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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-08
NEWS NOTES.

Texas fever has broken out among
the cattle in Putnam and Hendricks
counties, in Indiana. Fifteen head
have died Of the disease.
Citizens Of Kansas will ask financial
aid for Mrs. John L. Waller, who Is
now on the island of Mauritius in
destitute circumstances.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train
ran into washout near Stockton,
Kan. Three passenger cars were
thrown from the track, but no one was
injured.
The post office department has issued
fraud order against Francis E.
Lanon, Of Hammond, Ill. She is pro-
prietress Of toilet concern recently
debarred the use Of the mails.
Easton Taylor is under arrest in
Kansas City, Mo-, charged with passing
counterfeit money. He is believed to
be one Of gang who has been operat.
ing in Kansas City for some time.
Gov. Morrill,, Of Kansas, has removed
from office Frank Herold, the populist
election commissioner Of Topeka Gov.
Morrill, recently heard charges of
alleged official misconduct on the part
Of Herold, and sustained the charges
Clearing house returns for the prin.
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended August . show an average
increase as compared with the corre-
spending week last year Of 1876; in
New York the increase was IL; outside
New York. ia
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A MURDERoUs BAND.
Russian Robbers Armed with Rines Burr
Villages and XIII the Inhabitants.

Russian Robbers Armed with Rines Burn
villages and XIII the Inhabitants.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. Six organ
lied bands Of robbers armed with Rem
ington rifles, have for a long time har
assed the district Of Eriwanin, trans
Caucausia. These bands recently
united under the command Of noto-
rious leader, Heyder Kahn, and at
tackled and burned number Of iso-
lated farm houses. Finally becom
ing holder the robbers attacked
in broad day light several villages,
which they captured and burned. All
the men in the villages and all male
occupants Of the farm houses who were
unable to escape were put to death,
while the women and children were
carri,d off by the bandits. The police
were unable to stop these outrages
and force Of 200 Cossacks was
sent to punish the robbers. On
the night Of July IS the Co.'S
sacks encountered the bandits at
Nachitschewan. After a sharp fight
the bandits, who are now armed with
modern magazine rifles, repulsed the
Cossacks Reinforcements to the num-
Der OF 800 men have been sent to assist
the defeated Cossacks and the troops
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EvAplNo oLeoMARoARINE TAX


4 Chicago Product Which 10 Puzzllng
Treasury OfIicIsls to Reach.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Commissioner
Miller, Of the internal revenue bureau,
has discovered trouble on his hands,
originating with the manufacturers OF
butter from cotton-seed oil. It ap-
pears that Chicago manufacturer OF
butter from cotton-seed oil has given
the department open warning that he
is making product out OF cotton-seed
oil which he Is disposing Of, not under
the name Of butter, nor is It made In
imitation or semblance Of butter" thus
svading the exact wording Of the oleo-
margarine internal revenue law; but,
at the same time, II his product is used
for the same purposes to which oleo-
margarine Is applied he cannot prevent
it. One Of the proprietors Of the firm
is credited with explaining 10 special
agent Of the bureau that his product
may be sold as a wheel lubricator or
for anything besides those things upon
which there Is a tax, and by this means
evade the law.
So far no action has been taken In
the case, which the manufacturer pro-
poses to make o test case, and the OFF,
cials have been examining the law,
which an official admitted W as singu-
larly enough unfortunately worded.
There Is no intimation about what will
be done in the matter, and in the
meantime 1t is claimed that the Chi
cago manufacturer Is making a pro-
duct from cotton-seed oil which is put
to the same use that butter and ole O.
margarine Is applied to, and at the
same time evading the tax.
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NEWS NOTES.

The Kansas state treasury contained
Si,273, % at the close Of business
July 81.
The Kansas City district conference
Of the Kansas Evangelical Lutheran
church Is in session at Ottawa, Kan.
The democrats Of Maryland, in state
convention, nominated John L. Hurst,
a German man, for governor The
resolutions Endorsed the national ad.
ministration and declared in favor OF
gold as the basis of the monetary
system.
Richard II. Hunt, the well known
architect and designer of the worlds
fair buildings, Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt's
marble palace. Cornelius Vandcrbilt's
New Breakers and other Newport
villas, died on the 3lst at Newport, R.
/. Heart failure was the cause Of his
death.
Treasury officials are making prepar.
atoms for the first payment to the
Nez Perces Indians in Idaho Of the
100000 due them under treaty for
coded lands. II is expected that dur
ing the first week in August the first
lot will be sent to the agent of the
Nez perces for distribution among
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FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.


