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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
A QUESTION OF vERAclry.
Booth Tucker Denies Statements Made BY
His Br0ther-In-LRw

HIS Brother-in-LRw
CHICAGO, April IA = Commander
Booth.Tucker, OF the Salvation army
denies the charges Of Ballington Booth
against the latter's father. He denies
that Gen. Booth objected to the prom
inence given the American flag by the
salvationists and that he declared the
time had come to stop carrying It ut
the head Of the professions. Also that
Gen. Booth declared 1t is h,t intention
to divide the United States into three
parts by north and south lines and
annex them, so far as the work OF the
Salvation army is concerned to Canada.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
REPORTED MURDER DENIED.


com AXE.
WICHITA, Kan, April IL. The story
sent out from Wellington Saturday
night concerning the alleged killing Of
Editor Branscom, of the South Haven
New Era during an alleged duel be.
tween Editor Richards, Of the Yelling
ton Mail, and Editor Simons, Of the
Caldwell News, was an absolute fake,
without single suggestion of founda-
ton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
TRAIN ROBBERS.
A Futile Attempt to Wreck IN
Iron Mountain Train.
4 BRITISH SHIP CAPSIzEO IN PORT.
The Vessel Sinks and Carries six saiIosA
Down In Tier Hold-A citizen Of
Calvin. l. r, Held Up b.
masked kobbsrs.- 49,. \

ST. Louis, April IA futile attempt
was made by five masked men to wreck
. train on the Iron Noun tain road st
Gad's Hill, switch l2O miles south ef
this city, between II and Yesterday
morning. The robbers intended 70
wreck the Texas special which leaves
here at S;l5 p. M by turning switch
st the point named but luckily an ex-
ira, consisting Of an engine and CO.
boose, arrived at Gad's Hill before the
special ran into the switch and spoiled
the game OF the outlaws As the OK
ira entered the switch FIVE heavily
armed men came from their hiding
place alongside the track and with
volley Of oaths mounted horses near by
and rode rapidly away. News was
wired to Piedmont and Mayor Phillips
was aroused and soon organized
posse to pursue the robbers. Railroad
men at other points were also tele-
graphed to and all efforts possible
have been taken to capture the band
its, who are believed to be the same
that held up the Frisco train near
Lebanon recently.
SHIP CAPslzEs IN PORT
SAN Francisco, April 10. - No
stranger disaster ever happened to q
vessel than the accident which befell
the British ship Blairmore yesterday
morning. While riding at anchor in
Mission bay the vessel was struck BY q
violent squat, which, together with
the swift food tide, threw the craft OH
her starboard side, capsizing her COM
pletely and sinking her in less than
five minutes. Fifteen seamen strug-
gled in the water. Six were confined
in the vessels hold and were probably
pinned down by the falling dunnsge
used to hold the ships ballast in place.
The imprisoned sextette never reached
the deck, as did their comrades en-
gagged with them in handling the bal
last below, and the bodies of she six
are imprisoned in the steel hull. The
Blairmore's masts lay level with the
bay bottom in seven fathoms Of water,
and not sign Of the sailors sunkem
'omo ~ visible ABOVE the waves.
ROBBED BY MASKED MEN
WICHITA, Kan, April TO- A dispatcls
was received here last night from Okla-
noma city stating that the Choctsw
IRAN mad been held up last night ~
Calvin l. t. and eoodly sum of
money stolen Later the report wss
modified, and the more recent dis.
pa,cnes saio that the train was NOS
neio up, OUT tnat II brought $5,OO0 IN
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. Ihope the day 10 not
far distant when mothers willconsider the real
interest Of their children, and uss Castorla in.
stead Of the various quack nostr'ims which are
destroying their loved ones, BY forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throsts, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR. ]. y. XMCauou,
Conway, Ark.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
vvssq1|Ean's

Il never done, and 1t Is especially wearing
ana wearisome to those whose blood 10
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus.
tain, and renew the wasting Of nerve.
muscle and tissue. 1t Is more because 81
this condition Of the blood that women
are run down,
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Than because Of the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
edy Is in building up by taking q good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
like Hoods 6arsaparilla. For the trou bles
Peculiar to Women at change Of season.
climate or life, or resulting from hard
work, nervousness, and impure blood,
Thousands have found relief and cure ii
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
Castoria.

