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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
THE EUROPEAN WAR
Greeks Not Opposed to Mediation,
but VIII Not Ask for It.
THE VIEW IN TURKISH CIRCLES.
A Belief That the War with Greece VIII
Soon Terminate-The Situation ON
the Frontier-POwers Make
Overtures.

ATHENS, May 4.-The diplomatic stu.
alton may be summed up as follows:
No request for mediation has been or
will be addressed by Greece to the
powers until the ministers of war and
marine report on the state of the
Greek forces at Pharsalos and else
where. The powers have not offered
mediation, although they do not con-
ceal the fact that request for inter-
vention will be highly acceptable to
them. The minister for foreign affairs,
NJ. Skoulodis, says the military situa-
ton has greatly improved in both
Epirus and Thessaly, and that the vic
tory of the Greeks over the Turks at
Velestino was brilliant. 1t Is said M.
Skoulodis is not opposed to mediation,
but will not ask for it. Official circles
at Athens seem anxious that the pow
ers should impose mediation.
Advices from Arta say that the chief
local authorities and about 100 inhab-
itants of that place have returned
there. Panic, however, still prevails
at Arta. All the stores are closed and
the military authorities are said to be
contemplating further Withdrawals of
the Greek troops in that vicinity. In
the direction Of Fillapadia flames are
visible.
Rumors conflict materially as to the
diplomatic attitude Of Turkey. Ac-
cording to one report, Edhem Pasha,
Turkish commander in Thessaly, has
asked an armistice of five days; accord
ing to another, an armistice already
exists by the tacit acquiescence Of both
commanders while third story de-
scribes Edhem Pasha as only awaiting
reinforcements for an attack upon
Pharsalos, to be followed by an attack
upon Volo. 1t is also said to be prob
able that Adm. Tamatello is prepar-
ing to prevent possible attempt
of the Turks to seize Volo by the
coast road.
THE VIEW IN TURKISH CIRCLES.
CoNsrANrINopLE, May An the in
fluential Turkish circles the opinion
is expressed that the war with Greece
will soon terminate. 1t is pointed out
that while Turkey was forced into the
war by Greek aggression and the coun-
sci Of certain of the powers, she will
not gain any advantage by crushing
Greece for the benefit Of the Slav ele-
ments in the Balkans. 1t is held that
the successes attained by the Turkish
troops in Greece are all the Turkish
government could desire. The dis
patches denote little change in the
eastern situation. Intervention is in
the air and will probably take definite
form speedily. There is no doubt the
Greeks are about ready to confess fail
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Hlxh Winds In Kansas.

ABILENE, Kan, April ga high,
cold, north wind, with heavy rain,
swept over this section yesterday.
Ten miles west telegraph poles were
blown down and trees broken, but no
serious damage is reported. Solomon
City, Cawker City and Hope also report
damage from the wind.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Publ,c Trust. Retraxed

CINCINNATI, May 4.-John G. Whet-
stone, secretary Of the waterworks,
and Albert F. Ensline, one Of the re-
ceivers Of cash for licenses, are short
In their accounts. Whetstone's short
age will reach $4,000, but the amount
Of Ensline's shortage Is not yet known.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Wants state Printer Parks Investigated.

TOPEKA, Kan, April s9.-M, |. Al
bright, of Kingman, has addressed a
letter to Gov. Leedy and the bribery
investigation committee demanding
that an alleged deal between W. L.
Brown, of Kingman, and State Printer
elect Parks, of Beloit, be investigated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
A Kansas Bank Closed.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, April 29.-Bank
Examiner Breidenthal has taken
charge of the Bank of Hutchinson, a
private concern. The bank was re-
reorganization of the Valley state
bank, which closed year ago but had
not been able to regain prestige. Its
old Indebtedness was too much TO
oarrv
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
FAST TO A FINISH.
DIR. Tanner Issues a Challenge for $4,000
to All Corners.

