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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16
1t is Rumored in Abilene

That Bill Allison will be the next
marshal CT the city.
That A. V. Jewett will be appointed
city attorney.
That prominent but not lengthy
young business man of the city will
soon marry farmers daughter living
near Hope.
That the firemen will have a crowded
house at their entertainment next Fri
day.
That graduating essays have already
been commenced.
That John Duncan" is another
name for A. G. VanDyke.
That the Baptist church dislikes to
accept Rev. Killers resignation.
That there are more intending pur-
chasers for Dickinson county lands
than before in three years.
That the band boys deserve some
new uniforms and will get them, too,
before long.
That it is about time to arrange for
Memorial day Oratory.
Thatit takes long time to get that
drinking fountain on Second street and
Broadway,
That it will be long time before the
grove of trees in front of 1. S. Hallam' g
Office will obstruct the view.
That Abilene's assessors report will
show an increase of population this
year.
That the big pumpkin show next
fall in Abilene will be the best in CEN
traI Kansas.
That the nursery men are selling
plenty of trees and that several Or
chards will be put out this spring.
That it is getting too warm for high
five parties to flourish well.
That it has been a long time since
there was a first class sensation on
the tapis.
That Harry Allen, G. D. Kieffer and
J. II. Niesley patronize the same tailor.
That Fred Wilcox's new spring suit
can be heard several blocks away.
That unique home talent musical
entertainment, a children's carnival,
will be given in the opera house the
first week in May.
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HAVOC OF WAR.
Great Suffering in Chill Due to
Fratricidal Strife.
PECULIAR HARDSHIPS OF POOR PEOPLE
Balmaceda Meets With Serious Defeat
He Nevertheless Declares His Oppo-
nents Traitors and Keeps Up the
BIoodshed.

PANAMA, April 1.-THE French
steamer Peru, which arrived at Callao
March 10 from Chilian ports, reported
that the bombardment of Iquique by
the revolutionary squadron, February
10, led to the destruction by fire Of
seven of the principal blocks on the
Alto de Melle side, but the custom
house escaped.
The Peru landed in all 400 refugees IN
Callao, the greater number of whom
escaped from Iquique with only the
clothes they had on when the lombard
ment commenced. Gen. UrTutia, who
commands in Iquique, has been selling
flour at % cents per pound.
The Lima Commercio said on March
16: ''The rebel forces which fought
around Pozoalmonte and near Iquique
number 1000 men, while the govern
ment troops reached barely 5000. The
dead in the different actions numbered
700 and included many high officials.
The rebels finally won and captured in
all thirty-six cannon and Gatling guns.
1t is, however, worth remembering
that, although the cable Offices are un'
der the control of the rebels, the news
which is received by cable is not in
favor of the revolution"
The Lima Commerce. of March 1e
published the following Gable message
from Iquique, received by the English
minister: 'The triumph of the rebels
on the 9TH was decisive and Balmaceda's
troops were knocked to pieces. After
losing all their cannon, rifles and ammu
milton, only a few officers and soldiers
escaped. The people who are without
work are suffering fearfully and hun
dreds of them have abandoned the
nitrate works, many carrying buckets OF
water and accompanied by their
families having YEARLY trudged
across the desert down to
Iquique on the coast. The
scene is of a nature which hardly finds
an equal in history of war or revolt and
is due to the nature of the country and
the class of work there carried on.
Many have died on the way to Iquique
and their bodies will mark for many a
day the road to the now abandoned
nitrate producing factories"
Senor Guillermo Matti, the Chilian
minister in the Argentine Redublic, and
Senor Guillermo Puelma Upper have
been declared traitors by President
Balmaceda, who has also a similar edict
with reference to Senor Antunez, the
minister in France, owing to his having
placed government funds at the dis
posal of the rebels.
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July, 1890, he gave his vile SlOJ' Ooo 70
solutelv and $40, 900 annuity. lie be
oueathed to the FirstU Universalist church
of this city S15, 600 for providing preach-
inc and other services recognized oy the
limited States convention as in conform
itv to the faith of Universalism. lie be-
uueathed Caroline c. Thompson, OF New
York, S1OO, ,OO0 and to Clinton IL. Seeiy'
his grandson, S34,O 600 In the same codl-
ell he states that he had no male heir
named and provided that If Clinton II.
Seelv would change his name to Clinton
Barnum Seely he would give hlIn So
OOO more. The contract between
Barnum and Bailey should be en-
forced and per cent OF his snare
in the show was given to Clinton Lar
mum Seely, provided he would devote
sufficient time in the interest 81 the
show to carry it on successfully. II
the sum reached over &l0,GJ0 q year, the
balance should go to the estate. 10
Mrs. Henry Buchtelie, OF Denver COL
he gives 765 acres of valuable land IN
Denver. To Treasurer Fish, of the
great show, he bequeathed per cent
of the profits, providing he remained at
the end of five years, in addition to his
present salary. The residuary estate
after the payment of bequests, was di-
vided among his children and grand
children. To Tufts college he be-
oueathed 10000. To Universalist So
cieties and institutions, to hospitals
and asylums in various cities, about
$50. GOO was left. He left $4,000 for a
statue of himself at his grave. Any
contestant of the will is to be cut off.
The last codicil, dated March 30, 1891,
provided that his executors should COM
pIete the new historical and scientific
society building in this city, to cost
S125, 600. William B. Hincks, treasurer
of the city savings bank, and Treas
urer Fish are named as executors to
serve without bonds
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THE COKE REGIONS.
Strikers Ready to Desert-NOt Safe to
Withdraw Troops.

