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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
THESTATEHOOD BILL
The Feature Yesterday was the
Arizona Refunding Proposition.
The PHILIPPINES COURTS.MAR1IAL.


Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Quay
made an effort yesterday to hold the
senate In continuous session to con
slider the statehood bill, but failed
to hold quorum and was compelled
on that account to allow the senate
to adjourn at $50 p. m. He secured
another ballot, however, to test the
sentiment Of the senate, the vote
standing II to 20 In his favor. The
day was spent in consideration OF
the statehood bill, with the exception
OF an hour devoted to speech by
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, on
the pension laws. The feature Of
the statehood bill under special con-
Aderation yesterday was the Arizona
refunding proposition. 1t was
charged that the territory has sought
to repudiate bonds held by Hon. Bird
s. Coler, late democratic candidate
for governor Of New York state.
The senate passed the bill provid-
ing for the allotment of lands in sew
crafty to the Indians Of Lac Courte
0reille and Lac de Flambeau reserva-
tons in Wisconsin.
Senator Rawlins presented q reso-
luton calling on the secretary of
war for full information concerning
courts-martial in the Philippine is
lands and asking specifically for the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
The Annual Messiah" Week

The Bethany Oratorio Department,
with 9 chorus OF $50 voices and an
orchestra Of 90 instruments, is busy
preparing for the great annual mus
ical event which has made Lindsborg
and Bethany famous all over the west
not to say the entire country, April 8,
Z, 8 and 10.
The great chorus was recognized
January 18th. 1t is now training and
rehearsiug several times a week IN.
der the able instruction Of Conductor
Samuel Thorstenberg aud bali dozen
experienced assistants. The work al
ready done augurS we'll for the best
messiah" week ever celebrated at
Bethany.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
A Surprise.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Judy wer'
pleasantly surprised Monday evening
by about So neighbors. They came
with we'll filled baskets and taking
possession Of the dining room soon
had bountiiul supper spread. Many
regrets were expressed that they were
soon to lose such good neighbors as
Mr.. and Mrs. Judy who have sold
their property AMI will move to the
north side as soon as they find house
suitable.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
ABOUT People.

! @. Graham went to Manchester.
| Robert Teller OF Ramona was Il
the city. Sa-
Judge Moore went to Council Grow
TO hold court.
Mrs. Harry Lifts is visiting friendl
in Minneapolis.
H. X. Holzworth returned last eve
ming from visit to his sister at Petty,
Texas.
c. A, Case and Roy weyant leave
FLOR Chicago tonight to buy spring
goods.
Ed Terrence and Joe Hollingsworth
Of Herington spent Tuesday evening
in the city.
Mrs. J. r. Van Worst returned
from her visit to Las Vegas, glad to
Sot uuch w hbusns'
Mrs. Lillian Dyer-Butterfeld Of
New York City is visiting at the home
Of her parents west Of the city.
q. H. Smith returned from Kansas
City where he took q car Of hogs and
q car OF cattle, all Of the Smith Bros.
own fattening.
G. E. Swicb Of La Cueva, N. M, 10
stopping in Abilene on his way from
Kansas City where he has been with
q trainload Of cattle.
Mrs. s. Steelsmith and son Paul
are visiting in Norton. accompanying
there Mrs. Steelsmith's parents, Mr..
and Mrs, Wallace Of Chicago, who
visited here for three weeks.
W. G. Staatz, one Of Dickinson's
brightest young men. wss in from
Woodbine. Mr.. Staatz has qualified
himself by thorough course at the
Northwestern Univeraity, Chicago,
Tor successful life as q farmer and
business man.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
Local Markstu.


fPrfoss for creamefy butter q pointl
nsmed for week ending today, p1cklneol
county Price - cent. - than heN torA
k 49, 10 oisT-SsssS ssp.rssOr Sc. dair1
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
For q Training School.

