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Abilene weekly reflector., 1900-03-15

London, March Whatever the
government may know or intend un-
official opinion seems everywhere to
think that the Boer power is collaps-
ing The Eighth division has been
under orders to embark for several
weeks, but these orders, as far as the
artillery contingent is concerned,
have been recalled, Lord Roberts hav-
ing reported that no more artillery
from home is necessary. This is the
first pause in reinforcements since
the war began.
II is quite clear that Gen. Butler
will not try anything large in The
future, as he is to lose Sir Charles
Warren and the latter's 10000 men,
who have been ordered to join Lord
Roberts. 1t is the expectation Of
the war office that Lord Roberts, not
wthstanding the necessity of gar
risoning his depots, will be able to
operate constantly increasing force
until by the time the Transvaal 'front.'
Ter Is reached he will have 10000
troops.
Mafeking, as a beleaguered town,
attracts much sentiment and sympa-
thy, Nothing has been heard from
there since February 10. There is a
rumor that Col Baden-Powell has
been relieved, but this cannot be
traced to any substantial basis.
noer, Paralyxed bv Roberta Tactics.
London, March 10.--All the special
dispatches from Poplar Grove con-
firm the reports Of the panic Of the
Beers. The Morning Posts cor
spondent says: president Kruger
shed tears Mt his Intellectual attempts
to rallythe Beers, who were complete
ly paralyzed by Lord Roberts MASTER
ly tactics. They were too demoralized
to heed his expostulations and de-
clared that the British cannon were
everywhere"
The correspondent of the Daily
News says, "rhe Beers were seized
with a panic, thus spelling the whole
plan, which had been beautifully cal
culated to destroy them utterly. As
the Sixth division emerged for hid
den position and appeared on the
crest with the mounted infantry in
skirmishing order the Beers thought
The whole earth covered with soldiers
in their front and rear and on their
fanks. They did not wait to verify
their supposition, but fled, seized ap-
parently with dread that they
might share the fate of Cronje."
What the Boers Want
London, March 10,--The Daily Mail
publishes the following from Pretoria,
dated Thursday, March s, via Lourenzo
Nt'rques, when had been censored by
the Boer government; "Conversa-
tions have had with the highest
state officials show that the Beers
want some arrangement. They say
that II England is waginr war of
conquest they will fight to the finish.
Otherwise they believe that plain
statement Of the Boer intentions will
reveal a basis Of negotiation, now that
Ergland's prestige is repaired. Presl-
dent kruger and President Steyn
conferred Monday at Bloemfontein ON
the incorporation of the above repre-
sentations in cablegram to Lord
Salisbury. The preservation of the in.
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A New York dispatch says that
Capt. A. 7. Mahan has written paper
on the Monroe Doctrine and Our
Navy" for the forthcoming issue Of
Leslie's Weekly.
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: Gen. Maximo Gomez has been put
on the committee to inform Monsig-
nor sbarretti that his appointment as
bishop Of Havana is Objectionable.
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Wool Grnwer., Meeting.

Boise, Ida, March 9.--At the Joint
meeting of the Idaho Wool Growers
association and the Northwest Wool
Growers association, held here yester-
day, strong resolutions were unani'
mously adopted indorsing the propo'
sal of the government to make class
sified census of the live stock of the
country, asking congress to pass the
senate bill increasing the power OF
the interstate commerce commission
and the bill extending the time Of
keeping stock in cars while in transit
from 2s to 40 hours. Resolutions were
also adopted against the leasing OF
the arid lands Of the western states
and against the efforts Of certain
chemists to have the bureau Of animal
industry discontinue the free distri.
button Of black leg vaccine.
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..at our route Would he IN tnar oi.-
rection. We found most of the farms
along our line of march deserted,
with white flags flying over the
houses. All the belongings worth re-
moval had been taken away and there
were evident signs that the occupants
left in great hurry, things being
Uttered about. The COMMANDMENTS
chief has given strict orders that
nothing is to be touched. 1t 10 not
expected that we shall meet with
great opposition in entering Bloem.
fontein,'A
Visited by tho American Consul.
Cape Town, March 13.--James 9.
Stowe, United States consul general
here, has paid visit to Gen. Cronie,
at the latter's request, on board the
British cruiser Doris. They conversed
with the aid of an interpreter. Gen.
Cronie expressed great satisfaction
with his surroundings and with the
treatment he had received at the
hands of the British. Mr.. Stowe has
also visited the camp where the Boer
prisoners are at Simonstown. He was
shown where they had excavated q
tunnel for distance of s5 yards with
tin dishes and cups. If the tunnel had
been continued another dozen yards
their escape would have been possible.
One of the prisoners gave information
Of the Dlot.
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DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