"Castoria u an excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
Da. G. @. osoooD,
Lowell. Mass
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16

At Garnett, Kan, Elmer Stein. an
orphan boy, attempted suicide BY TAX.
ing carbolic acid.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16

Hundreds Of tons Of hay were de.
stroyed by prairie dres near Fort scot,
Kan.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
CLARA sARroN's LIGHT.
Something About the Work of This
Famous Woman.

Since the wonderful Red Cross jour
ney has been undertaken to Armenia,
loving and old friends are filled with
"reminiscences and story of Clara Bar
tons early work in our civil war. Such
friends are many at the capital.
In September, 1862, Miss Barton left
Washington for the Blue Ridge with
wagon loads of supplies for the sick and
wounded. She had already ministered
to the wounded and dying from the bat
ties of Bull Run, Cedar Mountain and
Chantilly. When she reached Burn
sides corps after days of dusty travel
ing, sleeping in her wagon at night,
she found the "two armies lying face
to face along the ridges of hills that
bounded the valley of Antietam."
She ordered her mule teams to follow
the lines of artillery, and through smoke
and fog of camp fire and the dark air
of battle began, she turned into a tall
oornfield and unloaded her supplies in
an old barn.
Confederate shot and she'll fell over
her. In the barnyard and field men
were bleeding, torn and dying. The sur
geons had used their bandages and were
binding up wounds with corn husks.
The army supplies had not yet arrived.
All day long Miss Barton worked un-
ceasingly. She fed the fainting and
dying, all the bread, dipped in wine,
that she had; moved them to the best
possible places; found in the barn
meal, flour and salt, hidden there by
the confederates.
Then began the gruel-making in old
kettles and before night Miss Barton
had 25 men at work with her. They
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04

Juggling at his boots. The boots were
very fine and the pride of his boyish
heart, having been given to him by the
dear ones at home.
'Ain't you dead Yank?" asked the
confederate, as he ceased tugging to re-
move the boots from the feet of the
wounded boy.
On being assured that Cooke was not
dead q compromise, was effected. The
confederate brought the union soldier
some water and carried him to con-
federate surgeon. In return he secured
the coveted boots.
Cooke had long convalescence, and
finally recovered sufficiently to be sent
to Andersonyille prison, where he suf-
fered, in addition to the privations OF
prison life, great pain from his wound
This suffering continued even after his
release and his discharge from the army
at the close of the war.
One day, long after the war was over
Col. Cooke, who had settled in Kansas
was seized with violent spell of sneez'
Ing. Just in the midst of it the bullet
was expelled from his nose Chicago
News. Ell
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
FIRE AND POISON.
They Are the Cause of Eight Deaths In
the City of Paris.


Paris, March 3O.-The Gothic church
of st. Sauvevre, on the Boulevard du
Marechal Valiant, at Lille, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning. The
flames spread to the hospital adjoining
the church. There was great excite
ment when it was seen that the hospi-
tai would be burned. The scenes among
the patients were terrible. Those who
were convalescent were hurriedly di-
rected to leave the building and the hos
pital attendants ard others devoted
themselves to removing those who were
not able to help themselves. The cries
of the sick were heartrending. Four of
the patients who were extremely weak
succumbed to fright and died before
they could be taken out.
Ten Sappers who had been ordered to
save the medicines in the hospital came
across what they thought was guam.
tity of schnapps. They each took a
drink and were almost instantly seized
with symptoms of poisoning. Physi-
clans at once attended them, but despite
all efforts four of the sapPers died and
the others are still suffering agonizing
pain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04

