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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
Charges Against Meth0dIat BlshOps.

OWNt8S0 SSA1USe "SSuSS'SS DtSbVFSs
Warsaw, Ind, Dec. 22.-Charges in
volving Methodist bishops are incor-
porated in suits filed Monday, to set
aside the title of valuable lands and
other property decided by the late
Elijah Hays, Of Warsaw, to the mis-.
sionary board Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. Allegations are made
against the late Bishop Charles G. Nc
Cabe, Bishop William F. Mcdowell,
Bishop James F. Fitzgerald of st.
Louis, Judge Lemuel w. Royse of
Warsaw, Rev. D. H. Guild, pastor of
the First M, E. church of Wabash,
formerly of Warsaw, and William D.
Alleman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
Luncheon to ludae Wiley.

Shanghai, Dec. 22.-Lebbeius r.
Wiley, who recently resigned as
Judge Of the United States court in
China, was rendered a complimentary
luncheon Monday by leading Ameri.
cans in the city az well as represen-
tatives from various resident Euro.
pean nationalities. He will leave for
the United States on the steamer
Manchuria.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
Bio Christmas MAIL.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Nore than l.
100000 Christmas letters and parcels,
aggregating in weight $50 tons. passed
through the Chicago postofacs Mon
day. The ofielAls have arranged fo1
about 500 tons within TIE next three
days. The business is said to be
largely In excess Of last yoaF'S holiday
ruSh.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Chancellor Strong has prepared q
careful and judicial statement Of the
needs Of Kansas In Its higher institu'
tIons that should be. widely read.
Kansas should endeavor to have q
great agricultural college, . great
normal school and a great university
NOT three universities, none fulfill
ing its possibilities.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

committee. he seemed to devote his
efforts to making Chairman Payne
and Representatives Dalzell and Ford.
ney of Michigan uncomfortable. He
called Mr.. Dalzell John" and either
gave him such evasive replies to his
questions or dealt with him in such q
manner as to turn an evidently Sc
rious discussion into a humorous one.
The members from Pennsylvania soon
subsidized into silence. ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
New esrman Ambaasador ArrIves.


New York, Dec. 22.-Count John
Heinrich Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador to the United States,
with the countess and their daugh-
ter, arrived Monday by the Hamburg
American liner Amerika. This is the
ambassadors first visit to America,
while Countess Won Bernstorff, al
though born in New York, has not
been here for rs years. He looks
forward with extreme interest to his
work in Washington.
All Ministers Eligible.
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 22.-The effort
started about q month ago to exclude
from the Wichita Ministerial associ-
alton. those who do not believe in the
divinity Of Christ, has failed and Uni
versalists, Unitarians and other
churches holding similar faiths may
become members. The constitution
requiring the belief shat Jesus is
Christ. the Son OF the living God, as
declared In Mathew 1916" was
changed Monday to read "all ministers
Of Wichita in good standing in their
several churches may become mem
bers."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

San Francisco, Dec. IA coroner's
jury returned a verdict Monday that
the chief Of police Biggy. who dlsap.
peared from the police launch Patrol
while crossing the bay on the night Of
November 80, was due to accidental
drowning.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

