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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
STREET RAILWAY STRIKE.
Tho st Louis Transit Company Made No
Effort to Run Its Cars-Deputies
to BE sworn In.

st. Louis, May 1O.7-The second day
Of the great street railway strike
was as quiet and uneventful as the
first was turbulent and riotous. The
-. Louis Transit company made no
effort to run its cars, and the st.
Louis e. Suburban made none until
late in the afternoon, when with po-
lice massed along the line and de-
tachment on each car it succeeded in
getting a number through. Far from
relieving the situation, however, this
demonstration had no further effect
than to show that by massing their
forces on a single line the police could
keep that line open.
A dynamite cartridge exploded I'M
der car on the Meramec Highlands
division of the Suburban line with
great force at an early hour yester-
day morning. The force of the ex-
Ilosion splintered the track, broke
off section of one wheel and cracked
the axle. The car was occupied by a
dozen workmen Of the company. The
first tragedy in connection with the
strike occurred last night. At nine
o'clock as q Suburban car, en- route
20 the company's sheds in the western
part Of the city, was passing the Bap-
fist sanitarium, a number of men,
gathered in the grounds of the insti-
tuition, threw rocks at the car. Some
one on the car fired shot at the
crowd, the bullet finding Judgment in
the breast of Frank LeBlecht. The
wounded man attempted to enter the
sanitarium but fell dead on reaching
the door. One story is that police
officer on the car fired the shot. Dan
Donovan was placed under arrest by
the police charged with firing the
fatal bullet. Donovan is employed in
minor capacity by the railway com.
rany.
The police board, which has been in
session all day, has asked the sheriff
to Immediately swear in a posse Of
800 deputies to assist )the police in
keeping order and to enable the
street car companies to run their cars.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

Matteawan, N. Y, May 14.-Herbert
Hotron killed himself in school room
near here. Horton, who was 26 years
old, was in love with Lillian Owens,
the school teacher. He proposed
many times and as often met with
refusal. Several days ago he visited
the schoolhouse and told Miss Owens
that If she again refused him she
would "see his blood run cold in the
school ROOM" Afterwards he went
into the school room and shot himself
through the heart. He fell beside the
teachers desk and the pupils fed from
the room.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

Joplin, Mo-, May 14.-The zinc sales
for the past week were 1,ls4 tons
more than the previous week and the
lead sales GA tons less. Lead ore
slumped in price 81 a ton owing to
the decrease of so cents hundred on
pig lead, causing the weeks lead value
to be $4,000 less than it would have
been at the previous weeks prices. A
few lots sold early in the week at S54
but the general price was $47. Zinc
ore was cut so cents and 81 on some
lots, but at 0ronogo and Neck City
the previous weeks prices prevailed.
A further cut is promised this week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

Experience has taught the critics ~
be chary of accepting reports of Boer
Generalization. The Times says:
"The signs point to military break
down on the part of the Beers, but,
after experience Of the past, we can
not accept the reports of demorali-
cation without reserve. The game of
war must be strictly played out to the
end"
Lindley, the new Free State capital,
is As miles southwest of Kroonstad,
half way to Bethlehem, and was prob
ably selected as convenient rendez-
vous for the commanders now retir-
ing before Gen. Brabant and Gen.
Rumble in the Thaba N'Chu district.
Brabant has occupied Hoepellok, half
way on the road from Thaba N'Chu
to Iadybrand.
There is not a word of news regard
ing Gen. Buffers movements or from
the far western side. Nothing is
known, therefore, of the progress of
the Mafeking. relief column.
VI II MAKE All Fight.
London, May 1.-THE Lorenzo Mar
ques correspondent of the Times, tel
egraphing Sunday, says: 1t is ru-
mored that the Transvaal raad, in Sc
cret session, has resolved to order all
residents, irrespective of nationality,
to assist in the defense of the repub-
lie, in accordance with the terms of
the amended military laws. The
Beers recognize that they are now in
the last extremity and all sorts and
conditions of men are being COM
Wandered. The merchants here have
protested against the stoppage of a
consignment of clothing and corned |
beef, of which the latter was pur-
chased in America. United States
Consul Stanley Hollis, whose sympa-
thies are notorious, is said to have
demonstrated against what he called
interference with American trade"
kruger 10 Move TO Lyd+nbsrg
London, May 14.-A dispatch to the
Times from Kroonstad dated Satur-
day, says: ut is reported that Presi-
dent Kruger intends moving to Lyden-
berg as soon as he is joined by Presi-
dent stcyn, who left yesterday with
Gen. Botha. The country between
Boschplatt and Kroonstad might have
been effectively held If the spirit had
been willing"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
Bosrs Ready to Meet the British.

