The Press from Kansas City, Kansas • 1

TO REACH A COOD CLASS OF READERS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY THE PRESS READERS Gi- PRESS. WHO ANT TO I1KLP IT ALONG WIM, SAY THAT Til KY "SAW IT IN" TUK i'Ukss" purchasing goods. SHOULD BE USED GIVE IT A TRIAL. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, EKIDAY, API ML 22,1898. a -1 NO.

458. $1.00 PER YEAR. PAGES. SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS- Ab. -j THE THE THEATERS IN KANSAS CITY.

1 mmnTiTi nil CD CA jL A PERSAET BUSINESS. dared at that time to spread his name 11,,. fl.n u.l.vin Kansas' Quota of the Hundred Thousand Men Is 2,230. The saloon business is keeping ahead of the business procession on the. South Bide.

With the new rolling mill employing more than :00 men, which is to be in operation July 1 and a building of some- sort going up on every block the saloons are on the increase. At this writing Armourdnle has thirty odd saloons in full blast and there are others coming. As an instance of the aggressive spirit which pervades the joint business on the South Side the saloon keepers gave a ball the other night in one of the public halls. The affair was one of the society events of the season. The program of dances was one of the finest and each number was dedicated to some prominent joint keeper.

There was a dance to Frank Eaton, one to Tim Lyons, another to Hank Ebbins and so on through the list, the last dance on the program being dedicated to the usual bimonthly fine of 8100. The saloons of Armourdale, in point of grandeur, rank with those in high-license Kansas City, Mo. The mirrors and bar fixtures arc of elegant design and great splendor, ifeer and whisky are no longer sold in the dark little back room, but dealt out to customers in the front room on the first floor. What a change has come over this city during the past ten years. Then the retail whiskey traffic was carried on with the most guarded secrecy.

Who would have ITiESSED INTO A COLUMN. Cupid is busy. Halpiy breezes. Good byo to the oyster. Now for warm weather.

Tin ice-man is waking up. April more than half gone. The landscape is beautiful. iMsoline fires are numerous. Lilacs will be blooming soon, It makes a man crusty to loaf.

A man of spirits the distiller. Dwelling are scarce in this city. The summer car is liberally patronized. Get your stra hat out of cold storage. Golf girls are tramping the vernal hills.

Box social by the Eastern Star tonight. The new rolling mill will be at work July. quiet home -the deaf and dumb i- April showers bring mud as well as flowers. House painters are unusually busy this spring. Atlantic City has 710 hotels and boarding houses; A rare treat a stingy man "setting them up." Fresh hand-made candies at Wood's Pharmacy.

Dr. J. A. Mitchell, Sixth and Minnesota avenue. Every spring bonnet has a in it, if you'll notice.

Co. B. has received orders to recruit its number to 100. Dr. William Lambert, of, this city is writing war poetry.

Lenten circus will start on its summer tour May 1. For fire insurance, call on M. II. New hall, 114 Kansas avenue. Iron trade papers announce "a great boom in heavy ordnance." Frank J.

Armstrong, clerk of the South Side city court, is seriously ill. O'Connor's Night School, 50 cents per week. 524 Minnesota Aveuue. Prescriptions filled, and sick room necessaries furnished at Wood's. The locomotive firemen will dance at McLean McAnany's hall to-night.

The heirs of the S. S. Peterson estate have reached an amicable settlement. Hindi's Restaurant, 618 Minnesota avenue. Best 15 cent meal in the city.

Guttering and spouting at lowest prices atF.W. Bartlett Minnesotaavenue. Thieves stole cigars and tobacco from the groeerystore of Oscar WTeiss Monday night. Moral Insure your dwellings and furniture with O. G.

Maurer. Room 4, Welsh building. Henry A. Parsons, Democratic nominee for the Legislature, is in Doniphan county on a visit. Money to loan on personal property, W.

S. Pope, Room 101 Mass. building, Kansas City, Mo. The Trades Assembly of this city has not taken action on the settlement of the Armour boycott. A scarcity of wheat has caused the Rex mills to shut down.

One hundred men are thrown out of work. The Rev. Douglass I. Hobbs is the successor of the Rev. Dean Duffy, as rector of St.

Paul's Episcopal church. Attorney General Boyle is in the city to-day investigating the charges against Chief Quarles and the police department The funeral of Mrs. II. C. Clark, who was burned to death Monday night, was held Thursday from the Central Methodist church.

Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. one now. n.y dear." Siiiil the (irnom when 'twas Him, in Vss than year She alone was the one. WW I EZL nm fPfffjy 15 BIT f- TToTTI i.iKis rips PWK fto'oR0, tiyfi 's WJH lip URDNT 1 ps 1 1 11 CZDC CD, LZD EG INNING Sunday nisrht the Comes Opera bouse will throw opn its doors to the public at popular prices, the attraction being drama by the Buldwiu-Mellvillo company and vaudeville. This company has appeared for weeks ut a time to largo business ut New Orleans, Memphis and otbor Southern cities.

The company is a strong one and will cive uiuo different plays as follows: Sunday night, "Bulls and Monday night, "Hazel Tuesday night, "All the Comforts of Wednesday matinee und night "The Two and "Master and Thursday night, "Over the Friday night, "The Saturday matinee and night, "Kip Van Winkle" and "Ten Nights In a Bar Hoom." The admission at night, is 10, 'JO and 30 cents, matinee 10 cents High class vaudeville will be given between the acts. HE Grand Opera house will have for its attraction next week the Rays in "A Hot Old Time." The author of the comedy is Edgar Selden, who wrote ''Me-Kenna's Flirtations," in which Barry and Fay starred for seven seasons. The action is rapid and complications follow each other in such quick succession as to cause continuous laughter. The company plays from the beginning to the end of the piece with unflagging vigor and life. The Hays MRS.

HOT OLD TIME. Johnny and Emma have parts that afford them ample scope for their peculiar gifts of character portrayal which have given them their reputation. Johnny Ray as Larry Mooney, Mrs. Emma Ray as Mrs. General Stonewall Blazer, John C.

Leach as General Blazer, Bernard Dyllyn as Alkali Ike, Jessie Heworth and Ada Stockholm as the general's daughters are leading players. 2) OMEDY will predominate ut ihe Orpheum next week. Al Leach and "the Three Rosebuds" (Lottie Vincent Mabel Fuller and Mollie Moller) head the list in a musical comedy, entitled "Their First Lesson." John J. BurKc, the American comedian, assisted by Miss Grace Forrest, will present their own creation. "Tricks of the Trade," a fantastic medley of sornrs, jokes, monologue and ourlesijuer-ies.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Lote Silver, hong illustrators, will sing the very latest descriptive song hits, including "On the Wedding Mot'n." The Trocadero quartettee will appear in an original Southern sketch 'The Telephone Agent," Jerome Bell will give a mirthful farcical sketch; Ar-neld Gardner, styled "the ideals of refinery comedy," will figure as the "Broadway Swells," Scott Wilson will give an exhibition of Uninese acrobatic comedy Zsryni, the Australian' equilibristio marvel will perform some remarkable feats on his hands, and La Petite Lund, the most versatile and diminutive of commediennes will umaze all who see her perform. Tired raying Tihck Kent.

The attempt to purchase, options en land along the Union Pacific road in this county is probably for the Rock Island company which uses the tracks of the Union Pacific from this city to Topcka. The Rock Island people are tired paying rent to the Union Pacific company and intend to build a line of their own. Huse MhII At KxpiiHitlon I'ark. On account of the rain Thursday the oeninggame of baseball did not take place at Exjiosition park between the Hlues and the Minneapolis team. The parade and game are scheduled for this afternoon playing to begin o'clock The Ulues will also play the Millers on Saturday and Sunday.

Peter Wilt Not Come. On account of the gravity of the situation at Washington Hon. M. S. Peters will not be homo on Saturday as announced to attend a reception by his friends in this city.

Miller' I'olitlc. The Wyandotte Herald classes O. L. Miller as a "stalwart" Republican. or Sale, Three Mexican wild cats, apply at Wolru Fair Kxoiangk, 44 Minnesota anemic.

Nick Sooer. property from the hot rays of the sun? Fancy "Frank Eaton's" and his "Merchants' "Thorp and Zoller" or "Palmer and Terry" in big and beautiful letters staring at the public on Kansas avenue. It was regarded as rather bold in Andy Kassimer, five years ago, to paint the front of his saloon yellow and put on it the number "509" in big figures. But now we have "The Antlers" on a beautiful sign in the McLean MeAnany building on Kansas avenue. Prohibition is regarded as a dead letter in this town.

The brewery people are purchasing town lots and erecting there on buildings for saloon purposes. Val Blatz is just completing a fine substantial brick on Kansas avenue, near the Swift packing house; Heim is digging a foundation for a large establishment at Riverview, one of the finest points in the whole city. Flannigan, who runs a circuit of thirty joints in the two cities, has a fine building near the Swift packing house, and on every hand are evidences that the saloon business has the upper hand. No sooner was ground broken for the new rolling mill than an enterprising boarding house keeper of the west end of Armourdale commenced the erection of a saloon building just across Twelfth street from the new industry. Within a stone's throw of this new site there are Uireo other saloons in full blast.

table, roulette wheel and chips and cards. Everything was hauled to police headquarters. The men gave fictitious names and were released on bond in the sum of $20 each. Washington, April 23. The Key West fleet, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, lifted anchor and sailed for Cuba, for the purpose of blockading Havana harbor.

