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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
MILLIONS AND MISERY.
Wretched Life of "a NiF!ionaire's Wife-Suit


Wretched Life "f "a Nif!ionaire's wife-Suit
For Divorce.
New YORK, May 22.-RObert p. Nc
Bride. the wealthy tea merchant who re-
sides at 900 Fifth avenue, was married in
January 1888, to the daughter of Charles
NJ. BOmeiSter, the wealthy wine merchant
Now she has sued him in the Supreme
Court for limited divorce for cruelty.
The case was up before Judge DOnOhue to-
day. upon All application for alimony and
counsel fees. Mrs. Mcbride chsrgeS tnat
since their marriage her husband, though
lie supplied her with horses and carriages,
ipwelry worth thousands of dollars, and
every luxury, made her life miserable
by his ungOvernabla temper. He once
pointed pistol at her, saying he might
some day kill her and that
he had once shot at his sister. She says
that he is ''sly drinker," and that Willie
drunk he has many times struck and beaten
her shamefully. Though she was in deli
cate health she declares he has abused her
openly in the presence of her parents. Il
was asserted in her behalf that Mcbride
OWNS lis tea stores, from which lie derives
yearly an income of 100000. In ODpO-
sition to the motion Mcbride averred that
his wife, incited by her father, had deserted
him, although lie treated her well, and that
his income this year will not be over $780,,
600. Decision was reserved.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

IN the Court of Claims at Washing
ton recently, Judge Davis delivered
the decision of the court in relation to
the liability of the Government for the
French spoliation claims in which the
Chief Justice and all judges concur
The court, after discussing the law. is
of the opinion that the claims are valid
obligations against the country which
sacrificed the rights of its individual
citizens to secure great national ad-
vantage, and that the treaties of 1908
and 1881 with France, and the treaty
Of 1919 with Spain, do not apply to the
spoliation claims, and therefore the
claimants should recover.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

CLEARING house returns for week ended
May ~ showed an aveage increase of Ill
! In New York the increase was So
! AMERICAN securities were quoted in de-
mand on the London exchange during the
! week ended May p. In Berlin negotia-
tions for the conversion of an old Russian
loan gave tone to the money market. Eu-
ropean bourses were generally depressed.
DoN CARLOS, the Spanish pretender, has
published manifesto repudiating the in
lant son OF Queen Christina, as the rightful
! successor to the throne of Spain.
I The Spanish Government proposes to
| sell about S50,0O0,OO0 worth of the crown
lands and forests to defray expenses in
the army and navy.
A CIRCUS train collided with a passenger
coach at Attleboro, Mass, recently.
AUGUST BONN BAKER and son were
drowned at Parkersburg, W Va, recently.
INTERMITTENT fighting between Greeks
ana Turks took place on the 23d. Many
were wounded. A truce was agreed to
and an interview arranged between the
| commanders.
THE officers who were hurt in the bomb
explosion in Chicago will be manned for
life.
A NEW railroad, it is reported. i. to be
built from Chicago to New York bv En-
gllsh capitalists, to be known as the Mid
land.
d. h WALTON, one of the wealthiest men
In Union County, was found dead in his
barn at Anna, Ill, the other morning shot
through the head. 1t was supposed to be
the work of tramps
IHE steamer Dean Adams was burned az
Memphis recently. The boat cost S37, 600.
The cargo was DESTROYED
ARMOUR & Co., Swift 6. Co, George II.
Hammond & Co., n. &. Fairbank q Co. and
Samuel Nilerton, manufacturers of oIeo-
margarine and butterine, have made q pro-
test against the report of the Committee
on Agriculture, claiming that it is unfair
and asserting that their products are pure
and IN no way deleterious to health. In
support OF this they quote the certificates
OF the Illinois State Board of Health.
The annual demonstration was held in
Paris on the 23d at the graves of the com
munists buried in the Pere la Chaise ceme-
terry. No disorder occurred.
PROF. LEOPOLD. .VoN RASKE, the historian.
died in Berlin May g.
THE Senate was not in session on the 22d.
The House was in Committee on the Whole
on the Dunn Free Ship bill.
THE Telephone Investigating Committee
closed its inquiry on the 22d Prof. Alex.
der Graham Bell says there is not a parti-
ele OF truth in the story that he paid to z.
Fink Wilbur while he (Wilbur) was exami- |
ner IN the Patent Office the sum of 500 for |
information contained in the caveat OF |
Prof Elisha Gray.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

