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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-06-14

GUTHRIE, Ok, June 0.-Policeman
W. II, Lester, who was shot by out
laws who were robbing Santa Fe
train two weeks ago, died yesterday
afternoon of his wounds. The two
robbers have been bound over TO the
district court in the sum of So, 900.
SAN Francisco, June 0.-The latest
news from the Japan coast is not en-
couraging to sealers. In addition TO
the four vessels known TO have been
lost 1t is reported that there are six
other sealing schooners which are miss
ing. They are the schooners Mary IL.
Thomas, Alton, RATHER, San Diego,
Unga and the Kate and Ann. Not
only have they not touched at HalSo-
date or Yokohama, but they have not
been seen by any of the vessels which
have putin there. The missing seal
ers all sailed from San Francisco and
aArKx LOS mem
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A NOBLE BENEFAcTIoN.
DE Boisslcre Orphans Home Formally
Dedicated at silkyIlle.

DE Boisslcre Orphans Home Formally
Dedicated Mt silkvllle.
OTTAWA, Kan, June s.-Two excur-
sion trains, heavily loaded with hun
dreds of odd Fellows and their friends,
left this city at 1890 o'clock yester-
day TO attend the dedication ex-
ercises Of the De Boissiere Odd
Fellows Orphans home at Silkville.
The morning had been spent In the
closing exercises Of the thirtieth an
nual grand encampment Of Kansas.
The competitive drill of the Patriarchs
Militant was held in Forest park,
where the canton from Fort Scott car
ried off the prize banner
At 2:I0 o'clock the exercises at Silk
vile began. Addresses of welcome
were delivered as follows: On behalf
of the trustees Of the home by NJ. Is.
Ward, Franklin county; Hon. c. A.
Smart, of Ottawa; DIR. X. 5. Black, of
Ottawa; Mrs. Frazer, Williamsburg; ID.
Fogel, Williamsburg lodge, and James
Simms. Responses were made by va
rious representatives OF the different
branches Of the order, after which the
dedication ceremonies proper were
had. At least 1000 people were in at
tendance.
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BILL DALTON.
The Notorious Outlaw Is Killed
by Officers Near Ardmore.
lie MAKES An EFFORT TO FIGHT
Instructions Sent to Have Ills Body En-.
balned ns There Is u Reward Of Sew
eruI Thousand Dollars on Ills
Head.

