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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07
That Odd Dreyfus Trial.

The lawyers find a great deal Of
amusement In the Dreyius trial. The
utter disregard of the es'Iconcern.
ing the admissibilily Of evidence is
daily commented upon by members
Of the bar. That witnesses should be
allowed to give all sorts Of hearsay
testimony and even to address the
court, saying they believed Dreyfus
guilty, is regarded as ridiculus and
absurd.
OF course, it must be borne In
mind that this trial is not before one
Of the civil courts OF France, but be-
fore a military tribunal, which al
lows Of more freedom. But things
are daily permitted before this tri.
bunal that would not be allowed in a
military trial in the United States or
England. For instance, witness
will arise and say to the court, 81 be-
lieve upon my honor that he is
guilty" and this is called testimony.
In this country; under the rules of
our courts, a witness would be in
stantly stopped if he attempted to
make a statement of that sort and it
would be ruled out and no account
taken Of it in arriving at verdict.
This nature OF affairs is due partly
to the nature of the French law,
which is an outgrowth Of the feudal
system with statutory additions and
is not founded upon the common
law in use in England and the United
States.
Ex.Minister John Peak OF Kansas
City, who has spent years in Europe
and has kept in touch with matters
there, feels sure Dreyfus will be &C.
quilted. He thinks there is danger
of complications between Germany
and France should the matter be.car-
ried much further and regards the
threat Of Esterhazy to call upon the
German emperor to uphold his honor
in France as very significant.
"In reality" he said, "the present
trial is simply drama, a tragedy,
and the courtroom is a theater. 1t is
all for spectacular effect. All the
evidence in the case was In the pos
session Of this court-martial before
the trial began. They know exactly
what the evidence is, and think
they had determined upon the &C.
quittal Of Dreyfus before the trial be.
gan. II such were not the case they
would hardly have dared to proceed
with the trial the other day when La
boriwas shot, and they refused con-
tinuance until he could be present. II
they had intended to convict him,
they would have waited for Labor"
On account Of the difficulty and, in
some instances, almost impossibility,
Of translating colloquial French into
English, Mr.. Peak thinks some Of the
reports Of the proceedings may not be
entirely accurate. Such as they are,
however, they show an amazingly
small amount Of evidence that any
court in this country would take cog
nizance Of.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07
ne the BOY had been rldlng.

One tne pOy nau Deen riding.
II reckon yer wrong thar, stranger.
All Bill had to ride hit with wuz Q
pawpaw bark string to hits lower
jaw, an likes not he went to sleep an
plumb fell off, an the mule jist went
pickin' along most anyways. Much
obleeged, stranger, reckone I'll be
gittin' by"
"Oh, say" called to him, 1.-THE boy
is that way, saw the mule down the
main road"
That's all right, mister" he ans
wered, cheerily, I'm lookin' fer the
boy; the mules got sense enough to
come home sself."-Washlngton
Star,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07
Supposing Bryan Had Won.

II seems to be q constant source OF
mourning to such papers as the
News that Bryan is not occupying
the presidential chair. Surprising he
were. Surprising that during the
events Of the last few years the Demo-
Populist party had been in control Of
the country with Mr.. Bryan as pre'i-
dent and men like Mr.. Champ Clark
Mr.. Jerry Simpson and Mr. J. ".
Leedy guiding the action Of congress-
saws the Hutchinson News. In the
first place we would have had the
war with Spain for, as the Demo-
Populists boast, they forced Mckinley
into 1t. We would have had no navy
and no army, for these gentlemen are
on record against both. When the
war began it would have been neces-
sary to buy or build a navy and Or
ganize an army, both requiring
money and the revenue Of the govern
ment under free trade taken direct
BY taxation OF the people Cheap
money might pay debts and hire
labor but it wouldn't buy battleships'
Think then Of what war we wouid
have been in, of the army OF volun-
teers required for campaign in CUBA
and the damage our country would
have suffered from Cervera il Samp'
son and Schley had had no ilset on
Santiago.
Suppose that even under Demo-
Populist rule Dewey had been able to
sink the Spanish ships in Manila har'
Dor. Then, according to this aunty
party, the president and congress
would have ordered him to let 60 ana
run. He couldn't 60 back to Hong
Kong for the rules OF war forbid neu'
trail ports to receive such fleet
After licking the Spaniards at Manila
according to Demo-Populst theory
Dewey should have tucked his tail
between his legs and sneaked lor
Frisco. Had he done so would SPAN
have sued for peace, or would sne
have sent a fleet to lombard New
York and other American cities and
put the shoe on the other foctF
1t is so easy to say dewey should
have sailed away and thus averted
the Philippine trouble" But II
Dewey had left Manila to be looted oy
the natives, the United States would
have had no friend among the civil
lied nations and would have deserved
none.
Under the Demo-Populist policies
the war with Spain would have drag
ged for years and Cuba would have
been captured not by a quick dash
and a treaty, as it was, butby a long,
costly campaign before Havana IL
would have been q war which would
have drawn upon the United States
the derision Of the world instead OF
compelling the respect Of the world.
This is only suggestion OF "what
might have BEEN" Fortunately for
the United States the Providence
that governs nations never lets us
get into great difficulty with the
Demo-Populists in control but has
men like Lincoln and Grant and Nc
Kinley and Dewey in command OF the
American people.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07

