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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
TROUBLE WITH MINERS.
The Camp If the strikers 1t NortonvlIls,
n.y., Brokes Up and the Men
Arreatad.

jacksonville, KY, Nov. 25.-The IA.
nous and much-talked-of camp of the
striking miners that has been located
about quarter Of mile south Of
N0rt0nville, in the southern part Of
this county, is thing Of the past.
Last night there was nothing left to
mark the rendezvous of those who
defed the officers and even the courts
and gave the state and county au-
thorities so much trouble for the past
two months save ash heaps, straw
that was used for beds, holes 10 the
ground made by the tent stays and
other marks of debris incident to
camp life. All of the campers on
whom the sun rose yesterday morn
ing, with the exception of very
few who escaped the officers, are pris-
oners behind the bars of the county
jail, charged by County Judge Hall
with "a breach Of the peace, unlaw-
fully assembling and banding to-
gether, thereby making the camp a
menace and terror to the public
peace The four large tents, with
all the camp paraphernalia, were cap
tured and brought in with the pris-
0ners,
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EXPLORERS DO NOT RETURN.
Eight Men Enter q Mine to Ascertain the
Cause Of an Explosion and All Are
Thought to he Dead.

Bluefelds, w. Va, Nov. 23.-At II
o'clock yesterday morning Superin-
tendent Walter O'Malley, of the Po-
cahontas Galleries company, along
with seven other officials, entered
the West mine of the Southwest Vir-
ginia Improvement company's col
lieries for the purpose of examining
the true situation in regard to the
recent explosion and fire in the Baby
mine, and up to midnight had not
been heard from. All efforts are be-
ing used to recover the bodies of the
inspecting party, but no hopes are
entertained that any of them will be
recovered alive. All the members Of
the lost party are prominent in the
coal field and the excitement now
prevailing at pocahontas is intense
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
CAPTURED A FORT.
American Troops Attack lnsur-
gents On Bohel Island
ENEMY SUFFERED TERRIBLE LOSSES
Records Of Natives Taking the Oath Of
Allegiance TO Be Kspt-Fssn That
steamer 10 Lost with All
on Board.

Manila, Nov. 25.-Capt. Edward p.
Lawton's company Of the Nineteenth
infantry has attacked and captured
an insurgent fort on Bohol island,
south Of Cebu, in the Vizayan group.
This fort was surrounded on all sides
by precipice and the only entrance
to the higher ground was guarded by
u stockade with line of entrench-
ments behind it. Capt. Lawton sent
Sergt. Mcmahon and 20 men to climb
the precipice and attack the fort in
the rear. Sergt. McMahon's party
accomplished their task after three
hours climbing through the thick
underground Of brush and vines that
covered the almost perpendicular
cliff. They took the enemy by sur
prise and drove them from the fort.
As the insurgents escaped they had
to pass the remainder of Capt. Law
tons company at distance Of $50
yards. Here the enemy suffered ter
rible losses. The insurgents defended
themselves with both cannon and
rifles. The cannon were captured,
the smaller ones were removed,
while the larger ones were buried.
Capt. Lawton, in his report, makes
special mention for bravery Of Sergts.
List and Mcmahon.
Gen. Chaffee has ordered that in
the future complete records shall be
kept of all natives taking the oath Of
allegiance to the United States.
Duplicates of these records will be
signed in English, Spanish and TAga-
log.
The Philippine constabulary, which
was organized last August, is proving
itself valuable ad. iunct to the mill
tary authorities and is making an
enviable record.
The local steamer Alertp, with zoo
passengers, including some dis
charged soldiers from 0longapo, Su-
big bay, to Manila, is believed to
have been lost.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
FREE DELIVERY CARRIERS.
The Proposal for Taking Them Into the
Civil Service May he Carried
out Soon.

