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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
TREATY DEFEATED.
The Senate Refuses to Eetify the
Arbitration Treaty.
A SPIRITED SPEECH BY Mr.. MILLS.
The Vote Was 43 yeas to 20 Nays, being
Four Affirmative Votes Less Than .
MajOrlty Of TwO-Thirds Re-
quired by the Rules.

WASHINGTON, May8.-The senate yes
terday by the vote Of 4S to 20 refused
to ratify the general arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain negotiated by Secretary 0lney
and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The rules
Of the senate require majority OF
two-thirds for the ratification OF
treaties. Hence four more affirmative
votes would have been required to Sc
cure q favorable result. The vote was
preceded by a short, spirited debate,
introduced by Senator Mills, of Texas,
who made strong appeal to the senate
against ratifying the agreement lie
asserted that as amended the docu-
ment was most Objectionable, not to
say contradictory. in terms. He
pointed out especially the provisions
for the settlement of controversies in
regard to territorial claims, and as
serted that whereas the amendment
4, -
auop'eu ny 'he seiiu'e w 'he mrs. ai'ioie
ol 'ne treaty declared against vhelr m
cAusioh' 'ne siA.l anu e'gn'i, ar'ieies
ilaue provision ior lne'ii ne ileiu 'iia'
as long as .ilose ar'icies remained uh-
c,'algeu nn sianu Jus''y cou,o ciaiil
that ques'ions Q. territorial rlgh's
were sun lhcluoeo "i.i'lii 'ne scope Vi
,he treaty ohuer sucr CIRCUMSTANCES
nc asheu' "ia' was W presenU EN-
gianu from purchaSl"H Vie lslanu o'
oupa vi any o'iier Aii'e'le"n 'ciri'ory,
anu ~ .ase ~ ooJe'.io.' on 'ne pa'. ~
'he oni'eu o,a'es insisting upon 'ne
reference Vi the dispute 10 aroi,r"'ioi'
he spohe Vi 'he eon"uc' VI hig ,anu ~
connection WIN 'he ur'eco- urh's''
war anu iinPiore'' ''ie seia.e W pro-
'ec' ,he Uhi'eo oVa ,, against 'ne pro-
poseu ai'iahce. ING speecn .i'noe d
visible IMPRESSION anu INC op.h'o,' was
general 'haV 'he treaty si,ouio oe
amended 80 as 10 remedy 'he incon-
sistency explained. 'ena'or iiii'iia,'
ashea Una. time NC given ior SUCH
amendment owihg' however W 'he
lact lhaV Vhe sehalc was uiloer agree'
menu 10 vote at iour o CLOCK 'here
could De no posVpoheheh' except ny
unanimous consent
senator .ar'er "io' from .he 'lrsV,
mas oeen one Oh 'ne lnos' ac'iVe anu
eHeciiVe opponents Vi 'he treaty. III,
terposeo oplec'ioli' ne saiu ne wouiu
put no oos'aele III u'e way VI 'he pos'-
pohemehV Oh 'ne Vo'e uh'ii announcer
day' ne maze very puhgeh' speech
IN opposi'lon 10 inc treaty ne saiu
there coulo oe no 0ouoV =, VIZ par,
tialltyo1 the government Oh the ohlteu
States toward the settlement OF uls'
putes py aroi'ratloh' ana tha' ior thls
reason there never would De any oiln'
Guilty IN securing an agreement lor ar'
duration OF any speclhc dispute WIN
any nation but II was not necessary
for our people to Tie themselves IN an
agreement OF uncertain scope ana pur'
port especially with country which
had shown itself so completely out OF
sympathy with the feelings OF the peo-
pie OF the United states IN the posltioh
England had taken IN european allairs'
Mr. Carter advised the senate to let
well enough alone,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
Burned the Grass and Herself.

MILAN, Mo-, May Mrs. Mary Far.
go, widow near Pennville in this
county, was burned to death Wednes-
day. She was burning grass along q
fence when her clothing caught fire.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
NEWS NOTES.

The Bank Of Sylvia, Kan, has paid
of its depositors in full and quit bust.
ness.
A charter has been issued TO the
Farmers g. Merchants bank at Cawker
City, Kan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
Kansas Lines Respond.