liz luunCT IhSuUb u ShhiVHSu AoA @A"'""S
to All Corners.
INDIANA MINERAL SPRINGS, Ind,
April ga fast to a finish is the latest
thing proposed in the sporting line.
II. L. Kramer to-day issued a challenge
backing the celebrated faster, DIR. II.
$. Tanner, against all corners, for &c.,
900 in finish contest. On behalf OF
DR.. Tanner, Mr.. Kramer challenges any
person to a contest Of $40, 900 side, the
condition being that until one or the
other acknowledges himself beaten,
both contestants shall abstain from all
food or drink, each contestant, how
ever, to be allowed one gallon jug OF
pure spring water per day. Mr. Kramer
is one Of the best known capitalists in
Indiana. He is an enthusiastic admir-
err of DR.. Tanner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
A Leaning Towards Democracy.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 4.-Elec-
tions were held in the Incorporated
towns of Indiana yesterday and they
will continue to-day. Local questions
seemed uppermost in most places, but
occasionally hot political fights were
made. Where this was the case the
democrats seem to have got the best
Of II.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 4.-State
Treasurer Pitts has filed his statement
of the transactions of the state treas
ury for the month of April. 1t shows
the following: Balance on hand April
l, 81, zoo, $50. 10; receipts during April,
ssss, ooL9s; disbursements during April,
S5O1, 5i472; balance on hand May /,
sl,5l7,6Os. As; earnings Of penitentiary
during April, SIS, 9a6.7l.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

TheKansas State Dental association
Ia holding its Goth annual convention
In Topeka, about so dentists being In
attendance.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Congressman WIN Lose Leg.

DUBUQUE, Ia, April s9.-Congress.
man Henderson's local surgeons have
advised amputation of his leg above
the knee, erysipelas having developed
some days ago
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

J. M. Ellis, a groceryman Of Liberty,
NO., has been missing four days, at
which time he went to Kansas City to
purchase goods
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

Ambassador and Mrs. John Hay were
presented to Queen Victoria at Wind
sor castle on the 4th, and her majesty
accorded them unusual attention.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

The Joseph Calm Clothing Co., one
Of the Oldest wholesale houses in Kan
sas City. Mo-, has failed. Liabilities,
$4,000
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

Ane. turkish army Is advancing in
three columns on Pharsalos, while an
additional column is operating in the
direction of Volo. As the Volo column
could easily take Velestino in the rear,
the Greek position is very precarious.
This probably explains the retention
Of Gen. Smolenski there, as it was
natural to expect him to go to Pharsa-
los to assume the supreme command.
Everything points to an inevitable re-
treat by the Greeks to Domokos. The
diplomatic situation continues OBJ
scure, with a constant interchange of
dispatches between European cabinets
and incessant interviewing of minis
ters.
POWERS MAKE OvERTUREs.
ATHENS, May At is said here on
good authority that the powers have
made overtures to Greece on the sub.
ject of peace, but that the government
declines to invoke the mediation Of
Europe. The king has decided to re-
main here for the present. 1t appears
that the Turks asked an armistice in
order to bury their dead. The request
was referred to the commander-in-
chief, from whom no definite reply is
forthcoming, but the armistice is tao
lilly observed. The Greeks speak with
emotion of the enemy's gallantry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
INDEMNITY RECOMMENDED.

WASHINGTON, May A. -President Me-
Kinley yesterday sent to congress
message concerning the lynching of
three Italians at Hahnville, La, on the
night of August s, 1895. He recon-
mends an appropriation of $1,000 for
the heirs Of the persons, without ad.
hitting the liability Of the United
States in the premises.
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SORE VIEW o


The latest addition to jubilee literature Is a vol.
ume imported BY tho Mossrs. scribner entitled
Social Transformations Of the pictorfan Age,
by T.. II. 8. Escort. Tho writer is we'll known
20 Englishmen and. doubtless, also, to many
Americans, as the author Of the work entitled
England; Its People, Polity and Pursuits" a
work which has been translated into several
European languages. ard has been adopted as q
toxt book in the higher grade State schools Of
Germany and OF our country. This book differs
from Its predecessor in this particular. that IL
carries us into tho %ninetics Instead Of the seven
ties, but II resembles its forerunnor in being not
q Aistory but a series OF different views from
a common standpoint. In this case, MS in the
other, the sketches OF national life and charac-
Ter. as woll as OF national institutions at work.
have. in all cases, been made from personal obser.
walton. supplemented by the assistance OF those
experts In their different departments to whom
the writer has had access. Some OF these experts
are mentioned in the preface. and they include
such men as Mr.. Mundella, Sir Henry Fowler,
Mr.. Henry Chaplin, Mr.. Archibald Milman. Mr..
J. G. Parkinson. lord Carlingford. Sir John
Gorst, and Sir Charles Dixie.
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CANADA's KLOEDIKE JOB.
A Neat OmriaI scheme Tor GobbIinG the Gov
eminent Reserve Claims.

