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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

London, Nov. 92-ln an interview
here Agoncillo, the agent Of Aguin'
aldo, said the filipinos will never
again submit TO the yoke of colonial
government, but will fight to the Bit
ter end in defense Of their rights and
freedom.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

elaborate preparations for the Thanks
giving Uniform ball Thursday evening
in Armory hall. There will be good
music and handsome decorations. All
should attend.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24
TOUGH ON CATTLE.
Sleet and Cold Made a Bad Combina.
ton, for Feeders.

Many feeders in central and western
Kansas had lirst-cass scare yester-
day and some losses will result from
the severe storm. The cattle being
handled in this part Of the State come
mostly from Texas and the Southwest
and where put in unsheltered yards
as too many feeders place them they
are certain to suffer. The men who
have attempted to do too much and
are feeding too many cattle for their
means are the ones who will feel such
weather Omost. Dickinson farmers
are.generally well prepared but west.
ern Kansas will have a hard time.
Thanksgiving Ball.
The Fire department is making
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

Atchison, Kan, Nov. 22.-The Cen
trail Branch missouri Pacific has two
trains stuck in the snow and sleet.
One is a freight train and is tied up at
Scottville, Mitchell county, Kan, and
the other Is mixed train, which is in
a drift near Randall, Jewell county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 22. Late ad.
vices from Japan state that 10000 or
more fishermen living on Etrup, north.
ern Japan, are on the verge of starva-
ton. some having nothing to eat,
while Others are existing on rats and
putrid behring's
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

In the county court Of Fairfax coun-
ty Va, the case against Capt. Louis
c. Duncan, of the Twenty.second Kan
sas, who was charged with completely
in the dissertation Of confederate
graves at Manassas, Va, was dis
missed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24
-star Pointer Sold.

New York, Nov. 22.-Star Pointer,
the famous PAGER, with the worlds
record of 1894 for a mile, was sold at
Madison Square garden to W. D.
White. of Cleveland o., for SIS, 900,
$500 less than he was sold for in 1897
TO James A Murphy. Of Chicago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

On November % Carthage, Mo-, cit''
Gems will vote on a proposition to issue
sg5. 900 bonds 10 build municipal
lighting plant
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24
p,v strike In Georgia Cotton Mills.

Augusta, Ca, Nov. 90. Three thou
sand operatives in the cotton mills
here struck yesterday on account OF q
reduction in wages.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

Kansas City, Nov 81 Receipts Of wheat, 81
cars. Il year ago 20, cars Sales by car lots:
No hard 62d6!hc No. 3 hard 6la62hc' No.
hard asa6OHc; No I hard, aa5oc, No. :
soft, 66g67c; No soft, 6lQ65c No soft $50
Soc Receipts OF corn "a cars ayear ago, li'
cars: No mixed, 29ha3Oc No mixed 20
@2sl4c; No mixed, 29c No white 9hc,
No white. 29c; No white, 2sGssic Re-
ceipts Of oats, 10 cars; year ago II cars; No.
. mixed. 25a25Hc; No mixed, si5ia25ci Ma
mixed e3as4c; No. . white. s6d I-6ac; No
3 white 96.26Hc; No. 4 white "A Sc Re-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-11-24

OFT Paullln, Fred Lesher, Frank Pink
ham, Hiland SouthwOrth.
l-"Finnambulasti ldiosyncra-
cies" ...........O OFT Paullin, Robb Brady
Song-"On the Banks OF the Wabash" go.
School
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

