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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-09-26
Office Of County Clerk.

ABILENE, kas,, Sept IL, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that bids for furn-
ishlng coal to the court house etc, for the
use Of Dickinson county will he received ut
the Office Of county clerk up to noon OF Fri
day, Oct I, 1901, bills TO be in accordance
with specifications in Office of county clerk.
The board of commissioners reserves the
right to reject any and all bids BY order of
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
r, r. JACOBS, County Clerk, 2O-itSsc
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-09-26
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d the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy, and all noxious plants. 1t is COM
posed exclusively Of ootsand herbs. Now
10 the time to get the poison out Of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don't experiment longer with
salves, washes and soaps-they never cure.
Mr.. s. NJ Marshall, bookkecpcr Of the Atlanta
tGa.) Gas Light Co, was poisoned with Poison
Oak. He took Sulphur, Arsenic and various
pther drugs, and applied externally numerous
lotions and salyes with no benefit. At times the
swelling and inflammation was so severe he was
almost blind For eight years The poison would
break ont every season. His condition was much
Improved aftertaking one bottle Of S S S, and
a few bottles cleared his blood 1.-THE poison, aud
all evidences Of the disease disappeared
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how Explain your case
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information and ad.
vice as you require, without charge, and
we will send at the same time an interest
Ing book on Blood and Skin Diseases.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31
NOTICE TO

The Inhabitants of the city of Barre,
who are taxpayers, are hereby notified
that the City Council have this. day
placed the tax.bill for the year 1901,
in my hands for collection; and that
sixty days from this date are allowed
ia which to make payment of said
taxes at the City Treasurer's office,
and l hereby call upon all the tax
payers to pay their respective taxes
within sixty days from the date of
this notice, and II, at the expiration
Of said sixty days from the date Of
this notice, any taxes shall then re.
main unpaid, 1 am required by law to
issue a warrent against all such delin.
quent persons for the collection of
such unpaid taxes, adding to each tax
5 per cent. and 10 cents for each name
in the warrant and deliver the same
to the constable for execution.
September 16, 1901, is the last date
upon which taxes car be paid at this
Office.
City of Barre, w., July 16, 1901,
BURT H. WELLS,
50 80 City Treasurer.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31
GILLEY 4 %
ia, 118 Main Street, Barre, VT.
The Wickedest Bit of Sea-.

Nine out of ten travellers would tell in
quirers that the toughest piece of wa
ter Is that cruel stretch in the English
channel, and nine out of ten travellers
would say what was not true. AS a
matter of fact, "the wickedest bit of
sea" is not IN the Dover strait, or in
yachting, for example, from st. Jean
de Luiz Up to Pauillac, or across the
Mediterranean "race" Grom Cadiz to
Tangier. nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn, where there Is what sailors call
a true" sea. The "wickedest sea" Is
encountered In rounding the Cape Of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.-Shipping World.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31
MULES, RATS AND MEN.
Miners Show Wisdom In Paying Heed
to Certain Phenomena.

Miners Show Wisdom In Paying Heed
to Certain Phenomena.
"Well that isn't superstition; it's
reality" and the coal mine inspector
didn't seem a bit pleased with the
suggestion that superstition might
sometimes be responsible for the ac-
tons of miners.
"Coal miners" he went on to say,
'are not superstitious. Hear noises2
OF course they do, but do people sup
pose those noises are imaginary? 1t
beats al! how little Is known generally
about coal mining.
"Folks get it into their heads" the
inspector continued, "that a man who
will quit work in a certain. part Of a
ing that section Is superstitious when,
as a matter Of fact, he simply displays
sound judgment. Very oon after the
rats quit sounds will be heard, and
later on a slide follows. What would
have happened to the mar had he
credited his fears to superstition by
disregarding the exodus of the rats
and the subsequent noises?
"Rats are the first of a mines inhab-
itants to realize danger, and then
comes the mule. Man Is the last. So
it is only natural that he should take
as positive Indications of trouble the
actions of the others, and he should
not be regarded rs a superstitious
creature on that account.
CATER rats desert an entry 1t Is next
to impossible to get a mule into 1t. not
because the rats left. but because the
mule realizes the danger. Left to
themselves rats or mules would never
be caught in slides in mines. but 1t Is
different with men. who will not fol-
low the lead of the other two."-Den-
yer Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31
A Cruel Joke.

