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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-12
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COR. CEDAR AND THIRD STREETS.

unfriendly to this bill, but furnishes the
best of reasons why the workmen Of tho
United States should favor it as they do.
We do not conceal the purpose Of this
bill-we want our own countrymen and
all mankind to know it. 1t is to increase
production here, diversity our productive
enterprises, enlarge the field and IN
crease the demand for American work
men.
What American can oppose these
worthy and patriotic objects2 Others
not Americans may find justification for
doing so. This bill is an American bill
It is made for the American people and
American interests.
The press of other countries has de-
nounced the bill with unmeasured sever
ity, the legislative assemblies Of more
than one distant country have given it
attention in no friendly spirit. 1t has
received the censure of diplomates and
foreign powers-for all of which there Is
manifest reason-it may pinch them,
but no American citizen surely can OBJ
iect to 1t on that account. We are not
legislating for any nation but our own;
for our people and for no other people
are we charged with the duties of legis-
lation. We say to our foreign brethren,
1--WE will not interfere in your domestic
legislation; we admonish you to keep
your hands off of ours"
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The Decline of Free Trade.

Mr.. Gladstone, speaking at the Golden
club recently, said that the Free-traders
must recognize with great disappoint-
ment how much ground they had lost
within the last twenty-five years. Mill
tarism, which was lying like vampire
over Europe, was responsible for most Of
the mischief, but not all, because Free
trade had receded in countries where
militarism does not prevail-the United
States and the British colonies.
The great republic, ne said, had never
accepted the doctrines of Free-trade.
There was once kind of qualified prog
ress toward them, which was checked,
and opinion became actually retrogress-
i've. Still there was great promise that
the American Free-trade party would
ultimately triumph at the polls.
Regarding bimetallism he believed
that its advocates smelt therein speedy
rise in prices. 1t was movement In the
direction of Protection.
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WELLINGTON, Kan, June S.-For some
time it had been known to number of
people that. the finances of Sumner
County were being handled in an ex-
ceedingly loose manner. Last week the
county auditor filed report showing
that the books of the treasurer were out
of balance 81, ,S32.21. Every effort was
made to square them but the task was
too hard; the money had disappeared
and the treasurer either would not or
could not make up the deficiency. The
county commissioners in special session
ordered the treasurer to replace the
missing funds The treasurer, j. T.
Sturm, is Republican and was elected
last fall by large majority to a second
term. AS yet he has not made good his
shortage.
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Cut in Corn Rates.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 10.-The Santa
Fe road has announced a corn rate of 25
cents hundred weight from Kansas City
and Kansas points to Texas, and the Mis-
souri, Pacific has announced the same rate
to Texas common points on the Texas Pa
cifc, international & Great Northern
and Houston & Texas Central. The re-
duction is made in the hope of forcing
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which
was the first road to inaugurats a cut, to
restore the old rates.
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LONDON, June 9.-The passage of the
Silver bill by the House of Representa-
tives is looked upon here as a triumph
for the silver party, but not a COM
plete triumph. The Times thinks
that the silver men will not have
to wait long before they gain all
they wish under this bill. Silver notes
will go largely into circulation because
there is void for them to fill. And
even after it is filled the debtors will
still prefer to pay in cheap money. The
demand for these notes will continue
and silver therefore will rise. But the
question is how long this can be main
tanned. There is silver enough in the
world to food America and drive out
gold. America will presently have to
chose between letting its gold go and
repeating this act.
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SUGAR FRAUDS.

