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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Canadian Revenue Department has
condemned American lard because of
adulteration.
Two trappers in the Canadian Far North
have perished of starvation. Fears were
consequently expressed for Lord Ions
dale, who was on an exploring expedition
in the same region.
SEVERAL arrests have been made of per-
sons who attempted to throw off the track
a train on which President Diaz, of Mex
leo, was recently travelling. The affair is
regarded as the result of a conspiracy to
murder President Diaz or to abduct him.
The Pennsylvania Railway Company
has purchased 8. $50 feet of shore front on
New York bay for terminals.
The Western Union telegraph directors
met in New York recently and declared
the regular quarterly dividend of IL per
cent. payable April 8. The surplus for
the last quarter of 1888 was S396, ,s07.
On complaint of Rev. DIR. Bilbrook.
court at Waverly, Iowa, has issued tenn
St Louis brewery from delivering beer
on orders.
BY the capsizing of the towboat Kan.
SoAOO az OPOtISNlile, IHu., tue OtueE Jay,
the owner and the cook were drowned but
the rest of the crew were saved.
THREE boilers at the St Nicholas colliery,
Mahonoy City, Pa, exploded recently. A
child was killed by fragment of iron and
i've or six other persons seriously injured.
THE contractors building the new
cruiser Charleston at San Francisco have
telegraphed to the Navy Department that
the vessel will be ready in about three
weeks.
The Interstate Beef Combine confer.
ence met at St Louis on the 18th with rep
resentatives in attendance from Missouri,
Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Min
nesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and
Illinois. Senator Gillett, of Kansas, was
chosen temporary chairman, and Thomas
Cook, of Nebraska, secretary. After per-
manently organizing many resolutions
were offered and referred.
The negro Magruder Fletcher was
lynched at farley, Va He had assaulted a
Mrs. Macready.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
THE BEER QUESTION,
A Methodist Minister Obtains an InJun
tion in Iowa.

A Methodist Minister Obtains an InJunc-
tion in Iowa.
WAvERLY, Iowa, March 14.-Judge Rud-
dick has granted temporary injunction
against the Burlington, Cedar Rapids s.
Northern Railroad Company and c. J.
Foshelman, agent for the ST. Louis Brew
ing Company, restraining them from
bringing beer into Waverly. The COM
plainant was DR.. Bilbrook, Methodist
minister. Foshelman took orders and
subsequently delivered the beer,
which arrived in carloads. The beer
remained on the side tracks until
the beer was delivered. Foshelman held
that the sale was consummated in st.
Louis, and the railroad argued that the
road was obliged to accept the beer, as it
would any other freight. The judge held
that the brewers had no right to have an
agent in Iowa, and that the sale was COM
pleted in Iowa and was illegal. He also
held that the railroad knowing how such
sales were made, should not have assisted
in them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
THE sEN.TE-ExECUTIyE SESSION.