Strikers Ready to Desert-Not Safe to
Withdraw Troops.
SCoTTsDALE, Pa, April 14.-The
striking coke burners are holding daily
mass meetings at the chief points in
this region to bolster up the courage Of
those who seem ready to desert the
ranks. Saturdays convention here
passed resolutions declaring that the
strikers were law abiding citizens and
desired to continue as such and ordered
all the delegates to counsel the men to
keep within the bounds of the law,
Among the men who quit work Satur-
day night were some Huns who had
received letters threatening death and
dynamite in case they continued work
ing.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 14.-Gen.
Wiley is by no means confident that all
trouble in the coke regions is at an end.
Bloodshed and violence, he is quite
sure, will result if the troops are with
drawn.
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UNDER FALLING WALLS.

Mfshap to Firemen by the Burning of the
Paxton Hotel, Omaha, Neb.
OMAHA, Neb., April 13.-In fire in
the Paxton hotel last night one fire
man was killed and three injured. The
men were caught under falling wall.
The names of the victims are: Capt.
Carter, ribs crushed and internally
hurt; Martin Mulvihill, pipeman, legs
broken, skull crushed and back injured,
will die; Peter McGuire, legs broken
and cut about the head; Thomas Downs,
cut about the head and badly bruised
on the body.
When the flames were subdued the
damage had reached S25, 900. a panic
prevailed among the guests for awhile
but all got off without serious accident
or loss.
Mulvihil, the fireman who was fatal
ly injured, had just been married. A
singular fatality lies in the fact that
thirteen years ago four members of the
same hose company were killed almost
on the same spot when the Grand Cen
tral hotel was burned.
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in Grant twp, $500.
Elk. 7 Smith to Lilmer, so acres in
Logan, 81, ,400.
CP Morrill, and wife to c E Shep-
herd, lots in Herington, $500.
Z Barch to B A Barch, so acres in
Noble twp, 81, ,485.
Woodbine Town Co to W Kempt,
lots in Woodbine, S25.
A NJ Engle and wife to B NJ Brandt,
$50 acres in Holland twp, 1850.
n G Hershey and wife to j G. Her
shey, land in Jefferson twp, $500.
G Gross and wife to D " Norman,
so acres in Noble twp, 50, 200.
w NJ Chatter and wife to l. Lilies,
lot in Solomon, 81 900.
Lilies and wife to W NJ Chaffee,
lots In Solomon, 81 900.
II Abeldt and wife 10 G NJ Case, 160
acres In Union twp, S4 1000.
W S Anderson and wife to W Glib
son, $50 acres in Jefferson twp, $4,000.
Powers to D G Smith, lot in Abb
lene, 81.
JIM Thoraberg ct al to W c Booker,
lot in Solomon, $500.
b F NickersOn and wife to G q RO-
backer, lot in Solomon, 500.
NJ w Robacker and wife to F Carter,
lot in Solomon, $3.50.
FL Lower and wife to T A Gallo
way, lot in Herington, $3.50.
G W Barcus and wife to j Taylor,
lots in Abilene, 81.
Naill (sheriff) to J Taylor, lots in
Abilene, 81 900.
A E Knapp and wife to Henry Starr,
$50 acres in Garfield twp, $500.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16
FRENCH FINANCES.
a Note of Warning From an Ex-
Minister of War.
An APPROACHING DEADLY STRUGGLE.
Example of the United States Admired
French WastefuIness and EGtravagance
Inevitable Bankruptcy of the
Country the Result.

