Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
TEMPERANCE DRINK.
St. Louis Women Accused Of Sell
ing q Harmful Beverage.
A CONFESSION ON The SCAFF0LD.
Murder-Natl0nal Educational Associa-
tion-Trains Collide In Texas-A
Fight with Knives.

ST. LOUIS, July S.-There are 95
gaudily-painted drinking fountains on
as many corners, at intervals of three
blocks, in the downtown districts of
this city. They are maintained by the
Women's Christian Temperance union
and are looked upon by the fair en-
thusiasts as their strongest ally in
their fight against the demon rum
The fountains contain what the wom-
en- call "a delicious, purely medicinal,
healthful non-alcoholic beverage,
guaranteed harmless to the smallest
child" or, in plain words, cherry phos-
phate. A penny dropped into a
slot at the front of the fountain
starts the ambrosia flowing and pro-
cures for the purchaser half pint of
liquid innocuousness. The white
ribboners' were felicitating one an
other upon their achievement in the
interest of the temperance cause when
they were suddenly shocked yesterday
by the public statement of an expert
chemist, who insisted that they were
selling drink that committed more
ravages on the stomach than the best
or worst mountain dew" ever passed
over the bar DR.. Felix W. Garcia,
the chemist, declared further that the
misguided ladies were operating dis
tilleries in the stomachs of their GUS
toners and gave an analysis in support
Of this contention.
A CONFESSION ON THE sCAFFoLD.
GRANT PASS, Ore, July 3.-Lemuel
W. Nelson was hanged here at ten
o'clock yesterday for the murder of
Charles Perry, his friend, in Josephine
county, in March, 1896 About 500 peo-
pie witnessed the hanging, as a view
of the scaffold could be seen from the
street. On the scaffold Nelson said:
~ am guilty of killing Perry, and am
sorry for it. My God have mercy on
my guilty soul" Perry was 80 years
of age and came to the coast from Con-
necticut Nelson was a Kentuckian,
AZ years Of age. He killed Perry in
order to obtain his money. Nelson
was taken to the Episcopal church
Thursday and baptized.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
MILWAUKEE, July S.-Sixteen thou.
sand applications for entertainment
have been received by the local com
mittee from delegates to next weeks
National Educational association con-
vention, and as this is exclusive of the
Wisconsin delegation, which is ex-
pected to number at least 1000, this
makes certain the largest convention
ever held by the association and is put
ting to the test even the ample accom-
modations offered by the Milwaukee
people in private homes and at the
hotels. .a
TRAINS COLLIDE IN TEXAS.
HoUsTON, Tex, July 3.-The north
bound passenger train on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas ran into the south
bound Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe local
at crossing near Celeste yesterday
afternoon. The sleeper and one coach
were wrecked. The injured are: Mr..
Marshall, Of Whitewright, Tex, leg
hurt; Mrs. Mack, of Indianapolis, Ind,
left side, arm and face hurt unknown
man, hurt in head, shoulders and in
ternally; will probably die.
A FIGHT WITH KNIVES.
STEPHENsvILLE, Tex, July 3.-'Yes-
terday morning. while working in the
field, Jess Brumlow and c. d. Williams,
brothers-in-aw, fought with pocket
knives Brumlow died Immediately
and it is thought Williams cannot re-
cover. The sheriff is upon the scene
of the tragedy. The combatants mar
ried sisters, daughters of W. Carr all
farmers, residing aboutten miles north
west of this place.