Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], September 02, 1909, Page 8, Image 8

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THE JAPANESE
VISITORS ARRIVE
r?.
The Minnesota Brought Distinguished
Passengers Ahead of Time,
ALSO THE MOST VALUABLE CARGO
Baron Shlbueawa and Hit Fallow
Countrymen Will Reealva Formal
Welcome to United 8tatea
at Seattle.
fleattle, Sept 1. The Qreat North
ern liner Minnesota bringing Baron
Ahihnaawa. the foremoit flnanoler of
Japan, merchanti, member! of parlia
ment and bankera representing eix
great cities of Japan, arrived at Port
Townsend one day ahead of her sched
ule.
Bealda her 52 dlitlngulehed pasten
an th Minnesota broua-ht the moat
valuable cargo that aver crossed the
Faclflo ocean.
X delegation representing the eight
chambers of commerce of the Pacific
coast met the Minnesota at Port
Townsend. The Minnesota will reach
Geattle this morning, when the formal
welcome to the United States will take
place. Tha Great Northern wharf Is
mass of bunting and Intertwined
American and Japanese flags.
Hags flutter from every window of
tha hotel Washington, where the
jguerts will be lodged until they begin
their long Journey through 24 itates.
The governor of Washington, the
mayor of Seattle and the president of
the chamber of commerce will wel
come the travelers.
If Baron Shlbusawa In his response
delivers the message entrusted to him
by the emperor, a reply will be made
In behalf of President Taft.
Until the trade commissioners de
part for the east next Monday they
will be elaborately entertained. The
Japanese residents of the northwest
re preparing to celebrate Japanese
day at the world's fair next Saturday
In native fashion. .
MEXICO CITY WANTS AVIATORS
Aeroplanlst of the World are to be
Invited to the Centenary
Celebration.
Mexico City, Sept. 1. The commit
tee In charge of the Centenary cele
bration here in September 1910, have
decided to invite the aeroplanlsts of
the world to bold the' international
meet at Mexico City: Prizes aggregat
ing between $50,000 and $100,000 will
be offered. The Wright brothers,
Blerlot, Curtlss, Latham and other
leaders in the science of aviation will
be asked to take part. It Is the inten
tion of the committee, if arrangements
an be completed, to make the meet
ing the biggest ever held on this con
tinent. The movement is headed by
federal Governor Landay Escandon.
Another Aerial Race Meeting.
' Brescia, Italy, Sept. 1. The great
aerial race meeting will be held here
on the field of Montlchlaria, when
many of the experts who made the
Bhelms meeting so notable will partlc
lpate. The competitions will begin on
September S and will continue for two
weeks. v Prises are offered for two
classes of airships, dirigibles and
. motor flying machines; For the dirigi
bles there wUl be speed prises only,
while for the aeroplanes the chief
prise, which is of $10,000 will b
warded to the machine making the
greatest speed, aa well at prises for
the highest altitude attained and for
the carrying of possengers, both In
point of speed and In number.
Wellington, Kan., Sept. i. Mrs.
Susan Hathaway, charged In a coro
ner's warrant with feloniously poison
ing her husband, was released from
tha Jail here yesterday by an an order
of County Attorney Herrlck. The at
torney holds that aa Mrs. Hathaway
admitted giving her husband strych
nine under orders of a physician there
la no case against her as her Intent
was not felonious.
No Mora Train Cups In Kansaa.
Bedalla, Mo., 8ept 1. The new
Kansas law, effective, prohibiting pirb
11c drinking eups on railway trains in
the state, resulted in the Missouri,
Kansaa A Texas Railway company l
'suing a bulletin calling attention to
the law and stating that Individual
drinking cups will be on sale to pas
sengers by train newa agents.
Open Air Schools for Washington.
Washington, Sept 1. Open air
schools for the accommodation of
tubercular pupils have received the ap
proval of the commissioners of the
district of Columbia and tha hoard of
education it now perfecting arrange
ments for the opening of two such
buildings, ona for whit and tha other
lor colored pupils.
Oava Leahy It Gov. Stubbs Secretary.
Wichita, Kaa, Sept V David D.
Leahy, who has been editor of the
Wichita Eagl sine tha death of at.
