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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08

"Who sent you mere TO spy on us7''
he said, bluntly and suddenly, turning
10 Mary. "If you tell us all, we may
let you CO."
mo one" answered the girl, readily.
81 was not sent here by anyone, and
did not come here TO spy"
"IIow came You 10 know we were
going to meet here? Don't lie" he said,
roughly and warningly.
81 did not know you were going TO
meet. ! came here by chance-quite
by chance"
"But you were here when we entered.
How was that How came you TO be
near the shed at alp
81 tell you IL was all by chance. /
was walking on the footpath outside,
and was going back TO the village
when / heard your voices. didn't
know who you were, and had no fancy
20 be met by anyone, so ! turned back
and came in here TO wait while you
passed. Then you came in, and |
couldn't get out
$50 you stopped and listened TO all
that passed? Did you hear all that was
said?"
81 heard a prpnt deal"
"Ahl" cried several OF the mon.
"Why didn't you 20 when you found
we were talking about matters that
didn't concern you?"
81 had reason" said the girl
,"Ahl hear tbnt,'' cried some of the
others apain. this time anrriIv.
What reason" asked her ques-
TONER.
Il shall not say"
You'd better. II won't pay TO trine
Nth us"
II shall not say" repeated Mary,
1nly. She wa. d,.cgmiacd not TO
ing Toms name &c. n .,rc,gll Hclpit
"Ah, thought we should come to
some secret reason directly. suppose
you were told to say that by those who
scut YOU"
~ was not sent" 5, Mary. ~ have
told you the truth"
"Arc you going TO tell the whole
truth?" asked the man.
eyes, to those questions which |
choose to answer"
"Well, then, what did You mean TO
do IL we hadn't caught you before we
left the shcl?'
~ meant to try and stop you from
carrying out your plot to destroy the
machinery 81 thr mill - nns,verad
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08

SEDALIA, Mo, March IA large
Newfoundland dog belonging to j. G.
Harris, ten miles northeast, was seized
with the rabies Tuesday and bit val
liable horse and four hogs Since then
the animals have given evidence of
hydrophobia and were killed. The
rabid dog bounced upon two dogs be-
longing to William Hammond and lit
orally tore them to pieces. The dog
has been killed, but there is consider
able excitement in the neigh borhood,
as IL is feared additional stock was bit
ten
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08
Thrown ON Of Cnnrt.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March SAN
the parties TO the Corbett-Mitchell fight
now are safely out of the hands OF the
law, The last legal action against
them In the courts was removed when
Attorney-General Lamar nolle pressed
the case against Pugilist Charles
Mitchell for fighting by previous APP
pointment,' and also the cases against
the Duval Athletic club members and
others for aiding an abetting n fight
by previous appointm ,nt" This action
was the logical sequence of the acquit-
tai of Champion Corbctt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08

EMPoRIA, Kan, March 3-In the
Texas fever cattle case In which $50
farmers were seeking damages, a judg-
ment of t47, 900 was entered against
Hozier Bros, of Kansas City. The at
torneys in the case have agreed to ac-
cept 33 per cent of the amount and re-
lease liozier Bros from further liabili.
~, the judgment OF S4s, OO1 recently Sc
cured against the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad still being held to secure
the claims involving several important
una0lvsd federal QusstionA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08
Rows with had Recorha.

HoPE, Kan, March 3.-John Evers,
aged 10, and Walter Lacy, aged II,
both bad sons of respected farmers,
went to the house Of Farmer ReiclSs,
ten miles south of here and finding
only two young girls at home, broke
in. The older girl escaped but the
younger was seized and shamefully
maltreated The older arrived with
ncighbors and the boys stole horse
and fled Monday Evers secured 500
on a forged check and the two left the
gtata
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08
NnNed m q mnnc .Inrr.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, March 3, The jury
In the case OF Kenneth f. Sunderland,
justice OF the peace, henchman of ex-
Boss McKane, on trial in the court Of
oyer and terminer, before Judge Gull
len, for the crime of oppression" in in
terfering with the Gaynor copyists at
Gravcsend at the recent election, sent
word to the judge at o o'clock last even
ing that 1t was impossible for them 10
come TO come toany agreement Judge
Cullen then discharged them, The
jury stood nine for conviction and
three for acuuittal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-08