ALARGE number of petitions were
reported coming to the Senate relating
TO oleomargerine and other limitations
of butter. The great majority of the
petitions are from agricultural and
dairy associations and favor the bill
proposing an internal revenue tax of
ten cents a pound on the product
named, and regulating its manufacture
and sale, while the opposing petitions
are from produce exchanges and simi-
lar commercial bodies protesting
against any such tax and suggesting
that it would be sufficient for Congress
to require that such products be prop
crly labeled.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
An Unpopular Member.

ST. LOUIS, May 22.-Last night Alfred
Scuf, brewer by occupation, applied at
the door of the Brewers Union meeting at
Central Turner Hall for admission. show
ing at tie same time his Union card. He
asking reasons for refusal, several men
from the inside jumped on him and gave
him severe humping. kicked him down
stairs and yelled "scah'' in German at him.
He informed an officer how he had been
treated, and wanted the whole crowd ar
rested. The trouble was on account of
Seuf and fourteen others % ing to work at
Wainwright's brewery contrary TO the
wishes of the union.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
A Very BAD PidgeOn.

ECFAULA, 1. T, May Is.-Rcports
reached here yesterday that Deputy
United States Marshal Andrews and his
posse OF three were all mortalIY wounded
by Bill PidgeOn while attempting his cap
ture. Pldgeon has killed dozen men,
and there has been large reward offered
Tor his capture, dead or alive. Andrews
and his posse were after this reward.
Pidseon killed Deputy Marshal Richard
son while attempting to arrest him some
months ago. The particulars of the kill
ing of Andrews and his posse have not
been learned, Is it occurred fifty miles
from here. An armed posse of citizens
arc securing the country for Pidgeon.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

GENERAL RoSECRANs has sent to the
Senate Committee on Finance a written
statement in answer TO the charge that
he was connected with certain alleged
land frauds in California. He does not
deny the transactions, but he says he
did nothing which was not, according
to the advice of his lawyers, perfectly
legal, and that his action has since
been sustained by the courts. The
transaction covered about eight hun
Grcd acres of land in the vicinity of
Los Angeles.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

Mother Cuts the ThrOats of Her Three
Daughters and Kills Herself with the
Same Knife.
WHEELING, W. Va, May IA terri
bic murder and suicide occurred Monday
night in Lincoln County, this State, and
was reported here yesterday. Mrs. Mar
garet Donnan, widow, became crazed
from religious fanaticism, and said she
had been called on by the Lord to sacri-
flee the lives of herself and three children
to satisfy Divine wrath. Early i'm the
evening she prOstrated herself upon her
knees and after spending seTeral hours in
wild rayisgs, arose, and arming herself
with large sharp carving knife made
her way to the room occupied by her
three daughters, ageI ten, twelve and
fifteen years. The woman cut the throats.
of each child, AMI then plunged the reek-
ing blade deep into her own heart. The
bodies were discovered yesterday by
neighhOrS, who state that the room was
so bespattered with blood as to greatly
resemble n slau@hter-hOuse.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

THE Knights of Labor of Cleveland,
o., and other labor organizations, are
reported working up scheme for tax
ing all foreign immigration and will
soon forward a petition to Congress
asking that such a law be passed. The
movers in the matter request every
person interested to write to his Con-
gresSman asking that such bill be
presented and passed before the close
of the present session.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
GOVERNOR Sw1NEFoRp. of Alaska,

GOVERNOR SwINEFoRD, of Alaska,
told some remarkable things to the
members OF the House Territory Com
mittcc recently. The object of his
visit to the committee was to urge them
to prepare Congress TO give terrific
rial form of government to Alaska. He
told the committee the United States
got a treasure when they bought that
region; that almost any kind of pro-
duce could be raised there; that coal
was abundant, and a gold mine
worked there in a most primitive man
ner yielded fifteen dollars per ton and
cost only one dollar and twenty-six
cents per ton to mine. There was, he
said, enough ore in sight to last one
hundred years at this rate. If the
members would 90 TO Alaska with him
he would show them a canoe cut from
o single log which would hold sixty
people for voyage. In the right sea-
son of the year he would take them on
q voyage in the stream where the sal
mon would be so thick they would stop
the progress of the boat.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

