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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-11-01
like RATS IN TRAP
Eighty People Meet Sudden Death
IN a Wreck at Atlantic
City, New Jersey.
HURLED TO WATERY GRAVE
Three Loaded Electric Cars Plunge
OFF Bridge Into Thirty
Feet OF water-DetaiIs
of Accident.

Atlantic City, N. j.. Oct. 2S.-A rail
road accident that was even worse
than the Meadow wreck Of July 80,
1896, sent about so people to sudden
death Sunday afternoon, catching them
like rats In trap. The cars Of the
1870 electric train Of the West Jersey
& Seashore railroad lines, due here at
2:30 jumped the track on the trestle
bridge over the Thoroughfare and be-
fore anyone could get out they were
hurled to watery grave. The tres.
tie is about is feet above the water
and the drop to the water required
several seconds, giving time for the
passengers, men, women and children
to see and calculate their fate.
The entire city was thrown into a
state Of excitement as the news
reached town about half past two o.
clock, a few minutes after It hap
pened. Fully 5000 people crowded the
Meadows and the trestle, many rela-
tives and friends crying out in despair,
asking for loved ones. Chief of Po-
lice Maxwell had Gordon Of police
swung around the death circle and
Chief Black of the fire department
called out his men and made them
police temporarily.
Forty-four bodies were recovered up
to o'clock Monday morning and the
wrecking train is now at work trying to
hoist the submerged cars from the
water, where fully 10 dead bodies must
be entombed. The accident was due
to rail turning in." 1t appears
that the rail which was an outside one
on the right hand side coming down |
must have been out Of plumb about an |
eighth of an, inch. The sharp flange |
of the electric train caught this and |
twisted It inwards. Had 1t spread m
stead of twisting inwards the accident
never would have happened. This
twist threw the first car off the track
and into the water. The result was
that the second and third cars we're
dragged with 1t and while the third
car was descending the rear portion
struck piece of the abutment, hung
for a short time and then slid into
the water.
But this brief stop saved several
lives.
A number of men and few women
capped out of windows and the rear
loor either into the water or caught
hold of a post and were rescued. It was
stated that fully 80 to 100 passengers
we're aboard mostly all crowded into
he first and second cars. These are
,ngulfed. Among the passengers were
70 men Of the Royal artillery band
Who were on their way here from
Charles Kessler, merchant, was
he first to reach the scene of the
wreck. He secured an ak, jumped on
op of the submerged car and began to
Jack through to liberate the imDri-
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being placed in charge U 5rs
to await Identification The equip
ment of the train is entirely. new, hav-
ing been in service but a few weeks
and is believed to have been perfect In
every particular.
The train had. leaving PlNasantville,
70 passengers of whom p have been
accounted for as being safe, and It Is
believed that several more escaped.
Atlantic CITY, N. ]. Oct. 3O.--The
total number of dead in the wreck Of
tho electric train which on Sunday az
ternoon loaded with passengers
lunged dnto the waterway separating
this city from the mainland is now
placed at SO. OF these 40 hodies
Lave been identified, two bodies re-
main unclaimed in the temporary NOR
tuary and two people are known to
have been drowned, but their bod
les have not yet been recovered
The day has been one CT unceas-
ing activity, of gruesome scenes and
pathetic incidents. Wrecklng crews
with derricks succeeded in bringing
one of the two submerged cars ID
the surface and divers, W ,rEing in
relays, brought up bodies uut.. their
task was completed and they reported
that no more dead remained either i'd
side the second car or anywherein
the vicinity. a
Interest now ceutsrs in the work OF a
the coroner's Jury which made care
full inspection Of tine scene Of the
wreck and the drawbridge al which
the train left the rails. The Jurors
met and proceeded to the scene Of
the tragedy
After the forward car Of the two
submerged coaches had been hoist
ed to the surface, and the
divers who had been at work
on the wreckage all day long had
made final examination OF the
second car without finding any more
bodies, Mr.. Atterbury, general man
ager of the Pennsylvania railroad,
expressed his belief that the total
numter of dead would not exceed SO.
On returning from the drawbridge
Mr.. Atterbury said the cause OF the
acc Scent still was mystery to him.
Mr.. Atterbury himself showed the
jurors how the bridgN is operated and
explained in detail the manner OF
opening and closing the draw. On
their return to this city the Jury de-
sided to hold the first session Of the
inquiry on Thursday.
Although reasonably certain that
he waterway into which the electric
rain fell had been relieved Of al D
is dead, the divers continued their
work late into the night and main
aimed a diligent search. The wreck
ng crew was also kept busy preparing
or the hosting Of the second car
md It is expected that this will be
'alsed before morning. The debris
4 the last car which struck and was
leld fast By an abutment has not yet
'een removed, an effort in that d.
ection resulting in half the coach
Hiding into the stream.
Despite the heavy distractions pre-
ented by the wrecked train, the
has been sufficiently cleared
o permit the resumption Of traffic
nd the scheduled time table is
gain followed.
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Chicago. Oct. sO.-Heiry W. Herring
formerly cashier Of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank Of which Paul
o. stensland was president, WIN be
placed on trial in the criminal court
steHsland VIII be the principal wit
-ess FIR the state end win be brought
- Chicago from the nenitentiary AZ
Joliet to testify Assistant States
Attorney Olson SAYS that stensland
~nuld give some sensational evidences.
Ten indictments have been voted
ssainst Herring n cnnrection with
'se failure ~ the tsnk Five Of them
ahsrv- forrerv. two perjury and three
-mheEEiement
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-11-01

