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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
War Against Springfield saloons.

Springfield, Mo, March The
ministerial alliance of this city will
with the cooperation of the Anti.Sa.
loon league of the state. open TEN.
perance campaign on March IS Every
Protestant minister belonging to the
alliance will preach against the saloon
business. A local option election may
follow the agitation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

Baltimore, Md, March t. Rear Ad.
miral Winfield Scott Schley received
yesterday from the people of this, his
native, state superb testimonial of
the esteem in which he is held by the
people of Maryland. The testimonial
proper took the form of a magnificent
medal of gold and diamonds of great
intrinsic worth and Respondent
beauty, the gift of Maryland, pre-.
senteo, in the name Of the state, by
Gov Lloyd Lowndes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
-Four Appointments by Gov stanlev.

Topeka, Kan, March l.--Gov Stan.
ley disappointed three new regents
of the state university as follows: s.
H. Dodge, of Beloit, +. s. Larabee, of
Stafford, and L. A, Ross, of Burr Oak,
He also appointed I. N. Hancock, of
0lathe, to be a member of the board
of managers of the state soldiers home
at Dodge City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
VIII Embark from San Francisco

Washington, March THE cabinet
decided to hereafter ship all soldiers
for Manila by way OF San Francisco.
Although the expense will be some
what greater than by the Suez canal,
about IL days would he saved, and
then the danger of ercounternr the
simoons which prevail at this season
on the Indian ocean would be ayerted
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Condition of Missour, What

Columbia, Mo-, March l.-Secretarv
Rippey, Of the Missouri state board Of
agriculture, says wheat acreage seeded
in the fall of 1898 shows an increase
over the previous season of seven per
cent, giving an acreage for the state
OF |, lO6, 600 acres. The present condi.
ton is placed at "A per cent. Of an
average crop.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
the i'Opf SerlOnsIy i'm.

Rome, March 1.-The pope was taken
suddenly i'll yesterday and his andi.
ences were suspended. He remained
in bed all day. The pope had a ia.
tiguing day Sunday, receiving con.
gratulations on the approaching ami.
versary of his coronation, and COM
planned of the cold which has been in.
tense for two days. Dr. Lapponi
found some fever and ordered the pa.
tient to remain in bed and take com.
plete rest. The physician has since
visited the pope three times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Planning Big Democratic nanuu.t,

New York, March The following
are among the men who will be in.
vited to the Jefferson day banquet of
the democratic club! Grover Ceve.
land, William ]. Bryan, David b. Hill,
Edward Murphy, James X. Jones,
Arthur 7. German, Richard p. Bland
aud Benton Mcmillan. The banquet
will be held in the Metropolitan opera
house and will be an elaborate affair
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

South McAlester, l. T., March l.
The Kansas Il Texas Coal company's
mine shut down and 700 miners struck
at cherryvale, The situation is be.
coming very critical and general
strike in all of the Indian territory
and Arkansas mines is anticipated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

Pittsburg Kan, March Delegates
and members from all portions Of Kan.
sas have 1oeked to Pittsburg to attend
the twenty-first annual session of the
grand lodge of the Kansas Ancient
Order OF United Workmen, There are
4O4 delegates present, aside from gen.
eral officers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Sibley Pronounce. for onav

Harrisburg. Pa, March 1.-.Conpress.
man'eleet Joseph c. Sibley, of Frank.
lin, who came here to take part in tha
contest for United States senator has
issued an open letter to the democrats
OF Pennsylvania urging his reasons
why democratic legislators should sun.
port Senator Quay for reelection.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

lansing, Mich, March l.-Gov. Pin.
gree trinmphed in the lower house of
the legislature when the Atkinson
bill, providing for evying of taxes up-
on the property Of railroads, express,
Telegraph ana telephone companies
was passed. The vote was ~ to -, all
the members voting except five.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

demonstrations of delight by James,
his relatives, friends and attorneys 1t
disguised Prosecutor Reed and moved
him to declare that he would forthwith
dismiss the half a score of indictments
pending against persons charged with
train robbery. The case went to the
jury last night at 6.35 o'clock. The
jury spent "a hours at supper smoked
a pipe and decided on the first ballot
at $50 that the young man was inno-
cent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Thinks 1t Better the Bil should Fail.

