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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
Cleared In n Mystery.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 23.-Two
brothers, one OF whom had been tried
for his life on the charge of numbering
the other, met Unexpectedly in hotel
here. They are Edward S. Van Lieu, Of
this city, and Cornelius s. Van Lieu, OF
Pasadena, Cal The meeting cleared
UP a mystery of long standing and re-
lieved one of the brothers Of shadow
which has rested upon him for years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 23.-The hike"
which the two regiments Of national
guards, encamped here, were to have
started on was called of because Of
the protests Of the enlisted men. The
hike" is simply a long march over
the, country, on which the men must
dispense with even the ordinary COM
forts Of camp life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
ECHO OF A SONG.

To my fancy. idly roaming. comes pictur'
Of the cleaning,
Comes a fragrance from the blossoms o.
the lilac and the rose:
With the yellow lamplight streaming an
sitting here and dreaming
OF q half-forgotten twilight whence
mellow memory flows;
To my listening ears come winging vagrant
notes OF woman's singing;
I've q sense OF sweet contentment as the
sounds are borne along;
IT'S mother who is tuning her fond hear
to love and grooming
To her laddie such
Sleepy little.
Creepy little
Song
All, how well do I remember when by
cracking spark and ember
The old-fashioned oaken rocker moved
with rhythmic sweep and slow;
With her feet upon the fender. in cadence
low and tender,
Floated forth that slumber anthem OF
childhood long ago.
There were COLLINS In the cleaning ana
the half-closed eyes went roaming
Through the twilight for the ghostly
shapes Of bugaboos along;
Now the sandman's slyly creeping and
tired lad housekeeping
When she sings to him, that
Sleepy little.
Creepy little
Song
30 I'm sitting here and dreaming with the
mellow lamplight streaming
Through the vine EMPOWERED window In
yellow fiiligree;
On the fragrant air come winging vagrant
notes of woman's singing;
IT'S the slumber song of childhood that Ii
murmuring to me,
And some subtle fancy creeping lulls my
senses half to sleeping
As the misty shapes of bogaboos 60
dreamily along,
All my sorrow disappearing. as tired lad
I'm hearing
Once again my mothers
Sleepy little.
Creepy little
Song.
Philadelphia Ledger,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
To rederaI court for Redress.

Denver, Col, Aug. 23.-H. N. Heiner-
dinger and ]. s. Hail. Of the Interstate
Mercantile company, who were ex-
PEELED from Cripple Creek because OF
their sympathy for striking miners,
will begin suit in federal court for an
injunction forbidding interference with
them and their property in Cripple
Creek. They will also seek compensa-
ton from Teller county for their losses.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 22.-Severe
rain and windstorms occurred in north
ern Missouri Sunday afternoon and
night, There is considerable damage
to small buildings and fruit and corn
crops. The condition of the soil was
dry and in many sections the rain will
proYe Of great benefit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
Blame for Eden Disaster.

Pueblo, Col, Aug. 22.-The jury In
vestigating the Denver & Rio Grande
wreck at Eden, August 7, in which 100
people persisted, has rendered a ver-
dict finding that the appalling loss OF
life was due to negligence Of the rail-
road, in that the bridge was not a
good one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
LOOTED A UNION STORE.
Citizens of Cripple Creek WaEinK
Aggressive war ON Former Strik-
ers and Their AbettOra.

Cripple Creek, COL, Aug. 22.-No Sc
cret is made of the fact that the depor-
tation Of Attorney Eugene Engley,
Frank J. Hangs and J. c. Cole, and IL
other men from this district Saturday
night was planned by members of the
Mine Owners association and Citizens
alliance, and was carried out under
their direction. The Ell Paso, Vindi-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
Wilson Defeats Cochran.

St. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 22.-Ex-Sena-
tor Francis NJ. Wilson, OF Platte City
was nominated for congress by the
Fourth district democratic Congress
sional convention here on the 1,O3lst
ballot. He received a majority Of one
vote over Congressman c, F. Cochran
and c. F. Booher.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
sue. RookefeIIer for 1000, 600.

Trenton, N. j.. Aug. 2O.-Georgs
Rice, Of Marietta, O.. began suit in the
United States circuit court here for
5000. 900 damages against the Stand
ard OIL company for the alleged ruin
ing Of his business by the defendant
company.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
rrnnk Lnmer IN New RoIe.

Independence, Mo-, Aug. 22.-At the
annual reunion Of Quantrell's men
here Frank James, the ex-bandit, re-
nounced his lifelong adherence to the
democracy and to Missouri as well.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
EnrIea KILLED n Cow.