ENTERPRISE, Jan. 27.-Since the
meeting Of the women's clubs Of Kan
sas here last month, a Manual Train
ing school has been suggested for this
place. There is now q school here,
the Enterprise Normal academy,
which is under the management Of
Of the West German N. E. confer
ence. The plan is to convert 1t into
manual training school, providing
funds can be raised.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
Maggie RrAhm Took .CarbOlIc Acid
Capeules.
[FrOm Saturday. DailT.l

Miss Maggie Frabm, . daughter Of
H. Frahm Of North Dickinson, is very
M at the home Of X. Diehl on North
Olive. the result Of taking esrbolic
acid In eaPsulsE. She says she is
tired Of NE and wants 10 die. She Is
sgsd about ~ nnd has bssB . uurss.
Her oondltiop Is serious shIs afternoon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
Mrs. Dohannon Dead.
rFrom Wednesdays Daily.1

Mrs. Jennie Bohannon, who ha!
been Ill for q year with cancer, dice
at 4 q. m. at her home ON North
Olive. She has rasided here for two
years, coming to Abilene from South
Dickinson with her husband, A. b.
harmon. She was a consistent member
Of the NJ. E. church and had host Of
friends who will extend sympathy.
Funeral services from the Methodist
church at 2 p. m. Thursday, con-
Quoted by Rev. E. R. Brown. Burial
in Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
LAID TO REST.
Former Citizen Of Abilene Buried by
His Old Friends.

lFrom Wednesdays Daiiyl
\ The body Of William H. Child
which arrived here last evening iror
lafayette, Ind, accompanied by Mrs
Childs, his brother Hiram H. Child
and son William, was laid 20 rest Il
the Abilene cemetery. The G. A. R
assisted In the service which was bel,
after the arrival OF the train, Rev. DR.
Blayney officiating. Mr.. Childs diet
Jan. 2S, in Lafayette, Ind. at hi
home after a brief illness Of pneui
monia.
He was born in Massachusetts,, July
%. lS42. He served during the civil
war as member Of the 1l5th Illinois
Infantry and WAS member Of the G.
A. B. Post here. He was miller by
occupation and worked at his trade
until he went to Lafayette last month.
For many years he conducted the mill
south Of town, now the Brown mill,
but series Of foods and breakages,
kept the property from proving
profitable.
His family, consisting Of a widow
and four children, went to LAFAYETTE
last May, Mr.. Childs remaining in
Kansas City until December. In his
early life Mr.. Childs resided at Grand
Rapids, Mich, removing from that
city to a farm in Illinois where be
lived until he enlisted as soldier in
the war Of the rebellion. His term
Of enlistment was for three years all
Of which, except eight months spent
as prisoner In Andersonville and
Libby prison, was passed In active
service.
Besides the wife and four children
Mr.. Childs leaves an aged mother,
Mrs Emeline A. Childs, q brother,
Hiram H. Childs, and q sister, Mrs.
Addie s. Paine Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mr.. Childs was o member of the |
LIST Congregational church Of Grand
Rapids, having retained his member
,hip there until the time OF his death. !
Mrs. Childs will return to her home
n Lafayette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
NAMED A CORONER.

Governor Bailey Appoints J. q. speel
for Dickinson.
James H. Speer has been appointed
by Gov. Bailey as coroner for Dickin-
son county to succeed Samuel Keller,
resigned. Mr.. Speer will hold Office
at least until November 1904. The
appointment Is good one and will
give satisfaction.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
DEATHS sUDDRH SUMMONS.
d. L Pisls Stricken by Heart Failure
While In His Store.

