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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
DEATH OF OSCAR WILDE.
Succunbs to Meningitis at an Of
scMre Hotel In Paris.

~A.aS ~ -hehlhSA1AS dh 10.
scure Hotel In Paris.
A special cable to the New York Times
from Paris last night says: Oscar Wilde
died from meningitis at o'clock this after
noon, in small hotel in the Latin quar-
ter. He had been unconscious for two
days, but had previously been received into
the Roman Cat. Jlic Church
Wilde was operated upon six weeks ago
for meningitis. caused by an abcess in the
ear, which the doctors could not locate
He will be buried In Paris on Monday
The hotel in which Wilde died is in the
Rue des Beaux Arts. He had been living
there for several months under the name
of Monmoth.
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1855
He was the son Of Sir William r. Wills
Wide, NJ d., surgeon-oculist to Queen Vic
torla, antiquarian, statistician and man of
letters, and of Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
VINO achleVed considerable reputation as
pcetess. Oscars first schooling was at the
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and
later he studied at Trinity College, Dublin
and at Magdalen College, oxford Univer-
sity. 3
In 1879 he went to London, and soon be-
came celebrity. through the esthetic fad
which he started. His craze for estheticism
was accompanied by teccentricitieS of dress,
which soon made him one of the most talk
ed about persons in London. He clad him
self In black velvet. with knickerbockers
and black silk stockings, and he wore
sunfiower. He took advantage of it to
effect contract for a lecture tour in
America. The tour was not the success
he had anticipated, but he made some
money out Of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
swINDLED WASHINGTON DOCTORS.
Prisoner In New York Jail Recognized
by DIR. Stands.

The New York Herald Of today says:
In Ludlow street jail Is an elderly man
of cultured address and gentlemanly bear
ing who says he is DR.. William A. Fergu-
son, a graduate Of Dublin University and
a Galveston food refugee. The police de-
clare he bears a strong resemblance to
Franklin J. Moses former governor Of
South Carolina, who has record for fraud
in many states.
He is held awaiting a requisition from
Washington, D. c., where man answering
his description Is wanted on a charge Of
swindling physicians as DR.. Walter p.
Porcher. a prominent practitioner Of
Charleston. 8. C.
II am innocent. My arrest is an outrage.
an not DR.. Porcher, nor am Governor
Moses" protested DIR. Ferguson. "These
men who pretend to identify me are mis-
taken. may resemble the Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
BURCHELL'S

Spring Leaf" Tea being the young
spring leaves of plants that grow
high-cost, strong teas, has a decided
yet delicate favor without bitterness.
Used by thousands of families for
twenty years.
N. w. BURCHELL,
1926 F ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
Bryan and Croker.
From the Wichita (Kasl Eagle.

EaRe.
The Washington Star says of Bryan's al
lance with Croker that mo honest man was
ever in lower company. nor has the presi-
dency of the United States ever been sought
by appeals so carefully keyed to both the
ignorance and the passions of men," And
the Chicago Tribune adds the Indictment
He cannot be elected by the assistance of
decent men and he throws himself into the
arms OF that man who is loathed by all
honest, self respecting Americans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

From the Buffalo Commercial.


The Washington Star, one Of the cOuntry's
great independent republican papers, some
what caustically reminds Mr.. Bryan that
his style of campaigning went out of vogue
when the telegraph and the newspaper
press became factors in the electioneering.
l. is impossible today to play dual triple
roles on the stump without detection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
wellington.
From the Toledo Times.