The Attorney-General of Kansas Com
mences Suit Against the American Sugar
Company.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 10.-The State of
Kansas has undertaken to dissolve the
American Sugar Company, which has
been operating for the past eighteen
months in Southwestern Kansas and
which has been charged with all man
ner of frauds by various townships
which have voted it bonds, while the
papers the last month have been flooded
with communications in which repre-
sentative citizens of some of the town
ships have warned other townships
against voting any bonds to this COM
pany.
The company was organized March
%, 1889, with a capital stock of 81. O00,-
600, the incorporators being o. B. Ham
ilton, NJ. ]. O'Meara, George NJ. Cock
rell, A. j. Adamson and William K.
Palmer of Meade County.
The petition of the Attorney-General
sets forth that the company obtained
the illegal issuance of negotiable bonds
in Meade, Seward, Stanton, Stevens,
Morton, Grant, Haskell, Gray and Ford
Counties. The alleged fraud is then
exposed in detail by the Attorney-Gen-
eral. He says that the American Sugar
Company constructed and placed in op-
Grafton manufacturing plant in Min
nicola, Clark County, in which the Adam
son or roasting process was used. In
order to impose on the public the Attor-
ney-General charges that the company
| obtained two barrels of sugar manu-
featured from Southern cane, placed it
in its own vats and receptacles and then
exhibited this Southern article as sugar
manufactured from sugar cane by the
Adamson process. The new process
was then extensively advertised. By
this scheme S12O. 900 in bonds was voted
the company. The townships which, it
is alleged, have been swindled out of
this amount of money are Sand Creek,
Mertilla, West Plains and Cimarron in
Meade County; Falkenstein, Stanton
County; Ingalls,, Gray County, Ford and
Bloom, Ford County.
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THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
MAJ. M'KINLEY EXPOSES THE COM
PLANTS AGAINST IT.

An Extract from the Congressman's Great
Speech-The Balance of Trade Always
with Us Under Professionalism Ameri-
can Measure.
What is the nature of the complaint
against this bill? That it shuts us out of
a foreign market: No; for whatever that
| Is worth to our citizens will be just as
accessible under this bill as under the
present law. We place no tax or bur-
| den or restraint upon American products
going out of the country. They are as
free to seek the best market as the
products of any rival commercial power,
| and as free to go out as though we had
| absolute free trade. Statistics show that
protective tariffs have not interrupted
our export trade, but that it has increased
under them.
In the year 1S43, being the first year
after the protective tariff of 1912 went
into operation, our exports exceeded our
imports $40, ,392, ,229, and in the follow
ing year they exceeded our imports
50, ,141, ,226. In the two years following
the excess of imports over exports was
$15, AIS, 900. The last year under the
tariff the excess of exports over imports
was $34, 81 ,249. So during the five years
of the tariff of 1S42 the excess of exports
over imports was $62, ,375, 900. Under
the low tariff of 1S46 this was reversed,
and, with the single exception of 1858,
the imports exceeded the exports Cover
ing period of fourteen years. 1886, ,553,-
625.
During the war and down to 1875 the
imports with two exceptions exceeded
the exports. From 1876 down to 1889
inclusive covering period of fourteen
years. there were only two years when
our imports exceeded our exports, and
the total excess of exports over imports
was 81 ,581 ,906, ,S71 Of the products of our
own people more than we brought into
the United States. The balance of trade
has been almost uninterruptedly in our
favor during the Protective Tariff periods
Of our history, and against US with few
exceptions during Revenue Tariff peri |
ods. This would seem to indicate a !
healthful business condition with the |
outside world, resulting from the Re |
publican economic system, and an un-
healthful condition, where we had to |
send money out of the country to pay |
our balances under the Democratic sys-
tenn.
The chief complaint against this bill |
comes from importers and consignees
here, on the one hand, and the foreign |
merchants and consignors abroad. Why
do they complain? Manifestly because
in some way this bill viii check their
business here and increase the bust
ness of our own manufacturers and pro-
ducers; it viii diminish the importation
of competing foreign goods and increase
the consumption Of our home made
goods. This may be good reason to
influence the foreigner to oppose its pas
sage, but is hardly a sound reason why
Americans should oppose it.
If the bill checks foreign importations
of goods competing with ours, it viii in
crease our production and necessarily
increase the demand for labor at home.
This may be a good reason why the
cheap labor Of other countries should be J
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-12

BATON ROUGE. La, June S.-After an
hours debate the resolution to refer all
bills relating to amendments to the
Constitution on the subject of the levees,
schools, charities, drainage and lotter-
les to special committee named in the
resolution, was adopted by vote of 40
to 26. AS this resolution was moved by
Mr.. Shattuck, who gave notice that the
lottery amendment would be intro
duced, the action taken is regarded as
indicating the strength of the proposed
lottery legislation.
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MORE WRECKS.
Fatal Collision on the Keokuk Sd
Northwestern.
DEATH OF ENGINEER AND FIREMAN.
The Denver Missouri Pacific Train Run IntO
by an En- sinc and alb rose With
Fatal Results-Legs
Broken.

