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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
RoosEvELT's WESTERN TRIP:
rhe President Besteged to MAKE Aitera-
tiona In the sched1le-Aimost Impos'
sIble to Comply.

Washington, March 24.-T'he ped
pie Of the states which the president
Is to travel on his western trip have
been besieging him through their
representatives and senators for
changes in the schedule so as to take
in points at which no stops have
been arranged. As rule it is i'm
possible to comply with such re-
quests without upsetting the entire
schedule, but where slight changes
can be made by rearranging the time
within state they are being made.
For instance, yesterday, at the re-
quest of Senator Foster and Repre-
sentatives Cushman and Humphreys,
Of Washington, the Washington
schedule was altered so as to extend
the time of the presidents stay at
Seattle and Spokane.
Senators Hansbrough, Of North
Dakota, and Hayward, Of Idaho, al
so were at the white house yesterday
TO secure changes in the schedule,
but in their cases no alterations
could be made. The latter wanted
to arrange a trip down into one Of
the big mines for the president, but
1t could not be done. 1t is under
stood that Mrs. Roosevelt and chill
aren viii spend the time during the
:. ,p1ent's western trip at Saga
more hin, oyster bay, ana on ms re-
turn he will join his family and
spend the summer there, much as he
Sid last year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
THE MAVERICK CASE.
The American Woman TO Be Re-
leased Hsxt Year.
THE CRIME SHE WAS CONVICTED OF.
Unrsmitting Attempts Of Her Mothsr 10
Obtain tho Prisoners Hslease-Ameri-
can Ambassadors Also Worked for
the wcmsn's Release.

London, March 24.--Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, the American woman who
was convicted at Liverpool in 1889 on
the charge of poisoning her husband,
James Maybrick, by arsenic and
whose sentence of death was COM
muted to penal serntude for life, will
be released in 1904. The announce
ment comes from the home ONCE,
which authorizes her Washington
lawyers to use the fact of her release
next year as reason for securing
the postponement Of the trial Of the
lawsuits bearing on the prisoners In
terest in land in Kentucky, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss
Florence Elizabeth Chandler and o
member Of a well known and prosper
GUS southern family, was married
July 81, 1881, in st. James church,
Piccadilly, to James Maybrick, OF
Liverpool. She was then IS years old,
viyacious and beautiful and a social
favorite. Her husband was over 40
years old. In the spring OF 1889 Mr..
lMaybrick became i'll and in a few
days he died. His brothers inyesti-
gated his death and charged Mrs.
Maybrick with the murder of her
husband. A long trial followed and
number of doctors swore Mr.. May
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
noines OF The Woman su,Tracnla

New Orleans, March 24.-The wo-
man suitragists spent the day in
sightseeing. Most of the interest
was centered in the night meeting.
President M. ]. Sanders, of the
Progressive union, was the prineipai
speaker, and he announced his con
version to the cause. There was no
doubt about its justice and he no
longer had fears about its expect
eucy. Mrs. Catherine Waugh Nc
Culloch, the Chicago lawyer, dis
cussed laws bearing on women, and
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Of New
York. spoke on the duties Of to-day
Susan B. Anthony was called for and
made a brief talk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
A LABOR FIGHT.


Oxnar,i, Cal, March 24.-Two hun
dred shots were exchanged yesterday
in a labor fight between japanese
and Mexica1ts. The trouble arose
over an attempt IF union laborers
to put a union sign on wagon oc-
cupied by non-union men. Perfecto
0gas and L. vasquez will die OF pis-
toll wounds. Two Japanese and an
other Mexican were also shot. SIX
hundred japanese and 400 Mexicans
last night were on the verge OF a
bloody fight. The men are conneGef
with the beet sugar industry,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
A worI,man Burned 20 Death.

Pueblo. Col, March 2a.-Herman
A. Mowhry, foreman of a depart
ment At the steel works, was burned
10 death yesterday by torrent Of
fame and redhot cinders that gushed
out upon him from blast furnace.
His clothing was burned from his
body and he inhaled the fiery gas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
cnargea Aeaipst wood Groundles..