Washington, Nov. 2l.--rhere was
another conference yesterday be-
tween General Superintendent Ma
chen, of the free delivery postal
service, and Civil Service Commission
rr Foulke over the proposed taking
into the civil service OF the rural free
iielivery carriers, numbering about
5000, and the force of special agents
inspectors and Others in the exec'l
tive Office of that service, numbering
about 200. As a result II is very prob
able that none of these positions viii
be brought into the civil service be-
fore the beginning of the new yeal
and that they then will be brought
in by one order. The executive ON
GERS affected will have the usual clvl
service status, but II is practically
settled that there will be no lorna
examination for the carriers, then
examination being practically con
fined to registration OF applications
and relative fitness for Office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
EXERCISE AS A FAD.
Those Whe Undergo Training Are Meas
Prematurely Old.

Thoss whe Undergo Training Are Mads
Premasurely Old.
Mr.. wilkie Collins, the greatest
story teller known to the English
speaking world. once wrote q novel;
and 1t was one OF his best-to illustrate
the proposition that athletic training
makes men old before their time, short
ems their lives, and reduces vitality In
the process Of building up mere muscle.
The book was named Man and Wife,
and the description Of Geonrey Della
mayn, the illustrious athlete. contained
. world Of wisdom.
We see the demonstration Of this i'm
mortal truth in thousand everyday
experiences. We hear pugilists ana
oarsmen called old and stale" at
thirty. We see race horses retlreo
from the course at six as aged All
animals, human and brute, that napit-
ually undergo so-called training
another term for exercise-are made
prematurely old. They are the easy
victims of disease. They have not the
vitality OF any ordinary boy or girl Of
twelve
When Yousouf, the Turkish wrestler,
visited this country and let 1t become
known-as was the fact-that he never
trained" that he lived life OF idle
ness; smoked cigarettes without num-
Der; ate anything that struck his
fancy, and drank beer by the bucket
ful-when these things leaked out and
were to certain extent corroborateo
by Yousouf's soft, fat and f1abby per-
son-all the knowing ones declared
with scorn that he would be an easy
prey for the thoroughly conditioned
champion Of America. When the two
came together, however, the tat ana
aabby Turk took Roeber up as II ne
were a paper bag Of peanuts and hung
him about with striking fuency. The
German was as q trivial shuttlecock BE-
tween the gigantic battledores Of MS
AHomeric hands. Yousouf never exer-
cised-Roeber was forever at 1t.
OF course, DR.. Hoys proclamation
will set in motion tremendous con-
trovewy, but 1t will shortly be reduced
to a choice between two standards
that Of the trained athlete Of twenty
five and that Of the normal man VINO
attains his highest physical develop
ment at forty or forty-fve, and who 10
a better man at sixty than the worn
out athlete at thirty. The individual
will decide according to his taste and
fancy, but solemn facts and the les
sons Of observation leave, for rational
human beings at least, no sort OF
ice.-Washington Post.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

New York, Nov. 23,-Ernest Roe.
Der, the champion, defeated Nechad,
the Turk, last night in a Graeco-Ro-
man wrestling contest for the cham
ponship at the LennoX Lyceum in
this city. The terms of the match
were that the men were to wrestle
for two hours. In the first hour
neither men secured fall. After 10
minutes interval the contest was
continued and after q minutes Roe
Der succeeded in putting his man on
the floor. The rest Of the time gave
no further result and Roeber was
declared the winner. After the re-
suit was declared Rocber announced
that he would retire from the wres-
Ting ring.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

Savannah, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Stewart
Fife, who was clerk in store here,
has been formally charged with the
murder of Frank W. Richardson, in an
information sworn to and filed by
Lloyd W, Booher, prosecuting attor-
ney of Andrew county. Fife has not
been arrested, as he left here in June.
Nobody in this county believes that
Mrs. Richardson killed her husband,
and expressions are heard every day
that she should never have been
charged with the murder. 1t is gen
orally believed, however, that Mrs,
Richardson knows who killed her hus-
band.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Killed Her lnconstant Lover.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. a5.-Annie
Taylor, young negro woman, shot
and killed John West. a negro with
whom she had been living, Saturday
night. Standing in the street in front
of their shanty home she shot four
times at him because he was about
to leave her for another woman.
The first bullet struck him and he
died in her arms a few moments
later. The two had agreed to live
together and between them they
made lovers compact that the first
whose love waned, or the one whose
love should prove inconstant, should
be killed by the other.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2l.-At the in
stance of Game Warden Counsman
information was yesterday filed in the
district court by the county attorney
against the Rock Island Railway COM
pany, charging it with illegally having
In its possession quail which are
served in dining ears. The game war
den made n search of the ice-boxes
on a Rock Island diner and found q
quantity of the birds, which he seized.
Employees on the car claimed the
quail came from Iowa, but the game
warden claims the railroads are using
quail killed in this state in violation
of the statutes. The game warden
saws this is the first seizure in a cam
paign which he will inaugurate
against the different roads entering
this city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
ACUlNALD0'S DESIRE.
ne Filipino Leader Wants to Plead
His Cause Before Congress.
llRIBE CORPS FIGHT At SOJ01Oy.
4hsss Insurgsnt Camps Destroyed. Forty
bamboo Cannon Captursd and stores
Destroyed CiiR Soalsd-Mst
waller Praises Achievement

