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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
STATE DEBTS.
Final Action Withheld in an Important
Ruling to Await Action by Congress.

Final Action Withheld in an Important
Ruling to Await Action by Congress.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Comptroller Dur
ham has just rendered an important decis-
ion as to whether debt due to the State of
Mississippi. by the Government shall be
paid or applied as credit against the di-
rect taxes certified as due from said State
by a,fOrmer comptroller. Comptroller Tay-
lor certified that the direct taxes appor-
toned by the act of 1861 were due from the
State. The greater portion of these remain
unpaid and the State stands charged with
them on the books of the department under
this certificate. There is now due to the
State on account of commission Oh the next
proceeds of sales of public lands therein
an amount less than the balance of taxes
unpaid and charged as stated. Section 1866
of the revised statutes requires the account
ing officers to withhold payment from any
person who is in arrears to the Government
and to make a set off. Two questions arise:
First, is the State in its corporate
capacity indebted to the United States on
account of the direct taxes; second, if not,
how far is the present Comptroller bound
by the certificate of Comptroller Taylor in
applying the provisions of section 1866 OF
the revised statutes. Comptroller Durham
holds that under the constitution the direct
taxes were assessed against the citizens of
the State and not against the States and
hence were not an Indebtedness of the
State in the corporate capacity, but
that the certificate of a former Comp
troller is, under section 191 of the
revised statutes and the Supreme
Court decision, binding upon successor
and subject 10 revision only by Congress or
the courts. He decides therefore to with
hold final action upon the matter until the
attention of Congress can be called to the
same, which will be done in his next an
nual report to the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The principle involved in this case
affects good many of the States, and
very considerable amount of money.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
AN ATLANTIC OASIS.
The Orange Groves of st. 1Iichael's in Il
Charming Azores.

The Orange Groves of st. 1Iichael's in the
Charming Azores.
Out in the Atlantic, over twelve hun
dred miles from Lands End and about
six hundred miles due west from Lisbon,
lies the beautiful island of st. Michael's,
the largest of the nine islands forming
the Archipelago of the Azores. 1t is
beautiful in its variety of mountain,
lake and valley scenery, in the rich
verdure of its cultivated lands. its
equable mild climate and in its Won
derful thermal springs. The principal
commerce of St Michaels is the orange
crop. The mode of picking and pack
ing remains unaltered since early DAYS.
The city Ponta Delgada, the capital of
the island, is set in orange gardens.
and the air in the early mornings or
late in the evenings comes laden to YOU
with the fragrance of the orange bios
SONS.
Either in the town or in the suburbs
you see the gates of many orange gar
dens invitingly open. and you will be
politely invited to walk in and help
yourself to flowers and fruit. If YOU
are stranger the ''cabeca," or head
man of the garden, will bring YOU a
bunch of lovely camellias and branch
on which hang clusters of ripe
oranges and invite you to be seated on
a garden bench, for though it is the
month of February you can enjoy sit
ting out of doors. There you can
watch the juvenile toilers sorting the
fruit and the dried leaves of the Indian
corn. The picker can eat as many or
anges as he pleases and take away
every evening bag or basket full of
fruit, that has fallen from the trees,
which he sells at thirty or forty for a
penny.-LeiSure Hours.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
That Dishonest Postmaster.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE post
Office inspectors who have been pursuing
Hibbs, the defaulting postmaster of Lewis
ton, Idaho, have discovered that he is at Fare
we'll, town $50 miles distant from Vic
toria, b. C. As he is accompanied by his
family the inspectors have little doubt OF
being able 20 arrest him. He could not be
held for embeZzlement as that offenSe is no;
covered by existing teates with British
Columbia, nor for forgery, as he was act-
ing in his capacity of postmaster when he
dew fraudulent money orders. 1t is hoped
that he may he held on the charge of steal
ing letters addressed TO another person, but
this again involves nice question. The
letters Hibbs took from the pouch were adj
dressed to one Davis, which was assumed
for the purpose.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
Chicago Socialists.