London, May 14.-"The war is prac.
tically over" says the Daily Chroni'
cle's Kroonstad correspondent, and,
in less definite terms, this is the view
to be gathered from all the CORE
spondents. They picture the Beers as
utterly demoralized and disheartened
by Lord Roberts Unexpectedly rapid
advance and by his facile turning OF
the carefully prepared positions Of the
Beers.
There was practically no fighting
and there are no further details to
give respecting the occupation OF
Kroonstad. The correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says; "rhe union
Jack was hoisted in the market place
by Mrs. Lockhead, the American
wife of a Scotchman. Most OF the
horses of the Beers are in wretched
condition, but President Kruger de-
clares he will continue the war;"
II appears that the Beers at Kroon-
stad had been reinforced by 5000 men
from Natal last Friday and that alto
gether 10000 with 20 guns, trekked
from Kroonstad on the approach OF
Lord Roberts.
The Beers made an Intellectual stand
at Boschrand, and had elaborate en-
trenchments in front of Kroonstad,
which offered great facilities for a
rear guard action. Their only anx.
iety, however, appears to have been
to get away safely with all their
guns and conveys, which again they
have successfully accomplished. The
few stores they were unable to carry
away they burned.
President Steyn is represented as
having been frantic with rage and as
having kicked and cuffed the burgh-
ers after vainly imploring them TO
continue the fight.
Lord Roberts, after a march which
Is regarded as worthy of being ranked
with the famous march to Kandahar,
has thus covered another stage Of his
campaign, stage which, although
successful and without the mistakes
and misfortunes that characterized
the earlier stages, leaves the Boer
forces quite intact, not having lost a
gun and having lost very few men,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
avt Fire to Her Home.

Chicago, May 10.-Mrs. Anna Ora
bent in an effort to end the lives of
her two step-children, Emma, aged
II, and Mary, aged $, and herself last
night, set fire to her home. No. 1906
Holman avenue, after saturating the
clothing of the children with kero-
sene. The three were rescued by
neighbors before they had been
burned to death, but at the hospital,
where they were taken, it is said they
cannot recover. Domestic trouble is
kaid to be the cause of Mrs. GRADIENTS
attempt TO murder the two step-chil-
dren and herself
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
SIX Men Killed In u Mine.

Bristol, Tenn, May l4.-Six men
were killed Saturday by an explosion
in the coal mines of the Virginia Iipn
Coal and Coke company at Toms
creek, Wise county, Va. These mines
are so remote in the mountains that
details of the disaster have not been
received. The men were employees in
the mines. The explosion is thought
to have been due to gas, although
there is an intimation that it may
have been caused by dynamite.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
FILIPINO INSURGENTS.


New York, May IA Hong Kong
dispatch to the New York World says:
"The Filipino junta has been receiving
large amounts of money at Manila.
Within the last three months ship
loads of arms have arrived here from
Germany for the insurgent cause. The
junta recently gave big banquet in
honor of the reorganization of their
government. The Filipinos claim they
will open aggressive hostilities just rs
soon as the rainy season begins"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
VICTORY.
British General Effects the Turning
of the Biggarsberg Position.
MEETING WANTED TOSUE FOR PEACE
Nothing Definite About the Relief OF Mafe'
king The Beers Dis0rganlzed The
Whole Available Force OF the
Transvaal In the Field

