Mr. Spalding, "there are three
saw mills constantly running."
The spot In which these saw mills w.re
making such a clatter forty years ago is
now crossed by the Fifth street electric
line of the Metropolitan Street railway.
Lykins' original addition was bounded by
Second and Fifth streets, and Broadway
and Bluff streets. Later he opened a new
addition, bounded by Twelfth and Thir
teenth and Broad and Summit. This was
ndjolnlns the Coates addition, one of the
earliest plats in the city. It was bounded
by Broadway and Bluff streets and Ninth
and Twelfth. The Coates hotel, the opera
house and some of the costliest flats and
residences of the city are now to be found
In Ihnt nrtdltlnn. ffi
McGee & Holmes' addition, which Is now)
almost in the very heart of the' city, check-j
erect By came car iracrts ana ana ouswes,
blocks, was opened, at- about the time Mr.,
Spalding took his pen In hand" to boom,
the Infant Kansas City.
"Last spring." he says, "every one of the,
forty acres in this addition was thickly
Umbered with elms, oaks, walnuts, mul-i
berry, locust and hackberry trees."
Bellevue place was then a new thing,
and was considered "too far to walk"
from the levee.
Of King's addition, which occupied the
space between Wyandotte and Broadway,
the writer says:. "Eleven thousand dollars
has already been spent for the grading of
streets. Nearly all the streets in that vlcin-
lty were cut down through clay banks and
bluffs twenty and thirty feet high.
Before Railroads Came.
One of the most Interesting chapters In
the book, looked at from this retrospective
distance, is that urging the building of
railroads and predicting Kansas City's fu
ture as a railroad center.
At tthat time there were only IS3 miles
of railroad in the state of Missouri, as
follows: St. Louis to Jefferson City, 123
miles; St. Louis to St. Charles, twenty
miles; Hannibal & St. Joseph, open to Salt
river, forty miles.
In beginning this chapter, the longest in
the book. Mr. Spalding says of the project
of a road to the Pacific:
"Twenty years ago the building of a rail
road to the Pacific was strenuously urged
Its practicability demonstrated and later,
tho adaptation of the country between
California and Missouri to settlement, and
to the construction of a railroad, was fully
exhibited to government, and the mercan
tile and business associations of the coun
try, by the late Hon. Thomas H. Benton,
who, after a clear demonstration that
never can be refuted, that safety as well
as policy and profit require the construc
tion of this road, said "that any other na
tion, upon half a pretext, would go to war
for such a road, and tax unborn genera
tions for Its completion,' and yet nothing
not even the first step has been taken, eith
er by government or Individual enterprise,
to build the road cartainiy, then, an appeal
is In no way out of place in this chapter."
Mr. Spalding was a .seer, undoubtedly.
He foretold for Kansas City all that would
happen to It in the way of railroads, even
though so much has happened to it so
much more than the average person would
have dared to prophesy at that time. But
Mr. Spalding saw it ail. and sa delighted
was he with the picture that he broke into
verso long enough to exclaim:
Thundering through the mountains,
riylng o'er the vale.
Bless me! this Is pleasant!
Riding on a rail.
He terminates his" prophecy with the
paragraph:
"When the Kansas City & Keokuk road,
the Pacific Toad, the Galveston road, with
its branches into the mineral regions of
Southwest Missouri: the road to Santa Fe,
N. M.: the Kansas River Valley road, with
Its network of branches over that great
producing domain; the Platte country road,
and the great National railway from the
mouth or the Kansas to the bay of San
Francisco; when all those railroads are
constructed, Kansas City will then have a
svstem of railroads as" complete and more
extended than Chicago. She will then be
the center of something and the iron horse
will be bringing her the fruits and products
of the plains and mountains. Yes, the com
merce of this Western empire. With this
vast commerce, which she is to-day guilty
of dallvlng and trilling with, she will then
be hol'ding, managing and directing with
hands of iron, arms of steam, and whispers
of lightning"
SHOCKED THE DEPARTMENT.
KaVal Cadet Kerrlck. of Cnllfornln,
Came Near Being Expelled From
Annapolis.
The navy department has decided not to
expel Naval Cadet Charles S. Kerrick, of
California, who wrote an insulting letter
about the Annapolis naval academy, its of
ficers and his brother cadets. The letter
was written to Kcrrick's sweetheart. Miss
Theresa Finley. of Lonesomehurst, Ireland.