.s'.. = e q = Il { {. Is. I 1. Il 81
william n. Tafk resolved III Nov.
iast The greatest popular vote sysi
given TO 4 candidate FOX president y
the United States. His plurality d
the popular vote has been exceeded II
only one instance, that Of President
Roosevelt in 1904. His rnalority d
the entire vote has been exceeded
only twice In the country's history
| by that for Roosevelt and for Grant
In 1872.
Taft's plurality was 1.266,Ss2. and
his majority over all 46s.6SO. The
total vote this year was 14,S9S,046.
Roosevelt's plurality In the record
election OF 1904 was 2,545,6l4, In q
total vote Of 1S,52O,521. Out Of q
total vote OF 6,466, 1866 in 1872 Presi.
dent Grant had plurality Of 762, 1891.
The votes for minor candidates In
1872 amounted to only about So, 600.
The election years since and in
Guiding 1896 have been the years Of
great popular majorities, II we except
the isolated plurality for Grant in
1872. Mckinley had 6O1,S54 in 1895
and $40, 100 In 1900. Prior to 1872
the heaviest pluralities were those for
Buchanan --496, 9Ob--in 1856, and for
Lincoln --491, 195-in 1860. Between
1872 and 1896 the pluralities were
comparatively small, and in two in
stances the winning candidate fell
below his principal rival in popular
votes. Tilden, defeated in 1876, had
plurality Of 26O,9S5, while Cleve-
land had aplurality Of 9S,0l7 when
Harrison was elected In 1888. Gar
felp had only 7,o1s plurality in 1880,
while Cleveland had 62,683 in 1884
and 380,810 in 1892.
Roosevelt and Taft are the only
ones who have passed the 800 mark
in the choosing Of presidential cleo
tors. Roosevelt helds the record with |
1856, which gave him plurality Of
1876 in the college, while Taft will
have 1921 and a majority Of 1859 in the
college. Grant, with 1856 electoral
votes in 1872, had majority Of 22S
in the electoral college while Frank
lin Pierce, with a total Of 254, had a
majority Of 2l2 in the electoral col
lege chosen in 1852.
The growth Of the country and the
consequent increase in the size Of the
electoral college, together with the
greater diffusion Of population, make
the results Of recent years hard to
compare with those Of earlier days
in the Country's history, so far as the
electors are concerned. In only rare
instances, however, has . president
been chosen who was not the popular
choice Of the country. The big pop
ular pluralities Of recent years appear
therefore, to command the principal
Of those who hope to wrest
control from the present dominant
party.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
Train Robbers Identified.

Portland. Ore, Dec. 22.-The en-.
gineer and firemen Of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company's
train, which was robbed near this
city last Thursday night, positively
Identified Monday Harry Benson and
Oscar johnson as two Of the men i'm.
pllcated in that crime.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Why did not those Nebraska towns
men instead Of shooting at the robbers
put some holes through the tires Of
the robbers motor carp That would
have stopped 'em.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
nI,hop MeouaId Near peath.

Rochester, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Bishop
Bernard ]. Mcouaid Of the diocese Of
Rochester, Is very low and 1t ID said
that he may not live through the
night. Bishop Mcoaaid, who Gale
brated his slghty-afth birthday last
week, has been III for more than slz
monthe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Congressman Anthony is the only
Kansas representative with a fight
that is worth talking about. He Is
bucking the whole United States
arrov
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Chicago, Dec. 32.-In the hrst a
months Of this year, 20 people were
Killed IN automobile accidents IN chf
eaeo. a. compared with Is for the
same months last year, while S17 pso
Die were injured. bat net fslAiiy, e
compared win al fuT Ne aama
months last year. .-.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Why wouldn't it be good idea to
have an investigation Of the Panama
matter and settle it once for alp 1t
will have to come sometime.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

H. j. Haskell, one Of the most
scholarly newspaper writers Of the
west, is the Kansas City Stars new
Washington correspondent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

The worst overworked word In the
Kansas language is banquet" What
has become Of the old-faShioned
s'lunch" and "dinner."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
An Iowa Mar prps psad.

Boone, Iowa, Dec. 22-Charies A
sherman, builder Of The Boone county
railroad, former banker and oil mag
nasa Of Casper, Wyo. dropped dead
here Monday Of heart diseasA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Congress will give Mr.. Roosevelt
. two weeks rest then be will be Ag-
gravated for two months straight
running,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

The city loses a mighty useful
pastor in the departure Of Rev. MIR.
Belts. Nobody goes to sleep where
he is at work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

About all the Kansas papers talk
about now is good roads and commits
sion form Of government.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Governor-eleCt Stubs has q $4,000
a month income from oil wells in
Oklahoma. No wonder he is in good
huuoor
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Venezuela is going to going to de'
clare war. What Venezuela needs IL
q spanking.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Turkey is to have q constitutional
government but il it does not work
better than i'd Russia it won't count
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

There is this consolation-you will
mot be urged to buy early for tor
months more.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

About the only excitement some
towns have Is when the local banks
burglar alarm goes off by mistake.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

The January magazines are in =
and Christmas seems away back last
all somewhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Syl Dixon, the special train man,
Is dead but the interest in his trains
died long before he did.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

One rather respects the good taste
OF those Nebraska robbers who re.
membered that it was after 6 o'clock
and wore dress suits.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
THURSDAY, DEC. "a, 1908.