Washington, March Chairman
Burton, Of the house rivers and har.
bors committee, said that in his opin.
ion 1t was better the whole river and
harbor bill shall fail than that the
senate Nicaragua canal amendment
should pass as q part of 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Carl Browns New Role.

st. Louis, March Carl Brown, son.
in-law OF Gen. Coxey, of army" fame.
is organizing what he calls "The Com.
ing Nation Societies" throughout this
country. Brown and family are trav-
cling over the country in prairie
schooner which is painted to resemble
log cabin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Kansas Merchant Assaulted.

Wichita Kan, March l.-Arthur
Tucker, son of ex-County Treasurer
Tucker assaulted George sckles, a
prominent merchant of Derby, near
here with rock nearly killing him.
sickles obtained shotgun and stag
gered after Tucker, but the gun was
wrenched from his hand by his wife.
Tucker is in Jail.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Fatal Cvclone In Missis.,rp,

Memphis, Tenn, March l.-Specials
from Yazoo City, Miss, bring details
OF tornado which passed over that
district Nearly 100 were made home.
less aud pennless by the storm and
the losses to property will reach thou.
sands of dollars. Two persons were
killed and at least half dozen fatally
injured. but no names can be obtained
at present
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Inventory OF Haw ,itau Propertv

Washington, March The presi.
dent sent to the senate an inventory
Of the property of the Hawaiian gov.
eminent transferred to the United
States under the act of annexation.
The estimate places the total of yalua.
ton at So, S7S, 400 under the control of
the various departments
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Second Missouri Mustered IN,

Albany, Ga, March 1.-The FRS,
battalion OF the Second Missouri reri.
ment was mustered out Yesterday.
The Second battalion will be out on
March 8 and the Third will gets It's
discharge papers Friday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

Madrid, March l. The senate, by
vote OF l9O to lis, rejected the amend.
ments to the bill cedng the Philippine
islands to the United States
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
Discharged the Wrong Private petsr.

Discharged the Wrong Private Peters,
Havana, March Private John r.
feters, company c, Second Illinois
regiment, applied for his discharge
but the order from the secretary of
war really discharged John J. Peters
company Il, Second Illinois regiment
The latter objected, bur was dismissed
and furnished transportation. Private
John r. Peters, not having obtained
his discharge, will reapply.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02

w. r. stice, a wealthy banker OF
dalena' Kan, died suddenly on the
18th.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
SEGREGATION NOT DESIRABLE.

The attempt to segTegate the high school and grammar schools ought to be defeated today at the school elee- tion. Segregation would mean added eX- pense and possibly the shortening of the terms of the public schools. So far the men who favor segregation have not advanced a substantial argument in support of their contention. It is generally understood that they rid of the present superintendent of schools, and that they assume that this object would be attained if his salary were cut in two through the with drawal of the high school which now pays half of his salary. How self re- specting men can lend themselves to such a scheme is a mystery. If the present superintendent of schools is obnoxious to a majority of the people there ought to be no trouble in filling his place. But he should be treated fairly. There should be no resort to underhand methods. The taxpayers should not be compelled to supply more money fer an additional school superintendent just to satisfy the enc mics of Superintendent Creager. The present school system is satisfactory and should not be altered.
 Messrs. George H. N. LuhrS and John T. Hill are candidates for the high school board who are opposed to segregation. They are substantial cit izens and have the welfare of the schools at heart. Vote for them today and thereby set the seal of your con demnation of the plan to change the school system.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
REMARKABLE WAR FIGURES.