OTTAWA, Sept. l7.-George Z. Casey, NJ. p.
and j. X. Kerr, Q. c., OF Toronto. have laid b-
fore the Minister OF Interior a rather novel
scheme for working the placer claims reserved
by the Government under tho new Yukon min.
ing regulations. The proposal is to send 10
the Klondike a body OF 100 picked men who
will engage in mining operations. and al tho
same time be ready at any time to assist tho
mounted police force in maintaining order in
the event Of any disturbances: or. as the inter
viewers express IT, keep the unruly and law
less American miners In check" The men are
VIII be fully, supplied with the best repeating
rifles and plenty of ammunition. Casey ard
Kerr represent the y ukon.k londike Mining
and Trading Company OF Toronto. and the p'p'
OF the enterprise, In return for the secur y
and assistance TO be afforded by this volunteer
force the company demand from the Govern
ment The choice OF the reserved claims, free
from all restrictions. or the right 10 develop re-
served claims for a large percentage Of no
profits. The plan has taken so well with the
publ" that hundreds or men, ex member ~
the mounted police. Members OF the finest rrSl;,
lnenls or the active Canadian militia. and 81
Gi IRE volunteer corps have offered their ser
IN this scheme 10 plainly seen the evil OF 70
serving alternate claims which will result Only
~ proHldinR plums for political friends. ana
the political speculator Is already on the hVrt
unusual proposition. The scheme, beng pro.
NOTED by 80 many conspicuous Government
supporters, will doubtless receive the fAvprlhe
consideration OF the Dominion Cabinet, mn,
AZ u IL pointed out that the duty OF III" COZ
oInmeht Is TO preserve order and have sum.
cleht troops In the Yukon for that purpose, nus
proposal casts a serious reelection upon ~
governments administration Of the dAu1sA
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him sufficient security 10 weaken In him
the springs Of effort, and TO relieve him Of
the necessity OF creating q position for him self.
On the other hand. IL forces the father to devise
to his children a divided fortune, lessened In
consequence, and even compromised, IL a com.
moroinl or manufacturing enterprise ia In qucs.
tion which docs not endure division; hence the
father is melted to limit his own prosperity.
Hence the DEVELOPMENT of the system OF public
fmnctionaries with n repugnance to colonial.
grcssive lowering OF the population. Such has
certainly been the case In France; tho accessory
causes, ( any there be. car" OF conceal the prin.
cipal cause. This alone can explain the abuses
OF Malthusianism.
Some convincing ancillary data on this point
are furnished by statistics. Upon inspecting
them one discovers that the poorest depart.
ments are those where the births occur in tho
largest NUMBERS, and II appears that, in Paris.
the birth rate decreases in inverse ratio to tho
sum saved by the family for house rent. People
have been known to commit suicide in France.
not because they were destitute, but because
their property had fallen below a certain
amount which they regarded as a minimum.
Every day, 1t seems, French people limit their
families rather than restrict their style Of
living. In the lower classes, as In tho
higher, tho course of reasoning 10 identical.
Some have only one child. that they may be-
queath to i'm m re; others will have none No
oil, that they may not impoverish thems"lvoa
Such is the true and sole cause Of the stagnation
In the French race. SO contrary to ancient ira.
ditions, to the whole national past, to the pree
ent experience Of French Canada.
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There has been. indisputably. a great extcn-
sion Of the French colonial empire under the
Third Republic. Important acquisitions have
been made In North Africa. in West Africa and
the region of the Upper Niger. in the Congo re-
gion. In Madagascar, and in further India. NJ.
de Coubertin is alive to the magnitude OF tho
coloniZing work accomplished by tho republic,
but he recognizes, at the same time. shortcom-
ings, and acknowledges that the efforts made
ought to have produced results more ~satisfac-
tory. He finds many OF the same faults
committed which were made subjects Of CON-
plaint In Canada under the ancien regime. Ho
points out that tho administration OF the
colonies, not content with keeping it's func-
tionaries in close dependence, undertakes to
give them the most detailed orders and to fore
see the slightest contingencies. There is. 1t
seems, in existence a circular. dated 1893.
addressed to the Governors Of tho colonies.
which orders them to buy in France everything
that they require, with an accurate list OF all
the towns where the purchases are to be made
bricks at Bordeaux and al Marseilles. salt pork
at Hayre, straw and hay elsewhere. Thus Indo.
China, whose whole soil is made OF brick clay,
ana which produces enormous quantities OF
RICE must buy its stores OF bricks and rice In
France. Not only does IL never occur to any one
that 1t might be OF use to those who are con.
nectcd with the central administration TO visit
the colonies, but those who have visited them are
generally regarded. when they return, with dis
trust. as thoGgh they must have brought back
with them subvcrsive ideas, dangerous projects,
and erroneous views, which those persons who
have never quilted Paris escape. The manage
msnt OF the colonies Is pervaded, In q word,
cockney spirit. which persists in
JudgtAc An41AA &Ad kzatic affairs from the
same judicial - Administrative .~Ve1WDstAs
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III.

