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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Lincoln. Neb., June 13.-Referring
Thursday night to the dispatch from
Milwaukee concerning his attitude on
the question of prohibition, Mr.. Bryan
said:
II have received many letters from
prohibitlonists and many from oppo.
nents of prohibition, and ! have an
swered them all In the same way. I
have told them that l did not regard
the question as national question.
While 1t is an issue In a number Of
states, l do not expect 1t to be made
an issue by either the Republican o,
Democratic national conventions. I
have made 1t a rule not to discusA
questions outside the platform, be-
cause the candidate has no right to
inject issues which his platform en-
cludes.
"In answer to questions about my
own record on the subject, have
stated that SO far as my personal
habits go, am teetotaler, never hav.
ing used liquor as a beverage, but in
1890 voted against the state, prohi-
bitIon amendment because l thought
the license system we have, with local
option, was better suited to the condt
lions we have to meet in our state.
when an attempt has been made to
draw conclusions from this as to what
ought to be done in other states have
called attention to the fact that state
laws ought to be made to meet the
conditions existing In the state and
that what l did in Nebraska could not
be a guide in states where conditions
were different.
"In other words, l have refused to
give advice on the question In other
states because I am not sufficiently In.
formed as to the conditions in the
various states and l have refused to
discuss 1t as a national question, be-
cause, as l have said, do not expect
1t to be an issue in the campaign"
Mr.. Bryan and Charles A. Towne of
New York, attending the meeting
Thursday night of the Lincoln Bryan
club, made addresses, outlining the is
sues concerning the national cam
paign.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
To Fight tuberculosis in Cattle.

Albany, N. Y, June 1S.-During the
closing hours of the extraordinary ses-
sion Thursday both houses of the leg
islature passed the Allds-Lansing bill
amending the agriculture law so as to
aid the state department of agricul-
ture in its campaign for the suppress
sion of bovine tuberculosis. The bill
is accompanied by an appropriation of
$145,00O for the payment for diseased
cattle condemned by the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
A Plttsburqer's Crime.

Pittsburg, June fitzpatrick o'Hare,
laborer, aged So years, Thursday
shot and seriously injured his sister
in-law, Miss Bessie Mcfarland, aged
rs, beat his wife over the head with
the revolver until her condition is cri-
teal. and then going to a nearby hotel
engaged a room and cut his own
throat, infiicting a wound that the
doctors say will prove fatal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
AN EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN
AND WRECKS PART OF FLOOD
Ed MORRIS PACKING HOUSE.
THE MONETARY Loss NEARLY 100000
Two Other Employees and Fire Chief
Injured, Not Dangerously, and IS
Horses kllled--FIremen Carried
Hose Over q TrestIe and Waded
Waist Deep to Fight Blaze.

Kansas City, June 13.-It lacked q
few minutes OF the time for the 4:3(
o'clock whistle to blow at the Morris
G. Co. packing plant Friday morning
Fred Nelson, a Waterman, was pre-
pairing to make his morning rounds.
AS he trimmed his lantern there was
serious expression on his face. He
appeared worried when he talked to
Jacob Whey, another Waterman. Mel
son had a premonition Of danger.
II don't like to make this trip" he
said, significantly. I'm afraid that
sewer gas will cause trouble. 1t put
my lantern out last night. But I've
got to get those temperatures" He
started on his rounds and went down
the basement steps.
Suddenly flash of fire colored the
dark interior of the sausage house.
With roar that was louder than the
explosion, with a creaklng and split
ting of steel beams, with a breaking
and groaning of timbers, the building
fell. Far to the sides the wreckage
spread. High above the bodies Of Mel
son and Whey the bricks, mortar,
great timbers, steel beams and. pro-
visions Of the various departments
piled.
The fire apparatus that was rushed
to the Nelson Morris station, was
blocked by the water from the Kaw
river that had flooded the ground
around the Morris plant.
The engines Of the department were
useless. The lines Of hose had to be
attached to plugs on the docks Of the
plant and power derived from the
packing machinery.
As soon as possible more lines of
hose were added and water thrown
on the fire from every feasible point.
Although part of the building No. 8
and all of the sausage house was
aflame when the firemen reached
there, by 8 O'Clock the fire was under
control.
1t is believed that the explosion was
caused by sewer gas.
The body Of Whey was recovered.
He lay face downward under three
feet Of brick rs feet east Of building
No. s. His arms were extended above
his head. His left leg was twisted un-
der his right. Evidently he had been
along the dock next the build
ing which crumbled, in an attempt to
reach place of safety when the fall
Ing brick crushed him. A watch,
which was running, was taken from
one of Winey vest pockets.
Whey was AZ years old He leaves
4 widow and four children. He had
been employed at the Morris plant
.hree years.
The body of Nelson, the other vic
i'm, cannot be recovered until the
-ufns are COOL Nelson was Sc years
Did. Besides wife, 13-year-old son
s living.
Thirteen head of horses, stabbed in |
he plant, owing to high water, were
Killed. Two other employees were in
ured. The monetary loss is put at |
nearly 100000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Gold Medals for Aeronauts.

