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Evening star., 1901-09-28

erty to the amount Of s55,000,0 900. They
have some of the richest plantations of
coffee and sugar, and of recent years have
leased out 10000 acres OF land. They own
more than 100000 acres Of land which was
acquired years ago, and would increase
their holdings IL the Dutch would allow
them to buy.
The Middlemen of Java.
The Chinese hold about the same position
here that they do in the Philippines. They
are the middlemen OF the country, the
medium Of communication between the ma
tives and foreigners. They go about over
the island and buy up the crops and they
engage in every business which furnishes
considerable profit.
The Chinese quarters are set aside for
them by the Dutch officials. The law pro-
vides that they must live In such sections
and prohibits them from doing business
outside them without permission of the
officials. The other day the Standard Oh
Company at Batavia wanted to employ
Chinese as night watchman, but they could
Evening star., 1901-09-28
"sHED NOT A TEAR
A Sfx-Nerse Version of the Old Netbo-
dist Hymn.

dtst hymn.
A day or two after the Presidents funeral
In this city a correspondent of The Star
wrote to ask for the text of an old hvun.
the music of which was played by one OF
the bands in the funeral procession. Imme-
diately after the publication of this letter
upwards Of dozen replies were received,
giving more or less complete versions of
the hymn Shed Not Tear" The most
complete furnished was that of four verses,
from Mr.. Solomon Fague. The Star has
since received a letter, as follows:
1 do not think Mr.. Fague's version was
exactly right. / will give the verses as
COPIED them, in the year 1884, from the
Methodist Village Hymn Book Nv father
admired them and he requested me to COPY
them. He died the year following They
nave been In my mothers possession al
most ever since.
Mrs. SARAH c. TURNBULL (nee Shawl.
The copy furnished by Mrs. Turnbuli
bears evidence of age, but is quite leesble
follows:
Shed not tear DER your friends early bier.
When l am gone, when / am gone;
Tome at the close OF a bright summers day.
Come when the sun sheds Its last lingering ray,
Come and rejoice that thus passed away
When am gone, when gone.
Plant ye tree that may wave over me,
Sing 70 "hsn y sora 4 "a am a. gone, when am gone
When / am gone when i am gone;
Weep not. my friends, when you stand round my
grave, -
Think who had died His beloved to save
Ihlnk on the crown all the ransomed shnlI have
When l am gone, when 1 am gone.
Shed not tear when you stand round my grave.
When j am gone. when am gone;
sing n sweet song unto Him who doth save,
When j am gone when l am gone;
sing to the Lamb who for sinners was slain
Sing TO the Lamb who in heaven doth reign
Sing till the world shall be filled with His mama.
When j am gone, when l gone.
Sing OF redemption TIL time is more.
- When ] am gone, when am gone;
Sing OF salSation with saints gone before,
When am gone. when am gone;
Sing with the angels that stand round the throne,
sing with the martyrs who long since have gone, .
Sing until Jesus shall bid you come home
Jesus shall reign and His foes all subdue
When j am gone when I am gone;
triumph DER sin and create all things new,
When ! am gone when / gone;
Nations to God shall be born In q day
All know the Lord and His gospel obey
Sorrow and signing shall then Zee away
When ] am gone, when I am gone.
Then on Mount Zion well all Join and sing
When we have gone when have gomez
Loud pealng anthems through glory will Rug
When we have gone. when we have gone;
sweetly harmonious. and chanting the strains
Bursting from myriads DER heavens bright pains
Glory and honor TO Jesus who reigns
When we have gone when We have gone.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
Coal Was High.
From the Detroit Free Press.

cFom the Uetrolt Free Press.
The milkman. the butcher boy and others
have caused this east-end resident a great
deal Of trouble by recklessly driving over
his well-caredfor lawn and destroying it's
springtime promise. At length, losing his
patience. he had warning sign construct
ed. which read as follows: Take the side
walk-this means youi"
Since that ill-advised sign was placed
the gentleman has noticed with growing
anxiety the gradual disappearance of
boards from his sidewalk, and when he
emerged from his house the other morning
he was astonished to find that most of the
walk has disappeared, and in place of the
sign was crudely scrawled card OF
thanks which contained the brief but ex-
pressive word of appreciation, Thanks
The East-end resident has come to the
conclusion that his neighbors were sadly
in need of winter firewood, and now he has
adopted the conventional sign, Keep off
the grass"
Evening star., 1901-09-28
Glasgow,s Municipal Telephones.


