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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
Another Billiard Tournament.

The five hundred point billiard
tournament having resulted in, vir'
tually, q draw, between G. A. Case,
Arthur Hurd and C. H, Forney,
another tournament of one hundred
points will be conducted, between
members Of the club, beginning this
evening. Visitors not admitted
ANY member OF the club may enter
the tournament.
Chess lie feature Of the club. An
outsider, q few days since, invited
two Of his exclusive chess friends to
his place Of residence, for the pur-
pose OF letting them see him lido up
a new member Of Abilene Olympic
Club" Three games were played, the
new member winning each Of them.
After two games had been so decided,
the especial chess friends reached fol
their hats, taking their quiet depart
ure. o.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
WILL THIS REDUCE wERDsl
New Law That gives Cities Of Second
Claaa New Power.

0N~~"I
Cities Of the second class are often
at their wits end to enforce the weed
ordinances and especially upon
property Of nOnreSidents. A bill that
passed the legislature may help some.
1t reads;
"That the mayor and council Of
cities Of the second class, in addition
to the powers that have been hereto
fore granted, shall have the power to
have removed or Sbated from any
lot or parcel Of ground within the
corporate limits Of the city any and
all nuisAncea, including rank grass,
weeds or other vegetation, and shall
have the power to cause to be drained
any pond or ponds Of wster, at the
cost and expense Of the owner Of the
property on which the nuisance Is To-
Gated; the board Of health Of such
city shall file with the clerk Of such
city its statement in writing thai
such nuisance rank vegetation, OF
pond Of water. describing the same
and where located. is q menace and
dangerous to the health Of the habi'
tants Of city, or Of any nsighbOrhoOdr
family or resident Of the city"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
RAIrROAD Law FIXED.
Both Houses Pass BILL Agreed on in
Conference.

Special to the RaHector.
TOPEKA, March 4.-Ths senate ant
house last night voted unanimously
to accept the report Of the conference
committee on the railroad bill.
The house railroad bill give the
board OF railroad commissioner
authority to make rates upon its own
motion. The senate amended the bill
giving the board authority to make
rates only on complaint Of aggrieved
parties. 1t also added Senator
Brewers amendment to prevent re-
bates or discrimination. The penalty
section was left exactly as 1t came
from the house. Then q conference
committee OF members from both
houses was appointed. This COM
mittee agreed on report which pro-
vides that the attorney for the state
board Of railroad commissioners shall
when he believes that any rate or
charge made by any railroad company
is unjust, unreasonable or discrimina-
tive, and whether such rate or charge
is local, special or general, give notice
and complaint thereof in writing to
the board of railroad commissioners,
and said board shall thereupon pro-
coed to consider and determine such
complaint.
The bill with this change was
passed by both houses last night and
is considered by both house and SEN
ate an excellent measure.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
NAY HOLD IT UP.
Governor Likely to Wait on Warden
for . While.

Special to the Reflector.
TOPEKA, March 7.-At $50 this al
ternoon no more appointments had
been senttin by Gov. Hoch though
several are expected today. 1t Is
rumored ON good authority that the
governor will hold up the appoint
ment Of warden and bank commits
sioner for awhile, perhaps until mid
summer. Mr.. Naill wants the AP-
pointment made now or not atall.
All consideration Of bills ceases at 8
O'Clock today. 1t will take day or
two longer to clean up the business Of
the session. No important bills we're
passed today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
r. 3. DEWEY REFLECTED.
Supreme Court Reporter Chosen fol
Another Term.

Special to the Reflector.
TOPEKA, March S.--The supreme
court today reelected T. Z, Dewey Of
Abilene as supreme court reporter,
Mr.. Dswey's work has been admir-
able throughout and his splendid rec
ord richly warranted this recognition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
Chapman Had . Farmers Smoker.

CHAPMAN, March THE business
men last night, gave . smoker for the
comfort and pleasure Of their farmer
friends. T. v. Howe managed It.
About 500 gentlemen were present,
half Of them being from the farm
Cigars and lunch with an imPrOmPtu
program of speeches made the even
ipg 3 pleasant one and the farmers
we're greatly pleased BY the Chapman
buslnsssmsn's liberAlity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
Shifting Soil.

