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Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
CROP REPORT.
October Returns to the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.
II Leaves Nsw York for Terra del Fusso-
Demand fu American Apples, Owing
to the Crop Failure Across tho
Water Nebraska IrrigatioolstA

Washington. Oct ls.-The returns
to the Statistical division Of the depart
ment Of agriculture for October make
cotton show q decline Of a5 points
from the September condition, which
was 6A.s per cent, against to7 for the
present month. The percentage IN
Missouri is 70.
The returns to the department tor
October make the general condition OF
corn sO5 per cent, against 81 for the
month Of September. The percentages
OF the crop in Iowa is l02; in Missouri,
IS; in Kansas, 81. and in Nebraska, lOl.
The returns Of yield per acre Of all
wheat indicate production Of lie
bushels, which is six.tenths Of bushel
less than the preliminary estimate tor
1895. The rate Of yield in Iowa is Is;
in Missouri 1917; in Kansas, II, and in
Nebraska, IA. The indicated quality
for the country at large is sA4per cent.
against S5.7 last year. The wheat crop
is generally short in quantity and poor
in quality, owing to unfavorable
weather, drought at seeding time, de-
ficiency Of snow protection, and ex-
cessive rains after harvest, producing
scanty growth, shriveled grains and
rust. The worst is In the great region
of Ohio to Kansas and adjoining states.
Crops fairly good in east.
The preliminary estimate OF the
yield OF oats is 24.3 bushels per acre
against 1916 a year ago; quality, 74s,
ranging from IS in Kansas to l04 in
Montana.
The average yield per acre Of rye is
1873; Of barley, a56. Condition of
buckwheat is So per cent. Irish pota-
toes, SIT; tobacco, 769.
EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF GOLD
New York, Oct. l2.-An expedition
in search of gold in Terra del Fuego
left New York yesterday. tits in charge
Of Moses Y. Ransom, Of the firm Of G.
s. Ransom & Co., of this city. Several
capitalists are said to be backing the
venture. The schooner Joseph F.
Loubat has been purchased for the
voyage. Capt. ]. H. Connor will have
charge, The crew is shipped for the
term Of Is months. The gold is almost
altogether beyond the water line of
the beach. The Ransom expedition is
equipped with specially constructed
machinery, which will dredge the bot
tom of the ocean to distance of 1000
feet from the shore and to depth OF
100 feet.
DEMAND FOR AMERICAN APPLES.
New YORK, Oct. l2-There is great
demand abroad this year for American
apples, owing to the failure Of the crop
across the water. The steamship COM
panies say that the seasons shipments
exceed those Of any corresponding
period in the past, and that space has
been engaged for two months ahead.
Up to date s,7SO barrels have been
shipped.
NEBRASKA IRRIG GATlONISTS
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. l2-The
state irrigation fair has opened unoal-
cially here for week. The grounds
embrace 100 acres. Irrigation canals
aggreqating go miles in length, run
through the grounds and are supplied
with the various irrigation appliances.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

CnILLlcoTHE. Mo-, Oct Sd. Krause,
once one Of Livingston countv's
brightest young men, was yesterday
sent to the insane asylum at st.
Joseph, Mr.. Krause was for seven
years deputy county clerk and was
considered the finest mathematician in
the county, but he broke down ABOUT
three years ago and had to give up his
nositjnn
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
KENTUCKY REGISTRATION.


Republicans Claim 10 BE Greatly Enc0 ur.
aged Over the showing Made.
LOUISVILLE Kv., Oct 8.-Reports
from over Kentucky show that the reg
istration Of voters Tuesday was heavy
to an unprecedented extent, and the
republicans claim to be greatly en-
couraged over the result. Figures from
q msjority OF the towns show uniform
republican gains In the registration,
and also great increase In the NUM-
Der who refuse to state their po oliti.
cal faith. As a rule, the gold stand
ard democrats have registered as plain
democrats, and ii is impossible to esti.
mate their strength. The back districts
have not been heard from, but the re.
ports up to date are conceded to be tho
m ost significant evidence yet brought
forward TO indicate how the state will
% In November,
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
POVERTY NO EXCUSE.
Missouri Aliens Must Present Naturaliza'
tiOn PaperA When They Register,

