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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

rors Of war. If general disarmament
should be proposed you win not md
China indisposed to accept It.
Thinks Right Makes Might.
SIN conclusion would add that our
attitude on this question cannot be
better expressed, think, than by a
quotation from Sir Robert Hart, VINO
has been half a century in China. He
SAYS: The Chinese believe In right
so firmly that they scorn to think II
requires to be supported or enforced
by might In short, we believe that
right makes might, and not might
makes right; and l am sangulne
enough to believe that the whole
world is coming around to adopt that
view, which Is eminently the right
one.
Representing as | do, therefore, .
nation peaceable by nature and choice
taught from our infancy TO abhor Vlo'
lence, and reverence for right and rea'
son. to worship literary and Industrial
pursuits, and to neglect and despise
martial vain-glory, am very happy
I repeat, to bring to you this afternoon
the greeting of my countrymen."
Representatives Of the British
French and Japanese embassies and
Of the Turkish legation delivered
greetings from their countries, and
the session came to an end with q
speech by Richard A. Ballinger, sec
rotary of the interior, representing the
American government.
In the morning a business session
and conference Of peace workers was
held, over which Joseph B. Moore, JUS
tice of the supreme court OF Michigan
presided. Brief addresses were made
by H. c. Phillips of Lake Mohonk' N
Y: Henry G. Niles Of York, Pa; w.
H. Short Of New York: Robert c. Root
Of Los Angeles; George Fulk OF Cerro
Gordo, ILL.,; Rev. ]. L. Tryon OF BIOS.
ton: Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews OF
Boston: Miss Mary ]. Pierson OF New
York. and Alfred H. Love Of Philadel-
phia.
This evening there will be a great
banquet given by the Chicago Assocla-
ton Of Commerce, and the demand for
tickets was so large that 1t was neces'
sary to secure banquet halls in both
the Auditorium and the Annex no.
tells. The list of those who will re-
spond to toasts includes Mr.. Ballinger'
Mr. Martholdt, Congressman Tawney
of Minnesota and several Of the for
eign diplomats.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
Not Afraid to Fight.

at is not, however, that the Chinese
are afraid to fight. When compelled
BY necessity they make a good record
for themselves. 1t is their DISPOSE
ton, their education, which has made
them peace loving people.
I'm recent years the reorganization
OF the army occupies a prominent
place on our program Of REFORM
and the excellent showing made by
our troops Of the northern and south
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
aavarlan Distances.

In the Bavarian highlands sign
posts along the roads, instead OF stat
ing the number Of miles or kilometers
to the various villages, give the
amount Of time which the average
pedestrian win supposedly take TO
traverse the distance. This Is merely
an onicial expression of the very gen
eral custom of the peasants in the re-
gion, who invariably tell inquirers on
the roads not how far It is to . place,
but how long 1t takes to get there. MOI
only that, but they make the system
stiIl more unsatisfactory to the
stranger BY q little additional eccen-
tricity Of their own.
For instance, one asks; How far
Il II TO OberammergAur
"A small half hour" win be the an.
svsr. or perhaps = good half hour
or "A big half hour"
which Is puE1ling until the stranger
learns that a small half hour" means
IS minutes, - COED half hour" 80 min
-. "a big half hour" IS minutes, -
mail threequarters Of an hour ~
minutes, and 90 on.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