THE SENATE-EXECUTIy SESSION.
WHEN the Senate met on the 1Ith Sem
ator Beck appeared and took the oath of Office
for his third term. A short recess was then
taken and upon reassembling a number of NOM
nations we're received from the President,
which were referred, and the Senate adjourned.
The nominations sent in were: Minister TO
Spain Thomas w. Palmer OF Michigan; Minis
ter TO Japan John E. Swift, OF California; Min
lister TO Switzerland, John D. Washburn, of
Massachusetts,; Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, George Tichnor, OF Illinois.
SOoN after the Senate met on the 18th a
message was received from the President sub
rnitting the papers in the Louis Reil case. The
standing committees were elected and several
select committees appointed by resolution A
long debate was had or the motion of Senator
Payne to strike from the list OF select commit
tees the one ''On Relations with Canada" but
the motion was finally withdrawn The NOM
nations OF Thomas W. Palmer, to be Minis
ter to Spain: John F. Swift, to be Minister
to Japan; John D. Washburn, to be Min
lister TO Switzerland. and George G.
Tichnor, to be Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, were confirmed. The President
sent in the following nominations which were
referred: Arthur C. Millett, to be Governor
and Luther B. Richardson, TO be Secretary Of
Dakota Cboth of Dakota; Cornelius 81. Han
ford, 10 De Cnle1 JuSLlce OI washington
Territory: George W. Irwin, to be Marshal
Of Montana; S. w. Chambers, United States
Attorney for Indiana; George S. Batchel-
ler Of New York. to be Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury; Albert G. Porter, Of Indiana,
to be Minister to Italy; John A. Enander, Of
Illinois, TO be Minister TO Denmark, ami several
names for postmasters.
SEVERAL resolutions were introduced in
the Senate on the 18th and referred. In exec
utive session the Senate confirmed A. C. Mil
lette to be Governor, and D. B Richardson to
be Secretary of Dakota: Cornelius H. Hanford
10 be Chief Justice OF Washington Territory;
George W. Irwin, to be Marshal OF Montana;
Smiley n. Chambers, United States Attorney
tor Indiana; George S. Batcheller, to be As
sisJant Secretary OF the Treasury; Albert G.
Porter to be Minister TO Italy; John A. En-
ander, to be Minister to Denmark; Walker
Blaine, to be examiner of claims for the State
Department. and one postmaster.
In the Senate on the 14th Senator Glib
son spoke on his resolution for the appointment
of a select committee on the relations of the
United States with Mexico. In executive ses-
sion the nomination of ]. S. Clarkson, of Iowa,
to be First Assistant Postmaster General was
confirmed. and the Senate adjourned until
Monday Among the nominations sent to the
Senate were: Louis Wolfey, Governor of Ari-
zona; Rathborne Gardner, United States At.
torney for Rhode Island; William L. Dunlap,
United States Marshal for Indiana; John A.
Kasson (Iowa), William Walter Phelps IN. j.,
and George H. Bates (Del), to be commission
ers at the Berlin conference on Samoan affairs,
and number of postmasters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

ScHMIDr's cracker factory on Clyburn
avenue, Chicago, burned the other night.
The work people boarded in the upper part
of the building, two Of whom perished,
the rest escaping with great difficulty.
HIPPoLYTE recently won a victory over
Legitime in Hayti. Twelve of Legitime's
soldiers. captured by Hippolyte, were ex-
ecuted as an act of retaliation.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has been visited
by deluge of rain. The village of Ventura
suffered from a cloudburst A passenger
train was wrecked and two trainmen were
hurt
SERIOUS trouble was reported among
the troops at Fort Niagara. A riot broke
out on the escape of seven soldiers to Can
ada Three of the rioters were stabbed,
one fatally. The men claimed that they
were treated worse than dogs by the Of
ficers.
OWING to the carelessness of the officers
of the Indiana Legislature, a resolution
passed by both houses requiring the Ierre
Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company
to pay forty years percentage of its profits
was not signed and is worthless.
THE coal miners at Gallup, n. NJ, have
struck against any reduction in their
wages.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended March 16 showed an average in
crease of 54.4 compared with the corre-
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was 1916. The appar-
emily phenomenal increase was due to the
paraly cation of business last year by the
blizzard.
MARY ANDERSON, the actress, was re-
ported so sick at Philadelphia that her
company was disbanded. There seemed
to be well-founded rumors that she was
insane.
SENATOR CHAcE, of Rhode Island, has
resigned. His private reasons were stated
to be that the salary of s., 900 was far too
small to pay expenses in Washington.
THE London money market during the
week ended March 16 was much disturbed
by the financial crisis in Paris over the
collapse of the copper ring. American
railway securities declined under the ad-
verse outlook. In Germany the bourses
were quiet and weak, though not much
affected by the French depreciation.
THE steamship Zealandia arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th, bringing news from
Samoa, from which it would appear that
the Germans had adopted pacific policy
so far as America was concerned, although
no such policy was likely with reference
to Mataafa, who was entrenched with
5000 men.
THE supposed Tascott arrested on the
shores of Lake Winnipeg turned out to be
some other man.
MRS. LONGBRAKE was killed and her
husband and James Collins seriously in
jured by a runaway team near Huntings-
burg, Ind, the other day. About the same
time Edward 81. Mcdonald, aged eighteen.
was killed in trying to stop another run
away team.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

