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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
LOADED FOR MILES.
Changes in the Military Service Due t
Jealous Persons.

Changes in the Military Service Due to
Jealous Persons.
WASHINGTON, July 1T is generally
commented upon here that the recent
change abolishing the military divisions
operates largely to curtal the military
Jurisdiction heretofore controlled by
Major-Gen. Miles. He now commands
only the department of the Missouri,
which practically cuts him OFF from
directing military operations among
the troublesome Indians, leaving him
only the Indian territory end Okla
homa.
it Is stated that Gen. Miles has not
been in favor either at the White house
or war department ever since the Pine
Ridge campaign, and there is an evil
dent disposition to ''cut his comb" "
This was shown when he was refused
the permission he asked to visit Wash
ingt on and bring certain Indians with
him. Moreover, when Indians from
Pine Ridge and other agencies were
brought here by a special agent of the
Indian bureau, the general was not al
lowed to be present with them.
Gen. Miles friends say, however, that
ne can afford TO wait because Gems.
Schofield and Howard will shortly re-
tire, which will leave Miles the senior
general of the army and then>he will
have his day.
It is also stated that possibly presi-
Dental ambition may have had some
thing to do with. Gen. Miles present
lack of status at the White house.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
"IT is ALWAYS So"

ACROSS the meadow, with clover sweet
Wandered one evening with weary feet,
For my heart was heavy, with untold woe,
For everything seemed to 60 wrong, you know.
Twas one Of those days, whose cares and strife
Quite overshadow the good In life.
So, lone and sad, meath the twilight stars
Wandered down to the pasture bars,
To the pasture bars, meath the hillside steeu.
Where patiently waited flock OF sheep
For the happy boy, with whistle and shout,
Who was even now coming to turn them out
Good EVENING"" said he, with boyish grace,
And a smile lit up his handsome face,
he let down the barsi then We both stepped
back,
And said: "You have more white sheep than
black"
''Why, yes" he replied, "and didn't you knowi
More white than black Ehy, tits always So"
He soon passed on with his flock round the hill.
But down by the pasture fingered still, :
Pondering well on the words Of the lad:
More white than black" more good than bad.
nore Joy than sorrow, more bliss than woe;
More white than black, and "'tis always So"
And since that hour, when troubles rife
Gather, and threaten TO shroud my life
Or see some soul on the downward track
cry. there are more white sheep than black.
And thank my God, that I learned to know
The blessed fact, it Is allg1ys so.
Mrs. Mary Felten, in Good Ho useke eping.
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FIGHT WITH INDIANS.
Two Whites and Two Indians Killed in
the MOiaVe Desert.

Two Whites and Two Indians Killed in
the Mojave Desert.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal, July Last Fri
day Constables John Powers and Samuel
Gam, with Mr.. Mccoy, liveryman of
Moore, went out in the Mojave desert
near Coyote Holes to arrest some In
dians charged with firing a haystack.
\ fight ensued and Powers and Mccoy,
two Indians and two horses were killed.
Gann's moustache was shot off but
he managed to get Powers horse, his
own having been killed, and rode to
the south fork of the Kern river for
help. Twelve men went back with
him.
The two Indians who were killed
were found buried in the sand and the
body Of Powers was found with the
throat cut from ear to ear, and the flesh
was torn from McCoy's face in shreds.
1t was just dark when they arrived.
The Indians are well mounted and
armed and it is feared more blood will
be shed There were six Indians in the
first party but there are perhaps a hun
dred more in the vicinity and several
hundred more between there and the
InyO country
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Fatal Parachute Accident.

BOsToN, July 7.-On Saturday Mrs.
Jennie c. Crockett, aged %, OF Boston,
n professional balloonist under the
name of Nellie Wheeler, made an
ascension from the grounds of the
Waveriy Land ca. IS a means of adver-
tising a land sale. At a height of
1900 feet she cr&sped her parachute and
descended When about thirty feet
from tae ground she became fright
ened at the prospect of landing in a
green house, and letting go OF the
handle fell on her back, breaking her
spine. She can not survive. Mrs.
Wheeler had made many successful as
tensions She is the mother of a boy.
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SNOW INDOORS.
How Artificial Ice Crystals Arc somstImes
Produced.