Washington, March 24.-Secretary
Root Monday took official action on
the charges made by Estes @. Rath-
bone against Brig. Gen. Leonard
Wood. He made an Endorsement on
the papers saying that no answer to
the charges was required from Gen.
Wood and no action win be taken
thereon, that it was known to the
secretary of war that the charges in
every respect were without just foun-
dation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
pAwNBE lNprAns DYING OFF.
Death Playing Havoc with the Red Men In
Oklanoina Ths cause Not Very
1f.Y Clear

Washington, March sa.--Reports
Just received from the special in
speetor Of The Indian bureau show
that death has baen playing havoc
with the pnwnee Indians in Okla
honla. When the tribe was removed
from Nebraska TO oklahoma in 1876
II had 1890 members. In 1892 they
had reduced TO $50 and the census of
1900 showed only 600 living members
Of the tribe The Inspector report
ed that the children and young mem
bers Of the tribe apparently are
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
nov Knisd brac car

Kansas City. No, March 2i.-Nlhle
returning % the Clay school. from
home. Leo Barrett, l2-year-old boy.
was run over hy an Independence
electro car az the Intersection %
Washington Park boulevard and Ew-
ing street yesterday. ard died three
lnd a half hours later at his Home
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
a Maln Levee Som Rs,sa.Is sloaehlns.

viclSsburg, Miss, March PA
new danger point has appeared on
the Mississippi river at Eyerton, three
miles south of Rosedale, in Bolivar
county. The main leyee at that point
Is said to be sloughing and leaving
badly. High northwes,erly winds
prevailed yesterday. adding another
element of danger to the situation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26

vopeka. Kan, March ai'-7Judge
HOOK OF lie fedefaI court, issued
ar order citing the officers Of the
Kansas Union Life IiSsuranee com
pany to appear in court la's assel-
noon and show cause 'yl'y teey
should not be adjndged in contempt
of court. The trouble grows wv o.
the Kansas Mutual case. =
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
srr,rs snaw.lorn la Wl.eop.ln.

Milwaukee, March 2f.-Despite the
advanced season Wisconsin yester-
lay experienced one Of the worst
snowstorms Of the winter. Reports
from several cities In The interior are
- the effect that nearly q foot OF
snow fell up 70 IHdnght- Railroad
traffic on most Of the lines was Sc
riously bclatcd and The mails
throughout the state we've from one
to several hours late.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26

strong amer nciil-y, Durs tney one
rapidly between the ages of 95 and
lO The causes Of their death are
not explained, as the climate seems
to agree with them and their condi-
tions are in every respect apparent
" better than when they lived on
their Nebraska reservation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26

Bnston. March 2t-Hy the VIII *
Arioch Wentworth, de Boston real
estate iniilicnaire. ihe estate esil-
mated at szcco,Oeo. gith he exeeP-
ton Of a few unnaide7 gees 70
found On Industrial ssn0ol - be
csutd re Arioeh Wentworth IN
lnsriai school.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26

The appointments Of the South
Kansas M, +. conference at Fort
scott was announced yesterday by
Bishop Foss.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

1t has been believed that the story OF
Mrs. OI1eary's COW in connection with
the Chicago fire was legend like that
about the wolf that sucked Romulus
and ltemus. But the COW, It seems.
was really guilty, though her proyoca-
ton vas great. The true story of Mrs.
OLeary's COW came out during the eel
ebration of Chicago's centennial. Mrs.
O'Leary herself declared to her dying
day that she was asleep when the first
alarm of fire awoke the people Of De
Koven street. But there were others.
Mrs. Mary Callahan, a woman of So
years, tells the true tale of that his
toric night Of Oct. 8, 1871. And her
story is confirmed by others. Mrs. Cal
lahan says she was one of gay party
Of young persons who were holding
forth In n residence in front of the
O'Lenry house and barn. Some of the
party set about making tea. 1t was
discovered there was no milk. Said
Mrs. Callahan: I'VE knew the O'Leary
COW was in the shed in the rear. 1
carried the lamp and Denny Connors
safd he would milk the cow" Now
note the small hinge on which history
turns. Denny made great mistake.
He did not know how to milk. He sat
down on the stool on the left side Of
the COW. OF course the COW kicked at
him and knocked over the lamp. or
course What could you expect Of d
sclf-respecting COW? Mrs. Callahan
says tie whole party was called out
to extinguish the flames, but the barn
burned Ike finder and soon the adjoin-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