PARIS, Tex, June 0.--After a contin.
nous chase Of over three weeks, the
Longview bank robbers were rounded
up near ArdmOre, /. T., yesterday. and
BILL Dalton, the notorious outlaw, train
and bank robber, was killed by the oil.
GERS in their efforts To arrest him.
1t had been given out that the pur-
suit had been abandoned, but the mys-
FERROUS movements around the office of
United States Marshal Williams showed
that he was in the possession of val.
liable information. Monday night he
left here with several trusted deputies
for point on the Canadian river.
II transpircs now that on Monday
two men went to Duncan, |. T., u town
on the Rock Island railroad, and made
number of purchases. They paid for
the articles in bills ON the looted bank.
The bills looked to be new, but they
had been wet and creased A tele.
gram was sent to Longvicw giving the
number Of the bills, and the answer
promptly came that they were the
missing bills. Officers were posted at
once, and went ON their trail.
mum hii'A WV N'AiNil
went Ia Ardmore and bought a lot of
guns ammunition and other things.
Ihcy were in the wagon purchased by
the two men ut Duncan ON Monday.
The man had plenty of money. lie
was known there rs u worthless fellow,
who never had cent. An officer
pcered into the wagon, found Il five
gallon keg of whisky, and arrested the
man ana woman as whisky peddlers,
ana held them.
strong detachment OF officers i'm
medlntely took the back track of the
wagon, and yesterday found Dalton.
lie was taken by surprise but made an
ehort to hght, but the officers were too
quick for him and shot him dead. In
structions were sent from the marshals
ONCE last night to have the body en-
balned, as there Is II reward of several
Thousand dollars ON Dalton's head. The
deputies VINO Killed him wired they
nave positive proof that 1t is Bill Dali
ton ana that he committed the rob
Derry.
bill Dalton was the third son in "a
ihmlly OF ten children. lie, with his
brothers. BOB and Graf, killed at Cof-
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OF tuoSc stones to-mgnU IN case they
cNaminc your cell. Follow my direc-
tions and will give you your liberty.
Stand still moment and let me meas
urc you"
lie took u little piece OF paper and a
tiny tape line from his pocket. "lou
understand, he said, "thnt II is TO get
disguise ready that will fit you. To
morrow will bring You two blank
chcclss to sign You will understand
later what they are for"
\ moment later step WINS heard In
the corridor, and Kent was sure the
governor was listening. lie was not
mistaken. What the governor hcart
In part was this;
ITO ne CONTINUEDS
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ernor. ut which he rclnpscd int
lencc. and no further attempts could
induce him tO say word.
When he had been taken away the
go."rnor said: you see | was right
when told you II was a hopeless task. -
"On the contrary" said Kent, II feel
quite encouraged I've only been feel
ing Of him"
II think I'll lock him up for day or
two. II will make him civil
II wish" said Kent. you'd lock mo
up with him for half an hour. II I
don't make any Roadway then, I'll
give up the job and go back"
The next day the governors family
won't To church picnic and Kent nc
companied them. lie proved on this
occasion To be the life Of the little
party. There seemed to he nothing
that he could not do. from making an
omrlcttc I'm the woods To making n
speech to the children. The governor
was really quite proud Of his guest.
Kent had now been three days inside
the prison jurisdiction, and how well
he had improved his time appeared
afterwards. When they were coming
home from the picnic he told Mrs.
lxtcl that hc had overstayed his time
and must finish up his business on the
morrow. II the governor would lock
him up with Laport he thought he
could make the fellow confidential.
The upshot Of all this was that on
the fourth day Kent was taken to La
ports cell, carrying nothing but a
pencil and pad which the governor had
furnished him, and jocularly remark
ing as he was going through the cor.
ridor that they ought to search him
first, for he might have some files about
him and let that rascal out 10 teach the
world golden silence.
The governor laughed, as he now did
ut almost everything Kent said, and
only remarked III he gets away from
me, III take all the blame"
IAN right" rcjoined Kent, but, as
you value II human life, don't forget 10
let me out inside Of the half hour,
Make II twenty minutes"
They entered the cell together. La
port was sitting on the stone floor with
his head between his knees. lie
neither rose nor looked up rs they came
in. The place was dimly lit by on,
embrasure. II was furnished with an
iron pallet and pail
Kent went toward the light and
looked at large gold watch at II
ten minutes of ten" he said. "Givc
me- til a quarter pnSt"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-06-14

WASHINGTON, June 0.-Under one Of
the provisions of the Indian uppropria-
tion bill Si,l5l, ISL principal and accu-
mulatcd interest on the bonds of
southern states held in trust by the
government for the Indians will be
sold and the money apportioned.
The Indian tribes which will re-
ccive this sum are the Chiclasaws,
CherulSccs, Delawurcs, lowas and Choc-
taws. The money is due in payment
for old reservations, and the states have
dcfaulted in payment of interest,
which has accumulated until the total
has been swelled from an original
principal of 81, 300, 900.
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A Grent SCHOLAR Dead.

New HAVEN, Conn, June s.-Prof.
w. d. Whitney died at 1905 this morn
ing OF heart disease. his death having
been momentarily expected for some
days. lie was born in 1927 at North
ampton, Mass, and since 1855 has been
probably Americas most famous philo-
logist. Prof. Whitney was one of the
leading Sanslsrit scholars OF the world.
His researches into the science and orr
gin Of the language were OF great
est possible value. His writings are
voluminous, the most popular of his
works being, Language and the Study
of Language" Life and Growth of
Language" and "Darwinism and Lam
Ruage."
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Horses KIIled In a Race.

CnApRoN, Neb., June 9,-Much in
dignation has been aroused here by the
knowledge that four out of the nine
horses that were started in the lOO-mile
cowboy race are dead from the effects
of the usage received. One dropped
dead on the last mile. An effort was
made by the managers to cover up this
fact. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of several persons connected
with the ruce.
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pnIanned hx NInlherrIea.