From the Toledo Times.
The Washington Star says: cit is interest
ing to guess what Senator Wellington poll
tics will be four years from now" Nobody
cares enough about it to guess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Julius Chamberlain. colored. fell from his
wagon near 9th and streets northwest
yesterday afternoon and was painfully In
1ured. He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital tor trsatmeuk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Crown Catarrh Powder
One puff clears head and throat for the day 2sc
Williams'. 9th 4 +; Ameck's, 1929 Pa ave- DAVIS.
lzth p; Easterdaya. N. ]. ave.; Edmonds
Wilams', 50 & Pa. ave.; Kos. 7th = Fla. are
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN.
Tho Presidential Candidate Speaks to q
Big Crowd ut Seattle, Wash.-A
Dollar Dinner

Seattle, Wush4 April 3.-William
Jennings Bryan spoke here yesterday
aftertobR TO II crowd Mriously est.
mated al from 10000 to 10000 PEG.
pie, Col. Bryan arrived from his tour
Of the northern counties Of the state
at 2;30 o'clock, making a speech at
the suburban town Of Ballard He
was taken direct to Y. M. G. A. park,
where, under huge canvas stretched
to shelter the crowd, he spoke to
the multitude standing around him
and seated in the grand stand and
bleachers in front of the big tent.
His speech was along the same lines as
those delivered elsewhere In the state,
but more conservative and marked by
greater moderation. lie talked largely
against imperialism and expansion.
In the evening at the same park he
addressed a much smaller crowd and
later was the guest of honor at "A dol
lar dinner, at which plates were laid
for 1000. After the dinner he left
on boat for Olympia, where he
speaks to-day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
ABILENE WEEK. REFLECTOR ABILENE Nss APRIL 1900 TWELvE PAGES

vaaf Boers. The latter are resOrting
to guerrilla methods, chiefly against
Free Staters who refuse to join Kru.
ger
Considers Rebellion Crushed
London. March 31.-The Bloemfon-
fein correspondent of the Morning
Post. telegraphing Thursday. says
Lord Kitchener and his staff crossed
the temporary bridge at Norvals pont
last night. He had 1900 men under
his command and he left 700 at
Prieska. He considers the rebellion
crushed. although the fire NAV
shoulder for some time.
Want Rebels Propertv Annexed.
Cape Town. March 31.-At a mass
meeting Of 1000 loyalists held YES
terday at Paarl IS miles northeast
Of Cape Town, resolution was ,lnan.
imonsly adopted in favor of support.
ing the principle Of the annexation
OF property ms an exemplary punish
ment in the case Of rebels. This ac-
ton has caused qualification here MS
exhibiting the loyalty Of the district
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
STRIKES AT CLEVELAND.
Plumbers and LAtherH Demand an Advance
In Wages Plastere,s Thrown
Oqtc Work. \

Cleveland, O., April 3.-Two strikes
were inaugdrated in the building
trades yesterday morning which in
volved almost 500 men and threw OUT
of work 300 additional men. The
plumbers were the first to strike.
There were 2s5 of them and theB hatt1
demanded an advance of wages to-
$3.50 for frst-class and 1928 for
second-class men, making the advance
30 and rs cents day respectively. The
master plumbers refused to grant the
increase mainly because Of objection
able rules with which the demand was'
coupled. Nearly 200 fathers also
struck for an, advance of so cents 4
day, making their pay SO. Three ban
dred plasterers are thfbwR out of
work by this strike, fhepe are now
nearly 5000 Idle men III the city, in.
Guiding the mapNinists, and there is,
talk of strikes among the carriage
makers and the painters, which may
he nrdered. within dav or two.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
THE KENTUCKY MIDDLE.
Cdrhmohwealth's Attorney Franklin VIII
Recommend the Grand Jury to Indict
Republican State Oficials.

Frankfort, KY, April 3.--The April
term of the Franklin circuit court and
the grand jury working under it,
which will investigate the assassina-
tlon of Gov. Goebel. began work YES
terday afternoon. The court aid not
convene till two o'clock ahd the orig
inal panel drawn fof Grand Jurors was
exhausted before the required nuns
Der qualified 70 serve was secured.
Judge Cantfill's charge to the grand
jury was surprisingly brief and devoid
OF Anything of a sensational nature.
While nothing was said by Judge
Cantrill in his charge concerning it,
II is understood that Commonwealth
Attorney Franklin will recommend
the bringing in of indictments against
republican Gov. Taylor and all of the
other republican state officers on the
charge of usurpation of the Offices
they are claiming to hold,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
THE WOMEN BEATEN.
In the Election for CITY Oaicers at Beattie,
Kan, Tho Mems Ticket
Wilma