Denver. oct Frank Rittman. Il
years Of age. was shot and instantly
killed By Bert Sutton. aged Is. at En-.
glewood. a suburb Of Denver, Saturday
evening. The shooting was accidental
Rittman was tossing snowballs into the
az and Sutton was praeticing marks
manship with a rifle Of small callbeF.
using the snowballs for targets.
while aiming. Sutton did not notice
how near the ground the snowfall
had reached and when he fired his
rile vas on a Level with Rittmans
head The bullet pierced the boy's
brain and be fen dead. Sutton e ne
sou Of he mayor d EhsiSnood.
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REFORM MAINTAINING.
Ex-Attorney General Criggs an
Advocate of Deliberate Legis-
lation.

John w. Griggs, at one time Attorney
General during the Mckinley admins
tration, where he achieved fame for his
ability as an exponent of the law. and
later one OF the strongest members of
The Hague tribunal. has lately been
eXpounding to the people of New Ter
sey a doctrine Of real reform. 1t is
believed that he knows whereof he
speaks, for hardly any man in that
states political life should know either
the need for reform or the difficulties
OF achieving ii better than he. Before
President Mckinley induced him to
become a member of his Cabinet Mr..
Griggs had earned his way to the head
OF the New Jersey bar, served as mem
Der or the General Assembly and State
Senator, been elected president of the
latter body, and met the responsible
ties OF the governorship. He recently
spoke at celebration on Forefathers'
Day in Orange, and laid this law down
mildly but clearly TO the State politi-
Clans III the name of the decent men OF
the Commonwealth:
Publicity, 10 backstair legislation:
no passage of bills because some one
mas y KID them beforehand; discus
sion OF measures on the floor OF the
House; real reasons to the public Civ
posed, and return of the days when
legislative bodies were debating socie-
ties and the public favored as much
with reason for voting as with elo-
quence"
Mr.. Griggs advocates reform in the
enactment of State legislation when he
says:
Rarely is a bill read each of the
three constitutional times, except by til
tie. 1t passes in accordance with a de.
cision made previously somewhere else.
| do not say the influence is an improp-
er one, but that influence was felt in
the side rooms or on the back stairs
before the fate of a measure was de-
cided. This method is a repression of
individuality, sinking rights into a
mere expression of some one else's
views or wishes
Reports from New Jersey seem to
show that legislation at Trenton is
practically in the same condition as
that which existed at Jefferson City
before Governor Folk washed the Mis-
souri, capital clean. The policy advo-
Gated by Mr.. Griggs has tendency to
break up the State organization" for
actual debate. The return of the legis-
latures to their old standing as DELHI
eratiVe bodies puts a premium on in
dependent and personal individual
strength-and these qualities are the
death OF organization"
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is believed that he hardly ever
mad a case worthy the name When
the war broke out he entered the vol.
unteer army and rose rapidly to a high
position. In August. 1893. when Ma.
Mia fell. Mr.. Smith was made Deputy
Provost Of the city. Then he became n
member Of the commission which met
the agents Of Aguinaldo at the BEGIN
ming OF the following year Later he
commanded the island Of Negros with
much success. and ultimately the De
partment OF the Nisa.as This was but
n stepping stone for him TO- "a place on
the bench. and later a promotion to a
ssicnership
mr. smith has been successful as a
member of the Philippine Commission
being In charge OF the educational sys
tenn now being established i'm the
Islands lie is close TO Secretary Taft
understanding all Of the Taft methods
OF dealing with Philippine problems
a rumor rs current that were Secretary
Tart to become President Of the United
States Smith would more than likely
become Secretary Of War.
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West Point Religious.

