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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
WEYL Frs ROSEATE REPORT.
Gen. Azcarragn Got Him TO Write &c 60 Bolster
Up His Ministry.

The history Of the letter which Gen. weylor
wrote to Gen. AZcarraga regarding the condi-
ton OF affairs in Cuba before and after Weylcr's
campaign, and the publication Of which has in.
censed the present Minister OF War. Gen.
Corrca, Is as entertaining as the letter itself.
In the face of his failure to reunite the various
factions in tho Conservative party. Gen. AZ
carraga realized that the Ministry must fall
unless some important event should come to
strengthen its position In the eyes Of the nation.
Remembering that Gen. Weyler's opportune
Intervention had on two or three occ asions
averted the collapse Of Canovas, Azcarraea
wished to try the same trick himself, and in
structed the Captain-Ge ncral of Cuba to send
n despatch giving as roseate a view OF the
situation as his imagination could contrive:
that both the life of the Cabinet and his main.
tcnance in Cuba depended upon tho effect of
the scheme on public opinion. 1t did not take
Before twelve hours had elapsed the Minister
Of War received a despatch. the most impor-
tant part Of which read thus:
In the less than %eishtecn months that ! have
been here ! have confined the instruction to
the passage of bands to the west. where only
groups remain which 4ro constantly defeated
run regularly from Havana to the tcrmini OF
the lines, and VIC have direct tclcgra phic com.
munication as far as Sancti.Spiritus and Rene.
diOs. sugar estates are preparing to grind.
and the ~pacilcos are busy owing edib!cs and
tobacco in the zones Of cultivation which they
themselves defend, without assistance from the
soldiers.
1T astonishes me that people should ~criticise
me when | ovcrwurk myself end exhaust my
energies. az Al! Spaniards here testify. AM
satisfied that ] have saved the integrity Of the
nation. Your Excellency is well aware Of the
progress achieved by nc. The result Of my
campaign is best appreciated by the enemy
him.elf. who receives with applause the criti
cisms in the newspapers OF Madrid and who
rejoices when there ~ some talk about re
placing me. ! am persuaded that II | can have
the Governments confidence and am allowed
TO proceed without interference AS heretofore
there will not be in the island, whether in the
cast or west. before the month OF March scti
In, any rebel band numbering more than lOt
men,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
so THE HORSE MOVED ov.
Nothing Else for II 1, DO when the Cable Gar
Game ALONG ana boosted.

Ii is no longer novel, the little street spectacle
OF the cattle err boosting the stalled horse. but it
Is rs interesting as ever, nevertheless. Hero
was u single truck with a heavy load drawn by
II horse that wat kind and gentle, but not the
strongest horse in the world, halted on the up
track OF the Broadway road; the nigh hind
wheel of tho truck just inside the line OF tho
cable slot.
The driver tried to start tho horse up, but tho
horse wouldn't go. 4 policeman came over
from the other sidewalk and took tho horse by
so rs to get tho truck Off the track; bit it was
no Use: the horse stood stock still.
Then the gripman of tho cable car that had
rcnn waiting about four feet back. fooled tho
car gently up to the truck, bringing the rigid
fender OF the car into contact with the truck
wheel without II shock. Then he set again on the
g%rIpwhCCi. gently US before. and started the ear
and the truck with II. The morse resented this.
II settled back in tho harness and opposed its
strength To that behind. 1t was kind and
gentle. hut IL was tired, and tho load was heavy,
and il didn't think II ought 10 he urged SO soon.
But. az II soon discON cred, tho power behind
WAS irr, s!stiblc. That power was applied by n
gripEaan of tino discretion. who did not bundle
tho horse OFF the track. but treated it with con-
sidcratlOn: but II was a power as little to be
resisted us that of a glnCirr-a fact which the
horse quickly realized; and then II began 10
pull. Soon ii had pulled the truck Oft tho track.
and clear of IL, and then he. gripman SGT his
%Gripwherl once more, and, with no undue ex-
hitii.om OF %c!atlon, swept on UP Broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
AMERICAN TOOLS ABROAD.
Purchnsers Pound for Them Nowadays Through,
out the world.

