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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-01-15
ALLIANCE CAUCUS.
P. p. Elder Chosen as Candidate Fo1
Sneaker-Ren Rich For Chief Clerk.

P. p. Elder Chosen as Candidate For
Speaker-Ben Rich For Chief Clerk.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 13.-Ninety ALI
anee members of the Legislature went
into caucus last evening to decide upon
officers for the he'permanent organization
of the House.
A series of resolutions was first adopt
ed to the effect that the members of the
Peoples party should agree on all mat
ters of importance, and especially upon
a candidate for United States Senator
before bringing it up in the Legislature.
In other words, they determined to set
tie all differences in the party among
themselves and present united front
in public.
The caucus was secret and it was de-
cided that none of its proceedings
should be given to the public.
P. P. Elder was nominated for
Speaker without opposition.
When the nomination of candidate
for chief clerk came up there was a
spirited fight and the effect of the
Turner letter was apparent. Until
that document was given to the
public S. w. Chase had no
opposition and his election was
conceded on all sides. But President
McGrath stood back of Ben Rich, of
Trego County, and gave him his inhu-
ence against Chase, whom he held re-
sponsible for publishing Turner's letter.
The result was that Chase was defeated
and Rich given the nomination on
close vote.
The Republicans in the Senate de-
cided to hold no caucus for the purpose
of organizing that body.
Immediately after being called to or
der to-day the Senate will go into exec
utive session and elect permanent Off
GERS. This is almost equivalent to
caucus, as thirty-eight of the forty MEM
bers are Republicans.
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THE GRAIN OUTLOOK.
December Report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
WHEAT CONDITION PUT At qS.A.
Better Than For Two Years Past-Esti-
mated Yields the Past Year of Wheat
and Corn-The Low Average of
the Latter Cereal

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The estimate
of the products of corn, wheat and oats
of 1890, as complied by the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture makes
corn aggregate 1,4s9, $40, 600 bushels;
wheat 1896, ,622, 600 bushels; oats 5T5, 5,621,-
600 bushels
The area of corn, which was slightly
increased in planting was reduced by
utter failure and abandonment by more
than 6, 900, 600 acres. The area harvest
ed, Il, ,979, 76S acres. The average yield
per acre was 2O.7 bushels and the sup
ply for consumption per head of popula-
ton is SO bushels, or IL bushels less
than last yer. The rate of yield was
lower in 1887 and 1881, years of very
severe drought.
The aggregate wheat acreage is S6,-
OS7, ,154 acres, nearly the same as IN
1889, and the yield per acre Ill bush
els. These are measured bushels of
quality grading somewhat lower than
usual, the weight of which will be
given in the March report. Past rec
ords have shown that the annual differ
ences in weight of the crop are'not often
more than pound above or below the
average weight for series of years, the
lowest for seven years being 56.5 in 1888
and the highest 5S.5 in 1887. The yield
per acre is the same as 1850, when the
product was nearly 416, 900, 900 bushels,
and with two exceptions is the lowest
rate during the past decade. The area
in oats was 2G, 431, 1863 acres and the
yield per acre was 1913 bushels. This
is only "A per cent. of the average of
ten years past, which was 26.G bushels
and the smallest rate of yield ever re-
ported by this Office.
The December condition of the grow
ing wheat crop is returned at 9S.4 This
is better than December returns for two
years past. Along the Atlantic coast a
slight depreciation is noted as the re-
suit of the excess of moisture in Some
localities, making planting late and
giving rather small growth before the
advent of freezing weather. In
the Ohio valley the season was
generally favorable for seeding and
early growth and the plant entered
the winter quarter in promising con-
dition. Some damage was done by the
Hessian fly, especially in early sown
fields. Condition in Missouri and Kan
sas was variable, local injury from
drought and fly combining to somewhat
reduce State averages.
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SLAVE CATCHING IN CHINA.
The Traffic In Women and Children Stil
Carried On.

