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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
THE PHILIPPINE BILL
A Vote May Be had on the Meas
ure Next Week.
ELECTION OF SENATOR'S BY PEOPLE.


Washington, Feb. l4.-While no def
mite agreement has been reached, q
vote on the Philippine tariff bill IN
the senate seems to be in sight. 1t
appears likely, judging from dis
cussion Oh the subject late in yester-
DAYS session, that the vote may DO
had next week, although the matter
vet is involved in some uncertainty.
Senator Teller, Of Colorado, concluded
his speech yesterday. He urged
strongly that the Filipinos be given
the fullest possible measure of self
government, the United States sim
ply maintaining protectorate over
the islands. He said he would prefer
that this government should with
draw absolutely and without condi-
ton from the archipelago than that
the present war should be continued.
Senator Mitchell, II Oregon, deliv-
cred a carefully-prepared speech in
support of his amendment to reduce
the tariff duties upon Philippine prod
ucts coming into this country to so
per cent. of the Dingley rates, main
tanning that congress owed this con-
cession to the Pacific coast states as
well as to the Philippines themselves.
The Philippine bill will not be con-
sidered to-day or on Monday, the SEN
ate having made special orders for
both of these days.
A bill to regulate the practice in
the United States courts as to ap-
peals and writs of error was passed.
The senate then, at $3.50, went into
executive session and soon afterward
adjourned.
The house yesterday unanimously
adopted a resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States for the election of SEN
ators by direct popular vote. There
was no demand for time to debate the
resolution. This is the fourth time
the house has adopted similar reso-
luton. Two bills Of general impor-
lance were passed by the house yes
terdav, the remainder Of the time
being devoted to minor business. One
was senate bill to provide for the
payment of the claims of confeder-
ate officers and soldiers whose horses.
side arms and baggage were taken
from them by union soldiers con-
trary to the terms Of the surrender
of Lee and JolInsOn's armies. The
amount to be paid under the bill was
limited to $4,000. The other bill
was to confer on the Spanish claims
commission authority to send for per-
sons and papers and to punish for
contempt. Mr. Corliss, who is the
author of bill for a government
cable from San Francisco to Manila,
delivered speech in opposition to the
laying of such cable by private
corporation.
The following bills also were
passed. TO authorize bridge across
the Arkansas river near Fort Glib.
son, I. T.; to construct bridge across
the Missouri river at St. Joseph, Mo-,
and to authorize the Memphis, Helena
& Louisiana railroad to construct
bridges across the White and Arkan.
sas rivers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
PAYNE'S POLICY.
The Postmaster General VIII Not Remove
Fourth Glass Postmasters with.
out Cause.

Washington, Feb. 15.--An official
statement of the new policy that
hereafter will govern appointments
Of fourth-class postmasters was made
yesterday by Postmaster General
Payne, who said:
"The policy Of the administration
Is not to make removals Of fourth
class postmasters without cause. The
removal Of an officer is a proposition
entirely different from the naming of
a successor at the expiration Of a
postmaster's commission. 1t Is there
fore desired that removals be not
made except for some good reason
which affects the service, or at the
request Of a senator or a representa-
tive indorsing the petition for such
a change made by patrons OF the Of
fee in question. In some sections of
the country, notably in the south, net
represented by republican representa-
tives in congress, these demands for
changes in fourth-class post Offices
are made not for the good OF the
service or for any proper purpose
but to subserve the interests OF rival
factions. The administration does
not believe that the offices Of the
government should be used to sub
serve the interests of any petty fac
ton in states where there is hardly a
semblunce of organization in the
party. To prevent this abuse 1t II
necessary to discourage these arbi
trary removals. No order on thil
subject, however, has been issued"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
A FURRY IN SENATE |
Charges Made About Employment
Of Extra Clerks to Committees.
SENSATIONAL SPEECH IN The HOUSE