LFrDm Wedneeonyb DaiiyI
About 9 o'clock this morning Will
sitting In a chair at his store talking
with G.. W. Minick about business
matters, D. L. Pisle was suddenl,
attacked by heart paralysis and diet
almost Instantly. He had sudder
attack OF illness last week but so fal
recovered as to walk from his resi-
dence this morning. though feeling
far from we'll. The body was taken
TO his home on North Buckeye where
funeral services will be held Thurs.
day morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. F.
Bergstesser officiating. The remains,
accompanied by the sorrowing wife
and his business associate for many
years, T. M. Jones, will be taken TO
his old home, Stroudsburg. Pa. to be
inferred in the family vault.
It was q curious coincidence that
when stricken he was about to close
sale Of his business after long years
Of business life, intending to take q
rest, and had sent out for blanks on
which to excuse contract.
In the death Of Mr.. Pisle passed
from earth a man whose nobility OF
character, purity Of purpose and up
rightness Of life deserve more than
passing mention. In all his business
life here, nearly % years, he has
earned every mans respect. Unas,
suming and modest in his ways, his
kind heart and helpful nature made
him the friend Of all and inspired q
trust never betrayed. He was always
cheerful, always serene and always
willing to do his share for the COM
The man who had Mr.. Pisle
for friend was fortunate for that
friendship never faltered. His death
will be felt a. personal loss by many.
David Lesher Pisle was born at
Pa, Oct. 2S, 1910. He
served three years Of the Civil war as
1st Ii eutenant in the 21st Penn. Cav.
being promoted twice for bravery.
He came to Kansas in 1879 and has
been leading hardware and imple-
ment dealer Of the city. He served
On the city council for several years
always with credit to himself and the
,ity; two years ago he was elected as
county high school trustee which po-
'ition he yet held. He was a member
u the G. A. R., the A. 0. U. w., Sc ,
ect Knights and s. and D. Of He
vas also prominentin the work Of the =,
lutheran church and carried his .
christianity ever into his daily life.
ie leaves brother, Christian Pisle of
ham bersbnrg, Pa, and two sisters,
lrs. House Of hambersburg, and t
FRS. linn Of Harrisburg, besides his i
rife to whom sympathy will be ex-
ended.
This startlingly sudden death took 9
rom the ranks Of Abilene's business I
len one whom it was a pleasure to /
onor and who deserved all the
rusts imposed in him. As soldier
nd as citizen he embodied in his
fe the virtues Of true manhood and
ow that he rests from bis labors his b
orLo do fnllov, h;,r,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

saHns. KAN Jan. 2s<-Abouf -
delegates representing many q The
wheat growing counties Of central
and western Kansas met here ysster-
day for the purpose OF orRaniring :
state grand lodge Of the Threshers'
National Protective assoclation- u
Il hoped 20 Organise tie tAreahers q
ths state for nufg.i tpeat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

rapidly.
-vick's spring catalogue has ar
rived. None better on earth tina,
Vick's.
IA. Toliver, formerly Of this city
has received q deserved increase O
pension.
-Rev. T. Mills Of Sabetha, Kas.
conducted services at the u. B. churcl
Sunday.
F. Hopkinson Smith will lectur,
In the high school course Jan. 80
He is one Of Americas most famou,
authors.
Evangelist Rev. Mills is conduct.
ing series Of meetings at the U. B.
church this week. Everybody invited
to attend.
The W. R. G. gave the G. A, R.
a surprise last evening, calling with
well filed baskets. All enjoyed q
social visit.
Judge Quinn who expected to
take charge as state house guide at
once, received Information that his
work will begin. Feb. /.
Sam Barr and Chas. Fritz had q
dispute over a billiard game yester.
day. Sam hit Fritz over the head
with billiard cue and 1t cost him
$40 for assault.
The real estate firm Of Jolley &
Baumbaugh recently formed is max
Ing number Of good farm sales. 1t
reports lively demand for Dickinson
county real estate.
"A. W. Hiner will deliver the
Kansas day address at the Allen Com.
merclal College this year. Reminds
,ences Of early Kansas history will be
given by number Of old settlers.
james H. Norman. Of Dickinson |
county, has filed voluntary petition
u bankruptcy. The FIRST meeting Of
'reditors is set for February 8. Hurd
B Hurd Of Abilene are his attorneys.
"A FIRE alarm was turned in this
morning from 8th and Mulberry, the
esidence OF F. M. Reese. Some rub
'iSh in the cellar got A6re but the
rOuble was over before the firemen
rived.
j. P. Keheher who was charged
nth taking liberties with o 1O-year.
fri pleaded guilty to assault and
artery in Justice Korns' court and
romised to leave town. He goes to
Iraham county tonight. .-
F. d. Heckard, living on south.
ide, a carpenter at Kruger's, was
vercome while at the shop this
forming by prostration and was car
led home in q precarious condition.
10 is better this afternoon.
"A letter from Horace Lifts OF
rookfeld, NO., says that the coal
I'd wood famine Of that town was
Dry bad; that those that had either
ored it under their beds to keep their
'ighbors from stealing 1t.
The Concordia Coursing Club has
zen organized with the following
ficers: President, Sam Green wood;
James O'Rourke; Judge, "
I'm Grier; secretary and manager, !
llph SCOTT. The new club will hold /,
coursing meet at Concordia, Jan. o
th. ,.. . u
An exchange says: G. W. Parker, S,
10 makes merry.go-rounds in Abb. 81
lie and who figures as one OF Kansas d
art men, is going to build q nata- u
-ium for the benefit OF the town. q
'ilene, BY the way, is blessed with IL
out the best drinking water in this IL
Ito. 81
Topeka Herald: Themes E. cl
wey, grand master Of Kansas, A. to
& A. NJ, will visit Orient lodge D.
). 81 on February 8 and will confer ~
} third degree. The lodge will in
Ike this quite an affair and will Is er
} Invitations to the other blue o.
ges Of the city to attend. this be- '"
, Grand Master Dewey's first visit In
in his official capacity. W,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
Motharn, Maatinp.

