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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-30
County w. G. 7. U. Convention.

The annual convention Of the W. q
T. U. will meet at Chapman August
Hip. beginning at 1880 P. m. Re
ports of all county superintendent
will be given. Mrs. Scott will be in
attendance and speak Tuesday even
ing, Aug. II. Notify Mrs. A. D.
Poor, Chapman, how many delegates
to expect from your Union. County
papers please copy
By order of president.
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Holton, Kansas, on Fire

with enthusiasm over the 0atterlng
prospects Of Campbell University Tor
next year, which will open September
|. 1896. This school is not exPen-
sive. and is owned by the faculty,
who are personally interested in
every student. Send for 're'
catalogue.
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irving to Hurry Things.

Dispatches from Topeka indicate
that the Pops and Democrats are en-
deavoring to fix things so that the
convention here next week will be a
short one. It meets at II o'clock
Wednesday and as there will be no
contest over credentials or resclu-
tons it is thought by many that II
will adjourn after the night session
on Thursday. Unless a number OF
eminent speakers are secured which
does not now seem probable, it will
be difficult to prolong the convention
beyond that time. The Pop brethren
should take things easy and not
hurry so much.
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Salt Works Change.

Special to the Reflector.
SOLOMON, July 29.-The salt works
which have been under the manage
ment of George Cowie for some time
have a new superintendent. ).
Snyder Of Springfield Ohio Mr.
Snyder is a practical salt manufact'
urer and will keep the works up to a
high standard. There is good money
in the works if properly handled and
they are a decided advantage to the
CITY.
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Advertised Letters,

The following is the list of I'M
claimed letters remaining in the Abl'
lene postoilice for the week ending
July %. 1896 Have your mail al
dressed to your box number and II
will be promptly delivered
Johnston, Miss Blanche Norris IN -,
Scott Mrs = W u,my,of, i n',s
lllsh, John "lcH' n'"o =,
One cent will be charged for al
advertised letters. ;,
Persons calling for the above will
please say advertised" giving date
B. l.. STRoTHER, I. M.
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Cheap Farms.

Low priced farming and grazing
lands in Virginia, West Virginia ana
MARYLAND, located along the Balti,
more e. Ohio Railway and convenient
to Eastern markets, can be purchased
on easy terms. ~.
For special list published in the
B. 4 0. Field, sent free Of charge
write to S. P. Kretzer, Land and I'M n
migration Agent B. & 0. R. r. Phil
adelphia, Pa.
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Salina Is Coming.
days

The Salina boys have at last mus
tered courage to play ball with ABB
lene and are coming next week. They
will play Tuesday and Wednesday
Emporia will play here Thursday
Friday and Saturday.
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Coming Political Events.

populst State convention Abilene aug
ust 9Th.
nemocratIc state convention at lluicbln-
son August 4,
RepubIican State convention, Topeka, Aug
ust H.
Republlcan county convention, August l.
Republican appellate convention, Junction
City, Aug IS,
populist appellate convention, concordla
July2 ,
ponnlIst congressional convention, juno
ton City, JuIy2
populst senatorial convention, Abilene
August 4.
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No Trace Of Thieves.

A few nights ago Alb Dillon living
on West Sixth had two sets OF harness
stolen and a still hunt has been in
progress for the thieves Sheriff
Robson went to Detroit on clew to-
day but found nothing.
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Shifting Soil.