The number OF men withdrawn from
industry to take part in the civil war
on the union side was 2,722, iOs; the
confederates enlisted 600, 900
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
ON THE CONTINENT.
Great Damage Done by Floods in
Holland.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 23.-Heavy foods
have been caused by the storm in Hol-
land. The rivers Mas and Rotte rose
twelve feet, inundating parts of Rotter-
dam. Boats were used in the streets
and in the market places, which were
like lakes. Many of the dykes threat
ened to give way under the heavy
pounding of the sea. In several places
the water broke through, and the coun-
try in the vicinity Of the breaks was
flooded. Nine houses collapsed, their
foundations being undermined. At Ut
recht several persons were drowned by
a capsizipg boat. Telegraph and tele-
phone wires were everywhere broken.
The bark Carolina. from Savannah for
Hamburg, went ashore near Egmond-.
See and became a total wreck. Her
cargo is being washed upon the beach.
Part of her crew were drowned.
HAMBURG, Dec. 23.-The River Elbe
has overfiowed Its banks and inundated
the lower parts of the town. The water
is so deep in these sections of the city
that tram cars are unable to run.
BRUSSELS, Dee. 23.-The storm has
caused much damage throughout the
country.
The town of Dendermonda, at the
confluence of the Bender and Scheldt
rivers, was inundated by the overflow
flowing of the bender. The inhabitants
were aroused by the tocsin and escaped,
but the property loss is great. The viii
lagos Of Audegeme. DenderviIle, Mes
pelacre, Appels and Baesrode were also
inundated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24

barriers which shut our products In
more than they keep foreign products
out. and relieves the home congestion
that results in shUt-downs and combit
nations. But above these considera-
nons Of policy stands out tile simple
truth that freedom of trade is as right
and essential as freedom of speech.
Hand in hand with the new gospel OF
Democracy should 20, in our state the
Work OF organization to make effective
the new forces gathered under our BAN
ner, an organization that could not be-
come machine to work out some boss
VIII. The plan must be based on the
Democratic principle of recognition Of
The Individual and of home rule by the
majority. 1t must be built the broad
base OF the rank and file of the party,
each stage Of Superstructure being built
by that below until it forms one con-
nected and related whole from the pre-.
clnct committee to the national commit
teeman, the latter not an auiocrar, buta
responsible and representative head.
Thus equipped, the Democracy OF
Minnesota can enter On a new and Wig.
orous campaign armOred in invincibls
right and with forces marshaled for ef-
fective effort. 1t can make it's mission
TO the pathfinder to lead the national
Democracy out of the wilderness and
the bogs Of false economy onto the
solid ground, the fair uplands of an
economy based on natural right and
into the sunlight of larger freedom
for man. BY order Of the executive
committee. 7. J. SMALLEY,
Secretary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
CHRISTMAS AT DAYTON.
Crimes and Casualties Galore in
the Buckeye Town.

the Buckeye Town.
DAYTON, o., Dec. 23.-Alex Owens,
a veteran Of the military home, was
placed on the cars in this city by two
unknown women, and became so ill be-
fore he reached his destination that the
ambulance was called and he died be-
fore he could get TO the hospital. 1t
was supposed TO be case OF poisoning.
but an autopsy by the coroner this aft
ernOon reveals the fact that the death
was from heart disease.
Louis Shink, German, aged fifty,
with family. being out of work and
money, crawled into the attic at home
and shot himself dead. but was not
found until after a long, anxious search.
he yet held revolver in his hand.
An unknown cOlored man quarreled
with his wife, walked up town and shot
himself, with suicidal intent. While
waiting for the patrol wagon he changed
his mind and escaped, and cannot be
identified.
Henry Rose viciously assaulted Police
Officer James Crumley. who was ar
resting him. The officer was horribly
slaSned with a knife across the face
and neck in number of places, one cut
missing the jugular vein by hairs
breadth. FOrty-eight stitches were re-
CURED to sew up the wounds. Crumley
will recover. Rose, who is from Mlchi-
gan, was subsequently caught and
locked up.
Harry G. Wight. lumber dealer and
planning mill operator, aged f0rty-three,
who has been suffering some time, died
suddenly from cancer of the stomach.
AdOlph l.. Bauman. aged thirty-nine.
weli-knOWn baker and manager of one
OF the syndicate bakeries here, in ill
health for two years. died this afternoon
from drOnsy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
MADMAN AND A GUN.
The Two Cause Awful Havoc
in British Columbia
Home.
MADE MAD BY INTOXICANTS,
George Ashford Kills Wife
and One Child, and Shoots
Another.
MADE MAD BY INTOXICANTS,
TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF,
But Is Pulled From in Front
Of a Motor in the Nick Of
Time.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 23.-The
most horrible tragedy ever perpetrated
in this city occurred here yesterday
morning. resulting in the death OF two,
if not three. persons. George Frederick
Ashford, laborer in the employ of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, has been
resident here for tile past two years,
living with his wife and five children in
the east end of the city. For sons time
past he has been drinking heavily. He
returned home late last night and, going
up stairs, woke his wife, telling her that
her end had come, and, before she was
half awake. he shot her in the head.
Then the three-year-old child was killed
IN similar manner, and then the nine
year-old girl Mildred was shot. The
two boys were awakened by the shoot
ing and escaped, giving the alarm to the
nelghbOrs. The tiend made his escape
in the direction of Westminster. Seeing
car approaching he threw himself in
front Of it, but the motOrman pulled up
in time to rescue him, handing him over
to the police.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
Queer People