It, Murdoch about two years ago, bas
been appointed private secretary to
Ckrv. Btubbe. Mr. Leahy was private
secretary to Congressman Victor Mar
dock for several yeara.
The Londoa Times announces that
tha Llbertan port of Grand Ceca has
bees, declared open to foreign trad.
WARMS FOB r DOWERS
SIX WERE ISSUED AT TOPEKA
FOR ADDITIONAL PARTIES,
Ctntry the Detective Who Assisted
Mrs. Barclay to Takt Marian
Bleakley la Still In Jail,
' Topeka, Sept. 1. Six additional war
rant 'were Issued here at tha request
r rvinntv Attorney John Bchenck, in
the Incubator baby kidnaping case
nevnnd tha fact that one of tnem
for Capt P. H. Tlllotson of Kansaa
City, the officers will not discloss the
Identity of the persons they declare
will be arrested toon. The warrants
were Issued on evidence secured from
J.. N. Gentry) who aided Mrs. Barclay
l Vldnanlna- the child. Two of the
warrants are alleged to be for Topeka
persons. ,
Tf la annnnnreri that ball to 1
amount of $6,000 will be furnished by
Kansas City parties for Gentry. Capt
Tlllotson, It waa anouncea on iu
nf lite attorney. E C. Wright
would voluntarily come to Topeka and
glvs himself up. Tlllotson is cnargea
with being one of the principals in the
kidnaping a week ago iasi oaiuruar.
nentrv still declares be was misled
into taking part In the case and maoJ-
ft in feel nf toward tne uarci&ys.
Gentry says that when he asked Mr.
Barclay If he was to be turnisneo who
ball the husband of the foster mother
of the baby declared that the detec
tive had "got himself into the case"
and that now he could get out.
Topeka, Aug. iL After arraign-
mentis ft city court hort tad turn-
Isblng bond In tie sum of 16,000, Mrs.
Stella Barclay, foster mother of the
"incubator baby," left for Kanias
ntv ah declined ta aav whera she
would spend the time which will
elapse before her preliminary hear
ing which la now set for September 8.
t w nentrv. tha detective who as
sisted her In securing possession of
the child Is still In Jail here and cat
little hops of securing ball.
in (trim the ball Judee Simeon taia
ho had agreed to fix the ball at
isnno for each offense for each pris
oner in case they came to Topeka
voluntarily. This agreement waa
made last week. The bond was fur
nished by the Maryland Fidelity and
Trust company, through its local
agent
Mr n&rclaT declined to make, any
statement until after she had seen
John Atwood, her attorney, In Kansas
City.
rsanfrv In the first statement he
aays, that he has authorized, declared
there were persons Interested in the
case of which the public and bfllcert
know nothing. He declined to say
who they were, but declared he had
been misled into taking part tn the
case. It Is believed here that If Gen
try Is unable to give bond he may, be
tween now and the trial, reveal the
Identity of others he mentions as be
ing Interested in the case.
FORESTS ARE BEING DEPLETED
A Forestry Strvlet Bulletin Says We
are Using Timoer inree nrnes
at Fast at it Grows.
Washington. Aug. 81. Carelessness
In the production of timber and reck
lessness In Its use because it baa been
cheap and abundant baa brought upon
the nation a menace which will take
many years of vigorous effort by In
dividual forest owners by the states
and by the national government to
overcome and to reach the necessary
condition of equilibrium between tim
ber production . and consumption
sayt R. B. Kellogg, assistant forester,
In a forest service publication. "We
are cutting our forests three times
aa faat as they art growing" M Mr.
Kelloggt comment
"The total yearly drain upon out
forests, sot counting losses from Ares,
storms and Insects," ho sayt "it soma
10,0(0,000,000 cubic feet Tht growth
of our forests does not exceed 11
cubic feet per aero a total of lest than
7.000,000.000 cubic' feet While ws
might sever reach absolute timber ex
haustion, the unrestricted exploitation
of our forests in tht past has already
had serious effects, and It will have
much worse If It la allowed to con
tinue unchecked.
KEENE AGAIN WINS FUTURITY
Sweep Led the Field at Sheephead
Bay and Won Hie Owner
$27,000.