PARIS, April 14.-Apropos Of the fu-
ture increase of the effectiveness OF the
French army and of the minister OF
wars demand on the b lget committee
of the chamber of deputies for further
appropriations, Senator Barthelemy st.
Hilaire, ex-minister Of foreign affairs,
said yesterday: ''It becomes more and
more evident that France is on the high
road to bankruptcy. We often hear it
said that France is one Of the richest
countries in Europe. This is quite true.
So, too, we would call man rich who
had an income of a million francs
q year. But suppose he spent
each year 1,5OO, ,OOOO francs? And
suppose he kept on doing so year after
Year2 What would his wealth amount
20 under such circumstances? And yet
this Is lust what France is doing and
has been doing for very long time
The upshot of the whole thing must be
that we shall have to repudiate our
debt as we did in the first revolution
and start afresh. greatly admire the
magnificent manner in which the
United States has gone on paying
OF its tremendous debt contracted
during the gigantic civil war. We
ought to initiate in a modest way the
American example, but several circum-
stances oppose this. In the first place,
the wastefulness of our great depart
ments of government is something
friRhtful While it can not be said that
there is any outrage or stealing OF the
public funds, the extravaganza is tre-
mendous, and no government dares in
cur the anger Of the politicians in
cleaning out this Augean stable.
'"Then, again, our military system Is
SO expensive and keeps on growing
more so every day that it seems an al
most hopeless task to try to stop this
suicidal financial policy. We cannot
reduce our army, for there stands that
Alsace-L Lorraine difficulty still unde-
cided. What an objectionable sin
It was for Germany to take
those provinces. We would have
willingly paid many more millions
Of francs could we have preserved
our territory intact. But France will
never abandon Alsace-Lorraine without
astruggle, which, when it comes, will
be deadly one. France must win or
be effaced from the map of France like
Poland. She will fight to the last
man, for she will see that her very
existence depends on victory. And
If she comes off the victor, in what an
exhausted state she will probably be
left! Then the ordinary financial situ-
alton, rendered still more oppressive
by the increased expenditures of the
supreme struggle, will weigh down
upon the bleeding nation and bank
ruptcy will then be inevitable"
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Shifting Soil.

