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The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

France might establish its allegation that Henry really committed suicide. All that would be neces- sary to do would be to demonstrate that having cut his throat from ear to car the gentleman swallowed ie razor
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

Rumor has it that clash is likely between the French and English at Fashoda. But then Runor always was an old liar, and it must be remembered that the chance to make a subject of the war with Spain is about
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

cry on the line of that street near Broad way, Tn the days of American occupancv pefore the adminission of Californis
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

Only the best for the best only. Among the Barrels. s63 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23
First and Second

Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe route. Call at the ticket office s2S Market
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

No more soldiers on their way to the Philippines arc to be entertained at Honolulu. Perhaps this is the reason the soldiers now in the islands trying to do little entertaining themselves with particular reference to the amusement of the police
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

An exposition as to the moral status ofa pawnbroker who buys $I5o clock from boy for IS cents would make interesting reading which the police would do well to scan
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

Garcia is now declared to be against the indepen- dence of Cuba. The old man ought to try something for what ails him. He manifests the symptoms of gout although how man could acquire this disease diet of onions and ditch water remains to be exD1ained
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

As matters look just now Dreyfus ought to be grateful for the prospect of being murdered
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

designations of the entire War Department will be chcerfully accepted by the Evening Report
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

An Oakland wife of fifteen years experience in this cold world and years marital experience is suing for divorce What her husband merits is not so much freedom as lynchng
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

Cal. glace fruit BOG per lb at Tovnsena.s.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23
AUCTION SALES,

By Buterfeld-This day. September 2S Carpets st 226 Powell street, O
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23
4 NEW ERA IN POLITICS.

| ] IlH the assurance now given of the mme- N| diate construction of a railway from Bakers
 field to Los Angeles, thus providing for a competitive transcontinental thoroughfare, there ought to result in California a new era in politics as we'll as in business. There will be no longer a rail- road monopoly to oppress trade, and consequently no longer an excuse for agitators and demagogues to howl against railroads. The whole situation will be- in fact, radically changed and with the altered conditions there will be necessarily change in the issues of State politics.
 If the managers of the Southern Pacific Company wise they will orestall the inevitable by withdraw ing themselves and their agents from politics at once There is no longer any why that company, any than other corporations should be an active factor in political contests. No Legislature however subservient the members might be- could the company from the effects of the competition of the line now projected and with that com petition the people have further to desire the enactment of legislation adverse to the road Under the changed conditions rairoading in Califor- mia becomes business subject to the restraints of competition like any other, and those who conduct it will have interests in politics different from those which concern all business men,
 Of course the demagogues of the fused factions will continue to denounce the monopoly for the rest of this campaign just as they have always done. When dogs begin to bay the moon and have reused one another to rivalry they apt to go paying after the moon has gone down So it will be in the cam pagn this year. The monopoly is sinking below the horizon, but Mcguire and his satellite orators will continue to view 1t with alarm simply because thev have nothing else to bark at That fact however. should not seriously disturb good citizens The mon opoy is dead.
 For the full clearing up of the situation there is needed but thing and that is the exercise of or dinary discretion the part of the old monopoly officials. They have nothing to gain by doing politics and everything to lose The time has come for them to close the doors of the Southern Pacific Company against the bosses and the henchmen of all parties. Let them go out of politics and stay out for their own good well as for that of the State
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-23

Senator Thurston of Nebraska has some derog- gaory remarks to make concerning "space writers" What sort of writer the Senator when he went to Cuba Hearstng?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

RICHMOND, Va, March i.-Fitzhugh
Lee, lr., son Of Consul General Lee,
who is employed here as a clerk in the
railroad offices, left for Cuba to-day to
visit his father.
Ten Seamen Rescued from u Llfeboat
New YORK, Feb, 2S.-The Holland.
American line steamer Rotterdam,
from Rotterdam, arrived at quarantine
with officer Unsworth and nine sea-
men of the overdue French liner La
Champagne which were picked up from
lifeboat on Thursday. The men
when taken aboard were in helpless
condition, having been in the ships
lifeboat for six days and nights. The
men were all more or less frostbitten.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
NEW STORY OF THE PLOT.
Rumor That Three spanish Merchants
Caused the Disaster to the Maine.

