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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Bobbie Metzgar, the maynard son Of
Robt NJ etzgar, who went away IN the sum
mer and forgot to return, because he thought
school would neer adjourn is second baker
on Mississippi river steamboat, plying
betw cen st. DOuis and New Orleans.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
Worked Like "a Charm.

Bradfelds Female Regulator worked lik,
a charm; improvement been wonderful; car
not express my gratitude Wish every lady
afflicted monthly would try it. know il
would cure them.
Mrs LULA A. LoSG, Spring Grove, Fla,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Pleasant to the taste, surprisingly quick
in effect and economical in price--no wonder
that DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is the leading
preparation Of lite kind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

"The Temple of Beauty and how TO Build
it, is the subject for lecture to young
ladies in the First Methodist church Sunday
evening, provided the weather is so young
ladies can venture out Rev. d. j. Holmes
is the speaker. In the morning in the same
church he breaches on "The Duties Of the
Hour" The public, young and old, rich
and poor, are all cordially invited to attend.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

"Oh! woman, in thy hours of ease, uncer
tain, coy and hard to please With chill
dren hurt, long hours she's spent. Do try
Salvation Oil, the liniment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

The Underwood House, at Millington,
burned to the ground on Thursday morning
last. The loss is about s., 0O0
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

The Ladies Aid Society will give tea at
the residence Of NJ. Kneussl on Thursday
evening, Jan. 10, at o'clock sharp. All are
Invited
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

". II Bartram, tho lecturer is said to be
suffering from an incurable cancer, at his
home in New York.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Seneca Gilt Edge and La Sale Third Vein
Coal always on hand a, Gordon & Ford g
North Side Coal Yard, en- Columbus street,
north Of canal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
Tax Collectors Receipts

Printed on good paper, in convenient form
at Hapeman & Graham's. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
Remnants.

j. +. Scott & Co. are closing out all their
remnants at big loss Remnants of carpets
Brussels, vevets ana ingrsins will all be
closed out at a sacrifice.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

TAX PAYERS Town OF DAYTON i will be
glad - meet as many as can at Megaffin's
store, in Ottawa, on Saturdays, until Let of
March. JESSE GREEN, Town Col.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Ladies and chidrens muslin underwear
and embroideries. A great sale of these goods
will commence next Monday at j. L. Scott &
Co.'s
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Robert Strawn who ia reported very Ill
and in dangerous condition, is under the
care Of specialists at Chicago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Steve sonrOck, Streator Hun, was
found with bali through the heart. in the
house Of a neighbor, andre Harbridch, on
New Years night, Jon Plasko, a young
Hun, is supposed to know the facts, and is
being watched
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

FoR SALE.-High- class, pure bred Larg
shan chickens. Eggs in season.
NJ F. BRIGGs, SlS York ST., East Side.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

See the ad of the blooded stock sale at
II. A. Rowes in another column.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
DIaries For 1870

in many different styles at Hapeman &
Graham's
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

Subscriptions taken for all newspapers
and periodicals at Hapeman & Graham's
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

See the sd. of the blooded stock sale at X
A. Rowe's in another column.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
Call ut Sweetser's
Wagons

ALI KINDS or SEWING MAcHINEs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

On Friday evening, Jan. l the greatest Of
all scenic productions "Storm Beaten" will
be the attraction at the Opera House.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
Bishops Death.

NEW York. MAY 1S.-Coroner Levy
yesterday held an inquiry in the matter
of the death of Washington Irving Bishop,
the mind reader. He examined DR.. j. A.
Irwin and other persons who were present
at the autopsy.
DR.. Ferguson, who made the autopsy,
said he did so at DR.. Irwin's request. He
made a speciality OF autopsies. He made
the autopsy of Mr. Bishops body at about
3:45 p. NJ. DIR. Irwin said he thought death
had occurred about noon.
Lawyer AtchisOn, representing the fam
iIv, and the district attorney, declared
crime had been committed. 1t was mis-
demeanor to have performed the autopsy
without the coroner's consent, and man
slaughter if the man was not dead when
the autopsy was made. He thought bail
should be fixed binding all who were
present at the autopsy.
DR.. Irwin objected. but the coroner held
DR.. Hance and DR.. Ferguson in 8, 500 each
to await the inquest which will be held
next week
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
WONDERFUL INVENTION.