Glasgow's Municipal TeIephones.
From the Chicago Tribune
The ceremony at which the new mimi
cipal telephone system of Glasgow was
formally opened about two weeks ago
was a notable event even for the CITY
which has become famous through success
Iul kindred adventures. 1t was notable
scarcely more because 1t celebrated the
second instance of a municipal telephone
system in the united kingdom and the firsr
In a large city of that kingdom than be-
cause 1t marked the successful issue OF
an effort which, with characteristic Scotch
pelsistehce' mas peen pursued in face Of OBJ
structions and delays for more than eight
years.
It was in April, 1888, that the town conn
cal appointed special committee to in
qulre into the advisability of establishing
a municipal telephone system. and In The
foiioWing August that body decided to an
ply to the postmaster general for the
requisite license. The reasons for this de-
clsaon were principally the commercial
need for better telephone service than
that which then existed and at less cost.
and the desirability. of retaining In the
city's hands the CONSTITUTIONAL work in
the streets which would be necessary for
installing proper system.
Ine postmaster general delayed action
1or Two years, and a select committee of
tne mouse OF commons was In the mean
pediency of municipal undertakings Of this
sort. In 1897 the postmaster general ap-
pointed special commission on the Glaa-
gov case, and although this commission
reported In favor of the city, the license
was still withheld. In 1898, however. an
other special committee of the house of
commons was created, which recommended
either municipal undertakings or the in
auguration of local exchanges by the post
ONCE department, and parliament having
passed general act on the subject in
1888, the license was finally issued to Glas-
gov on the 1st of March, 1900
1t authorized a system covering the city
and Its silrroundings-an area of 143 square
miles-and providing for 10000 subscribers.
Construction work began in July of last
year, and limited number of users were
connected last March. The number now
exceeds 1.40Q and there are at present
5,3S2 subscriptions. Except in outlying
districts the system is underground, shift
ing wire connections making it practical
for subscriber to retain the same num-
Der under all circumstances, while am
other interesting feature OF the service is
the large, airy and comfortable recreation
room provided for the operators near the
central switch room
This latest enterprise of the Scottish
commercial capital will inevitably empha-
size the rapidly growing movement among
British towns Tor municipal telephones.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
After the HONEYMOON.
from the Yonkers Statesman.

From the Yonkers Statesman
She-"Do you remember what quantities
of love you sent me in your letters before
we were married?'
He-'Yes. But why throw that In my
face?"
She--"I have often wondered how they
allowed so much of it to go through the
post office"
He-"Why so?"
She-''You know there is a rule. prohibit,
Ing perishable things to be transmitted
through the mails"
Evening star., 1901-09-28

chiefs come to the palace instead on the
following day.
The chiefs then planned to start the rev.
olution at the palace but when they ar
rived they were admitted one by one and
received at the point of rifles in the hands
OF the soldiers. The resident came out
There were just enough chiefs to fill all
the cells except one, whereupon the resi-
Evening star., 1901-09-28