Manila, Nov. 2l.-Aguinaldo has
written Gen. Chaffee, the military
governor Of the Philippines, asking
Ne latter's permission to 60 before
congress and express the desires of
the Filipino people. Aguinaldo fur
ther requests to be accompanied by
sight friends, whom he designates,
four Of whom are prisoners at Guam,
while the others are prominent in
Manila.
Sixto Lopez, who has been in the
United States and Europe in the inter-
est Of the Filipino insurgents and who
u now at Hong Kong, has written to
Gov. Taft asking to be exempted
from taking the oath of allegiance
to tho United States upon his arrival
at Manila, asserting that this action
might injure his labors in the be-
half Of peace.
Maj. L. W. I. Waller, of the marine
corps, has cabled Rear Admiral
Rodgers at Manila full and detailed
account Of the attack on November
I by the men Of his command upon
the rebel stronghold at Sojoton, near
Basay, island of Samar. Three insur'
gent camps were destroyed, 40 BAN
boo cannon were captured and much
rice and other stores were destroyed
The rebel stronghold was almost i'm
pregnable. The trails leading to it
were lined with poisoned spears stick
ing from the ground and were filled
with hidden pitfalls. Maj. Walters
command attacked the enemy unex'
pectedly. TO do this they had to
scale a cliff 200 feet high; this they
climbed barefooted over bamboo lad
Aers. At the top they found powders
piled ready to precipitate up"l an at
lacking party. Thirty OF the enem,
were killed. The marines sustained
4 few trifing wounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

Music is the latest panacea. Nobody
yet claims that an application Of Men,
delssohn has set a broken leg, but they
do say that harmony skilfully laid on
has proved valuable in pretty nearly
every other portion Of the medical
field.
The chief apostle Of the musical
method of treating disease is Miss Eva
A. Vescelius who has harmony hos
pital out at Forest Hill, on the out
skirts of Newark.
Owing to business worries, patient
was suffering the horrors Of insomnia.
He disliked music, but at the solicita-
ton of friends submitted his case to
Miss Vescelius. She says: 81 induced
him to lie down while | softly played
simple melodies upon the piano. He
would drop into slumber which
would last for few hours. He would
then awake, go up into his room and
relapse into a deeper and longer sleep.
Persevering in this treatment, after six
weeks | succeeded in restoring the
habit of normal slumber.
whenever you find disease says
Miss Vescelus, you find discord-a
man working against nature, not with
lit, He has set the wrong vibrations
going by anger, by fear or by other
negative emotions. and thus drawn to-
him all the discordant vibrations about
him. What we must do is to get him
back into harmonious relations with
the conditions which surround him. We
Il ust set the right vibrations going.
Music has wonderful way Of do
ing this. Only do not play the wrong
cote. First we must find out the key
In which the man is written; then
sound forth the melody in that key
Any other will only add to the discord.
Great sympathy and Discerning power
are necessary. If the vibrations are at
tuned to the listener. he Is rested,
Gained, his fever abatts and he falls
into slumber which restores.
Sometimes he needs rousing, and
then | Use the music of power, of pas
zion, to send vibrations OF energy
through his being. The ancient Egyp-
tians combined music with medicine,
and the Greeks learned from them to
| 10 the same. Appolli was called the
Healer, and those who learned of him
cured disease with music.
"singularly enough she adds, me
rhanical playing will accomplish moth
ing. The music box, the automatic
,iano or harp is absolutely worthless.
There must be the quality that we call
soul, sympathy, expression; and the
more ntuitive and penetrative the OBJ
server the more effective will be his ef-
fort to reGstablish harmonious condi-
tons in the sufferer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Justified In Landing Troops.