carried buckets of hot cruel from the
barn, and an old farmhouse near by,
and across fields until darkness fell over
the valley.
The porches of the house were used
for operating tables. All day long, un-
der a fierce battle, Clara Barton and the
surgeons worked over the dying men.
One of the doctors, now an old man in
the west, says: Never shall forget
the terror which seized me as looked
about for candles. The supplies had
not come. The armies had stopped
their firing. Darkness crept over the
hills and the valley! A surgeon near me
said, hurriedly: This bit of candle is
all the light we have for tonight! A
thousand suffering, dying, wounded
men! They will perish before the day
dawns.'
GOOD God!' said; what a horror!'
Just then Clara Barton came back
to her post with big bucket of Cruel
and said, cheerfully: Doctor, we must
light up; we can't work nor move about
in the dark A poor boy almost at her
feet said: Shall die alone--here-in
-the-dark%
, Miss Barton replied, joyously:
Why, doctor, 1 brought 30 lanterns
and hundreds of candles! Ilearned a
lesson at Bull Run. We had small sup
ply. 1 said after that light must be my
first thought
Both armies had lain down to rest.
The dead were moved to one side, that
the wounded might have care, and night
settled down on the dreadful scene.
The lanterns were quickly lighted and
hung in the bare old rooms, on the
porches, the fences and wagons. Can
dies were Pickering in all possible
places, and the work of surgeons, doc,
tors and helpers went steadily on all
through the night.
The boy who was so terrified by the
darkness said, as Miss Barton knelt be
side him with the lantern on her arm
.Oh, shan't die alone now! can see
you'll"
| Old soldiers love to tell the story, Rec
Cross women have often heard it, anc
the brave Christian woman of '96 il
not braver, not more an angel of mercy
than when she carried the light to the
dark valley of Antietam.-Detroit Free
| Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
One of Lincoln's Jokes.

This is brand-new Lincoln sSory,
and true, like all of this series: Presi-
dent Lincoln reached Meade station,
near Petersburg, soon after serious
battle, in which about 1000 confeder.
ates were made prisoners. Gen. Meade
was on the presidents left and Col.
George D. Rugges on his right. On
their way to headquarters they rode tc
a point where they could see the large
assemblage of prisoners. With the pris-
oners were many colored servants and
laborers. "Mr. Lincoln" said Gen.
Meade, II guess Ruggles did not over
estimate the number of men captured"
Mr. Lincoln checked his horse, deliber.
ately surveyed the field full of Gordon s
disarmed men and the contrabands and
said: "Yes, general, the number is
there in black and white. Chicago
Times-Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04

Washington, March 3l.-Gen. WeyIer
cabled to the Spanish minister Monday
that the case of young Walter G. Dygart.
who was captured near Guines February
%, is under investigation. When by
CART was captured by Spanish officers
he was wandering helplessly about in
the interior trying TO find band of i'm
surgents which he wanted to join. The
Spanish think he was led by boyish en-
thusasm, and as he had not ae-
complished his purpose they are dis
posed to release him and send him home
with warning to keep out of affairs
which. do not concern him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
MUST LIDO lime"
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Against
Chicago Ex-Bankers.

Illinois supreme Court Decides Against
Chicago Ex-Bankers.
Chicago, March 3o.-The Meadowcraft
brothers must go to the penitentiary.
Wealth, social position, the utmost eff
forts of the ablest lawyers have been at
their service for almost three years,
and the last legal expedient to save them
from the disgrace of penal garb has
been exhausted. OF all these the end
is failure. This, in effect, is the dictum
of the supreme court of Illinois.
One year ago last December jury
in the superior court found Frank r.
and Charles j. Meadowcraft, bankers.
guilty as charged in the indictment of
having received deposits when they
knew their bank was insolvent, and fixed
as the punishment for each imprison-
ment for one year at hard labor in the
state prison at Joliet, Judge Brertano,
who presided, refused new trial, and
an appeal was taken to the state su-
preme court, the court of last resort.
There the decision of the lower court
is now affirmed, and the verdict OF
guilty as charged and the sentence OF
penal servitude stand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
CAREER OF PHILIP SIDNEY POST.
nlinols Colonel who Was Distinguished
by Conspicuous Gallantry.