A Druggist OF Columbia, Mo, Has a Des'
perato Struggle with n Midnight In
truder.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Aug. 3.-Dr 0zias
Paquin, a druggist Of this city, had Q
desperate struggle with burglar at
his home yesterday morning at $3.50
o'clock. Paquin was awakened by the
burglar creeping about his room, and
sprlnging from the bed, grappled with
the intruder They struggled from
the door OF his room on the second
floor down flight Of stairs to the first
floor, where the burglar succeeded in
drawing pistol, and firing at Paquin,
forced him TO retreat The burglar
then escaped, taking with him s52 in
money and number Of valuable jew.
els. paquin says the man Is Will
Dozier, negro, formerly In his en-
ploy. The negro was arrested after
wards and arralgned lie pleaded not
guilty, and was confined to the county
Jail to await his preliminary trial next
Monday
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TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 3.-Samuel 7.
Howe, chairman Of the state board of
railroad commissioners, has gone to
Ellis county to investigate the matter
of appeals for aid sent in by the Rus
sian colony in that county. Reports
have been coming in TO Gov. Morrill,
which state that 500 Russians are in
such destitute circums tanccs that the
county has been compelled to keep
them In food and provisions.
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MISSOURI FINANCES.
OfiicIal Monthly Statement Shows Good
Balance On Hand.

OnCihl rAOuthhJ obutotuohs = Ooou
Balance On Hand.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug Dur
ing the months Of June and July Score.
tary Of State Lesueur received and paid
into the treasury fees and corporation
tax as follows: Notaries public, sSl5;
miscellaneous, $751; IS; land depart
ment, 1856. rs; tax on domestic corpora.
tons, Ss,775; tax on foreign corpora
tions, $3.50; endowment tax on corpo-
rations, S03Z75; fees for bank examine
tions, S79s.sO fees for filing and re-
cording contracts and leases under act
Of March 9, 1895, S655.60; total receipts
from all sources, Sl9, S44.05. The state
treasurer filed his report Of the trans
actions of his Office for the month Of
July with Gov Stone yesterday. 1t
shows that on June 80 there was bal.
ance in the treasury amounting to ST.
O11,70l. The receipts into the treas
ury during the month Of July were
1856, O5l.25, while the disbursements
were sal, 1888, leaving balance on
hand July 81, 1895, Of 1895, GGS.67. The
earnings Of the Missouri penitentiary
for July were $40, 703.07.
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KANSAS CORN CROP.


Many Counties Are In Need Of RAIN
Alarming Reports from Some Sections.
Topeka, Kan. Aug. 9.-Twenty.fve
counties in Kansas report rain needed
for corn. In the weekly weather bull
letln the report from Dickinson county
is; Will not raise enough corn for feed,
heat of past week too intense; hay and
pasture lands also drying up. The
Cloud county report is; Much Of the
corn killed by drought; pastures all
dried up; rain needed badly. A
good many reports of an alarming
character are coming in. A private
letter received yesterday from Santa
Fe official declared that the crop is
damaged fully 40 per cent. on the line
from Wichita southwark. Very bad
reports come from several central and
northern counties, too. There may be
scare yet over the Kansas and Ne
braska corn crops, though it is believed
that fully half Of it Is already safe.
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A FRIENDLY SUIT.
The boundary Line Dispute Between Iowa
and Missouri VIII lie Settled In Court.

The boundary Line Dispute Between Iowa
and Missouri VIII lie Settled In Court
DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. Gov Jack.
son has returned from his conference
with Gov Stone, Of Missouri, over the
boundary dispute between the two
states. They decided that an agreed
suit shall be brought by the
state of Missouri against the state
of Iowa in the United States SUI
preme court, demanding that the court
name a commission to locate the line
where it is in dispute. The result will
be the appointment of commission to
make the survey Of the disputed Sec
tion, The matter will 60 before the
court in October and inside Of a year
the matter will be settled,
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CHlNA'S EXPENSIVE LESSON
The Army VIII BE at Once ReorganIzet
aud WarshIps lie Purchased.

