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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

TRADE REPORT.
Failing on In the Volume Of Transactionsin
Various Lines-failures for the Week.
Npw VoRK. Nav E-BradStreet'S re-

Failing ON In the Volume Of Transa ctions In
Various Lines Failures for the Week.
New YORK, May t-Bradstreets re-
port says:
The more conspicuous features Of trade are
less satisfactory. including moderate reactions
In prices OF staples falling Of In the volume
Of transactions in various lines. continued slow
collections and less favorable conditions In the
iron, steel. cotton and some other industries
There Is less demand for staple varieties Of
iron and steel. makers reporting trouble In se-
curing specifications for contracts on hand.
Southern pig iron has secured lower rail rates
to points west Of Pittsburgh and Buffalo, all Of
which saving has been given the purchaser.
The outlook Is for the shutting down Of some
furnaces In the Pittsburgh district.
Sales OF wool have declined sharply, but re-
ceipts Of foreign have brought up the weeks
movement to fair total. Nearly years sup
ply has been imported during the first four
months Of this year.
There Is O moderate increase in the CONNER
cial death rate, there being 2A business fall
ures throughout the United States this week,
compared with 2l6 last week. 254 In the week
one year ago, 208 two years ago. l7s three years
ago, and 243 In the last week OF April, 1893
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NO OFFICE FOR HIM.
Commander Botkin, of the Kansas q. A. r.,
VIII Eschew Politics During His Otllcial


VIII Eschew Politics During His Oticial
Term.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 1.-The atten-
ton of Judge Theo BotlSin, depart
ment commander of the G, A. r., hav-
ing been called to dispatch announc-
ing movement to nominate him for
congress In the Seventh district In
1898, Judge Bottin said:
Politics has been the bano OF the G, A, h In
this state We must turn over new leaf. We
must hoist the iiag Of comradeship and get
back TO genuine old-fashoned good feeling In
our post rooms and ut our camppres We want
every old soldier In the state to wear
our badge and feel comfortable Ut
our meetings This cannot be done
when the department commander Is
shopping around trying to hide from some fool
political Office, appreciate the honor | now
have and shall try to prove worthy of It, |
also appreciate the kindness Of my political
friends, but | cannot permit the use Of
my name for any political Office while /
occupy my present position | owe and
shall give my whole energy, time md abilities
TO the service of the q. A. r. during this pres
rnt year, and | appeal to my friends not to
hamper my work by placing me In position OF
On oillce-seeker while | am trying to rekindle
interest In purely partisan order.
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CRAZED BY SPIRlTUALlSM.
Widow Of the Scientific Americans Late
Editor VIII lie Tried for Insanity.

Widow Of the Scientific Americans Late
Editor VIII lie Tried for Insanity.
New YORK, May IAN order has
been signed in the supreme court d.
recting Mrs. Harriet E. Beach, or
Rogers, widow Of Afford E. Beach, or
Rogers, editor Of the Scientific Ameri.
can, to show cause why a committee
should not be appointed to take charge
Of her and her property and why a
commission should not pass upon her
sanity. She is SO years old and has
one-third interest in her late husbands
estate of S95O,O0O. Her children allege
that she has twice been confined in
asylums because Of monomania on
spiritualism, and that she is now the
dupe of Henry R. Rogers, a medium,
who has married her in order to obtain
her money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
DEATH sELF.INFLIcTED.
Horrible Method Of Suicide Chosen by Mrs.
DechmAn, Demented Woman.