The part ot tne letter to wmen ice ae-
partment took' exception "was as follows:
"United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md.. Decembef IS, 1S9S.--' $ V -
"My Dear Theresa; I. .'2 promised 'yotf-'
that I would write- to you, telling you" of.
my experience during, the first month at
the United States" naval academy. I am
sure if you knew how busy we are kept
here you would not ask me to do such a
thing; and I assure you that unless I am
compelled to I will never write another.
Nevertheless, as I "have the misfortune to
be a cadet. I will endeavor to Inform you
of my duties here. As I have a very diffi
cult mathematics lesson to prepare when
this Is finished, I know you will excuse, or
at least be lenient with any mistakes you
may find.
"2. My first advice to anyone entering
here is to forget he was ever taught to
consider himself a gentleman. This is very
necessary to do, because if he does not his
first day's experience with some of our of
ficials here will rather dampen his ardor
and show him what he must expect for his
first four years ns a servant of this great
nation. My next admonition to him will
be to make falsehood his god. My close
observations have clearly shown me that
the scientific liar and general scoundrel will
always flourish here, 'while the upright
youth will, as a rule, succumb to the an
nual clearance. However, this latter con
dition is not necessary for entering. A
month's training will bring most of them
to It. Let a man be treated as a reprobate,
and before long he will certainly become
one."
The remainder of the letter described the
ordinary- work of the aca-Jcmv.
Customer "But all the buttons came off
this coat the first time I wore it."
Old Isaac "Veil, so many people admire
dot coat, dot you shwcll mit pride and
burst does buttons qfC'
I'ot and Kettle.
From tho Indianapolis Journal.
Small New Yorker "Don't them West
ern folks talk funny?" .
Another One "Don't they, though?
When they mean 'gojT they say 'gal.' "
NAVAl CADET KERRICK.
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FREEDOM FOR A SLAVE
KILLED AX OVERSEER WHES HK
"WAS A SAVAGE.
In Kintc County, X. Y., Penitentiary
He Studied Hard and Became a
Well Educated Man HI
Subaeituent Career.
From the New York Journal.
This Is the story of a negro slave boy
who was convicted of murder eight years
ago, and sentenced to be hanged because
he, with other slaves, fought for his rights
on the guano Island of Navassa, off the
coast of Haytl. This island is owned by
the Navassa Phosphate Company, of Bal
timore, and is under the jurisdiction of the
United States, under a law that allows
their citizens to plant the stars and stripes
on guano islands not occupied by any other
power.
The slave' boy's sentence was commuted
to imprisonment for life by President Har
rison. He went to the Kings county peni
tentiary almost a savage. He could neither
read nor write. Now he Is educated and
intelligent, having studied hard in the pris
on school, and is a bookkeeper in the In
stitution. Commissioner of Charities Lantry thinks
he should be pardoned, and Is preparing
papers to submit to Piesldent'McKlnley. He
and Deputy Commissioner N."0. Fanning
say that Jones Is not a murderer, bur
was merely fighting for his rights that
were his. like any true American. They
are hacked in the pardon movement by In
fluential citizens.
Chapter I.
The Island of Navassa, washed by the
bluo waters or the Caribbean sea, be
longs, geographically, to the republic of
Haiti, but in 1S37 a party of filibusters
from Baltimore, realizing that no govern
ment can claim land which it does not
occupy, took; possession of it. The'Haytlans
made feeble but vain protest.
The filibusters hoisted the American
flag, and peopled the island with slaves.
The crack of the slavedrlver's whip was
soon heard where only the scream of the
seagull had broken the silence for cen
turies. The filibusters made money from
the guano deposits, which they shipped to
the United States in schooners.
No vessels except those belonging to the
filibusters called at "the Island. Slaves
died and were burled without, ceremony.
There were horrible tales told of the cru
elty of the overseers, but they were the
kings of the place, and though the red.
white and blue flag of freedom floated over
It. there was no freedom thcre.vno redress
for murder, outrage or starvation.
President Lincoln's proclamation of lib
erty to the black man penetrated to ev
ery corner of the United States, but it Is,
said that it has never gone Into effect in
Navassa.
When slaves could be shipped in chains
no longer, the company secured the ser
vices of Ignorant colored men by painting
Navassa to them as a kind of paradise,
where tropical fruits abounded and whore
life was one continuous round ot happi
ness. Chapter II.
