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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21

ne had leH. 4 win, to be sure, bu
Frances Hyde did not know whether
he had left her 800. OF 100000. The
testimony win show beyond dispute
that Clark Hyde did not know at the
time Of Col. Swope's death whether his
wife would get portion Of the wealth
or not.
Mr.. Walsh then went into the his
tory Of the case Of typhoid fever in the
servants quarters almost 4 year be.
fore Chrismtn Swope was stricken.
He declared that proper precautions
had not been taken at that time
against the spread Of infection and
blamed an open eesspool for the recur.
renee Of the malady. He said that
none Of the typhoid patients in the
swope home had proper care until
Mrs. Hyde went there; that they had
been taking the prescriptions 81 Jor.
dan, the negro. Until two days before
his death, Walsh said, Chrisman
Ewcpe had been given these number.
cd" medicines.
Scientists Well Paid.
Mr.. walsh went after the scientists
and minced no words In referring to
them as the paid employees" Of MIS-
sWope. He told Of how they were paid
500 and S2OO,a day for their services.
In the autopsy, the Jury was told, the
blood and other Important portions Of
Col SNOpes body were thrown away.
I'm the practice Of medicine" said
the attorney, II 10 absolutely unalloW-
able to hold an autopsy on q frozen
body, Col. Swope's body was frozen
when Il was examined BY the Chicago
doctors. The brain was frozen and |
when DR.. Hektoen took It out he broke
i IN several places.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21
DRIFTING ALONG THE
NORTHWEST GUILE COAST

The Biographies do not specifically
say 30 but the impression 4 given
to the pupil that New Orleans ID On
the Gulf Of Mexico. AT least that
Ii the understanding Iehad. Yet
New Orleans u nearly % fer from
the Gulf as Abilene n from Kansas
city. when this was discovered. of
course, the next thing was 70 see
what could be done about Investigat-
ing the way out to sea. The harbOr
IL filled with boats. Ships from Ham
burg. the Mediterranean ports, South
America and the Asia ports stand
side by side. loading and unloading
their cargoes. The big steafns that
sail for New York do not make q
stop between the two cities, Only
two small steamers cruise along the
coast and they run once q week. III
was q long search for the officers
and q longer one for the boat. And
when found It was not much Of 81
boat. It carried freight but had
accommodations FOR about twenty
passengers. But You could save mon
ey by riding on IT, "a three day trip
with meals and berth cost only $3.50,
which beat staying at one Of the
New Orleans hotels considerably
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21
The Fine Kentucky Jack
BIaCkEag|e

Black Eagle win maks tie season
q 1910 At Whilshalr Brothers bsrn
II miiea south and l mile east Of
Abilene
Black Haglo d . black isok ana
stands 15K hands hleh. Ksasus,y
bred, hsag bsns end = sod ksrd
and ear velshs 1890 poundh plenty
slyIo ana quality.
IAhAs-Ie insure . living colt
,lGeo. Parties di1DorIse q msrss
before ioaling lina. insuraaes $.
comes Due end payable a. cnoa. csrs
wm b taken 70 prsrsnt aosisrusn
but WI not Be responsible saouit
any ossur.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21

Inere - mighty little 10 40 on q
Eboat especially small BOAT. II
was a time for meditiCn ana eonsens-
ment. The path to sea lies between
| high leyees that hold the Mississippi
river and keep it from flooding the
city. The river is higher than the
streets The entertainments are Just
the height Of street car ANA from
the boat you could see only the roofs
Of the cars on land. Leaving the
city, the way Is between swamps and
forests and always the high levees.
Over 4 hundred miles Of this, with
here and there q fishing village and
away down near the jetties Pilot-town
where the big vessels pick up their
pilots for the trip up river. Fifty
miles from It's mouth the river be-
gins to spread over the country like
me smoky Hill In flood time It'll
wanders or III an aimless way In
every direction until the scenery ii
! waste Of water through which are
scattered trees, hummocks Of land
ind islands Of larger size. The gov
srnment has made one path through
his wilderness and protected It with
sreat entertainments ending in light
iouses. There are the ietties and
hey lead out until they come to the
leep water Of the Gulf.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21


Whether or not It can be considered
good luck to meet up with" a storm
at sea, that was fate this time. The
captain smiled as the deep water was
approached. "You-all from Kansas
win think YOU are in cyclone, < he
remarked Everybody on earth seems
to think Kansas has regular crop
o. cyclones 1t was noticed that even,
the captain did not like 1t. for he tied
up at PilOt-towp for five hours be-
fore he dared to go TO sea. Even
then he wished he had waited longer.
You take a 2OO-foot boat heavily lad
en-, trying to make way against a
wind, with saiIs-and engine both on
the lob; mixed with 3 rumpled waste
Of water and when you get twenty
Or thirty miles from land Il is apt
% seem very little like q Sunday
school picnic, personally ] IKE It.
10 eft on the rear deck with the
chair laahed 10 q bulWark OF a cap
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21