Rumor That Three spanish Merchants
Caused the Disaster to the Maine.
KEY WEST Fla, March IA new
story Of the plot which resulted in the
destruction OF the Maine was started
here yesterday. 1t comes coincident
with the arrival of the official court OF
inquiry from Havana. and is vouched
for from source tnat renders it not
only plausible, but well.nigh reliable.
Three Spanish merchants of Havana
are held to be the chief conspirators.
They obtained the torpedo or mine
from some one connected with the
Spanish government and gave 1t
to one of the three conspirators
They were to receive $40, 900, although
only a part OF the money has been
paid. One Of the men employed was a
well-known diver Of Regia, the best in
the harbor. The spot selected to place
the battery, connected by wire with
the mine or torpedo, was over bank
close to the nine There is every rea.
son to believe that this clew will lead
to the detection Of the perpetrators OF
the Maine outrage
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

BAD SCANDAL At TOPEKA

Rev. A. y. Embre~. One Of the Foremost
Preachers Ia Kansas Msthodism. Under .
Cloud
Topeka, Kan. March Rev. A. 3.
Embree, pastor Of the First Methodist
church, whose name has been connect.
ed with the scandal which arose out OF
She arrest Of DR.. Shields for perform
ing criminal operation, has requested
a church investigation. He says he
courts the fullest inquiry into the
matter regardless Of the source
of evidence. His attorney &C.
knowledged that DR.. Embree
gave Lena Crith's parents $500, but
says he did 80 under pro test, and be-
lieving it to be blackmail he gave 1t in
order to avoid scandal. A copy OF
the receipt for the money was pub
lished here yesterday. The letter
which Lena Crith's mother wrote to
DR.. Embree, charging him with ruin
ing her daughter, was also published.
1t is freely stated here that the body
of Lena Crith was sold to medical col
lege for $780, An investigation will
be made. When Miss orith died her
body was supposed to be taken to Of
tawa for burial, but there Is no end
to the rumors set afoat that the
coffin contained soft earth instead
of the body OF the young woman when
it was lowered into the grave. Before
dying Miss Crith is alleged to have made
a full statement as to how she was Sc
duced by DR.. Embree, at whose house
she was employed as a domestic.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
W. NJ. SINCERELY DEAD.

The Great Phiisdslphis Editor and Demo
cratic Politician Victim Of Heart Dis
ease.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 49, William M.
Singerly died suddenly at his resi-
dence, .70l Locust street yesterday
afternoon. Heart disease was the i'm
mediate cause of death.
Mr.. Sinserly vas proprietor Of the Record
Publishing company president Of the Chest
nut Street national bank and the Chestnut
Street Savings Fund d Trust company, which
recently collapsed. and president Of the Sing
erly pulp and paper mill He was born In this
city on December n. 1882 and with the excep-
tion OF brief period In his early manhood.
when be conducted commission business In
Chicago. has lived here ever since. Mr. Sing
erly, was always an active democrat In 1904
he was unanimously made the DEM
ocratic candidate for governor Of Penn
sylvania speaking in nearly every
county In the state. During the last national
campaign he supported the Palmer and Buck
ner ticket, making number Of speeches In its
behalf Financial misfortune overlook Mr..
Singehy during the last few months Of his life,
when on December % last, the Chestnut Street
national bank and the trust company were
compelled to close their doors Mr.. Singerly
promptly turned over every personal asset he
possessed including his interest In the Record
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
A Terrible Wrong was Perpetrated.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Feb. % Ever since
the burning Of the two Indians for the
murder of Mrs. Laird, at Maude, l. T.,
it has been asserted that Lincoln Nc
Gelsey. one OF the two, was innocent,
and all the evidence brought out at
the hearings has served to corroborate
this assertion. Now it is learned that
special agents Of the government have
secured evidence establishing com.
plete abb for Sampson, the other vic
tim, proving that he was 40 miles from
the Laird home at the time Of the
murder.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

ElGHT.HOUR LAW UPHELD.
Supreme Court Holds Valid the Act PrOvid-
Ing Imprisonment rs Penalty.

Supreme Court HOlda Valid the Act PrOvid-
Ing Imprisonment rs Penalty.
WASHINGTON, March LIN the su-
preme court yesterday an opinion was
handed down In the case Of Il. II. Hol-
den VS.. the sheriff of Salt Lake county,
Utah, involving the constitutionality
Of the territorial law fixing a days
work In smelters and mines in the
territory at eight hours;
Holden was arrested for violating the law
and sentenced TO Imprisonment for the oflenso
He brought the case to the supreme court on
the ground that the law was unconstitutional
In that II was calculated to deprive citizen OF
life or property without due process Of law.
The court held that such was not the case, but
that the law was an exercise Of the state police
powers, and that, in so far as state laws were
exerted for the protection Of lives, the health
or the morals Of u community, there could be
no doubt Of their propriety or Of their consti-
nationality
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
FELT cy THE ENEMY.
rae Sudden Surprise Of q Union hat.
talon at Dinner.