[Real estate transfers reported by Geo. Mer
i'll, absrtacter.l
G l. Engle and others to A L Engle
so acres in Newbern township, 81 900
j w Weaver and wife to L. Reike
man, so acres in NeWbern townshi
81 400.
N & Hershey and wife to ] G Hell
shey, land in Logan township $500.
NailI (sherlffl to w II Cox lot in
Abilene $500.
National Mortgage Co to E P Hatch
land in Jefferson township, So, 900.
J J Schevendener and wife to
Schevendener, 40 acres in NeWbern
twp, $500.
7 BrOckmain and wife to A Mil, SO
acres in Union twp, 81 100.
Naill (sheriff) to NJ I SlOnaker, lots
in Abilene S41O.
Same to E G Tayler, Lot is Abilene
$500.
Same to A Richardson, so acres in
Center twp, S4O0.
Same to A Wight, lot in Abilene
500.
Trindent Loan & Trust Co to B
Olson, $50 acres in Fragrant Hill twp,
So 800.
w Buot and wife to G F Hall, lots
in HeringtOD, $500.
Travellers Ins Co to J G MAYER, so
acres in Hope twp, 81, $50,
A G KOOntz and wife to T B Wilson,
land in Grant twp, 800.
T B Wilson and wife to W Murphy,
land in Grant twn S100
w Murphy and wife to " Hale, land
in Grant twp, $50.
G w Hall and wife to o I King, lot
in Abilene, $500.
NailI (sheriff) to G NJ Noble, so acres
in Holland, $500.
Same to same, lot in Abilene, 500.
n Sutphen to G Martz, 40 acres in
Hays twp, $3.50.
Sheriff Nall to Thos Kirby lots in
Carlton, sos.
Same to same, lot in Abilene, 5000.
JH Engle and wife to S ZOOk, $50
acres in Hope twp, $4,000.
CT Mead and wife to F E Leonard,
lots in Abilene, 81.
Sheriff NaiIl to A W Kenny, lots in
Solomon, $500.
A Lasu1e and wife to ] A McNaul,
40 acres in Lincoln twp, 5000.
S A Lasure and wife to W H Has
tead, same land; $3.50.
A Lasure and wife to W. Il. Hal
stead, 40 acres in Lincoln twp, 500.
j Clark and wife to Alliance Trust
Co., 100 acres in Flora twp, S5l9.
LSFry and wife to A W hide, lot
in Hope. $3.50.
JW Creech and wife to G NJ Bucher,
lots in HeringtOn, $500.
W Campbell and wife to Z w OOer,
lots in Carlton, 81.
] Menti and wife to Katie Elsley,
40 acres in Jefferson twp, 81.
] Wahl to F Wahl, lot in Abilene, 81.
Same to same, lot in Abilene, 81;
W Keso to J Major, 80 acres IN Hol-
land, SS1S.
] ii Swartz and wife to ] NJ Shuey
$50 acres in Newbern twp, $4,000.
GF Fisher and wife to H L Fisher,
lot in Abilene, $500.
il Gish and wife to E A Swanson,
lot in Abilene, 81 800. -.
T Kirby and wife to E Beemer, lou
acres in Banner, So 200.
National Land Co. to ID b Gale, 4O
acres in Lincoln, 1920.
NaiIl (sheriff) to George BROOKS, z4O
acres in Sherman twp, s., ,ZOO.
Keller (coronorl to NJ N Nall, lanos
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16
THE PRESIDENTS TRAIN.
A Handsomely Furnished Set of Carriag'
For the President and Party.