In a little frame house in Baltimore there
lived, in 18S9. Mrs. Louisa Jones, a worthy
negress. whose only son. Henry, then 17,
was as Ignorant as a negro boy in the
South could possibly be. He made his liv
ing by doing odd Jobs. He was credulous
and stupid.
A small coterie- or boys with whom ho
played heard of the wonders of Navassa.
They believed all they were told. Gold
was to be picked up on the island, and life
there was a tropical dream. One day Jones
mm ins inraus uisappearea irom the
streets. They had enlisted for service on
the magic island, and had started off to
make their fortunes. A pokey little schoon
er took them south, and after a rough pas-
jiki.-. uuniig wnicn tneir disillusionment
began, they were landed on the West In
dian guano island.
The tales of paradise they found were lies
invented by the man who shipped them.
They found themselves as much prisoners
as the convicts in Siberia. There was no
psonnp Thnv hart oloniul In lk-1- .1 L. .
tsa iw2y aU the PaPers that were of-
iri cu mem.
Jones had fancied that he was to be a
waiter at $20 a month. He says he found
he was to be a slave at nothing per month.
He was barbarously treated by tho over
seers, whose by-laws and regulations had
been handed down to them from the old
sl.'ivp-nrivlni Hm "XVi.i. iAn.i..i -
volvers, the knout and the whipping post.
'"' miii lusauus worK. me only
sign of freedom there was the stars and
stripes, which floated, a red, white and
blue lie. over the quarters or the slaves.
The slaves had no means of escape. An
American citizen who contracts to give his
labor in the United States can walk from
the factory a free man and break his cov
enant. An American slave In Navassa has
no alternative. If he does not wish to
work be may starve, for all the food on
the island is controlled .by the company
He can not leave, because there are no
ships for him to go on except those be
longing to the company, and these are not
open to him until he has served his term
of penal servitude. If he were well fed
and Well treated Navassa conditions would
still he an Infamy, because a free man Is
made a captive and forced to carry out a
.' con.trac.L by mhods that make him
little better than a lohg-term convict. Over
this penal settlement floats the glorious flag
of liberty.
Chapter III;-
The men who worked on the guano Island
with Jones were 'not Blackstones. neither
were they Joseph H. Choates. If they had
been, they might have made such repre
sentations to the Navassa company as
would have secured their freedom. They
might have served upon tho agents som
writ that would have frightened them Into
letting them go.
But being only ignorant negroes, they
knew of no other way to right their wrong's
than to quit work. When the overseers,
who had exasperated them by their cruelty
tried to forre them back Into the guano
beds they resisted. They were maddened
by an atrocious punishment Inflicted on one
of their number. A
In the United States a e civilian who
refuses duty can not ler V be made to
work at the point of a, lver. yet that
is the lay of Navassa. in. Caribbean sea
under the stars and stripes.,
William A. Foster, one of the overseera
tried to make' the men return to work by
flourishing a loaded rifle. If he had done
that In a New York factory killing him
would not have been murder.
Foster rushed at Jones, the rifle leveled
at his breast. The colored slave felt that
his life was in danger, and. Ignorant and
wretched though he was, his life was dear
to him. and he believed that as an Ameri
can he had a right to defend It. He
struck the overseer over the head and the
latter fell and a short time afterward died.
An nutopy nhowed that Foster, who was
a good fighter, had many wounds, and that
It was not necessarily Jones' blow that
killed him.
The negroes were overpowered eventu
ally and taken on the United States man-of-war
Galena to Baltimore for trial as
"mutineers." One fiction of the law was
that the island of Navassa was a ship and
that they were as much mutineers as a
m:.n before the mart who refused dutv.
I If this Is the law it should be conve
Seen in Berlin Streets.
nient for" corporations to have it applied to
Manhattan Island as well as Navassa, so
that 'workmen here who strike may be
subject to sea. statutes. The conveniences
or this would be great. Large employers
of labor would find it to their interest also'
to have .rnlladelphla and Chicago declar
ed three-masted schooners and Boston a
full-rigged vessel, so that their hands
might be subject to belaying-pin discipline,
if they tried to resign.
Chapter IV.