EUFAULA, |. T., June s.-As a result
OF eating mulberries two families have
been entirely broken up. Last week
the families Of two farmers living near
Eufaula, named c. Ii. Timmons and
Tom Waugh, ate lot of mulberries
that they had gathered, and in n short
while they were all taken suddenly i'll.
A physician was called and pronounced
It case of poisoning, there having
been locust eggs in the berries. Tim
mons and Waugh have both died, and
several of each family are very low and
not expected to live. The symptoms
are identically the same as those of
Asiatic cholera
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ELpoRADo, Kan, June 9.-lIenry
johnson, Lyman Luke, Willie Hess
aud ltolla Barnes all about Is years of
age, plead guilty in the district court
yesterday, to stealing u team and surry
from hitch rack in this city on the
night of April last. johnson was
sentenced to five years, Luke and Hess
three years each and Barnes to
eighteen months in the penitentiary.
They drove the team to Pond Creek,
Ok. and sold it,
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SENECA, Kan, June 0.-Doris, the
little G-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Firstenberger, met ter
rible death yesterday evening, She
and another little girl while playing
started a bonfire with straw. Her
clothes caught fire, and before help ar,
rived was so badly burned that she
died few hours afterward. Mr.
Firstenberger is among Seneca's most
esteemed citizens.
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CHAPTER ii.

lie IL not heard OF again until Ave
years have elapsed, and the second
event OF which II Is necessary briefly
10 make mention here occurred exact
ly three months before he came TO the
surface in the furtherRnce OF his vast
project.
In the winter of l8- occurred the
revolution In Venezuela known us the
Vargas rebellion. A Spanish bark,
the Valencia, carrying arms and sup
plies for the insurgents which had been
bought In England, encountered a
heavy storm while off the Gulf OF Mar
acabo, and springing leak ran of
past Point Gallinas, and the captain
In order 10 relieve his craft, threw over
NJ nood-tide two four-inch brcech
loading rihed steel guns, at a poin'
called the Bahiata Bank. The mate OF
this vessel claimed TO be an American
and when the Valencia was captured
two days later he managed to escape
by connivance of the authorities and
went straight TO New Orleans II Is
supposed that he met Bench there. Al
all events, he went back to Caracas az
soon az the revolution was over and a.
known to have bought up, on some
plea or other, the shells and ammuni
tion originally shipped with the guns
that were lost and for which the gov
eminent had no use.
Tho guns, however, were not lost
They lay in plain sight on the BahiatI
bank at low water, and, having beer
carefully sealed, had suffered littl'
damage.
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CoXEYITEs DROWNED.
Boats from Denver Overturn In the Platte
Flood-Seyeral Missing.


Flood-SeveraI Missing.
BmGHToS, Col, June 9.-The num-
Der of the Coxeyites drowned In the
attempt to navigate the Platte river
cannot yet be told. The river was a
raging torrent yesterday and many
boats were wrecked at the bridges.
Twenty-nine boats, containing is5
men, passed Henderson island bridge,
but only twenty, with less than 100
men, reached Brighton. Some boats
were deserted, their occupants taking
10 the road.
At the Maclsay bridge several men
were drowned. At Henderson island
bridge tlYenty-one men were in the
water at one time, but were rescued
with ropes by Ralph Lee and Louis
Branter. The boat of one man from
Utah, known as "Frenchy," has been
recovered.
OF one boat load of eight, six are said
to have been lost Most of the bodies
have been washed down stream. Many
Of the "Coxeyites" believe that from
fourteen to twenty men We're drowned.
------------.----
JOAN S. Smith has been nominated
fSf postmaster at osceola. No.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-06-14
Odd FelIows Elect On,cers,

OTTAWA, Kan, June THE follow
ing grand officers Patriarchs Militant,
l. o. o, f., were elected in grand en-
campment here yesterday: Grand
patriarch, II. ]. Aten, Hia'
watha; grand high priest, ]. o.
Collins, Topeka; grand senior
warden, Ed Grady, Arkansas City
grand junior warden, j. II. Borders
Great Bend; grand scribe, Ed Reese
Leavenworth; grand treasurer, +, w
Stoclpole, Washington; representative
sovereign grand lodge, f. II. Glenn
Harper The next meeting OF the
grand encampment will be held al
Fort Scott
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[ooPYRIoHT. iee4.I

with the title Of the New lorit news
paper in the corner, and it was fol-
lowed by wcll.drcsscd man Of about
thirty, whose easy dignity and in
formal heartiness impressed the warden
favorably.
"You are Gov. Ixtcl, prcsumc?'
The governor smiled and sud he was.
II am from the New York newspaper
whose name you saw ON the card. |
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ITO BE CONTINUED.


