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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28

Central Kansas Convention in SEES.
sion at SaIina.

salina, Aug. 26.r-The central
Kansas Epworth League institute,
which meets at the Kansas Wesleyan
university building today is well at
tended. The sessions will continue
for ten days and Immediately fol-
lowing the summer school Of theol-
ogy Will be commenced. The Ep-
worth League institute has former
ly been held at Baker university and
the success Of this meeting will de-
eide whether or not the future meet
ings Will be held here or at Wichita
in the future.
At this meeting there will be min
listers from every part Of the state,
while the central and western parts
Of the state viii be largely repre-
sented, Lay delegates win also be
present from every community in
the state In this meeting the sub
iect Of MISSIONS wnf be ia c6dfsS
Of v. N. IakhBaksk. 4 native hin
du. The Rev. b. III. foWell, pastor
Of the FIRST n. p church at Iola.
Win also Be present as 4 member
the faculty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
HOLY ROLLERs HMM Bon ooLp
Hidden Treasure Revealed In Druam
MsmOer Says.

Denver. Aug. 25.-Down In south
ern Colorado. members OF a rellg-
ious sect known as the Holy Rollers.
are digging for buried gold. The
party is made up OF men, women
and children and the strange cru
sade Is the result Of a dream or YIs-
ion which came to one Of the mem
bers OF the organization.
There has always been a tradition
among the Mexicans residing In
Archuleta and neighboring counties
In southern Colorado. as well as
among those in the northern part
OF New Mexico that in the noun
tains of that region lies hidden bull
lion treasure buried centuries ago
by Spanish soldiers fleeing north
from Mexico On account of that
belief the name Treasure mountain
has chung to the hills now being
searched by the Holy Rollers.
Many efforts have been made to
locate this treasure. but all have
failed. Not long ago. however, a
member Of the Penitents. a branch
of the Holy Roller society. announc-
ed that he had had a dream. and
that in this dream a vision appear
ed showing him where the long lost
bullion vas located. On coming out
Of his trance he drew a map of the
Treasure mountain region and on
1t marked the spot where he said
that the hidden gold was to be
found.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
Tariff FREE
LIST RATIFIED
: $500
Sew Commodities Reserved for .
Later Discussion.
nRIsTow KICKS ON BHOoMs
ENoe Wool and Agricultural Pro.
ducts win Como Up Again
u -Dcbatc ON Paper
Schedule.

Washington, Aug. 26l--Ratifica
tion OF the free list In the tariff
bill. with reservation Of a few com
znodities for later consideration
agreement by Democrats Of the fin
amce committee TO- consider an
amendment BY Senator Kenyon
which automatically would transfer
trnst controlled articles to the free
list: discussion OF free print paper
and the paper schedule. and a lively
debate on southern and New Eng
land cotton mills, ~enliveped the
tariff debate In the senate yester-
day afternoon.
So rapid was the progress in
consideration of the free list that
Democratic leaders were led to pre-
dict an early passage of the bill,
some insisting that 1t would be
ready for a vote by the middle Of
next week. In the midst Of this
progress. however. were injected
several sci speeches which precipi-
tated a long colloquy between Sen
afprs Lippitt Of Rhode Island and
Smith OF South Carolina over rela-
tive conditions in New England and
southern cotton mills. This occu-
Rod several hours and left the sche-
duie considerably behind for the
Gay.
Free raw wool was among the
proposals IL the free list approved
~ the senate 10 COMMITTEE Of the
whole" but this will come up again
On subst2ptes offered in the senate
4spper. Free meat. cattle, sheep,
swtne and wheat we're PASSED over
At the request Of Senator Mccum-
her Of North Dskota. I
The paper schedule was agreed
Il e ansuaed 81 the finance COM
9iftee VITA the exception or the
p~aragfap6 81 tie wrapping paper
Hkich was passed orer stthe sug
Eeakibh ef senator Hughes, n
cAafkS Of the schedule.
The snndries schedule Was taken
~ and the paragraphs on braids
srooms. brushes and buttons agreed
=. senator Bristow protested that
the reduced duties on brooms was
anether discrimination against pro-
ancts IL which farmers were inter
ssked. senator Cummins protested
against the reduced duties on the
cheaDer grades Of buttons. claiming
nat The rates would put Iowa man.
u4acturers ont Of business.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
DISTRICT ENTIRELY
SUPPORTED BY RAILROADS

