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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23

CovINoroS, Ca, Jan. 2O'-BlShop
Hsveood, Of the N. E church, south,
dled a his homo 10 Oxford Ca, yes.
terdsy morning at two o'clock, Of
psrslysiA Bishop W. W. Dunbar, Of
South Carolina, will preach his funeral
service Tuesday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -Ex-Congress-
man Geary, Of California, who made
existence 10 America life OF penance
for tho Chinese, is here to promote a
policy on the same lines as his Chinese
exclusion act This time the Japanese
will suffer The Pacific coast, espe.
cially San Francisco, Is enduring an
influx Of Japanese immigrants, who
are operating In different field from
their late adversaries, the Chinese, who
follow In the paths Of lower labor,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23

The psw 100000 courthouse q ~
chison. Kan, will b. erected the pre-
eut yssH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23
VICTORY FOR ANTI.SILvER,
The Selection Of Chicago Was Brought
About BY Those Who Opposed the White


The Selection Of Chicago Was Brought
About BY Those Who Opposed the White
Metal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1a-"The selec-
ton Of Chicago as the place Of holding
the democratic convention is not a
complete victory for the anti.silver
wing" said one OF the national com
mitteemen yesterday, "but IL Is salts.
factory 10 them and is a defeat to the
silver men. The fight began with the
determination on the part OF the silver
men that the convention should not 20
TO New York, and on the part Of the
gold men that 1t should not 20 to St.
Louis The gold men have the
first blood in the fight. Atthe conveil.
ton the struggle will be desperate,
The anti.siver men are determined TO
sacrifice every other consideration 70
secure the adoption Of their policy,
The silver men are equally in earnest
Men Of sober Judgment in the party
realize that the hardest work must DO
done prior to the convention to bring
the two factions together on fnan.
cial platform on which both can stand"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23

LApoRTE, Ind, Jan. 2O.-The post.
masters Of all large Indiana aitiss were
Saturday ordered by Postmaster-Gen!
eral Wilson to make monthly reports
Of gold receipts This order is promal-
gated with the evident purpose Of hold
Ing up the gold reserve from post office
receipts BY having remittance due the
government made In gold.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23
TO BOYCOTT ENGLAND.
venezuelans Conducting = fAmpaig
Aenlnat Brltish Mercantile interests.

venexuelans Conducting = campaign
Against British Mercantile InteresM
New York, Jan. 2l.-A dispatch from
Caracas, Venezuela, says Tho press
and the people of Venezuela have de-
clared commercial war against En-.
gland. The newspapers publish daily
this notice, In display type: ITO the
People; Whosoever buys English pro-
ducts increases the power Of
Great Britain For two months
from January IS the press
will give daily the names Of
Venezuelan and foreign merchants
dealing In any manner with England
or her colonies. There Is bright out.
look for American trade.
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANKS
Abstract Of their Condition ~ the Close
Of usIneas December 10.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe sbstract
OF the condition Of the Oklahoma NJ
tional banks at the close OF business
on December IS shows the average
reserve to have been a. 10 per cent,
against 4as5 per cent on September
rs; loans and discounts decreased
from sSS5,4ls to S37a,Spo; stocks and
securities, from sl42, 1896 to sllo, $50; gold
coin from s2O $50 to 8ls $50; silver dol.
lars increased from IS, 100 TO so,o72;
total specie decreased from s2s8 s7 to
s2L2l7; lawful money reserve, from
500, Ss7 to &c., 70s; individual dsposits,
from $3.50, 5aS to s817, 2ai.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-23

The c.pssur Company n Murray Street, New Ysk oisy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Daly,s Flats.