The American Messenger. the organ
OF the Annual Tract Society. saws I'm
an account Of the annual presentation
ot Bibles to the graduating class at
The United states Military Academy at
west Point that there is "a strong re-
ligiou5 atmosphere there. that nearly
an the cadets are members Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
ana that about half Of them attend
some twenty Bibles classes, conducted
Dy readers chosen from among them
selves who are in turn enrolled in a
normal Bible class, taught by the
chaplain.
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THE MCKINLEY PORTRAIT,
PAINTING OF MARTYRED PRESI.
DENT HANGS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
Artist Murphy. Hitherto Unknown
Paints This Portrait Without a
oitting and from Photographs Only.
~ Francis ID, Gessner.

It is somewhat remarkable that the
portrait OF President Mckinley that
now hangs in the White House was
painted by an humble and hitherto un-
shown artist in New York to whom
the President never accorded a sitting.
The lamented Mckinley did pose for
famous artists OF Europe and the best
portrait painters of our own country.
yet 1t remained for Mr.. William ID.
Murphy, of New York, to produce with
the aid only OF photographs the one
portrait or Mckinley most acceptable
10 the family and friends. More than
tnat, 1t was considered the most de-
sirable one to be hung on the historic
walls of the White House.
MIR. Murphy has a modest little stu
do at II East Sixteenth street, New
York, Just of Union Square. He had
achieved some local fame as a pains
taking portrait painter. but had never
dreamed OF having a picture hung in
the White House along with portraits
done by the most famous artists of sew
eral generations. After the terrible
tragedy at Buffalo. Mr.. Murphy made a
collection OF the Presidents photo
graphs. together with information as
to coloring and aided by Mrs. Murphy.
who is also an artist, produced a pic
80 Be'HNNi. w AANll TIC picture was
finished Mr.. Murphy made efforts to
have Abner Mckinley, the brother of
the President, see and criticise the
work. Finally the artist had an in
terview with Colonel Wilbur C. Brown
Abner's business partner and who had
been very close to the beloved Chief
Executive. 1t was after much plead
ing that Colonel Brown consented to
bring Abner to the studio Neither had
ever heard of Murphy. They had seen
hundred portraits OF Mckinley. good
bad and indifferent, and were them
selves ind nerent, the more so because
they knew that this unknown artist
had never been given a sitting. How
ever, his pleadings were SO earnest
mat they finally went to the studio.
The picture was unveiled and the
brother stood amazed and startled. as
II the dead had suddenly come to life.
Tears came to the eyes of Abner and
the eyes of Colonel Brown. They gazed
IN silence for a time, and then the
brother said THAT is the best portrait
OF dear Will that | have ever seen"
Colonel Brown said the same. and
both advised the artist to put the con
ception in oil and compete for the hon
or OF having it hung in the White
House. Mr.. Murphy did so. aided by
his wife. aad it was chosen in prefer
ence to the hundred or more paintings
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fered, from our cousins across the
sea.
Five or six hundred years ago, the
boys in the, old town of Grimsby
Lincolnshire, Eng, looked forward to
Plow-Monday as eagerly as those of
today anticipate Christmas. This
1east was never overlooked. 1t meant
wlld excitement, a procession, the
atrlcal entertainment, usually out of
doors on the broad docks, a church
service with sermon, and n grand
barbecue and feast extending far into
the night. 1t was known as Plough
Monday or the giving of thanks for
tne harvest of crops. 1t came at the
ci0se or the Christmas holidays, was
ollclally recognized, the Mayor of the
town leading the procession. and his
Drethren' following proudly. The
Day. opened early and active. Crowds
hocked into town Shop-keepers opened
Wiue ana dispensed generous hospi-
