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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS-

CONGRESS met, after the holiday recess,
on January 3 In the Senate petitions and
memorials were submitted and the Tariff bill
was taken up and after being discussed for
some time was laid aside and message
received from the President in regard TO the
correspondence on the subject OF the treaty
with China pending last September Ad-
iourned. There was slim attendance
in the House The bill prohibiting attorneys
from receiving fee for procuring an increase
of pension was amended and passed The
amendment as adopted was offered by Mr..
Peters (Kan.) and permits the applicant to con-
tract to pay not TO exceed three dollars TO any
person in his own State il the claim is allowed.
The River and Harbor bill was then considered
until adjournment
In the Senate on the Sd Senator Vor-
hees' resolution calling for certain information
as to homestead, timber-culture and pre-emp-
ton entries was agreed to. At 1920 the Sen
ate took up the Tariff bill which was considered
until adjournment -. In the House Mr.. Reed,
of Maine, from the Committee on Rules, re-
ported resolution which had for its object the
prevention of filibustering by opponents OF the
Pacific Railroad Funding bill and the Okla
homa bill Fillibustering was resorted TO by
the opponents of the motion which prevented a
vote upon it, and pending the attempt to secure
quorum the House adjourned
IN Ino OcHdIe OA Ine 7In diesoiuIion " as
agreed to calling on the President for CORE
spondence touching the recent Haytien trouble,
and Senator Edmunds resolution regarding the
construction or control OF the Panama canal by
European countries was reported and placed on
the calendar. The Tariff bill was then con-
sidered until adjournment. .. In the House the
Senate Nicaragua Canal bill was taken up,
amended and passed. Mr.. Reed called up his
resolution amending the rules so as to prevent
fllibustering on the Oklahoma and Pacific Road
Funding bills. A long discussion followed and
no quorum could be had, so without action the
House adjourned.
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to qualify themselves for the test,
might not the blacks do
the same thinge In some
of the Southern States, largely
by the help of Northern benovolence,
the blacks have educational advant-
ages equal to those OF the whites.
Would a State, aiming at the sup
preston of the colored vote by the
educational test, take measures to pre-
vent the blacks from qualifying for
the test? Surely not Greater folly
could not be devised. 1t is the educa-
ton and elevation of the blacks, not
in their ignorance and degradation.
that the safety of the South lies.
Nothing, it seems to US. could be
more unwise than the policy of sup
pressing the negro vote. 1t is not
only hostile to the Constitution, per-
ilous to our institutions, ard dis
astrous to public virtue, but it is set
ting bad example for the negroes to
initiate. An inferior people are very
apt in learning lessons of this kind.
The time is sure to come. if this policy
is continued, when the negro will
wrest the club which is now being
used against him from the hands of
his oppressors, and use it against
them.
The negro is in the South to stay.
Educate him. respect his rights, set
him good example, and he will prove
a blessing and not scourge N. 7.
Il.dependent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
THE SOUTHERN VOTE.
An Evil Which Must BE Remedied by {
Incoming Administration.

An EVIL Which Must Be Remedied by the
Incoming Administration.
In the eight cotton aud Gulf States
of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi. South
Carolina and Texas tho Republicans
cast 45,840 votes less than in 1884,
when enormous numbers of Republican
votes were suppressed, while the Dem
ocrats increased their totals Sc. 800
This simple statement of Republican
loss in votes with an increase of u per
cent. in Republican population is suffi-
cient evidence that fraud and intimi-
dalton controlled the result; but when
the fgures are studied more closely
the demonstration is so plain that it
can not be disputed. The following
table gives the total number of white
and colored voters in the States named
above in 1880, the vote then returned
as cast by each party, the difference
between the actual and possible Dem
ocratic white vote and the amount of
the suppressed colored Republican
vote. Similar figures are also given
for 1884 and 1888. As the population
has increased about % per cent. since
1880, II per cent is added to tho
figures for that year to ascertain the
actual number of votes in 1884, and IL
to those to give that for 1888:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
LOST a CUSTOMER.
How an Aesthetic Barber Frightened Or
of His Best Clients.