his home, and the circumstances attend
ing it seem to throw doubt on the con-
Splracy theory. Mr.. IsOm was here
Thursday, and while i'll town had some
words with Waverly Pike. ne
gro living in his neighborhood. APP
parently everything was smoothed over
when he left for home. After arriving
there he started with Henry Iillman,
his brother-in-Iaw, for Capt. Tillman's
home. about half mile from lsom's.
They met four negroes, two on horse-
back and two i'll wagons. Pike and
West Mccall were on horseback and
the two Herring boys in the wagon.
They came near riding over Isom,
who remonftrated, He said: Look
out. don't run over me-" and stepped
ont of the way. Just then Pike drew a
pistol and without a word fired. the
bullet piercing IsOm's heart. Pike and
Mccall fired three shots each at the
prOstrate body of Isom. and then broke
for their horses. Pike made his escape,
but Mccall and the HerringS were ar
rested,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
SEVERAL BOATS SWAMPED.
twenty-five Sailors Among
The Drowned
Flooded and Wrecked.
COAST VESSELS STRANDED
Casualties at Utrecht, Rotter-
dam and Various Other
Places.

LONDON. Dec. 23.-Reports received
from various parts of Great Britain
show that the gale is abating. The
storm ragged with the greatest fury all
day yesterday. Telegraphic communi-
cation with Scotland is completely in
terrupted, while the wires to the mid
land counties and Ireland are more or
less damaged. There is hardly town
of any size but reports personal casual
ties and damage to property. Manufact-
uring towns in the north and west suf-
fered badly. Roofs were torn off and
chimney stacks collapsed, crashing
through adjoining buildings and killing
and lnluring a number of working peO-
pie. In many places the residents were
afraid to venture IN the streets during
the prevalence of the storm. A number
of fishing boats are missing Three
boats were swamped off Stornoway and
their twenty-five occupants drowned.
Much damage was done 10 houses in
Dublin ami its suburbs. People in the
Donegal hills are reported to be suffering
terribly, their cottages beng wrecked
and flooded. The ships America and
Mary E. Marshall went ashore near
Greenock. The Arklow, for Ship
island, was driven ashore in Scalpsle
bay, and has nine feet of water in her
hold. 1t is expected that she will be
total loss. All around the coast vessels
are reported to be stranded or in great
danger. The ship Klrkmichael was
wrecked off Holyhead and five of her
crew were drowned, SIX being rescued
with much difficulty. The four-master
County of Kinross, for Hartlepool, was
seen off that port lying on her beam
ends and apparently sinking. Her
crew were gathered in the stern with
life belts on. The exact number of
deaths is unknown, but it is stated that
the list will not be much less than 100.
The American ship Kennebec, from
Port BlakeIy, which had discharged
her cargo at Belfast, broke adrift and
sank tug and damaged another vessel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
LYNCHING INPROSPECT.
Crowd of 1000 Gathers Around
Georgia Jail