misSOufl Aliens Must Present NAturAllxn-
tion Papers When They Register.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 9.-Accordlng to an
opinion rendered by City Counselor
Marshall, poverty is no satisfactory
excuse for the applicant for registra-
ton who has lost or mislaid his nat
uralization papers and seeks to have
his name enrolled on an affidavit set.
ting forth his inability to pay the court
charges for certified copy. Last Tues
day there were several hundred aliens
registered on the strength of atfidavits
stating that they were duly natural.
lied, hut could not produce copies Of
their papers because they had been out
of employment for long time, and
had no money to pay the fees exacted
bv the court clerks for certified copies,
These registrations, unless the courts
decide otherwise will be stricken from
tho bonlss
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
Apple Carnival at Leavenworth.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Oct. S-Com.
plete arrangements have been made
for apple carnival, which will be held
In Leavenworth October IA and IL.
Wednesday, the l4th, will be given
over to the ladies, who will give gor-
geous flower parade, presenting one OF
the handsomest pareants ever seen in
Kansas. On Thursday will come the
apY)le carnival proper.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

EMPoRIA, Kan, Oct. TO- Many peo-
pie are in attendance on the annual
convention of the Womans Foreign
Missionary society of the Methodist
church. The annual report shows a
splendid financial condition. Colec-
tions for the past year were SlS,S47,
and Mrs. Prescott, of Chicago, has
pledged $4,000 more to be paid in an.
nual installmen.s
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
KANSAS GOOD TEMPLARs.
Oficers Elected for the Ensuing Year
ThInk Prohibition Can Re Enforced.

Ofacers Elected for the Ensuing Year
Think Prohibition Can Be Enforced.
Topeka, KAN, Oct S-The grand
lodge Of the !. 0. G. T. Of Kansas held
its annual convention here yesterday.
Resolutions were passed declaring that
the prohibitory law was as we'll en-
forced as any other state law and called
upon temperance people to wage re.
newed warfare on the liquor trafc. The
following officers we're elected: Grand
chief templar, G. A. Bateman, Of Law
renee; grand councillor, DR.. Fl. E.
Wind, Of Kincaid; grand vice templar,
Miss Lizzie Smith, OF Lawrence; grand
superintendent juvenile templars, Mrs.
c. J. Jones, Of Toronto; grand secre.
tary, J. +. Fullenwider, of Eldorado;
grand treasurer, P. 7. Keener, Of Scam
mon,
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
A C0NMEM0RA1I0N.
The Anniversary Of the Lincoln
Douglas Debate Kept
GOV. NCUR7AIy SWORN INTO OFFICE.


C.,vayr,n III n.t a-Tha csio.
h...,or ~ ". as,h .rr,,or..rv ~ tho
T,iroolr.nou.,ss dshats bv Knor col.
lacs rostsrdsv anna sssd tbs ernecta.
t,ors ~ ,.s r.omo,ers Tho e,ercises
wora haord hv thousands ~ neonla
Tha oh,o, svont ~ ,hs dav was an ora,
t,or ~ rh.,n,sv nsrsw who wa.
,,t.oa,,.od h., p.os;dart Johr n Yin.
Low a. .ho c-sotos, orotor ~ tho dav
Hor pohort lincoln who followed M
naraw omnha.,yed Tho fact that in the
lono rnn Tho neonle ara always RIGHT He
.vn.ossod n.o,nrrd .r.,,tndo sor ,the
,r;hr,o ra;d 10 the memorv NJ his
fathor : 9 Mcclrre ~ New york
snoLa ~ Tho collage raising a Lincoln
scianca hall a. an enduring monument
tn commemorate the debate and the
momorv ~ Lincoln Tho address NJ
yon.,o. 1ohr N palm.r ,ba fr;and of
both Lincoln and Douclas. followed
a md UNA hnnr in lpnnfn In n0m~
narison of the men he commended
Tincoln's ability and logical frankness.
sena,or palmer nlaced hioh estimate
on the services of Mr. Douglas. saving
his acquaintance with him rinened into
a most nrofound respect for his great
abilities
aov u,mrprAIy SWORN IN
TusxAuoMA 4 ~ Oct s-The Choc.
IA " council met in Joint session YES.
terdav morning and canvassed the vote
~ the A,oust elect;on for Governor
The count resulted as follows; McCur.
tain. / .4o5. Jackson. 1. 1885, At $3.50 in
the aftornoon Green Mccurtain was
sworn into Office bv Justice Everidre
of The supreme court immediately
after beina sworn in he delivered his
messaro which was In line with his
III. .s.,. ,,,h;oh ho ,,oda his ann
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