Handsomely Furnished Set of Carriages
For the President and Party.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE train in
which President Harrison and party
left Washington last night for a
tovr through the south and west
arrived here late Sunday night from the
Pullman shops in Wilmington, Del,
where each of the five cars has been
thoroughly Overhauled and refftted.
The exterior of each car is painted in
the Pullman standard color, with let
tering and ornamentation in gold. One
car is inscribed The Presidential
Train
Next TO the locomotive IS the car
Atazalan, where is the library and
smoker with a large compartment for
the storage of baggage at the end. The
library and smoker is upholstered in
seal brown plush. Behind the Atazalan
is the dining car Coronado. which, be-
sides the dining car, contains tOnsOrial
department and bath. The wood work
of the dining room is painted white and
the upholstering is in red plush. Next
is the sleeper New Zealand, upholstered
in steel frieze plush, which is followed
by the drawing room car Ideal, con-
tanning one large apartment eXquisitely
upholstered in white hair and the wood
work painted white.
At the rear end of the train is the OBJ
six small drawing rooms, each up
holstered in silk plush of a different
color, and the woodwork of none paint
ed alike, and an observation room, the
large window of the latter filed with
fine French plate glass. The front plat
form of this room is inclosed by rich
ly wrought and highly polished railing
of brass. All of the cars have vesti-
bules, and the carpets and curtains of
the several rooms are handsome and of
the finest texture. Each car has a
triple brake, and in all the new water
pressure system has been introduced.
General Passenger Agent Hardwick,
of the Georgia Pacific division, who
will travel with the presidential train
until it leaves the Richmond & Danville
system, says that great preparations
are being made in the southern cities
that the president will visit to show him
"ndJ sOutnSIA uOS SplIdl1ty LutdIlS.
"When the train reaches the Alabama
line, said Mr.. Hardwick, ''Gov. Jones
will welcome the president to the state.
All the towns between Atlanta, Ca, and
Birmingham, Ala, will have on holi-
day dress. At Admission, which is one of
the prettiest of the new cities of the
south, the display will be particularly
elaborate. The schedule of the trip
proposes a five-hours' stay in Birming-
ham and a committee of fifty has been
appointed to take charge of the demon
stration in the presidents honor.
There is to be a review of the military
by the president, who will be shown
the city under the most favorable au-
spices The decorations will be pro-
fuse. All the other southern cities
fully appreciate the honor of the presi-
dents visit and there will be similar
demonstrations at each stopping place
Of the train
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The WESTERN CONGRESS.

Programme of the Opening Proceedings
List of Speakers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 14.-PrOmpt-
ly at 10 o'clock this morning the gavel
will fall at the Coates opera house in
this city and the first western states
commercial congress will be ready for
business The first session of this great
and important convention will be called
to order by Hon. H. B. Kelly, of Kan
sas, the senator who is the father of the
idea of a congress of this sort. To him
was very appropriately rendered the
honor of bringing the first meeting to
order upon the occasion of its initial
coming together. The programme to
be observed during the day is as fol-
lows:
The congress will be called to rider
by Hon. H. B. Kelly, of Kansas, tenn
porary chairman.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Address by temporary chairman.
Welcoming addresses by Hon. D. R.
Francis, governor of Missouri, and Hon.
L. U. Humphrey, governor of Kansas.
Report of committee on credentials,
appointed by the executive committee.
Appointment of committee on perma-
nent organization.
Appointment of committee of seven
on rules and order of business, whose
duty it shall be to arrange the subjects
and the order of discussion for each ses-
sion of the congress
Q p. m.-Report of committee on
permanent organization
Permanent organization.
The list of speakers as at present ar.
ranged is as follows:
ErastuS Wiman, New York.
Gen. John McNulta, Bloomington, Ill.
Hon. John V. Farwell, Chicago.
Hon Charles F. Crisp, NJ c., Ameri-
Gus, Ga
Charles Francis Adams, Boston.
John D. Miles, Kingfsher, Ok.
Prof F. W. Blackman, Lawrence,
Kan
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, Cincin.
natl.
Col. John c. Wickliffe, New Orleans.
H. Z. Thurber, New York.
Hon. U. S. Hall, Hubbard, Mo.
Hon. P. P. Elder, Princeton, Kan.
Hon. F. J. V. Skif, Denver, Col.
Levi Chubbuck, Columbia, Mo.
Hon. A. J. Warner, Marietta, o.
Judge James S. Emery, Lawrence,
Kan.
W. ]. Woods, Nashville, Tenn.
Hon. C. R. Breckenridge, Pine Bluff,
Ark.
Col Joseph Hodgson, Mobile, Ala
Judge R. NJ. Widney, Los Angeles,
Cal
Senator William NJ. Stewart, Virginia
City, Nev.
Hon ". c. Curtis, Washington.
Edward Atkinson, Boston
William 2. Schweppe, St Louis
Hon John b. Gear, Burlington, Ia
hon. ]. 81. Murphy, Davenport, Ia.
John Hay, Junction City, Kan
Hon W. ]. Bryan, NJ. C., Lincoln,
Neb.
Hon. Chauncey L Filley, St Louis.
Col A. c. Fisk, Denver, Col.
hon ]. NJ. Rusk, Washington.
S. A. Thompson, Duluth, MINI.
Dr.. William F. King, Mount Yer
non, Ia
Thomas ]. Hurley, Fort Worth, Tex.
Col Jay L. Torrey, St Louis.
Hon J. c. Burrows, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Hon. John NJ Allen, Tupelo, Miss.
Ex-Gov. George ". Click, Atchison,
Kan.
Judge John n. Thurston. Omaha, Neb,
Michael 3. DeYoung, San Francisco
Hon. S. 3. AxteI. Santa Fe, n. N.
4ames Peabody. Chicago.
Hou. George 81. GdpeF. CleFeland. q
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OUTRAGE ON THE FLAG.
A Grand Army Post VIII Investigate the
Alleged Insults of Italians.