st. Louis, June 13.-The Aero club
Of st. Louis, under whose auspices the
international balloon races were held
last year, Thursday voted to award
gold medals to Oscar Erbsloeh, the
German pilot who won the race In the
Pommern, and to Alfred Leblanc, the
French pilot who came second in the
Isle De France and set the endurance
record of the race by remaining long.
est In the air.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
AM unpopuIar Order ResoInded.

Guthrie, Ok, June 13.-The state
board Of agriculture rescinded the
order, effective Thursday, to raise the
price of rentals on school lands rs per
cent, on account of continued rains and
bad crops. News of the boards action
was received with general satisfaction
by the 10000 lessees in the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
children suffocated In a Trunk,

Fall River. Mass, June 1S.-After a
long search Thursday night the bodies
Of Joseph and Andre Beaudry, and
Is years old respectively, were found
locked in a trunk in which the chill
dren are supposed to have hidden
themselves in order to escape going to
school. The trunk has a spring lock.
The medical examiner decided that
their deaths were due to suffocation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Utah viii support Hammund

Salt Lake City, Utah, June 3D.
John Hays Hammond will receive the
support of the Utah delegation to the
Republican national convention in his
candidacy for the vice presidential
nomination. Senator George Suther-
land made this statement Thursday
and sent telegram to Mr.. Hammond
informing him of the decision.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Senator Bailey operatsd upon.

New York, June 1S.-That United
States Senator Joseph W. Bailey Of
Texas, who has been Ill with throat
trouble In this city for several days,
has submitted to surgical operation
on his throat and is now recovering
therefrom, became known Thursday.
His condition was reported to be favor
able, although he was suffering from
q slight fever.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Philadelphia, June 1S.-The Knights
and Ladies of Security at their sew.
enth biennial convention held here
Thursday elected the following Of
ficers: W. B. Kirkpatrick, Topeka,
Kan, president, and John B. Abra-
hams, Topeka, secretary. Delegates
from II states are attending the SEES
sions. The headquarters OF the so
ciety are in Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Meeting Of Currency Board.

New York, June 1S.-The currency
commission held session here Friday.
At its close 1t was said that the day
was devoted to a discussion Of meth
DDS of procedure. Senator Aldrich,
who was chairman of this commits
sion as well as of the finance COM
mittee of the senate, said that state
ment of the commissions work may
be made soon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

st. Louis, June 13.-After kissing
his two little daughters, while tears
streamed down his cheeks, John Hend-
rickson sent them into another part
of the family. home Thursday and then
killed himself with a revolver. He
had been looking" for work as a car
penter for the past six months, with
out success, and had become despond-
emit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Flood Over at Kansas civ.

Kansas City, June 13.-Condition
here are much improved, as the wa
tiers Of the Missouri and Kansas rivers
are slowly falling. Railroad traffic is
much improved, while street car serv.
Ice has been resumed on all but one
line. Heavy rains in Kansas may
check the fall and the weather observ.
er cautions people about returning to
their homes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Racing to Continue in New York.