brightness and Quickness of the Amer ican girl. They were just pliable, am- fable, docile, we'll hammered and good natured young women. They never took exception at fancied sights. Their position was assured, as far as 1t went, and they did not seek to penetrate into the most intimate daily life of the "old families," or the fashionable new ones. They went to all the larger entertain ments, and if they were not bidden to exclusive lunches, dinners or other smaller functions 1t did not seem to trouble their girlish hearts.
 None the less, it was an eye opener to all the easy going Isles of Hawaii, to conservative naval circles and to Captain Writings friends, when Etta, a round-faced, pink checked, almond eyed bud of seventeen, just out of school, met and conquered the able officer, gray-haired man of the world and travelled gentleman, Captain Whit ing.
 Several of the Along girls had mar ried by this time; one was the wife of J. Alfred Magoon, an auctioneer, who had settled in Honolulu; the eldest married MT. McStoeker. dry goods merchant and the younger one was married to a dentist named Hutchin- son, and left Honolulu with her hus- band for a time. This was an unhappy match, however, and Mrs Hutchinson procured a divorce and returned to her home alone. She has since become engaged to the doctor on a man-of- war recently In Honolulu.
 Marie Along, who was perhaps the brightest of all the girls, married a
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@ aHu fortuguese ancestry respectively, %lth dash of English somewhere in LHe remote past, and the couple lived happily together. Gradually the fam ny grew until thirteen daughters and TWO sons clustered about the An Fong Knee MT. Ah Fong built beautiful nome on Nuuanu avenue the most pie ruresQue portion of Honolulu, with its palm lined roads and wealth of tropi- cal foliage. The house was large; 1t had reason to be, for although the fam fly was united In love, it was neces- sarily divided by it's numbers The house was very handsome, of the Pa goda form of architecture; there were two stories and each had a veranda running about it with pointed effects. suggestive of China, and very differ ent from the ordinary lanai of its neighbors.
 The An Fongs had a carriage and a Chinese coachman. MT. An Fong sat In the back seat when being driven to the wharf for a first call on a newly arrived man-of-war, or other formal function. At other times he sat by the coachman, and to the uneducated American eye this was disastrous, al- though with familiarity came the knowledge of a distinction: the coach man sometimes did up his cue. and MT. An Fong's was always left hang ing
 MT. An Fong's affairs prospered. He was lucky and he was wise. He was respected among the merchants of for eign' birth and looked up to by his own countrymen. He employed one of the
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IS THIRTEEN DAUGHTERS OUT FOR THEIR DAILY DRI

best lawyers and he had the caution and calm judgment of his race, joined with their indomitable energy and per severance. And he began to send money to China.
 family at Waikiki, where the surf rolled up to his door, and where could be found any attraction that might be lacking in his city house. And Mir. An Fong was recognized as one of the wealthy men of Honolulu.
 Then, one morning, the Isles of Ha- waii awoke and they learned that MT. An Fong was to be known no more forever in the land where he had ac- quired wealth and position-not to speak of family. He had taken his oldest son and returned to the land of his forefathers; to the fortune he had sent before him, and-Hawaii whis- pered-to another family, which was though lost to sight, to memory dear" after the manner of the Orient.
 And Mrs. An Fong pursued the even tenor of her ways; she smiled as pla- cidly brought up her daughters as ad- mirably, kept open house as hospita- bly, and spent the An Fong money, set tied upon her, as judiciously. As the girls grew up they were brought out In turn, and 1t was a remarkable fact that never word was said against one of them, in spite of their number and in a place where the half whites or Hawaiians were so often open to sus- picion, and often the subject of gos- sip. The girls would drive to the open air band concerts Saturday afternoons,
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,ALY DRIVE ALONG THE BoULEVaRDs oF HONOLULU

the carriage filled to overflowing and looking like an animated, brightly col ored bouquet, its load of occupants gay with their vivid pink, blue, green and yellow sashes and ribbons; for the An tong girls did not care for pale col ors. Their pinks were all magentas and their reds of scarlet hue
 And the An Fong name became Along.
 The naval officer was sure of hearty reception and an appreciative audience in the Along mansion; in fact, the family kept open house and the of fcers were welcome to breakfast, lunch or dinner-or, if between meals, to cooling drinks, cigars and always warm hearted cordiality. There was sure to be a certain coterie of officers on each ship that were at home in the Along house, devoted themselves to them to teas, tennis, or wherever 1t might be.
 They were a nice, unaffected, jolly set of girls, admirably brought up, with well-bred manners, always ladylike and not at all boisterous or hoydenish Marie, one of the older daughters, played the ukulele and sang fetching Hawaiian songs and she was always in demand for moonlight boating par ties; the others were variously attrac- tive by reason of youth and warmth of hospitality imbibed from the islands and alluring to the stranger.
 The Along girls were not beauties, but they were petite of figure and pi- quant of feature. They had not the
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