Illinois Colonel who Was DistIng gulshed
by Conspicuous Gallantry.
The career of Philip Sidney Post,
colonel of the Fifty-ninth Illinois vol
unteers, was distinguished by many
acts of conspicuous gallantry. He was
In the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark, and in
that engagement was severely wound
ed by musket ball. He was sent 10
the City hospital at st. Louis, and, with
careful nursing, recovered. He re-
Joined his regiment in time to partici
pate in the battle of Nashville. Maj
Cen Wood, who had been considering
the advisability of a determined as
sault on the confederates, who held
Montgomery hill, decided shortly after
noon that the opportunity was favor
able. Montgomery hill is an irregular
and cone-shaped eminence, $50 feet i'll
height. The ascent is quite abrupt
and the sides are covered with forest
trees. The enemy had inclosed the hill
Just below its crest with n strong line
of entrenchment, and embarrassed the
approach of an assaulting force Will,
an abattis and row of sharpened stakes,
This hill was the confederate army's
last advanced position. The Second
brigade of the Third division, COM
manded by Col. Post, was detailed to
make the attack.
Col. Post put himself in front of his
line and gave the word to advance.
Gen. Wood, field glass in hand, watched
the charge, his mind filled with anx-
iety for the result. This is how he de-
scribes it: "As sweeps the stiff gale
over the ocean, driving every object be-
fore it, so swept the brigade up the
wooded slope, over the enemy's en-
trenchment, and the hill was won"
Liberty gap is an opening in the
Brentwood hills, and through the
gap" runs Franklin's pike. 1t was
here that one of the great battles OF
Tennessee took place. Overton hill
was one of the most advantageous
points held by the confederates, and
the union commanders decided to at
tack and carry it by storm if possible
Posts brigade, backed up by Col
Streight's, was selected for the charge
and Maj. Goodspeed's artillery was
ordered to keep up constant fire from
the side as long as it could be done
without fear of injury to the assault
ing party. The federals had to eros
good stretch of land before reaching
the hill. They did so under terrific
fire. When they reached the ascen
they dashed forward for a last grea
effort. The confederate reserves on th'
slope sent perfect shower of shot int
the ranks of the advancing troops. The
destruction in the union ranks wa'
awful, but they continued on, undaunt
ed, until the chivalric Post was strucl
by a grape shot and his horse killed
under him.-Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
BILLIARD EXPERTS MEET.
Schaefer Defeats GARNER in the First
Game at New York.

Schsefer Defeats GARNER in the First
Game at New York.
New York, March 31.-The first game
in the series of international billiard
tournaments for a purse of $4,000 was
played Monday night in the concert hall
at Madison Square garden between AL
bert GARNER, the champion of Belgium,
and Jacob Schaefer, of Chicago.
Schaefer went out in the 3oth round,
the score standing: Schaefer, 600;
GARNER, 1877. The highest runs were:
Schaefer, rs; GARNER, 35, and the
average was: Schaefer, 20; GARNER,
1929.
When the tournament was arranged,
it was expected that there would be at
least six entries, but for some un-
expected reason only GARNER, Schaefer
and Ives were willing to accept the con-
ditions and put up $3.50 each as sweep
stakes, in addition to the added money.
Three tournaments are to be held, the
one now in progress being the first.
The otLer two will be played in Boston
and Chicago, the same conditions to rule
upon all three occasions. Each tourna-
ment will last six nights. The game is
the 1S-inch balk line, and 600 points
constitute each game.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Anson II. Strong Under Arrest for Kill
ing MIR. and Mrs. stone.


Akron, o., March 31.-The authori-
ties have theory that Anton Strong
murdered the Stone family Saturday
night. Three years ago Stone was in
strumental in sending Strong to the
penitentiary for horse stealing, and at
that time StroLg vowed vengeance on
Stone and his family. Strong was he.
leased recently, hut has not been seen
near the scene of the crime. All the in
jured except Stillson, the nephew, will
recover. Stilson's death is mo-
mentarily expected.
Strong was arrested Monday after
noon and formally charged with the
crime. The arrest took place ut Ra.
VIENNA. lie denies the charge and
claims he can prove an alibi. AT the
house of his sister, where he claims to
have spent Saturday night, an over.
coat and a pair of pants were found
that had just been washed and were
not yet dry. The sister said they got
wet in n rain last Thursday. Strong
has served two terms in the peniten'
tiary for stealing.
Strong was brought here in charge
of the officers at $3.50 o'clock p. m
Monday. A great crowd gathered
around the city prison and, although
there were no manifestations of vio
| lence, Mayor Harper ordered battery
| F, First regiment Ohio light artillery
| to remain under arms all night. Tit
| funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Stone will b'
held Wednesday morning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
CRISIS AT HAND.
Indications Point to n Meeting of Troops
and Insurgents Soon.