Real Estate Transfers Reported by George
Merrill. Abstracter.l
Geo W Berkeley to The Aetna Loan
Co 81 of 1t 6 Blk 10 in sub division
Of east Enterprise, $500.
Peter Jackson to James S Gilbert
nwi and nj Of mel 25-1S-S and sci
1884, 81.
Charles Hilscher to William Witt 50 oil
1t IS in 1913, 500.
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T. c. Henry's letter concerning his
business yentures-both because IT
wishes to be absolutely fair to him
and all opponents and because it IN
itself is a refutation Of the argument
he has advanced for the adoption OF
free coinage. A careful reading OF
Mr. Henry's letter shows that the hE-
FLEcroR was not far out OF the way
in its remarks. 1t makes little dill
ference whether he sunk all his IN
yestment in the Circle railway by
litigation or otherwise-thc fact re-
mains that he lost it and depreciation
of values had nothing to do with it,
Irrigation is an admirable thing to
support but Mr.. Henry has not sue
ceeded in it. Depreciation in values
did not affect Mr.. Henry. Al the
time when he took his financial down
fall Colorado and its securities were
at their highest point. Everything
he had touched had increased in value
and it was only because Of his VIDE
ambition that he failed-the ignls
fatuus Of great wealth that he has fol-
lowed through life. His plan OF pur'
chasing $500, 900 property and pay
ing but fifth Of the purchase price
trusting to his sale of the equity tt
make him whole has ruined him. IN
terest charges and bad Judgment a
time have defeated his AIMS That II
what he has to blame-not the iinan
cial system. No man has less reasol
to claim such injury than he. Whel
he does 50 he endeavors to make TIN
government responsible for his owl
course and his own chasing OF an un
realized vision.
Mr.. Henry says he purchased gu
acres of land on his arrival in Abilene
It has generally been understood her
that he did so as agent Of a railwa
company and it was not an uncom
mon remark Of Mr. Henry that he be
gan life here blowing with oxen o
tbe bottomlands near Abilene. Eve
supposing he did buy $4,000 worth c
land, as it was valued then, this Dor
little relation to the half million h
: took away and which he sunk durin
the most prosperous times colorad
ever saw-and his intimation that :
was a philanthropist in his lnveS
ments will not be generally receive
without smile Of incredulity.
! We have no quarrel with Mr. Hem
: for favoring free silver-it is natur
that resident Of great silver pr
. ducing state should do so--but v
| wish to emphasize the fact that be hi
B in his illustrations and argument be'
y altogether wrOng-that it is hlms'
s he should blame, not the goyernme
: or the financial system.
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| am prepared to pay the highest
market price for grain at the Rock
Island elevator. 4. L. ELLISON
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Announcements
DISTRICT CLERK.

thereby announce myself as candidate
for clerk Of the district court OF p'ckihso"
county, subject to to the action OF the me-
pupiicah oon ''"''o GEO. H. SMITH
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I hereby announce myself as candidate
for probate Judge Of Dickinson county. Nan
sas, subject to the action Of the Republican
,.,on ]. G. ROVER
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CYCLONE IN ARKANSAS.
Many People Injured and Much Prop
erty DESTROYED.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.). Oct. 3J.-Re.
ports of a terrible cyclone which passed
through the east part of jefferson
County last evening reached this city
to-day. The full extent of the storm
cannot be ascertained, but it is known
20 have been quite extensive
A short time previous a heavy wind
storm passed over Ashley County, de-
laying trains near Portland. Several
houses were over the track 1t is
thought to have been only an earlier
manifestation of the storm which
struck with intensified fury near Sher-
rill at 11:45 o'clock yesterday morning,
sweeping within 800 yards Of Sheriff.,
a small station on the Altheimer
branch, passing from south to north
It's path was 800 yards wide in some
places and 600 in others. Nothing
stood before it. Houses, fences, stock
and forestry were carried along in its
terrible vortex. The maddening rush
of the wind struck terror to the hearts
of the ill-prepared people. Valuable
cattle were killed in the Quattlebaum
place. Two houses were completely
scattered and not one log was left upon
another to show where they had been.
A colored child 8 years old was after
ward rescued from the debris with
three ribs broken. One large log house
containing six persons was also scat
tered, but the occupants miraculously
escaped DEATH One of the logs in the
house was blown half a mile and
driven end first into the ground to a
depth of five feet Fifteen or more
persons, most of them negroes, were
more or less injured.
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Tries to Kill His Family, and Then
Cuts His Throat.
Jefferson County, Arkansas, Visited
by a Cyclone, the Force of Which
Was So Great That Nothing Could
Stand Before. tiffany People In
jured and rluch Property De-
StrOyed
strOyed.