=. p. Brewer CO. pays the follow
Ing prices for butter and eggs:
Butter .... 2s-2sc.
Eggs ......... 100
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-21

WILLIAM A MATTESON.
LEDEMA JONES, AZ
BY Hurd 4 Hurd, their attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
ALASKAN LAND FRAUD
 CASE IS TURNED UP BY
 GENERAL LANDA OFFICE
Many Claimants Are Indicted Charge of Making Dummy Entries for the Land Which Is Said to Be Valuable the Claims in the Cunningham Case Figuring
 so Largely in the Ballinger Pinchot Controversy.

locations. Munday is a prominent at torney in Seattle.
 The charge against the indicted men is that the entries were In the names of dummies"
 Most of the entrymen were residents of Washington and their claims are said to have been located with an agreement that the claims should be as- signed or deeded to third parties se soon as parties willing to become in- terested could be found by the locater. There Is said to have been a furth CT understanding that the locater should receive a large percentage of the sale price.
 The charge differs from the charge made in the Cunningham claims in which there was no allegation that the entrymen took the claims for persons other than themselves but rather that they had previous agreement to work or dispose of their claims as unit It Is said that very few claimants in the new cases ever saw the land on which their names were used for To- cations.
 Both groups of claims figured to a considerable extent in connection with the Ballinger- Pinchot inquiry. Charges of fraud in connection with the entries were made two years ago and 1t was asserted that investigation had been stayed by the land office supposedly for some sinister purpose.
 Meeting this allegation with the statement that the services of the land office force were imperatively required elsewhere and that there were no statutes of limitations to run against these cases, 1t was conceded that they were not pressed for a period. Since last May, however, MT. Christopher has been giving the major portion of his time to them.
 It is also known that another federal grand jury sitting at Spokane in con- nection with the district court of the Eastern district of Washington is con sidering still other charges of fraudu- lent coal entries in Alaska and that results are expected from these investi- gations similar to those obtained at Tacoma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Record, breaking attendance at the
 fair. N English aviator makes remark
 able trip
 Railroad president argues for high
 CT rates.
 Land claimants are indicted. Bills of lading puzzle not solved. Roosevelt begins his New York
 campaign.
 Taft will take care of the lame
 duck brigade. U 2-Foreign banks do not scare ship state municipal league convenes. a-Cullmsn democrats to hold bis
 rally 1-Editorial comment. 6-Census Jubilee to be held in Bir-
 mingham.
 pr. Hexamer to lecture here
 Wednesday.
 Federal court and jury delayed on
 trip
 Captain Hobson and Superintendent
 Willingham on need for local
 school taxation. 6-Jovian banquet brilliant affair. 7-Birmingham social events. Dolly Dalrymple's department. S-General sporting news. 9-Gary discusses the iron market. Stimson strives to down rumors. undertone in general trade. Natural advance in cotton prices. 11-Better tone in prices of stocks. Continued rise in price of cotton. Slight advance made in wheat. 1z-Good roads men leave for home. Indian hurricane along gulf coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15

Washington, October 14.-After months of secret effort and patient waiting the officials of the general land office announced today the indictment of number of claimants to valuable coal lands in Alaska. The entries i'm volved number 154 and cover almost 25,000 acres of land, all of which lies in the Behring Strait district in which the Cunningham claims are located.
 They are what are known as the English or Stracey and the Christopher Simmonds groups, the former contain ing 80 and the latter "A claims of 160 these claims are believed to be as rich as those of the Cunningham mines which cut a conspicuous figure in the Ballinger- Pinchot controversy.
 The indictments were handed down in the United States district court sitting at Tacoma. Washington and the in- formation that they had been returned was conveyed In two telegrams re- ceived by Commissioner Dennett today from Special Agent Christensen, in charge of Alaskan matters, to whose efforts the findings are especially due. The first message contained the an- nouncement of the action against the English group and stated that indict- ments had been returned against c. F. Munday, A. H. Stracey, Archie w. Shields and E. E. Siegley.
 The second telegram told of the in- dictment of Cornelius Christopher, George Simmonds and Mortimer C.. Sweeney of the second group
 The first group of defendants takes its name from the fact that num- Der of people in western Canada are supposed to be interested in the claims taken up by this party. Stracey, one of the men indicted, is a resident of Vancouver, and Is charged with being instrumental In making some of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
OF
 BOOKS CONTINUED

