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State latonc8ocietr QlTY 1JBLE hi MNfH YEAR NO. 235. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1894.

EIGHT PRICE. TWO CENTS. i I THE STARS AND STRIPES. REPUBLICAN POLIC. TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.

REPORT DAWE'S WILL FINISH SOON. LOOKS MY BAD. i GRAI CONGRESS. Two Hundred Delegates in Attendance at New Orleans. MISSOURI ODD FELLOWS.

Grand Officers Installed-Final Ar rangements Being Made for the Methodist University at Washington DairyAssociation in Session. New Orleans, Nov. 22. The grain congress met yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Washington Artillery hall. There was a fair attendance of outside visitors, but not as many as was anticipated, the railroad companies not giving early enough as advantageous rates as were desired.

There were about 200 delegates in the hall when the convention was called to order by F. G. Ernest, of the board of trade, who introduced Gov. Fister, His excellency greeted the delegates warmly, and spoke of the excellent results that were likely to follow the deliberations of so representative a gathering of men from different states. Mayor Fitzpat-rick spoke in behalf of the city of New Orleans.

Ex-Mayor Cowherd, of Kansas City, replied for the delegates, and then routine business was transacted. To-day will be devoted to sightseeing on the river, and the actual work of the convention will not begin until Friday morning. MISSOURI ODI FELLOWS ADJOURN. St. Louis, Nov.

22. The grand encampment of Odd Fellows of Missouri concluded its labors and adjourned yesterday evening. All the business of the encampment was of a routine character. The following grand officers were installed: Henry Cable, of Bethany, grand patriarch; S. W.

Hoover, of Harrisonville, grand high priest; C. A. Linck, of St. Louis, senior warden; J. G.

Atkins, of Kansas City, grand junior warden; E. M. Sloan, of Louis, grand scribe; E. Wilkerson, of St. Louis, grand treasurer; Dr.

M. T. llalsley, of Joplin, grand marshal; T. J. Preston, of Stanbury, grand inside guardian; C.

Wl Bolster, of Princeton, grand outside guardian, and J. N. Mnnrell, of Cameron, grand represent ative. There are two representatives, one chosen at each session of the grand encampment. The other representative, whose term holds over, is Mr.

B. M. Dilley, of Hamilton. The next an-' nual session will be held at Liberty, Mo. SIKTnODISTS' BIO COLLKGE.

Washington, Nov.22. Final arrangements are making for the beginning of the construction of the great American university to be erected under the supervision of the Methodist church in the northwest suburbs of Washington, the universitj will surrounded by ninety acres of high and beautiful ground, most, of it given by the Methodists of Washington. The general plan of the university provides for three buildings for the uf-e of all departments. They ill probably be connected, though it has not yet been decided upon. The structures will be of blue stone or granite.

At some future time there will be established in connection with the university a school of theology for the higher education of Methodists. It is intended that the, whole project shall involve 5,000,000. DAIKV ASSOCIATION IX 8KSSIOS. TorEfvA, Nov. J2.

The State' Dairy association is holding its seventh' annual convention at Representative hall. About fifty delegates are in attendance. More are expected. President Nissley delivered his annual address at the morning session yesterday. The afternoon session was devoted to the discussion of reports from the several officers of the association.

POSTMASTERS MUST WAIT. St Is Probable No More Appointment Will lie Made Until After Congress Convene. Washington, Nov. 22. It is stated at the post office department that no more appointments of presidential postmasters are likely to be made until after congress meets.

There are several reasons for this decision. The principal one of which is that a postmaster appointed now must be re- nominated when congress next month, and that second appointment will sitate the filing of a new! meets. this nece-: bond. Further than this it is thought best to avoid any possible discourtesy to the wmate by waiting the fortnight before the congressional session begins before making any more appointments, no matter how urgent. It is understood that this suspension of appointments will apply to officers under all the other executive departments.

NOT ENOUGH VOTES. Grant, Seward and Steven Counties WIU Lose Tbeir Legislative Kepre- entative. Topeka, Nov. 22. The conn-ties of Grant, Stevens and Seward, situated in the western part of the state, have lost their representative in the legislature this year.

