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ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR, ABILENE. KANSAS, DECEMBER 6, 1900.-TWELVE PAGES.
ENVOIS INSTRUCTED
They Hear from Their Governments
Regarding tbe Joint Note.
A FEARFUL MISSION SLAUGHTER.
A Bllhop and III TrlMit, Soma MrWIM
Slftera, ft NomlMir of Chliiriri Prinat. ftnd
SWMra mid 201) Orphan. r..nlnled
An AU.r'hVa Oplnlun.
Teliln, Dec. 4.-AI1 the forcitrn en
voys httve now heard from their gov
ernments regnnliiiK the j(jint notn to
the Chinese plenipotentiaries and a
meeting will be held to-dny. The en
voys are not communicative, but
enough Is known with reference to
the objections of different govern
ments to make It seem doubtful that
the meeting will have a salisfaelory
conclusion.
Prince Thing end M Hung Chang
both say that they are anxiously
awaiting the demands of the powers.
They declare that China desires pence
at any price commensurate with the
dignity of nn Independent nation, but
they point out that so long as a large
foreign army occupies the province
of Chi I.I the problem will be harder
to solve.
The ' missionaries and others who
went through the sleg protest bitter
ly against any suggfstion of leniency.
They urge particularly that those
who are high in ollice nnd who were
really responsible for the outrages
to foreigners should be excelled, And
they insist also that a sulllclnit force
should be kept in China to guarantee
order and to keep foreigners Inde
pendent of the Chinese, declaring that
if this Is not done a repetition of the
trouble is inevitable.
A Fearful Ml-alnn ftlntiKhtpr.
Berlin, Dec. 4. A special dispatch
from China to the Volks Zeitung re
ports a fearful mission slaughter in
the province of Slum SI. The first
victims, the dispatch says, were a
Catholic' bishop and his coadjutors
n,nd four European priests, Francis
cans, Italian nnd French. The gov
ernor invited them to his house, pre
tending to give them better protec
tion, but when they arrived their
hands were tied. Then the governor
himself poniarded them all. Next
the governor went to the bishop's
residence with n number of soldiers
and selcd six Marseille sisters. He
promised them money nnd dlslln
guished husbands If they would re
nounce Christianity, which offer they
unanimously rejected. Thereupon
the governor poniarded them and also
a number of Chinese priests, III) Chi
nese sisters nnd 2110 orphans from
three to 1(1 yenrs of age. Fifteen
seminarists, who hurt hidden them-j
selves In a cistern, were, the dispatch
says, tied to slakes and forced to
drink (he blood of (he first victims.
They were then killed. A Chinese
priest nnd two Christians who at
tempted to escape were caught anil
put In n small hut, where they were
burned.
A C'MnMa Attach1. Opinion.
SI, I'ctcnliuig, I)cc. I Kwan
Chwang, nn attache of the Chinese le
gation here, in a formal interview
yesterday, said: "II Is futile for Field
Marshal Von Wahlersee In send Into
the Interior expeditions, the presence
of which only Irritates the natives
nnd increases their animosity to
wards the Europeans. The emperor
will not return to I'ckin as long as
foreign troops, beyond the legation
guards, arc there, Should It be neces
sary the emperor will fly further than
Sinn Fu.
"I do not believe the United Slates
intends to negotiate apart from the
other powers. The Interests of nil the
powers, Including the United States,
compel them to net in concert. Con
sequently, it Is improbable that Mr.
Conger will be secretly instructed to
act apart from the representatives of
the other countries. I believe the
powers will soon reach an agreement.
China Is anxious to conclude peace,
as this condition of affairs menus the
ruin of commerce, the gradual anni
hilation of public welfare and the de
vastation of I'ckin nnd other towns
and villages."
Flllplnti Rwaar All.trlan,
Mnnlln, Dee. 4. Sunday In Vignn
was a grent day for the American
cause. Twenty-two hundred natives
of the region, nearly all fighting
rebels, crowded the church nnd took
the oath of allegiance to the United
States. The onth was administered by
the priest.
