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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

HOW WILD BILL GOT HIS NAME
Emerson Hough In the story Of
the Outlaw
The read name OF Wild BIN wal
James Butler Hickock. He was IL
years old when he first saw the west
as a fighting man under Jim Lane
finally, In the year 1851, settling
down as station agent for the Over
land at Rock Creek Station, about
fifty miles west Of Topeka. He was
really there as a guard for the horse
band, for all that region was full Of
horse thieves and cut throats. 1t was
here that occurred his greatest fight,
the greatest fight Of one man against
odds at close range that Is mentioned
in any history of any part OF the
world. d.
Two border outlaws by the name
of the McCandlas boys, leading
gang OF hard men, intended to run
off with the stage company's horses.
When they found that they could
not seduce Bill to Join their number,
he told them to come and take the
horses II they could; and on the
afternoon of December 16, 1861, ten
OF them rode to his dugout to do
80. Bill was alone, his stableman
being away hunting. He retreated
into the dark interior Of his dugout
and got ready his weapons, a rifle,
two sixshooters and knife.
The assailants proceeded to batter
in the door with log, and as 1t fell
in, Jim McCandlss, who must have
been a brave man to undertake such
a foolhardy thing against man
already known as a killer, sprang in
at the opening. He, Of course, was
killed at once. This exhausted the
rifle, and Bill picked up the slxshoot-
ers from the table and In three quick
shots killed three more Of the gang
as they rushed in at the door. -Four
men were dead in less than that
many seconds; but there were still
six others left, all inside the dugout
now, and all firing at him at al range
Of three feet. 1t was almost a miracle
that, under such surroundings the
man was not killed. Bill was now
crowded too much to use his fire
arms, and took to the bowie, thrust
ing at one man and another as best
he might. 1t must have been several
minutes that all seven Of them were
mixed in mass of shooting, thrust
ng, painting and gasping humanity.
Then Jack McCandlas swung his
'lfle barrel and struck Bill over the
read, springlng upon him with knife
70 we'll. Bill got his hand on a six
hooter and killed McCandlas just as
le would have struck.
After that no one knows what hap
,ened, not even Bill himself.
~ Just got sort of Wild" Bill said,
describing 1t. II thought my heart
vas on fire. l went out to the pump
hen to get a drink, and was all cut
md shot to pieces"
They called him Wild Bill after
hat, and he had earned the name.
There were six dead men on the
loor Of the dugout. He had fairly
the ten Of them, and the
our remaining had enough and fled
rom that awful hole In the ground.
Bill followed them to the door. His
'wn weapons were exhausted or not
It hand by this time, but his stable
nan came up Just then with a rifle
n his hands. Bill caught 1t from
lin, and, cut as he was, fired and
Tiled one Of the desperadoes as he
ried to mount his horse. The other
man died later of his
Wounds. Eight men were killed by
he one. 1t took Bin year to re-
L.. I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

81 Louis. Dec. 27.-The 81. Louis
Livery and Undertaking association
announced an increase OF q On ever
carriage and - On every hsarss usod
IN funerals IN this city. Ths ~.
adjustment makes ths scale uuifoln
L-nlEl1al - ns.k
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1911.

No, gentle reader. Andy Carnegie
is not going to spend his vacation
touring the Mediterranean.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

1t is about time for Old Scrooge
to begin to think Of Tiny Tim, for
the season of good cheer Is not far
ahead of us.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28
a Christmas gift check for S2,lvU

a Christmas gift check Tor S2,lVU
to the Rev. J. C. Bethel, pastor Of
the United Presbyterian church In
Hutchinson, to pay off the mortgage
on his home. The Rev. Mr.. Beitel
recently conducted revival meetings
at Pretty Prairie, during which Mr..
ColIingwood was converted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

Beauty and brains sometimes go
together, as Lii Russell says, but the
brains generally belong to the beau
TVS press agent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

Manuel lost his crown over Gaby
Deslys but up to date no American
citizen has succeeded in losing his
head over her.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

Our notion Of the meanest man
is the New York thief WHO stole a
bridegroom's best pair Of trousers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28

Jim Hill says the nations business
depression is due to the newspapers.
Somebody has to be the goat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-28
pERSIANS WANT SINISTER
DISMISSAL FOLLOWED BY INDlG.
NATION MEETING.
Demonstration In Favor VI American
Amounted to Riot and More
Trouble 10 Expected.