thought he saw the sharp-lined,
sunken- checked face Of woman leer-
ing at him-not a lovely face-with a
blotch Of red where the mouth should
be. but he never saw it again.
Kelly groaned and, rolling over, lay
ON his stomach. There was something
queer about that paper. He would
speak to the nurse about it.
However, he thought the nurse
might think he was crazy, and night
after night and day after day he
watched the Face, SO that its image
was stamped on his brain, and he even
saw 1t in his sleep. Then he began
to fidget, and he got into the habit OF
ducking under the blankets; but when
ever he peeped out, there it was,
Rrimacing, drawn with sorrow, pale,
and one eye squinted up as though an
unseen body writhed in agony. He
thought the Face looked like that OF
someone he had known. Mighty IA
miliar-looking. Confound it, where
had he seen that smile before?
So he got still more uneasy as he
watched that Sinking thing-those
splotches on the wall, each exactly
ike the other. It was always grin
ming, and he felt his own lips curling
into . similar smile; frightened-yet
he was fascinated and his Imagination
woVe q fantastic mess In his brain.
The first time he woke and found
the nurse out Of the room, he got up
and tottered across the floor and put
his face close to the wall. He saw a
wreath Of red roses with a cluster OF
red and white roses in the middle Of
the wreath; when he crawled back to
bed. he saw q ghoul sneering at him
with pallid. laughing lips and hollow
eyes.
One night, somewhere about II
o'clock, Kelly threw back the covers
and sat up. His eyes were rolling IN
their sockets. He stared at the wall,
and then he began to talk.
A streak Of light from . neighboring
window edged through the side of the
curtains and cast q wan glow on the
Wallpaper 90 that the clown face
vhitened into a skull wavering In the
uncertain haze, with . smear OF CO
aRuiated blood a. a background. The
uruli had a jaunty air and Its jaw
were banging apart in q vide smile
Kelly fancied be heard the thread Of
a sounds thin tinklo Of laughter, hk'
isicles dropping on a slab Of granite
sousing from that npleSs mouth
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
The Face on the
Wall Paper

~ II. FORREST

Copyright, BY Daily STORY FuD' CO..
Kelly was Ill. He lay on his back,
his eyes half shut, his fingers pulling
weakly at the white spread.
It seemed to him as though he had
lain so for years; yet 1t had been only
matter Of a month.
He had almost died. He wished he
had. Then he wondered why he strug-
gied to live when he wanted to die;
and he thought SO much about 1t that
his head felt as though 1t were going
around in wide circles, until he closed
his eyes to shut out the swaying
room. When he opened them again
he saw the Face.
He laughed loudly, although chill
shuddered through his body.
CHANGING upward he saw 1t again,
grinning at him. He twisted his head
and stared to the left. 1t was there,
too. And to the right-all around.
Well, he would have to gaze at the
ceiling. It wasn't there, anyway.
After while he glanced back.
He thought the Face was laughing
1t jigged up and down and the laugh
twisted into a sneer. Kelly shut his
eyes, but he could not keep them
closed. During his illness he had
watched that Face until he held his
mouth to keep from screaming. Some
times 1t seemed grotesque mask;
sometimes a somber-eyed monk with
crimson hood; and mostly hideous,
Sinking clown.
Why on earth had they hung such
abominable paper on the wall?
Casually glancing at it, Kelly had
first seen row on row Of red rose
wreaths with a cluster Of red and
white roses in the middle of the
wreath. One night he noticed that the
cluster Of roses formed face-a long,
thin, clownish face with a hint OF sor-
row in the twist of its haunting lips.
He had tried to pick out other faces,
but only a harlequin Knocked him
from the wall-columns and columns
of pierrots rising one above the other
stretching right and left, and all the
same and all staring at him. Once he
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
Iowa Home6 paths Meet.

Waterloo, Ia, May 5.-The Hahne-
mann Medical asspciation Of Iowa was
called to order in annual session to-
day by its president, DR.. R. W. Homan
Of Webster City. The meetings are
being held in the Ellis hotel and Will
close tomorrow evening with a ban
Quet. The attendance is large, all
parts Of the state being represented
and the program Of essays and clinics
Is excellent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

Los Angeles, Cal, May Sin a
handsome special train and escorted
by a large delegation Of Masons, the
famous travelling trowel Of the Ma
sonic order started to-day on its way
to the City Of Mexico. 1t will be
brought back on the same line, and
then will be started on a trip to all
the Masonic lodges Of the world BY
the Justine lodge Of New York city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
All FAVOR PEACE
OBJECTS or THE PEACE CON
cREss HEARTILY ENDORSED
b. DIPLOMATS.
CLOSING DAY is NOTABLE
wv Ting Fang Tells the Chicago Gath
erIng Of chlna's Traditional op-
position to War--Great Ban
quet In Evening

Chicago, May 5.-The second ma
t,onal Peace congress closed this al
tternoon in blaze Of glory, with the
most spectacular of Its many sessions
The final meeting was devoted to IN
ternational Greetings" and brought 10
Fether a decidedly interesting and
picturesque group Of diplomats from
foreign lands, who all told how deslr-
Ous they and their countries were 70
see the establishment Of a world
peace.
Richard Bartholdt congressman
from Missouri, was in the chair and
the first speaker on the program was
Count Johann Heinrich Won Bern
stortf. the German ambassador. He
vas followed by Herman de Lager
crantz, minister from Sweden.
Address by WI Ting Fang.
Then DR.. WI Ting Fang, the popu'
lar Chinese minister, in his gorgeous
native costume, took the fer, and
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