MIR. Bryan's wealth is estimated at
$780, 900 all but few thousands
made since June, 1896, which goes
to show that kicking against the gov
eminent at so much per kick is not
10 slow a Job after ALL
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07

Those Populist speeches at the Tai
mage picnic all OF which we're for ex-
pansion show how the Dickinson
county wind blows.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Z, 1899
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Judge Eighth Judicial District,
0. l.. MOORE,
Of Hutchinson county

Keep quiet, don't yell yet, wait
about six weeks or so-then the goth
Kansas will come around the bend.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-07
ANNUAL TAX LEVY
Of Dickinson County.

In pursuance of law hereby notify the payers of Dickinson County
Kansas that the of taxation for the year correctly stated in
the following table showing of taxes levied on each 500 val
uaton:
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
Luxury and Extrava ganee.

In general the destruction of wealth is q
social as well as an individual loss The
wealth that is used upon rfotous living
is diverted from better uses. Extrav-
agance Is not neceSSariIy luxury. The
another does not involve destruction.
Consumption means using up. When 4
nation spends $3.50 GOO for a great picture
the wealth is not destroyed: it is simply
transferred. When the Jubilee Plunger''
ran through 81 500 600 in twelve calendar
months the wealth of the world was
diminished only by the amount of it he
and those who sponged on him put down
their throats and otherwise wantonly de-
stroyed. In so far as it was simply trans
ferred to others TO whom he paid extFav-
agant prices it was not destroyed.
To give high prices for articles which
are rare is not necessarily luxury, for the
price and the rare edition Of the old mas
ter both remain. 1t is true that extrava-
gauce may mean the transfer of wealth
to those who will not use 1t well, but it
does not usually mean this. It generally
involves a transfer TO the hands of those
who will use it more wisely.-Interna-
tiouaI Journal Of Ethics.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

,,an+ of 7~hat the board eould do II II
wanted 20 ne wound up with the aSseI
ton that Superintendent OF scnoo4s 49, " ~
SER was a county and not cry olliclal "a. i
and thar the law provided Tor d ClIy 81 81
T5arinfendent OF Schools; that there @ @W9s
10 such official al present, ana lngTeioI l :
he proposed that the position ps HlIe1 81
once Waller announced tnat Ie i@la4 @
made a thorough investigatlon OF lhe law
bearing on the subject. and was cohVlnCeu ,
that his position was both logiea4 ana le-
gal He had no candidate, but Would vote
for aEv man named by any OF MS col
leagues. +a-4a,,c,,
To laugh. nominated Director r; j cana
gber and added that Mr. Gialagner N N
Formed him that he would accept the
honor and make a fight in the courts 20
retain the place. The election OF M MI
6,aIIagher was unanimous, Directors pan
rel RIIrns. Carew. Drucker, Ragan, nam
Tnond and Waller voting aye DIRECTOR
C;aIJsSrer was excused, and harrington.
T-bo Mas in the. room when the. vote was
lien declined 10 vote. As soon as the
farce was ended the board adjourned IN
iii Tuesday at 10 a; m
While il seems hardly probaoIe mat
the Directors we're in earnest IN the maj
act of absurdity. they solemnly assert
that they propose TO make an effort 70
cIin6h the election of Gallagher by carry
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
ADVERTISING
FENCES TAXED
TO THE LIMIT
No More Forty-foot
Color Atrocities.
TWELVE FEET THE LIMIT
HEAVY TAX ON ALL HIGHER
STRUCTURES.
PheIan Made Numerous Futile Nomi-
nation-He Vetoes Hall of JUS
tice Contracts-No Gas
Inspector Elected.
HEAVY TAX ON ALL HIGHER
STRUCTURES.