The evidence that Jones "mutinied" ras
complete. He was tried In Baltimore with
Edward Smith and George S. Keyes, two
other "mutineers." for the killing- of
Slave-Drlvcr Foster, and on May 29. IS9L
all three were sentenced to die. Eighteen
other negro were convicted and awarded
long terms or imprisonment.
President Harrison, in obedience to pop
ular clamor, commuted the three death
sentences to imprisonment for life. Ho re
fused to pardon the men outright, thougli
the pressure for him to do so was great.
The United States steamship Marbleheail.
under Commander McCalla. a stern dis
ciplinarian, was sent to investigate condi
tions at Navassa. He reported that the
men were well treated.
That, or course, was not. all the point or
complaint. The great grievance of the ne
groes was that they were prisoners in a
free country ns much so as ir they had
been in Sing Sing, more so. in fact, for
there are no civil authorities to appeal o.
no mails and no possible redress on the
slave island of Navassa.
Jones and his fellow prisoners were- sent
to the Kings county penitentiary. Keyes
was so upset by his grievances that he be
came Insane and was taken a raving mani
ac to the Washington insane asylum on
June 23. 1893- Smith died of a broken heart
on June 19. 1S94. Only Jones or all the "mu
tineers." it is said, remains In jail. All the.
rest, or nearly all. have been pardoned
or their terms have expired.
Chapter V.
When Jones entered the penitentiary he
was uncouth and savage. The only law he
knew was nature's law of self-defense, and
in this he had little reason to confide. His
exercise of it had nearly landed him on
the gallows.
But he was a bright boy, and the warden
became interested in him. Navassa meth
ods do not prevail in the penitentiary.
Kindness and persuasion replace the goad
and the loaded whip, and kindness made a
man of Jones.
He soon learned to read and write and to
figure. He surprised the missionaries with
his brightness. They saw that he was not
the stuff of which murderers are made.
To-day he is the head bookkeeper In a
workshop in which 700 men are employed,
and the most trusted prisoner in the 'insti
tution. Commissioner Lantry and his assistant.
N. O. Fanning, S. R. Scottron. of No. 598
Monroe street, and Mrs. P. Van Delft, of
No. 253 Hooper street, are preparing a pe
tition to tho Dresident for his release. It
will be opposed by the Navassa Phosphate
Company, but It is believed that it will be
granted. Two years ago the attorney gen
eral rejected a similar petition on the
ground that Jones had not served quite
long enough.
The Navassa "mutineer" was the hap
piest prisoner in this state yesterday. He
had received a letter from his aged and
devout mother In Baltimore, bidding hira
hope. She has spent most of her time
since hi9 conviction working for his release.
IN PLACE 0FTHE HAT PIN.
Handy Arrangement for Keeping
Woman's Headsjrear In
Place.
Here's a newly, patented article of In
interest to woman. The little appliance
does away altogether with that curse of
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TO SUPPLANT THE HAT PIN.
fine hats and bonnets, the hatpin. Num
erous devices have been invented to super
sede the hatpin, but none heretofore seem
ed to replace that necessary evil. The new
appliance, however, eeems to come up to
all the requirements of a cheap yet solid
and reliable hat-fastener. It consists of
two small side combs attached to the nether
side of the brim at either side of the head
and sliding within narrow holders. When
the combs are pushed upward the hat will
sit as firmly as If held by two pins. The
cost of these combs is trifling, and since
they are almost invisible when In use they
have become quite popular In a very short
time.
Easily Solved Here.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Stranger "I hear occasionally of your
'garbage problem.' What Is it?
Thirtieth warder "The garbage problem
is how to get the most pay for removing
the least garbage."
Curious.
From the Detroit Free' Press.
Dora "I screamed when he kissed me."
Cora "How many times?"
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX DILLS Board of Pnh-
llc Works. Department of Engineering. Kansas Cltr,
Mo.. Feb. Sth. 1S99. Tubllc notice is hereby gtten
thit special tax bills amounting to $837.04 -were Is
sued from this office on the Sth day of Ftb.. 1899. ta
M. Schoonmaker, contractor, for completing the fol
lowing public Improvements. tIz.: Constructing
brick sidewalks on both sides of Wjandotta street
from Serenteenth (17th street to Southwest boule
vard, as provided by ordinance No. 10328.
If said tax bill are not paid nn or before the Sth
day cf March, 1899. ther will bear interest at the
rate of 10 per centum per annum from date of fssuer
Feb. S. '98. Dills mar be found with If. C. Abel.