Washington, Feb. 15.-A little furry
was created in the senate yesterday
over the employment since the be-
ginning OF the session Of score or
more Of extra clerks and messengers
to committees. The charges Of ex-
travagance made induced the refer
ence Of the whole subject Of clerical
employment to a committee for in
vestigation and report.
A measure was passed granting a
right-of-way through Oklahoma terri
tory and the Indian territory to the
Enid & Anadarko Railroad company.
Tho bill creating q permanent CEN
sus Office was under consideration for
time, but was not disposed OF final
ly. After the passage Of 1877 private
pension bills the senate eulogized the
life and character of the late Repre-
sentative Brosius, Of Pennsylvania.
The monotony Of private pension
day Of the house was enlivened yes
terday by very sensational speech
from Mr.. Wheeler, Of Kentucky, In
denunciation of what he denominated
"Aunkeyism' TO foreign countries.
lie took the recent statements ema-
mating from continental cabinets re-
garding the attitude Of Great Brit
ain during the Spanish war as a text
for a wholesale attack upon the trend
Of our recent diplomacy. He severely
scored Secretary Hay and declared
that If Lord Pauncefote had sought,
as was alleged, to circumvent us dur
ing the war Of 1898, the sooner he was
shipped across the seas the better.
lie also criticised the president for
his reported intention to send his
daughter to the coronation Of King
Edward and protested against the off,
cial reception Of Prince Henry. His
speech aroused the house to a high
pitch OF excitement and elected from
Mr.. Boutclle, Of Illinois, a spirited
defense of Secretary Hay, whom he
eulogized in high terms. Several
other members on the republican side
took hand and later in the after
noon Mr.. Grosvenor, Of Ohio, took
Mr.. Wheeler to task for his ''inop-
perfume protest" and rehearsed the
history Of the visit Of the prince OF
Wales to this country in 1860 and his
reception by President Buchanan.
During the day 125 private pension
bills were passed in 81 minutes.
Mr., Scott, of Kansas introduced a
bill dividing the Indian territory into
counties and providing for the es-
Enlistment Of county seats. 1t Gre
ates 2s countless to be known, until
otherwise designated, by numbers
from one up to 2S.
The house then adjourned until
Monday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20

Washington, Feb. Is. = Maxwell
Evarts, Of New York, made an argu.
ment before the senate committee
on immigration yesterday in opposi.
ton to the passage of the Chinese
exclusion bill agreed upon by the
western members of congress. He
appeared as the representative OF the
Pacific Mail Steamship company, and
said that his especial desire was to
secure the alteration Of this bill SO
as to facilitate the transit Of China
men through the United States. He
did not, he said, object to the passage
Of Chinese exclusion bill drawn
on the lines of the Geary law, but he
thought that the authority to regu.
late the transit Of Chinese to neigh.
boring countries should be left in the
hands Of the secretary Of the treas
ury.
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st Of Kansas lastitu tions for January.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. l5.-The cost
of maintenance at the charitable in
stitutions OF Kansas for January ag-
gregnted as follows; Soldiers Or
phans' home, $2,4is; Predetermined in
stitute, 1926; deaf and dumb school,
&,OOl; Osawatomie asylum, sl6,20S;
Topeka asylum, $l4,2i4; blind asy-
lum, $2,OsO; girls industrial school,
s2,l61; boys industrial school, Tope-
ka, @,1S5; boys reformatory, Hutch
inson. 1898; soldiers home, $5,oO1.
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YOUNG ROOSEVELT IMPROVED.
Teddy Partook Of solid Food Yesterday
for the First Time Since
His Illness.

Groton, Mass, Feb. 15.-This was
an uneventful day at the Groton
school. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has
improved very rapidly and, for the
first time since his illness, he par
took of solid food, meat being in
cluded in the diet. The CANNED and
Potter boys, who are also down with
pneumonia, also partook OF meat.
The boys rested comfortably all day.
Mrs. CANNED read aloud to them for
some time and they were eager to
have her continue at length. Dr..
Shattuck, of Boston, has discontinued
his visits, leaving DR.. Warren, of Gro
ton, in charge. DR.. Jewett, of Bos-
ton, spends his time at the infrmary,
carrying out the orders Of DIR. War;
rem. At each taking of the chart the
respiration, pulse and temperature Of
the patients were normal and from
all appearances the convalescence
was uninterrupted. It is hoped that
the boys will be able to sit up by
Monday. Young Roosevelt's lungs
are rapidly clearing, with the posi-
bility of resolution being completed
in very few days. All the out-of-
town newspaper correspondents have
left Groton. The school will reopen
on March 4.
The report from the sick room last
night at nine o'clock showed all three
boys asleep. From now on they will
not be awakened for the administra-
ton Of medicine, as 1t is believed sleep
will be the most beneficial thing for
them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20