II never could understand" said the
professor, ''how the advance lines OF
wo armies-I mean the fellows furthest
to the front-came together previousto
engagements or in engagements. Sew
.ral times thought our command was
the advance and that we would 60
through that mysterious operation of
feeling the enemy with nobody in front
II us, but l always found that there
was somebody in front. There were
always a few cayalrymen. or few
scouts on foot. or a few foragers be-
tween our very first line and the
enemy. So it happened that ! never.
in all my army experience, was witness
10 the very first clash Of two hostile
armies"
"That was not my experience" said
the sergeant. ION several occasions
I was with the advance guard whenit
came suddenly on the outposts of the
enemy. or when the advance guard Of
the enemy came very suddenly on us.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

New YORK, Feb, 9s. Richard Croker
sounded the battle note of the local
state democracy in speech to the
Tammany Hall executive committee,
in which he earnestly declared that
the fight Of the party of the people
was first Of all to break down the bale
full power of trusts. He said the ques-
ton of gold or silver was immeterial
as compared with trusts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
For Whipping a Schoolgirl.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb. as.-J. Christie
pher Jones, teacher of the Franklin
school, Dekalb county, has been ad.
judged guilty Of brutally whipping
Julia Martin, aged IS, the daughter Of
wealthy parents, who is said to have
transgressed the rules of the school.
Jones is alleged to have worn out four
hickory switches in chastising the
young lady.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
JeRries nm Easy Winner.

Los ANGELES, CAL, March Jim
Jetiries, of this city, defeated Joe
Goddard here last night in the fourth
round. Goddard's seconds threw up
the sponge at the close Of the third
round, but, upon the announcement
by Referee Brink that no money would
be paid unless the fight proceeded,
Goddard came up in the fourth round
and was severely punished. The ref
cree stopped the fight in the middle of
the fourth round,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
1t May Fail Of Final Passage.

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. sS.-The
Goebel election (force) bill was passed
by the house with three or four to
spare but after six hours finish of
three days fight, almost unprecedented
even in Kentucky Legislative history.
The bill will be rushed to the gov
ernor, who can keep it ten days before
returning it vetoed. But three days OF
the session will then remain and the
republicans hope, by dilatory tactics,
to defeat passage over the governors
uatO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
NEWS NOTES.

The four-year.old son Of George Dur
ham, of Girard, Kan. died OF mad
dogs bite.
At Mineral Wells, W. Va, two old
women, Edith and Linda Capinger,
were burned to death by their clothes
catching fire.
A Washington telegram said the
monthly government treasury report
to be issued Tuesday would show q
surplus for February.
Business and professional men Of
Baltimore, Md, will ask state aid for
Johns Hopkins university, which is
embarrassed financially.
Officers Fenton and Carey, of the
Chicago police force, were fatally shot
by Michael Clark, a maniac, whom
they were trying to arrest.
A Topeka telegram said Gov. Leedy
would soon name the Kansas commits
sion to prepare and manage the states
exhibit at the Omaha exposition
The Kansas City & Independence
electric line depot at Fifteenth street
and Askew avenue, Kansas City, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The Western league baseball mag
mates, at their recent session in Kan
sas City, NO., agreed on the schedule
of games to be played during the sea-
son of 1898.
Preliminary work has been inaugu-
rated for midwinter fair at San Fran
cisco in 1901, in honor of the 5Oth ami
versary of the admission Of California
into statehood.
Fire broke out in frame buildings in
the business portion Of lola, Kan, and
despite desperate work by the fire de-
partment, two millinery stores and
other minor business houses were de-
stroyed
In an interview at Cleveland, o.,
Robert Fitzsimmons expressed will
ingness to fight kid" Mccoy any
time the latter puts up the money.
He referred to Mccoy as "a miserable
upstart"
]. !. Shields, colored doctor Of To
peka, Kan, was arrested on a state
warrant charging him with causing
the death of young colored girl. A
white preacher of Topeka was involved
in the scandal.
Gen. Thomas II. Dockery, originally
of Arkansas, who was at the time in
commanded a detachment Of the con-
federate army, was found dead in bed
at a New York hotel on the Goth. He
was 70 years old.
The senate on Saturday debated the
case Of Henry W. Corbett's right to a
seat in the senate from Oregon and
then cleared the calendar of private
pension bills. The house considered
the sundry civil bill
Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, who
has been on the retired list for several
years, has been called from his home
at Newport, R. l., to Washington by
the navy department He has ex-
pressed his willingness to serve his
country in any capacity
Representative Joseph W. Bailey,
the democratic leader in the lower
house Of congress, delivered speech
of three hours length on the silver
question before the Legislature at
Richmond, Va, on the Goth. He said
the democrats would adopt the Chicago
platform in 1900 and would nominate
l
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

New YORK, March Fire broke out
at midnight in four-story tenement
house, III Harrison avenue, borough
Of Brooklyn, damaged property to the
extent Of $4,000 and made 70 families
temporarily homeless. A number Of
persons were slightly injured by fall.
Ing wallA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
His Able Feet.