A Yale Summit girl recently played a
cruel joke on her mother. and this Is
how it happened: She accidentally
found a love letter that her father had
written to her mother in the halycon
days of their courtship. She read the
letter to her mother, substituting her
own name and that Of her lover. The
mother raved with anger and stamped
herlAfoot in disgust, forbidding her
daughter to have anything to do with
a man who would write such nonsen-
steal stuff to a girl. The girl then gave
the letter to her mother to read, and
the house became 80 suddenly quiet
that she could hear the cat winklng In
the back yard.-Saltsbury Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31
FLIGHT of Time.

Old Mcdowell, old man, how'd you
sleep last night? Follow my advice
about counting up?
New Med-Yes. indeed; counted up
to $4,000.
Old Med-Bully! And then you fell
asleep, ell?
New Mcd-Guess not; it was morn
ing by that time, and l had to get up.
-pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31

Never bear more than one kind of
trouble at a time. Some people bear
three kinds-oll they have had, all they
have now and all they expect to have.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-31

Learn to keep your ears open and
your mouth closed.-Dallas News.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Important School Land Decision.

The commissioner in the general land
office. in a case in which the state of
Utah is party in interest, has made a
decision in favor of the state. Under
the act of February 2S, 1891, where set
tlement is made prior to survey on
lands subsequently found to be a
granted school section. the settler is
protected in his right to make entry
and the state is allowed indemnity
therefor. This act was general in it's
scope, and was intended to provide a
uniform rule applicable to all states
and territories having grants of school
lands, and repealed all special laws
heretofore enacted so far as in conflict
there with
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Southern Pacific Cut-Off Will be Built.

A San Francisco dispatch says fully
146 miles of the Central Pacific from
Ogden west to Lucine over the Kelton
and Promontory mountains are to be
abandoned and new road, or cutoff.
107 miles long built. Surveys for the
new line have been completed and ap-
proved and President G. M. Hayes is to
order the beginning of construction
early next month.
The cutoff will cost over So, 900. 600.
Besides saving in distance of thirty
nine miles, the new line will be prac-
tlcally free from curves and have no
grades in excess of four-tenths of per
cent. 1t will cross the upper end of
Great Salt Lake in two places
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
New Industry For Salt Lake.

Salt Lake will get the immense ware
house and workshop of the American
Structural Iron company, known as
the bridge trust. Its purpose is to
ship from it's many eastern manufac-
turing plants to the western shop,
where the iron can be put together and
remodeled according to orders. 1t was
the intention at first to make Denver
the point of distri button for the entire
mountain country and the Pacific coast,
but because of the passage of the en-
ployers' liability bill by the legisla-
ture, the company was scared out and
changed to Salt Lake. The corpora
tion will employ at Salt Lake about
300 expert bridge builders, who will
move to their western home as soon as
the workshops and warehouses are
ready.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19

Emperor william Criticised,

The reply of Emperor William to the
Prussian Diets congratulation, in
which his Majesty, ignoring the Off
cially-established facts that Weiland
(the man who threw a piece of iron at
the emperor at Bremen, striking him
on the cheek) is a life long epieptic
and for many years was an inmate of
an asylum and on the day of the at
for recurring fits, threw harsh blame
on the entire nation for the conditions
breeding such attempts, is the sensa-
tion OF the day. Every body is discuss
ing the matter. The emperor's action
is harshly criticised by the press.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
CASE OF EDITOR RICE,
War Department Sustains Macarthur in
His Action.

War Department Sustains Macarthur in
His Action.
General MacArthur's report, giving
the details of the deportation of George
L. Rice, the editor who was ordered
out of the Philippines in consequence
of articles published concerning Lieu
tenant Commander Braunersreuther,
has been received at the war depart
ment. Mr.. Rice has made no applica-
tion for a review and reversal of the
action of General Macarthur, although
it has been asserted that he would do
so.
Secretary Root says that General
Macarthur was acting clearly within
the scope of his authority as military
governor of the Philippines. Not only
this, but General Macarthur has had
special authority, under direction OF
the war department., to remove from
the Philippines such persons as menace
the peace and good order of the island.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
UNION PACIFIC INCREASES
ITS CAPITAL STOCK.
%AoO,OOO,OOO New Bonds VIII be Issued to
Take Up s. =. Securities.