London, May 15.-Gen. Buffers turn
ing of the Biggarsberg position was
effected by bold movement The
Beers had evacuated Helpmakaar,
but were making a stand Monday
evening at Bleskoplaagte, seven miles
from Dundee. The corps on the spot
regarded this as rear guard action
to cover the retreat of the army. At
the same time Gen. Hildyard took
Indoba, and it is reported that the
Beers withdrew in disorder.
Gen. Butler, who seems to be EN-
ploying his full strength, is expected
to push on. His first marches were
40 miles in three days. He is thus
breaking into British territory which
had been administered for six months
by the Transvaalers as though it
were part of the republic, they hold
ing courts and levying taxes. His
success therefore has political as well
as military consequences.
While Lord Roberts infantry are
concentrating at Kroonstad where
they will rest for day or two, his
horsemen have penetrated IS miles
northward. In the squadron which
cut the railway Is miles beyond
Kroonstad was the American scout,
Frederick Burnham. Two hundred
Beers who had hidden in the river
jungles near Kroonstad to escape
service have surrendered to the British
and taken the oath Of allegiance.
According to dispatch from Ben
net Burleigh to the Daily Telegraph,
dated Thursday, May 10, Paul Botha
and Macdonald, members of the Free
State volksraad, demanded that the
chairman should call a meeting to
sue for peace, as further resistance
was suicidal and proposed to make
President Steyn a prisoner.
Nothing definite has been heard
about the expected relief of MAIZE
king. The Cape Town correspondents
continue to wire that relief is immi-
nent, fixing Tuesday or Wednesday as
probable dates.
The latest supposition concerning
Gen. Hunter is that possibly he is
marching up the north bank Of the
Vaal with force sufficient in CO.
operation with Lord Roberts to rem
der Boer defense of the Vaal from
tier impracticable.
East of Bloemfontein Gen. Rumble
Is advancing toward Ladybrand. His
troops and those of Gen. Brabant are
stretched over a distance of 30 miles.
The Beers are described as quite dis
organized and as retreating north
ward. President Steyn's lieutenants
are trying to rally them. The same
stories of disintegration come from
nearly every point where the English
correspondents are.
Mr.. Hollawell, formerly CORE
spondent at Mafeking, who was put
over the Transvaal border, telegraph
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

whole available force of the Trans
vaal was now in the field, the final
communicating having taken place
last Thursday, and that it is only the
powerful magnetism of President
Kruger, that keeps his burghers to-
gether."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

Empire, Pa, is completely sur
rounded by forest fires and it is i'm
possible for any one to get in or out.
Five houses have been destroyed and
three children burned to death.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
A Cores pondent Says It 10 Impossible to
Convey BY Figures tho Paralyzing
Eject Of the Drought

London, May 12.-Sir Francis Nc
Lean, chief justice of Bengal and
chairman of the famine relief commit
tee, cabling to the lord mayor of Lon
don, Mr. A. J. Newton, whose fund
reached e23O,OOO yesterday, calls at
tention to the fact that this is the
moment when money is most urgently
needed to assist the peasantry with
seed and cattle for blowing in view
of the coming monsoon. A corre-
spondent, writing from Nagpore, capt.
tai of the central provinces, on April
20, says
TT is impossible to convey by means
of mere figures any adequate idea of
the paralyizing effect of drought
such as India is now experiencing. On
4 moderate computation the cultiva-
tors of Bombay province have lost
f15,OOO,OO0 on food crops and $4,000
COO on cotton. More serious, and moro
far-reaching than the destruction OF
,he crops is the awful mortality in
cattle. In the Ahmedabad district
the splendid Guzerat oxen have per-
ished by the million and men and
women are playing the part of beasts
Of burden, dragging the numbering
carts along the rough country loads.
On a sanguine estimate six years must
elapse before the central provinces re-
urn to their normal conditions. In
the Deccan it is the same case, and
at Guzerat and Rajputana the in
,erval will be even longer"
Kansas Has 1881 Insane Persons.
Topeka, Kan, May 12.-According to
the monthly report of Edwin Snyder,
secretary of the state board of chari-
ties, there are at present 2,s45 in
mates in the various charitable insti-
tutions in Kansas. OF this number
1,SSl are insane people.
The president yesterday approved
oan,t. lii ~ l,xx.,,, m. A. n-.I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
rnrvher. Discus. Submission.