A Grand Army Post viii Investigate the
Alleged Insults of Italians.
KINGSTON, n. Y, April 12.-Pratt
post, G. A. R., has appointed a commit
tee, with Maj. Martin Snyder at its
head, to investigate the recent Italian
outrage at Lefevre Falls, in Ulster ce-
ment district, where a few days ago
several Italians, who worked in the
quarries held an Indignation meeting
over the New Orleans shooting, and out
of revenge hoisted an American flag
to the top of a pole and riddled it with
bullets. The old veterans of Pratt post
strongly denounced the outrage at
a meeting held Wednesday night
and instructed the committee to ascer-
tain whether the Italians were natural
lied citizens, and were still in the vicin-
ity of Lefevre falls. After investigation,
the matter will be placed in the hands
of the district attorney to take such
legal steps as he may deem proper. As
the Italians who were implicated in the
outrage were at once discharged by the
quarry owners, it is believed that they
will make rapid strides for New York
or some other haven of refuge.
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The Republican League Conference.

New York, April 13.-The arrange
ments for the forthcoming annual Oon-
vention of the republican league of the
United States have been completed.
The convention will be the largest in
the history of the league. The ses-
sions will begin at Music hall, Gin
cinnati, at noon, April 21. There
will be 1,1O9 delegates. On the
evening of April 81 repub-
Hcan league mass meeting will be held
in the great Music hall under the aus
pices of the league. Among the speak
ers invited are James G. Blaine,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, John c. spooner,
ex-Secretary W. B. Allison, Gen. Rus
sell A. Alger, ex-Gov. ]. B. Foraker,
Hon. John NJ. Langston, William Nc
Kinley, Jr., and Thomas B. Reed, OF
Maine
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16

While playing base ball at Fort
Wayne, Ind, Charles McNulty, aged15
shot Fred Schoppman, aged Is, through
the head with a pistol because OF
Schoppman's ignorance of the national
game. The wound may result fatally.
AeNu1sy has not jet been arrested
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16
MISS BAYARD's MISFORTUNE
Hardly Married a Week When Her Husband
Dies.

WILMINGTON, Del, April 13.-Count
Lewenhaupt, who recently married
Miss Bayard, youngest daughter of ex-
Secretary Thomas F. Bayard, died this
morning. The marriage took place at
noon on April 2, little more than a
week ago. at the Bayard homestead,
Delamore place, Wilmington.
Count Lewenhaupt was member of
a noble family of Sweden, but having
chosen to make his home in the United
States, preferred to be considered as a
private individual and, it is said, re-
quested his friends to drop his title
when addressing him He was very
popular man IN society circles and his
marriage with Miss Bayard was consid-
cred an extremely happy one.
Striking weavers at Bradford, En-
gland, indulged in rioting on the 18th,
attempting to hold a prohibited meet
ing. Soldiers aided the police in restor-
ing order.
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in the presence of
the family and rep
resentatives of the
press. The wealth
of the great show
imam is estimated to
amount to over s.,
| 900, 1000.
The first will was
written in 1882, since
which time eight
codicils had been
written at various
D. ono - nfAn