How Artificial Ice Crystals Arc SOmstimes
Produced.
The same causes which produce .
fall of snow in the open air-namely, a
subsection of a moist atmosphere to
temperature cold enough to crystalline
the drops of moisture which are formed
may, of course, take place under arti-
fetal conditions.
La Nature, French journal of sci
ence, relates that gentleman who was
walking rapidly along the street on a
cold, fair day, and had, by violent ex-
ercise, brought himself into condition
of profuse perspiration, took off his tall
hat in saluting a friend
As he did so, he was astonished to
feel what was apparently a slight fall
of snow upon his head Upon passing
his hand over his head, he found sew
eraI unmistalSable flakes of snow there
1t is supposed that the freezing outer
air condensed the moist warm air with
in the gentleman's tall hat so suddenly
that veritablc snowstorm, of minia-
ture proportions, was produced upon
his head.
A similar incident is related by the
same journal During the past winter,
on a very cold, clear night, an evening
party was given in a salon in Stock
holm, Sweden Many people were
gathered together in single room, and
it became so warm in the course of the
evening that several ladies complained
of feeling i'll.
An attempt was then made to raise a
window, but the sashes had been frozen
in their place, and it was impossible to
move them.
In this situation, as it was absolutely
necessary that air should be admitted,
a pane of glass was smashed out. A
cold current at once rushed in; and at
the same instant flakes of snow were
seen to fall to the floor in all parts Of
the room.
The entrance of frosty current into
an atmosphere which was saturated
with moisture had produced a snowfall
indoors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09

l am convinced, the longing desire to
| know that he was nccr her, that he
was still anxious to serve her, that he
had not forgotten her in her long alb
sence from his side. This NAV sound a
little fanciful to one who has not stud
led birds closely, but she was so "hu-
man" in all her actions that feel iusti-
fed in judging of her I:l~-ives exactly
as 1 should judge had sh- .a-.:7ured Eve
feet instead of five ilch.A, md worn
silk instead of feathers.
The goldfnch need not have worried
about her mate, for he spent most of
his time within few feet of her, and
more absolutely loyal one could not be.
His most common perch was a neigh
boring tree, though in a heavy, beating
rain he frequently crouched on the low
est branch of the plum itself. Now and
then he rested on apple of boards be-
side the farm road already spoken of,
and again he took his post on q very
tall ash, with only few limbs at the
top, where his body looked like dot
against the blue, and he could oversee
the whole country around Wherever
he might be, he sat all puffed out,
silent and motionless, evidently Just
waiting. Sometimes he took occasion
to plume.himself very carefully, oftener
he did nothing, but held himself in
readiness to answer any call from the
plum tree, and to accompany the sitter
out to dinner.
This bird was an enchanting singer.
During courtship, and while his mate
was sitting, he often poured out a song
that was nothing less than an ecstasy,
1t was delivered on the wing, and not
in his usual wavc-liBe manner of flight,
but sailing slowly around and around,
very much as bobolink does, singing
rapturously, without pause or break.
The quality of the music, too, was
strikingly like bobolinll notes, and the
whole performance was exquisite.
The little sitter soon became accus-
toned to my presence. When out Of
her nest, she sometimes came to the
tree over my head, and answered when
I spoke to her. In this way we carried
on quite a long conversation, | imi-
tating, so far as l was able, her own
charming ''sweet," and she replying in
various utterances, which, alasl were
Greek to me.
I longed to watch the lovely and low
ing pair through their nesting, to see
their rapture over their neStlings, their
tender care and training, and the first
-. - s-1IS-,"h hahiaS- Rut the
ngnI OF Ine SOAS-------- sAAS
inexorable taskmaster of US all, who
proverbially waits for no man." hur-
ried OFF these last precious days of July
with painful eagerness, and thrust be-
fore me the first of August, with the
hot and dusty journey set down for that
day, long before was ready for it.
So did not see the end of their love
and labor myself, but the birds wis
dom in the selection of a site for her
nursery was proved to be greater than
mine, who had ventured to criticise
her, by the fact that the nest, as have
been assured, escaped the young eyes
of the neighborhood, and turned out
its full complement of birdlings to add
to next summers beauty and song
Olive Thorne Miller, in Harper's Bazaar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
HIr. Malott Wins.

