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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
Mr.. EnOS Adams
and the Gods
at Wei Hen
By Florence EdHth Aa,an


Copyrighted by Short Stories Co, Ltd
Mr. Elos Adams. commercial trav-
eler for the Acme Mining Supply
Company--;his territory the celestial
empire--arrive before the Presbyte-
rian compound at Wei Hen Just after
the missionaries, intent on keeping
their Christian souls in their Chris
tian bodies, had scudded through the
thickening darkness across the fieids
toward Yang-Kio-Kau, a half hundred
miles away, where Yankee gun
boat, vigorously bracing apart that
"open door," had come to their rescue.
Immediately there arose the might
lest outburst OF Chinese billingsgate
that q foreigner ever heard and sur
vivedA For the moment the bulky
sample cases became the booty OF q
shrieking, scrambling, fighting, grab
bling, smoke-shrouded flame-illumined,
fIourishing mill Of saffron fists and
legs. Sections Of mining implement
models were seized upon, regardless
Of their correlative parts, but, in the
semi-light and the melee, small
packing case Of assorted dynamite
cartridges was left unnoticed on the
ground near the temporarily neglect
ed prisoner.
Mr.. Adams had been warned of ex-
pected trouble, and here 1t was all
about him. He had always congratu-
lated himself upon the iron constitu-
ency Of his nerve, but to say that In
those first few jumbled moments he
was decidedly ratified" but made
quately expresses his condition. He
seized time to look about him cal
culatingly and strove 70 put pant
ing agonies out of sight. And when
his wildly darting eye lit upon the
cartridge case his nerves grew stead
Ter, his blood leaped forward again
through his veins and a diabolical
daring came on him.
"T'm born but not buried yet as
granny used to say" he Illuminated,
almost jubilantly. And by the time
the ringleaders of that rufian con-
could withdraw their at
tention from the division Of spells,
Mr.. Enos Adams was again in superb
Of himself and was ready
with his first tactic when the crowd
again crystallized about him.
The Ta-Chuan, or Boxers, inspired
~ some moon-eyed son Of evil, had
upon the mission, intent on
jheddlng blood. The foreigners Of
he mission had escaped them, but
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
VICTORIES FOR EsTRADIs1s
UNITED STATES CONSUL At
BLuEFIELDs CONFIRMS REPORT.
There Has Been Two Days Fight
lna Near Rama and Madriz
Forces Lost Stores.

Washington, May 2S.-The state de-
partment has received dispatches from
Mr.. Moffat, United States consul at
BlueHelds, which confirms the reports
Of victories by the Estradists over the
Madriz forces at and near Rama.
The fact that the Estradists' general
was able to capture army supplies and
food supplies and ammunition ind.
Gates that the Estrada forces pene-
trated to the camp of the Madriz army.
The revolutionists, however, retired
within their trenchments. The official
dispatch is az follows:
Mr.. Moffatt, the consul at Blue
fields, reported under date of the
afternoon of May 21st, that there have
been two days fighting near Rama, In
which the Estrada forces lost four
teen killed and their wounded NUM-
bered ,twenty-nine, who have been
brought to Bluefeids. The casualties
Of the Madriz forces are not known.
General Mona retired to his intrench-
ments after the fight. Large Quanti'
ties of provisions and ammunition,
said to be the entire stores of the
Madriz forces at this point, are said
to have been captured by General
Moncada, also Of Estrada faction"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS
The National Congress Of That Demon
inatlon Was Held at Atlanta
With Large Attendance.

Atlanta, Ca, May 25,-Delegatei
from every section of the country
were present to-day when the fifth an
nual meeting Of the National Baptist
Sunday School congress was called Il
order in Liberty Baptist church by
Rev. c. H. Clark Of Nashville, chair
man. The sessions will continue un
u next Monday.
j The entire FIVE days will be devoted
10 a practical discussion Of Sunday
school work, and there will be separate
departmental sessions for the super
intendents, advanced teachers, inter
mediate teachers and primary teach
ers.
The climax Of the entire week will
be reached Sunday afternoon from
1850 to s o'clock, when every Sunday
school in Atlanta, marching under Its
own banner; every congress delegate
visitor, and the thousands Of friends
IN Atlanta. will assemble in the mag
nihcent auditorium where Is installed
q $4,000 pipe organ.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
HOUSE VOTED THE s25O,OOO
FAVORED INVESTIGATING THE
COST OF PRODUCTION.
But an Appropriation to install .
Modern Business System
Was Defeated.