Che Army VIII he at Once Re0rganIzed
and WarshIps lie Purchased
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. s.-Steamship
advices from the Orient are that
the Chinese government announces
that new plans for the reorganization
Of the army and navy will be speed
lily put into operation. The Ger
man military system will be adopted
and German experts be employed.
From England and Germany two bat
tleships Of 5000 tons each, two cruis.
ers Of 5000 tons and two vessels Of
5000 tons will be ordered. One hun.
bred and fifty naval students will
be sent to Europe for scientific train
ing. The Chinese emperor has SO far
yielded to foreign pressure as to
threaten ex-Viceroy Sze-Chuan with
deprivation of rank and con6s.
cation of his entire possessions
If anti-missionary riots are resumed. A
proclamation has consequently been
issued authorizing foreigners and ma
tives alike to kill all disturbers Of the
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SHOT WHILE PRAYING.
A Prominent Young Business Man Assassl
mated ut Evansville, Ark.

A Prominent Young business Man Aseassl-
mated ut Evansville, Ark.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. 2.-Last
night, while a revival meeting was in
progress at Evansville, Crawford coun-
ty, in the little village church, the
services were brought to an abrupt end
by the discharge of Winchester,
which resulted in the death Of Henry
Bacon, a young man who owns the
largest general store in the north
western portion OF Crawford county.
The evangelist conducting the
meeting was praying at the
time the shot was fred and young
Bacon was seated near win
dow in suppliant attitude, his head,
buried In his hands, resting upon the
window sill. The bullet from the as
sassin's gun tore the top off Bacon's
head. Nearly all the male attendants
at the church went in search OF the as
sassin and continued the hunt until
morning without discovering any trace
of the fugitive. The motive for the
deed is mystery.
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The English cabinet has decided no

The English cabinet has decided moi
to oppose the reelection of Hon. vii.
liam C. Gully as speaker OF the house
Of commons.
The farm house of William Donnelly,
II miles from Atchison, Kan, was
blown up by dynamite, supposed to be
the work of incendiaries.
The department Of state has issued a
passportto Rev. R. Nathan, of Guthrie,
Ok, who is now in Algiers and who
expects to travel in Armenia.
These attorneys will represent Mis-
souri, at the National Bar association
meeting to be held in Detroit, Mich,
August 1890; W. II. Blodgett, St.
Louis; Charles O. Tichenor, Kansas
City. and s. S. Brown. St Joseph.
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THE WALLER CASE.
Ambassador Eustis to Get a Record
Of the Trial.
MINERS SCORE A BIG VICTORY.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-Failing to re-
ceive any assurance Of progress from
Ambassador Eustis in the Waller case,
Acting Secretary Of State Adee has
again csbled him to press the request
for the record Of Walters trial at Mad
agsscar, and has instructed him at
some length as to the position
which he should take in presenting It,
1t Is understood the department has
adopted the view that this government
Is entitled to full record Of the pro-
osedings and that Mr.. Eustis has been
instructed to say to the French author.
tiles that nothing less than the in
spection Of the complete papers In the
case will be sufficient to satisfy the
United States whether justice has been
done. 1t Is also stated, on what Is be-
lieved to be good authority, that the
instructions to Mr.. Eustis go farther
In that they direct him to say that a
final refusal to furnish a complete
transcript will be accepted by this gov
eminent as q denial Of justice.
MINERS SCORE A BIO VICTORY.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, Aug. 3.-The big.
gest victory ever made by organized
labor was won yesterday in Pittsburgh
by the miners. Almost every demand
was granted and the operators gave q
written guarantee for the fuldllmento Of
the contract. The papers were signed
last night, which increases the wages
Of 10000 miners In Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The terms
Of the agreement are that the present
rate Of wages shall continue In force
until October |, when every operator
In the Pittsburgh district will pay the
present rate with differential OF 8
cents In favor Of operators who do not
have company stores The agreement
further provides for another advance
on January /. 1t Is understood that
the rate will DO made rs cents.
COLORADO WILL NOT DE REPRESENTED
DENVER, Col, Aug a-Colorado will
not be represented by an exhibit at
the Atlanta exposition. This decision
was reached at a meeting Of the Colora-
do board Of managers on account OF
the refusal OF the managers Of the OK
position to provide sufficient space In
one building for all the individual cx-
hibits from this state. The Colorado
legislature appropriated no money for
q state exhibit at Atlanta.
DECISION IN A PENSION CASE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-ln Il recent
pension case Assistant Secretary
Reynolds, Of the interior department,
decided that where there is record of
service In the confederate army, such
record falling to show whether the
service was voluntary Or involun-
tary, II will be presumed that service
was voluntary, but such presumption
may be rebutted, the burden Of proof
being on the claimant
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UNION, Mo-, Aug. AT the trial of
Arthur Duestrow, the St Louis wife
and child murderer, number OF wit
nesses for the defense were examined
to-day Their testimony shows that
they considered him insane. Many Of
his alleged strange acts were told of.
The state will introduce witnesses in
rebuttal to refute the claims Of in
sanity made by the defense,
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WHAT UNCLE SAM OWES.
Monthly Public Dsbt Statement Shows Z
Slight Increase.