After payment, the bills must be presented at city.
treasurers omce to oe sausuea oi rccora.
HEXRT A. WISE. City Engineer
NOTICE OF.SPECIAL TAX I1ILLS Board of
lie Works. Department of Engineering, Kansas City,
Mo.. Feb. Sth. 199. Public notice Is hereby given
that special tax bills amounting to $626.07 were is
sued from this ofuce on the 8th day of Feb.. 1S99, to
SI. Schoonmaker. contractor, for completing the fol
lowing public improvements, viz.: Constructing
plank sidewalks on west side ot llardesty ave. from
Independence ave. to St. John avenue, as provided
by ordinance No. 10,34.
If said tax bills are not paid on or before the Sth
day of llarrh, 1899, they will bear Interest at the
rate of 10 per centum per annum from date of Issue,
Feb. 8. '99. Dills may be found with M. Schoon
maker. After payment, the bills must be pwented at city
treasurer's office In be satisfied of record.
HENRY A. WISE. City Engineer.
NOTICE Is hereby given that letter of administra
tion on the estate ot Emily Hurler, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned by the probate court
of the county ot Jackson, state ot Missouri, at Kan
ass City, on the h day of February, 1S99. All per
sons having claims against said estate are required
to exhibit the same to the undersigned for allow
ance, within one year after the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any benent of said
estate, and It such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date ot this publication they
will be forever barred.
E. If. PHELPS.' Administrator.
-Dated this i day of February. 1839.
NOTICE Is hereby given that letters testamentan
on the estate of William P. Allcutt. deceased, wera
granted to the undersigned by the probate court ot
the county of Jackson, state of Missouri, at Kansas
City, on the 30th day of January. 1899. AH persona
having claims against said estate are required to
exhibit the same to the undersigned for allowance
within one year after the date of said letters, of
they may be precluded from any benent ot said es
tate, and It such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date of this publication they will
he forever barred. ANN J. ALLCOTT, Executrix.
Dated this 30th day of January. 189.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice Is here
by given to all creditors snd others (iterated la
ttim eststs. of Andrew Jones, deceased, tb.t .
Uwnnce If. Jones and John L. Jones, executor. .
said estate. Intend to make a final settlement thereot J
county. Missouri, to be held st Kansas City, Missouri.
en the SOtn day of February, 189.
LAWRENCE M. JONES AND JOHN L. JONBS
Executors,?
Meservey. Pierce German. Attorneys. v 4
NOTICE 'TO DIRECTORS Notice Is hereby glvtsJ
tttat tne annual mecuug, ei me oireciors or let
will be held at the otBce, of the company In-KanHs
City. Missouri, en Tuesday. March fourteenth AUltf.
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, st ten o'clock -a.
m.. as required by law, for the treasaetloa et-ksstk
business as msr properly coats berore them. ,J
EDWARD S. WASHBURN. Presldsri.
J. S. FORD. Secretary. '
Kansas City, Six. Feb. 1st. MS. t
"moticb of itnal svrriJssaarr-itotse.ts
by given to all creditors and others, fltMrsstH la
lbs esuu of Rebecca Emmons. Uritmij that, L
lames Q. smith, administrator at seiVtsjta;' tateaa)
m stake a final settlement thereot at tsMjsju term at
Use nrebats court ot Jacksea eevatx, is'sto-saM
Kansas City. Missouri, sa tks SOU isi at Febrwatv
TsMUL HOTICE9.
IN the circuit court of Jackson county, Missouri, at
" City, division No. on (1). Case No. MSTJ.
a the matter ot the proceedlnga to ascertain and
assess damage and benefits to arise from the pro
scsed grading ot Wabash avenue from south line of
Castleton to ttn north Una of Thirty-second (Knd)
atreet. In Kansas City, Jackson county. Missouri,
under ordinance of said Kansas City, No. 1839. ap
PrT',da the 13th day ot November, A. D. 1858. and
entitled 'An ordinance to grade Wabash avenu
'T"" """a line ot Castleton to the north lln
of 32d street." Now on this, the ub 4ay ct February.