Washington. May 25.-Presldent
Taft won and lost in the fight In the
house over the presidents plan for q
scientific investigation Of the tariff.
The presidents friends saved for
him the S25O,OO0 asked for investigat-
ing into commercial and industrial
conditions at home and abroad that
the actual cost Of production might
be compared Upon such information
1t Is hoped to build tariff laws scien-
tihcally.
The Democrats succeeded In cutting
from the appropriation all the authori-
cation for foreign Investigations. But
the president holds that under the
Payne-Aldrich law, which authorizes
him to gather information to enforce
the maximum tariff, he can order the
gathering of the information by the
present tariff board.
An appropriation Of 100000 asked
by the president that he might en-
ploy two members ito install modern
ploy two members to install modern
Chicago, q Republican, made the mo-
ton under which the appropriation
was lost and Mann Of Chicago, an
other Republican who is chairman Of
the house committee Of the whole,
sustained the motion.
Chairman Tawney Of the commit
tee on appropriations made 1t clear
that this appropriation was desired
by the president. He said the presi-
dent had promised the country econ
oDy in expenditures and had urged
economy In congress. Officials Of the
treasury department given $4,000 for
the purpose, have recognized that de-
partment and, said Tawney, would |
save in the next fiscal year more than
100000.
There had been a Encouragement Of
work and many useless Offices had
been abolished and employees dis
charged. Mr.. Tawney further said
hat by June 80 over so employees
would be discharged from the post
,fiice department by the use OF the
Methods.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
\ HARBOR DEFENSE RAM SUNK
The katahdln Was Used as q Target
and a Wild Shot Penetrated
the Hull.

Washington, May 25.-The United
States harbor defense ram Katahdln
las been sunk in the Potomoc river
by a misdIrected shot fired in tar
get tests.
Information Of this sensational re.
suit Of the tests now in progress down
the river was received here from a
reliable source; but whether the Ka'
tahdin was sunk today or earlier In
tho tests cannot be learned.
The shot which sunk the vessel
missed the heavily armored target at.
tached to the vessels side and plowed
through the hull nearly amidships. 1t
ls not known whether there was any.
one on board Of the vessel at the time.
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here was a foreign devil evidently
delivered into their hands by the
spirits of their angered ancestors. But
how to execute him In a manner suf-
ficiently satisfying was a question for
much vociferous debate, until the
Mongols unanimously agreed that he
be dismembered piecemeal and the
fragments thrown into the liquid sea
Of flame that swept in pillows from
building to building over the com
pound.
"Dismember mel" calculated their
subject for vivisection with surpris-
ing citation. by Buddha! can take
a hand in that game myself"
With the sweat Of terror on his
brow, but with a preternatural de-
liberateness of movement, he lighted
an incense stick, commonly known
among barbarians as a stogie cigar,
and waved It to the four points Of the
compass in true celestial style, before
ignitIng an 11-page letter Of violet
written prayers (prayers Of the usual
sort from a deserted wife).
The mob was instantly awed into
silence. The last Chinese anathema
rang out to quaver into q startled
gasp. Aghast, they watched him
burning purple prayers : imperial
purple, the insignia Of royalty, and
not burned outside the Purple For
hidden City"
Having incinerated the last royal
prayer to Jizo, the god and guardian
Of travellers, Mr.. Enos Adams, pro
tempore polythelst, lifted up bis
voice above the beating Of his heart
and called on Buddha and all the
polyonymons Chinese deity to bend
ear to bis applications.
His voice. high and strident from
an early experience as q street ven.
der Of patent medicines. and also en-
doWed with the irresistible persuasive
quality Of a once successful book ped
dIsr, rolled out clearly to the further.
most fringes Of the Fabble.
snatching on bis hat and a patch
Of red hair, revealing neat JOB Of
parietal trepanning. deBoting The
path Of en- esrthquakelmpelled hTick.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
EXPRESS Rate ON BONDS CUT
The Kansas Board Of Railroad Com
mlssloners Orders Reduction
Of 90 Per Cent.

Topeka, May 25.-The board OF rail
road commissioners has ordered a re
ductlon Of ~ per cent on all merchan
disc express rates per 100 pounds
where the rate is in excess OF 81, and 9
reduction Of ISM per cent on the gen
eral special rates per 10 pounds where
the rate is ninety cents or more. In
addition to these reductions, a reduc
zion OF So per cent was ordered on ex
press shipments Of agricultural i'm.
plements or parts thereof. and a re
duction Of so per cent on school dis
trict, township, city, board Of educa
zion, county and drainage bonds.
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rw.nty.Eour Hun In Wreck.