New York-Joshua Gregg & Co., deal
ers in furniture. today assigned for the
benefit Of creditors. The amount invoIv-
ed Is about $2D0, 600.
Washingt Wood at Havana has
Informed the war department OF the
death of Sergeant Hugh Welsh, M. Sec
ond artillery. Welsh committed suicide
with a revolver.
Akron, O.-Judge Kofler today gave
Mrs. s. j. Rftchie title to securities whose
par value amounts to $67l $50. Judge
Stevenson Burke. of Cleveland. by the
decree loses claim Of S4. l59.
Omaha, Neb.-General Manager Web
ster, Of the Bridge and Terminal COM
pany. today denied In unqualified tefmS
the reported sale Of the property to the
Illinois Central.
Knoxville. Tenn.-Ffve hundred miners
Of the coke works near Tasewel walked
out today after a days notice of strike
for advance In wages.
Clay Center. Neb--Sheriff Secord Of
Clay county, went to Davenport this
morning to arrest Red Hawkins.
charged with highway robbery Hawkins
started to draw his gun, but the sheriff
fired first, killing Hawkins instantly.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-Maj Gen:
Ludlow. military governor OF Havana.
sailed from that city today for New
York on leave of absence
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ANOTHER SWITCH.
Big Fight Postponed Until May 10
and Place Changed.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-The Jeffries-
Ccrbett fight. it Is announced, will take
place before the Seaside Athletic club,
Coney Island. w. A. Brady, represent
ing Jeffries, and George Considine, rep.
resenting Corbett, met this afternoon
and took this decisive action. The Ma
tional Athletic Club of San Francisco
failed to deposit the $1,000 forfeit with
the New York stakeholder within the re-
quired time. According to the agreement
AL Smith was to hold the forfeit money
of all parties. He notified Messrs. Con-
sidine and Brady today that he had not
received any money from the National
Athletic club A telegram was shown
stating that the money had been deposit
ed with San Francisco newspaper, but
Considine would not hear of this. He said
that the match will be off unless some
other arrangement could be made and
the Seaside Athletic Club of Coney Island
was chosen.
1t is announced that Sam Austin will
be the referee, that Jeffries will train
at Aleuhurst and Corbett at Lake Wood.
The date of the fight has been changed
from April 10 to May 15, or Whereabouts,
owing to the possibility of good training
weather In April. The Seaside Athletic
clubs offer was 60 per cent of the gate
receipts.
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CHARGES OF CRUELTY.
They Are Preferred Against Officers
of Transport Mcclellan.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Serious charges
of cruelty which are alleged to have been
committed aboard the United States army
transport Mcclellan, which arrived here
yesterday from San Juan, Puerto Rico,
and Santiago, Cuba, were brought to the
notice of United States Commissioner
Shields today by A. s. Barnwell, one Of
the crew of the vessel AS the transport
is lying al a Brooklyn pier, Barnwell and
his witness We're directed to the federal
authorities in Brooklyn. The mate and
the boatswain's mate Of the Mcclellan are
the persons accused. Barnwell, whose
home is in Fernandina, Fla, tod Com
missioner Shields that on the first day
out from San Juan discharged soldier
named Schwein, who was stowaway on
the steamship was discovered, and as
there were believed to be other stowa-
way aboard he was asked where they
were The soldier declined to tell or even
explain how he had managed to conceal
himself on the boat. and Barnwell al
leges that Mate Merithew caused the
MAJ to be shackled and strung up by a
block and tackle to the metal funnel guy.
The mans hands were fastened above his
head and every time the transport rolled
Schwein was carried off his feet
The stowaway was strung up for
over an hour, and then, when he was
let down, ne was set To work cleaning
ship. AT Santiago, Schwein was put
ashore.
Barnweli also related an incident which
occurred ON previous trip. There was
on board then a discharged army team
ste- named Curtis. who had been supplied
with transportation and rations by the
United States quartermaster. Barnweu
asserts that the Mcclellan had hardly
gotten to sea when Curtis, who was class
ed as a passenger. vas ordered to work
Refusing to comply. Mate Merithew.
Barnwell alleges. had Curtis shackled and
strung up to the funnel guy. After he
had been strung up for over an hour he
was handcuffed and kept prisoneriuntil
the transport reached Santiago, where
he was forced ashore.
Barnwell says he complained to those
in charge of the United States army
transport service. but getting no satisfac-
ton he decided to resign and expose the
cruelty in the federal courts. Barnwell
was accompanied by another member Of
the McCleilan's crew, who corroborat-
ed the story.
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Ebenezer B. Cronk, teamster, residing
on st. Croix avenue. died on Friday