DETROIT (Mich.), Oct. 30.-An at
tempted murder and suicide this morn
ing led 70 the discovery Of a pitiable
case of deStitution and misery. Martin
Lubinski, a native of Poland, lives here
With his wife and two children. He is
a cripple and unable TO contribute any
thing to the support of the family.
His wife has gone out to work and
until recently was able to earn enough
money TO enable them to live. Recent
ly, however, she lost her work and there
was absolutely no income The family
had been so poor for a long time that
they had nothing to sell or pawn. and
fer the past week they have been on
the verge of starvation.
Hunger and despair seemed to have
affected Lubinsk's mind. and he de-
cided that 1t was better that all should
die than that they should live on in
misery. Early this morning while his
wife and children We're still in bed he
arose and prepared for his murderous
work.
The first his wife knew of his inten-
tionS was when she found him stand
ing over her with a keen knife in his
hand. She was not as anxious to give
UP the struggle as was her husband.
and made an effort to get at the two
children.
The frantic woman succeeded in head
ing him off again. She was physically
greatly his superior and he seemed to
realize that fact and abandoned his at
tempt to Kill her. Suddenly, before she
realized what he intended to do, he
drew the knife across his own throat
cutting a deep cash from which the
blood spurted in thick stream He
stood for moment and then fell to
the ground.
His wife at once went to his assist
alce. She called for help and did what
she could to stop the flow of blood She
succeeded so we'll that the doctors now
say that Lubinski will probably recov-
er. Charitable people in the city have
already interested themselves in the
case and will see that the family is
supported.
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and Madison was reached at $50

and Madison was reached at $50
O'Clock
The usual throng Of enthusiastic sill
verites did not greet Mr.. Bryan on his
arrival in Madison tonight A couple
of hundred people only were at the
Northwestern station when his train
came in, and the brass bands and
merching clubs did not get there until
after Mr. Bryan had started out for the
big building known as the Gymnasium,
where his first speech was made. A
gaily decorated open carriage drawn
by four horses proceeded leisurely to
the depot to meet the candidate, and
IN doing so passed a modest looking
closed hack. Mr.. Bryan was in the
hack. 1t all came about through a
change in his plans, and the failure of
those in charge of the candidates spe-
cial to notify the local committee. Mr..
Bryan was scheduled to arrive at
o'clock. During the day it was ascer-
tanned that he could not make connec-
tons to enable him to keep his Iowa
engagements tomorrow unless he left
Madison at $50 tonight. The train
was accordingly run ahead of time,
and reached here at $50 o'clock.
The meetings addressed by Mr.. Bryan
were held indoors, for the night was
chilly and cold. He cut his speeches
short, and was able to leave at S:30
over the Illinois Central to carry out
his Iowa programme. In the Gymnasi-
um a large audience that crowded the
spacious hall to the doors heard him.
His second speech was made to anoth-
er large crowd in the Assembly Cham
ber of the State Capitol
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CLAIMS MADE BY DEMOCRATS.
CHAIRMAN DANFORTH'S FIGURE
ON THE RESULT.
Says New York is Sure for BRYAN,
and That He Will Get at Least
20S Electoral Votes.

! NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Chairman
panforth of the Democratic State Com
m;ttee has issued the following State
nent: From the dispatches and let
ters / have received, and from the latest
estimates, 1 am positive that Bryan will
be elected and that we shall also elect
our State ticket. / consider the follow
ms States are safe for Bryan:
| First of all the solid South, Alabama
II votes, Arkansas 8. Louisiana S, Mis-
souri, II, Tennessee II, North Carolina
II, South Carolina 8, Georgia 13, Flor
Texas -, Mississippi 8, Maryland 8.
| Kentucky 13. That makes for the
South 156 votes which are certain for
| Bryan. Let us then take up the States
which are pledged to vote for silver:
Colorado 4 votes. Nevada 3, Montana
3, Idaho 4. Utah 3, Wyoming 3, Cali
| fornia ., Oregon 4, North Dakota 3,
South Dakota 4, Nebraska 3. Kansas
| 10, Washington 4. This group numbers
| p votes. Here we have already IA
votes for Bryan without taking into ac-
count the East or middle West / have
| positive assurance that we shall carry
Illinois, "A votes, Indiana 10 and Min
resota 9. Here are 43 more votes
Michigan is very probably for Bryan,
and it has IA votes. The same may be
said of Iowa, 13 votes.
There are other Western States
which may be considered doubtful, but
| will not speak of them just now.
Then when we come East we find
New York solid for Bryan with its &c
votes. We can thus figure on a secure
| basis. without Michigan or Iowa, o9S
votes for Bryan. or "A to spare
| Now, these estimates are based up
on the most reliable reports and care
ful estimates. I have departed from
Chairman Campau's figures only by
taking Michigan and Iowa out of the
sure column. He may be better in
| formed as to the actual situation in
these two States than / am, but / am
making the most conservative estimate
| possible. There can be no doubt as to
The accuracy of these estimates. I have
| received reports from all parts of the
State which convince me that there can
| -" no doubt as to Bryan's majority il
New York. There will be some unpre-
cedented changes in Republican strong
holds up the State. The Bryan and
| Sewall clubs, large proportion Of
| which are composed of former Republi-
cans. are doing marvellous work.
They are not content with working
in their own district, but they send
their speakers abroad, winning thou
sands of votes in other counties. The
young men who form the principal
young men who form the principal
element of these clubs have gone into
TIE campaign heart and soul.
I'm some of the clubs the members
are all young men who cast their first
| vote this year.
| with the young men, the working
rlen, the farmers and all advocates of
honest government on our side and ac-
tive in their aid we are bound to win a
glorious victory. The Greater New
York viii roll up an enormous majority
tc the national and State tickets / feel
confident that new era of confidence,
enterprise and prosperity will be in
augurated under the Administration of
President William Jennings Bryan"
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Much confusion ensued, but no one was
injured
CHAIRMAN HANNA
Addresses a Meeting of q Commercial
Democratic Mckinley Club.

CHICAGO. Oct. 30.-Chairman Mark
A. Hanna spoke to-day at the noon
meeting of the Commercial Democratic
Mckinley Club, and was received with
great enthusiasm. Among other things
he said:
Il am happy because / am prepared to
congratulate you upon this victory al
ready assured. The part l have taken
in this campaign was but little. 1t is
you and the citizens who love their
country who have made the victory GER
tain. l wish to say that when 1 return
to my home in Cleveland and hear the
shouts Of victory from the sound money
hosts in this city over the long-distance
telephone, will shout with YOU"
Among the other speakers We're Chair
man Hahn and Perry Heath. Mr.. Hahn
said that he looked for majority of
100 900 votes from the citizens of Chi
ca go for Mckinley
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PALMER AND BUCKNER.
They Speak to Large Audiences i'm
rlissOuri Towns.