Corn planting is about wound up"
in this locality.
Hugh Larkin has been delivering
oats this week that he sold to Daly's.
The drillers are still at Mr.. Clarks
and are down about two hundred
feet.
Miss Maggie Roche is dressmaking
on the Flats this week.
DR.. Keefe planted his corn with a
checkrower the fore part of the week.
Owen McGee was q pleasant caller
at Ray Elliots last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barrett, OF
Lawler, spent a few days with their
folks here and at Cresco last week.
Jim McCarty has bought shares in
the Harmony cold storage, on the in-
stallment plan.
Bony Bill and Eric Crums entered
the fistic arena against two Harmony
pugalists two weeks ago and, "they
haven't done anything since.'
Owen Olfred purchased new
harness in Harmony last Saturday
at the auction.
We are sorry to report that Mrs,
Phelan is still unable to be around
Some of the recent love affairs have
left some of the boys on the Flats
in a shape that they want their
pictures taken. SNAPPER GARRISON
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
TELEGRAPH NOTES.

The first session of the sth annual
convention of state railroad commits
sioners was held at Washington, d. c.,
the 18th, There were about Is mem
bers present.
James Dazzle, colored, was taken
from Jail in ST. Demands parish,
Louisiana, and lynched. He was under
arrest for assaulting white woman.
Gen, Brooke, commanding the de-
partment of Dakota, has been ordered
to send troops to the Tongue River res.
ervation to preserve order and stop the
killing of cattle by the Indians
The gold standard Democrats of Illi-
nois have decided to have state CEN
trail committee of their own and to
ignore State Chairman Hinrichsen.
The M. E. Conference at Cleveland,
o., the 10th, elected c. c. McCabe a
bishop on the fifteenth ballot with a
plurality of votes. Earl Cranston
was elected the second bishop on the
10th ballot, with a plurality of 80.
A riot occurred in the city of Mexico.
the night of the 18th, arising out OF
hatred for the Spainards. The police
were telephoned for and soon Gen. Car
bellada and his adjutants arrived,
when the mob stoned them, slightly
wounding the general. The police dis
persed the mob, arresting IA.
A severe rain and wind storm that
swept over Washington, d. c. the 10Th,
caused momentary panic in the Capt.
toll.
Mrs. Otto Brede, was arrested in Gin
cinnati, o., the 10th for attempting to
bride witnesses in the Pearl Bryan
case.
Charges of grave misconduct" in is
suing warehouse receipts were filed
with the Chicago board of trade against
P. d. Armour and his sons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
SPANISH SOLDIERS, FOES.
Yellow Fever and Smallpox Getting In
Thcir Deataly Work.

Washington, May lo.-Surg. Gen.
Wayman. of the marine hospital
service, has received an official report
from DIR. Burgess, United States sani-
tary inspector at Havana, stating that
on May Is he paid one of his frequent
visits to all of the eight hospitals in
and around the city, including the mill
tary, civil and private institutions. He
ascertained that nearly all the yellow-
fever in Havana at present is among
the soldiers at the military establish
ment. During the week of his visit -
new cases of the disease developed
among the troops and five deaths oc-
CURED. On the day of his visit rainfell
for the first time in six weeks, followed
by exceedingly hot muggy weather.
I,r. Burgess declares that the effects of
these warm rains will be an increase Of
the disease both i'll Havana and along
the Trocha, where the sanitary condi-
ton is poor. Smallpox, he writes,
which has existed in Havana for more
than IS months, is again on the increase
and fears are entertained that it may
become epidemic, from 60 to rs new
cases having developed in the last
week
The United States consul at Cienfue-
gos reports to the safe department
that the smallpox epidemic is becoming
quite alarming, there being over 300
cases in the town and it's suburbs, and
the number of deaths rapidly growing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
THE PRISONERS SURRENDERED
italian Campaign In Abyssinia Considered
Ended by Gen. Baldisscra.