Miss Belle Swanson was pleasantly sur
prised Friday evening by the young folks
of the Congregational church, who called
at the home of her parents, where they
enjoyed themselves until a late hour.
Mrs. Will Bean entertained the Young
Married Ladies Euchre club Friday af-
ternoon.
The ladies of the Eastern Star have
issued invitations for a dance to be given
in Masonic hall Feb. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Doe entertained a
number of young folks Thursday even
ing, among the number the young ladies
and gentlemen who participated in the
cake walk in the American dancing car
nival given at the opera house a few
weeks ago.
The Ariel Ladies' sextette gave an en-
tertainment at the Grand opera house
last evening under the auspices of the
saltwater Lyceum, and the attendance
was excellent.
Mrs. D. B. Newcomb. of st. Paul, spent
Thursday with relatives in this city
Mrs. F. Sprague, OF ST. Paul, gave a
dinner on Thursday, attended by Mrs
L. Sargent, Mrs E. G. Butts, Mrs Chas.
IL. Browne, Mrs. Frank Berry and Mrs
John Goodrich. of this city.
The Elks are arranging for a dance to
be given in their hall some time this
month.
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SALTWATER.
Work I'm Woods Delayed by Blizzard
Social News.

work In Woods Delayed by Blizzard
Social News.
George A. hammers returned Friday
night from trip to his logging camps at
Eau Claire lakes, Wis. Mr.. hammers
says that they have about sixteen inches
of snow and that about ten inches fell
on Thursday, when a terrible blizzard
ragged all day. He says that 1T was i'm
possible for men to work on that day
and that they were forced to lay back.
He is pleased with the fall of snow and
says that it will enable loggers to haul
at least a week longer than il snow had
not fallen.
The third week of the Commercial club
billiard tournament closed last evening
and the standing Of each participant Up
to last night was as follows: August
Eooren. won l. lost 6; D. N. Bronson, WON
1, lost s; w. G. Bronson Jr., won 49, lost
5; c. HI. Browne, WOMB, lost 3; w. Il.
Birmingham, won TO- 1ost Z; G. K. Butler,
won 2, lost 5; j. He Carroll. won 8. lost
IL; L. L. Conhsim won 10. lost L: w. Il,
Eaton, won 2. losts1: III. FL. Harrison.
lost 2; G. w. Hitchcockg won 3. lost Z; A.
7. jerks, wen Il; john iMcFSusick. won l.
lost 8; C. E. Mosiers nwon a, lost 1; N. A.
Nelson, won H., lost11; B. l. Norwood,
won g. lost s: F. P.4Nuzum. won 2, lost
Is; ]. K. O'Brien, 'son 7. lost 5: j. S.
O'Gorman, won I. los. II: M. M. Peaslee.
won 3, lost 1: L. Seymour, lost g.: L. s..
Staples, won H. losts5 James Tolen, won
u. lost s; M. A. 'Torihus, won 3, lost /;
W. D. Warren, won 81 lost s.; Eugene
Webster. won 8, lost TAD. R. Yates. won
II, lost 10; L. B. Castle, won g lost 4.
The interest in the tournament continues
and all eyes are conferred on Leo. Con-
hahn. who at handicap of Is is sur
prising everybody blythe marked regu-
larity in which he is defeating all COM
ers.
Mrs. Myron Shepard who has been in
failing health for some time, is failing
rapidly, and her daughters, who are at
Pasadena. Cal. have been notified and
are on the way home.
john Swanson has received a letter
from Fletcher, Idaho. announcing the &C.
cidental death of his brother, Charles
Swanson. Deceased was engaged in
operating a feed mill and was crushed
underneath the fly wheel of the mill. He
leaves a widow and six children
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SHE ADDED THE SOUL.
Marvellous Performance ON the yfo
lin by Young Girl