the Imperial Canal, which diverts II
portion of the waters of the Colorado
River. All the systems now operative
are under control of mutual compa-
MES. private companies or corpora
tons.
: The United Suites has now under
taken the great, work of reclaiming
her arid districts and in the irrigation
fund is already more than $500, 900.
A location for dam has been selected
on the Colorado River north of Yuma
and large section of land is soon to
be reclaimed and made valuable. Sim
liar systems will be established in
Utah, Nevada, Colorado. and other
States and Territories.
The government work is provided
for by the sale of public lands. Once
a territory is reclaimed the revenues
from the water system so to the irri-
CATION fund and the money goes to
reclaim other sections.
Under the various systems now in
operation and under way, both pri-
vate and national, millions Of acres of
land will be reclaimed within the next
ten years and billions of dollars of
wealth will be added to the assets of
the nation.-Arthur j. Burdick, in
Gt.ff
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
THE EAST INDIAN WAY.

%
A trade journal tells a story of an
adventure which nearly cost one of its
correspondents in India his life. The
Indian. merchant was Il wealthy man.
who had got on well with the natives
but two of his servants had had a
quarrel over girl whom they both
wooel. The merchant interfceed in
the fight. The unsuccessful suitor,
Lai. began to make trouble, and his
rival, the husband, warned the mer-
chant against him. Nothing happened
for some months. Then the merchant
went away on business. On his return
he was told that Laj had ben caught
in his bedroom and locked up.
In the East this meant trouble. The
merchant called his servants and had
a thorough search made of the house.
They examined every trunk, bureau
and bedstead, every picture, statue and
crevice in the wall and crack in the
floor, expecting TO find hooded cobra
or other poisonous reptile. They scru-
TIMED every knob, handle ard garment
to see If 1t had been smeareG with poi
son or with juices which attracted ven
omous creatures Then they searched
the wine cellar, the pantry and the
storeroom. But they found nothing.
The merchant was tired. and, after
eating, went to the cabinet where he
kept his cigals 1t was large case
of teak and plate glass, with an old
OH ell o.
AS he was about to insert the key
in the, keyhole, Laj's successful rival,
who had been active in the search,
cried: Look out, sahib, some one has
been meddling with that lock!'
They examined the keyhole and
found traces of wax. When they
opened the case the merchant found
everything apparently untouched. Five
boxes of cigars We're unopened. He
had opened the sixth before he went
away and removed a few cigars. AS
he took this box up lie noticed on 1t
the marks of dirty fingers.
The cigars looked as II they had not
been disturbed. He was about to take
one when he noticed that something
was wrong with the head. A second
and third were like the first. In each
Il small, almost imperceptible rose
thorn had been inserted, and on 1t was
a dab of brown slime, the same color
as the cigar.
do not touch them, sahib," said the
Indian. They are poisoned"
The merchant sat down and wrote
note to the police. In half an hour
an officer appeared with Laj under
guard. The merchant stated the case
to the officer aud, taking one of the
cigars, handed 1t TO Laj, with the COM
m.nd: Take 1t and smoke it."
The man turned gray and refused.
His guilt was proved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
MRS. PAULINE LYONS.

4
A new health culture is being intro
duced In Chicago by Mrs. Pauline Hen
rietta Lyons, who has formed wom-
ems athletic club, which is to dispense
with dumbbells, Indian clubs and the
like. The system, which Is to make
the class beautiful, healthy and care
free, consists simply of taking some
long breaths. more long breaths and
thinking happy thoughts while the
lungs are inflated. Women adoptingt the
system are said to become perfectly
entranced with it and prone to take
deep breaths on the slightest occasion,
presumably at the same time thinking
happy thoughts Prof. Hugo E Prues-
sing, Washington. D. G., is tile director
Of the class and the originator of the
method.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04