A resolution came before the Board
of Supervisors two weeks ago impos-
ing a license of cents the square
foot on all fence signs exceeding
in height twelve feet 1t came up for
final passage at last Mondays meeting.
and was referred back to committee IN
order that the fence artists might have
another chance to press their suit. As
result the committee report came in at
yesterdays meeting recommending that
the fence limit be increased TO twenty
two feet. Supervisor Britt, chairman of
the committee, worked the report
through. When the committee recon-
meudation came before the board yes
terday it was lost through the need Of
three votes, and the motion was on the
original resolution Of twelve feet.
1t carried with eight votes, despite that
Crusoe Phelan's Friday Dodge made one
of his well known speeches against the
order He was seconded by Britt, who
thought that q thirty-fOOt side OF paint
of n0ndescrtpt coIors was not scar on
municipal beauty and the fences would
De nice for the children TO look at
Mayor Phelan also attempted further
nominations for the office OF Gas IN
spector, but the incumbent, Charles L.
Taylor, is highly satisfactory TO the
board, and ell of the Mayors nomin-
After naming three Mr.. Phelan re-
fused to make any further nom
nations until the board told why it
did not elect. The board refused and the
Mayor kept to his threat, and other busi-
ness was brought up.
Tax Collector Blocks failure to make a
report Of his tax collections to Auditor
BroderiCk induced the board TO pass a
resolution instructing him TO report in
detail al once the names of property
owners paying delinquent taxes for the
years 1S6S-69 70 1874-75, including 1S81-S2,
1s87-SS to 1856.
Boxing permits were granted TO the Ex-
celsior Club for a contest between January
tween February l and 10; Princeton Ath-
letic Club for same evening in January.
The resolution granting permission 70
modify the plans OF the Hall of Justice
was adopted.
The two bids opened at last Monday 3
meeting for the construction Of a police
station on Seventeenth street were re-
jected. Both proposals exceeded the
/ limit of $50 900 fixed as the cost of the
new building. New plans were ordered
drawn.
The Spring Valley Water Company was
/ requested to place fire hydrants at the
corners of Seventh and Market streets
and Ninth and Market streets.
The Mayor returned without his ap-
proVaI the resolution awarding the con-
tract for furnishing the Hall of Justice
and Morgue for ST $50. He objects that
the price charged was excessive and that
bidders were not put in possession of
facts sufficient 10 enable them 10 make
proper bid.
The board will meet on Tuesday next
when IL Will turn over its duties and lega-
cleS 10 the incoming Supervisors.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Ihe pains Charles Reade took with this
, oooA, called hrst a Good Fight and az
terward The Cloister and the Hearth -
were almost superhuman. His letters a ?
TINS time are full Of it. Il am under
way again he writes. but rather
slowly. l think this story win almost
wear my mind out" Again. ~ can't tell
WAetner 1t viii succeed or not as a whole
but there shall be great and trenendou5
ana tender things in it." 1t is interesti1rr
10 trace through these letters the ora iI1a7
eNQlution OF Characters and scenes +hat
pave charmed millions of people since
IN one or them he says: Gerard is inst
now getting TO France after many sd-
ventures in Germany. The new charac-
ters l have added-Denys, a R1rgIInTiisn
soldier, a rossbowman-wilI. I h0na a1d
trust, please you" Never was hopa bat-
ter founded. Since those words Were
written many and many a reader has
lived over and over again the savings and
doings OF this honest. true-hearte9 ~
Venturer, with his everlasting "C7oI1raqa
le dlao!e est mort" Denys' ''fofbIa - . :
we are told, was woman. when he r7a+
a peasant girl on the road he took 0fr bIs
cap TO her as If she was a Queen. the In
variable effect Of which was thar she
suddenly drew herself up quite stiff like a
soldier on parade and wore a forbidding
aspect'' '--7
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
Alas for Greek Bache1ors