New York, June 13.--Relative com
placency has followed the consterna-
ton thrown into the camp Of the race
track owners, horsemen and book
makers by the passage and the signing
by Gov. Hughes Thursday of the anti
race track gambling bills, and Thurs
day night the sentiment Of the follow
eTs of the turf seemed to be that rae
ing would be continued.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Former Army Officer Convicted.

Chicago, June 13.-Daniel F. Kellar,
former captain in the United States
army, was Thursday found guilty in
the United States district court of the
larceny Of six blank checks from the
Office Of the quartermaster at Fort
Sheridan, ILL., The defendant was
given until June % to file bill Of
exception.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Wife FInds HIs Body.

Ellsworth, Kan, June 1S.-william
McCowen, farmer, was riding on a
disc plow when the horses ran away.
McCowen fell under the plow and was
cut to pieces. His wife found the
body.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
The Tennessee Wins a rrophv

Washington, June 13-The armored
cruiser Tennessee has been declared
the winner of the Spokane trophy
given for the best record made by the
turret guns at one target of any ship
in the navy. The trophy is silver cup
navy. The trophy is silver cup
valued at $500.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
The Russian Way.

Tihis, June 10. = Ten robbers,
heavily armed, invaded the customs
once here Thursday and killed the Of
fetal in charge and his four assistants.
decamping with $4,000. The police
pursued the robbers, killing three OF
them, but the others escaped.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
London Meat Prlees Go lJp.

London, June 13.-The retail trade
organizations have been given notice
OF a further general rise in the price
Of meat, the advance being attributed
TO the shortage Of cattle here and the
scarcity in America.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Detroit, June 13.-Thursday after.
Moons session Of the mass convention
Of millers Of the country, under the
auspices of the Millers' National fed
GRAFTON, was devoted to discussion of
"The Troubles Of the Milling Industry
and a Remedy"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Washlngton, June I3.-President
gompers and Secretary Morrison Of
&c American Federation Of Labor LEFT
THURSDAY for Chicago where there WIN
ID q meeting Of ne executive council
q ~ flipstion Saturday
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Clinton. Ia, June 1S.-The Iowa
state Federation Of Labor Thursday
reelected A. L. Urick Of Dies Moines
president and decided to hold the 1903
convention in Dubuque.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
r.lsphon. Manaaer Drowned.

Topeka, Kan, June &c. W. Rob
erts, manager for the Independent
Telephone company at Perry was
drowned Thursday in the Delaware
river here, while attempting to repair
q break occasloned by the food.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Topeka, Kan, June 1.-THE Unlon
Pacific here reports that Il win not Be
able to run through trains on its Kan.
sas line before Saturday. The most
serious vashOut 4 iust east Of Nan,
haitian
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
sedaIIa Remain, Wei.

sedalia, No. June 1S.-After one Of
the most bitter campaigns in the his
tory Of sedAlia, the voters Thursday
rolled up q majority of sls against
local option. The vote was; For 10
cal option. 1850; against, 2,s2s.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
oIdest Yale GRADUATE Dead.

Providence. R. l., June 13.-William
Davis Ely, the Oldest alumnus Of Yale
university and a member Of the class
Of 1886, died at his home here Thurs
day. Death resulted from heart fail
ure. Mr.. Ely was 90 years Of age.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
A Club Man Dead.

Toledo, o., June 13.-Locking him,
self alone in his coy fiat, Louis M.
Koch, a well known club man Of this
city, placed a revolver to his temple
and sent two bullets through his
brain. No motive Is known.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Greensburg, Pa, June 1S.-one wo-
man was killed and another died soon
after, as the result OF being caught be
tween a safety fence and a fast NOV.
ing express train at Lockhart, near
here. Thursday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
WHERE HE STANDS.
Mr. BRYAN TELLS or HIS POSI-
TIoN ON THE LIQUOR
QUESTION.
PROHIBITION IS NOT 4 CAMPAIGN ISSUE

Democratic Candidate Does Not Ex-
pect Either Party to Take Up Cues
ton In Their National Conventions
Personally 10 = TeetctaIer-Made
an Address to a Lincoln Club.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
cllns the Rsoord Anain.