A. D. 1899, In thla. the circuit, court ot Jackson,
county. Missouri. at4 Kansas City, division number
en (1). comes Kansas City, Missouri, appearing by
Its assistant counselor. Si' S. Winn. Esq.. and snows
to the court that Its major has heretofore caused to
be filed In tela court certified copy ot the aforesaid
ordinance, and the court, being fully advised la
the premises, makes the following order herein,
to-wlt:
T AU Persons Whom It May Concern. Greeting:
Whereas. A certified copy of an ordinance of Kansas
City, Missouri. No. 10S37, spproved oa the-lltli day
of November. A. D. 1S31. and entitled "An.irdinaace
to grado Wabash avenue from the' south line of
Castleton to the north line ot 33d areet,"was by the
mayor of Kansas City, aforesaid, caused to be filed la
the circuit court ot Jackson county. Missouri, at
Kansas City, snd the general oblert anJ nature ot
said ordinance and the limits within which private
property is benefited by the propoe4 grading being
stated and defined, therein and which said ordinance
is substantially as-follows, to-wlt:
Be It ordained by the common council ot Kansas
City:
Section 1. That Wabash avenue from the sooth Una
of Castleton to the north line ot Thirty-second street
shall be graded the full width thereof and to the
established grade of the same. r
Section 3. Embankments or filU shall be made jot
earth or rock, or both combined. The wort nertla
authorized may be protected from eunaee, water oy
temporary drains cr culvert, put In under'the direc
tion ot the board ot public works, as the said board
may deem necersary. and the same may be closed.
removed or altered at will. !n accordance with the
provlslona ot section 13. ot article IX.. charter ot Kan
sas City.
Section 3. That whenever, when embankments ara
made. It shall be necessary in the opinion ot the
city engineer, by reason ot lnlunctlon proceedings or
proper objections on the part ot abutting property
owners, or for any other similar guod and sufficient
reason, to construct a wall or walls tor the support
and sustaining of any part of the street graded
(which wall or walls shall not have been Included In
tl-e approximate estimate for the making ct the Im
provement), In the place ot the usual slope given to
such embankment, the city engineer may design a
plan for a wall or wslts sultsble for the purpose, and
require the contractor to construct the same In ai
cordance therewith under his supervision and subject
to his approval and acceptance, and the construction
ot said wall or walls shall be deemed a necessary
part ot the work and Improvement authorized to be
made, and the cost thereof shall be estimated In and
deemed a pirt ot the cost of grading said street to
its legally established grade, and be .paid for In spe
cial tax bills accordingly. Provided, however, that
the prirts to be paid the contractor for each and alt
ot the materials furnished, and tor all labor done In
constructing such wall or walls shall be fixed and
determined by the city engineer, and shall under
no circumstances be in excess ot the actual cost ot
such work, plus s reasonable sum (not to exceed ten
(10) per centum of such actual cost), as profit on the
expenditure Involved on the part ot the contractor;
Section . The wirk shall be paid for In special
tax bills against and upon the lands that may be
charged with the cost thereof, according to law,
which work the common council deems It necessary
to have done, but the passage ot thla ordinance auit
the doing ot said work shall not render Kansas City
liable to pay for such work, or any part thereof,
otherwise than ky the Issue of special tax bills.
Section 5. Wheress. Prtvste property mty be dis
turbed or dsmaged by the grading herein authorized
and provided for. and the owners thereof lawfully
entitled to remuneration or damage under the coa-'
stltutlon ot this state and have not waived all right
or claim thereto, it Is ordered that proceedings to
ascertain and assess all such damages or remunera
tion be begun and carried on. and such remuneration
or damages ascertained and assessed as provided In
article VIII.. ot the charter of said city, and the
common council prescribes and determines the limits
within which private property Is benefited by tho
proposed grading herein mentioned, and the limits
within which such property shall be assessed and
charged to pay such remuneration or damages, to be
as follows, to-wlt: Beginning at s point on the
south line ot Csstleton one hundrml snd thirty-five
(133) feet west of-the west Hue ot Wabash avenue:
thtnceiaoutk and parallel to the west line ot Wa
bash avenue to thfe north line of 30th street: thence
to a point. en tne,sjoutA,Hee ot 30th street one hun
dred and thirty-seven -sad twenty-nine one hun
dredths (137.29) feet west ot the west line cf Wabash
avenue: therce south and parallel to the west line
of -Wabash avenue to the southwest corner ot let five
(3). block two (31. ot Oakvlew; thence to the north
west earner of lot eight (8). ot said block two Ct:
thence to the southwest cornerot said lot eight (8):
tbence westerly along the south line ot ssld block;
two (3) to a point one hundred snd thirty-seven (137)
feet west ot and at right angles to the west line at
Wabash avenue: thence south and parallel to the
west line of Wabash avenue to the north line ot
33nd street: thence east along the north line ot 32nd
street to a point one hundred and thirty-two) (133)
feet east of tba east line ot Wabash avenue; thence
north and parallel to the east line of Wabasn avenue
to the north line of 31st street: thence to a point on
the north line of 31st street one hundred; and thirty
two and and twenty-nine one hundredths (1339) feet
west of the west line of Prospect avenue: thencv
north and parallel to the west line ot Prospect avenue '
to the south line at Castleton: thence west to tho
piece of beginning.