AT meeting of the Berlin Medical So.
ciety, Prof. Virchew introduced French
physician, DR.. Feldmann, who made some
experiments in hypnotism. Ayoung man
named Garrick offered himself as me-
dunn. After few seconds of the usual
manipulations the medium fell into deep
magnetic sleep. He became perfectly
apathetic and motionless. In his state OF
suggestion" DR.. Feldmann showed the
influence of various indictments on the
medium, who took quinine for sugar,
smacking his lips with enjoyment, and he
believed ammonia to be perfume and smeit
it for some time. Immediately afterward,
following the will of the doctor, he
showed the usual adherence of these
bitter and caustic substances. With the
same success he ate a lemon for an apple.
A piece Of camphor held on his forehead
had a singular effect TIE medium bent his
body far backward and had to be held
in his chair. A magnet caused dreamy
state during which the medium related his
impressions as to events on the street, In
which he believed himself to be. Then the
medium obeyed the will of the doctor in
various ways. shovelling snow. skating,
falling and rising again with one jump, at
the doctors suggestion, and finally took a
pocketbook by force out Of Prof Virchew's
pockets. He was then ordered by DIR.
Feldmann to reseat himself and soon
woke out of the hypnotic sleep, remem-
bering nothing of what had happened
London News.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
Never Saw the Like.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE scramble
for the offices is unprecedented. Old Sem
ators and members say they have seen
nothing like it for years. The general i'm
preston throughout the country seems to
be that as the Democrats made clean
sweep the Republicans should do likewise.
One Congressman from Wisconsin said
that if any one desired an office let
him get the poll book of the district 1t is
not big offices alone, but any office at all,
from dollar day up. Owing to accumu-
lated business, Secretary Window yester-
day afternoon issued a notice restricting
to certain hours each day as the time when
he would see office seekers and the public
generally,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
Want to Find Out.

CHICAGO, March 14.-F. B. Cooley and d.
r. Howe, two bankers from Hartford,
Conn, reached Chicago yesterday as
agents of Eastern stockholders in Western
railroads, who want to know why divi-
dends are not more plentiful. The capital
represented by the two is said to aggre-
gate many millions. The Investigations,
it is understood, are directed particularly
against the Illinois Central, the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy and the Burlington
& Northern. Mr.. Cooley declined to state
how the inquiry would be conducted. He
will probably remain in Chicago week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
0UarhRarin0 Knanne.

LONDON, March 14--In the House OF
Commons the Government was questioned
with regard to the statement made by the
novelist Robert l.. Stevenson, writing
from Hawaii, regarding the Objectionable
conduct of the German Consul (Knappe)
in Samoa. Sir James Ferguson, Under
Foreign Secretary, in reply, admitted that
Mr.. StevensOn's statements were correct,
but he pointed out that Germany had now
recalled the offending Consul. The Un-
der Secretary promised that papers cover
ing the subject would be laid before Par
lament
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Close of the Encampment,


The State encampment of the G. A. r
closed at Emporia on the 14th by the elec.
ton and installation of the following off,
GERS: Captain Henry Booth. of Larned,
Department Commander; Ira Collins, of
Sabetha, Senior Vice-Commander; j. B.
McGonigle, of Colby, Junior Vice-Com-
mander, and E. F. Holland, of Lyndon,
chaplain.
The various committees appointed to ex.
anime and report upon the reports of the
department officers presented the results
of their investigations, among which was
the Endorsement of the recommendation
by Assistant Adjutant- General o. 81.
Coulter for establishing a permanent
headquarters in some central locality in
the State.
The salary of the Adjutant- General was
reduced from 81, 500 to 81, 200 per year, and
the Office ofQuartermaster-G General, (which
was formerly worth 5000 a year." was
abolished. 1t was voted to hold the next
encampment at Salina. The following
resolution was adopted by the department
encampment:
ResOIUed, That it is the sense Of the depart
ment that it is due to the veterans of the Union
army that the Commissioner of Pensions should
make the following ruling to wit: That ii shall
be permissible for applicants for pensions to
allege nervous disability not occurring at par
ticular time or place. but as the outcome or re-
suit Of the sum tot i of the hardships endured
by the soldier during the whole period Of his
service while in the line Of duty.
The Woman's Relief Corps in session
yesterday elected Mrs. Belle c. Harris, of
Emporia, president; Mrs Mary Buckner,
senior vice president; Mrs. Ida Moore,
Abilene, junior vice-president; Mrs Eliza
Brown, Olathe, treasurer; Mrs. Helen
Scofeld, Washington, chaplain.
The Sons of Veterans elected G. S. Ma
ton. of Fredonia, Colonel, and c. D.
Jones. of Norton, Lieutenant Colonel.
The installment of the newly elected
officers took place jointly and pub
licly in the evening at the Whitley
Opera House and was largely attend
ed. After the installation addresses
were delivered by Ex-Governor John A.
Martin, T. H. Seward, General Harrison
Kelly, Colonel Ira Collins and others.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