The Traffic In Women and Children Stul
Carried On.
While in most parts of the world, ex-
cept Africa, slave catching Is becoming
a thing of the past, the practice is still
carried on to some entent IN Tonkin in
spite of the efforts of the French to put
an end to it. The slaves who are want
ed there are only women and children
Slave dealers find women and children
in the forests, away from the villages,
drag them into the mountains and sell
them to Chinese merchants, who carry
them into some of the western prov
nces OF China and sell them to rich
families. This odious traffic began
about twenty-five years ago. Formerly
Tonkinese women were almost un-
known in China. The practice of ex-
porting them as slaves came about in
this way:
In 1865 the Chinese soldiers who in
vaded Tonlxin, which was In a revolt
against China, found themselves encum-
bered by prisoners taken from the
Tonl1inese. They did not know what
to do with the prisoners, but at last de-
cided to ship them to China and see II
they could not sell them. It was at
this time that immigration agencies
were recruiting in China thousands Of
workmen to toll on the Guano islands
Of Chilli. The hundreds Of male pris-
oners were easily disposed Of to these
emigration agents, and the women and
children who were among the un-
fOrtunateS were sold to vyeIl-ko-dO
Chinese.
This opened a new trade, although at
first it was not easy to sell the women,
because wealthy families did not wish
to have servants with black teeth, the
result Of the practice of betal nut chew
ing. So small a price, however, was
asked for them, that all the women
were finally sold. To-day these women
are in much demand in some parts Of
Western China As servants they are
gentle, obedient and laborious, and are
so highly esteemed that they command
a good price. It is a very lucrative
trade, and hundreds of poor women arc
every year dragged away from their
homes by these pitileSs dealers In hu-
man flesh. Many Chinese are engaged
in the business.
It is gratifying to hear that the French
are making good progress in their ef-
forts to stamp out the traffic. They
have visited very severe punishments
upon some Chinese whom they have
caught stealing women and dragging
them to the mountains.-N. Y. Sun
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THE ILLINOIS sENAToRsHIP.
Three Farmer Men Propose to Have Things
just About Their Way.

Three Farmer Men Propose to Have Things
just About Their Way.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 13.-Mr. Tau
beneck, one of the three Farmer Repre-
sentntives in the General Assembly,
said that he and his colleagues had
made up their minds to resist any fusion
with either the Republicans or the Dem
Ocrats on the United States Senatorship.
They will not by their votes allow
either side at any time to get quorum
IN Joint assembly and elect candidate,
and should both sides vote for their re-
spective nominees, they will vote so
that neither candidate shall receive a
majority. If a United States Senator
Is elected Mt this session of the Legisla-
ture he will have to be a man satisfac-
tory to the Farmers Mutual Benevolent
Association representatives, and neither
Palmer, Farwell nor Oglesby are such
men.
Mr.. Taubeneck said that Grand
Master Thompson or Cicero J. Lindley
would suit him, though their names
had not been mentioned in conference.
The name of the man they have most
favorably considered has not yet been
mentioned in connection with the SEN
atorship. The Senator they wanted
was the one who would use all honor
able means in his power to secure for
farmers beneficial legislation and who
would not be influenced against such
legislation by the wiles of corporations
and their agents. Such a man should
have no afiliation with either Of the
r,Id uarties
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from her concealment and the girl fell
fainting into her arms.
The youth disappeared promptly, but
he was unearthed a few days after
wards. He was one Of q worthless, dis
sipated set. He intended to marry the
girl" he said, and then to come upon
her friends for new start in life.
Happily, his designs were frustrated by
the coincidence attending two whispers.
Ethel, poor child, was inconsolable at
the loss of her Town true love-" but she
will learn wisdom in time, and when
she finds her true love in reality she
will thank me for my window scrutiny
and for what followed it.
She will teach her children 70 avoid
lncautiously formed acquaintaDceships
and relate to them how narrowly she
escaped falling into the tolls of n schem-
er, whose self-introduction, in the hrst
place, was an impertinent insult, and
whose fattery was Wien. Y. World
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THE TURNER LETTER.