The flying squadron under command of Commodore Schley, has also sailed under scaled instructions. Its destination is not known, but it is -surmised that It will patrol the coast. Thus the first step" toward actual hostilities has been taken. The Senate promptly passed the volunteer House bill, and in its amended- form it will go back to the house. It is expected to reach the White house to-day.

The President will immediately issue his call for 100,000 volunteers, prepared several days ago. Eighty thousand men from the militia forces of the various states, fitly apportioned, will be used to supplement the regulars in an invasion of Cuba in co-operation with the insurgents, and 20,000 to man the coast defenses. It is understood that the Key West fleet, under Captain Sampson, will make no assault on Havana immediately, but blockade that port against all communication with the outside world. The first blow will probably be struck by the land forces. Cuba is expected to pass from the jurisdiction of the Spanish flag inside of two weeks.

It is estimated that not more than ten days will be required to concentrate the troops at Key West, in readiness for transportation to the island. The son of Nellie Grant Sartoris, grandson of General Grant, has tendered his services to General Fitzhugb Lee, and it is understood his offer has been accepted. Mrs. Sartoris is now applying to Congress to have her American citizenship restored. The number of men required from each state under the call for volunteers, will be in the proportion that its population bears to that of the whole country.

Accorbing to this ratio, the several states would be called on to furnish men as follows: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 273; Florida, Georgia. 2.530; Idaho, 1S6; Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 1.552; Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 419; Nebraska, Nevada, 110; New Hampshire, 602; New Jersey, 2,370, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, 309; Ohio, Oregon, 663; Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 568; South Dakota, South Carolina, 59S; Tennessee, 2.44S; Texas, Utah, 310; Vermont, 50T; Virginia, 2,230: Washington, 942; West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, 185: Arizona, 145: District of Columbia, 33S; New Mexico, 272: Oklahoma, 114 BATTLESHIP OREGON. Navy Depart in ent Apprehensive for Her Snfety On Her Way to Key Went. Washington, April 22. Particular reticence is observed regarding the movements of the battleship Oregon and the gunboat Marietta, now on their way around the Horn to join the war fleets in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Oregon sailed from Callao on the 9th instant, since which time nothing has been heard from her. It is believed she passed Valparaiso and is now Hearing the port of Montevideo, Uruguay. A formidable Spanish torpedo boat is supposed to be somewhere in that vicinity awaiting the arrival of the big battleship, and some fear is expressed that she may creep upon her unawares, and consequently considerable relief will be felt when the arrival of the Oregon at some South American port is reported. It is probable that when the Oregon reaches lliode Janeiro or Hahiashe may be joined by the brazilian cruiser, Nic-theroy, recently purchased for the United States navy, and the two vessels will come to the United States together. May Declare Neutrality.

Pakis, April 22. M. Hanotaux, the minister of foreign affairs, convened a meeting of the high officials of the var.ious ministries to consider the question of a declaration of neutrality and its consequences. Havana Prepare for a War Currency. Havana, April 22 At a meeting yesterday of the directors of the Spanish bank it was agreed to declare compulsory the acceptance of paper money at its value upon the day of presentation, and to receive it at the previous dRy'js value.

April 20, 1898 -WoodforJ, Minister, Madrid: You have fceen furnished with the text of a joint resolution vote! ty the Congress of the Unite! States upon the 19th inst approyel to-day in relation to the pacification of the island of Cuba- In obedience to that act. the President directs you to immediately communicate to the government of Spain said resolution with the formal de mand of the United States that the government of Spain must relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its lanl and naval forces from Cuba and Cubac waters In taking this step the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention. to exercise sovereignty-jurisdiction or control over saiJ island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people under such free and independent government as they, may establish If by the hour of noon, on Saturday next, the 23d day of April, instant, there be not communicated to government by that of Spain a full and satisfactory response to this demand and resolution whereby the ends of peace in Cuba shall be assured, tb President will proceed without further-notice to use the power and authority enjoined and conferred upon hint by the said joint resolution to such ar extent as may be necessary to carry the same into effect. Sherman Washington, April 22. The following statement of the text of the ultimatum to Spain was issued by tha-State department yesterday: "On yesterday, April 20, 1898, about: 11 o'clock a.

the department off State served notice of the purpose oC this government by delivering to Minister Polo a copy of an instruction to Minister Woodford and also a copy of the resolutions passed by tbe Coa--gress of the United States upon the-19th inst. After the report of thin-notice the Spanish minister delivered to the State department a request foe passports, which were furnished to him on yesterday afternoon. Copy of the instruction to Woodford is herewith appended. "The United States minister at Mad- -drid was, at the same time, instructed to make a like communication to tht government of Spain. This morning-the department received from General Woodford a telegram, a copy of which, is hereunto attached, shewing that the Spanish government bad broken, off diplomatic relations with this government.

