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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
A Youths Terrible Death.

HORTON, Kan, Dec. 26.-Charles Schat-
ter, a seventeen-year-old boy, WA IN
over by a car pushed by the ssitcb engine
last night at 1880 O'Clock and instant1v
killed. He was picking up coal along the
track when the car caught him. His ..
and the upper part "a 49,
and his brains were strewed along the
track. His younger brother was with him
at the time Of the accident.
CHICAGO, Dec. Zo.-The Euentn1 Ne,cs
says the first real and decided opposition
to the leadership of Powderly in the
Knights of Labor to bear fruit that is
ominous was the unanimous withdrawal
from the order last Friday night of the Lo-
cal Cooper's Assembly 1909. A red letter
meeting was called to take place in their
hall for the purpose of considering this
very question, and when it came to a vote
not a dissenting voice was raised to the
proposition that the assembly should with
draw. 1t is probable now that within two
weeks all Of the ffty-ons local coopers'
assemblies in the United States will also
withdraw from the Knights Of Labor and
form themselves into National organiza-
ton with government and officers to suit
the radical ideas Of the mAmharss
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

st. Louis Giobe-Democrat: The
negro must always remain black, it is
true, subject to processes of modifica-
ton which are happily not so active
now as they were in the days of slavery.
But be is not responsible for the color
of his skin nor for the place which he
occupies in the politics of the South.
1t is useless to blame him for not being
white or for not living in Africa. The
wise and safe and profitable thing for
the South to do is to give him the same
opportunities for lettering his condi-
ton that it gives to the white citizen.
He can thus be made more useful in
every way; and he can not possibly
gain supremacy without excelling the
white man in education and enterprise
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
a DisreputabIe Career.

SEDALIA. Mo-, Dec. 25.-Five months ago
W. r. Aldridge. well known young at
torney, on one occasion a candidate for
city attorney and a member of an old
Rhode Island family, fed the county to
avoid arrest for embezzling money col
lected by him for Eastern houses. Yester-
day the news was received that he was in
Jail at Cherokee, Kan. After leaving here
he located at Cherokee and began the
practice of law, but soon collected $500 for
the Mccormick Harvesting Company, of
Chicago, and disappeared. The Kansas
officials captured him at Lamar. He is an
inveterate gambler and squandered all the
money he could raise on cards.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, Dec 26.-The pas
senger and freight steamer Silver Star.
from Bar Harbor, was sunk yesterday
morning about 80 o'clock, about thirty
miles east of Whales Back light. The
steamer had been to Boston for a new en-
CINE and put into the hsrbor late
Monday night. She left at one O'Clock
next morning and was proceeding
along the regular course, when she
struck a sunken wreck, staving a hole
amidship and filling with water. The
steamer went down in three minutes time
in about twelve fathoms OF water. Cap ain
w. II. Parker and crew of eight men took
to their boats, saving only the clothes
they had on. TIL steamer was owned in
Bar Harbor by Stephen L. Kingsley, Cap
tain Parker and others. 1t was valued at
SIl 600 No insurance.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

Ingersoll objects to the general idea
of God and His government because
he says it means a universe presided
over by an autocrat, to which an ex-
change makes this reference: "What
would the Colonel have? Apparently
he is dissatisfied because the Universe
is not Republic. Does he think it
better to have an elective Deityf
Does he want the Ruler of the Uni
verse chosen by a majority vote? To
the anti-Ingersollian mind there seems
to be some difficulties in the way of
getting the Universe ruled on a Demo
cratic plan"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
THE NEW PROJECTILES.
Not Wonderful Success With the Steel
Pointed PrOjectiles.