TOPEKA, Kan, May THE state
board of railroad commissioners is
greatly encouraged on account of the
prompt manner in which the railroads
have responded to its invitation to
meet with it to consider the question
of freight rate reduction. Nearly all
the roads doing business in Kansas
have expressed a desire for such meet
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE republic
ans of the house yesterday followed up
their recent Endorsement Of Speaker
Reeds policy of postponing the ap-
pointment OF committees by establish
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
NELS PERSONS TEN.
It Went to Enrich Two Local Con
Men.

It Went to Enrich Two Local Con
Men.
Another innocent contributed to the support
of a pair Of confidence men Saturday to the
extent Of $40. Nels Person is the name he
placed upon the Seandia hotel register before
starting out to view the city, and he is sup
posed to have hailed from Omaha. While he
the four-story buildings on Sixth street two
strangers approached and engaged him in
conversation. In the course Of the conveFsa-
tional exchanges Mr.. Person mentioned the
fact that he was out of employment and de-
sirous Of securing work of any kind. He
preferred work ON a farm, however, and,
strange to say, one Of the strangers,
rather large, elderly man with sun-burned
beet sugar factory, had just the place
which would suit him. He had large farm
a few miles from town, he informed Person.
where he needed just one more man for the
summer crew. The smaller man with the
stranger said he was going out to the farm
to work for $40 month and his board, and
if Person liked the terms he could sign a
contract on the spot. Person did like the
terms, and signifed his pleasure in so fortu-
nately meeting with a position. The farmer
then suggested that the party look the town
over, as they would be so busy on the farm
that an opportunity for such diversion might
not soon again offer ITSELF When the state
capitol. was ,Teached the tall stranger; said he
would go inside and draw up the contract
for Persson 5 signature He took his -compan
ion along for witness and left Person
standing on the sidewalk. In a short time
the smaller man came back and asked PerS-
son for $40. He showed Person $500 check
which the official at the capitol could not
cash, and explained that SO was needed as
a fee for the drawing of the contract Person
handed over the required sum, and would
have been waiting for his new-found friends
to come back yet if policeman had not
ordered him to move on, and thus learned
of the trick which had been Dlayed mon
him. Person left for Omaha On a morning
train yesterday. but Detectives Werrick and
Wells are looking for the pair Of @grafters''
vino did him out of his coin.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
FIGHTING HIS CONSCIENCE.
A Powerful Scene In BalascO and De
Miles Great Play.

Miles Great Play.
William Prescott. the defaulting bank
cashier in MEN and Women" BeIasco
and De Miles powerful American play
which will be presented with an incom-
parable cast by the Giffen-Neill stock
company tonight at the Metropolitan
opera house, has most vivid struggle
with his conscience. The assistant
cashier has been accused Of Prescott's
crime, and whether or not the latter
should reveal himself as the guilty
party is what racks his soul to it's very
storm center. While in the library of
Israel Cohen. the president of the bank,
and suddenly realizing that he is
alone, Prescott staggers to the window
and pushes it open, and, clutching both
portieres, he holds them apart, whiIa
standing rigid in the moonlight. 1t is
a most effective illustration. Of a strug-
gle between justice and se1f-preserva-
ten. He is in the agony Of despair as
with half articulate groan he says:
'Oh, if the cold could only reach the
fires Of hell that are burning in my
brain! I to keep silent! How many
years has it been since I came into this
room-in all the world, though the
space that stretches out before me, is
there creature so damnable as I?
The face Of heaven seems instinct
with life tonight. the stars, like eyes
peering down upon me. Oh! you clouds,
sight, are not blacker than sin. But
what can I dc? What? What? If let
Edward suffer, 1t will be only Dora.
To save him Is te bring misery, not
only on Dora, hut to my mother-to
Agnes, my sweetheart. Oh! when onca
we have fallen with what excuses we
seek to justify sin. No; there isn't q
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
SUNDAY AT THE HOTELS.