Section 6. All ordinances or partg at ordinances la
conflict herewith are. Insomuch as they tonfilct with
this ordinance, hereby repealed.
Now. therefore you and each ot yon are hereb7
notified that the tilt day ot February. A. D. 1899. Is
the day. and the courtroom of division No. one (1) ot
the circuit court ot Jackson county, Missouri,, st Kaiv
Ban City, at the county court house In Ksnsaa City.
Jsckson county. Missouri. Is the piece, hereby fixed
by ssld court for the ascertaining and assessing of
damages and benefits that may arise from said pro
posed grading and that unless on or before the day
next befure the day set tor the hearing aforesaid or t
before the day to which aaid cause may have been
postponed or continued, you file with the clerk ot
said court your claim or claims for damages, con
taining a description ot the property claimed to be
damaged, and the Interest ot the claimant therein, rat
and each ot you shall be forever thereafter precludes
from making any claims on account thereof.
And the court further orders that this order be pub
lished In each Issue of The Kansas City Journal (thx
newspaper doing the city printing) tor ten days, tin
last Insertion to be not more than one week prior to
the day therein fixed tor said hearing. '
I. H. M. Stonestreet. clerk of the circuit court'ot"
Jackson county. Missouri. hereby certlfythat the forego
ing Is s true and correct copy ot the order made by di
vision No. one (I) ot the circuit court ot Jackson
county, Missouri, at Kansaa City, in the above en
titled proceeding on the 8th day ot February. A., p.
18M. as the same appears of record In my office.
witness my hand and seal ot court this 8th dsy of
rebmsry. 18J9. H. M. STONESTKEtr.
Clerk ot the Circuit Court of Jackson County. ,
sour!. I
(Seal) . By J. 3. CHA3R Deputy Clerk.
CONDEMNATIO.V OF JTrH STREET TROlt
Troost Avenue to Euclid Avenue The state ofiMls
sourl. the county ot Jsckson. the city ot Kansas
City. st. Sam Barben. George Eteitr. George TOOrir
Oth. Jr., Ode a. Kell. Amite L. Monro. Lewis Pert.,,
Ins. the Western Farm Mongers' Trust Co.. wlUitaee
notice that your property will bi taken for tsje; pur
pose specified In the ordinance of Kansas CUT, So.
10S2f. entitled "An ordinance to1 open and etubath
Thirty-seventh (Tfth) street from Troost avenue to
Euclid avenue." approved September IlstTSs. and
that a Jury will be Impaneled to ascertainIks. com
pensation therefor on the 10th day of Mattir. A. D.
189. at ten ot the clock In the forenoon, at the lower
house council chamber, on the fourth fboWof ttio
city hall building, on the southeast comer ot Fourth
and Main streets. In Kansas City. Jaclrfsi county.
Missouri. , ' -
Issued under the hand ot the city ctt't. and the
teal of Kansas City, aforesaid, this TCI der of Feb
ruary. A. D. 1899. C.',CURRY.
Real) City Clerk of Kansas Qty. Missouri.
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CONDEMNATION OF 37TH ., STREET FROM
Troost Avenue to -Euclid Avenue fbe state ct Mis
souri, the county ut Jackson, th city of Kansas
City, ss. The American Natlouatbank. of Denver.
Col.; Ida A. Darker. Annie M. Backup. Sarah L.
Beveridge. W. if. Burch, SamBarben, Alexander
Burden, a. L. Chrlsman. A. W. Chamberlain, trus
tee for Walker Cowherd: W. Epy Curtis. Martha E.