Joseph Tat rick Iferrlngton, rail
road and warehouse commissioner
elect for Missouri, who has been seri
ously 111 of Ilright's disease, died thil
morning at St. Louis.
Don't
Use a Refrigerator
aza UnhsS Bxmm
it is kept clean with
GOLD DUST
Washing Powder
The taint of decaying particles
of food is absolute poison.
THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
Lord Ritbaru CablaiTaat DataehinBl at
Brlilih Roidlan SirrDdrd to a
Onrwhelmlni Bor tare.
London, Nov. 30. Lord Roberta
cables from Johanuesbjrg under date
of Wednesday, November 28: "The
Dewetsdorp garrison, of two puns of
the Sixty-eighth field battery, witn
detachments of the lloucestershlre
regiment, the Highland light infantry
and Irish rifles, 400 in all, surrendered
at 5:30 1), m.. November 28 Our losses
were 15 men killed and 13 wounded, in
eluding Maj. Hansen anl Capt. Digby.
The enemy is said to be 2,500 strong.
Four hundred men were dispatched
from Edenburg to relieve DeweU-
dorp, but they did not succeed in
reaching there in time. Knox joined
tliin force and found Dewetsdorp evac
uated. Sevt'ity-fivc sick and wounded
had been left there. Kn x pursued and
Is reported to have successfully en
gaged Stcyn and DcWet near Van!
bank, November 27. They retired west
and southwest. Kno-f's mesnenger
failed to get through, so I have no
details."
The di wstor at Dewetsdorp has
sent, a thrill of alarm through Great
llrilaiiu The censorship continues so
strict that there is no hipe of arriv
ing at a clear conception of the actual
position of affairs in. South Africa.
For instance, Independent accounts of
the subsequent proceedings and the
recapture of Dewetado'p give ample
details, not omitting to announce the
capture of two Boer wagons and a
quantity of loot, but there is not the
slightest, mention of the surrender of
40D Hritish troops and two guns,
which were not even disabled, inas
much as the Ikiers were able to uss
them against the Hritish relief forces
The "ubnuilous" DeVVet seems again
to have gotten away, and so far there
Is no views that the captured Hritish
have been liberated
No attempt is mi'de to conceal the
extreme Irritation felt at the adoption
of a vote of symKithy with Mr Km
ger by the French chamber ol depu
ties. Tli.3 morning papers are unan
imous in declaring that no interven
tion of any kind will be allowed to
change British policy.
Natlnual Lire Stork Amnoiatlon.
Salt Lake City, Nov. 30. Secretary
Charles F. Martin, of the National Live
Stock as relation has issued the call
for the fourth annual convention of
the National Live StocV association to
meet at Assembly hnl'., in this city,
on .Innuury 1.1, at ten o'clock a. m.
The representation wil be the same
as that of the convention held at Fort
Worth last year, but at this conven
tion nn effort will be made to admit
Individual breeders to membership.
The quo.it Ions that will come lip for
discussion cover a wide scope and are
of the greatest Importance to all
branches of the live "tuck Industry.
Tin- number of papers will be reduced
and more lime devoted to discussion
and resolutions,
ih:,t a it H 'led in s Colored Church,
Wcllston, 0 Xov. no. Oscar fnnsoll
hot nnd killed i; rl-i-.t Leach at a
festival in t!,e colored .Methodist
church at Merlin cross roads Wednes
day night. (Vv II fell nirainst a horn
which Hubert Thompson was playing.
The latter reiiion.'liated and was at
tacked by Cassell. l,ciieli tried to
stop the liclligeiciits, when Cassell
pulled a gun ami II red, the first shot
penetrating Leach's lie-irt, As Leach
fell dead Cnssell held the crowd at
bay and made his escape to the woods.
The affair created Intense excitement
la the church. The colored people
threaten violence if Cassell is cap
tured, as Leach was Drominent nnd
well-to-d'J.