Washington, Feb. l5.-Representa-
tive Burleson, Of Texas, stated to
the house committee on agriculture
that 100000 bales of Texas cotton,
valued at sl0,OOO,OOO, were destroyed
last year by the Mexican weevil.
The committee inserted a $4,000
item in the agricultural appropria-
ton bill to be Immediately available
10 eradicate the pest.
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vour Hundred Families Made Homeless.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. l5.-South Mills,
N. c., near the dismal swamp" was
practically destroyed by IRE and thu
flames were heading toward the
swamp. The fire started In negro
shanty. Four hundred families are
reported homeless. A rough estimate
places the loss q $l2o,ooa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
E1.rres,dsnt Cleveland OF Duck Hun

Norfolk, Va, Feb. Ex-President
Cleveland. accompanied by Prof. Van
dyke, Of Princeton university, and a
party Of friends, arrived here yes
terday on the steamer Pennsylvania,
on their way to the Buck Bay Gun.
ming club for two weeks duck hunt.
The ex-president looked the picture
of health.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20

Washington, Feb. l5.-Alfred Noble,
civil engineer and q member Of the
isthmian canal commission, was be-
fore the senate committee on inter.
oceanic canals yesterday. His testi-
mony was in favor Of the Panama
route.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
Advance In Price Of Broom Corn.

Arcola, Ill.,, Feb. i5.--An advance
of $40 ton in the price of broom
corn resulted yesterday when prom
inent manufacturers attempted to
gather in all the brush now in the
farmers hands. The advance will
necessitate u corresponding advance
in the price of brooms when the man.
ufacturers meet in Chicago next week.
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Public Sale!

The undersigned will sell at public
sale at bis residence on section 20,
Buckeye township, 4 miles north and
81 miles east Of Abilene. and 5 miles
northwest Of Detroit, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
R.I.P.A.N.S

There is scarcely any condition OF III health
that Is not benefited by the occasional use Of
u RIpA'N'S Tabule, For sale by Druggists.
The flve-Ce packet Is enough for AN ordi-
nary occasion The family bottle, 10 cents,
contains a supply for u year,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-20
First published in the Abilene Weekly Re-
aector, Feb. 3d. 1892
Notice Of Appointment.

STATE or KANSAS, &c.
Dickinson County, 80
In the matter OF the estate Of Louisa NJ,
Gore. deceased. late OF Dickinson county,
Kansas.
Notice is hereby given that on the It'll day
OF February, A. D. 1907, the undersigned was
by the probate court Of Dickinson county,
Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as ad-
deceased, late Of Dickinson county, Kansas.
All parties interested Ia said estate will take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
M0LLIE i. SHAW,
:. I. SMITH, Administrative.
Attorney
Evening star., 1902-01-18

been wearing them from time immemorial.
They string rings of brass or lead on strips
Oh bamboo cane or rattan and then wind
them about their bodies from the armptts
TO below the thighs. A woman fixed up
THIS way looks very much like a barrel
waiking OF on legs, with a head and arms
sucking out of the top of the barrel Some
times the corset is smaller, consisting only
or score of rings about the waist; some
.lnles 1t Is very heavy, the whole weigh
ing as much as fifteen pounds. The brass
rings are often highly polished, so that the
girl walks about in coat of bright mail,
Inc corsets often fit tightly and are so
dihicuit to put Off and on that they are
worn long time. When food is plenty
the owner has great trouble in removing
her corset. One method of doing this is
Tor the subject to hang by her arms to the
limb or tree While her friends, having
given her body coat of oil, pull the corset
up inch by inch until 1t is finally squeeezed
OH over the arms. Below this corset the
women wear skirts. Among some tribes
they are almost naked.
Many of the Borneo men dress as lightly
as our sayages of the Philippines They
wear practically nothing but a breech
cloth. Others wear padded fighting Jackets.
The costumes of those living along the
coast of the northern part of the island are
not unlike those of the Moros.
/ have described the enormous earrings
and ear plugs worn by the wild men met
Evening star., 1902-01-18