Teheran, Dec. 26.-The cabinet
notified W. Morgan Shuster, the
American treasurer general of Persia,
Of his dismissal from that office.
An indignation meeting was held
after announcement Of Mr.. Shuster's
dismissal to protest against the coup
d'etat. The crowds were dispersed
by the police. Further demonstra-
lions are expected. All the opposi-
ton newspapers have been suppressed
and martial law has been proclaimed.
1t Ii reported from Shiraz, capital
Of the province of Ears, that Persians
fired on q body Of Indian troops who
were proceeding to meet the British
consul, killing one soldier. There has
been trouble at Shiraz on account Of
the boycott instituted against the In.
dian troops by the Mellahs.
-
London, Dec. ga massacre has
been going on in Resht since Satur-
day, according to off1cial Persian
kilograms and 500 Perslans were
killed by the Cossacks many Of them
women and children.
The Russians killed four unarmed;
Americans in the Armenian quarter
Of Tabriz during the fighting in that
city.
The people Of Persia are stupehed
at the attitude Of Russia, especially
as these outrages have followed i'm
mediately on the acceptance by Persia
Of the Russian ultimatum. and when
Persia has shown every desire and
disposition to conciliate Russia and,
establish friendly relations.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-05
RECORDANDO A DEsMOLINs
continuation de La Ira. pagina.)

La Eddd Media ell Renacimiento de.
JarOn en- Italia una constellation de ciu-
dades gloriosas magnifcas, emporios
del arte, maravillaS de la ciylizaci6n V
de sus refnamientos, admiration del
mundo: Milan, Pisa, Verona, Florencia,
Venecia, BOlonia, Padua, Y veinte. Y
trelnta n0mbres mas, cada uno de los
cuales trae consigo ell prestigio, no de
una pOblaci6n 8 provincial aislada, sino
de verdaderas capitalidades esplendoro-
sas que fuerOn f0c0 negotiable de activi-
dad Y Que distribuian y actuaban por
toda la amplitud del territorio la porten-
tosa fuerza de creaci0n del genio italico.
Que sera dentro de doscient0s, por
ventura de Glen amos, de muchas de esfls
urbes insignes algunas de las cuaIes nue.
rem va yisiblemente 8 no pertenecen mas
que d la arqueolog1a?
Ello es materia de meditation para los
estadistas de nuestrO grupo latino, que
no han atinadO hasta ahora con un meto-
do solaci6n que concierte la fecundi-
dad social con La unidad politica: como
que, para conseguir esta Ultima, han te-
nldo que hacer en- todos lados tabla rasa
de la primera, destruir los oasis, terra
plenar y nivelar hacia abajo, segando 10
emfnente o que descuella, para que sc
leventara sobre tantas ruinas demoli-
clones la diOsa esteril de Ia monotonfa
y de la unif0r1nidad
Tai era ell pensamiento capital de Des-
molins y el pu4lto fiaco, ell tendon de
Aquiles del latinis1no, por 6l sefialado &
las nuevas generaciones, en- ese libro de
combate que pas6 ell otro dia por mis- ma
nos, como una flor SEGA recordando I'M
Ola de JuventItd recordando esas veIei-
dades de la opinion que nos vuelven lem
tamente esc6ptic0s por los triunfos v las
popuIaldades actuales en- atenci6n 4 los
0lVldos de que va tenemos experiencia
y que, como el personal de EJ hombre
de Deu4oOO, nos haeen exclamar aleuua
Vez :-VOivere dentro de un aflo.
Miguel s. Oliuer-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-05
ARTICULOS De FAMA

SIN duda alguna 10 son Ell todo e.
nundo los que fabrican The Carter s
Ink Company, de Boston, Mass, E. I.
de America, cont&ndose en- primera Il
nea ell Flu1do de escribir de Carter, qls
es la tinta mas apreciada hoy en- el mer-
ado, por sus condolences de frmeza, CO.
Tor, durabilidad y envase.
Ell uso &c La Tinta de Garter Sc ha ge.
neraGzad0 de tai manera que en- Ia ac-
tualidad es casi la 6nica que sc emplea
on Ell conercio y en- las oficinas.
De venta en- ell BOLETIN MERCAN
TIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-05

nrcaderla todos ect
las
de Ia Autordad .-==3SAU
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Too Dangerous.