How an Aesthetic Barber Frightened One
of His Best Clients.
Let me have close shave" said
new customer, as he settled back in his
chair and looked dreamily at the
ceiling in downtown barbershop.
I'D rather not" said the aesthetic
barber, throwing the hair back from
his full, expansive brow and looking
sadly at the man in the chair.
Whats that you say? What's the
matter? Come, come, hurry upr'
No, no, my good man, you do not
know what you are asking for. DO
you know what a close shave means?
i never did until looked at face the
other day through the microscope
which had been treated to this luxu-
rious process. Why, the entire skin
resembled a piece of raw beef. To
make the face perfectly smooth re-
quires not only the removal of the
hair, but also portion of the cuticle,
and close shave means the removal
of layer of skin all around. The
blood vessels thus exposed are not
visible to the eye, but under the mi
croscope each little quivering mouth
holding a minute drop protests against
such cruel treatment. The nerve tips
are also uncovered, and the pores are
left unprotected, which makes the skin
tender and unhealthy. This sudden
exposure OF the inner layer of the skin
renders person liable to have colds,
hoarseness and sore throat, and it is
only that the face and neck are pachy-
dermatous-"
"Hold on, barber! Not another
wordr' exclaimed the customer. A
look of sadness had come over his face
and he seemed to be mentally calculat-
ing the amount of epidermis that had
been sacrificed in many years of close
shaves. Suddenly jumping from his
chair he said with deep feeling:
'I'll never shave again"
In moment more he was gone. The
aesthetic barber was astonished at the
result of his effort to rid a
fellow being of a foolish notion. and he
had chill when the boss barber told
him that the loss of trade would be
deducted from his salary.-N 7. Trs6-
Ene.
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ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE handsome residence of Robert Nc
Wade, city editor of the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger, and J. II. Tighe, on Lancaster
avenue, at Wayne station, were entirely
| destroyed by fire the other night.
THE Edmunds Panama resolution was
debated in the Senate on the 5th without
action. This was followed by the Tariff
bill. The House was still in deadlock
over the proposed alteration of the rules,
caused by want of quorum.
The British ship Montana was sunk re-
Gently after collision with the German
Lloyd steamer Main off the Maryland
coast. The chief engineer was killed. The
cause was inexplcable, according to the
Mains officers.
A COURIER has reached the Blackfeet
Agency, Oak, from Sweet Grass Hills
with news of a four cornered duel to the
death between quartet of Gros Ventres
and River Crow Indians. The struggle
occurred about shutdown on the banks of
Cottonwood creek in the foot hills, three
OF the reds being killed outright and the
fourth SO seriously stabbed that he died.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has given a decision setting aside the
famous John Amory Goldman will in
"hASh hOdiiy Oh tuc plOpcfty WAS lcit w
Mrs. Eliza Ann Kimball, the ''Violette of
his letters"
SENATOR PLUMB has introduced bill to
create a customs commission in the Treas
ury Department to investigate the work
ing of the Tariff law.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended January showed an average in
crease Of 14.3 compared with the cores
a<rd inn @f1 Last t. NJ V--l-
the increase was 1873.
AMERICAN securities were f1rmer on the
London Exchange during the week ended
January 3. Other business was active and
discount easy. The German bourses were
firm In Paris financial matters were
quiet, Panama shares still continuing to
fall.
The President has directed the removal
OF Alfred E. Lewis, deputy fifth auditor Of
the treasury, for neglect and inattention
OF his official duty.
PROF. GEFFEcKKN, who has been held in
custody on the charge of being response
bic for the publication in the Deutsche
Rundschau of the diary of the late EN-
peror Frederick, has been released, the
prosecution having been abandoned. The
professors release and the Morier Incl
dent excited much comment unfavorable
to Bismarck in the European press.
A PASSENGER train was blown from the
rails near Fiume, Hungary, the other day
by the wind and three persons killed and
many injured.
CARDINAL SIMON. Primate Of Hungary,
at banquet the other night made a vio-
lent speech denouncing Italy's treatment
OF the Pope as infamous.
The river steamboat Kate Robbins sunk
above Yazoo City, Miss, on the 9Th in
fifteen minutes, having struck a snag. No
lives were lost
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
PERsoNAL AyD PoLIrICAL.

