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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Prices Of Beef.

An interesting action has taken
place at Kansas City in the raising of
the price Of beef to local consumers
Of fully ? cents pound. Taken in
connection with the fact that cattle
are lower than year ago, there is no
reason for such movement except
the formation Of trust on the part
Of the packers or those controlling the
output of meat. The fact Is, accord
ing to the market reports, that steers
are now 81 per 100 cheaper than one
year ago at the stockyards in Kansas
City. Cows are 20 cents cheaper and
declining in price rapidly. Old stock
men say that the price of steers is
lower now than it has been ut this
season for the last % years.
The policy of the packers is in the
direction Of monopoly. This is seen
in the recent shipping Of packed meat
to this city. The quality Of the meat
has nothing to do with the case-we
do not know that there Is any fault to
find with the meat in this respect.
The point is this: Is 1t good policy
for stock-raising and cattle-producing
sections like Dickinson county to send
to city 200 miles away for the meat
1t uses ON its tables daily? This
county ought to, and really does,
produce every pound of meat and
ounce Of flour 1t uses. 1t ought to be,
and 1t is unnecessary to pay freight
charges ON the meat to Kansas City
and return. Such policy robs our
own people of the labor to which they
are justly entitled.
Yet the packers are almost omni-
potent in the matter. Said an Abb
lene meat dealer to the writer the
other day, 81 don't know whether
shall sell Kansas City meat or not.
Probably I'll have to. You see the
packers have us by the throat. II we
don't handle their meat, they will put
In n market in Abilene and so under
sell us that they will drive us out Of
the business
This "driving out Of the business"
simply means monopoly of the
meat trade Of the towns for two or
three hundred miles around the
central station. 1t means the paying
of unnecessary freight charges, In
the end it means being subject to the
whims of the packers as to prices and
qualities of meats. The packing
house trust threatens to become Il
worthy rival for some other monop-
olies that help make life more or less
burdensome for humanity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Mooro-Fun.ton Case Po.tponed.

wAsuINaroN, May 9a.-No quorum
was present at the meeting of the house
elections committee yesterday and the
consideration of the Moore Funston
contest case was postponed until next
Tuesday
WAsmNdroN, May 'S2,-rhe house
committee on the judiciary yesterday
Endorsed the report OF the Boatner sub
committee which investigated the mat
ter of the injunction by Judge Jenkins,
OF THO circuit court Of the Eastern dis
trlct OF Wisconsin against the employees
of the Northern Pacific railroad. A
resolution and two bills will be report
cd to the house. The resolution will
set forth the house disapprovcs of the
action Of Judge Jenkins, and holds that
he exceeded his powers in enjoiplpg
tho railroad men from striking.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Democratic Rlnnders.

We are always glad to see our
Democratic contemporaries tell the
truth and this from the X. c. star is
the essence Of actuality boiled down:
whether the Democracy has at
tempted bunco game or whether II
has blunderingly misunderstood the
sentiment Of the country does not
alter the facts in the case. II Is
enough for the party to discover, and
quickly, that in following the Demo-
cracy in an effort TO secure tariff
reform thousands Of voters did not
assume to support the party in all its
mad theories Of finance or Populistic
vagaries. Because they believed that
the Democratic party was honest in
its protestations Of reform, and be-
cause they trusted the personality Of
Mr. Cleveland, they put that party
into power. But they did not promise
to be friendly TO all the schemes and
diocies under the cover Of tariff re-
form, and they do not propose to be
coniidenced on the great issue OF the
day and steered into other channels
foreign to the purposes Of good gov
eminent and wise administration.
In matters Of national finance they
have learned that 1t is a good deal
safer to trust Republican sentiment
than TO submit TO the dictation Of the
Democracy in congress, and, while
they recognize that Mr.. Cleveland
stands like n rock between the Demo-
cratic party and vicious legislation,
they cannot trust the party beyond
the range Of his influence or guidance.
The old yellow dog day has gone
by in Missouri. The time Is past
when men can adopt resolutions
no matter how pernicious. in the
name Of the grand old Democracy,
and count on the usual reliable
majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