Each cast less than 200 votes at the late election. The law requires that a county shall cast at least 200 votes. The representatives elected are. entitled to pay and mileage, but they will have no vote in the proceedings of the house. There will, therefore, be only 123 voting members in the house this winter.

The regular number is 125. county just saved itself, casting 201 vote. Realistic. Little Willie Boo ho oo! Fond Mother (suddenly appearing) Good gracious, children! What's the -matter? What are you playing at? Little Willie (sobbing) We're playin at be in' pTicemen, and Johnny Bloxam's the captain; an he says hell club the o' me if I don't give him the two dollars out of my missionary -Puclc. Monsignore Satolli Allows No Other Decorations at a Banquet.

New York, Nov. 22. At a dinner given to Archbishop batoili Wednesday, at the residence oi Monsignore beton, in Pavonia avenue, Jersey City, the American flag played a conspicuous part. "I love America and the American people." said the arch bishop to Monsignore Seton, "and if you wish to give me real pleasure, use no drapery for ornamentation except the American flag." Accordingly the dining ball was festooned with the stare and stripes, and Archbishop Satolli repeatedly referred to it in the course of the dinner, saying that one of the most pressing civic duties of the Catholic church in this country was to inculcate patriotism. That virtue, he contended, was the epitome of all others, and therefore too much stress could not be laid nnon i it.

It could not be ascertained whether or not Monsignore Satolli intended by his frequent allusions to the subject to convey the idea that he tacitly ap proved the conduct of Rev. rather Ducey, who was oraered by Archbish op currigan to curb his zeal tor mu nicipal reform. When asked about this by a reporter, Monsignore Satolli replied evasively that he had not until today heard of Arehoishop Corngan order to Father Ducey to cease attend ing the Lexow committee sittings. He would not venture any opinion on the subject, inasmuch as he will, no doubt, be called upon to adjudicate between the archbishop and Father Ducey. CLEARED THE SIDEWALK.

A Runaway Horse Causes a Stampede and Injures Its Driver. There was a lively runaway on Minnesota avenue this morning. A horsu driven by W. H. Hitchens, son of G.

D. Hitchins, beeamo unmanageable and started west from Fourth street at a furious pace. The wagon struck a water ping and young Hitchins was thrown out, sustaining serious injuries. It was thought his arm was broken. The.

horse with only the shafts attach ed continued its nignr. aim tooic to me sidewalk along tho avemv from Fifth to sixth, completely clearing it ot ped-j estrians. There were many narrow es-1 capes. The horse turned into the ailey uear the Columbia building and fell, badly cut and bruised. THE STRIKE COMMISSION.

New York Tribune: We do not. cen-suie the commission for its strictures upon the Pullman system, some of which are just; nor for its ill-concealed and agresaive hostility to railway corporations, nearly all of which require public discipline; nor for its intelligent and zealous sympathy with labor organizations, which on the whole succeed in promoting the welfare of working people. What we do condemn the commission for is the recklessness and folly with which it has indirectly, but no less positively, justified eruditions of irresponsible dictatorship, rapine, lawlessness and anarchy and thereby ojtfnly invited a recurrence of similar outbreaks equally alarming and destructive. New York Evening Post (Dem. An astonishing position takan by the commission is in lavor ot compulsory arbitration, binding on the railroads but not binding on the employes.

This seems too aburd to be crediable, but there it stands in black and white. "Railroads havo not the inherent rights of employers engaged in private business," and hence a law can be passed to compel them to pay whatever wages a commission of arbitration may fix upon. On the other hand, employes have an "inherent, inalienable right to work or quit," and therefore they cannot be forced to accept wages they not like. This is the most laborish scheme of compulsory arbitration ever devised, and has about as much chance of being adopted as the heads-I win--tails-you-lose. principle in gambling.

New York Sun The commissioners have brought out no facts with which the public have not long been familiar, and their summary of the evidence they took presents nothing of especial interest. The conclu sions at which they arrive and the rec- ommeudations which thev make are all that deserves consideration. Of these conclusions and recommendatons the single one of importance is that in which compulsory arbitration is advocated. When it comes to enforcing the decisions of such a commission against employes, a different view is taken. "Coercing 'employes to obey tribunals in selling their lalior," it is declared, would be a dangerous encroachment upon tho inherent, inalienable right to work or quit as they please!" The bare statement of this proposed remedy for strikes demonstrates its futility.

