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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

An Audience DrUppcu insO y OesruS.
St. Charles, ILL.,, Dec. 16.-Thirty
people were hurled from the first
floor to the cellar Of the Roche build
ing here Sunday night and five Of
them were seriously injured. The
building was overtaxed by the weight
of several hundred people, who were
witnessing an entertainment, and q
section of the main supports gave
way. The greater part of the crowd
escaped before the collapse came.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

IN account OF the cnanges IN tnc
Kansas supreme court the January
session will be postponed one week.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
KING EDWARDS REPLY
To an Address From the City of Ports
mouth
6I04
Kansas
Ave.

CoWes, Aug. liking Edwards reply
to an address from the city of Ports
mouth yesterday was handed to the
mayor of Portsmouth today On behalf
of himself and Queen Alexandra, his
majesty thanks the city for its congrdt-
ulations on his coronation. the recovery
of his health and the conclusion of
peace and adds:
I'VE are unfeignedly thankful for the
mercies which it has pleased the Al
mighty God to vouchsafe to us and 10
our people and we trust now that we
are happily at peace with all the world.
that the recent rejoicings wherein the
ward, each in his own station. to work
with renewed earnestness for the main
tenance and Improvement of our noble
ends that become a great people. For
myself l shall ever be stimulated in my
exertions for the welfare of the empire
by the ineffaceable recollections of
tribute of loyalty and affection which
has touched me deeply"
The king and the prince of Wales
landed at East Cowes today and visited
Osborne house.
During the morning the king marked
the spot occupied by the coffin contain
ing Queen Victoria's body on the deck
of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
A brass cross was set into the deck
bearing the words:
Here rested the beloved remains of
Queen Victoria
From Feb l to Feb. 2, 1901.
Born May "a. 1919.
Il "Died JAN %, 1901
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
4 NAN OF NERVE
BY NJ QUAD.

Copyright. 1902, by C. B. Lewis.)
They had a good deal to say in the
Tenth native cavalry about Captain
Jack Benton's nerve. He had a record
as a daredevil of fighter, and his
personal adventures were many and
thrilling. One night as he sat in his
bungalow at Mysore reading a book a
cobra rose up beside him, with a hiss
had the captain moved a finger he
would have felt the fangs of the SER
pent an instant after He not only did
not move, but he kept his eyes on the
page while the cobra crawled under his
chair and over his feet and finally
made its way out Of the room. In pur-
suing band of dacoits, or robbers, he
became separated from his troop and
rode right into band of twelve. They
had raised their guns to shoot, when he
cried out to them to surrender, and
when his troopers came up they found
that he had made the dozen robbers
prisoners, and that without drawing his
saber. As he lay sleeping in his ham
mock one night he was aroused by
slight noise, and he opened his eyes to
find robber standing over him with
knife raised to strike, while second
was moving about the room.
What money 1 have is in the desk
there" quietly remarked the captain
to the man lowering over him, land 1
wish you to get it and go away with
out further noise"
The robbers were SO taken aback by
his coolness that they fed without rob-
bing him or doing him any harm.
heard a score of like anecdotes about
Captain Benton before we left Mysore
for a tiger hunt in the foothills of the
western Ghauts, and there was no rea-,
son to doubt any of them He was
man of forty then, cool. quiet and with
out swagger, and you had only to look
at his mouth to realize his firmness
and determination He had killed more
tigers than any other English officer in
India. and whenever he headed a party
into the hills there was sure to be an
adventure There were six of US in the
party. with score of natives to mind
the horses and take care of the camp,
and all went well for the first week
We had bagged two boars and tiger
and knocked over number of jackals
when a native came in one morning
and reported that two full grown tigers
and a cub were lying up in a nuIiah, or
ravine, about three miles away.
a good deal has been written about
the ferocity of the Bengal tiger, but as
a matter of fact he doesn't compare
with the hill tiger in either size or tenn
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
SHORT ATLANTIC ROUTE
AndSa Strong Canadian Tariff as a
Trade Builder.