CHICAGO, June S.-The Central Labor
Union, which is composed Of several or
CARNATIONS of socialistic proclivitieS had a
picnic at 0ggens Grove yesterday. A pro
cession was formed ON Market Square in
the morning, and after marching through
the principal streets went TO the grove. In
the procession was an unusual large mum
Der Of young men, especially among the
Anarchists. On numerous red flags and
banners were inscribed such characteristic
notices as ''Down with the Throne. the
Altar and the Money Bags" Twenty-Five
red flags and solitary United States fag
were carried. At the grove Samuel Fieden
aud Michael Schwab made speeches.
Fielden said that if the people would organ
ize and resist the capitalists, they might
have picnic all their lives. In their fights
they must employ little inSidieus missiles
that would destroy the palaces of their
masters. About two thousand people were
present and listened to the infiammatoTy
harangueS.
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BEYOND HIS MEANS.

A Providence (R- L. Bank Teller VITA .
Salary of %, 400 Living at the hate of
$500, With the Inevitable Result-A
ThunderboIt to the Union Club, of Which
He Was an Honored Member.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., June s.-Wm. T.
Dorrance, the defaulting teller of the
Providence National Bank, spent Satur-
day night in cell in the county jail.
Yesterday morning he appeared broken
down and psnitent. He told q friend
that he wished no one to help him, but
desired to pay the full penalty for his
crimes. After an examination, the direc-
tors yesterday announced that the exact
amount of the defalcation is SS4, 260.
The first discrepancy found in
the books dated back twelve years.
The sums ranged from $4,000 to $4,000.
The largest sum taken at one time was
$4,000, few days ago. Two theories
are advanced as to Dorrance's methods
of operating. One is that he credited
large depositors with a smaller amount
than their deposit and pocketed the diff
ference, and when they came to draw he
would take enough from other depositors
to make up the difference, keeping up the
operation year after year. The other
theory is that OF the day of drawing he
would 20 out and borrow money on the
banks credit, making it good when the
next big deposit was made. 1t is gener-
ally accepted that his stealings were. not
due to vices of any kind, but that he lived
beyond his means. His income was
81, 400 year, vet he lived in an $1,000
house, and contributed largely to the
support of his father and two maiden
sisters, besides supporting his wife and
son. It is said that Dorrance confessed
10 Colonel Goddard, President of the
bank, that he had spent $500 a
year for twelve years, and ne did not
know where the money had gone to.
Members of the Union Club, of which he
was Treasurer, say that he is the last
person in the world they would suspect
of being defaulter. He was abstinent,
used 10 tobacco, did not gamble, was
never known TO drink a glass of intoxi-
eating liquor, kept no horses and did not
appear to live eXtravagantly. His down.
fall comes like d thunderbolt to every
member of the club. Dorrance's pre-
liminary trial will occur Wednesday.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
TIL. Cashmere Earthnnake.

CALCUTTA, June 9.-Dispatches continue
to be received here about the earthquake in
the valley of Cashmere. Whole villages
have been destroyed, and DubgoOd, jana
lapar and Ovan have disappeared entirely,
having been completely engulfed in the
awful CONFUSION, During the continuance
of the shocks sulphurous dust was sent
forth, impregnating the atmosphere. At
the same time volumes of hot water issued
from great assures in the earth. The gran
aries in many parts of the vale have been
swallowed up. a large supply of rice and
a considerable amount of money have been
distributed throughout the vale of Cash
mere to relieve the distress of the people.
1t is estimated that 200 were killed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
STARVING
Terrible Reports of Famine in West Vir-
ginIa-ApPesis for Assistance.