Not a Wonderful Success With the Steel
Pointed Projectiles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Respecting the
experiments with steel pointed projectiles
with the new steel guns of the cruiser
Chicago, at Annapolis, last Friday, when
$50 pound projectile was driven through
a steel target ten inches thick, and also
through solid oak back, a naval officer
remarked last night this test met with
qualifying success, but the official records
show that thirteen years ago a projectile
weighing 203 pounds was fired from gun
converted from an old 200 FOUNDER Parrott
gun, with forty pounds of powder, and
penetrated sixteen inches of iron, and the
projectile was found three feet in the rear
of the target. The point of this comparison
of what was done at Nut Island, Boston
harbor, in 1875, with the performance at
Annapolis this week, is that it shows only
half the quantity of powder was used in
the former experiment and the PARROT
gun was only half the weight of the An
napolis gun. The former weighed about
seven tons and the latter, made Of steel,
weighs about fourteen tons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The New York Herald objects to the
annoyance and expense of defending
itself against every crank that happens
to think he has grievance, and there
fore it has been agitating a general
modification of the law of libel to pro-
tect legitimate journalism. 1t insists
that actions for libel should be confined
to the criminal side Of the courts; that
the action should be only against that
person on the paper whose wickedness
or carelessness wrought the injury, be
hecorrespondent, news editor, reporter,
:. .'torid writer or whoever may hxye
49,, -. Elective utterer OF The ofense,
and the punishL.. i'0s :
fine but Imprisonment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Fifth and Sixth congressional
districts are now in good shape to 60
to Topeka and make strong fight fol
speaker of the House. The caucus
composed of members elect to the
Legislature, held at Beloit last week,
selected Hon. z. T. Walrond, of Os-
borne, for their candidate. Judging
from the harmonious feeling that pre-
vailed the Fifth and Sixth districts
will pull together hereafter in a way
that their influence will be felt. That's
right, if we stick together, Northern
Kansas will be heard from in future
conventions, etc.-[Clay Center Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

Kansas is rapidly coming to the fore
in National politics. No senators
stand higher among their colleagues
and the esteem of the people than John
J. ingalls, and P. B. Plumb. Senator
P. B. Plumb and Congressman Ander-
son are prominently talked of in politi-
cal circles for places in the new cabi-
net. Kansas has great reason to be
proud of the ability, individuality and
prominence of its entire congressional
delegation. TIE voices of the men
who represent Kansas in the Nations
legislative halls are attentively listened
to on all occasions and in the most
important Republican councils. The
Republican party in this State is more
harmonious and better organized than
ever before, and Kansas, leading all
other States in RepublicanIsm, stands
higher than ever in the esteem of the
countrywide.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
BURNING OF THE ERICSSON.
A DemJohn Of whisky Possibly the Caus
aff the