According to a note in the Courier de
Paris, the Atheniaus and Greeks coIlec-
lively intend TO exclude all bachelors
from their Parliament, The idea seems to
be that the bachelor has no stake in the
commonwealth; If he is represented. that
is as much as he can ask for; a repre-
sentative he ought never to be. for whom
does he represent except himself? And
herein the Greeks seem to fancy that
they have found a cure for celibacy. SO
that all citizens viii marry, and the law
ful and legitimate population of Athens
will increase, while every young Greek
having before him as the summum bonum
a seat in the Chamber we'll know that his
best assurance thereof will be the votes
OF his constituents, based on the size of
his family. Should. the measure be passed
and there are so many canards of anti
bachelor crusades that one feels some
doubt about the story-Europe will watch
the experiment of the Parliament of the
married men with much interest 1t will
not last long, because when women are
elected TO Parliament they will restore
the bachelor legislator. as the sittiugs
would be too dull for them without him
But il is retrograde measure in any
case. A Vienna savant has lately an
nounced that love itself is probably a
mierobe." The microbe. we know, al
always slays the unfttest; therefore. the
married men are the uufttest; therefore.
the bachelor is the fttest for a seat in
Parliament.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

in
; fol presidency institution
i plee adRa
and do not desire be considered candi-
g.. -. - , -
; fee thai shou be the
of the University of California highly
dgnfed
) institution which
a n % u NE 1a ~ Tage UorEed hard for them and thew have
@ ueS % foE me no my 6o P think they would expect or desire me to aan-
into wider and more active fields The question
discuss such
if approached
following this theory antagnsms be avoided
esE6g hem their 1anity not biasing their Judgment
engaged In that line have
accomplished diverted
Let the honor and the obligations fully
The fact exclusively in yesterday
hdbe
son " e 5s f-gs are quite enused over the ar and Ir
> circumstances
time that while
his high i'm
position
his energies with the idea
Thus of successor
committee has for
6caons the that certain
one capable objections after
ward
~ &+@+~+~+
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
THE Cloister and tbe Eear+h y

sary. OOuiI Il heces-
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
Ripans Tabules.

She benefited and after of
trouble ceased and she has not had bad spell since"
Since writing this letter the lady that reduced the
half Tabue and the good effect still continues
believes that the of the Tabules wholly
for her daughter appears to be absolutely well
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
RABBI VOORSANGER
NOT A CANDIDATE
Says He Has No Desire to Be the
President of Berkeley
University.

IN
l for sfdency a
plete
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
Punch in Boston.

Mrs Browne-Tes. we used 20 let
Tommy sit on the dictionary when he took
his piano lessons, but his father put a
stop to it.
Mrs, Greene-Why so? 'Fraid it would
hurt the book?
Mrs. Browne-No; 1t was too much like
punning: playing on words, you know
Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal, J. Noonan. 10lT-1023 Mission.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22

Washington. June 20.-Developments
during the last two months nave
shown conclusively that the military
authorities have underestimated the
task which co%nfronts Gen. Otis In the
Philippines. 1t is also evident ulat
unless q much larger force is SEM OUT
the struggle must be continued Tor u
long time. When all the men now uh-
der orders reach Manila and the thfee
additional regiments decided on nave
been enlisted Gen. Otis will have about
SO 1000 men-3,000 more than he SAID NE
needs-but a force, in the Judgment Oh
many military authorities, far 100
small to make rapid progress against
the insurgents. 1t is evident tina rev
more regulars can be spared from the
small force retained in the United
States unless volunteers are enlisted 10
replace them. Reports on the progress
of the campaign that all the otlcers
who have returned from the Phlllp-
pines have brought and the press dis
patches which the censor has allowed
TO come from Manila agree that the
force asked for by Gen. Otis VIII not
be sufficient. The lumber OF lslands
in the archipelago is variously estimat-
ed at from 1,20O to 1000. The distri-
button Of American troops, consequent
ly, while as great as could be expected
under the circumstances, certainly does
not meet the situation, and many OF
fcials argue that the president should
Immediately call for the $4,000 volun-
teers authorized by the army reorgan-
iZation law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22
Warrington Talk.