%AoO,OOO,OOO New Bonds VIII be Issued to
Take Up S. p. Securities.
special meeting of the stockholders
OF the Union Pacific Railroad company
was held in Salt Lake Saturday, at
winch the common capital stock was
increased by the sum of 100000, 900
ana the company was authorized to
issue $loO,OO0,0OO of new per cent
oonos. The additional stock makes
the Union Pacific total capitalization
0"9o' 700, which is said to be the
largest in the world of any one single
corporation.
Presentat the meeting were President
Burt, who presided, Secretary Millar.
General Solicitor w. r. Kelly, Attorney
Lawrence Greer of New York and
others. The proxies were voted bv
Messrs. Millar, Kelly and Greer. Out
OF total OF 1,954,294 shares outstand-
ing, 1,425,3 396 were voted, the result
being an affirmative vote on the action
relating to the increase in stock and
the issue of bonds
The action was taken in following up
the immense purchase of Edward II.
Hartman and associates of the Spever-
Huntington interests in the Southern
Pacific The stock is to be issued Tor
Southern Pacific stock and the bonds
exchanged for Southern Pacific bonds,
but the company has five years, or
until May l, 1906, to complete the ex-
change of bonds. In the meantime
more Southern Pacific securities can be
wholly engulfed by the great Hartman
syndicate.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
WRECK OF THE RIO.
United States Inspectors Place Responsible
ity on Captain Ward and Pilot Jordan.

United States Inspectors Place Responsible
ity on Captain Ward and Pilot Jordan.
Captains O.. f. Bolles and ]. K. Bull
ger, United States inspectors of hulls
and boilers, have handed down their
decision on the responsibility for the
wreck of the steamer Rio de Janeiro on
February 22nd at the entrance to the
Golden Gate.
Their decision places the blame for
the wreck upon the late Captain Ward
and Pilot Jordan. The pilot, being a
state officer, is not under the jurisdic-
tion of the United States inspectors,
and they have no power topunish him.
The inspectors blame the chief engi-
neer for inattentio to his duty and re-
woke his license as chief engineer. He
had ten white men in his charge, con-
sisting of three engineers, three water
tenders, three oilers and storekeeper,
and the inspectors are of the opinion
that if Chief Engineer Herlihy had
called this force on deck to man the
boats many more lives would have been
saved.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Mail Matter for Cuba.

postmaster General Smith, in ac-
cordance with the decision arrived at
by the cabinet recently, has issued
the following order: "Postmasters are
informed that on and after April next,
the United States domestic rates Of
postage and classification shall apply
to all mail matter passing between the
United States and Cuba. Notices of
this change should be displayed in
postotfice corridors and given to the
public press, when acceptable as a
news item"
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Filipinos Seek Education.

Expressions of large majority of
the leading natives of the island of
Negros, P. L.. is overwhelmingly in
favor of succeeding the present govern
ments by provincial governments The
reasons given for this view are that
such change will effect reduction of
taxes and the high salaries of officials,
the esta ablishment of schools and the
improvement of roads. The speakers
alleged that owing to a lack of means
of education, liberty was becoming
license,
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
$25,OOO,ooo FROM CHINA.
Ahis represents the Share of the &2OO, ,OOO.-
OoO the United States Will Ask.

Ooo the United States Will Ask.
further inquiry into the indemnity
questlon makes it appear that the sum
OF S2oO,OO0,OO0 which officials consider
the maximum that should be levied
upon the Chinese as tax, represents
absolutely the limit of Chinese ability,
according to the calculations of the Of
tic1als best informed as to the resources
OF China. The figure named does not
represent the aggregate of the indem-
mites claimed. On the contrary, it is
understood that these are very much
larger. The United States fixed upon
the sum of $25. .OOO 900 as a suitable in
demnity to be claimed, notwithstand-
ing that officials of the various depart
ments are satisfied that this sum will
only provide for the payment of cer-
tain percentage of items claimed, be-
cause it was felt that this was as much
as we should claim of the 5000, OOe, 900.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Customs Collector in Trouble.