LONDON, Oct. s.-The earl Of Rose.
berry, the late premier Of the liberal
government, in succession to Mr.. Glad.
stone, has written letter saying he
has resigned the leadership Of the
liberal party. The action OF the gov.
ernment in relation to the Turkish
question is given as the reason for this
action.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

SEDALIA, Mo-, Oct Sin the circuit
court Judge Longan was asked to
make an order for jury to pass upon
the sanity Of Alonzo Rembaurh, who
was yesterday indicted for murder in
the first degree for the killing of his
brother with Q hatchet
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct s.-Villiam
Hoezee. con his way from 200 Cher.
ry street to the bank Yesterday after
noon' had his pocket picked Of book
containing notes to the value Of 81. 100
The notes are not negotiable aud the
parties who signed them were notified
Of the loss
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
Sweeping Challenge from Ives.

New YORK, Oct. S.-Frank Ives, the
champion billiard player, has sent a
remarkable challenge to the great
French players, Vignaux, Plot and
Fournil. He offers to play them a
series Of three games, ls-inch balk line,
5000 points up, for $1,000 to $4,000
side. II any one Of them wins single
game Ives will lose the match.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

BosroN, Oct. i3.-Rev DIR, Crosby II.
Wheeler, missionary of the American
board, died at Auburndale yesterday.
In his early life he was pastor in
Maine, but In 1857 he entered the mis-
sionary service In Turkey and was To-
Gated at Harpoot, where, for 80 years,
he labored indefatigably. lie was
founder and president Of Euphrates
college, and through this institution
and in other ways he had wrought
most successfully for the good Of the
Armenians.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

FORT ScorT. Kan. Oct. 10. In the
district court here Judge Simmons sus-
tanned demurrer to the petition in
the case of County Treasurer Lowe
VS. the county commissioners, and the
case was thrown out of court 1t was
an action brought to recover $500, the
amount of the reduction of his salary
by the new salary law which went into
effect last January, and which was al.
legged to be unconstitutional
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
FLORIDA ELECTION.
Only Partial Returns in as sYet-DemOcratic
Loss Over 1902 Indicated.

Only Partial Returns in as sYet-Dem0cratic
Loss over 1892 Indicated.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. s.-The re-
urns Of the state election Tuesday
continues to come in slowly. Complete
figures had been received from only
five OF the As counties, embracing u
of the 63a election districts in the state.
These five counties gave Bloxham,
democrat, for governor. 6,o26; Gunby,
republican, l,57s, and Weeks, populist,
665. This shows democratic loss of
OIL, or IA per cent as compared with
the previous election. The effect of
the Australian system was, as antci-
pated, to keep illiterate voters and
particularly negroes, from the polls.
OF the So members OF the house of rep
resentatives, the democrats have at leas
60 and SO members OF the next senate,
including 10 holdovers, will all be
democrats,
One Unsettled Point
An old man who bore evidence OF
more work than culture, approached
representative Of free silver paper the
other day in the state library.
Can | ask you question:
Certainly"
SWELL, II we have free silver coinage,
we'll all have more money, won't we?"
"Why, yes, certainly. That's easy
to answer
swell, what l want to know" said
the old fellow, earnestly, "is whether
they will bring 1t to me or whether I'll
have to 60 after it?"-Nebraska State
Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct 9-At Mount
Junction, in Scriven county. Gus Will
liams. populist negro, struck a ticket
out OF democratic negro voters
hands The democratic negro struck
Williams and Williams fred at his as
sailant, but missed his aim and shot
and instantly killed Engineer Middle.
ton, of the Central railroad, who was
an onlooker Bystanders at once
lynched Williams and riddled his body
with bullets.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15

FoRr ScoTT, Kan, Oct. SAN eight.
year-old son OF c. Lucus, Of near Maple-
ton, while playing with two.year-old
sister, took Il loaded pistol from man.
tel and fred q bullet into her head.
The child is still alive.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
spccial Train for Watson, Too.