A BemIjohn of Whisky Possibly the Cause
of the Disaster.
. SEATTLE, W. T., Dec. 26.-The. steamer
Left Ericsson was burned to the waters
edge at five O'Clock Monday evening OF
Allaki point Five lives were lost, per-
haps seven.
The Ericsson was q propeller, 2, 400 tons
burthen, and was en- route to Maiden
when the accident occurred. The fire
broke out in the hold. One theory is that
the demijohn in the pilot house was
broken and that the whisky ran through
and was ignited. There were fifty
people on board. The fire spread in
stantly throughout the entire cabin.
The boat was about two miles from
the shore. Captain John 81. Nibbe, the
owner of the boat, was in command and
left the wheel house fer the purpose OF
launching life raft, but found the passen-
gers trying to put the raft overheard. In
the struggle to rescue the raft from the
passengers he fell overheard with it. In
the meantime the passengers were putting
on life preservers and seizing hrewood or
any thing else that would float and jump
ing overheard.
Captain Nibbe saw his niece, Miss Annie
Tollmer, struggling in the water, about
$50 feet from him, and he did his utmost to
push the raft toward her, but she drowned
less than 100 feet away from him. He was
hampered with gum boots and almost
helpless.
The steamer Skagit Chief, en- route to
Tacoma, saw theft re and crowded on steam
to give assistance, and she succeeded in
rescuing seven people.
The steamer Mountaineer, four miles
away, also saw the burning vessel and
headed straight for her. When within half
a mile of the Ericsson the crew found peo-
pie struggling in the water, lowered small
boats and succeeded in rescuing nineteen.
One man was taken from the water and
died in few minutes after. His name is
not known. He said, just before he died,
that his wife was lost from the steamer.
The list of those lost is as follows: Miss
Annie Tollmer, Sidney; j. II. Norus, of
the Norus Brickyard Company, Sidney;
Jack Simmons, a half-breed fisherman
T. Smith, of Smith, Taylor & Co., Colby.
A man and his wife whose names could
not be ascertained. The survivors also re-
ported another woman as being lost.
The steamer was burned to the water
edge and no doubt sank. Neither the
Skagit Chief nor the Mountaineer went to
the burning steamer as all hands had de-
serted her and she was enveloped in
flames. Both made efforts to saving life
from the water. The Ericsson was valued
at S40, 900 and was not insured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Abilene REFLECTOR says: "Will
the Arkansas valley be generous
enough to give the Northwest the
modest share in the State honors that
she asks, or will it continue to act the
hog?" 1t is not our funeral, but we
hazard the remark that the bristles of
the porcine statesmen of the Southwest
will continue to be displayed.-[To-
peka Democrat.
We are not particularly well versed
in hog-culturs but it occurs to US that
this is about the time when the slaugh-
tering of surplus porcines takes on its
most wholesale aspect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The story is going the rounds that
when Chaplain McCabe was in Kansas
on a tour endeavoring to raise 81 ,OOO,-
600 for missions, little boy heard his
appeal, and thinking of the large sum
he had to raise. determined to help
him. The first chance he had early in
the week he gathered basket of chest
nuts, which he sold for cents. He
sent this to Mr.. McCabe with the note.
eff YOU want any more let me know"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Mrs. Diggle Acquitted.

CLARION, Iowa, Dec. 24.-At eight
O'Clock yesterday morning the jury in the
Diggle case returned into court with q
verdict of not guilty. The jury on first
ballot stood nine for acquittal and three
for conviction. After the jury went out
last night the defendant was completely
Frustrated, and remained hysterical all
night When the jury came in she sat
with her head in her hands. When the
verdict was announced she threw up her
hands, cried "Ohn and fell back into her
brothers arms, and had to be assisted
from the court room. Her brother, who
has been a constant attendant during the
trial wapf lilo O child
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

AS an indication of what effect the
census of 1890 will have upon the rela-
tive representation in Congress and in
the electoral college of the South and
the West, the comparative vote of
South Carolina in 1876 and 1888 is in
teresting. In 1875 that State cast 1885,
900 votes for presidential electors,
while this year the votes numbered
only $4,000, less than half the number
of dozen years ago. The change in
the Western States has been even
greater on the other side of the sheet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

One of the notable things about
Kansas is this, and we think it de-
serves to be frequently printed in larg-
est type: Notwithstanding the rapidly
neutrality-suspicious. of the State, the
number of prisoners in the penitentiary
is decreasing. A study of the report
of Warden Smith affords some very
gratifying conclusions to those who
love Kansas. Now, the question is,
has the law which abolished the saloon
had anything to do in bringing about
this result?-[ Minneapolis Messenger.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
A DacampInS noetan,

H1AwArHA, Kan, Dec. 2a-Aboos three
months ago DIR, Wildam located here and
won the affections of Mrs. N. Collins.
widow worth some $1,000 After living
with her some time she demanded a mar.
riage and they went to Seneca, where .
mock ceremony was gone through with.
Life became somewhat odious to the oounIe
in Hiawatha because Of their unlawful Go
habitation and they gave It cut that thex
were going to Seattle, Wash, but at Cam.
eron, No., the doctor stepped out to obtain
a cup OF Gomez ana mas not since been seen.
as best she could. The doctor is now sup
posed to be in Birmingham, Ala, and steps
uin be at once taken to anprehend him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
WOE TO THE WIRES.
Freezing Sleet Breaks Down Telegraph
Poles and Wires in All Directions.