Two Hundred and Thirty Miles an Hour
Proposed for Travel.
New YORK, Nav 1S-A new scheme of
TRANSFORMATION is to be introduced between
New York and Boston whereby, it is said,
large packages of mail and even cars con-
tanning passengers can be whisked from
one place to another, distance of 23O
miles, in less than an hour. This would
be equal to a speed of four miles per min
ute.
An experiment with the new machine
was made Yesterday in Boston in the pres
ence of many scientific men. including
Prof. \. E. Dolbear, of Tufts College,
who announced that he was thoroughly V
satisfied of the success of the system.
The inventor. John G. Williams, is a
resident of this city. His machine con-
sists of magnetic oar, hanging from a
single rail- where it follows a streak of
electricity. With one horse power it is
said that one car can thus be transported
a distance of l. 440 miles in day and at a
cost of thirty cents. This in mail matter
would represent some % million letters
and by this system packages of mail could
be sent every five minutes if necessary,
thus preventing large accunul ations.
The single track is to be carried on
tripods some distance above the ground
and the car will pass through coils of in
sulated wire at intervals. In the expert
ments yesterday the carriage exhibited
was mounted on a wooden rod on posts
about three feet high, with an ascent of six
inches in fifty feet, and it is run on one
wheel at each end.
The scientific principle involved is said
to be that by which a hollow coil of insu-
lated wire will draw a magnet to itself.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May Is showed an average increase
of IS : In New York the increase was
us
AN earthquake was reported in the
middle portion of California on the 18th.
HENRI RoCHEFORT created a sensation
In Regent street, London, the other day
by drawing a pistol on his enemy, II.
Pilotel. The pistol was empty.
A RACE riot occurred at Forest City,
Ark, on the 18Th over the school election,
caused by negro agitator named Neely
The sheriff, town marshal and a citizen
were killed. Neely was killed the next
day by mob.
The designations of the following cadets
at the Naval Academy have been accepted
by Secretary Tracy: Charles L. Kaufman,
o. +. Scott, W. L. Murray, L. C. Baird, H.
L. Douglas and II. L Wilderm'ng. These
young officers we're found deficient at the
recent examination.
The American burglars, Guerrin and
Donnan, who were arrested for robbing
the Societe Lyonnaise, have been sem
fenced at the Lyons (France) assizes to
seventeen years Imprisonment each.
AT meeting of the Homestead steel
men at Pittsburgh, Pa, the sentiment
was strongly against accepting the slid
ing scale posted by Carnegie & Co. A
strike is considered inevitable if the scale
is insisted on.
In a recent interview Representative
Perkins, of Kansas, expressed the opinion
that the next Congress would pass bill
for the regulation of Congressional elec-
tions. This measure, he said, would be
aimed at the South, but its provisions
would of course apply equally to all sec
tions of the country.
CAPTAIN JAMES CHESTER, of the Third
artillery, q. s. A, stationed on Cover
nor's island, New York, became violently
insane on the street the other morning.
He was taken into custody and in court
turned over to the military authorities.
CHARLES RUNDELL, late manager of the
Southern Express Company at Columbus,
Ga, has been found guilty of embezzle-
ment and sentenced to forty years in the
penitentiary. He was a young man of
talent and stood we'll in the city, but dis
sipation ruined him.
A GREAT Catholic demonstration was
made at the laying of the corner stone of
the LaSalle Institute, Chicago, on the
18th. About 30. 600 were present
THE steamer Delta from Port de Paix.
Hayti, May 10, has arrived at New York.
Hippolyte's forces are reported to have
gained two victories-one near St Marie
aud the other in the interior-previous to
May 10.
THE Cheyennes, of Dakota, have ap-
pointed council of fifty and twelve
judges to treat with the Sioux Indian
Commission regarding the sale of a part
OF their reservation.
ARCHBISHOP La BAsr1Du, Of the City
of Mexico, has excommunicated Senior
Torres, the journalist
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
InnpOrtant Decision.