Garden City, Kan, Aug. 22.-Three
eagles in Finney county attacked and
killed COW belonging to Aaron Whit
son here. They also picked up and
carried rs yards a dog that weighs IS
mounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

San Francisco, Aug. 2S.-Jeffries and
Munroe are now putting on the finish
ing touches for their fight next FRI
day night. Betting on the mill has be-
gun Jeffries opened 10 to 4 favorlte.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
~LIrhtnIng Killed Missouri child.

Blue Springs, Mo-, Aug. PA severe
WIND and electric storm struck this
place Sunday afternoon. Lightning
struck the house of W. D. Shrant, a
farmer south Of town, and killed one
child, and others were shocked.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

Train wreck At Teeunssh, Kan.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. 25-Santa r.
passenger train No. IT was derailed At
Tecumseh, six miles east Of hare. some
time after midnight, and I've cars went
OF the track
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
New si.e for HaiIstones.

osceola, Wis, Aug. 22.-one Of the
worst rain and windstorms OF the sea-
son continued here throughout the
night, lasting Eve hours. Hailstones
as large as a half dollar were picked
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
For crine comnItted In 1ss7.

Jefferson City, Mo-. Aug. 23.-Gov.
Dockery has offered q reward Of $500
for the arrest and conviction Of Henry
Dietrich, who killed Nicholas Brandt
IN Shelby county IN 1881.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
stonea nnd shot Nerre 20 peath

Cordova, Ala, Aug. 22.-Mr. Mcneil
son, marshal. was riiis1 here and his
slayer. a negro named Avery. was
taken from Jail BY a mob and stoned
and hhot 10 death ,i-Aa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

sighted southeast of Fire Island at nine
o'clock last night Mrs. Maybrick was
recently released from an English pris-
on, where she had spent many years
of her life for numbering her husband.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25
MRS. MAVERICK IN AMERICA.
Woman Recently Released from
English Prison Reached New
York Monday Night.

New York, Aug. 23,-The steamship
Vaderland, from Antwerp, with Mrs.
Florence Maybrick on board, was
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-25

In 9 distant dty-as far - Etbsl's
money could take her-she stood on the
street and listened 10 9 beautiful voice.
An italian boy vas playing a violin
and singing . passionate love cong. He
had q good voies, but the performances
lacked somsthing. People passed By,
but few and small were the coins that
dropped Into the hat The violin per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
EIiuibiIity of Electors

The half dozen or so directors and officers of national banks that had been placed on the electoral ticket of the New York democrats, including James T. Woodward, Isador Strauss, Hugh J. Grant, Harry Payne Whitney, John D. Crimmins and Henry B. Duffy, are to withdraw their names, thus set ting in an amicable manner a legal problem that is not free from serious doubts.
 When the constitution was adopted the presidential elector was free man. He was to be the real President maker. Time and the natural evolu- tion of politics soon dissipated the idea of freedom in the presidential elector. While it lasted it was important that he should remain unbiased even as a director of a national bank. The na- tional bank did not even exist but the controlling idea was that the presi- dential elector should remain free and independent in every respect. He is now but part of political machine, possessing no power of individual dis cretion or selection. He is an agent to express the expressed will of his .party. But the constitution remains unchanged as to prohibitions in his case, and this renders the withdrawal of the New York bank director elect ors desirable.
 None of the electors in question de- sire to embarrass the ticket or the democrats in the least, but they did desire to have the question invest;- gated, and William B. Hornblower, Delancey Nicoll and Adrian H. Joline, all eminent authorities on the consti- tuition. were appointed a committee to consider it. They found so much doubt in the case that they recom- mended the withdrawal of the bank electors, and this will be the end of the problem in New York state, and probably elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
Crop Conditions in Alabama.

Cool nights and dry weather had
 been hurtful to all crops, especially to the tender young plants in the cot ton fields. An early start had been lost, and poor stands were the rule. The truth is, April and May and all the months before them back to last fall had been deficient in rainfall, and
 in many of the best counties in this state farmers were becoming despond- ent
 To a great extent this situation was changed by timely rainfall last Mon day in the central and southern coun- ties of the state. The northern part Of this state had been relieved of its drouthy condition, but up to Monday the counties south of the mineral dis trict had not been. On Monday an inch or more of water fell all the way from Calera to the gulf. The Black Belt counties were well wet down The rainfall In the eastern counties was, however, less than an inch, and these counties would be glad to get another rain They received enough moisture to tide them over to another period of moist weather, and the situation throughout the state may now be said to be one of reasonable promise
 But the entire state needs a pro- longed and heavy period of wet weather. A soaking, permeating, swamp-flling rain has not fallen in Alabama during the spring or winter months. Such a rain has become a memory, and such rain in May would be worth millions to the young crops.
 Despite the general low temperature and degrees the crops of the state are gaining fairly good start. The soutn- eastern counties need rain beyond the rest, and in all heavy prolonged wetness would be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
A poa Story.