The report of the adjutant-general at Washington says that during the nine months beginning with May 1, 1898. there were 5,731 deaths in the army. made up thus: Killed in action 1929;
 died of wounds, 125; died of disease, 5,2T7 The total membership of the army, including the regulars and the volunteers called out by the president, was close to 100000 men, so that the death rate among the troops was not quite per cent of the entire number
 When the conditions involved are con- sidered and when it is realized what war means, this rate was not excessive. A great multitude of men were taken from their homes in temperate anu healthful climate to semi-tropical re- gions where disease turks, unprepared for the new conditions that are in volved in exposure and climatic changes, and those who did not go far from home were subjected to the dan gers which always attend the collection of large numbers in camp where sani- tary measures cannot be perfect. yet the official records show the surprising fact that the whole number of deaths, including those occurring on the field of action, was no greater than in any peaceful city of 100000 people. The loss to the northern armies during the civil war amounted to nearly Il per centum of the men who served. Of course the length of that war and the tremendous losses in battle were re- sponsible for the high death rate, all though disease carried off twice as many as fell in battle or died from wounds. Wherein, then, is the justlfl- cation for all this yellow howl of democratic press, supported by a few republican journals of like-colored tendencies, seeking to prove the wa. department of the present inefficient, corrupt and generally wicked? There is none, except as it may be distorted out of the few mistakes fr5m which no war management is or ever has been free. The figures speak for them selves. On the whole the Spanish war was as remarkable and unique in it's vital statistics as in its victories
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
ROMANCE FROM EVERY DAY LIFE

At early dawn Saturday, a week ago when the first trolley car rounded the curve between Flushing and Long Island City, Motorman Kelly stopped in sheer astonishment. For there, ir the place of Bill Gerbey, was a little woman greasing the switches and in- specting the tracks in front of him.
 Hello, mate-that is, missus!" he cried. Where's Bill?'
 The woman raised a white face to- ward him as she approached the car.
 ''I don't know" she said 'EHe was gone when I came to look for him an hour ago, and I'm worried. I thought I'd stay here and tend to things till he came. You don't s'Pose he could have fallen in the bay from the trestle, do you? HeE-he had been drinking a little''
 The motorman's glance swept the track that ran over the frail bridge He could see tall willclw wands waving their frosted tops in the chill breeze. The water was deep beyond them
 T don't-know," he answered. "I'lI send some one to look after him. The conductor, who had stood by, ran to the platform and the sparks flashed as the poe struck the wire. The woman watched the car a moment and then went on greasing the switches. It was not for her to wait when she must be bread-Winning. The poor have little time for tears.
 In a few hours the arm of the bay had been dragged and further search made for the missing trackman. But to no avail. Bill Gerbey had disap- peared from sight completely, and the willows told no tales Of any yesterday.
 The officials sent cut a new man, but Mrs. Gerbey refused to surrender her place to him.
 ''I must work for my children" she said, and this place should be mine if l can do the work as we'll as a man would do it.''
 So they have let her alone to pace the tracks, to Cil the switches, and set them. But no one knows where Bill Gerbey has gone, and no one cares but the woman who works in his place and the bairns who cry from loneliness in the cabin on the Bay section.-Chicag Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
CINDERELLA GONGS.
A New Device for Warming the Young Men That They Are Expected
 to Go Home at 1O:3O.

The Philadelphia matron is respon- sible for a new fad, says the Philadel- phia Inquirer. This is the Cinderella gong. All persons who are calling at the house are supposed to say Good night" when the Cinderella rings
 If hostess is giving party the gong is not rung until midnight, but every one is expected to leave when it sounds. It is not gentle intimation; it is really a sweet-voiced demand.
 Many maiden has put very pretty gong at the side of her fireplace in drawing-room or sitting-room, and when the clock points to 10:30 p. m. she playfully steps there and rings it.
 This Cinderella gong is very new, but it had it's counterpart several years ago. The charming mother of popu- lar young woman arranged a little clock in wide velvet stand. The velvet and white and the black lettering showed out strong in it's paraphrasing of the well-known lines from "The Mikado:"
 From one little maid take the boys away. At ten o'clock. the old folks say"
 If a caller didn't notice the lettering when he first came in he would be pret- ty sure to do so when the alarm went off at ten o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
ONE OF A NOTABLE GALAXY.
Richard Henry Stoddard to Write Ills RecolleCtions of a Half
 Century