Washington, Nov. 93.-The report
OF the Colombian government to the
effect that it is unable to guarantee
the integrity of the railway commu-
nication across the isthmus was pur-
posely developed by the United states
in order to make perfectly plain the
fact that the United States was thor
oughly justified in landing its forces
at Colon. With this formal acknowl-
edgment from the Colombian govern
ment of its inability to maintain
communication it becomes. IT is said,
not the privilege, but the duty, of the
United States, under the treaty OF
Granada, to guarantee that communi-
cation, even though the use OF force
IL necessary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Bars Of Bullion Stolen in Texas

FL Paso, Tex, Nov. 25.-The fact
that l12 bars of gold and silver bull.
lion, valued at more than 100000
were stolen six months ago in transit
from the shelters here to eastern re-
fineries has just developed. The ship
ment was made over the Galveston
Harrisburg & San Antonio railway
under heavy bond. 1t was not missed
until the car reached New Orleans
1t has been since learned that the
bullion was thrown from the car near
this city and that it now lies buried
in western Texas. The thieves have
been traced and few bars have been
unearthed,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Pan A mcrican Exposition Awards.

Buffalo. n. N.. Nov. 2l.-Frederick
G. Slice, of the law firm of Wheeler &
Slec, is the authority for the state
ment that Justice Childs has ordered
the taking of testimony before a
referee with respect TO the legality
of the Pan-Amercan exposition
awards Mr.. Slice also says that the
Justice has issued an injunction re-
straining the exposition tompany
from discharging any of its officials
or agents until the case is settled. 1t
is thought possible that other dissnt-
istied exhibitors will follow the ex-
ample of the one bringing the pres
ent action.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
An unusuual Way to Commit Suicide.

Denver, Col, Nov 25.-News has
just reached this city of the suicide
Of Judge NJ. A. Rogers, formerly of
the supreme court of Colorado and
one of the ablest lawyers in the state,
at Steamboat Springs, Col. The man
ncr of the suicide was unusual. Judge
Rogers laid down on the ground with
a stick of dynamite under him and,
lighting cigar, fred the fuse from
it and calmly smoked until the shock
of the explosion ended his life. The
rash act was committed among some
willows near the Bear river just in
side the town limits. No cause ID
known for the suicide.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
r,sct,ny sauHtters from the Creek Nation

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 2O.-Revenue In
spector Guy p Cobb is in the Creek
nation at the head of strong force
Of Indian police ejecting squatters
and putting Creek citizens in posses
sion of the allotments, as designated
by the government. The squatters
are angry and threatening and in
many instances force is necessary to
eject them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Colored Homesteaders Being Driven Away.

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 81 Notwith-
standing the announcement of United
States Attorney Horace Speed that
he will have cancelled the homestead
entry Of every man who makes an
attempt to eject a colored home
steader from his claim, complaints of
such action against colored men are
filed daily with the United States
marshal, asking protection for me-
groes who drew claims in the recent
government land lottery. More than
100 colored homesteaders have been
run out of that country.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Ex.president cleyeland's Condition

Princeton, N. j., Nov. 25.-The con-
dition of ex-President Cleveland, who
is suffering with a cold, is very much
improved. Mrs. Cleveland made the
following statement to the Associ-
ated press correspondent last night:
Mr.. Cleveland is very much improved
and we are encouraged TO believe
that he will be fully recovered within
a few days. lie is still in bed, but is
resting very quietly. At times he is
somewhat distressed with cough,
caused by the breaking up of the
cold"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
VIII Bombard Colon.

