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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
PERSONAL AND PoLIrICA

| EMPEROR WILLIAM sailed from St. Peters.
| burg on the oath.
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK is expected tc
visit England in September in connection
with his approaching marriage.
| A DISPATCH from Rome says it is as
serted that the Italian Government has
been officially notified that Emperor VIII
| liam will visit Rome and that it is prob
able that Emperor Francis Joseph will
come at the same time.
| Rev. JOHN f. BROOKS, a noted PreSby-
terian divine and seminary teacher OF
| Springfield, H., and one of the founders
of the Illinois College at Jacksonville, died
recently, aged eighty-seven.
WISCONSIN Union Labor men declined to
fuse with the Democrats and nominated
DR.. Powell, of La Crosse, for Governor.
THE Republican Senators in caucus have
decided unanimously to pass at this ses-
sion tariff reduction and revision bill.
This, it is thought, will prevent an early
adjournment of Congress.
COLONEL JAMES STEVENSON, of the United
| States Geological Survey, died recently.
! Hewas formerly connected with the Smith
sonian Institution.
OWEN G. LovEJoY, son of the noted
Abolitionist, has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the Seventh
Illinois district.
Mr.. AND MRS. GLADSTONE celebrated
their golden wedding on the 18th.
CONGRESSMAN O'FERRALL has been re-
nominated by the Democrats of the Seventh
Virginia district.
THE Emperor of Germany has bestowed
| decorations upon several distinguished
members of the Italian navy.
Mr.. FULLER, the new Chief Justice, and
Mrs. Fuller, arrived in Washington on the
26th. Mr.. Fuller declined to see any callers
| or to be interviewed.
THE President left Washington on the
26th for yachting trip to last four days.
CONGRESSMAN O'NEILL and Miss Kate
Robinson were married at St. Louis re-
Gently without any trouble on account of
Mrs. Moore, who had declared herself
O'Neill's wife.
THE remains of Courtland Palmer, after
Agnostic services at his late residence on
East Twenty first street, New York, at
which Robert G. Ingersoll read an address,
were taken to the crematory at Fresh Pond
and incinerated.
A PRIVATE dispatch from London says
that the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
nave had the legality of their marriage es-
tablished in England. They went before
the registrar and had their marriage duly
recorded.
The Empress of Germany was delivered
of a son at the royal palace at Potsdam on
tho 07tls
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
Numerous Rows.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 2S.-The north
end of the town adjacent to Main street as
sumed the condition of Battle Row in it's
palmiest days between seven and eight
O'Clock last evening. Officer DeYinDey
narrowly escaped having his throat cut,
William Robinson was shot through
the back and Della Robinson, his
sister, was struck down with a club by
a policeman. The lower lip of Isaac
Wright, negro, was almost cut of by
Isaac Mack with razor. Tim Conlan as
saulted Z. Farnkee with chair in Third
street restaurant and cut a great cash in
his head. None Of the wounds, except that
received by William Robinson, are likely
to prove fatal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES,