Captain Moses Dillon, the collector
OF customs at Ell Paso. Texas. has been
arrested by the United States Marshal
on warrants charging him with solicit
ing and receiving money from treasury
department employees for campaign
purposes, and with having divulged to
certain civil service applicants the
questions and answers to be used at an
examination held there. The COM
plants were filed against him by local
republicans of prominence.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Mine Under Cars Palace,

A dispatch from Europe says that a
mine has been discovered beneath the
palace of Emperor Nicholas at Tear
skoe- -Selo, seventeen miles south of St.
Petersburg. Several notabilites, the
dispatch further states, are implicated
in the plot against his majesty. The
RUSSIAN press was not permitted to
mention the affair. Those behind the
scenes in Russia take a very grave view
OF the present agitation and think it is
the beginning Of more serious trouble.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
GOULD GETS r. G. w,
Line to be Consolidated With Other Gould
Interests-Other Lines Will be Taken Up.

Line to be Consolidated With Other Gould
Interests-Other Lines Will be Taken Up.
Through the Denver & Rio Grande,
which George j. Gould recently ac-
quired control of in the interest of the
Missouri Pacific, he has just taken over
the Rio Grande Western, says New
York dispatch to the Salt Lake Tribune.
The operation of the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Rio Grande Western,
which connect at Grand Junction,
forming a through line from Denver
and Pueblo to Salt Lake City and Og-
den, will give the Missouri Pacific an
outlet of it's OWE and direct connection
for the Pacific coast trade.
Other Colorado lines will subsequent
ly be taken into this combination. The
Colorado Midland now belongs jointly
to the Rio Grande Western and the
Colorado Southern. In order to secure
this line, which could be used as an op-
position to other properties, it would
be necessary for Mr. Gould to take up
oAio Coiol duo Nt h'ouCliciA' otcpS are
now pending in that direction.
The Denver &, Rio Grande had an
option on the Rio Grande Western. 1t
was the exercise of this option which
was desired by Mr.. Gould, who provided
the funds necessary and acquired con-
troll of the Denver & Rio Grande, that
enabled the transfer to be made of the
Utah line.
Rio Grande Western common stock
is to be paid for at the rate of $50
share, and the preferred somewhere
between par and $11O
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Confesses to Being Cudahy Kidnaper.

Sheriff johnson of Dallas, Texas,
Thursday made this statement: III.
G. Henderson has confessed to me and
County Attorney Summers .that he is
one of the Cudahy kidnapers. His
confession was made voluntarily.
''He stated that he had squandered
and used in fleeing from Omaha most
of the money he got as his share in the
kidnapping job before l arrested him in
this city as suspect early in Febru-
ary."
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Oregon Man Murdered.

A man was found murdered along-
SIDE the railroad track at The Dalles.
Oregon, Monday night. No clue to the
perpetrators of the act has been fonnd
1t was thought that the man had been
killed by the cars, but when the blood
was washed from his face a bullet hole
was found under his eye and the bullet
had pierced his brain and broken his
neck. 1t is believed that he was res
ldent of that city, but his name has
not yet been ascertained.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
MOnarchist Plot in Brazil,

Great excitement prevails in Rio
Janeiro over the arrest of Admiral Gus
todio Jose Mellon and others on ac-
count of the discovery of a monarchist
plot through the suicide of Baron de
burgal. Extraordinary precautions
are being taken by the government to
prevent any outbreak. Apprehension
centers about the navy. The war ves-
sells are being closely guarded, as it if
Is believed that the officers are not
quite trustworthy.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
To Determine China's resources.

A committee of commissioners has
been appointed to discover China's re-
sources and report on her ability to pay
the indemnity to be demanded by the
powers. Many ministers are strongly
opposed to China's having to pay to
keep an army of from 10000 to $4,000
men there for the next two years,
thinking this entirely unnecessary.
Even those ministers who were in Pc
kin during the siege are tired of seeing
Pekin military camp. They hope
China will be put upon her feet as soon
as possible.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
TERMS OFFERED BOTHA.
Obstacle to settlement Was Refusal OF
Complete Amnesty.