Real Estate Transfers Reported BY Maxim
4 Middleton. Abstracters.
E A Sumner to J H Rock lts 2S 4
bl II Growers I'D Hope $3.50.
W D Fulton OF oil to A r Witwer ct al
undv Sc nw} 1921, 8l854.12.
Martha J Fulton to A R Witwer und
l.6nw1 S,l2 l, eSS0.sS.
A Grimm to Mary schwa-z 81 net
20-14-1, 81.
Same to CT SchWArz 81 nwt 20-l4-I,
$500.
J Beamm to B F Eye nw1 l6'll'2,
S4260.
J Duffy to Nancy Fix 1t Q bk 81 K and
q id Abilene, $500.
J MalOnsy to G A Geist swi 0.ll-4,
5000.
Same to G A GeiSt nj LOLA, $3.50.
G A Kubach to G W, Minick 1t 6 bk 5
JIM Fishers I'D Abilene, $500.
JIG Thomas to N A Baker 1t 48 Beyo
Ave A . L sub div lie so and 50 s .
= I'D Abilene, $1,000.
10 Dill tn E E. Campbell net 6.l4 s,
$500.
G b BeArce to J D Thurber lie 1875
1877 W Sd Of Lebold's 2nd I'D Chap
man, $4,000.
Co clerk 70 A L Vickers II IS 7th Of
S&A I'D Abilene, t12.04.
C z Campbell to z N Funk net S.l4.l,
$3.50.
J Hogan TO E B tanning sWi l6-14-2,
5000.
c P Snider TO z H Book 1t AN 7th st
Bonebrake'S 4th sub Div, tl40O.
T IN Murcer 10 W Phillips q sci 49,
14-l, $500.
J E Shepherd to A E Martin VI 1918
s, 1880.
IF ChessbrO TO A s Fulton Swl 1912
5. 1880.
c Stevens 10 J D Sewer set Sic
n No P RR, 1890.
Sans to G n Frost $50 W SWI 2-l4.
2, $1,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
Toda1,. CHICAGO Grain lIarket.

Furnished By the A. N. McDearmott Com
mission 90. For further Information eau
phone SSH
wheat, clOssd-Msy il4i. July
ssi, Sept. 500.
Corn, clO'sd--Msy at, July 4si-i,
Sept. 4si.
0Ats. closed-Msy SIT. Jnly siI,
Sept. 2sI-i.
KANSAS CITY CASE MARKET.
No. 2 hard wheat 106-lOs.
No. 8 hard wheat iO4.lOs.
No. , mixed corn 464sI.
No. 8 MIXED corn 453.
Hogs strong.
Cattle Stssdy.
stOoks opened mostly weak snd
were quite active during ne dsy
closing esssraliy inssIOaaIly lower.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
ANOTHER WANTS TEE WIDOW.
Colorado Seems Excited About Matri-
monial Matters.

The other day We published q
Cripple Greek dispatch about man
from that town who wanted to marry
9 widow near Abilene with seven chill.
dren. The matter seems 10 have sx-
cited other people Of that state.
Justice Quinn has received this letter;
PRnfROsE, Colo, March S.-Mr.
Squire, Dear sir, There lie = widow
woman near your town who has q
large ranch and stock. The woman
is about 40 years old and has seven
children and / have lost her address.
VIII yOu got Der address and send 70
NET II you don't know her address
ask the tax assessor Of LAST spring.
he win know and Obligs. Yours
truly. b. ArnllrOng.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09

Ihays OPsnsd /. real estate OsHOs in
sOlonOS snd want Jour business
Win have eastern buyers here soon
and vast Jour farms On ny list.
jas. gbssrAn. Solomon, KAs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09

TIE board Of sduestIon net Last
night and transacted routine businsss-
Miss Kais B. Miles va elected - Z
high school isasksg for Ne Isnsindsi
a he tsrn. No other seiion q In
puFianss Wa taken.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09

David Patterson. aged ~, was
brought hsrs from HsriDgtOn BY Mar
shall Jesse Diary and iS in jail. he Is
charged with attempted sssAult on
two little giFls.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09

For fals, SPsliz SOC per bushsl, OF
vin szchHhgs for COED Sssd oats,
2b-ss Q. n. GkHTKR.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09
.Finn.Hull.