American tools are sold all over the world
The New York representative of an American
tool manufacturing establishment, when asked
where American tools were sent. ran over the
export orders received that day. They included
orders from Hungary, Austria, Germany,
France. England. South Africa. and South
America, There were altogether about twenty
orders, and from some OF the countries named
there were two or three orders. The export
orders o. the previous day included orders from
Russia, Australia. and New Zealand; and
these were not unusual orders. but such as are
constantly received. In tho shipping room at
that moment stood cases marked for Java, for
Ecuador, and for Australia.
Many of these orders arc small. In some cases
three; for some, orders OF half n dozen, or two
or three dozen, 10 supply, orders or to keep
lines filled. These small orders are mostly from
Enropean countries, with which cOmmunica.
ton is nowadays quick and convenient. Eu.
ropcan merchants order these things lust about
as merchants in othcr cities in This country
would. IL costs no moro to send to London than
IL does to Chicago, and it Is as easy 10 send 10
Berlin AZ IL is to Paterson.
The characteristics that commend these
American tools 10 their foreign purchasers arc
tho same that mark American machines and
implements GENERALLY ilRhlntss, fine finish, aud
pcr'ecr adlptahility to their several uses. The
exports OF American tools to all parts Of tho
world arc steadily Increasing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
THE BLUEJACkET's BED.
uis Hammock on o Man-or. War ana the
Rules Concerning II.

uis Hammock on o Man-or.W War ana tho
Rules Concerning II.
The only men that sleep in hunks on board n
mnn.of.war are the commissioned officers.
Every body else-the sailors. the engine force.
the m~arines-sleeps in n hammock, which il
slung at night and taken down in the morning.
The hammock is made OF a sheet OF canvas
about six feet long and two and u half feet wide.
The bedding consists of a hair mattress and
blankets, which are bought by the sailor, while
the hammock belongs to the ship. The billet
hooks, from which the hammocks are swung,
are about fourteen inches apart. II the ships
company Is full and the hooks all occupied this
brings the men pretty close together. There is
a foo, lAshinE, or rope. at the foot OF the ham.
mock. II the hooks are oil occupied one man
will draw up on his foot lashinR until his ham.
mock is brought a little above the level of the
two on either side of him. AL thus get moro
room.
A hammock is not so comfortable to sleep in
as a bed; but men get accustomed to it. When
a man who has been accustomed to sleeping In
Il hammock first goes ashore ii may be days be-
fore he gets so that he can sleep well in a bed.
To every man there are allotted two hammocks.
The second hammock Is slowed below in the
ships sail room. Every two weeks. when n ship
is in port, the hammocks are changed. The clean
hammocks are issued and those that have been
used nre scrubbed; each man scrubs his own
hammock. and 1t is hung up to dry. When
dry they are piped down and slowed below.
Where the hnmmocks are slung depends some
! what on the ships size and build. 1t might be
that on one ship two.thirds OF the crew would
sleep on tho main deck and the rest below; on
another ship OF different construction all would
sleep below, some on the gun deck and some on
the berth deck.
When the are taken down in the
morning each one is rolled up snugly,, with, the
blankets and mattress inside. and tightly lIsheL,
making Il trim canvas roll about six feet in
are then slowed away In the hammock netting,
whi,h. il MAJ be explained. is never a netting.
Il may be II space inciosed along the inner
side OF the bulwarks on the main deck. like a
long Il At pockct against the side OF the ship,
into which the hammocks are thrust, to stand
in n row along the side. or II may be Il plat
form with a railing in front. to keep the ham
moCks in place when the ship rolls. Many years
ago, when the bammocks were rolled up for the
day. they were actually slowed in MEETINGS,
placed along the bulwnrks of the vessel.
1t would. of course. be possible to provide all
the men on "a warship with hunks to sleep in,
but it would not be possible to do that aud
to preserve the vessels effectiveness rs II
warghip. The hunks would Lake W too much
room for one thing. Then the hammocks with
their appurtcnances. have always served Tor
purposes OF protection. Slowed in the old-time
hammock MEETINGS they afforded some protcc.
ton from tho fire OF small arms, and in those
days sometimes the hammoCS ncttings were
tr:ccd up rs Il help III rcpciling boarders.
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while the guests fell to and finished their meal
The Grummers were Us quiet and sanctiinonious'
a. Il they had wandered into church.
The writer then paid q visit TO the Office of the
Ashburn ddrdnce and observed the legend in
large letters oyer the entrances: Prepare to
cases, proof press and other furniture were such
scrtptural quotations on moral maxims as I'VE
Know Not the Day Nor the Hour. The Smoke
Of Their Torrents AsceDdeth Upward Forever"
The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver," "he That
is Not for Me lie Against Me-" and 80 on.
The editor was out attending q meeting of
the Foreign Mission COMMITTEES, but the devil
was in. .
THE old man may be out all the morning, -
said he. Hes q member of the Furrin' Mis-
sion Comiuitty the Parsonage Relief Association.
Secretary of tho Ashburn Society for tho Pro.
motion, OF piety Among Young People, Chair.
man Of the, Reform League, class leader in the
church and leads in singin'. 1t gifts purity
dull in here sometimes, whcr n feller dasent
cuss jest n little bit nor do, nothin' else to
'liven up things. I'm a;thinkin' III skip this
fur some other pint. whGr, everybody hahn
God ~furgiven an on the road fur heaven"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
CRISIS IN THE FLOUR TRADE.
'Cora Starch Flour Threatens to Drive VIA
ter Wheat Mlllera to the Wall.