RALEIGH, N. c., March 14.-Southern
agents moving negro families to Arkansas
are quietly but successfully at work in
counties on the railroad lines near Colds
boro. Several thousand plantation hands
have already gone, and the indica-
tions point to an extensive movement
Many large plantations are almost de-
serted. Negro drummers are paid S5 for
each family secured, and the entire ex-
pense of transportation to Little Rock is
paid by the agents. The negroes say they
are promised forty acres of land, brick
house, a cow and $1.50 day for labor and
are told that corn sells for 10 cents a bar
rel and meat at one-quarter of . cent q
pound.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
Walker Walks Into q Fat job.

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Western rail-
way presidents met here to hear the report
Of the committee appointed at the recent
meeting to tender to Aldace F. Walker, of
the Inter- State Commerce Commission, the
Craftsmanship of the new Interstate Com
merce Railway Association, and to secure
his decision in the matter, and it was an
nocnced that Mr.. Walker had accepted the
offer 1t is understood he was offered
$25, 600 year guaranteed for three years.
He will close up his affairs in Washington
and enter upon his new duties in the next
three weeks,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

A. j. DREXEL has purchased the
Louella mansion at Wayne, Delaware
County, Pa, and selected managers
for the Drexel Industrial College for
women. The object is TO instruct girls
between the ages of thirteen and nine
teen years in household duties and to
teach suitable trades. The daughters
of clergymen and the daughters of poor
but respectable parents are to be bene-
ficiaries of the Institution. The entire
expense will be met by Mr.. Drexel,
and will amount to a million and a
half.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

F. B. COOLEY and ID. r. Howe, two
bankers from Hartford, Conn, reached
Chicago recently as agents of Eastern
stockholders in Western railroads who
want to know why dividends are not
more plentiful. The capital repre-
sented by the two is said to aggregate
many millions. The Investigations, it
is understood. are directed particularly
against the Illinois Central, the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy and the
Burlington & Northern.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

CATHERINE RocKMAN, a beautiful
young woman of New York, has ap-
piled for the revocation of the letters
of administration granted on the es-
tate of the late William B. Allen,
grandson of the late Commodore Van
derbilt, claiming that she was Aliens
wife and is entitled to his estate. Her
claim is disputed by Aliens children,
who assert that after their mothers
death their father did not re-marry.
There is said to be much mystery
about the case and some interesting
developments are expected. The
claimant was formerly governess in
the Allen family.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

A FRENCH soldier named Vertjoie
has been sentenced to death in Oran,
Algeria, for throwing a quid of to-
bacco into the face of Colonel Thierry,
while Vertjoie was being tried by court
martial for attempting to desert.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

ADvICEs from Honolulu state that
at present the supply of coal at the
United States coaling station there is
exhausted and that American war YES
sells are obliged to obtain their coal
from private sources. A violent wind
storm lately visited the leper settle
ment on Molokai Island. Twelve
houses and church were blown down
and several more houses moved from
their foundations. Many of the lepers
had a narrow escape.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

FROM the edition of GeorgeP. Rowell
& Co.'S American Newspaper Direct
ory, to be published April l, it ap-
pears that the newspapers and period
icals of all kinds issued in the United
States and Canada now number 17,1O7.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