MAI 'eiOus performance Oh the ViO-
lin by u Young Girl.
+ ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 1O-Ethel Cal
kins. aged twelve, travelling alone from
Alliance, Neb., to her home in Duke. Ga.
created sensation at the union station
today by the skillful manner in which
she handled the violin. The little mite
was waiting her train in the matrons
room, when a traveller dropped a nickel
in the slot of a music machine in the
main waiting room and started it to play
ing. The air was the intermezzo from
+ "Cavaieria Rusticana.' Ethel, attracted
|; by the music. stood silently by until the
machine stopped; then quietly remarklng,
|: Il can beat that" opened violin case
and took from 1t genuine Stradivarius,
which she proceeded to put in tune.
Then she drew the bow across the
strings and began to play Again the
strains of the great intermezzo fioated
through the crowded waiting room, but
this time there was skill and touch in
the execution of the notes that the ma
chine could not give-the pure soul of
the child seemed to permeate the sweet
strains People gathered around the lit
tie girl and stood entranced as she play
ed. When the last note was dying out
such shout of applause went up as was
never before heard In the mammoth
DullQinS, drowning the Missing OI steam
and Gathering of trains. To all en-
treaties that she treat those present to
another exhibition of her wondrous gift,
Ethel replied In the negative, saying that
the only played the intermezzo for the
purpose of demonstrating that machine
made music lacked life-was without q
soul.
When questioned, the little miss said:
ST have loved the violin since I was
old enough to know what it was and
have been taking lessons two years. Ny
ambition is to be a great artistic and play
i'll concerts. Next year l will go to the
Boston Conservatory of Music, where
will remain several years. From there
1 will go to Europe and study under a
great master. Though I have only been
studying two years, have led orchestras
in which there were some fine perform
ers and have played in concerts in At
lanta, Ga. My home is at Duke, Ga,
where there is socialist colony. of which
my father is thesleader. I play regularly
for the entertainment of the colenists.
l have been visiting friends in Nebraska
and am now returning home. No, l am
not afraid to travel alone; every one Is
so kind to me-
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EFFECT OF A KNOCKOUT.
PugiIist Who Has Had One Tells
How 1T

How 1t Feels.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10-Over at Harry Gill
mores a fairly clever local boxer, who
has won and lost many battles in the
ring, told how it feels to be knocked
out. Here is his plain unvarnished story:
. Here's where I've got you licked,
says L. as he comes toward me. He laughs
and mutters under his breath You're
dub. You couldn't fight cigar sign
See?
1T makes me mad. an 1 swings for
him, feintin' with my left, an cuttin'
loose for the jaw with the right The
big gazabo, says 1 to myself. what Il
mark he is; that jaw looks biggern the
side of a n'elephant'
THROWN myself backward on my heel
an comm up on my toes, 1 brings around
my right with all the force of my body,
my eyes jest glued to that jaw O. his,
which looks like the bulls eye of big
target, an the people a-sittin on the
chairs behind him was the ring round it.
Seems to me my right wasn't half an
inch from his face when the ceilin' alls in
on me- What a thunderin' noise it makes
an what a thump it gives me on the
head. Everything Is goin' round an
round, like them swing seats at Coney.
81 knows I'm fiat on my back because
over my head where the roof has been
dumped on me. I'm a bit dopey, I'm
sure, because me thoughts somehow don't
fit each other. | keeps a-gettin' started
on one thing an a-fnishin' on another.
Then 1 wonders If the other fellow an
the referee is down, too, an kind o. rolls
ever on me side an tries to find 'em.
But they amt there, an all that people
are a cirelin' round as IL they was on
circus horses In a ring.
Suddenly L sees a funny little man
a-standin' to one side O. me, beconin' me
to come to him. He gets more an more
In earnest, an / does me best to reach
him, but me legs feels like a stone quarry.
Finally 1 gets to me knees an then
begins to see clearer. g
SALTY mackerel It's de referee an
he's sayin somethin,! 1 hears him plain
er an he's countin'. An it's for me, too,
the old bloke Me, knocked down by the
ceilin' a fallin in. an unable to help
meself.
!" Eight he says. and 1 gets to me
knees Nine, an I tries to open mo
mouth an say q word, but not a sound
an L weeps when 1 thinks I'm dumb for
life.
st lifts mcseif to get to me feet. an
jest as IN we'll balanced on one Of EN-
the referee says Ten an over l tum-
bles again.
"The next ] knows I'm sittin' on a
chair an the fellow with the big jaw
what was boxin' me IS a-shakin' my
hand. an tellin' me how sorry he is.
mo, it wasn't the ceilin' The other
| fellow had right, too
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to decide a battle between them. And
so the managers may have to ''get to-
gether" in advance and 'fix up" pro-
gramme. It Ia safe to Surmise that no
matter how the battle goes Billy Brady
will be richer after 1t than he was before.
AND MGovERN, TOO.
And now it has developed, or. at least
Is asserted. that Terry McGovern was a
party to an arrangement with Eddie
Santry, that the Chicago man should be
permitted to go the distance in the re-
cent meeting of the little men in Chi
cago. Harry Gilmore, who was one Of
the chief handlers of Santry, is authority
for the statement that there was an ar
rangement, and that 1t failed because Of
Santry's aggressiveness. He was even
better than McGovern had thought, and
the Brooklyn man concluded that to save
his laurels he would have to break his
agreement to ego easy" and so waded
In and knocked out the Chicagoan. This
Is mark upon the record of the game
little bantam and featherweight that he
will regret the presence Of in future
years. Once there 1t Is impossible to blot
1t out
DEATH OF FOOT RACING.
Professional foot racing is as dead as
the proverbial mackerel on the sunny
side Of cliff 1t smells to the clouds.
Any man who would venture a wager
on foot race in these enlightened days
would be ranked as postgraduate men,
Der Of an Insane ward In a hospital Per
haps it would be better to say a full
f1edged candidate for an asylum for the
feebleminded. And there was time
when foot racing was a great and pop
ular sport. Professional wrestling has
suffered from the same complaint as kill
ed foot racing. 1t is worse than the bu-
bonic plague. and more certain death.
Boat racing has also had a touch of 1t.
But now comes boxing, and threatens to
carry off the prize for taking.
Willie Green.
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OPERATION ON AN INFANT.
Remarkable Case of Trepl1ining Re-
ported From Ottumwa.