o oIa'yi Good cheer, good food, good
nle' shone IN al faces: The plough
common farm implcmcnt-w
decked with brilliant fabrics. The
young people lined up along caiIv
coiOrCd ropes attached to the cIeviS
ms Honor, the Mayor, at the handles
IKE steamboat pilot. for it was often
a chase like the wind, up street and
down pell nell. His official subor.
- A'iAbN'u, lucn the nEtnlA Of
me town, young and old; ana the far
LnerS from the neighboring country.
Like the Circus Parade.
They dragged the plough and fine
mayor and all the old folks through
.ie stroetS, singing, shouting, and beo-
kIhS from door to door for clothes
1000 or whatever eIse was tO he
gwen away. Aims and presents were
EVEN Tor distribution among the moor
Inc company was led by 4 fool mr.
Gown witch, several dancers = 6d.
uIer' or several, called MINISTRIES. and
strong man with a cart to carry tba.
presents gathered on the ,yav. Vim
lhe procession had covered evarv
street the plough was dragged into tho
CIuTch ana placed before an altor
an handS then withdrew to n broad
open space, near the docks ,yI,r -
pay was held on an improvised stooe
=, ms play was called Creation" and
lse company Of performers consisted
OF priests, clerks, and others y,bo
.yoh me parts Of God the Father ga
tAe son the first woman. tho or
man. the serpent, the devil NJ
Hda M ana other historical ana scrir
turai characters. This play ,v,, ~
garded as most sacred. and tba 9rc.,t
crowds witnessing If were d,,I ~
pressed by its sOlcmnitv III
ne details OF the play are not givo,
Dut the Idea OF Gods BLESSING in tbn
sudPe OF Hght, air, sun, water earth
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rates that men will go out from the
5ties and live on the land and make
good citizens. when they are taught
yabout the land after they get on it.
Agricultural Educa lion Needed.
Viewed from both standpoints II ,s
! n demonstrated and unouestionabIe
{ fact that American public schools need
far more OF practical agriculture In
ktheir courses, than they now teach. In
fact the majority of them do not teach
agriculture, In any of its branches. at
all. The teachers themselves, as they
are graduated to-day, know nothing
o. the subject. Their educational sys.
tem y IN a rut from which it cannot
re moved except by a strong popular
Selnand which in itself must come
from an intelligent comprehension of
tne weak points OF the system.
Inc problem is one for the serious
&consiueration OF our most far-seeing
etatesmen-the stemming of this CEN
ttlpetal movement which is overcrowd-
6 ing our centers of Industry where men
WORK for day-wages. and which Is
steadily drawing from our rural COM
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New Philippine Governor

1t is reported that James f. Smith
member of the Philippine Commits.
sion, is slated by the Administration to
become GovernorGeneral of the Phil
ippines.
Mr.. Smiths career during the past
four or five years has been remarkable
in his extraordinary rise to occupy an
important position under the Govern
ment. Before the Spanish-American
War he was a young lawyer of
no standing in San Francisco. II
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submitted in the competition. II hangs
side by side with portraits painted bv
stuart and others Of international
fame. Mrs Mckinley has never seen
the original painting, but admircs the
Photographic copies The engraving
herewith presented lacks, OF course. the
me coloring OF the painting but the
pose. the expression is strikingly inn
pressive to anyone who knew the be-
loved Mckinley in life AS before
mentioned, the remarkable thing is
mat the artist created the picture from
photographs and the result seems to
those who have seen the portrait to be
something little short Of an inspiration.
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OLD BRITISH FESTIVAL.
PLOWM MONDAY As OBSERVED IN
FOURTEENTH CENTURY AT
GRLlSBY, ENGLAND.
Farmers and Townsmen Gathered
TO Celebrate BountifuI Crops-Town
Treasurer Paid Bills.