THOMAS CARNEY, the War Governor of
Kansas, died at Leavenworth on the 2sth,
IN his lxty-trSt year. The death of
Carney was the first of the men who have
served the State of Kansas as Governors.
DEMOCRATIC primaries in Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 2Sth, went generally in favor
of Francis for the GubernatoriaI nomina-
ton.
ADvICES from khartoum say that the
| Austrian captive Neuford, who was en-
gagged to build a mausoleum, managed to
escape from that city, but was recaptured
at Dongola and hanged.
The Senate on the 2Sth considered the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, several
amendments being adopted. The House
was in committee on the Defici iency Appro-
priation bill.
THE Sioux Indians, in council at Stand
ing Rock, D2E., it was stated Oh the 2Sth,
had determined not to sign the treaty for
the disposal of their reservation.
A BOHEMIAN named Detlaf shot and killed
TWO ball players named Phillips and Lar
kins in Chicago recently. The killing fol-
lowed a rough request for beer while a Bo-
hemian dance was in progress.
FIVE hundred navvies on a strike re-
Gently attacked the police at La Villete,
France, and ten were wounded with swords.
Many of them were Italians.
THE trouble over tn. collection of the
cattle tax in the Chickasaw Nation, I. T.,
came to an unexpected and sudden end.
the Indian authorities succeeding in carry
ing their point by the aid of United States
soldiers. A few arrests of non-citizens
81 ID fctn nafa %
collapsed.
CLEARING house returns fog the week
ended July % showed an average increase
of 0.9 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York there
was a decrease of I.6.
The London Stock Exchange was active
during the week ended July q. American
securities being in demand. Business was
fair and the bourses were strong in Ger
many. On the Paris Bourse prices were
firm and active.
JOHN ANDERSON, imprisoned in a well
near Johnston, Neb., was rescued after be-
ing in peril for ten days. He was wedged
in by the falling timbers some distance
from the top and one hundred feet from
the bottom, a situation which made his
rescue one of extreme difficulty.
KATE and Dennis, children of Patrick j.
Byrnes, were drowned in New York har-
Dor the other day by the upsetting of q
row boat. The father was saved with
difficulty.
DISPATCHES from San Francisco report
the Arctic whaling feet up to June Is, and
the Japan sea feet up to June 30. The
Arctic feet had only taken five whales
and had probably struck the ice, for the
dispatch stated the season had been q
hard one. The report from the Japan sea
feet stated that five whales had been
taken.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

The Attorney-General has trans
mitted to the House a communication
from the Acting Commissioner of the
Land-office calling attention to the
great injustice of compelling witnesses
TO appear and testify before United
States Courts in the Territories at the
present insufficient rate of compensa-
tion, $3.50 per day and five cents per
mile. He says that upon some routes
of travel the witnesses are compelled
TO pay at the rate of ten cents per mile
each way for transportation, and from
81 to $1.50 per day more for subsistence
than the legal allowance for the pur-
pose. The effect is highly prejudicial
TO the interests of the United States in
the investigation of fraudulent trans
actions in the public lands and depre-
dations upon the public timber, as it is
impossible to induce persons to admit
that they have any knowledge OF
fraudulent actions when it will result
In loss of time and money to them
selves.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
MISCEILANEOUS.

THE joint meeting of the Brotherhoods
of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen, Switch
men and Brakemen to consider the BurlinG-
ton strike began at Tootle's Opera House.
st. Joseph, No., on the oath. The proceed
ings were secret.
THE Mccoy feud in Pike County, KY, is
reported to have broken out afresh. John
Dottson Mccoy is the last victim.
RUDOLPH SEvIc. a gunsmith, was ar
rested as an Anarchist at Chicago on the
18th. 1t was reported that Internal ma
chimes were found on his premises.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL GROSS has re-
ceived a letter from his deputy at Harlan,
KY. The deputy was in the court house
with 100 armed men with Winchesters, and
would try to hold it, though. the whisky
ties threatened to have blood for the de-
struction Of their property. They were
under the leadership of one William How
ard, who had already killed three men.
THE floors Of an old building at Elm and
White streets, New York, collapsed re-
Gently, owing to weight of machinery, and
about fifty girls and women employed by
c. A. Laville, bookbinder, were carried
down amid the ruins to the cellar Miss
Mary Bagnen, aged twenty two, of % Van
Brunt street, Brooklyn, was killed, and
several others were badly injured.
A FEW days ago A. Lund and brother
and four others left San Pedro, Cal, in an
open boat for a trip around the Catalina
islands. Later the boat was found bottom
up on the island, and it was thought the
six persons were drowned.
THE Burlington offer to compromise the
strike was rejected by the conference re.
Gently held at st. Joseph, Mo.
TIE Congressional investigation into i'm
migration matters commenced at New Y ork
on the 18th, agents Of steamships being un-
der examination.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
a COUNTY SEAT WAR.