A DEGRADING spectacle is reported
from Mines, France, where another
public bull fight has taken place.
Thousands of spectators were reused
to a high pitch of enthusiasm. Three
women bull fighters engaged in the
contests. There were many exciting
scenes during the show, and several
very narrow escapes from death. Men
and women were in the arena and six
bulls were loosed
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
Fire and Panic in a Theats-.

COLUMBUS, o., May 1s.-Fire last
night broke out in the stage scenery in
the theater at Westerville, this county.
while the company were PLAYING sIJncIe
Toms Cabin" A panic among the audi-
ence ensued. The list of injured ana
burned is as follows: C.H. Matthews
VIM. Knox, wife and child; Mrs. w A
Harry; Willie Frazier; A. j. DeIameter-
Walter Asher; Ada Markley: Mrs
auanls' an actress, and L. Chouse. Harry
Evans is injured fatally. The fire WAS
ex.Ii,gulshed with comparatively small
loss to the building.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

IT is stated that work on the Chilian
section of the Trans-Andean railway
will be commenced in July. The sec
tion between Buenos Ayres and San
Juan, which was finished recently, is
now open to the public. Chill and the
Argentine Republic hope to be con-
nected in two years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

THERE is considerable activity along
the Texas d. St. Louis railway looking
toward the widening of its track into a
standard gauge. Work will begin inn
mediately and be pushed so that it can
be completed to Gatesville, Tex, and
Cairo, Ill at the same time.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

AT Albany, n. Y, recently, Attorney
General O'Brien applied to Alton b.
Parker, one of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court, for the appointment of a
receiver for the New York Broadway
Surface railroad, as provided in the
bill recently passed resembling the
charter of that company, and Mr.. John
O'Brien was thereupon appointed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

A BRONZE statue of Daniel Webster
will be unveiled at Concord, n. H.,
June II. The statue is the gift of Ben
jamin Pierce Cheney, of Boston. to the
State of New Hampshire.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

FROM an Indian Territory special it
is learned that a general expulsion of
intruders or boomers" upon the Cher
okee strip has begun. The work of re-
moval is in charge of Captain Price
and a company of the 9TH United States
cavalry. The "boomers" number sew
eral hundred, and many of them have
built houses and made other improve
mpnfS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

LARKIN G. MEAD, the Boston sculp-
Tor, has finished his mississippi
River" which is colossal water-god,
surrounded by emblems of the majes-
tic stream.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
Two New York imitation Enolisf

Two New York imitation English
men thought it a good joke to 90
through the streets early in the morn
ing tipping over ash-barrels, just as
they do in London, you know. Justice
Duffy remarked when they were
brought before him that such London
fashions were too expensive in a city
which paid two million dollars yearly
for cleaning streets. and fined the two
Anglo-maniacs five dollars and costs
each.-N y. Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

One of the curioSities of light and
heat is the fact that rays of the sun
should pass through cake Office with
out melting it at all, as is the case
when the thermometer stands a little
above zero. That the rays of heat
actually penetrate the ice is shown BY
the fact that lens of Ice may be used
for setting fire to infammable sub
stances. Chtcd1O Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Total Mileage and Assessed Valuation
A Marked Increase.
The State Board OF Railroad Assessors
has completed its work, and increased the
assessed valuation of the railroads within
Kansas s1,977,775. The increase in mile
age is given up TO date of assessment, March
1, being SIS miles. Since that date there
hive been nearly as many more miles added.
The following detailed statement shows the
value of ali the roads and their stock:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

-"All the world was sunk in gloom
till gradually a rayonnant heralding
halo, of pallid and lustrous green,
appeared above the deeply purple sum
mitS; in its midst the yellow moon
slowly revealed itself, and with visi-
bic tremuIousne>s rose solemnly into
the ascendancy of the night" That
is the way lady novelist has of telling
her readers that it is moonlight.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