DECISION.
a decision covering a new phase of the
Prohibition laws was rendered recently
by the Supreme Court. Some time ago
the authorities of Lyon County seized ar
immense quantity of intoxicants, includ-
Ing forty barrels of beer and ten barrels of
whisky. Preparations were being made to
destroy the liquors, when a Kansas City
wholesale liquor dealer appeared and
commenced an action in replevin TO regain
possession of the liquors. The clerk of the
court refused to issue the papers. The
wholesale dealer appealed to the highest
court, and a decision was given in his
favor. The Supreme Court held that the
clerk of the district court is purely a min
isterial officer, and whenever an action of
replevin is brought, and in such action the
proper affidavit for an order of delivery
and the proper undertaking are each filed
in the clerks Office, it is the clerks duty
to issue the order of delivery. lntoxicat-
ing liquors are not contraband i'll this
State. They are still property, and may
be legally manufactured and sold for GER
tain purposes, and may be legally used
for almost any purpose for which intoxi-
eating liquors may ever be used. The
clerk must obey the law"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
Hunt For the Robbers.

SANTA FE. y NJ. May 1a-The posse
in pursuit of the two bandits who muir
dered Superintendent Richards Wednes-
day at Carthage mines, nearly overlook
the murderers just before dark Thursday
night at the foot of the mountains. One
of the bandits was shot and wounded
slightly. In the night the crin-
inals made their escape. Two em-
ployes in the mines. supposed to be
accomplices, have been arrested. Super
intendent Richards had received from To-
peka only an hour before the money to
paw the miners At any other time ne
would have had nothing on hand The
body of Superintendent Richards will be
sent to Quincy, ILL.,. where his family live.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23

LAURENs CoUNTY, Ga, is intensely
excited over the discovery of spirits
of turpentine in well on farm. A
peculiar gas has been observed COM
ing from the well ever since it was dug
two years ago, and more than month
ago the water became so impregnated
with turpentine that it could not be
used. A few days ago a bucket of COL
pred turpentine was hauled out and
an investigation was made and four
teen barrels were drawn off, In few
hours the spirits had risen to the same
height Experts pronounce it the pure
article.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

1HE rumor regarding the loss of the
United States steamer Palos is looked
upon as hoax at the Navy Department.
The lines of the Wabash railway east
of the Mississippi river were sold before
Judges Gresham aud Jackson at Chicago
on the 18th to Messrs. Ashley and JOY, rep
resentlng 30 per cent of the bonds, and
acting in the interest of the Wabash
Western purchasing committee. for $15, :
$50, ,0G0
GENERAL ADNA ANDERSON, of New York,
shot and killed himself recently in his
room at the Lafayette Hotel, Philadelphia.
de was well known railroad man. The
cause of the suicide was unknown, but he
had latterly been drinking heavily.
INSPECTOR WATERS, of the life saving
station at Newport, R. l., reports that a
two-masted schooner was run down aud
sunk off Beaver Tail and it was feared
her crew were lost as a dense fog pre-
vailed at the time the accident occurred.
FOUR Austrian miners working at the
Osceola mines near Ishpeming, Mich,
were fatally injured by the explosion of
dynamite the other morning.
A DISPATCH from Carthage, Nm. states
that George w. Richards, superintendent
TWO Mexlcans, who stole $1,000.
FIVE brigands were hanged in the court
yard of the prison at Sofia, Bulgaria, the
other day. They were led separately to
the scaffold and were hanged in success.
sion.
BETWEEN two and three inches of snow
fell in parts of Dakota on the 14th.
IHE number of saloons in PHILADELPHIA
have been cut down under the new license
law from !. 5.7773 to ]. a0S
THE following roads are considered
guilty OF manipulation of rates by the
board OF managers of the Interstate
railway Association: Chicago & North
western; Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul /:
Rock Island, and Wisconsin Central.
The mother and wife of Washington
irving Bishop, the mind reader, declare
their belief that he was not dead when
the autopsy was made. They assert that
ne was murdered in the name of science.
ana both were laboring under great excite
ment bordering on hysteria-
IHE monument to the Confederate dead
was unvailed in Mount Oiivet cemetery at
Nashville, Tenn, on the 10th. The orator
OF the day was Colonel ". C. P. Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky.
IHE leading merchants and commercial
associations of Berlin are debating a pro-
lect Tor the formation of q society to pro-
mote the settlement of German merchants
ana manufacturers abroad
a COMBINATION of glass fruit Jar can
manufacturers has been formed and prices
materially advanced.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
TRAGEDY IN A SCHOOL.