The Dickinson county Pops are
making great efforts for their county
convention. Confidential" letters
have been sent all over asking the
farmers TO leave their work for one
day and come to town with their
whole families. This in order to
show the old parties that the Popu-
lists are very strong yet. The State
committee has asked that all county
conventions be called on this same
date and has sent similar "confden-
tial" letters to other counties. The
same instructions have requested the
party papers to keep quiet about
this, SO that the surprise will be as
great as possible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
A DemagogLo Rsformer.

There are those who have looked
upon Senator PETER az an honest hut
mistaken reformer, who have thought
that his actions, foolish as they are,
at least conscientious. Read this
dispatch from Washington in the X.
G.. Times:
Senator PETER today confirmed the
story published in the Times that bis
son Elwood had secured employment
from Herry 4. O=pr d, read Of the
largest beet sugar manufacturing
plant In the country. The Kansas
senator denied that the employment
Of his son by Oxnard had any signifi-
canoe except the friendly interest
taken by the beet sugar manufacturer
in him.
The concerns in which Oxnard Is
Interested received last year from the
government 1926, $1,000 and in the
current year TO March | have been
paid 1856, 397. GO.
ONnard has been in Washington
looking after the interest OF the sugar
manufacturers and urging a rcten-
ton Of the bounty. He had com
pletod all the arrangements for push
ing the beet sugar industry, as it
had never been pushed before, as will
be seen by the tremendous leap the
Chino Valley Beet Sugar company has
made within the past six months.
This California concern was paid
last year $3.50, 1902, and during the
current year had already been paid to
March $263. 1876.
Senator PETER, in speaking OF the
employment Of his son, today, said:
by the death Of one Of the members
Of the firm IL became necessary to
employ some new men and in a
measure effect reorganization. Mr..
Oxnard, after consultation with my
wife and son, proposed to me that he
give Elwood position. He had
taken fancy TO the boy and wished
to advance him. Elwood is now in
Topeka, and do not know whether
he will go to California or TO one Of
the Nebraska plants. His position
has not been decided upon or even
whether he will go to the laboratory
or out among the farmers urging the
cultivation OF bcets."
The total bounty paid to beet sugar
producers last year was 1881, 363.Sl,
and during the current year to March
! IL was 500, 937 80. OF this sum
the Oxnard companies received last
year in round numbers 1925, 900, and
during the current year $356,307, or
largely over one-half of the beet sugar
bounty.
Senator PETER has been bitter OPP
ponent TO tariff legislation, much to
the surprise OF some of his colleagues
aud some of his constituents, but he
favors bounties on sugar.
OF course Brother PETER believes In
"bountics" to beet sugar men. Of
course he is disinterestcd in support
ing this little trust-but he puts his
son in fat job because they liked
the boy" PETER is very much of a
demagogue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

TOPEKA, Kan, May 2a.-oalcials of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad Co. in this city say there is
absolutely no truth In the story con.
tanned in the press dispatches to the
effect that fight took place on one OF
Its trains at Enid between trainmen
and the city police. No trouble what
ever has been reported TO headquarters,
they say, and the story Is denounced
as a part OF u political scheme to In
iiuonce congressional action in the
trouble between the company and the
CITY OF Enid,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Here is good one for '9i. Perhaps
you have heard il before. Some Of
our merchants no doubt would like to
read IL; The storekeeper who expects
to do much business in 1894 must
practice the lesson taught in the fol-
lowing story; Two frogs found them
selves in a pail Of milk and they could
not jump out. One OF them was for
giving up and said to the other, Good
byei ! sink, die.n Said his mate,
"Brace up, you duifer! Keep a
jumpin' and see what turns up" So
they kept jumping up and down all
night and by morning had so churned
the milk that IL turned to butter, and
they jumped of the butter to the
ground. Applied to business tho fable
means this; Ifyou want the business
OF 1894 to exceed that of 1898, keep
a-jumpin." Don't cry. u sink, l die!"
The merchant who continues looking
for bad times will not survive TO see
good times. The man who keeps a
jumpin' will see good times first.
Carry level head, buy standard
goods and keep 9 good, clean stock,
an attractive store, and advertise in
the REFLECTOR
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