Freezing Sleet Breaks Down Telegraph
Poles and Wires in All Directions.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 26.-About one
O'Clock this morning there was a crash
along Grand avenue from Fifth to Eighth
streets which awoke people for blocks. A
half dozen telegraph poles had snapped in
two beneath the weight of accommodating
tons of sleet. An instant later and the
streets were transformed into a network of
ice clad wires. 1t looked like some gigantic
spider had been weaving threads of ice in
every conceivable direction up and down
and across the avenue for blocks.
The entire front of Tom Corrigan's sa-
loon at Independence and Grand avenues
was crushed in by the fall of heavy pole.
Several men were drinking at the bar, but
the loud cracking of the tall pine shaft had
forewarned them and they retreated to the
rear of the saloon. The glasses they had
left upon the bar, the lamps and the mirror
were crushed into fragments. The police
were at once notified by telephone and they
in turn called out the fire department.
About the same time alarms were turned
in from various parts of the town, where
similar damage had been done by the sleet.
The greatest damage, however, was sus-
tanned by the telephone and telegraph
companies. Their losses will run up into
the thousands.
Along Main street, especially at the
Junction and upon Sixth and Delaware
streets, the wires were transformed into
hawsers of ice, which bent poles like whips.
Broken wires swung down into every
street. Along Walnut street, from Sixth
to Ninth. all the poles were bent with the
tons of weight upon the wires. 1t was al
most as bad on Eighteenth street, where
one or two poles were broken. The sleet
caused destruction in this way everywhere.
All day long there was a steady rain
falling and with the change in tempera-
ture toward nightfall it turned to sleet.
The heaviest sleet began falling about ten
O'Clock last night, which was followed by
a considerable fall of snow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Oklahoma bill provides for the
organization of what is known as mo
Man's-Land'' and the Cherokee strip
into territory. 1t includes "a. 1926, 40S
acres, most of this land being covered
by Indian titles. The opponents of
the bill say that it is bill proposing to
organize territory and to acquire title
afterward, taking the land from the
Indians and paying s1.25 per acre for
it. Settlers are to pay this to the gov
eminent when the land is thrown open.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
harm?

People with little ready money
who come to Kansas now and take
hold of property at these hard time
prices will be certain to make a good
thing in their investment. Next year
when we have another good crop, lands
are sure to spring up to good prices.
There was never a better time than
now to invest in Kansas lands.
Wichita Republic.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

This most unkindest cut of all is
from the Wichita Journal: 1.-The
Hutchinson street car service has been
increased, which means that kinks have
been taken out of that colored
mules tail, and an electric belt attached
to his belly-band to keep up the circu-
lation of his blood"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

A few papers in the State have be-
gun publishing "black lists'' of the
subscribers who owe for their papers
and then refuse" them. 1t is pretty
generally admitted that to cheat pub
Usher out of his pay for paper that
you have read for months, or perhaps
years. is the meanest act man can
perform aud every scoundrel who does
it should be branded so that he will be
known everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

y company has been organized in
Atchison for the manufacture of vitri-
fed brick, terra co..ta and sewer pipe IN
this city. The excellen. quality Of clay
found In the vicinity of stchison
makes good paving brick Kanss as
refiupI' 1T E,.g !. a. rrg.s
Abilene and Dickinson county have
some pretty good clay. Why not try
something Of the kind here?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Caught in a Frog.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Dec. A-John 7
Trainer, aged twenty three, an employ Of
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company, was crossing the
track in front of moving train last night
when the heel of his boot caught in frog
He tried to release it, but before he could
do so the train was close to him. Appar-
emily choosing death to the loss of q leg he
threw himself on the track in front of the
engine and was killed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The holiday number of the New
York Journalist is one of the most
elaborate ever put upon the market.
1t is not only sumptuous volume in
itself but is accompanied by an en-
craving in colors of fifty of the promi-
nenJ editors of the country.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

