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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

A tourist going through q southern
rural region went into q little red brick
courthouse in q town of about 200 in
habitants. A case of larceny was on
trial before a long, sallow, yellow
bearded man who was 1.-THE ledge" One
of the witnesses, a wild-eyed, long
haired, belligerent-looking man, be-
came greatly excited while giving his
testimony and began using some exr
tremely profane language, %whereupon
the jedge brought his fist down heavily
on his pine table desk and said: "Havc
a keer what kind O. langwidges you use
in this here court, Leon Shanks! You
got to respeck the dignity O. this court
or blamed if / don't waltz ye out be-
hind the courthouse when we adjourn
an lick a little respeck into ye."-De-
troit Free Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

Some peculiar shipments are made
over the railroads., but the employees
around the freight depot Of the Louis
vile & Nashville railway at Cincinnati
thought they had the strangest Of all
at that point a couple of days ago.
| There were several beehives en- route
from a point on the Big Four to u point
south, md as they stood waiting to be
rebilled they were closely examined by
one Of the men. They were billed sim
ply "beehives," and, being curious to
see inside of 1t, this employe pulled the
plug that stopped the entrance to the
hive, when, swish! out came the bees
so fast that they looked like animated
molasses running flom an overturned
jug. II was as good a 10th century
reproduction Of "Pandora's Box" as
could be wished for, says the Enquirer,
and the evils, In the shape Of bees, set
tied ON the unlucky railroad man In
squads, platoons, and battalions. He
ran away and left the bees to their w
will, and late that night, when they had
all crawled back into the hive again,
another employc was induced to slip up
quietly and stick the plug back in. Next
day they were all shipped away.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
w. w. DAVIS.

TIE plros are most valuable for the pur-
poses of fashion, and for other forms
of decoration; nor is this all; it is then
that they are most easily found and
taken. The shyest, most secretive kinds
lose all their wild instinct in their over
mastering anxiety for the safety of
their eggs or young. And when the poor
bird is uttering piercing cries, its sensi-
tive frame quivering. its bill gaping,
as if the air could no longer sustain it
in its intense agitation, and futterinr
its loving wings 10 make them more
conspicuous. and by such means
draw the danger away from its treas
ures and on to itself, it is ruthlessly
shot for its feathers."-N. Y. Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

DR.. BUsENDARK, a woman physician
Of Dos Moines, Ia, went to Munich TO
attend lectures and clinics. She was
told that she could attend, but that the
government would make no acknowl-
edgement Of her work. When she and
her friend, who was q woman ply
stefan also, entered the amphitheater,
the eyes Of $50 men were turned upon
the presumptuous intruders. Mrs.
Busenbark's friend could not endure
the gaze, and she retired. Mrs. Busen-
bark held and remained five weeks with
great profit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
HOW AIGRETTES ARE OBTAINED.
Protest Against a Fashion Based on the
Suffering Of Birds.

Those humane workers who are la
boring to dissuade women from using
whole birds to adorn their hats and
bonnets are now turning their attention
with equal energy against the use of the
aigrette. Nowoman, certainly no moth
err, would ever buy another aigrette if
she realized what its providing for her
use meant. In a circular sent out re-
Gently this is shown:
"These little feathers says the cir
cular, 'were provided by nature as the
nuptial adornment of the white heron,
or egret. Many kind-hearted women,
who would not on any account do a
cruel act, are, by following this fash
ion, causing the continuance of a very
great cruelty. The aigrette in nearly all
cases is made Of the slender decomposed
feathers that grow at one time of the
year on the birds backs and drop grace.
fully over their sides and tails. The
less fine plumes, with shorter and stiff
er fllaments, are from the squacco
heron, which is not an egret. The best
time to attack them is when the young
birds are fully fledged, but not able to
fly, for at that time the solicitude of the
parent birds is greatest, and, forgetful
OF their own danger. they are most read
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