I.wi KlostliiK Down the Ohio,
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 30. It is esti
mated that nearly 100,000 logs wcr.i
last night floating down the Ohio'rlvei
south of Louisville. They came from
the Miami, Pig Sandy, Kentucky and
Kanawha rivers and were set adrift
by the floods that followed the re
cent rains. The logs are valued at
from $5 to $10 each nnd a number
were caught here. The ferry boats
were seriously Interfered with nnd
some of the river steamers tied up for
fear of being sunk by the floating
logs.
CmUPMimn Cnrtla Hnkm a Dimlal.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 30. Congress
man Charles Curtis left yesterday
afternoon for Washington, to be pres
ent nt the opening of congress. Mr.
Curtis, says the coining session will
be the most Importnnt In several
yenra In (mint of business transacted.
Mr, Curtis' name litis been used per
sistently as a candidate for United
States senator to succeed Lnelen
Puker, He says he hiis never author
ized the use of his name In that ca
pacity. Ton Mln l).atr nt Hrrrrtllla.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 30.-A Mor
gantown, W. Va., special snys: Stute
Mine Inspector .fames W. Paul, of
West Virginia, says the recent mine
disaster at Herryville in which 14 lives
were lost was the result of a con
spiracy to kill the foreman of the
mine. The conspirators after light
ing the fuse, stood at the entrance
of the mine, hut the force of the ex
.plosion was greater than they expect
ed and they were also t illed.
Th Votn In K tnT
Louisville. Ky., Nov. :I0.-Wilh offi
cial returns from ev?ry county In
Kentucky, the Courier-Journal an
nounces llryan'B plurality as 7,975 and
Heckhnm'i as ?,M8. The vote will be
canvassed nt Frankfort on December
3 and the result officially announced.
A hend-end collision of Burlington
passenger trains occurred at Harlem
station, two miles out of Kansas City,
Mo., yesterday morning. Both engines
Were wrecked, but no one was Injured.
THE CHINESE CRISIS.
Development Foreshadow a Chinese
Victory Over the Allies.
MASYCERMIXS DYING FR01I DISEASE
Volnataara ft tblaa Baaarvaa Haeomlnf
Bataroa In GarmaDy-Tha Franeh Mlnla
tar May Praaatit lha Proportions
to tha Chlneaa Pleiilpitlautlarlai.
London, Dec. 1. The Spectator, in s
striking article dealing with the Chi
nese crisis, expresses the opinion that
the most recent developments at Pe
kin foreshadow a Chinese victory over
the allies, "The quarrel haa been
brought to the test of force," It says,
"and force on the civilized Bide has
proved iiiBuflicient. This result 's
mainly due to the attitude of Russia
and the United Stutes. If China es
capes with the payment of a small
indemnity nnd many promises on pa
per, as seems not unlikely, since Ger
many and Great Britain may not be
willing to incur the expenditure and
risk involved in persisting in their
demands, it will be equivalent to 6
victory for China, for nothing has
occurred that will convince the Chi
nese that their mighty empress has
been defeated or that Kurope can
avenge any future massacres,"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post, wiring yesterday, says:
"Despite the cordial reception given
Admiral Seymour, the situation Is un
changed. "The Hankow viceroy re
fuses to stop sending supplies to the
court unless the Nankin viceroy will
nlso refuse, and the latter, although
he undertakes to send no more arms,
says he must continue sending sup
plies so long as the emperor requires
them. In fact, all our remonstrances
amount to a miserable farce. We
have no courage to do more than to
talk. In the Chinese theater here the
allies are represented as a soldier
with nn enormous mouth who does
nothing but talk until his career Is
ended by decapitation."
(Tie Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring yesterday, snys: "Re
ports of uneasiness at Tien Tsin con
tinue. Chinese regulars and boxers
are believed to lie returning to that
district secretly and a renewal of
trouble is feared when the port is
closed for the winter."