Reported BloOdshed i'm stevens County,
Kan. Growing Out OF County Seat
Troubles.
LIBERAL, Kan, July 27.-Shorty, a livery
stable keeper at Hugoton, says Sam Rob-
inson, the city marshal of HugOtOn, and
VI. Cook of the same town, went to the
Dudley ranch near Pony creek yesterday,
accompanied by their wives, to look up
some cattle which they were trying to buy.
While taking dinner, Deputy Sheriff
Short, a Woodsdale man, accom-
panied by five other Woodsdale
men, rode up to the party and
asked Robinson to surrender, as he had a
warrant for his arrest. Robinson said he
would 90 a short distance from the camp,
leaving Cook and the women behind, and
then give his enemies q chance to take him.
On reaching q convenient spot both parties
opened fire, with the result that four
WoodSdale men were killed. The
other two fed to the strip and Rob-
inson escaped without a scratch. Cook
FASTENED to Hugoton and gave the
alarm, and soon an armed squad went to
their assistance. Meeting a lot of Woods
dale men an encounter took place, in
which three more persons We're killed and
a number wounded. According to Shorty
the whole county is at war, but Sam Wood
has again disappeared. John Cross, sheriff
of Stevens County, was one of the men
killed in the second fight. The names Of
the others killed could not be learned.
RICHFIELD. Kan, July 27.-Considerable
excitement is created here by the
repeated calls for arms and men to
help the town of WOOdsdale which
Hugoton, it is claimed, is about to destroy.
The reports are doubtless exaggerated, but
four have been killed in cold blood, and
others will be unless help is had soon. The
bad blood and worse whisky defes all law
or humanity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
"a MIGHTY LIVELY ISSUE
The Mongolisn Influx on the Pacific Coast
Impeachment of Federal Judges Called

The Mongolian Influx ON the Pacific Coast
Impeachment of Federal Judges Called
For.
CHICAGO, July ga San Francisco
special to the Herald says: The continued
influx of coolies, despite the restriction,
led last night to a large anti Chinese
mass-meeting at which was adopted a
memorial to Congress asking that Federal
Judges Sawyer and Lubin be impeached
for their part in overriding the Restric-
ton act. These judges have granted
writs of habeas corpus on which many
thousand Chinese have been landed. In
Chinatown they are instructed in re-
gard to the names Of streets and places,
and then when put on the witness
stand they tell plausible story Of their
prior residence here, which is pure ic-
ton. Sawyer and Lubip, it is alleged, re-
ceived fat fees for every habeas corpus
writ issued, and lately they transferred the
hearing of evidence in these cases to
Master-in- Chancery Houghton, who is
admitting coolies at the rate of a score
per day. He receives fee of $3.50 for
every Chinaman admitted, the fee being
paid by the Chinese themselves. Repub-
licans here claim the Chinese question
cuts no figure in the campaign, but last
nights meeting demonstrated it was a
mighty lively issue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

The RJo1na, of Rome, declares that
the statement made before the Ameri-
san committee inquiring into the i'm
migration question are exaggerated,
but that if Americas measures be
confined to remedy for excessive i'm
migration the agents of Italy will not
cause discomfort. 1t believes that it
will not be difficult for Italy and
America to agree in order to counter
act the doings of the greedy specula-
tors, especially when the Italian Par
lament has approved the Emigration
hill
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
A Bad Gang Captured.

AsHTABULA, O., July ga gang Of
tramps that had their headquarters in the
woods near here was attacked by the
local police on Monday, but most of them
got away. Those who escaped were
armed with revolvers. and on Monday
night attacked the conductor of q local
freight train on the Lake Shore road and
compelled him to take them on board
They broke open car and stole keg of
beer, and when near Geneva escaped. On
Tuesday they attacked a farmer, firing
into his house and committing other dep
relations. A company tof militia was
sent from here yesterday to suppress the
tramps, and after a sharp battle nineteen
Of ths gang were captured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
Failing Buildings.