-CerA Starch Flour Threatens to Drive via.
ter wheat Milier to the Wall.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. sO.-In the opinion
of experienced millers the fight result
ing from the adulteration Of wheat
-four by mixing it with corn -four has
only just begun The havoc wrought
by the introduction Of regular corn
-four has been greatly increased by the
discovery that -four made from corn
starch is of superior quality in many
respects, is winter, can be ground
finer and is much less apt to be de-
tected in an examination of the doc
tored goods. A representative of So
called glucose sugar refining company
of Chicago arrived here and has been
making the rounds among the milling
interests in the interest of corn
starch -four which is being rapidly in
troduced us an udulterant, particu-
larly throughout the northwest.
The millers pronounce it the most
dangerous thing to the legitimate
-four trade that has yet been discov-
cred, and declare that unless the adul-
teration of flour with it can be stopped
it will ultimately result in either driv-
ing them out of the market or forcing
all manufacturers of flour to adulterate
their goods in order to meet the ruin
GUS competition with which they find
themselves surrounded.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
Fusion Leaders to Besiege Kansas Farmer,
with Literature and Speech.

Fusion Leaders to Besiege Kansas Farmers
with Literature and Speech.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 2O.-The popu-
list state committees plans for dis
seminating literature throughout the
state includes series Of articles on
every subject that Kansas people have
discussed in the past year. There will
be three or four articles on the price
of wheat and its cause, as many on sill
yer, several on the textbook law and
one or two on the powers of the board
of railroad commissioners. Members
OF both houses will write about the
past legislature, Ed Little is expect
ed to contribute few pages about
the administration, G. c. Clemens
and perhaps Judge Doster will write
on government by injunction and en-
croachment of federal courts, Attor-
ney-General Boyle will be asked for a
contribution on the stock yards, Webb
McNall on insurance In all, not less
than 25 leading populists and members
OF the forces of allies have been asked
to contribute. Senator w. A. Harris
was here consulting with Chairman
Riddle about dates and places. The
senator will spend considerable por-
ton of the fall speaking from the
stump.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23

A big bounty soldier OF thc writer's
regiment, condemned TO be hanged for
a cowarlly murder in a borrack row,
was respled npoa the pledge OF the
colonel that the condemned man should
20 to the front and acquit himself like
a soldier, No sooner was he safe from
The shadow Of the gallows than his old
nature returned and his conduct was
so bad that ii took a file Of men TO keep
him in the ranks. On the march 10
Spoitsylyania he Jagged behind the
whole regiment, giving the rear guard
no end of trouble Finally it was re-
ported TO the colonel, n stern old reg
ular, who rode back determined TO put
an end TO the nonsense, 80 this is the
way you repay my Kindness, is lt?" said
he, shouting at the back Of the mans
hend Then he told The guard TO use
the hayonet as prod, and not to be
sparing of II, either The kipd-hearted
puard kept the letter Of the law by
few gentle stabs, and the culprit
slouched On sullenly os before, At that
the colonel slipped his right foot from
the srrrup leaned over and gave the
heel Of the mnsket kick that sent the
hayonet TO the bone. The thrust acted
like on electric shock. One look was
al the answer The colonel got to his
Question, and that was enough. for the
front ranls speedily galned new re.
rrut vino vent into battle wing with
ihe hest. fs'ry running amuck, until
he. who within q rsw hours had been a
hopeless. 9retrhcd criminal met with
y warrior roilos' faie-dcath on the
1alllcf a. Whether rage or shame was
!Ae raas.ol nrou,sl can only be sur
missed fer be did not sleak word after
iae terrible rogel'ng,-ChicaGo Times
Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
MAY Be A SPLIT.
Trouble brewing Among Missouri Ponu-
lists over the Calling Of Convention.