THE New York courts have Just wit
messed another of those interesting
dramas in real life where n young man
Of fashion, who has lost u fortune Of
several millions in speculation, Is sum
moned to take the poor debtors oath
in court. As usual in such cnses, he
swears that, though living in luxury in
good clothes, he is penniless, and hasn't
the wherewithal to pay for his next
meal. AT the same time his wife Is
driven in her private carriage TO court,
and is conducted by her footman to
the place where the examinations go
ing on, in order that she may listen
to the proceedings and buoy up the
young man by her sympathetic pres
ence.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

MORE than 10000 sparrows have been
destroyed in Gratiot county, Mich, dur
ing the past 10 months, as shown by the
bounties paid, but the birds appear to
be as numerous as ever. One man makes
a good income as a sparrow hunter, col
Letting an average Of 800 o month In
bounties, besides doing o good work
in exterminating the pests.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
D. MCDONALD.

.uat they may thereby be made proof
against the usual effects Of the bite Of
mad %dog-iust Us human subjects
are vaccinated to make them proof
against the ravages Of smallpox. The
result Of researches on this matter un-
dertaken by an eminent Frenchman
will be awaited with interest.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

FEW days ago a company bought OF
J. W. Adams, of Pullin, Ky, all his wal
nut timber, from IL inches up, at good
price. In cutting the timber they came
across an old walnut tree that had been
blown down for at least 80 years and
had been threatened to be burned up
several times, but when they made an
examination Of IL they found it to be
a birdeye walnut worth considerable
money. II measured 10 feet and they
will get $40 per foot, which will amount
to $500.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

A SOCIETY has been formed In Texas
under the striking name Of "The Flee
mosynary Pro Bono Publico Society Of
Terrell for the Elevation OF the Col
ored Youth Of the State Of Texas" II
there is anything in u name this so
eicty should become u power in the
louI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

THE Shakers Of New Lebanon, N. Y.
had occasion not long ago to lease o
building In New York city In which to
sell their products, and, Of course, the
owner Of the property looked into their
solvency. He found that they nre
worth not far from SIS, 900, 900, invest
ed in choice city real estate, mortgages
and first-class railway securities.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

ONE aus OF the Armenian atrocities
Is said to have been that Moody and
sankey hymns translated into Turkish
were taken In a literal sense by both
Turks and Armenians. Coward, Chris
tian Soldier" in Turkish sounds like an
Indictment TO rebellion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

THE mayor Of Omaha vetoed the so
called "curfcw ordinance" He says
that ut would be n dead letter II passed,
and that IL savors too much Of Con-
necticut blue laws; II boys are dlsor-
DERBY upon the streets the police have
ample power under existing ordi-
nances,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

TIE supreme court Of the United
States has decided that diamonds inl-
ported into this country are dutlable
at the rate Of 80 per cent. This means
an additional revenue OF about $350,000
q year TO the government.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
Look at these prices on Footwear tor Men,
Women and Children:

OMell dlu OulluI6u.
Mems 4 90 welt Shoe, now 3.45.
Mems 800 Shoe. now $50.
Mems 200 Shoe, now l.7O.s
Mems so Shoe, now 1856
Boys 200 Tan Shoes, now ITO.
Boys LIS Tan Shoes, now 1.45.
Boys 1.5O Tan Shoes, now 1.25.
Misses $50 Oxfords. now 1875.
Misses 1926 Oxfords, now 95c.
Misses LOO Oxfords, now SOC.
Childs' 75c Oxfords, TO- Csc.
We have a few pairs, sizes 2 IL to 3 IL
Of Ladies $50 Shoes that will go at 1.25.
Afew Ladies' $50 Oxfords, sizes 2 1-2 to
1-2, color tan or black, must 60 at 200. A
$50 Ladies' Oxford, sizes 2 IL to 31-2. will
be sold at LOO.
ALSO work Sho- for men, now 1.15.
A1.5O Creole Shoe for Men at 1.25.
A1.25 Creole Shoe for Men at 90.
Ladies' Dongola Kid Shoes, former price,
1.50. now 1875.
Mems 200 low Shoe, Kangaroo Calf,
now 1.75.
Mems 800 low kid Shoes, now 2.30.
Mems 800 low Shoes in tan. now 200.
Mems 1.75 low Shoe, in black and tan,
now LAO.
A few pairs Of (. 80, 300 and 400 Mems
Shoes, sizes 8 to 10, now at 100.
EsThese prices will prevail while the
goods last and the sale is for cash. Call and
secure the best bargains ever offered YOU in
the Shoe line.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
Cedar Street, Opposite PostofRce.