Topeka, Nan, April 3.-The election
for city officers in the town of Beattie
in Marshall county yesterday was a
contest between men and women and
The men won, A ticket composed en-
tiHly of women was elected year
ago. The women officers, headed by
Mrs. Elizabeth Totten, mayor, were
candidates for reelection. Aside
from the sex and personality of the
candidates the principal issue was as
to whether joints should be allowed
to run, the men favorng wide-open
policy. The men rebelled against the
strict prohibition enforced by the
women, and the entire mems ticket
was elected with the exception of
clerk, one councilman and marshal.
The latter is u man.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
ROBERTS PROGRESS.
The Beers Driven 6ut ii a gisstsf u
Hills Near Bloemfontein.
KRUCER'S LATEST PROCLAMATION.


London, March 3l.--The head of the
army of Lord Roberts is now about
81 miles north of Iloemfontein. 1t
occupies cluster of hills won from
the Beers after a stiff fight, in which
the British lost seven officers and 100
men. The Beers have been using
these ltopjes as base for maraudlng
bands that have been beating up the
country adjacent to Bloemfonteln
for supplies, driving off cattle and
forcing nonresident Free Staters
into their ranks again. The enemy
must have been in considerable force,
as Lord Roberts sent 5000 infantry
and 1000 cavalry against them.
Lord Roberts progress to Pretoria
will probably consist of series OF
such forward movements in which
Boer positions will be attacked by a
portion of the army advancing rap
idly with wheel transport, the main
army coming up as the railway Ia
repaired, Lord Roberts Is stripping
the forces in the minor spheres Of
operations OF their wagons and trans
port animals IN order to hasten the
advance This Is understood to be
the reason why he recalled Lord Me.
thuen from Barkley West to Kimber.
ley, Lord Roberts has to have Me,
thuen's transport.
The reason why hot chase was
not made after Commandant Olivier
Is that Lord Roberts did not wish to
wear out the cavalry transport. Gen.
French lost 1000 horses in the relief
Of Kimberley and the pursuit of Gen.
Cronje. Lord Roberts lost 1900 trans
port cattle at Watervaal drift and II
Is estimated that he has lost 1000
other animals since the forward move.
ment began on February 10.
The advance beyond Bloemfontein
Is through bare country and the
supply officers foresee an increasing
difficulty in providing for great
army moving along single line Of
railway. even when the latter Is
working smoothly and with ample
rolling stock
The Canadian mounted rifles were
part Of the force that occupied Ken
hardt yesterday. The rebellion
throughout the northwest districts OF
Cape Colony is almost suppressed.
The Goth will sail to-day with 600
men for st, Helena, to guard Gen.
Cronje and 1000 prisoners.
Krnger's Latest vrocla nation.
London, March 3i.--The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday,
March 30, says: president Kruger's
latest proclamation warns the
women and children to leave Bloem-
fontein within five days, as he in.
tends to lombard and destroy the
city and to shoot the burghers whom
he captures there. Vigorous meas
ures have been taken by the British
! to harass marauding bands Of Trans.
auuU0 6nu1SGslp
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
A DESERTHR'S STORY.
All Milor Declares That HsrdshIps Made
Him Insane and He Deserted When
Under His Disorder.

st. Louis, April 3.-Alf W. Milor,
who by his own confession is a desert
err from the United States army
walked into the recruiting Office OF
Capt. Davis in the old federal build
ing yesterday. Alilor who is 20 years
old, enlisted in March, 1899. His
home, he said, was in Fort Smith,
Ark. where his mother now lives.
He said he was sent to the Philip
pines with company X, Fourteenth
infantry, where he served six months.
lie said that the exposure and hard
ships set him insane and that he was
sent to the hospital last September.
After two months there he deserted
while still under the influence of his
disorder and Wien he turned up sane
he was in Hong Kong.
There he recovered his senses and
was astonished to find himself away
from the army. He talked about 60
ing back to the service, but some
friends that he made told him that
he would be severely punished, even
for unconscious desertion, and advised
him to get home to the United States,
where he would not be molested.
NIilor shipped from Hong K5hg to
New York by way Of the Cape of Good
Hope and st. Helena on an oil boat
and landed at Staten island. Mlor's
story was credited by Capt. Davis who
ordered him examined. He will hold
the man until he hears from the ad.
jutant generals Office,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
A Deliberate Plot to Blow Up the Hauss
OF George b. Cox ut Gin.
cinnati.