~ NE day last week Edward Fenn had about as narrow. an escape.
 from death as ever mortal man
 has had. While out fishing in
 small boat he was attacked =. '* by an enormous seal that threw him into. the water and deliberately at- tempted to drown him.
 .r'I don't. go out. very ... often," said Fenn, when speaking of the fight, '"but fishing makes a. good change from hjinting, even if 1t isn't very exciting. "On this morning l" rowed out to a spot over a sunken reef, where had often f1shed before. It was as pretty. a day as I ever saw. The water and sky were blue as indigo and. there was hardly enough breeze.to .ruffie the sur face. There was hardly any swell and such thing as a whitecap couldn't be seen. even close up to shore. "-: %I was enjoying myself; to the ut- most The fish bit fairly well, and after had caught a pretty good mess laid back in the boat, lit Gly pipe and didn't care whether I ever went ashore again or not. =.
 "Once or twice I nearly fell asleep. but the movement of the boat rocking with the swell gave me a sudden bump that reused me in an instant. After an hour or so had been spent this way and it was getting along toward noon l thought of going ashore. Then l concluded that it was too pleasant and l would walt until the breeze sprang up.
 "So I commenced to doze again. This time I was awakened by a terrific splash near by. My first impression was that the wind had come. but on starting up and looking about l saw only a round circle of bubbles and foam about twenty-five feet off on the right side.
 What was that?" I thought to my self and instinctively I put my hand down and felt for my revolver that unintentionally. I had brought along.
 Now the anchor was In and l would soon be ashore. sat down and started
 "'Splash!'
 T looked around quickly.
 Pshaw! It was only a seal: All my nervousness left me, for I had not the least idea that he would attack. me. He was not over ten feet from me. and ] could see his eyes and teeth as he poked his head high above the. water. He looked at me and snapped his jaws and then dove beneath the surface of the water.
 Then started to pull ashore. think ing had seen the. last of MT. Seal. Tn fact I had almost forgotten him before I had gone 200 feet
 All at once thought an earthquake had struck me. My boat was boosted high in the air at the stern and came down on the water again with a loud splash. Almost instantly this was re- peated and then before I could realize what had happened I saw the seal polk ing his head over the side of the boat. He was snapping his jaws and below ing like a whole herd of bulls. His eyes were close to me and I could feel his breath as l sat too stunned with amazenlent to move
 For an instant I was powerless. Then I began to think of the proper way to kill seals I had never had the opportunity before. but I had hunted
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 marry in the navy-and a commander at that. Speculation was rife as to the ultimate effect of this match on Cap tain Writings position in the navy, while 1t was openly wondered if Mrs, Writings lot would be a happy one when she found herself transported to some naval station, where her ancestry was not the accepted old story that 1t had become in the land of her birth.
 And it was remarked that after the marriage the choice naval stations did not seem to come into Captain Whit ing's way, as they had heretofore.
 But they were content for all that. Captain Writings devotion to his young wife was unmistakable, and she proved nice, good, little helpmate to him. Their small daughter. not yet three years old, is the pride of the cap- tain's heart, and all went we'll in the Whiting family. Then the villain, without whom no romantically happy couple can do, appeared upon the scene in the person of Paymaster Wilcox. But the tropics is no place for a trag- edy, so the curtain will fall upon his discontinue and the Writings will live happily forever after.
 There are plenty of Along girls still left unmarried to gladden. the hearts
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

