Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-06-10
DYCHE'S PLAN.
A Suspicion That the Professor WI
Head a Polar Expedition.
THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS-
1t Has Disposed Of All Its Important Work
oil Works ut Cleveland Shut Down
for an Indefinite PeriOd-Cher-
Okees to Protest.

SAN FRANCISCO, June S.-No lit
tie interest is manifested here over the
coming Of Prof. l.. L. Dyche, of the
Kansas university. 1t is announced
that he is to spend the summer at LIE.
land Stanford university, studying In
the museums, but it is suspected that
his mission here is an altogether differ
ent one. For several days it has been
rumored that polar expedition was
to be fitted out on the Pacific coast
this summer, and now it is strongly in
timated that Prof. Dyche is to head it.
There has been talk that Chicago
parties were backing the scheme,
but the story that Dyche was
going to Leland Stanford univer-
sity has led to the intima.
ton that the proposed polar expedi-
ton is Leland Stanford scheme. 1t
is probable thatif the expedition starts
out this season it will be with the in
tention of dong no more than prelim-
mary work this summer in the way of
establishing bases of supplies in Alas
ka and the northern archipelago, pre-
paratory to main expedition to be
undertaken in 1898, or whenever the
conditions appear to be most favorable.
1t has come to be understood that this
plan Of careful preliminary prepare
ton offers the only hope Of reaching
the pole. 1t is the plan adopted by
Lieut. Peary, who is to go to Green
land this summer on trip preliminary
to dash for the pole in 1898 or later,
and is in line with Prof Dyches ideas
as to pole-hunting trips
THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS-
CHICAGO, June S.-The Universal
Postal congress will hold its next SEX
tennial convention at Rome, Italy, in
February, 1908. This decision was
reached at the last meeting of the
body at Washington but was with
held from the public. 1t will be form
ally announced at the close of the
present convention next week. The
congress has disposed Of all the work
before it save signing the general con-
vention or treaty and final action on
the question of parcels-post, looking
principally to extending the parcels
post arrangements of this country with
various Individual countries like Great
Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Ger
many and Belgium. The formal con-
vention is now being printed, and the
remaining work will occupy scarcely
a couple of days. Many of the dele
gates have booked to leave New York
on the nth.
OIL WORKS SHUT DOWN.
CLEVELAND, O., June Sat noon
yesterday the entire plant of the
Standard Oil works in this city shut
down for an indefinite period. The
foreman told the men that there would
be no work for weeks and it may be a
much longer time, The men believe
that during that time another section
of the plant will be abandoned carry
ing out the Standards policy of maxi
ing in this city only enough oil and
other products to supply the home de-
mand. Close to 1000 men are thrown
out of work by the shut down. 1t is
said that the Standard has an immense
stock on hand in the Kingsbury run
warehouses, enough, in fact, to supply
all the demand in this district until
January /, 1898, or longer
CHERoKEEs TO PROTEST.
WASHINGTON, June S. "A delegation
of Cnerokees is expected in the city to-
day. 1t is a delegation of about half
a dozen fullbloods whose object is to
protest against any treaty designed to
change the existing status of the Cher
okees in the Indian territory. 1t seems
that these men believe their delegates
have not properly represented the in
terests of the fullblools in their deal
ings with the government They are
DESTROYS of sounding sentiment here by
personal interview with the presi-
dent, the secretary of state and others.
AVENGED HIS DAUGHTER.