THE London Daily Telegraph in lead
ing article on the subject of United States
Ministers to England, says: I'VE have
always contrived to make them more En-
glish than they were before they came to
England. Should Mr.. Blaine come to
London as United States British Minister,
Englishmen would take it as a great COM
pliment But whatsoever Mr.. Harrison
chooses is certain to be persona grdtd
| here"
Mr.. GLADSTONE denies the London
Tablets story that he favors international
arbitration to fix the status of the Pope's
temporal sovereignty.
GOVERNOR HILL was inaugurated for a
third term at Albany, n. Y, ON the 1st.
In his message he denounced the use of
money in elections.
THE White House reception, New Years
| day, was largely attended by the general
public. The Congressional delegation
paying their respects to the President was
rather less than usual.
The wife of Ex-Governor Garcelon and
sister of Mrs. Senator Frye died at Lewis
ton, Me-, recently.
THE New Hampshire Constitutional con-
vention assembled at Concord, n. h. on
the I'd and organized.
JOHN HENNEKER HEAToN, member of the
British House of Commons, expects to
visit the United States shortly to advocate
penny postage between England and
America.
Four Radical members of the Servian
Chamber of Deputies have been arrested
for an alleged conspiracy against King
Milan.
THE Missouri Legislature convened at
Jefferson City on the I'd.
THE Cortes of Portugal was opened on
the I'd by the King in person, who de-
clared that Portugal would willingly join
in the anti-slave trade blockade of East
Africa
THE President has withdrawn the
nomination of Leon o. Bailey to be dis
trict attorney for Indiana and substituted
the name of Solomon Claypool, now as
sistant district attorney under special ap-
pointment.
POSTMASTER SHELLEY, of Kansas City,
No., has been removed by order of the
President Shelley accuses Congressman
elect Tarsney of being the cause of his
removal, much bad feeling having devel-
oped during the late election between
them.
THE Secretary of State has received
letter from the United States Consul at
Cape Haytien announcing the election of
Hippolyte as Provisional President of
Hayti by convention held at Gonaives,
and saying that no particular damage was
done by the recent bombardment of Cape
Haytien.
THE biennial message of Governor
Adams, of Colorado, has been sent to the
Legislature. 1t recommends, among other
things, the passage of high license law.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A THIRD mysterious murder at Birming-
ham. Ala, developed on the 1st, the body
of a well dressed young man being found
concealed in pile of brush. He had been
dead for some time.
The Richardson Drug Company's build
ing and other premises at St Louis were
burned on the morning of the 1st The
loss was $750,0C0. The Waterman was
thought to have been burned to death.
Several exciting escapes took place.
JOHN A. MACKAY, the comedian, mys-
teriously disappeared from New York re-
Gently. He left note indicating that he
had wandered off in a fit of insanity.
CHARLES SWIFT and Jacob Reislock
pupils at the institution for the deaf and
| dumb at Columbus, o., were drowned re-
Gently by the breaking of the ice on a
pond. S. Dresbach, another pupil, was
rescued.
THE. Windsorville Comm cashmere
mills, owned by the Windsorville Mill
Company and Frank s. Jordan, of New
York, were burned the other morning
with the stock, machinery and boarding
house. The loss was $40, 900; insurance,
$40. 900.
THE dry house of the Roger Wheel Com
pany at Cincinnati was burning furiously
on the morning of the Sd.
DURING the year 1888, forty vessels of
Ii, 34S TONS wholly or partially owned in
st. John, n B., were swept out of ex-
istence. Their value is estimated at $3.50,
900.
A BOILER in the hoop factory of Colonel
John Ashford at Raleigh. N. c., exploded
recently, instantly killing Colonel Ash
ford's two sons and negro, and fatally
injuring Colonel Ashford himself.
ALL the -four mills in St Louis, except
ing one, have closed down for January
under the agreement entered into by the
Millers' Association at its late convention
at Milwaukee. and the one running will
also shut down as soon as it fills two or
three important orders on hand.
T. j. Z. CLEMENsoN, boot and shoe
dealer of Minneapolis, MIMI, made an as
signment recently with So 5SS assets and
$40, $50 liabilities.
ALARMING rumors prevailed on the ID
regarding the position of American resi-
dents in Hayti. Since the forced surren-
der of the Haytien Republic the news
papers were filed with abuse of the United
Ststes Minister, Thompson, and it was
said Americans had been thrown into
prison. Hayti Minister Preston denied
the alarming reports.
GoKDELFITE s. JAMES, merchants of
Nashville, Tenn, have assigned Their
liabilities are So, coo; assets $4,000.
TIE United States steamer Richmond
has sailed from Norfork, Va, for Monte
video to become flagship for the South At
lantic squadron.
The public debt statement for December
showed a decrease during the month of
S14,247, 295.
TIE dies for 1888, numbering about 800,
were destroyed at the Philadelphia mint
on the I'd.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