A number of onlookers were at the
southside tennis grounds to see the
close of the tennis tournament. NJ. II.
MalOtt and G.. II. PattisOn were the
contestants and as the FIRST set had
been played and the second nearly so
the end was not long in coming. Mr..
MalOtt won with a score of 6-6 while
Mr.. Pattison had As. This gave Mr..
NJ. the gold medal which he wears
proudly. II is a neat gold band with
the inscription, abilene Tennis Club"
while suspended below with links is a
gold tennis racquet. The club eonteln-
plates another tournament later in the
season,
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Hunting an OutIaw.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, July For
ten days past United States Marshal
Toes and a posse of fifty men have been
hunting the notorious outlaw, Ned
Christie, in the Choctaw mountains.
They finally surrounded him in a large
stone fort which is the headquarters for
his gang, but when they stormed the
fort he could not be found and his wife,
whom they captured, would give no in
formation. They destroyed the fort
and are still on the hunt. Christie is
wanted for a dozen murders and many
other crimes
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SOCIETY CALENDAR
FRATERNAL AID ASSOCIATION.


Crescent Council, No. 10, f. !. A.-Meets
month In OAd Fellows hall. N. p. SheareI
president; I. f. Smith, secretary
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Abilene Post No. 6S-Meets at the court
IOuse the second and fourth Monday even.
Etted to meet with US. W. l.. Allison, 2. O.
A. 5. Davidson, Adjutant. je26-ly
woman's Relief Corps, Nc. -Meetsslternate
Tuesday afternoons ats O'Clock in the city hall
Mrs. Alice Seeds, president; Mrs. Mary Nail
secretary.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge No. 6-Meets every Wednes-
day evening, corner second and Broadway.
Visiting brothers cordially invited. c. 5.
CraWtord, :. c.; a. E. Cooper, h. OF r. & S.
A.O.U.W.
Abilene Lodge, No. So Meets every HSurs-
day evening in Odd Fellows hall. Rev. w. II.
zimmerman, ,M. W.; Richard Waring, record =
or.
IO. z.
Western Home Lodge, l. o. o. f., No. CO.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows
nall Ofheers: Noble Grand, l.. Lipps,
secretary, F. Y. Close. Visiting brethren
Dordially welcome.
MASONIC.
Abilene Commandery No. 25, K T-Meets In
Masonic hall on the first and third Thursdays OF
eacn month W. G. UOwles, Z. c. 5, S. smith,
Recorder. I2S
Cyrus Chapter, No. 25, r. a. M.-Meets in Ma
sonic hsll on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month. o. L. Moore. d. P. J. L. Worley
secretary.
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Modern Cookery.

Ignorance of American institutions,
on the part of English people, is not
unnatural, perhaps, but it is none the
less amusing.
A rosy English girl who sat beside .
bright, young American in the dining
aaloon Of a Cunard steamer suddenly
put American Politeness to the test by
propoundiDg the inquiry: Can you
make clams?"
'Clams?" answered the bewildered
American maiden.
''Yes; they're a kind of bread or bis
cult, aren't they ALBANY Press.
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Low rates TO a Prize Fight.

CHICAGO, Jaly at is limited that
one of the northwestern lines Is seriI
ously thinking Of making a half
fare rate TO St Paul and return
on the occasion Of the pugilistic
contest between Hall and Fitzsim-
mons in that city July %. The Western
Passenger association has refused to
grant reduced rates for that event. and
If any reduction is made it Will be
without authority from the association.
It is said, however, that one road has
practically agreed to make rate OF $40
for the round trip, and if it has It VIII
undoubtedly get itself into alyely row
with the competitors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09

ALBANY, y. Y, July &C. IL
Burton, secretary of the Burton & Cory
Cider Il Vinegar Co., has fled and a
letter from him at Philadelphia has
been received stating that for years he
has been borrowing small amounts and
now owed more than $50, 600. His big
gest victim is his aged father, whom he
wheedled out of $4,000. 1t is thought
Burton's total liabilities may be $50, :
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nrnnght in Indiana.

JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, July 7-The
drought is becoming serious Grass is
like tinder, and constant alarms of fire
keep farmers along the railroads busy.
Yesterday field fires broke out at Nc
Cullough's, APplegate's and Herald's,
spreading rapidly and threatening
wheat crops, houses and barns The
entire neighborhood turned out and
fought the fire, barely saving the wheat.
Several wheat crops have already been
DESTROYED by FIRE
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Suspended Pavment.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 7.-Moses
Bros bank has suspended payment
All their real estate, personal property
and bills of exchange were included in
their assignment They say their as
sets will amount to more than
their liabilities, but no figure can
yet be approximately estimated
The failure is due to the stringency of
money. The liabilities are said to be
about half million dollars. They did
a savings bank business and had many
scores of depositors among the poorer
Esople.-
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DeadIy Quarrel Between Farmers.

SEDALIA, Mo, July IL. Vaughan
and Henry Mock, farmers living near
Warsaw, Benton county, became in
Folved in quarrel in regard to house
rent and Vaughan shot Mock dead
The murderer escaped and fortified him
self in a house in the hills. officers
went in pursuit, but at last accounts he
had not been captured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
BLAIKE's pEsPoNDENCY.
Said to Have Written Out His Resignation
in a Fit of Low Spirits.

in Fit of Low Spirits.
WASHINGTON, July IA close friend
of Secretary Blaine says that just be-
fore Mr.. Blaine left New York for Bar
Harbor he wrote out his resignation as
secretary of state and forwarded it to
President Harrison. At that time he
was 10y spirited and despondent, and
he told his family that his last public
act had been accomplished. The resig-
nation was received, and the president
disposed to accept it at first, but
was concluded that he would
lay it before his cabinet Off
GERS. When he did so Blaine's
friends urged him not to accept it, be-
cause when the secretary realized for
certain that he could not return 70 his
duties the hypochondria would assert
itself and he would give up to the dis
ease that is slowly but surely sapping
his life away. 1t was decided not to
consider the resignation, and President
Harrison wrote Mr.. Blaine a very
cheerful declination, in which he said
that a few months in the bracing air
at Bar Harbor would restore him to his
wonted activity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
Rarbsd Wire TrnsE-

ST. LOUIS, July An evening paper
is authority for the statement that the
entire barbed wire interests of the
country have been merged into a trust
to be known as the Columbia Patent
Co. Mr. John Gate, of this city, is to
be the chairman of the executive COM
mittee and will have charge of the
output of all the wire mills. He has
just left this city for Chicago, where he
viii conduct the affairs of the trust
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
nII.snnri Wheat. Etc.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, July 6.-Except in
the extreme northwest nearly all Of
the wheat is In the shock. The
Weld is estimated above what was
expected a few weeks ago. Oat
harvest has commenced and the crop is
of good quality. Corn is being culti-
waited as fast as possible; where cleaned
is growing rapidly. Peaches and small
fruit are abundant-and In fine condi-
tion. -''.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
4 Fatal Defect

AUSTIN, Tex July IA sensation
was produced here by the discovery
that fatal defect exists il the caption
of the alien land law as the law will
appear in the official printed copies of
the laws passed by the last legislature.
It is claimed that the law does not COM
ply with the express provisions of the
in reference to the title
head and subject matter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
Fatal ExpIosion of a Big Gun

SYDNEY, n. S. W., July THE Brit
ish war ship Cordelia, Capt Harry T.
Greenfield, has just returned to this
port. Capt. Greenfield reports that
while practieing with one of the Cor
delia's six-ineh hreecb-lQading guns the
gun exploded, killing Lieut.. Miiilcas..... r:
Hillyer, Lieut. Gordon and four sea-
men and injuring four midshipmen and
ten seamen.
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Rescned Inst in Time

NEWPORT, R. L, July w. K. Van
derbilt's yacht Alva yesterday rescued
the crew of the schooner Wake, which
was discovered off Brenton reef in =
sinking condition Shortly after the
men were taken off the schooner she
disappeared in the waters of the
channel
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
A BANQUET to MIR. HAYES.