A. C. Pringle, of Dubuque, is at the Metro
po.itan.
DR.. w. l.. Beebe, of St. Cloud, is at the
Windsor.
W. H. Winslow, of West Superior, it at the
Windsor.
Thomas G. White, of Duluth, is stopping at
the Windsor.
Stephen H Chick, of Muskegon, Mich, is at
the Merchants.
L. C. Weyand, of Colorado Springs, is at
the Metropolitan.
Chauncey L. Baxter, of Fergus Falls, is reg
istered at the Ryan.
R. A. Dickson, of Toronto, Canada, is reg
istered at the Merchants.
F. S. Wiley and wife. of Fond du Lac, Wis,
are stopping at the Ryan.
DR.. E. B. Johnston and wife, of Fairmont
are guests at the Merchants.
J. B. Streeter Jr.. of Larimore, N. d., IS
registered at the Merchants.
w. P. Sweatnam, of the Fuller Vaudeville
combination, is at the Ryan,
Charles E. Simpson, of Duluth, and w. N.
Weiskireh of Milwaukee, are at the Metropol-
itan.
Mrs. N. T. Cause, of Chicago, the noted
worker in the organization of humane socle-
ties is at the Metropolitan.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
CAMPBELL IS RETICENT.
10th to Talk About His Affair of
SafmHifaY.

Frank Campbell. who was found uncon-
scious In the hallway of 430 Wabasha street
shortly before midnight Saturday evening,
was yesterday so far recovered from his in
juries as to be able to be up and about his
home, 525 Marion street. Campbell refused to
see reporter for the G l o b e last evening.
but his wife stated that he had declined
to make any explanation to her as to how he
came by his wounds, though he had intima&ed
that he had been slugged. To his eight-year-
old son Campbell stated he had been struck
with slungshot and spoke of having rough
ly handled his assailant. Mrs. Campbell is
of the opinion chat her husband was injured
in fight.
Inquiry at the block yesterday elicitated
information from Mrs. G.. A. Rysdale the
landlady, which would seem to show that
Campbell simply fell down stairs while under
the Influence of liquor. Mrs. Rysdale says
that she saw him in the third floor hallway
and noticed that he was very much under
the influence of liquor. A moment later she
heard him fall, she says, and. going to the
staircase saw him lying unconscious on the
floor She then called the police, who re-
moved Campbell to his home. According to
Mrs. Rysdale Mrs. Campbell had been visit
ing Mrs. MaeNamara, who has rooms on
the third floor of the building. Saturday night
and expected her husband to call for her.
When it grew late and he failed to come, the
wife left. it is said, and Campbell came look
ing for her later, and not finding her, fell
while going out Of the building.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
IN THE OPEN AIR.
Spiritualists Enjoy Il Good Meeting
at Merriam Park.

SpirituaIists Enjoy Good Meeting
at Merriam Park.
= A union outdoor meeting of the Spir-
itualists of the Twin Cities was held
yes terlay after oon in the grove at Un--
ve1sity and Prior avenues. Nearly 1CO
attended the services, which were pre-
sided over by w. G. Edwards, of this
city. Short addresses were made by
Mrs Tryon, Mrs. Braun, Mrs. Lowell
and Mrs. Lepper. Miss Marie Dempsey.
of Minneapolis, gave what was termed
psychometric readings, and Mrs. Isa
Talcott, of st. Paul, gave a number of
SpiritualiStic tests, in which several OF
the audience were much interested. P.
J. Dempsey related a conversation he
had with w. A. Laufman, who was re-
ported as having died in an Omaha hos
pital, Dec. 26, 1896. During the thirty
six hours Laufnan was supposed to be
dead he walked about the streets Of
Omaha in spirit form and visited a
number, of his friends. Just before his
remains Were to be buried, his spirit
returned to his body, and after long
illness he was restored to-health. Mr.
Dempsey detailed the conversation he
had with Laufman, and used the story
to emphasize the point that there was
more in spiritualism than most people
believed.
The Spiritualists will hold a camp
meeting in the grove at University and
Prior avenues commencing June 20 and
continuing until July 25.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17

prison In this land that contains such
a guilty wretch as now stands here.
And heaven holds its peace"
This is but one illustration Of many
that might be given of the powerful
manner in which Messrs. Belasco and
DeMille have depicted the story Of their
great American play. The several
characters tonight will be interpreted
by what is undoubtedly the most capa-
bic dramatic organization in its ensem-
BILE now in existence in America, GER
tainly the strongest one ever organized
for summer engagement. All plays
presented by the Giffen-Neill company
are rehearsed from original manu-
scripts, and Men and Women" will
be give tonight at the Metropolitan by
special permission of David Balasco.
The opening performance will be quite
a society event. Matinees will be given
on Saturdays only.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
DOES NOT LIKE 1T.
Trade Journal scores the Newly
Passed Game Law.