0OOK - ia u dIts
AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec. 23.-Hon. Will
lam Ii. Fleming, speaker of the Georgia
house, and Judge William F. Eve, of
the county court, have finished addresses
to a mob of 800 citizens that are gath
cred around the county jail with the
Intention of iynching Jake Virgins. 1t
is believed that better counsel will pre-
vail and there will be no assault on the
jail. Saturday night Wiggins killed a
negro named Anderson Williams across
the river in Carolina. He was tracked
to Augusta by negro Spotter. and the
Augusta police were told of his where
abOutS. A posse of police surrounded
the house in the upper part of
Augusta and broke in the door. Wig
gins opened fire on the officers with
pistols. Detective Joe Murray was
shot III the head and is lying at the
hospital. Policeman Stringer was also
shot in the head and can probably not
recover. Policeman Wrenn was shot
in the leg. John Davis, a specta-
tOr, was shot in the region of the heart
and died in less than an hour. The
negro escaped, but little later was held
up by youth named Jordan and finally
arrested. During the melee at the
houSe and the flight of the negro. when
the fugitive was under fire from many
persons, over $50 shots were fired. and
the man was slightly wounded in the
left side. At 8 O'clock the crow d at the
Jail had increased to 1000. There is no
leader. and it is not thought that any at
tempt will be made to enter the Jail.
w hich is strong structure and we'll
guarded. The sheriff and mayor say
there shall be no lynching in Augusta
tonight or any other night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24

rank to Zedki Pasha, who, it is alleged,
committed the atrocities, and will have
to be examined.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 That the
turkish government is keeping posted
upon the reports in circulation concern
Ing the Armenian troubles. and that it
desires friendly public opinion, seems
evident from the care with which it OBJ
serves the reports which secure circu-
latiOn abroad. 1t has made denials of
several printed stories of oppression in
Armenia. and today the Turkish min
lister furnished to the press dispatch
from his government contradicting sew
eral recently printed stories. The dis.
patch is as follows:
ut has been published that the arch
bishop of Marash was imprisoned at
Alep, that the bishop of Hadjin, the
archbishop of Zeiatoun, and Father ia
rask, of Marash. were condemned to
death: that Sister Elizabeth and twenty
tve other prisoners were under arrest,
and that fifteen leading men Of AIep
were sent to prison. All these asser-
tlons are without the least foundation
III TACT, nor was the church in Beylan
closed, as has been falsely reported"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
HARDENING OF RATES
Because of the Approach of the
lind of the Year

because or the Approach of the
End of the Year.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The usual demand
at the END Of the year had the effect of
slightly hardening money and discount
rates. 1t is said, however. that there
will be relapse with the coming in of
the new year and the release of divI-
dendS. Prices at the stock exchange
were fairly maintained. The dealings.
however, were chiefly centered in the
mining department, South African
shares advancing. The feature of this
market was the buying from Paris.
Consols were strong. Colonial securl-
ties were rather dull. Foreign securi-
ties were firm. There was little change
in British railway securities. American
railway securities were Irregular. The
currency question initiates against a
revival. Erie seconds were 81 lower
Atchison mortgage, Milwaukee, Denver
preferred, Norfolk preferred and Read
ing firsts were down from to IL, while
all the others showed slighter declines.
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
were virtually unchanged. Argentine
and Brazilian securities were somewhat
lower.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
GOFF A CANDIDATE.
Elkins May Yet Be Shelved in
West Virginia.

CLARKsBURG. W. Va, Dec 23.-
Judge Nathan Gotf, who has been hold,
ing court in South Carolina, arrived at
his home here Yesterday, and was in
close conference with political friends,
including Hon. G. s. Davis, who is him.
self an active candidate for the United
States senate against Elkins. 1t was
given out last evening that Judge Golf
will in all probability announce his can
didacy for the senate within the next
forty-eight hours. If he does he will
probably prove very formidable op-
ponent. He has eight votes pledged to
him, and Senator Whitaker and Hon.
j. A. Hutchinson each have as many
more. Judge Goff's candidacy wOnld
draw heavily from ElkiuS and at the
same time sOlidify the followers of other
candidates. all OF whom are identified
with the GOtf wing Of the party. The
conference has caused some excitement
in political circles throughout this Sec
ton.
WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 2S.-The
dispatch from Clarksburg, w. Va, to
the effect that Judge Nathan Goff will
announce his candidacy for the United
States senate against eX-Secretary
Elkins, as the result of the combine OF
anti-Elkins forces. is believed here to be
made of whole cloth. There is in fact
no probability that Judge Cot Will be a
candidate for the senate. He has en-
phaticaily stated that he would not be.
More than three -fOurths of the Repub-
lican mem berS-elect of the legislature
have publicly declared themselves for
Mr.. Elkins. Many of Gen. Goff's closest
friends are supporting Mr.. ElkinS-
among them eX-Congressman Atkin-
son, State Chairman Dawson and Ma
tional Committeeman ShOtt. The entire
congressional delegation recently
elected. nearly the entire Republican
press and nearly all the leaders of
prominence in the state are supporting
Mr ElkinS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
TO GET AMERICAN IDEAS.
Distinguished Officials of the
Trans-Siberian RAILWAY.