Norfolk, Va, May 25.-Twenty-four
persons were injured, four seriously,
when the Eastern Carolina express
on the Norfolk Southern railroad
jumped the track at Anderson's juno
ton near Hartford, N. G. The train
was en- route to Norfolk from Eden
ton, N. c. and carried large number
Of passengers,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
HIs Little sebsms.

Great Caesarl old man." exclaimed
the gunner as be opened the door and
found his friends house brilliantly n
Illuminated at MONDAY. what does
this meant Why are all these blankets
over the windows. and why is the gas
burning in the daytimey"
-sh!" whispered Guyer. cautiously:
'Tts a scheme Of mine
what kind OF q schemei+
~Why. my wife is In the country and
l tell her remain home every nisht
and read. I've got 70 get nd o. some
n somehoE, 90 Il WI 90 on the IN
a ne end q ne nonih-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
FOLLOWING TRAIL
OF SUGAR TRUST
Strange Story Of the Little Pink and
White Books.
HOLDING TWO KINDS OF WEIGHTS
Trail Also Leads to Books That Can
not 30 Found-Presldent Of
Company In Court
to Testify.

New York, May 25.-Henry L. Slim
son, special prospector, and his assis
tants threw open the sacred doors o.
No. II Wall street for the first time
They were in pursuit of Charles R
Heike, secretary-treasurer OF the sugar
trust on trial In the federal court
charged with conspiring to defraut
the government out Of millions In
duties. Five other men are undergo
ing the ordeal with the aged trust
oficial but they were forgotten for the
time being. Mr.. Stimson and his men
were led by the little pink and white
weigh books, which contained respec'
lively the government underweights
and the real weights, both Of which 1t
had been testified, had left the piers
Of the Havemeyer G Elder refinery at
Williamsburg, the office Of Ernest w.
Gerbracht, the superintendent, and
John Bendernagel, the bookkeeper.
Where the Books Went.
The discoveries in the building In
department supposed to be ruled over
by the secretary were interesting. The
little books, it was discovered, landed
in the form Of reports at two desks
situated about 10 feet apart in one
room, but 1t was solemnly asserted
they never met. The pink books went
to John H. Thompson, who paid tAe
shippers on one kind Of cargo on the
figures furnished by the city weigh.
ers; the figures In the white pooka
went to one, w. A. Dennison, who ar
ranged to pay the duties on them.
Between the two desks there was an
other desk at which sat third man
who acted as clearing house, or in.
whenever 1t was absolute.
ly necessary to bring the two sets Of
figures within reach Of each other,
But he never allowed his right hand to
know what the left hand was doing
and he never even thought of com
parison between the figures.
Attorneys Not Alarmed.
Up to the point Of adjournment the
attorneys for Heike had not been
forced to any desperate fighting. They
were Of the opinion that their client
had not been reached directly. In.
stead, the only name higher up men.
toned had been that Of the late
Henry o. Havemeyer, one time presi
dent and dictator of the trust. He, II
was testified, had given certain orders
lbout the procedure in the Office Of
which Mr.. Heike knew nothing.
There were other things Of interest
lbout the trial ALSO One Of them
vas the disclosure that the govern,
nent had requested that large mum.
Ter Of books, supposed to be Of great
i'd in establishing its case had disap-
reared. Another was the appearance
4 Washington B. Thomas, the presi,
lent Of the company In the court room
Inder subpoena as a witness for the
prosecution. Mr.. Thomas appeared
arly In the morning and talked earn.
silly with Mr.. Stimson for some min.
ties In a low voice. After that he re-
urned to his office, where it is said
e awaits the call to go on the wit.
ess stand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
OPENED THE PRISON DOORS
Unfortunate Debtors Restored to Free
dom Through Perseverance, Of
English Bishop.