Halifax, n. s., Aug. 15.-J. I. Tarte,
Canadian minister of public works. in
a speech before the Canadian Manufac-
turers' association. declared that Cana
dams must no longer see their markets
slaughtered by American manufac-
turers and the great trade of the con-
tinent carried through American chan
nels. The remedy he proposed was inn
provement of the Canadian waterways
and a higher tariff.
I'VE must he said, transport from
west 70 east through Canadian chan
nels- The country must be united by
cheaper transportation and a strong
Canadian tariff. The shortest route to
the seaboard is destined to be the great
carrying highway. not only of the Cana
dian wheat fields. but of the whole
An erican continent We have a route
from Georgian bay to- Liverpool 500
miles shorter than via New York. The
Canadian. Pacific railroad and the
Grand Trunk must work together tc
carry that trade via Canadian routes
The minister stated that Canada
would soon have a fast Atlantic line.
and declared that Halifax in winter
and Quebec in summer were the nat
Crai terminals.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

his junior and as rollX poly as hogs
head of sugar. The tramps had tied the
farmer up TO his own .doorpost and
were threatening the wife when l ap-
peared upon the scene. The fellows
wanted me to stand in with them, and
when l refused they came for me- We
had it out on the grass, but the scrap
didn't last long. 1 had them licked in
i've minutes. and they were glad
enough to move on. The farmer cheer
ed me, and his wife came out and
tainted in my arms and carried us
both down When she recovered, she
had no further interest in her Josh, but
turned on him with:
:" Don't speak to me- shall not live
with you another day. Instead of
knocking those tramps' heads off you
let 'em tie you up and scare me most
70 death
g But they was two to one,' he pro-
tested.
Wasn't they two to one when this
hero appeared and knocked 'em bout :?
Samuel Andrews, you are no hero, and
you needn't try to make out that you
are
Waal, I'm willing to give him his
iinner and Il or 20 cents
Would you insult him? Neverl He
roes don't take money for rescuing wo-
men. l made a great mistake mar
rying you 1 ought to have waited for
hero I'll get divorce and follow
him to the ends of the earth
1T got to be a serious affair before
dinner was over" said the dilapidated
Il was the biggest kind of hero in
bundled up her clothes and taken to
the road with me. but l solved the
problem by slipping out and taking a
cut across the field. In that same state
and not six weeks later l turned in at
a farmhouse one day to ask for a
drink of water. 1t was farm owned
by widow. and she happened to be
alone that day and by accident had
fallen down the we'll She was down
there clinging to the bucket. and l had
her up in five minutes and no worse
for her BATH l was a chevalier in her
eyes before she was fairly out. tried
to make her understand that 1 was
simply dilapidated gentleman saun-
tering about to inspect the country
highways and count the number of
haystacks to the mile, but she wouldn't t
hear to it, l had saved her from a
watery grave. and she was grateful,
and if had only reciprocated l might
have become the boss of one of the
best farms in the Hoosier State and
gone to town with hayseed in my hat
1t wasn't on my programme. however.
She offered me clothes and money and
q heart that had never loved a real
hero before, but / had to turn them
down. l tarried long enough to drink
a quart of milk and make a hearty
meal of corned beef and fresh bread
and then lifted my hat and bowed my
self out of the gate and headed for In
dianapolis. Sorry to do it, you know,
and wished her well and all that, but
Cupid and dilapidated gentleman
have no business travelling together
A little romance now and then varies
the monotony. but a dilapidated who
has the interests of the profession al
heart draws the line at matrimony and
slips under the nearest haystack, with
a feeling of satisfaction that he was
able to resist temptation"
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
THE c. o. D. MAN.
There Are Romance and Adventure
In the Life of a Tramp.