Boston, October 14.-The government postal authorities continued investi- cations today of the business of the Redeemable Investment company the s1o. .0O0, 900 concern whose books were taken and Charles H. Brooks, local manager, arrested yesterday on war rant charging the use of the mails in a scheme to defraud Assistant District Attorney Marland said today that eff forts were being made to locate Rev. Norman Plass, the alleged organizer of the company, before he reaches British Columbia, to which country he Is said to he iourneying on business.
 It was reported that MT. Plass re- signed at the request of the directors of the company
 The concern, the government officials say. claimed to have $250, ,000 depos- tied in a national bank here as a guar antee fund, whereas. 1t Is alleged, the .uns 1pu4 leul sseI uonm ST lunome
 PIass Fails to Arrive
 Victoria, B. C., October 14.--Rev Norman Plass, president of the Re- deemable Investment company. who Is sought by the United States author ities. was expected in Victoria today by steamer from Seattle, but did not arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
WOMAN HAD TOO
 MANY HUSBANDS

Chicago, October H.-Mrs. Alice Good win, said by the Chicago police to have eight husbands, was arrested at Medford, Okla, late today. She will be returned to Chicago to face trial on charge of bigamy, made by J. F. Young, one of her husbands.
 Police Sergeant Jacob Kueblock, who made an investigation of Mrs. Goodwin s career, declares he has discovered the names of four men whom he says are married to Mrs. Goodwin:
 J. E. Kleck, Dayton, O.; J. W. Gra- ham, Toledo, O.; Hugh Hoskins, Conway Springs, Kan, and James F. Young, Chi- cago.
 In addition to these Sergeant Kueblock says he has found evidence of three or four other alleged bigamous marriages in which Mrs. Goodwin is charged with hav- ing been principal in the last four years.
 Young says he met Mrs. Goodwin at Toledo last spring while returning to Chicago from New York.
 He married her at Aurora, H., in June. She left Chicago late in August to visit friends at Alton, Ia. Young says she married Hoskins at Wellington. Kan, shortly after this date. Detectives fol- lowed Mrs. Goodwin from Wellington to Conway Springs, Kan, thence to Black well and Medford, Okla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
FUTURE OF MANUEL
 UNDER DISCUSSION

Gibraltar, October liking Manuel of Portugal, the Queen Mother Amelie, the Duke of Oporto. the Count of Su- bugosa, grand master of the Portuguese court and the Count of Figueiro. master of ceremonies of the court, held con- ference here today concerning the flu ture course of action to be taken by the King and the other members of the royal household.
 It was decided that King Manuel should lead quiet life until his health Is fully recovered and that meanwhile his friends in Portugal should under take a vigorous political campaign, in which the supporters of Duke Michael of Braganza, the pretender, will CO., operate to return as many monarchists' candidates as Is possible at the cleo tions.
 It Is probable that after his arrival in England and the publication of his manifesto, King Manuel will take sea voyage or travel abroad so as to avoid embarrassing England while he Is car- rying on political propaganda. It has been arranged that the Duke of Oporto shall accompany the King to Eng land instead of going to Italy with the Dowager Queen Maria Pia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
TWO PERSONS ARE
 KILLED IN FIGHT

Huntington, W. Va, October 1.-Two persons were killed, two fatally wounded and five seriously wounded in fight to- day for the capture of George. alias Red" Johnson, negro fugitive from justice He shot and fatally wounded Detective Lentz, when the latter attempt ed to put him under arrest, and shot seven members of the posse before being taken dead.
 The dead:
 George Bias. railroad brakeman, mem- Der of posse.
 George Johnson, negro fugitive.
 After fatally shooting Detective Lentz, the negro escaped into the hills back of the city and barricaded himself in a cliff, where he defied arrest A posse led by bloodhounds soon trailed the negro to the cliff.
 When he saw the posse approaching, the negro, who was heavily armed, opened fire and Charles Hale, who was following the bloodhounds, was shot A moment later George Bias fell with a bullet through his head. He died short time later
 The posse retreated to await reinforce ments. When it advanced the second time Johnson opened fire. During the battle Chief of Police Clingenpeel climbed to the top of the cliff where the negro was barricaded, and. getting the drop on him, shot him dead. The body rolled out into view and a mob dragged 1t down the hill to the city limits. Chief Clingenpeel addressed the crowd. which apparently was bent on mutilating the body and succeeded in getting it to the morgue where it was later viewed by several thousand persons. An examination showed that the negro had been shot nine times. Little Is known here of his iden- tity. He Is said to be from Virginia, and to have had brother killed by officers at Williamson. w. Va. last January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15

Washington, October 14.-(Special)- Unless all signs fail, President Taft IS going to be hard pressed to take care of the "lame duck brigade" upon the ad- journment of this Sixty-first Congress March {, 1911.
 There is a formidable list already on hand and there will be additions to the list es
 Some of the men who were most nya' to Plsssident Tat during his adninistra- ton are already retired from public life; that is, they have been defeated in the primaries and will say goodby to con gressional life at the close of the short session which meets December l.
 Other members of Congress who have been equally loyal to the administra- tion are doomed to certain defeat at the polls next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
EUROPE WILL NOT
 HAVE WAR SOON