HANNIBAL, Mo-. June 10-An error
of train Dispatcher Davidson. of the
St Louis, Keuku5 & Northwestern rail-
road, resulted in bring ng a construc-
ton ira n in collision with freight or
curve twelve miles south of this city
yesterday morning about four o'clock.
| Twelve cars were wrecked.
| Fireman Arthur Thayer was almost
instantly killed. He was found dead
between the boiler head of his engine
and the tender, having been burned and
scalded by escaping steam.
Fireman Berry Nelson was found
wedged between the boiler and cab of
his engine with boiling water pouring
over him from hole in the boiler The
special train, which left here as soon as
the news of the collision was received,
conveyed him to this city, where he died
about nine o'clock
Engineer LOUIS Carver was injured
about his legs hips and arm. He will
| recover.
Engineer Fitzpatrick jumped before
the engines met and escaped with slight
injuries. Conductor Omer Lemons was
hurt in the back and slightly injured
| internally, while Head Brakeman Tucker
was seriously hurt.
Train Dispatcher Davidson resigned
at once. This is said to be his first &C
cident in twelve years of service.
A HEAVY FOG THE EXCUSE.
SCOTT CITY, Kan, June 10.-About
1:S0 o'clock yesterday morning, as the
Denver Missouri Pacific passenger train
stopped at the tank for water an engine
and caboose came laundering along at
rate OF about fifteen miles per hour and
ran into the rear of the passenger train,
running the engine and one coach, Sc
verely injuring number of persons and
killing a six-year-old boy, the son OF
John Moore, of this county. The mother
and younger child were badly scalded,
while the older boy was literally roast
ed alive by the escaping steam and lived
but short time.
Edward Bleil, a Denver jockey en-
route to Kansas City, is lying in pre-
carious condition and receiving the care
OF physicians. A brakeman on the
freight is considerably bruised, while
passenger brakem an was so badly in
jured that he was placed on the west
bound passenger and taken to she Pu-
eblo hospital.
The passengers generally were shaken
up. but only those in the rear coach re-
ceived injury.
Men are at work clearing the track of
the wreck The heavy fog is made the
excuse by the trainmen for the accident
but evidently there was carelessness
somewhere.
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School Closing at Manchester.

Special REFLECTION ROorreSpondence.
MANCHESTER, June 9.-Schoo
closed here on Friday very pleasantly
Nearly all the pupils were present as
well as many of the parents, patrons
and friends. They brought great bas-
kets of good things, and spread two
long tables at noon and fine dinner
was served.
After all had been served came the
closing exercises, recitations, declama-
tions and readings. All were good and
well rendered. After a short recess,
ice cream was brought in and was en-
ergetieally discussed.
The teacher, w. NJ. Campbell. then
made a few brief remarks to the pu-
pills and dismissed the school for the
year.
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FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF DICK
INSON.
Southwest Dickinson Sunday School
Convention Hope Happenings
Other Interesting County News.
Special REFLECTOR Correspondence.