Charles r. Hull and Mise Laura L.
Finn Of TAlmage we're married today
at the probate court room BY bis
honor, Judge Rankin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-03-09

List your farms for sale with James
Sheeran, Solomon, Kas. First door
east Solomon Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
EARLY R4ILRO4DING.
The First Trial Train on the Camden and
Amboy in 1881


To THE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sir: In
your article Facts in Our Railroad History
which appeared in to-day's issue. you stats
that the first train between New York and
PHILADELPHIA ran on the Camden and Amboy,
which road was begun in 1882.
Jud ging by he following letter. the road
must have been begun at least year earlier
HERBERrsvILLs. n. j., NOV. Is. 1891.
MI DEAR SON | should have written you I'm.
rediaely on receipt OF your letter. but there was
q celebration or hrst trial OF the steam Carriage
on the railroad near BordenoWn on SATURDAY
write some OF the particulars to YOU They had q
coach that held thirty passengers attached to tina
steam car, and ran one and quarter miles In Two
minutes and twenty seconds. This they repeated
a great many times. as there was great assem-
blage OF people there and all wanted TO ride. The
Legislature was invited and attended In a BODY,
Robert stevens conducted the machinery himself.
II was a nne performance and gave great salts
'"e'o"' OpApIAn HERBERT.
In "Glimpses Of the Railroad In History"
the late Martha j. Lamb says:
Robert T.. Stevens, son of the distin guished
John l., stevens; was, engaged IN building
the Camden and Amboy RAILROAD IN 1880.
rs the stevens rail in this country and as
a All locomotive Of the Steph sons soon after
the trial at Rainhill ls20, called the John
Bull and its first public trial on ne Psrtially
Der, 1881. This old engine was exhibited
AT the Centennial Exhibition. 1875 The
railroad was opened for traf1c. about 1889
and the on gines used were made from designs
Of Stevens Of Hoooke H., IMAM W sco7,
pAssA1c. June %. 1905
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29

score of garment makers. The Grand
Jury is reported as having secured con-
siderable evidence showing that the
officers Of the union were induced oy
financial considerations to order the
strike against MONTGOMERY WARD d
Co., the first concern affected by IT. 1t
is reported that the jury has been morally
convinced that rivals of this firm hired,
or bought. or bribed the teamsters lead
ers to order the strike simply for the
purpose Of injuring a competitor, al
though it does not appear that sutflclent
evidence has been obtained to justify
indictments.
The findings Of the jury have not yet
been made public. A full report is e1-
pected before the end OF the week and
q sensation is promised. From twelve
to fifteen indictments are expected, and
the list is said to contain the names OF
employers rs we'll as teamsters and
union officials. Compared with what
seems to have been going on in Chicago
New York's little cases OF PARKS and
WE1SsE1MER are IA duck ponds to
Lake Ontario.
The revelations of the Grand Jury
and the later and probably larger reve-
lations Of court trials will be awaited
with interest. II carried out, as they
now promise to be, the business COM
munity and the general public will need
to brace themselves for shock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29

are included many Of the very same sort
OF people who read the Atlantic and the
reviews and hard headed books Of law,
politics and science. Like children at
play, they pretend to believe that such
beings exist, but they know that they
live only in world of romance. For the
very reason that the novel will not stand
criticism by the highest and severest
canons of art as a picture Of nature, they
prefer it even to the artistically and
scientifically analytical stories Of Mr..
HENRY JAMES, for example. They want
to be taken away from the world Of
reality.
Her dark brown eyes shone with an
ever changing luster from beneath the
shade Of the longest, blacklist, upcurving
lashes ever seen. Long eyes, which
changed chameleonlike from fathom-
less green violet and from violet to
soft voluptuous brown" Upon her
alabaster skin the black eyebrows, the
long lashes and the curving red lips
stood in exquisite relief. "She was
all raptures--all sapphire and rose gold
against tho dark cushion These are
specimens Of the exaggerations OF cur
rent novels contemptuously quoted by
Mr.. SEpGwIcK. But how about the
visions of the perennial lover? AS COM
pared with them are they not rather
short of the projections idealized?
A great and highly respectable effort
has been made and is still made to cor
rect this popular taste for the purely
ideal and romantic and divert it to the
novel which depicts life as it actually 10
real life, not the life of an impossible
world of romance; and it has been sue
cessful so far as to make some people
ashamed Of acknowledging their prefer
ence for the old style. But the now
scientific and psychological studies of
men and women are never in the lists
of the novels most read People prefer
to read about creatures who Will not
stand that sort Of analysis.
1t is not true, however, as Mr. SEDd-
wICK's article infers, that the classic "
is unrecognized by THE Mob Spirit
in Literature The bourgeois novel
reading mob, which buys its books over
the book counter of department stores,
on the train, at the news stands. from
the book agent at the front door, or Dor
rows them from circulating libraries,
gives to the novels of DUMAS and BAL
FAC q present currency which is prob
ably greater and wider than they ever had
before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
Neglected Trees in the Parks.