If Arkansas, where the colored men
are in a decided minority, and where
the elections, though tainted with
fraud, are not so shamelessly false as
in the other Southern States, is omit
ted from the above table the figures
show that in the remaining seven
States out of a total possible col
ored Republican vote of 909.647
only 287, 25S were cast, leaving short
age of 622, $50. In other words, of the
total number of Republican voters in
those seven States only 81 per cent.
cast their votes or had them counted.
An examination of these statistics
shows phenomenon unknown in the
history of free suffrage-a diminish
ing vote and an increasing population.
Bearing in mind the fact that the col
ored men of the South are substantial
ly all Republicans, and that the places
of the scanty few who may not be SO
are more than made good by whites,
it will be seen that in 1888 the Repub-
licans cast but little more than
third of their total possible vote.
While they increased II per cent. in
number they fell off in votes liz
per cent. Do the annals of voting
contain any thing as curious as
this? The white vote is equal
ly mysterious. Some strange apathy
seems to have kept the Democrats
from the polls. Only SO per cent. of
them took the trouble to vote. Have
they lost all interest in National cleo
tons? Is it not that they know that
whether they go or not the matter will
be attended to, and that the State they
live in will be sure to cast her accus-
toned majority or more for the Dem
ocratic ticket? Can any thing but this
explain the fact that while there are
IN these eight States 2.342, 5S7 men
who are qualified to vote only ,160, 26G
of them took the trouble to do so? A |
tri1e more than half the voters in a |
country like this, when President. |
and State officers are to |
be elected stay at homei And there |
are intelligent men at the South who |
say that this was quite natural and |
quite honest Let us have no more
such nonsense. Since the colored men
of these States had nobody to fight for
them. and would not fight for them
selves, over half million of them were
deprived of their votes. Since the Dem
Ocrats know that the pins were all set
up and that every thing would go
right any way, over half a million of
hem staid at home. This is how it
came to be that the Republicans in the
Northern and border States, where
here is honest voting and f-ir count
ing, make gains, while in the cotton
and Gulf States they meet with losses.
The monstrous fraud is plain and
,alpable. Is it to be repeated on
yrander scale four years hence? It
will if some remedy for the evil is not
devised and applied Chicago Tribune.
-. - To- 1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

The Liberal members of the Hun
garian Diet waited upon NJ. Tizsa, the
Hungarian Premier, to offer the New
Years congratulations. NJ Szapary,
the spokesman, referred to the eminent
services of NJ. Tizsa, expressed the alb
solute confidence of the Liberals in his
leadership. and declared that they
would support his foreign policy. NJ.
1izsa, In reply, said that in the for
eign political situation the alliance of
the Central European powers offered
themostprominent guarantee of peace.
His speech throughout was most hope
full in tone. He expressed his belief
that the peace of Europe would not be
disturbed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

IT has transpired that the compact
OF bagging manufacturers to combine
for certain purpose, or so-cailed cot
ton bagging trust, expired January /
by limitation and the price of bagging
has fallen about two cents since New
Years and will still further decline.
The manufacturers say they made a
little money, but not so much as they
hoped to because of an unexpected
large amount of bagging in the hands
of outsiders. However, they were
satisfied.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