Dechman, Demented WOulhn'
KANSAS CITY, Kan, May l.-Mrs
Lena Dechman, wife OF Matthias Dech-
man, q prominent farmer living about
six miles west Of this city, arose from
her bed at an early hour yesterday
morning and cremated herself She
accomplished the horrible deed by
wrapping her body in an oil.soaked
blanket and then igniting It. She was
burned almost out Of semblance Of hui
manity when her husband and chill
dren arrived. Mrs. Dechman, who
was about As years old, had been very
respondent in the past year She
was constantly Ill, having suffered
much from dropsy. Her husband and
children feared that she would end her
life. She had threatened suicide many
times, and had made two Intellectual
attempts in the last six months. She
was being constantly watched, and
the woman evidently believed that she
would have to use some unusual means
II she would accomplish her purpose.
Thursday evening Mrs. Dechman
retired early. The other members
Of the family were all in bed
before ten o'clock They were
awakened shortly afe 10 by terrible
shrieks. An investigation disclosed
that the mother OF the household had
made good her oft-repeated threat
The woman had arisen from the bed
after the others were all asleep. She
had walked about 100 feet from the
house. She had then wrapped her
body in blanket, saturated with coal
oil, and applied match. The next
moment the wretehed woman was
literally roasting alive. Her shrieks
were terrible. Nothing could be done
to save her, and she could not have
lived three minutes The body was
burned to crisp.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
An Extra Session Probable.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 8o.-senator
Peers, Of Warrenton, who was the
democratic leader in the last senate,
was in the city yesterday. In an in
terview he said there was strong
probability that an extra session Of the
Missouri legislature would be called to
provide some way Of meeting the deficit
in the state revenues, which now
amount to $3.50, 900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Edssell Lindsay Dead.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, May Russell
Lindsay, who was shot Thursday by
an irresponsible German named vii.
liam Dietz, died at his home in this
city last evening Lindsay, who was
"a years of age, was brother-in-law
of William Allen White, the author
and newspaper man. Dietz is now
confined in the county Jail under ?
charge of murder
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
AGED WOMAN TORTURED.
Brutally Mistreated by Robbers to Make
Her Give Up Money.


Her Give Up Money.
SIsrERsvn.LE, W. Va, May Last
night Mrs Shock, an aged woman liv-
ing at Adonis, was horribly tortured
and robbed by a negro and a white
man who forced an entrance into her
house. The robbers brutally beat her
bare feet with switches, burned them
to a crisp with candles, and also burned
the hair from her head and roasted one
ear. The woman finally told where
her money was hidden and the robbers
secured $500 and escaped. The woman
will probably die.
TOPEKA, Kan, April SO.-Department
Commander Botkin of the Kansas q,
A. R., in an order issued yesterday,
fixes Saturday, May 90, as Memorial
day. The order, however, suggests
that where posts have already ar
ranged for memorial services on Mon
day, May 81, there be no changes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
THE WHISKY TAX.
Secretary Gage Wants It Reduced
and the Beer Tax Increased.
TIE TARIFF BILL KEPT SECRET.
Senator'S Not on the Committee ~ Ignorant
Of the Amendments Agreed Upon ~
the Publlc--The Measure Will
Contain Many Surprises.

WASHINGTON, May lit is very prob
able that the secretary of the treasury
will soon recommend to congress ma
terial reduction OF the internal revenue
tax on distilled spirits and an increase
on the tax on beer. The action will be
taken on the ground that the present
tax Of sl.1o per gallon is above the
revenue producing point Some days
ago Senator Cullom introduced res
olution, which was adopted, calling
upon the secretary for his views on the
subject and the commissioner OF in
ternal revenue has now in preparation
. report to the secretary covering
the facts involved. This report
will show that since the increase in
the tax on spirits from 30 cents to sl.lO
per gallon, Illicit distilling has in
creased to point almost If not quite
beyond control. This is the case par
ticularly in the mountainous districts
In the south. Recently evidence has
been ootalheo OF i's eA'ens'o'' 'n'o .n'
north, a snor' vine aso ."' .,,u da" T.
Montana, and an investigation dis
ciosea 'he iac' 'na' N.Y. y. Wa :, a,S;aIn
turea IN NeorasAa' 1n"' ~ 20 a"p =;
increasing anu eA.elu'" , a "a a s,u IL
fec'ions Internal les.n"e 1,a't ~ esa nm
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
To stamp Out Hog Cholera.

