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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

FoGr saIrH, Ark, Feb lS--A disas-
trous fire broke ont In Cameron, 80
miles south, yesterday morning, aud
destroyed all the LEADING business
houses except one. The loss Is sso, 600
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

GUTHRIE, Ok, Feb. ls-The supreme
court denied stay of execution TO
Henry NJ. Shoemaker and he must
hang, Murderer Milllgan's sixty days
reprieve expires Wednesday and be
will also swing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb. IS. AT midi
night Saturday night the trolley
strike was officially declared oil after a
twelve hour session Of tho knights Of
Labor leaders.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

Ira Won vothenberg was arrested Ut
Shawnee, Ok, fora brutal assault com
mitted at Clay Center, Kun There
was talk Of lynching him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. ls.-At2 o'clock
this morning Music hall, the largest
place Of amusement In the city,
burned. The loss will he about $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

New ORLEANS, Feb ls.-Gus Batists
killed his wife in Algiers last evening.
He was playing cards with several men
when his wife entered and upbraided
him. The shootlngtollowed,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

ST Louis, Feb. ls.-A special from
Hennessey, Ok, says an appeal for aid
has been issued by settlers In the strip.
Hundreds Of families are absolutely
starving, eating prairie dogs and
horses. The suffering is unparalleled.
Cattle have been dying in droves as .
result Of the unprecedented ''northsrs"
which visited the territory and Texas
within the past few weeks
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
fl CRY OF RNGUISH.
REDEEMED" NORTH DAKOTA
IN HORRIBLE CONDITION.
Wheat 36 Cents Per Bushel and the
Price of Lumber Raised 81
Per Thousand.
THEY CAN OWNERSHIP" WITH
BUTTER AT SEVEN CENTS
PER POUND,
U1 NnA YEAR . ceNrs

A farmer in North Dakota lifts the
lid OF the pot where the old party's
Hell-broth is brewing. and shows the
world the terrible decoction. 1t is
enough to breed revolution, to see
poor humanity so completely at the
mercy OF the worst elements of human
nature. And yet North Dakota de-
serted Populism and voted for lust
what it is getting.
Editor Representative.
Dear Sir:-In reply to the Danseth Her
aid, you quoted wheat at so cents per
bushel. Instead right here, in Rolette
county, No. hard is only worth SO cents
and only few are fortunate enough to
get this price but have to take the lower
grade price. One of our enterprising
business men in Willow City rented
the Farmers Elevator at same place. He
was going to give us little competition
by buying and shipping wheat, but the
st. Anthony Elevator Co. and the Hrsina
Bros. stepped in and beat him out OF it.
through some technicality and by offerina
more rent for it. They are paying 81 GOD
rent simply to close it up and shut out
competition.
Oh the glorious freedom and independ-
ence of the Dunseith Herald! North Da.
kota is redeemed" The Republican
party has given us good crop; they arc
paying us gold standard prices! average
price of wheat &c cents per bushel; No.
hard quoted at 38 cents; oats Is cents(
butter cents.
Stlckney's cure for all ouri woes (po.
tatoes)-O. To correspond with these
fabulously large prices they have raised
the price of common lumber on the rich
community seven dollars per thousand,
and nails $3.50 per keg; all other goods In
proportion. MinneSota's great northern
light predicted that with good crops the
silver question would die out If there Is
one thing that will bring more converts
to the silver cause than another it is the
having to sacrifice another glorious crou
to the greed Of the gold standard advo.
Gates. We farmers can't get through ouI
thick skulls the theory Of overproduction
while hundreds of thousands of our fell
low countrymen are starving for bread
Agriculture is the backbone of this nation,
yet agricultural products are forced below
the cost of production. Where then is the
money coming from to build UP our in
dustrles, to start up our factories, our
mills and our mines? Double the price
of agricultural products and you double
the purchasing power at the foundation
North Dakota farmers would then be able
to pay their back taxes, back interest
and mortgages, and would have some
thing left to spend with the home merch-
ant, who in turn will be rushing in his
orders for more goods of all kinds. This
will set to work, at good wages, the idle
laborers, who in turn will become purch-
asers of their own productions, and SO
the whole machinery will be set in mo-
ton.
Let us have a change anyhow We are
going to the devil faster than any country
has since the days of Adam
w. MERLIN.
Willow City, N. D., Sept. 8.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
DANGER OF EXTREME VIEWS.