Trouble brewing Among Missouri Ponu-
lista liver the Calling Of Convention,
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. II. The
Times (dem.) says: Trouble, and lots
Of 1t, seems to be brewing for the Mis-
souri, populists. A call has been is.
sued for state convention, to be held
in Kansas City October 9, and this call
Chairman Rozelle has attacked in an
address issued to the populist voters
of the state. The state chairman as
serts that the call for the state con-
vention shows many republican ear
Marks" and denounces it as a conspir.
acy of certain populists and republic
ans to disrupt the party. The entire
proceeding evidently grows out Of the
difference between the populists as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of fnsing in Missouri.
1t will be remembered that Missouri
was mlddle.of-the-road state at the
st, Louis populist convention. Fusion
was finally obtained, but strong fac
ton of the party has chung tenaciously
to the middle of the road, This mid
dle-of-the-road faction is now clamor-
ing for state convention, and if it is
a success Chairman Rozelle will be left
on a limb.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Sept l7.--Little
Frances Brown died here, victim of
a broken heart, yesterday morning,
although but five years old. Last
Sunday night her sister Virgie, little
over six years of age, died Of brain
fever. Little Frances began crying,
and grieved necessarily, calling for
her sister. She went to bed Tues
day night, and soon became uncon-
scious. She babbled nearly all the
time OF her sister, and early yesterday
morning died. The physicians pro-
nounce 1t case OF broken heart, as
the child was perfectly well in all
other respects
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
MAUDE soNesTEEL MYSTERY.
Startling Statements from u 81. Louis Man
Regarding Her Disappearance.

Startling Statements from u 81. Louis Man
Regarding Her Disappearance.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 9l.-What
may become the most startling chap
ter in the mysterious disappearance of
Maude Belle Bonesteel, who left her
home on the night of January IL, 1894,
and has never since been heard of,
comes from a statement said to have
been made by Lawrence Higgins. a
st. Louis man. Higgins was the
intimate friend of Herbert Corn
wall, who was shot and killed by
his brother, DR.. Richmond Cornwall,
of Kansas City, in fight in ST. Louis
three months ago. Higgins has told
a newspaper reporter and others in
St. Louis that Herbert Cornwall fire.
quently said that he saw DR.. Cornwall,
his brother, murder Maude Bonesteel
in his Office on West Ninth street,
In Kansas City. This startling state
ment follows upon the heels of an aft
davit made by Pat O'Hara, who claims
that John Cornwall father of DR.. Corn
wall and Herbert Cornwall, the muir
dered man, paid him 500 toswear that
Dr. Cornwall killed his brother in self
defense.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
SENSATIONAL ABDUCTION,
Three Young Farmers Accused Of R0bbinR
a Man and Stealing Ills wife.

Man and Stealing His wife.
WARRENsBuRG, Mo-, Sept. 16.-lf a
story told by Andy Stills, young man
not yet of age, of Benton county, is
true, johnson county will have to pro-
tect three young farmers from the
vengeance ofinfuriated citizens or they
will be lynched. Young Stillssays his
home is at Warsaw and that his
brother-in-law took him and his
16-year-old wife as far as Windsor,
in Henry county, on their way to
Knobnoster, in this county, where
they expected to reside. At Windsor
Stills employed James Hull. J. N. Nc
Keehon and Wesley jackson, young
farmers, to haul them to Knobnoster.
They started about shutdown, Stills
says, and when fairly on their way
the wretches robbed Stills, threw
him out of the conveyance and
drove away with his wife. Her
screams and entreaties availed moth
ing, and she has not yet been found
Stills raised the alarm and the next
day Hull and McKeehon were arrested
1t is alleged they kept the woman "a
hours and then sent her to Warsaw
Stills was accompanied to this city by
several citizens of jefferson township.
who affirm thew will not he resnonsi.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
GOULD Is OPTIMISTIC.