It is pleasant news that Richard Henry ,Stoddard is shortly to give to the world his "reminiscences of a long literary career. People who have had the honor and pleasure of meeting Mr Stoddard during his visits to Bing- hamton will wait eagerly for the pub licatiCn
 MT. Stoddard is not only a poet but literateur of the brightest order, as IS atitested by his admirable book re- views in the Mail and Express, a de- partment worth in itself the price of the paper. Book reviews are apt to be anything but interesting reading, but to this work Mir. StCddard gives the fineness of his intellect, the results of long lifetime of acquaintance with the best books, the best writers and all extraordinary fund of reminiscence.
 MT. Stoddard is the last figure of a group such as may never be seen in American history. Hawthorne Lowell Emerson, Poe, Griswold, the Carey sis ters, Greeley, Bayard TaylCr, Longfel- low, Holmes and Bryant were his friends and fellow workers. His mem ory is said to be extraordinary, and the collection he has made during fifty years of letters, portraits, manuscripts and innumerable souvenirs of Ame~i- can writers, is one of the most com plete in the country. His reminis- cences are a most fitting memory at the end of the century Of the first his tCric century of American literature -Binghamton Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25

The death of Donaldson, the diver who plunged into a shallciw tank in Madison Square garden. New York, from height of eighty feet, is another sacrifice to the mad thirst for sensa- tional amusement that has taken hold of the people Honest and clean sport has palled on the seekers for excite ment, and to win a cheap sort of fame nowadays the ventureslome spirit must torture himself on a bicycle for six days practically without sleep or rest, or leap from some great height or shoot the Niagara rapids in a barrel. Philosophers seeking for evidence to sustain the theory of human degener- acy need go no farther for powerful argument than the records of moldern sport with it's long list of victims to q depraved public demand.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
REMOVING A woMAN's STOMACH
Last Chapter in the Interesting Surgi- cal Case That Attracted.
 World Wide Attention.

The removal of a persons stomach
 as a mode of dealing with a cancer 1T | that organ, is a daring operation that
 was never attempted until about eigh | teen months ago. The case was re- | ported in the Tribune soon afterward 1 the story having first been obtained by 1 the Medical Record of this city. The final chapter is now furnished by that periodical. The subject has died, but after an interval of nearly fourteen months and not in consequence of the operation.
 The patient was woman, 56 years old and was treated in hispital by Dr. | Carl Sch.atter of the University of Zu- | rich, Switzerland. The operation con- sisted of opening the abdominal cav ity, severing the stomach from the oesophagus at one end and the intes- tine at the other, removing the dis eased organ, fastening the oesOphagus and intestine together so as to make continuous tract for food, and then closing up the wound in the abdomen. The patient net only survived, but was able in a few weeks to go away from the hospital, and to eat solid as well as liquid food.
 The operation was performed On September 6, 1897, and the woman died on October 29, 1898. A month or more before her death she came back to the hospital and complained of occasional discomfort after eating. She was cared for at the hospital, put U1 to within about forty-eight hours of her death she was able to walk about. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that the cause of death was cancer ous condition of the mesentery, a mem branous structure that assists in hold ing the intestines in place. No doubt it resulted from a dissemination within the abdomen of the cancerouS poison that first attacked the Woman's stom- ach. So that while the operation did not effect permanent cure it relieved her sufferings greatly and prolonged her life.
 The most remarkable thing about the case was that after removal of the stomach the woman was able to digest food, and her system was splendidly nourished. Death was in no sense a result of the operation.
 Since Dr. Schlatter set the example at least three other surgeons have re- moved the stomach for cancer. One patient in Wisconsin died wtthir short time, probably from shock. A second case, in California, resulted mere happily. The subject was wo- man, and at last accounts she was in excellent health, digssting her fCod we'll and attending to the ordinary pur- suits of life. The latest to be recorded is that of an Italian woman in Turin She was operated upon in January of this year At the time that pr. Schlat- ter repored cn the death of his patient he was not informed as to the outcome of the Italian case.-New York Trib- une
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25