The president OF Duma will not re-
sign. He is evidently formerly Of
Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24
AlL MInlsters EIInIbIe.

Trenton, n j, Dec. 22.-ThS Inter
national Smelling and Refining COM
pany, with an authorized capital Of
S50, 100000, was incorporated here
Monday. The company Is authorized
TO engage In the business Of mining,
milling and smelling ores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

1.-THE Adventure of the Long Black
Gloves has progressed this far:
Three persons know who took them
but all are afraid to 60 after the lady.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-24

Kansas is going after more jobs in
Washington. Correct. ''There are
engineers to burn at Panama"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
THE KIDS JUDGE"

One of the most gratifying results Of
the recent election was what happened
in Denver. There is man there named
Ben Lindsey who is more Familiarity
known as THE Kids Judge" Judge
Lindsey has been holding court, some
times in a regular court room, some
times on dry goods boxes; he never
deals with any one except youthful Of
tenders, and he deal with them not as
criminals, but as younger brothers
who need a lot of advice. AS a result
he has been of inestimable value in
the reform of the boys of Denver and
is firmly regarded as their friend.
AS you would naturally expect,
Judge Lindsey, being an efficien . pub
lie servant and conducting the best jul
venie court in the United States, was
not acceptable, to the party machines
Of Denver. This year when it was time
to choose successor to Judge Lind
sey, both the democratic and republi
can parties refused to nominate him
for reelection. In the good old days,
that meant that it was all over with
Lindsey, but in the better new days
twenty mine thousand Independent vo-
ters came trooping into the polls and
reelected him. 1t was a good job that
they did in Denver on November 8,
and it was possible because the women
voters of that progressive community
lined up on the right side of the fence.
If the boys had been allowed to vote,
the election officers would be counting
yet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22

tions. The interests paid over the
counter their campaign subscriptions
and helped themselves to more prlv1-
leges from the national shelves. That
is the true nature of the transaction.
"The privileges lay in tariff duties.
These kept out foreign-made goods
and enabled the interests to charge
the American consumer an abnor-
mally enhanced price. By a convenient
subterfuge the interests were supposed
to divide with the workingmen the
rich proceeds thus devised. This kept
the Workingmen quiet and induced
them to march dutifully to the polls
and vote for the continuance of Sys-
tenn they could have ended at any
time. The exact extent of the division
and its nature could be seen cOmpen-
diOusly and at all times by any one
that cared to compare the earthly
state of Mr. Carnegie Oet us say with
the environments Of one of Mr.. Car
negie's Workingmen. But the working
men never seemed TO make this COM
parison; hence the grand old game
went on pleasantly as before"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
ORCHARD LAND VALUES.

The reported sale Of the 1O0-acre
Dumas orchard for $1,000 per acre will
not create any excitement with those
who have kept closely in touch with
local land values, no matter what COM
ment it may create in those sections
where nature has been less bOuntiful.
\ thousand dollars an acre for land
in 100-acre tracts is, however, price
which is not reached in many sections
Of the country, and it is perhaps worth
while to note that this price was only
reached through mans cooperation
with nature. Nature did much for the
Dumas tract, in giving it good soil,
good climatic conditions and plenty of
water but Mr. Dumas did his share in
giving his orchard the care, the Scien
titic treatment. if you please, that it
deserved He did not plant his fruit
trees and trust to luck. He planted his
trees and stayed with them. pruning
here, grating there, and spraying
everywhere, until his orchard was a
model.
The lesson in this $1,000 per-ac
sale appears to be obvious.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
INLAND WATERWAYS.