Dies MONIES, Ia, May both houses
of the legislature have passed law
asked for by James Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, authorizing the gov.
ernor to accept the rules of the depart
ment Of agriculture to stamp out hog
cholera. 1t is proposed to select one
or more counties where the disease is
worst, inspect all hogs, kill those af-
fected and keep diseased hogs out.
The federal government pays all ex.
penseS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Senator Jones Uses His Power.

WASHINGTON, April 3d. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, who holds the bal
ance of power, has joined with the
democratic members of the finance
finance committee in Directing to re-
porting the tariff bill direct to the
senate as framed by the republican
members. This move is disappoint-
ment to the republican senators in con-
-~ess and to the administration.
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to agree and Gov. VFerrall sent the
Monticello guards from Charlottesville
to the scene to avert trouble.

to agree and Gov. O'Ferrall sent the
Monticello guards from Charlottesville
to the scene to avert trouble.
spECULATED AND THEN EMBEzzLED.
CHICAGO, April S9.-Theodore Kempf,
assistant secretary Of the German
Opera House Co., is charged by FAM
Amberg, president Of the company,
with shortage in accounts Mr.. Am
berg asserts that he made the discov-
cry and upon accusing Kempf, the lat
ter broke down and confessed, but
promised to make good the loss. Mr..
Amberg estimates that the shortage
will not exceed $1,000. Speculation,
it is believed by those who knew the
circumstances, has been the cause Of
the young mans downfall.
THREE TEXAS NEGROES SHOT.
MARSHALL, Tex, April 29-Near
Harleton, Tex, masked men waylaid
and shot three negro men, killing one
and wounding two others. The one
killed at the first fire was Russell
Wright. At the inquest about two
hours later Hal Wright, who was one
of the wounded, was shot and killed.
No one will say who did the shooting
A man walked up near the crowd, shot
his pistol off twice and said, "Look out
there and opened fire on Hal Wright,
killing him at once. The other negro
who was wounded was Bob Brown.
A POLICEMAN SHOT.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, April 20. Charles
A. Ware, a patrolman, was shot and
killed by John Ferriter, an ex-convict,
who has been placed under arrest.
Ware. who was member of the po-
lice force bicycle corps, was sent to
the office of a brewing company to
ouell a disturbance led by Ferriter.
lie arrested the man after struggle
and was entering the office of the COM
pany to telephone for the patrol
wagon, when Ferriter shot him
through the brain.
RUNNING FIGHT WITH OUTLAWS.
SANTA FE. N. NJ, April 30. United
States Deputy Marshal Fred Higgins
and posse of five yesterday had a run
ming fight with Black jacks gang of
desperadoes in the mountains of west
4
ern Grant county, N. NJ, Is miles west
of Clifton, Ariz, and killed Sid Moore,
one of the desperadoes. The Others es-
eaped,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
BOOMING STANDARD OIL STOCK
A Sale Made at 800 on the Strength Of Re-
cent Enormous Dividends.

New YORK, May Ia sale of Stand
ard oil stock was made on the curb yes
terday at 800 which price is the high
est ever paid for shares of the company,
and represents rise of something like
40 points within the last few months.
Standard oil stock, which now rules at
a higher figure than any other so-called
trust shares, yields in regular dividends
IL per cent. annually. but within the
last Is months upwards Of 40 per cent.
has been paid.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

LANSING, Mich, April SO.-Gov. Pin
gree vetoed the Donovan curfew bill,
which provided for the arrest of chill
dren allowed upon the streets after
nine p. m. The governor characterizes
the act as interference by the state in
matters of purely domestic concern.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
BRIBERY INQUIRY DELAYED.