OTTUMWA, To-, Feb. 10.-A remarka-
BILE case of trephining was performed by
DR.. M. III. Sprague. of this city. last
Tuesday. A depression In the skull of a
child only twenty-five hours old was cor
rected and the infant survived the opera
ton. Twins, boy and girl. were born
to Mr.. and Douglass McCarty. seven
miles southeast Of Ottumwa, last SUM-
day. The boys skull was depressed on
the right side of the Uranium just above
the forehead, presumably due to unnat-
ural depression previous to birth. He
was barely alive when born and clearly
demonstrated that he was mentally af-
fected by the deforn1ity.
; The physician waited until after the
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chiid was twenty-five hours old. think
ing perhaps nature might relieve the de-
10Y unity. Being disappointed in this, he
trepnined out piece of the skull in the
center Of the depression and the Infants
mead at once assumed normal shape. the
ilttle one appearing to be as bright and
heathful as its twin. Local physicians
say 1t Is one of a few. If not the only.
similar case on record
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DULUTH TO PORTLAND.
Scheme to Form Circuit OF First.
Class Theaters,

WEST BADEN. Ind. Feb 1O-A meet
ing of considerable interest to theatrical
people was held at the Springs hotel this
evening. the object being to form a cir
cult of all first-class theaters between
Duluth and Portland. Oscar Vanderbilt,
city passenger agent at ST. Paul, attend
ed the meeting in the interest of the rail-
way company, and representatives of a
number Of managers of theatrical COM
panies that visit the territory were in
attendance. Harry Elmer representing
Managers w. A. Brady and Jacob Lit.
promoters. Manager Walker, of Winnl-
peg. manager of a circuit of theaters in
the Red river valley, and number Of
other managers of other first-class thea
tiers were prominent. Those interested in
the meeting will hold a meeting in Chi
cagO next week. -. -. !. "a
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st. Louis Pedestrians.

ST. LOUIS Feb. 10.-Mayor Ziegenhein
gave the word tonight, and the sixteen
pedestrians who are to take part in the
six-day go-as-you-p please race at the
Natatorium were off on the long jour-
ney which will end next Friday night.
The race is the biggest of It's kind that
st. Louis has seen in many years. and
nearly every pedestrian of renown is
competing for honors.
''Oid Sport" Campana. who has been a
contestant in nearly every long-distance
race for years. was much in evidence
and first favorite with the crowd as
he went across the track with his pecu-
liar tottering gait. Others claiming at
tention were Click. who has been in the
business for a quarter of century; Cart
wright and Golden, both of whom have
taken part in races all over the world,
and Hart, Hegelman and Cox, who, while
not so old as some of the others, have
taken part in a few races themselves.
Score. first hour: HegeIman. mics.
4 laps: Cox, 81; Golden. ST.; Cartwright.
II; Hart. II; Dean. II; Click. Ill Haw-
ley, 6.16; Graham, Gil; Barnes. a. Maui
eret. 6; Day. 5.14: Kennedy, $40; Stevena,
5.8: Campana. Sd; Pratt, Al
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HE LIKES CORBETT.

Kid Mccoy Thinks Well of the Ex-
Champions Chances.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-Kid Mccoy,
while out taking an airing, was met by
a reporter who asked him If he had re-
tired from the ring.
'tYes." was the reply, 'but IL can get