KansasCity. Oct. ^JH.^Mayor Davenport^this afternoon slap|M-d Congressman Tars-^ney in the face and narrowly escaped beinn^shot. It was all on account of the enter^lainmcnt of the All-American tourists. The^mayor had vetis^d, on the ground of uucon^stitutionality, an ordinance |msscd by the^city council appropriating fl.lM) for their^entertainment. The council [uissed it over^his veto again, and then the mayor ordered^thi' city treasurer not to recognize the^drafts U|sin the treasury for that purpose.^At a meeting of the committee at the Com^mercial club this aflennsin Congressman^Tarsm y referred to the mayor's action in^uncomplimentary terms. Mayor Daven-
portreplied that if hiubl help it not a
centof the city's money would la' used i.^legally, but h^ would contribute from Ins^poaM in^ much aa Tarsney or any other^man for the entertainment. Tarsney re^^plied ^I do not can to resort to Bitch a^|s.sthuinoiis measure.^ Daveii|siit uHkcd^congressman to repeat his remarks,
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Mtta'ii Measures uf Itellef,
Washinoton,Oct. a^*.^1(^ praantaatw^Hansbrough, North Dakota's new congress^^man, called iijsin Secretary I'roclor to-day^in the interest of the inhabitaiitsof Kamsay^county, that state. Crojis have tss u bad^Hie past two years and tin y are madesli-^lute condition. Winter is approaching and^I hey are not able to purchase fuel. Hans^^brough has asked Secretary ProatM to |s-r-^mit the destitute settlers to cut lirewisid^from a timber tract on the Devil's Lake res^^ervation, Port Totten. The secretary not be^^ing certain in his authority in the premise,^told Hansbraiigh he Would give his answer^to-morrow.