T noticed that some drummer at the Hnlman told Stoves famous elephant story the other night" remarked an old newspaper reader. That story reminds me of those which were published in the Indianapolis Journal a number of years ago. They were supposed to have been told by The Man with the Ginger Beard. who had the reputation for be- ing the biggest liar in the county. [ re- member his dog story quite well. I'm not much of a story teller but if you want to hear it, of course I'll oblige you.
 You've heard of my dog, Door said the man with the ginger beard, as he took his accustomed seat on the mackerel keg and filled his pipe with long cut. The grocer admitted that he had. Well, con tinued the man with the ginger beard, one time l was coming home after sell ing load of hogs. when I found that I'd lost all my money-seven gold tens-out through the hole in my pocket Says I to Doc:1've lost my money Its to bad says he in dog language, and with that he started back to hunt for 1t. I went on home feeling just as easy as you please cause 1 knew he would show up with that money in an hour or so, if his record as smart dog was worth cents, and l rather guess 1t was. Instead of two hours, he didn't come home till mid night, and instead of having my seven gold tens. he had four hundred and forty dollars in bills. I tell you I was wor- ried about it as I thought the dog must have stolen the money. But the next trip to town fixed things all right. found the dog hadn't been stealing at all. What do you suppose he had been doing? Tho grocer gave 1t up. He stopped in at Joe Beasley's road house and with my sev- enty he won all that money playing faro. Or course I had to whip him for 1t, even if he did win, because he should not have risked my money but it almost broke my heart to do it.
 The grocer said he believed 1t would rain'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
Mr. CorteIYou a Fiuurehead.

It is pretty well settled that the ad- ministration intends to conduct it's own campaign. It is to be campaign by the administration, of the administra- ton, for the administration. MT. Roosevelt's hand is to be in every part of it. He is to be perhaps his own manager, his own platform, and the whole thing on the republican side.
 This view of the plans and inten- lions of the President is exemplifed in the surprising selection of Secretary Cortelyou as chairman of the republi- can national committee He is with put personal experience in political struggles. He bears no scars, and ne has won no laures in popular con tests. He has risen from a department clerk to a place in the cabinet, but none of his promotions have come from the hands of the people. He knows how to win the favor of his superiors, but he has never appealed to the people and he has never had occasion to study the eddies and whirl- pools of politics.
 There Is but one way in which the -f Far Io has practically been appointed-to the chairmanship of the republican na- tional committee can be accounted for, namely, MT. Roosevelt intends to conduct his own campaign. MT. Cor telyou will be the nominal head of the campaign, and MT. Roosevelt the real head. MT. Roosevelt is a superb grandstand player. No one under stands better than he how to get un- fer the popular heart. He can appeal to the Rough Riders, to the old sol 1iers of the north, to the canalites, to the jingoes of all sorts, and to the large families, but 1t is indeed doubt ful whether he knows how to gather In votes in the trying days of hot campaign as MT. Hanna did in the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 The proof of the pudding, however, Is In the eat ing, and the novelty of personally conducted presidential campaign is evidently in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 @- HE best year for the steamboat lCp business on the Mississippi is
 said to have been the one inn mediately before the outbreak of the civil war During the conflict, until the north gained control of the river, com cercial boating below the mouth Of the Ohio was broken up entirely. On the Missouri a new source of business sprang up In the early years of the war by the discovery of gold at the headwaters of that stream. Then began that most re- markable episode In the history of river navigation-the sending of cargces from St Louis to the base of the Rocky mountains, more than two thousand miles distant and half a mile vertically up- ward.
 Long before the steamboat business on the Mississippi and it's tributaries had reached its maximum. the forces that were to accomplish it's ruin had begun to operate. The beginning of practical rail- roading followed many years after that of steamboating; but when 1t once got we'll under way its progress and develop ment rapidly outstripped those of its old CT rival. Here was g. steam engine that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
Quietly Married at Huntsville.

Huntsville. May IS. = Special )-Miss Alice Patton, daughter of o. B. Patton. cashier of the First National bank and Lieut.. Richard w. Walker of the United States army, were married tonight at the home of the brides parents. The wed- ding was attended by small party os friends and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. M. Canister, rector of the Episcopal church. Lieutenant Walker and bride will make a brief visit to Capt. Simpson Walker in Nashville and then go to Arizona to reside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
MRS. GAY DIES.
Stricken With Heart Failure While
 About Household Duties.

scottsboro. May 1s.-(special) )-Mrs. Gay, wife of Alex Gay, died very sudden ly Monday morning at 7;SO o'clock at her home in Scottsboro of heart failure, age 5s years. She went into the kitchen and stopped down to get bar of laun- dry soap and dropped dead. Mrs. Gay was lady highly esteemed in the com munlty, a member of the Baptist church and greatly beloved by all. She was the mother of five children, J. w. Gay, cash fer of the Bank of Scottsboro; and Messrs. Sam and James Gay family gro- cers, and Misses Annie and Lala Gay.
 The remains were inferred at Pisgah her old home, today. Rev. Charles Star key, an intimate friend of the family was summoned from Nashville to con- duct the obsequies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
CARRIE NATION LOSES FIFTY.
Backed Her Belief That the President Is User. of Tobacco.