The W. q. t. U. will hold mothers
meeting at the home OF Mrs. G. C.
Sherwood Friday at 2:SO o'clock. All
cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
Watching outcome of Crops.

Henry Clews of New York in discuss ing the monetary situation and Wall street business in his circular of Satur- days date, concludes with the following remarks:
 After all, the keynote to the future will be the crop outcome. Our market will be much more dependent upon this issue than in 1902 or 1901 Fortunately, thus far the outlook Is excellent. Winter wheat Is in unsurpassed condition, and creased acreage.
 Floods seem to have caused some anxiety In the south, but history shows that the flooded districts have always yielded an abundance of cotton. The farmers and the laboring classes through out the United States are prosperous; 1t necessarily follows that they will be lib- eral consumers. Immigration this year will be heavy. The railroads are still congested with traffic and gross earnings continue to increase. Finally, there Is the traditional indisposition to sell stocks in the spring when the sap is rising, which, whether sound or not has to be taken into consideration. In view of these facts we can hardly advise further sales on the short side at present; on the contrary, 1t is more than probable that purchases of good stocks on the declines will now shortly yield satisfactory profits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
A NEW COUNTY.

From the Montevallo Sentinel.
 Plans are now being formulated where by the legislature when 1t reconvenes in September, will be asked to create a new county with Montevallo as the county seat. A committee will soon be at work upon a map showing the territory that will be asked for so that legal publica- tion of the same may be had before the legislature again meets
 Montevallo lies in the extreme south west corner of Shelby county-a mile and a half from Bibb and Chiffon county lines It is twenty-one miles from Montevallo to Clanton; twenty-one miles to Center vile and nineteen miles to Columbiana, and the roads the worst in the world. Shelby county has over 300 square miles, while Bbb and Chiffon are each but a little smaller. Parties living in both Bbh and Chiffon are anxious to join in this movement for a new county as 1t will bring them nearer to their county seat and in justice to them and for other reasons, the plea for a new county has all the clements of justice and equity. The territory can be lad and to spare to bring the areage up to that required by the constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
etail are given in the annexed table:
Low Prices of Coffee.

This country consumes a billion pounds of coffee year, three-quarters of which Is grown in Brazil, and the other quarter in other countries of South America, in Central America, Mexico, East Indies, West Indies, Asia and Oceanica, United Kingdom, Meth erlands and fraction in other coun- tries. Each man, woman and child in this country consumes fourteen and a half pounds, gain since 1894 of four pounds. At retail the average price Is 20 cents, thus making the coffee bill of the nation $2OO,OOO,OOO year.
 Coffee at wholesale Is selling down to 1885 cents a pound, which is the lowest price in the history of the cof- fee market The low prices now pre- vailing are due to the immense over production of Brazil, the crop in 1901-2 being 15,439,000 bags, whereas a Bra gillian crop of 12,5OO,OOO bags would be ample. If to this be added new crop ranging from 12,000,0O0 to 15,00O, 900 bags, the world will be vastly over stocked, and this Is just what present prices foreshadow.
 The transportation, export duty. and middlemen's charges between the Brazilian plantation and New York is about two and quarter cents a pound, so that the planter does not now receive, even if one cent and a half be added to the contract price, pound. This takes away all profits,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
Facts About the Bible.