Slight Increase.
WASHINGTON, Aug THE monthly
treasury statement Of the public deb
shows the total debt on July 81, les'
cash in the treasury, to have beer
500, 1903, 905, an increase for the month
Of $3s, 435, 9Ss. This increase is due to
the delivery to the London syndicate
during the month Of s3l, 1877, 100 In 4 pei
cent. bonds, together with a loss Of
$4,000, 822 in available cash. The debt
is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, SAT, 800, 400
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, sl,609, $50; debt bearing nc
interest, 1887, l0s, 1884; total, 81, ls7, 25S,
1856; certificates and treasury notes
Offset by an equal amount of cash in
treasury, 1851, 100, 500 The cash in the
treasury is classified as follows: Gold,
$l55, a54, oe5; silver, G19, 74e, l4s; paper,
sisa, $40, 7ol; bonds disbursing officers
balances, ETC., sl5,92O, %; total, $780,
as7, $3.50, against which there are de-
mand liabilities amounting to $780,
24s,SO0, leaving cash balance in the
treasury Of s1s7, 1895
The monthly statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures Of the govern
ment during the month Of July shows
receipts s2s,O0s,6s7, as against Sa4, so9,.
$50 for July, 1894. The disbursements
during July, 1895, amounted to $685.
54s,O6a, as against $50, Gas, $50 for July,
1894 OF the receipts, 81, O76, S94 were
from customs, and sls, sos, 4O5 from in.
ternal revenue. During July, 1894, the
receipts from customs were IS, 437, 33s,
and from internal revenue, s25, 200, 4s7.
The pension payments last month
amounted to ST., 1855, 427, a reduction OF
about S147, 900 from July, 1894.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.--The forthcom-
ing review by the geological survey of
the mineral resources of the country
will show that the production of alum
mum In the United States In 1894 was
$50, 600 pounds. The imports were val
ned at S4,ll0. Bauxilc, an oxide of
aluminium, has been found in sufficient
quantities to be commercially valuable
in only three localities in the United
gt,tn.
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HIT With A BAT.
A Quarrel at a Baseball Game Re-
suits In Murder.
The PLEA IN THE DUESTRoW TRIAL.
The Defense Made BY the Milllonairs's
Counsel IL Hereditary Insbristy-
Battle with Horse Thievss-slx
Hundred ghots Fired.