S. S. King, the Populist writer of
Kansas City, has produced Il play.
The first act represents labor from
the standpoint Of Coriolanus. In the
second act, as q means of illustrating
the authors idea that our present
laws are more oppressive to the labor
ing men than were the laws of Corio-
lanus's time, there is presented n
scene where n mob Of unemployed is
demanding work or bread. The
recent demonstration of the unem-
ployed before Governor Russell Of
Massachusetts, furnishes the author
with the the scene for the second act
1t is understood that scene showing
Artz raising IS vouchers to $50 and
Gaines dickering for worthless bonds
has been cut out by order OF the Pop
State central committee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Another elephant; Sanders "army
NO CONCLUSION REACHED.

Five Hundred and seventy-nino Ballots
Taken without Result.
OLATnE, Kan, May 23.--The repub-
lican congressional convention mot at
o'clock yesterday afternoon and at
once began 10 ballot for candidate
for congress. There was no change
from the balloting Saturday afternoon
until ballot $40, when there was
slight change. Tho result was; Funs-
ton, AZ Howard, FL; Smart, 10; Parker,
ls; and Buohan, 40. After taking six
more ballots resulting the same, the
convention adjourned until $3.50 last
evening.
At the evening session twenty-five
ballots were taken, whom the conven-
tion adjourned until $3.50 this morning.
The ballots last evening gave Parker a
gain of one from Buehan. Five hun
bred and seventy-nine ballots have been
taken, and the intention appears 10 be
20 wear someone out.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

MILAN, Mo-, May 23.--Prosecutlng
Attorney Is. Z. Price, whom the coun-
ty court appointed guardian for Nellie
Meek, the survivor of the brutal MUIR
der, will bring suit against the Taylor
estate for $4,000 damages for bodily
injury sustained, and for the killing Of
her father and mother, and thereby
depriving her Of her only earthly sup
pogh
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Herington Times; County Attorney
Smith convicted every joint keeper
no has had before the district court
this term. Five Of them in all are
awaiting sentence at Abilene, and the
total amount of their fines will be
more than enough to board the fellows
while lying in Jail and to pay years
salary OF the county attorney, Pretty
good for one weeks work, isn't itP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
M. H. BERT, Agent,
For Smith-Mccord Dry Goods Company

"Ten people out of dozen are i'm
valids," says recent medical author
ity. AT least eight out of these ten,
1t is safe to allow, are suffering from
some form OF blood-disease which
persistent use of Ayers Sarsaparilla
would be sure to cure. Then don't be
an invalid.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

The Monitor thinks Coxey's object
is good roads. Itprobably hasn't read
the papers enough to see that his
chief howl is for lot OF fiat money.
Not so much good roads as bad money
Is his demand. All parties and peo-
pie want good roads, but no party ex-
cePt the Populists demands that most
Infamous OF public Professionalism
money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

PERRY, Ok, May ga terrible hght
occurred here yesterday In Judge
Cores court. A man named Ferguson
was on trial for an assault on woman,
and County Attorney 8. H. Harris and
ex-City Attorney A. Duff Tillery en-
gagged In some hot words, and a hand
to-hand fight was the result. The de-
PENDANT, Ferguson, took a hand, and
dealt County Attorney Harris ter
rible blow on the side Of the head. The
The officers OF the law appeared in
court just in time TO avert much blood
shad
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