ply between this port and Sandakan. I got
some information about the Dyaks at Jolo
from our military and naval officers who
have recently taken short runs to North
Borneo. Jolo IS only hundred miles from
Sandakan, and Bongao and Tawi-Tawf are
about forty miles away.
Among the Head Hunters.
There Is no doubt that head hunting as
followed by some of our Filipino sayages
comes from Borneo. The practice is COM
mon throughout the whole island. Among
many of the Dyak tribes a man is not con-
sidered ready for marriage until he has
killed several people and cut off their
heads. and men frequently cut off head
to celebrate a funeral. The warriors have
regular baskets to carry the heads home
In and every house of any Importance has
several heads hung as trophies upon the
wall Different tribes have their own ways
of cutting Off human heads and curing
them. In Mindanao the Moros use a knife
called the campilan for their public execu-
tions. 1t probably originated in Borneo.
1t Is long, straight sword as sharp as a
razor, with which you can slice off head
at one stroke. The Sea Dyaks have one
something like it. They sever the head at
the neck, being particular to keep the
Jaws perfect They take out the brains
Through the nostriis and hang the head up
ever the fire to smoke and dry. They use
Evening star., 1902-01-18
B0RNEO'S WILD MAN
Gossip Of the Ancestors of Our
Moros.
IRE COUSINS TO OUR FILIPINOS
A Land Of Big Game and EIe-
phant Hunts.
NG-OUTANG AND GATOR

Copyright, 1902 by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SINGAPORE.
The ancestors of a large part of our Fill
pinos came from Borneo. Our Mohamme-
dan Moros are first cousins TO the Dyaks,
ara there are today thousands of Sulu Is
Ii '.ders living along the Borneo coast. Until
within the present generation the Sultan of
Sulu owned a vast part of North Borneo.
His people claim kinship with the people
there and they have many things in COM
mon. We have tribes in Mndanao who
dress like the hill tribes of Sarawak The
Gaddanes of Luzon hunt heads just as the
Dyaks do, and were it not for the restraint
which has been exercised first by Spain and
then by the United States the more savage
Inhabitants of these islands would probably
be going head hunting together
The Wild Men of Borneo.
In order to understand the savages of the
Philippines We need to know something of
their Borneo ancestors and relatives. There
lands. Some of them are practically I'M
known. 1t is the same with Borneo, whose
natives are as savage as any people on the
face of the globe. l have heard much about
them down here on the edge of the equator
The Dutch send out regular expeditions
from Batavia, and they have collected a
great deal of information about their parts
of the island The English possessions are
to e certain extent subordinate to Singa-
pore, and you frequently meet travellers
here who have come on the steamers which
Evening star., 1902-01-18

a net for this purpose and are careful in
dressing the heads for the fire They un-
derstand well how to cure heads that
their heads will last for ages, and a head
once taken is considered an heirloom of
the family. 1t is willed to the children,
and the latter are very proud of such pos
sessions. When young Sea Dyak has
fight with one of his fellows he frequently
tauntingly tells him that he does not
amount to much, and asks him how many
heads his father or his grandfather took.
Among some tribes 1t is a matter of honor
to gather the heads of men only, and they
prize those taken in battle more than those
captured On the sly.
Kill Women and Children.
Others of the Borneo Dyaks are not so
are heads that come into their net. They
lie in wait for the Chinese working on the
Plantations and kill them if they can catch
them alone or in small parties. They even
capture women and children to butcher
them for their heads, and sometimes buy
slaves that they may cut their heads off.
Indeed, it is said that slave condemned
to death by the Dyaks will bring more at
auction, because he can be executed by the
man who buys him. and his head be there
by added to the family treasures. Some
years ago there was a famine in the Sulu
Islands. The people died in large numbers,
and at one time about 1000 were carried to
BOrne0 to De Sold as slaves. 1t Is said that
the chief purpose of the purchasers was to
acquire the heads of the Sulus, whom they
killed on this account.
Where the Custom Originated.
No one knows whence head hunting
came. The custom has been common in
Borneo for ages and the natives cannot
give any information as to its origin. 1t
is largely connected with religious supersti-
tion. Some of the tribes say that the per-
sons whose heads they take will become
their slaves in the next world, and others
that the accession of a fresh human head
means prosperity to the family by which it
was taken. On it's account the soil will
produce better, the game will be more plen-
tiful, the streams will have more fish and
the women more children. The Dyak wo-
men especially admire man who has a
number of heads in his collection, and
among the cousins of our Moros young
man cannot expect to marry the daughter
of a warrior unless he has a head or two
to adorn his hut during the honeymoon.
savages Who Wear Corsets.
Our soldiers have recently discovered
tribes in interior Mndanao who wear cor
sets of rattan bands about their waists and
breasts. This custom comes from Borneo.
The Dyak women wear corsets and have
Evening star., 1902-01-18