Cincinnati, April Slater develop
ments leave no doubt about there be.
ing deliberate plot to blow up the
house of George B. Cox Sunday night
when an Internal Machine was left
on his portico. There was some
doubt about the motive in the case
after the discovery yesterday morn
ing, principally due to the fact that
It was election day and that some of
the political opponents of Mr.. Cox
circulated the report that it was a
scheme for effect at the polls. Others
started the report that It was a Trick,
as the internal machine was really
left at his house on the night Of All
Fools day. The box had a sliding lh'i
On the under side of the lid was fast
ened a strip Of sand paper whicfwas
to set off matches whenever tiieelid
was pulled out These matchss,were
arranged to set fire to a squih, which
communicated fame to cap which
was to explode stick of dyna,nites The
servant girl first discovered the box
which had lain out all night on the
porch and brought it tS MIS- Cox.
Mrs. Cox opened it, but ttieeexposure
of the matches to dampness all night
prevented them from igniting? Sum
day night man who had overheard
two men talking suspiciously on
Wine street went to- Nj. Cox and no.
titled him Of danger The box was
taken by the police to Messrs. Powell
and Clement, dynamite experts, who
pronounced it very dangerous infer
nal machine, The stick of dynamite
weighing about threequarters of a
pound, was Of 40 per cent. explosive
power, which made IL very dangerous.
Up to this date the whole affair 10
clouded in mystery
Topeka, Kan, April'3.-J. J. Frey,
recently general manager of the Santa
Fe, has been. elected president Of the
Florence g. Cripple Creek, Canyon
City a Cripple Creek and Golden Circle
railroad, effective April L..
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05

London, April 3.--The latest news
from the front adds little to the pub
lie knowledge Of the convoy disaster.
No credence Ia given to reports that
the Beers numbered between 5000 and
10000 men. The general belief is
that there could not have been more
than half that number, but the mere
TACT that even so many as half could
have been collected so near headquar-
ters without the knowledge of the
British commanders provokes much
uneasy criticism. The disaster is re-
garded as a direct result of the in
ability of Gen. French to cut off the
commando of Gen. Olivier and the
other commanders when escaping
from The Orange river.
lord Roberts own dispatch, dated
two hours later than the Daily Chfon-
acle's. says nolning about the guns be-
ing recaptured. The story, therefore,
looks doubtful.
Little news has arrived from other
points. henhardt was formally reoc-
cupied Saturday. The report that the
Beers are massing in the vicinity OF
Taunga and Kip dam is confirmed.
Lord Methuen's difficulties are ap-
parently increasing. He has Boer
laagers or guerrilla bands on three
sides Of him and he will be obliged
to watch carefully his communica.
ton with Orange river.
The Loss Of the Convoy Described.
London, April 3.-The Bloemfonteiu
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle,
telegraphihg Sunday, and describing
The loss of the convoy, says; 1.-The
Beers opened with murderous fire,
II was simply slaughter. The kafiir
drivers Of the convoy ran away, leav.
ing their teams and II was impossible
for our men to hit the hidden enemy
CUR gunoers fought bravely trying to
/ save the runs. hut nur nsanle wa~a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05