and simple, and he addressed hundreds
of meetings in support of the anti
Semitic program, denouncing the Jews
as the origin of all evil in the world.
The principles which he represents are
strong in Austria today and have been
responsible for many political broils in
the Reichsrath. To an American it
seems singular that in the Goth CEN
tury Jew-baiting, should exist in a
country such as Austria. That 1t does
exist is evidence that Austrian civili-
cation has not progressed much since
the middle ages, when Jews were ac-
cused of poisoning Christian wells and
numbering Christian children. There
was no justification for such charges
then, nor is there any justification to-
day for the anti-Semitic feeling Of
which Luegsr is the chief mouthpiece.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

lfsthisA thing keeps up-if some COM
binations so to pieces and others find
their securities declining in value, al.
most 70 fhe vanishing point-the trusts
may And 1t necessary to organize a
mutual aid association in. order to
allay the suspicion of the public. When
trust is on the verge of collapse its
fellows may subscribe to relief fund
In order to keep 1t alive. If some plan
like this is not adopted and tile big
combinations continue to go under
there viii be no market for trust Sc
curitiesa and then the trusts will be
forced TO retire from business. Evil
IDENTIFY the theory Of consolidation is
not working as smoothly and success
fully as it's champions expected.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Groom Mas Too Liter,l.

d 4
There is a young clergyman near
Hagerstown, Md, who might be ex-
cused for saying "the guilelessness of
some rural gentry passeth all under
standing" He would probably deny
saying it should you ask him, but he
would nst deny the following story,
told by relative:
A young couple with matrimonial in
tent, fresh from the green fields of
their rural homes, went recently to the
parsonage of the clergyman in ques-
ton. The nuptial knot was tied. In
the pause which followed the newly
made Benedict looked even more en-
barrassed than before. He fished
about in his trousers pockets as IL
loking for something.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

the parched lands. The result is that
a large area of land in that section of
the desert has an actual and market
value of from 500 to $500 per acre.
The seasons crop of cantaloupe's,
watermelons and sweet potatoes have
netted the owners of the lands from
$50 to $3.50 per acre, proving that the
values placed upon the lands are not
fictitious.
Less than three years ago the In
perial Canal was begun. The Colora-
do River was tapped below Yuma and
the big ditch, seventy feet wide and
nine feet deep, has been built 100
hiles out into the desert, and from
this has branched more than 300 miles
of lateral canals. This las placed
upon 100000 acres of heretofore value
less lands present market value of
from $50 to 5000 per acre and an actu-
al value much greater. for the crops
this year from most of the lands put
under cultivation have netted the
farmers from $40 to 500 or more an
acre.
Some eighteen or twenty years ago
the town sites of Redlands and River
side were barren and unproductive.
Lying almost upon the desert the lands
were arid and little better than the
actual desert lands. Water was
brought to the lands, and the price
soon advanced to 500 per acre and
orange and lemon groves We're planted.
Some Of the optimistic ones prophesied
that the time would come when the
lands would be worth as much as 5000
per acre, but they Were laughed at for
their rosy views. Now lands wholly
unimproved, in that section, are worth
$3.50 and $500 per acre, and such MS
are set to oranges and lemons bring
from $1,000 to $4,000 per acre. Water
has created those values.
There are several methods of irriga-
ton employed and several systems in
vogue. The first systems employed in
California were in the hands of COM
panies or corporations which inaugu-
rated them for profit and their rates
for water were, in many cases, almost
prohibitive. This let to the mutual
water company system, commonly
known in California as the Holt" sys-
TEN, because the first mutual water
company was conceived and organized
by L. NJ. Holt, now identified with the
great imperial canal system in the
Colorado desert.
The first purely mutual water COM
pany to be incorporated in the United
States was the Pomona Water Com
pany. which was formed in 1873, under
plans prepared by Holt. The second
company was the Redlands Company.
also one Of Hollis. organized in 1881.
The Imperial lands are under seven
different mutual companies which fur
nish water only to stockholders Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