No Further Investigation Of Kansas
Charges for at Least Two Weeks.
TOPEKA, Kan. April S0.-The su-
preme court has set the hearing of the
G. Davis application for discharge
from the custody of the sergeant-at-
arms Of the bribery investigation COM
mittee for next Tuesday. Davis has
employed attorneys and announces
that he will contest the case in
good faith. 1t is not likely
that the court will reach a de-
cision until the last of next week and
the committee, therefore, its power to
act uncertain, has taken recess until
May 10 at four o'clock. Witnesses
have been notified that If the decision
is In favor Of the committee they shall
appear on the 18th at nine a. m. II
Davis be discharged by the court wit
uesses need not como.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

BIG EXPOSITION OPENED.
President Mckinley Touched the Button
Which Starts the Nashville Show.

when STARTS the NashVliie SNOW
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May Flour
thousand two hundred men were at
work yesterday putting tie finishing
touches on the Tennessee Centennial
exposition, which opened for the re-
ception of visitors this morning at
eight o'clock. The city is gaily deco
rated and every incoming train adds
to the throng Of visitors. The inaugu.
raj attendance is variously estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000. Exactly at
noon President Mckinley, seated in the
white house, touched the button which,
by electricity, set the machinery of
the exposition in motion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
nklnhoma Clty Without MAIN.

OKLAHOMA Cry, Ok, April SO.-0w.
ing to breaks in both the Choctaw and
Santa Fe roads, this place has received
no mail for the past 90 hours. Reports
from both roads are that they will re-
sumo on Sunday. The ohoctaw, from
the east is the only road running into
the city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Beware
OF the Knife.

Mr.. Lincoln Nelson, Of Marshfeld, MO-,
writes: "For six years l have been a
sufferer from a scrofulous affection OF
the glands Of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, D. C.,
Springfield, ILL.,, and St. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement. After SIX
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to a re
moval Of the gland. Atthis critical mo-
ment friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside deep-rooted preju-
dice against all patent medicines, | be-
gan It's use. Before had used one bot
tie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely gone, though lam
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had only used your S.S.S. long ago,
l would have escaped years Of misery
and saved over $Iso."
This experience is like that OF all VINO
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. S.S.S. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root OF
the disease and forces it out perriia-
nently.
SIS. Guaranteed bayrly 0egefable)
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06

Kennedy Jury Disagrees.

KANSAS Cry, No., April so.-The
fury in the case Of John +. Kennedy,
on trial for the Blue cut train robbery,
failed to agree. The jury stood eight
for conviction and four for acquittal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
To Invite MCKINLEY to utah.

SALT LAKE Cry, April So.-A dele
CATION has been chosen by Gov, Wells
and the Utah semi-centcnnial commits
sion to call upon President Mckinley
and invite him to attend the jubilee
celebration of the arrival of the Utah
pioneers. TO be held in July next.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
A Woman In tho Snnldinr Case.

CHICAGO, April2D Miss Sarah Louise
Erwin, "the woman in the case has
been sumlnonsed to appear before tho
grand jury to-day to tell what she
knows about the recent failure of the
Globe Savings bank and the disappear.
ance of the funds OF the university Of
Illinois Miss Erwin was President
SpaLdin9s private SeeretarV.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
Death Of a Brave Veteran.

LEAvENwoRrH, Kan, May 1.-The
death Of Capt. James Remington, U.
8. A.. retired, removes one Of the old
school Of the officers Of the army, and
one Of the bravest In 1878 he was sta.
toned at Fort Robinson when Crazy
Horses band made Its dash for liberty,
and through the good judgment shown
by the captain the Indians were pre-.
vented from turning loose on the two
companies Of infantry and massacring
every officer and man.
Wednesdays Baseball Games.
Western league-Kansas City IL, Min.
neapolis 8; Columbus 7, Grand Rapids
Q; Detroit 1S, indianapolis /; st. Paul
IA, Milwaukee 0.
National league-Boston 0, Philadel-
phia 5; Baltimore IS, Brooklyn 8; Pitts
burgh Q, Louisville 1; Cincinnati B.,
Cleveland 0; Chicago Q, st. Louis s.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
TIRE WHEAT OUTLOOK ANDPRICE