Special to the Washington Post.
 Chicago.-When Mrs. Carrie Nation vis- tied the office of the Anti-Cigarette league last week she poked her umbrella through a picture of President Roosevelt.
 He's a smoker and chewer," she said. ''The President is a nice man, ana would not use the filthy weed" rejoined Miss Lucy Page Gaston.
 Prove it and I'll give the league sOo'' said Mrs Nation.
 Today in Willard hall, Miss Gaston ex- hIbited this message. addressed to her from the White House;
 "The President does not and never has used tobacco in any form. Very truly yours. "iAiiA
 "Secretary to the President" "we will get new picture with part of the $50" said Miss Gaston cheer fully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
YEAR JUST BEFORE WAR
 BEST FOR STEAMBOATS

could go with its load anywhere. It did not have to follow . water courses. It could climb mountains, if they were in its way. It could serve the inland town as well as the river port. Its speed was four times or more that of the steamboat. It was not put out of commission by the winters ice but served the public the year round. Clearly, the steamboat stood little show in its struggle with rival like this.
 For many years, from one cause and another, the boats held their own; but finally the railroads got the upper hand, and their vast development in the twenty five years following the civil war practi- cally drove the steamboat business from the rivers. The commercial interests of the country have always looked with re- great upon the disappearance of the steamboat. There is deep-rooted con- viction that our rivers have some value in the commercial economy of the coun- try, as regulators of freight rates if nothing more; and there has been stren- uous effort to maintain active navigation. There Is a hopeful belief that the futS-a, will see the rivers again teeming with boats, as they do in Russia, Austria and France. But the logic of statistics ia against it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
FOR NEW JAIL.
Girard Council Will Receive Bids for
 Structure.

Girard, May 18.-(Special.)-At the monthly meeting of Girard city council last night committee was appointed to advertise for bids for new jail. A neat two-story brick structure will probably be erected.
 The committee appointed to try to secure transfers from the Columbus Railroad company at the junction in Alabama, instead of at the transfer station in Columbus, reported that it had met with no success.
 An ordinance was introduced by Mayor Garrett prohibiting the throw ing of paper or trash upon the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
A GENUINE HERO.
From Judge.

From Judge.
 I stopped before new statue-one that I had never seen before in the park. The name upon it, too, was new. and I could not recall the face as that of man who had served his country on land or in the halls of legislation, or. In fact, in any line Why statue had been erected in his honor was a question that I could not answer; but when I went around to the other side I learned that the man was a real hero, and that he deserved the honor that had been paid him. for I saw the following words: Sacred to the mem- ory of man who gave up smoking and kept his pledge" Removing my hat as a mark of respect I walked on until reached drugstore where I bought a dozen Flor del Cabbagos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
Rural Carriers Appointed

Washington, May 1s.-(Speeial. )-Rural free delivery carriers appointed: Bailey ton, regulars, James L. Taylor, Loda G. Burks, substitutes, ernest F. Burks, Jesse H. Smith; Ekwood, regulars, Oscar V. Anderson, Elvin I. Ready; Enterprise, regulars, Nat w. Thornton, Octavius Manning, substitutes, Walter A. Edwards, James H. Manning; Madison Station, reg ular. Robert E. Farley, substitute, Joe B. Trotman; Sulligent, regular, Jere- miah II. Davidson, substitute, John H. Brown Walter regular, John Yielding, substitute, Felix R. Glasscock.
 Rural free delivery service order es- tablished June 6 at Elba, Coffee county, with three carriers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-19
THE NORTHWEST.

By Mofra O'Neill. Oh, would ye hear, and would ye hear of the windy, wide northwest? faitn! Us land as green as the sea, That rolls as far and rolls as free, With drifts of flowers, so many there be, Where the cattle roam and rest on, could ye see, and could ye see The great gold skies so clear The rivers that race through the pine
 shade dark The mountainous snows that take no
 mark, Sun-lit and high on the Rockies stark, So far they seem as near.
 i Then could ye feel. and could ye feel How fresh is a western night! When the long land breezes rise and pass And sigh in the rustling prairie grass, When the dark blue skies are clear aa
 glass,
 And the same old stars are bright. But could ye know. forever know, The word of the young northwest! A word she breathes to the true and bold, A word misknown to the false and cold, A word that never was spoken or sold, But the one that knows Is blest-