4 day but moved out Of range tnal
n~ht Yesterday two British guns en-
filadel the Boer trenches. quieting
their Mausers
Lord Mcthuen and the forces that
had been operating in the Barkly dis
trict have been recalled TO Kimber.
ley by Lord Roberts. No explanation
has been given for this. but the
mounted troops are dissatisfied AZ
having been ordered back.
The Beers and disloyalists at Ken.
hard' have been dispersed and caused
10 retreat Gen. Parsons is about TO
entcr the town unopposed.
Lord Roberts is making extensive
arrangements 10 police and safeguard
al the Free State towns in The ter
ritory occupied, Dis patches from
Mascru assert that the Beers who
returned to l.adybrand from Clocolan
have taken up strong positions and
sent pickets far in every direction 10
watch I'asuioand, in the expectation
that part of Gen. Buffers army will
invade the Free State on that side.
according to Pretoria advices Mafe.
king was bombarded for seven hours
on Tuesday,
Hnh - a
London, March 30,-Conlectur as
TO Lord Roberts advance from Bloem-
fontein is the topic of the day and
is likely to continue so II the British
commander-ln-chief in South Africa
ccnceas his movements as carefully
us he has done in the past. April
2 is set by various critics as the prob
eble date Of the departure of the
main army from Bloemiontein. 1t Is
pointed out that there will then be
ever a weeks hard marching before
kroonstad Is reached, though there
stems no certainty that Kroonstad
viii entirely occupy Lord Roberts at
tenion. The advance, when II does
occur, will probably be made by par
allel columns along a broad front.
cen Jouberts Funeral
Pretoria, March 3O.-Gen. Joubert
was taken i'll Sunday morning. He
was at his office the previous day. |
lie suffered great pain, but became
unconscious some time before death. |
The complaint was acute inAamma-
ton Of the bowels The body lgId inl
state yesterday and to-day will be |
taken by special train to the farm
al Rustfonlen, near Wakkerstroom,
here II will be buried quietly, as
Joubert often requested, and without !
military honors. i~
Presidens Kruger'a Boast
London, March 30.-The Bloemfon.
TEN correspondent of the Morning
Post, telegraphing Wednesday, says:
president Kruger boasts his inten-
ton to reiake Bloemfontein within a
week, and II appears probable that
the Beers are advancing in force
southwark" ,H3s J
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05

London, April 3.-Queen Victoria
left Windsor at $3.50 last evening en-
route for Ireland. Her majesty is ac-
qompanied by PRINCESS Christian and
Princess Henry of Battehberg and is
attended by the countess Of Antrim,
Hon. Harriet Phipps, Sir Arthur Biggs,
private secretary to the queen; Sir
Fleetwood Edwards, keeper Of her
maiesty's privy purse, and Capt Pom
sonby. Not in the history Of the Great
Western and hohden & Northwestern
railroads have greater precautions
ever Been observed to protect the
royal train than those which had been
perfected when her majesty started
northward last night.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
Ruckcr Won In the Second.

Moberly, Mo-, April 3.-The demo.
cratic primaries in the Second con.
grcssional district resulted in vie.
tory for Congressman W. W, Rucker
over W. II. Mansur. Rucker estimates
his majority in the district at 5000
Mr.. Mansur carried his own county
Livingston, by good majority,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05

New York, April 3.--The Automobile
Club of America gave a dinner last
night at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to
Maj. Gen, Miles and others of the com.
mission which has been considering
the project of national highway
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean
The commission is not an official body
but Gen. Miles and his associates I'm.
dertook the work of preparing the
preliminary work in response u
what the Automobile club considered
a popular demand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
ratal E,plo.lon Of a Roller.

Atlanta, Ga, April "a boiler
weighing several tons exploded yes
terday afternoon at the q. b. VIII
liams Lumber companys brick yard,
killing three men and injuring five
others
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-05
want the stare Board E,jninsd.

Omaha, Neb., April 3.-The North.
western, for its Elkhorn and Omaha
lines, yesterday brought injunction
proceedings against the state board
of transportation to enjoin the board
from reducing rates. The suit is sim
liar to the one decided against the
Burlington and will probably take
the same course to the court Of APP
peals. Judge Munger, Of the federal
court. set April 5 for hearing the case.