Summer Goods must go at Sacrifice
Prices to make room for Fall and Winter
Shoes now arriving.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16

one side by that structure and on the
other by an ordinary board fence, WAS
TO be constructed.
1t seemed to us that q barbed wire in
closure was much better than the
ordinary arena of the Spanish and
Mexican bull-fights, because IL would
enable every one to see plainly what
was going on, at the same time 1t pro-
,lded security for the audience. We
brought the Texas steers to the town,
and put them on short rations to make
them ferocious. We did not intend TO
burt them. Neither did we mean they
should hurt us.
The costumes were to be the principal
part Of our Corrida de Toros; we were
to have a sort of dress parade around
the corral of handsome boys on hand
some horses and on foot. The steers
were to be driven about actively for
some time, and a good deal OF dust
kicked up; and finally the attention OF
the people was to be diverted by a bal
loon ascension. We relied upon the
novelty Of the spectacle to please the
people, and We knew that they would
not be pleased by any exhibition Of
cruelty to animals.
The potato picnic was certainly an
immense success. On one day at least
10000 people were present on the
grounds. Eloquent and stirring
speeches had been made; tons Of roast
ed potatoes had been eaten; the bands
were playing, and the enthusiasm ran
high when the time appointed for the
bull fight arrived.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
MAY BE THE CHICAGO ROBBERS
Two Old-Time Criminals Who Were
Arrested at New York

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-During the
trial of Otto Schaeffer. alias "Ris
ctto, who is charged with burglary in
General Session to-day, two men were
seen to enter the courtroom whom the
police recognized as old-time criminals.
one was Paul Seibert alias "Chica go
Paul, alias Charles Blum. The other
was Ernest Lash. Detectives put the
men under arrest. They were taken to
police headquarters, where they were
searched. Nothing of any significance
was found on Lash, but in Paul's pock-
cts were found jewelry, money and
other articles that led the police to be-
lieve that he can. throw some light on
the many Chicago robberies that have
been committed of late, and which have
puzzled the detectives.
Besides S445 in cash, a gold watch set
with diamonds, a gold match case and
several other pieces of jewelry tickets
were found for safe deposit boxes
in the vault of the Safe Deposit Com
pany of Chicago. The police of Chicago
were telegraphed and asked to search
the boxes
The police also searched a room I'm
which Seibert had been living on Eighth
street. There a pistol and some more
jewelry was found, besides evidence
that Seibert has recently been in Chi
cago. The robberies in Chicago have
been committed by a long and short
man, so the detectives say, and there is
strong belief that Seibert, who is very
large, is the long man.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
RIOTING IN SPAIN.
Trouble Growing Out of the Taxes
Imposed on the People.