Obstacle to settlement Was Refusal OF
Complete Amnesty.
The London Chronicle, processing to
be able to give an outline of the nego-
tiations between Lord Kitchener and
General Botha, says:
1.-The chief obstacle to a settlement
was Lord Kitchener's refusal to grant
complete amnesty to the leaders of the
rebels in Cape Colony. He offered self
government on the lines of Jamaica
Immediately upon the cessation of hos
tilities, with legislative bodies partly
elected by the burghers
"The government agreed to provide
91 100000 to compensate the Beers for
property destroyed and articles COM
mandeered by the Beers on commando,
providing the signatures of the officers
who Communicated the goods was
Forthcoming. He also offered to grant
loans on easy terms for rebuilding and
restocking farmsteads.
General Botha was generally in
favor of these conditions, but he dis
sented strongly from proposal to give
the full privilege of citizenship to
properly domiciled and registered
blacks. He was also greatly concerned
about the position Jewish capitalists
would occupy in the country, and was
told that Jews and Christians would
enjoy equal rights, no distinction being
made in the matter of concessions"
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Convict Who Aided in Suppressing Mutiny
in Pen Released.

Governor Stanley of Kansas has par
doned Convict Floyd Graham, who
aided Warden Tomlinson in suppress
ing the insurrection at the peniten-
tiarv coal mines. Graham climbed 400
feet up the air-shaft and communicated
a story of the weakening of the con-
victs on account of their deplorab BILE
condition. Graham was sentenced
from Fort Scott on October 4, 1892, for
fifteen years for holding up a shop
keeper, and would have about three
years more to serve
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
u. S. WARNS CHINA
Against Entering Into Secret Treaties With
Any Power.

Against Entering Into Secret Treaties with
Any Power.
The state department has made pub.
lie note sent to the Chinese minister
February 10, warning the Chinese gov.
ernment against entering into any
private. territorial or financial arrange
ments without the full knowledge of
all the powers.
The administrat tion believes that the
secret agreement between Russia and
China is in violation of the spirit if
not the letter of the general UNDER
standing to which all the powers sub
scribed last summer, and the United
States government is prepared to use
all its moral suasion and influence to
prevent its consumption. Further
than that, however, this government
is not prepared to 60.
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
Situation Critical In Russia,

The political situation in st. Peters.
berg is so serious that Emperor Nicho-
las held a meeting OF the ministers
Saturday tosconsider the state of pub
lie affairs. Threatening letters have
been received by the minister of war.
minister of justice and minister of the
interior.
Renewed demonstrations on a great
scale are expected. 1t is reported that
Prince Viazemsky has been discharged
for petitloning the Gar to consider
grievances OF the students
The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
CONDITION OF WHEAT CROP.
Favorable Reports Received as to Winter
Grain.


Grain.
Dun's Review, commenting on the
condition of the wheat crop, says:
"Reports from the branches and
large number of correspondents in the
winter wheat belt show the condition
of the growing grain generally favor
able. In Ohio, kentucky. Indiana and
Illinois the acreage is reduced owing
to partial failure last year, and the
mild winter in some sections has been
unfavorable.
"Fears are expressed in some quar-
ters that the ravages of the Hessian
fly will be serious, and especially if the
present dry weather continues. In
scattered sections of Illinois, Kentucky
and Tennessee, the winter grain was
killed and farmers are blowing it un-
der. Dry weather during the fall
months did much damage in Ken lucky
and in Tennessee, the changeable
lack of rain causing considerable in
jury. In Illinois the wet weather is
now helping grain and it is hoped that
a continuation will enable the grain to
outgrow the fly. In Michigan the
acreage is less than last year, but the
grain wintered we'll and damage by the
fly will not materially reduce the crop.
''The best reports come from the
southwest. Ia Missouri the grain has
wintered well and d large yield is ex-
pected In Kansas, Oklahoma and the
Panhandle of Texas there is a con-
siderable increase in acreage and the
condition of the grain was never bet
ter. Wet weather has prevented dam
age by the fly In other parts of Texas
the acreage has been reduced; the
grain wintered we'll, but ravage by in
sects is feared"