Ulapp. George Carney. 1 s. aravison. Anus
Dldlakr. J. R. Estill. C EV
Julia r. Gordon: George EtefnA
rords, trustee for
rrle A. Ely. wtfs
of George A. Ely; George, AS 1
trustee for Anna W. Lanaj
Evan A. Fusseli,
Charles E. Grlf-
mo. iieorge i. unmin.,yo.a
A. Holten, Jane W.
Mallnds Hgentrltx.
llowe, rTances l. tluan
Magdalen- C Johnston. '8
iss M. James, trustee
for John W. Norton: QdfG
ell. Anna W. Lancas
ter. Mary M. Lakenaa.Augusc C. Lelsner. Martha
W. Leavltt. Sarah Wiker. Annie L. Monroe. M-
G. Manlev. trustee;. At 'Monroe, trustee: (unknown
heln of Elizabeth Jjhtthewi. deceased). Elizabeth
Matthews. Robert Lv McEIroy. John w. Norton.
Charles G. Fatteeap. Lewis Perkins, Gsrdner T.
Parker. Helen MarflB Roberts, wife of Edwin C
Roberts; Edwin aRoberts. 11. F- Roberts, trastea
for M. R. Roberis'and O. L. Chrisman: M R.
Roberts, Phllena vf. Rounsevllle (or Phllena W.
RoundsvIIIe). MaJJ S. Rising. Robert Robyn. trustee
for August C. -liUntr: E. E. Richardson. It. L.
Sharp. Mary B.Smith. Fannie E. Spalding, wife oC
Horatio A. Snaidfng: Horatio A. Spalding. Mary S
Stone. II. Shrjder. Andrew Schmidt, Cams- F. Tor
rey. Edward' Oi' Taylor, trustee for Sarah L. Bev
eridge: the Western Farm Mortgage Trust Co.- wilt
tahe notlcetnat your property will b assessed to
compensate"for-tlie taking of private property for the
purpose spec) tad In tbe ordinance ot Kansas City.
No. 10329," entitled "An ordinance to open and es
tablish TMrty-ieventh (37th street from Troost sve
nue t Sutlld svenue," approved September 21st.
1898. an lht a Jury will be Impaneled to make
such assessment on the 10th day of March, A. D.
189. ar ten' of the clock In the forenoon, at tba
lower-kouve council chamber, on the fourth Boor ot
the rlfyjhall building, "on the southeast comer of
Fourtk and Main streets. In Kansas City, Jackson
county.-V Missouri.
J&KCd under tbe hand of the city clerk, and tba
seal -of" Kansas City, aforesaid, this 7th day of Feb
rdsry. A- D. 1SJ9. c. S. CURRT.I
-(Sean city Clerk ot Kansas City. Missouri.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX BILLS Board of Pub-ii-
AVnrb. nn.rinient of EnslneerlnF. Kiiuu rctv
JM&.'-Feb. 8th. 19. Public notice Is hereby given
xnaa specisi tax oiua auiouuuui; io t.v.j.si were is
'sed from this office on the Sth dsy ot Feb.. 189. to
.Wm. Trehey, contractor, for completing the follow-
Jnc public improvement., viz.; uruaing ucuea
street from Nineteenth (19th) street to Twenty-third
(33d) street. In compliance with ordinance No. 7888.
It aald tax bills are not paid on or berore the Sto.
day of March, 1839, they will bear Interest at the)
rate of 10 per centum per annum inn data of Issue,
Feb. I. 9. Bills msr be found at 183 Montaall
ave.. with Wm. Trehey.
After payment, the bills must be presented at city
treasurer's office to be satisfied of record.
HENRY A. wise. City Engineer.
NOTICE Is hereby given that letters et admlaUtra.
tJoa en the estate et James N. Walklna. daeaaaadw
were created to the undersigned by taa probata court
et the county of Jackson, state et Missouri, at Xaasaa
City, on the 3Jth day et January, 1st. AU persona
having claims against said estate ara required to ex
hibit the asms to the andtrslgaed for allowance.
within oaa year after the date of aald letters, or ther
amy e precluded from sny benefit et said estate, and
If each claims be not exhibited within two year
from taa date et this publication they will be ferersd
tarred. OEORGB F. BRIOH AM. JR..
AdBlalitrstac. r
Bets tils 3tk day st January. ltteV
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