Colon, Colombia, Nov. 25.--As a re-
suit of an exchange of notes between
the United States gunboat Machias
and the Gen. Pinzon, Ignacio FOLIAGE,
commanding the pnzon, has officially
notified the American, British and
French warships now in the harbor
that he intends to lombard Colon at
noon to-day, thus giving "a hours
notice.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
A New Pension Bill for Disabled Veterans

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 23.-Congress-
man Calderhead, of Kansas, will in
troduce a bill in congress to grant a
pension of $50 a month to all old
soldiers who are totally disabled, al
though their disabilities may not have
been caused by service in the war
Mr.. Calderhead believes such law
would shut out special pension bills
which now food congress.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
Neproes Boycott street Cars.

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. 90.-rhe ne
proes who have instituted n boycott
against the street ears on account of
the recent ordinance separating the
races on the ears held a mass meet
ing and agreed to organize stock
company of 10000 shares at 81 a share
to operate stage coach service
throughout the city, exclusively for
negroes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
MUCH SMUGGLING DONE.


Washington, Nov. 91.-The annual
report Of Supervising Special Agent
W. s. Chance, Of the treasury depart
ment, for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1901, shows that the special agents
have made 1928 seizures, valued at $4S,-
1923, for violations Of the customs
laws, and have caused the recovery,
on account Of attempted irregulari-
ties Of about $45O,0O0. It says that
opium, Mexican drawn work, cloth
ing made by London tailors, horses,
cattle, wool, drugs and other articles
have been Struggled and that impor-
tant arrests in connection herewith
have been made.
The report also states that after
full consideration at the department
the collector of customs at New York,
on March l, 1901, effected reorgan-
ization of the method OF examining
the baggage of passengers arriving
from abroad, in which gross irregu-
larities had been discovered, and as
q result the duties collected on such
baggage between March and July
/, 1901, were five times the amount
collected from the same source in
the same months of 1900.
The special agents give constant
attention to under-valuations and the
report invites those who have knowl-
edge thereof to call the attention OF
the secretary of the treasury thereto.
A change in the law relating to in
formers compensation, protecting
such informers from publicity, is rec
commended.
The seal catch on the Pribylof is
lands in 1901 was 22,652, an increase
OF 2O2 over the catch OF 1900. Not
withstanding this a considerable de-
crease in the seal herd is reported
The pelagic catch of the British seal
ing feet in 1901 is about two-thirds
that Of 1900 and the British Colum,
bian newspapers express alarm at the
anticipated early extinction Of the
Pubyloff seal herd.
The salmon caught in Alaska wa
tiers In the year 1901 will exceed D.
100000 cases, an increase Of about %
per cent over that Of the year 1900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
puhonlc Plague AT Cane Town.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 20-The British
steamer Monmouth, Capt. Troop,
which arrived here yesterday direct
from Cape Town, South Africa, re.
ports the existence of over 500 cases
of bubonic plague in the vicinity OF
Cape Town when she left that port
Up TO the time she sailed some 3sC
deaths from the plague had occurred
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 2i.--The
governor, secretary of state and att
torney general opened and counted
the vote on the new constitution yes.
terday. The result shows majority
Of 26,S79 for the constitution. The
governor will issue his proclamation
within few days and ten days there
after the new law will 90 into effect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 2s.-Fire yes
terday completely destroyed the large
felt plant Of Julius de Long & Co.,
in Allegheny, entailing an estimated
loss of $4,000. Peter Siler and !.
Warner, fremen, were caught by q
falling wall and badly hurt, but both
will recover. .s...
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
MGR. Conaty Consecrated Bishop.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 25.-At the
cathedral in this city yesterday morn
ing Mgr. Thomas J. Conaty, rector
of the Catholic university at Wash
ington, was consecrated titular
bishop of Samos. Cardinal Gibbons
was the consecrating prelate. The
position of titular bishop of Samos is
entirely honorary, the see of Samos,
from which the title is derived, hav-
ing been extinct for many genera
tions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-28
An Addition to the Conscience Fund.

Washington, Nov. 2l.--rhe secre-
tnry of the treasury has received
through the mail from person
whose name is unknown draft for
$5,s75, with the statement that it is
the amount which should have been
paid the internal revenue department
years ago, with interest to date. The
letter is signed az. o." The money
will be deposited to the credit of the
conscience fund