not do so until the government gave him
permission to leave the Chinese quarter.
In Buitenzorg, the Chinese section, is one
of the best parts of the city. 1t is fully
mile long, and is lined with one-story build
ings heavily rooted. Each building has
Chinese sign at it's side, and the merchants
within are Chinese. 1t is the same in Ban
dong, Soerbaya and in every Javanese city.
Holland Has to Protect the Natives.
The government restricts the Chinese to
their own quarters in order to protect the
natives, for the Chinese are much better
business men than the Javanese. They are
called the Jews of the far east, and they
are everywhere money lenders and money
makers. If Java was thrown open to them
today and the natives allowed to sell their
lands they would monopoliZe the country
and enslave the people, and 1t is only by
careful restriction that they are allowed to
remain here and do business In a talk
with one of the resident governors, a man
who has many thousands of Chinese under
him, l was told that 1T would not do at all
to allow Chinese immigration without GER
tain restrictions, and that in this mans
opinion we had done right in excluding
them from the Philippines Here the Chi
nese pay twice as much taxes as any one
else, and they are clogged in other ways.
They are subject to police duty and must
take their turns as night watchmen on the
roads.
Marry Javanese Women.
The Chinese here intermarry with the
natives. They seldom bring their wives
with them, and a common sight is China
man dressed In European clothes, with his
queue tucked inside his coat, riding along
in carriage beside brown Javanese girl
gorgeously dressed. They treat their wives
well and are as fond of their half caste
children as their ancestral fathers were
fond of them. Many Chinese marry half
caste girls and half caste children swarm
everywhere in the Chinese quarters
Pawn Brokers of Java,
There are some businesses here which
are monopolized by Chinese Among the
chief ones are the pawnbroking establish
ments which are found by the score in
every native city. They are licensed by the
government and the licenses are sold at
auction, being bought in by Chinese.
The natives are very improvident They
live from hand to mouth and will pawn
the very clothes off their backs. / have
visited many of the pawn shops looking
out for bits of antique silver and gold and
nave found in every case Chinese clerks be-
hind the counters.
They keep regular books and do an enor-
nous amount Of small business at high
rates of interest. They charge 6 per cent
a month on all loans, or per cent for
every ten days If at the end of three
months the goods pawned are not redeemed
thsy are sold at auction, and the surplus
goes to the owner.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1901-09-28

dents major domo. native of high rank.
Who had secretly been in the conspiracy,
SAID: There is one more cell your excel
lency, who shall that be for?',
THAT is for you, You rascal" was the
emphatic reply. He thereupon gave a sign
to the soldiers and they took the man to
The Dutch and the Chinese.
l have spent some time studying the
Chinese question in Java. The island is
fun OF celestials. 1t has about three times
as many as we have in the Philippines and
you find Chinese quarters in every town
and in every city. The Chinese own prop
Evening star., 1901-09-28
Legtslatfon Needed.

There is crying need for national legisla-
tion upon the subject. The Communication
clause Of the homestead act should be
promptly repealed; an amended homestead
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
PREHISTORIC CITY F0UNn
A Palace Containing About Thousand
Separate Apartments Discovered on
the Navajo Reservation.

Los Angeles, CAL, July "a pre-.
historic city of immense proportions
is said to have just been unearthed
on the Navajo Indian reservation be.
tween Durango, Col, and Farming
ton, N. M, the particulars of the find
having been reported to the land de.
partment of the Santa Fe system In
this city. A mercantile company,
which has been exploring the terri
tory in question for some time, q
short time ago found palace of pre-.
historic age, containing, it is said
about 1000 separate apartments
some of them in an excellent state OF
preservation. Another stone castle
contained 100 separate apart
ments. In some of the rooms inspect.
ed were found the finest of woods and
other relics of valuable character
specimens of which have been gath
cred and sent to the Smithsonian in
stitution in Washington. The find Is
said to be exceptionally valuable from
q scientific and chronological stand
point and is believed to antedate the
time of the Aztec occupation OF the
country ages ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
A CLASH WITH NEGROES.
A Band Of Armed Darkies stops Party Of
white Men and Gets into
Trouble.