GRANT CITY, NO., July 2s.-Thursday
night at 100 O'Clock two brick buildings
in the center of Union Block, on the west
side of the public square, fell, burying
in the debris Misses Maud Limpus,
Lilly Watson and Ada Tenant The diyis-
ion wall between the buildings gave way
and the roof crashed through to the base
ment, carrying every thing before it. Men
soon entered the fallen building and res
cued Miss Limpus and Miss Watson unin-
jured, but the other lady was pinned to
the basement floor by fallen beam. The
timbers were sawed and she was taken
out without any broken limbs. The escape
from instant death was miraculous.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
CARNEY DEAD.
The War Governor of Kansas Dies From an
Attack of ApOplexy.

The War Governor of Kansas Dies From an
Attack of Apoplexy.
LEAvENwORTH, Kan, July 2S.-Ex- Gov
ernor Thomas Carney, the second execu-
tive and the War Governor of Kansas,
died of apoplexy at seven O'Clock this
morning. He was Governor during the
years 1868 and 1864.
Thomas Carney was born i'll Delaware
County, o., August 20, 1927. He
came to Leavenworth in 1858 and
entered with Thomas c. Stevens in
the wholesale grocery business. He
was elected to represent LeavenwOrth
County in the State Legislature in 1861, re-
ceiving the highest vote cast for any of the
representatives, 1,307. Sol. Miller, F. P. Bak-
er and P. B. Plumb were elected represen-
tatives the same year. In February, 1862,
he was member of the House committee
on the negotiation of the State bonds,
Governor Robinson. In September,
1862, he was nominated for Cover
nor by the Republicans. Thomas II.
Osborne was on the ticket with him for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Carney was elected
over ". R. Wagstaff, the Democratic
nominee, receiving 10000 votes to Wag-
staff's ). 5.463. In 1864 he was elected United
States Senator. In April of that year he
sent letter to the Republican State con-
vention resigning all claims to the Sena-
torship. He was a candidate for renomina-
ton but was defeated by James NJ. Har-
vey.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

AT mass meeting under the aus.
pices of the various trades unions il
the Metropolitan Temple at San Fran.
cisco the other night speeches were
made attacking the course pursued by
the United States Judges in landing
Chinese and a memorial was adopted
declaring that every device was resort.
ed to to evade the restriction law. The
following was also adopted: 1--WE de.
mand the impeachment and removal oi
Lorenzo Sawyer, Judge of the United
States Circuit Court of the Ninth cir.
cult and George NJ. Sabin, District
Judge for Nevada
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

In the case of Scofeld, Shurmer &
Teagle and others VS.. the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railway, involv-
ing oil rates from Cleveland, o., to
various points, the Interstate Com
merce Commission has decided that
there is an unlawful preference given
by the carrier in favor of oil ship
ments in tank car lots as against like
shipments in barrels, car load lots,
which is ordered to be corrected and
the mode prescribed by which this
must be done by giving the same rates
on each per pound, The opinion is by
Commissioner Bragg.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

A DIAMOND merchant in New York
is reported as saying that when the
African mines were discovered there
was very nearly panic, which was
averted by a combination of large
dealers, who had banded together and
bought control of all the diamond
mines. Two great companies, the
rentral Diamond Mining Company and
the Kimberly Company, practically
rontrol the diamond market of the
world, and no new diamonds are put
On the market except as they permit,
Rnd the price is kept where it is by the
combination and is not influenced by
supply or demand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
Robbed by the New York Collector o.
Revenue, without Appeal.

WASHINGTON, July 2L-The Treasury
Department has rejected the appeal of F.
Steigermeyer. from an alleged action OF
the collector OF customs at New York OF
S575 %. A cargo Of cotton embroideries
had been shipped to Mr.. Steigermeyer
from Switzerland, but the collector de-
cided that they were greatly undervalued.
and refused to admit them unless the
extra duty, $500, was paid Rather
than take the matter to ceurt, Mr.. Stei.
germeyer paid the money, and because
he did this voluntarily tie department.
decided against his appeal and Mr. Steig'
exueyeT has to suffer the loss.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