Leayenworth, Aug. 25.-A school
district that is entirely supported
by the railroads is Of Leayen>
worth's oddities. This school dis
trict, kh0%n as District No. 81, is
that territory comprising Fort Leal
venworth and the government 8
ervation and Kickapoo island. In
asmuch as none Of the residents OF
the fort or government reservation
are taxpayers, the entire burden
of supporting the school in this
district falls in the railways which
pass through this territory and COM
prise its only taxpayers. Each year
the railroads contribute $500 to
the maintenance of the school at
Fort Leavenworth. Four teachers
are employed and it is considered
one of the best schools in the coun-
ty. Most Of its pupils are children
of army people.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
SHORT GRASS MOVIE
FILM WAS DESTROYED

Lindsborg. Aug. 25.-word has
just reached here from the editor
Of Pathe's Weekly that the film
that was taken for the movies OF
the recent short grass motorcycle
tour to Colorado has been destroy
ed, in transportatiOn aud we're also
light struck. This comes 81 . great
disappointment to the short Grass
IL psople sssthey had:spent
much tine aid money and were en-
pecting the pictures to- be q great.
advertisement TO- tie club
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
HODGES WON'T CALL
KANSAS ROAD DAYS

Topeka, Aug. 23.--No good roads
day proclamation for Kansas will
be issued by Gov. George H. Hodges,
the governor said yesterday after
noon after his return from two days
of activity with Governor Major on
the highways of Missouri. More
over, the governor declared, Kan
IA has no need of a good roads
day. the principal value of which
he declared to be in the awakening
Of interest in good roads and road
work.
why call for a good roads day
in KansasH" was the governors
answe to a query If he intended to
follow the example Of MissoOri'a en-
ecutive. Kansas has good roads
already. both l~engthwise and broad
wise Of the state. Kansas already Is
Interested IN good roads land in,
eepip them up By systematic
work. The biggest advantage IN
soeh a project Is In stirring up ac.
tltity and Interest among the peO-
PIE as b ths need OF good roads.
they stirred up i good deaI In Mis-
"a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
coburn Says OutsidurE Have Mis-.
cOnccptol.
WORRY MORE THAN KANsANs
Ideas Gained Years Ago san Hold
SAP Secretary Of Agrtcul-
tdre-whcat and Alfalfa
Crops Good,

Topeka, Aug. 26.-According ;,
II. D. Coburn, secretary Of the Kan
sas state board OF agriculture, tn,
people outside OF Kansas seem Il
be worrying far more over the pro
tracted dry spell than Kansanl
themselves.
He pointed out that wrong ideas
of Kansas gained years ago seem
still to exist outside Of the state
even though the states marvellous
progress has long put those ideas
into the discard, and that there are
some folks who evidently haven't
kept pace with the states advance
ment.
In talking owe the matter Sec
rotary Coburn said:
why this state should be singled
out as the horrible example from
among numerous states that are ex-
periencing very similar unusual
conditions is puzzling, to say the
least, unless it is from force of
habit formed in the days when
Kansas was the struggling, unde-
veloped frontier. in process of set
tlement.
The impression outsiders seem
to have acquired is that Kansas is
nearing bankruptcy, or is about to
need a receiver. They do not real
ize that with her wide range of
productions no season Is uniformly
unfavorable for all the different
crops which flourish here.
For example, she early in the
summer harvested a wheat crop of
excellent quality; 100000 bush
els according to Uncle Sans recent
report, and worth at current Kan
sas City prices, about $72.000.ooo.
From her more than a million acres
Of alfalfa was harvested an extra
heavy first cutting and a fair Sec
ond cutting of the richest hay known
and worth SIS to SIC a tom in the
great hay market at the mouth OF
the Kaw, and her alfalfa seed crop
promises to further appreciably
swell the returns. The oats is I'M
the stack or bin, and represents
good n A
Kansas winter wheat crop this
year is about so per cent greater
than that of any other state. Be-
sides, she has a greater ares of the
than any other state and
these never-failing grain and for
lge crops. which practically mark
line in dry weather, will, when
aims come, continue their growth
IS though there had been no inter
ruption. They may be depended
m to produce a vast volume of
eed for live stock. Moreover, much
{ the corn that will not make grain
ill be used for silage. which Of it. {
elf is no unimportant item"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
REPURIIcaNS sfRONGLY
urRDsE FREE WOOL