: Copyright, 1902, by c. B. Lewis.)
Received with thanks" said the c.
o. D. man as he pocketed the quarter
clay pipe for a smoke. sAll transac-
tions with dilapidated gentlemen
should be for spot cash. Then you
know what you give, and he knNws
what he receives. You figure your loss.
and he figures his gain. No books to be
kept or collectors sent out Only sys-
tenn in the world to give perfect salts
faction to both sides.
''As to adventures" he continued as
he got his pipe alight, they must nat
urally happen to a man on the road,
but I'm just thinking of one above the
ordinary that befell me in Iowa five or
six years ago. Winter was just closing
in when I sprained my ankle and laid
up at farmhouse for week, agreeing
to pay the farmer 50 in cash for my
keep. | was made comfortable, and at
the end of the week was ready to move
On, when the farmer said he'd like to
have u little talk with me. He was un-
der contract, he said. to supply GER
tain feed store man in a town nine
miles away with grain, and it had Oc-
Cured to him that 1 might drive the
team to and fro. / agreed to act as
teamster for month, and he gave me
a pretty fair outfit of clothing from his
own wardrobe and promised me $50
month. Somewhat to my surprise /
was ordered to start out with my first
before daylight l delivered the load at
a barn on the outskirts of the village
and got back about 8 o'clock next
morning 1 was allowed to sleep all
that day and next night drove in with
another load. 1t was wheat the first
time and oats the second On the third
occasion it was shelled corn and on the
fourth baled hay
I'm all drove in twelve loads, and
did not drive the same team or wagon
twice in succession. 1t was explained
to me that two other farmers were in
terested in the contract. My load was
always ready for me at dark and upon
my return the farmer was on hand to
put up the horses. l was never ques-
toned on the road. and nothing had oc
| the programme was varied one night
[ was sent with the team and two men
| 10 get a load of oats which had been
| bought during the day. The grain was
| in a barn standing alone in field, and
we had to bag it up. We had just got
| the wagon fully loaded when six or
| eight men swooped down upon US, and
my two companions were captured in
| 4 jiffy 1 was dumb with surprise, and
| yet l got clear off by running, and it
vas good thing for me. 1t turned out
hat three farmers and the feed man
| had formed a combine to rob right and
| left and share the profits, and l had
been made a catspaw of Those fel
| lows had stolen hay and grain for
twenty miles around, and l had deliv-
cred $1,000 worth. There was trial
| that excited the whole county, and the
| defendants swore everything on me.
| and I'd have got at least ten years in
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

per. Neither is he as cunning. He has
been hunted so much that he is more
like a fugitive cat. The tiger of the
hills seldom sees a human being, is
driven out only by hunters. and he is
utterly without fear. The Bengal may
drop his tail and run away after fac
ing a hunter for a moment, but the 9th
er will surely spring and die fighting
The six of us set off for the ravine,
where about fifty natives had collected
we took up positions here and there
along the banks. Captain Benton's
position was opposite mine and about
twenty rods away, and the ground was
so open that we had a fair sight of
each other. There was some delay
over the beaters getting to work. and
the captain lay down on the broad of
his back. on the grass under tree
while waiting. Instead of emulating
him 1 climbed into a tree on my side
of the ravine and frankly acknowledge
ed to myself that l felt shaky. There
was profound silence in the neighbor-
hood, and while settling myself in a
comfortable position l lost sight of the
captain for four or five minutes. When
looked across again, it was to find
three tigers standing over him, two old
ones and a cub. They had left their
lair at the first alarm and came trot-
ting down through the thickets on the
north bank of the nullah. The cap
tain was in their path as they started
to cross an open spot. and curiosity
had compelled them to halt. 1t would
have been dead easy to pick off one of
the three beasts at that distance had
not been ratified. The sudden advent
of the tigers set me to shaking, and my
teeth battered as l sat there in the
treetop and watched their movements.
The old male tiger first reached out
paw and turned the captain over on
his face. He was as rigid as if dead
The female then turned him back,
while the cub leaped over him back
and forth in a playful way Then the
male tiger shifted at the mans face
and licked his cheek, and the female
struck him several times on the leg
with her paw.
Although l was too upset to shoot
l could have called out, but 1 dared not
do that for fear of provoking the ii
gers. They were in a playful mood
but yet they growled in menacine
way, and it was evident that they were
suspicious of my presence | hoped
that when the noise at the head OF
the ravine began they would slinb
quietly off, and l listened for that with
my heart almost choking me. While
waited the cub lay down at full length
and began biting one of the captains
hands, He had torn the flesh with
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
ENGINES FOR ORIENT.
Santa Fe is Doing Some Work for
Stilwell's Railroad.

One of the attractive uieces of work
which the Santa F'e paint shop is turn
ing out is tank of the Kansas City.
Mexico & Orient road. On the side of
the tender is the lettering TX c. NJ. &
o." and well forward on each side is
the striking trade mark of that road
1t consists of an American and a Mexi-
can flag with crossed slaves and under
the flags is a circular railroad tra<S
significant of the various parts of the
earth which the Port Stilwell Route"
is to bind together. Both of the ma
tional flags are in colors-the stars and
stripes of the United States. and the
red, white and green of the Mexican
republic with the eagle in its natural
colors clutching in it's talens a snake.
and a cactus plant. Above and below
the ensigus are the words Port Stiiwell
Route" The Santa Fe is fitting up two
locomotives formerly in service on Its
Gulf lines. the 01sl and 01sJ. converting
them from coal to wood-burners and
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
Abolish sympathetic strike.