" HE An Fong family Is unique,
 even in the Lotus Land of Ha-
 waii, where the dusky Kanaka 4 belle marries the blonde scion
 of many a proud Saxon house,
 and where various brunette beauties can boast of a mixture of blood of a complex blending.
 Mir. An Fong, a Chinese gentleman with the intelligent face of the higher Chinese merchant, left China and came to Honolulu. in search of a fortune; al- though he found himself in the tropics he eschewed hammocks and was shy of the seductive siesta. It might even be said that the seemingly impassive MT. An F'ong hustled. At first he opened a small store and was an inn porter. in a modest way, of Chinese goods. Then he branched out and went heavily into opium, and he be- gan to be known as a very wealthy man. Later he invested money in a sugar plantation. and this investment, too, proved paying one. MT. An Fong was also. prudent and provident, and. although hospitable, he was very different from his Hawaiian brothers who lived In the happy, easy to-day, gave no thought to the morrow and sold a piece of land when he wanted to give a "luau" with attendant hula and other adjuncts, of a munificence that comes high.
 Mir. An Fong married a girl in Ho- nolulu whose parents were of Hawaiian
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enough to know how to tackle any anil maj or his size and style of fighting.
 reached for my revolver, but before could touch 1t the seal gave a splash ana hopped onto the boat, upsetting it and throwing me into the water
 came up gasping for breath and lnstinctively I began to fight for my life. l am fine swimmer and diver or wouldn't be here to-day I made up my mind to swim ashore if. the seal would let me alone. | felt sure I could put a few holes into him if he inter fered.
 But MT. Seal was bent on fight ana ne made at me, I pulled my re- volVer and shot him in the neck. but he only beloved and came at me with gaping jaws. When ten feet away he made dive and came up just behind me, seizing me by the shirt just back of the left shoulder. Fortunately he didn't get ahold of any of my bones.
 Down the big fellow went. taking me with him as easily as if I were a shrimp. l had kept my eyes open and could look up through the blue water and see the sun gleaming through. All at once we touched bot tom. l wondered if the seal intended to hold me there until I was drowned. l made up my mind to hold my breath as long as possible. It seems now as if 1t must have been ages, but I SUD- pose 1t was only a few moments Then, to my surprise, the seal came to the top. when I took in a good long breath before l even thought of anything else.
 Then l saw what was the matter with the seal. The blood was flowing In stream from the wound in his neck Evidently my first bullet had interfered with his breathing appar- dtus. This gave me hope and instinc- lively l took firmer clutch on my re- volver and was glad that it was a Colt A, and hoped the water would not hurt the cartridges. I now felt that I had show
 After moment down we went again, but this time I had my senses about me and began punching my an- tagonist in the neck with the muzzle of my revolver.
 'He did not expect this nor like it either. for he let go his hold and I shot up to the surface. He followed and grabbed me again.
 This time. however, he grabbed my shirt under the left arm, leaving my right free and in a position where I could use 1t.
 There was another short dive and when we came to the top again I watched for my chance. I was in hopes that the seal would drop me, but he didn't. He only took firmer grip, drew in longer breath and seemed to have made up his mind to go below again. But I stopped him short I put the revolver close to where I thought the seals ear ought to. be. Then. be- fore l could pull the trigger, we both rolled over in the water again and 1 got a mouthful of brine that pretty nearly choled me.
 Again my chance came and when my revolver cracked it almost deafened me. But the seal let go his hold and rolled over in the water like a log. Tn a moment he sank to the bottom and I was safe, except for the fact that I was several hundred feet from shore and quite tired from my ducking. But I managed to get ashore somehow"
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and homes of plently of youth and chivalry.
 In the preparations to welcome our Boys in Blue" they have each taken 8 prominent part, and who knows how many more Along girls will, in the fu- ture, sail through the Golden Gate to look for the hospitality here that they have always been ready to accord the stranger in their tropical home.
 At dinner given in honor of the Monadnock's officers by J. R. Burns at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, MT. Will cox, while flushed with wine, spoke dis paragingly of the Ah Fong family, and especially of Captain Whitings wife, who was a Miss An Fong. He went so far as to charge Mrs. Whiting with having addressed him (Wilcox) in lan- guage such as no lady would utter.
 The conduct of his subordinate was reported to Captain Whiting, and for a time it was thought that a duel be- tween the men was unavoidable. The counsel of friends prevailed, and the monitors commander was induced to give the paymaster a chance to resign rom the service. Should Wilcox not do so, charges of drunkenness and con uuct unbecoming a gentleman will be preferred against him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

young lawyer named Humphries, a new :omer in Honolulu.
 All fair matches from a worldly point of view, but upon Etta's young brow rested the laurel wreath. she was to
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