Terrible Reports of Famine in West Vir-
ginIa-Appeais for Assistance.
PARKERsBURG, W. VA, June 9.-The
situation in Jackson County is becoming
quite serious. Hundreds of families are
on the verge of starvation, and unless aid
is speedily extended by the remainder of
the State or the outside world the most dis
astrous results may be expected. Some OF
the more fortunate and influential people of
the county and others, who believed the
condition of the inhabitants had been ex-
aggerated, have heretofore denied the re-
ports that from time to time have been
made public, hoping things could be tided
over till the new crop could be raised; but
now much alarm prevails and public meet
ings are being held in all the villages and
the local papers are printing appeals for
aid. Last week meetings were held
at Whitepine and New Kentuck.
at which scores of citizens, rep
resenting their respective neighbor-
hoods, testified as to the extent of the
famine. Many pitiful stories are being
told. Hiram Cobb, the owner of a mill.
said people would come at the rate of a
dozen day, after walking distances, for a
pint and a quart of meal, some bringing a
half peck of grain or few ears of corn
to be ground. He knew men who had gone
for five days without food, and he himself
would soon be a sufferer. J. II. Ganet said
his neighbOrs were actually starving. John
Smith, the County Assessor, said that to his
knowledge three hundred families were in
danger of starving at New Kentuck. An
appeal for aid was signed by the represent
atives of one hundred families. These are
but specimen stories. One family is said to
have subsisted for five days on lettuce, and
when found were nearly dead.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
oEsPsRADoEs SHOT.
A Troublesome Band of Negro Desperadoes
in thu Indian T-rritory EKterminated.

A Troublesome Band of Negro Desperadoes
in th- Indian territory EKterminated.
COLBERT, ]. T., June s.-Yesterday
morning at Post Oak Grove, thirty miles
west of this place, Captain Sam Sixkiller.
with Policemen Laftcre, Murray and Good
ing, and c. NJ. Mcclellan, prominent
stockma0 of the Cherokee Nation, were in
pursuit of band of negroes, healed by the
notorious desperate, Dick Glass; who had
been to Denison for a wagon LOAD of whisky
and were on their way back to the Semi
iIolc Nation. The officers had with them
q colored spy, to locate them. After
this was done, the officers left the main
road and got around ahead of them and Sc
lected place near the roadside TO await
their approach. About z O'Clock the ne
groes came along, one driving the wagon
and Glass and two others following close
behind. When within ten feet Captain
Sixkiller stepped out into the road and
commanded them to surrender. Instead
of doing so they started to nun. After
Dick ran few steps he succeeded in get
ting his pistol cut and as he turned to
fire the party fired on them Dick Glass
and Jim Johnson were killed. Some of the
officers shot the driver, slightly wOunding
him. The officers thinking him dead, pur-
sued the remaining one and succeeded in
capturing him after race of half mile.
After returning TO the place where the
shooting began, they found the driver and
the horse gone, the wagon having broken
down. Two of the police started in pursuit
of driver and horses, and after a race OF six
miles Policeman LaftOre overlook him in
the prairie. The negro, seeing that he was
about to be captured made for tree a
short distance from the road, but the police
man was too quick for him and cut him of
from the tree, and ordered him 10 sur
render and throw down his gun. He saw
the game was up and threw up his
hands. After returning with the prisoner
TO the scene of the FIST encounter, the
bodies of Glass and Johnson and the two
prisoners were put into a wagon and
brought TO Colbert, where Glass WAS fully
identified by number Of parties.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
A Eagabond.

CHICAGO, June Civilian McKinnon,
at one time a wealthy owner of running
horses and a Lieutenant Colonel in the
Confederate army, was left fortune by the
death of his father in 1865. But he had
disappeared few years before his fathers
death and for twenty years has been
a wandering vagabond. Constable Mich
ael DOran, Of Brighton, for whom
McKinnon once worked, picked him up in
Chicago last week as he was picking up
rags in cutters and barrels trying to earn
enough money for a drink. Doran took
McKinnOn to Ottawa, Canada. where Nc
Kinnon's sister was living on his property.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
GENERAL GRANT.
Surprise At the Publication of Extracts
from His Bo0k-General Grants Condi-