Populists are gaining both wisdom and
strength for the campaign next year, and
will undoubtedly make better showing
in this great labor camp than they have
ever done before. The men at the front
of the Populist movement were raw re-
cruits; they had not rubbed up against
men and fought differences to conclu-
sions They were suspicious and afraid
of being overreached; indeed there was,
and is yet, great danger. Prudence and
foresight should be cultivated by our
people much more than has been GUS
tomary; extremists in our party ought to
know that they furnish the strongest
arguments that plutocracy is using with
which to combat us. If they can fasten
odium upon us and make the public be-
lieve that we are not to be trusted on
account of our extreme views on social
questions, they will cheat the people and
prolong their own use and abuse of pow
er. If there ever was time when pru-
dence should rule in our councils it is
now.-The Helena News.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
TELEPHONES AND TELE-
GRAPHS IN SWEDEN.

Sweden has always been to the
front in practical telephone work.
The Swedish state telephone authori-
ties are now about to combine the
telephone with the state telegrap h
system. In Sweden, where service can
be had for six dollars a year, every
body is ''on the telephone" In fu-
ture every subscriber will be allowed
to make use Of his telephone address
as his telegraph address. In sending
message the sender has only to add
the letters "Rt." (rikstelefon), for
which no charge is made, and the tele-
graph office on receiving the message
will look up the address in the tele-
phone register and send it on. Be.
sides being able to thus effect a saving
Of two or three words in every tele-
gram, telephone subscribers will be
allowed to telephone on their mes
sages to the telegraph offices for
transmission, and they can, if they
SO desire, have their reply kilograms
telephoned on to their houses immedi-
ately they arrive. The management
Of the Swedish line of telephone
seems to have fallen on pleasant
places, for this admirable arrange
ment appears likely to be as profitable
as it is agreeable TO everybody con-
cerned. The subscriber is provided
with system Of message transmits
sion SO ideal in it's promptness and
convenience that the thought of it
fills the public of less-favored coun-
tries with envy, and the state looks TO
save money by the increased accomo-
dation. as the telegraph traffic will be
augmented and the number Of mes
SengerS reduced
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
A NOBLE UTTERANCE
GOV. ALTGELD'S SPEECH AT
NGA,
"The Staff of the National Banner
Being Eaten Away By Cor
ruption."

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 18.-Gov.
Altgeld of Illinois created sensa-
tion at the monument dedication, the
conclusion of his speech being as fol-
lows:
"Instead of an armed foe that we
can meet on the field. there is today an
enemy that is invisible, but every
where it is destroying our institu-
tions; that enemy is corruption. 1t
seeks to direct official action. it die
tates legislation and endeavors to
control the construction of laws. 1t
seeks to control the press, to set the
fashions and to shape public senti-
politics and placed it on the low plane
Of jugglery. The tendency now is for
political parties to shirk principle and
follow expediency land their platforms
are often drawn to evade or straddle
every live ISSUE"
'"The idea now is to cajole rather
than convince: to ignore great wrongs
and wink at abuses; to court the sup
port Of conflicting interests, though
it involves the deception Of one or
both. We were substituting office
seeking and officeholding in place Of
real achievement, and instead Of
great careers in public life, we are fac
ing a harvest of slippery and bleared-
eyed and empty mediocrity, which
melts into oblivion without the as
sistance Of death. To be an eligible
candidate now often means to stand
for nothing in particular and to repre-
sent no definite principle, but to be
all things to all men, and in the end
be contemplate. Thirty.four years
ago the call was for men to fight an
open enemy in the field. Today our
country is calling for men who will be
true to republican institutions at
home. Never before did this republic
strong, sturdy manhood that will
right.
1.-The flag has been praised at
Champagne dinners, while the very
pole from which it floated was being
eaten by corruption and republican
ms titutions were being stabbed to
the vitals. A new gospel has come
among us, according to which 1T is
mean to rob hen roost or hen. but
plundering thousands makes US gen.
tlemen.' NV friends, the men of the
past did their duty. Shall we do ours?
They were asked to face death. You
may have to face calumny and
obloquy. No man ever served his
country without being vilifed, for all
who make a profit out Of injustice will
be your enemies, but as sure as the
heavens are high and justice is eter-
nal will you triumph in the end"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
CLASS DISTINCTION.