MADRID, Aug. 5.-Further trouble
growing out of the taxes imposed on the
people have occurred throughout the
province of Valencia. The most seri-
GUS disturbances occurred last night in
the outskirts of the city of Valencia,
where fifty men armed with rifles pa
raded about shouting, Down with the
Government, and defying the author
tiles to interfere with them. They
made an attack on the officials who col
lect the octoroi, the tax collected upon
provisions of all kinds entering the
city, and attempted to shoot them. a
strong force of police was hastily dis
patched to the scene. Upon their arri-
val the police were greeted with vol
ley by the rioters, who proved them
selves bad marksmen, none of the po-
lice being hit. The latter then charged
upon the mob, which speedily dispersed
when they saw that the police We're de-
termined to suppress the disorder. Five
of the mob, including a woman, were
wounded by the police.
Similar disturbances occurred in vii
lagos in the provinces and many ar
rests have been made. The authorities
allege that the trouble is fomented by
the Republicans.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
4 CAMPAIGN STORY NAILED.
THE TRIBUNE" CALLS BRYAN'S
PAPER TO ACCOUNT.
Denies Whitelaw Reid Ever Asserted
There Was No Such Thing as
an Independent Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5-The Tribune"
this morning editorially said:
I'VE have received copy of the
Weekly World Herald of Omaha,
Neb., for July %, 1896, which bears at
the head of it's columns as editor the
name of William j.. Bryan, the Populist
and Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States That paper
contains an editorial article entitled
Newspaper Support in which, after
speaking of the newspapers opposed to
free silver, it says: In this connection
it will be interesting to read what
Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the gold
bug New York Tribune said several
years ago at an editorial association
banquet in New York
Then follows the statement attrib-
uted to Mr.. Reid that there was no such
thing in America as an Independent
press; that editors We're slaves who
dared not express an honest opinion
that he was paid to keep honest opin-
ions out of the paper he was connected
with and that the business of the New
York journalist was to distort the
truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to viii
lify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon,
and to sell his country and race for his
daily bread To this is added the COM
ment: "Whitelaw Reid ought to and
undoubtedly does know what he is
talking about
William j. Bryan, the candidate of
a great party for President of the
United States, ought to know what his
newspaper is talking about when 1t
name. Every person of intelligence
who has the slightest acquaintance with
Mr.. Reid or the history of the Tribune,
or the slightest knowledge of New York
journalism, is perfectly aware that
this is a preposterous and stupid libel.
Mr.. Reid never made any such speech,
and never said anything remotely re-
sembling it, either in language or sem
timent There is no information OBJ
tainable that the speech was ever made
by any human being in any place. Ger
tain1y ii was never made by any New
York editor at any press banquet. 1t
has been attributed to other newspa-
per men, among them John S. Winton,
and, so far as we know. without the
slightest foundation. This falsifica-
tion has been exposed time and again
The Tribune on June Both, and also
on July loth-the last more than two
weeks before the World Herald publi-
cation-in reply to questions from per-
sons who had read the story in ire
sponsible journals, definitely and ex-
plicitly stamped it as falsehood. Yet,
in the face of these denials. and in spite
of its obvious impossibility, the per-
sonal sanction of William J. Bryan. a
candidate for President of the United
States. is virtually given to its publica-
tion by the newspaper which proclaims
him as its editor.''
The record-union., 1896-08-06
Causing Much Suffering Among the
People.
Chicago Experiences Her Hottest Day
Chicago Experiences Her Hottest Day
of the SeaSOn-BetWeen Fifteen
and Twenty Persons Picked Up on
the Streets Who Had Been Over
come by the Heat-Business Sus-
pended at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on
Account of the Intense Heat.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-To-day was the
hottest Chicago has seen this season,
and before the middle of the afternoon
the thermometer had reached 96 de-
grees, and between fifteen and twenty
people had been picked up on the
streets overcome by the heat. Sickness
is being produced, and unless there is
change in the weather much trouble is
expected.
Joseph Lapham, well-known
leather and shoe findings dealer, was
the first to die from the heat He was
unconscious yesterday, and died to-day
from paralytic stroke induced by the
warm weather.
Reports from many outside points
show that the intense heat which caused
suffering in this city yesterday was
general throughout the middle section
of the country and especially in the
Missouri Valley. Several cities report
heat ranging from 9S to 104 degrees,
with many prostrations, most of which
We're of serious nature.
AT Clinton, Iowa, in the factories, the
thermometer registered 10S degrees
and the employees suffered greatly. AT
Mount Pleasant Park, where the spir-
itualists are in camp, densely shaded
spot on the side of a bluff, it reached
104 degrees
Business was suspended at Cedar
Rapids, where the thermometers regis
tered from 104 to 10S degrees but there
We're no prostrations.
Prairie Du Chen reports JOG degrees
in the shade, the hottest of the season.
h
ernment register. AT Baraboo the mer-
curry stood at 1O1 degrees in the shade,
the hottest ever known in that section.
Work was suspended at Plainfield.
where a mark of 100 degrees in the
shade was reached.
Milwaukee reports the hottest day of
the year.
At Kansas City, Mo. the thermom-
eter reached 103 degrees in the shade.
There We're three prostrations, none of
them fatal. Western Missouri Kansas
and the Territories report the hottest
weather of the Season.
Benton Harbor, Mich, reports ia de-
grees in the sun and the hottest day of
the season in that locality. A stiff
breeze from the lake prevented much
suffering.
The hottest weather ever known pre-
vailed at Yankton, S. D. The temper
ature varied from So to 1OS degrees.
Business was practically suspended.
ONE DEATH AT ST. LOUIS.
ST LOUIS, Aug. 5.-This was an
other exceedingly hot day in ST. Louis.
At I a. m. thermometers registered So
degrees and at ) D. m. 9S degrees was
recorded. Sunstrokes are less fire.
quent, owing to the dry atmosphere.
FIVE cases were treated at the City
Dlspensary Thomas HopeweI. resi-
dence unknown, was picked up at the
corner of Center and Market streets
and treated at the dispensary. He
dled this evening. The other cases are
not serious. The local weat ther forecast
is for continued warm weather until
Thursday evening.
The record-union., 1896-08-06