) Years ago An Fong came ( , to the islands a poor trader. C , He quick1y amassed a great C 3 fortune and attained wide : ) influence, married and raised (
 fifteen children; several ot {: ) the daughters have mar C } ried prominent Causasians' ( 2 One day An Fong took his Z: Z: } eldest son and left for China c } and there he has remained. ::
 < His wife and children were !. ) left in HonoluIu in affluent C < circumstances. z
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-15


PEDO BOAT.
along the deck to give her hearty
cheer. He keeps sharp account of heI
comings and goings and knows just
when to expect juicy roast or salts.
flying stew to appear on the mess table.
When feet is at anchor, the refrig.
Grating ship attached to 1T hoists a meal
pennant and signals the flagship. From
the flagship the good news is in turn
wigwagged to the other ships and then
the stewards go out in boats to draw
the legal allowance, which is ~
pounds for each man ON board Some
times the Distribution is made while
the vessels are under way by rigging uI
a sort of marine trolley operating on the
principle of breeches buoy or cash car
rier. In this way quarters and sides Of
no loss of time
There are now several refrigerating
ships connected with the navy. but the
newest and best equipped is the Celtic.
When she Joined Admiral Sampson g
feet off Santiago, she was loaded with
800, 900 pounds Of fresh beef and NUT
ton, 800, 900 pounds of fresh vegetables
and $50 tons of ice.
The Celtic was formerly the Austria
liam trader Celtic King. When we
bought her. we cut off the Kings head
and left the Celtic remaining. She was
fitted out at the Brooklyn navy yard
and is model ship of her type.
She has capacity of about l,200 tons
Of freight. besides her refrigerating
compartment She can steam about i
knots comfortably. and her tonnage is
about SOC Her captain is Commander
Henry b Masfield. and the supplies are
in charge of Paymaster William j.
Thompson. Her full complement in
Guiding officers and men, is 80 souls
Carolina naval reserves. The refriger-
ating apparatus of the Celtic cost $50,
600, but it is so complete that a temper
allure of 10 degrees can be maintained
in the compartment month in and
month out There are three compart-
ments in the refrigerating section of the
ship, which is located forward of the
engine rooms. In one are stored the
fresh meats, in the second the fresh veg
etables, and the third is filled with ice
She was loaded with supplies for 6, 600
men, which ought to last at least three
months
AS soon as the north Atlantic squad
ron was ordered to Cuban waters Pay
master General Stewart secured the
former American liner Illinois and con.
verted her into refrigerating ship.
She was rechristened the Supply, and
she sails under that name now She is
with Admiral SIMPSONS feet, where
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-15
Change Of Heart.
saginaw Courier Herald.

From the Saginaw Courier Herald.
In noting the return of Congressman
Brucker from Washington, the Evening
News says In an interview with Brucker:
"Mr. Brucker has nothing but words Of
praise for the manner In which the war Is
being conducted and confidently predicts
peace at no very distant date"
The democratic congressman from this
district must have experienced a great
change of heart. In the Saginaw Globe of
April there appeared the following:
Washington, ID. c., April 4.
Globe:
Mckinley did not intend to send his mess
age unless he was actually driven by con-
gress to do so. Lees telegram was Hanna's
last trump card, and he played 1t we'll and
won. 1t still looks q little smoky, but
have great faith In the ability of Hanna,
McCOOk & Go. to manage "Our" president
and subdue the republican 'reconcentrad0s
In congress. The Spanish flag reigns over
Cuba, and the republican party, with
Hanna, still lives.
FERDINAND BRUCKER.
The foregoing was written by an
American citizen who Is sworn to defend
his country and seeks political favors at
the hands Of his countryhen.
In contrast to the foregoing the following
from the pen of foreigner is of interest as
1t Is an evidence of appreciation of merit by
one who owe s no allegiance to our flag:
The sagacity and farsightedness of Pres
ident Mckinley are acknowledged now
by the very ones who were imputing
motives and maligning his patriotism with.
out stint and reason. He proved to them
and to the world that an American pres
ident Is above the sOrdid rabble of self
seekers and professional patriots whose
right 10 distinction, II they have any, lies In
their lung power, and who think only with
their organs of hate and envy. He has
displayed to the world the military genius
OF his country in spite of the ISLANDERS Of his
political foes.