Special REFLECTOR Correspondence.
ABILENE, June 1.-THE southwest
district S. S. association held its quar-
terly convention at the Sunnyside NJ.
E. church, May 2Sth, 1890.
In the absence of both president and
vice-president the secretary called the
convention to order and Thos. McCon-
mel was chosen president pro ten.
The program was then taken up and
after devotional services the conven-
tion listened to an address of welcome
by ]. G. Seaton and response by c. c.
Seidel.
On motion the president was in
structed to appoint all necessary COM
mittees.
The topic, "How can we make our
S. S. more attractive and retain its
spirituality" was discussed by T. W
Meserye, g. L. Rugh, Rev. Palmer and
Rev. Hill.
The president announced the various
committees and after dinner the sew
eral topics of the afternoon were then
taken up in order and discussed by
members of the convention with inter-
est and plofit.
Mrs. Harriet Baxter read truly well
prepared paper setting forth many
good reasons why prohibition should
be taught in the Sunday school.
The constitution was so amended as
to set the time of the May convention
one week earlier.
The treasurer reported balance on
hand of S1.25.
The committee on place of meeting
recommended the Harmony Christian
church in Garfield township. The
report was received and adopted.
The committee on resolutions report
ed as follows:
Resolved, That in order to accom-
plish the greatest good in our Sunday
school we recommend the holding of a
teachers meeting whenever practicable;
Resolved, That we indorse the resO-
luton passed in regard to literature at
our last county convention and that we
recommend all denominational Sunday
schools to use the publications of their
own church;
| Resolved, That We tender our thanks
to the good people of Sunnyside for
their genial hospitality in providing SC
literally for the conventions;
Resolved, That we deplOre the seem
ing backward stride Of the temperance
cause, not with the masses of the peO-
pie, but with some of those in high
places, and that we pledge ourselves to
renewed zeal and energy by emphasiZ-
ing the temperance suggestions in all
our Sunday school lessons, but espe-
cially by teaching the quarterly tenn
perance lesson as devised by the
international committee.
The report was received aud adopted.
The committee on nominations re-
ported as follows: For president,
Thos. Mcconnell; vice-president, c. G.
Seidel; treasurer, A. M. Tolbert. II
further recommended the acceptance
of the resignation of the present secre,
tary and that c.. Z. Rugh fill the
vacancy. The report was adopted.
A collection was taken amounting
to S2.17.
The convention was favored with
good music by those having that part
of the work in charge. The attendance
was very good, the house being vel
filled during each session of the con
vention. C. c. SHERWOOD, Sec'y.
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New Catholic COLLEGE.

BELLEvILLE, Kan, June e.-The cor.
ner stone of the new Catholic College
to be built here was laid yesterday after.
noon at $50 o'clock. A special train
from Kansas City over the Rock Island
brought . big assembiage, and the
services were very largely at
tended. High mass was celebrated
in the Opera House by Rev. Father Fitz-
patrick at 11:5o a. M and at one o'clock
a grand free picnic dinner was served in
the public park. The actual laying OF
the corner stone took place at $50
O'Clock, the ceremony having been per
formed impressiveiy by Rt Rev. Bishop
GoanNoli
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Crushed at a Barn Raising.

OsAwAToNIE, Kan, June 1o.-George
Waller, young man, was killed near
this place last evening. He was assist
Ing at barn raising on the
farm of Isaac Shackletons, and while
fastening brace holding the heavy
framework of the building it gave way
and fell on the head of young Waller,
two heavy pieces of timber crushing his
head into fiat mass, instantly killing
him. The parents of Waller live near
the place where he was killed.
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Worlds Fair Bonds.

CHICAGO, June 11.-By unanimous
vote last night the City Council petit
toned Governor Fifer to call an extra
session of the State Legislature to con-
slider a Constitutional amendment per-
mitting the city of Chicago's bonded in
Indebtedness to be increased S.
600, 900. The sum named is for the pur-
pose of promoting the success of the
Worlds Fair. Efforts to increase the
amount so as provide for other municipal
undertakings were defeated.
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A "ueII-Box" For Disabled Printers

ATLANTA, Ga, June 1O.-The conven-
ton of the International Typographical
Union yesterday received the report
of the special committee on the pro-
posed home at Colorado Springs. The
committee favor the use of the
Childs-Drexcl fund for that pur-
pose. The plan provides for board
of fifteen, of which the present
Childs-Drexel fund trustees shall form a
part The convention was unanimous
concerning tn general plan, the only
difference being on matters of detail.
The home will probably cost $50, 900.
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GREAT RAILROAD PROJECT.
A Line From Manhattan, Kan, to the Gull
of Mexico.

of Mexico.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 11.-Articles OF
incorporation of the Manhattan, Newton
e. Gulf Railroad Company have been
filed in the office of the Sccre-
tary of State. 1t proposes to run
from Manhattan southwesterly through
Geary, Dickinson, Morris, Marion,
Chase, Mcpherson, Harvey, Reno,
Sedgwick, Kingman, Sumner, Harper
and Barber Counties, and from thence
through the Indian Territory and Texas
to the gulf of Mexico. The estimated
length of the line is 1000 miles. The
headquarters of the company will be at
Newton. The capital stock is fixed
at 81, 800, OO0, in $1,000 shares of 500
each. The directors are: A. R. Will
liams, of Topeka; S. r. Peters, E. II.
Hoag, S. D. Williams and John c. Johns
ton, Newton: Frank Doster, Marion; S.
NJ. Fox, Manhattan. The road is sup
posed to be intended as branch of the
future gulf system of the Union Pacific.
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nr. s. s. LAWS Missing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June S.-The
friends of DR.. S. S. Laws, ex-president
of the Missouri State University, and a
man prominent in business circles in
this city, are greatly exercised over his
disappearance. He had been noticed to
be acting strangely for some time, and
his friends fear that he may have be-
come insane over business revsrse
which he suffered some time ago.
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THE CROSS TRIAL.
The Work of Impaneling n Jury In Pro-
gress.