are all opposing Bryan on account of
his free trade proclivities. The people
Of Nebraska believe in protection, and
l believe that that issue will become
dominant before long. 1t certainly will
as soon as the people get over the spell
which has been thrown over them by
the free silver campaign that has been
inaugurated with so much gusto in
some sections of the West. The fact
that Mr.. Bryan represented free trade
sentiment is not helping his cause even
among those who favor him on account
of his monetary views. 1t is a long time
before election day, and many changes
will come before then. Every day sees
the silver craze growing less and less
brilliant in the Vest
The record-union., 1896-08-06
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Democrats Expect to Elect at Least
Eight COngreSsmen.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Chaun.ey
F. Black and Mr.. Kerr, ex-Clerk of the
House, were to-day claiming that the
Democrats would have at least eight of
the Congressional districts in Pennsyl-
vania in the next election, instead of
the two represented by Democrats In
the Thirty-fourth Congress. The dis
tricts thus claimed are the Thirteenth,
Eighth, Ninth, Twenty-sixth, Third,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth and the Elev-
enth or Scranton District. Both these
gentlemen assert that the growth of the
free silver sentiment is something un-
rrecedented and that all the mining
section of the State will give support
to the Democratic ticket hitherto un-
heard of in the history of the politics
of Pennsylvania
The record-union., 1896-08-06
ABBEY'S TROUBLES NOT OVER.
His Wife Brings an Action for a
Legal Separation.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Mrs. Florence
G. Abbey has brought an action for a
legal separation from her husband,
Henry E. Abbey, of Abbey, Schoefel G
Grau, the theatrical managers. The
ground of complaint is cruelty and
abandonment Papers were served on
Abbey on July 2Sth, but the matter was
kept secret until to-day, when notice
was filed in the Supreme Court that on
August 10th the PLAINTIFFS counsel
would make application for $500 O.
week alimony.
In the complaint Mrs. Abbey declares
that her husband left her in destitute
circumstances, and has not contributed
to her support. The business of Abbey,
Schoeffel & Grau is to be continued, she
declares, and her husband gets salary
of $4,000 a year, from Which he should
be able to contribute to her support.
Mrs. Abbey was formerly Miss Flor
ence Gerard, and was well-known in
theatrical circles. She married Mr.,
Abbey in November, 1892.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
THE JUDGE TAKES A HAND.
How He Proposes to Settle Timers
Strike in Colorado.

LEADVILLE (Col), Aug. 5.-Judge
Overs to-day appointed w. H. Griffith
receiver of the Weldon mine, which was
seized by Peter w. Breene, the owner of
twelfth interest, after the miners had
struck for an advance in wages from
81 80 to So day.
Breene had reopened the mine, paying
the wages demanded. The receiver was
appointed on the application of the
Weldon Mining Company. Judge Overs
has directed the receiver to work the
mine and pay So to miners and 50 80 to
laborers above ground. The unions de-
mand is for So for all employees.
The Judge warned the union not to
interfere with operations at the mine.
The action of the court may result in
the settlement of the strike which para
lyzed the chief industry of the camp.