The Alliance Exoperates NIcGrath-The
Letter Attributed to Politicians.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. IA meeting
of Alliance representatives was held at
the Board of Trade building called by
President McGrath, of the State Alli-
ance, to consider the Turner letter and
its relative connection with McGrath's
official conduct. While the meeting
had no authority to act, McGrath was
willing to open up his conduct, as he
had his letters, to his Alliance brethren.
Chairman Chase and Editor McLallin
presented their charges and their claims
of proofs of corruption on the part of
McGrath. The latter made his state
ment, which seemed to be accepted as
the truth, as resolutions prepared by
a committee were almost unanimously
adopted by a rising vote. The resolu-
tions recite the receipt of the Turner
letter containing infamous suggestions
and offers for the betrayal of a most
sacred trust and confidence" They re-
gard the affair as characteristic at
tempt on the part of the Republican
politicians in Topeka and Washington
to prove that moral laws have no place
in politics, with desire to thwart the
will of the people.
The resolutions further urge more
united effort and call upon all to cast
aside personal jealousies in favor of a
common cause.
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MAYORS AND CLERKS.
Representatives From Cities of the First
Glass to Meet at Topeka.

Representatives From Cities of the First
Glass to Meet at Topeka.
ATCHISoN, Kan, Jan. 13.-There will
be meeting of the mayors and clerks
of all the cities of the first class in Kan
sas at Topeka Wednesday for the pur-
pose of further discussing and taking
final action on the proposed amend
ments to the charters. Several meet
ings have already been held, the object
of which has been to make arrange
ments to have bill engineered through
the Legislature to reduce taxation as
far as practicable and to simplify the
ambiguity of the charters.
A committee has been appointed to
prepare a bill covering all of the ques-
tions under discussion. This will be
reported at the Topeka meeting. 1t is
proposed to amend the metropolitan po-
lice law, limiting the operations of the
law to cities of $4,000 inhabitants and
over. Changes are also proposed in the
amount OF poll tax to be charged and
the method of collecting it, the object
being to effect complete collection of
the amount due from those liable in
each city. One proposition is to reduce
the amount from So to -. 1t is pro-
posed in public improvements to limit
the time Of publication of the
required notice to ten days, h'the
twenty days limit thereafter for re-
monstrance, ard to simplify the sewer
laws, which are now SO complicated.
There is also a proposition to reduce
the interest charged on all internal i'm
provement bonds issued hereafter and
one to allow cities to control their pro-
portion of the poor fund. If the bill,
as finally adopted, should pass the Leg
islature it would facilitate city business
and be benefit to the taxpayers.
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Annie oakler Not Dead.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan IA private
letter has been received here from
Frank Butler, the husband and manager
OF Annie Oakley, the champion female
rife shot, in which she is reported as
being alive and well and entirely salts
fed with her obituary which was pub
ished under Paris date about ten days
AGO. At the time of her reported death
she was and is still entertaining herself
on some game preserves in the vicinity
of London. where she expects to remain
for s0ne weeks.
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ELEVATED COLLISION.
Two Engines Lock HOrns-Marvelous Is
cape Of Passengers

Two Engines Lock HOrns-Marvelous Is
cape of Passengers
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-At e:45 o'clock
Yesterday morning a collision occurred
on the Third avenue line Of the Man
haitian elevated railroad which com
pletely demolished one engine, serious
" damaged another, injured two men
and created panic among four car
loads of passengers.
A switch engine was employed IN
making up trains on the middle track
and in the course of its work was run cut
on the down track at One Hundred and
Eighteenth street, the danger signal
being set to cover It. Disregarding the
signal the engineer OF SOUTH
bound trcin continued on fls
way until Ills engine, with four
loaded cars behind it, crashed into
the switch engine with such force as
tc carry it distance of forty feet, tear
ing away the foot path and railing OF
the structure and throwing the engine
into the street twenty feet below The
engineer and fireman Of the switcher
were thrown from the engine 70 the
middle track and the former was ser
iously and the latter slightly hurt
The collision knocked out eytndeE
head of the passenger engine ana tne
escaping steam together with the shock
of the colliding engines filed the pass
enoers with alarm, but none Of them
were hurt The switch engine which
fell into the street was broken to paeces.
In its descent it smashed wagon stand
ing by the curbstone, but Hairssulersiy
did no other damage.
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Troops Hammered hr a Strike.