Many Germans Dying from Dlinaa,
Herlin, Dec. 1. The German losses
In China from typhoid and cllmntta
diseases generally continue large, de
spite semi-official denials. Indeed,
the official dispatches themselves fur
nish proof of the Inroads of fever, as
they dally announce the number of
dentlis. Consequently volunteers for
the China reserves are becoming more
and more scarce, '
To Prudent ,h Puio.il,
furls, Dee, 1. A dispnteh to the
Havas agency from I'ckin says the
French minister there, M. Pinchon, is
authorized, If all the ministers are in
accord, to sign nnd hand to the Chi
nese plenipotentiaries the proposi
tions adopted by the diplomats nt the
Chinese cubit ill, though, before the
presentation of the propositions, the
dispatch adds, they will probably un
dergo fresh modifications.
EIGHTEEN DEAD.
The Terrlh'e Accident ttt Pan Frmtfl.ro
' Tlmr.duy Itnaulta in More Death, with
Prnapeot of G'hrm to Follow.
San Finnciseo, Dec. 1. The terrible
accident of Thursday, resulting In
the death of 18 persons and the in
jury of four times as many more,
has east a gloom over the city. About
the morgue yesterday there were
crowds of anxious inquirers, relatives
and friends of those who are known
to have been victims of the accident.
The dead have all been Identified.
Until all the dead have been viewed
by the jury no remains will be per
mitted to be tnken away from the
morgue. All of the hospitals are
(Crowded with the maimed and Injured
ami a large staff of physicians nnd
nurses is at work. Five more deaths
occurred yesterday morning, making
18, Of those badly Injured several
will die.
The Davla' Obaeqalaa.
St. Pnul, Minn., Nov. 30. The lying
in stnle of the remains of Senator
Davis at the capital to-duy will be the
feature of the obsequies that will hi
of most importance to the public,
Other than the military aspect of thi
funeral procession from the house
to the capital, and the military guard
of honor stationed about the cata
falque, there will be nothing of the
pomp of public woe Incident to the
public obsequies to-dny. The religious
services will be 'held in private on Sat
urday. More Oalveitnn Storm Victim! Found.
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 30. Forty-fire
bodies of storm victims have been
found nnd burled on the Island be
yond the city limits this week. Trior
to any action on the part of the cen
tral committee to have the bodies in
the swamps and marshes down the is
land Interred 50 or 75 bodies, vletimi
of the late storm, were buried by vol
unteer piirties. The corpses were de
composed beyond recognition. The
pockets of the men's clothes wen
turned liiBide out, showing that till
enruses had been rnbhorl
f'reaarnan Strike In FhlUte:ph a
Philadelphia, Dee. 4. Six hundred
members of the Pressmen's union,
controlling the work In 76 job print
ing offices In this city, went on strike
yesterday. They demand a uniform
rate of pay of $12 a week. Seven
firms have announced their willing
ness to grant the demands of the
strikers.
A FIENDISH CRIME.
two Maa Soak a ' Ctnthaa with Tar
paotlna and Then Set Jlra to Him
and Ha I' U' liMl,
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 4. Screams of
agony brought policemen to a saloon
in East Dallas yesterday morning at
1:30. Seated in a chair, unable to
move, was a man whose garment!
were a mass of flames. The officers
say Eugene Faulkner and J. W.
Chapman were standing behind the
bar smoking cigars and watching tha
, unfortunate man, who was being
; roasted to death. "Bring some
wnter here quick," shouted an officer.
"Get it yourself," the policemen de
clare one of the men retorted. "Let
him die. What's the use of worrying
over him?"
One of the officers took oft his coat
and with it beat out the fire. The
man was sent to the city hospital,
where he (lied at six n. in. Soon after
his arrival at the hospital the two
men who were in the barroom were
brought before him for identification.