GARNET, Kan, Aug 2.-The A. NJ.
&. church Of this city celebrated
Emancipation day in the park, with an
old fashioned barbecue dinner, with
speaking and music. A part Of the
celebration was game Of baseball be-
tween the home team and team from
Osawatomie, both colored. A dispute
arose over point in the game, during
which John Jones, colored man from
0sawatomie, drew a revolver and at
tempted to shoot Ira Vess, a young
white man Of Garnett, when Charles
Sargent, also white, captain Of the
Garnett team, dealt Jones . deadly
blow in the back Of the head with
bat As Jones fell one Of his sons
seized the revolver and tried to shoot
Sargent, but the cartridges failed to
explode The latter Immediately ran,
but later surrendered and is now in
custody. Jones was at once carried
to doctors Office, where he died In
about an hour after being hit, never
having become conscious. The deceased
was married man, about so years old.
THE PLEA IN THE QUESTION: TRIAL.
UNION, Mo-, Aug. 1.-The prosecu-
ton in the Duestrow murder case rest
ed yesterday. Fannie Parker, col
ored cook, employed by Clara Howard
for the past FIVE years, testified that
Duestrow called on her mistress for
year prior to the murder Of his wife
and child. On the day Of the murder
he called on the Howard woman. On
cross-examination the witness admit
ted that she had seen Duestrow but
three times at the Howard woman's
house during the year prior to the
homicide. At this point the state
rested and ex-Gov johnson for the de.
tense began his opening statement to
the Jury. Arthur Duestrow's defense,
he said, was insanity. lie would show
that his client was afflicted with alco-
holism, recognized disease in modern
science. The law, ex.Gov. johnson
declared, does not make voluntary
drunkenness u defense, but the disease,
inebriety, is. His client had received
as an heritage from his mother o dis
eased mental condition.
BATTLE WITH HORSE THIEVES.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug 1.-The des-
perate horse thieves and murderers,
Coughlin and George, were met by the
mounted police officers yesterday in
City Creek canon, miles east Of Salt
Lake, and desperate battle occurred.
During the fusillade the officers fred
over 600 shots at the outlaws, who were
protected in the rocky cliffs behind
which they crouched on their knees
and returned the fire The officers and
outlaws were all armed to the teeth
with weapons Of the most modern
character. The outlaws were finally
driven from their fortress and mount
ed their horses. A we'll directed shot
by Capt. Shannon caused Coughlin's
horse to fall, after which the thieves
abandoned their horses and started of
on foot closely followed by officers.
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To Experiment with Flax.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Extended In
vestigation Of much Importance to the
commercial interests of the country,
having in view the determination Of
the possibility Of growing flax here
successfully for fiber, have been de.
cided on by the agricultural depart
ment. The work will be begun at
once and will cover this season and
doubtless will extend to next year.
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THE UNION PACIFIC MIDDLE
A Statement Made That the Government
Has No Legal Mortgage on the Road.

n btotem6nt mhuo Auht tno OuSot"ho"'
Has No Legal Mortgage on tho Road.
CmcAGo, Aug. 3-Much has been
written and published about the prob
able early foreclosure Of the govern.
ment mortgage upon the property OF
the Union Pacific railway and about
the defaulted interest charge upon the
government debt. The Tribune's 0ma-
ha correspondent claims to have come
into possession Of facts which show
that the government has no legal mort
gage upon the Union Pacific property
to foreclosure, and that no default In
payment ofinterest can now be shown,
and the government cannot II 1t would
foreclose on any part Of the debt prior
to January, 1898. II the moneys, the
correspondent says, which the Pacific
railroads claim from the government
for services rendered were allowed and
added to the sinking fund the gross
amount would be sufficient to meet the
entire principal and interest charges
accrued on the United States bonds up
10 the issues due in January, 1893.
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An Aaronaut Killed.

PHOENIX, Ariz, Aug. 81 -Aeronaut
Burk made an ascension by moonlight
last evening in n hot air balloon, but in
descending in his parachute he fell on
top of house, sustaining injuries from
which he shortly died. His partner,
Nelson, made an attempt short time
before. Nelson had got short dis.
lance from the ground when one Of
the ropes broke, precipitating him to
the earth. lie escaped with only a
broken arm.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. Mrs Hatch
will visit Gray Gables to interview the
president in behalf Of her son, Clyde
Mattox, who is to be executed at Wich-
tia October II. She is encouraged to
believe that she will secure an audi
ence with the president by letters she
has received here from personal friends
Of Mr.. Cleveland's, and it is believed
that the president will hear what she
may have to say in behalf Of her son.
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WHEELING, W. Va, Aug 2.-There is
excitement in the Sisterville oil field
over the biggest strike ever made hore,
or in any other West Virginia field.
The news is TO the effect that the Lohri
well is flowing at the rate Of 1,4Oo bar
rels per day. The tanks are filed SO
fast it is almost impossible to handle
the oil. There is no doubt this Is the
biggest strike ever made in the field.
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z,p watt sa,d to VICAR Steel Armor.

HENNEssEy, Ok, Aug. 3.-Jack Ward,
d member of the posse fighting Zip
Wyatts gang in the Glass mountains,
claims that he was within 20 yards OF
the outlaw leader and fred three shots,
each time knocking him down. lie
says he heard the shots strike metal
each time and thinks Wyatt wore n
steel armor Wyatt escaped in the
heavy timber.