Cleveland, Miss, July 22.-Yester'
day morning at 1880 o'clock a band
of armed negroes, none of whom was
known. rode into Cleveland and, stop
ping a party of three white men on
the main street, made threatening
demonstrations Being called upon to
give their names they answered by
bringing their rifles into play One
of the negroes was killed and
the others escaped, although 1t Is sup
posed that more than three were
hurt. They were armed with Win
chester rifles and were well mounted
The trouble grew out Of the lynch'ne
Of Jesse Phillips in the earlier part
of the night. The negroes in TINS
section are organized into "lodges,
secret ORDERS" protective societies
and such, and as Phillips was leader
among them It was feared that an at
tempt would be made to avenge his
death. 1t has been decided that the
breaking up of these negro organlza
tions is necessary and there is nc
doubt that this decision will be en-
forced.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25

Chicago, July 2o.-A public test was
given last night to a new system OF
wireless telegraphy. The inventors
are Prof. Clarence i. Freeman, as
ISOLATED professor Of electrical en-
cheering at the Armour institute;
Lee DeForest, a graduate OF Yale,
and Edwin II. Smythe, telephone en-
gineer for the Western Electric com
pany. The test was between Armour
institute and Auditorium tower, q
distance Of four miles through the
heart Of the city. The instruments
worked perfectly. The Freeman send
err differs from the Marconi sender In
that II uses no induction coil, but a
condenser Of special construction.
The improvement is in the speed,
which in the new system Is limited
only by the ability Of the operators.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
Historical Buildings Sold.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 20.-Two
historical buildings at Fort Leaven-
worth, known as Thomas and Nc
Pherson halls, and which were built
Is years ago, were sold at auction
yesterday, bringing s. each, the pur-
chaser being II. A. Keefer, ex-member
of the Kansas legislature. For years
Offices of the heaquarters of the de-
partment of the Missouri were in
these buildings and such noted Off
GERS as Persifer G. Smith, Fitziohn
Porter, Gems. Miles, Wilcox and Wes-
ley Merritt have issued their orders
from these buildings. They are to
be torn down to give room for mod
ern buildings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
rour Persons struck Dead and Three Others
Severely Injured In an Electrical
storm at Grove City, Pa.

Grove City, Pa, July 2o.-A fierce
electrical storm here yesterday re-
suited in four deaths and the severe
injury of three other persons. A sec
ton crew on the Bessemer d Lake
Erie railroad were returning home
from work when the storm came up.
They left the railroad track and has
tened to a deserted house at the
Pinchalong mine for shelter. Hardly
had they reached the shelter of the
place when the house was struck by
lightning and two Of the men in
stantly killed, three others being rem
dered unconscious. In another house,
a few miles south of here, where an
other band Of Italians had sought
shelter, two others were killed, the
house being destroyed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25

Mrs. Crozier writes from Downs:

Mrs. Crozier writes from Downs:
The Curtis boys played here all last
week. lpursuaded the committee to
hire them for the 9th celebra.
ton. They are going to play from II
till 6 O'Clock for SIS. MIR. Welty will
furnish lumber for pavilion gratis.
The men who have been working
for the past two weeks getting wheat
out Of the ruins Of the City mills in a
temperature Of 1870 to las degrees
are very grateful to the Belle Springs
creamery officials who furnished
them iced buttermilk to drink at the
rate of ten to forty gallons day.
-Abner Sauer was attacked while
coming up town last evening by
Joe and John Peterson and badly
bruised. He says the couple
got angry because he joshed
them good naturedly about their
Sunction City experience. The boys
left town before they could be ar
rested.
Conductor j. 0. Collins, former.
ly OF the Salina branch Of the Rock
Island, is train master al Ell Reno and
is the whole thing. He has charge Of
every passenger train in and out Of
that point, and the position at this
time keeps him very busy. He is
never too busy, however, to greet
Abilene people whom he happens to
meet
Only one Abilene man has seen
the chance to make money at FL Reno.
W. H. Carpenter is making big
thing. He went to Fl Reno recently
and took breakfast at a restaurant.
While he was eating breakfast be
bought out the restaurant. He fed
700 people for dinner that same day
and has been coming money ever
since.
Il. N. Lowe and daughter Of Hayes
were thrown from their buggy by
runaway on Buckeye avenue at Tenth
street Wednesday evening. The Team
became frightened and ran into the
curbing at j. Schopp's, overturning
the buggy. The horses crossed the
Schopp place and ended at picket
fence to the west. The horses were
badly bruised and Mr.. Lowe and
daughter narrowly escaped serious
injuries.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
RESULT OF A FAKE STORY.