ST. PAUL, Mimi, June "A number
of young men mt Cambridge, Mimi,
some time ago established n club house
as there was no saloon in the place.
Last night sixty of the leading women
In the town battered down the doors
of the club house, emptied out the beer
In the cellar and ended by tipping the
building over
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Mnl. N. N. MnlLnr nd Keat.

SALT LAKE, Utah, June Maj. X.
4, Walker, II well known retired army
officer, died here at the residence OF his
daughter, Mrs. Salisbury, yesterday.
The cause of death was tumor of can
cerous growth. lie was native OF
PENNSYLVANIA and was brother-in-law
of the late James q. Blaine.
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CHAPTER Ill

Three months later Bench comes TO
the surface at the Moyamensing prison,
now federal penal establishment.
he arrived there as the representative
of an influential New York paper with
= letter to the governor-the officer
that under tho old system we knew as
the warden.
And here the story of the great con-
spiracy properly begins.
A card was brought to the official
AaAxins tina of 'AndxaW. Kent.n
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BoSNER's FERRY, Ida, June 0.-Main
street is now under water from to 10
feet. Bonner's Port, where all the
business houses are located, has been
completely deserted. The Old Town
is IA big river with a terrific current
down the street. More than twenty
buildings have been washed down the
river.
DANviLLE, ILL.,, June p.-Ine vIiIage
of Foster is excited over u death from
poisoning and several more threatened.
Mrs. Sophia Dwellinger, wife of u
prominent farmer, died yesterday from
drinking coffee supposed to have been
poisoned. A number of neighbors also
drank the coffee and were almost inn
mediately Frustrated.
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john s. Smith has been nominated
fSr postmaster at osceola. No.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
Cotton Prices Again.

As proof that the report about Camden
paying higher prices for cotton than Sumter
is false, comparison of prices in the two places
for yesterday has shown that for Liverpool
Middlng, Camden's highest figures were 455
against Sumter's l5-l6@5. This is fact
beyond dispute, with one of the largest Cam
den cotton buyers as authority for the State
meut
Another thing about prices of cotton in the
two places: In Camden there are only about
three cotton buyers, and the merchants pay
little attention to cotton on the wagon and
let the cotton buyers have their own way III
great measure Now in Sumter there is
great deal of competition and more demand
than in Camden The merchants here bid on
and buy cotton.
Another strong feature in favor of the
farmers is that when a Sumter mercha II
cuts a bale of cotton in which he has an in
terest, be let's the farmer 60 around to all the
merchants and cotton buyers, who bid on the
sample, and when the seller has gone around
and obtained the highest bid he eau, in nine
ty-niue cases out of every hundred the mer-
chan, with whom he leins OF deals will
raise the bid 10 order to get the handling of
the cotton himself. 1t is frequent thing to
see merchant aud cotton buyer both re-
quest farmer to call back and see them be-
fore selling, which shows that the cotton
buyer and the merchant both desire to pay
as high price as possible and that there is
strong competition, which necessarily keeps
prices up to the highes. market value in
Sumter.-Nen,, Nou. l.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
Another Man Fooled.

A prosperous farmer living about half way
between Camden and Sumter, who had been
selling cotton in Sumter for years, hearing
so much about Camden paying higher prices
for cotton than Sumter, went to Camden.
together with his son, last Saturday aud sold
his cotton. On comming to Sumter Monday
he went to merchant, with whom he usual
y deals. and was shown sample of cotton,
which the farmer said was just the same
grade of cotton be sold in Camden on Satur-
day at 40, for which the merchant in Sum
was paying on the same day, to Lie.
He says he won't take any stock hereafter in
Camden's high prices. Frequent comparisons
of this kind not only show that Sumter pays
higher prices for cotton than Camden, but
higher than most places, and as high AS the
hipheat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
"Let The Ranging Proceed"

Princeton, Ky, Oct 31.-Nrws
reached here This morning Of tie ly ncb-
ing of Eddy Martin in the Reprou
nei ghborhood iu Cri,tendoD county.
yesterday morning, BY uob estimated
at 100 ,nen The scene Of The lynch
ing is remote and the best obtainable
information is that Martin vas called
upon at his houe. after midnight
Opening the door. he was seized by a
dozen men. who asked for Information
Of Bill Goode, the pauper commissioner
Of Cri,teudou county The mob told
him they had como to hang hiu, bur if
he would turn States evidence upon
Bill Goode, he would be spared
[fthesc are the only terus. gentle
men. said Martin. .'Iet the hanging
proceed. Bill Goode has been my
friend and I will shield him % The
mob quickly did the work aud left The
dead body swinging from liub upon a
lone country road
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
A Plethora Of Money.