TOPEKA Ean.. Oct. 10 Abe Steir.
berger, secretary of the middle-of-the.
road populist committee, has received
a dispatch from Thomas E. Watson in
which he says his throat is rapidly get
ting better and that he will positively
keep all his appointments in Kansas
The central committee is arranging
for special train in which to take Mr.,
Watson over the state, He will speak
briefly ia each town through which
the train passes.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
HE MALIoNED WOMEN.
Rev. Lang, IN Evangelist, Given . Severe
Heating by Church Members.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct, s. Rev. Lang, an
evangelist, has been holding revival
at Seward, 20 miles south Of here on
the Santa Fe Last night he delivered
q sermon, and In It declared that all
women who dance are immoral A
storm broke at once, and Lang was
chased to the Santa Fe station by 50
enraged church members. At the
station he was beaten almost to jelly
by two farmers and number OF
women. subsequently he was rescued
from coat OF tar and feathers by .
Santa Fe train crew.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
TOO MUCH ROWDYlSM.
Carnival Nights WIN Probably BE Dlscon-
tinued In Kansas City Hereafter.

tinued In Kansas City Hereafter.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct, 0.-Carnival
nights are thing Of the past in Kan
sas City. After remaining at his office
in the Central police station from six
to eleven o'clock last night and hear
ing of one murder and a half hundred
assaults and rohberies, Chief of
Police Irwin came to this con-
clusion that the practices per-
mitted on carnival night are bad and
should lc abolished. He said that as
long as he was chief there would be no
more carnival nights, and hereafter all
noise would have to stop after six
o'clock D. m. OF carnival day.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
GOV. MATTHEWS CONFIDENT.
Thinks Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky VIII
Go for Bryan.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 5. s.-Matthews,
OF Indiana, has written the Richmond
State as follows regarding the political
situation in his state; II have no doubt
Of the result. Bryan will carry Indiana
by Il tremendous majority. My advices
lead me to believe that Illinois will be
for Bryan, and Ohio may be put 10 the
doubtful list. Well informed gentle.
men from Kentucky feel satisfied that
Kentucky will return to the old faith
and be In the democratic column
again"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
Fifty Thousand for Wounded Affections.

CHICAGO, Oct !. Matthew W. Berri.
man, a wealthy cigar and club man,
has been sued for breach Of promise
by Miss Ida b Loser, of this city, who
estimates the damage she is alleged to
have sustained at $4,000. Berriman,
during the worlds fair, owned a num-
Der OF cigar stands on the exposition
grounds, and over one Of these Miss
Loser presided. She and her employer
became fast friends, and she claims he
agreed to marry her.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-10-15
NEBRAsKA 1RB1aATIoNIsrS.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct l2-The
state irrigation fair has opened unofl-
cially here for week. The grounds
embrace 100 acres. Irrigation canals
aggreQating go miles in length, run
through the grounds and are supplied
with the various irrigation appliances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-21
GOLDITES FEAR
Mckinley Denounced as the
Friend of Free Silver
By Chairman John 3. Thayer at
Boston Today
IN HIS ADDRESS MADE
To the Democratic State Con-
YentiOn of Massachusetts.
Convention Endorses EX-GOy.
Russell for President.
IN HIS ADDRESS MADE

Boston. April 21.-The Democrats Of
this state today set their approval upon
Grover Cleveland. as president, and
named ex-Gov. w. a. Russell as their
choice for the nomination to be Presi-
dent CIeveIand's successor.
John r. Thayer of Worcester was
chosen permanent chairman. In his
speech he said:
"Of what avail is it to pass resOlu-
lions for the single gold standard if,
as now appears quite probable Mr. Nc
Kinley is to receive the nomination for
president The people we'll know that
Mr.. Mckinley is upon record as
white metal advocate; that he has a
long consistent and uninteI rupted rec
ord while in congress favorable to sill
yer. We do not forget that as chair
man of the committee on resolutions
of the Republican national convention
in 1888 he submitted a platform which
condemned the policy of the Demo
cratic administration in its efforts to
demonetize silver" We see him as one
of the great leaders of his party in his
commanding position as chairman of
the ways and means committee, urgent
~ supporting the silver purchase bill,
which increased the amount of silver the
even under the Bland-Allfson law"
Mr.. Thayer denounced the American
Protective association which he COM
pared to a. fungus growth that sprang
from and took root, dourished and
fructifed in the very heart of the Re
publican party. The substance Of the
money plank which the convention
adopted is is follows.
Believing that the true interests of
the people require that the earnings
of trade and the wages of labor be paid
in money that is intrinsicaIy worth
in all the markets of the world, what
it purports to be worth, we demand the
maintenance of the existing gold stand
ard Of value and that the government
shall keep all it's obligations at all
times redeemabl BILE and payable in gold;
and We oppose the free coinage of sill
yer and any further purchases of sill
yer bullion, or the coinage thereof on
government account.
We affirm the demands of our re-
cent state platform that the govern
ment shall take the initial Steps for the
Withdrawal from circulation of the le-
gal tender notes issued in time Of war
under the pledge of prompt retirement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-21
IDA ECHMANN FOUND.
Her Parents Live at CherrvdaIe, Mo.
and Send for Her.