To THs EDITOR OF THs SUS-Str. a walk
through Central Park In any direction show, gross
neglect OF trees aud shrubbcry On every hand
you see dc ad trees dying trees and trees from which
the de ad br anches have not been removed. In the
Rambe, for instance, within small space. there
are many dead and dying 'rens and others sadly
In need OF pruning. The upper meadow Is almost
fringed with dc ad and dying trees It Is true that
the Mail has been gone over after fashion but tho
work h as not been thoroughly done.
The same state of affairs exists In all tho other
parks no, ably the shruhhery In Mornngsde: the
growth killed by the last two severe winters should
be cut away and the new shoots given chance.
The dead and dying trees should be taken out
root and branch and all the others should have
an Intelligent pruning. In many cases the ground
about the roots OF tho trees should have fertilizers
spaded In.
Tho question OF proper treatment is one for a
trained arbo 1cuturist. Such man should be pro.
cured and put on the work at once without further
delay, otherwise many trees that can now be saved
will Inevitably die. and II will not be many years be.
fore majority will be seriously affected.
NEW YORK, June 20. l.. r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29

Lists are printed from time to time OF
the current novels for which there is the
greatest demand in different parts of
this country. 1t appears almost in
variably that the same books are most
popular in every part at the same time,
though the order in which they are
preferred may be different. One novel
may head the list in New York and
another in San Francisco, but the half
dozen popular novels in all the lists are
usually the same.
This practical demonstration of the
popular taste as concerns contemporary
fiction has induced Mr.. HENRY DWIGHT
SEDGwICK to write a paper for the At
ldntic Monthly on what ne calls THE
Mob Spirit in Literature" wherein he
describes this popular taste as "bour-
geois," "proletariat. This reading
mob he contemptuously describes as
unable to detect the difference between
the perusal of a classic, Balzac or Thack-
cray, and that of a current novel; the
mob novel; 1t is of low intellectual
life" and has no duly constituted au-
thority" in criticism. That is, it reads
the novels it likes without regard to the
critics of its slow intellectual life
Mr.. SEDGwIcK gives pictures of heroes
and heroines IA drawn in the most popu-
lar novels of the day to show that they
are very much of the same type, and that
type not found among human beings
as they appear TO the eye of reason.
They are no moro true to nature than is
the enrapturing princess of the fairy
tale. than is the glorious prince who
rescucs her by incredible feats of valor.
All, but that is the very reason why
the types appeal to the imaginations Of
the reading mob"-in which, by the way,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
Chicago's Labor Scandal.

If foolish strikes are susceptible OF
classification. that of the Chicago team
sters is entitled to place by itself for
it's unlimited folly. Evidence which is
now coming out warrants a belief that
its wickedness rivals its folly. 1t seems
to have reached stage in which the
strikers are definitely placed between
the devil of a general strike and the deer
sea of unconditional surrender.
The special correspondence of THE
Sun, under date OF May I, just eight
weeks ago, said: "The strike, as a strike
is already a failure Mr., SHEA Of the
Transfers Union is one Of those many
labor leaders who fail to realize that
good generalship may consist quite as
much in knowing when to surrender as
in conducting campaign. The delay
has gained nothing and has cost much
An effort to win by extending the strike
would only increase the cost and loss to
the strikers and result in still greater
disaster to the cause of unionism, as well
as to the direct participants.
The Grand Jury which has been in
vestigatng the alleged graft connected
with the strike has now completed its
work, and it's discoveries promise to
throw a much needed light on the whole
affair. The beginning of the strike, or
April 9, was not a little puzzling, II
was quite too much of a stretch to ask
the public to believe that teamsters
would strike simply because their en-
ployers refused to arbitrate case. then
four months old, which involved only 9
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
Twenty-Five Years Out OF College