-
Washington. Aus. 2s.-Stubborn
|opp6siti0A tsafreasraw wool snd the
radical reductions iaA woek mala-
~factures proposed In the Democratic
tariff on Vas eoadnctea by Rspub-
licans Of the senate all day yestsR-
day and will be resumed tomorrow.
Senator'S warren Of wyoming aud
Penrose Of Pennsylvanta addressed
the senate for sir hours. the former
eharacterizing the proposed bill as
'tariff for politics only instead Of
for ven only" and the latter
asserting that the wooden schedule
as prepared BY the majority was
distinctly against America and for
Europe
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
WILL COMPLETE INTER.
URBAN ROAD THIS FALL

Manhattan, Aug. 25.-According
to J. t. West, work on the interur-
ban line between Eureka lake and
Fort Riley win be started again in
the near future. Mr.. West says
the cline is going on through this
fall, which will block the many re-
ports heard nowadays that no more
work would be done on the line
this year because of the. drouth.
Work will be resumed in a few days,
and while there is hardly a posci-
bility that the cars will be running
farther than Eureka lake this year
the remainder of the line will be in
operation by early spring.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
MADDEN FOR GOVERNOR?
Retiring NJ. X. q Il. Attorney May
BE Candidate.

Parsons, Aug. 25.-At a meeting
of NJ. X. & r. railway employees
and friends. at which Judge John
Madden was presented with q gold
watch on his leaving the company
as general attorney, it was intimat4
ed that Judge Madden might enter
the race for governor Of Kansas
next year. The Judge refused 70
make any statement. but would not
deny that he ID considering the pos
l4biIity Aof being q candidate aag
viii probably make a. aetfnite state
ment In "a few days. He left tN1
sslns6 anpxM yAtGf genera
Law practice. a9i
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
Barela.. 100. &c o..

Atehison, 4ug p2e.-SRnerstitious
burglars entstsd the Henry J. Linn
.iewslry store here last night and
stole $500 worth Of rings. That
they we're superstitious Is indicated
by the fact that they left ali opal
rings in the tray from which the
jewels were taken. Much other val
liable iswelry was left untouched.
and It is believed the burglars we're
= Ehaened away BY q policeman
who Afterwards saw two men dee
ing from the store. They escaped.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
vECE a. Q. !. CONVENTION.
"Presreszivss Bepnklicans q Take
On MAtt@ VIA Mllles. {

Washington. Aug. 25@sPro-
~gressiseS Besnhlicaks idenalIed
With thu "eencilIateH commlt3is
selected At the chicago conserenes
WIN take up at once with Chsir4
man Hilles Of the Rsspblicsn ma
tionei committee the question OF
calling = general Reorganization con-
xention.
The original plan was to call q
meeting Of The national COMMITTEES
within sixty days Of the adjourn.
ment Of congress. Senator Cum
Minis and ether leaders have deter
mined to urge Chairman Hille. to
act AZ once, a the prospect o. a.
adjournment Of congress is remoie
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28
GIL Clalms1 AhdacNeA

Wichita, Aus-91-Nay-GOss. II
years ela, Who. 10 being detained
here, declares she was Kidnapped
Ausust 5 az. HuiehiuboH By three
mep In an automobhe. The trio.
she declares. chlOfoformed her and
|took her to Peabody. she was con-
PEELED 70 work IN . hotel there and
70 submit to her captors. She es-
capped Friday, vent to Newton and
vas found asleep on q park bench.
Authorities at Newton sent her to
wichita Officers here sent for her
father, who insists her story Is true.
He asked the police to Investigate.
The girl Is pretty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-08-28

Pittsburg, Aug. 2s.-Adam oreieh
An unmarried coal miner. vas muir
dered mysteriousIy last might at IL
o'clock At Chapman. north Of Pitts
burg. Sheriff ,. D. Turkington ex-
poets an srrest VIM be made soon.
orelch was With five friends IN
front Of a neighbor's house when
the murderer fired a shot from am.
bush. Members Of the party saW
the murdered but canhot tell II be
is white or colored. oreieh. without
speaking, walked across the street
into the kitchen Of bis home where
he died.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
Mental Telepathy.