italian Campaign In Abyssnia Considered
Ended by Gen. Baldisscra.
Rome, May 10. : The government is
advised by Gen. Baldissera that the
Italians who We're taken prisoners by
the Abyssinians in the province of
Tigre have been surrendered by their
captors, and that Gen. Baldissera now
considers the campaign ended. Adj
graf has been disarmed and abandoned,
and the troops which occupied that
place will return Tuesday to a position
behind the frontier of Erythrea.
The party of the extreme left of the
chamber of deputies, holding that Gen.
i5aratieri, late commander in chief of
the Italian forces in Abyssinia, is an
swerable only for the purely military
acts in connection with the campaign
in Africa, have decided to propose
to the chamber that the MEM
bers of the last Crispi ministry
be arraigned before the high court to
answer for the general policy of the
campaign. The left and extreme left
are the dominant groups in the cham
Der. y committee of nine leftist dep
uties has been appointed to formulate
charges and specifications against the
late cahippt
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
BISHOPS CHOSEN.
Drs. McCabe and Cranston Honored
by Methodist Conference.
Effort Is Made to Indefinitely Postpone
the Election, But Fails-The
New Bishops.

Cleveland o., May 19.-Bishop Bow
man, the venerable senior bishop of the
Elethodist church, presided over the
general conference, probably for the
last time, Tuesday morning. This is
the 10th day of the conference. None
of the great questions to be settled by
the conference have yet been discussed
on the floor. The great questions of the
time limit, lay representation, amuse-
1nents, temperance, recognition of
Methodist Christian Endeavor societies,
foreign Episcopal residences location
Of Episcopal residences in the United
States and many other equally i'm
portant questions are yet to come up.
Rev. Charles L. Stafford, of Iowa, put
the conference in great uproar by NOV
ing that the election Of bishops be
indefinitely postponed. 81 am salts
fed" he said, that we do not need
these bishops and the vote of the last
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Chester.

Mr.. Bowder was calling on his peo-
pie last Wednesday,.
The new buildings are all progress
ing finely.
Messrs. Burgess and Hunting were
seen on orr streets one day this
week.
Mr.. Geo. Humphrey and Squire
Towne of Cresco were here yesterday
looking at horses.
MISS Nellie Brown of LIE Roy is Wis
iting her brother here.
Only one more week OF school thi'
term then long vacation until the
new school house is completed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
THEY GIVE UP.
Gold Democrats of Indiana Will Not Fight
Their Free Coinage Bret hren.

GOlO democrats OF Indiana VIII n OF ElShl
Their Free Coinage Brethren.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 19.-The lead
ing gold democrats in the state an
nounce that it has been definitely de-
cided that the party in Indiana shall
enter the free silver camp. No effort
will be made to defeat the plans of
the free silver people to put in the
state platform a plank declaring in
favor of the unlimited coinage of sill.
yer at the ratio of sixteen to one; to
send to the national convention dele
CATION that will be i'll favor of free silver,
and to nominate candidate for gov
crnor who wishes to make his cam
paign on Il free silver platform. Until
the last ten days the administration
democrats intended to make a fight.
against carrying the state into the free
silver camp, but after having talked
the subject over the leading advocates
of the gold standard have decided that
it will not be worth while for them
to resist the plans of the free silver
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22

If there was barely enough grain
in the world to feed its people, and
one half of it was totally destroyed,
the effect would be to increase the
value and the price of what remained.
Hence the dollars would measure a
less quantity of this grain. But
should one half the dollars be wiped
out by law OF otherwise the quantity
of grain remaining unchanged then
it would take more grain to buy the
dollar. The dollar appreciates precise
ly as the grain had when one half
Of it was destroyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
WHERE OUR GOLD is.
The Ru sim Government Has Lots CT II
Slowed Away

FSloNeu Away.
Washington, ID. c., May 20.-The
state department has received Il report
from United States Consul General
karel, at st. Petersburg, in relation to
the amount of American gold held by
the Russian government. The consul
general says that he has seen no less
than $50. 7G9ll5 in good United States
gold coin in the Golfers of the Russian
government. That was on the first
day of last January. The consul-gen-
eral was invited with the consuls of
other countries at st. Petersburg to
witness the transfer of a sum of so, 00O,-
600 roubles in gold from the Russian
treasury to the exchange fund for the
government bank, where it was needed
for the redemption of paper roubles.
Including in this store of gold he saw
14,37l,T56 roubles in value of United
States half eagles. While the coinage
of all the nations of the world was rep
resented in this particular pile of gold.
no other nation save Russia itself came
anywhere near the store contributed
by the United States to the Russian
golfers
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
QUEENS BIRTHDAY.
1t Is Generally Observed Throughout the
Kingdom,