London. May ll.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Welgelegen
dated Wednesday, says: "The burgh-
ers held a meeting recently without
the consent of President Steyn at
which the advisability Of submission
on the part of the Free State was
discussed and approved"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17
Kansas Has 1881 Insane Persons

The president yesterday approved
senate bill laI7, known as the Grand
Army pension bill.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-17

stand ana are beaten. The interest
ing question is whether the Trans
,aal government will then submit or
VII encourage the burghers to con-
,inue hopeless struggle to the point
o. their general ruin. The latter al
Tentative is by no means improbable y
10 ~ Drss,ish.d with Leadsra
Lo1don, May 1.-THE Standard
publishes the following dated May 9
from Wetgelegan: "rhe engagement
on the Vet river caused the Beers to
he dissatisfied with their leaders. !
learn from Pretoria that the Beers in
tend to retire ultimately to Lyden-
burg. leaving to the foreign mercena-
ries the task OF defending Johannes
burg and Pretoria. The foreign mer-
cenaries are now advocating the send
ing out of guerrilla parties from 300
to 400 strong rather than a persist
,nce in operations on a large scale,
BAT the Beers are not dashing enough
tor that kind of work. Whatever hap
mems ai kroonstad there is little doubt
that the frontier will be strongly
contested"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-11

From Lord Roberts speeches o.
'Musketry Training and Artillery
Practice:" The Introduction of rited
arms altered all this (barrack drill, but
it took some time to bring about the
required change in the soldiers train
ing. Officers who had been brought up
in the old school clung to drill-con-
slant driIl-as the only means by which
q soldier could be made efficient; they
failed to appreciate the power of the
rifle, nor could they understand the
necessity for more time being spent on
the range to admit of their men being
taught to make ''bulPs-eyes" with toll
cradle certainty at distance of half
mile or more. l must not be mistaken
about drill-drill is an essential part of
discipline; it makes the soldier under
stand how to obey the word Of COM
mand; but there is this difference be
tween the drill of the past and the
present Formerly the idea was to
make the men act in a compact body
under the immediate command of the
commanding officer, and musketry was
looked upon merely as a minor sort of
adjunct Nowadays to keep a regiment
in close formation once the zone of fire
is entered would be to court disaster.
Men are taught to fight in loose order,
and to depend in a great degree on
their own selves, and in all this the
prime Eloyer is musketry.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-11
THE DAISY CHAIN.

Nm R. TRAVERS. pretending to
IMI rinse plates in the river
oo$ Thames, looked perpetually to-
ward Miss Daisy Middleton-industri-
oasly engaged in packing dishes. Over
the meadow the rest Of the ficnic party
was dotted, mainly in pairs, as is pleas
ant to look upon at picnic. If the
truth were known, Mr.. Travers was
pleased to see Miss Middleton sternly
packing, for of late she had seemed to
bestow too much of the honey of her
smiles upon a certain bee Ito give him
no worse titleJ of the name of Con-
greve; and Miss Middleton was re-
1oiced to see Mr.. Travers pretending
to rinse, since she had a certain unde-
fined objection to hear his praises sung
by others of her sex as recently.
People entertaining such approximate
sentiments have no business to be sep
arated by distance of at least twenty
yards. So at any rate Mr.. Travers
thought, for he left the meadow sweets
that sucked in the eddying stream be-
hind him, and, bearing the cleaned
plates as a peace offering in his hand,
approached the lady.
Miss Middleton lifted her eyes out of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-11
ACTIVITY OF THE LAwMAkeR,.