The reader will find in DR.. Gordon
Hake's Memoirs Of Eighty Years" an
anecdote related Of Lord Bloomfield,
bishop Of London about a hundred
years ago, in which is to be seen q
striking trait of the British character.
Imprisonment for debt was not in &C
cordance with the bishops sense Of
right. He would not yield his prin.
ciples even when he was in Italy,
where he could not be held RESPONSE
BILE for the laws.
81 was told by one of the family a
singular anecdote Of the bishop"
writes Doctor 'Hake. when he was
at Rome he was invited to banquet
by the cardinals, and while the com.
pany gathered he learned accidentally
that the dining-hall was over the debt.
ors' prison.
His anger at once burst forth and
knew no bounds. He, prelate Of the
Church of England, was insulted. He
had been asked to dine over the heads
Of those wretched prisoners, who, dur.
ing the feast, would be pining in their
narrow cellsi
His hosts naturally explained that
such an affront was not intended by
them; but he was not to be pacified.
At last his course was determined on.
He would remain where he was until
a full list Of all the prisoners debts
was brought to him. For this he wait
ed sulkily, and when 1t arrived he
wrote q check for the entire amount"
The prison doors were opened. and
he sat doWn.-Youth's Companion
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
AN APPROPRIATE PLACE AT LAST
A Bust Of Ex-Presldent Roosevelt May
Be Above the Senate Press
Gallery.

Washington, May ga suggestion
has been made to the senate commit
tee ON library, which Is the court OF
last resort on statuary in the senate
chamber, that bust of ex-President
Roosevelt be placed in niche above
the senate press gallery. This has i'm
pressed the committeeman as being
highly appropriate. The point was
made before the committee that Mr..
Roosevelt provided more newspaper
copy" than any president of the
United States. At present the Roose-
welt bust is on an improvised pedestal
In the room Of the committee on H.
braries.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
THE INSURGENTS
AND THEIR PLANS
Will Not Attack President Tafts
Legislative Program.
TAKE ROOSEVELT INTO Fight
They VIII Take Leading Part 10
the New York Reception and
Hope for the colonel's
Active Help.

Washington, May 25.-Republical
Insurgents In the senate and house
have definitely decided to make theil
campaign for reelection this fall OF
the straight out issue Of Insurgency
and the Roosevelt policies"
President Taft and his Legislative
program are not to be attacked. They
are to be ignored. The insurgents are
planning to pitch Col. Roosevelt int
the fight whether or not Col. Roose
Velt approves Of their plan, They DE-
not fear his refusal to take part II
the campaign or to assist them b,
speech-making.
To Meet Roosevelt.
A delegation Of insurgents will b.
at the pier in New York to meet Col
Roosevelt on his return. They Will
take an active part, invited or unin
Nited invited, In the ceremony attend
ang the reception. Then will confer
with Col. Roosevelt, bareing to him
the secret motives behind their legis
1ative course, their interviews will
President Taft, their votes in the house
and senate on all Roosevelt legisla
tive policies, their hopes, fears am
aims for the future,
They Saw Him Before.
Whom this committee is to be hal
not been made. 1t may be the SAINT
committee, Gardiner Of Massachusetts
and Nelson Of Wisconsin, who saw
Col. Roosevelt as he was closing out
mis- administration and sought to OBJ |
tain from him endorsement Of insurg |
ent policies. 1t is said this committee
was successful in obtaining from
Roosevelt the endorsement they asked
and that President Roosevelt was de
TERED from putting his ndorsemen
into writing for the benefit Of his sue
ceBsor, President Taft, only because
Of q change In Mr.. Taft's sentiments
towards Col. Roosevelt and the in
surgents Just before Mr.. Taft came
Into the presidency.
But the insurgents say he has beer
kept informed Of the general trend Of
events and he is not opposed to then
" to their course.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
PEACE IN NAME OF THE KING
A Proposal to Inausurate q Worldwide
Movement Bearing the Name Of
King Edward Favored.

London, May 25.-A proposal to in.
augurate a worldwide peace move
ment bearing the name Of the late
King Edward was made by Sir WIN
lam Mather at a meeting Of the Peace
society.
The suggestion met with prompt ap.
proval and speakers who followed Sir
William intimated that there was res,
son for the belief that Emperor VIII
lam was resirous Of taking an impor
tant part, II not the actual Leadership,
In promoting q peacs league Of the
world. ,.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26

Gary, Ind, May 2s.-At the annual
convention Of the Indiana Association
Of Presidential Postmasters. which
opened here to-day, plans are being
formulated TO stir up public sentiment
In the interest Of a systematic and
general movement for the bettermenl
Of roads throughout the state because
Of he great advantages q sooa roatl
% rural cArFien
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
NO ONIONS FOR THE BARRIERS
City Council Of Waterloo, Tenn, Pro.
vldes a Fine for Those Who
Eat Them.

