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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Our "Inconspicuous" Congressman.

Congressman Vincent makes no attempt to
be sensational or conspicuous either at home
or In Washington.-[C Center Dispatch,
Pop)
II there is one thing more than any
other that we admire in mankind it Is
q becoming and suitable modesty. OF
this very excellent trait we are glad
to see that Mr.. Vincent has generous
equipment. Not only has be refrain
ed from sensationalism but be has
made all his letters, speeches and doc
umentary evidences Of his existence
so long and dreary that no one has
read them. But it is along the line
Of being 'inconspicuous" that his
transcendent genius shines with
charming refulgence. We do not at
this time recall a congressman from
Kansas who has been so absolutely
and consistently ''inconspicuous' as
he and we are glad to have the assur-
ance Of bis own paper that he recog-
nizes this quality Of his public service.
Both at home and abroad even the
most eager and painstaking searcher
would have difficulty in discovering
with double refracting microscope
any evidence Of his work either at
home or in congress for his constitu-
ents. He has carried his "inconspic-
uous" attitude to completeness that
almost amounts to total disappear
ance 1t is however safe to say that
even this model Of modesty will be
still more 'inconspicuous" after next
November. The Fifth district will
aid him in periecting his character in
this particular.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Statistics compiled by Assistant
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
j. w. Amis show that the men teach
ers of the State are being rapidly
crowded out by the women. In 1887
there were 4,427 male and 6,O2S fe-
male teachers. In 1897 there were
4,lSS male and 7,4S3 female teachers,
a decrease Of 1874 in the number of
male teachers and an increase of
1,4l0 in the number Of female teach
ers. Only one county, Sedgwick,
shows as many male teachers as fe-
male. 1t has III male and SO female
teachers. Sumner county has ITO
male teachers to 1877 female.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

A very pertinent and appropriate
remark from the Topeka Mail is this.
A correspondent asks why with all
our blowing about Kansas creameries,
Kansas doesn't turn out an article Of
cheese that ranks with the New York
article. We must say in reply that
we are not prepared to state that no
Kansas cheesery can get up as good
an article as the Herkimer full cream
cheese, for instance, but we regret to
own up that we have never yet
thrown our lip over any Kansas
cheese that seemed to trot in the
same class as the Herkimer cheese.
1t makes us a trihe hot to be obliged
to acknowledge. 1t seems like
an unnecessary condition. Kansas
butter has knocked the persimmons
in the markets Of England. Queen
Victoria, as we understand, directs
her hired girl to bring nothing but
Kansas butter to the royal table on
penalty Of losing her job. II Kansas
butter leads the procession, why
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

take up arms as they have taken up
calm, deliberate, determined judg-
ment in considering the awful dis
aster to the Maine; and they never
will lay them down till the righteous
ness of their cause has triumphed
over every force that disputes it.
The mind that thinks the people Of
this country are Indifferent to nation
al honor or careless Of national shame
is dead to sane perception or wrecked
with excess Of depravity. They wait
only and always till they are right.
and then no earthly power can stop
them from going ahead. New York
Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