Mr.. Plimley--I have found, after
good deal Of experimenting, that I can
think best when am in a recumbent
position. or when l can put my feet up
on my desk so as to get them upon q
level with my head.
Miss Sharpley : I have often won
lered where your brains were.- Chics-
70 News.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
PAYNE WAS A "sooNER."
Federal Ofiicer Who Located n Claim In
Oklahoma Must Give II Up.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The United
States supreme court decided that
United States official could not take
advantage Of his Office to secure ad-
vantage over others in the location Of
government land. The opinion was
given in the case Of Ransom Payne,
who was deputy United States mar.
shall in Oklahoma and on the ground
when the lands Of that territory were
thrown open to settlement. He took
advantage Of this opportunity to locate
q tract OF land
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

WASHINGTON. March 1.-The condi-
ton Of affairs between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica is beginning to arouse Sc
rious apprehension in official circles,
and it is said to threaten to involve
not only these two countries In war,
but also draw all the Central Ameri.
con republics into an armed conflict
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

WASHINGTON, Feb. as.-Representa
tives Simpson and Peters went before
the house committee on rivers and
harbors in support of an appropriation
to remove the bar and clean out the
mouth Of the Kaw river Mr. Simp
son briefly explained the advantage.
to be derived from such project and
declared that 1t was a necessity from
a sanitary point of view.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

GOLDEN CITY, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-Lida
Bird, the lS-year-old son of D. W. Bird,
principal of the Lockwood public
schools, was run over by the cars and
had both of his legs cut of. Bird was
beating his way on a passenger train
and jumped off when the train reached
Lockwood, but struck cattle guard
and was thrown under the car wheels.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Wall Street would loau sbOO. OOO, OOO,

New YORK, Feb. est was current
ly reported in Wall street that the
local bankers had promised to loan the
government $500, 100000 in case of
trouble with Spain. Senator Hanna,
who came to this city Saturday, visited
Wall street and had talks with several
leading bankers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Lincoln once said to a friend, who
had obtained from him a pardon for a
1eserter: "SoThe Of our generals CON-
plain that impair discipline and sub
ordination in the army by my pardons
and respites, but It makes me rested
after hard days work, II can find
some good excuse for saving a mans
life."-Detroit Free Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
kesivned 10 Avoid Trial.

LINCOLN, Neb, March 1.-The i'm
parchment trial Of Exciseman Vail
terminated suddenly, the defendant,
instead Of appearing before the city
council, sending communication re-
signing his office. twas accepted and
the case dismissed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Cleveland VIII Speak I'm Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-The guest of hon
or at the jefferson day banquet of the
Iroquois club, of this city, will be ex-
President Cleveland. Among the other
men who have accepted invitations to
be present are Don NJ. Dickinson, SEN
ator Gallery, W. F. Villas, Gen. Palmer
and s. b Buckner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Kansa. City. New Police Commlsslons

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Feb. s7.-Hugh Z.
Ward has been appointed police COM
missioner In the place Of W. c. Scar
rift, whose resignation was demanded
BY Gov. Stephens, Thursday. lmme-
diately npon receipt Of Mr.. Scarritt's
letter Of Resignation, Saturday morn.
ing. the governor wired Ward Of his
appointment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
A Chinese Money order system.

WASHINGTON, Feb ~. China has at
last been supplied with money order
system, and the regulations have been
reported to the state department BY
United States Minister DENLY 81 Pekin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Gave q sheriff the slim

PAoLA, Kan, March las the sheriff
was taking James Buckley from the
Jail to the courthouse he broke away
and made his escape. Buckley was
charged with highway robbery,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

TOPEKA, Kan, March |. Three Kan
sas banks that have gone into volun-
tary liquidation recently have notified
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal that
they have paid off all their depositors
In full and are ready to go out Of the
business They are the Bank Of Scott
City, Bank Of Miltonvale and Bank Of
Western Kansas, at Garden City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The ave-year-old child Of Mr.. Messick,
the owner OF a restaurant in Atoks, |.
T., was burned to death in the pres
euce Of il mother. Ills supposed that
the child Wa playing with matches
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
High Elevated Railroad.

Brussels, being Obliged to have an
elevated railroad to connect the sta
tions at opposite ends of the city, is
going to build II 1870 feet from the
ground, on ornamental pillars, with a
glass roof beneath to protect the streets
below.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Indorse the Allotment System.

WASHINGTON, March L. The Goth an
nual report of the board Of Indian
commissioners, of which Merrill Il.
Gates is chairman, has been submitted
TO Secretary Bliss. 1t says that in the
general condition of the Indians no
important changes have occurred, but
there is evidence of steady progress in
industrial pursuits and in education.
The commission is strongly Of the
opinion that the allotment system is a
good one.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-01-04

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Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable TO the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in ita
effects, prepared only'from the most
healthy and Observation-Disclosures its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cont bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes TO try II. Donot accoptnny
substitute,
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