After quoting the provisions Of the new
game and fish law, as already published, the
st. Paul Trade Journal says:
The last legislature appears to have done
its best and worst to deprive Minnesota of
those resources which her ten thousand lakes.
great river privileges and immense natural
game preserves should afford to her citizens
and business and transportation interests.
brief survey of the above resume of the game
and fish legislation, as it now exists, shows
plainly that it is intended to secure to state
bureau continued official existence and sal
aried prosperity, and to the resident sportsInen
the enjoyment of game which is preserved
on lands belonging to others. and the fish of
streams and lakes, from which the abettors
secure little or no income.
The citizens of the towns and cities of Min
nesota are denied the privilege of buying any
partridge venison brook trout or black bass
from whatever source derived, and the Indian
and while hunter must confne his sale of fish
and game to coarse food dishes, and quail,
prairie chicken, snipe, woodcock, aquatic
fowl bear meat, squirrels and rabbits. Mas
sachusetts has been settled for over 270 years.
and has never deemed it necessary to restrict
the sale of any game or fish, except when out
of season. Millions of money have been
earned by hunters, game dealers and purvey-
ors for the epicure and hotel guest, and still
there are red deer in her forests, and a
steady, if limited, supply of all the game
birds and fish which existed when the May
flower first landed. She has not denied visit
ing sportsmen the privilege due to guest, as
has North Dakota, nor has she refused to
her city population their share of the wild
game which they are taxed to preserve and
replenish
Maine has for nearly 200 years been drawn
upon to supply the markets Of her sister col
opies and states, and today her yearly reve-
nues from fish and game, and the summer
visitors who patrcnize her thousand hotels,
beach and lake houses, amounts to many mil
lions of dollars. She has spent and is spend
ing a large amount Of money in propag eating
fish and enforcing the observance of the close
season, but she has not been so short sighted
as to deny to SO per cent of her population
any share in the choicest of her game and
fish as has Minnesota.
The summer and fall should gather in Min
nesCta myriads of visitors who need and
would enjoy the scenery, rest and recreation
which our forests and lakes would give them,
but of this number the larger part have no
skill hunters or fishermen, and must
largely depend on the game purchased of the
skilled local hunter and fisherman. No man
today would be safe IN building fine lake
hotel or forest lodge for the accommodation
Of this class, and depend upon the visitors to
furnish a steady supply of the delicacies
which they crave and demand. They will not
come to Minnesota to eat tough beef and lean
mutton, nor will they be satisfied to take
fsherman's luck instead of being able to eat
when they please of the local fish and game
for which they pay.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
7 p AUL .
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The retailers union will meet at the Com
mercial club tomorrow evening.
Earle Lyman, the eleven months Old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Hopkins, dled yes
terday afternoon at their home, 1851 Bfalr
street.
The Woman's Council Of Merriam Park
will hold an open parliament at this after-
noon at the home of Mrs. w. 5. HenKlns'
1907 Marshall avenue.
Rev. Lyman P. Peet, missionary OF the
American board, spoke at Park congregational
church yesterday morning, and at Plymouth
church last evening
A. r. Robertson, formerly chief engineer Tor
the St Paul & Suburban railway, has ac-
cepted position superintendent OF an cleo
trio light and water works plant at Waseca,
AIinn.
Our Lady of Victories Circulating Society
and Reading club has been organized at 81:
Joseph's church under the supervision OF
Rev ]. F. Gleason. The officers elected were:
President, Rev. ]. F. Gleason; vice president
Mrs. Mcclellan; secretary, Miss Malone; treas 1as
urer, Miss Quinn; librarian, Miss La Due.
The object of this society is to circulate
Catholic literature through the different par
ishes of the city. Monthly meetings Will be
held.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
HER FORMER SUBJECTS
VIII Celebrate VictOria's Coronation
Anniversary Locally.