posed his wife for adoption as candi- date for district councillor, and in a dignified little speech expressed the pleasure he felt in doing so. If the traditional chivalry of the natives of the island has not deserted them, Mrs HarbOurne ought to be overwhelming ly electcd-not unanimously-for un- der the new local government act wo- men have the right of franchise in certain cases.
 There IS likely to be some little trou- 'ble in the English parliament over the Kitchener relief biA, especially as 1t is admitted that his lo:dship draws ( 300 beyond his allowances as sirdar. Then, the reported outrages on the tomb and body of the dead mahdi is arousing some intense feeling. Colo nel Gordon, the nephew of General Gordon, has felt called upon to deny the truth of a rumOr that the mahdi 5 head had been sent to him in band box. The proposed gift to Lord Kitch- ener is s15O,000.
 The ups and downs of Ii Hung Chang are without a parallel in the ca- "eers of famous statesmen and leaders, past or present With almost a clock Ike regularity ne Is Qegraded ana re- stored to power; stripped of his yellow jacket and peacock feather today, he has them restored tomorrow, with ad ditional badges of celestial distinction and with new grants of power. Some fine morning the dowager empress ban- ishes him to his estate, stripped of all his decorative and ennobling inery, and the Tsung-li-Ya Yamen holds session to consider his decaDitatiOn and dis emboWlment; but, wait a bit, and To! Lii appears, more grandiose and power ful than ever, and signalizes his res iteration by cutting off few heads and distributing rewards to those who kep: faith in him. The latest charge against him is extravaganza, and the public censor has been directed to inquire in to his crime and of course, so far as his princely and distinguished articles of are concerned, he is once more naked.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
HUsTLING TIMES.
People Who Keep Q Lookout After Those Gone Before Are
 Kept Busy.

Few persons probably realize how much business is transacted in connec- tion with those who have ceased to do business and have gone to their final rest. It would seem the proper thing that Nirvana should come with death. so far as business with the dead person is concerned. But it is not so, and never has been. Yet in these modern times of competition and the evolving of schemes to make money, says the Gin cinnati Enquirer, death sets in motion machinery of business that awaits the visit of the pale rider to give it impetus. The records of the probate court are the source of informat ion for the agents of various enterprises. The solicitors of bond companies, ready to become surety for executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, watch those records. Employees of legal advertis- ing mediums pour over them to get the names of attorneys, appointees of the court, and seek them to solicit the ad- vertising that must be done under the law. But strangest of all to seek that source of information is the maker of grave stones. Yes, an agent is at work in that direction. and it is related that he gets considerable business. He makes note of the attorney and admin istrator, the names of the widow or be- reaved husband or children, and in due time seeks them and solicits their trade. With his catalogue of his business he shows what can be furnished to perpet- uate the memory of the loved one who has paid the debt of nature.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-25

the great provincial centers local re- porter called and begged for a sum- mary Of his speech. At that time he had not achieved the ''woolsack,' and was serving in parliament as member for Durham. Said the reporter: T did not hear your speech, sir" Did not speak loud enough fer you?" queried Herschell. Probably" answered the reporter. although I was absolutely prevented from being present, as I had something far more important to at tend to at the same time
 Dear mel" exclaimed Herschell Surely the great political gatherings at which I was present was of more inn portance than anything else happening at the moment in the county?"
 "Oh, no, sir" ansW ered the reporter, t-by a long side. Why, there was the coursirg match