In the struggling days at Tuskegee,
Booker T. Washington found that he
would have to use an old chicken
house for a schoolroom.
Uncle" he said to an old colored
man, ar want you to come down at
nine O'Clock tomorrow morning and
help me clean out a henhouse."
Law now, Mr.. Washington" the
old man expostulated, "you-all don't
want to begin cleanin' out no hen
house roun' yere in de day time
Success Magazine.
It's the land of the free-for spins
tiers and bachelors.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29

to begin the improvement work This
was four years ago and the permanent
improvement work of the cemetery
has been going on ever since and VIII
continue forever. The property has
been decided to board of trustees, of
which Mr.. Whiting is president and
also general superintendent of the
cemetery. This board has been incor-
porated for 1000 years and it is bound
to maintain the cemetery forever. No
grave can ever be neglected, as under
the terms of the charter the board is
compelled to set aside certain part
of its revenue to go into a perpetual
care fund, the interest on this fund
being sufficient to care for the prop
erty
The college and the Christian asso-
Citations receive two-thirds of the en-
tire sum obtained from the sale of
lots in the cemetery, and they can
use the money for any purpose they
decide No enc except the actual work
ers in the cemetery receive a salary
and no dividends except to the col
lege and Christian associations are
declared The college receives about
one half of the total amount received
from the sale of lots The Young
Women's. Christian association re-
ceives the next largest share and the
Y. NJ. c. A. the next division. All the
rest of the money from the sale OF
lots and the amount received for open
ing graves and caring for lots goes
into the perpetual care fund of the
cemetery
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
CURED SORES WHEN
ALL ELSE FAILED
Woman Acts as Renefactress to Chill
dren

Mrs. w. Linsky, of Salem, Mass
writes, telling of the wonderful results
from the use of Resinol In her own
words the letter reads:
81 have used your Resinol Ointment
for five years, as two different doctors
recommended it. I have given 1t to
number of children with sores that
they could not find cure for, and II
was always sure to cure them would
not be without it,
Resinol is the Indispensable stand
ard remedy for all skin troubles, from
the common pimple, cut, scald, boil or
sore, to carbuncles, felons, eczema.
erythema, herpes, BARRIERS itch, psorf
asis and every abrasion of the skin
from any cause Resinol Ointment can
be instantly applied and its effect Is
instantaneous 1t is put up in screw
top opal containers. selling at fifty
cents or dollar, according to size It
has the approval and recommendation
of thousands of our best physicians
and hundreds of thousands of families
are never without IT. Another indis
pensable necessity is Resinol Soap.
one OF the finest, most soothing and
refreshing toilet soaps in the world
It Is a preventive of most of the skin
troubles, including blackheads, pimr
pies and chapped hands. 1t is espe-
cially adapted to the tender skin of
infants and children Nothing Is bet
ter for shampooing and cleaning the
scalp and for the prevention of falling
hair. The ointment and soap are sold
by all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29

three to block on the Bolshoiskaia,
spin on their last films and the off,
GERS and mining engineers--for all
the world goes to moving picture
shows in the towns of Siberia-crowd
into the restaurants
Gay Life at Night.
You enter a pair of swinging doors.
kick OF your felt snow boots, hand
your furs to an attendant, and pass
into long room thronged with din
ers, gay with the uniform of the gar
rison. and women in smart Partisan
costumes. At the far end is a small
stage on which score of girls In a
minimum of skirt and a maximum of
smile go through fatuous double shut
f1es and dances executed with a de-
gree of incompetency that would bring
blush to the damask cheek of a Bow
cry soubrette. A turn finished. the
performers or singers skip down to
mingle with the audience, scattering
around the tables and ordering the
costliest fruits and rarest wines that.
the management surpasses itself in
providing. Gay music, crude vaude-
ville-crude, but going with a genuine
verve and snap which is lacked by
many a better show-f1ne fare after
the unspeakable desolation of the
frozen Siberia wilds, keeps up until
dawn
Here, too, the sons of Uncle Sam
keep the old flag flying. Last year
there were, for instance, the young
Harvard graduate of a burg in the
north of Pennsylvania and his friend
the clergyman's son. They sojourned
here for three hectic weeks, spending
$4,000 in our hotel during that time.
The Harvard man disbursed 81, 900 in
one day, and another day had $4,000
stolen from his person. The parsons
son always kept, and showed good
sense in keeping. loaded Browning
in one hip pocket, but he spoiled this
display of prudence by keeping wad
of 10000 rubles ($10.0OO) in the other,
to clinch by the ready money lure any
rich bargain in mines that he might
chance to run across.
The management of the Metropole
must have curious admixture of in
terest and thankfulness for us Amer
leans. The last Yankee staying here
was a professional "ossif1ed man; 4"
and the manager is informing all the
guests this week, much to their fasci-
nation, that one of us is Wilbur
Wright's brother. We hoped to ex-
tend good interview to reporter of
the ''Sibir," giving the latest news of
our native Dayton, O., on the morning
of our departure before. as there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Cold Storage in Europe.