The Work of Impaneling n Jury In fro-
gress.
PARIS, Tex, June 11.-When court
convened yesterday morning Judge Bry-
ant called the case of the Governments
against Sam Robinson and twenty-n1ne
others, and the Government and the de-
fense both announced ready.
Hon. j. E. McComb then arraigned a.
NJ. Donald, o. J. Cook, Cyrus Freaser, j.
j. Jackson, John A Rutler, ]. B. Cham
berlain, Jack Lawrence, w. S. Grubb, j.
W. Calvert, c. E. Cook, William OCon-
nor and Fred Bowden, the defendants
present, for the murder of Sheriff John
NJ. Cross, of Stevens County, Kansas, in
No-Man's-Land July 25, 1855 All
pleaded not guilty.
The Government counsel then stated
that nolle prosequi had been entered
as to the following parties who had been
indicted: ]. b. Izor, R E Stehle, Harry
Lee, Charles Calvert, A. Noble, l.. j.
Pettijohn, J. E. Feasor, Grant Hampton
and 7. H. Ferguson. and that Sam Rob-
inson, George B. Theames, Frank Bow
ley, S. Maher, Jr, George Morehead, F.
S. Brewer and John Childers had not
been arrested.
The work of impaneling the jury was
then begun. Out of the venire OF sixty
men ordered ffty-three were present
The most rigid test was applied as to
the qualifications of jurors. This
was done because the Government
counsel believed that the defend
ants had been tampering with the ven
ire. Out of the fifty-three men ex-
amined only five jurors were chosen,
forty-one having been excused or dis
| qualified. Four were challenged by the
defense and three by the Government
Another venire of sixty men was or
| darnd and court ad innrnad
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GAMING the nean ofI.au.

LAWRENCE, Kan, June Green,
dean of the law department. of the State
University, was presented Saturday
night with gold-hesded cane by the
graduating class. Charles Farrow, Of
Holton, Kan, made the presentation
speech, TO which Prof. Green responded
with few HQtas Qt tbaRka
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Won RX Verge d,Or.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 11.-Mulkey'
Verge dor won the derby at the Jockey
Clubs race track yesterday. Lord of the
Harem was second, Dollikins third
Corrigan's horse Riley was not started
the animal being sick.
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KANSAS CITY, June 10.-An attempt
was made about $50 o'clock last night
TO assassinate Benjamin F. Knight
deputy county marshal on the Mas
tin Bridge road, about eight miles
south of the city. He was shot in the
breast. supposed by William Scroggins,
who has been arrested The shooting
grew out of the jealousy Of Scroggins.
who was infatuated with girl named
Force,
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The Paois Watervork.,

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June ia de-
cree was secured in the United States
Circuit Court yesterday, directing fore
closure of mortgage on the Paola, Kan,
Water Company for S95, $50 and sale of
the property in that city at some future
tins. The decree is in favor of the
American Loan & Trust Company.
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The fact that the American govern
ment is proceeding constitutionally, and
voting the money year by year, does not
affect my argument, which remains un-
answered and, / believe, unsnswerable,
VIZ, that the big announcements of the
admiralty last year have given the Pro
tectionist party in America plausible
prstext for appropriatng prospective sur
pluses Of the American revenue tor years
to come. and thus defeating that taxi1
reform which means millions Of money
10 British artisans. "A. T. Chanu4nS,
u. p, IN London Times.
Protection, which, It was thought,
would only impede the progress Of The
American iron industry, has proved 70
be the very rock Of tts salvation And
much rs we may regret the result tw
our own sake the American pecptA z
must be admitted, have shown mncs
keener appreciation Of what was esss1r
to their progress than our own doesrrt ;
naires would be willing 10 sdmik-k1n-
don Iron and Coal Trades Review.