OMAHA, Neb., July IA banquet
given last evening at the Omaha Club,
in honor of Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes,
commander-in-chiefo of the Loyal Legion
of the United States, by the Nebraska
commandery, was a delightful excep-
ton to the banquets given in the dog
daVS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09
Two Hnndreh Pnt to neath-

New YORK, July THE steamship
Alvenia, from Jaemel, Hayti, arrived
this morning. She left Hayti on June
25. She reports that 200 persons were
put to death just before the vessel
sailed, by order of Hippolyte, at Port
au Prince. Hippolyte, it was stated,
was not dead, as rumored
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This Is Authentin-

LAS VEGAS, y. NJ, July The
statement that Hon Il IL Smith, a
special bank examiner, had come to
Las Vegas to take charge of the First
NatiQnsl here IS totally unfounded.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09

The Abileues took the lead IN tbs
second inning and SHIELD it to the end.
The game was interesting as il was
hotly. contested to the close. The
work of both batteries was commended.
SoOra nv iuninOS.
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Messrs. Pattison, HumbaTgar, Berg
stresser and Upshaw were first play
ers. Pattison's and Humbargar's
score was 6-6, 4 5; the other two, 6-6,
90. Pattison and Bergstresser played
two sets, resulting Pattison 6, Berg
stresser SIS. Messrs. Malott, Bright,
Ellison and Able then took the rae
uuets. Malott won over Bright the
score being 6-6, IL. Ellison won over
Able, the score being 36-6, 6-2-l.
Malott and Ellison played off, Malott
Sc. Ellison OIL. Pattison and Malott
then played one set and part OF the
second when the rain came up, the
the score being Malott GA, Pattison
4-3. The medal lies between them
and they will finish the game tonight
commencing at 700. Considerable
interest has been aroused by the tour
ment and several new courts are talked
of.
In the evening the tennis club and
their ladies were entertained at the
home of Miss Ida Upshaw in west
Abilene where the hours were spent
very enjoyably in social amusements.
The gathering made fitting ending
for the day.
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Not Drawing Pay.

sHINGToS, July Acting Secre-
tary of State w. '',''n Yesterday de-
clined to talk about the formal ueC...1iaa' ue..n g.
ton of the Chinese government to
receive ex-senator Blair as United
States minister to that country. He
said, however, that he would like
to have it known that Mr.. Blair has
drawn but one months salary which
the law allows since his appointment,
and he is not, rs erroneously reported,
drawing a salary now as minister to
China
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-09

CHICAGO, July s.-The trade and labor
assembly yesterday spent about two
hours discussing the report of the La
Dor day and entertainment committee
with reference to the letting of the con-
tract for printing a souvenir.
Fraud was charged aud finally The lie
was exchanged between two delegates
when the fight commenced The ut
most confusion reigned and for time
it seemed that every body in the hall
except the women were mixed up in
the melee.
Black eyes and broken heads were
numerous and at least one knife was
drawn, though its owner was tripped
up and disarmed before mTrder could
be committed.
Tommy Morgan, late candidate for
mayor on the socialist ticket and
member of the committee who caused
the trouble, disappeared while the row
was in progress.
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AT JUNCTION CITY.

The baseball club with about .
dozen enthusiasts went to Junction
City at noon on the Fourth. Junction
and Ft. Riley had pleasant little Gel
ebrati0n. Before the ball game a
footrace was called; purse So: SO to
first and 81 to second. Two Indians,
a Chinaman, a negro and 'Kickapoo
Bill'' (w. A. Matteson) were entered.
'Kickapoo Bill'' walked away with the
So. He had time to look over his
shoulder and make faces at his rivals
while running the last half of course.
Next came trotting race and tug
of war. The Junction City heavy
weights pulled Uncle Sans boarders
over the line in short order in the
latter.
The baseball game was then called.
The players aid positions were as
follows:
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Evidently the boys are playing good
ball as they have now won all three
games played this season, When they
play games at homes all should go to
see them play.