New York, June 13.-The Lusltania
has Just made the trip across the
ocean in four days, 20 hours and 8
minutes, beating the record seven
minutes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

By the passage of the antl-race
track bills in New York owners Of
horse breeding plants in Kentucky
will lose on investments worth mil.
lions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
J0LLEY & GILES,
Real Estate Loans
and Insurance

Some special farm and city bar
gains. Loans negotiated at reason
able low rates. Money paid when
papers are approved.
List property with us. We are now
preparing Spring list Of Farm and
City property. II you want good
service, list with us.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Always keep . Dor Of Ayers Pills in the
house. just one pin a. bedtime, nov and
then, yin ward On many an nftnck Of
blliouSness, Indigestion, sick headache.
How many ysarl has your doctor known
these piihf Ast hin all aboul then.
-nue, " osLa ars4 g. teusn. m.ea.-
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02

JHd restrict such experiments were introduced in the state legislature Now the physicians of the city have become aroused and nave shown that these stories of atrocities are false and the board Of health of the city has passed resolutions declaring that all the advances in preventive medicine for the past twenty years which have reduced the death rate in New York nearly "ne-third saving the lives Of more than 3n.000 persons year. have been based tp a great extent upon experiments performed on living ami malS. Health Commissioner Darling ton has brought forward statistics t1 show that deaths from diphtheria in tho city have been reduced to one fifth what they formerly were as a result of the animal experiments that led to the serum treatment and has asked the anti-vivisectionists how many dogs they considered to be worth oIe human being thus saved from death. Thus reduced to absurdity the to save street dogs and guinea pigs at the expense of human beings seems likely to collapse and the bills to which it gave rise probably will he allowed t0 slumber quietly in their pigeon holes at Albany.
 LONGACRE.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02

dollars apiece are broken in the high CT class cafes every year. The figures show indeed more than one hundred of the most exclusive places in each of which such breakage amounts to more than S2500 annually. There are al least a dozen too where the sum exceeds $10.OOO every twelve months The careless or destructive public iS not called upon to make good this loss in the ma iority nf places except in the case of mirrors. For the pleasure of breaking one of them the customer is expected to pay. of course. too. a large part of the Si,000.0O0 annual loss arises from the more valuable glasses which are merely clipped Such. how ever. in the better cafes and hotels are discarded as a total loss. How impOr tapt this whole item is may be seen from the assertion of glass manufac- tUrers tO the effects that an annual revenue averaging $200 accrueS to them from each drinking place in the state. In addition To this the value of the glassware stolen from the res taurants evey year amounts to about S1 .0OO. 00O so that Father knickorbock CTS drink bill. in addition to costing him about S350.000.000 annually for linuids consumed has added to it the not insignificant sum of s5.000. 900 for containers.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02
Voters and Taxpayers, Read and Reflect.

stitution? Does it give even a free lunch without expecting the cater to buy more than enough whisky or ci gars to pay for it? Does it ever give the glad hand" of welcome and jo- vial fellowship to any man unless it believes there is available cash in his pockets? Does it contribute to the cause of benevoIence? Does it do any thing but salt every dollar it can squeeze out of the hard hand of la bor: the soft hand of youth and inex- perience or the careless hand of the business man?
 Who pays the bills? We say the people; We pay the bills.
 Who pays the licenses? We say the people. We pay the licenses!
 Who pays your taxes? We say the people. We pay your taxes!
 Who pays for your stock? We say the people We pay for your stock!
 Who pays your rent? We say the people. We pay your rent.
 Who pays your expenses? We say the people. We pay your expenses.
 Who pays your profits? We say the people. We pav your profits!
 Who pays the bills? We say the people We pay the bills,
 And we are tired of paying the sa loonkeepers bills for we nave bills of our own to pay. Now let us vote the saloon out and let it rustic for its own keep for awhile and pay it's own bills.
 ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS VOTE FOR PROHIBITION.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02
Dug up a Live Man.