Secretary Longs decision to purchase
S400 armor for four monitors and three
battleships will make a total of 21,OO0
tons, all Harveyized. Delivery will be-
gin by the end Of this year.
William Nj. Stuart of Detroit, Mich,
has been appointed chief of the Manu-
facturers division of the census bureiu,
which position he held during the
eleventh census.
The officers in charge of the Cuban
forces at GuaEabacoa have collected
all the arms from the soldiers and
gone into the country with them. Gen.
Ludlow is investigating the matter.
A Madrid advice says the Spanish
minister has cabled that the United
States government admits its obliga-
tons and is proceeding to secure the
liberation of Spanish prisoners in the
Philippines.
Among the exhibits of the navy de-
partmeEt ut the Paris exposition next
year viii be handsome models of the
famous battleship Maine, Dewey's
flagship Olympia and the Oregon.
These models are now on exhibition at
the navy department.
Thomas l.. Lyons of North Carolina
has beer appointed a first lieutenant in
the United States marine corps. The
appointment Of the non-commissioned
officer TO the grade of first lieutenant
is almost without precedent in the
history of the marine corps.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22
People Talked About.

Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
E1,000 toward the establishment of u
public library at BanfI.
Mrs. Mary Ramsay Bacot, who lived
at the French court during the time OF
Napoleon ILL.,, and a literary of
considerable note. passed away at hel
home In KenOsha. Wis. She was sew
enty-nine years of age.
Commander and Pay Inspector John
III. Stevenson at the Brooklyn navy
yard, is dead from apopleyy ut his
home in Brooklyn. He was sixty
years of age and is survived by his
widow and two children.
w. +. Dickinson, a we'll known min
ing man who was formerly sllperin-
tendent of the Commonwealth and
Colby mine and at one time engaged in
mining in Cuba, died ut Florence, Wis.
The captain never recovered from the
shock of the disappearance of his six
year-old son Willie, in 1881.
Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby. retired,
one of the last Oh Farragut's active Of
ficers in the stirring sea fights of the
Civil war, died at Washington Of dia-
betes, aged seventy-six. He had a
most active naval career, figuring in
the capture of blockade II ard
assisting In the reduction of river
forts, particularly at New Orleans and
Mobile.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22
GEN GRANT AT MANILA.
Transport sherman with 1900
Troops Arrives.

Manila. June 20.-The United States
transport Sherman, which sailed from
San Francisco May "A with 1880 men
and 705 officers under command Of
Brig. Gen. Fred A. Grant, has arrived
here after a smooth voyage. One pri-
vate died after the transports arrival.
The troops brought by the transport
win go to the Island of Negroes to re-
lieve the California troops. Gen.
Bates, who arrived on the transport,
and Gen. Grant will probably be as
signed to the commands of the volun-
teer generals, some OF whom will leave
for home soon.
Generals Hale and Funston desire TO
accompany their regiments home. The
Utah artillery, it is announced, will
accompany the Nebraska troops on
board the transport Hancock, leaving
their guns here. The Pennsylvanians
will start for home on the transport
Senator this week. The Indiana
sailed to-day with 800 discharged and
sick soldiers. She will 60 into dock
for a few days at Nagasa' i, Japan.
Military operations against the in
surgents in the south have apparently
been planned. Gen. Wheaton, ut linus,
is sending accommodating parties to-
day TO locate the enemy. and other re.
connoisances are being made from
Cayite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22
NEEDED At MANILA.
Minnesota Mems Return Said to De
Uncertain.


Washington, June 20.-Again all the
calculations have miscarried regard
ing the return Of volunteer regiments.
The war department begins to think
that Gen. Otis needs all the available
forces he has to protc ,is base at
Manila. Acting Secretary Meikeljohn.
the man who made a specific date and
was very positive a month ago in the
assertion that the Thirteenth Mime
sofa would be in MINES IA by July A,
is not making predictions nowadays.
He would not exen approximate dates
Saturday, but did venture the opinion
that before any more vol lteers sailed
the regulars now en- route on board the
transports Grant and Sherman would
have to arrive at Manila. The az
gressive stand and boldr ass of insur-
gents in creeping Up close to Manila is
certainly ~puzzling the war department.
Especially since Gen Otis has all along
claimed that 10000 mon would be
enough for him to suppress the Fill
pinos. Gen. Miles and other army Of
ficers have long held that it will re-
quire three times that many.