THE lumbermen in the Northwest
are breaking up their camps and CIV
ing up business for the winter. A
special correspondent at Duluth SAYS
that in all directions lumber camps are
preparing to break up. There is no
snow and it is impossible to work, and
lumbermen are generally discouraged.
Twenty camps at Tower, Mimi, have
already been closed, and fully four
hundred men have been thrown out of
employment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

The United States inspectors, who
have been investigating the burning of
the steamer Kate Adams, have OBJ
tanned evidence which satisfies them
that forty-two persons were lost in
stead of fourteen, as first reported. 1t
appears that eighteen children among
the deck passengers and ten of the
boats crew persisted in addition to the
victims previously noted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

IN many parts of Dakota and Mime
sofa, so mild was the weather. New
Years day was celebrated with pic
mics, excursions and ball games, the
observation of the eclipse being part
of the days pleasures. Smoked glass,
when not used to watch the juxtaposi-
ton of the sun and moon, was brought
into service in place of the palm leaf
fans, of which the supply was INSULT
Gent to meet the demand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

THOSE who have seen Private Sec
rotary Halford's ehirography say that
nothing he ever writes will compro-
mise the Administration. Horace
Greeley's fist is said to be copper-plate
compared with 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

FAMINE and drought are reported in
the interior of China, and increasing
in severity, causing terrible suffering.
In the province of Shan-Tung crops
have been destroyed by an overflow of
the Yellow river.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

RESOLUTIONS from several COM
manderies of the Loyal Legion and
from the Massachusetts Military
Historical Society have been laid be-
fore Congress asking for increased ap-
preparations for publishing the official
records of the war of the rebellion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

j. j. WEST, proprietor of the Chicago
Times and Joseph Dunlop, the city
editor, have been arrested on COM
plant of Inspector Bonfield and Cap
tain Setback for alleged libel in criti-
cising recent police acts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

The false report originating in Chi
huahua of clerical uprising in the
City of Mexico, caused tremendous ex
element. The Government is making
every possible effort to discover the
author of the hoax, who will be pun
ished if caught.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

BARON CHEvREUL, the famous GEN.
tenarian French chemist. is reported
TO be in better health than for some
time past, and to give every indica-
ton of living to enjoy his one hundred
and third birthday in August next.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

GREAT anxiety is felt concerning the
safety of the new steamer Gulf of
Guayaquil. which sailed from Liver
pool December "a for Valparaiso. Two
life boats, life buoys and quantity of
wreckage belonging to the vessel
have been washed ashore at Fish
guard, Wales.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

The Canadian Privy Council has
granted permission to the Manitoba
Government to cross the track of the
Canadian Pacific in two places under
certain restrictions. No further OBJ
stacles were imposed by the Canadian
Pacific.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

PROBABLY the most youthful case of
death from alcoholism ever heard of
was reported at the New York coron-
er's office recently. 1t was that of
four-year-old Nellie Reynolds. The
coroner decided to make an investiga-
fiop
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

JOHN BUTLER, an aged Frenchman
living near Foxcroft, Me-, recently set
fire to the buildings he occupied, killed
his colt and goats, stabbed himself
slightly four times, took paris green
and then died.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

The Friend electric sugar refinery
process, to operate which a company
was formed in New York, is said to
have been a huge swindle. The
''secret," so carefully hidden, was
merely blind to sell stock, for not a
pound of raw rugar was ever refined.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

SIMS REEVES, the English tenor,
celebrates the fftieth anniversary of
his operate debut next March. He
makes his positively last farewell tour
of England this season.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
h6FThe Democra

1@The Democratic papers are moro
anxious that President Harrison shall
enforce the Civil-Service law than they
were that President Cleveland should
For expansiveness and rigidity OF
cheek there is nothing which compares
with the Democratic papers.-S. Louis
Globe Democrat
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CURRENT COMMENT.

THE New Years reception of En-
peror William was without particular
interest