Many of the European cities are fol
lowing the example of America as re
CARDS cold storage plants. Paris Is
one of the centers where such ques.
lions are now being promoted, and
the Refrigeration society is endeavor
ing to bring such questions before en-
gineers and manufacturers. Not long
since there has been built a large
cold storage plant in the suburbs OF
Paris and lying on the North Rail
road. 1t is designed to store home
products which are to be exported as
well as foreign products brought in by
rail to be consumed in the city. There
are now eleven cold storage chambers
in operation A convenient system
is the use of an automobile wagon
with freezing compartments which
plies between the city and the stor-
age-house- 1t carries the products tc
the sellers in town, and also takes
back the unsold products for storage
Scientific American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
AN ODD ENDOWMENT
PhiIanthropist Gives Kansas
College a Cemetery
In Time This Unique Gift 10 Ex-
pected to Net More Than One
Million Dollars to Bene-
ficiaries-

Topeka, Kan--Nearly all colleges
have large endowments of money, Sc
cur1t1es and real estate given by
friends and by people interested N
the cause of education. The funds are
all invested in bonds, stocks and real
estate, which do exceptionally well If
they return more than five or six per
cent on the investment Many re-
ligious organizations have similar en-
dowments. But Washburn college of
Topeka and the Topeka Young Mems
and Young Women's Christian as
sociations have one of the most novel
endowments in the country. 1t is a
cemetery and as far as known this is
the only college in the United States
which numbers among it's chief as
sets a share in the profits of ceme-
terry Many churches have cemeteries,
but the Topeka Y. w. C. A. and Y. NJ.
c. A are believed to be the only nom
sectarian religious organizations with
an endowment of this kind.
A. B. Whiting, a Topeka merchant,
decided to leave a permanent endow-
ment to the two Topeka institutions.
He selected S25, 200 as the beginning
of his endowment and then began
casting about for some plan of invest
rSent which would actually net the
greatest income to the three institu-
tons to which he desired to contrib
uate- He Investigated all kinds of
business ventures, bond and stock
returns and real estate investments
and finally decided upon a cemetery
as the best possible investment for
the college and Christian associations.
His investment of the modest endow-
ment is expected to return to the col
lege and the two young peoples asso-
Citations considerably more than mil
lion dollars before the sources OF
revenue from the sale of lots in the
cemetery are cut off
Mr.. Whiting bought the Mount Hope
cemetery grounds, 100 acres, one and
one-half miles west of Topeka. The
land alone cost $4,000 and left SO 900
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
AVOID LIQUID eLUINe.

The reason so many housewives
prefer RED CROSS BALL BLUE is
because 1t is all blue Liquid blue
contains a large percentage of wa
ter. Why buy water when you have
it by the tub full?
Buying solid RED CROSS BALL
BLUE is real economy Dissolve it as
you need it, A large two-oz. package,
all blue, price cents, or four-oz for
1Oc. Used in thousands of homes.
FOR SALE AT ALL GROCERS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Tips to Travellers.

Take a candle in your bag and 8
box of safety matches When they
are wanted you will be glad they were
put in The space required for them
is small. A passenger on steamer
that was wrecked had a small candle
which enabled her to cS1lect some OF
her most valuable possessions when
the lights went out after the collision
Garry a few PENS in your bag II
you do not use fountain pen- You
will find that IT IL worth while, as the
pens provided at some hotels. and
other public places, are often so bad
that 1t Is impossible to use them witt
any satisfaction.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Doc saves DC. From cow.