New York, Aug. 31. So hard held
that his bead lay almost In his rider's
lap, aad yet maintaining his graceful
long stride and with hia fleetness of
foot unimpaired, James R. Keene'a
Sweep, a son of Brush-Pink Domino,
won tht 12nd running of tht futurity
at 8heepthead Bay.
Five lengths back, ridden out with
whip and heel to beat Sweep's stable
mate, Grasmere, s short length tor
tha place, staggered tht tire Mont
poller Stables candidate, an added
starter, waa a fairly good fourth, but
the other sine contestants were beat
en off and well strung out over a fur
long. The time for the six furlongs
waa 1:11:4-5. Sweep's share of tht
puree of $31,000 was $27,000.
Wanderlnge' sf the Commission.
Vienna. Best V Tht Aaarioan
waterways commission win proceed
from hers to Fragnt and from there
to Nuremberg. Later tha commission
will make a tour through Holland and
Belgium. v
MMLmvaox Bsnxcxoa Aiiusn. Kim eagasra
HELD UP CASHIER
At Mineola. la.. Two Masked Men
Took All the Cash.
AND ESCAPED WITH $1,500
Ont Man Held Cashier and Two
Farmers In Back Room While
Another Took tht
Funds.
Minani Tn Bent 1. Two masked
MM h.u nn tha cashier of tht Mills
County German bank here and escaped
with $1,500, in casn. me casmer ana
two customers were kept In the back
room of the bank by one of the rob
kom while the second man took tht
money from the safe and counter. Tht
bandits fled afoot and went east along
tn wihuh railroad toward Silver
City near which place they dlsap-
nndroii Intn A cornneld.
la In nursuit but has not
yet secured any trace of the robbers.
The robbery occurred just Deiore
the bank was ready to close for the
day. Cashier F. H. Nlpp was engaged
In conversation with two larmers in
iiaoir mnm nf the bank when a lone
masked man appeared at the door and
at the point of a revolver made the
three men iold up their hands. While
the cashier and the two farmers were
k.iii t hair in the back room the sec
ond bandit entered tht building by
the front door and proceecieu oemnu
tho dsk and nocketed all the cash In
the bank which amounted to $1,500.
The two robbers then told the three
o- i toon ntlll and calmly walked
out of the back door of the bank and
fled down a back street toward tne
Wohooh railroad. They hurried east
along the railroad and were seen to
disappear into a cornneld a lew mues
from Silver City,
ta finn aa the robbers were gone
the cashier.gave the alarm and a posse
was formed. About 30 men were In
this and on horses they started after
a. .nuui iin tn a late hour how
ever, they had found no clue to the
bandits.
tf i heiiovoii the two robbers naa
horses in waiting for them near the
corn Held into which they went ana
that they made their escape on inese.
SOME FARM STUDENTS WANTED
The Government Has Placea for Thoet
With Agricultural College
Training. .
Waahlnzton. Sentember 1. Students
with n agricultural training who are
familiar with laboratory and Held work
and with classes and Varieties oi
cereals are in demand by the govern
ment at salaries ranging from $1,200
to $2,000 a year.
Th civil service commission nas
announced an examination September
22, next, for positions as assistant in
grain standardization In the oureau oi
.plant Industry of the department of
Agriculture.
Thomas H. Cavanaugh Dead.
Wash.. Bent. 1. General
Thomas H. Cavanaugh, aged 66 years,
i jonn Ho waa a native of Indiana,
served in the Illinois cavalry In the
civil war, and was secretary oi siaie
of Kansas for four years. President
Arthur appointed him Inspector of
lands in Washington and Prealdent'
Harrison made him surveyor general.
He had been department commander
the G. A. K. lor wasnrngiou auu
Alaska.
MISSOURI RATE CASE APPEALED
Tht Supreme Court of the United
Statea It Aaked te Sustain the
Commission.
Chicago, Sept 1. The decree In tht
Missouri river rate case was entred
and Immediately following this action
the appeal to the supreme court of the
United States was perfected. The ap
peal la based almost entirely on the
dissenting opinion handed down by
Judge Baker, who could not agree with
bis majority colleagues In their deci
sion denying to the commission the
rate-making power which It had sought
to enforce in the Missouri river rate
case.