In the future defnitive edition OF the
Writings and Speeches of THEODORE
ROOSEVELT his Harvard address of yes
terday will have place among the purely
ethical utterances rather than those
of a political or sociological character
While the President remarks cover a
wide range of incidental subjects, from
pawnbrokerage methods to surreptitious
MAYHEM on the football field, the central
theme is that which is stated with such
clearness of thought and polish of
phraseology in the characteristic passage
here subjoined:
The nation never stood In greater need than
now OF having among It's leaders OF lofty Ideals
which they try TO live UP to and no. merely talk
Of. We need men with these Ideals In public life,
and We need them jus, as much In business and in
such profession the law. VIC can by statute
establish only those exceedingly rough lines OF
morality, the overpaSsng OF which means that the
man is In jeopardy Of the constable or the sheriff.
Put the nation Is badly on II In addition TO this
there Is ne, a very much higher standard OF con
duct. a standard impossible TO establish By stat
ute, but one upon which the community a whole.
and especially the real leaders Of the community,
insist"
Not merely the enforcement of law
but the enforcement of a very much
higher standard Of public and private
morality than that which meets the crude
requirements of the enacted statutes !;
an ideal. not merely legal and technical
test Of human worthiness lofty ideals OF
character and conduct which shall be
lived up to and not merely talked Of
such is the message which the most
eminent of the living graduates of Har-
ward carries back after a quarter OF a
centurys observation of life and man
kind beyond the campus.
1t is a sermon which Mr. ROOSEVELT
has been preaching, to the best of his
ability and opportunities, ever since he
departed from Harvard twenty-five years
age. It is not d novel or an original
thought, but energetic iteration has made
it seem almost his own. It's utterance
can never do harm, except from the lips
of hypocrite. The whole strength of
Mr. ROOSEVELT with the people of this
country depends upon their confidence in
the Sincerity Of his appeals for lofter
standard of conduct than the mere laws
afford and upon thebelief of his fellow citi-
zens that he is honestly endeavoring, with
such success as human fallibility permits,
to shape his own career according to the
principles set forth in his frequent
preachments. 1t is infinitely to the credit
Of the President that he both dares and
is able to generalize thus, without a
blush, at the skirts of his alma mater
after twenty-five years of absence and
strenuous occupation in the realities of
existence
But LOOMS should have heard the
Harvard address.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
willing to Pay for His Contempt.

From the Boston Herald.
Tho following snecdote Is told OF Gen. Gilman
Mars,on once famous New Hampshire lawyer
Gen Msrson was attending court at Dover.
when q young attorney made amotion that was
denied hy the Court The yning man rrmnn-
strated against what he thought was the wrong
ruling Of the Judge. So vehemeutly did he rs.
monstrate that he was fined $40 for contempt OF
court An older attorney took the matter up. and
he was fined similar sum. Still another, who
thou ht he stood little better with the judge en-
deavored 10 straighten the m after out. but no too
enriched the corers OF tho state by paying ten
spot" for contempt
Gen. Mars,on was then seen 10 rise In his seat
and advance to the clerks desk. Taking bis long
pocketbook from his pocket no took out two ten
dollar bills and laid them on the desk.
What Is that for'" said the Court.
81 want you 10 distinctly understand said the
General, that l have Just twice as much contempt
for this d.. court a. any man hero, and an
paying for IT,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29

TIT, section OF the Constitution. which empowers
the legislature by a Joint resolution passed ~
two thirds majority 10 remove Judges from the
bench. Is incongruous with the theory OF the or
ganic law ew York Tunes
How can this part of the organic law be
-incongruous" with the theory Of the or
ganic law; that is, except as preteSt for
securing nine years more of HooKERf
How much more -incongruous" with the
theory Of the fundamental law is the pro-
vision which has stood in the Massachu-
sets Constitution since 1850 empowering
the Governor, with the consent of the Coun-
Gil, to remove any judicial officer upon
the address OF both houses of the Legisla-
turs"; that is to say, upon mere majority
vote in the Senate and in the House OF
Representatives!