Chicago. Aug. 15.-The teamsers and
their employers, in separate meetings
last night, decided to abolish the sympa-
thetic strike from the teaming indus
try. the employers. at a downtown
hotel. combined to fight the syn pa athletic
strike, and the teamsters, at their
headquarters, agreed that in the future
such action could not be taken unless
sanctioned by two-thirds vote of the
joint executive committee of all the
locals The disastrous results of the re-
cent strike by the freight handlers and
packing house teamsters brought both
parties to a realization of the evils of
the sympathetic strike
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
A COBRA ROSE UP BESIDE HIM

thorn the day before, and there was al
unhealed scratch. The rough tongue
of the beast started the blood. and be
had no sooner got the taste than hs
rose up, with FIRE in his eyes, ant
growled sayagely- The old ones ad
vanced and turned the body over anl
back again and struck at the bleeding
hand with their paws, and it was eyi
dent that they were encouraging thu
young one to make his first meal of
human being He was timid about be
ginning, but finally lay down again ant
bit and worried the hand as you have
seen dog worry rat The old tiger.
ran 10 and fro. whining and growing
and encouraging, and presently / real
lied that I must do something or the
captain would be eaten alive. l ha(
just opened lhy mouth to utter shou
when the beating began. The native.
were armed with drums, firecrackers
torpedoes and cymbals, and, though
they were a mile away, the noise al
once alarmed the tigers. The three
were confused for moment, and theI
the old male picked up the captain'.
L.
not carry it over 100 feet, however
Ratified by the explosions in the nullah
he lost his wits and dropped the body
and bolted into the thicket.
1t was only when too late that I gave
the alarm Two of the hunters answer
ed my call, and we crossed the ravins
to the body. l was hopeful that tht
captain was still all right and more sc
when we found that his hand had moi
been so very badly bitten, but brie1
inspection proved that he was dead
The body was warm and limp, but the
heart had ceased TO beat That he coulG
not have fallen asleep so quickly after
lying down I felt certain He must
have been awake when the tigers stole
upon him, and his idea would have
been to play dead" That he acted
upon this idea was shown by his hold
ing himself so rigid when turned over
1 believe he was yet alive when ths
cub bit his hand and that he was wait
ing for the noise of the beaters tt
frighten the tigers away He held his
nerve to that point, but when the noise
was delayed and he found himself be
ing eaten by piecemeal he was so over
come that death came to him as from
bullet A weakness of the heart unsus
pected by him carried him of whilt
he was probably bracing himself tt
stand the torture of the tigers jaw:
! and wait for relief to come.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

A dozen big high-speed- electric fans
have been placed in the New Crawford
theater preparatory to the opening of
the season next Monday night. The
house has been elabora tely decorated
during the summer. and the Oldest
chairs on the first floor have been re-
placed with fine new plush seats. a
new feature is that the gallery. which
has been doubled in size, will have re-
served seats in the entire front halt.
These chairs are plush opera chairs
The opening attraction is the In perial
stock company, which comes for three
days, with women's free night Monday.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
SPENCER TURNS IN $1,000.
Oil Inspector Files His Statement for
July.

State Oil Inspector S. o. Spencer has
filed his statement for July with the
state auditor. His department collected
in fees more than three times the
amount of the expenses
The fees collected amounted to ST.
80, and the expenses for the month
were $519 81.
The report of Fred Cowley, treasurer
of the state live stock sanitary commits
sion, shows that the commission ex-
pended $3.50 during the latter part OF
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15
Delegates to Buda Pest.