Rushville, Ind--A shepherd dog
that has been Tor several years the
companion of John McKibbens son
saved the life of the boy by holding a
COW that had attacked him until Nc
Kibben went to the rescue The cow
had knocked the boy down several
times and was stamping him with its
front feet when the dog interfered,
grabbing the COW by the nose and
holding it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29


SA come to Irkutsk for a rest
60 j cure. With a population of
10000 persons crammed
into a couple of square miles on a
bend in the Angara river, 1t produces
500 murders a year, with an average
of one arrest for each so killings. And
for each ten arrests there. are but five
convictions. This is not buncombe; it
is transcription from the city's GRIM
inal records. In one day this month
there p murders and attempted muir
ders within the city HmitsI Then the
few citizens who didn't quite like so
much promiscuous murder began to
talk of reviving their vigilance COM
mittee of other days, but those whose
memories harked back a little dis
suaded them, writes a correspondent
of the New York World
The vigilantes are worse than the
murderers!" was the burden of their
arguments, which were only too true.
A handful of law abiding citizens
got up the idea of vigilance commit
tee not so long ago. The plan was
enthusiastically received-by Irkutsk's
ex-convict population and the asso-
ciated thugs themselves. They en-
rolled by the score, got together a
compact organization and volunteered
their service. The governor granted
them exceptional power-oh, now
crime would be stamped out In short
order,
Now there is a great deal of defer
ence between an Irkutsk policeman
and a western guardian of the peace.
The difference is in price; the Irkutsk
policeman turns his head the other
way for a much smaller sum. But
then he only gets $40 a month and he
needs the extra money, no matter how
little 1t be.
How Vigilance Committee Worked.
Well, the first thing the new vigil
lance committee did wes to get the
police on their side-which was easy.
Then began the shooting of rich mer-
chants in broad daylight-they were
suspects, you know. Next, under cover
of ''house-inspection" and penal con-
fscation" burglary blossomed forth
on every hand. Very soon it took all
the power the government commanded
to rid Irkutsk of this vigilance com
mittee which was only vigilant for its
own best interests.
Well" says Irkutsk's none too
large law abiding population. they
were no worse than the Cossacks,
which is strictly true. For example:
A few years ago all the gold mined
in eastern Siberia had to pass through
the government laboratory at Irkutsk
AS a matter of fact only about 40 pei
cent of it did The other 60 per cent
went to the local Chinese dealers In
tea and journeyed back to the &c
lestial empire in many and devious
ways-quite a quantity packed In the
corpses of coffined Cinnamon being re
turned to the east for burial among
their ancestors. In spite of that leak
age a considerable quantity of gold
managed to find its way into the lab
oratory, and having been cast into
ingots, was stacked up awaiting trans
portation to Russia and the mint
After several night watchmen at the
institution had died sudden deaths the
authorities began to perceive the coin
cidence and appointed force of Cos
sacks to come in each evening u
guard the treasure All went well fol-
| a time Then one dark night the Cos
sack guards drank a glass of no
~chaf," lighted their cigarettes, turnet
ND their overcoat collars and disap
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Important to Mothers
Mamma,s AnoeI Gets BUSY.

Fond Mother-And has mammals an
gel been a peacemaker today? Mann
mas Angel-Yes, ma Tommy Tufk
was a-lickin' William Whimpers, an
when 1 told i'm to stop he wouldn't,
an 1 jumped in an licked the stuff1n'
out O. both of 'em.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
EIbert Hubbard Lose. Locks.

East Aurora, N. Y--On a bet of
$500 with William Marion Reedy of St
Louis, Ebert Hubbard invaded the viii
lage barber shop and let the local hair
destroyer apply the horse clippers
Fra Elbertus emerged minus the fow-
ing locks he has worn for years The
$500 was paid to him Immediately
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29

|trOublo IN all 1b6
dr. e a dful forms :
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spin q !
weakness, dizziness.
Id e pr e 8 ST o n, and
Everything that was
|horrid- I tried many
doctors in Different
parts of the United
States, but Lydia E.
lPinkham's Vegeta-
jble Compound has
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Eat for the Fun of II.

According to Mr. Herbert w. Fisher
In Worlds Work food is of no use to
US unless we enjoy it Mr.. Fisher does
not. however. recommend us to be
gluttons. He says the less We eat the
more pleasure we shall get The prin-
ciple is that If we eat little we shall
taste much. And the taste of food.
not the amount, is, after all, the lure
of it.