Worthless Brute Kills His Wife and
Commits Suicide In a School Room ae
Washington City.
WASHINGTON, May 1S-Oswald c. Allen
yesterday afternoon shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide in the
presence of the scholars in the room Of
which his wife is teacher in the jefferson
public school in this citv. He gained
entrance to the building in some way and
entered the room unobserved by his wife.
The children were the first to see him and
when they showed alarm at his appear
ance he called ol them not to make any
noise or he would shoot
Mrs. Aliens attention had meanwhile
been attracted and she started to move,
but her husband was by this time upon
her and saying Now Ive got you where I
want you" he fired at close range, the ball
taking effect near the right ear and pass
ing through the head. He then turned
the weapon upon himself and inflicted
fatal wound, the bullet entering the right
temple and passing through the brain.
The murdered wife and suicide fell
together on the schoolroom floor, his arm
around her neck and the pistol lying on
her cheek. Some of the more collected OF
the children ran for other teachers, who
succeeded in restoring order among the
panic-stricken children. Police and physi-
clans were summoned and did every thing
possible to make Mrs. Aliens moments
free from pain. She fingered, only semi
conscious, for some time and then passed
away. Her husband expired few minutes
after the arrival of the police.
There had been some difficulty between
the pair and they had not lived together
for some time Allen hired cab on Penn
sylvania avenue and told the driver to
take him to the Jefferson building. Upon
arriving there he alighted and told the
driver to wait until he wanted him. Then
he walked up the stone steps and passed
through the hall into the cloak room adj
joining the room where his wife was en-
gagged as teacher.
Mrs. Allen was about forty-two years
old, and had been a teacher for many
years. She was in charge of third grade
school composed of little girls. She was
the daughter Of r W. Johnson, an old
and we'll known citizen of Washington.
Her parents reside in this city.
The marriage was an unhappy one and
Mrs. Allen often said its only blessing was
the fact that no children were born. She
was a good teacher and was retained in
the public schools Notwithstanding her
marriage and her husbands drunken and
vicious habits. She supported her hus-
band until his abuse became intolerable,
when she left him. He had often been
sent to the work house for vagrancy and
since ~ oaLae into possession of few
hundred dollars a short time ago he had
been almost constantly in the hands of the
police for drunkenness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
The Yerkes Cable.

CHICAGO, May 19.-The wear and tear
on 1hs North side cable loop line has been
something fearful from the first and the
frequency with which new cables have
had to be purchased was cutting con-
siderable figure in the expense account
of the road. So Mr.. Yerkes sent for
the wise man of San Francisco who
s supposed to know all about cable
roads. He looked things over and said t:
oh, we can fix this easily. Your grips
wear out the rope. Grease the rope, and
then the friction will be reduced" So Mr.
Yerkes' men creased the loop line, and
since then people have been walking. The
cable is so slippery that when the grip
strikes place that brings an extra strain
on it it fails to hold to the rope, the car
stops, and the passengers walk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
Embarrassed Enterprises.

PORTLAND, Me-, May 1a-The Portland
Advertiser learns that the United States
National Bank and the United States In
vestment Company of Atchison, Kan,
were organized two years ago by two
Maine men, who also organized the Atch-
ison Land Company and the United
States Bank Building Company. Then
one of them put a large amount
Of money into . st. Louis land scheme,
with the result that the United States In
vestment Company, the United States
Bank Building Company and the Atchison
Land Company are embarrassed These
companies are to be consolidated and put
under new management
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
Pensions For Samoa Sufferers.