Berkeley. Cal, Aug. 15-Harold S.
Symmes and OryiIle c. Pratt have been
delegated representatives of the Univer-
sity of California Associated Students
at the third International Congress of
Students, to be held at Buda Pest. Hun
gary, from September "a to October i
of this year.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

Half the ills that man is heir to come
from indigestion Burdock Blood Bit
ters strengthens and tones the stomach:
makes indigestion impossible.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

otherwise repairing them. 1t is expected
that they will be used in a timb bered re-
gion in Mexico on the stretch of track
toward the western terminus of the road
which always is in operation.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

E HAD IT OUT ON THE GRASS
the jug could they have everhauled
me. They tried hard enough, but the
dilapidated gentleman was hundred
miles away before the chase fairly be-
gun.
LAS to romance" continued the C. o.
D. man as smile fitted over his face,
there is always something doing. and
you never can tell when it is going to
bob up. One day when / was touring
the state o Indiana 1 came along to a
farmhouse where two tramps were cut
ting up rusty. The farmer was little
old man, and his wife was fifteen years
The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-15

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-I will
not stand good for any bills that my
wife Anna Robbins. may make, and here
by give notice not to credit her on my ac-
count JAMES u ROBBINS.
Topeka, Kan. Aug. 13. 1902
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1902-03-27
Die g%udlbaltrrin.
sfi,,e ppn @erhare gBoIter.

lin @ottes piIen, tbun sizes
ni@t!" Bat Der alte Pfarr.r bds bilos
6ii6IGe MGb9sn, bas Dor ibm itdno.
sd fpilfs Sbnsn tbrli4 Iagen es
III, fpeiB @ptt, bas erite Mdl, odB i'd
elm Compliment made = Sic limb :
Sic finb, no, serape 6erdus: sic iino
au f96n ba5u!"
Sic bob bic sroBen, blauen auget
au ibm auf; vSerr Pfdrrer, i'd babe
fein Wabl! Mein drmer Batter 1T nee
gen 0ienItuntaugli4teit p%eniionirt.
unb bic Iotb itsbt Dol, Der Sbiir. Sd
babe bic 8u6baItersi einmul selernt,
unb nun tpmmt mir bier elm pors
tbeilbaftes 4%ngebpt. bus ii9 mir 10
leidt nidt piebsr bietet = i9 muB es
annebmen! Sd fam Sbnen nur ems
perIpre6en : i9 mill brab bleiben!"
Der alte 9err fdaute tbr ernitbaft
ins @eii6t unb lest, ibr bic 9anO auf
bic SduIter: n@ebe Soft Dir Strait,
iiberaG unb INNER @ort gu balten!
2eift pirb 9ein @es nift iein!" .
@s CAB cine art itiIsn aufrubrs i'm
.SOtel our solbenen Sraube", als Sez
lene 9Grtners ein5os.
.So cine baben mir nod ni9t gez
babt," iugte Der Sbertellner gum Pors
tier, ibr nadblidenb, nbas lit ia Elm
patentes 6rauenSiinmer!" = nOuns
n~ertiet, ia!" CAB Der portisr auriid;
ma, bas pirb ne Sasb seben binter
Der See. Sd fiirdte, bic bleibt ni4t
%lanse!"
.9as pdr' f6abe!" msints Der
Sberte[lner.
SO mar pirfli6 elm rei5po1es @ilb,
bag SrGulein ba in i6rer 2pee fiben
au feben, fpie bds iippige, blonde Sdar
ibr surtes. peiBes 9eiidt einem Seiliz
aenIdein glei9 uneab, uno ale Gins
unb a~ussebenber Ssrren ma9ten ii9
elm @ersniisen bardus. in irgeno elmer
Deiie EN- 9eiprGd nit ibr anSutniis
pfeu ober Ipnit nit ibr a~naubdnbsln.
sic oerItanb aber bic grobe aunit,
eeeen ale alei4 freunbli9 gu iein unb
5uslei9 ii6 ale gleia fern gu bdlten.
p6 nun elm ReiIenber bereintrat: ySaz
gen sic mir bod mai, mein rei3enoes
&inb!" = uber Der SberteIlner pie
sufGaig im8orbsigeben Iummte: vgld,
bic liebe llnidulb tbut nur fol"
@ines Sases. es mo9te Elm babies
SSabr pereuneen fein. trut fpieber elm
Serr an lire 2oge. Sc mar cine eles
sante @rIfeinuna. r&!eine 8riefe fir
MD pa. Jrdulsin2" fragile er nit
ipobltlinqenber Stimme unO iab ibr
9erube in bic Iu9en.
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mort. r@ber tsnnen sic MIDI fenn
niht msbr2"
sic fab inn prifenb ms @eTi6t:
raG. iinb Sis's benn pirtIi6g" risf
fe e%rfreut.
.Su, i4 bin's!!" iasts CT lu9enS.