OELREICHs, n. d., Jan. IA freight
strike is on at this point, this being the
supply station for the troops now in the
field. While the Government had charge
of its transfer teams they were paid s.
per day, but on Thursday last two con-
tractors appeared on the scene and re-
duced the compensation so that the
teamsters would not be able to make
more than 81 per day and a well organ
lied strike ensued. Fourteen carloads
of supplies are now on the sidetracl,
and it is evident that the three camps
of troops which are stationed thirty
miles distant must be running short of
supplies
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DECIDEDLY CLEVER.
by CuItivating His Natural Supply of Gall
Youth Acquires a Reputation.

by NuillNdIlHS his NaIuEdl SuppIy OI OdIl u
Youth Acquires a Reputation.
DENVER, Col, Jan. 13.-YOung
Ardine, the eighteen-year-old boy ex-
amined Saturday on the charge of hav-
ing committed number Of forgeries,
is one of the coolest youths that ever
landed in Denver. His operations have
been extensive, over twenty business
houses holding some of the fraudulent
paper presented by him, and the sue
cess of the work was due to Ardine's
immaculate cheek. His methods of
swindling were decidedly clever. He
would secure a room in a business block,
leaving his coat and hat, then rush
into an Office near by, represent
himself as a clerk and produce his check
and asked to have it cashed, saying the
firm needed the money and it was after
banking hours. The checks were all
made out to Bearer" so that no in
dorsement was necessary. Every check
forged is made out in the same manner
and in the same penmanship. When
brought before Justice Morris he plead
ed guilty to over twenty charges and
waived examination. He said he had
spent most of the money on faro, the
the balance on women and whisky.
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state omcers Inaugurated.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Estate Off
cers-elect were inaugurated at noon to-
day in the Governors Office. There was
no ceremony or display. They formed
in a circle about Judge Valen-
tine, of the Supreme Court, and
took the oath of Office. All ex-
cept Attorney-General Ives and
Auditor Charles NJ. Hovey had already
served one term, Treasurer Slower hav-
ing been sworn in a month ago to fill
the short term. Attorney-General Kel-
logg, who was beaten by Ives, led his
successful opponent into the Office by
the arm, as did Auditor Mccarthy his
Successor
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IMPELLED BY HUNGER.
A Mob of SeacOast Men Visit the CIOnaICi
Board of Guardians.

Mob of Seacoast Men Visit the CIOnaICiIty
Board of Guardians.
CORK, Jan. 11.-While a meeting of
board of guardians of Clonakility was
in progress a mob of about 100 laborers
from the seacoast and neighborhoods
suddenly broke in upon the board
needless of the remonstrances, and of
the show of resistance made by the po-
lice, and insisted upon having n hear
ing. The guardians finally consented
to listen to the spokesman of the party.
The latter said that they and their
families were literally starving, and
that they had individually not been
able to earn a shilling in six months.
They demanded work, and told the
guardians that they were driven to
by the suffering they and
their families endured The guardians
promised to do their utmost to relieve
their distress, but their means are
limited
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Erect of Edncation.

Tucson, Ariz., JAN 1O.-Advices from
SolomviIle state that Modoc Wind and
two other Apache Indians have beeen
held to answer to United States Com
missioner Blake on the charge Of forg-
ing Captain Bulls name to Govern
ment check for S125. The forgery is so
well executed it was not detected until
presented to the Assistant United States
Treasurer at San Francisco. Modoc
Wind was confidential ekerk to Bulls
and was educated at tine Carlisle Pa,
Indian school. The other indians were
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RrIef Frrcdn,n

MARrsvILLE, Kan. Jan. 1s.-Thad
CrOser, the horse thief who lnurderous-
y attacked Deputy Sheriff Kenneth
Bently and escaped from the Jail, was
found at a farm house, eleven miles
south Of this city, by Frank Auhl, the
night watch of this city. who covered
him with gun as he was approaching
the door preparatory to another fight.
Ersy Leclzard and Charles Patterson
aesisied Marshal Aubl IN running this
ssrssso c eoFe- He IS nov sazeI1
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O'Brien Homes For the Rest.

BURLoeNE-SUR-MER, Jan. 12.-Mr.
William O'Brien denies the truth of any
cable dispatch published in London al
leging that there had been a dispute
between himself and Mr.. Dillon. He
said: "He and 1 have been acting in
concert all along and will continue to
do So" Mr.. 0'Brien added that the
only thing he was at liberty to say con-
cerning his interview with Mr.. McCar-
thy and Mr.. Sexton was that the con-
sultation had strengthened his hope
that a satisfactory conclusion would be
arrived at
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wolves in western Kansas.