Then it was that the discovery was
made that his eyes had been burned
out. He was John Haines, for many
years a constable at Garland, in this
county. It is claimed by the officers
that Haines was drugged and that as
he reclined in a chair unconscious a
quantity of turpentine was poured
over him and a match applied. The
man was literally ( roasted. When
news of the outrage became wide
spread the greatest indignation was
expressed. The two suspects were
put in the city jail and guarded by
deputies. Shortly after ten O'clock
last night a mob of 15 or 20 men
called at the jail and demnnded the
prisoners of the jailer. The jailer
swore that they were not in his pos
session. They had been taken to Fort
Worth early In the evening, he de
(dared. "Well," said the leader of
the mob, "if we catch them we'll burn
them."
GRIGGS' iNNUALREPORT.
Tha Attorney General Telia of tha Con
dltlon of tha Hup erne Coort-Sulti
br the United State-,
Washington, Dec. 4, Attorney Gen
eral Griggs yesterday sent his annual
report to congress. It opens with a
statement of the condition of the
work of the United Stutes supreme
court, which shows that 370 appellate
cases were docketed and 371 were dis
poned of, leaving 303 cases still pend'
ing. On July 1, 1899, there were 3,137
United States convicts In the various
prisons and reformatories of the coun
try, against 2,932 at the close of the
last fiscal year.
In 007 of the 1,602 civil suits termi
nated during the last fiscal year judg
ments were lor tne united States, in
m against the United States, 439
were either dismissed or discontinued
and 28 were appealed. Of the 17,033
criminal prosecutions terminated dur
ing the last year 197 were prosceu-
i tions under the customs laws, In
which there were 126 convictions;
6,275 under the internal revenue
lnws, in which there were 3,749 con
victions; 1,153 under the post office
laws, in which there were 772 con
victions; six under naturalization
acts, in which there were four discon
tinued nnd two entered nolle prosequi;
963 under the intercommerce laws,
in which there were 630 convic
tions; 206 under the pension laws, in
which there were 145 convictions; 53
for embezzlement, in which there
were 32 convictions; 8,180 miscel
laneous, in which there were 4,880
convictions.
County Coorthonae Knrned,
Sheridan Lake, Col., Dec. 4. The
courthouse at this place was burned.
About half of the records were saved.
A Wlfn'a Chare Airalnat Her Haaband.
Chicago, Dec. 4 Mrs. Charles II.
Plow, wife of a former state gome
warden, yesterday swore out warrants
chin ging her husband with attempt
ing to chloroform her nnd dier chil
dren and then turning on the gas so
that suffocation would finish the
work. The police are searching the
city for him. According to her story
the couple had frequently quarreled.
T'x- ll.-wer Areh Plan Abandoned,
New York, Dec. 4. Py a vote of 10
to 3 the executive committee of the
citizen's committee for perpetuating
the naval, or Dewey arch, as It was
originally called, yesterday decided to
disband and to return to the sub
scribers the money collected for the
project. The abandonment of the
plan is due to lack of interest dis
played by the public
llolldnv Kitea nn Railroad Lloaa,
St. Louis, Dec, 4. Southwestern
railroad lines have extended the ter
ritory for holiday rates to Arkansas,
Missouri, Knnsas, Nebraska, Colorado
common points and Cairo, 111, The
rate is a 1 1-5 fare for the round
trip. Tickets will be sold on Decem
ber 20, 21 and 22, with a returnjimit
of 30 days.
Hr tl-h Parliament Opened.
London, Dee. 4. The opening of
the initial session of the fifteenth
parliament of Queen Victoria occurred
lit two o'clock yesterday afternoon.
It was a formal affair and of little
public interest.
lnl-rinm for Lord Bnberta.
London, Dee. 4. The Manchester
Guardian to-day saysjt understands
Queen Victoria has decided to confer
a dukedom on Lord Roberts and that
parliament will be ssked to vote him
' 100,000.
A Hardware mora Untied by rira.
Youngstown, 0., Ded 4. Fire gutted
the six-story building occupied by the
Stnnibnugh-Thompson company, deal
ers in hardware, last night. Loss es
timated at $100,000, with $75,000 insurance.
Should
Anybody where to buy SHOES!
Most anybody would say, why
at
Shearer's Shoe Store!