GENERAL RosECRANs has been con-
6rmed Register of the Treasury.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

I assessed
Miles. Valuation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27

"D. NJ. FAUNFLEVOY: IL you think it ad-
visHh to make the defense public, | shall
be very glad II YOU will give the statement
OF mine TO Mr.. Jennings. of the Post Dispatch
Jennings has been very friendly to us Some
time ago promised that | would give hun
the defense when IL was to he rnaGc Under
all the circumstances l think It advisable to
make the defense public. Relieve me- dear
sir, Very faithfully vours.
"H NJ RROOES
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

LoNGsHoREMEN's STRIKE.-Quite an
excitement has existed at Tacoma
the past few days in consequence of
strike of the newly organized Long
shoremen's Union, who demanded
an increase of wages for common Ia
borers from So to 81 per day, and of
foremen from the present rate of 81
to S. per day. These terms were re-
fused and the work of loading vessels
was suspended. The Union, it is
said. then gave notice that none but
members of their society would be
allowed to work. Application was
made to Mayor Weisbach for protec-
ton of non Union men, and he issued
proclamation, announcing that the
civil authority would be used to
guarantee laborers in their rights.
1t is understood that men from Seat
tie will be employed, and the strikers,
100 in number, will probably ac-
quiesce, for further effort will result
in n palpable violation of law, with
out any prospect of benefit to them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

SYMPATHETIC.--Af few months ago,
the Walla Wallu Union published a
paragraph commissioning the editor
of this paper for the assumed failure
of his party to reward his long coz
tinued services. The object was
doubtless good enough but tho NM
ner of expressing sympathy was rot
we'll chosen and calculated to MIS-
lead the public as to the results of
what has been with us lifelong
labor. The intimation was pretty
strongly conveyed that as the vii
ter had not received an Office his #.
forts as journalist might be rep
resented " fguratively" speaking by
the minus sign or still more sugscs-
lively the 0, which without friend
at it's left elbow means nothing. An
opportunity is now presented for us
to " weep" with our editorial brother
over his own misforlunes. In the
last issue of the Union is q personal
letter of the editor, detailing cir.
cumstances which, notwithstanding
bis plate has been continually right
side up politically, shows that his
Office material is covered by mort.
gage aggregating quite as much as
its cash value, and incidentally that
another of the Walla Walla papers
is $4,000 in debt. 1t seems, after
oil, that the STANDARD. without official
patronage, has Jared better than its
Walla Walla neighbors, for it is
wholly unencumbered and has quite
q respectable balance on tho credit
side of the ledger. The writer deems
himself, therefore, in position to
return the sympathetic utterances OF
his brother, and to express the hope
that the fates may deal more gently
with him in the future.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

The Secretary Of the Interior has
rendered decision in the ca ,oarte
case of James Brittin, reversing the
decision of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office of November
18th, 1885, which held that under
Section 2.261 of the Revised Stat
utes a person was entitled to but
one presumption right and could not
be permitted to commute home
stead entry into a cash entry under
Section 2,3Ol of the Revised Stat
utes, as this would be equivalent to
second exercise OF the Same right.
In respect to the interests involved,
this decision is regarded by land
Office officials as the most important
public land decision made by the In
terror Department in many years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26
School Matters.

ED. STANDARD:
For the convenience of school off,
GERS, teachers and others seeking in
formation about school matters, the
undersigned respectfully solicits
space III your valuable columns.
The school year ends June 30, 1856.
The valuation OF property in Thurston
Amount of school tax at mlI- 1881 3
January 2sth County Treasurer report
Judge Ready reported for schools &C.,. 10 60
Total for school purposes 4,ilG W
The total number of children of
school age is l ,472. The ;.ppol ton
ment in February per capita was
So. It is estimated that the August
division will give about one dollar
more to each child drawing money.
Had these been no outstanding debts
our school money per capita would
have been about seven dollars,
which would give our schools cred
liable basis to work upon. The
prospects for next year are more en-
couraging, but We should not be sat
lstied until all our districts can main
tain at least a six months school a
year.
The Superintendent has several
letters from teachers who desire Sum
mer schools. If any assistance can
be given directors and teachers it
will be cheerfully rendered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