Waterloo, Tenn, May 25.-Followins
a brain storm, traced, It is alleged, to
the mayor, the city fathers met in
formal session and by unanimous vote.
passed an ordinance providing q Hns
Of $500 for tonsorial artists who In
dulge In onions between the hours Of
Ia n. and p. N. The town council
furthermore ordered that q barber
Hhall not stick his thumb in the mouth
Of q customer. shall not indulge In
gossip, or chew tobacco while on
duty. "A
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chInese Lean l. sIaned.

Paris, May 25.-The Hankow-Ezs
Chuen railway loan agreement has
been signed. The signers are repre-
sentatives Of financial groups of the
United States, France, Great Britain
and Germany. The Agreement provides
for a loan to the Chipest government
Of s3O,OOO,0OO for railroad construc-
ton.
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he prayed with the force Of cal
Hope:
20 ONTO 70 (Amitabha Buddha)
look down upon thy silvercrownet
son."
Both 70 and the mob gazed n
amaze at the metal Uranium, oveI
which the red rage cast scintillatinl
lights and darting CLEANS, as though
It were Jewel set.
% spirits OF my ancestors, whose
trinity OF souls watch over and de
fend me, hasten Tung-wo. the god Of
miracles, to my deliverance from
these yen rem wild menu"
The yen rem, still in the throttling
clutch Of medieval superstition,
watched with thrills of fear, and yet
incredulously, for the wonders Tung'
wo would send at the supplication Of
a foreign. devil.
"Kuan-u, thou green-faced god Of
war;" he next ;mplored, send the
sword and the leaden hail against all
whom the wind from this, my hand,
shall smite.
20 souls of the Five Rulers, send
the tall white devil and the short
black devil with their all-blighting
breath, to spit pestilence and famine
upon these turtles over whom my
teeth shall sweep" And dropping out
a section Of incisors from his mouth,
he hurled them in a boomerang zig
gag over the heads of the bewildered,
terror-struck horde, who fell back as
far as the press in the rear would
permit-those along the circuit of the
masticators succumbing into squirm-
ing heaps Of quivering humanity, and
the pale son of Satan utilizing the
momentary distraction to dextrously
unhasp the box of dynamite cart
ridges.
He extracted a thimbleful of dy-
Mantle from it's packing and with
lightning motion flung 1t toward the
nearest burning building, the while
shrieking, above the growing confu-
sion, to the God of Thunder to lift
up his mighty voice and make the
earth to tremble with his anger. The
answer came even as he called, and
fiery shower followed the defamation
OF the irate god and fell in scorching
darts over the lunging, stewing mass
OF frenzied celestials, making despe-
rately toward the narrow exit in the
compound wall, at the same time
watching, with backward glances, the
foreign devil who was turning their
own gods against them.
The moment had come for a coup
de grace, SO, tearing off his tall linen
collar and flinging it after the STAN
peding herd, and making as though
he would unscrew his head, he
shouted:
"Feng-shi, thou god of all gods, thou
god Of luck, send instant death upon
all over whom my blood shall squirt.
Make 1t well up into a fountain that
shall drench all Wei Hen"
But there was not celestial left
to receive his squirting blood; so,
the process of decapitating
himself, he proceeded quietly to gath
er up the scattered fragments of his
anatomy. q
1T isn't every man who can make
! remnant sale Of himself when the
arises, or has recourse to
4 whole pantheon of malevolent chop
chop deity" ruminated Mr.. Enos Ad-
Jams, with not in the least the de-
pertinent Of man who had passed
through a great crisis. And lifting
lis hat in grateful acknowledgment
o the unseen spirits of the air, he
departed by the light of the demons
If fire across the fields for the Ger.
nan mines, nine longs English miles
lway.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
EnuInser Killed In Cab.

Kansas City, May 25. = Charles
Thompson, an engineer in the employ
Of the st. Louis & San Francisco Rail-
road company, was instantly killed
when freight train in the Frisco
Yards backed into his train from be-
hind, crowdlng the tender onto the
AnRine cab
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aanta ID seh0larshIpa q N. D.

Columbia, NO., May 25.-Elghteer
$50 scholarships. one each for the
eighteen counties in Missouri through
which the Aichison, Topeka a SAINTS
re railroad passes, are to be oferes
% Students in the college Of agrieul
Gnre Of the University Of Missouri
a'hess scholarships viii Be given te
abort course students next winter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
WIn Hay. Aoo WItnass.a.

Joplin. No, Nay 2S.-subpoenaI
we're issued for 200 additional wit.
AesseS in the trial Of contest on the
recent Webb City liquor election,
which brings the total number Of viii
nssSea summbned 10 more than 900.
estHhlishing 4 precedent In the jasper
county circuit court.