Debs is in jail, Pullman in palace.
Debs is eating prison fare and sleep
ing in bunk; Pullman is sporting on
his yacht among the beautiful islands
of the St. Lawrence. Debs stands for
labor, Pullman represents monopoly.
One is leader of the masses, the 9th
er stands high among the classes. On
the side of one is the goodwill of all
who love freedom and justice: but the
other is backed by the courts, and, un-
der our system, the courts have the
last say. Therefore Pullman is on
top: Debs is at the bottom. Will it
always be so? Lowell in his fine poem
tells us that "Truth is ever on the
scaffold, wrong is ever on the throne"
NOncOnfOrmiSt.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
HADN'T ONE CENT CAPITAL.
CURIOUS CONDITION OF AT
FAIRS REVEALED BY THE
BANKS BOOKKEEPEB.
"Best Financial System in the
World"-Better Than Govern
ment Postal Savings
Banks,

Perry, o. T., Sept 1S.-Fred Gum,
who was the principal bookkeeper of
the First State Bank, which closed
yesterday, and who acted as cashier
during the absence of Cashier Farrar,
was brought here from Pawnee today.
He declares that when Farrar left
here Aug. %, he drew out all the cash,
which was only 81 900, and from that
day to yesterday the bank did not
have one cent capital. Farrar tele-
graphed here yesterday that he re-
signed the cashiership Aug. 10, but he
issued drafts as cashier up to Aug 23
The hundreds Of depositors are clam
oring for the $4,000 held by the bank
and belonging to them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
ANOTHER DEFAULTER.

Chicago, Sept. 19.-An employe Of the
National Bank Of Illinois is missing, and
with him has disappeared s19,5OO of the
banks funds. He was one of the trusted
officials Of the bank, and had been with
the institution long time. About two
weeks ago he sent word to the bank that
he was sick. A week rolled by and he
did not appear. The officials Of the bank
became suspicious and ordered an investi-
CATION, resulting in the discovery of the
shortage. The bank officials this after
noon refused to make public the name
of the defaulter. They declared, however,
that two men were implicated.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
| abandon the business almost en-

and abandon the business almost en-
tirely for dairying and varied crops.
But one section in the Northwest, in
his mind. will always raise wheat;
that is the Red River valley. The
country is better adapted for that
than any other product, he thinks,
and wheat has always been a success
there. When the American continent
is occupied and every land produces
the crops best adapted to it's condi-
tions. the Red River Valley will con-
tinue to raise the best wheat in the
world,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25

Chicago, Sept 19.-Ross G. Van Box
kelen, receiving teller of the Merchants
Loan and Trust Company, is missing.
So is $685. 900 Of the money belonging to
the institution, which is the second
largest banking concern in the West. 1t
is thought that Van Bokkelen has
gone to Mexico. The discovery of the
shortage came about when repre-
sentative of the Mccormick Harvester
Company called at the bank in regard to
a deposit of $4,000 made last Friday.
An examination of the books showed that
it had not been entered, and, further, that
Van Bokkelen had suddenly left on Sat-
urday on his vacation. The bank Off
cials, becoming suspicious, made hasty
examination of the missing teller's books
and it showed that in the last year and a
half the amount appropriated was almost
$5O,0OO.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
O. 1876

tions which were framed for a vigorous
and Independent democracy need great
deal of adaptation to meet the exigencies
of needy, despondent, and dispirited
people. The situation has nothing to re-
strain it. In the large cities most people
must be tenants, but when in the rural
districts they are also mainly tenants,
the situation is to be deplored.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25