Twenty-eight huge volumes of the Brit ish museum catalogue contain nothing but titles of different editions of the Bible and commentaries upon it.
 Two Bible societies. one in London. one in New York have printed 250,000. GOO cop- ies of the whole book or part of it in a hundred years. There are similar socie- ties in other cities anc countries, ana many private firms have printed Bibles for commercial profit.
 But for the work of these societies we might never dream that more than 363 languages or dialects are spoken and read in the world. The London society alone has used that number.
 Only about one-third of all the Bibles printed in London are in English. In the east dialects are especially numerous Dr. Riggs, the missionary, has heard twenty different lingoes in one crossing of the footbride over the Golden Horn at Con- stantinople.
 For Armenians alone the Bible must be printed in various fashions-Armenian in Turkish script, Armenian in Greekscript, Armenian in what Is called the Armenian character besides that for Armenians who no longer speak their own language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
Tide of ImmiuratIon.

A bulletin issued by the department of labor of New York state shows that out of 122, OPS landed at New York in tho last quarter of last year, just 12S went to Alabamai About one-tenth of one per cent of the new homeseek- CTS from abroad seek this state, and yet twenty times as many cross the continent to reach California. Six times as many went to West Virginia as went to this state.
 Immigration this year is very heavy and it may be found at the end of the year that new record has been made. Since 1845 immigrants have come to the United States from other countries to the number of twenty millions, and they and their descendants constitute one-third of the country's population. Immigration Is closely related to good times here. In the dull hard years it Is decreased. In 1897 and 1898 it was at it's minimum, and ever since those years the tide from the old world has been rising, each year becoming heavier.
 But the general tide, be it heavy or light, brings nothing to Alabama, although over 10000 Germans came over in the last quarter of last year Can Alabama afford to let this great fructifying tide go by? Can the south afford to sit still while other sections gain heavily in whites through immi- grafton, the south getting next to none? This movement going on year after year widens the gulf between the north and the south, to the compara- tive gain of the former This section must wake up, and in one way or an other, or in several ways at once, a goodly proportion of arriving imml- grants must be induced to come south. Alabama has enough to show what can be accomplished here. Fruithurst and Cullman and Citronelle and a dozen other places are object lessons, but the efforts of other states draw away the immigrant as he arrives. Unless this state Is content to let other states gain whites from the European tidal wave, something must be done, and that, too, in earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
Another Monroe Doctrine

The Strait of Gibraltar is fifteen miles wide and 900 fathoms deep. England holds one side of it and Mo- rocco the other and this entrance to tho Mediterranean is zealously watch ed and guarded France and Russia have a deep interest in this entrance, and the former, backed no doubt by the latter, has Just announced the es- tablishment by France of new Mon roe doctrine. The new doctrine Is of like nature with the one declared by President James Monroe. It relates to less territory, but to even greater values.
 France through her minister of for eign affairs, M. Delcasse, declares that on account of the close and peculiar relations of Algeria and Morocco, the interests of France in the latter coun- try are paramount, and that France  will therefore see that Morocco's peace and independence are not dis turbed. This is notice to England and all the rest of the world that they must not attempt to seize the other shore of the narrow entrance to the Mediterranean, or in any manner to threaten or impair the integrity and independence of Morocco.
 This Is nothing more nor less than Monroe doctrine set up by France for French purposes. France does not propose to sit still if England, or Eng land and Germany combined attempt to secure control of the coveted strait The principle or rather policy of Mon roe doctrines in general is thus vindi- cated, and France and Russia are not now in a position to deny the force and value and merit of our own Mon roe doctrine, for they have one of their own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
HOW COLOR LINE WAS DRAWN.

N. Y. Telegram to Pittsburg Dispatch.
 There are more ways than one of draw ing the color line. negro and his wife were driving comfortably through Gen. tral park on Sunday afternoon. Their rig was not a stylish one and their horse had seen earlier and perhaps better days. still, If the equipage had been on a side street 1t would not have attracted par tcular attention. As 1t was, 1t shocked the owners of the handsome carriages and fine horses in the drive. and before the unfortunate colored man realized his trouble his horse had been seized and he and his wife toted off to police station to answer a charge of cruelty to ani- mals." What business had this negro in Central park anyhow?