Mercer. Pa, May 5.-The THAI Of
James H. Boyle. the alleged abduetoi
Of Billy" whitia Of Sharon, Pa, set
to begin to-day was again continued
untIl Thursday morning
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

Omaha, Neb., May 5.-The Military
Order Of the Loyal Legion Of Ne
braska is holding its annual state
meeting here today There was little
on the program except the election oil
officers, but the old army soldiers who
held commissions during the Civil wal
are enjoying the reunion.
o. Eoufs, JaA l.-Earl McCourtney,
- years old. local representative Of
Harding, Whiting 4 Co.. Of New YORK,
committed suicide IN his once Friday
nlght By shooting himself In the head
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

ern armies at the maneuvers Of the
past two years. witnessed and favor
ably reported by correspondents and
military experts Of different nations,
proves that there is good material in
our people for the making Of soldiers.
The reorganization Of our army need
not, however, create the least alarm,
nor is II in conflict with the objects
Of this society. China never has
been and never viii be aggressive in
4 military WAy-she Is too fond Of
psaes and realizes too fully the hof
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
Mu rlna Fano. Minister from china.

told the gathering how much the CHI
nese loved peace. DR.. WI said:
II am very happy to bring to you
today the greetings Of the Oldest en-
pire in the world, of which have the
honor to be the official representative.
Especially proud am | to stand before
you this afternoon, beause the ma
ton l represent is famed for its love
tor peace. When 1t is remembered
that China has a population OF 400
100000, you will agree with me
that its attitude on the subject of war
and peace is Of some Importance to
the world at large, and l can assure
you that whatever other changes
political, educational and social, may
take place in my country, her tradi-
kional policy of setting disputes by
discussion and amicable means Will
not be departed from. China has no
schemes Of self-aggrandizement at the
Expense Of others-so often the cause
and pretext Of beHlcose action. Even
In her days of past conservatism and
Ueclusion from the nations Of the
west. her only desire was to be left
alone and be permitted to enjoy peace.
Her motto has been and is: Live and
let live.'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06
NEBRAskA's CAPITAL "DRY."
Proposition to Abolish Saloon Carried
BY Large Majority.

Lincoln, Neb., May 5.-A dry"
capital city for the next year was the
verdict rendered In the municipal cleo
ton yesterday. The proposition to
abolish the saloon carried by a major
Ity placed at not less than 500 and
possibly as high as 700 in a total vote
Of nearly $1,000 The voteis a marked
reversal of that of year ago when
license carried by majority OF about
300. After next Tuesday, when the
municipal year expires, there will be
no more saloons in Lincoln. The re-
suit is surprising only in the size OF
the majority piled up by the temper
ance forces. The outcome throughout
has been regarded as doubtful, with
chances favoring the no license side
but 1t was everywhere expected the
result would be close, The prohibi-
ton forces have conducted an agrees
sive campaign, importing speakers
from other states, while the liquor
forces have been on the defense.
The Republicans succeeded in secur-
ing control Of the municipal govern
ment by electing Don L, Love mayor
over Rust Malone, Democrat by ma
Iority estimated at 800 and with the
mayor most Of the other city officials,
aldermen and councilmen. For four
years the city has had Democratic
mavor
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

Omaha, May 5.-Late returns indi-
cate that the plurality Of Mayor Dahl
man will exceed 5000 with the rest
Of the Democratic ticket including the
entire city council running a few
hundred votes behind.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-05-06

New York city hotels are now enter
aiming 10 per cant more customers
Ihaa thsy were Oos year aga
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
DESPERATE MAN
KILLS OFFICER
After Stealing Neck.
lace Starts Shoot
ing Scrape
IS HIMSELF FATALLY INJURED
Though He Succeeded in
Mortally Wounding a Wo.
man and a Detective.