While the populists are demanding a
great increase in the volume Of the cur
rency. bankers 10 New York and else
where do not know how to employ
pro6tably that which they have on
hand. The banks of New York on
last Saturday held $62;500, ,O00 in
excess Of their required reserve, and
during last week the total average
daily deposits Of the associated banks
of that city were $500 $780, being
and increase of S17s.4 .402. 900 over
those Of the same period of last year
The banks Of New York are glad to
loan money on call at l per cent per
an"um, aud it can be obtained on ac-
ceptable security for six months at d
per cent. per snnum 1t has been y
very long tine since there was 40 much
idle mouey
Last week the New York bankers
agreed they could DO, continue to pay
u TO 2 per cent. oo deposits Of out of
town banks. as has been customary for
long tlme, and they have practically
decided to pay only l per cent. on such
deposits.
Ifthe volume of the currency should be
greatly increased as the populis's de-.
maDd. how could it be pro6tably used :?
The people couldn't get it unless they
had souetbiug to exchange for it, and
they can get all they desire now on
those conditions A greater volume Of
money at this time would mean bigger
unused balances iu the banks
Are the populists sincere in demand
ing great increase in the volume Of the
currency, or are they ignorant? Surely
they must know that there is more
mouey in circulation that there is any
use or.-Soasoanoh Neus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
THE EXTENT OF LIABILITY.

We note the usual number Of fore.
closure sales advertised for Novem Der
sales in the weekly papers of this aud
other towns.
To this connection we wish to call the
attention of mortgagors aud Judgment
debtors to some features Of these judicial
sales that appear to be little known.
The impression seems to obtain amongst
most mortgage debtors, tba. Sale of
the mortgaged premises u"der fore
closure discharges the debt. however,
little the land or other security may
bring. This is not the case the debt
is discharged only to the extent OF the
amount Of bid GU property sold For
example A. owes B. $1,000 and secures
it by mortgage of land worth $4,000.
(Tbese figures are arbitrary. but repre-.
seot the usual ratio that the loans bear
TO the value of securities.) B. defaults
in payment and A. brings suit to FORE
close mortgage. The costs in an
ordinary case is usually about $50. The
creditor, or mortgage, by bis attorneys
usually bids the amount Of these costs.
Almost invariably this is the only bid
made at the sale. This amount is paid.
1t will be perceived that the principal
of the debt has not been lessened. The
creditor gets for his $1,000, not only
the land worth $4,000. but in addition
thereto judgment aud execution
sgalns, mortgager (debtor) for the full
amount of the bond and mortgage, tor
which any property other than that
already sold. which the debtor may
have, or may hereafter acquire. will be
liable for the balance Of his life
This statement is made in order
that debtors may know these hard
ships Of the Law aud by bidding 90 their
own property or procuring others to do
so may avoid them.
We understand steps are now being
taken to cure some of these evils. 1t
is to be hoped that something can be
done which, while working no dis
advantage or injustice to the lender,
may, 10 measure, project the poor
borrower from the barrassments of
future judgments, executions after
having given up his property.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07
Executive Committee Meeting.

The Democratic Executive Committee OF
Sumter County met last Friday at IL CLOCK.
Very little was done save to give out the
ballots and ballot boxes
Mr. Altamont Moses Was accorded the
privileges Of the floor. He referred to the
rumor that has been circulated to-day that
the Reformers would put out II ticket at the
last moment. He expressed disbelief of the
rumor, but brought it up for the purpose o
obtaining an authoritative deuial.
Mr.. B. R Thomas, speaking for his faction,
denied the report empbatically, pledginr him.
SELF aud faction to the support of the entire
ticket nominated at the primary.
1t was agreed that The typographical errors
be not considered aud all the tickets should
be counted