The report of the inland water
ways commission to the conservation
congress recently neld in Washington
was that it has been estimated that
the inland waterways could be improV-
ed in ten years at an annual cost of
$50, 600, 900 a year-a total of $780, 00,-
600. This would amount to about so
cents per annum per capita, or total
for the ten years of Sc for every per-
son in the country-certainly not an al
arming amount for such great object.
But it will not be money thrown away,
for the report further estimates that
the direct benefits to accrue from the
completed plans are an annual saving
of $250,000,00J in transportation, $780,
600. 900 in flood damages, $25,000,000 in
forest fires, $75,000,000 in cneapened
power and $500,000,U00 through In
creased farm production, a total of ST.
900, 100000 q year, or twice the total
cost of the work. OF course this can
be only a rough, crude estimate, yet II
was not made entirely on mere guess
work, but by capable men who gave the
subject much attention. If the eStl-
mate be correct here is an income eV-
cry year after the work is completed
of twice it's total cost. And yet there
are public men who oppose this pro-
iect, or seek in every way they can
to delay it, says the Oregon Journal.
1t is objected, to-, that it would
be unbusinesslike and foolish to au-
thorize the issue of bonds until COM
piete surveys are made - pro-
iects and reports thereon received. This
is a dilatOry plea. The bonds need not
be issued until needed, some projects
have been already sufficiently lnVest--
gated, and with the certainty that the
policy had been decided on, surveys
and other necessary Investigations
would go forward much more prompt
ly and energetically than if the mat
ter were still left undetermined.
The champions Of this movement In
congress have by long odds the best
of the argument; they are fully fortl-
fed by a great array of facts; there IS
no real merit in any objection made to
the scheme; the people in all parts of
the country are unquestionably in ia
vor of it, and therefore, these congress
men ought to "go in to win this Win
ter and press this immensely import
ant project through both houses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and Vicinity: Tonight
and Wednesday; snow or rain; warm
er.
WASHINGTON: Rain west portion,
snow or rain east portion tonight, and
Wednesday; warmer east portion.
Weather Conditions.
\ moderate disturbance is off the
Washington coast and is causing ram
west of the Cascades and rain or snow
i'm northern California. Snow has be
gun to fall in eastern Washington.
Fair weather prevails over the central
portions of the United States attend
ing the high pressure area now central
along the eastern slope of the ROCKY
mountains 4 disturbance over the
south Atlantic and gulf states and the
fall has been heavy in Tennessee
Georgia and Alabama. Temperatures
have risen on the Pacific slope, most
noticeably in Idaho, Utah and Nevada
The Indications point to snow or rain
in this vicinity tonight and Wednes-
day with higher temperatures prevail
ing.
JOHN GROVER. Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
ADJUSTMENTS
Karl German.


At the Central Christian church to-
night the third number of the Y. M c.
A. entertainment course is to be given.
the attraction being Germain, the
Wizard, supported by a company of
three artists. Speaking of the, work of
German, the London Tribune of
March s, 1907, says:
Mr.. Karl German, the American
Wizard, is without doubt the most
plausible conjuror who has appeared
in London for years. He offers at
'England's Home of Mystery a pro-
gram so fascinating and bewildering as
to more than sustain the reputation of
a place so renowned for enigma and
mystery 1t is useless to go into de-
tail over SO deft and inscrutable a
performance as his, I soon became
tired of puzzling my brain trying to
ind out how each trick might be done
ana Kept my seat quietly enjoying
thep all with child-like wonder. re-
allzlng that the greatest wisdom is
not always to be wise for then all
fascination and mystery would go at
once"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
\ TERRIBLE ARRANGEMENT.