Surprise at the Publication of Extracts
from His Book-General Grants Condi-
tfen.
NEW York, June 1o.-The publication
H extracts from General Grants book on
Monday, surprised all who had anything to
10 with the preparation Of the book. Gen
sral Grant was at first worried about it
His sons told him he supposed the pub
Usher, Mr. Webster, had spread extracts in
The papers for an advertisement. Later the
General heard that the publication was
rs much a surprise to Colonel Webster
Is to the family, for it proved that man,
who found himself possessed of a canvassers
sample book, had sold the contents without
permission. Anger gave place to satisfaction.
for all agreed that the publication had bene-
fitted the speculation. The book is finished.
It will consist of two volumes, and each
volume will contain six hundred pages.
Originally it was supposed that five hun
dred pages would be- the limit in each vol
ume, but General Grant has amplifed
30 many passages and heightened
So many chapters that two hundred pages
have been added. General Grants friends
imagine that il is this work that has kept
him alive and they fear the consequence Of
a reaction that will come when the last
proof has been revised and the Generals
mind is freed from the stimulus gained by
anxiety to complete this undertaking.
The General is very sick man. He bears
up heroically, but his appearance shocks
those who see him for the first time.
Since taken sick great swelling
almost twice as big as mans hand has ap-
peared on his neck under the right ear. His
face has lost little of its natural freshness,
but his body is frightfully emaciated and
his bony wrists and hands betray the fact
to visitors. 1t is supposed that the swelling
in his neck is sympathetic, result of the
trouble in mis- throat The Doctors still in
sist that the General is slowly dying
in consequence of a cancerous growth.
General Grant spends his nights and near
y the whole of the day in the second story
front room. He sits by a little table in a
huge, padded leather-covered chair. That
chair is also his bed for he can not lie down.
Were he to lie down he would choke
Mr.. ChaS L. Webster, head of the
firm of publishers, who have
charge of General Grants book, says the
first volume will be issued in December
and the second in March; also that he in
tends shortly to 90 TO Europe to prepare for
publishing the book in England, France,
Germany and Austria Il have" he says
IAN appeal for the publication
of it in the Portuguese, but
guess will sell that right to some P0rta-
guese publisher. In other countries we will
retain control of the publication. 1t is pos
sible that Italy will be added to the list
The arrangement made with General Grant
is that he is to get percentage of the
profit. and the division will be something
like two-thirds to him and one-third to Us"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
PRICE MAKES THE MARE GO.
Many Good Things Despised Only Because
They Are Dirt Cheap.

Many Good Things Despised Only Because
They Are Dirt Cheap.
"Style is everything nowadays" said
Market street merchant to a reporter
yesterday. as he ordered street arab
out of his store and reprimanded a clerk
for throwing a piece of paper on the
floor. Yes, style is everything" he
continued. I'VE have departed from
the inexpensive and simple customs of
our fathers We are democrats no
longer; we are aristocrats, whether we
have money to carry out our preten-
! tons or not. The utility of thing is
not taken into considerations in our
purchases. Look at the calico on that
counter. 1t is beautiful. makes hand
some dresses and wears well but scarce
~ any one buys it. Why? Because
the price is only eight or ten cents a
yard. There can be no other reason.
At that rate dress-pattern would cost
about one dollar. What lady would be
caught wearing dress that cost only
one dollar. She would feel everlaSt-
ingly disgraced. But put the price
up TO seventy-five cents or one
dollar a yard. and they would
all want it. The high price would
make it fashionable. and there would
be such a rush We would be troubled to
supply the demand"
do you ever talk to your wife in
that style?" inquired the reporter.
No: but she is like the rest of them,"
he replied tartly, when was boy"
he resumed. rabbits were so plentiful
as to be drug on the market. They
could be bought for five or ten cents
apiece. At that price nobody would
eat them. Here in Pittsburgh, where
they command from fifty to six
ty cents pair, they are
considered great delicacy,
and everybody eats rabbit. What
makes the difference? The price. What
else could it be? There is no difference
in the animal, for rabbit is rabbit the
world over
After pausing a moment and glanc-
ing sharply at his clerks. the merchant
continued:
Beef liver is considered a plebeian
article OF diet, solely because it is dirt
cheap. If by chance any person buys
it, it is tucked away in the bottom of
the basket, so as to be secure from
prying eyes. The average man or
woman would feel disgraced if it were
known they had eaten liver. Raise the
price for liver to fifteen or twenty-five
cents pound and there would be a
rush for it. 1t would be the fashiOna-
bic dish. Ladies would serve it at their
teas, and pass it around at their social
gatherings. But so long as it can be
had for the asking it will remain the
despised thing it is. And so with
many other things. You see how it is
style and price are everything,
utility is nowhere. The man or woman
who don't throw money away is looked
down upon. If they have none of their
own to squander they must squander
somebody elses.
81 could tell you more of the same
sort" he added, but it is my supper
hour" saying which he directed the
cashier to turn out one of the two gas
lights he was using and walked off
toward home, leaving the reporter to
draw a moral from the discourse he
had listened to, which task is submitted
to the reader as the quickest way out
Of the difficulty.-PHtsburgh Dispatch.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
STUBBORN AND TESTY.
Ex-Banker Fish Gives His OPP Mon o
Wards Smelter and Buck Grants Mine.