1t Is Generally Observed Throughout the
Kingdom.
London, May Gothic official cele-
bration of the queens birthday which
occurs on Sunday took place today
throughout the country and the empire
in general. On the parade ground of
the horse guards there was the usual
attractive ceremony of trooping the
colors and it was witnessed by large
crowd of distinguished people, includ-
ing the prince and princess of Wales,
the duke and duchess of York,
Prince and Princess Christian of Schlcs-
wig-Holstine, the duke of Cambridge,
Prince Charles of Denmark and the
Commander-in-chief Lord Wolselcy
Her majesty was born May oath, 1919.
The attractivcness of the trooping of
the colors here, however, was marrcd
by some lively rain showers. There
were the usual queens birthday Oh
servances at all the garrison towns and
naval stations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
wiu Kepresent tho Queen.

Moscow, May 1o.-The duchess and
duke of Connaught arrived here from
st. Petersburg Tuesday. The duke will
represent his mother, Queen Victoria,
at the coronation ceremonies. Admiral
selfridge, U. S. N, whose flagship, the
United States cruiser Minneapolis, is
lying in the roads at Cronstadt, also
arrived Tuesday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
wAsHlNGToN's FATAL FIRE.
Bodies of Two Firemen Taken from tn
Ruins.

Washington, May 19.-The bodies of
Fireman Thomas Conway, of Engine
company No. 0, and Thomas A. Griffin,
of Truck B, were recovered from the
ruins of Monday nights disastrous con-
flagration about five o'clock Tuesday
morning after six hours search. The
list of fatalities was increased to four
when Fireman Joseph Munhall, of En-
CINE company No. S, died at Providence
hospital from burns received early in
the evening, before the fire had gained
full Roadway. The three other men,
bers of his company who were with him
when a flaming floor fell were resting
more comfortably Tuesday morning,
and it is believed they will all recover
except, possibly, George w. Kettler,
whose injuries are most severe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
CURIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
Empty Box Car In Middle of Freight
Train Crushed to Suliuters.


Toledo. May 19.-At Air Line juno
ton Tuesday morning as fast freight
No, 63 on the Lake Shore was pulling
ont the air hose broke, setting the front
brakes. An empty stock car in the mid
die of the train was crushed like a pa-
per box, and of seven men who were
riding in it one was killed and five
more or less severely injured. The
dead: Edward Ravens, Washington,
Ga.
Injured: Henry A. Woods, Evans
vile, Ind, right hand crushed and head
cut; Fred Williams, No. Rosewood
avenue, Cleveland, right ankle
wrenched; Frank Fablen, Aurora, Ind,
leg crushed; John Merritt, Boston, left
foot crushed; William ST. Clair, WASH
ington, left foot crushed; John +. Con-
way, Utica, n. Y, right foot injured and
badly bruised. The seventh man es-
capped injury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
FATE OF MOTHER AND BABE
Burned to Death rs a Result of Case.
line Fxolo3Ion.

Burned to Death AS Result of a Case.
line Explosion.
Columbus, o., May 19.-Mrs. Anna
Rohrenbeck and her two-year-old baby
were fatally burned Tuesday morning
by gasoline explosion. Her husband
is pressman and had gone to his
work, when with her child in her arms
Mrs. Rohrenbeck attempted to pour
some coal oil, as she thought, on the
kitchen fire. By mistake she picked up
the gasoline can. Instantly the can
exploded and mother and child were
enveloped in flames. Their clothing
was entirely burned off and their bod
les burned to crisp before neigbbors
cume to their rescue. Physicians pro.
nounce the cases hopeless. The house
caught fire, but the fire department
saved it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Michigan Bank Fails.