In a chapter on ideas and habits" the author
undertakes TO rcfute the conclusion reached by
many foreigners who have studied contem-
porary France. that there is no agreement there
as to certain fundamental principles of judg-
ment and conscience. In their eyes, history.
literature. and statistics unite to condemn tho
French citizen; he Is set down as ungoyern-
able and dissolute; powerlcss to mako the
human race progress or 10 organize anything
definite. How. 1t is asked, can national pros
perity spring from political instability, or virtue
live In harmony with immortality Instability
and immortality are. we are told by Ger.
man observers. tho double cancer with
which France is attacked. and the deduo-
ton 10 drawn that she is irretrievably
ruined. M. do Coubertin does not aver that tho
reAAnntES NO ~Aa. and no admits that It IL
bASSf e dOe1nN. funAAhsd BIZ Frsaohmsa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19

The best history Of The Evolution of France
Under the Third Republic is presented in a
large octave volume OF some 400 pages by
Baron PIERRE DE CoCBERTIS IT. Y. Crowell s.
Co... The remarkable features of this book arc
its accuracy In respect to fact and its Impair
TALLY In respect Of comment 1t is so rare TO
meet with the second characteristic in a history
written by a contemporary of the events de-
scribed that one is naturally curious TO learn
something abour it's author. The wish Is
fulfilled in an Introduction by DIR. Albert
Shaw. who would compare NJ. de Coubcr-
tin with De Tocqueville as regards the
international cast of his mind. DR.. Shaw
tells US that as De Tocqueville. now moro
than sixty years ago. visited the United
States and England in order to write books
which should interpret American democracy
and English life to the Frenchmen of the thir-
ties who had just placed Louis Philippe on a
throne surrounded by republican institutions,
even SO NJ. de Coubertin for some years past
has been studying and interpreting to the young
men OF tho Third Republic certain phases of
English and American II Q which he has be-
lieved should be Incorporated into the French
scheme Of existence. The receptive and sym.
pathetic attitude of mind which he has
brought to the inspection Of foreign institutions
undoubtedly explains the equity OF the treat.
ment which he accords to tho various parties
and factions In his native country.
We shall not attempt to retrace, oven In out
line. the political history of France ince 1871,
for with this the readers of newspapers are
familiar. There are parts of this book, how
ever. to which we would direct attention., and
those are the chapters in which are discussed
the relations OF France to her colonies. tho pres
ent organization OF education In France. tho
ideas and habits Of contemporary Fronchncn.
and, I'm lily, the remarkable progress Of social
ism during the last ton years.
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lie.