just hack from Europe. He Declares
United States Conditions Never Before So
Good.
NEW YORK, Sept 20. - George j.
Gould, with his family, returned to
this city Saturday. For three months
while he has been resting in Europe
the business revival has added at least
SIS, 900, 900 to the value Of the Gould
securities. He said:
There never WIS time when conditions
promised so much for the United States
Everything looks all right There has
been Strengthening in the markets
all along the line. Business men
abroad realize that the United States
is now master Of the situation. We have the
goods to sell--grain. cotton, etc The crops
are short their needs are great and they must
buy OF U.s. In MOVING our enormous crops
there will be increased activity in railroad Sc
curities, and the railroads that are bcnefting
by this are busy building cars and engines to
handle the immense tonnage which must be
hauled this fall
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
SAYS INDIANS ARE ROBBED.
A Special Agent VIII Investigate Charges
Made by Sacs and Foxes.

WASHINGTON, Sept l7.-Secretary
Cornelius n. Bliss, of the interior de-
partment, has ordered special agent
10 proceed at once to the Sac and Fox
Indian agency in Oklahoma to inyesti-
gate charges of giant steal from the
Sac and Fox tribe aggregating $780,
900. A few days since Special Inspector
Nesler reported that he had strong
proofs of immense frauds being per-
petrated upon the Indians, either
by the cattle barons, who leased
the lands, or by the special agents
of the interior department, who acted
as leasing agent of the Sac and Fox
Indians. The charges, if sustained by
the special agent, will reflect seriously
upon James e. Dickson and John l..
Oglesby, formerly special Indian
agents, who superintendent the leasing
OF the Sac and Fox lands. Neither is
now in the service.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH.
ritter Race Feeling Over Shooting Of .
Negro Postmaster Ut HogAusville, ia.

eeveSA .~"Sv EoSAs"A OVCh SMVVttuk vi
Negro Postmaster At Rogansville, ia.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. aO.-The recent
shooting Of the negro postmaster at
Hogansville threatensto entail no end
Of trouble for the people Of that town.
A post Office inspector has finished y
three days investigation Of the shoot
ing, and 1t was stated last night that
as result Of his work two Of the most
prominent business men in town will
be arrested. The people Of the town
are called upon TO face most uncom-
Portable state of affairs. They have
never yet patronized the negro post
master directly, the old postmaster,
Hardaway, maintaining his old post
office and sending for and obtaining in
bulk the mail matter for all his white
patrons. Their letters were mailed on
the train. The ex-postmaster will be
prosecuted for this, and the letters
can no longer be mailed on the trains
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
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NEGROES EASILY ROBBED.


Sharpers In the Cherokee Nation Heat
Freedmen Out Of Large sums.
SLOAN SPRINGS, Ark, Sept IT,
News of ride on a merry-go.round
that cost negress named Hudson ST..
800 reached here from Flint, Cherokee
nation. The negress had just received
her and her childrens share of the
freedmen's money in new, crisp treas
ury notes, amounting to $1,000. She
took the roll and placed 1t under her
belt, at the same time entering box
with a stranger fora ride on merry-go-
round. When the run was finished and
before the sweet strains of the hand
organ had died away, she felt for her
roll, but 1t was gone. SO was tho
stranger. Numerous other similar in.
stances. wherein similar amounts have
disappeared have been reported. The
deft-fngered are finding the negroes
very easy prey, and they are working
them one way and another for large
sums of their payment money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
"You LEr RoARED THE JOHNNIE.

'nnfederates drew knives, and before !
could raise my hands our three boys
were stabbed TO the heart and dead. |
stood as If paraly2ed. tried to call for
help, but my tongue seemed to cleaye
to the roof of my mouth. The two
Johnnies made their escape, killed the
sentinel on duty and made for the river
bank. They were within foot of my
hiding place. tried to move, but the
same terrible paralysis held me in
thrnll In a second they were upon me;
| raised my hand MS II to defend myself,
and great goodness the deadly knife
wasuplficd and plunged into my heart
At that moment the alarm clock in my
bedroom struck ak, and | rubbed my
eyes to see how II happened. Dreaming
is an awful thing, but nightmares take
The entire racing stable. The Manhai-
tan cocei0lls have very severe effect
npon eS-soficrs ne this story will ties.
tify.-Army and Navy Gazette.