In Mindanao. It is probable that they get
this custom from their Borneo ancestors.
Many of the savages of Borneo have enor-
nous holes in their ears. The lobes are
stretched so that the holes In them are as
big around as a napkin ring. Women often
carry cigars in their ears, and you fire.
Quently see ear holes through which you
could thrust your four fingers. One Borneo
which had a hole in the lobe seven inches
long. The making such holes La begun
In infancy. The ear is pierced at six
months of age Only a small hole Is made
at first. but this is increased by inserting
larger and larger plugs, SO that when the
child Is full grown 1t has loop in Its ear
from one to four inches long. I should be
inclined to doubt such statements had l
women of India and Burmah. In the latter
country the women all wear ear plugs, and
the holes Of some ears are enormous.
They File the Teeth.
Our Moros blacken their teeth and file
them. The same custom prevails among
their cousins Of Borneo. Both sexes there
chew the betel and both consider black
teeth the most fashionable article of the
kind. They laugh at the long teeth of for
efgners and compare our white teeth to dog
teeth. They file their teeth among some
tribes almost to the gums and shape them
in different ways. In some tribes the fav
orite tooth fashion is that Of a saw. In
others the people file the teeth off square,
while IN other tribes the most approved
method is to hollow them out at the front.
making them look like q hollow-ground
razor. This is favorite fashion among
the Moros.
Both Moros and Dyaks blacken the teeth.
The teeth naturally become black from
chewing the betel, but in order to give
them the hue of black varnish the people
rub them with burnt cocoanut shell mixed
with oil. Sometimes they scour off the
enamel that the teeth may take the black
dye better and hold it longer. Sometimes
holes are bored into the teeth and brass
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Emancinatian

Emancipation
Why be afraid of Death though your life were
breath?
Death but anoints your eyes with clay. glad
surprise.
Why should you be foriornf Death only husks the
corn.
Why should you fear to meet the thresher OF the
wheatf
Is sleep a thing to dreadi Yet sleeping you are
TIL you awake and rise. here. OF beyond the
skies.
Why should it be wrench to leave your wooden
bench?
Why not with happy shout run home when school
is out?
The dear ones left behind foolish on. and
blind.
A day-and you viii meet-a nisht-and Jon win
greet.
This is the death Of Death. to breathe away .
And know the end Of strifs. and taste the asstA.
-MALgBIB DAVENPORT HAHcocx.
Evening star., 1902-01-18

pivots inserted which are considered a mat
ter of ornament. The filing of womens
teeth is usually begun when they reach
marriageable age. A new filing must be
repeated every ten years in order to have
the mouth preserve the faVorite fashion
able cut.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
His Opinion.
From Puck.

She-I know some couples that quarreled
a good deal at first, but got along pretty
well later on.
He-Oh, yes Some people take matri-
mony like rheumatism-they get SO they
don't complain much.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Thrifty.

He-Why did you keep me a week In
such dreadful suspense before giving your
answer?
because I thought you might save
enough in luncheons in that time to get
married on"
Evening star., 1902-01-18

II has no furniture, but some boxes and
mats. From the rafters hang the clothes Of
the family. The people sleep on the floor,
men. women and children lying together
At the back of the house is a ledge or plat
form with some earth upon it, That is the
Kitchen, and the earth is used to keep the
fire from burning the floor. The owner of
the house has several slaves and several
wives, one of whom came from hill tribe
In the interior.
Where Our Moros Get Their Wives.
Many of the Moros get their wives from
the hill tribes. They are fohammedans and
some Of them have more than one wife. In
Evening star., 1902-01-18

Last Wednesday afternoon small coilec-
tion Of Mr.. Senseney's work was exhibited
Evening star., 1902-01-18

The Ali Baba Club. an organization of
local art students, viii give studio tea In
their rooms on the evening of the twen-
stieth, at which time some of the work of
the members viii be exhibited.
Evening star., 1902-01-18

A copy OF Miss Melva Beatrice Wilson's
bronze statuette. 1.-THE Minute Man." has
been bought as a prize for the National
Rife Association Of America. Miss Wilson
Is in Washington for the winter.