Edwardsburg, Mich, May 19.--Thc
Citizens bank closed its doors Monday.
At q meeting Of the stockholders Cash
ier J. l.. Kleckner confessed that he had
used more than $4,000 Of the bank's
money specializing on the Chicago
board of trade. He had also spent $751;
600 of his own money. Kleckner has
secured the bank and it will resume
business in short tine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Awarded an Estate Of 100000

kankakee, III, May lEI.-John Clarke,
an employe Of the Illinois eastern hos
pital for the insane, received word
from his solicitors in England that he
had fallen heir to an estate valued at
over 100000. Clarke and his father,
lately deceased, have been fighting for
the money, which has been in chancery
cosrt Tor fully 40 wears.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Win the Suit of OBJECTIONS.

Chicago, May 19.-Judge Tuley Tues
day morning decided in favor of the city
and the Illinois Central railroad in the
bill filed by Henry Blair and others, to
prevent the city and the Illinois Central
RAILROAD company from proceeding
with the construction of the sea wall
and the subsequent making Of the Lake
Front park. The court sustained the
demurrer Of the Illinois Central and dis
missed the bill against the city for want
of equity An appeni was taken to the
SlInreme court
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
The FortificatIon BIN.

Washington, May 19.-The fortifica-
lions bill was reported to the senate
Monday afternoon. The estimates for
1897 amounted to Ss,O45,l65. The house
bill carried $5,s45, 1877, to WHICH the sens
ate added $4,9lS,o5l, making the total
reported to the senate $l0,7G3,Sss. The
appropriation for the current fiscal year
is only $1.9O4.557-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
New Road Incornorated

Madison, Wis, May 19.-Articles Of
incorporation were filed by the Duluth
Great Western Railroad company, which
proposes to construct a railway line ia
bayfield, and Douglas counties, con-
Meeting the cities of Superior and Bay
field. The line will be about so miles
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Iron and Steel Workers Meet.

Detroit, Mich, May ,9.s~The Amalga-
mated Association of Iron aal Steel
Workers began its 2lst annual session
in Clawson hall at 10:3O o'clock Tues
day morning. About $50 delegates
were present, The session will last ten
days or two weeks. Vhe principal ques-
ton to come before the associa ton is
the western iron wage scale.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
THE MARKETS.
A Grow Disabled.

Queenstown, May 10. = The Nor
wegian Bark Sylvia, Capt. Hansen, from
Ship island, April2 for Amsterdam, has
put into this port, her crew being in
capable of working the vessel because
of illness, which is supposed to be Beri-
Reri. Three of the crew died on the
passage and others are seriously i'll.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Rage Leads to Suicide,

Creston, Ia, May ia. NJ. Sand
berg, farmer living near Stanton,
while in fit of ungovernable rage re-
sulting from quarrel with his son,
seized revolver and shot himself, dying
instantly. -. /. -.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Gatherings Renominated.

Greenville, Miss, May 19.-Gen. T. C.
Catchings was renominated for con-
gress by the democrats of the Third dis
trict. He was instructed to use his best
s6ortS for the reconciliation of silver.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Assigned,

Philadelphia, May ,9.-ThomasJ. Lit
tie, owner of the Penn knitting mills,
against whom several executions were
Issued Saturday, made an assignment
Monday to Charles Nelson. The deed
conveys the mill property and three
story tenement. George Junkin, pit
torney for one OF Mr.. Little's creditors,
said that judgments against Mr.. Little
were SO heavy that they would swallow
UP everything. The liabilities are esti-
mated at about 100000. The mill closed
dnxyn a ehnrt time arn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Guaa tor tlle Africans.

There is one firm in Birmingham put
ting out q thousand flint guns every
week for the African trade.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
One Life Lost.

Atlanta, Ga, May ia close search
of the ruins of the Markham house
block, which was swept clean by fire,
revealed the charred remains of w. L.
Zachary, a negro driver, who was asleep
in carriage in Milan d Patterson's
livery stable, which was one of the first
buildings destroyed.