A Square Meal for Kentucklane,
Tinl.vllle. Kt Sent 1. Fifty thou
sand full meals: 12,000 pounds of bar
becued meat and 4,500 gallons of Ken
nk "Bnrroo'' were said to have been
consumed by the people who took ad
vantage of tht Brat day of tht "Jeffer
son!aa Barbecue" held at the atatt
fair grounda.
. Deposed Ruler It Being,
thrla Oont 1 A dlinatfB. tO tht
Paris Matin from Salontca tells of tht
serious condition of tht deposes sul
tan of Turkey, Abdul Hamld. Tht dis
patch sayt that he la weak hots men
tally and physically and is sot expect
I to live many more oaja.
Walter Williams tn England.
Plymouth, Eng- Bept 1. Walter
WUllama, dean of the School of Jour
nalism ot tht rnlTerslty of Missouri,
read s paper at tht annual conference
ot tht Institute of Journalists. His
tnb)ct waa the professional tdueatloa
at Journalists,
AND ROBBED BAI
MOTOR RACE AX CHAPMAN.
Next Monday's Contest WiU Be Inter
esting One.
rhanman. Sent 2. The feature o!
Uie Chapman Fall Festival will b
the cross country automoD.-e enaur
. run of 45 miles for a $100.00
nurse. This run Is open to all ma
chines and all that Is required
compete is the payment of the $5
entrance fee and to be on the grounas
at 1 P- m., Monday, Sept. 8.
Tha run Is not burdened with
multltuda-of rules. Runabouts will
ho reaulred to carry two passengers
the driver and observer, touring
cars will carry four passengers,' two
hesides the driver and the ooserver
Each man entering a car for the
rAn may appoint an observer but the
nhserver must be placed on a airter
ent car from the one run by the man
who appointed him. Each car will
h elven a clear score of 1000
starting. . The following penalties
will be imposed:
Late at control, 5 points lor
cylinder car, 2 14 pointa for one cyl
inder car, 10 points for four cylinder
car.
Engine stops, 5 points, for each
minute or fraction thereof.
Broken spring 20 points eacd.
Ienltlon trouble 10 points each
Loose or broken parte 5 points
each.
All reolacements 5 points
Anv adjustment whatever 5 points
for first minute and 1 point for each
additional minute required.
Changing spark plug 10 points.
Overheating engine 20 points.
Boiling water at control 5 points
T.eaklna radiator 10 points.
Refilling water or gasoline
10
points.
Missing hub cap 5 points.
Sprung axle 6 points.
Wheels out of line 10 points
Tt will be seen that this Is a test
of endurance rather than speed. The
run is approximately 15 mlleB long
and must be made In 40 minutes
and three laps will be run. The run
will start promptly at 1 p. m. from
the control on Main street.
While this is one of the features
of the day the town has spared no
pains or means to fill each part oi
the day full of equally Interesting
features. The forenoon will be taken
up with Judging and exhibiting of
grains, chickens, pastries, etc. The
afternoon' with races, contests anu a
base ball game. Ine evening will
ho fiiioH with the old fiddlers' con
test ' and an entertainment by the
ttmea-amstran Flm-Ffcsters. Chap
man always welcomes and especially
Sept. 6th.
LEAGUE SEASON CLOSED.
Abilene Ended in Third Place Al
most Second.
The Central Kansas league season
closed yesterday with Abilene ending
up In third place. Ellsworth finished
first and Salina second.
Abilene played 68 games, lost 3i
and won 37.
Minneapolis was a clese fourth be-
ins a half game behind Abilene.
Junction City finished fifth, Belolt
sixth, Clay Center seventh and poor
old Manhattan ended in the cellar.
W L Pet
Ellsworth . . 45 24 662
Salina 40 ii 588
Abilene ,. . .87 81 544
Minneapolis 37 32 536
Junction City ..... .84 34 600
Belolt 83 86 478
Clay Center 3d '37 471
Manhattan 1C 53 232
PLEA TO MEDICAL CONGRESS
Nathan Strain Appeals to. Interna
tional Body to Step Use tf
Infected Milk. .
nnUnMt. Aur si. Nathan Straus.
tht New York -philanthropist, today
mads an appeal to tht International
Medical congress, In session here, to
tha hahiaa from tuberculosis and
tht other Infectious diseases that art
often carried in milk.