Ono OF the most interesting chapters in Mr..
Escott's book deals with royalty considered as
a social force. The author undertakes TO prove
that. whatever OF power may have been re-
signed BY the Crown In tho way OF political
authority. has, since that resignation, boon
made good In the direction Of social authority.
The stages by which the conception OF English
sovereignty has attained its present distinctness
and completeness are traced In some detail
From the beginning OF Victoria's reign 1t was
seen to be inevitable that some OF the SOW
ereiSn's social functions would have to be dis
charged by other members OF tho reigning
house; that Is to say, either by the Prince Con-
sort, by the heir apparent, or by a royal duke.
The idea OF the monarchy which Ia actually
operative in England to-day. whether we re-
gard Its constitutional, ceremonial, or social at
tributes. is stamped. at all points. with the i'm
press OF one controlling and systematizing mind,
that, namely. of the Prince Consort. The no
tions which he was the first 10 apply 10 the
court usages OF England have become so famil.
lar to the generation that has grown up since
his death; 30 essential a part of the kingly
once do they now appear; 80 inconccivable by
end 'of-the-century Britons is a sovereign who
should not discharge such duties; as TO make
many persons forget the existence OF A time
when this portion OF tn royal duties was dis.
liked as a novelty or resented as an imperti.
hence. Mr.. Escott deems 1t not too much TO sav
that the Victorian England Of these later years
Is that which tho Prince Consort. NJ re than any
uncrowned individual, was the instrument OF
making. He it was who SGT the example of the
many'sided. almost ubiquitous appearances
on extra political occasions in English life
which. to-day, are more conspicuously as
ISOLATED with the representatives OF the monAr-
chical principle In England than are the attend
Anoo at levsss and the opening Of drawing
soomA. 1t must not. indeed. b forgottsn that
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THE sgN sum .gzFrrMrrr u, psz.

hVni oethosJ yOutn, Lnettuturo hubpa"uS VI eno
Queen, no less than her future Majesty herself,
was trained to the possibilities OF the aiiienoe
and to the duties that the accident OF birth
might have In store. II was lucky for the Tor
tunes OF the English crown that tho conttngen-
cies OF the future should have been forecast oy
the persons In charge OF the young prince.
otherwise. 1t might have proved more difncuit
than IL actually did prove, Or perhaps nave
poen round impracticable, TO rear on tine Iouh-
cations OF a German prince enucatioh tho
fabric or q thorough knowledge OF hngllsh chsr-
acter, life and institutions.
II appears that the composition OF the Queens
immediate encourage Is at this day practically
the same as that which was arranged upon the
advice OF the Prince Consort. The reforms,
however, which he erected In the economy and
administration OF the court itself appealed loss
directly TO the popular interest than did his
other activities. Not a moment was lost by tho
Prince In realizing his idea of nssociatipg the
sovereign for tho first time since the days OF tho
Stuarts with the promotion OF literature, science.
and art. The sovereigns OF the Hnnoverian
dynasty mad not cShlbitcd any special afectlon
rthe accomplishments which rehne ana emoel-
iish lie. 10 tho Prince Consort, on the other
hand. is attributed the revival OF the taste for
classical music In England, and, almost simulta-
neousIy with his acceptance OF the post OF dircc-
tor OF certain pubic concerts. he appeared upon
a platform on the occasion Of meeting convoked
FOR the purpose OF promoting the removal OF the
last traces OF the slave trade. In tho case OF the
Prince Consorts descendants these things are
taken MS n matter OF course. During many years
no important movement for the improvement of
human life by non.political and unsectarian
agencies has boon considered complete without
the active participation In IL OF the Crown, or of
a. nominee OF the Crown. That, in Its popular
aspects, the artistic movement which has filled
30 largoa space in the second half ofthis century
was largely due to the Prince Consort seems
evident from the part taken by him in the prep
arations Tor the Hyde Park exhibition OF 1881.
A duei was the incident which caused the nrst
intervention OF the Prince Consort in the social
arrangements OF English life, and 1t Is during
the roign or Victoria that the duel has become
extinct. so FAR as EnRlishmen are concerned.
on July i. 1sa3, Col. Fawcctt had been shot by
his orother'in-law, Lieut.. Monro. The latter had
accepted the challenge most reluctantly; he had
been the grossly aggrieved party. Under the code
then existing, the survivors sole alternative
to the certainty OF being stigmatizcd as n cow
ard had been to accept the risk of being hanged