An entirely new and remarkable
phase Of Walter A. Wyckoff's expert
ences day-laborer is begun in the
March Scribner's with 1.-The Workers
The West" A certain idyllic quail.
ity was never far distant from even
his most sordid experiences in the
rural regions, which made the first
division Of this narrative the most
tslked.of serial feature OF the year.
But in this new experiment he plunges
into the "heart Of congested labor
market"--Chicago, before the Worlds
Fair. He does not believe that we
are on the eve Of "Social Revolu-
tion," and this narrative will be the
best answer to alarmists. II Is not
an economic discussion, however, but
an absorbing-oiten dramatic and
pathetic-accoun Of actual people
and experiences. These are facts Of
Me presented with amazing literary
skill.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Before he was Of age, Mr.. Seaton
worked as a journeyman in St. Louis.
At %, he established foundry works
at Alton, ILL.,, when he had but $3.50
he could call his own, but he prosper
ed, and had fifty men in his employ
whep he removed to Atchison in 1872.
Mr. Seaton was captain Of company
B in the Twenty.second Illinois in
iantry, and was under Grant when he
fought his first battle at Belmont.
Captain Seaton was In command OF
skirmish line that opened that en-
gagement, and still has in his posses
sion a letter from General Grant CON-
mending him for the efficient manner
in which he did it..
Mr.. Seaton's foundry gives employ
ment to two hundred men, and does
work all over the West. The six
ioundries in Kansas City put together
are not as large as John Seaton's in
Atchison, and St. Joe gives him a
large amount Of work. For eighteen
years he carried a dinner bucket, and
worked with the men, although he
now owns a summer house on the sea
shore at Orient, Long Island.
Mr.. Seaton has been in business
since 1856, and during all that time
has never failed to pay his bills at
maturity. His business now amounts
to a quarter Of million annually.
His works cover an area OF 700x4OO
feet and in addition togiving employ
ment to 200 men, Mr.. Seaton is use
full man in other ways. 1t was to his
enterprise and liberality that Atchison
owes its present handsome theater.
He celebrated his 6Oth birthday re-
Gently, but he is still as active and
strong as he ever was. He has q
larger income than any other citizen
Of Atchison, and probably works hard
now because he formed the habit early
in life, and would not be satisfied with
idleness.
He has been in the legislature five
times and is strong political force in
Republican ranks Of the First district.
He would make vigorous campaign
and as a governor would make a level
headed businesslike executive.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

OF all the eiopements ever recorded
in Kansas the oldest one Is reported
from Independence, says the Kansas
City Journal, where A. j. Hagerman,
aged SO, and Elizabeth Mooney, aged
70, fled their homes in the dark watches
Of the night and were secretly married.
The wedding had been arranged for a
month ago, but the relatives Of both
the bride and bridegroom found 1t out
and kept them apart. Finally Mr.. Hag-
erman went away from town ostensibly
upon a visit to friends at distance and
the watchfulness Of the two families
became relaxed. But he did not 60 far,
and when darkness came he returned to
Independence. When the family had
retired Mrs. Mooney made her escape
from the house, Joined her aged lover,
and the pair fastened away to justice
of the peace, who performed the cere
mOny.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The new barn recently completed for
Col. Blees, Macon's millionaire, IL ono
Of the most expensive buildings in north
Missouri, reports Kansas City e1-
change, and undoubtedly the finest
barn in the state outside the largest
cities. More than 10000 feet Of the best
lumber that could be procured was used
In it's construction. The roof required
$1,000 shingles, and more than $4,000
feet of ceiling lumber and nearly 10000
feet of Notwithstanding were used.
The inside is finished with hard pine
and is oiled and vanished, the floor
space is nearly all covered with gran
itoid pavement, and the entire building
is heated with steam and supplied with
all modern conveniences-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03


The movement Of tine Atchison
Globe to raise fund for the erection
Of a monument to the memory Of the
late Gov. John A. Martin is one Of the
most sensible and worthy efforts UNI
dertaken by any Kansas paper. 1t is
entirely fitting that Kansas should
suitably honor the memory Of Gov.
Martin in this manner and 1t is cred
liable to the people Of the State that
the Globes undertaking Is being so
heartily endorsed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

There is good old story of general
whose death was announced in news
paper by mistake--a circumstance
which annoyed him very much. He
called on the editor and demanded that
a contradiction should be inserted in
the next issue. That, general" was
the editors reply. "is quite out of the
question. We never apologize and we
never withdraw statement: but tell
you what Wen do for you. Well put
ron in the Births next week"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

A man in Alaska who expects to
spend the winter in tent before at
tempting the Chilkoot pass writes un-
der date Of November 10: ~ am living
In Bounce duck tent measuring Sx10
feet. 1t was pretty cold last night, yet
l never slept more comfortably in my
life, and l expect to keep warm in .
tent when the temperature gets down
much below zero. We have stove and
plenty Of wood to burn and plenty of
time to cut II. Besides, we have our tent
banked up with spruce boughs and
plenty Of timber between us and the
wind" The construction companies
offer 50 day for labor, but this cor.
respondent says 1t il cheaper to do
nothing, saving the clothing and keep
ing down the appetite. It would also
have paid better 70 winter al homa.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Lesvenworth Times: The ringing
Of lire bells, emblematic Of alarm and
calamity, greeted Mr.. Bryan upon his
arrival in Leavenworth. The many
factory whistles representing labor
and industry were silent as the grave.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