QUITE hot discussion was indulged
in in the lower house of the Illinois
Legislature the other night over reso-
lutions denouncing the present British
treatment of ireland and declaring
sympathy with Parneil, Gladstone and
the Irish people. They were finally
referred to committee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

TELEGRAPH communication with the
United States has been established by
cable from Santiago de Cuba to Hayti
and San Domingo, and thence to the
Island of Curacao, thence to LaGuayra
and Caracas, Venezuela, where con-
nection is made with the Government
land lines for the places of the interior
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

AT meeting of the Senate Special
Committee on the Pacific Railroads it
was decided to at once after the ad-
journment of the Senate make an in
spection Of the roads. The members
will meet in Chicago, April 6, and
make trip over the Union and Cen
tral Pacific railroads, their branches
and leased lines, occupying about six
weeks. The committee consists Of
Senators Frye, Dawes, Hiscock. Davis,
Morgan, Butler and Hearst.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
GOred By n Cow.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 14-While
Lille Brewer, of Harrisburg. was patting
a valuable Alderney cow Monday the an
imal became frantic and gored the girl
frightfully. The child was saved with diff
ficulty. The COW was killed as she was
thought to be suffering from hydrophobia-
A number of animals in the neighborhood
have been bitten by amad dog recently.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

NEW YORK, March 14.-The Catholic
Total Abstinence News, the organ Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, comes
out squarely against prohibition on the
ground that sit will throw wide open the
food gates of illegal sale and take US back
to the anti-high-license period in Penn
sylvania with the evils exaggerated q
hundred foidO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

EMMoNs BLAINE, who has resigned
his position as general freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe & Cali
fornia road. is to be vice-president of
the West Virginia Central road with
Headquarters at Baltimore
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

HoLYoKE, Mass, March 14-John L
Sullivan came to this town yesterday
to sleep of his big drunk. Sullivan and
his trainer were driven rapidly to the
hotel, where Hughes registered Sullivan's-
name among those of the women who
compose the Rentz-Santley troupe. Last
night he went on another tear with the
women.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

ALDACE F. WALKER, of the Inter-
State Commerce Commission, has ac-
cepted the Craftsmanship of the Inter-
State Railway Association at a salary
of $4,000, and will Immediately close
I'D his affairs in Washington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

j. MCLAREN, Queens Counsel, in a
letter to the Toronto Globe giving
striking statistics of the rapid spread
of the French people and French Ian
guage in New Brunswick, Quebec, On
Jario and Maine, predicts that in fifty
years these localities will contain
100000 purely French speaking
roop1a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

W. T. O'BRIEN, night manager of
the United Press Office at Washington,
died recently, aged thirty-one. Ex-
posure during the inauguration cere-
monies made the disease terminate
fatally
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
American Newspapers.

NEW York, March 17.-From the edi-
ton of George P. Rowell & Co.'s Ameri-
can Newspaper Directory, to be published
April l, it appears that the newspapers
and periodicals of all kinds issued in the
United States and Canada now number
1I10I.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

PRESIDENT HARRISON received three
Georgia delegation on the 18th, one of
them headed by General Longstreet.
General Golf and Colonel Fred Grant
also called.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

THE question Of the return of ex-
Queen Natalie, of Servia, to Belgrade,
has already caused one challenge to a
duel between leading opponents in the
Government.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

The trunk line general passenger
agents have passed a resolution to stop
paying commissions on trunk line
tickets.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
The Gar.

BERLIN. March 1.-The Prussian Schloss
Gazette says that the Gar will arrive at
Copenhagen at the end Of June and that
he will shortly afterward visit Emperor
William
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

ALL of the duels arising out of the
recent animated debate in the French
Chamber of Deputies we're amicably
arranged.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21

AT a recent meeting of the New York
Bar Association ex-President Cleveland
was elected a member.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE headquarters of the Santa Fe
general offices have been removed from
Boston to Chicago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
A Change

BOSTON, March 1.-The headquarters Of
the Santa Fe general Offices have been 70
moved from Boston to Chicago