Two hundred and ninety-f1ve thous-
and dollars Of state, county and city tax
money is tied up in busted banks" Of
the city of Denver. and we want to say
right here we have dollars to wager
against snowballs that the bondsmen
don't make good 295 cents of the robbery.
Denver Road.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
THOUSANDS ARE GONE
The Receiving Teller of a Chicago
Institution Suddenly
Disappears.
TAKING A LARGE SUM WITH HIM

A DEPOSIT OF s33, 900 APPROPRIATED
IN BULK, AFTER THE YOUNG MAN
STARTS ON A PERMANENT VACA-
SHOWS A VERY EXTENSIVE SHORT
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25

lCoNTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
Earth, air, sunshine and water,

Earth, air, sunshine and water,
combined and utilized by labor, con-
stitute the wealth of the world. La
Dor, the force that made these ele-
ments useful to man, has the least
share. Those who never added a sim
gle thing to the worlds wealth have
the most worldly goods, and claim the
best seats before the heavenly throne.
Have you ever thought out why this
is thus:-OregOn Forum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
Fresh And SOPH
ON THE TRACK.
No RECORDS BROKEN AT THE
SCRATCH" FIELD-DAY
CONTESTS.
0LYMPICS DEFEAT STUDENTS.
SWEATERS THAT WERE Nor WON.
DYER COVERS HIMSELF
WITH GLORY.
0LYMPICS DEFEAT STUDENTS.

Inc freShman-sophomore scratch field
day games were played on the university
clnder path yesterday afternoon. No
records were broken, but some of the en-
tries came so near it that it was difficult
matter to tell whether they were broken
or not.
The sophomores won few first places,
but made a hard struggle for the seconds
and thirds and succeeded in winning a
majority of them. They were beaten,
however, by score of So to Al.
Excitement ran high during to first half
of the exercises, but toward the close the
track was slow and the audience restless.
Everybody expected that the 1OO-yard
dash between Barnes, 1913, and Scoggins,
97, won Id be won by Champion Scog-
gins, who holds a record of ten seconds
fiat for the hundred, but Barnes came out
half yard ahead and crossed the tape in
10 2-5 seconds. Barnes is one of the most
promising men in the U. c. athletic team
and there is no telling what he will yet do
as Splinter.
Melville Dozier came within half an inch
OF the U. &. record in the running broad
jump, leaping 81 feet 111% inches 1t was
at first thought he had broken the record
but when the distance was measured with
the steel tape it was found that he had not
done so. This was his maiden entry in a
regular field day, and athletes predict great
things for him in future.
Captain Koch made an exhibition shot
put hurting the 16-pound ball 80 feet 3
inches, surprising the U. c. record of 81
feet inch, held by L. E. Hunt, '93.
Dozier, '98, and Brown, '9S, won an equal
number of points each, and they will have
to cast lots for the sweater offered to the
man scoring the greatest number of points.
A. sweater was also offered 10 the man
breaking U. G. record, but none were
broken.
In the SS0-yard dash Dozier '98 took first
place, Cole '97 second place and Trefethen
1917 third. Time, min. II sec.
Barnes '9S took the first place in the 900,
Scoggins '97 second and Magee '97 third.
Time, 2415 sec.
In the 120-yard hurdles Blackwell '98 took
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31