A good old preacher down in Indiana
was little bit confused over his an
nouncement: Remember our quarterly
meeting next Sunday. The Lord will be
with Us during the morning service, and
the presiding elder IN the evening"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

shouldn't Kansas cheeseP II it doesn't
it isn't the fault Of the Kansas COW. It
is the fault Of the people who make
the cheese. We are ready to hear ex-
plantations from the people who are
making cheese.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Every cattleman in the State should
be interested in the meeting Of the
State association here March 1928.
The indications are that the crowd
will be as large as the town can en-
TARTAN.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The county loses a most estimable
citizen in the death Of Representative
Bennett. He was one Of the men to
whom the people could pin their faith,
firm in the belief that they would
never DO betrayed. He made a good
record as legislator and was a citi-
rem with the fullest confidence Of all
who knew him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Mr.. Bryan thinks the United States
can whip Spain easily. 1t is, how
ever, understood that William will
not himself volunteer to 20 to the
front unless guaranteed one half the
rate receipts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

An English writer describes how
sham antiquities are made. A Pom.
peiian tile selling for two dollars is
evolved from medicine bottle costing
less than penny. and steel files are
melted and hammered into Venetian
daggers. The final operation is to
sprinkle them with nitric acid to give
IN ancient appearance.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

A condemned murderer in Jail at
Pittsburgh, Pa, was reading the Bible
the other day, when the sheriff told him
that his execution was to be postponed
He at once threw the Bible down and lii
a cigarette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The people Of Marysville are indig-
nant about the stories told in Harper's
Weekly about that town by Franklin
Matthews. They say the tales are
base fabrications.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Billy Edwards says that he is will
Ing to run for governor on any plat
form the Republican party may make.
It IL believed that Mr.. Edwards Is not
alone in this patriotic attitude Of
~atod
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The Rock Island will doubtless feel
. great relief now that Mr.. Little has
lst up on bis suit for damages, rights
u way, etc.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

II Jim McNaspy can expiate mat
tors by serving term Of three years
II will be cheap radiance Of multi
plied troubles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

Surprising Abilene distinguishes
itself this year by having a spring
election without getting madP
Wouldn't 1t be a good thingp
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

The revival meetings are on their
third week and the interest is grow
Ing. The field was ripe for harvest.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

1t reported that Stanley Of Wich-
ita will swap governorship for asso-
ciate justice when the time comes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1898.

Ed Little puts j. R. Burton in the
list Of Kansas great orators. OF
course.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

II costs about $1,000 to hold the
grand lodge Of the A. 0. U. W. 1t Is
too much money to spend every year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
Why Not Have War?

lfpot with Spain what's to prevent an interesting
and lively time in the Shoe trade at Abilene? This
is why not" Because W. W. DAVIS BLUE
FRONT SHOE STORE has stock of ).
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03
FOOTWEAR

larger than any other two stocks in the county and
it is so large so complete and Of such fine quality
that competition does not deem it wise to enter
the lists for business with him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-03

JUST RECEIVED:
Our splendid spring stock of fine Shoes
for Men, Ladies. Misses and Children.
For THE LADIES':
We carry a superb line of Eddy g. Web
sters and Zeigler Bros. fine Shoes and Ok
fOrds in blacks and tans, latest styles and
shapes and the best that can be produced for
the money
For MEMS WEAR:
We are showing hobby line of Hatha-
way, SeWe & Herington's and Lewis g.
Crosset's finest productions in black and
tan.
For MISSES AND CHILDREN:
We have Zieger Bros. goods in grades.
that are superfne and not to be equaled in
the city, We also have fine stock of heavy
goods for Men and Women, the kind you
need for hard knocks, and few, just few,
|cheap and shoddy goods made especially to
inject that kind of competition, but we tell you
what they really are when we sell them.
WAs for prices, they are always right
and can't be otherwise.
w. W. DAVIS,
Blue Front Shoe Store, Abilene. Kansas.
The record-union., 1898-08-14
AMBASSADOR HAY.
Said That He Will Succeed Day as
Secretary of State.