A remarkab BILE case of mental tele.
patty is connected with the death Of
a commercial traveller named STEINER,
who was fatally injured by falling
over the Clifton Rocks, at Chelten-
ham, England, not long since. At the
time of the accident his wife was en-
PERTAINING visitors. Suddenly she be-
came greatly agitated. and declared
that she heard screams. No one else
heard them, and a search failed to
reaveal the cause Of her alarm. Next
morning she learnt Of the accident
to her husband. STEINER went for a
walk on the cliffs. He sat down on
a seat and fell asleep. A short time
after, he awoke, feeling himself fall
ing. He landed among bushes on 4
ledge Of the cliff, but his back was
broken by the fall and he was para
lyzed from the waist downwards.
Fearing that he might fall further,
as there was drop OF two hundred
feet to the bottom of the cliff. he pull.
ed himself by his arms to more Sc
cure position and lay there half the
night calling for help. A policeman
found him at five in the morning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05

or In q field while cattle on an ad
Joining farm or In an adjacent held
may be free from the affection.
Various Investigators In the past
have attempted to discover some
germ or organism or some TOXIC
substance which might be determined
as the cause Of this condition, but
thus far the cause Of the disease has
not been established. ..g.at
As death Of stock from this anec'
ton Is generally sudden. and there u
little opportunity for treatment. AMI.
mails should not be turned into q, neld
with standing stalks.
As a matter of fact the disease
may be actually prevented by cutting
the stalks early and only feeding
them after they have been carefully
cured and removed from the field,
Losses from feeding on standing corn
stalks emphasize the economic value
OF cutting the corn and feeding the
stalks in the barnyard or corral. Or
better still. shredding the dry stalks,
under which condition they may be
fed with the least possible waste.
The so.called cornstalk disease
should not be confused with poisoning
from eating sorghum. Deaths among
stock from eating sorghum have been
traced to prussic acid poisoning. which
poison the sorghum under certain con-
ditions OF growth has been found to
contain in combination.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
STUDYING FOREST METHODS.

David 2. T. Yui, formerly secretary
to the president of the Chinese repub-
lie, In now travelling in this country to
learn modern methods for adoption
in China. He is at present in charge
of the lecture board Of the Chinese
Y. NJ. C. A.. which Is in close touch
with the new government and is aid
ing ia putting into effect an education
al campaign for the citizenship Of the
repu Bile
While in Washington recently Mr..
Yu: spent some tina investigating the
work of the forest service, in order
that he might find out whether its or
ganization and methods would be Of
value to the newly created department
o. agriculture and forestry in China.
II speaking Of this part Of his work,
Mr.. Yui said:
I'm the matter Of forest conserva-
ton the United States profited much
by looking upon the disasters which
were the result of the Chinese neglect
Of forestry. This was great warn
ing to you. Now we wish to profit by
the improved method OF forestry
which the United States has discov'
cred and applied"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
Waste Of Natural Gas.

Were it possible to transport nat
ural gas as coal, petroleum, or other
fuels now In use are transported, it
would be the leading fuel Of the world
and it's value would probably exceed
that of any other commodity. AS It
is, enormous quantities are wasted
annually, quantities too great even to
be estimated. The utilization Of
waste gas from the oil wells in differ
ent parts Of the United States has
been an important means OF conserv-
ing this fuel, and the increasing num-
Der Of plants erected and being erect
ed for the extraction of gasoline from
this "casing-head gas" was one Of the
most important features Of the nat
ural.gas industry in the year 1912.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
CATTLE AND coRNsTALKs.

Farmers in the corn belt, especially
In the middle and upper Mississippi
valley, have, at various periods expe.
rienced loss Of cattle pastured on
standing cornstalks after the corn has
been harvested in the autumn.
An element Of mystery has sur.
rounded the death Of cattle In these
instances. The disease is character.
lied by. : very rapid course; in fact,
very commonly there are no premon.
itofy symptoms. and 1t is not unusual,
for the owner, upon visiting the field
in the morning to find one or more
fat cattle dead which on the previous
evening were apparently in excellent
health. ca
Another peculiarly Of the disease
Il that losses may occur on one farm
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
BREEZY wEs1ERNER WHO LIKES ROUGH LIFE