WASHINGTON. May 1S.-Applications for
pensions are beginning to come in at the
pension office from the widows and de-
pendent relatives of officers and men who
lost their lives in the recent naval disas-
ter at Samoa The widow of Captain
Schoonmaker. of the Vandalia, fled her
claim few days ago and it has been SUBJ
mitted to the proper division for allow
ance. Her pension bill will amount to $50
per month. Yesterday a colored woman
whose son was employed on one of the
vessels appeared at the pension Office and
filed her claim for pension. She will be
allowed Sl2 per month.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
NEW MARSHAL FOR KANSAS.
Richard L. Walker Appointed United
States Marshal For kansas-Jones Re-

Richard L. Walker Appointed United
States Marshal For kansas-JOnes Re-
moved.
WASHINGTON, May 1S-Rchard l.
Walker was yesterday appointed United
States Marshal for the district of Kansas
to succeed Marshal Jones, against whom
charges OF Misconduct i'll office during the
time of the opening of the Oklahoma set
Element has been made.
The President and the Attorney decided
not to allow Jones to resign and the order
for his removal was made yesterday.
Attorney General Miller said that action
in Marshal Needles case had been sus-
pended until more information concerning
the charges against him could be pro-
cured. Mr.. Miller added that so far there
was nothing to show that Marshal Need
les was guilty of the charges preferred
against him.
Richard L. Walker, the new United
States Marshal for Kansas, located in
Montgomery County. Kan, in 1868. before
the Usage Indians had left In July,
1869 he removed to Ottawa, KAN, and
few months later went to Arkansas City,
remaining there and in other points in
the county until April 2S 1889. In the
fall of 1873 he was elected sheriff Of the
county and was reelected in 1873. In
1876 he was elected mayor OF Winfield.
In March. 1879. he was appointed register
of the United States land-ofice of the
Wichita district. He was born in Jack
sonviIle. Center County, Pa, June 3D. 1o45,
but when two years old he was taken to
OHIO. He first enlisted in an Oiio regi-
ment for three mouths and then re-en-
listed in August 1861. Six months later
he became captain # his company. In
December, 1864. he was appointed assist
ant inspector general on General Samuel
Baatty's staff and served until mustered
out in December 1865. He is a prominent
member of the G.. A. r.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
The First Electrical Execution.

BUFFALO. n. Y, May 1S-The death
warrant of William Kemmler, the first
man convicted under the Electrical Exc
cution law, has been signed and he will be
taken to the Auburn State prison in few
days. The warrant is directed to the
warden of the Auburn prison and pro-
vides that the sentence be executed
upon some day within the week COM
mencing Monday. the 24fh day of June. in
the year of our Lord 1899 and within the
walls of Auburn State prison or within
the yard or enclosure adjoining thereto,
by then and there causing to pass through
the body of him, the said William Kemm-
Ter, current of electricity of sufficient
intensity 10 cause death aud that the ap-
plication of such current of electricity be
continued until said William Kemmler be
dand -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
DeIuged By Rain.

KANSAS CITY. No.. May 1S.-Qver three
inches of rain fell here yestesday, stop
ping cable roads, inundating dwelling
houses and doing considerable damage to
property generally, there being several
bad washouts. j. l. Porter's barn was
struck by lightning and damaged $1,000.
The rear end of boarding house on
Grand avenue, near Ninth, caved in, be-
ing undermined by the rain. The Mis-
souri, Pacific was delayed several hours
through portion of a bluff being ioos-
ened by the rain and falling on the track
near Helms brewery. Several other
roads also experienced considerable
trouble on account of the storm
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
New Amendments.

WASHINGTON. May 1S.-Tbe President
made the following appointments yester-
dav:
Richard L. Walker, United States Mar
sbal for Kansas.
Jacob Yose, United States Marshal for
the Western district of Arkansas.
James W. Savage. OF Omaha, Neb.,
Government director of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company.
Charles S. Wayne, United States Dis
trict Judge for the Northern district Of
Florida
John W. Whitcher, United States At
torney for Nevada.
Amos Smith, Jr., surveyor of customs
for Cincinnati