He cited tht evidence of I1T milk
oaused epidemics ot typhoid fever.
126 ot scarlet fever, tl of diphtheria
and seven ot epidemic sort throat
He told how Washington had typhoid
fever where raw milk was uaed and
practically none in the sections of tht
city where pasteurised milk was
told. Ht sited bis own experience oi
IS Mara la rattlna In half tht In-
tan tile death rate ot New York and
other cities by pasteurised milk.
Mr. Straus paid particular attention
i milk as a cause of tuberculosis.
Ne Friction With Cubs.
Washington, Aug. 31. That there
does not exist the "slightest friction
between this country and Cuba,'
which the public has been made to be
lieve by the alarming reports frequent
ly published by certain Havana pa
pers,'' la the substance of a statement
lasued by the Cubaa foreign office, re
ceived at the state department The
atatement also emphatically denies
the report that the Cuban minister at
Washington la to be recalled.
2, is;j-
LOIRlifll
THE EAST
Robbed Pennsylvania Express in
Western Style.
STOPPED TRAIN WITH DYNAMITE
Compelled Train Crew to Carry Gold
and Bullion Out of Express Car .
Shot Conductor In
Hand.
Lewiston, Pa., 'Sept 1. One ot the
most audacious and startling hold ups
ot a railroad train In the east for yeara
occurred on the eastern slope of the
Allegheny mountains. A lone high
wayman stopped a Pennsylvania rail
road express train with a dynamite
cartridge and at the point of a re
volver compelled tht orew to carry
thousands ot dollars In coin and bul
lion from an express car to a spot in
the wilderness. When the conductor
of the train attempted to Jnterfere
with the robber s plans be was snot in
the hand and the bandit succeeded In
making good his escape. In the dark
ness, however, he mistook a bag con
talnlng 10,000 new Lincsln pennies tor
gold coin and staggered away with It
leaving the real gold bullion 1,0 be re
covered by the railroaders.
When the news of the robbery
reached the railroad and express com
pany officials they - immediately or
dered every available detective from
the east and west to the scene In an
effort to capture the bandit. Blood
hounds were also put on his track but
up to a late hour no trace ot the man
had been found.
Tbe looted train was running
through Lewistown narrows a wild
and lonely mountain gorge through
which flows the Juniata river, when
suddenly a dynamite cap exploded and
the engine driver brought tbe train to
a standstill. When he looked to see
what the trouble was he was con
fronted by a masked figure holding a
revolver in either hand.
"Are there any mail cars on this
train?" demanded the highwayman,
"No," waa the reply of the starUed
engineer.
The engine crew was then forced at
the point of the gun to accompany the
robber to the first express car, where
the messenger was looking out to dis
cover the cause of the sudden stopping
of the train. , 1
A revolver was pointed at the mes
senger's head and threatening to blow
up the car with dynamite the robber
forced the messengers ot the two ex
press cars and engine crew to carry all
the gold and bullion Stacked In the
first car to the side of the tracks.
Conductor I. R. Poflenberger, of
Harrisburg, Pa., who came up while
this work was being accomplished was
ordered back by the bandit who
emptied one ot his revolvers at him,
one of the shots penetrating nis nana
and the other grazing his body.
Despite the appearance of three pas
sengers who had been awakened by
the shooting, the robber calmly or
dered the crew back on the train and
compelled them to steam away, leav
ing the bullion beside the track. It
was recovered later by a posse sent
on a special train. When the train
was leaving, he called out:
'Good bye and good luck; I hope to
see you again."
It waa renorted that In addition to
the missing pennies several thousand
dollars tn currency was missing but
the express company officials refuse to
announce the' exact amount ot their
loss.
Nn clew to the robbers Identity has
yet been discovered. He la described
as being about live feet eight inches in
height and was dressed in dark cloth
ing and wore a slouch nat pulled well
down over his eyes. He used ex
cellent English but had a slight foreign
accent
Asent Hamaker of Lewistown, sent
a aafa to the scene of the robbery to
receive six baga of pennies on which
the seals had not been broken but
which had been cut open with a sharp
knfe to ascertain the contents and
abandoned by the robber in disgust
Rain Fell In Oklahoma.
nviahnma ctltT. Ok.. Bent. 1.