&c. Times: The cheering intelll-
gence comes from Washington that at
a public lecture Mrs. Cleveland mot
only left off her hustle, but brushed
back her bangs" So far so good.
But has she left off her theater hat?
Az, there's the rubl What does the
man at the play care for the hustle,
which is worn where it will do the least
hnrnn2
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

DENVER, Co.., Dec. 26.-Meager repo rts
have been received here of an accident on
the Midland road at Lime creek, twenty
miles west of Leadville, in which brake
man T. Harand and fireman Robert Mar
tin were instantly killed. The only par
ticulars received is that freight jumped
the track while turning sharp curve near
Lime creek and wrecked the entire train.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

This is the season of the year when
the maker of patent CALENDARS sends
the editor one valued at ten cents and
accompanies it with five dollar notice
for publication as a partial return for
tho favor
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
w. II. Doddr1tioa-

81. LOUIS, Dec. 24.-The Globe Deuocro.
announces that W. B. Doddridge, superin-
tepdent Of the Missouri Pacific lines in
Kansas and Nebraska has been appointed
general manager OF the St Louis, Arkan.
sas & Texas railroad. Ths officials OF the
latter road decline to verify ths report
ana Mr.. Doddridge him elf, whose head,
Quarters Are az Atchisoa, Kan, is reported
In dispatches fron that point as SAVING
&9t hs knows nothing about the matter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

There win be an effort made at the
coming session of the Legislature to
change the law requiring estray notices
to be published in the Kansas Farmer
(which not one farmer in twenty ever
seesI to the official papers of the various
counties. This is wise movement
and we hope it win be successful.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
HI. Profes.Ion.I Cognou.n

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. A.-Tim
Queally, pugilist, better known as Paddy
Dunn, the latter being his professional
cognomen. is a prisoner in the central sta
tion. 1t is alleged, on the night of Novem-
Der D, he broke into jewelry store in New
York and secured booty amounting to
about 5000,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

Kansas City Star: Thus far the oper-
atoms of the Whitecaps in Kansas have
been limited to the ducking of a man
who was never known to,take bath
and the whipping of another who was
guilty of beating his wife. There is
nothing in either of these acts to call
for the determination of the W. G. s.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The excessive size of the average
newspaper correspondents imagination
has been well illustrated during the
past few days by the carefully elabor-
ated plot for the assassination of Mr..
Harrison which has been telegraphed
far and wide. 1t turns out to be a
flake" of the largest variety.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

Several Kansas papers are making
the mistake of whooping up metropoli-
tan papers outside of the State instead
of their own. When such putting goes
beyond legitimate exchange advertis-
ing the publisher of the local paper is
robbing himself and narrowing his
own field.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Arrests at Beyier,

afresh at Bavier, No., the scene of the re-
cent mine troubles yesterday. The ne
groes were aggressive, and not only did
they grow boisterous, but attempted in
timidation by the free use of firearms. The
military acted promptly, and last night
five of the ringleaders were put IN the
guard hogsS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-Late yester.
day afternoon while party of seven Wa:
out sailing on the bay, about six mile:
from the city, the boat was capsized and
six of the occupants were downed. Fol-
lowing are the names: Andrew Siegel
Kate Siegel, George Stump and wife, Mat
Cox and Marie Morales.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
A Rrakeman,s Death.

KANSAS CITY, NJ, Dec. 25.--W. E. Peck,
a brakeman on the local freight train, No.
%. of the Kansas City. Fort Scott & Gulf
railroad was killed yesterday afternoon at
South Park by falling beneath the train,
three cars and the engine passing over his
body before he was discovered. Both legs
were cut off and nearly every bone in his
body was broken and crushed and his head
horribly mangled.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Senate committee on education
has reported favorably the proposition
to submit to the voters of the various
States Constitutional amendment to
prohibits the sale of liquors in the
limited States,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

America, the magnificent Chicago
literary journal issues double Christ
mas number to which only Chicagoans
contribute. 1t is convincing evidence
that literary culture is at high tide in
the city of the Lakes.