Selling the best footwear at very moderate prioes makes our Shoe
store popular. ' ,
See our men's Arctics at 85o, which we tell you before buying are no
good, yet some stores get $1 for same arctic.
It you want good Rubbers and Leather Shoes at from 10 to 20 per
cent less than you usually pay for footwear, try Shearer.
Ask your neighbor how Shearer's Shoes wear, when he reoomniends
them. Call on
SHEARER, The Shoe Man,
Cor. 3d and Broadway, Abilene, Kas.
Ksroee Dig oign.
Public Sale!
Having decided to quit farming, 1
will sell at public auction on my
farm one mile west of Talmage, on
Wednesday, Dec. 1 2,
commencing at 10 o'clock sharp the
following property, to-wlt:
8 head of Horses.,
71 head of Cattle.
50 head of Hogs.
Farming Implements.
H9For detailed list of
article;
see sale bill,
Terms: All sums of $10 and under
cash; sums over $10 a credit of 12
months will be given on notes with
approved security at 10 per cent in
terest; if paid when due only 6 per
cent interest will be charged; 6 per
cent discount for cash. No property
to be removed until settled for.
Free lunch at noon.
Wm. D. WHITNEY.
J. N. Burton, Auctioneer.
Public - Salel
The undersigned, desiring to relin
quish farming, will tell at his place
1 mile west and 6 miles north of
Banner City, 2 miles east of Holland
creamery, 10 miles south and 1 mile
west of Abilene, on
Friday, December 14,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp,
the fnllnwinir nrnnertv. to-wit:
a I I ' ,
7 head of Horses
and Mules,
53 head of Cattle,
70 head of Hogs,
Farming Implements,
HaTFor a detailed list of articles
see Bale bill.
All sums ol $10 and under cash;
sums over $10 a credit of 10 months
will be given on notes with approved
security at 10 per cent interest; if
paid when due only 6 per cent inter
est will be charged; 6 per cent off for
cash. No property 'o be removed
until settled for.
Free lunch at noon.
H. L. LEHMAN.
J. N. Bubton, Auctioneer.
A Dutch Treat!
Is one where all
concerned re
ceive just the
equivalent ol
what they give.
i
But when you have purcnasea
will' feel that this rare treat gives
nav for. Thil is the result ot very
., trot tha hnnnlit of the discounts
commands. Remember, if you want tbe largest selection of the
finest quality of goods you should go to the
PALACE Drug Store
.Anybody
Ask Most
Public Sale!
The undersigned will sell at his
plaoe, 4 miles south and J mile west
of Abilene, mile north of Acme
postoffloe on section 12, Garfield town
ship, on
Tuesday, Dec. 18th,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp,
the following property, to-wit:
5 head of Horses,
101 head of Cattle,
27 head of Hogs.
Farming Implements.
ISTFor detailed list of articles m
eale bill.
Terms: All sums of $ 10 and undef
cash; sums over $10 a credit of 10
months will be given on notes with
approved security at 10 per cent,
interest; if paid when due only 6 per
oent interest will he el,
oent discount for cash. No property
Free lunch at noon.
E, S. ENGLE.
J. N. BURTON, Auctioneer.
Public Sale!
The undersigned will sell at publio
sale 2 milej west of Sutphen on sec
tion 83, Sherman towuship, on
Wednesday, Dec. 19,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp,
the following property, Jo-wit:
6 head of Horses and
Mules.
42 head of Cattle.
Farming Implements.
Household Goods.
JFor detailed list of articles see
sale bill.
Terms: All sums of $10 and under
cash; sums over $10 a credit of 10
months will be given on notes with
approved security at 10 per cent In
terest; if paid when due only 6 per
cent interest will be charged; 6
per cent discount for cash. No
property to he removed until settled
for.
Free lunch at noon. Bring your tin
cups.
O. B. HART.
J. N. Burton, Auctioneer.
si me raiace urue Store you 7)
you many times Bfcre than you
careful cash purchases, and
and lower Dricea which caah u