Albany, NO., July 2O.-The home OF
Hillman, newspaper correspondent,
was wrecked by dynamite Thursday
night. Hillman is charged with be-
ing the correspondent who wrote the
story telling of frog that ate dyna-
mite, exploded, and killed or serious
ly injured the three children of Geo
McCurry. The trouble with the story
was that McCurry was single, had no
children, dynamite or frog. Some
friends of McCurrys decided to hoist
lIilIman by his own petard. Thurs
day night a quantity Of dynamite
was placed under the correspondents
house with the intention OF giving
the writer n taste of higher journal
ism. Hillmnn, however, was away
from home. The explosion lifted the
roof off the house and tore great
gaps In the walls. IIillman denies he
wrote the frog story and has APP
pealed TO the police to find the men
who wrecked his house.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
A srocKMAN's PLIGHT.
He Wants to Send His Cattle to Wisconsin
on Account Of Scarcity Of Water In
Northeastern Missouri.

st. Paul, MIMI, July zoe. o.
Armstrong, prominent stockman Of
Missouri, arrived in st. Paul yester-
day and conferred with the general
freight department of the Omaha
railway with view of arranging for
the shipment of trainloads of stock
from his country to the grass district
of northern Wisconsin. He told some
pitiful tales of the conditions in his
neighborhood, where, he said, water
is so scarce as to command high
price. He related one instance
where a farmer owning 125 head Of
cattle paid neighbor, who was for
tunate enough to have pond, $40
for watering his stock once. Other
farmers, he said, are cutting down
trees that their stock may eat the
leaves.
The stock raisers find IT cheaper to
ship the cattle to northern Wiscon-
sin, where thousands of acres Of
clover and timothy grass land is going
to waste and where water is very
abundant, instead of sacrificing them
at a small price in summer market,
their idea being that the cost of So
or So n head for shipping stock to
this northern country will enable
them to sell the stock in the st. Paul
or Chicago market in October or No
vember at much greater profit. The
Omaha railway people are now ar
ranging with the owners OF large
tracts of wild land along their line
in northern Wisconsin for the prac-
tically free use Of this land for graz
ing purposes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25

Omaha, Neb., July 20.-Harry i.
Moores, for several years city pas
senger agent Of the Wabash road in
this city, has been appinted general
western passenger agent Of that road,
with headquarters in Omaha, to sue
coed the late George N. Clayton. Mr..
Moores will have all the territory
west of the Missouri river and be-
tween st. Paul and Kansas City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25

San Francisco, July 2O.-Yesterday
was ladies' day at the national bundles
shooting festival at Shell Mound
park. There was an open air concert
followed at night by ball and a
pyrotechnic display. It is generally
conceded that Adolph Stecker, of this
city, who has the phenomenal score
of 394 points on the king target, will
be crowned "schuetzen koenig." No
attempt was made to equal his
score. Most shooting was done for
the lesser prizes Of the king target.
Yesterdays shooting was brisk and
while no records were broken the
scores were all good.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25

Kansas City, Mo-, July 2O.-Joseph
Robertson and Frank, or "Bull," Hol-
land, the two negroes who were sus-
pected Of assaulting Miss Grace Davis
and Vernon Newton on the night Of
July 10, were discharged by Justice
Ross. These are the same men mob
attempted to lynch last Friday night.
They are now declared by Q minor
court Of Justice to be innocent.