clothes and overalls, she entered right
into the spirit Of the expedition. En-
Joy it," laughed the breezy western
lady. We'll. rather.
1T was wonderful a, night under
the open sky. l shall never forget the
glorious stars. We always slept out
on the ground on blankets. 1t was
hard to have to coye back home and
live in closed-up rooms. For the long.
est time after my hunting trips
would be unable to sleep at all in the
city"
1t was impossible for the inter.
viewer, a woman, to understand how
any other woman would be happy
sleeping out on desert with rattlers
and tarantulas and bugs and big
horned sheep and things curled up In
their beds or walking In their sleep
in the same neighborhood. Even Mrs.
Humphreys assurance that these
creatures never troubled her could
not quite make 1t clear row anyone
was able to even think of airs and the
heavens in such surrounding
The journey that Mrs. H kmphrey 10
members with the great'st pleasure
was the 60-day stay in the north Of
Alaska. Many times she got farther
into the various frigid le cations than
a white woman had ever been before.
Never during the whole tito months OF
that trip did the grount thaw. The
season was midsummer. June and
July. II ever a warm urell comes in
the Arctics it n during these two
months.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
Venlson Steaks and Hash.

To hash cold venison, cut the meat
in nice, small slices and put the
trimmings and bones into a saucepan
with barely water enough to cover
them. Let them stew for an hour,
then strain In liquid into a stew ran.
add to it some bits OF butter, rolled
in -four, and whatever gravy was left
of the venison the day before. Stir
in some currant jelly and let it boil
up, then put in the meat and keep it
over the fire just long enough to
warm through, but do not allow 1t to
boil as it has been once cooked al
ready.
Venlson Steaks-Cut them from the
neck or haunch. Season them with
pepper and salt. When the gridiron
has been we'll heated over bed Of
bright Goals, grease the bars and lay
the steaks upon it. Broil them we'll,
turn them once and take care to save
as much OF the gravy as possible
Serve them with some currant Jelly
laid on each steak. Have your plates
warm.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
UNDERMINING ENGLISH STUDY.

That the teahing of English in the
high school needs thorough reorgani-
cation to bring 1t into touch with mod
ern social and industrial demands ia
frankly stated by Professor James F.
Hosic of Chicago Teachers College,
in report Just published by the Uni.
ted States bureau of education. The
report contains preliminary sugges-
lions for course in English that will
meet present-day requirements.
In this course English composition
will be limited to subjects for speak.
ing and writing which can be made to
appeal to young people, according to
DR.. Hosic. I'm both composition and
literature there will be shift of en-
phasis towards those subjects and &C
tivities that are Of greatest value In
actual life-for example, oral expires.
sion-and towards modern books and
periodicals. 1t is not to be inferred,
however that the supreme values In
herent in the worlds literary master.
pieces will be overlooked"
n LARRY ucdNy ldSh III CudloClcl
training as we'll as in the mechanics
of English is put upon the teacher by
the makers of new course. Broad
ly speaking" says the report, 1T
should be the purpose of every Eng
lish teacher first to quicken the spirit
and kindle the mind and imagination
of his pupils, and to develop habits Of
weighing and judging human conduct
with the hope Of leading them to high.
er living; second, to supply the pupils
with an effective tool for use in their
future private and public life. O.,
the best command Of language which.
under the circumstances, can be given
them" The report then gives an out.
line Of the proposed English instruc-
ton from the seventh grade through
the high school.
This revision of the high school
course in English is part of com.
plete reorganization of secondary edu-
cation planned by committee of the
National Education association. Pre-.
liminary statements for the different
subjects have just been issued by the
United States bureau of education.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-05
AMERICAN GIRL MARRlEs INTO ROYAL FAMILY

choice, for which Americans will give
him due credit. @@a 5&
The duke OF Croy. who Is twenty
four years old. is a sovereign duke and
10 related to most of the royal houses
OF Europe. Hc is an officer In the Ger.
man army, but will soon resign his com.
mission to devote himself to the man.
agement OF his estates in Westpha liza
His income Is estimated at 100000 .
year, 90 that he cannot be called .
fortune hunter. The house to which
he belongs IL the equal Of any Of the
reigning houses Of Europe and belong
ed to the Holy Roman empire before
the principally was destroyed by Ma
poleon. It has branches in Belgium.
France and Hungary and the mar.
riage was opposed BY all of them. the
position being assumed that the mar
riage could not be anything but NOR
ganatic.
Miss Leishman, now the duchess Of
Croy, has spent many Of her years IN
Europe. where her father. formerly
president Of the Carnegie Steel CON-
pany,, was minister to Switzerland and
ambassador to Russia, Italy and Ger
many. She IL q typical American girl.
fond of outdoor sports and with q
sturdy independence which may upset
some OF the staid traditions and Gus
toms Of the house Of Croy in West
phalia-