Schaefer and Ives is the fact that they
hold the stroke arm at very consider
able distance from their sides when play
ing, direct slap in the face of the old rule
that the ''arm must swing directly in line
with the object ball and the eye"
The diagram below shows the chalk
line, the very name of which is sufficient
to indicate its purpose, l. e., to prevent the
balls from being nursed in the way illus
trated by diagram A, two points only
being allowed within the line, after which
one Of the balls must be driven outside of
its limits. 1t matters not that it may
come in again in exactly the position that
it occupied before. 1t must be driven
out and ''in,'' and for time it was
thought to answer all the restrictive re-
qulrements. But necessity rose to the oc-
casion and invented the ''anchor nurse,
as shown by the position of the balis-one
on each side of the balk line. The "nurs-
ing" in this case consisted of rubbing the
cue ball across the faces of the other two
SO gently that their positions were not dis
turbed. Runs of 500 or 900 in this way
have been made, and promoters of the
game are wondering what they will invent
next to curtail the enormous runs seem
ingly possible to such players as Schaefer
and Ives.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
LEFT WIFE And CHILDREN.
JOSEPH CONNELL, q SHOE-FIN-
ISHER, CRUELTY DESERTS
HIS FAMILY.
He Is THOUGHT TO BE IN THE CITY
AND WILL Be ARRESTED
ON SIGHT.

There is brave little woman, with a
family of five children, living at 29431S
Mission street, who has abundant proof
that marriage, as far as she is concerned, is
failure. The woman is Mrs. Elizabeth
Council, and she is now struggling against
adverse circumstances, consequent upon
the desertion of her husband, Joseph Con-
nell, formerly finisher in Buckingham &
Hecht's shoe-factory.
Mrs. Connell says she has suffered enough
ct her husbands hand to cause her to go
mad She met him thirteen years ago,
and his handsome face and form and agree
able ways won her heart completely.
II was a divorced woman when | met
him." explained Mrs. Connell. ~ had
been wretchedly treated by my husband,
and when Connell proposed marriage l
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
Diagram F-The Anchor Nurse.

1t is strange that some sort of a COM
bination game has not been tried, the rule
being that each player shall make in the
order indicated say 1000 straight billiards,
$50 at cushion caroms, $50 at balk line
plain and the next thousand at balk line
with the anchor nurse barred. Under
these it would be possible to see all of the
different styles in one evening which
would be vastly more satisfactory to the
spectator than under the present rules of
play. The figures could be altered if
necessary to include two blocks of straight
billiards of 500 each, with cushion caroms
in between or little balk line. This plan
also would go far to prove the general
supremacy of one player in a com bination
OF styles. For instance, no one will play
Schafer at cushion caroms. Even Ives de-
cllned to make a match with him at that
style of game, preferring to keep, for a
while, at least, the laurels won at balk
line. 1t is doubtful if any one would en-
gage in straight billiard match with him,
either, as runs of 5000 in 5000 point
matches sound too discouraging. But the
combination system as outlined above
would do away with all that, as little re-
Election will prove.
Lack of space precludes a further disser-
tation on the game and it's leading players,
or even to give any idea of the multitude
of shots possible. An evening spent in
contemplating first-class billiard match
will be found more instructive and edify-
ing than all the books printed or yet TO be
printed on this the only gentleman
game" and the finest indoor pastime yet
invented.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31

thought fate had some comfort in store for
me. But | was deceived. He became a
worthless fellow, gambled and consorted
with bad women. / protested against his
course, and all | received was blows.
The years of our marriage were full of
torture to me, and when he deserted me
somehow felt happy. | am now seeking
to track him for the childfen's sake. I
Will force him to take care of them by.fur-
nlshlng money Tor their support. | have
been sufferer from hemorrhage for sew
eral years, and am incapable OF provid-
ing. for the wants OF my family"
Mrs. Connel states that her husband
went to st. Louis, but that he has returned
and is now in this city. He was seen in
Valencia-street saloon some time ago and
his old haunts are being watched with
view of locating him.
Secretary McComb has decided to arrest
Connell on sight, and in the mean time he
will make provision for the family, who
are at present in absolute want. Cornell
is we'll known here, he having resided in
the city nearly twenty years.