Throughout the central western and
south eastern parts ot uaianoma iu
r,faii avaraa-ed about one and one-
half inches, while ahowers fell in al
most every county of the state. Cot
uta enrn will be materially
HH, .-
benefited and fall pastures and gar
dens will be revived, ine precipiva-
Uon at Ardmore was tnree incnes anu
t Blackwell two Inches. A heavy
downpour is reported from Antlers and
Hugo.
Msrrlmsn Improves.
Arden. N. T, Sept 1. Reports from
v. nrimaa fcnma were even more
encouraging than those of yesterday.
Mr. Harrlmaa, it. was saio, mpm. i.
a.w mi nf donra. testing com
fortably la a chair on the yeranda and
walking about at intervals wiu ma -elstaaee
ot can.
Suspected of Cemetery Murder.
Rochester, N. T, Sept 1 Suspected
aiarrlar sf Anna SchU-
(M lrwA w
Backer, who was assaulted tad kIDed
at Holy Sepulcare eraran1,
ax mare old. a waiter
ITafia '
at a Charlotte hotel. Is held by the
police. Brown waa takes Into custody
last Saturday.
IRKS
Id 'fa 'fmm cf Ciok
isscn U:mg
' Counties- '
ills
, l would say that I am still manu
facturing my well-known Climax Fan
ning Mill and Grader, which cleans
and grades all kinds of seeds from
alfalfa seed to corn. After an ex
perience of over forty years In mak
ing theae mills I think I am justi
fied In saying that it has no superior,
if equal, for doing all kinds of work.
They are made of e best material
and are first class In every particular.
I have added a bagger to my mill
which, delivers the grain from the
mill Into sacks without touching the
.floor. ; The mill can be ordered
with or' without bagger. '
W. SULLIVAN
Salina, Kansas, .' Manufacturer.
Died at the Age of 100.
nnnnvillA. Mo.. Ausf. 27. Samuel
Brosslus, one of the oldest pioneers ot
this section, died at the home of his
son at Prairie Home. He was 100
years old February 4. Ho was born
in Berkeley county. Virginia, and
came to Missouri In 1848. He leaves
four sons, 17 grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren. His wife died in
1865.
sfthri'duaki in 'canal Zone,
simmi Ana- HI. Tha Isthmus ot
Panama experienced an earth shoes.
extending over a large extent oi tem
tntv . Un Aamae-A waa dnna howOYtr.
nor is It believed that the canal baa
been affected In any way.
Public Sale
The undersigned will sell at public
auction,' one mile west and one-half
mlie north of Talmage on . '
Tuesday, Ssptsrnfcsr 7t-i
commencing at 1 p. m., the follow-
Ing property:
7 Head of Horses and Mules
3 Head of Cattle
11 Head of Hogs
Farm Implements .
Gasoline, stove, air . tight beater.
other household goods, and otner ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
Also incubator 100 egg capacity.
about 7 tons good millet hay, about
35 acres of corn In field.
TERMS All sums ot 810 and un
der cash; sums over 110 a credit of
12 months will be given on note witn
approved security at 10 per cent in
terest; If paid when due only 7 per
cant Interest will be charged. ' No
property to be removed until settled
for.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
H. B. PARKER
J. N. BURTON, Auctioneer.
Si. B. HIGDON, Clerk.
Public Sale
Th. nnderslaned will tell at public
. hia farm.' known aa the
U.UWU - .
Joe Norman place, miles north ana
1 l-i miles west oi ADiiene,
miles south and 1-8 milt east of Tal
mage, on
WeinssSay, Sspfinta S
commencing at 10 a. m- the foiiow-
. Ing property:
7 Head of Horses
42 Head of Cattle
60 Head of Hotjs
Farm Implements
Also 4 stands of bees, lot of oldi
Iron.
TERMS All sums of 110 and un
ir cash; soma over 810 a credit or
..tha will be riven on note with-
approved security at 10 per cent in
terest; U Ptld wnei oue ouix
i i.t.raat will bo charged. ..o
property to be removed sntll settled
for,
S per cent on tor eaan.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON,
w r OTTTTTTVr
j. m. oauLi
BURTON, Auctioneer.
J. N.
ERLE
McCOT, Clerk.