One by one the old conventional fic-
lions are being demolished, and among
the last to go is that of the rural WIS.,
itor who always comes to grief when
he visits the city. The woes of this
traditional individual have long fur
nished material for the comic illustra-
tors and the humorous photographers.
His purchases of gold bricks, his in
vestments IN green goods, his excur-
sions to view disasters have excited
the risibilities of the urban resident for
n long time. Like the stage freshman
and his colleague the 'Dutehinaii" of
the drama, however, 1t is now quite
clear that the 'hayseed" of the funny
papers is n creature of the Imagination
rather than an actual type, says the
Chicago Chronicle. lie inlay have been
more or less verdant and unsophisti-
Gated once. but he is so no longer. The
rural resident of the Middle West; at
any rate, is at 10 disadvantage what
ever as compared with the dweller In
the city. II the Jay Of tradition ever
had mn existence he has vanished. This
was quite evident during the centen-
Mai celebration. Many thousands Of
people from out of town visited the
city, and II was no easy matter for
Chicagoans to distinguish them from
the regular residents of the city. They
dressed us well and they conducted
themselves MS WELL The did not stand
in the middle OF the street gazing up
at the high buildings. They did not
carry shiny carpet sacks nor did they
ihterlafd their discourse With
"B'gosh!" and "By henr as the comic
papers assert. They were, In short,
Intelligent, well-mahnared Americans
who had Nothing to fear by compari-
son with their city cousins in the mat,
ter of intelligence and who had dis
tinctly the better of it in manners and
courtesy. 1t is possible that iii remote
and thihly settled districts there may
still exist people who justify the con-
celt OF the comic artists, but there are
no such people in the territory circum-
jacent to our great cities. There is no
reason why there should be. The rural
resident of to-day has telephone and
rural mail delivery; he takes a daily
newspaper-perhaps more than one
and half dozen magazines. He Is
probably better informed on current
topics than is the average city dweller
because he has more time to devote to
acquiring Information. AT any rate he
is nobody's fool, and the man who
picks him up with such an idea is 20
Ing to find his mistake very quickly.
The easy mark" from the country has
gone forever, If, indeed, he existed at
all. The confidence man of to-day seeks
his victims not in the rural districts,
but among the tenants of sky scrapers
who have n fancy for Consolidated
SkInemalive Trust Company and sim
liar investments. The "jay," like the
dodo. is extinct. i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
silage and Roots i / !

Z A silo for storing corn is cheaper
than barn for storing hay. A silo
holding about two hundred tons may
be constructed for about $780, About
twice the number OF cows may be
kept on farm II the sllo is used. The
ensilage may be kept over and fed
during the dry and hot months of July
and August, when pastures are short,
iand that is the most difficult time to
keep up the flow of milk, and II cows
once drop in the flow of milk It is we'll
nigh impossible to get them to regain
the full flow. When dairymen do not
have silos the next best thing is roots,
such as stock beets, which yield six
hundred to seven hundred bushels per
acre, and may be preserved in base
ment, barns or In a root cellar.
can Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
company and to them at a, ,.t, cost.

e9hiparv anu TO them ut actual COST
Anere aie sun iiiaiViu"ai systems ana
corporations Whlch furnish water for
proht only, put me boards OF super
Nlsofs OF tne various counties now nix
wafer rate ABOVE wh1ch the water
companies are not allowed to charge.
me methods of irrigation are sever
al. drumming OF small streams IN
mountnin cnnyohs and forming reser-
VOLTS from which the water Is drawn
Tor irfigatins purposes. is ni,other
method. ana drilling of artesiar wells
ana Common method. Divertlng the
waters of wells where the water Is
lifted by windmil!s or other power is
still aiiotlier. In some sections reser-
voirs have been constructed for catch
ing and holding the surplus waters
from the winter rains to be distributed
in the dry season.
The Bear Valley dam and the Sweet
water dam in Southern California are
two notable examples of tile first
named methods. These dams are built
across canyons i'll the mountains and
catch and hold the waters of snow
fed mountain streams. From these
reservoirs large sections of country are
amply supplied with water during the
dry summer months.
The waters are conveyed from the
reservoirs TO the fields in cement-lined
altches or through expensive wooden
numes- Some of the largest lemon
and orange orchards III the world are