The grumbler thought he had a
chance to exercise his talents in CON
nection with the frost last week, but
the latest reports are to the effect that
the damage done is slight and the
grumbler Is out in the cold, cold
world. This years weather seems
particularly made to disappoint the
grumbler.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Notice of Appointment.
First published in the Abilene Weekly Re-
Hector May "a, ls94.l
ROAD NOTICE.
STATE OF KANSAS. ! 49,
Dickinson County,

Dickinson County. S.
ONCE OF County Clerk,
May 81, 1884,
Notice Is hereby glvcn that on the 10th day
OF May, 1891, "A petition signed by ]. w, Hoover
and seventeen others, was presented TO the
Board OF County Commissioners OF the county
aforesaid, praying for the vacation and re-
location Of certain road, described as fol-
lows, viz:
TO vacate that portion OF the Lewis Thayer
road number four hundred and thirty-one
(i3l) where IL defects north TO the half %
section line near Sand Springs; thence ON
said half 90 section line, west eighteen and
forty-twO hundredths Qs.i2) chains; and
thence back TO the right OF way OF the u. z.
r. r., on section twentNrtwo CD township
thirteen 40 range one az east. Aud TO re-
locate said road on the north side OF the
right OF way OF the u. y. r. r., and 10 be sixty
800 feet Wide between the points OF vacation.
WhereupOn. said Board OF County Commits
inners gp-pointed the following named per-
sons, NiLt
w. a. Pontlus. r. T, Crowell and Lyman
Field as Viewers with instructions to meat,
In conjunction with the county surveyor, In
Lincoln township, ON Thursday the 2lst day
OF June, a. ID, 1891, and proceed 20 view said
road, and give all parties hearing by
hoard OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
lsEALl f. l., NoTroRr
'--IT County Clerk
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Inter Ocean; One Of the labor agi-
tators out in Kansas sent out l,961
letters to farmers, asking whether
farming paid" He get replies from
1881 of the number, who said No,
while no were too busy blowing an d
getting ready for a crop to answer,
II he had asked 1861 men In any
business in these good old Demo-
cratic times" iii it paid" they would
have replied mo" The Kansas
farmer gets good food, and clothes to
wear, and that is more than the
multitude have received the past
year. Farmers who are persuaded by
fool "agitators" to leave their farms
beause they edo not pay" are unwisc.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

TOPEKA, Kan, May 93,-Gov. Lew
cling yesterday committed the sem
tence OF James Blunt, of Douglas coun-
~, who was sent TO the penitentiary
for life for murder, TO twenty-four
years imprisonment Blunt has already
been In Jail six years, Executive
clemeney was granted upon the recon-
OF the state board Of par
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
Against Supporting Them Under
Church Management.
AVERAGE RATE OF TARIFF DUTIES.
Experts to Compare tho Three Tarir Bills
The Senate Flooded with Memo
rials on the Proposed In
come Tax.

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-A campaign
is being waged at the door of the house
by u society called the National League
for the protection of American indus
tries, against those items in the Indian
appropriation bill providing for the
support Of parochial schools. The So
ciety is largely gu ecclesiastical Or
organization. Rev w. II. Parsons is
its president, Hon. William Strong, a
retired justice of the supreme court,
vice president, and on the board Of
managers are Wheeler II. Pecltham,
who was nominated by President Cleve-
land for the supreme court; Dorman Is.
Eaton and Horny L. Rowland.
The opponents of the appropriations
for schools under church management
claim that they have large number Of
members Of the house pledged to fight
the grants when the bill is brought up.
They represent that during tho past
eight years total of 81, 800, 4l6 has
been given TO the Roman Catholic
schools, out OF s3,7O7, 95l appropriated,
and that tho proportion given to the
Catholic schools il steadily increasing
since the Congregational, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal churches
have withdrawn their applications for
funds.
The whole amount asked for this
year IL said TO be nearly $500, 900, to be
distributed among forty-Ave Roman
Catholic schools. The particular Items
In the bill which congressman are
asked to oppose are for the following
schools; st. Boniface, Banning, Cal,
sl2,5ooi Holy Family, Black Foot,
Mont, eli, 500; st. Johns, Collegeville,
Mimi, $4,000; st. Benedicts, Stems,
Ga, $1,000; st. Paul, Clontarf, $40, 900;
st. Ignatius, Joclto, CAL, $4,000; st.
Joseph's Rensselaer,, Ind, $780, Kate
Drexel. Umatilla, Ore, 5000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Eldorado Republicans A Pop states
man who is holding down job in the
state house is quoted as saying
that there are too many little Pops
trying to hold down places intended
for full grown men and that they
rattle around like rats tail in tin
oan
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