Omaha, Jan. 14.-Patrolman i. A..
Smith is dead and Detective W. G..
Devereese is probably fatally injured,
Albert Clarke is fatally hurt and
Betsy Smith dangerously shot as a re-
suit of an attempt by Clarke TO hold
up Anna Wilson'S place at an early
hour today. Clarke entered the Will
son place and ut the point of a revol-
Yer ordered the inmates to hold up
their hands. At the same moment he
snatched diamond necklace from
the Wilson wOman's neck and escaped
to the street Betsy Smith followed
him. Clarke shot her in the shoulder
Smith Clarke at once began firing at
the officer, two bullets hitting him in
the body. Dying, Smith raised him.
self and fired twice, one bullet hit
ting Clarke in the leg. The shooting
took place two blocks from the police
station and squad of officers immed-
lately began to search for the wound
ed robber who was later located on
the Douglas bridge by Detectives Dev.
ereese and Heitfeldt. AS soon as the
officers appeared Clarke began firing.
One bullet struck Devereese in the
stomach mortally wounding him.
Heitfeldt then shot Clarke twice. At
the hospital Clarke said that he came
from Denver three days ago.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
RARE ACT OF CHARITY
ENACTED BY LANDS
Judge Who Fined the Standard Oil
Company Takes Pity on Prisoner
and Gives Away his Overcoat.

Chicago, Jan 1.-THE thin figure
of Federal Judge Lands. who heard
the Standard Oil case, was late yes
terday seen breathing the cold wind
of the loop district without an over
coat.
Hi, there, Judge shouted a
friend, where's your overcoat?'
Il used it to light fire
Used it to light fire."
Yes said Judge Lands. II used
! it to light a fire to keep warm inside
Of me the spirit of charity that life
in great city like Chicago tends to
| freeze"
A short time earlier the Judge had
sentenced Matthew Arnson, White
slave" dealer to the house of correc-
tion. The prisoner turned away from
the bench and pulled his coat collar
| up around his neck.
"Arnson,' exclaimed the Judge
sharply, where's your overcoat?"
Your Honor" answered the prison
err Il amt got none. That was one
of the first things | soaked when |
came to Chicago"
| "Bailiff," said the Judge, Get mine
Land give it to him. Now. Gentlemen"
he added We'll proceed with the
case"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
Mines at Corona Yielding Astonishingly
Large Outputs and Attracting
Foreign Investors
THE ENTIRE DISTRICT UNQUEsT|oXABLY M|NERALzE0
Copper Assayng Fifty Two Per Cent and Lead at Thirty
Per Cent Being Taken From Newly Discovered Veins
That Appear to Be lnexhaustable.

Der of my fellow countrymen who are
prepared to invest great sums Of
money providing suitable propositions
can be found, such as that of the Cor
ona Queen Mining company, and to
my mind such similar propositions al
ready exist in the Gallinas mountains
At present | am engaged in opening
up large copper properties in the Gal
linas mountains. Though the prop
erty has only recently been taken over
vast amount of work has been done
and the development of the mines is
being energetically pursued So far,
the results have been astonishingly
gratifying, actually greatly exceeding
our greatest expectations. An eXcep-
tionally rich copper vein has been To-
Gated and also most productive lead
vein. The copper assays 81 per cent
and the lead 80 per cent. All present
indications lead to the we'll founded
supposition that when the mines have
been exploited to a greater depth,
wonderfully vast bodies of ore will
be uncovered. Every portion of the
Gallinas mountains over which | have
travelled are heavily mineralized and
merely awaiting the active hand of
the investor and developer. The eX-
istence of mineral is everywhere. I'm
! doubtedly the property will prove to
be OF such great value that a railroad
line will be built over the four miles
of plateau, thus affording ready oppOr-
| tunity to also ship out the cOarser
grades of ore at reasonable cost. AT
| present we are only attempting tC
ship out two or three carloads of ore
in order to test what the ore runs to-
other claims just as valuable and
without doubt these will be investi
gated in the near future. There is
sufficient indication of rich ore depos
it's to justify not one, but half dozen
or more companies to open up new
mines and begin immediate work
Capital invested in these oppOrtuni
ties can not go awry. The ore i:
there"
The Corona Queen Mining company
is composed of the following resident
stockholders: Ex-Governor M. A
Otero, ex-Attorney General George w
Prichard, Charles l.. Graves and T. M
Dubois. The English shareholders
are Oscar w. Seligman and Henry E
Churchman, both of London, England
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
ACCUSED BY GIRL
HE CONFESSES MURDER