anniversary AOSSAASs
June % will be the sixtieth anniver-
sary of the coronation of Queen Vic
toria. AS is we'll known. preparations
for celebrating 1t on an enormous scale
are progressing in London. Colonial
troops from Canada, Australia, South
Africa and India will take part in the
festivities. The queen is highly re-
spected by all Americans and by none
more sincerely than by her former sub
jects in the United States. Respect for
the queen Is entirely compatible with
intense loyalty in their adopted coun
try. In the Eastern and Southern
states exercises will be general. and l.
has been suggested that something
be done in this city. A banquet IS
talked about.
Among the leading men Of the city
who were born under the British flag
are the following:
Messrs. James J. Hill, P. H. Kelly,
Judge Brill, Judge Macdonald, w. T.
Kirke, E. Howard Morphy, James M.
Hawthorne, John Mccullough, George
Thompson, Joseph A. Wheelock, A. L..
Graves, Rev. John Pringle, G. D.
O'Brien, John Wann, John Dale,
George J. Grant, Charles E. Hamilton.
Judge Olivier. Alfred Dufresne, Will
liam Dawson, State Auditor Dunn,
William Dunlap, Rev. A. B. Meldrum,
Isaac A. Grant, Frank Horn, M. G..
Craig and ]. R. Thompson.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17
The Lone Woman Traveller.

A recent issue of Fashions" an IL
1ustrated monthly journal for women,
has an interesting article on women
travelling alone, in which, after re-
ferring to the block signal system, and
other safety devices for which the New
York Central is celebrated, this state
ment is made:
eff the lone woman happens to be
going to New York city, she need have
no dread of landing alone in the con-
fusion of a big strange place, if she
travels by the New York Central. All
she has to do is to speak to one of the
red-capped attendants-free service
who will carry her bag. answer her
questions and show her to cab. car or
elevated train.
Another thing, she lands right in the
heart of the city. within step of
dozen or more of it's leading hotels
and she should bear in mind that
this is the only railroad depot in all
New York city.
The New York Central might aptly
be called the lone woman's route"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17

through some responsible agency, many are
the children of unmarried mothers who dare
not keep living testimony Of their shame.
These are all average children, and are we'll
enough fitted for average homes.
The speaker then described the vari-
GUS methods favored by the different
states, and the change in public opinion
in regard to institutions for children.
The marked change in favor Of placing
out homeless children in families as
soon as possible instead of bringing
them up in orphan asylums, he as
cribed to three causes. The general ten
dency of the times toward freedom. It
was not in accordance with the spirit
of liberty to have the subjects Of char
ity in asylums under the necessary des-
potism of institution life. Another rea-
son was that family life is so much bet
ter than it formerly was. There were
times when few families were really fit
places for homeless children, and when
it was mercy to such child to pro-
tect him in an asylum from the igno-
rance, the brutality and the vice of the
average family life. But today family
life was safer than institution life. An
other reason was the financial reason.
When a child is once placed out in a
good home he ceases to be an expense,
whereas to bring up a child in an aSy-
lum means to keep him at the expense
of the public or Of charitable giverS for
at least i've years on an average be-
fore he is able to earn his own living
outside. This meant that it costs at least
ten times as much to bring up a child
in an asylum as it does to place him in
a good family and see that he is we'll
taken care of. If ten times as much is
spent on one homeless child as is nee
essary, the result is that nine other
homeless children must be left out in
the cold. This argument is irresistible.
and most orphan asylunls are now plac-
ing out children much faster than for
merly and many Of the best orphan
asylums have become virtually placing
out societies with temporary homes.
The most hopeful charity was that
which cares for homeless children. One
dollar spent in preventing child be-
coming criminal, a pauper or a tramp
was worth dozen dollars spent in try
ing to reform an adult criminal, tramp,
or pauper. And the true method to save
child was to put him in a good home.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-17

youngest boy seventeen years old
Jarvis came to Minnesota with his par
ents from Baltimore. Md, in 1849, and
has since resided in this city. He serv-
ed three years during the Civil war as
orderly sergeant Of Company III, Sew
enth Minnesota Volunteer infantry
and was member Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic. Jarvis formerly lived
in West ST. Paul. but for the past
eleven years has conducted the garden
farm on Edgerton street. disposing OF
his products by daily visits to the
Third street market. He had been
married twenty-seven years.