The Frank Wilkeson, who is to adj
dress the Pop convention next Satur-
day. Is the man who invented the art
OF writing calamity correspondence
about Kansas. Very naturally he has
turned Populist and wants to go to
the legislature from Saline county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

The Democrats OF the Fifth dis
trict may fuse or not, the Republic
cans are in exactly the mood this
year to lick the enemy singly or
united, with one hand tied behind II
necessary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

A lending school man on the IN,

A leading school man OF the county
gives 1t as his opinion that the policy
OF the State board of examiners is to
make the April examination particu-
larly hard so more teachers will fail
and have to attend the summer in
stitnfa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Spreads
LIKE WILD FIRE!

All over the country from
Clay, Saline, Marion and
Geary counties they are rush
ing for our Great Selling Out
Sale of Clothing and Furnish
ing Goods, and it is no won-
der, buying fine goods at
such figures. Such prices
were never made in the State
of Kansas. 1t is only neces-
sary for us to sell one Suit,
and when your neighbors
learn the price they come
rushing in for their share of
the bargains. Remember all
the Clothing must go at once.
No one who looks over our
stock and learns the prices at
which Suits are going can al
ford to let this great oppor-
tunity pass by. Our stock
consists OF Mems, Youths =,
Boys and Children's Cloth
ing, Furnishing Goods and
Trunks.
UNUSUALLY low prices
on Prince Albert Goats and
Vests and also Jersey Suits.
We have a few Winter
Goods left yet, such as Over
coats, Underwear and Gloves
which will all go with the
rest, Clothing, Fixtures and
Show Cases also.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
1t Don't Pay to Raise Horses?

c. N. Curtis thinks it does. He
sold Patsy Curtis two year old for
$1,000 this spring Patsy holds the
State record, 2;l6l, and stands for
$500 to insure. This is the last
chance, he leaves the state in the
fall. Address, c. n. CURTIS,
3S &c" Abilene, Kas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Republican victory next fall means
more confidence In Kansas, more i'm
migration, more prosperity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

It's dollars to doughnuts that the
Populist convention does not "point
with pride" to the record OF the State
administration.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

1t Is suspected that Mrs. Leases
assassination scheme is simply on the
actress order Of advertising and that
she thought IL up herself.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Populist enthusiasm is mostly Of
the artificial variety this year
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24
Crayon Portrait Free!

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draidc
those have weimytt
tet soHn iturne
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

No amount Of good weather can do
Kansas so much good as an old
fashioned Republican victory next
ali
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

GUTHRm, Ok, May GA lo-year-old
on of John Carson, farmer near New.
irk, was bitten by a rattlesnake nj q
picnic near that place Monday. The
boys body swelled to twice its natural
size, and last night the little fellow
died from the wounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

We are glad to announce that every
day lessons the chances that there will
be any "isms" in the Republican State
nlatforu
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Tho Fifth district resolutions will
do admirably for State platform.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-24

Everything points to tremendous
Republican tidal wave this fall, to a
repetition of'the Democratic reverses
at the polls which have been already
noted in New York, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Nebraska
and hundreds OF municipal elections.