New York, October 14-Prof. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stan ford, Jr., university, who has been abroad featuring on universal peace, is in New York on his way homeward. While abroad he found little indication of ap- preaching war anywhere in Europe.
 There is no war coming" he said, land the countries building warships are ruin ing themselves. Business is good in many countries, including Germany, but the prospects in Europe are not good when removed from the standpoint of pros- perity. It is the peasants and not busi- ness men who are paying bills, and they are beginning to grumble. That is not a good sign. It is always that class that bears the burden for increasing arma- ment.
 "As to the prospect of war between Germany and England there is about as much chance for a conflict between us and Mars.
 Building warships is throwing away money. War at the present time be- tween civilized nations occupies only the minds of frenzied few. The only bat ties between England and Germany will be on paper. In London a few, news papers seem to have the monopolylon 1t. 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
Opposition in the South

New Orleans, october 14-General op- position throughout the south manifested itself today when announcement was made in New York of the plan to organize a foreign company to guarantee cotton bills of lading.
 Although the proposed charge for guar anteeing Is only 6 or cents a bale southern cotton men contend that in the aggregate such scheme would place heavy burden on the planter, broker and merchant and that the reputable firms of the south should not be made to suf- fer for the alleged frauds of concerns which have been pretending for several years to sell vast quantities of a staple commodity at bargain counter prices.
 Such a plan Ifs an insult to the reputa- ble cotton firms of the south" Is the gist of a resolution passed today by the Memphis cotton exchange, while promi- nent business men are quoted as declar- ing that whatever Is done, Tit will come cut of the farmers pocket"
 Resolutions passed by the Houston cot ton exchange declare 1t "an unjust tax" and similar resolutions have been passed by the cotton exchange at Dallas, while the resolutions of the New Orleans ex- change assert that "the proposed guar antee proposition would single cotton out from all other products and make 1t the peculiar object of discrimination and bur densome conditions"
 The resolutions of the southern exc hanges were telegraphed to William A. Nash, who is presiding at the conference of representatives of American banks and foreign banks and foreign buyers in New York;
 Although many private suggestions have been madc as to the advisability of southern cotton men holding a confer ence, the resolutions of the various south ern exchanges today did not crystalize in the form of a call for a general con- vention to discuss the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
TAFT WILL TAKE GOOD CARE
 OF THE LAME DUCK BRIGADE

Many of these men will not be content to take up life where they left 1t when they entered politics. They do not take easily to the idea of becoming has beens." They want to continue in the limelight, most of them with view of returning to Congress at a more pro- pitious time. Some of them cannot af- ford to begin professional life over again. They abandoned their professions yfars ago and are too old to begin again. 9th CTS have become 50 fond of official life in washinston that the old home hsck yonder' no longer holds forth any attrac- tions for them.
 Plans are already on foot to have the President take care of Representative McKinlay of California. Representative Scott of Kansas, another standpatter, is also high on the list and Representative Boutell of Illinois, Hull of Iowa, Tawney of Minnesota and others already defeated for renomination are in line for presi- dential pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
MANY WRECKS ON
 ENGLISH COAST

London, October 14.-The English coast is strewn with wreckage as a result of the storm that has continued for two days. The casualty list Is al- ready reported as long one. This morning the bodies of five sea- men from the coasting steamer Cran- ford were picked up off Hartlepool. It is believed the vessel. which carried . crew of 20. foundered and that the men were attempting to reach shore in q small boat when they were lost
 Some of the wreckage coming ashore indicates that a sailing ship met like fate. Life boats from many points were put out all last nig'.t and in some in- otances effected rescues.
 Tn other eases they are unable to reach distressed craft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
Fully 4O,000 People Crowded Into Grounds Yesterday
 Breaking All Records
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
 OFFERED ON LAST DAY
ParmeIee Made Flights Yesterday and Odom Was Treated to Aerial Glide-Not n Single Accident
 Reported to Children

Today, full programme with two added attra actions-Parme- lees race in his aeroplane against an automobile and the Alabama Georgia football game
 Band concerts, free acts. horse races and motorcycle races will begin early in order to clear the field for the football game by 3:30 D. m. Parmelee's first flight will occur at 1 D. m., and his race of five miles against an automobile driven by P. Rainbow between the halves of the football game. The De struction of Pompeii' and every one of the free acts will go on tonight when the largest even ing crowd of the fair is expect ed. The midway will be open until Il o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-15
woman Aviator Gets Medal

New York, October H.-The Aeronautl- cal society has awarded its gold aviation medal to Mrs Frank Raische of New York. who recently made successful flights for short distances in an aeroplane, nartly of her own invention. She Is the first woman to receive recognition from the society.