What is the worlds outlook OF
wheat? That is important and interest
ing. The wheat supply is, Of course,
to some extent guessed at, but the
figures perhaps approximate the truth.
Wheat in September last fetched "a
cents a bushel in New York. Last
week it was S8A-a very healthful rise
for the farmers-34 cents, say. But in
1885, in the summer, wheat brought
$1.OO per bushel. Wheat may continue
to rise because of short crops in other
lands and the awful far he in India.
The average price of wheat for the
American farmers for the year 1895
was below so cents a bushel. If they
average Is cents for 1897 they will re-
ceive, says The New York Evening
Post, a gold organ, $125, 900, 900 increase
over the price Of 1894 That will help
the farmers with extra wheat to sell
very much. But, remember, the esti-
mate is that the new radical robber
tariff tax will AXE from the peoples
pockets fully $3.50, 900, 900 more h the
Wilson tariff tax took from them.
But there is another important view.
If the increase now over the price Of
wheat in 1894 will give the farmers
an actual increase of money results of
$125, 0OO, 900, which is a gold organs
figures, INC perhaps not exaggerated,
how much would the farmers Of the
south n west-of the whole country,
rather-receive, if they received the
prices of years ago when wheat sold
high. We do not undertake to give
the figures, but the prices Of wheat
many years ago would give the farm
ers probably $500, 900, 900 increase over
what they received in 1894. We re-
joice in the fine increase, and hope
the price will continue to rise so long
as the farmers get the benefit until it
reaches $1.00 or more.
Beerbohm's Corn Trade List is au-
thority we'll understood in great COM
mercial centers. 1t gives the condition
several countries. It gives a list Of
twenty European countries, with the
wheat crop estimates from 1892 to 1897,
inclusive. It is less in 1897 than in the
five preceding years. The crop of 1891
was less by a few million bushels. 1t
says:
"Put in another way, it may be ar
gued hat If the European crop this
year does not exceed $161, $50, 900 uar-
tiers, as estimated ab-ve, Europe will
need greater assistance from America
and other non-European sources of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
RUSSIA AND

Russia has long been a most fOrmid-
able power, but never before was she
So great. In the late census 230, 900 per-
sons were employed to take it. While
Germany increases it,, is but a half
pace with Russia. Trance make no
progress in population, or but little.
The population Of Russia in 1867 vas
given at $780, GAS. Twenty years later
the estimate was IS, 6S5, 945; in 1892, 1O2,-
s89, $40; in 1890, lis, Ola, 1877. The pres
ent census gives 129, 211, 113. Her cities
are large.
st. Petersburg has 1,267, O23 inhabit-
ants. Moscow has over 600. 900 and
there are nineteen cities with over 10O,-
900 each. There are thirty-five over
$4,000 and sixty-nine under $4,000 and
more than $4,000. There is a new i'm
pulse in the direction of education, of
civilizing efforts, for the great a
of the population is rather ignorant.
Internal improvements are exercising
the intelligence of the leading men, and
the Tsar is broadening and helping in
the directions Indicated. If the growth
in p~oulation continues in the same rate
as for the past forty or fifty years, and
the efforts are successful to elevate and
enlighten the huge masses Russia will
become the mistress of Europe, and it
will take all the other combined pow
ers to deal with her and to prevent
her from overrunning and holding
what she subdues.
The news of Sunday was something
disconcerting. It was that Russia and
Germany had entered into an agree
ment hostile. to England. The EN-
peror William visited the young Tsar
and the outcome is this reported alli-
ance against England. Queen Victoria
is his grandmother, out the hot head
ed young German ruler does not believe
blood is thicker than water. If Prince
Bismarck really opposes his now it
shows that old 6 has not lassened his
judgment and wisdom. Gernany's pop
ulation is 81, S55, 900 in Russia or more
than one half of total German popula-
ton.