The Liquor Dealers Publicity Com
 mittec has. like the witch of Endor
 disturbed the graves Of three geuerg .
 tlons to elicit testimony against t,yen-
 tioth century prohibition of its traffic
 Josh Billings once said that he hal
 paid four shillingc 10 hear Bob mger-
 s3l on the Mistakes of Moses but he would gladly give five hundred dollars
 to hear Moses on the Mistakes of Bob
 lngersoll. We have been freely in formed of the liquor sellers interpre-
 tation of the views of multitude of dead pen on prohibition ir Maricopa county but we would be willing to take up generous collection to hear any oEe of these dead men give their views as to the rumsellcrs' business and ar Suments in Phoenix. Arizona. in April, 1908 Unfortunately. the Ananias Club woke up one man whom they thought dead, Rev. Robert J. Burdette, the once famous editor of the Burlington Hawk Eye. and now the popular pas tor of the Temple Baptist church of Los Angeles. Dr Burdette immsdi- ately sat up and took notice" and made a few remarks which must have made the ears of the Publicity Com mittee burn The hypocritical mis- of good men which has the literature of the li- quor side in this contest has won many votes for prohibition. It is well that the campaign is near it's close for if there were time for d few more men like Robert J. Burdette. and many Of them have been quoted in favor of the ginmiN, 10 speak there would not be enough left of the saloon to prohibit. w hom the gods would destroy they first make mad" Surely every irdi- cation shows that tho gods have il in for the saloons Of Maricopa County for they have certainly turned its at- rocates and defenders clean daffy unto stiffness. Live men. who do their own and prefer to handle their own money. do not allow their noses .o remain between the thumb and first finger of the Proprietors of the Phoe- lix nose paint factories.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02
Who pays the Bills?
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE.

The saloonkeepers> profess to be the fairy godmother who nays the bills. supplies the luXuries and necessities of life to the community. IL is the generous benefactor of the public schools, :t is the mainsta:' or busi- ness. t is the friend in need to the taxpayer, it is the keystone to. the arch of general prosperity!
 Honest now, Does the saloon pay out a single dollar that does not come back 10 it's pocket multiplied many times? Is the saloon a benevolent in
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02
WHISKY THE MOST
 DEMORALIZlNG THING.

'I have defended forty-one men aud women for murder in my life, and nineteen out of twenty of the crimee were caused by whisky. I have de- tended lots of other criminal cases in my life. and l am safe in saying that nineteen out of twenty of them were caused by liquor. Whisky is the most do not usually drink it to get into d condition to rob and kill. but wh n they get it in them they are ready for any sort of deviltry that comes to hand."-Coi. l. W. Boulware, in Full ton CMO) Gazette.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-02
Personal Responsibility

The voters of Aaricopa county have today. for the first time. the oppor- tunity of declaring their attitude to- ward the greatest crime-producer in the world-the liquor saloon It is their privilege to shut its doors and stop :ts evil work or to endorse it's and continue it.
 If an- voter thinks this IS not q serious matter it is because he mas not given the subject proper consideration. The citizen who votes to perpetuate the saloon becomes a partner in it's moral guilt and personally responsi- ble for it's evil consequences. If John Doe gets drunk on Phoenix whisky and accidentally or Intentionally xiii, some one. you cannot escape your share of Responsibility for the shed blood. If Prosper BorGoni adds your daughter or some other mans daughter to his public harem, you cannot fhil fault for you voted to give the opportunity JOI JltSl SuNll lilillBS lb Npalit lO ptAo1 If your boy learns to drink in lhe gild- ed palaces of Washington street, you must not whine or shed tears. it is your own fault His blood k upon your own head. You knew the danger but to save dollar you agreed to run the risk. You will have to take your medicine and you will get no sy mpathy Daniel Webster said that the greatest thought which ever exercised his mind was that of his personal responsibility to God. That thought may well de- mand the attention of every voter who contemplates casting a ballot in favor of the institution which is the. breed ing place of crime. the nursery of vice. the partner of the brothel, the destroy CT of the home and the murderer of the souls oc men.
 THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE.