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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
Chandler Defeated for Senator.

Concord, N. H., Jan. 11.--Judge
Henry L. Burnham, of Manchester,
won the nomination of the republican
members of the legislature for United
States senator over William +. Chan
dler and other candidates. Burnham
won upon the first ballot. Chandler
received Al votes; Durham, 1893; Con-
gresham Sulloway, 30; Henry M.
Baker, 20; Henry B. Quinby, 90; H.
W. Blair, 1.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
To Guard Against Crooks at Inauguration.

To Guard Against Crooks at Inauguration.
Chicago, Jan. 11.-Chief of Police
Sylvester, of Washington, chairman
Of the committee of public order for
the presidential Inauguration, was
formally assured yesterday Of both
the moral and active assistance of
police authorities throughout the
country. The chiefs Of police in at
tendance at yesterdays session of the
bureau Of Identification meeting
adopted resolution urgently invok-
ing the assistance Of all superintend-
ents of police of the United States to
the extent of informing Chief Sylves-
ter OF the movement of criminals be-
tween now and March 4. Between
40 and 50 cities will send detectives
to Washington to help keep the
crooks in check during the week OF
inauguration.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
opposItIon to the JeffrIss. RuhlIn rlrht,

Cincinnati, Jan. 1.-THE Jeffries-
Rhulin fight on February Is has not
been declared off by the Saengerfest
Athletic association Of Cincinnati,
notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary, But more formidable opposi-
ton than ever heretofore has de-
veloped against having the fight
pulled of in Cincinnati, as under the
Ohio statutes the contest would be q
felony.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
The Chinese Trouble.

Washington, Jan. 12--Secretary
Lopg has under consideration the ap-
pointment of board of naval officers
for the purpose of suitably rewarding
the officers and men of the navy and
marine corps who participated with
distinction in the recent campaign in
China. The board is to go over the
papers and official reports Of the va.
rious acts Of gallantry that were per-
formed, II is not limited as to what
form the rewards will take, whether
in the shape of brevet, medal OF
other method of recognition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
Move for EIccting Senators by Popular Vote.

81, P0uI, Mimi, Jan. 1l,-Senator
Stockwell yesterday introduced an
amendment in the state legislature
favoring the amending of the federal
constitution to provide for the cleo
ton of United States senator's by
popular vote and asking the cooper
alton of other states to secure con-
stitutional conventions for the pur-
pose of incorporation Of the provi-
sion. He stated that identical reso-
buttons are to be introduced in the
legislatures OF 81 states.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
PROPOSITION FAILED.
Suggestion to Transfer Negotiations
TO Washington Withdrawn.
The CHINESE SIGN The JOINT NOTE


Washington, Jan. 11.-As some Of
the foreign powers do not look with
favor upon the proposition the United
States recently made as to the with
drawal Of certain features Of the ne
gotiations from Pelin to Washington
or some other capital, and other pow
ers hesitate to decide the question,
the president has deemed it advisable
not to press the proposition and he
directed the diplomatic representa-
tive Of the United States abroad to
SO inform the different governments.
| lie Chinese minister, Mr.. Wa,
called 1T the state department yes
terday for the first time in many
days. Notwithstanding the continued
critical character of the Chinese ne
gotiations Mr.. Wu has received no adj
vices from his government. lie re-
manned IN conversation with Acting
Secretary Hill in the diplomatic cham
der for about an hour. II is under
stood that the interview was devoid
of special significance, as Mr. WI
brought no late information as to
the situation of affairs, nor was there
any early announcement Of messages
from Mr.. Conger or further develop
ments in the status Of affairs at
pekin,
Chinese Sign the Joint Note.
Paris, Jan. 1l.--As the result Of in
quries in an authoritative quarter
The Associated press is given the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the
Chinese situation; "The Chinese
plenipotentiai'ies signed the Joint
note yesterday thus concluding the
preliminary stage Of the ncgota-
TONS II was added that this i'm
portant step was insignificant com
pared with the difficulties to be met
with between the powers themselves,
whose clashng interests will have
full play in the coming discussions.
Chinese Court Troubled About Conditions.
Shanghai, Jan ll.--A dispatch from
Sian Flu says "Some of the clauses
of the conditions for peace are i'm
possible of acceptance, consequently
the emperor and empress and the
much troubled court have telegraphcd
to Lin Kun vi, the yiceroy of Nankin,
and Chang Chin Tung, the viceroy of
Han Kow, to proceed to Pekin imme-
diately and confer with the foreign
ministers and Chinese ministers in an
attempt to secure modification Of
the obstructive conditions"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
River and Harbor Bill In House.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The house
considered the river and harbor APP
preparation bill yesterday. Little
progress was made. In a bill carry
ing sucn vast sum Tor ioca, improve.
ments many localities are bound to be
disappointed and there is generally
considerable soreness among the mem
bers who fail TO get what they want.
This feeling outcropped in several
places yesterday, The disappointed
members refusing to allow any limit
to be placed on the general debate.
1t extended throughout the day, being
seemingly no nearer conclusion at adj
Sournment than when it started.
Nj. Burton, chairman of the commit
tee on rivers and harbors, who is in
charge of the bill, made an elaborate
explanation Of its provisions. Several
western members assailed' it for not
containing provisions for irrigating
reservoirs and Mr.. Corliss, of Michi-
gan. attacked it for not giving proper
recognition to the great lakes deep
waterway project.
The public lands committee of the
house directed favorable report on
the senate bill TO allow the commu-
tation of homestead entries in GER
tain cases; also on Delegate Flynn's
bill providing for the subdivision into
counties, designation of county seats.
etc, of the La IDS coded by the Wichita
and the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache
Indians before they are opened to set.
Element or entry.
The house committee on naval at.
fairs is considering the naval appro.
priation bill which the subcommittee
has agreed upon. The full commit.
tee has tentatively agreed to increase
the enlisted force of the navy 5000.
The committee has also scaled down
the appropriations recommended for
navy yards. reducing them on an aver.
age OF about 40 per cent. from esti.
mates.
The house committee on banking
and currency reported favorably the
Brosius bill to extend the charters Of
national banks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17

note now and agaii
put her hand to hel
herself up, while h
as if by pain. It
day long she must
be on her feet,
lifting, carrying,
hurrying.
That weak spot,
the back, can be
made strong by
the use Of Doctor
Plerce'S FavOrlte
Prescription. 1t
cures the womanly
diseases W hic h
cause headache,
backache, side
ache, nervousness
and sleeplessiiess.
1t makes weak
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
.CAN1EEN ABOLISHED.
The Senate Concurs in House Pro-
vision Of the Army Bill.
The AMERICAN SALOON At MANILA.


Washington, Jan. 10.-The army
canteen is to be abolished, as the SEN
ate yesterday, by a very decisive vote,
concurred in the house provision
aboIshing it. Most of the time
was occupied by Senators Teller,
Pettigrew and Butler, who all OPP
posed the adoption of the senate COM
mittee's amendment which provided
for the continuance of the canteen.
Beyond disposing finally of the can
teen question, the senate has accom-
plished little and it seems doubtful
whether a final vote upon the meas
ure will be reported before Friday or
Saturday.
Senator Teller declared that the
United States was cursing the peo-
pie of the Philippines with curse
as "vicious and vile as any the Span
ish ever placed upon them" 1t was
he said, within the power of the presi-
dent and congress to destroy govern
ment encouragement of drinking
among the soldiers of the American
army and the Filipinos. lie directed
attention to statement of Presi-
dent Schurman, of the old Philippine
commission, to the effect that the few
thousand Americans in Manila drank
more per capita than the same num-
Der of Americans anywhere.
Senator Lodge inquired if it was a
fact that the government of the
United States had nothing to do with
the saloons established in Manila;
that the army canteen was an entirely
different matter.
Senator Teller replied that that
was true, but that it was within the
power of the president to close every
saloon in Manila as soon as a cable
gram could reach the city.
Senator Gallinger said that he had
been told by a prominent officer of
the army that the 400 or 500 Ameri-
can saloons in Manila were licensed
by the American government and he
believed they could be completely
abolished.
Senator pettigrew urged that the
report submitted dealt almost exclu-
sively with the canteen provision,
while the far greater question of the
proposed increase of the army to TO-
900 men was passed by with only a
brief paragraph. He was not opposed,
he said, to the post exchange. but he
was opposed to the sale of liquor in
the post exchange, which he declared
had become nurseries of drunken
ness and kindergartens of prohigacy."
After Senator Butler, of North
Carolina, had made an address sup
porting the house provision of the
bill relating to the canteen the
amendment of the senate committee
was laid on the table by vote of "a
to Is. The effect of the vote is to
restore to the bill the house provi-
sion abolishing the army canteen 50
far as the sale of any kind of intoy.
b.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17

me no pain or inconven.
eince, and ! should have
forgotten about 1t had Il
not begun to inaame and
Itch +; II would bleed 4
little, then scab over, but
would not heal. This
continued for some time,
when my jaw began to
swell, bee o m Ing very
painful. The Cancer he.
gan to eat and spre ID.
until Il was as large asa
half dollar, when I heard
Of 8. 8. s. and determin.
ed 10 give 1t 4 fair trial,
and II was remarkable
what q wonderful effect
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17
The Weak SPOT.

Ifyou are sitting in restaurant where
mattresses are in attendance, you will
note now and again some young woman
put her hand to her back, and straighten
herself up, while her lips are frightened
as if BY pain, It's backache. Yet Ill
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-17

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The Virginia enterprise., 1901-12-20
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and cr,iel IS ltied
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That q &. 1T lord ans strand,
where otrs poa ses.
And heard, ,Swh lille all our aonG1S0fs5 s50yNefe
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IA softer. sweeter 10 sfcs from ths bright,
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The Virginia enterprise., 1901-12-20
sA SaxeAs New ear'ss Cnsten. !.

Many curious Gust toms And associa4
stions cluster round New Year's.d day.
The Saxons il ye olden lynne 3 used "a
.dance aroand m apple tree on New.
eve, sing 8 sons, to insurenI
GOOD crop, and bells were r,lng IS M
sngnnee the sdeatlh off the old md
her insthe brit Of the new "a other
rafts Eng gland .sat midnig ght The
! house door acing the vest was opened.
10 zbntsthe old year bile the door
ssf1sjng. the. .east svas opened g Neleonee;;
esblithe new year:
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--fIA--.
The NORTHWESTERN LINE,
c.. St. p, N. 4 O. Ry.
Through Tourist Cars
- >. w.
Every Tuesday and
Saturday Morning.

On TUESDAYS leave Hinneapo,
Lis $50 a. M, St. Paul 1000 a. m. via
NoRTH-WBsrERN LINZ to Omaha,
thence via Union Pacific and Og]
den, and arrive San Francisco 1928
p. m. Friday and Loo Angeles TOO a.
m. Saturday, thus avoiding Sunday
travel. ',' :.
On SATURDAYS leave Ninneap-
oils ESQ., =. m, St. Paul 1000 a. m, via
THE NORTHWESTERN LINE to Kan
sae City, thence via Sante Fe route,
through interesting New Mexico
and Arizona, and arrive Los AnRe-
lea $40 .. m. -: :" =
These are the most popular routes
to California, and enable one. to
travel at smaM expense in eornforta-
bic and pleasant surroundings
through the most picturesque and
grandest parts Of America $.<s,:,=. Il !: !:
Those contemplating visiting Cal
ifornia this winter will be furnish,
ed, free~of charge, maps, rates and
all information by applying to GEO.
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Old msl sto,od md
gazed dswit d look off delpaiiit ,tt5
or,s iiinrnllosab reYerssp
heavens; chen the white
,sinless sart al
men one Mas I'D cheerless,, so5
sleapl pless Us: he,sss stood
near him; s 4s5 ott de eckesS the
vefda1r reSsof iout ID As was covereds
SHOWS of ges.. Md this Old
1aanSs had broue ing ithasS him
from tee ming 33thes
xorld. save errors, sins. ms and diseass;;s \
nothing bnt ts: sorn bod aylsss,zz
desolate soul sbosomS Sbri ID ming with.
remofse,, and Eros ted old ttsge filed
withsregl| Is, .r-ii tess Ham n Jason,
Turner ia. n NeW Fork
55 The glad norning gss9 Of shis youth
hoyered Haround him on. this y old win-:
ter night like ting appa ions; i
they carried him i far back 'to u hat
earl rosy lawn, when his III ther.
stood with him :at9 the crrosss sssroait1s iof
life--the jrigh lead ling { over sunny
path ways into . quiet, distant land;
resplendent wit h golden harvests and
whit iteswinged angels; but the: left
:road led down 70 the slums of vice.;
far, away to- black cavern 4aof drip:
ping poieons and twisting Sadders. I: u u
IS Alas!& the. vipers hung around 4 his
breast! the poi n-drops were < upon:
his tongue! He knew where he was
His brain reeling, and while unit
terables terror filled his bosom, /, he
cried unto Heayen:S = :# !. 5,;s5l q. &
a Give 3il me, oh! give me, youth again!
=Oh!s father, place me. again At the
crossroads of life that I may choose
another path! S, * H = q 81. E;=;: s:
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will-o-wisp glittering hither = and
thit Yer; then it disappeared in + q
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ems, and shimmerings i. is falI.van..
ish III the darkness Of earth: =:S.;s95 r.:
Like myself lf!" he groanedt from a
torn heart. & And the serpent's S tooth
OF remorse dug down deeper. His
fiery fancy pointed: Is him the Green en-
ing night-wandererss ON the roof; and
the spectral =wind.mill raised its men. 8 :.
acing arms: Then one: shape remain: {:
ing III the CHASTITY charniel-house.$$ .$= 81
repentance and }remotrs,ep.;. OF. II gradually
grew into his own: image. .. .:.s. s:: I: b,
:. In the midst OF, his anguish, sudden
1y the; music: Of the New: iYe ears niouht
floated upon the air: and it was the,
silver Ginning Of belfrv /hpl,s 8. :H;s
sonlswas stirred within him; he gazed
around the murkv horizon, and over
the5spreading earth. The memory OF
thse5fraends 81 Of his youth came to him;
/, ,theJ vere now honored teachers in ii
the world, and the glad fathers Of
.ehildYen: iAgainf he vailed out - ::,s2s
IN =s=s Alas! like you,s /, too, on this New
Years q night, could have slumbered
with: tearlets eyes. if: Il had, only
chosen elh6t Alright! :" Alas! my fond par.
5ents, l. too,l could be happy had i but
needed heed your warnings and wishes Of
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-10
IosEPH MHEELoCK.

Some idea of the fine attractions that are to be offered this season at the Jacques may be gathered from the eN- traordinary announcement that the eminent actor, Joseph Wheelock is to play there the last half of this week, this being the first time in his long and remarkable career that he has played an engagement at popular prices. MT Wheelock played leading roles for years with Edwin Booth, E. l.. Davenport, Mary Anderson, Ade- laide Nelson, Mrs D. F. Bowers, John Mccullough and other noted stars, and his name is associated likewise with some of the greatest successes of the New York stage. For his first starring tour at popular prices MT Wheelock will present an entirely new version of T. s. Arthnr's celebrated story, "Ten Nights in Barroom,' the play having been written expressly for him by Rob- ert Griffin Morris. A splendid support ing company has been provided for MT Wheeloek, including such well-known artists as George H. Adams, Miss Ad- ans Berrie Scott, the charming child actress little Ricca Scott. the Apollo quartet and others. The great and dis tinguished reputation enjoyed by MT Wheelock ought surely be sufficient to assure immense houses at the Jacques during this engagement. The sale of seats opens tomorrow, regular prices prevailing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-10
Theatrical
 Fraternal
s*s*ss**.sss..sss..ss.*ss
HUMAN HEARTS,

Jacques theater had a very auspici- ous opening last night and the little 'theater was packed to the doors with an audience that enthused over the very excellent production that was fur nished by a clever company The play itself has been seen here before but it never gave better satisfaction and should be an attraction for the rest of the engagement this week. The play tells the story of a murder and shows the ease with which circumstan- tial evidence can be twisted around by unprincipled schemers and an in nocent man made to suffer for the wrongdoings of another. Tom Logan, dweller in a small village in the heart of the Arkansas hills. falls in love with a former lover, succeeds ill fastening the crime of parricide upon their hap less victim. He is convicted and sen fenced to life imprisonment on manu- factured evidence. and might spend the rest of his days in prison were it not for the fact that tramp, who had wit messed the murder. finally turns up and clears him by his belated evidence. It will be repeated this evening and to- morrow afternoon and evening and the admission prices are popular.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-10

played the leading houses of America Mir Newell is one of the finest banjo players now before the public His playing is wonderful. as any one who visited Forest park yesterday after noon or evening can affirm. But MT Dupree's harp playing is bound to please most of those who see this trio. It is really magnificent. The young man who was educated in Madrid, plays the harp with exquisite skill. The show at the park also includes Eldora and Norine, the jugglers, Lew Wells, the musical genius, and Au Chin and marries an adventures. who, when she tires of him with the assistance of Foo. the Chinese magician. All are good, in fact away ahead of the aver age Friday night will be seen the grand illumination, the finest of the season. Dancing at the lower pavilion under MT Kleinecke's direction the same evening
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-10

of nightly symphonies on the back fence and of daily investigations of the pantry, the cat devoted herself to the task, and the happy result she re- gards as her personal property.
 To accomplish this it was necessary to give a lesson to a rooster, the lord of the farmyard. He made a game fight but was vanquished at the ex- pense of a large part of his feathers.
 Strangest of all is that the chicks dote on their fur-coated mamma. They follow her all around the yard, and, while their taste and hers differ somewhat in regard to food, neverthe- less the Bishops see that each secures a plenty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-10
-------------------- Re~uVaffuG n Clock.

It is not, of course, possible to seize hold of the hands of clock and push them backward or forward a tenth or twentieth part of a second, which is about the limit of error that is allowed at the Greenwich observa- tory, so another method is devised. Near the pendulum a magnet is fixed. If it is found that the, pendulum is going either too fast or too slow q current of electricity is switched on and the little magnet begins to pull at the metal as it swings to and fro. It only retards or accelerates the mo- tion by an infinitesimal fraction of a second each time, but it keeps the op- eration up, and in few thousand swings the tenth or the twentieth part of the almost invisible error is corrected, thus making the clocks keep step" at the proper instant of time.-London Daily News.