This course renders unnecessary any furthur diplomatic action on the part of the United States. (Telegram): "Madrid April 23, 0:20 a Sherman, Washington: Early this (Thursday) morning, after the receipt of your opea telegram, and before I bad communicated same to Spanish government, Spanish minister of foreign affairs notified me that diplomatic relation are to be broken between the two countries and that all official communication between their respective representatives have ceased. 1 accordingly asked for safe passports. Turn legation over to British embassy and leave for Paris this afternoon. Have notified consuls.

(SignedV; WoonFoun." rortngoeae Sympathize With Spain. Lonkon, April 22. The Lisbon correspondent of the Times says: "The Portuguese press has shown remark able forbearance in its comments hitherto, but now it displays great sympathy with Spain. Las Novidadea calls the action of the United State 'deceit, perfidious, unscrupulous an! repugnant' The price of bread i rapidly rising." Wonlcl (all for 600,000 Men. Indianaioms, April All the supreme and appellate judges, all the state officials and deputies, with many others, have forwarded a petition to President McKinley, requesting that men constitute the first ca.lL Armies face Each Other.

Managua, Nicaragua, April Tha. peace negotiations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica have failed. War is probable. The two armies are facing-each other near the frontier, carcely-half a mile apart. A New Agent for tbe Osagea.

Washington, April 22. The folio-ring nominations were sent to the Sea-ate to-day: William J. Pollock of the IMstrict of Columbia, to be agent for the Indians of the Osage agency hot. Oklahoma. RADFORD LYTLE'S NEW RESTAURANT.

A firm which is regarded as one of the fixtures of Armourdale if that of Radford Lytic, the members being- John W. Radford, member of Council from the Sixth ward and Charles Ljtle. They have been in the restaurant business in this city for more than ten years coming' here from Cherryvale, this state. They are now occupying a beautiful new brick building- at 412 and 412J Kansas avenue, which has been built where the former building- stood. The first floor will be used as a dining room and lunch counter and on the next floor are ten rooms fitted up for lodging- apartments with all modern conveniencies.

The restaurant will rank with the best in the city as it has in the past. A Receiver Wanted lor lUrl.e ui Block. An application was filed in the district court of Wyandotte county Thurs day by Erastus W. Marston of Oakland county, California, asking for the ap pointment of a receiver for the adjustment of the affairs of a partnership composed of himself, Jacob I. Netter and W.

D. Fairehild. The firm owns a business block in Armourdale, known as the McLean MeAnany block, and Marston claims that he has not been receiving his share of the rents. At. Seven O'clock In the Morning.

Melinda T. Clark, superintendent of the County schools, will hold an examination for all teachers desiring certifi cates tor tenoning nr tne itign oenooj. corner Seventh street and Ann avenue on Saturday, April .10. beginning at 7 o'clock in the morning. Knlsed The Ire of Crowd, When news of war came on Thursday, Tom Collins, a Minnesota avenue cobbler tacked the following sign on his door: "Closed in memory of a Christian nation thatdecends to the barbarity of war." The police prevented a crowd from mobbing Collins.

ees For Lnwynm. According to the statement of the re ceiver of the. Argentine bank, just pub lished, the attorneys in the case, Moore Berger, have already received over wo thousand dollars in attorney's fees. ILKENHANS' NEW BUILDING. The cut above shows the front of the new building now being erected by Mr.

I. P. Ilkenhans, the jeweler at 625 Kansas avenue. This site adjoins his present place of business where he has been conducting a successful business for more than ten years. Mr.

Ilkenhans came here at that time from Weston, Mo. The building is of fine brick -with terra cotta trimmings. The upper part of the building will be occupied by Mr. Ilkenhans as a residence of the latest improvements and conveniences. It will be finished in about one month.

Uuinbliug House Raided. Police raided the building at 410 Kansas avenue, run by Thorp Zoller Thursday night and captured four men. The police also secured a crap table, oker Bpnnldh llonit Again Lower. London, April 'i. Spanish 4s opened at 33, Advanced to 33, reacted to and later rallied to 33 M.

Yesterday's closing price was mi-.