The relatives of Ida Echmann. the
insane woman who was found wander
ing about east of town three weeks
ago, have sent for her andVbgkQjxzfiz
ago. adjudged insane and sent to the
poor farm. have sent for her and she
was this afternoon taken to her home,
Cherrydale, Mo, near Quincy. Ill
Some two weeks ago the sheriff re-
ceived a Letter and $50 from Miss T1ch-
mann's parents asking him to put the
woman in charge of the conductor OF a
passenger train and send her home.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Kerr replied that
conductors would not look after insane
people, and that some one would have
to come after her.
This morning j. w. BeviH, a friend of
the family. arrived and gave Superin-
tendent John Taylor at the poor farm
q receipt for the woman and started
back with her this afternoon.
Miss Echmann has been away from
home for six weeks She has been men
tally affected for IS years and recently
wanted to take a trip. but her parents
would not allow it. She had $50 of her
own and slipped away alone and her
relatives had no idea where she had
gone until they learned of her in Tone
ka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-21
WILL BRUSH WIN?
Chances for the Eastern Colt in
the Derby.
The Talent Regards Him as a
Certain Winner.
RAMIRO LOOKS WE'LL.
Churchill Downs Alive With
Running Horses.
Ulysses and RamirO Are Second
Choice.
RAMIRO LOOKS WE'LL.

Louisville. April D. Ben Brush will
certainly start in the Kentucky derry
The final payment has been made and
his owner. N. F. Dwyer, has notified
the secretary of the new Louisville
Jockey club that he viii bring him
here The great colt viii probably
start for Kentucky on Saturday Then
if his 3-year-old form is anything near
that shown as 2-year-Old he Will gal
lop off with the first rich stake and
the most classic event of the year
BY the talent he is commonly regard
ed as being the surest of the sure
things Many of them are willing to
place all they have on Brush at to TO
against the field. On form there is
certainly no colt which can compete
with him But there are two or three
a maiden or two that may spring as
great a surprise as McLean's colt,
Berclair did in the Memphis derby
Every day at Churchill Downs since
the warm weather began the track ana
the field are alive with horses. From
the despised httle-knOWn selling-p la-
ter to the carefully watched derby can
didates all are there and the rail birds
witness many good trial
There is one horse of decidedly q
dark color entered in the derby. This
is Ramir0 by FOnsO, out of GOldie
cad After Ben Brush ne is considered
the best of the candidates, though
Ulysses has been much talked about
The veteran turfunen who have been
Brush a hard race. and some of them
predict he viii beat the thought be
inVincible 3-year-Old. In trials he
shows well, going in 1.44 easy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-21
REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
Rocks County Convention Has a Big
Row Over DELEGATES

Stockton, April 21.-The Republican
county convention of this county met
here today to elect delegates to the
court of appeals which meets in
Oakley. the congressional CON
vention which meets at Hill City. and
the senatorial convention which meets
here.
1t was one of the hardest tonight con
ventions ever held in this county The
tight was for Ellis and Reeder dele
gates. W. 3. Ham, a candidate for
judge Of appeals had promised the
county to Reeder and in return Ham
was to get the Phillips county delega-
ton.
This incensed the Ellis men After
three hours wrangling a motion was
made allowing the chairman to select
the delegates to the various conven-
tons. This created such dissatisfac-
ton that part of the delegates left the
convention Col S. & Winchester who
has been secretary of the county com
mittee for several years. has tender
ed his resignation The delegates
were instructed for Reeder, Ham and
Shaw for state senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-21
TERRITORIAL COURT.
i'll of Representative Brodericlz
Makes Changes.

Washington. April .=Representa-
tive Broderick today introduced his
bill amending the acts providing for
courts in the Indian Territory
The new bill has a great number OF
changes from the original the Drinci-
pal one that of leaving out about one
half Of the changes which it was at
first proposed to make, and thus great
ly simplifying it. The most important
change is that which strikes out all
reference to extending the statutes Of
Arkansas over the Territory. The bill
as amended, provides for a deputy
marshal and clerk at each of the
places where court is held, and also
for the appointment of field deputies
when necessary, who viii get fees for
their work. 1t also defines the duties
of courts in the Territory. and as it's
author Mr.. Broderick. says, is the
first step toward the establishment Of
a code of laws for the proper govern
ment of the Territory,