Key West, Fla, March 81. = [Sent
from Havana, March 2S, to avoid press
censorship. p.l-Twenty- thousand in
surgeuts under Gen. Maceo are swarm
ing over the provinces of Havana and
Pinar del Rio destroying property, rip
ping up railways and tearing down tele-
graph lines. Forty-ive thousand
Spanish soldiers are in the same terri
tory and more are coming. Gen. Maceo
is in immediate command of the center
column of rebels, with about 5000 men.
Gen. Masso is in the southern part OF
Havana province with about 5000 men
and Gen. Lacret is lowering about the
outskirts of Havana with about 5000
cavalry. The other 1000 men are di-
vided into small bands of pillagers.
The insurgents are well equipped and
have plenty of ammunition and are
capable of giving the soldiers a warm
reception. The activity noticeable.
about the palace of Gen. Weyler seems
to bear out the idea that crisis is near
at hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
LAMoNT's LETTER ON MILES.
Why He cOpposes Reviving the Rank of
Lieutenant General.

Washington, March 31.-The letter
Of Secretary Lamont to Senator Haw-
ley, chairman of the senate committee
on military affairs, disappearing the
bill to revive the rank of lieutenant
general of the army, was made public
Monday. The bill was known as in
tended to confer the rank on Gen. Miles.
The secretary says that in no instance
has an officer attained this rank until
he has successfully commanded the
whole or IA separate army in battle and
active campaign. The conclusion is
reached that whatever the merits and
promise of any officers of our peace es-
tablishment, who as yet have had no
opportunity to demonstrate their genius
and capacity as commanders of large
armies, the existing conditions do not
demand the revival of the honor at this
time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
FATAL FLAMES.
Four Deaths Result from Fire In
New York.

New YORK.
New York. March 30.-Four persons
were killed and two injured early Sun
day morning in fire ut No. 374 Huds On
street. The building is three-story
brick house used for dwelling and store
purposes. The upper two floors shell
tered four families. The dense smoke
deferred some of the tenants from de-
scending the stairways. Miss Margaret
Ryan, 60 years old, with companion,
Miss Kate Higgins, ran to window. a
fireman in ascending the ladder to
rescue the women was knocked off by
burst of flame shooting from a Sec
ond-story window, and was badly in
jured.
The women then became hysterical,
Miss Ryan leaping from the window.
She fell on the sidewalk, breaking her
back, and died on the way to the hos
pital in an ambulance. Her companion
fell out of the window and broke her leg.
The firemen could not rescue everyone
in the building owing to the immense
quantities of smoke. After the fire had
been extinguished three bodies were
found of people who had been suffo-
Gated. They were Miss Mary Mcmahon,
22 years old; Thomas Mallory, 90 years
| old, a fireman on the steamer st. Louis,
and Archibald Grogan, 35 years old
| Their bodies were not burned. The
damage amounted to $4,000, the build
ing being almost entirely destroyed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
TO FORM A BIG STEEL TRUST.
Nearly the Entire Production of the Coun-
try to Join the Combine.

Pittsburgh. Pa, March 3O.-A gigan-
tic industrial combination went through
the preliminary stage of formation and
was practically effected at Il meeting
of steel producers held in New York last
week. Another meeting will be held in
Pittsburgh son for the arrangement
of details. 1t is proposed 10 regulate
the production of steel to actual require
ments by methods similar to those used
by the rail pool. Nearly the entire pro-
tiucton of the United States was repre-
sented at the New York meeting, EN-
bracing capital of several hundred mill
lions of dollars. Among the prominent
firms present were the Carnegie Steel
company, Jones d Laughlin, Illinois
Steel company, Hainsworth Steel COM
pany, Bethlehem Steel company, John
ston Steel company and Cambria iron
works.