York, Pa, Jan. 15.-Harry Keener, a
York county farmer, confessed today
that the story told by Miss Lorenza
Tawser, aged Is, that he killed a man
on his farm last July, was true. The
girl accused Keener, while lying on
what she believed to be her death
bed. Her reason for not telling of the
murder sooner was that keener swore
her to secrecy and threatened to kill
her. She said that he shot through
a glass door and killed the stranger.
At first he buried the body in the
orchard but later dug it up, dismem.
bered it and buried it in various
places. The girl was the housekeeper
for Keener and says that she was up
stairs when she heard the knock on
the door and later the shooting. She
ran down and found Keener with the
dead man.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
WESTERN MAN TO
SUCCEED GARFIELD

Washington, Jan. 14.-A successor
to Secretary of the Interior, Garfield,
is now mentioned in the person Of
Frank Pierce of Salt Lake. 1t is un-
uerstood the change will be made to
satisfy the western people who are
disgusted with the present incumbent.
Mr.. Pierce is represented as an able
lawyer, familiar both with western
conditions and with the routine and
practice of the interior department,
and coming from a state which gave
surprisingly large republican ma
jority in the recent election is looked
upon as good cabinet material.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14

Apace with the many wonderful
tales of new mining discoveries ana
rich strikes of various valuable ores,
that are almost daily cropping to the
surface and making this territory the
cvnosure of the worlds investing eye,
comes the report of the gratifying and
even bewildering results that are be-
ing obtained in the Gallinas Noun
tains in the northwestern part of Lin
/ coin county. About seven miles from
the town of Corona, in these produc-
tive mountains, the Corona Queen
Mining company owns and mas Deen
working forty-one claims, the success
of the venture becoming more marked
each day. In the early days these
mines were in all probability not un-
known and it is understood that early
settlers from Old Mexico came aGoss
these interests and for time sue
cessfully worked them. However.
since the Corona Queen Mining COM
pany established their claims the re-
suit of their energetic work daily un-
covers new fields of promise, in fact
as the general manager of the COM
pany. H. A. Judd, who is
also mining engineer, states
the amount of ore appears to
be absolutely unlimited and all that
is needed is sufficient enterprise
backed by capital, toNset to work and
the results that will be achieved will
be astonishing. The claims of the
Corona Queen Mining company have
been worked not only with American
capital, but chiefly with British cap
ital and at present many other En-
glishmen, attracted by the satisfac.
tory results SO far obtained, are pre-
pairing to invest further capital in SIM
liar mining ventures. Mr.. Judd, who
has been in this country for some
time, as the general manager of the
Corona Queen company, and who has
been busily engaged in pushing the
work at the mines, is enthused to the
highest pitch over the satisfactory re-
suits being brought forth, and yester
day just before leaving for the Gal
linas mountains where the claims are
located, gave out the following very
interesting interview:
The Opinion of An Expert.
Said 4Mr. Judd to the representative
of the New Mexican: II am here in
the interest of English capital and
desire to state that there are any mum
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
MAY PAVE THE WAY
TO COLLECT 100000

Washington, Jan. 14.-On behalf of
John F. Wilson, former delegate to
congress from Arizona, former Rep
resentative Charles H. Grosvner, of
Ohio, yesterday argued test case in
stituted in the United States court of
claims, attempting to recover $1,000
for mileage used for attendance Of a
special session of the 56th congress
which followed the special session
which merged into the regular session
Members of both houses made claims
for mileage, but the disbursing Off
cials refused to honor the claims. If
Wilson's suit is successful, it is esti-
mated that the way will be open for
the collection of 100000 for mileage.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
IN WEDDING GIFTS
The Niece of Ambassador Reid Fares
eptionaIly Well When She
Marries an Earl.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE marriage
of the Earl of Granard and Beatrice
Mills, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden
Mills and niece of Ambassador Reid
occurred this afternoon. The wedding
took place in the Louis XIV. room of
the Mills residence and the ceremony
was performed by Bishop Thomas j.
Cusack, of st. Stephens Roman Cath
olic church. The gifts to the bride in
cluded a check from her father for
100000 to be supplemented later on
it is said, by gift of a London town
house from her grandfather, D. 0.
Mills. The total value of the gifts, it
is said, will reach quite half million
dollars.