WASHINGTON, August 13.-It seems
to be settled that ambassador Hay is
to succeed Secretary Day when the lat
ter becomes chairman of the peace com
mission. The authority for the state
ment is unofficial, but from a source
which shows that such is the deter
mination Of the President at present
The indications are that Secretary
Days resignation from the State De-
pertinent Will be in and accepted within
a week. 1t is understood that the Pres
ident contemplates the appointment Of
Secretary Day to a Circuit Judgeship
after the work of the commission is
completed. A bill is pending in Con-
sress for the appointment of an addi-
tional Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
which includes Michigan, Ohio and
Kentucky The district is so large that
il overtaxes one Judge, and it is under
stood that the appointment of another
Judge will be authorized soon after the
meeting of Congress, and that the new
position is to go to Judge Day 1t is
said, though, to be possible that Judge
Taft. the present Judge of the circuit.
may retire, and in that event Mr.. Day
Will be appointed without waiting for
action by Congress
The record-union., 1898-08-14
RUSSIA HOLDS TOP HAND.
Granted Any Favor She Nav Ask
of Chinese Government.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-A special from
Shanghai received here to-day saws:
The China Gazette" states that the
Russian Government holds Ii Hung
Chang's promise, made during his visit
TO 81. Petersburg, that China would
place the !mperial customs under Rus
sian control whenever the interests Of
the two countries demanded the change.
Ii Hung Chang is said to favor NJ.
Pavlof, the Russian Charge d'Affaires.
superseding Sir Robert Park as In
SpectOr General Of the customs
The Emperor has issued several strik-
ing DEGREES ordering the Viceroys and
Tartar Generals to concert measures
for the formation of q new navy
under foreign instructors, and urging
the provincial Governors to abandon
time-honored Chinese ideas IN favor of
Western methods. and to encourage the
development Of the country on Euro
pean lines.
Russians have obtained control of
large tracts Of land aong the route OF
the proposed New Chawang Railroad
The record-union., 1898-08-14
THE GERMAN PRESS.
It's Tone More Favorable to the
United States.

copyrighted, 1898, by Associated Press.i
BERLIN, Aug. 13.-During the past
fortnight the tone Of the German press
has been much more favorable to the
United States and hardly anything di-
rectly hostile has appeared in any of
the more important papers. while the
number of journals openly friendly
have considerably increased.
The papers now point out that the
authorities at Madrid and Manila and
the Spanish press We're largely respon-
sible for the excitement rising out of
the Irene incident, as they miscOnstrued
it and preceding incidents in a manner
that necessarily aroused suspicion in
the United States.
The newspapers here to-day discuss
elaborately the new situation and the
changed conditions growing out of the
war. The conclusion reached is that
the United States must hereafter be
reckoned a great naval power, and that
Germany Will be obliged once more to
increase her navy in order to hold her
own with the other Powers.
Admiral Won knoor, commander-in-
chief of the imperial navy, informs the
correspondent Of the Associated Press
that during the approach of autumn
and winter the German navy Will be
more strongly represented in American
waters than at any time since 1891,
when Germany took a leading part in
the settlement of the Chilean trouble.
Five warships-the Geier, Hela, Moltke
Sophie and Nixo, with a total tonnage
of 10000 and carrying fifty-seven guns
and ,534 men-will be kept there
The meat famine that prevails
| throughout Germany is causing much
dissatisfaction among the poor, who
are unable to pay the increased prices.
| Villagers on the Silesian frontier daily
| cross the line and visit the nearest Rus
! sian towns TO procure cheap meat. The
| Berlin butchers this week promulgated
resolutions expressing Indignation al
| the Governments policy of preventing
/ meat imports, which has caused a great
| scarcity of meat in the home market.
The record-union., 1898-08-14
NATIONAL POWER ON SEA.
The War Has Taught the America,
People a Valuable Lesson.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-The Tribune"
to-day prints the following:
Olympia WashO, Aug. 13.-The
Spanish war has taught the American
people the value Of national power on
the seas. A proper utilization of the
lesson will give us an immense increase
in merchant commerce. With foreign
commerce has always gone increase in
knowledge. In 1854 Commodore Per-
rvs ships forcibly opened Japanese
ports to the trade of the world. The
birth of what is practically a new ma
nation was the result. If the present
war induces our people in like manner
to cast their eyes abroad, a new and
grander America than the past has
known will have in the travail of the
Spanish war it's origin and birth. Our
place in the future history of the world
will depend upon our comprehension of
the present opportunities.
j. r. RODGERS,
Governor of Washington"
The record-union., 1898-08-14
The Father Of the Dead Women Asserts
That 1t Was the Former.
Believes the Candy Was Sent to
Take the Lives of Mrs. Dunning
and Her Daughters-One Physi-
clan Leans to the Same Belief,
While Another Believes It Was
Due to an Accident.

PHILADELPHIA Pa), August 13--
The Record tomorrow will publish
the following:
DOVER Del), August 13.-'I believe
that candy was sent for the purpose
Of taking the lives of my daughter and
her little girls.
That was the emphatic statement
made to-day by ex-Congressman John
Is. Pennington, in the parlor of whose
house lay the bodies of his two daugh-
ters, Mrs. John d. Denne and Mrs.
John p. Dunning, who died in agony
after they had partaken of chocolates
that had been sent to Mrs. Dunnins
through the mails. When it was urged
that the poisoning Of the candy might
not have been Intentional, Mr.. Penning-
ton declared that he would tell later
why he held to such a belief.
The paper in which the box of candy
was wrapped was closely examined, ana
the postmark San Francisco" was
made out.
There is a division among the people
here as to whether a crime was COM
mitted or the deaths We're caused by
poisoning that developed in the candy
on its trip from San Francisco. Mr..
Pennington believes that the 9 Mrs c"
signature was assumed, and that the
candy was prepared with the poison
and sent East for the purpose. of caus-
ing the death of Mrs. Dunning and her
little girl Mr. Pennington says that
the signature was of the forged order,
and furthermore, he declared that Mrs.
Dunning's friends whose name COM
menced with ''C'' are now in Maine.
There were five doctors called in at
the Pennington home to attend Mrs.
Deane and Mrs. Dunning. Dr. Bishop,
one of the physicians, stated today
that there was no question but that the
candy was poisoned, but he leaned to-
ward the accidental theory. He said
there was no indication that arsenic
had been introduced in the systems Of
the victims.
DR.. Bishop declared that if the candy
had been subjected to excessive heat
ptomaines may have been developed.
He could not say what particular poi
son caused the deaths.
DR.. Downs, another physician VINO
was called in, asserted that the poison
that caused the deaths paralyzed the
nerve centers, and then the heart ac-
ton ceased. He rather inclined to the
belief that the candy had been inten-
tiCnally poisoned though he said the
| chances for accidental poisoning were
| numerous.
There will be no post mortem exam
nations on either of the dead women,
as both bodies have been embalmed.
The record-union., 1898-08-14
McDUFFEE WON.
Defeats Taylore in the Twenty-Five
Mile Race.

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-An unevent-
full and uninteresting twenty five mile
paced race took place to-day at Man.
haitian Beach bicycle track between
Edward McDuffee of Boston and Ed
Guard Taylore the French middle dis
tance rider, and the former won by
fifty yards, after splendid squirt in the
last 800 yards. Four thousand enthusi-
asts made the journey to the track IN
the hope of seeing an exciting contest,
but they were disappointed by the tao
tics adopted by both riders, and Kissed
their displeasure many times during
the race.
McDuffee rode a 120-gear, and Tay-
lore's wheel was geared to IL. Each
had twenty-five pace-makers, who
made up the crews of the quintuple
pacing machines. The men jockied.
McDuffee won by fifty yards in
5O:45 4-5, as against the record for the
distance of 42:42. held by Elkes.