TranS-Sfberian Railway.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-Among
the arrivals Oh the steamer Peking from
the Orient were two officials of the
trans-Siberian railway, who have come
to America 10 study the railway aud
ferry systems of the country. Gaddayo-
ran, one of the party, is chief engineer
of the big Siberian railway. and Picc-
kOlon, who accompanies him, is the
vice president of the board of directors.
They have a letter of introduction from
Secretary Gresham to the presidents of
all the large railroads In The country,
and they will travel in search of in>
formation which they expect will prove
valuable in the operation of the ST.
berian road. They are more interested
in the ferries than In railroads, however,
for the establishment OF line of ferry
steamers on the Amoor river is con-
templated, and the visitors say they
want the advantage of the experience
of the Americans in such matters. The
two officials expect to visit the IocOmO-
tive works in the states with a view of
possibly adopting the American lOcOr
motive for their use in Siberia. They
expect to adopt many American ideas.
They will remain short time i'll Gallo
fOrnla before proceeding east.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
ROBERT SMITH ESCAPES,
Well-Known Thief Takes French
Leave at Racine

RACINE, Wis, Dec 23.-R obert Smith,
alias James O'COnnor. notorious for
ger. escaped from the county Jail last
night. 1t is customary for the under
sheriff to enter the jail at $3.50 O'Clock
and lock the cells. All prisoners are
locked in the cage on the second floor
1t is seldom that the door leading into
the sheritf's off ce is locked after an Off
Ger enters. O'COnnor knew of this. He
pried the bars of the bath room apart
AMI crawled through the opening to the
top Of the cell and waited until the off,
Ger came in. Then he dropped down
to the steps in the front, ran through
the door, and thence into the street.
The discovery was not made until this
morning. He was well known to Off
GERS in large cities as a clever all-round
thief. and had done time at Joliet and
Waupun. No clue to the prisoner has
been obtained.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
PLANT OF THIEVES.
Que Is Found in a Safety Deposit
Vault,

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Detective Rohan
has opened box in the vault of the
National Safe Deposit company in the
hope of securing stolen property said
to have been deposited there by gang
of alleged thieves from Cleveland, o.
The box was rented by Mary Gibbs. who,
under the name OF Maggie Russell, is in
jail in Cleveland. along with half a
dozen men. charged with numerous
burglaries.
THE story teleRraphed from CIeve>
land about the safe deposit vaults" said
Detective Rohan, sis true; but it is not
true that we found any stolen property.
We did hot find $500 in greenbacks.
but two watches and some small trink-
cts. but detective and a lawyer from
Cleveland failed to identify any of the
articles as having been stolen in the
recent burglaries at Cleveland"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
GEDNEY ILL AT EASE.
Lexow Committee Wants His In
dictment Pressed.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-E. c. Gedney.
president of the North River Bank of
New York when it failed several years
ago. and who was indicted by the grand
jury at the time of the failure Of the
bank, and whose indictment was one of
those found in the pigeonholes of the
office of the district attorney of New
York, was in Chicago today OIL his way
East. He declined to talk about the
matter, but appeared i'll at ease.
The Indictment was the subject of an
inquiry by the LeXOw committee, which
gave 1t publicity and renewed the de-
mand for some action in the prosecu-
ton Of Gedney. Gedney has been liv-
ing in Cripple Greek, Col, ever since
leaving New York. He declined to
register yesterday. He left for the
East on the o'clock train.