There have been few more severe
arrangements of the republican party
than that contained in the current is
sue of Success Magazine, in which
Charles Edward Russell writes on The
Breaking Up of the Parties"
This is the way he tells Of the par
tvs protective policy and what it has
brought about:
Being thus committed to protection
(Which was an old whig doctrine) the
eNigcnCieS of the civil war furnished
an excuse for an abnormally high de-
gree of protection, and the country saw
the heaviest import duties it had ever
known. The science of craftsmanship
is still in its infancy. and in modern
times at least no man has appeared
with a trustworthy gift of prophecy.
Nobody suspected what might come of
this, or it is certain that the party
leaders would have thought many times
before they started the organization
upon a downward way The tariff did
soma things it was advertised to do
1t built up some home industries; it
developed manufacturing in the north:
1t created large factory populations.
But 1t also did some things it had
never been advertised to do.
1T produced the first great and men
acing fortunes we had in this country.
1T infected and corrupted mems
minds with the lethal idea that the
machinery. power, and influence of
government might properly be used
to enhance the fortunes of a few men
at the expense of many.
1T developed a new and powerful
set Of privileged interests that before
long began to dominate national af-
fairs in much the same manner as the
slavehoIding privileged interests had
dominated affairs before the civil war.
Above all it founded and rapidly
built the system by which the support
and faNorS of government were ex-
changed for campaign subscriptions
10 any party the most deadly of all
commerce
With these new forms OF privilege,
therefore, the party that had been born
of passion against privilege was soon
in greasy intimacy with the very evil
II had been planned to destroy. That
was the sum and substance of the, sit
uation. The party was in power and
the men that held fat offices. WIN were
usually the men that directed the par-
tvs policy, desired it to remain in
power. The new interests made their
huge profits by means of an unfair
advantage that enabled them Gin plain
1erns) TO prey upon the, public This
advantage they secured from legisla-
ton: the legislation lay in the hands
OF the men that directed the party and
wished to remain in power. and the
success Of the party could be secured
tmost often) by campaign subscrip-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
"The Lieutenant and The Cowboy"

The Lieutenant and the Cowboy
the new western military drama,
which comes to the KeylOr Grand
theater next Tuesday night, should
not be COMPOUNDED with the, ordinary
clap trap melodrama, for this is play
of sterling worth and is presented by
an extremely capable company. No
better play can possibly be offered
theater- goers this season, for the SIM
pie reason that nothing superior has
been written. "The Lieutenant and
the Cowboy is a tense, heart-thrilling
drama but so sanely blended that the
complete story clings in ones mind
long after the performers are forgot
ten. 1t is by no means a gun" play,
but two shots being fired during the
four acts, and neither Of them in view
of the audience. 1t is, on the con-
trary, a strictly high grade production
we'll worth the attention of our most
critical theatergOerS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
Phone 159

the moon opens its outer surface and
that legendary parsonage, "The Man
in the Moon" appears. Then, as if
yielding to the complete eclipse of the
nine wonders of the earth, he floats
out upon the ether and slowly descends
to the stage. The illusion of the au-
dience is complete. For aught the au-
ditOr knows THE Man In the Moon"
has been endowed with a new form of
air motor which defes gravity. The
first thought is that of wires. No, gen.
tie reader, not wires. Instead an in
vention purchased at an enormous
cost to Samuel E. Rork, producer and
manager of this stupendous mirage of
fairyland. 1t would be a costly tale to
explain how it is done and might dam
in measure, the delight of witnessing
it. There are thirty numbers in 1.-THE
Land Of Nod all of the ''whistling
kind" and a chorus Of so winsome
maids that can sing and dance them.
AT the Keylor Grand theater We'd
nesday night, December 80.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22
HELPING SANTA
HOLD HIS JOB

LOS ANGELES, Dec 22.-Because
Santa Claus failed to stop at the home
Of Fflberto Mosques, aged Is years,
last Christmas, the youth is being held
at detention home on the charge of
burglary. Fearing his little brother
would be forgotten this year as in the
past, F'ilberto broke a window in a
toy shop and with his arms laden with
toys the boy ran home. aOther boys
saw him steal the articles and in
formed the police.