A controversy between employer and employe can be settled neither jnstly nor peaceably by any proceeding which shall bind the one to abide by its result, and leave the other free to obey or not as he pleases. THE TOOTH BRUSH QUESTION. While London is agitated over tho proper amount of dogma to administer to voung children, Sheffield has been discussing a very different question namely, whether the tooth brush is an indispensable instrument of education. The board of guardians in that town is honorably distinguished "by an enlightened adoption of a system of placing the children in homes, away from association with pauperism; but they have been sharply divided on the great toothbrush question. One of the guardians had no tooth brushes when a boy, ergo, they are a superflous luxury.

Another, a town councilor and an active deacon in a Congregational church, proclaimed, with a proud and indeed boastful air, that "he had never bought a toothbrush in the course of a long life.a devotion to economy which, to the citizen nursed in the lap of luxury and pampered to the verge of effeminacy, seems somewhat amazing. A guardian, however, who combines with care of the poor the honorable calling of a chemist and druggist, came to the rescue of the tooth brushes, and references by others to the pains of toothache completed the discomfiture ot tho economists. As they retreated from the field of their disaster, the guardian who has spent a happy and useful life without the amelioration of a toothbrush, fired a Parthian shot at the victors in the shape of a sarcastic in quiry whether kid gloves were also to be supplied. 1 I Bob Dunning jeweler and optican. Turner's hand laundry, 420 Minne sota avenue.

Satisfaction guaranteed. A baby girl is the latest arrival at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Holzmark's, 520 Ann avenue. Hansford Allen's photos are the best 542 Minnesota avenue.

Yesterday afternoon Judge Monahan united in marriage D. II. Sleet and Miss Eliza Shields, both, of this city. August Boeke brought suit in the district court yesterday to recover 486.81 from T. J.

Payne et aL, on a promissory note. Good domestic coal, $3 per tan, de livered to any part of the city. Union Coal Co. Office, 1020 North Fifth street. Yard, Second and Minnesota avenue.

Rev. W. H. Younger; of Palmyra. is conducting a series of success ful revival meetings at the Seventh Street M.

E. church. They are largely attended and much interest is manifest ed. There is a case of malignant diph theria at 023 Sandusky avenue. Yesterday Freddie, the 4-year-old child of Mr.

and Mrs. Rodicoff died of thelafliic- tion and three other children are down with it. It is said the disease is quite prevalent in some parts of the city. Probate Judge Monahan yesterday issued licenses to the following couples: Anton Hallgist, Kansas City, Kansas, aged 22, and Mary Peterson, Kansas City, Kansas, aged 18; William T. McDonald, Kansas City, aged 34, and Anna E.

Hines, Kent. asred 32. Randies Sou, Drugs, 514 Minnesota avenue. The city has accepted bids for furnishing coal of B. J.

Wahlenmaier of the Kansas City. Kansas, Coal company. The coal is the Cherokee and Weir City lump. It will cost 10 4-5 cents a bushel. The city's coal bills usually run up to about $850 annually.

Oysters in any style at Hinch Bros. Ford and Crawford, local talent composing a team of specialties will be tendered a benefit tomorrow evening at the Fifth Street opera house. These young man am more than amateurs, having made a tour over the country, and giving some creditable performances. Hansford Allen's photos never fail to please. 542 Minnesota avenue The funeral of E.

J. Brown occurred yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Franklin lodge A. O. U. W.

It was largely attended. Brown leaves a widowed mother whose only support he was. Ravi' F. Wells of the Edgertou Baptist church had charge of the ceremonies. The burial was made at Oak Grove cemetery.

The National Feed and Coal 212 Kansas avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, dealers in all kinds of coal and feed. Prices reasonable and prompt delivery. J. W. Kissick, manager.

Zeba S. Gibson yesterday filed suit in the district court for $5, 800 damages against the city. Some -tie ago the council disallowed his claim of $1,000 damages for iersonal injuries. Gibson claims that he fell down on a defective sidewalk at Seventh street and Kansas avenue a tew montns ago and received juries which have since prevented him from earning his living. CONCERNING PINS.

One article of the laws of the anient pin-makers of Paris was that no maker should open more than one shop for the sale of his wares, except on New Year eve and New-iear day; then the court ladies obtained money from their husbands, and flocked to the shops for their yearly supply of pins; hence, the term "pin-money," which, when pins became more easily obtained, la dies spent in other luxuries, but the tHini, pin-niouey, is still in tiso. So long ago as the year 1347 a royal Princess had twelve thousand pins delivered from the royal wardrobe for her use, and in 1400 the Duchess Or- eans purchased of Jehan Breconn- ier pin-maker of Paris, severalthousand long and short besides five hundred pins of English make; thus we find how long ago pins were made, and in use in great quantities, both in England and in France. So, we can well understand how, when this country was voung, pins were to the colon ists a verv essential part of their outfit and when sending to the mother-coun tries for different articles ot household use pins were never omitted irom the lists. We find in an old Boston newspaper an advertisement dated May, 11, 1761, seting forth that John and Thomas Stevenson had imported, among otner commoaities, puis and needles. SHE'S AGAINST SUFFRAGE.

Helen Mather the popular author ess of "Comin' Thro' the Rye," holds verv decided views on the advanced feminine and all its ways. half a dozen advanced women think that they are going to revolutionize men by their very advanced books, they make be a great mistake," she says. "Men will go on sinning, and otherwise being men; and women will go on forgiving, and, for the most part, behaving themselves just as they do today in certain matters to tne nd of tne chapter. Women were made for men, not men for women. Alan place is out in the world as bread-winner; aud it is a wife's duty, and should be her pleasure, to mind tbe nouse, and enjoy herself in any way that does not interfere with her domestic duties.

JI would not sign the 'Woman's Suffrage' under any circumstance," adds the authoress, "and when you reflect that no woman. as writer, sculptor, orator, or artist, has ever been able to beat man on his own ground, it will bring home the fact that woman, whilst she may t3 the friend, can never be the rival of man." Four living generations have pored over the war pictures, of Harper's famous artist, Theodore R. Davis, who died at Asbury Park, N. last week. When Sherman marched to the tea, Artist Davis marched with' him, and the splendid illustrations of that famous journey over the enemy's terri-torj which appeared form time to time in Harper's Weekly were the work of his penciL Mr.

Davis' reputation as a war artist was farther enhanced by the exclusive illustation of the fight between the Merrimac and Monitor. He was twice wounded, oncer at Shiloh, and again at Antietam. The doctors threatened to amputate both of his legs but the artist slept with pi stols under his pillow and dared- them Will Fght the Pop Gun Tariff Bills Will Oppose All Efforts Toward Tariff Changes. Washington, Nov. 22.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, and Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, are in the city. Mr. Lodge has already expres sed his idea of the republican policy in the next house. Mr. Piatt seems to agree with the idea suggested by Mr.

Lodge. In discussing today the pro bable actions of the republicans, Mr. Piatt, said: "The duty of republicans negatively seems to be clear. They should not permit any tinkering with the tariff. They have nor the power to enact legislation; they have the ability to prevent the democrats from 'passing any of the proposed popgun tariff bills.

The republicans ought not to be called upon in the coming short session of congress to assist the democrats to correct their own errors. The democrats defiantly formulated their policy after a long session of congress devoted very largely to a consideration of tariff matters. They have said that the country needs rest from agitation. The country should be given an opportunity to take that rest. Time should be afforded to enable the industries of the country to adapt themselves to the democratic system.

1 think that the present tariff law should not be changed during the coming session in any resect whatever. "It follows, I think, that it would be unwise for the republicans to aid the democrats in passing any bill designed even to change the present sugar4sched-ule. While the republicans are generally opposed to that schedule and made their opposition very clear by their speeches and their one familiar with legislation knows that it will not be possible for the democrats "to bring in any bill as to the sugar schedule or any pop guu bill as to any separate article in the tariff without reopening the whole tariff subject." Mr. Piatt stated that the republican policy would be to get through the routine business incident to the short session, and if that business was not done, through efforts on the part of the democrats to pass more tariff legislation, then the responsibility for an extra session would rest upon the latter. It is hardly possible that the democrats who profess so much eagerness to pass these popgun tariff bills will press them to the exclusion of appropriation bills.

It seems very certain, however, that if they are called up tho republicans will nght then until the 4th of March, even if the appropriation bills die on the calendar mo an extra session is made necessary he policv of the republicans will be no more tariff legislation of any char acter. RESUBMISSION OF PROHIBITION A Monster Petition Is to Bo Prepared With 100,000 Names. Topeka, Nov. 22. A.

resubmission eague is to be organized in Topeka to induce the legislature to again submit the prohibition amendment to the peo ple to be voted on at the next election. It is tne plan to iorm a non-partisan slate" association, and then organize subordinate leagues in every township in the state. The call for the meeting will be issued in a few days. It is said that prominent republicans, as well as democrats and populists, are interested in the formation of such an organiza tion, but those who will talk about it refuse to give their names. It is un derstood that ex-State Seuator Ed Car roll of Leaven wortn and ex-Governor George W.

GliciC of Atchison will use their influence to secure such a large organization that it will result in fore- ing the legislature to resubmit the pro- hibition amendment. The members of the German league will also take active in the formation of a resubmission league, as that organization was formed for that purpose. POOR PEOPLE AND PORK. I once acted as a judge at a cooke exhibition where there was a prize offered for the best dinner for a working man at sixpence a head. Almost without exception, the workingmau's wife had turned to pork for the only possi bility.

Fried iork chops, Itoiled bacon, i boiled salt pork. It was explained to the conn titors afterward that pork is the most indi- gestible of all meat; that it takes six hours to aigest, as against three and a half hours for btef and four for nmt- ton; that it is more subject to diseases that can contracted by man from eating it than any other sort of meat; that Sir Benjamin Richardson has pointed out that the comparative immunity of the Jews from disease even though they have been generally forced to live crowded and poor, was chiefly dne to their avoidance of pig for food. Would all this produce any effect? Pork, it must be confessed, figures largely in a really remarkable series of recipes given a little book called "One hundred cheap each of which can be made a shilling." The author of this has publish ed several other books on cheap cookery, some of which, especially "Din ner Dishes and feupper Uishes "tor Poople of Small Means," have become celebrate-1. There are crowds of 'cookery books for the rich, but these are avow-lv for the majo ity who are not rich. they all presuppose a good fire, and plenty of time on the part of the cook, and thus are really not suited for the poor so much as for the "genteel" poor who are so numer ous in European overcrowded and over- educated countries.

Each of thejantnor dishes sufficient for four or five people, at a cost of a shilling for the whole party, and it is certainly interesting to see how she makes no fewer than 101 of these dainty plates. She docs it fairly, but pork sadly often figures as the chief item. WelL after all, pork was the main stay of our forefathers. It was not th roast beef of Old England that fed the men of Cressy, Aginoourt, or the commonwealth; in those times beef was a rare dish for the greater part of the year. It was the pig that was the only abundant and usual meat of those days when neither turnips not cultivated grasses had been introduced and when, accordingly, nearly all the few beasts had to be killed off and stored in salt for the winter, and the sheep were grown for our then staple industrythe wool trade and not for food.

So one must not speak of pork too scornfully; moreover, it is "still the cheapest meat that can be had, for strong digestions nothing is cheap that injures health. Sbvnlmma's fitunp. Speckled leaty. Fcrfeo Rapid Progress is Being Made in Little Murder Case. the MANY WITNESSES EXAMINED.

Nothing Particularly New Brought Out Thus FarThe Defense Believes the Stats Has Not Made Its Case Any Stronger Than the First Trial. Olathe, Nov. 22. (Special). At the rate the Little murder case is now progressing it bids fair to be concluded much sooner than had been anticipated.

The prosecution got through with its testimony in short order and the rapidity with which the witnesses for the defense are put through leads to the conclusion that this week will see all tho evidence in. Thus far there has been notiung particularly new in tlie evidence, varying any from the facts brought out in the first trial. ine attorneys tor tne prosecution pro fess to feel confident of securing a con viction. The attorneys for Little i'o not think the state has made their case any stronger than it was the first trial when the jury failed to agree. The witnesses thus far examined for the defense are E.

S. W. Drought.Char- les Ssssious, Rev. J. W.

Alderman, O. K. Serviss, W. Connelly, W. Ryus, W.

S. Beard, C. I. Lee, R. Boling, Dick Walker.

M. V. Vande and Dr. E. J.

Lutz. Very nearly all testified that they had never known Little to be other than a peaceable cit izen. Several of them said that John- son had the reputation of lliail Lutz an(l being a bad testified that they had heard Johnson make threat against Little. THE STOCK YARDS. Up to Date News From That Quarter.

Busy Cattle opened slow and 5 to 10 cents lower at Chicago. Closed veiy dull and weak. Receipts lo.oOl), over 1,500. Kansas City receipts, 7,699 and 7,214 over. Market dull all day.

Chicago received 42,000 hogs, Kansas City 12,015 and 2,412 over. Opened linn to cents higher. Light, weak at to $4.45 mixed $4.10 to I eavy $4.15 to closed all weak at Chicago; here firm at 10 cents higher than opened yesterday. Sheep weak but st ady at Chicago; receipts 12,000, here 72.J and re ciepts cattle 7,000, hogs 14,000, sheep 2,000, 4h8 cars and 24 quarantined Among leading sales, were: 78 hogs. 19.SG0, 76 80 hogs 15,280, 51 hogs, 12,050, 45; 73 hogs, 19,590, 4.

45; 27 hogs, 5,720, 4.25; 08 hogs. 14,950, $4.40 77 17,150, $4.43 3:70 hogs, bogs, $4.42 39 hogs, 7,250, 34.25; nogs, lo.oou, $4.45, 12 hogs. 73 hogs, 2,930, 4.40; o3 sheep, 0,340, $2.75, .2 sheep, 5,090, tough old cows, 19,370, 12 native cows, 12,030, 2,930, 4.40; 53 sheep, 2 cows, a cows, 50 Colorado stock steers, 5 feeders, 3,940, $3. A BIBLE BRINGS $1,000. 4,400, 51,400, One of the Two Copies Now Extant Sold Out of George Livermore's Library.

Boston, Mass. Nov. 22. A copy of the Bible was sold in Boston today for $1,000. It was at the auction sale of the valuable private library of George Liv-ermore.

of Cambridge. The Bible in question was the celebrated "soldier's pocket Bible," and it was bought by 3. O. Wright, a New York dealer. The 7 "ther copy of this unique publica- tion is in the Uritisli Museum.

It was published in 1043 for the use of soldiers who fought under Cromwell. There are but sixteen pages in the little pamphlet. HAS NINE LIVES. The rebellion in Brazil is longer dying than a cat or a snake. The new president, Moraes, has asked General Castilho to resign the governorship of Rio Grande do Sul where the rebels still hold out, and offers him instead the post of Brazilian minister to Argentine.

He regards this as one of the first steps necessary to the pacification of the rebels in that province, and he wishes Dr. Barboza to take charge of the province until a peaceful solution of the long standing dispute there has been reached and men ne wui order a new election for governor. VERY MAN-LIKE An old coat that once belonged to Robert Morris, the financier of the revolution, was recently found in an oil house in Philadelphia. There were three faded sealed letters in one of the pockets. Thev were addresed in a dainty, feminine hand.

It is believed that they were given to Mr. Morris by his, wife to put. in the post. BROUGHT ACTION PROMPTLY. Mrs.

Fannie Kennedy, an aged lady who was injured on isaturday last in 1 ailing from a Metropolitan cable carat Thirteenth and Minnesota avenue, bought suit in the district court yester day afternoon for $2,000 damages. She claims to be permanently injured. M. C. SHIELDS 311 Minnesota avenue, dealers in hard and soft coal.

Mr. Notovitch, the traveler who claimed to have found a Buddhistic life of Jesus during the time he was supposed to have spent in India, has issued a long Teply to his critics, and announces his intention of returnine shortly to Thibet, where he says ha round the manuscript, and securing proofs of the truth of his story. leacner lommy, did you find out anything about the origin of the dollar mark? Toinray I asked paw about it and he said the straight lines stood for the pillars of society and the crooked ones for Chief Staub Investigating a Case of Incendiarism, EVERYTHING NICELY FIXED. The Fire Department Returning From a Fire Discovers a Blaze in a House Where Oiled Waste Was Piled Around a Burning Lamp. Fire Chief Staub is investigating what appears to be ajvery clear case of incendiarism with a view to bringing the guilty parites to justice.

kWhile the firemen were returning from a run to the south side last night flames were seen through the window of a house oc cupied by the family of E. Hollery, 1039 Reynolds avenue. The house was broken into and Chief Staub fonnd a blazing lamp on a center table in tho bed room. Around the lamp was a quantity of burning waste which had been saturated with coal oil. Suspend ed from the ceiling was another bunch of oil soaked waste also burning.

The fire was promptly extinguished with the Bakcocks, but the damage will amout to about $50. The family was away. With such strong evidences ot in cendiarism the chief determined to sift the matter to the bottom. The neigh bors were questioned, but little satis faction could be obtained from them, Both house and furniture it was learn ed were insured, but tne companies will not pay the K)licies until there has bi-eu a thorough investigation. Two other things are possible.

Either some member of the family is guilty of ar son or else some enemy was seeking revenge. Hollery and his family protest any knowledge ot the affair and seem to grieve over the damage they sustained. If the firemen had not discovered the blaze it is quite certain there would have been a lively conflagration in that neighborhood. DR. HENSON'S LECTURE.

The people of this city may enjoy a rich treat tonight by going to the First Presbyterian church to hear Dr. P. S. Hensou's lecture oil "Fools." Dr. Hen-son is one of tho most elevated lecturers in America, and the address he is to deliver tonight is his masterpiece.

The entertainment will be the second in the star course of tho Y. M. C. A. and the Y.

P. S. C. E. Up to last night 550 tickets had been sold for Mr.

Hen-son's lecture. Secretary Clark of the Y. C. -A. said that it would be necessary to sell at least 100 more tickets in order to pay the expenses of the lecture.

WILL FEED THE POOR. On the evening of November 30, following Thanksgiving, Dr. T. D. Ban croft will serve a free dinner to the city's poor.

He has everything prepared to open his free soup house, and will begi to serve meals as soon as he has calls for food. The demands on his charity thus far have been Old clothes, shoes, will be thank fully received at the labernacle to swell the supply which is now low. TO HEAT ROAD CARS Owing to the failure of electricity to heat the road'ears sufficiently last winter, it has been determined to supply the cars with nard coal stoves and a fine make of a new "super lor pattern have been ordered by the Metropolitan street railway company for its elevated electric cars. Stoves will also be put in the various stations along the line. Some of the cars are already equipped.

LOCATING RIVER BANK. 'The work of locating the banks of the Missouri and Kaw rivers at the mouth of the latter was yesterday accomplish ed by City Engineer Ellis of this city and Engineers Tuttle and Pike of Kansas City. Mo. The work was done at the expense of the National Water wotks company, wnose lands abut on the two river banks. EX-COMMSSIONERS SUED.

T. J. Lineham yesterday sued John Steffens, C. 1. Horstman and William Jacks in the district court for 268.85 for work done on the Bonner Springs bridge some twelve months ago.

The defendants comprised the board of county commissioners when the work was done, and they are held resixnisi ble for the unpaid debts of the Stiles Bridge company, by whom Linehan was engaged. OLD FASHIONED SUPPER. The ladies of the First Congregational church will give an old fashioned New England supper at the church tomor low evening. Following is the bill of fare: Baked beans and brown bread, old fashioned New England chicken pie, scalloped potatoes, celery, pickles and earn berries, white bread, mince and pumpkin pies, donghnuts aud cake, tea and coffee. Price 2a cents.

STOCKMAN KECH'S TROUBLES. George Keen is in a peck of trouble. Yesterday H. M. Savage, live stock inspector, caused a warrant to ba is sued for his arrest, charging him with obstructing an officer in the discharge of his duty, iveck is a commission merchant, and the tronble grew out of an attempt of Savage to condemn some of Keek's live stock.

FIGHT OVER INSURANCE. The six insurance companies recently sued by F. G. Hayward of the Hay ward Elevator of Rosedale, which re- centv burned, have through their at torneya filed answer in district court to plaintiff's petition. The com panics charge that Hayward'g claims for damages are exhorbitant ABOUT TYPEWRITERS.

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1 Ninth, The Commissi Sets Forth the Condition of the Indian. TRIBAL GOVERNMENT FAILS. The Indians, It Is Said, Have Demonstrated Their Incapacity to Govern Themselves and Their Lauds Should Be Allotted Washington. Nov. 22.

The Dawes commission, which has been investigating- the affairs in the Indian territory and endeavoring to secure the consent of the live civilized tribes to an agree ment on some plan ol territorial or state government lookinr to the im provement of the condition of affairs, j-esterday submitted its report, but Secretary Smith has not had a chance to examine it. The report of the com mission recommended the revocation of the power of self government by the United States. It is a rehearsal of the proceedings of the commission, in conference with the Indians, which have already been given to the public from time to time as they occurred. The commission appointed by the Indians was not given authority to enter uyon negotiations looking to allotment or change of government, so that little has been accomplished The proposi tion made to them was to divide the land among" the Indians except the town sites, coal and minerals, which were to be sold and the proceeds divid ed. A homestead for each citizen was to be made inalienable for twenty-five years or longer.

Safeguards for the interest of tribes were included. After division a territorial government was to be formed by congress and approved by the Indian government. The Indians refused to entertain these propositions and declined to sell the land. cations are grown up in the title to coal lands which will-lead to endless litigations. The full-bloods are less fit for citizenship than they "were twenty years ago and there is little hope they will improve.

The Indians invite and induce white people to come into the territory, there being- 250.000 white people who cannot be called intruders and the Indians cannot fairly ask the l.nited States to remove them. The treaty stipulation for equal tracts be inr in the control of leaders while the real Indian is powerless to secure any part of his common property. The re port says: The United States guaranteed the holding of these lands a vontemplatud by the treaties and is in honor fcound to wrest them vfrom unlawful holders and restore them to rightful owners. This can only be done, and the treaty stipulations honorably maintained, by allotment of these lands among the people, giving to them Individual title therefor. The failure of tribal government, it Is said, makes it impossible to enforce the treaty provisions.

A vivid picture is given of the lawless condition of affairs in the territory which is reflected daily in the newspapers. Many private persons entitled to benefit in the payments of the government, it is stated, never receive any money while agents are growing rich. Payment should be made directly to the people by its own officers. Liquor traffic should be prohibited. Provision should be made for the education of the children.

The report concludes as follows: Tno United States put the title to a domain aud it: countless wealth and unmeasured resources in these several tribes or nationalities, but it wa a conveyance in trust for specific uses, clearly indicated in the treaties themselves and for no other purpose. It was for the use and enjoyment In common of each and every citizen his tribe of each and every part of the territory, thus expressed In one the treaties: 'To be held in common so that each and every member of either tribe shall have an equal undivided interest in the whole." The tribes can make other use of it. They have, power to grant it any one or to grant to any one an exclusive use of any portion of it. These trlbj governments have wholly perverted their high trust. and it is the plain duty of the United States to enforce the trust it has so created and recover far its original uses the domain and all the gains derived in the perversion of the trust discharge the trustees.

The United States also granted to these tribes the power of self-eovernment not to conflict with the constitution. They have demonstrated their incapacity to so govern themselves, and no higher duty can rest upon the government that granted this authority than to revoke it when it has so lamentably failed. IS BILL COOK IN JAIL? Deputy United States Think They Have Him Under Arrest. Fort Smith, Nov. 22.

At the United States marshal's office, though the officials are very reticent, it is regarded as positive that Bill Cook," the daring young leader of the gang which has been terrorizing the Indian territory for the past five months, is under arrest. He is thought to be one of the five men captured by the Texas rangers at Wichita Falls. The description of the man Farris exactly corresponds with that of This is strengthened by the fact that the man who answers to the name of Skeeter is an exact counterpart of the man Baldwin, alias Skeeter, of the Cook gang. Woman Suffrage Meet tor. Topkka, Nov.

22. Mrs. Laura M. Johns, president of the Kansas Eqaal Suffrage association, has issued a call for the eleventh annual meeting of the association, 'to be held at Win-lield, December 6 and 7, and appeals to the women to continue the local and campaign organizations, and in every way to evidence their determination resist the injustice of disfranchisement. Disastrous Fire at Sullivan.

Washington, Nov. S3. The large general merchandise 6tore-4of Clark Martin at- Sullivan, in- southern part of this county, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. The store was located near the 'Frisco railway track, and it is thought that sparks from a passing- engine set the build in on fire. The- loss was abou insurance, one-half.

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