ST LOUIS, Oct. 30.-The Palmer
Buckner special trainarrfved this morn
ing at o'clock. Stops We're made at va
rious points between Hannibal and Sc
dalia. Large crowds assembled at each
station. The greeting was at several
points wanting in proper respect, and
cheers for Bryan We're given every
where. At Paris a soldier who had
served under Buckner at Donaldsonville
shook hands with his old General, say
ing: Il surrendered under you once,
General, but 1 won't do it again."
AT Fayetteville the shouts for free sill
yer were SO furious and long continued
that attempts to speak were abandoned.
A large crowd assembled at Jefferson
City at 3 O'Clock this afternoon, where
the principal stop of the day was made.
Special trains from outlying towns
brought in many people. Both Generals
meet again in ST. Louis tomorrow
morning. General Palmer speaks at
Music Hall in the evening. while General
Buckner goes to Louisville.
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Responding to the addresses, Major
Mckinley made the principal speech Of
the day. He said:
Il am glad to be assured by your
spokesman that in the contest of this
year In which the Nations honor and
the public integrity are involved, the
college men, not only of the East but
OF the West, teachers and pupils alike,
are with us in heart and purpose.
Know, young gentlemen, you are ear
rest Republicans and appreciate most
highly your support Of the Republican
cause. If you were not Republicans
from conviction, however, and were
guided alone by enthusiastic ardor,
would say to you, in the words Of Web
ster: Study the Constitution of the
United States thoroughly; contrast its
teachings with the doctrines of the pc
Etical parties of the day and vote with
the one you then believe will do the
r2ost for your country The Republi
can party can well afford to submit to
that test. 1t never has shrunk from
the severest test of the past, and has
never suffered thereby. But in the
alignment Of parties to-day and in the
vital questions at issue between Them
it especially and cheerfully invites COM
rarison and contrast 1t has no aim
but the public good and the honor of
the American name and confidently
submits it's contention not to class %
section, but to the whole American
people,
Mr. Depew was introduced again by
Major Mckinley, and he addressed
some remarks to the students.
Major Mckinley drove to the station
with Messrs. Depew, George w. Small
ley, correspondent of the London
Times" and Myron E. Herlick of
Cleveland, who accompanied him, re-
turning in time to address several
thousand school children. Haskell
Rooms, aged 13, introduced Robert
Jeannero, aged -, who spoke for The
primary and intermediate departments,
and William jain, who spoke for the
high school pupils.
Major Mckinley addressed the chill
dren.
Chauncey M. Depew will speak at
Cincinnati Saturday night. Starting
fro m Cleveland at 7:3O in the morning
he will make short speeches at Well
ington, Crestline, Gallon, Delaware,
Columbus, London, Springfield, Dayton
and MiddletoWn
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EXCITEMENT AT ODESSA.
Caused by the nobilizing Nf the Rus
sian Army.

LONDON, Oct. 30.-The Times to-
morrow will print a dispatch from
Odessa stating that excitement has been
caused there by the sudden mobiliZing
of the reserves of Ismial and Danube
regiments of the Russian army, which
were inspector Friday by the Com
mander- Chief of South Russia.
The dispatch also states that the town
bank of Odessa has contracted to sup
ply the Turkish Government with
100000 cavalry horses.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
News" says Importance is attached to
the reported imminent departure of the
Russian ambassador to st. Peters
burg,
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Watson Out of the Race.

SANDERSVILLE (Ga), Oct. 80
Thomas Watson spoke here to-day to a
full Courthouse, many Populists hav-
ing assembled. His speech was devoted
to a running account Of Democratic
deeds from his standpoint and an attack
on the Wilson bill and it's sugar feature
He said he had not been treated fairly
in the matter Of fusion, was out of the
race so far as Georgia is concerned, and
told his followers to take their choice Of
Bryan and Sewall or Mckinley and Ho-
bart, or refrain from voting.
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River Steamboat Sunk.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 3O.-The steam
boat Courier, plying between Maysville
and this city, ran into pier of the
Louisville and Nashville bridge at
o'clock tonight and sank to her boiler
deck. There were twenty passengers
and crew of thirty men on board, all
of whom were rescued. Part of the
cargo was also saved. The boat is val
ued at about SIG, 900, and will be raised.
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FILIBUSTER DAUNTLESS.
She May be Sunk if She Attempts to
Sail

ATLANTA, Oct. 30.--A special to the
Journal from Ferdinanda, Fla. says:
Captain Lomm of the filihuster
Dauntless, now lying under the guns Of
the revenue cutter Window, says he is
going to Jacksonville tomorrow. Cap
tain Hand of the Window says he will
sink the tug if she moves. Lomm says:
.All right. Get ready your small boats
to pick up my men, for shall certainly
make the attempt"
The record-union., 1896-10-31
Treasury Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The treas
ury gold reserve at the close Of business
to-day stood at Sill 800 $50. The with
drawals at New York were S92 800.
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Steamship Sunk in Collision.

HAMBURG, Oct 30.-The German
steamship Cordelia from Guatemala via
Montevideo was sunk in the harbor here
to-day by a collision with the sailing
vessel Aetna.