An eastern exchange, in speaking
OF the power OF farmers when uni.
ted and combined, ably remarks
They have ten votes to seven of all
other occupations; they have votes
enough to carry IN election; they
can effectually put an end to the ex-
tortions Of railroads; they can put
ten farmers in Congress and State
legislature for every one they now
have; they can make their own laws
in oil the States; they can receive
the payment per hour for hard work
that is demanded for brain work !;
they can have all the comforts and
luxuries now enjoyed by those
classes which prey upon them; they
can combine themselves into q COM
pact body; they can cooperate; can
stand by one another and, if they
do 80, can run the world"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

THE Seattle Chronicle closes its
eyes and gently murnurs There is
nothing in the Territorial statute
preventing a Territorial officer from
holding United States office, and
If Gen. MicEen is not in harmony
with the Revised Statutes he will
lose tho United States office aud not
the Territorial one" Certainly he
would if the Territorial law did not
prescribe just when the Territorial
Office shall be filled, how filed, and
and when the term shall begin. The
Chronicle writer is mistaken when
he assumes that in lodging the
point we made he has hung his eye
on another.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

IT seems that our Governor has
quite vacated his Office ut the seat of
government. The boom which mar
tial law gave to his Seattle property,
used as barracks by Uncle Sam,
seems to require his undivided atten-
ton. Now that the Executive chair
is vacant, would it not be good
time to seat some good, conservative,
patriotic man in it? Dudy can have
the cushion and heating apparatus,
if he wants them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

AN OLD DISPUTE GONE TO JUDGMENT.
In the case of the Territory &c re-
lation D. P. Ballard, j. C. McFnd-
den and G. w. Hartman as. Robert
Mari, City Clerk. and A. H. Cham
bers, Mayor. and Appolonia Hoff-
man. assignee. of the judgment in
the old case of Frederick Hutchin-
son vs.. the city of Olympia, for 81,
600. entered February 8, 1885, in
favor of the plaintiff Hutchinson,
and upon which the REALTORS, rs at
torneys for plaintiff, claimed u lien
for $500, final judgment was award
ed by Judge Hoyt on the Gath inst.
in favor OF the said attorneys, order.
ing peremptory writ Of mandate TO
issue directed to the said Mayor and
CLERK, requiring them to pay the
amount of said attorneys claim or
be adjudged in contempt of court,
and awarding costs against said
Mayor and Clerk. Defendants gave
notice OF au appeal from this judg-
men to the Supreme Court, and a
stay Of all proceedings upon said
Judgment was granted defendants.
pending said appeal, upon their exc
cutting bond with two or more sure
ties in the sum of 81 900. 1t seems
from this that the wicked lawyers
have finally triurnphed. and the pco-
plo will ultimately have to pay for
the perverseness of our local author
tiles in allowing dangerous sidewalks
to exist against repeated protests,
as we'll as tho " Smart Alice" policy
OF subsequent Councilmen in the en- :
deavor to defeat judgment. How
much longer this suicidal policy is
to be pursued can only be conlec.
turei
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26
Justices Court.
Hartman, Justice :

TIL IIIIdII. dUSIICV.
Manvillc w. Snyder and wife. Trial
Ly jury, Tuesday. The cause was dis
missed as to wife, and verdict for plain
tiff rendered against James ii. Snyder
for six cents under instructions OF the
court. Judgment accordingly.
Before Ready and Hartman rs conf
uniting magistrates:
A preliminary trial OF Tung, China
man, for shooting Charles Hewitt, in Oc-
tober, 1883, was held Wednesday. Alter
examination, the defendant was COM
mitted, in default OF $500 bail, to wait
the action OF the Grand Jury on the
charge.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26

The U. S. steamer .Shubrick, for
nearly thirty years past in the reve-
nue. end lighthouse service on the
Pacific coast, was sold at auction last
Saturday at Astoria. G. Densbrow,
of San Francisco, bought her for
So, 200, which is very low figure for
the vessel. If the sale is confirmed,
she will be taken to San Francisco
and fitted up for the purposes of
trade.