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 12.-Wolves are
invading the western border counties
of Kansas in great packs in search of
food. A short distance from Liberal
this morning Mrs. Garvey and her child
were attacked by pack of wolves a
few steps from their home, and while
the woman escaped with slight injuries,
the boy was carried some distance and
mangled so horribly that he can not
recover. The men about the place
finally beat off the savage beasts.
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Rashness nenrecated.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. lit seems
now that the promised attempts by each
party to unseat members of the other in
order to secure a majority of the joint
ballot will probably be held in abey-
ance, since if once entered on there is no
knowing where it would stop. Threats
of the Democratic House to unseat Nc
Rane has led to counter threat by the
Republican Senate to unseat NOonan
and others and these are urging their
brethren in the House not to get them
into trouble by any rash measures.
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MnnfhI1 Pensi6ns-

WASHINGTON, Jan 13. = Secretary
Window is authority for the statement
that the growing Treasury surplus can
not now be used in the purchase of
per cent bonds for the reason that il
viii be needed to meet pension pay
ments due next month, aggregating
SIS. .0oo, 00O- Secretary Window is Of
the opinion that the business of the
country would be improved By making
these pension payments monthly in
stead 8 =. ena b be made 2
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"LANp oE The AFTERNOON. .

The gray is over the gold, the earth
Has robed her In fading fitness;
And we're not as young as we used to be,
Alas for the mirrors witness.
And candor, within our secret soul
Albeit with some lamenting,
Compels to the faithful mirrors charge
A silent and sad asserting.
We can not dance as once we did,
TIL the small hours Of the morning;
We do not stand at the garden gate,
The chill Of eTening scorning.
We care no more for the 1ingling bells
Once held IN such high favor;
The games that once we held so dear
Are like salt without its SAVIOR.
The long, long walks meath the skies OF June
In the moonlight calm and Silly,
The mountain climb in the August noon
With Margaret or Lily
We loved them we'll and memory
VIII never through life forsake themi
But we'd rather sit in our easy chairs,
And let our children take them.
We like to hear their voices ring
Over croquet or tennis;
We like to see them ride or row,
Whatever skies may menace.
But We do not grieve that we have passed
Beyond these youthful pleasures;
That oyr steadier pulses now keep time
To slower, statelier measures.
We've known the Joys of the morning-land,
Glorious, gay and tender;
We've stood on the midday heights amid
The harvest's ample sp.endor;
Now the heightened rays Of the westering sun
Shed their milder fervor DER US,
And the sweet fair land OF the afternoon
Spreads its mellow grace before US.
Its purple peace-crowned mountains rise
Wrapped in the haZy distance;
Its restful labors beckon US,
With gentle, wise insistence.
We will enter IN to the calm fair land,
Loved Of the priest and poet;
For we're not as young as we used to be,
And, what is more, we know It.
But we've won from the land Of the far away
Some treasure Of truth and duty,
Some sweetness and light we've lived to bless
The present with Joy and beauty.
We've learned the worth OF the human heart,
The bliss Of loving and giving,
So, morn or midday or afternoon,
We've found life worth the living.
-Carlotta Perry, in Good Housekeeping.
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Indians Threaten Revenge.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 12.-Informa-
ton has been received that one of the
Indians implicated in the murder of
Freighter Coles several weeks ago in
Okanagon County, was taken from Jail
Thursday night and lynched. A Cath'
lie priest has warned the settlers that
indignation ran high among the Okana-
go Indians, and that they had held four
councils, and it was likely they would
go on the war path. The Governor of
Washington has been asked for 500
stands of arms and ammunition.
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Cnntests Filled.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 1S.-Several Alli-
ance candidates for the Legislature
have fled contests against the election
of Republican opponents, to whom GER
tifcates OF election were issued. All are
based upon corrupt means used in the
election. They are j. A. Moor, of Ellis
County, against J. H. Reeder, S. NJ.
Bennett, of Meade, against A. H.
Hader; E. W. Maxwell, of Marion,
against George w. Rood.