Ex-Banker Fish Gives His OPP Mon of
Wards Smelter and Buck Grants Mine.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE examination
late Marine Bank, was continued yesterday
before the referee at the Ludlow Street
Jail, on behalf of Julien T. Davis the re-
cever of Grant 4 Ward, to discover
whether or not any of the tracts of land
and buildings owned by Mr.. Fish were
purchased with moneys secured from the
defunct firm. Mr.. Fish was stubborn and
testy The first question WAS as TO num-
Der Of lots owned by Mr.. Fish in Chicago.
Fish said they were purchased by him dur
ing the past three years, and became angry.
When asked if they were purchased with
money got from Grant Il Ward, he blurted
out once or twice, Don't ask such -
foolish questions"
When questioned as to his stock opera-
tons with Grant & Ward, Mr.. Fish an
swered: Il had thousands and thousands of
dollars worth of stock stolen from me-
He was very vigorous in his denunciatiOn
of Wards mining schemes. Il bought
stock in a mine from Grant IL Ward, said
the witness, but it was a Swindle. l
bought and paid for many mines which
only existed in the Imagination of Ward.
| was induced TO take hold of Wards
smelter, but Wards brother told me they
never had a Smelter."
How about the Memo mine?" the wit
ness was asked.
1.-THE Mono mine was one of Buck
Grants" was the reply, that WIS a swim
die, too. The individual next door Ward
can give you valuable information Oh these
things"
To other questions the witness replied:
why don't you question the gentleman
next door,"
'Well." replied the counsel, you issue a
subpoena duceS tecum and we will bring
him i'm
Just bring him in and he'll get a black
eye and a broken neck" shouted Fish, and
he looked as if he would carry his threat
into effect The examination was adjourned
indefinitely.
Fish was privately examined at Ludlow
street jail by lawyers in a foreclosure suit
to which he is party. The case was con-
Quoted with some secrecy, but the particu-
lars are said to be as follows: A short
time before the Marine Bank failed Fish
borrowed 100000, partly from the Mystic
River, Conn.,, NatioEal Bank and partly
from another bans and private Individual.
He gave mortgage OH the Mystic flats in
this city as collateral security, and it is to
foreclOSe this mortgage that the suit was
brought.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
1T SHOOK THE TOWN.

Terrific Explosion of Dynamite In a Goa
Mine at Bevier, MissOuri-The Act LAID
to Striking Miners-The Shaft BadI-
Damaged, But No Lives Lost.
BEvIER, Mo-, June Sat 1880 o'cloc (
Saturday night a terrific explosion oc-
Cured here, which shook the whole town.
and was heard at Macon, six miles dis.
tant. 1t proved to have taken place ip
No. mine, operated by LOOMS & Snive-
ly, where the negroes have been at worn
for two weeks. An immediate and hur
ried investigation seemed to prove thai
the widest threats of the striking miners
had at last been put into execution
and that dynamite had been made uSt
of The charge, which consisted of about
ten pounds of dynamite, had been placed
at the bottom of the shaft and fired by d
fuse fifty feet long. Fortunately there
was no loss of life, as the charge was
placed so close to the mouth of the pit
that its force was expended in tearing
away the framework and seriously dam.
aging the walls of the shaft, heavy tim
bers being blown into the air. Had
the charge been confined, the loss of life
and property would have Ueen enormous
over 200 persons were sleeping within
ffty feet of the shaft.