Some Curious Statutes Passed by th.
Legislatures of Various States.
! A Georgia statute makes 1t unlawre
for any one to fire q gun or pistol or
Sunday in the Cracker State. A stat
ute Of Colorado makes 1t unlawful tC
dock q horses tail. A Florida statute
makes the manufacture and sale OF
cigarettes a misdemeanOr unless they
are filed with Cuban or Florida tobac
CO. A Massachusetts, law makes it q
misdemeanOr for the period Of three
years following the adoption Of the
statute to shoot an eagle in that State
and Michigan has adopted a system fol-
the State regulation Of barber shops by
creating a Board of BARRIERS and max.
ing obligatory an official certificate for
BARRIERS. The State Of Pennsylvania
has statute regulating the use of sec
ond-hand bottles. Oregon has a law
as to the composition of and the ingre-
dients that may be used In candy. and
Illinois has a law as to gold and silver
plating, prescribing what may be done
and what is prohibited in respect to the
sale and display Of plated ware in the
State.
The last Wisconsin Legislature
adopted q statute regulating lobbying.
A public register is to be kept contain
ing the names Of all lobbyists. the vari-
GUS bills to oppose or promote which
they are employed and the names of
the individuals or corporations by
whom they are employed. Within
thirty days after the adjournment of
the Legislature persons or corpora
tions employing lobbyists must take
a detailed statement Of expenditures
to the Secretary Of State at Madison.
North Carolina has a law relating to
the lease Of turpentine orchards which
provides that leases shall expire in
January instead Of April, as WAS for
merly the case. California has a stat
ute regulating the sale of what is called
officially renovated butter. Indiana
has statute making 1t larceny to steal
a dog listed for taxes. Vermont has a
new bounty law providing for the pay
ment Of IS for each lynx, 81 for each
rattlesnake, and 60 cents for each fox
killed in the State. Missouri has adopt
ed law requiring miners to have Ger
tificates Of competence, Washington
has provided for the establishment of
board Of examiners of horseshoers In
cities Of more than 10000 Inhabitants,
and Delaware has adopted a statute of
prosaic character, which re-
quires gypsies to pay a license fee In
that State.
Indiana has adopted a law to prevent
lynching. The penalty for actively aid
ing or abetting Is fixed at life imprison-
ment or death. If any person is taken
from the custody Of an officer and
lynched the fact is made primal -facie
evidence of failure on the part of the
officer to perform his duty and it there
upon becomes the duty of the prosecu-
ting attorney and the attorney general
to Institute Impeachment proceedings
against him. Minnesota has a law
which makes the building OF a fence
more than six feet high a nuisance n
objected to and the same State has
adopted statutes exempting watches
and bicycles from execution. Wyoming
has a statute prescribing a fine for
wearing a hat at a theater or other in.
loOr Amusement.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-11
GREAT PEAT BoGS OF CANADA

! Fuel Supply of the Dominion Is Prac.
tically Inexhaustible.
The best authorities say there are
100000 acres of undeveloped peatbOs
in Ontario. principally in the counties
Of Perth, Welland and Essex. The
largest area lies in the county Of Perth
eight miles north of the city of STRAIT.
ford, on the Grand Trunk Railway.
Here Is swamp of 10000 acres, with
a depth of peat bog that varies from q
foot to twenty feet. About year ago
the Canadian Peat Fuel Company was
organized and early in the summer
active operations to put the fuel on the
market began.
The process of manufacture is as fol
lows: The peat is cut and air-dried,
after which it is pulverized by being
passed through picker, and autOmat-
ically deposited in a hopper which
feeds a steel tube about two inches In
diameter and fifteen inches long. The
pulverized peat is forced through this
tube by pressure and formed into cylin-
drical blocks three inches in length and
almost equal in density to anthracite
coal. The fuel is non-friable and
weather-proof by reason Of it's solidity
and the extreme glaze impaired to it
by frictional contact with forming dies.
The inherent moisture of the peat Is re-
duced to II per cent. of the mass. In
weight 1t compares with coal as fol-
lows: Eighty-three pounds per cubic
foot of peat equal seventy three pounds
t~;& ,,tv p. lz
of anthracite coal.
1t is claimed for peat that it Is supe-
rior to coal in its absolute freedom
from sulphur and the absence Of
smoke, SCOT, dust and clinkers during
consumption. In great measure this
solves the problem of furnishing q
cheap, clean, uniform and reliable fuel
for all domestic purposes, as it is equal
ly serviceable for CRATES, stoves, cook
ing ranges and furnaces, giving a long,
bright flame and intense heat almost
from the moment of ignition. 1t has
been tested in locomotives with excel
lent results, showing that the thermal
value of 100 pounds of peat Is equal to
%. .15 pounds Of coal. 1t was also tried
at the power-house Of the Metropolitan
Street Railway, Toronto. and gave
great satisfaction. The heat produced
was much greater than that of the coal,
but it was per cent deficient in last
ing power. 1t requires but little
draught and burns best in a shallow
fire box.
The machinery used in manufactur-
ing peat fuel is not expensive and re-
auires but little attention when in oper-
alton. The company claims that when
these works are fairly started it can
produce compressed peat fuel for 90
cents a ton.-Buffalo Express.