GENERAL HARRIsoN's maternal great
grandfather, John Cleves Symmes,
who purchased from the Government
the site of the city of Cincinnati, was
not the promulgatOr of the "Symmes
hole" notion, but was the uncle and
namesake of that fantastic theorist.
He was Colonel in New Jerseys rev.
OlutiOnary army and was afterward a
Justice of the Supreme Court of that
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

PPOF. TsCHAKERT, of the Konigs-
berg University, has discovered in the
library numerous hitherto unknown
manuscripts of sermons and COM
mentaries written by Martin Luther in
the period from 1919 to 1925.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

BY the apportionment of the school
fund among the several counties made
by the State Auditor it is discovered
that the school population of Iowa has
increased only $40 during the year.
This is the smallest increase in any
year since Iowa became a State.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

THE suit of the Webster Loom Com
pany VS.. E. S. Higgins & Co., for in
fringement of a patent process of car
pet weaving, which has been pending
for fourteen years, was decided at New
York on the 9th in favor of the plain
Tiff, but only six cents damages was
awarded, instead of $1,000, 900 wanted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

LARGE numbers of Chinese are re-
ported making their way into the
United States from British Columbia
by way of the frontier placer mines,
which are principally in the hands of
Cinnamon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
Delirious With Sickness.

KANSAS CITY, No., July 2S.-About 1890
a. m. yesterday Mrs. y. K. Schmidt, who
resided with her husband on Riverview
avenue, near Tenth street, almost COM
pletely severed her head from her body
with a razor. She was delirious with sick
ness at the time. She was twenty
years of age and leaves two children and
q husband
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

REPRESENTATIVE PHELAN's bill to
prevent discrimination in the selling OF
newspapers, magazines and literary
matter on Interstate railways and
steamships has been acted on favorably
by the House Committee on Commerce.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

FARMERs in New Jersey are about
instituting ''bug days." wherein a con-
certed effort will be made to extermi-
nate the insects that play havoc with
fruit and vegetables.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
CURRENT COMMENT.

COTTON worms and grasshoppers are
doing great damage in the great Mex
ican cotton region of the State of
Durango.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

THE Pope is said to be suffering
from liver complaint and losing
strength. He has been ordered to take
mineral water before breakfast.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

ACCORDING to Pittsburgh reports the
soap manufacturers of this country
ire discussing the formation of trust
TO regulate prices and production.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02

capital STOCK, Si,UVU, news FuDllShlnS Q
Company, of st. John, capital stock, 5000;
the Larned and Great Bend Irrigating
Ditch Company, capital stock, $4,000;
Mound Ridge Butter and Cheese Company,
capital, $500.
THE convention that nominated Hon. l..
u. Humphrey for Governor was called to
order on his forty-fourth birthday.
ELLSWORTH has commercial club.
THE fourteen year-old daughter OF Cap
tain A. J. White, a wealthy farmer living
about seven miles southwest of Topeka,
was brutally assaulted by a negro man the
other day during the absence of the fam
lily. Upon the return home of Mr.. White
he found his daughter in terrible condi-
ton. The brutal negro escaped, but Off
GERS and citizens were in hot pursuit
THE other day Mrs. n. r. Schmidt. who
resided on Riverview avenue, Kansas City,
Kan, nearly severed her head from her
body with a razor. She was delirious with
sickness at the time. She was twenty six
years of age and leaves husband and two
children.
JAMES RIVERS, a colored barber fifty
years old, was found dead in his bed al
Topeka the other day.
AN explosion occurred the other night
in the large Touring mill of Kelly & Lysle,
at Leavenworth, which aroused the entire
neighborhood and shook the ground for
several blocks. A half section of the
twenty-inch cylinder of the engine was
torn away and the head of the cylinder
was sent crashing through the building.
It was estimated that the damage sus-
tanned would reach 5000.
GEORGE SMITH, twelve-year-oldb boy in
charge of the Copeland House elevator, at
Topeka, was killed the other day by hav-
ing his head crushed between the elevator
and wall.
RECENT heavy rains about Richfield have
caused floods in the streams, but very little
damage was dane.