All old-time country people remem-
Der evenings ut corn-husking, apple
pairing and sugar-boiling. Not sc. long
ago n husking bee was a great event.
and boys and girls. old and young,
gathered from far and near to sit on
the floor of the barn, husk big ears of
ripened corn for several hours, end
ing with grand feast OF pie, cake,
hot coffee, cider. and all the other
goodies of the farm cupboard. But in
this country there are no definite and
fixed festivals held in the fall of the
year at harvest time. Thanksgiving
is only n formal remembrance. In this
we differ, and we have always diff
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TaInabIe sman Librnrv.

Dr. Frederick Rowland Marvin has
one Of the rarest Libraries i'm the coun-
try. To contains only about 1000
volumes, but many Of them are first
editions and The manuscripts are me
msntoes of gifted men and women no
longer living.
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WORKS az over his mousse.

Joel Chandler Harris only works
when inspiration gcizos him. He has
no settled library. no study no desk.
no workroOm OF his own. but in every
room Of his house is to- be found n
table with pen. ink and paper. so that
IF the happy idea comes 10 him it, can
be caught and fixed without delay
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LINGUISTIC ParroL

A parrot which can talk in two
languages. and which has seventeen
phrases. has been added to the London
geological Gardens. 1t is a native of
Northern India.
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Ny Pipe.

When love grows cold, thy IRE still
warns Jue,
When friends have fled, thy presence
charms me.
If thou art full, though purse be bare
smoke and cast away all care"
German Smoking Song.
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Their O1Ul
Cr0p.

munities where men own the land they
live upon and obtain their sustenanca
from the soil
Yet there is an undercurrent of quiet
iorce at work, year by year becoming
better organized and with broader pow
er, whose tendency is to overcome this
hurtful condition and stem the tide
OF immigration away from the land and
INTO the already overcrowded centers.
Industrial and agricultural schemes of
education are finding footholds here
ana there and nature study courses
and school gardens, where children
are taught to know something of the
soil and plants and the real wonders of
nature, are no longer sconed at or
looked upon fads.
To Fit for Real Life
This movement embraces the de-
mand for the teaching of domestic
science and both agriculture and man
uaI training in all the pubic schools
SO that children shall be taught to
work with their hands and TO force
- from the soil the greatest pOsstble
~. production, as they to-day learn in the
public schools of France Denmark and
3 er OF the older countries. The new
ement maintains that every school
s. have school garden where ev-
S. lid should be intelligently taught
a lover of nature and of the
Y and trained toward the land as
2{|z rec of honorable livelihood, rath-
IS Nm away from it.
cme of the work of the Department
Agriculture shows the tremendous
which exists for farm training
Need for Farm Teaching.
j. be a successful farmer today
rs that man must not be satisfied
Mt and reap his father did be-
81. i'm, but that he must study the
z ions OF his soil and climate and
ssary discard as Improbable
3 ps which have been raised in
s ality from time immemOrial and
lutte those which scientific ex-
ents have demonstrated are the
est money makers; he must study
reedng Of plants as he would the
.< ~ ling of animals: he must learn
to fight and overcome the many
Is and other enemies OF his crops
i've stock; in a word he must de-
PAS much hard study and thought
Frming as he would TO any other
zen trade or profession which he
wight elect to engage in, if he moved
into city community. No young man
would expect to pass from the farm
into the city and make even a bare liv-
ing unless he felt himself specially
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The Yellowstone trout has been
caught in the very act of going over
Two Ocean Pass from the Pacific into
the Atlantic drainage
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and charged up to the municipal ac-
COUNT that prices or labor and food
are many times higher now than in
that time when trusts and combines
were unknown. Actors were rated
exceedingly low. as appears by the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-19
Ansel to the People.

Governor.elect Ansel has issued the
following address to the people OF
South Carolina: II am truly CRATE
'ul to the Democratic voters Of South
Carolina for the splendid vote re
ceived throughout tho State In the
last primary election and I take this
opportunity of thanking them for this
manifestation of their great conf
dencs. I shall be the Governor OF al
the people and shall bend every effor'
towards upbuilding and maintaining
he high and honorable position
which our State has attained. Tt
this end I pray that God may give
me wisdom and strength. I respect
fully ask that all the people give me
5heir influence and cooperation IL
making my administration ono tina,
shall rebound to tho best interest OF
the entire State. M. f. Ansel."